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RERNZ, MAN.CII
The day lwf yr, yesterday has been one of tarot
and alarm to us. Some time singe a kind of agita-
von ferment was observed anarng the troops, for
which, thtir pay being, in arrrar, WAS &tined to he
CA,W, in the prat_xt. The was the day
tised by the arta-ps for the settlement to take place.
Measures offretaution were adopted by the Go-
verment. The first battalion of the 4.2 ti, which
was to have departed en that day, received orders
remain ; and three companies of the battalion, M-
ad, winch bad just arrived from the Italian Can-
tons, were posted near the gate of Soleurc.
The ..!tith, about half-past seven in the evening,
the Sa is, Command.mt of the place received Win--
'nation, that the soldiers were in a state of insur-
rectian in the barracks, and that many of them had
a:ready forced the barriers. He repaired immedi-
ately to the Chief de Brigade of the hth regiment of
French Chassenrs, and induced him to order out
patrols-. of Cavalry, to Arrest such Swiss slithers as
were found in the streets and public houses. At
ten o'clock the Commandant received further in-
fo rmatioa, that the Helvetic soldiers had fired on
the hench patroles across th, barriers of the bar-
racks, and had wounded several soldiers. At three
quarters past ten the Helvetic hussars joined the two
insurgent battalions, and sounded a charge. Im-
mediately the greater part of these battalir.iis rushed
out with their arms. shouting and beating the Ge-
sevsk as they advanced ; they proceeded with an in-
tention to seize the arsenal, ani to force the gates
of A rhimr7 and Fribourg; but finding those parts
well secured they retreated. At eleven o'clock the
Generate was beat on all sides, and the French
tr ran to the alarm post,. The Insurgents
s !Itig tnessiscises surrounded, retired within their
b ir:acks. I hey were afterwards paid, and order
was le-est ihii-heel.
On the lith, at five in the mnrning, all the Gar.
ri.on Wat ordered under arms, and ,t Council of %Vat
was held. Two hussars, a grenadier of the second
battalion, and eigia artillenas were examined. At
half after eleven the grenadier, who it was affirmed
threatened to strike General Vanderweid, was Cnn•
4.10111. ed to die, and was immediately shut. The
r ..mpeter who s• anded the charge, was also con-
demred to die, hut the Council of Revision com-
muted the sentinice to 14 years imprisonment in
irons; a brigadier of hussars was sentenced to ten
ran in irons. The eigta anilltrists agaiast whom
the citargcs were different, were sentenced to accum-
rmy their corps in a state of arrestation. At two
o'clock in the afternoon, the Helvetic troops depart-
ed for Murat, and at present the greatest tranquil-
lity reigns in the city.

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PARTS, APRIL 7.
in virtue of an agreement entered into betwixt
the ['owes% interested in the re-establishment of the
Order of Mina, And consented to on the part of his
Dritanuic Nlajesty, on the sth of June M.:, the
Domination of the Grand Nlaster was given up to
hi. t hairless the Pore, on the presentation of the
Priors of the Order. The Holy lather and the
I riurs acceded to this arrangement.
!n consequence of this his Loliness, on the 9th of
iebruary, nominated ;NL de lhonlasy, Grand Nlas-
ter of the Ordtr, who accepted the appointment.
'1 he new Grand Mane; j,tdged it expedient to
mid to Malta Commandcr NI. Busy, whom he
Appointed his Lieutenant; with full powers suitable
t., that rank. M. Busy Arrived in the island on the
9th Ventose (1-ebreary ; the following letters
v iii show wliatc was the result of his mission.

ltirtlt Ot TILL LOMMANi)Lit 'Wilt, TO THE

M:SISTEI Or LN4LAND ♦I MALTA.

" "11{,
411 had the honour this morning to explain to
y‘sur Extellency the 0hji...1 of the mission which
his Highness the Clrand Maser of the Order of St.
John of Jerusa:an commissioned me to execute at
Malta.
.4 To this explanation your Excellency answered
that no orders Ltd been received for the evacuation
of isl chi by the English garrison, and you gave
me to understand, that the Grand Master weuld do
%tell not to take up his resideace there for some
time. After raeeting on the answer of your Ex-
cellency, 1 hree thought that it is not only tuisatis-
faa..ry, but that it required acme farther explana.
tion.

