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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18.

The Alcmene, of 32 gnus, Capt. TIREDILgTT,
• ou Monday, at Plymouth, with dispatches,
after a passage of four days from Corunna. The
Alcmene confirms the report that JOSEPH BON A..
PARTS and all the French had left Madrid, and
were retreating to France ; lie only remained in
that city a few days, the whole of which he em-
ployed in plundering the churches, &c. General
CASTANOS is in possession of a letter written by Bo-
b] APARTE, addressed to DUPONT, ordering him to
quit his situation, join another division of the
French, and, with the united force, attack the
army of Gallicia under General BLARE.
The Alcmene spoke on the 13th the Expedition
from Portsmouth, under Sir 11. BONNARD, es-
corted by the Audacious, all well, 100 miles S. W.
by W. off Ushant.

The following is an extract from a letter dated
on board the Audacious, at Sea, 13th August" I
take the opportunity of a brig's speaking us to
send you a line. We are nil in high preservation,
though moving en slowly ; and unless the wind
changes, 1 cannot say when we shall reach our
destination. It is now directly in our teeth, though
we are happily considerably to the Southward of
thhant. Three days fair wind, and we should be
clear of Cape Finisterre."

We have received Corwin's' Papers to (lie 9th
instant. (rola which we have made some extracts ;
imOng which is a Proclamation issued by .the
Kal-
lant General CASTAXO6, subsequent to the surren-
der of DUPONT.

There were great rejoicings on Sunday at Bou-
logne, in celebration of 1130NAPAGTE'i
The rockets were semi in the evening from .1)orr
flying in the airy ip every direction on that part of
the Freixli coast; The peOile—aail Aye troops at
Boulogne know nothing yet of hi, disiniceftil flight
from Bayonne, alai tl.iit of JOiEPli from 'Madrid,
ith the dcleut of the French urine in Spaiu. A
Bulletis from Itinnimuillet, announcing these
events, wouht certainly encograga them to under-
take the Tong threatened invasion .of England ! !
"f he Spaniards have now strewn t 0 all the natiohs
of Europe what an united people condo.

Notwithstanding seine ambiguities and apparent
contradictions in The Gazette of Tuesday eveniag,
which would rcflect upon the perspicuity of Cap-
tain WHITTINGHAM. if he litc-ally composed the
Rwport transmitted by Sir II _w bsr.neuer.r, its
contents mint be perused with general exultation.
JOSEPH BONAPARTS'S retreat from "Madrid. and
the circumstances that obealiciociasalLos. aircom.-
ponied it, thmtpillry liiiirkeetter.to.-tettt otr
equal siittini.4, prove aa;ertlwletsitge appre-hen-
*ions which' hart' toompelleil this short-lived Mc:
narch so soon to transfer his Royal person and re-
sidence nearer his Imperial brother. If JO*EPH
Maly did, as our Gazette states, take the road of
Segovia, he must probably have been impelled
by the desire of plundering the palaces of the Es-
curial, and of St. Ildcfnissoo_as lie haul previously
done by the pally,' of the metropolis. lint he
must necessurily pass through the defiles of the
monistaiiies of Gemelaraina oo that route, which, it
was seine time ago asserted, were occupied by the
Patriots.. or BLASIEREA4 his force or his position,
we are left in total ignorance. lie probably covers
the flight of Jost:en, and he commends the oniv
considerable body of French troops new acting to
the west of the Ebro. If we may farm, front our
imperfect materials, any conclusion as to the
ulterior views or intentions of NAPOLEON. it
would appears that having 6641,1 him the three
provinces of Biscay. Navarre, and Catalonia, which
are under his cotetroul, he minens to make a
stand in Old Castile. Bongoes would become,
in that eyelet, the seat of Jteseetes Government ;
as it was repeatedly, &ming the war of the succes-
sime, in the beginning of the last century, the resi-
dence of I 'n: t.t r V. and of his Court. Front Burgos,
it is no doubt presumed, that Jossett may always
reach Bayonne, without clanger of being intercept-
ed by his unnatural subjects, who still continue
insensible to the blessings of his administration.
The scene of 'facilities will, in all probability, he
now transferred to the province of Old Castile. If
CUESTA and Bt.sxx can advance from Astorga,
through the kingdom of Leon, while Cascraxos
penetrates through La Mancha and New Castile,
towards Burgos. the contest must soon come to a
decision.

