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fpeded.„
14th. Theauthority of the exiting
Government of the Electorate shall
cease in the country occupied by the
French troops.
15th. The General, Commander in
Chief, shall levy on the Electorate of
Hanover, such a contribution as he
shall judge necessary for the wants of
the army.
16th. Every article on which there
shall arise any doubt shall be favourably
interpreted to the inhabitants of the
Ele&orate.
17th. The foregoing articles shall
not be prejudicial to the stipulations
which may have been decreed in favour
of the Ele&orate between the Firfl Con
sul and any mediating power.
Head Quarters, Sulinghen,^ Prairial,
Year nth, (3d June, 1803.)
With reserve for the approbation of
the Firlt Consul.
The Lt. Gen. Commander in Chief,
(Signed) ED. MORTIER.
F.de BREMER,
Judge of the Electoral Court.
of Justice, and Provisional Counfellor.
G. de BOCH,
Lt. Cot Commanding the
raiment of Electoral Guards.
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g. The following Proclamation was issued
by Gen. Mortier,when he invaded Hanover.
Edward Mortier,Lieutenant-General,
Commander in Chief, to the inhabitants
of the Electorate of Hanover.
Hanoverians,
A French army is entering your ter
ritory, not to fp/ead consternation, but
to withdraw that portion of the conti
nent which you inhabit from a Gov
ernment that has proved itfelf an enemy
to the peace of Europe and that prides
itfelf on trampling under foot all the
principles on which are founded the
rights ofnations and individuals.
The First Consul, faithful to those
sentiments of moderation and humanity
'which place him in as exalted a rank
as his political and warlike talents, has
in vain exhausted every means of con
ciliation to prevent a rupture.
The King of England, not blueing
to perjure his most solemn engage
ments, has falfified his signature in re
fufing to evacuate Malta, although fol-
nd more than a thousand pieces of or
finance. After to morrow, I ffiall be
n the town of Hanover, the continent
al Capital of the king of England. I
have found a considerable number of
horses to re-mount the cavalry and the
train of artillery.
I owe great praises to the care and
zeal of General Dubntofc ^ - "
I have the honour to salute you.
"'Edward Mortier.
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Convention agreed upon between the Civil
and Military. Deputies of the Regency of
Hanover, and the Lt. General Mor
tier, Commanderin Chief of the French
army.
Art. Ift. Hanover ffiall be occupied
by the French army, as likewise the
forts which depend on it.
zd. The Hanoverian trooobs (hall
retire behind the Elbe. They Shall en
gage on their parole of honour not to
commit hoftdities nor to bear arms a
gainst the French army &itsallies,fo long
as the war between France and England
Ihall continue. They Shall not be dis
charged from this engagement, until
after having been exchanged against as
many French General Officers, Offi
cers, non-commissioned Officers, private
or seamen, as England may have at its
disposition,
3d. No individual of the Hanoverian
troops Shall have liberty to quit the
place aligned him without the Com
in infer in Chief being previously infor
med thereof.
4th. The Hanoverian army Shall
march out with the honours of war ;
the regiments Shall carry with them
their field, pieces.
sth. The artillery, powder, arms and
^munition of every kind,Shall be left at
the disposition of the French army.
6th. ill effects whatsoever, belong
ing to the king of England, Shall be left
at the disposal of the French army.
;th. Sequestration fhallbe put on ev
ery military chest, that of the academy
Ihall preserve its dedication.
Bth. Every English military manor
agent, whatsoever, in ^the pay of Eng
land Shall be arretted by order of the
Commander in Chiefand sent to France
9th The General, Commander in
Chief reserves to himfelf the right of
making in the Government and author
ities constituted by the Elector such a
change as he Shall think proper.
loth. All the French cavalry Shall
be re mounted at the expense of Hano
ver ; the Electorate Shall provide
equally for the pay equipment,and pro
vifidning of the French army.
14th. The worship of the different
religions denominations Shall be main
tained on the footing established.
I2(h. All the persons, the property
and the families of the Hanoverian of
ficers Shall be unden the Safeguard of
French loyalty.
13th. All,revenues of the country,
as well electoral domains as public con
tributions, Shall be at the disposal of the
French Government. The engage
ments hitherto .entered into Shall be re-
femnly bound to this evacuation by the
treaty of Amiens ; he has already given
the Signal for hoftilities,and must there
fore henceforth be responsible both to
God and Man for those calamities
which the scourge of war is about to
draw down upon all those dates that
are fubjectto his government.
