The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRONI THE I P.ITFRE•
---
LI:ITERS
Of CVNITALI*T, ► 4711 LY L•144414111D IN rIANCfp

Tel ♦ . ). LUI4 MO% •
No.

I learn that the Parliament has again extended the
Suirension of Payments in Specie by the Hank, be.
cause, according to those who defend this measure
with most ardour, r7v Courts of E.tieliali;•• i. not yet in
ferule of ragla (I). This event being in its na-
ture caleulated to have a direct inthienee on my for .
tone, iu con.sequeuce of the investments I have made
in your public Funds, at a period when England
secued to he the only place of safety for all the Ca-
pitols of Etrope. you will permit me to submit a few
flees:ions to y uu, in order to your advising ne, what
measures i shall adopt to avoid the embarrasse.l situ-
ation in which I find myself placed.
If this disadvantageon, state of the Exchange is a
reason for the Bank dispensing with its Payments in
Specie, is it not to be feared that the same will case
occur, wherever it shall he for the interest of
the Rank? Besides, may not the Ban!: till(' an
im-
mena: a :vantage in circulating its i;t!g, without
being ob:iged to pay in Cash; particularly as the
obiigatiun of paying in Cash is the only barrier which
Can be opposed to the immoderate issue of Dills?
This boundless facility has hitherto occasioned
the amount of the bills in circulation only to be
doubled (I.)—But what guar intee is there to the
public that the quantity will not be augmented inde-
finitely, tinder difr.xent pretences, at the period when
the question of paying in specie shall be submitted
to Parliament ?
They have, newly created a theory, expressly
adapt( d to prove, that the greater is the embarrass-
meat ie. r;t to the scarcity of gold and silver,
the greater i..itud:.! must be given to the circulation
of parer ; and it is upon this principle things have
procmded since the first suspension of the Rank (J).
admire the extraordinary results which are pro-
tium(' from the combination of the contidence with
the capitols, but as in th:s co.nbination there is a
little nv're credulity thao aaual property, I would
not solely repose myself on stun a basis in future.
Formerly, when an extraordinary demand for specie
was manifes; J,,•the link opened a cofier more to
yaw its biits, and it made every necessary sacritice in
order to procure a sufficient quantity of gold to sa-
tisfy the public; such were the principles recom-
=cadet! by Smith,- by Stewart, and other enlighten-
ed minds who have explored the elements of credit.
/sicw-a-days (that is to say, since the period 179,1,
they preach new doaxine : all received ideas nrs•
overthrown ; they substitute übstra speculations
for fans drawn from the nature of things, and the
boldest Innovatious find zealous partizans anion
that class of men who, from their situation, know

better how to appreciate the consequences of them;
I mean among the Bankers of the first order, such
as Messrs Thornton, Baring, &c. &c. and among
the best-irtfarrned adniiristrators. But may not this
proceeding, so extraordinary in itself, be the result
• of some secret cause, mein- than the natural off-
' opting of good sense? With respell to myself,
C 1 will not say that I participate in the opinion of
•' thane who think that the prolongation of the re-
f striftion of.pa)r:?!:: of mor,:y in specie is the eifea
of :ieollusion between the Bank and the Minister,

but I cannot avoid recognizing in that event an evi-
ient proof of the decline of that pittimmt of moral
duty which is the corner-stone of all public credit (1).
Zeturning to what concerns me particularly, as my
ilinds are but small, and as unwilling to risque any
thini—( I speculate at purchasing at a low price, and
outata high one,) it appoars to me that the mo-
-1::-17' for rue to realise an advantage is arrived ; for I
•!:•••cs that my confidence is a little shaken by all
v. passec andaroference to myown affairs provi:s
t•• are that I can at this moment sell out my stock
ith re 11 advantage, since I bought in into the.
• • per teat. Consols at 5'2, instead of 72 the pre-
• eat price ; which is an augmentation of .10 per
I rat. --or primitive capital, adding to that I:: per
ceat. which I gained by the difference of the Ex-
change, comparing the' rate of 29:9, at which I
ilVe remitted to fi ,rn!'.,-!•!-, with that of 34 : at
hich ern can make r. -1 irns to the same place
calcullte that I I-, : !iise !in ach•anta,Te of :15
per cent. on any capital (.;.:, which is ton fair an or..
patunity for rue to suffer to escape in the hope of a
better ; hive wlikh for my part I regard as very
chimerical. In lift, your theory of Exchanges ad-
mits that their ride must ever depend on a return

(1.)r1le pr :•1 the linage of P.vrs Febroary
. impods lig tha: pi.:ntvitt.4 of the itilik id specie
.ahou!d art int:: Id b: susifta.:4:l%.ll six vocki utter the uvxt
8:104ius1 oi Pry.' tint:ltt

IClum the rfa:ed its prrinent in the month of
iltebleory.l:97, it had in eirculativit but 11,(40,::53 rounds
veritug in tills ; and nn the lft of Augoet, was
1 7,674.),1n0 wstuuts, cutift:tittibr, an ottutursitatiou ot ;Sam and-
'this •at:gm:nt..t chi of 15.!!‘ onght to itrumire

Ini t yrs of the N:m!: St..chan augmentation raportionai to the
antra %par to bed !fIVA En such err*:tas 9,000,C00 pounds,
enyloy,il M dis.-otint :tag Rills of )lschange.e* in laird, intereA
-at pot cc it. wit: 131-,4.i.tean escreale of 41,3,000 pomds per a:r
whith ought to shared wait the 11.500,0'J0 run*
ta the I/' ;gi;al praprietom of the ilalik, it is then
root. to altd..:l to the ordinvy divalmd of the ;oirei-
a..4 as els riii • of the print ipal w ro.,;olated by theo,
surtod produle, it that the ad Mimi of p.:r coat. ittr
s• ad of 7 per cent. the anlitiary ditlkwl *to:dints:. the vane
a:- the pdo i el, sit the proportion of 7ta 10 Toia i. the
rem* of vie*, in which tha sens speion of paynvists in specie
wit hm er-ic inokohle tt the No;tricti,...4 of Blatt Stock., -
(:f) It is eltJt. Ilict th-c monied own will tiui all 11,1,4 re,-
-1:241: adeitheile.:•us. as long a; it rail la..t ; at the first
re lIaTV eas.iii.ted. Ili:: Liote,-the 341%a1it tge of
• rt..* of thisegif..4 l'iorietors; io tae next ple..e, the
.1. an fiti4 th proit in the e%t....:;;:011 it gives
. 0,.,r affair., witete *he gri.at laritity with rie "link
, 7.lsit; iNeat VI It ft at dim mat in nrla tar fac:l .t ;te the enc.*.
'atom and, la-fly, the Goveriiintint prahts
fr ;*.; Cie geo..tal a.,:;Lt-nt„; tosults from ao amp;e a circ
la•i•oi.

