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ITALT. MILAN, MARCH t.—The Prefidcnt MELZI, who had announced an intention of immediately re forming every branch of the Adminiftration, has in his first ftep found an unforefeen obstacle in the limits of his power. He has thought it his duty to render an account to his fellow citizens, and to reveal to them more clearly than he has hither to done, the relations of himfelf and the Republic with the FIRST CONSUL of France. For this pur pole, ME LZI has written to the Conllituted Au thorities, through the medium of the ancient Cif alpine Minifler of the Interior and of Jußice, and has at the fame time publithed a circular Letter, dated the 22d of February, which is thus con cluded : " The Vice-Purulent wilbirg to fatisfy, as far as relates to hindelf, the impatience of the Public to fee the organization of the new (Olen; pat in a Rate of activity, charges me to nuke known, that the delay does not proceed merely from the indifpenfable neceffity of requiring a precife knowledge of the affival Rate of a ff airs, in order to ground upon it with confi dence ulterior operations, hat principally from this eircum ftance, " that we have not received the appointment of our Mi nifters, which our Prefident, Bo ,reft.rves to himfelf." It is cagy to comprehend, that without Miniffers it is impof fible to organize a Miniftry ; and that without an Adminiftra don, it is impoffiblo to give affikky to an Adminiftrative Syf tem. The proofs whkh our Prefident has given of his zeal for the profperity and fuecefs of the new order of things which he has eftabliatd, leaves no room to doubt, that in fpite of the diftance of place, and other ciroumftanees which have coatri- buted to the delay, the appointments may be Portly repotted. (Signed) " PANCALDL" They write from feveral cities of Romagna, that quarters are getting ready there for four half bri gades of French troops which are expeded. This has given birth to various conjeaures. SWITZERLAND. Bsu, Malmo 3.—ln purfuance of a Decree bearing date the 6th of February, in which the fanaioning of the new Conftitution is confided to the Cantonial Affemblies, Ate Primary Affemblies are to meet the 18th inftant, to chufe an EleCtor out of too perfons. Tbefe EleCtors are to :Am ble the 33d in the capital of their diftrid, in order to fix on thole who are eligible to fit in the Canto nial Affembly. From thole thus deemed eligible, the Canton (hall nominate fix, and the Helvetian Senate five perfons, for forming a Committee, who, under the fuperintendance of the Prefea, (ball either accept or rejea the Conftitution, and afro wards appoint five perfons for framing a Cantonial Con- Ilitution. As limn as the Conititutions of all the Cantons (hall be completed, the General Affembly is to meet, for the purpofe of proceeding to the definitive elation of the Senate and the Supreme Court of judicature. Deputies are continually arriving here from the country of Valais, who all proteft againft the fepa rating of that Canton from the Helvetic Republic. After receiving the firs who arrived, the Senate decreed, that all pollible protettion and affillance Gould be extended to them, and an adtlrefs be lodged in all the Cantonial archives as a memorial of patriotiftn. A decree has been palled by the Senate, tha the extraordinary contributions for the expences of the St.tte, and the dire& and Indira impofts to be brought up by the three Cantons of Schweitz, Ury, and Unterwald, (ball continue to be appro. propriated to their own neceffities, and that too, to the amount of 7:o,ooolivres, Swifs money, and by way of difcharging the debt of the Central Go vernment. MARCH +—Ten Members of the Senate, namely CitiZCHS JUNGGAR, KUHN, RUTTIMAN, SCHMIDT, DOLDIR, FUMY, ANDIRIVERTH, MITTELHOLZER, Lawru Ea, and PELtis, have protelled againtt the new Constitution, and fent their proteft to the French Minider. Notwithllanding the fupprelion of the diaur bances which had broke out in the Italian Cantons, they %elite from Lugano, that the French Captain BANSI is arrived there with fume troops, and has ilfued a proclamation, in which it is thteatcw.d, that each individual or place that, undo v..hat pre text focver, Iball dare to interrupt the publi.: quility, 111411 be made amenable for his or their cenclud, and fentenced by a cow: m.O _- - V • s `~,; FRANCE. PARIS, 27 VENTOSZ, MARCH 18. Several papers have publifhed as canes from t!:.: °Aid panzal different articles which appeared in our laf number, and which had been copied f: ern the Bulletin de Paris. This is a new periodi cal work-which comes out twice a dec4cle, and which has only yet advanced to its fecond num ber. We took the precaution to mention from wli;nce we had drawn thefe articles, that it might be ken that the Editor of the Official Journal was not anfuerable for them.