The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-28 00:00:00

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diesitting of OP-Pert;~nlernu:st be est.,bPied
in our spasm of tasisiAge ; wr. insist establish a new system
with regardao our customs, and impart to it a new force and
energy, to preveu*kie introduction of contraband goods.
It ei necessary at length til giae to France that civil code,
wkich has been lino promised, and has hew too long with
held.
With reend to ell these subjees, projects of taws hive
been formed under the eye.; of Government, and matured in
confer_•nccs, to whicit committees of the Council of State, and
of the Tribunate, have carried the love of truth and the senti-
ment of public int.:ran. The same sentiment, and the same
printiiples will direct the deliberations of the Legiskters, and
guarantee to the public the wisdom and impaitiality of the
laws they shall have adapted•
OR the Continent, evory thing offers us a ptedgt of repose
and traitquiility.—The Italian iepuhlic, since site Cuutitia of
Lyons, has strnigniened itself by tlx intimate-union of the
people who compose it —tlic happy accord of the authorities who
govern it : its interior or administration. and its military force,
already impart to it cite charact•"r and attitude of a state long
since formed, and if wisdom guides them, they will assure it a
destiny increasing in prosperity.
Liguria, placed under a mited Cunnitution, rots at its heart,
and In the bosom of its authorities, such of its citizens as are
most rezurnmendcd by their l'atuc4, their abilities, and their

iettune~.

New coin mot ior.s have shaken the Helvetic Government : the
Government owed its assota .r.l to neigiiboaul, whi se repose
w irop.rt.o.t to its own; and it will adopt every mean: of
aw, the success of at inediati-m, and the happine.s of a pro-
whosa potition, hab!ts, and interests necessarily make them
the Allies of France.

Latavin will successively take posse icon of the colonic.; which
ocace has przseri,cd to her.

She will ever remember, that France can oily be her must
iiiTful friend, or most fatal enemy •

Germany., the last gtipulatiurts of the treaty of Lunevitle
are carrying into effe.et.

Bwaria• and 411 the Secular Prlutes, who had pas-
iwsion% on the left bAnk of the Rhine, have *Attained just
ia-
demnitlev on the ritht hook.

Tl.e House of Austria finds, in the Bishoprics oF
Aislitect, Trznt, and Brixen, and in the greater Fitt of that
of Passau, more than it has lost i. Tuscany; thus, by the
happy concurrence of France item Russia, al permanent inte-
rests are conciliated, and from the Ise of that tempest
•which threatened the annihilation of the C;errnianic empire—
that empire so ilexes ary to the equilibrium and the repose of
Europe, 65,5 more powerful, composed of elzments li•iinn-
gssuitts, better combined and bitter suited to existing
stances and the idea' of the present age.
A French A RAMIS ador is at Censtantinople, charg.zd to
strengthen and fortify thc•ti. which attaches us to a power
that seeins tattering, but which it is our interest to support
and confirm on its finals:644m:

British troops ore still in fVesandrin and ; the G4ILC ri,TheP't
had a right t., t:ce complcined, hat it Ldr.s that the tine!, that
are to convey them to Enrope arc in the Mediterran,:an.
The Corertiment guarantees to the nation the Peace of the Con-
tinent; and it is permitted to it, to hope for the conAnuatims of the
Maritime Place. That Peace is the desire and the OA o• every
nation, to preserve it the Gate, mood will do ail that is ,otpatible
sill. the tinaosdat lioaour„ essentially restrained to the stri:t (steel.
tiara of trea:its.

Bid ;it England, tom pasties dispute the lIIIC luls con-
eluded
Parr, and uppeirl determined to maii.tain it, the other
7tils sworn all irispLteitbie hatred to Frenre. Hence that tiuctua-
Lon in their opinions and councils, and that attitude at once
pacific.ind threatening.

While this struggle of parties shall fast, there are measures
which prudence commands to the Government of the Repoli-
sic. 'MC hundred thousand men ought t be, and shall be
ready to defend and avow! her. Strange necessity, which the
influence of miserable ras.inns impose on two nations, -chore
iiiteust and a mutual with attachlo peace !

Whatet er !nay beat Landow the !Mani tj intrigue, it will Alver
force utlevr orations into IdeW leagnef; and the Government es&erts,
with a jat pride, that, alone, I:iilasid cannot iww contend with
France.

but we hate Leiter hopes, end ire &dive rather that the coun-
cils el wisdom and the voice of humanity trill t•e o:4w:tided to in
the B itannir Cabinet.

Yes! doubtless, pence will every day more consolidate it-
self; the relations of the two Governments will assume that
charancr of benevolence which is conformab7e to their mutual
interests. An happy repose will bury in oblivion the long ca-
lamities of a disastrous war ; and France and England, in
founding their re::iluecal liappinek., will merit the gratitude of
the whole world.

(Signed)

BONAPARTE.

The First Consul
By the First Consul,
The Secretary of State (S:gnod) 11.11. MARET.