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London, England, 1814-01-29 00:00:00

FRENCH PAP.EAL

PARIS, JANUA.Rt SO.
It is not without pain that we inform our readers,
that the inhabitants of Macon have Suffered their
town'to be entered by a small number of horsemen
of the enemy, whom it would have been easy for
them to have repulsed. What was the result of this
act of inexcusable weakness ? it was,•that the city
of Macon was loaded' with requisitions and contri-
butions of every kind ; for in war, courage alone is
respected, and cowardice despised. • Such is the fate
of the inhabitants Of towns who suffer themselves to
be lulled• to sleep by deceitful promises : they must
expeit -the contempt of..their fellow-citizens and the:
' i uin of their property.
The conduct of the inhabitants of Chalons, and
those dt Langres, is worthy of the highest praises,
and -ought to servo as an example to all the towns
menaced by the enenjy. His principal force is in
cavalry. With that arm incursions are easily made,
but not conquests. Detachments present themselves
at great distances, but they are not suppnrted by
corps of infantry, which.march more slowly; and an
effectual resistance may be made to these isolated de-
tachments. The people of Chalons have made the
experiment, as have the brave Langrese, and shewa
themselves worthy of the French name.
The tactics of. the enemy are now so well known,
that it would be inexcusable to be their dupe. A
party of cavalry arrives at the gates of a town,
and announces a corps cParmee. They expot, by
this false assertion, to intimidate the- constituted
authorities and the inhabitant;, and levy, without
fear, contributions and requisitions of every kind.—
It was thus that the town of Dole suffered itself to'
be surprised by a party not very numerous—the men
'cowardly enough to advise inaction were the first
victims :.,their houses were pillaged and laid waste.
It is very disgraceful to Frenchmen, who have to
Maintain their reputation in the eyes of Europe, to
suffer themselves to be terrified by troops of marau.
de;s. 'We will collect with care the acts, of courage
and patriotism swhich shall distinguish towns where
the enemy shalt present hiinself. • The inhabitants
of these towns may one day,shew to their children
these titles to glory, and they shall applaud thew.
series for having consulted their true interests in serv-
ing the common cause. Every thing is saved by
courage—every thing lost,by cowardice.
We learn that the Prince Viceroy preserves his `a¢
-vintageous position on the Adige. The passages.;
the Great St. Betnard are guarded by French troops,
stationed in the environs, and read? to proceed thither
in case of need.
THE BANK OF FRANCE.—(See the last page.)
SITTINGS OF JANUARY 19.
The Directors and Censors being assembled in a
General Committee, presided by the Governor ;
present, Messieurs Wier, Thibon, Davillier, De-
lessen, Flouinguer, Cordier, Moreau, Flory, Rodier,
Roux, Guiton, Allivier, Lattte, Ducas, Martin de
Puech, Robillard, Martin, son of Andre, the sittings
were opened.
The General Committee of the Bank of France
invited 100 of the principal bankers, merchants, and
traders of Paris, to assemble at the Bank this day, at
eight o'clock in the evening.
[Here follow the names of all those who attend-

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The meeting being formed, the resolution was
read, which'was taken by the General Committee of
the Bank in the ex4raordinary meeting of yesterday,
relative to the payment of 'bank notes,- and to the
itneasures to be taken, to continue the discounting,
and to anist commerce.
The resolution of the Committee was read twice.
Several members spoke on the situation of trade;

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on the state of the Bank, on the neceuity which all
good citizens ought to feel of seconding its efforts so
support credit, and the facility of business.
was found that the measure resolved on by the
.general'Committee of the Bank to pay 500,000 franks
per diem, till the receipt of the poraeuille shall al-
,low this sum to be increased, is the only one which
-is suitable to the state of the Bank and-the iuterests
of trade I that it is dictated by necessity and by the
interest~—that the Bank having in cash, and
is hilts at short dates, MIMS superibr to the amount
of the notes in circulation, and to the accounts cur-
rent, independently of the superabundant guarantee
of the primitive capital', famished by the proprietors,
under the name Communditsi and of the reserved prt.-
fits, which amount together to 111 millions .50.00
filmes, it would be contrary. to all reason that any
siksrehension,should exist ooncernin the rytneut of
the notes, 'and that all good citizens cannel fail to
unite their efforts that the bank notes may continue
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'to be received as heretofore.
In consequence, the Members of this meeting hatti.
unanimously given their full assent to the resolutiui.
of the general Committee of the Bank, passed on the
19th of this month, and declared that they would
second the execution of it by all the means in their
power, in order that the notes of the Bank et Ftane!..
may continue to tie received as hithervi, and thdt
commerce may obtain all the facilities c.l discoGat of
which it..stands in noel.
The present proces-eerba.l Vr4s real, put to the
vote, and adopted.
The Governor, in the name of file general Com-
mittee of the Bank of France,' returned thanks to the
Gentlemen present at the meeting, for their ready
compliance tvith.the invitation made to iiaeok

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An advertisement froin the Prefecture of thello:
lice, published yetterdayfinforms the pubii4, that
from tAis day forward, acd till it shall be otherwise
determined, no one am apply to the Bank of France
to change bank notes, unless he be the bearer of a
number, which shall have been delivered to him by
the Mayor of his quarter.

