The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-08-15 00:00:00

LONDON,
rRIDAY, ALGCST 13.

Mr. BASlLteo,the Messenger, landed at 3 o'clock
onWednesday, ,at Deal, from the Vestal frigate, which
• brought him from Boulogne, with dispatches from
the Earl of LAVOILSOA LI at Paris. At two o'clock,
' last morning, Mr. BASILIC° r-ached town, and
delivered his dispatches at the Foreign Offi:e. His
arrival became universally known at an early hour
yesterday, and produced a favourable change in the
Funds. The Ottrnium, which left off on Wednes-
day at 91, rose, before twelve o'clock yesterday, to
. 101, and the other classes of funds advanced in
the same proportion. This was the result of the
. mere arrival of Mr. Bost cico, independent of
any speculation upon the nature of his dispatches.
A Messenger irons the Earl of L•VDtaDALS had
ben expeeted since Sunday last, and the interval be.
two that day and yesterday, became the source
of various conjeetures, all of them adverse to
reaee. According to some, the Earl of LACDAII
'IOA LI was upon his return borne; while others
• Rated, that Bow•emi re had threatened to send
him to j in his countrymen in captivity at Verdun.
These and various other reports of the same nature
were circulated in the beginning of the week, and
though they rested upon no authority of any cre-
dit, they threw a coldness and doubt upon the ne.
gcciation, which operated unfavourably at the
Stock Exchange. All these rumours, however,
were dissipated by the arrival of Mr. BASI tic°, and
the funds rose accordingly. The delay of the
Messenger beyond the expelled time, which was the
source of these adverse rumours, also changed its
completnion, and the speculators who had inter-
preted it as an unfavourable omen, now consoled
themselves, by supposing that Mr. BASILIC° WAS
the bearer of advices, stating something more than
that the Earl of LAUDIROALI had arrived safe
in Paris, and had been graciously received by
TA IA so a Ana, and announcing some progress made
in the negotiation.
About one o'clock, a Cabinet Council assembled,
and took the dispatches into consideration. We
cannot suppose that their contents transpired, and
yet the favourable impression made by the ar-
rival of the Messenger, was soon after effaced.—
Between one and two o'clock, the Orrtnrum fell from
301 to 61 t 7, and Consols from 64 to 63
It was said that the Earl Of LACOSAIDALA
had reached Pal is on Tuesday sennight, in the
znornirg, having remained some hours at Amiens, to
take a little rest. Upon his arrival at Paris, he im-
mediately drove to the hotel where Lord Van-
stout's resides, upon the Boulevards, and, after a
long confnence with that Nobleman, announced
his arrival to M. TA L LtVRA SD, who is rumoured
to have rein; ned for ansvier, i• that business, which
could not be deferred, would occupy his whole
time for two or three days, during which he could
• not have the pleasure of seeing his Lordship ;" and
it is reported, how truly we know not, that he had
no interview with TA ILE v Aso before Saturday or
Sunday. The coldness and indifference on the part
of the French Government, bring generally credit-
ed, had the effeet of entirely dissipating those hopes
which the arrival of Mr. BAST Lsco had encouraged*
and they continued to operate tat:td the close of the
•

market, when tte Dienluns left off at G!, ed the
Consols at tie i . The procrastination of Teo.i.e Y-
R Atil) is conceived to originate in a wish, on the part
of the French Govemmeht, to gain time for the re.
turn of dispatches from St. Petetsburgh, annonecing

Court respeaing the dis•

graceful Preliminaries of Peace lately signed by D'Ou-
; but if the French Government meant to pla)
that game, it was a more obvious course to delay send-
ing the passports for his Lo'rdship's mission to Paris.
Among the other rumours of the evening, and we
give them merely as such, it was repci ted, that Lord
LAtiosao ALE had demandad his passports, but had
been refused them, and that Bow A Farr E had
urged in justification of this proceeding, that his
Lordship did not appear to be vested with the neces-
sary power to treat, and only came to feel the pulse
of the 1.1-ench Government. It was also reported
on 'Change, that Russia had taken a decided part
with France, in some point of vital interest to this
country, which must necessarily involve us in a war
with that Power. This latter report, however, we
consider unworthy of any credit.
Soon after Mr. BASILIC° arrived, the dispatches
were sent off by a special Messenger to His MAJES-
TY, at Windsor ; and after the Council, which sat
upon them, broke up, Mr. BASILIC° was ordered
to hold himself in readiness to set off for Ellis with
dispatches for Lord LAUDERDALE.