I am informed that proclamations
have been made to you diftated-by the
blinded fury, in order to induce you to
engage in a Struggle, foreign to your
interests, and of which you alone will
be the victims.
Sir Philip Stephens moved for an ad
ditional vote of 40,000 seamen, includ
ing 8,000 marines, for jeven months, —
Col. Wood wished the number of ma
rines to be 20,000 -The Secretary at
War, observed, that one fifth marines
Was the usual proportion ; but if ne
ceflity required it, their number could
be augmented. This supply was voted,
and increases the seamen to 120,000.
she necelfary sums were then voted.,
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JUNE IT.
Yesterday the gentlemen who pro
pTe bidding for the new loan, waited
Upon the minister, who informed them
its amount would be 7<welve Millions.
The terms were to be 80 three per cent
confab, for every 100/. Rerling. The
biddings to be upon the long annuities
The contractors asked whether any
more money would be wanted within
the year ? To which no direct answer
was given ? But the Minister dated,that
i r was his mention to pay off Ten Mil
lions of Exchequer Bills, and to make
a frefh issue of Five Millions, and he
should ak for a vote of Credit forTwo
and a half Millions more ; and in case
the Bank could not renew the Million
and a half which it now held he should
feel himfelf obliged to add that amount
to the freffi issue. He thus meant to
pay off Ten Millions ofExchequer Bills,
and the frefh issue might amount to
.Nine, but possibly not to so much.
June 14.
Hanover has been surrendered to the
French under the most humiliating and
difgraceful conditions ever prescribed
to a country. The great powers of
the Continent, after a solemn pledge
to maintain the integrity and independ
ence of the Germanic Empire, fuffered
Hanover to become a prey tp invasion,
for which there did not exist a single
pretext arising out of justice or common
honesty.
It was yesterday reported that Twen
ty Thousand British Troops are to be
sent to Portugal with all possible expe
dition, for the defence of that kingdom
against any attack of the French.
An expedition is fitting out destined,
it is said, against the island of Marti
nique. We heartily applaud every ap
pearance of vigour.
—o—
— 17.
War with Holland.
Lord Hawkefbury, at the bar of the
House presented the following molt
gracious message from his Majesty:
GEORGE R.
His Majesty thinks it right to inform
the House of Commons, that from an
anxious desire to prevent the calamities
of War being extended to the Batavian
Republic, he communicated to that
Government his disposition to refred
their neutrality provided that a fimtlar
disposition was manifefted on the part
of the French Government, and that :
the French forces were forthwith with
drawn from the territories of the Bata
vian Republic. This proposition not
having been admitted by the Govern
ment of France, and measures having
been recently taken by them, in dired
violation of the Independence of the
Hanoverains, I promise you Safety
and protection if, consulting your real
interest, you Separate your cause from
that of a Sovereign who, in burning a
sunder all the tics of good faith, has
thereby released you from that attach
ment which you might have thought
it a duty to bear to him.
I'he most Severe discipline reigns
throughout the troops under my com
mand. Your perlons and property
ShaU be refpeded ; but in return, I re
quire from you such proceedings as I
have a right to expeft from a peacea
ble people. -I). Mortier.
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PARIS, JUNE 4.
Patriotic gifts to Government are
dailymade. The following areamongft
the foremoft, a firft rate man of war,
by the Conservative Senate; one of
120 guns by the trade of Paris; a 44
gun frigate by the trade of Antwerp;
a frigate by the department of Loire ;
and another frigate by the department
of Maine and Loire.
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LONDON, JUNE 9.
Yederday the Lord Mayor, attended
by the Aldermen, and other city offi
cers, repaired in date to St. James's
where his Majesty being seated on his
throne, the address of the city of Lon
don was presented. This address
breathes the mod unshaken loyalty ;
and promises a support of the war ;
and that the addressers feel a grateful
pride in the assurance of kindred loyal
ty throughout the kingdom.
House of Commons, June 10, 1803.
The National Defence Bill palled
without amendment.
Batavian Republic, bis Majesty, judged
it expedient to direct his Minilter to
leave the Hague ; and he has since giv
en orders, that Letters of Marque and
General Reprisals Should be issued against
the Batavian Republic and its fubjefts.