—Ahniirstr. The Confervative Senate ha•-_ publilhed a de crte, Jeclaring that the funetions of the Tribunate and of the Legillative Body can be exercifed only by thofe whole names are inferred in the new filly and that the eleaions for the three following years are to take place exaBly in the fame way. The CHIEF CONSUL, accompanied by Madam BONA►ARTE, Madame Louis BON•FARTL, and fome others of his family, this day about twelve o'clock liked the National Library. He took particular interefi in examining the medals, among which thofe of Czfar and Alexander long fired his attention. He likewife infpelted with great mi nutencfs the armour of Henry IV. and amufed himfelf in branditting his fword. The ELECTOR of iSay.sate has ordered all the Foreign Mendicant Monks. found in the Mon.& tcries of his States, to be lent to their own coun- ' tries, with fifteen florins to bear their charges. We are aura that the Legiflative Body will be convoked by the Government on the sth of April ; that Extraordinary SclEon is to continue till the zoth of May. We karn by a private letter from Bourdeaux, that the theatre de la Gaieti, at that place, has been entirely defkoyed by fire. e . , • TUR gAr. CONSTANTINOTLF, FED. B.—By letters received from Egypt, dated the zBth of January, we are informed, that the Beys who efcaped the murder ous and impolitic plan formed again& them, are now in open arms again(' the Porte. They are fupported bv numerous adherents, the inhabitants preferring the Government of the Beys to that newly inftituted by the Turks; and fence the trea chery manifelled by the latter, they are become more than ever attached to their old mailers. The GRAND VI zisx is preparing for battle, which will doubtlefs prove bloody, and'in all probability ter minate to his difgrace, for he has little to hope from the few Englifh who are left in that country, even were they more partial to him. The Com mander at Alexandria has denied the Turks all ac cefs to that place ; and our Court is not a little alarmed in fecret, at the future views of its nevi allies, but it is not deemed politic to make known any fort of difpleafure. GERMANT. VIENNA, MARCH s.—The camp to be formed in the environs of Freiburg, while the Hungarian Diet is held, will chiefly confifi of regiments which lie in Bohemia, Moravia, and Nether Hungary. From Scmlin we hear, that on the 14th of Fe. bruary a Firman of the Porte was proclaimed at Belgrade, under the difcharge of cannon,by which the Paella of Silifiria was appointed Governor of that citadel. The Aga of the Janiffaries will fill the fun:lions of Kaimakan, or Deputy, till the Pa cha's arrival. This Firman has given birth to much rejoicing among the Janiffaries; notwithaanding which, they continue to (*ripply the place with pro. vifions, and to put it in a state of defence. The Grand Duke of TUSCANY, it is aid, will repair to Venice. An Amhairador from the Batavian Republic is (portly expected here. . . The French Ambaffador at our Court, after re ceiving difpatches from Paris by a co.trier, with reference to the modification of the new Italian Republic, held a conference with our Minifry. RATISBON, MARCH 9.—Notwithflanding it has been fo confidently alerted that the Baron Von Huns'. would appear at the Diet as Plenipoten tiary of the EMPEROR, it is now faid, with equal confidence, that he is defined to repair to Peterf: burgh as Extraordinary Ambaffador at that Court. His family will fet off from hence for Vienna with out delay. A profound filence has hitherto been obferved with refped to the affair of the indemni fications. The Court of Peterlburgh, it is faid, has been requefied to mediate between the different opinions entertained on that fubjea. France Teems averfe to this mediation ; and has lately given the Empire new affurances of its amicable difpofitions. HOLLAND. HARLISI, MARCH 15.—The Rhinland Slaaper. dike ran over yeilerday, for the fourth time (ince November, to the height of three inches. If the wind had not abated towards evening,and changed to the north,:aft, this accident would have been produdive of damages to an incalculable amount. ROTTERDAM, MARCH 19.—The public mind is hillfufpended between the hopes of peace and the dread of war. Adverting to France, the former prevails—to England, the latter : and fo critical es the balance, that our merchants are afraid to venture forwards, and both to recede. However, no counter orders are as yet given with regard to the Eall India Illipments; and feveral veffels have again Lifted out for the Baltic. HACUR, MARCH 19.