The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1804-09-14 00:00:00

.11.1770 PS PERltika, MAYOR. To aU Cotains, ?dots, and other Peroonshaving the command or care of Foreign Vessels, In the Port of London. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That tke Colours of all Foreign Vessels are to be hoisted immediately en their entering Rugby's Hole, to remain up tilt they arrive at their appointed Stations. The Colours are likewise to be hoiwed when the Vessel leaves her kfewrings going down the River. That dl Coinmandetv of Foreign Vessels do mutter their Criw every Evening at Snn•set, and not suffer any of them to go on shore after that time till Sunrise; end in Cate any of their People desert, or are dischat gett, immediate Information most be sent to theLortilon Schooner, of Greenwich. That all Pilots or Watermen are expressly directed not to move any Foreign Vessel between London Bridge 3114 lingby's Hole, after dark in the Evening, till Sus•rise the next Morn ing, under any Pretence whatever. HP Order stl the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, J. R. SNOW, Captain Commandant of the Harbour Marine. Harbour Marine !lead Quarters, 1. London Sc'otioner, off Green ' wieb, September 10, 1104. Vic barbarous Pur:s shall be given, if possible, to-morrow. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTLialiglt 14. The threatened invasion has, for these fifteen !months past, al.n ,st entirely occupied the attention If this country. From the Prince to the Peasant. e public and private life, through every part of Deiety. in all its relations and comer:lions, this sub e6 has extended and diffused ksel4 until it has al post absorbed or overwhelmed every other political onisideration. To make that threat recoil in dis irace upon the bead of the braggart, who boasted hat England, single handed. was unable to contend • France sto be fully prepared to meet the at en its most formidable shape, and terminate, the defeat and confusion of the enemy, a blow at our existence as a nation, and as the only sad prop of the liberties of Europe. has been, the same period of time, the study and labour every Briton. To the advancement of this great every impulse has been given by every mo t that could inßuence the heart and mind cf Nature. reason, sentiment, and feeling, have he all the varied force of argument and woes to enforce this duty. In the discharge k, no personal inconvenience, no domestic pres ed len, no difficuky or danger, have been regarded• ar taxes have been laid on without exciting a the pesceful citizen has become a soldier ; * giving up for a time, commensurate with t'..e those civil sights, those laws and liberties ' Is he holds so dear, willingly subjeas Aim ee martial law. When, then, this great and • us duty is performed ; at the very mo t when this great work is complete ; it strange that any print should bt weak or • lad enough to attempt to undo all that has been ne, and to cast down that spirit which is now • to the level of the danger. It is still more nee, that the attempt should be made by a print at once received much of the proteaion of Go assent, and still insinuates that it enjoys its pa ge. The print to which we allude says : 'is w hale lean always of opinion, that the inurement, lich hark plow' while So was en the coast (on the iftli oh), was thr grand experiment Why it tailed, we have, I ye, had 110 satud',etury account ; but the torpor of the ! rn, *law that •1 le, end the departure of Bow los the corn, seam to iml•cltir that the iv:politer° is lard 14e, at Irfarit fur the prlsent. U the attempt bo not made -- before Se illnlicet (of which there appears little prol ability), it is likely to be deferred till at least thaSprlug, s:n e there is no probability, in the winter, of sech a 'mete:ion of ea., weithee (for four to five following trays at lettst are necessary) as may enable the invaders to get their smut craft out of the harbour, and marshel them under the prob.:dims of their awn batteries, previous to their crossing the Channel. If the ex. peditinia be thia deferral, there is a great probability that the Cor•icau will find other employment for his troops ; w that we may than consider the project of invasion as vljourne.. line die.' Hete, then, we are told that the danger is all over, at least, for the present, and, of course, that we ought to go home, beat our swords into plough. shares, and dream no more of invasion. If there be a man in England weak enough to listen to tech advice, and credulous enough to swallow such sen:iments, from this moment forward he must become a discontented strhied, a bad citizen, and a worse soldier. Is it in human nature that he should submitwith cheerfulness to burthensome taxes, which he believes are expended in providing against an ima ginary danger ? Will he submit with cheerfulness to personal inconvenience and privations, to acquire discipline, which he is conscious will not be wanted in the field ? Will he resped and esteem a Govern meat, which he cc nceives to be filled with more than womanish or childish fears, alarmed at a bugbear, and destitute of every charader of manly fortitude or wisdom ? 