v . . . v - w - - w - - V X I f 4 V ' ;iti il vi?n -7- . s J CAV-492. rota . c - r - ii ii liir'i i i tj-7Vtv rm. i i tm mm m a ai m- a & r.ai a - a . i - . . . k iM a v.i a M mm m ' .V . t - m -. tT-w lin.v.ii,!.!!,.:' rv in ii ivs. i ii j ( . - j s n rev 1 i Tr . tt i ii " i ill -ii. ii , ii ' j .v 1 v . 7 v f j f u -w , A brief yiew, oi EXF 0 SE P' TH TA T B " 0 F y i . IRENCH NATION. TKI ; On the fouf th March, M. ' Champag ttyr Mioinef of the interior, prefeniedthe Mxftle of thr French Empire to the Le iQative Body.i-The orator bigwi Lwnh ithe eleyation of BuofiaparteoYhl jfiil dignity, and proceeds td vfil T tybichne aftemardi took throilghiflcc H hd his vtfit to Milan. It'' notices the great ameliorationjn'the internal, flate of ; France, particularly " at Troyes, Lj o.ns, Bod Savoy. PiedmontV Parma, Flafahce, Genoa, and thq oher ttateor ih pthdf. .fide of the A!psr .are there reprcfentend as jgreatly ameliorated by the late rerolutious ':ind changes which lie had effected, and their union and connection with Prance. It then proceeds to reprefent htm at Bou logne, preparing for the invafion of Eng 3ahdi when the coalhion obliged hira to Xranfport his'army.into Germany. After Rouching upon the events of the war, it (proceeds to give a piclure of the tranqui lity which rtigned in France, during the lahfence of the Emperor and . the army . 'Paris fit favs) did not contain a foldier, tandyet never was public order morellricV jy maiotained never were the laws .bet ter executed. France obeyed the name of ' Jits fovcreigo, or rather the fentimeut of .love, and admiration which he felt, It vas this feniiment which haftened the pro. 'fcli of the confeription, and -made its jjroduce three-fold before the time when the contingent was expeleJ to be rat fed. V It is this fentimentof devotion, and mi llitsry ardor, which animates thofe young . men, who prefs to enrol thcmfelvcs in kthe Emperor's Guard of Honor, and who alone may rep.ret the rapidity of thofe ex ploits, ta which thev had no part It was in the midft of thefe immenfe and painful labors, when the Emperor, given up to the hances and combinations of war ; expe riencing all the fatigues of a private fol dier, expofed to the intemperance. of a ri jgorous fcafan, and often having no bed tfcut a trufs of draw, no covering but the heavens, from wheme ill the hfc '; hi genius feemcd toemat.ate; even then, at the diftance of three hundred leaguo, he leld the rcim of "the adminillratjon of Trance, caret ally ir.fpcrting the t'malleft details occupied equally with the good of Itis pcoj)!et as with that of his fotdiers ; feeing all, knowing all, rtftmhllng that invifthle fpirit that givtmt ihi wtrU, and who is only Iccn in his power and Denevo ( 3i:ncc. " Peace was concluded before, in nuny parts of France, it wis fcarcely Jtnown tfut the wr had beun ; a war xot fo long as your ar r.uil feflion, and the confcquenccs of which mud embracp fu ture ages. Europe, and the other parts of the world. Turin, a widow, al'tr the lofs of its King, is comforted by afplen. ilid prom;f;.- A brother of the Emperor will govern this fine country, and his Vrfown character i a guarantee of the hap pinefs huh he will confer upon it He wi!l fiftie at Turin An amiahte andbriU liar.i court will amply indemnify that city V.what it lui loft. 1 1 magnificent pa lace wP.l become ti e reOicncc of goodncfl nd.the graces. Fcnncily a mcUhcholy fdrtrcfirfurrouvrJ with enemiesr now at it tpcn to Franre and Italy, of which in tefcourfc it appears to be the central point ; it will io future be furrounded by friendly rlttons and commerce, and the arts will JpccJliy (cttle there, acddiffule their bene. Of Italy, it fart J It hit changed its face, and the ancient kingdom of ili Lombards is retlorcd at the voice of Na. polcoo. Italy, repofing under the fhade I cf the monarchy, from Its loogconvulfioni, ) ha no longer any canfc lo envy Frinct. , ; The fame breath animals it the fame power protccls it the fame fpirit for med its new inlitutiun, accommodating them in its fituation and its tnannen. Milan haifiluted in the name of its king, him wham It had c'cd its ddlvetei. Mantua received, ith tranfport, Mm who was under in wal'l, the v aoquiflier of five itmies fent to defend it. Italy is proud of receiving laws from t new Challemigne, and fancies that fhe fei fpringing up with hef ancient glory, all Ibe profpciity which bet climate and her foil entitle her to. Difplsylng r chataftcr, fii hopes to prove, that her long weakocfi was the vice of her InfUtu. lions, and not the fault ol her iohabitanti. lf courage and genius have made war, rtnerofity aa4 moderation have made peace