The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-20 00:00:00

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FROM THE OWED° GAZETTE.

MADRID, att., 27.
Note.--lo order to give Me lie to the slamoelvia IIiaWEPT
In whieb re event &mote spoke of the Proclamation of
Joseph es Log, we give en authentic description of Ole
proceediags on that oneesion
'fhe Proaninatiosi of Joseph took place in this
capital on the day of St. Jaen, a cirttrit.t ince
which nu...OA to make every good Spottier I remem-
ber the panom-shat .weve- shewn by tow illaellebes
in former times, to shako off a yoke, certainly less
severe titan that which it is now *ought to lie im-
posed cm U. The eere.no .y to tiC piney amidst
the most unequivocal symptom.. of mayor:sal
gust. The grand Standard Bearer of t'w Court,
and hia eldest son. who avoid on a prosier occasion
have been so rt.,lous of the honour c its
their places, Ihd precipitatey from tar town.
they should dot be obliged to w..• . ear rarild b an
aer. The place was supplied wry the i:Sanses
Duke who ....Id the nal ioo in the treaty of the 271‘
of October last.

Campo Alai.ge, and his see, names for ever 11*
he let. steel w the recede. of or. Peninsula, were
the only Grandees that assittel in that. ridiculous
farce. The people of the s• r-ounding towns and
villages. who ter• :dinar eft, • r in neeempany such
scenes with their now kept themeeives
trtitireil at home. Toe it.. - anent' of Madrid, se
fond of public ausitteene• • • , IA the Thestemde-
aa-• d. notwithstanding the a Amore was free, anti
there was particular Its* in the represe.:teinn and
decorations. Ti houses, ius'eed of prc-ii, ring a
megaifieeet appearaoce, with exquisite or,omeets
and aptewi'd worn wationt, either remained user-
Demented, or there were only sec, is t ens some
shabby decoration-, .aufScieet to preserve the in-
mates from the military commi.-ion with whet, they
were ihresteeed in case of diaoliedienrc. Ore of the
princitat haven in the m idea- of t., Treat litre,' lie.
✓ewarded all fear, and refitted to m Le any desnaa.
'tendon. The Corrcridor, A ho, at the accession of
our beloved Ferdinand, ernoloyed all ha seal and
authority to contain the popular enth ,0016016 I,llft
obliged on this octillion to peas from habitation to
habitation to bark obedience and compliance —.
The public money from the national Treasiv...,
scattered thmughoot the streets and place*, was
tint picked up by a simtle person, becati,.- it served
the purpose of so Odioo/1 a lieing, mod was, a. it
were, transform-1! into French money with the
*taw, of Such, Euspeior of the
French, nre the. auspice* a ith which your gentle
hrothin. was crowned io the calm il *mooted
by the rerarinut of your armies. If this true
relation reactors your ear, it ought to be soft-
c.it to detach you from your mad end en-
mina! project. The resistance yno meet in all the
provinces. ell the towns, reused to all t • • enrage,
have they wit convinced you et a truth gene-
rally recognised. that the nation which exerts itself
tin shake off a foreig.it yoke is Do yen
desire to perpetuate a war 40 onjust in its object,
so blond% iu its waceeseset, and • An "Mien no result
can mi.: but infamy, dishonn sad, perhaps. your
own • en? Mat ens not to sober use isori•al over
',Sic') yea rule, nod which maitre and state tan-
Dections have for at ove a century, mad: c ir al-
lies and friends. Restore to us oar amiable .
&mid, restore to us our august Rea Family,
deliver up the monstailthat has drawncid us. thee
the nation may do itself justice upon him. Re-
spect the rights of eenitrons England. Treat ems
in fine. like vsemt, free" and imieproJeri nation,
nJ p -ewe w:li .ta _aediatrly be made. •

INDIA 'ar ‘1
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CALCUTTA INTALLIGENCE...,, „re ,
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...fm,ivAIIT t eb
Yegtettlay arrived at Calcutta, the , r ill
Capt.
Arno!. how BetwArai sr)egice AN *WI MA 01111
14 instant.
tiWk.,
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Br the yaw we learn; tbUt.Captaiti
elf ?emu, is iiansall veal* !yitatat
:iiiiitith Kovanther tuts willitst °lt /.2Y•
at thit isiaelh "rid the whOle of hi* pasparty MI.
Tilk-Voisys had hauled- the -vesiel inta
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LON DON,,!
SATURDAY, ACIOVIIT
Aa OSeer arrived, left evening. in a pest-chaise
and four, at the Admiralty, with dispatches for Go-
vernment. We understaud that be came from
Plymouth, and report stow that he-has 'Naught
iateiligence of the anzrender of Fort St. Juliet*,
in the Tagus, to Sir Amnia WELLtst.xv, by
capitulation.
The American brig Hope arrived on Tuesday at
• • f aintatids, and landed dispatches for the American
iater.io Landon ; after which she immediately
iniaiiiiguid for Havre de Grace. without coming to
Alilidisliftwr. The Hope left the Capes of Virginia
"'OW dat Sigh agility, and reports that the Embargo
atiS ertiaciad. We ire glad the Americans once
Att:moned afirrctly to as, without making their
gen pow through Paris far additional in-

