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-‘441) FRENCH PAp!AS.

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PARIS, DECEMBER 23.
rbssitaepitslative Body being assembled, to Ott
'timber of members prescribed by Att. po of the
Act of the Constitution of the 22d of Primaire of the
year 8 (13 Dec. 1799), proceeded to the nomination
of the five Members, who? according to the cleat. Of
his Maieity; are to compose, together with hisExcel-
lencrifie'President, the Extraordinary Commission
prescribed by the Imperial Def Fee of the 20th gf tb-
month'. . •
The names of the persons cheisen were dedarPl tbir
tlfe President.: They are az follows :—The
tier Rlnot4rd,Laine, Canals, Flingergues, and tt..:
Chev4ltey Lemaine de Biron,
The Legislative Body resolved, that his Excel-
lency the President shout.'. transmit the present act
of nomination to his Majesty the Emperor and King
by a mess: e.—Adjourned —( Armin:at, Dec. e 4.)

LEGISLATIWkIiQL)Y.
SITTING OF THE 23D or DELE44/214 WNDER THE J12114,-
DENCY OF TUE DUNE DE &MESA! , .
Count Henry de guntesquion and. the Cbrialier
Bouchet, Felt, Fauleon, and Boilli bardizzoni, hav-
ing obtained . the majeritr of votes, were declared
Vice-Presidents of the Legiftageit Body.
The President received and "communicated a letter
from his -Majesty the Emperor and King, conceived
in these terms ;
" M. puke de Massa, President of the Legislative
Body--We address the present sealed letter to you,
to inform you that oar iptation is, that you should
repair to-morrow, the 24th` jnst. at one o'clock, to the
residence of our Cousin tho. PrinciAtsh Chans.fllor
of the Empire, with the Commission nomiva'ed yes-
terday by the j.,egislatiee. Body. ieszecusiots-si our
Decree of the 20th inst'. which is composed of the
Sicurs Raynouard Layne, Gallois, Flarigergues, and
Biron, and tbat for the purpose of-taking citgniaanee
of the pieces relative to the negotiation, as else Odic
declaration of the coalesced posiers, which will be
conmunicetesl by Count Revised, Wilmer of State,
ant! Count Hauterive .attacbvl.to die Office of fo.
feign Affairs, who will he the heiiirer of the 410 pieces
and declaration. .

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Our intention is also that our said Cousin shall be
President of the Commission,... •
slThe present having no other obji:t, I pray
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to.have you in his holy keeping (Signed) ''ir:
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46, N'AeOLION;S
Dece.mber 43.!'
In consequence of the intentions expressed by his
Maje Sty, the Members composing. the*. Conimissioq
are invited to-morrow at eleveito'cjock, at the Palace
of the Legislative Body, in the
shall of the Throne,
to repair at the hour appointed, with his Excellency
the Duke *de Massa, to.his Highness the Prince Arch
Chancellor of thenipire, a fisss, scrutiny was after-
wards taken fur the, choice"Of fOny definitive Secre-
taries. The collecting of t'he votes not having given,.
an absolute majority; of tfieelecticn
Was•defeited. to the Hsu of tomorrow:`;; •
turrts*. Oar 41111 SOM. -
The Chevalier Ribaud Rstdi spelch in hc•
noun of the deceased Genera .Of Divisicia, Pelle-
magne, after which the scrutiny for the nomination
'Of the four Secretaries was. continued, when M. M.
Barbier Delandrevie, the Cheialier de &is Savary,
Laborde, and Faure, were chosen, after which the
Sitegii4 +4,adjourned till Monday.
t _RAfttS, DECEMBER
: -4tO„,diy,rat ten A. M. his Majesty reviewed, in the
Court of the Thuilleries, a regiment of infantry of
his guard; after the review, he walked for a .conside-
rable time discoursing with a General Officer,

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The audience of his Excellency the Minister a'
War, which was to have takenplacF to-day, has bee::
Alge,cfed to Saturday, the Bth January, 180. '
1:311-.., COLOGNE, DECEMBER 18.
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• .The. Puke of 'farente is still at Creveld.
..- Tfli fortress of Maestricht has beea placedin a re-
. ctible state.
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, -COLOONE; (BOER,) DECEMBER 19..
We'have just learned that a cleachinent4 Pruf.•
sian'troops; which had passed.the yr* isiol, Nirae-
guen, has beenAriven back into taiTliti lir graacer
part was obliged to xtrrender aklUrMik 1 .

LUCERNE,, jp.
According to accounts fora jtsily,zht PrinceVicep
roy not only maintains himself 44;0160am:A which
he had judged proper to make, the army along the
Adige, but has even gained succisses .atoilifferePt
points. The Austrian General,' Foelseis, .who corn•
mands the extremity of the telt WiNg of the ii*Strian
army, has experienced a defeat between4tegagno
and Kivilacqua. General Soinipariva, who pccupieci
the Montebaldo, upon the Trente road, has bee:.
driven towards- Roveredo. The banks .of the 4stiiE.
are covered with troops and entrenchments. Geuerai
Hillier has discovered that he. could not atteinpvany
important attack without exposing himself to a battle,
which he has not chosen to.hazard ; and in cow,-
quence has thought proper to remain upon the defen-
sive. General Marshall had passed the Adige ne.,:*
Boara, and for a moment occupied Rovigo, Adric,
and Lorio ; but he has been attacked by an italun
division, which obliged him to precipitatelf repay",
the Adige. The Austrian regiment of Benjowsk,
suffered much in this affair. Some days after Gene.
ral Stahremberg marched to the environs of Rovigo
ttio?erate hi, junction with Qeneral Nugent, wt