The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-08-12 00:00:00

I . 4• THE LSE KING OF SW! EN.. The Continental Journals have announced the sinpearancc of the third and fourth volumes of the Works of the late King of Sweden. This colleEtion, published by the particular direElion of his magna nimous son, will be the most glorious, and the most durable monument, that tin be erected to the me- :wary of Gustavus 111. It may not, perhaps, be generally known in this country, that his late Ma jesty was one of the most distinguished writers that Sweden has produced. lie was the founder of the Swedish Academy at Stockholm—and obtained the first prize distributed by that Society, for a Me moir on the celebrated Swedish General, Torsten e•tn. In an adeertisement. ' , refixed by the Acade my to the first volume of their early trunsaftions, which has recently appeared, it is stated, that not one of the arbiters knew, that Gustavus had any ambition to shine in the career of Literature. It is a matter of some astonishment, that we have yet no English version of this master-piece ; it has been tr,nslated into the Danish language. A short spe cinien, though attempted by a feeble pen, may, pet ii 'its, not be thought uninteresting. It is the passage, in which Torstenson, being released from Ins confinement at Ingelstadt, receives the Leace of the death of Gustavus. "Nine months-elapsed, and Torstenson.endured, with the fortitude of a hero, the shameful cruelty of Maximilian. The door of his dungeon at length opens his fetters are taken of—he is free—he goes. Universal joy pervades the city ; bonfires are kin dled ; the sound of bells calls the people to the temple of the Almighty, to return thanks to the Lord ; all the splendid ceremonies of the Romish Church are summoned to express the sentiments which animate every bosom. Torsterson, just re leased front the abode of death, enquires with amaze the cause of such extravagant joy. The enemy of Ferdinand, the adversary of Rome, is no more ! Gustavus Adolphus has fallen ! 0 my. King ! 0 hero ! 0 hero of my native land ! and art thou no more ? Why did I not remain in tha habitation of darkness ? r Why was I not permitted to end my days in that dreary abode ? I should then have imagined my country villorious—my King among the living—and should joyfully have awaited the summons of death. But he is no more ! Tremble, ye enemies of Sweden ! As long as this arm can wield a sword, as long as this blood flows through my vein, I devote you to my vengeance, to Terdition, to death !' " le said, and hastened from a placteesonnding with the shouts of a joy he abhorred. Oeenstierna, the intimate friend, and the enlightened Counsellor of Gustavus, had, since the King's deaths guided the helm of the state. The great spirit of Gustavus seemed to hover over his allies, and to keepuptheir courage. It was Ozenstiessa, who broke Ton reason s fetters, but this was not enough ; he knew Isis love for his Sovereign, he anticipated his de spair at his death, and Oxenstierna resolved to procure him the consolation most worthy of a hero, that of revenging himself by victories over his fues. Tor stenson, at the head of the troops, sent him by the Chancellor, crosses the Lech and attacks Landsberg. But a few days have elapsed since he was relieved from his fetters, and the enemy learn, to their astonishment and dismay, that Landsberg is taken. But though the fortitude of his soul had despised the hardships of imprisonment, his corpo real powers sunk beneath trials so severe, and grief for the death of Gustavus had filled the measure. IN strength decreases, and he resigns the command to Gustavus Horn. He was obliged to withdraw into solitude, to recruit that strength which he was de termined to employ in the servce of his country. His grid led him to the spot that contained the earthly remains of the great Gustavus Ad .Iphus. The arm, which checked the ambition of A: I ia, which broke the fetters of Germany, ai d as serted the liberties of the empire, is now staff ; the heart that was fired with glory, thatsympathised with the unhappy, that glowed with such ardent love of his country, is now cold. Gustavus Adolphus is no more ! his immortal spirit has ascended to the man sions of virtue, but his name inflames his subjects with revenge, and animates the German princes and states to resist their oppressor ; while his corse, sur round with trophies of victory, attended by his grateful subjsas and by strangers, is borne back to his native land, and is deposited in the temple of Use deity. "F. Torstenson hastens to Wolgast, tobeholdonce snore the King, the hero, his patron. and his in struaor, to bedue his hands with his