The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-12-25 00:00:00

THE FREVeII Mirr. The &lowing is a 'merest statement of the French Ni Furze in the Nlediterronoan. It was fount on board one of the ships takes by Lord Coliiusarootl tat the 15th of fact. Ashniral Coothesunie Chef do l'ttat Major Da . Itlijootic too gem metres • Premier Arliutootroidia CapitsieiViolet eler-Adatiral Allemande Ansterlits lOO - Capt. Grime Commence de ass Rear.ddmiral Corea Parts-- .. Capt. Srueard Dosunrect an Capt. Inferuet Capt. Duelos Diontse Rreyhte Seffrein Genttis Mareseimc A•3l 74 -- Capt. Pettit 24 --- Capt. Mate Proelcpe PUlllone ...... 41i Capt. Ros,,roei Pauline.. Amelia .. ... ao Capt. Mynard Presorpine Incorruptible ao Capt. Marna 3ti Capt. Mon Victorians Adrian La Nourie La Rairithe 3O aoo tons • 1)otalall - stuce.vtitp, 4so tout Twee ships are all at Toolon. The ao_gnn frigate., carry 111.pettestets ; those of all, 1.1 pounders. dluttarque, tto ; and Sceptre. an, bonding al 'Pontes. A ship of the hue and a l 'gate lashing at Genera. La Robeste, 00, Rear. Atha. Butplin, Capt. I.e Gas; and Le Lion, 74, C.ipinin li.nemn, burnt 01l Foatignan, stith of October. Le Boree, Captain Lents; and P1611C , 1101 fri. gate, ma on short, in the Mole of Cane. isle of October' , Le.uprege, 14, Caplaiu I.r Iltartche, burnt to the Bay of Rusts, it,t t 4 November. Le Normandie, to ; Le Cirundio, taken in the Bay of Pose, , , tat Novirtuber. Le base, so; Le Flora, 40, at Corfu. La Guaffe, and La Carrara'', erased store-ships, 400 t0011,3', gads, at Ciulat. L'AlllCullt, ii; vEndyinion, id , •Le Jaosivs, 16 ; Le Courier, tti ; La Lagsrie, 10, at Leghorn tool Genoa. La Fartvine, ,La -he, to, at Port Vendee. Itossnin - "e„ 7a, uosrr, ceable, to Ise made hulks for slaves. I i~ i I a na St. ELEC ':TION - OF COMMON cOUACILMEN. —...--__ LAST DAY.—SATURDAY. . Those marked thus • were new Candidates.—Thuse mark ed thus I sutcd for Mr. Atkrts's Address. A LDERSGATE W' RD. Mt. G.Khig - .223 • Mr. Tlitints ..... ... 170 StelridAr 193 • Paxton ... .- i... . , • lb? iiskor. • .•• . ):Tterier - • It s .tis l7l j Henry Kin pretest • , , BILLINGSGATE—.Rtrui,„ w. Mr. Brawn ......... ....134 I Mr. Itunkl-y 96 j • Dry* Ord ..... ..t.II 5 . ,,,p o w .• See, - l2l • Sampson.. ' Lersturd ...... .. ... les • Purer , liessely 'us • Piretted Distra I .. 94 • I.sweil ' gs ' j Hanson • DISHOMIATE WARD—Krrussf. 14. Sir W. Rawlins 403 3fr C!..ke Mr Chide ` 3.6 F. ick , ... . Diteßeil j Greenaway. ...... .. 252 : Koittit 's4 Nab 34,1 • inilkins / Midi's White I Ross ....... ..... sts • Testa 4 Marsh 304 j Gough • Davis BRIDGE WARD—Rarrens IS. Mr. Chikl 1.6 Mr Cl ugh ... ' Cartwrisht ... ...... 104 j Juyser ..,~ Green lO5 Bovril . 47 Founders 1, ,2 : Dutton 'rows tut Garrut Boltyrts.. tot •• Mishit 7O ' isrfrans .. tot) • Lucke 44 , 'Lacy g6 • Sraallp!ece • Attwoud ' BROAD -STREET WARD—Errwntss to. Mr. Marriot lO3 t Mr. Ileum, eruckatt j Shotland 94 • A tchmon • Cluke , 89 Z Climiiii3o .. ..... .. .72 2 Patterson 6l T c..,t.. l2 j Arthur CANDLEWICK WARD. Me Walter III I Mr. Plitt .. ...... .... 70 [Orb) .93 • WLithy . I Hunit.',..hy 'Welch I Gale CASTLE SAYNARD--Raeunrs in. Mr. Griffiths 164 Mr. Slade ....... ....... 136 • Hurt , usht 152 Portrait 1 lri , Iloscll lr,o FdrimVlCC 132 1, utun 144 2 liurltrek 1.4 %eller BUZ • 149 • Wekli 47 CHEAP WARD....-RiTraNs 12. 111 Lest. Col. Wigan 142 I 01r. 244M11,1 Hall .....,, . 93 Mr. Deputy Leaky i iii 1 • Mr. 11. sr, F .rr ...-..-... 9 t Mr. Win. tnrustius i Ili Mr. Thow... S. til Mr. John Might ....... iyr Mr. Jukti It tllistits Mr. Kith. Clersewrigl.t 113 Mr. J.wfiepli Alatsiusn Mr. Join Stott It lto • Mr. Satripssur Ihillnaso to 6 Mr. Goner Fernier ... • 1$ . .. ••• Mr. Illswawis Jul sot solicit a Gimes voter. • CORDWALNEIIS-9 viva,. I. Sc. G. A. South ll7 Mt. Trinities 4l Hie*, .. . • .• II'. Watson Ertuble Kn0nian........ - .....ie% I •J. J. Make 47 Rune .. 9% •• T. JIMIRS .. Alley go • Gooetrier • W. 'cows so • South so CHIPPLLGATE WI IMIN-....,t5ri0r,,, s. •Mr. fit:pole - ..... ~. 111 I •Mt. Waierbouse ll5 Kerte Mindy ..... ...,... 199 • Nil:Win:3lc White Hirt Hahhertes .. j, Valiance 190 CUIPPLEGATE W il Pr. Dime YYy • Crouch • pollr• • Palterr HOUT—RLTURIIIII ♦. IMr. Leta 199 t Dolly l4ll 11 7 AttitiNGDON iVlTHOUT—Rwritass t 6. Mr. Wllinings)) W. J. Nave 5....... Ws Nichols • Pontifri -4i Griffith ate Hrrring 629 T. Reeve • Qiiin Crook ............ 