The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-11-30 00:00:00

ILL.4GE, TRIBUTE, AND CONQUISTS. The anger expressed by BONAe sn re in France, ei.l the clamour raised by the faaious in England, c.n account of -the detention of the Spanish trea sury ships, equally evince both tlit justice and po -1144 :it ibis vigorous measure. Were one of the powers of *maw to make war as the Romans did. at the expence of these whom it vanquished, and dtll% , its resources for war from war itself, it would attain the empire of the world." When Mosresouieu, sixty years ago, wrote this sentence, he little thought that, before the completion of a century, there would be a revival of those military politics, which mora lity, the laws of war, the general system, the expe rience of retaliation. and a stria agreement among the different members of the great family of civi. lised nations. had long left mouldering on the an tiquated rolls of history. Since the decline of the Roman Empire, the invasions made by irregular multitudes were as transitory as those transmigra tions of rapid plunderers. Abler to conquer thin to preserve their conquests, atter laying a country Irate, they abandoned it ; or if, imitating the Visi goths, and Normans, they settled on their conquests, k was in a national body ; they spent the fruit of their rapines among the vanquished themselves, with whom they mingled, and were, in time, even confoonded. Till the reign of Louis XIV. neither were the regular armies considerable enough, nor the Princes sufficiently rich, to preserve conquests which lay at any distance. Neither CIIARLES VIII. nor Louts XII. would have been able, like the modern I " French, to have subjugated Italy Cnin the shores of Nice to the Vel:no. How were they to subjea, to keep, and to extort the riches of a populous country, without exhausting their armies ? Do minion was at an end, with the retreat of those ertose empire rarely extenJed beyond the sine *if the campai! s a, tbat of the enterprise, and some bad fortresses oa the outskirts. If conquests have become more difficult, they hawo atm acquired more stability. This is one of the eff.lts of the multiplicity anal ivprovement of fortifica t do% 1014 of the estalishruent of gr,st standing 1111111 in ; •aeo•rge, the weight of which, crushing at once nations and governments, his convened the finances into a calamity, has intridaced disorder int* administration, and ripened the cause of pop's- lar revolutions. Produced in the heart of war, and for w ir, sanitary Republic of France, hating more soldiers under anus than ever AUGUSTUS or Ttii/AN haJ, extended its limits in order to milt room for its su pernwnerary forces, to draw off the riche. of the ImPw Serritarisss and to secure upon them the ssib. atom, pay, and even clothing, of its armies ; in their turn, the armies serve to Ptge and preserve these acquisitions. From this double want, have proceeded the military oppression that supports its neeinhe, and the military oppression which coll imates the vanquished state ; oppr-ssi , na that h 'yr been spread over those revAutionary em peer those revolutionary molvachie:, principAlitiLm. or republics, which, instead (.1 pillaging in a com mon way, Bon has deirei to incorporate with revolutionary France; either by his milart y ordinances, called constitutions, by his revolutionary ads, called treaties, or by his revolutionary n tient, called tributes. In settling their equestrian colonies, the Romans, with the military yak-, als introduced a police, wise laws. and a creative spirit. They opened roads, and euablished agriculture and the arts ; establishments, which, t, this day, continue monuments of an e dig!itened munificence. But the spirit of the French Republic has not risen above that of a leader of Bedouins ; the government differs from that of Egypt and Syria, only by its by pocrisy, atrocity, and buffoonery. Always and every where the same, a Committee of Public Safety. five Direaors, three Consuls, and one Emperor, with Generals, Ministers, and Commissioners, al; have tau:led, and all tend to a eeatral point; that of converting the right con:pest into a right of uni- renal confiscation. No species of property, public ur private, has withstood their rapacity. Whether hostile or neuter, republican or monarchical, every