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F , I otherwise, rso may be ruuurcil that Sir R. Straelian was ateeinet ttadertsking any further opetimuits A s htsverp, soil trio, as flood: as po-able to du 'tail the Impression wade by that in .st extra prittuaty elate paper. I have hr,•te. au teeter in this expedition, and *sit ..rention facts, and facts only—for 1 hate to beer tu,nt wan kre.l wi) deserve commendatiou; and i never will see popularity courted at the ra pe .4e of an ..idiroduel who bus ton much honour mid two maeli ii.t Kitty, even to suspect that such etijernitiaole meaty ao made use of. The ictin.lroirts are; with bombs, posted all round the isloinl„ by Rentenukens and Vert; and the elle- My. lust trglit. were to mach on the beach at South Meet:teal, as to cause a tonsiderable flriug Mt etiscu. Vpier is qutte within range of shells, lions tin eelaiiil ; of course, Alsip' with userchontlisr, in fluor", ail vessels, must soon quit it, the instant the etw.ny erarblish tumour batteries. shieh they will soon.—Sir H. Popham stays ; so does Admiral Orway. Waleheren will never be stile to supply itself with provisit;.is; much less an addittuorl nuialier of souls, amotin•ing to 164100. The hos. !idol* are full, and the sickly season not just begun. The following are the Regiments left, as they are I II 1 ph Light Ilguirootts .... I B4) Ruh d Artiq.ry 77. g." Inv Royal Etigigglers ROT • IMO A 'Vfol SI :RU~tl estb.... I ~' TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. iI ir any thing could place, iii a more conspicuous point Sif view, the utter incapacity of die present tlabirset, in sending such an army iisvo. assembled, wider Sir AeTItU tVi:ttextev, in the mouth of May, to make a rash irrupt ttttt into Castile. instead of transporting them from the :Inglis to Trieste it s , outs! he the intelligence ricently received from Germany. It corms, to every !mews'', lilt COIIVits. 11(!ti, that nothing, except the appeaustice of thirty disunion! British soldiers, in she Tyro!, during the months of July and Astro, was waictilig to have reanimated all the eouati.a from Cannella to the Danube, std to ate arrested the course of 800 x- PARTE. We cannot pc use, without seutinients of tht Inelie,a concern and indignation, the a coon s transmitted in the German G artier; even in those written under the very eye of the T ) rant ; which contain the pastieulars of the existing insurrection among the mountains of the Brennersberg, the. Vomlberg. and of the whole tract that extends along the valley of the Inuthal, to the lake of Con stance. It i. evident that LE Fr at the head of a very considerable arms-. with which he had peuetratud across all the Tyrol, from hornet, al most to the gates of Britten, was driven hack with immense loss by these undisciplined mountaineers, whom their own Sovereign, and Goverument. have abandoned. So suldiant an exhibition of loyalty. and of the uni onquerable s irat of freedom. In • sequestered corner of the Austrian dominions. amidst snows, and precipieee, ou 4 ht to awaken the lethargic energies of Switzerland, a country which has sialisrecl every ?species of oppression, under the French yoke. Even Bavaria and Wirtervilserg, from their vietuity to the theatre of war, muss deeply participate in the calamities inflicted by the ambition and vengeance of r: ro Leo imr. on Ger- The prolongation of the conferences, held for the purpose of isegociating peace; the utter ignorance which the continent is kept of their tenor or pro ceedings; the contradict with which the foreign Gazettes ebouurl ; and the reports coetinaa. y e viverl or diffused, of the near approach of peace be toren Ateitria and France ; all these ii3rnptorn sufficionily indicate the impediments tl:at exist. and which prevent its completion. It is, there lore, evident, that the Austrian armies, though worsted, are lint vanquished. Never would BOriAPAaTE have propelled, with more expedition, the forms of diplomatic delay, than at the present momeet, if he had been stile to dictate low to FRANCIS 11. as he did, in 1886, at Pie.iburgh ! The most cogent reasons impelled him to accelerate the tersainatiou of the negociations Ha:4mnd at