Leaving, however, for the present, the consider-
ation of these events, as well as the results of Sir
AKTUVII ‘VELLErLsv's Expedition, relative to
both which, a few days may enable us better to
judge, it is natural to turn our attention towards
the great and principal actor. We must presume
that the Corsican has king ago reached leis eapital,
where lie will sunpiestiona!,ly find ample occupa-
tion. All his precautions, and all the severity of
Foucus4 aided by the interdiction of every spe-
cies of intercourse between the Continent and this
polluted country, will not long suppress or con-
ceal the disgrace of his arms beyond the Pyreaets.
Itle will read in the countenances of his subjects,

the capitulation of Baylen, the surremlzr of Ro,.
sum, stud the flight of JOSEPLL Hit wAI had his
own disquietude re-echoed from liMiand, c„t
from Germany. Louts uiel JE ROM tremble
on their usurped thrones., and &ult.( yate the, sp.
proaching or the posaiblsl fate of ilk ir eider he.,.
ther. But it is from Austria that AL..N.sealtii,.
may naturally expect some manifestation of
content, or omne reclamation of the tultiltui.at st
the articles of the treaty of Tilsit. The mainea
is favourable for such an interference; Anti
meanly we may conceive of the military, as well es
of the final cial, and the moral abilities. of that Go-
vernment, yet NAPOLEON cannot, while his tms.:..
are capitulating, or retreating in couNishai a
rupture with the Court of Vienna as a sultjeet or
itislidereoce. Far from despising or courting it,
we conceive that he will be desirous of avoiding and
averting it, if he can accomplish it without loss of
reputation.

Malty circumstances, on the other hand, Ini,ltt
estah!ti Austria to contend with better chontetcs.
success, cam ui the three lest wars. .‘ There is
tide is the affairs of men ;" and it seems now to
be stgoinst the Corsican. He cannot leave Frau,:
exposed to the Euglish oust Spaniaids, in order to
return to Vienna and Austerlitz. Ha will be fortr.
nate, if he can retain possessiou of three or boar
provinces of Spain, without marching Isis ironic
into Hungary or Bohemia. His enemies Might
appear at the gates of Bayonne, or of Perpignan,
while he woo gone to gather laurels on the Dims:lA.
He is too wise, under existing circumstaim,s, ti
repeat that experiment. Even from the humi-
liation and extinction of Prussia, sney emi-
nently arise the !salvation ef Germany, and
the successful exertions of Austria. The low;
rivalities between Berlin and Vienna ar era tense
—The enmities that existed between l'ist•
DERIC and itlAttl.l TIIE4E,A, are forgotten. S;•
lesia, that perpetual source of jea!ousy on o.e
hand, and of apprehension on the other, is !Ramie
the prey of the lion. Naeoutoe, trampling co
every condition of the 'peace of Tilsit, holds thin
unfortunate province under his iron gripe, cud
treats the wretched isdnibiticits as slit, t
TiCeilarc Wawa)! himself, who so lately com-
manded an army bf t.vt; hundred t .ou.aud men,
with which, in Decenther, 1003, he might have
changed the destiny of Europe, is become a
fugitive, scarcely daring to trust his person with-
in his own nominal dominioui. Like Outwits
the Twet,yettat Dm:notice, he is forgotten a; Ku-
itigsberg;•:wlitle Berlim•and Potzdam, and Sins
So.uci,—are tyrannized by Freuch Generals, mud
loaded with French exactions. Such a King, and
such a:state, can no longer impress Austria with
terror, nor hang as a weight on her counsels sind
operations. Even Russia may think the inns etc
of tier own subserviency a.,d subwis nu to IioNA•
r4irrt, to be full ; and may, from bcisig his itastra•
anent, become his opponent.
These are the circumstances in which NAPOLEOII
stands. They are very critical ; and IDUbt beceuat
hourly more so; when we consider the situation of
JIINUT. of BESSIERES, and of the beaten troops
that have lost their reputation before Sarugoa.a and
Vaientiti; above all, when we content: late the pw.
sition of Don Josue's, the Catholic King, who is
carrying Ins virtues to the land from whence he
cause. Vainly may the Corsican Tyrant look hark
upon the eminence from which he has precipitated
himself. it is irrecoverable. Hr must go forward;
and we believe his difficulties will augment at every
step. A few days, or weeks, must necessarily
draw up the curtain which at present covers the
East and the North of Europe.

We have received Dutch Papers to the 7th inst.
containingextracts from the Pans Papers to the yd.
On the Iritli last, several horses belonging to illuair
pieced through Frankfort, on their way, it was sae-
posed, to :Naples, and BONAPARTE arrived at Tail-
loose 011 the _nth. The Paris Papers endeavour to
persuade the good people of that city, that tie tie-
comas of the reverses sustained by the French iu
Spain are Al Case. The following extract from the
Journal de l'Enopire, of the 2d inst. way afford a
specimen of this sort of imposture
" For some time past various reports have been
propagated with regard to Spain and Portugal. It
has been asserted that the English have obtained
some advantages in these two kingdoms; but the
iineertaiiity and contrariety of these report. vfotil.l
alone be sufficient to expose their improbability.
—lt is true, that the English, according to the,:
usual custom, have eodeavonred to excite distort:-
but it•ia also certain, that all their etff'rt•
to make themselves masters of the ports and Arc
of Spain have again and again beeu fnistatted.—
We learn from authentic information, that they are
not in possessiim of one harbour or fleet. In. Por-
tagal they have not succeeded better. They hare
dared to make propositions to the Russian Admi-
ral lying iu the Tagus, but time were rejected with
aeon. and indiguation."

