The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-05-16 00:00:00

PRIVATE LE ITER.

t &fits, siA4 t.

The journey of Bert/tier to the camps on the
coast in FTAI:Ce and in liolland, was less to insped
their military preparatinnst than to find out the opi-
nion of the officers and ;nen concerning the ch,:nge
itf dynasty, and to procure addresses of congraoila•
tion and adhesion, when this change has beeo carried
into AN IL According to report, be found in the ,
armies more men ready to laugh at the idea of
making Bonaparte an Emperor, than to oppose dr
derrrra'e it.
So many candidates have presented themselves to
obtain revolutionary nobility, and to •be revolutiou-
ary primes, that for the present this plan tolain •
supporters of his• Imperial Throne has been laid
asldb byl/Mapitte;it lila until a general pacifica-
tion. In this he has followed the advice of his best
friends in the Senate, as well, as in the Council of
State. The report that Bonaparte has been incited
by the Senate,,fur the :iTlfai e qt. int count,.., to at vorce
and choose a younger Empress, with ivl,om he may
have children, is nr.grounded; the health and ton-
sOtution of Madame Bonaparte being such, that she
cannot hare many years to live.
When Lucien Bonaparte received the senatoriet
on the Rhine, the First Consul requested the Em-
peror of Germany to declare him a Prince of tire
German Empire ; upon the Emperor's refusal, lie
accepted the offer of the Pope, to create Lucien a
Roman Prince, winch is the cause of the exchange
of property between him and the Roman .Prinee
Justiniani. it is raid,, at the same time, that he is
fo'biereated All hereditary Prince of Parma, as
soon as certain arrangemehts have been concluded
between tire King of Spain, the Queen of Etruria,
and the First Consul.
The arrival of several couriers from Germany
has hastened the preparations for the Coronation,
which will take place in detiar,ce of: the remon-
strances strances of certain Courts. At the last assemoly by 1
Madame Bonaparte, her husband said, loud enough
to be heard by all persons present, in addressing
himself to a certain, hitherto favourite, Ambassador,
p 00,,, SO., hare not the French Prot!e the Net;,C rigid
la pee Sloe title and preruppeives
they think neers*arn
,tire their honour tied teasviiiiisy, to
Bench cc to (4,de fen!/ thew n-a:n forin of Corornorest
A bow of submiision was the only answer to a ques-
lion purposely made. as a command or an explana-
Liao to the whole foreign diplomatic corps present ;
of whom several the nest day dispatched couriers to
their respetive coons, with this sophistical decla-
mation of the First Consul.
The Coronation Robes have been embroidered at
Lyons. and with their diamonds, are estimated at
two millions of livres; gold and silver medals to tile
amount of ten millions of livres, report says. are
already struck at the mint, and are to be distributed
on the Coronation day, in all the armies, as well As
among the people in all cities and to‘%ns. The Co.
ronation carriage has been made long ago, by
Simeon, at Brussels, under a pretence that it was
intended as a present to the Emperor of Russia.
The Coronation is to be performed by the Cardinal
Archbishop of Paris and the Pope's Nuntio, Cardi-
nal Caprara, assisted by three other revolutionary
Cardinals, and twelve Revolutionary Arch-Bishops
and Bishops. The Pape, on account of his age and
infirmities,having been excused a jeuraey to Prance,
where his Nuntio has fail power to assist on his part,
and give hit Elew,g. But if Bonaparte goes to Milan
to obtain the Crown of Lombardy, many think the
Pope will meet him there. Such are, at least, the
opinions of our best informed societies.
The imprisonments have not been so numerous
lest week as the preceding, but the measures of se-
verity are yet continued ; the barriers are yet strict-
ly watched, and at night domiciliary visits took
place in every house in use Rue St. Dominique.
Among other appointments in France by the Em-
peror, se petto, are twenty-four pages for himself
and twelve for his Imperial Consort. They are
children of the Members of the :Legion of Honour;
and when they have attained the age of 16, they
will obtain each a company in a regiment of cavalry
or dragoons, as a retreat. Six Lords in waiting for
the Emperor, and tour for the' Empress, are to be taken
from among he Membersot the Senate,Tribunate, and
Legislative Body. A Civil List of twenty-four
millions of livres will be fixed. The household
troops are to be augmented to twelve thousand men
of different arms. (I'he palace of Versailles is to be
repaired with those of Compigne and Funtainbleau.
and every season the Emperor will change his place
of residence. The winters will, however, exclusive-
ly be passed at Paris, St. Cloud, and Malmaison.
The Ladies at Paris, and the revolutionary leer
iroode, talk of nothing bat the cortinetion, and are
g .mg to great expence for it in dresses, diamonds,
St.:. but it is said, that the Senator Vo toss, has
persuaded Bus AP ART E to continue, erea in seating
hintsolf upon the Imperial throne, the republican
and that his advice has beer. lie-cued to.

