The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-01-26 00:00:00

TH E BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. THURSDAY. JA suaAv 46. Our army it returned from Coronas-150 sail of transports with troops-s-seven said of the hue, xud stveral small vessels, have arrived atrymoutli. About los wail have arrived at Portsmouth, and several at Falmouth. The Osborn, hospital ship. arrived. on Monday, in seven flay, from Lisboa. She sailed in company with several other veaselr, ender convoy of the Jo wait:a frigate, and carted in a heavy gee of wind st the month of the Tagus. The 0.1:10r4 is crowded with sick end wounded soldiers.— When this s'aip let Lisboa, every Pteparetien was making for the immediate evacuation of that place by the Br;lish, tNo regiments (t.!”e t7th sad gth 'Get) were to have embarked 'that day in the Tiver—Oar trooops ware cecalletl from the frontiers —The Prvetugnese seemed to he in a state of the utmost alarm. If th poblic %1ei , ...) judir of the disposition of Dliariters, fr,,an Ole Lniguogrof tae t ewspiipersth , - 'stool to thair st.-v . :ca, it would groin that they're ambitions of odiwn, ani, with suicidal mini, defir- wined to woik their own ilt , stroetion. When the late galluist and deeply-lamented Sir JOHN MOORE was si s ktd -on his death bed -whether he swished' to he brought to England. he ahswered, •. where the tree hells there let it lie." We wish his dying words had not been eoriairned a:rietly, Ulla that his country hail In e' honoured with the possession of all that rentaini of this gal lant soldier. We find, howeter. that he has been buried along with his companion itt sans. the brave General ANSIIIWTHEIL. in the citadel of l:ortiona, and that a foreign country piaisebeis that treasort: •f which England would be t 9 nrenni. * But little did we think, that before the grave haticioted over this garaint Chief, a man would Le fouutl itt Eng- land, who, in t h e language of Lord HENRY lAA iv,iuld dare to snatch the laurels from his brow," .tild c u ts' a stain upon his IXICIIIOry. We Will take nu early °ppm/unity to return to this aut.jeet, but at s present we sltafl content ourselves with a general view of the nature of the attack, *4,1 . the Ammer, as i;imen in the following extract from *respectable Evening Print of yesterday It appeal' says /Ise Print to which we allude. 4 0 ' front The Ertrikedisitry Gaate, msblislind on Tuesday, that General Hort =wit no attempt 110 Follow up bis victory, but f.rrteeeded to carry into Of:-et the rneasuies of iiis 'gallant and la:seated prfdeeessor, whose " axed and presi.e,, determination it was to withdraw h;s army." The circumstances winch induced this his liehireli no tiou are not ritalitioned, but trirtlf :if them fee ob"ions. Our array was (Aim iiletely worn down .ritli fatigues and privations, and bad lost at least one-fifth of its origival five* by sickness and the sword. [Lord Grenville, ia the I]rrc, ,f Lords last tti;ht, eitiatated our lost at titae-fimilt.l The leading print of Government, however, laments that, instead of adhering " fixed determination" of his predecessor, 6 o•erei Hon, on whom, ja consewie-ace of the wound of General BAIRD, the to uporny command devolved, did not follow the dictates of his own riotous mind," persuaded as it is, that the signal overthrow of the enemy in that dirty :ion might have been elected, Now let u: auntwse, that our handful of troops had advanced and gained .auotlws vianry. what must have been the cous«queoce ?--- Sy me victory more it would have been ourlone. Tile French, whose numbers were constantly ac cumulating, would have overwhelmed it. lu the same moat criminal seal to shift the h 3.1 of public calamity, from •the reel author, the Ministerial inillloll+ if so splendid s sic tory 21 that of the Pith has been obtained by our army at the tiid of a long and harming service, what might not have been expected from more early active operations. when they were all Tin high condition ?"