tears, to enjoy the last consolation of once more approaching near the earthly remains of him whose life he would gladly have purchased with his own. There he finds Jan Barter, Maria Eleonora, the most distinguished Princes of Germany, and the first Nobility of Swe den. Attended by this majestic retinue of heroes, by a tender consort, and by his disconsolate sub jeas, Gustavus is conveyed back to his country. forstenson returns to Stockholm. The sweet ma ...ions that pervade the heart, when, after a long absence, we find ourselves at home, surrounded by relatives and It iendv, were not tasted by Torstensono Resigning himself wholly to his grief, every objel he sees serves to renew the memory of the hero whom he has lost. He again beholds Stockholm ; but how altered since the time when he quitted themetropolis of Sweden ! Instead of a monarch encompassed by heroes, and a people whom he united, he finds a disconsolate multitude—the Chiefs of the nation, pledged to maintain the kingdom, embarrassed with the magnitude of the concerns confided to their care, and, on the throne, a tender infant, whose innocence is her only support. But this in fant was the daughter of Gustavus Adolphus. He embrac-s her feet ; he swears once more to the me mory of her father, an oath of everlasting fidelity; full of the purest devotion for Christina, he resigns himself wholly to his grief, and to the per forMarice of Isis important dutie'. Love soon corn. bins to mitigate his alliaion ;. a youthful beauty, wrung from :ilex that was accustomed to tame the fierceness of the Sarmatian', captivates his heart; marriage sandions hit lame; and indissolulale• bucds unite hills Pt Beata de la Garlic". not nne ship I•elnngin; to the Spa. Cotnbine. fleet, had a Surgeon on Wales, from up- _ . - -PH tut E of WAiti. Birth-Day—Holiday at the Public Offices. 'l,te KING V. ALLAN- OTHIAS, for a riot at the Eletlinn for Kan-..e.ittiurh, tried at the late York Assizes, is gives in the hot te.v. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, MONDAY, Avousr It. No intelligence concerning Lord Nacsorr, or the Combi,ied Fleet, was received when this Paper was put to press. It is only known, that the latter had not attempted to make N'igo, Ferrol, or Corunna, I T to the 'Ad inst. When Lord NELSON sailed from Tetuan Bay, for Cape St. Vincent's,. he had . with him 11 sail of the line and 2 frigates. The p idory, Canopus, Donegal, Tigre, Superb, Spencer, Sportiate, Rs:lisle, Conqueror, Leviathan, and Sul* it two ; Amazon, and Amphion. The fleet,. in its arrival at Gibraltar, was nearly destitute of provisions and water, the last supply having been received at Sardinia three months before ; the crew:, notwithstanding, were in perfefl health. We announced on Saturday the orders issued to the regular Army and the Volunteer Corps, for the perpc.le of having the full and etleaive military force of the country ready for immediate service. We, at the same time detailed• several cases,. in which, with au alacrity truly laudable, these orders were carried into execution in the moment in which they were received. The following is the original order then alluded to, and the source from which the particular movements which we then announced in the Volunteer Corps ewe their origin : (CIRCULAR.) " Auotrir 6, 160. " consequence of intelligence received by C -ern ment of the embarkation of large bodies of wasps in Holland, of a fleet of men of war being ready to sail from theuce, and of the increased preparations of the French•at Boulogne, and ,ts neighbourhood, I have received orders from His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, to direct the Gaeral Officers and InspeEling Field Officers attached •to the Men trier Corps, to give notice to those Corps of the possibility of their being speedily called upon for service; aild al,o to sus pend all furloughs for working during the harvest, till further hiders. " I have the honour to be, Your most obedient and most humble Serracit,, " HAR RINGTON, "GzseralCommanding the London Dania." The hostile preparations alluded to in this Circular Letter are upon the largesupossible stale : Boulogne harbour is completely filled with the flotilla, and the number at troops embarked in the Texel is estimated at from '25,000 to 40,000 men.—Every vessel above 30 tons burthen has been put in requisition, for the conveyance of these troops, and provided with sweeps to expedite their passage, in the event of a calm.