The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-06-17 00:00:00

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY. Jug,: 17.

We gave Yesterday the substance of the 13th and
14th Bulletins of the French army in Granny,
with the material points of the other prominent
articles in the German papers to the Gsh. Paris to
the 9th, and Dutch to the kith instaut.—We,
this day, insert thew at length. We con-
fees, that we derive no little consolation front the
two new Bulletins, contrasted with the various let-
ters. general orders, and other official or authentic
documents published 14 the Austrians, relative to
*plate most important eveuts on the Danube. It
is, however, only by a cooler and more attentive
comperismi of these opposite statements, that wr
eau 10011 411 Illtlillitte opinion. We are nertrilio.
km much mistaken, if BoNA PARTE, noewitiowtoold-
lag his Waists of the juuction of the army of Italy
with that of Germany, and his pretended conaple-
Aiwa of the bridges across the Danube, is not
already greatly embarrassed, either how to keep, or
bow to evacuate Vienna. Famine, it is evident,begins
already to assail hint ; end his allusions to the ho.
amenity of IL:env the 4th, who fed. while he lie-
eked the Parisians, are as Absurd in the mouth of
.a Corsican ruifiao, wbo desolates the earth. in Or-
der to satiate his thirst armpits, as they are irrele-
vent in the instance before us. Suppressed rage,
indignation, disai.poiiitutent, and all the characters
sties of mortified expectation, hpwever artfully
blended or concealed by an air of pretended tri-
umph, pervade every line of these two Bulletins.—
They evince. even beyond any aftertione of the
Austrian Government or Commander, that he
has not yet aiseninplislitel the object of his exp.-
ditiou. But though these facts, considerations,
and reflections, Open matter of hope, they cannot,
by any means, justify or authorise confidence.
His unceasing exertions, added to his immense
means of every, kind, may still enable him to re-
cover the ground that be has lost. It is evident,
that op to the lst of June he still kept possession
of the sob-do-peog, on the north shore of the
Danube, which he was endeavoring, by all the
efforts of military skill and science. to render in-
attachable. To the south of the river, it would
appear that he was waster of all the provinces of
the (louse of Austria, quite to the Adriatic; we
mean those of Styria. Carinthia. and Carnioln—
For, as to flongaiy sod erisatia, it is sufficiently
elm that he had mule no impression on either, '
though he prettnols that LA SA I.Lhi had pleated his
posts to Altetiboarg and to Ranh ; and though the
Ports Papers sobjuiii that MARNoNT " was said to
have marched to Carlstadt, the .capital of Croatia."
The Daimler, though lie affects to he merry, amid is
even jocose, on the wan:surrey of that river, seems
to have oaf-grneretd !hum, and still to glee him no
little employment, as all as solicitude. Ile com-
plains notch of its depth, and of the trouble
which that quality of the river occasions him in
driving down piles. For the first time. the
Boulogne flotilla, which has been so long useless,
ismears nu the scene. The 44th crew of that
naval equipintut has been *rut to old the enter-
prise against the ARCIIDUICE. The tears of this
subtle tiger. which flow fur his Duke of Moires:-
lasso, and tlq iimereill obsequies of Lams,
conclude the Fourteenth Bulletin. We shall, pro.
badly, on Monday, make some olnervations on the
Austrian accounts, which, though most satisfacto-
ry, yet leave us much in the dark, upon a variety
of pones, most interesting acrd important. We are
peculiarly tempted io ask, Where are Hintze and
CoLLoWRAD ?—Nor are we lees anxious to know
what is becoase of JRl.l.Acillcii and of CNA,-
TEI.I.AIt?
We have already had occasion to native the Pro.
demotion of Prince WILLIAM of BRUNSWICK. ad-
dressed to his cotintrymen. from Zittau, on the
gist of May. He is the youngest of the lons of the
late Duke of litturtewtee, and of course stoods in
the near relationship of nephew to the King of
OSSA.? BRITAIN, and, at the same nine. of cousin
and brother-in-law to the Prince of Wa LIM Hay-
, Mg been born iu 1771, he is now in the fell vigour
of his age, end weeny appeal to the laogaitge, no
less than to the sentiments, of his address to the
Giermantp for the iwonf of his euergy of mind.— '
When young, he entered into the Prussian service,
in winch lie holds the rank of Major-General.. Ilia
uncle, the late Prince Facoasme of BROIMTIAR,
alt inarrien the heiress of lVirtemberg Orly, a
small Duchy iii Lower Silesia. hutting died without
issue, that P ' !ipality descended to him on bee
uncle's drowse. He appears eipahtt of replacing
the iotrepitl &Nita., and worthy to lead rot the
(;ermans *pima Omen. oppressors. But it remains
to be proved, that ilia People whom he invokes
possess the determination to resist, which he
entlesvours to inspire. Has position, ow the edge
of Bohemia, though .hilthe territory of !insane. i.
well Relculated for aelion.as he NM) derive RNlNSittace
from all querters. We are not without hopes that
we mac woe hear more of lee successful exertions.
Time Elector of SAC)Nr. not considering himself
safe. either at °waists, nr at latipsic. has Mimi
In Eyspoisels. • town of Thuringia, almost on the
Gnutiers of Heise Ce.eei ; eee.l there are perinea

