to the Palace of Republicanifm. The name of Bonaparte in the mouth of the Parifian populace is as favourite and proud an expreffion as that of Louis the Great a century ago; and the First Conful poffeffes all the power without the refponfibility of a king. It cannot, however, be denied that he has exercifed his difcretionary fway (for fuch it in a great measure is, notwithstanding the Tribunates, Legislative Bodies, and Councils of State) with a clemency and moderation, which would have reflected honour on any cause. The preparations for opening the campaign, are very formidable on both fides. In Italy, unless fome extraordinary viciffitude takes place, the fortreffes and ftrong places in the poffeffion of the Auftrians, must prove an infurmountable barrier against the renewed aggreffions of the French; Switzerland is fo completely exhaufted, that it will probably be fuffered to enjoy the benefits of neutrality, that it may recover from the horrid exceffes, and cruel ravages, committed by its allies and enemies; and we may therefore naturally look to the Lower Rbine, as the great scene of action between the belligerent powers. The general efteem in which national banks have been held for above a century, has induced the government of France to the recent eltablishment of a bank at Paris, under the direction of feveral of the leading merchants and bankers of that city. It is called the Bank of France, and in the act of its incorporation, which is just published, its capital is ftated at thirty millions of livres; this capital is divided into 30,000 shares, and the bank is to difcount bills of exchange, notes payable to erder, and to iffue notes payable to bearer. The order of the day for the 12th of Febuary, for the Confular guard, and all the troops of the Republic, was as follows: Washington is no more-That great man fought against tyranny-He firmly established the liberty of his country-His memory will ever be dear to the French People, as it must be to every friend of freedom in the two worlds, and especially to the French foldiers, who like him and the Americans bravely fought for Liberty and Equality." The First Conful in confequence orders, that for ten days black crape fhall be fufpended to all the ftandards and flags of the French Republic." The ftrength of General Moreau's army on the Rhine, is estimated in the Paris papers at 130,000 men, without including a corps of referve. The cavalry confifts of nearly 20,000 men, and there are eight regiments of flying artillery, having attached to each of them a train of 32 fieldpieces and 16 howitzers. Letters from the right bank of the Rhine ftate, that the whole Auftrian army is quitting its cantonments, to proceed to the banks of the Rhine and Necker. The militia and troops of the Empire are to join the army. A German paper publifes the following lift of the forces, which are to fecond the Imperial army, viz. 12,000 Bavarians, 4500 Wirtemberghers, 4000 Mentz troops, 2000 Bamberghers; befides the militia of the Voralberg, and of Anterior Auftria, of Suabia, and Franconia, which will form a total of 20,000 or 24,000 men; but it must be observed, that these militia troops are little used to military operations. The plan of a law recently introduced into the French legislative body, for invefting the executive power, with the right of enrolling and embodying for the mili tary fervice all the young men who on the 23d of last September had completed their twenty-first year, is almost the only act which bears any affinity to the proceedings of the late government. The confcription, which would produce a disposeable force of about 300,000 men, must be confidered as a measure intended to inspire the allies with terror rather than to produce a powerful and immediate effect, for a very important part of the campaign must elapfe before the troops newly levied, could be in a state of readiness to take the field. PRUSSIA. An offenfive and defenfive alliance between this court and that of France is fpoken of, against certain defigns which other powers are fuppofed to entertain. It is faid, that the minifters were seriously engaged with the object in the late conferences which they have had with the French ambaffador. Although this important intelligence be yet but a report, it is neverthelefs given fo circumftantially, that it is difficult not to give credit to it, particularly when we fee Ruffia affembling fo many troops on the frontiers of Pruffia. American conftitution; it accompanies him through the eventful period of his magistracy; it follows him to his final retirement and death. "His fame," fays the orator, "furvives, bounded only by the limits of the earth, and by the extent of the human mind. He furvives in our hearts in the growing knowledge of our children-in the affection of the good throughout the world: and when our monuments shall be done away, when nations now exifting fhall be no more, ftill fhall the glory of Washington fhine unfaded, and die not until