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Totended by the • people. I shall say nothing of die •
discipline of the troops, not benig a military man,
and consequently little conversant with such mat-
ters. I shall only speak of what struck the eye.
The Consular Guards are the handsomest men I ever
saw, scarcely any are less than six feet high ; and if
we -may belLve like report of persons connected with
thegovernntent, every individual in the corps owes
his situation to long service, or scone distingoishA
aft of valour. Their uniform is a long coat, of fine
blue cloth, faced with white, and edged with red,
with a yellow button, on which is written " Garde
des Consuls." They wear white waistcoats and
breeeles, and a fur cap, with a gilt plate, on which
appears the same inscription as that on the buttons.
" La garde Consulaire a chepal," or Consular horse-
guards, wear the same uniform as the foot of that
service. The dragoons arc dressed in green, with
a casque, from which is suspended a large braid of
hair.
Several regiments of the line, which formed part
of the review, have been highly /distinguished du-
ring the war, particularly the celebrated demi-brigade
which at Marengo is said to have saved the life of
Bonaparte, when in the ardour of battle he had ex-
posed himself to almost certain destruction. These
regiments were ill-dressed, the men were little, and
their whole appearance was, when cempared with
the Conseil:at. Guard, far farm favonrable. The
guides commanded by the young Beauharnois
(Ma-
dame Booapatte's son,) were very elegantly dressed
in scarlet hussar uniforms, and mounted on light hay
horses, splendidly caparisoned. Generally speaking,
the horses of the cavalry were very indifferent, ex-
cepting oue fine regiment of blacks, which was com-
manded by Louis Bonaparte, the third brother of the
Consul.
As soon as Bonaparte left the ground, the regi-
ments began to file off by diffei eat. gates, in the same
, good order in which they had arrived ; and though
nearly ten thousand men had bwn on the parade, in
lesst'ian a quarter of an hour not an individual re-
mained.
The Generals wear Wale uniforms, richly em-
broidered, with tri-coloured swashes. The Aides-de-
camp are very trandseirne young men, dressed in
blue jackets, long pantaloons, and hussar cloak's, ?he
whokalmost covered with gold. I remarked amongst
them Lauristcn, who took the preliminary ratifica-
, tion to London, and young le Brun, son of the Third
Consul, who at the battle of Marengo behaved with
uncommon valour, and received in Itisnrms the ua-
fortunate and gallant Dessaix*. 'I make no apology
for the length of this letter, for knowing that you
wished to have a particular account of the Consular
reviews, I have been purpoieely as minute as possi-
ble. These reviews regularly take place on the 15th
of every month, according to the republican calen-
dar. Adieu!

• General Dessaix, by whose valour the battle of Marengo,
in which he fell, ww:sprineipally

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

TUteinAlt. rat:. 15.
Their Lordships met, and immediate;, adjoamted.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. •
TUESDAY. FEL 15.
Mr. DICKE'S:F, junior, presented a Petition to
the Hoe, eespeding the Woollen Manufaaure ; •
and game notice that he should make a.s.notion upon
it to-morrow.
Several Members brought up Petitions from clif-
f:rent districts, praying that private Brewers may
be subje& to the Eseise as well as the Malt Duties.
The following Members were appointed a Com-
mittee to try the Petition complaining .of.an undue
Bleftion for Nottingham :
H. P. Wyndham, F.. 94. Hon. Cropley Ashl7,
Peter Liitnuehe, Es+ W. Ganlediorc
• John ItAker, Esq. J. B. Wal3h,
Hon. Edv,..rd King Lord Granville L. Gower.
.Tohn Stimitorth, irsq. John Bagwell, E•q.
I 11. °wile, Esq. Nathaniel hood, EA.
David Latouctie,'L..l. George By
On the Motion of the SECRLIARY OF WAR. the
Bill for Training the Militia Twenty-eight Days,
instead of !Twenty-one, was read a second time, and
ordered to be referred to a Committee to-morrow.
Adjourned.

