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I Jr fused four English ships; two of them are carried into port. and the other two uri. sunk. The fine ship Le !renew-, of Wa guns, which car ries A irniral Gantheattme's flag, will, in future, be celled L'lnperiaL At a meeiing of the Privy Council, his Imperial Majesty granted letters of pardm to Jean Pierre Laurens Joseph Bove, and Hanry Brnnn Pierre, natives and tobabitants of Castles, condemned on the first Gertreel, in the year rives, hy the ju Jgment of the Tribunal of Criiniti.rl Ju.ticc of the Upper Garronrc, to the punishment of transportation, as acco,npiices in a conspiracy against the state of the Republic. These individuals were transported to the Isle of Rite. .A TROYZI, APRIL 3. The present state of this immense capital furnishes ample matter for important observations on the pub lic spirit and general state of the French empire. Tile presence of the Emperor Napoleon seemed lately to atnuse pleasure and happiness in the place , of his residence. He was looked upon as the soul of this got-t er'itical body. Tne enemies of France, far from seeing in this a subjeCt for pride and seen rio, w roe nation, have concluded that Fraace is no thing without the hero who governs it, and if he. for one, abandoned the reins of Government, , it would fall into social dissolution, far more fatal than that from which he relieved it on his return from Egypt. It is for this reason, no doubt, that they have mixed so much acrimony in this war of libels and inveßives it is fur this also that they la vish so much money to pay mercenary writers, and contrive so many atrocious and useless intrigues. There is, however, one striking contradiCtion be tween their iilvedives and the importance which they have attached to the most trifling asbons of the French Government. The events have proved that its Cnief is not less powerful by the affedions and confidence he has inspired in his people, and by the system which he haserefted on such an immoveable foundation, than by the genius which seems, even in his absence, personally to preside in his Councils. The same spirit direas them, the same hand still seems to hold the helm of Government. This ab sence, independent of its important object, reveals to Eurnpe tae solid strength of our political world, and answers better than volumes could do, the sys. tematic calumnies which the English Ministers con tinsally procure to have printed and circulated amongst the public, to turn the attention from die impotency of the methods which they employ, and the general suspicion which they inspire. What an affefting sight was continuelly present ed to cur eyes dining the time of leis Holiness's stay at Paris, in the religious anxiety of the people to go to those places which he honoured by his presence, and press round him with sentiments of love and respect, inspired as nitiah by his personal virtues as by the splendour of his dignity. The same energy was manifested to receive his last be nedietions on his departure. This sentiment was not that simple curiosity which is always inspired by the presence of di sti nguishod personages. The Sovereign Pontiff bad visitedthe greater number of the parishes, and performed in each chapel the ceremonies they requested of him. His palace has been in a man ner open to all classes. and it was not the plri:p which accompanied the Snvereigns which the inha bitants Dressed in cmwds to admire. If the regrets. and the eenvineing proofs of esteem which this vir tuous Pontiff canna with him, give an high idea ot his charafter, they at the same time offer the most just and favourable opinion of a people whose m.-ra lity and religion have been so strorgly disputed by English writers.- CV ch. Ca6iero). Their Imperial Majesties arrived within our walls yesterday, at four o'clock in the afternoon. A mul titude of inhabitants, from the city and it. neigh b3urhood, ran to meet them on the way, and testi. fied, by unanimous acclamations, the joy inspired by the presence of their august sovereigns. A guard a' honour, both on foot and horseback, composed of the principal people of the city, went out to meet and escort them to their palace. The cavalry, con sisting of fifty men, were extremlly well appointed ; their uoiforrn—the white hussar dress, edged with green. The infantry, composing sixty-five men, wore a scatlet uniform, turned up, and faced with pale blue. This little bind was headed by the General of Artillery. Morard, brother to M. le Senateur blo rard de Galles. It is this old warrior who has formed the exercis: of our legions, and who ha: evinced, on this occa.ioa, all the zeal and aftivity of youth. The Emperor entered Troyes by the Gate de Sens: there had been erefted in front:of it a triumph al arch, surmounted by the Imperial crown.— This monument, the architeause of which s simple and elegant, is ornamented by a number of inscrip tions, amongst which the following is conspicuous : Panda triouvhalre auditus, urbernque beatun, Port., VII' franc.