The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-08-28 00:00:00

Churches in the French Empiro, also. with the sp. 'probation of the Rept:me:native of the Holy See, will shortly be publicized. MMUS. AUG. 19. " Louis Napoleon, by the Grace of God, Ike. We hare determinei, and determine by these : " I. TM Drily Paper. called 'the Amsterdam Evening horned, shall be seerfferied. Ti,, Conductor shall not °Win per mission to be employed again in any periodical work, having falsely pretended to be the writer of a paper under our lutists. city; and having Spoked, in MS publiestion of July 24, in a hest and unjustifiable manner of Givernments with v. hdm we ITO at peace. " i Since no subject is permitted to speak iu the name of his Sovereign; and as it is unluiful for soy private person to censure the Acv al dilterent Governments, otiwiewise than in Week mid this entirely within his own donated.: circle % evety 0... Man.( et any printed work, who shall vs in opposition to this Law, shall b- pusehthed as an open disturber of the public tranqedley. and a tranerstaat of his duties to his Siverenni. " C. J. VAN BRAKEL. " Given at Manta, August ft, 1806.° THE BRITISH P.. LONDON. THURSDAY, Auovst $B. SS. The WOO= teeeived yesterday morning, pro fit:Cal a considerable sensatiOn. It stated the capture of the greater part of a gest of 10 sail, from Halifax. The feet was on its way to England, under convoy of the Chaelim frigate. of $4 guns, Captain Rao" Lay , isad in lat. 47, long 90, they Ml in with a French than of war of 80 goes. This took place about a fortnight ago. The enemy, it was said, ran in among the bet, of which she captured and 'F bunted 41even ; but the test, it was hoped, had !. escaped. The French ship was bound to France, and, as the Bth Regiment was corning home in the gest, apprehensions were entertained that the whole, or greater p..rt of it, was, of course, taken. The extent of the loss being much exaggerated, Govern . 'ifsent lost not a moment to correct the error, by the following notice communicated to Ltueo'sr— AaisiesltrOffiee, Avg et, 2 p. Message by Telegn.ph, from Pmterneuth Mellen et Cue. of the Chein?ici,i's convey are vriired in an American; 40ify sit are captured by thy Veteran " N B. The Veteran a Jerome Itonapartee ship. In about an hesur alter, 1 seeoad cornrow:Lica' was mas:a, as follows : sizareirojar. 4.91. 47. 4 p w. " Nantes of the ships bona are. Lydia. 'OM and babel% hum. Alvtandee, Sliver-v-I,4nd the thew" The Tarrson is a 74, mad not an SO ion ship, as stated in the early report of yesterday. It is now pretty evident that the whole squadron WAS returning to France. and that the four Trench SUS of war SSW by the Amok about eta. waddle of loot =wash , is tea ItR Wens. CID, 41 11111111 0mod,as staled is ibis Paper m ini" weapon of Jaaosa Son AAAAA a's quad row. A few days will Inform as, whether it boa boo port, or has been reserved, like the ollelbilied lest, after sonnies the same coarse O the Adootie, to meet destsuaicas opoo its lose. *bare I I have received Dutch Papers to the kid in trust The sew King of HOLLAND has already premed himself faithful to the promise which he gave AI arotson, to rule his kingdom in the spirit of a French Prefest, and in obedience to the will and pleasure of the Emperor of FRANCS.— By a decree dated Mentz, oth instant, His MA OMIT has suppressed the daily Paper called The .ietst.rd.,es Evening Jarred, and ordered that the Editor shall newer be employed in any periodical work —" the said Editor having spoken, its his pub. Kudos of July 24th, in a light and unjustifiable meaner of Governments with whom we are at peace, and it being unlawful for any private person to censure the Aas of different Governments other wise than in speech, and this entirely within his own domestic circle."