The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-10-19 00:00:00

tIE PAESS. JAIN , FRIDAY, Oc rneett 19. o'clock yesterday morning, Captain E. 40 SD, of the L-,•ele frikate, arrived ex• the Admiralty, I. 4 th dispatches from Ports :ontainingthe following important particn •On the sth i nst. nffCape St. M y,a squadron %JESS' Y'S rigidosi viz. leth. , ijerAir, Me o.' and "lasphic.,, fell in wit's tour Spanish tram Rio de la Plata, fritind to Cadiz, command re a Re.r.Almiral, and hay. quantity of reA,ure on board. The ' , loots, the Senior Officer, ,to detain Spanish vessels of this deccrip being resisted, an action ensued, in the event three of the Spanish frigates surrendeted ~jetty's skips. and the fourth biew up, after broadside. Capt. Haaxo\o, of the Lively, l at POTtSlnnnth W. 14 Fiera, and Capt. with La Medea and Ls Clara. was hourly Or tae duet frigates that struck, the • that which bore the Rea .Admiral's fhig. second struck immediately after ; andthe third, -miring to make bee escape, was overtaken Lard'', and, after a short anion, struck She proved to be the Kona, of thirty-four three hundred men, had 12 killed, and SO She was cnmmanded by a Commodore. whole of the crew in the Spanish frigate that blown up, amounting to about 300 men, we to s.ty, perished. Immediately atter the Captain H rassoNn, Messengers were dis the several Lords of the Admiralty, and early as six o'clock, to His MAJESTY a 'eyrr.ont.h. At eleven o'clock, the Lords of the ,drniralty assembled at a General Board, and the their deliberations was also sent off to His and to the several Secretaries of State. English squadron was a detachment from the fleet, and acted under sealed orders from Coaslet L IS. As we never claimed a detain, visit, and search an armed ship be to a neutral power, we understand the Commander proceeded in this affair with greatest delicacy, and sent an Officer on board Spanish Admiral, stating. that, in the present c our relations with Spain, owing to the ty -1 influence etercised by France over that he was instruard to detain all Spanish that description, until a satislanory expla war given of the destination of the arms &icing out in the ports of Spain. The Spa. .wever, refused to comply, and the result ern the ctptare of three of his squadron, and destrultion of the fourth. An Evening Paper of , notations for its contempt of truth, deli eandoar, commenting upon this event, I the following observation : are author,,d to auk, that the soot, which I•al by G,Sef 'meat were men* precautionary, : not 'revigouraN energy which have been , LepLayes.l, cis not, imply the ceeeiaty tg . a war •ith Spain ; but they outtlioctuneut will toot be trifled with.'• hint. to which we allude. neither was, nor authorised to publish any such thing.-- does it mean by precautionary orders to cap - frigates, and blow up a fourth 3 No, no, preeautino is entirely on the part of that hope- It is alarmed at this bold and decisive , and would enter a caveat for Government, circumstances should render it expedient not to further extremities. Government, we require no such palliative; and much less stand in need of such trimming advisers. con►inced, because we consider them above meanness and finesse, that when they ordered Maoist to detain the Spanish squadron ; a unauthorised by the matitime law of na the case of a neutral power ; they had, patience, decided upon a definite line of in respell to Spain, and were prepared to consequences openly and boldly in arms, by ‘iiiiffling and shifting the responsibili:y gallant OtE.er in question. Of the me. war with Sp.t;n. tinder the present circum- Europe, tier.• an be but one opini.m. family coni ; ;.i •vas signed, France has at war with England, without forcing the quarrel, within twelve months Since compel was changed into a national between a Boca ems in Spain, and the assassins /NS ;n France, the subjeas, the treasures, , and army of the foinier, have continued under the command, and at the disposal of , as the slaves and resources of France; Spa;n has not yet ban organised into depart : Bomar Aare, or his revolutionary prede . has to thank die power of Great Britain, of Great Britain, and her own defeats. gleud cea.ed to be vidoriou.4 c v cn the noiniwi iudependerce of Spain would have lung since ceased. Spain possesses neither means to carry ea a war with vigour, nor spirit enough to cause her peace to be respeaed by France, is evident, from the tribute the Corsican extorts, and the plun der of his pirates on our commerce, in Spanish har bours, and on the Spanish coast, which she is un