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DIVORCE OF THE EMPRESS ihStOtilitr—
STATE OF FRANCE:t 14q"11 •••
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41 a late hour, last, night, we received Paris
papers to the wt.' and Dutch to the 4.13,l instant.
Their content% are interesting and important.—
they preseat its with the animal E rposi of the state
of the French Empire, in its internal and external
relations ; and also the legislative proceedin4s
adopted fur dissolving the marriage between INa-
P0L60:41 and the Empress JOStPMINV. A report
that a measure to this effect was in coutempla-
lion has prevailed fur some time, and has bred
assigned as the cause far the assemblage of the
va%sal kings and upstart relatives of NAPOLSOB,
now at Paris. It has taken place by rumor{ con-
sent, given by the prrti-s, in presence of all the
members of both frinilits, including the son and
daughter of the Eue:rass.—By what means the
consent of the latter was obtained, whether by
threats or promises, or by both, for we tattoo sup-
pose it volinit try, we can form no conjeettire.—
The character of the scan considered, it is 'natter of
surprise that he should stand BO much upon me-
mony, and that he ilia not resort to the poi-
isoned bowl or the digger, to open a shorter and
surer rout to the completion of his wishes.—
This di-solution of marriage is called " a sacrifice of

conjugal affection, on both sides, to the good of the
a►rrotry;' by which we are to understand, that it is
to couteinplatimi of souther marriage, with me
mortlikaly to bear children, and that the Princess
le SAXONY is the d•rstitted bride. The Empress
JWILPRINE, formerly Nl.4.lanat, BEAURAIIROIS, Is.

w' believe, forty-foor, or forty•five. She was muf-
ti •,1 to him in the winter okl7o, just t 4 years ago,
ssini lnis never had, by him, soy issue. filltinsome
years past, none WWI expected ; and,
immption, it was supposed that, by his will, depo..'
sited, according to the Constitution,,M the hahldso?
the. Constituted A uthontivs, hit.isitended that the
Imperial Crown of France shohadesce.od toils uor
pliew, the West sits of Ili+ hrohlitriLooss..liougari,
Ilolktid, by his Qtree. FOCA BItiAPSAIMAIMMOSII",
diaglifer of the Empress 'Jost:rut% E. %Yid% this
airs:lent-lit well understood, and surrodaded with
selltive., NAPOLEON wilt protected, as,far is the

case admitted protection, against the chwairedf,lisin.
mg, in the event of his demise, his kingdom. eon.
nested by, and parcelled out, as on the death of
Atiattannit• the Great, among his favounte cap-
lases. Now, supposing NaPOl.llOlll as MOW, again,
as he is now 40 year or age; the probability is, that
be will he dead before his issue male, if any., shall
attain its majority ; and the history of..thirrld
‘hounds with cases of the dangers and trvild_elthnt
may he apprehended, when *sceptre. oluoireed 401 is
that of France; falls fnto weak or infisittAmuclserr
Toe chance, therefore, of serei.ng heiirt ',vet bp4,l
MIN marriage, certainly is Worth the
of conjugal affection, and titer
from his present ilearr;st c'eniirOr tislio has adorned
fifteen years of his life." lir•.+liekt)etsil to Consider,.
in diminution of his cliacee of 1.-,..ititttt
was a young woman when he ma il'.tf
' issue hy a tomer liiisliaed. %Mr ii,4liPtYligilrll4.!
has he to presume, with confidence, on issuelifillnesr
Marriage We have never heard that he hanany
illegiriruarsoffpring; and indeed s me philosophers
fancy that great war has are seldom blessed with
cloildren.--A ttnititor a the GREAT, and CALSAR,
are. mentioned in illustration of this remark.—
Upon the whole, then, we consider the present,
as one of the black. st and insist perfidious acts
of bis life ; mid all that was wanting to fill up the
measure of his guilt. For, with all Its crimes and
cruelties, he affected the character of a gond hus-
band, and the world gave him some credit for it.
He his now divested himself of the o.ily virtue that
saved him horn the imputation of unqualified vice.
It is true, lie crowned her with his own hand, and '
she may be suffered to retain the title of Empress ;
and well she tactile-4i the elevation and tl.e title;

far he was but a soldier of fortune, when hit mar-
riage with her recommended bun to the favour
an:l protection of the Director B A 1111 AS, 'and she ha*
since conducted herself as an amiable wife. To
refindiate her now, is to convert the rank to whit
he raised her into a source of punishment. It i%
an act of the blackest ingratitude, involving the
sio!ation of every moral obligation.
Upon the other important article in the Foreign
Pap. rs, the Exposition of the state of the French
E opine, we have not tiuie to indulge in observation,
It boasts ths advantages that France has derived from
the Treaty of Vienna, and holds out a hope of's, ad-
justineut of the present differences with America.
The Hanse-Towns are to preserve their indepeud-
root. ; but the plan of incorporating Holland wish
Vrance is almost directly avowed. The low. of.
Cayenne and Martinique is made light of. bribe
prrimmptiou that these colonies will be restored, in
an improved condition, upona general peace; and
Mexico sod Peru are encouraged to aseert-their in-
dependence, provided they hold 110 connexion with

England.
An of dispatch from Mersh.il SOh LT, an.
aounc►s an action at Atha, 011 the Tomes, with ,
the Spanish army, under the Duke Mt. Pamir F.,

