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(go iaCE OK E in letv ired ha ,rt- ii:rl ,ot P." ER. t(1 to Ot he ,d as Ody. VETIC REPUBLIC. Botc.‘?Mert, FIRST CONSUL Op THE tit2NCLE RE. FUBLIC, ?RESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUB- LTC, TO`THE EIGHTEEN CANTONS OF THE HEL- " St. Cloud, September 30, tgoi.' " INHABITANTS OF HELVETIA, " You have offered for two yens past an affiia ing speEtacle. Opposite Faftions have successively attained power, and have signalized their short. lived Empire by a system of partiality which 'dis.* played their weakness and want,of ability. • • "In the course of the year 18or.2,•yoUr Govern ment desired that the small number of French Troops which were then in Helveria should be withdrawn. The French Government eagerly seized the opportunity of honouring your Independence; but soon after different parties agitated you with new, fury, and the blood of the Swiss was shed by the hands of Swiss. " You have disputed for three years without coming to any agreement ; and if you are left longer to yourselves, you will waste three years snore, and still without agreeing. Your' HistOry, Ber- 14 41&, proves that you'r inieitine wars have never been terminated,. except by the efficacious interven_ tioU of France. " It is true, that I had determined not to inter_ meddle in your affairs. ,I have constantly seen your different Governments ask advice of me, and pot follow it ; and sometimes abuse my name, as it tithed their interests and their passions. " But as I neither can nor ought to remain in sensible to the misfortunes to which you are a prey, I recall my resolution—l will be the Mediator of your differences, and my mediation shall 'be effica cious, as becomes the gre at . People in whose name I speak. " Five days after the notification of the present ?reclamation, the mate shall assemble at Berne. • ." Every Magistrature forinertat Berne since the capitulation, shall de dissolved, and shall cease to l l 4 serehle, or exercise any authority. " The Prefefts shall return to their posts. " All the Authorities which have beta formed shall cease to assemble. "-The Armed Assemblies shall disperse. " The first and second Helvetic Demi-Brigades stall form the Garrison of Berne. " Those Troops alone, which have been on the establishment for more than six months, shall re_ stain under aims. 4‘ Lastly, all the Individuals composing the relligerent Armies, and who are now under Arms, Tall deposit their Arms at the Municipality of their native Communes. " The Senate shalt send three Deputies to Paris ; tach Canton may also send Deputies. " All those Citizens who during three years past have been Landammans or Senators, or have sue.. • eessively occupied offices in the Central Authority, May repair to Paris, to give information as to the. Means of restoring union and tranquillity, and con eiliating all Parties. al For my part, 1 am entitled to exile& that no Town or Commune, or Body of Men, will do any thing contrary to the dispositions I have made. " Inhabitants of Helvetia, let your hopes revive. " Your Country is on the brink of a precipice : it Will be immediately withdrawn from it : all good tuen will second this gener&ls projeEt. • " But if, what I cannot imagine, there is amongst You a great number of individuals who have too lit tle virtue to sacrifice' their passions and their pre, Judiee s to the love of their Country then, People of Helvetia, you have much degenerated from your fathers. `ls there 'any man of sense, who does not see that the mediation which I have charged myself with, is for Helvetia a benefit conferred by that Providence W ho, in the midst of so many overthrows and shocks, hits always preserved the existence and the lode- Peodcnce of your Nation, and that this mediation is th e only means which remains of saving both ? " For it is at length time you should consider, that if the patriotism and the union of your Ances tors founded your Republic, the evil spirit of your itle tions, if it is continued, will - infallibly destroy and it will b? afilitling to think, that at an epoch wh en so many new Republics have been established, one of the most ancient should be destroyed. (Signed) " BONAPARTE. "By the First Consul, 4 lie Secretary of State (Signed) H. B. 1%1 AitT ." Some disquiet has taken place in the Depart !tient% from the supposition that a projea