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.Earn tbe LONDO:V GAZETTE, Aug. io, 1802. B-INKRUPTCII: - S ENL.II2GED. Sept. I'S. Cocilfan., now or late of Liverpool, mer;:lvlnt, at el;:vm, at the Bridizwater.A rots, Manchester. Sept. Robert etton Lathropp otherwise cailed Sir kol)ert Murray Brown Clarke, late of Portland Place, banker, at ten, at Cu.lanall. BANK RUI'TS Richard Weston, of Shepton-Mal:ot, Somerset:Mire, liquor merchant, to surrenner September 6,7, and 23, ::t cloven, . „ at the Beli-Inn, SnepTon- 11et. Attornies, Alr. Books, Shepton. ;. or NI r. ‘Varry, New-Inn, London. John,Kendrick , the elder, of Birmingham, bellows-maker, August 27, at tout, 23 , at eleven, and September 24, at eleven, at the Hotel, Birmingham, Attorines., Mr. Bourne, Dudley ; or Mr. .‘lole, john Heat:, of Beckington, Somersetshire, baker, August 30, 3t, at eleven, and Septenther 24, at six, at •the Lamb I no, - Bath. Attornies, Skurray, bath; cr Messrs. Batten . , . . . and Anstice, King's-Bencli-W.:Jks, remple. 11:...1ry Crosner, late of h rage, Kent, liner —weaver, August 16, za, an:.:"S...:pzeinbcr zi, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornics, Mr: Phu - rimer, Canterbury; or Mr. barms, Cliiti..:rd's -1111,.. Ai. - n - ,Marn De Mendes, late of the Pavement, Moorfields, merchant, Au:ust 17, 21, am! September 21, at ten, at Gniidi all. Attorney, Mr. Kirton, MAnseil--street, Good.; Se,ly the younger, late Of Rettendon, Essex, farmer, August zi, 26, and September zt, at eleven, at the Three Ct: . ps .11m, Colchester. Attortnes, Mr. I.,,wrenee, Mal don, Ess;:x ; or Messrs. Tyrrell and 1 r,lnc!s, Reinem brancer's-O dice, GI ic.thall Wilham Compton Holder, of Ross, Herefordshire, money scrivener, August 19, 20, and S;Tteinber 21, at - ten, at the Old Bear Inn, Gloucester. Attornies, Mr. Taylor, G 1 nn-square, London; or Mr. Holder, Rudford, Gloucester. • • DII7IDENDS. Sept S. L:lin Stanley, of Liverpoel, merchant, at four, at the Bridgewater-Arms Inn, Manchester. Aug. 13. - Ch:g.rles Aluke, of Bucklersbury, merchant, at Sept. 8. Peter Allen, of Nantwich, Chester, innholder, at tv.-.‘lve, at tl:e Hop Pole Inn, Chester. Aug. 14. George Pasmure, of Kensington, stationer, at eleven, at Guildhall. Sept. 7. Samuel Paul Bamforl, John Cooke, and James Francis Clifford; of Twerten, Sonwrsetsititer, worsted manufaaurers, at te;l, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Sept. 7. Janus khller, or Harrmrsinitn, wheel—wt .- iglu, at one, at Guildhall, London. NoV; S. Richard Martin and James Bain,'of Fleet -street, booksellers, at eleven, at Guildhall. C.ERI'IFICATES Aug. 31. Lawrence Littais, of C:oxby-row, Walworth, merchant. Henry Vaughan, of Liverpool, wholesale grocer MAILS. ARIZ IV En DUE. 1-kiland I Hamburgh o PRICE OF STOCKS, THIS DAY A r TWELVE O'CLOCK, • 70 aa 69 I Omnium THE SUN. SOLE`•I QUIS DIOERE. IF ALSIJNI AtDEAT ? G 4 z Disc. Ccmo:s. LONDON, AUGUST ii, 18oz. THE: Paris Journals of the 6th, and the other Papers of the 7th inst. reached' us this morning.— The Moniteur of the 6:h announces the Sena tus Consul/um as an Ael of the Government, it 'having been passed by. the Conservatory Se nate. From r this it is obvious, that the New Constitution is not to be submitted at all to the choice of the People. To it is added a Table of the number of Deputies to be eleaed . by each Depart ment for the formation of the Legislative Body.— They are Three Hundred in number. Ey an article from Sem/in, of the 17th ultimo, it appears that the Garrison of Belgrade has been cut to pieces by the AGA CONI AL LY, in an ambuscade. It . now appears- that the EMP EROR Of RUSSI A has not yet signified his assent to the Convention con. ducted at Paris on the 4th of June, relative to the Indemnities; nor did the MinisteFs of the DAP ERo R of (7 - E1 MANY take any part in the Treaty, nor in the discussions previous to its conclusion, although it so materially concerns him as Head of the Empire. • It begins to be pretty evident now, that a parti tion of European Turkey is on the tapir.