The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-27 00:00:00

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this is the first time, for the last four months, that
any notice is taken in the Pans papers, even of the
name of this great and unfortunate Genera!, to
whom France owes more thin to the Corsican.

Since the capture of Sir G coma Rusuot. ts, the
French marauders from Hanover cross the Elbe,
upon parties of plunder and outrage, as if they
were parties of pleasure. Hardly a night passes,
that some of them do not alarm neutral Denmark
as well as neutral Hamburgh and Mecklenburgh,
by their landing, or attempts to land. Every per-
son therefore. who is a British subjeet, or is suspeiled
of being more inch red to England than to France,
is in daily apprehension of being seized by BONA•
PARTS'S banditti. Not only all the beautiful
villas round Hamburgh are entirely deserted,
but all men of chintzier, spirit, and property,
within the walls of the city of Hamburgh,
have removed their papers and most valuable
effects, into the houses of the Foreign and Neu-
tral Ambassadors, expeCting, every day, that BE.
NADOTTE will be ordered by his master to garrison,
or, at least, to make domiciliary visits in that
free, teertral, and Imperial Hanse Town, which
I has so often and so liberally paid for its inde-
pendence and liberty, promised by France, and
guaranteed by Prussia. We are informed of the
above particulars by a gentleman just arrived from
the Continent, who, as evidence that the Corsican
tyranny still extends to the South, as well as to the
North, of Germany, was requested by one of the
Franckfort Senators not to continue, as usual, in that
city after the fair was over, as the Senate had not
in its power to answer fur his safety. As the chiefs
of the French brigands in Germanzirdo not suspett,
or seem to desire to tare any persons but men of
large property, many suppose that, besides the poli-
tical interest of BoNAPARTE, they regard their o,en.
There is a list circulated upon the continent, con•
taming the names of the most respeaable British
subjeth for loyalty and property, settled in several
continental cities, all su Teed by BONAPARTE,
whom his emissaries watch, and his satellites are
Anxious to take. In this number, Mr. Hope, at
Amsterdam; Messrs. Canwrorter and SMITH, at
Rotterdam; Mr. Ho m tr as, at Franckfort ; Messrs.
POPE, THORN TON,SSIITH, PARISH, STEVENS, GOO-
ice. at Hamburght and Messrs. HUTCHIN•
SON, HALL, &c. at Altona. As, however, this
list was strewn on the Exchange at Hamburgh on
the 13th instant, it is supposed, that the gentlemen
honoured with BONAPARTE'S proscription will be
upon their guard.

A private letter from Hamburgh of the 16th, an-
nounces an attempt of another outrage against the
law of nations. It says, "In the night, between
the 14th and 156 inst. the French made another
attempt to carry off some person from the Danish
territory on the bank of the Elbe, but failed in their
design, the objeft of their pursuit having made his
escape. It is supposed they meant to have seized
General SON rAc, in the service of England." The
part). that went to arrest General SONT AO, landed
near 12 atsv la az's, nut of the town of Altona.
The soldiers and officers had only their side arms.
It was past ten when they went to the lodging
of the General, and desired to speak with him;
fortunately he supped with a friend, and was not
at home. 'Three entered and seventeen surrounded
the house. Having missed their prey, they went
back to the restaurateur Rs:ova' Os, where they
remained until three ,o'clock the next morning, when
they returned to I larburgh. Gen. Somr Ao is Ins-
pected by the French of aiding the escape of Ha-
noverian soldiers to England.

Another letter from liamburgli, of the same date,
says : .• Last Wednesday evening the French made
another attempt at a caap de masa. in violating the
Altona territory, with the view, it is said, of seiz-
ing Messrs. Immo:rum and PA x ism, English mer-
chants, whose country houses art at a village coati•
guous to Altona, called Ottensen. The French had
intelligence from their spies, that, notwithstand-
ing the advanced state of the season, those Gentle-
men still passed the nights with nit tae gates at their
villas. To effect their purpose, General Fat mix, and
some other French officers, came over from Har-
burgh, in coloured clothes, di ted at a place call •d
Slavenisof, from whence they proceeded, very early
in the morning, when Sir Groans Itcssacito was
seised. The boatmen, however, who brought
thrm over, judging from the circumstance of all the
other vessels in liarburgh being detained when the
officers sailed, that their expedition was of a parti-
cular nature, gave information of what they had
seen to the President of the G ivernment at Altuna
The latter, after interrogating the men, made his
report to the Military Commandant, Major EWAVO,
who served in the Hessian Legion in the American
war. H•• immediately ordered a detachment of one
hundred of his chAsseurs, and a squadron of dra-
goons, to occupy the village of Ottensen. All the
►urghers and the military garrison at Altona were
also ordered to be in readiness to march.

" About eight o'clock in the evening, it being

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