The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-10-30 00:00:00

I :. T I PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. so • WALCIIRIEIf. The number of British troops, sick at . Walehe: Oen, amounted, last week, to 8000 men ; and the island is not sollidently insulated to prevent the French or Dutch how effecting a landing bet w ee n Anemende and Cumpt - cere, itadeliance of all the batteries erceted by our troops, as the enemy may come down at alight, in one tide, in suticient force, through the pamage, called ha Dutch, Sand Creek, . and, in English, Wolfart's Dcke Channel, and which our gun-boats cannot defend, as they are exposed to the Dutch batteries in South Beveland. Of the strength of our troops an idea may he funned, when, (luring in:: weeks at Ter Vert,. never more than aim men, out of the two regiments which ' geiristmed the place, were fit for duty; and, in other parts of the Wend, bowie regatneuts did not 11/ Oil er more than from 20 to 25 effective men. '• 'lnc situation of the inhaintauts is truly pitiable; t!.ey are, 111111 111114111, cut off from all cocoanut:ilea t.%a with the continent. In consequence of this, I:,ey are not only deprived of the necessary supplies of provisions, but also Prow every source of income ; so that, on the one head, most provisions have risen to extraordinary prices ; namely, butter, from 6d. to 201 per lb.; meat, from 51.1. to 9d.; and other necessaries in proportion, owing to the great con sumption. And, as an additional proof of their miserable situation, it is certain, that they ore even unable to pay for provisions, if furstui dial from Eng land. But more Lamentable still is the situation of the people in North Develop(' (as smell island, next to Walcheivii); in consequence of neither the English nor Dutch keeping possession of it, they are alter nately harassed by both. and frequently it has hap pened, that the one pays them a morning visit, and the other an evening one ; tasking away whatever they want, but particularly cattle, with which this island abounds. " There lire about 3 or 4.000 Dutch troops in Smith Beveland, and from 25 to 30,000 encamped between Ant werp end Bergensop-bium, commend. to i,y six Dutch Generals, et the head °lulus:is is Dimionceau, in the °well ►ervice. " The 1101114111111WittlUll between Smith Cleveland acid the Continent, 1. kept up by a bridge, which has been thrown by the French over the drowned land." STATE OF THE crarisu ARMY IN PORTUGAL 11. WAS. tot T. J. " The principal (hooves which primal,, are levers and dysenteric*. A. the weather 1s uow bee g snare teinperate, the sickness begins to decrease. This garrison is entirely appropriated fur the mei.. lion tlie sick of the aru m . 6 1 Nothius interesting of a unlit:ivy nature te.• taken plalevatuce the arrival of nead.onartersat B jos. The conjectures, with of the army, are various. Lord 1`•• Cris ga. lion, for the first tim , Saturday.- 114.1 burden', seemed to be so ,;.cud health sods spirits. He bits had tw., severe attacks of illness, dysentery and fever. Ou roteriug-the town lie re reivevl.4 salute r.fi2.l gnus from Fort Le Lippe, which • was repeated oa hi, devirture in the ereititig. Lordship, while io tow.), visited some vkf the - O bit , . The Mftriliiis de lit ituitietta p nsae tl tlorm 4 ll this place about a fortnight ago, ol to tic im!.. I. i. here, that tro.,ps the late exitutlittno 1 ..,•!, tu ).Tio i ho;a• it nt. Lott ..•• t• , t try err it:t , •:m..!. a li fur t.. • itrmectm t 404 454, t: 0114:1•I'S Pu,11,4.1!. Th e i>„ ; .. an ;.ace: do for ilia, ; ale real.v 'he.; 19 Coe ititererts of 11 , tr tsmitary, and me.i to nor lialtins for the ‘‘t • I:4 , 4. it, Tit'. , • 1 their .I)lirewtoi . s. Cret;,;l 7 .t..tt 0.1 Cie other a the ", (We, al l thi s lt, i ac i pal town , thoc bit!t. • roil, front Coiiti heady as ftir o. Madrid. It 1- r-itori;•‘l, that the emi my ttie to..tkit to eh their i.o,itiou ; butt I mil well cu ['ley get ‘1•1. ,tr ~,, trioluit.erit tit., t!., twv..r wail rtleitipt ailutitt t tack. Ilirseerni has b. en f t..e.ue time in I,ktion. l est• ...t 'leant the teas,,i, ahv he re rosins TO lung linos his Portuguese cow- • 1 nc r. F. " I 3 my I inforniad On of the rot loos cep:- torus th.t w.!re age.a tr.pxdiu the future opern 'lions of ocr army in this coulitry. It is now very gatieiully hehetr l that we 'than enicuate the cutiutly initnettiatly. The Adjutant-Gene ral. acLouipaNiLd by Dr. Frank. the inti>ectur of ficelatk liaviol gone to Lisbon tt few days ugo. aid the Cointnau.let-in-Chitf hating .pissed through this town, yester.lay, ou Les way to that place, has e:etto tise to Um. opinion. Getteral Sha;brooke, a for moleraeut the ceteittuity of benig ktVglattl, with u toositlciubtr ti. re of iporu; ) , un Saturday, ut fladati•.l, etou:si.tods in the aliseore of 'us It is sm,l that head quarters are to be ,homy reatuvi d to Eatrentes, in Port ia;tel. The Spaniard, are verf reluctinit in t,, t t : „,, c our troop... u lot lathers" have 'wets in I , wpm:try huts. into Coca to Not. rains t.ea a-1.1 lots just set its ; then:fore ot . greater .hr!