—The COMMKGOIICrS of the National Accounts have lately burnt old bo.a's of the nation, and . converted to new funds, to the amount of I i 4547,466 florins, in purfu ance of the limitation contained in the Conftitu tion of 179 f. The fum of 194,246 florins has been collet:lei and dillributed to 6320 families, who have fair ed in different parts of this Republic by the late inundations. In purfuance of a refolve of the Government, the colonial troops will undergo a conliderable augmentation, the number is now to be brought to goon. We hear that a Miniller will (portly be appoint. ed to relide at the Court of Sweden, on the behalf of this Government. Letters from the North mention, that the EM. prima of Russia interefis himfelf warmly with the lirench Government refpeeting the fettlement of the affairs of the Duke of WIRT ISIN BERG. • Citizen Semoravizze is about to return to this place as An.l.affador to the French Republic. A report is in circulation that the Council of Home Affairs has made a again permitting the bells to chime is the proteftant churches previous to divine fervice. Should this take place it will put the finithing flroke to that beloved equality which was fo lately the fubjed of admiratian. Liveries alfo begin to appear again. Two fingular fubfcriptions are opened in a neigh bouring city ; the one for printing a life of Wil liam the sth Prince of Orange, and the other that of his deceafed fon Prince Frederic. What will next be undertaken time only can determine. A Surgeon and Apothecary of a town in Friel land, refuting to pay a fine of 14.00 florins, as enafied by an ancient flatute, for having a third child by a female friend, his wife being alive, was lati week publicly flogged on a fcaffold at Leeuwarden. He walked through the city the fame day without any vifible fign of confufion ; and returned home, declaring that a warm back was preferable to an empty purfe. Our political writers are fo zealoaily employed in lamenting the departure of Fraternity and Equality from this country, that they have almofi forgotten Liberty, who, however, is alfo laid to have taken French leave! The Newfpaper Printers bandlied all thefe at once, fome I.a nths fence, from the head of their refpedive journals; and they have never fume been charged with d ealing fairly. PaIRLMMEAPIARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, MARCH $3. Lord AL , ir confequence of the continuance of the Lord Chancellor's indifpolition, officiated again this day as Speaker. The various Bills before the Houfe were forwarded in their reflieetive Stages. Among there, were the lrllh Taxes, the Marine Mutiny, and the Felons Tranfportation Bills, which were read a third time, palled, and a Mirage fent to acquaint the Commons therewith. _ _ The Report of the Committee to whom it was referred to confider the dudes of the Union Aft, relative to the Peerage of Ireland, was prefented by Lord Walfingham ; and on Ms Lordildis Motion, ordered to be taken into confideration on ThurfiLly. The Marine Mutiny Bill, and fuch others as are ready, will receive the Royal Meat by Commillion to-morrow. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A MelLige from the Lords informed the Houfe that their Lortiftsips had agreed to the kith Revenue Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Felon Tranfportation Bill, and feveral private Bills. The SECRETARY AT WAR prefunted the Eltimates for the Militia Services, from the asth of March, iSoa , to the s4th of May follow ing incluilve.--Ordered to be laid upon the table. The SECRETARY at WAR raid, that he hoped the Houfe would permit him tu propofe to vote them tomorrow, in the Committee of Supply. Lord BELiatutve brought up the Bill to amend the EleCtion Treating Ad, which was read a Brit time. Upon the queltion fur the feeond reading, Mr. Coast Rated, that if In the eourfe of the prefent Bill he thould find that it was ncceffary to extend its operation to Ireland, he ihould move the introdudition of a Claufe to that draft. The Bill was ordered to be printed, and read a fecond time on Tueftlay. The Bill for the Relief of the Merchants of Grenada and St. Vincent's was, after tome objections on the part of Mr. Jones, which were anfwered by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, read a Brit, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Tueftlay. ♦FFAIR3 OP INDIA. Mr. Joteas Paid, it would be in the reconcetion of the Board of Controul, that on the 15th of June tat, he had given no tice of his Intention to bring forward a motion relative to de Affairs of India. In confequence of information he had re temly received, of tranfaftions too horrible for human ears— __ . The fireAxe* called the Hon. Member to order,—lf it was his intention to give a notice, he must confine himfelf to a itatement of its objefft...the Houle had found the convenience of ftrldly adhering to this rule. Mr. Jot: es gave notice, that on this day fortnight it was his intention to bring krward a motion on the (object of the Polygar War in India. CIVIL LIST ACCOUNTS. The CLIANCELLOR 07 THE EXCIIIVER, in conkquence of the intintatton of kveral Members, that the Interval for tak ing into coulideration the Report of the Committee on the Civil Lilt Accounts, was too limited, poßponed his Motion for ref • the Accounts to a Committee of Supply from to Friday y nest. The Right Hon. Gentleman expreired a with to papule the Motion Rill further, if it thould interfere with the one of which his Honourable and Learned Friend Mr. Manners Butt, had gival notice for Monday next, rela tive to the Duchy of Contra Mr. CORRY laid, he rofe purfumn to his notice, to move