The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1803-04-09 00:00:00

-er4 ;. 7 TV! 'V r s "`~..: it 4,11111 • in that capital relative to the que-,tion of peace or ' %inf. Even in regard to the armaments made by the French, the new?papers• are silent, obviously by from the Government. The greatest ac. tivity or labour, is, however, going on in the dock yards. The French troops arc, every whew, in movement, and on mirth towards the ..hores of the Gran and the i-i••,literr meats, towards Italy, to wards Ft !land. The public cannot shut its eyes to these fa, s, draw" its inferences, and manifests its anxiety Thanze and elsewhere. vizaNa. MARCH 21. Privy Cuunsellor EDO'S° has been sent to Dres ielh in the name of the Grand Duke FERDIM AN% Fierce of Salczburgh, to ask the dattOter of the Eicanr of Sato's) , to that ?Since in mar riage. The mintage will be celebrated at Prague. The hlm . peror and Err.press will then accompany the new. ma-net! p.iir to haltrborgh. The tumultous disorder of the Janissaries in the fumes' of Belgrade will he soon at an end. It has continued for more than twelve months. The Paeha nominated to the command, has arrived at Nissa, and sent for some of the most considerable among ' those 3anissarie., and has informed them that 64 they and their fellows are not to have in foture the small est influence on the they are to confine themselves strialy to the dis. charge of their military duties ; and that they are nut to take upms them to prescribe to the Pacha what number of troops he shall bring into the town." DUTCH MAIL. •••••••••• MRPLI , AI MARCH 12. English frigates frequently strive here, to fetch necessaries of 'lanais kinds for Admiral Bickerton's fleet in the Mediterranean, which is contir.ually re ceiving reinforcements. 11w new Grand Master, Tomasi, has appointed M. Bussy Baillie of !Qatar, and sent him thither to enquire of the English Commander, what instruc tions he bad received from his Government respeet ing the evacuation of Malta, as the Grand Master • had resolved to take up his residence in that island as soon as possible. BERLIN, MARCH 26. The French General Duroc was desirous to set • out for Paris this day, bet he was prevailed upon to postpone his journey till after to-mormw. He has I been received by our Court in the most distinguish. ed and engaging manner : he has been repeatedly invited to the Royal table ; and every possible mark of flattering attention has been lavished on him. —What has been the precise objeCt of his politi cal overtures, and whether he has succeeded in them, are points on which we cannot pronounce with the same certaiety. It appears that General Duroc was the bearer of a letter from the First Consul him self, which he handed to his Majesty in a private au dience. He afterwards had a conference with the Minister of State, Count Haugwitz. After which Col. Colbert and Major Segur set out for Peters ' bnrgh. Although the deepest mystery hangs over these negociations, the prevailing opinion however is, that our Cabinet, invited to contribute in adjust ing the differences that now subsist between France and England, would. make every possible effort to attain the desirable objeit, that may not endanger *be happy tranquility enjoyed by the Prussian states. A report has been circulated, that our Court has entered into a defensive treaty with France, accord ing to which the party attacked is to be assisted by the other with 20,000 men. But there is no solid foundation for this report. In the mean time, how ever, the fate of lianover continues in dispute between Prussia, Russia, and France. Colonial products have risen, since news was received of the hostile of and France. attitude England _ There is a talk here of laying a duty on French wines and silk stuffs, in order to counterbalance the damage sustained by the prohibition to export French and Pledmontese silk, which greatly hurts our manufaAures. A Lady of rank, the widow of a Privy Counsel. lot, has been apprehended here, on a charge of having dealt out th e deadly bowl of Socrates p rett y liberally. This singular affair is at present the topic of general conversation. MARCH 29. Citizen Dnroc, Saving discharged his mission at our Court, departed yesterday for Pans. VIE.MNA, MARCH 26. Some doubts have now arisen as to the projelied tour of their Imperial Majesties to Italy. and also as to that of the Grand Doke of Tuscany to Dresden. The report of a matrimonial alliance between the Palatine of Hungary, and the Frincess of Baden in in Russia, is totally unfounded. COPENIIAf:EN, MARCH 22. There is every reason to believe, from the nature of the negociations now carrying on, that the peace between this country and Algiers will not he inter- rupted. Unfortunately. however, we are not great enough to mat the Chief of Pirates with disdain, nor to refuse him die ci.stomary terms on which his forbearance is to be obtained. ROTTICIDAM, APRIL 