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r. ritE COURT. • • Yesterday, at a quarter lsefire One o'clock, his MAJEs - ry arrived at St. James's Palace from Buck. iugham House, and held a Levee, which was more numerously attended than any this season. There were present, the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the LoRD CHANCELLOR, the CHANCEI Loll Of the Ex citErvica, the SECEETARIEs of STATE, SEC RETAR Y at WA R, and the following Noblemen and Gentle men : Dukes—Roxborougli, Leinster, Athol Marquises—Lime, Cornwallis, Townshend, Ely. garb—Effingliani, Morton, I}artinotith, Btrkeley, Lime. rick, Yarmouth, Romney, Egremont, Smithy ell, Chester tekl, Courtown, We-ainurelaud, Onsluvr k in wadi .g), Castd- Ls ' Farnham, Kingston. Viscounts—Wentworth, Sydney, Falmouth, Newark, Cas tlereagh, Gosford. Lords—Eldon, Amherst, Willonglihy de Brooke (Lord in Waiting), 1 lawkcslniry, Sommerville, Boston, I /owe, Auck land, Harvey, flobait, Pelham, Eliot, Brunie, Ducie, De Dun atanville, Marsliam, Fitzharris, Villiers, Os:uktori, Carberry, W. Berland:, Napier, G. Thvnne, Durirlas, Grantlov, Mont gomery, Folkstone, olton, Selkirk, Northwick, Stopford, C Sornerw t, Cathcart (Gold-Stick ), and Donk). A mhassadors—lianoverian, Imperial, RlKsian, French, Bata wi tn, Danish, Nenpataii, Swedish, Purttigitv,e. Constits—Spanish, Consul, Stxon, and American. Amph, and Archbi•hop of York. barrint—Nolikenc and Du I.:limey. Admirals—Lord Keith, Kn'ght, and Gambier. f;enera4—.Ralfimr, Sir I'. Trigge, Fox, D'Oylcy,Rainsforth, Wilfonl,Licydon, and Smith. Colench—titewart, Ribcati (Silver Stick), Burnet, Niglitin g N3ei, tteatinot, Smith, and Wathen. 3fujoi —Christ re. Crptains--lion. Blackwood, Sir S. Smith, Stuart, Sir T. B. Thompson. Anderson, J. St. Clair Erskine, J. Poltlnev, H. 7hltYmple, T. Mirgrove, L. Parsons, G Cornwall, J. Black si G. y , •itge. Dr. Jenne% News —Hon. C. Kinnaird, lion. Eden, fatgell, Ated, Gas!iiig, Baker, two Bulkr,, fern's Carey, For thee, Algersteid, Thellu•son Po.nn„ Howard, Newerinie, losers, West, Rose:lrby, King, Addrogrol Con ver, Errton, Blzekburite, Ferguson, Methuen, Williams, Woullitirst, Dutton, Griffiths, Perkins, Goodbehere, S. Smith, I /erring Phillip:, Birch, Robins, Hentinck, W. farmer, York, lfaykt, Faulknor, Newcomer', and Morton Pitt. • The Levee @lnsed about two o'clock, at which time the Corporation of the Cit , of London ar rived, with a loyal Address to his MAJESTY, on his escape front the late Conspiracy which was pre .:ented to him on his Throne by the RECOR DER, the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen WATSON, ANDERroN, BOTHELL, LEIGHTON, EA -IIER, LE MEAIRiER, SMITH, THOMAS SMITH, CLARK, SKINNER, FLOWER, SHAW, PERRIN, ANs- LEY, the SHER IVES, the CHAMEERL AIN, the COM MON SER,GLANT ; four City Counsel, the City Re membrancer, Marshals, about one hundred Com moners, and the whole of the City Officers. To which his MAJESTY was pleased to return a most Tracious Answer, thanking the City for their loyal attachment to his person. On this occasion, the Sheriff's received the ho nour of Knighthood, now Sir R!CHARD WE.cea, and Sir JAMEs ALEXANDER. Alderman SMITH, who was lately eleeled for Castle-Baynard Ward, and Alderman CLARK, were introduced to his MAJESTY, for the first time. The following presentations to his MAJESTY took place at the Levee:—Mr. WM. FARMER, by Lord SANDWICH; Capt. STEWART, by Lord KEITH; Sir JAMES BLAcKwoon, on his marriage • two Mr. BUL LEM o,by Lt DE DUNsTAN IL LE; Mr. NEw. COMEN, Member for the County of Longford ; Vis count GOSFORD lion. Capt. BLAcKwoot, ; Dr. JENNER, by Lord BERKELEY; Mr. GOSLING, by Mr. GittariLLE ; Earl LIMERICK, on his being created an Earl ; Sir TitoNt As TitostesoN, by Sir Tetom AS TRIGGE; Lord DUN Lo, on his creation to the title; Lord EL to r, the first time these ten years. The following were at Court the first time this sea son: The Marquis ELY, Earl YARMot;TH, Mr: HOWARD, Mr. KEENE, Lord CARRERIty, Duke of LEINcTER, General BALFOUR, Mr. Foot. CAREY, and Sir GEORGE CORNWALL. Sir SvDNEIi SMITH presented an Address to his Ittizsxv, from the City of Rochester, on his late mcape from the Conspiracy. • An Address was like wise presented from the City of Exeter. After his NlArilirr had received the City Ad dress, he held a Privy Council, and then give au diences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, the