The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-06-19 00:00:00

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• on the bombe were coupt• etely eitaiAished; • fly.
in bridge was wanted, sad all the neceseary ins-
ert...is were preptevinet for a oothev bridge of floats."
allachitees too. for driving piles, were con.tructed ;
bat he owns that " mich time is spent in order to
Ix the anchors. shin the machines are displaced."
He voucluilet, however, by assertion', so some em,_
eolntion. that t' one works are advancing, and will
be liaished is a short time." Then, no doubt, the
curtain will drew op, sod he meant to recommence
eikagive operations.
He may do so, and we dare not venture to cal-
culate their result. lint, we may safety assume,
that the. Archduke Cuestr.s is not idle on his side.
Two great Ifflthee, the Italian and the Polish, were
ahnitt to join him, both which were expected, the
este on the aide of Hungary. the other by way of
.S.tesia and Moravia, about the sth of Jute. We
are more apprehensive of the Austrian finances
Liling, than of any went of loyalty or atlectiou to
ansoog the £NIPER9It'S trooes. NAPO-
ICON, who knows where to direct ha moral, us
well as hie military artillery, has not omitted, in
his publirattnas issued at Vienna, to attack the
prspee-esmey of his adversary. It is unquestioualily
at this boor the most feeble part of FRANCIS', Itill-
eluuery, as Prince STAll4lllllllgRti has explain...l to
Jir. Peactens. and to Mr. Caen:No. Bows.
*Ares, en the contrary, carries with 1.1111 prOdii44l•Ull
sums in epeete ; and buys whatever he cannot on-
ly .by forte. But, 1116 he himself owns, times are
I-bonged ; and hr has hitherto found uo Princes of
A ueasetto, at,d no Maces, to surrender armies
or to leave bridges, far his convenience, unbroken.
Ile'neun now pass the Denutie o 0 Au owe bridgeoa
mend completely rout the Austrians, or his own coo.
dolon may mom weenie a totally differeat aspect.
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parliament, weauderstaud. will be prorogued
to-oicrrew.
The er..irt.Martial upon Lord Gamma doe,
lint itr:ice this day at Portsonooth, nor can
any day.h Peed, until the 'meal of the principal
Younger.
WA•,II/070* MORTON, a geotleaiao of
very ennstilereiale inflaenee iu America, arrived afr.
Portsmouth, from London. lest weth, in six boon.
anti sailed with diatehes of groat iniporetore from
II Mr. PINCKWY, the Americas Monster. to (ho.
ARMSTRONG at Paris.
Ace nun's hair been received front Sir Jams
•SAVOILIIILZ. iet the which contain infoosnos
lion of a serious attack having beam made by versa
irol Danish gun-baits on the U4.oweae frit.se,
036 guns. After a severe conflict, in nisch the -otel-
pinwesee lost -cvtral men iu killed and.. inded, the
gun-bests were compelled to rvlinquish the *Nat k.
It is gitpuned, from the ince,sant lire kept op by
the Melpomene, that the loss of the em my hoi
been gnat.
The Milbank camel soiled last week from Poeta,
wenoth for Mechem, with 72 French ',rimier. so
board, whom the compassion liberelity of omit,
fieremstiint Mare sent Fqlllr, wienout expecting
any British prisoners ter return for then.. They ass
oleo in a had state of health.
The Defeo and Alfred are arrived from Gibe, star
and Cadiz. In Does letters it is affirmed, r nut
CUEITA'S army hes been aoginented to 70,000
men, of which 15,000 are rivalry ; but it is se-
knouledge,l, that about ZU,OO(i are unprovided
with arms, and that the hoe • .1. • not all provided
with saddles. 11 appears that Cv Err,' still occu-
pies the foresee eannipinent of Victim, at Meri-
da. The command of the armies in the South of
Spaia„ as are told, is now wholly resigned to Ge-
neral Seamertant. the Marshal haying proceeded
to Madrid, preparatory. as is mepposed, to his de.
pantile for Germane.
The West Kent Militia have marched from Goa.
port for Exeter the Leicestershire Militia have
motor& from Portsmouth garrison to Gasp .rt ;
and the Northampton regiment. from Wosdbndge,
here marched into Portsmouth.
The od i.sttalion of the oth. or King's regiment,
embarked on Fri•ley sad Saturday at Portsmouth
for Jersey ; and the od Imitation (tithe 96111 reoi-
meat will embark es this duty and to-morrow for
the ante places
la esegequence of the arrangements for organic.
isle the Lent Militia of Keat, all ilee. Ciuqtie Port
olitateers hove ken dielianded.
TheKtmo hos knee lOWA to approve of Mr.
taallllll. VIALS, all be Hu SICILI•N MAJESTY'S
Coastal at Gibraltar.
The Kind bee been pleated to comeitnte anti ap-
pend. it RIIIPSR'r Gamma. Kos. Ausuosv. balmy,
Jamas Rotas, Kir.. the BM. Jots Dnuoi.•s,
JORN flatness, Do4:fil( is Physic. and the lion.
COUITICCAY Rowse, to he His Maasseir's Com-
missionerg for coodactiug the transport service. foe
the core of sick and wontided seauleu. and for the
Cart and ClOotOt_ty of prisoners of war.
BY Royal Resolution. published at Amsterdam
on the lath ult• the following literati have been
chosen foreign Members of the Royal Dutch
Institute of- Sciences sod Fine Arts:—Sir J.
Dawes in England; Messrs. BILITUOVEITIN end
PLACI, is France; JAQCIIII, in Austria; P•I.I4AS•
in Russia ; VoLTA. is Italy ; J. G. WALTER. iu
Prussia ; and T. JErmaaox. is America.
The command of the Hasupoirfr. now the Aber-
eromby, the French ship of the line, lately taken
in the West India,. has beau given by Admiral
COCURANI, to Captain CHAU", NAPIER, of the
Retreat brig, for his gallant behaviour duteug
the chase.
The number of poisoners at Portsmouth atturents
to 9,009.
Ac soon as Parliament rises, very censiderable
changes are to be made In all the subordinate t
of the State. The inquiries that have been insti.
toted, sod still more so the inquiries that were sip-
preheated, here forced Meister* to of esta-
blishing a more effectual check in all the depart.
menu of Government. The War-Office is to be
orw-,modelled ; the Aeconiptents branch is to he
esteemed from the *Sher nod a plan is devised,
fur twinging op at length thel arrears of the books"
and to keep the accounts io future even. A reform
is also to be iatrodimatd into the Stony Vice.