The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-04-20 00:00:00

MADRAS COURIER, SETT. 17, ISOG.

On Monday arrived the Arab ship Alhooey,
frnm Muscat left there. the 25:h August. Oa the
instant, off Anjengo, the All 111JA.0 was boarded
and plundered of property to a eery large amount,
by the French frigate La Piednitataie,.
The Captain and Officers of i.e Piodatontaise,
t!-.:te .1 the Arabs with singular inhumanity and
.o.i, Cie? forced them to labtur in the de-
ety W their property, which the Frenchmen
pot on boaiJ the Company's gun-brig, Grappler,
which they had previously wiptitrel
Tho French Captain hal.tng plundered the AraS
snip of a great part of her cargo, put Lieutenant
Ramsay, and the rrvw of the Grap•ler, on board
her, with Cant. M4Bean, of this Establishment, ani
Lietrenant §irickland, of the Bombay Infantry,
who have arrived in the Arab.

T .e Gr.pplce 114 J 50.000 doVtars on buatd, and
the Arab upward% GI 40.000.
rr, Cronniander of the Aitartrna• etatee, that 40
Ar;it, shi;•s wtre nn the point of leaving
?sr iscat, fur different ports

A 31ER MI .

TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ANIERI7A.

rrw•soah, :.?4:lefi 12.

We hare been favoured with the In lowing upon
the British Treaty lately signtJ in Louden, and he.
litre that the v:ew which the writtr takes of the
subjesi is corrc ft.—/ United nal, G 4 f /
The Treaty will not be laid before the Senate,
unless sati,f.telory sx,lanatior.s shoulJ IA: received
by Govert.mem re:peaing the point of impressment
of seamen out of American ships, ahicli is not
mentioned in any of the articles of the copy of the
Treaty, received by Mr. Erskine, but cmlcerating
w!sich there may be sorrte misuaderstandiag between
the respeftive Commissioners.
Another oljectiao has arisen from a Note that
was pr•sented by the British to our Commissioners,
previously to the signing of the Treaty, containing
a declaration the: the King of Great Britain could
not enter into the stipularions of the Treaty, without
an explanation from the United States, of their in-
tentions with regard to the Decree of Bonaparte, of
the Lln November, which, it is stated, violates all
the rights of neutrals, to the direct injury of the
British interest.

The Nate states, that the King of Great Britain,
being AM.-it:de:l by a sincere desire to maintain a
ittnad understanding with this country, permits Lis
Commissioners to sign the Treaty, hut reserves to
tumid( the tight of refusing to rAi;iy it, should the
anew, not Abandon, in the mean time, tivir iir.jost
pret•nsians, or should the United States submit to
the ,Iggrersnits on its neutral rights.
It i. very evidetii, that at the tins: Nnte was
dAvered. no explanation of the meaning of hone-
-1"),c, re had been received in Loudon.
It the el:plan:a:on already r. cjved he deemed a
full end sari failory security to our neutral right,
nr if any modification shuu..i bz made of this Decire
to put nor Consinetcr Ow" safe grounds, there will
be an end to thin difficulty at once.
Tne complexion of the Treaty Ma: will rest upnn
• • ii;•'e roirtt, the relinquisLiog tiie right of impres-
sing Biitivh seamen, ow of Anartican ships; a tight
which any reasonable man never misty sed Great
Britain would relinquish ; a right which she has ex-
afrised towards every neust el nation, even her oldest
and test allies: a right, in rim, so ultimately inter-
tvove:i with her safety, that it cannot be abandoned,
witiu•ut ahsolutely enclargering her political exist-
ence, aral with hers perhaps our's.
It it he tir., as we have heard and befe7e, that
~by ew new Treaty we are permitted to brii,g French
produce trim French colonies hither, and from
thence to carry it to any port in Europe ; if our
trade to the British territories in the East Ind:es be
allowed, and if it he stipula•ed that our sh ps shall
not be searched within tine mils of our shores, will
„ii be wi,e piece in competition with all these ins-
•• p t,,nt n-.s, the right of impressing ber ore sea-
men, obiah England never has, never will, and
sever ought to relinquish.

FOREIGN INTELLIGLNCE.

lIIIJsUM MAIL.

lIERLIN, APRIL 8.

