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Zlate of Neto-Hamfflire.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
A Proclamation.
IF we duly confider the manifold fa
vours befto^d on us by the benev
olent Parent ofthe universe—our de
pendence for all mercies—and reflet
_ upon our individual transgressions ;
ihall we want arguments to prove the
propriety of humbling ourselves before
him— acknowledging our fins, and Sup
plicating divine favours ? And when
we call to mind, that the prosperity of
States and Nations depends on the good
pleasure of Almighty God, the practice
of setting apart certain tiays to unite as'
a people for those purposes, mull appear
highly laudable.
I have therefore thought fit, by and
with advice of Council, to appoint
Thursday the twenty-fourth day
of April next, to be observed as a day
of HUMILIATION, FASTING and
PRAYER throughout this State—-re
questing ministers and people, of every
denomination, to assemble on said day,
at their refpe&ive places of public wor-
Ibip, that we may, unitedly, with peni
tent hearts, confefs our transgressions,
and implore pardoning mercy through
the Redeemer.
That fervent prayers be made to the
supreme Governor of the world, for
his blcffing on the people and govern
ment of this State, and of the United
Stites That he would guide our
Councils—preserve the life and health
of the President—guard and direct him
in the arduous and important duties of
the Ration in which he is placed—
That our Rulers may be just men,
impressed with a proper sense of the du
ties of their refpedive Rations, and dis
charge the fame with fidelity, confider-,
ing themselves not only accountable to
man, but to the Lord of the universe—
That the blessings of civil and reli
gious liberty, with whicli our country
is so highly distinguished, may be jui l ;
ly estimated—that we may be more and
more united in supporting our civil
Constitutions, Laws and National
Rights—and the Union of these States
be perpetuated—
That those licentious principles and
opinions, which have been so detrac
tive to civil O>der, Morality and Reli
gion in some parts of the world, may
never prevail in our land-—and that the'
evil designs of our enemies may be fruf
trated—
That the seasons of the year may be
overruled in mercy—our Agriculture
and Commerce prospered, and our In
stitutions for promoting Education a--
bundantly blessed—
That we may have Peace in our bor
ders, and Health in our habitations—
That a flop may be put to the pro
gress of v'^e and immorality-^ spirit
of Peace, Harmony and chriftian Char
ity abound, an& the Precepts of the
Gospel be known aid pradifed through
out the world.
And permit me to invite your at
tention on this day of solemnity, to the
recent loss our country has faftained
in the death of the illustrious and be
loved WASHINGTON ; and while
with humility we bow before the sover
eign power of God, in this afflicting
difp&ifation, let us offer up our pray
ers, that the great examples exhibited
in the Life—and the excellent precepts,
of this much revered Man,may be deep
ly impressed on the hearty of all the
People and Rulers of our Nation.
And I do recommend, that all per
• . sons religioufiy abstain from labor and
recreations, unbecoming the solemnity
of the day.
Given at the Council-Chamber in Exeter,
this twentieth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred, and of the Independence of the Unit
ed States of America the twenty-fourth.
JOHN TAYLOR GILMAN.
F,bis Excellency's command nuitb advice of Council.
Joseph pearson, s^fo.
Os arid about FRANCE.
TRUTH WILL OUT.
There is an ad of the Consulate
however of the 17th Nov. which throws
a gloomygveil of suspicion over their
views.T Thirty-four citizens, the major
part of whom have been cpnfpicuous
in the post of danger, and who have
- made irhmenfe Sacrifices to freedom,
are ordered for Guiana, among whom
are Felix Le^llitier and Charley Heft,
the former the brother of one of the
carlieft martyrs of the revolution, who
refufed nobility under the ancient re
gime and facrificed, an immense for
tune, to promote the equal/liberty of
his countrymen. Charles Hesse is the
brother of the Prince of Heft, and who
voluntarily relinquished all his feudal;
claims and empty diminutions, to Share
in the glory of being a citizen under the
burners of freedom. We fay, these are
are fads very conspicuous.”
