The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-10-17 00:00:00

i 11 , r .#~ ad, i I i I I tf I, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM THE. FRENCH \ND Dureli PAPERS. " Bay ar lan Soidien, \ h • • PARIS, OCT. 8. Most of the English pe'• -errs at V e dim have been brought away from that -e, some to Valenciennes, and others to Vaudreuil, in ...r Department da l'Eure, five leagues from I .ouviers. Upwards of 1000 men are employed night and day in erthing additional wotks round Kehl. for which purpose a number of new houses must be pulled down. One-half of the place is already eva cuated, and a number of people are thereby reduced to poverty and distress, being without houses or sustenance. As the razing of the houses did not proceed quick enough, it was resolved to burn them down ; but this was postponed one day, :tad, in that short space, every possible assistance has been given to the inhabitants by the neighbours. The Emperor has pro nised the sufferers 75,000 florins. Low, OCT. 4. The Court of Denmark has transmitted a Decla ration to several other Courts, relative to the sys tem of neutrality it intends to embrace, which will be of the so itlest kind, without vitcring into any eice engagement. TRANICToRT, OCT. 5. The passage of the French from the Left to the Rtght Bank of the Rhine, has nate ceased at all points, and it seems as if all the troops destined to open the campaign stele now on German ground. It appears flu titer, that the troops, which have gone over at Manheim and Strasburgh, are marching tip the Neckar, and will probably farm a junftion with the armies under Bernadotte and Nlarmont. These armies are marching to the western parts of Suabia; so that the French army will torn a semi-circle, stretching from the Upper Palatinate to the western side of Suabia, and from thence through Southern Suabia, down the Neckar to the frontiers of Switzer land, in a diretion parallel with the Rhine. C-incerning the Russian army, we have now been informed, that 56,000 Russians, under the command of General Ktnusow, passed through Lemberg, be tween the 30th of August and the 7th of September. The Generals Prince Pancration, Von Essen, 'Von Rasscn, Von Schepelow, and Dekow, are serving un der General Kutusow. The throe first columns carried ninety-two pieces of cannon with them, and the two following had also a goad deal of heavy artillery. These troops observe the strielest discipline wherever they go. We are informed that the French Minister, M. Becher, has delivered a Note to the Diet, in which the motives are stated, according to which the French Emperor has resolved to govern his present conduct. It acmes with a declaration, that the Emperor Na poleon has determined to defend himself against any unjust attack, and to insure the independence of Germany ; that he does not intend to retain any of those countries which may fall into his hands by the chance of war ; and that he will guarantee to every Prince the inviolability of his rights and possessions; meanwhile, he will not lay down his arms till he shall have restored the Decree of the Empire, and the House of Austria can no longer violate the rights of Germany. At the same time that this Note was delivered, an historical relation appeared at Wurtzburgh, con cerning the conduit of the EleCtor Bavaro-Palatine, relative to the mission of Prince Schwartzenberg to Munich ; the frustrated negotiation between him and the Eleitor ; the departure of the Court to Franconia ; the entry of the Austrians into Bavaria; the negotiations at Wurtzburgh ; and the demand of the Austrians that the Bavarian troops should be dismissed ; which relation closes with the following sentence:—" This relation enables every body to judge of the conduCt of Austria towards Bavaria, and to pronounce that nothing was left for the EleCtor of Bavaria to do, for his security against demands so disgraceful to his army and nation, than to throw himself under the proteftion of the French Emperor. Confidence in God, in a magnanimous ally, in a brave army, and a faithful nation, raises courage in a just cause. May Heaven bless the Ba varian arms !" The following Address has been communicated to •;e 13 tearian troops by the French Emperor, in acnrrnl rams : " I hay^ pLic , tl rots* at the head of ruy army, to dollies von c mous. from an unjust aggression. The Hoene of Ala,. t•la I Welldgl to asiollideto your independence, and to incorporate y 9 ,1 with its extensive dominions; but yog w•ll ha true to the mem try of yOur attention', Who, though frequemilv oppreeed, 11..! n u subjugated, always preserved their independence tool ex.