The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-08-29 00:00:00

----~- i o• not to be deplored, As the commitnicamou'utte ed only to augment the number of our prisoners. " Lord Chatham sets off to-tuorroo for Sloth Beveland. The transports, &e. whit Fe to take oar troops up the Scheldt, cry lyliiPlushingi Some of the troops are enabifted. *sm. Gros!e. twee division embarked at Reaniniken, to go over to-South Beeeland. The t6thet29!,h, 3,stls s end Ist regiments, ffaltaill 10 this island.% • " There is reason to suspect tint avast nuralrer of French soldiers are ooncreled dt Flushing and throm,•liout the island ; they reliant to amount to several litindreds•••ssome are discovered every hour. An order has been issued et to surrender all men who burr attenhatecompaimeiwith n threat, that, if they do twit 'plirrender within a eartaiu pc- ei.)d, they *ill ne treat& its spit% " I ion engaged th making inquiry as to the value of this isliind r. *conquest to England, in a military, a commercial, and a political point of vt,w. !uranium ttttt upon these points must he de iiirs!ile to Engliahnien, now that it is determined to the eislaml. 'Flits it ierminatioti is wrmiest. t.'olotsel I.hrey, of the enginerrs, already reetivs • i orders to take ev e ry necessar y ineissureler tins tug the fortifications of Flushing." yeaveca, at:a. 22. " A report has been is eirculeitom here th.st uur vessels have peeled Lillo; but spoil in quiry among rhos,: who are competent to judge ' , I .In not tind that this report is credited. 1' is net rouceived probable that that descriptiosi of oar naval recce, by which such a passage would be at tempted. could have reached Lillo iu tune fur the event alluded to. " All our force (lest iiied to, the operations ill the Scheidt have embarked. The regimetits such re. main here are die 2,11, 26th, 3thlt, 77ilt• 71st 84th, 81st, cud 63d. It was supposed that the troops to remain, would 1w Gen. (iridium's division, 1MV111.4 &uttered so much during the siege of Flushing ; tt was nettitally supposed that this opportunity of lief would have been afforded them ; but it would appear that the valour this corps displayed, so strongly recommended them for selection, its to over come every other consideristion. " Lord Cliath.no and suite proceed for Goes. in South I.lcveland, where the head-quarters are to be establialied. " The troops murintried much before their de parture, in cunvequence of the loss susteitird by the state of our currency, which I have before Locution erl to you. The aid.hers have received thcir pay in dollars, at as. Oil. each, that is, at two guilders 14 %fiver+, Niel these dollars are (Anent ot only two guilders V? slivers. We have nom a report bcre th.:t the intends lion of the grolill.l 14s , tr V..rt Lino n. so complete, that it will lie totally' impossible for our simv to epurimeli it (la the la.,d Ede. It !night have been taken by Sir John Vlore, on hie first de.ceitt in Bevelling!, hot he kid no orders. This circom atisiste very lunch aficets the plan of operations, as it is feared that it will be linposoilde to get near esaaagh the French fleet, (guts to destroy, much lir to bring than of." TN!. BRITIS# PRESS. LON 41:N. TeESVAY. Avower 29. The schooner Joke, arrived at Plyniunth from Oporto, which place she left oil the 12th toehold, brings intelligence, that the friveds traitslant ar rived there front Eisglaial a days previous to her sailing, with about 6000 Mend of arms on board, sod anetlier transport, laden with snots , , for the use of the Portuguese army ; the w hole of which, together with the arms, were landed tin• day they arrived ; and the next day 3000 Portapi. , it troops marched from Oporto for Vigo, who weir chiefly commanded by British Officers. Seventh detachments of Portuguese regiments, amounting together to about 9009 men, were left to garrison Oporto. the greater part of which were not armed. —lminedietely on intelligence bring