* onus qui reerituit rem. A cola= and a pyramid decorate the two prin. ~!~ ~ 4 cipal squares in the city ; on the first we read: IMPEIL•TORI, REGI S NAPOLEONI oe inrido • 171111111, artists!, le,Enow i ste witarrotors; Augusta bona* grate elt;Mel bee Monume , ll , ini posoit. The second an emblem as tine as ingenious. The French exhibit with pride the bust of the Emperor to the inhabitants of Troyes, and appear to address them with these words, written oo the four sides of the pedestal : Sub duce claro vieite ketii Tatra sub also vivito poi ; Vindice reap* •ivite tut'; Judice justn vivne redli. The products of industry of the city of Troyes are exposed in the great balls of the town house. The Emperor is to visit them this morning. Every where the presence of the Emperor excites the loudest acclamations; our inhabitants appear astonished to behold him habited in a modest uni form. and brilliant in the midst of his court, by the simplicity of his garments. The people of his department evince so much the more joy as they feel a pride in having brought up in its bosom him who will raise France to the high est degree of glory and prosperity. In reality, it was in firienne, that the Emperor received his first education His Mapsty, desirous to see again those ;•laces which ever recal the dea.est recol ledions, is to cet nut t . :1":41 day, at two o'clock tor B 1 it:me, from► whence he viii return in the coarse of to-morrow. MAYLNCE, APR:L 3. Yesterday the French formally took p tss.rssion of the Rhine Islands ; bairiers are planting there, hav ing the Imperial Eagle with outstretched wings placed on them. At Milan the trees of liberty have been rooted up ; and endeavours were using zn de stroy every mark serving to recal libel ty and anar chy to their recolle&ion. IMIRLIN, MARCH 21. A Courier-Extraerdinary yesterday brought the sews of the proclamatioa concerning the kingdom of Italy. Our Cabinet appeared to be already in formed of the event, which receives general appro bation. In admiring the elevation and nobleness of the Emperor Napoleon himself, we are astonished at the ability which be displays under the most difficult circumstances. Not only will the mode in which this business has been accomplished, consolidate the peace of the Cor.tinent, but it will also conduce to Me general peace; becaus., if England and Itu , sia wish still to keep Malta, and to tale in the Mediter ranean, they must necessarily consent to see the Crown•. of France and Italy remain united in the acme head. FRANICTOST, mmecit 27. Every winter passes in expedation of events. which the fineness of the seasons, and political conjedures, were to bring about. But, for the last three Or four years, our politicians speak in vain of a rupture, or of them trching of the armies. Although a perfed and decided cordiality does not prevail between the powers of Europe, it however appears very certain, that our peace will not be disturinid tlti. year, a! least nothing threatens it ; and it has been observed, that, during a long time past, at the same period of the year, there never were seen so few troops in mo tion. They are, for the present, content vaguely to assert,.that a veteran army is assembling on the frontiers of Gallicia. During two years, according to public reports, the troops h.sve accu mulated ia this place, their numbers, by this time, ought to be very great. It is a year since Courland WAS the pretended theatre of a prodigious force. It is not at all surprising that the provinces so recently added to our empire, into which po -I,cy has sent so many troops, should be in a state of ferment and conjedure ; for a regiment going into it to take up its quarters, appears a large army to those who are at the distance of one hun dred leagues. On whatever side we turn our eyes, we see no symptoms hut of peace, and if any Cabinet is projeding war, they set about it with woi.drous mystery. We may boldly regard as finesse the collenion of Russian troop+ ; if Sweden menaced France, it is not with such preparative, ; besides, it would be next to nothing, so long as her neighbour Denmark appears to possess such very pacific sentiments : Prussia has not changed her system since the Peace ; if Austria has changed any thing in her's, it is to become more the friend of France; Turkey appears subservient to the influ ence of Russia ; but, besides that, she has too many aTairs at home to occupy herself abroad in an ad ice manner all other States are, from varicus con siderations, allies of France. AMSTEIDOAM, APRIL 12. Messrs. Gockinga and Byleveld, two of the Members of the State Diretory, who were some time since suspended in their functions, left the Hagueon the 10th instant, the former for Groningen, and the latter for Zealand. the respealve residences of these Gentlemen. Some inhabitants of the 1)e. partruent of Utrecht have petitioned the Dire Flory of the State against the new Plan of the Constitu- 1 The aAticet acne foe the city of Troyes. Ti i i BICITISII P111.7,5t. