The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-12-23 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
FRIDAY, DEcistexa

Mr. CAN NINO'S resignation, it is confidently re-
ported, will take Owe as soon as Parliament
meets.

We are assured that Sir AILTHCZ WELLeamtv
has offered to undertake the, defence of Portugal
with 44,000 infantry and 52,000 cavalry. Whether
be wilt be seat by Ministers to execute this f,noc-
ties, we cannot however say. Vie Gentr,il- rho
returned Troia Portu,al are to embark either for
Vigo or Ise Lisboa.

Deeply as we are isopreamil with a conviction of
the iticapacky, want of ryatem, and defect ,if
itiMemation, which hare characterised all the mea-
sure,: of the prostent Adtninistration. durinz the
progrea. of the Spanish contest, we are nevertheless
dasarous to do them justice. and even to give them
a tresbatamf, whessever lit can be extended without
the sacrifice of troth. That they hove neither ma-
nifested intelligence is the choice of Generals, lour
kedginout in selecting the pluei,tecirrhicli the this
Cab forces should have: been *gni, it would be 1014
of
time to attaapt to prove. ',seen their advocates
and supporters admit the facts. The brilliant sties
Cellll and rapid progreme of BONAPARTZ, who boa
ativaneed, in little more than four wet ka, Imito
Bayonne to Madrid, are des no leas to 0111 iOlOOl.
listed errors, mid loss of time, than to the cm rvy
•r
decision of his charm ter. lir,teorl of a toilsome
aka laborious no-relo from i ishon to Salamanca,
our troops sine; lir have been transported, in Septem-
bor, to Cornflour, or to St. Auden,. in the reecho
that conveyed JuNcor to Rochelle. We see, is fact,
that hie division is long ago acting in Gtripuseue,
and that he himself was expected, on the 14th of
Noreinher. at St. Sebastian ; while our separated
forces, sometimes advaoicing, and aotuetimem retro-
rading, in the provinces of Leon and of Gallicia,
have been unable even to form a junction down to
the beginning of the present month.. There only
teinained to add national dishonour to 'so many
proofs of Ministerial error, or of military incapacity.
A precipitate retreat would have been, in fact, an
iguccuinioua eight ; and though Iludibres has
eshoseeved, that
• Tlie visa abs *Oft and roes away,

May theta fiebt aaa►ea Say:*
yet ibis is sot a asoareet in which to abandon.
even is appearance, the object for which we are con-
t •uding.
From this imputation, we are happy in being
able to exculpate and to acquit the prescut Admi-
nistration. Re believe that a determination to
prosecute the war, to feed and to sustain it, by
every ese:tion is embraced in the Cabinet. Mee•
sures, cosmonaut to these resolutions, have Leen
taken. and are carrying into execution. The Ca.
nand °dicers, whom the Court of Inquiry had
brought over to England, are all under orders to
return to t►eir posts with the utmost expedition.
General Femme's", in particular, on whom the
public favour and opinion eminently not, end who
had rise down to Doncaster some days ago, on his
family affairs, has been sent for by express. He ie
expected to embark without delay ; but the pert to
which he is to he sent cannot be fixed with cer-
tainty till the next dispatches are received from Sir
John MOORE. They are expected With much
society.

Of all tir allies whom we could And among the
Continental powers at the present crisis, the Turks
could extend to us the most efficient aid. It is not
to be expected that Austria, however desirous the
Government may be of iinposit,g some limits to the
ferocious despotism and violence of BONAPARTE,

Iwill ventitra to em!arsce decisive measures agaimat
01°IP him, ultimo he should experience any reverses in
Spain. Prusvia could not bring into the field
40,00omeu; ~or could FREDERIC WILLIAA 'main-
tain them in the field for three mouthy, in the pre-
sent exhausted and impoverished state of his revs-

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flees. So changed in fact is the balance of power,
teriitory. pupulatiou, and political strength in
Clermatiy, since the peace of Tilsit, that Sssoxy
is now nearly on a level with Prossia on all thew
I points. Nor is Bavaria much Inferior. They ma,
be considered, together with Jr:ROM!, BONAPARTE,
who resides at Cartel as King of %VI:M.IIAM 4, hi
the character of gaolers to the fallen FREDERIC
WILLIAM. But the Turks have little to fear
from the Corsican, and every thing to dread from
ALEXANDER. His troops occupy Moldavia, WO-
litchis, and the coasts of the E.lXille• From his
trainable possessions on the shores uf that sea, our
fleets and armies, acting in conjunction with the
Ottoman forces, might soon expel him. The
Turks would thus liberate Lapland and Finland
from the Muscovite invaders. Kamissav would
be necessitated to abandon his polar conquests, and
to march towards the Crimea. We cannot too
often repeat or Impress the conviction of that
truth. Curravcs can only be saved by the. Tur-
kish interposition; nor can ALEXANDER ever be ef-
fectually punished for his base dereliction of the
common cause of Europe, except by calling him
frosts Tonics to defend Oczakow and Cherson.—
Even BONAPARTE may be severely attacked in
Dalmatia, at Cattaro, as well as at Corfu, which
latter fortress, though, like Malta, it is nearly hit-
pregnable, may be reduced to surrender front the
operation of famine. We have no hesitation in
saying, that Turkey might at this moment he •
far more valuable ally by land, if her forces were
properly directed. than Austria. And the possesses
• fleet, while Austria has not is riugle ship. These
considerations tainuot escape even the weakest Nil-
Maters; •ud we look with great anxiety to the ad-
ricer which may socia he expected from Mr. AUAIR
at Constautiuople.

