The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-10-05 00:00:00

I L'HE BRITISH PRESS. LON at SATURDAY. ()croons S. W• bare received Paris Papers to the 29th last, and Dutch .I,urn,ils to the lst instant. They con tain a great number of State Papers, of which the first in order and importance is an EXPOSITION of the comparative conduct of Austria and France, si.•ce the peace of Luneville, amounting in fa,ft to a DECLARATION Of WAR against AUSTRIA and Rus st4 Li this Esinsi Li on, the Freud' Government enu me• aces the following grievances, which, it c , mteads, were so many just motives for war against Austria : 1. Austria did irm pay the sane rel,gions observance to Treaties as France. 2 Fet.nAion by Auatria, contrary to Treaty, of the debts due by Vence to it&L o ect. of Milan and Mantua. Cussion obtained ►y Aewria, of the following ,oriessions, from the petty Princes of Gemany,.%ls. Linclats. on The Lake of Conatz,ic the Isle of Monad, le the some Lake, Alike,: au, from the Teetorrie Order, and a number of ether acquisitions not named. 4. The taking, under pretence of a right paramount, actin eulciable sums from Switzerlaiid, which oueit to have been reversed for indemnities. 5. Her sequestration of cettain hers in Bohemia, under pre tree' of compensatious due to the Elector of Saltz i rargh. 6 Keeping recruiting parties in the Bavarian Frovincei to Franconia and Sualsia. 7. Maintain or Austr.. towards England. 6 Ilea recognition of the right of blockade assume! hi Eng' incl. 9. The pear granted to Out Iltunian beeps through the Atistrwn Star-s. 10th and last)-, The passing of the Inn, and over tuning', by the Xustrian triiops the two last cannot be fairly brought into ac count, as they are, in fad, the commencement of h.•srilitics by Aust-ia. 'rimy are e4'e:li, not causes. Tie c ght orst, therefor-. comprise th- whole " front and face of the offending." A stronger proof cannot be coixeived of the blameless a id perfilt)y innocent ensi.iusc.t of Austria, than what is to be Mune in th:s indtdment drawn up against ber, Ly the Frento C.ivernment. Unassailable, indeed, must be that cha raher, in which the prying !ye of TAI [AVIA 413 cart discover only such trifling def.•:ts. It is, in fat R, the nighest praise that could be indireftly bestowed vi.tia it. Allowing the charges to be true, Rosa. s• ars might have said with the Poet -- non ego panels Offender maces , guns aut axial& fait, Ant humana pa•um card nature. The Exposition, having thus enumerated the or ftnces of ilusttia, next proceeds to contrast then% with the amiable, meritorious, and unoffendiiug c.sn clua of France. The following are the instances which it has thought proper to aJduce: I. France was de 'ending the cause of Enropc agiOist F. oz. Li id, and was toal'y rneage4 in ■ maritime war. Bonaparte, notwithstanding the Offen - vs of Austria, in his love of peace, alutained front all complaint, and .hewed to VbeCotill Vienni3Oilly new teattnotttei of deference. 8. t oals• a , ‘Jrnbled, and the cantos Vain •d Sc Bo ta pa.Se its Italy, we - a merely for the purpose of pony Lic u• fireling that they lei given Urne,61111:11t0 . the Lau wore raised. 4. B miaparte :pad it twice in hh power to deprive the House N Austria of half no he, eirtary states, but, instead of dirnine.h iog, increased its power. S. 'Ph- French Gsreritneent made profesnorts of a sineere door, of peace to the Aunnan Mu Teter at Pans. 6. Bonaparte I'etured Austria upon the , m,siopriety of her cniidufl, and conjured her to desist from her military proper*. 