#siongaigpa7 Moak aspartame was attacked to this
-.4iromanitmairopostarday la the alty.
-gtastestraii that Bemis intends making thtee
risme sweaspnventa, one or the frontiers nfigriu-
Vary. we in Poland, 4' a third .n the frontiers
Of Turkey, with a view at ovonswiug Austria. ,
If, in the present molt interesting situation of af.
-.Lis on the Tagus, as wall as in the ceotral pro.
elutes of Spain, we could induce ourselves to with
out eyes from thqse portions of Europe, in

order to direct there to the countries on the Da-
'neitbe, the Vtstu:a, red the Neva, they olVer matter
I,;:if the cleipert,as well as of the most anxious, spot-

Ouletiou. Such is the veil which io studiously
I•elrenvis eerier the simile Continent, by the policy
the appeetimisiouo of its Ruler. that scarcely
.osa a gleam of information socepe from, or pent-
: .teats through, the bars of the vast prison where
• IliJa ersatz has inclosed his slaves. Yet, in de-
"Sauer of his precautions, denunciations, and pe-
illieats, we see that the great events passing on
ttitlwr side of the Pyreeees, cannot. be. wholly
ront..!.l.td frees the captives in the cities of Hol-
lind. The Exchange of Rotterdam hu been
1-.14 le Me scene of these furtive tied anonymous
.Puldicetipes. announcing the 111111AMOCi1011 of the
gi,ein3rrts. N e venture to predict. that no mea-
genres of terror, and no acts of punishment. how..',

ever prompt ur severe. will loug patent th carrel
'reader of Husst lA. and OrDuroier. MR even thel'
defeats of Li Ftevar, anti of Mu cFY frencepeleig
kviown throughout Germany.. There is a limit,to
eimpre.minti, and, above all, to• the prohibition or
pnerlissinn of intelligence, which even the jealous
vigilante of a rcsolutionary Despot cannot poss.
The iuore studiously he endeavours to suppress
kis disgraces, the more will they be suspected and
• atm ned. We may not improbably witness, ere
bmg, some effects of the knowledge that has
Been trausmitted of the late reverses in Andalusia.

At Vienos, ais4 eve.. at Konigsberg, at Dresden.
asiJ throughout the minor Germanic Courts, they
• will be received with sileut, but with warm exult-
ation.

lo the .tuv:rinu capital, it as impossible that the
particular. ins well as the general, remits of the
-struggle carrying on in Spain, should not be known
to the Government. While Trieste and Fiume coo.
tint.. in the ebadisoce of Feesscaa. thingli-gooks-
roars bas occupied Ancona and Sinigalia, on out
. snit al the Adriatic, and though he holds Zara,
• Cattle/I+, and Code, on the other, yet intelligence
iiino be conrineally received by sea. It is evident
that a coin taanication exists between the Courts
. sof Vienna and of Palermo, threugh Messina.
• We may see by an article inserted in TAe Cement
of Zero. it. Dalaultia, that a species of direct acct._
61titql it thee muse against the Emperor
• A CIITILI As '4lll detaining or stopping Cannon with
Frimprie ilispatchem The part of Croatia, extvad-
,ing Meng the shore of the Gulf of Venice, and
ivishij,et to Austria, is even expressly denounced a
'k • ea:luta of murderers, conscripts, and deserters.
:11,60r each au isitimatioo, we cannot be surprised if
.P.l mempitseir smpture were to !Mims. NAPOLItOK
g4r.s a tame specific warning of his intro-
other symptoms of that approaching
• are to d;winered in the Coutioemaipriets.
;‘• . ore to be 1.11.1,0it1y made by consent.-
' Lbw, is tilt drystrtinents of Tusneny, in oiler to
• battles of a Cur ican educative., 11. lies

recently deposed and imprisoned their own legiti-
•ate Bovomlistortmidonskitk pjetext. In Ba►aria,
soother asstmed Amd,prostiftite country, whose
Prince exhillitid aliel-70Pit example of complete'
sabsbnience to the Corsican Emperor, the regi-
saia~t if aro to be augmented. The Duke
of Wtawsmnsao has recei►ed& sommowe to attend