PARIS. JANUARY 23.

The Moniteur of the'22ll of this month contains a
decree of the Emperor, ordering twelve regiments oT
Volunteers to be formed in Paris,- 'viz.—Six of volti.
geurs, and six of tiralleurs, of the young guard. The
men are to be between the ages of 20 atld 50, and
they are to serve,till the enemy shall be driven out of
the territory of France.

On the 22d this decree was published and potted
up, with the following Pioclamation of the Munici-
pal Body to the Parisians :
PIMCLAMATIONI
PAnalzalea--His Majesty the Enspaipay and
in his Speech-to the Senate, called on the French ot
Paris, of Brittany, of Normandy, and Champagne, of
Burgundy, and the other departments, to fly to the
aidcit those of our provinces which were invaded.
'the city of earls brill not do less than Normandy,
Brittany, and the other parts of France. It will nt4
remain behind, when the-situation is to shew„love of
oufeountry, and of honour, at well a; the onalteta.
bie attachment of the French to the Sovereigns
has re-established the monarchy, and all whose
tihoughts have fcir their object the glory and prospe-
tity of the Empire.
The Emperoes honour and our country calls on
us, erkat enemy, after having violated the neutra-
litystf sk nation whom they had flattered, wished to
sow asks of diuention among us; thus adding to
the ray.aaing of the country which 'bey occupy, an
insult still more injurious to the French honour.
46 His Majesty invites.. volunteers to Serve in the
young guard,
66 The citizens able to bear arms, and those whim
circumstances deprive of work, willl be eager to obey
this invitation.
An honourable peace, which shall maintain the
inteirityof France in us natural linsits.‘ and, above
all, the speedy deliverance of our territory;, this meat
be our rallying cry. The paaple of Par* w.lio.have
always given the example, by first furnishing their
contingent for the different conscriptions, will now
again give that of attachment to a Sovereign, to
whom they owe limy thing, both as Frenchmen and
Parisians.
What Frenchman can be deaf to the cries of the
people of Franche-Comte, of Lorraine, and to the
voice of the Lyonese, who are threatened by the
manly ? Who would not shed his blood to preserve
etsullied the honour which we have received from
our ancestors,' and to maintain France in the limits
which nature has assigned to her ? Who would be-
-come the sport of Europe, and behold the fate of
France, subject to the caprice and to the hatred ot
Our enemies ? France, which till this moment leas.
never needed protection, still less pity, from other.
teople, and which, on the contrary, has given proofs
of its generosity•and protection to the nations of the
Continent.
" Let these great and dear interests induce those
who are capable of serving, and who from circum-
stances have quitted the professiOn of arms, to enter
aunt these valiant phalanxes, which will fight under
the eye of their Sovereign, under the standard of the
first Captain in the world. . • ,
46 The Municipal Body, with the consent of the
Authorities) resoliteu.That this prueut rEgs

ciimation be published, and pestilup in the city of
1)365, with . the Pecree of his. Majesty, and that a
Municipal Office! 411 attend Prom to-day, at the
Boreal.- of every Maire, withpe Officerstof the Guard
named for thii purpoae, Eo receive the names of the
ioltanteers.
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Dcne, at the Town Hail of the City of Paris,
22d January, 1814. • •
0 (A true Copy.) (The Signatures.) .
The Maitre des Requites, Prefect of the
Department or the Seine, Bakon of, the
Empire, "
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PARIS, 11.1111.1AftY19.
Yesterday morning Ills. b:lrit jest/ theigniperor
' wed 18,60 men of ill •atms,' in the Court of the
palrace of the thoilleries. ttnmerout traistiOf
artil-
, and of thi eiluipages of the biittiliDes the. Ito-
-11 Guard, filed off Wage hk Majesty. These
toopi set off to repair to their 'piloted destination.
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A great number of otioi isliOssit_will also very
shortly leaVe Paris.
Accounts Protn Lisle ohhi 14th state, that a .
tele-
graphic dispatch announces that our troops have
gained. an advantage in the environs of Maestrecht.
GEROE .I.4Nuilytit
The army under theprders of Marshal the Duke'
tor Albufeh, continues to cli:stirigAiA itself by its
strict discipline, and to ditianishat inuCh as possible
the it eiil!*of w .
or. conductl
has made an impreSsion. oil of the Spa-
niards. The Spanish General Capon; lately sent
back-to the Marshal Duke of Alblifera, soave dis-
Ouches which had beei intercepted by some bands
if robbers, and he ahoMpatiied the message. with
apressiOnt 'of esteem highly flattering for the ninth
exe neT al s

