The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-08-28 00:00:00

l . 1 1 1 * , .. eerehe. The allied armies areta'al ng a little 'repose, and' the Mediterri. burying the vast numbers of the death and collect- i„ ‘044 hoed,. ing the antis and effects which the euemy hart _.,% tilniiidoed. Our allies having received fresh rein- A Go4e''' .. nburgh Mail has arrrived, with letters forceinents, they ere preparing to :sin new tn.- and isispsrs to the POI iu,t. from which we have simphs; the greater number of our r ave soldiers I - 7, e extracts.—' lieu contents are natal an 4iaving retrieved the bad character w kill had been formed, formed, from the tligitit of some cowards at the tirst 1 dio:liarge of the (Inman." " Ilead.qaartcrs, Talavera de la Reyna, July 22,'11109." n, are likewise wind-bound On whichever side we turn eu► view at the present moment, matter of the deepest interest, and of the 101:EIGN INTELLIGENCE. most anxious solicitude, presents itself. The genius of BONAPARTE, which, since isoa, bus home down GOTTENBUROH VAIL. AUG. S• before its energy, velocity, and range of action, all resistance, seems to have arrived at that twilit of ele vation, at which any farther opposition to his des potiain must cease, or from which it must decline, and be .controlled. It is evident, that, on the Continent, from Portugal to the frontiers of Russia, 'he will not !Hermit say independent State, or Power, The whole of the garrison oil the island of Er thalme has deserted. haviag tint spiked all the }pun►, , lestroyed the magazines. uud carried away all the -mall anus. They arrived here yesterday is tao .e.sets they seised, for the purpose of intikitig their GOTTENSURGH, AUG. 11. cstrr.lay morning, the Danish agent here, Mr. received orders to repair immediately to ...,..c.thagen, to have au interview with the King. t he i/lPilllt9l4l seems so urgent, that Ins instructious are, to make the greatest exertions on his jutiriity, .ititl that, on his strive', he will nut crett wait to change his dress, heroic he has stn,audnitue uF Hie Majet.ty. C•11L5C10N•,411..6. or Soccieign, to exist. Submission may, indeed, protract the nominal existence of certain Mu• futilities ; but this precarious and degrading te nure cannot secure their dignity, protect their sub jects, preserve their commerce and connections with Great Britain, nor insure their auration. We cannot possibly doubt that the Austrian Cabinet would have accepted, sines the battle of Wagram, The toilet)) , winch saili.d from hence Oil the 3d inst. put pack into this port last evening. Three vessels gut damaged, end one gallmt, a Russian prize, sunk. From Carlsliam, we learn that 200 Danish sol diers arrived there yesterday, twin Ertholifte, from which place they deserted, after :laving spiked all the gums. A Captain of a vessel, who arrived this morning, from Riga, says, that all Russian ships hare Leen put wider embargo in the Russian ports, and it is rap•ctrl a general embargo will tate place innue diatel). ■ny terms that would have left to her the 'newts of future emancipation, and of p►ssent support. But it is equally clear, that NAPOLEON must effectually disarm that Power, which has four times contested, since 1744, for superiority with France, on the Po, the Rhine, and the Danube. To allow her, when he is master of so great a portion of the Austrian States as he now holds, together with the capital, to escape from his gripe, en order to fly to the res. awe of Holland, or Spain. or Naples. would only be attempting to fill the sieve of the Danaides.— liit must, accordin4 to all the dictates of sound policy, either dissam and break down Austria, by imposing on her a treaty, which will leave him nothing to dread front her future hostility; or he must renew the war, and endeavour to penetrate at once into Bohemia and Hungary. He cannot take any middle path, without compromising and diminishing his own reputation, safety, and *noe -1 tiou in Europe. He would only leave an enemy in the East, while he transferred his efforts to the West. ignorant as we are of the nature or the particular.; of Gee aegociations that have been ear i nn! uN since the 12th of last si.outh,ut Schoenbrunn sad at liu.la, or Consort), we, nevertheless, can infer, from the silence of BONAPARTE, that great, probably insuperable, difficulties, huve arisen. if such has beets the case hitherto, will not those int• pediments be augmented, when it is known to the Austrian Government, that the Corsican is pressed in other parts of his usurped territories? NVill not the lauding o`..the British Expedition