A le t.'r, dated ilargate, Deeentber 21, Sep.
" Hie Walpole is lying very easy on the chalk, and
is expected to hold together until the cargo eau be
wit out. A large vowel struck on Long Sand, oa
/timidity, but got off at the return of the tide, ap-
parently without clannixe."
Niue packets from the Intipok. and three from
the Sir William Palieney, have readied the India
House.

We have the satisfaction to announce the safe
arrival of the .Sir IYilGons Polk's'', on Wednes-
day afternoon. iu Nortiifleet.
No accuuuts of the !lotion have yet heen-receit.-
ed at the India House, since she parted from her
anchor cud cables in 111.irgate Roads, and was
driven to sea. ou Sunday last.
Of the Ceitioa no accounts have been received
since she purled kith the fleet. recently arrived in
the Bay of driigid, on the dth July in the sight.
Formerly Dasi ships used annually to arrive at
and leave Dantric port ; but duri ig last year
their were but two arrivals.

•I integrits, GARDMISR, is laid to have niter'
14tinn Rio Janeiro, for t.ondou, on the lith of Sep-
' tvonner Isrt, and has not billet LWVII heard of.

The lieldirg, NIVIIICIIANT, which *as wrecked
OH the t mtht of Stotland, has beets got nit and
corned into Bona Island, where her carrgo is to he
bottled, part of which hatog bur+ r is totirely washed
out.

A letter from Dover, dated 21st inst. sates,
that a large ship was on Acre on the French
coat.

The Princess Mary, Huger. from London, for
Waterford, put into Dartmouth, on the 19th inst.
having parted from the convoy bound to Cork, un
the 17th inst.

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The Rose in June, with butter, &c. from Cork,
for London, was left by part of her crew off Hast-
ings, with her masts cut, and the loss of sac hors
■nd cables ; she was in charge of some 'lover
boatmen, who, it is supposed, would take her to
Dover.

The Priseess.Chsrlotte, HISAR/I. from London,
hound to New Brunswick end Jamaica, was cap-
tured on the INtil Sept. in lat. 4R. long. 14. W.
The I)rie Gesuseers. Ross, for Loinlou, with
ads, was lost on the Goodwin Sands, o:i the 19th
inst.—Crew saved.

Sir ARTHUR WlLLter.sy left town on Saturday,
for Ireland, from whence he is expected to return
in ten days.
The Transport Board havin; given notice that
they were ready to contract for more coppered
and other transports, some for three, and others for
six months, a large number of transports were
taken up on Wednesday ; and so pressing was the
demand, that vessels which might have been hired
at seventeen shillings and sixpence per ton on the
preceding day, were readily engaged at one guinea.
—lt is generally supported, that they are destined
for Portugal and the South of Spain.
A Plararde, of which the following is a transla-
tion, was lately affixed, under the cover of night, in
the streets of Lisbon :—" From French Protection;
from a British Convention, and from the Regency
of Portugal--Good Lord, d, liver as
By letters yesterday retched front Liverpool, it
appears that an American vessel, hound for that
place, had arrived * Loch Ryan, in :13 days from
`Wilmington, in Canada, laden with 600 barrels of
turpentine, &c. It was afterwards reported, that
letters front New-York, of the. 10th November, had
been received at Liverpool by tile same convey-
awe, together with President JUIPFKILION'S Speech
on the opening of the Congress. We leave reason,
however, to believe, that the vessel in (ideation
cleared out at %Wilmington for New-York, but, in-
stead of proceeding on that voyage, sailed for Eng-
land, and. of coarse, we expect nothing new by
this arrival. We learn that the ritilmargo still con-
tinued, and that there was no expectation of its
speedy removal.
Mr. H*oui:, the infimer, who failed in his
iu-
formatiott egain4 lllr. Wonorar.t., printer, at the
Joistices' Room, Guildhall, yesterday, canec to the
Court, at 1 i o'clock. in a fashionable chariot, with
two servant, in livery. He was *companies' by
Mrs. r or, a tine haiiihionie-looking woman.-
1k :I- ted. with contideuee, he ekpeeted to make
26,0001. proli•stion of en informer.