The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-02 00:00:00

CIRCULATION OF

We lately

Cosier, for ,
Contiment.—That
certiti,ity with
tirecis of thoitwtotio
popolor oew:pop.rs,

awl that au
should be seized.

ear muisers, stationed
coast of France. A more laudable and patriotic
proposition could not poss:bly be conceived ; for the
loyal and good people of France. who Pr,hablY
lenow nothing of The Cuurier, since its conversion
and reemitatiOn, would not be likely to pin their
faith upon its sleeve, and therefore it could not ex-
.ifivet to let the ineaseager employed on these Wl-
' loon inisaious. The recommendation then we must
soda it is most disiittereated on the part of the
irlftMenry print, The C:ourier ; and it is, ark a finan-
cial measure, most desirable to Government, as
au increased circulation of Newspapers, to the
extent of " hundreds of thousands" a day, must.
at the rate of three-peace halfpenny each, the pre-
:
• nit stamp duty, produce very handsomely to the
Revenue. Many other advantages would atteud
this new mode uf CiTell lating newspapers by bulloom.
Newsmen and boru-boyr, then superse,lisd b as
and charcoal, might be e,nployed as truurxters ►nd

purveyors in the army, and the vi *olds uud clouds
would do that service gratuitously, which is now per-

- farmed at a ver great expense, by donkeys, poaies.
and nsail-coaebrs, and alas by au extran,4tutit use of
the names of .%lembers of Parliament in franking
coven for iiewNpaperN. \Viten any qrcut and tofu-
._ •

a►ledircoeery is mule in and• art, trade, mystery.
ur science, it olierates as an incentive to emulation;
and accordingly Ise liud, thiskaeveral new plans have
been proposed in of that recommended Ily.TAe

(-Wrier, for the circuLat•on of newspaper s in bal-
loons all over the Cootineut. Oar lottery•-ofce
;teepees hare derived great benefit from inscribing

their lottery plans and prices upon the bodies of
saw. Emil, and hackney coaches, waggons, dung-
tarts and ebonies. If, therefore, the plans of our
nampaiguis and victories were painted on the
bulls of our ships of the line, our frigates and
bomb-boots, they cteald not in their passage
along the coasts of thas.Coutioast fail to anted the
notice of the people ea shoes, who -119Uld commu-
nicate the Dews to their imighbours, and thus the in-
telligence would spread from village to village, sod
city to city, until it spread ail over the Continent.
An old assts or a boy may les aeon daily, in every
pet et the &mid, with a-psie in bis hand, and a
baud serest at the top, aaotiosteisi, " Best Japan
plashing,"" Botoolkow." " A Braga! Tiger."
'lt has Moo annarOngly saminsted, that these old
was and hop, with their poles sad boards, might
be matiesaid with good diet upon the decks of our
•iiemels.sailing up mad &anis Channel, within visas of
the Fiesich mast. Japes bleekiag, with a link ex-
panse, might be converted MU " Joseph Bonaparte
black-balled in Spain," and " Napoleon at Bamboo-
illet," tniAt, with a dealt of the painter's brush, be
sulbstitated for" The Bengal tiger," or, " Pideock's
Menagerie." Another expedient might he resorted
to. Our reaches; whin are accustomed to walk the
streets of London, arq aware that it is almost im-
possible for any Gentleman or Lady, particularly
if they look a little delicate in health, to pass
through Temple Bar, to cross St. Paoli Church-
yard, or approach any other great thorooglifare or
place of resort, without having a paper insinuated
into her or his hand, infidel The Real Beldam,
of Life,,' " The Pillula Salutaria : or, The Grand
Restorative for Debilitated Coustitutions." " Doc-
tor Leake's Pills," &c. Now, it is well known
that a set of sly fellows of this kind carry ou •
snug trade, called smuggling, with Flushing, Rot-
tenlam, and other parts of the enemy's coast ; and
that if it was made worth their while, they would as
soon smuggle " The Hackney Resolution for Par-
liamentary Reform," as " the Grand Restorative ;"
er, substitute " the Pension List" fur " the Bal-
sam of Life," and " the Treasury Journals" for
" Dr. Leake's Patent Pills." Them plans, to
which we could add many more, have this ad-
vantage: As vehicles of information, they have
succeeded so far as they have her:, tried; whereas
the made of circulating hundreds of thousands
of a newspaper, all over the continent, in a bill-
lora. as recommended by The Greene, is new,
untried, and, if successful, would deprive hun-
dreds of thousands of iuluatrious 'lieu of bread.—
it has also occurred to us, that the old maids
st the several watering prices might be also use-
for; employed in the propagation of news; but
shall gladly postpone ear further observations on
this subject, in order to give room to the following
story, which we espy Irwin the most respectable of
the Ministerial Prints of yesterday
As some mistakes ant isierepresei
be..ocitettlated repectiog sue tug Mier us which the
Atiniuis De La Romans was apprised of the situas
non of his eountcy , while be was 1111tkr the Danish
(.at eminent, it iv prover to stole the matter as it
risally happened, purtivisturly as some inalesolent
eppeneists of Ministers hove aoctit.ed theta of 'aril.-
ness in a measure en very interesting and important.
Nlargois as. keot Orponfolind ignorance o 1 the
g 10130411. events a :lig Is lied tail ell ilk 41lia 00ati-
V.:4 mid various M./minus Lod bees made on the