in IValcheren, the battle of Talavera, and, lastly, the surrender of Flushing, tend to inspire the Emperor FRANCIS with Slew hopes ? Will not the possible conse ;weaves of our uttaek in the StMeldt, and even the pi eilicaunent in which Joseen, LJUII, amid JOACHIM, his three kings, arc placed, excite some degree of u hliest Schisembrunn, and some corresponding exul tation it Conlon', or at Prague. ? They necessarily tive-t. These are premises, in asetimitig and reason et; on which, we cannot err. Every probability is, :it present, against the prompt conclusion of any reinive treaty between Nateoteox and FRANCIS. Far, nevertheless, are we from viewing, through any eangi, or promising medium, the immediate resells ;at any exertion.; or expeditions, made under ritish, or Austrian, or Spanish Coinmandere, whe thee on the Tagus, or on the Scheldt, or on the Danuhe. The military machine, constructed by Box•eaave. Omagh, like all human fabrications, • it is liable to accidents and to derangement ; as we sew at Aspen. on the ttil of May ; yet is too ably end solidly put together, to be , verturned by such Generals, us tha Britieh Cabinet, the Supreme Junta of Seville, or the feeble Ministers of Austria. can send against it. Doe. any man seriously be lieve. that Mince LICATENSTEIII, or Lord CHAT.. NAN, Of CONSTA, are 'nude to cope with the Lieu tenants of NAPOLEON Call the situation of Sir vL WIIILLEIPAY -hitarelf, pow Lord WELLINGTON, be considered, without the deepest anxiety and up swelwasioii ? May nut some degree of temerity be iinouteel to him, for ever advancing, as lie has done, Lit, the centre of Spinal, with a handftil of British ; while his rear was I. Ft open, and seems to have been saccessfully :mucked by Sot; I.•r ? Would Sir Joule )Iciont have ;lone the mine, if he had cono wended the fortes now 'miler Lord WELLING- Tun's orders? We may infer, by his conduct in Junitary last, that lie would not. ‘Ve do not wish to anticipate, and still less are we inclined to pre -41,,t misfortune. But no man alto contemplates the actual eituation rod prosiwcts of our army in Spiel, hemmed in by the army of VICTOR in front, arid by the combined troops of NET, SOULT, and MORTIF.R, behind ; diminished iii its numbers, ill supplied with provisions, amid relying only en Span ish and Portuguese valour or patriotism for sup port—no nun, who considers these facts, can help involuntarily shuddering for the result. Have not the French Commanders spread a trap for us, into which we have fallen ? It looks like something of that kind. We thought that NEY and SOULT, iseeupied only in mutual recrimination, were. by the accounts transmitted us, incapable or appear ing is the field ; when, to our concern and surprise, they are fuuud at Plusencie, its the heart of Eatre sTuCILUGLM, AUGUST 8. We have no kind of intelligence from our navy or artily, hut rattertatit the most sanguine hopes, that peace tret. , avii this couutry unit Russia will soon be concluded. A message sent to the Diet by His Wye' Majesty, on the 21ith of last mouth, relative to the rune of defame of this country, trout Rill. the following . pu.sagr " Althem;h His Royal Nlikissty still hopes that * race, which i. so earnestly dedlrCli by the as wall ,as his faithful sill s rna be corolutle.l, yet His Roy ft Maiesty teel. obtlaual to pursue the t effectual measures el4dince, with the ut;:i.p.t vigour tine t 0,,, aSI dlllee oar enemies to agree to urS brats as the humour and inde pendence at the couotre requitt, o His Alairsty dateraiined to assert soil nissiitaiii." A letter front Archangel, of the 3.id June, states, that the hare iVitildrjWil from that port that the oarigation t.. perfectly fret: and that no American ship, from Baltimore, and a Itussian vessel, have already arrived iu that harbour.— (Stoekkilet Gazette.) 110PLIMIAGEM, AUG. 4. A letter, ham Leghorn of the 13th of last mouth, cantatas the following intelligence,:— " The Pope yesterday left Florence for Phi, without any public ceremonies, and Nader a guard. it is said ha is going to Avignon in France," On the Stith Of last 'mouth, public notice was Riven by our Government, thee' all vessels of friend. I! , and neutral milieus will henceforth ire allowed to clear mit with steels i , unlaaf are I,rruutteJ, accord tog to the anyal Ordinance, without giving soy security is lattice ; so that the edict of January, 18.511, te thureby revoiti4—(Beice, of August 4.) Extract of a letter from Helsitiglir,z, or Aug. 8: Tne uuly mews of importance fina Lileinnerk, is, that the Hasid' Government will nut, for the prraritt, hectitie any inure privateers.; and that the Ann - mean ships lately taken will he liberated, a, it intruded to encourage neutral trade as tr. acti as possible, u, cause ileum: of the. ;;rent distress felt for the want of colonial :woduct.