motion, whose patience they expererice, has unditr sone a treatment perkaly uniform. Rorie had ber Valises ; the F.eneh Republic has had as assay Vast tees as she has had governors, cavil and military. Demovast■ and PICHLGIU are Ilse only ones to be struck out of this infamous list. Sicily was avenged. and Values punished ; sot one of the ruSans whom France ha% let loose upon Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Egypt, Syria, and St. Domingo, has been wren threatened with an inquiry. France had itself boat previously stripped at home. The cause of thi. is to be traced to the year 1789, fcr, at the very out set, the supreme revolutionary power, patronising robbe. y, making it praitically and theoretically a law, pot itself at the head of the outrages against property ; and, what r: L•id established systematical ly and through cr.vetius-.c.s. it parsu-1 and it put terted by BONAPARTE from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Hanover, from the Hans towns and Ger man Princes, he would not be able to pay and keep up an army of 500,000 men for six months. This alone evinces not only the policy, but the absolute necessity, required by our self-preservation, to cut off all pecuniary succours in a defensive war, which the usurper may draw to what length his ambition, interest, or vengeance demands or incites. Let Europe remember this, and be convinced of an undeniable fait, that, wherever revolutionary rulers can penetrate by their intrigues, or command by their armies, plunder follows. Rapine is always their first object, of which ferocity is but the means. The French revolution was fostered by robbery and murder, two nurses that will adhere to it, to the last hour of its existence, under the Corsican Emperor Bow &&&&& e, now, as under the Flemish sans-castles ROBESPIERRE, ten years ago. Few men have a just notion of the amount of this plunder, under the appellation of requisitions, contributions, loans, and tributes. In general, the enormity t.f it is far from being suspeeted. There certainly is no era in history, in which dissipation and pillage can be found to have played so extensive a par. A great Empire might be raised, enriched, and made to flourish, with what the revolution, the Repub lic, and the war have cost France alone, to brutalise, oppress, and impoverish her inhabitants. Lea those, who have any religion, honour, or property. whatever class, country, sucie:y, sect, or putties, they be, reflect upon this uneontradietory truth, and they will no longer wonder at the successes of the invasion of revolutionary Generals, more expert than former barbarians, who, with their list of emi grated or suspected persons, seize equally on im moveable and movea:de wealth, on the fruits of the earth, on the produce of trade, on metals, money, forests, men. and the soil itself. By throwing off the laws of war, as they hays done, by making nation, hostile or friendly, swami or allied, cara vans to be pillaged, and converting their property into capitals fur their military chests, it is easy to sub jugate one after another. With the succours of the treasuries of Holland, Italy was conquered ; with these of Italy. Venice and Switzerland were sub dued ; in their turn producing means to enslave Germany. Let us beware that the mines of Peru and Brasil do not serve the ferocious Usurper to ruin or enchain the British Empire ! ! ! This Day—ST. Aattiaaw.allw.day at the Public Offirei TILE BRULISII PR{ESS• LONDON, FRIDAY. Novamesi 30. A letter from an Officer on board the Masson, one of the ships of our squadron off the states : 44 That the crew of a Dutch pilot boat, sent as a flag of truce, with dispatches from the Batavian Admiral KIKKLIt r, to Admiral Russ's, have given further information of the preservation Of the officers and sailors of Ilk Maicsry's ship Roomy. who, to the number of near 300, were safely landed in North Holland, where the French had takes upon themselves to match them to the depots for English prisoners at Leyden and Bois Le Due. Several English Officers were permitted by the Dutch Admiral to write to their friends in this country, with this flag of truce ; but when it was reaJy to sail, an a d.