•tenee, whbeh is the fir.d boos of 110100% as Mo lar t.. time Electoral /131.1. , of Bavaria i, the first of your dune 1 .11 a &Atte all- of yo ir Sovereign, I hays Iwo sensibly stfecteil by the profs !2ive given him, at this important vein oi sou attachment. I know your braver , and }Utter my.Of thA, t.tei the first battle, I shall be ails to say to tour S wirrtign,JlSCi to my peo!AP , that you are worths , to fight under tb.: I •ad.•s of the G and 'Vire. "NAPOLIf.i3N By command of the Emp rot and Kill, 114 BEII E.R, " Quarterm trr-tio"eral of the Army:' .~~: r FROM THE RATAVIAN STATE GAZETTE OF THt 11711 oF OCTOFIEII. Whilst tbii Gazette was in the press, we received account, from Frankfo•t to the 6th instant : On the let and 2d of Ottober, the army of Ha nover and the Gallo•Batavian army broke up from Wurtaburgh, the former direaing its march through Oxenlurt to the Upper Maine, and the other to s Mergentheim. The van of the latter was al ready near Mergentheim on the 2d, and the head quarters were at Buthard. Notice 6a been given to the French soldiers, that war is declared. On the Ist of Onaber, there were still some Austrian tro cps at Tubingen and Gopiiingen. Ihe French advanced posts were at Eslingea, Plochin ge s, and \Val letibuch. The French Emperor arrived at laid wigsburgh in the night after the 2d of Oaober, and alighted at the Eleftnral Palace. Or. the Ist of aloher, a French detachment fell in with a patrole of Austrian cavalry, at Vaihingen, nn tne Ens. The Austrians, not retreating when challenged so to do, were made prisoners. On the 23d of September, the Diet of Switzer land proclaimed the neutrality of that Republic by a formal declaration. On the 3ith o: S-ptember, another Note was de ed to the Diet of Ratisbon, by the C fiarge. 4' Afaires Radler. HA MOUVIIII, SEPT. 26. We have learned some further particulars rela tive to the league of Amsted Neutrality now forming in the North of Germany. Independent of Den mark, Saxony. and Hessia, we know that applica tion has been made to most of the Hans Towns an d petty Princes in those distriEts, to contribute, if 'not to the force, at least to the maintenance of the cor don which is to insure the peace. The Prussian Counsellor, Baron Von Goesch, has made the ne cessary appiication at Lubec to that effect, where ' upon the Citizens were convened, and an answer was returned in the affirmative. Afterwards he came over to this city, and made a similar applica tion to our Senate, and will probably meet with a similar answer. Six thousand Prussian soldiers have entered Trave monde. TO CORRESPONDENT s. A pressure of temporary matter has o►lilted us to put the excellent Litter of tacos in the lest page. THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, TIIURSDAY, OCTORM 17. Two battalions of the light infantry, and the foot artillery of the German Legion, have arrived at Deal and Dover ; and it is expztled that they will begin to embark on Wednesday. General Sir Davin Dunnas has been with Mr. PITT, at Wil mer Castle, on the subjea ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Dosatu, Quartermaster-General of the Southern Distrid, is gone to the coast, for the purpose of making the necessary arrangements. The re. mainder of the artillery, consisting of the horse brigades, will reach Canterbury successively, this day, to-morrow, and Saturday, and with those of the same corps now in that city, will proceed from thence, on account of the convenience of the hAr boor, for immediate embarkation at Ramsgate. — Their destination is said to be Stralsund, the capital of Swedish Pomerania, in order to be in readiness to occupy the Electorate of Hanover, in concert with the Russians and Swedes. The