—.Here then we have the law that is to regulate the Dutch Press clearly laid down, as the Decree adds, that every Conductor of a Public Print who shall violate it, shall share the finite the Editor of The Amsterdam Earning Jaii4 There can be no doubt, that the principles here avowed are stridly in unison with Bon a* e Aar a's ideas of the Liberty of the Press, and com prise the rim& state of slavery to which be wishes to reduce it. It must be equally obvious, that Na. TOLSON and brother Lours *rya that the Press of other countries shall observe the same line of coa• dud towards them which they have marked out for their own Printers ; and, when we recollect the pre sumptuous corre.pondence of Or ro and Antraa. our, on this subjeft, we are disposed to believe, with almost equal confidence, that some measure. hostile to the Liberties of the Press, is ens of the demands of the French Government, in the pee. scat negotiation. This we saspeaed, from the reen. meat we read the paragraph in the foreirrpapers of the affeded complaisance shewn to the Earl of L A UPERDA La, in the sentence of deportation, pro nouiced upon ail caricatures in ridicule of Jeha which si.ould dare to make their appearance in the print-shops, or upon the dead walls in the City of Paris. A mr.re ahjea state of slavery than that ordained for the Press of Holland, never entered into the m'nd of a D.spot to conceive. We are 1 eeneineed that if Bow LlPArri hag dared to prOpole to bur Governtnent a single principle avowed In it, the proposition has received a decided negativi.— But, *e may ask, of what can goo +PART. com plain in the condua of the British Press ? It may be said, without Tacky or selfishness, that there never was a time when it was concluded with more delicacy. moderation, and propriety. The Amc• titan Press, in its abase of this country, has known Ito bounds but the limits of the writer's fancy. Ever since the death of the American seaman, by an :mei dental shot from the Louder, in the fair exercise Of our maritime rights, the American Press has over flowed with the bitterest rancour against England. And what tat been the conduß of the Press of this country! It has not been provoked by these trans-At lactic libels into ads of retaliation-4i harsh expres. sion against America. is scarcely to be found in the columns of an English newspaper. As to the con tinent of Europe, every man must acknowledge, that the conduct of Prussia has afforded a wide and ample field for political observatiun and pub lic censure; and yet. except at the moment of Mr. Fox's spirited answer, the cold, narrow, and per fidious policy of Prussia, has almost passed in the public prints withiu. animadversion. It has been confused, as is ng Louts would limit the Li berty of the Press. to speech, in our domestic eir cl7i, to the couversati In of the fire-side.—lndeed, the tyranny exercised by France upon the other Continental States, has disarmed that resentment which the errors of some. and the pusillinamity of others, were calculated to provoke.—They have been more pitied than condemned by the News papers. If ever, then, the Press was entitled to praise for moderation and propriety, it is at the present moment.—Considering Hoo•ta era a de termined and inveterate enemy of the Liberty of the Press. we are inclined to think that he is disappointed and vexed at its coned contlud. He would be pleased to see it indulge in every kind of Licentiousness. as he might hope to find a pre tence for his interference. It is only in the case of souse outrageous abuse of it that he could exited any proposition upon the suhjed could be listened to for a moment by our Government. With this view of the Cast, we cannot avoid looking with doubt and suspicion upon some articles which ocamicinally appear in some of the Papers. reAeding personally upon BON AAAAAA . We lately noticed two of this description r a letter from Admiral Vtttoonotra. and as accosot of the tortures in- SAM epos Captain .V,sear, in the Temple. The writers of there articles are French Emigrants, who contrive to ohtain credit for the sincerity of their batted of Bonxe airs, by a lamentable detail of the looses which they have sustained by the revolution. They may be in their hearts good haters of Be a, but they do not shew it in the most judicious and efficient way. by these literary effusions. To be constantly upbraiding Bow A with the means by which he rose to his pre sent elevation. is. in the eye of the enlightened and philosophic, praise, and not reproach. The more humble his origin, and the narrower his means, the mere merit may he claim in raising himself to his present elevation. To represent his relatives, and nearest and dearest conneftions, as the most vicious of mankind, if the charge were founded in fad, might