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PARISI44V F4SH 10IfS. Since the return of cold weather, the hair is less apparent, the turbans arc more gathered in, and tighter than usual, and rarely made of any thin' but velvet. Flesh colour ponceau and nakaral are pre ferred for turbans. The capotes and bonnets are of two of those colours, if of velvet; cr entirely white, if of sattin. There arc few black velvet bonnets ex cept those of last year. Some ladies wear Polish toque:, edged with swanskin. The doudlettes are as commonly flesh.colour as rose or white; those of the last kind are cot .1 /a Ppche, and only half co— ver the bosom. The waists are a little lower still. Dress tunics are plaited along the middle of the bade. Gol.i.en arrows, which have been adopted lately to decorate the upper part of combs, are ar ranged like a fan, when the other ornaments require it. There is an end of Turkish printed shawls; the cold weather has brought square shawls of Vi p;onia word exclusively into fashion. Palatines are in general use, but without frills. In full dress, a class of male elegants wear a col lar instead of a cravat, with milks and frills in small plaits; coat without facings, the skirts as low the garter, standing collar, three buttons on the cuTs, black waistcoat, and short-quartered shoes. lEs 111Atriry yesterday rode to 'Windsor in his travelling post-chaise, and in the afternoon returned to town. The QUEEN and PaiNcrssts paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of yOtt K. The Ro Al. FAMILY, on account of the severity of the weather, reside in town t:ll.next week. 11a MAnsvv is still slightly indisposed a culd. His Royal Highness the Dut.:e of CL ARENCE at tended yesterday in the House of Peers. The Prince id \V ALES dined, on Thursday, with Cie Duke an I Dochess of YORK, and a select party ("1 friends, at his Royal Highness's house in Portman square. EOPII'LI:i Nrs, ESC'. succeeds LOT:IH On•Kr.s. Betty in his late residence in Sackville-street, Lord llAwitesuoav Mr. Ros e, in St. James's- square. The Earl of Rociirsrrn and family returned to town yesterday, to his new house in Grosvenor square. LOTti PETRr and family will remain at Thornton. hall until April, in consequence of the vast repairs of his new purchase, the late Lord GROSVESOR'S, in Grosvenor-square. Mrs. Mt t.ts ►s returned from her scat in Hert fordshire, to her town-house in I larley-street, which has undergone a thorough repair. The Earl of MAcc i.LSFIELD will reside at his mother's house, until his new residence in Conduit street, which he lately purchased, shall be ready for his reception. Mrs. Wyss nusst had, on Thursday last, the first private Musical Subscription Concert given this season, at her house in Portland-place. It was nu merously and fashionably attended. We are concerned to announce, that Mr. Daw suss is dangerously ill, at his house in Portman square. The Earl of tNsi ARE is exceedingly ill with the gout, at his scat at the Lake of Killarney, in Ire land. Lord MATHEW, the Representative of the coun ty of Tipperary, sailed from Dublin on Tuesday List, to attend his Parliamentary duty. Mr. Dost Es and family arrived last night in town from their scat at Haresfoot, Berkhamstead, Herts. General Ai: i.R ra the French Ambassador's first pubic dinner, is announced for Saturday the lYth inst. All the Foreign and Cabinet Ministers are invited. M. G. Lewis's Tragedy of ALFONSO, it shortly to be performed, at the Haymarket Theatre, for the Ben,fit of Lady Tr a sot'. Mr! - .. KELLY is at this moment em p lo y ed in writing a Novel, conjointly with M. G. Lr.wis, U.sq. Mrs. .K.L1.1.v is the Author of the Able, of St. -kap& The Rev. Dr. PRICE, Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Waite, was married on Thursday last to Miss PEPYS,eldest daughter of En sitiND PEPYS, Esq. of Charlotte-street. Lately died at a very advanced age, and after a long illness, the Rev. Mr. VasoiNi:s, Rettor of Langley and Wyradisbury , in Buc ks . The Amateurs' Concert, at Hughes's Rooms, Wigmore-street, on Thursday evening, proved a de lightful treat to every lover of harmony. Mr. PEATE played a Concerto on the Piano Forte, in a beautiful style ; and Master Woo() snit Y., a youth of ten years of age, played a Concerto on the Violin admirably. Miss Dcrouit, though still 'Alluring under a severe cold, sung Lungi de! taro bene, and MARTINI'S celebrated Pot;.xa, with exquisite taste and sweetness ; she was loudly and unanimously en cored in both, and also in a glee which she executed with Messrs. Sassvga and ELLIOTT. The Coiicert was as usual fashionably and numerously attended, and one of the best of the season. Master Sstri was absent. At a numerovi and respectable meeting, held yesterday at the Lock Hospital, for the Chaplain ship to that Charity, vacated by the resignation of the Rev. 