The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-02-09 00:00:00

4 • TUB SRI 71Sfl PRZA.v, think itmolfreMo inferno lON Country Rearm, 0111111 there serer Sas r &allow does there mairisist, any jag ma ws irk/ T:IE BRIT iIPREs4 Newspaper might not is algae weed to the country early morning coaches, in coons, with any ether morning . Seery fair .sind respect role reenter of Nea , pap iwel4t acknotokodge that it hat ken ittlOrtp remarkahle for early pah?4atims, and that spas slays nhen the Papers are prinhipally nes-ailed by PutlienNtet al Debate, Tut BRITIIR Pltis it unifeeraly the ear liest Paper paßisked, of all those that devote themselves to that very interestiog and important object. From the wish hearhoorl of iliehmand, particularly, we have received comma: *ketone complaining of a difficulty in eslttaiaing Tote BRIE TAOS PSEEK kg the early coaches, but we 410 venire the Poetic, that in such dighWity aetwilly aims, and that it is Only • foist pretense, i ~,, ted by the peeress sinew they(111,1114 to terse • gent; and perhaps tee rs, three retailers ef Newspapers in tows, nachos. shores in some other Newspapers, and endeaveur to elutruct tie eerculation of Tote DIM t ere Pecan, with a rase to unit their ass dectinis g property. IVs shall esteem it • faraor if oar evaders, who bane sres, or may iw rr , fian this abase, will write to the tyke, and we shall apply a pre• per and if rand merely, by employing fair, impartial. and re spectable NifiClolll6, tonna them in Atari. NEW SHERIFFS. SHESIFF, APPOINTED ST Dia MATEsTIf II COUNCIL. TON THE YEAS 1609 REDlOROAlltilLE—Rolwrt Garstin, of Harrold, BEaisuilts—Sir Thomas Theoplailus Sfetealfc, of Fern. hill, But. BUcitt Naltiossotot--T his. Stsnliopr B.tdcocl, of Buck ingham, Esq. CAMta[DGEralt[ and TINGOON s 111 Itt---Jolsu Heatlicote, of Ennington castle, Esq. C.wrutint—Thos. Win. Talton, of Wiftinsball, Esq. f'wuncit 0-ITilcs Ponsonky, of Hlntl• hall, E.g. Upton, of Derby, Esq DESoNsulitc—Sir Thomas 11))1sc Ackland, of Kellerion, Bari. Dola,rIsHIRE--..litince John Farquharson, of Langton, E.4q • Eat r.x --John Rutherford Alnii, of Albyns, Esq. Gl.ol;cosT cussing—John Hodder Nlospufge, of Dy smirk-park, Esq. II reerrolcOsolity—Wos. Ws% of Leominster, Esq. Htugronosoto.k—Edmund Darby, of Aohtein•bouse, Esq. KosT—Sir Brook Win. Bridges, of Goodncston, Bart. Lt - trrof vosnsair—Sir Win. Mamie's, of Backnainster, Liu t I.llaCOLaStisslo—fir Ruben Winn, of Stubton, Bart. lifogisormsiffitt•—•Jobe Kenlyl6 Gardner Kcin)s, of Verthuley, Eat NoaroLK-458.CnItiliam, of Alintsr, Esq. NOON!" oorroyso Rs—tt . Andrew, of Harlcitoni Esq. NORYOU %OCILLA N u—iTts Suitor Brawcre, of lien ick,Esq. NoTTI NCH AMMO Rr--Tbus. Waller, of Hwy. hit!, Lsq, ON Tonnesslt c--lohn Harrison, of Sheiswell, E. q. RcTT.A7D.RIRErAbet Walford Macre, of Dianna. Thorpe, F.-1. et Henr ,“ / ;,,__Wsn. Spurlinc, of Petton, Esq. Rolfrasotsutpur--John Norf.'s, of 111iherton, Esq. irar von its ts t na--Tlnnplsiltis Levet', of Whicbuor, F.sq. COUNTY or SoVIII A itIPTON—John Rillekbtarge, of Prerton Candover, Su frogs—John Weiser, of Ely for', Esq. Rua tou—Etlisar.l B%tke, of South' , ark, IF.sq. Sessrx—llsoulas Twirler. of Losidpoil, Esq. %Ws law iosonsar —Abraltamilrscrbiidge,orAtlsetsicinit,rAq. Wu:regime—So Charles Worm Hallett, of Wilbcry bowie, Bert. te—Pestpose.l. • GeO• Womb. ell, 6f Wombwell, Hatt. SOUTH WALES. r• RV ILTHEN—Ricbsrd fuse Silkily, of Laothaine Cu- tle, Esq. tossistod v.—Pilules Aim Phillips, of the Hill, tsq. C ssiD le & Main Sic% rms. of Alt Igoe*, Esq. GLII/101Ir Alf —Oevermish II onsfraS.'„ of Lliodsff, Esq. Mataix—Tbus. Wood, of Gwerni;.ott. Esq. R ADO ott—J ohn 11110aker, of Caico', Esq. NORTH WAILES. Rfirs.voN thvit, of Ty-Velfb, C A • This. Varry Jonc. Parry , of raj. AN trt.csair—Sir John not of Budewry d, tart. IHowrooltray.—Robt:KtAght, nt Gvatnqpite,V..n. Daysico--.loorph Ablet, of I.lanbettb, Esq. LI wt—nos. Pcite.of Ristrer, En. . _ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. RAMRPRGII AND ALTONA PAPERS. COVITAIITMOPI.E. DEC. 10. So great a want of she necessaries of life is said t• prevail in the island of Corfu. that it is much to be feared the garrison and inhabitants will be forced to surrender. The Russian Oflit!cr who arrived here lately from Jassy, is said to have brought a letter to the Turkish Government, from the Russian General, Proso rowsk••. He returned on the 6th, by Cavallo and Sophia. The General's letter seems to have con tained proposals for peace; for, immediately after the Officer's departure, the Porte appointed Pleni potentiaries, viz. Sebald) Effendi and a son of Murat Mula, one touch skilled in the Musstoluem laws. They are to treat on tho frontiers, and o ill, it is said, set out on the ittth inst.