—!Jere it is directly charged, that Sir Jolts Mouth was to blame, in not marching sooner front Salamanca, and wracking General SotiLT ; a liereas Lord Ptr., r, who is fall as compete:A a ji u le as the Editors of the journals, as we stated )e.tenlay, makes on 147rup;r of declaring, that if the British army had advanced one day's march beyond the point where S J. Moots oalore.l the retreat tor aomnicticeb every mon must inevitably have been surrounded and made prisoners, or cut in pieces. While, bpi , - ever. the adcovates of Ministers would thus sarrilice tha sail Lary fame of Sir Join Mooßit to their own bee And selfish views, in the precipitancy of tlieit SIVA they defcat their own - iburpobe, and Caen' weapons moil upon themselves. If Sir Joan Moos% could not bring his oraty non the field " fresh, and in rum cosidition," who is to blame?—Who Ministers, who sent hint to Por tal:ail, instead of liiiibbic4 him in t i tt t near the theatre o.f war.—lf he voted ant prosecute the ::ar in the hart of Spain, because he foicid that lie was 1 , I. ft to his own resources," sdso is to!blam:•.? Ministers, c.bn inisestirulate.l the strength ROft co-riperation of the Patriots. If a second victory at C k oruntia could mot lead to any •Ind- list* eassequeuci. Miens bare deo are, to blame, for by what arriLa of in racier could an army of 22,000 conquer the whsle French force of 200,000 men in Sliain ? Spam is , the scene of Dow exploit*, but the wildness of his imagination he could not Line) , that a handful of British troops could expel the military force of France from Spain, and secure the independence of the country." It is a fact which we know, and can authenti eate from the heat authority, that so completely _did we bring away and re-embark the whole Eng lish army front Corunou, that not, as is believed, a straggler remained behind. Grimm, thaws- FORD, accompanied by another officer, actually walked through some• of tin• principal streets in the town, after the last man had been put on board the ?mats. in order to see whether any individual was left. The presence of our line of battle ships pro contriistited to maintain the Spaniards in that of goryi dispositiou" which General liner. mentions in his dispatch. Indeed, if the ,ships of war had trot bare there, great numbers of our troops would have bean lost or left behind, as the trait ports, almost all, eat their cables, and stood out to sea. or were driven on *Lore. The inhabit. nuts of Co:unna, and the Governor, en whom Ge neral HOPE says, hes:et:hied the n•ttnre of our si. tuation. tmlitertiorotbly evinc••d great ad!e.relit!e to as ; they evens fired on the French (min 'lie laud batteaes, though they meant, a: soon as we lied re embarked, to send out a flag - of truce to the ein-ai). It is positively said, that the infaittry are not to di-embark, hut to proc.!ed itumedistely to Lisl,ou or to Cadiz. But, whatever Ministers may in tend, inaieve that it will be found equally un wise and improper to seed .even the infantry on fresh serviie, before they have been reCriliktd by some short repose. 'A.• to the cavalry, they are altogether without the means of being employed, am) only fresh regiments can be sent on foreign service. The utter incapacity of Miiii.ters in v....aiding 34,000 men into the heart of Spain, to combat i 50,000, is without parallel. MOokE, it is now known, would have retreated in. time, and would have saved his army. But Mr. FoFot: urged hint Cu o u t hand to adcaner, and lord CAsrLEsteasint, on iii oilier, ordered him to strike some blow. Thes.• fact, will he better known, as soon as the Offiei is from t %walut arrive to tows. It will be tern, upon r.9YMnre to stir siteal e ? - lurti, that several transports hate ham hut in Quip. tun Buy, hat they are those that vairied the Frene:i troops from Portugal. Lor.l CAST, fr.REAGU tot art!, lest night. in the Hoag,' of Commons, his plan lot thsiscrease of the a. coy. Bermuda Gazettes Gazettes to the 12Ith ult, are arrived, of I‘.6leil the following ar.. caracts:— , - BSELIBUDA. troy. 26. Tee 13th regiment emliarked on Titeaday 1.5 t, OR hoard the holly, and Allison transports, and suited an ' Mtn 1+04), nader convoy of Ws Majesty's sloop Sava k e, Copt. Robillard, to juin