The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-05-09 00:00:00

WESTMtNiI'ER ELF.CTI')M.

Ilues.si's !lavas, MAT $, 1807
THE COMMITTEE concluding the _ELEC.
11 )N of the R.lthr Hon. RICHARD BRINSI.EY
In leave to icfir,o the Free and 1.1.10 oovle,,t
Fleztors Vlrecertn•tcr, that it i prevo.e.l to meet tnr Can-
eli,lat • at Dinner, at the Crown and Altellur, un FUESDA Y
NIX Fire u'Clock precisely.

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FOREIGN IN rk.i.LIGEACh:

EURTI-161 EXI*RACTs FROM TIIE 111.1sUM MAIL.

PARIS. APRIL 17.

T!.e English have attempted to destroy some
batteries on the coasts of the Isle of Oliton, but
they met with such a reception as took Irons them
all inclination to venture upon any other enter-
prize of that nature. A post, occupied by grena-
diers of the National Guard of the Dcpartruca: of
Landes, which was attacked, repulsed tbon, and
killed itLet.t twenty of their netnaer, without sus-
taming any loss. Advancing toward another bat.
tery, they were received with a discharge of can-
non, and s7eTC fortunate in beitig able to embark
under fzt•c:ar cf the night. Next day, fitteen hats
and three dead bodies were four] upon the :trans:,
from which it was raticluiled that one of their
pinnaces had been•cast away.

BERLIN. seatt.2s.
We are assured, that some days before the death
of the Empress of Austria, Count Stadion, the
Minister of Foreign Aff.urs, delivered a Circular
Note to the accredited Envoys of the Belligerent
Powers, in which he made an offer of the mediation
of his Sovereign, and invited them to a Congress,
to be holden at any place within the circuit of the
Austrian to.sitory.
7h. Megraph observes, that the interests of the
different States. though at present more continent d
than ever, still allow some hopes of peace. It is in
the nature of things that confusion should ultimately
produce order. Russia, whose armies have been
driven from the Vistula to the Pregel, and are only
protated by the thaw and the impassable nature of
the ground, cannot but perceive that she will hazard
every thing, should she wait till she is driven from
that position, in consequence of the extraordinary re-
inforcements which have been drawn horn France.
The ridiculous attempt upon Constantinople will
necessarily lower the English in the esteem of the
Ru.sians.

The Ta,grap4 of the 23J, under she head of
Dresden, aa,rs, that, on the 20th, intelligence w.. 1
received there that the fortress of Nein had la,:n
bombarded ever since the !fah inst.

Ittst.LU, APRIL 2.
" From the ITead-Q.iirters of his Highness Fnnee Jeiotne,
Kii,sterstift Carnentz, April 17, 111.17.
"The General of Division, Chief of the Stag of the 9th Corps
of the Army, to the Commandant as Ad;utant-
General Boviier.
Ilia Imperial In'ighnew has authorised me to inform you,
that the garriven Gate made a sortie in great foree last n. ght,
in order to attack General Lefebvre in hie position neat that
(owes., but were vigorously repu:sed.
" The following is all that is as yet known of the result r,f
that affair :-601, privatcs, t Magor, and 3 tinkers, prisoners ;
S pia-eel canton taken. We are assured that $OO Prussians
remained ou the 643 of battle.

" Tha itonos are Still engaged hi punning the enemy, as
them are between three and four hundred of them in lien-
vichwraide, two leagues from honey. His. Imperial fliglinets
has metered two companies a the regiment of Guards, and a
tqw.dr.n of the 14,mg's Light Home, under Mapr Floret, to
mach wan Central Sibitin against the enemy, aid it is stir-
peed tfilt a great number of Gese fugitives will fall situ
the hands of thu detachment. llt,egers ,me in from all
quarters.

Out of nefl 2-:toeters sOO are o❑ t'oe,r War to Brctllo ; titer
bre to be sent to Saxony.

.* Hi, Highness Prince Jerome has expressed lni suistaction
the conduct of Msishal Lefebvre, and the brave men
der his command."