'F. Score, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, in the chair. On the casting up the votes, there appeared as under : For the Rev: Mr. FRY, -80 For the Rev. Mr. It!.v, 40 whereupon the former was duly elected. A variety of important experiments on Galvinism were yesterday repeated by Professor ALDI N I, as ..isted by the same professional Gentlemen as before (fur the last time during his residence in this coun try) in the presence of His Excellency General AN DR ecossr, and a number of the Nobility, at Dr.Pr An sores, Leicester-square, who politely offered the use of his elaboratory on the occasion. The experi ments were executed (if possible) with greater pre cision and success than in preceding trials ; and se veral singularly curious ones performed at the in stance of - Dr. 4". who suggested many very ingenious modifications, is theappucationof the (alvo.cleslric fluid to the excitation of the more mixt - taw organs, in cases of sitipended vital *Mass. .FOR L EIVC.C. .//.... FROI:1 TIM FRENCH PAPEF.S. PARIS, JAN. 31. - The First Consul returned to Paris on the `24th, and will remain in this city for the remainder .of the winter. General Lannes, Envoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal, was presented on Sunday last to the First Consul by the Minister for the Foreign Department, and had his audience of leave pre vious to his returning to his post. The First Con3nl especially enjoined him to be vigilant in protecting and getting justice done to the French commerce at Lisbon, as he had already begun to do the first year of his mission. He par ticularly gave him to understand how satisfied he was with the services which he had hitherto render ed his country in that residence. ACTS OF TUE GOVFANNIF.NT. St. Clquil, :.Phi iii (Jan 21.) There shall be, in the port of Rouen, an en trepot of foreign merchandise and goods not pro hibited, as well as of articles of colonial produce. The entrepot of Rouen form part of -that of Havre; of consequence, every ship loaded with goods destined for the entrepot of Rouen shall touch at Havre, for. the purpose of enabling the master to make :t declaration of the quantity and quality of the. goods which he proposes to lodge in the entrepot of Havre, ani the principal Superin tendant of the Custom of Havre shall give an authenticated copy of this declaration. ( :;i3llCd) BONAPART,-:. A Cmsular Decree has also been issued, allowing the establishment cf an entrepot of goods is the city of Strasburg. The foreign goods privileged by this decree, with the exception of printed linens, muslins, and leaf tobacco, may be transported by land into foreign countries, by Strasburg to Mentz, passing by the Custdm-Office at Oppenheim, 'and from Strasburg to Basle, passing by the office at Bourg-libre, and back the same road ; but they must always follow the direct road, and pay the duty of the balance of trade. An article from StraAnrgli, of the 23d January, mentions that accounts had been received from the Brisgau, th w the Order of Malta had sent a note to the Regency of Anterior Austria, in which it is de clared, that if opposition be still made to the taking possession of the Convents which have devolved to the Order, it will employ force to that effect. It is added, that the Regency has received instructions to persist in its protestation, but to yield to force. It is hoped, however, that as the difficulties which had arisen between Austria and France arc removed, this affair will be settled before long. Letters have been received at Genoa, on the 15th January, from Messina, by which we learn, that Mount Etna, or Gibcl, has made a violent eruption, which caused considerable damage in the neigh bouring plains of Catana, and spread terror and dismay in that city. A part of the volcanic matter fell Upon the fief of Brcute, belonging to Lord The Supreme Tribunal of holstein has taken pos session cf the property belonging to the Chapter of Hamburgh, situated on the territory of that Duchy. The negociations relative to this affair will be spun out to a tedious length, and terminate by an appeal to the decision of the mediating Powers : the Court of Denmark places great conEdence in the support of Russia. Louts BMIAPARTE has retired, on account cf ill health, from the Presidency of the 12th Municipality of Paris. The Clef du CaLL:t contains a letter from NAP PER TANDY, in aniwer to the statement of Lord PELHAV, that he purchased pardon by making discoveries to Government. Acconnts have been received at Bourdtatir, that General Roca/tutu:Au had entered the Cape on the lith November; and taken command of the army ; and that on the same day the Blacks had evacuated the Hei,ghts. SUBSTANCE o THE i:EPORT c• COL. SERASTIANI TO TUC FIRST CONSUL. The Colonel states, that on the IC:h Se2tem!)er, 1302, 11:y embarked at Toulon, on board the Coc reila, and, on the 30th, arrived at ; he then gives an account of his mediation between the Baron de CEDEaSTROM and the TUNISIAN RE- Grricv, which finally terminated their disputes. On the Ist Onober, the Colonel was presented to the Pacha ; tile exchange of the ratifications of the treaty took place, and the Italian Republic was (after some difficulty on the part of the Paella) re cognized. The 2d Onoher, the Colonel left Tripoli, and on the 16th arrived at Alexandria. The same day he waited on General STUART, and thus de scribes his interview—" I communicated to him the order of the Minister of Foreign Relations, which enjoined me to go to Alexandria, and if the English • • •tirt. :::cupiei that place; to dernanl a speeiy era cuation, and the executi.nn of the treaty of Amie Ls. General STUART, without hesitation, told me that the evacuation would .soon take place ; but seeing that I insisted, and pressz'd for a less equivocal-an swer, he declared that he Lad no order from Es Court,to quit Alexandria; and that it was opi nion he should pass the winter there." The 20th of aft,-)ber, the Colonel set out for • Cairo; he describes the different places at which he touched in his route; at each of which he endeavour ed to instil into the different chiefs the love of the FIRST CO NSW L towards Egypt, and the intern! 