The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1809-04-07 00:00:00

• FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. DUTCH PAPERS. r. ARTS, MARCO 2FI. The day before yesterday, Buren Strogonoff, Russian Aisibussiitlar to the Court of Spain, and Prince Wolkonski, Adjutant-General of 11111 Rut sian Majesty, were presented to the Emperor, by Prince kninkin. Letters front Vienna advise, that Count Wal widen has been sent to the Russian head-Otitis:rt. in Jassy, to inquire into the reasons of the move ments of the Russian troops on the Auhtliaii iron tiero. Ilse Staff of the late Svaiiisli garrison of Sara ;aim, consisting of live literals, at l 11 . 10111 mecca to eight Adjutant-Generals, arrived tit Bayonne, ou the 15th inst. ItCli His Excellency 11Lirsliul Thessieve,, Duke of Istria, arrived here on the 4 6 t h inst. We learn that the General of Brigade, Montlirtio, stito is in Strasburg, has heen appointed C;enerai of Division, and Commander of the corps of Light Horse, attached to the army of hi* E.,.velleney the Doke of Auerstiult. The sloop Jests Bart, has arrived at Marseille., from Guadeloupe, with a cargo of toffee, sugar, indigo, and cotton. Count ale Fuentes died lately hi Sarawea.a, of a malignant f :rev, which he iii the dungeon 'there he was confined by the insurgents. General Thilmut has b-eii uppinteal Governor of Old Custik. The alit hunt' of General Morlot is ordered to carry ou the siego• of Fort Jana. The Getters! himself died on the 2 inst. *IM Was in terred on the 23d, with ull the military hotionrodiac to his ruck. English prisoners of war are still daily passing through Bayonne, who were left behind sia.k in the hog titals. The Kim; of Spain has received an Address from the Junta of Ara.44mi %nal Surt6oesa. whereby they assure Iliac of the loyal attachment of the Arra gnome. ; and he issued, the same day when the shove Address left S irattossu, it Decree, relative to the measures which lii. Majesty has adopted to repair the disinagcsa anal losses which the war lois aticcusion ed in Saragossa.---( Holten/um Gazette, Mari! 4.) MADAM, MAUCH IS. lite Coact Gazette contains the folios Mg article : ......" WO tills moment received ittielligeoce from Alarahul :-.ault, which states, that the corps com manded by Romans, and colnposed of a large number of promote, was completely put to the rout on the 7th test. ou the Nuttier. of Portugal, and 5,n3-) were taken ptitioners.—..The further par ticulamure expected." mares, Naito. 19. Within the* few days, five couriers have arrived here, two French, two Austrian, and our Roseau, frotn Petersburg. Our prospects beeline more gloomy every day. Oa the 15th instant, alarge number of homes **re sent from hence to U,ser Austria, and artillery and anonnnition are con etantly sent off for the use of the different armies. Tit Hungary, the utmost exertions are rustle, speedily to organise the insurrection. A rorpti has been formed neur Web, whither several bate.lioor of militia have reeeirea (mien' to march. In Bohemia, several corm. of militia are also in motion to march to the frontiers. Let - tees front eitic.o ,, ,: , :i state, that in the room of Bit ' Ton Elirenbelm, Cie late Swedish A mbitswelor in rtter36l4, Baron Stedinglt has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, cud Huron La- J . geirbjelke Minister of the Flume Drpartartep . .— if .., Tnis piece of intelligenve stailm, however, in need of confirmation.