—(. ien Zeituag.) The Ministers designed for the Con4retts of Peace with Russia, set out to-morrow, or the day after, escorted by a body of troops, as the roads by Sophia, to Eticharest, are not quite safe. The English Minister, Adair, still remains on . board his frigate in the Dardanelles. At last intelligence has been received of those Janissaries who sent to the village of the Chati of th e T a rtar Chan, to seize the Captain Patha, and Cadro Paths. The nittniter of these Janisiaries haring increased to 10,000 men, on their way made an attack on the entrenchmenta, but were beaten off. They lost two of their field-pirees, and suf fered great loss in killed and wounded. A. we now hear, the Captain Paths, Cadro Pac h a and the Chan of the Tartars. are going to Budselnik. Nu duubt now remaias that filuatapha Banactar lost his life in the late simians.) Corre- COPENHIGFN, DeC. 31. According to private accounts from Sweden; some symptoms of discontent bad appeared among the Nobles. The Napoleon privateer (Danish) has captured a Swedish vessel, bound from Stockholm to Wi lmot, with regimentals for the troops.—(Corres posdheren.) JAN. 7. Some days bsek, upwards of twenty English men, prisoners of war, from the Crescent frigate, pissed through this place, fi n • P.:lsineur, to be sent to Sweden. Among them an-rive Naval, and one Marine Officers. As the Sound is , now full of lloatiog ice, their passage will be attended with difficulties. Fur these several daye, we have had a severe frost, which is ',remise smarter by au east wind. From the steeples we see a convoy of from sixteen to twenty Eaglish ships, which left the Baltic too late, surrounded by the ice; one ship of the line, one frigate, and three brigs, arc said to he among them. The current which at one tune pus!t:•s, by the help of the wind, the ice together, and, at soother, separates it, will soon decide their fate. The En4lish ships of war, winch were sta tioued before Ilelsiogberg, sailed just io time; had they remained but a few days logger, they v onld have beea blocked in by the ice, which has settled there. On the sth. a large merchantman was driven oil Niobium., by the it r, beyond Dragne, whwe she VIY4 obliged to remain ; but her distance from laud was too great for our batteries to cannonade her with rafect ; 24 was proved upon trying. She set all sail to endeavour to diaengar herself; but it is not known how far she succeeded. She was oh.erved to hoist America.' colours, but lowermi them again. At Elebieur, it is rumoured that three privateers, 144 wising from Bornholm, took a convoy of between thirteen and foorteen ships in the Baltic; hot this requires coldirmattion.--Oile of our privateers, returning from Bornholm, was chased by two of the enenty'r frigates: hat escaped. 11 , is said to have several prisoners of war on buard. HAXAU, JAL 17. A great uunilser of the troops of Genernl Oudi tint's corps have been sent into the country of Fulda. It is said two more ilii num% will be united with the corps of the said General, so that it null be 30,000 then strong. A corps of French hussars, a hi. passed through Frankfort, marched on the ttith to Mentz, and thence again to Frankfort.—( The Cor respondent.) AUGSIBURG, DEC. IL On the sth of December an English frigate, of 44 guns and , 16.5 men, foundered off Loirdstrrip. at ten o'clock et night. It i. to be regretted that only live officers and fifty-five seamen could be saved. Neither ship nor guns can be saved. Every exertion was made to save the crew.