The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-11-02 00:00:00

Till SILINDY FAMILY. r. The first, in celebration of the Sovereign's en trance into the fiftieth y her of his reign, ire the city e of Cork, wits the respectable fitfully above desig n bated ; and its own members, and those who were invited to join in the expression of its hive and gra titude for the Sovereign, during whose long and happy reign it had its origin.-nod had greatly in creased in aumlher and respectability, made the exact number of forty-nine, the years which the King had completed. The coincidence was purely accidental, and therefore not a little singular. The guests of the family were received by Mr. and Mts. 1 Shandy, Toby, and Or. Slap, aided by the respectable assidnitiee of Corporal Trim and Olha 71dwh. The Widow Weolluen wits associated with the heads of the Snandy family; and endured the addresses anti insinuations of Captain Shamir, with her characteribtic reserve and modesty.—The cos tume of the faMily was well adapted to indicate! the le weever of each individual, and such as Sterne eedd have dressed them in, had he been exhibit i.e; the reality of what his fancy ha. so exquisitely titled. Au admirable good limn', which is con ii,,ettel with the Slotted) , eateiblislement, embarked in et handsome eidlit-aired barge, near the Mausion .. House, for Shand H. and saluted the family, in its proxress, with forly-nine guns, its honour of the day. The salute was returned from it battery at Shandy Hall, as soon As the firing front the barge had ceased. Gail Save the King wits played with excellent harmony on the watei, before cud after the salute, end sung at Silently Hall, with the full Chorus of the Shandy family and its guests. Toe music was received at the lauttneg-place, at Shandy-gardens; by the whole family, and ull marched iu move/oom the band playing God Sore the King. to Shandy Hall, where a Lreaklast a 3S provided, abundant in every article which might toasty good amorous. or allure bad ones. The tataplasms of toast had been changed to the aug. anclued sheepw of mountains, lint they disappeared before the vigour of the attack .made upon them. Tea, cutler, Lu. in profusion, assisted the dissolu tion of thoes muses of luxury—and eggs, i iiiii eine rabic, coutrthuted a very substantial ucetempaiii. meld. The joy of the occasion, and the clear air of the morning, had given the Shandy party an ap petite competent to unmisilate any thing possessing the qualities of toast, cake, eggs, &e. and every thing accordingly vanished before its euvri, l y. Au other discharge of artillery announced the Genetic. • Ilion of the party at the exple.l it hail just per formed—and a illAllk4glVilig g to the tune of I , Gad Aare the King," succeeded, in which nil the per firmer:, vocal end instrumental, siiiited the sit , most of their sileLty. The Shandy pre. ceded by the bated, and folloavel by its guests. pew ceeded strain to the place of embarkation, and, be hag divided iii a number of boats, dropped tlowu with the stream, the music playing the whole way, and lauded near the Mausintebouse, where, after 'paying every ackuceriedgment to the hospitality' and urbanity of the. Head* of the House of Shandy, the araty separated. to kiln in sane other demon. etration if re,- 4 mud duty towards our good old Monarch. • Cite union-jack was display, ti on the bunkmate of Shandy Hall during the whole I time. TILE BRITISH PRESS. k.ONDON No% masa 2. It sten, male, the proper hrarl. " 0,,," that the I;llcrkg paxanes kiraed hands. e-tP,dny, thrir rollOwliig Ministerial promo tins :—Mr. It.inant Du ;A • SAWIDIIItio SS Preri- deist of the Board of Controul, etce the Earl of ll A GROWS , / ; ;11 t. RYDIDII6 as Secretary of State for the flume Departinent,rice the Earl of LIVERPOOL; and, we understand, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, as Secretary of State for the War and Colonies, eireVis count CASTLCILr.A.CU. Th.:se three appointments complete the Cabinet, which will eausist of eleven Members.. 1., addition to the above, Mr. Max:4Elo Surron kissed hands en his appointment to the office of Judge Advorate, vice Mr. Rt DER; and Mr. HAMILTON, as one of the Under Secretaries of State. The concourse of people assembled, yesterday, at the Qoieve's House, was greater than has been wit. nestled fur matt). years. The expectation of seeing the Loan Msvon, attended by the Corpora. tion of London, sod a Deputation from the Uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge, caused St. James's Park to be crowded by twelve o'clock.