HAMOLRUIG, APRIL 18.
This day or to-marrow we expcet Martha( Brune
to arrive here from Ratzeburg ; and Wu° Dutch
troops are on their way hither from Pomerania.
The French, uncertain of their success, have pm-
det.tly thrown two bridges •ver the river Elbe
near Artenl.urg. Their fear of a British expedi-
tion is as great as ever ; and, in faet, there
was never a more favourable opportunity for a
Britisll force appearing on the Continent, than the
present one, which, if not profited by, will perhaps
never offer again.

A strung doubt is entertained here, that His
Swedish Majesty will not ratify the armistice. His
Majesty continues to reside at Malmne.

6.1!+.14FL, Aram 14.
A Russian Courier arrived 11:1.e on the 1101 the
was the bearer of I 1 tails (or Turkish standards)
ttk-n from the Turki in an engagement, in which
the Russians gained the victory. Being unac-
quainted with the Ruaian larguags, I could not

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, 1114 v 9.
A telegraphic account nal been received at the
Adiniralty, from Plymouth. announcirg, that the
British force sent front Sicily, under Gen. MOON E,
took possessiln of Alex.odria in Egypt, on the
14th of March. 'l'he dtspatches, containing, tha
particulars, of this mut. were expated in town lest
_

We give, this day, soma farther eatraias from the
IlamhurghPapers received on Thursday . They state,
that EltfArA Irrr has temoved his lac ad quart. IS
.tr) llocenberg, two Lagues farther back, (torn Ma.
rienvverdcz; and tt 0$ the Russians have ebtaiaed a
siElory over tile Turks, in the Soh of Europe.
We live Also received Dutc4 Paper 3 to the
scant, but they contain no new: of any iatere.a.
Accounts from Memel, of the 107.11 of April,
st.v.e. that Baron VoN }IA 2DEN BERG has rzceeved
the Portfolio of Foreign Relations. The Emperor
of Russia set out on the sth, from Memel, on his
way througn I.i'huania t, the army. In Lithuania
is collefied a numerous array of reserve. - The Eng-
lish General, Lord Hvvestrasol, likewise d:-
patted. with him for Li:huania.

Doting the AdminiitrAtions of Mr. PITT and
Lord GIieIVILLB, those Prints that stick, like
leeches, to every Minister, and change with every
Minister, were never required to do Any very dirty
work, bat there i, no state of meanness and degra-
dation too low for them, in the opinion of their
sent employers. To no etker C3Ute or motive can
we attribute the following paragraph, eatratted
from a Print of yesterday
" This fawning. Mr Sheltie's sad Mr P:tallareaewiex-
peaedly propusad'as Cepddase!, and books were Opeollpd tas
TZ:111e VOWS for thane. No Speeches were, however, made
1.1:1941 the oceasien. When Mr. Sherid.a appeared up .11 the
Hustings, the met eltEhltoti their daapptiabstiun in a very
decided stone.."