4, As the answer of your Excellency seemed to
involve a refusal to give up the island of Malta to
the Order of St. John of Jet usalem, conformably
to the tenth article of the Treaty of Amiens, and
as such a violation of that treaty of peace might
be attended with the most important consequences,
consequences fatal indeed to the repose of Europe&
I cannot rest contented with the verbal answer
which your Excellency has thought proper to give
me ; and I should be deficient in confidence to the
Grand Master, as well as in the dignity and duty
suited to the charaaer with which he has invested
me, it I did not invite you, Minister Plenipotentiary,
clearly to explain, in distina form, the motives of so
unapt ted a refusal.
i have therefore the honour to remind your Ex-
cellency, that conformably to the fourth paragraph
of the untli article of the Treaty of Amiens, the
tortes of his Britannic Majesty were to evacuate the
isiand and its dependencies within the space of three
niocths after the ratifications were exchanged, or
tallier, if pissible-
-6' Th.A. period has long since expired. The treaty
adds, that the A lord shall be given up to the Order
In tee present owe, provided that tax Greed Matter or
Lit Calatatnatia, te..11.s authorized azeorifing le the statute,
II for firtler. thaseld be 14 the laid island to talc testes-
ue tt. awl the twits to le furtmehel by kis &anus
11.-jsay rii.auth..ty .are irml.
4., Thew troops have lung since arrive/; there
remain% old? one .ondiciini to be fulfilled, which
was therein:re tit tlst (;rend Master, or his corn-
rnonaries. ta'e ease 'lieu. I have the honour to
osm.erve to your I.aell 'sty, that by my arrival in
cm. mat ..-ondii,its.l is fulfilled. His August
k. -Owner cat Grind Master, has ix:en pleased to
01* ilia Andsa..saJoe and N•Liaister Plenipo-
r) tr4,l-0,21.4r. en his same re trail of; follows
or..frai.de, ciao) lad., atm! eutsart with tie Foghth axe'
Preseeb faiempienl art, slnd a..ah (swims
1.0,Te tb triPrefelleisi Ey the Ma d. di/ :Pr And", „go.
1, Cc /be rell4"14104 rfitrii. tit 11141 to, sad partite-
,evowerore r,laget to the ethers -of i 1 C,, der to the
111.144, ated dbe rsv.4:lMatioes 41 ihr &c, :Aula ate
malt ut. the lull I,os‘er) with which l all

LONDON,
TUESDAY, Aram It!.

The Monitevr of the ith instant, received yester-
day, announces that the Evriltotts of RUSSIA and
GEILSIANY, have long since guaranteed the inde-
pendence of Malta; and that P t; ss; A, which was the
only neceisary power that had not given a positive
an,wer, has, under the present circumstances, also
consented to guarantee the independence of that
island. The paragraph containing this intelligence
is at the end of a letter from Berlin, dated the
IZ,VJ of March, from which however it is separated
by a hue. We are theretOre at a loss to decide,

