The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-13 00:00:00

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
FRIDAY, JILT 13.

We have been informed through a highly respect.
able chalnel, that BON AAAAA a has returned an an.
swer to the Memorial of the Esc PZItOII of RYSSIA,
against the violation of the independence of the
German Empire, by the seizure of the Dugs of
Et:idle:4 at Ettenheint, in which he states, that "if
the Russt A N Barr ao a will eat his own words, and
withdraw his remonstrance, the Eurzloa of the
Fecticu will condescend to pass over this provocation
in silence ; but if not, he vows he will answer it in
a manlier at once striking and energetic." The
Ru,sian Cba•3e re Afatres at Paris, upon the receipt
of this answer, demanded his passport ; but was re-
fused. He then dispatched a Messenger with it to
St. Petersburgh, an a declaration of war was ez•
;sailed upon his return.

The Dublin Papers, for a fortnight past, have
contained, in the shape of an Advertisement, a Let-
ter (tom the UNDEAL Sscax r•av, of which the fol-

lowing is an extraft :

" Dublin Castle, June Ms lOC
" I ant much concerned tint the search rn.ide in the Queen's
roomy, for person; •,4ainst wh rm there was a capital charge,
his, in its crinserpiences, occasioned any inconvenience or un-
pleasant feeling t you. The information was such as wilds it
indispensably nice,..ary, that the most diligent se—ir;ny shout,'
lie lived •nd I have no h. 'nation in assuring yes, that the in-
tros un into your home was not in the slightest degree fr tin any
visi.icion of your loyalty or at•a:',,,itnt to the Government,
but became secasary, from rh- peculiar circumstances of one
of the parties fee whom swirl& was made.

" SIR,

" 1 h.ave, rte.. " A. MARSDEN.
Gen Darrtukon, ICaq. Huntinvion-lodge."

The Dublin Papers, received yesterday, also state,
that a Mr. SMITK was, last week, brought up from
Kilcullen. in the county of Kildare, to the Castle,
where he underwent an elimination. He was sus-
peacd to have arrived very lately from France; but
it is said, that he was a resident of Baltimore, in
America. from whence he lately arrived in the quar-
ter where he was arrested, of which he is a native.
A Morning Paper, of the 7th July, says, Mr. SMITH
has been discharged; but of this we have no certain

information. A man of the name of PATRICK
Dovt z has also been lately apprehended in Dublin,
by blapr Sias, and committed to prison, upon a
charge of treasonable praftices. Some journeymen
sailers, bricklayers, and shoemakers, have also been

lately convifted of combination, and sentenced to
various periods of imprisonment. In addition to
the above, a private letter, which we received yes-
terday, says, under the date of June 6,

" There is a report in circulation here, which is by some

►elieved, that soother riaing is to take place in the CUUTSII of a
fortnight ; it has originate.d, I believe, fmm thr very particii-

lar and stria orders whirls have been lately given to the Officers
..fr the daft/rut gua-dt What the orders are, or whether the

Gowen, nent have any intelligence of an intended eiturration,
is not known; but that stricter ankrs have beengtven is cer-
isonly the (ad."

To these fags, a Dublin Paper, in the interest of
Government, adds, " that certain confined mis-
creants are adopting a lofty tone, and privately
circulating printed papers of an inflammatory kind ;
and that the steps which have been lately taken by
Government, and the vigilance now exercised
(meaning, no doubt. the increased aaivity of Go-
vernment stated by our Correspondent), shew, that
it is not a mistake to suppose, that the flame of trea-
son is rekindling." A London Evening Paper of
yesterday, also in service of Government, adopts
this construainn, and, with a sound discretion, a
candid feeling, and shrewd conjeCture, peculiar to
itself, subjoins, ". The Dublin Papers announce,
that most of the working classes, the tailor., shoe-
makers, and bricklayers, in particular, have struck
for more wages, and that at some of their secret
meetings. on being broken in upon by the Police
Officers, treasonable papers have been found. The
late movements of the Brest fleet may probably be
connedted with these unpleasant proceedings, and, we
trust, Government will be on the alert." Here, then,
we have a second edition of the tragedy of the 23d
July, vamped up in a moment by the Dublin papers,
and ready for representation, while their ftiends in
London are ready to cry out dram encore! As, how-
ever, a rebellion in Ireland is, in our opinion, too se-
rious a subjea to be advanced upon light or equivo-
cal grounds, and as, we trust, the public in general,
for their own welfare and tranquillity, are not the
sport of every speculator in a public piint, whose
imagination may have been over heated in contaa
with the entail mind of the Loan Aovoc•Ta of
SCOT Lawn, we wish to consider this evidence of TO.
hellion, upon which Ireland is now conviaed, fairly
and dispassionately. In the first place, then, the
search made in Mr. HA musses's house, alluded to
by Mr. MARSDEN, negatives the charge, in support
of which it is adduced. We admit that the party,
whoever be may be, was charged with treason ; but
are there no old traitors of 1796 and 1603, still out-

