The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FROM THE FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS.

.ritais, SEPT. 41.
Ihe Prefect of the Department of the Upper
Rhine has written a circular letter to all the Atty,,r:
of this Department, was sing them to be stns et in the
case of all demands for passes, from all travellers,
to prevent the desertionof the troops from the interior,
by way el this frontier. He declares, at the same
time, that all Mayors negligent in the discharge of
this duty \yin be regarded as favoerers of desertion,
and severely punished as such. This letter has been
written in conselisence of the information Govern-
ment has obtained of several attempts from its in-
ternal and external loc., or conspirators, to seduce
the soldiers, patticularly young conscripts, to desert.

Letters from Brussels mention that the Auditor
of the Staff, lYArberg, sent. by the Eweror of the
French to Berlin, with a letter tor the King of
Prussia, and who is still in that capital, waits only
passes from Russia to continue his journey to St.
Petershurgh, with another letter, written by the
Emperor's own hand, to Alexander the First.

Upwards of 150 almanacks, for the year XIII.
have been already published under different appel-
lations, as the Imperial Ahnannek, the E,,,,-.-rJr% At-
onaptark, the Emit, ss's ALnanurk, Prince Jos, th's
Alosamar4,Priare Lila a A:numack, &c. &c. all with
pretended appropriate dedications, containing the
most dull and ridiculous verses, epigrams, calem-
bourgs, jet,: d'esprit, enigmas, &c. that ever soiled
paper. The witlings are as proud of these chef
etrlscres, as if they were the Itousseaus or Voltaires
of the day. But the most curious cf all is the
Catholic .41miniaet, dedicated to his II liness Pins
VII. where, by tile side cf legends cf Saints, and
tales of miracles, are placed lure letters to a mis-
tress, and calembourgs against religion. We have
been told that the author had the folly or imperti.
tenet to present this almanack to his Eminence
Cardinal Caprara, who, judging from the title,
gave him in return twenty louis, but, after reading
it. offered him fifty more to entirely suppress it as
a scaodal, which would be very displeasing to the
Pope upon his arrival in France. The author had
the audacity to pocket this money, but, instead of
supplessiog the almanack, published the anecdcee,
which made this stupid produ&ion pass through
four tuitions in three w. ski, by which he gaited
1.54.1.-mis more. The Correctional Police, as well
as tie C-mmittee for the Plotcilion of the Li-
berty of the Press, have taken cegnisance of this li-
tetary swindling, and the author is now in the Prison
of tl e Temple. The day after his arrest, he agreed
with a printer I,r the fifth edition, but it was entire-
ly seized by P. lice, who are now ansions to buy
up the former ratios, which consegnently sell at
a pt ..mi UM . Cardinal Caprara has had the
magnanimity to demand the release of nthor;
to which tl.c of Police. Senator Fondle,
ha- rot consented upon any other terms, than that
be should le transported to the colonies for life;
and he has probably before now reached Roche-
fort, the place of his embarkltion. What a pity
that the oths.re 149 anthill--; of Almanacks are act of
the party I—(7 weal de Pa.-o.)
The contents c‘f pi is ate letters arrived lately from
St. Pelersburgh are of a very paeiGc nature; at
last they do not :Itention any apprehension in that
capital of any ore.; ruptule l,etween Prance and
Russia. The Lnspers.r of Russia continues to pro-
ted Preach tner:hants and travellers, and they are
treated with 3reat attentiout, iiierid-h:p, sad r:syed,
by the ropk, all attached to Fr 04114:, arid slowest
her august Sovereign ; whilst the English arc not
only despised, but d: rested. Sev.-sal of our corn•
met cial age rats have, however, hi; Ru,sia, in con-
stqacnce of a risiicii!:sts rause; among others, Le-
lieur de Villcsurance, Commercial Commissary at
Crenstad:.

The Hcrcditar• Prince of Wirternlierg has left
France, and is now ttavel.ng in Italy. before his
.ltparti.te, he wre:z a long letter W :he States of
the Eietnrate, acknowk,lging his
.treat oblirations

to the Fre.tch govt.rnmes ; in the mean time,
thanking the St....es for the separate sums which
they hare allowd him, without iorciog him ye:.rly
to apply to his tattier ler money. He speaks with
respeet, as a dt.aul son, of his parent ; bpt be (Ices
nit spare his counsellors. Th'.e who chieir influ-
ence the dr fqmisiations of the F.leelor of Wurtem-
ig are said to be foreigners; :unong whom are
Thentilaed, I.VigingroJe from &Uric ; ifo-nmann

from Pom:rania ; and Vca Eadc from I ianover.
The Doter East ..:orapany !'are announced
for the Lid: of November, a great sale of teas, ;piers,
drugs. and ether proslitßions of their colonies in the
Ea't. brought them trot!, Batavia and the Cm*, by
ships under Danish and Aoser:can coiuurs
They vreise from Antwerp that the slave pima
(argue) bnilt in the Citadel is already finished, and
800 galky sl ores are expeaed there t.s be employed
on the work of die port. and its clearing the harbour
of the mod. which has been az,:ninulating for three
ceatur:es. All these wretches are ricked out from