The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-09-16 00:00:00

TFTEATREf.

COVENT-0 ARDEN.
Last night this :Theatre• ope:ied tor the season,
with the fairobrits Comedy of John 8.14 and the
far:, of The ;Mr. ;ore made his first ap-
pearance in the Ort of the. ro:,- a!;sing Pere:r;nr, in
the play, and impairea conside,a.le int .rest to it._
A Mr. MARA limb his drtie in 1). unit Brutgrud-
appear% to be about twenty-five yeAts of
age. middle-siitficl, and ratliJr slender, with dark
eys:s. ant an ezpressive countenance. His voice
is clear all iiistir.ll, when well managed ; but he
rive some passatees ..e:th ton mu. di rapidity.—
filmy of the hest yours in the part were thus lost,
..a failed in efT.Zt. lie was, however, a perfea
wavy of the iiish accent. llis afting did not
parses the richness of fir. JOHP4iTONE ; hut
a alas respeAabte, and received much applause.
There was also a fair debaronle for public la-
waist' is the part of diary Tbornh.rp'n : a Miss
Lanes. This Lady appr•aes to be about five or
sit-anlaweniy, is abave tae middle size, and finely
formed; her nose is vernething of the Grecian
cAst, and her countenance a'...czeiher expwessive.—
She pi•ssesses a good voice. and appears we l ac•
spisinzed with the businesses( thA stage. With thane
exceptions, the Drcrunt,s l'orsJna, were neatly the
i r:1.• as last t 3 "ors. roe several Performers were
greeted, oa their e.tivt, with loud and r. pseated
plaudits. The 'nesse is newly fitted up, and looked
extremely seat ; alter halt price, it was quite full.
RAYSIARKET.
Last night this Theatra elated, after one ~f the
▪ it SUCCeaffill season. it his ever known, with the
e..teriainnsents of Modo.n Antisnos, the favourite co.
sie.ly of iftiiea an I::es,is, and the new after piece
of Cakh hint :silo Can. At the end of the Cnrnedy,
Wt' CTON (ore 0: the Proprietors) addressed
the audience, neatly as follow,
.• Ladies and ern.lemeti,
.` TO,* enne.u‘les a tempo's, the success of which bee
etvong4 prneed the enntinuani,, of that ample eneourogeeseist
▪ yng bestowei Ise a I.betal DoWse on this 'fbeatee ; sad sobs
far the warine•neeknowkagew nit Nom the rsoptistme.
ne Ronan, de•iil•es use 1.. e w carets in e.. 0 theft, geatt.
Ile fur vow sart h.vonr, Boa 1.. axiom you that it wait be
tutu pride and .irt.de In ,n tit it in
rerforniets. Labe. and Gentlemen. beg you to ae•
eels' oleo humhte thsti:ot for the eenerotts 'import you have
gin, to tti.tr effurto, uhf we most resinetfully take our
tease "
This address was received with unbounded ap•
plause, by an elegant and crowded audience.

