The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-25 00:00:00

IRUrt LLOYD'S LIST.

pia e, OCT 93.—Paved by the Harry and Maid,
**nanny,: Yen Rvothen, Ronaor ; Young Pettier, Thei.e;
and the Vmw Ntligaretra. CAW, from Rotterdam Sailed the
Tarleton. Sudd.n, Gr Demerara; Betsey, Bartlett, for G:5,
mbar ; Edinburgh, Tlinmas. for Lisbon; Sur, Jones, f',4
Dublin; IP:osiglima., Smith, Inc Stettin • Navigation, Evans
Maria, and the Id.:ria Charlotte, Malt, fur Elsinore.

AR•ITZO
In S!anrigace Crsek....the Anna Ss?him,

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Leghorn.
At Mdford—th, Queen, Rebell; Admiral Ne'son, Stoke.;
litady ; and the Hope, &nes; from Lisbon, hound to
Liverpool.
At Btlitok...the Mmes. and Marv, from Lishon.
At Clyd..-4hz dela of Crawford, dr,hruthen; and the
Van', Omay, from L Mon.
At Gueltisel—e, eamorta., Bee,cr, from Virgin,a.
At Gotteourgh—the Phisbe, Swainvon, from Oionto.

TO THE EDII OR OF 771 E BRITISH PRESS.

Dtc?UTE tTH SPAIN.
In what is called the leading Opposition Print of
yesterday, was an account of the capture of the
Spanish register ships. The animadversions and
opinions on that event aresuch as I think no man, who
had not lost alt feeling for his country, or who had
trot prostituted his pen and ahilities to the service of
that man, whose every Aft hems the plain point blank
features ot deadly malice against this country, could
promulgate. lam a plain man, and my language
is consonant. Without either leisure or talent to do
justice to the subjs.& I cannot refrain from entering
my protest against such doftrines as that priut in-
culcates. In contradiftion, I sh dl caleavour to
Prove the British Government have Aaell— humane,
just, and pnlit.c. It is notosinus that the Spanish
Government is under the rule and must comply
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with the will of Bonaparte. It is also cell knov n
that this is contrary to the int. rest ...Li wishes of
Spain : the treasure, the ports, the very vitals of
that country, are French, wherever end whenever
his Majesty the Emperor of the French shall &refl.
In this situatiou they claim neittr tiny. 'I he least
refleltion will clearly demonstrate, that if t!lr Cor-
sican had not been blinded by hi, rnelignitv to this
country, he would have found his advantage. in per-
tnining Spain to remain actually and perfenly nett-
eta!: his blockaded commerce wants such a neutral
neighbour; he presumed too far; he did not think we
would, that we dare say to the Dane, the Swede, &c.
Ste. you mast not enter the ports of France ; all the
vigilance and all the British ti et would not he able
to prevent the intercourse between France and Spain,
and the benefit of Spanish commerce would be felt
by France; en the contraty, if Bonaparte persists
in forcing Spain into the war with England, he will
soon &Id he has only got a dry row to milk. I
hope and trust the Portuguese will alm be attended
to ; and, whatever sum they pay to France, under
whatever name it may pass, the same shall be paid
to Britain, or they should no longer be within the
pale of neutrality ; I would completely cut off
all such resources from his Imperial Majesty of
France.

The Joarines of Puffendorf, Grotius, &c. must be
revised; our enemy considers himself no more
bound by the law of nations than by the ties of hu-
manity. We most therelere take every means (not-
withstanding we may pa: tiAlly suffer) to cut off and
dry up the resou•ces of our inveter ite foe.
I have no doubt, when the CaLicet of St. Cloud
find that the Ministers of this c:nintt y are animated
' with the spirit to p::111.1), as well as prevent injuries
to their country ; Spain w:11 be permitted to pur-
sue that line of son...loft congenial to her wishes and
interests, by which the calamities of war, and all its
concomitants, w,ll be turned assay from that af.

Aided country.
I have neither leisure or abilitr to F.Uow the Edi-
tor of the Print alluded to, through his various co-
lumps of remarks, from the different Writers oa the '
Law of Nations* ; Vatkcel, and all others, I repeat,
must be revised, or they will not applyr our adver-
sary is neither hound by, or respeas any known
law, either of God or Man : the war is either for the
deliverance of Europe from the greatest curse that
it ever was of lifted with ; or the destruetioa of all
that is desirable in social life.
08.20, 1804. H.
• On tlti., a: et- law coated br the Onra's nn Tent, I will
alga him, in these tee wvrels :•• We lisse the nth( search,
eiesiatsneeninsfiei ca;sture, and in this tate, the Spanish in-
vite• con be eonn,lered Ilk nu other lied than aimed tradsng
If that was BO the case, nut right of twit ereiald he a
nitre otallsty."