The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-07-02 00:00:00

When the misled Junta 11. was obliged to seek a

Otiose in France, Louis XI V. threw off the mask,
mid threatened openly this country, as well as Ire-
, Ind, with invasiott. The fate of the Spatish Ar-
mada, and the repeated repulses of partial arma-
ments, did not deter him. The battle of La liogne
eseeineed him, however, that it is more easy to mis-
lead Britons, by foreign emissaries, than to conquer
them by foreign soldiers. Ineffectual and trilling
osecoun wore sent by him to the Scotch insurgents
of 1713, fihd by Louis XV. to those of 1745. Inva-
sions were at the samitime talked of, only to create
a diversion upon the Continent, and, by creating a
nommity, to withdraw the British troops.—
During the seven years war, when most of our
foreespzecombating in Germany and America,
she Choiseul. Prime Minister to Louis XV.
nallithed 50,000 men upon the opposite coast, and
needs esrsgh to carry them over ; but the great
• Cailthaut was appointed to the ministerial helm,
audAnstead of waiting for thomemy, France was
beaded, the fortifications of Cberbourgh were de-
noliehed, the transports in its harbours captured or
• burned, and &Hide was added to other British
nesomests. During the American war, the supe-
eine imunbined lint of France and Spain sailed tri.
tampbantly in our channel, but retreated after only
threatening our shores.
Aker the peace of Campo Formio, the Regicide
amatory created an Army of England. built some
sus-boats, and published its intent of invading this
nee nary, merely to mask its real *Ned, the expedi-
• das against Egypt.
' When Bonaparte had usurped the supreme power
is Treace, and success had undeservedly crowned
hits with 'Any upon the Continent, an invasion of
this anuttry was more seriously • meditated, and a
Cossmittoe of Naval and Military Officm was ap-
pointed to draw and propose plans to carry this in-
tim into sired. Boulogne was accordingly fortified,
Its harbour enlarged, and gun.boats were built, but
sat is Nascent number to create any real danger.
The knows opinion of General Andreoesi, and
Admiral Monet, both Members of the Commit-
tee. was, "that small craft alone, if ever so nu-
minous. *me inefedua/ to the ohje in view, be-
efless, though an army may be landed by them in
Engload, a superior lien of ships of the line and
of frigates was absolutely necessary to prevent its
being left to its destiny, without any probability et
111CC011111 from France." 1 his caused Bona-
parte to enter into a negotiation and sign A
pacification with this conary. lie hoped to
• be able, during a peace, to ratite a navy equal
or superior to ears. But the passions of the
petty individual got the better of the policy and prn-
dgice of the ferocious Chief Magistrate. At a
sled most necessary to conceal it, his rage proclaimed
his hatred against this country, and that the a-
mnia:au of the British hrnpire wa; his settleil deter-
osinatioa. Insufficient as Lis riii•ans ts,ii were, he
declared, notwithstanding, to 1... rd Whitworth, that
army should be sacrificed after arms., until the ob-
is& of his be:baron ambition and vengeance was
obtained.

When the last mpturrwith 01;4 country took flice,
Bonaparte had the art to make the KAT p'puiar, by
persuarling not only bis Lea the Igo-tans

