The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-10-16 00:00:00

I snres on the Italian frontiers continue without inter ruption. On the Austrian pans of the coast of the Adriatic Sea, not far distant from Fiume, a new fortress is ordered to be construed upon the Plane of Alexandria, in Piedmont. The strong forts in tended to defend the Julian Alps are already ti *stied. Before next spring, the additional fortifi cations to Trevisa will be completed. The Austrian General, Count De Bellegar.i, dire& all these undertakings. According to the list letters from the Turkish frontiers, the confusion lit:d disorders continue to tnereese. The Christians of the Grecian Church in Bosnia have foll,rwed the example of their neigh bours, and taken up arms. Their plin is to unite themselves with the insorgent Servians. It is said, that several Foreign Officers have entered into the service of the latter, and that their troops now amount to 40,000 men, who, from want of artillery, Mos. and ammunition, have, however, nut yet been able to undertake any military operations of consequence. They are otherwise perfealy organised into regiments, battalions, and companies, and ob serve striaer discipline than could be expeCied after an insurrrtlion of only eight months. The cordon of Austrian troops on the same frontier amounts to 12,000 men, watching the movements of the in surgents, as well as those of the Turks, and forcing ►oth to respell the territory of their Sovereign. There is no truth in the report of the Divan having proposed, and the Sultan having consented, to give up Belgrade to Austria, on condition of restoring order in Servia. _ . As evil-minded persons have taken advantage of the cup'elity of w.any money brokers, to stir up a mutinous bah iviour among the lower classes of the people in the market places of the capital, by refusing or undervaluing all former silver coins, the Councellor of State and Preled of Police have ordered re be published, and posted u , the fol lowing advice, in execution of the Imperial decree eoncer, ing pieces of three 'ivies, 24 sols, 12 sols, and 6 soh : " Difficulties have occurred in carrying into ex ecution the Imperial Decree of the 13th last Au gust. They are removed by the Decree itself. Ist. In what concerns the epneha of the fabrication, it is not the year hundred (It milieu/we/which alone determines it. Every piece coined before 1726, with the King's effigy placed from left to right : every piece coined in 1726, and the following years, with the effigy turned from right to left, according to the model annexed to the edia of.l.inuary, 17,2 ti : Pieces, therefore, of which the effigy with full face (vet de jeer/ turns to the left, cannot be refused, even when she Tear hundred is not visible, ° e h / sh e coi n r. sf Frc.ch .1: b•reaticn. 2d. French coins are known again either by the effigy, if it be sufficiently ap parent, or 17 the escutcheon of Fleurs-de-Lys. and branches of laurels. This elphea.o is to put An end to all contestations. (Sipa:A) sins." The Prefel of the Seine has addressed .t bat so all the inhabitants of his department, informing them, " That every inhabitant of the iiiterior of the Empire, conviEled of I::...wingly having con cealed the person of a deserter, or conscript, or to have favoured his desertion, or to have, in any man ner, aided his escape from the pursuit, otilered by the 4th article of the law of the 24th Brumaire (year six), shall, for the first time, be condemned to a fine from 300 to 3,0'00 livres, and one year's ins prisonme::t ; and, for a second time, tried and con demned as an ris3adroietss, which is a capital crime." This letter has been caused by the want of zeal in the young men, and of patriotism in their ftlatives and friends, which have prevented the quota of con scripts for the department of the Seine still to re main incomplete. THE IRoN 11 kSK. The history of the man with the iron mask, of whom so much has already been said and written, will soon be augmented with a new chapter. A per son, who thinks hialaelf able to explain this mystery , : a more sata,tatct iry manner, i , preparing to puts- Esh his conjectures. He pretends to know, from a !'tier of I ir.fis XV!. t'lat