"Twenty-four, others, among whom
is fag^an, the hero of Fleurus, Julien
of Thouloufe, Talot Quirot ; &c. are
in a state of arrest, and obviously des
tined for transportation.— These are
more than suspicious, they are odious
and detestable proscriptions, which no
views of the consuls juftify, which none
but despotic views can feein to require 1
These appear to us such fa^s as cannot
' be denied, nor defended. And we ar
gue from them the death of the con
the deftrv&on of rai^iopS'"
impor tant
Late Foreign News
LONDOX, )dN. ~ ,
HAMB. URG.
THERE is a long and very curious tetter in
Tbe Monitor, P,rii paper, from the Magis
trates of Hamburg, in which they implore the
forgivenefs of the Great Nation, for having de
livered up Napper Tandy and his Associates.
The following is an abAraA of it : —
Eutraa of a letter from tbe Burgomafert of tbe
Free and Imperial City of Hamburg, to tbe Con
fute of the French Republic.
"Citizens Consuls !
“ Whatever may have been the prejudices
which cause you to entertain unfavorable fenti
<ments against the Migiftrates of the City of
Hamburg, these cannot prevent them from a
gain approaching you, under the auspices of
the late fortunate events which have happened
at Paris. The whole nation having formed the
faireft and moll consolatory hopes, you will at
Icaft permit us to participate in them, and pray
for their accemplifhment.
“ You are too illustrious, and too just, not to
be convinced of the finecrity of our sentiments
in this refpea, or to doubt for a moment of bur
having always taken a lively part in the pros
perity of the French Nation.
“ The painful event of the arrest and deliv
ery of four Irifhmeq, the fatal source of many
errors ; of persecutions, and of a& of injustice,
appears to have irritated the Dircaory to such
a pitch, as to render them unwilling to believe
that the condu& pursued by us was irreproach
able, and in the ftriaeft manner demonstrative
of the most attentive regards for the Govern
ment of the Republic."
This paper, which is too long for infection,
then goes bn to state—That Napper Tandy and
Blackwell, were the only two persons who had
been demanded by the French Republic ; and
that Morris and Peters had been considered by
tbe Legation as British fubje&s. That there
never was an example in hiftory of one Belli
gerent Power having considered itfelf as au
thorized to protea in a neutral state those fub
jeds that were claimed ; that it could not be
imputed to them as a crime to have delivered
up men, who, inconteftibly belonged to another
nation, and were foreigners in, regard to the
Republic. That Citizen Grenville, French
Minister at Copenhagen, had judged their Safe
ty, while they continued at that place, fopre
carious, and was in his wisdom so convinced
that the claims of the British 'Government with
regard to them were so well founded and legit
imate, that in order to secure them against the
demands of the British Minister, he thought, it
necessary toafford them an asylum in his own
houfc Thet although they knew and few the
fovorable reception given at Hamburg to all
persons in the service of the French Republic,
yet they entered that city by stealth, and after
the manner of malela&ors, with falfe names and
falfe characters. Napper Tandy took the name
of Jones, and said he was a merchant who had
just come from Philadelphia—Blackwell took
that of Barthefemy Blackfirft, and described
himfelf as an American' merchant. That in
Germany, it was well known that the demands
of Foreign Ministers claiming persons belongs
ing to their nation, were not refufed, and that
Citizen Rheinhard, Minister of the Republic,
had met the fame facility at Hamburg. That
when the officer of police had asked the former
of these persons his name, he said it was Jones.
After having been arrested, he did not declare
who he was, but submitted without murmur,
explanation, or prog,, to the demand bf the
British Government. The 6ther person also
continued after his arrest to call himfelf Bar
thelemy Blackfirft ; and it was not until after
their arrest, that they wished to paf# for French
Officers. That when they were claimed as
Brevet Officers belonging to the Republic, the
French Minister did not even think proper to
entrust the Magistrates with those Brevets, nor
even furaifh them with copies of them ; but
that the British Minister had officially declared
them to be fubjeds of the King of Great-Britain.
