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London, England, 1803-04-11 00:00:00

PRICE SIXPENCE.

talion Segrettex, Delpeete and Captain Daus, who
have constantly remained faithful to the Govern-
ment.
The dispositions made by the General in Chief
shew that the brigands will be repulsed beyomi the
cordon of the south; in which part tranquillity is
daily consolidating itself, so that all the troops 'coin-
ing from Europe will have only to ad in the west.
—Mentiteur.
We learn from Cherbourg that sixty boats of dif-
ferent sizes, and upwards of six hundred persons
condemned to the gallies, are daily occupied on the
works of that harbour. The banks on one side are
already raised two or three feet above the level of
the sea:

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'lle parade, Which was announced for the day
before yesterday, was less of a parade than a re-
view. There were from .5 to GOOO men of the dif-
ferent armies; there was no horse, as the cavalry
was dismounted ; all the soldiers had their knap-
sacks on their backs. There was a numerous troop
of conscripts, with white waistcoats. The First
Consul, on foot, passed through all the ranks; he
spoke to a number of soldiers, and particularly ad-
dressed questions to the conscripts : " How comtS
it," said he, to one of them, .1 that your soup is
better than I get at home ?" Respe6t and gravit-Y
pervaded the ranks when the First Consul elite ea
them, and joy, gaiety, and enthusiasm, after
passed. The review lasted five hours. In the or i-
na- y parades the First Consul only enjoys the bea -
Hui appearance of the troops; in this he could c
joy a feeling of their force.

Extraa from :Le iirgtu of tl.e 511,, ituereed in tie Clef

elm Cabinet.

Speaking of the English Journals, it says : "To •
listen to them, for months Rast, the journey of the
First Consul to Rouen and Havre, had for its objcft
an immense expedition; they said, that at his com-
mand, a fleet well equipt, was to sail from a basal,
which can only receive frigates. Yesterday he was
made to visit the canal of Onreq ; shortly they will
ask, like the Neapolitan gentleman, spoken of in
the " Jewish Letters," if the port of Paris be so fine
as that of Plymouth. To-morrow another tale will
be published. But never did any projeft afford to
much food for their conjeaures, as the journey to
Belgium, and the two camps formed there.
" To ordinary politicians this journey is of the
highest and most simple utility: to visit the States
newly acquired ; to draw closer the banls which

unite diem to a
t;Teat family; to examine the fer-
tility of their ;to prepare the devel •pement of
their, industry, and their agricultural wealth ; to ap-
preciate their means; to encourage their works in
the port of Antwerp, destined to become one of the
greatest cities in the world, and to leave in that rich
country a striking testimony of .the affeaion of the
French people, and the regard of their Chief : never,
in enlightened minds, certainly, had any expedition
an obje& more high, more natural, and more wor-
thy of the First Consul who made, and of the people
who were, the objet of it.
It is not a journey of luxury ctr curiosity, as
every thing leads to the advantage of the people.
Two camps were formed of from 10 to 12,000 men.
It is no more than a cheap assemblage of some
neighbouring military divisions, many of which France
might shew at once upon different points. But, far
from being a subjea of uneasiness, it is an object of
military emulation, among these brave men, who
are to manoeuvre in the presence of their General ;
it is an objel of honour, to the inhabitants of the
ri-dcvant Belgium, and will giVe them a more noble
idea of their new country. Every thing is addressed
to their eyes and their hearts, in this journey, of
which they will enjoy the fruits, as well as the ho-
nour which is done to them.
" Thus was there nothing more simple than the
motives of this journey, but the Gentlemen alluded
to do not see like men in their senses : their sphere
is not so contra, ed ; reasons so clear and natural
are to them only pretexts ; and in their lofty con•
ceptions they have unanimously decided, that Bo-
naparte is going to have himself proclaimed " Em-
peror of the Gauls," at the head of the army, and
to assume solemnly, at Air-la-Chapelle, the sword,
the sceptre, and the crown of Charlemagne.
" Absurd and ridiculous as it is, this tale has
found hearers, dupes, and commentators : there are
great numbers of this description in the taverns. of
Lopdon, and the coffee-hOuses of Paris.
" Their judgment does not stop to consider the
position and true glory of the First Consul ; they
do not think of the laurels which crown his brows ;

the honour of having given peace to Europe, and
the danger of losing all the fruits of his exploits by'
a vain title, which would add nothing to his glory,
and to the force of his Government.
Besides, to say nothing of the liberal charaner
under which he chose to display himself hithert(.,
the title of First Consul is unipe in Europe. It is.
therefore, the more worthy of a peorle who singly
fought against all others, and of the her 4 who cop-
quered them. That title is already consecrated fcr
history ; it is recognized by all the powers ; it more
befits his general ideas, and his poiitical situation.
Bonaparte will not change it for a title common tb
others, which perhaps might be disputed, and thence
in opposition to his liberal and pacific principles.
—A person must only have mere pasteboard men,
and chess-board soldiers, who could give credit to
such absurdities."

The following are the most interesting articles of
the plan of the new French Boni at Paris.
ART. I. The association formed at Paris, antler
the name of the Bank of France, shall have the ex-
clusive privilege of issuing bank bills, on the condi-
tions pointed out in the present law.
H. The capital of the Bank of France shall be
45,000 shares, at least of 1000 francs in the old
funds, md more in the fund of reserve.

Every call of the funds upon these shares is pro-
hibited.
111. All shares in the bank shall be reprecented
by a nominal inscription on the registers, and not
be made out to the bearer.
IV. The least bank notes are to be 500 francs.