principle of the measure cannot be too much applauded ; the officers are mostly men of charaCter and influence in their native country, and, with the privates, possess that attachment to home, which, after an honourable ezfle, they will feel a grateful sensation is re-visit ing ; while their standards will become the rallying points fur the loyal, and their ranks will be recruited by the affeCtion of every true subjP9. It is rumour- eJ, however, that the Legion will be employed upon a more immediate service, which we cannot, with propriety, particularly notice. A Mail from New-York and Halifax, brought to Falmitith by the Princess Elisabeth packet, in 21 days, from the latter place, arrived yesterday. We have received by it New-York Papers to the 4th last. They announce the conclusion of a Treaty of Peace between Tripoli and the United States of America. An Extra& from a paper called The Aurora, announces some cases of yellow fever, but New-York was free from it, Ind a Proclama tion was published, on the 23d of August, an nouncing, that it had entirely subsided in Pro vidence, Rhode Island. An article, dated Charles ton, states, that it was part of the wreck of the Blanche, and not of the Btraffims, as erroneously memioned in a former paper, that was lately found it sea. The several extra is which we have made irom the New-York Papers, are in the first page. , We have received Paris Papers of 3 day later than those which we gave yesterday, and Dutch Paper , of the 12th. It has been officially announced to the French soldiers, that war is declared. IVe do not expect, however, that an immediate blow would follow, as the Austrians continued to fall back, evidently wishing to avoid a general engage rneht, until the arrival of the BUISIA3S. The latter. t.) the amount of b‘3,000, passed through Lumberg in the beginning of September. The French army, commanded by BONAPARTE in person, or, as he styles it, the " grand army," according to the most recent accounts, extended from the Upper Palatinate, to the western side of Suabia, down the Neckar, to the frontiers of Switzerland.—On the 3d, . several columns of infantry and cavalry crossed the Neckar, and advanced to Goppingen, nearly mid way between Stntgardt and Ulm. On toe Ist and 2d, the Hanoverian army, leaving Wurtzburgh, advanced towards the Upper Maine, by Ochsen forth, whilst the Gallo-Batavian army descended from Wurtaburgh to Mergentheim. Meanwhile the divisions that crossed at Manheim, are marching up the Neckar, to join the Hanoverian and Gallo- Batavian armies. These P.spers contain a brief sketch of the Eleftor of BAVARIA'S justification of his conduel in joining France. It states, that the conduit of Austria forced him to it. BUN AP ARIE will nut consider this a very handsome compliment. We believe, however, it is not far from the truth. Few states will be disposed to embrace the cause of France, from love and affeßion, or a sense of its justice. 1304 APART r, however, to make good the deficiency in the Et.ecroe's defence, has issued a ProclaTnation to the Bavarian troops, in which he asserts, that the ol,jea of the Emperor of GEE MAN Y in going to war, is to incorporate Ba varia with his territories ; an objeet, which the ENl retio a has distinftly and positi'vely disavowed. The FRENCH Astaassanoe at Vienna demanded his pass- ports on the 25th ult. and hot, as the Mondeur as serted, immediately upon his receiving the account of the Austrians having crossed the Inn. Prussia has included in the League of Armed Neu trality, Saxony and Hesse, and is making successful applications to the Hans Towns and petty Princes in the North of Germany, to contribute to the main tenance of the cordon. She has occupied Dave monde, near Lubeck, with 6,000 troops. French Funds 55f. 95c. Leeward bland and Ja. maica fleets, under convoy of the Illuttricat man of war, passed Dartmouth on Monday last. A conti nuation of the arrivals, and the places where, is given under the head of LLoves List, in the last page. Yesterday, a Court of Direetors was held at the East-India House, when Capt. MI I. LIKEN Ca •ic was sworn into the command of the ship Elphia stone, consigned to Bombay and