The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

HAMBURGH MAIL.

NOV. 16.

On the 13th an English Courier, by Huium, and
a Hanovelian Courier, were stopped between Shwe-
tin and (Mena, by some unl.nown persons, who
took from them their dispatcnes.
MAGOt, tit3V. 10.
General Marinont has resumed to Aniaerdam,
from his jour.. •to the Tegel. It is said :•.e will go
to the coronation at Paris, and that General Vignolle
will take the command in his ab,cnze.

The Amhasskiiir Schimmelpeiv:inck is expelled
back front Paris on the 1 Stli, with the new consti-
tution.

ST. st.rtssault,a,ocr. 18.
The .fwrfh•rst frigate, with Lord Granville Leve-
son Gower, And his suite on board, Arrived at Cron-
stadt on the 17th. His Lordship has since came to
town.

virava, Nov. 7.
The 'Envoy of the Elelor Arch-Chancellor has
delivered to the PipP.iptl Nuncio a plan .4 the Con
twilit for the German empire. which the Nuncio
will send to Rime for the approbation of his Holi-
ness the Pope
Tlie Russian Ambassador. Count Rasomowky,
sod the English Envoy, Mr. Arthur Paget, h:tve
this day given in notes to the Minister of State.

TlgtOw, NOV. 9.

The EleAor Arch-Ch tncellnr has decl bred that
the French Envoy accredited to him, M. Portalis,
holds, in his Court, the next rank to the Roman Im-
perial Envoy ; but, in the circle of the Diet, he can
oily be can-idered as a forsiver of diAingion.
The dep inure of the 'Melo,. Arch• Chancellor for
Parr, is naw fixed for the tith inst. It is under-
stood that he will be received at the Germin firm-
tiers by a French Councillor of State, who will ac-
company him to Paiis.
FILAISILFORT, NOV. In.
14.1).0 ibril is still here ; there Are many ot:ii:r
Itti,siini in this city. Prince T:iellire Gullet..en
will pass the wiater here.

A1,..,CV110, NOV !).

Great qn amities of corn are sent from Franconia,
by way ot ..nrenburgh, to Bohemia, and line pur-
chases are making in Sualiia and P A ri.l , not only
of all sorts of grain, but other provi.iol., for Vienna
and Austria. Many purchasers likewise arrive from
Switaerlanil, while no corn is permitted to be ex-
portad iron this country from France ; SA that, after
a tolerably friist:ll year, every thing Isere is very
dear.
Oe the I •.h inn. the Florentine post of the 30• h
did not arr:v • here. bat snarly commercial houses re-
ceived letters trom Milan and from Genoa of the
14th of 09. her, in which their eorrespnedents ex-
pres.s great alarm on account of the sickness at Leg-
horn, requesting that no bills of exchange upon Leg-
horn msy be remitted to them till further orders.
Several tr:tvellers, who had intended to go through'
the middle of Italy, have gone round by the Southern
frontiers of Tyrol.

WEAN', OCT. 50.

Notwithstanding the favourable public accounts
relative to the epidemic that prevails there, it pro-
doer a great alarm here and inGenna,and through-
out Upper Italy. The letters from Leghorn of the
kt and tsth inst. reteived here, were rep ttedly
fumigated and steeped in vinegar ; and even the cir-
cumstance, that on the 24th inst. • cecorvl consul-
tation of the most eminent physicians of Leghorn,
Sienna, PISA, and Lucca, Iva., held there, shew•s that
all fears are not dispelled. The contagiau, disorder
of Malaga appears to assume a great variety of
1... ma.

R 04E, oi r. 27.
Cardinal Ruffo is gone to Niple', and M. Ar-
taud has arrived here from Paris, as successor to the
First Secretary of the French Legation here, M.
Gantlorf.