received nt Oporto of tie victory obtained by our troops at Ta invent, a general illtrininatiou took place, for three nights. About nun Portuguese troops, who left Oporto to join the British army. a few days brfnie the action took place. fell in with a division of the French army, who massacred the whole of them. All the Morning Paper* of yesterday, copying Tee Gomm of Saturday, announce the return of Colonel Co' sintvo ; and adopt the opinion that although the French squadron may have been withdrawn from the reach of capture, its destruc tion, whether by the British forces, or by the enemy themselves, nti , ht be looked forward to with con fidence. Nothing can be more ohvions than that the enemy, by lightening their ships, by taking out all their guns and other heavy stores, would be able to carry them higher up the Scheldt titan nor ships, fully equipped as they must be, to be of nay rase, could isnisibly go. Equally deer it is, that ohatructioo may be thrown in the wai of wmir approsicb, by !sliming bibotns acrteis the river. or sinking old vessels. We do not. therein , believe that it will be possible to being our ships of the li i .• to bear upon the enemy's squadron ; lout that it a by making ourselves masters of the bank, of river. Ei the vicinity of its place of vertigo*, we expect to effect its destruction, should not the ettenit• antici pate this fate, by setti.ig tire to their own vessels.— This is the most brilliant and extensive view which the most servile of thi. Treasury Journals now coo. &seem! to take of the Grand Expedition ; and the utmost stmt.+ of repro:l:ion in which the molt chi valrous of all thrt•t: (Airfoil., now indulge. Of the capture ot Flushing they tn.ide lizht. The capture of the enemy's fleet iu the Sctieltit, the ...:tore of Ant trei p, and the other eke. rior °b jeer of the expediti, sweeping indefinite ',brow., eirsinaisin7„ th • ,A!,4•1•.: t haittcr of . acculcuts; scrh , ~ • were the poiats to which they invited the public hope sad attention ; and these who dared ,to think ',Where're, were stigmatised, in their base and venal calumny, as traitors or fools. Tt would be amusing, 'if4 were not degrading, to see with what facility thar sons of Prowess can tissuone all *loupes, adopt all' changes, and accommodate themselves to the wishes of their employers, however concrarient and l'eolotraslictory. After rinsing public expectation to the highest pitch—after stunning the town with the " ulterior objects" of the Expedition, as if the taking of Wsleheren was nothing compared with the achievements which a few days were to develope— they have now the inodesty to turn round and in form their readers, that no people have * right to exiefet impossibilities from their Government ; and that, as we are masters of the months of the Scheldt, the possession of Antwerp and the French Nett would be of no use; as, under such circum stances, it is no longer iu the power of the enemy to send a single ship to sea. With writers so pro ! roundly skilled and deeply imbued with the prin. tildes of the Optimist. w, clo loot mean to dispute. That country must indeed enjoy No eloviable state of felicity, in which, whatever may be its disap. ; , ointments, tad-whatever onsy happen to it, every tho.og is for the best. If, however, the possession of Walcheren be every thing within the Scheldt.. it sot rrly must be a waste of time, of blood. and attract sure, to pursue the " eilierbr objects" in that rirer. It must also be an abuse of public credulity, to have so long concealed. theiinpiortence of Walche ten, and excited so expectatitio of achievements, in Scheldt, to whiali the capture of that island was Duly the pralede, and comparative& of trivial ho n . , penance. Whether we consider the present Members who compose the Ilriti,h Ministry, in their individual capacities, at Statesmen, or whether we try them by their I:lie:wires and oper.!;eilis on. the Continent, during the lust