Star.
London, England, 1802-07-29 00:00:00

PARIS, JULY 25

Bovavaarv, Fhlt Conful of the Republis, hav-
ing heard the report of the Miniaer of the Navy
and the Colonies, orders as follows:
Vice-Admiral Gantheatusie is appoiated Maritime Prefeetof
the 6th Arrondiffement.
Citizen Defcotils is appointed by the Firft Cooful a Govern-
ment Commithoner to the Board of Prizes.
Citizen Ducts, Judge of the Court of Appeals in Paris, is
appointed Commithorser of plaice at St. Domingo.
Citizen Bertha* is appointed Commithoner of pities at
Guadaloupe.
Citizen Koninek Outsize is appointed Prefeilt of the depart-
ment of L'Ain.
Citizen Felix Defportes is appointed Yreka of the Upper
Rhine..
Citizen Mechlin is appointed Pilled of the Department of
Le Roes.

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Citizen Daplender is appointed Prefed of the Department
of Landes.

On the isth and 26th of June it blew a dreadful
hurricane at Peterfburgh ; very conliderable da-
mage was done to the (hipping; a Ruffian man of
war and a Swedifh merchantman foundered.

The laft letters from Berlin, under date of July
to, ftate, that a negotiation has been opened be-
tween M. de HEUGWITZ, on one part, and M.
de RNEDEN and Baron d'Ostrrans, on the other,
relative to the exchange of Tome of the Pruffian
indemnities for other poffefflons fituated within the
EkEtorate of Hanover. After feveral conferences,
Baron d'OmPTEDE fet MI for the purpofe of con-
(tilting the Hanoverian Minifter of State, refpeet-
ing a propofition which has been made by the
Court of Berlin.

A letter from Bourdcauz, of the tgth, has this
paffage—"• The Ihip le Gafcon, DAFOUL mallet,
from Point a Pitre, in Guadaloupe, entered the
Garonne on the t 7th ; flue was juft 38 days on her
paflage. Though the paffengers are all in good
health, the Commillioner of the Navy, as a mea-
lure of becoming precaution, ordered the crew to
perform quarantine."
Citizen P. F. VAN-Hy/New, Commercial Corn-
miffary of the Batavian Republic at Nantes, bad
addreifed the following letter to the Mayor of the

city :
" Citizen, the Secretary of State of the Bata-
Tian Republic informs me, in his laft difpatch, that
the Bank of Amfterdam has been completely re-
ellablifhed on its former footing, and conformably
to the mode of its original inftitution. The Go—
vernment has contributed to this great work.—
Commerce, favoured by this asft of beneficence,
already reaps the fruits of it, and foreigners find
complete fecurity in the conneftions with Holland.
Every thing feems to concur in confolidating this
ufeful eftablifliment, the eziftence of which, if I
may fo ezprefs myfelf, confecrates the public cre-
dit. The falutary effeds of this happy reftoration
were immediately apparent. I have the honour
to tranfmit you this information, in order that you
may make the proper ufe of it." •
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The works for rendering Julien a fortrefs of the
fish order are carried on with undampled
The additions to the fortifications of Venloo are
nearly completed ; and thole of Rhinfberg, and
the othcr little fonreffes on the Lower Rhine, will
loon be proceeded in.

" TRiATV Or COMMERCE.—The Government
has recently quieted the fears of our manufaaurers
with refpelt to the importation of articles of Eng-
lilh manuladure.

" In fa& a Treaty could have no other objeft
than the reciprocal advantage of the two nations;
but is it not to be dreaded that we can have no
choice but what involves the alternative of the
profperity or defruCtion of our manufaeures ? In
a Mort (pace of time they have fuccefsfully juili-
fed the proteCtion of the Government by their
efforts ; and by continuing, they cannot but ad-
vance fill more rapidly, without much injury
to the Englifh, who are always fure of a fuffi-
cient confumption for their merchandise among
the neighbouring Powers. The introdueion of
their commodities into France cannot be of fo

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much importance to them in any other way, than
as it would tend to diminifh our refourccs, prevent
;oar importing a great quantity of raw materials,
I and throw idle many thnufands of people, whom
1 it is the intereft of France to keep employed, un-
lefs the is prepared to take the expence of their
maintenance upon herfelf, in confequance of the
total ruin of the manufacturers.
" To fhcw the injury which mull accrue to
French manufactures, by the entrance of Englifh
merchandize, even clogged with a duty, it is necef-
firy only to refer to the infLuice of Englifn paint-
, ed floor-cloths, which, in confequence of being in
i this clafs, are brought into France in fuch great
1 qUantities, that the tales of our grand manufafto-
ries of Jouy St. Denis, and other places, are al-
-1 ready diminifhed one half.
44 Notwitlitlanding the prohibition, the difficul-
ties of a fraudulent trade, and the fevereft penal-
ties, the othcr kinds of merchandize dill find their
way into France. What then will be the confe-
querie of opening all the ports of France ? For
the merchandize being admitted on the payment
of a duty, all the means of committing fraud
may be praCtifed to the moment of making the
declaration ; and even when this laft extremity is
retorted to, can it be fuppofed that the Govern-
ment will receive the full amount of the duties ?
" An article of great confumption, and which
pays a considerable duty, is almoft always intro-
duced in fuch a way as to defraud the revenue of
one half the duty ; and this generally goes into
the pocket of the foreign merchant, over and above
the value of bis commodity. _

46 What chance, then, of face& could the
French manufaaures pairs, having fcarcely
emerged from a Rate of infancy, and obliged to
maintain a conteß with thofe which bate attainee
their full vigour ? They mutt relapfe into tha
Rate of languor in which they remained during
the laR Treaty of Commerce ; the Englifb woul,'
fend us Rill more abundant fupplies of every al
tide of merchandize ; and the exchange void..
probably rife, as before, to more than lateen per
cent. is tiOr f#vour."-rla yearwal it Comore&