The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-05 00:00:00

TEE DUTCH MAIL.

ROTTERRIAM, APRIL 1.
Prohabilities on the side of peace and war are so
equally balanced at this moment, that it is almost
impossible to risk an opinion ; and, to say the truth,
we do not believe that the panics acting in this
transaction know for the present on which to deter-
mine. As we remarked several days since, much
seems to depend on the Court of Russia, and, we
may now add, on that of Prussia ; however, as both
the Monarchs of those countries have so lung
professed themselves the friends of peace, it Is
to be hoped they will find no cause at this
moment to abet either the one or the other of
the two Powers at variance ; and that the pro-
phecy sent us from the Cape of Good Hope, of
stein the Batavian and India ships of this country
in safety in the Thames, will not be realised. Some
augur peace, because the Mat:it:lir has broke silence
on political subjects, la a tune of great moderation ;
and that Lord tVhitwortli, at Paris, and the French
and Dutch Ambassadors, at London, are still re-
ceived withamity and distindion. We do not think,
even should it be true that Spain is arming, that it is
any reason for additional apprehensitn ; perhaps it
will neither heighten the detnancl.s of France, nor
lower those of I ugland.
In consequence of a false report spread yesterday
on our F.sel-ange. that the dispute was amicably
settled, aiLdes fill ; but the intelligence re-
ceived from la:gland to-day, making no mention
of so desirable all event. they got up again, and the
I unds sudered a depression of one per cent.
Some reports v.ate the arrival of ($OOO French
coups at Breda; while others s.ty, that the gun's-
-I.in there, at present. consist.; ,if no more than .iuo
Frenchmen.
It is more than poi* tart 'hat the C:Te of Good
Hope is now in ;nu posra•ssior. of tist troop. of this
country, the English Government, according to
official intelligence received in the ling e, having
dispatched final orders in November last for its
evaCtliWOU.
LEY DIN, MARCII 31.
We are cruelly tormented here by a continued
ern:cession of hopes and fears; unhappily, however,
OW hopes now give place to the most serious appre-
hensions. All the auspicious omens that were tond-
taken from the euunter-orcitr to the French troops
is ho Mere on their march for this eciluor!, hart
completely vanished. Etch crilers have been issued
fur them to advance, and yelaerslav nutrning a part
of them had already entered Breda. tiepin/ men-
tions those first arrived as consisting of %ix squadrons
of hussars and two dcrni-brigades of infantry. The
Lily amount esp.:act! in Holland as a provisimsal
;Ace is estimated at :U44).

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ARTS, SCIENCES, Cec .

Several Gentlemen of New York have formed as
association for the purpose of establishing in that
city an Academy of Arts. This institution is likely
to be attended wi►h ma►ty beneficial consequences.
It will tend to produce a taste tor whatever is ele-
gant, and to afford to the growing wealth of the
United States one of the most legitimate uses to
which it can beapplied, the patronage and encourage-
ment of the Arts.. A taste ten these obje&s, how-
ever, must be inspired. That America is not desti-
tute ofgenius for the line Arts is already proved by.
its having given birth to several eminent artists : of
this, the President of the Royal Academy is a splen-
did example. We have no doubt, therefore, that
the Arts will quickly flourish in a soil that seems
congenial to them, and that institutions Jim their
advancement only require a beginning to become
nu tii
The views of the Society at New York are ex-
plained iu the following notice they have pub-
Oshed

ACADEMY OF ARTS.