He was the firft who made the claim , and on
Jones was found a sword with the British arms
on it. That under such circumstances, the Ma
gistrates could not refufe .their assent to the
official declarations of the British Minister ;—
and that when he had heard of the demand of
the Republic, he infilled with more vehemence
than ever, and with the most violent menaces,
that they should be given up ; and he gave the
city reason to dread the warnieft resentment on
the part bfhis Government. That the demand
of the British Government was strongly sup
ported by examples from hiftory. One of these
examples was the arrest of the famous Trenck,
who, though in the Ruffian service, had been
taken up at Dantzic on the requisition of the
Prussian Minister, and delivered up to him as a
Prussian fubje&. That refitting for some time,
all the menaces and arguments that had been
used, the Magistrates referred the affair to the
depfion of the King of Prussia, as Chief Direc
tor of the circle of Lower Saxony, and as the
guarantee of the neutrality of the North of Ger
many ; but his Majesty would not give any
& decision. That at length they were threatened
by the Emperor of Russia, whose squadrons in
the North Sea had seized their veflcls, and whose
troops they feared would disembark and attack
their city. That all their efforts and entreaties
,0 keep the prisoners in their poffeffioo till peace
fhouid arrive, were vain. That at the fame
time thf Emperor, the Chief of the German
Empire, joined in the demands of his A Ilies, and
did not hesitate to declare that the refinance on
the part of Hamburg mull cease. That not
withstanding all this, the Magistrates made one
other, and last attempt, which was, that the
prisoners might be exchanged ; but* that was
unfuccefsful. Their ruin and annihilation would
have been the consequence of any further re
sistance 1 and the only thing that remained
for them was to confide in the generosity of
France.
The paper concludes in the following manner;
"We presume to flatter ourselves, Citizen
Consuls, that you will, by the return of your
friendship and kindbefs, juftify the confidence
which the unremitsed severity of the Diredory
was not even able entirely to efface from our
fouls ; and We hope, that alter having maturely
reflcdled in your wisdom, you will no longer
hesitate to put an end to the severe measures
which the Directory has taken against this city.
" Done under tbe ordinary Seal of our City,
Dec. 16, 1799.<
« Burgoriiafters and Senate of the Free and
Imperial City of Hamburgh.
" F. A. Wagner, First President."
THE ANSWER.
Buonaparte, Fits Consul of tbe Republic, to tbe
Burgomajiere to Senate of tbe Free and Imperial"
• City of Hamburgh.
"We have received your fetter, Gentlemen;
it does not juftify you. ^<
"Courage and virtue preserve States: by
„cowardice and vice they are ruined.•
" You have violated the laws of hospitality.
No such thing ever happened among the spoil
barbarous hordes of the defart .Your Wow
citizens will forever reproach you with this ad.
“ The two unfortunate .persons whom you
have given up, will die illustriously ; but their
blood inflicts more evil upon their perfecutots
than an arm, could have done. _
(Signed) “ Buonapart#, firft Consul.
"H. B. Marei, Sec. of State."
LONDON, JAN. 13.
A letter dated Hamburg, January a, brought
over in a vessel which arrived a few days since
from Oftend, dates, that the alarm of some of
sthe Merchants at that city was so confiderahle,
in consequence of the short answer which had
been given by the French Consul to the letter
addrened to him by the Senate, that they tho't
of removing their effeds, apprehending that
the French intended to pay them a visit.—On
being assured however, by the British Minister
that no fears need be entertained on the fubjed,
the agitation of the public mind had in some
fort subsided.
. LONDON, JAN. JI.
STATE OF ITALY.
The following article appears in one
of the Hamburg papers, last received,
and from it we learn the views of Aus
tria, and the grounds on which ffie will
juftify her plans of aggrandifement :
The Princes and States of Italy are
now convinced, by the losses they have
repeatedly experienced during the last
and present century, that their political
existence is very precarious, unless their
frontiers, are secured. During that
epoch, they have severely fuffered by
wars with France. Now they have
been happily delivered by the A,u
ftrians, they have made a convention,
tending to their preferration. An
Italian league, or confederation, is to
be established between the Princes and
States of that country, for their mutu
al fafety-
The maintenance of Piedmont re,
quires a very powerful defence, since
it was byway of that country that the
French have always made their inroads
into Jtaly. The King of Sardinia on
whom depended the defence of that
.frontier, was either too weak, or else the
Cabinet of Turin, by Wavering in its
attachment to the different parties, al
ways fuffered the French to penetrate
into Italy..
