The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-01-29 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROrAL, DRURT-LANE.

THIS EVEIsIING will be tweiented a New Comedy called
HEAR BOTH SIDES.

The principal Character: by
Mr. Dorton, Mr. Panniwer, Jun. Mr. C. emble, Mr. Ray-
mond, Mr. Siren, Mr. Wrougliton„ Mr. Cherry, Mr.
vgewilgt.r, Mr. oitlins, Mr. floltinesworth.
Mrs Pupe, Mrs. Jordan.
The Prologue to be spoken by Mr Bannister, Jan.
And the Epilogite by Mrs. Jordan.
To whieh will be added,
'THE DOC7OI ANT) APOTHECARY.
The (knifeman w►o made his Thud Appearance last night,
a R chard the Third, will repeat that Character in a few days.
piptilltE-ROTAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
THIS ILVElilltiO will be performed the Comic Opera of
FAMILY QUARRELS.
The principal Characters by
3&. Bealtam, Mr. Mandel, Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Emery,
btu Beverly, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. ?nclerton;
Ski Mattocks, Mrs. St. Leger, Mrs. Dibdirt, Mw Waddy,
A. Signora Storace.
in whit* win be adoleil..
HARLIQUIN's HABEAS.
ThlrnansGentlestam-wiso performed Othello on Mon-
slay Weal time gmitem applause of a most splendid and Ower•
flowing T raise. will saps.* the Character on Menday; and
oaths (allowing Mosley •ill pedlars am Cbtabotar (CLAW,
he V maw traisevel.

THE BRITISH

LONDON,
SATURDAY, JAN. W.

Since the dispatch of a Courier-extraordinary to
Paris, by the French Ambassador, on Wednesday
last, a report has gained ground that it related to
a request male by the FIRST CONSUL to our Go-
vernment for assistance in St. Domingo. The Paris
papers, up to the `-:sth, received yesterday, do not
contain the latest accounts received in France from
that island ; but private letters from that c'ty state
some particulars which s - confirm the report
to which we allude. It is s- • that the moment
the FIRST Cost::. received the last dispatches
from St. Domingo, couriers were .sent off to
change the destination of all the troops under
orders for colonial expeditions, which it is now
supposed will be sent to that colony. This
account, if true, evinces a determined resolution to
persevere in the enterprize. From the desperate
situation, however, of the French affairs, General
ROCH AM REAU may not be able to hold out until the
arrival of succours from Europe ; and, therefore,
it is not improbable but that the Fi asT Comet may
have requested the more immediate aid and snpport
of Jamaica. If we consider how much the welfare
of our \Vest Tmint possessions would be effected by
the ascendency of the Blacks in St. Domingo, the
request, if any such has been made, cannot be
deemed an unreasonable one.

Several of the Paris Papers contain accounts from
Constantinople of a later date than any before received,
which state, that by recent dispatches from Egypt, it
appears the defeat of the Turkish army was not so
disastrous as report at first represented it. They have
also published a pretended letter from Frankfort, in
which the conduct of England is calumniated,
and that defeat is attributed to the assistance afforded
by the English to the Beys. The object of this
fabrication is evidently to cast a stain upon British
faith, and to accelerate the departure of our few
remaining troops. British faith, however, is in
this instance as pure and entice as the French fears
and jealousies are false and groundless. Some time
has elapsed since orders were sent out for the total
evacuation of Egypt ; and the force that was there,
has probably ere this arrived at Malta.
These Papers likewise contain another article
which we consider a very great curiosity. It is a
plan of the new Constitution, for the Aristocratic
Cantons of Switzerland, drawn up by Citizen Recut-.
REA. The nevi. CONSUL was perfectly right when
he presumed that no native of Switzerland was
capable of framing a system of Government to his
mind, and therefore he wisely imposed that task
upon one of his Counsellors of State. The plain and
simple notions of the unsophisticated Swiss were in-
deed ill adapted for the execution of such a complex
and variegated work. It is composed of Grand
Councils and Petty Councils. In the one, the Le-
gislative is blended with part of the Executive
Powers. The other is a medley of Executive, Admi-
nistrative, and Judicial Authority—Judges, Jurors,
and Ministers, all united in the same persons, some
with pay and some without it.—The labours of the
Diet of Ratisbon appeared to be at length draw-
ing to a close, but a new point has started up,
which is likely to procrastinate its sitting.—The Im-
perial Minister has made a very important propo-
sition to that Assembly respecting the future compo-