of a plan was to be presented at the next Sitting of the. Le gislature, for uniting several Departments into one. This is false. The Departme n t s may b e tranqu il ; there will be no change in that respea. A report also been circulated, of its being intended to consolidate all the Ministrys into four, This re pert i s also eleremely absu d, ttAtistri*, SOT. iti— misters of Prui. s;a, France, and Russia, hold alternatively Assem blies every week. The Envoy of Tre'vet, the Pa7on de LlNkett, has protested, in the name of the Abbess of TOR N and ESSEN, against the taking possession of those Monastries by the Commissioners of the KING of PRUSSIA. In the seventh sitting of the DepUtation, which was held this day, that Assembly was ocupied with the consideration of more than thirty new Reclama tions which have been transmitted to it. • The Conrt of Vienna has madenew offers to that of Munich, to obtain the cession of the Right Bank of the Inn. M. de Boot SCHAUENSTEIN has transmitted a Note to the ELECTOR, in which he offers him, besides the Austrian possessions -in Suabia, the sum of 14,0b0,060 of florins and an annual quantity of Salt, if the latter will consent to renounce his States beyond the . Inn. It is thought that the ELECTOR will not accede to this propos': tion. The Negotiations set on foot between the Et.tc- TORS of MAYENCE and *BAVA.kIA, relative to the exchange of the Bishopric of Ratisbon against that of Wurtzburg, are entirely broken - off. The Fierich Government persists, it is said, in its demand that the Eledor, Arch-Chancellor of the Empire, shall fix his residence in future at Ratisbon. It.is expeaed that that Prince will present to the Minis.: ters of the Mediating Powers a List of Convents and Mediate Abbeys producing an annual reve nue of a million of florins, which may serve for the support of the Court of the Arch-Chancellor, conformably to the declaration of the French and Russian Ministers. The greater part of these Con vents and 'Abbeys are situate in the. Circle of Fran- conia. • SEPTEMBER 22.—Yesterday, in the seventh Si tting of the Deputation of the Empire, the Diree. tori - al Minister of Mayence dedlared,,that the Impe rial Plenipotentiary not having acceded to the rind; 'pa) Conclusuni of the Bth, he was discharged froth his Commission, in transmitting to him the .Conclusum of the . ' Bth ; on which the Imperial Plenipotentiary had declared, that he hoped the Ministers of the Me.: diating Powers would be satisfied with , the answer he had given, that it was not in his power to accede farther than he had to the principal Conclusum of the Bth, and that he. reserved himself on this sub, jeti for future explanation. BtitE, SEPT. 22.—1 n giving an account of the taking of this City, the numbers of the Besiegers have been. much exaggerated. The fart is, : this grand affair was effected in two hours, with only two hundred and forty men. After the Convention which followed the second bombardment of Zurich, General AND E R MATT,' with the - 1200 men which remained with him, marched to Erzen, from which .place an equal number of Insurgents had marched for the relief of 'Zurich ; but as they had taken - a different route, they did not fall in with General AND ERMATT. That General;however, was stopped in his march near Aran, by a body of spo men, Un der the command of Ni..MAY, who compelled him to , . sign a'Convention, by which he agreed to retreat to Berne, and not to - interrupt the proceedings of the Berneze Army.' TWelve hundred men of that Army marched to Soleure,• and took possession of it on Friday r gth'Septemher. On the next day icpoo men proceeded from Soleure to Berne. , The Advanced Guard of this Corps consisted of 240 men, and was commanded by . M.