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time.
\ The news from France, and the un
settled Rate of the Continent in general,
have evidently an influence on our
Funds. The Omnium was at one time
yesterday at only half per cent, premi
-nm.
A foreigner who landed a few days
since, at Dover from France, having
quitted the port without a proper pair
port, was yesterday taken up under the
alien ad, and not being able to give a
fatisfadory account of himfelf, he was
conduced out of the kingdom.
By the Hamburgh mail which arriv
ed yesterday, it is said a new projed has
been formed in regard to the provision
for the Princes of the House of Bour
bon of the French line : they are, it is
said, to receive estates in Poland ; and
France is to enter into an immediate
negociation on that fubjed with the
Courts of Vienna, Berlin, and Peterf
burgh.
Lord Bolingbroke has written to his
friends,that he Ihall probably continue a
resident of the American States, during
the remainder of his life : his Lordship,
who has a large family,occupies a large
quantity of land after the English mode,
with considerable skill and productive
effea.
PARIS, MAY 18.
The projet ®f a law refpeding negroes
has been offered the legislature, and it
is to be difeuued in two days. It de
crees the restoration of SLAVERY in
all the colonies, to be returned in con
fcquence of the peace, in all the colonies
beyond the Cape of Good Hope—and
the SLAVE TRADE as before the
revolution.
General Menou has been ele&ed, by
the Conservative Senate, a member of
the Tribunate, in the room of Citizen
Roujoux.
The plan relative to the recruiting of
the army was put to the vote, and a
dopted by a majority of fifty-eight to
eleven in the Legislature.
Our fellow-citizens exhibit marks of
enthusiastic zeal to comply with the
vote of the Tribunate, to give to Bona
parte some striking evidence of the pub
lic gratitude. From all quarters ac
counts are received of the rapture with
which the question was received, Shall
he be Confulfor Life ?At Soiffons, the
citizens impatient tomanifeft their wish
es, have addressed the following petition
to the Maydr :—
ANTWERP.
A letter from Antwerp, dated May
10, fays “ Twelve of the principal com
jnercial houses at Brussels are forming
the arrangements neceflary for estab
lishing houses in our city. Several A
merican families from the United States,
have lately arrived here, with an inten
tion of fettling. We learn on the oth
er hand, that one of the firft merchants
in London will fend hither one of his
sons, to form a house of correspondence
between England,and the North of Ger
many, in particular. Thecity of Ant
werp becomes, therefore, every day
more flourifhing. The houses have al
ready risen triple in value. The Scheldt
is covered with merchant vessels of dif
ferent nations, which daily arrive with
rich cargoes. In the course of this
^ar, workmen will begin to clear the
port, and to remove the bar,which con
fines the course of theriver.
lelf to this general likelihood of suc
cess; and this arises from the high
price of bread, which is now in Paris
at fix feus the pound. It is supposed
that, from this circumstance, Bonaparte
will lose 60,000 votes in Paris alone.
FRENCH CUSTOM DUTIES.
The Committee of the Tribunate
have agreed that the Government (hall
be allowed to fix the duties of Customs
from time to time, as may seem proper,
according to the bill presented by Roe
derer. A man of the name of Chaffi
ton made the report, and our readers
may smile at his profound acquaint
ance with the commercial code of Eng
land !
,It is well known (said he) what
advantage theEnglifh derive from their
drawback duty (droit de drawback) a
duty given back whole or in part. It
is known that it is by the machinary,
by the play of this duty, that they reg
ularife their system of importation and
exportation, that they balance the in
terests of their commerce, of their agri
culture, of their indußry. This duty
is among them the regulator of the
whole machine, it is the balance that
poises all its movements ; and if French
courage and energy had not interfered
to derange this vaR feene, the diredor
of the customs at London would have
influenced the whole commerce of the
world to the advantage of England a
lone! !"
Gen. Grinfield has been appointed
commander in chief of the Weft Indies.