/I] BRITISH PREM

IiaqNDON,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16.

Every man, in the slightest degree acquitiitted
with London politics, mast have been highly amused
for some days past with the embarrassment of our
contemporaries. While the mast distant hope re-'
mained of Mr. Fox's advancement, the old organ
of the party played off the praises of Mr. _Pt? r, every
womb* ; his integrity, his honour, &c. were the
binthen of the song ; bdt, now that all hoPit is
fled. that no chance remains of respite or. re-
prieve ; it has changed its tune. From
the ifittgre, it has fallen to the Pertseroso, arid,
in accents truly mournful, it yesterday stated, that
"Mr. PITT and Lord MILLTILLZ are the chub
Ministry ;" and " that the whole Administration is a
job, a contrivance for the aggrandisement of Mr.
PITT and Lord Mttvltts.” A few feeblerevoln-
tionary hints are then thrown out against the limo's
undoubted prerogative ; and so ends the yesterday's
tune of the Morning Organ. There is indeed one
other point which deserves notice. We quoted yes-
terday, from the parer alluded to, a passage, in '
which a most suspicious zeal is sheiini, to contradi&
the reports of an offer to conciliate Mr. Fox, by the
admission of five of his friends into the new Ministry.
'lhe refusal of such an offer would represent the
party of Mr. Fez as the sacrifice of his disappoint-
meat; but the Morning Paper of the party will not
allow them is Ciown of Martyrdom. It roundly as-
tens, that the CaLNl':!.l.ts, the friends of Mr. Fos,
are equally proscribed from the Cabinet, as Mr. Fox
himself. We do not however understand that there
is the least ground for the assertion. The syco.
pliancy, theinconsistency of the party Prints, would
indeed be a happy source for ridicule, were it not
for the gravity of the subjeCt. We might indeed
well smile at their embarrassment, could we forget
that this business is of vital consequence; that the
happiness, perhaps the existence of the Empire, is
at stake. We would have been happy to see Mr.
'Fox in, power, and we have stated our reasons.
They are totally unconnedesl with private views,
and are unansweraLle. But we do nct wish to see
the Constitution overthrown, that Mr. Fox may
walk into power upon its ruins. Of two evils, we
prefer the less. We must therefore condemn those
who would depress, nay, extinguish the spirit of the
country, because they cannot raise it to the highest
pitch which it possesses the means to attain.—
We most also reprobate the calumny ; a calumny
that could only originate iu the very essence of party
spirit, which would not only prejudge an Admini-
straticn before it is formed, but would also re-
present any Administration that could he formed,
without Mr. POT, as weak and ineeicient. Prcca•
riot's, indeed, would be the prosperity of the coun-
try, if a good Administration he essential to the
prosperity of a country, which can afford no corn
petent Minister best Mr. PITT or Mr. Fox. BONA-
PA RT g and his creatures may persuade his slaves,
that without him, France would be blotted from the
map cf Eurup.:, but we h.lpe fifteen millions of British
subjeas willi not bear to be told, there is not Aran
of commanding talent and information among them
but Mr. Pi ri and Mr. Fox. Of the new Ministry,
we must, however, in candour, as well as with re-
gret, admit that as far as we have a view of the
struiture, it falls far below our expeetation. flow
Mr. PI I' T proposes to encrease Lord Haw tsar:tes
talent, by turning him oat of one office, and thrust-
ing him into another ; in what respell Earl Ca m-

DEN is more able And Killing than Lord linaAa r,
Lord HARROWBY than Lord HA wgrsavav, we are
at a loss to conceive. Mr. PITT seems to think the
Commander in Clef is every thing, and the troops
nothing ; but in this too, he only falls into the com-
mon error of men of superior talent. Alluding to

this trait in his charaeter, it has been asked, what
men of genius has he patronised what men of ta-
lent are in the circle of his friends but vie migh,
perOvs touch more propriety, who are
the favourites and dere* of Mr. For. of Lord Casa-
vt t.Lt, or !lr. WINONA)/ ? we forbear to give the

an'weT.