Altenburg. The insurreet.on in .the Tyrol, ►he eNpedition In time Scheldt, the iuvasion of Naples; more than all, the state of affairs iu where s British army, after compelling SW:LT to quit Portugal, might have been employed, either in attacking him in the Austrian provinces, at the head of the Adriatic, or in Catalonia ; from whence, after recovering Barce lona, they might have menaced the southern pro vinces of France. What might not, infect, have been achieved, if a wise and vigorous Adrninistru tion hail, in the summer of inn!), presided over the counsels of Great Britain ! How favourable, and we fear, irrecoverable, no occasion has been lest, of animating Holland and the Netherlands! But, en the present, as on so many preceding occasions, BVSIAPARTII has found his nett allies, and his ►rarest support, in the incapacity of his enemies. If the conduct of the supreme Junta towards the British forces, in mot providing for them sup. plies of any kiwi, iticontestibly proves either their utter incapycity, or their criminal neglect, we fear that neither more activity. exertion, or inclination, will be displayed by the Portuguese Government ; mid we are far from believing, that they possess suffi cient energy or capacity to correct, and to repair the roes . , as well as palpable, errors, that the Spanish Junta hare committed. But the Secretaries of State who impelled Si► J. Muoau to advance from Sala. matica to Madrid, nottritlistaridiag the reluctance evinced by that aisle and judicious Commander, and in defiance of the reasons which should have rendered them distrumfol of the Spanish Counsels and Generals—such Ministers, we may rarely as sums, wilt encoarage, if not enjoin, Sir Among • ( p • . WELLPSI.V.Ir to remain in Portugal. We trust, that whenever Parliament au -eta, an immediate impory will be set on foot, to ascertain whist part 01 the culpability of the late rlli ll 1•4141 march into Castile belongs to the Adman:Arista:sit, and what part is attributable to the Columander- in-Chief. Nut that, in our judgment, any instructions or 01 - - den, however strong, can ever justify a march, which, in whatever point of view we consider it, ap pears to bear, in every feAture, the iudelible ini. preatimaof temerity, precipitation, Nod want of Ail salutary precaution. What! iv i thou tti rst seeorill the two great parses, by which So u vr, or NEv, might enter Extremadura in his rear; without ►ettling u plan of operation with CUSITA, 014 14110 SP ability and seal every thing depended; destitute of horses, moles. or CLirriages, for the trunaportation of his sick and wounded; lastly, knowing that no magazines of provisious, ur el bread and biscuit, were provided ; but relying on the impotent anti fieil assurunces of such a muck Executive Govern ment as tluit established at Seville ; would any man, possessiog ordinary reflection. even if Lord Carrheaeaou had been insensate enough to send him peremptory orders to push on towards Madrid, have ever undertaken to execute snob commands We hive seen haw Sir Julia Mutter, when 'placed in similar circumstances, tcniterl the pressing in stances made hint by Mr. l'axitc, end by CIIAR SULLY, eustarinell by Lord CivtI.CREAGN, to carry We army into the central provinces of Sr1:0114 Would that his genius, his wisdom, and 1110 caution, had survived in Sir ARTHUR ! IVhoever locally knows the province of New , Castiir, would hesitate long I►efore, even under wore involuting appearances, he attempted to make it the seat and theatre of war. Its position, so remote from any sea-port. and so distant even from Seville, renders it most perilous. The sterility of the soil in many parts, the paucity; iudrfference, or disaffection of the nth: daimons, ad which *ere well knowu, added to the revisit devastatioti that the country bad suffered from the presenceof, con tributions levied by VICTOR'S, MORTIER'S and Se- LtsTIANI'S corps, -tnt4ht have, lane should think, sufficiently instructed ear commander, hi the dan gers to which he reflectively exposed his tinny, from the moment erect that he passed the Porto gorse frontiers. It ors little:less titan insanity, to rush ea to Taborer* without looking behind hun ; and say man