6i 5 . Morrell. Rat Bardin 6O a Brewer Metier .. ..... ..... sa t 1 Nova •1. Yowl .7J2 LANGBOVRN WARD—Reeve.. to. Mr. Phillips Ratable ..... ..... ISO Wilkirr4/ lArne . ....... ... 175 'EHII Matey • 11,3 • Stubbier lll5 •l •-iftebire • Agana 73 flu • Tayiur ' . TARTU/KEN 'STARK-419Tc RS9 S. Kt. tHisbatch ... • •.... 9419 IMc Kea 176 At kissor • Hri.c... . Illuppe • tatter TOW liR VAR D—RETuins 12.. Kr. Wright ._, Driukstil Hutehinsun Skipper Bridges - - Hilt • Smith .- ....... ... is i / Lucas ... ,iiiri • 11.trtsliornr ...... .. 7.2 I Dhu.sli ... ..... .. 164 .• Mills dechuett. 11'ALHAtt04.—Rcti. RN 4 1. Mr. Ashby , 114 • Mr. Ryder Wallimua Peli re e iltit Deputy Murgury •.. 77 COL WARD'EE'S SUBSCRIPTION. • ..L..-.......--. The subscript . iog,for,3lr,Omung has been going en for some time, slid has given rise to much diver se y of opinion; some noutending that it is only just the t thepublic should defray the expenses of its own cause ; and others niaini f eining, that it is altogether unbecoming a man, in Mr. W sat:tale's high situa tion, hav4 recOuivie to such an expedient.. Let people say what they will aboirt the politic, and its duties, a is evident to every one of common sense, that this euhseription has been sat on foot by the friends of Mr. WARD . Li of course it becomes a question, wilether those friends have better con sulted his Interest by so dine g, than if they had permuted hint tostaoct by himself, as much aloof from popular assistence, especially of a pecuniary nature, as he vists,,friiin the assistance of party, in that cause by which _ his reputation with time country: was established.--4n proceeding to this consideration, we naturally turn to the two instances, in - modern uppn which we ap prehend they may, test their justirseation ; these are the instances of the subscripiarn - fur Mr. Fox, and of the parliamentary grmit to Mr. CRAT' TAN. It m es sy be contended, that what such men as Mr. Fox isiol Mr. Gaseran criiiileeeeuded to do, Mr. WARDILS was jostiert in ironatiog. Now.. Lime we permit the conduct uf either one or the other to be &diluent lii support and countenance of this Gentleman; or ret`ier of his frieods, we must see that they.neecoiocidcait in circumstance, and similar in principle. With respect to the f rawer iiistaisce,,a inch is e.atainly that which comes closest to the paint in question, we mean the instance if the subscription her Mr. Fox, it was not, like the present, of i [Public stature; it did hot go to ask a guinto from thisapecsou or from that ,person, wlenm lie had never seen; ins si.ort, from overyperson. It was a - coutrilitifrion e :l4 . his awn immediate friends, to place hint in that Mote of independence, which it became the, great 4e•Aer, of the Opposition to appear in ; in principle, therefore, they arenot the sante. But ailistitliiig, for the sake or argument, that. the priocipla , was precisely similar .in both, thectiends Of M. WANDLI would have done well to look to the conseleeice, and, see whether that was'of such a nature as to encoaraze the adoption of it, in the case upon which they were to deter mine. Whet, then, weithe consequence of the stile scription for Mr, Fug. It gave a Ar i ptiolle . to las eoe mire, to misrepresent his views, cad question hie preteesions ; u give them an opportunity to bold hint up es a man of ruined fortunes, upon whom no dependence could be placed, a n d to whom no im portance could attach ; in short, it produced such • an effect, rent upon his estimation, whose long mind important cervices *tumid have secured him against suspicion, that no one of fewer claims, of more sud den elevation, land Ism acquaintance with the pub lic, should hazard the same experiment; which in. disputably injured him. With respect to the case of Mr. Gaarran, it is scarcely necessary to point out in what circumstances it differs from the pre sent, as the only thus% common to both is, that they referred to money. Mr. GRATTAN'S was a gift voted by the Parliament of a country which he bid materially and substantially served; it was earoed by so) 'assumable and successful