The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-02-05 00:00:00

SPANISH AND PORTUGPESE PAPERS.

LISBON. JAN. 12.
According to intelligence received from Cottubta
rof the Pith iustaut, their Excellencies Matahal-Ge-
neral Lord Wellington and Marshal Ritresford, ar-
rived in that city, and reviewed, on the sth, the
Portuguese troops, who are in cantonments in the
ea%irotis of that town. They were highly pleased
with the discipline of the troops, who went through
their Jarrett* mancenvres to the satisfaction of their
illustrious Commanders, end of afl the English
(Meer, present.—(Lisbon Gaulle, Jen. 12.)
Time accounts which we receive from our armies,
are of the most satisfactory nature. They art on
the best possible footing, both in poiut of streugth
and doeerity ; and deserve, by their mancruvrrs
end o °lotions, the praise of the worthy Chiefs, to
whom his Royal Highness has Oratod to entrust
them. The most perfect harmony prevails in our
armies ; stud every man is ready to sacrifice his 'ifs
for the preservation of his country, his religions and
his Prince, whose dominions all good Portuguese
have soots to &feud.— Lisbon Diary, Jim
It appears, by all the intelligeuce received from
Spain, the tit,: French forces in that country have
not yet been reinforced in any considerable degree.
to judge, from tloe movements which they have hi-
therto made. The Spanish armies either maintain
their position, being considerably reinforced, or
tuRVe forward against the enemy. In short, every
thong announces the most fortunate resat I 1.--/
Yesterday a report was current, on the strength
of letters from Cestelle Blanco, that General Car-
rata attacked and defeated Victor's army in La
Mancha, the remains of which Red in the utmost
confusion in the direction of Madrit!..--(ibid.
Jaw. PI)

111ADAVIL, JAN. A.

According to intelligence receivi-4 trom Gentle-
men of gr...it respectability, the French force in
Talavera de la Reyna consists of about Coon
men, horse and foot. They who occupy Toledo
are ince•.santly manceuvernig and v.orking at the
fortifications ; the French troops in Maottni du, the
R'lnir• This shews that they do not expect any
con.i.lerable reinforcements, but merely endeavour
to m.int nu thentgetvem in their pre.et.t posittun
;‘,thnut being able to make the lyrist progress
their cn-i.Luerts.—;/6i4.)

tDAIO2, JAN. 5.
The eccntonr• which catty curter at thi• place are
of the mist flittering fowl. The Duke del Purrp•
and Bat:iiiiivros, it is said, 11r.• 11141'01111g with Ow
utintKt activity to furru a iitintiou is that op.:ia-

LONDON,
MONDAY, Essaumm 6.

We have received Dutch Papers to the 29th
Tart; they afford gr. •.,ds to inspect that the ac-
counts in the French Papers, of the complete re-
de Lion of the Tyrol, a►e false. A French corps
of AOOO men was lately repulsed in the vicinity of
Passeter, the native place of the celebrated Due.
FED,. Of this gallant soil enterprising Leader there
13 no serimni, but it is presumed that lie is .one
to Al, nna ; it I-, however, very improbable that
he would entertain soy hopes of succour at that
Court ; nod still more improbable that he has
abandoned his country, as his family remain at Pas-
seyer.

Those who indulge in speculations upon the
destined Bride of 13J if APAIITS. may be induced,
by au article under the Hainhurgh head, to pre-
sume that the Princess MARIA AIISLIA, daughter
of Duke MAIIMI UAW, the brother of the King of
SA X 0 NY, is the unfortunate female destined for
that precarious_ elevatien.—She is iu ber sixteenth
year.

Dispatches were received on Saturday by Minis-
ters from America; but their contents have not
barn suffered to transpire. They were brought by
the Duke sprat packet. in 34 days, from New.
York. The mails will be up this morning.

The Sag/bare, bearing the flag if Sir J. W•Ill•
RIM sailed fro. Halifax for Bermuda, the 30th
of November, leaving at Halifax the 7.0/su, /adieu,
Grerrier, end Ferrel.

The Peirce. with store-ships, front Antigua, ar-
rived at Halifax early in December.
While the Prim qf Kent packet lay at New-
York, eight-or nine of her crew deserted.

