The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-23 00:00:00

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retarded.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

•LON DON,
SATURDAY. Dscsxrse 4!.

A Gntteuburgh Mail arrived yesterday, with let-
ters and pal era to the nth itetiot. BONAPARTE
has sent a division of les treojts into St:Math:mien,
and quartered it upon the capital. 'this, seys an.
article from that Canton, has produced a strong
sensation, particularly as it is reported, that another
French army is to occupy the lesser Cantons.—
" That we call if rose," says Juliet, " would small
as sweet, were it called by any other name."—So
with BONAPARTE his speech to the Legisla-
tive Body, he styled himself Mediator of Switzer-
land ; but it little imports what tole he may as-
sume—whether King, Consul, Emperor, or Medi-
ator, he is still a perfidious, remorseless, and un-
principled ruflim. The title of Mediator is mild
and moderate; of all the titles assumed by thus
tyrant, there is in it the least to alarm •or offend.
Yet, speaking to a nation renowned for its love of
liberty, fur virtue and independence, he thought it •
necessary to justify the assumption of even this mo-
derate assurance, upon the ground of eepediesice.
lie says it has been adopted " in order to dissipate
the fears and jealousies attempted to be spread
among that gallant people."—Fears ■nd jealousies
of what ?—Why of his determination to attnihilate
Switzerland, as an independent nation, and melt it
down into his Empire of France, iu the same man-
lier as he has just iucerporated the Boman States
with his Gallic slave*. At the very moment, how-
ever, when he would dissipate those fears, and lull
those suspicions to rest, (oldie and visionary; et the
very moment when, by the most solemn act, and in
the mot public manner, he disavowed this determi-
nation as a stairs upon his characte►, we find him se-
dulously employed in carrying that determination
into ettect,—The perfidious Tyrant desires the
Swiss to dismiss their fears, and treats their jealou-
sies as eroundles, at the very moment when he has
proved their fears and jealousies to be hut too well
fremeled, by a sudden and unsolicited violation
of their intlepeialence, and the occupation of one
of their frontier cautions by his any nuithateerwhopee
are assured, in the mine article, are only the precur-
sors of a swarm from the same hire, destine. to
cover and devour that once happy, but now ill-faced
country.
The lured news furnished by the Swedish papers
that ad MAJE4TY is nearly recovered Irons
his severe indispositium—After a second fit of ■po-
plexy, fultowing sn cline upon the first, at his very
advanced period of life, this account must be re-
ceived with caution. The question of his probtble
demise is not, however, of much importance, in a
political poiut of view. Lu the present state of
Sweden, stripe of its most valuable provinces, and
exhausted in its resources, the King of SWEDEN,
of whatever stock or Grittily he may be. mast move
an humble satellite of Russia—unless when the
baneful comet of "...vice darts into his orbit, and
hurries him along in its train.
The frost has set in at St. Petersburgh with
great severity.—The bridge over the Neva was car-
ried away by the floating ice on the Ist, and the
remimunication rematued broken oft until the 7th.
At Croustadt upwards of 40 sail, humid fur differ-
ent ports, were frozen in.
The sloop Elizabeth, of Dover, Captain HAT..
WARD, the vessel usually employed by Government
ae a Flog of Truce, between this country and
France, was ordered to be in readiness on Thursday,
to carry a Messenger to Bnislogne,who was ex-
pected at Dover from London early in the morn.
.ing. The Messenger, however, did not arrive; but
the Captain of the Elisabeth received another order
from Government, desiring him to prepare to take
in a carnage, and to tit up the cabin in the best pos..
Bible style. It was genteelly presumed at Dover, that
the cabin was intended for the reception of Prince
ST tiIItENIIIERO ; but, on inquiry, we find that no pre-
parations are making for his Excellency's doper.
lure, nor is any idea entertained in his family of its
being likely soon to take place. The Secretary
to the American Embassy, however, left town fur
Calais or Boulogne, on Thursday morning, and
the accommodation ordered on board the Eliza•
lieth was probably for his use. Mr. MAYNI, the
Austrian !Messenger, also left town about the same
time, on his return to France. 11^ passed through
Canterbury in the evening, and of course resod
Dove► last night, and, op doubts loaded io NMI
yesterday.

New York Papers have Ivan received to the 17th
List. The Government Paper, The Nations, hi-
telligencer of the 16th, published at Washington;
states, that the negaciation has terminated abruptly;
and that Mr. Jscusolt may he imeettily.expeeted in
his couotrl. The particulars which led to this