I fovcrclgn, uofonunae in war, Lai rccQVfteJ, b; ptacf i great poitioa of his dominions ; the lofles are nothing,' in comparifon to the riffc which was in- , curred by the moharchr of whichche is the chief.' Princes, our allies, have had their power extended, and their titles ennoDiea. The bounty of the Emperor has furroun ded Fiance wttn nations sricnaiy io u verhment. Italy the noble daughter pi France, and; who prornilcs to oc wormy of her parent, hai reaped the fruits of the war. iJui ner" power is our wn , i, opulence adds to our profpenty ; our ene mies are driven from her fhores, and they can no longer have commercial relations with her. : This rich" foil is fnatched from; their ividitf. Italy js a conqueft obtained over England. She is unijeJ to Germany by the two-fold bond of proximity and friendlhip ; and by that alliance which her Prince has contracted with the daughter of one of the moft powerful fovcr'eigns of 'the Germanic empire, tranquility is now a flu red to the peaceful inhabitants of the mountains of the Tyrol.' "Commerce will enrich its deferted vallies its coaqueit will prove a blcfling," The Expofe next proceeds to defcribe the various impro.vements in the interior admin'flration, and the immenfe nation al works which are in contemplation ; and then fays, "But here, and it is ncceflary to declare it boldly to the, nation, that its faJttj requires that a numerous army thould be kept on foot ; that fleets fhould be conftruftcd, and-feamcn raifed to pro tect our commerce, our colonies, and our rights. Thclecircumltances require pro ductive finances. The emperor thinks 800,000 will be neceflary in time of war, and upward! of 600 during peace; as the fate of the country fhould never be left to the mercy of an obfeure pilot, nor any intrigue of a Cabinet ; but in all cafes, it Ihould be ready to make head againit a ny ftormj and filence the jealous clamours of its enemies. It is the will of the Em peror, as well as the deflre of the whole nation, to augment our Navy ; and, as we loll fome (hips in the late engagements, it is a new motive for redoubling our ar dour. A great number of our cruizcrs are fcouring the feas, and have attacked, the commerce of our enemies in the remoi tell regions. Our whole flotilla (hall fhortly revive by the return to its banks ot the conquerors of Ulm and Aulterli'fc. But all thofe warlike tr.ca Cures (hall be no thing more than mcafurcs to peace, and even of a moderate peace, in which we fha'.l feenre the pledge of not being furprl fed and feized upon under the moft vain and perfidious pretence ; it were o'her. vi if; better to endure fliil the mifciici of war, rather than make a pc.ee which wculd expofe us to new lofTes, and afford frefli aliment to the bad faith and avarice of our ei'-emics.'1 Ti e union nf Piedmont with France Is reprcftntrd as a rrtrafure which was rcn. dcrednecctrary, from the French being in pofTclTion of Genoa; but it is added, that that union Joes not incrcafe the flrengthof France. It was not only the kingdom of Italy, of which thev (the Coalition! would deprive us ; Piedmont, Savoy, the Duchy cf Nice, even Lyoni, and the U nitc J Departments Holland, Belgia, the forlretlci ontheMcufc thefe were the con- quells prefcrited to the confederate by not haye confined themfdver, if they had triumphed over the perfeverance of the French people ; England attaches no great interert to Italy. Belgium is the tine ground cf the hatred which fhe bears to us; butllollanf, the ttoih departmert of France, the Kingdom of Italy, Venice, IJsiruatia, I Una, and Naplei. are now under the protection of the Imperial Ea. b!c ; and the union ot thofe dates only if. totds us the means of being formidable on our frontieis and coafli. The Emperor. alter each viftory, offered peace to Auf. tria. He alfo oSered it to Naples before the war: peace was violated as foon as worn, and which has produced the down fall of that Houfe. He alfo offers it to England. He does not mean 10 force that power to recede from the prodigious chan ces made in Irnlia, as little as Anuria and Kudia from the partition of Poland : but he has aright to refufe torccet'e from ths alliances and unions which form the new federative fvftems of the French Empire. Turkey has continued under the yoke of Kuflia t and it'was the Emperors chief aim; by gettlrg Dalmana into his hands. lo be ready to proteQ the moft ancient of our allies, and to enable him tn manialn hli indcpcnJcpce, which is of n.ore im pirtance to France than any other power. The firQ Coalition trrminaied br the Tttatj of Cimpo Foimio, ha-1 th fa jtr able iflue for France of the acquifition of Belgium, the