Mails from the Leeward Islands were receitel in
town oil Saturday, containing letters from Bar-
'entries of the 14th December, from Martinique of
the 16th, and from Antigua of the 26th. From
these we learn, that Admiral Cocuaase hues re-
turned to the West Indies from fialifint. sad wu
at Port Royal, Martinique, the 17th December.
making arrangements for the intended expedition
against Guadeloupe, but which, it was supposed,
would wait the arrival of the expected reinforce-
ment' from England. The force assembled at
Barbadoes, including the troops from Halifax. was
estimated at 8000 men, sad the different Islands
were expected to contribute 3000 more ; in which
vase the conquest could not be attended with much
difficulty, as the enemy had not more than MOO or
Woo reitular troops previous to the arrival of the
two frigates from L'Orirnt; and with thee, cod
some newly-formed black corps, the Governor had
retired to the strong fort of Fleur de la Pays, where
hr was preparing for resistance. It is stated hr had
been obliged to disband the militia, in consequence
of their disaffection.

The &goers and Alfred, which tailed from Purls-

mouth the Pth November, arrived at Barbsdoes
on the 13th December, in company with the Freya
and Frolic, and were on the 2lst assstilig in th
‘slockscle of Guadaloupe. The Loire and OrirAetii
frigates were daily expected by Admiral Cotn..,
LANE. The former sailed from Portsmouth the
19th November, with convoy, having 1800 troops
on board, and the Orpheus had charge of a body
of troops from Guernsey. On their arrival the
long menaced attack was to be made on Gouda-
loupe. A letter from Antigua mentions the re-
ceipt of intelligence there, that our squadron off
Guadeloupe had destroyed two French frigates in
Ilaimateire ; bot that in accomplishing that import-
ant service, we had to lament the loss of several
brave men, includiti; Capt. Cestetton, of the
I lazard.

The le and neindeer arrived at Barliadoes
on the 14th Deccan with convoy from Cork.

Accounts received, some time ago, from South
America, stated, that an apprehen•iun prevailed in
the provinces oil the Rio de la Plata, that their
Government intended to transfer, or rather to be-
tray, theta, to the Princess or BRAZILS, who laid
claim to the Sovereignty. in right of, her affinity to
the Royal Family of Spain. These suspicions at
I ist burst forth in a manner which soon terminated
in the subversion of that Government. The cha-
racter of this revolution was, however, perfectly
loyal, and conducted in the most peaceable and re-
gular manner. The suspected authorities being
removed, new functionaries were appointed in their
place, of tried attachment to FERDINAND the VI Ith
and the former order of things, and, before the end
ofSeptember, order and tranquillity were perfectly
restored, without strife or bloodshed. Gii thy •ntd
of that mouth, the new Governor of Buenos Ayre,
issued a proclamation, grouting a complete amnesty
to all persons concerned in the disturbances which
had taken place.

to report it.

Saturday morning the brig Eliza, PALMER, from
Gibraltar, arrived at Om Nlotherbltik, Portsmouth.
She sailed on the Ist ult. under convoy of His MA-
JESTY'S ship Mercury, Hon. Capt. DESCAN, with
ti sail of transports and merchantmen, and parted
from them on 'Tuesday last, in the Chicuiel. 'The
Mercury and the remainder of the convoy may be
hourly expected.
Also arrived the Patriot, Bitovrx, from Moga-
dore, bound to Loudon. /is the 15th ult. in lat. 47.
JO. :wig. 10. W.; she fell in with the ship Parcher,
Captain FALSE/ME. from Bengal, bound to Lan-
do.. and took out Colonel ST. Lanett and n..
The Porcher experienced very bad weather on the
4th, 13th, and 14th, split all her sails, and carried
away her rudder. ()a the 21st, the Parcher fell in
with the Dryad, Captain E. Gat.wry, which took
her in tow, and carried her into Cork, where she
arrived on Friday sennight. The Pincher left
Bengal on the 10th September, and St. Heleos, on
the 211tb Nov. in company with the Gaages.
The 4th and nth regiments, which have em-
barked at Portsmouth in twelve transports, for Gib-
raltar, sire to take the place of the 30th and 47th
Regiments, which are to proceed to the Cape of
Good Hope. A detachment of the 3d Dragoon
Guards, and of the lit heavy, German Dragoon,,
with upwards of 200 horses, have ernbarted for
Lisbon. The Comet, ('apt. M. SKIM convoys
thew., with the trade for Portugal; and the Jamaica,
Capt. lysAatr, the troops for Gibraltar. The
whole will Sail the first fair wind.