for certain papers refpeeting the milcel laneous fervices of Ireland. The Houfe was aware, that there was a general order for the proctuetion of eflimates for the fervice of the year. If he un derflood that order correctly, it applied to Ireland as well as to England. If, however, there was any difference of opinion upon the fubjeet he hop. ed he thould be fet right, becaufe it was his with, in every refpeet, to conform to the rules of the Houfe. He therefore begged to alk, whether that order was to be underßood as applying to Ireland ? (The general order for the produttion of eftimates for the fervice of the year.) The SPEAKER Paid, it would be better for the Right Hon. Gentleman to move to clifchargo that order, and to move a freih one. Mr. CORRY them moved, that the eftimates for the mircellaneous fervices of Ireland for the year 1802, be laid before the Houfe.—Ordered. Mr. CORRY then brought up the eßimates of the mifcellaneous fervices of that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, for the year 1802. They were read at the Table, and confined of Pratique, Dublin Port charges, for apprehending public of fenders, and for criminal profecutions, for printing proclamations, Stc. for printing and Ilationary for public offices, for Treafury incidents, for building Law 'Courts, and for cloathing the Battle Axe Guards. — O rdered to lie on the table. Mr. CORRY faid, he begged leave to trefpafs up. on the Houfe with a few obfervations by way of ex planation with regard to Come petitions which he wifbed to prefent to the Houfe. Some of them re lated to Cervices for which public Parliamentary grants had ufually been made in the Parliament of Ireland, and they were therefore deemed public Cervices. But according to the forms of this Houfe many of them would come under the defci iption of private, not of public fervices. It would there fore be nect.Tary that they fhould be preceded by petitions from the parties praying for relief.— He fhould therefore, with the permillion of the Houfe, prefent thefe Petitions, which were in ge neral from corporate bodies in Ireland, praying for the aid of Parliament. If it fhould be the plea lure of the Houfe to receive thefe Petitions, he would afterwards move for the eftimates of the expence ; and by proceeding in this manner, the Houk would be in polfeffion of every necelfary in formation upon the fubjeEt. He Ihould, therefore, now propofe to prefent thefe Petitions. He was aware that as they were applications for public money, it would be neceffary that they fhould have the approbation of the Crown ; but It was necefl'ary he Ihould fay a word with refpelt to the form in which thefe Petitions were drawn up. The Peti tioners, who were not converfant with the forms of the Houfe, had Rated in the Petition, the amount of the fums requifite for thofe Cervices : this, he was aware, was not parliamentary, becaufe it was not conformable to the rules of the Houfe, that the turn Ihould be Rated in the Petition. But he truDed, under all the circumftances, that the Houfe would not think it neceffary to rejett thefe Petitions ; coming, as they did, from perfons who were not converfant with the rules of the Houfe, and who alto refided at fuch a diftance as to render it difficult to procure freth Petitions in time. There was another point of which he wifhed to apprize the Houfe, which was, that the Petitioners, defiring to give 'he Houfe every information in their power, had annexed eftimates to their Petition. He was aware that this was not regular, but as, in fome inftances, the ellimates were diftind from the Petition, he would take away the caimate, and merely pref.= the Petition. He could not take away eerta;r. words of reference to thofe eitimates in the Peti tions ; but he trufied, that fuch words as " accord ing to the e(limates annexed," and which he could not take out of the Petitions, would not prove fatal to them. The objea of the &ft Petition he had t.) prelim was, for the maintenance of the Protellant Charter Schools in Ireland. They had fubGllcd for above Italia century in Ireland, and had been produaivc of great advantages, and it was an in. ftitution for which public provifion had always been made in Ireland. Mr. CORRY then brought up the Petition. The CHANCELLOR of the Etc' KITE& Paid, he had no difficulty in Rating the recommendation of the Crown to the objea of this Petition ; but he wiffied to obferve, that it was always held to be ;La objeftion to a Petition, if it was too minute and particular. With regard to the Petitions ffittin , . the fpecific fum which would be wanting, he de. fired to be underftood, that when he approved of the general purports of the Petitions, and gave the recommendation of the Crown, yet he by no means pledged himfelf as to the particular font. His Right Hon. Friend had Rated, that there were Effirnates attached to tome of the Petitions ; but he mull be aware that the Houfe could not pro. teed upon thofe Eftimates; indeed, his Right Hon. Friend had Rated the