The First and Second Reports trots the Com•
mittee of the House of Commons, on the Laws
luting to Lotteries, hare been printed. Among t'
several regulations recorumen•led 5,t the Aro,
suggests, in case it shall be thii,itht espesir•a
to continue State Lotteries, mit, " the nniu.t •
thereof in melt year should lie• bilhitei to two
terie•, of act more than 30,nu0 /lieltets each

tht somber o
ten, the preset
eight for cue
that the nuaul
inguld he um
Coiurniasioneg
cloue of ti
as Ow Lotter:,
armlet undr
!mt. that one
foal. Ilrat daps

The Steam
Acts for reg
and prcventin
ro•nation it in
for the 'suer
it concludes w

the Lottery ii
ruiner are co
fregouvri,:;:tiai:rein:aiicieh ni
urd calawitie
baneful a sou
is so burden
dnetive; no
the chances au
hole where ti:

ia 4. 411i1 destr
The uppen
dence upon
the testinionl
tint: r. and
tern Offl,e-ke
every t)OO,OU
the people I
Re( tor of St.
Ordinary of I
IVagibrEale, V
rinu • illetil.lCCl
Lottery prod o
The Fourtl
Distillation of
ed. It recon
his sugar bel
calculations
fining in the
that totAer be
rinteuts to pi
.ys, •re •boe
• .rodet.ticsa o

Yesterday,
rived in town,
the QULF.N.,
the Dukes of

At trio o'cli
tee, wlich w
The Duke of
Carden, trio
th,,,t. Lard He

Tiw t.%ii
to Hiv MAJ A

The Rev. Mr.
Colosel ',le CI
q'• Aut.& Cesu
Mr. Nita
cerdiogo of bt
No Coonci

'ZESTY loft to
o'clock.

Ye‘terdAy I
Grave the DN

The Duke
leave. London,
}'este►d ty 1
the Natality 1
is an eler,nt
'1 he liishol
Jrary a Moot
puoiic eye.
It wets rep.
1,4 11.15 bet
We believe U
the Mentor,
for days fro.s
could to that
view; to her .11
The Candi,
Louth, WM) t
frigkteS, and
board 4000 at.
Ayres, winch
Clots at
Of BERti. fir►
long, we wide
roline, and arc

The follow
dia, in additit
pultheati 'n
Per Windham
and Mrs. Breese
Per Castle E
Lieutenant-Colo
Rawlins, J. Shun
titbron, &qrs.;
Sir Altl'HY
togthilig et (
16th nit. from
elusive, the
transports dit
the 30th and
troops and hen
baste landed,
was caiculatet;
barked.

'They write,
Isntry of a sitt;
I.sve sporting
Lye Itl Engle
against Frenel
v.:red on Lot!
knowledge of
seGiisly to brie
twNe sent out
eight or telt En
of LOIS:
Itltd, ile tfrrett

Cab number of diva allowed for drawing, instead of
ten, the present number, should be brought back to
eight for each Lottery, the number fixed in 180? :
that the cumber of tickets to he chown each day
sioiuld he uncertain, and left to the discretion of the
Commissioners of Stamp Dimes, 8114 kept secret till
the close of the draw each day, care being taken,
sw the Lottery proceeds, not to leuve too great a
number undrawn on the latter days of drawing,
b:it that one moiety or upwards be drawn on the
few Ilrat days thereon"
Thr Second Report takes a review of the several
Acts for regulating the sale of Lottery Tickets,
and preventing illegal insurance, 611 from this exa-
mination it infers, that all the laws and regulations
for the latter purpose have proved 'inadequate, and
it concludes with asserting, that the f lotion of
the Lottery is so radically vicious, that the Com-
mittee are convinced, that wider no system of re-
gulations which can be devised, will it be possible
for Parliament to adopt it as ass efficient source of
revels's', and at the same tune divest it of all the evils
and calamities of which it has hitherto proved so
baneful a source ; that no rim& of raising money
is so burdensome, so pernicious, and so 110 :PrO
dnctive ; no species of adventure is known where
the chances are so great ssgaiisst the adventurer; and
twee where the iisfatuation is more powerful, !Ana-
log, and destruc4ive.
The appendix to the Report contains the evi-
dence upon which it is grounded, consisting of
the testimony of Me.isrs. 13tsH, Ris H SRDSYN,
SWIFT, and several other eininesit Lll/I‘lllll Lot-
tery Office-keepers, one of whom stated, that for
every 600,0001. gained by the State uv Lottery,
the people lost 1,9,75,0001.-311.. GL IIN CY, the
Bettor of St. Clement Daises; Mr. luau, she
Ordinary of Neorgate ; and Mr. Cot o CllOO N. Cie
Magistrate, were al.o examined, &LA adduced va-
rious ins:tames of the ensues add misery witch the
Lottery produced among the lower classes. •

