The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-08-24 00:00:00

I tap is 'ahead at age sillies eight hawked &m -ood hoes. On the 9d. in the evening, the battery at Calais lived on two ships that attempted to enter the har bour. The mistake was, however, soon discovered ; sad the ships, one a Swede, aad the other a Dane, received pilots on board. and anchored safely in the and. These ships Ltd suffered a great deal in their sae and rigging. and had three nun killed sod lout wounded. A tradesman, of the name of Drulin, fished in the River Oise by St. Maixent, with his dog by his ride. A child, playing on board one of the ships, unperceived in the water : nobody observed it but the dog, who immediately jumped into the water, got hold of the child, and carried him by bis gown to his master's side, a distance el thirty yards. This Animal had the sagacity to hold the child's head above water, so that he had swal lowed but little water, and soon recovered. The owner of the ship offered Drulin several Louis d'ors for the dog, but was answered that the day ►efore he would not have parted with it, but that tow no money will tempt him to separate himself from an animal w Lich had saved the late of a hu man being. This dog is of a curious breed ; its mother had saved a washwornin from drowning, OW its grandmother saved a young girl, who, from disappoinuneat ht love, thrt.w herself into the River Oise ;'but who has since married Druliii's `eider Brother, by whom she has had six children. Workmen are now pulling down the Theatre reydeau, because the Emperor has ordered a new *reet to be made between the street Fcydeau and the street Vivienne, where a new exchangeAsstw passing in extent and be Sts', bn:h the exchanges of Loadon anti of Amsterdam, will be constroeied The bankers and me, chant,, in gratitude for the pro *dhow and earaerveweat the Emperor has gracioudy giventso commerce, have, by a deputation, demanded his Majesty's permission to ere.% his statue in the middle of this new exchange, to which neighbour hood the Imperial Bank of France will be remove•l. The Emperor's, answer will be known at his Ma jesty's return from the coast. The privateer Eleremee, which some time ago captured a cutter with dispatches for Lord Nelson, has now again carried into Alicant two other Eng bah ships, richly loaded, which two days before had tailed from Gibraltar, and were destined for Malta. The Captain's share of prixe•nToney in these three captures, amounts to 600,000 lieges, 25,0001. Dories the fit st nine months, year eleven, 249, and during the same Feriod this year, 316. mad, or lunatic persons. or 158 wom,.n anti 177 men, have Dean sat to ow public hospitals for the reception Of Mei pepplc. t is Cillllo4lt that among the men is a young person, aged 23,wlitise 14Iy is, to believe him sell Louis XVI. and among the women, a ynun; lady, aged 10. whose madness is to think herself ete wife of Louis XVI. the unfortunate Maria Antair.ette. They are both children of retnrr.ed strip-arts.— (Le Gicetis de Framee.) The Count 4s of Arberg, one of the ladies in waning to the Empress Josephine, is the widow of the Austrian Field-marshal, Lieutenant Count Ar berg, and born a Princess of Holberg-Gedern. 'the Emmet* and Empress are particularly desirous to attach to the si and have near their per.ons, ladies and gentlemen of the nobility of Belgium and of the French side of thi Rhine. The Chemist, Cadet de Veane, having sent His Prussian Majzsty his Chemical Diftionary, received is return from the Ptustian Ambassador, Marquis Locchisini, by the order of his Sovereign, the usual aseillallioss of the Academy of Sciences at Berlin. The Litaeian national debt amounts to 1000 mil lions of florins (100,000,0001. sterling). The fol /owing are the particulars of this debt from the foundation of the republic :—ln 1379, Holland owed only one million (80,0001.), the other pro ' winces bad no debt ; .by the peace of Munster, 1648, Holland had a debt of 114 minions. By the wars against Cromwell, in 1652; against