frontier-reparation of the Rhine the bringing of Holland under the federative influence of France, and the cgnquefls of the States now forming the kingdom of Italy. The fecond G6aJition cave it Piedmont ; and the, third brings Venice and Naples under the federative fyllem. Let England be convinced cf her imbecility ; let her not try to operate a fourth Coalition, if it were, in the nature of things, polfible to renew it." ; The name of Charlemagne has, with pecu liar pleasure,- been- transfered by the French front the Hero to whom it belonged to the present limperor of France, who is thought to be entitled to it us the epithet to distinguish all his greuinesa. A translation of the celebrated history of the Emperor Charlemagne by the able professor of Keil, ur.ncirewiscn.prim.eu last vear at Far.. ha3 the following paragraph in the advertise nnnt to the reader.' After a hicli but just tribute of respect to the author of the History, it proceeds : "We believe this work has other claims to be read with atten tion in the French Empire, 1 and by all who understand our language. It recalls an ace which has a great resemblance with our own. It reminds us of a warrior indefatigable, and rich in. the resources of his mind ; a man il lustrious by personal qualities, and in whom the military virtues unirrwith the love and the sciences of the arts; a man who honors learned men, and who is pleased by his fre. quenSiresence with them to bestow those ho- 'norsiu his own person ; a conqueror who, not content with the extent ofempire, con secrates lis vigilance to good laws and sa lutary institutions ; an enlightened christian, who know how to respect and yet controul uic mimsier 01 rtygion ; the iitrro ot anew age, to which he gives his name, and v. bo proves with great applause that he can go vern uy uuown power, equany capaMe ol directing me wnoie, aim controuling all its various parts; a Sovereign, who while he proves himself the elder son and nrotector of the Church, does not forget to consecrate the titles of a crown, of which he is worthy, by ;ne nana ne reverences"; who gives laws to Italy, and to. a p;reat ixtft of Germany : to whom rivers and mountain, oppose their bar riers in vain who can silence cfvit discord, ana while all conspiracy oies at his feet: who collects under his government twenty Tutiont different in language, manners and usages; a Hero, who, after having become the teiror of his enemies, can dispose of the states with winch his own dominions are sur rounded, can regenerate his country, can " give a model to contemporary Kings, and re- mam anoojeci lor i:ie admiration ol posteri ty." 1 o.iwiy other man this might be flatte. ry. lilt the events consequent to this imb- licatioi, have given an air of truth to this plcasng r.ction of the translator. And the world beholds the image taken from bold im agination, cxhibitf .1 111 real life, a soon as imagiration had conceived and exposed it to the world. PRKS, March 16. The decree of the 4th of March has taxed brown sugar from the French colonita 41 francs, and te'e and Uuycd autrars 80 francs per demical quintal, borne persons have thought from tac manner of announcing the duty, without diitinguishing that of entry from consumption that, the whole was paya' tie mi the arrival of the merchandize. This opinion is erroneous. All the dispositions I ince the lawf tLc th lloreaU jcar 4lTn- the French colonial produce, pay the first du ties of entry on the arrival of the several kinds cf goods, whjch arc subject to entrepot fictif, and the augmentation tear only on those of consumption. Sugars from cur colonics will be found comprised, 1 it. Ibc original duties of entry of three francs per decimal quintal established by the law of the 6th Mortal, payible on entry ; Sd, that nf consumption, of 42 francs per decimal quints!, which it not payable except on merchandise declared to be for home consumption. It It the tame with respect to the duty of 80 francs on tttcs and clayed sugar, via.4fr.J0c. duty of en try, and 73 fr. 30 c. fordu'.y on consumption. In short, brown sugars, teles and cU)td, cof fee and cocoa from the French colonics, ta ken from entrepot to be transported to fo reign countries, will continue to pay the du ties (Uedty tU Utit article of the law of the lib Floreal. FaAvarcaT, March I. RUSSIAN A KM U.S. Accounts fram Hungary, sy, that the Ruisisn army pasted on the Frontiers, con sult of no lets thta 300,033 men 1 and add, that a new rccraitioj hat been comrotnded ia Kusaia I.ONDOS, April I. 7 ltOVSL Or LORDS. rote, purtutnt ta the notice t h I c'tn, to Inr.f e a UllUf IoJtaanY u U iwJi fit sons as had advised or