The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, APRIL IR.
We read in the Ammer: ek Dunker-47re of the lath
• .1lows:—" Yesterday morning we adopted the
precaution of laying an embargo on all our
,• destined for the cod fishery. This measure
preserve for us, in case the present differences
• w veil France and England are not adjusted, a nur-
't
good seamen and valuable ships, and will
eot us an immense loss. Notwithstanding this
. prudence, di:lated by the solicitode and fore.
. Government, all the Paris letters speak of
they eves' add these is little doubt of it.
I.F6ISLAIIvE T.ODY,

APRIL 16.

!Ire" orators: we- obarged to prisstst a praje: o f
. . :espeaing a tevy of canscr o,i.*Zell I. Act: I; E
:—he reminded the as‘enibly the great im-
ance of the law of conscription, to the glory and
.-saes of the French armies. The eseciition of
,at law has espcsiencesf reed ytar modifications,
..,smg it nearer to the Orestes Bible degree of
ri..Ctiiits Rigorous at its origin; it was thought
. the year 10 that it might he rerdered less severe,
id the present /lid is to soften it F till more.
orawr prinopa ly drew the attention of the
icidative Assembly to the call of the class of the
.w 114 made before the ordinary zra, and upon
table of .iistribution between the depattments
nered to the preje. It is neither the want

• an extraordinary recruiting, nor even pecan-
which have determined Government to com-
, ite the class of the year 12, or that of the year
11. "No political circumstance," said LAtULT,
makes Govenunent presume on the necessity of
careding at pre.;ent the peacz establishment It is
•ly tom a spirit tit order and justice that has
• that resolution. 'rho! v.:cation of the L:gi ,la-
'ye Body, and the time necessary for the refit
: o'r the motives declared by the orator. It would
: ::ult from these two circumstances that the con-
, ripu would receive their discharge a yt tr Liter,
el that the nat'on would be deprived of a fifth of
,ervices which it has a right to demand of them.
-a, the distribution, instead of afting upon a poli-
basis, as in the preceding years, it proceeds
tin calculations of the population. It hats been
so thought tit to reduce the number of exceptions ;
•canse, by diminishing very much the number of
, ..rsons liable, the contribution would be left too
cightv upon these ~utijeet to it. ibis would be to
Tart 'from the principle of the conscription, to open
. danr to nurnherie-s abuses and to deprive the army
men the most capableof maintaining and augment-
.; its glory. In tine, without enervating the institu-
-it, it is sought to render the dispositions more just,
.ire mid, anti the execution more easy.
nment," added Ls cr. st, " has presumed to flat- •
itself that the joyer would obi tin your assent;
vane, like it, you ss ish that the army should be
. ways kept up to a peace establishment ; b:cause
,t. wish that a formidable res‘rve should be :dwais
icir to extend it to a war establishment with promp-
and fa;i:itr because rcu know that the con-
:ytion is the jall3ditas of the glory and liberty of
; ticcause you wish that this institution,
turalited among us, should become the object of
e „Witt& of the French people, of the hopes of
A tines, and or the terror of its enemies."
lbe foll.wing are the principal articles of the
„if'

I tow shalt be ra.iefl 111,000 ensue-ire ern the tic vrip
• l the 704 t 11, and *0).(100 oral Le tas. rt,wtom of the
. rt, to cut:ll-10e the arra/ von a pewee catahlohnient.

Mew sha l be also utmost 16104 rosroecnins n; thejear 11,
110044 tlf. me YAP 12, to r•••alain iu reverse ; wad was for
entp*- sot voris .1 Use army upon a war icontas, u that
,stol lie artic a-p.
ne wwwrope• the ?war la dull. under 1)0 pretext, be
.1 era learn use 13.1 lie roost sr
sere .reusenet absent at the woe of Ins appoin•menr, and
• 111111§ rot jpbUt re •rn win tome, .hall h. rrprir.elte,: or his
ne one '.l he nest d k n, wool au Mete .!,fault by a etti
. mould hr .he SI or so
• .•?entweri,ot shall hp allowed a ros•moth to loin his e •rps.
.1 Ibe 1.4111 wit penes. t toswislf 'whore the expiration of that
, he 14.41 to • d eland • ref/dead, essisesiot
~..pqy -no ergo rand...coed as reframtly, shall be e
. usolitars aepao. tb• rot to reusaais at the disposal of toe (As-
sisi:us tor fly* years.