--A very frequent Correspondence has been carried on for some time between the Court of Vicilhyr and the Sublime . Porte, and it is said, the EMPEROR is to - have an interview shortly with the KING of PRUSSIA. • 'e shall now resume our remarks on the New Constitution which the First Consul has dictated to the French People. The most prominent feature of this System is to consolidate all Power in the handy of the Chief Magistrate, who is now authorized to nominate every Public Officer under the Government, In this instance, the very shadow of Popular Eleaion has been taken from the People. All trust and discretion are deposited exclusively with him ; he appoints the Presidents of the Can.: to►ul Assemblies, the justices of the Peace fir the Cantons, he chooses the Mayors ;Ind Assistants in the Municipal Councils, the Presidents of the ' Eledoral Colleges, and he may add ten Members out of the Legion of Honour, or any'others, to each Electoral College; and he is at .liberty to make this nomination WheneverNi pleases, He also appoints One half of the Citizens in each Council of 4 circuit, Ice selects the- Members of the trillunate to every vacant place in the Council Qeneral,of the Depart . men t, also . .the iView-bers.,Of: the Senate, the Legis lative - Idy short, 'the yhole• body of the State is at his command. The odier branches of the Executive Department Lave also unsierpr,e tpaterial alterations,. The two .other Coasuls.ate for lire, they are also Member; and Presidents of the Senate. In this instance, the power of Eleftion is iv feel reserved to the First Consul, for in case of . a vacancy in the Consulship, he presents three times to the Senate another person, and though they may twice rejea, the third person is necessarily to be received. The First Consul has the power of nominating his Successor. The Senate is altogether deprived of that Power which it formerly possessed of correaing the abuses of the Government, and consequently there remains no Authority in. the State to balance the evils of Mal-administration. In this circumstance, we apprehend that the French Government has mista ken its most effeaive method to make itself respea ed ; because respea for a Government frequently arises from the conviction that it will sometimes acknowledge itself to he in the wrong, and alter its condtift in compliance with the National Wishes. Even in the must Despotic Governments, the Ruling Powers have it o t felt uncomfortable at the existence of any Permanent Institution, which, in a greater or lesser degree, may be considered as the organ of the Public Voice. Those must 14e arrogant and un happy indeed, who have the vanity to assume to themselves the charafter of all-searching Wisdom; and who aCt as if their measures were never liable to errors and animadversion. An organ of rational and moderate Opposition to injudicious Legislative Propositions, is the best guaranty of Civil Free dom and Governmental Security. The want of such an organ, and the miseries which its loss occasioned, were fully illustrated in a degenerated period of the French History. In the year z 6 5, the King went from Vincennes in a hunting-dress, attended by his whole Court, and entering the Parliament Chamber in jack-boots, and his whip in his hand, made use of these words : '' The mischiefs your Assemblies produce are well known ; I comilland you to break up those you , . have begun upon', may 'Edias. Mr. President, I forbid you to permit these Assemblies, and any of yuu to demand them."* The present Constitution has wholly destroyed the Independence of the Senate. It was before or ganized in such a manner, as to enable it to exercise a very considerable degree of power, and its Mem bers were incapable of filling any other employment. This was assuredly the best mode of rendering it Free and Independent. But now, they may be ad vanced to Public Situations, and to Foreign Mis sions, a temptation which cannot fail to render them ever subservient to the measures of the Go vernment, and which no doubt has operated to in_ duce them to give their speedy and inconsiderate saniuion to that System which extinguishes their rank and dignity. Selfishness is the predominant principle that reigns in 'the heart of every French man ; as long as that base motive can be gratified, 'they will ever be heedless of their honour and cha radcr, as a free People. Such are the refledions to .which this new Model