aie, or dares not prevent or resent. Last year, about this time, hardly tour months after the ambi tioo of Borrararrs had forced us to a rupture, a momentary embargo wa, laid upon the Spanish traders; but, with that .acillation and irresolution, which distinguished the late Administration, politi c al and dangerous palliatives were resorted to : we continued at peace with a people, whose friendship and tie; were not at their own disposal, but at the rnea cy of our irreconcileable foe; ne sent an Am bassador to Madrid, as if only to be insulted ; and we suffered BoNarear E'S banditti on the roast, to be paid with those treasures of the new world with which we might have augmented our own resources to obiige him to be just. A King, equally famous for his military as politi cal atchievements, Faeutaie the Clic al, justly ob served, that, between contending parties, he who could command the last crown would command viaory and peace. The truth of this observation, no one can doubt. The pecuniary tribute which Spain pays to Boa at , A RTZ, is therefore of moie teal service to him than weak or cowardly battalions, or badly manned and worse defended ships. He v.-ants iiinney, and not men. With the nume sous desperadoes he already commands, he has power enough to intimidate the Continent ; but, without foreign loans, requisitions, or tribute, the resources of France are insufficient to support them for two campaigns. This is evident to all Europe ; and we have been long surprised at the patience of our Ministers. The maritime laws of nations do net permit the visitation of men of war, and our Government never pretended to that right. The capture of the Spanish frigates could therefore nut be expected without an engagement, and between ordered battles and avowed hostilities we can see no difference. Though we deplore the horrors of war, as patriots we should rejoice, were we now per mitted to regard those as our enemies, who have never been our friends. Some of our faaious con temporaries, who systematically blame our Minis ters for every thing they do, right or wrong, will no doubt exclaim that what has now occurred is unprecedented. We beg them, however, to recol lea, that in 1755, several months before that war broke out with France, which ended so gloriously in 1763, French men of war were carried in as prizes into our harbours. Thousands of Frenchmen were prisoners in England, when a British Ambassador still continued at the Court of France, and our complaints then against that country were not half sn serious and numerous as they are now against the Court of Madrid. As war with Spain, in the present circumstances, will either be followed with an immediate rupture, or a subsidiary treaty with P.,rtugal ; we must procure /watts to defend her ports, or BUM AAAAA E will shut Otani against us. This has no doubt been fureacen by our Ministers ; and we hope sincerely that our merchants trading with those countsiee may have been prepared for a war, regarded as inevitable by every man ac quainted with BONAPARTE'S tyranny, and their weakness. We have seen several letters from the eastern part of lreland, down to the 11;th inst. one of which, a letter of the I 'th, from Dublin, will b.: found in a subsequent column. They are written by Gentle men, deeply interested in the welcare of that country, and alive to the slightest symptom of rebellion or disaff:Ction. As then they do not contain any allu sion to any recent disturbance, or alarming conspi racy, we must consider the following letter in an evening Print of yeste.day, as only one of its Mau- Mamie,' stories, published to acquire notoriety, but which, in fad, answers no purpose, except that of frightening old women, fools, and children. " Dublie, Oct. 12. " At this v. ry 111n1"'lit, 3 .'clock, a letter has beton put onto mv hands from Leighlin Bridge, in the county of Kildare, which CM111•1 from a permn with whom lam +AI sup/tinted, and whose veracity 1 Lore never had reason to doubt. The Letter states that they are all in consternation at Leighton Bridge in consequence of hat mg diveuvered a horrid plot. tine id the conspirators ha. made • discovery, and bas declared that the•uniber of persons organised is very con,iderable; hat that number it probably much exaggerated Th.: letter add., what we have c:atainly no knowledge of here, that a CoMitsitte• or seventy of the iirig.leaders had been sitting The person who has made the diseevery hat pointed 011 t a •044, which was to be cut down, to be ma itc.4‘.lllll.d into pikes. Tate intelligence from Lerglilin Bridge h:t• ixra