The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-17 00:00:00

TILE QUECN.

The PRINCE REGENT remained in attendance oil
Iris afflicted Parent on Sunday night till a late hoar,
and arrived at Carlton-House at half-past one o't.Lck
yesterday morning.

The two Doctors were iii attendance dining
Sunday night, and visited the QUEEN in her
Chamber yevterday morning, between eight and
nine o'clock, and afterviards Sir HENRY HALFonn
*tote the full particularei for the PRINCE RECENT,
Ind the Doctors jointly issued the folloing
Bulletin :

" Kew Palace, November 10i, 1818.
"The Queen's disease has not minded. Her Nlajeaty has
bad some good sleep iu lbe night.

F. NIEMAN,
" H. HALFORD."

The Duke of YORK arrived at Kew Palace s
little before twelve o'clock, from ()Amnia. Flii
Royal Highness remained but a short time, his
Royal Mother being in a composed state when he
left for London.

Her MA.iEITIr remained during the day in the
same state as she was in the morning, and no other
account was sent from Kew to London.
The PIIINCF: REGENT arri►ed at Kew Palace to
dine with his Royal Sisters, and remained at Kew
during the evening.

German Papers to the Bth instant arrived Nit
night. The following is an extract :

NUREMBEnG, NOVEMBER 7.

Various conjectures have been formed upon the
reasons why the Emperor of Austria ww4 not present
at the reviews, and did not go with the two other
Monarchs to Paris. The troth is, that he was
unwilling, by his presence in the Netherlands or
otherwise, to revive the memory of former con-
nexions.

By the arrival of Dutch and Ifimburg,h Mails,
we have received a variety of Continental Papers.
They confirm the intelligence which iiresionsly
came to hand, that the fortresses ore to be &li-
vered up to the French authorities before the ,20th
instant, and that all the foreign troops will have eva-
cuated the territory of France about the 25th.
An article from Petersburgln states, that the
A inerican Vice-Consul at Croustiadt has been de-
tected by the Russian Government in favouring
and concealing an extensive trade of contraband,
carried on by a merchant of that place. Fle has, in
consequence, been removed from his office. The
transactions connected with the new loan have
caused a large importation of gold and silver into
Russia, which embarrasses the contiaciors for
the loan in Paris, sad has been the cause of the
recent application on the part of the French Go-
vernment to the Allied Powers for an extension of
the time appointed for paying- the contributions.

We have received Baltimore Papers to the 14tft
last, but they contain no news.

By letters received from the Naval Yard at Ber-
muda, we are sorry to state, that a few days after
the hurricane, winch happened ou the Nth of Au-
gust, a violnit fever broke out, and in leis than n►
month about fifty persons were taken ill, fourteen
or fifteen of whom died, hut the rest, with the ex-
ception of u very few, are fast recovering. Many of
the deceased volunteered from Plymouth dock-
yard.

In our last publication we stated the arrest of
General GOURGAUD, hut of the circumstances at.
tending it, an account will he found in another
part of this Paper. The Treasury Journals have
been commanded to give is different colouring to
the event, consequently they represent General
GOURGAUD us the magrrsaor, and the Officers who
arrested hitn as " more simied against than
It appears, by their chewing, that, on Saturday
morning, cificers were dispatched front the Alien

()See to enforce spirit General COUILGAUD the
provisions of the Bill which has placed ell fo-
reigners at the arbitrary disposal of the Home De.
partrartit. In execution of ilitir orders, they sit-
tempted to seize the General's papery, which, be.
lug undoulnidly his private property, and that
species of property which ought, except in cases of
extreme necessity, be considered most sacred, the
General resisted the seizure, when a scuffle ensued,
and we urn iwriniisly u.sured that " the officers
1,,,re the wily persons who *mfr.-red." lie was
thrust into a chaise, and, with t bring permitted
to hold any communication with his friends, or be-

