The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-05-18 00:00:00

I- tiin are sear a hundred capital climes, which in other countries are merely regarded as errors .rears.)—(Ga:ette de France.) Some time ago the Janissaries at Belgrade mur dered the Pacha and the Governor of the Sublime Poste. Sine.- that period anarchy has - i*lsiurbed that city and the neighboming province. Four of the Beys of the Janissaries were particularly odious for their oppression and cruelty, and rovoked an in surreelion among the Servians, who demanded the new Paella to deliver up these four Beyt Upon his refusal the civil war broke out, and the Servians, to the number of 7000, approached Belgrade. Their number, however, soon increased to 30,000 men, when the Sublime Porte not only made legiti mate, but encouraged their undertakings by the following Firman " The Sublime Porte regards as legitime, the armed resin ance, which its subjects in bervia have opposed to the arbi trary arts, to the Tyranny, pillage end murders committed by the Beys of Belgrade. It desires that the inhabitants of Semis entirely annihilate there brigands ; su much the more, as since the murder it the late Pasha, no contributisins have been sent V. the Inn:writ! Treasury from the province of Servia, The Sublime P me assures its faithful subjects of Servia in the mean tim:, an exception from all contributions for nine years to come, u an indemnity f n the howls they have experienced It recommends them, however, in pro,e,ding to destroy the rebels, to phew the greatest regard for the Puha, in nut only nut troubling his tratiqtuillity, but its furn Whine him with all necessary movistons, 4tc. which he may claim." This Firman had the effea of eleaticity upon the Servians,who immediately determined to have a com plete vengeance upon the Beys. Belgrade has been iarested by them, since the I iith tilt. and the fortified gusts and uutwol ks of 13:thava and ltudwick have biden taken by assault. In this critical position, the Beys attempted to arm the inhabitants of Belgrade, but they did not succeed ; and in the impossibility to defend the outworks with their troops, they have retired to the interior of the place, where they arc de termined to defend themselves to the last extremity. Their troops do not amount to 2000 men. It is es:peeled, that before now, Belgrade is in the pa session of the insurgents. But as these are mostly of Greek eersuasion, and fanatical Christians, it re. Tires more than common sagacity to foresee what taeir cssndtaf will be after destroying their Turkish Tyrants ; if thee will again submit to a despotic government, intolerant and cruel, and which has en slaved their countrymen for centuries ; or if they trill remember their ancestofs, and their glorious performances, break their fetters , and be free and idifreedens. That they may be so at this period, is not to he doubted, from the weakness of the tottering Turkish Elmeil‘e, n o t able to conquer two thousand rebels at Belgrade; though by it the whole province of Servia would have been subjugated..-(Joureal glos Difeneemrs.) The brigands who lately plundered the Diligence from Strasburgh to Lyons, have been discovered, and are now in the prisons at Colmar. Two days after their arrest, the money was found in a field be longing to one of them. These are no Royalist or Chouan Brigands, but true Jacobins, and formerly Members of the Revolutionary Committees, and the terror of the Deparunent during the reign of Robes pierre. A letter front Martinico, of the te2d of January, says, " For this month we are less swiftly blockaded ,y the English ; we have plenty of provisions ; this !..rflony therefore will continue to belong to France. The English have no means to attack us ; but if they come, they shall repent of it. The only thing we want is news from France ; c know aiaeluGlg nothing of what is joins on there. The dle therefore spread many reports, and the liars !lave fine game, &c. Lattrd-)--Yr wets of ‘l/ L Birth-0-4101iday rat the Public thf,ees. 