Six thousand Spanish cavalry and 24,000 infantry
of the same nation, have passed the Pyrennees, and
are exi ccted ca the banks of the Elbe the latter end
of April.

The passage of French troop, by clivis:ot.s :and
whole regiments. is gteacer than ever. We also
daily see pass through here considerable transports
of powder and ammunition of all sort . The want
of specie is felt every day more and more, and it %ill

almost be impossible for the city to furnish the e,m-
, ttibution of a million, which has been demanded.

BANKS Or Ille ELM APRIL 13.

tl.e ni;;ht from the 6;h to the 7:11 of this mcnth,
thL town of Rostock war. ....irprised by a Swedish
corps, who, conducted by a garde which it hid
t Ikea At Stralsund, entered thir saii town by a sliti cc,
gates ; this corps re:timed after having
made prisoners, the garrison, consisting of from 12,f
to I 3) Dutch troops, as well as the Secretary of the
t role' Vice-Consul, Nl. Marter.sen,!and after taking
GI the sequestration laid upon the Swedish ships
which were to be sold the next day, as also that laid
upon English tootchandize. Another corps, of

lA)NDON,
MONDAY, ArKIL 20.

The klusum Mil, due yesterday, arrived last
night. The lettrrs aad papers which it has hrough:.
from Aitona and Ilarnburgh, come down to th,•
instant, containing news from Constantin•,pl.. t,,
the 1 I th of March; from Berlin, to the 12. h instant;
and the Banks of the Elbe to the 14th. Tt.,,ps are
pouring through Berlin, to reinforce the French
grand army in Polan 1. A Spanish army, of 30 000
men, including 6000 cavalry, and 24,00.1 infantry,
passed the Pyrenees in the beginning of the present
month, for the same destination. Moarr La's corps,
which lately broke up from before Stralsund, for the
Vistula, amounts to 25,000 men. The pr;ne;p4l
corps of the Swedish army has followed its track 'n
the direftion of Stettin. Another Swedish c-,rps
surprised Unstuck in the night between tea Gdm
and 7th instant, took some prisoners, and released
the Swedish and English shipping The Constanti-
nople article states, that the British sqladron had re-
passed the Dardaaelles, and that all English pro.
perty in that city has bern put under sequestration.

The 11an4u71.5 Corrcvnalcit,, of the 14;11 April, is
nearly filled with official papers; It begins with
" An official acconia of .the occurrences whi:h
have happmed at Constantinople, and of the war-
like pcv tritio:3 made to repel an attack;" this
concludes with a statement of the Turkish naval
force, stati 'nes' oa. Constantinople, for the defence
of that city.
No. I is a copy of a letter from the Russian
General, Micii ILION, to the constituted authorities
of the Ottoman Empire, stating the reasons of the
movement of the Ilanian troops in Moldavia and
Wallachia. This letter is dated Nov. 2(, I &Hi.

No 2 is a copy of a letter from M. ITALINULT,
the RussianfAmisassadore to M. HAU TTTTT Dra-
gom in of the Poem d.sted Pere, Dec. 12,
No. :$ is a declaration cf the EmeLisu Aucts-

. •
Atm*, at's co,nferesEe liCrd Coxtantindple. on
the 25th Jan. ,"ri, C pendent ban r. _'sth Ftb.)
)'Jo. 4 i 3 a laity from the same .Imatssatna to
the Reis Errt:sut, d.ued on bo trd the lrigate Endy•
mien, 27:1 J.ta.

N0..5 is a letter from Vize Admiral Duca mon to
to the Reis EFFI:NDI. cLted on 13,4 rd the Retool
George, 2uth rebruary, ire-which he refers to the in-
structions given to Admiral Louis, a copy of which
he incloscs.

From the ertreme length of 6ese Papers. and
the lateness of the hour at whici: we receivA them,
it is impassible to give more t'lan the above heads.

Tim Gottenbutgh Mail of the I 3th inst. arrived
in hum on Sat•tr.lay night. It announces, on the
authority of letters from Konings'aerg and Dantzic,
that the Russian army has been reinforced by 90,000
men Nothing of moment, however, appears to
have occurred to the 5-h of the present month.
The letters from Dantzic are said to come down to
the 7th.

