The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-20 00:00:00

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the T 10.,, 4faker Ca, i7e,Captuin
Dodds, had sailed for Varlan;; unalCr 4.vuToy.
The ob Barlow and Jest' , belonging to Cal-
cutta had suited to the nifrthaurd, but were driven
back by the strong' north- ticA winds and laments.
They again pulled from lkneonlett ou the e)th of
Anguat, in company with the Experiiirmi. On the
fah of Septeiiber the Lady Barlow uml Jess!" left
Padang for the northern ports, na finest of pepper ;
the E. ,riatent sailed at the same time on her !re-
turn to ..;uleatta. . .

The Mary, Captain Allen, the Uthty, Captain
Adams, and the Clyde, Callen Frazer, had been.
et Paleng, and sailed from lhat'port on the 211 of
September, the two forme: for the northward, anti
the latter fur the Coromandel coast. _

In consequence of the unusual number cf yes-
gels calling at the northern ports for pepper, the
'rice of that article had risen ,ronsiderahly-s-.liin
are nun excluoit4esl fur s chest of opium,
ohicli lately brongitt -200.
Public atisirs at Briteonlen µere tranqnil; nu
I ,te accounts of privateers or enansy's mincers on
t iit cisasts.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

, it was confidently reported, last night, that a
telegraphic dispatch had becii reiaived, btatH4
th it 111arstil Sant" had offer, cl to capitulate
sir,mt honourable term, and that Sir ARTHUR
IVELLEst:ET had answered that not4ig bliort
of unconditional surrender would be vccepted.
Tlris is very probable ; but we have been astutril
that Government have not received any such :mil-
li;eiice. The letters from Falmouth, rcevivi-1
yesterday, "toted, that the Princess Clearl9tte
packet arrived there from Lisbon, had brought In-
telligence to that effect ; and se believe that they
are the sofe foundation of the'runsour.

Two Gotteliburgli Minis arrived yesterday with
letters and papers to the 9th inst. from whieli we
hare made some extracts. but their contents are
not of importance.

Kit be possible to direct wit' view to any other

quarter than Aubtria, while BON ATAKTE 6 :.:!VaiiC-

in; towards Vienna ; I'urtugul, mud even Spain,
• might claim attenti..4. Every thing seem* to m-
amma., not suarely a hope, but It reastitudde be-
lief, that Sotte.t • eisenut extricate, himself and Ina
army flow Oporto, Of 11:110T did, last year, from
Lisbon. Happily. the Britiali honour and the
IfrtiAh interest* are now, we knOw; periniine-ntly
entrusted to the Cominguiler, in as
evil hour, or in a moment of iseaplittakile"ineen.

siiteoey, he signed Use Armistice of the e 24 of
Attgik- last ; yet had previously gained die

ViCi;WitP of Rotheis undo( Vinteirs. It i9' difficult
to speoceive now Soovr is to ieWeli any plw e
of security, either Leon.—
Ausarwite, through which place it is iidiskrissible
that he must force his way Refire lie eau effect
his retreat either to Zusenra, or tip SiilaaliUMA, is

occupied by the Portuguese army under SYLvtitts.
Chores, toward:, the Minho, is in possession of the
Spaniards, who, to the numl,.•r of 10,000 men,

were preparing to smirch towards Tut, the first
Gelliciau town, os the northern btshk .f the
Minim. Vigo is likewise in the same hands..
Even if Sou t.t were to effect a passage scrawl the
Might', he would sail meet with prodigious inspe
diluents to reselling Coronae, or Ferrol. WEL-
LIMEY and licansrotto are rupitlly advancing to
attack hint. Will he vesture, with au inferior
force, to (pit Oporto, and to give thew bottle ? Or
will he endeavour to maintain himself in that city
Whichever of these various alternatives he tuay
embrace, his position 'wee to he inost hazardous
aftd altnost hopelt,s. We' must suppose, that a
General, so able and experienced as Souvr, did
not lightly or uatulvisedly enter Portugal. Ile
probably relied implicitly upon VT:rotes c.-opera-
?ion on the eastern frontier of the Tagus. Nor can
we deny, that if, after the victory pined over

