The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-14 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
TnuitsoAY, JAN. 14.

The Austrian Ambaraador to our Court, Prince
STattnamaaao, has begun to make preparations
fur his departure, and, it is expected, will leave
to„ 'a in a few• days. Ile will proceed to Paris.

We announced yesterday the departure of Count
MIER, on his return to Paris, with dispatches for
Count 111ErrzawIce, the Austrian Minister in
that city. He arrived at Dover about 7 o'elock
ou Tuesday night.—The Elizabeth flag of truce,
which had remained in Dover Roads, sine her
arrival from Calais, came on Tuesday into the
harbour for his reception, and he was to sail early
lust morning for France. Our contemporaries,
ho have so repeatedly and positively denied
that the journey of Count 'Para had any
thing of a pacific character, in relation to this
country and France, yesterday made the awe&
honorable, and cond.'scended to eat their own
words. One of them says—" It is probable that
' some overture has been made to onr Govern-
ment, through the medium of Austria. It is
not to be supposed that BONAPARTE would have
suffered the frequent interchange of couriers and
flags of truce, had it not related to a subject
in which France was immediately concerned.
Had not the late Bags of truce related to the sub-
ject of mediation, the official paper woald have
said so. The dispatches coming from M. de
METTERNICH, who is the Austrian Minister at
Paris, afford an additional proof that they related
to a subject of which the French Government had
cognizance, and in which it was interested. In
these dispatches, we believe, an offer of the
mediation of Austria was made, which offer,
we have no doubt, was distinctly and positively
rejected. In the present state of the Con-
tinent, England could not find a safe mediator
in any Power." This iudirect approach to a nee-
eiatiou, or rather feeling of each other's pulse, by
..tbsw.eir4pective Governments, through the Aus-
-410111,14 MINISTER, is all that we ever contended
Ist "ind precisely what the Print from which we
kiree 'mule this quotation stoutly denied.

The New York Papers of the 14th la►t hare re-
published the Non-Importation Act, so long
threatened, and enforced for the first time on that
day.—As it is now become an article of great in-
terest to the commercial world, and it is of
importance that it should be well known, we
also re-publish it.—lt seems to bL the general opi-
nion, that if the Americans had not been deter-
mined upon war, they would not have enforced
this obnoxious Act.

The Campion armed cutter arrived, on Monday,
at Portsmouth, from Buenos Ayres ; she left the
River Plata on the c2.sth of Sept. having on board
the British Hostages, Captains Srannort, CAR-
80:4.0mA liAmiLioN, and upwards of 200 sot-
diets, principally belonging to the 71st Regiment,
whom General WICITICLOCILI had been obliged to
leave behind, they having been tent by the Spa-
niards far into the interior of the country. The
Campion touched at St. Helena on the lid: of
November, and left there 30 soldiers belonging to
the corps in that Island ; she sailed from that
Island qn the 16th of November, at which time
the Agioaxoart, of 64 guns, Capt. Hill, was waiting
at that Island, for convoy. The Campion came
as a cartel, anti had on board Lieut. T 11031.11% of
the Navy, Agent for transports. No Indiamen
had tensed at St. Helena when the Campion came
away. She left there an American, and the Star
whaler, WILKINSON, from Port Jackson.

We were greatly amused, last night, with read-
idg the following article in The (eerier :—
.• IL was to be expected that endeavours would
be made to give a party-colouring to the late
Meeting at Glasgow.—An Opposition Paper states,
that the Resolutions agreed upon at the Meet-
ing, are said to have been the result of a com-
promise. It being supposed that the object of
those who called the Meeting was to obtain an en-
logjam on Ilis MAJESTY'S Ministers, together
with an Address, encouraging a continuation of
war, a hint was gives, that if such so intention was
persisted in, an Amendment would be moved and
carried. The hint is snid to have been taken, and
the Resolutions acd Address framed accordingly.'

—The object of those who called the Meeting,
WAS to express to Ilia MAJIISTT the detc-mination
of the inhabitants of Glasgow to support the in-
terests of the Empire, and their opinion that ho-
nourable Peace could only be obtained by vigorous
and persevering trtertion,. This object was accom-
plished, es the Resolui.ion, carried unnttimowsly,
But,it is said, a hint was given, that if sap
idea .was entertained of obtaining au eulogium on
lninjotets, in Amendment could

be moved ; and this Litt, it is added, was taken.— I
That any such hint was given we very much doubt.
—But if it Was given, it is obvious it was not
taken; and indeed it would appear, that those who
did give it, were well content to abandon it, and
to act themselves in direct opposition to it—For
the Resolution passed unanimously by the Meeting,
does contain an eulogiuni, and a very warm one,
upon His Majzrrr's Ministers. It asserts, that
the Merchants and Manufacturers, who were pre-

sent at the Meeting, were fully satisfied that it
is only by persevering in proierpt, trite, and vigo-
rous measures, that we are to hope for the attain-
ment of our wishes—a safe, honourable, and lasting
peace.'—ln desiring prompt, wise, and vigorous
measures, to be perrevered in, the Meeting of
course shewed it to be their conviction that such a
system had been begun, and that the pleasures
which had been adopted deserved the epithets of
prompt, vigorous, and wire.—We should be glad
to know what stronger eulogium could Le passed
upon His Majesty's Ministers?"
The observation alluded to as appearing in an
opposition paper, was made in THE BRITISH PRESS
of yesterday. 110r....cE has most truly said—