— At that time, the White Horse Tavern, on the other ►ide of Enekinglinin-gute, ssaa sur►ound ed by a great crowd of spectators, attnieted br the arrival of numerous carriages and four. filled with Gentlemen belo ng ing In the Universitoo of Oxford and Cambridge, who sad engaged rooms at the White Horse Tavern ; where they assem bled and dressed in their gowns, Am At a quaver before two, the Loan CHANCRLLOR arrived at the palace, in His own carriage ; the Earl of LI•FR• root. came soon afterwards. At half-past two the Lotto 111AVOlt also arrived, in the civic state coach, drawn by six beautiful greys. The City Mar shal, on horseback, preceded his Loril.hip's carriage, whirls was followed by the Itecorder of 1,0114100, Slit riffs, Aldermen, and Commen Coon eiluseii. The ;,roceseion• reached from the Horse f ivards to the Palace, and urns attended by a great number of constables. It was nearly hal f nu hour from the time the LORD MAYOR alighted fiom his carriage, until the remainder of the Carriages in the Procession drew tip. During that iota/real, his Grace the Arelib.sbnp of CARTRIN rtrair's carriage, in winds was Mr. MANI. DRS Su IN TON. who kissed hands nn his appointment, was impeded by the civic . procession ; but the r °wh ims broke tli,ough •tits line of carriays, and 7 . 6 • - reached the Palace through the garden-gate. Mr. PaRCEVAL came shortly afterwards, and wasobliged to alight from his carriage, sturl walk to the lodge. The Earl of lisnaoway soon followed. Visiount Par.stattsrun cams in an elegant carriage ; his Lordship's servants wore new liveries, similar to the Earl of Ltveueouis servants, of green, with very rich wortaed lace. At half-past three, the Gentlemen belonging to the deputation of Oxford University, received Ills MAJESTY'S command to attend hefore his Royal presence. They accordingly walked in procession, dressed in their robes, from the White Horse Ta vern, to the Palace. At a quarter past four, the Gentlemen belonging to the University of Cam bridge, received the same order, and they proceeded in procession. —The Earl of Dun Fates. a most in teresting young Nobleman, grandson to the Mar quis of BUTE, wore u purple velvet gown, richly trimmed with gold !ace, and a trendier cap, with a large gold tassel ; he was attended by his Tutor. It was near five o'clock, before the Loan M AYOR, sad the Gentlemen belonging to the two Universi ties, left the Palace. Mr. PERCEVAI„ Lord Mut.- same, Earl BATHURST, Earl IlAartowae, and the Duke of MONTROSE, went away soon after wards. The Park was nut cleared until near six o'clock, when His MAJESTY set off for Windsor. " It has become a fashion with one party," says one of the spur-gulled Hacks of Government, in its nunther of last nitdo, 44 to repreirent the country as sunk to and overwhelmed with shame and disgrace. Our army is considered as ruined.— Eunice] how, and when? Unhappily, we hate lust 'lambert; by sickness; but are our military very scanty, that-the loss of 10 or evcii 1:0,003 'nen is miel. a losses to ruin our Army, and rend, r it an °tent and disgraced Nation ?" Sll.ll ore the worda nithe most devoted and servile of the Treasury Jou • nals. Of the condom-, and of tbe fairness of the representation of the state of the Coun try, which they are meant to convey, the public are perfectly competent to judge. It is not true that it has become a fashion, with any party, to represent the cuitutry as sunk to impotence. The strength and resources of the country, the party alluded to have al .7ays acknowledged ; while th. y, at the same time, as uniformly lament, that this strength, and these resourtes, have been committed to incapable heads, by which they have been squandered away. h it possible that Mr. NRCETAL. and his creatures, can flatter themselves, that, out of their own circle, their sada* a man, be his principle* or party what they may, who entertains any other opinion of our Ministers or our means ? If they do, adepts as they are in all the mysteries of delusion, they only deceive themselves, and will find themselves the dupes of their own imposture. Had they said that the countty less sued& to a state of apathy, they would, indeed, have been Lorne out by the fact; hut of inspotencenone are guilty except His MAJZITY'II Milliners. It if, perhaps, not lees aggravating and ofiensise to the simplest understanding, and the coldest :wart, to hear these jabbering parasites com plain that it is said 44 the country is overwhelmed with shame avid disgrace." Would they insinuate, that the expeditions of their patron and !my master, Lord Csreuttason, have overehelmeil us with glory?