The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-26 00:00:00

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MARCH 26.

Yesterday, though a holiday at the Bank, was an
open day at the Stock Exchange, where a great
deal of business was done. After a considerable
fluctuation in the prices, during the whole day; tit.?
three per Cent. Consols were, at the close of the
market, one per Cent. lower than at the opening
This unsettled state of the funds was the result of
• the various rumours that prevailed in the course of
the day. Some stated that Gen. ANnaEOSSI had re-
ceived orders to depart ; others that Mr. PITT was to
return to place; others, that advice was received from
Jersey and Guernsey that flat-bottomed boats were
constructing upon the opposite coast of France, for
the invasion of England. These and twenty more
. such rumours, we believe, originated in the following
fait: Yesterday morning his MAJESTY had ordered
his post-chaise to Buckingham House at half-past
seven o'clock, with the intention of going to Wind-
sor to littd in the Great Park with his harriers, for
the last time this season, and was about to get into
it a little before eight, when a Messenger arrived
from the Minister, who himself soon followed to the
QUEEN'S I louse, where he remained in conference
with his MAJESTY until half past twelve. Several
of the other Ministers attended upon the occasion ;
and after the conference, his MAJESTY set off in his
carriage and four for Windsor. No dispatches hav-
ing arrived from Paris, speculation was of necessity
obliged to exercise itself upon such subjects as those
we have mentioned. The general opinion, how-
ever, was, that the business must have been of
more than common importance. For our own
part, if we may venture a conjecture, and we do
not pretend to any thing more, it would not
be difficult to explain the difficulty.—Mr. An-
DINCTON might not have been apprised, un-
til at a late hour on Thursday night, that his
MA.TEST v intended to leave town yesterday morning
at seven o'clock, upon a visit to Windsor until
Tuesday next. In such a case, nothing can be more
probable than that the Minister, upon receiving an
intimation to that effect, should request a confer-
ence for the regulation of his conduct, in such cases
as might arise in the interval, and ro prevent all the
alarm that would be produced by sending post haste
for his MAJESTY, as happened upon the breaking out
of the present state of things. We repeat, l'owever,
that this construction is, on our part, mere matter of
conjecture. It will be seen in our Parliamentary
Report, that the Minister last night moved for an

issue of 4,000,000 1. Exchequer Bills. How far any
previous knowledge of this circumstance might
have transpired, and affated the money market, we
do not pretend to say. Independent of any of
the above causes, the near approach of settling-day
(.sth April) must have had an effect upon the
Funds, as a very heavy account is expelled.

The transported Irish who are at Paris have fre-
quert conferences with the Ministers of Marine and
War. A Courier has been dispatched to NAPPEtt
I'ANDV, at Bourdeaux.—Courier de Londree.
M. FAI'VELLT, brother of M. Bova, Emmy, who
was Commissary for Commercial Relations at Dub-
lin, has returned some time. He embarked at
Dover, on hoard the same packet-boat with the
Courier who brought the news of the King's Mcs-
sae.—Did.
Since we have contemplated the possibility of a
war with England, we have direaed our attention
towards those Generals whom public opinion in-
demnifies for the disregard of their master. They
have not answered the advances which have been
made. If war is declared, the Army of England
will he revived, and the command will be offered
to distinguished Generals, who will not accept it.—
They have not forgot that General BONAPARTE,
when he was nothing but the husband of General
BEAUHARNO is' Widow, and the Protege of BARRAS,
refused the command of the Army of England.—
The adventurous expeditions which may be at-
tempted, will be confided to Generals of the third
order., The FIRST CONSUL flatters himself that the
refusal of the men he hates, because he fears them,
will render them unpopular ; but he deceives him-
self. Their refusal is expeEted, and is justified by
antic ipation.—lbii.
Orders have been given for a floating battery to
be stationed at the mouth of the Thames as soon as
possible.

POETRr.

