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LONDON, MAY 26.
NOTwithftanding the unanimity
which the Paris papers Rate to
prevail in France, upon the fubjea of
electing the Chief Consul for life : there
is, we arc informed, an opposition neither very
feeble, nor very inactive. They have
availed themselves of a circumstance
which a Parisian always views with the
greatest intefeft and anxiety ; we mean
the price of bread. Since the regis
ters have been opened, bread has risen
in price ; an event, which, we infer,
has occasioned fomcdifcontent,of which
the opposition have endeavoured to
profit, for Gen. Junot, the Command
ant of Arms at Paris, has thought it
neceSSary to publish an address to the
officers, in which he notices the tempo
rary dearness of bread, and fays, that
at the moment in which the French
nation is called upon to vote upon the
important question on which depends
the confirmation of the public tranquil
ity & happinefs,difaffeded persons have
not failed to have recourse to their ac
customed intrigues, to endeavor to pre
vent part of the peopl efrom exprefling
their wilhes upon the great question,
and have profited of the dearness of
bread to create apprehensions of a fam
ine, and invent tales equally abominable
and absurd. He then fays, that the
Government are taking efficacious
measures to have the magazines always
filled, and to prevent any want of bread
rat Paris, or its increasing in price.
Some private accounts affirm, that
the registers do not fill very rapidly.
One Faris paper notices, with a sneer,
an attempt on our part to retaliate for
the commercial prohibitions in the
French ports, by prohibiting the land
in^in our ports of some cargoes of
French wines and brandy. The paper
hints, that the French may possibly do
without our manufactures, but that we
1 can neither make claret or brandy.
We arc happy, however, to hear it
I rumoured,that the probability ofany ill
Ri'ill upon the subject of these cominer
acHl prohibitions, is likely to be done a
™ way, and that it is in contemplation to
«,.egociate a Commercial Treaty. A
French Commissioner i. r exoeded from
France in a few days.
French Funds a quarter per cent
lower, 56 1-4.
A Strong and unexpected opposition
has manifested itfelf in the French Le
gislature. Our readers know, that a
plan has been proposed for establishing
a Legion of Honour, the nature of
which we have Already explained. The
proposition was warmly recommended
in the Tribunate by Lucien Bonaparte.
A member of the name of Savoy Rol
lin attacked it with spirit and with great
strength of argument. He considered
it as the introduction of an hereditary
and military Noblesse into the Repub
lic. Chauvelin, who was Ambassador
to this country before the war,oppofed
it with equal warmth, and condemned
it as in the highest degree unconstitu
tional. Lucien Bonaparte answered
Rollin and Chauvelin with some petu
lance, and inveighed against them as
having attacked the Government. The
plan, however, was adopted by the Tri
bunate; but the division upon it was
56 to 38. In the Legislative Body the
opposition was as Strong. Our readers
know, that by the constitution of that
body, that assembly decides upon a plan
without hearing Speeches from any of
its members. Orators from the govern
ment, and a deputation from the tribu
nate plead before it, cither for or a
gainst any measure, and the aSTembly
proceeds to the vote after it has heard
them. On the 19th, at night, the dif
'cuffion upon the Legion of Honour
was opened in the Legislative Body.
Lucien Bonaparte defended it, and an
imadverted upon the objections made
to it in the tribunate. At midnight the
Legislative Body divided and adopted
' the plan by a majority of 166 to 110.
So Strong a minority has not been seen
for some time. The principle of eftab-
Bfhing the Slave Trade has been adopt
ed, after much opposition. The num
bers were 56 for and 27 against it, in
the Tribunate; and 211 for and 63
Against it in the Legislative Body. The
Treaty ofAmiens has been unanimouf
ty Proved ofby the latter: a medal
to bf tlrucl, commemorative of it.
Os ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL 1
fro: erity, RELIGION and MORALITY are indispensible[
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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
Wteb States
Foreign Intelligence.