I 1 those Punts that are avowedly hirelings, we
do not blame that ingenuity, which we see daily
pradi.ed, to colour the imbecility of the pre.
sent l'ilinisters, pr degrade the merits of the
last. The reader is there upon his guard—
he feels like a Juror in the Boz, listening to the
speech of an hired advocate. But when the
Editor of a Newspaper speaks in the charade! of
a reporter, when he undertakes to stare what
passed in Cov-u.garden, in the presence of 5s)00
people, a w liul perversion of fads becomes an in-
sult to the public. la such light we consider the
above tetrad, from an Evening Print of yesterday.
Mr. Su eairsa:r was not " unexpededly proposed
a Can _Wale tot Westminster," yesterday,. nor
did " the snob express their disapprobation in
a very decided manner." It is notorious in
Westminster, that Mr. SHeltlD4t4 was the second
Candidate proposed, in due and regider form,
on Thursday, the first day of the Eledion, • but
that, from some irregularity, since redified,:he Hirai
Ibis ter refused to admit any person to vote for
him, until yesterday; and it is also w:11 known, that
Mr. SIIIRIDAN WAS well received by " the m' b ;"
a circumstance which we are astonished to find
made a matter of any value in the hackney prints.
Such false suggestions. and shallow misrepresenta-
tions, are worthy of the followers of that loyal,
patriotic, liberal, and disinterested Statesman,
Gs wins Rose ; who, when retiring from office,
put jn his pocket a valuable public document,
thereby depriving his successor of the bene-
fit of the issfor matron which it contained ; who had
afterwards the indiscreet effrontery to produce that
identical paper in the House of Commons ; and
when called upon to account for its previous sup-
pression, had the manners; to plead, that, " in.
deed he had paid for the prir tang of it out of his
own private pocket, and thought he had a right to
apply at to his own private use." If this argument
he good for any thing, every Clerk under Govern.
merit may have every valuable paper in his office
printed at his own expense, and when turned out of
4fice, walk away with it in his pocket, leaving his
successor without a single light to coda hitt. in

)41 ,liffi tuft way. Now, Mr. Ross may urge ;;;;;
ac pro.)f of his selfi,hness and his soid•dness ; bath
will not lie accepted as evidence of his patrintism
g-n-rosity. Of his loyalty. his colleague, will
• wit entertain any d iabt, fir there is no min mar.
ready to cry out ss N.) Papery," and the /op;
do trine of " two strings to your how," he sholti
far beyond Lord CATTLIIREAOH. Hi, ftiyil High.
n:ss tae Prince of WALES, from m itives of tbi
purest friendship an] personal regir f, we are in.
formed, hi, presented \lr. .114 rain 4R with a nisi.
dence near Carleton H ilia), in PA 441. ht.
Su o iN, it .:eari, whlia in offi :e, dd net folio*
the et *mule o! other loyal And purl 'tic Treasur-r,
or CLrks of the N ivy, And save money to beiid
Palace, when turned out of place. He did so,
lend out the public money, to fill the pocket of bi.
SPROTT'S and Visors. ess with the interest. It
did not lay his hind upon my part of the principal,
and tell the House of Camnams, :ha 's I,eitlkr
per
%rite honnur, nur personal convenience, would Aden
him ever to give any acc ,ant of its Applicittua."
sacla men, an f their f‘Adiwers, now ridicule the sir-
tuous poverty of Mr. SIIIIIIDAP4, and the generoUs
friund.hip of the Prince of W secs. ft is worthy
of them, Geonor Rost, as Cle-k of PArliammt,
has a splendid Palace, at the punk ex,iense, in pa.
lace-Yard ; Gee lice Rosa, as Treasurer of at
Navy, has a splendid house in Sornerset.pface;
Gosseee Rosa, from the cheese-parings of offi:e,•
has a splendid Palace in Hampshire, Geoace
Rosc, without any claim to learning or talents, and
possessing no other quality, but that degree of in-
dustry which is require] from the lowest Clerk in
the pooreit mercantile house in London, is, in fag,
better lodged, at the public expense, than the Kir.g
of ENCIL•ND j and ye: Cesoacie Rose could not af-
ford sixpence out of his private pocket to, pay for
the prii.ting of an article for the benefit of his
couture, while he can affird pounds to irA ience the
public Pies', and pervert it from the cause of tri.r.f:,
of liberty, and ind,pendence.

Mr. Jannis:ins, the representative of Sir FIANC3
Bottom, upon the Hustings, at Covent-Garden,
stated, yes:crday, that the B ironer was totally
ignorant of the proceedings. This statement rn
man w;11 be likely to discredit. The r latices and
domestics of the Baronet would badly perfor-n titer
date, were theY, in his present state, to suffer Lir
mini to be agitated by the hopes and fears of a
curteved Elation. The Baronet was last nig,lit
as well as could bin expeCd ; hut the reports of hit
almost per:,4l recovery, are mere fabrications, lot
the purpose of trepanning people to vote fur hit*
We have the south riry of the Baronet to state, that
he d:,- snot like to be cxhi cited K s r raus.Lrof
ans perhaps when he shall hear of what is new
doing in his name, but without bis knowledge,
prirty, or consent, I;e mill nut be obl;g.d to the
hiendship wni,h has suggestea this extia-
ordinary procedure.

