The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-13 00:00:00

The Whitby schooner arrived on Saturday at
Plymouth from Corumia. It was reported there
that J NOT had surrendered. No such account has
yes Amen reestived by Government.
A fleet from the Brazils are arrived off the
Lizard.
Extract of a fct',.er from Barbadoes, dated Au-.
gust si, 1808 :-" Six privateers are cruising out of
Guadeloupe, and one out of Martinique; many
row-boats are fitting out at Nlastiuiqut to cruise off
Dominica and St. Lucia ; two brigs and s -chooner
are daily expected from France at Guadeloupe
—one of them, the name Erne4; is intended to
cruise to the windward of this island, and from
her superior sailing 1 am fearful will do much
mischief."

The French Genhral who commanded the French
troops in the province of Algarve, is arrived at
Portsmouth in a transport, from Gibraltar. The
Portuguese rose on the troops he commanded, and
made them all prisoners. lie made his escape In
Lagos Bay. accompanied by his Aid-de-Camp, and
two servants, from whence he fled in an open boat
to Gibraltar, and surrendered himself to Sir 111:w
ass.nturtr.. . . .

A letter from a Gentleman stt Madrid, dated
August 20. rays—" I am sufe, and all my futilely,
notwitatanding all we have buffered through the
occupation of the city by the aboirainabk French :
our ixtended King few with them, making his ea-
cape on horsebaeti wrapped iu a great rim,.
and rcnnd hat. e was here only ten days, 1111(1
but five after his proelannif . MURAT forced
the Opera to come here trout _Barcelona btst
neither lie nor Justxst ever went to see it !"

Royal Hlghuvsa, by .
two hour,, and expressed the bigheistAiticletic‘•
The office %a.; papered and carpeWllt far the °r'
casion.

A military hero, who has resided a short time
with a Tadily at iu Carmarthenvhirt.
having woe the affection* of Miss U. a yonng lssf
of that place, she eloped with him lest week, st
such haste, our informant rays, as to omit taking
even a change of clothing, a precaution alike die
regarded by the gallant Captain. The /satin
reached Llandilo ou horseback on Friday evening,
during a very heavy shower of rain ; but the pin'
less storm quenched not the fits of love, nod the
fond pair departed, dripping wet, in a chaise aid
four, for Llandovery, to which town a messenger
had been previously dispatched, to provide the
means of further conveyatice.—(The (embentri.)
Capt. GEattir, of the Royal Artillery. who use
killed in the action ott the 17th ult., atltrolein,
O! last officer that embarked from Portsmouth, t°
join Sir ARTHUR Wtt.t.r.srct's army.—He was
soot or the We Capt. Geanie, of the Navy, and •
native of the Isle of Wight. He married Miss
JOLIFFE, daughter of Doctor Jouree. of Ntl"
port; who, with four young children, has to lament
his 1058.—The fatal lull struck him in the head es
he was pointing a gun. He was coristA-- •
celleut officer..