ing even examined by • Magistrate or a Privy
Counsellor, hurried off to Harwich, where he was
put on hoard a packet, which sailed on Sunday
'tight fur Cuxhaven. These are the facts of
the ease, even as coloured by the Treasury
writers; hut they siffoid sufficient evidence of
a very wanton outrage upon the person and pro-
perty of this distinguished foreigner. net he
was innocent of any crime, and we may even
venture to say, of the intention of any crime against
this country, as far as could possibly be collected
by the Secretary of Strife, we must of course pre-
sume, or he would not have been sent beyond the
power of our laws; we therefore callow imagine by
what shadow of right the messengers from the
Alien Office conld presume to seize upon his pa-
pers sod offer violence to his prisms. Insinu.:tions
)cave been thrown out that General GOURCAUD ii
'suspected of bring one of the promoters of the
plot which is said to hate had for its object the
escape of Bost AiAllTe from St. Ilelens, and that
for this reason he has been considered a fit subject
for the operation of the Alien Bill. Ent is saspi-
'dux a sufficient ground for the exercise of a power
so unglacious in its nature; so violent in its opera-
tion, and so hostile to the character of our institu-
tions mid the spirit of our country ? The danger of
Isis presence in this country, however, could not have
been so imminent, but that a few hours might have
been allowed him to arrange his uffairs previous to hl3
dep.:rime for the Continent, where, as in the case of
LAS CASA!, he will most probably find himself on
his landing delivered into the handsof his personal
enemies. The power of driving foreigners from our
uare hospitoble shores is itself sufficiently harsh,
without desiring the means of carrying it into
execution, with circumstances of severity and
secresy, suited only to despotic Governments.
The validity •nd efficacy of the arrest would
not he diminished were it divested of its most
revolting circumstances, and if the sole object
proposed by our Ministers were indeed the mere
lemon' of the dangerous or suspected indivi-
dual, his feelings of personal safety, and even of
convenience, might be so far consulted as to give
him the liberty of retiring to %whit part of the
world he might think proper. We believe, from
certain expressions that have filen froarsottie of
the Treasury Prints, that • feeling of vindietiee-
ness General GOURGAUD, on act mint
of his late publication respecting " The Ilan-
deed Days," may have influenced the present mea-
sure; and undoubtedly the circumstances at-
tending the execution of it do not tend to detract
(min our conviction in this particular. We know
nothing of General GOURGAUD personally, mid
we trust to the general scope of one political aenti•
mints to save us from the charge of wishing well
to him, as a parisau of his fallen Master. Our
observations are meant to eitend to every iimiliir
case, and we speak for the honour and character of
our country, when we expresi a hope, that in the
future enforcement of the Alien Bill, the unfortu•
mite individuals exposed to its provisions may not
be taught to feel a wanton exercise of authority.

Yesterday, afte► the Duke of You arri►ed iii
tows from (Mimi& and Kew, his Royal Flightless
trams:wird military business with the PEINCE
lta-
GENT, at Carltuu House,

A contract has just been entered into by Govern.
mem for upwards of 90,000 loads of limber, to be
delivered iii three years.

The number of blocks of tin coined at Penzance
for the quarter ending on Saturday last, was 2,352 ;
total for the county 5.088.
Our letter from Dover, dated 15th November
says.—" Although the weather ha* been
Iris favoural.le for the pusvage of our army from
Prance, still we have every day some arrival!, l'es.
Wady utimit lUt) horses were disembarked from ten
and to-day fl sail of transpurti and hired
ter,srl, tteut out of harbour on return to Calais."

A letter from Ramsgate, dated November 15
tugs—" Early yebterday g wife-
•tttall verselp came to from Calais, having on
uliout 150 of the 18th Hussars. which were
4!:•viatharkell at noun, and bete immediately march.,
ti to l'at.ttrlm. v.
tilght a great many more vessels came in
from Cdlati which they kit about noon, not being
tilde to inter Dover harbour, and were safely silt,-
trred here dining a very strong wind. and torrents
WI rani, %%Inch fell for some hours. They consisted
.•I the Fortitude, Speedwell, Joins cord Mary, Ke-
'•'1"101, Prosperous, Plough, timid AntArra. with
I,tir 114,0;,i of the 7111 Husrars, commanded by Sir
11.1 ANI K cnitisoie, about IGO morr of the 18111
11""arl0 and atone Royal Artillery drivers. The
kottr :Oilers also brought over thirty-two film
horbeb belongiog to the staff of the former regoinent.
.l Ise Earl of UXBRIDGE, and roar..!other uffivers of
Illit 7th fitts•ar., arrive,' early yeiterdry evening
CaLiti, to the Duet bitchy. The horse, have
ill heel& or re I y landrd bete this mortong. The
lath will be matched to Canterbury; and the 7111
tut to go into the barracks here this afternoon."

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FASHIONARLS ARRIVALS and DRPARTURRS.

ARRIVAI-S.
The Earl of Carlianipion, at his boast in BrotonAtreet,
front Pain's Hia, Slurry.
Hanna, Esq. at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street,
fru. Brighton.