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■ r Pr M t ' fore and hapry multi c t : - 7 7 7 -country alwtys nn ai tit Lo i es. tilice nothiog hill but inikvility and Tim hde of Elbe I ad been ceded to'France ; It•gave her a mild, indu trious people, an Slipeirb ports, a fertile and u nable mine ; but separated from France it could nut be inti mately Jitiellea to any of its Aeportarnts, or Submitted to Cie .regAlations of a common ad.r.iiii:tration. It has been deemed •expeAli-tit, that ,iris lc . should yield to the tweet/iv of:cir coms:ances There have been establiArd for the Isle of Elbe ei.iceptiont o which its position, and the public interest corn mantled. 'The abdication of the Sovcragn, the wish of the people, and the necesslty of things, had placed redmont in the power of 'France. In the midst of nations who surrounded it, .and with the elements that composed its population, ?led /bent could neither support the weight of its own itidepeigl -roc; or the expeuce of a Monarchy. United to Franc', it sill erij.oy its security and grandeur; its laborious and erdight cued c•tizens will develope their industry in she bosom ef the .arts and of Lamm In the intarier of Trance reign ealmnevi and set-laity. The of the M 17istrates, a severe Police, a Otntlarmerit +well .constituted and ditened by a Chief, who hai watched in the career of honour" have every wherJ spread terror in the aninds of Brigitels. Private interest IF elevate.% to a sentiment of pu:4lc luti , rest. The citizens 11.—. e dared to mule!: ;hose they formerly dreadad, even though they were chained at the feet of the Tribunal. Whule Communes have armed, and have destroyed them. Foreigners envy the safety of our raids, and that public force. siskiela often invisible, but ever present, guards their step:, and protels them even without their b:iag In the course of a diflicuit v.nr, and in the midst of a general penury, the poor have not distrusted the cares of the Coveriunont. They have supported, with courage. necessary privations ; and til- assistance they had reason to expect, they havis received with gratitude. The cri az o: forg Ty is 11.) long cr encouraged by the hope of impunity the zeal of the Tribunals charged to punish it, and the jest severity of the laws, have at length stopped the Trosgress of this iicoune, which menaced public and private PT°Pert.' • . . Our saorsbi? has reached perfection, and &Res the most boasted modes of worship in Europe. In all the Departments shcre are enlightened cultivators or it, who instruct b'• precept and example. The 'training of knives has been encouratid Sy freminms ; h it ancliwztion of i.;tnr lino!, by ti:: intro :action of locks of c‘e-y where zealous Administratotv seek and reveal the. • icl.•s.ni r ',oil, an,lpro„agate the useful methods Our mamdaotories multiply and acquire an a:Merlel ani ma"! l• and itnpneement —emulous with regard to each other, the:::,on rival the most renowned Manufactories Monad, they w.. u• rYteiug to their preseerity but capitals less dearly purchased, and already the 'capitalists abanaon the hasanlete speculations of Stock-sobbing, and return to the cultiveticin of the earth and 'useful enterprizes ; more than 20,000 French workmen, who were dispersed throughout Europe, are recalled by the cares and benevolence tithe government, and will be restorer!' to our Manufactories. Amongst our Manufactories, there a one in which France is snore particularly interested; it is that which Colbert warmed with les genius; it was buried beneath the ruins of Lyons : the Govorntr.ent has used every care to restore it. Lyons rises to splendour and opulence, and already from the bosoms of their wurkshme, itiartizansimpose trihutus upon the luxury of E r ,- tope ; but the principle of their sirecee is in the luxury of France itself. It e in the fickleness of our tastes, and the in 'constancy of oar fashions that foreign luxury finds its aliment; it is that which gives life and motiou to an immense popula tion. which without it you'd - tie lost in corruption and misery. There will he Corr:pipe, and soon nn the confines of La pry.7.ienne, where the youth will form themselves to industry and nieceateeal-arts ; there one Dock Yards and Ma inufactorlos will else dey find the chiefs of their workshops, and the directors of their labours. Fourteen millions produced by the tax on barriers, and ten millions retraortlinary