The rise battalion of th • 6qth foot. cornnoted of
nearly all (lermans; is ordered to Hythe, where it
is espelted to arrive on the 13th, 14th, at,d 13,h of
this moo n. his regiment is destined to aft win
he tine corps of yie German Legion, which are vt•
peaeai at Deal, ftom Ireland.
Hussy l%soot, E“1. nephew to the late Mem-
ber of the same name, for the county of Donegal,
will be rcurned for that county, without opposition.
Lord LEC 41. c is appinted Muster-Master Ge-
neral of Ireland, rice the Right Hon. D. B. DALY,
and Mr. F. Sitccinart.
Advice -was received on Thursday of the death of
the Right Reverend John DOUGLAS, Lord 11i.:,0p
of SaLtssuay.

Admiral Briticism is recalled from his Naval
Command in the River de la Plata.
Mr. Roscoe's Advertisement in our Paper 4
yesterday, explain-d the grounds on venich he w
induced to dacline a contest for Liverpool. Th.e
are worthy of his charaner ; but the freemen et
Liverpool appear resolved not to give him ofs'
without a struggle. The I iverped Citrcnice state!,
(fiat a numerous meeting of the Eleldlors was FOl
on Wednesday last, at which it was determined to
put him in nomination.
The under-named are the Aliens who have latr.l.t
been taken into custody, under warrants (rain the
S •crttary of State :
Le Chevalier Da Ilciesr, SaVILLA, Aid•de-
Camp to General Duasocitisa, and now
Bath Fields Prison.

ETIENNS :dam st.t, formerly a bookie! -,
believe in Hamburg!). and who, at the time
murder of PALM. Bed, As he then stated, t.• 1-
country, to avoid a similiar fate. Tbis rrat.
the cam, pPli•on with the tot mei..
Baron Or luau ; BARTHELESIII,
with two others connected with him, tavc bee
sent out of the kingdom, by the way of I iarwich.
But n De Movita. sad COTInt Di Pacowm.
aro new in t:•e c•t,t,,dy of the Mersenger, anJ arc
ordered to quit the country. The latter is a natl.,:
of Austrian Poland, and has been much
Windsor.

Contrary to what is generally observed to be tl
case, the la.est purchasers, as on the present o^c i•
sinn, 01 Tickets and Shares in the Lottery, will hive
the best chimes of obtaining Capital Priv., to coa-
segonsc: ot but few days remaking to draw, and ail
tl.e larger floating Capita'', being still in the Wheel.
This is so obvious. that nr:^t-•nus early adsenru•
tors, who have had their Tick• is and Shares dri Nn•
arc now a isiously seeking thr (malt ones; and clic-
distil/ so. on.ac•.oont of the timinnurvus inure:3 that
a %Vilna gesl Ivesday's drioring.

7' If F AT RE.

COVENT OART►N.

