The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-09-21 00:00:00

"7
if • •
that FLNIAN AND the Would hale
Crown, as the representative of IN A-
would teen have married the Creole
Madame BON A PARTE, in order to prate
to the will of the French Ruler.
not trust either the father or the son ;
/L ?IRONS. They would have wished
of the Corsican Tyrant, though they
'tidy base obeyed I' . They would
deprecated the success of the Spanish
. the English. They would not have
rerolutianary Kings. We most place such
of Spain. It is indispensable. If
much terrified, and too mails weak-
_ to meditate any opposition to this
shall direct my whole undivided force
TAROS and CEUTA. if the Emperor
venture to take up arms, I will ester-
House. My ally, the Emperor of
' aid toe. My subjects, whom I con-
whom I consider as altogether the
ambition, will be too happy te sacri-
-6 for my glory."
the clear and undisguised tenor of the
by NAPOLEON, and by Ins Ministers,
Senate, in their public addresses or exposi-
as the Ist and the 4th of the present
There is not any man who must not see,
the interests of the French Monarchy
pretext, the interests of BONAPARTE,
Generals, end Revolutionary Digni-
only real subject of preservation.—
. might, in like manner, have de-
. destroyed the House of Amnia, on the
grounds, in order to place his Grandson
Spanish Throne. But in the present abject
'f Europe; while Prince WILLI ASI of PRIM-
in the anti-chambers of the Corsican's
while Russia moves by the orders, and
by the wiles of CA U LIRCOURT , while
4.4cooretr. holds Denmark in complete subjec-
and Ohile all Germany is made to arm against
Head ; in such a state of things, of what use,
avail is it to demonstrate the sophistry, the
. tyranny, or the turpitude of the inilivi-
, tramples on morals, on reason,and on man ?
, or can any appeal to argument, arrest
this powerful ruffian ? Nut immediately.
alone can do it in the Met instance. He
moreover many advantages. His central
separating Austria, and Italy, and Spain
other ; the secretly, unity, and velocity
logsgettents; his subtle, atrocious, and imino-
easaailpation from all restraint; his profound
pervasive genius; the instruments with which
ward Igor he employs no aittv m Imes, no
Illiseagirientwal ; all these give bim a prodigious
over scattered allies.* prey to jealousies,
to the impressions of the emissaries,
under a thousand shapes, sow the seeds
ur of corruption. Yet, it is evi-
. great as are his advantages, Naro.
appreciates his own situation, and perceives
perils. But neither his character. his posi-
aor his judgment, suffers him to manifest any
apprehension. He is not an Emperor or a King.
The sword has -made him what he is, as it did
Caonwett. By the sword he must maintain his
power. If he attempt to recede, he is lost. Bo-
litAfAarli cannot even be stationary. He cannot
melt down iuto a legitimate Sovereign. He must
go toward, and must dare Austria to the contest,
at the time when he most dreads her interference.—
He has done so, and he has acted wisely ; a short
time will shew the result. We *hall probably he
abbe to judge, within a few weeks, or even days,
whether he will direct his personal energies to
Baianne, onto Strasburgh, against Germany, or
against Spain.

We resenie our extracts this (lay from the Dutch
pipers to the 17th. received on Monday. MUSTAPUA
BAIRACTAR, the bead of (1w new Gnverinnent of
Turkey, has commenced his career with en „enetyy
corre,poodilig with his eh:art.:ter fur firmness and
activity.-He says, " the Porte has enemies ; she
mast (awry on war; and the military preparations
must he conducted with redoulded (seri( ity." May
we hope that these expressions are not levelled
a;ainst England, and that U4IIIACTAIt has had WI.
gacity to discover the real enemies of Turkey, that
Russia and France stand unveiled before him ; stud
that he perfectly comprehends the secret articles of
the Treaty of Tilsit, and the engagements which
were there entered into for the dissolution and par-
titiou of the Turkish Empire.
smeseminam
Monday and yesterday mornings, His MAJSPTY,
Princess!, SOPHIA, AUGUSTA and Anni.ts, accom-
panied by Ladies Tarsite and Down, Count
Muttsres, General Ftranox, and Colonel TAY-
-I.oa, took their usual ride in Windsor Park, and
rtiorned to the Palace at twelve o'clock.