Portugal, in 16541 against Sweden, 1656 ; against England, lutift; iusd against the Bishop of Munster, in I ti6s ; which ended Kith the peace of Nimeguen, in 1678, the debt amounted to 160 millions. By the peace of Ryswick, 1696, the debt had augmented to 214 sialions ; and by the peace of Utrecht, 1713, to 343 millions. During the war for the Pragmatic Sale sian, which began ITO, and ended by the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, it was 404 millions. To this sum were added 50 millions more daring the war with England, in 1740, and with France in 1793. Since the Revolution, 1793, and tuatil the peace of Amiens, which ended the List war with England, 446 millions have been added, not counting patriotic donations, requisitions, forced &c. The interest for these 1000 mil- L'.ms amounts to 29.46009 i florins. This debt is since augmented during this present war with se veral tree and forced loans, the mad sum of which is not kuown, but is supposed at least to be sixty milhons- l'he whole population of the Saurian Republic does not exceed two millions; and. not. I.ON DON, FRIDAY. AUGUST tltt. A report generally prevailed yesterday in the city, that 16,030 Russians bad landed in Danish Hal and that '25,000 others were ezpeacd to tallow. On the 44th of last month, we stated, upon the authority of private letters from Warsaw, of the Sth, that the King of Faa,.ca had been invited by the Emperor of Russ& A, to fix his residence in the Rus sian Empire ; and that two new corps of Emigrants were to be formed under the command of Louts XVIII. his brother, his nephews, the Prince DE CONDE, and the Duke of 13or a tom. The same account added, that in case of a rupture be tween Russia and France, these two corps would form the advanced guard of the Russian army. Our readers are apprised that LOL IS the XVIII. had set out from Warsaw for Rus sia, is which country, a letter received by the Gottenburgh Mail of yesterday says, three of the principal Bourbon Princes nn in England, are espeted soon to join him. Wave been thus particular in recapitulating this business, as it will, no doubt, be announced this day by some ul our contemporaries as an arrangement per feetly new, of which the public had no intimation or idea. On account of the late rise in the price of grain, it is reported that Government, with a laud.tble at tention to the necessities of the poor, has sent orders for its agents, both in the Baltic and in the Mcliter ranean, to buy up immediately a great quantity of wheat and barley, and to ship it for this country di redly, so that it may arrive before the winter. We have besides heard, that orders from our merchants, on the same account, have been lenti7 e ny, Russia, Poland, and America, wi la;t four weeks, to the amount of no less than three millions sterling, which is the cause that the ex change on foreign countries has been rather falling. Upon every part of the Continent, the harvest has not, in the memory of man, been more abundant; and grain has in many countries fallen sixty per cent. from what it was last Spring. In France and Bra bant it has fallen fifty per cent. and such is the qu.an tity to be disposed of there, that Boa osr.ssre has been lotted to permit a free exportation even to Holland, though be is well aware, that the Dutch Merchants only purchase grain in Fiance, Brabant, or Flanders, to dispose of it again to the Merchants in England. Our own harvest besides, though not so plentiful as last year, is, however, sufficient, with little importation from abroad, to supply our wants until next Sommer. No scarcity in this article is therefore to be apprehended. O e of our cruisers, off Dunkirk, spoke last Sun day with an American ship from Gravelines, for Lisbon, the Captain of which reports, that Bow a e A RT r, notwithstanding the many promotions among the Officers, and decorations for the Legion of Honour, distributed both among the Officers and soldiers, in the army on the coast, has not met with the same reception as last year ; the troops being either tired