- re: - are altsultrtely nereol.try. toortal:q which prevailed here is .da-id•.1.4 I-ORLIGN Ti.LLIGEN( 31-',l:Mstl PAVERS. %TA I LIU. err. The I , lVlilrlirie Greet:ft %IA; t . .... 1110.0. 110 form the lotlw.ok of a,' the ;,,,I , .ry of Spam.-- Blake olvrve4 the army, % , :•o , e want. must he very great von.equetier or the brilliant action at iiaw:ara, oci:1 the toterce:nion of th,• large unlvoy ala ch tr;:ey eXi..e:e:!,, 'Flo. liea.l-,;nar:ero „r the array of La N1.4nc.14 me at D.iymiel ; the dtritiono which mat shlb . z,n;e6l have fail, a track, in order to extend the hoe. The march of General F.guia to La Mancha, or.) the movements or the united army, have obliged the'Frencli to concen trate themarlve. at Toledo; and it anpears that they have .almoilmied the design of nivailing the eli.triet of Molina, the pnlnotv of which !place ha ram them much ; tt is probable that they will de tach troop.. from the side of Almarrs, to supply, by forced iniricher, their inferiority of another.. To wards Puente vie Areobillo, nothing' oevr has oc. eorred, excepting some sliJit in which air troop. alistog always have the advantage. The LONDON. MON DAY, Ovroura 30. Sir SAMt.tt, Timm hoisted, his flag on board the Cent ur, Capt. ‘V LaLLY. on Saturday, at Ports mouth, and will wail in a few days with his squadron for the Mediterranean. We have received a liambusgh Corresporidinuers, of the 17th instant. It appears from it, and recent accounts from Holland, that the treaty between France and Austria was signed, on the sth, by the Plenipotentiaries of these respective Powers, at Vienna ; and that ten days were allowed for its ra tification by the two Estresons. That necessary sanction. however, nes not obtained until the 14th, when it was returned to Vienna, from Totis, with the Emperor of A USTRI A'S signature, to which Bu st PARTE immediately after added his own. Totis, the remitleiste of the Austrian Court, is less than e journey of two days front Vienna; iu which capital it was the general opinion. up to the last moment, that the Emperor FRANCIA would refuse hie midi vation. This opinion was foituded upon the long delay, and the presumed magnitude and extent of the sacrifices demanded by Bon arait'es ; bat we frir that the Emperor Fe INCIS had tau other alter native, than consent. or immediate and total ruin; The gallant Tyrolese still continue to maintain their independence, and evince a spirit of patriot ism and courage worthy of the best of times. Two Deputies have arrived in this country from Hofer, the General of the Tyrolean Patriots, for the purpose of soliciting pecuniary *wistaria/ from our Government. These Gentlemen have brought very favourable accounts of the resources of the country, and of the disposition of its inhabitants to sustain the arduous struggle in which they are en gaged ; and declare that the French and Confede rate Armies lost upoonls of IR,OOO men duriug the last month, to tier unsoctrasful conflicts' with the Tyrolese. That Gentlemen come recommended to the consideration of Mini by Mr. BArauarr, our Agent with the Austrian Court ; and we arc given to understand, that his report of the progress and promise of the war in the Tyrol, corresponds with the statement of the Deputies. A report was prevalent, on Saturday, that Mini sters, in consideration of the unhealthiness of Will cheren, had come to the determination immediate ly to withdraw our troops from thence, and had given the necessary orders on the occasion ; but we tied that the advertisements, soliciting proposals for supplying it with provisions, were continued in The Gazette of Saturday night ; from which, combined, .with some other circumstances, we infer that the report is without foundation. Letters from Elvis and &Cluj os, to the end of the last mouth, state, that the mortality amongst our troops in Portugal hes not been near so great as has been reported. Elva. contained oar principal hospitals. and thither all the bad cases in the army had been sent. On the :9th ult. however. the to tal number of sick did not amount to fifteen hun dred. and the total number of deaths during the month was no inure than 243. Many of the sick were in a state of convilesreuee, mind 11.11 