. St. Cloud, with all the forms of Royalty on which occafion a number of ladies of different countries, all of high rank and distinction, were prefented. The English Tadies introduced by Lord Whitworth were, the Ducheffes of Dorfet, Newcastle, and Gordon; Lady Georgiana Gordon, the Countess of Cholmondeley, Lady Conyngham, and Mrs. Orby Hunter. Among the perfons most diftinguished by the favour of the First Conful is Gen. Abdallah Menou. He is appointed fucceffor to fourdan in the important office of Administrator-General of Piedmont; a.fiTuation of vice-regal power and emolument. After an expenditure of upwards of 250,000l. in fitting up the palace of St. Cloud for the refidence of Bonaparte, his physicians have declared that the fituation is too low and damp; and, in purfaance of their advice, the palace of Verfailles is about to be adapted, at probably an equal expence, for the accommodation of his Court. One of the Paris journals fome time paft, treating of Bonaparte's family, obferyed"He does not defcend from a line of' monarchs; but the day will come when mighty Potentarer will, with pride, reckon him as the first of their ancestors;" and another paper, le Bulletin de Paris, devoted to the intereft, and peculiarly in the confi dence, of the First Conful, after an able defence of ufurpation, co:inues thus: "Let us call to our recollection those celebrated men whom Hiftory (which is not unfrequently giddy in the fentences the pronounces) has branded with the unfavourable appellation of ufurpers, and we shall find that the greater part of them were astonishing morta's, whom Nature ereated by intervals, for the purpose of remedying fome errors in the order of fociety. Compare the political circumstances which picceded them with those which their fuperior genius called forth, and you will perceive that their exiftence has been the molt fortunate event for the people whose deftiny they corrected. Who ever had the prefumption to arraign the memory of Dejoces? The Medes, lus fellow-citizens, having adopted the republican fyftem, had been long a prey to the aflaffinating rage of democracy. Dejoces, who had often led them to victory, fubunited to them wife and prudent laws; refceing them from the dangerous illufions of a liberty which they never poffeffed. He boldly and boneflly declared himself the first King of the Medes, furrounding bimfelf by a brilliant Court, and ap. peared to bis now fubje&s in the midst of all the pup of royalty. He knew how to give power, and add splendour, to his Government; and he, therefore, became the founder of the greatest empire in Afia. Was Hiero, the wife King, an ufurper? The people of Syracufe laid their tumultuous independence at his feet-they called him father when he died, all the Sicilian became orphans, and wept over his tomb Y Had he remained in the order of private Citizen, Sicily, a prey to the convulfions of anarchy, would not have been, during 30 years of his reign, the happiest and richest country upon earth.” The Moniteur of the 5th contained a decree of the Confuls, the object of which is to facilitate the payment of the creditors of the French Republic who are holders of life-annuities, and who are either foreigners, or refide in foreign countries. The creditor is to deliver to the French Ambaffador or Envoy, refident in the country of which the creditor is a native, or is domiciliated, a certificate, figned by four cre✅ dible witneffes; the Ambassador is to authenticate the certificate, and, on its being tranfmitted to Paris, the creditor will be paid. A Deputation from Piedmont has waited upou the First Conful with an Address of Thanks, for having, united that country to France. The greatest exertions are making by the French Government to raise a numorous corps, principally composed of Cou-fcripts, for the relief of the army in St. Domingo. None but young men are to be employed upon that service; and the Con-, feription is accordingly stated to extend to three out of four of all of that defcription, from 20 to 21 years of age. It is even said, that a plan is in contemplation to comprehend thofe of 19, and even 18 years. This new fyftem is attributed to an idea, that they will be more able to fupport the climate, and more habituated to it, in a fhort time, than the veterans who have been fent out to the colony. A letter from Paris of the rft says: "A young man, who had been drafied among the Confcripts, wifhed to find a fubftitute. This produced fome altercation between him and one of the ferjeants; the latter, in a rage, thrust him through the body. The reft of the Confcripts inftantly dispatched the ferjeant. A conflict enfaed between the Confcripts and the military, The guard were called, who fell upon the Conscripts, and cut them down: 25 were killed, and feveral wounded. Two or three of the guards likewife loft their lives. This took place in la Rue St. Martin."