of their long inactivity, disheartened by the daily insults to which they are exposed from the English, or discontented with his treatment of Mom EAU, and with his new Imrrial dignity. Several regiments, that had formerly served under Mo &EAU, in Germany, have, under a pretence of a mutinous dis position, been disbanded, and the men in them sent to the colonial depots, or incorporated with regiments that had been in Egypt. This despotic ad caused a great deal of murmuring ; and when Bows., RTZ, the night after. went to the Theatre at Boulogne, he experienced proofs of the public opinion, such as ha little expelled. and which caused this theatre to be shut up. The drama of " Peter Me Greet" was represented; when this Emperor was an nounced by his heralds, the pit cried out, " No Emperor! ao Enop,POT P' To this BON A P •It T E paid little attention ; nor when, in another part, at the ar rival of the Princes of the Blood, the pit cried out, " Vice d'inghien !" but when, in the second all, Peter Me Greet threatens his faithful and brave Ge neral Le Fort, with Siberia, " Vim Moreau !" re sounded from every part ; the Corsican left the The atre in a rage, and ordered the Public Commissary to surround the house with soldiers, and find out who the emissaries of PITT were, that disturbed the ay dience, and insulted him by their disloyal behaviour, and seditious acclamations. Every person was, of course, obliged to shew his pass, or give an account of himself. Among these was the American Cap tain, who, being suspeded as a foreigner, narrowly escaped a trial before a military commission, as a spy, though he was provided with a pass from Mr. COFFIN, the American Consul at Dunkirk, sub scribed by the Mayor, Cit. Eustler. This con duet enraged Boa AAAAAA so much the more, as among the spetators there were not ten persons who did not belong to the army. As a punishment, he has since harrassed the troops from morning to night, with repeated exercises and manseuvres, -and is be come so morose, that even his favourite Generals are afraid of speaking to him. This temper and spirit of the army have induced him to,prolong his stay on the coast. On Tuesday, Earl CAAMEN and Lord CASTLE. aiscu hid audiences of His MAJESTY, at Windsor ; after which they introduced Captain DANCE, who slistinrushed himself in the late engagement with the }tench Admiral, when His S/AJISTY V-as pleased to express his approbation of the Captain's gallant condud, and ctittcr the honour of knight hocd upon him ; he is now, of course, Sir ISTA fit ANIEL DAWES. Lieutenant-Colonel \VI rt IA?4 Scott is appointed Military Resident a the Court of Siistv Attu.; (th e Gre.o at ; and ColonTl loan COLLINS If. appointed Ilc.ident at Onde, rice Col. Government having reason to expeß that an at tack ss ..sald be made upon some of the small islands in the Channel, has colic Red a force in most of them, sullicient to place them out of the danger cf being Liken by a runt vie main. In the island of Alderney. a small camp, consisting of t(X) of the Royal African, 100 of another corps, and -210 of the armed inhabitants, has linen established. They has been under canvas for these six weeks, and are supposed to be fully competent to the defence of the Island, against any fnce that could be brought against them from the opposite shore. is is stated in the American papers, that General Aitsisritoso, whi is to succeed Mr. LIVIVG!ITON at the French cnuct. as Ambassador from the United St.stcs, would take his departure about the Ist f Augusts He was in the middle of July at the City of NVashisigton. 