have been, during the tenth year, em ployed on the public roads. The antient eommunicatiens have been prepared arid maintained, and new communications have been opened ; the Simplon, Mount Cenis, and efeunt Genevre, will soon afford us a triple and oasy'access into Italy ; a grand road will lead from G 'noa to Marseilles; a rood is traced from St. Esprit to sop, another feom Reuses to Brest; by Poetivy ; at Pontivy establishments will be raised, which will have a great influence on the public mind of the Depart- nacres of weeh A.ntient Brittany is composed; a canal will convey colleietce, and new prnsperity. On the banks of the Rhine, from Bingen to Coblents, a necessary mad is eke through thoinaceessiele rocks. The neigh bouring Cameiunm a ember their labours with the sacrifices of the peblie treasure; and the people of the right bank, who laughed at the folly of the enterprize, remain confounded at the rapidity of its exezution. I:unites:3 work-shops are dieribeited bn the canal of Se Q.:entire The canal of Ourcq has just °pent (I, and Paris will eteey sere its seters the salubrity and embellishments which they pitlti.tie. :11..: canal destined to unite the nevi: teen of the Se , • .1.., ei • Dethe, and the Rhine, is almost en they :XeCiter: as .at Doele ; and the public treasure already receives, in the augmetnaticm cf the price of wood, for which the canal servis as a conveyesce, a sera equal to what it has • furnished to continue undertaking. the creeds of A;gnii:Muttes and of the phone, the draining -of the naelsees dale LowerCharent have cummeuced, and will present new roads to commerce, aed new lanes to cultivation They are edruring to repair the dykes of the Isle of Cadsaud, those of Ostend, three of the tout of the North, atnl to re establish the navigation of our rivers. Ties navigation is al ready no s ioage; iSaelloned to the sole cite of Covenament ; the proprietors of lee b as, who fr quent thetas, are, at tengte sensible, that they are their patrimony, and they teem `selves call fur the tax..l3, which .areers assure deer future maan eetiance. On the ocean, forts have teen troth:a, to cover fhe Road of the Isle of Aix and <1 °fetid the vessels of the Republic. Every -where funds are essigned fur the reparation and cleansing +of nun ;suits. A new t.asorransi sluice de Chasse will terinerete "die Pod. of Have', arid will make it the finest commercial -port of.La Maness A company of vtloti is formed, to assure 'the Navigation the'Schelet, end guard Against ehe ignorance •atid danger of fore gn pilots. At Anvers lateases are cointiosee_ ng, *, which w4ll vet e,- to its commerce Its ancient celt.hety, ail la ealtentieetion of Government are the =mils welch .•t . - ntss. ate fo courteet eat Goa ot the. Scheldt, the gieuSe, and the Rhine, and rettler to our Back-yards the timber which grow,: tont' owrsoil, att:i to our manttfaTantra, a consumption which forcipt .:nanufttlories dit,ute with us oa our o wit taxer wry. • The Wands of Nfutiniime, Tobago, and St Lucie b i ave been reitorisd to 114, with all the n elzments of _they prosperity. Guailaloope, rsi-conquerea and paciied, is regenetated'to culti vation. Guiana einerg:as from its long infancy, and assuines a naked state of anielimation. St. Domingo was stihjeaad, and the instigator of its trou bles was in the pow:lr of France; every thing a.niouticed the return of its prosperity ; but a cruel ma'sdy has abandoned it to new disartart. At length the scourga Which desolated our army 'has causal its rarays ; •ae faces which remain in the co;ouy, any those which w ill a►riva there from our pert.:, aisorc us that it will be soon restorNl to peaca and CaUlalzr:r. Vessels are departing for the Isle of France and Re-union, and flr the Indies. Our maritime commerce explores the traces of its atittent conneftion!, and forms new ones; it derives encouragement from the attlmpts hitherto made; already the cifetis of a happy experience, awl the nec.ssary encpuragemmit held out, bast re-animated the fishing-trade, which way lung the patri wons of the French; commercial expeditions are made or meditued to the Easteru Coloaies, the I,le of Franc; and the Marieitles resumes its abtient ascendancy in the Mxliterra neon ; chambers of commerce have been restored to t.!:a towns which had them formcvly, and have baen established in tt.ose which, by th.: exteutrot their operiv.t:ons, a.rd the importance