--The Moniteur has fince noticed the circumftance with the tatement of only one man having been killed, and two or three wounded. Ctizen Oliveri, a physician from Paris, afcended from Orleans on the 24th ult. ia a Montgolfier balloon, and fell a victim to his imprudence. He disappeared in the clouds in less than three minutes, and his body was foon after found about three miles from the town. The balloon took fire in the air, and the unhappy adventurer of courfe fell precipitately to the earth. SWIT SWITZERLAND The recent interference of France in the affairs of Switzerland, is justified in the French papers upon the pure ground of its being conformable to a treaty entered into between those two States in the year 1798, in which (they fay) there is the following article: Art. 3. The French Republic guarantees the independence of the Helvetic Republic, and the unity of its Government: And in cafe that the Oligarchy fhould attempt to overturn the actual Government of Helvetia, the French Government engages, on the requifition of the Helvetic Republic, to give it every kind of affiftance, and to refist the attacks of its internal and external enemies. The Diet of Schwitz diffolved itself on the 28th ult.; having previously published a Proteft in the fame manly terms which have characterized all their proceedings. Gen. Bachmann has fent a circular letter to all the chiefs of the confederate army, enjoining them to difband their troops. By the fame fource we learn, that the Provifional Government of Zurich has been compelled to diffolve itfelf by the French troops; but the Members formally declared that "they had yielded only to the force of arms, firmly appealing against the violation of the Treaty of Luneville." Accounts from Berne, dated the 1ft inft. fate, that the French, who marched from Melanguen, paffed the mountains during the night to the amount of between 3 and 4000 men. Each had a flambeau, which alarmed the enemy fo much, that the city of Zurich fent the keys of the place; but the French General replied, "I do not accept the keys on your part; if the gates be fhut when I arrive before Zurich, my fuldiers have keys to open them." ་་ In a Proclamation from the Helvetic Goverument to the people of Switzerland, upon the existing state of affairs, the Swifs are told, "that they have deferved their fufferings; that they are deprived of their aims becaufe they are unworthy of keeping them themfelves; and, finally, they are acquainted, that they will be required to defray the expences of the French troops whom their ill-conduct has brought into the country!” It appears, that the patriotic characters, Aloys Reding and Aufder Maur, other Members of the Diet, and the brother of Reding, have been brought prifoners to Zurich. Serras, the French General, ordered them into clofe confinement in the cattle of Chalion, on the banks of the Lake of Geneva. Gen. Bachmann has retired to Suabia. Reding had received the day before his arreft a paffport, and a hint to make his escape; but he remained at home, and when the French officer came to take him up he fid, "that as he had not been able to do all the good to his country that he wished, he fcorned to thrink from his fate." When Reding wat conducted through Lucerne and Zurich, no perfon was permitted to appear in the ftreet. The fubjugation of the unfortunate Swifs appears now indeed to be complete. Orders have been iffued by the French Ge neral commanding in Switzerland, for the difarming of all the inhabitants of that country, who are commanded to deliver up their arms and ammunition to the Ma nicipalities of the different Communes, under the penalty of military execution, in cafe of difobedience. HOLLAND. Letters from the Hague fay, that Mr. Lifton, the British Ambaffador, has opened a negotiation with the Dutch Miniftry for a Commercial Treaty. The merchants of Amfterdam, anxious that the commercial intercourfe between the two countries should be, as little retrained as poffible, have petitioned their Government for a repeal of the law prohibiting the importation of English woollen manufactures into Holland. A difpute is ftated to have taken place between the Batavian Government and the French General Montrichard, who was fént to take the command of the French troops in Holland. He acquainted the Dutch Government with his orders, and added, that he thould fix his head-quarters at the Hague, to which city he should bring a body of French troops as a garre fon. The notification excited much furprize; for it was fuppofed, that the Dutch were to be relieved from the burthen of a foreign force. The Batavian Government immediately fignified to the French Gene ral, that they could not recognize him as Commander in Chief of the French troops in the Republic. It is faid alfo, that they have declared to the French Government their refolution not to continue paying thofe troops beyond the end of this month. Gen. Montrichard has difpatched a convier