The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-05-22 00:00:00

THE 13RITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
Tt.7ESDAY, MAY

tt One of the political evils of the present day,"
says The Staffordshire Advertiser, is, that the
lecgtlis to which the Birdettites have gone, have
driven the more moderate advocates of reform
within the Ministerial limes. By having re...lured
our dimities, and beaten in the friends of progressive
reform from their out-posts, they have formed a
eordom round His MAJESTY'S present Government,
which will defend it on the qualified motives of a
dread of its tissrolants, rather than fro;n any cordial
approbation of the existing system, as a whole.—..
Here we discover the seeds of mortality operating
on the grandeur of a dynasty that has defied
the shock of a world of enemies ; but which
cannot re-ist the encroachment of time and the
ordinations of fate.—We would willingly concede
to oth►►s that which we claim for ourselves—the
credit of honourable motive,. Sir FRANCIS BOROXTT
carries in his train men of judgment and ho-,
nour—men who have made their political calculi.
nous—who have balanced the merits of party, sad
who will abide by the results of an inquiry pursued
in sincerity of mind, whether such results are those
of truth or of error. On the merits of Sir FRANCIS,
however, it is more easy, clearly and incontrover-
tibly, to decide, than on the merits of his cause.
That he is a man. possessing neither splendour of
talent, nor depth of judgment, is evident to every
person capable of appreciating such qualifications.
Strip him of his fortune, and the popularity of his
cause, and he would be found to attract little ma
tice beyond the oddity, rather than the correctness
of his decisions. There is nothing particular in
his political disquisitions, If you except a certain
triteness of madam, He seems to labour after a
smartness o f style, rather than obey any serious im-
pulse of thought or inquiry. He finds himself
buoyed upon the topmost wave of the political tor-
rent of the times; and seems to trust more to the
force of the stream, than the object or direction of
its course. It will be well, if, in the end, he can
claim any went, beyond the support which he has
rendered to His MAJEIPTY'I present Ministers. It
is an oppressive and melancholy fact. that some of
the best and the ablest men of the times, have been
disclaimed and disregarded, in the presence of even
the most insignificant friends of Sir F. puaoter.
These Reformers would rather listen to the moat
ignorant detlaimer, on his side, than to all that
human experience can learn, or human eloici.nee
eacwee. Mr. Wurraarao, who has been the mi-
sfits( friend of every thing that is rational in their
donuts. end who, at a late meeting, ventured some
slight qualification iti his approval of their measures.
was instantly hooted from the attempt, and obliged
to restore the order he had deranged, by drinking
the health of Mr. Wet-rumor ! The infallibility
of the POPE is not a more despotic position, thsa
the truth of Sir F. BURDETT. Nay, if we were to
choose betwixt the despotism of the two, we would
prefer that bf the former, in order that our ctin-
tempt should be merry, rather than sad."

We announced, yesterday, the arrival of dis-
patches from Constantinople. Thr fulluwiug letter
from Mr. ADAIR I the British Consul at Smyrna,
'hews that the rumour of the Posse having lweii
induced, by French intrigues, to break with Eng-
land, is, at least. premature:

coNsTANTiNorLE. FRB. '22.

Sta—His MAJLITY horn bevii graciously
pleased to permit me to return to Englend, I have
to aeronaut you, that, unless very unexpected events
should detain me, it is my intention to leave Con-
stantinople whenever the Selhoon becomes favour-
able.

" I should long age have execated this inten-
tion, had I sot perceived that the Peace between
Austria and France, ■nd especially that article of
the Treaty, which canes the botaist). of Franc*
to the &ewe. revived • hope in our foresees, of en-
pgiog the Paste to break with Great Britain.

France bed insisted on kelvin created, evi.
deotly with a view of dictating the lass at Constaa.
Simple, that ha Brat act of good neigbhourhood
towards the Tu►ks, would be to compel theta, if
arailde, to p to war with a; no sin COU:d doubt
that she wowld succeed. I never had the slightest
apprehension; ye,, with the fullest re:i4nce on the
Rood fisith• and Itneminv albs Party, I did not think
it right to pit the sista of the British Embassy

in a moment of even apparent diltieultr, nor to
sanction, by my sudden departure, the
idle report%
that had been disseminated. isfapiiroaching
iiusiiti-
ties with this cOlsiory.

