The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-10-24 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, OCTOIIR t.
The following is an account of Admiral Vit.-
t.cau stax's Squadron, which has for so long a time
eluded the vigilance of our Commanders. The
dreadful gale of wind by which Sir Ricasaa
STILACNAM'S Squadron sustained so touch damage,
was still more destruftive is that of Admiral Vit.-
naatruez. There is every reason to believe, that
one of his line-of-battle ships went down in the
germ. The remainder of the Squadron was dis•
persed. Admiral Vi t.ncreourz, in his own ship,
which was dismasted, and pearly a wreck, bad the
good fortune to get into the Havannah. The other
Preach ships endeavoured, it appears, to reach the
Chesapeak ; one of them, however, fell in with the
lellona and the Belkiele, two of Sir RICHARD
Sr a ACmata's squadron. The French ship sustained
a running fight for some time, but was at Last driven
on shore near the Chesapeak.
The Mateaspos hips*, which was in company
with the &Ilona and Ba/kill.. was sent in to destroy
the French ship, which was L'huperiarez, of 74 guns.
This was completely effetted, and the crew made
prisoners.
While the Wimps: was engaged is this service,
two more French shipi of the line hove in sight,
and the Beileaa and Bet wk immediately crowded
all sail in pursuit of them, and were in chace of
them, when Capt. Poe ors, of the Itielanefau. trans-
mitted this intelligence.
The &limo, &aside, and Ifriesmius, were cruis-
ing off the Cbesapeak, in search of Sit-R.Sr a co •N,
when they fell in with the French ships.
This account is said to have been received from Sir
RICa ARD STRACHAII.
The ship ILvialoes. Capt. Lewis, is arrived at
Liverpool, from Barbadoes; she sailed on the I'2th
ult. and has brought letters and papers up to that
date inclusive, from which we have made several
*wafts —Admiral Conn a ANS had returned to
Barbadoes after having seen the homeward-booed
fleet to a certain latitude, and was there on the I2th
ult. ; on that day the Elephant man of war, and Platt
schooner, sailed from Barbadoes, to the assistance of
General MIR/4@mA, at Coro.
The Duke of %•et packet, from Falmouth, with
the Mails of the Ist of August, arrived at Barbadoes
on the 11th uh. and sailed the next day fee Jamaica.
A Letter from Barbadoes, of the I nth ult.
states, that some incendiaries endeavoured to set fire
to that town, on the night of the 9:h of that month,
and had aetually set fire to a Public Office ; it was
fortunately discovered, and extinguished before it
had proceeded far. A reward of 5001. was off..red
by the PICSIDEST of the Cour cm, at present Go-
v ratio', for the deteiion of the Perpetrators ; but
without effei. The letter adds, that ►he French fleet
on the coast of America, are to be joined there in a
certain latitude, by Admiral A LIANA'S, with six sail
more front Toulon, which he left on the 20th of June
last. After the hut ricaae months are over, they me
expeCted in the West Indies again. The weather has
been extremely hot, and the island had suffered
muds from sickness.

NI Journals nor Letters, upon which any reliance
can be placed, have been received from the Conti-
nent, cf a later date than t'la Havnbutzh Paper of
the 17th, brought to town on Tuesday 14st, with a
Supplement containivg the Prussian Manifes:l,

The absecte of authentic Intelligence is, however,
suptiied by various rumours of a general aftion hav-
ing been fought between the French and Prussians,
Mr. /Dysart:D. the Captain of a vessel arrived foal
Rotterdam, appeared en 'Change on Wednesday
after:lon, and w serted, in the most positive terms
Abel on Friday last, a report was widely c:rzulated,
and eagerly believed, that a general engagement ;
had taken place between the French and Prussian
armies, in which the former were defeated, with the
loss, in !cited, wounded, and prisoners, of not IMO
than thirty thousand men. Captain Oy [REND
ddlb
Oat say . that the account had, at his departure, ap.
Plated in any of the Dutch Papers, but that it was
so universally believed as to have produced a great
sensation among the people of Rotterdam. It µ
grateful to perceive, that these reports, however
they may differ in other particulars, all agree
in giving the vidory to the Prussians, because it
'hews the wishes of the people ; but though it ap-
pears that a general alien could not be delayed long
after the Bth, yet we fear that these rumours
of a great battle hays no foundation, ex-
JiMpt the skirmish which took place on that
day at Hoff. We are confirmed in this opinion by
the fellowbg article which we have extraaed from
the Tyne Paper, received yesterday morning :
" The neutral ship Helene Wilnelmina, Capt. K v
arrived yesterday (the 20tb) in the Tyne, in six
days from the Elbe, and brought the gratifying in-
telligence, that, on the Bth instent, a great battle
was fought near Bareuth, betueen the Prussian army.
commanded by the Duke of BRUNSWICK, and the
French under Marshal BERN •DOT TE, in which the
latter were totally defeated, with the loss of 6000
men killed, and 15,000 made prisoners. Capt. K
ate, whose charaller places him above any suspi-
thane of a falsehood, states, that he read this in the
Gluckstadt Paper, en the 12th." Here we have po-
sitive proof, that it is the skirmish of the Bth which
has been magnified into a general action.
The ships Severn, Capt. IT us.atscia, sad the
from Jamaica, are arrived at Bristol ;
they left the fleet all well en the 19th inst. to the
Southward of Cape Clear. A detailed account of
it is given in a subsequent columi.
We understand that the Writs for the new Parlia-
ment are to be fawned out the 15th December.