—The public may be assured that this is not a mere alarm, but that the proceedings of Govern ment are founded upon a conviction of real dangers resulting from recent and well authenticated intellr gence. It will be seen in the letter from our ex cellent Dover Correspondent, that the military thus suddenly ordered to close quarters and prepared for action, had received permission only- a few days ago to assist in getting in the harvest in the vicinity of their respective quarters. All the naval officers in the several ports of the Channel have been.ordered on board their ships, which arc ready to slip their cables and put to sea at a moment's notice. It has been invidiously stated,. that the subsidy granted by England has enabled Russia to purchase Swedish Pomerania. If Russia perform the condi— tions of her treaty with us, we have no right to en quite how she disposes of the money. It must, how ever, be matter of regret, that the present circum stances of Europe should render such a purchase expedient or necessary. It partakes too much of that system. of policy which all Europe lamented and condemned. in the successive Governments of revolutionary France. If Sweden were unable to defend that Province, it would have been worthy of the generosity of Russia to have taken it under her protelion. In the old economy of Europe, that . order of things which France has destroyed, andiall the rest of Europe wishes to restore, the weakness of a state, was never recognised as a cause for its pat tition. The great Powers formed with the little trea ties of alliance, and found as much pride indefending them as the giant feels in proteEling his dwarf. By this system, the third rate powers and the little re public of Italy were able to subsist for so many ages. They not only increased the variety of the political system, but they aho ensured its permanence by mul tiplying the hub and bonds which held the whole togethcr. Philcsophy contemplated with delight an order of things, in which human ingenuity had so far conquered natural inequality, that the little power might boast its independence, and the great power its generosity and forbearance. The first rate power, which seeks the incorporation of its feeble neighbou. c, like the great landholder, who buys up and consolidates the little farms in his vi cinity, dues net mead their happiness or the pub ,Itc good. The arstinsinCon which Franca justified 'her encroachments in Europe down to her seizure of Genoa, is the very same assigned for the purchase of Swedish Pomerania. This removal of ancient land marks, this bargain and sale of whole masses of people, destroy all sentiment of loyalty and pa triotism. All the attachment which the Govern ment has acquired from the subjen, by its anti quity and its uniform justice, is dissolved, and the people cease to feel an hereditary affeflion for a Sovereign from whom they may be sever• ed by the first change that disfigures the face of Europe. We lamented the assumption of the title of Einperor of Austria by the Emperor of GERMANY, as giving a sanellion to the usurpation of BON•IPARTZ. For the same reasun we must la . ment the annexation of Swedish Pomerania to the . already overgrown Empire of Russia. Until-then we have unquestionable authority for the report of this new bargain and sale, we shall not cea s e to cherish a hope that it is only a conditional triabler for the purpose of present security. F We have received papers and letters from Gib raltar up to the 23d July, bat their contents are of no importance. The garrison were perfectly heal thy, and the report of an intended attack upon the fot tress by the Spaniards, continued in circulation. The enemy's camp before the garrison was daily en creasing, but their prepatations had not excited any apprehensions among our troops. Advice: were received from St. Mary, &illy, stating the arrival there of a Swedish vessel, the Master of which reports, that on the 23d June, he fell in with in lat. 3ti. 4.3 . N. long. 15. 3.$ W. the AfrityPne frigate, and the Wolf sloop of war, havirg• under their convoy 38 sail of merchant vessels, all will, bound to Barbadoes. Sir BROOK WATSON, the Commissary Gtno-al of the Army, tranaaded business with the Cu r ore of the Excirequea, on Saturday at twelve tt'Llock. A large party, coasisting of Mr. Pt rr, Lords HARROWRY and Mut.onave, Sir W. Sc.srr. and several others, went down tbe River on :lain-day to Woolwich, where they dined with the Flounder Club, at the Crown and Sceptre. An express arrived in town yesterday, stating.that Lord ARTHUR SOMERSCT has givenup the et:nue:A for the City of Gloucester, The Gsrcraar Gil ratan, —, from New•Yorbi •bound to Amsterdam, is detained and .er.t Ply mouth, by the Here privateer of Guernsey. 