The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-10-30 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

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• WALCIIRIEIf.
The number of British troops, sick at.Walehe:
Oen, amounted, last week, to 8000 men ; and the
island is not sollidently insulated to prevent the
French or Dutch how effecting a landing between
Anemende and Cumpt-cere, itadeliance of all the
batteries erceted by our troops, as the enemy may
come down at alight, in one tide, in suticient force,
through the pamage, called ha Dutch, Sand Creek,
. and, in English, Wolfart's Dcke Channel, and
which our gun-boats cannot defend, as they are
exposed to the Dutch batteries in South Beveland.
Of the strength of our troops an idea may he
funned, when, (luring in:: weeks at Ter Vert,. never
more than aim men, out of the two regiments which '
geiristmed the place, were fit for duty; and, in
other parts of the Wend, bowie regatneuts did not
11/ Oil er more than from 20 to 25 effective men.
'• 'lnc situation of the inhaintauts is truly pitiable;
t!.ey are, 111111 111114111, cut off from all cocoanut:ilea-
t.%a with the continent. In consequence of this,
I:,ey are not only deprived of the necessary supplies
of provisions, but also Prow every source of income ;
so that, on the one head, most provisions have risen
to extraordinary prices ; namely, butter, from 6d.
to 201 per lb.; meat, from 51.1. to 9d.; and other
necessaries in proportion, owing to the great con-
sumption. And, as an additional proof of their
miserable situation, it is certain, that they ore even
unable to pay for provisions, if furstui dial from Eng-
land. But more Lamentable still is the situation of
the people in North Develop(' (as smell island, next
to Walcheivii); in consequence of neither the English
nor Dutch keeping possession of it, they are alter-
nately harassed by both. and frequently it has hap-
pened, that the one pays them a morning visit, and
the other an evening one ; tasking away whatever
they want, but particularly cattle, with which this
island abounds.

" There lire about 3 or 4.000 Dutch troops in
Smith Beveland, and from 25 to 30,000 encamped
between Ant werp end Bergensop-bium, commend.
to i,y six Dutch Generals, et the head °lulus:is is
Dimionceau, in the °well ►ervice.
" The 1101114111111WittlUll between Smith Cleveland
acid the Continent, 1. kept up by a bridge, which
has been thrown by the French over the drowned
land."

STATE OF THE crarisu ARMY IN PORTUGAL
11. WAS. tot T. J.
" The principal (hooves which primal,, are levers
and dysenteric*. A. the weather 1s uow bee g
snare teinperate, the sickness begins to decrease.
This garrison is entirely appropriated fur the mei..
lion tlie sick of the arum.

61 Nothius interesting of a unlit:ivy nature te.•
taken plalevatuce the arrival of nead.onartersat B
jos. The conjectures, with
of the army, are various. Lord 1`••
Cris ga. lion, for the first tim , Saturday.-
114.1 burden', seemed to be so ,;.cud health sods
spirits. He bits had tw., severe attacks of illness,
dysentery and fever. Ou roteriug-the town lie re-
reivevl.4 salute r.fi2.l gnus from Fort Le Lippe, which
• was repeated oa hi, devirture in the ereititig.
Lordship, while io tow.), visited some vkf the -
O bit,. The Mftriliiis de lit ituitietta pnsaetl tlorm4ll
this place about a fortnight ago, ol to
tic-
im!.. I. i. here, that tro.,ps
the late exitutlittno
1 ..,•!, tu ).Tio i ho;a• it nt. Lott
..•• t• , t try err it:t,•:m..!. a li fur t.. •
itrmectm t 404 454, t: 0114:1•I'S Pu,11,4.1!. The i>„;..
an ;.ace: do for ilia, ;
ale real.v 'he.; 19 Coe ititererts of 11 ,tr
tsmitary, and me.i to nor lialtins for the
‘‘t• I:4, 4. it, Tit'.,• 1 their .I)lirewtoi.s.
Cret;,;l 7 .t..tt 0.1 Cie other a the
",
(We, all thislt,iacipal town,
thoc bit!t.• roil, front Coiiti heady as ftir o.
Madrid. It 1- r-itori;•‘l, that the emi my ttie
to..tkit to eh their i.o,itiou ;
butt I mil well cu ['ley get ‘1•1. ,tr ~,,
trioluit.erit tit., t!., twv..r wail rtleitipt ailutitt t
tack. Ilirseerni has b. en f t..e.ue time
in I,ktion. l est• ...t 'leant the teas,,i, ahv he re-
rosins TO lung linos his Portuguese cow-

•1 nc r. F.