- ESSINGUER MtTi.LINBN. In his march he met M. LAHARP a, who was reconnoitring with 300 men. The latter immediately prep?red to defend him Self, but at the same time offered an Ar mistice of two hours. To this M. MAY .consent ed, on condition that LAHARpr. should retire into Berne, without leaving a guard upon the heights. M. Ess I zit having paseillfarbien,collated his force at Breitfild, which then amounted to 800 men; he advartco;to attack the Out-posts of Berne, in hopes of entering_the city with the fugitives ; btit there were no Out-posts. Being arrived upon the heights, he formed the resolution of going himself to the City, and summoning the Landamman to surrender, allowing only half an hour to deliberate. upon the proposition, which was rejeded. At three o'clock the attack commenced. Mr. ESSINGUi7R chose 240 men who were. the best armed, and orde,re4 them to advance under the com. mand' of MCSM. WAGNER,. KIRCHBERGAERt DELOHR, and DELVERTH. M. de LUTTERMAN placed three pieces of cannon on a Height which commands the Town. M. WAGNER conduaed the Riflemen by the way which leads down to the Espla. planade, and Messrs'. KIRCHBERGAER and DEL-, VE RTH, with four peasants', volunteers, had the bold ness to drag a small piece of cannon opposite the gate' of the bridge, -though exposed to a most dreadful fire. They exhausted all their ammunition with- out being able to succeed in destroying the beams of the driw 7 bridge, which they battered in vain with their sw,tial bailsi DB LVERTii received a woured, ,of wlifch he died in tiii-44ise of die ni g tit. 1110 brought back•the piece of canny: ; at that moment' a of Truce came from the City, %*rith proposals to capitulate. There were their I too men in the City, and General Avid RAMATT was only six leagues otE The Capitulation was agteed ulion, and the City taken possession of. VIENNA, SEP T. 16.--Their IMPERIAL MAJES TIES are expeded-to 'leave\ Baden -this week, in or der to go to LdxembArg. About the end of the month they-will go to . Preshurg, but whether to quicken the deliberations of the Diet, - or to close them, is not known. • The' Ar.cHouxE 'CHARLES, during his journey, had another attack of the ner vous complaint, but •it was less•violent than those which he-had before. The Review of our Garrison has commenced. There will be no Camp in the neighbourhood of this City this year, but it is said that one of so,cioo men will be formed near Pi/zon,,in' Bohemia. The — French:Minister received lately some dis_ patches from Paris, in corw - quence., of which there' was a very long -c3nfererce •I)t %wen that:Minister and Count CoBENz L. MILITIA FO) §CoTI-12AID.- 1802. . --. . • ' - ' • Priv*. Prii.., ~. .• • •. Alen: ile4 One Ba:talion, County of Aberdeen, -64 e., Ditto -. ' - county of,A ) :r. - ' - - - ‘;35 Ditto '' - County of, Fite - - - 4 8 4 Ditto County of kanark ..- - -• 7st Ditto County of &tit ' - - - 653 S . ' Ditto . Count of-Ptim'ew - ' - ' .: 4 ,- )4 Ditto Count's, of Mid Lothian - .31:3 -. Edinburgh - - 3to ( S e City of i' , Ditto County of Argyld - - 3 6 4 ~,,,, ' County of Bute • -.- , 6r 'V ) County of.Berwick - - 455 -... Ditto County of Hatidington - 154 'a ' ' County of Linlithgow - _ , 4 •44 COunty.of - Peenies -'' - - -45 . ' . County of Caithness -- - J 2.1 bitto County of Sutherland - . County of Bass - - 27'3 CO 7 . County'of Crotnarty •:• - . - 16), County of Dumfries - - 2g4 ) Ditto County of ltoX burgh - - .17g !,- 4g7 - County of Selkirk. - - . 23 ..) -"- •' S County Ot izort, , r . - - 5L i I.Ap, . Ditto ' . Comity Of - Bantr ' - - 119 ( lAA '? County of Kincard;ite - . - 136,i,"' , / Ditto County of Inverness - - .384 ) County of Elgin, , - -13 q, s -, County of 'Nairn - • - 43 - • '• County of Stirling ,'• .. - 263 ) County of Dumbarton - ro 7 4, Ditto County of Clackmana9, - • 56( 47 County of Kinross _. r : - 35 ) , ' Ditto Ste \vmry of Kirkcudbright - 15 2 . 0 Cowity of Wigton r9 Total - gOOO The above is exclusive of Setjeants.antl Drummers.— CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. Tips day we have' several fresh supplies of Wheat from-Kent and Essex ; those Slunples,' with the Foreign, •had a heavy eale, at a trifling re dudion ; Batley arid- . 11,1,41 t sell a't cheaper prices, .than last iveerc, and are expeatd lbiVer ; 'lease con_ tinues dear ; we hive plenty of Beans' aid Oats at Market, which articles expetience littic alteration ; Flour still as our last. Wheat 48s a 54s'a 61s od Pearls - 3is a 36s od Fine do: - .62s a 631 od- .Tick ditto - .27s 3 3z)s od Malt - 4is a 1,0 a 45$ od Oats i4s a igs a 1.3$ :Id Fine'ditto 46s a- 485 od 'Poland do. - 245 'a - 23s' od Barley 24s a z7s' 64 Rape Seed 341. a 3:1 per last gye - -32 s a 365' ofi ' Fine Flour 50s a :;4s per Sack New ditto - A.as a 46s od Second do. 45s a.soi pa do. Wilita Pease 425 a 465 6,1 . , Another new. squarewas marke , l out last week:, at the top of Cumberland place ; an, eligible. sima tion, communicating in a dire& line with :Curnbtr landGate,-HydePark, acid with