Star.
London, England, 1803-01-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, JANUARY at.
The Sittings of the Swifs Confulta are drawing
vs a clofe. The following intelligence has been
received from Berne and Zurich:
Bane, January 13.
" The courier from Paris, who arrived yefteraay, brought
in the Conftitution of our Canton decreed by the Deputies, and
s approved of by the nit ConfuL The Canton is divided into
diftrids, and the diftrids into tribes. The Citizens of the
Canton, enjoying a fortune of 'cool. have alone the right of
voting. Each tribe names an Elector out of fifty Citizens.—
The union of thole Eledars from the Eledoral Body of the
Canton, which names the Grand Council. compofed of 2)9
Members. It is to that Council that the Legiflative Power is
confined; It appoints to all places. Twenty-levee of Its Mem-
bers from the Petty Council, from which are to be taken
two Avoyers, a Treafurer, and a Chancellor, who form, with
the two oldeft and the two youngeft Counfellors, the Executive
Committee. The Grand Council appoints from among it.
Members thole who are to form a tribunal of civil appeal, and
a criminal tribunal.
The fame letters announce, that Abe cantonal organiza-
tions of Bafie, Fribourg, Lucerne, and Sokure, arc alto com-
pleted; and that they refemble thole of Zurich and Berne.
The molt remarkable difference between the old and new Con
flit ution of the Cantons formerly ariftocratical, is the political
equality between all the Citizens who compote than, the appli-
cation ni w hich is to be found chitty in the compofition of the
Lledoral Bodies.
The provifinn by which the exercife of the adminia retire
and that of ti,e judicial power, arc confided to the fame body,
ha, excited many remonitrances. It is luppofed that provifinn
wig he changed.
" We le.rn further, that the eftablifhment of a general Hel-
vetic Unit, to alTemble once a year, and to confift of one o...pla-
ty from each Carton, is agreed upon. To (Ralik& a certain
equality among thediffe rent L anions, t be Deputies of the greater
Cantons are to have different voices, in proportion, refpect ivei y,
to their population. The Mee ti ngsof the General Di will be
in turn. at Zurich, Berne, Lafle, Solcurc. rrihnurg, and Lu-
cerne. The Deputy for the place at which the Diet lams will
be Prefideet for the time being."
We have receive,: intelligence that the Emperor
ratified, on the sth inflant, the Conventi us con-
cluded on the 25th of De.:ember, relative to the
Supplementary Indemnities to the Grand Duke.
The exchange of the ratifications is to take place
at Paris.
• All the attempts made by the Imperial Cabinet
to enter into a new definitive alliance with RulTia,
have totally failed.

PRIVATE LETTER, PARIS, JANUARY it.
The Annivcrfary of the trZt2een of England's
With Day was celebrated here by his Excellency
Lord WHITWORTH. the Britifh Arnhafrador, in
manner becoming his Lottfillip's %tell known mag-
nificence, And firm attachment to the Family of his
Sovereign.
The Englifh Nobility and Gentry of Dillintlion
now in Paris were entertained by his Excellency
and her Grace of Doßsar. with a meld magnificent
dinner, not exstlled in tafte and elegance by any
of thole lately difplayed on the part of the luau.
Tinos Minifters of the Kepublican Eflablithment,
which far exceed thole of the Old Government.
'rite company confided of—
L..setl Whitworth and the Du- aril Lair Bellso•-n-1,%
cheroot Dorfet 1-1,.n. Mr. an,i Mrs.NriElr:s
The Doke and Duch& of Sr Mr. and Lady Ells. Munk
rnerlet Lord It ,ri..gdon
Lord and LadvCre•ninghani I. ..rd Lorkrdale
I.orl and i..dy V.,rnion-h Lori 1,0,1.,
1.0,1 :l••d Lady ChP y 1...5d
Lor I and 1....dy S:IAV:4I 3.8 C 5..1.
The DIR iir Gripryttir and Lc:- far d.os n er
weir invited, to;...ctl.cr with Lad)' wset t g
For, r F R ; hilt wliethei horn ;illicit's, en the hilith: of
prepar 1.4' a pt the lot incr
away, we know Lot. Her Grace, Itnwsver, wis
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a toillitn: ti,cle, at her iaitmuons
to tri, it rat the !':,h• tanirdic :,,e."
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LONDON.

