The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-12-30 00:00:00

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He seems
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can,
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aidation,
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these
as he,
evacuated
taken •

deranged.—
of Europe.
sovereignty. He
or Vienna. He
reign. by
For or-
subjvrtion.
on the shore.
we had not
never have re.
Barcelona. He

Trieste, but

be cannot , his colonies,
ene after . , lost, overturns :mei
creates kingdoms. Corfu and Gus&loupe, will,
sooner or later, share the fate of Martinique and of
Cayenne. Ilia b.rlovett subjects," conscribed
and marched successively to every coontry of Eu-
rope. in order to satiate .his vengeance, his am-
bition. or his rapacity, may enjoy the barren con-
solation of bein.t the conquerors, the scourges,
and the &isolators of the civilized earth, as
the tools and slaves of a Corsican Adventurer ;

but they are without commerce, precluded from
the means of finding a sole even for their own pro-
duetions. the snort redundant, and are perhaps the
most completely wall, as a people, in every sense,
'tonal, or political, of any nation that ever existed.
Such are the results of that paternal luve, and the
effect of those feelings, which, as lie tells them,
with a cruel mockery, make him ‘, always ready to
sacrifice even our dearest affections, to the interests
and welfare of this great nation." It is, in
order 4. to see this dear France embellished with all
the prosperities which he has conceived," that he
modestly wi-hes 1, to live still for thirty years." Base
I .
and manacled as are the French, they are net etu-
pitied, nor have they erased to know good from evil.
The Corsican may exteod his wires too wide, or
prow toe heavily on his machinery. Marriage, and
confiscation, and complest, Nod new crimes, may
not vroceed.side by side. We think 11010 will pro-
' due:. ~ and mat events.
A rums:lW of the decease of lioearean has got
ion circulation. It is said to have tee,, recAved
both boos Dunkirk and Caluis. The Dover letter,
which autiounee the retort' of the Flag of Truce, de
sot fleece any report to such an effect haring been
brought by that yr earl.
The late political revolution in Holland has pro-
need an alteration in the policy rereutly adopted
the Beard of Trade. Licenser were on Thursilay.
, r a erne:whist of two inonthe, granted to ships pro.
'seeding in ballast to France, amid returning with
vain; flour, and burr stones. Licenses were also
delivered for the sae of ma foreign vessels as had
before 'brought these corn rood:nee, permitting them
to load with British manufactures, and British or
Foreign Coluniel produce, and to depart with such
cargoes to ['niece and Holland.
Letters have been received, dated the 2d, 4th,
and 7th of September. front Buenes Ay res. It was
thought, that the pecuniary necessities of the Go-
imminent, at this capital of the Spanish Colonies,
'could induce the Viceroy to admit the unloading
el fureign vessels at that port, where the cargoes
are liable to a duty of one-third of their value. The
recount of the commotion. in the province of Quito
w by the same opportunity confirmed.
A detachment of Rap', Artillery Drivers is now
marching from Exeter for Plymouth-dock, where
they will be joined by too more of the same carps,
and will embark before the expiration of the week
(or as soon as transports ran lie got teddy) for Por-
tugal. Several pieces of heavy ordnance, and other
military stores, are also collecting there, for the same
destination.
If erne there was a contrast strikingly marked, it
is that which presents iteelf, when we coutemplate
a good Min:titer in the abstract, and a Nlinister in
reality of the present day ; when we consider what
be ought to be, and compare it with what he
A Minister ought to he a man firmly attached to
the cnostitution of his country, willing to undoes'
fake any lahonr, and undergo any privation which
her interests might require—he should Understand
It he nue prinriele.s uncut which that constitotiou was
formed. mid contribute all lo his power to p e
end setaidish them. It should farther he his
rmi-
dravour. to promote the prosperity of the tiatioti
over ehich he was placed, to encourage the trarir.,
41w1.-iiiiiinerce, the agriculture, the manufactures,
and all thus without any view. to his own private
aggrondisiment, but with a steady perseverance in
the peJniution of the public good. It is true, it
"ivy be said, that this is too perfecta picture ;that.
iti the mediocrity of !MIMI nature, it cannot be
expeerl to lie. real : this may be the case, but,
we submit, whether it may not be possible to
acted so manifest a contradiction as our preseut
Wasters exhibit. So iar from an attachment to
the ceiv-titution, they are every day affording
new proofs of the disrespect in *lock they bold
it; amid the disregard with which they treat
it; the exerci'e of the right of addressing
the Sovereign they discounteniiiire ; the ermine
of representing them in their true colours they
punish with solitary confinement ; but it would Ire
endless to enumerate the instances of this kind in
which their career abounds. With respect to their
illnuesiee ripen the prosperity of the coulitty. we
read it in the tummy of their expeditious; amid their
disregard of self is mid) exemplified in the pen-
sinus, places, and reversions of places, %hick they
have secured to thernselies and their connexions.
Without any of the qualification% of good goveru-
mei2, the people are inferunted en nigh to leave
thelbovernment in their howls. But late event"
aft Caltillltt'd to lima that infatuation; and we
hope the people will ',hew, that though they may
be deceived, they cannot he deceived so irreinedte
ably, as to be insensible to such ao appeal.

ow, however vast thdpower, and hi
aldble the means art which this If
into action; there d a point, whe
try may, and even !oust, become ct
wean to be, and he it, the Sovereign
it is a military, no: a naval, soverei
at his pleasure, "ter Berlin or Vi
retain Madrid ; and he may reign
ition, at Petersbugh or at Moscow
can penetrate to, and cam hold in
t capitals. But, he is as impotent of
sis formidable in the interior. If
noted Flushing, he could nevei
n it. He cannot succour Barce
hold, and he may impoverish, T
'moot protect it. ,His islands and
ater another, are lost, while he ow