E EVENING
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LONDON:

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SATURDAT; 'JAITIYARir 29, .
?PCB 01, STOCKS THIS DAT Al TWELVE O'CLPCS.
Redu.67A—Cons. she.,674f—syst,rer asit
s per Ct. 9511—Otnn. Kit —Li. AsO. t.osiks
Exchequer Bills 4,. 6.. pre.—Bondi - ; - •
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Today we give further e*ttacts Fideti-Pabi
pert; They exhibit a most deplorable picttire of the
state of BoNAPART&'s affairs: we say. BONAPARTE'S
affairi, for it is now in vain to tell ut that the French
tatiot have any thing to- do with hint, or take the
least interest in his good or evil fortune. His• most
nunterons admirers are tiny to be fnUael in ethei
cotimiies—those heartless and ;plane likeiheidi who
uniformly shouted after all hiS victories—es Hail
Mighty Chieftain i"--4! All hail, most invincible,
Leader!" th 6 only saw hint at ,a distance the
FreilthshiVe had his pitture fiale" lonSbefore
eta- eyes, and they would not give 44 a ducat" for
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lerl for it thes=ed iiynasty" In Tram* ttsr...-
babblert for peace With BONAPARTE in Paris-,—not coven
a shout Of_Vive PE:litre:lr from the other side of the
Channel!
"0, England ! to thy inward greatness,
Like little body In a might* heart;
What inightest thou do, that hontiur Would thew do;
Were all thy Childraidud and natural t
But thy hulk; FraluOloath in, thee fosild tint
A nest of both* badms; Which he fills
Wick treaderotis I" •
tit let tis now ill there hi:4lov; bosoms with gall
and wormwood; la us rack their 44 bilttei with aiteltes."
The Imperial Bask bf Frante, Which tAiro years ago
wit pronOtinced bi`the edogists "to
ie tie
.firrt In the Coltmertiol World"--chat onle. itir7
tupvcable pillar in the fabric of BONAPARTE'S iti'!Rt.
Bess, has risciuldered sway-THE BAN* or PARIS Has
STOPPED PAYMENT i - •
We prediCted that the AriniVeitarY of theMtinfet
of Louts XVI. would -be celebrated in Parithy the-
punishment of his murderers; or. Some iugo iitiptOtie
• illation towards the dOwnfill of the Usutpet
,fif his
throng, and vier: thlt very day the Creditors of trsb.
Bank of France are inforMed " that no person eati
Wily to Me Boni of France', i chorale Botts' note:, unlep
Ae Jig the bearer of a magi& *Melt slloN. lave beefs-4
tiered to hem ay the his tuarrer!"zytir
must notice somewhat in &talk the singular Rojtiel
of Cetera! Obinitittse eMe Boni of From. '
At the date of the Report, 21st January 1814, tine
total amottnt of the French _Bank notes in citenlition-
was only 38,926,800 franks, (about lan,6oohooo her-
ring), making; with their atebonts.current debts (it
strange its* in the books of a National Bank) ill
• whole debt doe by the Bank, 0,700,500. franirt
(about at 1,900,000 sterling.). To.cover this the Botitt
has in cash 14,854,000. franks! l• (about &MOO.
sterling) and in the strong WS 3t!521,000 franks Hs.
bills at a short date.

No these bills are those of the Iteceivert et Con-
tributions in the Departments, who 6ubtiribed bills,
plyable monbily; for the supposed amount of the
tares they were to receive. When BoNArAarna.s
proposed loan vas refuted by•the.mctnied interest of
Park, and when he laid new takes in lieu of it, it
compromise took place, by *ltlch the monied people'
were to discovt thoie bills of the Receivers for the,
new taxes. But now the pressure of the war, the
number of the departments invaded, and the inter-
ruption of communications', render the payment of
tie greater proportion of those bills absolutely ippos-
&hie, not to mention the unwillingness arising on
all sides from the uncertain state of affairs, That',
these are the Bills the Bank of France have in
their strong Box, is evident; froth the I a tterpart of

