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PARISIAN FASHIONS. Satin of rose colour, flesh colour, orawge &nil white, is stilt used fur hats.--Soine milliners prefer crape of amaranthe, nr green or sky blue, with very rmill sondlee Ore.—The trim :stings of hats in general are, heNides bows of ribbons, borders of swansdown and cut-crape, which arei styled riclua. The hair-dressers continue to make their turbans of mail! crape, or of crimson silk embroidered in gold. Some fashinnables ap ply, to their plaited hair, a simple bandeau of black velvet.— The fashion of wearing gold arrows, lyres in fine pearls, or diamonds, and magnificent combs, still continues.--Topazes have lately superseded cameos, as ornamenu for combs.—Cor radians are entirely laid aside. NOUPJA D. THE NEW PLAY ACTED LAST NIGHT AT BEANDEN- sotto-itorst. The fable of this elegant little piece is very sim ple. Nourjad is the favourite of the Sultan, who had entertained him and ten other Courtier: at din ner. The conversation turning on happiness, the Sultan desires each person to say what would con stitute his. The Sultan, disapproving of Nourjad's description, who, having a beautiful wife and child, wished for unbounded pleasure, banishes him his presence ; at this moment he is introduced to the audience in the greatest distress, and ufter ex pressing all his distraetion to his faithful servant Alt, falls asleep, and is awoke by most beautiful music, and the Genie standing before him, who of fers to make him immortal, and to give him inex haustible riches ; but to enable him to enjoy them he must sleep, now and then,for 40 years ;Lt a time, to recruit his strength. This he accepts, and launches into all sorts of extravagance ; purchases two beauti ful female singing slaves, and treats his wife, the ani able and beautiful Fakria, whom he so much kwed, with coolness and disdain. Some pretty 7enes pass between them. He drinks some sherbet pr,pared by Fatima, and immediately falls asleep. tin waking, he finds the two beautiful slaves he left attending his couch, ugly old women, and every bo dy dear to him dead. He upbraids the Genie, and w:len he is thought sufficiently mortified, the Ge nie throws off her disguise, and in her he finds his wife. Forgiven by the Sultan, he presents him with the slaves, returns the jewels and money, and seeks for no pleasttes but of the domestic kind. ANCIENT MUSIC. The Colleat of Ancient Music was yesterday performed for the fourth time, under the diredion of Earl Forrucuz. Their MA;ESTIES did not attend, nor any of the Royal Family. The per formance was as =nal, extremely scientific ; but the absence of Mrs. Eli LLtNoroil, who was pre vented from being present by a cold was much to be nigreted. The particular parts appropriated to that lady, were, however, executed by Mrs. HAlt- TusoN, in a style that demanded the warmest en comiums. Upon the whole, the company were highly delighted with the performance, and retired, impressed with " satisfaction- FIN! 4itTS. The paintingswith which the Museum of Stns. bursh have been enriched, and whi ch have arrived from Pans the beginning of the present year, under the su.. perintendance of CinzenGuzziN, are distinguished by their superior excellence. The most remarkable, from the Italian school are, a Holy Family, by Guino, from the Regent's collection in the royal palace ; the Invocation Abraham, by BAssaN, one of his chef d'avvres ; t. games in the Desert, by GuzscLlN St. Sebart.isn, by HANNIBAL CARRACHIO ; Rebecca giving dr yds to Abraham's Messengers, by A LEXANDER VLRO NESE. ; Adam and Eve driven from Paradise, by SA I.VIETI ; (motif probably that which belonged to the King's collection.) By the Flemish School :—Lit Pelerins d'Emmaus, by Itu BENS ; the Last judgment, by JORDAEUS, pupil of the Ru sx.s, done after the manner of his master, the pidure twelve feet by nine ; a Holy Family crowned ..y Angels, by the same master; an Annun ciation, an Adoration, and a superb Head of Christ, all three by PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAGNE; and a St YerOffte, by SEGHERRE. By the French School :—a very fine head of a Dead Christ, in her Mother's Lap, surrounded by Angels, by SIMON VON ; Barjehn, struck blind in tl?e presence of the Prefed Paulus Scrgius, by a Monk, the painting 13 feet high ; it stood formerly in the church of Notre Dame, in Paris ; Chrit bearing the C. ems, by D'ET REV, very valuable : thus oar city will not be behind-hand, with resped to the Arts, and our students may attain perfeEtion from the greatest models. k LT