• ,frap of General MA k. MONT. accompanied by fun- grenadiers, came on board and seized every letter. They were so stria in their search, that they even examined the pock. ets of the Dutch sailors, and took every morsel of paper from them. This tyrannical behaviour highly offended Admiral lc: • , who sent an express to the Hague with complaints, after having, in vain, claimed the letters of the British Otfizeri, whu had been offered pecuniary assistance, not only by tl.e Batavian Officers, but by several tespenable 'merchants at Amsterdam." The Prussian ship, Die Twee Gesehoristers, Cap tain Taussao, who sailed on the 19th inst. from I: Orient for Leghorn, was spoken with on the next day by one of our frigates off Brett. According to the report of the Prussian Captain, who, in the be ginning of the present month, had passed several days at Brest, Atosassu had arrived there ones peaedly from l'aris, and was said to carry with him fresh orders and instrunions for Admiral Gas rusacms. Captain Tavarao had himself wen two divisions of troops, 5000 each, embark under the command of Generals Des J RDIN and Doass ea, and 8,000 other troops had embarked before the Captain's arrival—so that 18.000 land troops were on hoard the fleet under Gm:rise.. t; st c'a command. They were to be commanded by Au near •r; ; General Doszctor was the chief of his staff; both of whom had sent on board their camp and military equipages. But though A. O'Cora sot, with several sataset Irish Rebels. had commands in sues 6011 through Withusat the nibet4 ea- I Witi3 eel . • ', this army, and the English and Irish Guides ware on board, the general report at Brest M Mil that this armament was neither destined for England nor Ire land, but for the East-Indies, because the ships had taken in sir months provisions, with such clothing, Inr the crews and troops, as are only worn in warm climates. This may, however, only be a trick of t .e Usurper, to deceive as to the real destination of this armament. Captnin Tax 13 EKG said, that Gia r irEAUSfr'S fleet consisted of twenty-one ships of the line, nine frigates, and ten cutters, with twenty eight stout transports, all ready for sea, though badly manned. It was reported, at Brest, on the 11th, that Garrrcr E•ussa would have sailed before this, had he not received orders by the telegraph, to wait for the arrival of a Courier from Spain. The troops yet encamped near Brest, were said to amount to 12,000 men. The Officer who favoured us with the above particulars, added, that two ether neutral Masters of ships have confirmed the report of Captain TA UB ERG. A morning Paper of yesterday stated a report, that the French had taken possession of Hamburgh ; but, at the same time, expressed a belief that there WAS no foundation for the rumour, but the proba bility of such an event. We can add in confirma tion of that opinion, that the King of PRUSSIA, in his rem sustrance against the arrest of Sir GEORGE Rum ttot.o, and demand of his release, declared to Cie Corsic.tn Usurper, 4. That he considered all the Foreign Ministers, residing at Hamburgh, as ac credited to the Circle of Lower Saxony, of which His PRUSSIAN MAJISTY is one of the principal Members, as much under his special protelion, as if they were accredited to himself." We can farther add, that when the RUSSIAN and Swerstsit Isfirtisrxits, alarmed by that aggression, for the safety of their countrymen, residing in the same quality in that city, demanded from the Prus sian Minister of State, Baron HARDENBERG, whether any farther violation of the Laws of Nations were to be apprehended in that Impe rial and neutral territory ? they were assured in positive terms, " that any future attempt, on the port of France, ag:sinst the Diplomatic Agents, accredit ed to the Circle of Lower Saxony, would be resented by his Soyereign." Relying upon this information, we do not hesitate to assert, that the report of the occupation of Hamburgh by the French troops is totally destitute of foundation. An exchange of private signals, and other rnitters of importance, have, we understand, been agreed upon by the Courts of St. James's and St. Peters burgh. We are happy to state, that the loss of lives, on hoard the Vearrable, is not so great as it w.ss repre sented. It dies not exceed two Mid,hipmen and one Seaman, drowned. The Hannibal, which was wreckt'd near Sand gate Castle, is gone :o pieces but her stores have been saved. As a cartel with Holland has been agreed to, and will !won be signed, we shall receive back in a very short time the crew of the &meaty, wrecked on the Dutch Coast. The Lady !Wart, Lot.ostrom, from Attica. is lost nn the Henega.