The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-30 00:00:00

jAN'JtI.RY Z.

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. The FIRST CONSUL has reviewed the Advanced
Guard of the Italian Troops, who, n e going to St.
Omer's.. It is coMposed :of. half a• Brigade of Light
Ilfantry, a Svadron of Horse Artillery, a Ccai..anlr
of Mine'rs.,, atd a kekimen t` of flossarN. Afrer the
RevieW, the Officers formed a circle, and the-F,IRsT
CONSUL delivered theta their Standards. The Viast
CONSUL WAS peffedly satisfied With their appear..
mice.

JANVAItY 17.

E.413,01i Tio -
NOF THE OF THE RErt.lß7
I it:.

The Republic has been constrained to change its
attitude, but its circumstances, in the itupottant
considerations of strength and prospesity, remain
unaltered: Every thi►ig irk the interior is calm Us
when hopes of pertmment peace were entertained;

and since the jealousy of our 1-6etoies has re-illumed
The torch of War',. a union cf interests and senti-
ments clearly shews i;self among all Frenchmen,
and public spilit is displayed with energy.
In the, new Departments, visited by the First
Consul, he haS also heard the accents of true French

; their hatred against the enemiese
.of
bur prosperity was unequivocal, as, was their' at-
tachnient to his person, and their devotion, to the
destinies of their common Countiv.
Thtotighotit the Republic' the Ministers'of Reli_
pion exert theitirluence to consecrate these

tarieotp mOveMents of the public mind. The deitsts
of arrtis whicbdastardly and fugitive Rviy,i.-0 had
formed under ground, have been revealed on t!le-
fifst-appearance of danger, and their contents
deli-
verrd to the Magistrates, to arm the defenders of.
out Country: .
The British Government . doubtless attemPt
to theory upon our oasts, perhaps it has a.Rady
effecqed it, some of those monsters which it has
fostered during the Peac.,. in order to desolate the
Country which gave them birth. Put tlyse will
again e;tperience the fate of thwe. impious, h'ansla
which were its instruments on a former occasion
they neither. find, that credulity they
once abused, nor those which .formerlv.s;i-
ululated their exertion,, :Übe wisdom: of the I.t.ws,
the lenity of ttiefr adintutstrationhas since'
conciliated the hearts of All the inhabitat4s.
A miserable effort has lately been ,made in`La
Vendee— the -COnscri.ptions were. the pretext._ flue:
the Citizens, Priests, Soldiers, an rose as' one man,
in the common defence ; and those who formerly
were the movers of insurreaion came forward, and
offered their arrns.to the Public Authoritiec, tender-
ing themselveS and their families, as securities for
their fidelity and patriotism.
The War, however, has not interrupted 'what
should be the peculiar avocation of Peace, and Go.
vernment has adopted, with perseVerance, every
measure which tends to diffuse the- benefits of the
Constitution among all the Citizens, thereby ar-
tachini them more firmly to it, and rendering its
duration the object of all their interests and their
hopes.

Thus the Senate has been placed in that,etnipent
situation which befits such an institution, and, re-
ceived an endowment such as the Constitution had
determined, and environing it with a respedable
grandeur, •
The Legislative Body will be invested with that
degree of dignity which the, nature -of its funaions
requires. An annual President will regulate its
proceedings, and be the organ of its deliberations
and wishes, in its relations with the Government.
The Eleaoral Caeges are everywhere held with
due calmness and deliberation, and which guarantees
a proper choice of Representqives.
The Legion of Honour, consisting of those ele-
ments whielf ought to compose it, exhibits a supe-
rior degree of Organization; but its Members still
wait for the final apprortiation of rank and station.
The ambition of individuals has revealed numberless
traits -of honour, to chew their claims to admission
in,to an institution, wherein the treasures of the
Republic will recompense patriotism, service, and
virtue.

