The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-06-21 00:00:00

Last Night but Two of the Compsny's Per:or.oing this szasna.
THEATRE-R0T.4.1., COVENT-GARDEN..
TIHS EVENING will be presented She favorite New Cuu
Opma of
THE CABINET. .„
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Mr. Brabant; P (tar, Mr, M.itedfirt
Nl'. F.iwurtt. Curios', Mattocks; Cmistantia, Miss..
W heady ; Floretta, S gitora Stoniest.
Tn svhich will h.:added, the Faroe-of
THE IRISHMAN IN LONDON.
Nt.irtnen Delaney, mt. Johnstone; Fri.?, Mr. Murtdrn ;-
Filwird, Mr. Fawcett Seymour, Mr. Claremont. Loinsat
Mr.. Haverty ; Cabba, Miss Whfttly.
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THRAIR.E.ROrAz., 1147M,IRKET.
THIS EVENING will be presented a Comedy inThree
Ms, rallerl-• • - • • . •
WAYS AND MEANS. .
Sir David Thindert Mr: ,Mathews . Random, Mr. w
env ; Scruple, Mr. Lailir Minder, Wadi
114riitt, Mi., Gitudry ; Katy, Mrs. Gibbs.
After which a Farce intwo Afls called • •
FORTUNE'S FROLIC K.'
Robin M. Grove; (being his First Appear,
aver) ; Snacks, Mr. Burton; ' Frank, Mr. II Keily. Mar.
g ly, mi.:. Est ; Miss Nancy, Mrs. Miethew(i. •
To which will be add d ( for the Eltith Time this Siaion).
the.Graid Pantombnical Ballet of
0 13.11
Or, TIIREE-FINGEIVD JACK.
1" r Fisiger'.l Ja k, Mr. Palmer Captain OrAmi, Mr. II
Rlsa, Mr.. Gi'abi.
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The parallel broween Bonaparte ate! Roirespierre-r-" The
Polity of Etc Illeuve of R.:lncite:nu:h." aad several other in
tereatieg articA, are Decr,3:mily erecttided this day by the
lengrn of the l'Arlia netitay Debate, but they shall have the
earliest possible i,.sertioti.

TILE. BRITISiI PRESS.

LON DON,
TUESDAY, JUNE 21.

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The new plan, toccroniended in his MAJtstv's
Message, for the defence. antl:>eeurity of the United
Kingdom, was last night unfolded in both I louses
of Parliamer.t. It is proposed to raise an additional
army of 50,004 mcn, of whom 31,000 are to be
levied hi England, 10,000 in Ireland, and tisooo
in Scotland. This force is to be comidered as an
Army of Reserve, and is to serve in tiny part of the
United Kingdom, or in the Islands of the Channel.
The levy is to include all mates between 18 and 45,
. who did ngt constitute some part of our military
strength before the sth of June, with* few other
exceptions. The time of service k limited to four
*yews, or one month after the Ratification of a
TYenty of Peace.

