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

STATE 01 PrMOPE.
A German writer has published an interettint ar-
ticle, on the state of the Powers of Furnpe ; and the
folios' ing is the substance of it, as given in the Ori-
ole, of Alms
At the commencement of the war of the French
Revolution. whie.h noist he considered as the cause
of those chanst,ts wh:,-ih have produced the pr,oent
situation of Europe. possessed a territory of
300.000 sqnare miles, a !,";”11 l!'on of 2;i millions,
11 ti a revenue of seven millions of louis d'or.
The territory of Austria teas 11,149 square miles,
her population 24 millions, and her revenue four
millions of lotii• d'or.
Prussia had a territory of 3,600 square miles, a
pmnlatian of sir millions, and a revenue of four
millions of louis
The remaining territories of the German Empire
c"mprised an extent of 12,000 squire miles, con-
tained oti millions of inhabitants, and produced a
revenue of nine millions of louis d'or.
The territory of Great Britain was then estimated
at 6,03t3 square miles, the population at nine mil-
linns, and the reveliue at seventeen millions of louis
d'or.
Russia has gained a territory of 7,035 square
miles, a population of five millions, and an increase
of I evenue equal to three millions of rix dollars, by
her last acquisitions in Poland only. This is entirely
independent of her late acquisitions in A cia, America,
and the Adriatic, of her conquest of the Crimea, and
of what she obtained by the former partition of Po-
land, in 1772.
Austria lnat by the cession of the Netherlands, only
47$ iiciluare• mile.. 1,503.000 inhabitants, and a re-
venue of eight millions of
,guilders; and, in all, by
the cession of Lombardy, Fricktlial, the Brisgau, and
Artenau, wit/soot reckoning the country of Falken-
stein, 671 square miles, 2,699,760 subjels, and
9,125,663 florins of revenne. She has gained by the
acquisition of Venetian Istia and Dalmatia, inde-
pendent of the Bishoprics of Trent and Brixen, 500
Square miles. Her population is, therefore, nearly
the same as it was before the war.
Prus-ia Inst about 42 square miles of territory,
172,147 inhabitants, and a revenue of 128,249 Innis
d'or. She acquired by the partition of Poland 42,058
square miles, and 2,075,700 inhabitants; besides,
, by the addition of- Hildesheim, Paderhorn, Erfurt,
Eichsfeldt, Munster, Stc. 'some statistical accounts
make the present territory of the Prussian States
amount to 6000 square miles, the population to
9,000,000, and the revenues to six Millions of louis
d'or ; but this estimate is rather exaggerated.
The acquisitions of England cannot at present be
easily estimated, as her possessions are daily increas-
ing, and she may be said to keep an equal pace with
Russia, as to acquisitions. Her Indian possessions
are extensive, and of an incalculable value ; but her
principal power arises out of her commerce, and the
industry of her population.
France possessed, before the war, 10,000 square
miles, 1..`6 millions of inhabitants, and 19 millions
of louis d'or revenue. She now possesses 12,160
square miles, 3! millions of population, and 24
millions of revenue. Her principal acquisitions are—
Sy. Miles, Inhabit.
Sissy
Nee
PreAment .....
Relginm,and the departmenenn the Rhine 5200 3,909,000
C;enna
There are, besides, immediately under the demi-
ninn of France, Parma, Piacenza, and Gnstalla,
with a population of 250,800 ; and the kingdom of
Italy, with a territory of 734 square miles, and
3,360,000 inhabitants, without taking Lucca and
Piombino into the account. It must, however, stall
be considered, that France can dispose of her allies,
and also of other neighbouring States, as she pleases ;
that Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, the greater part
of Italy, not included in Bonaparte's kingdom. 1101-
land, and a considerable portion of Germany, are
under her controul; the power of that empire is
therefore immense.
Spain has a territory of 9,277 square miles, and
10,000,000 of inhabitants ; Holland possesses a ter-
ritory of 625 square miles, with 2100,000 of inha-
bitants ; and both powers are directly dependant on
France. If, therefore, we include all the States.
mediately or immediately, under the dominion of
France, we shall find, that she has at her disposal a
population equal to 50,000,000.

The following interesting narrative, communi-
cated by the Captain of a Merchantman to his
owners, is given in a letter from Barbadoes, dated
July 19 On the 54 instant, 1 chartered a cop-
per-bottomed schooner, dire& for Berbice, and
went in her, in company with a Dutch Lady and
her two children. In the night of the sth, at ten
o'clock, a most violent gale of wind drove us ms the
rocks of Berhuda, three leagues from the shore.
when we should have all perished, if Almighty God
had not saved us in a most miraculous manner.
Most of the crew took possession of the small-
boat, and ventured to sea; hut I and some more
were left behind : in less than half an hour the
vessel vas dashed to pieces. It was a dismal night,
blowing, raining, thundering, and lightning ; the
sea c .me incessantly over our heads ; I went from
one piece of the wreck to another, to hold myself
fast ; but, in the-yonrse of two hours, I was quite
exhausted, filkil with sea-water, and my body
shockingly wounded from beating among the rocks :
six times I was washed away, but a heavy sea al-
ways brought me up again ; and, at last, I was
driven upon some planks, where I found the poor
woman and her two children, crying out in a most
lamentable manner : I saved them three times, and
took one of the girls, eight years old, in my arms ;
but havin7 lost all strength, a high sea tore her
from me—r ()body could assist her—we gave her
up for lost, and expeCted, every minute, to share
the same fate. At day-break, to our great surprise
and joy, we saw the child at some distance from us,
sticking to a piece of wood hanging on the rocks :
a dog was with her, and, I really believe, saved her ;
for, she said, she was washed away frequently, and
came as often up again to the same place. Between
ten and eleven, in the morning of the tirh, when we
had not the smallest hope of being saved, we saw
a small boat pulling after us, it was our good
Captain, who was looking after us. not expeCling to
find us more. in about three hours afterwards, we
' arrived on the uninhabited 'bore of Berbuda, with-
out auy otter clnthes except a shirt."

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