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fee him holding a courfe untouched by the 
influence of that practifed ftatefman. His 
political maxims are thofe of the Confti- 
tution ; and his road to power, is in the 
ath of bonour. ‘* He does not,’’ fays 
Lord Grenville, {peaking of Mr. Pitt, 
‘6 at prefent enjoy the ineftimable advan- 
tage which I poflefs, of never having con- 
cealed, nor compromifed my opinion in’ 
regard to matters of fo much political im- 
portance!” ‘* As for eternal enmity,” 
he fays in another place, ‘¢ I deteft the 
idea ; and, if I have an eternal enmity, it 
is againft the partizans of a priciple fo de- 
teftable. But much is due to public opi- 
nion, as well as to the perfonal fituation 
and character of individuals, which ought 
to be refpected long after they have ceafed 
to have refentment, or to take pleafure in 
giving proofs of it; and nothing appears 
to me lefs probable, than to fee Pitt and 
me at any period reconciled, and difpofed 
to eftablifh with Addington, relations of 
confidence and friendfhip.”” 
Such fentiments as thefe equally grace 
the ftatefman and the philofopher. 
FRANCE. 
Bonaparte has made a confiderable flay 
at Mentz, where fome of the petty German 
Princes paid their refpeéts to him. Some 
foreign minifters were prefented to bim ; 
and afterwards refpectively dined in the 
Imperial palace, with General Duroc, 
Marthal of the Court, in a ftyle of great 
pomp and luxury. Bonaparte arrived on 
the 1sth inftant at St. Cloud. 
A circular letter was lately written by 
Fouche, to the French prelates, ftating 
that fome of them are fuppofed to be 
friendly to the Bourbons; and reminding 
them, that they have nothing to do with 
the fiate but to obey it; and, that reli- 
gion is not connected with the dynafty 
that reigns in a country. 
A French paper (The Pubiicifie) fays, 
the magittrates of Warfaw have publifhed 
the examination of Coulon, by which it ap- 
pears that he had, of his own impulfe, 
fabricated the whole ftory relative to the 
defign of poifoning Louis XVIII. 
HOLLAND. : 
It is ftrongly reported that M. Bona- 
parte has refolved on a change in the Ba- 
tavian government ; the prefent rulers to 
be fucceded by a fupreme head. Schim- 
melpennick, Citizen Valkenaer, a brother 
of Bonaparte, anda German Prince, have 
been feverally reported as deftined for this 
ftation. Bonaparte, among other caufes 
of complaint, alleges the following again& 
the preferit government. ‘* 1ft—The 
equivocal orders given to Admiral Hart- 
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fink, which prevented his joining Linoisy 
in his attempt on the China fleet. 2d— 
The rejeétion of his plan of indemnities 
tothe Prince of Orange. 3d—The re- 
luétance of the government, to take a de- 
cifive part in the war! Any one of thefe, 
is caufe enough for their diffolution. 
RUSSIA. 
The French Chargé d’A ffaires received 
an order from the Emperor to quit Peterf- 
burg in twenty-four hours. M. D’Oubril, 
the Chargé d’ Affaires from Roufiia to the 
French government, has guitted Mentz, to 
which he had accompanied Bonaparte. It 
is now known, that on the arft of July, 
he prefented the following note to the mi- 
nifter for foreign relations.—.** The ucder- 
figned has been ordered to declare, that he 
cannot prolong his ftay at Paris, uniefs 
the following demands are previouily 
granted. 1fi—That, conformably to the 
fourth and fifth articles of the Secret Con- 
vention, of the sith Odtober, 1801, the 
French Government fhall order its troops 
to evacuate the kingdom of Naples ; and 
when that is done, that it fhall engaze to 
refpe&t the neutrality of that kingdom, 
during the prefent and any future: war. 
2.—that in conformity to the fecond ar- 
ticle of the faid Convention, the French 
government fhall promife to eftablifh, im- 
mediately, fome principle of concert with 
his Imperial Majefty for regulating the 
balis upon which the affairs of Italy hall 
be finally adjutted. 3d—That it fhall en- 
gage, in conformity to the fixth article of 
the Convention aforefaid, and the promife 
fo repeatedly given to Ruffia, to indemni- 
fy, without delay, the King of Sardinia 
for the loffes he has fuftained. And, 4th, 
—That, in virtue of the obligation of a 
mutual guarantee, and mediation, the 
French government fhall promife immedi~ 
ately to evacuate the North of Germany, 
and enter into an engagement to refpeét, 
in the ftriéteft manner, the neutrality of 
the Germanic body.” 
“< The underfigned has received orders 
from his government to demand a catego= 
rical anfwer to thefe points.” 6 
On the 16th of Auguft, M. D°Oubrit 
p'sfented another note, difcufling the con= 
duct of France in terms becoming the 
fubject ; and afferting the rights of inde= 
pendent, though weak ftates, with great. 
dignity. This is a ftate paper of an uns 
commonly fine character. Meanwhile, 
Ruffia has ordered an additional levy 
of land forces, at the rate of one man 
in five hundred, throughout her tere 
ritories; and is making great exertions 
to increalé her navy. 
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