of their ntanufavtures, have wy. , eared• to merit thvnt. To those associations, formed by an honourable choice, the spirit and science of comirorce will revivls. Titer: its int...rest, inseparable from the intcitst of In: State, will be deseinpv..!. There the merchant will leant to prcfitr to riches the cc.; deration which honours them, and to thc enjoynscr.: vain luxury, that wise lennomy, which fixes the esteera oitue citizen and cantidence of the foreigner. Ikputiei chosen in these tliirerent rirau, rv3, sill discus:, under the eves of Government, the intereA of co:amerce and mannfaiture , , and the Lilts and regulations whicn circuit"- st.utees may require. la our armies, by sea area land, will be propagated the in stru:tion and the love of discipline. Th' responsibility amongst mnitary bodies will be defined; a domestic nimi nisVation has succeeded elle plundering system of Apeculatori and coaractots T,..e soldiers, better fall a..d b Ater cloathed, will know lie value a economy, and the savings he sttbscrities towurtli the common chest, will attach him to his etaiulard as to his farrily. _ . Ail the sources vof our fittan -r:. t. ii L''‘n"nlle mot fcftile ; the Payment of dir.: 1 contr.hation; .7:11 be leis rigorous with re. ;rant to the cotrributors In the sixth year they reckoned fifty millions for forced contributions, and they were three or four years in ar(ears ; at present there are not three millions, and the contnhutians are regularly paid. The aerlunts of all the Administrations prove, that the Re. venue is continually ectc:easing• The administration of the registery of public property winces a fecundity, which attests the rapid fluCtuation of capital, and the multiplicity of busi- In the of so many sign s of prosrierity, there are accusa tions talaft7e. to tt. of direa contributions Government aelsnowladges, with every enlightened man in Administration, that the sure iarge was particuie,:iy iu tha ir.e qullity of the repartition ; measures are deeced, and are al ready beginning to be executed, to aseer•:tin the n•nl inequ..- iities which exist in the. difrent Departments. At latcrt, iu the course of the trirlfth year, regular and simultaniuus opera ; torus will inform Ili, what is the relatian of the coutributiceis Letweett one Department and ar.other, and what is in each Deioatnient. The mean rate of general cantribution, ones: assured of a certain remit, the Government will proi.ose those amendments which justice requires; but from' this Session. and without waiting for thou results, it will prviric an im portant diminution relative to the general contatittrois. • • lanovations are still proposad in our system of finance, but every change is a 3 evi l , if it is not demonstrated by evidence that positive tdv..ntages will result from it. The Glvzrat rm.; t will await, fro:n Car: and serious discussion, the maturity o; thos:: pr jet which inexperience often hszarcle. It is justifi.M by the example of the past, the traces of which are for the most part - effaced from our minds, and, by the financial doc trine or a nation, which, by exageratod efforts, has deetroy.ed all the measures of public contr.butions and expences. With an waescertained increase of revenue, extraordinary circumstances have led to wants that wer.., imposUbl..r to be foreseen. It was neeemiry to re-cot:pier two of uur and to re-establish in all, the power and the government of the metropolis. It was neceectry, by means prompt, awl too ex- tensive to be directed with the precision of a severe economy, to assure subsistence to the capital, aid a great numb_•r of the DeNtrtments ; but at lea,•t success Lai Imsviered the efforts of the Grr:!:nroent, and from thace vast opetations rtsoure.,-,; re matii for ever, to guarantee the ca - oital from the return of the same penury, and to enable it to dilltvgard the combinations of monopoly. _ _ . In the statement of the Minister of Finances, will be found the annual inmeritoutieeri and the different branches of the pub lic revenue, miter the head; of their produce, during the last year, and the extent to which they may be carried by mea sures of adininistOation or the progrew of the public prosperity. What have been in the different departments of administreaan; the princiidesof the elpem:e for the loth year? What sums remain to be pai I for thlt and former years'. What resources remain to cover them, either by obtaining payment of asiass, meuitt sof past contributimis, or by the extraordinary fun& as signed for the expences of those year; and nut y:•t applied? What is the present state ol the public debt? in what propor ' tion has it increased? Wtat have b....en the natant: extinCtions? and finally, What has be , ln discha; ged by the operation of the Sinking Fats! 