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FRANCE.

PRIVATE LETTI-R, PARIS, NOVEMBER i.

The following obfervations, taken in a general
point of view, may not be found uninterefting:
" Uov. nment begins to be fenfible of the of
It as rccolting limn the tyllem which Focc E has
purfued during the time be was at the head of the,
Police department. The Jacobins were every
where united by rri.fans of a fecret correlpridence ;
they found proteetion from anus:ober of PrefeCts;.
they were Ihielded from the operation of meafttres
of vinlcnce by thole revolutionary tharafter, who
have been crowded into the employments of the
State. Hence that determined obilinacv to dif-
cover eve] v where the machinations cf the Roy.
alias, and to impute to them every fort of plot
and confpiracy. In the attainment of this objea,
M. Fouca E was wonderfully feconded by the very
head of the State himiClf, who, as long as he was
in the lunation of a private individual, has adop-
ted by inqinCl and bv'elniraCter the 'aloft eitrava•
gant principles, and who, notwithaanding the
thuggle in which he has engaged againfl them,
(Lill, however, but reluClantly oppoies that party
wh.de endeavours aim at making thefe principles
triumph. Such is the perplexing pofition of 80.
N RT E, that he feels himfelf obliged to Rep on
tr.yiaid Royalty through the fuppoit of thofe men
v::o have uniformly fworn to refill its re-eftablifh-
ti;ent, and that while he dare not venture wholly
to confide in the apnflacy of a few Royalills, he
is compelled to lork for partizans ofhis itfurpation
among thole who have either advifed or perpe-
trated the moll flagrant crimes for the fake of
eflablifhing a Republic. Such confederations can
alone furnifh a clue to explain the oppolition that
has invariably manifeaed itfelf between the prin
ciplcs of reparation held out by the Confular •
Government, and the charaetcr of the men whom
that Government has conflantly employed to give.
cfreft to its mcfl important meafures. Thus, when
the co-operation of Loyalifts was had recourfe to,.
only after they had given pledges of their fidelity
and even of their bafenefs, the only promife re-
quited of the Jacobins as the price of the favours
favithed upon them was, that they fhould not an-
noy the fortunate definer, who for fo long had
been looked up to as the fondeft hope of their
'party. Whatever attempts may have betrayed,
their rage and their rekntment have been punithed
with the moll tender forbearance. By enfeebling
their aggregate power it was imagined that the
number of the auxiliaries of the power who
created the Republic might be diminifhed. On
the contrary, as often as the Royalift party be.
trayed their exiftence by the expreffion of any
indifcreet withes, and by tome difertnneded and
uncombined movements,they were indifcriminately
arrefled, brought to trial without evidence againft
them. and fentenced without pity.
11 It is not luppofed that 800 RI rum E'S difgrace
will be of any icing duration. It is even probable
that, like the difgrace which he heretofore in-
curted, it will only acquire him a new degree of
favour ; for it was on that occaficn he was made
a Counfellor of State.

" M. BOUit I NNEL began to be weary of the (late
of fervitude to which he wai obliged to bend in
his employment under the FIRST CoNstit. He
took occafion to, requeft that an under Secretary
might be appointed, who thould bear a part of the
labour which neighed upon him. liven four
eyes (olderved the Conful) are tour many for the
important interells which we have to attend to.'

Other anecdotes are reported to prove the
inJignaut tpirit of the Secretary, and the exigent
tyranny of his mailer. BOURISI+NR having once
4N:cation to celebrate the birth of a child, for which
celebration he invited a numerous company, ad.
ct red it a; a [colon for deferrin;:ra piece of bull-
ock whc!) was rather of a preliing nature, but
the Conful, without any previous ~bfervation,
rung for a fervour, whom he ordered to bring up
dinner for M. BuußlErrN11, as he fhculd not leave
the room before midnight. The Secretary however
role up.in a pet, and retired, exclaiming againli
loch tyrannical prataices.
" He ft:on, however, became fenfible of his im-
prnelc-nt prec:pitancy, and requefied NRTALIS to
intercede for his re-admillion, which Was not
much refilled by BONA? &ITC, as he was no lets
anti-.us to avoid corning to an irreconcileable
rupture with a perfon to whom he has entrufted
fecrets of fuch ponderous moment. When after
their reconciliation BOURIENNE tirit appeared in
the Confular prefcnce, " Are you aware," Paid
BONAPARTE, PCATALIS has fpoken to me much
to your prejudice ; and upon BOURI EN/. E'S offal-
ing fornewhat cnharrafTcd, he added, " So much
%vas I Bruck Foucas's obfervations, that on
the next vacancy I will appoint ycn.a Councillor
of State."