—( .leisterdons Gaulle. dpril 4.) On the 9th inst. the military of the eapitalsop dertook the garrison service of the regular troops, which they perform with so wuch order, aecuraego and zeal, that uo cli:fiffence is dirtinginehable b!,' tvreen them. , On the 6th inst. a general ocmgrese of the 111111 , priati comities of Pest, Pelesch, m u d Soldier. was opened to prepare the necessary measures fur the pervoual insurrection. the the Leas instant, the united emirates in the circle of tile free , town of Buda, assembled. lii the other counties on the froutiers of Austria and Bohemia. considerable pro gress has already beau wade in thie,ineasure. aussauau, usatii 20. Yesterday being the birth-day of the French Empress, was celebrated here with gruat festivity by the French troops rind •r fienerul Ouditiot. The Ciou,nissury-Ccueral of the Circle of Lech, Count Reisach, gave a splendid ball to all the French Generals sod Officers. A considerable putt of the corps ofe;reternl Ondinnt, has broken up for Lands berg, to make room for other troops which will arrive fmm I.7liii. CM the 13th inst. Count Von AnetrianStarlion, F.uvo' to the Court of Bavaria, left Munich, hav ing obtained permission from Ins Court. The ex change of Couriers between Vienna owl Pim p still • continues very frequent. The divisions of. Lc Grand mid St. Cyr :ire 011 their march towards this city. owl close of Boucle soil Molitor through I.: pper Smiled. r t'l.m, MARCH ;3. 'f he Marshal Duke el Datitzie has arrived heft from Prris, Lut prob o,ly will not coutinue loug in this cit:,. 'l'lw troops which pree.ed the tibiae at I , St riteltarz.li Loirl Basle, pursue their march through Swabia; tar grertur par, %kelt are taking their way by Steckuch and Nletutiiiiigeri, direct their march towards Isnilsberg, where,. it is expected. ty i ey will he joined by the Bavarian division in the Tirol, and also by a strong French division.— The con:inland of this combined force will, we are • assured, be anis' to the Muralist Doke of Itivon ; at any rate, there is a report that this Commander is expected at Inspruck. In this Circle! are ex pected some regiments of cavalry, and the new taiscil battahious of grenadiers and voltigecirs from Stra , burg. The Bavarian troops are assembling bete-pen the Ilitu and the Iser, where, as it appear.." thef will he joined I.' tn.: Wirtembcrg arid Darmstadt con tingents. as al•t‘ by the French corps under Crne rid Otailinet. The Bavarian General. 11'retle, ar rived no the 4I ist, at Landirtint ; and us Soon as the troop under his command shall hate formed &a seamy, the Hereditary Prior'e a expretcsl. - lliel' Biavorirtis eorps, between the hut and the bier; MK' los aro aawared, be augmented to 30,0u0 men. r Jtitl • . ~d low canton!!! betwera Straubing and L au &h u t, .sad between the latter place and Alulildurf ; the Amid-quarters of General Oudintit, will next week ~li. .removed to Munich. and those of the Marshal *rake of Deutzic are expected at Augsburg. .0n the lint and on the frontiers of the - tyro!. , there are but few Austrian troop+. The accounts Irons Carinthia speak of the assembling of an army in the Circle of Lay bath, which, we are us sured, will be commanded by the Archduke Chat —The Areiteluke Ferdinand will coininand the army in Gallicia; who will have the command in roheinia is nut known. There is a report thus a great army of reserve is also to be formed in the Circle of Vienna, which will be joined by a part of the Hungarian liwurrection. Fit %tit:l'o'lT, mtsclt It is understood that the Contingeut of the Prince of Nassau will arrive within a few days in Franconia. The troops of the Grand Duke of Wurtzburg arc complete, tint cuntoned iu Worts burg, and along the Alailie, and nothing is yet known of their farther destination. Detachments of front loci to 300 men arrive At Mentz Minna daily, f ci-derant Belgium, and more fire ex pected faun the districts of Aix-hi-Chapelle and Liege. According to the accounts froni Saxony, u divi sion of Saxon troops f Dresden has been de tached to Lummitz. A Freud: division, miller the cotninand of (leoeral Moraml, front is r e p, etr-t1 M the Circle of Dresden ; there :ire also expecte,' in S.l\lllly 15,000 melt from ahuiiwer, from the troops which were utit'cr the einninitiol 14 the Prince of Panne Corro; us also the tumor ca t 4lry regiooits, ithich wtre tinder the coalitionist! of General St. Gel tictio, and Istely pasted io the Circles of Joni nod Wciatur. — (liserleim April I.) ROTtKRDASII. APIIII. 