The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-03-13 00:00:00

• . . it • I .::. • 11IALTAI MAIL —.... MALTA. JAN. 11, 180.9. Noe will receive this by tlic ..-lfricaine, now lying la, otf the harbour's mouth, hound direct for ng l.uel. She arrived here on the tid inst. in seven teen days ' from Portsmouth, with Ins serene High ness the Duke of Orleans, P6sicess of Orleans, 'and Countess of mountjuy; allO lauded here on the following dry,aii intend residing on this i,land for some time.—The Africaine irai:ed from Gibral tar, for this place, on 0..1341 alt., and the nest ilav 1 4. s . .. 4:,,;.. - 1- . . _• . she fell in with His Majesty' • siiiii, Ocean, Bid taark, told Excellent, very much de ableil, steering for Gibraltar, in very severe gales of wind. which hoe lasted for some weeks in this country ; indeed i•-. 1 , cruiser which arrives hero h a . e x perienced 'l ie }oi 1...50 of th.! wttuther.—She Iwo spoke the Pro ! :,, ' se, bound to Port Moho. —The ships m il! . Air.r in Valet- Harrinor 01 .• ....._ oi:rityllear.Ailinirsi gir Altmann.. Ball, Cantina 11. B. •t'... co.:. Warrior, Capt. J. IV z",sang..r ; Tupazr, Captain • A:. Griiiitba ; Stocceas, Capt. J. it‘seatieo ; Geasxhopper, t.uot. faualsaw• ; Pilot, Hon Copt. Willie,. ; Pauli:no, •. , ~ . 4. 17.1 . 1 1 1. les i tb ;a y ri:zzlicluiptil.cyxj,min'A‘tpt. J. oud P . titL, , , cl.rii S. , . r0.,1i ; 'too:. cant. —; vrotufer sokoootr, Lot. Younger; and il ' ic Prcroyaute otnt&ohip. The Ausphi,n, Capt. W. Hosts.; and Insogen, Capt. W . Stephens, have sailed with convoy fur the Adriatic; and the Spi ler brig, Liens. Oliver, with cinivoy for Tenn..— , • r are iii daily e%pectation of the an ivul of Vie Camilla, with convov from Eng land, she having been spoken with iil Moreno°. PALERMO. JAN. it% We. are quite uncertain now as to the state of affairs on the Continent ; we have various reports or the successes ~f the English cud Spaiiisli troops o%er the French, I it none that can he ►eliet! Oil.- IVe are told that kluriit 11,i4 had the insolence to st•ntl ot•er a nr.s.:tg, to Sir John Stuart, sayi,AK, lie wool; allow holt test days to t'VaCtlatr i'leily,other. ......._ ....._ . ......„ wise he inteii ',est psssing over and ecitiivelling• hits to surrOtider his whole force, aitholit ;4r:tilting him ' the. 'WWI terms. It he can make tile attempt. . Sr joins is well prelim ed to indulge him with a Militia Lta ;viva. The only - shi,ts in this Bay are the Canopus. Rear-Admiral Martin ; Spar:it:lr, and Ala 40.11. 1 . l'ile ..ifricaine has' sailed for Far,: . .lantl, Hll , l the 41 , este, Mercury, Philundel. anti 31 it for Malta. The (;lotion, .Captain Bliiii, is gliard,iiip a Mabina. , SIESsIN A, JAN. tn. The signs' is jest made tar au opportunity of 1 .. • . sending 1.-turnt s Fi....latiil ; the Alreasine ha.lol. roost L.ttertsd the h 'rumor's mouth, when the Admi ral equates-sounded the order, and site is to pro ceed immediately with dhpatehei. I therefore lave but a very few moments to iithirun you, that we ore lyim: snit; in this port, where we lure been tlie.e six week.. after having exp. rieaeed very W ier( ,s rather ; hut vie are now s it n iii t e e .d, an d rea dy to nut to bra, Ithould th‘.. French duet attempt to quit :foulest. Lord Coliiitgariod, iu the Ocean, is supposed to ly-i at Molts, ratittiog ; that ship baring tunken sever! :of ber• Unit knees, End is ottierwise 'amen disabled :- she had bore ups for Gikraksir. but in etnismioruee of the strong wes terly winds.% it is thought she inis,t he at the former place.—The :ici:a sailed Itoin Ons a few days siiiee with elisputchmt for the(.'onitnatider-ia 'l;, Chi.-f.— The Cassirrimi, Ilyperim and gar: a, sailed from illettet, yesterday, with a Swiss Regiment, 700 strong, for T• , eons.—The accoun't, we hove re. 0 4, array, ••-- wired from Sturin me bald to lir ia fa%our of the allied cause at England alai that oppressed cowl try.