I In►e

part ufthe British Government to porntnunicate the
fings to him, and to devisemeans for the escape of
anself and the troops natilnes command, without
At lendi on es torprising Gentleman was
_ not a military- °Seer, as reported, but
Ecclesiastic, (an Irish Priest we suppose), on
honour, knowledge,, till & icaiditerie, the
irmest confidence could ~epkogolt 5,1 • Us Gen-
&man, vliagnised ria-nitrader efts, stry humble
le
description, irlI(E, Ily 'OW way of Heligoland, tit
the place itiliateetl 41416% 'aii,-1 his troops were
confined, tiaritig uF,91,41 such difliculthis in
his •Prograss as liislitml .li/untwist .caotiou, inv..
tfit4r; uhd inetitide.. • Arinagtit ise•overrame all
Aii4eles, andliiiiipik aseirighted-thvi persoir of the
Marquis, lw was obliged to Watch incessantly for an
uppostasnity of addressing him, without exciting the
amipazion of the numerous spies by whom he was
surrounded. The venerable agent at last was oblig-
ed, as if by accident, to jostle the Marquis in the
street, in order to attract his attention, and having
dose so, he apologised, as if ignorant of the pennon
whom he addressed. and concluded with offering to
sell him some excel:eat cotlee. The Marquis treated
this offer .with contempt, and signified that he sup-
posed he was speaking to a smuggler. The Priest,
however, persevered in recommending his ,coffee ;
and, it: the course of the conversation, found means
to intimate tli..t he was not a smuggler, but a gen-
tlernati. de We'll aeon see that" said the Martini:,
and then asked him if he could speak Latin ? The
. Priest an.wercd in the affirmative, and a conversa-
tion ensued, apparently shout coffee, as the ges-
ture:: of both were intended to deceive all who.
might observe them. The Marquis was 'then
duly informed of every thing that had occurred
in Spain. of the assistance which the British Go-

vermilion -bad rendered, and of its readin,sa to
idopt tor measure that was practicable to effect
the rescue cithim.elf and his troops, that they might
join their heroic countryureo in resisting the vile at-
tempts of France to eualsurgstluimt The rest af the
measures accessary for the attaimucutuf the object
in view, and its happy.accomplishurant, are well
known bat ne,4lceito that the particulars which
wohrivo-gow.upentioned4ill be
deemed
dermed highly inte-
rMt to ave}ihfrieistfsio the iridepeudence of na-
tions, and e.ery admirer of .11filigisalwro efforts of
Spain to secure that inestimldilitrldasiugthi., • .
THE BRITISH PRESS.
LONDON,

FRIDAY, SEPTIMIER
NEWS FROM PORTUGAL.

A telegraphic diepatcli, we understind, hist night,
announced the snivel of ikneasel.el.PJyntouth, with
the long-expected dispatches from Portugal.
At seven, last evening. Lieutenant-Colonel
BROVIN, Aid-du-camp to his Royal Highness the
Duke of I" oaa , accompanied by Major-General.
CssiveLt:t., arrived at the Horse-Guards, with
dispatches from Lisbon. The dispatches, we um
derstand, state, that Sir HARRY BURILAILD, acr~ all
our other expeditions, had reached Portugal.,
in safety. General Loma had taken a po-
sition in front of Lisillin„ 'and it will commonly
belie;cd he would
,defend,: iA; 'Aptl Oa' Junior
meted hold -nut as Wag oopolliblic ~iutJit ,was
new erthe4e ooppaboil.that kayo amid not he
any long' re4itetit"ts,.
There wassiiimniletpt,,kleal,when tt!e dispatches
came away, *et 4.l4titjneant to gnu the Tagus
Xe Aldeaq al lags, bora this Rosie* Beet, and march
In &dojos, thrisiggh Elvits; 44m0/whence he might
;hope teiosn the French army, under /It:listens', at
Burgos.
It is supposed that Major-General Crueextt
has returned for the puniose of assisting Govern-
ment with his advice and opinion respecting the ge-
neral appearance of affairs in Portugal.

