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-Tr PAR'S, Oct. Is. PROCLAMATION. j. /, la of at P. e• 's 11 .11 CONSULAR DECREES oe THE I ITH OCT. " There shall be levied in future upon woollens in imitation f cottons, from the Levant only, an itnport duty of one franc. " There shall be levied in future an import duty of too francs per quintal upon foreign award cutlery. " 7he wine 3 of Corsica are assimilated to those of the Departments of the Bcuches.du_Rhone, of the Var, and of the Maritime Alps, and shall pay upon their exportvion to a foreign market only franc so cents per hogshead. " The duties of :mportation and consumption fixed by the Tariff*No. 1, annexed to the decree of the 3d Thermidor, upon raw sugars, coffee, cocoa, and pepper, shall be levied in one net sum. The tare to be d;:dutted shall be for cloyed sugars, in • Casks, 15 per cent. for raw and loaf sugars, c o ff ee , coena, and pepper, also in casks, iz per cent. There shall be only 3 per cent, upon coffee, .cocoa, and pepper inbags." IN NAME OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 'III COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMY OF GUADALOOPE, TO THE INHABITANTS Of THAT CN,oNy. Citizens Inhabitants —Guadaloupe, under the bilueti . e e of an Armed Force, consisting almost en tirely of men whom no education, no principles itad prepared for the noble employment of Arms, Whose passions, wants, and ideas, went not heyend that of being the rudest, must naturally have dread ed a catastrophe which endangered it to the metro. rolls, and placed it at the disposal of the first ambitious person, or of the Nation, the most eager to take possession of it. A great part of its inhabitants were sensible of this, and the proprietors and others dreaded it as likely to alienate the goodwill of the Govern ment, the esteem and confidence of their fellow. citizens in Europe the loss of these advantages Is much mote sensible to 3 Frenchman, who can lionour himself with that noble title, and read the Annal s of that Nation as the liistory of his family, rather than of the destruftion of his property. The inhabitants of Guadaloupe have given an e X"rnple o f i t , by never f orgett i ng t h at t h ey were Fr enchmen before they were proprietors. There is not one of them who was devoted to the lawful rower, who would not have made every sacrifi:e to maintain, in the person of the Captain-General, lAcito:isE, the only authority which could he re. znectable, if in the event of the zoli Vendemiaire (Ott. at), the enemies of all authority, of every kind or order, and of those even from whom they derived the greatest advantages, which they pre tendtd to cherish mnre than lite, had not employed the basest perlidi These Arms, the most efficacious when employed against a man of honour, the only kind they could tinp!oy against the Captain General, LAcitossE, with the hope, of success, overcame that General, paisying the courage and good will of those Citizens who entertained most of the French spirit, and reduced them to the necessity of lamenting, more than once, that they had till then been igno. *ant bow far the hearts of - certain men could be filled with perfidy. These events, Citizens, are now past.--You no longer remember your losses, but tn employing ourselves with the choke of the means for repair. t og them. Confidence re-established between the ~.. '-'-tizens in regard to their real intentions; force, and t h e means o f en f orc i ng o b edience ; the courage *nd discipline of the brave Troops vi ho compose the Army of Guadaloupe, make us all entertain topes of s, tedy prosperity.. The return 0! the C aptain General, LACROSSE, in this state of things, fixes a seal on the public joy, since it completes the reparation due to Government and the Nation, for the injury done to them in his person, and since the Colony sees the return of a Chief whom i t esteems. (Signed) RiCIiErANSE. bone at Head- quarters, Basse-Terre, Alessicior 2f,ti► )illy 25), rah year of the French Republic. PROCLAMATION. 