The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-24 00:00:00

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tap is 'ahead at age sillies eight hawked &m-
-ood hoes.

On the 9d. in the evening, the battery at Calais
lived on two ships that attempted to enter the har-
bour. The mistake was, however, soon discovered ;
sad the ships, one a Swede, aad the other a Dane,
received pilots on board. and anchored safely in the
and. These ships Ltd suffered a great deal in
their sae and rigging. and had three nun killed
sod lout wounded.

A tradesman, of the name of Drulin, fished in
the River Oise by St. Maixent, with his dog by his
ride. A child, playing on board one of the ships,
unperceived in the water : nobody observed it
but the dog, who immediately jumped into the
water, got hold of the child, and carried him
by bis gown to his master's side, a distance el
thirty yards. This Animal had the sagacity to hold
the child's head above water, so that he had swal-
lowed but little water, and soon recovered. The
owner of the ship offered Drulin several Louis
d'ors for the dog, but was answered that the day
►efore he would not have parted with it, but that
tow no money will tempt him to separate himself
from an animal w Lich had saved the late of a hu-
man being. This dog is of a curious breed ; its
mother had saved a washwornin from drowning,
OW its grandmother saved a young girl, who, from
disappoinuneat ht love, thrt.w herself into the
River Oise ;'but who has since married Druliii's
`eider Brother, by whom she has had six children.
Workmen are now pulling down the Theatre
reydeau, because the Emperor has ordered a new
*reet to be made between the street Fcydeau and
the street Vivienne, where a new exchangeAsstw-
passing in extent and be Sts', bn:h the exchanges of
Loadon anti of Amsterdam, will be constroeied
The bankers and me, chant,, in gratitude for the pro-
*dhow and earaerveweat the Emperor has gracioudy
giventso commerce, have, by a deputation, demanded
his Majesty's permission to ere.% his statue in the
middle of this new exchange, to which neighbour-
hood the Imperial Bank of France will be remove•l.
The Emperor's, answer will be known at his Ma-
jesty's return from the coast.
The privateer Eleremee, which some time ago
captured a cutter with dispatches for Lord Nelson,
has now again carried into Alicant two other Eng-
bah ships, richly loaded, which two days before had
tailed from Gibraltar, and were destined for Malta.
The Captain's share of prixe•nToney in these three
captures, amounts to 600,000 lieges, 25,0001.
Dories the fit st nine months, year eleven, 249, and
during the same Feriod this year, 316. mad, or

lunatic persons. or 158 wom,.n anti 177 men, have
Dean sat to ow public hospitals for the reception

Of Mei pepplc. t is Cillllo4lt that among the men is a
young person, aged 23,wlitise 14Iy is, to believe him-
sell Louis XVI. and among the women, a ynun; lady,
aged 10. whose madness is to think herself ete wife
of Louis XVI. the unfortunate Maria Antair.ette.
They are both children of retnrr.ed strip-arts.—
(Le Gicetis de Framee.)
The Count 4s of Arberg, one of the ladies in
waning to the Empress Josephine, is the widow of
the Austrian Field-marshal, Lieutenant Count Ar-
berg, and born a Princess of Holberg-Gedern. 'the
Emmet* and Empress are particularly desirous to
attach to the si and have near their per.ons, ladies
and gentlemen of the nobility of Belgium and of
the French side of thi Rhine.
The Chemist, Cadet de Veane, having sent His
Prussian Majzsty his Chemical Diftionary, received
is return from the Ptustian Ambassador, Marquis
Locchisini, by the order of his Sovereign, the usual
aseillallioss of the Academy of Sciences at Berlin.
The Litaeian national debt amounts to 1000 mil-
lions of florins (100,000,0001. sterling). The fol-
/owing are the particulars of this debt from the
foundation of the republic :—ln 1379, Holland
owed only one million (80,0001.), the other pro-
' winces bad no debt ; .by the peace of Munster,
1648, Holland had a debt of 114 minions. By the
wars against Cromwell, in 1652; against Portugal, in
16541 against Sweden, 1656 ; against England,
lutift; iusd against the Bishop of Munster, in I ti6s ;
which ended Kith the peace of Nimeguen, in 1678,
the debt amounted to 160 millions. By the peace
of Ryswick, 1696, the debt had augmented to 214
sialions ; and by the peace of Utrecht, 1713, to 343
millions. During the war for the Pragmatic Sale-
sian, which began ITO, and ended by the peace of
Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748, it was 404 millions. To
this sum were added 50 millions more daring
the war with England, in 1740, and with
France in 1793. Since the Revolution, 1793, and

tuatil the peace of Amiens, which ended the List war
with England, 446 millions have been added, not
counting patriotic donations, requisitions, forced
&c. The interest for these 1000
mil-
L'.ms amounts to 29.46009 i florins. This debt
is since augmented during this present war with se-
veral tree and forced loans, the mad sum of which
is not kuown, but is supposed at least to be sixty
milhons- l'he whole population of the Saurian
Republic does not exceed two millions; and. not.