(.: ) Ti. 4entiment of moral duty among rt.ltiols, and tirin-
.l.i;;;ly hat regard t.) fate lxrsout rhu.R.v.ru, i, an tbsenral
w.tiotrit croly theory ut cr,•tlit at 1. iinevai-
s.. I • ' ; bat •613.11 L)IILI ill 1.4 iitlneAt
mat r•ta,a3i the ruin ideal be..-troie v.i;v, and it is then
% erV Vile importance whether the circulating medium eon-
et poem a: gold. The cotninerei..l traiNictiong may be
VVOI4 .aity eau:Walt:lig by lobo' ; for banks of
known :.tot eita'ilidic.l credit would, ate their ttuti4cri, sup-
ply the leii•e of en.ttey, a; well a; 11 our real subatatitial sign,
it yoli.it it rnieot.

(5 ) c.rts!terro.ise to the f,vourible balance of the
tommer:o of Si7,4i..st, litany foo-a:Loi rations should edupt
siruilsr lgilliUn Of te4lvztue whiehrug.
Lod h3vd r.ire;r.sl ur s:questered, it will rend.l poor
than thus the national ricliws will Is• di-
:pion:Nit • t;es si.ot atone half tithe capital which to-
r.lgoe.:s shah have l!nt turhig three of Wu: senr•,
ttltot it will cu" op nation to pay futeltn 'be
I cilia kJ, ois A:l6.a is Jar hi

.

. •

. .

•

mort-rOcti ..bund.iati tot if A.,:11 are obliged to
draw $ or 10 millions for grain from abroad, ae you
did in the years WO and Itlol, the balance of
commerce will be by some millions against you,
and your Exchange will be proportionably reduced.
(1;4 You may observe, that my mods:, of reasoning
is nut distinguished by aperity or systanatic spirit
of oppositiou, fur I might say that the e::pences you
will be obliged to make for your importations will
he much more considerable than they have been,
since yon will be obliged to have them from the
,Baltic, which cannot afford to give you grain at the
same price you formerly had it from Belgium k
there will be the difference of a higher price of
freight, the difference of paying larger
.sums in
advance, and a hgher rate of insurance. Ano-
ther permanent cause of the possible degradation
of your Lxrhange is, your immense national debt,
which, as it is partly the property of foreigners,
renders it necessary to make continual remit-
tances abroad for payment of the interust.—Fur-
ther, if the spirit of imitation—if the desire of
profiting by the present high price of the Funds
shouldinduce your creditors symontancously to
withdraw their Capitals, endangered by the new
system adopted in England, in such case, there is
no g •otmd for ascertamta:: to what extent the de-
preciation of you! Exchange may go, and the his-
tory of paper-money offers a sad example of the
progress of a depreciation founded en fear, or pro-
daced by flOse measures ; for even, when by means
of your Bank, with the aid of an extraordinary re-
striClion in the discounting bills, which will oblige
your merchants in order to raise Funds to send an
extraordinary quantity of merchandize to the Con-
tinent, you will, for some weeks, raise the rate of
Exchange above the limits which the habitual state
of things prescribes to it—you will assuredly come in
contaia with some foreign Bank, which by opera-
tions of a (lima opposite nature wi7l ronnteraa your
alsomentaneous appeal to the monied interest of the
Continent, and will reduce the rate of Exchange to
its natural limits.

(b.) The balance of commerce in favour of Earlalll during
the last year :4 ebiling in 1800, anionins to Ci0,310/,8501.
IA tog All average for each year of about 6,000,0001

r.tris, M A ECM 1(i.

ACTS OF 'UHF. COVFINNIF.SI'.

The Government lul the ;:epnliiie, upon the re-
port of the Minister of the Interior, decrees as fol-
lows : _ _

The provi;7.ens of the Decree of the 12th of
March, which prohibits the exportation of specie,
are emendcd to every kind of ariicle in go:d

(Signed) BONAPARTE, First Consul.
The Moniteur also contains a Decree for the Con-
rocatien of the Elearral College of the Department
of the Seine, on the Ist GermUial, 11th year, (March
el,) and the Fiisr Comm. has appointed bro-
ther, LrcrtN BONAPARTF, to preside in the Electo-
ral College of that Department.
The journal du Commerce contains an article on
the present posture of atrairs, the ohjeft of which
is to bestow all the credit of efle6ting the peace
upon the French :—and this event, so erdently de-
sired by all Europe, is now, in the opinion of the
writer, obscured by his Majesty's message The
armaments in the French ports are defended on the
ground, that the restoration and aFti city of the
French and Dutch marine ought to demand the
prhwipal attention of their Governments; while the
extension of their military force is asserted to be a
necessary consequence of their increase of terri-
tory. in short, France is said to have as ;treat a
right to arm against this country, because our super-
abundance of ships has not been destroyed since the
peace, as we have to complain of those measures
which they may adopt for the security of their own
possessions ; because there is no difference between
requiring the redu6ion of an existing fore, and
attempting to hinder the formation of one that is
necessary. 46 But England," observes this svr!ter,
4, is overwhelmed with an enormous debt, and would
wish to make us pay its interest, or even eiquidate
the capital, by means of a treaty of commerce, ar-
ranged according to its own plan. There may, per-
haps, be some kindness in the wish to crake us
dupes : we think, however, that Europe has no more
right to take us for cowards, than the has to consi-
der us as fools.—For after having proved vktorious
by arms, and after condueling negociations. with
so much skill, foresight, firmness, and greatness of
mind, it must be supposed that the Government
which has performed such great events has very
speedily degenerated, if it would indirealy consent
to pay the expences of a war, which was made upon
its people, and to furnish the means for its renewal.
Bat there is a time when Governinente, like iadi-
videals, must a:t with jus ice, and consent to reco-
ver, by ;heir own means, from their embarrassment,
however great k may be, into which they have vo-
htetarily tailen ; otherwise they rue: expeS to find
themseives in a situation still more ditagereable."
The Tribunee has a,lopred, by a majority of 54
to three, the 4:11 Title tithe Civil Code which relates
to Abeeuh'es.