" The event hes, in every was, answered my ex-
pectation ; the threats of France are disregarded,
every demand, injurious to oar friendly relations
with Turkey, has I,3Ctil rejected with Indignation.
sad our enemies are themselves convinced, that
they will beet consult their ewe interest by abstain-
ing from a repetition of their own proposals.
" Under theae circumstances I quit the RM.
bassy; without a fear for the stability of pence, sad
with the assurance that thisvowerfal Empire is des
termined to assert its independence to the last, to
adhere to its Trc,ities, amt, if necessary, to put
forth ita whole force to maintain them.

•• R. ADAIR."

" Francis Merry, Esq. EMIGIa Consul, Smyrna."

A Common Hall was held, yesterday, at Guild-
hall; * report of whirls is given in our preceding
I:01111DM.

Mr. BRAND'S motion for Parliamentary Reform,
was negatived, last night, upon a division--Ayes
115, Noes Q34—Majority against the Motion 119.

We have received German Papers to the
19th instant. The following extracts which we
have made from theta, show that a peace between
England and France, and a combined attack by
the latter and Austria upon Turkey, are two of the
leading political speculations at present on the
Continent:—

SAINICS OF THE RUBE, MAT 11.

Private letters received this afternoon from Paris,
give great hopes that an exchange of Prisoner* of
AV*, between England and France will probably
lead to negociations for Peace, fur which secret
overtures are reported to have been already made
by the French Governuteut to the British Ageut,
slow at Paris. A letter from a very eminent bank-
ing-house to the chief of a great commercial house
in the North of Germany ends thus:—" I can
positively assure yon, that our Emperor seriously
intends to make peace with England, and that he
is ready to do an, at the expense of considerable
sacrifices. To judge however from the accot n• we
are hourly receiving friwFrance, end all other parts
of the prostrate Continent, it appears Bonaparte is
preparing for the execution of some great plan. in
all probability the expulsion of the Ottonsana from
Europe. In this desigh..Austria. iCis said, wall
cu-operate. French and Austrian troops are
actually approaching the Turkish frontiers, (ruin
the side of Hungary, Croatia, and Dalmatia. Oat
the other hand. it is said, the Toulon fleet is to fa-
cilitate the operations intended to be made for the
conquest of Sicily, which it appoint is determined
upon unless His Sicilion Majesty put himself under
the protection of France, and seize the earliest op-
pi/vanity of any French foree appearing ,to der-lare
himself against the English, and shut his ports
against their ships. When these projects are
realised in the East and South. all the disposable
force of France is to finish the entire subjugation of
Spain, while the combined Datch and French
fleets from the North, seconded by the flotilla from
Koulogne, and having a large number of troops on
hoard, are to make a diversion in another quarter.
The month of August is said to be the period
when all these achievements are to be completed.

PARIS. MAY 3.
The reports which have been 'circulated relative
to the propositions for peace, seem to grin credit.
(Abed& du )%'urd. May 1 I.)

Extract of a letter from l'aris of the Id May :
The very active exchange of extraordinary couriers,
between this city and Vienna, gives reason to believe
that some affair of importance is in agitation.—
Austria and France are equally interested in
putting a period to the anarchy which reigns on the
frontiers of 'farkay. The Turks hate provoked
the French by the invasion of that part of Croatia
which was ceded to them, and by the disorders
which they have committed in these cantons.—lt
et said that die two Imperial Coons have dernaisdad
of the Porte, to Ghat his ports to English ships.—.
They mitt of • stoat Expedition, at the heed of
which will be the K* of Naples,—(Base Paper.)

NAT 4.
The day before yesterday, the &Isbah Colonel
Markenzie, paid • emit iirthe Duke of Ceders,
oar Minister fee !pato hair%
In the Lietafthe Maim" against Me. BAN/Lin
•eoti•n, we pews& Mr. W. Ai•t{ by sisals*, foe
A ra its.
Mr. nye. b.. Meister to the Symms Junta,
et Cads. "wired i than. he caw hose is the
his Ripe&

patrol engagement will
bow sibs Om ling before the prerent letter
emit/ Bad. It is tosseeved hen. that ut the
swat ersur srlsy being tlidostoi, we Ault have "
tint the Brodla."

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TIC4LIGANCA.

YARMOUTH, (1141.6 OF WIGHT) MAY PI.
Tl,is morning sailed frorn these Wadi, with a
fair wind, Ills Majerty's ship Maki, of 36 gun%
Copt. J. G. Vaslion, for the West hid e., hanag as
board his Excellency Hugh Elliott, Esq. lent,"
Gov tutor of the Leeward Wendt.. Also, sailed
sr-
veral outward-6mnd nu, hsntmrn, under minor

Yesterday' morning Ms MAJESTY and PrifiCeti
AVOUSTA, with their attendants, took Ii 00,
horseiock, in Windsor Park. The Duke of CAll.
amuse reviewed the Royal Stafford the
Great Park; but there watt no tiring. /atria:ads
hi. Royal Ilighnes. jutard Hos NlAJtsry aad the
Prutevas itt their ride, and retutned with theta to
the Palace.