THE4fIRE-ROIAL, DRUR:2"-LANE.
F.V FINING witl be pre rated the Comedy of
THE BEAUX STRATAGEM.
Aimwell, Mr. C. .IZemble• Ar!ler, Mr. Dwyer; Sullen,
Mr Palmer; Voigerile Mr, Cherry ;.Sc ruh, bfr.B.ninifitcr,Jun.
Defied-I, DAM 11-rlowe; Mn. Jonlan.
Ti. which will be addled,
A lIOUSE TO BE SOLD.
On Saturday will be produced • now. Mu.ieal Donna,- called
The Hereof the !gunk.

-THE/UWE-Anna, COVENT-GARDEN.
TIPS EVENING will be perforineil the Comedy of
.THE SUSPICIOUS HUSBAND.
Ranger (fast Time) by the GENTLEMAN who periermeil
llainlct with sr, much onlaloe,
Strickland, Igr. Murray; Mersot, Mr. Knieat ; Tt'4-
ter, Mr. birimiims; inv.! franklyi Mr. Brunton.
,MN Striek-
lard, Miss .Chainnan; Liteetm. Mrs. Mattocks; Jaciutha,
Mrs. Mills; and Clarinda, (Brit time) Mrs. It Johnston.
To which will be added,
THE FARMER.
A New Cometty is in ribeiusal, cacti John Bull; or, An
Enghs!itnan's F ire-Si4le.

-;1117E Bita TISII PRESS.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, Fr.n. 16.

The most .promixent .Feature of the Morritrur of
the tcth, the only Paris Paper which we receiv
last night, is a statement of the English Budgei for
the year 1801, as laid by the CHANCELLOR OF 'nu
Excuf czce a before the House of Commons. The
Editor accompanies it with several marginal notes,
and deduces several inferences, the principal of which
are, that as the Loan for that year was 12S millions,
there must be an annual excess to that amount of
our expences above our revenue ; that the Sinking
Fund, as an efficient mode of paying off'he Na-
tional Debt, is illusory ; and that the Bill for re-
straining the Bank from paying .in specie. must be
rendered perpetual. From the ignorance of the
french Editors in English affairs of a local naturr,
• even of those,that lay .upon 'the surface and in

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-manner extort notort:ty, ye could not expeel much
clearness and precision, when they should venture
upon so intricate a subject as an English Budget ;
but we own we were not prepared to meet such
gross ignorance and stupidity as the article alluded
to presents. ground:for the continnation
of
the Bank Restriaion sill has bens recently distinct-
ly and repeatedly stated, by the Minister, in Parlia-
ment ; it has been urged by him as only a temporary
measure, the speedy termination of N 5 !lich he looked
forward to with cenfidence, and contemplated with
satisfaaion ; hut it never occurred to any English
Opposition Member tbat the present deplorable state
of our Finances must of necessity render it perpetual;
and we are equally at a loss to conceive by what
rule of logic the remaining inferences can he drawn
from such premises.—lt remains then to be consi-
dered with what view this apparently IA upid article,
upon so stale a subjea, is slow brought forwead. That
the official paper of the French Government, over-
loctiring the flourishing state of our finances, as stated
in the last Session of the late Parliament, should fix
upon the most expensive year of the war as a just
erie.l.rion of otrr reventte and expenditure, andthence
endeavour to depreciate Britich =di:, may appear, at
first blush, a weak and puerile attempt; but when we
recollea, that the mass of -the people on the Conti- •
nent arc not capable of forthing an opinion upon a
sahiet.9 of this kind, and that of the few that are ca-
pable, some will not take the trouble, it is not a
very extravagant idea of the French Editor to sup-
pose that the representation, however stupid, may
produce aa'efra_t to the disadvantage of <am credit.
—The great and leading object of the article, we
should,howerer, presume, iszoimpress the worldwitli
an idea of the inability of England to have continued
the war, and consequently her inabili;.yto carry it on.
if renewed. The marginal notes which accom-
pany the statement, seem to favour thisconstxuaion.
They admit that the year of IPO2, being a year of
Peace, our expellees have been ennSiderably reduced ;
and after Giungling up the Army and Navy e,x-
- penees in 1801, they add, "We cannot easily con-
cei.ve. that the war should still have its advotates in
England, considering how much this great expence
has been diminished by the Peace,"
Five per Cent. Cpsols. 58I'. 60. c.