5. Common report, if not actual circumstances, seem at present to preponderate on the side of war; pre paratory to which, a beginning has been made with the marching of bench troops into this country, two battalions of whom are already arrived at Bre da; and for Italy they are proceeding from all (laners, where, in case of a rupture, their presence will be more immediately necessary. CADIZ, &WWII I. To-day arrived here the Oldembarneveld and the Sdriktotreviher, belmOng to the squadron of Ad miral de Winter. The St. Domingo arrived here from Vera. Crux. h.ts brought 1 million 414,063 piasters for the King ; 1:4000 handles* 344i'aroben oacou, and )0.; centenary of copper I for private account, 2 million 2.16,13 piasters.. • Sid yotl aroben cochineal. THEATRE-R0T.41., DRURT-LANE. On MONDAY nod, April 1 be performed THE HERO OF THE The Overture Arei Music etiology"' areil selected by Mr. Kelly, The prineip.il Cliti.ieters by Mr. Pope, Mr. llollankl, Mr. Belk, Mt. Raymond, Mr. Duwren, Mr. Rannoter, Jun. Mt. De Camp, Ntr Caoreut Mr. Sedewick, Mr. Grim Mr: (fibtioni, Mr. Fisher. Mfr. Tuniog, Mrs. Ilarlikre, Mies Mensge, rah MI4. Bland, Mat Tyree. Ve Well nil he adilmit, LOVE AND MAGIC. The revived . Cotiiedy of :ill in the Wrong, performed on S ;turd:) . Prenin:, harieg . b.en receited.with great applz.tev, antics will berme vi firm Representation. On Weanierd.ty,• will be pralueed a New Ci.meity, in Fits Atis, (Meter p:irirnirnl) celled Thik Marriage Proinne. • ~.‘; •..; :44 . y- .. r-•«.~..r- .. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY. Aram 9. A Mail from Holland arrived yesterday, with pa pers and letters of the sth instant. Their contents are, in general, vague and contradidory. The on ly certain inference they furnish is, that the military preparations of France are proceeding with great allivity.—French troops are pouring into Italy and Holland, with a view to alarm us at the same time in the Mediterranean and upon our own coast. General Deitoo left Berlin on the 2.1n11 ult. upon his return to Piet... He is said to have succeeded in his mission, and to have prevailed upon Prussia to enter into a defensive alliance with France.— This, however, is mere ru mour, and is contradic . . .tory to other accounts. In the mean time, our pre parations continue without relaxation. Rear-Admi ral Times so 'meow sailed on Thurday morning on a cruise to the Northward, with the Irir, Hydra, and Minerva frigates ; and Swallow, Lively, and Tartar Revenue cutters. A squadron of observation, oft Helvoetsluys, is watching the Louisiana expedition, which is supposed to be ready for sea. If we may judge from the quick arrival and dispatch of Messengers, the negotiation between this country and France is carried on with, great adivity. The public, however, have been so often made the dupes of rumours, they have ceases to listen to them ; and the fabricators, thus without encouragement. hare left off their trade. —lt is also generally believed, that Russia has it in her raver to sired an accommodation ; and until an answer is received from that Court, specu lation must remain idle. The Paris Papers stated several weeks back, that the FIRST CONSTA. was ready to abide by the decision of the EmrEstoa of I Russia, with =sped to Malta. Yesterday Mr. %taw, and Mr. Voce, the Mes. sengers, were sent by Ministers to Windsor, with dispatches for his -M-AJESTV. Yesterday morning their Map:sr:Es and the PRINCESSES attended Divine Service at St. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon, preached by the Rev. Dr. FISHER, from .the first Epistle of St. Peter, se cond Chapter, and 2lst Verse. Thursday morning Sir TI4OMAS TRICCE sailed from Portsmouth for Gibraltar, on board the Jvno frigate, Capt. RICKARDSON. Thor day morning Rear-Admiral Tuoanso- ItOrGH tailed from the Downs' to the Northward, in his Mkesty's ship fat, of SA guns, accompanied by the lifiecrve and 'hydra frigates, and three re venue cutters ;-.supposed to watch the motions of the Dutch fleet bOond to Louisiana. Thursday ; a Board was held at the Admiralty, f o r the examination of candidates for Greenw",l hos pital ; when several poor fellows received their re ward for service rendered to their country. There are, at this moment, two Prussian Colonels making interest to be appointed Captains of Cavalry in our service. The fait is, that for such as have mere money in view, the speculation is good—ourpri vast horseman's pay being much better than that of a Prussian Fir:t Lieutenant. Sir WILIAAM HAMILTON had a pension of 1,2001. per ann. on the Irish Establishment conferred on him for his long diplornatique services, which has ceased with his existence. The famous Chip,, ore of the Septernbrizen, was the character chosen to be the apparent commercial Agent of Jersey : he is returned home to give an ac count of his mission, A Motion is intended immediately to be brought into Parliament to form a Bill. in order to prevent Duelling in future. COURT MARTI• L.