The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-30 00:00:00

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'the HM►. Mr. Mnnrne arrived here the
yesterday from Washington. fle is expeeted
to embark immaJiatelv on his mission to trance
and Spain, relative to New Orleans-.

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WASHINGTON.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SI rTING o T:IE 10in irtlieumitY.
Mr. Green, the Delegate from the Mississippi ter-
ritory, presented to the House of Representatives a
resolution from the Legislative of that territory on
the subje& of the shutting the port of New Orleans,
together with a Memorial to Congress from the same
body, in which it is stated that in addition to the
shutting, of the port, the Intendant had recently
issued a proclamation forbidding all intercourse be-
tween the Citizens of the United States and the
subjeas of his Catholic Majesty. They wore re-
ferred to a Committee of the whole House on the
state of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
A Bill to preveht the importation of certain per-
sons from the French West Indies, was reported.

FEBRUARY 11.
Kama wished to know whether the report of
the Committee on the discriminating and counter-
vailing duties would be proceeded upon this Session ?
Mr. Smith replied, that as business of great pub-
lic consequence was pressing, he should mt pursti.,
the business this Session, and moved that the Com-
mittee upon the whole be discharged ; which was
carried in the affirmative.
The House then proceeded to the confultntial bu-
:inns, and the galleries were cleared.
This subjeft was debated with closed doors, and
the House also sat upon it on Monday. It is sup-
posed to relate to New Orleans.
NIEW-VORgy BEL 17.

By the Maria, arrived at Philadelphia from New
Orleans, which she left the 1 ith January, we learn,
that our Government dispatch-boat had reached that
place, and that the Intendant, so far from relaxing
or regarding the recommendation of the Chevalier
1)i Yrujo, to restore the right of deposit, • treated
his interference with the utmost contempt, and per-
sisted in his conduet with unabated, vigour. It is
further stated, that it was the universal opinion,
at New Orleans, that the, Intendant was ;Laing
from positive instruaions from his Court, which
were considered as originating from France, and
that both political parties at Nachez were for imme-
diate and energetic measures of redress. •
The General Assembly of Virginia has entered
into a resolution against the shutting of the port of
New Orleans, which has passed both houses of the
Legislature of that province. .
The following is the Spanish order alluded to on
the 10th of February, in the House of Representa-
tives :
NACIIEZ GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, Jax. 5, 1803.
ti ACHEz, JAN. 3.

ADVERTISEMENT.
Undo the date of the 16th instant, the Intendant Ganega;
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of the Provinces tells me, that the Citizens the United States
can have no commerce with his Majesty's ;tibjeflii, they only
having the free navigation of the river for 'the exporottion of
the fruits and produce of their estalrliiituteirt to foreign coun-
tries, :aid the importation of what they may wart for them
As such 1 charge you, •o far as respects you, to be zealous and
vigiterts, with per 0.13.• care tnat the Inhabitants neither pur-
chase or sell any thing to the shipping, fist-bottomed boats,
barges, or any other small vessels, that may go along the river
destined for the hsnieneatt possessio is, or proceeding from
them, and that they shall be informed of is, for their due coin-
plmice of the same.
(Signed) CARLOS DE GRAND PREU."
The foregoing is a translation from the original,
directed to me by his Lordship Carlos de (,rand
Preu, Colonel of the Royal Armies, and Governor
of Bolon Rouge. J. O'CotiNOlt.
Syndic of 4th Dist+ LI,
Bohm Rouge, Dec. 27.

Captain HAYLEY, arrived at New-York, on the
15th December, from-Cape Francois, states, that he
sailed in company with a French 80 gun ship, com-
manded by Admiral ',Eros's., bound to Cape Ni-
cola Mole, and three 74's, bound for France, and
the other two for'Port Republican. About a week
before his departure, two 74's arrived at the Cape
from Toulon, with 1500 troops ; a fleet of 15 sail,
and 600 troops additional were expeaed. The ut-
most tranquillity prevailed in the neighbourhood of
the Cape. No engagement had taken place for a
considerable time, and the yellow fever had nearly
subsided.
In the House of Representatives, on the 12th Fe-
bruary, a Petition was presented from several Citi-
zens of New-York, stating, that in levelling the
Navy Yard in that city, vast quantities of human
bones, being the remains of the American prisoners
who perished on board the British prison-ships,
during the late war,had been dug up; that they had
been colleB,-.4 and interred ; and praying Congress
to cause a moirunent to be ereted to the memory
of those brave but unfortunate men. Referred to a
Committee.

The amateurs of the turf are now thinking of
Goodwood Races, which commence on the loth of
next month.

The Timer of yesterday asserts the following
falsehood:—" A rumour prevails in some of the
best-informed circles, that Lord CAMELFORD (who
went to France last week) has been put under arrest
at Paris by order: a the Fissr CONSUL." This al-
ledged rumour on in the Time:, and is still
confined to the Timis. Should the FIRST Cs suL
take the hint, the Times will no doubt boast the pri-
ority of its intelligence.
Letters from the !lave of the 16th March staie.
that a past of the troops of the gortison of Breda
began their march to repair to Helvoet, and that a'
battalion bad already arrived there, when the sail-
ing of the expedition for Louisiana WAS vnter-
manded. The troo2s at Helvoet were ordered into
barracks to await further orders. Captain General
Vicroft, his staff-major, and the persons pointed
to the civil offices, still remain at that residence.
General BEV,TH,Eft has departed for Dunkirk, fiom
whence he will proceed to Tobago, in the quality
of Captain-General.
One of the principal ads of the new Administra-
tion of Zurich has been the abolition of the Censor-
ship of the Public Journals. The Euitors aloft:. are
to oe responsible for the opinions contained in them ;
and the President of the Commission, HENav Mus-
t cR, is authorized merely to insped 41. the prottuc-
ti.zs printed in the Canton of Zurich.'

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