sition of the College of Princes, as far as relates to
Religion.—lle proposes tlbat the number of Catholic
Votes shall amount to Seventy, and the Protestant
Votes to Sixty-eight. This plan, if carried into
effect, would give Austria a preponderating influ-
ence, and will of course be resisted by Prussia.
The Funds are 56.95.

We have inserted an Extract of a Letter from De-
merara, by which it appears, that the Dutch have
been put into possession of that island.

The Message of the President of the United States
to Congress, a very interesting article, will be
found in our last page.

By the late vacancy in the East India Direction,
Groan SMITu, Esq. succeeds to the Committees
of Warehouses, Accounts, Buying, and House ;
and WILLIAM ADAIR JACKSON, Esq. to Shipping,
Private Trade, Preventing Growth, Private 'Lade,
and Government Troops, and Stores.
At the Court of Common Council held at Guild-
hall on Thursday, two Petitions to the Hon. House
of Commons, one for regulating the Coal Trade,
and the other for enlarging Smithfield market, were
agreed to, and ordered to be Signed by the Town
Clerk, and presented by the Sheriff's, attended by
the Remembrancer.
By letters from Franklbrt, of the 15th instant, we
are informed that the Hereditary Prince of ORANGE.
who has lately taken the title of Reigning
Aince of rade, is going to quit that , city, and
proceed to Berlin, where be will pass the reminder
of the winter. All the disputes which have arisen
between that Prince and the Bishop of Fulde, are
at present fully adjusted.
Prince William of Brun:aria .artived it Berlin
OR the 6th January, accompaniOd by his young
consort, Princess Maria of Baden: He *flighted at
the Palace, where apertnas,ttirete prtpared for Wm

bV other of lip Mijety.

'

WEST-INDIES.
Emmet of do Loki., dated Downy*l Der.. 1802.
go Yesterday • the English flag was hauled down
under a salute, and the Dutch flag hoisted with the
same ceremony ; never was sorrow so universal
amongst the Dutch as well as the English. I assure
you, I felt much affected at to dug leave of officers,
among whom I have been so long. All the British
vessels are to be over the Bar this evening."

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It is reported that a serious commotion has taken
place at Lyons, occasioned by a most determined
resistance to the execution of the law relative to the
Conscripts. According to some reports, there has
been an engagement between the troops and some
young men, in which forty of the latter perished.
It is still doubtful to what extent this report is
well founded, but what gives it some probability is,
the ferment the law excited at Lyons, since the levy
of the Conscripts was announced, and the precau-
tions taken to reinforce the Garrison of that city

with 2000 men.
The French Government has received accountsfrOm
St. Domingo to the 21st Nov. They have not been
made public, but they are of a very unsatisfactory
nature, if men may judge from the agitation mani-
fested by the FIRST CONSUL on reading them, and
by the determination he afterwards adopted. Cou-
riers have been dispatehd to change the destination
of the troops appointed for the Colonial expeditions.
They are to repair to St. Domingo, where Ho.
citAmBRAU has promised to hold out to the last ex-

tremity.
It appears certain that General Deoci and his
Secretaries and Aides de Camp poisoned themselves,
because their secret negotiations with the Negroes
had been discovered. General Hum tit:Rr has, for
the same reason, been transported.
A Literary Society, in imitation of that in Lon-
don, has been formed at Pans for the relief of men
of letters in distress. FRANCIS NccrcuAtcAt and
Mr. Prefect FRocitor are chosen to be its Presi-

dents.
The Members of the Committee appointed by the
Minister of the Intetior to decide upon the sketches
for the works of art intended to celebrate the peace
of Amiens, and the law for the restoration of wor.
ship, are Citizens DAVID, VINCENT, MEGNIZII,
GISIONDET, Painters; JutiEN, CIIALIDET, GIRAUD,
Sculptors; PERCIER, CHAINUIN, RAYMOND, Ar-
chitects; VlscoNri and MILLIN, antiquaries.