Port - mai-Land:Man, dies ter-squares.lt is'tO be,called rqberlanel-Ipa re. .Last week. , a sailor going aloft in a merchant vessel that had just brought to in the DOWns, tell overboard. The Mate seeing the accident, instant ly hove out a rope, but ;he-.sea running high, acid there being .a protligious.swellfrom the Eastward, the poor• fellow .drtive from the vessel at .a great _rate, and was soon, out of sight ; the boat was then hoiSted over the side of the vessel, but returned a short time after without .being able to pick up . the unfortunate man. Tie crew ,considered their com panion as lost, but, to their ps.tonishrnent,,the I:c[x - t morning' he 'came on bnaid as well 'as cv,.!;., The wind and tide setting 'hi towards shOre, the waves had carried hi m -wi t h gre at v i o le nce i n that direc_ tion, and being-an expert'swimmer, be had landed safe, though very !ninth exhausted, On the shore near _ . .. __ .._... Sandwich, at least six miles from where the ship lay At anchor. The grey of the evening •prevented his being seen by the boat's crew,- who wentLin.ealch of him. • • - • . • Died on • Sunday last, at Grove-hilr, Mrs. Er.- the wife of Dr. ELL fOrj and eldest daughter of Dr. LETTSOM. MAR L EIOROUGH-STRE RT. -/Vl_Onday two boys, apprentices 'to Mrs. Bridges, the chitiiney_sw•ecper, of Swallow-street, lately become notorious for .ill_ treating her apprentices, accompanied by 'theit pa— rents, laid their complaints before the Magistrates at this Office.—From their account, which was supported -by very creditable witnesses, it appealed that they Were usually 'compelled to rise by three o'clock in the morning, - and shirtless and shoefes! , :, and suffering ‘ittli "ilere gent Out to work. They seldom returned home without being beat, and were made to scour floors, stairs, and do all kinds of drudgery. It was usually midnight before they were permitted to go to hed ; •and laSt.Satur , day night they were brought to her bedside, and, without any animosity between themselves, were compelled to strip and box each other for this lady's amusement. Many witnesses, all her own neigh bours,e attended to give testimony of• her cruelty. She was not present, but sent five or six chimney.. sweepers from different parts of the town, to speak in her behalf. The Magistrates diredcd the parents to take the boys' home, and ordered that :Mrs. Bridges should, be, served With a notice, requiring her to attend to answer ,the charges wade againsi berg ,*. ' 1 t ~.~~ tire, Sco tfie peio(l th:ii Bt , iche et4 , -; bet Gantbk and kellyi twoitishtiten, :; day; on Wimbledon - Common; . !vish pugi; l, ..4 falleri into great d:sreputei_and th tii yesterhy or that country' could muttel‘e,;urage anflicieta tc engage with any of the• Bristol patty. Yesterdays a. pitched bittle for twerify gdin&tsi a-side was fought between 0' D;llireldi an Irish.; man, and . P4-rdo PT/dice:, brotliet-in:Le.t The ground fixed up-.d for the.. corribar was ;lid Scrubbs, through" vvhieli tlic Riddit l igtorl runs, .atictit fOur Miles from Hyde-park Corner.t. At an pt . & part of the day -Crowds of peepid were flocking towards the field of battle, acctthe - Amateurs never shdwed greater .an piety behold the battles between Belche 1111.41 Brrir, as the heroes of the day, though not ossessing theif athletic polders,' were known to be. wer skilled the science of boxing, neither of them. having e-vet lost a battle, al-thong!) they had frequently been engaged in' severe conflias. The young ltishrned did not appear to exceed eighteen yeai-s of age, and his - Oppiment not less:than thirty.' In height- tlitf Irishman had a little the ad yantage, and weighed about four. pounds he i itvier 'than his adversary. At. one o'clock net lcss than 3000 people had assembled on - :the ground ; - when many attempts -were made 'to farm a ring, which could, not be effefted for marl) , an hour, and tfrat'only in coll.( sequence of-a ntiinberiof the . well-known pugilists Using thick sticks. 