The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-10-28 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, OCTOSEI 48.

We received, yesterday, Spanish Papers to the
19th instant, from which we have made copious
extracts. At that date Sir Davis Began'. army
remained ou hoard, in the harbour of Comma,
and the Messenger was not etpected back from
Sradrid, :sifts the permission for the troupe Noland,
until the 4id. The Chief Magistrates of Corsi:a:a
had, however, in the mean time. paid Sir DAVID
BAUM a visit of condolence, and lententmi the
necessity of this quarantine. The French army,
nceording to private letters, was concentrated be-
tween I3rlboa and Vittoria, and amounted to
76,0q0, having lately received reinforcements to
the amount of upwards of 30,000 men, by Bayonne.
It is matter of greet regret, that our troops could
not swell the ranks of the Spaniards in the seine
pro& on vorti either from Lisbon or Cortinaa.—No-
,
thing hut the went of ordinary foresight and acti-
sity on the part of SU:listers could have robbed our
troops of this glory, and our allies of this advantage.

lien. CARANOS IS appointed Connaneis-in-Chief
of the Spanish army. the reported strength of which,
if correct, would he sufficient to relieve us from
ell apprehension with respect to the result of a
geveral action. It is rated es follows :

Ccntral Army, uudrr enstulos .

Northers Arm!, trod r Blake, t-cludieg te.sme /
50.000
Asterisms
Arrricieeme, meter Paldue
Caktalealeas, asides Lame ............. ...... • ere e

TotAl lio,wm
It MO not ant Sir Ji/Rll N 104111,4
nual4l Le W set •ut frUlla Least

o? 20.000 men. for Spain, until about the 20th
inst. The Minitterial Prints, however, assert that
he marched on the lath. They were to march
without baggage. Leen the olScers were not to
take any clothing with them but what they carried
on their backs. The remainder of the troops were
it, remain in Portugal under General BuRRARD.—
According to one RefOUlll, SirJOUN ►lluoac's force
was to proceed to Burgos, other accounts state that
it is destined for the Eastern Pyrenees.
The Nonpareil has taken a French schooner,
laden with merehandize, from Guadeloupe, re-
lutd at 50,000 dollars, and carried her into Co-
mma.

FERDINAND the Vllth, his brother and uncle,
are in Paris. They will soon be in their graves.
Some days ago we announced that British ma.
nufactures were to be received into Spain on pay-
ment of certain duties. It appears that some ob-
jections bad been made to this measure.—The
Governor Mostr.A's answer will be read with in-
terest.

We are no longer surprised at the anxiety dis-
played by Ministers to postpone the meeting of
Parliament till after Christmas.. Well may they
recur to any expedient which can protract or delay
the account that they have to render ! If any event
could call more loudly for Parliamentary itivesti-
gation than the late Convention in Portugal, if any
circumstance could stamp more forcibly than
another the impression of incapacity on their mea-
awes arid councils, it is the intelligence brought
by the recent arrivals from Comma, of the arrest
and detention of our troops in the harbour of that
place. We say, the arrest and detention ; for it is
nothing less. In order to place the conduct of the
British Cabinet in its true and fair point of view,
let us state the case, abstractedly, as if it had hap-
pened, not under the Duke of PORTLAND'S Mi-
nistry, or when Mr. CANNING conducted our Fo-
reign Affairs, but in another century.
A great nation, entrapped and attacked by a
foreign revolutionary tyrant, is thereby necessa-
rily thrown into a state of insurrection. The pro-
vincial assemblies, during the suspension of the
preceding regular Government, demand aid of a
third power, against the common enemy. Suc-
cours are sent ; but, after a certain period, it is an-
nounced that these temporary Juntas, or Councils,
are about to resign their separate authorities, and
to delegate their assumed powers to a central, or
national assembly, from which alone can in future
issue all orders or directions of a public nature.
Under these circumstances, a military force,of near
13,000 men, after being detained for a very con-
siderable time in port, by adverse ivied' and other
accidents, at length sob sail. They arrive ; but bo
sooner do they enter the harbour of the state for
whose benefit they were intended, than they are,
as might have been foreseen, prohibited from land-
ing, and compelled to remain, though under every
possible inconvenience, on board their transports.
It was, indeed, obvious, that such must be theme;
as the Premise:Us/ Government no longer existed,
recourse must necessarily he had to the Supreme
Junta, though at near four hundred miles distance,
in the centre of the kingdom. Meanwhile the
troops, confined in not the most commodious ves-
sels, and lost, at a crisis of infinite importance to
both countries, must there remain till au answer
shall arrive from the seat of government.
Such is the simple statement of this transaction,
without exaggeration, or any mixture of party spi-
rit. Now, we would ask, can any more palpable
proof of want of foresight, or of common precau-
tion, be conceived ? The resignation of the powers
exercised by the Gallician Assembly was perfectly
known. Nay, so well was it understood and acted
upon by our Administration, in their intercourse
with the Spaniards, that, some time ago, it was for-
mally announces' to them, we should send no more
supplies of any kind, except tepthe Supreme Junta.
and under their sanction or orders. Dem must the
Corsican Tyrant exalt, knowing that the destiny of
England, of Spain, and, we may add, of Europe, is
committed to such men. I low perfectly consistent
is it. that &haat Miuiatere who selected Sir flaw
DALRYMPLE to command in Portugal, and who
dictated the Knee's .mower to the Address of the
city of London, should send Sir DAVID BAIRD to
remain with all his force in the harbour of Coruuna,
at a moment decisive, perhaps, of the fate of the
Spanish Monarchy.
But this is not the only pronf of utter inaptitude
and incapacity which they have exhibited in this
very transaction. It was mot to Covalent that a

