The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-08-27 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

CON DON, .
SATURDAY, Auevei

The tiquadron which has been watching Flushing
arrived from otr that por(o.i lluralay in the Do-sus.
The squadron which has been cruising mare to the
Myth on the Dutch coast has also returned to port
and arrived at Yarmouth.

The narrow part of the e..aiinel, along Boulogne
and Calais, continues to he vc:ttly almoyed b
Freiscii priiateer,i, which take ev.:ry opportunity of
wioeltind weather, to out ill ex peetation of pick-
ing up setsethiitg. They are not, however, wo sue-
ces4lid as they knere -some time av, as• there are
rMe light at seelis sitatioued lax Dover roiiris, to watch
their naotilans. The signals at Doer announced
them out on Thursday. and two denim sailed in
pursuit of thew ma•asderw.

Extract of a Letter from Stockholm, dated Aug.
4 The cloud that seemed to threaten Swedeneo
inuelehui been partly dispersed. The Rueoians have
lately lust much in Finland. In one of the islands
which tie.. between Finland cud Swedes, about
tuo Itusuistiti had lauded. 'fhis excited eeneidem-
hle ularm in Stockholm, as we expected that they
would immediately advance against the -plaits!.
After' the Russians had been an the Island fur a
few days, they kre!.mh-to use die people ill. This
provoked the peasentry, who assembled to the nuan-
her 01500. A priest took the e ontosetal of them they
attached the Russians, and took them all pairsoneri.
This inrcronetanee raised the spirit of the peasantry
is Finland, so that they arc every day sending in
prieoners. A strong army is assembling ngainet
the Russians is Finland. and if 16 peace do net
soon tali. place,. the Russians will be oblized to
withdraw. The events whnit have lately taken
place in the Soutlr of Europe encourage us is hope
for peace in the North."
A Gentleman recently arrived from Bennis, gives
the frollowing account of the politit•al state of that
country Afters detention of several mouths,
I obtained the liberty of vettiroi4 to England.
We were hurried away from Revel: before we had
eetnpleted our preparations. We were told that if
an Euglish ship of war appealed, we should iu-
itently be reconnuitted to imprioomatent Such
were the positive orders of Government. The Hus-
sar nation are by no meaus hostile to-us. As far
as their wishes and. their endeavour.' will permit,
we may carry oti. trade as usual. This had been
done by the connivance of the Government ; but
Ceuftxcoer.r, the Freuela Ambeetudor, sent his
agents, under die name of Collbllls, to every
sea-port town, and stopped the commultic..tion
with Euglatid. This celebrate,' character is in
reality master of the Russian Empire. He has
contrived to remove the greatest part of tilt Rue.
siati annoy far from the scene of his intrigues. To
say nothing of the invasion of Finland, he procured
an order to send a large force to Archangel, under
' pretence that Fretlend meditated an attack on
that place ! So completely ie the capital deprived
of force, that only the Emperor's Gisirth remain
in the city. The Nobility begin to be chunoreus,
far want of the resounswerhielt tlmy, tlesived Wu*
co tttttt eree. I.Jaltes eel; Lime-pone is eery dextrous
in preset t ing the prurient order of things, a new •
revolution purat Luise place."

The public be ginto feel irnpatieit for the arrival
of advice; from Spairi anal Portugal.. The ad.:arse.
state of the wintl,has, ito doubt, caused the delay,
and we may liParly expect intelligence fleas that
intereatinz quarter. The' latest accounts, we be-
lief*, ?rum fir lftemvoriVei.LegLEY, are of tha
•3.1 iLstailt, at a Licit rlile the greater. part of his
troops wrrs lauded 3t Moorlego Bay. Jtriussia.
force, we have more than ootatobaerscdi has. been.
miller-rated iu aome of the-papers. Actsteditrg to
the most anthentie reports, it ionsints of—
French Grenadiers (goad troops) 60.00.—Bripkie of Ltaliwes-
Prftok of 116119cles (chiefly Germans) 6.1 way to the
service.—llaueveria• Legiourblrkiali toptier
about tyodi,:o, iac:ading a.OOO cavalry.

