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Monthly Chronicle.

REVOLUTION IN ROME . In a former Number we gave an account of an insurrection at Rome , in which a French General was killed , and violence committed on the French- ^ Ambassador . The Directory' of France , highly incensed at this conduct , ordered an army , under the command of General Berthier , to march immediately to that capital of the old wor'd . This was no sooner ordered than executed . On the 1 ith of February the French army presented themselves before Rome . They found every thing

in a state of profound stupor . No resistance was attempted , for the Pope s troops fell back as the French advanced . When arrived , at the gates , several deputies presented to the French General an olive crown , in the name of the Roman people . The General observed , that in accepting of it , he received it for General Buonaparte , whose illustrious actions and great exploits had prepared their liberty . The Commander in chief then proceeded to the Capitol . Having planted on its walls the French standard , he pronounced a discourse to the people , reminding them of their noble ancestors , and assuring them that the Gauls brought

peace in one hand and liberty in the other . He then proclaimed the independence of the Roman' Republic , comprehending all the territory which remained under the temporal authority of the Pope after the treaty of Cariipo Formic . The people declared in their act of sovereignty that it is their will to preserve the religion which they practise , and to leave untouched the spiritual authority of the Pope . They then proceeded to the organization of their government , upon the principles of the French Constitution . They resolved to make a provision for the maintenance of the Pope . —All those who were most active in the late insurrection , as well as the English resident at Rome , fled before the arrival of the French army . The French Directory presented the following Message to the Council of Five Hundred relative to this Revolution .

* The theocratical Government of Rome , forgetting the benefit which it had received irom the treaty of Tolentino , ungrateful to Ihe French Republic , which had condescended to spare it after the assassination of Basseville ; that Government , always faithless to the la . vs of nations , upon the 8 th Nivose last , insulted the Majesty of the Great Nation in Ihe person of iis Ambassador , by violating his palace , and causing to be murdered before his eyes a French General , the brave Duphot , who til ! then had escaped the dangers of war , but fell a sacrifice to base perfidy . For a considerable time the Papal Government had secretly renewed

hostilities , and caused preparations for war to be made against Ihe French Republic . It invited foreign Generals into iis service . It corresponded secretly with the conspirators who were overthrown by the 18 th Fructidor . Il opposed to the " laws of the French Republic the decisions of its theologians , in order to excite new troubles in the bosom of France . At last it organized against , itself a pretended insurrection , of which it wished to make a pretext to calumniate France , to outrage her Ambassador , and to signalize that spirit of frenzy and delirium which burst forth in the proceedings of the 8 th Nivose . Since that period it

continued its manoeuvres and hostilities . The Executive Directory was bound , in these circumstances , to employ , for the defence of the slate , the means which the Constitution places in its power . It gave orders to the Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy to march to Rome . A courier , who has just arrived , brings the intelligence that since Ihe 22 d Pluvioise ( -Feb . n . ) the troops pf the French Republic have been in possession of the Castle of St . Angelo and : the Capitol . The Executive Directory , agreeably to the 328 th article of the Constitution , takes the first opportunity to apprize the Legislative Body of the first

measures which it has thought proper to adopt against a Government incorrigible in its perversity , and its frantic hatred against the Revolution and Ihe French Republic . P . BARRAS , President . LAGAIIDE , Secretary . "

CONSTANTINOPLE , -FEB . 23 . The democratic prrnciples of France have penetrated into Turkey , and are there making rapid progress . Passwan Ouglo , a powerful chief , has declared himself the protector of the Greek nation , and his object to be the establishment of liberty , on the ruins of the Seraglio . He first appeared before Belgrade , then made himself master of the course of the Danube , from Seinendria to Silistria ; took sc-

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TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 3
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUTCHESS OF CUMBERLAND. Article 4
THE LIFE OF XIMENES, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 5
BRIEF HISTORY OF NONSENSE. Article 11
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL MUSKIEN. Article 13
ACCOUNT OF THE CABALISTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE JEWS. Article 14
WISDOM AND FOLLY. A VISION. Article 18
COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN SCIENCE AND LITERATURE. Article 22
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY ON LONGEVITY. Article 29
AN ESSAY ON THE CHINESE POETRY. Article 31
CHARACTER OF SIR WILLIAM JONES. Article 34
THE LIFE OF DON BALTHASAR OROBIO, Article 36
THE COLLECTOR. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 42
GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Article 43
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
POETRY. Article 52
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 56
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 56
IRISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 68
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Monthly Chronicle.

