The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-02-27 00:00:00

Prt:77 i• FORLIGN IST!. !.I.IGI-.NCE. , FROM THE (11.:EMAN AND FRENCH PAPE,t3. 13. The Emperq: has clemaned of the Prcfea of Police, 14 l6t , •t All the Swedes resident herr, with A stateme.,t of the means of subsistence which they possess. The Eleaoral Prince of Bade . n, svhn is to marry a niece o(the Empress, resides here in the Pal ice of the l'huilleries. Last Tuesday the Prussian Caliinet Minister. Count Haugwitz, was in the hot of M. de Talley rand, at the opera, when the lionpetor WAS receive) in such a distingu.shed money. The Swedish Consul C .. ..racial. M. Signeul. has suddenly I.ft this cll. lAvAttiA. Fra. 7. It is reported. that there ate 84 4ecret articles annexed to the treaty of Prechure. Eight hundred pieces of cannon and mortars. rf the heaviest calibre. finm the arsen tl of Viena, are how at Braunau. Ou account of the badness of the made. they could not be conveyed any farther They will crtn.equently not be removed till the ar sival of more favourable weather. I ill the present tlrtl.. 90 waggons, with money, have passed under the escort of grns al'arntn, through Bavaria to Stras burg. The present vice•reine of Italy speaks the Italian lon cage vet y fluently. vesacoota.ll. 11. Since the death of the Nlargrave of Anspach, we And that be continued to pay a great number of pensions to persons in his former dominion:. At Maabeem, the Marshal of the Court., Marquis de Montperny, is extremely busy in preparing the Palace at that place for the reception of the Elec toral Prince of -Baden, and his furore Consort, whom the Emperor N.:pet:on intends to adopt. and to elevate to the dig-ity of a Princess of the Empire. nt Castile q• 8.,,,,yhth says—Part of the French army, which had already passed through Wirtemberg, is said to h are hero ordered to return, and to or .coed through the Tyrol t ee Italy. Within these lex days, several waggons, filled with living wild boars, for the chases of Pince Murat, have pass... 4 through Swabia, on their way to France. Party orphan children of soldiers are going from hiunich to Paris, to be educated there at the ex. pence of the Emnernr. 1 he Electoral Pi inze of Btvaria will probably con tinue the whole year at Paris. • STOCKHOLM, r-a. 4. The English Admiral, Colliugwood, has written a letter to the Swedish commercial agent at M.-- laga. airing his protedinn to all the Swedish ships lying is th I: port, stud promisiog them ,a convoy as tar as Gibraltar. nesiovta, res. 11. Greater harmony cannot exist, than that which aprevailedtants ofHanover. hy Russiane separatedt troops, e ,and with ein u - . =al feelings of regret. Yesterday the General Ko. jeao gave a dinner here to Count Munster, and some of the most distinguished persons, at which reigeeed reciprocal cordiality. Mr. Peerrepoint, the English Arnhanador to the Bwsdish Court, was present. In the genuine English charaeter , he privately teak his geld aossf.box from his pocket, and gave it unob woad by the company to a Russian soldier, who has Um in the service thirty years, and wore three aisdala, as tokens of his valour. viten*, els 3... Thugtit, who has no! been seen at Vienna slate his retirement from administration, ha., within these few days, suddenly made his appear goo again in that city, to the great astonishment of every one. This astonishment has assumed a serious character, since a report has been circulated, that be is about to resume a p'ert of his framer info efts. No credit indeed is given to this presumo. t;on, which, in some is the effed of fear, in others :s r e asy. Thi s E x -Mi n i ster , who before resided at Presburg, where he remained during the visit of the hermit, notwithstanding their animosity against him, gave a ne .v proof of the energy of his charac ter. While every one she was anxious to conceal hienglf, he caused the following in.cription to be plasealde large letters, on the front of his residence, 'lh ifol,l tf Avon TAr;ut. The French smiled at it.teuet they could not to. ',ear speaking with esteem sad commendation of this mark