To the: ate to be marled the Portugurs.l whom
!le int. sett awe (greed into his service,
retunrt-
eJ :it 6 or 7000. comitut mg a total id about 14,0b0,
as we lately stlicdtr Rim alvoXis bi Pooadered that

JcaoT has had full time to dretigthenliie position,
and an Officer of his experien& activity, and
talents, twist he presumed to have made the
best use of such precious statnents. Umler
such eircumitaaces, Sir AurNus
would ant bus likely to attar% hint, *gild joined
by General Buimaxo's expedition, 11104111114 411oftv-
tmlately delayed by :adverse rinds. The united
forces of these two Generals, with the troops under
Generals A tfirrnoetiraand Sian Celt. would amount
to about 30,000, and as the Patriots hitd advanced,
accofaing to tie latest-accounts, es far as Coimbra,
to join thew, the aggregate of native sod British
truopi mo.t coostittite an army greatly superior to
Jostrid. Upfas a favourable result, therefore,
we may rely with confidence. That the public
should feet extraordinary anxiety at the present
moment is, however, very natural. Ati 'as-
sault upon -.I iiNor, in his strong hold, tint pr -
behly be the first affair in which the valour atid dis-
cipline of the British troops will' be tried. and, nei-
ther the character, the situation, nor the strength
ofJHNUT, promise an easy conquest.

We have received some farther commttnicifions
from Holland, sue of which, a letter from Rotter-
dam, of the .2td instant, repeats the rumour of the
probability of an iiibnediato war between Austria
:mil France. it adds, that Ru.s.ia, and even
Prasam, reduced as she is, will co-operate with
Austria is the impending contest. The glo-
rioas SUCCCWOMI of the Spaniards, and the defeats
and discomfiture of BON APAI:TE in the south,
could nut fail to give an impulse to the north, but
ae tremble for the result. We fear he is not
yet ripe for cutting down, and that his crimes and
disgraces are not yet sufficiently known by the
nations of Europe to have produced that moral
effect ou the public inlaid, which, if coMplete,
must render them invincible, and divest him of all
Lis strength and nicans to retain them iu subiectiou.

At a moment when it can no lo.• ;:r e.ihnit of a
doubt, that the morel, as well the miirttry and
Political foundations, in w:... BoNAPAßTF:aenon-
mous power reposed, are ytwken and couviilsed ;
when, apparently, elites :asving, for several years,
given law to Europe, ..e is about to contend, as
new principles, for the perservation of that dew.
ism which he had acquired ; it is an object sf ti.e
most rational and interesting disemsion, Loin fie to
trace the steps by which lie himself prepurec: the
dissolution of the edifice that he bawl reared. We
have lettered two meitsureistliat emiliently le.. to it;
hip sehostion or hi. Isiothem for Kings, and his
treatment of the Prince Betr,tut uf P..4TVGAI.
A third act, still more recent, and not L ts impru-
dent, when we reflect on the circuit tracer in
whieh.it was committed, was the destitu,ion of the
Queen Regent ef Etavau, and the a ipreioked
seizure of the dominions of her ens. Tit e more as
contemplate the motley the time. 'natl. • character
of thisproceediog, the ',anrr shall we s.:e in it lie
unrestrained violence of a• man, whom prosperity
had either intoxicated, or who conside-ed himself
as raised above all account; ant/ whoa/eased as hio
own whatsoever presented itself to has ambition,
his sapidity,. or liis revenge.
It was only in the beginning of the year 1801
by the articles of the Police of Liineville, that
Louts, Prince of Pima, was made King of
Etruria. Botso.sarr. himself was the instrument
of his elevation to. that sovereignty ; the very os-
tensible pretext of v.hich was, in order to recom-
pense CHARLES IV. King of Spain, for his fidelity

