1802. State of Public Affuirs in February, 1802. - * 46> 
rupted at the end of every fentence by 
“loud applaufe, was followed by the read- 
‘ing of the Conftitution. It confilts of 
fifteen heads or titles, fubdivided into 
128 -fections, ‘and it is of too’ great a 
length, as well as too little importance, 
to be given in detail. The Roman Ca- 
tholic religion is announced to be the re- 
‘ligion of the State, and the fovereignty-re- 
fides in the whole of the citizens. The 
Pretident is to exercife his tanétions for 
ten years. He has the originating df all 
_ laws and all diplomatic negotiations.” He 
is exclufively invelted with the executive 
power, which he is to exercife by the me- 
dium of the Miniiters; and appoints the 
Minifters, the civil and diplomatic Agents, 
the Chie’s of the Army, and the Gene- 
rals'; but the law provides for the nomi- 
nation of inferior rank. ‘Hé names the 
Viee-prefident, who, in his abfence, takes 
his place in the Confulta of the State, and 
reprefents him in all the capacities which 
he may choole to confide to him. The 
Vice-prelident’s falary is fixed at 100,000 
livres of Milan. 
EGYPT. 
Intelligence has arrived from Alexandria 
of the murder of fome of the Egyptian 
Beys. On the 22d of Otober the Cap- 
tain Pacha invited atl the Beys to break- 
fat: and, after many-careffes, propofed to 
the whole of them to accompany him by 
water, in his own barge, to Alexandria, 
for the purpofe of paying a vifit of cere- 
miony to the Britith Commandant there. 
Accordingly the Beys, with great conf- 
dence, es ei the offer of civility, and 
went with him into his boat; but they 
- were fearcely feated, when the Pacha made 
a pretext of epping afhore for a moment 
to his tent, on a fubject of bufinefs ; and 
the boat inftanily putting off, they were 
told they were arrefted, and were to he 
‘carried on board the Turkith fhips of war 
to be fent to Conftantinople. “One or 
two of them were prompted ro make an 
effort to refit, when they were initantly 
fallen upon, and the greater part of them 
moft inbumanly put to death. Seven 
Beys and Agas; among whom were the 
principal Bey, Ofman; young Mahom- 
med Alnadar, together with five other 
Beys and Agas, perifhed in the boat: the 
remainder, amounting to five, who efcaped 
the general maffacre, were {ent wounded 
as prifoners on board the fleet. About 
noon an interview took place between the 
Pacha and the Britith Gonmandes in 
Chief, when the latter expreffed himfelf 
‘with horror at the abominable aét, and 
Qu itted the Pacha with the ftrongeit figng 
of indignation; his Excellency inftantly 
‘refolved to demand the releafe of the Ma- 
melukes (about 400) who were’ at ‘this 
time ferrounded in ‘the Turkith camp 5 
the immedate liberation of the Beys who 
had furvived ; together with the reftoration 
of the bodies iwi the raurdered Beys. But 
the anfwers fent to thefe requilicions being 
equivecal and unfatisfactory, ° General 
Stuart was ordered to march with four 
regiments of infantry, a detachment of 
cavalry, and fome cannon, to enforce the 
demand ; «when, his Highnefs the Pacha 
did not irk it advifable to refit the ar-- 
guments of this formidable and perfuafive 
embafly. “The Mamelukes were releafed 
and given up to theGeneral, together 
with the bodies of their mufdered ‘Beys. 
The Mamelukes, on receiving thefe re. 
mains of their mafters and benefaétors, 
embraced them with the deepeft and totdett 
tokens of de{pair; and had them buried 
in the Enghth camp.’ | 
SWITZERLAND. 
Intelligence has arrived from Berne, on 
the 21 of Jansary, that the Commiffion 
appointed by the Senate, notified to them 
the returniof the Landemann Reding. In 
order to fettle the appointments to the 
Councils, a particuiar fittings to be 
held. The Conftitution of May 29 is to 
remain unaltered, with regard to the f- 
paration of the Thurgau from Schauff- 
haufen, and of the latter from the Frick- 
thal. The organization of the Cantons, 
and the firit choice of their Magiftrates, 
will be committed to the Central Govern- 
ment. There is no megtion of uniting 
Leman and Argaus, The Valais will be 
cheerfully conceded to France, fince the 
cantonment. of a body of troops, which 
cannot be difpenfed with, will thus not 
interfere with the Helvetic Neutrality. 
_ ALGIERS. ~ 
The French Journals contain a copy of 
the Treaty of Peace concluded between 
France and Algiers. By this Treaty, 
which was figned Dec. 17, ‘all the old 
commercial and political relations between 
the two powers are to be renewed; all 
‘the goods belonging to the French Afri- 
can Company, that were feized, are to be, 
reftored ; all French flaves are to be fet 
at liberty, and in future, no French fub- 
jeGt is to be made a {flave, unlefs taken 
fighting againft the fubjects of the D-y. 
WEST INDIES. 
The infurreétion at Guadaloupe, we 
are forry to hear, continued to rage with 
increafed fury fo late as the 15th “of De- 
cember, to the great detriment of Engiith 
commurcey fome of our merchant-fhips 
having 
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