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FROM TILE 114,MAIIRGFI MAM. C O NSTANTINOPLE, AL/GUST 25.-011 - the 314 of July the CAPITA* PASHA, was at Rofetta, where 12,70° men were embarked for France, in purfu once of the convention at Cairo.—Among them is a confiderible number of Copts, Turks, &c. Ad miral K t fuperintends this 'emharkation. Avousr 3o. —The Englifb Ambaffedor here, Lord ELGIN, has leceived further di f patches ft on: Egypt, which come down to the sth of Augull ; before thefe arrived many difadvantageotis reports were circulated here, among others, one was that BILIIOU in the beginning of July had made a fally and taken prifoners more than moo Engtifh and Turks, and obliged the enemy to raife the liege, or rather the blockade. According to the difpatches received by Lord ELGIN., the embarkation of the French and their followers, who are to be fent to France, in confequence of the Convention at Cairn, has been the cattle why the operations againft Alexandria have been delayed; the efcort. ing of thefe, who amount to 13,000 in number, among whotn are 4000 men in arms, artillery and carriages, containing every neceffary, requires a little army to preferve good order and tranquility in the country. The embarkation of the French and thole who accompany them will begin on the 6th of Anglia. and be finifhed on the gth : when-this is effeaed, the Englifh army will march againft Alexandria. General Meson has entrenched himfelf to the teeth on the heights of Alexandria, and, the re doubts and other works render it very difficult to Itorm thefe heights. As the French entrench. ments arc at force dillance from the town of Alex- andria, the allies will, when all their force is col. direft their efforts to cut off the commu nication between thefe entrenchments and the city. The French General appeared to be determined to defend the place to the laft extremity, but there are many malcontents among the garrifon, who complain that their Commander means to make a ufelcfs factifice of their blood. Great fickncfs pre vails among the French, occafioned by the want of provifions, and they are in great want of wine and brandy. There is likewife tome ficknefs among the Eng. lifh, but not to any alarming degree. The inundation of the Nile has alfo contributed to the delay of the military operations. TheEnglifh in Egypt have received a reinforce. bent of sOOO men. SI rT. 16.—This day Mr. PAGET, the new Envoy Extraordinary, and Minifier Plenipo tentiary of his BIITANIIIe MAJESTY, WAS prefent ed to his IMPEL! AL MAJESTY by Lntd MINT°, who had his audience of leave, and will let out on his return in a few days. He has acquired univerfal deem and refpea, during his refidence here. AFFAIRS OF JrIOLLANA HAGUE. SEPT. 19. The acknowledged neceffity of a change in the Contlitution of the Batavian Republic, appeared to hare occupied for kite time the majority of the Executive Dire&ory. This majority has at length fubmitted to the people it's projea upon this point, by communicating it, by notificafion, to the Le giflative body of the nation. A tingle voice in the firft chamber of the Legifhttive AWembly, formed the majority, contrary to that upon which the peo ple was coofulted in there circumstances. The fe cond Chamber was divided in opinion. To pre vent the confequences which might follow fmm debate upon this fubjea, and to leave to the peo ple time to - exercife their rights and exprefs their opinion, the Directory has judged - it expedient to fufpend the fittings of the reprefentative bodies, until the decifion of the public is known, and the provifional (butting up of the two Chambers was performed yefterday evening by the Miniflir of police, and the Commandant of the Batavian troops according to the order of the Direaory, and the approbation of the Prefidents of both Chambers. This was performed without any difturbance, and without any perfon offering the least oppo . fation. When all was fi nifbed, the Executive DireFtory invited Citizen SE moymcit, Minifier Plenipoten tiary from the French Government, and General Am o a EAU, to be prefent at their fitting, to receive information of their projeas, and of its execution. The Diredory in the mean time iffued an Arret for the maintenance of publiniranquility, by which they confided to General Anotasau, the Com mander of the Direaorial Guard, the command of the troops of the Legiflative Body, and other Batavian troops Rationed in the conflitutional li mits. Every thing paned with the greateft order, and General Alto EILLAU accepted this command to enfure the continuance of public tranquility. Neither Citizen Sationvita.z nor General Algal atru interfered in the leaft in the bitfinefs, nor did the influence of the French Government decide any one preliminary meafure. PROCLAMATION OT DIRICTOLT OF TN! SATATIAM REPUBLIC, OM ►tIEIMTIMO, FOR