"I 3 my I inforniad On of the rot loos cep:-
torus th.t w.!re age.a tr.pxdiu the future opern-
'lions of ocr army in this coulitry. It is now
very gatieiully hehetr l that we 'than enicuate
the cutiutly initnettiatly. The Adjutant-Gene-
ral. acLouipaNiLd by Dr. Frank. the inti>ectur
of ficelatk liaviol gone to Lisbon tt few days
ugo. aid the Cointnau.let-in-Chitf hating
.pissed through this town, yester.lay, ou Les
way to that place, has e:etto tise to Um. opinion.
Getteral Sha;brooke, a for moleraeut the ceteittuity
of benig ktVglattl, with u toositlciubtr ti. re of
iporu;), un Saturday, ut fladati•.l, etou:si.tods in the
aliseore of 'us It is sm,l that head-
quarters are to be ,homy reatuvi d to Eatrentes, in
Port ia;tel. The Spaniard, are verf reluctinit in
t,,tt:„,,c our troop... u lot lathers" have 'wets in
I,wpm:try huts. into Coca to Not. rains t.ea-
a-1.1 lots just set its ; then:fore ot. greater .hr!-
re: - are altsultrtely nereol.try. toortal:q which
prevailed here is .da-id•.1.4

I-ORLIGN Ti.LLIGEN(

31-',l:Mstl PAVERS.

%TA I LIU. err.

The I,lVlilrlirie Greet:ft %IA; t..... 1110.0. 110 form the
lotlw.ok of a,' the ;,,,I,.ry of Spam.--
Blake olvrve4 the army, %,:•o,e want.
must he very great von.equetier or the brilliant
action at iiaw:ara, oci:1 the toterce:nion of th,• large
unlvoy ala ch tr;:ey eXi..e:e:!,, 'Flo. liea.l-,;nar:ero „r
the array of La N1.4nc.14 me at D.iymiel ; the
dtritiono which mat shlb.z,n;e6l have fail, a track, in
order to extend the hoe. The march of General
F.guia to La Mancha, or.) the movements or the
united army, have obliged the'Frencli to concen-
trate themarlve. at Toledo; and it anpears that
they have .almoilmied the design of nivailing the
eli.triet of Molina, the pnlnotv of which !place ha-
ram them much ; tt is probable that they will de-
tach troop.. from the side of Almarrs, to supply, by
forced iniricher, their inferiority of another.. To-
wards Puente vie Areobillo, nothing' oevr has oc.
eorred, excepting some sliJit in which
air troop. alistog always have the advantage. The

LONDON.
MON DAY, Ovroura 30.

Sir SAMt.tt, Timm hoisted, his flag on board the
Cent ur, Capt. ‘V LaLLY. on Saturday, at Ports-
mouth, and will wail in a few days with his squadron
for the Mediterranean.

We have received a liambusgh Corresporidinuers,
of the 17th instant. It appears from it, and recent
accounts from Holland, that the treaty between
France and Austria was signed, on the sth, by the
Plenipotentiaries of these respective Powers, at
Vienna ; and that ten days were allowed for its ra-
tification by the two Estresons. That necessary
sanction. however, nes not obtained until the 14th,
when it was returned to Vienna, from Totis, with
the Emperor of A USTRI A'S signature, to which Bu-
st PARTE immediately after added his own. Totis,
the remitleiste of the Austrian Court, is less than e
journey of two days front Vienna; iu which capital
it was the general opinion. up to the last moment,
that the Emperor FRANCIA would refuse hie midi-
vation. This opinion was foituded upon the long
delay, and the presumed magnitude and extent of
the sacrifices demanded by Bon arait'es ; bat we
frir that the Emperor Fe INCIS had tau other alter-
native, than consent. or immediate and total ruin;
The gallant Tyrolese still continue to maintain
their independence, and evince a spirit of patriot-
ism and courage worthy of the best of times.

Two Deputies have arrived in this country from
Hofer, the General of the Tyrolean Patriots, for
the purpose of soliciting pecuniary *wistaria/ from
our Government. These Gentlemen have brought
very favourable accounts of the resources of the
country, and of the disposition of its inhabitants to
sustain the arduous struggle in which they are en-
gaged ; and declare that the French and Confede-
rate Armies lost upoonls of IR,OOO men duriug the
last month, to tier unsoctrasful conflicts' with the

Tyrolese. That Gentlemen come recommended
to the consideration of Mini by Mr. BArauarr,
our Agent with the Austrian Court ; and we arc
given to understand, that his report of the progress
and promise of the war in the Tyrol, corresponds
with the statement of the Deputies.

