The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-12-17 00:00:00

THE B P 14. tESS.

LON DON,
MONDAY, Decamsta 17.

Mr. Fe ERE remains in town in hourly ex peaation
of his brother's return from Madrid ; and the Hon.
Mr. Wat.i.esi.v, who was prepared to set out as
Ambassador to that Court, has, within these few
days, discharged the establishment which was to
attend him upon his mission. Of the departure of
Mr. Facat from Madrid, indeed, there does not
appear to be the least doubt. The French papers
state, that it took place upon the 14th ; but private
letters mention the 20th as the day of his departure.
The accounts of his route are also various. A paper
of 'yesterday states that Government lia* receiv-
ed information of his arrival on the 25ta at Merida,
about midway between Madrid and Lisbon, upon
his road for the latter place, where he proposed to
embark for England. Other accounts assert that
he meant to take shipping at Corunna. All, there-
fore, that appears certain, is his departure from Mad-
rid. The French Papers announce, that in conse-
quence of that event the Spanish Cabinet had order-
ed an embargo. to be laid upon all British vessels,
and declared war against England. Those who
thinnk he left Madrid on the 14th, and that he ought
to have arrived long since in England, account for
the delay by supposing that the French Arahassa-
dor, Bouenonvir.i.c, upon his arrival at that city,
suit off orders to detain him, and seize his papers,

according to the new system of diplomatic etigeette
established by BON•PARTE•
Weyesterday received two of the three Hamburgh
Mails d!,-, with letters and papers up to the Sth inst.
To console the unfortunate Dutch for the ruin of
their trade, and the loss of their liberties, BON A-
p•art h;tn graciously condescended to order his
Council of State to take their case into consideration.
This is aJding insult to injustice, for he knows, and
the Dutch know, that he alone can afford relief by
withdrawing his army, and that while Holland is
covered with his troops, their grievances are irreme-
diable. Rebels, instigated by France, are still laying
waste Syria and Egypt, while Baelse agitates and
perplexes the GRAND SIGNIOR, in his capital, where
that emissary of Bon A PARTE still continues to re-
side. The Esc; r. [sit MINISTER at Vienna has, at
length, acknowledged the Hereditary Imperial Dig-
nity, in the House of AUSTRIA. The fever has
ceased at Malaga, and is upon the decline at Leg-
horn, but it is said to have broken out at Messina,
in Sicily. More Russian troops have arrived in the
Mediterranean, and others are expelled from the
Black Sea. The unfortunate Royal Wanderers, the
Kings of FRANCE and SARDINIA, arc said to have
fixed their temporary residence, the former at Riga,
and the latter at Cagliari, in Sicily. Their Swin-
ish MAJEST&ES have been forced to return to Stral-
sund, after having narrowly escaped shipwreck upon
the coast of Sweden.

We have received Philadelphiacapers to the 15th,
New-York to the 18th, and Boston to the 2:ld last.
The intelligence which they contain chiefly relates
to St. Domingo, where DESSA Limn, or, as he now
styles himself, ,TAquEs, is as absolute as his brother
Emperor, BON ArANT 6, is in France. The following
extra& from a decree issued by him, on the 22d Oc-
tober, shews alse, that his Government is equally
mild and friendly towards foreign nations :

Art. 1. Every Captain of a vesszl, armed or not, on beard of
which one or more persons, naives, shall be found to be carried
to a foreign country, such Captain shall be arrested and thrown
into prison, there to lay ten mouths, and after that time to be
sent to his own country, with express orders not to return to
she empire of Hayti at his peril. The trawl and cargo shall be
myriseated tire the bearfit et" the I:sepire.
Art. 2. Every native taken on board such foreign vessel shall
immediately be shot in the public square.

A letter from Boston says, "The Haytians lately
captured a Spanish vessel laden with silks and
muslins, hound to Vera Cruz. The crew were im-
mediately brought on shore and murdered. A day
or two after the captute, the EmPEROR and his prin-
cipal Officers appeared in new suits of silk."

A French frigate, with 4; 0 troops, arrived at
Martinique in the beginning of last month. Two
more frigates, with stores, and the same number of
troops, had sailed with her from France, but she
parted company with them in a gale of wind, and
succeeded in making the port of Trinity, which,
shortly after her arrival, was blockaded by three of
our frigates.

The avette, which is in the last page, contains
an account of the late attack upon Fort Rouge, in
the harbour of Calais.