4 t AR ADMIRAL LACROSSE, CAPTAIN GENERAL OS GUADALOUPE AND lI'S DEP ENCKENC lES, TO T HE INHABITANTS OF THAT COLONY. - ------- - C itizens—l,Vhen the Consular Government sent The amon g you , I promised to endeavour to give You happ iness , by making you love the principles of wisdom, which constitute it, and by healing, as rnucl) as possible, all the wounds of a Revolution, 'which l aste d too l ong, an d w hi c h made the evils that accompanied it to be fel t in a more lively man. ter in this Colony. I followed with zeal the paternal intentions of ...that repairing Government, and already enjoyed, aroicipation, all the pleasure of having consoli dated among you peace and co nc o r d, o f h av i ng. in creased agricultural and commercial industry, ' W hen men too long habituated to anarchy and Cr imes, to bend to the rules of social order, raised the standard of rebellion, seized on the public au. th °ritY, overtur n ed a ll t h e l aws , an d p l unge d t h e Colony into an aby 3S of evils. I could have resisted their audacity ; I could not subdue their perfidy; but this horde of Brigands could not escape the hational vengeance. The Island of Guadeloupe Was reconquered from the Rebels, by the valour of th e French Soldiers, under the command of a Gene ral, who had been preceeded in the Colony by a brilliant 'reputation. The inhabitants then may tOW abandon themselves to their hopes, as far as depends olionme hind the Comm a nd er i n Chi e f o f t h e Army, they - shall be realized, and I will venture to aY, that I am certa i n of it, since the malevolent e'suppressed, and all good Citizens are eager tO maintain a Government, which has on other objet} 44 view but their happiness. Done at the Palace of the Captain. General, Thermidor 46 . Yost ro of to French Republic (Aug. 4-) (`igned) LACROSSE. BAsta, Oer. Merni , ers of the Helvetic "let assembled at Schrwitz, have agreed on a Plan c i a C43thutioa which they have aclth - essed ,to all Cantsns, and of which the rollowlog are the Articles ART. I. Switzerland forms onr Federal Re.public, under the denomination of the Helvetic Conte/at:rail' 11. It is divided into Cantons. 111. Each Canton to g'vern itself according to its own will, and to exercise in its own Territory al i the Rights of Sovereignty. .which it exerciecl under the Antient Re4inie. IV. Tke Towns shall not enjoy any prerogative over the Country. both one and the oth_•r to partic!pate in the Admi nistration of 7..lstice, of the Police, and in the Internal Go vernment of the Clinton. V. The Government of one Canton cannot publish Ordi nances prejudiLial to another Canton : those who break through this regulation, to be denounced to the Diet. VI. The Government of each Canton to name a Deputy to the Helvetic Met. The Deputies remain inn (Mice until their Constituent* think proper to recall them. They are in demnified by the Canton. VII. The Diet is permanent ; it delibcratcs on War and Peace, and on the conclusion of such Treaties of Alliance and Commerce as the general interest of the Confederation may call for. it is authorised to repeal and annul the Ordonance, of the- Cantonal Governments, which are piejudicial to the Helvetic Confederation, or to any of its Cantons. VIII. Every Deputy, Member of the Diet, is oblif:ed to conduct himself, upon the discussion of an important objeCt, particularly of Tre sties of Peace. Commerce, and Alliance, according to the instructions of his Constituents. IX. The Diet chooses, from among its Members, a Pre sident aril a Secretary, who continue Ls their functions for three months, and are always re-eligible. X. The President of the Diet receives the Envoys of Fo reign Powers, and signs the deliberations of the I)iet, which arc counter-signed by the Secretary. The Protocol shall , be signed by every Member. XI. The Diet appoints the Helvetic Envoys to Foreign Powers, and recalls them. XII. In case of a war, or threat of attack, the Diet settles the contingent of troops, and the amount of the sums which each Canton is obliged to furnish. The arsenals of the Cantons are at the disposal of the Diet. It appoints the Generals, and removes them, as also the inspectors of the Militia in time of Peace. Each Canton is obliged to exercise in arms and military evolutions, a contingent of the tia, which, however, i • not to perform any eilective service in time of Peace, and receives no pay. XIII. All the Swiss are soldiers. None can exercise the rights of Citizenship, nor he received into the Corporations o► Artists and Tradestn6i, nor exercise a p•otission, n9r marry, unless he has a musket, a sword, anti a pouch. 