The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-07-08 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY. JULY 8.

The Twentieth French Bulletin admitted, that,
;slier the battle of Raab, the French army, under
Prince EINEN E. instead of pursuing the Austrians,
stopped to invest that fortress. We now find, from
an Austrian Bulletin, giving an account of the bat.
tle, that the French actually retreated behind the
Raab ; that Dalmatia is again in possession of tlo:
Austrians, together with Fiume, awl, it is sup-
posed, Trieste, and all the islands on the Dalma—
tian coast; mud that the Austrian tannin. are again
on the Banks of the AdUge, and have eitendett
themselves as far as liassuato and Verona..
Austrian Bulletin, at the same tulle, cutulall?,
alas, that the victory was with the French ; the
Hungarian lyrics not tieing a match for vsternis
troops, although they behaved with great gallantry
and o;;irit.
Mails from Malta and Gibraltar arrived yester-
day. Thoy Laing no news of importance.
k Gottenburgli Mail attired yesterday. It re-
peats, but discredits„ a report of ;t revolution at St.
PetersburAli. Thu deposition of ALEXANDF.R, the.
assumption of the Govertitnent by the Dowager
EMpliEsilb his mother, and the massacre of Count
KoMANzuW, and all the French party, are the prin-
cipal features of the drama.
It is not true, as stated to of the papers,
that Government have received accounts from Spain,
that the French have evacuated all Callicia, and
that Sonia and Nita', having funned a junction.
had retreated into Asturias and Leon► We must,
however, presume, that such is the fact ; as NEN,
after being:obliged to evacuate Ferrol and Continuo,
would have no inducement to rensaiii
aid there was nothing to prevent his junction with
the remnant of Marshal LT.& force.

The late expedition, or campaign, of Sir All.•
TIM K Wk; Y, against SGULT, though it has,.
in some measure, disappointed the inisiguine ex-
pectations of those who anticipated the defeat and
capture of the whole French force, yet ha* esta
blished, on the firmest foundations, the supetiority
of the British troops, when opposed to the boasted
revolutionary armies which lime subjected Europe.
This is, in feet, the fined esperienent made of the
respective firmness, discipline, and tactics, of the
• soldiery of Fromm and of Grent Britain, within the
last tau mouths, on the Cootinenc, or Peninsula.
beyond the Pyrenees. At Rolheia, cud at Viineira,
' they were defeated in the field, though command-
-1 ed by a General of high reputation; and, if the
Convention of Claire, %Lich followed, excited,
with reason, universal dissatieefactionr yet the tati-
rels acquired by Sir in his preceding con-
• filet with Jtixerr, remained altogether unwithered
by the negocutiou that liberated the French from
Portugal. It is difficult, too highly to admire, or
to commend, the Roman constancy and intrepidi-
ty, which. at COTLIIIIItn *so January hat, after a re-
treat of above four hundred miles, amidst snows
and precipices, pursued by an enemy fn• superior
its forint, and• extenuated as the British troops were
with fatigue--yet turned upon. the pursuers, re-
pulsed, and drove them back into their hues. The
re-embarkation itself constitutes the most solid and
incontrovertible proof of our advinitage on that oc-
casion. In the uourse of the recent and short ex-
pedition upon the Vouga and the Douro, the de.
stout:bon of the enemy was eifected, in a very consi-
derable degree, however unaccompanied by any
bnlliaut victory—a circumstance rendered•