The Papal Secretary of State, Consalvi, has no-
t:fied the intended journey of His Holiness, to Pat-
If, by the folloxing No!, :

F WPM Om (*Anther of the Ottitint', Ott '-`ft.
" His Majesty r/.! Emperor of the French has
signified to the Holy Father his earnest wish that
his anointing and coronation sbo:dd be performed
by the hands of his liness, and requested him to
repair to Paris for that j.urpose, Ow present eir-
euiraances not suffering the Emperor to make a
journey himself. The Emperor has also added, that
the ceremony of anointing and coronation win not
be the only ohjea of the journey of His ilolineis.
hut, that the great interests of religion will be the
principal ; and, that the consequences for the ad-
vantage of religion will be of the most isiensive
imp runce. Induced by these cor.siderations to
com..ly with the &tire of His Imperial Majes:y,
and to promote the advantage of religion, His I 1011.
nets has resolved to set out on the inirney, to which
he has been invited, on the 53 November, and has
cot:mai:kJ the Cardinal Secretary hereby to notify

the same to your, &c and to signify that, as was
done by his predecessors, and lately by thus VI. of

This Dey—Duct or Gum; 's lltests-DAT r►rT—
Holiday at the Public Offices.

THE BRITISH PRESS•

LONDON,
MOND 4Y, No% EMBER 26.

Another outrage against tit" law of nations is
announced in the franihergh Correspoedenten of the
1 fith, which arrived yesterday, in the following
words :—‘, On the 13th inst. a Courier from Lon-
don, and a Hanoverian Courier, were stopped be-
tween Schwerin and Rhena by some unknown per-
sans, who tock from them their dispatches." The
English Courier alluded to is that old and respea-
able servant of the Crown, Mr. Wasseare. He
set out upon the tith inst. for St. Petersburgh,
with dispatches from our Government for Lord
G. L. Gowen, who has succeeded Sir J. B.
WARItE, the late British Ambassador at that
Court. Upon the 11th he arrived at I lawn, where
he took a carriage with intent to proceed in the
usual way, and upon thr usual route, through Berlin
for his destination. He proceeded in safety to
Ilheinsberg, whier is six and a half German miles
from Husum, where he changed his carriage, and
went on to NohrdoE. At this latter place, he was
joined by an Hanoverian Messenger, who was tra-
velling the same route, and they proceeded without
accident or interruption to New Munster, a distance
of two and a half German mile: ; from thenc,. to
Seyeburg, a farther distance of three and a half
German miles, and thence to Lubec. At this latter
place, they were joined by a stranger in a carriage,
who represented himself AS a Mecklenbnrgh mer-
chant, going upon business to Schwerin, which is
distant about eight German miles from Lubec.—
They joined company, and the two carriages pro-
ceeded together for Schwerin, in safety, until they ar-
rived between Ilhena and Schwerin, in the forest,with-
in two German miles, which are equal to 10 English,
of the latter city. l I.,re the two Messengers and pos.
tillions were alarmed by the sudden appearance of a
horseman in the uniform of an officer of French
light horse, who rode up with a rude and insolent
air, looked in at the windows of each carriage in
succession, apparently with intent to examine and fix
in his mind the persons within, and having made his

observations, drew up, leaving the carriages to pass
on. Instead, however, of riding off, as they expelled,
he made a signal ; instantly five men, well mourned,
rushed from the wood in which they had been con-
cealed, gallopped up at lull speed and joined him.
They had the uniform ;sod appearance of French
cavalry, and were armed with carbines and sabres.
The six men soon overtook the two carriages, stop-
' ped them, and presented their pieces at Mr. WAG-
STAFF and his companions. They at the same time
discharged a volley of oaths, threatening that if the
least resistance were made, they should blow out
the brains of their prisoners. They then opened
the carriage doors, and dragged the parties from
within into a wood, about a quarter of a mile from
the road side. Here th'y proceeded to tie the ra o
messengers, the Mecklenburgh merchaid, and she
postillions, to trees, with ropes, which 5 ey had pro-
vided for the purpose, and left them fast bound in
that situation, threatening, that they should shoot
the first who attempted to disengage himself.—
This took place about 12 o'clock O. us. In about
a quarter of an hourAdter, Mr. I,V AGSI A FF, finding
that the bandits. totally disappeared, and presuming
that all danger was past, made an attempt to
untie his bonds, in which he soon succeeded, and
then assisted in releasing his fellow captives, who had
hitherto remained patient sufferers, without a swig-
gle to redeem themselves. The Hanoverian Messea-
ger, however, soon repented of his liberty ; for he
was scarcely released, when he requested to be tied
up again, being afraid that some of the marauders
were still laying in ambush, with intent to fire upon
the party, if they should make as attempt to escape.
Though freed from their bonds, they therefore
thought it adviseable to remain in their stating for
an hour and a half, or until nearly two o'oloc:,
when they assumed courage to return to the place
where they had left their carriages ; but still dread-
ing, every step they advanced, to be fired at from
the wood. They, however, reached the carriages
in safety; but soon found that the marauders had
stripped them of every article which they contained,
and carried off their cloaths, dispatches, and every
thing else of any value. The parties then resumed
their places in the carriages, and drove buck to
Lubec; and, the object of his mission being
defeated, Mr. LVAGST Tr returned to Ifusum,
where he arrived on Sunday, the 18th instant, and
embarked on board the Lash- packet, Capt. Thu.,
from which he landed on Saturday, at Harwich.
He arrived yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, at
the SECRETARY of STAYS.% office, and in the tour:
of the day, Mr. BAII two, the Messenger, was sent
oT with dispatches for His MAJFST Y, at Windsor
which are supposed to have contained an account of
this new violation of a neutral territory. The Above
account has been communicated to us through se-
veral channels, and, we think, may be relied upon
as authentic. The only variation from it, which
we have heard, respeas the description of the ma-