—lt is expeaed the people will be saved. A brig cutter privateer, of lfi guns, 18-pounders, and 150 men, WAS cruising off the Spurn, cn the 20th instant. She previously captured a sloop be longing to Aberdeen, laden with porter, and was repotted to be looking out fur the Hull traders. Between one and two on Wednesday morning, the town of Yarmouth was very much a:armed by the repeated firing of minute guns, which proceed ed from L'-ffrirairie frigate, nearly in with the breakers, and with the loss of her mizen mast ; the gale continuing, she cut away her main and fore masts between ten and eleven that forenoon, and the general opinion of the nautical men was, that if she rode ont that tide (low wiser) without striking, the would take no further damage. Her main an I foremast were on shore, and a party of the Fifeshire Militia were on guard am the beach opposite, to take care of what stores might come on shore. At I q. )Is. the gale was somewhat .thatctis A letter from Dublin, dated November A!, says, " The utility of Mr. FOSTER'S measures is daily de veloping itself. He has canted, this day, a notifica tion to be made at the Royal Exchange, that, after the sd of next mooth, the Lords of the Treasury will, for the public accommodation, draw nit Lon don for any sum above ten pounds. Formerly, the Treasury did nut draw for less than SOOl. and the bill trade was made such a monopoly of, and exchange c , iisecittently so high, that all imported articles wet: becoming most intolerably dear to the ,ns.tatsynaire " The Danish army consists of about 74,000 men, and its navy of 27 sail of the line, and 14 or I!, frigates. The Swedish army consists of about t 7,000 men, and its navy of 30 sail of the line, and 14 frigates. We hear that JOHN JULIUS ANOCILST LIN, Esq. of London, and Geoace Krioss, Esq. American Consul at the port of Hull, met by appointment on Saturday last, at Grimsby. It is understood their objet' is to form some plan for a further immediate improve ment of that place. The Loan Paovosr, Magistrates, and Council, of Edinburgh, have conferred the freedom of that city on Dr..l. Gi t.c nem., late Professor of the Hin dostan language in the College of Fort William, Bengal, on account of bis highly distinguished cha rafter for eminence and usefulness in his profession, and for many valuable works published by him, particularly useful for every person going to the East Indies. 171. 1 .:ATRE, • Dat.xv-ts st. Mrs. Cowt.tv's Comedy of The Re/4'e Strnta.,,, WAS last night again b r o ug h t forward, ar i d C s DN UCAN personated, f or t h e A ra t i me on the,. boards, the sprightly heroine, Laitia•ii„,.dy. the part abounds with varieties, which, to fee) and eke. cute with effea, require not only great judgment, but a degree of taste, humour, and versatility look and ilaion, which rarely fall to the share at individual. It is, therefore, with infinite pl., sure we feel ourselves enabled to give unequivocal and decided approbation of n young Lady's last night's performance. 'l l ,, scene, in which she assumes the Gawky and the Hoyden, was truly excellent. The twu eliara&t, were, iadeed, most happily blended ; for neither" seemed to predominate over each other: and sh e ., Dspersurt, at the end of it, pronounced her a ;.; and an idiot, he could not but allow, sv• t ; ; whole audience, that her folly and idiotism highly humourous, playful, and whimsical, s • diverging into caricature : the first v-as broad, the second was truly natural, anti the ; ••: tirely divested of the ridiculous. It 'sac a Sr, • . criminating, well finished piece of .s'ting, a, crowned, as it richly deserved, with a most ge• and rapturous applause. The after piece of mony followed, with, if possible, encreased FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. N a ;rent dress has yat appeared in Loudon, arid we sera remember to have seen on litt..! variety. We bener e ow elegant(' fin I it i:up.isiible to adopt may style that staid I sa" more fassinati nt or loveliness Ira their appearance. Maw satin dresses hats, and turbans, are the moat I:revel:m.l4 