The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-06 00:00:00

THE

PRESS.

LONDON,
'SATURDAY, Austin 6.

We hare received a series of the Illoxiteur, and
of some other Paris papers, to the 24th hit. The
met important of their contents have appeared in
the Dutch pipers, and have been from them(
copied into Ter lIRITIIH Patss—of course little of
any interest resaiiiini to be given, and it will be
found iu our preceding columns.

Letters from Plymouth announce the disem-
barkation of Sir A attune 'WELLES PAY'S Expedition
at Figueras, on the :28th last. The event is
very probable, but the account, we apprehend, is
premature. The detachments from the Marines of
Sir C. CcerroN's squadron, which lauded at
;Nem, amounted to upwards of 1000 men. Sir
A. WIttLESLEY, on landing, would therefore find
himself at the head of nearly 12,000 of us well ap-
pointed troops as ever left this c Angry.

It is iinposaiblo, after a full perusal of the recent
ailvices from Spain, not to look with the greatest
impatience and solicitude to .the next accounts
from cievy portion of that country. On the Gua-
dalquivir, in the kingdom of Leon, and at Midrid,
no less than on the Tagus, where, according to all
appearances, Sir ARTHUR ‘VELLESLEY may have
already landed, things are too critically situated,
mot to produce most important results. If it were
our province to indulge in conjecture and specu-
lation on the events which may he supposed to have
taken place—or if we chose to assnnse, as a basis
of reasoning, defeats of DUPONT and insurrections

at Madrid, which have probably no foundation in
fact, we could with ease fill up whole columns,
like other prints. But we consider it to he more
useful, though perhaps less amusing, to profit of
the moment of silence and suspense which occurs
to-day, in order to call the attention of our readers
to the state of the continent. Unquestionably,
none of the terrified and prostrate powers, from
the Rhine to the Danube and the Neva, are inat-
tentive to the awful contest passing beyond the
Pyrenees—a contest, in the event of which they
are not less implicated even than the Spaniards
themselves! Already, if we could know the emo-
tions excited by the opposition which the Corsican
Emperor experiences. in Spain, we should witness
the ill concealed joy of the unfortunate Princes on
whom he tramples, and who are well aware that
the @abjuration of the Spanish Monarchy is only
the prelude to their own complete reduction under
his yoke. But, with a policy no less savage and
tyrannical than it is able and profound, he has in-
terdicted even a commerce of thought, or a com-
munication of ideas, between us and the Conti-
nental Courts, Ilia legions, like those of the Ro-
man CESARS, occupy all the shores, from Bilboa,
round to the frontier* of Courland ; and from Bar-
celona, along the coast of the Mediterranean, to
the borders of the Morea. We are therefore left
to divine the wishes •r the projects of the Aus-
trian, Prussian, or Russian Cabinets. While Ats
DREOASY menaces the Ministers •f FRANCIS at Vi-
enna, CAULINCOURT dictates to those of ALM.
ANDER at Petersburgh ; towards FREDERICK WIL-
LIAM, NAPOLEON does nut observe even the forms
usual between crowned heads. His Generals and
his troops, encamped at Charlottenburg, only a few
mile* from Berlin, and scattered over every pro-
viuce, nominally Subject to Prussia, execute
law, and suppress even complaint. As if to
anticipate his wishes and to manifest a determina-
tion of existing °Marty his clemency, the Austrian
Government, we are assured, have ordered the.
demolititin of the fortifications of Brannan, and
those of Egra. Thus giving him an unimpeded
entrance, on any future rupture, into Upper
Austria, and into Bohemia. If these orders have
really been issued, unless they originate in a desire
to deceive the Corsican Tyrant, by an apparent
confidence in his friendship, they must imply the

most TreniTeatwwitrrithnten•to his "rift tie the most
complete incapacity of resisting his power. %Vali-
out attempting to solve that problem, we may en-
deavour to form some opinion ma the probability of
Russia interposing at the present moment. And in
judging of that question, how are we to reason on
the future, except from our knowledge of the past
and the present ? That the reigning Emperor is a
virtuous, honourable, and estimable Prince, ani-
mated by the best intentions, and rendered the in-
voluntary instrument of the vengeance, or of the
policy of N•roi.aosr, no man will deny. That he
would return to those political and commercial
connections with this country, which he so long
cultivated, and which are so essential to the pros-
perity and felicity of his wide-extended dominions
if he were aide, it would be time lost to attempt
to prove. But of what avail arc these impotent
wishes, however unquestionable? Will he ven-
ture to order CALUNCOURT to quit Russia? or
will he even presume to open any of his ports to
the English ships ? is he capable of turning his
arms against the loan who has compelled him to
make whir on Swedeu, and who dictates, from Paris
or from Bayonne. theineasurcs and the very Minis-
terial Papers that issue from the office of ROMAIII-
zuw, or of BUDBEIIG canaot hope it.

