The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
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Pan:m de Ctr!a,. Ste. and.the ori. Deus ffit
*1 he glorification Doetin! nos P% gaunt, &e. The
verse osiireik-,;d7 11,:giar, &c. and the orisons Ex-
actrt,. IselstAin, &c. Dew Qut CULPA, &C.
the verse .Clep po soli:, &c. and the orison Preis',
Doeine-faias'oe tact Jiat alit Path: ilk, the Prafei
foi: Peace, Da Pace,., &c. the verse Fiat Patti
the verso, Drag a Ito egad. eirsayia, &c. and, lastly,
the prayers Davis: mks* fee Reiffebli. mat Domino
LIIVOt fac consoles, &c. and the orison Quasars:a ere,
nilpotent Dew we feritali su Cwt.:tides gui ems raireratione
Oil'COentalt R podded gaberaletra, &v.. That the same
}.;:,yens of forty hours shall be offered up during
three days in all the ether churches of the city and
the diocese, ii,chtding Sunday, which will irnmedi.
:ad,- follow the receipt of our preient mand.tte.
We grant to all persons, who, being well disposed,
shall assist in them forty days indulgence.
We exhort the faithful to join fasting, alms, and
other works of piety, to their prayers, in order to
reader them more efficacious, and to obtain more
certainly that assistance of which we stand in need.
And, finally, we order, that our present Man-
date shall be read after Divine Service in our pa-

rishos.
Given at Paris, the 12.1,,PriAriA, llth year (13th

June, 13 )3.1
By Command of his Eminence,
Bu Et, Secretary.
The C.ardinal Dc B'rttov, Archbishop of Paris.
A Mandate of his Eminwce Cardinal Cunha.
eeres, Archbishop of Rouen, commences much in
'the came strain with that of the Archbishop of Pa-
ris, and thus proceeds—" We arc persuaded, that
the Sovereign Arbiter of the Destiny of Empires,
will favour our cause ; and that he will refuse to our
enemies his DivineProte4 ion, without which the most
l'ormidatde preparations for war can only he attend-
ed with the most signal defeat. That he will
avenge the ,canal{, 0- treaties, of which he was ap-
pealed to as the guarantee, as well by our adver-
sacks as ourselves. However, as we are not igno-
rant that God wishes we should implore those
favours his paternal heart burns to grant, intreat of
him, most dear brethren, that we may conquer the
enemy that provokes us, and moderately use our
viaory. Ask of him, for our counsels, the assistance
of his holy spirit ; for our generals fortunate cir-
cumstances, and art to profit by them ; for our sol-
ci.rrs valour and subordination. This will not be
s:, much to demand of him neer favours, as the
continuation of ferrner ones. Let us demand of
him, let us demand particularly that the Jean of hi:
reit band, the man who, by his dire.ftion and by his
orders, has done so much for the re-establishment of
P-is worship, and who proposes to do so much more,
rray continue to be like Cyrus, the Christ of Provi-
Ceace ; that he may watch over his life, and cover
At with his wings ; that he may shield his august
person from the dangers he may meet in combat,
from his courage ; and those he has to fear from
the" envy of his detraetnrs, on account of his merit ;
!rosy the wicked because his object is to do good ;
from impiety because he his supporting religion ;
from policy and from foreign passions, because he
is the first man of a great state, and that the happi-
ness of the empire he governs is essentially united
with his preservation. Finally, implore of the com-
mon Father of all men, that this war which we have
undertaken only to defend ourselves, may finish
soon, and cost humanity but a small portion of blood
and tears.

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The First Consul desires your prayers ; he desires
them in order to obtain the Divine Blessing on the
just enterprizes he may form for the Country. This
religious care, and this touching piety will, doubt-
less, conciliate hint in the affekion, the interest, and
the gratitude of those who hive never hitherto par-
doned him for his talents and his success.
The maniate of the Bishop of Orleans contains
this passage.
" Let us, dearest brethren, implore the assistance
and support of the Cod of Israzl, prostrate at the
foot of his :that let us recommed to his goodness
thos., immortal legions who viaorY has already so
many times crowned. The leopard fled before them
in the plains of Hoondscote, under the walls of
Dunkirk and Toulon. Holland has seen what
French valour was capable of against the united
children of Albion. The combats before Boulogne
should have taught th.tm, that the perfidious ele-
a-n4u on which they' flatter themselves they reign
may betray them.
What succes,es do not the justice of our cause,
she protection of a God, the guarantee of treaties,
and the bravery of the ancient triumphs—of our
warriors promise us. What ought not France to
expect from the vast genius of her deliverer. New
Cyrus, the hand of God himself has traced his
career and direaed his rapid course ; 6 Eg© ante w
it o." The pride of Nations is humbled before
Gloriosos terra humiliabo."—Cities hither-
to deemed impregnable, have seen their gates
brokea down, and their ramparts deserted, " Ape-
t•ient cora= de Jarmo: & ports non claudenta."—
The Po, the Adige, the Nile, the Sea, even hare re-
speaed his passage, and beforeXm the Alps have
beegsmootherl, because the eternal willed it to be so.