Bible by the rapid tii4h; of SOULT, who left behind
him his artillery, ammunition. magazines, a great
portion of his army, and, in some measure, his re-
putation as a military commander l
We have had.opportunities of seeing, anti com-
paring, various letters,. dated from Braga, from
Oporto, and from Rule:tins, in the Province of
Toot-os-Monte,, at which last-mentioned place our
pursuit ended, all cuticarrin4 iu the 1)6.'4..4,41
facts, and in the same conchisions. The pites.ige
Of the Douro, and the 'capture of Oporto, •vvere
conducted with egnal ability and celerity. It is
evident, that Sou LT As altogether unprepared fer.
and unesspaisious of, ;my such attempt, iu whirl
the boldness, or temerity, of the enterprise.
emi-
nently conilitcsil to its. success. From the instant
that he eimetiateil Oporto, he only appears to have.
meditated to esimpe and it must tit,
h admitted, that if lie dispiryed few characteristic.
a great General helot* he began his retreat, he rn.,
infested very considerable resources iu the proaccu -
boo of his purpose. Nothing could be more le-
rilmis. nor more difficult, than to conduct a G:1,1"
rd.ed, beaten. and *wiring army, amidst incessant
rains, through a hostile country, destitute of roads,
covered with precipices, and where scarcely any
soistenance was to be procured. It is well known,
that the inhabitants of that wild and mountainous
region subsist, *knout wholly, on chesnuts, maim,
and goats' flesh—the latter of which articles is even
considered as a luxury. The distress and the ca-
lamities endured by the unfortunate troops under
Soul.Tt from the lwessureof famisve, aggravated by
bodily fatigue, were such, w almost to annihilate
and eztinguiali them. It M a fact, of ineasteatibk

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notoriety, that many of the French, taken prism-
era, had lost their senses from the effect of their
sufferings. Even under these circumstances, his
escape depended entirely ou a fortunate chatter.
—For, if the Portuguese would hpve broki-e down
a small wooden bridge, between Saleroom& and
Mont Alegre ; as they were entreated earnestly to
do, but neglected it; not a man of SOULT'r whale
army could have escaped, the wh, le corps must !
have surrendered prisoners of war. Even in their
actual situation, deittitute of every thing, and
broker by misfortunes, they can scarcely be regard-
esi as formidable, or ea even capable of active service
fur a considerable time. Such has been the un-
qiiestionable result of this short camptign ; which,
if not brilliaut, has, nevertheleam, been efficient ; and
which, we trust, may open a wa; to more iinp!•!•t-
ant, as well as inure useful operations, iu other
parts of the peninsula.
But, what is become of Sir ARTHUR, and of his
army, ever since the 31st of May? Where are
they ? And how are we to account for the inaction
that has succeeded to their preceding exertions r
We do nut pretend fully to answer these inquiries,
on all which the Ministerial Papers preserve a pru-
dent silence. We know, however, from good VA-
Aliority, that the fatigues and privations endured by
our army, of every kind, between Amaranthe and
Rulvains, or Mont Alegre, were such as imperi-
ously to demand some repose. Almost all our sol-
diery were destitute of shoes, on their return to the
.bank' of the Douro, and they wanted many other
articles. Whether Sir ARTHUR will now attempt,
having cleared Portugal of the enemy, to enter
Spain, and to march through Estremadura and
New Castile, towards Madrid, may probably de-
pend, nut so much on tin- force of the enemy under
VICTOR or SEBASTIAN',; nor on the advantages
already obtained in Gallicia; as on the arrange-
ments nnaelr between our own Government and that
of Spain. We fear that no such solid, well-matured,
amid practieable plans of mutual exertion against
the common enemy, have yet been concluded be-
tween Mr. CANNING and CRvattos or APODACA;
beta een the Courts of St. Jiinits's and of Seville ;
as promise a speedy, efficacious, and successful
campaign; yet, never was any moment more propi-
tious than thepreseot, for driving Jostles again nut
of Madrid, if indeed he still remains there. The in-
telligence of NAPOtRON'S defeat, no the 22d May,
the embarrassed situation of ..is affairs is Aust.ii,
and throughout Germany; every thing dictates
and impels to immediate, its well., to the greasest
nitional exertions on the part of Spain. If they
cannot now emancipate their country, and expel
the invaders, it would he better to relinquish the
attempt. We may say to them, with Alttaosl.
"' Airske, wise, ails for ever Wes!"
Our nest advices from Lisbon god from Seville, ef.
ter the news of Bait APIRTS'S disasters has spread
through Solna sal Portugal, will probably enable
Os to judge of the intentions mid projects of the
Supreme Junta, for once more penetr.itinq into
New Castile, and re-occopying the Spanish capital,
if not for driving the enemy over the Pyrenees into
France.