.‘ It was the bankruptcy of Coulon and Co.
that involved BOURIENNE in difgrace ; and fo
anlious wits he to prevent it, that -he pawned his
wife', dim:lords to tai money, but he could not
fuected in obviating the notoriety and noife which
it occationci ; ai,d it was that notoriety which
difpleafed Conful, and not BouatENNE's at-
tempt to make money ; for BONAPARTE reminds
thole about Court of the precarioulnefs of their
iituation,ard advifes them to provide for the future.
'4 The affairs of Switzerland arc ilia in a Rate
of et:With:table uncertainty. It appears that the
French wrc hefitating whether they Ihould pafs the
Rubicon ; and Aeovs RITONG is withdrawing his
troops into the moil tenable parts of the country,
ccit.l:nly not with an intention to furrender at .dif
crction.

The accufation again!' Mr. TURNER, for two
months paQ fo unwart antably detained in the Con.
ciergerie, pi rived to be malicious and ur.fiainded,
he It.t, At length been releafed from that prifon. But
in order to jutiify the injunice conwnitted against
Mr. TURNCR.and to five his denunciators and the
Pclice from the double recrimination of malignity
and folly, a procyi is now carrying on againft his
vioury ; which. as the arguments in favour of non-
ieflitction are of a very perfuafive kind, will pro.
1)04 be con -...:maed—not to le rehanti le Ps triter
ewner ; and, in 0;4 cafe, will add one Eciorc to
tLe on7uf,/J of the ItcpoWit

FROM THE PARIS JOURNALS.

PARIS, 12 lOU/MA:RE, NOV. 3.

On the 27th of laft month the Confuls iffued a
decree, that Iheet copper, copper bolts, nails, Etc.
shall pay on exportation no more than the diity of
the balance of commerce ; and articles of the fame
clafs manufaaured in foreign parts, (hall be ad-
mitted into France on paying 37 f. go c. the (win.
tal. Copper boilers of foreign manufaaure may
be placed in tzar :pot, and exported to the Colonies
du:y i;ce.
The great fair of this city, lays 2 letter from
Bruifels, is more brilliant this year than for many
years pail. It abounds in produ6tions ofnational
induar), and in articles cf every kind made in
imitation of Englith manufaaures. This mutt bel
afcribed to the encouragement held out to French
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manufaanres, by the prohibition of thofe of
England.
The Journal de Lyon: Rates, that on the I 9th ult.
about halt pat} eight in the evening, the mail
coach from Lyons to Paris was robbed between
Arras and Reheims,by from 12 to 15 perfons,dref-
fed like labourers or mafons.