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whither it ts an original French article, er the :op•
of a Prascian document. In either cafe it is evi-
dently sent into the world as official, and indeed the
rise of the French funds, as also the circumstance
of its appearing on the 7th, the day after the return
from Lerjin, speal strongly in suniert
its truth and authenticity. This disclosure cannot fail
to excite much surprize, Russia having been univer-
sally considered the poser with whom the difficulty
rested. It Is ill also be the source of great satisfac-
tion to those who narrow our dispute with France
to the mere surrender of Malta, conformable with
the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens.—In this
number we do not, however, reckon ourselves.
Russia is independent of France. She is in-
terested in the independence of Malta, and able
to maintain that independence. Russia, therefore,
is an effectual substantial guarantee. Of all the
Powers of Europe, Prussia is, on the contrary, the
F least interested on the question. She is, besides, a
Power over whom France must always have great
influence, and Great Britain little or none. That
Ministers should therefore risk a renewal of the
war ; that they should risk the slightest imputa-
tion upon the honour of the country, for the mere
purpose of procuring for the Order such a guaran-
tee as Prussia, is not a very probable case. We do
believe, however, that in the retenticni of the Island,
Ministers had an ulterior object, and w nether that
object was to influence subsisting negotiations, or as
a measure *of precaution, Ministers had a fair and
just ground to delay the surrender until every condi-
tion however minute was fulfilled. The question is,
however, now brought to issue upon a specific
point. The tith clause of the 10th article of the
Treaty states, that the " independence of the isles
of Malta, of Gozo, and Comino, as well as the
present arrangement, shall be placed under the
protection and guarantee of France, Great Bri-
tain, .Austria, Spain, Russia, and Prussia."—
The objedion on which we relied being now done
away by the undertaking of all these Powers, the
retention of the Island, if it is to continue, must be
, placed upon a new foundation. Hitherto we have
withheld it as a matter of ri,;* ht. From any thing
that appears in the case, we du not see how it ran
be withheld any longer but as matter of expediercy.
Malta now stands upon the same footing as the
Cape and Goree. It can only be retained as a
measure of precaution in the prospect of an imme-
diate rupture with France, or as a security against
that system of encroachment and aggrandizement,
which she has uniformly pursued since the execution
of the Treaty of Amiens in violation of the rights of
independent states, and working a complete change
in the face of Europe, and the circumstances under
which that Treaty was concluded. The ilkeittur
also contains the correspondence between M. DL
Busy the Plenipotentiary sent by the NEW GRAND
MASTER of MALTA, to demand the surrender of the
island of the English Governor, Sir A trx. BALL.

The former contends that all the conditions stipu-
lated in the Treaty of Amiens respe:ting the Island
of Malta being fulfilled, it ought to he immediately
given up to the GRAND 'M A5l en, and makes a
formal demand for that purpose. To this demand
Sir ALEXANDER BALL answers, that as some Of the
Powers who were to guarantee the independence of
Malta have not yet acceded to that measure, he can-
not consent to give up the Island until he receives spe-
cial instrudions from his Government for that pur-
pose. This is the substance of the correspondence. It
is a curious article, but it has lost much of its impor-
tance, as the ground upon which it preceded has
been done away by the subsequent consent of Prussia
to become a guarantee of Malta.—lt cannot, how-
ever, fail to excite considerable interest ; still as it
chews the spirit of the New Grand Master, who, if
he be faithfully represented by his Plenipotentiary,
appears to be the mere creature of the Finsi-
CoNsc L. He demands the immediate surrender of
the Island, and charges a moment's delay as a vio-
lation of the Treaty of Amiens, that may perhaps
involve the most fatal consequences. This is the very
language, principle, and spirit, of the French Go-
vernment. Had he consulted right and justice, he
should have made out his title before lie demanded
possession. He should have seen that every antecedent
condition was fulfilled before he demanded the ulti-
mate execution to which that condition was a requi-
site plenipotentiary.•—But no. He looked to nothing
but the possession, and if he could only obtain that,
he cared little about its independence. That this
change respecting Malta is considered pacific in
France, we might fairly presume upon the great
rise in the French funds. They left off on the Gth
at 55. 70. But it is possible that this rise
may have been chiefly occasioned by the pro-
posed Law to invest the Sinking Fund of the Bank
of France in the 5 per cent. Consols. ; a pro-
position calculated of course to produce a rise in that
Stock. We observe too, that the aaions of the
Bank have fallen in the same proportion as the 5
per cents. have risen ; not two months ago they
were above I 300 ; they are now 1120—a fall of 200.
Though the French Papas afforded us no reason
to suppose that affairs have assumed a less warlike
aspea, private persons who have arrived from

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tliase three day; It.itz, :!..4 the pecple
of rtance entertain more pacific expedatims :!•4i
they did, and believe that the differences between the
two countries will be amicably adjusted.
Permission ha, been given to import foreign coin
from Fratwe, and 1c33 casks arrived from Calais
yesterday. This is considered a pacific symptom.

