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a great quantity of thtm has notwithstanding been '
dilapidated. Information having been given of it
to General Ney, he sent word to the National Prefect
of the Canton de Vaud, that if within six days the
arms so carried off were not found, he should be
under the necessity of ordering the whole Canton to
be disarmed.
Rigorous as this injunction may appear, yet we
venture to hope that its first object is to induce
those who may have bought or concealed those
arras, to restore them immediately.

BERNE, JAI. 10.
We learn from Zurich that the different repre-
sentations sent by that city to Paris, in order to ob-
tain some alleviation of the hardships it was ex-
posed to, have been attended with much success.
General Barbou officially notified to the municipa-
lity, that henceforward the officers of the French
army shall be obliged to defray the expences of their
own table ; and that they should no longer be paid
by that city : that article, together with a few others
had, in a short time, amounted to a considerable

sum.
The arming of the gun-boats, on the lake of
Waldstatten, continues to be carried on with acti-
vity.

BREST, JAN. 2.
His Excellency the Prince of Peace, anxious to
manifest how highly his Catholic Majesty has been
pleased by the attention which the religious institu- '
bons in this town have paid to the sick among the •
crews of his Majesty's ships, during the time they
were stationed there, has lately made them a present
of 5,0(X) livrcs, to be paid to them by the Chevalier
Ronbaltd, as a mark of gratitude on the part of his
Catholic Majesty.

VENICE, DEC. 31.
It hts been officially notified to the government
of this county, that Count de Billingen lras been ap-
pointed to the Office of Commissary Plenipoten-
tiary, and Chief of the Government ►tself. It is
supposed that the organisation of the provinces,
which has been hitherto suspended, will now be
proceeded in without any further delay.

DUTCH MAIL.

RATIFION, JAN.

The Ministers of Austria and of France, have
been congratulated on the occasion of the Conven-
tion signed between these two powers, respecting
the indemnities of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.—
We are now assured, that besides the Bishoprick of
Eichstadt, and the Electoral Dignity, he is to have
the Bishoprick of Freysingen and a district on the
Naab.

ROTTERDAM, JAN. 21.
Trade still continues very dull. Even in coffee
there is not much doing at present; but the prices,
however, still keep up. To-day there was some
small demand for gin ; London proof is now noted
at C. 13 1.
No purchases could be made on our Exchange to-
day of Batavian Rescriptions; on account of the
advance which they have undergone, the holders
were not disposed to sell.. Prices of those payable
after peace, are noted at 641 a 651; but at 66 or
67 nothing was to be obtained, the Rescriptions,
upon the whole, being 1# pr. ct. higher.--Various
conjectures are still -formed, and forming, on the
new Loan.

AMSTERDAM, JAN. 19.

Our Funds continue to improve, and they seem
likely to keep on the rise. In the Batavian Rescrip-
tions there has been great speculation. Tuesday,
very late, they were at 65T, the next morning they
got still higher, and one time were aCtually at 67.
hey begun on the Exchange of this city at 66, after-
wards they were at 65, 644, then 65 to and fi-
nally, left off at 651. Old 3 per Cent. National
Bonds remained at 481, and the New at 48.
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CONsTANTINOPLE, DEC. 10.
Caleb Effendi, late. Ambassador Extraordinary
from the Sublime Porte to the French Republic,
arrived here l::st night from Paris by way of Vienna.
—He is the bearer of the French ratification of the
Degnitive Treaty of Peace, concluded this year at
Paris between the First Consul and the Grand
Seignior.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26.

THEATRE-ROrAL, DRURT-LANE.
THIS EVENING will be presented the Comedy of
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.
Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Palmer,
(His first Appearance in that Character)
Shallow, Mr. Suett; Slender, Mr. Collin,; Mr. Page, Mr.
Holland; Mr. Ford, Mr. Wroughton ; Sir Hugh Evans,
Mr. DOWt011; Dr• Caius, Mr. Wewitter.
Mn.s Page, (first time) Miss Mellon ; M rs. Ford, Mrs Marlowe.
To which will be added,
LOVE AND MAGIC.
To-morrow, the Comedy of The Busy Body.
On Friday, the Gentleman who made his second Appearance
on Monday night, in Richard the Third, will repeat that
Character.
A New Comedy, called Hear both Sides, is in rehearsal,
and wilt be produced on Saturday next.

THEATRE-ROYAL, COYEArT-GARDEAr.
THIS E
DVENINGELAYS w
AND BLUNDERS. ill be perforintid the Comedy of
The Principal Characters by
Mr. Lewis, Mr. Winder', Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Murray,
Mr. Emery, Mr. Sulams, Mr. Davenport, Mr. Simmoos.
Mrs. Litchfield, Mrs. It Johnston, Mrs. H. Sidduns,
And Mrs. Mattocks.
To which will be added,
HARLEQUIN's HABEAS. -
Signora Storace being sufficiently recovered from her late in-
dl;position, will resume her Character in Family Quarrels To-
unarm Evening.
The Public are most respectfully informed, that the new
Pantomime will be repeated every Evening till further notice.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

The Paris Journals to the 22d, and a Dutch Mail,
which arrived yesterday morning, contain no intel-
ligence worthy of our attention. Some of the for-
mer, indeed, affect to treat with ridicule the idea of
BONAPARTE'S intention to sink the CONSULAR in the
IMPERIAL title; and thus inform us, that if the pro-
ject was ever entertained, it is. now certainly aban-
doned. We profess never to have given much cre-
dit to the report. It was, as we knew, in very ge-
neral circulation in Paris; and no respect for the
FIRST CONSIC I:4 superiority of mind induced us to