“The Division of the Fleet destined for Egypt has anchored in the Port of _Alexandria_. BERTHIER, who commands this Expedition, informs me that this Port will soon be restored to its ancient pre-eminence; and that its celebrated _Pharos_ will soon be fit to receive the _Reverbères_ which have been sent from the _Rue St. Honoré_. “BARAGUAY D’HILLIERS, with the Left Wing of the _Army of Egypt_, has fixed his Head-quarters at _Jerusalem_. He is charged to restore the Jews to their ancient Rights. Citizens Jacob Jacobs, Simon Levi, and Benjamin Solomons, of Amsterdam, have been provisionally appointed Directors. The Palace of _Pontius Pilate_ is re-building for their residence. All the vestiges of Superstition in _Palestine_ have been carefully destroyed. “I beg you will ratify a grant which I have made of the _Temple of the Sun_ at _Palmyra_ to a Society of _Illuminati_ from _Bavaria_. They may be of service in extending our future conquests. “I have received very satisfactory accounts from DESAIX, who had been sent by BERTHIER with a Demi-brigade into the interior of _Africa_. That fine Country has been too long neglected by Europeans. In manners and civilization it much resembles France, and will soon emulate our virtues. Already does the Torrid Zone glow with the ardour of Freedom. Already has the Altar of Liberty been reared in the _Caffrarian_ and _Equinoctial Republics_. Their regenerated inhabitants have sworn eternal amity to us at a Civic Feast, to which a detachment of our Army was invited. This memorable day would have terminated with the utmost harmony, if the CAFFRARIAN COUNCIL of ANCIENTS had not devoured the greatest part of General Desaix’s État-Major for their supper. I hope our Ambassador will be instructed to require that Civic Feasts of this nature be omitted for the future. The Directory of the _Equinoctial Republic_ regret that the scarcity of British Cloth in Africa, and the great heat of the climate, prevent them from adopting our _costume_. “We hope soon to liberate the _Hottentots_, and to drive the perfidious _English_ from the extremities of Africa and of Europe. _Asia_, too, will soon be free. The three-coloured flag floats on the summit of Caucasus; the _Tigrine Republic_ is established; the _Cis_ and _Trans-Euphratean Conventions_ are assembled; and soon shall _Arabia_, under the mild influence of _French Principles_, resume her ancient appellation, and be again denominated ‘the HAPPY’. “In the course of the next Decade I shall sail to the Canal which is now cutting across the _Isthmus of Suez_. The Polytechnic School and Corps of Geographical Engineers are employed in devising means for conveying my heavy artillery across the great Desert. Soon shall _India_ hail us as her Deliverers, and those proud islanders, the _Tyrants of Calcutta_, fall before the _Heroes of Arcola_.