1 - low.advice and language, so adverse to the iuterests of the country, could find their way into a public print, we are at a loss to conjedure ; an advice in which we are desired to throw away buckler and shield, and wrap ourselves op in a blind and fatal security. If the writer, who seems to stand alone, in opposition to general opinion, he not a fool, it will surely be expelled that he should ad duce some irrefragable arguments in support of a doEtrine so new and extraordinary. lie will not surely presume, that, in a matter of such vital importance, the public will a& without proof, or upon light and frivolous grounds. Let us then examine his reasoning upon this great question. " We Live keen always of opinion," says the writer in The Times, " Mat tke move nee! which tee i ?lace while BoN APART& was yon the met', upms the 264 last, was Me GRAND IXPERIMENT." The epinion hers, advanced is not supported by a single circum stance; but is, on the contrary, irreconcileable with every thing, that is passing around us. It is a noto rious truth, that, during tl,e whole of that af fair, •shich is called the " grand experiment," the signal stations upon the coast remained totally inac tive. Are we then to be told, that, at the moment when the French flotilla was in the very ad of moving front its shores, ready to throw its legions upon our coast, Government looked on with silent indifference, resolved that we should be taken by sur prise, and not have even the benefit of notice ? We did expect, that when the " grand experiment" was making, the signal of alarm would have run along OW coast, our telegraphs would have been at work, our military would be under arms, and ar their posts ; but it appears now, that we were entirely mistaken. A note of preparation of this kind might alarm the people, it might interrupt their bu siness or their pleasures; and therefore, no dount, whenever the grand experiment is made, e o shall hear nothing of it until the enemy are half wsy over; or, if not sent to the bottom by our cruisers, adually landing upon our shores. Although no alarmists, we do not approve this overstrained deli cacy and outrageous politeness, that would suffer a man to be burned to death in his bed, rather than dis turb his repose. Rut, supposing the affair of the With to have been the " grand experiment," how does it thence follow, that " the expedition is laid *sib, at least for the present ?" !has Government, which we may be allowed to presume better informed upon the subjed than the writer in Tke Timer, relaxed its vigilance, or let down the spirit and energies of the country ? Every provincial pa per teems with accounts &orders to military corps to be ready to march at a moment's notice, and provide themselves accordingly. A great part of the volunteer force of the kingdom is, we be. lieve, now in that state. Do we not, also, hourly hear or read of new means t.f precaution, of new measures of deensce, of new camps, new fortifica tions, new plans for flooding, intersecting, and in creasing the difficulties of the country, for the purpose of retarding the march of an invading army ? Look at the Proclamations of yesterday evening, by the Loan MA volt, requiring the Masters of all foreign vessels in the port of London, not to move their vessel in the night, an inch from its moorings, nor suffer a sailor of their crews to go on shore, from sunset to sunrise. Were Louden upon the eve of a siege, or under the momentary ap prehension of a surprise, we know not what greater precaution it could use. With all this evidence of danger staring us in the face, how shall any Newspaper writer dare to weigh his opi nions against the wisdom of the Government ; tell us that Ministers are afraid of their own sha dows, and t:e..t their disordered imaginations have tieinged our windmills into giants, and