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f~ I the Bishop*. of Fuh la for the PRINCE of ORANGE. The Troops (let:tined for this enterprize have been long in readiness, and are to march under the orders of Count SC HUL ENRURG, who is to organize that Country conformably to the wishes of the Pros. Sian Court. Bs' the last Courier from Paris, BoNAPARTE has notified his acquiescence with these measures. The sentiments of the other European Courts on the plan of Indemnities, are not yet officially made known. The French Emigrants at Bamberg have been ordered to quit that Country by July next, as they are now at liberty to return-to their native country. OUR Readers will perceive in the Letter which We have this day inserted from a Gentleman at Paris, that the Pacification of Europe has led to an event, which was foreseen by all enlightened men, namely, a change in the forms of the Govern. ment of France. This event has not yet been ful filled, but it is in preparation, and we._ hope that 'hen completed it will prove stable and permanent. The chief excellence of the present Constitution, Consists in its investing the Executive Authority of the State with a degree of consistency and power, which renders it fully .competent to negotiate with Foreign Powers. -In this tespea it varied essen tially from all the preceding Forms of Government, Inasmuch 23 the popular part was too strong and ambi tious, and the Executive too weak and defenceless. How far this system was calculated to diffuse a spi rit of order and security in the internal administra tion of their affairs, and whether the projthed Change be expedient at this time, are subjetts which those who are immediately interested are better able to ascertaio, than we can possibly presume to be.— The intelligence is, however, very important, And leads to most serious refiedions. Yesterday the PRINCE of Wili.rs paid a visit to , t he Duke of IcoicrtiomzEitLAND, at Northumber land House. The Petition of Right of His Royal Highness the PRINC E GI WALES has been indorsed by His rIAiEsTy into the Court of Chancery, and a speedy earing upon it will take place. Thursday the Earl of GALLOWAY attended at it ' 3 t. James's as Lord in Waiting, in consequence of 'us MAJESTY having most graciously declined ac.. ceptin g his Lordship's resignation. It has been customary formerly, we believe, for the Merchants and Traders of London to address IS MAJESTY on the restoration of Peace.—We rather wonder that wealthy and respeaable body of People should have been so backward upon the present occasion. Vice Admiral GAmßi ER, with the Squadron Under his command, is likely to be detained some time longer from the want of men. They re enter in the Navy very slowly. Amongst the additions made to the comforts of our brave Defenders, we have reason to believe that a small increase to the Widows'' pensions would not he the least gratefully received. The 29t h R eg i ment o f F oot , un d e r ord ers f or Halif ax , was reviewed on Tuesday last on the 'lces at Dock by Major General ENGLAND. The Chid:ester, Capt. STEPHENS, is fitting at Sheerness, for the reception of General GRINFIELD 4 d suite, in which ship they will take their passage to Earbadoes. Yesterd a y a Meeting of the Subscribers to last .the- Irish Loan, was held at Tom's Coffee-house, to „. t ake_ into' consideration the propriety of. addressing "lessrs. BURROWES and Co. the Contractors, with re sPeCt to the chares made for Commission and Co urse of Exchan g e, which the Subscribers con. Z a ived to b e m uc h over-rated ;as well as for not S ving- deli vere d t h e re c e ipts in due time. It was d r eed that -a Committee, consisting of M. A. c 'Lnsmin, Mr. ROBARTS and Mr. EVERITT, Should wait this day upon the ContraCtorsi . fol. the purpose of obtaining some explanations. Yesterday was pay-day at the Stock Exchange : Ny e did not hear that there were any Defaulters. th. Yesterday; being the first day of Trinity Term, O 0! Judges, King's Counsel, and principal Law ffi cers assembled at the. LORD CHANCELLOR'S in th e morning, whence they proceeded in state to °Pen the Courts at Westminster Hall. , We are happy to perceive that Mr. DUNDAS has ` ak en up the pen to remove the impression which l aY have b een ma de, on t h e unwar y, by t he bold an d hil azardo us assert i ons o f t h e S pec i a l C omm i ttee o f t h e Court of Directors, a task which we .think he has _ m ost ably accomp li s h e d i n hi s l etter , j ust pu bli s h e d, a ddress e d to the Proprietors of East India Stock. 'The Committee who have the management of the gnat West India Docks, in the Isle of Dogs, have given notice that they will be opened by the loth qnext month. 