St-catr A RILS Of STATE, and the CHANCELLOR Of the Ex cumai..xx. Sir Groacis YosoE then had a con ference with his MAJESTY, who was followed by Mr. FORDYCE, Surveyor-General of the Crown Lands, who laid several papers before his MA-• JEST Y. Soon after five o'clock, his MAJESTY returned to the QuEEN's house to dinner. Her MAJtsry will hold a Drawing-Room this day se'nnight. - Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, her MAJESTY, ac companied by the Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZABETH, etieit A ;.;;;Lie, attended by the Countesses ELY and HAacouar, and Miss Vvst, took an airing in the neighkourhood of Stockwell, Clapham, and the neighbouring villages, escorted by a party of the Light Horse. At one o'clock, the Princesses SoPIIIA and MARY left the Queen's House, attended by LadyCsAtstEY, in a coach and four, escorted by a party of Light Horse, and took an airing on the Fulham road, and returned through Knightsbridge. ' In the evening, their MAJESTIES and the Pans cEssies, honoured the Concert of Ancient Music with their presence. • This morning about nine o'clock, his MAJESTY purposed riding to Kew, fur the first time this sea son. The lovers of harmony were last night fully gra tified, at Covent Garden Theatre, by the perform ave of a judicious and charming selection from the works of HANDEL.--.BRAHANL and Miss PARKE suing delightfully, and in several of their songs were loudly and deservedly encored ; as was also Miss MONDAY, in " Let me u ander not unseen," which she gave with spirit and effea. The Concerto on the violin, by Mr. G. ASHLEY, was executed with great taste and judgment, and was warmly ap plauded by the audience. The Coronation Anthem concluded the evening's entertainment, and was re ceived with enthusiast. Per ta—Tder.trssott, Esq. arrived in town on Tuesday hut, from bis country seat at Rcndlesham, Woodbridge, to his town house, in Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. Lord and Lady G. H. CAVILNDISH left town on Tuesday, for the seat of the Eanl FrrzwiWara, at Melton, near Peterborough. for a few dayi, where his Lordship will entertain a lugs company of the N)bility on a hunting party. .~- ---- — .{:T!77K:ai.7Vl . ~ PARISIAN F 4SHIONS. Hcad-ilrz•:n.-s of hair a !a .Niatia, turbans - af brocart-, and satin cap, tire still inch worn. In the front of most of the calvi is placed, what the niddiner. term, loft boat/ion, the is, a sarias of plains confined ta a certain size. This Boni/Ica, which is fomied of lace, nr of crape, takes it: origin from the mob caps of the manttia-makeri. Knots of rib, ods are now uard inrt.•ad of roses, which arc entirely exploded. The men of fashion have returned to sharp-,sointed boots, with tutu-down tops. Yesterday the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, and Common Council, met at Guild !rail, and proceeded from thence, accompanied by the Sheriffs, Recorder, and City Offic.:rs, to Saint James's, to present the following Address to His Majesty. TO TIIE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. THE HUMBLE AND DUTIFUL ADDRESS OF THE '.OED MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMONS OF THE CITY OF LONDON, IN COMMON COUNCIL ASSEMBLED. MOST CRACIns SOVEREIGN, We, your 11-I.ilesty's most dutiful and loyal subjeas, the Loot Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in C!innuon Council assembled, approach the Throne with this most lively and heartfelt congratulations, on the timely dis covery awl defeat of the late traitorous designs against your Royal Person. Seilsib'e as we are of the happiness we enjoy, tind,•r youir. Nfajesty's mild and paternal Government ; riling , as we are In rsuaded your Majesty d0e, ,. , not more over the persons, thal l in the hearts of a free and grateful people; allied as your Au gust Person is , to the safety of our gloranis Constatinion, iu Church and State ; and mential as your Majesty's invaluable Life 14, to the vital Interests of the Empire at large, and of every indivieual, living under its Wise, wholesome, and espial Legs—We are unable, ii) terms adequate to our feeings, to express our abhorrence at the nefarious and diabolical machi nations whicit were delrberately paused to whelin them ali, by one fatal blow, in horror and destruaiiiii. Such sentiments of imliguation must glow in the hei:rts of your Majesty's faithful Soojeas throughout the United K mg. d•iin ; and we entreat your Majesty to believe, that y , ,er Loyal Citizens of London are sewibly alive to the mighty iniscniet which threatened them, and that their arlectioaate attachment and ardent zeal will ever, if possible, streligthe,i ill p7,iiairtmo to any danger is which your sacred Penult may bt: ex,),•sed. We trust, however, that the firm and decided execution of the laws, upon the unnatural wojeitors of so foul a will, white it wants the Traitor of his punishment, convince the loyal of the proteCtion our revered Constitution affords, and effectually secure your Majesty, and the unites: kingdom, tr..er which the gooduess awl mercy of Providence has placAl and preserved you, from any such guilty attempts in future, to disturu the general tranquillity. . . . Long may the Almighty guard the Throne of the , e realms froin the assaults of violence, and the insidious attack, of domestic treason ! and long may your Majesty, in your pers,m and family, enjoy that quiet and happiness in guvei:tme, which are so intimately interwoven siith the tlcirest po4s.i -si3:l6 of the free and happy people whooliey! signt.:4l, by dlrder of Catt - rr, HENRY WOODY( lOR PE. To which his NIAJEsry was pleased to return the following most gracious answer : I thank you for this dutiful and loyal Mcires:, and arre: . t, with particular satislanion, the aff.:; - tionato congratulations fti my Lithful City of London, r n ► the signal proteet.on of divine Pravid mce vouchsafed to ow ; and upon our common deli vcrance from .t d.•i,erate and wicked at , empt to destroy our nvaluable ConAit , :tion, and therewith the laws, liberties, nd happine.s; of my people. After which his MAJESTY conferred the honour of Knighthood on RICHARD WELCH and JAMES ALEXANDER, Esqrs. Sherds of this City. The Earl of CNIkSTrIMELD gate a dinner yes terday, at his house, in South Audley-street ; among the company present were, the Earl of DART MOUTH, Earl of UXBRIDGE, Earl of DARNLEY, &C. &C &C. Lord Hu3ART gave a Cabinet Dinner yesterday, at his house, LI Grosvenor-ilial. Among the com pany we noticed, viz. Duke of PokiLA tin, Lord PELH AM, Lord WM. BENTINCK, Lord CASTLE REAGH, Lord BOYLE, the CHANCELLoR 5/1 , THE IiX('HE4UER, the CHAIRMAN and DEN.) ry CHAIR MAN of the East India Company, &c. &c. &c. Mrs. WALKER, of Masquerade celebrity, has taken a house in Sackville-street. We are happy to announce, that Sir .1. and Lady Ho wr and randy, are recovered from their late in disposition. The Miss CR A MERS arc upon,a musical party with Lord DUDLE V and W ARD, at his seat at ►limley hall, near Wolverhampton. Lady READ has announced her fashionable routs in Curzon-street, with an issue of 500 tickets, on the 21st and 28th of the month. Lord CARRINGTON will give a grand dinner on Saturday next, at his house in St. James's-place. The Duke of LEINSTER arrived in town last night from Ireland, at Tuom As's Hotel, in Berkeley square. The three last days of the Carnival have been spent at Paris in fetes and amusements. The Mas cardes do not appear to have been more numerous th last year. The police has watched over order and decency, and public morals have been res peged. The late Rev. Dr. PEARCE, being Sub-Dean of St. Paul's as well as the Chapel Royal, the Requium composed by Dr. CALCOT, to be sung lover the grave of the late Dr. ARNOLD, was sung at Saint Paul's, last Sunday, by the Gentlemen of the Choir. On Monday evening there was a grand Concert at Oxford, under the direaion of Dr. CROTCH. The performance was the Oratorio of Sadiron. The principal vocal performers were, MiSS PA RKE, Master SLATER, Mr. DENMAN, and Mr. WYNDHAM, a pu pil of Mr. Collet of London, mlio made his debut on this occasion. He promises to be a great acquisi tion to the musical world ; his voice and style of singing is very like INCLEDON'S. He sung the well known song of " Why does the God of Israel sleep ?" with great animation and execution ; and " Total eclipse," with much expression. Miss PARKE exerted her well-known powers with most charming effea, particularly in " Let the bright Seraphinis;" she was admirably accompanied on the trumpet by Mr. SCHMIDT. Mr. DENMAN was extremely happy in 4‘ Honour and Arms." The Concert was honoured with a crowded and brilliant audience. A letter from an Officer belonging to the Excel. lent, dated Barbadoes, Dec. 23, says, " We have just anchored here, where we found the