of firmhess. Prince Valor de Riihan, included among Ow! Ge swat Officers who have been pensioned off. has, it is said, iststified himself from the official charge brought against him, for not having executed the orders of the Archduke John. lie has proved, it is reported, that he never received ose orders, and that he will, in consequei ce, be immediately em pl. hest again. All 1.4 officers, and the French themselves, bear the most flattering testimony to his bravery. fee is here t- complete Pis care, from a wnur.d by a musket ball, which passed through the abdomen. veneer, JAN. 16. Next Sunday wes expesl their Imperial highnesses the Viceroy and Vicereine of It ely. Great pre p:stations are already making for their receptim. Among others, two large gondolas are equipping to convey the enlist movie from Mcistre to this place, over the Lagoons. These gondolas, which are called Peon., will be lined is toe inside with velvet, and fringed with gold : the twenty.four rowers be dressed in win. Several hundreds of gondolas, some of which will be provided with bands of music. if the weather prove favourable, will goo) meet the two Yeah. A guard of honour, of 31 your, nob!. lity. and merchaeste, whose uniforms are verfsplen did, has likewise been fussed, for the service of their Imperial Hegimesses. Among other festivities, three wall be a regatta, or rowing -match, with gon &Aso, on the great canal, near the Rialto The !liken, are at we :1-, nigh; and day, making g.Ja dress!' , , seer person Wll be permitted to ap pear at Court in froc.3 and waistcoats. Our pre sent carnival is more istilliant roan any during the last twenty sears; in the ri'ace of St. Mark, and in the streets there is scarcely any thing but masks t be seen. - Venetians ate Eighty delighted at the revival of this national amigo ment. Multitudes of 1 i lfA ni t eri me II .ciong hi:her trom 12100er Italy; go, and RAAlet a IlazArd. wlnc:i for . , . avie4ieeflial part : ... or M“•• cAruie..d. h4re itsr yet been Notirbited ' it , ...it: •,:: rieethins 31C to Akin; few a *eve am! a rvr..-;s•tAcc .t : , e ..a.411064 a our • ones celebrated S LOS DON, THURSDAY, FtnRuARY 27. The construction of the fires clause of the Bill before the Senate, for the proteftion of the seamen of the United States, which u e gave yesterday, has been mistaken by some of this Papers. It states, that " any person who shall impress 011,4 seaman on board any vessel bearing the nag of the United States, shall, for such offence, be adjudged a Pirate and a Felon, and, on conviaion, suffer death." The papers to which we allude, contend, that this dense embraces suhjeCts of any country what ever, and is consequently an invitation to sea men of all nations to abjure their allegiance, desert their colours, and enter into the naval service of the United States. On reference, however, to the pre amble of the Bill, it will be seen, that it relates exclusively, to American seamen, citizens of the United states. and has nothing to do whatever with the subje9s of any other country. We are the more anxious to remove this error, because the Bill, with the most favourable construftion, and with every allowance that can be reasonably made fur human error, is a most ungenerous, angry, and insulting proceeding towards this country; and breathes a spirit of ferocity unworthy of that free and enlightened nation. The second clause author ise: the party attempted to be impressed, to kill the party impressing, and encourages such resist ance by a reward of two hundred dollars.