—ls it possible, thud they can look to our sick and wounded abandoned to the enemy atTaloveca— our retreat from Spain---our retreat, with loomoo men, from theScheldt, relinquishing all the boasted " ulterior objects" of the Expedition—is it possible, that, srit/i all these disasters in our view, they would insinuate that the exertions of Ministers have been crowned with SUCCe% and overwhelmed the coun try with honour and credit As to the affected at tempt to ridicule those party-men, who assert, that our means are an scanty, the loss of 10, or 20,000 men must ruin our army, it is almost too contemptible for notice. No man of any party ever maintained that position. The only palliation for such a falsehood,• is, - that the writer meant only to insinuate another less aggravated falsehood; namely, that lie would have the public believe we have only lost 10 or 20,000 men in our unfortunate and miser. able campaigns in Zealand end the Spanish Penin sula. Would that we had sustained no greater loss. Had it been so, the King of ENGLA o need not exclaim to nay Lord CASTLIRIAISH, as the Roman Emperor to his General, " Give me r.. ck my legions !" We have received Paris papers to the 25th last. BO,IAPARTE was expected to arrive in that capital on the folloring day. It was supposed that be took his de 1 ...1-tore from Sehoenloruesn, on the 19th. Every necessary preparation had been made na the whole line from the Anstrean to the French capital fur his accommodation ; and from the velocity with which he w:is expected to perform his journey, we 'nay presu.ne, that the petty satellite Kings of his cr eu ti rm receive nothing more than au en pas „„,Ll:uueof their Royal Master. Peace was to liss'e heels proclaitual at Vienna on the ititb.—Nothing farther has transpired respecting its terms. It may, however, be presumed, that Fa.tocti retina* his Imperial title, and has not been obliged, as nOSAPARTP. threatened originally, to descend to the rank of merely King of Austria. This much may he inferred from the sentence which an nounces the conclusion of peace with the Emperor of Austria.--13tmu'inet was present at the parade on doe l2tb autl oiterwargis pays tudieoce to '.. ~ .' r , .: Low. . - Mimi of his Generals. The amours of his men tat derangement must, therefore, be unfounded. - We have seen, in the Ministerial Papers, a hope expressed, that, on the present auspicious occasions of His MAJESTY'S entering the fiftieth year of Ids reign, some mode might be devised, by which the unfortunate persons, detained, since 1803, by the tyrant who governs France, arid controuls Europe, und'y be restored to freedom. lu this wish we 1:ot only concur, but we are of opinion, that such a benefit could hardly be too dearly purchased; and that if our tacit acquiescence in, or virtual admis eiou of, the act of revolutionary violence committed by BONAPARTE ill seizing them, could. produce their liberation, the British Government would be fully justified in adopting a measure, dictated by the most enlarged principles of hum mire. But, disposed as we should he, and, as we imagine, the nation at large would equally feel, to make every effort, and every sacrifice of its rights, esteblihbed . ou the usages of civilized states, in order to obtain the release of our countrymen ; can any mutt who has studied the character, and followed the line et' diction adopted by NAPOLEON, ever since he seized on the supreme authority in France, persuade him self, that this Usurper will ever regulate his future policy and conduct, by any principles, except his interest, his revenge, or his ambition ? Let us consider, for a moment, how these individuals fell • into his hands. It will afford us grounds on which to reason, and to iufer his probable mode of con duet, if pressed to liberate them. The late peace was signed on the Psi of October, 1801, though the definitive treaty did riot take place at Amiens, till near six mouths afterwards. France not having captured any of our possessions or settlements, had nothing to restore to us. We, on the contrary, successively evacuated and gave up Martinique, as well as Pondicherry, and many other of the French islands or factories, in the East and West Indies. To Holland, we restored the Cape of Good Hope and Surinam. Malta alone retrained ; which, according to the articles of the peace, was likewise to be placed out of our hands. But, as the time fixed for this evacuation approached, the administration become justly ap prehensive, -that