I'o the !Ministerial appointments which we have
already announced, the Gazette of last night adds
those of the Honourable HIARY Wet. txst.tv, to be
a Commissioner for executing the office of Treasurer
of• His Maacsrv's Exchequer; and of Sir Puttar
STEPHII2O, Adniirals G• sant RR, CO. FLITS, PATTON,
and Sir H. Nc• i.e. to be Lends of the Admiralty.
The Earl of Mena* has deethed the situation cfl...ord
Lieutenant and Commander in Chief in Ireland,
but an express was sent off to him on Saturday with
a renewal r•f the proptAtien in the most pressing
terms. It is not, biro ever, .uppnsed by his frier...lt,
that he wiil accept it ; Ai letter, received from him
on Monday state his cietermir.staon to acristve to a
certain Ill,t•trion, Peronzge. Shoold his Lordsh.p
go to Ireland, Mr. Ttr ear r rill probably be his
Secretary. The i.v.r.ati:n this Ge..deman is a

singular in:
intrigue.

declining,

iolitial

!MOTO.

th sone

of his old he now
finds that Te
unless to i dad lie
not been iu suctfltaite to reue ha; d!.! ,:onneaion.
hp would be protably now one of the Seek-eerie% of
Stare. Should Earl Mot R e send a rrittial to
the offer made to ;situ, it is Thought it will derul'ie
optics Lord Muagnave. The sittiatiou has not
been offered to the Duke of Motircosr, nor wonl4
he accept it.; but we believe he will succeed the
Farl of List:crow., as Pre,.ident of tll Board of
Trade. It is said that Mr. Fos ran will he First
I,ord of the T'reasury in Ireland, vice the Earl of
Sit.. .OS. The report of Earl Ross Y appoint-
ment to be Speaker of the Home of Lords, and of
ford Ettton's 'removal from the office of Chan.
cellor, is repeated with increased confidence ; but
his SUCCeIIIO3I' is not mentioned, and we understand
the seals are to be put into commission. Sir Janis
NIAN!iFIELD, karon Garn•si, and Justice Lat.
R CNC V, are mentioned as the Commissioners.

A foreign Ambassador is skid to have received
information from France of a late date, that 80.
NAP AR TE has been proclaimed Emperor of France,
in all the streets, and public squares of Paris. All
idea of consulting the people is laid aside, the
'Senates t:.onsultus of the Conscreit ye Senate, and
the decree of the Tribunate, are considered suf-
ficient authority to chanr the French Republic
into a Monarchy ; and the eleflive Chief Magistrate
of a Commonwealth into the hereditary Sovereign
of an Empire. As we exclusively mentioned last week,
it is now again reported at Path, that the coronatico
is to take place next August, upon Bomar* sr cs
birth-day, and to be performed at Aix.li-Cha.
pelle, where CHARLEMAOWE was crowned fourteen
centuries ago. Preparations have been macic.there
ever since the arrest of Watteau; ar.d several Ger-
'Man Princes have been invited to the ceremony.
A camp for 30,000 troops is formed between Aix.
la-Chapelle and Juliers. All the members of the
Legion of Honour are to be present, and will take
the oath of aliegiance to His lurtarat 0111111CAS
MAJEirY, ;II his august presence. A grand drpu-
ration of the Senate, of the Legislative Body, and
of the T: ibunate, and most of the commanding ge.
nerals, of the prefals, one of the principal public
funftionaries, are to attend Bossar ...att. A gene.
ral amnesty is to be proclaimed for all criminals
sentient exception ; the list -of emigrants is to be
dosed for ever, and all proscribed persons, with the
exception of the BOURBON family, may return to
France, and enjoy the rights of subjects. A promo-
tion upon a large scale is tete announced ; every
cfEzer in the army will be advanced a step.—
The place and the form of the ceremony are the
source of various reports. Some say it is to be cc-
I ',rated at Petrit, others at Rheims, and others at
Lyons ; Aix la Chapelle was 'he placed fixed when
the last advices left Paris, and little doubt remains.
but that the coronation will take place there.