are justly admired for their simplicity. The o,k7Ta relies, 4 very I,ght colours, French grey, fawn, pearl colour, it. unsung With whet 7 fur, are very beautiful. Mantles, of high satins, arc also much worn. Draperies of every kind are ell fashionable. A great number of fur coats brought from Er:r:t, have been made up, with 'Turkish caps, of sable and rent, match; they are worn by ladies of very high fa ;him, have a very care sail elegant appearance. Garnet, ruby a .11 mulberry velvet pelises, trimmed with very deep black he, with hots, flowers, and wreaths, to match. Tre preva. , reg head-drass at present is the simple muslin turban and es ano:ads c moot be introdired in the dessi-earnre, les evillest, have become the fashion for the head, mit, and ne:lc, and ars very ele;ant. The cmusi: r4er are beautiful shells of Merest a iris. P.s R 1 Sfi N FASHIONS. A Parisian Petite Maitresse, before she puts on her Amig a her handkerchief, her st.ic;inr, he► gown, and her storey takes are to put all this part of her toilette, three or fuer dui befoee, is one of her sultans: ovum:rues in the sultana la r•.y, sometimes in the sultan s I s mar, or in the sultan es MIN accixdies to the perfumes she wishes to lsfivas around her. bs Turkey one sultan has several wives, in France a petite seriqms has several snftse• ; but this Issiettige, in France, eel, mess that an elerinte at Psais has several baskets of portent's, is which she pots her toilette. Formerly straw hots were ed with satin ribb . Mlllll; at present it is quite the lever*. A petite isimitresse of bean ten must bare a ;aria bonnet w:th stay ribbanes. On of those fashionable presents, which an ell rote roc with distinction, and wiliM can he tarred without reser,. as intim= in one of those caskoti, eAlcd Sultans. The lo of the day preimt almost twilling else to their mi.trenee d114./.41•. On Wednesday aftesnoon Thvir Nisat.rtes,v Duke of Kerr, an i PRiNcesses, honoured th Countess of text! [Area with a visit at her boast i Sheet -street, Windsor. Sir W. and Lady Pirr are on a visit to Their MAJESTIES. Yesterday morning His MAJIIIITY, accompanied by the Dukes of Kati r and Cosmic lout, and Ge• avral Frrzaur, reviewed the Oxford Blues i 2 Windsor Great Park. The Princesses Sn►HIA and Aottra took in airing on horseback by Cumberland Lodge. Her MAJCiTIr and the other PasNcaa►s tOOk an airing to Frogmore. His Royal llighness the Duke of Yoax, and Ow whole of his Staff, General WIPIYAVD, and Mr. Gitrauwooo, will leave town to-morrow for Oat- lands, where they will remain until Monday. The Duke and Duchess of GLot.,:cstra. acrd Princess SOP t• of GLOCC Urea, ate returned fruns Windsor to Grosvenor-street. Yesterday morning was married at St. Georee't Church, Hanover-square, by the Hon and it, 1. Mr. WELLESLY, Mr. Covert:its'. eldest t'" "` the late Bishop of ExEren, to the lion. La.; H nIZ ET A LESLIE. daughter el the Gnanens 01 1101'14[A. Lord and Lady LASL It o and Sir Ltcs. Pie vs, the bride's father-in-law, were pi went. Im mediately after the cererniaay, the new married couple set off for Juniper Hall, Dorking. Bogert The Hon. Celonel Pane will. an taw days. lad to the Hymeneal altar, the Hon. N: i.. Baton , sister to Lord BA 00T. Mr. ED , 4OIASTONZ. of Great Russell-street. is a few days, receive the fair hand of Miss H-- THAx, Of 11100Insbury-NuAre. The Marquis of Aasscoan will, on Sunday, en tertain a large party of Nobility at the Prizay. The Earl of CLIIIIMONT, yesterday, ratettaiireal at dinner, Earl BP InCLIt. Mr. CR AV rt:RO. A large party of fashionables, at his house i.. Eserke ley-square. The Marquis of AtIERCOSII was in town yester day. at his house in Crzen-street, giving dare.ftans for some alterations, preparatory to the receptaon ad his family after Christmas. The Duchess of Butt ON and her sister will lease Richmond to-mocrow, for her Graces seat, Burk,' Lodge, New Forest, Hants. The deer that His Maarstv hunted on Toeiday showed great sport. At starting he made tot' arid, Bagshot with great swiftness. and changed his course back near Swinley, taking to the lent across the Forest towards Illackwater. where Ise sea' taken in a piece of water, about three miles this side of Hartford Bridge, after a chace of above ti-aty miles. The Royal Sportsmen, were in hill v°l daring the whole hunt.