11, alter the clod:at which he stiszAiacd at Fried-

.y }. .•

i„18), AVG/L/102n had, (ss his pritdec.ssstorlT*
lid in 170)4 retired before the Frem h iovader, and
taken refuge iii his immense deserts ; then. indeed,
ve might leak to situi!a► energy or exerften from
;Um at the present ioutoeut. When CHARLES XII.
car the lust century, hardly less terrible than BONA-
eAATE io in the times which we now witness, after
overrunning all the kingdoms of the North, en-
tend :Muscovy, what part did PETER act ? Vid
he ge to meet the Swedish conqueror on a raft, in
the middle of a river, there to form
connections with his mortal enemy, to abandon his
:Lilies, to retract his engagements, to ►acritice the
interests of his subjects, as well as the honour of
his Crown ; and even to receive from the Usurper's
bloody hands the plunder of his unfortunate as-
sociate and friend ? No ! the founder of the Rll4-
..ian entpire was cast in another mould. lie was
neither terrified by CHARLES'S victories, nor de-
ceived by his caresses, nor duped by his promises.
He retreated, but it was the retrc.at of the lion who
turns upon his pursuers. If ALREANDER had
manifested each resources in 1807, BONAPARTE, it
is highly probable, would not be new, in 1808,
engaged in placing his brother on the throne of
Spain. Even in these events, nevertheless unfor-
tunate as they may have appeared to us at the
time, those who speculate an human affairs may
perhaps see cause for gratitude to Providence. It
was not till NAPOLEON attacked a people, that his
career seems to be arrested. We cannot too often
repeat or itupreso this truth.

lf, however, the great Continental Powers do not
seem to possess the means or the inclination ; in
other words, the courage, to assist in the extrieation
of Europe, at least, av yet ; there are, nevertheless,
smaller states, from a hom assistance might possibly
arise. We shall endeavour soon to point them out,
and to show from whence the Corsi...an may be suc-
cessfully us well us speedily assailed, if the contest
beyond the Pyrenees should be prolonged.

It is reported that his Royal Highness the Duke
of Yoax has resigned his pretedaions to the com-
mand in chief of the expedition in support of
the Spanish Patriots. One of the Treasury Jour-
nals of yesterday (the most accommodating of the
set) notices this report in the following terms:—
" The Chief Command of all the troops destin-
ed to act upon the coast of Spain and Portugal,
having been for some time confided to Lieutenant-
General Sir Hew D.►I.RYMPLE, we cannot too
much reprobate the unfounded reports respecting
an Illustrious Per.ouage, whieh seem to have been
revived and promulgated, fur no other object than
to grwily the malicious dispositions of those by
whom they are so industriously circulated."
The public will learn how to appreciate the can-
dour and delicacy of this coutradiction, if any thing
so vague and indirect eau deserve that name, when
they are assured that the Print alluded to repeated-
ly announced the appointment of his Royal High-
ness, and one of its ablest coadjutors absolutely
asserted that the appointment took place at the so-
licitation of the Spanish Patriots, who were desir-
ous to have a Prince of the Blood at the head of the
British force sent to their assistance.