-s-Ships remantirix Erre are—Royal Sorcreign, 'ice-Admiral Thorrilretrottgli. Cups. D. (:olhy ; Formidable. Capt. F. Fayerman ; Martiflepost, Capt. G. Eyre, 7igre, Capt. U. IlaiSetrell ; Worth inlaberletstri, Capt. liargood ; Fame, Capt. R. H. A. lit•onct ; Sulraw, Capt. E. Griffith ; C'immeker * Mod. Capt. Ilon. N‘'t-olelinuse; lir:warn, Capt. P. C. Durham; (:0/oxsys, Capt. T. Alexander; Kcal. Co w . T. ; Capt. IR. 11. Mowbray; uud the Terrible, Capt. Loid 11. l'uw lett: THE BRITISH PRESS. I.OSDON, MONDAY. 'MANCH 13. Private itecounbilllllloUllet of Siesignwi. 1 It is not noticed in the Moniteurs to tli.• Ist i l iata n t, It ta an event, Innauver. 'nor< than piol,alde, owl which we are prepared to expert. Dispatches were received yesteraNY at the A !- trt;ralty, staling tint the Stirredhale frigate, with a large will valualdc contnt• trona the ;t•tt, on tits iliquot,ull well, to the westward of It Will he seen in TiseGatette or Saturday, that tLe Nlatiritius is put Dewier blockade. 7%e Gazette, rf tisturdny, contains thsritehes frnu► Admiral SroeFotto. dated Bastille Roads, r!, ,d . i:r.twur. One of the. French ve-sell that /went tot shore, aml was supposed to. he a frizute, Iv a ship of the line. Admiral Storrisoo thinks that she is the Wariest.. or 80 gun.. Sir Jour D:,CKWORTII haft not. jo;nril Admiral STOPPORD at the 44. It is therefore presumed that he is gone to the West Indies. A letter of stet date, from ari officer of the Dejfaitee, n►artious, as stat, 41 in Thr Gagner, that the tLree fr ., z.ites driven ro. ,horn. at Silile d'Ultri:se, were wre , heli on the Lerch ; hot adds, that the three hoe-or-44We ships %%hid, carne oat of I: Orient with them, lidd escarp.-41 and gone ulon► some di.tont nervier. We have recciv‘ if New I . ”rk ntiiers to the Gib January, inclusive, bvinic days . later Vitro those previ , ,a•!y rert ived. They vtate, that the Nu n-Ititerrourse Rf striet;on n. 11, after a Waral and protracted discussion of eigli: , eti days, had been carried by a considerable inajo;ity. The WI was divided into several Resolutions, ou all of winch the sense of the House was separalLly taken. L On the first, for minding arniv,d or unarmed ships or vessels belonging to great Britain, from the ports of the United States, the noes were 92 to 22.—Fur excluding those of France, 97 to, 9.4. . And for e4cluding the mannfacturesimported from any place in the posse lion of either power, $3 to W. The division having been taken on the whole, it was carried by SI lo SO. Another Resolution, referred to the wine Committee, for immediately placing the country in a more cun•plete state of defence, was carried unanimoitily. _ The noose of Representatives, on the 90th of December, received the Report of their Commit tee, for raising 50,001) Volunteers, ald ordered a Bill on the occasion. after *owe opposition from the Federal 3lembers, who considered that the raising of this force war for the purpose of war. The Embargo continues to be strenuously op , posed in different parts of America. Deputations from Vermont, and other states, have waitonai the PLIF.SIDENT. praying some relaxation of that inju rious measure, but without effect. It is, however, supposed, that it will he modified. The New York Gazette, of the .sth January, says—" A Gentle man arrived at Boston, from NVashiagton, heard Mr. GALLATIN, Secretary to the Treasury, say, " the Embargo must come off before Congress rises, as commerce is the only support of the Trea sury." The Journal of the 6th observes, that " General SUM', who was among the wannest advocates for the Embargo, had, ueler that Ac!, mule four hundred thousand A report prevailed on Saturday, that Austria has demanded of England a loan of six millions of money,aud an auxiliary force of 60,000 men, to en able her to carry on war against France. if