our socks •Mil of peaceful sheep into invading armies? The wri ter in The Timet, having thus attempted to ri dicule every idea of present danger, proceeds to assert, that, if the invasion be not attempted before the equinox, it will he dAerred, at leas!, until next spring; and, in such event, that it will not be at tempted at all, and the question will be set at rest for ever. These latter points, which are as un tenable as his first position. we have not now ran n to discuss ; but we shall certai❑ly seise the earliest opportunity to expose them. It is supposed that L.,rd (1. L. Gowie trill nct embark in the Almethyd, on his mission to St. l'e tersburgh, until the final decision of the Court of Russia is known with regard to France. The Commander of the Colitii gun-brig, ar rived in the Downs from a cruise el Ostend, re p:Tts that the flotilla and craft, which were at that port, arc all hauled up the Canal of Bruges. The Captain or a Swedish vessel from St. Va. lery reports, that an order had just been received at that port to lay an embargo on all Swedish vessels for three months, and he had great difficulty in es caping in ballast a few hours before the embargo aftually took place. The Elizabab, DREW. from Africa to the West Indies, is captured by the Grand Decide, French pri vateer, and carried into Gtaadalospe. The Susannah, SCALISBY, from New Brunswick fur Jamaica, is captured and carried into Cuba. The Ara boats have taken a French vessel, laden with flour, off Honieur, and driven two others on shore. Sir Home POPPIA Al has been trying his telegra phic signals with Admiral Louis's fleet, off Dunge ness. Messages were delivered from Boulogne to Dungeness in eleven minutes ; they can be con veyed from Boulogne to the Downs in the same time. This is only the first trial ; all the °lke's were of opinion, that they might be conveyed, and every movement of the enemy made known, in five minutes; therefore, taking up the information at Deal by the fixed telegraph, it can he known ia London in a cysarter of an hour, when the fine green and gob barges, which are intended to con vey the Este Leon, come out of Boulogne harbour. These signals have been long ago established by the East India Company.. Sir Hosts POPHA 34 has night signals equally communicative, which are nearly complete, and it is thought that he will tty them soon in the same place. A letter from Folkstone, dated September 12, says—" 'lle signal is just madc on the heights, that some of the enemy's cruisers are out. The signal is made from St. Margarite's, three miles beyond Dover, and it is thought a detachment of about a dozen of the enemy's small craft is skulking along the shore from Calais to Boulogne, a part of the vessels that latrly escaped into that port from Ostend; but it is too hazy at present to see the vessels from hence. This morning a detachment of 17 French vessels escAped along shore from Calais to Boulogne, under protcEtioa of their batteries. Out own cruisers accompanied them all the way, in hopes of getting them out of reach of their land guns; but no tiring . took place. as our ships are ordered not to go . within reach of the land. The atmosphere being clear this morning, we could discover that a en isi number of the enemies ships have again come out of Boulogne. We had nineteen shipsot war at anchor off Boulogne, and sixteen off Dungeness. It is reported, that a plan has been laid befcre Givetsirnent, by a very able Officer in the navy, who thinks it possible, with very little loss, to blockade, destroy, or burn Bos a P Dees flotilla, notwithstandieig the numerous French troops and batteries, by which it is defended and proteaed. It is said, that this pia; has been sent to be examined before a selea number of Officers. both of the navy and army, who have given it as their ofsinioo, that it may he carried into execution, with some im provements proposed by them. It was yester day rumoured, that in a short time it will be attempted ; that it has the approbv ion both of '.lr. Pity and Lord Idxxv txxx—and that this Was one of the causes of their late aquatic excur sion. What this plan is, we cannot pretend to know; but some say it is intended to burn the flotilla with the ancient Gregorial fire, found out by the pro jeftor ; others, again, think that a new method has beers devised, by which the mouths of the harbours of Boulogne, Ambleteuse, and Calais, may be ea sily shut up. A letter from Salem, of the 28th of July, states, that " the Go urge Irby& whom, (. 