ERR ATVM....4R yesterday's STAR, In the London news
3d paragraph, 27th line, for " in their corps they firft began,"
read " in their cups," Scc.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 0.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
3 per Cent. Reduced 7t} t
3 per Cent. Cot!. 7ol—for ace. 71%
Olds per C. tocli—Ncor ditto te3 1--Omniurn

By the Henrietta, arrived at Plymouth from
Honduras, we are happy to learn, that when fhe
failed there was no appearance of any mifunder•
fianding between the Britifh and the Spaniards.—
We are therefore inclined to hope, that the ac-
couitts of this kind before circulated were exag-
gerated, if not unfounded.
Several letters by the Jamaica Mail of Monday
give (range accounts of the proceedings of the
Frchch at St. Domingo. According to one of them,
General LECLERC, in a fit of defpair, poifoned
; but this we do not believe. Another,
from which we this day give an extraft, contains
a mote probable Rory. It Rates, that feveral of
j the French Officers, animated by the fpirit of li-
berty, formed a plan of emancipating the blacks,
by putting themfelves at their head. Among
tittle, General DUCA, A is named, and it is laid he
poifoned himftlf on the difcovery of his defigns.
Such rumours, if falfe, neceirarily arife out of the de-
plorable Rate of the French affairs at St. Domingo.
The Dutch Loan forms a very interefting fub-
jett of converfation in the city. Some years ago
the Batavian Government iffued Refcriptions pay-
able loon after Peace, which kept up to a tolerable
price. Inilead of fulfilling the engagement, and
paying them at the flipulated period, the govern-
ment raifes a new Loan, to which there Refcrip-
tions might be fubfcribed ; and thole not fub-
fcribed are to be funded. Upon this the Refcrip-
tions fell. The French Government was poffeffed
of a large quantity of theft refcriptions, which it
had come very bon fitly II no doubt. Perfons con•
neled with the French Government were alfo
poffeffed :of them to a confiderable amount. In-
dignant at the mode of difpofing of them, and the
confequent depreciation, the French Government
fent orders that the free and independent Republic
of Batavia (hould make i,s loan in fome other way.
—The news of this communication, or rather
mandate from Paris, of courfe role the price of the
refcriptions enormoufly, and it is Paid, a certain
gentleman in Paris, known to be fond of money,
forefeeing what would happen, bought up fuch a
quantity at the depreciated value, that he has made
a large fortune.
We are happy in being able to give fome intel-
ligence from Malta, of fo late a date as the agth
of November. Our Readers will not fail to ob-
ferve, that in that Wand the French follow the
fame fyftem that has marked their proceedings in
other quarters. The perfon who officiates there as
Minilter for the Republic is abfolutely a French
General !

(FROM all OFFICSIO

Malta, Nov. 29th, t go&

We have had no private communication for
thefe months pall from Old England : men of
war, however, have arrived, fome of them with
difpatches, but failing under fealed orders—why
or wherefore cannot fay ; no letters have been re-
ceived through them by the Garrifon.
The evacuation of this ifland is not likely to
take place fo fuon as expeded : the Britifh troops
confine themfelves chiefly within the works of la
Valette, comiaing of about 3000 cffedives, in.
claire of about 200 of the Royal Artillery, and a
detachment from the corps of Royal Engineers.
Sevelal ad battalions of regiments have been re-
duced, and about too Officers belonging to them
are on the eve of embarking for England.
A moll tremendous form happened here on the
night of the 23d ult. It commenced about (even
o'clock in the evening, and continued molt furi-
oully to blow, rain, lighten, and thunder, till
day light : the damages done have been confider-
able ; a breach, full fifty yards in length, was made
through the fortrefs : other parts of the works were
alually waffied away with the rain, betides fix
hunks and a church beat in by it. An ordnance
traidport, with powder on board, had her fore-
Cal I iCti away by the lightning, which at the
fame time, let fire to her in two different parts,
hat luckily it was extinguifhed by the great torrent
of rain then falling, without any ferious damage.
ThelWitning (hock in fcveral points of the forti.
; a (hip lying in the mole was totally
uilinallyd ; c..nlid‘rab:e damage has alto been
done in tin: country parts.

Both trolis and Iliips in this quarter are in the
terviec• able lime, though neither by any
mcansnumermis:rnmour gives out that the whole
is to be rei.:ved in the courie of rotation : moil of
the former have been on fres-ice pnvimilly to the
c Inn eileement of the war. No Grand Matter is
yet aiiived, thomgi,, by accemts, rme has been
sl:fted ft.mt. time pan. A rresich General is now
taidcrit ;i4 this :land Asa Miniazr 1: am 114 t nation.

CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, JAN. 26.

Our Sales this day are particularly dull, and
Prices remain unaltered.

13111AD.—Yetterday the Lord Mayor, after ex-
amining the reports of the Mealweighers, ordered
the price of Bread to continue the fame as laft week,
viz. od. the (tartern Loaf Wheaten; and yid.
lioufehold.