A report was prevalent, on Saturday, that Mini-
sters, in consideration of the unhealthiness of Will-
cheren, had come to the determination immediate-
ly to withdraw our troops from thence, and had
given the necessary orders on the occasion ; but we
tied that the advertisements, soliciting proposals for
supplying it with provisions, were continued in The
Gazette of Saturday night ; from which, combined,
.with some other circumstances, we infer that the
report is without foundation.

Letters from Elvis and &Cluj os, to the end of the
last mouth, state, that the mortality amongst our
troops in Portugal hes not been near so great as
has been reported. Elva. contained oar principal
hospitals. and thither all the bad cases in the army
had been sent. On the :9th ult. however. the to-
tal number of sick did not amount to fifteen hun-
dred. and the total number of deaths during the
month was no inure than 243. Many of the sick
were in a state of convilesreuee, mind 11.11 every ad-
vantage derivable from medical science and Latta-

The number of persons against whom bills of in-
dictment have been found, for riot at Covent-Gar-
den Theatre, amounts to fifteen. Their cases it does
not become us to prejudge ; but, we trust, what.
ever may be the result of their Oda, that their ex-
perience has already taught them to distinguish
their real from their pretended friends. The same
per 0185 who.hAve assertra that a Theatre is a place
where the people have a right to destroy private
property, assault the performers, and endanger the
peddle tranquillity, We find, still endeavour to pro-
long the delusion, by affecting to doubt the law of
the case,as land down in Mr. Mat !SWAM Wee charge
to the Grand Jury. We do not mesa to pronounce
anealogivas upon the profound el iertion.and great
legal talents of this rade:num, and to contend that
Ise is infallible. We think, however, that he has
sufficient discretion not to enwmit himself rashly
on a question so likely to excite notice, and that be
has beers well advived in the doctrine which he has
lair' down. It was not a charge given in the usual
way. He renal it from • printed papar, which, we
buve no doubt, had been carefully perused and con-
sidered, by the ablest of his' legal friends. That
persons, however, will be femieZ to question its prin-
ciples, and that some young Barrister, who fancies
he possesses talents for popular oratory, may be
found ready to volunteer his servicui, to attract
notice to himself, is very probable ; but the
parties, we venture to predict, will never
derive any advantage from thus becoming the
ludder of his ambition. There is another pelie tin
which their pretended fiiendship is likely tu ope-
rate injuriously. We allude to the subscriptiou
for the *insistence of the perAuni ambit. prosecution,
as adtertived in several of the newspapers. If
this subscription be a delusion, oh which it certainly
bears many internal marks, it requires no corn-
mem ; but if it be meant seriously, see the disad-
vantageous situation in which it places the par-
ties, in case of couviction.—Fine and imprison-
ment are the punishments which attach to the of-
fence; and here the Court, apprised of the steps
taken to defeat the puuishrueat of tine, would pro-
bably lay the whole weight upon the imprisonment,
which cannot be defeated ; and this. the party may
be eventually .subjected to six months' confine-
ment, who would otherwise perhaps have been Gene
tenced only to three. Had the patrons of this measure
been actuated by • pure regard for the parties un-
der prosecution, they would have waited until
sentence was passed, before they gave publicity to
their subscription ; but that would not answer their
purpose.—lt would not encourage the riot, by
tempting others to follow their example. But, in-
dependent of these considerations, ries the parties
feel nothing degrading in being thus held out to
the world as paupers, unable to fee a Barrieiter at
the Quarter Sessions. • itliont the tummy and charity
of their neighbours! We could nci:er hare supposed
that these were men who could riffurd to spend
night after night in a playhouse, and felt particu-
larly interested its the question whether they were
to pay six shillings or seven shillings to the Hoses ?
We shall only notice oue more artifice that has
been ri•sorted to for the purpose of misleading the
public. A list of the Grand Jury has been pub-
lished in some of the papers, from which it
appears that they are *turned from the vicinity of
the Theatre, and are principally shop-keepers and
• tradesmen. The pretended chuinpioue of liberty
tell tin that such men are not sufficien4ly respect-
able to be on a Grand Jury ; and it is insinuated,
that, because they reside in the neighbourhood,
they must be partial to the Managers. Now, we
can only say, and we challenge contradiction, that,
they are precisely the elms of men, of shorn the
Westminster Session Grand Jnriee here been al-
ways composed ; and that it is not tin custom
to summon a Jame from the east, another from
the west, one from the south, and another from
the north, !sot to take the whole from else and
the same district or neighbourhood. As to the
insinuation of partiality, 'why a ems, became