—The Report of the Trial of the two Officers, mentioned in our Paper of Thum day, was laid before his MAJESTv on Wednesday. when the decision of the Court Martial received the Royal Sanaion. Captain MACLELLAN (brother to Lord K tact:min ) who was the aggressor .08 the occasion, is dismissed his Majt.sr v's service, ; and Ensign I.t.ovn is suspended and deprived of his pay for six months. Both these officers belonged to the Coldstream Regiment of Guards. 1 A plan has lately been sent to St. Petersburgh from abroad, from which the author imagines the , most advantageous consequences would ensue. The heads are these The Russian language is abso lutely not capallo of any perfeskion or retinenicr.t, and consegoently tl.e nation cannot he polished. ' Another latiguage must therefore be given to the Russians the anti:or proposes the ancient Greek, and wishes that 100 Gre-k Schools might be esta blished in Russia, that in three years every body nit be able to speak this language and have for gotten their own. Then he could propose some- Thing else to promote the civilization of the Rus sians ; but without the univers..i introditaion of the Greek, it would be impossible for him." Thursday being Maunday-Thursday. in comme moration of the Passover, his Majesty's bounty to . 1 as many poor men and women as the King is years old, was distributed in Whitehall Chapel, by the Rev, the Dean of Westminster, Sub-Almoner to his Majesty. The Rev. Prelate delivered a short es ordium on the floyal beneficence. The poor were , .s usual regaled with a platter of fish, a ratio tif b•cef, and tour three-penny loaves ; after which, it the afternoon, after evening service was performed , by the Rev. Dr. Moore, and an anthem by the Cheri& ten of the Chapel Royal, the Rev. Dr. Vincent, in the body of the Chapel, gave to every applicant who had a right to the benefaction, cloth to each man for a coat and shirt, a pair of shoes and stoctings; to each woman, cloth for a shift, and camblet for a gown. with two little leather bags, one containing a one.pound note, the other as many silver penny pieces a; the King is years old. After which each person had given to /hem a small wooden bowl of wine, to drink the King's health--when they depart• ed, well pleased with what they had received. • • glil r .rxtratit from the Courier de Losuire: of last niht. It was not against the coasts of Ireland or those 01 England that the Fir st Consul wished .to direct his troops. He had views on his Colonies, which he hoped. to realize before he thought it adviseable to adopt in the metropolis measures for their safety. Since the treaty of peace, he has only meditated the means of unezpeledly striking a grand blow, and of destroying your commerce, either by the in- ' quietude which unlooked-for aggressions would have inspired, or by stipulations with the Powers of the Continent to rejat the produce of your mann , f a ctories. He has not disguised this intention in his confidential interviews with the merchants of Lyons and Havre, and his plan was to wait till his voyage to Bourdeauz, the epoch in which he might have informed that city of the ruin or the conquest of the English colonies. He would never have determined several distin guished Generals by their talents to have accepted the places in the colonies which remained to be dis posed of, if he had not at the same time offered them an immense fortune in the pillage of the neigh- bou ring islands. If a rupture should take place, you may expect that he will require, from every power over whom he will exercise an immediate influence, that they should furnish transports to embark soldiers. Do not however suppose that he will hazard in this ex pedition more than 50;000 men. The Colonies have employed or devoured a third of his best troops. The national Gendarmerie—the chosen Gendarme rie and his guard, too necessary to the tranquillity of the interior and his own safety for him to send them away, have absorbed a great part ; therefore if he wishes to employ 100,000 men in this enter prize, he will only attempt it with corps of newly recruited soldiers, unexercised, and to whom a ma ritime expedition is a subjea of alarm. Messrs. Lebrun and Cambaceres expea soon to see the end of the dream which flattered them they were consuls. They are ignorant under what form they will be reproduced in the new political system prepared by their colleague Napoleon. Already they have been deprived of that shadow of represen tation in which they were indulged once a week. Their circles were indeed more courted than the levees of the future. Empress. Even the Generals affe&ed more anxiety to visit the subaltern Consuls, than to submit to the severe etiquette established by their ancient comrade. The jealous eye of the lit ter has remarked this preference, and immediately the halls of the two Consuls have been