Yesterday the Qestx and Princess Ettexarrit
took an airing to Frnginiffe Lodge, and the weather
being so very favourable, walked in those beautiful
gardens a considerable time.
A report prevails in the City, that Sir ARTHUR
WELIASLIM had scut the right wing of his army,
that nail beets but little engaged in the action of
the ..!.! by a circuitous route, to attack the
Frew,. in the rear, and that this force, amounting
to Om/ men, was unfortunately surrounded by the
Fr,:selt, and made prisoners. We ch) not know on
what authority this report rests, but it is assigned
as the only plausible explanation of the extmordi-
Lary Convention that has taken place.
Yesterday the LORD MAYOR ordered the price
..c to be raised two assizes, or id in the iwck
I.:0'. en.o,sartice to-morrow. The quarter') loaf
•-ova.ca is t!sea to besot(' fur Is. 2id. aud house-
: id.

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itkii/SaWll/1. ICR. 1 710 N, ,
THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN, ENTMRIFI,IO
CON*IIIED BY Ern E-YIANY LIVES LOS r, AND
MANY PERSONS MOCKINGLY MAIMED' AND
WOUNDED.

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The two Winter Theatres have long continued to
divide the public it; teiition. and to ettgroA, univer-
sal interest. Their opening is always hailed us the
commencement of the winter season. It is the
signal for all the rank, wealth, and fashion, dis-
persed over the United Kingdom, to repair to head-
quarters, and concentrate themselves in town. It
is a joyful notice, to the commercial and trading
classes, of the payment of bills, and the reriral of
trade in this immense metropolis, comprehetoling
a population of not less than Leoo,ooo snub.--
Of such immense magnitude and importance, in a
national point of view, are the two winter Theatres,
of Drury-lane and Covent-garden ; and all this
pod they do by improving, instructing, and re-
fining the •d, adding to the public stock
11f harmless pleasure." It is therefore with deep
and sincere regret we announce the total destruc-
tion of one of these great sources of instruction and'
national advantage, by fire ; a calamity aggra-
vated by the loss of many valuable lives. About
four o'clock, last morning, a female servant awoke
Mr. Hughes, the Treasurer, who resides its the
house, and told him it was on fire. It was aeon
discovered that the fire proceeded from the upper
part of the Theatre, and thus the persons who
inhabit it had an opportunity to effect their escape.
When the quantity and quality of the combustible
matter, of which the building and its contents were
composed, are considered, it may be easily
conceived, that the 04111d1 burred fiercely, and
that the fire quickly attained a great height,
and assumed a most awful appearance. The
crackling of the flames was heard at the extremi-
ties of the Strand. As dig Itgary timbers fell, the
light burning matter wirdilicielkillp to an immense
height and extent, and• dllkisbole almosphows was
filled with floating flakes of are, which fell in all di-
rections, spreading consternation, and threaten-
ing rum to the whole neighbourhood, on which
it fell in a burning shower. The attendance
at Covent-Garden Market is pretty full at+ that
hour, and a crowd of people were of course
on the spot ; but as the fire broke out jest
where contiguous to the upper gallery,;
the wind blew the lames to the eastward., the
fire had raged within for some time before the
alarm 4ecarne general. About half past 4 o'clock
the volunteers began to assemble, end the engines
to arrive from every quarter of the town ; but
nearly en hour had elapsed before any effi-
cient supply of water (weld be obtained. AtAlits
time the whole Theatre was one complete body

of tire,• . It raged with most violence on
A
the any end of Bow-street, the western Side
of which, nearly as far as the Police-Office, 1114
60011 hurtled down, to the extent of eight or nine
houses, including the public-house called the
Strugglers, kept by Mr. Donut, and Paul's soda
water manufactory. In Hart-street, the flames
communicated to the houses on the side opposite
the Theate, and four of them caught fire at the
same moment; but by the great activity of the
people and firemen, they suffered little mere 4a-
mage than a severe scorching.—Great apprehen-