- TH E BRITISH PRE SS. LONDON, MONDAY. Avausr 28. Letters have been revived hem Bordeaux to the teth instant, which atute that IioNAPAtTIi was tX pecitti a t v t ,if 15th, the anniversary of his birth-day, hot that liie stay iu that capital would be vety short, as it was uriderstoud that he would proceed immethsteiy to assume the coututand of that French army in Spain. Thr Prefect of Bor deaux hod in consequence tweed order. to prepare for but roc pt . It is obvious, however, that that w:ts a seeetdatian formed upon the presumed cer taint) of a speedy peace with Austria. A.l Express was received yesterday at the Arf rairalty freux Yarmouth, transmitted by Admiral it using Lt., enplaning thspatehes from Sir RICHARD ‘zreactrau. Their contents. we understand; are ,•,4 important. A report bey prevailed, tl►at at ■ Conned of held at the British IteaJ-quarter•, in South Ib cu uttl. 11111 , ', the une,litatv4 attack upon 'lilt- see. ral Orriei'ro cnii4itlera4l it v contrary to the opinion of the Earl of eillitTnAr, en imprudent and that hi 4 Lordatip has accordingly sent hi);:i• for ii , p-tritctioti4. It has hen also ra t tliiit ~were of nut frigistra Inul proceeded IS!) the •;:cheldt, with little thiteolty. to within earl. Aiiii-,hot of Fort Li am/ that the •rmy had landed at Fnrt Ifeiolrick, sod ,vas marching with .111 possible speed agaitist Lido. t;enerisi 7/fustisors, who was lately oppointea Lieutenrant-Governor of Jamater, zoos, out in the Csidrain Luatmo. The Ala6c is still de trained at Portraiurauth, with the West India Con ♦ni, by contest, winds. La .Yysaphe, EyrUrea, a•ral Jaaptr, with the t'ranvoys for Podusol, Cadiz, ntaibirs, prepared to cut off our commuoicatit.i. with Portugal, acting in concert with Vicrott. Our victorious, but starving army, which Lord C As- TLRREA6X and his colleagues already beheld iu fancy at Madrid, is, it seems, precipitately retreat ing, while Joseen BON A PARTE is pursuing them. Ms Gazette, dated from Talavera, which tsc.tcd so much ridicule litre, some days ago, wag erroneous only in the day ion which the French ‘l, , svrted ?that they had re-entered and occupied that tam'. \Veit may the Ministei tat Papers Say, that the prospect which the brilliant victory of Talitecia had opened to us is rather cloutlal. Very much overcast in deed ! But whe►e are VY.N EG AS, BOM .1 NA, BLAKE, and M.11E51 , 00.9 We fear, far off. BON APAILTN9 though conmelled to go in person to encounter Austria, has left behind him in Spins a Constella tion of talents, as we shall prolially experience. The subject is certain'y just now by nn means ex hiliratitig. If, however, Lord MILLINGTON has advanced with more rapidity than caution, it is not so with Lord Cita - rusts'. Ile is slower in his move , mews, and does not precipitate himself or his troops against Antwerp, as Lord WELLINGTON has done against Madrid. Extremes, however, are said always to meet. We trust that the proverb will not derive confirmation from time two Expedi tions into Castile and Flanders, 141 3so9. We have received American Papers and Letters to thel7th last.—A letter from Boston, of the .23d, is written muter the full conviction that no o s r would result front the impttliment to the negotia tion, and observes, that the ultimate arrangement must be suspended until the arrival of Mr. ACIC SON, as, under the torrent circumstances, the Go vernment could not renew thc discussions with Mr. Ensxt F., both from motives of delicacy to him. and from the proper respect to its own character and dignity. The KING lies been pleased to grant the dignities of Baron and Viscount of the Untied Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Honour able Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, Knight of the Mort Honourable Order of the Bath, and Lieutenant- General of His MAJESTY'S Forces, and to the heirs male of his hotly, lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of Baron Douno,.of Wellesley, in the county of Somerset. and Viscount W I:l.l.tsts- TON, of Taluver4 nod of Wellington, in the said county. The following ships are expected at Portsmouth. in a few days, from the Scheldt, with prisoners on board :—Rereng.e. illustrious. Ileum, Orion, A!- fred, Hero, A amity., Mar lbortmgh:rud Rao/alio:I :of the line), and Weymouth and Serapit. The Georgiand packet, Capt. LEIGH, !Ong at Portsmouth, for India, is expected to be thriat..llo early in this week. 