— The third clause enafts, that where an Ameri can seaman, impressed, shall suffer death, or any other punishment. the Pa tstinese of the United Sates may re . oliate upon any innocent subjeet of the Governme:st so impressing; and the fifth and last clause empowers the l't esitl, nt of the Unite f S. ates to indemnify any American seaman so impressed, at the rate of sixty dollars a month, from any debt doe by an American citizen, to any subjett of the nation offending. This Bill, it is true, Las only passed the second :ending, end ma"; be modified, or rejeSed, in a Committee, or upon the third reading. It is scat cell' possible. that it should pass in its present fc:m ; but that it will pass, though in a reduced shape, there is little doubt. It does not amr it to have experienced any serious opposition in the two ttages through which i, has passed ; and this hostile spit it of the I.egishs tur.: is but to.' well fainvid alid nour.shed by Ptli'l!c opinion, by the American press, and by the memo rials and rernonatrances of the principal commercial cities. Were this, howevet, tLe sole cause of complaint or difference between the two coun tries, we need not apprehend any serious consequence. Engla n d never claimed or main tained a right to impress seamen, Ira.: AI: citizens of the United States, on hoard American vessels. But the PRESIDENT, in his -blessage to the Senate and Representatives of the United States, com plains of the introduCtion of new principles, deroga tory of the right of neutrals, and unacknowledged by the usage of nations ; and expressly mentions England as the nation acting upon those principles. We have already stated, .hat England lies never claimed a right to impress seamen, bona fide citizens of the United States, on board American vessels. It is not of this alone. but of something more, that the Americans complain. They complain of the measures necessarily taken by England, to prevent the abuses of American neutrality, springing from the inordinate avarice of fraudulent traders. '.ese are the new principles and praCtices which have ex cited so much rage in the breast of the American people. The desire of establishing the principle, that " neutr al bottoms make neutral goads," is per haps felt by no nation on earth more strongly than by the United States. nor is there any nation more deeply interested in I.s establishment ; but we can scarcely think it possible that they could conceive an idea of obtaining it by force. That principle, and every ether which. was insisted upon in 178'2, and also in the late war, by the Northern Powers, Ame rica long since formally disclaimed. She has more than once resisted the intrigues of France, who sought to embroil her with this country, by the asser tion of such rights, and will scarcely prove the dupe of them now. A rnerica may arm to defend her own rights ; but neither her policy nor her interest will permit her to arm in order to compel a surrender of the rights of others. A rupture with England would be infinitellasore prejudicial to her than to us. It would swaway all her trade, and de stroy the great source of her prosperity. If we wanted any proof of thi., we need only refer to the financial report presented to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury. and inserted in our paper of the 15th inst. which states " that the defalcation of revenue that took place in the year 1802, and the increase in the nest follow ing year, sufraciently shew, that no inconsiderable portion of the revenue, arising from mcrchandize, is due to the neutrality of the United States, during the continuance of the war in Europe." The United States laay vapour about rights and principles, to which they itave no claim, and complain of our severity and rigour, in endeavouring to prevmt praBices, which they should have prevented or pu nished ; but they have too much prudence to throw away such a source of prosperity, as neutrality af fords, because England will not permit them to •hurt it. The army did so little wl ilu on the Continent, and has returned to England with so few difficulties, that the accounts of the cap .dition furnish nothing of any intetest. The troops have mostly disem barked at Yarmouth, at Ramsgate, or at Ucal. The heavy stores are ordered chiefly to Portsmouth, where the store-ships are to unlade; and the Ger man Leg:on will shortly sail for Ireland. The German Legion has returned with nearly 13,000 men; the desertion was by no means so great as has bean reported, though it was certainly considerable. he Prussian emir-cries were ex tremely busy in persuading the men to desert ; them they were completely sold, and that it was