The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-06-10 00:00:00

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•••song the Eriglish.xrrested in the territories oc-
•tettpie I' by the Ffeletll troops, is an agent of the rng-
liele.post-ofne, Willa resided at flelvoetslnys : he
evas.a spy, and since the renewal of hostilities kept
up aemrrespondence with the Commander of the
English station. Among his papers were found se-
•Veril letters which he was preparing to send off,
‘eleTCh contained an account of every thing that was
• ;poising in the Batavian Republic, together with in-
eaeidions respelling the most effedual means of an-
• noying that country, and of counteracting the ope-
-1 rations of the French troops.
1 he different Commanders of the French troops,
11 and of the ports, are instructed to observe the ut-
most vigilance.-3leniteur.
There was a grand review on the 6th instant.—
, The First Consul had a levee for the Foreign Am.
• bassadors. In the evening, Madame Bonaparte
had a drawing-room.
• It is reported, Chet Lucien Bonaparte has set out
for Spain, where he is to remain a few days,
The ship La Neeorits; is arrived at Brest, flopi St.
Domingo, utter -a passage of 39 days. .The sews
she brings has not transpired.
Some of ,fir journals have mentioned; that M.
Ottobad gone over from Calais to 4nglaad,- which
;rave room to imagine that the Negotiation was re-
newed': /el. Otto has not quitted Paris, nor is the
road to Londort any longer open for negotiators,
but only for the French army.—Journal i/e Paris.
Five ships have arrived 'Safe at Bourdeaux, four
of which arc from St. Domingo, and one from Se-
negal ; they, bring-very rich cargoes.
. • nterteTUßE or THE subscriptions
for the' construdion and equipment of gin-boats,
• • traosport-boato, &c. flew daily in encreastet numbers.
The list of the sehicribers•is composed of citizens of
all claws, of all professions, and of all opinions.
The publication of this register would afford the best
possible answer to the hilses of the British elibinet :
it would likewtse gt-d the best proof, that since
the lath Brumaire, the no longer exists iy France
but one party, that of the Nation and of tbeeCovetn-
men:. In.cd the different registers of the volpn-
tary subscriptions 'abundantly jnstify, the ischeds of
the Prefe(t of the I)epareseent of the Seine to_the
First Consul—" Under no circumeseucee, atsatope-
riod, has the attachment of the Citizen s been more
frar.la more general, mote intimate, oeenoriesene-
rally manifested." %.
The GermatoGazettee-make ace-iens mention of
the mission of the Hanoeerian Major Duken, to
Bolin and Petersbuagli, and-they insinrinte that the
preparations which` the been made in the ports of •
IZuesie, and • the Movetheree of the Pruseian troops
Westphalia, are die result of the overtures which
the British Cabinet has made to those two Courts.
Certain it is, however, that hitherto nothing af-
• fords room to think tlrae the Sovereigns of. Rus-
, sia and of Prussia* have sifieviated from the chie
racter of metiiators, or that they hold a con-
duct contrary to the principles of neutrality which
they heve adopted and in some measure proclaimed.
The measu:es which they•are taking, perfectly ac-
cord with the principles of neutrality. The theatre •
of war is likely to be carried into the vicinity
of the Prussian states : it is therefore natural that
the Court of Ilerlin should draw a cordon of troops
along its frontiers ; and es the navigation of the
Baltic might he obstrufled by the ships ..1 war 'se-
longing to tee belligerent -powers, it is equally na-
tural that Russia should equip a fleet to •preteet the
liberty of that nlini.7.fetion. The whole is reducible
to an armed neutr"xlity, to an imposing attitude
which will prevent the-beiiigerent powers from of-
. firing any insults to the states and subjects of those
'powers who should enjoy the benefit of that neu-
trelity.
• •-• • According to letters from, Lubeck, great pre-
parations are making in tare Russian ports of the
Baltic, which would seem to announce the early
appearance of a numerous fleet. At Petersburg, as
well as Cronstadt, thegreetest adivity, is employed
in equipping ail the ships of the line, figeates, gal-
leys, and gun-boats that are • now in. those ports.—
At Revel fifteen Russian ships are reedy,* Sta. In
case of necessity, it is said that a large body of
troops will be embarked in that fleet.. The desti-
nation of this armament is, however, a complete
mystery. Ihe alarmists and the hired advocates
of kngland, already give- out that the Emperor
of Russia is preparing to oppose an armed force
to the occupation of Hanover and the shutting
up of the Elbe and the Weser. But it is much
snore natural to presume that Russia has nothing
more in view than to prevent an English fleet from
entering the Baltic, and from renewing the scenes
which were acted there two years ago. It is there-
fore probable that the Russian fleet, should it really
come out of port, will proceed to the entrance of the
Sound, and that uniting with the • naval force of
Denmark, it will form a barrier which the English
will not be tempted to break through. If we but
relied on the treaties which subsist between Russia
and France, and on the unisy of interests that
has hitherto prompted them to adopt' the same
line of condo' ; if moreover, we relied that the
refusal of the mediation, and of the guarantee
offered so recently toslaglend, must have been
considered as an outrage by Alerandev I. we
shall easily be convinced, that there is no room ta
suppose that that Sovereign can 'Le deposed sod,
Lienly to break one'irf tle•ties drat 'attach him to
France, for any objed foreseen and arranged by
Isis pOlicy, in the case of possible events ; or
fineite, that he would dye. ee tram his principles
end system, in order in preserve foi• Englund
one of her possessions. The two 'greet .powers
who have matte od, and filly esectned, the im-
portant work of the indemnities, are too much
interested in ccnteening and consolidating that
work, to manifest contradidory dispositions,, and to
cease inr a moment to be strictly writes!. In lee
litics, every case has been foreseen, and no doeht
for these three months past which the negotia-
tions between the French and English • Gevern,
rnents have Jested, the chances of war beer:been
deliherately lettsighed and examined, together with ,
their results. 'lll6 'occupation of Hanover, a couatry
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the King of Geeat Britain, must surely
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(.1 Petersburg,
intentions to France
ea The, French
__previously been
Emperor of Ruse
hostilities Com-

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