CUF.STA at Medellin on the 27th of Miireb, the
Fffncli army could have puah.•.l on tin nu:.;11
towards Lisbon; while S. had marched upon
the capital, throng% Cuimbra and Lurie ; Cnatr
roc mist, SCCOrdiiig to all prolaihility, inive been
reduced to re-einbark, and to ab Per:tigal.
So great, arid so complete a inverse, hare a foe,
weeks apparently produced ! Thots"Sotivr may dis-
play tnore resource, or exhibit more ability iu his
present situation, than DcroNT did lust stiminer
at Ditylen, is probable. But we conceive plat
rite termination of the business will resenine
that of l.a Mancha. It must be owned that
NAPOLEON'S Generals and Admirals are not
fortunate just one. In Basque Howls sad at
Martinique, they hare I,erts vosinently unsitecesio-
fut. Soutt, at Oporto; and falanarrs, at the
Saintes, are hi a most perilous preotiou. But these
am, after all, only episodes. The grand drama is
performing in Anstrio. It is there, not in Portu-
gal, in Poland, in Its!., of In the" West Inches,
that BONAPARTE% great destiny lOU he decided.

So awfully interesting, lathe ptese:it moment, is
the state of affairs on the Inn, the Ihutibei tool the

saza; a strongly itanLeiicd b !well the public

expected's, in cniercquer,•••sforirmrted advantages
supposed to lie pitted by the AdAtestts .uver
ilosiirecrx ; and en painfully protriteted iu our
curiosity on this point, that we car scarcely direct

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our attention Eteaaily, orperreineufly, to any-eases
quarter. Ire fact, we feel, that whepver Naeo-
Llicm is present in persor4and leads or., or directs
the operations of the war, there exclusively in a
great degree, the fate of the campaign, the destiny
of the House of Anstris, of Germany, and we
might almost say, of Europe, will be decided !
Never did it appear to be more critical, titan where
our last accounts leave us. As far as we can judge,
the Corsican, neglectful or regardless of Poland, of
Italy, or of Germany, still pushes forward. Lintz
had fallen into his hands. Neither the occapution
of the Tyrol ; the-defeat of acetic BEsiillAg-
wois, which must have beets decisive, since we see
that lie has been driven hack under the walls of
Verona ; the 'embarrassments of his Westphalian
Majesty ; nor the disasters experienced by the
French and Poles on the Vistula: none of all
these alarming filets or considerations, a Inch
might haite appalled or arrested aii ordinary Com-
mander,. seem to affect the Corsican Emeritus.—
Upon him every eye is 11):,_11. from Petersburgli to
Scribe, from Naples to Stockholm. Nor is it iii
human ability to calculute the results that iikht
and ioust stride on the globe, from any accident,
wound, or misfortune, that might assail him.—
Perhuo, ut uo period of recorded time, from
the days of liitannoTcs to our owls,. has the
felicity, of: have the calamities of the earth, de-
pended so much on the life of any one individual, as
on that of this Italian, who, lesv shah twenty years
ago, was only an unknown officer of artillery. Anxi-
ously desirous us we are to believe in the 1.1111"Ildtd
bUCO•111 of the Austrians over BON APAATL ill the
vici:.ity of Lintz, re own that on the fullest consi-
der;:ion, we incline much more to doubt, than to
credit it. If we may trust to the .Merman ac-
moots, the Archduke CHAILES, far from revassing
the Danube, was retreittmg in the direction of 80.
lit mire, on the 29th of Api ii ; and UP shall not ea-.
silt personae remielves, that Genera! Hits is de-
feated army had been tp coutend successfully
against NAPoLEoS, and to gain u victory over him.
By what other Austrian army, or Criteli], C4ll the
great French body of forces under BONAPsaTi:
have been stopped It is not by victories, but by
resiste:ice under defeats, by firmness, and pro-
trac:ed war, that rethink the Emperor Pngacts
is to In aimed. We believe that Prince Stalin-
muerte asserts his Imperial Master and Isis Cahi-
net are prepared for all extremities. If this should
be the feet, we venture to augur well of the pre-
sent strittNle. But utter the events which we have
witnessed in sao,s, ae must see some proofs of the
gsgeMen, before we reeture to trust tun implicitly
to thedurtitude, resources, and energy of the Ans-
uiau Ccutucils.

