The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-06-16 00:00:00

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PARIS, JuNE le.
There is a report founded upon some hints
thrown out by the Corsican himself, that the six
thousand troops who sailed five weeks ago from
Toulon, were destined for the Cape of Good Hope,
and that the advice boat, which was sent after Ad-
miral Linois, ordered him to land at the same place
with the troops under the orders.pf General Decaen,
intended for Pondicherry.

Amongst the other projeds and intrigues of the
Usui per to gain over Russia, and to hurt England,
it is said an offer has been made to conquer Hano-
ver for the Duke of Mecklenburg, brother-in-law
to the Env- - of Russia.

)peror
It was observed by a person present at the last
grand audience of the Foreign Ambassadors, that
Bonaparte flattered the Russian, cajoled the Aus-
trian, slob to the Spanish, Sowed to the Prussian,
looked at the Sweedish, smiled at the Danish, frowned,
at the Dutch, watched the Neapolitan, abused the
Portuguese, laughed at the • Italian, and trifled with
the Swiss.
The Antichambers of St. Cloud are crowded day
and night with Ministers, Generals, Negociators,
Projeaors, Contra&ors, Spies and Intriguers ; every
thing is bustle, suspicion, and confusion; what was
approved of yesterday is disapproved to day : the or-
ders for an Invasion of England are talked of one hour,
and the err, of pacijication the next. This continual ir-
resolution causes a continual agitation, discontent-
ment and incertitude, amongst the military, the pa-
liticians, the merchants, and the people; but for all
that the destiny of degraded France and of Europe
depends yet upon the whim, the passions, and the ca-
prices of a Corsican adventurer.
Our port letters are filled with complaints of cap-
tures, list of failures, and apprehensions for the ruin
of thousands. The glorina occupation of Hanover
causes here little sensation, except amongst the rela-
tions, favourites, and courtiers of the Usurper, who
hope to enrich themselves by its pin der.

A swarm of propagators, emissaries, commissa-
tits, and other blood-suckers, have Lady left this
place for Hanover, Hamburgh, and the North of
Europe.

Tuesday Mr. HAsE, Deputy Cashier at the Bank,
read a letter at the Stock Exchange, of which the fol.
lowing is a copy :
" Mr. ADDINOTON'S compliments to the Governor and De-
puty Governor of the Bank, and requests that they will hase
toe goodness to cause notice to he given at the Stock Exchattgz,
that he wit be ready on Thur•.day next (To-morrow) at eleven
o'clock, to confer with such persons as may he disposed to con-
tract for the Lotteries for the service of the pres,,nt year."
Yesterday a Court of DireCtors was held at the
East-India House, which adjourned at six o'clock
till this day_

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It is not expeeted that the igession will close
isomer than the middle of next month. Several qf
the Irish Member* have, however, already left
town ; and, after Friday, the day fixed for the Irish
Badget, many more will immediately follow.
A report prevailed, and was generally accredited,
in the city, yesterday morning, that the French
troops had taken possession of l-lamburgh. It had
an immediate effea upon the Funds. The Three
per Cent. Reduced were at Mi.: at one o'clock.
The Hamburgh merchants had a meeting on
Tuesday. The communication with the continent
will be kept up through a Danish pm-.
Government has sent orders to Plymouth to libe-
rate the masters, mates, and crews of the detained
Batavian ships, and they may return home imme-
diately. Most of the seamen, says our Plymouth
letter, enter on board men of war or privateers.
The first Helvetic Diet is to assemble at Fribourg
on the 4th of July. Amongst other objets pre.
sented to its consideration will be a variety of new,
and the renewal of several old treaties, particularly
treaties of alliance with the French and Italian Re-
publics, and with Spain, and treaties of subsidy with
the latter Power and with France.
The Mani/cur of the 11th, contains a statistical ac-
count of Hanover, with occasional hints, en parsant,
of the mal-administratism of its affairs; of the evils
that must result to any state whose sovereign does
not reside in the bosom of it ; of the oppression of
England ; and the discontents of the people. We
shall shortly hear, we doubt not, of the superior hap-
piness they enjoy under the mild, just, and pacific do-
minion of their invaders.
An advance of 10 per cent. has taken place on all
white papers, from the increased price of rags and
journeymen's wages.
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Mr. EAST is arrived. He came over to Yarmouth
in the Diana packet. It seems he was confined in
prison only four days, when he was released in con-
sequence of Mr. LISTON'S application. Mr. SIVE..
WRIGHT, the agent, still remains under confinement,
but he has been removed from the Dutch prison to
a ship, and is at present under the care of French-
men.
The D:tnish brig birliutrea, Captain Palsen, ar-
rived at Plymouth from Carthagena, has on board
three large cases, said to contain very valuable ar-
ticles, which were taken on board at Civita Vecchia,
in Italy, and the vessel chartered to land them at
Rochfurt ; they are diretied to BONAPARTE, the
Chief Consul, to be deposited in the Museum of
Arts and Sciences; the vessel is now tinder qua-
rantine, therefore no further investigation can take
place until she is liberated ; but it is generally be-
lieved, that their contents are composed of a va-
luable colle6tion of curiosities, whether for the pur-
pose they are direaed, or otherwise, time must
spew ; the brig has no other cargo.
In several of the homeward-bound St. Domingo
ships captured and sent into Plymouth, they have
on board small framed portraits of BONAPARTE and
Madame BomAPARTE, General MoREAU, and other
celebrated French charadters, sent out to St. Do-
mingo and the French islands for sale ; but it ap-
pears by the returned portraits, that BONAPARTE'S
picture scarcely sold at all, Madame floaAvaarc's
sold a little more briskly, but the portraits of Gene-
ral Moactv were purchased every where with great
avidity.