'l'lo Government supplies the pour with arms. 1 n extraordinary cases the Cantonal Government nuysorder the diiamthlg of the Citizens. The expellees of war are chargud upon all the Cantons in proportion to their respedive means. OCTORF.It t 6. LAUSANNE, OCT. q.--Yesterday evening a Re. port prevailed, that a Column of the Confederate Army was marching towards Bull and v,,,,J.—ltn mediately several Companies were dispatched from hence, which arrived the aame night at revay.— 'this morning we found it was a false alarm, occa sioned by a movement of a Party' of the Insurgents who now occupy Fribourg. and who, fending their numbers too great for the qua , tees afi,rded by that Town, have sent Detachments into the neighbour ing Communes for accomtretdatton. The last letters from Beraz, induce us to hope that that Canton, together with Basle, Zurich ,nd SGleure, wall accept the mediation of the Fir , t Consul ; but it is feared the Lesser Cantons will adopt the senseless determination to resist, and with the greatest anxiety we hourly exped the. an ,wer from the Diet at Sch'witz. The arrival of General RAY? at Berne, caused a • great sensation in that quarter—the Chiefs were thrown into. consternation when they learnt the object of his mission. But What embarrasses them the most is, lett they are igeorant how to retain their forces in proper subjedion, or, allowing them a proper degree of liberty, to restrain them from cominitting.ex. ceSses similar to those perpetrated by the Bernese Army in 1798. The following Address has been transmitted to the French Minister, in the name of the greater part of the Communes in the Canton of Fara:— " The horrors of civil war were at thcnr height—the blood of the Swiss was shed by the handg of Swiss.. The pacifi cator of Europe is willing that thAe evils should cease. He has directed his benevolent regards towziic::. unfortunate Hel vetia—on this - Canton in particular. He wishes that we may be happy- -that we may be free--and so we shall. " Condescend, Citizen Minister, to receive the testi monies of the sincere gratitude of the Municipalities of ****, and also that of the inhabitants of the Communes. " The name of liounrnivra slrkil be pronounced only with adinirati , m and tratituae by our posterity, as it is by ourselves, A Letter from Zurich announces,, that • between 'S and 6000 Peasants have possessed, themselves of that Town, and that they have dissolved the Pro visional Government which had been established there. This intelligence; however, wants confir. mation. The City of Fribourg 'has also constituted itself upon the ancient footing. The day before yester day a Council of zoo assembled, and has appointed, as at Berne., a Committee of ten, composed entirely of the most zealous Partizans of the ancient Aristo cracy. OCT. 10.--The Adjutant of the FIRST CONSUL, Gen. Ray?, has returned here from Berne._ He has concluded with the Bernoisa new Armistice of four days, during which they are to disband their Troops. The Diet of sanv;iz have dispatched a Courier to Paris. It is expected that the Helvetic Govern ment will also disband, the first opportunity, the Militia of the Canton of Vaud, conformably to the Proclamation of the FIkST CO2` . ISUL. • ~.1.....P. CAPITULATION ENTERED INTO ZETWEEN TIIE HELVETIC GovERNMENT AT FRIBOURG AND GENERAL AUFDERMAUR. Avt. I. The Garriso►L shall march out with military honours, colours displayed, IF. Without the gates they shall deposit their Arms and surrender themselves Prisoners. The 01Uccrs and the Soldiers of the Light Troops in the Pays de Vaud. arc per nutted to retura to their homes, and if they prefer it, with out an escort. Thu Troops of the Line shall be ceinducled to Berne, where they shall remain, and be lionour4bly treat ed, and with all possible respea, until the ulteiior pleasure of the Helvetic Diet shall be known. 