The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-12-31 00:00:00

ioilbON, . . •
Tffintabia. DLCIMULR N.

A private letter from Dover, crated Thereby, four
o'clock, p.m. says--‘4 A Freneb Flag of Truce is
lust gone past into the Downs ; she is a schooner
iigged vessel, and probably the one that went there

since."

Itie suppose she has brought back M. Matsula
who cairied over the dispatches from the Austrian
Ambassador to Vienna. Nothing tr.mspiretl, last
night, upon the sublet!.

A feat of Atom 30 transports, under convoy of
the Mira and Arriatur frigates, arrived on Trtesday
at St. Helen's, with General Moose, and 90u0
troops on board, horn the hle'.l.:..irrnesul, last from
Gibraltar. The wind war so vary high, that no
communication could be had with them. General
Moons is arrived in the turpahis. The troops on
bored are about huh of his whole force. The con.
yoy had a ppsage of 13 ,'ays from Gibraltar.

Wegice ;n our last page the Report of a Com-
mi•tee t the 11 ,ti.e of Assembly of Jamaica, to
w•l•rur.tl-e Aft for abolishinr the Slave'trade was
repotted. Some parts of the Report are omitted, it
raring, a:c,rdiag to the accounts from Spanish
Tam-n. been judged expedient to suppress several
strong pesciges, descriptive of the present temper,
strength, and c•-,igns of the Negroes, that they
asip,,JA net infieroe them

We have received New York Papers to the 4th
iriatant, front which we have exuatted the Report
of thn Stoma's, of the Treasury of the United
Sterci,..afies the American. Budget, laid before Con-
rtes. It ii an article alwa7s interesting to persons
hat;;:egproperty in the American funds, and of
:,et..-al importance, in a pnlitieal point of vie, te,, at
e par ticelartime. It states, that in the event
of the .teeitentdifletrences between England and the
linked Stater, ending in a war, II is believed, that
the recciptiof the yekr 111os will nor be materially
al:ceded by it, as they mite front the
revenue accrued dining the present ys;ar ; and that
[he specie in the Treasury, at the end of this year,
together with the sir (Atli rf the year i •ak).S. will
amount to near 11 millions of dollies, a sum pro-
bably adequate to meet the extraordinary of the
war tot that year." The latter member of this
sentence we are not competttnt to call in quti-
tins ; as it is impossible to anticipate the extent of
the expenses which a war would induce; but we
do think, that there is a fallacy in the former ;
and that so far the reasoning i) more specious than
solid t for though the war might not hurt the re-
ceipts of the year 1938, because they would be de-
rived principally from the revenue accrued during
the present year, which is a year of pence, it dues
not follow, that the receipts of 1909 and 1910,
would act be climin:shed, should the year ISO*
be a year of war. Fioni the rr.nmeiit of the
recall of Admiral Butlescrtv, and the renunciation,
PubliMed in 7.be Loam i;aieus, of the right
to search neutral ships of war, amounting to
an inilired condemnation of the attack upon the
Ch,vapeeke, ae ban tmitermly treated our differ-
, fit" with .411kesiger not conapletele carded, et
all evenu nut Weedy to said its a rupture. The New
York papers, received yesterday, fully confirm the
correaness of the opinion which we had formed
upon the subject They assueirts, that Mr. Jar-
treason has lately observed, that ample reparation
would be marls by the British Government 'fcr the
affair of the Chesapeake ; that the other points of
difference would proceed in a train cf amicable
adjustment. and that war with Great Britain need
not be apprehended. This will furnish a fruitful
theme for the venal Prints to sing the praises of
Mlisisters. All the panders and panegyrists of the
Tresunry, who reprobated the holiest and inde-
pendent part of the public press, for denying
the alleged right to search neutral ships cf war,
will now extol the result of the renunciation
of That claim, as en films of superieSe address
and wisdom. Was it Tar Alarming Pea, or The
Coari,r, that so Aridly insisted upon the right to
search neutral ships ref war, and falsely charged the
late Ministers with havlog surrendered our mare
"