intended by England to send them to the West Indies. This tale naturally made a great imp; es skis upon the recruits. The Du!)lin ?alters to the 23d, arrived yesterday. We have not been able to discover in them any traces of the universal clamour for a reval t.f the Union, which some of the Jacobin Print: lately de clared to exist in that country. a► the result of some observations which fell from Mr. Fox in the House of Commons. The Corporation of Stationers appears to have been the only boily that agitated the quecion, and they agreed to adjourn the questicn, sine die, o!, the 18th inst. This determination, it is obvious, was the result of a conwiousness of the impropriety of their proceeding, and not of Mr. Fox's explanation, which only took place on the 17th, the very night before the Corporation of Stationers agreed to abandon the business.— We sish dra:e the attim: . nn of the public to this point, b: cause they may be assured, that ingenuity of those gentlemen, who some time : cut down a wood in Ireland to make place where a wood never grew—and L. 5 :! , 4 up the l'arlisment Ilonse in Dublin for the receptka of its ch; inhabitants, on contemplation of an inure. diatv :..peal of the AEI of Union—is busy at we n i. and will n.ir fail to avail itself of every pretence to misrepresent the affairs of that country. Extraa of a letter from Cork, dated the 20$ February The Bret under convoy of His M e . jesty's ships Mediator and Squirrel, bound to the West Indies, were ruing under weigh vrben th e latest accounts left Cuve." We have received some French and Gerrufa papers. but none of a very recent date. In our pie-'1 vious columns are some extras from them, wl,i c h wall be found not totally destitute of inttie,t.— Among there is a statistical sketch of the territcriii alterations occasioned by the Pace ct We understand that the Welt Hnn. Lester Fire. OE% AL D is to be appointed Master of the 110111, to Ireland, in the place of Sir Mica oat. SMITH, wiew retires On a peosion. Mr. FII ZOILIt ACD was for merly Prime Serjeant at the li is% liar, and ha proved himself a too: and incorruptible patrio. his political condeort. The report is revived, that Lord Hiorcoors oe will be the Commander of ete Forces in Ireland. The 4th and 23d regiments have rnArehed :s Woosibiidge. The 9th Fout is at Cants there, An accounts, we believe, have ar:ivrd , ) 1* rte combined army in Naples, except such as live transpired in Cite foreign papers. Tr.e fo:ces loaded, consisted of about 12,000 Rossians, 6000 English. A second division of Rltssi:ins ups to follow from Corfu. This army had heard of n o surrender of Ulm, before i, marched towards tie Neapolitan frontiers. The army under Sir DAVID Hat II D, plll/1,11291.1 great aurnher of horses and a considerable qiiamoy of vegetables at St. Salvador, before its departure, rat the 28th of November, for the Cape, iro uopo , ed destination. It was reported. however, in the al ors, that the expedition had a double °hp& The troos were in high health. The force consisted of a de tachment of Artillery, a-detachment of the 20;: l Light Dragoons; the 24th, 38th, 59th. 71st, 7V., 83d, and 9Sel Regiments.* On Tuesday, a divisiOn of the lst regiment rf Dragoons (or Royals) . .marched into Bitty St. Lc mund's, and will be followed by [heathers in rent. tion, on their route far Scotland. An English expedition having arrived a Brarif, it is now recolle&ed that an Enctlish Captain, of ;he name of Jorsot to, went in 1803 to Brazil; and toot surveys of the coasts of that country. He was ta ken` into. custody, and senato Lisbon, but was rt at liberty hin consequence of :AD application front A Mercer:tie House in the City hae received i letter from Rotterdam, which contains the 'allow ing article r— e Prei,a,ationt are going forward to ?mune the moettin arautst krglsod• A. ender I.ta aloe bee . g..r•'n, that ne re s .n 4 1,111:I L. freightel for the Breen p.m.; and, t ..en told, f.t the ehreet ccave!ance of letters is snrireh Nan end." From an account laid helots the House of Com mons of the several contraBs for spirits, and t!.e pikes at which they were made, entered into by the ViEtualling Board, for the supply of the Royal Navy, from sth July, 1503, to s:h January, 13A distinguishing tie quantities of Foreign Brandy, or British Plantation Rum, delivered, and the respec tive ports of delivery, it appears, that the pur chases of Foreign Brandy within that interval, amounted to 898,100 gallons, and of British Kin talon Rum to 1,064,0. 