The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-05 00:00:00

LONDON,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5.

We recei‘erl, last night, Spanish Tapers to the
19111 last. The Spaniardsare advancing to Airdrie!.
—On the ithh last, the cavalry of the urmy of La
Mancha was &icor Aranjuex. The French disputed
every inch of ground, aid a battle was expected.—
There appears to hose been a smart action at Almo-
'lucid, near Treinlili gee, to the south of Aranjnez
in which the Sponish cavalry, to the amount of 2000.
1% ere times' back.—The Duke Das. PARQUE occu-
pied the pass of Banos and the bridge of l3ejar.
And although the Duke of A I.IIPQUERQUIL has fur
the presvnt fallen buck, he was expected to return to
cover the Tagnii. The relief which is stated to have
been given to &krona, we are sorry to find, is said
to require cuntirtnation. A new expedition against
N•pl4 • has Leen fitted out at Sici!y„

‘Ve have received Monitetwx, and some other
Pails Papers, to the 2.1t1 last. The Covent• Garden
riots are become a prominent feature in the French
official Journal. If soli, asgument agsimt such
proceedings was wanted, it would be supplied by
this use made of them by our eneinies.—Prepara-
Cons have Levu wade at Bayonne for the reception
of Box A PASTE. The great assemblage of his vas-
sal Kings and Princes at Paris, sheers, however,
that some business of importance will be transacted
iu that city, before his departure for Spain. Among
our extracts bout the Mona/cur, is a letter from
the Irtuch General Sucurr, at Saragossa, giving
an account of the defeat of some bands of Catalans,
that sought to penetrate into Arrngonin the latter
end of October. The system of warfare pursued
by the Spaniaids, *lnch this letter describes, is the
true mode of wearying out the French.—While
the latter claim, in the present cases, complete suc-
cess, it is adwited that the Spaniards fought with
spirit am! obstinacy. The reports of the submission
of the Tyrolese are greatly exaggerated. There
may be some cases of the kinds but it is far frog,
Lein; universal.

Ma•quis Wer.t.rsr.tr has paid several visits to
the Foreign Oilke since his return, and from this
circumstance, some of the papers have inferred,
that his Lordship is preparing to assume the di-
rio•tion of that department. The iuferenee is by
no means just, as every Ambassador, on his ri?arn
from a foreign station, may be presumed to here
some liminess to transuct there, connected with his
diplomatic duties. We further believe, and under-
stand, that it is not the Foreign Department
for which his Lordship is intended, but that he
is to El a higher station, and succeed Mr. PER•
csvai as First
_Lord of the Treasury; and that Mr.
CANNING is to resume the seals of the Foreigifor.
ace, with the portion of the war department con-
nested with it, according to the new partition of
the duties of that office. To make way for this ar-
rangement, it is supposed that the Earl of CRUDE V
will resign„.to-morrow, his seat in the Calnuet. as
President of the Council, and he succeeded by
Lord Et.oos, who retires, to make room for Mr.
Peatt:VAt.,as LORD CUANCELLOR. This sacrifice
on the part of Lord ELutia is considered essential to
the formation of the new Ministry, and he will of
coarse submit to it as a case of necessity. The auk.
wardness of descending from the Preniivrship to the
rank of a Secretary of State, will be thus avoided
by Nlr. PLIICE•AI., who obtains a peerage, with the
seals, and enjoys a pension of 50001. a-year,
of course, whenever he is removed from that office.
Such, we understand, is the plan in contemplation:
and, we may presume, that it could nut be effected
without much dAiculty. It must be a bold step, to
introduce Mr. CAN:IfliGi into the Cakoinet, so soon

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after the exposure of his intrittle, ; tind tlie arront
offered to Lord CAMDEN, by his removal, can oii!y..
be justified by an extreme case. Lord LIVERPOoI.
was engaged ou Saturday, not at his office, but in
endeavours to surmount these obstacles ; and his
conferences with the Marquis, which were-held at
Hyde-Park Corner, were not terminated till a late
hour. On the other hand, there are not wanting per-
sons who suppose that Lord WELLEsLEy, havrrig
considered the means and support; possessed by
Mr. PERCEVAI., and aware of the load of public
reprobation under which Ministers labour, is un-
willing to embark in so frail a vessel, tat so stormy
a OA.
The present Administration, unquestionably, re-
sembles, in its position. that of Lord Notern, at
the close of 1791, when, on Lord GEontiE Gen-
MAINE'S resignation, attempts were made to prop
and to prolong its existence, by placing %WELBORN
ELLts, afterwards created Lord MENote, tu his
office; as is now the case with Lord \VELLES/AY.
But these expedients, though they protracted, for
a few weeks, the duration of a Ministry, decried
and fallen in the national estimation, could neither
invigorate nor resuscitate a political machine, des-
t►tute of energy, and universally condemned.
Lord NORTH resigned on the -20th of March, 1782,
a day, and a period, to which, looking forward
prospectively, we do not believe Mr. PERCETAL
can ever reach in MO. It may, perhaps, be said.
that Lord NORTH sank under the accumulated
pressures, reverses, and misfortunes of the Ameri-
can War, sustained during near seven years. But
we ought never to forget, that the contest with
America was not a foreign, but a civil war ; iu
which, many persons of high consideration, and of
the most upright inteutions, in both Houses of
Parliament, opposed both the Crown and the Ad-
inini itration, upon principle, and on system. The
present Ministers, engaged in opposing a revolu-
tionary Usurper, the scourge of Europe, and the
common enemy of even• State, have been supported
even by those who considered them, individually,
as unfit for their situation,. •

