The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-06 00:00:00

every where assisted by the infetiqr clergy; jostly,
not only ditalrefted but discontented; who invent
prophesies, and publish miracles, coresponding with
their views and interests. In a country governed by
a regular and lawful sovereign, this would be of
little consequence ; but in Revolutionary France, ty-
rannised over by a foreigner, it may be dangerous,
particularly if it made any impression on, or pro-
selytes in t:ie army. In most of the churches
in the country it is impossible to hear, by the
manner the priest pronounced it, whether they say,
Donine, Saivant lac losteraterea Napoleonem, or Do-
mine,Sahrnnt pc Regent bxlericans, and in the towns,
where the Bishops officiate, and, of course, pray
for their revolutionary Sovereign, at that part of
the service, either the congregation leaves the
churches, or no voice accompanies those of the pre-
lates. This is even the case in some churches of
Paris, where all the curates are bought over to the
new dynasty.

All sorts of grain have greatly risen in price in
France within five weeks ; but at Paris, the bread
costs only four sous a pound, though it was as high
as six sous at Rouen, government making up the
difFerenc between the price of grain and that of
bread in the capital, either by requisition or confis-
cation, on th 4 markets in the vicinity. At Luzac
ald at Poitiers, in the beginning of last month, the
corn markets were surrounded by gene d'annes;
and police commissaries from Paris took possession
of every sack of corn ip the name of government,
for which they paid in dais, according to the price
the police minister, Fouche, bad settled. A pro-
prietor, now in town, who, according to the pre-
ceding market price, expelled to receive for his
grain sir thousand livres, obtained only in ready
money for the bons two thousand livres ! Exten-
sive granaries are ereßed, both at Paris, and near die
camps on the coast, all supplied in the same man-
ner. The markets at Montreull, at Lille, at Cour-
trais, and at St. Nicolas, have all been swept away,
and the grain paid for upon the Paris terms. As
the Flemish farmers afterwards did not bring the
corn to market, vißualling commissaries for the
army went from farm to farm, and took an account
of all grain found ; and, after allowing the proprie-
tors a certain quantity, paid for the rem:,inder in
boas, according to Fouche's rturristinni, and saw it
carried to the army magazines. In Picardy, and
in the department of the Seire, viaualling and po-
lice commissaries have committed the same violent
and oppressive ads, which, according to reports,
have procured the capital grain enough for twelve
months, and the army sufficient for ten months to
come. This outrage will, no doubt. give the same
blow to agriculture, that already ruined commerce
in France since the revolution. The late fall in the
funds is the consequence of the want of money,
and a deficit in the contributions, more than from a
dread of a continental war, though every body
looks forward with terror to the measures of Web/
and finnan*, which a continental war will occasion.
a: Least, if it does not begin with viaorics and con-
Extortioners, plunderers, and the armies,
have already exhausted Italy. Switzerland can
fora; sh no supplies, either of provisions or of money
and Holland, though once rich, is utterly unable to
continue to support its own and those French troops
already encamped in that country. It is said at
Paris, that of the seven hundred millions, expelled
in contributions. according t. the budget for year
12, there had been colleted sip to the 90th Messi-
dor, that is to say, in the space of ten months,
only three hundred and ten millions.