4 :f e t z; Ba ir ANT, from the Isle of France, arrived a: on that day, after a passage of 97 day'. At the time of his departure, there were seven vessels lying at that place, under the command of Admiral Limon : the Mureage, of 8 t guns, five frigates, and one cor vette, which were to sail on a cruise in the course of a few days. The morning Capt. BR va MT left the island, two French frigates arrived there, having in company a large ship richly laden, from India, which they had captured a few days before. An embargo was to be laid at the Isle of France, the same evening that Capt. Be AsT sailed. When ofr the Cape t.f Good Hope, he saw a fleet of eight large ships steering t. tae Westward. • A new Oyster.l;ed has been discovered in the River :Medway, within these few days. It is claimed by txo cities, those of London and Ro chester. Two tlster dredgers arrived yesterday af ter noon, with some of the new found produce, at the Mansion House. The Loin NIAYOR, attended by his suite and proper paraphernalia, will go down the River, for the purpose of ascertainiroz the pro perty. The Oysters will be named, The Nalire in compliment to his Lordship. Star fish were found in clusters on the bed. . In consequence of accurate information having been received at the Public OflL e , Bow street, of the residence of the several deserters who created the riot in St Giles's, on Sunday last, a corps of pa troles, twenty in number, assembled yesterday morn ing, about four o'clock, at the Brown Boar, and un der the direetion of two Polite Officers, proceeded to the several retreats of the deserters—such were :heir inforniation, and promptitude of execution, that, iu less than an hour, near twenty prisoners were lodged in the strong room, Bow-street ; azd several other> in St. Giles's watch•hou:e. In the eveaing, were removed to Cold Bath Fields Prison. *YERRING, MA TOR. MAIIIIION-HOUSE, SEPT 11, 1804. To all Masters of Vessel., Plots, and other. eurseeined in the Navigation of the River Thsines Whereas, gnat impediments and other inconvenience. be g daily exprsiencull inthe Naviration of the River Themes, Is eansequence of the orders given by the Ilar:sour Masti.s Ming frequently disabeyed NOTICE IS lIEREBT GIVEN, That all Coal and other Kitty, IM lip and &Awn the River liag'y (not lashed together), with one able Man at mit in cacti Craft, aad to caothina constantly on board whilst ea duty. That Ships lotting go au Anchor in the Stream to check them into their Mete:, shall nut let it remain there longer than the following Slack Water, wriest by Permission. . That no Ship, loaded in the whole or in part with Tin Vier, kentp, Pitch, Tar, Resin, or other Naval Stores, he permitted to come or tie above Limehouse Hole to discharge. That all Vewels shall strike their Yards and Toomt , ts, within Six Hunts after they shall reveZtively have arriml at their Moorings, and continue so struck till within Potty. eight Hours of their Departure, between the 2 Ist of Scptcm• ber and the 21 , t of Ntarrli 'Rowing. That no Vessel .shat••ver, after having made fast to her Ststi , n, must remote without Pernni,nan from the Harbour Maa•es on Dos.. 1 hat no Ship or Vessel shall interszct any Tier, but ou►t take ti • mitts!- Rath i.t the Slip in the Stream. By ()A.,: in the Right Honourable the Lord Maytag, J. a. SNOW, Vast *f Principal Harbour Starter of the Port. , . . . itoraL rAviar.- wEvrarAirts, :frt. It was near six o'clock last evening before the ROYAL FAMILY landed from their cruise in the Royal Yacht : the whole family appeared in high spirits, and much. better for their voyage. i ns , after Their M ' , JEST tis had got into tilvir carriages, two Ey; boys, the sons of Lady cell, caught theis . attention, and they w....re plex,ee to take" the children into the carriage to th e L u d x . with them. . • Ilin Nip.jEsTv. in a short time after, inspeeh the Picket Guard, previous ro thcir going to :11, putts for the night. The word of command tv.,. givr:i by the Field Ofilcer. I lis Alai LST V then went upon the Sands on b on , back, and the guards marched past him v..ith due military lionosits. _ _ This morning His hilsdssrs• was on borsch:lo7 it about half past sin o'clock, :molded by ( :••rei MANNI :IGH AVI and G ARTH. The Stairlri'-.!ri- • Solwersetsliire Militias having a gray! : • Infore each of their Commanding 1 A I csr v rode to each of their groends and thism. His MAJESTY returned to the Lodge C:t.ng Weymouth, and proceeded to the Sands, wik:: His MAJLS I v dismounted, aid, in