closed. The Prefect of the Police, whom the Valets de Chambre, and the officers of the Thuilleries have been accustomed to see enter Bonaparte's house at all hours, laid* arrived unexpeaedly in his Ca binet. The latter was in an attitude which an nounced meditation. Angr y at been disturbed, or rather at having been surprized in such a situation, he ordered M. de Lucay to be called, and said to him in presence of M. Dubois, in tell the Prefect of Police never to enter here without being first an nounced." It is not very certain that the voyage to Brussels will take place with all that eclat with which it at first seemed to have been intended to distinguish it. If war is declared, he will rapidly visit the towns where he is expeaed, without assisting at any speaacle, and without staying to honour the fetes which may have been prepared for him. It will therefore be nothing more than a military course, more remarkable for the ostentatious parade of the Hero, than the pomp Mils reception. Madame Bonaparte has already received to have a fever, because her presence woulat e n d r tremely absurd in those provinces, if he was to through them without stopping, and only to warlike dispositions. It is even doubtful w this lady will share the honors prepared for est huslanci, on the supposition that the reminder of hostilities will impose on the latter the obligation of refusing them. It has just been discovered, that the coffin con taining the mortal remains of a spouse, whom the grief of Madame Leclerc has rendered more cele brated than his xpedition to St. Domingo, only contained a piece ut wood. Thus, all the honors rendered to the rival of Toussaint Louverture—the Guare of Honour, which watched near his tomb ; aU that funeral pomp, has only been displayed to deceive the good people of Paris, who have adopted licentiousness for liberty, and ha ve taken a Corsican for a Frenchman. The yellow fever has deprived Madame Leclerc of the husband she adored, and he has been interred in the garden of the Hotel of the Government at the Cape. A piece of mahogany wood has been placed in his coffin. The National Museum at Paris has lately been en riched with RaphaePs Transfiguration. This pic ture had been left unfinished by the artist, and was laid upon his coffin, as a silent panegyric of his transcendant talents. It was painted for Cardinal Jut. ius ou MEDicis, and intended for the cathedral of Narbonne, of which he was bishop ; but was de tained at Rome, in spite of all remonstrances, until BONAPARTE wrested it from the grasp of the Italians. The new Government seems to be resolved to re store the University of Geneva, the only one in France peculiarly appropriated to the Calvinists, to its former lustre. Several new Professors have lately been appointed—ls:reel:ft, De SAUssunt, and %rout-eta:it, professors of botany; JURINR, professor sit' surgery; Tisoxv, of chemistry; PICOT, of statistics, Ste. A paper has lately been read before the Royal Society, by Mr. Home, on the nature of the tongue. His experiments an different diseased tongues prove that this member is endowed with less irritability than any other organ of the body; and that a dis. eased part may be removed with great safety by means of ligatures. M. FORNERET, of Lausanne, and others, have lately ascended to the summit of Mont Blanc; but the cold was so great (6* below the freezing point), and the wind so high, that they were obliged to re turn without hawing effected any useful purpose. A chalybeate spring has lately been discovered up on Caversham-hill, Oxfordshire. In its proportion of steel it rivals Tunbridge, and, like that celebrated water, it is held in a state of solution by fixed air. Thursday the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Direaors of the Bank of Ireland, exhibited at the . Parliament 1-fouse, before his Excelency . the Loan !Am-Elmer and suite, the several plans.and esti mates previrfusiy advertised for; for the . . purpose of converting the 'Parliament Haas: into .a National Bank. His Excellency afterwa• ,'s sat, down to a cold collation, which was provided for the.occasior . - • POETR r. FROM THE GREEK OF EURIPIDES. IN sumac. Msn, man ! unhappy, miserable race! Must peace again to arms and blond give place Abstain ! your country cries aloud, abstain, And free from war's alarms let quiet r-ion ! Man's life is short: than let the little round With universal love and peace be crowned' FROM THE GREEK OF ALEXIS, IN ATHENIEUS.. The luscious juice the blushing grape affon::, In nature nought t with mortal man accords. Old wine is pried by eery son of Mirth, But man groan old, alas! is ■othin worth ! OLD NICK. • In the second verse of the original, as it appears in Ca saubon's edition, the measure fur etwOrecterwor, requires artryne:eir, %hide the late Gilbert Wakefield has, is eay copy, inserted la a marginal note. t Alexi., elsewhere, treat, this matter in a very different