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V. The Lank shall discount bills of exchange, and
other et unreal securities.
live bank can have no wane hat in gold and
silver materials. They shall refuse to discount se-
curities derived from operations which shall appear
contrary to the safety of the Republic ; effeas re-
sulting from prAiihited e.irenierze ; (.r the effezis
to be created bet %telt the Fartius signing, with-
out cause, or real value.
VI. The iiiscount shall be made accordinl to the
number of the days to run, and tonne day Attu ne-
cessary.
% 11. The quality of a holder shall not give any
particular right to be admitted to die di:>counts of
the
VIII. The Annual dividends shall exceed ti per
cent. on every share of 10011 francs, and shall he paid
every six months.
Tim exceedings of the annual dividend,---
The funds of the reserre shall be converted into
Live per cent. consols, which will achnicof a second
dividsrid.
The fonds of the exiaing reserve shall he dis-
posed of in tile same manner.
IX. The fir. per cent. consuls,. acquired by the
bank shall be invested in its name' and must not he
re-soki without authority, during the period of the
duratic.n of its privilege.
(The three next :trucks merely relate to details of
an uninteresting nature.)
XIII. The members of the General Assembly of
the bank rntr:t attend and vote in person, without
the power of choosing any one to represent them.
None of them shall have more than one voice, what-
erer number of shares they may pe.ssess.
XIV. No ma! can be a member of the General
Netting of the bank, unless he enjoys the rights of
a French Citizen.
XV. The banks shall he conducted by fifteen re-
gents, and siipet intended by three censors, chosen
from Ail the holders by the General Meeting. The •
regents and censors together shall form the Council
General of the hank.
( nitre are thirteen more articles which only refer
tn the functions of those in office, and other regilla-
titans, such as would afford no entertainment or in-
struction to an Enedish reader.)
BASKS OF THE )MEMO, MARCH 30.
A letter from Semlin states, that the red flag has
Dwell hoisted in the towns of Adrianople, Plitlippo-
*is, Sophia, and Bittolti, which is in general a sign
war of long duration Under this flag indiridu-
of every nation are enrolled for a limited time,
and they receive a considerable homily. They are
ikewise well paid and furnished with provisions;
but they are obliged to find their own arms and ac.
coutrements. The new Pacha of beigrade was to
make his entry ou the 9th or 10th.

antssats, Arait.
lanters from the Hague state, Old in the ccuratt ,
of three days no le,s that five French Couriers ar-
rived there, whose dispatches have given rise to
some co erences between the Nlembei.s cf the. Ba-
tavian Government. Immediately after the arrival
of the last di. etches from Paris, a report was ge-
nerally spre.td, that a numerous body of nench
troops were. marching towards Holland, and this ad-
vice was speedily confirmed by information from the
Hague. It is now reported, that the head-quarters
of tie French auxiliary troops, in the pay of Hol-
land, will soon qu:t Breda. Orders relative to fu-
ture arrangements have been lately scat to I lelvoet-
sluy 6, the Pere], and other parts of the Dutch terri-
tory.
A line of telegraphs is said to be farmed be-
eeu Holland and Paris, in the direction of
B: usstl

RATISIBON, MARC,' 23.

A note was transmitted to the Deputation of the
Empire, at its extraerdinary sitting the day before
yesterday, from the Grand nuter of the Order of
Malta, the objet of which was to aseertain, w he-
Cies. the SLth and 37th at:lees of the general Reces.
tut, which sdmit the Hereditary Princes to suppress
COliVCllts, would authorize the Order of Malta to el-
fed similar suppressions ? This question was decided
in the affirmative, on the principle, that the Ger-
man lava of the Order of Malta being aa State of
the Empire, ought in consequence, to enjoy the
same privileges and pm-opuses the llereditary
Princes.

vi.stcr,
By an -edket of his Imperial Majesty, published
here the day before yesterday, the Austro-Venetian
country is to be divided into seven provinces, viz.
Venke and Dogado, the Friule, Treviso, Padua,
Vicenza, V:•rona, and lienano : they will all reraia
their pmeLt limits : each vk ill bx gavel-ma by a
provincial Captain, who is to executa the (tiers of
the Govrinnent General of Venice.

HAGut. mAacm 29.
Some tngt h frigate: are still et tiiiing before the
rnt.uth of tea Meuse. 'Plate ate daily expet'l,:ti
at Rotterslar, a number of ships, which .re
known to have sided front 'nal, with Very <.►-
luable care,,oes, as they are at present lama:, .4, to the
amount of upwards <if 14;00,0iv0 florins.
If the report be true, that the French and r.nglih
Covernmettts have agreed to teurtnate their ditrer-
glees by the niediativa (if the Emperor. of Russia, it
6 probable that the letl,th of their negotiations will
allow a great portion el our ships to Arrive in safety
and that. U war shoul,A be iaetituble, we have
t:se -con.olation of knowing, that we have beer. ..0)le
to save a considerable s,aite of property from its
devastations.
The traps for I,nuisiana are an embarked, but
we are asswed they wilt n.•t set .ail till tae diffi-
culties between France and h-nglaad are cutirely
settkd.
Must of the English families who were in our sea-
port towns have erub.irked tor their own country.

