The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-30 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
TUESDAY. MAY 30.

We rer,ived, yesterday. Hamhnrgh Papers to
the ,Joth instant, from which it appears that the
preparations made fur the defence of Vienna were
more fnrtuidable than they are represented in the
French accounts. When we reflect that the French
were detained three days before that capital. we are
inclined to believe the (Jensen its preference to the
French statement. .

The mare we rxumin,• and compare the different
parts 4f the Seventh Bulletin with each other, and
with the whole, the inure shall we find it abound-
ing with obscurities, inrotigruities, and contradic-
tion... It may be rep:ietl, that Box•PAlrelit is not
less master of the Austrian capital. But, it is de-
monstrable.that it was defended; tlsst the Archduke


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11raisastiten conducted liii retreat Cry* the bit-
nube with ability ; and that heieft only a nominal
garrison to capitulate with the conqueror. NAPO-
LEON Appears to have expected .aii easier aud a
speedier reduction of the phiee, at a time when.
every instant was to him iovaluable. There is in
fict more of complaint ageism the Emperor FRAN..
cts, than of exultation, in his Address to the
French soldiery of the tJth. If it were not the
conqueror of Europe, whose very name inspires awe,
from one extremity or the coutiiient to time other,
who here speaks in his own person to Ins troops,
and whose signature is affixed to prii.rer
what should we think of such u compositiou He
accuses „the Princes of Lorraine" with murdering
their own children, and he compares them to Me-
dea : a iiersouage probably not familiar to the
minds of the soldiery. In the conclusion, however,
ha abandons the mythology and the fables of
antiqiiity, in order to remind his pious followers of
" the proof of divine justice before them ;" name-
ly Ins capture of %lentils, which he desires them to
regard as a punishment from above, for the "
iu-
gratitnde and want of faith" is his enemies, the
Sovereigns of Austria and of Vienna. His tactics,
Ins genius, and his :inns, may subject mankind ;
but we conceive that lie still not, by such produc-
tions as these, induce them to conceive that the
Emperor Faosicts commits an act of murder on his
own subjects, by calling on them to defend them-
selves and him against the attacks of u Corsican
revolutionary chief, who has already deluged the
earth with blood, in order to satiate his own bound-
less ambition, while he places the obscure brood of
the Bonaparte, and of the Ragniullitis, uu the
thrones of Europe.

Greut and almost unopposahle as are his means,
military and political ; vast and incalculable us are
his resources; and prodigious as is the ascendant
that he :sossesses over the Austrian armies, as well
at over their Councils and Leaders ; yet do we not
consider hii triumph as by any means ascertained
or secure. Ile utay assume success its certe.ii and
infallible; nor will lie Cul to antici2:t._ it in all les
publications. They constitute moral cud intel-
lectual ertillery, with which lie assails tty!
corrupts the principles, end appals imaginations
of his adversaries. But, if the mass of the people
in Hungary, Bohemia, and the vast dependent
provinces of the Austrian Monarchy, prefei their
actual Princes and Government, to the oew order
of things offered by the invader ; if the fortresses of
those kingdoms are defended; arid if the armies
do not refuse, or decline, to tight; the hiil)..ll.!.ttion
of such extensive countries cannot be a work off'
short time. lie is master of Vienna. Let tis see
how be will now proe, ed in his victorious ease-r.