His Majesty has at all times manifest
ed the deeped and molt lively interest
for the prosperity and independence of
the United Provinces. He has recourse
to these proceedingswith the most fipcere
regret, but the conduct of the French
Government has left him no alterna
tive ; and in adopting these measures he
is actuated by a sense of what is due to
his own dignity, and to the security and
essential interests of his dominions.
G. R.
[After the message vis read, an address of thanks
for the communication sassed nemeue contradi
centej
JUNE 18.
Bremen and Hamburg taken.
The Hamburgh Mail brings the following
article of intelligence:
BREMEN, JUNE J, „2 o'clock at Night.)
" Yesterday evening a French Gen
eral entered this City. He immediately
waited on the Chief Burgomaster, and
desired that all Engiilh property here,
under whatever denomination it might
be, should be taken possession of: And
that all English sailors at present in
this place, as well as all other persons
belonging to the Englilh fervice,thould
be put under arrest. As focn as this
demand was made, the officer who had
come with it, went away to General
Mortier."
What answer was given to this inso
lent and audacious request, we are not
informed; and what number of English
persons, or quantity of Englilh proper
ty, might beat this time in Bremen,
we cannot pretend to calculate. But,
be th it as it may, this outrage will not
be confined to British fubjefts ; some
pretext will soon be found to involve the
natives themselves in the confifeation.
There is little doubt but the fame
measure will take place at Hamburgh,
which city, it was generally thought,
would escape the danger that threaten
ed it; but we are sorry to add, that
such an expectation muftbe disappoint
ed, as the French troops took possession
of it on Sunday last, the I2th inst.
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DENMARK.
A letter from Mentz, May gift, fays,
" a proposal has been made by the
French government to Hop the passage
of the Sound, and all access to the Bal
tic for Englilh vessels." We have little
doubt, that the French government se
riously entertains this projeft. The af
,fencing to it, on the part of Denmark
would be a declaration of war against
Englands • 0
Genoa, may 19
A vessel j"^ drived here, brings un
pleasant intelligence that the plague
has broken out at Malta. It has alrea
dy made the most alarming progress,
more than 60 persons, of the garrison,
dying of it in a day, and it has now
communicated icfelf to the inhabitants.
The King of Sardinia basin consequence
been obliged to eftablilh a line of troops
in order to prevent any communica
tion between Malta and Sicilly.
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HAGUE, MAY 25.
By virtue of an order from Govern
ment all Englilh vessels in our ports
are laid under an embargo many days
having however elapsed, after the known
rupture between France and England
before this order was put in execution
(a circumstance which few persons
can divine the reason of,) the English
vessels put to sea in such a hurry that
on the day the embargo took place
five only were left in all our ports.
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HAMBURGH, MAY 26.
The Englilh envoy has strongly per
suaded otir Magistrates to order a gen
eral press of sailors at Hamburgh, and
has even gone so far as to threaten vio
lence. But the arrival of the French
army at Coevenden has now informed
him that it is by no means the interest
of his Government to give the signal
for violating our independence.
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PARIS, MAY 30
The fitting of the Legislative body
took place last Saturday. The Orator of
Government, the counsellor of State
Regnault-dc St. fean-d'Angley concluded
his fpeech,by declaring that the French
Government wanted neither subsidies
nor men : the contributions voted for
peace, added he, are Sufficient to carry
on the war, the French Nation may re->
pose on the justice of her cause, on the
vigilance of her adminiOrators, and
the courage of her armies.
The St. Julien, Spanish man of war
is arrived, from Vera Cruz, at Cadiz,
with a cargo of 2,682,118 piasters,
3000 quintals of copper, and 14 calks
of cochineal,for the acccount of its gov
ernment.
June it.
We have received English papers to
the 6th of June ; the London Gazette
^bounces the capture of I'Affronceur
French lugger, long nine pounders and
92 men ; and la Franchise, of 32 guns,
Capt. Julien, from Port-au-Prince.
The Times, in addition to the above,
Rates the capture of la Penfee frigate
0644 guns.
Three per cent, confid. §9 7.4.
In the Britith House of Lords, June
14, Lord Fitzwilliam moved, that a
vote of censure should be passed on the
condud of his Majesty's Ministers. He
did not complain of any particular aft,
but laid their measures generally were
injurous to th^ country. There were
for the motion 18, against it 206.
™BY~MAIL. '
BALTIMORE, AUG I.