DUTCH MAIL.

R6TVERIOAM, MARCH' 15.
The news of an approaching rupture between
England and France, has occasioned a great. con-
sternation in our commer.cial world. It is indeed
but too tine, that the English are preparing for the
worst. however, if the apprehensions of the British
Government ar., piweb; excited hy the preparations
maki:z in the sea-poets of France and Holland, we
do no, these to be font:id:o)le enough to
excite suspicion : nor is there much reason to stip.
pose that the Colonial e:l)editions are destined iOr any
other than the purpose given otst, where brrrafkrtla y
may he of more disservice to England than in the •
evont of being employed at home against. her. It.
is more prehai)le that England seizes this pzetence •
of arming, in order to accelerate the pending' ne-
gotiations : for it is well k uown that it has' long
been the plan of the Ft-each Government to keep
the English in uncertainty and alarm, without se-
riously meaning to strike a blow. The appropriate ;
time for this is not yet arrived.
All the holders of West India produce refuse •
to sell : and though CuTee is not demanded, the
prices .continue firm. Sugars remigin as before..
Rice is somewhat lower, and is noted at 78s. ClO-
verseed is now dull. Gin is lower, and dial:
Lon-
don Proof is noted at 1:41. Coals are got up to
SO f. per hd. and they are expected higher. Of se-
veral $911.5 of English dyed goads, dim is a sarcity.

LONDON,
MO:':DAY, MARCH Ct.

Several of the Ministers left tnwn on Saturday,
and arc not expeeted to return until a late hour this
day. This, though not a decisive circumstance,
affords at least a presumption, that ao important in-
telligence from France was expeeed in the interval.
To.morroir, according to some, the FIRST CONSUL'S
answer, upon the points in question, may be looked
fr. tut will the an ;•.-. er, when it does come, be
:hal and - decisive ? The public are of opi-
niol, that it will not.—The FIRST CONSUL was
totally unprepared kr the present crisis: he has
had time to consider his course, and will, probably,
enthavour to draw bis country into a protracted
.negetiati.A.—This is the state of all others the most
advantageous for France, and the most disadvan-
tageous for England. Should we be led into it, it will
he a departure from the course to which our first step
was directed. Important discustions, we arc told,
are subsisting between the two countties, and great
military preparations are making in the ports of
France and Holland. These arc thing: that must
have been long known to Ministers. They did not rise
suddenly, and come by surprise.--To influence the
one, or ro,ist the other, required .u!ditional measures
of vigour and precaution on our part, and this end
might have bee.• attained without exciting a sudden
panic and alarm.—But the condu& of our Govern-
ment was that of men, who feared a sudden and
immediate danger, and were determined to bring it
to a speedy issue. A fortnight, however, has elapsed
and nothing decisive has been d, ne. The conti-
nuance of preparations stews, tha; tht fear of hosti-

I

1

•

lities is not yet dissipated, while private account;
from France, and the public feeling at home, encon_
rage us to hope, that the storm will blow over, and
leave us in possession of a tranquil and settled peace
The latter sentiment is the prevailing one, and it
gains strength every day. Among several favourable
circumstances, it may be sufficient to state, that se-
veral officers now in town, belonging to the ti3d
Regiment, which is onforeign service, received orders
to repair to Hilse:t barracks, in order to join their
Regiment, but these orders were countermanded on
Saturday. Accounts received by the Imogene, state,
that the Cape of Good Hope was in our possession on
the 3d of January, in consequence..of orders sent out
to retain it. These orders were issued in October
last, at the time when a rupture was apprehended
on account of Switzerland, but some persons fear
that after that cloud had passed away, fresh orders
true sent oat to our troops to evacuate that irri-
portaat station.—This, 11%lwever, is but a weak sur-
mi.se.