A very large military establishment
will be kept up there for a considerable
" The Bill relative to the customs,
now before the tribunate, is preparato
ry to the eftablifliment of some regula
tions for permitting the importation of
Englilh manufactures.
" Napper Tandy is not allowed to
come lo Paris."
" Chiles M'.yor,
“ The arrette of the Consuls of the|
loth, permits us to be grateful ; butl
does not fatisfy our love : consent that ;
we afl'emble to-morrow at the Champ
de Mars, and that to the found of mar
tial music, we proclaim there, Confit! 1
fa Life, the child of vidory, and the
father of the people ; that from thence
we repair to the church to implore of
God, that his life may be as long as it
is precious to us ; that the proces verbal
be drawn up and sent by a courier ex
traordinary to Bonaparte."
In the Tribunate yesterday, the law
for promulgating the Treaty of Ami- .
ens passed unanimoully ; as did a vote
of thanks co Joseph Bonaparte, the nef>*
gociator.-
In the Tribunate on the 15th instant,
Sahuc, in introducing the report on the
new recruiting of the army, observed,
that a change of Adminiflratiox in a cer
tain Cabinet [meaning the Britifh] may
again cloud the political horizon. For the
duration of peace, then, said he, another
guarantee is required, besides justice,
interest and the bonds of friendfhip.—
This guarantee is forced —be always pre
pared for war, and you will never have
it. [lf French counsels mere in vogue, this
might prove an ufeful teflon.]
Mr. Windham, during the difeuffion
on the definitive treaty in the British
House of Commons on the 13th May,ob
ferved, that “ The cession of Louisiana
next called for his notice, but it was of
such vast magnitude, that it almost de
terred him from faying any thing about
it. We had nearly given France pos
session of a fourth part of the Globe :
We had cßablilhed them in a possession
which but for this they could not have
had. He did not mean to fay that
they were not in some measure estab
lished there at a former period, that
they had not possessions there before,
but certainly nothing in comparison
with what they pofleffed there now.
He did not mean to fay that the French,
placed in that continent, with an indefi
nite wilderness behind them, could sud
denly become powerful there : but
what had we done ? We had given
them polleffion of the two greatest riv
ers in America, the Mississippi and the
Amazon, the one giving them the com
mand of North America, the other of
South America : we had given them
the possession of both, and had made
them a present of a brace of Continents.
In what situation muR this Country be
placed in consequence of such a cession,
which he feared would prove the sever
est blow we had ever futtained ? There
were fcveral ojher points which might
be necelrary to avert to, the principal
of which ,was, the non- revival of former
Treaties. This was a complete fnbver
fion of former practice, and of what
mull be confidcred as the public law of
nations, and it was incumbent on those
who had done it. to (how that it could
be done with • ?ty. They were to
show that such an oroiilion could be
made without injury ; they were to
ihew that it did not affed our intereßis
at the Bay of Honduras, and above all,
that it did not shake the foundation of
our power in India. With refped to
India, he was glad there had been some
preliminary difeuffionupon that fubjed;
his Hon. friend (Mr. Dundas) had
shewn, by the change of his opinion,
the uncertainty which existed as to the
fad itfelf.-pThe means which France
possessed to carry their vast plans into
execution, were almost indefinite :—
They flood possessed of a large portion
of the two continents of America,
whilst to the power they possessed there,
we had little means of resistance. Ad
ded to this, their power in America
gave them an immense influence over
the American States ; we were perfe&-
ly aware, what a growing power the
United States of America was, and if
they were to be placed in the hands of
France, surely, there was more than
ever rcafon to be jealous. He really
believed, however, Grange as it may
appear, that a great part of the appro
bation to this fatal treaty was founded
upon the fanciful opinion, that France
would be so far occupied with the con
quests she had made, as to give no in
terruption to our commerce and man
ufadures ; how such an opinion could
be entertained, he was at a loss to know.
