The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-28 00:00:00

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FOREIGN INTRLLIGENCE.'

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DUTt.gl MAIL.
twice, MARCH 18.
A C'ol,;n^r from the First Consul, who is arrived
at the French Ambassadoi's, has brought dispatches,
npou the reciipt of which the s.tiltng of the expedi-
tion fair ialuisi.ma was counterni.mdcd. The troops
ha:l already left their respe:live quarters to be em-
bat lo .1 t they are now rclurtiing to them. Several
b will he cant-rici at I lelvoct, and in the
enviions, while they will %%ilk the ulterior disposi-
tions of the trench Government. Frequent Mate
cooferences are held ; several couriers have been
dispatched to different destinations ; and orders
have been sent to the Marine Counerl and the War
arJ Finance Departnicuts.—We hear that Admiral
H 'Thirds, so !to was to have relvved Admiral De
% inter in the l'ili-tfiterrAnean, will not sail with his
st.i.t.tdron from our ports till it be decided whether
peace will be prem.' ved or not. An English Mes-
s• user has brought dispatche; for Mr. Liston, the
Minister, and is goin,,, with important dis-
patches to the Northern Comb. Our it fall
mote and more ev.ry day.

LEYDEN, MAIICII

The formidable preparations making in England,
appear more and mole to awaken the solicitude of
t.ie French Government, and dispositions are al-
ready made, at all events, as if war were inevitable.
It could hardly have been hoped, under the present
eircnuistaneei, that the two Belligerent Powers
wattld tolerate the Neutrality of the Batavian Re-
; hut it there were the smallest grounds for
uncertainty ton that heasi, all hopes of the kind are
w totaiig vanished. We learn that France has
it:mauled of the Batay.. n Government, that the
ne-essary preparations for the maintenance Of a
considerable cores of French troops shall inane-
sVately be made, which troops are ',Lid to be al_
teak. on their march for the frontiers. Thaingh
this measure be only precautionary, it proves how
much the I reneb 00%,;tinteut, notwithstanding the
silence asset ved by its deurnais, attaches import-
ance to whit px-isses is England. It veas not possi-
ble to imagiae that the First Consul, after the high
41 "flee of glory ar.d power which he had acquired,
wauid ever yield to menaces. It appears that the
leocii ;Army, destined to cover Holland in case of
invainn, and, no .11,04 also to make tart of a
genend e reclit agai:.st .yri;.t,lanti, will be distribut-
ed in the principal towns ot Holland. It is not
)et known where the head-tpiarters will be fixed.
It is said that General Duroc has set nut fur Berlin,
require of that Court the most prompt MC/Sint%
11. ,:h respea to the hie" crate of Hanover. Thus
net every side semi-h.,stilc preparations do not even
a ....tit the declaration of War, and, without the
trvention of a tutelary genius, it seems that the
frends of humanity in a few days, have again
to lament its true.
Cen Crsar Berthicr, brother of the Minister
t r Wit at Paris, and who had arrived in Holland
in duality of thief of the St at. to the Expedition to
Ltaiisiatia, on liVednewlay quitted the Hagne, on
another desLination. He is gone to Helvoet s, to
embark for I ainkirk, w hence he will go to Tobago,
ith the chart ter of Captain-General of that
island. 1, ap!sears, likewise, that the departure of
the troops, at the head of which General Vigor is
to take possession of Louisiana, will be hastened.

Ito: rERT)A•I, MARCH in.
The grand question «Nell interrsts every nun in
I.ratice. and Engui:d, seems as yct to re-
mom undeciJesi.--Since oar last, we see no addi-
tional reasons for cl:e4Jing op.i. between
Ind trance.

Eng Lind _
We are the rather inclined to augur a continu-
ance tit peace t since tit* two los-mil-able pa: lies in
diTtite seem to he appealing to the Emperor of
whi se philanthropy anti detes:aziou ut war,
is too well known, to suppose for a moment that he
wl.l teiU•C to tale upon himself the office of Media-
tor, 'haul] la a:ting in that capacity afferd the
clianLe t.t pr,:venting the etrusion of liurnan
bi• od.
The present political state of uncertainty has
ca « f 3 gfeAL Mign.t:itm in Lommerce here. Coif-
ter awl sug:ir remain as mentioned in our List.
GUI has undergooe no aheiation of price, aril i,
dud at a time wile.. a tniskneKs was to be expe:ted.
Batter k los king down, wit4otit any other prosped.
Clorerseed makes no ',ingress 14 the better: that
muck is even

In the Funds, there much tranin:tin,,,,. The
13.a.4viAn wtre solneubilt brisk to-day
on 'Llr.suge, and they wcre done at 66 per cent
tvt time.

VITSNA, MARCH .

The Grand Duke of Tuscany has, with Passau,
also obtained the Passau Court in this city, which
is .s large edifice, let out to several tenants.
io give the commerce of Trieste additional ad-
vAlithgei, and to afford more security and conveni-
enze to toreign as well as native ships, the Emperor
has concluded not only to widen the harbour, but
also to improve it considerably. In this city a
cony any ha, been formed, which, here and in
Trieste. will establish agency houses, and by means
of which they promise to convey merchandises from
L:nce to Trieste, and Tug, verar, in a sLorter time,
.aid fur an espcnce of carriage less than hitherto,
and repair all .accidents from their own capital.
To guard the merchandises, superannuated soldiers
will be employed; and by whose assistance the
'money to and from each place will be performed
to 15 days, which hitheito required from 18 to 20.
Monday next the Stakelottery commences Irase-
ing : Tickets and Shatesaie on sale, at the Corner
of thellank-buildings, CSchill, and facing the Cate
of the King's Mews, Charing.cross, London, the
Licensed State Lottery Offices of RICitAItDSON,
CrOODLU,Vto and Ce.
On Finlay ie'sulight. Mr. a profes,ional
gentlennm of great TOspeclability, at Dublin, in at-
.temptirtg w draw a charge from a,gun, while probing
for the wadding, it itidoitunately went off, and the
ramrod entered his
.heart, he died instantaneously.
unfortunate accident is peculiarly lamentable,
as no man more slitservesllz, enjoyed the esteem of
his family auilfriends. A Coroner's Inquest sat on
the body ou Saturday—the verdiB was Accidnual
D.A.% .
T,Ar. scarcity of labourers is so severel7 felt at
tins tinte on the hisser and Norfolk coasts, that the
fartn.ms on unable to thrash their corn, finding
ait dtuk even to procure men enough to go with
, *we. in order to get in the spring seed-
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