3niirrsor4, the smuggler, now command' a Baha ma privateer, and has made some valuable prszes. Capt. RORSTER, of the Calypso, who seas so des perately wounded in the late action off Boulogne, is in a fair way of recovery at Deal-HospitAl. A Letter fmm the fleet off Brest, clued the 4th instant, states, that two strips of the line and two fri. gates lately came out of Brest, with the appareat in tention of punting to sea : it was suppe-ed that would follow, and a general joy pervaded out fLet. The enemy, however, brought to in Bertheaume Reads, and after manceuvring there for four days, returned to port. Our its-shore squadron, which consisted of the Indefatigable, Acosta, &nta 3lar2w erne, Surinent, and Ramaer, ktpt nearly within gun shot of them. The 93th Regiment, Colonel BURKE, and the tooth Regiment. Colonel FALCON, embarked on Sa turday, on board the transports at Portsmouth, des tined for Canada, Halifax and Quebec. After the last engagement with a portion of the Boulogne flotilla, one of the captured gunboats was given up to the Gryfie cutter, Lieut. bolters, by the other vessels, who refusedsto share in the produce of 'her. By way of return, Lieutenant Fosters defray , ed the expences of the funeral of the brave. Lieut. MARSHALL, who was killed in the contest, and has since actively promoted a subscription for the relief of his widow and six children, which we sincerely hope will prove•adrquate to the purpose for which it was set on foot. _ . Most of our brave wounded men in the Royal Hospital at Plymouth, from Admiral CALDER'S fleet, are not very bad cases ; and hope% are entertain ed, that great part may recover. lieutenant Mo t. vNtta's wound is in his shoulder, .tnd•he is in a fair way of doing well. Some of the papers having annoe♦nced'laat week, that the tide would rise on Saturday ten teet higher than has been known for the last century, some thousands of persons living near the water side, be tween Richmond and Gravesend, employed them selves in removing their furniture, lest it should ►e carried off by the flood. By one o'tlock, many thousands were assembled on the three bridges, and the slime all along from Greenwich to Fulham, on both sides, were lined. At 40 minutes past two, the tide had neaped, and fell above three inches, and before three to above eight inches. Many waited to see the mud on the shore, before they would believe they ceuld he mistaken. THOM as JOU NSOM, of VAUXhallythe 1111 M who won Doooai's Coat and Badge, on the In instant, and one of the men who won the Vauxhall wherry ma the preceding day, is engaged to row against 34 sus Tay Loa, of Westminster, on Friday the I'.3d instant, from the Old Swan, London Bridge, to the Swan,. Chelsea:4er a considerable wager. Bets G to-4 on .lonitscio. Much money is depending. IV most melancholy circumstance happened last Thursday aftet noon at Weymouth. The servant Firl of Mr. DA vis, surgeon and apothecary, in St. Thomas's-street, between five and six o'clock in the evening, took the infant daughter of her master out fot a walk. She remaining out much longer than was cape& d, several person; went in bearch df her ;° when, shocking to relate, they were both found drowned in some very shallow water. In the girl's pocket wan found a nate, written by herself, requesting that the child might be in'errcd in the same grave with her. The Coroner's Jury sat on the bodies on Saturday, when there appeared a number of bsuises oti the body of the child, sup posed to have been received by it when struggling for lite. The Jury brought iu a Verdnt of fele den. It it g i A n d the at C ll , bolt& •Fhe Prime of set in the 11Altic. ROYAL FA VI I LT. WEV MOUTH. AtICIEST 10. Last evening Their MAJESTIES had a Conceit performed at the Lodge by the Qetem's Bend. numerous patty of Nobility were present. Early this morning the Princess MAity, attendeJl• by Ms.s PL AMERY, walked on the Esplanade. His Mmesry took his usual early tide. After breakftit, Their NI mesr its, and all PRINCESSES, with a numerous party, went on bnar,!, the Royal yacht, and set sail with a most charming breeze, and a very fine day. 'I he company was extremely numerous on board the boats 'a ich ac companied them, that the town appe.tr, quite de serted, but we shall be all on thy ;ett:ra of the ROYAL FarsiLv. The RI) Y Al. Duxes are It• the Camp, receiving the troops ; after which the. Duke of YORK will go to Dorchester to rev'isw troops and volunteers there. His Roy AL Hio H — Ness leaves this on Monday. Th e T rrr ibl e , of 7 1. guns, his arrived in the fni % „ and fires a royal salute ou the Royal. FIAB47‘Y: coming on shore. 