'That beautiful man of war, Le Scipian, 74, is commissioned at Plymouth by one of her Lieute nants : she will be soon ready for sea. Captain FARQUHAR is appointed to the Desiree, and the Hon. Capt. KING to the Jason, at Ports mouth. The Nimrod cutter, recently arrived at Ply mouth from off Rochefort, was hailed as she pessesi L'Orient, by the Medusa, closely blockading that port, in winch were two Freneh frigate% and a large brig of 12 guns, 32-pounders. all completely ready for sea, and expected to wish out every day. The vrow Johnuouh, —, from Liverpool, has been taken. retaken, and arrived at Dover. On Monday last, two French privateers drove a brig close to the shore, to the West of Little Hamp ton, and captured her; the people on shore could discern them take out the crew: On the same day three French prisoners stole a boat at Bognor, and proceeded to sea, but were u►et by one of our cruisers, and brought back. The boat has since been restored to it's owner. A great mortality prevails among the gil Royal Veteran Battalion, which lately sailed for Madeira; in consequence, the 37th Regiment is ordered to relieve them. and they are to return to England. In the Austrian districts, where the late battles took place. :17 large villages remain desere:d. Se venteen of them are wholly ravaged, and the re maind;,r partially so. Many of the inhabitants have taken up their abode in the woods, forests, &c. Saturday night's Gractrit contaius an Order iu Council, dated August 16. allowing ships beloieg ing to the subjects of .any State in amity with His MAJESTY, to import into any of the Islands mid Colonies hi the IV eat-Indies, including the Baha mas and the Bermuda or Smiler Islands, for twelve months, certain erticice, enumerated in the said Order, being the gri:wth or produce of the coun try to which such ve.sels belong ; sod also :lilt:ming the exportation, from the said Islande, into %%Inch the importation of ►taves, lumber, and provisions, shall be made, of ruin, molasses, and of any other articles, goods, and commoditiee, except sugar, indigo. cotton-wool, coffee, end cocoa; provided such ships should duly enter, report, and deliver their respective cargoes, and reload at such poi is only, where Kegular custom-houses should have been established. A further Order, of the 1141111 e date, directs tinst nothing there'll* contained should he construed to permit, idler the Iscof November next, the impor tation of staves. lumber, live stock, and provisions of any kiud, into any of the said Colonies iu which there should not be at the time when such articles should be brought for importation, a tonnage duty of not less than five shillings per ton on every ship bringiug the same, ;according to the admen/imminent of ship or vessel ; nor to permit. after the ist of July 1809, the importation of fish into any of the said Islands or territories in which there should not be, at the time of importation, a duty of not less than Is. per quintal in dried or salted end, or ling fish cured or salted; and a proportionate duty per barrel on cured or pickled sheds, alewives, ',melds rel, or salmon, so impotted ; and also a tonnage ditty to the ',mount above-mentioned, on any ship bringing siii.h fish. The same Gftzetle Hilo minutes en order for re gulating the new duties oopogert by the 1.. , ..:141itture of the Island of Jamaica, on the veesels acrd produce of the United States of America ; with • tariff on the articles, acirording to the current money of Jamaica, IWN7 . 1.!!!! • ,-., . - On Saturday last. tire Akaripiis and Marclioness of lAmmlowts orrived from Loniloo >it the Cartie, to diiimr; and on Scurfly they rettirsird to Lou dosi.—The) are very anxious to hoer the w>l done at the Castle with spirit. The whole groat-art work is completed, and the workmen are proc rd. ing with the oilier part as fast as prionide. The plan is now to be e:oily understood; alien tii i :>ed, it will be one of the moat complete %%oils of arel:i , tecture in this county. -Sinee the embargo has been taken off, a great nuniher of familiem of distinction are daily passing through this plaice for the I,:ie of NVight, where 04 inns amid private lodgings are insufficient fm their accommodation. Tlw Theatre opened on Monday hist, under good ettipices. Mr. Pope's eNcellenr • l to the meriforions efforts of the other Performers / have attracted full houses. )'; 4. • SOUT/14 411'711.V, Awn. 26. POETRY. I hate Chit man 'boae prirnd enntronl, Grasps hrtfthe globe, and taints the whole; Whose thousands, in tremendous mum h, trer climes that freeze, mad climes that parch, Spread Desolation's horrid reign, And glory% the nutolnr slain! I hate that matt who. - e life ilk (Inc low:, ciniptaittii his kind ; Win, like a sun, siihl; only ruse, To wale the world nom in. ret repose.; Aid, like that sun, the In ighter groan, Dal ker I he shadow it rash. on! Him do I hate, in alum we sea Pow'r, fortune, tAleut, tyranny ! 