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Df the 13th and
in Grr4tany,
her prominent
e 6,th, Paris to
instant.—Wc,
h. We con-
onion from the
the various let-
al or authentic
sus, relative to
e Danube. It
more attentie•
meats, that we
e are ',cretin.,
, notwithstsaci-
! army of Italy
!tided comple-
anube, is not
pow to keep, or
erideot,begins
ions to the hu-
, while he be-
n the mouth of
e earth, in or-
they are irrele-
Ippre-sed rage,
the character.
sever :illicitly
pretended tri-
o Bulletins.—
ertions of the
oder, that he
et of his exp.--
considerations,
e, they cannot,
;se confidence.
his immense

,ble hiu► to re-
it i* evident,


ceps possession
I shore of the
lig. by all the
to render, in-
nver. it would
e pro►inces of
e Adriatic; we

utl Carteiula.—
ot M suffscieot/y
bion oo Tither.

bud intuited his
aait though the
r .‘ was mid to

tat of Croatia."
e merry, and is
at river, seems
to give hint no
Ile. Ile cow-
if the trouble
•asinns bus in
rat time, the
o Mug useless,
crew of that
aid the enter-
e tears of this
ke of Mown-
es of Lasses,
We shall, pm-
rvations on the
most satisfseto-
upon a variety
rtast. We are
re Httaza and
sioss to know
sad of C/A}.

notice the Pro.
ineswich, ad-
"Giusti, on the
' the lons of the
aurae stands in
the King of
base. of cou.in
WALES. Hu ti-
the full vigour
r laagmtge, no
address to the
41 of mind.—
russian service,
Clasen& Ills
BaueswuK.
usberg Orls,
g died %idstint
him on his
ti of replaciug
o lead ow the
mut it remains
mu he iiisk.kee
et, which he
on the edge
r of Sayosily, iM
trice :q *tame
out hopes that
usful imertionp.
der ing hicsar!f
sic, has relire,l
almost on the
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.1101i/beer did he wiH be trawl/erred. tidier irr
luotarity. or by fore:. to Magdeburgh. We see,
by the Paris panes'', that the King of PRUSiI t has
been rneaaced Ntth a conspiracy. the object of
which M 54 nit) devo.itioia. Who, indeed, cats doubt,
that NAP3LZON, if he shall ultimately succeed au