to Paris to notify to the First Conful the intentions of the Batavian Government. GERMANY. The Imperial Cabinet has ftrongly remonstrated against the recent proceeding of the Fust Conful, in andexing the Duches of Parma and Placenza to the French Republic. It appears that, by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, the Houfe of Auftria claims the fucceffion to these Sovereignties in cafe of the failure of iffve in the prefent reigning branch; that part of them aloue excepted which is fituated on the Western bank of the river Stura The late Duke of Parma has left 225,000 ounces of filver, 112 pounds of gold and jewels, to the value of 2,000,000 Livres. "Our lot (fays an article from Ofna, burgh, dated Nov. 12,) is, God be thank ed, decided; we are fubjects to the bett of Kings, and have George the Third for the Father of our country. The popular tune of "Rule Britannia" was playe', amid the fhoots of the people, upon the first entrance of the Hanoverian troops." A letter from Vienna, of the 15th Dec. ftates, that the Emperor of Germany has fully ratified the Conclufum of the Deputation refpecting the Indemnities; but a letter from Ratifbon, by a former conveyance, fays, that the ratification was only Conditional, his Imperial M jelty having at the fame time fuggefted to the Deputation the neceffity of raifing the Grand Duke of Tufcany, and the Grand Mater of the Teutonic Order, to the Electoral dignity, in order to preferve the due proportion between the Proteftant and Catholic religions: this propofition has not yet been decided upon. Prince Rufpoli, who is elected Grand Master of the Order of Malta, has written a letter from England to his brother at Vienna, informing him that he has declined accepting that dignity, and stating his reasons, SWEDEN. On the 15th Nov. at five o'clock in the morning, a dreadful fire broke out in the houfe of the Royal Chamber of Justice at Stockholm. All exertions could not hinder the fire from spreading to the Old Castle adjoining, which contains feveral of the public offices. The greatest part of this building is confumed, but the neighbouring houses are faved. The fire was not extinguilhed till the afternoon of the following. day, after lafting 35 hours. The King was prefent moth of the time, and directed the meafures neceffary to be taken, without which the lofs would probably have been much greater. Many of the officers were obliged to remove; but all teir papers, except a very few, were faved. The regaha of the kingdom were also saved. The Princess Wilhelmina of Sweden has been inoculated with the vaccine matter with the most complete fuccefs; a circumftance which will tend to render the practice general in that country. RUSSIA. nounce, that the British and Turkish troops News from Egypt, of the date of the 31st of October, had been received by the way of Conftantinople, at Vienna, on the ft of December; which fignified that the Beys, with their Mamelukes, had routed the Turkish forces in feven different actions; and that, had it not been for the featonable intervention of the English, the Turks would have been cut off to a man. This news came by an exprefs meffenger to the Turkish Government: it excited great uneafineis at Conftantinople. Several French ficers and Commillaries had arrived in Egypt with intentions of traffic; and had been received with great politeness and hofpitality by the English. Captain S. T. Popham, of the 28th regiment of foot, has brought dispatches from Egypt. He left Alexandria on the 16th of October, at which time no alteration had taken place in the difpofition of the British troops; and the Beys, who continued their hoftility to the Turks, were in poffeffion of the greater part of the country. EAST INDIES. Medals are to be fent out to India, to he conferred on thofe British non-commiflioned officers and privates compofing the Indian army, who have meritoriously diftinguished themselves in the late cam paign in Egypt. Advices from Bombay ftate, that the province of Guzerat is reflored to tranquillity, in confequence of the furrender of the rebel chief Mulka Row. The lines of Kerry were formed on the 35th of April, and carried by the bayonet. The forces employed under the command of Sir W. Clarke confifted of the 75th regiment, the flank companies of the 84th, and the Company's grenadier battalion, commanded by Col. Colman, fupported by the 84th regiment, led by Lieut.