The existence of this institution has bean :dr -rdy announced
to the Public, And has err-AAA sAJTIte attention ; It )14:4 not,
how-Ner, been generally apprec Med as its importance merits,
because its obiectr have not been fully &tailed. nor the
en' ueitces of lib est.,b istinse:lt c a culated. A short elucidation
of th, se wont-, it is supp w.ll tend to excilk th:et r,urit of
"y cl►alouo this undertaking eau be sup-
port d.
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t r Minister at Paris having mad.: an offer to procure Casts
of tie use st celebrated ;feces of Sculpture now collected there,
his r .rreiiiinni to supposed it might be trade the foundatioti of
an et,tabl,:litoent honourable to mw country, usefid and taros-
mental to our city, and credstiabte, perliaos profitable, to the
individuals who should support it. A subscription Isis been
accordingly trtened, :aid eighty shiers of 5J • ollars each, are
already taken : it is intended to inen-ase the numbar to 500 ;
the sum of 2.5,000 dollars, to which they will amount, being
cal ulated amply sufficient to effect the olieet of procuring—
I. A complete colic:non of casts in plaister, from every 114.
Walk' statue or troupe nose in Parts.
.Good copies flows the best masters in the sever d Schools
of Painting, together with a few originals-
:). A selection of Architectural Models, Drawinp, and Plans.
And iii, of erecting a Liallety fur their exhibit on prairartion-il
to the collection we may have fwd.:, but capable ot enlarge-
ment on the same plan.
If these objects cm be effect.:d for the sum proposed (and the
directors have no doubt of it: siefia:ency) they eanuot but tw-
htve It wid be promptly raised, when the obvious consequences
of the ife4itution are duly weighed.
Tale reputation of our tawdry is closely connected with every
thing that may introduce within it a vim of thus.: ails once
so highly cultivated in Europe, but not yet planted here—if pro-
perly fostered, there is every rrasoil to bOieve that our climate
will nut be less favourable to their growth than that in which
they have heretofore flourished, and that the American Repub-
lic, like those of Greece and Ramie, will Fuse another honour-
able and instructive example of the intimate connection of Free-
dom with the Arts—of Science with Civil Liberty.
The eminence which some of our countrymen have attained
in painting, will certainly justify the conclusion that a latent
genius for the kindred Art of Sculpture, only waits to be called
into action. A constant view of the fiscal Nl,Klels will at the
same time awaken this talent if it exist, and correct the taste
that is to reward it. And the Gallery of this Academy, eintiel-
lisheal by a native Architect, may hereafter exhibit specimens
of American Sculpture equal to the boasted originals of Europe
There considerations of natio. al credit wit acquire ucw iliarce
from the honest pride of eoatrisiling in our own City the
first American sehtril for the fine arts, and giving it a collection
that most make it the resort rat every Citizen who admires or
Cultivates them.

The arlvainages and extent of this resort cannot be accurately
calculated, but there is evei-y reason I, berwre they will be im-
portant. Few men in easy circumstances from ally part of the
Continent will deny themselves the pleastiru of at het once
beholding these master-pieces of ant ; and the formation of a
goo,' taste by a constant recurrence to Mem, will give the City
in which they are placed a de eidiial preference, as thee. i.t of edu-
cation, the centre of polite anauseinent, and a fit theatre for
the prolerannil es.ereise of talent.
• After these considerations, those of private emolument will
have little weight with the greatest number of those who sm.-
or* rh.s institution, butthere is every reason to imagine that if
can be accotnplailied without any pecuniary sacrifice, and per-
haps be attended with sonic runt. Offers have bweii Areal).
made to advance the sum necessary frr the building, by nuns ir
duals who will trust to the admission fees for their reimburse-
ments and
The manner in which several public mid:reit:hip have been
executed in this City, it is belirned, will las used as an argument
against adventuring in this, The Dreciors have no 'mimeer to
this'obi!cti'in, but an Assuratire that timse examples will not be
Inst oleos them, amid that their b.,st endeavours shill be exerted
to accomplish the object of their appointment..
Hy order of the Directors,
f. LIVINGSTON, President.

The subsrribeN agree to associate fio the purposes detailed in
the -above addreas on the following terms :
1 That every subscriber shall pay the sum of fifty dollars fur
each share he shall take in tlw institution.
2. That the President and Directors shall emcloy fit persons
to make the neceas.try purchases fur the use of the Society, and
prepare a proper pl:tee for the exhibition of winnings and :no
dels or pie;•es of sculpture, and generally dispcse of the funds
i such utauner as may best promote the object of the insti-
tution.

S. That the funds of the society shall be lodged in one of
the Banks of this city by the treasurer, and a separate account
be opened with him in his official capacity; that he make no
payments except by a warrant drawn pursuant to an order of
the Board, signed by the President, and einiuterstned by the
secretary.
4 That there shall ks a general meeting of the Subscribers
four times in every year, on the first .Mond Lys ofJanuarv,Ap
July and October, and at such ...tiler times as the rreauleut Shall
direct.
S. That the P.esidetit aud Directors shall regulate the terms
of admission to the gallery of the Society, hot that the share-
hold< ra shall at alt toilet have free admission thereto.