We have by this conwsyance received another
Bulletin from the Swedish army ; it is dated
Demmin 4th April, and signed by the General in
Chief, VON Essen. The French entrenchments
were fired by General TA WART, who, at the
head of 1200 meu, drove the enemy from Reden-
hazen, Pltteaberg, and Lussow, to Voigclehagen,
where the Fratch were attack-Z! in front by another
Swedish brigade, under Generals Aa st rs.t.or and
Vsa..Esa.:K ; ant!, alter some resistance, were corn-
pellad to re :e. Genetal ARSIVELDT occupied
Anclam on the mot-king of the 4th, making two
officers and 150 ran prisoners, and taking N.O bag-
gage wagg_n:l, arid consideri.l)le magazires. •
Baron BA r r, who was the bearer of this dispatch
to hfahno, 'wet tte n-amber of prisoners to exceed
19.)0, includ:n:r officers.

A Letter f7o:n Gottenburgh states, that a Cou-
rier, with a clkpit.:ll frcm BONA PART It tONIORTI tit
had been intercepted by a Prussian patrole, and that
BON APA LT3 directed Mo !TIER to rake the siege et
Stralsund, and join him immediately., if he could
not carry the place in 4S hours.

We have received New York Papers to the 13th
loot. At that date, the Treaty with this country
wis tile principal subjeet that occupied the public
attention in America. It is not true, however, that
these Papers contain an account of the positive re-
jection of the Treaty, by the Pampas., and Se-
nate . t the United States. The Manchester packet
arrived -it New York, on the 3d. ult. with a Copy
of the Meaty for our Minister, Mr. ERSKINE, but
it was unaccompanied by the explanatory Notes re-
lative to the impressing of British seamen from on
board American vessels. or to the Decree of 83141,
r ARTS, of the 21st of November, in violation of the
rights of neutrals. The copy, such as it was, was
however politely communicated by Mr. E emu to
the PaLSIDENT, who certainly cock several occasions
to express his disatidaftion of it in general terms,
but could not proceed on certain grounds until in
possession of the Treaty itself, and the explanatory
Notes. On the '..)th of March, the ship E,.Prprite,
sent off by the American Minister, arrived with his
Secretary of Ltgatioii, who was the bearer a the
Treaty.
I: Was impossible, however, for the PRESIDEMT
to have received the Treaty, convened the Senate,
and have obtained their opinion, before the I :lib. the
date of the last New York Papers. The disap-
probation, therefore. expressed by the PRESIDINT,
being founded upon a parial and imperfect view of
the Cale, ought not to excite AlArm, as we must pre-
►ume that the omission is sati.lactorsly acc.moted
for in the explanatory documents which he has
since received. In consequence of the enrnmunia
cation made by Mr. ERS'AINL, of the Copy of the
Treaty to the President, the substance of it has be-
came generaily known in Ameriea.—lt is said,
among other things, to stipulate, that the subjects
of the United States shall have liberty to trade,
under certain regulations, to the British territories
in the East Ladies ; that they shall be at liberty to
carry the produce of France direct to American
ports, and thtr.ee to re-convey it to any port in
Europe, and that American ships shall not be ha.
ble to be searched within five miles of tbs American
shores. Colonel BURR has been admitted to bail.
Bills of indiarnent have been found against Judges
Wollt'.IAN and Kean.

The new Ministry profess their intention to pur-
sue a system of N good nature, kindness, and con-
ciliation," in Ireland. It would betray great folly
in any set of men entering into office, under the
cirz.-unis:Ances of their case, to hold any other lan-
guage. We cannot give them credit for their
c.t:.dou-, without callin,g their consistency in ques-
tion. They may not have given the pledge that
was r..fusedly their predecessors, but it cannot be
denied th.tt they stand avowedly a barrier between
Ilia MCMITY and the claims of the Catholics.
This is not the eine situation in which a set