mass of the rreneh natio*, that the conquest of this
country was as etsy as his former atchievements.
&very body opened, or was forced to open, his purse,
to subscribe for building gun-boats, flat-bottomed
boats, &c. whole forests disappeared ; every river in
France, Italy, and Holland, was revered with float-
ing timber ; and its banks were crowded with car-
penters ; all sailors, found or known, were put into
requisition every where ; and, within some few
months, we see opposite our shores an armament
more formidable than ever Britons witnessed before,
and, what makes it more so, is, that our security seems
to increase with our danger. Ten months ago,
when Boulogne harbour contained hardly vessels
enough to carry over some battalions, the belief of
an invasion was general, and the attempt was daily
expeaed ; at present, when, according to the lowest
calculation, vessels are colleaed at Boulogne suffi-
cient to carry over at least 80,00+.1 men; and, after
experience has taught us the impossibility to prevent
the junaion of so many gun-boats, flat-bottomed
boats, cutters, prames, and transports, a fatal and
impolitic disbelief has seized on our nation, though
we In see to remember that the man, whom fortune
permitted, in 1798, to escape our squadron, with a
numerous armed fleet, and 400 transports, and
land in Egypt ; and, in 1799, to return to France
with some few frigates, through our blockading
squadrons, on the coast of Africa, and our cruisers
every where in the Mediterranean, may well expea
to succeed in an attempt, for which it hardly
requires so away heart of favourable circum-
stances, as it did weds, in his former despe-
rate undertakings. It looks as if Providence
would blind us, and destined us to submit to the
same fate, which has made wretched all other na-
tions surrounding revolutionary France. With an
absurd and false alarm, last year, we aged the part
Bonaparte then desired, in the same manner we do
now, by a security dangerous in the extreme—and
as blameable at present, as our different conduct was
last autumn. That Bonaparte soon will, and must,
attempt an invasion, fools only cannot foresee, and
traitors only dare to deny. He has pledged himself
to France and to the world—and, prepared as he
now is, his own troops will regard a longer delay
as a defeat. If we ate upon oar guard,and possess
the same spirit and patriotism which we evinced
last year. the sooner we have tried our strength
with our irreconcileable foe, the better; because we
are convint ed it will finish to his shame, and, per-
haps, make the first year of his empire the last.—
With all his powerful means, the real and relative
situation of this extraordinary man is as desperate
as in any former part of his career. A defeat will
inevitably be followed, not only by loss of rank and
anthority, bat that of life itself; fur he owes every
thing to uninterrupted successes, and, flattered as his
soldiers have been, with an easy and certain con-
quest, misfortunes will soon annihilate the golden
image, which prosperity alone has set up; Pichegru
and Moreau will be remembered, and the universe
revenged. Besides, detested and feared as Bona-
parte is, every where upon the Continent, a defeat
would be now, as after the battle of Aboukir, a
signal for a new confederacy; and while disunion,
disaffeetion, and perhaps civil wars, raged at home.
France would experience an invasion from abroad,
and the discontent-J. /oilseed, and oppressed Swim,
Batavians, and Italians, seize the first opportunity
to throw off a yoke, which, notwithstanding com-
manded addresses and deputations, they wear with

so much disgust.
Upon our valour alone depend the liberty and
happiness of Europe: our love of our country, and
of mankind, calls therefore equally on us, not to
disappoint such honourable espeaatinn, by an im-
provident security. In CO, the continuance of cur
existence as a free people, can only be preserved b)
a vi&ory, breaking the bondage of other nations.

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except upon some extraoralinary °ermine, and even then
it publiahed earlier than any other Morning

TILE BRITISH PRESS.

LON DON,
MONDAY. JULY 2.

An excellent new Farce has been in rehearsal fnr
several weeks, which we think it our duty to an-
nounce to the Public. ■ The leading Print of
Government," and is the leading Print of Opposo-
ric•n," two distinguished and hackneyed charsiters,
will shortly snake their re-appearance upon the
Newspaper Stage. About two years ago, these
parts were sustained by The Timm, and no Morning
Chroaide. With the most generous condescension,
each, from day to day, mutually bestowed and
claimed these tides. The Clew:ids charged the
le,icrng Print ofGovernment, and The Times charged
the leading Print of Opposition; thereby holding
themselves to the wools!, and encouraging a belief
mr,itg the ignorant and unsuspeding, that these two
ints were the organs of the Administration and the
Oppositrun. and spoke the Lepage and essmitstent

of the two grit political parties. About twd years
ago, however, The Chronicle, that really bad some
just claim to its tide, grew ashamed of paying this
fulsome and tusmerited compliment to The Times,
and the pratlice fell into disuse. Some attempts,
we believe, have been lately made to revive it, but
the courtship has been defeated by the amorous in-
trigues of The Oracle, which has had address enough
to supplant Thereinto in the affection of The Chronicle,
and to secure the place in the heart of the latter
which The Times formerly enjoyed. As experience
makes perfeft,thefarce, however, has been retouched,
and is new performed by The Chronicle and The
Oracle with more stage effea, and upon an improved
plan. Instead of the old cant of the leading Print
of Government, and the leading Print of Opposition,
it is now the Rt. Hon. the Treasurer of the Navy, who
writes in The Oracle, and the indiscreet friend of Op-
position, who writes such and such articles in The
Aforning Chronicle. The Editors of these papers, we
are assured by gull in its turn, have nothing to do
with the " political squibs and humorous lucubra-
tions" of the one, nor with the " clumsy scurrility"
of the other. Thus, those articles, which, as the
prod uCtion of the Editors,would have passed without
notice as ordinary stuff, the moment they are an-
nounced as coming from a great man, or a great
man's particular friend, immediately change their
qualityand complexion, and we find eloquence, wit,
and argument, where we before saw neither sense,
nor good writing. To prove the fallacy of these
mutual compliments and pretensions, a very few
words may be sufficient. The articles in The Oracle
furnish internal evidence that they are not from
the pen of the Treasurer of the Navy. Mr. CAN-
Nll4O is a gentleman of literary talents, of which
the writing in Tire Oracle bears no mark. It is im-
possible that he should degrade his chars ter and
mispend his time by writings which would be exe-
cuted for a penny a line in a superior style and man-
ner by the humblest agent in any newspaper office in
London. The character which it gives of Tire I/ern:lig
Chronicle, as a paper favoured with the writings of the
Opposition, and the organ of its sentiments, is equally
false. The Opposition is composed of three parties,
the GRENVILLE party, the old Opposition, and the
turned out Ministry. Will Mr. ADDINGTON and his
friends, upon whom The Morning Chronicle poured
its torrents of scurrility.and abuse, favour that print
with their literary lucubration', and honour it with
their confidence ?—Will the proud and high-spirited
Gatsvr tors call in the assistar.ce of The Morning
Chroetiele, and solicit its support ? No man who knows
any thing of politic, or parties will believe it.
I —Of what political party then is 71i Morn-
ing Chronicle the organ ? Of a few men who have
attached themselves to Mr. Fox, and have no chance
of a place or pension but in his success; a number
. not too great to break down a hackney coach, or sub-
jai it to the penalties of the GAMMON Aa. Of
these The Mervin: Chronicle has been and will be the
tried and steady friend and supporter, but we cannot
. answer for it further. This much,we hope, will suffice
to open the eyes of the public, and to put them upon
their guard against a plan to catch their credulity.