the love of virtue ceafe on earth, or earth itself fink into chaos." As a literafy production, this oration cannot be commended. According to letters from Paris, dated the 8th of March, it appears that the American minifters, David, Ellworth, and Murray, are to be immediately engaged in negociation, and a commiffion has been named to that effect by the First Conful, compofed of Jofeph Bonaparte, Fleurieu, and Roederer; Niourgeres, fecretary. EAST INDIES. The Marquis Wellesley has been pleafed to grant penfions for life, to the follow ing principal furviving Sirdars of the late Tippo Sultaun, to the amount fpecified after the name of each, viz. 3000 3000 3000 3000 2400 Star Pagodas per annum. Meer Gholum Ali Meer, Suddoor Gholum Ali Khan, Vakeel Ali Reza Khan, ditto Badruz Zemaun Khan Syed Mahomed Khan And to perfons who held inferior officers under the late government of Myfore, ftipends or allowances equal to half the amount of their falaries granted by the Sultaun, fuch ftipends to be continued to them during good behaviour, or fo long as they fhall remain unemployed, either by the Company or its allies. The fale of the captured property at Seringa patam, commenced on the 15th of August, for the purpofe of making a dividend to the army; the articles confifted of cloths of different kinds, precious ftones, &c. IRELAND. In the Irish Parliament, on the 17th of February, Mr. Corry, Chancellor of the Exchequer, entered into an historical account of Ireland, attributing the late rebellion to the writings and speeches of Mr. Grattan, and to fimilar caufes, and coneluded by moving a refolution in favour of an union. Mr. Grattan replied with much warmth, rebutting the charge against him, and attributing to the corruption of the partifans of government all the calamities with which the country had been afflicted. Mr. Corry repeated his statement, to which Mr. Grattan replied, in terms of peculiar feverity. Mr. Corry retired, and fent by General Craddock a meffage to Mr. Grattan, who inftantly left the house, attended by Mr. Metge. The parties fought, and the fifth hot Mr. Grattan's ball lodged in Mr. Corry's arm; but it being extracted, he returned to the houfe; where on a divifion, the numbers were, for the motion 161, against it 115. Majority in favour of a Legislative Union 46. Lord Caftlereagh, in a committee of the whole houfe, (Feb. 21ft) moved the first article of the Union, which was to the following purport. Article ft. Refolved, that for the purpofe of establishing a union, upon the basis ftated in the refolutions of the two houses of parliament of Great Britain, communicated by his majesty's command, in the meffage fent to this houfe, by his Excellency the Lord-lieutenant, it would be fit Britain and Ireland fhall upon the ift day to propofe, that the kingdoms of Great of January in the year 1801 be united into one kingdom, by the name of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.-Upon this refolution a debate took place, but the motion was in the end carried without a division. Article 2nd. Went to propofe, that it would be fit that the fucceffion to the Imperial crown of the faid united kingdom fhall continue limited and fettled in the fame manner as the fucceffion to the Imperial Crown of the faid kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland now ftands limited and fettled, according to the exiftbetween England and Scotland. ing laws, and to the terms of the Union Article 3d. Refolved, that for the fame purpose it would be fit to propofe, that the faid United Kingdom be reprefented in one and the faine parliament, to be dom of Great Britain and Ireland. ftiled the Parliament of the United King Some further debate took place on each of thefe refolutions, but they were alfo carried without a divifion; after which the houfe adjourned. Lord Caftlereagh, on the 24th of Feb. called the attention of the gentlemen to the feventh article, relating to finance and contribution, and moved its adoption. The motion was oppofed by the Speaker, Sir John Parnell, Meffrs. J. C. Beresford, Ogle, and Lee; and fupported by the Colonel Maxwell moved, that the chairman do leave the chair. The house then divided upon that motion, Ayes 108-Noes 152-Majority 44. The houfe on the 28th of February, refolved itself into a committee on the Union, when the commercial article was taken into confideration. The Right Hon. John Beresford moved the refolution. The speaker opposed it ; afked what advantage this arrangement gave, which was not offered the country by the propofition of 1785. Mr. Berefford replied, that by this arrangement the prohibitory duties of England on her raw materials of manufacture would be removed. In the courfe of the debate, the Settlement of 1782 was alluded to. Lord Caftlereagh treated the Settlement of 1782, as a chimera with refpect to ultimate arrangement, and hoped he fhould hear no more of the filly doctrine of final adjustment. Mr. Mr. Grattan replied in very strong terins to his