Ministry of capacity and energy woold have sent a
body of troops meant to act in Biscay or in Alava,
at the other extremity of Spain, where their timely
appearance might lave given incalculable ad-
vantages to BLADE and to Casts Nos. Why were
they not ordered to St. Andero or to Gijon, at
least, contiageatly, if the wiude and other circum-
stamps would permit their making one of those
ports It will not be maintained, that, even at
this season, the Bay of Biscay may not be natl.-
gated, when we have still a fleet in the Baltic.—.-
From S. Arvlem oar troops might hate joined
Bi.alx, at Valowietla, in four or five days, with
ease. Even from Gijon, the march would have
been pmforined within a fortaight. But, whenever
the order may arrive to permit of their landing at
Corona% we ►eature to assert, that BAUD CIIUDOt

teach the theatre of war in less than a mow
It is a march of three hundred sail seventy
across the most mountainous portion of spiu,
cou►preheuding a great Dart if_;,dti,j4, sad t:
whole province of Asturia. Indeed, we shall
i.
be surprised to Int. that they are final!y tea;
ported by sea to St. Auden*, after* losing sere,
weeks at faunas. 1V e are well aware. that
ministerial advocates assert, in justification of tl
having selected Coristata for 13stau's datums',
that the Marquis Or. LA RO4l/11 having '
consulted on the question, 'termed to think
rumia might be, at this season, a safer port, as
as a inure commodious harbour, than► Gijon or
Andero—and undoubtedly it is. lint a
binet of enterprize would rather have
something, than have lost all. For it is
possible not to see, that if they had been '
ten days ago at St. Anders, they must hare
rived ut the most critical juncture on
action. it is equally clear, that they cannot
take any pert is the attack or expulsion of
French for many weeks to come. "There t
as La Rocueroue wt.*. has observed, " n tide
the affairs of nations, as well as of
which, taken at the full, leads tip to fortune
which neglected, leaves us ever afterwards
shoals and shallows." Never did any
more forcibly exemplify this remark than the
sent ! In Sweden, in Portugal, and in Spain,
►measures are all marked with
ignorance, and want of foresight. We trust,
however long delayed, yet whenever -
meets, they will be called to a severe
ouch ruin•us measures, or such criminal