. e•ft.trerr. e•qt•-vg:se who -ball not be apprehended, a.
ft 1• 1-d by hr Nllmagetp..ltty.
el..eub.on of Ibis rle, a tie be opined he 25th of

SITTING 07 THE, 19TH ♦lRft.
be Counsellors of state Fleurieu, Real, and Mint,
,:nted a plan of a law, importing that there
uld be established in the towns of Brest and

•1;1111, a Commissary General of the Police, who
.nl.l a& in concert with the Prefca of the Depart-
.lt, as well as the Maritime Prefea.
« •1 he inTortance of the principal arsenals Of the
ne, the security of the forces assembled at the
Jt military posts, and the roagazines containing
feffeets and ammunition necessary for the arma-
i ..itt and proviiioning of vessels require, said Citizen
..eurteu, either witlin those great establishments
• 'n the small neighboring ports a contiaued guard,
;eh should be tor the safety of the two towns of
at and Toulon."

. •1111TANTINOPLE, MAUCH A.
• • extraordinary honours paid here to the
2. .\ tiihassador, ought not to be regarded as
• cervrtionies, the object of which is soolefinies
:vlt ne ennui of a sovereign, whom it is ne-
• to tam?liarit.e with pomp and grandeur. At
finnelit when fagland renders herself more and
• sLI • picious to the Grand Sultan, and by the zeal
' . which she cireligly retains one of his pro-
and by the interest she has taken in the
...vl of the Peys of Egypt, which she will again
rite v.htnever it slut' be adrant igeous to her ; in
moment of uncertainty and fcar, ou the part of
• • Ottoman Nlini7aer, the expressiuns of esteem
h the trench nation has received in the person
• s Ambas-a.tor are generally regarikti as 411
• •IiVOC4I proof of the change of disposition of
• ;Stumm Porte towards England.
•
of a letter from Citizen liurtn, Colonial
:,.. of Miutinique, to the pr..n.ital Commissary
::.urine at Boutd.....aus, dated Saint reielTt, 17th

ty• ••1
--•:a1 vet, ore. 41wer.P, w?-.4t1 we have paw.eet relative
r4,l' • 11, C 'stoats, Fotwitein, and 0.81.00-rev, , von
3 moh whitit I thoS4M rireet.*re tZ etta6l.4l
ar alio Mother Cothtry, Mt espetimg the kmgl,dit
,tas 1.14 h• 4 Ab ed Nth, tlT4tr ingtoutty at tree re-
,jujr. rlwrirg 1-411. Les to give ....-toAy t. tot
.• of french Sftettw.42.es •

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THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
MONDAY, Area 25.

After three o'clock on Friday, at the very dose
of the market, a Broker of great respeaability be-
gan to sell out with such Nuiety, and to so great
an extent, as threw down the 3 per cents. to 631.
The panic produced by this extraordinary* circum-
stance enereased in the after-part of the day. The
stock-jobbers were thunder-struck, and at the late
hour of ten at night, private bargains to an im-
mense amount were made, in which the 3 per cents.
were disposed off at the very low price of 621. We
have already noticed some of the idle causes as-
signed for the depression of Friday, to which we
are now on add a report that the EMPEROR of Rus-
s' a had entered into an alliance offensive and de-
fensive wit► France, and refused to be a guarantee
of Malta. Notwithstanding this knock-down blow,
the Funds recovered a little in the course of Satur-
day morni►rg, and left off at tit:. The house
that sold out with such eagerness on Friday, does a
great deal of French business, and nothing short of a
general, and most confident reliance upon its judg-
ment, and the soundness of its information, could
have produced so great an dial. All those, there-
fore. who rested their faith upon its condwft, did
so in the presumption that it had received some core.
munication express from France. Subsequent cir-
cumstances tend very much to shear th2t such has
been the 641 ; for, on Saturday morning, Paris
dapers, and dispatches for Government, arrived in
the regulai way at Dover, from Calais. The Paris
papers came down to the 20th inclusive, and are of
a very hostile complexion. The discussions upon
the civil code, lately the favourite theme of the
nes". Cosset., have been in a great measure laid
aside, and in their place we find nothing but projets
df laws for the support of the widows and orphans
of soldiers, for the maintenance of the emeriti of the
French army, its &.►bled horses, and superannuated
veterans. They also present the projet of a law for
raising 60,000 conscripts to complete the peace es-
tablishme►rt, and of 60.000 more, as a corps Ile re-
serve, to put it upon a war footing " should it prove
necessary."--Such were the proceedings of the
French Legislative Assembly, and such the tone
and temper cf the French Government at the time
when the English Minister made that promise in
Parliament which has been since the ground of so
much critickm, cavil, and misrepresentation. They