4. Letters from Germany say. that Coogress is to be held Ott the Blllaks of the 100. wh ere th e Emptti rors Francis 31111 Napoleon to meet, mitt that t h e F reu d ' t;oops wi t o were m IN:11111g thltlltgli e received Ortlermi s to 1131t.--lis themean Count Stailioti lima taken hate of the Bat a= ret,, Court and left Munich for 1 lellll3 lett all the othtr persons attached to the A ustrian Embas sy still emitiottr: iii the former plovv. Tki 1.;7, TEIBITIST-1 PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, Aestt. 7. i • .;.1111se English Ronan Catholics, we understand, -ore beginning to agitate the Catholic Question. Wu will Wit: nil early opportunity to enter fully into this subject. /Mr. WAIIDLE, we unlentaitid, tueans, after the receipt, to loose for ! sn iniquity into abuses couse- Anent Upon etery change of Administration,. aril:- iug out of the courtesy shown, :tecordiug to the pry Mint system, by the new 'Ministers to their pre decessors in ofTh...e. Vt'e hear that there i+ nothing per.onal in the intended motion, and that it is to be directed gentially agninio the system. The Loan is ant avpeeted to be brotylit forward mail the hitter end of this mouth. We under amnia it will Jto for ten milliutn. The CHANCRE- Loa of the il.‘enitituillt iiropo,es to raise it upon it new a pe► ctutiStock, redeemable at SOL The. plan me, proPoseirt4tyear, but was objected to by the monied iiittrest in the city. It is supposed Out it w:11 net meet a better reception this year, chid that the CuANCELLOR of the ExtuEQueli fotist aboudmi it. The outward-bourn! Chinn fleet sailed from Portstuonth on 'bVtninemaloy, wokrr convoy of Ills MIJESTIt"ti t4tl;p St. Alban's, of (ii guns, Captain AvsTCl. We give thin day a full report of the proceedings 4,f tile C.tnuoin C it :te.4terday. It I%IA he found interestinK. We have received the Dutch Papers to Tuesday the 4th instant, inclusive, containing the Paris news to the 30th lust, and letters front various parts of Gel-litany, but iii none of them can we truce any deviant of any victim' wh 'lever Ix - tweeu the French, or their auxiliaries, and the Austrians. That an action should have taken place in the Tyrol, is even more iiiiprobahle than in any oilier (limner; us a letter from Ulm, of the 23J states, that there are bat few Austrian troops on the bin, aunt on the frontiers of the Tyrol. The Uhu article is entitled to particular notice, as the writer appear. 141 lax well ilifortned on the *object of the movements slid preparations of hoth . arinies. The troops that passed the Rhine, at Basle and Strastourg, pursue their march through thin and Stock:tell, to Mernaniugen, in the directiou of Lantlsberg ; wlmre it. is expected they will be join ed by the Bai sumo division, in the Tyrol, and oko a stroug ti,•ticii force. The whole of this force will be immediately under the Duke of Rivoli, (Marshal Massimo) who is expected at I iispruck, to assume the command... Another army is assetilliling on the eas tern side of Bavaria, between the Inn and the ker. It will consist of the Bovarian troops, the Wir fhnherg unmet Darmstadt contingents, and the Fretieh corps under General OUP, NOV ; the whole under the command of the Hereditary Prince of Baca RIA. The Bavarian force alone, in this army, it ie said, will amount to 30,000 The Duke of Dantzic (Marshal LEFEaVitE) had arrived at Ulm on the 9.3 d, on his way to Augsburg. ,The particular force which he is to comma n d, is . not mentioned. It will be 'probably composed of the diVoliono of IA; GRA IrDi Sr. C ti o and ether troops, Go their march for that city. The saute .