'and- tutting the people to hill back, such were 'ffurnber present. The outside of the circle wai.. former} by hackney coaches ; ridges, carts, and 'Vehicles of every description. About t - wo , o'clo . ek O'Dotmel t d 'and Wilscin tere'cl the ring, attended,e;ieli by their friends. Two Irishmen were Second ari,j,Bortle„holder to the formeti 4nd.Belcher.and Tom Jon.es to the latter.; The two combatants began to strip together, and the odds seemed to be in favour of Wilson ; they both ap.i. pealed in good spirLs, and eyed each other rniA nutelY.. When they were ready,' the SecOnds pro posed that. they should tossup for the .choice of the side 'Of the ring, as they were both desirous to avoid facing - ,the sun ; this , advantage was gained 'by :Belcher's friend. At five minutes past . two they set to, anti a general opinion vas. expressed by the AirlittettiS; th,it their stile Was equal to, any •thin 4 they had ever seen. It itvas evident; .although Wilson had been tutored under Belcher, that ()'Don.. field most' imitated his manner of fighting. • F i rst /44 - ed.—Both kepi a strong guard for d short time. The Irishman make the first blo which Wileon stopped and , returned i then both came to the ground. together, o'l/glued haviiig received a sllght wourici in his lip, which bled a little: C~;A Sectimi Rouid.—Wilson Made a feint at thelrigL. man,:who struck at the. Same time; shlrp•blow - ot two passed' on b ot h s id es . Th e round co . ncluded' with the ItishPian givic,g.Wilson a .cross-bui cock. TrltYd Rogi;id.'—'ll). Irishman evinced strength ''v'ilsoo-felt back and chopped al O' Dort-' held . a 4 he carne •up to - him,- with wear sUccess.---a Fl44,tighting followed, but ended with Wilson re. ceiving• a knock-clown blow; The odds now ay.: peareck in theltishmar's favciur. • folit-tt, rai vitt for‘raiti fii.;htin& IriShman then made several. blow , .at Wilson's bpdy l which he parried and returned', but 0b1.3-+ l i'peld sriil folldWed 'anti did . not quit tuu tiif he ft 114 There were very little od.ds, although it was' eyia dent tht'Wilson• declined in strength and had re. ceived a blow in the,right eye s but no blood ap.; 'geared. kfthßoturd.—Wilson seemed fearful to face the Ir6lintan, and a good deal of inaneeuvr,eing took place, nearly , all rottncl,, the .but , O'Donnell stuck close to his opponent and. , strutk the first blow, and Wilson, 'though. seemingly nor much hurt, fell. This round' was-more calculated to dis, 'play, the science than produce bloody noses.—it w now three,to.One in favouf of o',Donheld. Sisd, 9u/hl.-0“► the onset Wilson rnade a sue.: :c'essful blOw at the Irishman's head, Which did not bring him_ to the ground, htit before the ~r ouud finished, the Ifishinan - put in ablow at his aiver.. sary"s left side, which obliged him to fall . . It then appeared a" thing, but those who supposed :fileYknew Wilson hest, persisted in the opinion that he had not .y_et.eOMe to the best of his play Seventh Rount4: 77 Wilson ende:tyourcd to 'alfet his mode of fighiiug, .He suffered the Irishman to strike first, then'sioPpea:the blow and reinined it with ihe:same.arni g-hnt the blots's even that being effeOual,7tile' t h folic wed him . IT,- and concluded the•rotmdm h(s,fa7our: Eighth Routzd.—They 'set„ to ii - ritnediate;y s 'and =this was . the' best round of - all for hard straight forward fighting. It ,wa3 now thought Wilson was bringing. forward flit reserved strength, but he -did I - lot - keep it up long.; :And was obliged to fall frOm a Now. - , Ninth' Rcurd.--On meeting, 'the Irishman hit Wils'on on the temple ; and made him reel ; 'and following him put in another blow, which brought him to the ground. Tenth Round.:—This was the last round, v; hick was very short. Wilson receiving a violent hiot' 'cri'his ribs fell against the - people at the side of the 'ring, when Belcher whispeied him that it was of no use to persevere, and advised him to give it in, which he consented to. The'triumph Of,a-great concourse of Irish on the gtbund was now complete. The;; hoisted their Hero on their shoulders, and carried him to a coach, swearing they would make all St, Giles's ring that night for joy._ either of the (..trth'ttants seemed very much bruised about the head or face, but .they had re. etiyit, many violent bi;. , ,tin the 'body. Las► Thursday, as a Gen:let - min of Le..Ycs was calking by the side of a ditch neat Ord he discoveted, in shallovv water, and in sharp con. fii4, two hungry pikes, Whose objeEt N 4,1 S co de. your each other, but which he prevented by com mencing hostilities against btith, and bringing them Captives to the shore, "f hey were ne;:rly equal is size, and ; rendered the nacre voracious, from their bc.undaries being limited by the lowne;z.s of the wa. jaittiza4