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li•rT'W , Gl iroinox nrrEttinuct. PARIS, KAY 3. The grand question which has occupied the at tention of the Tribunate has diverted public atten ties from every other objed. A note, which, in the Minittar of the 29th of April, accompanied an ex wad of a letter from London of the 24th of March, has not however escaped notice. " God knows (wt . the letter, among other things), when the ex ebbon ' wdl set sail for the other side of the water ; e assured of this, that, sell when it may, we shall Wit fail to give a very satisfaiEtory account of it. The attempt, once made, will never be repeated, and the question, or rather the threat of invasion, tedl be decided for ever." These expressions have given rise to the following paragraph an the official Journal, in the form of a note : “ We agree perfedly with this good Englishman, l itho, let the expedition once sail, and the question will be decided for ever. We must add, however, that we do not understand this assertion in the same sense in which hi employs it. We cannot but deplore the fate of a country which the faults of its Govern ment have placed in a situation so critical. We do not do less justice to the energy and the honourable feelings of those who are anxious to defend their country. The people do their duty in endeavouring to place themselves out of the reach of invasion. We do ours it, seeking to conquer peace, and a portion of the patrimony of the seas, of which the unbridled unbi tten niche English Government wishes to deprive us. Absolute masters of the commerce of the world, their ships cover both the Indian and American seas. They wish further, by the unjust possession of Malta, at once to expel us from the commerce of the Medi terranean. That is not in their power. They who grasp at ton mach risk all. We are also a populous station. We have a vast extent of coast, numerous sailors. a great deal of wood, and a large share of snowy. What, then, is that mad ambition which Wishes to deprive us even of the commerce of the Le vant. which our ancestors from time immemorial have *lord ? They very uselessly keep six thousand men en the rock of Malta; which, happen what way, thay aster shall Wenn. They are on the point of losing Ceylon for want of a sufficient number 4 troops to defend it. Of the two nations, which is that whose ambition knows no reasonable bounds ? lib agitation which by treaty cedes the islands of Onillad Trinidad, and consolidates the English the Indies, in China. and America. or that Idielt wishes to shut us out of all the ports of the levant P The English Government deceives the pen. gte in the grossest manner respecting all that is *site, or that passes in France. 1 hey carry this so far as to tell the people that certain intelligence has *ten received of the troops at Boulogne having mu tinied, that the half of the garkson at Paris have re. visited ; that the Parisians have shewn a disposition , tie insarreftion, because they were presented from leaving their own houses after eine o'clock. Ali these revolts resemble Mr. Drake's rebellion •in the }but departments. Whea sr /bah weer , e4l ~,,,ir she desemit. If we were not t.) male se .for years, our olorfoso wand may is Inure sem e."—(Monikar ) - 1' MAY J. The important plan of the elevation of Bonaparte to the Imperial dignity in France appears to be more and mots on the eve of execution. Already the wee has not only been soleria.ly pronounced by the Tribunate. but also communicated on their . . part to the Conservative Senate. We are beside al ready eel), ised by the answer of the Vice-President 'den Senate to the Deputies of the Tribunate, that the Senators had anticipated in secret the commu nication of the vote of the Tribunate, and have been deliberating for upwards of two months on the means of carrying it into deft. It appears, then, that a circumstance which was formerly only the around of report. is now reduced to an absolute cer tainty, namely, the presentation of a Senatorial ad dress to the First Consul, offering to invest him with the hereditary Government in France, delivered soon after the communication of the original copies of Mr. Drake's correspondence. The veil which covers the deliberations of the Senators has not yet been withdrawn. It has not 1 1 been withdrawn from the proceedings of that other ' nadosid mthority which will bring on the canceled / inclose». This disclosure, however, may be spec day =raid. The Tribunate employed on this occasion to make the first communication of this plan, as two years ago they did