'f la the account of the Minister of the Public Treastfry will be seen, the receipt; and payment made in the tenth year belongs to the did . ..:rent Ira nenes of the revenue, and what ought to be applied to each year, and to each pan of the administration. ..... The jo:ntacoount oI theie two Ministers, will prevent the most ceznid.:at pictute of out feteancia{ sAteation ; the Ga.:en:- mem niers it with equal coufideuce to its fricnd 4 , and its detractor:, to it; citiz :ns and to forrigarli. After having authorised the expences of the fourth year, which are foloieen, tuid aintropriat4 the nereswry revenues for thon: 4.4 . pancsi, (Art :u greatest • Otttast will ocum, • . ••••• , V 7' ! 1~ ~ =I ... diesitting of OP- P er t ; ~nler nu:st be est. , bPied in our spasm of tasisiAge ; wr. insist establish a new system with regardao our customs, and impart to it a new force and energy, to preveu*kie introduction of contraband goods. It ei necessary at length til giae to France that civil code, wkich has been lino promised, and has hew too long with held. With reend to ell these subjees, projects of taws hive been formed under the eye.; of Government, and matured in confer_•nccs, to whicit committees of the Council of State, and of the Tribunate, have carried the love of truth and the senti ment of public int.:ran. The same sentiment, and the same printiiples will direct the deliberations of the Legiskters, and guarantee to the public the wisdom and impaitiality of the laws they shall have adapted• OR the Continent, evory thing offers us a ptedgt of repose and traitquiility.—The Italian iepuhlic, since site Cuutitia of Lyons, has strnigniened itself by tlx intimate - union of the people who compose it —tlic happy accord of the authorities who govern it : its interior or administration. and its military force, already impart to it cite charact•"r and attitude of a state long since formed, and if wisdom guides them, they will assure it a destiny increasing in prosperity. Liguria, placed under a mited Cunnitution, rots at its heart, and In the bosom of its authorities, such of its citizens as are most rezurnmendcd by their l'atuc4, their abilities, and their iettune~. New coin mot ior.s have shaken the Helvetic Government : the Government owed its assota .r.l to neigiiboaul, whi se repose w irop.rt.o.t to its own; and it will adopt every mean: of aw, the success of at inediati-m, and the happine.s of a pro whosa potition, hab!ts, and interests necessarily make them the Allies of France. Latavin will successively take posse icon of the colonic.; which ocace has przseri,cd to her. She will ever remember, that France can oily be her must iiiTful friend, or most fatal enemy • Germany., the last gtipulatiurts of the treaty of Lunevitle are carrying into effe.et. Bwaria • and 411 the Secular Prlutes, who had pas iwsion% on the left bAnk of the Rhine, have *Attained just ia demnitlev on the ritht hook. Tl.e House of Austria finds, in the Bishoprics oF Aislitect, Trznt, and Brixen, and in the greater Fitt of that of Passau, more than it has lost i. Tuscany; thus, by the happy concurrence of France item Russia, al permanent inte rests are conciliated, and from the Ise of that tempest •which threatened the annihilation of the C;errnianic empire— that empire so ilexes ary to the equilibrium and the repose of Europe, 65,5 more powerful, composed of elzments li•iinn gssuitts, better combined and bitter suited to existing stances and the idea' of the present age. A French A RAMIS ador is at Censtantinople, charg.zd to strengthen and fortify thc•ti. which attaches us to a power that seeins tattering, but which it is our interest to support and confirm on its finals:644m: British troops ore still in fVesandrin and ; the G4ILC ri , TheP't had a right t., t:ce complcined, hat it Ldr.s that the tine!, that are to convey them to Enrope arc in the Mediterran,:an. The Corertiment guarantees to the nation the Peace of the Con tinent; and it is permitted to it, to hope for the conAnuatims of the Maritime Place. That Peace is the desire and the OA o• every nation, to preserve it the Gate, mood will do ail that is ,otpatible sill. the tinaosdat lioaour„ essentially restrained to the stri:t (steel. tiara of trea:its. Bid ;it England, tom pasties dispute the lIIIC luls con eluded Parr, and uppeirl determined to maii.tain it, the other 7 tils sworn all irispLteitbie hatred to Frenre. Hence that tiuctua- Lon in their opinions and councils, and that attitude at once pacific.ind threatening. While this struggle of parties shall fast, there are measures which prudence commands to the Government of the Repoli sic. 