'tons. 7. lie determined to demand from the Coto of Vi enna, explanation& to Nem the has,' of a negotiation, at the Moment when Aastrit ever-ran &Tana in profcuad puce, and thereoy put an end to all hopes of peace. These are the principal points of the comparative view of France and Austria, as drawn by TAL v- AstD. We may ask now, what is to be thought of the fairness of an article, purporting to give a faith ful likeness Of two states, in which every thing good that cart be said of the ono, is contrasted with every thing bad that can be urged against the other ? in wt•hich virtue is not compared with virtue, and fault with fault, but set in opposition to each other? If I;t)NAPARTE meant to weigh himself fairly in the scale against the Emperor of GER at sv, why, after enumerating the offences of Ans. tri t, did he forget his o.vn ? Had he compared the ac ;uisition of the Isle of Menau, a spot scarcely v•srhle in the lake of Constance, with the an at.:: (lion of Piedmont, Savoy, Genoa, Parma, and Placeraa ; the accession of Lindau, with the annexation of Belgium. and the assumption of the crown of Italy; had he weighed the oc cup.•tion of Hanover and Holland, against the occupation of Bavaria ; and the arrest of M. Peon', at Venice, against the violation of the territory of Baden, and the atro&ous murder of the Duke D'Er.outett ; which will haunt his thoughts, and weigh its spirit down in the day of bat. tie!—!lad the demerits of th t Powers been thus fairly weighed, those of A - varia wools' have &GOO kicked the beans. Except the tallary and tee Vows, of the rsasooing in this Exposition. there is ~.. little else ..vortb notice. It condescend( to treat Russia like England, as an isolated power, that has little or nothing to do with the political system of Europe, and to consider Austria as the dupe of both, blinded by that root of all evil, the gold of England; and deluded into the war by the crafty ambition of Russia. This Erpositiin is snpported by a great number of diplomatic documents into which we cannot now enter. Upon the movements and march of the French troops, the _ltoni-rue is silent ; but the other Papers state, that the French troops of the Army of Hanover arrived on the 22d, in the environs of Frankfo-t, and ascended the Maine, and that they will soon be followed by the French and Batavian army, the first division of which patted the Rltiffle on the 24th ult. at Mentz, marched towards Weilbach and Stinglingen, and were to be at Olen bach on the 25A1. The Austrians are said to have . advanced to Btockach, and occupied Biberach ; it is even reported, that they have entered Switzerland— the Bavarian troops have taken a position un the Left Bank of the Danube. BUNep•RTC lett Paris on the 24th, for Stras borgh, to put himself at the head of the Army of the Rhine. Hostilities have not yet commenced in italy, but both &mks of the Adige are occupied by large bo dies of troops. The French Funds are .5 5 ; . The letters by the Jamaica Mail, brneght by "'re Haddock schooner. were Cheered yesterday. The Jamaica Papers, to the Ith of August, do nut con tain any intelligence of tnuch importance. The ranguard man of war, and the Papilligns of war, sailed from Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 2tsth July, with a fleet unier c.nivuy, for Great A fleet from England is arrived at Jamaica. The following communication wet transmitted last morning, from the Admiralty, to the Proprie tors of LLoYD'S COffee•}lo4lle ADMIII•LTY-Of FICL, OCT. 5, 1805. Extraft from the Los-Rook of Ills NLn , sty' , Schooner Had dock, Lieutenant F.ley, Let 45. OS Lyn. 9. " Wind, varishle, E. N. E.—Frill, Sept 27, half-past two, beard seve-al guns fired in the hi W.—A ee, observel His Majesty': ship Calcutta. haul nut a e c•auvoye—At half past three, a heavy cannonsding tuni-ueirced between the Cal e tta and a very large sh;p—ea3hs,vved another ship comi.:7„ iring her how-chasers, ant two Some strips fullowing . At half past four, ro'..erva i the lame ship to haul fr- • .e Calcutta, and heave to—fir stole, spoke the Indus e • :.