An alarming insurrection broke nut, in February
last, in the dominions of the Nuau, about one
hundred awl forty miles from Hyderabad, his capi-
tal. The insurgents, headed by • Brasilia, have
repulsed the Di IZANCS troops, commanded by Capt.
Coanoa, &salvia to pieces near yOu Oben. Colonel
Moscittscia, who commands the East India Coin-
pauy's subsidiary force, stationed at Hyderabad,
was about to march against the rebels. The NI-
SAN himself was suspected of wishing success to
the Iterolters. Like the Nabobs of OL or., 111113 of
the CAII.3IATIC, he has been crushed by the Marquis
lA'stttstcar. Over all India, the natives, irritated
atthe despotic and seven: proceedings of the late
Bengal Goirminnent, look to the threatened arrival
of the Elute* Itursona's troops for emancipa-
tion. if 10,"0 French forces were lauded on any
poet of the peninsula of llindostau, our Empire in
•Ailio*Jadd be ihalest to Asitlitdraioo.

• The patilitioadts=estlair a considerable
time past been grodieralipsiellissep tissitirier to de-
dine. It alspiiiirltsiiirt'otOlinidox, that this
financial lutraiiiooo4.lokh Ise are in some wen-
sore occustataati to !rigiusste file prosperity and
credit of the eoantri.aluisilsi hope almost ouiformly
and regularly bask, ever sincetherammeircemeot

of the Speniiiii insurrection; an *rent which, it
unilit litive been .nlyik.ed, 00n14,1 r.ither hare tie-
rated than depreswil 'nate who tsplain

this enigma, by ,a farouresteisdarpretation, assert
that it arises from the sew sources and chaunela
opined to wercantik adventure and speculation,
in consequence of the reuestal of our commercial
intercourse with Spain, a., well as with her colonies.
The stocks,. say they, only rose in eonsequence of
the stagnation or susaw.sio of trade, produced by
BONAPARTE'S eltCretr ; tha height to which
they attained was a symoosti, not of natioual
wealth, but of genital distress. Men, unable to
engage io puy adventure IQ promised 'advantage,
purchased into the rands from necessity, in older
to procure semi interest fur their capital. That
money • being now liberated, the stocks of course
return to their just les el.
Thiireastming may be just; but there are many
persons who apprehend that the fall to which we
allusle is produced by the belief and fern- that Go-
vernment mean to rents the system of sabsidising
the Coutiurntal Powers ;• in•parttceiat Austria, if
she stl 41 be Unlaced or comptiltd to take up
aims again►t NAPOLEON. We confess, that though
we believe no Minister be found to propose
such a measure, and no Parliament will sanction
it; yet, when we reflect on the species of Idled ve-
neration, which many, or all the members of the
present Cabinet, profess for Mr. Peres tneasory and
political systems, we are not without some alarm
upon the subject. From Lord CARD EN, Lord
MULERAVE, and Mr. CANNING, evert sacrifice,
'and every testimony of homage; will be eu4e ly
giren to the opinions of " the pilot alsoweathered
the storm." All the exploded and ruinous experi-
•meats of the early stages of he late war, from the
del ofteu predicted " gulf of bankruptcy" in which
France was to futinder, dowu to " the magnani-
mity of liput., and the good faith of Famccis,"will
be repeated, if occasions arise that cwt admit of
their renewal. We trust, however, that the nation
will resist these pernicious measures.

That subsidies should, in no ease, be granted to
a Foreign Sovereign or Power, we do not mean to
amens Cases may arise that demand such aid.
Ito Umlaut* of Sweden is perhaps one in point.
whatever may he the personal fail-
ings of his character, yet, aided by the position of
his dominions, which placed him out of the im-
mediate vortex of the Corsican Despot, hos mani-
fested so much energy, and such a determined re-
sistance., as to entitle him to uo ordinary support
on our part. A generous nation could not abandon
him to the resentment of Russia, propelled by.
Fnuree ; and the paucity of GtSrAvt:i's means
rendered it etpially wise as necessary to cxtend to
hint pecuniary assistance. In the case of Spain,
it isnot liberality; it is enlarged policy, or rather
necessity and self-preservation. But it is to tLe
not to the Crown, it is to the Piatiou. not
to the Government, that tie 'thus open the public
Purge. A, eub.itly to F EILDIN AN n.V U. considered
in his exclusive capacity of a Sovereign, and in-
tended to enable him to bring an army into the
field, as ALEXANDER, or Palm, or Flutters did.
would only enrich the common despoiler. The
subsidies of England must necessarily Iliad their
way through Vienna, or thieve' Petersburg'', to
Paris.