We yesterday received Paris Papers of the 16th,
but none of them, except the yotirnal de Connnercr,
takes any notice of the present .state of affairs be-
tween this country and France. Its observations
are, however, of a vague and general nature. The
only interesting article which we find in them, is
under the title of Letters from a Capitalist, re.
cently established in France, to a Banker in Lon-
don, upon the stoppage of the Bank, and the course
of the Exchange. The article appears in all tke
Paris Papers ; and from the manner in which it i;
.et out, and the praise bestowed upon it, the Edi-
tors evidently attach to it some importance. We
cannot pass by this circumstance v. ithout noticing
the new line which the French Journals seem to be
pursuing, With uniformly encreasing ardour. Ever
since the peace, but particularly since the last flou.
rishing statement of our finances, every French Pa-
per that arrives brings some attack upon the finances
of England, or some eulogy upon those of France'.
The Publiethe of the 15th, contains some mfiections
not inapplicable to this subja.d. Alluding to the late
voluminous financial reports detailed in supplements
to the official paper, it says" The public eaposi-
tions of these things were formerly concealed with
so much mystery, that it was a crime to divulge
them, and foreign . powers spared nutting to ob-
taia a knowledge of them. '‘‘ c therefore gave them,
if not as a new thing, at least as an important no-
velty with us."
A Dutch mail, arrived on Faturday, has brought
intelligence, that the hostile aspeet of affairs in this
country has made a very unfavourable impression
upon the funds.
A report was propagated on Saturday, that an
embargo was laid upon all the English vessels in the
ports of France.—lt was an event that might be
expected, but we La_ieve it did not rest upon any
certain intelligence.
- --
The dispatches for Fort St. George and China,
by the Wexford, were finally 'closed at the East-In-
dia House, on Saturday, and delivered to the Pur-
ser.
PASSF.NCERS.
Wm. Evatt Wright, Factor; Lieut. Wilson Ferry-
hotiqh ; Melim A. DoogLis Stewart, G. Anticrsou, Assistant
Sor;;tenis.
Lieut. Cul. Core, of 3Sd Regiment, and Lady.
Lieut. Orrork, ut Garr gegnaent, and Lady.
11. Forward, J. Grant, D. Dandai Hamiltim, H.
M. Coop2r, W. P. Cunningham, J. T. P. Fraser,
C.F. Finch, W. 11. Fielder, J. Rtit;sell--Cadets.
Mr. 'enemas coalyto Agent to the Plellippine Company
at Manila.
Yesterday, about two o'clock, two carriages be-
longing to the Train of Artillery from Woolwich,
arrived on the parade, in St. James's Park, with pro-
per implements for removing the much-talked-of
torty-eight pounder, from the depot, to the spot
where the brass gun has been for a number of years.
Eight pieces of artillery, on Friday, arrived at
Canterbury from Woolwich : eight more were yes-
terday to follow.
Saturday a person in Maryhone, named Wellings,
who has contraCted to famish draught-horses to Go-
vernmeat on the present armament, sent off 150
to Plymouth. Upwards of 1000 are to be forward-
ed to the Southern coast in the course of the coming
week.
The Commissaries are busied in establishing stores
at various places on the coast.
Encampments are to be formed, as soon as the
Militia are organized, in the maritime counties{
Lord Colts %rat Lis, it is said, in the event of a rap?
tore, will command in the Ea.a.tern Distrid. Bar-
ham Downs is to be the Head-Quarters of the Kent
13istrid. Lord MOIRA, Generals LAKE, MOORf.,
COOTE, and others, are, by report, nominated to
cc mmands.
The Ocean, Henry Addington, Lord Duncan, end
Cattle Edin Indiamen, arrived at the Cape early in
January, from England, having troops on board
for India: but General Duanas, conceiving the
nature of the service to justify the measure, had
caused the troops to debark, in order to reinforce the
garrison, which, by this means, has been rendered
fully competent to its defence.
The Imogene lift S. Helena on the 17th of Ja-
nuary, at which time the Northampton, from Bengal,
Britannia, General Stewart, and Admiral Aplin, from
Madras, had arrived there, qru were to sail for
England on the C I st, under convoy of a frigate.
Private letters from Constentieople say, that pro-
posals have been made, on the part of France, to
establish Peench garrisons in Turkey, in order to
enable the Porte to support its power.
Press-warrants have been sent to all the ports in
Ireland, and a multitude of seamen have been thus
obtained. Saturday and Sunday se'nnight a consi-
derable number were procured in the harbour of
Dublin. Similar measures ate pursued in the other
,ports of 'lreland

- -

~-s.wT

~- .

FASIIIIY.

.IRRA.%(,,t. 10:yrs ma THE REEK.

114414 o tr.—M.lmbione% of Abercones Root, Grosvenor-
',tare —M trchiottess of Sfi!i,bury's Altut, Arlintoon-mrc-t.—
Lol? Root's Knot, Curzon-atm.—Lady Sa;uottex Rout,
}l-..rtfof,!-strect. • •

/•D A T. •kOner4, Haymarket.—Lady Saltown's
Ilerthant-strect.--bi.acly 'Utley's Raw, Portland-place
Carhaini.tun's Ui rarer, Bruton-str,bet —Mu. Vesees• Mu.ic,
Gower-strii..i —Marquis of Slirb's Dinher, Csraftoirssreet
Earl of Chatham's Dinner, St. JAilleli.ll-struet.-1."4 Hare-
wood's Dinner, Darmsoorl-phbcs.
W LUSLS3A 7.—Antient flaymarket —Martinis of
liendfort's (band Dinner, St4illitgie-.inlet.—NlJrckonros of
Abercorn's kout, GrosTmior-square Porchcster's Rout,
Griss-smor•square.—Laily Claipboirs Root, Wimpo:e•street.—
Fist C.lonlen's Dinner, Arlingscsi-str...ch—S4 (h-rirga Caul-
f ehrs Wisner, St. James's-quarc.—Eart of Buckinghamshire's
&suer, St. Jantites-squar"...

TuultsoAr.—Queen's Dravring-roorn, St. Jamei:4.—Nfr.
Fasherberer grand tout. Vuey-atreet.—Couotas of lltutlwN'
lout, Ilrevr 8r..0k-th....n.—.\!r. .1 MAN:dinner, S•nith Au ..-
ley-otreet.—Nfr S*.m!lrs dinncr, Queen-Nquaru,
D-raystel• dinner, Dut..r•street.—Marcdiouc i of W.L-
t:rfinls private part..., Zio. 9, I Earley.. mrect.
FlisDAy --Marvinouns of M.xe,lrsei rout, Crwrenor-
fti.larr.-1.44.4 Ha•rwood'A rout, Ifirraowl-p!ac......Miles
Tiler Andrew e4'4 gr and rout, ielevelauct.rux.—Mr4 Ht.Myelll .4

Twit, Grossann,-siptne.—‘irs. 11f1110 root*, 114,1e5•--tr-s-I.
. Marcia /lea of Wineheart's rei:t, liaktr-street—St.Cicorge
Can seld's dinner, St Jaws 's-square.
SA , !I nrmariret.—Marquis t.t* .Aberrora's
dinner, Goovenomeiseare.—liir J. tiort's dinaer, .Irlitqtn3-
sCret..t.-1.nr.1 krobart's 4:nryyr, Grosvessor-place.
' Sun u T.--r al Derby's cli.nscr, Orowstn4r sq OW". SpC2l/4 •
tree dinner, 014 Palace-rail —Marchioness of SaLsbury's
Brirate party, AL invon.strtxr.