answer a legitimate purpose. If the characters were fairly drawn, the people of France must despise their Ruler, and he must lose all the strength to be derived from their affection and esteem ; but in these stories of Bow AP•RTN, the people of France recognize only monstrous carica tures. lastead of exc;ting hatred against Bow A ,they make the Writer an (died of disgust. Besides, al we demonstrated upon several occasions, these emigrant tales carry about them evidence of falsehood. These monstrous and extravagant stories, can impose upon stone but the most ig norant and stupid part of the society. Every dis cerning mind sees them as they really are, impudent and barefaced fabrications. Such writings may bring scandal upon the British Press. but they can sot take a single acre from the dominions of Bow a. 'AIM or alienate the affection of a single soldier. They may,on the coat ram furnish a pretence for com plaint against the liberty of the British Press, and aid that disposition which he has more than once evinced to interfere with it. Far be it from us to assert that they are actually written for this purpose.— Some loyal emigrants. stung by adversity, may feel consolation in every thing that may irritate and degrade a man whose success is the consum mation of their misfortunes; but, on the other hand, a secret Agent. in the confidence of 800 •PAltri, could not promote his designs against the Linny of the Press, more effectually, than by affording ground to complain of its extravagance and licentious ness. The confused accounts from the Neapolitan ter ritories do not enable us to ascertain the extent of the disasters suffered by the enemy in that quarter• It is evident, that the whole of the country is in a state of insuireaiud, ilnd that the 1 1 ra:eh ate ea• tremely perplexed b' the frequency and diversity of the attacks which are made upon them. The sanguinary MkSOLNA is now larancitsg against the Calabrians with the whole of the French force, and we anticipate from him much horrible and wide spread military eiecutioa. We have received New York papers to the '2oth of July 1 but they do not inriiisls a single artii;i:: of news. The trial of the persons implicated with Idia•No• comrneisced at New York, before the Circuit Court of the United Slow, on the 15th of July. Several of the principal Officers of the American Government had been subpasnad as wit nesses on behalf of the Defendants, Messrs. OOCLN and Sastre ; but had refused to attend the Court. The trial excited much interest, and was expeded to last several weeks. —...---. Mr. Lt Louse s, the messenger, set of last night from the Admirdlcy, r►ith (I:Snatches for Plymouth. They are supposed to relate to the return of Jammu Son•raaTis squadron from the West Indies. No Messenger had arrived, at a niglst, from France. The expedition still remains at Plymouth, detain- winds. The Funds rose yesterday. but we believe the improvement was the result of the orslinary opera tions of the market. eater---mwrt-wo Yesterday, a Court of Diredors was held at the East India House, when Captain ROGCRS was sworn into the command of the ship General Stuart, consigned to Madras and Bengal. The Court ad journed at six o'clock till Wednesday next. The Eaterpri:e, Nawett, from the River Plata, for London, put into Bermuda on the 28th June. leaky. The Venitse,ELDlUDet, from New York, for Mar tinique ; and the Harriett, —, from St. Martin%;, for Newhaven, are detained and sent into Bermuda. The Tourlerelle frigate arrived off Bermuda, on the 27th June. with five sail of transports, under convoy, from Bermuda. The Drit Irieireders, Vocietts, from London, for }lambed, •put into Harlingen, leaky, and is seized there. Mr. NALDIII, the City Marshal, is roe to Ire land. in pursuit of Daniel:, the lam deck, that lately fled from the Stock Exchange. A letter from Trinidad, dated Jane 15, says : a By an arrival from Barbadoes, I am informed, though not officially, that a treaty has been entered into by Admiral Cocoa aaa with General Mt Raw o•. And that one article of it specifies, that British ves sels and goods shall be admitted into all the ports of South America, they paying ten per cent. less duty than the vessels or goods of any other nation, which amounts almost to a total prohibition. On this