By the late arrivals.
The registers of the votes on the
question, " Whether Bonaparte Shall be
Consul for life ?" were yesterday closed
in this capital. The great majority of
votes were in his favor. There were
large numbers who voted in addition
—" that he Should have the right of
choosing his successor ;" —" that he
Should be declared Emperor of the
Gauls ;” —and by a smaller party it
was proposed, "that the Supreme pow
er Should be hereditary in his family,as
it was in that of the late Royal Dynas
ty." The lifts of voters, however, were
much less numerous than was expected.
Many of the middle classes did not vote
from an apprehension thefelifts of votes,
as happened at the close of the late reign,
may be converted into so many lifts of
proscription! the poorer clades were
equally Shy of coming forward, but
from a different reason. Bread is at 8
sous, and likely to be dearer. On such
occasions the populace of Paris feel no
cordiality whatever towards theexifting
government.
Paris, may 31.
Afubfeription is set on foot in France
(to which the First Consul contributes
as a private citizen) for rendering the
Seine navigable to Paris.
The London Papers mention that
on the 19th May, M. Otto received a
courier from France who was the bear
er of a formula inclofed in a large book
wherein the French residing in Eng
land, are to write their votes on the
question, " Shall Napoleon Bonaparte be
Consul for life ?"
From the 7th of April to the ift of
May, 24 veffeis left the port of Dantzic
for Havre, wholly loaded with grain ;
and 9 others were taking in acargo of
the fame article at Dantzic on the 15th,
intended also for Havre. There has
been great Scarcity of grain throughout
the republic, insomuch that all exporta
tion of it had been prohibited.
The Prefects write from all the de
partments that the will of the citizens
is unanimous for the nomination of the
First Consul for life.
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LONDON, MAY 12.
A war policy has been opened at
Lloyd's, and 7 per cent, paid, that the
present peace will not continue beyond
the current year. Although we are
not sanguine as to the permanency of
the peace, we are Satisfied that its con
tinuance will greatly exceed the period
assigned to it by the adventurers in
question. ■
On the 20th the Legislative Body
terminated its Session.
MAY 23.
The BritiSh, East India Company
have received another addition to their
vast territory. The Province of Oude
has come under their dominion, and
the brother of the Marquis of Welles
ley, is appointed Deputy Governor.
FRENCH GENERALS.
The letters that have passed between
Generals Regnier, Menou, and Def
taign, refpeding their disputes, about
the campaigns of Egypt, have been pub
lished. Regnier accused Deftaigh of
retiring from the field of battle with a
flight wound only, and of misleading
Menou by his advice. For this, Def
taign challenged Regnier lately at Par
is. Regnier, in his answer, speaks of
him MS a contemptible fellow, but agrees
to give him fatisfadion. in the duel
he killed Deftaign. Regnier, in his turn,
has challenged Menou, faying in his
letter —“ Government, looking only to
your intention of keeping Egypt, has
not thought fit to bring you to trial for
the faults that have occasioned the loss
of that country, or for 'having deceived
them by falfe representations. They have
pardoned ydu—but I could not imitate
their condudin that refped. My hon
our, and the glory of the French arms,
required that it Should be inade known
in what manner you have ensured Un
merited success to the English." He
concludes his letter by faying-" Should
you continue to vegetate under the in
famy to which public opinion muff con
flgn you, Iwill cease to notice the re-
mains of a life sullied by so many ads
of perfidy and baseness ; but Should
you again, by dint of intrigues, succeed
in puffing yourfelf into notice,be assured
you Shali not be able to avoid me, even
Should you be dastard enough to solicit
an order for our reparation.". Menon
appears to hav% referred the iffi^irs to
PARIS, MAY 22.
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PHILADELPHIA, JULY 28.
AVERY length, account of the
late duel between Col. Robert
Watkins, and General James Jackson,
has been published in the Georgia pa
pers. It is written by Mr. Philips,one
of the seconds. The parties are men
of the firft rank in Georgia :—Col.