111. The Officers and Non.Corninissioned Officers shall retain their Arms—the Officers and Soldiers shall guard their baggage, and shall facilitate their carriage. All the effeas appertaining to the ei-devant Helvetic Go vernment, especially the Archives of the Administration, the Arsenals, &c. shall be delivered to the Commissary appoint ed for that purpose by the Swiss General. Property shall be =pedal, and no person shall be molested for his political opinions. The Garrison shall march out at eight o'clock to. morrow morning, the 6th inst. Done at Head-Quarters at Fribourg, Cletoher 5, !Sot... (Signed) AUFIDI:IOIA,VR. The following is the last measure which has been taken after the demand of the French Minister : Signal Posts were established from Lausanne to 1 7 1rsoix, the objet of which is to be able to con. vey to a French -enrils cif We), sotiottit! at tfte 12,1%. ter place, instant advice. when to enter Swi:zeriand in Case the Diet at Srb , w;tz refuse to obey the die. ration of the First Consnl. The 271 h of September Las been a drty of great rejoicing at .S.:-/. , teitz, on the occasion of opening the Diet. It was composcd of Deputies from all the Cantons except Friliour; and the Ler!a7:. ALOYs RE DING made an introduCtory oration, and has since been appointed President. The Sot it of Septetnb,•r a - Criminal Tribunal was established at Berne, in room of the Supreme Tri bunal. BFRNE, OCTOBER B.—\Veare still ignorant of the answer which the Diet of Sch.-7. , ..7;:z will make to the First Con,ul. Upon that answer the fate of S vitzerland Oepends, an l / 4 .1 the progress or the reverses of the Confederates are of 110 importance, since the French Republic has con,enteA to grant the Mc.,liati,m which Was demanded. "ne Diet of Schwitz enforces the levy of Troops, a great numliel 01 detachments have arrived from and Sacure. LAUSANNE, OCT. 8.--General RAPP having been informed of the taking, of Fribourg, after the Commander in Chief had consented to the cessation of hnstilities, has signified to General BAciimANN that if Friboarg is not given up within twenty-four hours, to the iielv!..tic 'Troops, he will quit Berne, and cause the Froclama,ionof BoN.A?PatTz to be resped ed, by ordering the French Troops to enter Swit zerland. RATISBON, OCT, 5.--4-TTle Deputation of the Empire held this day its twelfth Sitting. It was em. ployed in hearing the claims of the Prince and Counts _of LIN'NAcr.. The new Declaration which is ekettc.ted ttom the Mini,ter of the Mediating Power', hai not yet appeared ; but it is generally sup. vow(' that it will be pto,luced to-morrow ; it is sup. riSed that it will contain several modificatio n . ; of he Plan of Indemnities, at the same time that it will recommend to the aputation, in the strongest manner, to accelerate the period of its labours, and that it will facilitate the I.)::finitive Arrange ment by cone, lying with some of the Claims to .Itich it gave rise. The Deputation will then have compleazed the objeCt of its Meeting within the tune that was expected. EXTRACT OF A LETTER. ?ttOM BASIL, OCT. 9. " The -First Consul's Aid-de-Camp, Citizen RAP?, has passed through this City on his way to Paris, after having notified to the Eighteen Can ton., the Proclamation of the First Consul. It is relinrted that they were at first inclined, at Berne, to ,tamlit to the intervention of the First Consul, but that they after w ards changed their opinion, 'and that Citizen RArr has received not a very satisladory anssver. We also learn, that those who distribut ed the Proclamation of the Chief Consul in the Can ton of Berne, have been. looked upon in a very un favourable manner by the New Authorities, and hat seve_ral individuals have been arrested upin this ground-, and sent to the prisons of Arbours.. " The Diet of Sci. - -tuitz has addressed a Pro - : dominion to all the Inhabitants of Switzerland, dated 30th Septem i oer, of which the following are e X t raas. l •' " The moment is at length arrived when the S w i ss Na ' tion can freely and openly express its- will, with regard to the Political Constitution which it may think proper to give itself." [After speaking in terms of just reprobatio n o f the Government which has Just been destroyed, it - proceeds.] " The period is come, in which Order and Peace is to he restored. Thos.: who dare to disturb either, shall receive se ' vere punishmeni. A few examples will undoubtedly be sutllientto open the eyes of those who still stiller them -1 selves to be misled, end to deliver them for ever from the 1 snares of their perfilidus Leaders. F veri these last may be gained when they that far from wishing completely to re-estshlish the ancient order of things, however happy it might formerly have been, it is now destroyed—irrevocably destroyed. The most careful attention will be employed, as well in the establishment of. the general Constitution, as itl the formation of