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Antic 17. The long announced visit of BON AAAAA e to Milan, there to receive the crown of Italy, has been at last undertaken. He set out, as we stated yester day, on the 2d, with his Lady, accompanied by the following brilliant retinue : A Colonel General of the Guard, a Grand Mueslis/ of the 'Awe, a Grand Master of the Horse of the Empress, a Maid of Honour, (oar ladies of the Palace, viz Madames Serent, li'Arlserg, an I Madem Oselle D'Arberg, two Aides....e- Canw,sc General Caffarelli, Gmeral Li nri.rais, four Chanals• r lams, viz. MeArq. Hedouville, Thiars, Mercy, D'Argenctu, Beaumont, six Knights, two Prefects of the Palace, three the Wand Marechal of the Palace, an Almoner in Onlioary, the tdshop of Poitiers, Private :+eeretary to the Emperor, U. Menneval, Societsry hi the E 4. 1,114• champs, the Minister of the hawk's., the Secretary of State, Mamelial Moncey, the Counsellor of State, M. Bigot Prea ntlmens. I lossaliold Departinenhwarour Mattress D'Hotel, thre • Htsuaryseven Valetsde Chs mhre, dye Waiting Women of th , Einprei., eighteen Kitelvm Servants, thirty Valets in Waitio•!, thirty Domeatigues, eight ClAlltieN, Subalterns of the Guard, two Hunt-linen, five Running Footnieo, a Suretary of Equi• The mock Emperor and Empress, thus attended, slept at Troyes the first night, where they proposed to rest awhile, the Emperor wishing to pay a soli! to Brienne, where he went to school when a boy. What a proof of gratitude and sensibility ! Ti e little Corsican wished to stop a few days to indulge himself in contemplation of the scene and remem brance of the days when and where he, a foreign pauper, was educated and maintained at the expence of the good and virtuous Lours XVI. whose Crown he wears, whose Throne he has usurped, whose Palace he inhabits, and whose suhh,•fls he has do graded into slaves. From Brienne he was to go to Lyons, there to spend Passian.week.—lt is natural to ask how comes it that Bow whose late journeys have been charaCterised by the rapidity of his movements, can afford to spend two days at Brienne, and a whole week at Lyons ? The answer is obvious. His late sudden excursions to the coast betrayed his fears. He appeared a man afraid of an explosion ip his absence, and counting with anxiety every moment until his return. Aware that this celerity of his movements has been imputed partly to fear, he hopes now to inspire a contrary sentiment by the slowness of his motions, and the length of his absence. He would affaeft that his assumption of the Imperial dignity has con solidated his power, and that be reposes the most perfed confidence in the loyalty and affeCtion of the people. An article, however, from one of the Pa ris Papers, of which we have received a regular se ries up to the 10th, shews that the Corsican is not without his fears, and that the state of the capital justly alarms his suspicions. It speaks of Paris as the theatre of an acrimonious war of libels and in veai yes, of atrocious and abortive intrigues, and mer- ...,~. w. . ~~.... .74 E • cenary writers. The French Journals had bitherh contained no account of libels, and intrigues ag o i l 4 the Government of Bo '4AP%R rE. Bete , hoAtver, they inadvertently let out the ti uth, and admit that the Government has many and adive dom eit i c „ C . mies. As a farther proof of his couridence in the loyalty of his slaves, 800 Ar • art has entrusted the reins of government, duringhis absence. t )0:e re;t• Chancellor CAMBACISRLS, a man Universally de spised in Paris; but he has taken care, at the same time, to leave his brother-in-law, General Mt s ir, behind, with the command of the military. p then Paris shall remain tranquil in his absence, it i; not to the cypher CAN am:stirs, he will be indebted for the result, but to the swords and bayonets of General Mutar. With such assistan:s, even San , ho Pauao himself might govern Paris in the ab sence of his master. His Holiness, the Port, has also left Paris. His route is marked out so far as Turin, at which he expeets to arrive on rl—• 2 ;d. It is probable, therefore, that he goes dir e ct to Rome, and will not be obliged to endure the humi liation a second time of officiating at the Cornnittion of an Infidel and Usurper. These papers farther disclose die policy of BUN APART.: in assuming the kingly Crown of Italy They announce that Autrit ha. acknowledged this new measure, and that the Crowns of Prance and Italy are ever to remain united upon the s head, while England keeps Malta, and the Russians shall rem r;il is rm. session of Corfou. These worts can ado so as that BON APAICTE has seized up.:n ily to pi si..ve an influence in the Mediterranean, m. a:• stone to Turkey, Egypt, and all the oth:r of his enormous ambition in the eastern worl.i. \Ye should not be surprised if he fancies himself ararei us the attainment of some or all of these than p imagine. No man knows how to make better e his means, and, judging from his past condsi... may expeet that he will make his visit to Milan e• . some other purpose than that of his curve. , The