The governor of this Rate and one of
his council, have come to an open and
violent quarrel. Edward Hall has
given his excellency a foot which has
been returned by the latter with a full
broadside. Ten to one but Hall was
blown out of water, or that his reputa
tion is (hivered to atoms.
We cannot help smiling at the fol
lowing complaint of the governor :
" I may truly fay, that in more than
twenty years in which 1 have been en
gaged in elections, and in all the vio
lence of former parties, I have never
experienced such rancorous personal
opposition as on the present occofion."
The reason is so palpable, that we
cannot suppose that it could have esca
ped the sagacity and penetration of the
Governor -He is now contending a
• gainft a democrat ; but he never was
before!
That out of 30 physicians who have
reported to him, 18 have met with no
case of the above description in their
practice— from the other reports, it
appears,
That front the 20th of July to the
sth of August inclusive, 33 cases of Bil
lions Malignant Fever have occurred,
16 of which have terminated in death,
8 in recovery, and that 9 remain still
doubtful. In this account is included
the Capt. of a New-London Packet,who
died after his departure from this port,
and the papers announce two other
cases of the fame description, which
must be added to the lift.
That of the above number, thirteen
were taken ill on board of vessels lying
in or near the Coffee-houfe flip ; seven
teen resided or were occupied in its vi
cinity, and with one exception between
that and the Old flip ; and of the three
others, one resided in Garden Greet, and
two were laborers in a sugar-house,
where the blood employed in that bu
siness is at this season very liable to pu
trefadion.
And that since active measures have
been taken to cleanse the part of the
city in which it originated, only three
cases of billions fever have occurred.
These fads seem to indicate the cause
of the distemper, and to point out the
Heps immediately ueceffary to eradicate
it, or prevent its progress. An extreme
attention to cleanliness, and a cordial
co-operation with the gentlemen who
have undertaken the office of infpe&ion,
in the difeovery and removal of nui
sances, and a very plentiful use of lime
wherever the filth cannot be removed,
are measures which the Mayor eatneftly
recommends to his fellow-citizens, as
the means bed adapted to the end pro
posed.
If extreme adivity at this moment,
in the execution of these measures,
should with the blessing of Almighty
God, restore that degree of public
health which has partially been inter
rupted,and allay that alarm which must
when the fads are known, be consider
ed as disproportioned to the cause, it
must be a source of the highest gratifi-
New-York, August 5.
A Kingston, Jamaica paper, of the
9th July, narrates the captures of no
less than nineteen French vessels, which
had been sent into that island ; amongst
them was the frigate La Crecle, of 48
guns, Capt. BaHaterre, with a General
Officer and 500 troops on board ; La
Mignone, a iloop of war ; and a (hip
having 200,000 wt. of coffee on board.
The United States schooner Vixen,
of 16 guns, is ready for sea, and will
fail the firft wind for the Mediterra
nean.
The frigate Philadelphia, Captain
Bainbridge, has failed from the Dele
ware.
Gen. Rochambeau, by an arrete of
the 6th July, has declared St. Domin
go to be in a date of siege ; that mar
tial law should be proclaimed ; and all
civil and judicial authorities be suspend
ed.
An English frigate is said to have
been cast away on Cape St. Vincents,
after being out only 12 hours from
Lisbon.
Fever at New York.
We have seen many vague and exaggerated
accounts of the Fever at New-York ; but a
ware of the suggestions of credulity, and desir
ous of sparing, as far as possible, the feelings of
humanity, we have forbore publishing them —
The following flatement, is from an official
source and happily relieves the mind from its
melancholy forebodings.
Mayor's Office,
z^w-rORK, 6tb Aug 1804.
The Mayor having pursuant to the
authority vested in him by law, and by
advice of the Health Committee, re
queued the physicians to report to him
the number of cases of infectious or ma
lignant fever under their care, since the
2d July last, together with the probable
cause of the disease in each case, pre
sents to his fellow-citizens the following
result—
Yesterday arrived the fhipColumbus,
Capt. King, from Havre. She failed
June 15. We have been favoured by
Mr. Boyd, a passenger, with Paris Pa
pers to June 11, inclusive. Extrads
from them are placed under the appro
priate head. The French have obtain
ed possession of Hanover and its depen
dencies. — It does not appear however
that they had entered Hamburg or Bre
men. The preparations in France
give strong evidence ofa determination
to attempt the invasion of England. A.
number of gun boats, built the last war
were direded to be got in readiness a
gain,and a new contrad bad been made
for building 1200 at various places on
the banks of the Seine, to be completed
by the ift of August.