rauders. It has been said. that they appeared like

ordinary highwaymen, and not in French uniform; 1
but this, we believe, is a very vague report, founded
upon the account in the I lamburgh Paper, which
says, " persons unknown." But, surely, however
certain of the fa a, no Hamburg!t paper dare to say
they were Fiench soldiers. It ha: been also said,
that the outrage was committed upon thu I Imo.
verian territory; but, even the Usmirrgh Curly-
spondevren contradtas this report, and admits it took
place upon the neutral territory of the Duke of
Muct;LENBCIII:II SCUwLRIN, within two German
miles of his capital. The stranger, who represent-
ed himself a bfecklenburgh merchant, is suspesfted
to have been one of the agents of BONAPAR
secret police, and an accomplice of the pl.ilderets.
Mr. WaGsrsrr was within 21 German toles of
Berlin when this atrocious outrage wa
As lung as 131%APAITE tyrannised over the Con-
tinent without any opposition, and his intriguers
were able to penetrate the secrets, or to purchase the
determinations of other Cabinets, couriers and mes-
sengers passed, unmolested, through every country ;
but no sooner had the Emperor of Russ:A shcwn,
by his spirited Note to the Diet of Ratisbnn, his in-
dignation at the Corsican's outrages of laws of
nations and by his invasion of Germany,
and murder of the Duke of ENCIILIN, than those
secret agents of the revolutionary French Police and
diplomacy quitted the anti-chambers of ministers
and courtiers, and took to the high road. The
courier, who brought the second dispatch to Racis-
t= from tit. Petersburgh, was the first official
messenger stopped and plundered of ail his papers.
We then, exelsinvely, informed the public, from our
private correspondence, that Bon AAAAA r, and his
worthy accomplice, TALLZYRAND, had establish-
ed a regular system for procuring that inform-
ation by their bandittis in the forests and
mountains of the Continent, which they were
not always able to obtain or buy in the continen-
tal capitals. From that period, Courier; have been
pillaged of their dispatches, once or twice in the
month, in Italy as well as in Germany, in Turkey
as well as in Poland, and the foreign journals have

