The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-05-04 00:00:00

FURLIciN
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VAAL!, aeroc IS.
French troops have been ordei ed to oeirepy ano-
O'er isentral town, Rherse upon the Ems, as well as
iepptii, in hope to find there some depot of English
goods, but the smugglers had removed them soinefew
days before. he navigation and commerce on the
river Ems are now interrupted, which causes great
loss to Embden, and, it is said, a deputation of mer-
chants has been sent to Berlin to complain.
A vessel arrived at Leghorn on the 21st ult. from
Aleranaria in Egypt, after a passage of twenty-five
daps. This country was tolerably quiet at the de-
parture of this vessel.
;They write from Marseilles, that a privateer from
Malta has captured, almost in the sight of the city,
two Li.driglii Feluegisres, and two French vessels from
Ades. Fifty-two neutral vessels are now there un-
tl.er quarantine. They are loaded with colonial
produSions.
Letters from Cherbourg mention that six English
frigates cofttinue to cruise before that town, of
which they never lose sight, though they keep at a
tespetiable distance from the batteries.
• The Bavarian army consists of eighteen regiments
of infrotry, six battalions of light intantry, nine regi-
ments of cavalry, making in the whole 40,000 men.
In some few months it will be augmented with 6000
3ner more.
Pensa, a merchant at Leghorn, has been arrested
fist selliog provisions to the Engllsh fleet. He mill
be tried by a' Military Commission. Three mer-
chants from Genoa, and two of Leghorn, hare al-
ready been shot for the same crime.
-For this last month hardly a day has passed, in
which French Couriers have not left this city for
St. Petersburgh, Vienna, or Berlin.
• ,All the prisoners in the Temple have now yens-
aramea in their rooms night and day.
General Louis Bonaparte is appointed a Counsel-
lor of State. As be is the only oat of the Consular
Family who has any male children, this promotion
is not without cause.
The Senator Jq,sephe, Bonaparte has been ap-
pointed Colonel of a regiment which is at Bon-
e. •
l'be General of Brigade, Broussier, is appointed
Commander over the garrison at Paris, Under the
Governor-General, Murat.
On the 36th ult. the mother of the First Consul
arrived at Bologna, on her way to Rome. She was
eaeortect by a detachment of Polish cavalry, and was
received with a salute of artillery.
lIAXBUIGH, •raIL 24.
The French Minister here, Citizen Reinhard,
Alto so zealously executes, at all times, the orders
of his master, Bonaparte, has, it is said, demanded
of the Senate the seizure of the books of Cie English
House of Thornton and Power ; but a clentan:l of
this kind, militating against the ceinstitu:ionai laws
of this little commonwealth. the answer returned by
the Santee is said to be absolurely in the negative.
A similar demand bad been 1, rrner:y =lee
alai of the Home of De Chapeaux-Hauge, to find
opt what property belonging to emigrant was in
his possession. The motive of this extraordinary
segues ;s said to be. to discover whether, in the
books or the H lust in question, there are not names
of persons invo:.-si in what is called the conspiracy.
fathe fashionable circle; of Paris, it is said, th:rt
Madame Bonaparte wishes to be divorced from her
care epos°, as they have of late led a very uncom-
fortable life.
Georges is said to be very merry in his chains ;
he eats and drinks heartily, and laughs at every
thing. Being formed of Pichegru's suicide, he
answered, o I -.ever shall be such a fool ; but
spend we few days I have left to live as merrily as
I tan."
Letters from Vienna of the 14th inst. mention,
that the French Ambassador has desired the banish-
ment of the bishop of Nancy from that city. He
is said to be involved in the affairs of Pichegru.
Since the reign of the Emperor Leopold 11. this ve-
nerable prelate lived in seclusion in the convent of
the Franciscan Monks.
The Arch Duke John of Austria is going on a
journey cf inspeetion, for four months, as General
Pirettor of the Corps of Engineers. He is to
make a report of all such places as can be easily for-
tified. Trevi..o is to be made a principal fortress.
and the passes of Chiusa abd Cosel, is Tyrol, are
l*ewise to be strongly fortiried.
Mr. Drake and ?4. Spencer Smith are said to
Vat: been both
former
g at, itAiusibbt said.r lilt° Triteheste,labtndh
the
laver, by all accounts, has passed through Hei-
delberg.
The Dutch are fitting' out a number of priva-
teers fur the North Sea and the Baluc.

lIIIIMNA, APRIL ii.

On the 6rh, the F.nglisio Ambassador, Arthur
haJ a long conference with oar Ministry,
:nStte neat stay espestited * Courier Mr
The Luc regAii.tions corycrimog our recturin,g ser-
vice, have had the ...Wary aloft, that all our
regiments are nun completed.
'rents', atilt P.
The French toifi,cer, with twentyAie men, who
had invaded the eerstrel town of *open, Mune-
diately after his arrival visited all the magazines
where he suppeand any EngLoh goods wen w be
found. Lie had even orders to Ind out and confis-
cate all arms and equipments supposed to irking to
she EN;lisls Gowen:menu Ferias:arty, two days
before, all English property wax safe on the Prus-
sian territory. The nugistrates at Meppen have
protested against this violation of their several ter-
ritory ; and the Prussi.m Governor in Itl.ist Fries-
land has demanded that the navigation of the river
Lim should be as formerly, free. This dispute
causes several diffiaties in transporting English
produEtions to the interior of Germany.
On the 2.th of last month twelve Engheit mer-
chantmen. ander the convoy of an English trig4te,
arrived here from Malta. Two other ships of this
convoy were kistin the canal.