It might some entertainment to a philoso-
pher, if the felicity and tranquillity of the globe
were not a stake too precious to excite other than
serious emotions in every observer, to pursue the
changes of the revolutionary Protease who now
dispaises calamity over Europe. With unblush-
ing audacity, as well knowing that the bon ra-
tio tyrannoruna" can easily reconcile all coutradic-
tions,.aud explain all obscurities, he tells the peo-
ple of Vienna, to-day, that their Princes are the
murderers of their own children, in prompting them
to oppose his entrance into that city. But, to-mor-
row, when Jsuone's subjects, justly abhorring his
contemptible usurpation, appear disposed to take
up arms against hint, what is then the language of
BONAPARTE ? The Jacobin Incendiary instantly
throws over Isis shoulders the mantle of legitimate
government, and speeks to these rebels, as Louts
XIV. would have addressed a seditious mob, armed
against his sovereign authority. It is ludicrous to
hear these Italian adventurers exclaim, in alluding
to Cul. Sammy., that " the hero, who in fourteen
days arrived at Vienna,in the midst of four hundred
thousund Austrian., well knows how to defend his
states agaiust a robber; and to punish those who
granted hint any assistance." The last insinuation
is probably levelled against the King of Patissie ;
though the personal application of the remark to
His MAJESTY may slot be immediate; but it wilt
he equally certain. Having stated the fact.
NAPOLEON'S mord naturally follows. " Boit,"
adds lie s. the panishrnent will be tlreadfel.—
Far, the time is come, when the penple ought
to be taught, that the Brit, the noblest, the
most indispensable of law.s is submissive to"
their Government." Theo we here the Corsican
preaching instil-ration against their Sovereign, to
the Austrians, on the 13th of hlay, at Vienne, as a
sacred duty, and inculcating se/emission to the
Rulers," at Cassel and Dusseldorf. on the
17th of the same mouth, with the saine remoter.
lu a similar spirit of coaisimeney, this beneweiamt
conqueror, who only traverses kingdoms, in order
to diffuse blessings in his progress, 6. expenenced,"
he says, a sweet satiifactioas, when, on approach-
ing the immense suburbs of Vienne, he saw a nume-
rous population of 'women, children, amid old rnen,
run forward to 'meet the French awl receive
our soldiers as Frienek." In fact, " lac lakes the
inhabitants Of Vienna under his special protection."
Bat, when Gen. CerisTELAa, acting by a commis-
sion tinder the Emperor FRANCIS, raises the brave
'Tyrolese peasants against him, then the ruffian in-
stantly supersedes the philanthropist. Massacre
and desalt are his only instruments of persuasion.
Auother ribber, BEETNIER, proclaim., by Be a-

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eirtnets ruder. o■ the Veil, of M::y, Rs-
tisbon, that " CHASTE/4K. .sitil Cellfinal is
the Austrian service, ringleader of the inscrrtction
in 'Fro,. &c. du:." shall be litutighit before a mili-
tary entnnitariee. and rx(•cutrd within 14 lours
after he shall be take,,, and this as.,the bawler of
highway rubbers." Sitcli,.kre the atrocious contra-
dictinsis of this saliguinar, hold, and subtle tyrant,
whose awful shade obvenres • and rovers the planet
of the earth iit the present tntiment.
. A vessel is arrived at l'e,iriniee, that spoke a ship
on Vredittnalay from (7iidir, whit informed her that
Madrid war in the 'fosse...ton of the Spaniards.

The Raleigh sloop of *sr, arrived at Plymouth
from Madeira. parted from the Princess Augusta
packet, from Jamaica, ott Friday. The Raleigh
wiled from Madeira the 7th instant, with the Neu..
castle, SOUTLtt, And a few Anierican vessels under
convoy. A frigate, with 13 sail, arrived at Madeira
that day, supposed to lie the fickler and fleet, which
sailed from Portsmouth, for the West Indies, the
21:d of April.

We have received Portuguese Papers to the 18th
imago's, brought by the Myrtle sloop of war, which
arrived ou Siturday evening with dispatches for Go-
vernment. The Prem.'', it is said, are blockaded
at Ferrol and Comma by the Marquia of RomrsN A ;
and in the South, Vtrroa has retreated from Merida
to Trusillo. SoVLT is replesen'fd as surrattudal
by the British and Portuguese armies.