• Ulan article mentions accounts from Lavhach, Which state, that en uriny'will be assembled in that Circle, under the continuant of the Arclidnke Cusimes, and that the Archduke FsackiNAtio will command the army iu Gallicia. Amidst tins din of warlike preparations, it is said that a congress is to be held un the bunks of the Inn, at which BON APAUTA a n d FRANCIS will attend in person. Stan rt such prove to be the case, we may ven ture to predict that it will he attended with no better consequences than the conference upon the raft in the NielllCll. ‘Ve uni,t, however, observe, that in the same article it is said, that the Aus trian Envoy has been recalled from Munich. There are several isuss.iges in these, as in the late Dutch papers, which, if founded iu fact, move decidedly the full of Saragossa. The news from !Madrid, in the Dutch papers, is of the 18th last. It states, that ROMANA has been defeated by Sot; LT. There does not appear to be any - foundatiint for this stotrtnent. Letters from/ Madeira, of the :23d February, con tain a very unpleasant account relative to the out ward-bound West India fleet, which sailed frolu Cork on the 2gd of January. consisting of 1 23 tinder eonvoy of the Druid frigate, and the Fylhs and Phipps sloops of war. It is stated, that shortly after they sailed f Madeira, the fleet was dis pensed in violent gales, and only four slaps reached Nladeire with the Druid and Fyllit ; the Phipps put back dissmiste.l. About 45 sail of the fleet also put hack. MM 9f o hielt bad [Oct with damage. Up wards of 70 remained unaccounted for. The Aognalis was io.t near Fripterra. The Hots. Brigadier-General STsw ART, brother to LordCasrLEttearat, will accompany Sir A RTHL I ll'v.).l.Est,,EY to Portugal, and have a eominaud in the earalry. Three officers sit in the carriage with the Ki ng of Swl.ur.s, on his way to the castle of Drotiiiin4- Idia, in which lie is confined, attended by au es cort of Au men. The Qui.EN, whO has been indisposed tdl the win ter, is at Ha4a, oit'i the CRo\bS Pat ace., who is Omit nine ears and a half old, and her two dough tt The people of Sweden, it is said, are desirous of a price, mid toe iiipture of the alliance with Eng land, in the hope that they will be able to remain neutral. The Gosport Rifle corps, Captain MARCH ; end the Wickham Corps of Volunteers, Capt. (.ItANT, have been disbasided, agreeably to the proviAions of a late Act of Parliament, by which all corps, not consisting of a certain dumber of men, are to be dissolved. There are persons of respectability in this cowl try who entertain a favouraJle opMioit of Llamas. They say that he is not a roan of ambition, and that lie loves the count re of his adoption. This cerblitsly was not the opinion slig,;ested to us by his address to the people, when he !proclaimed Fiir- DINAND \ 11, Recent letters from the Cape of Good Hope mention a formidable insuireetion there, which hail happily leers discovered and pot down ; lire of the insurgents were henget!. The floss. General Getty enjoyed Getter health than lie had door for the two former years, and IVICATHERALL and encrust we r well. 'The at regiment bad soiled for Ceylon ; and the ear.isou consisted of the dragoons, .2.1t1i, 33d, 721, and troth rentimitts of foot. General Meurer, who emit lidered to the Spa niards ander CULsTA, i. told to have been brought to trial, and condemned to death. Ile was shot by torch-light. This punishment is understood to have produced muds murmuring; among the French 4 dliceis. • The as Lorenzo, from the Brazils, for London, leas been captured, recaptured by Ills MAJESTY'S ship lieristaare, and arrived at Scilly. The Margaret, RoBINSOII, front London, for Davis's Streights, was lost in the Orkneys, on the 7th_ult.; crew saved. The Bristol, HARVEY, from Bristol, (oue of the fleet which sailed from Cork, on the 22.1 January, for the West Indies, under convoy of His MAJESTY'S shipx fylla and Dr Add), armed At Iladeira on the Ruth February. with (HO three others of the fleet and the Commodore ; 4ti Bail were in company on the 17th. but parted, in consequence of the Fy//a changing her course in the night. I lis MAJESTY'S ship Leveret, which sailed from Varinnuth on the /Id ult. with the fleet for (jot tenburgli, is put into Leith, haring experienced violent gulps, I thrown her guns overboard. 