His MUM', if

in town this-day. when

. expo:fed .
. is supposed the Parliament will be dissolved.
On Tuesday, Lord Gases,' t.ta and Mr. WISH-
HAM transaeed besioess with the Duke of *You,
for a considerable time, at his office in the Horse
Guards.
Yesterday, Earl Rosstes and Mr. Sneatnee
transaaed Wiens with Viscount Howicz, at his
Office.
The Marquis of Witt-est/7 had an Interview
with Lord GRENVILLI, yesterday, at his house in
Downing-street.
The latest accounts from Holland, state, th it all
persons capable of bearing arms are seized by G.:-
eernment, and are compelled to learn the we of
them. Even the charitable foundations threughont
the country have been ransacked for boys to convert
into soldiers, for the prote&ion of the towns, in the
absence of the regular regiments. As the vonths
are averse to the employment, they are taught their
exercise on board of ships, to prevent them from de-
serting.
The first bastalioe of the 93.1 Itegiment of Foot,
commanded by Colonel Goa non, with their .bag
gage, marched through London oa Monday or
aud, in Sussex, and was en Wednesday (*Bowed
by the second battalion. It is said they will imme-
diately embark to join the thussians on the Con-
tinent.
very osan in France that can be employed in
Germany, is pet into motion. Many of the regi-
ments qmuteted, and heretofore stationary in the
South of Fenace, have been ordered to, and have for
the most part mashed, their destination in the North.
of theft have passed through Paris. The
Ist intent of the Italian Infantry quartered at
Haws
Mali.
Ha or the last six months, bas In this time
reached Strasbourg.
On Wednesday evening, the Duke of Yoe a sent
a dragoon express to Windsor, with dispatches fcr
His MAJZSTe. As he was passing over 'f urttharn-
green, be discovered that he bad lost the box con-
taiaing the dispatches, by the strap being broken that
fastened it to him. He procured lights, and mace di-
ligent search for the box, but in vain. He returned
very disconsolately to Knightsbridge Barracks, and
informed his officers what had happened. They
communicated it to Colonel Goalsom, the Duke of
YOSK'S Secretary, who sent the unpleasant intelli-
gence to flit Royal Highness at Drury-lane Thea-
tre, who gave dirceions for two of the Bow-street
officers to be sent in pursuit of the box. In the
mean time, an old woman found it, and took it into
the Roebuck public-house, to examine her prize ;
when the landlord, discovering who the box was for,
saddled his horse, and rode off, with all possible
spec* to Windsor.
It is confidently stated, that a rumour having pre-
evilest in Berlin, that La Foaesr, the French Mi-
n/per, yirho had qnitted that city, was gone to the
head-quarters of the Icing of Pausst A, near Erfurt;
and that Count Ilaucasird., of whose negociations
with France there is bat one sentiment in Prussia,
was preparing to set nut for those head-quarters, to
negoc.ate with LA TWILIT ; such a ferment was
produced amongst alt ranks and descriptions of
persons at Berlin, that the Minister felt it ne;-.4.sary
to its*, an gii,iit Bel/em., " assuring the good
people of Berlin, that there was nut the unalliot
foundation for this report; and that no diecussiope
cr negociatiOns whatever seere then depending with
France '"

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AN EULOGIUM
TO TUT MEMORY Of THE •lAVC ANO ViRtkCIA
PALII, WHO. DIED A MARTYR TO lite
I.IIEITT Of Tilt entst.
BY It. PERRY OGILVIE.
Justurn et tenacem prepaid' 'irons
Non cii3ura alder prate jutaentaum,
NOM TULTI26 awsz.otris TYt ANN',
Monte gusto: solidi, aqua Auger,
Hun inquami to3l3ido, H dr s,
Nec fulavineati" magma menus Jowls'
Si (rictus dlabatur
Inipav3dom (orient
Qs. au.