A report of the proceedings of the
mon Council, held yesterday at Guildhall,
found in our subsequent columns.
MAN moved, " that the Answer to the
upon the Convention of antra be
the Journals, accompanied by a string
tions." These resolutions, condemning
in very strong terms, are given in the
Paper, and were carried, unanimously, .
ception of four or five dissentient voices,
Mr. S. Dusts and Alderman BIRCH,
whom, furnishing an example of the
inconsistency, was a strenuous supporter
original Address. Mr. WAITHMAN
an Address to His MAJESTY, grounded
the Resolutions thus passed, urging
ject of the original Address, and
call of Parliament, an inquiry into
influence which produced the appointment
the Genends in Portugal, and other
A motion of this kiwi, however, _
notice, it was witbdrasii as informal.
sits- of matter which it embraced did
-appear to meet the general sense of
The Hall was crowded to excess, and
sentiment of the Meeting was that of 6
and indignation against the recent
Ministers. The people of England win
to appreciate the truth and candour .
miry Prints, which, outraging common
probability:, had the audacity to assert
Answer to the City Address " was
universal eulogium throueliout the metropolis.
The universal indignation excited
vention of Cintra, and dr. conduct
upon it, particularly in their Answer to
of the City of London, has shaLen '
seats, and filled them with serious
have accordingly begun to exert all their
to stem those public reproaches, with
are threatened from every part of the .
For this purpose they have marshalled
forces in Essex, being determined to
effort at the meeting, this day, at Chehnstor.!,
consider of an Address to His MAJESTY.
an inquiry into the Convention of
Address will be moved by the Earl
CERT. We shall give a faithful repoit
ceirdings in Tile Raertssi Pasts. to-usorrow,
mimmeamiummes.see.
A report prevailed last night, that
NAPACTE, disguised RR a peasant, has
prisoner by the Spaniard.. It is fount
' private letter front Cortlfffts;thtted the
anti is not entitled to any credit, as wr
and journals from that city to the 19th,
nut find that they notice it.
General Mt ens., and three other
arrived on Tuesday, at Plymouth, in'
front Lisbon. Colonel Ilastar.Tdx
same port, on the same day, in the .
Corinna.
The Treasury Prints are encleavon6
suede their readers, that the Armistice
was not produced directly, ov indirect'.
verses recently sustained by the
iii that province. One would sups
Swedes themselves are tier best author'.
subject. When an Armistice imetec•.
a retreat and a severe defeat, it is WI
ether causes for the effect. But
Writers little care how much they
and probability, provided they can
trout., upon whom the situation
King of Swains is reamed', carer:
It is confidently stated, that to th,
of Cintra there is a supplemental
stipulating 'het " the enemy shall
none of his plunder." This st.pul
leiist# of legalizing plu..dtr to th
If plunder be not legal propert it
stitnte the basis of a legitimate col
Is a new proof of the clef , rence paid
principles and practices of the _ r
Icemen, uf the Conentioti of Otitis.