e.. HAGUE, !EL 11 The Baron DE FERE, Minister of the EMPEROR, desirous of making the rigours cf the season ad minister to pleasure, yesterday evening gave a su perb course of sledges, in which we saw, following each other, a great number of those carriages, es corted by bold cavaliers, on superb horses ; a nu merous military band was placed at the head of this brilliant file of equipages,and notwithstandingthe excessive coldness of the d.iy, the greater part of the inhabitants of the city were in the streets, or at their windows, to enjoy so superb a spectacle. At the head of each sledge, were servants on horseback, carrying torches. The Baron DE FERE concluded, in his sledge, the wife of the ambassador of the French Republic. The day after this course, Citizen SEMONVILLE gave a grand flte, at which more than 500 persons assisted, and among them the greater part of the officers and civil fun&ionaries destined for the expe dition to Louisiana ; at the head of which were the Captain-General VICTOR and General Bea-rime. We observed with pleasure the splendour of the uniforms of the officers attached to the Staff-Major of these two Generals. We also remarked among the ornaments which composed the furniture of the apartments of the Ambassador's hotel, the Canopy of the Ficsr Consul., forming a kind of crown to a throne raised several steps in the room in which it is placed. 'This magnificent piece of furniture, covered with gold and purple brocade, has the more fixed attention, as, since the departure of the English Ambassador until the entry of the French troops in this Republic, nothing of the sort has been seen. The festival was prolonged till five o'clock is the morning. FRDIf 771 T rnrmett PAPERS. SWITZERLAND. ACT OF MEDIATION MADE THE FIRST CO VSUT. 01 THE TRENCH RE PUBLIC, BETWEEN THE PARTIES WHICH DIVIDE SWITZERLAND. BONAPARTE, FIRST COMM. OF ME REPUBLIC OF ITALY, TO THE SWISS. Helvetia, a prey to dissensions, was menaced with dissolution; it contained not within itself the means of re-constituting itself. The ancient affec tion of the French nation for this worthy people, which it has recently defended by its arms, and caused to be acknowledged by its treaties; the inte rest of France, and of the Italian Republic, the frontiers of which is covered by Switzerland ; the demand of the Senate; that of the democratic can tons; the entire wish of the people of Helvetia, have imposed a duty upon us of interposing our mediation between the parties which divide it. The Senators BAILTHELEMY, RC DEREK, Foucuz, and Mum -lira, have been commis sioned by us to confer with fifty-six Deputies of the Helvetic Senate, and the towns, and cantons re united to Paris, in order to determine if Switzer land, united by Nature, could be retained under central government, other wise than by force ; to ascertain the sort of constitution, which was most conformable to the wish of each canton ; to dis tinguish what will best suit the ideas of the new cantons, respeaing liberty and happiness; to conci liate in the old cantons, the institutions consecrated by time, with the rights restored to the mass of citi zens. Such were the objefts which it was necessary to submit to examination and discussion. Their importance and difficulty have determined us to hear ourselves, ten Deputies named by the two par ties, to wit ; Citizens D'Afiy, Glutz, "'ouch, Mon not, Reinhart, Sprecher, Stapler, I.l‘..try, Wattrville, and Vorylue; and we have weighed the result of their discussions, as well with the different projetz pre sented by the Cantonal Deputations, as with the re sults of the discussions which have taken place be tween these Deputations, and those Senatorial Com missaries. Having thus employed every means of ascertaining the interests and wish of the Swiss, WE, in quality of Mediator, without any other view than that of the happiness of the people, on whose inte rests we have to pronounce, and without prejudice to the independence of Switzerland, decree as fol lows: Here follow the particular Constitutions of the 19 Cantons, which occupy 19 Chapters. Then comes Chapter XX. intitled FEDLIAL ACT. TITLE 1.-GENERAL DISPOSITIONS. Arr. I. The Nineteen Cantons of Switzerland, to wit : Ap peraell, Argovia, Berne, Fribourg, Glaris, Grisons, Lucente, Saint Gall, Schaffouse, Schwiu, Soleure, Tessin, Turgovia, Underwald, Uri, Vaud, Zug, and Zurich, are con federated with each other conformably to the principles estab lished in their respective constitutions. They mutu•al) , gua rantee their Constitution, Territory, Liberty, and Indepen dence, whether against foreign powers, or the usurpation of a canton, or a pr.vate faction. 