sions were entertained for the safety of Drury-lane
Theatre, as the flakes of tire were carried by the
wind with force and in great quantities in that di-
rection. A great number of people mounted the
roof, ready. in case of actual fire, to open the itn-
mense reservoir of water provided there ; a precatt;
tion very desirable in all great public buildings, and
which, with due care, must for ever preserve that
splendid Theatre from the fate of its neighbouring
rival and sister. They also stopped the windows
with wet cloths, to prevent the entrance of the
flames, and thus secured the Theatre. All the
people in the neighbourhood took a similar pre-
caution, and were employed with their servants
in picking up the flakes of fire as they fell upon
the 'loofa or iu the court-yards, awl upon the
out-houses. It was not merely the light matter
that war thus dispersed in a flaming state.—
Solid lumps of burning cinders, coals and
wood, might be seen in the streets as far as
Temple-bar. Of the light matter, pieces of books
and paper were carried by the wind, which, during
the most violent period of the conflagnition was at
South West, as far as Moorfields, where they were
picked up. Such was the appearance in the vici-
nity of the Theatre, the inhabitants of which were
exposed to a shower of tire, with a Wasn't; light
around them, reflecting the brightness of meridian
day, and those in the immediate vicinity of the
burning pile, emptying their Itwses, and flying in all
directions, to a place of safety for themselves, their
children, and their property. To the people in the
suburbs, or approaching town in the mail-coaches,
it made a more magnificent appearance. The scite
of the Theatre being rip on a great elevation, and
the building lofty, it was seen at a considerable
distance ; and it seemed as if the whole quarter of
the city, from St. Martin's-lane to Temple-bar was
wrapt in flames. l'he above, however, is the whole ex-
tent of injury sustained io the neighbourhood, but as
to the Theatre itself, it is totally consumed, and, on
the Hart-street side, not even the walls are standing.
The Ship Tavern, and part of Mr. Brandon's, the
box-kceiter's, office, are all standing at that

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tittle. 'The most IMA el • part
event reteeiu4 to be dest,
earl/ stage of the tires a party of
01.1,4 the greet door under

the western side, andltating it;
into the passages is the interi
towards the galleries, there the

burn luo4t fiercely, whets, sehtoeholy
the part of the building ortr die
thought was a stone arch, hut
au imitation of stone, fell in, 81:
severul others who had ruphed

in the ruins. it was is coiihitlentible

the rubbish, which now blocked up the door, could
be cleared away. When it was effected, a misera-
ble spectacle presented itself. The mangled bodies
of dead and dying appearing through the rub-
bish, or discovered in each advance to remove it.—
At twelve o'clock eleven dead bodies had been
removed into the church-yard of St. Paul's, on the
opposite side of Covent-Carden. When the bodies
were brought into the church-yard they were in a
heated state, and covered with dirt ; on some of
them the flesh was burned to the hones. For the
purpose of identifying the sufferers, several pails
full of water were thrown upon theca. Sixteen
were sent to the hospital, misers* monied,
with broken limbs, and dreadful bruises. A• party
of ruflintis, taking advantage of the general con-
sternation and distress, began to pliiiider, but eight
of them were apprehended and lodged in Covent-
garden watch-house. A gang of pickpockets also

committed ;gent depredatious. At ten o'clock,
however, a party of horse soldiers was sent to keep
off the crowd, and a party of foot soldiers to relieve
the Volunteers. •

The loss sustained by the destruction of this
great property is estimated at 130,0001. of which
not more than one-third was insured, as follows
The Royul Eiwkseige L. 5,000
The Phenix 15,000
The Vaiw 5,000