zeal, and granted miller such circumstances as left nothing painful or derogatory in the 'acceptance. The friends of Mr. Waanta, therefore, must resort fur a prece . dent to other cases.; they lt look nearer home, amid elect Ike intsresting Miss Taylor .IterseV, for whom Mr. Comics-es humanity was so active, and so. successful. And will Mr. Watiout feel, that that respect has bent paid to his dignity, which, as • patriot beyouil all iuterested view., should have been paid to it, w lieu he is placed upon a footing with Miss TAYLOR ; when lie is rendered the sub ject of the same witticisms, is all the public prints, amid exposed to the remarks of every individual, olio has a few shillings to sport in subscription. But why demand such assistance ?—The country has been given to understand, that lie is • man of property, and he would not have been the first in stance of a man of property sacrificing seine thou. sands to the public service. But why demand such assistance at this particular time) His po piderity was 'shaken, his motives began to be questioned, and, iis • the midst of all this, to attempt to throw the isoprene se his owe shoul ders, is shaking that popularity 'till farther, and rendering those motives still .ore questionable. if it was considered important to do something ex pressive of the public sense upon his conduct, after the late trial, his friends at the Crown and Auchor Tavern might have proposed resolutions to that ef fect ; but there was 00 necessity for inserting among such resolatittus, a provide)* to intleuseify his !. • • • ..1 . , . . • espenses. But, after all, is this cause, open which 1 peeled to be iresled with spuds more exten•ise people are desired lii put their hands in their I powers. Tlna ilbslidgealeel"Foruin uni caned, ex - pockets, is it the public cause 1— Walnut re. delledy, iff rill Bfireinitilfihiles. Nu other More- Watinte, and Waal:mgr. Wittour and Orates." lug kiper . isoisteined. Abe..slighted information, It does not appear to us, that Mr. IVARDI. I I id yet :111Ssils •or sulpiciiies oa the subject ; nor dad the so completely identified with the public, as to mike Trderting Nadel pf, that d i tty- know any thing of every cause, in which his name is mentioned, neces- it Hut whet they learned from THE HAITI/id Pease. &drily hit public cause. ‘Ve du not see what there To thi r Siceriliy ef this statement we pledge our is to prevent Mrs. CLARKE, upon the same prin- selves ; hut it is not fur the purpose of puffing we ciple, from setting forth the services she has ten- introduce it:a practice, which we leave to our coo dered, by her examination in the Rouse of Coin- t temporaries, and fur which we have neither neces -11301114; (anti this and could do•with a better grace, sity nor inclination. We are compelled to this dr after the motive which Mr. WARDLE himself has claration of our rights, iu the present instance, by ascribed to her.) We do not see.what is to pre. The Courier, of Saturday last, which, with all the vent liar from netting forth those services, and then I modest assurance, for which that paint is remark calling upon the people to interfere iu the support able, asserts, that it was the first to comatosemate of her public. cause. Upon the whole, it appears to the intelligence, thus exclusively originatiog in us, that the greatest blow which Mr. NV•iteir.e's Tate BRITISH PRESS.—We announced, on Sour popularity has yet received. is this, which his friends day that Mr. Mar NZ, and the Secretary to the Ague have inflicted on him ; they have taken from him rican Embassy, left town, on Thursday, for Dover, that disinterested ground upon which he stood, and at which place the former arrived on Friday, but alo' t left many an opportunity to say. and more to sus- though the.Elizabeik, flag of truce, trains readinees, pest, that his zeal in the service of 41 the people of he had not embarked at the &portiere of the mail. the United Kingdom," is a prudent kind of zeal, in wainsig, as was supposed, the arrival of theSeeretary, which self is not forgotten. Indeed, we have the to the American Legation, who is to proceed tiff authority of Colonel WARDLE himself against the France by the same vessel. ....c principle of the present proceeding ; for, when the