The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-04 00:00:00

THE DUTCH MAIL.

IfACC; MARCH 29.
t .1 ac BitAVAla G•vernmeat, laats reccivcd vthcial

intelligence from its Ambassador in London, she t
although a Cabinet order of the 14th of Oaober vats
dispatcluxi to the commanding Officer at the Cape,
to suspend the evacuation of that place till further
orders, and which had had the consequences already
known, another order of the Cabinet had been made
up to the pith of November succeeding, containing
definitive orders for the evacuation of the Cape,
which order went from England on the 20th; so
that the Cape has now been fir some time in the
hands of the Batavian Government.
Althougk the period appointed for the sailing of
the celebrated French expedition to Louisiana still
remains a secret, every thing seems to be brought
in readiness for its departure at a moment's notice
The troops which lately arrived from Bois-le-dec
arc now all embarked.
The Hatavian Minister at the Court of Wurtem-
burg, Citizen Van Dedem tot de Gelder, is art ived
here.

THE ERITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, A►RIL 4.

it is generally understood that an application has
been made to the EMPEROR of Resst4, upon the
subjea of the differences now subsisting between
this Country and France, and that nothing de-
cisive will take place until an answer is receiv-
ed. In the interval, therefore, :dl rumours rela-
tive to Peace or War must be considered as idle
or interested speculations, unworthy of notice.—
Several private letters, from Paris, represent the
public mind as beginning to lose confidence in the
continuance of peace ; but the state of the French
funds does not justify that opinion—They were, on
the 30th ult. 52,, being I i better than on the pre-
ceding day. By the Al mi/eur of the 31st, received
yesterday, we find that the long labours of the Diet
of Ratisbon were at length drawing to an end, and
the Dvfnilve Concluium has been probably adopted
before this time by a large majority. As we might
have expected, the dispute with England has stimu-
lated the French Government to use all its influ-
ence for the completion of that business.

The misunderstanding between the United States
of America and Spain, relative to the Port of New
Orleans, has assumed a serious aspea. A series of
resolutions were proposed on the I tith February in
the Senate, recommending the Government to take
fon'. le possession of the place, without any preli-
minary negotiation They were ordered to be taken
into consideration on the Monday following ; but
though the condud of Spain has excited much indig-
nation, the resolutions were not likely to pass with-
out great modifications. The appointment of Gen.
iia:an A DOT rE, as the French Minister to America, is
not very favourable to an amicable termination of
this dispute, in which France is, not Spain, the real
party. BERN ADOTTE, though a brave and intelli-
gent officer, is of a most insolent and unaccommo-
dating temper. All that can be done by bullying,
he will effea ; but nothing conciliatory can be ex-
pe&ed from a man whose conduit, while Minister at
Vienna, was uniformly marked by violence and in-
temperance.

A letter from Dover, of the :11 inst. says : Last
night an order arrived from the Admiralty at Deal,
for four pilots, and this morning another for ten
more. They are supposed to be wanted to condua
the fleet in the North Seas, which appears alarm-
ing. I now understand from good authority, that
the French are indefatigable in making prepara-
tions in all their principal sea-ports, that every thing
in both countries has a very warlike appearance.
The orders for pilots has given people much alarm
here. The French have certainly ordered a great
number of soldiers from the interior to the sea-
coast."

The dispatches for India and China, by the ships
Hugb Inglis, Lady Castlereagh, and Warren Hastings,
were finally closed at the East India House on Sa-
turday, and delivered to their respe:live pursers.