I.ON DON,
FRIDAY. AUGUST tltt.

A report generally prevailed yesterday in the city,
that 16,030 Russians bad landed in Danish Hal-
and that '25,000 others were ezpeacd to tallow.

On the 44th of last month, we stated, upon the
authority of private letters from Warsaw, of the Sth,
that the King of Faa,.ca had been invited by the
Emperor of Russ& A, to fix his residence in the Rus-
sian Empire ; and that two new corps of Emigrants
were to be formed under the command of Louts
XVIII. his brother, his nephews, the Prince DE
CONDE, and the Duke of 13or a tom. The same
account added, that in case of a rupture be-
tween Russia and France, these two corps
would form the advanced guard of the Russian
army. Our readers are apprised that LOL IS
the XVIII. had set out from Warsaw for Rus-
sia, is which country, a letter received by the
Gottenburgh Mail of yesterday says, three of the
principal Bourbon Princes nn in England,
are espeted soon to join him. Wave been thus
particular in recapitulating this business, as it will,
no doubt, be announced this day by some ul our
contemporaries as an arrangement per feetly new, of
which the public had no intimation or idea.

On account of the late rise in the price of grain,
it is reported that Government, with a laud.tble at-
tention to the necessities of the poor, has sent orders
for its agents, both in the Baltic and in the Mcliter-
ranean, to buy up immediately a great quantity of
wheat and barley, and to ship it for this country di-
redly, so that it may arrive before the winter. We
have besides heard, that orders from our merchants,
on the same account, have been lenti7e ny,
Russia, Poland, and America, wi la;t
four weeks, to the amount of no less than three
millions sterling, which is the cause that the ex-
change on foreign countries has been rather falling.
Upon every part of the Continent, the harvest has
not, in the memory of man, been more abundant;
and grain has in many countries fallen sixty per cent.
from what it was last Spring. In France and Bra-
bant it has fallen fifty per cent. and such is the qu.an-
tity to be disposed of there, that Boa osr.ssre has
been lotted to permit a free exportation even to
Holland, though be is well aware, that the Dutch

Merchants only purchase grain in Fiance, Brabant,
or Flanders, to dispose of it again to the Merchants
in England. Our own harvest besides, though not
so plentiful as last year, is, however, sufficient, with
little importation from abroad, to supply our wants
until next Sommer. No scarcity in this article is
therefore to be apprehended.

O e of our cruisers, off Dunkirk, spoke last Sun-
day with an American ship from Gravelines, for
Lisbon, the Captain of which reports, that Bow a-
e A RT r, notwithstanding the many promotions among
the Officers, and decorations for the Legion of
Honour, distributed both among the Officers and
soldiers, in the army on the coast, has not met with
the same reception as last year ; the troops being
either tired of their long inactivity, disheartened by
the daily insults to which they are exposed from
the English, or discontented with his treatment of
Mom EAU, and with his new Imrrial dignity. Several
regiments, that had formerly served under Mo &EAU,
in Germany, have, under a pretence of a mutinous dis-
position, been disbanded, and the men in them sent to
the colonial depots, or incorporated with regiments
that had been in Egypt. This despotic ad caused
a great deal of murmuring ; and when Bows., RTZ,
the night after. went to the Theatre at Boulogne,
he experienced proofs of the public opinion, such as
ha little expelled. and which caused this theatre
to be shut up. The drama of " Peter Me Greet"
was represented; when this Emperor was an-
nounced by his heralds, the pit cried out, " No
Emperor! ao Enop,POT P' To this BON A P •It T E paid
little attention ; nor when, in another part, at the ar-
rival of the Princes of the Blood, the pit cried out,
" Vice d'inghien !" but when, in the second all,
Peter Me Greet threatens his faithful and brave Ge-
neral Le Fort, with Siberia, " Vim Moreau !" re-
sounded from every part ; the Corsican left the The-
atre in a rage, and ordered the Public Commissary
to surround the house with soldiers, and find out who
the emissaries of PITT were, that disturbed the ay-
dience, and insulted him by their disloyal behaviour,
and seditious acclamations. Every person was, of
course, obliged to shew his pass, or give an account
of himself. Among these was the American Cap-
tain, who, being suspeded as a foreigner, narrowly
escaped a trial before a military commission, as a
spy, though he was provided with a pass from Mr.
COFFIN, the American Consul at Dunkirk, sub-
scribed by the Mayor, Cit. Eustler. This con-
duet enraged Boa AAAAAA so much the more, as
among the spetators there were not ten persons who
did not belong to the army. As a punishment, he
has since harrassed the troops from morning to night,
with repeated exercises and manseuvres, -and is be-
come so morose, that even his favourite Generals
are afraid of speaking to him. This temper and
spirit of the army have induced him to,prolong his
stay on the coast.

