The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-21 00:00:00

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The premiums of insurance here are considerably
,advanced.
In the Stocls there is little doing. Yesterday in
Amsterdam Batavian Rescriptionq were nomi at
6111 a 1; to-day they were offered here at 66, but
no one would give more than 66.: per cent.
VIENNA, rEs, 24.

It has been remarked here, as It singular circum-
stance, that the Danube•, in the distriers of the Stru-
dal, has been frozen up this winter for the first time
these 184 years.
Paswan Oglu is at present at variance with the
Paella of Nicopolis ; and disputes have a.!;,en so
high, that Paswan Ov.lu has dispatched some thou-
sands of troops who have partly taken their march
through Wallachia ; and in consequence of which
it has been falsely report.'d, that Paswan Oglu had
again attacked that province. •
The Grand Duke of Tuscan• will depart in the
course of a few .days for Dresden, to visit his in-
tended consort, the Eleaoral Princess of Saxony.

rEanumtv
A projet has been proposed, by the Financial.lle-
partment, fur the institution of a public bank, with
a capital of millions, in which all future pay-
ments for the bankers and considertiJle merchants,
may be made by way of transfer, on depositing
ready-money: from: various causes, however, this
plan hat; been discountenanced.
BERN, SI ARCH 9..
Citizen d'Aftry, Landamman of Switzerland, ar-
rived bete yesterday from I)..ris, under die firing of
the guns from our ramparts. Immediately after his
arrival, he visited Citizen Dolder, and yesterday
morning the French Central Ney gave a breakfast
is his honour. In the afternaon he departed for Fri-
burg, whither, in pnr,uance of Lis orders, the ar-
chives of the Helvetic Government will be imme-
.diately transported. As soon as Citizen Affry ar-
ivcs there, the French garrison will evacuate that
city.

MILAS, FEB. 21.
We have just learnt that NIT.. Busi has been at
Naples, from whence he embarked on the 13th fur
Messina in Sicily, where he was to wait upon the
Chevalier Tomasi, the new Grand Master of Malta,
to present him with the Patent of his Holiness which
confers on him that high dignity.
Mr. Drummond, hitherto the British Minister at
the Court of the King of the Two Sicilies, was on
the eve of setting out for Naples, on board the fri-
gate Medusa, in order to replace Lord Fight, as
english Ambassador at Coastantinople. 'I he fate
of Tuscany does not app'...ar to be as vet definitively
decilcd. There is much tali: of a new arrange-
ment, by virtue of which the King of Sardinia is to
receive the city ancT principality of Sienna, which
forms two-fifths of Tuscany, and the King of Etru-
ria is to have in return the Duchy of Parma. By
means of this plan, that is, by thus satisfying the
claims of his Sardinian Majesty, the cession of the
island of Sardinia to England will be prevented,
a cession, respeling which it is still asserted, ne-
go;iations have been entered into. These arrange-
ments are countenanced and supported by France,
on condition that his Catholic Majesty delivers up
to that power the two Floridas, which are contigu-
ous to Louisiana, and separated from the Spanish
possessions on the continent of America. 'lime alone
can bring the truthof these reports to light, but they
prevail too generally at present to be wholly over-
looked.
vERONA, Frl. 18.
The movements of the French troops towards the
ports of the Mediterranean, have a reference to the
island of Malta, which they will, doubtless, endea-
vour to retake, if matters should not be accommo-
dated.