lordship, whom he confidered as a young man that laughed at an argument which he was unable to answer. Commiffioner Beresford, Lord Caftlereagh, and Sir John Blaquiere, argued in favour of the commercial article, which was combated by the Speaker, Mr. Goold, Colonel Barry, and feveral others; when the committee proceeded to the examination of fome principal merchants and traders, with refpect to the probable effect of the commercial arrangements propofed. The first witness, Mr. Pim, faid he was of opinion, that if the protecting duties on the importation of English cotton were taken off, it would ruin the Irish manufacture. The next witness, Mr. Orr, concurred in the fame opinion: his examination lafted till near two o'clock on Saturday morning, when the committee adjourned, and agreed to proceed in the evening to the examination of other witneffes. The fame day, after fome ordinary bufinels, the Houfe of Commons refolved itself into a committee of ways and means. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, ftated The total of the fupply wanted for the year, at To fatisfy this, there remained in the treafury a furplus of The revenues he estimated at Making together .7,159,201 Ditto Nova Scotia Ditto Ifle St. John Ditto New South Wales Bills from ditto Expence of the Alien Act 447,000 150,000 26,000 242,000 7,574 7,950 5540 4,650 1,900 1,840 1,640 4,100 580 бол 6,300 24,074 6,369 32,353 On the 24th of February, the Lord Mayor prefented a petition from the Livery of the City of London, in common hall affembled, praying that houfe to interpofe with his Majesty, that he would be gracioully pleased to use his best endeavours to accomplish peace "on fafe and honourable terms." The attendance of the Livery on this occafion at the common hall was uncommonly numerous; and it has been moft clearly afcertained fince, that no persons but liverymen were admitted. The petition expreffed the voice of the city of London most unequivocally. Mr. Pitt, on the fame day, in adverting to the duty which his fituation called him to, obferved on this occafion, he felt a gratification in being able to announce, that fuch was the flattering and flourishing state of the country, that he was enabled to fay, its refources completely met its neceffities and its war neceffities too; that he should have but little occafion now to call on the people for farther aid in fupport of the conteft, and therefore he should be brief in 2,800,000 what he had to fubmit to the committee first. 500,000 2,300,000 200,000 3,000,000 Debt Subfidies Remained for unforeseen 1,771,215 Total amount of Supply 37,728,785 3 8 39,500,000 3 8 To meet this expenditure, he was fortunate in being able to exhibit a statement that would more than answer the object; Sugar, Tobacco, and Malt, £2,750,000 Exports, and Imports 1,250,000 Lottery 200,000 · 5,500,000 New Taxes, 5 per cent duty on the higher £. On home-made Spirits, a duty of . 130,000 100,000 On Foreign Spirits imported, an From which deducting the inte- 350,000 313,500 There will be an annual Surplus of 36,500 On which he could not avoid congratulating the country. Mr. Tierney made a few obfervations on the grofs evasion of the mercantile world in difcharging their moiety of the Income Tax; to which Mr. Pitt replied, ftating, at the fame time, his intention of remedying fuch abufes in future; and Mr. Burdon offering fome obfervations, the report was ordered, and the house adjourned. On the 26th of February, Mr. Tierney made a motion to afcertain the precife object of the war with France. In his own mind he was convinced that the object was the restoration of monarchy in France. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been preffed a few nights ago to fay 5,300,000 what that object was, he replied, Security. That, Mr. Tierney said, was an answer by no means fatisfactory to his mind; it was loofe and diffufe-for that, without 3,000,000 explaining the precife object of the war, 18,500,000 Minifters fheltered themfelves under a 3,000,000 vague and indefinable pretext. He did not rife now for the purpose of making his political profeffion of faith; but thus much he must observe, that no man was more attached to the Conftitution under which he lived; no one more attached to the family on the throne. He was educated in thefe principles, and they were fuch as nothing could eradicate from his mind. The tendency of the prefent motion was to induce Minifters to avow precifely the object of the war; for as Lord Grenville's Note had pronounced it to be the re-establishment of the houfe of Bourdon on the throne of France, he faid fome official documents ought to appear from Minifters to fhew that fuch was not the object for which they were profecuting the war. It was true, the Minifter had faid fecurity was the object, but his fpeech could not have the fame effect on France as if it were an official document. He Total of Ways and Means 39,500,000 681. 46. 