China. The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till Tuesday next. Mr. Form arrived in Dablin, from Holyhead, on Thursday last. Yesterday the Dividends become due began to be paid at the Bank. Mr. TOWNSEND, and others, from Bow-street, were in waiting, as usual. The Canterbury Volunteer Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Jona BARER, com menced permanent duty on Tuesday, for fourteen days, and famished the garrison guard for that city accordingly. fhe Crescent, of 36 guns, has arrived at Ply mouth, with dispatches. She was one of the squa dron dispatched after the Rochfort fleet, which, however, escaped them, and is supposed to have gut into a French port. The Friendship, LANGLEY. from Sunderland for Teignmouth, is captured and carried into Dun kirk, by a French privateer, of three guns and 43 men. Four other vessels are also taken by her. The Montezuma, Moao•N, from Africa, for Charleston, was captured on the 9th of August last by a French privateer. The Albion, ATKINSON, from Liverpool, for New-York. is captured on the banks of Newfound land, by a French privateer, from Guadaloupe. The Ganges, It Ants, from St. Kitts, far London, patted from the fleet, on the sth inst. in a gale. The John armed ship. with eight sail of vessels under convoy, sailed from the Nore, on Monday last, for the Baltic. The John, FROST, from Charlestown, detained and sent into Plymouth, was boarded on the 4th instant, by a French frigate, part of a squadron of eight sail of the line, two frigates, and a brig. The officer informed him they had an English 74 (sup posed the Calcutta), and eight or nine English ves sels in tow. A Court-Martial was held on Tuesday. at Ply mouth, on board the Salvador del %fusJo, in Fla. moaze, on Capt. ZACHARY Muooe, and the Of ficers of the Blanche frigate, for the loss of that ship, in an aCtion with a superior force of the enemy. Vice-AdmitalSevrote, President ; when, after a full investigation of the circumstances, Capt. Mt. ooe and his Officers were most handsomely acquitted. A Letter from Dover, dated Oct. 1 5, says—" I am informed an experiment was yesterday w.tempt ed, under the direftion of Sir SIDNEY SMITH, by mooring :in old vessel, at the distance of about two miles from Walmer Castle, with a view of blow ing her up by means of one of those new-invented machines. A number of gentlemen attended to see the experiment ; but, after waiting a long time in anxious etpeaation, were obliged to return without being able to gratify their curiosity. The b...vs built here, several months since, by order of Sir SIDNEY St4ITIS, have been ordered to be gut teady as fast as possible." THEATRES. - •1 - .., ' DRUTtV•LAWC. Mrs. JORDAN was here, last night, the elegant, playful, lively Rosalind, in At You Lile Is. We never saw her in this favourite charader to more advantage. Her Cuckoo Song was, as usual. cored with rapture, and the beauties with which she embellished every scene, excited enthusiastic ad miration. Mr. ELL !STOWS Orlando, Mr. 13 NN is. r En, as Tour/iv/0/Ic, and Miss Mettnsi, as Cifia, dis played much fine afting, an 4 received great ap plause. The Farc.• of Th* Doctor and App//AT •rn fol lowed. .Mr. NI Tis F.WS, for the fiat time, sus tained the part of Doctor in which he ac quitted himself with success. The Pitue went off with eclat. COVLIIT-4ARDEN.. Last night, the tragedy of Jaw Share was err. formed for the first time this season. Mr. K and Mrs. Siooons, as Gkoreeetee and Jane . • , re, displayed their great talents with the happiest effea. Mrs. LiTcHricco's Alicia received, in the last scene, much applause. Mr. CIA a LtS Kest six looked and played the gallant //e4i-ops admirably, and the amiable forgiving Dumont could not find a better representative than Mr. Has.. GRAVE. At half price the house was lull. The farce of Tar Quaker introduced a Mrs. M A mop awn. from the provincial theatres to a London aU,lit".llCe. The part of &orals is trilling I she was very well received, and, we have no doubt, will prove an use ful performer. Yesterday morning, Their MAJESTIES and the patNc bosses, with several attendants, took in airing in the rteighbourhood of Breutford and