93 than month....
-rota seventy !Mir.,
portion or Sp.ii.4 c,.
'!fiat, awl t.. fr;i,
dyed, we shall 1.. t
are finally tra:,,
after' 10,44 5e,,,,A
ell aware that ...Le
astiticatiou or th,•ir uu
Alan's destination, ";
:ANA Inning
ut
iited to think Co ::01
safer port, as f.tt
than Gijon or 'it "
it is. I;ut aCn
ether have risk
11. l'or it is ins. t
y had been hta
my must have et
ore on the Krim o.
at they cannot CO
•','•
✓ expulsion of , •
ime. "There is,
nerved, " a tide in
as of individuals 121,,
tip to fortune; by
ver afterwards
did any Minist
murk than the p
and in Spain, thei sh
similar vacilletio tn,
it. We trust, tha
ienever Parliamen• 1,,
severe account fo th
rriminal incapacity re,
'the Court of Com t
t Guildhall, still jn
ins. Mr. WAIT!!
o the City Addre st
be inserted npo, A
a string of rosolu
entitling the armee 11'
in the front of di.
toasty, with the ex hi
it voices, incledia.
;tacit, the latter
of the most flagman
supporter of :F.
maw then mot,: (
r, grounded upo e
urging the o •
and praying
y into the sec
e appointment
I other matters. 11
requiring presto
onus!. The dive
it did not, hesid
use of the Meeting t
, and the prevaille
at of much warint
recent conduct
id will now be able
dour of the rrea
ommon sens,
to insert that t
was the theme o
the metropolis."
sited by the Con-
,ndoct of Ministers
,wer to the Address
alien them i,t thei
ous alarm. Toe
all their influence
5, with which they
of the kingdom.
arshelled all tkir
-d to make a grs••
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report
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that closer, B
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Wl' ;*. • 'OA
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rtioii a spii„
Oillieia, sad t;
d, we shall in, we.
e finally tram THEATRE.
e' losing sever., NSWIT.LANS.
aware that the made his first appearance this sea-
Mr' ,132,i:n AM
ithe Opera of The Trnoelkrs, and
sea-
t or thiir
6.111". 1-;eillit oini his entrance with pi olotied and
ID'S
d4itill4t'Un
gag
"tett; plaudits, a just tribute to his transcend
't I'm in;; hens wit:teas, which embrace voice, science, taste,
1 to think Co superior almost to any other vocal per-
ler port, as Mai former NI the world. Mr. BRAMAM looked
well,ex-
and [lever sane with liner effect or tnore
an (h on ei t
I nor - -ft;tueitYi II s tint song 'of beep in the kountaivu
eirs. have :1.,,,Ck° sae. rapturous) eacured,• and the beautiful or of
teas /aged fur Deeds of Arms, was abioencored
For it is in fir
etii enthusiasm, tied hailed with repeated bravos.
3tl been Le ' Ile. MouevAtx was also iii line voice, and snag
must hare a tie ii i let isit'.l air. KRAIIASI with line effect. Mr.
on the scene
jiatsseosE's 11'Galla,Tber was a rich performance.
1:-,„nogri were also encored, and the Opera went
hey cannot I anti Twit and unbounded applause from a brill-
xpulaion oft tea aud.ivice. The entertainment of The Three
'• "There is, ,•,:1 the Beare followed, in which Mr. MAT:-
red, .. a tide i, mists was loudly encored in.the_Nsong descriptive
of a country assize town. Mr. ELLISTO, th his
of
individual' I rsonation of The Three Singles. kept the hosts*
to fortune; be i: peals of laughter.
ufterwarda i BATH, OCT. 26.
1 any Minist
rk than the p The gentry here are vying with each other which
iin Spain, thei shall skew the greatest attention to the Duke of
oiler radian°. (imam:sun. His Royal Highntss has cuticle-
We
evaded to dine with several of the principal resi.
trust' tha dots, and invitations are followin/ in abundance.
war Parliamen Lot week be *lined with the Rev. ale. LesioN, and
~ere account fa the day after with Colonel DUMSDLLTON, the much
Until incapacity esteemed Commandant of our excellent V Munteei
" Conic Yesterday he honoured Mr. PASSIM, ll'
Court of Corn I:.t floral Creeeent, with his presence ; aad it is bui
;uildltall, will justice to the spirited host to observe, that a mom
Mr. WArrn talent entertannuent was never given in the eitl
he City Addre of Bath.
His Royal Highness attends divine service at the
jailed"! 4°' ith:vev-church every Sunday, and by his tinatfeet
tring of ft:sob ed pUliteness, and gentlemanly d- portment, ha
nine the awn quite won the hearts of all the Bathoinans.
he front of th' Mr. YOLNG, who is a great favourite here, take
rim, with the es his leave antl his benefit on Saturday next, afte
which he sets off immediately to make his bow t
Mces, includia, a London uudience at the King's Theatre. 14
:ti, the latter i should have go..e to Drury-lam ; tragedy is un
he most flagran tiestissably his forte; and perhaps Mr. KLMSL
upporter of :h ilia) exclaim, .' Two stars shine wet in one e.
II! performed Sir Edward Mortimer, in Xe;ro
IN them more ll'