II has actually been in agitation, to dignify Ate
FIRST CONSUL with a title, which Should place him
In the rank of Sovereigns. The project originated
with .some .Coultsellors of -State, who adopted the
measure as-a means of establishing their own credit.
Not heiiag able to overcome the repugnance of the
Corisut to all innovations svitich have not decidedly
for their object the happiness of the French people,
they determined to throw out an itka of their inten-
tion in the Senate. The CONSUL, fearine, that it
would not be received with cordiality by that inde-
pendent body, which •is also the guardian of she
Consular Constitution, has charged- his ,friends to
publish the projact, and to turn it into ridicule. •44.1 f
my Senate," ,aid _this Great 'Mtn, were to offer
me the title of Emperor, or King, the French
people might, perhaps, think themselves obliged to
respect me; I content myself with their leix.",.—
Courirr de Londres.

On Monday lai.s Majesty's .Ships fervid, of 64
guns, Capt. H A RG 00D, and La Virginie, of 44 guns,
Capt. Asr t.r., arrived at Spithead from the East In-
dies, together with La I:htifrone, Capt. S•LuaitT, The
French friate so gallantly captured same time ago
by Capt.. ADAM.
No orders had been received for the evacuation
of the Cape of Good Hope, when the above ships
sailed from thence.
La.:ha/Pone spoke the Sowrtign, extra ship,hotne.
ward-bound, off the Western Isles, all well.
The extra ship, Dcwayne,., outward-bot:nd, had
arrived at the Cape.
Yesterday morning arrived a mail from Lisbon,
brought to Falmouth by the /I/a/v.:1,7.5(m packet, in
fiftem day a.
By lctt.ers received yesterday morning from Que-
bec, of tile Sth of December, we learn that th? sea-
son had remarkably open and mild until the
.6th of that month, ithlre scarcely having been any
frost, and no snow. A small quantity fell on the
7th. Such a season has Dew:leen ,sen-:mbered in
Canada.

The French colonies are yet very far from that
*ate of prosperity, which was held ,orit by the late
lirother-in,law of the First Cousul.; if, however, the
extermination or the Negroes could be effetedreven
with the loss of o.ne hundred and fifty thousand men,
they would assume a very daerent.asped.
The agents of the French Government have not
been able to procure from Russia the necessacy sup-
ply of naval stores upon bills of exchange, however
good ; and it is said, that being much irritated, they
h.t.ve purchased, for ready money, the refuse .uf the
dockyards of Portsmouth and Plymouth, with
which they have equippektheir squadrons.
The SccoNo Canst.t. is engaged .in preparing a
code of civil" law for the Republic ; and the THIRD
CONSUL iu organising a system of finance. The
Ft as.r. Co ssut is occupied from morning till night.
it.is not known whether the other two labour so in-
cessantly ; but it is certain, that neither the ci d
code, nor the financial system, have yet been made

public.
The .7.foniteur.conta*.ns a report from a ComMittee
-of the Medical Society of Paris, upon the .origin,
symptoms, and treatment of the Catarrhal Fever,
which has lately broken out in that•city. We. are
happy to find, that the disorder has .not ;hitherto as-
sumed .a conta;:iolts appearance. The determining
causes, as stated by the Committee, are " the singu-
lar vas iations .'ac trlnperatiare of the atmosphere
during the last 2 nioniiis; did the ..ntinued humidity
of last autumn, ,sii;;,:eeJto by an extreme draught
for three months loget;-.:.•r, welch I,.ad disposed the
• ecoriOrry -5r;,,,. groat . • cital&ity."
A WP4I) et6a•,-, :•• •-•-• • •••o IS.:aid, the
hh wai in nl,ih . • -as .on Vie poi::.
'oeltitz pror•-=.; ". y ptioldi a year.
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