'RE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, FRIDAY, MAY is. Yesterday abounded with interesting rumours. It ' was stated with confidence at both the cast and west lids of the town, that Mr. LIVINGSTON had arrived with proposals of a negotiation for peace from BoN A. .A RT I:. This Gentleman is said to be the father of ha Mr. LI VI NGST ON who was employed upon a si nilar mission which ended in the Treaty of Amiens. Ir. Cocavoiseun arrived at the same time at .ord Ils alway's Office, in Downing -street, with ispatches to His MA EST Y'S Principal Secretary of :tate for Foreign Affairs from the Court of Vienna. Ve do nut pledge ourselves for the channel through -hich the proposal for a negotiation was made ; but Sat a proposal of the kind has been mada,was certain assumed is a fait last night in the political circles. Ise public have been, indeed, taught by their ex erience of the Fi *sr CossiA's policy, to en:oat .rat his elevation to the title of Emperor would be ,Alowed up with a step of thi s . kind. When he was ade Fix , r Coasu►., among the first means to -5 he resorted to confirm his new title and .ecure his power, was a proposition for peace ; tnd the new Estrestos might be naturally ex *fled to adopt the policy which had so effec ually served the new CONSUL. Such a propo. ition, he also knows, must be attended with still nore important advantages to him at the present noment, from the peculiar state of our internal ,olitics. When Bus aranve sent off his proposal, indeed such an event has taken place, he had ;round to calculate upon Mr. Fox as a Member of he new Administration. If his speculation should rove right, he had reason to expeft, from the pacific hale tcr of that Gentleman, that the proposal vould meet a favourable reception. On the other ide, if Mr. Fox was not in the Cabinet ; and if the iroposal should be rejefted, he might Ratter himself hat the circumstance would strengthen the Opposi- ion, weaken the Government, increase the eribar- rassment oldie Minister, and excite public 41;:;,:ontent arse dissatisfietion. lit eit:ter event, hi, parpc,se • would be answered. - He would confirm hi: newly acquired title,. Withinit forfeiting any thing, without giving up any right, or conceding any advantage. A bare proposition, for a Negotiation for Peace, binds him to nothing. The tedious and • teas ing uncertainty in which he would probably involve its progress, would be the most suc cessful mode of carrying on the war against us, and establishing his new Government. We stated, in a formerpaper, the report of his having been already proclaimed " Emperor of the French." It was yester day repeated with encreased confidence. Dutch Papers were received .in the morning clown to the 10th, but the Paris news which they contain is not later than the sth. At that time, the vote fur conferring his new title upon Bur; A P.‘ltT L had passed the Tribunate, in which it was carried by n majo rity of 13 to 1. CaI:NOT was the dissenting nice, and Jostrii MOREAU, the brother to General Mo tt:AV, was in the majority. The numbers upon this division furnish a proof of the unpopularity of the question. The Tribunate consists of 100 Members. It was also reported yesterday, that the French and Dutch fleets are out. The intelligence re speaing the latter, it is said, was contained in a letter trona Sir Sit s v Sutra, concluding with the following words: " I toe ill to write a big l*t ter, but and %%ell eni.ii;ll to fight." The Dutch force consitted of ships of the line, and sixty transports. Sit Sv UNE"; Sstl LE, it is said. Was left in pursuit of it. The CeJttentorgh Mail, which arrived yesterday, brought the following :Article, dated Gottenburgh, May 11 : The murder of the Dicke D'Encnten has caused a very great sensation at St. Petersburgh. The &Amuse immediately ordered a Court mourn ing the occasion ; and such have been the feel ings of the people in general, that several of the French residents there have been openly insulted. Tt is also said, that a great body of Russian troops is under marching orders." This paper, on Saturday last. tontaimd ezetsi sieely, a prieate honer from St. Petersburgh of the 17th ult. iii which this intelligence is given in the following words: On the 15th instant a Courier anived here from our Charge d'Affairs at Paris, and brought the news of the arrest and murder of the Duke D'ENnui et:, which excited such a gene ral indignation, not only in the Court circle, but among the people, that wherever the French Ambassador appears, he is either hooted or shun ned." '1 he account by the Gottenburg MA.I of the manner in which this foul murder was re ceived at St. Petersburgh, our readers will observe, is nearly word for word, the same as that given in this Paper on Saturday last; and, yet all the Even ing Papers of yesterday, except THE GtosE, gave it as original intelligence, and the first disclo sure of the disposition of Russia. The Morning Papers of this day will follow their example, and endeavour to impose it upon the public, as original news. De our readers require any farther proof of the priority of our intelligence; and is it necessary, in defence of our interests, and fair claims to public patronage, that we should daily point out to public notice, the superiority which this Paper daily pos sesses over its contemporaries ? We hope not.