The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-23 00:00:00

FnENCIT ANSWER TO M. NOVOSILTZO/PS NOTE.

a The Note, is said to have been addressed by M. I
Novosilta .7, to the Caurt of Berlin, has been published in the
German Journals. The film sesertions which it contains, and
the sea .te pretensions which it manifests, the total want of
decorum, which charaaerises that pretended state Paper, dm not
permit the Undersigned to remain silent on italpuliication.
He has received trowel eiders to etsininunicate to his Excel-
lency M. De --a..., the fallowing observations. lie does not
doubt het that they will be sufßeient to reify the impressions
which might have been produced by a paper, which is en
offensive and inaccurate exposition of indireet and temporary
circumstances, which have lately takes place between Russia
and His Majesty. The Emperor and Sint, has for a long time
observed, in silence, the progress of Russia, towards the South
of Asia: ha saw, with just uneasitieur, the danger which
threatened Persia and Turkey, two great Empires; one of
wine% cannot be triniC•)6o4ll without involving the other M ine-
vitable ruin, and the other is the sole bar:lerbetween the Con-
tinent and Russia. The States's( the Grand Seignior are not
only threatened, but his Cabinetis continually besieged by in.
triton:, and is every diy humbled by new de.n inch, and by
arrogant proposition', which are injurious to the dignity of the
Prince, and do not leave the Mlnlsti.-rs the free citoice of any
rimanires. His Pravinros are agitated with new disorders,
which the arenas of Russia *minty foment. Pitches and sedi-
tious Governors are conirmol in their culpable enterprises,
and pride themselves iip..n their projects of independence, and
upon the assistante of Russia. The Greeks, • nation grin,
till this du, wan subjects, are revolting on al
sides srain.t the Turks, and their disolaedience is not punished
The Russian sicadriins pe-vade the Ottoman Seas, and carry
t , their coasts, arras, recruiting parties, agents of trouble and •
insurreetio-; and, se may well doubt, if there does not now
exist in Tartar!, a gre.ter iiemlser of men who are enneerting
and ennttiving to.estroy that un%apny Empire, than the Sore.
reign could arni and ern!iody, ni eu.ure its preservation. Such
is the disastrous state of Turkey.
" The Emperor, affeaed to sec himself almost the nnly Prince
on the Continent who very early foresaw the projects which were
(camel again.it Turkey, hoped that the imprudent rapidity with
which they were developed, would open the eyes of Europe,
and he has seen with pleasure, a ercumstanie which enables
His Majesty to bring this interesting subject into discussion,
and call the attention of all the Cabinets to it. His Majesty
the King of Prussia wrote to him to communicate the desire
vp.ich the Emperor of Russia had expressed, and to send one
of his Chamberlains when passports wee demanded; the Em-
peror neither received nor asked foe an explanation. He
knew befone-hairl, and he expressed his opiiii m upon that
point to the K.iig of Prussia, that no hopes of the tratiqiiillity
of the world could he founded upon that negotiation—though,

perhaps, a favourable opinion might yid be enterta.ned of the
personal generosity of the Emperor Alexander, no fairoorahle
:molt couid be expected from a dismission in which Ili; mode-
ration had been so parrarsely overcome by fure,go influence,
cud by the the intrigues of those who surround him.
" That, in reality, Russia taker no reel and sincere part its
the interests of the Continent; but, indifferent to the happi-
ire.; of Europe, her intervention in political storms has ever
served only to increase hatred and inflame passion. That at
all time+, the quarrels of other Powers luve been to her only
the subject of a torte idle speculation, curl that new, occupied
as she is, with the pmemsive annibilatian of Persia and Tur-
key, they ran only be to her a tnomeatary sub;e2 for diversion
or perhaps of lintzsy. His Majesty, the Emperor, however, or-
dered that the Passports should be sent; and,since then, nothing
more has been heard of the Chaniberiain of tire Emperor of
Ru,sia. It must doubeli-s, be regretted, that an opportunity
has bent lost of making Pit and creme representations to Rue.
ski on liar condua iu A.sia, nn the oppression' with which she
asenlces the Ottoman empire, and on the causes of the alarm
which begins to spread every where, at the approach of an
event, which threatens to dreamy tor ever the eiti:librium of
the South of Ear me. It is in this point of view, above all,
that flisMajesty looked Lamm the proprocd N.:gotiation as an ad
vaiitageous projeD, winch might tend to the general good, and
hr is afflifted that the caprice of Flossie has, in this respell,
disappointed his hopes. lit exposin:, however, on this head,
his real views, ho does not think himself obliged to enter
into any explanation with respect to the pretwided dispositions
that the letter of M. Dc Norosiltsoff attributes to hint. Jr is
vim ly thn, that an irresolute Cabinet, to cre a colour to au
Orford measure, endeavours to impute to Franco, rontradez-
lions iu conduct and language, which do not belong to her.
" Bet bee the recrimination is may a pretext, a,ul a !omelet
without truth. Passports solicited and obtaioed, do not con
stitute a negotiation. France said nothing. kesiia alone mar! -
a demonstration, and demanded that one of her agents should
he admitted to be heard. If this demand had been coupled with
cdensive c with clauses "illicit it is astonishing to see
ins Note purporting to be official, it wou!cl hare temained un-
answered. The character of His M•insty the Emperor it too
well established in Eurnpe to have the impossible su;spositioir
fora morner.t beterreil, that he would hare permitted propo
%Mons to be m ale to hint, contrary to his dignity, or have
listened to such propos:tiims. Nevertheless, to take away al
possibility of bell frsm any souls all -futon, or that eve,
which the ajvnts of &Mill lure judged propsr to publish, the
Undersigned has received eiders to tiday it in tile meat positive
owl An:OA manner.'