0 ! mate:item fortitude, 0 ! (linings woe,
0 ! dauntless man, on Liberty his thought;
Ishold him brave the Unsay Tyrant's blow,
boa Pacia, with glotioui rittiat fraught.
Fame eager stands, hie giant soul to sat,
Fearless, defy inevitats!e death ;
Whilst, is her page of immottality,
Sacri.d, she graves his ever faithful breath.
Deep in her page his heisoui'd name remains;
O'. Socrates, with holy rites and prly'ss,
Like thee, his valiant bosom and his plains,
F.afer renown'd with Freedom's orients* come.
0 ! monstrous Tyrant, savoge.hearted foe,
Think'st thou to mar the rights of men below ;
0 ! igooraces profound, 0 ! cowardice refin'd,
The blow thou seuck.'st proud elevates the mind.
His life mat immortality ramps, '
And Fame eternal crowns him with her bays.
Victorious, great, and to his country true,
Who paid to V Are what was Nature's due.
Nor thou, rite Tyranny, could'st thou Mama),
Ho him heart, which all the powers confou,ais ;
Bright as the mantle of the hod of Day,
See Glory irate from his purple wounds.
0! may the fate, is this jest law' deptsed,.
la Justice. Dusk, soil !Matures ihjitel nun:,
""'Annue aiwitainii, the jierec cringing sword.
: 4ijdent6saTratit tky psiria "tame.
The Duke of Yoax will remove into his house, in
the StatAe-yard, in a fi.w days.
Lovenes LOVaDaN, Esq. arrived, yesterday, et
h's villa at Btompton, fr to his seat, Brescot Pot,
Bedfordshire; and in a few days will set of au
a visitto his constituents at Shaftesbury.
The PORT UOURtE AbagssAbor will leave town,
this day, for Tunbridge Wells.
The Funeral of the Countess of Kalman wit
take place this day.
Lord PONIONIV, we are concerned to state, has
had a relapse.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, we are
happy to state, is much recovered from his late in-
disposition. His Royal Highness entertained aV-
IC& party, last nighe, at Kensington Palace.
The Honourable Colonel rowsoli elf will 4110-.1,
lead the Honourable Miss Firzitov. &tug to .f
Lady Sour 14•11troz, to the Hym. neat altar.
The Honourable JOHS Pops/arise left town, L:st
Tuesday, to canvass the county or Cork.
Lord Y aaisouri; left town. last TuestLy f r
the intent of his Lard.hip's j, niney ti is
bring Lady Yaastouvu back to Entzlaitd.
Countess Se ENt.elt will leave town in a few cart
for Bath, for the benefit of her La lyship's
Lady LAalataT took an airing yesterday, is:: tits
first time, since her arroorkenriel.
Lady Lisuoa a, :tnd her beautiful daughter, 5.•
rived yesterday, at their house, in Hill.itrfeti
rkeley.aquate. from Bognor Rocks.
• Mademoiselle be Passcs, a celebra.ed dancer
from the Opera at Paris, arrived yesterday wi•si
Monsieur Maltaaki, who was sent to Paris in the
month of Att;zust to procure dancers. She is en.
gaged at the Italian Opt: a.
The anniv the day on which the late
Admiral Lord Viscount Deltic am overcame
Dutch, was celebrated on Saturday, the IStli
in Moita La's Inn, Dundee, of which town his L-td•
ship was a 'native, by a ntimeroas and highly te•
speaahle meotiog of the Camperdown Cub, Ala"
APlDait flriOD'Zcil, Esq. its the Cha'r. The presnre
of the gallant Admirai's two soils, Lord Viso, .1.
Doreen, and the Hon. Captain Heuer Dt
R.N. gave peculiar pleasure to the meeting. Alter
.• The mcmary of the Noble Adm,,,,,"," many arrr.:.
priate and loyal totats were drank.
AisTary't OtTrePtil PAVILIOI, Newcattl—
sheet, Strand, now proves what a sober, upright,
honest, and judicial management can died; that
which hitherto has been thought in vain, is now
accomplished. The first persons of d.stinftion ho-
nour the Pavilion every night; and, in general, the
Theatre is crowded to an overflow. Every exert"
is exercised to procure novelty. and at a very great
expence. The Mew Ceram Pantomime of Herkg"
Ploslidey is very interesting; the Mecbinist vas
earned the maolcal transformations so tar, as to com-
mande admiration ; the last scene of the Pantornin 0
much so. The Horsemanship of this week mut: to
seta to be credited,
Not a Capital Prize drawn on the Snood Day
of Drawing, which is somewhat extraordinary.
The nett Day of Drawing will be on Tuesday, tie
Oda of November. The Wheel contains the foliose-
Mg Capital Prizes cto,oool. ; 2 of 1 (OM
5 of SAWS ; 3 of 1,0001. ; and 7 of 3091.--
Hoazsay and Co. are selling Tickets and Shares.
warren...l undrawn, at the same prices as Woe
t Dr g began. I-19 RNsir and Co. beg lease
to assort the public, that there ail a very fe'c
'Pickets and Shares remzizing to be sold, but 24
lorg as any remain shay may be had at their cl!
established State L,o':ttery °faces, 26, Cernhill ; ..
att..; St. I.'iarzaret's Hill, Dfrouti''.

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