manner; fur he there says, that the nature of rows is very si milar to that of wine. When the wine is new, we endeaveivr us allay its effervescence—so do we aft with man in his youth ; and a. the *wines, when it has acquired age, is grateful to Al, and is by all esteemed, so is the latter in the maturity of 113 age. The disastrous and melancholy news of the death of Lord Nlosreoutev, late Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, and uncle to the late unfortunate Colonel Mosreouxay, only arrived in Town by express at the Marquis of Towesiteee's a few hours before the arrival of the unhappy tidings of the death of Colonel 11,1opereomEev at Chalk Farm. The Countess of LismoaE has taken an elegant house in North Audley-street. The Marquis of Sweisauftie on Monday irrpened the Hertfordshire Militia at St. Alban's ; alter the inspe&ion, his Lordship entertained the Officer: with an elegant dinner. Mr. FELLOWES, Member for Norwich, has takea up his residence in Arlington-street, for the season. The Marquis of BL asoroata, and a large party of friends, left town on Thursday, to pass the he lidays at White Knights. Some of the first Mn. sical amateurs are invited to be of the party. The Duke of BEnrouto left town yesterday for Brighton. Lord Hercunseort has taken up his residence for the seasoi in Welbeck-street, and the Bishop of Sr. AsAra in York-place. Lord PELHAM has obtained leave of absence for ten days, in order to visit Btigh.on, wl ere his Ladr has remained inconsolable 'ince the death other son. His Lordship left towa on 1 hursday eve. ning. 4..010ne1 CALDWELL is E3llt with 2 party actinide to pass the holidays at ;sirs. Evass's, near Ua. The Marquis of WATERTOWn has takes a house in Queen Anne-street VCrst for the season. Lord Dose° has taken up his residence in Spring Gardens Terrace. Major-General MI %sin succeeds Colonel Ftrz. OtIALD in his late ..si tnce in Orchard-street for the season. A few days since, the London French and Dutch churches presented their joint Address of Congra. tulation to his MAJESTY at the Levee. Countess TA L2O T, Lady MZLIPOURN ref Hon. Mr. LAMBE Mr. HALE, and a large Party of fashionables , will pass their Holidays with the Mar quis and Marchioness of &misuser at Hatfield. The Subscription Balls, and Masquerade intend. ad for nett month at the Festino Rooms, Hanover. square, under the patronage of their Royal High nesses the Prince of WALES, Duke of YORK, the Duchesses .of DEVONSHIRE and Sr. ALBAN'S are much the topic of conversation in the fashionable world, and will surpass any thing of the kind ever known in this country. Mr. )(EMILE has pronounced a lady at Madrid superior to all the Aar-sses upon the Continent. She is, he says, the first comic Aaress whom he , ever saw, and in tragedy only inferior to Mrs. SIDDON3. Sir VERE Hesr has been lately appointed Joint Weigh-Master of Cork, a place worth 17OOL per Annum. • Do for DUIGENAN left town yesterday for Ire land. lie rides a favourite horse the whole way to Holyhead, perfealy regardless of wind or wea ; they. A grand feast was given at Copenhagen by the Count von SCHiMMF.LMAN, Minister of Finances and Commerce, in honour of Prince WILLIAM of GLoversTra. Miss Dr Cd mi. is returned to London, fully estae blishel in health and spirits. This charming aaress will resume her theatrical duties immediately afur the holidays. The True Briton and the Time: are by the ears; The Times insinuate:, but dares not auert, that it sells more than the True Briton. The avowed cause of quarrel is this, the True Briton is the confidential hint of Government, whereas the Timer neither is nor ever will. A Morning Paper yesterday announced, in its leading article, the arrival of Lord Whitworth's Birder from Paris, with instration.s to prepare for his master's return. Alderman Curtis's Bather has visited the Buder, and reported the substance of their conversation at the Stock Exchange. We are con cerned to slate, that is of a most warlike complec' tian. When the Butler left Calais, several of the French were half-seas over, and two desui.brigades •of the army of England were in march for Ihsrgun. dy. The Butler says, that Bonaparte has earned the tables upon the Engli sh Minister, and that there is no doubt but the two couut i ties will hoh.ati in a few weeks. Vast stores of grove-ehot are laid in at Bourdeaut ; and all the other towns upon the coast. particularly Nana, are 11311 of spirit. The Barber observed, that the Paper in question had lastly pe pierietiPeace, upon the grounds that as his Lor•l. ship's Upholsterer was ordered to fit up a new house, his Lordship had no Idea c..f bringing an old one about his ear: ; and that as the Duchess of Dorset had bespoke baby-linen, there was no shut* of a batty issue. The Butler, however, declared the this was all froth, and that he had his information from a source of proverbial acciireq, okling-4•0 vine cat writes. ...: ~ :;;~ J I