Lady HARR ixerroN (Lady of Sir 3. HARRTNG.
TON) Fav• a Musical Party on Friday evening last,
set he r hrnse in Berkeley-square, to al out Quo of the
ibullionable world. Among the comrany present
Wet e.

Llargnis of
Lord Coringuds.
I".iipi", T. Trigr, and P. Rile.
lkt Chamille, and Calmat.
Capmaas—Rtkinvin, and LAntuert.
]lran.—Waliaile, E. WAlistoh., Ihmmmond Smith, Brown-
tow, Itr..wn, Cu ell, I.afetre, jultwom,. Townstwr.tl,. !taw..
inn, V.: is ray Cru th, Frevoiwortte, Uodintt, J
caftans ftpttev, Atdtmru, Pa-
Jo:.l..tont, Judh. id, Cunmack, W. Cooper, and Bar-

an Wachrster.

Coluinfr"—Rntlits, a 51.41.1.410.4.
Tr;, ze, Carrin:mn, !Tale, Sheffied,
atr.o.iii, Per.v, 11. Sut:lN.ist. Ilamnniad, l'ormak
Crawfurd, Parl.r, 51t01:, Po:icon, Ellenbonsigh, ts.iy a:3l

A:soireuer—.C. ilarninrA%-r, Walpole, Willie, Benynn,
Clarke, 11.11.14, Ilrancn,m.d Solon, Curzo, Browne,
Solna, Owen, II .1,1.141', D.VI11101:, Smith, Goading,
11% 1••A•oelf,
iK n:ltett, Felton 1, strAhali, SI. What, I.,,:vklhart,, Webber,
it finnan!, C..l%eit, and Jodlunl.
Ars.... —l7 autillbi: race, two Ben7on , Diann, Dilkes,
ca Lave Cn'noian.„ Cooke, two ,1111o4a, flaw-
pan id, P..., Maim, Sone..., liarvtri, Hole, Sliellry,
bnutb4, TweixL,le,
Webber, awl Child Is.

Lord CLa-hherla:3l 011-e, !larch 13, 1803.
Notice is hcr.Oy given, th.it there will be a Draw-
ing-koian at St. James's, on Thursday next the 2 ith
loam.

Yesterday morning the Royal Family, attended
by Generals MAtoica) and CAR7WRIGHT, Lady
Si ni.tv and Mrs. G:iosvcvoa, attended divine
Servi,:e St. George's Chapel, Windsor ; when a
sere, Ira- preached by the Bishop of Nolovion.
Vestenlay morning, the Duke of YORK visited the
Prillexs,es acd MARY a: Buckingham
Hems&
On Saturday, the Duke of CLARENCE dined with
Lord Bteactcs.
Saturday the Prince of WA crs gave a sumptuous
dinner at Carleton House, to a numerous party of
friends; amnng the company were, the Dukes of
No 14 rout, Dtvomiut RE, BED roaD, and LRINITER ;
dr. E.ITILMOIRA, CAR LIsLE, and CA R N Alt•ON ; and

&Lbws. Fox, SZERIDAN. TICRNLV, CA LCRAr 1, and
a number of other Persons of distinaion.

The Earl of Lir-Limon*. is extremely indisposed
at his house in Hertford Street.
The Earl and Countess of DanNxxv left town

on Saturday for Bounds, near Tunbridge, on a visit
the Coimtess l)owager of DARNLEY, who is dan-
gerously indisposed at that place.
Mr. Dcvas•NLe state of is so bad, that he
ordered by Dr. Mosm.cv, his physician, to retire
from town for some weeks, for the benefit of the
smimtry air.
General G a Ayr gave an elegant dinner yester-
day to a party of fashionable friends, including the
Duke of Goa Dom, at his house in Vigo-lane.
The Marchioness of R' Art R. Otto, and her fa-
mily, arrived on Saturday eveniag List in harley-
street.
6T. Gronat CAct.rietri, Esq. gave an elegant
dinner on Saturday, at his house in St. James's.
square. Amon the company were, the lkikes of
Oatra;:o, and I'e MONI PI :•SILR, Lord EAKI)LEY,
Lord Pailxr, Marvels of I)ouot.As, Marquis of
BLAND/ORD, Sir H. YEATDEasic.NI4 Mr. La.wis,
Air. C*s' Alit &C. ice.
The Hon. Mrs. Sr. G. CAULFIELD is seriously its-
.hspowd at her house in St...lames's-square.
Lady A LVARLEY'S Willie, lag night, in George-
street, Westminster, was attended by 150 of the most
Lishiouable am akar:.
Lord 1)e DUNiTANVIi.t.es dinner, yesterday, was
Roust fashionably attended,
The Nlarchioaesses of SALTSeraY and AaENCOR
with Ladies READ and Stvroww, give parties this

evening.
On Saturday, the Seventh Meeting of the Glee
Club took place, at the Crow t. and Anchor Tavern,
Strand, v.hich was more numerously attended than
any other this season.
Mr. Pll r continues at Walm?r Castle, aloof from
all political intercourse, and not )et perfealy res-
tored to health.
Baron Darr, Sir WiI.I.IAM and Lady WAKE
2,nd Family, Lady N 1.% P.Y HAY, Sir Jo me RESTIVIZ,
Admiral Spay, Colonel Wrrizt.u., Cul. DROWSE,
and Slajor El:1w saps, are amongst the last arrivals
at Bath.
The .4brin brig was the first vessel put in com-
mission, in the present alarms; state of affairs.
It the Baal be BUN •PAlTer first objea he will
receive a sulicient thr,:k to satisfy him before he
reaches it. Should he dray upon us, are shall not
di/Uwe the draft.
tirst man nho conceived the idea of an Uri-
venal Diltionary of Arts and Sciences, under the
of was Anziarw MA ITIILW Ac-
• AYIV aelitri and resiunu, in the Ling-
daft ad Naples.

•

I

77IEATRES.