this Prince was unac ipainted wull the se, 'et who that unfortunate per son really was who lived acid died with an iron m is'.: . . over his face. It is kn -, wra, that one of the supposi tions witch has obtained most credit is, that he was the Count de%'ermandois, natural son of Louis X i V. y the Duchess De La Valliere. That the motive to this extreme rigour was an aft of brutality of Count De Vermardois towards the Dauphin. But as the Count WAS publicly buried, it is supposed that the funeral ceremonies performed for him, were merely means to mislead the historians of that time, and that a log of wood was buried in his place. It is the verification of his coffin, and what it contains, which is the objea of the above mentioned letter of Louis XVI. now in the hands of a Member of the National Institute. The King ordered the Bishop of Arras to (s i ren the coffin, and to take a Fenn eirrh.:l of r.s cc.ntents, and to sand it to His Majesty. Louis XVI. consequently did aot kaow any thi n g certain on this subjed. This letter will be depo sited in the Imperial library, as an historical record, where every one may see and read its contents. It is said, that after the public has been acquainted with the new explanation ready to appear, the man of the iron mask will cease to inspire the same in:crest as he has hitherto done.— (Gazette ik Kance.) The public is now about to be plagued with the hundredth supposition, concerning the man of the iron mask, in consequence of a letter which Louis XVI. wrote to the Bishop of Arras, to have the coffin of the Count de Vermandois verified, and which was found to contain he bones or ashes of some dead person of the age in which the Count died. That Louis XVI. should be ignorant of what was known to his ancestors, and even to the courtiers and writers of his own times, is totally improbable. Both the late Duke of Richelieu and Voltaire were acquainted with the name, birth, and rank, of the person known ander the name of the mail with the iron mask, though in 1.0:1, this mask was of velvet with iron springs. The particulars of this person are now no longer mysterious, since-a manuscript copy, in Voltaire's hand writing, is in the hands of his niece, Madame De Villette, explaining the whole, and which, with other inedited manuscripts of that great Philosopher, are bequeathed by her to a lite rary friend, on condition of not being printed be fore tea years after her death. Many persons have, however, been permitted to peruse it ; and we can assure our readers, upon the most authentic docu ments, that the mast with the iron ma-k was the son of the Queen Dowager of Louis XI 11. and the mother of Louis XIV. by Cardinal Mazarin, to whim she was privately married, and that he was born in the Palais Royal at Paris 1648. It is well known that Mazarin, though a Cardinal, had not taken Priests orders, and that Louis XIV. always treated him with the same respect and regard as if he had been his parent. It was after Mazarin's death, that the public first heard of the iron mask, because, during his ►ife, his son was travelling abroad with a private tutor, without knowing who were his parents or relatives. Tins tutor dying some time afterwards suddenly at Brussels, his papers unfortunately discovered to young Mazarin, his high birth, who, in consequence, went to Paz is, and expostulated, rather imprudently, with his mother, who, to conceal what she thought her fa mily disgrace, by such a marriage, consented to the treatment which her youngest son afterwards experienced, and who, on account of his great likeness to his brother, Louis XIV. was obliged to wear a black velvet mask over his face. I le. %vac, however, treated, ie his confinement, with all the respea due to a Prince of the blood, and even the governor of the Riede dared not sit down in his pres-oce, without his permission. Ile was always served upon plate, with the choicest dishes and wines, and wore the finest clothes and linen. Except his liberty, he could command every thing, and even• one about him. 