THEArRE-RITAL, DRif RT-1, AXE'
Tills EVESING wilt he prtmeou4l a New Historical Play,
in Three Arry r..ned
THE HERO OF THE NORTH,
With new Scenery, Ihrwor, ai 4 Ilecoration..
The Übe...wk.:and Music comp in au.l velei.trei uv Mr. KePr.
The principal etraesesers be
Mr. Pope, Mr. Iluttani, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Raymund, Mr.
Lamp, a Caulfield.
Mr. Mr. isinigt cr. Jun. Mr. Lle L k
Mr. Sii IS
gwork, Mr. Grirmileti, Mr. Giblvow, Mr. Fisher.
lies. Yuuug, Mrs. Mountstii, Mrs. Ilarlowe, Mw., Menage,
Mrs. Bland, \lwo Tyree..
To which «riM ter drk 1,
LOVE. AND MAGIC.
The revive.' Co.u.sly .V.l in the Wmnry, perfnrrird in
3..torliv Evening, tur;rtg hsvii received with great sp.tlaii,e,
s will tie given ut at's next dapreventatiun.
fu-siesruw, The C..ssie Spedre, widitbe Pantomime
taia Weeks. day, wi.l prods:Ad New cu.:sleety. in Fa,
Ails, (~,,lioper pertainsY4 gralled The Ma r:asii


TO el kith FSPON DENTS.
OLD NICK shall have a place. Tu-mug.:::w tf

THE MUTTS PRESS.

LON i)ON,
MONDAY, ApRIL 11.

Yesterday we received Paris Parers of tile Cth
inst. ; and tiloti..! of the sth arrived the day before.
We are tired of Announcing this regular receipt of

foreign papers, from day to day, without being able
to state from their contents any satisfaCtory intelli-
gence respeeting the present. negotiation. The State
Messengers are not less communicative than the
French papers. They are not only silent with re-
gard to any precise faCt ; but they do not even haz-
ard a general observation upon the temper and dis-
position of France, with reference to the question of
peace or war ; the great topic of public and private
discussion in England. The FIRST CONAL L has
complained of our delay in the execution of the
Treaty of Amiens, and has availed himself of that
delay to attack England upon a ground where she
has been always deemed unassailable. England has
never been remarkable for nice calculations of profit
and loss, where honour was at stake. On the con-
trary, the openness of her dealings has bordered upon
indiscretion, and her generosity might almost he mis-
taken for profusion. With all this weight of cha-
raCter in her favour, the Fitter Cosset. does not he-
sitate to represent England as a violator of treaties;
and while she is einneared in trade and riche; with
ancient Carthage, to give her more than a share of
Punic faith. This policy has been confirmed by his
Manifesto, atel it has been but too much enzouraged
by some of our cotemporarics. The moment that
France complained of the non-execution of the I,
Treaty of Amiens, they began to knock their heade
against Malta, Egypt, and the Cape, as if any one
of these points contained within itself the sole cause
of dispute. The contrary iz, hcwever, so much the
truth, that no execution of thee treaty, however b.
beral on oar part, could remove the d:tfcrences now
subsisting between the two countries. From the
moment of ere signing of the Treaty of .‘ miens we
!ravelled, it is true, a political peace; but it is notorious
that we have had a commercial war. The French
cruizers could not capture our merchandise at sea.
It cannot be supped in the channel; but it is stop-
ped in the Scheldt and the Meuse; and where ever
French influence extriels, on the Continent, the En-
glish merchant is pursued with penalties and suspi-
cion. —Allis deadly war, waged against our ti-
minces with inveterate rage and unwinkiag vigi-
lance, has not betrayed much of a pacific dis-
position on the part of France. As well might
the robber who takes your purse, call lii:nself
friend because he makes no attempt upon your life.
If, therefore, under such circumstances, an obstacle

arise, to the execution of the Treaty of Amiens, the
Eaglish Government is .well justified in taking ad-
vantage of it. '1 here is no moral or political prin-
ciple which tequir.7s that we shall be liberal, com-
plaisant, and accomnnklating to a nation that is ever

seeking to over-reach and injure us.—Most of our
cotemporaries, however, seem to forget that there
has been a Commercial Treaty in discussion since
the signing of the Treaty of Amiens, and talk of
Malta and the Cape, without any relation to that
unsatisfaaory state in which we row arc. At the
time they are crying out, " Give up Malta—give
up the Cape," they do not know but that the Fiasr
Comut may be making the most extravagant de-
mands, and attempting to exaet the greatest com-
mercial sacrifices as the price of a commercial
treaty ; that he is insisting upon terms incompatible

with our honorer and our interest ; that he sets us
at defiance, and will have no comtnercial peace but
one of hi,: own diaation.
The present policy of the Ft RTC Coxsuc leads us
to believe that this is the fan. having exhausted the
subjea of the Treaty of Arniest6, recaat-raformati-

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assures us that he is now taking new ground. He
is aware of the extravagant and unreasonable terms
which he would require froth us in a commercial
treaty. In order, therefore. to make a war popular
in France, he is now advancing against England
the very charge which may with truth be urg ed
against himself. The French are now made to believe
that England will not listen to any terms but such as
would be destructive of her trade, and must ever pre-
vent her attainment of commercial opulence. We
have reason to believe, that this idea is propagated
through France with much industry, and that
the FIkST Coast. expeas to excite as much
jealousy and animosity by it as he promised
himself from the charge of breach of faith,
with repel to the Treaty of Amiens. The
state of the French funds is, however, very pa-
cific. They were on the sth, 54, 40. As to the
public mind at home, its apprehensions of a rupture
appear to diminish, and yet our preparations for
war proceed with unremitting activity. A Mes-
senger was sent off on Saturday night with dis-
patches fur Paris, and several of the Minist...-s left
town in the morning. This latter circumstance af-
fords reason to believe, that nothing decisive was im-
mediately expeaed.

The. dispatches from Madras and Bengal, by the
Lord Casil.wrrigh, were finally closed at the East
India House, un Saturday, and delivered to the
Purser.