The Fourth 'Report front the Coinitnittee ou the
Distillation of Sugar and Molasse,s, he Luccu
print-
ed. It recommends that the plainer should reline
lus sugar before he imports it, and eater% tato
calculations to prove the ink lata;ges ot re-
fining in the West lu tirs. It also recommends
that snAar be eaiployed m &actinic cattle. Expe-
ritneats to prove the utility or this latter plat., it
says, are anout to be instituted, and it reconiumends
a reduction of the duty on sugar.

Yesterday, at tweiveu'elio;k, ills MAtr.ery ar-
rived in town, foam Windsor, and was rceen•s•d at
the Quoon's Palace, by their Royal
the Dukes or Yong and K►NT.
At too o'clock Ili.; MAJL6TY held a Private Le-
see, which was ottri.dell 6)-
11w Duke el reedited, the Dyke or Montrose. Earl
Cusdea, traria ctostimat, Lund HRlPltreferi, Bart tta.•
brit, Lord Hostlitichi, Lord Somerville, Lord Molgrave,
1. 1,44er, Mr. PlTerfaill mut Mr. Cationic.
The tallow ing had the honour of being preteuted
to Ills MAJ. 3Tlr

The Rev. Mr. Jelllciaeon, Prebend of Wovenler.
Colonel !le. Gearge can k iag Ak.po:t.te.l His Mitjel.
A.d-de-Carp.
Mr. Ricca tail before (Its MAJESTY the pro-
ce:lliugs of several Court Mart aI.
No Council was held ti .i.ty; aorl MA•
JUT? left to for tViialsor at hail past tour
o'clock.

YesterdAv the Cil)inet bliui ten dined with hilt
Grave the bolie of PORTLAN D.

The Duke of t; N 11;001; :expected shortly to
leave London, and join his lielonient iu S,
Yesterd Her MAJE/TY had party of
the Nobility at Frogioore Lodge, who sat down
to an elerant dinner.
•

The /31,h0p of Lo:too:v presented to ilis MA-
JESTY a Nlisouscript, which will shortly ineet tne
pu'alic eye.
It was reported yesterday that JOSEPH Boise.
'erre hasher's taken prisoner by the Spaiiiarthi.—
We believe this report rests Rum the auttion4 of
the Mentor, a victualler, arrived at Ply:lmm an
four days from Coronae, which states, that en ac-
could to that effect had been received There pre-
vious to her departure.
'the Caroline, Spanish schooner, arrived at My-
mouth, WAY captured by bite Unicorn rod Pisani.r
frigates, and •Comet sloop of war: she has no
board 4000 stud of arms for the troops at Buenos
Ayres, which were landed for the use of the Pa-
thots at Gijon; and the dispatches from the Duke
Of BIRO, far the Coionsaiiding Officer of that co-
lony, we understood were fuun4 on board the Ca-
roline, and are forwarded to London.
The following Passengers have arrived from In-
dia, in addition to those which appeared in our last
piablie,iti w :

Per Wsodltam—H. Room, Erg. Mrs. Gsakfurd and cbild,
and Mrs. Breese

Per Castle atte4—Nle. and Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Walters,
Lieutenant•eolontls Oar' and Dale' Major Dawson ;J.
itardiaa, J. Shure, M. lisckry, .4. Stewart, J Palmer, sad J
Gibson, &airs.; Mr. G. Hamm, from St. Heleua.
Sir Airman Wci.LLst.Ee's expedition, after
torching at Oporto, an ised off I- horrus on the
26th ult. from which time, to the tot itirtaitt,
elusive, the surf ran so high that the larger
transports did not think it safe to enter. On
the Suth and 3lst ult. and the Ist lust. most of the
troops and horses front the ',miller transports hail
buts landed, and about the use gof the ;td, it
was calculated that the whole would be disem-
barked.

They write from Oporto in high terms of the gni.
lantry of a single friar, an excellent shot, (for they
have sporting parsons iii Spain and Portugal, as we
have in England), who. resolved to use his gun
against Frenchmen instead of partridges. IJ. ho-
vered on Lotsam's column of march, and by his
knowledge of the country posted himself advmnta-
eeou►ly to bring down their spies, or foragers, or
t'iose sent out to reconnoitre. la this way he shot
eight or teu men, among whom was au Aid-du-
camp of Lots,rx ; and though more than once pur-
ses:4, its effected Lis return to Oporto.