every ad vantage derivable from medical science and Latta- The number of persons against whom bills of in dictment have been found, for riot at Covent-Gar- den Theatre, amounts to fifteen. Their cases it does not become us to prejudge ; but, we trust, what. ever may be the result of their Oda, that their ex perience has already taught them to distinguish their real from their pretended friends. The same per 0185 who.hAve assertra that a Theatre is a place where the people have a right to destroy private property, assault the performers, and endanger the peddle tranquillity, We find, still endeavour to pro long the delusion, by affecting to doubt the law of the case,as land down in Mr. Mat !SWAM Wee charge to the Grand Jury. We do not mesa to pronounce anealogivas upon the profound el iertion.and great legal talents of this rade:num, and to contend that Ise is infallible. We think, however, that he has sufficient discretion not to enwmit himself rashly on a question so likely to excite notice, and that be has beers well advived in the doctrine which he has lair' down. It was not a charge given in the usual way. He renal it from • printed papar, which, we buve no doubt, had been carefully perused and con sidered, by the ablest of his' legal friends. That persons, however, will be femieZ to question its prin ciples, and that some young Barrister, who fancies he possesses talents for popular oratory, may be found ready to volunteer his servicui, to attract notice to himself, is very probable ; but the parties, we venture to predict, will never derive any advantage from thus becoming the ludder of his ambition. There is another pelie tin which their pretended fiiendship is likely tu ope rate injuriously. We allude to the subscriptiou for the *insistence of the perAuni ambit. prosecution, as adtertived in several of the newspapers. If this subscription be a delusion, oh which it certainly bears many internal marks, it requires no corn mem ; but if it be meant seriously, see the disad vantageous situation in which it places the par ties, in case of couviction.—Fine and imprison ment are the punishments which attach to the of fence; and here the Court, apprised of the steps taken to defeat the puuishrueat of tine, would pro bably lay the whole weight upon the imprisonment, which cannot be defeated ; and this. the party may be eventually . subjected to six months' confine ment, who would otherwise perhaps have been Gene tenced only to three. Had the patrons of this measure been actuated by • pure regard for the parties un der prosecution, they would have waited until sentence was passed, before they gave publicity to their subscription ; but that would not answer their purpose.—lt would not encourage the riot, by tempting others to follow their example. But, in dependent of these considerations, ries the parties feel nothing degrading in being thus held out to the world as paupers, unable to fee a Barrieiter at the Quarter Sessions. • itliont the tummy and charity of their neighbours! We could nci:er hare supposed that these were men who could riffurd to spend night after night in a playhouse, and felt particu larly interested its the question whether they were to pay six shillings or seven shillings to the Hoses ? We shall only notice oue more artifice that has been ri•sorted to for the purpose of misleading the public. A list of the Grand Jury has been pub lished in some of the papers, from which it appears that they are *turned from the vicinity of the Theatre, and are principally shop-keepers and • tradesmen. The pretended chuinpioue of liberty tell tin that such men are not sufficien4ly respect able to be on a Grand Jury ; and it is insinuated, that, because they reside in the neighbourhood, they must be partial to the Managers. Now, we can only say, and we challenge contradiction, that , they are precisely the elms of men, of shorn the Westminster Session Grand Jnriee here been al ways composed ; and that it is not tin custom to summon a Jame from the east, another from the west, one from the south, and another from the north, !sot to take the whole from else and the same district or neighbourhood. As to the insinuation of partiality, 'why a ems, became tread-quarters of our army of Estrematlura are at Deleitosa ; the movement of some Englishetroops towards La Mesa de Ibor is spoken of. The pass into Gallicia by Astorga is defeuded by a numeroils corps of Asturian soldiers; these troops, combining . their movements with those of the army of Gallicis and of Ciudad Rodrigo, will prevent the French in Old Castile from assisting their army on theTagos. King Joseph has set oat fol. La