standing and untried ? All the recent trials for treason
in Ireland, have been for old offences ; and the pro-
bability is, that the party of whom Government were
in pursuit, is an offender of the one or the other of
these periods. The case of Do v LE, that is next relied
upon is of that description. He was deeply engag
ed in the rebellion of 1798, and was an image at
the depot in Mass-lane, prior to the e plosion in July
last. He is said to have belonged to the desperate
knot ef traitors called Fini,hers, that is assassins, but
it is not pretended that he has been taken up upon
a new charge, as implicated in any new treason or
rebellion. The next proof relied upon. is the com-
bination among certain classes of tradesmen.—
As for these combinations, the Evening Paper of
yesterday, to which we have alluded, does not
I hesitate to say that treasonable papers have been
found upon the parties at these meetings. Most of
these gregarious tailors and shoemakers have been
tried and punished for combination. Those, whose
trials and sentences we have not yet learned, are only
charged, with comb nation. Will any one believe
that the laws would not have been enforced against
these men, and that traitors and rebels have bean
suffered to escape as men only seele.ig to raise tk •ir
wages ? But is combination a crime that cannot exist
in Ireland but as a cover of some higher offence? We
have had combining boot-closers and other trades•
men lately in London, hut we do not find their pro-
ceedings have been connect.'d wilt treasonable prac-
tices and the movements of the Brest fleet. Why then
should combination in Dublin be hailed as the signal
of treason and insurreaion? In Dublin the necessaries
of life are as dear as in London, and wages lower.
The late depreciation of the coin has also added to
the difficulties of the lower classes. All these cir-
cumstances, though they do not palliate combina-
tions for encrease of wages, surely do not make
them more suspicious than they are in England.
where their avowed and ostensible objea is allowed
to be the real one. We feel ourselves, therefore,
justified in considering this alarm of a new rebellion
in Ireland, as a mere idle speculation, or int.aded
to answer a particular purpose. Fr la .ile ynoment
Mr. PITT came into power, it as as reasonable to ex-
pea encreased aaivity and vigilance on the part of
the Irish Government. But if the necessary conse-
quence of that encreased vigilance must be the ap-
' prehension and pursuit of rebels and traitors, who
have survived old crimes, it is not fair, upon
' this ground alone, to infer, that treason is again
hatching, and to spread the terror and alarm of new
rebellions.

I.etters were received in town on Wednesday from
HoHasid, dated the 7th inst. ; and there was a rumour
that an embargo had taken place in all the parts of
FrAnce. We could not trace this, however, to any
respeftable authority, and it made no impression on
the public mind.

'fhe Paris news contained in the Dutch Papers,
will be found in the lost page.

Yesterday morning, soon after breakfast, Their
MAJLSTItS, the Pitiscsisrs, and Dukes of KINT
and C%.MIIILAND, walked in Kew Gardens.

Yesterday, at the Common H all, THOMAS PARRY,
Esq. Citizen and GirJler, and G toting SCHOLLY,
Esq. Citizen and Distiller, were, by a great show of
hands, elected Sheriffs of this City, and Sheriff of the
County of Middlesex, for t to year ensuing.
A Common Council will be held to-muriow, for
the purpose of sealing a deed.
The Admiral Aptin, East Indianan, Captain R.
"MRS has been taken by the squadron under Admi-
ral Limon. This intelligence is received by the
Dutch Indiaman, Le Misauie, sent into Plymouth
by His MAJLSiv's frigate La /..in' the Captain
of which states, that when he left the Isle of France
there were lying there the Ceuntets of Sather/a/4
country ship, Admiral Alin, and a brig, all captured
and sent in by Lutois.
The Admiral Aplin is supposed to have been taken
by the enemy off the Cape, at.d to be the same ship
reported to have been captured some time back,
anti erroneously stated as the Euphrates t she sailed
from Portsmouth the 28th August last, bound for
Madras and Bengal. The e/dinotw/ Atha had on
board about 12,000 oz. of silver, and a considerable
quantity of copper coin, together with several stand
of small arms for the use of the regiments in India.
'the following is a corred list of the passengers
who embarked on board the Admire!Ap/at :
Cayain Moffatt of the Malay Regiment, and Lady.
Lieutenant 11 Ar‘iiis Lady, and Child.
Lieutenant IV. P. FA, s, of the Rumba,' Nlirine.
C.iptain Illeury, 19th ()racoons, and Lady.
Captain De
Mewl. W R.ighleigh, and Filater, Cadet*.
She was the last ship of the past season, and s tiled
from England with the Geofirana. Her cargo is
estimated at about 15,0001.
By the arrival of the ships fsom St. Helena, we
learn that the gentleman who proceeded to the
Cape of Good 1-fope, to enter into an explanation
respelling the recapture of the Mary whaler, had
beenfavoitrably received by the Dutch Government.
The Sal/sante, that captured the Inins and Uni-
corn whalers eff St. Helena, i► commanded by Sum-
co FI, who said he was proceeding to cruise in the
Bay of Bengal. This is the same officer who did
so much mischief in India, is the late war.

The Company's ships, &donna," and Grorziama,
are appointed to cruise off the Island of St. Helena.
Captain Lawroao is appointed to the command
of the Petypitemers, of 64 guns, at Chatham, at
which port that ship has had a complete repair.
A large commodious place is ordered to be built
immediately in Woolwich dock-yard, for the pur-
pose of manufacturing cables, and all kinds of
ropes, for the use of the King's skips.