particular Institutions ; and care will be taken neither to lose sight of the Changes which have oc,- curred in the nature of things,- l'ior of the wishes which these changes may have given birth to. Everything will be donethst is consistent With r4ason to give general satisfaalon. It is by such eonduel Switzerland can chew itseilwor thy of the benevolent intentions which were evinced towards her by two great neighbouring Powers, who by the nth Article of the Treaty o Lunevillc, stipulated that she should have .the right of regulaticg her own Constitution. That Divine Providence which has conduded us through so many storms to such a miraculous state, of happiness, will also . grant u 5 its assistance in the accomplishment of this great Work, and will lead us through those painful trials, to that happy and peaceful state, - the influence of which was felt even beyond our ancient boundaries." • . CORN EXCH2'NGE, OCT. THERE is a tolerable supply of Wheat ro.Bay; with some Foreign saMples, but the Sale was raihrr dull ; prime Essex and Kent samples -keep their prices ; Barley and Malt are heavy, and something lower ; Pease continue. scarce, sell readily, and the new are dear ; no _alteration in Brans ; we. have many Oars at 11/I;:rket i . and leyy Buyers, the terms vary but little ; Flour continues the same. Wheat 44s a 53s a'63s 4d Beans -33 s a 36$ n d Fiat ditto .- .544 - a 65s od Tick ditto - ass a 353 od Malt - 434 a 44$ od Oats - 14$ a 19$ a 22 od Fine ditto . 4ss a 4.6 s 6:i Poland ditto 23$ a 24$ 6d Barley z3s Le us 6d Rape Seed 331 a 351 per last Rye - 3as a ass oa Eine Flour - Sos a 5 is oct 1 , ,1cw ditto . 3Ss a 47;.; oci Scconctdo. - 458 a sos od White Pease 44$ a regi cd,. Yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, some villains attempted to break into. the. house of Messrs, Evans and Co. in 13roa:Lstreer„ . Soho. Oli the alarm beinE ; given, Mr.. Evans ruWed - out of the house, and • succeeded in raking one of them. He was immediately taken beto.re Mr. Conant-, at• the piiblic_oiste, Ma rl tree t , 11f1t1 the fins b sworn to, he was fully commuted . to rake his trial. He says his name is Richard ; his person was. found a surer Frclichl)uri ting wa; c l,, and 'a duplicate of ache clothe;,' pawne,; in a diiFer.- cut name. ITEDWITE ACT. VEspl*.r) A y J o hn Gilmireexhitoited ar, it, orrha, titan at the Mansion-house 3. Hatii'Ati; Grocer in Houndsditch, for sellteig " liquorice" without a starrti,, ‘1111:h cattle on tci heard before the LORD MAYOR. Gilmore, the Informer, stated upon oath, that on the eth of Onober he went into Mr. Hatfield's shop, and asked for an ounce of refined liquorice, which was sold to him, wrapped up ins a paper, a t produced, being without a stamp. The liouorke was taken from a glass that stood in the window.ssis He had no directions given him for using it. Mr. ESTCOURT, the Solicitor to the Commis. sinners of the Stamps, addressed his Lordship. He said he had a fsw remarks to make, which he hoped would be received in the way they were meant, namely, as information, which his Lordship was fully authorised to rejrt or receive, as he should think proper. He had attended a meeting of the Grocers, ConfeEtioners, and others, respeCting the operations of the Medicine Aft, whose wish it was to be legally informed if they wonid it, future be permitted to follow their respeCtive tradee as here tofore. He had also seen the Commissioners Q' Stamps upon the same subject ; and the result was, that he had assured the Grocers, &c. thet thee might follow their trade as before, as the Aft would not affect them, and was never meant by the Le.. g islature to operate to t h e i r di el d vantage ; at the same time, he added, they should be careful not to c •nvert their Shops into a Magazine for Nos.. trums, by affixing labels to any of the articles they had been accustomed to deal in, or advertise ingre.. clients of any kind for coughs or colds. Such was his advice to the description of tradesmen he had enumerated, and such was he authorized in commu_ nicating from the Commissioners of Stamps them selves. To enforce the truth of what he had ad.. vanced, he should take the libery of saying, that when the Legislature specified that all sorts of lozenges should be taxed, they never meant to include sugar.. plumbs among them. They intended also that the provisions of the