who ►eflected, or who weighed the facts, might have foreseen and foretold the probable conclusion. If, however, in opposition to common sense. and in &Armee of experience; it was determined by our Government. that into Spain our troops mast Sod should lie sent, it was not into New Castile they ought to have marched. While CUSITA eora muatwled in the province, Vssioas in La Manche, and Marshal BrAesroma. stationed at Castel• bronco. ABRANTNS, or Elsa*, protected Portugal; our army should have proceeded into Andalusia. and taken post between tke thutialquieir and Gib raltar right wing resting on that lustre's; its left wing being supported by Cadi.; having Sevilk in front. It would, in that almost in attackable position, have covered with its shield the Government, and the navy of Spain; while it would have formed a nucleus, to which, and upon which, every man co the peninsula, dies posed to re,ist the French, 'night inove fallen brick and united himself. In ease even of the worst ex tremity, we should not need. as at Talavera, to abandon our wour.ded to the cure of the Spanish, or to the mercy of the French Commanders. 11 • diversiou lad been smte, it ought unquustionably to lute been is Catalonia. Had Sir JOHN STOART, instead of utturicii g los bia and Proesdn, been sent to l'alastur, to limier, or to Tartu tore, the Cata lans world have risers every where, nod Barcelona might have been recovered. But, of what avail is it to throw out throe propositions and ideas to a Cabinet where Lord CAMDZN presides; where the Duke of PORTLAND is the head of the Treasury ; and of which Mr. CANNING and Lord CASTLERTAGU are the two eyes? We must have other men, and other heads, to oppose the Corsic,iir. who, as soon as he con pacify the east 1111ficentre of Europe, will. we may be assured, without delay, transfer his arms and his energies beyond the Pyrenees. 'nor Walthamstaso, Capt. Jos Es. and the Asic Capt. TREltEtinttitE, arrived at Madras, fro: Cu. lumbo,oft the 30th March last, tinder convoy of lies MAJESTY'S Alp Psyche, Capt. EDI:MCI:IIRK. The Planter, from Surmsm, armed at Bristol. sailed with several vemsels from Surinam and D. merant, under eonvny of a sloop of War, and parted from them the httl) inst. The Captain man-of-war, Commodore to the Leeward Idand fleet, is arrived at Plymouth. with .only two of the convoy. nnstuly, the Hero, Beat. from St. Vincent's, at:tt the Henry, J ACKSONII from Martinique. both dirt:raided. Two of 11w Jamnea fleet have also arrived at Bristol, both tlistnwiterl. The Tiger transport.froin Coeuuna, marked FL!, is &nitwit at Plymouth. Mr. DRRRYMAN, of the Bar. Par, of 9s gnus, came passenger in her, charged with dirpitches. 1-le states, that the French were hourly expected tit arrive at Corium:a, and that the greatest confterion prevailed at that place.' The Tiger wits obliged to be towed aut by twelve bo as, and left Coritturn five &rye since. Ali the Spanish stip+ at frerril were under sailing orderv, end were nearly ready for sew. The British ships ntiVortiutea are the Barfieur, of 9R io ns ; 71,,Nent.. of R 4 g ; I )tfrure, Triumph, sod Zeninug, of 74 ;met melt ; and Indefatigable, of 38 gum, elf Fermi. I_4 l iiEN,r 14 Ger. 4;7 427 704 Lesiou• ed dine 405 ees 610 NATI% I • ZZZZZZ L •CUL let. /11111C...t 1112. sour. I, WIIY♦ ..... Sth, . sch 01.101 1 1 lit ll l j . "I 9441 .... I 608 I 1217 I 815 491 914 76th 344 189 733 3I 0 730 ;MI 360 191 5311 no wiwr's t sow isairwit SILIGADE 11 -I h 450 4116 gaG gad 1641 117 394 , 5t3 J 3! 443 414 48J I 2; S I . 431 *65 G. *C4ii ... 411 245 764 -' • 11 AJOII GEN Ita.AL MOSTRrsoft's 2a:eine. 17 , • . sla eag 6: - .* 3sth 332 5.3 71th 262 211 34 . GI Kola, Stair Carps—ll moo T Lieut.-C.4onel Cape!, ulwl Lleist.4:oloitel (Rimy. .were left at the head of the Ailjututt-Getterd's de partment, as they were actively employed in that -department during the whole of the siege, and they both :weak the langsa,te flucutly. When Sir Eyre Citote war app oitited Governer, they both left the I•latt.i. awl Leant.-Colouel a very luta ligent Ulmer, remains. INIUA. MADRAS, APRIL 1. 