The FR ENC II AMBASSADOR was called out
from dinner yesterday at the Mansion-house, to
read dispatches. He was detained from the com-
pany Aiwa ten minutes. Ile returned to the roi.nr
in high spirits, and did not leave the Mansion-Iw,--
until half-past twelve o'clock. He conversed a
great deal with different people in the course of the
evening, and it was universally said that he had
spoken in terms favourable to the continuance of
peace.
General Duuoc arrived on Monday evening at
the Pahree of the Thuilleries from his mission at
Berlin. Ile set off immediately for Ma/mai:on, to
meet the FIRST CoNsui..
In conformity with Bo,: A A art's principle, that
Great Britain shall riot interfere in the affairs of the
Continent, he has communicated the Ad of Media-
tion of the I 9 Swiss Cantons to every Power in Eu-
rope, except Great Britain.
It appears from the .Imerican papers, received
to the 3d of March, that little credit is due to the
French accounts. The Cape is again threatened
by a numerous force. During the absence cf Gen.
koc,r.% BLAC, while end iged in the expedition
against Miragoane, the Negroes collected in great
numbers, and kept the whole of that part of the
colony in a continual state of alarm.
Dispatches were received froth Lord WHIT.
WOR rit yesterday morning. l fispatehes were also re-
ceived by General Asnc.tossE Great aaivity pre.
vails in the Cabinet, and the two important objeas
of the Negotiation with France, and the new Mini-
sterial arrangements, occupy the whole time and
attention of Iris MAJEsTy's Ministers.

A Lisbon Mail arrived on Sunday. When the
Packet sailed, it was reported that the French fleet,
under the command of Admiral LINOIS, originally
statcd'to be intended for the East Indies, had sailer,
but that its real destination was to take possession
of the Brazils. When it is recollected that the idea
of a rupture between this country and France has
spread a very general alarm throughout Portugal,
the new destination of the French fleet may have no
other foundation but what rests on the tears of the
Lisbon merchants.
A packet, which sailed from Dover on Wednes-
day, fell in with a French transport with troops
on board, supposed to have come out of Dunkirk ;
from which place, it is said, several transports have
sailed within these few days.
The Journal des Debats announces that the Spanish
Government has issued orders for restoring the re-
lations of its American Colonies with the United
States to the same footing on which they were be-
fore.
Notwithstanding the alarming reports circulated
against Ireland with the vilest motives, and for the
worst purposes, that country is now in a state of pro-
found tranquillity. " The assizes at Wexford, the
focus of the late rebellion," says a Correspondent of
undoubted veracity " proved a maiden one, and I
do not believe there has been any trial on any of
the circuits for any crime conneEted with rebellion
or insurrOton, Upon the permanence or precari-
ousness of this tranquillity, in the event of a war, I
will not speculate. If on the one hand the loyalty
of the upper and middle classes be above all suspi-
cion ; on the other, the poverty of the lower orders
in the south and west afford an ample field for the
agitator and the revolutionist."
The Mail f;.br Dunkirk was, by mistake, sent to
Dover along with the English Mail on Friday
night ; and was on the point of being sent to Lon-
don, when a letter arrived from Calais stating the
error. The inhabitants of Dunkirk would, no doubt,
be in great alarm, in consequence of the Mail not
arriving as usual ; they would not receive it sooner
than Sunday night.
A merchant vessel, which arrived at Yarmouth
yesterday, brought intelligence, that when she left
Hamburgh the Senate was debating the question,
" Whether they should proteCt the city themselves,
or allow the Pruss;an troops to march in for that
purpose r-Our letters from Yarmouth do not men-
tion on what day the vessel left Hamburgh, from
which we should have been inclined to believe that
this is merely an erroneous statement about the Sit-
' ting of the Senate respesting the Manifesto which
has already made so much noi-e ; but we rather
think, in consequence of a letter received from Ham-
burgh by the last Mail, that the Senate has some
new matter before it.
The people of Switzerland appear to be extremely
ungrateful for the blessings which the parental
kindness of the First Consul has bestowed upon
them ; for they have been in a state of Insurreition
evei since he restored them to tranquillity.