It seemed, as if we had kept our terms,
but loft our tone. France had Ihewn
a determined disposition to attain uni
versal empire, in pursuance of which
she would destroy this country, that be
ing necessarily a part of her plan.—
France displayed her Sentiments upon
the fubjed ; she had marked out her
plan and taken her positions, and this
so evidently that her objed could not
be mistaken. We had a war of arms,
now we were to have a war of euftom
houses : the attacks of France, which
was lately made against our territories,
were now levelled at the commerce of
the British Empire. This being the
situation of France, it remained to be
Extracts from Parliamentary Debates, re
ceived by the Jhip American, arrived at
Neva-York,fam Liverpool.
LOUISIANA.
British Parliament.
Lord Hawkefbury in reply, said,
" Another fubjed infixed upon was the
cession of Louisiana by Spain to France.
This event could net indeed be viewed
with indifference, but it was to be cen
fidered how it could juftify our refuting
to continue the negociation for peace.
It had originally been a French colony,
and the Mississippi was then the boun
dary between it and Great-Britain. It
had been ceded in a private convention
to Spain, between the preliminaries and
definitive treaty in 1763. This shewed,
that such transactions, though not to be
approved, were not now firft heard of.
Louisiana had even been mentioned in
the preliminaries to that treaty, which
it had not been in the present. It was
then to be considered, if Louisiana, thus
voluntarily ceded, and thus originally
situated, was an object which called for
a continuation of the war. If we con
fider its value, it is at present tynoft
nothing. But it may be faid,—hat
may not the industry of the French ef
fed ? When it was formerly in the pos
session of the French, they were able to
to make nothing of it, while they ren
dered their other Weft Indian possessions
of infinite value. As a naval Ration
the best informed represent it to be of
no consequence. With regard to the
political effeds, predi&ed from its ces
sion, in laying open America to the in
fluence of France, it must be observed,
that it has hitherto been the policy of
America to maintain an even balance of
power in that quarter of the globe, be
tween Great Britain and France. A
merica must, by the cession of Louisia
na, confider this balance as destroyed,
and of consequence become more jeal
ous of France, and more attached to
Great Britain than ever. Some ima
gined that this new possession of the
French might endanger the fafety of
America ; but when we recollect her
efforts in 1756, when alone, and unsup
ported, we could not surely feel much
for her fafety in her present Rate of pow
er and resources. All these circum
flances considered, the House might
judge if it was expedient to continue
the war on account of the cession of
Louisiana by Spain to France.
Extraß of 0 letter written by a gentleman) late of
GlaJgra,to bis father.
" At 10 o'clock, a. M. departed from the
Grand Vizier's Camp near Jaffa, with a guard
of fit Turks, on a journey to Jerusalem. At
half pail ten passed through the small village of
Yoad. About twelve arrived at Ramab, where
we flopped abd refreshed ourfelvefy and receiv
ed an additional guard of fix Arabs. Continu
ed our journey until we arrived at an Arab
village named Allobar, where we baited our
horses. At 3, P. M. passed the ruins of an old
town called Geba, formerly a town belonging
to the Philistines. At four entered the passes
that lead into the mountains. At nine arrived
at a village called Filftere, where we baited, and
about midnight reached the gates of Jerusalem
which were ffiut.
a,
^jmed what was the ii.uauoa of
Grat-Britain, and what Rie could do,
a 5 what she ought to do. In consid
ering this point, they must take into
their view, what had been the exertions
of this Country, what were the feelings
which had been aroused by those exer
tions, and what was the judgment form
ed as to our future exertions.—--—Our
Commerce might not fuller immediate
ly, or net for some years to come ; but
though predictions had been ridiculed,
yet those which had been made during
the American War, had been fulfilled.
Had we now possessed America, France
would probably not have liad the
means of continuing the late contest.
He believed that it was an idea with
some at the present moment, that the
Country would last their lives, and that
it would continue for a long time to
supply food to the animalculi upon its
furface : but let them beware, for dan
gers might come on in a faort time.—
Let them look at Spain ; ffie made
peace, and became the vassal of France ;
we could hardily date the loss of her
independence, and calamity might
reach this Country even in our own
time."