The Austrians who have entered Saxony and
Franconia, ere, it is haul, marching towards the.
Rhine--they mean to pass through Hesse, where
the people are ready to receive them with open
arms, and where they expect to obtain a very large
augmentation of their force.
A letter from the Master of a transport in the
Tagus, to his owners, dated 11th J6ue, rays✓
•• Niue coppered ships are ordered to he in ready.
moo on the shortest minus, to receive nit board
the enth regitnent of horse, destined for Sicily.
Part of the regiment came in here yesterday ; the
rest pre expected in a day or two."

A letter from Hull, dated on Wednesday, say.—
" A veseel arrived here. this morning, from Heligo-
land, brings information that another battle
hail taken place between the grand armies on the
Danube, that BON A PAR TE COOPTlAtildied in person.
and was wounded, amid mat the French army
completely defeated, with the 104. of airiirimense
slumber of men iu killed, wounded, and prisoners."
The Captain of the vessel arrived at Hull acids,
that this account was implicitly credited at Heligo-
lend on the '24 inst. when he came away. The
yesscl has Lirmight several letters to the name effect,
from pens os In Hcligoland,To their rorrespondeuts
iu Logsdon. They also state, that Cuxhaven has
been occupied by 126 British troops,.
Admiral Lord GARDNER has struck kis flag en
board the Britootart, at Yarmouth, preparatory to
his taking a command in the secret expedition.
It is now understood thnt the first division of the
expedition will sail by the 10th or 11th inst. Not
less than 500 Rail, including transports, are to be
employed iu this inipartaiit rutsrprite.
The Dutch Gnyeennient. apprehending that the
Expedition is intended for the invasion of Holland,
has thought lit to make greet preparations for the
public defence. A large battery is constructing
near the light-liouve, shout seven miles from Am-
sterdam. The City ie surrounded, on the laud side,
by a great nuinber of smaller batteries, so that ac-
cesa. in that di 'Ocelots, seems to be lamest i mpossible.
There is an encampment near Utrecht, of about
4.000 men, and all those who could be spared from
Stralsund, since the conflict with &Hitt, have ris.
ceived orders to return. King Louts was in Gent-
rlerlanii. and it was supposed that he would soon
take his departure to join the other fugitive Kings
assembled at Freakiest on the Maine.
Gen. ST. Niemen died lately at Vienna, of the
'wounds he received in the battle of May 24.
The Bank has agreed to make the remaining
Payments upon the Oarniems for the hollers, ex-
cepting the last peyment, upon the condition the
panownsbell be redeemed on the 19th or JathivY•
410.

