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LONDON,,FEBRUARY 25, 1803.

LAST night we received our regular Sets ,of
Paris Journals to the 21st inst. inclusive.
At length the AI of Mediation of the FIRST
CONSUL, for the settlement of k.Government in
Switzerland, is giVen to the world, ',through the
medium of thareoh Official Journal the itioniteur.
This Ad occupies three Supplements -of that Pa-
per ; but as by much the greater part. of it relates
merely to the organization of the different Can.
tons, we do not 'consider this detail as sufficiently
interesting to an English. Reader to be given by
us at length; it will be sufficient to observe, that
the distinguishing features of the Oantonal Organi.
zations are 'a derelidion of that system of Unity,
Which, was once the faVourite theory of the FIRST

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Corium, and a near approximation to that. Plan
of Federalism upon which the Constitution of Swit_
zerland and the Union of the Swiss Cantons were
originally founded. , Material distinaions are
made Iletween _the. Constitutions of the different
Cantons,' in proportion' to the differences whiCh ex-
isted between their former systems of Govern_
ment ; in short, the whOle is a confession that
the System attempted to be imposed by France,
'upon the People of Switzerland, was complete.
ly erroneous, inasmuch as it stood in direct oppo.
sition to the wishes and confirmed habits of
large 'majority of the inhabitants of that Country.
.The Constitution, now proposed, is certainly better
calculated than the former system of Unity, to in-
sure the tranquillity, and meet the desires of the
People of Switzerland, but there still remains the
ohjeaion, strong and forcible as it must certainly be
considered, of its being imposed by a Foreign Power,
which has assumed to itself the office of Mediator,
and probably several minuter objections, the former
of which must, and'thelatter perhaps May, materially
operate upon the minds of the People of Switzerland,
to disgust theM with a system of Government which is
not the result of their own free and unbiassed choice.
That many are disgusted it'with is proved by the re-
heated emigrations from Switzerland to America.
The general disposition of what is called the Federal
mt, which concludes the Mt of Mediation, we have
,detailed at length in our preceding Columns, this be-
ing- the most material part of the Mediatory De-
cree, as it contains the essence of the proposed Fe.
dera tive System, the cement by which the whole is
to be united.. The point of, the pyramid, thus erect-
ed, is to be a Latidarnman. The FIRST CONSUL
himself does not, however, aspire to this of.,
fice, as some have supposed:he would ; he delegates
it to another ; the Avoyer or Burgomaster of the
Canton in which the Diet assembles, in turn is to
hold the situatiooof.LandamMan for the time being.
The General Diet is to exercise the more material,
attributes of Sovereignty, such as making Treaties,
appointing Ambassadors, &c. In order to prevent
the influence of passion, and secure the operation of
vni. ,
ttom and moderation, the FIRST CONSUL. appoints
the firit Landamman, and also all those who are
destined to carry the proposed Constitution, in the
first instance, into effect. It is not forgotten in
this AEI of Mediation, to acknoWledge the iv.de-
pendeige of Switzerland, and to assert that the dis.
positions of it are the best calculated to secure the
peace and the bappinfir of the people of that coun.
try ; how far the Swiss may ,be of the same
opinion, is a question which remains yet to be de.
termined.

A new misunderstanding is said to have arisen
between Fiance and Algiers.
The Ministers of the Mediating Powers have
transmitted to the Deputation of 'the Empire, a sup.
plementary Note, which contains, amongst others,
the proposition for conferring the EleCtoral Dignity
upon the 'GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY. The De.
putation is requested in this Note to form a new
Definitive Aet, which shall comprise all the ulterior
modifications
.of the original plan of Indemnities.
The-FIRST CONSUL iS said to have declared to the
different Courts, in a formal manner, that he will
not consent to the cities of Augsburg and Nurem.
burg being ceded to Bavari►i, but that they shall
remain free and Imperial' Cities.