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The Sus 95,000
...... 1 $0,060
The money and all the title deeds which were in tbd
iron chest have been saved. The money was saved by
the activity of Mr. Hughes, and the hcineety‘ot Ale
old woman who awoke i,im. He nott,lo the Tres-
*cry oa the first alarm, and larded her with
two bags of money, with which he sent her off,
without any dress but her petticoat, to Mr. Boyce,
a tax-gatherer in York-street. oi3 her arrival at
Mr. Boyce's, however, and knocking at
the servant seeing such a figure at sued.
refusedadmittanee, supposing her a mad
The poor woman, thus excluded, and '
inform the passengers of the treasure,
upon the hags, at the steps of
and there remained until the return
Hughes, who had originally escorted
door. Of all the rest of this greet
Win the fierceness of the flames, scarce.,
was preserved. The King's Arms, a Hon,.
sire. Mother Game, a few other pantomimic devices
tad pieces of mechanism, and some pikes, halberts,
aim meg in processions, were all that were pre-
mised. They were brought out, and laid under
the Pisan, where they were huddled together, pre-
senting in the niivture a strange and whimsical ap.
pearance. Next to Mr. ilarris, Mr. Kemble, and
the other Proprietors of the theatre, the Musicians
are the greatest sufferers. Mr. Ware lost a violin
value 3001. It was the only time in a space of two
years that ite had left it behind him. The musi-
cians ire in the habit of leaving RH their instru-
!atilt* at the Theatre ; they were all destroyed,
with all the music, and other appurtenances
of the Orchestra. estimated at 20,0001. value.
To aggravate the loss in this department, there are
no copies of many of the best pieces. All the li-
terary productions of the House are also destroyed,
and of many of them Also there are uo copies.- Miss
Bolton lost all her jewels, and Mr. Munden his
wardrobe, valued at 3001. All the other performers
have also shared in the calamity; and. according to
the usage of the Theatre, their saluries cease until
their performances can be resnsie.d. By this ca-
tastrophe upwards of it* ether persons, with their
families, consisting of artificers, door-keepers, and
other inferior servants, employed about the Theatre,
are thrown out of bread. The event may therefore
he said to have spread distress through the neigh-
bourhood, and consigned many industrious fami-
lies to actual want.
Among the killed, whose bodies were conveyed
to St. Paul's Church-yard, Covent-garden, were
Joseph flames, Jones, an apprentice at No.
5, Oxford-road ; Joseph Kilbey and Richard
Riglestrorth, firemen belonging to the Phceuix-
office ; Crab, a butcher's-boy, whore master
resides in Paternoster-row; and an officer in the
Duke of Cumberland's sharpshooters, name un-
known. One of these sufferers was recognised by
his sister. by means of a nutmeg-grater, found in
his pocket, of which she had, on the preceding
day, made him a present.
Of the mangled and contused, sent to the hospi-
tals, the following expired in the course of the day:
Richard Bird, coaehmaker. John Sayers, engineer
of the Phoenix engine, Mr. 'Harris, optician, a
young man, aged eighteen, and a member of the
Bloomsbury Volunteer Corps, and Mr. Janes, an
attorney ; he had only arrived in town from Wales,
about a week ago, and lodged at the house of Mr.

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roefoi elm
Birre-streetw it is mid also
perished in the ruins. It may be ricer'. from ,the
above account, that the men of tho'Phcenis
were the principal folkerers. On their arrival with
their engiue at thereat door ander the Piazza, they -
were met by Mr. If mettle, who had arrived, ut on
early hour, uGd were humauely apprised flohim,
though greatly • interested in the irtsccesstit4Seir
exertions, of the great danger of catering at that
dour, lie told them that the rooms of the Shake-
speare, immediately ailjoluiug, were used as &mare-
hosive to the Theatre, and were tilled with ponder,
and other eel inflainuiabla matter, and, et.-
treated .there not to run any risk. • These *rave
ood bold fellows answered, " Where denim is
there is our duty;" and rushed &mold. • "Ir.
John Johnston, a Comediau of iuferitre
rushed in along with aud shared their fens.—
.t part of the Shakespeare is injured, and it isnot
improbable that some of the powder stored is Agility
have exploded, blown up the toiling at theeotniace
of the Piazza door, stud spread destruction in that
quarter. The persons without, who heard the
crash, conceived it to be en explosion of gnu-pow-
der. Al'e forgot to mention, that seven other per-
sons were killed by the fall of a wall in Hart-strert.
The precise somber cannot be yet ascertained, but,
upon a moderate computation of the killed and
Wounded, it is supi;oseal that they cannot lie
fewer than fifty. During , the whole t outset of
the day the engines.ewitinaed to play even
.the
smoking ruins; ltut, about nine o'clock, the tie
appeared to bread out again in the angle that the
element had spared in the morning, betivegn.fl*t-
street and. Bow-street. It was. however. soon 10001.11.
der, mutat 12 o'clock last night there 'rote grist-
tom of new danger. Duringthe whole Oftte eveoing,
and uotil a late hour, the neighbourhood vrasennizded
with people from all parts of the town, attracted to
• - -.tins of -.it edifice which b "