Captain Buncies Clesiat, one of Marquis Woo-
eest.se's Aides-du-Camp, left town yirsterdity
morning for Portsmouth, to prepare Tor his Excel-
lency'e departure for Spain.
It appears from the Portuguese papers, that die
report of the death of the French General Lonnie
in Pertugal, is not true. He advanced on the 9th
o • tant at Mezao-trio, but was obliged to retreat
ith his corps, *lest dey, to his former potitl.oll.
A requisition,signed bye cotiriderable number 01
Freeholders, was presented, on Saturday, to the
High Sheriff of Estee, for .-county meeting, to be
convened at Chelmsford.
A requisition has been signed liy a great number
of the Electors of the county of ihliddlesex, to the
High Sheriff, to call it meeting to consider of the
smeetaiity of it Reform in Parliament. The day
when the meeting is to take place, hes not yet been
bonou need:
The Falmouth paper, received yestetday, says,
Wider the date of the tartli instant—., A rumour
hoe reached us of the surrender Of the whale of
SOL:1 army to Sir AIITItua Vt. et.zierhev ; bat
we know not what credit is doe to it."
Accounts have been received from Martinique,
brought by the Pitt, which is arrived of Liverpool,
stating that two lute-of-leittle ships, and two fri-
gates, belonging to the L'o,ient &quadri/li, bad put
auto Guadeloupe, where they were blockaded hy
Admiral COCHRAN F. Another report states that
they have arrived safe in Quiberon Boy.
The Linskill transport (OH) came into Dover on
Saturday, fruni the Dawns, and took on hoard 27
horses belonging to General CRAV Fug!) and Staff,
with, which she railed that night to join the trans-
port. lying in the Downs. Gen. CKAVTURD left
Dover for Deal on Saturday.
Wednesday, the ',loop Artier arrived at Swansea,
from St. Michael's, laden with oranges, six weeks
passage. On the 13th inst. a great quantity of rig-
ging. and several ships' Masts, were climpvered float-
ing at sea, defers' leagnes from the I ;on the day
following seemed large pieces of mahogany were
discovered floating it: the same direction. The
"fear( touched at Gijon ; the Nelson transport, be-
longing to SOllllllll.OSi bad arrived there in a very
leaky state, liming encountered a tremendous gale
of wind off the coast of Spans; she had several
horses on boardi all of which were drowned, Lav-
ing had six feet water in the hold ; one man was
washed overboard daring the gale.
Monday seiniight, upwards of 700 French pri-
soners were sent from Plymouth for Dortnioor,
and on Wednesday and Thursday 2,000 more fol-
lowed to the same piece, accompanied by detach-
'unite from the First West York militia. 'Mime are
all the prisoners that will he removed until further
order.,—Asa st ti king cuntrast of the treatmeut ex-
perienced try the prisoners of war in this country
sand France, we need only to mention, that the
bagger, belonging to the prisoners of the Bietfai-
sant, exclusive of a hat they carried with them. filled
thirty-five carts—while our onion-yawn. prisoner*
se that esimitty, are not allowed to posers* any
other property than the clothes they wear.
We are not surprised at the
,snhiety and impa-
tience evinced by filmiseers, to promise the
Parliament. Almost every week produces to them
*nine new disgrace, er some humiliating defeat.
To-day, they are in a minority on the question of
Lord Buttottaasses Coinniisnon. To-morrow. so
Mr. PALMIER'S claims. It is thus that they coal-
mit end degrade the si:guity of Goverument,
eu-
trneted to their unskilful hands.
On Monday sc'unight, as the Holyhead and-
coach was comiug down the bank, on the other
side of Moutford Bridge, one of the fore-wheels
slipped off, by which ticeideot, the ceschnont,
guard, and two outside nasoengero, were pitehrd
luta, the hedge ; the horse* coutinued going for is
short way min the bridge, when the axle-tree broke.
and one gentlemen, who wee endesivainring to get
out, received a violent ecntuoites in 111.. kg amid fwd.
The first annual meeting *f the Vititra Ferrule
Sneirly, for the Belief of sick marl aged Menders.
established at Neweastlemoder-Lyme, took plaice
on Thnnvedil lust. Although it is not mere than
tuctve months since the tocurinmeement of this
iu-
stitu!.m, we understate] it consists of tipanrd. of
tire hundred mentliero, who all walked in regular
o of
mr.orn•htm. iannudtotitheeLcihdyurcolft,slitrsltutlsbyF7.:Tia,,mayl
Bert. of Briley Court, as Lade Petrone".., id..
tended by her sinamble daughters, Mrs. Bawler
amid the Mies FLE'reitaus. An appropriate sir-
' snort wee preached by 11w IteV. C1....X111:1'
after which they partook of at. c% &tent lallalletr
, provided at the Shakespeore hot. I.

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