of Government has given rise. We reason merely as Englishmen, and do not pretend to unravel how far the circumstances and genius of the French People, may authorize,- after twelve years of strug_ gle, so sudden a change, and a discipline so unprece_ dented in the Annals of Mankind. This SubjeCt man - rally ~draws general attention, and may probably be the theme of much Declama tion, if not Discussion in this Country ; as in France, we are led to believe, it will not be dis cussed at all. While our own happy Constitution, however, secures to us the right of freely expressing our sentiments on every topic, it is not our busi ness' to condemn others who do not possess the same invaluable Privileges. It is too much, we fear, the propensity and the habit of Britons, to compare other Political Institutions with their own, and to express their approbation or condem nation in the proportion as those shall he found to agree with them, This, we apprehend, is a false mode . Of *reasoning, and ofjudging. The. British Constitution, like our Native Oak, has been long in growing up to maturity, and is so congenial to the Mariners, Sen .timents, and Feelings of the People, that its root is to be found in every genuine British heart. Not so with any other System that has ever existed in any Country of the Civilized World. Under the former Government of France, the People were cOmparaii Vely happy for a succession of Centuries— Having become the tools of Political and Philoso, phkal Fanatics and Knaves, they thought they would be happier still . —they- overturned their Go. vernment, and their, Country became. the Theatre of Anarchy, Misery, -and Bloodshed.—The most sanguinary Tyranny, under different formS, pre vailed for some years, till under the auspices of a General, who had often led the French Armies to ViCtory, a Government was erected, /11,7;za;:y no doubt, but which had the merit of stopping the effusion of Blood, and presenting to -France the dawn of Peace and TranTliflity. That the man Si&le de I:ouis XIV, who came into Political Power from being the Idol and Commander of the Army, should soon exercise. that Power absolutely, was a natural transition. The Supplement to the Constitution of France, or the Neu Constitution now pro mulgated, is apparently to give a civil art de fined form to that Absolute Power which the Chief Consul before had a right to exercise. It w:11 pro bably be a subjetl of congratulation with the French People, that they have now reduced to written Documents, ',what before existed only in the will of an Individual,,,, That this Document still confines all power to the Individual, can be to . the People of France no reasonable objeaion against it. They ought to receive as an Al of Grace, the establish ment of a Written Constitution at all. It is what possibly they may not understand ; but whatever be the form of Government that may prevail. in France, and whether written or not, we are satis fied that a strong one is necessary for the manage ment of that Country. To the present Chief Con sul the French owe many obligations.—He rescued them from a merciless and sanguinary tyranny. — They may not now be free, but they are safe from wanton and oppressive persecution. Jacobinical prihciples, which kindled the flame bOth in France and Europe, are exploded by the Consular Govern ment, and the immediate consequence has been, the restoration of internal tranquillity in that Country, and of Peace to Europe. Thus'far both the People of Franceand Foreign Nations have - obligations to the Chief Consul. There seems on his part every dis position to preserve the tranquillity, both Foreign and Domestic, which he has been the means of bringing about. While we exercise our privilege as Englishmen, of freely discussing every subjeo, that may present itself, it is not our wish or our intention to intermeddle officiously with the internal concerns of other Nations. If all the People of the Con'tineno . l4 . Cie in a state of abject Slavery, we, as IbtliToNs would feel our superiority—we might discuss the causes that produced this difference in the Moral and Political Situation of so many Millions of Our Fellow Beings, but we feel we should possess no right to force upon them a parti cipation of the blessings we so distinctly and pre.. eminently enjoy. What is fitting for us may not be so for any other People on the face of the Globe, and we are much inclined to think it would not. The Government now established in France, we believe to be the best calculated for the - genius of the People.