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Yesterday morning arrived a snail from the Lee-
ward Wands, brought to Falmouth by the Prince::
l:bierlocte packet, in tbirty•seven der.;. and a mail
from Lisbon, brought by the King George packet in
nine days. • •
The communication with Cuxhaven and Holland
seems to be now at an esk.eand we have net heard
to what place Government mean to send the mails,
which are at Harwich. It is supposed that a coin.
municatka will be opened with some Danish port.
Some persons Aliled the end of last week in a neutral
vessel for Embden.
The Dori: frigate, it is rumoured about the Ad-
miralty, has recently had to sustain a very unequal
ccuflifi with the enemy ; the British frigate having
made a considerable number of .captureg and stint a
great part of her crew into port with her pri-zesiwas .
infinitely inferior to the French in point or hands p-
hut after a severe contest, British valour prevailed,
and the enemy was beaten off; it was also reported
that the gallant Captain had. lost an arfii in. the
. •
It is currently reported in the high political circles,
that the ultimate obicEt of BON APA krt'S excursion,
frrm Paris at this time, is the difiniffie annexation:.
(CO e 7 7nitedProvinces of Holland to France, an d that'
in all probability the next intelligence from the Conti.'
'tent w ll announce., that Baterria, as it is wh'insically
called, isrput under Martial Law. Comm( Ple.l ure dg
wed genrale. • What a difference between the Dutch
of sae: th4arand eig,WSionired and there, and their illus-
trious Ancestors, who, in one thousand five hundred
end s?7,entv nine, threw off the galling yoke of the
§passish tyrant!
Th.l followm2 is a rare translation of the prayer
attered up in the• churches of France, for the :7hree
Cen4r6!--44 a tbitt, we pray for .Bonapartr, for
having murleiiil (')4,0 of our fellow stilijerg, because
they conld,noi bear the grindins oppression of al/ar-
ra% M Park and for bavniffnibraorer butchered l 50G
ethers at toalaa, because they werelinfrien dlyto Reif-
rfri ere !We of up oar prayers for Carestaares,whoi
voted fee the death of the legislative Sovereign of
France; and fur a flied Cour', whose name we
hardly knov, as we never heard it mentioned be-
fore his accession to the Consulate, and only twice
sir drier since that everaful period."
As BON IPARIV. unblushingly declares that hl;
.likairiar is only to be consideied as an eA,at s
de by its.:entwribers in- Ff awe Eike xhall jast pllt
two. simple,,questiont to tee man ,cm this
gubjed. WAS t not dwough .lee. ediank of the 4:-
. finalAlginiteter be arrogarttly.announce'd to astonished
Latins, -that- lie had ereited the Dtiehy of Tuscany
rainen, and had. it.:ed a puppet -on Its
throne, in derision and copernps of Royal-
sgX:l 4114 .I.vas 40t-,,thredgia,, the immaculate
charnel of thedkfrodiror Ann be insulted,E kirope art
. -.
general, and the Qtr man Emprre in particular, by
publiching the eke Rfrila;7, whim be bad
treattit tritleptHiSpi' leseCeFifficiqi -thin he rescirts'

DUELLING.
Several recent melancholy events in eases of duel-
• • hug, appear to have induced a Gentleman of
talent, and profound legal knowledge, to commit
bis thoughts upon the subject to the press in a
pamphla, from which we have extracted the
following passage
• Review the eastern empire in the luminous page
of Gibbon, or by the profound phikosophy of Mon-
tesquieu : reasons strong as Holy Writ will occur
.to strengthen, and illustrate the, preceding retnatk.
A , domestic dissemination of similar superstition
would threaten more certain danger to tke state.
thiat the mat formidable armament of foreign foes.
After a long absence, I have found the inhabitants
*of this metropolii' tempered, so as to meet the
.proudest wish of inittiotism ; opulent, loyal, candid,
Courageous, and humane. To enforce an altera-
tion in their .sentiments by terror must argue arro-
garice or folly' in the extreme. Amid the zeal of par.
ties, bow few capital convi&ions haVe followed duels.
A nietnorable instance occurs in Ireland, during
the rObblic, of a gallant officer's suffering death
for killing• his antagonist ; the sentence airOrds a
lively.specimen of the hypocrisy and Nligoil)us cant,
whiCh. gekleti these regicides : he was tried by a
court-martial; though for a civil offence, and the
members viated. on several points st. Whether
the mortal wound was given to the party slain out
of .malice, or an intention to kill? they 'resolve in
the negative. His life would be safe Under these
circumstances before any legal tribunal inlurope
but it was not so easy to elude republican malice.
With the faEl ascertained, as previously described,
they concluded with a sweeping reason, 44 Whether
upon the whole he ought to %tiler death ?" to
which their humane diporitions turanimouslv as-
sented, and erecution was had thereupon.. Under
tyranny like this, religion, mom:rchy, and rational
freedom, sunk for a period. What humane liri,on
would not form a wish, soccer than sec a similar
revolution, to fall in the field, or perish upon a
scaffold ?
ateby and //aetut are the only other sufferers in
either hemisphere, Who occur to my recollection ;
the meeting in each case Is as without a second, and,
so far, dithers from what is usually called fair and.
honourable. In she former case, an ill-penned spe-
cial verdict guided the opinion of Judgei; the
latter was a gener.tl verdia, and therefore merits
more minute attention. Popular clamour preceded
the determination, and go,•erued the law as well as
fait ; there WAS no speatator of the combat, except
a slave of the deceased ; he nierai( a d the cirt.uni-
stance to a neighbouring planter; the words of the
slave were—" A gentleman (for he know uo,. Bar-
but) is fighting with my master," Ely West-Indian
law, the evidence of a slave cannot be received
ataltinst a free man.. The negro was not called, but
hearsay of his evidence was admitted : by this
means the prisoner was not on)a affeted.by,illegal
evidence, but deprived of 4ny cross-examination ;
'which may explain with tru.h, and to a favourable
eff&ct, the negro's account.
Barbut had the: efore hard measure, whilst a ge-
neral grid seemed to pervade the island for the
death of his antagonist. These events ought to
san.lify one principle hi the pablic mind, always to
presume murder in the survivor, where there are no
seconds. In early and darker ages, they often ap-
peaced as tile champions of the, principals ; and
engaged with sanguinary zeal insure original. cause.
In the r.4gn of Charles the Second, one 13romidge
was tried at the King's Bench bar for being the