- e:a-t Indiarnan, who informed us, tryit the ship " ;ed the etteutta was a lane: Frenclt ti . .este, and t'_•tr • in chase of • her then, were line-of.hattle ships -rer‘t half , st nine, heard a v-re heavy cannonading in the S.W. s,. • ost.d to be between Calcutta and the eintiny.—rkt half pist tnt, firm* ceased.— At dav-'igirt, four sail in sight.— 1t noun, fresh bieraes and eliondy, three strange sail iti sight The Commander of the Haddock stab.;, that it is his °tuition, that the Indus and the greatri part of that Calcutta's Convoy, mar have escaped, -by steering toward. does nut know the names of the ships :hat cam sea the Fleet, excepting the Indus, which was the most sal table." This communication cnrresponds exactly with the account which we ► s ave yesterday. Yesterday, a Court of Diredors was held at the Eau-loxfa-House, which adjourned at six o'clock, till Wednesday next. List of Passengers on hoard the ship Ind.u, Capt. Gv;ene Wttroes, from Madras -I.,e.ocnant•Colonel Maelend ; Maim Pshick Roe; Cave. Hawkins. died the 6th of July, 1605 ; Lieutenant George Jeffries; Thomas Snodgrass, Esq. M r . Thninas Rohin.in Mr. G. %V. Thompson; Mrs. F. Hawkins Mrs A. Hoes Mrs F. Lee; Mess M. Hawkins; MIS E. iLiwkissa; Mrs. Boyd Jane, and Servants. The Ocean, lately arrived from Botany Bay and China, spoke, on the 23th of May, in lat. 36, long. V. 30. the Walpole and Lord Duncan outward. bound East Indiamen, all well. Advices from Jamaica, from the 13th July to the 3d August, state, that a number of Privateers were cruising about that island. Also, that the Chester f packet, from Falmouth, had been captured, re captured, and the mail sunk. Admiral STIRLING, with five sail of the line, has returned to the Chann.:l Fleet, after an unsuccessful cruise in search of the Rochfort Squadron, Admi ral Coat:we ttis immediately dispatched a second squadron in pursuit of the enemy. Sir SIDNEY SMITH attended yesterday at the Admiralty. He came, no doubt, to consult with the Board upon his Course of operations on the French coast, and to receive instrunions. Forty gun-boats are fitting out for him at Woolwich. They carry two guns, one in the how, and the other in the stern. They are very light, and consequently draw very little water. Levers from vur fleet off Cadiz state, that the Toulon and Carthagena squadron intended to join the Combined Fleets in Cadiz, and from thence to proceed to Ireland, to the amount of forty-eight sail of the line, with 30,000 troops on board ; but, that the timely junftion of Admirals CALDER and COLE p4c WOOD, defeated this enterprise. The :brk Tar, M.PurasoN, from Jainaica, for London, has been taken in going to join convoy, re taken, and carried into Port Royal. The fol!owing vs v'els were lett at Lucea, Jamaica, on the 1-t of August last, not having arrived in -ime to jeiti the homeward-bound tLet ; viz. the it,. ; DODD • Familia:ft", - ; Ifertu'ea, ; Pla • rtiMay Corks, Coaaa• - ; I' rrLsna, Lirartu, Sutra; and a brig bound intidint. The brig Fors, —, for Quebec ; the aleJaria. —, for Liverpool, and two others, unknown, proceeded in hopes of tithing in ss ith the convoy.; RE , s4 - -A*` . Artni . , . • -.i . !;* " l'ii ,- 0r . „ or .- • \--- e, .g e - , .... lilb . 10' ROYAL P.l wi. r. Yesterday morning. at five o'clock, Their MA. JESTII3, the Plincesses ALGU%T A, EI IX DETI4, Maar, Surat A. and AKILIA. left Weymouth, to the great regret of that place, for Kea/. The Prin cesses Sorel' a and AMELIA slept last night at An dover, and the rest of the ROYAL PARTY continued their joumey.dined at Hanford-bridge, and reached Kew at seven o'clock yesterday evening ; being two hours sooner than they were expeeted. They Were escorted by a party of the 14th Light Dragoons. Their MAJEsTi es and the ['aliments appeared in good health and spirits, and did not seem to have •uffered from the fatigue of their rapid journey. His Maissrv, immedi tely after hi, arrival, went I.) view the ti.a!,les, accompanied by the Equerries in waiting. THEATRE. CQVCIT.OAUDTS. Last