The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-10-07 00:00:00

Lolly United against hint, find that his
nanny in
portogal is Withdrawn. Probably, ere this time,
&veteran troops whams we have so fortunately mid
Opportunely liberated from the Danish power are
scarlv arrived on their native chorea, and may be
slowly lauded at Gijon or at St. Audero, from
shore they may join the patriot armies in a few
dell Or almost 1101116. Sir Davin BAIRD'S force,
ping at Falmouth, is, we are assured, destined for
the same ports of Asturia, and will form a most
important accession of strength, ut this decisive
juncture. Lastly, a great 11.)111011 of Our army in
&weal, under the command of General Sir JOHN
31001 E, amounting to nearly the whole effective
strength now acting on the 'Fitgus, is, we believe,
instantly to be transported to the theatre of war.—
The aggregate force of these various bodies, when
ut,ited, may, we trust, be Bitch us will render
abortive all the machinations anti projects of Bo-
• :Yuen. It may be some coilsolutiGn, too, to
•o,r, AS we believe we may assure the public, that
joiot and Ins troops are not to lie conveyed to
itochtlle, but to Qiiibemii, in Brittany. Frain the
fewer port, the! might, with ease, be marched
in twenty days to Bayonne, or even to Pumpelutia.
It will require double that time from Quitmeron.
Under thew circumstances, it the selfish intrigues,

the mean butnierviency, and the vile struggles for
patronage, among Midtatera here at home, did Hot
check our hope•, we might look forward with some
cuufideiwe to the liberation of Europe.

The report that his Royal Ifghness the Duke
of YORK IS lO go ont Cantinaltder-in-Chief of the
torces in Spain and Portugtl, gains ground.
The opposition which Mr. CAIVNIN.i Isaa gi‘til to
this appointment, we unkrsttnd, will probably
lesl to his resignation. In tine event the Earl of
MOICA and Viscount SIONtftI7TH are both men-
toad as likely to come into

Accounts hare been receseed from the Brazils,
%hid' state, that the Preaido:t Sunni; Lord
STRANGIORD OR Isiard, arrived at Rio Janeiro on
the tOth July. The Pied leaat mailed from Ports-
Tomah on the eGth of April, with a convoy, wl.ich
she parted from on the coast of the Leery
thin; wee proceerlinl; in that part trampilly and
prosperously, under the auspices of the new Go-
ttrtuisrut.

Wednesday the gusEs am; eat NCEMES raid a
ermine %irk to Mr. PENN, or Stoke, and, after
I,,letig same refreshment, they returned about two
o, sr.k to the Palace.
festally Ilia MAJEsTY, P..iaCesars SorrltA,
Lairrirra, and A nist.l a. accompanied by Lady
TirrlNC, General FlTzlitolf, and l'ohanet TAT-
tor. axle in Windsor Park, and retty....:Al at soon
to the Palace.

The (texcg •and Prince►: Et.tz.torrit took •n
'iris! Frowtoure Lodes, and 14.111‘i in the
tiordels.

MT. HENRY W ELLESLEY arrived in town, OR
Tuesday, faun Ireland, sod si t off
for Ptin.i.;.it,-7, on a visit to the Maiiiitis
Com theuce lie will proceed to Porte-
numith, to euitri.rk for Poi tug4l.
The accriulit of a Revolution in Russia, windi
n igin tied in one of the lla,ly Morning. Papers. is
uc,rcoo.iarrci totally destitute of truth, iliad a
tw re Neck jabbing &imitation.
if;!sor, iie under.tan•l, i, to be taaded at Qui-
leroo, dad not nt

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1 he Teter, four other re.Aels, from
q)p,no, acrived oti IDOUtil uu the Jci October.—
Triey were part of a nrivoy winch ieft Oporto on
the irgh September; they were separated from the
feet in bail weather.

It now said, that the date of the Portuguese
(;citeral's Protest against the Convention of Lisbon,
PAS tined the 4th, and not the 14th of September.
nr. he was acquainted with the articles of the CO,
hrauon OU the 3d, and esprresed his entire matte•
fateiati of the canduct of the fr:uglisli on the dtbs
nit, day, after he is stated to have entered his pies
test ! This, therefore, does tint affect the reasoning
npon the contradiction between the letter and the
protest of the French to neral.
BorreParrt'a metaphur, respecting which much
misconception seems to prevail. of making the
" Leopardi of England crouch to the /.:egin of
France !" is entirely Iferairlie. Before the ?feces-
of the House of ANJOrt or I.ecnad Fr'"h
It:toasty, to the Throne, the armorial bearings of
Enaland were two Leopardi; peorent. Ilusav IL
n a the first Prince who assumed the three lions
pa.:;,,,it gargle:at. cud in which he has beet, imitated
1i his successors; but the Gallic Potentate, on the
tnytms!on alluded to, thought proper to designate the
Lisclish by their original enittm—the Leopards.
Vi umlerstand that The Travels is Spain and
Parr of Portugal, lately ;Ai:dished in two ',plumes,
were the production of that occomplished Gentle-
man, the late T. I). WHITTINGTON, EN• of St.
Johns College, Cambridge, end Theliertois Hall,
Suffolk. Some inconsiderable interpolations, t.. 1
calated to add to the temporary value of the work.
't -re 'male in the progres.of the sheeta through, the
rter, by the Editor, a Gentlentan of distinction in
t:•-literary world.