The Italian league now proposes to
put a power into poftffion of Piedmont,
which has the means and the inclina
' tions td defend the entrance of Italy ;
and Austria alone will be capable of
that talk—The King of Sardinia is,
therefore, called upon to give up Pied
mont to Austria for a part of Lombar
dy and the papal Legations of Bologna
and Ferara, that that power may pre
vent the invasion of Italy by so strong
and daring an enemy as France, by oc
cupying the fortreffes on the frontiers
with the necessary garrisons. Salutary
as this resolution of the Italian league
may be, yet it is considered by other
powers as a plan of aggrandifement,
and as such, it meets with their oppo
sition. . „.—— —
Affairs of the Armies.
J ; YAW, DEC. 18.
The armistice on the Rhine is offici
ally published, the very moment we hear
of its being broken.
LONDON, DEC. 27.
The armistice upon the Rhine is at
an end.—The Archduke refufed to ac
cede to it and notified his refufal on
the Bth to the French Commandant
at Manheim. The French, who were
inferior in force, immediately made dis
positions to retreat, and evacuated by
capitulation, Manheim and Neckers, of
which the Auftria,s immediately took
possession. In order to divide and di
vert the attention and forces of the
Archduke, Gen. Lecourbe means im
mediately to enter Suabia from the fide
of Switzerland. . -
SuWarrow's army continuing its
march, had arrived at Ratifbon, where,
©n the I I th he received dispatches from
Petersburg, in cohfequence of which the
troops were ordered to halt.
On the Rhinethe two armies remain
tranquil. The qiufe of the Archduke's
. refufal to content to the armistice, seems
to have been beciufe it was only a par
tial one. The ^aris papers contain an
„important address from th^ Archduke
ref pelting the late revolution in Paris,
which shall be given in our next. We
still expert a suspension of arms extend
ing from the Rhine^ Switzerland and
Italy wilt ti^^
In Italy _ tni.'Außfians proceed in
their career of vi&ory. Coni is said to
have surrendered bf capitulation, on
the 3d inst. The garrison confining
of 3000 men, are prisoners of war. In
consequence of this event, the French
will probably, unless they are very
strongly reinforced, be obliged to fall
back upon Nice.
' Maffena was to leave Paris in a few
days, to put himfelf. at the head of the
army of Italy, fA
The Chouans have not undertaken
any operation of decisive importance
again(L the' Republicans. According
to a letter from Angiers of the 21st,
they lent on the preceding evening,
three deputies, it i&faid, to enter into
a definitive. treatF___
A'London fa,er, offon. 31, fays,
A pardon has just paired the Great
Seal of Ireland for Hamilton Rowan,
now in America. Some persons of
configuration have interfered in his be
, half, in consequence of Rowan', hav
ing profeffed to have changed his polit
ical opinions.
INTERESTING RESOLUTIONS.
PARIS DEC. 31.
Le^ifative Commission of tbe Council of Five Hund
red, $ Nivofe, Dec. 24.
Berenger made a report on putting the con
stitution into a&ivity. After this report the
commissions entered into the following tefolu
tions :—
Art. I. The conservative Senate and the con
sul shall enter upon their functions on the 6th
Nivofe, Dec. 25, year 8.
11. At the moment when the conservative
senate Ihall communicate to the commissions, the
nomination of the members Os the tribunes and
legislative body, the council of ciders, and those
of the council of five hundred, and of commis
sions Ihall be dissolved.
111. The commissions of-the infpec
. tors of the five hundred, and bf the el
ders, fliall nevertheless continue their
functions of refponfibility,' until the ref
pedive accounts of the councils and
commissions ihall be balanced.