29 12 2 16 100 12 Then entering into the terms of the loan, he ftated, that the intereft thereon would be only 41. 145. 24d. per cent. and that the total permanent charge thereon would be no more than 313,500l. to which he Rould propofe the following prefied preffed this point, he faid, because he knew that fuch a declaration must have the effect of uniting all parties in France against our arms and thofe of our allies. In fupport of his argument that the reestablishment of the houfe of Bourdon was the object, he referred to the manifefto of the Emperor of Ruffia-to the confultations held with the Count d'Artois, and the expreffions of the Secretary at War. He next tock notice of the petition prefented from 1600o Liverymen of the City of London. From this he deduced that peace was the defire of a large majority of that body, the number of which was Sooo, and yet only 1690 fignatures could be procured, with all the engines of government at work for that purpofe. He then touched on the circumftance of the tax on income and convoys being pledged for years in the fervice of the country, and estimated that the expence of the year 1800 would not be lefs than 63,400,000. He next adverted to the bad effects fuch a declaration as that made by Lord Grenville, must have with respect to the caufe of the Allies, when known in France. He was of opinion that the restoration of the houfe of Bourdon would be an unfortunate circumftance for this country, as it would coft us immenfe tums to maintain fuch a feeble government against the intrigues of the republicans, if it was poflible to force a monarchical government on republican France. At length Mr. Tierney concluded by moving "That it is not just or neceffary to continue the war for the restoration of monarchy in France." Mr. Johnes feconded the motion-At length a divifion took place for the order of the day, when the numbers were, For the order of the day 143-against it 44-majority, 99. Mr. P. Coke, on the 5th of March, in purfuance of the notice he gave on the preceding day, moved for leave to bring in abill for better fettling the difputes between the mafters and mitreffes of families and their menial or domestic fervants. He did not wish to alter the principle of the law, nor yet to extend it; but merely to bring it back to its original elements. It was founded on fuch principles of equity, that he had no oppofition to expect, either from the masters or the fervants. The only clafs of perfons who could poffibly feel aggrieved would be the magif trates, as they would receive a confiderable portion of additional trouble. Leave granted. REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. THREE Sonatas for the Piano-forte, with or without the additional Keys, and an Accompaniment for a Flute or Violin; in which are introduced feveral favourite Airs. Compofed, and infcribed to the Right Honourable Countess Cholmondeley, by Jofeph Mazzinghi. 7s. 6d. Goulding, Phipps, and D'Almaine. It is always with pleasure that we lay our hands on articles from the pen of this ingenious compofer. Tafte, and a peculiar fpirit of execution mark, for the most part, his inftrumental productions; and certainly diftinguish the prefent work from the numerous piano-forte compofitions, which at prefent inundate the town. If we have any thing to object in these fonatas, it is, that the author now and then makes too free with the popular paffages of our old and well known ballads; as in the twelfth and thirteenth bafes of the opening movement of the first piece, and in the fourth line of the ninth page. We take the liberty of recommending Mr. Mazzinghi to avoid these trivial refources, because we know that the native powers of his own imagination render fuch extrinfic aids unneceffary; and because we are alfo certain, that, for every idea which he fubftitutes of another's, we lofe a real Beauty of his own. Three Sonatas for the Piano-forte or Harpsichord, with an Accompaniment to the first for a Violoncello Obligato; to the fecond for a German Flute; and to the third for a Violin. Compofed, and respectfully dedicated to Mifs Leigh, of Lynn, by George Surr. 7s. 6d. Rolfe. To these fonatas we have the pleasure to find a moft refpectable, though not numerous, lift of fubfcribers. The merit of the work juftifies the patronage, and entitles Mr. Surr to our praife. The first and fecond piece contain three movements each, and the third confifts of four. They are contrafted with confiderable skill; and the fanciful play of the paffages in general gives much attraction to the effect. The modulations are ingenious without the affectation of science; and the imagination is every where at fufficient liberty, without wildness or breach of licence. "Neptune and Britannia," a favourite Canzonet for two Voices; fung with univerfal Applaufe at the Convivial Board. Compofed by J. Blewit. IS. Hodfoll. "Neptune and Britannia" is not only defective in all the graces of melody, but in every bar exhibits attempts the most feeble at imitation and contrivance; and in |