" Ego Dominus acqinzl,.)hct" Ought not somacy j
unheard of prodigies to inspire the French Will
Invincible courage t It does not belong to us n
presage future events—God alone knows them, and
foresees them ; but when he signalizes in fans of a
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nation his mercy and his goodness in-so st
manner, what may not be espated from j.. all::
powerful arm.
TI LE BRITISH. PRESS. -,

LONDON,
MONDAY, JUNE 27.

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On Saturday we received Pari?papers to the 224
inclusive, and yesterday the Monitcur of the
£sd.
The former contain an article, stating, that the
Frenth Consul has not yet ratified the Convention ,
between the Regency of Hanover and General
Moartra, and that he waits for the previousyatifica-
don of the KING of ENG t: Atm. The cause assigned
foe this precaution is, that the capitulation of I lan-
over, concluded at Closterseven, was declared null
and void, as net being ratified by the KING of ENG.
LANG ; and that the Hanoverian troops, who had
stipulated not to sei during die war, availing
themselves of ill.. deice% resumed ti•eir arms .:11d
gained the battle of Crevclt, under Pi ince Fini n-
NAND.—IC curious enough to observe the avidity
with which Some of our pert and shallow politicians
swallow this thrash of the French Editors.—With-
out seeing its drift or examining its motive, they
follow it up with an assurance that one of the Spe-
cial Messaigers, lately arrived from Paris, came for
the express purpose of demanding his MAJESTY'S
ratification.—lt would, we believe, have been more
Congenial with the feelings of his MAJESTY, had the
fall of Hanover been ennobled by a glorious defeat, or
even a show of resistance.—Everyman, :herefore, ca-
pable of truly estimating the high and generous sen-
timents of the British Court, must be shocked at the
absurdity of such a speculation.—That BONAPARTE,
the unlicensed robber and plunderer of Hanover, a
neutral and nooffending state, should offer to restore
his booty to the owner for a Award, that he should
make it the foundation of a proposal for the surren.
der of Malta, we can readily believe, but that 80...
NAPA ATE should call upon the KING of ENGLAND
to ratify his aggression, and become an accessary.
after the ilia to his crime, would be to aggravate
injustice by insult. Such a proposition wonk bs
considered a flagrant abuse of the liberty of isvr.
course that still remains between the two Govern:l
ments,and must lead to its speedyandoompleteckaa
It would be pusillanimous and degrading to imott:
open a communication only used as a °conveyance'''.
for insult and reproach, and not for the purpose of
conciliation and humanity. But why solicit the ra.
tification of the KING of ENGL. AND? His name never
occurs as Eleilor of Hanover in the capitulation.
It stipulates for nothing in his favour, either to ex-
cite an interest or influence his consent. On the
contrary, his name is studiously avoided, and the
article expressly requires the ratification of the Ft ur
CoNsui. and nothing more. Indeed any other line
of condat would be inconsistent with the present
policy of France. The Gov,±rnment of France con-
tends that England :Dui,: hav? nothing to do with
the Continent; that the K of ENGLAND cannot be
the legitimate Sovereign of Hanover, and that his
continental subjects can owe him no allegiance.—
Would it not, however, be an act recognizing his
right to call upon him to ratify the convention con-
cluded between the regency and General Mo aTIER ?
.A French Messenger arrived on Saturday at Lord
HAweesacaY's Office, and his mission has been
idly presumed to relate to this business. We can
venture, however, to assert, that it has no manner
of connection with the subjeft of Hanover. The

between the two countries was to
close on the 2ith instant, and 'the sole contents of
the dispatches, brought by the French Messenger oat
Saturday, were a requisition, on the part of his Go.
verranent, to keep the communication open foe ano-
ther month. This proposition looks .pacific, and
favours the prevailing idea of a negotiation now ac-
tually carrying on between this country and France.
We are the more inclined to give credit to this opi-
nion from authentic information, that Boxte.taTs

overshot his mark in going the length that produced
the rupture with England. We believe he was
taught by M. OFTO to think, that the Admi-
nistration felt itself imbecile, and without the
confidence of the people, and would thence
be induced to make any concession, rather than
risk a war with France. M. OTSO, when
in this country, was considered a mild- and
conciliating Minister. On reference, howeVer, to his
letters, in the *tidal correspondence laid before the
public, he will be found to have no juittitle.to that
character. In urging the complaint of hii,Gore**-
rnent, we do not perceive a single ray of a cOnciliik
tory disposition ; his language, on the coaxial, is
extremely harsh and insolent. in addititiotO::o44
proof of his having acquired a eharaaer -fciPEAceo
which be by no means desetwedt it is eow,`lvell
bum, that immediately before'. We' du
Pali*
Prelimingics, he broke of the =v13004_0144

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