Jcrufalem is fitusted on an exceeding high
hill, like an amphitheatre, and is surrounded
by mountains of very difficult access. It is en
compassed with a high wall, having fquarc tow
ers, about 30 feet asunder, and is in circumfer
ence about three miles. Three o'clock a. m.
had leave from the Pacha for the gates to be
opened for our admission, when we were con
duded to the Greek Convent, and retired to
rest.
About ten we waited on the Turkifb Gover
nor, and received permission to visit the re
markable places mentioned in scripture.—There
being an Englith interpreter, with an Eoglifh
translation of the Bible, he explained every
particular place as we passed, and we particu
larly found that the description of the city as
mentioned in the book of Nehemiah was very 1
correct. We rode out of the city to Mount'
Sion, on which further to the eastward, Handsl
a handfomc Turkish Mosque, formerly a Chris.
tian Convent, and which is built on the foot'
where Christ ate rhe passover with his disciples.
From whence we defeended into the valley of'
Jehofephat, at the entrance of which is the well
where the lick and lame were healed by our
Saviour. In the valley we paged through two
large caves in the rock, in which according to
tradition, the concubines of King Solomon used
to dwell. A little to the westward of the cave,
is the Sepulchre of Zacharias ; and a few paces
farther is the spot on which the temple was
built ; but no traces of the building at prefcot
exist, though they (hew avast heap of rubbish
near the spot that was formerly part of the tem
ple.—Farther to the caftward is the fepulchre
of Madona. From this place we afccnded
Mount Olives, at the foot of which Judas be-
JOURNEY to JERUSALEM.
O WASHINGTON, JULY 7.
N Monday the Anniversary of
our Freedom was celebrated with uni
versal enthusiasm. At fun-rife, the day
was ushered in by a difeharge of artil
lery from the Navy Yard.
At noon the President of the United
States received the ladies of the city and
George-Town, and was waited upon
generally by the citizens, among whom
refrefhments were liberally distributed,
and a part of the Mammoth Cheese, which
was cut on the occasion. An animat
ed gaiety was diffufed over the counte
nances of the whole company. The
presence of many of our most distin
guished revolutionary characters excit
ed a lively recollection of, and deep in
terest in, those sublime feenes which
our fuccefsful struggle developed ; and
a sentiment of gratitude pervaded every
heart, that the intrepid asserters of our
rights amidst the dorms of a revolution,
were preserved to perpetuate, extend,
and enjoy them in peace.
At 4 o'clock a dinner was given at
the Navy-Yard. The company confid
ed of about 150 ladies and gentlemen,
among whom were the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of War, the Post-Master-
General, the refpedive officers of the
Treasury, War and Navy departments,
the French Charge des Affaires, the
Officers of the Army and Navy, other
officers of the General Government,
and strangers of diftindion.
Gen. Dearborn presided ; Supported
by Mr. Carrol and Capt. Tingey, as
Vice-Presidents.
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BALTIMORE, JULY 6,
. Mr. Giles, of Virginia, has declined
being a candidate for a re-election to
Congress, after his present term of ser
vice. A Mr. John W. Eppes, has of
fered himfelf as his successor. He is an
admirer of Mr. Giles. The new can
didate declares himfelf in favor of a
mending (as he calls it) the Conditution,
so as to reduce the time of service of
the Senators to that of the Representa
tives ; to render the person who may
serve as President, ineligible for a cer
tain number of years after a defined
period of service ; and to veil the ap
pointment of Judges in the Legislature.
Why do we talk of French vifiunaries ?
What nation is free from projectors,
who would disturb the most happy state
of things to try any experiment they
might dream of? We thought our
government was eftablilhed—but it
seems we may be put afloat again on
the tempejiuousfea. And when Europe
shall cease to furnifh us with informa
tion of political changes, we may pre
fenther with such intelligence. Infuture
London papers, we may fee in ftaiing
Hayed his nutter. At the top of the mount i,
tile church of Afccncion. From the church we
were ihewn the place where the Apofiles were
fitting and walking (St. Luke, chapt. 14, and
St. John chapt. to,) when Christ appeared to
them afterhis refurredioD; and where they flood
when they saw him afeend to Heaven. Weft
of the City about a mile, are two fepulchres
where the Kings of Judeah were buried, and in
these are fcveral apartments,, about 14 feet
fqtiare. Thus ended the fecund day.