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the houres

wily $,
The Coispan:, it is supposed, lei
the Opera House, as did the Cameo"'
lane Theatre, when that Iloirse was building.—
There are various conjectures as to the immediate
origin of the fire.—As to the remote cause, there is
but one opinion, and that is, that it was actideutal.
we suppose that the tire was occagiaood by the
wadding of the gun, iu firing, the preeedisg night,
et Rolla. in Pizzaro, which may have caught the
fop of the flies. Others apprehend that • srerh
ilitY have communicated to the acetate in the 1
ple of the Sun, in the same piecit which surd
the performance, and communicated to o
matter in the course of the night. It is, however,
gelierally allowed, that the fire was first discover•
ed by a Gentleman who slept in the Bedftird
Coffee-house, who, being awakened about three
o'clock, by the excessive heat, immediately are*,
and gave the elan'', which awoke the maid of Mr.
Hughes. In corroborution of this statement, we
can assert, that a strong smell of tire was telt at tße
office of this paper, and other places in the oeigh-
bourhood of Temple-bar, about the same h0ur......
The following are the Volunteer Corps who at-
tended yesterday, upon this melancholy occasion :
—The Duke of Ciimlwrlaitirs Sharp-olionters,
British Artificers, St. Juices's, St. Clement's,
St. Pancras, Bloouisbnry and Gray's lint Rifle
Corp*. They all exerted themselves to the ut-
most, to keep off the crowd, and prevent
dation. One of the wretches employed in taking
advantage of this frightful scene to rob ins
neighbours, was a supernumerary watchman of
Covent-garden, and u pensioner of Chelsea Hopi-
tat. lie had *mien some elver spoons, a shawl,
and other valuable articles.

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trt of thfritttlreicl[u :;Witkint, toiler, iroOolotreet; Corent-gartkii. ire
describe:l.. At an oai brsiiight iojii,ilodgins. but had scarcely
rty of Ilremettl;toke eutesolthe alsolposhira-the stlepirodi Amongst itoso
er the Piazza, on. • in, a (ilpeff,!t's state One isosPitalaors. edger tish.
;/;troduced on engine fifetiiitilefli.e Pliccois CktE.•.. A mass isniusist Into
ior; they dimeted it the 'hares Co lsalsortse;with tricarm,burot, pas its
he tire appeared to 'nth agony, that, old pain, he tore the flush
ielancholy to .relate, &Iwo to the wrist. He w.t putt to Ilartholomia's
pamsage, they,.
.110,pitol iu y moot dpluraisic state. A pillar Of time
p„wed to be, tintoty balcony ut tihe entrance to the Theatre, from
ud buried ;hem, withh` streettgare way; and tan7iolutiteers, it is said. of
1 its aloutgivith them, i e Bloomsbury Corp.., were crushed to dasth.— '
d. .time before "Two fenials, aho had aseeitded die roof oi ate of
rd un the door- chaltir. the houses dastroyed in Bass-streets it is said also •

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iog at the door. view the ruins of an edifice which had Leen for a
sueh an hour, century a scene of public amusement, iustructiosi
a mad woman. and delight. They did not depart until a late
and fearing to hour, when they went away, each anxious to wry
sure, sat down off some little fragment of the ruins, as a meassaelll
of she dee".of tltia melancholy event.
return of Mr. t. HARMS wee at Ushndge whets the sees •
ted her to the beat happened ; Mr. 'lsaias, jun. weal to him.
, last morning with the distressing news. Mr.
arceproperty, gar-
any thing Brandon, the house-keeper, was so overcome, twa
ly
a Roman En-
men were obliged to assist lam out of the havoc.—
tomimic devices The rest of his family were in the country.