'Ube Petition addressed to the EMPEROR, in be half of the English gentlemen at Verdun, was signed by the following names as a Committee for the whole : Ilea. SU F ,• ",.c, Sir Thomas Claverii-g, Bart. S.r De Bath... M, t •••• Wiliam Cooper, I. n Sir Titoinaa lace, Bart. S. .1 ...rt Sittriilivad, Kart Si. Eaviard Bari!, Mews. Stu -t, t Nieltitl4, Clive, CD: ke, Fintiev, Lard YARN ou r', and the Marquis of Twsrus La are still there. The Eflle, RA rasa v, from London, for Af►ica and the West-Indies, is taten by two French priva teers on the coast of Africa, after a severe engage ment. Dr. Gl«ssrlE is appointed Physician to the fleet, under the orders of Lcrd Nat.sos, in the Meilitei ranean. The several gunAmats which hare lately been prepared for service, axe Urtitrej to prcceed to Deal without loss of time. It is said that there are raw: ready a sufficient number of machines to hang npon the carriages of coaches, &c. for the cohre;ance of ten thousand men to any giver. point. A great number of car riages have Also been sent in ; and a vast number of machines are to be added to those now fitted out fur the reception of traps. ORIGINAL POET :Y. FLEGIAC STANZAI, The tardy day bieVnii in wan ; And see, aborirynei ragged hill Many a sa!len cloud appears, Rising in thick tuecession stall, As boding to tit' enquiring view, 'Twill dose with weeping too ! Such of my life the misty morn ; The gushing tar . hedims its dawn, Unblmt with one assuasive ray; And still with scowling ken, despair Points to many a coming care, To cloud its future try. Then come, ye woes! let none your Course contra:l, yowlr peel, at least, my term at !tapeless light-- Bring swifter darkness as ye roll, And shroud me with an earlier night! TO A LIVELY BRUNETTE, WHO DESIRSO Tllt AUTHOR TO MAKE SOME VEIL/110N NM Do oot expetit me to corn; are The snow-white Illy, lose, to Toy For candour prompta me to declare The Ii:ly fairest of the two. And shoul4 I say the roses hue On thy soh cheek more freshly ;sows. 'T•cn:ald be a complimast w you. Hut v.ry little to the rose. What then know those hills of bliss, Enclose a heart that can love dearly; And he who tastes thy thrilling kiss. ran sure will feel it very clearly! And who would quit so warm a breast, To dangle after rose or 'illy? For many in their colours drosed, Are things as senseless ant as cif r. Say, who, that feels a kine Fed glow, Wea'd quit a heart so hand, so true, To seek a borim white a, snow, Perhaps with all its coldness too? EPIGRAM. To laugh at my jokes, Tom never was known G—d rugnd that be should, for be laughs at 64 ows. Yesterday the Prince of WALES did not leave London. This morning His Royal Highness leaves Carlton-House, fur Brighton. Early yesterday morning, the cream-coloured aad Hanoverian horses were remwed from the King's Mews to Windsor ; in a short time after their arrival, His MAJESTY and the Doke of Kist rode to Cum berland Lodge, and inspeaed them. This morning, at nine o'clock, the ROYAL Pa lmy set out from Windsor for Weymouth. Yesterday afternoon Lord Cat' wr Com mander of the Duke of G LOC Cllni.k'S Loyal Vo lunteers, left town to join his family at Brighton Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the St. James's Loyal Volunteers, under the command of Amateur, assembled in the Duke of Poe I- I. %ND'S Grand Court-yard, and proceeded to l lyde Park, where they had a grand field day. On Monday last, Sir GEORGE Cu atm it, MP. gave an elegant dinner, at his seat at Moccas, to the Mayor and Corporation of Hereford. Lord Thar turowa and Sir 1 iris SHELLY re turned to town yesterday from Brighton. Lady HAATIICOTE leaves town this day for Ramsgate. The matrimonial treaty between Lord Ossvisrom and Mademoiselle Gm A tua r is said to be ratified by the Earl of TANKCIV I L L L. Lord EL L LEEBOROUGH and Sir Jolts C. HIPPIE. LE v are among the recent arrivals at Bath. Lady Pr.acti and her beautiful daughter, aecont• paniad by 1.0141 burls, General HOPE, &C. &CA went from Ramsgate on Monday to view Direr Castle ; after dii:ing at the Ship Inn, to the nimher of fourteen ladies and gentlemen, they returned the same evening to Ramsgate. The aftlie days of Ls Grace the Duke of NORT i. CIIREE LAND commence at Alnwick on the loth of neat month. Amongst the fashionals!es now at C'.isw7c.k. the seat of the Duke of Dt:s are the EA'l aad C mntess of Btsaostounsr, Lord G. L. Gov. su, L rd Ossut.srort, Lord DUNCAN:kW/4, LAdy C. PUSSON SY, and Mr. Fo4-rsa Ciift ns never was so lull if company a• w pre sent. Several families have be:a obliged to leave it from want of accommodation Sims-N.