The auxiliary French Troops in the pay of the
liatavian Republic are to be immediately reduced to
two DemiLbrigades, in consequence of a new ar-
rangement co eluded between the two, Powers.

These Dcmi_brigadcs will retrain another year in

Holland ; the ether French Corps, which Arc at pre..
sent Lithe Batavian Republic, will be marched into
Belgium.
The Austrian TrcSpts who were to have finally
evacuated Passau on the nth ult. are stated to have
received orders, on the 286, to remain there.

The. French Funds are still rising very considers.
bly. They arc at 60. 25.

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Yesterday, at' a 4 qoarter before twelve o'clock,
His MAJESTY arrived at Buckingham-House, in
his travelling chariot and four, frosa Windsor, es-
coned by a party of the Light-horse. Soon after
twelve o'clock His Royal-Highness the Mika of
YORK arrived, and bad a conference with HIS MA'
I iSTY for a considerable time. At one. o'clock
His MAJESTY went to St. James's Palace, to re-
ceive the Addresses of both Houses of -Parliaments
on his escape from the late Conspiracy. At a qual.
ter before two o'clock the
.Address of the House of
Lords arrived. It was attended by the Lord Chan-
cellor in his full robes, who came in State ; the
Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, and several Oft-
cers beion*ing to the House of Loral; the Aacti-
BISHOP of CANTERBURY, the Lord Chief Justice
Pf the Court of Common Pleas, and the following
Noblemen :

krx —Roxbuygh, Montrose, Athol, Bronti, and Portland.
il /are is-- cotnwal !is. •
~arh—Glandore, Warwick, .Winchilsm, Sandwich, 1-far-
, court, Chesterfield, Courtown, Spencer, Ron'
ney, Morton, Moira, Amherst, Mount-Edgcumbe,
Chathatni Northampton, Macelesneld, and coo
ventry.
Vhcount s —Falmouth, Hood, ‘Ventworth G-rimston, S)
ney, and Bulkeley,- •
Szlsea, Willoughby tie Broke, Petharn,
Keith, Napier, Cathcart; Gwvdir, %Vodehotoo, Chart-
- ton, Arden, Sheffield, Walsinghain, GnintlcY
St Helen' s • B,iyning, Grenville, Stu turd, and 11°bart'
Bishop:—Lath and Wells, London, Carlisle, Durham, DU
Latchficltl, and St. Asaph,
About three o'clock the Speaker arrived in state,
to present the Address of the flouse of Commons-
He was attended by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer,
thetl. Secretaries of State, the Secretary at
War,
Attorney-General, the Solicitor-Gene.
ral, and by