IV. The members of the constituted
authorities at present in activity, ihall
also continue their functions till the in
stallation of the corresponding authori
ties° ~
V. The present guard of the legis
lative body is placed at the disposition
of the consuls..
VI. The consuls shall furnifh to the
conservative senate, the legislative body,
and the tribunate, a guard of honour.
VII. The national edifices, hereafter
named, are aligned to the different
constituted authorities.
I, The Luxembourg to the conser
vative senate.
2. The Thuilleries to the consuls.
3. The palace of the five hundred to
the legislative body.
4. The palace of the tribunate.
Art. VIII. The correspondence be
tween the firft authorities Ihall take
place according to the mode at present
in use between the legislative and execu
tive powers.
. IX. The conservative senate, the con
suls, the legislative body, and the tri
bunate, ihall have messengers of state,
and ferjeants, who ihall difeharge the
fame fundions as those who attended
the councils of the directory.
X. The legislative body and the tri
buriate ihall each have two secretaries.
XI. The conservative senate shall
determine its costume and that of its
messengers, and ferjean ts.
XII. The consuls shall determine
their costume, that of the ministers,
counfellors of state, and their messen
gers and ferjeants.
XIII. The costume of the members
of the legislative body shall consist of
a elofe dress of national blue, lined with
cloth of the fame colour, collars, &c.
embroidered with gold, tri-coloured
girdle with gold fringes, French hats
with gold acorns.
XIV. The costume of the tribune
shall consist of a elofe dress of light
blue, lining of the fame colour, collar,
&c. embroidered with silver, French
hats with silver acorns.
XV. The dresses of the legislative
body and tribunate shall be of velvet
during the winter, and of silk during*
the summer. v
XVI. The secretaries of the legisla
tive body and tribunate shall wear a
elofe dress of black cloth.
XVII. The' costume of the messen
gers of the legislative body, shall con
11ft of a cloth coat of national blue, light
blue girdle ; fringed with silk pf the
fame colour ; that of the ferjeants of
the legislative body and tribunate ihall
consist of a coat of grey cloth,red girdle,
with worsted fringes of the fame cul
our.
XVIII. The other public fun&iona
lies shall continue to wear the costume
decreed by the existing laws.'\.
XIX. The expense of the costume
shall be charged to each of the mem
bers of the constituted authorities.
L. Bounaparte, after a report, caus
ed the following resolution to be adopt
ed.—
No individual condemned to depor
tation, without previous sentence by
the legislative adl, can return to the ter
ritories of the Republic under pain of
being considered as an emigrant, un
less authorised by an express permission
from government, fubjeQing him to
such a mode of being watched over as
it may think convenient.
PARIS, dec. 19. The Constitution
has been enregiftered at Rouen.
dbc. 28. The Generals of the differ
ent armies of the Republic have pub
lished proclamations to their troops,
The following charader is given in the
Meffager des Relation Exterieures.
“ The Commanders in Chief Mor
eau, Maffena, and Brune, have addres
sed proclamations to their armies, on
the Revolution of the 9th of Novem
ber, and on the New Constitution—
Moreau fees in this event, a victory
obtained over two fadions equally pow
erful, and.the triumph of liberty and
genius substituted to the empire ofun
fkilfulhefs and ignorance. Maffena
fees in it the Constitution of military
state, rewards decreed to devotion and
, to courage, an honourable retreat for
the brave men who are maimed in the
field of honour ; nffiftance for their
families ; the return of happiness and
good order; the dawn of prosperity to
'the armies, and the regeneration of the
Republic- Brune fees nothing init but
, the expulsion of the emigrants, and the
fecurtty of' the national demefner. All
three of them loudly applaud the new
Constitution. Brune prailcs BuQ.
parte, Who has in a few days ereded a
vigorous government. Moreau pays
a splendid homage to the talents of the
three Consuls. All of them promise,
peace, and a period to the nfferies of the
army.
•Perhaps it will surprise some of our .
readers that Sieyes has declared his de
termination not to accept of any public
employment. He returned to private
life, and as a reward for his Cervices,
the Council of Five Hundred, at the
instigation of the two Legislative Com
missions, and the Consuls Buonaparte
and Ducos, have bellowed upon him
the national domain of Grofne in the
Department of the Seine and Oise.