—(eurrespon dungen.) JAN. 19. The exchange of Couriers between Vienna and Paris, thiottglo this place, is %cry frequent. French Couriers also often pass to and from Conhtantitio ple. Last week, two Couriers for Count Roinan zow, in Pa ris, passed through this city. The King of Bavaria will nominate Generals Deroy and Wrede Marshals of the Empire. BAT'ukS Or TIM. ELUL All the posts still remain dui ; a greater dearth of news a•as never known than for this last fortnight. The French Bulletins alone from Spain till all the pnblie papers on the Continent. Even rumours are rare ; and the Exchange of the Hanse Towns, once so fertile in them, hardly produces one at present. The news of the continuance of the Embargo in America has caused a great sensation among the merchants in the North of Germany. as well as in Holland, where colonial produce begins to be searee. Souse private letters frnin Austria state, that the Archduke Charles will, antler certain circum stances, make a journey to Berlin ; and some per suns seem inclined to believe this rumour. THE BRITISH PRESS. I.ONDON, THURSDAY. l'EsuvaaT 9. The Oror French corvette, of 22 guns, and , ?.C.O men, is captun.d iii the North seas, by L'Airri able frigate, Captain the (loit. a. STEWART ; she was from Dunkirk, hound to Martinique, laden with flour. !the carried away her t )p-mast during the chase, which lasted upwards of thirty hours, and after exchanging a bros.dside, she struck her colotirs. _ _ Our private letters from Dublin to the 3d inst. state. that the Judges have just returned from the South of Ireland, utter having executed their special commission. At Tralee twenty liersons have been capitally convicted ; of whom nine have suffered, and the remainder it is thought will experience some mitigation of the punishment due to their cronies. It is worthy of remark, that, upon this. trials, no outrages appear to have been directed against the higher climber of resident inhabitants, either col lectivele.hr Some new light has also been thrown upon the subject of tythea. in a re sistant* to which, some of the offences tried antler the Special Commission originated'. The payment of tythes appears to have been resist ed merely as a portion of rent attached to the latio, and not from any religious motive, or disaffected view: In both the comities of Limerick and Kerry ' several were convicted of crimes too common in the country, but in fact unconnected with the particular system which the commission was directed tocnrrect such as murder and rape ; and it is by these means the Calendar has been made so weighty. It is the opinion of some of the most experienced law yers in Ireland, that the late special commissiou has answered its purpose, and that the disgraceful scenery which certain parts of these two counties lately presented , is not likely to be exhibited again for some ram In support of this opinion, they adduce the number of special commissions vrhicn have been directed to Munster, the Nouthern Pro vince of Irelaild, during Ilia present MAJESTY'S reign. This her is as follows : In 1762, a Special Commission was directed to Limerick, Cork, Tipperary, and IVuterfuril. Souse prisons suffered in each of these !shiers, among whom were Protestants as well as Romin Catholics. Englishmen were confounded at the mode in which certain offences Were pfneeelitea in Ire land ; for, according to Irish la*. murder, sod the malicious burning of houses, were considered 1101 treason. This was the ease, until the natsmo ralde trial of GEORGE ROBERT rrtZGERALD, :11 1766, occasioned a repeal of the statute, winch placed murder on the same footing as ia this coon- . try. The consequence, however, while this differ eoce in the laws existed, was tinfaourable to Ire land, for even well informed Britons. not bred to the law, judging from the trials 'fti Ireland, were liable to mit.tuke a flag of riot in that country, for a standard of treason and rebellion. In Januney, 4726. another Special Commission was directed to Muuster, btit it was confined to the County of Tipperary, for the trial of the murderers of :MOROSE POW ER,Esq. brother to the late Baton POWER.