-Col. Woodington. Numbers of the enemy have fallen. Among the killed are Lieut. D. Price, of the 86th regiment, and Lieut. F. Ivie, of 84th ditto, with 19 rank and file, and fix natives. Wounded: Lieat. Tolcher, of the rft grenadier battalion, 6th regiment; 70 Europeans, and 53 natives. Several thousand houses in the town of Cachao have been deftroyed by fire, toge ther ther with large ftores of filk. The filk was deposited in small arched brick buildings, like ovens, with the mouth to the ground, to fecure them from fire; but the conflagration found its way to the filk. The province of Bijare, in India, is in a tate of much alarm, in confequence of the hoftility of a favage and turbulent race, who have come down from the mountains and wilds. They have taken poffeffion of the famous mountain Aornus; the conqueft of which was one of the most fplendid exploits of Alexander in these parts. It is acceffible by one narrow pafs only, cut out of a rock, and a garrison of 1000 men can fubfift on the fummit without any extraneous aid. A violent hurricane was, early in June laft, experienced on the Coromandel coaft, particularly abou Caringoli. Several huts, and their inhabitants, were fwept away, and the ravages of the storm were marked to the extent of 70 miles. A fhocking accident happened in May laff, in the neighbourhood of Poodacotali: The palace of one of the principal Poligars caught fire, and, with the Zenanah, was burnt to the ground. Near 5o.of the women, preferring deatixio an exposure to the fight of men, perifhed in the flames. WEST INDIES. It is ftated, that at the review in St. Domingo on the 23d of September, the Cotal number of French troops was found to be 27,500, including a corps of 40co Blacks; of which, it is admitted, that onefifth were in the hofpitals. Two thousand men are faid to have arrived after the review took place. The Blacks are flated to have taken advantage of the excelfive heat, which rendered it imp fible for the French troops to aft, and to have committed great ravages and even burnt fome plantations in the plain of the Cape. This account in the official dispatches certainly daes not tend to few, that the Blacks were reduced to that complete state of fubjection which has been so often beafted of in the French journals: for, when the Moniteur admits, that one fifth of the whole number at the troops fent out have perished either by difcafe or the fword; that one-fifth of the troops at prefent in existence are in the Bofpirals; and that the Blacks have rifen in infurrection whilft the French troops were enable to act on account of the exceffive heat; it may reasonably be concluded that the loss of men has been much greater, that a much larger mumber of the troops me in the hofpitals, and that the Blacks are much more powerful, and pofleffed of greater refources, than it reprefents. A letter from Port as Prince, dared the sgth October, gives a melancholy picture of ffairs in that part of the world. The Blacks," fays the writer, "march with Mannou in their van, and fire and tword in their rear. Every step is marked with blood and devastation; and the French exercife acts of the most barbarous vengeance, in their turn, on the Blacks. I have feen 3 or 400 Blacks, whom the fortane of war had thrown into the hands of the French, put on-board an old crazy veffel, ordered out to fea, and, after having been fcuttled, funk, when all the miferable wretches were configned to the bottom. I faw a fine-looking Black, clothed in blue, with fcarlet facings, on-board a French fhip of war, who had been one of Tonffaint's field-officers, and, fince the departure of that Chief, had heen very inftrumental in cherishing that spirit of refift nce on the part of the Blacks, which had discomfite the measures of the French Government. This unfortunate man had undergone a very fummary trial; was ordered to he taken out to a certain digauce at fea, and, after tying a large stone round his neck, to be funk. This dreadful.ceremony was per formed, after which the men ordered on this difgraceful expedition returned to their fhip with much cool indifference." At the time of writing this letter, it was reported that a general maflacre of the Whites had been determined on. The following Proclamation has been if fyed by Admiral Vill et joyeuse, CaptainGeneral of Martinique and St. Lucia: "Frenchmen!--War and diffenfions have feparated you from the mother country. peace reftores you again to her bofom. T'e French Government maintains the antient laws made for the happiness of the Colo nies, protects the religion of your fathers, gua antees the integrity of property, and preferves davery, which made a part of antient Colonial poffeffion. After having conquered, and given peace to the World. it withes the happiess and tranquillity of nations, by allaying-hatred, and binding up the wounds that parties have made. After having combated armies, it fupports Altars, and re-establishes Chriftianity, Wretched hall those be who shali dare to disturb the focial order established in the Colonies, a fhall cherish fufpicions with regard to the intentions of the mother country. The fword of justice will soon be unsheathed to punith; bet far be it from our with to find any one culpable. Our first care fhalle to prevent the commiffion of fuch crimes, by the maft waichfu! vigilance; and our strongest folicitude shall be to add to the happiness of the Colony, by justice and