of the settlement of the Consulship for We, terminated the day before yesterday their ex traordinary sittings ►y the adoption of a decree founded on a previous motion. This decree, which bad hoes proposed that day by the Commission ap poiated to examine the motion of Curet., after a long speech from the Reporter, Jard Panvilliers, woe couched in the following terms : • The Ttitionate, ceosidering that at eta tweakieg oat of the Stevelotion, 'thee the national will bad an opportunity of MA. Wasting noel( with the greatest freedom, the (mien,' wish us. &dared for tbi individual unity of the Supreme Power, and Bo the hereditary liteetation ei that power That the family of the Bourbons, having by their conduct madered the Hereditary Government oliou to the people, haul them to lose eight of its advantages, and drove the nation to seek for a happier destiny in a Denricratical form of Lee ,assist That Franc?, having made a trial of uifferent forms of Go eurtntoont, oxpettenced from these trials only the miseries of anamby ; That the State war in the preen peril, when Bonaparte, brought back by Prosedence, saddeuly appeared fur its Den ; That under the government of a single individual, Franc. recovered tranquillity at home, and acquired abroad the Ligh td degree of consideration and glory; That the plots formed by the Moose of Bourbon, in cower with a ministry, the implacable enemy rat France, warned France rsf the danger which threatens it, if, losing Bohapatte .he con anima exposed to the agitation inseparable Imm an eternal ; Menthe Contellalp for life, arid the power granted to the Tint Consul of appointing his see or, are not adequate to the reventio, dintilgua at hems or abtood, which could hot tail is behaved during Use lucency of the Supreme Purer ; That in declaring that Magistracy heretitary, cordoimity is shamed at ence to the example at ell great States, ancient or emdern, smite the int web of Cie nation vs pressed in 17b4 Thst, enlightened and supported by this experience, the ha• !tin new return to this web more strongly than ever, and ex pense it cot all sides; That in all political changes it has been usual for nations to ender the sopreses pewee an those to whose they ewe their Thai erhan Fiance demands for hoe sr coney • Hereditary Chht t bog ratitode aM alisnion ea 4 on Bonaparte; That TABOO Min parterve all the advantages of the Revolu tion by fk• dines of a new Dynasty, as mach rawrested for lb* SIMI Si OH aid sus ovoid be for their den.irtt ion ; .. That Tune* may *amid from the family of lionayaate mar • tha f, 0. 4 any other the maiosenance of the rights a.d hbaas of the peorlle which skew them, sal ati t Kee institutions but cricu!.ih.kt to support them I That there r no tio.c more siiitahle to the glory of tona p..•te. and to the dignity of the Supreme Chief of the French :cation, Clan the title of Emperor. The Tribunate, exercising the right given them by the 29th article of the Conititunon, have come to the following vote : That Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul, be proclaimed Emperor of the French, and in that capacity, invested with the Government of the French Republic ; That the title of Emperor and the Imperia power he made . . hereditary in his family in the male line, acc.rrding to the order or pri mogeniture ; That in introducing into the organisation of the Constituted - - - .luthothies the ntotltheatione rendered ttemes4ary by the estar blishment of hereditary power, the equality, the libertu, and the right.; of the people shall be preserved Ist all their integrity. This rote.hall be presented to the SCUM by six orators, who . . . shall explain the vie;re of the Tribunate. The foregoing decree having been put to the vote by the President of the Tribunate, it was carried by acclamation with the single exception of the only Member who delivered his sentiments against its adoption. Citizen Jard Panvilliers was named First Orator to present, the following day, the Vote of the Tribunate. The other five Orators who are to accompany him, were chosen by lot. Citizen GA ctois then made a speech to prove the necessity of the third article of the Vote. This was at length, on the motion of Salim, signed on the Register by the Tribunes present, to the number of forty-eight, among whom was Joseph Moreau, the brother to the General now confined in the Temple. The Member who had formerly delivered his senti ments against the Vote, alone refused to affiz his signature. The Officer of the Court having pre sented to him the ports eerie!, he merely cast his eye over the contents, and