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Os introlliirs th. Clidtenkmi Road t. absents..
Yr men of Cheltenham town so neat,
Tour roads so bad, au clean your street ;
Is it that stones and money too,
In butienigs sod is powisem g•
Careless, ulna once *Mita year tuna
The chaise has set burden down,.
Mat pains or perils they go through,
Who dare again the toil renew;
Or is it meant, by say of fear,
They needs must step tint ainuera ben!
TII li/OTRES.
MaYlltaltllETs
The Farce of Three Welke aper Marriage.
and The Critic, were pi ...formed at this Theatre
last night. Mr. Jux hi W.U. the hero 111 both, half.
ing played Si, Charles Racket in the homer, nod
Puffin the latter. lie nas in tine spirits, and tile
feeling* of the house, perfectly in holm's, acknovst.
hedged the fr,reeful effect of his sinners, in tritiodeni
of applause. The Scene, where be is prepidlng for
heal. displayed, between him and Lady hacker. who
Cu. admirably reprelienteil by Mrs. GtovLas as
hoe a piece of nevi% as tile stage CULI bonal.
—its spirit was not a little enlivened by an Mei.
dent, us new as it was happy. llis slipper was too
large, and, ill the violence of his gesture, it dew
from his foot into one of the boxes, from which it
was shortly rdurned, when Mr. liattiLws, eh,
performed Drigget, took it up.. observing--
5' this was in the wrong box." The impromptu
was followed by peals of applause.—Mr. Jos Ls's
performance of was his fourth appearance
in that character. his excellence in the part
is marked particularly by originality. Ili. man-
ner is all of a find impression, formed upon his
ems conceptions, and those etinerptwns are natural
land true. This qoality prevailed through the
whole of his performaiwr, out in no part was it more
observable, or more • fficieut, than in his addresses
to the players. It is a trite maxim, that the
Actor oaght only to say what is ad down for
him,- hut in the i haracter of Pig. the Author
has left some chasms, which the' Artnr must
1111 up.—lu those, Mr. JON'S Was singularly
happy.—At the end of the first Acts where he eons
inerates the business which lie hew to do for iiie
Newspapers, he cave the ful lowing list •
.‘ 1 hereto rarecoaanind a sew speculation:to bririg &km
the price of b: sad cloth."
" I have to wt.": an admonitory letter tif Capt. Ranter,
adviaing hint out sleep too kn.:. nit his pedestrian career."
" I twee sis write au enloguiro upon the wonderful
achievements of the four-in-hand dab."
" A040)011 1 have to pup .9: a totem in incite of the
•igniuss exettions if the heave Austrians, who, having
Iliad the toren of freedcmi, have made rt blue neer the
whole Continent, hurling tyrants tress their thrones, sad
re•enstitiebuie the indtp los of &mope."
Lech of there passages was receives, witli isle
tare. The *Euratom pro.loceil by the lest passage
was enthusil.stic. 1 rte house was crowded in
every part. No adilnetiCe ever testified WO re delight.
LYCEUM.
Mr. ARNOLD'S Opera of Up all Night ..or. The
Smugglers Care, was attended, lest Light, by a
most brilliant mudieuce, and received the most rep-
turous applause. The spirit and variety which
accompany every acene, with the excellent sing-
ing and acting of Mr. PUI PPS. who was, as Uhtla
encored in his songs; the rich Immune of .Ir.
TON ; the,sweet music of Mr. M. I'. Kinn; and the
esertions of all the performers, must insure One
Opera • long continuance of public favour. The
iiiirletto of PO4l Vulcan. which hollowed. ii much
improved.—Miss E. BeLrox, has acqviged po,-
Fie.siud of herself, and displayed her sweet voice
with increased effect. The Duet of OA ! this tow
bora to pleats we, was suing with si_reirt taste suit
expression, by Mr. PIRILIPPS and Miss BOLTON,
did loudly applausleil.

On Wednesday, Her MaJistit awl the Pais-
mars, accompanied by the Marchioness of BATH,
went from Windsor, in two eose:ies and fottr, to
Fair Mile, near Cobham, Surrey, and honoured
Lord SOMERVILLE with a vt.it. They were re-
ceived by the Noble Loid and his two sisters, the
Misses S•istenvii.t.e, who conducted them over his
Lordship's mansion and delightful premises. At.
terwardi Her Msrusev and the Pataicrsses par-
took of an early sumptitous dinner, which was
served up in the moat superb style. The Earl and
Countess of Haucorzas, and a number of other
distinguished personages, were present, to meet
Her MAJESTY. LYDON tier MAJISTY'S return to
Windsor, Lord Sommtvius conducted her through
Lord CAEN AUPTONS beautiful perk, at Pain's-hill.
n's. hi
Lord CNARLES MANNERS left town, yesterday,
for Newmarket.
Mr. Mscoonster gave a grand sapper, on
Thursday, at his %eat at Morden. in Surrey—the
preparations were in the brat ate Ic of elegance.—
Prince Seimmasissuo, Admiral APODACA, and •
numerous assemblage of English sno Foreign No-
bility, were present.
Sortie of the Papers stets, that there was nitwits
between Mrs. Joan•N and another performer at the
Theatre.—There was no froeen but the
fact is, Mr. Dwraß behaved improperly on the
stage, and the Manager, vevy properly, withdrew
him dui ing the remainder •f MM. JORDAN'S imam.-
mance in Dublin:'
The Earl of Sgaisstost has tekeu possession of
his elegant new hem, in Huinilton-place,
dilly.
tire Duke ii6Bettroan came to town, yester-
day, (ruin Woburn Abbey; her Grace is expected
tins day.
Load Malmo was rather better yesterday. His
Loolsiiin will leave Chita,, next leek, for Chisholm.
Lords CUANISS and ROBERT MANES'S will
join the grand expedition ; they intend to sot off
with the Earl of CHATEAU.
The Earl auJ Couutais of Casa:war bare re-
tarneito their seat at Richmond, for the SOSNON.
Colonel and Lady SARAN 11'1'S SE humid to
leave town this day for helium!.
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