there be any truth iii this Statement, it will shew, as the fact is, that Franee, not Austria, is the aggressor. Hail Austria meditated a renewal of brsstilities, she would have prepared the necessary means, and not waited until the sword was drawn against her to so!Wit our us-tstance. We can state, upon good authority, Clint %dile BONAPARTZWai prosecuting the war in Spain, he never, fur a moment, last sight of Ana tiia ; and that he retained a furmitlable force to be employed as opportunity should otter in Ger maay, at the very time when the London Minis terial prints assured their readers that all the troops which he could eninamisrl were collected 111 the Spanish. PetinidUla. ihni it will be said Bo- WAPALTE left his work in Spain incomplete. and this is evidence that he was taken by surprise, and was called away by an unexpected luuvenient nn the part of Austria. This aremment is illusory. If ItuNAP►RTE bus l.•ft Lis tours in Spain incom plete, it to because he is persuaded that be has given a decisive turn to its fate, and that his pre sence is no longer necessary to finish the basilic's. Neither the apparently imminent war bete:ren Austria and NAPOI.LON, tliatigli iL 'nay, by possi bility, ellauge the face of Europe ; nor the peace recently signed between Great-Britain and the Ot toman Porte, which, if it continue permanent, will open new prospects of the most important descrip tion; nor the changes speculated up on, as nut im probable, in lirissia, Saxony, and Yru..ia ; not- the rumoured fall of Saragossa, which, it true, we can never suffieirutly deplore ; nor the refusal of the Similar& to admit our troops into Cadiz,— none of tite,e moistentotts and interesting events, on which ise lately fixed all our attention, any longer attract our primary anxiety and consideration. A d o me s tic transaction has swallowed tip every fo reign object; and Box APaate hinniell; though lie overhangs Spain and Austria ut the .same moment, like a dash cloud, is lost and forgotten in the Duke of Inat. We are not astonished at this fact. Sitter time Accession ol• the noose of Hanover, no domestic incident, or rather calamity, for such it tiny too justly be deilmninated, has taken ',lace in the bosom of the Royal Family, at once MI painful and so awful ! Its ramifications extend far beyond our power of calculation. !Its NI 4J LSTIf '!‘ illness, iu 17sk, severely as it was felt through this country, had nevertheless its consola tions, drawn Irons siakasisaion to the dispensatious of Provi.lence; and his recovery diffused a general jay,.cnininensurate to oar preceding distress. But the present subject of attention offers no soda ullc vistimis. It is humiliating in its nature, and every viay 'Missions ia its consequences. Parliament, by not inig:cally confining their inquiries relative to it, %%lan,' their is..n aulls; by es:sunning evi dence at tile Bar of the lionise of Commons, in stead of referring it to a Committee ; have given it a notoriety and a publicity, a hurt' it other ave never mould have attained. They have in fait wade 1.11 , .! ha • and time consinunity at large, an efficient party, as Jades and Jurors, in the transaction. Those, indeed, who riiiisider either one or the other [louse of Parlia ment, us the ultimate Tribunal befiire a hieh the 1J Ike of 1 URIC/ ease will be tried, have taken, in ow opium:., a most erroneous and contracted view of chi. ' Ile is flow up his hand, at the her of the English Peopk, and by their sen tence, still more than by a vote, or by a tnajonty, he must stand or fall. This is ao Jscobinical Conspiracy, originating in sedition, or io democracy, and fumed by the agents of a Corsican Csurper, the scourge of the civi:ited earth, who exates fur wore abhorrence by his crimes, than lie awakens admiration by his victories. It originutes hi no disaffection to the reigning Sovereign, or