Grenga. It was known at Madrid only by his not appearing in pub lie. Neithes the Palace Guards nor °Seen. of the Household had been removed ; does he again wish to act the hero, and to renew the exploits of Tala vera ?. OCTOBER 7. General Blake was on the 23d tilt at Tess, near Gerona ; his object is to throw fresh succours into that invincible city. By an authentic statement of the French army iu Catalonia, it appears, that 56,000 French have en tered that principality, of whom, according to the most moderate computation, not more than from 23 to ,0 0 remain. Two Swiss regiments, belonging to Soult's division, which is at Mu sencia, have not mutinied. The French troops that were at Talavera, are assembling at Toledo, where they are fortifying, or pretending to fortify themselves. These measures, which are moreover useless, on accctint of the facility of surrounding that point, prove at least the weakness of their force, and the little hope they have of being able to maintain themselves in New Castile. The insurrection in Arritgoncoji;ues with ac tivity. Sachet's division hits upwards or 3000 wounded in Zarugoss. The desertion of the Ger mans and Poles continues. HAMBURGH PAPERS. BERLIN, OCT. 14. According to certain intelligence received here from Dresden, me Peace between France and Autr a was actually concluded nu the .sth, by the respective Ministe , .. Plenipotentiary, Count Chain !ae;isy avid the Prince of Lichtenstein, and the Treaty • as seat for ratification to Ilia liajesty the Emper. r Francib, at 'Fut.'. •ett.NN.t, The germs (lames (teat, the chyssvcrs of .the gunutl, Auk' the Polish ::,.:.at cavalry, fave'nlve.ttly starched Letter, and •- to place re:43-i for the Em peror on the roan Ths works " ns fortifications are au4pen.leti. So far lots the .Bait sr S•rember, the Empe ror declare „trend Marshals that psece was cer tain; ad, wt they would soon return to Fraucc, sad ll' • ssd tt vitqsrm, OCT. 7. ...le Mb of 0-toher, the birth-day of the 1-.to ,r inokeer.r Hullr gave a grand .hnour of 100 . and wore on that day the erws of Marla ,ttapeuded from u chew of gold. REICIII'• H rl. I. (1% UPPER BAV•RIA), OCT. 4. On the 2 of Sept. the Tyrolese I.l"urgents, in luonere;.:, ho , fles, attacked at the *Mile tooincot, and on '1;1, o!:.. the Pass of Infers. On thi<occa stno river hills, %%hid) were hitherto be hey: - b • .I. ; after an obstinate reAstance the !.rice were obliged to yield to su;wxior and, after very Kreet loss, to retreat to Soltz burgle. Oit, the 16:11 the insurgents appeared rsat the lull,, to the cool It of this town : a hen, however, titer saw the g.srri•oit here was ready for their re ception. and that cry Wass was filled with can noa, tl:ey slid not think proper to descend from We em see their advanced posts with the asked eye on the points of the rocks. The day before yesterd.ty live of them were brought in here, who hod syproaelied within 500 pet.% to remit non, e tile town. 'Fbeir dress is all uniform, eon sistin4 of a grey jacket, trimmed with green, a brood mend dark green hat, fastened airfi a bright green band, and aurinounted by a high plume of feothers. They have the neck, breast, and knees h:. re. Tig F. BRITISH PRESS• c he G►es in the vicinity or tine 711 - Cre. should prefer the new plan to the old, the MVO price to the al. l price, whereas ifhe lived at a distauce. hi. leanin g ' , mold be the other way. we are totally at a loss to conjecture. The inference. it any, it might bo suppoocil, would lie the contrary. The riots, how. ever, hiving now happily subsided. we do net wish to preys this subject farther. We wish, South, ere. viit of the metropolis, that the whole Ma wee hu. vied in oblivion. Genera! F.tNe, whu reached town on . Friday night, from Pug tii42l, is rep or t e d t o b are b rought dilpittches of itupottance from Lord Wm.Litio. TON. • It is reported, that, by an article in the treaty be. tweet' France and Austria. an opening has been kit fora negnciation with this co , ititry, which R,,, sic haw rigiiined Lief readiness to forward by media. tine. Mr. RoscoE has been elected • Correspondent MetaLer of the hotel Institute of Amsterdam, in. stead of the late Jona Di MutiLait, a dig. iiignisl o ed Swiss writer.