— During both these periods, Kerry, one 1 of the counties lately disturbed, was quiet , and had remained for a century perfectly tranquil, with uo other disc iplim m restraint but the common rou tine of en ordinary Assizes. We received, at a late hour last night. liamburgh and Attune Papers, to the :Bth of deanery. They owe their interest, in a great measure, to the scar city of intelligence that has lately prevailed from the North of Europe. The most important part of their contents is that which relates to Tur key. It is now ascertained that MusTaeeA BAIRACTAa, from whose vigour and energy a favourable change was expected in the Councils of that decayed and tottering Empire, last his life in the late insurrection at Constantinople. So late as December the I Oth, it is said, Mr. ADAIR remained on board the frigate which carried him out. in the Dards ielles ; and at that (late, it we; understood that a negcciation for peace was in train between Turkey and Russia. Of the officers and crew of His blAar•.art's fri gate Crescent, of J 6 guns, lately wrecked in the North Seas, twenty were tuarthed, in the begin ning of January, as prisoners of war, through Co penhagen, on their way to *Sweden. The Continental Papers complain of the d , th of intelligence. So coercive is the despotism or Bo- APARTE, that they dare not e% ell indulge in ru mour, the obvious and usual substitute for re.ii news ; and the Continental Editors dare not pub lish, nor the nations of the Continent read, any thing but BONAPARTE'S Bulletins, announcing his successes in Spain. The awful situation of the country. while an enemy, whom our incapacity alone has rendered master successively of Germany, Italy, and Spain. menaces us with invasion from without, will suou effect *change lathe imbecile counsels which con tinue to direct our operations. Lis 175% aud iu 1782, the imam calamities produced the sanse re- ' inesly. But those times bore no resemblance in ilauger to these in which we use. To so low a point of depression are the present Ministers re duced, that they have recourse to assertiuns alto gether unsupported by fact, in order to nasintain their ephein.trai existence, aud to psrry the seen eatialis or inquiries demanded of them in Parlia ment. It the number of soldiers lost on the late expedition is stated at 8,000. a computation which. there is reason to believe. falls even short of our actual loss, General Srewaar immediately de dares that fact to be is mere exaggeration; thus extending a shield over his brother, Lord CASTLI• 'CAWS. Wheu Earl TEKPLL moves " for a re turn of the money lost or taken during the late campaign :" Mr. llesatssoe ‘, is happy to have it iii Itis power to state, tlitst the loss of mime, was much less than had heen generally believed ; not more than 30.0001. or 40,0011. or eve', less." But we are sorry to be obliged to inform Mr. 111111[11- so!r and the public, that the aggregate sums of looney. I ' eipally slull - srs, left behind or precipi tates] into the sallies between Astorgu and Lugn, exceeded the coin which he mentioned. We have conversed with persons who were eye.witiaesscs of the facts here related. Between Belfsereas and Villa Franca. on the stli or 9th of January, a wag gon, coutui oo itt g 179,000 dollars. its specie. was thrown down a sierra, or precipice, of near atm feet in depth. among the snows. Two considera. ble caissons or . ibllors, the saloons unknown, were, °lke iuriii.er, iiito the river Ahuho, near Lugo, on the 11th Of Jaoirary. ROMAN A'S artily is deiiitStVe,l, I), these p e r s o n s a s exhibiting the most melancholy- and iittec-.ing'spec tack of nud.ty, famine, and destituirou ; half ciothed wretches, sinking wider exliausture-- Many, like Edgar, in king Lear, Were wrapped in blankets, with wisps of own, i stead of stockings, round their le a. Few hid sl:aes, arid still fewer were armed with muskets and ba j oiets, though !natty had Ensile across their shoulders. Their numbers seem never to have exceeded 6,000, since the ist of December, cud they dinit.iislicsl daily, without meeting any enemy. It is too probable that they will all be extermithited ; for 1.1 , is ItTE, ii was believed, dill not wish le be encumbered frith ack primers. %Ye iris 4 that these frets will attract the notice-of Parliament. They nwrit inquiry, no less than the list . of Fffip-sir Di p!oinatie Peasioner s on that:twill4st. at toe time when the Honourable Josh Vstittkaat is selected to go Minister to Lisbon, with aispoint moots of nearly 71.14 day. Was tilers not 011 e of . Sir-ivril-Forty retired Ea roys, PI eni,astervtistries s . and Ministers to Foreiy,as Courts, eryoretent to execute the rits.sion to Portugal ? Or did Mr. VILLIERS' tale its, hilowlatige of Eileopc. and dip!oinmic lict•, recommend him to Minis ters ? We ;where that till now lie Haver set its foot on the Cola:wtt. These are not, a+-airedly, the subjects N•tootawa selects for his mi shits., or tt , e men whom he sends to conduct his sat: N in Foruit:n Courts. Ministers _here at home. Is now conceived, are co:npletely at n stand, :end restilg on their arns.