The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-09-12 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
TANIS, ACCOST CS.
The departure of tier Majesty the Empresb, from

Plombieres, has been fixed for this day. She was
to reach Nancy.
Mr. Taylor, the English Minister, at Cassel, has
arrived at Harlan.

Notwithstanding the great movements of troops
which have taken place iu the Austrian dominions,
letters from Vienna, of the 16th of August, state,
that the hope of the continuation of the peace of the
Continent, had been, for some days, gaining ground
in that capital, and that the public funds had, in
consequence, experienced a rise-

The following are the names of the ships of the
line, of '7 t guns, building upon the stocks, at Ant-
werp: Le Charlemagne, in a state of great forward.
ness ; L' .Ineersois, Ls Dugueselsn, Le Conmpee
de Lyon, L'Audaeinix, Le These'', Le Cesar, L'lllus-
Ire, Le Cdroline frigate, Le Favor' corvette.
The French privateer the Belleau', of 36 guns, has
taken, in sight of Saint Helena, the English ship,
the Cohluream, on her way from the South Sea to
Lnndon.
The Gil-well, from Bombay, has been also taken
by a French frigate. These two prizes ate very
rich.

HAMA, AVG. C. 2.
In proportion as the fads relative to the en-
gagement of the 22d July, between the Combined
Fleet and Admiral Calder, have been explained,
the English Journals have lowered their tone con-
cerning that event. They are now reconciled to
Admiral Calder; and they now agree, that he could
sot have done more. On seeing the state in which
the three disabled ships arrived, they have made
?diet-firms, which sever occurred to them iu the
first moment.
Admiral Calder acknowledges, that it was only
by accident the two Spanish ves:els were taken by
his flat, that they did not strike till five hours after
the engagement, nor till they were reduced to the
last extremity ; and that this was the reason of
their losing so many of their crews.
Admiral Calder frankly declares, that he did not
flatter !iimself with being at.!.: to renew the engage-
ment, excepting he si:ouli :rave the good fortune,
by gaining time, to be joined by Lord Nelson, or
some other English squad: al ; th it, after he had
'seen three of his sines disabled, and remarked the
dispositions which the enemy seemed to make for
pushing the affair with spirit, he should have consi-
Jore4 himself as compromising the safety of the
meet, had he listened to the imprudent advice of
Admiral Stirling. This latter expression explains
what the English Journals only insinuated, namely,
that some misunderstanding had taken place between
the two Admirals, ind that Admiral Calder, in order
to get rid of tht givers of imprudent advice, had
ordered Admiral Stirling to return to his station.

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AVGSSUAG, LUG. 20.

On perusing the Journals, we remark, with sur-
prise, that all Europe is in arms, with the excep-
tion of France, since the French Journals are the
only ones which say nothing of any movement
of troops. In England, the rage for fighting is so
great, that it is a subjed of deliberation, whether
the country-people shall be suffered to get in the
harvest, or be kept to their exercise. In Austria, no-
thing is talked of but armaments and fortifications.
In Russia, armies are ordered to march, fleets to
sail, and the names of the Generals and Admirals
are ttnmpeted forth, as if Russian names were
haosra throu7,hout the rest of Europe. Sweden is
ieceiving subsidies, which justifies a supposition,
that there are soldiers to be disposed of. With
whom are all these powers preparing to fight ? As-
suredly not with France—for France, if we refer to
her Journals, is ma:.:ing no movements of her ar-
mies. We havehere some profound politicians, who
preteod, that the Emperor Napoleon, does sot
make the Journalists his confidants, that he is not
in the habit of announcing his military opera-
tions in the periodical papers ; and that he is better
informed of the real state of the fortes of foreign
powers, than the Journals of Germany. This may
be very true. We, however, reroUed having heard
it asserted, two years ago, that, it war should ever
again be commenced, the Northern Powers would
adopt the French tactics. To us, the French tadica
appear to consist in not making much previous noise,
and in not romealing the march of armies, but by vic-
tories. It is evidently not these tadics that the
Powers of thz North hav♦ adopted. The politicians
of this country likewise assert, that, since there hare
been no philosophers in France to write panegyi ks on
the Generals of the North, it will be very difficult to
acquire great reputation in that quarter; and, to
prove this, they adduce the late war, which ruined
so many reputations withou• creating one. They,
therefore, conclude, that Russia will be obliged to dig
sip the old Generals of Catherine, or to place at the
bead of het armies, men.whose names are utterly un-