returned it without signing his name to it. In the same Sitting, Cation Nisas made a long reply to the objeftions urged by Carnot. Canon Nisas, afterward , a' the same sitting, in the exora ;it in of hi speech, alinnunced his design of speaking with the greaten moderation, entered on the c o nsidesation of the qui:s hoo, and observed, "Citizen Carnet is afraid that *4 proposed (llse iionnitation of Einpemr, and the aareiiiiiment of a harelitary "ma °rains) ainenint to nothing short of the toed and absolute destweion of the Republic, end that those who s moon them have either the intention, or are so untie Mute as to giro up Wanly mid tee m..t , y tic pre) ^ 1 a ue;- pot. What! because the First Magistrate shall be eall-d Emperor, and because his pew -r shad be hereditary, sha'l thine no longer exist in Francs liberty, or a c o mer' Shall we have no taw or a social conspect, for, according to his opi nion, these first warns of a people are iwinnittent with wrest a spe i e of d.imiition, such a form of the Supreme !ilasistrc y. Thus thought riot that melees Republican .1..1. Rous.eau, who has formerly declared, that every !vain-nate Gavernmeitt, that is a Government founde4 on law, is a Reputillean.— What ! is them any malt who would now talk of above law S What Government Is mere legitimate whirl pro. poses, orgastrws, and accept itself, which is inconsistent with tiie liberty, the art a • ray, mid the solemnity which preceded it, whit i inspired, the esemosest which we adopt, and which presides over their 41S-cession " Cozen Carnet i• almid of beholding theecturn of the are tient Mon.:rein of Vance, of feudal ant pre iwie r ar y e u ,aniy. Very little rilleelion u neressan to sheer, that betwixt that species of Royalty. and that which we now limp**, there is as great differeoce a. betwixt light and darkness. Royalty begs,' with taiemspe-s anon of the land, with the seizure nf the per sons of Canoe who inhabited it. The 11111A.L11/111 were then howires pm:44es addict. ide. it was en these monstrous fictions that the fights, titles, and Jos of the Government of Royalty were founditl. The King of the French, such as the Constituent AsSeuthly wishoido appoint him, the Emperor of the Franck Reptitilic, such as we not wish to establish, it neither the pru i rriehic of the Ind, nor of those h whom it is inlialided. He is the head of the Fr usch by their voluntary choice. His dominion is meal, and no servitude can legally mama front such a system. " Olive Carriageways to lislieve that Vie reedit* which we now shrift our atteatine has been long beforehand prepared by the First COMO!, with an artas skilful II a desire con.start and indefatigable On the contrary, it is a fact, and 1 call on those who know it beet tri declare (and there are many alio can do so) Out the First Consul woo the last to enter into this son of holy conspitaca in favour of the country, formed en the 9th of No vember, by a small number,ameng whole I had the keener to be one; a small number, which wotessively increased tilt it became an innumerable multitude; the .hole French People, whose wish it t. new impassible as disobey. It ionise that the Minot was at first coacealed, that the end in view was die-Med with a certain degree of address, that the remotions necewary to secure its succes• weer set Ord. There were' arid Citizen Carted continue: among that number) a number of Citizens, the number of whom have daily diminished, who frill of re. volatietiary prejudices and enema had net beitini;ted by the lemons of reflection and extierience, and who were not yet ca pable ef admitting truth. It is this that rendered address ne cessary in &closing the light to a person iliesawd, who has been long deprive lof it. lit the midst of this activity of vow opinims which were advancing to improvement, and of erro neous notions which seemed to take a retrograde cotes°, the First Consul slimed a resistance and a reluctance as :tuner as fora bog time Manmade, so the result of which he perceives the necessity. He was, however, the last to perceive it, and it IS only a day Peer that, compelled by the public tone, yen see him publish dame addiresies, which six months age poured on him fora all parts of the Repuhli.!, supported by the warm solicitation of the Magistrates and Public Foliation. mem, and which he has hitherto suppreased. The warm created by the attempt. at assassination against the person of the First Consul, by the prospect of the (rightful arils which nookd have followed from them,had they taken effea,lsave strengthened every resolution and hastened every measur....T he First Coos,: is ambitious of glory. He is lealoof for it, but it is proper tiust hen should consider power as glory.