Ulpses, Commodore Hoon. We expect to remain here some time longer, but our Commodore (the Hon. Capt. STOP oaD) goes home in the auto., and will sail in a few days. Mr. W. NASH is appointed Lieutenant of the ship, in the room of Lieutenant T. CHURCH, who is promoted to the Busy, vice Cap tain CHANISERLAYNX, deceased." RE A; iV INTELLIGENCE. yitom THE FRENCH PAPF.R3. rAnic, Tie Deputation of twenty-four member!, noiti noted by the Legislative Body in the sitting ofstie 2d instant,-repaired to-day to the palace of 44 Government. It was received in the closet of fife Consuls. T:te First Consul was accompanied by the second and third Consuls, and surrounded by Seuators, Ministers, Counsellors- of State, and In speclors General of Arms. Citizen Rabeaud, the younger, as spokesman, expressed himself in the following manner : CITIZEk F I I:ST CONSUL, • " The Legislative Body, in opening its session, has felt the necessity of approaching, and testifying to you, by a solemn procedure, the satisfaflion It has experienced in the happy success with which your immortal labours have been crowned. " Since the last Session, great and memorable events have astonished the world, and fixed the at tention of the French people. 'Their fortunate re sults, in augmenting the glory and the influence of the Great Nation which you have the happiness to govern, have still added to the shining glory and the high reputation which you had already acquired. " We shall not attempt, Citizen First Consul, to make here the interesting enumeration of all that you have done, great, useful, and memorable : it is engraved on the memory and the hearts of the French, the Italians, the Swiss, and the Germans, and will gloriously employ history and posterity. The Legislative Body this day confines itself to lay ing before you the wishes of a people filled with re spea for the Chief which it gave itself : of love and confidence in its benefa&or : of a people proud to find itself, by your cares, in the first rank of civilized nations, and which contemplates, without fear, the puny etfc.r.s of the feeble enemies of its repose and happiness. '6 You have experienced yourself, Citizen First Consul, the pleasing proof of those sentiments which the peo , r le feel towards you in those coun tries whim you favoured with your presence. You will still find mist universal proofs of it, when you shall visit the other departments of this vast Republic, of wLieli you circumscribed the limits, augmented the power, and increased the resources. " The Legislative Body sees you, with satisfac tion, already gather the f.arits of your toilsome la bours, by that confidence and love of the people, which can alsrne seat your government on an im pregnable basis, and give, to the vast conceptions of genius, tho duration of ages. " In the painful task which you have imposed upon yourself, Citizen First Consul, it is satisfac tory to US to find you in *pedal harmony with the great authorities which are called, by their eminent funEtions, to concur with you in the perfeaion of the laws. The Legislative Body w:11 always be eager to maintain that precious union, which com mands the confidence, and which constitutes the force of government, and the despair of the ene mies of the public welfare. " You have caused to be announced to the Le gislative Body, by the Orators of Government, the important affairs which should occupy it in the pre sent Session. It will not be relaxed by their num ber, nor deterred by their difficulties. Prepared, meditated, and discussed by wisdom and under standing, the projects of law which you shall pre sent to it, will, no doubt, be entitled to its appro bation, as they have already deserved its coml. dence. " A new career npens itself to the French people. In this the same genius and skill shall be the guide of its Chiefs. The I.egislative Body will assist them by an unwearied application to the exercise of its au gust functions, and will he anxious to give you as wed as your respectable colleagues, on all occasions, t ne itlivocal proofs of its establishment and its confi dence." The First Consul replied to the Deputation, in the following manner : "It is to the concord which has reigned between the Government and the Legislative Body, that the success of the most important and popular mea sure which has marked your last Session is due. Labors not less useful arc referred for the pre sent Session. The Government expects the same harmony and the same results. 