The negroes, fent home at different times by
Generals LFCL ERC and RICH E PANSE, and landed
at Bra, amount at prefent to soco.
A letter flora Evreux (bites as follows:—"The
FIRST CONSUL put a number of queftions to the
FunClionaries, which were remarkable not only
for their importance, but alio for their fagacity
and precifion. One of them having afked whether
he intended to vifit Navarre, formerly the refidence
of the Duke dc Boutat.oa, he replied, " Navarre
prefents no objet of public utility ; I with to fee
manufaelorics. ' Among the great number of mi.,
litary men prefented to him, -he particularly no-
ticed the Commandant at Evreux, a veteran with
grey hairs, and 75 years old. " How long, (faid
he), has this brave felow ferved ?" " Fifty-five
years, General." " Fifty.five years! (rejoined'
BiN APA ItTE, turning round to General LAROC Li a)
what is his pay ?" " Sixteen hundred francs."—
" Is it punClually paid?" " Yes, General.”—
" Are there no arrears due to him ?" " None."
" Is there nothing for the year four or the year
five ?" " Nothing, General." " All is well,
then," faid he, fmiling in an interetling manner
upon the brave fellow who was the objea of his
queftions. Five per Cents. 54. fr.
ROUEN, Nov. 3.—Yefterday, at eight in the
morning, the FIRST CONSUL continued his tour,
to infpeCt the rell of the territories of this place.
At noon, accompanied by the Minifter of the
Interior, the Prefeet, the fiat LfpeClor General
of the Gendarmerie, the General of Divition, the
Mayor of the town, and the Generals of his Guard,
he went to vilit the principal manufaCtories in the
Faubourg Saint Sever. The N.:1,1141er of the In-
terior prefented to him the &ft workman who wove
velvet in France. Thic man has ben more than
fifty years in the fervice of the mantifittlories of
Rouen. The FIRST CONSUL granted him a pen-
(ion. Machinery for weaving cloth, and which
puts in motion a dozen of looms together, was
then examined by the FIRST CONSUL, with the
greateft intereft. He granted an extraordinary
gratification, by way of encouragement, to the
young manufaCturer who was the inventor of this
machinery.

He next vi iced an eflablifhment for (pinning cot-
ton,and feveral manufactories of printed cottons.
This day, at (even in the morning, the FIRST
CONSUL fet out for Elhettf, where he arrived at
ten. He breakfaflcd with the Mayor. A com•
pany of tiity Volunteers on horfeback, and all the
Citizens of the town of Elbeuf went to meet him,
and to form his guard. An immenfe number of
people flocked to ke him, from all quarters, as he
paired. The FIRST Corisut. infpeEted, with great
minutenefs, Cite pi incipal manufaCtory and a ma-
gazine, where all the Drapers of Elbeuf had ex-
hibited their patterns. The manufaCtories of El
beuf ale in the molt thriving Rate. The number
of the workmen they employ exceeds, by one
fourth, what they employed ia 1788. The bufi-
nefs they do has increaled in the fame proportion.
The FIRST CONSUL gave prefents to the work-
men of the manufaCtories which he vifited. He
returned amid( the acclamations of enthufialm
and teftimanies of affeetion which every where
burg forth as he paffed. He ordered the Miniaer
of tl.c interior to begin and cattle to be completed,
the prefent year, the road from Elbeuf to komilly,
when_ are the fulling magazines ,4* the manufac-
tories. In the courfe of the day the FIRST CONSUL
entered the different barracks and converted with
the foldiers.

BASLE, OCT. 2G.—As foon as th• provifional
Goveruments of Uri, Glarus, Underwalden, &c.
were informed ofrhe fummons addreffed by General
RAPP to A LOYS IZEDisn, for the immediate Mo.
lotion of the via of Schwitz, they gave orders
to their contingents to return to their refpedive
Cantons.

The Commander of the counter-revolutionary
troops, BACHMANN, repaired to Lucerne, whence,
after a flay of a few days, he proceeded to Sell witz.
Thither alfo repaired the well known Avcvsrus
DANICAN, who was formerly in the employment
of the avoyer STFIGGEP,, of Berne, and perform-
ed a very dillinguifhed part in the corps of Swifs
emigrants.
It may be proper tq remark, that the leaders
of the mfurgents, the , majority of whom have
borne arms againll France, and, during the laft
war, mAntained the clofetl connexions with the
Courts of London and Vienna, keep up a frequent
exchange of difpatchcs with thole capitals, and
carry on a direEt and uninterrupted communica-
tion with foreign agents.
As tranquillity has not been rebored in the Can-
ton of Zurich, the 27th French demi-brigade, and
a regiment of horfe zhatfeurs, have been detached
to that quarter.
OCT. 27.—A part of the French troops, affem-
bled on our frontieri, is returning to the fortrefs
of Alface, in the interi4 of France. The 14th
light demi brigide, which has long been in gar-
Mon, is on its march for Marfeilles, where it will
be informed of its ulteriqr dellination. A parr of
the 04th, cantoned at lirf, nne, has received orders
to mum to St:taboret. The troops who arc on