Watkins,is a federal lawyer ; and Gen.
Jackson has been Governor of that
State, and is now a Senator of the U
nited States. The quarrel has existed
for five years ; during which period it
has (hewn itfelf in harsh language and
measures ; and on the 16th June, at
Louisville, during the session of the Le
gislature, it occasioned a personal ren
contre, when the hotfpurs were separa
ted by the fpedators, and their pistols
wrested from them. Immediately af
ter, Col. Watkins challenged General
Jackson, to the field.—The challenge
was accepted, and the parties met in
the forenoon of the ißth. Mr. Philips,
fays,"it is worthy of remark,that whilst
we were adjusting our affairs, the prin
cipals had entered into polite and gen
eral conversation ; so gentlemanly was
their conduct, that had any stranger,
unacquainted with the objed of their
meeting, have seen them together, he
must have imagined that the greatest
cordiality subsisted ; nothing like irri
tation on either fide, nor a word but
what the ftrifteft propriety would dic
tate." The seconds then stepped off
the distance (ten yards) ; and eftab
lilhed the following etiquet of the com
bat :—I. When in your fences, neither is
to freak a word to the other ; if any com
munication foould be thought necefary, it
mufi be through your fecondei 2. You are
to fire by the word of command —make
ready, Fire :— Which,our seconds are to
give in rotation. 3. Tou are bound by hon
or to fire both together, as near as possible,
at the infant of receiving the word, and
Jhould either withhold his tire, it fall be
loft 4. A Jnap er slash to be co?fdered
the fame as a foot. The four firft dis
charges were ineffectual, lowing," fays
the second "to an honorable and ar
dent exertion to fulfil ftridly the third
article and to the want of uniformity
in giving the word."—At the sth shot
Col. Watkins' ball took effed, having
entered the General a little' to the rear
and above the right hip, passing thro'
about fix or eight inches.—The affair
was then concluded.
" I think it heceffary" adds Mr. Phil
ips, " here to mention, in order to fliew
the persevering undaunted courage of
the General, and the noble generosity of
the Colonel, that after the General had
received his wound,hecalled out, "Wat
kins, / believe 1 can give,on another foot,"
to which the Colonel replied, just as
you please General,ifit is your wi/h,yott
may have it now, or at any time here
after, when you are better able to de
fend yourfelf ; it would be far from
my inclination to take any advantage
by firing at you in a date of agony.—
Gen. jackfon rejoined, that he had
come there to give him fatisfa&ion,and
was determined to do so if he had to
stay there an hour, or whilst he was a
ble to stand, but that he iliould be fatis
fied when the Colonel Was—the busi
ness thus placed on its proper footing,
the Colonel declared himfelf fatisfied.
" Shortly after, the General was con
, veyed from the the, ground, he pleas
the Minister of war, who wrote an order
to Regnier t@ retire thirty leagues from
Paris—lt is possible, that this affair
gave rife to reports of the arrest and ex
ile of other Officers iufpe&cd of designs
against Bonaparte.
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BONAPARTE o n SUICIDE.
A Paris paper of the 19th of May,
fays, in consequence of a grenadier of
the Conftilar Guard having Shot him
felf, on account of a disappointment in
love, the First Consul commanded the
following notice to be posted up at the
barracks :—
" A soldier ought to know how to
overcome grief, and the melancholy a
rising from passion: There is as much
true courage in fuffering with firmnefs
mental pain, as in remaining firm be
fore the grape Shot of a battery. For
a soldier to abandon himfelf to sorrow
without any refinance, to kill himfelf
in order to avoid it, is to abandon the
field of battle without having conquer
ed." —
United States.
Yesterday morning arrived the faft
failing fchr. Roebuck, after a passage of
38 days from Gibraltar. Capt. Daw
son politely favored the Editors of the
New-York Gazette with a series of pa
pers called the Gibraltar Chronicle, to
the 29th of May ; from which they
have made a few extracts.