the expedition in the West Indies. DECEMBER 3. Majessy's sloop Indian arrived on Thursday, taunt • and this day the /tutus frigate, from, H s hfsx. • DECEMBER In. Saturday 'mind three mere transports, Vie Ilurnrit, :iv, mid Odious ; and on Thursday' they sailed for Herbs does, under roarer of the Auks*. DECEMBER 11. Admiral Sir moue Wants arrivrd, this day, from Halifax. The following is a list or the new Committee of Finance, proposed by Mr. Peach tr., and agreed to in the H of Commons, on Tuesday His‘lit : Mr. BANKEs, Lord H. PETTY, Mr. ISIDDL:ErfI, Mr. CALYTRY, 111 r. 1111.0GDES, Mr. GaarraN, Lord A. I/MCI:Ion, Mr. 11. Tooasrosi, Mr. LEIGH. Mr. JonelrOl.r, Mr. J.ll.llauvs as:, Honourable D. BatrWar, Mr. ELEIsTua, Mr. LTYEESTEts, • and Mr. CAREW—T..taI 15. The original Committee consisted of 23, but the smaller number has been adopted, in the exoectatiou that it will act with more energy and effect. His MAJESTY did not come to town yesterday as was expected, it being represented to His MA JESTY, early in the morning, that the roads be im% yeti IViisileur and London were in a dangerous state, in many parts almost impassable, the water and -moor teeing up to the 110110 t r. bales. Ili. MA JEsTir's intention was not known in London till about half-pest twelme o'clock, when Mr. WAG STAFF, the 31essenger, arrrived frum Wimillsur, in a chaise and four, with His MaJmi.stv 's commands upon the business. The notice did not arrive in time to prevent Lord My ih. Ay E, and others of the Nlioisters, from at tend:lig at the Queues Palace, together with the Archbishops of Casavastrat and lute, mind a her of those who were to have been firs:suited to His NI AJEmrit, Upon their appointments and va rious other oecssions. The Loan CUASIBCRLAIN war in the Park, cm his way to time Palace. Ws his carriage *vs stor,med by the I hikes of Yams MA CUSIIIERLAN9. Their Ito) al Highnesses informed bis Lordship, that Ilia i/lAJP:srY was not coining to town, autl, at the time, told his Lordship the particulars of the fir., at St. James's Palace, from their own observe ti,,,,, and pointed out the gentlemen bdongoig to his Office, who were particularly active upon the mora,iria, Na worthy of his 'Lordship's notice; and other. to lie iv:wasde& The Llection for St. Alliali'r took place, yester day ; the canditlates were, Mr. DA N (ii [As and Captain Wti.xt sits, late in the Dail-Italia Coln. re►ekv. Ministers made great exertions for Captain Wit I.IA %Is, soil the cry of No Popery" *Va. loudly raised agai,ist Mr. (itt.Es. Tile cry of •' Nul'iseulation" wit 4 us loud'), hut wort aut ressfully raised against (7aptaiii ‘10'11.1.1431.4 At the close of dor poll the numbers w rrc— F..r Mrialeg • Captain Williams l3 On !T . ... di Nlr. (i&Ls. was declared duly ducted. ' c I,IIV INTELLMEN(*.E. COULIT OE KIN" PeNCH, .1.t21. 2S. ••••.... TOW IC !NG r. N AIRSF. The , sPntriocr of th. Coon wsi4 pampa tritno the• Defendant for verjori he wai. ii.ljonlgeil to hr con fined in the King'. nem+ prison for 18 mad t 9 be fined one binning. PO Lir,. BOW-NTrftT. On the slight of the toll' of last November, Mr. Sidcs, a wholesale jeweller, who resides in the neighbourhood it, Clerkems ell, was awaked by a noise, • id on sitting up in lwd, he saw a light iu 11w apartment adjoining his hertrootn, which he used as a ware-room, the dour of which was left open; be distinctly saw two men taking jewellery 0111 it • remand a bureau, *lnch had been broken open. Oar it them, he had no doubt, was a man of the name of Roberts, who hail served part of Ins time to him as an apprentice, and bad till lately worked as journeyman with him, Mr. Sides nl length gut up, which alarmed the rubbers; they ran Of, and made their escape out of the humor.. On Mr. Sideeii mnikaing his ware-ovum, be discovered that the villains had re.rried off jewellery to the ninount oiscverd hundred pounds; and bewail confirmed that it bail been dome by it jeweller, an the snider had been separated from gold, and other circumstances that put it beyond a iloiribt. :dr. Sides alarmed the house, and it was ascertained that the robbers bud .entereil by