and. all Iterence teFrance. Lot ts, Prince of Parma,
had espoused, in 1:03, that Monarch's eldest
dang,hter, the Infanta MARIA. LOCLIA of Spain;
and the Queen of SPAIN herself was, as is well
known, a Princess of Parma. The new King en-
joyed his precarious dignity,. conferred by polluted
hoods, only u short time. After suffering under
aliemititti of mind, he died shout four years ago,
tenting one son, un.infant, who was committed to
the totehi.,,ot of his mother. In this. delicate arid
critical situation, surrounded by perils of et ery
kind, the Quxxx Iltricxs, though herself not
more than e 2 years of age, conducted the affairs
of her son, stud of Tow:arty, with distinguis!,ed
prudence and temper. But she never/betegs moot-
rested a spirit too lofty, and a mind too inde-
peudeat. to. submit her harbouss, commerce, and.
revenuer:, to the unroutroulable disposal of her
Corsican toaster. Oa more than one occasion she
ereu ventured to resist, or to erode compliance with
NAPOLEON'S orders, where they were of a notate
obviously incompatible with the existence of Tub-
eany, as a free or on independent State. lu addi-
tion to these proofs of firmness in her griblic capa-
city, she was supposed to have given an offence
still more wounding todite pride of the tyrant, in
her priesie character, by refuels% to listen teeny
proposals of marriage with the Boxsesave, or
with the BE•utmeitoes fwnilies. ECORSE 1311A1.1-
9Riewssts arid Jteosiv. iloNsesitre were both suc-
cessively proposed to her as husbands. Bet the
elevation of her sentiments would not allow her to
ion-chose the ',annual poisetsion of a dependent
principality, by an act of degradation ;
and she refused to. contaminate the blood of
BOURDON and of AUSTRIA. by an alliance with
Narotowc, or with JOsiPtii: From that
time her fall was unqueotiosontly detertmiezd,
though cireatusteneet delayed ire execution--

In the commencement of the present )!1-, pin
the Tyrant %Mind Mi en, the Queen Ti..
Erenais was—ordired to attewd him thtre.
obeyeik.; and -received his cpmreandr, to rprit F.%
turner with her eon, ant( to cetera to Spam hv
Tuscany was instantly seised 00, and giali.eynent
annexed to the kingdom of Italy. 'Nor didUati:
Louise's mit:fort:lnes terulioate withier cma
elt on. S.:arrely had she reached the asylum eft*
father's. peace, and sought his p.roteetion,
brutwiJoAttli4 sept an Officer to hersat Aearvt;:'
who, /coaching at her elisaiialier door, ordered 14ri".
rise from bed, anti to. tttrounct to CultiLE.44,
Fouler,. deposition. •-hlio end
Chided Ly NaeuLtiote hi the &War gehte:ite d
bunishment, together liftlini;ririginfieiiti: p44„j
upon his allies Auld st
lur
feet ;lie navies', tbetretiattre‘sit6 interest,' acd the.
hu„our of the Speno,-hionarthy. In 116 ri,14.1
keepiog shestill•remaiiis, together with her-saw: It
is impossible that i nation. high Mirided.,-144.
and devoted to it. kings, j 4. tot .Spaniaub
could luive beheld, uniesovedr inch iiidignifies
outrages, offered to o Princess of tire: rofat blood.
,the eldest daughter of their Sovereioi. it nv:u.
verily aggravated their other tenses ufj reseutmv;
and condom; to that aublime horst of inife;natiss
and ehhorrerke, wii kb Ines been manifested through,
out the kinsdoin, from horagossa and Valeatis,
the extremities of Andalusia and Gana is.
The last act, previous to the etrikiims wilds
perforMed at Bayonne, by which the Corsi( an pa.
pared his own d viuletl, was his 1!4
i'o;‘,, nod him seizure of keine, to4edirr sith tit
tersitoi ies the Chtl••01. On tlaie 'rucuiure,
rather on Zhis t iiono; , t -ere con be GO differenCl
of opinio.i. Its ll.qin.us ct.mu,ality wet only ex.
reviled Ly it. imprudence. The exposition gives
the causes that led to suck en outrage on Mt
Head of the Call:vim Piiith mid req.
trastii.g the meeknes, and resiguation of a Chi,-
tian Pastor, with the savage spirit of a menthe
Usurper, void of morality, and even destitete of
decorum, have held up IiOIiAPAILTI: t UIi,VIUI
reprobation. At a mon:sent when he prijer,i4
the transfer of the whole Spanish Alonaischy tuts
opprobrious rule of ace of iiis own brothers, it rat
scercaty he accounted for on any priutiples o! row.
moss at credos. It was not by st..po such se the-e,
that d'i:Oris, of that COARLLUAGNE, or that Duca
Caner. confirmed and perpetuated the 11:, nos
ties that they nieces/lively fininded. It i* anion
the Anipxrdclliugs. eget the ..//essea;ethir,
the Wet Tyler*, that we omit seek fur !..auLla
to the ferocious tyrant of Ajaceic. 'I he ter-
mination of his career, we doubt no,. will hear
just similarity to that of these illustrious ruining
mid risrittots,. censigwed -to perpetual infamy and
4ieteNt;ition. Eut NlPoLeOle, notwidwitanding tit
error* than he has estsbalittcd, itodsetties toleuti, and
ureaos,'Mid peers, teeOriiet .S;a opeetos.
usurper: gdOd 'dor/gage will reyil
hits to hiimietf,ant ,reams tie hOn his sa„in,
of judgment. We must not foot 'fir ail enj
victory over such a niair7:-.41.•!:4y, no clutitt,
Le is prcpaiiig tied he picn,a of
renewing the victories of 1801, of l au`, and of 1507.
nig maitiamaiml,• ainiallled••• ter '-mittt its' mu..
gka, will repair the Initial kek Iniit-Nefigalcetede, as
fur IP !lonian abilit coo we hope
to liberate tile Coutinent,..SPOOl. or. f4ter+ -04r3elv"
from hi, ilead;3- grasp, ire !Mist likewise make every
iiniuncsitian and ereresaeritlee.- firaiseh extortion,
and by suds 0411 y. e•lIl Ltittipe and the ciiiiirrd
world be again restored to inaleptenletaire. tranqui-
lity, and security.
The Diane, Cartoin Aletitweassi,ei u girth
arrivolut l'lymoutli on Sunday, from St. Duane-
go, woe charged with rk...,_peterlars from IC
iinliTurilt
to his resident in Loodon. Captaia .:tf:represtatt
the Court and retinue of the Easperor to he mar.
nificeot beyond descriptiOn. He woe treated with
the greetest politeness and courtesy, aid- wits pr!-
scot at *piddle ltvesk Fist given at Court, which L./-
rope:in voluptuousness sod humpy could souccly
equal. _ .

