The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-07-01 00:00:00

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:try to ill .“,‘ of so,-;••••: ; n:d i s••;,rtr,
as well in the other prndunions of e Llritich co!o- ,
itie.s are absolute necessaries every where in Europe.
When the nearest and cheapest communication i,
prevented, others must be resorted to ; and while
England loses nothing by it, the Continent pays
dearer, being at the same time prevented from ex-
horting or exchanging, in return, its own industry or
pre .tuaicns.
It is well known, that during the last war Swit-
zerland furnished to the Northern, Western, and
Southern Provinces of France, coffee, sugar, &c.
&c. which came from England, and had made the
tour of the whole of Germany before they arrived in
Switzerland ; and Frenchmen, who paid for the ig-
' norant and impolitic condua of their Rulers, were
the only loosers. This must be the case with the
other nations upon the Continent so long as France
shall be permitted to continue its present revolution-
ary measures.
The condua of France considered in a commercial
point of view, may cause a temporary stagnation in
some branches of the British trade ; but, upon the
Continent, it must cause confusion, dearness, wretch.
edrtess, and ruin. Instead of producing a com-
mercial revolution against England, it will etre&
only a commercial anarchy upon the Continent.

It was rumoured yesterday, at the west end of
the town, that the Duke of KENT will succeed
Earl of HA R DWICKE in Ireland.
This day the two regiments of London Militia
are to he inspeCted by General LESLIE in the Artil-
lery Ground.
Government mean immediately to raise four
regiments of Cavalry fur the line. General Beßc-
stoNr, late of the 21st, is ti have one of them.
The Board of General Officers met at Chelsea
College yesterday, according to adjournment, at
ten o'clock; and after having sat some time,
finding Major BR *DPI A W did not attend from par-
ticular circumstances, and wishing to give every
opportunity for the most mature investigation, they
adjourned /ix d e.
The number of French prisoners in this country,
taken since the declaration of war, exceeded, last
week, 3000. It is now more than 5000.
According to private advices from France, Gene-
ral A!•ou IL toss; has been ordered by the Government
to remove sixteen leagues from the capital. He in-
curred the displeasure of the Consular Despot from
his honest refusal to become the medium of the most
gross and infamous falsehoods respecting the situa-
tion of affairs in this country.
As the communication between this country and
France is considered at an end, for the present, a
Prussian hop takes neutral passengers across the

Channel.
The Earl of MANSTIELD has arrived at Perth,
where his Lordship is very busy in arranging the
affairs of his new regiment, the Perthshire Militia.
The triple inscription of Rosetta, which has lain
for some time in the Library of the Society of An-
tiquaries, has been lately removed to the Museum,
arid deposited with the rest of the Antiquities from

Egypt.
rite Sittings after Term commenced yesterday in
the different Courts of Lew. A number of Common
Jury causes were tried in the Court of King's Bench;
but they were so totally destitute of interest that we
will not fatigue our readers by detailing them.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held
at Guildhall, to consider the Letter from the Secre-
tary at War, respeCting the quota of men to be
raised by the City for the Army of Reserve.
The Loan MA YOR opened the Court, by stating
his having received a Letter from the Right Hon.
CHARLES YoaKE, Secretary at War, in relation to
• the mode of raising men for the Army of Reserve,
which, although private, his Lordship thought it
right to lay the same before the Court for their
information.
The Court resolved, that Sod men should be vo-
hmtarily raised by the City, for the said service,
and referred it to the Militia Committee, to consi-
der and report their opinion as to the most proper
mode of raising the same.
A Ceurt of Common Council will he held to-
morrow, at Guildhall, to receive the Report from
the Militia Ceirenittee.
Yesterday the Loan MAYOR, attended by the
Sheriffs, &c. weut te St. Margaret's Hill, where he
received the reports from the Jury of the Court of
Conservancy for Surrey ; and afterwards for Mid-
dlesex. His Lordship and company then retired to
an elegant dinner.
As the ifoxiieur is so very indignant at a trick
said to be played lately at Malta, by some of our
stilors--even admitting the fad, we will endeavour
to moderate this indignation, by mentioning the
following anecdote : ' After the French, by fraud
and force, had got possession of the citadel of Tu-
rin, the unfortunate Kind of SARDINIA continued
to reside in the city. 'l'o disgust the King with his
residence, to her: his feelings, and to ridicule roy-
alty, -a cavalcade of French soldiers, having one
dressed as the King, and decorated with the mock
insignia of his different orders, with a paper crown
upon his head, and seated upon a cart belonging to
the public executioner, drawn by two asses, and At-
tended by mimic pages, body guards, &c. &c. pa-
raded two days under the King's windows, and
played revolutionary tunes and songs; the third day,
after a tour round the King's Caste, the whole par-
ty went to the place of execution, where the royal
crown, dress, &c &c. were buried under the gal-
lows—and when the Citizen Soldiers returned from
this noble expedition, they broke the windows of
the apartments of the Royal Lndy, and committed
other riots, which were only terminated by a forced
present from the King, of 1,000 louis d'ors, pour
boire.
The Premier would aCt wisely, were he, at this
moment, either to lay a tar of 20t. per annum on
every game license, or repeal all the game laws, and
throw it open to every individual in the kingdom.—
'the one'would raise a revenue—the other, soldiers,
by using men to fire-arms. The sportsmen would
not objea to this tar' because 201. per annum is a
mere trifle, compared to the health and pleasure de-
rive/ from field sports. His objeOens would. Pe
the othtt hand, product advatasitattladr a
alone&