t - ansinitted to Government, who ate nut ignorant of the particulate, het who do am participate in the alarm which se MIS to Lace occupied the mini, of the persons by whom the acc.iuut (dam plot was sent." This story of 30,000 organised rebels is a pretty improvement upon the blowing up of 150 gun-boats out of forty-eight, by the Baron, in his lam itc,uunt ut the experiment off Boulogne. One of our cruisers on the coast of Flanders looked into the road of Flushing last Saturday, and counted there, three prattles, nine gun-boats, and about twenty other armed vessels and transports. — According to the report of a neutral Captain, who sailed two days before from Middleburgh, BONA PARTE'S Conimander in Chief in Holland, General Msassomr, haclordeted the release of the French General POINSOT, the late Governor at Middle burgh, arrested by his successor, the Batavia's Ge neral OSTEN, for Isis extortions, plunder, and op pression. Instead of a well-deserved disgrace and punishment, Pomo' has obtained a command in the camp near Ziest, and General Os rEN has been reprimanded for daring to imprison a Commander of the Legion of Hunour, which rank Pornsor en joys.% On board the neutral vessel were twenty-two Batavian families from Zealand, bound for N e w York, driven away from their homes by French tyrants. They stated, that, since the pres:ht war,' two thirds of the inhabitants of Zealand bad been forced, by the stagnation and uncertainty of all trade, and by the continual oppressions of the French, to emigrate to different foreign countries ; and that, in Middl-liugh, one third of the houses were uninhabited and to be sold. Before General MONNET, the French Commander in Zealand, per mitted them to embark•, they were obliged to pay from 20 to 100 ducats for a pass, according to their presumed wealth. Captain Co LLIE a is appointed to the command of the Leander, of 30 guns, At Halifax, bearing the ti4g of Sir A. MITCHELL. The Pisciy, FRANLLANN of Hambro', was cap: cured on the 3d Sept. in lat. 51, 16. Lon. Iti, 40. by Le Brarve, French privateer. The loss of the .4/thee is one of the most consider able which the commerce of this country has for a long time sustained. She was worth upwards of 450,0001. staling. The alfthea sailed in company with the tket lately arrived, and there can be no doubt that had she been along with a convoy au thorised " to take charge" of her, so valuable a ship, and probably others, would not have been captured. The shoal, on which the ships Cate and PITPOIM were wrecked, is about five miles long, stretching N. N. W. and S. S. E. in lat 22. 20. South, and long. 1 55. 42. East from Greenwich. The Leyden Gazette has been suppressed by the French influence in Holland. It was supposed, however, that the circulation of it, after the expira tion of some weeks, would be again permitted. Pos sibly, the suppression of that long established, and, in some instances, highly independent paper, may have some remote connection with the projesffed changes in the Batavian Government. Yesterday the Bloomsbury and Inns of Court As sociation were reviewed by Brigadier General WE. TRAM, attended by an Aid-deiCamp, and prattised in all General Moore c's new manoeuvres ; the front and rear ranks priming, loading, and firing, kneel ing. The right wing were brought in rear of the lett by countermarching, which is an admirable ma - nceuvre, as by wheeling up the flank companies o f either flank, a line is immediately formed either to the Agin or left, without lessening either the first or second line , as is the case in forming the square. We were sorry to observe, the petionn• :ince, in general, was not marked with that attt n oon and preci.i.in we have hitherto witnessed. We were ready to Mtke every allowance for their in experience in the new evolutions, and their want of practice dining their late secession front military duties ; but, as a veteran corps, we expafted, at least, a general attention to the nrarchings and counter maiehings, Ste. Ste. The following Volunteer Corps are to be brigaded on Kennington Common, on Tuesday next, and reviewed afterwards by Major-General Gaus s scion, six. .flie loyal Southwark, or Ist Surrey Regiment, Lieut.. C..lonel Julio Alaaek, Commandant. 2. The Bermondsey Corps, now united with St. Wave's, Lieutetsuit-Colonel Thum•, Gattakel, t Uasniandrtut. 3. Loyal Laivilacth, Lieutenant-Colonel Slada. 