--Lorrir—Newborough, Glenbervie, PortcheSter, Ca stlereaght
Sirs—W. Word, I'. Metcalf, S. Smith, H. Inglis, J. rol*
tency, W. Pultency, L. Parsons, and \V W 'l4
Admiral—Lord Gardner. . ' ens, . (. ey.
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Generals—Sir E. Coote, Phipps,. Lennox, Tarleton, Mail"
land, and Norton.
Mer.sr?—W . Du.ndas, Tyrwhitt, M. Pitt, Lcycestcr, 1.005,
Jekyll, Cockerel, Egerton, W. Smith, Blackburn, la..
Thornton, Faulkner, Burrows, fordycc, Hunter, Yo'rke.
and S. smith.
lillarquims--131andfOrd, and Douglas.
Earl Earl—Euston. •
and ilawkestntry. . •
After the Lords had presented their Address,
the Recorder of London made 'his Report to tits
MAJESTY in Council of the Convias capitally eon-
vieted at the January Sessions, at the Old Adler'
We understand they were all respited during HI4
MAJESTY'S pleasore. The Privy Council then sat
on other .business,fos4. considerable time,
It being a Collar-day, all s'vlio have begin installed
Knights of the Bach wine their insignia of
ble Order. that nu-
.
Yesterday a few minutes before four o'clock 'till
MAJESTY set off from st. James's Palace for W;nd.
sor, to dinner. .
Hts MAJEsTy will hold a Levee next WeLines*.
, day. .
HER MAJESTY has been indisposed during the
Whole of her time since her arrival at Windsor,
Yesterday HER. MAI anit'S cold was much bettOr
During HER. MAJESTY'S indisposition, she has Lett4
attended by Sir LUCAS PEI*YS and Sir EttAttatt
MlLLsa.v.v. The Pit.zuoiss MARX'S cold Wa4
much better yesterday. •
Yesterday the Lotto MAgi°oit presided at a COW
of Common Council held at Guildhall, at which
were present thirteen Alder Men, the Sheriffs, . and
a great number of Cornrnonets, when, the Court,
agreed unanimously to- address Hts MApiSTY Oil
his late providential escape, and on the discovery Of
the treasonable conspiracy lately formed against the
Government of the, Country; which Acidress.bet-.
ing 'prepared by a Committee, who withdrew for
that purpose, the same was read, agreed to, and
ordered to be fairly transcribed, signed . by the
Town-Clerk, and to be presented to His MAI ESU
by the whole Court.
The Sheriffs were requested, attended by MGM
Remembrancer, to wait on His MAJESTY, to know
his Royal will and pleasure when the -Address'could
be presented by the Cow.
Yesterday the Marine Society held their' Annual
Festival at the London Tavern. In the forenoon
the boys cloathed and educated by that truly patri-
otic and benevolent Institution, paraded along the
Strand and Fleet-street, with a'driint and colours,
and so proceeded on -to the City.
, • This morning; the Third Battalion of the Fiat
1 .Regiment of Foot Guards left London for Windsor,
and are replaced by a Battalion of Invalids, wh°
are,. for the future, to do the Duty of the Tower.
Last week General BUILRARD addressed tile 3.(1
'Battalion, on the recent condud of some of thelr
comrades, but which conduet, he saidr had /7;11o0r1,
means tended to prejudice the Corps in the °Pin: f
of His Royal Highness. the. Commander in °C
of 11
who still retained chi highest sense of their loyalty
and good discipline.
.It appears from every concurring
the account which was first given by us respE3i?.g,
the Capture of the Invitaihle Standard, w*tue
true one ; viz. that it was first taken by the 42".,
Regiment, recovered by the French in consequence.
s
of Serjeant
-INCL AIR having been wounded, 2114
retaken some time after, by .LUTZ, of the Queer'''.
Gentian Regiment. testimony, that
The Officers of the 42d Regiment have aeted as
became men of Honour, conscious of their integrity
and of the noble services which they have rendered
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to their Country, by treating with contempt the
malignant slanders of a mercenary and despicable
Calumniator.
The goth Regiment, under the command of
Colonel Htt.L, are now on their march from Fort
George to Port Patrick, where they are to embark
for Ireland. . _

The neat Speech of Mr. MACKTNToSII Was 80
distinguished by genius, knowledge, and eloquence,
that it will be his own fault if he does not rise
cp ttie bights; distiOkion at the English Bar•

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.PLritlOUTirt FEB. 23.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 24.

Autirio the Woodland Castle; Capt. LLEWEL.
'l,ll/$ CTOI.II London, -bound to Smyrna, put in-to
refit, having carried away her foretop.mast this
morning in the Channel.

Arrived the
riendsh;pi Capt. BARpER, from
Rotterdam, boutici to Belfast: left Rotterdain the
middle of December last.

Arrived the Gannet Sloop of War, from a Cruize ;
and the Friends, Capr. LEGROS, from Guernsey.

ARgivet. this evening, His Majesty's Ship
Leopard, of 50 guns, from the East Indies ; Theseus,
PARK, Camilla, LAws, Sampson, BULLMAN, from
Sunderland, and Two Brother 4 BUNKER, from
London.
Sailed the Ant, SINGAR, for Havre-de-Grace.