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Copy of a Lean tree waUfliner to the thh Regiment, to his
Father, in the oeighboetiwoh el %mom
Ildentekene (Cakiisie) Jolly lt, MC&
I have merely time to inform ydli I am well, and
to give yott an account of the traendions of the
army fir these few days paw, of which I do sot
doubt you may already have heard some account.
Five thousand of nor men were ordered to embark
at Messina, on the 28th of Jene. On the first of.
July, we landed at St. Euphemia, a small toweon
the coast of Calabria : part only of our troops were
landed, when about 200 of our men, who were seat
into the adjoining woods as a guard, were attacked
by about 400 ot the enemy's light infantry ; they
w 're, however, driven by oar two companies seve-
ral miles into the woods, and about 20 of them
killed and wounded, and 70 made prisoners. The
two following days were spent in getting knowledge
of the enemy's position and strength. On the even-
ing of the 31, we beard that the enemy were en-
camped on a hill about right miles distant from us,
and that they bad collened all their fotee on that
spot. It was the intention of the General to ad- i
vance next morning, and to attack them ; we were,
therefore, under arms at two o'clock, and waited-1
till day-break, when all the army berm to ad-
vance.
We advanced through swampy grounds until
roar nine o'clock, and then began to ascend a tising
ground, on the top of which was a considerable
plain, which lay between us and the ball where the
enemy were swamped. The march through the
swamp, when at every step we sunk almost to the
knees, and the ascent up the high grounds, under
the heat of the sun, had fatigued our men very
much ; but the moment they arrived on the plain,
their ardour was kindled by a sight of the enemy.
who had Liarehed from the hill, and were drawn
op we the opposite side of the plain ready to receive
us. We advanced within 200 yards ot the enemy,
and then wheeled into line. The enemy then ad-
vanced to attack ns in themost determined manner,
and wire reserved with a steadiness and spirit which
they little expeaed, as they were made to believe by
theft cianeraL that we could not stand their onset.
Their font consisted of 8000 mess, 400 of which
were e...valey• -
The attack fine began between a battalion of our
light infantry and Bonaparte's finest and favourite
restate:it, his let light eafantry, which were with
him at the bank of Rlareogn ; but they were soon
broken, mid. during the allion, were entirely cut
to pieces. The battle was fought, for two hours,
with great spirit, on both sides, when the French
gave way in every part ; and every man of them
would have been taken prisoners, had not their
cavalry prorefted their retreat. Our m.n also
were tired with a heavy march before the ac-
tion, and were pot capable of pursuing them
far. In killed, wounded, and prisoners, the enemy
have lost between 3,000 and 4,000: 1,600 of thesis
were left dead on the field. One of their Generals;
is taken prisoner. Our loss is very hossaiderabla ;
iii comparison of theirs. We have . 11401,1
!and 230 wounded. We only lon one
sour army in the field • there are some; however, 1
!who will not recover of their mends, bat we have
+,not mote than 110 wounded is al. Geneva! Steal
' was driven off his bens Ity the harming of a
shell ; ha bid a gildmit AM *Ha* lig. amilliari
and anodise &HI. Ns Leak lel hi los ass
been wounded. Wo have se iMnel to oppose
its now, as all the swoop an goise, and there.
fore, retired about 30 mile whence the 'Mori wa4
fought. All the enemy's batteries are in our pos-
session, and, I dare my, we will destroy theiogreas.
It is probable we may return again to Messner. for
what can our small fueeeof 3000 men do ageing what
she French can bring in a short time from Naples.
Our small army, for this vittory, is indebted only to
their ewe valour, for although there were several
hundreds of the inhabitants who joined our army she
two first days, not one of thens were in the asfion.
Our oldest soldiers say, they never saw any engage-
ment so well contested ; for both parties entered Ore
jfield to,cnnquer, and with the formic confidence of
r success. Frosts the small numbers of our army, and
from the return of the killed and wounded, you can
conceive what a well-fought *Sion it was, for the
two hours that it lasted—many say it was even
warmer than that of Egypt.
If we stop here a little longer, I hope we will
have an opportunity of giving than another drub-
being.

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The Honourable Major DeMet, so warmly re-
commended, by Major-Ueneral Besesroso, to tie
favour of His MAJesTY, is the Hon. Jona TISONSAS
FITZ3I6URICe Dsase, eldest son a Lord MVS•
KERCY.
Major-Ceneral Beenrosto, who has been one of
the fortunate captors of Buenos Ayres, is eldest son
of the Hon. WI was Beeestroa et, Archbishop of
Titans, in Ireland, and nephew to the late Marquis
of WATtleWill.
Sir Joan St caws., who commanded the British
troops, its the i:tte glorious ',dory in Calabria, is Cie
son of the late Sir J•mas Srvaar, who WAS for
many years the British Superintendant of Indian
Affairs is North America. Sir Jona received his
education in Glasgow—Lieutenant Colonel K LSO r,
who so gallantly led the battalion of light infantry.
is the son of Mr.. GAV is Kelm. late merchant in
Leith. He was Military Secretary to the late Ge-
neral A seacuom ay. and afterwards to Lord Huy-
cnissos, while In Egypt—Lirotenant Colonel Os-
%vacs), of the 35th regiment, is the ion of Mr Os-
WA Ln, of Doanikier—and Lieutenant Colonel Pa-
-1
:RICK M•Lron, of the 78th foot, is the second son
of D..st Ato M.L..ou, of Cuties, Sheriff-Depute et
Ross-shire.
• The clainxwhich has been lately attempted to be
establitheii.by certain Military Officers, of aright to
pass the,ugh turnpike and other toil-gates, in car.
riages (not inspressel, lire of expence, while no
march, or employed in afloat duty, has tacos hilly
investigated belore some retpedatile Magistrates at
Winchester, on an information lodged at the in-
stance. of Itliig ',hal-General Illicitatt. against the
toll-gatlieter at thiesledrin Bridge; and the resents,
that those Mazistrates have decided that such right
of exemption dues not resist. And this decision, we
haae.the antirrity to say, has beim sanctioned by
cr.
the of i inn lwo eminent Ceunsel...-04oer tee's
Pbrtsmotib . tI.N., ) .
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