From Capt. Dawson we have receiv
ed an account of an engagement be
tween two Algerine cruizers and a
Portuguese man of war off Malaga,
wherein the former were victorious.—
The force of the Algerirfes was a fri
gate of 32 guns (the fame which was
presented by the American govern
ment to the Dey) and a xebec ; the
number of their crews was about 700
men. The Portuguese was a frigate
of 44 guns and 300 men. The Alge
rines commenced the attack, by imme
diately attempting to board their ene
my,but were unfuccefsful at their firft on
set ; the action then became warm and
bloody,both parties fighting with great
fury, until all the Portuguese officers,
except one midshipman, fyere killed
and wounded, and the seamen Shame
fully left their quarters, when the Ship
Struck her colours, after an action of'
three hours. The captain, (who was
a Frenchman) was killed early in the
aftion. The prize was afterwards car
ried into Algeziras.
The United States frigate Chesa
peake, Commodore Morris, had arriv
ed at Gibraltar, after a passage of 30
days from Norfolk. She had carried
away her main-mast. The Essex was
the only frigate at that place, except
the Chesapeake ; the others were cruiz
ing off Malta.
The Duke of Kent had arrived at
Gibraltar, and taken the command of
that fortrefs. The Duke of Essex, a
son of the King of Great Britain, was
also at Gibraltar, on his travels. Lord
Keith, with 5 fail of the line, was lying
in the roads.
„ After Gen. Jackson had arrived at
his quarters, to which he was accom
panied and assisted by Col. Watkins,he
said to his brother, Major Jackfon —
* This has been a fair duel. Col. Wat
kins has behaved like a gentleman and a
man of spirit, therefore it is my order to
you and itfoall be my last dying requeft,that
ftould my wound prove mortal, he is not to
be prosec uted, nor any trouble whatever given
him on my account."
— —
NEW-YORK, JULY 13.
COMMERCIAL.
Capt. Wifwall,of the schooner John,
from St. Croix, (via Turks-Island) in
forms,that the inhabitants of that place
have come to a resolution not to fell
another bushel of falt,under existing cir
cumstances—the Governor of theßaha
mas having laid a tax of one penny a
bushel on this article, and a duty a
mounting to 7 per cent, on all goods,
landed on that island. The inhabitants,
feeling the injustice of this measure,
have sent a deputy to England to en
deavour to obtain redress ; and, until
the decision of the British government,
not a bushel of salt will be fold at the
above place. Captain W. adds, that
Several American velTels had ftopt there
for this article, but were obliged to
leave the island without being able to
obtain any.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
The master of the brig Tyger, ar
rived at New-York, on Tuefday last, in
30 days from Bourdeaux, informs,that
the day before he failed fromjhence,
news was received at Paris, the" French
government had prohibited all foreign
ers trading to any part of their Wed-
India possessions, except St. Domingo.
The Engliffi had not evacuated Mal
ta nor Minorca.
—.—6
BOSTON, JULY 20.
FROM SOUTH-AMERICA,
Extract of a tetter, dated Buenos Ayre, Ma, J,
from the capt. of an American sip, (chartered
in this country to take a freight from that place
to Europe,) to bis owners in this town-
The iron I brought for ballast was
taken out of my Ship by an order from
this government, and landed in the
Custom-house, but, Since that, it has
been removedjuto adware house, where
antly observed, d—n |ic Watkins, I
thought Icould have given you another
Shot, but I find I was mistaken : thus
evincing that his courage was the fame,
although unable to Support his own
frame.
Saturday Mornirig, by WILLIAM TREADWELL, & Cos
PRICE I DOLLAR 50 CENTS Per Annum. [No. 43
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C ACKNOWLEDGED.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTEENTH YEAR,
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LATE FROM GIBRALTAR.