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'he first clieie -of the resolution:, bi which they de-
lermine to pay 500,000 frtinci, or 5e20,000 a day•
sum will be increased in proportion as the
'realizing of the Bills shall permit;
,but without
specifying any particular, time or proportion.--
-It must be evident to the Meanest understanding,
that had those Bills, at short date (the new taxes were
to be paid in December and Janttary), been discount_
ed for the accommodation of trade, recourse might
,`easily be had against individuals in case of non-pay-,
ment ; and in the mean time such bills thmight fit to
be discounted by a National Bank, might be cashedl
again by priiate individuals with‘the greatest facility'
especially in a case of emergenty. 'The Committee
of the French Bank state besides, in their Repbrio.
that "_the eagerness Which the holder., Vase notes :hew to
come NO require payment of therm, would tend, if it
continbed, to exhaust in a few day the cash of the
Bank, though this cash amounts to a larger sum than
private Banks (Banque! de circulation)haie in reservek
in Cash." This was precisely the case with the calm
d'Ercornytte, at the breaking out of the French Revo.
lution ; nor is it the only corresponding symptom
of decay in the new system which we hate observed,
;---The Committee, in theirreport, also notice a most
‘nrious fact, and well worthy the attention of those
`ivho contend that the preciotis metals are the ststodards
'Of value,---" that at a moment when gold obtains a
cosi:filtrable premium, it' were employed without restric-
tion in the payment of the nbte, this mode of pay-
Mint would only render the draining of the cash more
rapid, without any advantage to circulation ; since
experience proves that gold disappears when it gets
out tif the hands of the rtioney,changersb" Gold
bears a high premium in this country to be exported
into France, and bears a high premium in that Coun-
try also, whereit ;n4cTeilly disappears:
'Mira points out one of the principal catises (be:
sidei the want of supplies from America) of the tear-
city of the precions Metals in Europe. Botapartit
bought therm at a high price, as necessary for the
'execution of his,ambitious plans, While his victims,
both in Franeeond in other countries, paid an addi-
tional price for that general medium of circulatiOn,
which they hoarded as a last resource in expected
THis digression hai made u's. lose sight of the
Bank of *France ; but we must titentioir that.the.Assem-
bly; as it might well be'snpposed, adopted the proposi:
tio:.s of their Committee ; and to crown thesohole, an
„advertisement from the Prefecture of Police (a most
terrific authority), aim-Minced to the public, that,
Ifrom the 2lst, no individual Was to presume to ask
Payment of a note at the Bank withcitit'hating ob-
tained a ticket for the purpose froth the Mayor In
other words none of the little Money that remains in
,the Bank can be paid to any but the. adherents Or
Agents of the mighty Natiot.ecuq. This state,of public
Meedit, in a countrywhelie. it is so Linked, and king
the feW individuals in the Imi:racy-Market are so corn-
1-pletely at the mercy of Government, thews the rapid
decline of BotraeanTe's .piswer, more than even the ,
unopposed invasion of Frau Ce. •
So much for the Mighty Rational Bent aliirance.
Lakny priVate Banker in Landon carries on amore
kiinportant concern. • Sonia of-them do sit tunes the
business of such a capital. The profits only upon
,hie-Oedititim of, last Loin amount to More than
double the whole capital itbe French National Bank.
In a word, the Whole French system, under NAPOLEON
the Glean has been a pitiful detail of bontemptible:
swindling.
The next iernark.,'";:e a:l;4e to Which We would di-
feet the attention Of o';: Realer% is the Proclamation
of the Municipal Body which 66 with consent
of the higher autirbrities" posted op in that city.—
It affords room for much merry remark. The Deser-
ter of Smorgonie, the Hero of the broken bridge at
Leipsic, is here restored to his old Bobidil-title of the
Firit Captain in the Vorldy" We thought eten
the Pieft-tt of the Department of the Seine would
have felt the itupolicy of touching that stibii again,
The' ostensible object' of this. Proclamation is to se..
ceondhis /61PElitAL MA#STY'S invitation to the" Lads
oaf Paris" to volunteer,into the Young Guard. Rather
impertinent in them; to be sure, to suppose they have
.420111 influence than therEursasiy. However, they
have also another object in view; which is to thrbw
sotne ideas about the terratatid peace. They say
they must preserve the honook which they have re-
ceived from their ancestors, and the limits which
Nature has assigned to their. Why could they not
-have placed their honour and their (limits OR the
same footing ?—why not take both as they were en-
joined by their ancestors ? Nature is a slipperriott
Of term.; and natural -limits seem to confuse their
brains as Much now as natural rights did formerly.
What kind of honours, 'we would ask, did Counts
CHAPTAL, LACEPEDE, and FONTANES receive from
their ancestors ? Where were they born—in what ken-
nel did the strumpet goddis: of Reison find them
rolling, when she ycleped them Citizens ?•--True, say
their admirers—:they were. not Gentlernen 4 birth)
but they acquired gentility by their conduct at the
glorious' Revolution, and have acquired titles of fro_
nour from the living fountain of all honour, that pa.
ragon of men of honour, NAPOLEON BONAPARtE!..I.•
Alter all•it coinee to this—it is his honour they are to
defend, and his natural limits they are to protect
castles in the aid—mere non-entities I Nu honour
forsooth'! It is the 66 mosah-honour" of the Mamelullea
only, and the curses both 44 loud allegro" Qf the whoit'
human face I' •
. It it most entertaining to bear the few amnia*