0 great Napoleon ! is it meet, That, to preserve thy noxious state, Nation,' should fall ? Must every day See kings and Isingdonts melt away, That then may'st reign? Bright Freedom too, And sweet ltelibinu, must they bow Then pause, exult not ; nide must own, Such means bnt weakly a throne. That, which to stand, :oust crush auanklnd,Z Will soon u certain ruin find, In the resistance ottke mind. Yesterday morning. His MAJESTIC, Princesses A UGUSTA Nltd IWaet, ISCASALlpstliell tg Lady ha acr.i A TM' N/I K. and Generals Car:malaise and Frraituy, roee to St. I ,go's Chain% and heard ■ berinoti, lireaehril by di Rev. Di. Hr ere, from Yealms uxis. vcr. S.; and afterwards returned to the Pallier. This morning, Princesses AM F. 1, 1 .4 ■ n d MARY, accompanied IT Lady THY X N F.. I..;:dy ti CALL, sind their USW' :Hteudsitts, wi:T leuvr nn their journey to Weymouth. It is expreteol Their Royal will be three Mace on their journey, nu account of ihe weak state of the Prificetos AM I. Lt A, who is not Ode to undergo mueh fatigue. His Royal Higline,s the Duke of Yalta gave a grand dinner. yesterday, at Bushy. to Rio Royal Brothers, and the Duke of BRUNSWICK. Yesterday Se'OSHO.t, the infant daughter of her Grace the Duchess of RICHMOND woe baptized at the Lodge, Phuricix Park, Dublin, by die Rev. Dr. CiakAeks, Chapkin to his Grace the LORD LIELS TENANT : as their MAJESTIES are to gracious as to confer the honour of being sponsors, the child is named SOPHIA GEORGIANA. The grand christen ing will take place some time hence by his Grace the Archbishop of Dun LIN. Her Grace the Duchess of RICHMOND piiid a visit alter church to Vis. comitess PowenscoultT. Lord anti Lady T. SPENCER commanded the comedy of The Honey Mean, on Saturday night, at the Brighton Theatre ; and, to-morrow, Mrs. StormNs will perform the part of Margaret of Anjou, for the benefit of Mr. MURRAY, under the patronage of Mrs. HOPE. Mr. Jones ham heti) o fortunate as to obtain Mr. SHERIDAN'S perruissiott to have his unrivalled Comedy of The School fur Scandal performed for his benefit at the I-lay-mai let Theatre, on Wed nesday next. Mrs. GLOVER'S Lady Teazle is highly spoken of. Mr. JOKES iv staid to be an admirable Charles; and Mr. itlaviuvws's Sir Peter Teasle is one of his best characters. The Comic Opera to be brought forsook' this night, at the Lyceum. is written by Mr. T. Holm; the music is by Mr. Mow, senior. The following company visited the Lyceum, last week : His Royal Melones. the Duke of Cmnberluml ; the Earl of Vermouth ; Sir F. Costa ; Sir 11. Morro ; the lion. Irby ; Col. Thornton; Mr. Cositts ; the Countess of Guild ford ; Mr , Thomas Smith ; Mrs. Ilibbert ; Mrs. Vitogbnn, Mrs. Greville, Sr. Capt. Jolts GRAYDON, of the 88th regiment, who gloriously fell at the battle of Talavera, wa s thin' son of the late ROBERT (iRAYDON, of Killishee, enmity kihiare, Esq. M. I'. Capt. HENRY JAMES, of the let battalion of the 81st regiment. who glorionsly fell uniong the fen e most in the dreadful hattle of Talavera, was a mottre of Bath, and the second sec of the late 'lllOlll4ll JAIIY.S, Esq. banker. On Monday evening (in consequence of an en. pleasant altercation haring taken place at a Oen tleman's seat near Ennio:realty, county of Wee. ford, where a large party had dined thnt (ley) a duel was fought between J—s G—tre, and G-e-g &qrs. After exchanging w shot each across a table without effect, the affair was amicably adjusted, through the interference of the seconds. The five officers who passed through Noretkh, , last week, from Yarmouth, on their way to Chew terfield, so their parole, as prisoners of war, were Count Nissen Isom, Colonel of a regiment in Kitty JEROME BONAPARTE'S service, and Martsrhal of the !mince, who was brought off by tire Duke of Baentiwice's little army, as a hostage; he hi alo a Member of the Legion of tienner, awl wore tle isuipeia of the order; his two Aida-r!u-Camp, wk. are German (Acres ; a Captain of Artillery, tam at Btervliet ; and a French oflirer belonging to the Etat-Major, who was going from nu.:,,, q t to Cad. sand with dispatehts. They pmeedesi the owl day on their route. Y ■ •1,•,.. vc.tr ti'vr slim tun ttitt ishui la V' tre tie e.,1