while we punctually fulfilled the eonditioes of the Mid', BONAPARTI, who, tho', at that time, only First Cocaul, yet ass the reel and efficient Ruler of France, would by no utter.. suspend the course and progress of Lis intrigues or measures, for subjecting and bringing under his controul, all the surrounding Continental States. In fact, during that very period of nominal peeve, slid lie Lot cause himself to be elected head of the Cisalpiue Republic, and take Genoa Wider his protection _ Did _ h_e not refuse to r e i ns t a t e t h e i .? King of SARDINIA in any part Of his dominions of Savoy and Piedmont ; while he retained his forces in Holland, and strengthened his forces ill Swit zerland? In a word, did he not, under the mask of peace, pursue his systematic projects, for gra dually subjecting Europe ? The consciousness of this want of faith, and of the danger to he apprehended from it, induced our Ministers, first to delay, and ufterearde to refuse to evacuate Malta. Box). esters insisted on the instaet accomplishment of this article ; but though he menaced, and reproached, and gave way, on more than one occasion, to the violence of hie tem per, it is indisputable that he did not wish fur itn-. mediate war. His preparations were riot complete; and tee, Not lie, commenced hostilities. Outrage ous at findi:O; his plans thus anticipated and come teracted, in the impotence of his rage, and unable, in any other way, to wound us, he ordered the un fortunate individuals, of troth sexes, who, on the faith of the subsisting treaty,. were residing in, or travelling through France, to be detained. This act, worthy of Ronzerszacz. or of .the most fem. eious tyrant in antiquity, Tabzzenastia even at-, .tempted to justify, by asserting, in the Manifesto. published and disseminated through Europe, that' we alone were culpable, in beginning hostilities without a previous denunciation or proclamation of war ; and that France only retorted, by detaining our countrymen, found within her limits. From this assertion, or principle, BONAPARTE has never receded. Nor do we believe, whatever be, or his Ministers may assert, that he means ever to adopt any ether, more consouant to the laws of nations, or to the practice of modern Europe. He well knows, that, since 17.56, the European states, at least Great Britain and France, though they have mode war on each other, yet have ceased formally to proclaims war. In 1778, and again in 1793, the two Governments became invoked in hostilities, but no formal deniuteiatium or ;proclamation ever took place on etther side. The pretext may he set up, in order to cover and palliate the perfidious and vindictive atrocity of the act ; but its origin, we believe, to be deep, systematic, and altogether analogous with NAPOLEON'S conduct towards every other state and Suvereign. We greatly fear, and we have long thought, that though BONAPARTE rosy not consider it prudent to avow the determination, yet that he has immutably resolved, newer to establish any Cartel with this cows try. Ills reasons and motives fur such • policy, however inhuman and detestable, are nevertheless natural is him. What has he to do with precedents taken from the times of Lotus XIV. or of his two successors ? Does he regard the opiuions of PLIF• PENDOR,, OPGROTIVE, or of YAM. ? He has sub. jected novo either to his t!ousinion, or ta his orders and controul ; our will he be restrained sv ithin the narrow circle utu King of FILANCE. or ~PAIN. lie is at war with a ;rower, whoa* popula tion dues nut exceed nine, or perhaps ten millions of people. lie conseri hes the whole Continent, spd can draw on Sill aggregate of seventy millions. Ita lians, Poles, Switzer*, Germans, Dutch, nay Spa niards and Portuguese,_constitute hi* armies, and are forced to fight his bellies, against their own .country. Of the hers, the repose, and the felicity of the French, lie disposes arbitrarily. We have pro bably near 47,000 of that nation, now prisoners of war. Lie has ouly about 9000 British in his hativis.i Lint he well lianas, that we feel much more deeply that diminittiou of tr naval and military strength, than he does ■ far greater some:. Fur, our fund is litaited : his is almost bout:Mess. fore, he could dictate to us a new mo:I. o f ez. change, by which he should receive five prisoners, in rein' n lor every one of ours that lie til,via!rs, w4i fear tliat ' lle iiever will realist., wiritteer he may seem to hold out, coy cartel between tile twit . countries. Ile may capriciously allow certain h.i 'divides!s to return