Hatti.-t., for Mearnsand Bengal; sni Huddart, for Bombay;
to ,e attar 11th Kt:plumy, and sad hunt tioave.eutt 11th
March.
The Court "adjourned at 6 o'clock till Wednesday
next.
The Fleet which sailed from Portsmouth on the
!nth instant for the West Indies, were lest ;11 wet)
on the 23J, in lat. 47 10. long. 9. SS. by the
tarina frigate, arrived at Torbay.
1 he Draper, Firs, front Newcastle for Dover, is
on shore off ,Harwich.
The Governor Miler, ALLAN, from St. Domingo,
is arrisfed :it Lundy Island, after beating off a priva-
teer.
Frcnch privateer, of 14 guns, and 45
men, is taken by the Resistance frigate, and carried
into Portsmouth.

The prize, N. 3, from Monte Video, is lost, sup-
posed on the Brazil Bank.
The fie, rte, PATTIE. and the Bedford —, front
Jamaica, the fionry, M'Douo•g, from New,York.
the Mentor, Barron, hens) &lessens, the Jefiesa„
Carmel a, front Malta, and the Juliana Wilhelm:no.
—, from Bordeaux, are put into Ramsgate with
the loss of anchors and cables.
- The Samuel, Oaa, from Londonderry for Quebec.
is lost.
The ship Iraq, of Liverpool, which arrived of
the 28th off Dover, from the Island of St Domingo,
has brought letters from Cape Francois, of so late
a date as the 27th last, and also the official report*
of the military operations between the two contend-
ing Chiefs, Curt ISTOI,HE and Payton, from the Sas
of September down to thogth of November. There
have been two engagements, the one on the 20th of
September, and the other ou the 25th of Odober,
in both of which. Partan's troops had experienced a
signal defeat at St. Marc. A party at Port de Pair
had been annihilated to a man by Ceti's*, ne
The Miry sailed. in company with the Lady Wcrren.
Kitsoseuttv, of London. Many outward-bound
ships were arrived at Cape Francois, among which
wereabe Aleelr•ltr and Rolle, of London.
A vistel atrived on Tuesd..y in the river, weiedi
left Cadix on the 11th instant. Previous to her de-
parture, the Catlin fleet had made an attempt to pte
to arc, but fs.im the darkness of the night, and souse
confusion dnMi g the ships, they returned to their
moorings. the fleet is completely ready for sea,
and irßluall for sir months. Na account of the
arrival at French troops at Madrid bad been re-
ceivid st Cadiz ; nor had any thing transpired there
relative to an engagement between the French
and Spanish troops, os the disgrace of the ides/ten
of PiACL, &c. The veuel we boarded by one of
our men of. wascoff .Cadie, and• infoedted that
preparations were making for bornbardint the
town. Every military pet son, including the. Mar-
-914 S A LON A, the Guvernor, had witted it for
the Grand Army.
Letters have been received from Lisboa, dated
the 29th, on which day the Portuguese freer sailed
for the Brazils. Some disturbances had previously
taken place. in consequence of the scarcity of pro-
visions. On the. 2Sth, the day after the emharka-
tion is stated, in Sir Slangy Sr an's first die-
patch, to have taken place, a Proclamation was
issued, inviting the inhabitants to volunteer, and
form three Regiments of National Guards • but
not a single Volunteer had offered on the ;Mb.
It was on the 27th that Lord STRA MC:VOA D returned
to Lisbon, when he found that the Portuguese
Court had aftually embarked during his absence ;
His Lordship't previous advice and representations
may. no doubt, have had a greet circa in fixing the
determination of the Peering limes ; Inn the
sentence of the dethronement of the Royal Family