4. Ciniu Church, hlajor Tuulnim. o. kotherhalte. Major Wells. A Paper of yesterday says " in consequence of His MAJL,Ty's determination no longer to reside at the Qusets's house in the Park. but to remain alto gether at Windsor. those who have apartments in Windsor Castle, including the Prince of WALES and other Princes, have been desired to remove, as their apartments will in future be required for the accom modation of His MAJESTY'S family. Orde-s have been given, we believe, to remcve the Royal I i•trary, one of the fiasst in the country, and every di connected with the convenience or pleasure of His MAJICSE r's residence at Windsor, from the QUEEN'S house in the Park. The Duke of Gsouc ea, we hear, quits Cranford Lodge. and the Hon. Greene Visite**. brother to Lord CL•IMIDOW, will in fu ture reside there, and will have a very confidenti al place in the superintendence of His M zsT les pri vate concerns. Indeed, all the arrangements are projeeted on the supposition of His MAJESTY% fu ture residence at Windsor. He will come to town only on particular occasions, and when Levees or other public business require his presence." The Jesuits at N4plcs have already made nume rous novices. The ice of age, and long persecutions. have not diminished their aaivity and zeal. The colleges of CEil re aro. of Nmlizediella, and Monte lakonr, are already crowded with disciples and novices, so that the professors have hardly time to instrua them all, and, therefore, have been obliged to refuse admittance to several. Every noble fa mily, attached to the King and to the Court, has some of their children or relations in the new Je suits Colleges greatly proteaed by the Queen as wall as by the Kit .g ; who. according to report. have determined, for the future, to have their confessors of that order. It is said. that the King of Sardi nia has invited some of them to the island of Sardi nia, and promised to restore to their order its former property. Atwitter rumour, though not credited, says, that the same proposals and offers have been, made to them by England, with regard to the Island of Malta. ` TICE At two • ' G. Hamm, pltess at the - mouth, cog of Hi M.A. dusa, Livid,. frigates, fr, under the c ing a Lug , orders s way hi uncl.:-, tiurs, being of which, to His Mai, firing a bro, is arrived a Moen. wi et peCted." ~ i first was th The second in endear,' by the L I.: . CO her. SI guns and tl 1 ,1. wnonded- -1 The whole 4 was blown are sorry t ,11 arrival of C patched to also as ea : f Weymouth Admiralty • result of tt ; • At 4.IZSTY, The Englis ' 1 11 . Caannel fl 4 Admir.:l ( . s rii.,-ht to de d loni,r!ng to English C the greates 1 the Spanist j • state of Oti 'ii. tarmy and ; r , country, h I • ships of th nation viit i ! ments flair uiard, h-a has been t the destriV yesterday, eacy, and has made i .. We al b•uv motet ems she sir eswidve, in pease that et 'the Prii enuld be, What does tare three 1 the proem ftd Print. eonduet, al in case cite! to proceed believe, re( i do they st iWe are cur all meanne Captain A MUM"! in Cons, in tt after long I canduo, in meet the co and not by .. upon thega tits of a wa stances of , Since the fi never b-en ; Spain into t i the fimily one, between of Bltssur etc navy, a as much und the Liter, a and if Spain ' , meats, by H =isms, she I the vianriel, Had Englau 1 iudependerci That Spain if ROYAL FAMILY. WEYMOUTH, Oer, The rtuyA t. FAMILY and their Party carne or, shore yesterday afternoon, from their aquatic ex. cursion, about half past five o'clock. In the evening, the ROY AL FA Mi L y had a ssleC : party at the Lodge. Early this morning His MAJESTY inspeCted troops previous to their marching to Binnicornb Downs, for the purpose of being brigaded with t h e Fly ing Artillery. His MAJESTY, accompanied by Mr. PITT anit several attendants, iSruceeded to the Downs, and inspeeted the brigade. The brigade went through all the manoeuvres with such exadness, that llir MAJESTY was pleased to return his thanks to CApt. MEREDITH ; and desired Mr. PITT to express is approbation to the M ASTER GENERAL or the Os u . twice, for the excellent state of the Fly ing A. tillery. His MAJESTY, after innwiting the brigade, toot a ride on the Dorchesteriiroad e accompanied be tlie Princesses ELIZA BETK and AMELIA, LOUIS GRAVE, R01.1.E, and CASTLEREAGH, Generals M A NEES and M A E%INGHA RI, Mr. PITT, and sevisil others. His MAJESTY' continued principally in coo. versation with Mr. Pi r r This morning the Princess AUGUSTA bathed. This evening, the ROVAL FAMILY will honour the Theatre with their presence, to see The w N Get Alorrsed, and The Atiree•Gle Smrpribe, for t:4 Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Ntv cos. Arrivals at the King's Head Hotel: Mr and WA W.lld, Mr. D. Neale, Mr. Vowel!, Mr