—lt pleasing to obsi•rii., snit the hostility which divides the nations of Europe. hoe not vet invaded the do ma i ns oroeienee. M. 11111111. TON, who !ism sneer:l4A Mr. Bitter, •s one of the Under-Secretaries in the Foreign lit: flee. is cousin to Lord If sttunway. The office of Minister for the War Departmett, after being husked about for is month, it is aid, has at. length been offered to Mr. iiTDeli• the Judge Advocate. • Mr. HAMMOND is about to retire from the Under- Secretaryship in the Foreign Once, and is to succeeded by Mr. Timis Fox, formerly CAarte d'Affaires at /lensburgh. It is confidently reported in the political circlet, that the sentiments lately expressed by the Merqus Wst.r.ese.ev, on the subject of the recent changra in the Ministry, are not secordunt with the wish or the escpectstions of Mr. Pritcse L L 4 1 , 00,6 is prevalent. and in a degree warranted by sa ex / i r e...in ns in a particular d nsrter , that the Ms finis War.t.est.tv is to be hint Lord of the Tree. story. and that 31c. C 4111•1 NG is to resume the pert folio for the Forum,' Department, and is to take tht Ministerial lead in the House of Commons. Mr. DONDAS it is Slid. will kiss hands at the Levee on Wediterday next. Ile does. not soeceed Lord CANTLRIMAGO Its the War Department, hot Lord 111AIROPIBY in the Board of controo ; the health of the latter being sn indifferent, that he is tit:der the neceasity of retiring from all poblic ilesS. • The Porn, whom virtnes and whose sufferings entitle him to universal sympathy, it is said, has been ordered close confinement at Avignon, and been denied all intercourse with the few at tendants who had been allowed to follow bent into France. Government have received Official Copies of the Pont.% I . ...xcommunication of fionartares--they arc in Latin, with Italian trensl3tas, and are ot considerable. 1.-1 4 th. The sn',/t.ince Las already been K:vett to rite, public. Mmisters have ordered this important Paper to be translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Freitch, &c. and have directed that many thousand copitai be immediately prepared, fox the purpose of being circulated throughout the Continent. The livid h,w be, n pleaied to constitute and appoint the Right Honourable Ileum Juua Vis count PaLuicasrins to be His MAJESTY'S Secre. tAry at %Var. His MAJESTY has been pleased to order, that the 86th Regiment of . Foot shall in future be styled. , 4 the 86th (or I.rinster) Regiment of Foot." The Kirin has been pleased to !ippoint Sir CHARLES lIAMILToN Bart. and the H onoura bl e Hexer Cusses, to be Colonels of His MAJESTY'S Royal Marine Forces, in the room of CHARLES BOYLES, Esq.; and Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS, Knit. appointed Flag Officers of His Mmasee's Fleet. NAVAL APPRINTIIVITS.--Capt.S. BALLARD, IR the Sceptre; Capt. Awes, to the Intrepid; Cupt. Tows', to the Carona; Capt. PRIORY, to the Iris; and ('apt. Flee, to the Cesium. About 400 troops, who were taken at Walche ren, and confined on board the prison ships at Ports mouth, bare entered into oar service.—They are principally Germans. The Channel and Western Ocean are swarming with French privateers. These marauders come cline in -shore, and into the dit: -rent bays and creeks of the Channel. On Sunday se arrived at Plymouth. a large Spanish brig. from Gibraltar, for Lon don, with cotton wool, dec. captured by a French privateer, off the Lizard, and recaptured by the Plever, of 18. Captain Baowst. During the time Inc S ' paniard we.: in possession o f th e French man, the French Captain rowed ashore at this Li. surd Point, and staid ashore en hour, looking up and down.Channal ants his spying glass. and then very coolly went on hoard again , and made sail far France ; but tillin g i n with the Plover, she when dontd the Spaniard, dnd made off witb all sail set, for the ennui of France, and escaped. Accounts from lialboa and Gjon, of im late a (lute as the 17th and lath, communicate the kaput.. tent fact of the enemy having evacuated Bilbon. af:cr a smart action, and that the Patriots are amiss in possession of that place. A gentleman arrived at Hull, on Wednesday se'nnight, from Russia, by way of Heligoland. He left Petev.burgh on the 14th alt, at which period there were near 300 vessels there, and 100 at Rigs. The reports then preveleet, were, that the French influence was declining; that the Nobility were daily remonstrating with the Emperor to break of with France; and that BesserAite had requested Ai Eitsxnea to give ep Russian Poland and Condom!, the latter of which was to be erected into an indep •ndent kingdom. A per,en, who left • French port on Pillendly butts stares, that the heavy tiri ng heard en the French coast in the mornin g of that day, Ives lejoieing in consequ ence of the peace with Austria: this Tarrson also states, that the flotilla of gen-beets which have been so long at Boulogne and Calais. are removing to the Scheliit, preparatory to an at. tack on Walclieren. from South Bereland and that the French entertain the must cooadent ex peetatioas of its speedy subjugation. I