'these particulars, Voltaire had out only from his friend, the old Duke of Richelieu, but from the Duke of Orleans, the Regent under the minority of Louis XV. The letter of Louis XVI. to the Bishop of Arras can, therefore, be nothing else hut a mere matter of curiosity on the part of this Ptinee, if it he real ; but many think it one of the many tahricated in his name by the Ja cobins of 1794 and I 793.—(Ma t ezie d'diucviars). THE BRITISH PRtESS• LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16. We understand that Government has finally scttled with the holders of the Loyalty Loan upon the following terms : For every LAW Loyalty Lean 5 per Crine. tlra hoiden are to reteive L.lOO Navy 5 per Cents. estimated at I SC 10 • And 1.20 91. 7.1. in the Reduced 3 per Cenu. catenated at 4. i 5, manse t..l t 9 6 10u I) 0 The market price of the Navy 5 per Cents. WAS 9O Ios. and of the Reduced 46(4; so tli.it the holders have a bonus of something more than 42 on every £lOO. Private letters Com Paris state, that Count Co aserzei. is making great preparations to celebrate, with all possible splendour, the day of his So vereign's inauguration Al a revolutionary Emperor of Austria, on the Ist of November. BUN A t ANTS. his wife, brothers, and sisters, are to be pre sent p and upwards of six hundred cards of invita tion have already been sent round every where to the members of the foreign diplomatic corps, as well as to the French revolutionary gentry. As the great expences for this patriotic fete mill not be remitted from the Cabinet of Vienna, aud Co- BLNT ZEL himself is as much a Sass Gaunt in pro perty as in principle, it is supposed that he will be, as many Preload lm has bola already, lademnifsad by NA pottom the First; who does not consider fifty thousand louis d'ors too great a price for the revolutionary fraternity with an imperial brother. Such is now the intimacy between Coacsrzr and TALr.LYRAND, that the other Mi nisters call them the poktteal trinity- But they are not only the favourite; of TALLEYRA P: ; even BO NAP•RVE, at their audience at Aix la Charlie, condescended to converse with them two minutes longer than the time fixed by the Imperial Master of Ceremonies ; to the great vexation of the revolu tionary knight, &NI PANEL PENNINCK, the Batavian Ambassador. Of the other diplomatic agents, the Spanish Ambassador, GRAVIPIA, the nister, DRRYEte, and the Bavarian Minister CkTTO, are still favourites in 'Ma only ; though seen with pleasure by TA IA EY It•ND, and spaken to with civility by BUN APAKt L. All the other di plomats are treated rather cavalierly. TA L LEY I AND politely nods to them, whilst BOS A PA lITR graciously stares at them. Their invi tations to court are few, and their confer: nee. short. They see that they are endured, and feel that they are not much liked. Their situatio r is therefote not enviable ; as the first supposed in discreet word, or . faux pas, will be followed by an impel ial scolding at the Thuilleries, if not by a short visit to the Iliperial Bastile—the Temple. They are watched by TA 1.1.E-ra AND'S spies, and insulted by siusataara's satellites. A Letter from Dover states, that a Prussian ves sel from Antwerp, for Lisbon, was spoken with Last Friday by oar cruisers in the Downs. 'The Prussian Capt. declared, that before his departure information ha Ib:7m received atAntwerp of the arrival of liom A PASTE on the coast, and that he intended, during his present review of his camps, to visit that city, where the Prefca and the Commander had ordered great rejoicings, though the most numerous and respeit able of the inhabitants detest equally France and her tyrant, and had gone to their country-houses to avoid seeing the Usur per within the walls of a place, so often honoured with the presence of their former Princes, of the House of Austria, to which they are zealously at tached. On Monday the nth inst. sixteen gun-boats, six flat-bottomed boats, two praams, and ten trans ports from Holland, anchored in the Scheldt, oppo site Antwerp, and had orders to proceed, with all possible dispatch, by way of the canals of the inte rior, to Ostend. The transports were under Dutch colours, but all the armed vessels had the French ti.ig, though most of the sailors on board were Dutchmen or Gel mans, commanded by French Officers. Since the blockade of the other Flemish ports, the trade of Antwerp is rather