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London, England, 1803-06-02 00:00:00

THEATRE-RorlL, COPE NT-GARDEN.
THIS IE% ENING will LH! the Cool::dy of
JOHN BULL ;
Or, An ENGLISHMAN'S I. I ItE-SIDE.
The Priucipal Characters by Mr Lewis, Mr..MlOurra, Mr
Fawcett, Mi..lohiistrine, Mr. H. Jolinstou, Mr. Dant:haul,
Mr. Emery, Mr. Waddy. Mrs. 11. S lons, Mrs. Davenport,
and Mrs. H Johimon.
NV ith a LI 6(.41 Epilogue lw Mr. 3-)liustone.
To which will be aided
PEROUSE ; Or, THE DESOLATE ISLAND.
On Saturday, The Matt of the Wurid, with the Lying
Valet.

TILE fTRE-ROTAL, IiATALIRKET.
Tills EVI NING will be pr-s-nited the Comedy of
THE I'UOR GENTLEMAN.
FrActick, Mr. Ellison : Sir Robert Bramble-, Mr. Bliaset
Olhix.d, Mr. Mathews; Corpnral Fos:, Mr. 1 latton; Lioote-
nant ‘Vottliitim!nii, Mr. archer; Stephen Harrowby, Mr. Bur-
ton ; Sir Cliarres Copland, Mr Truen:an. Emily Worthing-
ton, Mrs. Cill,bs 3 Miss Lucretia Mac Tab, Mri. Ward.
To which w 11 be adtivd,
ItOSINA.
Tomorrow, Inkle and Yarice.

THE BRITISH PRESS,

LON DON,
THURSDAY, JuNt..2.

Yesterday we received Paris Papers of the f.l7th.
They contain the Addresses presented by the Senate,
Tribunate, and Legislative Body to the Fritsx
Com L, returning thanks for his conclud towards
this country. These Audresses echo the arguments
and principles advanced in these several assemblies,
mixed vitae much fulsome flattery to his Cmular
Majesfy, with which title he is dubbed by the Senate.
In the Address of the Tribunate, there is nothing
striking, unless it be the unblushing effrontery of
the following sentence. " The justice of our cause
is acknowledged ever. by our enemies, since they
have-refused to accept the mediation offered by the,
Emperor of ResstA, and the King of PRUSSIA, two
Princes whose spirit of justice is acknowledged by
all Europe." The Tribtwate, we must presume,
never read Lord HAwK gs euitY'S explanation upop
this subjea.

The dectce against the English has been carried
into rigorous execution in every part of France ;
they are closely watched, and not suffered to go out
of the town; where they have been commanded to
reside. The English, who were at Calais, have
been sent to St. Omer's. Many of them have met
with very vexatious treatment. The English packets
have not, as was rnmoureel, been released ; and Mr.
TA tDO T instead of being permitted to return home,
is gone back to Paris.
A French army is marching towards Upper Ger-
many, with the intention of occupying Hanover.
Another army, composed of French and Italian
troops is on its march, to Naples and Sicily. The
Neapolitan Government has given leave to the
French to send a garrison into Naples and other
ports, and to occupy Sicily. The Etrurian and Li-
gurian ports are also to be blessed with French gar-
risons.

The French Funds on Thursday last were 47 1.3.

Our Port Letters continue to speak of the activity
and vigour of our preparations. Our Plymouth
Correspondent states, that the Malta, of 44 guns ;
the Star:late, Plantagenet, and Conqueror, of 74 guns,.
will sail with the first fair wind, to join the Chan-
nel Fleet.
The frigate, whose capture we announced Tester- '
day, is named La Sybelle, of 96 guns, six weeks from
St Domingo, with a valuable cargo. The Cap-
tain says, that he sapposes the island has by this


time, or probably before, been evacuated. There
were ten sail of men of war at St. Domingo, with
a large convoy, on thvii passage to Europe, with
very valuable and rich cargoes. The Blacks and
Mulattoes were extremely numerous and well ap-
pointed, but infuriated in the extreme against the
Whites.
As the Sytelle was in company with other French
ships, we have every reason to expert that her com-
panions will share her fate.

A Dutch Mail arrived yesterday. The Dutch
arc in the greatest distress : they wish to be neutral,
hut are forced to take part with France. Their
Funds have fallen nearly ten per cent.

A pressure of matter obliges us to refer our rea-
ders, without comment, to our Parliamentary Re.
post, for a modification upon the assessed taxes.

Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, his MA-•J
F.ST V, accompanied by the Duke of C A MDK IC;
and attended by General GARTH, took a ride on
horseback from the Queen's House, through Pim-
lico, the King's Road, and Hammersmith, into the
Uxbridge Road, and, returning by the Edgeware
Road and Hyde Park, arrived again at the Queen's
House about a wt trter before twelve o'clock.
Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, his Royal
Highness the Duke of CI'MDERT.ANII inspeaed a
pat, of his regiment (the I 5!11 Dragoons), as they
marched through St. James's Park in then-way from
Uxbridge to Dover, where they will be stationed for
some time. _ _ _

Yesterday a Court of DireCtors was held at the
East India House, when Mr. 'sores took the
oaths and his seat. The Court adjourned at five
o'clock till Wednesday next.
Yesterday the Lotto MA volt held a Court of
Common Council at Guildhall ; present, seven Al-
dermen, and a great many Commoners,
The Loito MA voft informed the Court, that he
had convened them together in consequence of a
requisition of several Members of the Court, to con-
sider the propriety of addressing his MAJESTY on
the present important occasion.
The Court unanimously resolved, that a dutiful
and loyal Address be presented to his MAJEsTv on
the present important crisis, expressive of their de-
termination to support his MAJESTY in the dignified
and decisive measures adopted for the security of
our glorious Constitution, and the establishment of
substantial peace, against the insatiable ambition. of
the French Republic.
A Committee retired to prepare the same,
and on their return the Address prepared by them
was read and agreed to, and the SHERIFFS, attend-
ed by the City Remembrancer, were requested to
wait on his MAJE.•ry to know when the Court may
attend his MAJESTY to present the same.
Mr. LiSTON, our Ambassador at the Hague, has
not, as was generally reported, been thrown into
prison ; but the Consular decree has certainly ex-
-11 tended to all the English in Holland. Mr. EAST,
the Messenger, has been arrested, and General
VicTo it has ordered the crews of three English
packe:s, and the agents for the packets at Helvoet-
sluys, to be thrown into prison. Dispatches, we
understand, ha :'e• been sent to Holland, to recall
Mr. LISTON. M.ScHtMMELPR SSINCR. will of course
depart immediately. His present situation niust be
extremely irksome.
G. Low ItY COI Y, Esq. has proposed himself a
candidate for the representation of the County of
Fermanagh, vacant by the succession of Lord COLE
to the Earldom of Enniskillen.
No less than nine regiments have orders to be
garrisoned at Ipswich, viz the 7th and 18th dra-
goons, the East and West Suffolk, with the Hert-
ford Militia, and the eath, 30th, 53d and 69th re-
giments of foot.
Last Thursday, the Collellor of the Customs at
Newhaven received an official order to permit all
packets and bye-boats, belonging to France, em-
ployed in ;he conveyance of letters and passengers,
to pass and repass as usual.
Letters from Jamaica represent the distress of the
French to be such, that they have, by public procla-
mation, opened the ports of Saint Domingo, Cape
Francois, and Port-au-Prince to foreign vessels, not
only for provisions, and of European necessary goods,
but even for the import of sugar and coffee for their
own consumption.
On Tuesday morning, ißspatclies were receiv-
ed at the Admiralty from the Channel fleet, brought
to Plymouth by tile Hazard sloop of war, stating, the
capture of a large French frigate belonging to the
St. Domingo squadron. We confidently expea
that many more of that squadron will fall into our
hands on their return to Brest, as they do not seem
to have been apprised of the rapture.
We learn by the Batavian mail of Monday, that
an offer of neutrality was acairilly made by our Go-
vernment to that of the Batavian Republic. A let-
ter from the Hague, of the '.•2d says :—" On Satur-
day last, Mr. Lisrosi made an offer of neutrality to
our Government on the part of England, provided
•it Ives rigorously observed—a proposition which was
eagerly embraced ; but es soon as Citizen SESION.•
VII. LE got scent of it, he repaired to the Members of
the Government of State, and declared that if they
accepted the offers of the English Minister, his Go-
vernment would instantly send 100,000 men into the
country. They, however, then refused ; but on some
intimations, it seems, that we have resolved to exptse
ourselves to the vengeance of England, rather than
that of France ; for to-day orders were issued for
laying an embargo on all English ships in the ports
of this Republic. Mr. LISTON has made no pre-
paration for his departure."
The following officers are appointed to the com-
ma/Id of armed cuters :
Lieut. J. Talbot, Minerva. Lieut. ItAiwortli, Nymph.
W Price British Fair. —.- De!afonv, Venus.
Sybeilk, Duchess of -- M Ball, Swift.
Cumberland. Swaney, Hind.
Hawker, Swift. Wilmot, Lord Nelson.

Bud, Fox. - J. Walker, Ist, Active.
J. Drew, Q. Chariot**. Tritton, Active.
- Shirley, Phenix. Stewart, Griffin.
• Leaver, Champion. Gibbon, Joseph.
Lake, Duke of York. Wells, Rose.
Garret'', Favourite. Scott, Princess Augusta.
- Wright, Albion. Browne,
_Ring George.
Nicholson, Fox. ---Jump, Nimrod.
- J. Smith, 3d,, Britannia Norton, Dart.