— The daily encreasing patronage which we enjoy pros4s that the candour, taste, and discernment of the public require no foreign aid to discover merit; no foreign light to discover ignorance and chatlatanism. To expose the unfairness and the quackery of The Courser, The S'er, and other papers to which we allude, we need only refer to their numbers on Saturday last, in which they copied from Tut BILITISI4 Pans, the very intelligence which they yesterday published as nil.. Two mails arrived yesterday from the Leeward Islands. Letters from Barbadoes state, that a Secret Expedition has been for some time preparing in that quarter. The arrival of General Mvsas and a body of troops there, has led to an opinion among the military men in the West Indies, that the objetl of attack will be Martinico, which has bees for some time blockaded by Commodore kloon, who, as it appears by former accounts, had taken possession of the Diamond Rock, near that island, which he had fortified. From St. Vincent's we learn, that some quarrels have recently taken place there, which terminated in duels. Governor B/INTINCK is stated to have had an affair of this kind with a Mr. SuaaPs, a Member of the Council, in consequence of some ex pressions made use of by the latter, which the Go vernor considered as disrespectful to His MAJtiTv's Privy Council, and offensive to himself. A meet ing took place, and Mr. S. was badly wounded, but not dangerously. Another duel, attended with more distressing circumstances. took place between Dr. WAecoe, the Garrison Siirgeon, and Mr. Jon N GRA:sr, formerly Ordnance Store-keeper, St. vincelit. The former fell at the first tire. A Coroner's J::ry immediately met. and returned a Verdia of Wilful Murder against Mr. GRANT. We have learned that the Candian; had, during an invasion which they made into the province of Ilatica.ao, which lies on the eastern side of the island between 'Trincomalee and Tangalle; succeeded in exciting an almost general insurreCtion among its inhahit:lnts, but that they had been repulsed by the Agera of Revenues, Mr. J. SMITZ, with a con siderable loss; that they bad also been driven by a detachment of His MAJk.STY ' S 19111 root from Con• tear, on which they had seized, and that almost the whole of the northern distrin had been cleared of them by the exertions of our military force judi ciously distributed, aided by the services o; colleCtors and other civil officers of Government. The re peated ads of cruelty praCtised by the King of CANDY upon his own subjeth, and particularly the murder of the Dessave Leutca, cannot fail to in crease the general aissatisfaetion of his people, and alienate from his obedience the leading men of the country. We are happy to state that many of our Malays, who had fallen into their hands, both prior and subsequently to the late inhuman murder of our small forces have found means to escape from the different villages where they had been confined, and to col'b' down with their women and children to Colombo. Tile contest, if such it may be called, when the resistance is so contemptible, cannot be of long duration ; and we may sanguinely look for ward to the total destruaion of that barbarous power, and the annexation of that country to the Crown of Great Britain. We have received some French Papers to the sth, from which we have made some extrafts. The contents are not of importance. Yesterday at ten o'clock, His MAJESTY t: ye audiences to the Loao CH thIIBIALAIN and tr. PITT. . _ -- Yesterday at 12 o'clock. His MAJESTY, accom panied by the Duke of Ca. autocr, and followed by the Qurts. and PRINCESSES, toek an airing to Kew, and returned about three o'clock. Yesterday at one o'clock. Lord H A ;mow n Y held a Cabinet Council, at his office in Downing -street, fcr the first tame since his appointmeru, which was at tended by the HESSIAN, PRUSSIAN, and NcArot.i- ANDASSADVIth; the Council sat till three o'clock. _ . _ A Iteveluxe cutter arrived oh Wednesday at Ports mouth, with seven French prisoners saved from four gun-boats that have been lost in the race