If there be any portion or period of our modern
History, which bears a striking analogy to the pre-
sent moment, it is the conclusion of the late reign.
Geostue ii., in 1737, was further advanzed in life,
than is our present beloved Sovereign ; and he had
called to his Councils, on the commencement of the
war with France, in 1736, a set of men, if possible
still more objects of national condemnation and
contempt, thau the present Ministers. What was
the result ? Universal defeat, disgrace, slid disaster.
We were every where repulsed, or dishonoured ;
Minorca was taken by the French, While,BY NG as-
suredly did not sustain the naval honour of the
British arias, in the Mediterranean. BIM:MOCK
was cut to pieces, with his whole army, in the woods
of America. At Tiemiderago, we were not Itiis
fortunate. In Germany, an English Piinc:e, the
IMO of GEC:MCC 11. at the head of a combined force,
composed of British, Hauoverians, and Hessians,
capitulated to the Marshal Da Coliva Des. Our
exi:editions to the coast of Normandy and Britanny,
were not less ingluriuus, though not by any means
so ruiuous, as those to Walcheren, and against Cas-
tile. At St.Ctui, we were driven to our ships
Before Rochfurt, we manifested neither conduct,
nor even courage.—Yet I liilate MAJESTY, attached
to the Ministers of his choice, long persisted to re-
tain them, in opposition to the general voice of his
people. But that voice became at length too loud,
and too violent to be resisted. The Administra-
tion was changed. Mr. Pm, the celebrated Earl
of Chatham, came into power, though, as is well
known, he was personally odious to the KING.—
Frog' that auspicious era, wisdom, promptitude,
energy,. and success, distinguished the deliberations
of the Calmiet, and the operations of the held, or
of the navy. Victory was beautifully said, and with
no less truth, than elegance, to have erected her altar
between the aged knees of GeonGe. It.; the three
concluding years of whose reign, to the time of his
decease, in MO, were a series of almost uninter-
rupted success, in every quarter of the globe. IVe
trust, that while His present MAJEsTY'S reign may
be protracted by the bounty of Providence to a
much greater length than was that of his Royal
grandfather, it may bear a close similarity to the
termivatiou of that illustrious career, in other re-
pects.

We have received, a regular series of New-
York Papers, from the enth September to the
271 b of Oct. They confirm the account that the
PRIM D I:NT had declined to receive the new Spanish
Minister from the Junta, on account of the preseut
unsettled state of Spain, For the same reason no
Minister will be received from King Josvmt. Or-
ders were received, on the '24th. by the Collector of
New-York, to grant clearances fur Gijon, St. An•
deco, and the other Spanish ports in the Bay of
Biscay, whether in possession of the French or Spa-
niards.

We have letters from tv aieneren, dated on Wed-
nesday last. They continue to speak of the con-
fusion in the island, and resemble it to the hurry
and bustle of a public fair. A subject of difference
has siisen between General DON and the natives,
who propose to remain after the evacuation by the
British troops. It seems that a considerable qusn-
tity of goods has been sent to their consignment,
winch they contend ought to he delivered accord-
ing to the terms of the bills of lading. General
,Duts that the Masters of the vrrwls s'it.ll not
break hulk. but return either to this country, or
proceed to some other ilfnotnation, where. the pro.:
petty will not be liable to seistue by We many.


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POEM,.

THE YEARS TO COME.

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~tfytransientbouti-my little day
I. speeding fast—hew fast ! away-.
Already bath try summer *en
Half its race of brightness run;
All 170 I hear the wintry blest-e.
My a life of life" will soon be past!
The flush of youth wing ! be cite,
The t►rob of jay will t►ro► as mon—. !
And Fancy, mistress of my lyre,
Will cease to knit her sacred Sre•~

My trembling heart'.—prepare! prepare!
For skies of gloom and thoughts acme
borrows and wants will stake thee weep*
And fears of sgc will o'er thee creep;
llselib, that smird in bloomy pride,
Will cease to wars. thy sluggish tide;
The shaft ofipain-i-tbe frost of woe,
Will bid the current cease to Guy ;
And who, alas shall then be nigh,
To 'tooth the with Affection's sigh!
To press my feeble hand in their's,
To plead fur sue is sileat pray'rs,
And cheer me with those hope► that shed
Rapture o'er a dying bed

Jays of the future !--emsse to Toll
l!pon .y wild affrighted goal—
ysterious fate !—I will not look
tVithin thy dark, eveutful book—
Luougbi for xa to feel, and know
That love mud life stunt shortly go;
That Joy will vanish, nosey fly,
Aud Ifeuth dissolve die closest tie !
Wen now, while 1330411111 my pensive rhyme.