Lady, who, fur a length of time,
companion of Major S--, was found
to her bed-post, at her apartments,
street. on Friday Morning. She had
Kent, un Thursday eveuimt, and she a,
dejected state, but on wrist suseaunt has
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to the Continent. He no louger is present at a
ball, or displays his affability to a crowd in the O
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fhitel de Ville—but he takes the diversion of THEATRE.
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ti,e chase ; and Prince Wm awl of Paussia,
COTENT-CAID
brother to the unfortunate Sovereign of that This Theatre ()acne& last night, for the ".
plundered country, after attending Ii.iNAPAUTE
asd'itliniirtilisebiTrar. Fgareedey :::
iiletait,44h,t-haeadilvail:d..K?,‘',.:l7ii:i /
to the festivity of an evening eat,.; taiiiineut,
is permitted to breakfast with Ilium in the hirelipschit.cueelititse aol coha •
encliej'aitstml.le bourtna I'r luontsk or
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Pavilion ta La Muette. Count To I.,.TaY, a., chain and light. It was MIS. SitiDo NS-ilied Tail
the representative of Aacteentt, and Mai.shat pearatice iim public for sotne Menthe and ar'utae
Masse IC a, were likewise, it appears, allowed to ac- having gone unread thateisahimueueshiat:ncw.reea.tsiredhitffedniewtilleh
company His Imperial Majesty when he hunted in sit)st.,:,shocrintiv,ttiudrini touitli profession, to which ,le 6,
the Forest of St. Germain. It is unquestionably increased 'mleli...ht by the
intended by these affected detains of his recreations, rising of the curtain every part of the house eth:
to divert the public attention from the awful pros- filled ; the pit and galleries ,overflowed, Mn
wet which the foreign aspect of affairs must lie- SlD°°Ns, on her enhance, was greeted 4 thin
cessarily excite. That. Austria is nevertheless arm-
pt distinct,ur poured
kiii'et.ll matosult ieronlatbnlYedthp.laukilitd''!s.sSl"'
ing mid preparing fur a new conflict, is admitted.— audieece. Mrs. Stnnotte's Laity Maebelliu lia.ofl,l''
Her preparatious and demonstrations of hostility abbeys considered one of the most perfect reprcmen:
will unquestionably bear an exact proportion to atious on the stage. Never did she display mom
the embarrassments of the Corsican. It is indeed energy, ludgmeut, and discrimivatioo, than Ina
by no means difficult to perceive, amidst his de- 'r`ecig.ebitv'edliltrisle' s'inDitli:nirokudd:dltrenleilY well, sad
fiances, or his denials of the dissatisfaction of IitiMEILE was a!so ',riveted by ,hisaPfPrietules' wiliir's
Filmic's, that he apprehends and foresees au ap- warmth that must have proved moat grateful to
proaching rupture. Whenever it takes place, he his feelings. His health appears. perfect', „„
will then be able to appreciate the reliance that he established, and his Macbeth was spirited and judi-
eious. Mr. C. KIMBLE performed Ramos() nth
can repose on the adherence of the troops of the his usual ext.-riles •• and was iecrived on his ei,
Rheeibli Coureileration. trance with eutimusiasin.: ' The whole performaute
The limits of our paper do not permit us to-day went Off with great. spirit, and sad every support
to enter so minutely on the affairs of Spain as from brilliancy of costume, scenery, ie. Mr,
t.evrtsouse , Mr. Emcee, and Mr. S.: imams, kept the
they claim from the importance of the intelligence
in comitmued laughter in the eutertaiainem,
recently transmitted from that country. If BEs- and were greeted on their several entres with betel
SIERES appearn to have again udvanced, and to of applause. •
have occupied Burgos, his possession o; that city
Last morning ill, MAJEOgy, Princesses Sei
will not, according to all appearance, be of long
rittet Auqtis re. amid Ameete, accompanied l
duration. BLAKE already had marched from As- Lady Tile x sts; Lord IVSLIINGIIAM, Geousf.i
torga to Leon ; while CASTANOs, at the head of the Ceierwrititier and Feriaor, and Colonel TAY isi,
victorious Andalusian army, had entered Madrid. rode in Windsor Park, and returned at twelve.
JonN littiulir, F.sq. of A nderston Dorset— a
With the piety and religious fervor characteristic
appointed Agent 'for the Right Hon. Lo' ni Peru',
of a good Spaniard, we see that his first act was to Devonshire estates. • -