There was no arrival yesterday. except one Dub-
lin Mail; nor any domestic occurrence of any im-
portance.

At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 27th of
June. Iso4, present the Kisses Most Excellent M %-
Jett v in council ; the Right Honourable WIL-
LIAM DILLTISSIOND, and the Right Honourable
C. ARIUTHNOT, were, by ICS NIAJESTY'S COM.
sworn of His MAJESTY'S Most Hon. Privy
Council, and took their respective places at theßoard
accordingly.
By the late Overland Dispatch from India, we
understand that the Governor General, after his
visit to the Court of Hydrabad, will extend his jour-
toy across the Continent of India, into the Province
of Guzerat.—The Pr.isnwa and theGutc*was are
said to be making arrangements fur his reception.
His Majesty's sloop, the Spojf,e, Capt. Kerns,
arrived at Cork on Saturday se'r.night.—She spoke
the Lapwing at sea, which had chased the Gen. As-
:crews French privateer, bu: was not able to ccmc up
with her. The lapavi .g also chased a French cut-
tzr privateer, wllich escaped by superior sailing.
A letter from St. Andero, received by the San Ju-
teph, arrived at Bristol, states, that the Spanish Go-
vernment has issued an edict, forbidding prize goods
being landed in any Spanish port. Ellis order is
rigidly obeyed. to tile great inconvenience of the
French privateers.
_ _

A lettr from An Officer of L'firrfr rsi ;cr. one of the
in-shore squadronn of the fleet off Blast, (Cited on
Monday last. announces that the French fleet in the
outer harbour, apparently ready for sea, comprikal
twenty-two sail of the Hap and ten frigate., with
several transport,. An opinion prevailed in our
squadron. that the enemy would take the first fa-
vourable opportunity to put to sea.
On Saturday the Pursers of the &rev and Un.bd
Knelaws, for Coast and Bay ; and Aro, Cartir, frcr-
cater, Lord fla---itslorry, and Dade tor Mohtrw, for
Madras, attended at the India-House, to receive their
final dispatches.
A Court of Engairy, composed of the Officers of
the First furry Regiment, under Colonel GAITS.
KILL, has been sitting for several days, upon charges
of a very serious nature, considered in a military
point of view, preferred by.a gentler-ran of Christ-
church. against a gentleman of Bermondsey. The
prosecutor and de.endant are both rnembrus of the
Ride Company.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE REEt

TUIS DAY.
DaTiger Counter of Albemarle's rout. Barkley
Mrs. Durs rout, Grairerset-squu".

TO•111011.20M.
Lori Cirleton's dinner, Genrge-street.
Fad of Dartmouth', dinner, Ber►ley.sgwre.
Mrs. Malculm's rout, Mansfield•street.

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Duchess of Bolton', iwsti, Grus.enor•qqoare.
r. Walk.ri roat,Gewge-greet, Harwver•square;
Duke of Montrose. cfaLier, Glosvewit•square.

THLRSDA Y.
Duke of St Al tun's dinner, Stratford• place
General Grosvenoes dinner, Lower Groavenor•ati

FRIDAY.
Mn. Lowther's grand public broakfast, Richmond.
Mrs. Duff's rout, Grosvenor-square.
Boom's rout, Berkeler-square.
Lord Flarrowby's dinner, Gruasenor-square.

SATURDAY.
Qen. Greengages dinner, Lgt•er Gloseener-street.