Princess AKILIA remained in the seine state
yesterday as she was on Sunday. Dr. Bawds was
in constint attendance with her Royal Hightems.
The QUIIRN And Prisserst ELIZABETH took IS
to Frogasure Lodge, and walked M the
gardens.
The Prince of Wats' left Windsor, yester.
day morning, and arrived iu London a little before
twelve o'clock. His Royal nighties* was expected
to return to Windsor last night ur this num iiiog.
Saturday night, about nine o'clock. the teolemni-
zatiou of the nuptials between Lord 11 attlast, the
second son of the Duke of ATHOL. and Lady
PcacT, the second daughter of the Duke of Noa-
TittIaiIICKLAND, I wok place At Northumherlsed.
house. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Attestation Peacv, nephew to the Duke of Not.
vuumatittatio. and cousin to the Bride. The
M Duke of NOUTHEBSRLAS D gave away the lovely
bride; she was dressed in white satin and octet
lace; urinal! white feather in her head-dress, MA
diamond oniansents. Abort tea o'clock the lumpy
pnir set off fur Sion House to spend the Illoney-
Moon. Besides all the NORIHUMBIRLAND ta.
roily, the Duke of ATHOL was present.
Mrs. BILLINGTON, Mr. NA LIM. and Mr. BSA.
HASS'S Concert, took place, last uight, at WILLIS'S
Room*, and was attended by a numerous assern-
blinge of the Fashionable World.
Lady Sums Besons's grand rout, last night.
at her house, Piccadilly Terrace, was attended by
upwards of eight hundred Pashionables.
Lord BATHING died, on Saturday Wet, after an
illness of a few hours. At dinner be was seised with
• shivering fit, in consequente of which he was put
to bed, and about eleven o'clock he expired. His
Lordship it succeeded in his titlesiod estates by
hiseldest son, CHARLES FREDERIC& POIRLET, M.P.
for Truro.

The late obnoxious bye-law of the benchers of
militating against the liberty of the
press, the grossness and illiberality of which was so
forcibly and eloquently d aplah ed by Mr. SHERI-
DAN. was rescinded by a Special Council, held on
Thursday last.
The ships Elphinstovse and Alfred, outwsol-
hound, arrived at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe. the 18th
of March last, under convoy of His MeJerres
ship Corrscoo, and sailed 'front thence the of
that month.

The Woodford parted 'tampon, from the above
ships in a heavy gale, the 6th of March, with three
whalers. and they were supposed to love passed on
to the Southward, as a large ship was seen on the
20th in the cant, but which. from the state of the
weather. could not be ascertained by mamma-
cation.

An America, ship spoke uff the Lizard, the Argo
man of war, ideas St. Helena, with 14 sail of ladia-
men and whalers under convoy.
We lately announced a gallant attack nude
by the beats et the Amide, and three other vessels,
upon a French >dotilla at the lisle of Rhe, iu 'which
Lieut. Townley, of the Amide, iii.fortuustely lost
his We. This gallant officer fell. (utter having
banded and tamed an mined logger), by a pistol.
ball from a French officer commanding an armed
pinoance. which boarded the lugger a lew
after, aided by the remains of the liictger's crew.
and supported by another pinnace coming ups
When the French officer came on Isuard.the lugger,
Lieut. Townley collared bitn,and desired him loon-
vender, which lie reinsert, and polling a pistol fres
big side, dischmged the contents through Lieut.
T.'. met. which being observed by the corporal of
marines belonging to the Aratick's boat, be in'
,ly plunged his bayoaet through the French-
. and pinned his body to the deck, where it
literally cut to pieces by our esasperated crew :
1 a severe straggle annisd between than and
Camay, in takieg the body of Lieut. Townley
the knack Much they effected, after killing
VrellehOleareesideS Lirott. T. she inn bi-
Yogis* te the Amide were severely wounded—two
. them mantelly, and are since dead.
A whale, of about 40 feet hog. cause into
Cloolle on Thursday last ; it went up nearly too
toile, of the Bandon liver, and was pursued by the
Ashertuea, who strock it several time, with their
Ileirpeotte, but to no effect, as it succeeded in pthil;
--tit of the harbour.