1 , 13 3 , the W es t I n di a D oc k Bill, w hi c h passe d t h e O; l ouse of Com mons , an d i s now b e f ore t h e H ouse o f °rds, the Officers of the R eve n ue are a llowed no ',°liday s , except Sunday, Christmas day, anti Good -2 Ameri can P apers were yester d ay rece i ved to t h e of America, of May.' A T reat y b etween t h e U n i te d S tates America, and the Chickasaga Nations of Indians bo th concl u d e d an d s i gne d b y the Commissioners of °t}l Natio ns on t h e z4t h o f last October. It was ratified by _ the President of t h e U n i te d S tates on t h e 4-s t day of May last. By Letters from New-York, dated the I9th ult. (7r e t re informed that the B a t av i an Fl eet , cons i st i ng Three Ships of the Li ne an d a B r i g , v i z. t h e Brutus, Neptune and jean de Witt, and Brig Ajax, 1111 der c o ticommand o f Admiral HAtt - rsuccis, arrived in V a sa pton Road t h e lot h , from Cape Francois. It 4 4t i . d part of the Squadron will go to Baltimore to NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, JUNE 16. ARRIVED yesterday, the Leicester Packet, Stpt 't,toND, in forty-three days from Jamaica, with Mail from thence, which was fumigated, and forwarded to London. The Packet is gone into quarantine, in consequence of the death of the SurgeOn, of the yellow fever. The . English Seamen belonging to the Ships of War at Jamaica, were particularly healthy. His Majesty's Ship Brunswick, of 74 guns, sailed for England a few days before the Packet. No news whatever was publicly known at Jamaica respeCting St. Domingo, as every thing re speaing that Island was kept as secret as possible ; but reports were in circulation, that the French have suffered very considerably, and were not likely to be successful. Passenger by the Packet, is Aitx. Esq. Also arrived the Ship Riga Merchant, KNIGHT, from Norfolk, in three months and a half passage ; last from Newfoundland, where she discharged part of her cargo. Sailed the Ship Pelican, Captain Wm. BROAD, with bale goods, tin, &c. for Smyrna; the American Ship Dolphin, TYLER, with flour, for Rotterdam; and the Two Sisters, WEBB, for Limerick. The Duke of York Packet, for Lisbon, and the Chesterfield Packet, for the Leeward Islands, will sail on Saturday, and the latter on Sunday next. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 18. • ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship Liberty, Lieut. Coox, from a Cruize ; and His Majesty's Ship Leander, from the Eastward. Arrived the Neptune, MARSHALL, from Cork; BUNTIN, from Newcastle ; Junius, MIT, CHELL, Mary, CONNER, Robert, THompsoN, Science, ScotT, from Sunderland; Rover, BAGC3, from Plymouth ; Adventure, ADAMSON, from Riga for Barcelona. Sailed the Pitt, OSMOND, for London. SHEERNESS, JUNE 18. Yesterday after post, arrived the Mallard Gun_ brig, from Leith. An attempt was this day made to unlock the Phoebe, but the tide failing, it proved impiac:. ticable. POOLE, JUNE 18. Tx E George, HAY WAR D, of this Port, laden with salt, was lost on the'Coast of Newfoundland in a heavy fog ; the crew only had . time to save their lives, the vessel striking on a rock, sunk dirthly. The Halifax, RANDALL, .of this Port, from Newfoundland to New_York, shifted her ballast, and carried away her main-mast : in that situation she was met by a British Frigate, who gave them their assistance, which enabled them to proceed on their voyage. In a Dublin Paper which we received yesterday, we observe some remarks upon this Paper, for our insertion of some observations on Sir RICHARD MUSGRAVE'S Publication. We are sensible of the candid manner in which these remarks are made, but the Dublin Editor would probably have thought them superfluous, if he had known that the Article in question was paid for as an Advertisement. For the content's of an Advertisement, provided they do not violate any Law,• we do not hold ourselves re sponsible—They have no connelion with the Literary Department of a Newspaper. The report which.has been industriously circu lated in many of the Papers, stating that Lady BATH has seeded sool. per annum on Mrs. G. MARKHAM, we are authorised to say, is wholly without foundation. Lady B. has never in the smallest .degree assistedkthis Lady, except in allow ing her an asylum in her country-house, nor is there any reason to suppose she everstne.ant to do more. With what view this report is spread, we are at a loss to guess, but we fear with no good in.. tendon towards the unfOrtunate Lady,. who perhaps by this means may be deprived of the little that might otherwise hot allowed for her support. Yesterday the Proprietors of 'Ranelagh gave a Naval Fête on the River. Six Boats' started . for prizes, the first of which was won by James Howell, of Westminster, and Isaac Wood, Of' Somerset_ House. ' The distance was from Blackfriars to the centre arch of Battersea Bridge, and