the kitchen window, which had been opened, and the shatter taken down and War rd whsle it in geitertil was in the day time. Nu mar; a it violence were to lie pi rcrivrd. Tao eirrunistimee lcd to a suspicion of some of the household, stud that the ruble ra had tercu let iu ; bearer r, on nor ion eV !ignition, it turned ..at that the mount girl was prides she put up the kitchen window shutter, and bolted that and the window at dusk the preceddag evening. Owe of the appren tices said, that the man ;;Ilidwets) shot Mr. Sid+4 aas P°6i. if e *as one of the robber., bad colletl upon bins the preced ing evening, !trisects were and ; he went to IMP In the etre. L doer, and t one; rood wit h bin, ',bort haw ; Rubio :a told him be came for a paa.dirolor's oluplirate hr a gold seal, wh;cli he hmil given bins to keep for hint Ibr tail is conoweinece went Up emirs to get it out of his tot's, .11111 left Roberts iu the, protege. ihs his return wills the dupli cate. he found Huberts was not in the passage; but the street-dour was left upc• ; Lc therefore Lad no ilonht is his mind but he had gone into the kitchen (where there was sot any peron':, be will knowing the house. He ameediagly went 110011 stairs; as he was going down, be heard a suite; what it was he could nut tell, tint there is now little doubt but it was it business lammed by Roberts, and he had then taken the opportsmitt of unfesteuing the kitchen window and the shatter ; the lad found him sitting the fro; be gate him his duplicate, amt he went away. Mr. Sides procured a Constable and went to It..b...eta's lodg ing, in Fox's-court, Gray's-inn-hue, between six and amen o'clock the same isoniong ; he was not at home • hit wife was in bed, mid said he had sot been at Ismue all Might.— Every partible cxertion was made at that time to find him, Lot iu rain. A :port time after, Mr. Sides had aeration to go into the eielintes, coonbiieng towlines* with plessiire. Hr milled updro his heathr, Yaw resides at Portsumetb ; while lip was there, be went int* a jewelle r 's 'hop, with a view to get an order • and while be was in the '-law, be per area tin principal of the property of whOb 1w had been robbed, l abia% we understand, was given i.p ; nail it has been kept in tie ream, y of si t:otertatile, till 'lit' robaer• could be taken. .t few days since, one of Mr. Sides' apprentices saw Ito beePi in the sieigtilioui Mood of Covent-Garden ; hr :ellowed him'till he eame near How-eireet, when be ran into the Of fire Ow all Ouister to go and take him. Edwards, one of the patrol.-, web; after him on his coming up with him, Roberta knock, .1 him down, and enicavoured to make his r. ape Liu Edwards recovered himself, and scented hint. Hr Nadi:roc Ili n feraild eaansilapua Fro Tra sday 1 when • variety of information was priduced against him, arid he was committed for further examination. GRE4I7' IAIODS. [Extract (too a Letter dated Deptford,,Jan. 2' I The effects of the rapidity of the thaw, which came on yesterday, will be severely felt by many of the inhabitants of Lea, Lewisham, and Dept ford. The snow had fallen in an immense quan tity on the hills and country round the two former places, which, on thawing, ran off into the Ravens bora River at Lewisham, which early this morning overflowed its beaks, inundating all the fields be tweet) that place and Deptford. Front the water works at the top of Mill-lane (in the broad way, which leads the Rarensborii), to the tide nails int:hutch-street, Deptfind (where it found vent iu Deptford er.ek), it rushed in torrents, iu matey parts up to di a chamber windows; chair., tables, and In, inzure of various descriptions, were washed away, and cared through the creek into the Thames. The lastly of a mass was also observed, carried forw-i'd with the torrent. It rushed in an awful manner froM the fields on the right of Deptford-bridge, and, about • • o'clock this morning became higher than the arch of the bridge, in colea:quence of which it broke down the parapet, and about four yards of the bridge gave way, the water still rushing with great fury, in a manner to threaten the total