Saturday evening, His MAJESTY, act
by the Dukes of Cu as ea a L AND, KENT, CA,
and Princess AusErA, took an airing on
through Anon, and on the Uxbridge-n
MAJESTY, the other PalucEssts, and
followed in three phaetons.
Yesterday morning, the ROYAL FAMr
ed Divine Service in Kew-House, and
walked in Kew-Gardens.

Yesterday, Kew-Gardens were opened
ception of the public, and will continue
the season. The Gardens were yesterday
Nobility and persons of distinaion.
The Duchess of BOLTON gave yesterda
dinner to the following Nobility At Ler
Grovenor-square, viz. the East and C(
DAR LINOTOrt, Viscount and Viscountess I
two Miss LOWTHER., Lord Viscount
Lord STAWELL, Sir F. ST Atroisit, Mr. C
Mr. Pecs' •PA, and Mr. RAM{DLN•

The Duke of Sr. ALDAN'S gave a very
dinner yesterday at his house in Stratfe
Among the company, we noticed the
LEINSTER, Earl of MOIRA, Lord E. BI
Lord J. MURRAY, Sir Ws. Kate, Mr.
Hon. Mr. Coves+ T R Ir, and Mr. and Mrs,
Miss MANNERS.

Yesterday, General Glosvrtros em
large party at his house in Lower Grosvi
including--

The Earl of Chatham, Duke of Rutland, Mi
C. For,ter, Cnunte.a of Chatham, Ouches
Lord C. Manner..., Sir S. Glynn°, Mr Cheater.
ton, Mr R.Grosrenor, Mr. Cholimm.dehay, and

Earl FITZWILLIAM gave an elegant
tetday to a large party, including

Cal Lauderdale. Lords A. Ham,Pon, Vn
Cox Hipee,ley. Dr Lawrence.
Elliot, Fr. 11166, W. Lamb, Rob,nwn, trßryr
Sheridan, I'. Sniaidan, C. Siaervian, Sbo
DOll6Oll, Kinitaild, Maddocl.a, Horner, St J
Creevey, W

On Siturday last, the Duke 3f nue t..
grind dinner to the fallowing_ Noblemen .
tlemen. at Piastow's, St. James's-street,
whom were z-r-
Earl Poulett, bor4 Rouc, Lord De Dunetwwit.
wynd, Lord Edward Son.ertct, Lord Wentworth,
mondrly, Sir W. W. Wynne, Sir Willoughby At
Mottyn, Mr. Champion Druciek, Mr. Lau"'
Mr. Northey, and Philip Metcalfe.

On Friday last Gen. Gasenrstroa gave
dinner, at his house in Lower Grose(
The Duke of St. Alban's, lad Wineheless,
Earl and Countes. of Cholrnondley , Lord and Lady
Sir S. plynne, Mr. Burnell, Cot Turner, Cul.
Dalrymple, Mr. Duff, Mr. Chesser, um Fr
Masters, and Mpa Seamore.
Sir THOMAS Sr•stast is the happy .
to be honoured with the fair hand of the
Miss HAOGLIISTOMB:
The Hon. Mrs. Cots will in a few ,
.500 cards of -invitation for a Grand Massy
her elegant house in Hanover-equate.
Mr. W. Pots, son of the Hon. Wit.,
s. ev Pots, and Member of Parliament
County, Ireland, it appointed private s
Mr. A ant TiINOT, and will accompany
etnbassy to Constantinople.
On Friday last, the eleflion of a Secretary
Royal Free Mason School. in the room of ths
Mr. CUPPAGII, came on, when Mr. Dramas
chosen Secretary to that Institution.
Among the late arrivals at Bath, are,
Lord Boyle, Sir J. Andrews, Rev. Su Rkhard K 1

The Duke of BCDVORD, Earl of Datums
Soutav I L La. and a large party of Nobler.
Gentlemen. returned to towaso Friday. from
ham Hall.

Lady HARE WOOD is recovered from her late
dispusition, and returning cards of thanks.
The Earl of CHESTILRVICLD if much I
from his late indisposition.
The Earl of Letssu is gives over by his
slcians

This morning the Clerkenkrell Regiment 114
lunteers will muster at nine o'clock, to re
their colours, and present an elegant savor
mark of their esteem, to their Adjutant, Ci
MtlittELl.

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se: tence of it General Court Martial, held at
sea, in February. for the trial of Major Jona
owe, of the late Bth West-India Itegimee'.
icharges preferred against him by Colonel C%
'SANE Joitissross, late Governor of Dominica..
The sentence acquitted Major Gommicso of all tat
charges.
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day night. The head dresses inclined to the f'
ruvian style.
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night with a fashionable company.
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hail on Friday night, by the singularity of his drt
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