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mentioned 'those political robberies without ar,
comments ; nor have the Frer.ch Gazettes .4 the
-
Moniteur spoken of them otherwise than as et r:.
mon occurrences. In the circle of Franconia, a...
in the Austrian territories, regulations have beta
made in consequence, and no Imperial, Royal, 0,
Cabinet Mzssenger, can travel in.. these stater
withont an escort of hussars. The inform,
at of violence just committed on Mr. Wac.
s r rr will, probably, oblige Denmark, Isleekler„
burgh, Prussia, Sweden, and Russio, to adept
the same measures of precaution, otietr wie
those marauders, who pillaged Mr. WAUS I are,
may stop, murder, or carry away all descriptions er
travellers, ambassadors, or other char:refers of en...
strut rank or official station. We received advice I: QII
our liamburgh Corespondent last summer, that .•
Fr ends Minister in that City, R HENH All D.j1.11 ti) .
the " Fumche of the Nora," had organised rtgui
lays of spies between I lissom and every part v!
Continent, who followed all travellers stispeeed uy
France, from this place of their landing to their
final destination ; watched their motions, noted thus
conneaions, spied into their secrets, bought thew br
gold, or seized them by the aid of steel or pawn.
We then announced these scandalous auelaboaLinable
manceuvresof BON A P A trrk'semiss.trnand warned=
Government, and our countryman tr.vellin; obroad,
against them: By this late out: age on the tettitory vi
Islecklenburgh, we hope that Boa tP• r TZ has
possessed himself of papers of any greater advants,te
to him than those lie seized in Sir G. Runsmait
apartments, on the territory of neutral flaanbotph.
H 'out, if Mr. tv , •GST AFT carried with him the de., i-
tive treaty, or a plan fora definitive treaty, with us
secret articles, Sc. want saws of money *brad nut
the Usurper give for such a discovery, which, in re-
gular times, nu SUMS of money can putchuse
or procure? This evinces the importance and
great utility of his organised gang of secret po-
lice agents, or political robbers. ‘Ve hope, if
our supposition should unfortunately prove nee,
that, Shen Mr. WAGST AEI' went by way of Pavia
to St. Petersburgh, another Messenger to the same
capital went by Gottenburgh with the duplicates.
In this critical moment, when, by gaining time, Err
NA r T e gains almost every thinp, such preen-
tion would not be superfluous, but rather necessari,
and required by imperious circumstances. The pa-
per, received by the l lamburgh mail, whidt arrival
yes erday, are up to the 17th. With the except. st
of the short notice of this outrage, they contain
little news of any importance. An article fn-ar
Vienna states, that on the 7th in taut, the R.utlon
and English Ambassadois in that city presented, it
the same t9ne, notes to Count Cutersixsz, the F 173-
eipal Imperial Mini der of State. The papers, buy.-
ever, arc silent with lesiva to the contents; Inn k
is reported in our political circles, that they mot
esxpllained, thendgrstoupneds upon
t.rbbuighwhdiLeh the Courts
clitle:toacizug,,or
ledge the new imperial dignity of Artstria, but also
demanded an explanation and categorical answer re-
speaing the cranduei Austriaintended to follow in case
an alliance between England, Russia, furkey,ani
Sweden, should extend the war to the Continent,
as the only means to put a stop to the CRCIOA.:I-
- of the Corsican Usurper ! We have Lord
env the Emperor Of GER MANY has declared his is-
termination to maintain his present neutrality; bit
we have reason to doubt that he will be able to slit
so, situated as his territory is between the three con-
tending parties, Russia, Turkey, and France. Grint
precautions are used every where upon the Continent
against the epidemic fever, which has extended of
ravage; to Leghorn. Tho Froach papers reprice
tip sisAriess at Gibraltar, which they pretand
tf.r plague, brought by ships from the Levant.

The Punt has announced, in an oscial ao e.
s;J.ltted by his Secretary of State, his intention
perform at P tris the Coronation of the Curet:ll
sassin, as an Etnper, r of the French !

Saturday the SPANISH AMBASSADOR Matta
tutianess at Lord 1 i A RILOWBeII MCC, fts.oll two'
four o'clock.

Saturday, at eleven o'clock. a number of oi•
faa‘vs and bakers waited en Mr. Pi r r, and
cd Uith him till half past cite.
The Gazette of Siturday night contain. Ills M"
Jcsr v's Proclamation for proroguing t'...
of Parliament until Tuesday the I t,tio of •141,U
A report having prevailed that Mr. : :; es:.?
will soon accept the place of Secretary to the LoAv
Lauri:n*llV of last A xo. a eanva. has talon Oh
we
for the Borough of Southwark. Pour candid 77
we understand, have already started, viz Sir !.*
TUITOPI, Capt. Cotrctr, Mr. SUIPLILY, and `:r
Wm. Astir. Sir Titus. Tu ar ox is, at preseht•
favourite.
Since the .1-pArture of our Minister, Mr. TAY'
Loa, from Cassel, Mr. licavueori oat as rim V
ti4atre,, to the Eleaor of H asst.
Admiral CORNWALLIS. with 15 sail of the lir.),
was in sight from the Retry Heal on Tnurt.l4
afternoon, and was etpeaed to reach Torbay
Friday.
A Court of Aldermen will be bald t rni3rroV
at Guildhall, for the dicpa:ch of huge
nets ; and. on Thursd-,y next, a Court of. C )70:1
Council will be held for the eleaion of a' ittaciPi
Clerk and Beadle to the new Coal Market. r.
to commence at two, and dos: at .hr.:e o'clork•

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es without are
Gazettes or the
se 'Lan As can.