— Wishing, indeed. auxionsly, to discover strounds or lessons fur tryinz the fort mie of war an,•sv in Anita losta ; but apprcheasire titbit they will either arrive on the scetie..of action too late, or that we shall only ianderget at Cad's, at Seville, or at Carthaqinia, a repetition of the same disaster cut 1,154 1,11.01 we hase sustained at Corunna. Yet a new arm • nent is certainly ordered, to replace the Expeditiois un der General Smut's :was, driven back, .or dis petted by contrary winds. But, in order to de ceive, or to mislead, the public, as to its destina tion, Cents is named for the place to which 11. e fleet is bound. But Ceuta, from its situ-ition on the Barbary shore, is as much out of N grasp, its are the Philippine Islands. The fact is, that Ministers know neither how to advance nor bow to recede. Their ignorance and errors have attained to a point at which tiny roust stop.—Sudi is our positiou, while the Cooiicau Emperor subdues the peninsula beyond the Pyreiiees. With a view, however, to keep up the national delusion, we are assured that if the French OtVI , run serape, in return, all their Trans-Atleutic do minions, islands, and colonies, will soon he ours.— The Eastern division of Hayti, or St. Domingo, it is amerced, has already surrendered to us. or was on the point of tieing given up by General rilt itstvo's successor, when the last accounts Cattle away. Martinttue and Guadatoupe ate already devoured in imaginal:on ; and Cayenne, it seems, is to follow their destiny. Thus, France will be exptlled front the new world, while, she subjugates the old Continent. All these expectations lii ty. and we trust they will be re:tlized. eat, even though they should be so, these acqmhitione in ti e Veit-Indies can form no set off for the inespai ity misL-ei«scoialtict of Atli:duiAmnion beyond the !Ocoee& 'lnc honour of the I:fairish-nation, end Particularly of the army, imperiously demands that the most rigorous investigation of the causes of the late Nitrite is gpain, be speedily . entered upon in Parliament. It .is therefore with regret we had, that Mr. Possowav's motion has been poopmed even for a day. .It has excited a strong degree of expectation. waw---aQaem.assiswwww. • Yesterday morning, being the Fast Day, ilis M IJE,TY, the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Pont:erste Au,:ts-rv, Sarlit t, AMELIA, and Many, ofecorn p need by Lady ELY, and General* and MANNINGII M, rode to St. George's Chapel, Windsor; and h, and the Form of Prayer appointed for the day, and a Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Omuta/4. They afterwards returned to the Poker. The QUEEN and Prinee , s ELIZADVTII bed the Form of Prayer and Divine Service performed in the Palace. Tuesday mornint, Prinee..set AUgiUSTA, SOPHIA, and A lir ti,t, itecomomined by Lady ELY, Generals CAJUIWRIONT and FITER4Y, and Colonel TovLos• took an alinlg in 11 isms , "' Great Park, andleturued at twelve o'clock to the relater. 'The QUEEN wad Princess Fetzeainti took as airing to Frogmore Lodge and ( sarden,. Yesterday, the Princess of W. ~es attended .di vine service, at the Chapel Royal, St. Jauis:e I'a lace. Yesterday morning, the Duke of CUMBERLAND arrived at Windsor. Directions hare beau given for the &cockade of the ports of Cl,rllllllil and Ferrol, by the Jorge, the Eli:abel It, the Zealand, and Implacable, each of 73 guns. It has been said by some of our brave soldiers returned from Spain, that en orderly man, who was rent by General Nlooas: to direct the tram ports to sail from V 0.,: o to Coronae, by some acci dent lost his diapottehes, Nod this, caused a delay of some days 1,, the arrival of the vessels from Vigo. It appears, that had the transports arrived tyro or three days sooner at Commis, many telu rble lives mieht have been pre.cerved, that era tare lost to their comity ; and, moms the rest. may It not be presumed. that the morli-litinented Com mander-in-Chief thigh hate sorvived.