second of Lord Morley, who killed a Mr. Hastings;
lie appeared t% have drawn on the-tuthappy gentle-
man, and aided his lordship on the death ; Morley
by his peers, and Bromidge by the jury, were ac-
quitted of the murder, and found guilty only of
.11 sanslatif,thter. I believe that the untainted honour
0* modern peers and jurors would give a different
,oeeision; but being disposed of by a competent
Ntistlittion, neithe kame the subjeft of cotem-
paiy.criticisni or 'tonsure. In otu days, seconds
feel themselves biiand by every gentlemanly feeling,
it: possible, to:settle the dispute ; at all events to
,a& an impartial
,part. This aherati a in manners
marks the prokreis, of civilization, and leads me to
hope, Clint. the improved gOod sense of mankind
may melt .the spirit of duelling, in an impercep-
.tible mode:* that would be the joint triumph of
reason, religion, 'and law.
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On .Saturday, the 11 th instant, I numerous Meet-
ink of the Gentlernen, Freeholders and Clergy of
the Cdtzuffof ('ark was held, Sir J. I: et&e, Ban in
the•chlic, 'when the following resolutions were unani-
mouly agreed t..); .
'" That we' have seen with astonjohment and concern, a pe-
Orem presented t.. 4 the Imite.rial Parliameht, froity certain Eng-
lish Distitiers, containing several erroneous allegation;' and
• anplaining of rettain nolitioni- prescribed by the 14ws of
'this souittiy for raising tbt otal.es wool' Irish. Spirits.
4‘ That the groeringspr eiterati of the agriculture adds part
of tin United Aiiigriona, is er:lontially eoan,:ted with the pro-
tetlien of Mont seteral estibliihntents in Whieli grain is manu-
factured, add that any auearspau to alter the laws under.which
these have to eminently Nourished, u that their prod.,rtion
tray be cliininiAmd, or their naarket eimuinscrib,d, and be e-
l/laded with ruiaous corisaitiences to the 4udoil inti-rtsts of this
" 'that• the wirer of the 'petition prPell,ed to Parliament,
captain criiti Distiiters, tc,ilds to rents. • the manoinci ur-
. Ines( Trish s;-utts, and would,af at wote 3CM(104 00 err tie
giontillitmq forth la thr lactation, be attended .with the most
fetal effects to the agriralture of this country, u well As of the
nation at large. • •
That we b..'n•ld with wonder, telngled with peirfound regret,
ihat.the yoretp.mnry.uf intertsied seal sttould atempl to prris
upset the yonsitkr rition of Parliament a subject of such magni-
tide" Ain Env a perio 41 of when it is imps-cable to
apbat it lite tdrisitio rlaimsa and when !hose who
are etedeeply• interested art tilts «misery Mums have sit thrienit
time to 'faivallarrest•statemeatt of site cede before P.utiagnent ;
and about-Alit:we Lucia that a !!uktect of inch geoerai con.
cPro-.-so extuwis• • in ,its inll oeniwypun ell chows of irsiins in
this goonien • aid irrognant to 'thOW • interests,- be
broughtlloi ward .tt the pit:suit aw(ultbsiii4 when perstinel con-
sitietitichtt ei 'ate-Ty thee should he dusenfp**4 • tad -tab OM lire
Neel- of the state,,And the dlgnity and Me:pens:crux of the'
ealmvpapireriih:444 ifortjtjhe Oftiv, u'ajurts of the pUblir solictude
cur itepreeentatitr's• in rurliatnbrit itvtriteteri:to
:fitilfdr &elites of the petititoo Suhrniord•ot. Tarifa,.
Neu •irinertikolisgilabiisiitirikes-, -in to entre se rho same is
lsteirlputissouries4ustianiscif4ei .of that jolOttlursial ust-
dertbgtrinakt.ipeac Atom lei iltiett was as*now.
a°4 gilt* by Mb )10 of Union.,
t Ih 00E11171 the Prussian Ministernt the
RatiAlet; latElp applrecfl fo • the Botemi.in
know on whit account the EMP6it
die htylPsr& earetion to the' general eon.
ititffieetnielaissel to trantMst,lo the Diet i
i,:ifettrielltoisiroultikeirrin itch. camel 0:10111
epto rtAmtimima be hag Ns teteiiind Ott-,
'fainationtarthecnnamillpainf thavviehy •