1-hieh bc• n it: happ;ness. On the 2Gth Odober, the Colonel arrived at Cairo, and describes his visits to the Paella and dif ferent Cireiks, to all of whom he held the same dis course respecting the CHIEF CONIScI.. On the 2ath, he mentions some indignities which were ofEce - ea It:m by individuals, for which satisfaction was made to him, and then proceeds to state, that on the same day an atternp: wasmade to raise the Albaneseagainst him, by means of two letters coming from Ennlislt agents at Rosetta, which contained intelligence tint a fleet of fiOG sail of French ships were seen on the coasts of Natolia ; that the French Nl ere march ing against Constantinople, and that the Colonel's abode in • Egypt had no other end than to deceive, and to lull the inhabitants. These letters, he says, he obtained and delivered to the Paella ; who was before-hand in possession of the deceit, and Lot to he duped by it. He even communicated to me (con tinues the Colonel) a Teter from General STUART, which he had just received, and to which was sub-' joined an crderofthedayof the Ft RST CoNse , during his command of the Eastern army This order of the day of the month Fruelilor in the year 7, reminded the Egyptians that Constantinople was tributary to Ara bia, and that the time was come to restore to Cairo its supremacy, and destroy the Eastern Empire of the Onmans. General S-ruAI:T desired the Pacha of Cairo to penetrate into the spirit of this order, and afterwards consider, what could be the sincerity of our attachment to, and peace with, the Turks. I was enraged (says the Colonel) to find that a mili tary charaCter of one of the most polished nations of Europe should degrade himself so low, as to seek to cause my assassination by insinuations of such a nature. He :lath been deceived in his expalation. The Pacha hath lavished on me, even to the hour of my departure, the most flattering civilities, and the English Commissary, at Cairo, hath witnessed the attachment of this city to the French. At Cairo the Colonel received a deputation of the Monks of Mount Sinai, whom he had recommended to the Pacha, and he proceeds thus : " I have writ ten to their Superior, to assure him of the watchful ness and protection of the FIRST COTZStIL." On the 3d Nov. the Colonel set out for Damietta ; and, on his route, visited the different Cheiks, to whom he held the same discourse as to the others, and received from them the like protestations of at tachment towards the Ft Rsr CONSUL. At Damietta the Colonel writes that there are two Christians, who may be very useful to the French; those are Messrs. BA 7.1 L F., and Don Brame; and that, throughout Egypt, chiefs, traders, priesthood, and people, all love to talk of the FIRST CONSUL— aII pray for his happiness. All news, v:•hich concern him, spread from Alexandria to the Pyramids—to the Grand Pyramids, with an astonishing rapidity. On the 19th the Colonel arrived at Acre, and sent Citizens JAUBF.RT and LAGRANGE to DJ EZZA R PACH A with a letter, informing him that peace hav ing been concluded between Fiance and the Porte, they were going to re-establish the relations , of com merce on the same footing as before the war, and that he was charged by the Ft ast Cot :silt to confer • with him on this subject. The Colonel prayed a written answer : but after waiting some hours, the Messengers returned, so' ing that they had been re. (Tired very coolly ; and the DJC7ZAR PACIIA had said that the Colonel might attend him, but that he rilould answer only verbally. Every body advised the Colonel not to go without a written assurance ; but notwithstanding this tiniid advice, and the Pa c H A'S obstinate refusal to write, he sat cut ; and was concluded by the Drogman -into Di czzAß's apartment, in which he was alone. After having en quired after the Colonel's health, the PAcki A a , 4ked , if he was well persuaded that, when our last hour was sounded in Heaven, nothing could change. cur fate ? The Colonel's answer was, that La believed, like himself, in fatality. The Pacha continued speaking for a long time in this manner, and the Colonel perceived, that he affected an extreme simplicity ; that he wanted to pass for a man of sense, an I what was more, for a just man. He repeated to the Colonel several times, " They say that DJ EZZAR is cruel : he is only just, and severe. Pray the 'FIRST CON.. sot not to send me, as Commissary of the Commer cial Relations, a hunch-backedo or lame man, be cause they will not fail to say, that it is .DJ EZZ A R who bath put him into that state." A moment after, he said again, ~ 1 desire that the Commissary whom you shall send, he established at :Ade ; *ides that, this pert lath a larger commerce:than .