'Phis evening the Royat. Fastitv grill honoer the Theatre with their presence, to see the comedy oe Which is the Men y and The Midnight Me,. At the entertainment given at the Royal HOWL in honour of the Princess A.,tstaa's birthday; the: Rove I. FAMILY did not dine at the Hotel, but tor,* an early dinner at the hodg., and then went .end re— ceived their guests. When the dinner wa s served nip they returned to the Lodge, and came again terthe Hotel when the ball was about to commence. A party of ladies dined' with. the Ro v At: FAssityr at the Lodge. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, Wey mouth, mouth, . _ Doke of Stnntrme ' Marquis of Bath,.E.t rr of Wentmor:torli, Earl of Darunoutb, Captain raze, R. N Captain Towtmoy,„ R. N. Mr. aid Mu. Coleman, Mr. Coleman, 1,.n. thr , e MLA Colefnaa,„ Mr. CaJall, Mu. nub and Mu Blackwell. Arrivals at Luce'4 Hotel, cue. Mr. and' Mt,. /odine, S:Spron.l4, Itracri. Esq. Mt*. ruti.ter„ Mr.. Cu4d and .he• lion Juin' Stewart and Sans, Philip frothero, Linton, Earl G Noe, Esq. .1. Hewer, F. :11.5s I.c . nrir.re,. Mr a. 1.1 %Ir. Dean aid F..is;tr, T. 0 ,ker,.Esq Mr. aud'nn. in t :, Awl Family, and R. Yvvet, E• 1. Her Royal.ilighn-ss the Princess, wife of Mimes WILLIAM of .1AP111.5 Oruther so Ilia Peosisser s rl, was safely daiecrzd ot a Pa:sexsi on tLw 4th of last month. Mrs-. BUTLER acid Fanftly have left Br'ghtenifur Tunbridge Wells.. His Royal Highness the Prince of Waxts, ii; iis said, will oceopy the Diike cf Qt,r.ess sea veshousse at Newmarket during the ensuing race:. Ms. and• Mr. Wuoaria . .e,late of the York din.. tre, are gene to Smeriena. Miss dints, late of the York theatre, where she' was an universal favourite, is engaged iort. Mime yeas at the Bath '1 iiestrc. Mr. H. Jottast oe, the d-ritrait Seals &wises. was to perform Norval on Tuesday, and homer, as Wednesday, at the Dundee Theatre. The Countess of Mote and Lovtion is in dim family way, to the; gre-at joy ot that noble Housw. Her Ladyship patronised 'Jr. ROCK;S• RCM& at the Edinburgh Theatre on Wednesday evening Ban. The Entertainments were She Sloop, te•Gegyser”aadl T..4e Devil is Pay. The Marquis of Doves as patronised' Mrs. 80. cat's Benefit at Ca..terbur y Theatre on ziatur,Ol se'itnight. Cheltenham is so crowded with compenyolist lodgings cannot be L id, aod many ot the best faun.. lies are obliged to go to Giouce.ter to reside. The Earl of L two/4y, ti:. don. CAV ttlollfft BRA DSMAWS and Family, Sir Ja Mys CI-ATVS:A and Family, are residents at Cheltenham. Mr. DIttiTON and Family left Brighton on Sam:- day morning for Bishop S tnwe, and from thyme proceed to Tunbridge Wells. The celebrated cause of . SY et% For and otherrit relative to a steam enzine, which was expefted tw have made such het unrk for the Lawyers, was re.- ferred. at the late York Aisizes, and has thu, va— nished in smoke. Preparations are made for the accommodation ai 14000 people, this night at Vauxhall. It is expertcli to be the most magnificent gala ever given at eI:SS beautiful place. Tam Thumb is so very attraaive at the•Haymar ket Theatre, the Manager may be truly said. to. have the whole town under his thumb. Lord and Lady Moserrn and Family are c-nee on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Castor Castle lieward, Yorkshire. Government have certainly taken the hint from Lord NILLSON'S sending away the Pickle, and Senn his Lordship, in retnrn, some frevis provt.,ons. Isord•and Lady GRANTHAM have arrived at the , s seat at Newby Park, Yorkshire. Miss DECAMP has been much acimiied at die Vurk Theatre. Mr. Met.vits was her coadjutor ;iii Persesat‘s : she will perform there again during that race weak Gsis. DRUMMOND, who commands the garrisor.. of Gibraltar during Gel. Fox's illness, met with at serious accident on the tOtli ult. from his horse's ing with him on one of the most rugged parts of the rock, by which he broke his left atm, aad was °thew whe much bruised. Mr. ASTLEY hAS procnretta i r icanee for a Wade , ' Theatre, upon the same plan o amusement as thatt which he now possesses. He has accordingly pur— chased the waste piece of groand at the back of Cras yen buildings and Wych-street, when, be purposesi immediately to•huild his N.w Theatre. The German Theatre was crowded on 8 rturcil7' evening, to witne.s the performance of the Juvet, Company in Ihr Mar lynaacht, usd die fri , /an ser, (The Milkmaid and the Tate ffpersorse..: : . Ak. Farce, in two afts, called Ilie Slides's Mehniie ; e. rr • Der Unerhuldigl Petrug (The Jilk SAtes or, beneetnt Deeiptian). Th. w I tole perf.trman res warmly applauded ; nor did the dancing ot Ni!s.l LET TIT, the Infant Parii , t; or the celebrated' t3s!.t. performed by hundreds of Ae7ial. Figures/ Fs' I without their share of public approbatton.. 1- I have g•his r r tween ie office . 0 ,10 at ,der to as , the sidle r.aer, of Lroui;h has jui (ram t fresh r vErct.l brings beta r. 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