'the was dispersed. The - fleet for: ( iottetibiorgh, under convoy of His NIAJEI I ICS skip Alaart, hue put into I larwich. The daughter of ADDISON, by Lady Waawicit, died but a few years ago, and left 5001. fur the purpose of raising a mon um ent to his memory.— Lord BEA DFIIED, who is one of her execittets, al lotted the task to llr. Wtsrmatterr, adding AOOl. to the bequest. This ingenious artist has made fine statue of Anotsort, which is placed in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, and which will soon be opened for public inspection. Tuesday last, u Coroner's inquest was held at Seaton lion-Works, Whitchaveo, on the body of lt m. LITTLE, n mechanic in the c:lploy of the Seaton Company, who ass killed the preceding evening s whilst in the act of turning a bevil-wheci pattern, in u lathe carried ity water.—Verdict, Ac cidental tlenth.—lt sissy not he hunroner to stub!, as a caution to all einployed in a similar way, that this industrious and valuable nieneher of society lost his life by imprudently suffering the end of his neck-cloth to come in contact with the rioolving spindle of the lathe, by which it was coughs, and instantaneous suffocation was the melancholy con• sa l uence., Last week, • field, part of the Itottingtan-hall estate, near Whitehaven, was ploughed, which has not been turned up since the year 1760. It is for , ther remarkable, that a person assisted iii the ploughing of it this year, Whn was employ e d ou the mine work ut the period above mentioned. when he discovered a slumber of large vessels en tering the channel, and anchoring in Itamitiy-bay, which proved to be Comm-A.4e Et.i.iter:s woo dross, with the captured hies of Titustu'r. - r .AMR(!? t; INTI:t.LIGENCE. NEWMARKET CiiiTr7rif EiTING, firs wstissiousv, Atrium S. • 6ea. Gruseeruesb. c. Woodwell-liesd, by' Whitclep,beat Vol. Hurbrirers be c. Geueratimbso, by General, on. eacb. H. 31. urges. b. ft. 3 to 1 on Vfoodoell-bosit. Mr. Thornhill's Ratplrina, est. 71b. best Ld Socimille• grey c. Snail, by Stamford, nat. Ab. M. sop. to 1 apt Ralphins. Siv S. Situell's Clinker, beat Itloj. IVilours'oduaiper, Sit. 711 s. each. V. C. .2uuss. b. ft. 3 to 4 441 Clinker 51weepstakes of loop. each. Tau-yr old comae. Gen. Grusveuur's I (*boleti., by Asparagus, out of Lady Jane . Mr. Puyoe's f. %maids, by Dun Quixote, out of Lady Ciiar LA. G. IL Caiendish's f. by Ambrosio, out of Spinster a D. of Grafton's I by Sorcerer, out of Peppermlut • 7 to 4 apt. Chosen'. A Subscription Plate of 501. fur d-yr olds, 7st.; 3-yr olds, 814.7111; mid s-yr olds, 9%t. Tiro. yr old coarse. SOC. Booboo's Ls f Agues, by Succorer, a yrs old, Ld G. H. CtVelllblllen b. C. Hymen, 3 yrs old a - Lsitilausll's b. c. by Gutman', a yrs old S to I apt Ape*. • The Judgo cuuW place bill three. Mr. Vuusittait's llurlcigb, lost. 9lb. best Mr. Shakespese• Discount, bit. 711.. It. 31. C to t un Bni Leigh. The Third Class of the thithunk' Stakes of 30 guineas each. h It. D. I. Sig C. Duttbary's b. f. Agues, by Sorcerer, a yrs GM, 7st I lat. Grosvenor's Sunbeam, old; 7St. Islb. Ste. Elares Itiso Sophia, 3 ”11 old; bat. ...... • Mr. Ladbrokes br. L Trinibusli, .1 yrs. old, 7st. f ibs Mr. C. ltrowne's Deltille, 5 p 4. Mr. Shakrapear's ZoilMr, aged, not lulls. 6 7to I apt ,tgues. 4to I ag,t Sunbeam. 7to 9 apt Misr 11JE a TR E. OPERAPHOUSE. Lest night the Drirr.leine Compaq performed, for the lust time but aele,this season, lit this superb Theutre. Mrs. JORDAN appeared in rice part of • Belinda, iu Mt arts 's lively comedy of All in the 11 . rong, acid displayed her R ood humour, vivacity, and LatiLnuatiost, in the happiest st:e le. The op. phone was mibuundeei ; the whote comedy was admirably gut up, and went off with great spirit. The beautiful Italics of iLwa cluirlwere followed, in which the several performers merited and re envied the most rupturous apoluuse. The farce of The iliayur 41 (;arrutt coucluded the perform ances of the evening. Mr. Dowrox, Mr. ltbses sat.t., mod Mrs. Heiu.owe, never displayed more excellence. At 111/ early hour, every part of the theatre