On rhe 3d day we went from Jerusalem to
Bethlehem, passed hy a Convent at some dis
tance to the westward, which is the spot where
the angels appeared to the shepherds, close to
which is the ground where the French encamp
ed in their firft crusade, when they invested Je
rusalem. Sood after we passed the tomb of Ra
chael,where Ramoth Gilead formerly flood, and
which is one mile north of Bethlehem. At
Bethlehem we were conduced to the convent
of the order of Franciscans, built on the spot
where the wife men of the call assembled to
make their offerings to our Saviour. In the
chapel of the convent is the spot where Christ
was born, and the place where the manger
flood in which he was laid. After this we
were shewn the grotto of Joseph, and many 0-
ther sacred curiosities too numerous to mention.
There is a small fepulchre where the children
that were (lain by Herod were entombed: hire
wife the fepulchre and study of St. Jerome.
From Bethlehem we went to the village of St.
John, the birth place of St. John the Baptist,
where there is a convent and a very handsome
church, erected on the very spot where he was
born, over which is this infeription Hie Precur
sor Dominos Nasus Est.
Seven o'clock we returned to Jerusalem,
went accompanied by one of the Monks to fee
the church of the fepulchre, built by Helena
the mother of the Emperor Constantine. In
the church are 4 Chapels belonging to the La
tin, Greek, Armeni 9 and Coptic churches, all
of which are handiomely ornamented, but the
Armenian, most particularly so. In the church
is the fepulchre were our Saviour was buried,
with a small dome over it, in which dome an
immense number of lamps are kept constantly
burning.
We were then shewn the place where our
Saviout was scourged, and the very identical
pillar of Rone to which he was bound, and the
place where the Cross was concealed, till dis
covered by Helena, and the hole in which the
cross is said to have flood at the Crucifixion.
The inside of the Church is handsomely inlaid
with tortoise shell and mother of pearl, and has
a very noble appearance.
We left the Church, and visited many other
remarkable places in and about Jerusalem, and
particularly the house, from the roof of which
bavid fell in love with Bethfheba, while bath
ing, which is how the residence of the Turkilh
Cadi.'
The Turkish Governor resides in a flrong
house, built on the spot where Pontius Pilate
had a house. In the evening, after being re
galed with coffee & a pipe, took our leave of
the Governor, and ac 5 o'clock in the morning
departed with our guides from Jerusalem, and
arrived at Jaffa in the evening, after a very
pleasant ride.
Articles per Mails.
Peftfeript to a letter from an American at
Paris, of the i]tb May,l^o2—receiv
ed this day.
" Since writing the foregoing a law
has been proposed and will pass, fixing
the duties on tobacco per French ves
sels at 22, and all foreign vessels at
33, making a difference of 1 t livres per
cwt. to our prejudice, and confining
the importation to the ports of Havre,
Diepe Morlaix, Dunkirk, Nantz and
Bourdeaux,Cette and Marseilles. There
is surely no reason why our vessels
should pay so extravagant a duty on the
produce of our own country. On other
foreigners carrying our tobacco it may
be right, but we must oppose it by coun
tervailing duties—This is an import-'
ant moment for our Minister (Mr Liv
ingston) to explain and remonstrate ;
for once passed into a law, it will be
too late."
NEW-YORK, JULY 9.
A gentleman who arrived here yes
terday in the brig Enterprize from An
tigua, informs, that the tranquility of
Guadaloupe is so far restored, that the
inhabitants who had left that Island
in consequence of the troubles, were
generally returning. He alfoinforms,
that most of the blacks had been subdu
ed ; that only a few scattering ones
Rill held out—and that many of them
had been hung by the dozens, and as
many Ihot.
