The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-02 00:00:00

that it fe more ftom personal attachment than lees duty, that
in 44 w tb him on such details My duty might be hooted
the trun•mttting to hlm the ordersaud. straegemcnts of ',le
Fiat Consul ; bat this long effusion canyroccrel 11'1.1.. 11.1 ~11,1'
frieirlsity for him. 11a Consul would erul by
tirvit,lig him, and he is occupied by su many great
that this otilivirse, painful at first, would settle iutu laahat--and
this is what I fear. _ .

.....
" If the deliiium of the passion should render him inac-
cessible to the voice of re..s.ni, you hare only one thing to re-
present to him, which is, that the passions cease, prat least do.
and that in this case tire consequence would be endless.
Jerome is very young, his life will be long, midi, who know
his brothe, much hatter than lie himself knows him, an; cer-
lain, that, should he not comply with his wishes, he is storing
tap for himself the mint poignant regret.
" Moreover, if, unfortunately for Jmoine, heshould prolong
hie stay in the United States dining the War, if Peace should
be made before his return, what a griof fin him to have hissed
with a woman the ft-Awn ofdangers And what reg.et doe* he
not prepare, even for the woman herself, when, humbled by his
obscurity, he shall'ene day impute to her, were it even involun-
tarily and secretly, at the bottom of his heart, the indolent part
to which he shall have been reduced by the passion wherewith
she ilisilreal him.
" And even if he loves this woman, let him learn, fm her
sake, to quit her. Let him return and keep near his brother
...Ire will give him credit for the sacrifice; and from the aeuti-
meins of eoret-sill and frienddn; I which wig thence result, it
is not (whittle:l him to eon. ive ho;ies. Bit let hint not bring
her along with him ; be her accomplishments what they may,
they would produce no effect, for, most assuredly, the order is
given to present her Lauding ; and it would be fresh trouble,
and a disntedie,ice too gross of the o-den of the First Consul,
to have :my other eft-ct than an ititation extremely
ant tor what is and ought to be most dear to the heart of
Jerome. _ _

_"I repeat to you, Citiien, I rrc !amend the object of this
linter to your e.iroful attention. and to your solid judgment, as
to the Ilse you shall make of it ; I have entered into no detail ow
the nature of the illegality of the cv.nneetion is question, he-
cativt I trot ,t this affair in a sentimental manner rner:ly ; but I
have some difficulty to conceive how the father of time ?bong
Lath brought himself to yield to an union, reprobated
by our laws, and which the dignity of Jenime's family re-
quired should be very ot.ourely collie:lett() begun. it was con-
solitthi to. (Signed) " DECRES."

ALIV.II, 1A 7'E LEIGENCE.

FuRTSMOUTH, Oct. 31.

The wind has much moderated to-day, bdt it still
blowing fresh from the S.W. has prevented the se-
cret service squadron from getting entirely away;
the Swifts ire, of 74 guns, Vice-Admiral Sir John
Orde ; Agnmrhenda, of 64 guns, Cap:. J. Harvey ; and
the Poirpinvaiir, of St guns, Captain Lawfurd, are
dropped d wn to St. Helen's, where the Def. nee and
Itabu (two of the squadron) anchored when they
came from the Downs. Should the wind shift, they
will sail to-morrow morning, and the rest of the
squadron from Spithead.
Sailed the LS .et,, of Su gins, Captain liamond,
in consequence of very urgent orders, on a cruises
nQ the coast of Spain.
Also sailed the Crieki.:_sloop of war, Captain Nor'
they, on a ; indiche luvouritr, Captain Foote,
to join the Havre squadron.
Arrived the Eugrpc strop, Capt. Webfi, with a
conviSy of treasperts, for Guernsey, which expended
all their water, before they could reach the
in consequence of adverse winds, which obliged
theta to return. The exertions of the ark, rs of her
to get this squairon to sea, created more bustle in
this town than has been lately witnessed.
Pas.ed by for l'onningen, the Rckre.vt,
from St. I llamas's, in 41) days passage. A Pass:n.-
ger who leas landed from her reports, that a most
dick Ifni hurricane Its lately happened in the \Cnd-
ward Islands, anti that 4'21 vessels have been entirely
lost.

nvrorru, OCT. Mt

Came in the //brisr;vic man of war, tram off Fer.
rot ; and the Glee gun boat, mounting two guns,
prise to the Convert gua-brig.
IC ITH AM, OCT. SO.

Arrived this morning His Majesty's ship Nemesis
and Lebertii from a cruise. The becrly, just to the
west% 4' d of t!ie Barry Head, ran down. One of our
fishing boats, which immediately ; and it was
with great difficulty the men were saved.