The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-26 00:00:00

I:R ESN VICTORY.

Sine nriring the above, w;learn, that Ministers
received, at a lute hour, au account that Sir AR-
THUR Wet. rest.cir hud overtaken the rear of
Snut.T.i army on the night of the 19th, that an
avian ensued, and that he defeated the enemy,
taking 30011 prisoner..

We announced yesterday the arrival of Dutch
Papers to the 23d, and French to the 18th inst.
stating the enblence of Boa A !SUITE into Vienna on
the 9:11. Our readers •rill, however, recollect,
that according to the Sixth Bulletin of the French
Army, he ass at St. Polten on that day ;
upon is tuure careful perusal of the Dutch Pa-
pers, tie have reason to believe thattoity.the van of
Min -French army entered it an the and that
"Ho;:trairea ails not expected notil the 10th or
I l th. lee has Kivu the Duchy of Salrburgh to the
Ilereditary Prince of Bay.► Rea, foriLttiog that

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"glee mint trAo once did sell thi hoes skin, trkilc
the beast lived, tens killed in hunting hint :--
for Ye do nut believe that the Emperor of AIMTRIA
has seed for pewee; and although the enemy lie in
possession of his capital, his armies are still un-
broken.. It is said he is gone to the head,quarters
of the Archduke Cuaitf.cs, who was proceeding
front Bohemia to the Austrian frontiers Rus-
sia es state.! to have declared war agaiiist Ans.-
trim, and obtained • victory in (Whew. SCM(I.I.
appears to gain force, mid is very active mu his ope-
rations in the Yorth of Germany.

The debate upon Mr. Z;euvitu's Bill was ad-
journed lust night until Vt educsday, the cliOCUSet..
of Mr. PA LMElei claim having occupied so much
time.

The :Ministerial Prints of vesterday, its their Rs
port of the proceedings on Wednesday night in the
Ilonse of Commons, state, that Col. Sittni.EY's
motion, relative to promotions in the, srtnye usis
lost by a majority of lire, whereas it was ciairried
by that majority, again-4 the strength of Minis-
ters. They sustained another defeat last night on
the 'notion re- peeling Mr. PALVEIeti claim, a hich
was carried by a majority of four ; the numbers,
upon a division, beiug, for Mr. PALMER, 1-27,
against him, 123.

The (I.2claration made by Mr. CANNING, in the
House of CI illllll.lllf Oil Wednesday night, stating,
that the agreement, purporting to be entered into
by our Nlmisters and the American ( kivernment,
was not inside in conformity with the wishes of 1 I'm
MAJESTY, nor such as His MAJESTY could up-
prove, and that it was contrary to Mr. Easatts
instructions, caused yesterday a depression of the
funds, although Mr. CANNING at the same time
SSW, " as it was possible that, under the faith of
that agreement, various speculations in trade might
be entered into by American merchants, it Iwcaine
necessary. to prevent any inconvenience or detri-
ment to them, to issue some order, by which they
might be secured of indemnity in their specula-
tions, at least till the sentiments of His MAJESTY
could be conveyed to America." An Order in
Council, to the effect stated by Mr. CAN MINI., will
appear in to-morrow night's Gazette.
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A Message from His MAJESTY was delivered last
night to both Houses 4 Parliament, announcing
Treaty with Austria, and requesting that Parlia--'
meta would enable His .‘iAJEATY to subsidize that
Power, as also Spain and Portugal. Mr. PracE-
VAt., in the Cunnuons, hesitated to declare the sum
that might be necessary; but the Earl of LIVER..
root., in the Lords, stated it at three millions.—
This Message was probably anticipated in the City,
and may have combined, with the American quer
tiou, to depress the Funds.

The Duke of SussEx has been confined, for the
last four or five days, with his old complaint, au
astlitnu, brut we are happy, to say hi is better. On
WydliesJay his ktopd Highness was %isitesl by his
Royal Crotbers the Dukes of CUMMLAND and
CASI•WIDGE.