At should be confined to venders of Quack Medicines—together with all proprie tory medicines, sold with labels affixed, and direc tions for using ; anti when it was considered how much the ingenuity of such empyrics had im posed upon the credulity of the Public, it must be admitted they were fit objeft, of taxation. Much had been said of the grievances of the Medicine Act ; but it would ultimately appear the grievance was only to he found in the construction that 11;4 been put upon it. The schedule too had been corn_ planned of, as containing many articles perfectly in.. nocent, and hitherto sold by the regular Praaitioners; the faft was, the intention of the Legislature was not thoroughly understood, and numerous complaints had arisen. He regretted one more article had not been added to the enumeration, and that was ginjertread nits ; he meant a specific sold under that name to cure worms ; yet should that nostrum be sold without a stamp, and an information exhibited against the vender, he. should think there would be no difficulty in the conviction ; had it, however, been set forth in the schedule, it would he ridiculous to say a pastry conk could nor sell his gingerbread -nuts without a stamp. So it was with lozenges or refined liquorice, sold in .boxes by quack medicine venders, when placed against the liquorice sold by grocers, and sugar_plumbs and drops sold by confeCtioners in the ordinary way of trade, without dire Lion or en velope. Such persons did not claim or pretend to have any secret, and therefore were net liable to ;he operation of the Aft. Such was his own opinion; such was the opinion of those under whom ha had the hon Our to at in the duty he was then perform ing. The misconception had partly arisen from considering the. At aisstrafiedly, when the meaning of the Legislature was only to be gathered fr 'rn an attentive consideration of the whole. Had the in.. formation been oahmitted to the Commissioners of the Stamps instead of his Lordship, he was %var_ ranted in saying, they would have told the Informer h e h a d mistaken' the meaning of the Aa, and ,the intentions of the Legislature. Should his Lord. ship therefore entertain a doubt himself upon• the subjeCt, he trusted he would willingly wave the con.. vietion, it being the first case since the passing the Aft, and wait for further adVice before he decided ; especially too when he assured him that he .vas in.. strufled to wait upon,the ATTORNEY and Sonic'. Toe GENERAL for their opinion upon the right construttion of the Mt, which he had every, reas-on to expel} would not be delayed beyoni Saturdiv next. On that occasion he conceived he ceeld not d o better than to lay the preset case, 1.-:efUre them to ground their opinion. Mr. KNAPP contended against the arguments laid down by Mr. EYTCOITRT, and insisted he had a right, to his Lordship's judgment. He would ask, was refined liquorice in the schedule, or was it not ? If so, it was to be taken as a man did a, wife, for better and for worse, and his Lord. ship had no power but to convict. The ques tion was not, %%het the Legislature had intetidca', but what they had ex . pressed ; and the interference of the Commissioners of Stamps, or the observations cif Mr. Estcourt, to give it an opposite meaning, would avail nothing. It was a question of the greatest consequence to the Citizens of London, and should be speedily decided. His Lordship asked Mr.-Hatfield if refined !iquo, rice was a mixture ? Mr. H. answered that it will not, and that he received it from a Mr'. Dal'lie, of Pomfret, who was a lid oriee grower. Mr. Newman, the Lord Mayor's Clerk, observ ed to his Lordship, that he had looked over the in_ formati(,n, tired had discovered a jr,:te../oletflion in it. It should have contained an averment, " tha; the refined liquorice was to be used externally or internally for the cure of a disease incidental to the human body ;" that being omitted, it nit:st fall to the ground. His lordship eoncurrcd in opinion, and th e in formation was quaJted; He however felt no hesi tation, he said, ;as, had that not been the case, he should have waiteJ for better advice before he haci proceeded to convia.. Tile !Magistrates of Greenock have lately f.r - rd five (.11111..rent persons fcr•- hiving-fires on -board I;;cit Vessels in the Ha:lx - Jur, contritry to ale rei„!..,a. Lions. I Vs is