to his august House. We do not think so ill of Mr. Wanotr, as to believe that he is either the accomplice of Mn Caaaae's revenge, or the tool of incendiaries and levellers. As little do we believe that men of minds so ele vated as Mr. Warren:Au, or of intentions so up right ai Lord FOLKSTONE and Mr. Ilearees, would lead themselves to subvert the fabric of the British C'enstitutimi. It is, alas! the Duke of YORE him self, and hie conduct, it is Ili, injudiciona advisers, ministerial, and others, who have snowed liiin to precipitate himself into his present most unfortunate situation. Who was the adviser of that most weak and ill-conceived lettt r, sent in his Royal 11:gliticss'ena me to the House of Commons ? Nothing so imprudent has been thane, or vire at tempted, towards that bri.tieli of the Legislature, siiice the fatal measure of Clain Les the hest, in eieleavouring to seize mi the live Members in 1641. • IVe do not pretend to say that Mr. Nutt:var. dictated it, but he has, certainly adopted and approved it, by converting it iuto his proposed Address. Mr. BARNES, in his excellent !speech, most truly observed upon this subject, that ass Ad dress to His MAJESTY was commouly un reho of his speech, but that it would betray a degree of adu lation revolting to a free people, to adopt an address which should he a mere echo of a Duke of Yuiti.'s letter to the House of Commons. To demand a trial was fair and wanly, and so far we must ap prove the letter ; but the grounds on which the demanded request was made, and the conditions with which it was accompanied, we must coutletain. In these time*, Princes cannot stabetitute as !walnuc in place of facts, nor hope to artest the pro gress of legislative deliberations and inquiries, by protestations of ignorance and innocence. They must stand or fall in the public estitnation, by their actions. Yesterday sun =MTV, Princesses SOPHIA and AMELIA, accompanied by Linty THYNNE, and Gelb.. MANNERS and Fl rzuev, rode to gt. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon preach ed by the Rev. Mr. Noternev, from i mans, S chap. 17 verse—" Pray, without ceasing." They afterwards returned to the palace. Friday morning, His Materre, Princesses Au nt/17A. SOPHIA, mid AMELIA, accompanied by Lady ELI, General FITZROY, and Colonel TAY LOR, rode in Windsor Great Park till 12 o'clock, cad then returned to the Palace. The QUEEN and Princess ELIZARET:I toot an airiug to Frogmore. General CAMPIELL, who has been appointed a ©roan Of His IMIAJLYTY'S Bodechernber, in the tocien of MR•BULRELEY, was, some years stoke,. one rif His Meet:area Equerries. IIesMAJESTY OftpOilited him without ass application, mid a let ter, announcing his appointment, has been sent to she Geuerel, abroad. The Duke of Vogue held a public day at his office, in the Horse (;.surds, on Friday, arid gave audiences to a number of militery officers. About nes an o'clock Oil Saturtley looming, His Royal Ili:times, left town for Wiselsor, upon busi ness with Ilia MAJESTY, and, in the evening, re turned to !melon, and had It select party to dinner, at his house, in the Stable-yard. Intelligence from St. Petertiburgh to the sth ult. has Lela received. A change ails shortly expected to take place in the Rusalan Ministry. Celia Soartirore, also had listen alinistar for the Fo reign Departuient for a few weeks after the peace of Tilsit, and who held the PortVeuillc of Count Itostastaomr, during the absence of the latter at Erfurth and Paris, was about to resume his former situation. Roataeaore was wholly devoted to BON APARTE. That brave and valuable offieer, Capt. Canna, who (detained his promotion by a aeries of gallaid conduct in the Gut of Gibralter, is appointed to the Leyders;alf 04 genet, which is to lie iis the Belt, for the protection of the trade to the Baltic, against the Danish guu boats. Capt. Usiinen is to