—They never could conceive what Liberty was—they hwire never known it, and we believe them to be wholly incapable of appreciating or enjoying it. While, therefore, the French Go vernment preserves its faith with us, we have no le gitimate right to arraign it ; and in every change that has been made in the Administration of Affairs in that Country, and more particularly in the New Constitution, just promulgated, we see no principle broached that has a tendency to disturb the Peace so happily established between this Country and that. On the contrary, in proportion as the .power of BONAPARTE is consolidated, do we conceive, that the probable Stability of the Peace is propor tionably. increased. Tij rs morning - a Dutch Mail arrived, but by some mistafse it brought no Hamburgh Papers The Batavian Legislative Body have resumed their Sit ings, and an Amnesty has been proposed, which will probably be carried. Six months Half-pay will on Monday next be issued to nll the Reduced Officers of His Majesty's Land Forces, between the 24th of December i Bor, and the zsth of June 1802; also six months allow-, ance to the Officers and private Gentlemen of His Majesty's late third and fourth Troop of Horse Guards; for the time. The Paper which first published the account of a supposed attachment of the DUKE of SUSSEX to a Portugucze Princess, contains the 'following Para:. graph : ". We have authority- to state, that the Para graph in our Paper of Saturday last, relative to His Royal Highness the DUKE of Sussex, was without foundation." On Monday Earl HOWE had a very . splendid mu -, sical party on the River, near his seat at Twicken ham. The company consisted of all the most dis tinguished personages in the neighbourhood. A number of Professional Gentlemen were present, and DIGNum sung along with Lady MARY COLE several Airs in a very capital styP. The Duke and Dutchess of DEvo:4sHIRE, with their Family, are going to Margate. Yesterday the Dutchess of GORDON and Lady GEoßot N A were to leave Barnes-Terrace, on their route ca . France. A Lettscduuu Peterhead, of the 6171 Augtist, This day arrived in our Bay the Roy a l George Ecisc:Yacht, Capt. CARMICHAEL, with the Right MM. WILLIAm DuNDAs on board, from Dunrobin Castle.—Sailed the same day, the Royal George, for Leith, with the Sloop Elizabeth, a Smuggler, prize to the said Ship." Yesterday the Lord Mayor , ordered the Price of tread to he continued the same as last week, viz. - Wheaten told. the quartern loaf, t . ricl 9d. House-- hold. Sir WATK IN LE W FA, we arc happy to hear s comes into Estates worth toool. a_year by the :Ic:ath of his Brother s the Rev, Dr. LE w ES, NIIVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, Auc. zo. CAME into Harbour thc-Ariath:e Transport. Arrived the Hole, STOKE, from Havre-de-Grace• Sailed tlie Hannah, HEDGER, for Falmouth; Nehon, D0: , :41.D, for Hav - re ; and lane, RicKAB for Sunderland. Copt. CASE, of the Auk/ qt. Cutter, has captured a Smuggler with rso casks of spirits ; and Cal , 4 STILES, of the Roebuck, another with go c a sks of spirits, all of which were lodged in tic Custom house Warehouse here. DEAL, AUG. 10. REMAIN in the Dawns, His Majesty's Frigates Glenmore, Amelia, L'Oiseau, and Galatea, With Dutch Troops ; La Sophie and Racoon Sloops 01 \,V i ir, with ditto ; Vixen and Bloodhound .Gun. brigs ; Diligence and Liberty East India Yachts. Arrived and sailed for the River,' the Stanirp CHI VERS, from Si. Kitt's. WEY MOUTH, AUGUST 9. LAST night the 14 di Light Dragoons and First Regiment of Foot Guards, paraded liefure Gloucester Lodge, and marched in open order, the Officers sa' luting THEIR AllArEsms as they passed. • THEIR MAJESTIES and the PR INCESSES, accorr" panied by the DUKE Of GLOUCESTER and PRINCESS SOPHIA, the Marquis of SALISBURY, Lords CATI4' CART, RADNOR, BUR INGVON, and COURTNEY; Ladies C:ATHCART, STAW ELL, CRANLEY, RAD" NOR, and Lord CouRTNEY's