777E1TRE,

Franconia, ac. 2
4tions have beta
,>esial, Royal, 4,s
in• these states
'E se infarrn::

on Mr. WA ;;.
Imar k, Nledcler,-
Lussi a, to adcpt
ution, otlervrix

Mr. WAUSI
Al deco-I:v.lons of
araCters of
:Blvd .I.lvlce t::ott

surwher, t!i.tt Cr*

.4atin,jt:
;anised icbui.a te-
every part of ire
41ers anspeeled yt
finding to their
*ions, noted thee'.

I, bought then: bf
I ste...-1 or poi..m.
US anti aho.;,;,:abit
irriand w.trutdorz
tr.vullin7 abroad,
on the tau'tory ui
tt•MTE has the
grrater aLisantsle
it G. Russaoto's
'autral fiarnburA,
ith liirn the dc.; i-
re treaty, ssi:h us
money Mbul.i n, t
ery, uticii, in re-
ey can ritm.ir..bC
importance au.l
ang of secret po
We hope, if
ately prose
by way of Pmssia
anger to the sum
the duplicates
gaining time, Eir
Ring, such precate
it rather access-Ili,
[stances. The
whillh arrived,
NW: the es.:ep
rage, they contaia

An article frm
o ;flit, tht lt.mas
,t city prcstatell,tC
4tNizst.,thfpria-I
The paper, Lut-
e contents ; bat t
that they not osly
rich the Courts c

decline to ackuote-
f Austria, but alto
iegorieal answer re►
led to follow in case
.11%14, rurkey, and
to the Continent,
to the encroadr
! We have lwatst
las declared his de-
ent neutrality; but
will be able to do
wecn the three cos.
and France. Great
upon the Confines&
ch has extended its
papers rejoice az
they prztaal w o:
n the I..evard.
in an official oo:e.

his jemmies to
of the Corsican *s-
uch !

too A Dos traudled
Mc*, from Iwo a

a +number of Cof.
PI r r. :11341 11:111.0/1-

IL contists. 11;s M.-
guing t'.. ..1:.; •
I !it.) of .I.i ,u

h:it i.lr. 6•-'
tet.try to the Lao
va. has taktql I'l_"`

• .
Four candid
nartea. viz Sir 1•
SuirLay.
pa is, at precast. the

[inject., Mr. T•'
;or' :Las as rig;

.s.
15 sail of the lir"
leai on 'ffitirs.la
reach Torbay 0

be itch! t )-naairto
of hut:
I Gnat uf C '1"1"
Rion of a France?,
al Market. r.
at .hr:e o'clerk

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DPURY LANZ.
The Tragedy of Howler was performed at this
Theatre on Saturday night. Mr. ELI i;rom's first
Appearance in the charaCter of Ifet.o,', in Sn AKtS-
PLARLS celebrated Tragedy of that name, proved
a great source of attraftion. Ic is a part upo
whkh that gentleman hits bestowed much pains and
study. His performance evinced, doe he has not
laboured in val.), nor chosen a part, however diffi-
cult, to which his powers ate nor fully equal. His
comeption of it was just, ii.nd his execution of it
bold and vigorous, yet chaste and correct. Mr.
ELI (sr.'s; had already displayed great' versatility of
posecii ; but his most sanguine admirers had not an-
ticipated so great success in a part which the public
have so frequently seen performed with so much ex-
cellence. So great was the pleasure which he gave,
and so loud the applause which accompanied
him through every scene, it was conceived only a
just compliment to the audience to announce the
piece for repetition this night. The. merits of Mrs.
Foe sta.'s `hue„ are well known ; her closet scene
with Hamlet, as Livia!, displayed force, energy, and
discrimination. Mr . DowroN was an excellent Palo-
use. Tke new Farce of alf.ibiousne followed, and with
file etTee. As thy performers become more mellow
is their parts, the interest may be reasonably ez-
Feed to encrease in all cases. "e do nat, how-
ever, a case in which the observation ap-
plies with SO much force as in the present illStatl:t.

GOB' EN A RD
On Saturday night, for the first tame this se tson,
was presented the Comic Opera of Fj,n.;•, Q.darre:r.
BNAIIA M, Isci.crov, a,•d Svoa•ct, wen: in fine
voice; MUNDEN and E Elt If as entertaining as
ever; and Miss W A Om', as Cardiac, was animated
and interesting. Several songs were encorni.