carried into execution proclamations for suspending the laws whiclv reguiatea the intercourse Detween, tne West India Colonies and. the United States of Ame rica. He stated with great perspicuity th nature of that trade . from the year 1743 to the present period, and the necessity rhiclt produced the occasional relaxation ot the a vigation Laws, ,4 as applicable.to the jnter- ' course between America andj the - Vest-Iti-dies. .During the' greater part ot that time it frequently occurred, that the different Gc Ternors.in the coloniea were compelled to admit certain articles, the produce of the U nited States in American bottoms ,, Tbif was certainly against tijc fx)s,tirjs; law andi therefore it became necessary to pass, an An$ nual Uill, to. protect those persons from thq penalties attached to the breach of these laws For fifteen years previous to lt0l, this in demnity.Kill was continued, but in the covr fusion which was produced at that time by a change in his Majesty's Councils, the Bilf had been neglected and had not .been; since revived. In fact, there had been four sets of ministers, including the present, who had neglected to apply to Parliament for that An-. nual Hill. His lordship next explained the: nature of the commercial relations between this country and America, and expressed hi., satisfaction in the growing prosperity of(A merica, whiclfhe looked upon as the best se curity for the continuance of that peace andf friendship which he hoaid would ever subsist: between her and Great-Britain. His lord ship brought in the Bill. Lord Holland declared himself strongly irt favour of a liberal intercourse between thu West-India islands and America, and decla-. red his intention of proposing a prospective clause to be introduced into the Uill, the te nor of which should be to enable the Go vernors to open the ports to American ves. sels, by proclamation. Lord Grcnvillc professed himself in fa vour of the principle of . occasional relaxation! from the strictness of the Navigation Act, and hoped the noble lord would bring in clause to the effect .he proposed. The Duke of Montrose hoped that no dire liction of the principle respecting neutral would take place,' and that ministers would not concede any of the belligerent rights, which were among the best foundations oC the prosperity of our commerce. After tome observations in explanation' from" Lords Holland, AuVjahd, ShifTicld, irrenvuiv alio the IJuRe ot .wiitro, tnc Uut was read a first time, and ordered to be print cd. Adiourned till to-morrow CHARLESTON, Mar i&V LATEST FROM ENGLAND;- The (hip Two Friends, Liviniirton, arri ve.1 this morning, left Gravefend on the? i8:h April. A gentleman ho came patTenger in the (hip has prli'ely favor ed us wiih Londoji papers to jre litre April inclufive, three days later than cur previous advices ; but their contents iro not very important. . The follow irara the only articles we notice of any ir.tcr eft. A great number of . Prnflijn rclTcli hsv'i been knt into the Biitifh p'f s in coi fequence of tie recent Iri'ers. Weal- fo.ohfcrve, that levtral Hamburgh,' Danilh and Bremen yelTcIs have Iccrt detaired. Letters Irnm England flate.that it Is f 1 part ed the isrinlli government will lhort!yp r.ot (inly declare all the ports on tl.c con tinent in a Hate or blockade, Ijii will j f - - "". ociain every venci oouna tor r ranee, Spain or Holland, Earl Macartney died in England, on the 7th Apui. Lo.rox, April 9. The contents of the Fan's tapers are of confi.lerable importance. Ere yet he haa atcMcvcd the entire conquell ot the Nea politan territories Uuonaparte has be- flowed them upon one cf his own family, and jofeph Buonaparte has been elevated 10 it'v nirvnc or iiapici, wiutn 11 igui fcend to his heirs male. He ia to prefervo the dignity of(irand Eltclor of France, and the lights allured to him by theCon flitution ol the Empire, though the Crowns of France and Naples are never tote u nited upon the fame head. Paulina, ci-devant Madame Le Clerc, now I'rincefi Dorgheff, arvdTirr hufbsn are to have the Principality of Cuaflclta. Marfhat Ccnhier, the conftant compan ion of Buonaparte, is 10 be rewarded bf the trantfer to him in full fovereignly, cC the Principality of Ncufchatcl. Maira, Carnanc, and Cafargnano, sretobeuni. ted to Lucca, which, erected Into a Prin. cipality, Is to reward another of Puona parifV'Ccnerats, Partna and Placenta are lobe diiiJeJ into three Principalities Twelve fief or feudal Dutchtcs, are crea ted In lU Venetian Territories, and fit: In ih NtsfoUuo. The VtnttUo Uutcli ' ' " 2 -a. s- si:-- . i 1' I '1 ' 9- I 1

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