—A word hem him, a Cagle emotion of that great soul which he could disclose to ent country will render that truth more evilest than all the de tails and all the aetenions which I could adduce. One AA. , tie First Consul spoke with the most profound sensiti;ity of the midges sr the re adutien i some one waked to vreal.:.oi hi. emotion by a representation of the reatias of that great cosi., and in eerteltaion sad to him, st It does not belsog to you, Citizen First Ceneuhto be afilifted at the meet rt pis would never have bees elevated to the rank which toe now hold, and you wool 1 lacer, haw acquired that inunesee rift?) , with which you are covertel.''—'s Weller' exclaidied Bona pane, " wield to Gosh that France hail never heard of Ines— that its Government had ni Yet been guilty of such tarots mei that its people had ever experienced such the min whose heart gave birth to these exprcuiens, which I con. • to history, ores, in the agvandiseinent of his only tUe increase of the means of public happinass. He seeks in his own grandeur only the gluey of the nation. Ile accepts the rank which is oftred to him, au.l he has not eagerly court. eel u'. There its certain species of andatioa which Is above certain low views. " Citizen Canna (cent i need Cation laisasl wishes to alarm us by the example of the C.e.ars, and the do...dente' the Romeo Finning. This fear, howeeer is very ill founded, and the analnrs by no means just. On the contrary, the great mis (mimic and the capita! defect of the power with whirls the Crean were invested, arose from that power nut being heredi tary; the privilege of adoption Jesuit's,' 'vety thong, and eleztion threw every thing into confusion t—and 'brie ere precisely the incomeniencies to which the system we now esan to introduce is directly oppear.t By pennon( in a system pearls similar to that of Rouse, Poland has been destroyed. E.. adopting one nearly similar to ours, RIMS& bas snad• a sty coil durable step to its consolidation " Queen Carnet has had reruisee to the Roman Republic, and ha. exh.bitel to us a perfect goyerament, and lai,rty, at the sant: int., wisely preserved an that van Slate: WaASPUt doubt, it be -ante vest indeed; but in Ineteetion as at I. , :ame great, rk,l it be. rime also democratic! lu order to render the rinser-ant eft .etive, dial they not pette:ive the us...way of a single head! Citizen Cunt 4 Is denviweed of tbis truth, sad a - slits the temporary remedy of the Diciatuodhp--temporary noticed iuregard to the people who intenl.ll milt tot establish t: far a ,LIA:t time, but that 'night become perpetiral in the hands of :Ai cnt.•ri!ri•n g and ambitious Dimator, a bloody transitr.n :ortu eAt . hceatiousne s to art empire hid... hoed, and .0 Con•trt.rtinm,or in other NIII(14 an absolute ile-p,tisni. '• (..h.sen Carrot mges an rah• -et Unit against the hereditary sviah la is real, and canna it be mad:carrel. It is cewaro, that this specks ut government .00tretil , I,, makes nations enter int.. domestic intereits, and enhance fierily quarrels. This, II) d o ubt, is a danger; but what human io..titoton W iihotT dangcr But these interest: have at ••one redo'•, 'elle mita y am o ng tin✓ r. , tple 1t la-e., sod ruins •tange• is less than that to vriticit nations are often i r coasomi,isce of cs. pine :nag the quarrel, ' arid enlisting them.e:ves Oil the side of ttr-• personal passion:, quarrels, and inn•rr.ts of th'ir rut :rs or Lien or.,tors. Perocles was not an hereditary Printer, bid frr ant insult off•red to Aspocia, the Grecian Re;mblie w is s t on flame. In the best times of the Roman keptildtr, espoush g sometimes the interest of a Tribune, and At ....titer Opt rat some other factious party, involved the Senate in 4-.mtaht alarm; and the Senate, sacrificihr, the iteop'e eo th,•ir I n i k interests and private quarrels, embroiled diem w.tit their offending and unolfewling neirliboutt. The pretext rn 3 foreign war was atter wanting, when the S••nate dreaded the approach of civil broils, and the blood of the people continued to flow. " The public disclosure of the tram] project of the day has not been unf.erourable tu the Node. The rite per croft here nsen to 56 francs; the funds of the Wink 107, frau.," nit Day QUIIIN CIIAIILOTTE born-1-tolidly at the Public Offices. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY ID. It was reported, last night, in the diplomatic circles, that Mr. COUIVOISI en, who arrived on Wed nesday, with dispatches from Vienna, has brought with him the determination of the Imperial Court upon the following points:-Ist, The proposed change of the Government of France. idly, The clai;ns of the BOURRONS, and the pretensions of Do. $$A, ANTE. 3dly. The iavasion of the German Em pire by the troops of BONAPACT/ upon the 15th of March. 4sl;ly, The terms upon which the House of Austria will join with England and Russia to restore the balance of power in Europe. sthly, An invitation given by BONAP AUER to Austria to be come jointly with Russia a mediating power be tween him and England. thlily, A plan to be pre xntedto England after a general pacification for establishing a Conservative Congress of peace, for settling all future wars in Europe. Such ar: the rumours in our best informed political circles. and as such 0r.17 v:c give them. Mr. COURVOMER was formerly a Professor of Civil Law, at Besar.con ; afterwards a S.:cret.sry to the King of FRANCE and the Boum lON Pa isc cs at Coblentz, and is now de servedly entrusted by our Government with its most confidential dispatches. We yesterday mentioned the arrival of Mr. Lis IN usros, and the p.tc!tic rumour to which it gave rise. He did not reach town until yes terday morning, and it has been since reported, that his visit is more of a financical, than of a diplo matic nature. The purchase money of Louisiana, stipulated to be paid to France, though raised by Messrs. Hera and Co. at Amsterdam, for the United States of America, is supplied, no doubt, in a great part, from this country ; and Mr. Ltvixorrosi, it is presumed, is come to hasten the remittances which the extravagant expences of DON AIP AST 16'11 COW. 1 nation necessarily require. We have heard, however, that he Is provided with a letter from TA tca v RAID to our Ministers. Others say, he is the bearer of a letter from BON•P•ILTZ to His MAJESTY. or the Prince of WA LLL On Thursday we stated, esciusivetv, that it was the intention of LeJUIS XVIII. to protest against the ele vation of fiQsar • RT E, under the title of Emperor, to the throne of France : we also stated, at the same time, the leading features of the protest, as repotted to us. A Morning Paper of yesterday, alluding to this intelligence its Tux BRITISH NM, makes the following candid and /decal observation: " One of the Papers says, that Lot:is the XVI llth intends to protest against Box*, • R T es elevation to the Impetialtl.roile of France. h is possible enough that Louis X VIII. will protest ; but the writer in the newspaper sat) announces the intention, and even gives the substance of the intended Protest, must have a quicker mode cf communication with War saw titan the ordinary ports. Such pretended in formation every reader of common sense must per ceive to be mere fahricatioo." We can assure our readers, that the Protest Las not only been received by the Boy It atm Pa :Nt ts residing in England, but that their adhe..ion to it was also sent off last night to lits Majesty Lot is XVlllth. A refei enee to dates will expose the gross igoorance or malice of the pa per in question in itsattackupon Tar BRITISH Ness. The Decree of the Senate, for conferring the title of Emperor upon SoNar.siir t, is dated the 17th of March. An account • f it might have reached Warsaw on the loth of April, and, we believe, did adually teach it on that day. We will suppose, however, that it did not reach Warsaw until the 15th. Suppos:ng then six days a full C:T.e for Lot is the XVIII. to prepare his protest, and tLat it was sent of from Warsaw on the Y 1 st of April, it might have received by the last framburp,h Mail, which. it is welt knuwn, brought letters of that date from that . till. It required, theref ore , no extraordinary ports or posts to put us in posses sion of our intelligence; but any thing like expedi tion must, no doubt, appear incredible to the paper in question, which yesterday boasted that the casual bounty of a friend had given it an old Paris Pape r , of the sth instant, and thereby enabled it to ol d. strip its competitors." It is with reluSance we find ourselves obliged to repel this attack. We real. ly pity the paper in question, pity the Editor, And all the patties in the concern. To have all its hopes dashed at the moment, when it daily expraea to be elevated to the rank, title, and emoluments of the " Leading Print of Government," ua, severe aflaion. It would require more than stoic patience, to bear up against such a disappointment. We must therefore be prepared for such little angry ebullitions now and then ; but this ill humour will gradually