In order to complete the 2d battalions of those
regiments in Ireland that are deficient of men, an
immediate volunteering from the Irish Militia is
to take place. This measure will add ut least six
thousand men to our regular forces.
The latest adrices from Lisbon represent the si-
tuation of the inhabitants as truly deplorable. M.
DA AORTA MACHADO, a man of most respectable
character, who formerly v. as Minister from the Por-
tuguese Government to the Court of St. Patera-
WO, was 'hot, a few darts ago, in the great square,
by order of Jo nor, for having in his possession a
letter from Oporto, detailing the proceedings which
took place in that city on the loth of June, and the
subseq went days.
}'mat the very high and unprecedented price
of the tickets for the dimmer given in honour of the
Spanish Patriots. at the New London Tavern, in
Ilishopegate-street, on Thursday, man; people
conceived that it was intended to make one-half of
the coinpany pay for the whole, and that at least
one-half of the tables would be tilled with gra-
t miasmas adwiasiees► The eonaequence was, a large
pone of the lacqueys, the scribes, and the para-
sites of the Ministry, the treasury runners. &c.
did not provide themselves with tickets, being
quite confident that the Committee could net do
less than to present such hungry and loyal souls
with a free admission. Woeful, however, was the
disappointment ; no free admission came; and many
of them were obligesl to take their stations among
the servants and waiters, to catch a glimpse of the
festive scene, that they might be able to boast they
had honoured it with their presence. This is a
pretty, but a fair sample of these artful and im-
posing gentry. A thousand times have they vowed
to spend the last drop of their blood in the support
of the Spanish cause, but the moment you tench
their pockets, unless to fill them. they are off in a
tangent.—Their dreams and their reveries their
revenge and their rhapsodies, vanish, and all the
loyalty and luxury of the dinner may go to the
d-1, if it must be purchased by 31. 3..
The meeting of the Staffordshire Agricultural
Society, at Litchfield, an Tuesday week, was the
fullest ever known. The match between Lord
Talbot's Herefordshire, and Mr. Dyott's long-
horned Ox, was decided in favour of the latter
gentleman. The match between Mr. Meek, and
M►. Moore, of a Shearhog Rain, was decided in
favour of Mr. Meek. The pi.. .enjoin for Rams was
adjudgcd to Mr. Meek, and that for the two best
Theavea to Mr. Dyott. The Jotters- were. Mr.
Astley mini Mr. Thomas Stone. Tie. p. v. c....me
TAI INA is appointed President, and Lord Es ailford,
Vice-President for uest year.

--•°T.trITVV"....w
THE TIP OF THE ELBOW.

T:tirty years since the elbow was the part of a five MOlllift
she won Met tenacious to conceal and protect from pubite
view; it was first cordred with • cambric sleeve, s tat
10311e1, and a wristband and lace ruffle ; then three 1,013 or
f10wn...1 of embossed muslin or rich lace ; them three falls of
rich brocade or said, oricienented with rich fringe, covered
them; add, to complete the stress, and protect the tip of the
elbow, a piece of lend, large enough to make • dozen
lets, hunt pendent ; and there was nothing more (request,
in the annals of chivalry-, than for the favoured lover hi
steal his mistress's lead to blow out the brains, Vde scdmv,
of his tient. Floury..., of course, led the fair wearer iato.ft
variety of unpleasant ; 'nth as, in the eatery
having wen • critical game at whist, wkirking the eauslk-
stick, which stood at her elbow, into the lap of her fed
neighbour; setting fire to the e'.errnix de J;:r.e that formed
a rampart round her bosuns, and throwing the whole as-
sembly into confusion ;or sweeping the coffee-cup and its •
commits uo the white satin roall-clather of a hi rthday
Rut %hat were those to the mischances at dinner fowl
was to be carved, and, by the time it was eonipletid, the
elbow appendages had absorbed the plate of soup, to which
the fair wearer had beau helped, mid she was obliged is
submit to the run-titiention of having her flounces wrapped
iu a napkin, and the whole economy of bcr dress destroyed
fur the evening. After a variety of such misfortunes, deep
raffles and flou.icra, were exploded, with the exception of a
Court dress. Belt the protection of the elbow was still at-
tended to. Long sleeves were introduced for undress, and
the puckered cuff, lined with buckram, berated three
inches below the elbow, fur full dress; however, the
buekriun lining was such an enemy to beading the area
*rah grace, that the ruff shortened, until it just covered
the elbow ; wheal a ittabl:c mourning taking place, it was
discovered that a round fat elbow looked very pretty through
a black crape transparency ; and the mourning over, a few
selhfed belles braved the storm of envy, by aliening the
tip of their elbows ; and persevered in doing so, in despight
of the remarks of their fair friends.—" Mira B. is a pretty
girl, but her bare climes give her au' h a bold appearance."
" Did you observe 3lns. M. —bow vulgar---just escaped from
a wa-h-tub." But imperative fashion issued her fine, and
old and young, fat and lean, have not only sheen their el•
boas, hut their arras ; and when se 'effect that the estimate
of the tip of the Duchess of Rutland's shoulder, sad r
masquerade guise, act the city of Dublin mice in a flanw,
bow can we wonder, iu this age of naked fashions, that the
torch of Cress. C 0.,. should be so often lighted—from the op
of every part of a beautiful woman—from the tip of the Sa-
ges to the arm-Flt ?