three sisters, 'Sir, H. NEALE, the Hun. Major-General LESLIE , Hon. GEORGE - PITT, Hon. Mr. and Miss ONst.ovi Navy Captains, WODEHOUSE, HAMOND, GREY , and CARYSFORD ; Colonels WALKER, WARP'. WHEATLEY, KELLY, and COLEMAN ; Mr. Da. and Sir R. F6rito, honoured Stacie's Ruotns their presence : the Band belonging to the Guards play This morning PRINCESS EL /lA/3EI'H bathed il l the Sea, as did also PRINC SoPirIA of GLOP C ESTER, and PRINCESS CHARLOTTE of WALES. The KING and PRINcESVS6r4.t, .' with th e y usual attendants on horseback, rode to Radir 2l6 and Chickwell, arid thence through \Vyke ReB4s (() the Passage House, an d returne d over Portion(' Sands. HER. MAJESTY and PRINCESSES in. Land and Sociables, rode through the Parishes of Pres' ton, Ketton, Pointz, Drunington, and Nor° e l over the Beach. • Lord BOItINCDON, the lion. CioRGE pro . ; and Mi. and Mrs. FREEMANT:.2 • are artive‘! here. The DUKE of GLOUCESTER, has left this- platel and is expected to return again in a fortnight. 1.0 146 CATHCART has also left us for Wihdsor. 'll-1T41.12. MAJ ESTIES . have commanded, at Theatre, this evening, the Comedy of The Ilek La., and the Entertainment called t_y* Age 7 0 ' wiriow, being the last night but two of Mr. ILI / LISTu 's petforming. We understand that- a very numerous and respeE t ' able meeting of Gentlemen,. Merchants, Banke r :,: and others, was held a t t h e Crown an d A nc hor J" the S t r a nd, on Thu rs d a y l ast , to cons id er o f ..,t 11 " ,. expediency of applying to Parliament, for an . I * . tuAnake..a..N;!vigable Canal frbm the Gr a nd jon c° tion Canal at Paddington, round the north of 1. 4r1 ; don, •to communicate with - the Lo?Idon Docks Wapping. Sir Christopher Baynes, Barr. to ‘;‘,110111 the P u bli c are i n d e bted f or bringing forward tltl very useful measure, was calked to_the Chair, a n laid before the Meeting a very satisfadory Stat e ; 'pent, not - only of the plan .propoed, but of th means by which it may be accomplished, rogetil e s with e st i mat es of t h e expe n s e lik e ly to atteria completion ; after which a Committee of Subscrib er was appointed t o take the neeesiaq measu res fQ t ,carrying the Plan into effeEl. We forbear, in O P early stage. of so important an undertaking, to pr o 0 the various benefits th a t may a rise ir ° , it, although there seems an universal opinion in lts favour. We hear from Brussels, that a party of Gerl t t ! e : t men from Lynn, in Norfolk, had r ea ched t i r City, in the Bebe, Pleasure Yacht. This bel the first Vessel which ever di s pl a y e d t h e Brit t Flag in Brussels, the Quay of the Port has been Cl 4 l tinually crowded with spectator s o f a ll ran k s to 10° t her. The circumstance of the young Englishman be ing s lately fined at Rotterdam, for obstruairz the J ew , in that City, in the exerci se o f t h e i r t.ligions de o Lions, reminds tA•of a similar occurrel:ce a few y ea o f ° ago, at Gibraltar. Three Officers, of the Aro*: o f that Garrison, having pulled o r stro k e d t h e bear a Rabbi, when in the act, at the Syna g ogue, of P r e 'i forming the Ceremi n y o f M arr i age , an d the if coining to the knowledge of General O'HARA , 5 , obliged the wh o le th ree to g i ve up t h e i r Coroll e sions for the offence, though one of them wi" i $ brother of an E ar l. This was condua worthy "` co British General. The M ag i strates o f Rorter'' 3 , , o thought, and, perhaps, p ro p er ly enough, that t 5 hundred florins was toler a bl e S mart Mon,ey' for 3 milar at of indiscretion. / be Mr. GARRoW's Speech at Ma astoae, rn F Cause, Morgan agains t t h e S ervan t s of Jolt x CA l.° O ; Esq. was very able, an d was ,he art fl. t vith g r satisfaClion by the whole Court. = Callipering Witnesses for the purpose of eimceaiLg, conduct, will, we hope, be always . e4.oseil 35 deserves On . • Thursday as Colonel Moo RE, masterC/f th a 11 Brighton Barracks, was driving leis daughter i l oe gig trom:the races, hi s horse f e ll ana overtutli e ". ti or carriage, but happily without any mater tai 01 ,5 , to ,either, though the person s who r an to die' r o l ( ir sibtance,.found the Colonel senseiss on the gr6 4 11 ,e and miss Moon,E in a i)erilous situation und er wheel of the gig,