1039. By 'Alters from Cahn', of the 9th alt. we leant, that Mr. Elphiustone and his suite, after a stay of *even weeks .4 Derals Ismael Klan, busily quitted that piece on the 7th, and ;proceeded on their jour rsey thaw:tr. On their first day's march, they were met iby • party of horse, who Ind been sent forward hr Sujah UI hloolk, to reinforce their eacort ; the Commander of the detachineut was also the bearer of a complimentary letter from Isis Sovereign to the British Envoy, expressing, M the most cordial terms, the high satisfaction with which he had heard of his approsch. The letter was ac companied by a magnificent klielaut, consisting of ■ garment of gold cloth, and some shawls (dike rich est description, together with several males, laden with every variety of fruit which the country produces. This pledge of the royal favour was • received with suitable respect by the Embassy ; a teut was pitched on the occasion. to which Mr. El phinstone proceeded in state. accompanied by all the gentlemen of his retinae, and escorted by comproy of infantry ; he was there invested with the khelaut, under a lea de joie (ram the detach ment. intelligence received from the British Va keel, who, some time before, had been sent on to Pe.hawa, in charge of a dispatch to the King. was most satisfactory and pleasing..Ths Vakeel himself hint esperienced the utmost attention and hospi tality ; apartments had been prepared, by the com mand of the Shah, for the soccommodation of the Enabssay ; and a third party of horse, amounting to 300, had left Peshawa, and might be expected to arrive in camp ',bout the rltii .T every thing, in short, continued to hold out the most favourable prospect to the missies. At the date of the accounts to which we allude. tbe r•.miisssy was enParnped at the entrance of a p i ss near the small town of Putteeana, 3 marches di-rant from Ilvrah Ismael Khan. the reenery in that neighbonrhoud is described as remarkably picturesque and magmlicent ; to the north-east, •nd south, the landscape is hounded by a stupen dous ridge of mountains, while a beaaUfal valley Y extends si•cty or seveisly LAIC'S tOWlttlit, the west, as far as the high and snowy heie;hts of ocattn:ltt. In tkeir next march the Enthassy expected to cross another destut, ant had mecorthitgly Indented a suf tictent sty l i!) of water mid promiette fur the whole party ; on the t ttln, they hoped to reach Lit liftyks. :hid in two days more to arreee at Kalslt (laugh; they there proposed to halt for sevend days, after which th y would go ea to Peshawa, where they expected to bring their tedious jo•truey to a close about the vt flth. Soojah ul Muolk had sent on his army to Attock, where they were ordered to cross the Indus, for the purpose of chastising the reht•llious Soutsandar of 're. It had been the King's intention to ac company his forces in season as far as Attack, bat on hearing of the approach 4,r the British Enablivey, he lied altered his piorpo.e, and determined to wait their arrival at Peplum*. THE BRITISH PRESS. :It L A LTC* BRIUADI. Y 11 ig ! 7 : 6 :4; % *4 • -o• -74 , 7 tit .04 S . > • N c OC(ArIONA!.AUUBC4c, On the 0174.'4'1.1'4f the NEW THEATIt F.-ROY I, IV COVENT•GAILDEN, •rPTiM6ra IR, limp. Spdron by 3/r. KEUBLE. In early Greece, and in a Inte.arona age, A wretched tumbrel wan the Act-.r'a St err : The 3lase, with cheek reelii.eil in pensive : haute, Blush'd fu. her wandereis G• n m thirpaik to Cone. itarby I iis sprang—and s:orm`d, as he strew, Ilia sanitary's passions, like 'matrimony's fora. Routh.from the battle, limbed to vautinsalt mew. E'en as his 's. rd he wielded, so his pen. He smote the heart, the trembling sense oppress* And govt. nu quarter to the loantan breast. yd, sh c e implant meat mark'd thr soldier's swab And tinged with taste the caption to tie lay. Th.