By letters from Madrid, it appears that the Court
of Spain has resolved to re-establish its relations
with the United States of America, on the footing
on which they stood before the war. To this de-
termination the spirited resolutions of the Ameri-
cans have, no doubt, greatly contributed.
The Royal Marines at Stonehouse and Mill Bar-
racks, are almost all embarked on board the Men of
War fitting for sea in Hamoaze. There are about
00 rank and file left at Quarters. Recruits for this
valuable and national corps, mostly fine young.
country lads, are marched in daily to Head-quarter,.
The different detachments of Royal Marines en.-
barked from Plymouth since the bustle, are allowed
by every person to be the finest body of troops ever
seen to embark on any service, both in appearance,
health, discipline, and appointments.
The libel upon his BRITANNIC RIAJZST V, which
appeared at full length in the Hamburgh Papers of
the 30th ult. and which was before that wisely mo-
dified by the Syndic and Censor of the Press, was, it
is said, previously communicated to Sir GEo a or;
Rt.:smut" the British Charge d' Ajfairel, who is re-
ported to have answered, that it the Senate was
forced to Consent to the insertion of such communi-
cations from the French Government, they mt of
course do the same justice to such articles as he,
GEORGE, might receive from his Government,
publish them accordingly. This wretched lam)
had the effeet of raising the present prices of
ante from 5 to 10 per cent. as well as the prii
coffee and sugar.

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Yesterday mornin7, at half past nine o'clock,
His Majesty, attended by Geflerals Gwynn and
Manners, rode to the right of Ascot Heath, where
they were met by the Earls of Sandwich-and West-
moreland, and above two hundred gentlemen sports-
men, and as many on foot. Tht• day being re-
rnarkably fine, the sight was grand. Soon after ten
o'rlock the lioval Deer was turned out of the cart
for the day's divcrsion.—At first setting off the deer,
which is very famous, ran with great swiftness across
the race-ground towards Sunning-hill, taking to the
left through Mr. Cratchleg's park, and through
the wood and inclosur_ to the left of Winkfield
plain towards Wavill and Breeknell, leaving South-
hill and Swinley to the right, by Tower-hill,
where he made a double to the right and run with
great speed towards Bagshot-heath, where numbers
were obliged to give up the chace. In the course
of this famous chace there was a distance of about
three miles between the first hounds and the last ;
the day being warm, and the deer running with
great speed.

ORIGINAL POEFIZT.

EPK;i: A CIS.

THE rowEa OF ItICIIES.
The wealthy f )01 can hay:: no fault,
Fer what 1; %.n.e and worth but sorry?
Hi: dullest jr.t is Altit
.Ourest jittc hnncy.

THE OLD MlsLk'S MANSION.
11* Vick or 5t.131 within the house,
13.4 t, crvaking, seem to b•g, a sous :
Veit Led its..if Ix i-rtd~le+t seems,
Aid vent. it. woe., it t.litch'd, in screams.

THT iESCEI API AN sTATF WtTII ?WWI TO SER.
TENTS, TAINTED AS AN APOTHECARYS alt:N.
The-e serpents Symbols are, nu doubt,
And to the shop a-kin!
The ini.iges are Owed without—.
Thi: poison lurk. within.

ON A VEIT TALL FOOL.
Gond Mewl, as you increase in ralhscu
Your head 'CCM. to increase in sosuibiess
For God's sake, stop ; or much I fear
Your nob will wholly disappear !
TILE FATE OF GENIUS.
How oft i 4 Genius, fed w:th noblest rar,
Domed, like the Eagle, to a narrow ca;:.

Yesterday morning her MAJEST r, accompanied
by the Princess AuousT A, took an airing to Frog-
more. _ _ _ - _