of Alderney. A Dutch brig, of 16 guns, has been sent into Leith by the Ethititra fiigate. She was taken on the Coat of Norway, and is one of the vessels that have so much annoyed our trade in that quarter. Letters from the military head-quarters of Kent and Sussex mention, that ahnect every regiment in those distrias is on the eve of taking the field, the ground for very large encampments having been already marked ont. The Flag-signal for the London Volunteers this day, was hoisted on d: north-east corner of St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday, to try its effed prepara ry to this day. Speftators flocked from all quar ter:, and strived at the moment the Nobility were leaving the church, which caused some trilling con fu lon. Lieutenant-Colonel /Minn arrived at Bombay on the 7to of Odober, from Broach, on board the Company's gun-boat Fare. On Saturday evening, his Excellency the Earl of MOIRA, Generals V vsr and Dom, the Sheriff, se veral of the Deputy Lieutenants of the County, &c. inspefled the horses, carts, and carriages, in the parishes of St. Cuthbert's, and North and South Leith, in Burntsfield Links. The horses were more numerous than at last muster ; and when his Lord ship left the ground he was saluted with three otters.. An American Captain, arrived from the Cape of Good Hope at Falmouth, reports that about 2,000 troops had embarked and sailed for Batavia from the Cape, and that great numbers were daily deserting. Accounts were received before the Captain sailed, that the French squadron under Admiral Lino's had arrived at the Mauritius. We stated some time ago, that an ophthalmia has lately prevailed in the Isle of Wight, among the I ith regiment, which is evidently contagious. Se veral men have lost their sight. The disease at pre sent has erased. It was of a very uncommon nature; nothing similar to the ophthalmia in Egypt. Dr. Sid Art la. inspeitor of Hospitals (from his knowledge of the disease in Egypt) has been seleteleti by the Medical Board, and sent down there, to inspect the disorder ; since his arrival, seve ral desperate cases have recovered under the treat ment directed by him. After all the torrents of bloed that have flowed to establish a republic, founded upon liberty and equa lity, we find the people of France ready to how down their heads, and acknowledge themselves a nation of slaves, under an Emperor and a depot. On the 6th November last. the Rahimshalv, Cap tain Mies o arrived at Bombay, from Muscat, where she had been blocked up by the Frensh fri gate Atalanta of 3b guns, one of Admiral Limon' squadron, which left Pondich'-rry on the lath July, in the expeaation of receiving dispatches overland, from France, and with an intent of establishing a Resident at Muscat, who landed from the frigate immediately on bar arrival ; but, not being perzzwacd to hoist the French flag, returned on hoard. The French Captain was not allowed an audience with the 'KAMM. As soon as the frigate had got her wa ter, she saikti, on the t :+th Ottober, but was daily seen at some distance of the port, with an intention of eaptutinry the Ittrhiarria;.:, if she attempted to proceed or, her voyage. ormmrc At TEi_► _ROYAL ACADEMY. Before we touch upon the Portraits, there are few more pidures out of that class which we wish to mention. .1 Tr ger disturbed et the moment he has seized on Iris Prey, by G. Smith, has great merit. The face is very fine; and the whole expression of the crea tures passion, as that is found both in the counte nance and attitude, is conceived with accuracy, and , most forcibly delineated. The Ghost, from Bloomfield 9 s 4 , Farmer's Boy ;" — i f Vine in Irak% Moel Siabodd at a distance;_. and Conway Castle, by Sir G. Beaumont. These three pislures severally possess much beauty. The first of them is a winter-scene, moonlight. The sub jed is well imagined, and the appearances of the time of year chosen by the artist, very accurately represented. The other two are natural, spirited, and pleasing views. Inside View of an Alehouse Stale, by I. L. Agassr . We mention this pidure with very sincere pleastm. It is particularly to be noticed for truth of cha rafter ; combined with a better finishing, a fuller and richer colouring, than we find in some other artists in the English) school who have treated Simi lar subjeds. The smaller of the two horses i s li tt l e interior to some of the best roastcr, in :hat Led. The dog is also well done. SONS OF ME CLERGY. Yesterday the Anniversary Sermon was preached at St. Paul's Cathedral, before the Supporters of this Charity, by the Rev. Mr. Ho nosoN, Reftor of St. George's, Hanover-square, from the 4th chapter of Philippians, and the hut clause of the Bth verse. " if there be any Virtue, and if there be any Praise, th:nli of these Phisiga " The Instrumein al department was ably led by Mr. SHAW L and the whole was conduced by Sir WILLIAM ?ARSONS. Among the company, which was uncommonly numerous, were the LORD MAYOR, who went in State, accompanied by the Aldermen BoYoELL and Pencil AND, the Sheriffs, Chamberlain,' Etc'. The Doke of RUT LAND (one of the Stewards), Earl of B ID.