TUX ACCt?T• ANC, OF TN! PEOPLE, A 7LAM OF ♦ NEW CON- STITLITION. LIIIIRTY-••IQ,SI•LITY--TRATII II ITY Citizens —lf there ever was an epocha when private intereft ought to be facrificed, prejudices combated, the pal Eons moderated, and the fpirit of party extinguithed ; when the voice of truth ought to be heard, and nothing but duty, the love of our country, and es pe nence, ought to guide us ; ii . is undoubtedly at that time when we come to Rote an account of the Milli of thole meditations which for a long time have abforbed all our confe derations. Thefe meditations, direited towards your deareß interefts, have had for their only ob it& to eflablint in our country an order of thinn which might abforb the pall, and prefent for the future, a flattering profpee, and fuch as might be come, by the fanlioa of all the Citizens, a certain pledge of their re-union, and the foundation of their warrnell hopes. The intenor Rate of our country—its exterior relations--the political lituation of Europe the difpotitions of foreign Powers in regard to our Re rubliemissaaads our folicitode, mould Witt cur zeal, and prcfents us beforehand the fucccfs and recompenfe of our efforts. And . whole he that has not nfberved in fiance, with the calmnefs natural to Batavians, the courfe of affairs; has not met, which ever way he turned his eyeX, the traces of divifion, of difcinitent, and a fining defire for another order of things? But this difpofition of mind, In foreign to the charaEler of a nation which attaches itfelf to its ancient culloms, and a hatred for ineovation, has more than once been the caufe of their preferring to remain as they were, in certain matters, inferior to other people, rather than facrifice the prefent, with all its difadvantages, to the future. Will this difpofitiou furprife us, when, proceeding from (fleas to caufes, we recollect all that the Bata vian people have witneffed, and fuffered within the laft fir years? Torn by inteßine divifions, me naced and affailed by the greatell dangers, has it not leen within that fhort period its finances exhaufled by a ruinous war ; its commerce an nihilated; the fources of its exiftence and its prof perity poifoned ; the greatell part of its colonies torn away; its maritime efforts finking to nothing; its molt valuable cargoes and bell (hips becoming the prey of the enemy? Notwithftanding thefe difallers, have not this people facrificed, without murmur, their mewls to the unceafing wants of the country ? This fame People have fupported fo many loffes in the hopes of being one day delivered from the yoke which pieffed upon them—to refume their rank among the nations of Europe, and once more to become, by their love of liberty , by good order and virtue, the example of Come, and an objed of emulation to others. Very far, however, was fuccefs from anfwering their attempts • very far; that at the end of a ftrug fupported wit h loch conflaricy, was a Conftitution founded in the nature of circuinitances ' adapted to localities and to the manners of our fellow ci tizens, from reftoring tranquillity, happinefs, and union—the country was delivered to all the fury of the pafGons--.-citizens infuriate againft ci tizens—the one pronouncing againft the other the molt unfounded judgment upon their works and opinions.—Envy and hatred ufurping the places of talents and information, and deciding arbitra rily upon the fate of the country ; our firil blies, inftead of coming to the objet of their Union, opened in their deliberations new fources of divi fion and trouble. Such is the picture that has been prefented by the Republic, fince the dote of a National convention, diffolved as illegally as it was called together (after two years ufelefs la bour) gave place to a Government, to whom it teemed referved to clofe the wounds of the State, and to rally all good Citizens round the ftandard of public good. But here again the general attempt failed; and this long !boggle produced a Conftitu tion, vicious in its principle, and whole eftelts prove it to be the child of pairion and precipitation. We alk of you, Citizens, of you who have, on decifive occafions, (hewn you have at heart the intereft of your country, we alk of you to-day, whether that Conftitution is the law expreflive of your wills ? Is it adequate to your wants, to your cutioms, or to your chars her? Is it fuificient, for the prefervation of your rights? Or is it the work of a party, who, following all the windings of a crooked policy, wifhed to make the Government of a State the property of a certain chats of in dividuals ? Does not this Conflitution deprive you of the knowledge, fo defirable, of your own affairs? Does it not deprive you of that perfonal adminiftration, without which there can exia neither order nor economy ? Has it not reduced you to the neccUhy, to leek at diflance, decifions