68 
pence of the propofed defcent. The 
addreifes with which thefe gifts were. 
accompanied, were marked with the 
fame degree of extravagance as the 
meflages of the Directory to the Legif- 
Jative Body upon this fubjeét. The 
' Central Bureau of Paris, however, fur- 
paffed all competition in- the violence 
of its invective. It accufed our Go- 
vernment of having enflaved and re- 
duced the people of England to the 
condition of brutes; and it compared 
the agents of the government to wolves 
feeding upon human flefh. The prin- 
ore motive for the popular fury, 
which prevailed in thefe addreffes, 
was derived from the calumnious ftate- 
ment of the Directory, which accufed 
us of refufing the means of fubfilt- 
ence to 20,000 French prifoners of 
war now in England. 
The meafure upon which the Di- 
rectory feemed to’ place more reliance 
than upon its projected plan of invafion, 
was that of annoying our commerce 
inall its points of communication with 
the Continent. This meafure was the 
fubject of a meflage dated the fame 
day as the news was received in Paris 
af the taking poffeflion of Mentz by 
the Republican troops. 
_ After having caufed all the Eng- 
lifh goodsand merchandize, with which 
all the magazines and warehoufes 
throughout the Republic were ftocked, 
to be feized in one day, the French 
government proceeded to defire, that 
a law fhould be enatted, declaring, 
that veffels belonging to every foreign 
country, laden with Englifh merchan- 
dize, or having goods on board, ei- 
ther as the whole or part of thecargo, 
fhould be deemed legal prizes; and 
that no foreign fhip, which in profe- 
cution of her voyage, fhould have en- 
tered an Englifh port, fhould be ad- 
mitted into the ports of France, unlefs 
in cafes of diftrefs. 
The French have divided the coun- 
tries on the left bank of the Rhine 
into fix departments; namely, the De- 
partment of the Roer, chief town, Cre- 
velt; the Department of the Liffel, 
chief town Coblentz; the Depart- 
ment of the Rhine and the Mofelle, 
chief town, Bonn; the Department of 
the Rhine and the Nahe, chicf town; 
Mentz; the Department of the Sambre 
and the Mofelle, chief town Deux- 
Ponts; the Department of Mount 
Lonnerre; chief town, Worms. 
France... Infurrettion in Ttaly...Public Funds. 
[ Jan. 
ITALY. 
We fhall now. proceed to give the 
outline of anextraordinary event which 
took placeat Rome on the 27th of De- 
cember. 
The brother of the Conqueror of 
Italy, Citizen Buonaparte, Ambaffa. 
dor from the Republic_of France to 
the Court of Rome, has written avery 
long letter to the Minifter of foreign 
affairs, giving the particulars of an 
infurrection which took place there on 
the 27th of December. 
The leaders in this affair called res 
peatedly upon the Ambaffador, Buo- 
naparte, requefting him to proteétthis 
popular movement. This he oppofed 
with all his power, and was foon con. 
vinced of the real views of the infur- 
gents; his palace was affailed by the 
multitude, and by the troops of the 
government, who, on the other hand, 
kept up aconftant fire upon the former. 
The Ambaflador, Buonaparte, went 
out accompanied by General Duphot, 
and the Adjutant-general Sherlock, 
with the hopes of appeafing the dif. 
turbance, and of inducing the infpr- 
gents to quit the French jurifdiction; 
he foon, he fays, had reafon to be con- 
vinced that they had a defign upon his 
life. General Duphot was fhot by the 
papal foldiery, and the Ambaflador 
was obliged to have recourfe to flight 
for fafety. Fourteen hours after this 
affaffination, and notwithftanding the 
Ambaflador’s frequent meffage to the 
Secretary of State, no perfon was fent 
by the Rontan Government to en- 
quire into the ftate of things. The 
Ambaffador filled with indignation, as 
he fays, againft a weak and murderous 
government, refolved to quit Rome, 
and folicited paffports for that pur- 
pofe, and went immediately to Flo- 
rence, whence he wrote to Paris. The 
Ambaffador fpeaks in the warmeft 
terms of the attention he received from 
the Tufcan and Spanith Ambaffadors, 
who braving all dangers, came to vifit 
him in his palace. 

‘PUBLIC FUNDS. 
Stock Exchange, Fanuary 27, %798- 
Stocks yefterday experienced a rife ot neatly 
one per cent. previous to which they had 
gradually funk. Confols, which were done for 
the opening at 49 3-4ths, opened at 47 3-¢ths, 
ex. div. The prevailing opinion is, that no 
material depreffion will take place till after the 
bargain for the loan. 
5 PER CENT. ANN. opened on the 22d of 
this month, at 7a, 
f 4 FER 