back to the water-gate at Ranelagh. • The Prizes were, five guineas the. first ; three guineas the second ; and two guineas to each of the others. The original plan was . to give a wherry of fifteen guineas value, but to satisfy all, the former scheme was adopted. The Prizes were delivered in silk purses. The fineness of the day drew several thousand people to the water-side : the pleasure boats, wherries, skiffs, and Cutters were innumerable. Lately died at Moat, Pembrokeshire, the resi. dence of the Rev. JOSEPH FORTUNE, DANIEL BURR, Esq. Commander in His Majesty's Royal Navy, aged 73; a charade'. • universally respeEted. He was lineally 'descended from Sir ISAAC NE W TON'S sister,' she being his great grandmother. On Wednesday a gentleman and lady, returning to town in a post-chaise, were stopped on Hamp stead Heath, by a single highwayman, who de manded their money, at the same time apologising for his conduft, saying he was in great distress, and begged the lady not to be alarmed ; the gentleman gave him five guineas, and the highwayman wished them good night, riding off across the commem. rEROlif TT FRENCH F4PER,I4 ACTS OV GOVERP4MENT. i0R1.:74,0F JUNE 11. THE Consids of the Republic having seer, the claim of a great number of Purchasers of National Domains, anterior to the Law of the _Bth Ventose, in the 4th year, against a decision of the Minister of Finance, of the loth Frimaire; in the year 8, from which it resents : a. That reckoning from the publication of the said Law of the zBth Ventose, the Assignats paid by theM into the public Cotters, are only to be taken at a 3oth of their real value. 2. That the Mandats paid by them also late the said Cof fers, subsequent to the Law of the zyth Messidor, in the year 4, are only td be reckoned at the current value. • Considering that, in the terms of the Laws, the Purchasers of National Domains, anterior to the Law of the zBth of Ven tose, year 4, have been able to pay, in a manner valid in Law, the nominal price of their purchases in Assignats and Mandats, and having heard the Council of State—Decreed, Art. a. All the payments made by the purchasers of Na tional Domains, whose purchases are anterior to the Law of the 2.gth Ventose, year 4, in Assignats or Mandats at the no minal value, while these kinds of paper were in circulation, are declared valid in Law consequently any decision to the contrary is annulled. 2. The Minister of Finance is charged with the execution of the present Decree, which shall be inserted in the Bulletin of Laws. The First Consul, (Signed) BONAPARTE. By the First Consul, The Secretary of State (Signed) H. B. MAR ET. GENERAL LECLERC TO GENERAL TOUS-SAINT. " Iliad-quarters, Cape, May 3 " I.see with pleasure, Citizen General, that vou take the course of submitting to the arms of the Republic. Those who have tried to mislead you respeding the rear intentions of the French Government, are very, criminal. We must not now think of pursuing the authors of past evils. My only business must be to endeavour to restore the Colony as speedily as possible to its ancient splendour. " You, the Generals and Troops under your command, as well as the Inhabitants of the Colony who are with you, have no reason to be afraid that I shall molest any one for past conduct. I throw a veil of oblivion over every thing that has passed at St. - Domingo before my arrival. In this I imitate the example of the Chief Consul in France, after the ath Brumaire. All those who are here have a new career to en ter upon, and in future I shall have no distindion but be tween good and bad Citizens. " You, General, and your Troops, will be employed and treated like the rest of my Army, " With regard to yourself, you desire repose, and you de serve it. Atter a man has sustained for several years the bur den of the Government of St. Domingo, I apprehend he needs repose. I leave you at liberty to retire to whichever of your habitations yOu please. I rely so much on the attach ment you bear to the Colony of St. Domingo, as to believe that you will employ the moments of leisure you may have in your retreat, in communicating to me your views respect ing the means to be taken to make Agriculture and Coin— merce again flourish. " As soon as a hst and statement of the situation of the troops under General Dessalines, are transmitted to toe, I will communicate to you my intentions as to the position they are to take. Annexed to this letter, you will find the Al . :etc which I have issued, to repeal the provisions of that of the 28th Pluviose, which regarded you. (Signet:) " LECLERC." AR RETE. " The General in Chief decrees, that the dispositions of the first Article of the Arrete of the 2.Bth Pluviose, which put General Too ssAi NT out' of tile protedion of the Law, aro repealed—in consequeree