11. The quotas of troops, or money, which may be necessary for the execution of this guarantee, shall be furnished by each Canton, in the following proportion. Here follows the quota for each canton, in men and money. HI. There no longer exists in Switzerland any feuds, privi lege*: of places, birth, persons, or families. IV. Every Citizen may pursue his inc►ination in removing his household .o another Canton, and exercising his trade without restraint : he acquires politiial rights conformably to the law of the C into.' in which he is established; but be cannot enjoy at once the political rights of two Cantons. V. The ancient rights of interior and exterior impost are abolished. The free circulation of viCtuab, cattle, and mer chandise is guaranteed. No right of grant, entry, passage, or custom-house duty, may be established in the interior of Switzerland. The Custom-house duties en the frontiers are fur the benefit of the Cantons next to the frontiers, but the tariffs must be submitted to the approbation of the Diet. VI. Each Canton preserves the tolls destined for the repa ration of roads, drains, and canals. The tariffs must be also submitted to the approbation of the Diet. VII. Monies coined in Switzerland shall bear a uniform stamp, which shall be determined by the Diet. VIII. No Canton can afford an asyluin to a criminal legally condemned, nor to an outlaw legally pursued. IX. The number of hired troops ss hich a Canton may enter tain, is restrifted to 200 men. X. Every alliance of one Calton with another, or with a foreign power, is forbidden. Xl. The GovPrnment or the Legislative Body of any Can ton, which violstes a decree of the Diet, may be denounced, as in rebellioii, bei'ure a tribunal, composed of the Presidents of all en: crininnal tribunals of all the other Cantons. XII. The Cantons enjoy all the powers which have not been expressly delegated to the federal authority. TITLE IL-OF THE CANTON. XIII. The Diet assembles by turns, and, from one year to another, at Fribourg, Berne, Soleure, Basle, Zurich and Lu cerne. XIV. The Cantons of which those places are the capitals, are to be successively DireCtorial Cantons: the year of the Directorship commences from the Ist January. XV. The Direetorial Canton furnishes the Deputies to the Diet with lodging, and a guard of honour; it provides the ex pences of the Sittings. XVI. The Intendant, or Burgomaster of the Dire Social Canton, add; to his Title that of Landaminart of Switzerland; he is Keeper of the Seal of the Helvetic Republic ; he must not quit the city. The Grand Council of his Canton grants him extraordinary honors, and defrays the extraordinary ex pencils attai:hed to this Magistracy. XVII. Foreign Miniters girt in to the Landamman of Switzerland, their letter of credence, or recal, and address to him for negotiations. Ile is the intermediate person betwixt the rat .r diplomatic relations VII!. At the opening of the Diets he produces the do cuments which are in his hand, res.,,eflii.g the interior and ex terior affairs which concern the Federation. XIX. No Canton, within irc If, can enrol snore than 500 Militia, without previou, notice to the Landamman. XX. In aase of revolt, in the interior of a Canton, or any other pressing occanin, tro..)ps are to march from one Canton to another; but on:y on demand of the first or second Coun cil of the Canton which ‘ l . ,, mand- aid, and after having taken the advice of the second C Anicil of the Directorial Canton. saving a convoctrion - of th. 2 Diet after the repression of hosti lities, or if danger continues. XXI. If, during the vacancies of the Diet, disputes arise hs tween two at more Cantons, they are to be addressed to the Landamman; who, according to the pressure of circumstances, names conciliatory arbiters, or adjourns the dicussion to the next Diet. XXII. M. trams the Critins that, if their interior conduit disturbs the tranluillity of Switzerland, or if any irregularity of difference takes place among them, whether as to the Federal Act Of their particular Constitution, he may then assemble the Orand Council, or hands reireiwies, in places where the su preme authority is immediately exercised by the people. XXIII. The Landamman sends, occasionally, inspectors to examine roads and rivers. On those occasions he est:,editis labour ; and, in case of necessity, fie puts in immediate execu tion, and, at the expetice of those who ought to finish them, those which are not begun or finished at the time prescnhed. mm. XXIV. His siglatore gives credit, and a national stamp to the acts M which it is Aihrici ibed. TITLE 111.