.4 men would be likely to place thentselves.
Whom a system of good. nature, kinstaes s, and c,
ciliation, in Ireland, appeared indispensable. t
it may be said, that it VMS the only way ey
they could get into power. and be urged as a SAC
tice of their principles to their ambition. .i1"1
no advocates for the doetrine that you may do .v.l,
that good may come of it. Allowing them the full
benefit of this plea, we can place no confidence ;,, 4
Ministry engendered in intrigue. and which derives
all its sustenance and support from popli.r delusion
and the revival of religious Wife and animosities.
The vital principle of such a Ministry is et mom:
enmity with a system of good nature, kindness, and
conciliatien. in Ireland. It is monstrous to talk of
« system of conciliation and kindness to a boee
of people, three.fourths of whom they have d -
dared shall have neither remedy nor redress--
Hut leaving all abseraet reasoning aside, and
supposing the minds and temper of Viee-, •
CAITLIItILAGH. Lord HAWKESEtt;IIY, and
PLICEVAL, to have andergene a complete ree .
lution, let us see how far these professions of
mildness and conciliation are borne out by the ere.
dente of facts.—The Government of the Duke f
&Drool> was one of pure concili ition aed kinkr. .
He is devoted to agricultural pursuits, and has ere.,
sternly encouraged them in Ireland, by precept argil
example. Now what was the first act of the New
Ministry ? Did they appoint a Noblemen of a sine
lar disposition his successor? No, they scn:
a General ; they took away the plough, t .•
scythes and other implements of husbandry, and
they sent the sword an the spear, and the
ments of war. But this is not all ; that the Cover..
mersib might be of a purely military character, re!
3;cretary to the Lnan LIENTLWANT of Ineetevn
mist also be a General. A asecaost elf and Core.
we Lets, it is true, were both Generals, and were el
gentle temper; so may be the Duke of RICIIMInth
and Sir Aavuua WZLLISLET j but it is not amos'
men, whose trade is war, we look for individuals
skilled in the arts of peace. What is their next aft
of 'conciliation and kindness towards Ireland? They
attempt to make Mr. Foam Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and they are only prevented by the
extravagance of his demands. Viscount Curie.-
REACH, Lord Haw:me:Ter. and Mr. Ptecevat ,
are fond of !we strings to bow; and Mr. Fosr re,
that he might be on an equality with his collearte,
wished also to have the Treasury with the Exche-
quer. The new Ministers will scarcely pretend that
they meant this appointment as a measure of kin!.
ness and conciliation towards Iceland. So far sr
have seen thier Acts : let us now trace their
spirit and ineuence.—At a late meeting of the
Corporation of the City of Dublin, an Address was
voted to the Duke of risorosto, on his departure,
approving his conduct as a private man. but con-
demning his mild and conciliatory Government,
with this taunting observation by one of the Mem.
bees, that they would 'not connect his agricul-
tural pursuits with the Threshers." It may be said
that there is no evidence of any Inatome here; but
it is well known, that in the Common Council o!
Dubin, 3641 n the Common Council of Londe-,
there is a wonderful sympathy between some of the
Members and the Minister of the day. But if
the Corporation of the City of Dublin voted in this
instance, from its own impulse, what can be said in
difecce of the letters written by the Duke of Cuss.
StRI. AND to the University, and the attempts and
pranices in the several counties, to procure Addiese s
in favour of the present Ministry ? Meetings for
this purpose are calculated to excite political !net
and animosities. That they have atually done so
is beyond all doubt ; for, in the few cases that have
occurred, there are Advertisements in the public
Papers, from parties complaining that their signae
tures were surreptitiously affixed to the Addresses.
Instead then of the conduel of tile new Ministers,
in the short time since they came into power, being
part of a system of conciliation and kindness. in.
stead of allaying discord, and promoting hammy.
it has been better calculated to destroy the few
remaining chords in the Irish harp. But we will
go farther.—We maintain that the present
Dialers cannot, if they would, pursue a system
good nature, conciliation. and kindness, in Irelacc
that it is, in falt, totally out of their power.—T'
pursue a system of conciliation and good nature, it is
not enough that the Duke of RICEMOND should
have a bean over owing with the milk of human
kindness, and that the Minister should insole* him
to give it full vent; the same spirit must be curia
to the extremities of the Island ; it must pervade
every (Ace, every Court of Justice, every tie'
partment of the State. The Sheriff of the
County, the Grand Jury, the Petty Jury, must be
of a kind and conciliatory temper. Now, who
are the friends and the party of the new Mi*
nista.? The Catholics, and the friends of the le::
mild and conciliatory Government. No ; be
the. Orangemen, the intolerant. the advocates of •
strong Government, of severity and coercion.

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