The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-04 00:00:00

• FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

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• • The Legislative Body, pry** to its adjourn-
ment, after a l(;ng.sitting V two months, made a
variety of regulations relative to the right of eleCling
.public funetionaries. The following are those most
worthy of notice:—
The eleCtors are chosen by the citizens, and they,
in their turn, are to. make the nominations. For
this purpose the ckpartments are' divided into arm-
disse,nents. in nominating eleCtors the voters have
no general meeting. Bulletins arc distributed at
their respeCtive houses, on which they inscribe their
suffrages ; the whole lists arc afterwards examined
in the presence of persons appointed by each pri:
mary assembly.
To be an elector a person must have previously-
finished his 25th year, he must have exercised the
right of suffrage, must have been donliciiiated for
at least six months in the department belonging to
the primary assembly by which he is nominated.
The law besides requires that eleCtors should pos-
se,s a fortune, the amount of which is determined
either by landed property or by impositions. The
following are the regulations on this head :
In Holland, in the town where there are thirty-
Pne primary assemblies or upwards, the tax on the
houses in which they reside, whether as proprietors
or possessors, is to be at least 50 florins.
In those towns wh. re the primary assemblies are
from thirteen up to thirty, the sum is to be 30
florins, and in those where the number is not above
eleven, 20 florins.'
In the villages their fortune is to be estimated by
the produce of their lands and the number of their
jive stock. .
to Zealand eleClors must possess a property,
either in land-or•moveable effects, to the amount of
3,300 florins for the large towns,. and 1,500 in the
country.
In Utrecht the sum required for an eleaor is
'2,000 florins.
• In' Guelderland 4,000, in Overyssell 2,000, in
. nieshind 3,000, in Groningen betwixt 3 and 4,000,
and in'Bribant 2,000 &Trills.
There Is to be in each department another class of
eletiors, nominated by the eleitors of arrondiise-
mews, and called Departmental Eledors. Of these
the number fixed for Holland is '2BO, for Zealand
108, for Brabant 132, for Utrecht 100, for Gronin-
gen the .same number, for Guelderland 144, for
Overyssell 108, and for Friesland 120. These are
to be of the age of 30, at least, and are subjeCt
to the same conditions as the eleaors of the arron-
dissement. They are to make the elections from the
lists presented to them by the electors of the arron-
dissement. When a member of the Legislative Body of
die Departmental Administration is to be nominated,
the eleCtors of the ariondinolient in which the vacancy
exists are to meet and divide them into two seaions.
mach is to fix on four indiviluals. The number is
afterwards reduced one-half, being four for both sec-
tions. The list of these names is laid before the Col-
lege of Departnwntal Flee:kis, by Whom the election
is compleed. •

A ice.
A decree of the Legislative Body of the Batavian
Republic had, changed the mode of the repayment
taf the—Butaimi yescrisitions, payable after the peace.
The French govennment, convinced that it was an-
- Swerable for At value it had given to them, caused
it to be notified to the
.Batavian goveinment, that
if fheie rescriptiotis were not paid On their falling
due, and Without any alteration in their original
terms, the public *treasury of France would he
Under the necessity of paying the engagements of
the liatavian Republic, reserving the right of re-
turring to the latter for the amount. Any thing
thsit would tend to discredit the Batavian rescrip-
tions, would afr.e& the public credit of France, and
the Condu& of the government shews that it. con-
stantly takes care that the original terms of nu kind
of paper should sufferany alteration.
DECREE OF nIE EATAvi A N LEGISLATURE.
The Leg.alet;ve it,Ay of the iiatavian Republic having de-
lib .rated oti tile NI, sweit. of the Govemml-ni dat.sl 11th Feb.
180, hasthought r.roi•er, in conformity with the proposition
'contained in-the said M. to authorise the Government,
I,t, tsi consider AS void, th:rtftli article of the law of the 'l4lll
of fano:lry last, ac !larding. to which the Batavian reacrilr
Boos payable ai1...4- the pinre which should not have been
negotiate] awry before the 2 dof September this year, should
be convert tl iuto national debt not payable; to offer the
holders of these restriptimis, who wish to vest them in the
voluntary loan, the same terms which are offered to the hold-
ers of India Stack, iroimerisiin the tollowing advantages, via.
1000 florins in Rescripututs or India Stocks and HOU florins in
cash, 3000 florins in Natinnal Obligations, producing 3 per
cent. perpetual interest. Al.:u a receipt fur florins, iii ad-
• dition to wbich 150 florins in cash will procure a share of 400
florins in the h,an to be raised by hittery, a: cording to the plan
annexed to the voluntary loan of 1802; these slime. to he
converted into a national debt, tearing interest at 21 per cent.