brisk : no less than twenty-four neutral vessels had cleared nut the week before. It was expected that a:i embargo would be laid on all shipping, at DUN A e AMT L'S arrival, to be continued during his stay. The Russian Fleet, which was expelled to co operate with us in the German Ocean, hal, probably, rrturned before this time to Russia. We have in serted a letter from au Officer on board, which states, that it was only to croise in the North Sea until the Lith September. It consisted oftluee ships of 6/ guns, three of 44, and a cutter. Admiral Con wiesi.us sailed with his squadron from Torbay on Saturday, to resume his station off Bien. On Friday evening Lord Goose and suite ar rived at Nelson's Hotel, Yarmouth, and on Saturday afternoon his Lordship embarked on board th e.imeloteat frigate. Captain SPIIIMOER. for St. Petersburgh ; the frigate got under way about four o'clock with a fair wind. His Lordship was expeaed to make his pas sage _ in eight days, if the wind continue s f a i r . Mr. Mt , t;::‘). the American Plenipotentiary at oar Court, has, in consequence of instruaions received from Mr. President Jarr slot:, set out for Madrid, via France, to assist Mr. PIKKNE7 in the pending negotiations for the adjustment of the existing differ ences between His L•THOLIC MAJESTY and the United States. The general opinion of naval men is, that it the attempt of invasion is delayed for a week or two longer, there is little probability of its being tried, at least from Boulogne, for several month s t o come. The Morfoig Welledro, the Lord Neiroohalid the Atarvits of Elu, outward bound East Indiamen, were all well on the id June, in Lat. S 7. South. Long IS. Eaq. The Diligence, Duette, front Leith for Peters. burgh, is lost near I iagland. The Orphetu frigate, and the Itioger sloop of war. with the fleet under convoy for Newfoundland, Quebec, aad Halifax., which sailed from Portsmouth on the 3d August, were spoken with on the 196 of September, in Lat. 44. G. Long. 38. S. all well. A letter from a Gentleman in Jamaica, dated the sth of August, says, “ never did this island wear a more smiling aspedf than at present. The crops of sugar, coffee, &c. are abundant ; and, what is still more important, the most perfea tranquillity reigns among the Blacks throughout the island." it appears that a revolution is about to take place in the Borough politics of Truro. The matter cameto issue on Tuesday last, when several memtsers of the Corporation assembled as usual at the Town-Hall, to choose a Mayor for the year ensuing. The at tendance was not sufficiently numerous, however, to proceed to business ; and, in consequence, no Mayor has yet been chosen. Lord F LII.OL:T If presided as Recorder of the Borough. ItOrir p•I I! I/. Y. WEVsi,JUTH. OCT. !4 Yesterday afternoon, about tour o'clock, t Rov 41. ttA , r.iturned here fr.on their visit t Lord Rivriss. Ilis Jest , / came on horseback and th' Qum, and Palaces - se; in earl ;ages. l a slaart time after their arrival, His NI A.lrsl Y gay an audience to Lord CasTLcataaw, who had j ut arrived, and His MAJEsTv continued in convers4 tion with his Lordship fur .t crsistiderable time. In the evening the ItovAL FAMILY honoured th Theatre with their presence, where their return welcomed with reiterated bursts of applause, an shouts of " Long live the King !" a crowded au dience. This morning, soon after seven o'clock, AJcsr r left the lndge, and, accompanied by Lor,i i CASfLERLAGNAIId‘N ALSINGMAM; GeMtIaIIGARI and M —ARMING:IAM ; COlUltel Cox Alld Mr. lhow% walked in the neighbourhood of the town, till nine o'clock. About eleven o'clock, the Roy AL FAU 1 Ly, companied by Lord and Lady CAszttetaoli, At. tended Divine Service at the church. Anicti at UPI es Howl on Saturday list, Mr. Todd, Lieut. Thorn" Mr. Cronlaile, Mr Robieb. ; Mr. Wilton, ti. C. Eniete t EA. Mr. Calk, Mr. Miltraiik, Hull, Mr. Turner Mr. ClAytun, Mr. S mit h , Mr. Sawicki', Mr. Wagg.t.iff. Mr Rutter. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS IR Tow/. Mr. and Mr t. Ifamilion, after a tour through England, Ban', II.