Ealing. Princess Ctra a t.ovr a ot Watts, attended by Lady• Ds: Ctirroan, at four o'clock, yesterday afternoon, took an airing in her coach and four, on the King's Read, and returned at halt past five to dinner. The Sec arra av at WAR arrived in town OR Tuesday. Letters from Cork, dated the 10th, briar. t agreeable intelligence, that the Eatl of N.IANNJN • continued dangerously ill. JOHN FROST, Esq. in the 1118th year of his aiv, is ele9ed Mayor of Hertford. It is Mr. Cr.:RYAN, jun. who has lately h'en to the Irish Bar, and eldest son to the celebrates. Orator, whom report states to be a candidate for the matrimonial state. The Num:Guise AU ASS• 0011 le ft 131 ighton, last Thursday, for Margate, where he intends to remain for three weeks. The Earl of DYSART, accompanied by Mr. MANNERS, arrived yesterday at his house, Hyde Park Corner, from Malvcrti, in Warwickshire, the seat of his brother-in-law, i.EW IC. Esq. Mr. PITT and Lord CAS r r.s.y.AGH passed throuh Canterbury, on Tuesda,, or, their way to town from VValmet Castle. Lady Louisa Marrisaas left Mnulsev, last Mon day, for Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, on a visit to Lady FRANCES TOLLEM ACHE, her ladyship's sister. The Hon. Mr. SKEYFINGTON has a new piece waiting for the musical finish ot Mr_ ADDIsON. Mr. REY istmets, the dramatic writer, has be"n upon a trip to Wales, and has male no dtamatiO preparations, so that his Muse is not likely to bring forth her annual offering till the middle of the season. Mrs. H. JOHNSTON is seriously indisposed, the consequence of travelling too soon after her cc c•mchoment. It is said, the King of Bath will remove his throne from the lower-rootns to the upper, and succeed Mr. TYSON, who is retiring front the busy scene. Sir WILLIAM and Lady Yount, have arrived at Margate. On Sunday, Lord FREDERICK Bet, riMCK gave a most sumptuous entertainment, at the Crown Inn, Rochester, to General Wvror AliD, Colonels CA pEt., DRUMMOND, SALISIURY, LAMBERT, &c. &c. and to the Officers of the Ist Battalion of Guards, to which he belongs. Among the company we no ticed E. Tali Lott, Esq. of Byfronce. The Assembly Rooms of South Mailing are now fitting up, and shortly will be opened by Mr. Trot ter's excellent Company of Comedians. In which is included the Comte Racial, who performed at Southend and Margate. DIRDIN is nearly ready with a new Drama f r Covent-garden Theatre. Another also Ir:un .1. Grifinhaif, Esq. the dramatic Anil n, of GL Cot. M AN, Me Younger, is far advances:. The Subscription Surrey Pack of Fox Hound-. at Godston Hall, in the county of Surrey., has taken the field; their hunting days are Mondays. Thur days, and Saturdays. This day they meet at W ton, and on Saturday at the Blankday Wood. AB- A grand fancy ball and ritlotto is armoury , at the Cork Theatre for the 6th of Noveml the benefit of the House of Industry of • the following persons compose the comr sirbueest:c_i". The Hon. Mrs. St. Lawrence, IN , s. Peaco , 'high, Mrs. Crawford, Ws. r o ppinger, Mrs Ars, ly e.. B Roche; Mrs. Ilartnett, Mrs R. Willnott, Itr.:he, Mr. M . s. Penrose, Miss W.II ~,,, tt, Miss Cult. M'S M:si 11.4, Miss Vitroalit. The IV An, Miss S , t Lawrence, William Reansish, R. • and Rev De' Rev. W. L. Beaufort, Williarn Cru" le A , chibald Tho.n:'" Rev. E. Stopford, Res. in,. Bork .00, E Doctor M phen Roche, F. q. E. Penrose, E _lee. A Traycr, Ls.k. From whose cast and Ii 4. S. K. Wits , aerali t y much is expectc.r. Bury Fair was 1 ist tended. Three Lund , week very faskonahly noured the New A• c.l a nd sixty-live persons 1..• - settee on Friday ni aembly Rooms with their rrs.-. the most disting daSomnu.meirloues ' .see, from n f a a i f r s c ii i :; p h7e r c t w s o r e o t r n:t ii. 7 a s n k t• i . i . wall also .'beatre, on Saturday ev enin g . . laid into t' Ay attended (more than half the pit was sentation .te Loxes), to witness the pleasing repre speliab' of The Nano Maan o which was veryr,ez gall! ; AY perfOrmed. Lan hicht, The 131. 1 and er, tioqr Oiag Bpd Ila 4 t r a Cille G r er . tie , Friday, by &sir , : of 'ha 011i cers v men composing the 4th C. saps of Lora • The is 'A inal autY Cavalry, Tip sod Jr wkly. 111