List night, a New Mus•cal Drama. iii Three
Alts, called, Parr the tire 41 or, W 464 Wrlts,
was produced here. Mr. Cu/Inas. is aa dto be the
Anther of this awry successful Piece. The eha-
paids were thus represented:—
yew ft,. Gfe.tt • Mr. C. Kemple.
Le }see • . . Mr. Itel Liam.
31du. its . . . Mc. Minden.
Om /fermis jr . . Mr Pope.
.s,,switits . . . M.. Simmons.
,i,scas i . . Mr Wad it ..
.eitimotts • • . Mr Musity.
*Ansi Petvoisits . . Mr Incletion.
I".mimi . . . Miss 11.1tnn
C•ceture . . . Mrs. Davenport.
cahavvie . . . M,. C Kemble.
Shipwright., iiiintorseri, Havinakem, &e
The plot is foun!.. upon the historiesl fad of the
.;.it of Peter the t.rrist, of Russia, incognito, to Eng-
land, to learn the .its, partteularly the business of
a shipwright. In this pursuit, he works in the
yard of Mauritz, at Deptford, where he becomes
acquainted with Catharine, a fascinating youn;t
country girl, whom he afterwards raises to his
throne. 'Chia, with .n underplot of the loves of
Mirka,/and Pastime, c ns Uwe, the wf ole fable.—
It is diversified, and ruheved by a great eatiety
of songs, and some dancing. l'he Music, par.
ticularly the Overture, is beautiful. It received
the most unbounded applause and the airs,
with a iew exceptions, w• re :11 eirbred. Mrs
C. Rarefies was lively and very 'slice se'ul in the
part of Cathaeaste. Mr. IscLenoe and Mr. Be t.-
1114 Y had several chat T. ti g airs, and a beauti-
ful duet, which they execu ed in the fittest style.
Mr. Motensw, i* Mattrfts, was very humnurow.
Tile whole piece was received str.h repealed
bursts of applause. The must.. is composed by %tr.
lours, and does great credit to Pis tae e and science.
The seerteiy is beautiful, particularly a view of
ships at anchor. There is also a Rand allegorical
and clastacal transparency, in which the
.r.P•ps are
inttotiuced. The hou e V/311 full in every part.

kP1',11,114.

Ir?'.lN4 TIRE HIJTINGS, COVENT.GARDEIg.

Tint Cosecant!), the Brewer, has talked qu'te enough
ff s speech. Ike bad b. ar, ism* mptsbist rut
Toen no mote of this CA'ael of malt and 4 hips

Foil of !hap At the b.,to.rn, and Fiat► at th- top.
May 7, Ibo 7. CO ULUS IXPICUS. TAFFY & CO.
t_ _ _

111ADdhlk GItAkSISI,

The variety of reports cnrcernh,g this sdmiro'le
sinter and perform r, having c.eat-.1 a most 1. tery
interest for the certainty of her late, we have great
p'.easti-e m giving tpe following pane. ph, irnm a
res 4.oable G•rman P•per:—" On the 20th of
April, a Grand !Wirt Open, Ins !hallo tvi!
rico, was performed, for the fist vole, at the
Hague. The celebrated Singer, Madame GRAS-
Nal,ated the part of Cltopal,a. T. oug,ll the rrne
of places was doubled. yet ..tirh was the eager. ets of
the public to see this admi. able pc forme., that two
days Delos pot one was to be obtained."