On Tuesday, Earl CAAMEN and Lord CASTLE.
aiscu hid audiences of His MAJESTY, at Windsor ;
after which they introduced Captain DANCE, who
slistinrushed himself in the late engagement with
the }tench Admiral, when His S/AJISTY V-as
pleased to express his approbation of the Captain's
gallant condud, and ctittcr the honour of knight-
hocd upon him ; he is now, of course, Sir ISTA
fit ANIEL DAWES.

Lieutenant-Colonel \VI rt IA?4 Scott is appointed
Military Resident a the Court of Siistv Attu.;
(the Gre.o at ; and ColonTl loan
COLLINS If. appointed Ilc.ident at Onde, rice Col.

Government having reason to expeß that an at-
tack ss ..sald be made upon some of the small islands
in the Channel, has colic Red a force in most of
them, sullicient to place them out of the danger cf
being Liken by a runt vie main. In the island of
Alderney. a small camp, consisting of t(X) of the
Royal African, 100 of another corps, and -210 of
the armed inhabitants, has linen established. They
has been under canvas for these six weeks, and are
supposed to be fully competent to the defence of the
Island, against any fnce that could be brought
against them from the opposite shore.
is is stated in the American papers, that General
Aitsisritoso, whi is to succeed Mr. LIVIVG!ITON
at the French cnuct. as Ambassador from the United
St.stcs, would take his departure about the Ist f
Augusts He was in the middle of July at the City
of NVashisigton.
'Ube Petition addressed to the EMPEROR, in be-
half of the English gentlemen at Verdun, was
signed by the following names as a Committee for
the whole :

Ilea. SU F ,• ",.c, Sir Thomas Claverii-g, Bart. S.r
De Bath... M, t •••• Wiliam Cooper, I. n Sir Titoinaa
lace, Bart. S. .1 ...rt Sittriilivad, Kart Si. Eaviard Bari!,
Mews. Stu-t, t Nieltitl4,
Clive, CD: ke, Fintiev,
Lard YARN ou r', and the Marquis of Twsrus La
are still there.

The Eflle, RA rasa v, from London, for Af►ica
and the West-Indies, is taten by two French priva-
teers on the coast of Africa, after a severe engage-
ment.

Dr. Gl«ssrlE is appointed Physician to the fleet,
under the orders of Lcrd Nat.sos, in the Meilitei-
ranean.

The several gunAmats which hare lately been
prepared for service, axe Urtitrej to prcceed to Deal
without loss of time.

It is said that there are raw: ready a sufficient
number of machines to hang npon the carriages of
coaches, &c. for the cohre;ance of ten thousand
men to any giver. point. A great number of car-
riages have Also been sent in ; and a vast number of
machines are to be added to those now fitted out fur
the reception of traps.

ORIGINAL POET :Y.

FLEGIAC STANZAI,

The tardy day bieVnii in wan ;
And see, aborirynei ragged hill
Many a sa!len cloud appears,
Rising in thick tuecession stall,
As boding to tit' enquiring view,
'Twill dose with weeping too !

Such of my life the misty morn ;
The gushing tar. hedims its dawn,
Unblmt with one assuasive ray;
And still with scowling ken, despair
Points to many a coming care,
To cloud its future try.

Then come, ye woes! let none your Course contra:l,
yowlr peel, at least, my term at !tapeless light--
Bring swifter darkness as ye roll,
And shroud me with an earlier night!

TO A LIVELY BRUNETTE, WHO DESIRSO Tllt
AUTHOR TO MAKE SOME VEIL/110N NM

Do oot expetit me to corn; are
The snow-white Illy, lose, to Toy
For candour prompta me to declare
The Ii:ly fairest of the two.

And shoul4 I say the roses hue
On thy soh cheek more freshly ;sows.
'T•cn:ald be a complimast w you.
Hut v.ry little to the rose.

What then know those hills of bliss,
Enclose a heart that can love dearly;
And he who tastes thy thrilling kiss.
ran sure will feel it very clearly!