the most co,,_ descending mdnnes, conversed with several pers•r, About half pat nine o'clock, Ilia MAJUT Y to on bc.trd the Royal Yacht, accompanied by tin Duke of Kcar, the Princesses NI ARV and s„. I.IIIA, and .SO,lll A of GLOUCrSTER, attended b ? Lady N::vILL, the Countess of lar it csrsa and datirtliter, MrF. Dean, and Mrs. Wax Cats. vcs or, Earls PA Ut LT, RUSSI.VY , sod FOItTESCUI, Generals GAaTU, MAI I4NIZIGAIA s:l4 14'11%110Y. This morning sloop of war 3nive.lllew fmm Jersey : we unilerstmd she contaiiird dispatchecba Its Maiiva v. The ships in the harbour received her with a royal saline. This morning, after breakfast, I ler MAJEST V, rid the Princess Fitz", SET il, attended by the Citrates, of Irocuss i La and Lady M. WIWY Alt ek. took an air ing in Her NlAJr.srst's Landau, to Ridgway Hill In the evening the Royal Family will lionoir tLe Thzatre with their presence, to see Ti. e I;Zie, a Day, Tie Sp.si'd Child, and The Anlval. et the Royal lintel yesterday: Mr. and two \lt Dion 4, Mr. are, Mrs. I li0•4 :11..3 Hicks, two Mr. fl.cks'•, jun. Mr. licau.nont. At I ivals at Luce's Hotel. • Austen, Esq and familw, Mr. an-1 lin?, T. Coldlrea.l, Est. Mr. Claiscut at ti . 1.. Mn.. Sotell. PONTA F 11.1 CT I? ic,VS,S, 19ot. TUESDAY, Sarr 11 A Sweepstakes of 10 gs. each. with 30 gs. ad Id. for horses, 3tc. all ages. Four miles.-11 tres allowt.4 31b. The winner of a Plate, Sweep ta2e~ or Subscriptioti, in 1304. 31b. extra.— Fhree yt.tr olds, 6.t. 21b.—Four yea, olds, 7st. 101h.—Fire year olds, Set. 51b.—Six year olds and aged horse!, &c. Bst. 12lb. Lod str.ithmgre's bay emit Remembra•:..er Mr. Darit'l bay coif. Si, Charters Lu d Et• :yr Ouc it, by C , riander . . L rI ILrlurytwis Dom.:ter, by Sr Pater . Lmrd Dariington`• Ifapha,r4 Sar T. Gaecr.,glie* etc h-.rr. Latex . Sir R. Vim, by John Bull Sir Sledlee's cult, ilighdyer, by Meoicack . Loci G..llway's bey colt, by WAX. • 13 and 20 to 1 on the winner. THE SAME DAT. I The hiemhets' Plate of 501. for maidm three aad four year olds at the time of naming :• dtr year olds to can y ist. 21b. four year olds Ast. Heats three miles each.—Fillies allowed ."..). Mr. Wilkoles b. c. by Sir l'..ter Lord Stratli.o.oc'sbr.t.-.11.! r. Sir P.rW . 1. rnl Scarboroug'is b h. M.) .icrock Mr b. c Wahl or, by Moororck Mr. Wentworth** c. Pomegranate . Sir a. Winit'4 ch. filly. Mother Shivion Mr. Mort b. c. S;r Clrerle , , by selim . 10 to 5, and 5 to SI on the Field.-21 Heat. against Wilson ; 4 to I against any of the rest.- 3.1 Hut, even betting, and S to 4 un tae Wainer. 4 1 1 1 S 2 4 4 3 2 A. 7 to 4 Yesterday, Lieut.-CA. Tavt.oa, the Duke of Yoe a's private Secretary, being on duty at S. James's Palace, His Royal Highness did him the honour to dile with him at the vfficers mess. The following offie.rs of efstinaion were likmir of the party :--Major-G..i.eral CAl.vgni, Adjutant- General ; Major-General 11 no w na, Quarter- Master-Gener-41; Briga tier-General Winvs so, Col- Ross, Mt. G &LIMN woof), and several other distin guished military characters. The Royal Dul!'s band attended, aid pia) several of their moat popular martial ails. rtclate Nt trquis of TWGEDAL E VAS oae of : 7 . Sixteen Representative Peers of Scotland, and Lieutenant of the Couoty of Had:fington. Lady MIMI and Miss Dat"tsvi so hare 1: town for Hampton Court, where they have a beautiful house. Mr. F•2•1 - 1.n left tntrn yester. 4 av, on a' • Lord vid I.ldy H.%w, t; .t , At . .: 1 Cillo 1 I and 'to • t .0 • • . Bldir, •.e.p. • t t!ie Colonel Alt'cluck-. I.. t s resig:teki th. eurtul: .... : the Fulham Volunteers. The I lon..l4)Hrt Vt t. tit mc%hotr.e. North ley -street, is b.•autifying for the winter cam.; - Lady 11. CA V 1:1.• INII left 01{AV:Ck ) CIVIC I Inward, in Yorkshire. the s:at of the .! , 1 and Ciintess nt C +mt. iste ; Lord and Lady isto r ET/1 will meet her Ladyship there. Earl C: k morn returned yeitcrd ty to his Louie A! Barnes Common, from Weymenit'i. The Marquis of H •Dni• r has in !.:: poi e•Arsti 2 Maii,./ Ilia awed, that weighs no less than eig• stones. Sir JOSEPII Btscs has received a present from the Governor at Port Jackson, in New South W.tho. of a most beautiful and curious goose, which h.- means to present to the (2V/igN, on ller M sus ► return from Weymouth. Yesterday, the Royal I'4la Mat pl-t.bnnne V, - !tourer*, under the command of Lord Di , " c " u` and the Qt. Owo Volunteer*, under the com mand of Lord line Air, were brigaded i.! Ilydc Vat k the Earl of Da Nxe v. !I BAa Del 14Ai for Li, OM, lot 11 16pi r r