0 gallons. The Bill for taking an account of the populating of Ireland has been printed. It enaCts, that some substantial householder, of every parish, towi.s:..p, and place, be appointed to take an account of tie number of persons within the limits of such poi,`. &c. The Justices of Peace for the county of the city of Dublin, and the Recorder of said city, aad the Justices of Peace and Assistant Barristers. of I.e several counties. to nominate said householder at the Quarter Sessions. Niinisters, Arc. of paris! - eo, also to take an account, in writing. of persons :3 their limits, and prepare returns. The returns to be delivered upon oath by the householder. Pees employed under the A& to be allowed their ex ences. Some letters received is Cork from Barbador. state sev7ral interesting circumstances of the VCrt India fleet, which sailed from that port on the 28th of Oftraber last, inufer convoy of the fi,gard Ire gate and Was,-rthe sloop of war. The convoy, it appears, ha' separated on the voyage, and a put remained with the Weltioine ; they proceeded ham Madeira on the 27th of Nov. and kept a course toe then to windward of that ti'.ual:y pursocd, in orderts avoid the Rochfort squad:on, which they undrtoocd had captured part of the Ai: tc.,:nt't convoy, aril were looking out for them. 'll ey experienced ire interruption until the 7th of December, when the Wag -prole was observed in chase of a strange sails and shortly after the Robert, of Lancaster, the wind warJrnost ship of the fleet, made the signal of seeing four sail bearing down on them, three of which ar peared to be large ships, and the other a brig. Till Wooveri , e having relinquished her chase and j i'Yea the fleet, made signals to discover what they were not being answered, it was immediately niunicated to the ships, that each was to make for Barbadoes in the best manner she could. It *AS by this time ascertained, that the squadron Obse"`" was art enemy's, consisting of three frigates and brig, and that they had dispersed in pursuit oft -e scatered fleet. After a chase which lasted Lc: hours and a half, they captured the Robert, And oe . regret to state, that on board cf her w:re nerals DAI.IIIdUO:4D, BALFOLia, Ato3 —They then stood for tire body of the fiet'i• and at night were left in chase. The lorJr which gives this information, is dated the of January. r I LIN A '4 I 1 T Tue I r l 'lilt r yes. e t he anfl tits!. *as ' rite HAT I 14 Jinni Dud kat.. ral ~ Pi. fries 'tree' CLic CRC row, TIN J 4? fc : Dm ;int t in S al Mn MAici Mr. is Nil day he tet.bt. 1 he on Sul dilly. An a a nuird sa)s, I, Nits, EA re ; F, kirri tF c'•), hank. The most ardent wish of orr commercial me:i is a speedy peace ss ith England. which C4ll Alone give life again so our trade and navigatiint. The following summary it the statistical ahem tilns occasioned Ivy the peace of Pr,isburg is ex trattud from I lesstli's Statistical Skorhre ,f all Ike Sins,. Ettr,pe, of which two volumes have re cently appeared at Ba unswick. 7 his woi kis dis tinguished by the teat accuracy c.f the &tails, .itid the late period to which they are brought dowt‘i and is worthy of the. patronage it hiss t xperivnced in every part of the Continent : I. 111, couniriet ceded by Aietria enntsM 1297 1- 4 role, !Oda 'qua,* mile% with 2,716,711 inhabitants, and aye Mgt nom, amoinnit to 16,1 64),(1C0 .2 ...... 