, the CouncitOf State, another Institution formed
by the Government,• the. heads of all the superior
branches :of the Administration, and Judges, will
frathe regulations and laws, and will minutely can.,
sider'-the principles, and maxims of Public Order.
Always attended by Magistrates and Witnesses ,
and frequently employed Cl'important missions,.they
will proceed in their functions with the aids of ac-
tual experience'and persOnal ob.ervation.
Lyceums, and Schools of a second order, are
every where forming, but not with a rapidity equal
to the expectations oldie Citizens. An uniform sys-
tem of instruction, of disciplil,e, and (d.regulations
in all theSe,h will-form generations, which in future
days will sustain, the glory of• France by their ta.
lents, and her institutions by their principles and
their virtues.
An Asylum at St. Cyr is open for the children of
those who die for their Couutry, whose education
will be of a •miliwy nature. A special Military
School; at Fontainbleau, contains Many hundreds
.who are grounded in every species of dicipline.
ArtillerrNßS Engineering are taught in common.
The School at Cornpeigne presents the appearance
of a vast manufaoory ; SOO young persons are in-

• With- respell to inland navigation, which has
hitherto languished for want of prOper-care and at..
tention, it will henceforth be placed under a sato.,
tar}; system of regulations.. Certain-taxes are ap-
propriated to its support, and the completion of the
neccssary'works, and the whole placed under-the.
superintenclance. and Controtil of the, Prefe6s-and
other, enlightened and intelligent persons. Ile
right •ol.fishing in navigable rivers has been vested
Where it always shoglti be, in the Public. • This is
confided to the Care of the Forest AdttriniStrators,
and other competent Officers. • - - •
".IThe preceding year has, been one of prosperity to
t'inancess. The direct Contributions' have been.
mo'r.fightly felt. 'Measures which facilitate the-
operation of the Land tax are 1..40,14; adopting in
the different Departments, and, .on the requisition
of the Prefetis and, the CounCils General, it is pro_
posed that each -Commune of the Republic shall have
a map of its re•SPthive, territory, ooritatn' ing; the
lands of the'different Proprietors particularly de-
scribed, in which the distrid Councils will_ find,'
on idueCoinParison of all,•the maps, the. elements
of an'equitable assessment,. proceeding-from the re_
speC.ll e • proportions. '
The Chamber of Liquidation proceeds with

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" By the dispersion..at.our,ShipS, and the security
of our Commerce,, our lossei:,..Might haveloeen im-
mense: . we foresaw., these- cireumstances, and we
would- have, supported them wil)Rut..discouragement,
.or weakness, but. happily ti*Jlave'been less than
we, apprehended : our Ships AfoW.4r,. have returned.
4o European ports,. one only §epted, which had
long been employed merely as ..As.ansport, has"fallen
into-the hands of the enemy.
Of two hundred millions, which the English.,-
cruize.rs might haVe ravished from our Commerce,
more than two-thirds have been pre-served. Our
Privateers liave , avenged theSe losses by important
Capt Ores; and they will complete their. revenge by.
others.more important.
Tobagoand Sr. Lucia were defenceless, and were,
obliged to surrender to 'the first force which
cd"; but our great Colonies•are yet pfeserved, anti
the- attack; made against them by.,the Enemy have
proved fruitless:-
Hanover:is in our ..00W.er.; 251000 of the best
troops of the enemy.-have -laid down:their arms and
become l'risoners of War. Our Cavalry has been
remounted.at the expende of ifat of the enemY and
a posiessiorrWkich was ;dear. to the KING 'of 'ENO.
- -is in ti•tir. handi4,- a pledge-76f that justice
which he will-be- compelled to render to us.
On the seasi. :British Despotism' adds to, its.
usurpations in the last'war it struck-terror
the neutral tia tidt'i-s,'lcy arrogating to ittelf an' initni,
Cal,a•nd revokingpretension of declaring- theirwhole
"coast- in* 44tate -of siegt : in the preseti t war, it has
just augmented its monstrous Code by the pretended
right of blockading river-iiiiiiVeiaifa.-
. tf the K INO-of IANDVAV;swOrn to continue
,
the war till he sball. ititfudea. France to sign.
such dishonotira6le tiTe.4l4 tcrinerty exposed its,
and, wei`lrness then the War will be loag,.
France cOnsenred in tili`fle'iity.of Amiens to Mod"e..
rate C.OnditionS';-,-.-slle, will..liever acknowledge any,
less fayourable; hay more, she will
,never acknow,
ledge iritheßriirsh Q.,Av.. eminent the.right of fulf iJing ,
theifengageMenls.Only as may suit...-the.prOgressive
calculations of their ambition, ,knot the:right'or
-quiring farther guiarawees :i4n those Which had
been faithfuliy pledged.' the: Treaty
-An-liens- has nat.been exteuted, how can e expeet,.H

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