~ any other in nay states : this agent will 'got cessary here ; I myself will be the French nary here, and your countrymen shall receivt most friendly zeception. I esteem the French much. BONAPARTE is little of body, but he is the greatest of men ; -moreov er, I know how much they regret hint at Cairo, aad .that they wish to have him there now." As the Colonel had dropt some words upon the peace betu'ecri France and the Sublime Porte, Ibez zAtt answered, " Do you know why I receive and am pleased to see you ? 'Tis because you come without a firman. ,I set at nought the orders of the Divan, and I have .the most profound contempt for his deformed Vizier. They say, Thrzzaß is a Bos nian, a Man sprung from nothing, a cruel man . ; imt have need of no . person, and they see . le after me. .1 *was horn poor; nay father left me only his courage; I have raised My - self .by my own labours, but that gives me no I ride, for every thing has an end.) and to-chty, perhaps, or to-morrow, there will be . an • end of Dirzza ; not that he .is old, (and at this moment he put himself into the warlike attitude of the Mamelukcs, which he executed with .much • agility) but because God shall have et-X.:red it so. He uttered other sentences of a like nature, and then spoke of the motives which had determined him to make war upon the French army. "in ?ll his discourses," : (continues the Colone:) " it was easy to remark, that. he wished to be,reconciled to the Firest CoNset, and dreaded his career." The 30th the Colonel left Acre ; and as the wind was.contrary for Jar'a, sailed for Zante, where he arrived the 13th .Frimaire. After remarking that the greatest misunderstand lag prevailed between Gen. STUAAT and the l'acha, the Colonel calculates the English forces .in - different parts of Egypt at 4130 men. He estimates the Turkish forces there at 16,000, and sums up all with a very particular detail of the forts in the dif ferent posts he had visited, and of their cona.ion and strength. vrsicr, JAY. 12. . . . We learn the following particulars, by letters re. cently received from Malta, and which are of un doubted authority. The English Cornma.nluit of that garrison has proclaimed an order, in virtue cf which every individual of the French .nation be longing to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem immediately to lay aside its distialione, under pain of arrest. In conformity to this notification, which is founded on the known stipulations of the Treaty of Amiens, about fourteen French Knights and Baillis have taken of the cross and uniform of the Order. The Neapolitan troops, to the number of two thousand men, are lodged in the barracks without Malta, and in the forts of Ricasoli and Saint Ange ; nor are they permitted to enter the city with .their arms. A guard of honour has, however, been granted to their commander, the P: :nee of Panteh.:ria, who resides in the city. It is not known at what time the English will determine upon giving up this island ; but it appears that .the moment is su#.ciently remote. AUSSEIA, %N. 26. . . There is a list opened here for enrolling the vo ltinteeri, who an! to receive the First Consul on his arrival ; each young man, who wishes to be► come a member of this corps, pays down 1200 francs (50 pounds sterling) for his cc:11;0nm. The uniforms are really remarkable, for their richness and elegance. There is to be a corps of horse and another of foot, each dressed in a different manner, and the band of music is composed of a number of excellent musicians, habited in a superb style. We are bifsily engaged also, in ere6iing triumphal arches and other decorations, for the good citizens of Brus sell are resolved to distinguish themselves on this occasion. BASLE, JArc.2l. We have =calved intelligence that the number of French troops in Switzerland is to be diminished. Soine companies of artillery, and the two bat=liors of the 104. th ;knr.i-brigade, re on the point of qait ti,ig us to return to France. The .report that the Canton of Leman, and a part of the Canton of . Basle, were to be incorporated with France, is with out foundation. General NEY gave very positive, assurances on that head, both during his stay here and at ikrne. It is still believed that the persons con- . fined at Arbotrrg,will - be shortly set at liberty. We are assured that llzomo and Elam. have written to General Nzv, :requesting him to interest himself ‘vith the Easr Crt4sut. in their favour, and thxt, several Deputies of the Consulta solicit their libera tion with earnestness, and expect a favourable deci• All the Swiss emigrants who resided at Constance have been ordered by :the Austrian Government to leave that city. Numbers of families, and some of the richest proprietors in the Vaud country and the Canton of Basle, are preparing to go to America, The last day for receiving private :petitioks is Thursday, the 10th instant ; and never in any former Session %ere there so many applications to he made for new roads, enclosures, canals, railways, bridges, and other works of national improvement. They have brought multitudes of persons to the mett4. polisfrona every part of the United.Kinigdom. __~ •+ ~i~ FT • 4 71 P- w '~ .~ , I .I 4 • r~~. ~r ~..~ 3 1 , .41 , 41 • of be 2/e- -7-7 9 Commis- !cei ye the e French H :~i \