REVOLUTION IN ROME . In a former Number we gave an account of an insurrection at Rome , in which a French General was killed , and violence committed on the French- ^ Ambassador . The Directory' of France , highly incensed at this conduct , ordered an army , under the command of General Berthier , to march immediately to that capital of the old wor'd . This was no sooner ordered than executed . On the 1 ith of February the French army presented themselves before Rome . They found every thing

in a state of profound stupor . No resistance was attempted , for the Pope s troops fell back as the French advanced . When arrived , at the gates , several deputies presented to the French General an olive crown , in the name of the Roman people . The General observed , that in accepting of it , he received it for General Buonaparte , whose illustrious actions and great exploits had prepared their liberty . The Commander in chief then proceeded to the Capitol . Having planted on its walls the French standard , he pronounced a discourse to the people , reminding them of their noble ancestors , and assuring them that the Gauls brought

peace in one hand and liberty in the other . He then proclaimed the independence of the Roman' Republic , comprehending all the territory which remained under the temporal authority of the Pope after the treaty of Cariipo Formic . The people declared in their act of sovereignty that it is their will to preserve the religion which they practise , and to leave untouched the spiritual authority of the Pope . They then proceeded to the organization of their government , upon the principles of the French Constitution . They resolved to make a provision for the maintenance of the Pope . —All those who were most active in the late insurrection , as well as the English resident at Rome , fled before the arrival of the French army . The French Directory presented the following Message to the Council of Five Hundred relative to this Revolution .

* The theocratical Government of Rome , forgetting the benefit which it had received irom the treaty of Tolentino , ungrateful to Ihe French Republic , which had condescended to spare it after the assassination of Basseville ; that Government , always faithless to the la . vs of nations , upon the 8 th Nivose last , insulted the Majesty of the Great Nation in Ihe person of iis Ambassador , by violating his palace , and causing to be murdered before his eyes a French General , the brave Duphot , who til ! then had escaped the dangers of war , but fell a sacrifice to base perfidy . For a considerable time the Papal Government had secretly renewed

hostilities , and caused preparations for war to be made against Ihe French Republic . It invited foreign Generals into iis service . It corresponded secretly with the conspirators who were overthrown by the 18 th Fructidor . Il opposed to the " laws of the French Republic the decisions of its theologians , in order to excite new troubles in the bosom of France . At last it organized against , itself a pretended insurrection , of which it wished to make a pretext to calumniate France , to outrage her Ambassador , and to signalize that spirit of frenzy and delirium which burst forth in the proceedings of the 8 th Nivose . Since that period it

continued its manoeuvres and hostilities . The Executive Directory was bound , in these circumstances , to employ , for the defence of the slate , the means which the Constitution places in its power . It gave orders to the Commander in Chief of the Army of Italy to march to Rome . A courier , who has just arrived , brings the intelligence that since Ihe 22 d Pluvioise ( -Feb . n . ) the troops pf the French Republic have been in possession of the Castle of St . Angelo and : the Capitol . The Executive Directory , agreeably to the 328 th article of the Constitution , takes the first opportunity to apprize the Legislative Body of the first

measures which it has thought proper to adopt against a Government incorrigible in its perversity , and its frantic hatred against the Revolution and Ihe French Republic . P . BARRAS , President . LAGAIIDE , Secretary . "

CONSTANTINOPLE , -FEB . 23 . The democratic prrnciples of France have penetrated into Turkey , and are there making rapid progress . Passwan Ouglo , a powerful chief , has declared himself the protector of the Greek nation , and his object to be the establishment of liberty , on the ruins of the Seraglio . He first appeared before Belgrade , then made himself master of the course of the Danube , from Seinendria to Silistria ; took sc-

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