% first, (the cast of litespia by rud• planks, a Thsaitre was komor. : Coped by the Ileavcas it ovcraproad tic lawn, And light ow scenic dress appear'd to dawn. Wit, all etierdr , when ,S,Thoeles *opened,. ' Twos then the !drama's Ilejeery wm. traed. Builders and decorattirs came ;—thea boast Was, who could (race the lofty poet moot The lofty Peet taek'd sot brains lohnon That I)ramatiata require the Drama's she.. Natare'R perfect oi. spriogs from various parts ; And "Nairtre's iiirror" nerds the Si , ter A, is. Ilene. grew the splendour of the scene•--and Isecre The li.oni-alaids that esalwlliah eloqueure rutty, plating, pageantry, parade-a- All that give test, or yield Shannon aid. Hume canglit the sparks from G.tece ; plan ; At last the name through .modera.Enrope lan Oar OCCeI: wow decks, in an tlinutned age, The Bards who Arm gave egg MT to um Stage Thus SLakspeare's err hunts heights* than of yore , And may the Stage that boasts him hero be at Fur this mar I:shriek—banish we, to.niglit, Figures wont tbreadhore, metaphors gruwe trite. No .pltmient from her whew ain't{ arise— Stale In our thoughts as sparrows to ustreyss ! No naked truism elon101•11C1t, Tea till that Are which eh: rn entisuiii“ us too No--:ct a Belles bow to Brit .as speak, lIN rouse is strusg, a:though Isis tampaago IRAS; We feel, with glory, all to Ida tofu dm, And British artists ills pile fa , you; 11 sole, xcalon.< as our pane* Isere we stem', To guare time ataple.gentMOl our leiel. Solid asst Etinhiitig, hemp our elpeusr ; We real onr Claim mt y unit ablnificritee . IVltat •irdour plans I tint iuies MA* to raise, A nation!' liberality repays.. WE V.ut/t., S.rr. 16. - L.^' We ate happy to state that the Princess AMELIA eontikues to gam strength and spirits; she ha: this week here aide to hike a salt water ezcarsioo, as well as several ming. on the sand.. Ilts Royal Highness the Doke .r CA lISSIIME it COSISiSiIt attendant no the Princess Maar. 4 , her promenades. 'rhis illy his His, ad Highness sports au the estate or E. Hun E:4l. at Poxwell. Hi. R(lyttl Highness the limier of %VALE, sinie. ed Isere last night, on a visit to hia ltoyal Sisters. He was received with every mark of respect, sad all. efewvitt timidity of tire-work. was exhibited, opiposhe the bank of 141rm,ra. litN NINO and Lica. TUN; in complinteut to hi+ Royli Se rind. 1 - Arrived the Thames, of $6 guns, the firm. Capt. IY•LDF.4IIIIAVIt. to *ltemd on the Itqat earty ritig their coutitittanee here. Ni. Royal Ilighor» thollitke of CUMBRIILAND. Earls of &PINS, 41/010111Lit 4.1(1 I.l4lltYretritr, Mr. CASICING rind Mr. Huaittssoa, werr saioard the company last toi t ...ht at Covent-Garrlets l'hratre. Uartwas of ST. ALBAN'S rivrn'aint iu lowa. Hrr Greer intend.. ht a fry* daps to leave her.hot...e iu itratfurd-place, to join the company of tVorth inE... _ _ 'lhe Earl and Coauttn.s of WFSTI4OIII, ANO re reward to lowa 'eaten's). from their beat at Apthorpe, Northamptoo.hore. The Earl of '% o cut I.sFs gases grand dinner et terday at his hrnturin tiorrlisstreet, to the L.,rl of Esist..x, and se%rral other Nobility. The Enrl of Essyx returned to town mi Siam-Joy, from Worthing. fier Ladyship ii.teisils to rVfla,46ll there another fortnight. flis oill led,e town, this day, for Cositiohlit. TheComitess of BAR/TllMMlll4%h.s.n I resented friirn goitk4 out fur . the lost fortnight, by indispesi tenth fler Ladyship is now iu a lair wuy of reco ierv. tie Marquis* and Marehinnyet of BUTE awl fa mily arrived liist night at their A marl...trill, from Lirtiforirhiltire. TkeCniitiv-ss Dosser SEFTON bad •eard party, list night, ut her knew in 11M-street ; which was attended by the Doke spit Duchess LhiCasTi:tt a, Margin* and Marchin:ae,.aof Tyrirrock, the lion. INANE'S STANHOPE said COlOutl and Mrs. STAN *OPE. Sr. CI hORGS CAULFIF.I.D vrry H. at lii• hown in Arliugton-etreet. He is attended by Doet‘r VAV The Ea.' of TNANST 'Mended the fortnight r lir, at Skipton. last •rurarlay. awl mires-t inttii • pleamtre at the fluvrialiaieg state of this wirtlwiu cattle mart. There wea he a ball tied supper at Sktpton. on Wedneoday, the 25th of (Maher net,. under the patronage of Lord and Lady Itiaat.EgoAt.e. to celebrate Hia MAJEITY'• ACCVIIIOII. There wilt aim) Ir ordimaries at the tuna. A very splendid Fife 4 heporkre was given nn Friday, at Fryatone. the ',eat of it. 24. MILNicS, Esq. to all tiir people of atlas and distinction iu that part of Yorkshire. F,ir Nome eels, past, art sts from London have ben employed in making pre parations for this entertaili.eirat ; nod, during Ilse whole of Thopeti:-.., CllrriUgelo Wt . ll• repriiring in every direction to this goy *COW of fasiiit‘isitilt fas cination.