NAPIL INTELLIGBNCE.

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• .FORii ieiri H Ask i(5.
Arrived the Marta Candieo. galliot, laden with
wine, from Bourdeaux, bound to., retersbnrgh,
prize to the Ant schooner, Lieut,Carpenter ; the.
Lomita lugger, laden with spirits .form Guernsey,
prize to the Adder; the Holm( brig, from. Tou-
lon, laden with wine, bound to Rotterdam, prize
to the Peterell sloop, Captain Lamborn; the ship
Margarata Blizabri4 laden with marble, from
Leghorn to Ostend, prize ,to• the Perms sloop,
Captain Melhuish.
Arrived the Dryad frigate from the Channel
fleet. The. following is an extrad of a letter, re-
ceived by this conveyance, from an officer be-
lorging to the fleet :—" 1 am sorry to acquaint
:you that a slight opthalmy is very prevalent
throughout the fleet, which generally affects the
. eyes about three days, and some hundreds have
felt its influence. Admiral Campbell, in the Cu/-
&den, with the Ruosell and Dori,, compose the in-
shore squadron at present. The Tonnani, Sir Ed-
ward I'ellew, with the Spartiate and Marr, ore
eruizing off Rochfnrt. Captain Domett joined on
the 15th inst. as first Captain to the fleet. 'fhree
sail of the line are lying in Brest Road, which 1
sincerely hope will venture out."
Lord Gardner, it is expected, will shift his flag
to-morrow to the Dryad frigate, Capt. Giffard, and
will sail N. Cork. Rothery, Esq. is appointed
his Secretary.
Yesterday the Officers of the Rcyal Marines gave
an elegant dinner to Admiral Lord Gardner, Ad-
. miral Holloway, and a number of other distinguished
Naval Officers.
Upwards of 2000 stand of arms have been ship-
ped on board the Ith, for the use of the garrison of
Newfoundland ; and a detachment of the 60th re-
giment, commanded by Colonel Rottenburgh, are
embarked for the same place.
Captain Cumings has taken the command of the
Prinz's. of Wales, of 9s guns, vice Giffard.
/REMAIN AT SPITIMAD AND IN HARIMUft..