account. they agree to supply him with every thing neaessary, to almost ensure the success of the expedition." The Marquis of HARTINGTOW, eldest son of his Grace the Duke of DavoissnißE, paid iiis first visit to the family estate, at Londesbro', in the vicinity of Market-Weighton, Yorkshire, on Thursday last, and, we understand, exp d himself highly gra tified by its situation; and his intention to make it a permanent residence, as soon as he comes of age. The Marquis is now in his 17th year. On Saturday forenoon he *et off again for York, and afterwards dined at Castle Howard. the seat of the Earl of C•ILLISLI. A circumstance has occurred within these few days, which has caused much conversation in the City. A geatleman in a public office wrote a letter to Lord --, in which he accused a Noble Earl conne&ed with the administration of spe culating is the Funds. As his signature and place of addles' were affixed to the letter, Lord —.- desired an interview with the gentleman, which was readily complied with. His Lordship re minded the writer of the seriousness of the charge, and said it could not possibly be true, that the Noble Earl would be guilty of the fag al leged against him, and requested to know if the gentleman would avow what he had stated in the presence of the Noble Earl. The writer replied he certainly would; upon which the door at an adjoin ing room was thrown open, and the Noble Earl entered. the gentleman persisted in his done. and mentioned the names of his Lordship's Brokers. The Noble Earl was very much incensed, and told the gentleman that he would write to the DireZtion in which he was employed, to have him dismissed, and that he would also give orders to the ArTo R at v-Geseaat to commence a prosecution against him. On Saturday se'nnighr, nineteen Irish emigrants arrived in Exeter from Plymouth, who were con veyed gratis in Mr. Bosom's waggon, and were totally destitute of food or the means to procure it ; they were brought a few days before to Plymouth from Brest, having been prisoners thew about a month, where they met with good treatment; they consisted of two men, seventeen women, and seven children, and were sailing in a vessel bound for Newfoundland, and captured by a French frigate. Mr. Pramual., the superintendant cf the Bristol warehouses, observing their deplorable condition, humanely interested himself for them, made a col. leSion. and received a sufficient donation from the Chamber of Exeter and several charitable persons, to afford them comfortable temporal y reiief ; and on Monday, they were forwarded, gratis, by Mr. Hawes waggon for Bristol, with a visor of sending them back to Ireland, their native counti y. We are sorry to state that Sir JACOB AlITLev. in company with his brother-in-law, Mr. PRATT, re. awing. on Saturday last from Norwich w Roy ston-hal, had the misfortune to be thrown from ors corricle, by which accident he broke our of Lis tt.ighs. Mr. Parr escaped unhurt. t. •" 5 • r ,til. k , 11AGIVDSOR THEATRICALS. On Tuesday evening, the favourite Play of Tee Stronger was repeated to one of the most wooded and brilliant audiences which has honoured t' e There with their presence since it opened. The cast was the same as before, except Mrs. Haller, in which Mrs. MUM?, took the place 4,f Mrs. PowErt, and played the part, throughout, with a degree of feeling and cortea attention to the chandler, which chewed her to he a perfett mistress of her proles. sion, and obtained her loud and repeated ap. plains. Mr. Bitowtia, in The Stranger, and Alr. Maros, in his faithful servant, Francis, seemed determined to lose no part of the fame they ac quired on the former night, and were both more animated than on the first representation—the former. in particular, was greeted by repeated plaudits. Mr. Blown', after the play, spoke if 116%a, es the Deatb of G•atticc, written by Mr. PN A TT, in which he pourtrayed the sorrows of Prospero, Re. Imo, Lear, Macietb, Jaques, and Hamlet, in a ve• T masterly style—it contained the greatest variety of any thing of the kind we ever heard on the stars. The farce was a German one, a Comic Opera (the whole being for the benefit of the Germs. Juvenile Company), which was most charminelir performed throughout ; and the fullness of ! i. e house evinced the liberality of toe