6. That hen-Atter the election of a Prrs dent, Dir,ctn-s,
a Trcainter, and SA -retry, shall b.: 1•14.4t1 ou the first Mou to
Jaimail iu eve:y year
Al 1803.

Mr. 'WALLACE, Assist:ant-Master in the Acade-
my tit Perth, has been Appointed Professor of Ma-
thematics in the Military School at Great Marlow• ;
an unsolicited reward for his transcendant merit in
mathematical science; a merit strongly established
Le his admirable papers in the Edinburgh Trans-

INVINCIBLE STANDARD.—In consequence
of the a,-counts published by Major STIltl.l G, of
the 4•Jd Regiment, that the Queen's German Regi-
ment was not engaged with the French infantry,
and could not consequently have any claim to the
capture of the Invincible Standard, the Field Offi-
cers of the Queen's German Regiment, from a sense
of duty alone, have stated to the public the follow-
ing fads, dated Cork, March 15, 1803 :—The Regi-
ment not only art ived in time to assist in repulsing
the French cavalry, bat also to unite in receiving,
resisting, and repulsing the French line of infantry.
Lieutenant DrJEAN and other officers, non-commis-
sioned ()dicers, and prisates, had been killed and
wounded previous to the *barge of the French ca-
•a!r:. During the charge, a Lieutenant-Colonel, a
Captain, a Lieutenant, and twenty-two rank and file,
had been wounded by the sabre. The number killed
and %sounded by the musquett.y was 144 ; wounded
by the cavaliv 7'2 ; 14 coinn►issioncd sulkers were
killed and wounded.—Total

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k NAVAL INTEL LIOieNCE.

rivstourit, APRIL 2.
It was quite a pleasing sight, last evening, at the
setting sus, to see Britannia's bulwarks, so lately
commissioned, towering in all their native pride !
But to drop metaphors, last evening the Plantagenet,
of 74 guns, Capt. Hammond; Spaniate, 74, Capt.
G. Murray ; Tonant, ;, Capt. Sit E. Pellew, Bart. ;
Mars, 7.1; Malta, 84, Capt. Buller, were, to use
the riggers' phrase, completely all tanto ; that is, all
the lower and upper masts up, capped, and com-
pletely rigged over head, and all the standing and
running rigging set up. These ships are nearly
provisioned and stored, and if men come round
soon, they will be in Cawsand Bay in ten days.
Came in from Liverpool, La Renard, of 24 guns,
I Ton. Capt. CI Tehran, with 120 seamen for the fleet;
tenders, with a great number of men from Liver-
pool, Chester, and Wales, are hourly expelted,
which will soon expedite the manning the ships al-
ready in commission at this port. The Captains of
the ships. fitting out here have established a daily
mess (on the plan of a regimental mess) at Soles,
the Ft u stain, Fire-street, Dock. Sailed on a cruize
to the westward, to pick up men, the Hunter,
guns, and Ealing schooner. The Courageux, 74
guns, Capt. O'Hardy, in Cawsand Bay, loosed her
tore-top-sail, fired a signal-gun, and has had the
farcwel signal of Blue Peter flying at the fore all
day ; a sure s;gn of speedy sailing, as her orders
have been so stria that not an officer has slept out
of her for several nights past ; she takes out sealed
orders, and supposed for the Straits.
Ia consequence of the orders for the Courageux's
sailing being hourly expeaed, Admiral Lord Keith,
K.B. shifted his flag from lu:r to the Prince!! Char-
lotte, 40 guns, Hon. Capt. Gardner, lying in Hamo-
aze, which is to be his Lordship's flag-ship for the
present, as it was found very inconvenient to have
the flag in Cawsand Bay.
An entry has been made in the Dock-yard cf ar-
tificers of all descriptions, to expedite both the new
and old work in the various departments of the na-
val arsenal here. The Right Hon. Lord Rolle is
expeaed on Monday next, to inspea the South
Down Regiment, now embodied here. Major Sta-
pleton, and Adjutant Coles, are indefatigable daily
in sizing the men fur the different companies. They
are mostly fine young men, and many of them re-
speaable farmers.
PORI'S:WC/13TH, APRIL 2.