upon your domellic interefts, which you were accußomed to have almoa without flirting for them? Can the general adminißration efficacioufly proteft and defend you? Thofe whole duty it is to inftrua and counfel, can they fee all themfelves ? The (*jells fub mined to their deliberations, multiplied into in finity, and placed at immenfe dillances, like as upon a rugged rock whole approach is furrounded with difficulties, can they be kited by them, what ever may be their courage and their =Raney ? The firft Miniflers of the State, to prevent a Rag. nation in public affairs, are found to be furround ed with a multitude of fubalterns, of which the leak evil is an increafe of expence. When the courfe of human affairs is contidered with impar tiality, ought we not to fear, that perfons, to whom no refponlibility attaches, may acquire an influ ence dangerous to public affairs, and that Miniflers may become, notwitliftanding their vigilance, the infituments of the corruption of their agents. This Rate is the more to be fulpeited, as tittle agents may find the means to efcape detedion, by obtain ing, s hy falfc reprefentation, orders under which they may cover their abufe of confidence. This piCture, Citizens, however fad and difcou raging it may appear, is not at all overcharged. It is the fruit of experience acquired onthe part of the Government committed to our care. But far from Bopping here, we fhould regard as the effeCts of an heated imagination, thofe deices which we have jolt detailed, if the deliberations and refolutions of the reprefentative body did not oblige us to remark their fimilar voices to thole we fo fay deplore. How many laws dircuffed among them for three years, can be confidered as general rules of con dud ? Does there not exill as many particular laws as public ones ; and does not the number increafe every day with the wants and griefs of the inhabi tants ? The innumerable refulutions paralyze the Executive Government, and bewilder thole Citi tens, whole duty or whole bufinefs obliges them to approach the abyfs. Far be it from us, how ever, to throw fulpicion upon the head of the Le giflators. It is in the nature of things that we mull aift ; and in order to leave nn doubt upon this point, we will examine, with equal impartiality, the turn of their Labours. It will be fufficient- to recall to your minds the diverfity of opinions upon feveral important arti cles. The difficulties which retarded the efiabliffi ment of fume of the organic laws of the conflitu tion—the confliaing. fcntiments which tbefe pro pofitions canfed in the two chamber. The nume rous tarots which it was neceffary to relent upon one tingle adair, to well under Rand it, and is paw 'ticular the labour upon the admittillration of the poor; upon the municipalities; that upon the civil tribunals, difcuffed a long time Without any ulti mate decifton. In short the tedious and embar railing manner in which the molt minute affairs were managed. You midi conclude then with us, Citizens, that the Legiflative Affembly could not, whatever was its zeal and energy, overcome the vices and obila des caufed by its organization. The complication of conftruelion impeded its progrefs, and the evi dent effeet was public and private ruin. This Rate of things, Citizens, has long attraEled our notice. Situated, by the nature of our functions, in a man ner to appreciate the danger, could we avoid the obligation of finding the means to bring them to an end. But it was not fufficient to know the evil and the remedy : we ought, like prudent Phyfi cians, to take into confideration the Rate of the patient, and not run the rifque of killing him, by adrniniftering, without caution,the remedies which ought to operate for his cure. What had already paffed, fufficiently demon. ftrated the neceffity of refting upon folid bafis civil and political liberty, 'before we abandoned that fyftem, the fruit of our revolution, to the incerti tude of future events. Neither could a momentary fufpicion be enter tained that the STADTHOLDIR fhould be reflored ; that would have been giving to the Cabinet of St. James's, that fatal influence which the has already ufed for the deftrudion of the profperity of this once happy and flourifhing country. Thus far then, the fituation of affairs in Europe, has given to the partizans of the Houfe of Orange, a hope of realizing their wifhes. We could neither hope fitccefs to our efforts, nor union of wills and fentiments ; but at prefent, that this queftion is for ever determined, that it appears no Cabinet nourifbes the plan of reftoring the STADTHOLDEI, we thought we could no longer delay a project which a longer delay might have rendered abortive. At prefent we feel ourfelves as happy in being able to addrefs ourfelves, not as the heads of a party, but to the whole of the Republic—and to count equally upon