overflowed with company. Amongst the rank and fashion that graced the Boxes, were--;• The Prince sad Prioress Castetricals ' • Doke and D u e tiret De Castries; Mellow D Mellow s of Dorset, etweger Leeds, and Mootroae; Marchionoc, elf Entwine.. ; Ceenteeme Stexh.evitgb, Chesterfield, Fortexeue, Clsu4aaail , Buoy. more and Clermont ; Ladies Luta., Drutegnesid Smith, Peed', Smith Burgett, a n d caldwirpe ; and ids Hen. Mir tresses Egerton antiPellnint Ilis Royal Ili i lcesa Atari aim left town yester day for Aylesbury. The Marchioness of SALISBURY is expected he town, on SlllOlll, from Hatfield. Lord ELLitenonounn will next week remove into iscount ANW It ' ll house, in St.Jaines's-seluare, -lately occupied by the Meirquit of ABlittetike. Tile Dowager Ludy MONSON had a {pawl card party, last eight, at her house, iu Charles -street, Berkeley-square. The Duke nod Duchess of NRWCASTLC are sot expected in town until the 15th of this month. • • The contest respecting the future Lessee, under: the Patelit for the Edinburgh Theatre, is at last eleterinined ice ilV01.1( of Mr. W. Stones. The (holster that bete 1 Deur) -laue has added a favour ite eerforiner to the stre:k with which the Edin burgh boards awe likely tee be graced. Mr. Keel. whose fume was recently so completely - estreblieheil on the London hoards, is to lead the van in light comedy and the vocal department. The Birming ham and Chelteahain uudiences will biker be grati fied with 3kr. KEN is appearance 0.1 their ~nerds. on his way to Scotland. 'thee Honourable Commissioneree of the battery attend this morning at the Cashier's Office, Batik of Engiend, .to weal op and deposit the 1,000 Tickets. to be given,' twit Wilineulay 'morning, and the teat/ Tickets gitea oa the second day of drawing. Every Ticket or Share purchased' before the Wheel goes round, next Wednesday mom ning, will have a Thousand Chances, as the First-drawn Ticket above 151. will be entitled to 1,000 Whole 'rickety. This superior advantage never was before °aired ; acid Huiteser and Co. entreat their Friends sod the Public to take the advantage of this oprortunity, and apply to their Old Eretablislicil Offices, 20, Coruhill, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough ; and no where else on their account. ChAntleneeCßOis °runt, all Ewelarrd for silting C'a Patzes--those who back Charing-Ceres Bill nut : It has been Fceicrott EMPORIIINI her nearly a century, and the uldrit booth in the fair CARTER'S, NO. 8, where the public are reapeet fully invited to share in the "Gum' the Cods pro tide" her 11'ednesday iiext. The following is the House List for Governors rind Direetors of the Bauk of England fur die 'ear ensuing, viz : eon corritsous JOll , l WI nal-multi. Esq. Governor. June Pet air, 11)4•101ty Gut re nor. 11)R DIE. Et•Tolis. Alstandrr flaring, Esq. Weston Lone, Esq. Juhu Ruwdrn, Esq. I William Maiming, E. g . c„,.. lion Bullet, Esq. I Ebenezer Maillool, Eitq. Jousts Campbell, E.e ; tedle a m Nledlish, Esq. Ilicknelleone ) , Ee q . Sir Riche:' Neste Hart. Samuel Drew', Esq. 'lbexes. Itaiktii, Geenee Dorrien, Eaq Julio Eat tt Rrchaaeta, E.q. Ilnklimand, Esq. Edward illll.llOll. Jrrnm els Harman ' Lsq. Henry S m i t h, Fly. John Josiah H o lli s 11, Esq. Nomad Thornhill, Esq. Thomas Langley, Es q . Na, :eel Toro's, jun. Esq Thomas Lewis, Esq. Benjamin Wiuthorp, Esq. The Election for Governor Noel De.euty Gover nor, %ill be held on Toesibiy, the 11th ; and for liirecture, on Weelnesda), the 13th nistaat, from ten in the forenoon till tour ie the after/11am. Sir B. ScErcuwee.t.'s Lestihni Characters.—The famous Ballad of " Mr. lord had o dug, and the clog used fu follow him,' in °the ei vol, of that Fashionable li'ork, had Web a sarprisiag effect on the rotaries of high lite, at the Court-end of the town, that several Noble men and Gentlemen have resolved nut to keep either ring or The trial of hire. CLeage. by a female Sitilge and Jury, .is the rotarnou eenverwilame the fashionsl2, Ladies. . _ s