have a squadron of small vessels under Isis orders. His Excellency Doil JUAN REIS DE APODACA, .tothas,a(lor and Moister Plenipotentiary from His Catholic Majesty Fettote IND VII. has beets pleaa eil to constitute and GHOR6E Pitman, Esti. Vice-Coosa! of Spain cud the Rlies, tot the port of Portsmouth and its vicinity. His MAJESTY has beets most graciously pleased to grant his permission to the five companies of the Royal Corsican Rangers, which composed part of the force employed under the order, of Lieutenant- General Sir JOHN gTUART, on the 4th ink, 1806, to bear oil their appointments (in addition to eel other badges or devices to which the regiment may be entitled) the word •• Made," as an honourable and lasting testimony of the dirtingnialied gallantry displayed by those companies, to common with certain other corps of the British mny, in the as. tion fought on the Plains of Maida, in Calabria. on the day above ineistioneol. Lord AMHERST. Ambassador to the King Of NAPLES, Lady AMMERST and family, are urrited at Portsmouth, to take their passage in the Tortoise, to Sicily. We ere requested, by a Naval Officer, whose mind ha, beets hurt by the eiremilatance, to state, that the Monument bade erected on Poritelown- Hill, to the 'urinary of Lend Neesoe, has been much defaced, by some weak mischievous persons— in the hope that it will meet the eye of the Officers deputed by the Trafulear Fleet to see the bunts properly completed. and that they will cause u rail ing to be put-towel it. A letter from Captain Cer.vca ten. of the ship 'Cieernor Itottareell,.Lited Stith Devember, l egates, that it was straggly reported th a t the V u lt ure land the Scorpion, from London, for the South Seas, were caatmed by the Spaniards, round Cape Horn, and the Captain and several of the crew of the latter ship, killed. The Neptnne, Samar, from the Clyde. for the South Seas. was all well on the coast of Peru. on the 10th July last. RO YA I. MAT. ON Thursday morning His STaJarea's humid* hunted, by order of the Marquis CORNWALI.h, ILA MAJ MTV'S Nisittr of the Hounds. About tea O'clock, his Royal iliglints* the Duke of 42111113ta- EA ND, and a an:literati* field ot' gentlesneu sports men, assembled it Salt Dill, near %'iutLor. Upon the arrival of his Royal Hight:: .4, a very fine deer was turned out of the cart, for the dot's diver s i on , which weut otf with great speed, and *hewed teeth • sport, round the tieighbeui howl of Burnham and Farnham, for upwards of au 11141111. end a half; Nile!. waalti smile hi doubly hack, and crossed the Imsidi.ii road, througli . th e inclosuree, toward* the Tha nk s, and crossed' the river Ip.tween Surley-Hall and Chewer. The sportsmen and hounds pu.; twit dal.. sport throityh the tow as of Eton Heil W ii..1,111', to the uo small aniusenicsit bi the aintraecnut. ilthal):1- suite, and by that means came up with the deov lagain, and took it a illiiii a short dioatice of Si. Leintiard'e-Hill. A ',umber or the harp a were knocked up. PdsIIIONABLE ARRANGEMENTs APR T:113 'men- „ . 7:1 • TUIS RIGHT. Sirs. Billingtoo, and Masan. Nail. and Irrahanes ron-ert, at ft:mover-moue rousts.—The Mari hiJial. OS of :`a n'-ury's g rand rue t, A lin g ton.atruet. ro-storttovr. Earl of Cardigat F rond dinner, Givarcuur street. sysiint spas. Lett Fortrscur's van., loner to the Merton of tint Ancient Concert, at hk Gronventirs/usirv. The An cient Cuccert, ilnouverreinnie rams.—Oratorio, Mny. two-krt.—Miles Pata. A ndrewen, Eart. grand root, Cleveland. row. THURSDAY. Lord PossonbOi grand dinner i t•pper Diroot.suvri Ilir Sheriff lilubter's ditiorr,Sprin-gardena Mailutno Cate gi and concert, flunorer.sgturse room., The toted 1.311411. concert, at Lady Suet* s'i, Gerendisb -111111AIY. • FRIDAY. The AnnireraaaN Dinner of the Soils of St. Patrick, at the Freetuaannie Tavern, Great Queen-aireet....