oa Saturday last, greatly to the satisfactio
grounded upo of a splendid and crowded itialiehre. 'rite Duk
irging the o of Gtoriceerea atteuded the twrformance, an
mud praying seemed much plensed ; he was received, on eine
nto the sec in, his box, eith faint and enthusiastic plaudits.
aimmisammemweses
ippointnant , Ministers were not able to wattage the balls i
they matters. the city yeeverday, but they hare this day put at
tinting previo reral Es:ex rakes in regaisitiou for i helmsford.
mt. 'Thu diver Rev Nueeit has vat reeissaled hie dramatic yrei
lid not, 'Kande
tk.rg'i his family Isas rccenr!y gained a great peen
'flay aciptiaitioi. hi the dea .. of a a. Ithy ret
of the Meeting tire. The whim•icAl Bird has an opt- aai wo ac
id the prevailie• in preparation ; tbe music of unicli is le , inn - fro
of much amnia Mazztsent.
eut conduct a Set off frusta °eve's' 1 iotel, Edinburgh, on il
rill now be ape tsth inst. Sir WILLIAM ROWLZY, Bart. aid tl
ker. 11-. and Lady FRANCES TSAIL.
it of the Tr:: Dr. MA Nisei. iii to be consecrated Bishop
MOS Sens, and Bristol, on Sunday, at Lautheth-palace, by t
assert that th Atch!.i.hop of CANei.4IIL ay.
s the theme a The Becalms:it, itt teatime the resolutions, yt
feeds), at the Court of Common Council, for /
metropolis."
Alas esev's .. most grati ins." read lii, MAarstv
LII hr the Con- " twist grimmer answer.- This produced AlO
Net of Ministers laugh in the Ilan ; but many said that they cot:
Ist see the mistake.
rto die Address• A petlisslrian of Newcastle set off on Mond
fn them ill thei from that town, for Newmarket, to attt mpt tow:
I alarm. The 1000 miles iu en suceessive d.ys.
their influence A Scet.l anc.ionecr, at flit west end of the for
with which they lately luddisig wp a volumi of /le/mimes for 'ALF., ii
addressed his isiatetice--"Jontleinen, what do y
the kingdom. say for He-role-ett-us, hoe nd hi ray:" ~ No, y
hailed all tlwir fool," exclaimed a buyer, " it is tlerodotas mow
o make a gra.. ^ 01150 set en as."
Ch
re to The last arrivals at Bath are—
Lool Binary, Lard Maynard, Lend and Lady Wars
JEST Y , tira! IN i Dwrifer L 1 id, ,1160;;t0a, Lady Gal iaa, I arty Newcoa
' Cintra. The 1.4 r batsman, L ,I, Pantiles', I ady Memtlnb, F
tel of Sr. N is Mr. cma, Ilon Nies and a Miss Sir.ingsays, Mon. 1
'.mesas, How 1.30414) Carkiaa, IlirJulth and Lady LS
pert of the pi. Ls llama %yaw, S.r, J. Anstratter, Admit's! Sir lotai
-morrow. pays, Astaire! and Iwo Misses West, Diu-Adaairal and
limes Darer, ("wised, Mrs. sod Mid Coartesay, Cot
at Joserit B Ilaa, Liesteassi-Cohort Ihsamblosas, Major Costner. ,
has beta wad pr the Mrs. Her..a' Major. Hated!, Major Lee, Dr. Br
ri>, Ur. Mr. Wallas, die.th
Oun
11 ded upont fire St. Janitia' s Volanteers mustered, !rester" 4th instan
at twelve o'ckwk, at their parade, in 'Defoe
we have !etc
pluee, nearly 400 stron. They formed two I
ath, and wt v.!
tic*: the first, consi-tin; of ISO men, under
command of Major Dowels, who pr,.ceeded t"
other Officer
field, leading to Primrose-bill, and were sho
a the Ifiatiestec f 0..0,5ed by the remainder of the regiment. un
arrivei at tu
I'," cmhohisiti of their Colonel, Lord AseuEstin
a Rocca, f , I 'pen ousting the New Road, they were fired u
by the tk)rinuthers of the retreating party. '
vouring to lx-'" main bade anti-wan!. formed, aad commence
,sties 111 t inlau•
petal! mien. Toe weaker party retired, folio
eetly, by the :e
Swedish arm 1: - Lord .If7s:IICRIT'S corps, each trying to get
:noose that e "antler, 111 flanking the other, and taking
hority spoil th advanta;:e of the around as it occurred. At
t,rmiiiatiosi of the day's 4,74,•,rint, Lord AMMES
edvately folicot
idle to seek 41 Party charged in front, %uplift ted by a detachn
t the Treasur under Abater Iltiaar., which nos received in
7 outrage wt. Omit stalely 'mower by 11Nor Dowers's stet
iv serve their I : 11"11I. The two podnea Own toward, and retu:
to which ti to their parade. No accident occurred.
zts stn credit. There is uo truth in the rerrort that Cropley
the Cesirenha lll‘tt 1., I. 01:w -cinema of his battle, a Totesdey,
1 secret urtici Bekker. He vomeisirt eight at ilfea'ilierfe. in
sit carry ii 4 ht iiith Mid spierts. The account in some el
,ulation tor stl PAPotft that Celb was almost beaten to deat
the austrat:• falw in ever: i.,siienber.
it cannot i. . 't report paneled yesterday. that a itll
COniftlet. . I
1 ash In Ong Cr,' 114 I receised a hater from
1 to tite toe l emit* • . ..tiatio. that gre..t dill •reiteto had t
French, by ' Veer e : • :vitt tins - • .11 ,he two Eav eras, owl
the E•"• -Nl* of lit . -.t t hail set off its great
gust iv. Viessom :*sis credit n. virus to the ram
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