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• Yesterday lee‘seeeived the Paris Tapers vp to the
'lst. inst. Szaarrrxst has returned to Paris, and
matte a report of his tour to the FtftET Cossut.--
TMs document occupies -ten columns of a Sup-
plement to the Moniirur, and, as it is an ar-
ticle that cannot fail to excite much interest in
this country, we regret that our limits confine
Qs to merely an abridgment of its contests.—
Sea AST TANI. first visited Tripoli, from whence he
went to Egypt and Syria, arid returned to Fran:e
by the Republic of the Seven Islands.—Through
this tour, in which he has skirted all the principal

tountries ef the Levant, k is, impossible for an Eng-

lisp eye to follow him without j+calousy and dissatis-
faftion.—The onensihle purpose of his mission to

Egypt, was the establishment of commercial re.

lotions; but nobody in this country • ever sup-
posed that it hail not an ulterior object. The
report states, that he carried out n crder from

the Minister for Foreign ATairs to demand the im-
niediatt: evacuation of Alexandria by the English

troops, conformably with the trcraty of Amiens, to

which demand General Srutote answered, that he
had no order; from his Court to that etTetft, 'and that
he believed he should even pass the Wintcr there.
This communierztion took plttcc on the IGth of Oc-
tober. Having fulfilled this object of his mission,

the report goes on to state, thzt he proceeded to visit,
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in succession, the P.tcha of Alexandria and the
Pacha of Cairo, to whom he communicated the
FIRST COVFI.I.'S intention of establishing commer-

cial Agents in their respective Governments ; an
offer which was received, on their part, with the

expressions
.of gratitude and joy. His
next visit was to DJSZZAR PACHA at. Acre, who

also gladly acceded to his commercial propo-
sition ; and from thence he went to Zante, where

his arrival produced such ati enthusiasm of joy,

he hesitates not to assure the Fir:sr CoNsut.

that the lonian Islands are ready at a moment's
notice to declare themselves French. While, how-
ever, commerce is every where the first word in
Citizen Sze/ariaNi's month, even a cursory
perusal of the report would be sufficient to slim -that
there is another &jai much nearer to hisiteart. The
word " Liberty" appears to be worn out in French
recommeudatious, and to be succeeded by " Corn-

merce,"•birt the meaning is still the same. While,
therefore, Cki,en SEHASTIANI traverses Egypt,

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Syria, and the Islands of the Levant, with proffers

of commerce, he takes especial care to avoid any
enquiry into the state of trade and manufactures.
and examines the country with 4, a soldier's eye."—

The strength and situation of the various•forts, even

the most inconsiderable, arc examined with the most
minute precision. The di positi, n of the inhabi-
tants in general towards the French, is every where
sounded, and the character, principles, and talents
of every man of influence in the country, are every
where cautiously inquired and accrrrately ascer-
tained. Fortunately for his hopes, he every where
finds the strongest attachment to the FIRST CONSUL.
His visit to Egypt is remembered with gratitude.
The astrologers are constantly employed in consulting
his destinies, and a sight of his portrait every where
excites an enthusiasm of joy. On the other hand, the
Natives are jealous of the English, and urgent for
their departure, while the latter envy the friendship
evinced for France, and even General STUART he.s
recourse to intrigue, in order to damp the brilliancy I
of S: E AST I A NI'S reception and to expose him to insult.
In this flourishing statement we meet, however, one
admission which must be considered very unfavour-
able to France. He tells the Paella. of Cairo, that
the FIRST CO. NSCL has charged him to offer his me-
diation between him and the Beys, but this office
is refused upon the ground that the Porte had given
ordeis that no accommodation would be acceded to,
1 —a pretty plain proof that the Porte, aware of the
object of Sri:as-I.IA N l's visit, had taken care to shut.
the door against all French -interference.—But the
most remarkable part of this Report is the nine
that it holds, and the interest, which it affeds
for the Peolae of Egypt. SEBASTIAN! is not in-
struded to address them as the sajeas of art iatle-
pendent Power—lt is au afiWtionate Father enquir-
ing into the state of a. darling family, lung lost to his
embrace. .He sends his love, he prefers his prayers,
he promises his prottllion. Nothing is too trivial for
enquiry. The interest which he feels-gives
impor-
tance to every thing that concerns them.

General LASNES, whdlately returned under such
extraordinary circumstances from Lisbon, and was
supposed to have inctured the FIRST CoNsues dis-
pleasure, ' has taken leave, oni, his appoinuneut to re-
sume' hie Embassy at that Capital. This event is
auaouneed, bb the OfScial Journal, in terns that
amount to a panegyric upon his. forma conduct.—
The FIRST CONSUL recommends to him, to do jus-
tice, and to protect the French trade at I.:sbon, ca he
had began to du in the 4rst year icf his mission. We
must therefore presume that the charge of enema-

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agistatilScit traffic twthe Injury a( the Portnvese
feientse, :the cause which report assigned for his re.
crl, has proved to be without foundation.
The Monirrrr also contains a long,. false, and ex-
aggerated accomst of the late riot at Gibraltar, in
which it is stated, there was an engagement of an
hour and a (limner, in which 80 men were killed
and 200 wounded.