Letters from Basle of the 20th ult. say, that im-
mediately after the dissolution of the present Cen-
tral Government, all the Helvetic troops are, in
six different corps, to ente. into the pay of France.
They will be previously reviewed by a French Cons-
missury. They will probably be afterwards sent to
St. Domingo. •

Variousletters froia Berne mention the preva-
lence of the gneatest disorders ii• the Cantons of
Zurich and Basle. In the former, in particntir, the
spirit of 'iu,utreelion had proceeded so far, that all
the sittings of the ordinary tribunals of
.luitice were
suspended.
All the accounts from t:le Continent concur in
stating, that the epidemic distemper which prevails
there is of the most serious nature... It is of the
putrid kind ; 6ut, from ignorance we preiume, it has
been generally treated as inflammatory. In the
city of Brussels, no less than eight physicians have
died of it since last summer,.and it is calculat-..
ed that about slaiv• ptrsons die there of it in a
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day. ' , • .
Colonel Daihme4; YorV . place, Portman.
square, gives, iff coininernoration of .the landing of.
our g.:llaut army in Egypt,hi's.ariniversarygrand
dinner, on the nth of March, to die Wheels of the
:31 Regiment of f.:tiards..."4 ieircd under his com-
mand in rgypt; and tolie lion, General Luraon,
his Staff, kc.'Stc. ' • •
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In consequence 0r pi:',:isuptirnOtis Iprter having
beta sent to th.. I.ord; tie. AdMiialty, CoMplain-
-4 the.crew beitiglol-Iteite4 bi Captain AsT 4Es
of t.a' irsine friOte! AV9l,.tt 9f Ryuiry was lattly
rirdered to examine% iiiii):lfte.'case,, It turned out
froilithc enquiry; that letter was-in uinOunded
sAnder ; and th 4 neitherVitit, nor apy-of
his *Ofilcers, had forrjshed-the smallest pretext tor the
charge.

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NAV4L INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 2.
Remains at St. Helens his Majesty's ship Le Her-
cule, wind-bound, and at Spithead,. the squadron
as per last.—Wind N. W. blows fresh.
Arrived the Mary, Belch; from Charlestnrm.
His Majesty's ship Grantpuy, of 50 guns, a very
fine new ship, built at this port, on a new plan, is
ordered to be fitted as soon as possible, for commis-
sioning. The command of her is to be given to
Capt. Lobb ; she will hear the flag of Admiral
Gambier, for the Ness foundland station, the /sir
not being iu a fit state for that service.
DEAL, MARCH 2.
Arrived and sailed for the river the Caledonia,
Crlig, from Bengal ; the Diana, Darbyshire, from
St. Kitt's. and the Leopard man of war from
Portsmouth. Wind W. S. W.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 1.
Arrived the Provdenee Suceets, Woodhouse, from
Barbadoei ; the G&ti, Pascow ; John, Hancock ;
and Redeem, Peacock, from Lisbon.
The Shams oek, Maeilray, from this port for Bel-
fast, is lost near Belfast • passengers and crew
saved; the captain drowned.
DOVER, MARCH 2.
Passed by last night the Canada, Captain Wilkin-
son, from ('hina ; and the Catdoniax, Capt. Craig,
from Bengal: Mr..i. Wood landed here out of the
former, mad Mr. Finlay nut of the latter,
This morning arrived from Calais the Rambler
passage vessel with passengers ; also the Charlotte
packet, Captain Sueur, with mail and passengers.
Sailed this afternoon, the Prince of !Valet packet,
Captain Sutton, with mail : the passengers were, the
Hon. Sampson Eardley, Rev. J. Wood, Mr. Ram-
sey, and several others.
SHEERNESS, MARCH 2.

The ships in the harbour here were yesterday
thrown into a state of confusion, owing to the vio-
lence of the wind. Several vessels drove from their
anchors, and were in momentary expeFlation of run-
ning foul of each other, but happily escaped with
little damage. The wind, which at noon blew very
hard from the northward, increased in the evening
to a most dreadful storm, which lasted about three
hours ; and lrad it not fortunately abated, must have
done immense damage. We have, however, rea-
son to suppose, that its severe efßEts will be felt at
other places. The ships in ordinary have suffered
much by rubbing against each other.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Clyde, and remains at
the Great Nore. The Moir is paid off.
The following is a list of the ships of war now at
this port :
Is Com NT Igsl ON .••• Albion, Immnrtalit., Sytp,
F:tlialion, Antelope, Confliti (gun-% Atnethye, Lynx,
Constant (gun-vet I).
Oituttrany. —Tnetis, Minotaur, Zealand, Winchel-
sea, Grata, Africa, 14:n5011.1We, Fgypti. tote, Unicorn, Ceres,
Speedwell, Fkilliant, Cited, and Favorite.
The Winebehea is fitting for the reception of Ma-
rines for the llock-yard.
P. S. The Caroline frigate has arrived from the
River, and has broOght-to at the Little Nore.

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The Harmon!, Manson, from Limmick, for Lisbon, faun-
derod it sea, on the 2d. Feb. crew wren
The Slramrack, WJansoi from Liverpool, fur Belfast, is
lost near 11,21tait
ARRIVED.
Ofr Falmouth—the Annum, Thompson, from the River
Dr la Plata.
At Liverpool—the Providence Suerls4, fren Bar-
b.eloes ; J. llamock ; Griffin, Nilyward ; and Bene..ca,
Peacock, fioni