his attack of Anstria, will, in his ~ o iiiiii potence,
and in his Sublime conceptions," act towards Prus-
sia and Saxony, as he has done towards I lolland awl
Spain ? Those Sovereign; may temporize, or even
assist the common Destroyer; but they will not the
more eseape his rage; though, like Ut.vssxs iii the
ciAVC of Po LY PROM', they may be the last reserved
to be devoured. Can FitEDEair 1V11.1.1.01 fail to
see, as in a mirror, his future and inevitolde des-
tiny, after reading the expressions which BUS A-
PARTE Met is the Thirteenth Bulletin, when
speaking of Sem ? Does not the Corsican ex-
pressly say, that a &HILL prostituted the name of
the King of l'aessts, as the satellites of England
prostitute the name of FEED'S AHD at Seville ?"
Amid does he doubt of NArui.com's intentions
eassusitla hins ? is impossible to read, with-
out
• toni;binent, or to pass over, without ex-
presamis of iialiguatien, the audacity M an Ita-
lian adventurer, who dare., in the face of Europe,
to st:ginat i-e, as rebels and incendiaries, the Spani-
ards and the Engli-h who presume to ackaowle•lge
stud to suppart the title of FERDINAND the Vilth
to the Spanish Monarchy. But, it is thus, that, in
the platitude of his power, considering himself as
the arbiter of war sod peace, of repose, or of cala-
mity to mankind, he sports with good and evil, and
tramples on, or perverts, every thing held sacred
among men. Happily, he is not gnat so omnipo-
tent on the Danube sinew the 22d of May, as ha
was on tie Niemen, at Tilsit, or, as he was on the
Ebro, and on the Manzanares, oi.ly a few months
ago. His progress has certainly been elsteked by
the Archduke CHARLES ; and his jests in the i3th
Bulletin, on 4. the manauvres of General ()daub',"
will not excite nitwit risihility, we imw,ine, among
his own troops. It remains to be seen whether his
career can be arrested.

Yesterday. Sir Dams DUND,IIII held a public
day at his Office in the Hone Guards, and gave as-
diences to the Marquis of HUNTLT. Earls Eons•
woe? and Surrout, and about forty nvibtary
ollficers.
This ineriiiivx the Lords of the C modh will meet
at the Couiicil Chamber, Whitehall, upon Prise
Appeals.
Yesterday the Chancel lot of the E imitates& rook
the Birldiugs fora Lottery of 20,0(X) Tickets, to be
decided in one day. The fottorring are the Bid--
dings :-- • •
Ricleardsoo sad &rift, ..
.. if s 6
Maisie, sod Palley, ls 17 d
Bbritelde
0600.
tirhe Lottery to begun and finish Drawing Oct.
SW The flaymeats to be as under
Jame en, Deposit to 0
. • Jody et,
Mot. la,
Reed- SI
Oct. 17,
Lie a to
Eitract of r letter from a Gentleman, dated
Heligolend, May 30, 1409, to a Mercantile. House
in Glasgow, received iu town yesterday I-6i A very
, • gallant action was fought. on the ilst infanta, by'
the Alert hired cutter, of about 40 tans burden,
moontiug rein three-poutilers and two I'l4l ronedes,
commanded be Lieut. M scuouts,it, with a crew
consisting of eight boys, the master, mud himself.
Proceeding up the Jitlide. with a convoy. row.
Danish privateer. were discovered receiving re-
info,ceineuts of men from the French Douaniere,
stationed on the right bank of the river. They
soon made sail towards the convoy, which Lieut.
MACDOUGAI. In 11111 58101 cutter bravely resolved to
protect. AVlth this intention he bore down on the
enemy. keeping between them and the vessels un-
der his charge; and in that situation, maintained
all action, frequently within pistol shot, for more
than two hours, when he had the satisfaction to see
the whole convoy safe into port. The Alert had
none killed or wounded, and only received • few
grape shot through the mainsail. Eight men are
, said to hove been killed on board the privateers.
When the disparity of force is considered, etch of
the privateers having not less than 25 men on
hoard, it is difficult sufficiently to appreciate the
steady courage and superior seamanship of Lieut.
and the bravery of his line crew, by which four
privateers, each greatly superior in force to the
Alert. were prevented from takiug a single vessel
of the convoy."
An ACCOUNT laid before the HAVRE of CANNONS, of
the REA L VALVE. of Exports from, OREAT BRITAIN
. to the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, sod to all
pais of Amerka seal Ms WEST INDIES, eldlusive of
tie Vented deftest is the Year *adorer sib Jesearyoso9;
=hied &Web Ilassfsetarts hem Forsiga xa
visa 11111111110 JAw. S 15419.

IItAL •u.ur.

1. 61,1571

Total.
L s,sos,sti6
is, 7a,056