. _ .
&READ MIRLOW. nlr'CkS, AUGUST 1.
This taarninz a iarge iv of Nobility west
by water fr Sir Wm. C.:Lasto:4's, at Harley-
ford. Amongst the Nubility were, Lord and Lady
BOST3N Mnd family. This grand party dined at
hleilinua Abbey. 'this aidiyua building lies be-
tween Marlow and Henley, by die Throes side.
Water parties, this summer, have been much the
anstiaement of the Nobility round this country,
which is certainly very plesoint.

On VeJuesday morning Her MAJerry and the
Pat NCESSES. With their attendants, dined at Clebton
Spring. Lord and Lady liiisTint attends Her
MAJESTY at the Spring. This is a beautiful place,
under the woods by the Thames. Thi■ Spring
is frequently visited by the Nubility in the summer
season.

Arrived here this morning, his Royal Highness
the Duke of KENT. The Stafford band played
while the Royal visitors were at the Spring.
Yesterday, Earl CAMDEN left town for the Wil-
derness, Kent. His Lordship will attend the As-
sizes for the county, as Lord Lieutenant, for the
first time since his appointment.
Yesterday morning Flis MAJESTY, the Duke of
CUMBERLAND, Princesses SOPHIA, AEI:MITA, and
AMELI A, accompanied by Lady ISABELLA THYSTEE,
Generals CARTWRIGHT and I ITZROY, and Colonel
TAY Lon, took an airing, on horseback, in the Great
Park, and returned at twelve.

Thursday evening Their Mw.ftwezza wallod oa
the Terrace, with the Pattrcums. The bands of
the Royal Horse Guards, Blues, and Stafford Mi-
litia, attended. A very genteel asseinblap of pet-
eons were present.

The ltr.v. and lion. T. DUNDAS is arrived ii
town, to it( COMpany Lady DL NILO, his a mi.bl
mother, early next week. to Cheltenham.

Mr. ELLISTOM was to dose his engagement st
the Liierpool Theatre, on Wednesday lust, in tLe
part of Leon, to Mr. I:twts's Copper Captain.
The noble House of WENTWORTII are In the mngt
joyful expectatim of an heir, Viecountassi Mitaus
tanß announced again iu the family way.
The Earl of Yartmotyrn and a large party of
Fashionables have been fur soma days at the
York Hotel, Dover, from whence they have made
several excursions through that delightful neigh-
bourhood.

The city of London was greatly agitated last
night by the throwing ofshelle.—lt war the first
'light of oystrrx.
BONAPARTI; is charged with forbearing to pro-
pagate her in lus favourite Paper, the Mena/cur, on
the affairs of Spain.—lt would he labour in vain.—
The Ovirdu Gazette, and some of the Lando
Treasury print., are hard at woo k for him.
Miss buse.yrr made a vcry short visit to Chel-
tenham ; she has been performing at Worcester;
and was mud' admired in Jethalta. in the comedy
of 77,c Honey-Moan. Miss Macao( closes her
engagement there, this week, with her own benefit.
Mr. Et.urroa ia engaged .at the lloyouttket
Theatre, for neat mason.

Mr. lias %tuna commenced his enpagenseat at
the Glasgow Theatre. on Triesdny last, in the Fort
of Sheets, in Mr. Cultaant.strt's comedy of The
Jew, and Lmatire, in the farce of The Priv.
Mr. Josts's ir:taelit, at thilsgow Theatre, rn
Thursday last, was a rich trent for the lovers of the
drama. POWSLI. arid Mr. BANNIMR •botit
eve their assistance. Mrs. Pow w. played Jul a,
Mr. BANNISTER Acres. and Mr. Jorge, Cekfas'i
illisalate, in Mr. Stir artrAn's rocuady of 77,e 1ti,01%.
Mr. Jos was to perform Drlaval, is *Sr. hi ?
tales musical opera of Illatriator,•• End 3.r. H t -
ststra, Tristram Fickle, la The Ircathtre-t....

