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us be also attached to that charier which, 

 without toiichiri'! any tioi^ma, I'li.iures to 

 tlic tailh of our fathers the prt'-ciiiineune 

 that is due, and wliich, in tlic civil order, 

 guarantees to all a wise hbcrty, and to 

 each, the praccfnl enjoyment of his rights, 

 of his condition, and of his property. I 

 tvill never suffer any attack to be made 

 trpon that fundamental law— my Ordon- 

 •auce of the 5th of September sufficiently 

 iliews it. 



In tine, gentlemen, let all hatred cease; 

 let the children of the same country, I dare 

 add, of the same father, be really a people 

 t>f brothers, and that from our past evils, 

 there remain to us only a sad but useful re- 

 collection. Such is my object, and to at- 

 tain it, I rely upon your co-operation ; but 

 «bove all, upon that frank and cordial con- 

 fidence, the sole solid basis of an union, so 

 tiecessary between the three branches of 

 the legislature. Rely also upon the same 

 dispositions in me, and let my people be 

 well assured of my unshaken firmness in re- 

 pressing the efforts of malevolence, and in 

 restraining the impulse of a too ardent 

 leal." 



. The subsequent I)usincss lias related 

 Chiefly to the clioice of presidents, secre- 

 taries, and local concerns of no foreign 

 interest. Whatever might, however, be 

 the business of bodies constituted while 

 the French nation is practically consi- 

 dered as tlic property of a family, and 

 while this abominable principle of legi- 

 timacy is enforced by the presence of 

 armies of confederated legitimates, their 

 deliberations or decisions cannot excite 

 any lively sensation. Let us hope, how- 

 ever, that the absurd assumptions of le- 

 gitimacy, or, in other words, of nations 

 being tlie property of particular families, 

 will, ere long, be universally exploded. 

 The principle is, at least, so alien to 

 British feelings and to the British con- 

 stitution, that the supporters of it, wlic- 

 ll)€r principals or agents, will, we trust, 

 in due time meet with merited punish- 

 ment from the decisions of the law. 



TTAI-Y. 



Lord Exmou rn wrote the following 

 letter to the Holy Father, after his attack 

 on Algiers: — 

 " The Qutcn CharlutU, AIgiersBa>i,.hig, 21. 



" Most Holy Father — 1 have the 

 honour to inform your Holiness, for your 

 satisfaction, of the success of the expedi- 

 tion against Algiers, confided to my com- 

 ntaud. The slavery of Christians is abo- 

 lished for ever; and I have, in conse- 

 quence, the happiness of sending back to 

 their families 173 slaves, your subjects. 

 I hope they will be an agreeable present 

 to your Holiness, and that they will give 

 ■le a claim to the efficacy of your prayers. 



EXWOLTU." 



Slate of Public Affairs in Noternhdh 



[Dec. r. 



The north of Italjl h the theatre of 

 extensive robberies and pillage. 



The American government lately sent 

 an ambassador with a small licet to Na- 

 ples, to demand the restitution of Ame- 

 rican vessels seized by the government 

 to which the present has sncceedcd. It 

 is ^id, however, that no success has at- 

 tended the expedition. — The crew of a 

 British vessel having taken ou itself to 

 flog an American seaman at Messina, 

 an altercation took place, which proves 

 that those whose trade is blood, will not 

 long allow the world to be at peace; 

 while the London press, or a certain 

 part of it, excite their mutual animosi- 

 ties as sedulously as the spectators who 

 sit round a cock-pit excite the animosi- 

 ties of their victims. 



BRITISH AMERICA. 



A disgraceful contest has taken plac« 

 between two rival companies trading foi* 

 furs in Upper Canada, and in Hudson's 

 Bay. The former, called the North- 

 West Company, under the general di- 

 rection of Lord Selkirk, having en- 

 croached on the accustomed district of 

 the Hudson's Bay Company, Mr. R. 

 Semple, the Governor, acting for the 

 latter, attacked the party of the former^ 

 when Mr. S. and twenty-one of his men 

 were killed ! Our readers will remember 

 with interest the name of Mr. Semple, 

 as the ingenious author of Travels in 

 Spain, Prussia, the Caraccas, See. &cc. ; 

 and we had the pleasure to know him 

 pcrsonallj as a man of unbounded bene- 

 volence, great modesty, and rare in- 

 tegrity. 



VMTED STATES, 



Some Spanish national ships of war 

 having lately attacked an American 

 vessel near New Orleans, and threat- 

 ened other hostilities, a considerable 

 sens:ttion has been exciteil throughout 

 the United States, that repeated provo- 

 cations will lead to open war with 

 Spain. Such an event would, doubtless, 

 accelerate the wished-for independence 

 ol the Spanish colonies ; but, feeling as 

 we do the jealousy and false policy 

 of certain European governments, we 

 would not answer for the extent of the 

 war which might be conscijucnt on any 

 open support of the Spanish colonies, 

 by the government of the United 

 States. 



^^ e are glad to learn, from the papers 

 of the United States, that a gentleman 

 has been recognized in Washington as 

 jilenipotentiary from the patiiots of 

 AFexico, and that hopes are entertained 

 that that fine uud coiUBiiindliig country 

 • will, 