Spaniards affca to have commenced the si of Gibra:tar, but in a way that only ezpo.w, insignificance and imbecility. A party adva..cel from the camp at St. Roch, on the rids of Mecii, to our lines, where they surprised. a %null p took the Officer, and Lillcd two men. Tile g.irr.s24, however, being (pia; fal arm an lon the aLrt, the Spaniards returned to their camp, w:th them four prisoners. The French funds continue falling—they are un der 57'. By the accounts frtm of the Istts, find that the newly projeCted constitution pi- no means generally approved by the people of that country. The inhabitants of the department of Utrecht have petitioned against it. An attemx was male to pablish this petition in one of the pi pers ; but ILe objcZt was frustrated by the arm. of the Govei nn;ent. A leret. I) ,, ver, dated on Monday, says— ., ft:e 1).1:.i•li ship K”o3prine‘to,, C. N. BRI•Ch s , vrn ma.:lrs from Bengal, arrived in our Roads to-day, and lauded C. HOLST, and tw other pas seager3. They touched at the Cape, whit% ihty :eft the sth of February ; two large French ; arrived there the day before they sailed, ad brought word that a French fleet might be exFc'Thd every day." Thc .Ifedusa, with the Marquis CORNWALLII. jet into T ymingtoti, there to wait for some dispatc:ies, which were expelled yesterday. The expedition is expeeted to sail from Ports mouth this day. The Gazelle of last nigl t cont-sins the news r • caved on Monday by the over-land dispatci Irons India. The Speech of Mr. Jew r Easos, the President of the United States, upon the opening of Congress, is given in our last page. Yesterday, at four o'clock, Earl WEI.T %anima's mu, taed business at Lord Mutos Ayr's Ofti..e• the report is revived that Lord, HOOD is to the First Lord of the Admiralty. A friend of the Doke of Noarot has gone " canvas the city of Hereford, in consequence of da death of the late MemSer, Colonel ficeciassoa Celonel Scuna moat caught a violent cold,'" walking home in the morning. after the debate ea Mr. WH I TBRZAD'S motion, which was succeeded by a violent fever, that carried him off in a tew days. Three thousand troops embark in the East I ndia fleet now under dispatch. The fleet svil cons's! d twenty shio‘, some of the largest burden : tel thousand of the troops proceed in the seven ChM ships. Fereral of the East India Direflors leave tows for Portsmouth in a few days, to sup. riatend tk em'aarkation of the troops by the outward bowl, fleet. Mr. Ferris, we understa , d, was excedirip, displeased at both die first and second tilling. it the Irish Loan, made at the Castle. and • - nt woe f that he would not accept the terms o eted.oo would trouble the sam• taart• to m:kc any fame proposals. He the': appl ed t the Coop atnrt 1$ the •:.nglish Loan, wh.,ll4Vr h:sl on Friday Leg il send in their proposals, and there is no doubt be their offer will be such as will be accepted. iom, UM. .i? ul tb ing it A rtnif oes. ou•: 1 a fi! exit VC! tma the' (Nt the do 60' and no IC! et el tion; the issue of this attempt may early be con jedtured. On Saturday last, the Proprietors of The Utrecht Gazette announced their intention of pub lishing this Petition in an extraordinary Number of their Paper ; but it was forbidden by the Magistracy of dirt City. HAGUE, MARCH 30. The trial of the Civil and Mika' y Officers, who Lave surrendered our Colonies to the enemy, would have commenced long since, if the principal among them had thought proper to return to Holland. But AS they preferred staying in England, we cannot tell when we shall be able to commence the examination. TROM THE CAMP AT ST. ROCH, MARCH 7. In pursuance of orders issued by the Command ant General, the battalion of Barbastree, with the company of carabiniers and artillerists, proceeded yesterday to the line ; and the regiments of Gerona, of Cantabria, and that of the cavalry, kept th,sm s,:lees in readiness to march on the shortest notice. On the arrival of the troops, 50 cat abiniers took post before the tower of Molinos, from the strand on the East side, to the opposite side ; I n men, armed with hatchets and other warlike implements, sallied from Fort St. Philip ; eighty of those wore com manded by Don Valdes, and Ahe rem-under by Don Certates. 'llse latter, at the head of his small patty, condaCted it to the stone-piles which ne si:uated at the foot of the Mount on the north and Don Valdes marched directly against the English guard of the Devil's Tower, which he surprised. The English post was inclosed at the moment that resistance was attempted ; the Officer charged with the defence of this post was undressed in bed, and sleeping soundly. TwO of the English were killed. The centinePs musquet missed fire ; and the re mainder of the guard fled to the citadel, and alarmed the garrison ; on this both the Spanish detachments returned to their lines, taking with them the English Officer and three soldier s, one of whom was mor tally wounded. The Spanish fire ships had gone out of the river; but the night being too clear, they could undertake nothing.