4 I receive with the greatest satisfaction the ex pression of the sentiments which you have delivered to me ; I shall justify them by the most constant devotion to the interests of the country." LEGISLATIVE BODY. FEBRUARY 25. The Counsellors of State, Treilhard, Petiet, and Regnuult, were introduced ; the list of whom pre sented the second plan of the civil code. The de velopement of the subjc!t was to the following drat : The vi&ories obtained by the French arms, he said, world give great eclat to the name of French Citizen," bat this external honour could he of little avail to their happiness, if the public welfare were not assured by that security and respdi to property which constituted die felicity of a people. Political rights were only distantly felt, whereas civil rights come every moment home to the feelings of every The projea before them contained two chapters, the one concerning the enjoyment, and the other the privation of civil rights Civil rights were the inheritance of every Frenchman, but not so to those foreigners who wished to be naturalized. This he described as a great drawback upon in dustry, population, and national prosperity. The first condition of the law was, that all chil dren born in France, of foreign parents, should be deemed Frenchmen. That wives follow the fortunes of their husbands, and become French by marrying a Frenchman. l'he child of a Frenchman, wherever born, shall be a citizen, unless the parent be disqualified. The 9th article of the project ordains, that all children who draw their first breath in France shall be citizens, if they think proper to fix there, and do miciliate in the country. The most important question was, whether a fo reigner should enjoy civil rights in France ? This admitted of a division : he may fix his residence in France, or live in his own country. The first may be easily solved. The Constitutional Law closely determined that a foreigner who wished to become a French citizen, should be 21 years of age, declare his intention of settling in France, and be ten years resident in the country. His allegiance to any other • place is then dissolved, in having conf nlne3 to the taw, and chosen France for his country. Much of this, however, must depend on the charader and morals of the claimant. The result of a long his torical and philosophical elucidation of this t vie was; that di • view law ordains the right of citizen ship to he conferred in conformity with the treaties and relations which France may hare with other Powers. No nattves of France to be admitted to the rights of citizens, who have accepted military employments in foreign service, withn it having been authorized to do so by the French Government. Passing to the second sedion, the privation of ci vil rights—the law, he said, ordained that any per son so situ:tted was disqualified; having undergone a chid death, could no longer claim the rights of ci tizenship. The remaining part of the code, according to his explanation, regarded principally the modification: of this law in resped to wives and children born at a certain time after the condemnation: into the de tail of which it would be unnecessary to go, as we have already given a sufficient analysis of the whole. On Sunday last the Citizens D'Affry, Glutz, Monnat, Reinhaut, Sprecher, Ustery, Watteville, and Von Fleu, composing the two commissions of five -Members, formed by the '26 Swiss Deputies, to take into consideration the act of mediation made by the First Consul between the parties which divid-, Switzerland, were admitted to an audience of the First Consul. The Consuls, the Senators, the Ministers, the Counsellors of State, and die Inspeclors General of the Army were present, as well as the Citizens Barthelemy, Ihederer, Fouche, and Dcmeurier, Senators and Members of the Commission charged to confer with the Swiss Deputies assembled in Paris. The First Consul was for a long time engaged with each of the Members of the two Commissions of the Swiss Deputies, and the audience was termi nated. On Monday, the same Members being present at the audience, Cit►zen Barthelemy, Preside• , t of the Commission of Senators, presented to the First Con. , sul the names of the Deputies, which follow in the enumeration. The Citizen Louis d'Affry, Landamman of S wit.