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

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

VIENNA, MARCH IG.
The day before yesterday Mr. Stuart, Secretary
to the British Embassy, set out from hence in great
haste for London, with dispatches of the highest
importance. It is believed that they relate more
particularly to the island of Malta.

BRUSSELc, MARCH 26.
An English frigate, and a small armed ship, con-
tinue to cruize off Helvoetsluys, to observe the ex-
pedition destined for Louisiana.
The garrison of Bois-le-Luc is 4000 men strong ;
they are said to be deatiued for the above expe-
dition.

The Mayor this morning caused a Proclamation
to be published, in which he intOrms his fellow-citi-
zens, that the First Consul will arrive in that place
about the beginning of next month. He calls them
to repair and whitewash the front of their houses,
with a view, says he, of honouring the First Con-
sul in a manner worthy of the Chief of the 'State,
and proportioned to the ettatitucle which the nu-
merous blessings they derive from his Government
is calculated to inspire.

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General Venderwied, the Commander in Chief
of the Helvetic troops, is on the point of setting
out for Paris, to acquaint the French Goveinment
with the precarious situation of the troops under
his comnvand. Those troops are calling out for
considerable arrears, without well knowing to wham
they are to address themselves, since the dissolution
of the central governrient. The Landaminan,
I)'A fry, has promises' them his pmtedion ; but as
the coffwrs are all empty, it is difficult to and :none),
to pay those arrears.

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gout, tc‘acr
Niccoli Rttsi de Villetri, who was disiratdied b 7
his Holiness, with the patent appointing M de
'rhomasi Grand Master of Malta, Lis met with a
most alainguished reception from M. de Thomasi.
He has appointed him his Lieutenant, :.nd charged
him to take pOssessn.is of the istold in his nerne.
Utters from Naples mention that several English
ships had arrived there, de tined to take back the
Engtish mops from E;,Tp. Accezdas to ski

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reports it, cir‘ttl.trion here, Egypt omit be already
es.t‘u,tted, or is to bervacuated very s•pue.iily.

CUNiTANTIMOPI.E, FEE. IR.

M. the Connt Italiiiski, the new Russian Minister
to the sublime Porte, hid en the etli of this month
an 'radicle" with the Grand Seignior, at which he
deltser-i his credentials.
The Fiend) sleadron only waits for a favourable
wind to set sail.
According to the latest advises from Egypt,
trail-port- had arrived, on board of which the Etz-
lisis troops were to embark.
TISBON.
It Was in the Sitting of March 21 the remaining
votes were given. The results of them in the three
Colleges are as fallow :
The College of the Cities has been unanimous in
the adoption of the plan of the 6th Ventose, (Febru-
ary ti,) such as it was decreed by the Deputa-
tion.
At the Eleaoral College the Arch-Chancellor,
Pranienourgh, Sate, Hanover, and Bavaria have
also voted for the e.itire a !option of it.
At tie College of the Princes fifty-four votes were
for the entire adoption of the plan, and seven for a
division.
No deliberation of the Diet has been taken with a
greater majority—The division demanded by one
vote in the Eleaoral College, and by seven in the
College of Princes, is not an oppolition, but a sort of
reset ye, which disappears before die opinion of so
great it majority.
The ernes having been colleaed, and the Dict
having pniceeded to draw up their definitive deci-
sion. it is probable that the Sitting of the 3d Ger-
ruir.al (March 2i) will terminate all the labours of
the Diet by a very large majority.
PARIS, :MARCH 30.
General Bernadotte is preparing to set out on his
embassy to the United States.
Sundae, at ten o'clock in the morning, the four
French Cardinals appointed by the Consistory of the
17th of January, as well as M. Doria, the Ap-oto-
lic Legate, repaired to the •rhuilleries in the car-
riages of the First Consul--They alighted, and pro-
ceeded to the hall of the Ambassadors ; the I.egate
was presented to the First Consul, and addressed
him in these terms :
“ Required by his Holiness our Lord Pope Pius
VII. to deliver the Cardinal hats to the new ap-
pointed French Cardinals, recently by him created
in the Consistory on the 7th January—Nothing can
be more gratifying to me, Citizen First Consul, than
to present myself to your illustrious person, in-
vested with the charatter of Apostolic Legate, and
to perform the functions of that office. This cir-
cumstance, which constitutes me the faithful inter-
preter of the paternal and affectionate sentiments of
his Holiness, is highly flattering to me, and I shall
regard it as the most fortunate day of my life, in
which 1 was invested with my honourable commis-
Con.
Be assured, Citizen First Consul, of my homage,
and my profound sentiment of respell.
ihe First Consul, after having informed himself
of the health of his Holiness the Pope, and having
expressed the interest he took in whatever would
promote his happiness, expressed to the Legate the
pleasure it afforded him that the Pope had made
choice of the nephew of Cardinal Doria, whose
condtia had been always satisfaaory to trance, to
be the bearer of the Cardir,als hats I he charged him
to express to him the desire he had of affording
him, under every circumstance, proofs of his good
will towards him. During the mass, the First Con-
sul put the hats on the heads of the Cardinals.
After tbe mass, they were presented to the First
Consul, and the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris pro-
nounced the following discourse :
Citizen First Consul, the re-establishment of reli-
gion, and the spiritual relation which has at all
times united the Christian empire to the Romish
church, is one of the inappreciable benefits which
we owe to your religious sentiments ; but soniething
seems still wanting to this grand and sublime
work.
Von have thought that a religion, diaated by
(I'd himself for the happiness of mankind, and the
felicity of States, ought to present itself w ith an ap-
pearance of dignity and pomp, capable of elevating
the thoughts towards I leaven, and of inspiring a
pious respell for the ceremonies and-funahms of the
sacred ministry ; to this effe'l you have restored to
the Roman purplz is antient splendour, which, for
some years, seemed to have been buried under the
ruins of the sanctuary ; and you have deigned to de-
corate us with it.
Penetrated with gratitude for so many benefits,
we come, Citizen -First Consul, to present to you
the respeaful homage of our just thanks. Our tem-
ples will resound with your gracious attion.s—with
our prayers for the preservation of your valuable
days, and for the continuation of the glory with
which you are surrounded.
The clergy will never forget it is to your piety and
goodness they owe their present existence ; they will
ever make it a due:, and a subjea of joy, to teach
and to preach to the people, by their words. and ex-
ample, the respect and subniis.ion due to you ; they
will never cease to invoke the benedictions of Hea-
ven on the Christian hero, their benelattor, and their
deliverer—on the hera who has been the vanquisher
and the pacificator of Europe—on the hero who
unites in him every kind of glory, to which it is in '
the power of great men to aspire.
Dei,en, Citizen First Consul, deign to receive
with kininess those sentiments and those wishes
which 1 have the honour to present to you, in the
name or my colleagues, in the name of the whole
pi iesdioud, and in the name of Fiance, whose hap-
piness and glory is the result of your luminous ad-
ministration.
Many rumours have been spread with regard to
Martinique, which have been controverted.
The most recent pews the Government has re-
ceived. import, that this colony is in the best possi-
ble state; that the malady has entirely ceased, and
that the losses which have been experienced have
been repaired by the arrival of a battalion of the
s ith den.i-brigade of the line, composed of (k3O
men. 'all in the best state of health.
General Eames, Minister Plenipotentiary of the
French Republic at Portugal, arrived at the entrance
of ere TaFtis on the 2! st February. The frigate,
whirl, conveyed that Mit,i-ter and his suite, an-
chored in ete port on the I7th February.

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