Her Royal Highness Princess ELIZA lILTIr, at-
tended by Lady CAROLINE DORMER, took an
airing in an open plizton, accompanied by Prin-
cesses SorulA and MELI• on horseback, attended
by Major Dzsasow, by Engelfield-green, and
through the plantations in the Great Park.
Yesterday about one o'clock the Princess MARY
took an airing in the neighbourhood of Hampstead.
We are happy to say her Royal Highness is so far
recovered from her indisposition that it is her inten-
tion to go to Windsor to day.
Dury Lane Theatre resumed its entertainments
?tat night, with Tit Hero of the North, and Love
and Magic.—Both pieces were well received. The
house is never crouded on Easter Monday, the at-
tention of the public being engrossed by the sum-
mer amusements, which commence on that day.
john Bolts F,reride was last night, as usual, well
attended at Covent-Garden Theatre. It was fol-
lowed by the Divertisement, which was lately
brought forward for Mr. Ltwts's Benefit. It con-
sists of several favourite songs by Bit AllA M, INC LE-
DON, &C. &c. and concludes with a Masquerade Scene,
which affords that favourite and lively Aaress, Mrs.
ta, an opportunity of displaying her operatical
powers to great advantage.
The lively little Miss Sims, late of Covent Gar-
den Theatre, made her first appearance with great
alai last night at the Circus.
The Opera from the pen of the Laureat is not
likely to be brought forward this season at Drury-
lane theatre, but will most probably be one of the
earliest novelties in the next.
Lord ST. V iNC ENT'S family have all left town for
Lis Lordship's house at Brentwood, in Essex, ex-
cepting his Lordship.
Mr. PITT arrived cn Saturday at Mr. Lopro's seat
at Bromley, in Kent. where he will remain during
the holidays.
There was a grand fete on Thursday se'nnight at
Eglintoun Castle, in honour of the marriage of Lord
lIONTOOMERIE.
The YORK Concerts closed on Friday the Ist of
April, and have been fashionably attended through-
out the season. Among the vocal performers who
gave infinite satisf.atiun, were Mrs. CK APM AN and
Miss NV ATER&
The press was yesterday very brisk. A great
number of men were impressed on the river, on
their way to Greens ich sports. The men of wars
boats ware very aftive.
Mr. Gooao, after passing some days at Lord
GeiLDFORD'I. near Dover, embarked on Weo'aes-
day last for France. to complete the necessary
engagements with performers for the Opera neat
season.
Since the commencement of the Revolution, the
French have found leisure to execute very credit•
able translations of some of oar principal and most
difficult Authors.—Young's Night Thoughts—
Thomson's Seasons—Milton's Paradise Lost, &c.
&c. There is now fur sale in Paris—" Walpole's
Historic Doubts, translated by Louis XVl"—The
Will of Louts XVI. printed on one large folio
sheet, is now the most usual ornament and tapestry
of the numerous hook standings which stretch alorz
the Boulevards, from the Rue de la Loi to the Place
de la Con:orde. In all the Salons Litteraires (pub-
lic Reading Rooms) are to be seen—the Lives of
the King—the Queen—and Madame Elizabeth, the
bang's Sister; the Princess Lamballe, &c.
This breatl.es a spirit of literary toleration worthy
of remark. The Will of Julius Cesar, and the use
made of it is Shakespeare, might have once sug-
ested some alarming hints ; but 44 the Age of
Chivalry" is indeed past—nor is their now an An-
thony so make the very stones of Rome rise up and
mutiny.

MANSION-HO USE.

EASTER BAIA..
Yesterday the Lord Mayor, accorAig to the an-
cient custom, went in state to Christ-church, pre-
ceded by the boys of Christ's Hospital. As it *as
an exceedingly fine day, the appearance of the pro-
cession was more than usually splendid. The fol-
lowing was the order in which it moved from the
Mansion.house, and arrived at Christ-church :

1. The Strevt-keeper and Constables to eleu. the way.
2. The City Trumpeters.
3. A Marshal.

4. The Scholars with their Masters and Bencliet ; the boys
intended for naval service, carrying emblems of the differ:lit
branches of suitable knowledge in which they are educated
5. The other City Marshal, with the Marshal's mill.
6. Thu. Lord Mayin's Footmen.

7. The Lord Mayor and Lark Mayoras.: in the State-coach.
S. The two Mice. Price, with the Water-Bailiff, whoie
duty, nit this ocenbion, ii to hand the Lady Mayoresi into the
church.

9. Mr. Alderman Skinner, Sir Jnhn William Ani
Sir Richard Carr Glynn and Lady, Pcrrvu, Pritchard and
Lad:, Ainsiey, Roascriift, T. .' • li and Lady ; Lee and
two Ladien, Sir John Rie•e, Recorder; Richard Clark, E.g.
Chamberlain, and his; La.lr ; Mr. Common Serjeant (Sylve:
ter), and all the other City Officer;.
After hearing an excellent sermon, preached by
the Lord Bishop of Winchester, they returned in
similar procession to the Man,sion -house, where a
sumptuous and magnificent dinner was prepared for
their entertainment.