of ISRAOAZA, pronounced by the inexorable
BoNA-
►AaTa,was, no doubt, the principal operative cause.
—On the very day on which the Court embanked.
an Aide-de•Camp of J 1,11107% readied the capital.
and brought intelligence of the arrival of 6000
French troop. at Santarem, a place situated at
the distance of about fifty-,ix miles from Lisboa.
—Tins infrrrn.tt;on being confirmed, the Palmist
rnt every thing teady for his departure by the
and when on the eve of railing, the Aide-
de Camp requested an audience of the PAINCIL
on board his ship. He was received by his Royal
Highness with politeness t but nothing further is
mentioned with respell to the objea of the confer-
ence. It was supposed to have been the objet
of the A,.! de-Camp to amuse his Royal High
ness with new offers, until his retreat should
cut off by the French troops getting possession
of the Nits tit. Julien and Cascaes, which, it
appears, they were strenuously endeavouring to
accomplish. By this time they had approcbel
within a few miles of the city; bur, to •-e to cleat,
a sudden alarm, and, witla a view.
their real designs, instead of r
the capital, they took a circ
from which place they inten,
towards Fort St. Julien and

in the mean while, having
lay with the ships, at single .
ing mni-ning (the 29(h). when
landed, and his Itrtyal Higbr
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time rights to Arnekka ? Wl.i of them said, that ] ir
to question this assumed right of search, originated \
in 44 a base spirit faElion ?" Al.t will the same
Print, with its u:aal consinency, extol the vigour of
the present Ministers, in renouncing that right, ire
truckling to America, and making, as Mr. s'resi..
dent JEEMScri says, ;snide repatatinn for the
affair of the Chtsapeala ? Ample reparation foi the
exercise of what the Treasury Journali 'bet* de- act
Glared a just, essential, and unalienable right? -
yea
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A letter from Vs intby. dated the L'Oth instant, opt
says, 44 Yesterday, about lc) o'clock, a private* MO. to I
lug sails, yellow rile., and eight posts or a side ' ver
captured, nethistplace, three or more vessels, and by
scot them off. The privateer went to the North- ger
ward :oiN-r more ships, and we. have no tardier ac- the
cunt: of her this morning." cot
Yesterd ty at Court of Direetora wan) held at the ace
East India Horne, whet the undermentioned Aim, she
were'thus timed. ViZ. W 2
Euphrates, Sir %Tim, Hensley, and 3nwereilts,„ for lbfar‘ rr
and ; Monarch and Northumbedand, fur Mach:tray,
hiad.as std &moil; and the Airs•Oer. fnr Modena sad in
hissaiam. to boa/ea fatio 'hammy, sod mail from liresieei4 172
27th Fetorsary.

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ty but, fearing to eteati e
I View, no doubt, to cover it
Dt proceeding dire&ly to 1 •
'cuitous route to Loires, , ■
.ended to have marched 1 to
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dropped down the river. , /
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hen the Frenchman era, so
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THEATRE.

COVINT GIASIOZIS.
Last night SHAHISPEARIt'S Comedy of Much ado
eider. Nothing was revived for the purpose of intro-
ducing Mrs. H. Joesstots, afser an absence of two
years,-to a London audience, in the part of Beatrice.
A report had been spread for several days that an
opposition was intended. for some private maws,
to this-Lady's performance, and the curtain rose to a
-very full house. Mrs. J o !site's's entre teas greeted,
by a mixture of applause and disapprobation. The
genuine feeling of the audience, who interfered in
the business, expressed itself in " gf! 05!" ac•
companies' with hisses. The beginning ot the first,
acme was lOtt in clamour, mad Mrs. Joissisrosi
skewed a disposition to address the audience, but
was prevented by an universal cry of " on. go
;" and the immediate entrance of Mr. Lewis.
in the part of Betintici, 'restored the house to
transient good humour. But the part of Beatrice
abounds with many allusions appareetly in unison
with the feelings of the unfriendly part of the
audience. Mis.Joanstom was assailed, and her
exits were generally marked with repeated hisses.
Mrs. JOHNSTON looked extremely well, but is rather
thinner than when we lest saw her. Her Ada
iliklenheirm, end several other parts, are of ate first
I order of excellence; but the charatler of Beatrice
is not in her line, nr suited to her powers.-4-The
Theatre, however, affilds a very wide range in
which this Lady may prove extremely useful, and
add to her present dramatic fame. Miss Bottom
is a most improving aftress; and Was a beautiful
and interesting HMO. Mr. Lswis played Benefirk
with his usual vivacity, and received great applause.
There was a considerable delay at the end of the
third ael, when the house becoming clam-iesioe, Mr.
MURRAY apologized for the absence of Mr. CIIA
MAN, who was to play the Friar. and recriested
time for Mr. Davrmisoar to assume the h, t.--
Mr. CHAPMAN, however, appeared in the last ad.
The new Pantominie followed, in which the hu-
!Tient' of GDIHALOg, BOLOONA, &c. kept the ju-
venile part of the audience in bursts of laughter.