'it The. Venetian Slates, 7.2 6•10t11.4 1•411•41 Te MOM. 1041.000 inhabitants, rev,- 10,000,0t.i0 Tyrol, /soli Thr.l, Brines., Vo rarlberg, Hole-twins, itluoiesieti, and St Ile old, 521 1.2 einem nines, 698,4111 inhabitants,. re•eiiire.4...6o,ool , 3 Farther qswiiia, with g o the e f e la mrl Liorlan, 73 4 loth. amens mile., 177,600 inhabansts, terrine.., 1,100,1100 fl not Tile acqin.itions of Austria cu npreliend 141 sepia?. nine., 211,237 10 "bitant% teseutte% 1.009,04 M Amin. ; vac I. Ss:there 171 equine mile-, 191,:37 inhabitants, revenues, 910;00 fliems-I Briecitterg..den, 10 liqu.kre mules, 20,000 inhannent., 19r.i,060 florins Treat of t"e Aastri.in nonatehy, 10,659 1.2 aware ran en, 22,8790 4 49 mhabitants revenues, 1 4 '4,1740,00h florins ...Seem+ and Wont& are esti mairal at 14120 square 1,810,000 inhabitant% ai.d rem wiles, 8,000; tie florins. The Hannah of Krejoia at 413 1.2 square miles, 593,000 inhabitants, and revenues, I,ooll,nhlt Burins. - 11. Baearia's Cession-Worthing and Schweinfurt, $ll 1.2 square miles, 24.3,000 n'e'wel, 2,0150, , 100 • Ht. acquisitions rammin 613 1-3 autism miles, 29.9,877 inhabitants, rinenoes, 6,756,6 0 florin% via -I. 'I pot, Ste. accerdung to the above statement, 321 1-2 agnate sinks, 6911,611 inhabitant., revenues, 4,96'0 4 1 1 0 11 0 4, 1 1 .-2, 111 ,0 11 40 . Tanning and Arlen, Liftdau end Ituttientels, 39 1 4 2 square • 74,147 itiliehitant., revenue% 646,000 florins-3. Lich:tacit and that part of N./kali, which helotiged taiSalzhurc, 28 square milt% 64,319 inhabitant., revenues 7011,0u0 a.,- ems-4. The imperi I city ot oohing, 2 square miles, 39,000 inhabearit., revenue% 0.40,000 florins...s. The I/0. mains of the Imperial Knights, 24 1.2 square miles, 67,100 inhabitants, revenue% 20: 1 ,000 florins besi.J.rs the rights of Soveieignty awl the reed dignity. Tha new Itinchini of 18.1. "aria, at present euittailis 1609 1.6 milare oinks 9.042,177 inhabitant., and the T.VOCI:IICs amount to 16,734000 florins. 111. The acquisitions. of Widemberg custpreharild 50 1-2 square mile., 1310:4 inhabitants, with revenue., 866,C0.3 florins, via. 1. Nelleidaurg. 14Fluare miles, 28,678 illhe.t• ants, revenues, 130,0410 2orin.-2. The Two 11.ihenorags, 13 misare tune% 41,179 inhabitant., revenues, 200,000 flo ris-1 Tint Isatliwiek of Allot% watt the towns of add Braunlingen, 9 square miles, 29,2.17 iiihab•tants, rese nu-% 180,000 florins--4. The county of bendorl, 4 1-2 *Titre miles, 7 sh) inhabitahie, revenues, 36,000 f10rm5...3. The I)'maiusot the Impeital Knight% 16 mem mile, 45,960 in.. habitants, revenues, 200,000 lluims; brandes the r;gl..t of sore. r.,iglity and the'regal dignity. Total amount of the new king dim of Wirtembent. 212 square nails.% inhabitants; revenues, 5,150,1/010 IV. The ailiiisition.of Bailer) contain 62 1-3 square railed, 18'1,000 inhabitants, and the revenues amount to 700,000 flo rin', viz. I. the Brisgau ant atenau, Constance and M inau, 31 squaw mile., 1.56,6i4U inhabitants revenue% 1100,000 Ili ✓ Tt:e rrincipality of Ileitzrsh:im, 2 square mita% 6.1 0 inhalnts..t ; r,v.mu..s, 100,000 florini.-.3. The domain, • the I Kiiialits,9 1-3 square milesll,Coo 1110,0ef) florins, 'sondes this rigl.t of So...mighty - *ca• rd amount of the Flee-win dominions Kaden, 160 4.10 it 1.14 re miles, 613,79.4 isiliesitauts, revenues, 3,700,000 flor:es V The tensions of the Penne of Srl , burgli amount to 219 square miles, 175,237 inhabitants, revenues, 2,114::,4100 florins His acquisitions are, 1. Woresurgh anal S..liweinfurt, 111 1 2 square mdaa, 243,0..0 silialaitalits, revenues, 2.87.1,00.0 The domains of the Inipetiai Knights, 7 1-2 square miles, 141,331 inhabitants, revenues, hO, l lOO (Wind. The rimir Ithetorate of Wuraburg comprehend. ag square miles, 24,331 inhabitant% re.venu , s, 2,9.4%000 fhwins. VI The Requi.itieut of VIII kingdom of Italy ensuprise 711 11-10 aware miles, 1,1156,000 inhabitants, a.:4 re.elluel amount to troon,nno Runes, via, I. The duchy of Venie-, 019 7.10 square miles, 1,391,000 ifillAbitasit4....2. Venetian Istria, 322 10 square mile-, 11,),000 iiilishitanis-3. Veit, tian Dalmatia, with rogliw, and the Gulf of Camaro, 048 7.10 mime miles, 376,030 inhabitant. The &Maim of Italy now contains 1671 6 10 square tales, 3,6:•:,462 in habit nits, reeeilUel, 24; 00,005 VII The principality of Lucia 4.0 •tlins 1.4 square min. I, 733,0G0 inhabiLauts, revenues, 600,000. nouns. THE BRITISH PRESS.