to Eugland. and he may liberate blind, aged, or infirm' persons, or women, breakint uoue of that description can defend us, or oppose him. But, we must have stronger evidence, that we It.ve v et heard, or seen, before we are persuaded that Bots,ti..tiErL will confirm his policy ow this point, either to the laws of nations, or to those of humanity. We had flattered Lll*rivet4 that the riots at Covent-Gar.leti Tbeatra bud subsided, and the appearance of the house, for some pleas past, fully justified our expectation. It would, however, be a state of happiness, incounstent with humus frailty, to suppose, that, in a metropolis, consisting of nearly a million of people, a few perturbed spirits could not be found, anxious to disturb the public tranquillity. Of that description liaye we always considered the opposition to the Pro;:rie tors of Covent-gurdeu. The voice of the rest and the voice of the real populace, e lives with the Malingers; and the country ut large, us fir as its sense can be collected floin all the provincial papers, fevls itself disgraced by the shameful proceedings in the Metropaiis.—Unfor tineately, however, the twee and irndiPe that could not upset a green-stall, are sufficient to destroy the tranquillity of a public Theat re. Of this, the miser-- rable Junto, who, for the vilest purposes, usurp the name of the populace, seem to be uware. Because the Grand Jury of Westminster found only Inns of indictment against 15 persons, the pee:omit enernig• of the Theatre -would here then unfortunate dupes believe, thud eiery.other species of opposition, UO4 eolupreheLded in them 15 cases, is legal.—H :rico the revived disturbance of last night—hence the re. appearaupe.of these contemptible insignia of 0. P. and other einlilerus.of a pre-detci ruined concert and conspiracy to oppose the business of die House, with ou►.any regard, directly or indirectly, to the mu rits or demerits of the Performers or of the Phty.—Those taco, whom Law 'Writers have truly styled .* the maggots of the liiev. ^ inuy answer their private pur poses, by raising such iluipits and distinctions ; but .thair.clients will pay fur it in the end. Fur if the Proprietors of Covent-Garden hare' a right to perforiu• !plays, and t• derive profit from that • performance, most assuredly those men, who com bine, and meet, night after night, in the Thea tre, for the avowed purpose of defeating that per formance, and destroying that profit, are guilty of a conspiracy. We may add, they are not only criminally guilty, as disturbers of the public peace; but they are also lvable, in damages, to the Pro prietors. Of Mr. Kenna we know nothing, but • his professiolial merits, as a Nervout of the public.— And we do think, that he has beet. roost cruelly used. He has been, for many years, the or nament of the Stage, sad is the wily genuine classic Actiwr that tread. its boards. It sterns, however, to be a subject of reproach, a source of inveterate envy, that he should have, in a long, laborious, and suc cessful professional life, realised ten or twenty thousand pouts& ; and yet we find among the rioters, who hate conspired against him, a Stock-broker, who, without any pretension to talent., would net, perheps, think it extraordinary good luck, to make double the sum of a morninz's speculation upon the Stuck Exchange. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held ut the East-Itsilia House, when Capt. H. LINDSAY IMO sworn into the command of the ship Winche law consigned to Bombay and Chins. The Court ad journed at six o'clock till Westoesibiy Earl CAISDER Como to Unto, 47:1lt:711 inorow log e trout 1117 seat, the Wilderness, in held. .is attend a Cabinet Council at the Foreign Office th.IS der. and His MAJESTY iii Council yesterday. File PRESENT IMIEDIERY.—Whito a more In.. tectied Administration was talked of, it is lint justice to thm to soy, that they offered to draw lets which of them should remain in office, etniceivin wan a matter of perfect indifferesice no the pill.h4 , which of them went out, or which of them staid to. Mr. Names, of Yorkshire, was offered u situa tion under the present Ministry, and refitted it. not thinking it could be worth while to vscate his seat at Pontefract, for so short and preca rious an advantage. Mr..Contma's friend. ex press Kraut surprise that.this aceeptra the place of Secretary to the Admiralty: but wa understand dist he does not that thy forfeit his . rat in the House of Commons, the ppointir.co with the Board, sad sot with MS MAJF 411.'1 Ili. iiisterstdirectly. is to fs P I tt “,