of which lie requires all the Civil and Military Authorities to consider that Article - as abrogated. " To be printed and published. (Signed) " LECLERC. " Head-Quarter:at the Cape, May' EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PARIS, JUNE IS. g , Within these few days much conversation' has taken place in a certain circle respeaing a probable change in the Constitution, and this circumstance very seriously occupies the Politicians most looked up to'for information : if it be true, however, that, a Committee has been formed for the purpose of this great work, it must be allowed, that the Members conduct themselves with great discretion and secre cy, for so much„contradidion appears in the asser tions of those who pretend to be the best informed, one is apt to believe that they have been played upon by false marks of confidence, given to them merely to sound the public opinion, or that they amuse themselves by vague speculations—the only point upon , which they seem_ all to agree, is, that the word Constitution, will be shortly out of. use, and that Grande Charte will be substituted. It is certain that the word Constitution has been very unfortunate ;—during fifteen hundred years it' could not make its way into France at all, and for these last eleven, though received in triumph, it has been subjea to every caprice. It is not sufficiently un derstood in this Country,. that Men make the Laws, but Time, , —the Constitution. Time is, of all the Legislators amongst this volatile People, the least known or .the least consulted, though certainly , the dearest, paid. , It is said, that there are to be two Chambers, or Houses, as in England, and the Sena torial Power, (which originated in one of the fine ideas of the Abbe SYEYES) is to be abolished ; if so, some vice must have been fotind amongst the Senators themselves, and not in the idea, 'for it was the only Body which could preserve its independ ance without danger, or manifest a :positive and blind.adherence to the Court without apologies—the Prote&ing and Eleflive Power ; known here by the title, La Puissance Conserjvatrice et Elective, will be transferred to the Consular Authority, who will then have the privilege to rejector accept the Laws which may be discussed, or have passed in the two Chambers. • Such are the ideas now canvassed, and it may bereadily believed, that if the FIRST CONSUL ex presaes.his desire that such should be the order of things, the change will take place alnlost without any hint Of. opposition. •The Royalists might see the alteration with regret, but their opinions would have little weight, and the Republicans are now suffi ciently ENLIGHTENED tO know that the surest mode of preserving the share of Liberty, which circnm. stances allow them, is to condo& themselves with a tacit acquiescence to the supreme will. The Tri_ bunes and Legislators are eagerly 'looking out for Places under the new order of things, and instead of enjoying themselves, .during . the Adjournment of the Sessions, with their families in the Country, many of them remain at Paris to watch over the great interest, not of the Republic, but of their ambition." Last night the Pic-Nic Performances were closed for the season. - Mrs. BILLINcroN has been laying the Liver [iol People under contribution. She has performed to most crowded houses. '- Cheltenham is already very full.—This promises to be a profitable season for all the Watering. places. Aim REPORT, COURT Of KlN';'s BENCH; Jut ig7 tfits being the first Day of Term the Cut did not sit until near one o'clock: Mr. ERSKINE moved for leave td exhibit Arri: cles of the Peace in a Case which from its very nature is extremely important to the Public, and particUlar ly to young Ladies of property and their parents and COnneaions, for which reason we shall state it at length. Mr. Etskt NE said, the Cotsrt had ,owe_ times hinted that applications for the extraordinary interposition of the Court, should always be made when the fit to which they relate are recent ; in this Case the Lady who applied to exhibit Articles of the Peace against her husband bad not been mar., tied six weeks, The Lady was then called into Court, and the Articles being ekhibired, were read l the Ciefk of the Crown, and of which the fullowing is the substance : " Articles of tile Peace exhibited by IsAar. LLA BIRD, wife of WILLIAM BIRD, otherwise WIL LIAM BETTS BIRD, late of North Shield, in the parish of Tynemputh, in the county of Northum berland, but now, or late, of Fore -street, London, Gentleman, against her said husband, through fear of death or receiving some great bodily harm." The first Article stares " That she became ac quainted with the said William Bird about four months ago, and intermarried with him on the 2jtli of April last, at