The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-06-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
TUESDAY. Ivric 25. •

Mr. LEICESTER gave nonce last night in ti:e
House of Commons of a Motion Otis d.ty for an Im-
peachment against Lord Viscount IIALIVII:Le, .and
consequently for the rescinlng of the Order for
Criminal Prosecution against that Noblernon.

NO man, in the least acquainted with the views
and charaiter of BoNArAltir, ever tuppoecl that
he went to Milan for, the sole ptupose of being

crowned Kum of ITALY. We shell be touch sur-

prised if that journey has not been undertaken for
the purpose of maturing his hostile plans against
Austria and Turkey, and for melting down all the
remaining Italian States in the Revolutionary cru-
cible. The Paris Papers to the IGth, which we re-
ceived at an early hour yesterdsy, announce, that
this work has been already commenced, and that
the iron cur.en of Lombardy had scarcely encircled
his brows, when he issned his fat for the annihilation

of the Ligurian, or Genoese Republic. Some Genoese
Senator=, sent to attend the Coronation at Milan,

returned home nn the 24th May, with the French
Minister, and the next day, in an extraordinary sit-

ting of the Senate, a decree was pass.zl for uniting
the State of Liguria with the French E:npire.—The
motives assigned in the decree for this measure arc,

the weakness of the State; the refusal of England at

the Congress at Amiens to recognise it, except in its

ancient form ; the fear which it entertains of the Bar.

ball Powers; and the great commercial advantages
which it will enjoy as an integral part of Prance. The
Registers were Immediately opened, and on the Ist of

June the decree of the Secate, ratified by a great

majority of the people, was communicated to Bo-

NAr A ter c at Milan,and a note was sent to the Austrian
Envoy at Genoa, announcing the change, and that

his officialcapacity must consequently cease that very
day. Among the several reasons for this proceeding
stated in the Note to the Austrian Minister are, the

abandonment of Liguria to the attacks of the Bar-
bary Powers, and the maritime tyranny of England,
both of them evidently intended as charges against

Austria. But it contains one reason which renders

every other superfluous: " The decree. which

united Piedmont to France," it says, ‘, had already
pronounced the union of our territory with the
French Empire," thus representing the measure as
merely a matter of course. BONA! A LTE, in his
answer to the Ligurian Deputies, dwells upon the
principles of maritime law adopted by England.
particularly the right of blockade, which he de-
clares he will never mognise, but in such places
as are really blockaded by land, as well as by sea. In
this manner, by a sort of summary process, has the
Ligurian Republic been tried, condemned, and exej
cuted, in five days, as unfit to exist an independent
State. Some persons may think, that an union of Ge-
noa with Bon A e Rlt's Italian Kingdom would have
been a more natural course, and that he has been
induced to incorporate it with France, the French
Empire being declared hereditary in his family ;
whereas, except in his person, the Crowns of Italy
and France are not to be united upon the same head.
This is very shallow reasoning. As well might it be
said, that Boa AC A arc never meant to be an Emperor,
because he chose to be Consul., and afterwards
Consul for life.—As well might it be raid that Bo-
H►eaara never meant to be King of Italy, because
he first caused it to be believed that he reserved
that title for his brother J Bona ',tart can
make the Ligurian Republic whatever he pleases,
and, in the late disposition of it, never once thought
of the difference between a life estate and a fee sim-