night, Miss SMITH, a second time perform." ed the part of Lisafy 7 away, and recited COLLINS'S Ode ors Ihr Passions, with increased cilia. The house was crowded, and the audience were loud and unanimous in their applause fietv:en the Play and Farce, the loungers in the refreshment room determined to pass away the time with a row Some words. and a chaflenge, having taken place between two gentlemen, an o:fieer iiterfered, and -eized one of the parties. Gat inde.rnation was manifested at this, by the fowl •rurn present, and a rescue was attempted; however. after half an hour's confrr.;on and noise, the Officer procure,. assistance, and succeeded .n taking the gentleman he had first laid hold of; ro the watch-house, and peace was restored. The Princess Cstaxt.ovre cf WALES, the Duke of Susstx, the Earl of BA RKYNI(IIIE, Lady HEATH cote, Lady 1 - l Enos, and Lady W. Russett., were amongst the'llyde-park Fashionables yesterday. Mr. PITT arrived at Deal on "Ibursday, aad dined at Walmer Castle, with a selea party. The Marquis of litawroar arrived in town, yesterday, from Sussex. Colonel Limos arrive). yesteriay, at FILN lON'S itrvel, from itt.ene4ter. Oa Thursday morning, the Musical Festival commenced at Birmingham. Earl of Cl...ocher, arrived at his boast-, Spring garden Teri ace, yesterday, from Ireland. Capt. Fs et ntmo left Sandgate, yesterday, for h's seat, at Maidstone, Kent. Earl of Eolt€ SION r left wen yesterday, for his seat, Petwottf., :; t, ex. I.erd Mouteranv is expeifted in town, in a few ty-, from Irai•nd. 'r':• • Earl and Countess of Has Remora arrived at their house, in Sackville-street, yesterday. G. DusLoe, Esq. left his house, Charles -street, Berkeley-square, yesterday, for Brilhton. CHRIST SAVILE, Esq. Jun. and Sir MIURA' PEY TON, sported their barouche and four, in Bond street, yesterday. Sir Asa AMAMI and Lady lii sae, arrived at their house, clip-street , Berkeley- square, yesterday, f: r `Tn Wormleybury, and were visited in the evening 1 Lady De Cairroao. Miss WHSATLLY, late of Covent-Garden Tbe etre, has ma& her kind at the Bristol Theatre, in Patrick, in The Poo. So.'dier, and has met with a most favoura..de reception. Miss Memo will make her dried at Derby The atre, on Wednesday nest. Mrs. Hesse Twist. left Birmingham,* few days since, for Ireland,from whence she is expetßect to pro ceed to Lisonn, a here she will temaiu during the Ninter, fur the recovery of her eealth. Sir huts Plate/CRT and his Countess, mean to ere& an elegant gateway and screen in front of the eosin before Bath House, Piccadilly, in the place of the shabby piers and old brick wall, which so long disgraced that part of the mansion. Miss Owarrsoa's NArice of St. Dwrioitsk is justly considered as the best Novel that has appeared within the present year. The Duke of QuELISSIER aye, attended by an hem hit friend, drove yesterday afternoon several times through Piccadilly and tit. James's -street, in the well-known tis.a-.45. His Grace sported a white song hat, and looked amazingly well. Lady }IRA". HCO r a is among the Fashionables now in town. She yesterday drove, in her brilliant equi page, through several streets at the West End, and paid a visit of some l engt h to h er mot h er , L a d y Lot ISA MANNERS. in Pall-Mall. The Marquis and Marchioness of BATH, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. BENTIscr, and several other persons of rank and fashion, who have been partaking of the festivities of Lord BORINGDON'S beautiful seat, at Sultram, Devon, are gone to Bath for the season. On Monday last, .1. H•watta, Esq. Mayor of Plymouth, gave a grand turtle and venison enter tainment, at the Bancrieuing-room of the Guild hall, to a large party of nobility and gentry of the town and neighbourhood ; at which were observed the Right Hon. Lord Boat SWOON, two Portuguese Noblemen. Vice-Admiral Sir J. 