And who would quit so warm a breast,
To dangle after rose or 'illy?
For many in their colours drosed,
Are things as senseless ant as cif r.

Say, who, that feels a kine Fed glow,
Wea'd quit a heart so hand, so true,
To seek a borim white a, snow,
Perhaps with all its coldness too?

EPIGRAM.

To laugh at my jokes, Tom never was known
G—d rugnd that be should, for be laughs at 64 ows.

Yesterday the Prince of WALES did not leave
London. This morning His Royal Highness leaves
Carlton-House, fur Brighton.
Early yesterday morning, the cream-coloured aad
Hanoverian horses were remwed from the King's
Mews to Windsor ; in a short time after their arrival,
His MAJESTY and the Doke of Kist rode to Cum-
berland Lodge, and inspeaed them.
This morning, at nine o'clock, the ROYAL Pa-
lmy set out from Windsor for Weymouth.
Yesterday afternoon Lord Cat' wr Com-
mander of the Duke of G LOC Cllni.k'S Loyal Vo-
lunteers, left town to join his family at Brighton
Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the St.
James's Loyal Volunteers, under the command of
Amateur, assembled in the Duke of Poe I-
I. %ND'S Grand Court-yard, and proceeded to l lyde
Park, where they had a grand field day.
On Monday last, Sir GEORGE Cu atm it, MP.
gave an elegant dinner, at his seat at Moccas, to
the Mayor and Corporation of Hereford.
Lord Thar turowa and Sir 1 iris SHELLY re-
turned to town yesterday from Brighton.
Lady HAATIICOTE leaves town this day for
Ramsgate.
The matrimonial treaty between Lord Ossvisrom
and Mademoiselle Gm A tua r is said to be ratified
by the Earl of TANKCIV I L L L.

Lord EL L LEEBOROUGH and Sir Jolts C. HIPPIE.
LE v are among the recent arrivals at Bath.
Lady Pr.acti and her beautiful daughter, aecont•
paniad by 1.0141 burls, General HOPE, &C. &CA
went from Ramsgate on Monday to view Direr
Castle ; after dii:ing at the Ship Inn, to the nimher
of fourteen ladies and gentlemen, they returned the
same evening to Ramsgate.
The aftlie days of Ls Grace the Duke of NORT i.
CIIREE LAND commence at Alnwick on the loth
of neat month.

Amongst the fashionals!es now at C'.isw7c.k. the
seat of the Duke of Dt:s are the EA'l aad
C mntess of Btsaostounsr, Lord G. L. Gov. su,
L rd Ossut.srort, Lord DUNCAN:kW/4, LAdy C.
PUSSON SY, and Mr. Fo4-rsa

Ciift ns never was so lull if company a• w pre-
sent. Several families have be:a obliged to leave it
from want of accommodation

Sims-N.-bury nets commence the I d:h of nett
m snth. and Cm stew the 24th.
Mrs Tuo: 11 tos, who is matched to ride the
four inilas at York, to-morrow, against Mr. Ft 1111,
is a Frer.ch woman.

The people of Birmingham say, that the v"i
RJsriur is te.t.tinly of tEe male sea, and they are
tolerable jud :1-s of a coavderfiel.
Hereford Itleetios commen.es on We.!nes-
day, Sept. ; and, on Friday, M:s. l;ILLI~ti 1'
is announced to giv.• her powerful aid to the '4'l3.
tormance of Vie Alpssiab.

If Captain Der,rc had met Admiral L•N !C
Pak'', Read,' the Frenchman would not hate
411 opportunity to draw the long bow.
Thu chemical Editor of a morning Print has dis-
covered that A carrot is an antidote against pos.
and that the irte9?outed arsenic was pot into that.
vegetable at IVarsaw for the behefit of the King 01
Fa A Net.':: At ahh.
Last week, ELIZAZETH Hymns, the celebrated
DoCiress of Kingsland, who pretended to work rip-
racks, was brought to bed of a daughter ways 4-11
not of twists, as she had pre:dieted.
M'Gclax, a waiter at the l'albot Inn. Cuckfields
will fight, on Wejnesdav ;text, with an Artilloy
Driver, for 100 gume t.. The !att.: is backed In P'
Quartrr.Nlaster and the wa.ter ts;- his master, tt.s
Proprietor of the Talbot-En.
Next week, the Duke Ot 4.;;OUCeit r.r'S VolUir!tee!!
intend going to Harrow on compietvo
equipped with hayresacks, canteens, an..l one &fr.
provisions, and manoeuvre along the banks of the
Paddington Canal ; and, in the afternoon, return .1
town in the Grand Ju:s4lion canal barges.