'MC hundred thousand men ought t be, and shall be ready to defend and avow! her. Strange necessity, which the influence of miserable ras.inns impose on two nations, -chore iiiteust and a mutual with attachlo peace ! Whatet er !nay beat Landow the !Mani tj intrigue, it will Alver force utlevr orations into IdeW leagnef; and the Government es&erts, with a jat pride, that, alone, I:iilasid cannot iww contend with France. but we hate Leiter hopes, end ire &dive rather that the coun cils el wisdom and the voice of humanity trill t•e o:4w:tided to in the B itannir Cabinet. Yes! doubtless, pence will every day more consolidate it self; the relations of the two Governments will assume that charancr of benevolence which is conformab7e to their mutual interests. An happy repose will bury in oblivion the long ca lamities of a disastrous war ; and France and England, in founding their re::iluecal liappinek., will merit the gratitude of the whole world. (Signed) BONAPARTE. The First Consul By the First Consul, The Secretary of State (S:gnod) 11.11. MARET. 7'II.I3AIRE-ROTAL, DRUMI-LANE. TIIIS EVENING will he pr.seiitcd a New Ilishirital Play, ia Three AE's, called THE HERO OF THE NORTH. The Ov.tittne and Misic compes,:.l. tact selected by Mr. Kelly. Tile principal Characters by Mr. P.Jr, Mr. Wrought:in, Mr. IC Uy , Mr. Raymnad, M 7. Dowton, Mr. lt liini.ter, Jllll., Mr. De Camp, Mr. Catilftald, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Grintalai, Mr. (libh:nis, Mr. Flit:cr. M rs . y o u,pr o M l 3, :40tliltain, Mrs. i TaftlWC, Miss Men4c, Miss Mdlon, M - . 54 Trrer. Tel which will he acic!...A, THE CII'IZEIsT. The. N.. 1 ray of the Hero of the Nuetii .eoutinning to be 0c 0 .,..0.1 with imirrrsal applause, the Public a:a most respect fully issfurined,that it will be performedTo-ino;row, Thursday, and Saturday. On Thursday, with The Paimcl—Beatrice. M:=. plosion. And on S.sturday, with The VlilddAlg Day—Lady Contest, Mrs. Jordan. THE ATRE-ROrAL, Co l'EN7'-G ./IRD EN. THIS LINiNG will he performed the Tragerty of HAMLET. Hamlet (Fifth Time) by a YOUNG GENTI.F.MAN : Ghost, Mr. Cur Pdlouius, Munden ; /ants, Mr_ Waddy ; Hur..tto, Mr. Brunton; Llertes, Mr. Claremont. Grave-Diggers, Mesvrt."Etnery and Summons. OpheliA, Mrs. H Johnston; and the Queen, Miss Chapman. To which will he added, . . ..... HARLLIQUII•T's HABEAS. on account of the lnihipoiition of a principal Performer, the Nev: Comedy,i; unavoid.,bly def:rred till Saturday; and from the tin precedent ,d overnow to the cabinet, on liatimivy tau, it wilt be repeated 'To-morrow Evening. To which will be added Love a la !vlode. Uu Thunilly, Family Quarrels, with (first time this season) T:lc Jew and the Duo ir. . . Oa S .turday, a r.r.w Corned) will he pro•luced, milled Jo b u ll ; or, An Eptlii.liman's Fore.Stdv.. The Prologue to be ,yrikea tq Mr. limot .11—with a Lyrical Epilogue by Mr. Jolua;anw. 'd'o wlaaavarillbe added, Twirstansi to your Bow. , TWE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, MONDAY, FLB. 28. We have received Paris papers up to the 23d inst. announcing the meeting of the Legislative Body and Tribunate upon the 21st. According to custom, an expOs?, or view of the state of the Re public in its internal and external relations, was upon the occasion before the Legislature. This of fit ial document, signed by the First Consul, is up- on the plan of his Majesty's Speech on the openirg of nuliament; and as it is extremely important, we have inserted it at foil length. It begins with con- gratulatiog the Legislature upon the increase of in dustry, the result of the Concordat, the success of the several institutions for public instrunion, the vigilance of the Magistrates, the discipline of the military, the aaivity of the Gendarmerie in the sup pression of popular disorders, the improvement