_
The • Spaniards have, in fact, explained to the
other Caninental Powers, the only principle on
which the ran tutetssifally resist the ambition,
the.tacties; and the:Ansitription of &IN APAIITE.
If the subjects of Austria, attd even of Prussia, feel
any attachinent to the person of .their Prince ; if
•they poor.. any love of their (velar'', any zeal
au the _preservation of their religion, usages, na-
tional (Nulty, and independence ; if they will ra-
ther die than submit to be reduced under a foreign
and au opprobrious bondage ; then, indeed, should
we aid maims:gin them by every sacrifice and every
effort. Bet, can we hope from the heterozeneous and
discordant materials, which compose the Austrian
or Prussian Mouerchies, such virtuous, simple,
loyal, and heroic testimonies of patriotism, as leave
Lanni exhibited by the inhabitants of the Peninsula
beyond the Pyrenees? Will the Bohemian or the
Hungarian emulate the Asturian Of the Biseayan ?
Is it at Konigsberg, or at Berlin, or at Waniaw,
that we can hope to see such a resistance mani-
fested, as we have witnessed at Madrid, at •Sara-
germ, and at Bitboa ? It Must not be expected.
1:011APAITL has not ercu given to the Geiruans
similar cause of abliorreuce as to the Spaniards.
He conquered Austria and Prussia. lie trea-
cherously deluded, insulted, and outraged, the
Spaniard.. Involuntary admiration accompa-
nied Nsroktox, as he rapidly, like Akte-
sx Den, tsar( .red countries, and annihilated armies,
and overturned monarchies. Detestation and
shame attended him at Bayonne, and have pile•
sued him buck to St. Cloud. He may again over-
run Germany, unless time German people, as well
as the German Princes, oppose him. Into Spain
he may likewise penetrate; but he has not found it
always practicable to return. The Caudine -Forks-
of the Sabine, have been renewed by the Andalu-
;nine. The invincibility of NAPOLEON is no more.
To Spain, moreover, we can extend naval assist-
ance, in every season, through numemus channels,
and in almost every part of the hat.itable earth.
We are precluded from sending any such assistance
to the powers of Germany, except at certain sea-
sons, amid under many impediments. Sustained by
Great Britain, and defended by her Pyreneanfron-
tier, if she can once teenier it from the enem♦ who

has gained possession of it by perfitl7 nol
quest, the Iberian and Ifusitaulan Pruiusul.:
be maintained tipsiest all the power 01.
even though Austria and Prussia should and!'
the fate of Holland and of Switzerland. Th,,
reflections, while they ought to deter us from
renewing the system of subsidising Enipcnus
Kings, will at once justify and impel to „1,,;,
efforts in supporting the glorious striv•-les of
Spanish nation.

A Gotter.litirgh Moul arricod yestenLy
letters and papers to the 20111 hist. They dn.
tally destitute of interest. Aa article dated (..;
tenburgh, August the tgth. says—" General Ar
feldt did not resign the command or the 11 eq,
army. as was at first reported, but was budersc:
and replace:l by General Cederstroni.

.‘ Private letters from Stockholm, by to-day's It yt
report that the Russian fleet, which appeared of
Oblenholui on the 6th of August, WAS met on the
httli by an English fleet, and totally put to Cif
rout. This appears rather increiliLle, 1.111.
not conceive that a sufficient nuniher of En; alt
ships for the purpose could have been o high ap
in the Baltic at that time."