OP Eft A•1110M.
Mrs. 111T.LINGTOM made her first appearance,
after. a long and severe indisposition, in tie cliarther
of hero e, on Saturday night. The House, which
was brilliant, and crowded to an overflow, received
het' with the warmest applause. The audience was
enraptured with her execution ; although some
traces of her late indisposition were •stili visible.—•
Her Duct with V tot son t, in the second ad, had a
fine effi.sa, and was particularly distinguished by
the approbation of the audience.

11,

DRURY-LANE.
On Saturday night the Hero of the -North wls
performed at this Theatre, to a crowded and
fashiottable audience.—. While music, scenery, and
decorations plea F., it must always hold a prominent
situation i.i puh3ic frvor. • Mrs. MOUNTADS'S songs
were give with more than usual sweetness
The entertijarnent was The Wald ag Dart Mrs.
.!ono*i pertained Lndy Contest; with ail that fas-
cinating simplicity so truly her own, and gave
the song of In the dead of the sushi, in her best stvk,
particularly on the encore. It was with concern we
observed her to labour under the pressure et a very
severe cold. Her dress was peculiarly becoming.

ROrin. CH.IOE

On Saturday morning his MAinsrl.:, attended by
Generals NlAmNints and Ca liTwitionr, left the
Queen's Lodge, Windsor, for the purpose of taking
vie diversion of hanting. When tin.), arrived on the
of Ascot Heath Race-Ground th'y were met
by Earl SANDWICH, and a number of Gentlemen
sportsmen. At eleven o'clock the deer, called
the 7;vp Bog, was turned out of th. cart for the
day's diversion. The deer affordt.d but little sport,
and made for home.. At first he got into a large
pond on the other side Swinley, where he defended
himself from the dogs ; for, when they came near
him, he overset them. Earl SAKIVWICH immediately
ordered another fine deer to be turned out of the
paddock for the day's diversion. This deer ran with
rreat swi:l-acs br s'zsar's Camp, Southill Park,
East Hampstead Park, taking to the right across the
forest by Stunting Hill, King's Beach, towards Bag.
shot, making a double to the lefl by Sunning
Hill, when I.e leaped over the Great Park paling,
laving Cum;)erland Lodge to the right ; was taken
near the Double Gates, after a run of two hours
and three-quarters, and miming over about 25
miles. This is the first time this famous deer h.ts
been hunted since he was made a present to hit Mr.
Points.

On Saturday morning, at one o'clock, in come-
queace of an advertiaement, the BloomsbiAry Vo-
lunteers, tq the amount of 30% assembled at the
Crown and Anciaor Tavern in the Strand, with the
cFderent Offit:ers forr.v:rly belonging to that res-
Lilable corps ; when their commanding Officer,
ttnenant-Coloael Cox, was called to the chair,
and aftet an eloqivent and appropriate speech upon
the occasion, he v..as pleased to announce that Go-
• vernment was willing to accept the services of that
or any other respeCtable corps, willing to offer thew-
selves on the present alarming occasion ; therefore it
was resolved, that a book show(' be opened immediate-
-1), forthe insertion of those names who had been be-
fore enrolled in that corps, and that others that of-
fered themselves should be balloted for, as usual.
M. Weszen, Professor of Chemistry at Bonne,
has proved by experiments that of jelly may be
obt.uned by dissolving Jib. of ox-bones; and advises
the making of nutritious soups from bones only.
Lord Cutest otNE's gallery of pietures has lately
received a valuable addition, by the importation of
some fine pieces, the prodation of Ct. wove and Ti-
TIAN.

A man, named Alraboom Nrcvland, was charged
before' the Lord Mayor, on Saturday, with Jtcafirg
spirks, near Crutched Friars. This is the mor: ex-
traordinary, as A/111411AS! NLWL AND is in the habit
of giving spirits.
Mrs. SIDDOSS continues giving public Readings
in Dublin ; but we understand she has been sent for
to town, in consequence of the alarming indisposi-
tion of Miss SIDDOI4S.

Mr. KEMBLE arrived at Dover on Friday, from
France ; from whence he immediately set out for
NValdershore, in consequence of an invitation from
the Earl of GI: ro no :He appears quite reco-
vered from his late indisposition.
Major General LENNOX, in consequence of the
death of Gen. FLETCHER, succeeds to the command
of the 31st Regiment of Foot.
At the last York assizes, Henry Dann, for unlaw-
fully enticing an artificer to go to France, was s, n-
tenced to be imprisoned one year, and pay a tine
of 5001.
Captain CA me aim'. arrived at Yarmouth on the
tith inst. on the impress-service ; previous to his ar-
rival many good 'rands had been picked up by the
press-gangs from the vessels lying in the reads.
The shipwrights and caulkers, employed in the
Merchants Yards in the River, have made an offer
to the Admiralty of their services, to be employed
iu any yards their Lordships may dire& to assist in
evipping the fleet. This offer is not accepted,
the artificers in the yards being equal to all the
duty.
A regulation his taken place in the impressing of
seamen. Orders have been given that no man im-
pressed 41.111 pass the regulation, and be put on the
ship's books, unless he.shall have been at sea for two
years during the late war, or shall agree to enter as
a volunteer.
The iNorfolk Lieutenancy have agreed to allow
51. to all such persons, nor possessing property to
the amount of 5001. as may be drawn to serve in
the Militia, being half the sum now paid for a sub-
stitute.
A Meeting of the Norwich Loyal Military Aiso-
ciation was held an Tuesday last; when it was una-
nimously resolved to offer their services to Govern-
ment.
A private letter from Lisbon, received by the last
mail, is said to contain the tidlowing article, which
is too absurd to be credited, even though it relates to
the extravagant insolence of General LASNES
" General LAgiES is arrived. Scarcely had he
entered his former hotel, when he wrote to his Royal
Highness the Paniceßrotwr that he came to re-
sume his diplomatic functions, but that he could not
appear at any Levee befOre all the Ministers, who
were in power when he left Portugal, were dirmitred!
" The Pet wet, yieldiug to circumstances, seeing
they would nut surrender to him, cashiered his best
friends, and appoint his enemies to be their suc-
cessors.—So !mi.:haw the independence of PortugaL's

----,...