preza, and disgust at seeing ts-uth daily pervertel
far purty purposes, could induce WI to say even so
much u?ou these meetings respecting petitions for
peace, contieleat as we are that they tam answer no
good purpose at the present moment k confident as
we are that every measure that tends to divide
and distinct public opinion, and paralyze the ener-
gies of the country, is to be deprecated as nothing
short of high treason, at a moment like this, of tin-
exampled difficulty and danger, when this little
kingdom is contending against all the world in
arms, when it is fightsag, not for the ordinary ob-
jects of ambition, but for existence, and nothing
under Providence can save it, but a complete and
well directed union of all its physical and moral
powers.

A Gottenburgh Mail arrived, yesterday,
letters and papers, from Stockholm, to the 29th
last, and Copenhagen to the 27th. The latter
state, on the authority of accounts from Cron3tadt,
that great activity prevails in the Russian fleet in
that port, coasisting of 16 sail of the line, and 125
gun-boats. We may expect that 4 will attempt
some operation early in spring. Wc have uniformly
entertained an opinion that BONAPARTE, in his
late visit to Milan, extended his views even farther
than Turkey. The foreign papers received this
day, state, that the French army, in Dalmatia,
is in activity, and will march through Constanti-
nople and Egypt, to Bengal. There is something
so romantic in the idea, and so peculiarly suited
to the ambition of BONAPARTE, combined with
his deadly hatred of England, we ought not to be
surprised were be to attempt this extraordinary
expedition. The intelligence from Turkey seems
to announce the speedy fall of that once powerful
Empire. The Turkish army has again been de-
feated by the Servians, in a decisive action; hot
what is more important, the Russians, so far from
making any preparations to evacuate Moldavia and
Wallachia, pursuant to the terms of the Armistice,
have reinforced their army in those provinces:
their advanced posts have been streugthened, and
all intercourse with Turkey strictly prohibited.—
The Diplomatic Corps, in Holland, have removed
from the Hague to Utrecht.

In order to check the depredations of the ene-
my's privateers on the eastern coast, the Oberon
and Calypso sloops of war, and Censor gun-brig,
are to cruise between Newcastle and Yarmouth;
and the Sappho sloop of war is also appointed to
cruise between

Newcastle and Flamborough.

Adnuml Lord GAIIIIIHR it, is said will hoist hip
Bag on board the Victory, now at Chatham, cele-
brated as the flag ship of the Great Lord NaLsoN.
in the glorious battle of Trafalgar.

Admiral MULIAY, with the transports and troops
from Monte Video, was detained at Cork by con-
trary winds on the 6th instant, but they are
hourly expected at Portsmouth.

Our readers will find, in our Irish news, that a
large proportion of the Nobility and Gentry of the
count• of Tipperary have signed a Declaration iu
favour of the Catholic Question.

It is generally understood that no Amendment
wig be moved to the Address nn the opening of the

ensuing Session of Parliament.
The RECORDER'S Report, we understand, is
against Bullock, the Bankrupt.
General WIIITELOC[E'S Court Martial will com-
mence on the 19th, in the large room at Chelsea.
It is believed Major-General Laysson Gowaa will
be the 'Or and not Sir SANUI~await.ACHIROTY.
General Gowan had a conference yesterday with
General WYVERRO, at the Adjutant-General's
office.
The part of the German Legion which had
been disembarked at Plymouth, has been re-em-
barked, and will sail with the first fair wind, with
the 32d and soth regiments, to join Sir Own=
Corrox's Expedition.
1.4 Seine, aline French privateer, has been
taken, and sent into Plymouth.
Intelligence has been received by the Under-
writers at LLoirea.raspecting the capture of Roma
American vessels by the Algennes in the Mediter-
ranean.
We have good reason to believe, that the extra-
ordinary traveller, Mutton Psaor, is still living.
A Foreign Journal gives, in a lettar from Copen-
hagen, the following account of the conduct of the
English troops in Zealand The first business
of the English Officers on their landing, was to
look out the best horses belonging to the country-
people, which they immediately anglicized. The
Stiortekark, the apron fellows, as the Danes call
the Scotch Highlanders, seized the cattle, the fowls.
the geese, &c. The soldiers ran about in the
villages with drawn swords, cutting at the ducks,
which they could not immediately catch. The
peasants received a sound drubbing, when they
did not immediately obey the orders that were

given."
No small struggle seems to have taken place be-
tween adventures East ands! of Temple-Bar,
respecting the present City ry as its mere
Capital Prises pnneipally rest on aty round, the
former naturally wish to possess thetn, and are
therefore extensively patronising the Schnee; while
those of Westminster are anxious to obtain such
Capital Freeholds in the city. It is to be observed,
at the s:lrne Ow_ numerous country adventu-
rpm are very ,sliatous to posses excellent houses
in town.