We have received wine Dutch Papers and 61.
tern to the ...t7th last, but they are of little hip 0,.
nine. Sonic of the letters stute, that all t:.epe.
sons who hail lately reached Holland by sea, fr,,,11
this, or any other country, not in alliance with
France, hail been sent to Verdun, there to be de-
tained as prisoners. One great ohject of this den-
ture is to keep the nations under tile coatioui
of NAPOIkEON in the dark, with reglad to akt
is passing iu Spain. The veil, however, whieh
hiss so long covered their eyes, is already dev.v.i
aside, and, we trust, will soon be entirely torn away.
The defection of the Spanish troops in the Dani.. 4
territories cannot he hid from all the Ntrth sf
Europe, and the flight of I)on JOSLPIN from ii,
unaccountable proceeding's of the persona darkly a.-
lulled to therein, probably from the rank they WI
• in society ; for the sake of the best success, let re.
paratiou le made, cud nut such unjustifiable met.
sures resorted to in future ; for unless unduiin!v
pervades the whole nation, it must be apprehend. vt
that we fail in tae•gtorious attempt. These wei
must have groasly mistaken the character of ti.-!
provinces in question (who generally class node-
the denanitiation of Vitscongados, and unite tc-
gether every ' where), cud especially of the Bis-
cayans, who, attacked on the score of their coun-
try and honour, will shod the last drop of their
blood in it; defence; therefore let us have to
more of this petty nonsense—let us recollect that
they turned their hacks on Alszaredo, when he
attempted to speak iii favour of Joseph, that
they deserted their homes on the approach of
the Usurper, and his Minister Urquijo, sad, above
all, that brave Castanue is their countryman, and
will dislike an imputation of this nature ; for it is
a very extraordinary and leading feature Of the
character of these people, that a single one s> teat,
attacked on this particular, induces the Anita
blaze forth in general support." . . .

We understand diet Goveruinesit purpose to pay
off immediately nineteen or tlenty wail of the line,
and to transfer the &cies to alualler vessels of war,
which are to be beat to the Baltic and other (limi-
ters, where they are most wanted.
We stated Mix former paper, that the Brest fleet
attempted to put to sca on the inth of Augast.
but put hack with the loos of a fricate, shit!'
struck upon a rock mud was there destroyid by the
Minerva. The French friwiie win' the Arteltuse,
of 40 guns. A letter from an officer on board the
1/Munn. dated the ir2d, says, The French Ife.t
is agaiut out. it is said to hate troops on Loud,
destined for the West Indies."

A convoy from tae Rants may be hourly ex.
pected. A Portuguese 74-gun ship. its escort, ar-
rived in Voitiand.rrads, on Wetlands!, hieing
parted eeinpaily on tile passage.
Onr commerce pith Samis is already berm::
very cuirsideislile. oae house in 1...0in10n has r--
ctn;ed an order from that country tor course woe--
lens, sufficient to clothe 40.000 troops. Trade :s
looking up is the West Riding : and the inter-
course between this °pastry and Spain is a:reae.y
of great advantage:
R has hien clearly aseerntion!, by information
;emitted from the Of latety takes in the S
French of war, that as letter. winch artive ill
any part of France, having tie official etatrip Of the
Transport Board upon them. are, by order of the
French Government, iuunediately burnt. It is
scarcely necessary to observe, that it is through tht
channel ofthe Tian-port Board only, that any Cum'
ruunication with France can regu:ae.y take plec!
relative to the exchange or pri,onerii
war, or that the relatives of the Frei.cli
(many of whom have now been in the coo.itr, •
wards of tire years) cau hear whether they he a •
or dead. BOWAPAIIITiei disregard for these WI ;, -
halide persons is such. that he will, at present,
fir neither that ode of them sliould land iu M react.
our that their friend's al Id a: from them.

' At the lust Leicester Assists. there Was ■ special
jury case which excited mach interest. The I/r, -
seentor was R. Noaq•N. Esq. a diegistrate of that
County. and the Defendivit the Rev. Mr. CLEATII-
two, of Thorpe-Arnold. It was brought as a en-
minal information for iibellous words spoken to the
.Magistrate whilst in the execution of his ditty ; and
for a rass..scandalous, and malicious kiiel written
to the Magistrate, and published by the Defendant.
The jury found the Defendant guilty : and the Re',
Gentleman will receive judgment in the Court 01
King's Bench next terns.
The Boxing Matches between Crib and trrg•ov.
and Your% Belcher and CrGpley, are fixed to take
place, duns% the Newmarket 'Jcteher meeting.

--:,.......--
noticed u luau recommended by pie oiling,
bimetalthe counnuailastion of "N;',711 tA Obit kk,et.
or
That **pie*. . 9 "14V1!114.. _ found,
tli a very litirsAfeeitt4.,PW 7: an Eet
ihends" of ais Gwen, and •
wi
wee
pep.rs, chased be stowed inisellooMP.. tirin,bt
opportunity of a etrigig.iiiiith wind th,inan,
Led, to launch thewinto the ait from de.crii,
stationed in the Channel:eloeg the
the oh