thofe, who carried away by a blind zeal, or (educed by prejudices, have hitherto fearched for their country out of the country, and who, notwithftanding, have never ceafed to find there protelion for their perfons and their property. Peace is figned on the Continent ; the Houfe of Auftria has recognifed our independence ; our political relations with Ruffia are renewed. Soon we (hall reckon her Envoy among the number of Ambaffadors of fo many other people allies, friends, and neighbours. The French Government cannot admit our in dependence with greater eclat than by the lafl Convention which the has juft concluded ; a Con vention which confiderably diminifhcs expettces, and at the fame time takes from calumny that pre text with which the has attempted more than once to ferve herfelf ; a drawing from the nature of the relation of the French army with the Government; confequences equally outraging the French nation and humiliating to our Republic. Could we have juflified ourfelves to oar fellow citizens, or in our own eyes, if, far from profiting by fuch favourable circumftances, the Republic had been affigned, at the period of a general peace, a rank below what fhe has a right to expect. By that alone, we had hefitated to treat with a government which offered no guarantee, and, in effect, liable to overturn in a year and a half, the Mefixed for a revolution of the Conftitution. could have anfwered, that it would then have taken died in fuch a (late of incertitude, of which we have already experienced the perni cious influence You know, citizens, that fix years ago we made to the legiflative body a propofition which had for its objek the amelioration of the fundamental laws of the State. You were then, without doubt, con vinced by the courfe of its deliberations, that it is impollible (as the National Convention had al. ready furnifhed another proof) that io numerous an affembly, agitated by fo many different pal: lions, could give to the State a good Conftitution. Thofe who are called to defend and protal the State, with, with good faith, its happinefs ; and its fafety cannot expofe it to new agitations. Penetrated with this truth, and Rrong in the convidion that we have nothing in view but your welfare and your glory, we have formed a plan of a Conftitution which Reers a middle courfe be tween the different opinions which have hitherto difiraded the inhabitants of the country, and in which we are allured that the leading features are not difpleafing to our natural ally. We have done more ; in fubmitting this plan to the judg ment of the People, we have given"intelligence to the two Chambers of the Rcprefentative And, in fine, that every thing may pats with or der, we have refolved as follows : tit. As loon as thefe prefents are ready, the Municipality (hall fubmit to public examination, a fufficient number of copies of this Proclamation, and of the prole& of a Conflitution annexed. ad. The 111 of Oflober next they (hall open re gifters in every Commune of the Republic, and (hall furnifh to every citizen of so years of age, who (hall not be excluded the right of voting by the 13th article of the conftitution, the means of giving his fuffrage by aye or nay opon the prefented Prgci• 3d. The 6th of October there Regiflers (hall be doled—the Adminiiiration of every Commune Ilan fend the lift of the votes to the Executive Direaory as loon as poffible, and at the lateft, by I the 1 ) -111 of October, joining a general lift of the aetual citizens in their commune, that they may be enabled to communicate to the Batavian people the refult of the votes. Every aaual citizen who does not vote, (ball be confidered as approving the plan of Conllitution. Sucb, Citizens, is the fruit of our long and pain ful meditations. At prefent, it remains with you to determine whether the projea we prefent ac cords with your true interefts, and has for its real objea the happinefs of the people. Let a ripe reflation guide your judgment, and fupprefs your paffions ; never forget that you are going to pronounce upon the fate of your country. For our Tart, Citizens, we fhall attend with re fignation the refult of your deliberations,and what? ever may be the confequences of your opinion, con vinced that right was intended, we (hall not doubt but that your judgment is that of all Europe. The Executive DireElory, orders that this Pro clamation be fixed up in all the *dual places, with injunaions to the Departmental Adminiftrations, to fee that it be carried into execution as promptly as poflible in the manner within prefcribed. Done and ordained in the Diredorial Affembly of the Ba tarian Republic at the Hague, the tath Sept. 18 01 , 7th Year of Bataviac Liberty. (Signed) BEZIER, Prefident. By command of the fame, (Signed) DAssavast.. PROCLAMATION. BATAVIANS, The Firft Chamber of the Legiflative Body, by a feeble