Ships. GUPill 6111:171011fren.
Britannia
Ituy.il Sovereign
Capt. CUM.
Windior Castle 9B Ber t 16.
j Admiral Lord Gardner.
P.-ince of Wilt, ' 9B Capt. gum/mop.
Magnificent .111116.
Defiance - •-•—a. Durham.
Puigsant 74 Bowen. .
lit idostaf . -
50 Vice-Admiral Gambier.lsis
0 Cant. Lohb.
G!adiator
Licnt. Connolly.
.Braave , 44 Capt. Gifford.
Prey( yante (store ship) 44 W licrscrt, Nfavtcr.
tienno
• Phamix . 3B Capt. Baker.
Seahorae 3B Don C. B0)11..
tiB Mouldy.
Diana. - Manta
Amazon. 36 Parker.
•96 --- Gdard.
Cetbetus 99 •
31t Heathoote.
Orpheus s'
Falcon l6 Ornminne?.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE IS,
Came in the French ship La Melornane, of 400
tuns, J. A. Lobes, from Port-au-Prince, bound to
to Havre de Grace, with a vd-y valuable cargo of
coffee, cotron, and sugar, taken by the Auutance
cotter of Cawsand, a tender to the Dragon, of 7.1.
guns, Cape, Aylmer ; the Dutch East India ship
Cornelius Maria, from Batavia, bound to Amster-
dam, with a very valuable cargo of coffee, sugar,
spices, &c. dqtained by the Catharine and Mary pri-
vateer, of London, and brought in here by the Rose
and Do/this cutters, of Cawsand, tenders to the St.
joie", of 112 guns, and the Salvador 41r1 Mw,do, of
112 guns ' • the American ship Lovina, of and from
n New Yit, bound to Amsterdam, with tobacco,
staves, and other goods, detained by the Malta, (if
80 guns; and the Swedish brig Courier, of and
from Stockholm, Capt. Arpelund, with tar, for this
port.
Sailed the Galgo, of 14 guns, Capt. Dodd, with a
fleet undertonvoy to the westward.
YARMOUTH, JUNE 19.
The ships supposed to be a division of Admiral.
Thornborough's fleet, were the Fortune< frigate, from
a crnize off the Dutch coast, and the fielder frigate,
from Sheerness, bound to the Humber.
Friday evening A strange sail appearing in the,
offing, the Harpy gun brig got under weigh• to pur,
sue her.
Arrived the Valli:beid, Johannes De Boer, from
Dantzic, bound to Schedam, with pot and white
ash, and timber; and • the Drie Gebroederis Jacob
Vander Folk, with salt and salt fish, of. and for
Flydam, sent in by the Penelope and Fortune fri-
gates.
This day sa3ed the Helder frigate for the Humber,
where she is to remain as guar&ship.
The ships of war in the Roads are the Amethyst
and ,Fortuna frigates, Hound armed ship, Bold and.
.aggressor gun brigs, and three cutters.—Wiad.
S. W.

DOVER, JUNE 19.
Sir Sidney- Smith is just arrived here in the .date-
.l4,4' to crnize on this sraticut.
Sailed this day the .tfucklund packet, Capt. Ham-
mond, with upwards of 53 passengers, and a foreign+
mail; also several of Andreossi's servants.
DEAL, it:ra 19.
Arrived and sailed for the river' the K,iby, Drys-.
dale, from Antigua; Good Intent, —, from E.tr-
badoes ; Echo, —, and Gamma: Planter, --,
(tom Jamaica; and the Calera, —, from Ma-
, dras.
. Several revenue.cutters, the Autumn sloop of war,
hard Fury bomb, have signals for convoy to the
westward, consisting of a large cargo fleet, which
'remain in the Dower as before ; and New Brum-
Maitland, for Madeira; and .eletertelt, Turnbull,
-for South Seas, •
GRAVESEND, JUNE 19.
40.4•. k-,r - the Crane. from Oporto ;
• frimp•Jaca ;•.44vigefus, Cole, from
' I flPirts6.47-r,:r Cuilaven ;
. ; C from
reAmadiallseerriik ,linehese,. Howland, frpm
`evraiiinfrAbitiltoe4-ensi the Sirteri, Horton,
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