-

the EDITOR of the BRITISH Pass.
BONAPARTE.
•
Mona Kings • bane tat dawn epos. the ground, and ON T. that
tugs ntaer th.sight of has worn the Cotowtt

The WORIJro of the Soi. of Sirach, Cap. ii. v. 5.

. . ,
lltuough the excellent work from which I extract
the aboVe passage is ranked by our Divines under
the tine of the Apocrypha, I believe few will be
found to think that the verse I have quoted is in any
great degree hypochrobal, or doubtful, as it respeds
the em!irio Emperor of the Gauls. Wlr'yever my
opinion aial: be, with regard to the First Consul's
probable assumption of this dignity, and however
much Z may with the Throne of France possessed
by him tin whom it belongs de jure, still I cannot
look on what is about to take place with all that
stupor of ad:niration and wonder which appears to
have seized the minds of many in this country.
New to Ooprew:Ciu and the servile chain—
El irk"! Lew wroug',l, the mt:ch wmitg'd SWISS, comp'ain!
Wnilat unrezaraed th!ir pAitnew lie,
And Liberty iintiqt•cod swell' her cry
None feels more indignation than myself at the
undeserved fate of this brave and .generous people ;
and from the principles of justice an'i humanity, by
which my heart acknowledges that every man's
conduit should be regulated, I may. experience some
surprise at the oppression that has been er.ereised to-
wards them; but in the elevation of the First Consul,
and in the corning honours which arc, it seams to
appear, to be " thrust upon him," I see little or r.o-
thing to excite the mighty admiration and wonder of
any one at all acquaintM with history, and the mu-
tability of crowns. Not to refer to the numerous in-
stances that occur in the annals of foreign countries,
nor to meddle v. ith the latter period of our own, I
shall, to shew how far from a miracle it is to behold
the Throne usurped by a :II anger, adduce no event in
the English history that did not take place nearly a
thousand years antecedent to the present moment.
Egbert, the first sole monarch of this kingdom,
found himself, in the year 804, in possession of the
throne of the West Saxons. " How his ancestors
acquired their title, whether by force, by fraud, by
contrail, or by election, is a matter," says one of our
greatest lawyers, " at this hour, reduced to ht best
but plausible guesses." The succession was regular
from Egbert to Edmund Ironside, but, at his death,
Canute, a Dane, broke the line, drove Edmund's
family into foreign eouptres, and usurped the crown.
The Saxon race was :again restored, m'Edward the
Confessor. On his decease, Harold 11. A PRIVATE
MAN, and in no way allied to the blood royal, possessed
himself of the throne. The Norman invasion now
took place, and William of Normandy, another
stranger, seized the regal seat, during the of Ed-
gar Atbding, the rizqui L:ir, and, " like Canute
before," s:1:. s a learned writer, "forcibly transferred
crown into a sew ftmi/y: but the crown being so
transferred, all the inherent propertiee of the crown
were :vie) it trahsferred di 9.
This simple statement of fads, well weighed,
must assuredly make the Corsican's possession of the
throne of France but little to be surprised at, with
regard to its novelty. With me it has long had
that effect.
Reseeding- his title of Emperor, if we consider
the original meaning of the word, no man was ever
more justly entitled to it, since, according to the
antiquary, " Emperor, Imperator among the an-
cient Romans, signified a general of an army, who,
for some extraordinary success, had been complimented
with this appellation."

It his been contended, that the imperial dignity
is more eminent than the regal, and that emperors
have the power of making kings. There is no
doubt that the Emperor of the Gauls will assert all
its privileges; and I should not be much astonished
to find him ereafter afting the part of the Emperor
Charles the Bald, who, in the year 877, gave Pro-
vence to Boson, putting the diadem on his head,
and decreeing him to be called 'Gyp Ut more
tree-cram IMPEILATORUM REGIBLS videretur
tlorTi-
na:•i.
In fine, the title of Emperor even will not be new
to France, since Louis le Gras, in 1116, stvlcd
Franprum IMPERATOa ikitutru. There-
fore, although Bonaparte may be the last Emperor
of the Gauls, he will not be the first they have en-
dured in the meekest spirit of humility and pa-
tience.
Temple, March 4.

OLD NICK.

' • De-.pig, according to the Hebrew.
t Cliatterton's Resignation, V. I.

- •
The Tdwer-Hamlets Militia are ordered to as-
semble; the First Royal Regiment in London Field,
at Hackney, and the Second Royal Regiment in
Bethnal Green, on Friday the 25th instant, precisely
at ten o'clock in the forenoon.

The Militia for the East Riding of Yorkshire are
to assemble at Beverley this day, in order to be em-
bodied.

""' . ...

The Oxford Militia are to be embodied on
the 30th.
The Rutland Militia were embodied cn Saturd:,y
at Oakham.

The Denbighshire are to assemble at Wrexham
on the f 2 tth.

The Flintshire, at Mold, on the 12Rtli inst.
Suffolk, :'nth Of March, at Ipswich and Bury.
East Norfolk, this day, at l'armouth ; West M)r-
folk, at Swaffham.
A private letter from Paris, dated March 14, says,
" 'the troops of the Republic are concentrating on
'various points. In the first Military Division (round
Paris) there arc 42,000 men. The naval oacers
have received order's to join at Brest, Havre, Acc.
The works of the port of Boulogne are carrying
on with great aetivity. In fad, the preparations
making in the several ports are of a nature by far
too extensive to be intended for the colonies, and
can have no other objet than a maritime war, if
further proof of hostile intention be required, we
shall find it in the diligence, and even cruelty, with
which the military conscription is carried into e freFt ,
?or there cannot certainly be occasion for strictness
in executing such a measure merely to maintain a
peace establishment. It is a fa&, which I know from
authentic documents, that four thousand of these •
ywung men
.have aCttially deserted; a description
of their persons has been forwarded to the Depart-
ments, and all of them who are found, are to be
dragged ignominiously from their families, and sent
to the colonies."
P.S. General Detoc set off two days ago sod-
denly fur Berlin. •His mission is stipposed to be of
great impurtance.