destruction of the bridge, but incetiag oo obstmetion, it ran into the river, gradually subsiding ; and about one o'clock, pa wen4ers were able to pass from the boned way, over to Greenwich, which had been ob structed hir five hours. The water, however, still continues to rush over the fields, from the hills mid passes, nuif:r the bridge, with greater rein, sty than the fall occasioned by the water winks, at London bridge. It will be imptsanble to ascertain the damag e dime, instil free access can be obtained to Lewish am, which, us vet, is totally impracticable, the water in lwing still as high as the window stools of the Grun te d floor. it is retorted a woman 1111(1 two children are drowned at Lewisham ; all the gardens, nut-houses, &e. within reach of the torrent, are entirely di Aroyed. We wirderitatid, by aernunts from the county of %Viderford, th:., rou,ideral.le soiselnef Isaaoceurred from the Este floods. the bridge of hellegli, near rom:hal, was eimiplutely earned away, and four men and a %vowel'. who were passing at the mo ment, were hurled into di-strut:non. A bridge over the Oneashilil, near (import.., was carried away, and exploded. Hi if blown up by powder, and the bridge at Four-Mile-Water his been much injured. Tueiiday died, at four o'cloek, at her hone in Argyle-. 1 net, at a very advancrd age, Lady Luso!, relict ors' FRANA Luas, /tart. _ . Lord CHIARLE4 I.i!imitaiwit% expected in town, kid n•ght. at tne honer of his mother, the Michele of rt CTL 411 De from Portsuitaith: and his brother, Lord ltooKoT, ofiti el6O expected from Fultuolith, at which places they have respectively *arrived weft, on their reeuro from Spain. liiftreu how ~Lip, me folios at Deptford, hut owing to the 'ninnies heilig blocked up with it.e, too eximmunicatimi has Leen held between them tied the abet* Ibr ei‘itt days lima yesterday. -^ LOSS OF THE PRIMROSE. The Primrose brig, of 18-guns, Captain Mein. with troops Cerunua, was lost on the Mona- I' cies rock., near Fahnouth,on Sunday lest. The I )i.pateh balisport, with too soldiers and 24 Lot vir. oti board, was lost at the saute time ; . .only eight men were saved from her. There were tea officers on board the Primrose, who made en atteitiPt to em -ape frvati the wreck, but may seven of them succeeded. The three lost wait-, the Hoc. Major George Ilenry Compton Cat•endish, soil of lord George Cavendish, and nephew , of the Duke of De vonshire ; Captain S. G. Dukentield, Lieute nant the Edward Waldegrave, brother to the Earl of 11 . 41ilegrave ; all officers iii the 7th Dra goon Guards. Major Cavendish had just attained his 25th year; be had received a wound in the wrist in Sputa, but was nearly recovered. By his death a seat becomes vacant for the borough of Aylesbury. An express was sent off, last night, to Lord George Cavendish, at his seat in Lancashire, • io apprise him of the melancholy event. We lie-c not learned the fate of the other persons who weir en board the Primrose. 11:1L INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JAM. 14. Arrived the Pi!chord schooner, front ; Jane, Johissou; Friendship, ; Ruby, Dixon ; Hod l'rafolgar, hce (tretotportrc,, front Quitteron Buy, who.:lt place rimy Jett on au 16th anat. wiLlt thc foss of cubic; and :Itichots. The foilowing timisports are lost iiit,hilhcren Buy, viz.—Efizabeth, marked E. F. ; Niue, ea, L. K. ; and the laisubtib, 11. 1. The No. 149, was on short, and received much thtsimgr, but expected to be gut off. The Dtikegaireine, 1.. 1.. was nit shun' in a creek, with the loss of an anchor and cable. The Rodney, 0. W. and a transport * D. L. had received much damage. The Good infest, B.C. mid She/boara.f. B. were much damaged, and parted company oil the 1% ight ou 21st inst. After post last night the Aatlacioaos, 74 guns. Capt. Gosselin, arrived from Cr:Hunan, having on board the suite of the late lamented Sir *Wm Almare, and the Hun. Lieutenant-General Hope; in coming to en anchor, it being flack, she ran iirt.i of the Abundance store ship, mid carried sway the bowsprit and formast of the latter. Also arrived the Illercurius sloop of war, Capt. itemiss.