Yesterday, her Royal Highness the Princess of
Wiacs, dined with her mother the Duchess of
BRUNSWICK; at Blackheath. In the evening, her
Royal Highness returned to Kensington Palace,
and gave a grand ball and supper to upward, of
three hundred pertains of the first distinction.
The repairs of St. James's Palace are not to
take place till after the King's birth-day.
IVednesday, a messeuger arrived with dispatches
frosts Mr. Faeae, our Minister at the Junta. He
brings dispatches from Cadiz to the 11th of May.
Up to that time one learn that no movement had
taken place in the armies of Vtcrea and Cum.*.
They remained in their respective positions.
The Bishop of BANGOR is translated to the vacant
See of London ; the Rev. BOWYCR EDWARD
SPARKS:. Dean sf Bristol, i. to he the new Bishop..
During the cry of is No Popery," he harangued at
a public fleeting at Beistol, and he preached from
the pulpit against the Catholic claims.
The Amulthea, NMI:, arrived off Falmouth,
parted with the Duttou, from St. Croix ; Diana,
from Demerara, and Adventure, from St. Croix, on
the Ist April, in let. SG. 44. N. long. 50. 51. W.
end the David, from Trinidada, on the sth, in
40. 50. N. lung. 40. 30. W. all well.
Yesterday' a meeting of the master-printers of
London nod IVemtuainster was held at Stationers%
hall, to consider the propriety of granting an ad-
vance in wages to the compositors emplayediu their
service. The meeeirog came to a resolution, that,
at the pinwale period, any whence would be highly
improper. Mr. WoonraLL received the thanks
of the meeting for the active part be bad taken in
preparing a hi ll,w liich has passed the !louse of Com-
mons, to indemnify printers who may have Omitted
inadvertently to insert their names, in. conformity
withal, existing Act of Parliament, to works which
they load printed; mad a petition was read, to be
rulauitted to the House of Cowmen', prayiug a
repeal, or such redress as the House might think
tit, of the penal classes in the act before alluded
to. The uteetiorg also nuanimously passed a vote
of theoks to Alderman Comae, for the handscine
manner iu which lie bad espoused their canoe.
Accounts have been received from Mr. THOMAS
SRLIIIDAN.--Ile was with 51Ss. SULRIDAN, at
Clubs, greatly improved in health and spirits.
A a inquest was held at the Bull Inn, at Farnham,
on Monday, before the Coroner for the County of
Surrey, on the body of a man named Cony, who
hod been cruelly murdered by a deserter from the
Light-Dragoons. The latter accosted him on the
road, demanding in a violent way elision to exchange
clothes. On his refusal, lie tired off • pistol and
shot him just under the left ',remit, of which
wound he died in the most exeratiating agony.—
The verdict wits Wiyid Murder, against the de-
serter, who is brought up to Horsruseioger-lane
pris ((((( to abide his trial at the next Assizes far
Surrey.

POErR!`.
M. rnltoll—Tist foliowing areisitotally tate tiny
eye i they henr a reaemblai.ce, butt in saiutues• anet atyk,
to Roacue'a Butterfly:a flail. Can any of yuikureeapeni-
dents inform tue ulictLer We, net mitten by that Gentle
mmi or nut' fly adeuitio.g Ih•s note, lilies, into
your Paper, yu>t will much oblige
tfluane•atieet, )Ivy 21. A CONSTANT RLADER.
TIII BLITTERFI.TI FUNERAL.

! ye, who so lately were blythesome and gay,
At the. Ituttertly's banquet, eartit.sing away,
Your feasts and your r .is of pleasure Sr. fled,
Pus the tool of lie b net—!be liiittertly's dead !,
No lone r the dies the Crumets advance,
To join Hith their f es the Grasshopper's dance—.
ler see, his thin Ito the favourite bend,
Amid the Grasshopper mourns for the lose of ►is friend
And husk to the (unseal dirge of the Bee,
And the Beetle who folios 1, as mournful as lie
Anil see, when sit must. nful the greet& rushes wale,
The Mole is prepariii7, die It titerfly's grave !
Dust., Ise at.endeil, bat, eul,l 9116441 n,
And tbc G•s it shot ly winded his abri9 Rule Itor
Ansi the Moth, who wa. f. be los. of a lister,
Brut me the body, unit silently k, !
The curse was embalmed at the set of t ass,
A:id incles`d in a case ohieb the Silkworm hod span
By the help d the Hornet, the roan wait laid
On a bier, out of myrtle and jessamine mask.:
In weepers and scarfs come the Buttes slit n all,
And six of their number supported the p sll ;
And the Spider came there, in his mour.ting so bllek,
But the fire of the Glow-worm soma fright. him barb!
'1•1w GI oh lift his ont.t,icll to the Sad throng,
And dimly led with him the Bookworm stony,—
Who wept his pour neighbour's uufortunure doom,
And wrote these few hues, to be plac'd on his tomb

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" At this solemn spot, where the green rushes
Herr atoll) re beat tier the Butterfly's grove !
'was here we to Beauty our ohm quies ;odd,
And balloted the mound which her ashen had ruade
" Anil here s►all the daisy and vii.let blow,
Arid the lily discos er her bosom of snow
While under the leaf, i• the ev'nirip of spring,
Still mourning her friend, aliaU t►e Grasshopper sing !'"