1 tat the warming voice uf Time—
Awl CO! this sigh, this start of fear,
Tells zie the might will suun he here !

1VL1,11011114 Di L. 1.

Notwithstanding the advanced period of ttly
year, this much-favoured watering !dime is slid
wry full of genteel company, the greater part af
whom have engaged houssrs fur the whole whiter.
Haas's's card assembly, cud
are in consequence recommenced, and boast at
much attraction ; and the bands of the 7th bun.
sari and 2d Somerset militia, every morning altor-
nattly perform no the Esplaoade, to gratify outt
numerous fashionable promenaders.
On Wednesday evening Litut..Cokmel Kr 11-
RllOll, and the officers of the 7th hussars, gave a
most magnificent ball and supper, at iladipcsie
barracks, to upwards of 130 of the nobility ti s.l
gentry, in a stile of grandeur far surpassing s Is
military fete ever teen here. Temporary ace, a:.
niodatious were erected on the occasion, which a re
beau►ifully and fancifully illuminated with "..a-
riegated lamps, and the apartments decorated with
laurel, ornamented with pine apples, oranges, at.
the most choice fruit. The whole producing cs
mast euchauting effect.
Dancing commenced at nine o'clock ; and th
bell was opened by Colonel Kituniscia cud Mu
Waan. The supper rooms were thrown open a t
one; the tables were most profusely_ spread wYtilt
every delicacy; and the company did not separate
till the dawn of tiny, highly deliOted with the
charms of the evening.
Sir JOHN and Lady JOHNSTONE and family are
joist asrived.
LOaCIIANVILLE Levisure Onwea's nupti ado,
with Lady HARVOT CAVENDISH, are expecte. Ito
take place at Chiswick, this day week.
the Earl and Countess of Servos are ripe fled
this day to their house in Arlington-street, I torn
Lancashire, for the season.
l'he COUlltkifl Dowager of SF.FTOM returned, on
Saturday, .to ter house M Berkt bey.
square, for the season. Her Ladyship hitt ads
shortly to commence her usual evening parties.
Lord STANLLY left the Oaks, on Sunday, for
Plymouth. to join his regiment, the Second Betel
Lancashire, which are quartered at that place.
The Earl of ::errs intends to turn out a Inc
stn., this day, at W lock ham, near Croydon.
Lord Petry returned to town, yesterday, from
Worcestershire.

'fbeMa:WhiCaness of SALISetatY intends to pass
the Christmas holidays at Hatfield House, Herts.
A numerous itssernblaiLae of Nobility are expected to
enliven the festiie scene.
On Tuesday, the Duke of Susstx paid a visit
to laid sou. at the College, Witicheeter, and dined
with Dr. CODDARD. 1116 Royal Highness Ow-
wands virtaetl the Catiadral, amid twit morning lilt
that city for London.
During tits last fortnight. the Duke of Non-
roi.x has been visibisg his fronds in Cailirle, sad
the west of Cumberland. On Saturday he dined
with the Dean and Chapter of CASUALS. 11116
Grace appeared in good health and spirits.
On Tuesday the MAKOK of Lian.aeout. gave a
grind dinner in the 'rown-hall, to upwards of*"
Cattlemen, of the first respectability in the county.
.1. he new opinions dining-room, saloon, and doming-
room, were used on this occasion. Atnongst the
compare,- were
Lord kilasoror, the Bishop of Bangor, Lord Rodney, she
Esol of Sertiiii, Sir Timmins Hcsketh, Sir Geary- Dun
bar, I liteckboine, Esq. kt.P fee the county, E. W. Boo*.
Erg. M.P Peter Vence, Esq. W.P. lrelaad, Bbsckbunse.
Est' M P &c.
Mr. ERSKINK has engaged Mn. SAIMiN (late
Miss Aluaosx) for the twitting York Winter Con-
cert..
On Wednesday, Mr. Sheriff LAKELAND gave so
elegant natant.) iiiii rat, at his house, in High-Oune'
gate, York, to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and a •
large party of gentlemen. The dinner consisted of
every rarity of the season, with wines ottlie choicest
41(1,04.
We understand that Lord MONTSOMFAIE las
purchased Mr. Itaxt.'s Rover. by Hyacinthus, Set
650 gaitneas. Also that Mr. JOHN JACKSON, the
Itackey, hoe bought two fine premiering colt foals, tv
11:osciathads, in the neighbour:4ood of Malton, 10'1
a* plural cavil.