two yews, we see equal reason to dread, and to de:ireoate the probable, or, rather, the inevitable ciniseipiwites to he expected from a combilintiiiii of ignoralice, inefficiency, and want of inilarged vices. As welt, they may, perhap4rhol lenge respect; bat, as Ministers, entrusted by their Sovereign with the direction of the resources of this country, in a moment of unparalleled dunce, and of unexampled crisis, it becomes the duty of a good and vigilant servant of the public, maid such iathe office of every writer or editor of an independent paper, to call the national attention to so momen tous w subject. If the individuals selected to con duct, to regulate, and to controul the great deport ment*, naval, military, and financial, are confirmed ly ancli, as, by universal consent, are unequal to the task ; if their inaptitude, physical and iatel letting', is generally recognised awl admitted, how can we look for wisdom, energy, or success, from their exertions? %When we peruse the enormous deficits and outstanding, accounts, enumerated by the Commissioners of Naval Revision. in their Tenth Report, whet, we see a sum of above one million sterling unsettled during twenty-two years. in the name idMr. ARTHUR CUTHBERT. and when we oluerve another of still greater magnitude, ac tually pending, in the name of the lion. DAM. COCHRANE, exceeding a million four hundred thou sand pounds, can we avoid recollecting, that the Treasury is entrusted to the Duke of PORTLAND, and the Exchequer to Mr. PERCF.VAL But, does any man expect, from the broken and enfeebled health, from the itifirmities and caducity of the head of the family of BENTINCK. any such proofs . of energy, disinterestedness, or zeal for the public welfare, Ng can extricate and sustain our finances ? Can he, in his present state of bodily decay, be re garded as other than a mere nominal '.Moister, 'rho, us he himself has avowed, has lent his name cud his services to the sovereign, in order to enable the Crown to form an ostensible administration? And ere these the times when :inch expel iments is politics can be safely tried ? They might have been supportable, when a VLRGENNIA, or a LONICNIC, were at the heath of the Counsels, and of the Trea sury, of Louts XVI. But they awaken the live hest apprehensions in every reflecting mind, if we . tut n our eyes to the Continent. and see there the the naval, the financial resources, not of France alone, of Europe, wielded by the vast mind, and propelled by the irresistible hand, of a fierce and riihtle lliiirper, whose vigilance 4alid whose ambition neem. intermit. Is it with such agents as we employ and entrubt with the conduct of our counsels, that we hope, or ex pect, to arrest the career of NAPOLEON ? Or do we, übundoning lit expectation from the exhaust cl faculties of the rIP.IIT LORD of the TREAtiORV • look fur aid and extrication front tie CHANCIILLOII of the ENCORE/LER ? Oh his fervent eligions :eel, and invritorions spirit of persecution against Ca tholies; of his eloquence in defence of Ministerial venality ; And of his desire to perpetuate, or to laro tect, abuses, or malversation in office ;--eif these essential qualities or requisites for place, we have ample proof in Mr. PEIICENAL. But though these may per.emally sustain him in his possession of power, will they extricate his country ? Will they not acerlerme, prepare. and render infallible, the oiseratioti of BONAPARTE'S Uachiaveliau Ma chinery, by which lie wilteci , and attracts to him the *Hahne and the iulletior orders? 110 we so*, in the present CIIANERLI.Ott of the F.Lcsruesa s soy einkavoura e•Nildisli iiiteity, to reduce expense, , lige% and to tireinesh the henvyloardena of tazation un der which we stiffer ? Theme, assuestity, us they are not the Arts by whit:lole attained his-present eleva tion, so are they notAliose by which he either hopes or aims at retaining it. But, perhaps ; we shall be told, that, if it is not in the energies of the Treasury, or in the efforts of the Exchequer, we are to look for•ri lief, it will nevertheless be fouud in the conduct of our " ex ternal relations," to borrow a phrase from the French revolutionary jargon of office. Lord CAS.