; LONDON, DEC. 31.
This day we have received Paris pa
pers, to the 25th inst.
The Consuls and the Legislative
Commilhon, continuing to adopt mea
sures for giving immediate activity to
the Constitution, have published the
names of the Conservative Senators,
the Tribunate and the Council of State.
A report has also been presented to the
Commiffiofyof Five Hundred, propos
ing that the Conservative Senate, ' and
the Councils, mould enter upon their
fundions on the 25th Dec. and that as
soon aS the Senate had completed the
nomination of the members of the
Tribunate and the Legislative Body,
which was to be compfeated on the
26th, the Councils of Antients and of
Five Hundred) and the Legislative
Commifon Should be dissolved.
This proposition, together with some
other regulations refpeding the new
Government, were immediately adopt
ed. The last fitting of the Councils
were on the 25th, when the Consuls
and the Senate were installed. The
unfortunate persons who were so unjust
ly sentenced to transportation after the
revolution of the 18th Frudidor, have
at length engaged the attention of the
Legislature, whose last ad almost has
been upon the suggestion of the Mi
nister of Police, and the Consuls, to
pafsa decree, in virtue of which, the
unhappy fufferers who were transport
ed to Guiana and other places, will in
all probability, be per mitted immedi
ately to return to their country.
FRENCH STATE PAPERS.
Buonaparte} Firfl Consul of tie Republic, to tbe
French Soldiers.
soldiers!
IN promising peace to the French
people, I have been your organ. I
know your valour.
, You are the fame men who conquer
ed Holland, Italy, and made peace un
der the walls of astonished Vienna.
Soldiers ! It is no longer your fron
tiers that you mutt defend; it is the
enemy's States that mull be invaded.
There is none who has not made sev
eral campaigns, who does not know
that the moll essential quality.of a sol
dier is to know °how to support priva
tion with constancy : fevepil years of
bad adminftration cannot be repaired in
a day.*
As firft Magistrate of the Republic,
it will be pleating to make known to
the whole nation the corps which'lhall
deserve by their discipline and valor, to
be proclaimed the Supporters of the
country.
Soldiers ! When it shall be time, I
will be in the midst of you ; and aston
ished Europe shall remember that you
are a race of brave men.
Paris, Qtb Nivofe, tstb Dec.
26th Dec. %tb year of tbe Republic.
Buonaparte, Firfl Confciof tbe Republic, to tbe
General of Divifon St. Cyr.
The Minister of War has given me
an account, Citizen General, of a vic
tory which you have gained over the
left wing of the Austrians. Receive as
a testimony, of my fatisfaftipn, a ^and
fome.fabre, which you will wear in the
day% of battle. Let the soldiers under
your command know that I am con
tent with them, and hope to be still
more so. The Minister of War will
expedite to you the firft Lieutenant of
the army. Rely upon my esteem and
friendfhip.
(Signedf BUONAPARTE.
DUBLIN, DEC 24.
It was on Wednesday last reported
in London, that Government were in
possession of the outlines of the peace
now negociating between Austria and
France. The articles of the treaty pf
Leoben or Campo Formio, are said to
be the basis, with exception of the city
and fortrefs of Mantua, which the Em
peror is <o retain : the cession of Vimice
and its territory, with some addition-,
to be confirmed, it being now an object
of much greater magnitude to the Ca
binet of Vienna, on account of the re
vival of the Venetian commerce with
Egypt, which for two centuries has
fuffered more from the barbarous of
previous of the 'Turks and Mameluke,
than from the difeovery of the direct na
vigation to India by Vafco de Gama.
Proportions from France, it is said,
have come to England, recommended
by the Cabinet of Berlin, an acquies
cence in which would obtain a reasona
ble peace on the continent, in return
for the restoration in certain colonial
possessions we new hold. Projects of
this natnre were hinted at by Lord
Malmfbury ; and the French, it is
said, have seized upon them. But
perhaps the British Cabinet will not
now liflen to those terms.
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