Yesterday morning becoming very fine. His MA-
iLSTY, Princesses AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and Asa-
Lea. accompanied by. Lady ELY, Count blues eta,
Generals Ca ILTWRICIIT and Mooritoute•m.and Co-
lonels TAYI.Oa and Dtoseavr, at eleven. o'clock,
took a ride round the Great Palk, and returned et
balf-past twelve.
Hi. Royal Highness the Duke of CASSIA !DOE
was espeeed at Windsor, last night, and has given
nottce to the Manager of his ge4eines intention to
honour the 'sVitßitor Theatre, this night. with his
presence. His Royal Highness has ci•ennsanded
the Play of Tile Strabiter. Mrr. lordhn, Mrs.
MUDIs; Tat &mare. Mr. Baone:L. Aes over-
flowing house is expei2ed.
Coentess CsstYsv not wishing to appear in pub-
lic se soon after her marriage, has declined joining
the festive pity at Berkeley Castle.
• A contain COO:KM hiving, by few datlang
In London, midegi coin/Hiatt for het Lord to cut
down the timber on the family- create, the Met
"steward observed. that. the iquirtels ,Mould have no
.rore rail: upon the trees, his mistiest being:cadged
to make them wail on foot.
We have the greatest sotieCaaion in stating, from
authority, that out shaman blr countrywoman, Mrs.
KILO/ores, has at length been persuaded to lend
her powerful aid to both the Ancient and Yawl
Concerts.
The Marquis of Hone INOTON,Lady W.RUSSELL,
and her children, weer in the Dulut of Berirosh's
box, et Covent-garden Theatre, last night. Colonel
M•Manon, Munk Lewes, and several other .gentle-
wen of note, were present, and appeared to take a
lively interest in the delme of the fair iketriee.

The Marquis told Marchioness of LA NSDOWN
left Southampton Castle, yesterday Thinning, on th...ir
way to town, and will arrive at Laasdowo House,
this evening, for the season.
The Earl and Countess of DA aTwourn are Ct•
peed, on the 12th of January, at their house in
Berleley-sqnare, from Sandwell Park, StafFordshire.
' Sir Joins and Lady SNELL V left the Earl and
Countess of Dialer's scat, at the Oaks, ors Satur-
day, oh a tour in Suffolk.
The late Mr. WARS male a solemn vow of eter-
nal warfare against his daughter, should she many
an AEtor. The young lady, soon after, married
Mr. Karaite, the lather of Mrs. Smoot's, a gen-
tleman for some time upon the Stage. Mr WARD
sent for the bride, and said, 44 Well, my dear
child, you have not disoheyed sue, the d—v—l him-
self could not make an At ter of your husb-nd."---
Net from this stock have spiting the Kau at ts and
the Stupors's.
Viscount Sra•scroso hiving done his duty to
his Sovereign, has gone to Bath to pay his, filial
and fraternal dini-1 to his mother and sisters. The
Vassuoutess was daughter of Governor Poitties,
who lost his propersy yu' America, by his attachment
to England.
We copy the following reitigne on Mrs. EDWIN,
in the part °Mance, in the comedy of Much Ado
Meet Nothing; from the Dublin Freeman's Journal,
of the :21st instant:—" The languageof praise, how-
ever varied, becomes at last monotunnue. But how
to avoid this charge in speaking of Mrs. EDWIN, we
know not. Oh! that she was but a few inches
taller a there would not he such an aaress in the
three kingdoms. Call her as we please, affelted—
perhaps she is so—nay we think she is—a copyist of
Mrs. JORDAN, we are sure she is, in many points—
but it is as VikGIL copies HOSIER. as WIEST would
copy Awnzto—she is an imitator it is trite, but she
imitates like a mutters in her profession—she copies
a great earns, but she also studies nature, and
what is more perhaps in a Comedian, however liable
to censure it may be in other professions, she is a
complete mannerist. She looked, spoke, and aced
Beatrice in a manner seldom, if ever seen. on this
stage. It would be impossible almost to idle& a
scene more distinguished' than the rest. That.
how.. er, in which she incites Beneditt to the duel,
Teen. ed tl.e most uuqualified and distioa
plat/sr..'