• TLEREAGICS enlarged miwd, and incorruptible probity; aided by Mr. CANNING') accurate per- Nonni acquaintance with the languages, the in terests, and the nations of the Continent; when joined to the vigour, the profundity, and the here ditary talents of Lord LIVERPOOL ; haw clansmen a constellation of superior parts fail to counteract and to overturn the plans of BONAPARTE fat sub jecting Europe? Do se not witness, at this very hour, the vast and beneficial results of their salu tary measures in Spain and in Austria? Ilave ea out defeated VICTOR and JOSEPH BO NA P tft LE in person at TalUVtra ? And has not Nlitti Ser sur rendered Flushing ? It is true, that se are wisely seeking our safety in retreat beyond the Pyrenees ; and It is equally so that the enterprise in. the Scheldt may terminate like that at.the Helder.— Nor can it he denied, that in whatever way the munch into Castile may terminives, we hate lest the opportunity of saving Austria, and of eltt•cking the progress of NAPOLEOg, by not sending our troops, air we might have done many months ego, to Mittel: the French ie Curniulu, its the Tyrol, and in Aus tria. After having diminishes!, by many thousands, the gallant fo&s who fought under MooeL at Co- Penna, in consequence of their weak and improvi ileut instructions; they now seek to cover their errors cud incapacity nutlet the glory attaiued by WILLESLEY at TillAreru. But the attempt is rain; this country is too much enlightened to be the dopes of such performers. We still remain without any intelligence front Sir A. WELLESLEY, uow Viscount WELLIscrroN, but that revetved last week by the loshon Mail, which brought letters mod pal.ers from that city to Ott 13tb, and Frain Spain to the 11th inst. The posi tions af the British array, and of Sout.T and Vic, we have already noticed. Marshal FORD, with the Portuguese trcmps, we underviattd, was utt his march from Itodritise to the Com mateder-iu-Chirf. _ The city of Antwerp, which is supposed to be the ultimate object of the Expedition, forum no part of the former territories of Holland ; it is situated about do miles S.E. from Flushing, on the E. side of the Scheldt, whi c h is h ere o f - sufficient depth and width to admit vessels of great burden clue to the quay. The commerce of this city, rather more than two centuries ago, was superior to any other state in Europe, 2500 merchant vessels arriving in its port in one year. In 1350. the value of the merchandise imported that year amounted to 133 millions. But when the United Provinces threw off the Spanish yoke, having got possession of the en trance of the Scheldt, they suck obstructions iu the Channel to prevent a free ilavigatinii. • The town is surrounded by a wall and regttlar fortifieutiotiii Theisavigation of the river was dethiredliree August, 1794. : On Wednesday last the depegstil the 66th regiment of foot naerchettioto for stationary quarters, from Christchurch, where they lately landed from Cork. Tllll was ate-of the regiments that so ksloricinSly distiiigimished it.elf in the passage of the Deuro...rn 1111C1 in the recent gallant action of Talavera. They have, in consequence, we understand, received in ceder to raise two additional comnpainies. That dia.. tinguished vete ran of fi cer Lieut.-Gen . Ntctit.