Mr. MAYNZ, we nuderstand, it the bearer of s . city of Rochester, which set the example of resulu- letter from Marquis WELLEtiLIit to Prince Stem* • cons of thank,, voted him, at the Sallie time, a REHBERG, in reply to the renewed offer "'Mak piece of plate, as a mark of its gratitude, he de- with the concurrence of BONAPARTE, he was di ehard the gift, form a sense of delicacy, which rested to make to this Government, of the media shr.iiik from every thing that might by possibility fur- lion .? Austria to effect a general peace: this nish a ground for malice to throw even a stispicom answer is reported to communicate to his Excel upon the purity of his motives. Leary, the strong desire which lit. MAJESTY enter tains to terminate the war, by a safe and equitable peace, without consprorniting has awn honour, or the interests of hin allies ; but that, preparatory to the acceptance of the proffered itivitatiou to sego. elate, ilia NIAJCITT requires from France a full ex position of the basis upon which she is willing to treat. The instructions to Prince Srsualmitetn, to offer to our Government the mediation of his Court s are, we understand, communicated in a dispatch from Prince SEHYV•IITZENSIEKG, dated front Paris early in the present month ; hut, we further hear s that the measure in qiestion was determined en by BONAPARTE SO far bail[ es the 2 tot of November— from what cause its execution has been delayed, we are unable to conceive. Mr. MAYNE iii expected back early in the ensuing month. liis dispatches, it ie,presitmed, will give a decisire tutu to the advaeces made to a aegoeia tion. The ((Mooing is stated in the political eito clew, as the motive which has influenced Austria to the line of conduct adopted muftis occasion :- 1 e Austria, who tad received proetsor oar Messily dimple& tam towards her is the Isle wet, /maid nut break off throne. ly ; and, without any cause of offence gives her by us, de. dare herself is a state of hostility-41u therefine kit, that, is antiouneing the Treaty a Vienna to es, and the 66 1 0,4460 s by s bii b she had pledged beraelf to be olf all ethantenica. Goa with us, it .as wieeseary to sectsogiasty such asseseise ties by a repetition of that dealre for the eessiersUaa erase Istiveeli this coasitr and [saner, which bad isthetd her, ha the year Itti,;, to utkr her useslistsou to the Cabinets of Louth* Petenthorsh, the Thailleriaa, std lartio. That desire It Lot been breast care, Ott+ the "eeseinthno of the Maly of V:etue, to . express to the Preach Gadermarait, through the 111(411111i of tier dathaesadoe, who' ilsili seceirett assaturces hone that Goertnatent of an auk the aspositios to put as end to a conflict which bad been ithethetior of so mach ori on to Auriga:. nose atmoistwws due lost au time is coal. asoduating to the Coast of Lond;ni, with a declaration, that the Cabsatt of the Thailitaies was ready to secede to a re peal foe: `oldi s h a Crites...et, is some tows is !this., Mx the arraugesseut of a genet el peace." .--. _ • e • A case of deep diatiess and real sorrow is advertised in the front of ibis Paper. We requiem the friends of public subsciiptions to cosisi.ler it well —Gener,.. , ty, here bc... stowed, will be dolly blessed—it will bless those that give, as well as those that receive. THE BRITISH PRESS. LOT DON, MONDAY, DRCEMSES 25. The Apollo frigate, Capt. TarLoa, which arrived het Merit at Portsmouth, left Lord COLLINGWOOD only • three weeks since at Minorca, with 18 sail of the line and several frigates. Sir SAMUUL HOOD, iu the Centaur, of 74 guns, with the Waropite, 74, Captain likacawooo, joined his Lordship On the 35th ult. The Apollo, on her passage to Gibraltar, spoke His MAJLIITY'I ships York, of 74, 15 dap, from Plymouth, and Tigre, of 80, also going to , juin his Lordship. The Incincilde and Triumph, oe 74 each, left Minorca on the :sth ult.—the former for Gibraltar, to be refitted. and the latter for Cadiz. The Excellent and iliwitique, of 74 each, were at Palermo ; the Magnificent. 