The Paris Papers announce the receipt of lettcrt
at the Hague hum the Cape of Good Hope, which
state that the squadron of Admiral HA►rsINCA hae
taken 30 English vessels, richly laden, bound ftrm
the West Indies to England.
The Orp6rws frigate, arrived in the Downs on Fri-
day last, with a convoy from Lisbon, has brought
upwards of one million of dollars, for the merchant,.,,
which are to be landed at Portsmouth. The sill-
viving officers and crew of the late Apollo frigate
have come passengers in her from Lisbon.
The knowing order issued to the ships at Spit.
head this morning, is of more serious expedition
than any th.tt has been made known since we were
first threa:cred—to have slip buoys to the cables ;
keep the top-gallant-yards across; clear for adios
every evening at sun-set; the signal for tartmooring
to be considered as the signal for alEtion ; and to keep
is momentary readiness for putting to seas see that
instant it may be expelled to be engaged with tbe
enemy.—(Pwisirsoisih Pop,. of Saturday.)
By the Gottenhurgh Mail of Monday letters
were received which state, that very considerable
warlike preparations are guing on in Russia. ant!
it is thought that a war with France is very pr.
habit. That such letters have been received we
know, but we cannot determine how far the 4pe,u;o-
tion is well founded.

- - .
Private letters received by the last Hansburgh
Mails, give a melancholy aecount of the state of
I lawyer. The French, after plundering the inha-
bitants of all their money, &c. are now cutting
down the little timber that still remain, and con-
verting it into money. Every species of insult that
French tyranny and ingenuity can devise, the poor
Flanoverians suffer under their Republican :1/414,ters

Yesterday a Coart of Dire.lors was held at the
East India House, which astourned to this day ♦t
twelve o'clock.

Yesterday the Right Hon. the Leen MATO&
ordered the price of Bread to be continued the same
As last week, viz. eightpence halfpenny the quarters
loaf wheaten, and in erpcnce, hourhe/AL
The Lord Licctener.: of Ireland his been please('
to appoint Ric :411K. F. Ss Ira If • FACI. Pertonster
of Corn Bountive, in tre roviu of the lat.: SirJouie
Troo. Pant.

A member of the Cheitenh 4m troop 4 Veoroz:-.rf
Cavalry. stationed ott pet:l.l.ol2cm duty :n
was on iunday toorriog ear heti the mope for
crderiy, uasoldicrlike aid disobegagon.
arScr I.

nst:taiirriTiohe uncertitinty of all p
AN moo* he fo.311(1 Ur. Aroma
,he rato to make kfrpcace with
p 4-; SE, to his grcA,fl4/1-piio,
PIT; jki not roeitsto remove
pr,prufzin; to a higher.o:lice.
• •

I

F.% H•TATICN OR COLOURS.

On Friday tl c 27th ult.. the Mearnshirelun•
ters,cominand. d by Lieut.-Colonel George Robert-
son Scott, of Bel holm, were inspeded at B;onehaven
be Cotoile! Go: thin, Inspecting Field Officer of the
)Ystrid. Previous to the inspe'aion a pair uf colours,
a Fitt from Mrs. kobertson Scott, were presented to
the corps. Mts.. Robertson scott, being prevented
from being present, two sweet young boys, her sons,
attended by a proper escort and the regimental
music, carried the colours into a circle formed by the
corps, and approaching their litho- the'Llent.-Colo-
nel Commandant, knelt down; and each snccessiv,:-
ly gave Into his hands a standard. The eldest at
the same time delivered to him it letter, which was
immediately opened by the Commandant, read
Mond, and was as follows :

6. Mil. Robertson Scott presents then colours with the
pleniag snumuce that they will never receive an inglnriiiiis
taw in the itossys,:oll 41- the Menne-shire Volunteers, nor eve,
be displayed but in the great cau.e of Religion, King, &tit!
Gauntry." .•