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London, England, 1801-01-17 00:00:00

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Troops which arrived at Portsmouth' on.Weci-
nesday last, and likewise by the Packet, state the
arrival at Lfsbon'of Mr. Fa Eft E, th.e •nitw .British
_Oinister at' the Court of Portugal, Atylen That
Qentleman arrived, an Ambassador Extraordinary;
was hourly expeeted from ..Veldra, fOr wllom
Passports' had' SOInC time before been forwarded.:
it was generally supposed ;it Lisbon, that the late
Succes`ses of the Vreneh NV ill have considerable in_
fluence over 'the; Court 'of Portugal, at the 'par
cuLg instigation of that of Madrid. 'The re:
moval of all the Trobps in British pay in Portu;
gal, it was supposed, would bey one of the first
objet of the Embassy. •

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. We shall hear with great .sati'sfaaion of., any_
augmentation or promotion in the Carps of 'Ma',
rides, :That Corps. which' has upon allf-occasidnlV
rendered to it:. Country the, most distitiukhja.
services, does not experience the protection and
encouragement which it deserves.
The Danes will Make -but sorry Allies to
their. Northern Friends, if they display the ,same
.selfishness in the-suppoct. of the common cause,.
:which they, Manifested upon a -metnarable occasi-
on at home. When ;Copenhagen was. on. fitei'
about the year, 1.794., there could hardly be found
any. one to assist in extinguishing' tiw_ fire,- so
busy was every inhabitant to ittidei(VOUritl4.to
secure Itis Own. property, and so tiegiiien; Of ihe
public safety. 'i‘ A sluggish 'concentTatiOrr
themselves," says a -traveller.- -through Mew
Country "Is the distinguishingthardteristic Cif
the natives of Denmark
.The 'Sardinian Minister has lefeStoettholni, in
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consequence,.it s supposed, of the connexion
formed between gussia.and France. •
On the 26ih. ult. General- NlotuAtr. Airtc4
with the Archduke CH AR tts at Creims, where
Ctmtn.., 1., t. it 11 AC -S AUt, -attif:COLI.:OI4DO
were pr,'Nent. • . •
I\c‘ Order ii is been made, by_ the -Consulate;
which may give us sonieddea of .the'state of So-
ciety in France.. No stage=coach, Witt' tt leave
Darts after tho. lath instant wliboirt four, soldiers
and a Orporal On the'roof, with, at least twenty
rouods,Ofball, .antl. if tlicy oight,
two horse guards bOides. if, the '.coac'hc:tr ter
4ove.zoool. the number of horsemen. to-be four.
The postillion and coachman are to be armed with
cutlasses anti pistols,. and the soldiers are, to be
trim by a Military 'Commission„, if they' suffer
the carriage to be robbcz ky tiny nittser ban.
• asse‘i Avo,t 4hsir 20
round, and fought it put bathe lait.

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The aecusationt.of the French Government'
against the. English are not to he admired for
their consistency, however they may he for their.
ingenuity. We are in the same Paper accused of
scattering our gold over the earth, and subsidiz-
ing all Europe, and also of having rifled the
strong box ofevery Nation where we have tract.
ed. Those whoprefer this accusation, know that
it h not .difficult to impoverish a Country, but
they ntust know also that
it is very difficult to
enru-b it at the same time.

Ic was on the.7th of January, 48ot, that Ce.
raerb;, Arena, anti their associates, were brought
to trill for the attempt on BONAP.ottr, .and
W. is on the same day, that the trial of I)amitn4
for the attempt on Louts V. took place in
1757. I'he,coinCidenec was, like. 'many
.of the
frapromptus of the Chief Consul, dotibtless the
result of a premeditated plan, as it has. in,sOrrie
of
the journals been made the subjed ofa Cnlttpari.:
son between the two modes of processv The ge_
nen' amelioration which luis been produced in
'the admihkatration of justice in: cverSt`eoll64,
is con4dered'as the result of ibe;Revolutionr and
not of the general pr gross. of mankind.

While the Ou sE N of Lou s- the prittT 0,14.rx
was at Altona, she preserved.
,the stlifTeSi incog-
nita; She received all thc French there without
distiotion, and with9ut cereniony-i. she: gave as.
sistance to, those who stood iflQst to Want of it.—
.she went by was the Countes de
Lit; t, E. She lodged at an Inn upon The Elbe,
-kept by' the ci-devant Count de Mt t.oNt.:
A. Sockty at. Lubeck, established for beneyoleot
PkirOSCS, having in vain endeavoured fo introduce
count Rumiotto's Soups, which ftotnLtiie'ta-s.te-of'
tree People there, were. not relidled,havedireded
their to the cookery. 'of 'Palsd anti.Vcge.
t;.1,1e1,, w-hich they sell ill a prepared Stain, to the
root at I voy low price.

Tho :irate of the Poor in Brusseli at this rno-
meta i* lamentable. 'Workhouses are .not yet
built, and the Poor are permitted to' beg. with a
licence. ,•14,1orLs any relief aforded to, those-Who -
are unable, 'from dise4se; to take advantage' of
this licensed mrtolitity. Allspecour to them is
adjourned till the period ivhen the profits of the
labour of those, in the flouse shall.be sufficient to
afford ft to those,, out of the House.
The praaiee or giving New-Year's Gifts has
been traced 'back to Tix 144' 'the King of the
Sabines, the. Legal partner with Romutus, irrlhis
new Kindoen. That Sovereign Waving been
maer:es-fitl on the first day of the year after a pre
sent made him of some'braflehei cut from a,wood
dllicate.d to STRENNA, the' PodAeis of Strength,
FiftlAsht4 the praaice whichhas since continued
to t presents on that day. As a proof of
tfilS:filq 'French word Etre Witt is-quoted, derived
fibni 'Streitfrt.r, by which 'the' Romani de;
signattd thun. ' , • • •