‘j now permanently residing at Lyatainglun. is. the. Colonel of this regiment: the Geueradluis held dis tinguished commands in the East and West Wits.. mud was for several years Conitnandee.iiraiief ift Bombay. The late Colonel, Earl CI.ANNICHANDI:, hid mho an estate in Hampshire. Erma the con nection this regiment has with the - counties of Barks, Hants, slid Wilts. there is no.doubt they will soon complete their establishment. The Transport Board lies appointed Capt. New, R.N. Regulating Officer at Swansea, their resident agent for the Welch district. By a gentleman. who arrived cm Sunday from Heligoland, after a tedious passage of nine days, we are informed that Lieutenant HUTCHINSON is Still at that place, with his division of transports. That meritorious officer has heels indefatigable iii• his exertions to embark :he troops of the Duke of• Betinswitcx ; with whom he has had much trouble, on account of their disposition to he unruly. The gallant Captain ARTHUR, a native of Ply mouth, of the 35th regiment, (for his exemplary conduct in leading on the light company of thmt regiment in the attack on the French before Mimi. dleburgh, by which he took 70 prisoners, and kill ed 39 of the enemy, and lost 38 of the light coin. party of the 35th regiment, out of Rd rank and tile), ta, we are happy to state, promotes,. by Sir Evmis COOTh, to be Depute Assistant Adjutant-Geile ra l to the army under Lituremiatit-Getieral Sim Jons Hoes, in South llevelionl. A proper reward to real merit. This brave and judiehtmem officer dis tinguished himself simoA ca 11... 3,0 y in Egypt, in the fatal retreat from Rosetta, and received a severe wound on the occasion. The Albion packet, belonging to the old shipping company, smiled from Landon on Snottily se'titii,,ht. at ten c/clock in the forenoon, and arrived in Leith harbour the Tuesday evening following, at thereto o'clock, belt,' the quickest 'mileage ever made be twixt London mud Leith. I-lucu EVANS, Esq. has resived the office of collector of the customs at ifol) head, timid is suc ceeded by THUSIAS LLOYD Jos i S. Esq. yONtigtit 16011 of the late Rev. Mr. Jonas. of Tr.dorworiii, Anglesee. Mr. EVANS gave a suinotuotis to all the officers and pensioliers of the custutu houre, on the 12th inst. on the occasion of Isis reignation. . - - A new Comic Opera, in threeacts, intitled 4 . lffife and Sonad, was produced fo r th e first time a t th is * theatre, 'sat night. The story is very simple, and not new. A quarrel between fiso young invit e in timate friends, leads to a duel, in winch one of them is supposed to have lost his life. His adver. sary flies, and chalice brings him Hader the roof of the father of his antagonist. The bid man, a Ger. man Baron. promises him protection, not suspect ing at the time the actual offence for which he fled. At length, however, by the pursuit of the the secret is revelilud; but the father, faithful to his promise, still continues the right of hospitality t o the fugitive, and conceals and pititett. lain. In the mesa time, the son, who was Purposed to have died of the wound which he had received, makes h;it atifiesostice, Hint the piece conclude happily with the min-liege of the fugitive to the daughter of the Karon. The dialogue is by Mr. HOOK, junior. In the ilevelopemelit of his story, he has not di.. ',hived much address. It does not boast strit i i n4 . direr, or comic hoot...me : but it is, upon the w hole, light and pleasant ; and to au author who aspires to roily a vehicle for the music, tray peas without VC. —The music, by Mr. HOOK, senior, is plessiog soil pretty. Tb- overture, particularli „ bravos some eery be:tutiful the iictsrs also it was greatly indebted. Mr. 1)owron, in the Baran, Mr. floats.. in Abbot, his sots Mr. l'Htt.ieps, in ,Lindorl, the Mr. Pea. SON, in the discontented Steward, Mrs. MOUNT* IN, ill 'innate, the mistress of Lindory; and 'Ant. Utsitop, in Rosara, tile mistress of Albert, ess.rttst all their powers of voice and acting to give effect to the Piece, sod were well received. gever.l were encored; among them, Matchless is theihrid 1 luxe, by Mr. Putt tees, was given is; • its ,1144.1,61 style, anti received with e n thu s i asm . The house was crowded to rattail with a CiAion able audience, isirluttag her Royal Pbg;i. e the Princess of tV A LEI , . Lord and Lady CAATLISKE.IGH, Lord H. FITZGEIIIiLD, Mr. SKr. Trl NOTOK, lAc.