-OF THE DIET. XXV. Every Canton shall send a Deputy to the Diet, t• which inay b • added one or two Counsellors to replace him in cas, of abwneei or sickness. XXVi. The Deputies to the Diet have instructions and li mit,•d powen, a.id they are not to vote contrary to their in struetions XXVII. The Landainman of Switzerland is of right Deputy of Th. , Director of the Canton. XXVIII. The nineteen Deputies who compose the D:et form twenty-five vote; in the deliberations. tion. The Deputies of the Cantons, whose population is more than 100,0u0 inhabitants, namely, those of Berne, Zurich, Vaud, Saint Gall, Argovie and Gri sons, have each two votes. The Deputies of the Cantons, whose population is above loO,OCK) souls; namely, Tessin, De Lu cerne, Thurgovie, Fribourg, Appenzell, Soleure, Bale, Schwitz, Glaris, Schaffouso, Underwald, Zug, and Uri, have each but one vctc. XXIX. The Diet over which the Landamman of Swit zerland presides, shad assemble the first Monday in June, and its Session shall not exceed the term of one month. 300 C. There sh-til be extraordinary Diets. 1. On the demand of a neighbouring Power, or of one of the Cantons, conv , !yed by the Grand Council of the Direeor of the Canton, who is convoked to that effect, should it be during a period of vacation. 2. Upon the recommendation of the Grand Council, or o the Lans gcmcind .s of F.vc Cantons, who may deem as well founded a demand wbich the Direeor of the Canton has re fused to admit. Si When they shall be convoked by the Landamman of Switzerland. XXXI The declarations of war, and the treaties of peace or alliance, shall proceed from the Diet, but the consent of three fourths of the Cantons is necessary. XXXII. It shall alone conclude treaties of commerce and capitulations for foreign service. It may authorize the Can tons, if necessary, to treat particularly on other subjetts with a foreign Power. XXXII!. There shall be no recruiting in any Canton, for a foreign Power, without consent. XXXIV. The Diet shall order the contingent of troops, de termined for each Canton, for the 11th Article. It shall nomi nate the Gener.il who is to command them; and it shall also take the necessary measures fbr the safety of Switzerland, and the execution of the other dispositions of the Ist Article. It has the same right If disturbances arise in one Canton, and menace the repose of the others. XXXV. It shall nominate, and send extraordinary Ambas sadors. XXXVI. It decides on the disputes which happen between the Cpittons, if they have not been determined by arbitration. For this purpf)se it Is formed into a Syndicate, at the end of its ordinary labors; but then each Deputy hak A voice, and no instructions can be given to him in this respect. XXXVII. The press orrbarix of the Diet are entered into two Registries, one of which remains with the directorial Can ton ; and the other, with the state seal, is, at the end of De cember, transported to the capital of the directorial Canton. XXX VIII. A Chancellor, and a Secretary, named by the Diet for two Years, and paid by the directorial Canton, conform ably to the regulations of the Diet, follow always the seal and the register. XXXIX. The Constitution of each Canton, written on parchment, and sealed with the seal of the Canton, shall be deposited among the archives of the Diet. XL. The present Federal AEI, as well as the particular eon. stitutions of the Nineteen Cantons, annul all former disposi tions which are contrary to them ; and ally law, as to what concerns the interior regulation of the Cantons, and their conneetion with each other, cannot be founded on the old po litical state of Switzerland. The repose of Switzerland, the success of the new institutions which are about to be formed, demand that the necessary operations to give them success eventually, and transmit to new magistracies the cue of the public weal, be guaranteed from the in fluence of passions, exempt from every thing which might put them at variance, and executed with 'mo deration, impartiality, and wisdom. A suitable beginning one be eipeaed, but from Commis- h saries named by the very a$ of mediation, aad an:. mated by the same spirit which has dictated it. For these considerations Wz, in our aforesaid quality, and with the before mentioned reserve, decree as follows : ART. 1. For the year 1803, the Threelorial Canton in Fri. hourg. Ii Citizen Louis d'Affry, is Landarnman of Switzerland for this year, and clothed