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EXTRACT.
THE following is an excellent exam
ple of smiling satire. It can acknow
ledge no other author than Addison.
He seems to have a fort of exclusive
right to such good humored fadlies.
"I remember a young man of very
lively parts, and of a sprightly turn in
conVerfation, who bad only one fault,
which was an inordinate desire of ap
pearing fashionably. This ran him in
to many amours, and confcquently into
many difiempers. He never went to
bed till two o'clock in the morning, be
cause he would not be a queer fellow,
and was every now and then knocked
down by a constable to signalize his vi
vacity. He was initiated into half a
dozen clubs before he was one and
twenty, and so improved, in them, his
natural gaiety pf temper, that you
might frequently trace him to his lodg
ings by a range of broken windows,
and other the like monuments of wit
and gallantry. To be short, after hav
ing fully established his reputation, of
being a very agreeable rake, he died of
old age at five and twenty."
(Port Folia.
cation to those gentlemen in the differ
ent wards who have so cheerfully given
their services to the public in the disa
greeable employment of enforcing
them, and ought to stimulate them to
perseverance and exertion.
The citizens may be assured that a
true Rate of fads will be given to them
from time to time by the Health Com
mittee and the Commissioners of the
Health Office, who meet every evening
at the Alms-house—And they are cau
tioned not to give easy credit to alarm
ing reports propagated by fear, and the
spirit of exaggeration.
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NEW-YORK, JULY 2.
Literary Fair. —On Friday last the
members of the American Literary Fair
celebrated their origin in this city. The
party, amounting to upwards of forty,
fat down to an elegant dinner at three
o'clock. The utmost harmony, good
humour and hilarity prevailed. — The
following appropriate toasts were drank
on the occasion : —
I. The Republic of Letters—May its do
minion be umverfal.
2. Elegant Typography—The mede of
praise to him who shall present the most perfect
editions of valuable books at our next meeting,
3. The Government of our Country—Ma,
it protect our infant manufactures by a speed,
abolition of 13^ per cent, duty on the raw ma
terial Rags.
4. American authors—May their Pens never
be dipped in the Gall of Party Rancour ; but
be employed for the bed interests of mankind,
and the nation.
5. The Engravers of our country —May they
equal in excellence the Bartolozzi's,the Heaths,
and the Fitlers of Ebgland.
6. The American Letter Founders—The ri
vals of the Bafkerville's, the Wilfon' sand the
Caflen's of the Old World.
7. Rags—May their prudent consumption,
cloathe as well as feed us.
8. The press—May those who pervert it to
the deftru&ion of morals reap a plentiful harvest
of shame and disgrace.
9. The American youth—May they prefer
the lading plcafures of refined literature to the
evanefeent enjoyments of fashionable dissipation.
10. The American Fair— May an honest
heart and cultivated mind, be ever the best in
troduction to their honor and affection.
XI. The city of New-York—May its pro
tection of literature keep pace with its com
mercial advancement.
1%. The booksellers of the United States—
May they never fuffer the American literati to
feel the chilling influence of parfimooy or illib
erality.
13. The American Literary Fair—May it
become as ufeful as the celebrated literary fair
of Germany.
14 The Plcafures of Memory' 1 and “ The
Key to Paradije 1 to the fair and honorable book
sellers—the “ Pains of Memory" and “ The
Scourge of Confeience, to the unfair and dis-
Qonordble.
15. Peace to the world—The bed friend to
the literature of the world.
16 The third Monday of June, 1804 —Ma,
the pleasures and advantages we anticipate in
meeting at that time be fully realised.
rOLUNTEFRS.
By Mr. Samuel Relf, of Philadelphia, attend
ing by invitation—The Beokfellers and Prin
ters of the U. States—May their faces, the title
pages of their hearts, never be tackled by the
tympban of dissimulation.
By Mr. Webster, of Albany..--The memory
of honed patriots.
By Mr. Samuel F. Bradford, of Philadelphia.
—"An union of all honest men".--for the pro
motion of found literature, and the suppression
of party spirit.
By Mr. Andrews, of Boston.—Our silent
monitor [^pointing to a striking likeness of
General Washington, which was hanging in the
presence es the company.]
By Mr. J. Conrad, of Philadelphia.—“ The
Young Man's btf Companion, —and 00 exchange,
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BOSTON, AUGUST 9.
From Fiance.