SAttlfday, at two O'ClOCk, the DANISW and Swan.
ISIS A NsavtAoofts transatted business at Lord HA It•
towav's Office, till half-past three.
Letters Patent have passed the Great Seal of Ire-
land for constituting and appointing Brigadier-Gene-
ral .I.IIOIIAS BROWNSIOO, Examinator and Comp-
troller of Army Accounts, in the room of the Hon.
Colonel Geoacia Narita. deceased.
To-morrow, the Loan Ma voa will hold a Court
of Aldermen at Guildhall, at 12 o'clock, to eled a
ColleEtor of the Orphans' Duty upon coals ; and on
other special affairs.
The Ant, Flowtes, from Bristol for Barbadoes,
is captured and carried into Guadeloupe.
The Thetis, CliAltNitY, from Lancaster; nr-
loPe, Roatmsos ; and the Carey, Botts r t r. 0, from
London, all last from Cork, are arrived at Barba-
does, after beating off the Bonaparte French priva-
teer, of 20 guns.
The Diana, VAnoNAN, from Barhailoes, is arriv-
ed off Portsmouth. She sailed the loth of Novem-
ber, in company with the Barton, for Liverpool, and
parted two days after sailing.
The Nannette, Ross, and the RouTlitry, ASHTON,
from Honduras, for London, were spoken with in
the Galeh.
The Rorer, --,, from.' Jamaica, for Halifax,
was taken on the 11th of Oaober, off Cape Antonio,
by two privateers.
The Liadelle, Lououroa, from Wilmington, for
Greenock, was totally lost on the 14th of (htobcr,
near Cape Fear.
The beielia, PRI(' A. from Demerara, for London,
is on shore near Portsmouth.

The Baltic Aferchant, SMITH, from St. Vincent's,
for London, is on shore near Sheerness.
I'lle number of ship.' of the line, returned from
off Brut, with Admiral Coitawaxi is, to Torbay,
is twelve; which. with the Temeraire and Atha,
previously arrived in that Bay, makes the whole
inutib•J' 14. No boat belonging to these ships was
allowed to go on shore even for beef and water.
The British merchant ship Dorm, arrived on Sa-
turday at Standgate Creek, from Cadiz, which place
she left on the £oth of November, with half a car-
go. in consequence of an intintatian from Mr.DUIII,
the Consul, that. under the then circumstances, he
did not ~onsider it safe for British vessels to remain
in that port, u an order for an embargo was expect-
ed every moment.

!10TAL HU NT.
Saturday morning, between,nine and ten o'clock,
Hit Maier!' Nr, accompanied by the Duke of Kant,
attended by the Earl of P.sssz, Lord RI vtas, Gener-
als FITZIOY and Sr encl.. n, and several others, IcFt
NVindsor, on horseback, and rode to the right of As,
cot Heath llace•courie, where the Earl of Satio,
w and a great number of gentlemen sportsmen,
were waiting for His MAJESTY. On the artiv4l
His MA 31:s r v,the Earl of SANDWICH gave orders fnr
a very fine stag to be turned out, for a day's diver.
sion of hunting. The stag, at starting, ran mrit
great swiftness towards Swinley, across the Heath,
leaving Swinley to the left, through the inclosures,
to the right of South Hill Park, by Workinglian:,
where he ran with great speed to. the left of Pit! and
Bear Wood, crossing the Common, leaving
ham Bridge to the right, and making towards Rea.
ing, where he WAS taken at Bear Hill, about lour
miles the other side Workingham, after a relit
charming run of two hours and a half. The day
was rem..rkably fine, which rendered the sigh: truly
delightful. His MAJESTY and suite Lad above 17
:miles rt. ride home at the end of the chace.
His M zsr v, on his way to Windsor, stonpo3
and honoured General WILSON with a visit, at tI;
pleasant house, at Bill Hill, formerly belonging mu
she Marquis of BL A NOTOR D.

The Duke of KENT accompanied iLs MAJESTY
during the whole chace.

On Wednesday evening. 'Moir Nfaresrics will
honour Covent Garden Thews@ with d.eir pres:nce.
We are happy to hear the Duke of SusSas is rt.
covered from his late indis,position.
On Friday, the Duke of KENT Arrived at Wind-
sor. on a visit to Their MAJESTIES.

On Saturday morning, Her MAJESTY, accompt.
nied by the Princesses AUGLSTA, ELIZABETH, and
MARY, attended by Ladies SIDNEY, C. DANten,
CRANL EY, and Mrs. STANHOPE, took an airing iu
two coaches and four through Maidenhead.
The Princesses SOPHIA and Asteia A, ith care.
ral attendants, took an airing on horselmck in Wind-
sor Great Park.
An article in the Harnburgh C9rrespondentert.
dated Berlin, 4th Dec. says, " A report is current
here, that the Priuce of MEC KLENRURON STRELITZ,
brother to our QUEEN, is to be married to an English
Princess."