•tel Jernivn-ottert, The Hat; Mr. Cowper, front a visit to Earl Cowper, Pi .ianor. Herta, at Albany-place. Lady Wortley, foam * Itoekshire, to her father's house, vrnnr•vgnnre. Lady Melville, from Wimbledon, to the Admiralty. Sir S. Smith, frum Dover, to his house, Upper Sep street. FASMINABLE DEPARTURES FROM TOWN. Ca pt ai n I. and Ni'. !lope, to Chatham. The Earl of laud, to Apetilorpe, Nogthami hi e. The kfarchirmes: of Stafford, to Fe B •trn Ths Hon. enptain lhokint, upon a ..:44 to hi %late Brocklest)) , Hall, St7.lordsh,,e (mei R,lton, to H rckurnal Paric, near Ea inettoke. The ficke of Rutland, to Chmeley Hall, C.nh-.4......1,, re The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, upon a t.nti .re Lily William Ru.sen, at Streatham. His Royal Highness this Prince of War es ail leave Carlton House, this day, for Brighton. The Marquis of Dowassisesi Isirthkl.ty w' celebrated last week, with a ball and supper, the house of the Marchioness of D'iwssui as, a Brighton. His Royal Highness the Prince o WAL ft 11l ! the Dukes of CLAaNCa and Susses, Count BEAUJOLAIS, Were of the party. The rich Miss HINT, of Cornwall, is said to preparing for a visit to the Temple of Hymen. An express arrived in town last night, wish 4 account that Lord 1•1111ERiT is dangerously is posed at Clifton. Captain H. HAM NitasLtv, r,f to Sc. James's Volunteers, immediately setoff upon visit to his Lordship. Lady Musso" has purchased foe her soil, 0 Hon. Mr. Monson, the late Earl of Ossoar's 'as as in Sermour.place, for 6.000 guineas. Count Bcsu.sos.ats will leave Putney Heath morr..w, to join the Prince of . :41 LES. at Briglatoai A young Gentlerca t of Cumberland pa,. through Carlisle on Friday, wi th a young Lastly beauty, family, fashion, and ruralise, to visit connubial Blacksmith of Gretna Green. Mr Moat was eleassi Mayor of Salisbury Wednesday, upon whi:h occa,ion he gave aon stomas! dinner to the 6...dy of the Corporation. The Right Hon. General Pa trs has rezumtd r command of the Portsmouth garrison, which for a short time, to accompany his brother, I. Mureasat, au a visit to His Hansel( at IV mouth. The lady of Captain Sronnarr, of the Ann killens, I: the best female equestrian in the Son:11 Fngland. She hunts with the PKINCE'S hati•-r; Brijihton. '1 he prowiaens state of several females at h. Theatres, promises, in a few weeks, a whole ill . ' of woo, 12,4rita's. Mr. Mesraas, son of the amiable Mrs. MoSiC of Grosvenor•place, will shortly to the by neal temple, the fascinating Miss Cl4;.WukTll, Non ingham. The young Rerrins was announced for Ad.- in the Tragedy of Barbaressa, last night, at Liverpool Theatre. The werd fashions are ree•nrirlently derkid the very persons who abuse female dress. Miss I)ti sc. so is considered one of the • financiers ever known in Drury-lane the very of the place acknowledges her talents. Mal ton Meeting, last week, was fashionably numerously attended; mach more so than tier years past: among the company on the grou Sc. we noticed the following : Loly Vorclifl.. LEA and Lady Middleton, Sr M. M. Lady Sikes, tor; %fortieth, Earl G 1. , . Load eetitem, Lady G. Howard, Lady E. Grimier. 1.1,11 H. C. dvih, the lien. Miss Byron, the Hoe. Mt. H said. she F I toeard, the Hon. H Howard. A Craven Meeting is to be instituted at 14A. in support of which several gentlemen have alt subscribed their names to the Sweepstakes Matches. We have read of no wonders from the coast some days. Baron Musrhatoes is now playas pranks in tearing the women's clothes near bridge On Friday, the lion. THoatss Atvato lla second son of the Earl of Mat este'. Y, was ek Member of Parliament for the fliwough of Nor . in Sti,ses, in the room of PATRICIL Ross, Esq. ceased. Fite merchants of Bristol have voted a hand niece of plate, with appropriate ornaments, to ev. W. Microns, A. M. vicar of Heckftel Hampshire, for his original suggestinn for the provetnent of the harbour of that place. The American Papers state, that His /*. Highness Inmost s lkrr• , and la. Lad). disappointed in their attempt to est ape to Fran board the vessel that carried General Aa ssss to France. The General was to take the board at Staten Island. When his ilreLaess there, he learned, to his great nwrtitica:inni vessel had sailed without him. peth ft,rh Airh these bnas el' Ai Tel cons fhb Tote the able atte Du lux excl 1 1 04 i odd hits cr.s Til