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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 Firft Conful pof- 
fefles all the power without the refponfibi- 
lity of a king. It cannot, however, be 
denied that he has exercifed his difcretion- 
ary {way (for fuch it in a great meafure is, 
notwithitanding the Tribunates, Legiflaiive 
Bodies, and Councils of State) with a cle- 
mency and moderation, which would have 
reflected honour on any caufe. 
The preparations for opening the cam- 
paign, are very formidable on both fides. 
In Italy, unlefs fome extraordinary vicifii- 
tude takes place, the fortrefies and ftrong 
places in the poffeffion of the Auftrians, 
muft prove an infurmountable barrier 
againft the renewed agereffions cf the 
French ; Switzerland is fo completely ex- 
haufted, 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 Rhine, as the great fcene 
of aétion 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 eltablifhment of a bank at Paris, 
under the direction of feveral of the lead- 
ing merchants and bankers of that city. 
It is called the Bank of France, and in 
the act of its incorporation, which is juft 
publifhed, its capital is ftated at thirty 
millions of livres; this capital is divided 
into 30,e@00 fhares, and the bank is to dif- 
count bills of exchange, notes payable to 
order, 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 fol- 
lows: ‘‘ Wafhington is no more—That 
great man fought againft tyranny—He 
firmly eftablifhed the liberty of his coun- 
try—His memory will ever be dear to the 
French People, as it muft be to every 
friend of freedom in the two worlds, and 
efpecially to the French foldiers, who like 
him and the Americans brayely fought 
for Liberty and Equality... The Firt 
Conful in confequence orders, that for ten 
days black crape fhall be fufpended to all 
the ftandards and flags of the French Re- 
public.” atic 
_ The ftrength of General Moreau’s army 
on the Rhine, is eftimated in the Paris 
Papers at 130,000 men, without including 
a corps of referve. The cavalry confifts 
af nearly 20,000 men, and there are eight 
State of Public Affairs in March, 1800. 291 
regiments of flying artillery, having at- 
tached to each of them a train of 32 field- 
pieces 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 pub- 
lifhes the following lift of the forces, which 
are to fecond the Imperial army, viz. 
12,000 Bavarians, 4500 Wirtemberghers, 
4.000 Mentz troops,zo0oBamberghers ; be- 
fides the militia of the Voralberg, and of An- 
terior Auftria, of Suabia, and Franconia, 
which will form a total of 20,000 or 24,000 
men; but it muft be obferved, that thefe 
militia troops are little ufed to military 
operations. 
The plan of a law recently introduced 
into the French legiflative body, for inveft- 
ing the executive power; with the right 
of enrolling and embodying for the mili- 
tary fervice all the young men, who on 
the'23d of laft September had completed 
their twenty-firft year, is almoft the only 
act which bears any affinity to the proceed- 
ings of the late government. The con- 
{cription, which would produce a difpofe- 
able force of about 300,000 men, muft be 
confidered as a meafure intended to infpire 
the allies with terror rather than to pro- 
duce a powerful and immediate effect, for 
a very important part of the campaign 
muft elapfe before the troops newly levied, 
could be in a ftate of readinefs to take the 
field. : 
PRUSSIA. 
An offenfive and defenfive alliance be- 
tween this court and that of France is 
fpoken of, again .certain defigns which 
other powers are fuppofed to entertain. 
Tt is faid, that the minifters were ferioufly 
engaged with the objectin the late confer- 
ences which they haye had with the French 
ambaffador. Although this important in- 
teliigence be yet but a report, it is never= 
thelefs given fo circumftantially, that it 
is difficult not to give credit to it, parti- 
cularly when we fee Ruffia aflembling fo 
many troops on the frontiers of Pruffia. 
AMERICA. 
The funeral oration on the death of Ge- 
neral Waihington was delivered by Ma- 
jor-general Lee, Member of Congrefs 
from Virginia. It reverts to the period 
of youth, when he was aid-de.camp to 
the gallant and ill-fated Braddock. It 
traces him from the commencement to the 
conclufion of the American war; from 
the acknowledgment of American inde- 
pendence, to the eftablifhment of the 
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