Last evening sailed his Majesty's ship Ameba, of
10 guns, Captain Lord Prohy, ter the Island of
Guernsey, with a part of the 83d regiment on board.
This day arrived his Majesty's ship Aurora, of t?.B
guns, Captain Malbon, from Jersey, with the offi-
cers and crew of his Majesty's late ship La Deter-
Arrived his Majesty's ship Acacia, of 40 guns,
Captain Wood, from Guernsey, and remains with
the squadron.
Sailed from the Motherbank his Majesty's ship
Hector, of 71. guns, Captain Skipsey, for Plymouth,
to be paid off.
The Honourable Lord Radstock, Admiral of the
Blue SqUadron, is expefted here to hoist his Flag on
board one of his Majesty's ships at Spithead.
Remains at St. Helen's his Majesty's cutter Pigmy,
of 14 gulls, Lieutenant White.—Wind S.S.W. and
moderate.
Arrived the Honourable East India Company's
ship the litq;lt
APRIL 3.

Arrived several Revenue cutters, with seamen for
the fleet ; the number of men obtained by means of
these cutters, each having a Lieutenant of the navy
on board, has exceeded all expeCtation and belief.
Captain brace is appointed to the command of
his A:ajesty's ship Dreadnought, of 98 guns, in the
room of Captain Bowen, who is appointed to the
command of Le Pssiaant, of 74 guns.
tlis Majesty's ship Dreadnought, of 98 guns, upon
receiving the flag of Lord Radstock, is expeCted to
proceed inimediately to Cawsand Bay.
The Hon. Capt. Paget is appointed to the com-
mand of his Majesty's ship Endymion, of 4.4 guns.
The Right Hon. Lord Nelson, we understand,
will hoist his flag on board his Majesty's ship ..lm-
phion, of 3•' guns, Capt. T. M. Hardy, in order to
proceed and take upon him the command in chief
in the Mediteranean : his Majesty's ship Pillory, of
110 guns, will follow his Lordship, to receive his
flag, as soon as she can be got ready.
His Majesty's ship Juno, of .s 2 guns, Capt. Ri-
chardson, is expeCted to take out to Gibraltar Gene-
ral Sir Thomas Trigge, who is hourly expeCted
here.
Remains at Spithead, his Majesty's ship Dread-
nought, of 98 guns, bearing the flag of the Right
lion. Lord Gardner ; Russell, of 74 guns, Capt.
Williams; Diamond, of 38 guns, Capt. Elphinstone ;
Acasta, of 40 guns, Capt. Wood ; Calcutta, of sti
guns, Capt. Woodriffe ; Amphion, of 32 guns,
Capt. Hardy; yaw, of 32. guns, Capt. Richard-
son ; Aurora, of 28 guns, Capt. Malbon ; Arrow,
of SO guns, Capt. Vincent; and Sylph, of 18 guns,
Capt. Goats.
At St. Helens, his Majesty's cutter Pigmy, of 1-1
buns, Lieut. White ; and in the harbour, his Majes-
ty's ship Le Puissant, of 74 guns, bearing the flag of
Admiral Holloway ; Grampus, of 50 guns, Capt.
Caulfield ;. Castor, of 3g guns ; Orpheus, of 32
guns, Capt. Charles Elphinstone ; Chichester, of 4.4
gulls, Capt. Spear ; Gladiator, of 4.4 guns, Lieut.
Conully ; and Staling, of 11 guns, Lieut. Guyon.
—Wind S.W. and moderate.

His Majesty's ships Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns,
and Britaiyi.a, of 110 guns, arc hourly expeaed to
be put in commission,

YARMOUTH, /trait 3.
Arrived yesterday the Earl of Leicester packet,
Capt. llionipson, from Cukhaven, with two passen-
g...s from Hamburgh, who are proceeding to Lon-
don, and 53 casks of golpiid silver, which are to
go forward to Harwich '..0 be landed.
Remain in the roads, his Majesty's frigates Leda,
of J 8 guns, Capt, Honeyman ; Penelope, of 36
guns, Capt..Broughton ; and the Bold gun-brig.
DOVES, APRIL Q..
Last night arrived the Charlotte packet, with the
mail, Mons. Le Comte, the messenser, and follow-
ing passengers, Capt. Xirnenes, Major S. Barns,
and Malin Murray.
Sailed this reorniic the Durkee: of rori passage
vessel, with passengers mentioned yesterday.
Arrived this afternoon the Prince of Wales packet,
with Mr. Charles Paris, who proceeds immediately
to London with dispatches.
Eight o'clotk.—Tlie Parfait( Union passage ves-

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