?HE Duct OF YORK AND MR ARMY.
Ma. EDITOR,
Haw can you be so absurd as to insinuate the
appointment of His Royal Highness the Duke of
York to the cominand of the auxiliary forces sent,
and to be sent, from this country to Spain ? Do
con not know that the place is already most ably
*filled, that they haven redoubted General at their
head, compared with whom, your Blake's, your
Palafox's, and your Cuestes, are mere drummer-
boys. Sir, if you doubt this statement, read the
following extract front The Morning Post of yes-
terday :
RAverses and defeats, as we have already
observed," says The Morning Post, " are to be
frequently looked for in a war of the descrip-
tion of that between the brave but undisciplin-
d Patriots of Spain, and the experienced soldiers
s'mJ officers of France. The great object is, to pre-
%cat the spirit of the people from being broken, said
their a :snits from being dispersed by defeat; to make
repulse produce fresh and more energetic attacks ;
earl to make disappointment lead to victory. Thisis
what The Morning Post has laboured to produce."
When the Spaniards have a General who can
thus convert defeat into victory, atud achieve these
wonders, they want no other. We think we have
discovered who this wonderful hero is—and, reader,
be not alarmed—he is a Noble Spaniard. A vo-
lume of Tlss Life and Achievements of the re-
nowned Dun Quixote De La Mancha is before us,
from which we have made the following extract :
CHAP. XLI.
"Of Clavileno's (dies Wooden Peg's) arrival,
with the conclusion of this tedious adventure."
" These discourses brought on the night, and
with it the appointed time of Clavileno's arrival.
Don Quixote, very impatient at his delay, began to
fear that either he was not the Knight for whom
this adventure was reserved, or else that the Great
Malambruno had not courage to enter into a single
combat with him; when unexpectedly, four savagea,
covered with green ivy, hearing 03 their shoulders
a large wooden horse, entered the garden, which
they set upon his legs before the company, and then
one of them cried out, . now let him that has the
courage mount this engine.'
A long and interesting conversation here en-
sues between Don Quixote and his 'SquireSancho.
which we regret our limits will not permit us to
copy. The History then proceeds—.. Upon this
Don Quixote mounted without any reply. Ile
then began to try the pin in the horse's head, which
was easily turned, and as lie sat with his long legs
stretelted at length, for want of stirrup, lie looked
Weise of these antique figures in a Roman tri-
umph, woven in some old piece of Arras." Sancho°
very leisurely and unwillingly was made to climb
up behind him, and the History proceeds thus :
" Now both being hoodwinked, and Don Quix-
ote perceiving every thing ready for their setting
out. began to turn the pin ; and no sooner had lie
set his hand to it, but the waiting woman and all
the company set up their throats, crying out . Speed
you, speed you well, valorous Knight ; ' heaven
be your guide, undaunted 'Squire !' Now, now
you fly aloft ; see bow;they cut the air, move swiftly
then an arrow ! Now they mount, and tower, and
soar, while the gazing world wonders at their course.
Sit fast, sit fast, you're a-ground, Sancho, you
don't sit steady ; have a care of falling, for should
you now drop from that amazing height, your fall
would be greattr than the aspiring youth's that mit-
gnided the chariot of the Sun his Father. All
this Sancho heard, and girting his arms fast about
has master's waist. . Sir,' quoth lie, • why do they
say we are so high, since we can hear their voices ?
troth, 1 hear 'ens so plaiuly, that one would think
they were close by us.' ' Ne'er mind that,' an-
swered Don Quixote, ' for in these extraordinary
kind of flights we must suppose our hearing and
seeing will be extraordinary also. But don't hold
roe so hard, for you'll make me tumble off. IVliat
makes thee tremble so? I'm sure I never rode
etthier in all my life, our horse goer; as if he did not
move at all. Come then, take courage, we make
sit ioging way, and have a fair and merry gale—
' I think so too,' quoth Sancho, ' for I feel the
wind puff up as briskly upon me here, as if 1 doit't
know how many pair of bellows were blowing wind
in my tail.' Sancho was not altogether in the
wrong, for some strong pairs of bellows were in-
deed levelled at him then, which gave air very
plentifully. So well had the plot of this adven-
ture been laid by the Dolce. the Duchess, and
their Steward, that nothing was wanting to further
t:s.• diversion."
ITtc ictuaiiu:s r ofthis curious story ne 14841%1 for another
°ipso tunsty.l