7 OIR K ASSIZES.


SIIOCKItif; MURDER.
Tat MAL OF JOSEPH HEAL', AND JOHN TE*Rrt
Fol: WILt AILSDEIt or Et.IZABETH SHITH,
.A;I:D 67 YEA/LS) AT FLANSHLW, NEAR WAKE*
FIELD.

The decea:red Elizabeth Smith was about G 7 years
of age, a woman of most excellent cheraeter, and
had maintained herself by keepike Cows ;red vend-
ing their produce. Having the misfortune to lose two
of her cows, she was left nearly destitute, but by
the humane assistance of her neighbours, she was
enabled to purchase one cow; and her yem, who
lived in Leeds, sent her eiyhteen guineas afterward.,
teebuy another, hut destreti her not to purchase be-
fore [virile. o.i her receiv ng the eighteen guineas,
it was immediately made kne•en among e her neigh..
bouts.
The first witness, Mary Towlerton, proved, that
between one and two o'clock in the morning of the
2d of September last, she was awoke by hearing the
deceased (Elizabeth Smith) screaming out very vio-
lently, which continued for a quarter of an hour,
the latter part of which time the noise grew fainter;
that she awoke her sister, who slept with her, got
up, called her father up, told him what she had.
heard, and went to bed again : soon actor, they got
up again, looked out of the window, and saw a•man.
in bis shirtsleeves, with a lighted candle, stooping
and looking about, apparently in much harry, in the
deceased's bed-ruorn ; witness and her sister called
again to their father, who, together with their bro.
tiler, went to a chamber window, which opened to-
wards the deceased's house, and called several times
" Tom Smith !—Tom Smith !" thinking it might be
her son, but immediately the candle was extinguish•
ed, and then they gave an alarm that there were
.thieves at the deceased's house, after which she
thought she saw somebody in the workship over the
deceased's house. Afterwards saw Heald and Terra
at the deceased's house about three o'clock.
Towlerton corroborated the testirnory
of the last witness, with this addition, that he 'saw
the prisoner Heald, at the deceased's house, about
three o'clock the same morning; that he knew the
two prisoners 'sere very intimate, and that he saw
somebody washing his hands in a trough, adjoining
the deceased's house, and that the water was very-
bloody; that the prisoners expressed their readiness
to assist in finding out the murderers.
John Towlerton corroborated the testimony of the
last witness, with this addition, that he saw a man
come cut at a window at the deceased's house there;
the man he saw had a dark-coloured waistcoat, and
a dark-coloured apron on.
(It must here he remarked, that when the prison-
er, Heald,. came into the deceased's house after the
murder, he had on a dark-coloured cloth waistcoat,
with a dark blue woollen apron, that folded about his
waist, eod which the witnesses proved. Terry hav-
ing his kand tied up, caused the first symptoms of
suspicions eo attach on him.)
Henry Glover proved, that he was sent to call the
deceased's relations, who lived near, and to inforee
them of the murder. That almost immediately
upon his return to the deceased's house, the prisoner,
Heald, came in and said, he had heard one Francis
Dransfield (another witness) inform one of the de-
ceased's friends of the murder. Witness replied,
that he could not have heard him, if he had been in
bed. The prisoner then said, he had called up his
master, and told him the same, and had clesired.his
master to let him out of the room, and that he had
come down to see if it was so.
John Clarke, another witness, corroborated the
testimony of the above witnesses.
Thomas Smith, son of the deceased, proved that
he went with the last two witnesses to his mother's
house, where they found her lying bleeding upon
the floor, speechless; that she died in about a quar-
ter of an hour afterwards ; that beside her were laid
a pair of tongs, covered with blood, and bent, as if
with striking her, and a bloody spade in the bed-
room adjoining where she slept. The iron part of a
switching-bill was found among the bed-clothes ;
that the shaft of the bill, and also a razor and a can-
dlestick, with a short piece of candle in it, were
upon the table, and sprinkled over with blood ; that
he had seen the prisoners several times upon the de-
ceased's premises, .previous to the murder; that
about three weeks before the murder was committed,
the prisoner Heald ran up to him, and asked no
other question but, " Thomas, when does thy mo-
ther intend to buy another cow ?" That he saw the
prisoners together many times upon his Mother's
premises, within a month previous to the murder.
Ann lllingworth's testimony went to identify the
switching-b:ll found in the deceased's house, as hav-
ing lent the same to the prisoner Terry's master,
who had nit returned it at the time the murder was

committed.
Thomas Wilkinson, the prisoner Terry's master,
proved the switching-bill, and believed it to be the
same found in the deceased's house, and also the
finding of a bloody haaderchief in the prisoner
Terry's bed.
Mr. William Walker (surgeon) proved that the
wound on the head was the cause of the death of the
deceased, and that one of her arms was liroken, as
he supposed, ,by defending herself froru the blows
struck with tli handle of the switching-bill.
Thomas Shaw and Samuel constables,
proved the confession of the prisoner, Terry ; which
was, that he and Heald met togetbzr, the night on
• which the murder was committed, and parted at
ten'o'clock, to meet again at the deceased's about
one o'clock. They met accordingly. Terry as-
sisted Heald in getting into a window, up one pair
of stairs ; Terry. arse:wards se up something against
the house, and clitribeci up after Heald. That after
several blows being struck at the deceased, Heald
took a razor, and he Terry hell he ahead. In a
short time Terry had his hand cut, and advised
Heald to desist, as he had got enough, and would
then go to the door and look if all was safe ; upon
his return he . found Heald had got the deceased
into the adjoining room, and was braying her over
the head with the tongs, upon which lie told him
to desist, and come away, and there would be no
more about it ; also that when Heald was brought
into the room after Terry had made the confession,
Heald said to him, " 'ferry, I. thought thou would
not have deceived me so, droll knows I WAS not with
thee;" to which Terry answered, " Thou knows
there is a God above that knows all." A second time
Ileald asked Terry, why he should deceive him,
and said, " 'nun had better lay it upoa somebody'
Tcrr rqlied 4,1 will a% hang an innocent

-

'

:~