TO 1)a. C ‘USTiC,
♦tTNOA OP AN INT.ENDEn "POETIC

JUST ADVLRTISLU•

YOUR intended Work, I plainly see,
'ls 'tering friend Penitris, Sir, or me.
Butinve a care ! fOrif you do it,
11l make yoti most severely rue it ;
I'll raise Recruit;, head a Party,
Of Tratio.ising Friends so hearty,
We'll give you such a mighty dressing,
You'll scarce have time to ask a blessing.
From tit' sole of foot to wig-clad sconce,
Ten thousand Tractors all nt once
Shall pierce your flesh, and make you roar,
As never Lion did before ;
And when in this sad situation,
We'll never draw off the Inflammation,
And cause in you so great an evil,

You'll wish your Wurk were at the Devil
Then take advice, ere %is too late,
And burn your ♦:rse yourgrate,

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FASHION.

TRUTH.

Mrs. Furzur. it BERT gave her first grand Rout
this season. on Thursday evening last, to above five
hundred of the fashionable world, at her house in
Tilney-street. Among the fashionables, we noticed
the Portugum Ambassador,
Dul:e o St. Alban's.
Marq'.n of Lott,.
Faris—Calsie, Stair, Rorkeley, Carhampton, Limeri)l,
Gower.
Virassults—Cranley, Wentworth, Sidney.
Groot Starliettibcrg.
Lords—Chetwynd, Grantham, Petre, Portchestc:, Ercrp,
Langfurri,
Mrs.--Broretcm, H. V. Tempest.
Go‘ernor R. .tinck.
Grigeraim—SabloukofF, Thornton, St. John, Barton, F.t •

harrs.
Colonels--Bentinck, M'Mabon, Lumley, Witham, ?..I..mt-
go m ery.
Captain Berry.
Rev. Binaverie
licssrs.—Dectirt, W. Sheldon, Webwester, Sullivan, Gun-
ning, Hope, Stepton, Fuller, Janson, Dawson, H r•ford, Free-
mantic, Harvey, Moore, K Walpole, Smith, Osborne, Ber-
riagtun, Tait, Decry, Loftus, Bouverie, Travers, Dun, Dent,
Ain key's, Heatheote, B Mks.
Durhessv—St. A lban'i, Devonshire.
Alan nioneoe,.—}feacifort. Salisbury, Downshire, Hertford.
Cott , Cork, Carl.sle, Sefton, Leitrim,
Talbot, Cardigan, Dowager Cork, Sutherland, Antrim.
rio,iinifisses—Cranley, Sydekey.
Ladies—A. Carpenter, Kir— J. Bentinek, Laving-

..siggerston,
ton, Doerlnns', O. House, C. Lennox, Clifford,' Amherst,
Warren, Hollat.d, Evelyn, D. CiiffJrcl, Broughton, Peso.,
Clements, Portchester, E.Talbot, Andover, D. Thynne, E.
Borko, Harrington, Cowley, M. Taylor, Percent, Barclay,
Bruce, C. Lindsey, S. Burgess, Langfind, E. Monk, A.
Wombwell, G. Seymour, Eustun, Amherst, C. Romney, and
Young.
IlE,itrcsser—Boater, Stuart, Lloyd, Conyers, Jones, Wel-
vester, Jordan, Mcrbill, Mills, Hedlingtun, Stepton, Wor-
stets, Robinson, St. John, Thynne, Gasenigne, Blyatt, Bar-
ton, Swanton, ()thy, Hunter, Egerton, %%ralpole, Northey,
Thompson, Rigby, Campbell, Ironmonger, Tait, Decrtry,
Cuthbert, Loftus, Bouverie, Dent, Rivington, Jekylls, and
Banker.
Misses--Jellerys, tyro OwiLsts, Stuart, Sutton, Conyers,
C'Qiioll, Coventry, Fotivce, Crawley, Wentworth, Harvey,
Thompson, Talbot, and Rochdale.