Mr. MraiLY, our late Ambassador to Sweden,
arrived in town yestenley frcin Got teuburgli.
It was reported yesterday that Prussia had declar-
ed war against BONAPARTE, and hail brought, or
would immediately bring into the field, i:1,0u0 ohl
welchers, but, this news rests only nu Mitch 'letters.
Letters from New York, dated March 30;11,
war:• received in town yesterday ; they state, that
several vessels which were biden and bound to Ma-
deira, Faye!, had again unloaded, Ili cimse-
qUeilet of the severe restrictions placed upon them
with respect to intercourse with this country. The
clamour arid discouteats in New York are very
great. •
The Danish ports are expected to be opened im-
mediahlc for Swedish ships.
Lord COCIIRA%E arrived at Fortsmonth ar
Thursday. Ills Lordship, it is supposed, attends
as a is mile,. Ilia the trial of Admiral IlArivee,
commences ON Monday.
Tuesday a Court-Martial was held on hoard time
Salvador del Muado, is Ilamosze, fur trying Capt.
'Fain LETT, awl his Officers, for the loss a His Ma-
jesty's ship Afenierre ; when, after a dear and fall
investigation of the eiTCitinstaueet,, Cart. TIZEM LET r
and his Officers were fully acquitted: the pilot of
the said ship was cautioned and admonished.
Another Court-martial was held 01l a t..11111;111 and
marine for an attempt to desert : the former ass
acquitted ; the bitter was sentenced to receive
30 lashes for quitting his post.
The four Hags brought by Captain WE TAIT, on
Tuesday. to Lord C AWLS:aIgaI:ICS Office, have
inscribed on them on one side, in French, re/oar
and Enterprise, and on the other Emperor of the
FrCISCA. Therm of them.belaoged to the sid" Re-
giment of th' line, and one to the 26th Regiment.
The eagles at the top are silver gilt, and about
the sire of the ,lace of the Eagle Insurance Fire
Office.

'The following arrangements in the Church are
shout to take place, it is geuenslly reported, iss
consequence of the death of the 13ishop of LONDON.
Dr. N•eronr.rw, the Bishop of Bangor, to be
te undated to London. Dr. IVIAJENDIEs the Bishop
of Chester, to be translated to Bangor. Dr.
Spsaus, the Dean of Bristol, who was tutor to the
Duke of tternAno. to be the new Bishop of
Chester.

Sir 11 %PRY BURIMILD and General llousurrott
are mentioned for the Colonelcies of the lirst regi-
ment+ that full.
The Centleinen educated °at 'Trinity College,
Dublin, duly! Vebterital at the Crown aith Anchor
Tavern, in the Strand. 'T. F. Bulros, Esq. Pre-
%iderrt, was in the Chair, sod IllEattc RAT-,
TA N, jam F. 441. Vice-President, being indispos-
ed, Sir Wir.i.usss CIIATTKIRTON' tilled his place.—
Loiters were rein' front adr. Posisotsav and Mr.
;fIATT A rew'retting their inability to attend. be-
ing occupied 'by hi...mess in the house of Com-
mon'. The company amounted to upwards of Go
gentlemen, and the evening *l5 spent ia the Mat
pericet harmony awl conviviality.
A dreadful tire broke out last night to the east-
wad of the rite, in the dirttetion of Bow. It was
raßi.ig with great fury when this paper was put to
press.

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