The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-30 00:00:00

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Accostline to letters from the Hague, several Um-
'tier. have •cee.s;:ely arrived ra Oat city from Ita;
irii, heari watches re: t:ive to the present pc•stere
of atfairi. . funary ereparati.ms aid di.noeitions
fir'' f7Oirl:; to Le carried ea fsom ..-the rune:!‘ if the
Me • -e t., r!i:. Texel. In case Of a nrptint r•ith Eng•
).......f, tliete will be ar.:terr.hled on that point of the
Dutch cc.ttt, a large body of troops. strong hopes
are however entertained that there will be no neces-
sity of coming. to these extremities.
Letters from Luxemburgh state, that the different
corps now in garrison, of the .2.;th and 2rith military
'division, are immediately to parai to join the
I.::thillivision. They. 'troops will farm a uart of
which is to be formed* is O.? neighbour-
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%leis.
m the Hague mention, that two new
immediately to be construed at Ani.
city of Antwerp, to recall to the remem-
brance of posterity the er-sh of the opening of the
Scheldt, and the stay of tic First Consul within its
walls, is to constroa within its bosom a durable mo-
tinniest' to consecrate thi. double rentenihninee.
Artist., the most distinguished by their talents, are
already occupied in framing different plans, of
which, that which appears bat adapted to promote
the ohjects in view wail be adopted. A solid mo-
nument is to be formed at Cl.ent, to recall to the
recolleAion of its inhabitants the arrival of the First
Consul.
The Conncil of &ate having written officially to
the First Consul. President of the Italian Republic,
to express to hint their gratitude for the solemn
acknowledgment of the flag of the Republic, which
he hachobtained from the Barbary Powers, and their
sou, w for the mournful and premature death of
his LI-I:her-in-law, General Le Clerc, received the
following answer, dated the 21st of February :
.. Citizens, Members of the Consulta, I received
your letters of the third and nineteenth of January.
1 thank you for the obliging manner in which they
. arc written. Every thing perishes—the memory of
good aftions alone survives. 'Poe Minister Mares-
calchi sends you the AiFt of Mediation which I
have presented to the Swiss. The tranquillity and
order of that country is essential to the tranquillity
and order of the Italian Republic.
(Signed) " BONAPARTt."
The Elc.toral College of the Department of the
Seine opened its sitting on the 21st inst. under the
auspices of Citizen Lucien Bonaparte, and closed
it at three o'clock.

The fullawing is a list of the candidates whom it
has proposed :
Fur the Scuts.
Albert de Luinee,

Paaloret.
rOT the tegirlatiro Body.
Thieve Mondetour, Mayor.
HeHard, Juraconsult.
Case de la Bove, formerly Intendant of Etitanny.
treneral Ma.Aena.
For Su'ustitutre.

Peviore, Mayor.
lerquet, Superinteradant of the Ilospitali.
Parrier, Jorisconsult.
Mete de Sorry, Commissary of the Treaoity.
For Ike Goival Cowaril the Drportniott.
ret:t, Devaisne, Braueberon,
Gutsier Deschesiies, Balermanii, Amslot, liutramblay,
Montament, Trudon des thanes, Calubry, D'Airzre, Thruu-
art, Gauthier.

The President addressed the meeting as follows,
previous to its breaking up
4' CITIZENS,
" As I cast my eyes over the Elefloral list, I feel
deeply impressed with the honour of presiding over
this College, and I think it my duty to express that
feeling to you, as it is the result of the personal es-
teem and consideration to which you have every
claim.
" As we now approach the moment wlien our ses-
sion is to close, I feel more deeply affefted with the
honour that has been conferred upon me. Scarcely
three days have elapsed, and already, Citizens, arc
your labours terminated. During this short interval
your zeal, your patriotism, your edifying unanimity,
have afforded the fairest example to all the Colleges
of the Republic, and you have fulfilled the expec-
tations of Government by the seleftion of persons
No worthy of your choice. Respectable Merchants,
Lan7ers of celebriq,Proprictors of known pliilantlim-
ry and beneficence,grace the list of your elation ; and
although the number yna had to cliuse from was far
I rum Wing exhausted, you have, however, deemed it
roper and expedient to honour With your suffrages
same candidates taken from avniang those men whose
'lames our armies and our enemies have been taught
to admire on the field of battle, and who, on their re-
turn to their fire sides, have shown themselves peace-
ful citizens, happily uniting the civic palm with their
military laure s. You have thus complied with every
duty : You have been expeditious, just, impartial,
and you must feel conscious satisfaction in having
reached the term of your operations.
" Before we separate, before we quit this Hall,
which brings up into our minds so many recollec-
tions, let us cast a glance over the infinite circle of
different assemblies that have met together during
the last fifteen years; and let us indulge in the fond
idea that hencef...:Wiird our political assemblies can
exhibit nothing but a consolatory prosped. And in-
deed, Citizens, the principles of our new system of
eleition, which as they are vigorously conceiv-
ed, and uniformly operate, so they no longer rest
on chimerical notions, but en the very basis
itself of civil society, on property, which inspires
szntiments conservatory of public order, and the
security and prosperity of private property—at pre-
sent the tight of clarion has by a gentle and easy
gradation become the exclusive privilege of the most
enlightened class of the community, of the class the
flost interested in maintaining good order.
" A true spirit of fratey•rhust necessarily arise
among men who are entru ed during the whole of
their life with the same sacred fun:lions, ar.i ho-
noured with the confidence:of their fellow citizens.
Nor slionld it then be foVttcn, citizens, that in or-
der to attain the ohjed ex their great and beautiful
institution, ail the metnlArs of the Colleges should
leak Upon themselves as'rnore especially held up to
the favour of Goverfunint, who should always have
'her at band on the firit signal ; and even when we
are fn the imhiedial‘biercise of our fundiuns, we
should still, however, foster and keep alive those re-
lations of niuthal atreetinn and esteem, which corn-
ing feeble individuals into a powerful mass: That
spirit has already manifested itself in this meeting
way it diffuse itself through all the Colleges ; and
nay we be enabled, by forming, a junction of comer-
',Awry foree,:hold out to all good Frenchmen a new

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