Advertiser.
®Macie ana
it still remains. I have not received
pay for it yet, but exped to. I fend
you,here a duplicate of a certificate. I
have sent before, of the landing of the
iron ; I also fend you a copy of a me
morial presented to the Vice King here.
Signed by those Americans whofemames
you will fee. The memorial never has
been answered or noticed. I fend you
also the copy of a letter, lately sent to
our Minister at the Court of Spaing
Signed by the fame whole names are to
the memorial. I know not whether I
Shall meet your approbation,but I could
do no other than to join the others,
though my Situation in some refpeds is
different from theirs. The treatment;
that I have unjustly experienced hero
from the Chiefs, or Diredofs of Gov
ernment, would Scarcely meet your be
lief Exclusive of the rascally deten
tion I have fuffered, I have had my fea
rhen taken from on board my Ship, by
order of his Vice Majesty; and put o»
boardhis armed vessels to cruize upon tie coaff
and in the river, to capture ^whatever Ame
rican veffils they fall in with ! while 0*
thers of my crew have been enticed, b,
Spanish officers, to desert my Ship, and
leave me in distress.—On my making
application to the Vice King, to have
those men sent back to their duty, he
immediately ifTued an order for me to
pay them the amount of their wages,
and to deliver their effects, which I
promptly refufed to do. All my peti
tions have been disregarded, by this
difpotic officer, who has frequently
threatened me with imprifonmeat for
not paying the wages of the seamen.
Nothing can exceed his antipathy of
the Americans and contempt of the
government of the United States !
On Thursday last, Judges Sedgwick
and Thatcher, passed through this town
on their return from Caftine ; having
finished the eastern spring circuit of th#
Supreme Judicial Court.
This circuit commenced at Ipswich
on the third Tuefday of April, & con
tinued in the several counties until the
3d inst. The quantity of bufinefs,and
the unusual and intolerable state of the
roads, have rendered the whole tour ex
tremely burdensome and tedious to the
Judges.\
The Chief Justice, having been eith
er in Court, or in his carriage ever, ,
day for ten weeks, returned to Cam-J
bridge at the end of the term for the
county of Lincoln.
The Court for die counties of Han
cock & Waffiington,confifted of Judges
Sedgwick and Thatcher only,at which
Judge Sedgwick presided. His change
to the grand jury(which we underhand
he was unexpectedly called to write on
the circuit, and during a great preflure,
of business) was elegant, impressive and
fcientific. His deportment as ajudge,
and his unquestionable law fcience,have
rendered him extremely popular both
with the bar, & the people of the Diftrift
of Maine, through which he has now,
for the firft time travelled, in his official
capacity.
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MISTAKE IN MARRIAGE.
The New-York Evening Pf, of a lata
date, contains thefollowing paragraph:
—" WHEREAS Catharine Currier,
(alias Beckman) in the year 1799, de
clared heifelf to me to be an Unmarried
woman,and after the usual cbUrtfhip we
Were married together, aud lived as
man and wife 'for a considerable time
before I discovered the was or ever had
been married. She has now taken to
her former hufband—Therefore, all
persons will take notice, that the (aid
Catharine is not my wife, and not to
trust her for any thing on my account-
CI-lA's BECKMAN, Ship-Carpenter.
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TREATIES.
A late writer, on the fubjed of Trea
ties, fays, “ The Hipulations that take
place between contending powers mar
be considered as silk threads, which
might do very well to tie the leg of a
wren in a cage ; but never can bind
the tail of a lion.''
A building for the manumchire of
arms has been erected in Virginia. It
hascoft 150,000 dolls. About 3,000
Hands of arms will be aunualy m@h
HftQK^
As it has ever remained a doubt with
me, how long I Shall be detained here,
I could do no other than to join with
my unfortunate countrymen here,pray
ing for the interference of our own Gov*
ernment. • 0
PORTLAND, JULY I±, 1802.