'l'. DUCKWORTH, K.B. Capt. Sir Rosette BARLOW. Bart. Sir W. ELSORD, Ban. Generals SISICOr, EIGLAND, BRIGHT, MERCER, CALCRAFT, Ls sass, STIP' ?HENS, and Tuom as; Vice-Admiral YOUNG, Vice. Admiral CHASSISRLA VII, Rear-Admiral St r oe, several Captains of the Royal Nave, the Field Officers and Staff of the Garrison and Camp, Sec. The several tables were full ; the dinner consisted of two large turtles dirod from Jamaica, with ve nison and all the delicacies of the seacm ; and, to crown the whole, an inirnen*e Lams of beef, adorn ed with the Royal standard. anion. navy, and ad miralty flags, was placed in the centre of the ta ble. The desert was in profusion, and wines ex cellent. Several loyal and constitutional toasts and sentiments were given ; some excellent songs, catches, and glees, perfenly in point, went off in a high style, and the business of the day was cuitalaci ed in the true genuine principles of the anc:ent British hospitality of the town of Plymouth. 'Ffie Banquetting-room was elegantly adorned by the adios, with wteatbs of evergreens, shrubs, &c. - r c7l ? Atf, dr. s: ~~ • if Wednesday, at one o'. l uc k. h i R o y a l Iligifi•rt ,„; the Duke of Ynrk .itrived at.rhallso n. in w ;•ni., f.,rrn ~ rthia I • regiment of ( ; lards. anij at two r . ne upon th e ground, on which -were drawl up th , .. Ist and 3d battalions of the Is' regiment at Guar s; the men made a particularly fine apor.aran. te. od passed their Royal Coh'iel in slow and (pie% : .e in a most admirable manner; they rare .e eria-ls , marched in line, and Grail several riiii . imds by e.iiril pwiies from right to ler. ; their front wi. . then changed, and they again fired i they atterwerls treated, turned suddenly to the rigiat about, 2nd comMenced a very heavy irregirleir fire of musketry and field-pieces, which was k-pt Op for • nate ani nutes; a close column of corn' antes was flamed after the firing ceased, and from this manceavve they Were again formed in line. wheeled, and m imbed to their barracks, at a little past three o'clock. The day a as remarkably fine, and a vast nomher of spectators was assembled on the occasion. We never remember to have seen His Royal Highness in better health and spirits; he was attended by Cc. .nerals Sir David Dundas, Wynyard, Lawton, and Thornton, and was pleased to express the most un qualified approbation at the appearance of his regi ment ; they •-vincid, he -aid, " the highest posrs:bie Efate of di...ipline." After the review, His Itny Al Highness diked with his Offic.ers at enir Ness Room, where they had prepared at- ele'a.st enter tainment for him, and in the evening he was pre sent at a very elegant supper and b' h, girun,on the occasion by Lady Matilda Wynyarsi ; Os Royal Highness retureed to town the eyes night. In conequenc- elf the superior gnod conduce'. of the I men, Hi; Royal Highness has ordered the wh,ile,al them a new suit of clothes to be nude of hat cl stb. and al'o a cnrcpletely new set or accoutrements. Iles Royal Highness intends teicg at ,chacliiio on the 2'..td inst. and will give a return dinisr,":9 tail Officers. at the C-. earn Inn, Rothrist,. The Bind of the First Guards it n.ivi to i.e called the King's Re d The bn !: ot John archer, late a seaman on 'board His Majesty's ship 7be eta. was j . iro ' Saturday last. taken up after it Inc! hcen lyi.letl, in cdnseqns.. - ..- of suspicion having arise t, that ne. Aced donde. •7 cess of punishment. The Jury have s. .- t: -, have been adjourned several time;, aid 1 ..: es - mined a number ot nit nesse% whnre evidence :ip, t contiadiamy. A Serje.iiit of Mar:nes has t-ti.r e so tar as to state, that the man was very severely, and repeatedly punished, and that, at the t 7 tne f; a nishrnent was inflined on him, the man could not walk, hut was brought tip from b,•low ley several men, and laid do.vn across a gun, not bein4 atile to stanc upright . , and 11.