Letters from Gibraltar of the 3d January state,
that the Cynthia sloop of war was to sail for Eng-
land the first fair wind, with Capt. Donn, Secretary
to his Royal Highness. The inhabitants of the place
had presented an address of thanks to his Royal
Highness, for the justice and mildness of his go-
vernment.
Accounts from Gibraltar of the 3d, state that
three of the ringleaders, in the late riot belonging
to the 25th Regiment, were to be shot on the fol-
lowing day. It appeared clearly orr their trial that
it was a drunken riot, instigated by the wine-sellers
of the garrison, whose trade has been lately much
restricted, though at the same time, it was evident,
that the Dutchmen in the regiment, of whom
there are upwards of 70, are extremely discontented
at not having been discharged at the peace, as they
expected.
The Garrison was in a state of perfect tranquillity
on the 3d. This intelligence is the more grateful,
as it refutes the account given in the Paris papers.
The chapter of Cologne had, at the time of its
flight, conveyed its treasure to Ahrensburgh, where
it remained secreted, till, on some recent intima-
tion, a search was made, and eleven chests were
found, containing, among other precious articles,
a crown of massy gold, the Three King's, and
Twelve Apostles, of the same metal. The disco-
very has given rise to a variety of claims. The
French Government claim it, as belonging to the
Cathedral of Cologne ; the Landgrave of HESSE
DA RMST ADT claims, as Lord Of AHRENSBERC ; and
the canon of Cologne in his own right.
Citizen PELET is now at Antwerp, where he is in-
speaing the harbour, and examining into the state
of commerce ; the means of repairing the harbour,
and of rendering it fit for military and commercial
purposes. He seems to be convinced that a port,
so advantageously situated, and one of the safest in
the world, might again be made, what it formerly
was, by affixing encouragements, and defraying the
expences of the repairs, which would not be consi-
derable. The inhabitants are filled with the most
sanguine hopes of the advantages they will derive
from the presence of the FIRST CONSUL among
them.
We learn from the frontiers of Westphalia, that
during the ensuing Spring there will be formed a
camp, composed of 20,000 Prussian troops, in the
vicinity of Munster. His Prussian Majesty is to
pass it in review, and make the troops go
through all the grand manceuvres. The Prince of
Orange, the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, the Duke
of Brunswick, and several other personages of dis-
tin&ion, arc to assist at this review. The whole of
the army is to be new-clothed ; mean time the re-
cruiting service is carried on with great aflivity in
his Majesty's new possessions in Westphalia and
Franconia.
Mad. Dr Sr AEL's novel is the object of the con-
stant invective or all the Consular Royalists. The
Republicar.s praise it as much as they dare. CHE-
N I Elt'S Play of Feudal: is another, though a more in-
significant subject of contest. The pretexts of war-
jive arc literary, but the contending factions are
political. At the representation of Cinna,. the Con-
sular party violently applaud the passages where
AUGUSTL S is praised for having established a trait=
quit monarchy on the ruins of faction, ane espe-
cially where he is exhorted to perpetuate quiet by
the appointment of his successor. The neighbour-
hood of the Temple prevents any resistance to the
applause.
-On Tuesday night, as Mr. William Wood, mid-
shipman of the Pnaces, Charlotte' Indiaman, lying
at Deptford, last from Amboyna, was going
on shore, he fell from between the lighter and
ship, and was unfortunately drowned. Every at-
tention was paid without success. His body is not
yet found.
The frost again setting in, has occasioned =Other
stoppage of the supplies in the Corn Market ; hence
(except:mg wheat wanted for immediate use by the
millers, and which are rather dearer) prices may
be considered at nominal, and a 2 meal, Monday's
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