We stated, on Saturday, some of OUT objec-
tions to the steps taken by the lie use of Commons
to prevent the publication of the proceedings of the
Committee of Inquiry upon the Wslcheren Expe-
dition, in the usual way, in the Newspapers. We
have since heard that the meariare is to be aban-
doned, at the request of Ministers; but this pro-
mise may be only a trick► or a false compliment to
Mr. PIRCEVAL and his coadjutors. For our own
part, our zeal in the cause is very mach abated.—
An idea has gone abroad that the Newspapers are
interested, that their sale will be hurt by the veto to
publish as nine!. and that, therefore, is condemming
the enforcement of the order for the exclusion of
strangers, they are influeweed by selfish motives.
This reminds us of the argument of some very deep
and sage politiriaars, who have discovered that the
Proprietors of Newspapers are a peck of unfeeling,
sordid wretches, coostitntional, natural, and pro-
fessional advocates for war, because war excited
curiosity, and curiosity must produce en increased
demand for Newspapers. These sage and deep
politicises, little considering, et the time, that any
profit upon the increased sale was absorbed
by the inctease of price, in all the articles and
means of their trade, by that veer war which
was suppo.ed to be the fountain of their ill-
gotten riches, and this to le great en extent.
that, with a very hot we; and very hot expedia
bons to Spain and ii'alciuren, which, if the argu-
ment had any foundation, must have made the last
a sort of leap-year iu newspaper prosperity ; they
were obliged to go to Parliament, as paupers, and
*elicit relief. This is a very ungrateful and very
humiliating subject, sod therefore we will slot at
present press it farther. In our disapprobation cf
ISllt.Your.'s conduct in enforcing the standing order
of' the House to exclude the public, we deny ell 'selfish
motivo.s. and stand upon public grounds. The in-
creased anxiety, trouble, and expewe, of reporting
the proceedings, as in the Duke of Yoat's case, could

not be repaid by any increase of sale upon
newspaper, where all are exerting theit%i.ll
justice to the subject.• They will, on 'lit,
be gainers, if reduced to the itccessity
the Minutes, as publiblied by the su.i.oritv
batztent. The public only will lost by the
and their loss will be considerable. A

detail will certainly come forth. of all the
finally put and finally answered ; but the,

jected, and the answers imperfectly givenoil
pressed. The arguments and debates, and k
in the scene upon these questions and
never appear. All the spirit of the bthi.N.
those lines and colonel', which are necessars t,,e
stitute a true picture of the real case,
wonting; arid, as to names, the people all knew
little of the conduct of their reprrsentssivi,,
they cats know of what is paining, in Ow been,
Constantinople ; for, the rrindegedßeperter,
whomovithout meaning any ~ifeileseelterealti•tr
better in the gallery cf the limier of

for the newspapers, mina only report obit
set down for him. Upon every question

d.scussion, he it ordered to withdraw and it
main in the Muse, it is oo part of hio

Every event, every week that elapses, end
reflection, combine to etrengthen the

which we have so often, and so strongly, r*
on the impediments, external and internal,

struct, Mud miry ultimately overture, the

enterprizit of the Ruler of Fiance, for th.•
Lion of Spain and Portugal. It i► °Woos
arms of the Freoch,though victoriou►, are

sire. In fact, let as ask, what portion of Spas
BON•PARTE occupy, or posses, at the close ..t
nuary, 1110, which he had not conquered a
ago, in January. 1809? Saragossa and
hair, indeed, both, we must admit, brw
ductd to surrender since that pi riod ; but, ea
other hand, Corueina, Ferrol, and many -
in Ggilicia, Astoria, and L. on, ha.ve throws off
yoke of the invaders. Madrid, Toledo,'
Burgos, all these cities, were in NAPA,

session, either previous, or stilt/. (pelt to the
pulsiois of Sir JOHN hlounE frotn the -
Neither towards Valencia, ruir ‘I

dor*, nor Merida, do the arrineft of
NET, VltTue, and SOULT, seem to 61(1v :we.
hear norhin4 of them in La Mancha, from
province they appear to have retreate.d. Nor,
may credit the positive assertions of the

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the enemy. They Ire er.dently stattouary,
waiting f..r reinfurcetuents. in order to
Nuke operations. It was not thus the

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