-bury nets commence the I d:h of nett m snth. and Cm stew the 24th. Mrs Tuo: 11 tos, who is matched to ride the four inilas at York, to-morrow, against Mr. Ft 1111, is a Frer.ch woman. The people of Birmingham say, that the v"i RJsriur is te.t.tinly of tEe male sea, and they are tolerable jud :1-s of a coavderfiel. Hereford Itleetios commen.es on We.!nes day, Sept. ; and, on Friday, M:s. l;ILLI~ti 1' is announced to giv.• her powerful aid to the ' 4 'l3. tormance of Vie Alpssiab. If Captain Der,rc had met Admiral L•N !C Pak'', Read, ' the Frenchman would not hate 411 opportunity to draw the long bow. Thu chemical Editor of a morning Print has dis covered that A carrot is an antidote against pos. and that the irte9?outed arsenic was pot into that . vegetable at IVarsaw for t h e behefit of the King 0 1 Fa A Net.':: At ahh. Last week, ELIZAZETH Hymns, the celebrated DoCiress of Kingsland, who pretended to work rip racks, was brought to bed of a daughter ways 4 - 11 not of twists, as she had pre:dieted. M'Gclax, a waiter at the l'albot Inn. Cuckfields will fight, on Wejnesdav ;text, with an Artilloy Driver, for 100 gume t.. The !att.: is backed In P' Quartrr.Nlaster and the wa.ter ts; - his master, tt.s Proprietor of the Talbot-En. Next week, the Duke Ot 4.;;OUCeit r .r'S VolUir!tee!! intend going to Harrow on compietvo equipped with hayresacks, canteens, an..l one &fr . provisions, and manoeuvre along the banks of t he Paddington Canal ; and, in the afternoon, return . 1 town in the Grand Ju:s4lion canal barges. withstanding this, few W any of the Batavian state creditors are foreigners, which chews the implense riches of that commonwealth, where no Bank notes air in cirsel dim; but all bills of exchange; contri butions, &c. are paid with cash, mostly silver, as gold has a discount. English ladies, p itosters of nor. have obtained per mission from the Emperor to travel in France for their health, when they previously have sent a cer tificate from two known physicians, to the war office, and obtained a pass from the Minister of the War Department.—( Petdariste.) GOTTENBURGH MAIL. OOTTLIIIMIGH, ♦UC. 12. The Pi ince De Conde, the Duke of Orleans, and another of the French Princes, are very soon ex pelled at Riga, to which, it is said, two k.nglish fri. gates are to convoy them ; they will proceed from thence to some convenient place in the Russian do minions, to meet Louis XVIII. ; leave having been given by the Emperor of Russia for that purpose; their Avant Couriers passed through Gottenburgh for Riga, on the 10th inst. By a Danish Bast-Indianian, which put in here yesterday, we have learned that the French Admiral LlllOl4 was beat off in the most gallant manner, by the English China ships, and was glad to take shel ter in Batavia, and that the whole of these ships pro ceeded on their voyage with safety. A Norwegian gentleman, who has been travelling along the coast of France, by Havre, from Bou logue, Calais, Ostend, &c. to Amsterdam, which place he left twelve days ago, says, that the great est disaffettion prevailed every where, but particu larly in the so my. In Boulogne there were 1,800 vessels of all des:riptions, which number it was in. tended to increase to 3,000; in the vicinity were about 2&000 troops, and about 15,000 near Ostend. I hese were the bulk upon the coast; but there were considerably more up the country. He says, that though the invasion of England was much talked of. and every preparation made for it, but few per sons believed it would ever take place ; and tha t since the late trials, the name of Bonaparte was exe crated, and the restoration of the Bomb .ins anxious ly wished for; and that noshing but the fear of again wandering through all the horrors of the late revolution, prevented their declaring in favour of it in Holland—he says, that people were groaning under their oppressions. Thia Da)—St. BA II TwasAmtw...4 - lolidey at the Public Offie s . TILE BRITISH PRESS. 1 a