*:k ; Sirius frigate, Capt. from the !)nwis-. back to St. tielea's the ilom4ay and Leeiutliau of 74 gnus each. We are happy in announcing the safe -arrival of about 100 sail of transports, Full of, troop., bag. gar, cad artillery, of every carpi c omposing rolir unfortunate SPnisisli arintainent; every Officer, of both navy and army, are loud ut their pares ti the conduct and bravery of our troops ; thr• 42 , 1 Kee. menus mentioned portico Indy av having signalised itself in charging the cnemF. The. French arti;les7 was serous, and particularly well served ; the lire from it is represented as ming most tremen dous; vie had no artillery in the eiigagesneat.— Our brave fellows inarelesi up to the very mouths of the guns, but could hot succeed in tatting them; the eiimny fought disaperatehi, and inanatuvred quickly. The army in its advance met with no succour from the ii ! sailiards, and saw no armed had of Patriots; but on their retreat at Lugo they passed through about sneo tarn under Roman*, half-starved, hail-naked, and hail-armed, on their march to %, Igo. PLO WS11:711, JA IC. 23. Since yesterday 150 sail of transports are tir.. rived here, with troops from CoTanna, and the fol. lowing ships i—Ville de Paris, 110 ; :Verge, 74 ; Barfleur, 98 ; Tunnatit, SO ; Victory, 100 ; Impla cable, 74; Resointion. 74 ; Zealous, 74; Eii:r4.• bah, 74; Unicorn, ; cyd Mediator, 36. Also Parthaati sloop of ear, fiom the Chrome' fleet. VALMOUTII, JAR. 22. Late last night arrived the ketch Gleaner, Lieu tenant Green, with Major Gordon, Aid Flu -( ainl, to Sir David Baird, chargeol with dispatches from I • to Gm criiinciit, with which lie went off imme diately to a chaise and four. The Cleaner left Cori iiiii aon the 18th instant, at which time the whole of the British army had embarked, mid left that port, with a very favourable wind, for England. The transpons consisted of about Soo sail and were accompanied by six sail of the. line ; on board them arc 'Ow) Freud, prisoners and aLout 300 horses of the Imperial Guards. Five transports arrived dna eve • t ', having on hoard part of the both Regiment of Foot, and part of the 10th, 14th, and istli Light Dragoons ; at the time Lieu tenant Green left, the Spaniards were defending Cornelia. "out four transports were driven on shore, in getting out, and destroyed by orders front Admiral De Coorey : several other transports are iii the titling, and expectest into this port early uu to-morrow morning. A divider' ot• the 10th (Prince's) Light I".)ra. gneiss, commanded by Major PALMiIt, arrived SNIP ut Faluiouth un Suairdity night. The transpcit wbirb bruaght.thrin over missed her convoy, and rail for the first 1.11 , 41i51i port. The multipart no beard %%Inch Colonel LEIGH was, with the first ..f. the 10th, took fire, but fortunately it aas get vialsr without material damage. I'he .American ship Mary/and, of 24 guns and 14.1 let" lades► with India good!' and provrsion4; bound to Martinique, was detained on the 96th November by the trig/midi, and sent into Antigua. YOMOrday..-CO3II 611110 or ST. PAut.—Hdidry at the "bite nitro.. DEATH. On Tisecday night, et latrboisse in Mitehell, et the ad vanced avail' aI, James INC Earl of fife, Visrount Mac duff, Baron Bream, of Kithryde, in the county of Cavan, ie Ireland 11;$ Lordship was crested en English Peer, by the title of Dame Fife, in Great Britain, and was appointed Loll lit idea-nit of Benidshire. Ile is succeeded iu tides and estates Ly Colonel Duff. who was manned to MN. Moaners, daughter to Lady Lumen Manners, sad eiatereo the Duchess of St. Allreu's. 111611 Wnl F.n, THIS I/AY, AT I.)NDON BRIDVE. Morn 45.. .. Mg. Mfter .4) I Even 17-1131111 lb. oNIX)N : Priatei by G No Ig. 01/ Bosweit-toort, Caley-stre't nod puLlis6e.l tit aka 016. e, No. is. Rad; of wi. Ckinerier I:bercla, rtti.d , by J. IVIII of leille• an Piper, scat w tin OtEte s 'port piud), will Os del) atieuded 7 T dame), The tuts, Mrittif Sparks flau, I Thy Cnthip (If* It a i I ing a' will h —Asm ,&II I at Cm Win& The 7 tr .t Nisei -41 Si Work Teo is Is T TIN MAI Pr NI t !an% IA -ti wilt taxa c. - Pi" of NI I "let tin Atm