• 111,41tGA I L, Miami ate. Miring the representation of ie t:u rnarked,at tins Theatre, on Saturday O'k C- came into the Stage Box, rather in, u•, and when Ds CAMP began his wag, joined hen. way of making a 'minis') risme ; but ilissgreein a little about the notes, PS CARIP very politei..• yielded the palm to his Lordship, and requi..t ed him to proceed without him. The ourli. !Av, however, would. not let their judgment give way to politeness, add gave a different verdict, by persisting in Ds Carty's finishing the I.OIIK, which he accordingly did. Yesterday morning His Ms.; vsee, Duke of Commons, and . Prineess AUOIJST,A, uccotn pained by Lord Sr. tilEl4.lol. the Hot). Mite EGxRTt 15, Generals CA RTWRIGFIT atld FIT2IIOY nmi enhintlit TAYLOR. anal Dositirows, rode in Wiadsor Great Palk, and returns at twelve. . Yesterday burl lISTEN't{ arrived at Wind sor, oar a visit i lto HiCiiLA.rEsTY. At eleven 00 44, yesterday morning, their Royal Aligiineases the Princesses Amr:i.ts and MAHN, took their leave - 0114 MAJW.STY. They iifterSnriis. Accompanied . bgj-ady M unsay, tint their usual • attairtiants,aritoff for M'ey mouth, in His MAJ EAT 's traveling coach. drawns,by Nix - black lixteoverrim :iirf,l44tith . 4 tint:olll6%n coachman and footman. 'bey ire not - expeaid . to arrive at Weymouth be fore Thursday. ilia Royal Highness the Prince of ORA NnR is on • ',tour through. Cornwall. Board onlerialisive hren sent to.the set eral , Custom-boty.eK of Troro, itte. to • bold tbe. water-guard in readiness to 'Mud the Prince. • T;,. The Hereditary Prince of °tisane, with Baron CONSZANT, and wine other Gentlemen, strd et teudauts, arrived iii hrliibury on Thursday: paid a short visit to the Bishop, slept at the Anne Inn,. and early on Feidty raJrnitig set off on their' -tone:Westward. - • • ' Set off last week frorn• the Landon Hotel, T4iu burgh, Cal. sii.sl Mrs. PRESTON, A. M . . Ho Sir lA'tt.t.tasi soil Lady JOHNSTONL, ttAcoN, Esq. and W. HAavex, E.ssi. • • We have pleasure Su stating that Sir Mane ETHIRINGTON, Bart."has pint received any injury in aMr down stairs, as rumoured last week. It is true he slipped down n few steps at eh* hall door of his mansion at Feyrihv, Yorkshire, and was • slightly stunned by the fall, but now enjoys his mual health and spirits. The Baron and Baroness de !toners: and Lindy, are Dow at Plymouth, front whence they proceed to the Grand Mu.ieal Festival, at 'Truro.' Arrivals at Swansea :--- Sir Hubert Ai4nlir , Rir Roltrit Maciestb, Lady Stanhope, Mr. sad Mrs. Maud, Mr. and Mis. Latitalt, Mr. Alden, Mr. Palrurr, Mr Itesly, Mrs Lew.s, Mr. ai.d The. Rees, ME. Mrs I:lli.itt Q41411,11111iy. Arrivals at Teithy tool and Lady St. John, Mi.. Buitna, (.ear's) Dunn, Mr &won, Miss Junes, and Mrs. %violists. Arrivals at Abel s it' wit : ('ot Soluway an.) F.raily, Hope, new. Rev. Mr. William., 71e. IZklnuJo ' Sir . k'. sad Faint)), Mr Smallwood, Mr. Sherlock, Milo lrajer L0 . .4w00d, Lally itoseusl i aad Lady Milliana The 4 , liiiisterLii Papers ::'sure us. that nithougls we shonld fail its S p asin and Hoftetad, the country has abundant soarer of consolation iu the capture of Senegal. Last week the Penis Theatre was opened by the Edinburgh Company, pith the addition of Messrs. COORS and Fsiverrr. The Cork 7 ft;eutrs: dotted on Friiay lalt, with The Grecian Daughter, and The Hump. fro the. benefit of the (mouse of Itecotery. Eaphrissio r Miss SMITH, Priscilla Toiribuy, Nita. STEWART. N isTER opens hi! Second Budget ut the Sa klury theatre to-tool - row. l‘hoittr Sal ALI.E.,, the youth who..• extraerdirtirf vocal tA!enta provured him an eilL:3.:einesit et C 0. ., renr-Gordeti Theatr, . where he wan much Alumni in Mother Goon:, iti now traver , ing• t.re exttar!6 : in company with a Mr. BLISON. a; , .1 : ; 'ring *moon al entert imtuent uti.t‘a. the " 774 Festival it" mei I • , , . 2,- -VT ep ' O , -,-4'i--4 1 . 2: iit 1 ? 6 Oa - ' % ek ft 63 0 1 .1 LYCEUM THEATRE.