wear off, and our competitor will, no doubt, recover its fine, naturally dull, phlegmatic temper. Yesterday the third reading of the Army of R.. • serve Bill was postponed until Wednesday sea night, upon the motion of Mr. PITT, who stated his in. teition to submit, in the mean time, a proposition to the House, cannel:led with that subjen. The other Bills of the same class were also deferred on the motion of Mr. PITT, who will probably bring forward his whole military system before the close of the Session. Gtoao t Ross is not appointed Master of the Mat, as was reported ; but be has obtained as good a money making place. A new writ was moved last night, in consequence of his being appointed joint Paymaster of His Majesty's forces. New writs were also moved fur Heistone, and the County of Galway, in the room of Lord FITZI4AIIIIS and Lord Drat.o ; the former of whops has accepted the place of a Commissioner of the Treasury, and the fitter that of a Commissioner fee the affairs of India. Both Houses adjourned tit Wedaesday. In our eztraas from the Path Papers, there is an article in the Afeniieur, which insinuates that the attempt cf invasion may possibly be deferred to a remote period. Every line of the Monitrur is dic tated fur political purposes, and in total disregard of truth. This passage is, therefore, no doubt, in. served with a view to throw vs off our guard; as we are assured Government have received informa tion that the Dutch troops are embarking. Yesterday, about 12 o'clock, His M•nny, ac companied by the Doke of Cams arnaa, took an air. ing to I.Zew. His MAJESTY was followed by the Qctcm, the PRINCESSES, the Dukes of Cuss and Bear. The Royal Party remrned to the Queen's Howie to dinner. On Thursday evening Sir Evan Ntrs•x arrived in London, and yesterday, about twelve o'clock, bad an audience of Lord HARROW SY, at his office, and continued with his Lordship till put four. All the Foreign Ambassadors were at Lord H•a cow ay's Offiee en Thursday. At a Court of Direetors, held at the East Irk House yesterday, the under t entioned Comm. a !era were sworn into the command of their respeelive ships, destined for Bengal dired, via. Captain Pa.. TRICK RA IA •C; Z. Lard Keith ; CRISCRIZI Troras M'Taso ART. OMAR. The Court adjourned at ix o'clock, till Tuesday next, 11 o'clock. The Ahrevisk Castle, East Indiaman, which we stated on Thursday to be on shore, at Long Reach; was got off at six o'clock that morning, bat nog until they had taken out all her guns, started all her water, and removed all her heavy goods. It is thought she cannot sail until after she has undergone a repair in the dock, that will probably cost 1,0001. General CZ AIG, Commander in Chief of the North Eastern District, reviewed the troops Tester. de', at Ipswich. Baron EHREmswono, the Swedish Ambassador at Paris, has been recalled. During his absence, he Secretary, Mr. ACKERMAN, is to act as Charge d'Affaires. Thursday the BAVARIA* ANIRASSAISOI to our Court, Baron de Priv r it, received his passes, and proposed to leave town last night on his return ta Bavaria. We may therefore s 'on expect to hear of the arrival of Mr. DRAKE in this country. Lord NlELvnl.r has App,iweJ W. By oo t. Et. tl be his private Secretary at the Admiralty. Mt. Ti elute, on Thursday, resigned his situati its as Second Sr-cret.ry at the Admitalty Bjarsi. ILv succcs•or has not yet been named. r It k said Mr. Autsgromor, the Under Secretary to Lord klawatssusg, will be appointed an Am bassador Extraordinary to the Ottoman Porte, and will soon sail for Constantinople, with a numerotis and splendid rettaue. This is the same Gentleman. wh-, as our Minister to the Court of Sweden, ne gotiated and concluded, last ye.sr, the Con.ir.ercial Treaty with His SWEDISH MAJESTY, which settled all our diffzrences with the Nv. - odish Wednesday evening the Auckland packs, Capt. HAWMOSD, sailed from Harwich for c,il.oltt. AU! , t and the /Atom, ()stows, for Husum, with the mil:: of the 15:h ; and between 10 and 11 at night the Dor'et packet, Capt. Hs%lttros, arrived from Go:- tenburgh, with the Ncrthers mails, but so paws gets. A Dutch schugt arrived yesterday at ri.;!-- wich ft, , m Katwyck, mith six passengers, which Lit that Ftace un TU2,:lay evenirz. A con.. •v 'VAS appwl: - .ted to sa:lfn.rn TcV.olltcr abczt the !CA:. of Niay. Several c.l die outward•b shire have bees ert fired and ri:• ried into ; not 1.. tear. 2.1 privaTP. (4 have sa , led r.ace, and h a , QlCiilr an* s„ the sli:pt d into t.;:a.l..lcape are the De • icy( Cati:COl .t:..2. . 1111. is Tool this rat vari Su of • od • to