circumftance apologetically, and had exprelfed his intention of moving forfrclh Effimates. The prefent Petition, however, was not liable to this objeetion, for it did not fpecify any fum, and, therefore, he had no objeaicn to Rate the recommendation of the Crown to it. . Mr. Rosso!! faid there were no Petitions pie. Tented laft year. Mr. Coßxr laid, that laft SeMon, the Houfe, in their kindnefs to Ireland , in which it had never been deficient, and knowing that the people of that country were inexperienced in the forms of the Houle, had difpenfed with thole forms which required that Petitions fhould be prefented. Mr. ALEXANDER laid, that in Ireland tilde were confidered as public Services, and did not require Petitions. Mr. ROBSON explained. The Petition was then ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. CORRY brought up a Petition from the Houfe of Induftry, in Dublin ; he laid, this was an Inilitution which produced the greateft benefits to that country, and was perhaps the ben mana,r , ed Inflitution of the kind in any country. There being no Poor Laws in Ireland, the metropolis was the place to which the unprovided Poor retorted; arid indeed many perfons •who had no fettlement in this country foliad their way there. The jet of the Inftitution was to relieve th unforlunate, to encourage indußry, and to prevent idlenels and drunkennefs. The indußry which the perfons relieved were compelled to exert, contributed not in a very (mall degree to defray the expence of the Inftitution. The SPEAKER faid, theft were certainly in the nature of private petitions, the time for prefentiap; which had elapfed. It was for the Houfe to ci..- termine whether they would difpenfe with the order, or whether they would make a fpecial order upon the occafion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHECIpER faid, he was afraid that thefe petitions were of a nature that could not'be prefcnted regularly. He remem bered slimly petitions of this nature, one for in• fiance from the African Company, and for a pub lic purpofe, which the Houfe would not receive after the time for receiving private petitions had elapfed, until a petition was prefented for leave to prefent it. Whether the Houfe would make any diftindion in this cafe, it was not for him to fay. Perhaps his Right Hon. Friend would delay pre fenting any more of thefe petitions till to.morrow, and in the mean time the Houfe would have an opportunity of confidering the fubje&. Mr. CORRY laid, he certainly was not aware of the informality, but it was owing to the circum- Rance of the fervices of Ireland not being re.gu. lirly claifified, fo that it was impotlible to know which came under the head of Private, and whlc4 of Public Service, becaufe many of t hefe fervices which were public in Ireland, were conlidered as private here. He iliculd now, with the permitilo2 of the Houfe, withdraw the petition, and alto fcr the prefent forbear to prefent the others. It would alt . () he necclrary to withdraw the other petition which he had prefented,but as in that cafe it would Appear on the Journals as being withdrawn, ihould be glad if it could be paired fib filo4, Mead of being withdrawn. The SPEAKER laid, the petition had been pre rented and ordered to lie on the table: he thougit the better way would he, to let it lie on the Table till to-morrow, then move to difcharge di,: order; and then it would be as if no fuch petition had beca prefented. FOHR AND A HALF PER CENT. DUTIES. Mr. Tie RN E Y moved for an Account of the Greis Amount of the Four and a half per cent. Duties from the sth of April, 1785, to the sth of April, 1802. He alto moved for an Account of all Sum: charged upon the Four and a half per cent. Da ties that remained unfatisfied, on the sth of 18et, together with the films applicable to the dif charge thereof. His objea, he raid, was, that the Accounts might be completely before the Houle from the period when they were lall moved for. The CHANCELLOR of the Excumy Ex laid, he Ihould not °Ned to the Motion, becaufe a fimilar one had been made by an Hon. Gentleman (one of the Members for Stafford) in the year 1786, am: acceded to by the Houfe. Had it not been for that precedent, he fhould, with the opinion he en. tertained that the Four and a half per cent. Duty was exclufively at the difpofal of his MAjelly, have thought it incumbent on him to have oppoted the Motion. He hoped the Houfe would allow him to Rate what was the real nature of that fund. lri the year 1663, an Aft of Parliament paffed in con fequcnce of the Pale of the Bland of Barba(' the Earl of Carlifle, its then Proprietor inhabitants at that time paid to the Earl liile s plbs. of cotton a year, the right of/ which was conveyed to his Majelly. Hit having purchafed the ifland, exonerated bitants from the payment of that burthen, coufideration for fo doing, claimed of thet of four and a Ilelf per cent. ou the produce )adoes by :or. The •1 of Car- 'receiving is Majefty the lulu- ), and as a ens a duty I" of dm - -