Oke., Mr. Goulds, Mr. G. Small, S. Scutt, EA. ---- J.akins I eq. Arrived at Lutx's Hotel: Mr. Spark, Dr. Pr.cter, Mr. C..pl.trrl, INT Mr. and TiIIATRE, DRURY LAX& Miss Di ; Nears appeared last night in the Chou ter of Rosa ;ad, in SIIAK.PEARE'S heautifel Comedy, At Yea Li/., It. Itotatind has always been cocsi tiered one of the most interesting, but difficult at tempts in the female range of the drama. It cow bins exquisite delicacy with fortitacie, sens:Katy with intrepidity, the polish of a court under the semblance of rustic manners, and a heart with love, without any of its usual embarrassm.'re , ; but light, airy, and playful. A chat aCter finished, and requiring such delicate and divers, talents, few have attempted, and still fewer ha commanded success. Miss llt; sc s proved hc• self last night equal to all its points. We nes,: witnessed a more finished performance. This charm ing actress appeared in possession of the gage, of herself, and of her audience. Her Crelvo Saes *as ' given in the most enchanting style, and excited ea ' thusiastic applause front every part of the . hoax Mr. ELLISTON did ample justice to the charaaer of Orlando. We hope that gentleman will continve to consult his own taste and judgment, regardless el the pw,y attacks uf ignorant or purchased critician. The young lady whu made her first appearance an Monday, in the charafter of Marie, in The Wool for Scandal, was the representative of I'hu4e. She has a pretty face, a handsome person, and a good voice. Mrs. SUPITI.tY never appeared to gre:tt4t advantage than in the chat-after of Cale. The gown pi:era...wed with an elegant audiestest. F.A.SIIION ABLE ARRIVALS 1% TOWN. Ths E t:: of C2MICII. from i visit to Mr. Long, at Arlingtna• inert . Sir Th , num Ind SY P:arac Moatyn, frost their meat In Oz. lordships, to Dwane; If otel. _ _ _ Cut. Protgrand FaAr..), tate piss..neen from the East ludiei in the City ~fLolid m Indi.tinan, to the :bore Hotel. Mr. and Mni Murton and Fonds nom their seat in Ilert• for..islaire, to Millet's Hotel, Jeimyn-street. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES. E Vernon, Esq. from kls 1101101 in Cumberland stint, ts Stoke Park, TOWCe4tef. The hfrqui, of iltandfonl, from Albentarle-stre,t, to WI, t, Friari, Oxionkhire. Mr. Fo.4er, um a vi.it to his m.,ther, T.xdy E Taster, it Hastings. Oa Tuesday evening His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES and Count BE•I:JULAIS Irit Carlton I louse, for Brighton. Lady MART STUFFORD iS expefted in town this dry, at her father-in-law's house, the Eel of Co*U• Tows. in Hill -street, Berkeley-square t and in 4 few days her Ladyship will proceed to Sedhroke, near Hampton, preparatory to her fcrosehem , nt. The lion. Mr. Dt Ltos is hourly evaded from Dublin, at his house in Curzon-street. Lord SUFFIELD and family intend remaining. until the meeting of Parliament , at his Lordships seat. Gunton House, Norfolk.' • Colonel Hearn's, of the City Light Horse Volun• teens, is expelled in town to-morrow, from Brightc::. Colonel and Mrs. Btsumost and fatifilY have returned to their seat in Northumberland, offer a mTth's visit to the Duke of Moot, in Scotland. The Duchess of Davussni RE and suite will, in a few days. join hey sister. the Countess of Brno. Rowan. the Marquis of HAETINGTON. Lady C. PoNsosae. Lady E. Ferri:a. and Madame ST. Jecie, now at Hastings Lady WAKE is expected in town in a few days. frofn Courtown Hall, Nii :hampton. The Countess of M I kI.D save a wsidenftest lately to the reapers, at the conclusion of the harvest .it Scone. Not satisfied s, ith having provided good cheer, her ladyship condescended to the scene of rustic enjoyment with her presence, .c..! re mained a speEtator of the dancing fur sc‘ixal hours. On the 29th ult. the Perthshire Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry, Brigadier-General Ro searson's Light Artillery, Colonel M•l~ts2tt s. and Lientenant.Colonel Sir PATRICK. Ml.lta. V Regiments of V olunteers., are all to be marched True Perth for permanent duty. The Royal Mary-la-bonne Volunteers mu:timed yesterday, at ten o'clock, at Lord's Cricket Grou7d. and proceeded to Hyde Park, whcer they spelled by Colonel JErmtssosa, Earl of Bats stle. &c. After going through their various evolution:. to the great satisfaftion of the spectators, they were dismissed, with particular encomiums upon thrir excellent statej of discipline, by the Inspeiting 01* likens, &c. were In row= ct . the whe Iran quirt eccn !-es, Fllll met elm thei Go' mas qui! is tc ~ Est N wit bo: Fri I I • urt the we, Liz( Lis by.