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POETRY.

RECRIMINATION;
♦ SONG ►OO THORN ItNIUNTS.
(Fir C 11•111.141
Sir Ilew, Si, liar,
Ind►ed it is you
Who justly dest►ia the Wane;
To authority high,
A poor dare was I,
And I ouly subscribed my name.
entrain S.
Oh ! dear, stint will beams of us!
I Gar, will be wagry with some of us.

(Sir HEW sings.)
Sir Charles C—o,
'llc subject you've got am,
Is one that I iloul like ♦iewiug ;
A man in a fright,
Who don't much like to fight,
May sometimes forget what he's doing.
CHORE'S.
CHI ! dear, what *ill become of us!
Logland, I fear, will be a•igry with some of its.
(Sir ARTHUR Hp.)
Sri Heir
ur the simple,
♦nd either *Hi snit 'title:Jut punaitig ;
I wish when I wrote
My name to your note,
My right-head bad forget its canning.
CHORUP..
04! dear, what will become of ns !
Loglatid, I fru, will be ang,-y wick some of us.
(Sir HESS /IWO
Sir Arthur W--y
You think yourself sly
Noe to tied fetal; with the measure
I might force you to fight,
Bid I could not to write ;
No, that um your own Cat pleasure.
CHORUS.
Olt ! dear, what wit become of us
England, I fiar, will be angry with some of us.
Est, friends In disgrace,
Let enr quartets give place.—
We acted with lib 'rat ititatitioo
And shew'J to JUNO'S
How polite we were got,
When we ALL sign'il this famous Court:I:Ion.
AZI I.E.

- -
Their Royal Highiseasestbe Prince of WALL*
and Duke of Stamm with the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Doss-anti ME. dined at the White Ilan,
Chipping Norton, uu Tuesday last, uu their road
tothe Marquis of BECILIN (al Ali.
The friends of the late Professor Poisson say he
had a very thin skull—others that he had a very
shirk skull—lt is universally • allowed, howeber,
that hr was nut a aitaf-sktill.
The Countess ofdLastv mired in town,onWed-
nesday. from Oxfordshire. Her Ladyship will leave
town, this morning, for Brighton.
The Countess of CLARE had a select party, last
evening. at her house, in Saville-row. The Duchess
of ST. ALBA N's. COUtitehet of 11A IRINGTOR,
aystuar, and the Countess Dowsgerollhcatmn-

w.eir at, were present.
It is generally thoti4lit that Gre;swi would have
a better dunce with Crib, if he Ie d not gone into
tea • •

U A littir loaning is a dangerous tbing ;
" Driak Jeep, or taste nut, the Pierian spria7,"

The Chera::er Bray, who nets in St. Peters-
burgii, in the absence of CAULINCOURT, is sup-
posed to be a great Ass.
The St. James's Volunteers mustered 500 strong,
at one o'clock, yesterday, in Burlington House
Cou:t-yard, and after being inspected by Colons l
Jrmatasow, they proceeded to Hyde-park, and
had a grand Geld-day.
Among the pieces in preparation to be acted by
BONAPASTE., players, for the amusement of A I.EX-
ANDEIL. at Erfurth, arc, Who's the Dupe, The
Dotihk Dealer, and The Pool's Erraatl.
The last arrivals ut 13atli are—

Visconntrss Hood, Baron Dresrlicl, Lord Palmerston,
Lady Caroline Morrison; Hon. Mr. lit n•ell ; Sir Henry,
Lady, and lbs. Strachey; Sir Nlll. Wood, Sir
Sir W. limber ; Sir John, Lady, and Mu Thomas ; Sir J.
sod Miss Mansfield, Major-General and lira. Bayne and
Family, Colonel Jimeques, Colonel and Mrs Campbell, Rev.
Dr. Webster, Dr. Msgre, Kr. Mr. and Miss Atkins, Kcv.
Mr. Leaves, Rev. Mr. Heiden, Capt. Mant, Capt.
Mr. and Mrs. Tea/03,1, Mr. aid Mrs. Foyer, Mr. and
Croft, Mr. mil Mrs. !laugh, Mr. and Mrs. Worthington, Ise.

Mr. licaxxx's popular comedy of The World
was performed last night to a brilliant and crowded
audience. The only novelty in the performance
from lust semen iN Mr. Pasts's, io the part of
Mr. Saadi, which he filled with touch excellence,
and we trust will rescue such parts from the
contempt they have been treated with. Mrs.
JORDAN looked extremely well, and was most
fiv.ciiiatiug in Lady Bloowifichl. The comedy went
off with greiut spirit, and the audience were most
vociferous, trail Mr. Et.ctoron delighted them
with the epilogue. The muccal entertainment of
The Deserter followed ; Mr. I. SMITH, for the first
time, sustained the part of Hemey with the greatest
success; he hum an excellent voice, good figure,
" Mr'

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