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THE BRITISH PRESS•

I.ONDOS,
MONDAY, Sfr PT

:BEI 23.

Two of the three Ilarnhurgli Mails due Tester-
arrived at a late hoar last night, but neither
the pipers nor letters were delivered out when this
Paper was put to press.
We have received Paris Papers to the 14th, and
Dutch Gazettes to the 18th instant. BUN P A RTE
has, at length, condescended to answer the Note
published by M. Novosiz Tzar F. It charges Russia
with meditating the destration of the Persian and
Turkish Empires, and regrets the failure of M.
Islovositrzorr's mission, merely because, by that
event, BONAPARTE lost an opportunity of abusing
Russia still more, The foreign papers, while
they hull out a faint hope of negotiation, abound
with military preparations on the part of Austria
and France. The army of the latter, marching for
the Rliise, and to be commanded by BONAP s R I I:, in
person, is to be called the Grand Artnn. The Nuni-
tear of the l'..lth contains an account of the gallant
ani,o betw -en the IllarreAe and a squadron (..f tour
of the enemy's vessels. It boasts that the T.per7e
received very little assistance fro* her companions,
and had the whole merit of the capture of the
Waurld.

A report prevailed on Saturd4y, that a part of
the troops ruder orders for embarkicion had been
countermanded. We have since heard, that some
troops will be sent out to the Mediterranean, in
November, to reinforce General Ca Ain, but Clat
the Grand Secret Ex peilitiim is .I,:erred until spring.

We understand that letters have been received
from Vice Admiral COL I, IN 4:SV,S %Tr. date.l the 2`;111
last, which state, that he was tben of: Cadiz with
eight sail of the line. The Comliinel Fle-t had
shewn no di.position to put to sea, but remained
quietly blacked up bf ti „it inferior force. Capt.
Ka mu, if the Ernivoi.i. frigai.ii, in a letter to the
British C instal at Faro, dated the :Suds-last, statist
that he saw the Sizist frigate, of 3(i guns, Captain
Panwst, and three ships of the line, join Vice,
Admiral CowalawoOn upon tbir preceding day.
In the course of the Right, he passed a flrrt steering
to the south-east. This was probably Sir ROBERT
CALE/KR% tileet. It would of course arrive off Cadiz
on the 13th. We must here observe, that these
dates are not consistent with the report p....thliht-
ed by theAdruiralty, on the 21 instant, upon the
authority of C.tpt. BLAC'GWOOD, of the ./,:airyetlus
frigate, The Laryalen, i i that dispatch, was stated
to have fallen in with Sir 'tonna]. CA Lota's Fleet
on the 24th, 23 leagues N. W. of Cape St. Vin-
cent; it was, of course, expeaed, that Sir Roar: r
CALDER would join Vice-AdnsiralCoLLtrtowooD
about the 26th.

The Gest-ire of Saturday night contains an ne-
count. of the capture of the Prince of Peace Spanish
privateer, wine); has done some damage to our
tr.t.le. Sire was brought into Portsmouth on Fri-
day, by the .Imazan frigate, and has on board all the
dollars which she took out of the Prince of Wales'
Lisbon packet. The Gazette also cum:nuaicates
sever a gallant achievemeats execated by the all-
cers men helenging to the Cambrian frigate,
Capt. 1; en csroao ard, particularly, the cutting
out of St. Mary's giver two vessels and a Spanish
privateer.

On Thu--.day morning. the Itl;Sit AN A 1411A11A.,
0(6 ti trAilS4nAl l.t.ines with Lord Fi 4 WICLSOUR
for upwards of two hours. Oa Fridsy, Ills Excel-
lency was at Lord Nlutostave's office, from two
till tour o'Clock.
A letter from St. Mary's, Scaly, dated the Itith
instant, says—

" This aicenr.ad e•tt in here the cutter F.lisah•th and Thil•
hi, of Fernand, dni the Channel Fleet Lull nicht at nowt
o'clock, about I tglit leagues south of [reliant, the., +front
seventeen sad of the five nd having been dic.stehed
towards Ferrol. Th.• !french Fleet were all •nug in harbour,
harms{ made nu further ettenipt to cone nut."

The Atria privateer, of Guernsey, is capered by
the combined fleets.
The AL I and Betsy, M.Latrauttm, from Liver-
pool, for New Brunswick, is captured. by the St.
Pedro, Spanish privateer.
PONSON BY Totersti ass, of fsterriort-squ.ire, in
the City of Dublin, Esq. is returned to serve in th,•
present Parli.iment. tor the Tow,' of New Ros,, in
the room of Cu It I, To rlf NIA *poi. LS4I. who,
since his ele,aiait far the sail t,..w0, has accepted the
office ot S;-w.ird ur 1 ttl,tF of His MAJI:LT V'S
Three Chiltern I livtdr..As ot S'.)ke, Desborough,
and Bonenhain, hi the county at Buckingham.
TheWar-Office have, by particular desire of f lis
MAJ nry, appointed a Committee, of which Major
Poole is President, for the invcstigAtion, and final
settlement ot the accounts of all Levies raised in
Ireland, by letters of service from this country,
during the last war.
Most of the sea chines, held by the late Duke of
Gi.oucEs r a, have been already given away. There
are still some things dater than all these together,
which a►e not yet appropriated, namely, the pen-
sions, to an amount of serevirrit tho:rtand pounds per
.tonum,which His Moves. Htor;N►ssenp,ced, nn the
Irish Establishment; of which, eight thousand were
conferred on him, on the demise of his Royal Brothel
the late Duke of CWIIIIeiILASD.

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