Yesterday morning, His Ma.risrv. Doke.; cf
Keine and Sussex Pll.lCageS Se 11l I Ai AIIGI ST .4,and
ASi at.i A, Lady ses skit,' Generals Gu Terns and
Ft z •ov, and Colonel Tar Loa, rode up..
tve) 11-urs, in the Great 14.41 k, although it continued
raining all the time they were our. '
Their fATA.usr its r.:ittrned to Windsor, last
night, from 0 ',lands, at half-pas; six.
The tragedy of Mara,lk was performed at the
Amsrerd.ris Theatre, on eie 214 **-Ih. Madame
WA Tr cit was the representsrive of Lady Arte! M
The Marquis of Svarroan, wi..b his usual liber-
ality, has again opened his fine cull. di in Of p..(tores
for public ifisperfkion, and tickets are freely issued to
all respeitabl- persons who apply tor them
We are cntic'c concerned to find, that Mr. Can.
;$ still in a sate of mar?! indisposiligin.
The Cotinte,:s Divs-ger of St/TON gay. a grand
dinner. yesterday, at her house in Hill-street,
Berkeley-square, to the Earl a.l C',iantess,
Countess Dowager of Ztsi.a, and severAl °thy!'
N obility.
Mrs. Gmstes grand rout, last n;ght, at her
house in Great Cumiwrland place, was attended by
near three hunired .bility.
Ibe.Mitrchiottess of As. I..ColtN's grand rout, last
night, was ournerouly atter:de:4.
ihe fourth and last of the Ladies' Concerts,
uader the dire lion of Mr. Daacionavvi, took
pace late night at the Marchi• neu of Svageoaa!s.
Ihe Quartetto, rI Ch. Aroma In aria imam" 67 sir-
flora Sros•ce, Signor Swim!, Signor Nairn.
and Signor MORFLLI, • was given with great taste
srd execution. Also, a Duet by Signora SToIIACI
arid Signor NA 1.131, was loudly applauded. Ma•
dame CATALANt and Signor drawn • sang a beas-
t:Nl Due. The whole pe:furrnance went off
*-vith {;rtat friar. Amongst 'he company were
TIM? Soya? Highnesses the Pines of Wales; Dukes of
c.-..,,uriese, Sussex, and Gloucester ; Pee
F.t•:h.es • the Duke. or Orleans, Ue Rerri, and Dr Cs,
44014 me Duke of Artiste; ths. Ile•Ol.; of No•thuin•
1„, "4'.411- Chenent, and Holton ; the Marehlone es or Roth,
Downshvae, Salisbury, Hradfort, and Donegal;
the 4>mile/seri of Ctiolit:outlelev, Furtutcue, Dartmouth,
I,Neas Caledigan, Ratryanore.Castaden, Sekun, and Cowl., ;
'''‘es Saws, aieurn &urges, and near three hundiel ether
Nlkility. • e
'Verierlin Ind life4er Bunt-4 continue to he wit-
nessted by crowded and :admiring mulvtudvs, at the
; tt' I. I A mp 4 ith e:t z.re, Westminster bridge.
La.% however, -Attribute a pert tin tiewee of aurae.
tort to the great aald wondorful Horsemanship of
Csosvkis, re, and ;he two little Aim: le%
Alter this, we hate: to sotalt of the animated View
tad U,c.ript ion of th; late cs nctitest of Monte
Video, by the British Arms ; sors, though last, by
no means least, the new. grant 1, and attraOive
Spretulc, of 'no 8,414 Ce;,‘,l, which not only
uttpasses, as a Military ?rode* i3On, all thsz.'has
St'ne bekre it. Lut ded.:s the, a wit abler" to
1.74 as adequate stencription

NEW PARLIAMENT,

lldtM3E.tt
St Alba f !Aker, Esq And Ifoo. GrimAton
S.nclaton. P. 9; Hannuraol. flew! Well,didS•
Hare,oh—itight Ilimiotikaule J. 11. Addington ;
litaskmon, F.sq.
Lyme-.1.0.ut -Colonel Flznry ; Intel Borghersh.
Wells-Clement Tudeav, ; William C Esq.
Taunt Hammel, Ex; ; Afee .nder .nrig,
%4 olo.—Ovven W11111111)4. Parn4
Ham* .Iloncinrallii A Cavendish fludshaw ; Si, Charles
Hamilton
eirnarven-.AHnnourable Coyle. Paget,
etlAsser.....G•tieval (;.0.v0n0.; Innte Fgennn, E q
Port.mouth-ASir ihomA‘ agitle••; Ad it
Petersneld-.-H. EsA ; firm. W. Gray.
shaniAbn'y-4A4nit LAiveda Luveden, EN ; Thomas WAI.
lase, E.A4.
Lannimseve....Sir J. I.lllliocit Remy lionlism,
Wl' 'schism ...61-14u. Wm. Augustus Tuun..eitd; Hon
W.M. Lode lek•
Nee Idosiney Cleninell ; Hon, Asliburnhern.
Browne, Wl,4^llvel E.S.
CAnr. fridga-.Gene.al Ituinnurs •' Ciuteml
r Ivan NviKan; Sir &mini flood.
John Thyane; John PAlmer, Esq.
17.44 Igatised-AU.neval Catiruni; 1V dlum IngObv, Fli.
Mel: urile Ltyeester, L.q and 11. am.
Lord Pages.