The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1803-07-02 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE.  mallovr.s., ittrit " You have known our former situatiot, I will cow tell you our present 1 the difference between the legal gavernment of a prince, and the tyranny of French. Republicans. " French intrigues always precede French invasions; the moment England armed, France plotted, and a legion of emissaries were the forerunners of an army of soldiers; hence the irresolutions, the contradiEtions, the bombast threats, and the degrading submission of the regency; hence the opposition, the disunion, amongst the people ; and hence the want of public spirit in a brave army commanded by able officers, but whose courage and whose talents were neutralised by the weakness of their superiors, and now only serve them to feel so much the more ' the reproach of having laid down their arms, and of being prisoners of war to an army inferior or equal in number to themselves. " The death of the Hanoverian regency may truly be called a suicide, because even after years of unfortunate war, and the loss of a number of battles, French insolence could hardly prescribe, nor our regency consent to any worse or more dishonourable terms than those signed and submitted to. From being subjeas of the best of kings, we are, without struggle and without resistance, became slaves to the worst of tyrants, who oppress and mock us, who plunder and despise us. When 30,000 brigands arc rivalling each other in mischiefs, striving who shall rob us the most, and who shall be the most busy to propagate immorality and irreligion ; to give examples of debauchery and lessons of Atheism. 'Three grenadiers have been shot, to prove a discipline existing only in the reports of the Generals.  " Every where before the entrance of the French troops, French emissaries excited and encouraged plunder and violence ; and our common people were active French citizens, or robbers, before they were effe6tive French slavec ; and so rapid has been the progress of French revolutionary principles, that in many places the people have already divided amongst them the domains of the Crown, and the estates of the Nobles ; but as this caused alarm to our neighbours the Prussians, French bayonets have been obliged to suspend, ad interim, these consequences of French example and dotarine. " We capitulated to an army of :20,000 French men, but at present upwards of 44,000 French troops have entered our country, and every clay their number is augmented ; this has given uneasiness, and measures of precaution are ordered both in Prussia and Denmark ; and many think them more than necessary, because, since the Revolution, France has never yet respected any country where plunder was to be got, when plunder was wanted, and wanted it must be, should the French continue here, and a& in the manner they have done hitherto. Let our resources be ever so great, they must be exhausted when extravagance prevents economy, and passion excludes regularity ; when tyranny imposes contributions, and anarchy extorts requisitions ; when property is unsafe, industry proscribed, and commerce ruined. g 4 We know for a certainty, that Russia has much censured the condu& of Prussia and France, with regard to our country. It is to Russia alone that Hamburgh and Bremen are indebted for their present neutrality, and neither pecuniary indemnities to one power, nor pecuniary loans to another, would otherwise have saved them from French fraternity. "Two of our countrymen are sent, by orders, as negotiators to the Corsican ; they are no doubt destined to augment the number of slaves decorating his triumphal entry at Brussels, to endure his insolence, and to hear his calumnies against their Sovereign their places are certainly nut places of honour, and we had great difficulty to fi.-1.1 two persons patriotic enough to abase themselves before the vulgar throne of the Corsican Usurper."  The St. .Lkstrs's Loyal Volunteers, on Thursday, met for the purpose of electing their Officers, when the following were unanimously chosen : C. Lord Amherst, Rev. T. Braelren,Chaplaio, Lieut.-Col. Monk, W. Morris, Esq. Surgeon. Major Dowries, C4PTait:s4