-Itartison, Bar ners... and Grentoren'a Cultrert,lll4aoreropptare floors'. Oratorio, ilayourket.—Mrs. Tie itherou'agrind rout,Grtnivt slur-square. SATURDAY. Mr. Ponsonhy's dinner, Arlinvolnitreet.--Irek^ of Pact - laud's dinner, Burlie h zton Itoun,-....rtarottut in tier, Stanhope-street. SURDAT. Mr. Whitbread's grand dinner. Povcr.strert. VOCAL COS C Eft — The Fourth of these elegant and harmonious treats was given, on Friday, at the New Rooms, Hanover-s.ito re. The rooms werea Idaseof 'nenney and fashion, and the selection watt excellent. The Concert opened with the Ode so Harmony. Gear . * beautiful gle of Cold is Cathoallo's so ee. was finely executed. Mr. lite:mom san2 Suomi os Alarm, wad ail his usual taste and execution, and was very loudly applauded.—':'he favourite glee of Donald, was swe:tly rung, mid ronoly encored. Mrs. BiLLINGT..N sung S.Dat Bird, uve.,tnNtsieft on the vtolin by Mr. Wr.llol , slii 1.. with more than her metal aweetutes, nsaes r mid science, anti received tudannitled apphinse.— There were about 4410 perndus pf('Setlt. The interesting and amiable Mem CuEeer took herbeuetit,ou Friday night, at the Exeter TII t where she represented the generous Leas Amaranth, in trlisEvra's comedy of Wild:eatt. The Hon. HEmair WELLESLEY lett man, on Fri atty. for Norwood Green, the :Jest of the K'tglit 11011. 0711111Ln ANIMITHNOT. The Earl of UNSUNG/I: has kit tows for Windsor. Mr. 11. Jourtrrom has remained hie place on the Dublin Boards.—On Wednesday lint be was to perform Achotet, in the Tragedy of Iferbarotte. The Marquis of TWNEDDALS ih U:.,Fotatil in town, this week, from Ireland. Earl and Countess Gear are arrived in townfrom their seat io the North of Englatal. The Cottritensof HAIIItIiMORE hod aselect party., on Friday night. at her house in Saekville.street. On Saturday, the Glee Club had a numerous meeting, at the Crown and Auchor Tavern, to the Strand. DICRONSI and Mr. BII.IrANIY are mired to assist at the Choral Music for this night and to morrow. The Stamford Theatre will open this night. The new comedy of Man and Wife, The Sehool.r.r Authors, and a variety of new pieces, are in prepa ration. Mrs. BILLINCIToiII lends her powerful aid to Mr. Mebane; es Spring Concert at Bath, on the 4ielt of next month. Mr. Ponoeriar wive a grand dinner. on Satur day, at his house in Arlington-street, to Lord II . FITIIGKAII4.O,iIit &USN Sir A. 4Am :so, the Right lion. %mates Fit Auntiasm, Knight of Kerry. Hon. Col. ANSON. and Messrt. BAUNASI, CUNISSN, Tltilir, dud W. Slum. • The lust accounts from Spain are kttero front that celebrated hive° ion of the victories of the 5 i ...• niards, Colonel Csaitor.. They contain 110 111.11? , . and are now denominated, swags The workinen will begin this day to ker o the ruins of Drury - lane Theatre, •under the tion of Mr. Beauty, the At chitect. The Proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre, rent!, to their honour, a...mded by a select and beuevo, lent, although unostentatiens suletc:iption, let ea foot by some ladies of the first rank and lithium. have undertaken to pay all the servants of t h e Theatre, and those of the Company, whose salaries do not exceed 31. a tweet., their eutire ' , stories, no if the fire hall 'lever happened. The 'mother of persons included in this humane and generous al ningemetit exceeds '_UO, exclusive of their fatui ties. A meeting of the principal pefermers beforggio., to the late Theatre of Drums -lane, will be held, this day, when u plan for their intend! Operations will be taken into consideration. l irVP arr conceriiel to state. that Mr. Tacomal SINFRIDAN . II couipluint on hl. Imms has iurnovord 'to much, us to Oblige him to seek a armor rli mate. lie awl Mn.. Swaato.sm wilt set off, this iisy or to-toorrow, for Portsmouth, uct nird by his father, from *inure he will proceed to (..)hralto. • ~... .'7 , ` , --. , f • 4111 AA VA I 1.111,V0T