LONDON:—Prated by C SMITH. No, i, Cleostors
sod politiobed at thr eve', No is. hark of St. Clearer*
Strand, by J. WHITE, of some plare,-4ititr.•
ix. for this Paper, seas to the Office, (port-potf). dl IA
drily 'Hooded to.

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. rills their ettritelatite, took an tilling ttieOrr
o Window. Park. The Duke of CAM. OM
ewed the Royal Stafford ithiliti., in the se i
t but there writ no tiring. Afterwards It li
highness joined His NlAresry atm the .Ode
their ride, and retuined with them to ~,...r
fi:suestutaAt
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be
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attendance with her Royal Highoess. T
RN And I'6M:rat ELIZABETH took all
rognsore Lodge, and walked iu the API
ii
ice of Writes left Windsor, yester. he , and arrived in London a little before ~•li
dr. His Royal Highness was expected T '
Windsor last eight or this Eno. intl. 1"
night, about nine o'clock. the soleasi. t•
t nuptials between Lord 11 ittism, the -Pswire
of the Duke of ATHOL, and Lady 80.te
second daughter of the Duke of Noe. Tick"
ND, t ink place at Northumlierlsiti. at.,
.6,
e ceremony was performed by the Her.
Macs, nephew to the Duke of Nos.
ND, and cousin to the Bride.
,The DA
IRTHERBERLAND give away the lovely 4MAt
was dressed in white satin and poet
II white feathei in her head-dress, wide broom
lament.. Abort tea o'clock the happy sin r
ur Sion House to spend the Hooey-
sides all the Tfoatituuesatasti toss Y 1
,take of ATHOL was present. BI
I,lmoton, Mr. MALL*. and Mr. BSA. meads,
nit, took place, last night, at WILLIS'S rea 441.
I was attended by a numerous 'ism E.,
- r to to
Fashionable World. the I
ITU 130110113•3 grand rout, last night. pest*
r, Piccadilly Terrace, was attended by FAlsa
tight hundred Fashionabies. 11/40 ;iv
ii,-,
rHINO died, on Saturday lint, after an s the
:IP hours. At dinner be was seised with 1,5411
it, in consequence of which he was out rice
about eleven o'clock he expired. His Y 1
succeeded in" his titles and estates by e
, CHARLES FREDERIC& PowtEr, M.P. 1
H
obnoxious bye-law of the benches of y,„bili,
n, militating against the liberty of the OFFIC
rosiness and illiberality of which was so SER
eloquently &split) ed by Mr. Sow- will rt.
Serra
scinded by a Special Council, held on
own
at. states.
I EfpliMutorse and Alfred, outworn- trioutgi
'en at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe. the 18th kr/ th.
sat, under convoy of His 111AJISTes Guru
1, and sailed from thence the _4lllof for Mal
Doer
Igloo
ford parted company from the above
ivy gale, the 6t6 of March, with three
Qii'l
i they were supposed to have passed on
IJ SW
ward, as a large ship was seen on the Moo N
Aug, but which, from the state of the Th., 6,
old not be ascertained by COMMII4II.
mill'iz.
mhoems ship spoke off the Lizard, the Argo
hems St. Helens, with 14 sail of lads'- Lokri,
tiers under convoy. Nair,
, announced a gallant attack nude A. .u;
Kt.( Itiothi Aires
nidet
I,harnAlisitehorereitohthee.riuressewhilcs,h 1,-..,771:
ley. of the Amide, iii.fortuustely lost II"
hie gallant officer fell, (a..ter having
snow
;'
tamed an eloped logger), by a pistol-
airs,
rench officer commanding an armed
4 lone,
Lich boarded the lugger a lew suineter. 4,, wi
by the remains of the logger's crew. or sew
ed by another pinnace coming up, seesk
rench officer came on board.the loggers 8' 't
clbeheyhcco.vdcellsioreseetdheh,icinaindatnepdnotsdoesiiutigrer.aLpihghismtut:LortmeLLl
wiiiiiiiiti",iyil
hich being observed by the cornorslot
Paging to the Armories boat, be in- HIS
ci, n
Rod his bayonet through the Freneft-
ciunntedio
pieceshbod byy tooucteuhemd;ecrk,:telbel'cfrewA.: 14119..':.!
straggle inmeed between than Rnd linti
to taking the body of Lieut. Townley
eh, Much they effected, after lollitig 1..1.,
iciles••••desivfas brat. T. six num br- ;.
e Amide were severely woonded—two ~.
!tally, and are since deed.
of about 40 feet king. came into t 4
Tett
rinorsdn lest ; it went up nearly twho
iblionaluistrucl4"ik it several
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