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at the inauguration of Bonaparte’s fta- 
tue, which has been placed in their hall. 
M. Vanubdlance and M. Fontaine made 
‘pompous fpeeches in praife of the Emperor 
and Emprefs. On the 16th, the city of 
Paris gave a fplendid entertainment to the 
Emperor and Emprefs. Bonaparte af- 
fured M. Frochot, the Prefect of the 
City, that he has always entertained, and 
will preferve, a particular affe€tion for his 
good city of Paris. In the fitting of the 
16th a propofal was introduced by the 
Counfellors of State, Regnaud de St. 
John d’Angely, and Segur, for the mak- 
ing a new great feal of fate, bearing on 
one fide the effigies of the Emperor, feated 
oo his throne, dreffed in the imperial 
robes, and having the crown on his head, 
and the fceptre and balance of Juftice in 
his hands; on the other the imperial 
eagle, crowned, repofing on the thunder. 
The project was referred for difcuffion. 
The Vice-prefident and the Confulta 
of the Italian Republic, it is faid, are em- 
ployed at Paris in maturing, upon the 
ideas of Bonaparte, a plan for the concen- 
tration and durability of their Govern- 
ment, analogous to the principles which 
prevailin France. It is reported that 
his highnefs, Prince Jofeph Bonaparie, 
will be crowned King of Lombardy. 
The Emperor will vifit the department of 
the Upper Alps; and immenfe and 
fplendid preparations aie making for his 
journey. 
It appears that great a€tivity has pre- 
vailed lately in the ports of France. It 
is believed, that the Rochfort {quadren, 
confi{ting of one fhip of 100 guns, three 
of 74, and four frigates, failed from that 
port about fx weeks fince. ‘The Tou- 
Jon fleet is Jately faid to havefailed, with 
30,000 troops on board. A fhip of war, 
of so guns, has lately been launched at 
POjient; and three other line of battle 
fhips are in a ftate of forwardnefs; there 
are, however, fzid to be no feamen for 
them, 
HOLLAND. 
The condué& of the French troops in 
Holland is feated to be daily more and 
more defpotic. The French General, 
Frere, lately feized a waggen laden with 
fpecie, to a very large amount, on its 
road from Amfterdam to Hamburgh, al- 
Jedging that the money was intended to 
be fent to England. The merchants, 
whofe properry the money was, applied 
to General Frere, and produced the fuileft 
proof thet the money was not intended to 
be {ent to England, upon whjch he offered 
to reftore it, on condition that a hande 
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forme douceur fhould be given to his 
troops for their trouble in the tranfaétion. 
This they refitted, as a lawlefs impofition, 
and the money ftillremains under the Ge- 
neral’s care. Englifh manufactured goods 
are conflcated by the French troops, and 
fold. by auétion, General Marmont’s 
groom being the auctioneer, and a guard 
of French foldiers attended at this mili- 
tary Cultom-houfe, to prevent tumult 
dusing the fale. But new aad more feri- 
ous calamities threaten this unfortunate 
country every day. A Rotterdam paper, 
of the 29th of January, contains the intel- 
ligence that, on the preceding day, the 
Legiflative Affembly of the fta:es had 
come toa refoluticn, declaring that the 
Dutch Government was reduced to the 
neceflity. of flopping payment of the 
public annuities. The refoiution fiates 
the caufe of this bankruptcy to be, the 
“Nation’s having been unhappily involved 
in the prefent war with Great Britain, 
through their conneétion with France; 
and it adds, that the. Affembly, finding 
itfelf compelled either to call on the pub. 
lic for a contribution of cne per cent per 
monih, or of fufpending the payment of 
the public annuities, deemed the Jatter the 
eaft grievous of the two evils. It ap- 
pears, that the State Direétory had re- 
commended the former meafure to the 
Legiflative Affembly, who reje&ted it with 
diidain. One member of that body, M. 
Van Haffell, made a moft generous and 
interefting {peech on the paffing the refo- 
Jution fated above, in which he openly ' 
afcribed the bankruptcy of the country, 
and a]l its calamities, to the tyranny and 
extortion of the French, and to thofe other 
innumerable unhappy confequences of 
their connection with France. 
AMERICA. 
Judge Pendleton was tried on the roth 
of December iaft, for aiding and abetting 
in the Jate fatal duel between Gen. Hamil- 
ton and Co], Burr, and was found guilty. 
W.P. Van Vels, Efg. was alfo tried and 
convicted, for being the bearer of the chal- 
lenge, and for aiding and abetting in the 
duel. The American fhip, Hazard, 
Capt. Burvill, left the Ile of France on 
the 22th of June laft, at which time, La 
Marengo, of 80 guns (Admiral Linois’s 
fhip) was refitting. La Belle Poule fri- 
gaie, of 44 guns, and Atalanta, of 38, 
were repairing; the Surveillante of 42. 
guns, and Berceau corvette were in bad 
condition, and would take much time to 
put them into a ftate fit for fea. La Pfyche, 
of 36 guns, and La Diligence, of 28, 
were nearly ready for fea. J 
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