• FWA T ER, LI id ELLEnaomoLci, the Arch bishop of TVA M, the Bishops of LONDON, DURHAM, WINCHESTER, LITCHFIELD and COVENTRY, B ATIE and WELL:4SL Davin's, ERR-reit, FERNS, Cr.orteri and many other of the dignified Clergy —The unit ed Collations amounted at as early hour in the evening, to near 1000 L I'ASSLNGERS TO IRELAND. THE AI/CELAN°. Passengers from Holyhead to Dublin, 13th May. Mt, BAWD., Mr. Blackwood, Mr. Rooney, and Mr. Davies. . THE 0111111LIDGE. Mr. Goff, Mr Flail, Mr. Waal), and (Amity, Mr. Dawson, Mr. C to. Jame. Douglas, 45th regan.ust, Mr. eoun..n. Nir firadssreA, Mr. Daly, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Burke, Mr. au:d shire Miwes Corny, Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Cavener, and Mrs Ralf: Yesterday, the Royal Jennerian Society dined at the Crown and Anchor id the Strand. The Duke of Ileums° in the chair. The meeting was numer ous. It included Viscount Mo PLTH, Mr. FULLER, Mr B. T s, Dolor LUrsom, itc. After dinner, the substance of the report of the proceeding; of the Vaccine in every part of the world was read. from which it appeated, that not a failure had oc curred any where, and that at Vienna, only four had died li , t year of the natural small pox. A letter was read from Dr. JLNNEK, apologising for hit absence, in consequence of the indisposition of Mrs. JENNER. The Concert of Ant:ent Music on Wednesday night, was attended by His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE ' the Earls Disam.zr, Fon rESCre, Coksi muerte, and UXBRIDGE. Mrs. BILLINGTOS, BARTLEMAN, HAa lIfOM, BCC. sung with their usual ability. WILLIAM DACRES ADAMS, Esc. of the Sec: etnry of State's Office, is appointed Mr. Ptrr's Private Secretary. _ _ Mr Plrr, having made his tread, intends to re tire from business, and leave his house in Mier street. The Rev. J. NICHOL AR, LL.D. is presented by Lady Noarktwicn, to the Reaory of Bremilham. Wilts. The Bond-street Loungers are famous for the pre sentation of Colours. They put every modest v:o -man they meet to the blnch. The last Bath arrivals are, Lord Catnerry, Sir A. and Lady Johnson, Sir John and Lady Stewart, Admiral Christie, Major and Mrs. Ditcher, Major and Mrs. Murray, Major Parkhill, Dr. Fillet, Dr. Mrs. and Miss Gibba, Rev. Mr. Lanadon, Rite. Mr. Davis, Res. Mr. Simpson, Ran. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Huntley. The St. James's. %Vestmin'ter, Loyal Volunteers will parade this morning at Durbur's-place, at sir o'clock, with haversacks and canteens containing one day's provisions. The Shropshire Regiment of Volunteers, in num ber 1928, headed by their worthy Colonel, J. K. Powr.i.t., Esq. M. P. marched into Shrewsbury.. 1856, on Monday list, for three weeks permanent duty. . _ Hose r ART C has made war upon the Grew and has at last get hold of him, but probably ere long, the Great IDevil will have Mfr. tat. the prohibition against the appearance of patten: near the Admiralty, in St. James s Park, has been revt.kcd since Admiral PATTV4 Wig appointed is that quarter. Earl TEMPLE called the late Ministry "a thing of shreds and patches." He will, no doubt, call the present a " thing of odd, and cords, or tope and ilattena." Vicountess Foutstorse died veverday at Pad dington. Her Ladyship was the only child of the Lite FArl dr Liscotat t sad was married the Rd of oSober. 1 800 , to Lord Viscount Fourarove, to whom she brought 2 fortune of 00,0001. Orders h.ivelnesi issued fur the building of a fir frigate. We supi•ore this is out of comp) men' to the French. WIW Ate 'tit; a to have a great dislike to Enstigh Ock. Sir Jous RAstsne:es Son and another you's. G.mtlernan lately fought a duel at Harrow Seho.i. The parties agreed to fire at each other's ic;s2)l ll 7- The latter GeMlernati was vverely wounded in the ancle. A LE rou . :0. 1' 44 CC Ispir :ains Tlrh I.hAt S