prove, as the Minister's words imported, that the dis-
pute was coming to an issue, but that issue, we
fear, is not of the quality the public expected. The
dispatches received by Governinent on Saturday are,
as we are informed, and as the Paris papers 'would
naturally lead us to suppose, by no means satisfac-
tory. From an attentive perusal of the French
papers sonic might be justified in supposing them
warlike.—We do believe, however, that they are
indecisive; and, if so, they are sufficiently adverse
to thpreis the Funds, for a more injurious state
than the suspence which has prevailed these
tire wecki past, the most cunning enemy of
of England could not devise.—That suspence,
however, we may now consider at a close, for
it is impossible that Ministers, after having brought
things, as then slpposed, to a crisis, should sti:rer
aay f uthcr tti!',ing about Malta, or any other point
in cavilling upua which the FraFa. CONSUL may
hope to break down our spirit and wear away our
finances. Public opinion in Fiance, as here,
is against war, and mac% reliance has been
placed upon what is called the relaxation of late
in our naval preparations.—We do believe that
the relaxation is not real, but merely appa-
rent. The more that has been done in cur
ports, the less remains to be done. Ships have been
already rut into commission sufficient to sweep
the French eff the seas. To infer a relaxation from
the cessuticn of commhsions, is therefore a fallacy.
We wish that two thirds of the vessels already in
commission were well manned. Among the various
devices of the nave CONSUL to *sake a war popular,
we noticed, some time since, a report that Ei*
land would agree to no commercial treaty but oar
that should destroy the commerce a France. We I

.

have seen private letters which° state, that an al-
leaged projfi of such treaty has been submitted to a
Cospiniuee f six of the principal mercantile men of
Paris; who have given a most decided opinion against
it. Various causes arc assigned for the rupture of the
'negotiation between Mr. ADDING T N and Mr.P IT T.
Some say that. in additioa to a clause for the ad-
mission of a part of the GRENv LEs, Mr. PITT,
with a view to consistency, wished to stipulate for
certain conditions respeCting the avowed cause ()t-
-his resignation.

S r VfE OF TILE FRENCH FUNDS.

14th .11)0
I till
Pith

Five per Cent.

f c
54

54 2)
fin
32 83

17th

Letters from Ratisbon, inform us, that the Est-
' ersott has expressed his readiness to ratify the first
• part of the general rats of the Diet, but refuses to
sanaion the second part, which refers to the new ar-
rangements of the Ele&oral Colleges, and particu-
larly of the College of Princes. In consequence of
an interview betwixt Count CORE, ZEL and the
French and Russian Ministers, hopes however were
entertained, that his IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S objec-
tions will be removed.
Letters from Vienna speak of the arrival of a
Courier from London, who is said to have been
the bearer of very pacific dispatches. 'there pre-
vailed the strongest expeiftation, that in consequence
of the determination of two great Powers to a&
as mediators, the differences betwixt this country
and France would be amicably adjusted.
The roam: of BON A PARTE in his visit to the Low
Countries is chalked out in one of the Journals.
He is to proceed from Paris, through Amiens, Lisle,
Courtrav, Bruges, Ostend, Ghent, Antwerp, and
Brussels, where he is to make the longest stay: From
Brussels he is to continue his route by l.eige,
Maestticht, Aix-Li-Chapelle, Cologne, and Mentz.
The stay of the Ft ssr CUN•I3I. and the Ministers
who accompany him, at Brussels, will be nearly a
month. He is to leave Paris about the Isth of
May. This may be viewed as rather a pacific
symptom.