It appears, by letters from Naples, thaskaiwale...
gency of Algiers had declared war against Denmark,
and ordered the Danish Consul to leave Algiers in-
three days. The French Charge d'Affaiies
terfered, and represented to the DEY that such.
conduct would be highly displeasing to the Farr
CONSUL. This remonstrance give Preat offence to
the My, who at first threatened to send the French

Agent away .in company with the Danish Consul;-
but the busine,i appears now to heir a train of ac—

commodation.
The French Of Style has been changed
within the hot few days ; the Alps of Government
used to commence thus--" The Commis of the Re-
publc decree," &c.—lt is now, ,! The Coveril.
ment of the Republic decree," &c. •

'filelic Council of War, that machine

• vented by Field Marshal I.Asoy, and composed of
siu:h heteroueneous parts, appears by Letters front
'Vienna, to be at length broken to pieces. The.
: Austrian Monarchy is indebted for this great woe:
to the firtnnessandwisdom of the Archduke Cita tks,
who had such fatal experience of its want of energy, .
promptitude end capacity. in the late.war:
• A letter from Venice of the l'2.th of January st
that at that date, the Engii'h had no of
ating Malta, or could any. idea b.-. formed of the
period when that event would take place. 1
The Flllld4 have risen to 37. 25. •

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the•
Fast India House, which adjourned at six o'clock,
till Wednesday.
The journal de Paris of the.Sist January, men-
tions the departure of Mr. BENJAFIEL n, Private Se-
cietaly. to Lord WmiTworrn, for-England, and
says, that be is.orclered by Dr. MACLAUkI N, .
sician to the English EMDA.SSY, to make use of the
Bath waters for two or three months. His Excel- -

lency, who has entertained a particular friendship
and esteem for his respectable countryman for a -
number years, consented to his 'departure only, in
hopes of seeing him soon sufficiently recovered to
resiarne a situation, of which his momentary absent& •
deprives him neither of the title nor the emolu-
ments.
Accounts from Vienna, of the 20th January, state,
that the new military organization projected by the
Archduke CEIA.I.ES, has been published there and
in the other great cities of the Austrian Monarchy.
and notified to all the various corps that compose
the Imperial army, and that it has been generally
approved by the public opinion.
Bavaria being obliged to cede to the Grand Duke
of Tuscany the distria of Eiehstett, will be freed
from all the annuities with which she should be

charged according to the original plan of indemnity.
Such a compensation, however, being insufficient for
the loss which she sustains by this cession, she has
made pressing sal:citations at Paris to obtain the
towns of Nuremberg and Augsburg, as part of the• •
indemnities assignt:d to her; but it is understood,
that her instances, on this head, though supported
by the King of Prussia, and by Austria herself, have
not been able to make any change in the determin-
ation of the First Consul, relative to the principle,:
adopted in the ?lan of indemnity, touching the im-

perial towns.
The part •of the Bishopric of Eichstett, destined
for the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, contains abut

50,000 Lthahltants,and affords a revenue of above

:;00,000 florin% This territory being entirely sepa-
rate from all the others granted to this Prince, it is
supposed that Austria means to avail herself of it
only, as the me:tns.of obtaining ultimately, by the
way of exchange, what she has failed of obtaining
directly is the course of the late negotiations.
A. letter from Vienna, dated 13th January, con-

tains the following paragraph :—" It appears cer-
" min that the English have no thoughts of eva-
" crating Egypt. The Brother:, BETHMAN, of
ig Frankfort. have just sent. considerable sums to
" Mr. A RTII.VOt PAGET, the English Minister here.
" who has furthered. them to Constantinople, to be
" employed in paying the English army in Egypt."
A Consular Decree of the DWI January appoints

as Foreign Asscciates, of the First Class of tliilnsti-
tute, or Gass of Physical . and. Mathematical Sci-
ences,— .

Nt,s4s. Rinks, Rfasketyne, CAvenclish, and Herschel, at
I.naJon, Pritstley in. Apncnca, lianas in Russia, and Conut
Rumford at Munich. The narnrs.of Jefferson iu Americ.,„
Vi:: aad Rt. licll as.,, Loa L.n.:Ziebur iu U..innark, lleyne at
Goteargen, Witleford at Calcota, Clopsiock• at Ilamhurgh.
and Wieland at Saxe-Weimar appear as foreign associates ur
the Third thaqt-the Class of I listory and Ancient Lite.ra-
tor..
A letter, from Gibraltar, translated from the Parts
papers, 'gives an account of theinutiny, which the .
accounts we have previously obtained prove to be
incorrect. From that account, however, it clearly
appe..4rt that his Royal Highness the Governor con-
ducted himself throughout the whole business wit:
the utmost coolness, de-termination, and courage.

Au article under the head of Batisbon, in the
French papers, gives in detail the votes of the dif-
ferent Ministers on the subject of the indemnities.
We have been for a considerable time in possession
of• aIL the information which this article communi-
cates, and that is, that the general plan of the in-
demnities which has at last been fixed on, meets with

the approbation of the panics principally interested.
Some arrangements are still to be made respecting
' the mode in which the votes of the Catholic and
Protestant Princes is to be-settled. • An augmenta
tion of the Catholic votes will be .admitted hut.
there is betwixt the Imperial, Prussian, and Saxon
Ministers a difference as to the principle on which
this is to be estahlish.ed. The Imperial Minister
wishes it, to be considered as an arrangement .ori
ginating fro:n religious considerations, while the
others contend that it is framed' solely on principle
of civil policy.


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