render thanks to Heaven, in the convent of our Laindown House, in Berkeley-square, is under.
Lady of .Itoclia. We shall soon hear of his being going several imprOvetnents; the elegaut eriged
apalr.timee nts will be truhellialital with new furimate.
on his way. to meet the enemy. In Catalonia,. and Countess of SHAFILAILRY intend gnat
in Navarre, the glorious spirit of loyalty and _pa- numerous assemblies, next season, at her house it
• triotism, so long compressed by the presence of Portland-place; the moot spleutlid improicatem
• the French, bas at length burst its fetters. Gerona are forming at her Ladyship's house.
The PORTUGURsII AMBASSADOR entertained M.
i and Timdela have beest the scene of new exertions,
venal Portuguese Nobility at dinner, yesterday, at
I and new triumnhs. But we shall return to and his house in South Audley-street.
t resume thin aubject to-usoi row. Miss SMITH is performing at the Manchester
• —ism— Theatre. The Purts she is announced for are hie
it The Prince of Woks packet arrived on Thurs- Mkt, in The Fatal Marriage; and is As
- day, at Falmouth, with Mails and Dispatches from Honeymoon.
a Coruona, after a passage of six days. She was The Duke and Duchess of Saugus./ will lan
town, this
)Ity, for the
irr....014e of HassiLeoe'n seat,
in t hurried away from Coruuna, at a very short notice,
✓ soul it is thence supposed that the Dispatches are of .On Friday evening, Lieutenant-Colonel Wvv.••
, importance. An English sloop of war (name RAM, second son of H. P. WynDmist, Esq. N.r.
d unknown) arrived at Corunna on the 28th ult. arrived at the College, his father's seat, near b.:-
, with General BRODRICK on board, and sailed hishory, from Ireland, where he has been on dee
If from thence again immediately, but where she withxt lristsaimmei:to,fttabee lis)tu(bolrinß.Raelg)dreDreireou7.4
I, carne from, or where bound, is unknown. A for the approaching season at Fabilbergh, *lea
nf• report had reached Osmium, that JUNoT, Lis- Mr. Roca has provided a mast excellent compare.
,f. bon, and the Russian fleet, were in our possession On Saturday se'rnmight, Mr. ELLIsTON attracti
,
a crowded audience at the Lancaster Theatre, a
t •on the enth ult.
—sow—. , the characters of the Lake d'Arrusza. in The Holey
It Extract of a letter from New Providence, dated Mom. Sylvester Degferscood, and Young lEilitiaL
'll, efith July, received by a mercantile house in Glas- iiiiliielloe Liar.. The Theatre was' excreinely
and %el!
3- gow. yesterday se'nnight, ~ His Mar I:STY'S brig Fire H. SIDUnoNS Thursday
4i'lmenif Stranger tact eo r9eandM Mrs. Halle.
In Ily has this moment arrived here, from off the I la- and Catherine amid Petreehitr. Mr. and Mrs. Ste
l'r vannah, and we have seen a Proclamation of flme DONS were to:perform there on Thunelay, last nii,Atm
id Governor of that place, addressed to the inhabitants and this night, after which they setoff for London.
0- of Cuba, mentioning, that a Revolution had taken Earl Ferzwitatast has, in his usual manner,
that is, in the hatideomeet way possible, ercseetti
he place in Spain, and that they had made peace with Samuel. HUNRT CoPFERTRWATTE, Esq. of Lode
it, Britain. We understand the lire Hy entered the with the agency of his estate* at Kam, and I('
15- harbour, and was received with every mark of at- management of the Derwent• Navigution, recast
re tention gnd sespect." by the death of Mr. Wm. IlAsTisrus.
ed --....—. The Princess CHARLoTTK of WALES attended
The troops under the command of General Sir Divine Service, utChichester Cathedra!, on Sonde!
ins
JOHN STEWART were at Messina, and the traus- Selinight; iim tlie.afternoon. Dam Monday, the Prue
w-
porta ready to receive them, on the 2d of August, cans, attendial by the Lord... Bishop of Cl/IcIiEWII.
ist Lord and Lady Stiut.eit. and -Lady De Clai-
rol. their expedition against the French in the. Nes-
of roan, visaed the Printing Office of Ur. MAsoN, a
politan Peninsula. The land forces employed in Chichester, when thir whole irroceeo of time typo'
of
this service will be supported by die &et under graphic art Will laid o, en in the clearest manner 4
to
Lord Cot LiNtiwOoD. her Royal Highness, 'by Mr. M. ,Slie.mstaid need!
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