of agriculture, arts and manufaaures, the state of de fence along the coast, the increase in all the branches of commerce, and the flourishing state of the re venue. These and every other principal objcet in the internal state of Fcance are represented is a high degree of amelioration, and the picture of her co lonies is drawn in colours not less glowing. The islands of Martinique, Tobago, and St Lucie, are said to have been given up in the height of pros perity. This we believe to be a fact, but we cannot so readily credit the next averment, in which it is asserted, that Guadaloupe is in a good state of im provement, and Guiana rapidly arising from it ob scurity. 46,5 t. Domingo," it says, " had submit- ted, and the author of its troubles was in the power of France: every thing announced the return of its prosperity, when, by a horrid disease, it was de voted to renewed calamity : but the plague that solateclour army has now ceased its ravages, and the forces that remain in the colony, to6ether %‘ ith those which will speedily arrive, cannot fail to restore it to peace and prosperity." This !ilter part, too, we think somewhat questionable. The island may, no doubt, be speedily restored to peace, but its present race of neg , oes must be f,Tst destroyed; and we . fancy it will be a work of tirn!, and immense er pence, to introduce a new set that shall be fully adequate to the cultlvation of the colony, in the full extent of its former pre , perity. The re- port then proceeds to that part ( f the subjea, most . interesting to an English reader—the political state of Futope, in relation to Franc?, or what it is pleased to call the " rose an d tranquillity of she Continent—a repose arid tranquillity which we fear are nvvre the result of weakness and exhaustion, than the sound repose of health and vigour.-1.. - irst in the procession of melancholy captives that adorn the triumph of the Conquerors, is ex7iibited Ir .1. ram , : REPUBLIC. She is praised for her una nimity, and her military force, which are said to have already given her the appearance of a long este. blislical State. Liguria follows next, and is congratu lated upon her mixed conctitation, and the virtues cf the Citizens who are placed at her head—by which we arc to understand, their devotion to France. Batavia closes the procession, with a gentle hint, that she must never dare to oppose the will of France, who can be her only friend, and her most fatal enemy. Germany, Prussia, Bavaria, Aus tria, all the Secular Princes, &c. are then crowded to gether as a mixed populace bringing up the rear of the procession, and are complimented upon:their good health and spirits, with the exception indeed of the Ottoman Porte, who is said to be in a very doubtful. state, and to require the support of tla: French Am bassador now at Constantinople. ere this all, it would afford ample room for serious contemplation ; bat the attention is too strongly attraCted by what follows, to dwell upon any of those topics, however fruitful. The Report adds :—" In England two parties contend for power. One has concluded the peace, and seems resolved to maintain it; the other has sworn implacable hatted to France. Hence arises that floCluation in opinion and in the Conn- Cils, that attitude Nil ich is at once pacific and threat ening. As long as this contest of parties continues, there arc certain prudential measures necessary up on the part of the Republic. Five hundred thou sand mcu must and shall be ready to defend and to avenge it. But whatever may have been the suc cess of intrigue at London, it will not be able to draw other nations into new conneCtions. The Go vernment has said, with a just pride, " alone Eng land is now unable to contend with France." Language so insulting and so unprovoked was never before used by any Power to a nation with which it professed a wish tolive in peace and amity. \Verethere two opposite parties in his Majesty's Council, and was France to expel peace or war, as either prevailed, the reasoning of the Fl RST CONSUL would have some foundation. The fast, however, is nosori- ously the reverse. The party, as he is pleased to call his Majesty's Government that signed the peace, has been uniform in its wishes and exertions to maintain it. No Government was ever more free from the reproach of hostile disposition, nor was there ever a period of English history that less threatened an