the Parish church of- Tynemouth, in which parish her parents reside, and her father is a ship-owner. That about two months antecedent to their marriage, William Bird went to Shields under pretence of establishing a Bank there, and represented himself to be the son of John Bird, Esq, of Finsbury-square, London, and the nephew of Mr. Thomas Bird, a Distiller at Limehouse, both of whom the said William Bird alledged to be per_ sons o f g r ea t property. That on the 13th of May . lat, she, the Exhibitant, together with the said,- William Bird, set off from Shields for London, and arrived at the White Horse Inn, Fetter-lace, Lon don, on the isth of May. That the eond. , e and behaviour of the said William Bird towards his wife doting their journey to London, was inatten tive and unaffeCtionate, and vety different 'from • what it had been .previously to their departure from Shields, and that on the t6ih of May, being the day after their arrival in London, upon the Ex., hibitant expressiog her surprise to the said Williarri . Bird, that none of his relations or friends had been to visit thetas at the Inn where they then remained, the said William Bird seized her by the hair of her head, pulled it with great violence, and said, that she was a little devil—that he was tired of her, and would soon be the end ()flier." The second Article stares " That on or about the list of May last, the said William Bird said to the Exhibit:ant, that he had no money, and did not know where to get any ; that she moat procure for him 4o or so guineas, either from her father's fa6tors resident in London, or by drawing a Bill upon her father. She then told him that he had Arcady got_ ten from her all the money which she had brought from home with her, except a few shillings, and . that she durst not either take up money from her father's flaetor, or draw upon her father for any ; upon which the said William Bird immediately fi:w into a great passion, and threatened with horrid itn_ . precations, to blow her brains our if she would not consent to procure money for him, at the same time holding her by the hair of her head, and pulling it with great force and violence." The third Article states " That the said William Bird had several times gotten out of bed in ;he middle of the night, and on such occasions threat ened to make away with himself and with her: That he had frequently seized her by the hair of the head and threatened to knock her down ; and that in consequence of his violent, cruel, and outrageous treatment of her, at other different times and other occasions, and his repeated threats to beat and de stroy her, she became and was in fear of her life whenever she was alone with him ; and that for the mere purpose of avoiding the cruelty of the said William Bird, and preserving her life, which she was almost in constant apprehension for whilst she continued to live with him, she was obliged to leave the lodging of the said William Bird without his knowledge, and is now, from.the same motives, obliged to live concealed from him." - I:astly, " That she does noemake this compl , int against the said William Bird otherwise. William Betts Bird, her husband, through malice, hatred, or towards him, but solely for the preservation of her life and person from bodily harm and danger, which she apprehends from his threats, who, she believes is now endeavouring to find out where she is, &c.". • The Court received the complaint, and ordered the Defendant to be held to surety, &c. The Lady is very youig ; and was attended by her mother, under whose care she was. egIMIMAL INFORMATION. Mr. GARRow moved for leave to file a Criminal Information against Peter. Thorn, Thomas Kentish, and Rbbert Walters, for acts of ,great inhumanity, , as ;Wedged in the Affidavit, in, the removal of a Pauper who ~vas a Lunatic, and in such a state of health as to make it highly probable that his re moval, under all the circumstances of it, would be The cause of his death. They were to remove him from Ealing, in Middlesex, to Dunmow in Essex, . upwards of 4.0 miles, but were stopt by the way, by the humanity of some persons of West Ham, where the Lunatic now is, and he, beyond all hopes, and Contrary to all expectations, begins to recover. The substance of the Affidavit being stated, and its being observed that this was au uncommon case, similar to that which took place at Green wich some years ago, in which the Court fined the Parishes about 7001. &c. Lord E LLTNBORovtax observed, that although the condition of the offending party was not con. siderable in life, a point which the Court generzliy looked to in applications of this sort, yet the enor. wiry of the offence charged was such as required this•extraordinary interference of the Court. • • Rule to, stew cause granted.