1111.1TRIC4L ALIRIZLIGES.
•
,‘ The comic aElres•es." says a Morning. Paper,
"with lespeft t marrimocial sucze.i, ;lave surpas-,el
the daughters, of Melimmesee Mi., the origi-
nal Pally. was .married tq.the Duke of BOLTON ;
Miss Faititaa LO Earl Defter ; Misa' aIIIUN old to
Earl Cii•VgN ; and Rohm SaakaaJt., to. Mr. kIEATH•
COTa• The Tragic Ladies. however, consider
themselves Queen. in their own right, and the poor
Tragic Centlemea are by no means favourites to
the Ladies."
Tbis paragraph being as nijnit as untrue, we re-
gret in hear it has • fredzd Mr Kt st eke to indispo-
sition. Mr. Ks:slime inert ie.' before he was a b•ro
in his profes.ion, but he has had. and still has. his
admirers among the fair. Mr. ELLIGTON married
early, yet no n.on has !lave admirers. as the Coun-
tess Dowager of well knows. Mr. llanav
WAS marriedbefore he thought of the stage; Lis con-
steaion with Mrs. DA PCIIR. afterwards Mrs. Bits av,
was the lasi: of all his d: amatic excellence. and no
man ever had more female admirers. He never
played Row., :that he oid nut make a tempest in
the boxes. From the variety and swerrinets of
his tones, !ewe, were his
,forte. Ma Noss' r
a young lady of fortune, fora:wit. her tri^mhs
to become a stage-nruck 7rerct, for Ids sake.
and frequently performed the put to Mr.
B• aIT I Romeo. in a short time, falling a sacrifice
to a rapid decline, the bequeathed him her fortune.
In his last visit to Ireland, he was fillowell hya Missi
a young lady. of large fortune, who WWI,
with some difficUity, prevailed on to return to her
friends in England. It is also well knowo,•that the
late Countess of Bit t coos would have married
Mr. Mosso,. had he been so inclined; and that MIMI
P---n, a lady of ficaily and routine. a:rater
proposals had been rejeded. u.ed to walk opposite
his dont or hours, in the moat inclement weather,
,to catch a glimpse of ha Orestes. 041 Mr. \les
sor's death, she made a vow of celibacy, which abe
most scrupulously kept. •
As to tragic basins, !kits. SIDDONa married
early, long before she acquired celebrity her
prof, ssion ; nr, if we may judge from die. Ae.•ltv
who have sighed in vain in her train of atlas-110 ..
she might have rivalled Ask* Amebiont—..nt). fur-
getting her teceot lover at the Bark .11eta Mss.'
Haile v, when past her grand chatactert-, in the
part of Beleh,l, re. erptieated Mt. CIIBIIIOII%, a.
young Templar, who, o find ag she had lett Lon-
.don fur Wolin, snatched sp :it* fi...lle.atid.inspinui
by /ma and music, without . guinea in his pocket, set
off for Leland, and atter a chase siege. to which be
soenet•mes acted the cart of a (" :amen to carry.
her Dome. won her bead end her ;shat.