• vas flr.gged in that situatiun. The Surgeon f the ship, on the contrary, states. that the man has not been twereiy treater, and that when he was called to see him, his case appeared se. lenient, that his attendance was not required. The Jury again met lair ever'ng, at Us o'clock. to examine the remaining witee ...e! , ,sincl, ihnntnine, not being able to form an immediate ojiiilicny eiff withdrew into a separa Le apaninrrt, and were lock.:1 in telAT' y three hours, when •hey recpteste'd'ate Ott sence of the Coroner, and delivered Cie solemn Ver. di& ot—Wifid Afearder assiost C..lt,;;siTtitige.. 'Migrant of the reversion of Lord.Buc creole rant place in thi.; Inch Ex' tiequer to the ',Lan of Ilasowicat. is a pretty strengt .virnpre.4 of th speesrj retirement of the from :.is Vice- • dy . Arrarge-^net or kick! Are fre , , -ad) , made in favour of Chef ; .oiettgits or ',nand. a shOn time previou• to their le ivil,:e the :annoy. To the case of the Marquis t f Bus:AMOK ass the r-- version of Lord Cii.•xiixASSlL'S T. ry lueratis e sine • 'Con of King's Rernemta truer of the Irish F.rel quer, was given to Lord Garry tt.t.e. and whirl b.,: since been conferred upon Marquis WLI.LSSLCY. The Debtors in Sr. I h toss's Ward. near this city, have this dry received ins ruftions from tor intimating to then, the immediA:e necesi:ty of alta • - ing a fair statement of their situatitn, and teller fairs reiative to their debt,, in • rde; that such of them May benefit by an Aa of In ilvency. which we are given to u iderstand .vial take ;dace the nest meeting of ea. lianent (E,ste. and Plpsiotais (,a-• zetfe, Oa. e.) Last eve.nieg, abotit nine o'clock, a male child was left at the door. No. 7, Lansdown-place, near the Foulidlinz H spiral. Tier; being only twcsser vant-maitis left in the house, is was given to the Beadl-, and taken to the Workhouse. - In the to- nco , of yesterday, b t went ten and eleven o'clo•-_k, a well-kokin, middle ;A : !ed wool to was exposed to s •le, in &silt field blaritet, by er husband, wt ha r ire round her waist. The r chase money demanded for this fair bargain, ear sA.this being considered rather exorbitant. none standing the novelty of the'article., there wi is v bidders for some time, until a very consider tbia concourse of people were assembled, at: lady became very impatient for a biddet. at aoy price, declaring her unnatural busbaiLd had used her cruelly, and arse WA.; wailing to be Itt . ,cked down at a nide. Two guineas were bbd for her by some gallant swain; and, without wanirie tor Any further bidding, the husband declared has the put . chaser, and the property was regularly tt sisslerred in the books of the t'lerk of the Market. T`.& old Inseband departed, contented with the prole ee this sale; and the new one retired, with his bArgato, to s neighbouring public-house: On lotunday last, the body of a man was found in the bacon of the London Docks, Wapping. Upon being filen up, two pounds one shilling, in gold and silver were found in his pockets; be was well-dressed in mourning, black silk waiceoat, stockings, wi:h white gauze under-stockings, the letters T. W. on his handkerchief. lie was sup. posed to be the letter-carrier w:to has abscuoiled, and been for some rinse advertised by tie Post- Office Several persons attended at the done hose. Wappitig Chinch-yard, to see the lwidy, but it ite.ss so swelled, and the whole lice and person so ais figurrd, from being so long in the ..•uer, !hat body, as yet, has been able to identity at. It is is., 1- gined, that he has been some days its the water, from Ms hat being :ound on 'Tuesday last. sits shoe- trings were fouod is his pocaet...id a p• mock in the hat, but nn papers, or a y thine else abut him. as yet can lead t a dis•-overy. He up. prated About thirty years to age, and live feet sat are e.ght inches in height, lad pettedly weilmadm 1