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was defteMed. 'Pith ark- joss of 3000
its baggage. •
the celebrated ',Males] writer, hes
it Berlin, sod all his papeto kayo'been
'The repudiated Empress JOSRPUIWS. -is, with
.4e title, to enjoy an wrinkly of 2.000.40 H or 'rams.
We have extracted from a private letter from
Stockholm, the subbtance of the treaty between
France and Sweden. The cession of all Finland,
as far its the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, in conse-
quence 01 the late peace between Sweden and Has.
eta, leaves the former power disarmed cud de-
fesiceless, in case of a new ruptuie with the Court
of Petersliorgh. • The aeccssion of CHARLES the
XII Ith, to the Confederatimi of the Rhine, liyl one
of the articles of the treaty concluded with BoRA-
PARTS, ranks Sweden among the vassals of France.
The Corsican restores to the Swedes the smell por-
tion.of Point/lune, which, previous to the war, they
occupied. The territory, however limited, yet,
being a pert of the. German Empire, and the sole
remains of the conquests of GysTAVIJs ADoLPHAIa,
was not less dear to the pride of the nation, then
Cahn* was, as than Gibraltar is. to the Englsob.
But, to every beneficial purpose, the restitution of
Swedish Pomerania, in its actuarstate, can be at-
headed "with no consequences. While Stralsund
war strongly fortified cod well garri.utwd, it might.
lie said to command, in some measure, the mouth
of the Oder. In 1712, CutaLes XII. held out
a long siege ageitist the N 11,46111115 lill,l Danes. in
Stralsund ; from whence, when the place was re-
duced to extremity, he passed over into the Isle of
'Rugen, and regained Sweden. But NAPULEON
his completelTdismantleid Stralsund, blown up the
fortifications, and left it in the same condition as
Clagenfortli, Vienna, or Fobbing.
Report confidently affirmshat new changes ars
Meditating in the Cabinet. However improbable
it may appear, we are assured that Lord Mat.-
ett.Ls, notwithstanding his advanced period of life,
the recollections which his late trial must have left
,pu the public mind, and the many reasons which
6iniAht induce him to wish for repose, yet is anxious.
xiodrairous of again mixing personally in the con-
-sct of State affairs. It is added, that his friends
AvertNnly,.represented to hioi, the injudicious na-
ture of his wishes on this point ; and have endeu-
..
voured, without success., to convince him, that, at a
trine when his son enjoys a seat in the Cabinet, and
while he himself holds various lucrative appoint.
meats, he ought to esteem himself' fortunate in his
retreat. An Earldom has been even offered him, by
way ofsatisfying his ambition. But, all is said to have
been ineffectual. The Admiralty is considered as'
his object. We by no means guarantee, in their
full extent, the accuracy of these rumour. ; but we
know that they are circulated and believed among
those persons, who, from their situation and rank,
as well as from their kiiiisterial connections, are
likely to obtain the best information.

We yesterday announced the arrival of an Officer
lflam,ralty. with dispatches from. Admiral
SMICNARD STA/1014N. announcing the complete
evacuation of Walcheren by the British troupe.—
The Officer alluded to is Capt. PAGF.T of the Navy,
his dispatches are dated from the Scheldt, ou
iirday lasts—The whole military force was with-
drawn from Flushing in the' morning of that day ;
and alto the line-of-battle ships, frigates, gun-boats
and transports, sailed on Sunday night. Sir It.
STK/EVAN, in the Flyia; Fish, superintended the
whole of the embarkation and proceedings, up to
the moment of their completion. From the un-
favourable state of the weather, they were attended
with much difficulty. About forty transports and
other vessel, were driven ou shore in the late gales ;
all of which were, however, got off, except two,
which were totally lest. A large portion of the
fleet. including the Hero, Abeakir, Blake, and
Audacious, of 74 guns each, with a great num-
her in trausports, arrived yesterday in the D.wns.
The wind having shifted to the north-east, we
fluty presume that the remainder of the fleet
has reached the coast before this time.
We are sorry to state, that His MAJESTVA ship
Ganiquede, Capt. CAVIC.Lat, in turning down to
Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, from Spithead,
on Monday, got on shore on Gurnet Ledge, about
two miles west of Cowes, and although every ex-
ertion has been made, by starting her water, put-
ting out her gun., &c. it is much feared she will
nut sae gut oit, as she is surrounded by rocks, and
the tides are making off.
K t an has been graciously pleased to appoint
Rear-Admiral SIC RICHARD GOODWIN KEATS,
Knight of the Must Honourable Order of the Bath,
to be His MaJegres Commissioner for the Civil
Affairs of Malta, in the. roan of Rear-Admiral Sir
ALEXANDER JOHN BALL. deceased.
Adopting the measure. of their fellow-men in
amid miler parts. of Ireland, the Roman
Catholics of the city of Limerick proposed to
meet, on Friday lest, at the Commercial Buildings,
to cousider of the expediency of presenting a pen-
-6011 to Parham:tit. in its next session, fur a re-
moval of those Mtslbifities under which the body at
large have so long and so meekly laboun d.
iprogreas of time amino to bring additional strength
[ Otets` cause, as several of their Protestant brethren
tirat odilueoce, rank, and distinction in the
kingdom, tiara recently and unequivocally acknow-
ledged the justice of 111.0 eleinia•
The Nlaster and ‘Varileini of the Siker: Com-
pany waited on the Loan M Awe. yesterday, to set
the itogiss and price of bread. His Lordship, awe'
eNtiniiiiieg the Mealiveighers' account. ordered
price to he commuted tite same N. List week. via.:
Qua, teru Loaf, Wheateu, la OA" said Household
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