The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-10 00:00:00

thing fierce and savage. His features ere coats •,
and ha figure disag:ezehle, without being uncom-
monly ugly. He is about five French feet and two
inches high ;he is robust and squat. As to his
charaCtar, Europeans have already formal a tole-
rably just idea ; but the LA:owing traits will make
them still better acquainted with it.
" Crafty and hypocritical, as generally are all
negroes, he is, besides, brutish, passionate, and vio-
lent to the highest deeree. He inspires a kind of
terror is every one who approaches him, and he is
with reason feared, because lie does not hesitate to
de himself immediate justice far the least contra•
didion he experiences, either with his daggers,
swords, pistols, or by p iison. To offend him is
certain destruCtion, and to please him is no security
but for the moment. When he hates once, he hates
for ever, and his likings are as changceide as the
wind. His first favourite to Jty is not sure but
that he May be his first viCtim to-morrow. Am
bition is his ruling passion, to which avarice is only
a sazoadary one, and his shocking cruelty is the
natural conseq•sence of them both. Ha is said to
love his wife and children, but he uses them rather
as his slaves than as his companions. Frieads hr
has none. Even these, whom, from the caprice of
the moment, he overpowers with his benefaßions•
desire his derruSion, as the only s efety of not being
plundered or murdered, by, the caprice of the next
moment." Such are the outlines of a moral and po-
litical portrait of a man, who has been criminal
enough to usurp the sovereignty over the first colo-
ny in the West Indies.—( Le Chi ds Carnet )
They write from Milan, th at the 4th of Nnvem -
ber, or the day when tie r I'r-silent is to be crown-
ed, as an Emperor of the French, will be celebrated
in the Italian Republic with great solemnity A
Progrrtintatt has already been printed, and sent by
the Vice-President to all the departmerrts and mu-
nicipalities of the Republic. Every town will
send deputies, and a certain number of na-
tional guards are itveed to be present —Ti,:
fetes are to continue for six days, eluting
which the Vice-President, Mel:ei, Field alars!•al
Jourdan, and the members of the Consul,a, are, by
turns, to keep open houses, receive assemblies, and
give balls. It is suppose I that we fre-ers of strangers
will arrive from all parts of Italy. Th.' theatres
are to be open during these six days, grali., for the
public.
Most of the foreign Princes ar Venrz have again
crossed the Rhine. and returned to their own domi-
nions. The foreign diploma;:e agents have fol-
lowed their example; but bc.::m eee and the other.
before their departure, ni • - long memorials to
Talleyrand, contei nine va of whet they
had trauseCled in their p: iv are e t•iiences with the
Emperor, and in their conferene whit the Minis-
ter. It is again reported, than the Eledlor of Rai
eerie will be saluted a King by the Emperor of th••
French, and that several ether Eleetors have ob-
tained territorial aggrandisements.
Among the numerous other rejoicings at Mentz,
were the mot brilliant illuminations, with many ver,
ingenious paintings or devices. One, particularly,
was very apropos. at the Chassiner. where Actress
was represented holding between her hands a scroll.
where the names of Napoleon and Europe were
united and interwoven.

The Swedish Charge d'4raires passed through
Nancy on the lath inst. on his way to Stockholm
The armsof the Ring of Sweden continue, however,
over the door of the Swedish Commercial Agent,
which proves, that though our political relations
with Sweden have ceased, our commercial ones wiil
continue. All rumours to the contrary are, there-
fore, without any foundaticn ; ai,d the public cannot
be too much upon their guard, in listening to what
often is the invention of discontent or avidity. Ac-
cording to what the Alevolrer of the 26th inst. re-
ported from a letter from Stockholm, in which it is
affirmed, that no year before have so many Swedish
ships visited Cetta, and that the Swedish flag was
still flying at Fecamp and IY....ppe ; we should not
have noticed this subject, had we not yesterday
heard our garret politicians and stockjobbers b•isy
in hoisting the tri-coloured flag upon the Castle of
Stockholm.—/Joeprial dce
According to letters from Naples, the French
troops unslr General St. Cyr, in that kingdom,
amounted to 25.000 men.

The French 5 per Crnt. were, on the 26th, 54 f.
75 c. and on the 25th, 55 f. 25 ccnt.