Saturday morning dispatckn were received at the
Admiralty from Admiral Sir lloc:La CURTIS, dated
the Cape of Good Hope, Feb. the T2d. They were
brought by the Penguin sloop of war, which arrived
at Portsmouth on 1, riday, from the Cape, after a
passage of two months and two days. She brings
accounts of the arrival of the Concorde frigate,
Capt. \VOOO, at the Cape, with orders for its eva-
cuation. It was accordingly surrendered to the
Dutch two days before the Penguin left it, on the
.21st of February.—On the 20th of February a Pro-
clamation was issued by Gen. DUNDAS, absolving
all the inhabitants of the colony from their oath of
allegiance to his BRITANNIC MAJESTY.-The St.
Floreaso frigate, Capt. 131 s Gli A at, had arrived at the
Cape some time previous to the Concorde, with du-
plicates of the orders that were sent by the bragnit,
to retain the place.
_ _ _

Mr. MONROE, the new American Minister to
France, is entrusted with the disposal of two mil-
lions of dollars, for the purchase of the good offices
of certain persons in the Consular Court. Mr.
MONROE, when employed in like capacity, in 1794,
was the alive and determined enemy of England,
and zealously sought to engage the United States in
hostility to us.
A very material reduction has taken place at
Lloyd's, in the rates of insurance of vessels against
all risks generally, the premiums being now such as
are usual in periods of confirmed peace.
Mr. GLORGE. PONSON sir is expeded in town next
week to attend his Parliamentary duty.
I A Paris Journal does not scruple to assert, that,
at an assembly given by the Consuls Cast BA orates
and LEBRUN, the constant subjei of conversation
was peace. It was the general opinion, adds the
same Journal, that the negotiations between the two
Governments had taken a favourable turn ; and it
was even said that the English Government had
given definitive orders for the evacuation of the
Cape of Good Hope and the Isle of Malta ; the two
principal points in dispute.
The Honourable Mr. WELLESLEY, brother of
the Marquis, and First Clerk of the Ordnance, (in
England) has arrived in Dublin, and stated to be
possessed of extensive powers for placing the ord-
nance department in that country in the best pos-
sible state. He is very active, and, amongst outer
objects, is buying horses, and preparing for a nu-
merous corps of artillery; which, with a troop of
horse artillery, is speedily to arrive from England.
Saturday the arrival off Portsmouth of the
Thames and :Vanier Castle, from Bombay and China,
and the Tellicherry, from Bengal, under convoy of
his Majesty's sloop Penguin, was announced at the
India House. —The Lady
,lane Dundas and lirat-
thmrsitow are hourly expelled, having sailed from
St. Helena on the I Oth of March.
The Romulms of 36 guns, rigging in the river by
pensiot.:.rs from Greenwich Hospital, is ordered to
proceed to the Nore.
On Thursday the Dragon arrived at Plymouth
from Malta, after a passage of six weeks. She left
the island all well, and still in our possession.

The Dutch Admiral HARTSINCK was, on Thurs-
day, off Plymouth Sound ; he is bound for the Me-
diterranean, but in consequence of the strong wind
at W. N. W. was obliged to bear up for Cawsand
Bay.
Saturday the dispatches for China, by the Hop,
were finally closed at the East India House, and
delivered to the Purser.
A letter from the Hague, dated April 14, says,
" It is asserted here, that the result of the negocia-
tions between France and England will be known in
a few days, as every thing depends on a categorical
answer of the Ftarr CONSUL, which will probably
docide the grand. question of peace or war."
Saturday we received the Bermudaa papers to the
sth March inclasive :—the Leander, of 50 guns ;
Cambrian, of 40; &ohm, of 32 • Pheasant, of 18 ;
and Lilly, of 16, were there at that date.—The Ay-
lu, arrived the preceding Wednesday from Jamaica,
with a detachment of the 7th regiment ; and the
Lilly on' Monday, from Antigua, where she was
new masted and, refitted after the December gale,
in which it was feared she had foundered. Lieut.
WAi.r4a and Dr. O'lltato died at Antigua, it is
-sossrosed from the etfefis of the great fatigue they
encotitared on that occasion.

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