4MktilC.4h DU-LLING.

A duet was fought the i.t-ith Septemh.r. myth,
Weer si4e- of the ‘ii;u: opt, opposite Slew Orient as,
by Captain J. Nrwc •mbe, ot the -revenue enter,
raraltime, and idr. lame: Roue?. tredshiptn4t, to
the United States :Levy, in which the former received
a.dangemus wound.
We widerstand, says Tb, li(tersitorit Itreffizenor,
of the 9th Novemb-r, that a duel has been tough:
between Captain Gordon, of the- GhaveaL,
Mr. A. J. M.Conaieo, of tiorsotb, l' ;t, tt
recntleeted was the friend of Dr. St.tre in the late
affair of horrsur between the later gentleman and
Ciptain G—. Both the gentlemen, we learn,
were wounded, but whether dangerously or not,
we ate unable to say.
A duel was fought on the Ist OCtober, at New.
Oilcans, in which a Lieutenant T. was shot, and
expired immediately.
The account is contained in a Ltter, of which the-
folkowingis an exttad :
" A number of officers were amusing themselies
in their quitters last evenlog with cards, when
Lieutenant Rush, of the United States navy. came •
in and was asked to play ; he declined, with a qt).
tation.from Shakspeare. Some criticism was made
on it by Lieutenant Turne-, of the navy also ;
an argument of some warmth tsok place, and clts-
agreeable refledions were made ; bad langmq:A en-
sued ; 'and this morning Lieutenant Turner seat a
challenge to Lieutenant Rush. 'They met just be-
fore night, Opposite to this city. I). second to
T—; 11-1, surgeon ; f—n, second to R ; W. sur-
geon: On the word are ! T.'s pistol flashed, and
ft.'s snapped. Oa the woad, they both fixed al-
most ac the same instant, and It's ball passed quite
through T.'s body, and lodged in the left sleeve of
his shirt. He staggered a few paces—exclaimed,
I am a dead man!" fell into the arms of Lib friend,
and instantly expired.
G. What a dreadful affair is this! and how mucht
is to be lamented the trecoencv of such occur-
renees ! R. did not wish to tight hint, but unfortu-
nately all attempts at accommodation were vain. T.
poor fellow, would listen to no proposals. lie had
a strong presentiment of his fate, and exprewed it ;
but he behaved with the utmost firmness and reso-
lution. R. was much affected. and ernbraced him
in the agonies of death, exclaiming in a frantic
manner, "My dear friend ! why would you force
me to this d Let me declare in your dying ear that
I had no enmity to you ; that I did not wish to
meet you; and that I shall mourn your death as
that of a blither."

Cook, the soldier, and Cooke,, the bunt- rimer, a-e
to run in Hyde Park, nett Monday week, 120
yards, for .50 guineas a side. The odds Ate 3 and
6 to 4 in favour of Cook

A Deputation from the Am-nican Merchants
waited upon tha CHANCELLOR of the Excirscosa,
on Saturday. for the purpote of cbtaining informa-
tion as to some points conneSed with the late Orders
of Council, arid particularly to ascertain whether it
was intended to impose any tax on articles of Ame.
rican produce, on board such American ships as
should, pursuant to their Orders, touch at British
ports. The inquiry of the Deputation was prinzi-
pally direded to the article if Cotton, and the answer.
of Mr. PISCLt/at. was quite decisive, that Mini.
sters do intend to propose a duty upon that article.
On asking, whethei such American ships as should
not, in consequence of the French. Decree, feel at
safe to proceed to an enemy's port, after having
touched in this country, would be allowed a licence
to sail in any other direason ? The answer was,
that no Lucke,* would be granted to :say othcs tlsan,
the port of such sh:p's otiginaLlestina.ron.