an equitable adminiftration. Your fouls long to be united again to Frenchmen. Tea years of glory have effaced the misfortunes of the revolution. The 18th Brumaire and the Treaty of Amiens have fixed the destiny and the grandeur of France. The Hero who governs, makes the happiness of the Colonies his, by making commerce to revive and flourish. Aftanibed pafienity is not yet decided concerning him; but, without doubt, will make him the greatest of men ! The Captain General, VILLARET JOYEUSE." EARTHQUAKE. A very violent earthquake was experienced, with greater or leffer effect, on and about the 26th of October, in Conftantinople and in all Syrmium. It extended as far as Servia, Bofnia, and the other Turkish provinces on the Black Sea. At Conftantinople, we find, a number of houfes and mofques in the fuburb of Galata were destroyed. The shocks lasted more than 30 minutes, and followed each other with the greatest rapidity. The Seraglio was much thaken. The Grand Seignior fled into the principal mofque, formerly the Church of St. Sophia, where the people collected in a mass; that mofque being reputed indestructible. The effects of this or a fimilar earthquake were alfo feverely felt in Tranfylvania, Wallachia, Gallicia, Hungary, and at Algiers. A confiderable tract of ground between Siliria and Raftock has funk down, and a lake appeared in its place; and the fine caftle of Count Adam de Nemas, at Hidweg, near Cronstadt, in Tranfylvania, has been entirely deftroyed; the Caltle of Bucharest is faid to be a heap of ruins, and the unpaved part of the city to have funk, and become a lake emitting a trong fulphureous vapour. About fix leagues from Algiers towards Belida, there was a small village, confifting of 200 houses, which has been completely destroyed, and all the inhabitants have perished. The Aga has marched with troops to the spot. IRELAND. Nov. 25. A moft dreadful fire broke out in the new ftores and barge-house of Ifaac Morgan, Efq. near the Terrace, Cork, which entirely deftroyed that com plete establishment. The fire communicated to the bakehouses; and the entire of the ftore, with a large quantity of flour, and all the machinery of the lately-erected Aeam-engine, were totally confumed, and the whole building left a fmoaking Tum. Dublin, Dec. 4. The tempestuous weather experienced from Wednesday night until late on Thursday, together with the heavy and unremitting rain during that period, have produced various difaftrous occurrences near this city, which, we fear, will be multiplied to a fad aggregate, when intelligence fhall be received from the interior of the country. The back, weirs, &c. at Old Bawn paper-mills, are entirely fwept away; the works, which were very extenfive, it is feared will be stopped, and GENT. MAG. December, 1852. the people ruined. Nearly an acre and an half of Mr. Wildridge's meadow, adjacent to the mills, have been fevered from the reft by the violence of the flood, and carried completely off!-At Ringfend, the bridge, a fabrick apparently of very folid and judicious construction, has yielded to the impetuous force and accumulated weight of the waters, the centre arch and that next the city being destroyed, excepting fo much on the fide towards the docks, as to admit of foot paffengers.-Laft night, a little after ten, the bridge at the coal-quay gave way; providentially no perfon was paffing at the moment.-Two of the arches were torn from the centre before eleven o'clock, and by morning the remainder was nearly deftroyed. The bridges of Lucan and Celbridge have been also de, ftroyed. This day various articles of household furniture, implements of husbandry, &c. were feen floating down the river. The parts of the town fituated within the influence of the Paddle-ftream were yelterday inundated at an early hour, to a confiderable depth, Patrick street and its vicinity in particular. Several boats were employed in the streets, and though the inhabitants had anticipated the event which took place, they nevertheless have fuftained ferious injury, from the impractica bility of removing the entire contents of their ftores and cellars. The floo! extended to New-street, the Coombe, Black Pits, Cork Itreet, &c. and frightful torrents diverged from Patrick-street into Bride's alley, Ball-alley, and the lanes lying on that level.-Similar inconvenience was experienced in fome degree in every quarter of the city, but to-day the inundation has fubfided. The damage fuffered at fea, we fear, will fwell the catalogue of calamity to a most affecting degree. From the daily marine lift we learn that feveral veffels have been funk, and others are in fight in great diftrefs. Signal guns have been heard all night. Some veffel appearing from the found to be against the North wall, nine men from Bullock, fuppofed to be either pilot and crew, or fishermen, went out to give affistance, but in the dangerous and humane attempt every foul perished! |