majority of two voices, has this day pro• nounced the fufpenfion of our Proclamation of the t4th of this month, by which the Batavian people are invited to approve or rejea the Con(litution juft prefented to them. This refolution in perpetuating an order of things, which has carried the higheft degree of confufion into public affairs, (and tend) uniformly to the advantage of fome particular individuals, while it caufes general ruin) has no other object, ' but to prevent the people from pronouncing freely upon an objedt of the greateft importance, and to excite a civil war. We have thought, under thefe difficult circum. fiances, that it was our duty to oppofe thefe deter minations; and to prevent, by efficacious means, the fatal confequences. We have taken meafures to prevent the future meetings of the Legiflative Body, until the people have pronounced their opinion. Citizen Batavians, however hangers we may be to any kind of cenfure, we could not, we ought not to fuffer that the voice of a nation fhould be eztingufhed, . and that a fcw indi viduals fhould niftily pronounce upon the will of the people before it was known. Our only object, and our only defire is that it fhould be manifefled. It theft be one fupreme law; we wait it without fear; firm in the convhlion that we have confidered with difintereftednefs your welfare. Weigh calmly, maturely, and without pafflon, the projefl prefented to you, judge for yourfelves, and rejea with difdain all foreign in fluence. Batavians, you are about to pronounce upon your deareft interefts, upon thole of your children. Chufe what will be moft for your advantage. May the meafures taken for. your tranquility give you confidence. It will not be difturbed. We :hall be able to reprefs the malevolence of thofe who do not fear to cover themfelves with igno miny in wifhing to fetter your wills. The Direaory orders that this Proclamation be Ruck up in all ordinary places. At the Hague, the isth Sept. tam, (7th year of 80.- titian Liberty,) (Signed) &matt, for the Preftdent. By order of the Direaory, (Signed) MANTEL, for the Secretary. HAOUB, SEPT. 24 —The new revolution is now completed, and no difturbance or change has taken place fince the lA. On the 18th, in the evening, the Direaory ilitied its proclamation, and commit ted the guard of the Hague to General Aso salter, The Hall in which the Ltgiflative Body meets fill continues (hut up. LUMEN, Sgpr. 2.-It is faid, that come bat talions of the French troops will march to Am fterdam, as many perfons there are very much dif. fatisfied with the late meafure of the Direaory, and the Direaor VAN %I/INDEX, who did not con cur in it, has thus a great number of partizans ; there are likewife friends to the oppofition in many other towns. It is not doubted, however, but the moft vigorous and effeaual meafures will be taken by the three Direaors, to reltrain and fupprefs the fpirit of party. The day before yefterday an official account was received at the Hague, that the Departmental Government of the Tete' had refuted to publifh the Proclamation of the Direaory of the atb, and protefted againft the fame. LONDON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER z. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Conf. 3B{ --5 per Cent. 94—Omnium 6i 71 7. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY 3 per C. Conf. 581 1 rmnium 6} 56} vy 5 per Cent. Na 9 sff Conf. for Oa. 59 581 } Imp. 3 per Cent. stli 57i Bank for Acc.— At a late hour laa night the Hamburgh Mail arrived, and brought feveral important articles of intelligence which we have given in our pre. ceding columns, with farther estrafts from the French Journals received yeaerday. We underflandthat certain intelligence . received at the Admiralty, that fixteen line are ready for tea in Brea harbour men on board each (hip. The troops the command of General HUMBERT, w board the Cifalpine. At Rochfort alto, that there are eight (hips of the line rea. with 600 troops embarked in each (hit there is an armament of more than t t, ally embarked. The command being gi% neral HUMBERT teems to indicate the d, to be Ireland ; but this may be a mere war, and our Minifters will be on their cordingly. Cott w.—A letter from Bury of yeller& lays, 44 Our market this day was well with fine famples of Wheat. and ntlif which fold much cheaper than ha VP:I Wheat fetching not more than aos. per Barley little variation. " Wheat 7os. to Bos. per quarter; Bari 48s. per ditto ; Oats tes. to ,s9s. per ditt 7os. pa Sack." ~;.} c been has been fhips of the r, with 400 are under who is on 1, it is iJy for lei, p ; fo that [,OOO aftu. iven to Ge- dcflination artifice of • guard ac- day's date, 1 hipplied her wain. :ek. 11, ft cr Coon!). rley +es. to :to; Flour aft, rl(a IL THE 943 0.87 u 375 2,181 .rooPg nted I the firy, rizes ttee, h:-;. htch pro fully lied f in-