the Government

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of Vienne; obvionsly aware of the impending storm,
is using every means to incre.ise, to organises and to
discipline She forces of the Monarchy. Such
seems to be the position and aspect of the Con-
tinent, according to the leaf feeble and imperfect
lights which are afforded us.
In the event of a speedy renewal of hostilities
between France and Austria, however the total ex-
hausture of Prussia. or the timid, prudent, and
nations policy of Saxony, might induce or compel
both those States to remain neutral, it is difficult
to imagine that Russia would be a mere spectator
of such a contest: what part then would Autz-
•isza take ? Would he, as the enemy of Great
Britain and of Sweden. as the ally of BowaritavE,
and, as his instrument to subjugate the Spanish
to a vile Usurper, join his arms to those
41 Nati A? Would he. as far as in him lay,
rtialise the plan attributed to him in The Connote
Casette of the nth of August, and divide the Con-
tinent of the civilised earth, on this tide the At-
lantic, with the murderer of the Duke D'ENGHiEN;
who has recently attempted, by the most flagitious
practices, to seize on the dominions of his friend,
sod whose crimes almost seem to reproach
the justice of Providence I Are the nobility,
the army, and the people of Russia, so sunk
or se passive, as to become the agents of
such a league ? Would no recollections, drawn
front the Russian annals, terrify or operate on
ALZIANDEIei mind ?—We cannot venture to solve
these questions. We trust that a policy more mag-
nanimous, more moral, more consonant to every
sentiment of wise, safe, and practicable expediency,
would sway the Cabinet of Petersburgh. Bat we
axe oot wholly without apprehension, that, during
the interviews and rouferetices of Tilsit, some pro.
positions or pleas, resembling those of whish the
outline is gives ate The Corneae Gazette, were laid
before the Emperor by his Contican conqueror.—
The Muscovite Empire is, in fact, far more an
Asiatic than an European monarchy ; although
Pelee, Tea GREAT. by abandoning Moscow, in
order to fix his residence and his court at Peters-
burgh, became a member of the latter confedera-
tion. It is too possible, that a ductile Prince,
who saw himself • prisoner in the bands of NAPO.
xxox, who had witnessed his triumphs, and who
beheld in him the Sovereign of the West, might be
deeded and induced to become himself the Sove-
reign of the East. Thus, like the Houma and the
Perthian Empires, in antiquity, or like the Eastern
and the Western Empires of Rome, dividing be-
tween them Europe end Asia.

Of this filet we have' however no proof; and we
wish to consider it as an illusion, invented, per-
haps propagated by NsroLeou for his own pur-
poses. Should war commence nevertheless between
France and Austria, it is impossible that a Power
so circumstanced as Russia now is, particularly in

Fin/and. and ou the Tagus, ►hould fail to take an
affirmative part, hostile ar amicable. in the destiny
of tbeCouttnent.

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The Eurydice, of 24 guns, and the Primrose, of
te, with about to transports with troops, sailed on
Wednesday from'Plymouth far Spain. The British
forte intended for Spain and Portugal, including
the troops from !delta, will amount to not less than
30,000 men.

A latter received at Falmouth from an Officer of
His 1M era ship Plimatagiutent, dated off the
Tagus, 9d instant, states, th:.t General Wet tura-
AMY and General Sexacaa were in full march for
Lisbon, and that our squadron were to attack the
forts (rani the water side, at the same time the troops
attacked at Owe ; the attault arm expected to be
mode in a day or two after the letter was written.—
It states, that nine litsssise ships of the line, two
Portuguese under French allows, with a great
number of Danith vessels, mid two Dovish Etna
Indismen, were in the Tap n, which oar tars hoped
shortly in have possession-of.
The following ships of the Beet from Jamaica,
under convoy of His 111rosorry's ship Farms, are
yet unaccounted for, having pertsd from the con-
voy; on nifFmlie;
The Zeplips reeneere ; Wandeeer„ Lyodes ; hos.
Meet ; it. Mary, nytoa ; toterprire, Wilkinson; Aid,
Redeem ('ygwett, Ron ; and Ow Pitt, Smith, Ike Lea-
den ; Diens, Rohm' ; Aldred, ("tart ; Lard Gsrdaer, ca.
MOM% • Eager, Negros ; Planter, Fab ; derma, Colop-
hon ; :ad Robert, Meek, to the Clyde ; AIMIA Maria,
Holum sod tbe Ceshertsod, Bereeier, boo Whitehoven.
The Mater, from Jamaica, foe Dublin, one of
the missing ships of the Artiness's convoy, parted
from His MAJarre's ship Veteran, on the 11th init.
for her deltioation.

Dispatches were received, hist morning, at the
from Sir EDWS. PELLEM, Dart. Com-
mander in Chief on the East India Station.

Lag week the ed battalion of the 96th regiment
marched through Clemente:7. Cheltenham, and
Tewkesbury. nu their route far Wilmot.,4er, where
they arrived on Friday, and are expected to remain
for the yurpose of recruiting.
The prias tire of the Bops, Artillery, encamped
at Ileum Bay, is not solely confined to that of
howitivrs and gums ; en 8-iiich mortar hiss been
placed to the lower battery us the Cliff, from
whence elicits are thrown to the distance of 500
Yard.. at a flak rt ttt, placed on the beach, with a
prei i.ifsn which nia the peifettiou which this
limlich or the ILL 1111Sacquirtd.

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deredki-Thill/e/sys had hauled* the vevief into
Margeiu kn.% • -
•• The VOWS 41111emiasi at Padang from the 214 t to
altli Noveinber,:eteis% which time an inundation
took place ........ •#
sod destructive than any
venom "7"c • ~iatabitants to have hap-
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peued the '' water swept away a great
bomber IA . 1...
'' . aide Vaud at the period
ww/ the depart's ''''' '
.Ireorsa,:ik was estimated
Viet about 400 0 t • • had penshed.—
The Europeans rtsichakot-Xhidaag had suffersd
re x!. severely by the ohne*.
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