* zerland, addressed him in these words CITIZEN FIRST FIRST CONSUL, " Called upon by the mediation, which you have procured, to the important but arduous situation of Landamman of Switzerland, it is flattering to me, in becoming the organ of the Deputation which my country has sent you, to have, for my first funflioa, the duty of testifying the gratitude with which it is penetrated, for the vigilant attention which you have condescended to give to that work, which con firms the independance of Switzerland. " Your first benefit was to restore to the different people of Switzerland the Federative Government which is alone suitable to them. " The result of your mediation will again create these bonds of convenience which united two nations accustomed to afford each other reciprocal advan tages, and destined to esteem each other. he troubles which have agitated my country shall cease: the Powers, friendly to Switzerland, will applaud the m ea ns which the First Consul has employed to put an end to the direful effeas of party. I owe it to my country to second your beneficent views, and I owe it t. myself to be perfectly impartial in the exercise of the functions which are consigned to me. " I pray the First Consul to accept with kindness the homage of our sincere respect." The First Consul made a suitable reply ; and af ter the audience was over, the Landamman, in the evening, set off for Switzerland. PARIS, PER 2G. A circular letter of the Minister of IVar, of the 9th February, again recommends to the Prefects the prompt and rigorous execution of the laws concerning conc:ipts. Every conscript, definitely recognized as supplementary, shall immediately set out for the corps :or which he is destined. If that corps should be complete, the Minister shall give orders for such conscripts proceeding to those corps which require to be filled up. . Conscripts of the 7th and Bth year, adds the Mini ster, called to their standards by the amnesty of the 14th of May, have resisted the voice of the country. There arc others who, after having joined their corps, have again deserted. Even con scripts of the 9th an,: 10th year have abandoned on the road the soldiers charged to condul them Every Conscript, in either case, as well as every Supplementary Conscript, who, after a summons by the Recruiting Officer renewed three successive Sundays, shall not obey, shall be diueted towards one of the depots destined for recruiting the colo nies. The Conscript whose desertion shall be at tended by aggravating circumstances, shall be pro secuted and tried by the Military Tribunals." Letters from Rouen state, that three individuals, one of whom was formerly a lemonade vender, ano., ther a Chouan, who had received the benefit of the amnesty, and the third, a reformed gendarme, have been arrested last week at Pont Audemer, and conduCted to the prisons of Rotten, where they sepa rately underwent long interrogatories, and on the 19th February were sent to Paris in three private coaches, under the escort of an equal number of gendarmes. It appears, that they did not know, at Rouen, the nature of the crimes of which they are charged, and the letters containing th e few details which have just been read, speak of these three pri soners with much reserve and circumspeEtion. The news of the approaching cession of Sar dinia to England is contradiCted by several persons, notwithstanding the affectation a n d toile of assur ance with which it was circulated. There is no doubt but that France, and even Russia, would op pose a sale which would augment, without measure, the maritime preponderance of Great Britain, be sides adding much to her territorial power. It is, besides, easy to conceive that the Court of Londoia has employed every means to engage the King of Sardinia to dispose of his island. Twenty millions are a trifle to a State, which no longer calculates, because the deficiency of its finances does not admit of calculation. Last week an inquest was taken on the body of John Poole, of the parish of Mangorsfield, near Bristol, Engineer, who was killed in a pit, called Sandwell, by the explosion of a large quantity of gunpowder, which took fire whilst the fororkmeti were endeavouring to blow up a part of the coal. works. Vadifit—vicridestai DeatA. rlg ' , . , • .... , . , 04,- .... l3 IL At.s,Nc)ii4„- .• ' Tr' ' ' -. -':/•O'INPI 44 ; IT . f . ~.. 4. z•; R. --- -_ _. ~► . . •^ # w . • I _ .~•~:. "~