It was reported.last night, that dirpatches,
lie receised in the evening Intu Portugal,. hi:
we conid i.ot trace the riiiaour to any autlieut.:
1001111Ve.

A. letter from. Dominica, dated the :ad of Jilh
states, the eou.vo) for cheat Britain .sas to
Barbadoes on the 16th, Dominica on the lath, am'
finally depart from Tortola on tar t.sth, wader ea! -
voy of the Geleteafripte of 31 gums and the
}amerces and .literal of 18 each. The Nimrod wet
sent from Bet hatioes on the v.fitil Juiw to collect the
trade at Sur.aern.
'We are aNseracla• that on the Into return of 80,
, K A 1.A.11 TO'S birth-day, wine of the French 011ierv,
tto arc pri,mers at Ashby tie la %ouch, i*
cegershire, !Prepared to c•delente it; the dt.s:t.;!,
was eltpoiell b./ other. of their brethren, mad
quarrt I cleat tea. in which several of theta
v.ottutileti, aut.l military force was neemanu7 ID re
store order.— /t Litchfield, where there is • num-
ber of French Oifieers, some of dies, of high lank.
they not oaly ps ;Ad mer the anon ersary erlthont
notice, but in patting language reprobated Naato-
irate fuel Itis pueeerdiulfs.
114-51113 iv.. iquills of 64 gm* IY-
ing at Chatham. has hems put iu eauftnisziont
dtr the command of Climewin MACK Y. She *
fleeting nit with all 9oisii:le dispatch, aid is nrdtrs
to /I,llif*xt She i, to take nut 41,60 a barruir as,
stn-powder..l tth ardisant:e