audience here, anfi their attention to the uncommon merits of those juvenile performers. The elder Scalawag spoke an English Adams very correaly, and with Meat animation. Lord and Lady CATHCART are expelled to via:: the ROYAL Fassisv, this day, at Wirdst r, vious to their setting of for Scotland, for his Lir& ship to take upon him the Command-ii,-('....af of that country, to which he was appointed . tae time since. His Lordship will set off on Monday or Tuesday next. Yesterday, the Lotto Cn asentt.oa gave a din ner to a parry of sixteen, in his dcligiltful romantic cottage, at the bask of his house at Hampstead. Lord F. G. Ossotti is gone Irons LowestoE, for his seat, Gogmagog Hills, near Cambridge. Jolts Su xxivatr, Esq. M. P. arrived is town yes terday, from Eastbourne. The Earl of Luc AN arrived yesterday at his home, in Queen-street, Mayfair, from his scat near Staines. JOHN Deve, Esq. M.P. left town, yesr.rday., for his seat, Barton Cottage, wittr Christ Church, Hants. The Hon. Major_Taxaor is g Inc from Windsor Staffordshire. _ _ to legestree, neir Litchfield, HENRY llitooxe. Esq. of the county Donegal. will be married immediately to Miss Hesse, of Lis eanour Castle, county of Antrim, eldest daughter of Mrs. MACARTNIY /luau, sole heir of the late Eat MACASITNIT. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussae, a select party of Nobility, dined. yesterday, with Mr. WALSH Poa wt. at his house in Saint James ' s. street. The Countess De RaiLLY has arrived from NOT. folk, on a visit to her grandfather, the Prince Ds CONDE, at Wanstead House. Esseex ; on l'ues?..ir evening she was joined by the Count, her hash .od. the Duke of ORLEANS, and the Duke De Nlose rams' ea, from Loudon. Lady HEATHCOTE artrived, last Tuesday eve*. ing, at her house in Grosvenor-square, from Nor. manton Park ; and will leave town, in a few drys. for Weymouth. Lord HENRY PETTY returned to town, Tester day, from Bognor. and dined with the Loam CHANCELLOR, at his seat at Hampstead. Lady Pea tit will give a grand dinner. neve Friday, at her house in Grosvenor-square, previc4is to her depar:ure for Scotland, which is eapeded en Monday next. Count and Countess Dv Fr.oNT gave a grand din ner, yesterday. at their villa at Fulham, to the PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR, and a large patty ill Nobility. It is said the Dublin Manager has commenced as ail.lion against Mr. MOUNTAIN, for the loss sustained by the nen.issuiil of Mrs. MOUST•teII ' S nOitt. Lord Hutstomariatn arrived, yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor square, glom Heveniug-H..ii. near Yorford, Suffolk. General FLOYD and Lady Dcensv left own. Ar seven o'clock last night, in their elegant new 1.• - dau.barotsche and four, for their seat, at Farm, Kent. Lady PLAT'S entertained a sole 61 party to tea a•id cards, la.; evening, at her house, in Giovenor srplare. Amongst the company were, the Pie and Duchess of St. Ate &t.'s, Kann Dc RoLt.i. Mr. Joins, and Mr. Byt.o. Sir RIC 111 NO NEAVE, Bart. arriv-i, yesterdaT. at his house in Albernarle.street, lions Dagnani park. Mr. Dow rots is performing at the Margate The atre, with all the succes, dint his gon,el sense, and jtmg discrimination, must ever cemtn and. A letter Iron Brighton states Cie Mittpsis of Dowxsw,sttohave been thrown from his hne,e,cia Monday night, on the roil betwiseil Wuething and Brighton. He was taken un insenshle. How,:q. r. he is said only to have received a very ,light ennui non nn the head, and that a little time will restioe him to the anxious wislies General La SA etoucorr. his Lotly, 4.1 d Saite,r ll Lieutenant-Colonel BLAKE, his Lady, and embarked at Yarmouth, at eleven o'clock. 1 ,4 ; Tuesday morning, nn board the Pruett of Ira:a! packet, CaptaiA DLNN, and im.ue !lately for Gotteubdrgli • niday last was appointed for the leiting thc Tit-etre Royxl, now vetting at Maachestet 00..0 biddings were offered, namely, by Messrs. W A YOV):G. Lewis, god K1410141', j 'lol4' l Mr. rote°, of Drury Lane ; and Mr. M•CIICAOT. el" nager of the B; r minghism Theatre: —the bii.'t;gll were 1,8001. par aivium on the part of the 1,2 00 1. the second ; and 1,6001. the litter, , vith annual free beneEt tor any public charity. to """'" yto add, ;bag %VA S agrceJ to b.: 5:.t Mr. M•Cstcaov. pull Leo irate