- the 15th. of December. 
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imto.eioht departments, whofe vag ey ies 
are to be the fame with tholeof the old pro-, 
vinces. 
‘The allowance of the members of the 
leziflative-body is to be gcoo florins. They 
are to meet twice during the year, and are 
to fitfrom the 15th of April.to the 1f of 
sane and from the 15th of Oétober to 
On any emer- 
gency it wili be competent for them ‘to 
affemble.as often as neceflary, and the go- 
vernment is to have the power of cconvok- 
ing them. 
Military force, 1 in thefe concerns, has 
not been employed, nor has General Au- 
gereau, nor the Minifter of the French Re- 
public, had the fmatleft concern in them. 
TURKEY. 
The Brunn Gazette fays, the infur- 
rection in Belgrade is only a part of a very 
extenfive plan, as the flames of fedition 
broke out at the fame time at Conftanti- 
nople, at Adrianople, Philipoli, Niffa, 
and other places, where the inhabitants 
rofe upon the magiilrates, and, dividing 
into parties, fought furioufly with each 
other. 
general throughout European Turkey. 
‘The commandant of Nifla was obliged to 
fly. The Pacha of Belgrade, tiefore the 
late commotions there, was much efteemed 
at Conttantinopig, and appointed Serafkier 
by the Porte. 
GREAT BRITAIN. 
Amid the univerfal apprehenfion of all 
parties, that the defirable and glorious 
event of Peace was as improbable as at 
any period during the war, and that the 
negociation for the attainment of it was 
abruptly broken eff, the Preliminaries for 
a Peace between Great Britain and France 
were fuddenly and unexp<ctedly figned on 
‘Thuriday evening, the firft day et O&o- 
ber, between. Lord Hawkefbury and M. 
Orgs and confirmed by the arrival of 
he agreeable ratification of the Prelimi- 
iy Articles from the Chief Conrful of 
France on Saturday the roth day of O&o- 
ber. 
The fellowing is\a copy of the Preli- 
misary Articles ¢ the Definitive Treaty 
is to be f{ettled at Amiens, in France, 
whither Plenipote niiaries are at this time 
repairing. 
Preliminary Articles of Peace hee th» French 
Republic and bis Britannic Moje, Signed at 
phage OXober 1, 1861, 
The Chief Conful of the French Republic, 
in the name oe the Prench people, and his 
Majefty the King of the United Kingdom of 
Great Buitewy and Ireland, animated by an 
equal defire to put an end to the. calamiti és of - 
i 
, 
State of Public Affairs in OGober, 1801. 
Civil war appears likely to become. 
f Nov. hy 
a deftru@ive war, and to re-eftablifh union 
and good underftanding between the two na- 
tions, hive nominated for this purpofe, that 
is to fay—-The Chief Conful of the French 
Republic, in the name of the French people, 
‘Citizen Louis William Otto, Commiffary for 
the exchange of French prifoners in Eng- 
land, and his Britannic Majefty the Sieur Ro- 
bert Banks Jenkinfon, Lord Hawketbury, 
Member of the Privy Council of his Britan-— 
nic Majefty, and his Principal Secretary of 
State for Foreign Affairs; who, after having’ 
formally communicated to each other their 
full powers, have agreed upon the following 
Preliminary Articles : ‘ 
Art. I. As foon as the Preliminaries‘ 
fhall be figned and ratified, fincere amity fhall. 
be re-eftaplifhed between thé French Repub- 
lic and his Britannic Majeity by fea and by 
land, in all parts of the world. On this ac- 
count, and that all hoftilities may immediate- 
Ty ceafe between the two powers, and be- 
tween’ them and their allies refpectively, © 
orders fhall be tranfmitted to the forces by fea 
and land with the greateft celerity, each of 
the Contraéting Parties engaging to give the 
neceflary paflports and facilities to accelerate 
the faid orders, and to infure the execution of 
them. 
queft which’ hall be made by either of the 
Contracting Parties upon the other, or any of 
its Allies, after the ratification of the prefent 
Preliminaries, fhall be confidered as null, and 
faithfully comprifed in the reftitutions to be 
made after the ratification of the definitive 
Treaty. 
Ii. His Britannic Majefty fhall ae to 
the French Republic and its Allies, that is 
to fay, to his Catholic Majefty and the Bata- 
vian Republic, all the poflefiions and colonies 
occupied or conquered by the Englith forces 
during the courfe of the prefent war, with 
the exception of the Tfland of Trinidad, and 
the Dutch poffeffions in the Ifland of Ceylon, 
of which Iflands and poifeffions his Britannic 
Majetty retains the full and entire fove- 
rel; gnty, 
ill. The port of the Cape of Good Hope 
fhall be open to the commerce and navigation 
of the two Contra¢ting Parties, who thall en- 
joy the fame advantages. 
IV. The Ifland of Malta, with its depen- 
dencies, thall be evacuated by the Englith 
troops, ‘and reftored to the Order of St. Joha 
of Jerufatem. 
To iofure the abfolute independence of this 
Ifland of both the Contraéting Parties, it fhall 
be placed under the guarantee and prote€tion 
of a third Power, to pe named by the defini+ 
tive TL. reaty. 
V. Egypt fhall be reftored to the Shblime 
Porte, the territories and poflefiions of which: 
fhall be maintained in their integrity fuch as 
they were before the prefent war. n 
VI. The terrizories and pofiefiions of Her 
Mof Faithful Majetty thall likewife | be main= 
tained in their integrity. 
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It is farther agreed, that every con-- 