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His Royal Highness the Prince of \VAL as left
town yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YoaK and
CAMBRIDGE, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
Earl CAMDEN, Lord CAS I LEREAGH, and the other
Ministers, dine with Lord Mk:LVILLE this day.
Miss PA vNe, we understand, is the only per;on
who has paid Young ROMA.% the compliment of
giving the name of his characters to any article of
dress. The Norval cap, and the Aritnssi isirban and
telise are extremely beautiful, and will certainly be
adopted by all our Eligenies.
The Park was tolerably full of company yesterday,
and boasted many Elegantes of the first fashion.
Caravai hats were the order of the day.
JOH ANN A H Sou r HeoTe, the Prophetess, is an old
woman between sixty and seventy years of age, A ith
a very shrill voice.
Earl Cnor.ssorroet.EY, and Family, leavo town
this day for Houghton Hall, Norfolk, till after the
holidays.
The Officers in garrison at Chatham performed
The Men, Wires of Windsor on Monday night. The
gentleman who personated the Welch Baronet, Sic
thigh Loans, spoke with an Irish drogue. 'the F.:arl
and Countess of CHATHAM, and Miss Ett.tos,
were present
A son of Lord GARDNER is Plaintiff i a Cris:.
Cos. affirm, in the Court of King's Bench. against
a Mr. J ACM. for making free with his forddden
.1; tut.
This morning the non-commissioned officers and
privates of that highly disciplined Volunteer Regi-
ment, the Loyal Whitechapel, or Second Tower
Hamlets, will present their much respeaed Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, W. HARDY, k.sq. with a superb Sa-
bre, ornamented with rich British, Roman, and
Grecian Trophies, with a suitable inscription ; also a
W:tist Belt elegantly embroidered with gold furni-
ture, richly cased, value 150 guineas.
The eleaion of Mr. J. Bo Yu cu. as Alderman of
the Ward of Cheap. proves, at once, 'a just sense of
the merits of the man, and is a just tribute of respe&
to the memory of his late worthy uncle.
Sir Dar io BAIRD, the Earl of Ossoav, &smuts
THosiseuc, Esq. and Colonel BAILLIE, are in the
list of recent fashionable arrivals in town.

There was a very numerous convivial meeting of
Gentlemen on Saturday night at the Globe tavern.
in Fleet-street, for the Iszneift of a Mr. CHAPHAN, a
most excellent performer in the violin.
• Mr. Sheriff SCHOLIT's beautiful cart iage
State liveries were the admiration of the West end
of the town yesterday.
Colonel HAMILTON wiU this day entertain a large
party at his house in Chesterfield-stmt.
The Hon. B. NORTH left town yesterday, to pass
the holidays with his father, the Bishop of WI is-
CIUSTLIt, at Farnham Palace, Sorrey.
Lord and Lady WILLIAM Ressrct. left Rin.
Dam's Hotel on Saturday, tor :heir seat at Streatham.
His Lordship will return to town this Jay to .!ire
with his brother, the Duke of Beuruan, and
Agricultural Society.
Mr. M. Liss is's Tragedy of Alfdtsio,
Castiki is performing at Baltimore ; Mrs. Wiatt at 1.,
late Mrs. MERNT, is the Assririma of the piece.
Mrs. HERON will be the Lady Patroness of the
Annual Staff Ball at Lincoln next year
FRANCIS CNAPLiN, Esq. of Riseholme, and Nif v.
THORoL o. Esq. of Syston Park, Stewards.
The °dicers of the Horncastle Volunteer Infantry
give a Ball aad Cold Collation, on 'rhu.rsday se'n-
night, to the Ladies who so liberally subscribed to
the Colours lately presented to their Corps.
The Grantham Theatre will be opened on Satur-
day next by Mr. lloaearsum.
Sixteen Mamelukes have, since the art ival of the
Pori at Paris, renounced the alcoran for the bible.

All the wives of B - .
' public funasoit-
aries were ordered to dress themselves in black vel-
vet on the slay of coronation, under pain of being
excluded from witnessing this ceremony.
Light persons have been released from prison on
account of BONAPAR re's coronation. When Lou,'
XVI. was crowned, he set at liberty one hundred
and sixty prisoners, and gave them each twexty-five
Louis d'ut s.