with extraorstinuy powers till the re union of the Diet. The original a 9 of mediation shall be sent to the Lan damman, to be by him deposited in the archives of the Direc torial Canton. IV. In each Canton, a commission of seven Members, one of whom to be named by us, and six designated by the ton deputies named to confer with us, is charged to carry the Constitution into ere/ft, and administer accordingly. V. These Committees are composed as fol!ows. Here follows the names of the persons composing these Committees in the several Cantons. VI. The 10th of March next, the Central Government shall dissolve itself, after having remitted its papers and archives to the Landamman. VII. Each Commission shall asscmtle on the 10th March, at the capital of the Canton, and shall notify its assert bly to the Prefea. VIII. Twenty-four hours after the assembly, the Prefee shell send to the Commission the papers of the Admillistra • tion, IX. In cases which may require instruetions, or spec 41 Au th or ties, Commissions shall be addressed to the Lsndam- X. The 15th of April the Constitution shall he in adtivitY by the Ist June every Canton shall have named its Deputies to the Dict, and digested its instruetions ; and•the first Monday of July, of the present year, the Diet shall assenyale. XT. The business, dependilg on the Suprethe Tribunal, shall be turned over to the Trihunal of Appeal of the Canton to which the parties belong. The Supreme Tribunal shall cease all funCtions on the 10th March. Xll. The Helvetic troops now in Swiss pay, which shall not be employed to the Ist May by the Cantons, shall be taken into the service of France. XIII. No prosccutilns can take place for crimes relating to the Revolution,committed, or pretended to be committed,vrhe ther by private persons, or those exercising a public func- The dissolution of the Central Government, and the reintegration of Sovereignty in the Cantons, re quiring a provision for discharging the debts of Helvetia, and the disposal of the property declared national. We, in our aforesaid quality, and with the reserve before-mentioned, decree as follows : Here follow nine Articles of a decree for that purpose ; after which it declares, that the present act, the result of long conferences between wise and well-disposed minds, appears to us to contain the properest dispositions to assure the pacifica tion, and the happiness of the Swiss. As soon as they shall have been executed, the French troops shall be withdrawn. We acknowledge Helvetia, constituted according to the present aft, as an independent power. We guarantee the federal constitution, and that of each Canton, against the enemies of the tran. quillity of Helvetia, whoever they be ; and we pro mise to continue the relations of amity which, dur ing several ages, have united the two Nations. Done and executed at Paris, the 30th Pluvoise, An. 11. (Feb. 19, 1803.) ( S igned) BONAPARTE. The Secretary of State, (Signed) H. B. MARET. The Minister of Foreign Relations, (Signed) C. M. TALLEYRAND• The Minister of Exte rior Relations of the Helvetic Republic, (Signed) J. MAILESCA.LCHI. The present Mt Las been remitted by the Sena torial Commissaries undersigned, to the ten under signed Swiss Deputies, at Paris, this 3u Pluvoise An. 11. (19 Feb. 1803.) (Signed) BARTHELEMY, RcenEREK, Foticu E t DSMEUNIER. (Signed) Louis D'AFFRY, PIERRE GLUTZ, EMMANULL JAUCH, H. MONNOT, REINHART, SPRECHER BERNEOG, P. A. STAPFER, t.AIRrL USTEEY, s. DE WATTavaLz DE 5 ,4 2 NT DENA To 10. VON FLEE. IS RUSSELS, TEE. 16. - - Theauxiliary troops, in the pay of the Batavian Re public,will be immediately reduced to two demi-bri. gades, by virtue of a new arrangement, which has been agreed upon between the two Governmonts. 'niece two deem-brigades will remain a year longer in Holland ; the other French corps which are in this Republic are to repair to the United Departments of Belgium. We learn from Rotterdam, that the na vigation of the Meuse being re-opeo ty the thaw, the preparations for the embark Jestined for Louisiana are resumed with thiviArieral Cr- SAR BERTUIER, Chief of the Sta g 9 is to re pair to Helvoctsluys to accelerate then. We, how ever, think that the armament cannot set sail for its destination before the end of March. Letters from Frankfort, of the 14th FeLruary, mention, that according to a public print, tbt FIRST CONSUL has declared to different Courts, dwelt agree. ably to his formal resolution, the towns of Augs. burg and Nuremberg shall not be annexed to Bava. ria, but shall tongue to be free Imperial Cities. R I R a -A