The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-12-19 00:00:00

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the following are the paritilars of the bst
prcceedi'ngs on the arrest of Fra Dianaln, the
wretched agent of the Coot t of Pales mo and Sir Sid=
ney Smith ;
For several days, only a small patty of the
malefanors attached to his fortunes remained with
him, with whom he endeavoured to reach some of .
the English ships. Frinn the mounfains of earpo
be 'descended to Castellamare. Not being able to'
escape from that quarter, he proCeeded to Salerno,
It and followed the coast; from whence, some days
before, a large beat, probably intended to receive
gi. him, was discovered. Bring pursued by the pro.
It • vincial guard of hicriYe-Cervino. be took shelter in
the Mountains of Olivaro and Campagna. 'Vito
Adeltrvi: his Lieutenant, was killed in the house of
a peasan., near that town, by two National Guards,
who wotunied another of 'his companions On the
tl:h. hlt. S. Belardi, of Palermo. another Officer of
Fri Dia wolo's troop, was met by a patrole of the Na-
: an 'tonal Guard, and was not put to death, in conse-
r. u, r,.,,e,
.. i ..t.irhei.: plrnoMi
consequence,si ito discover
he
e to
conducedthem a hid-
dentite mei lo a m)rtle grove, about a mile off, where they
' "'` found a great banner. richly embroidered by the
a , hands of Queen Caroline and her daughters, which
Fra Diavolo had received from Sir Sidney Smith. as
the standard of general insurreilion and massacre.
Near it another English standard was found, which
Bela nil dechn ed, had neen given to Joseph Peas,
the 1.,11 lig -r brnther -of Fra Diaeolo. This wretch.
haring successively lost all his companions, led
with a single brig .n.l, fr
,rn the neighbourhood of
. . Camititina, 'and passed near Ehoji, through the
!lllsniskor a.rench detachment, witlantt being known
by sheen: tie was wounded, barefooted, in rags,
and walked .with dilli:ttlty. He went to the village
of Barotti,e, near Sa.i Seeermo, to buy a pair of
shoes. 211 • Apot ecary. who was a Corporal in.
• . the Town Goat d, seeing an unknown person in such
estate, hogan to sweet hint 3 and asked him who he
lies! M.-Answer was. "'that he was a Cafabrian
lelo teat wailingl.l his companions." The Apo-
thecary invited him to his house, where he was im-
mediately attested, and condulted to Salerno. He
WA, tilers identified by a Setjeaut in the Neapolitan
lotatu•y. .
(s sox ant ARCO.)
" Many French Joutrials have asserted, that the
&jail . f the niriage sent on Tuesday last to the
Senate. contancticate an Imperial deerens
prohilattih conn•spe..,rienee with the British
ulands. an e corcscatton of British property,
k pniffie end private, .which might be found in Fiance,
of on any of the territory occupied by the French
trenot.
a We carped the pu'ilication of the documents and
Official part's. which may throw more light upon,
cod give more importance to, this measure. ns se
rug a. Awe of erring as to the details. until we
hive the seta ile before ass, we shall only submit the
following trif.felions, suggested to us by the first
idea which the news presents, with caution and sits-
, trent.
.. TM% decree. brought about by extraordinary
In elftnmstances—by an exaggerated abuse of the new
mat i:ime.legolation adopted by E. gland. cannot be
considered hnt as a littprical exercised by an enemy
whose patience and generosity England has, at
length, exhausted. his decree . seems to onstage
the ideas generally received, in which one is not ac-
stiareimesl to hear such language from the mouth of
the Cortepieror of Austerlitz tindJella; lint the spi.
hoc:. nions hitherto adopted rest:wain, the maritime code,
sttj the applicatino,thavEoglend hat made of them,
false in.thennenkson;Eireign tp.the law a na-
military so hismariaty. and. repagesat to the
present clyiliaatiun of fa tope. . •.-- -•
•: VMtinerirfl wars, in the infant of loctietwawk
-• ditrinn theinnainne of.thobarhayiapoilwelithemeffir
1 what the mantime wale ate IA 111114111 b ertile logo*
bncivilisesl nations. . i tommoit .is
_As' ton Ll
One may feel asumiskonsph b. Alta e :in
nothing beyond stria troth ; hi alimhinrocirms lent*
the lir onertY and the p moos 011ie, veep itiehed :view
i.A cvcr to tkol c.gositiettit k iikkalltlZl was nevini
d sanguiaheil (rpm public prow; ty..at Kmar WA r;.l
011ioi. I.lw acknowledged. We read-sate history- ors
these calamities with horror.. and yet air cas still,/
look upon them with. tranquillity in the pea-seat man.]
lining want. The: English pillage individuals of
tbni property with impunity ; they treat their per.
sons es
hai • they even pay no regard to ncutrals•
The of the English is, tu every 'swell,
the Isle a of pirates or barbarians.
0 If every power possessed the means of resistance
swaxlystqoal, they would soou feel the necessity of
Mining to principles less destruilive of all society
—a a vorprocal commerce—of all common in-
ept/I. .They W 04114 soon distiagaisk, as they have
case in the Continental war, between the person of
she ontion, and public and private property. tut
England most cooveniends opposes every
ws fo r
develop*-
an meatsahnied sof social
ystem ideas,
of as
ninorols and this respell, she seht:a.
suit
I la
Entirely fixed upon one object. in hj,:fiinir
the eatest interests of Europe to commercial avi-
dity, die has exhausted their 'Mbabane', devoured
their capitals. and. atrial, speaking, has conquered
the indusnry of the Continent.
. .. We bade several lianas thrown out some hasty
1 ideas relative to this gradual usurpation. This would
form the matter rather of a volume, than an article
• is a oewspaper. In resuming our ideas up -n this
stye. we may abaci ye the advantage England has
over all the nations en the Continent. She has •
Iwo bad but one objet. which was to proceed
grids a firm and uninterrupted progress. Other.,
&am te. been dirtiaeted by the anxiety she has
embed Romig them relative so intrigues and foreign
intesests. France alone being in a sitnatiost to pre-
mins the usurpation of commerce, and able to un-
derlie the cause with success, has been the par-
. dealer Aka of her enmity and hatred. The
beach marine has only flourished at intervals, be-
cause at the soonamt when it might base freed
ellWae from the maritime yoke of England. the
always called forth enemies •to ward of its
Every
.maritime power has been a special
el attack with tint English; but the batted
As bare to l'r4uce if.ut survived therein of all dm,
vest mkgsit shn has domain ed.- . . . . • an:.
illy bAtf,A6suigoOtafais, and Plusibe•blerl
". a• ru•-se.' ,t rat -Iv i.. ale a t•••