74, and the Volage, and Hakyou, frigates, at Malta ; and the Hydra cod Nereus, were cruising off 'Toulon. The Ajax, 73, had arrived at Minorca from Spithead. The Fre derielateia and Swallow, Invitee, with a convoy from England; arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th ult. Lord Cowell:to/00n was about to detach five sail of the lino on a cruise off Cape St. Sebastian. It is un derstood to be his Lordship's intention, that a part of the II et only shall Orp-the eta during the winter. Tile persrverince of his Lordship is a subject of womier. The French line-of-cattle ship and store-• shir t ), which esi!aped destruction on the 25th of Oc tober, and got into Cent , , were reconnoitred there, ow the 7th ultimo, by the Apollo and Scout, in a situation that indicated they would never be in a state to go to sea again. The French fleet in Toulon had chewed Iso fresh disposition to put to sea. The- Terrible, of 74 guns, Lord H. POVI,ETT; awl the Sea Horse, Capt. Stuwatce. are coming home with the neit convoy. The Pomona frigate had left Nlinorca to relieve the Sea Horse, off Leghorn. •The Hind was to sail from Minorca on the 23th ult. with a convoy of empty transports for Gibraltar and Carte. On the 7th ult. the Royal Sovereign, of 110 gums. was al ruck with a ball of lightning, off Cape St. Sebastian, and had two men killed and sixteen wounded.— The Tigre, of 80, was struck at the same time, and her main-mast was so much shivered, she was obliged to go to Gibraltar to get a new one. Ministers have received no intelligence on Ibis subject of the reported rupture. of Mr. Jaccoom's negotiation with the American Govertinieut. Letters, indeed, have been received from Liverpool, st sting that accounts had arrived there from New York, to the 19th of November, which mention that the negociation was completely at an end. sod that Mr. JACKSON was only waiting for a passage home. That commercial spl:culations, to a great extent, had heen entered into at Liverpool, in comet:tames of this intelligence. This hitter circumstance, how. ever, instead of corroborating the act-mint, will be considered by some, as more calcUlated to excite suspicion. A few dapi will probably dissipate all dutihts. Admiral BERTIV, we understand, arrived last night at the Admiralty, in a po.t-chaise ana four. The gallant Admiral was ou the Cape of Good Hope station. The Election of Common Councilmen termi. noted ouSaturdsy. It will Le seen, upuuau inspec tion of the return which we give this day, that the party, commonly called the Court Party, in the city, has lost about :a members, whose places are occupied by new men, siipposed to be of cniurary principles. On the _late divisions in the Common Council, the greatest ministerial tuajo ray was 17. it follows, of c.ourse. t,Pat the popular party has obtaitied the ;isceudancy In that body.-- They deserve their triumph. We trust that they will enjoy it with becoming tnodemtioo, arid direct it to the best purpose.. A Jamaica mail arrived, 4/II Suturiey, with dia. patches for govertuneut, but we do not understand that they are of iiiipqrtai,ve. The letters and papers•for the public *ill be delivered this day. l'he flight Hon. Lord Viscount PALMERSTON. flie MAJNYTT'S Secretary at War, has eppointed Wom.sAM Waive, Esti. to be his Deputy, in the room ui ritA;.:cts Moots, Eri. We have received some Dutch Papers, but none of a later date than those which arrived last week. They contain a few particulars of the action near Si. Al ldt:fo, previous to its re-occupation by the French. They also present some passages from the Austrissi account of the battles on the Danube, on the sth and tith of July, which led to the Couvsntiou of Wagram. The defeat of the Austrians on those memorable days M attnbuted to the tardiness of the Archduke Josses march from Preshurgh, owing to which the Austrian left wing was turned, and the reheat of the whole army became necessary. The Austrians clam§ the honour allaying taken 7,000 prisoners, 12 eagles, and i pieorsof cannon, in the two days' engagement, cud represent their loos as less than that of the victors. i Onr readers, upon reference to Tilt BRITIM Pates, of Monday, the 11th inst., will find an nounced, the arrival of au Austrian Messeiiger, with dispatches, supposed to be of a ! mritir charne -1 ter, in conformity with • report then prevalent, that there had been, for some time, a French Agent in London, for the ostenrible purpose of 111:. gociating as exchcige of prisoners, who was sass = ■