PHILADELPHIA, JULY 7.
'ofr^ Humanity,faking an a fy& „^ G &'
A cargo, comprised of upwards of
300 fouls is just arrived in the Ihip Ac
tive, Capt. Stevenson, from Londonder
ry, Ireland.
Flour at Antigua, which had lately
been as high as 20 dolls, a barrel, was,
when the Enterprize failed, felling from
9 and 50 cents, to 10 dolls. Beef and
pork were low ; but the markets were
extremely fluctuating.
JULY 10.
We learn, by Capt. Smith, arrived
yesterday afternoon, in 11 days from
Port Republican, that the Fever dill
raged among the French troops in St.
Domingo, and carries off great num
bers ; they have from 2 to 3 days ill-'
nefs.—lt also prevailed in some degree
among the Americans, on board the
shipping, but with much less malignity.
Touffaint had departed for France
some days before Capt. S. failed. Per- ,
fed tranquility was restored, and the
people enjoyed some confidence of their
future fafety.
4 ,Capt. S. in coming out of the harbor,
fell in with the French admiral La
touch, proceeding to take his Ration off
that place.
g, The Loudon papers by the arrival from
Liverpool, are of a few days later date than
those before received. By the last advices, it
appears, the whole French nation were bufil,
engaged in resolving rhe queflions ofßonapartc'a
being First Magistrate for life, and something
more. To the queftion,^//^ be Confelfar
life? Very few negatives were given.—But
to this, many had added their assent, that he be
empowered to nominate his successor ; and o
thers had gone so far as to vote in favor of his
being declared an Emperor; and the Imperial
crown made hereditary in his family..—During
this devciopement of opinions,Bonaparte feclud
cd himfelf from public view ; and the govern
ment was conducted by Canibaceres and Le
brun. There is no doubt of the French people
being as willing to grant Bonaparte any power
which will give them something like security,
as he will be willing to accept.—So heartily tir
ed have they become of the evanefeent experi
ments of modern French Constitution-mongers„
and the “ illusions of Liberty and Equality.?'
^, In Great- Britain the new Rate of things
did not appear to be permanent. The Peace
appeared to be growing unpopular ; and tie
profpea opening of the resumption of the reins
of government by Miffrs Pitt and Co.—AR
event which is laid to threaten a cessation of
the pacific state of Europe. In their commer
cial relations France and Great- Britain appear
ed as hostile to each other as at any period dur
ing the war. The temper shewn on this fub
je& does not augur favorably to the expecto
rations of the peace-makers.
A, The North of Europe appeared to be
perfectly tranquil.
g. The situation of the minor States in the
neighbourhood of France looked " Equally."
The popular contentions in Switzerland have
been denounced in the French Moniteur ; and
the conduct of the new-made King of Eutruria
had been declared ro be fitch as to call for the
" procedure- corroding" interposition of the
man who made that King what he is. These
arc ftroug indications of fheir being speedily &a
mitted to become additional Departments of 0 0
or the other of Bonaparte's Republics er Em
pires.
£, We do not fee any accounts of the em
barkation of French troops for I ouifiana.
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FROM" NANTUCXFr-juKE 38,
" Ori the 24th the brethren of Union Lodge#
No., celebrated the f.Rival of St. John. Hav
ing afßmbled at Lodge Hall, they moved in
foleron proc< fficn to the fpotv here the new hall
is to be creded.—Here, after a Writable prayer
by Br. Barret, and a short, pathetic and well
adapted prayer by the W. Master, the corner
done was laid in due masonic form. The ce
remonies peculiar to the occasion having been
performed, the brethren returned to the Lodge
Hell, where after the performance of an ex
cellent song, (composed for the occasion) by
Brothers Bunker, and Riddle, the brethen par
took of a sumptuous fcaft,which concluded with
masonic toasts and sentiments." [Cent,
^ ^EST-POINT-wly 6, 1802,
to tub Editor of the Centin^l,
" The anniveriary of American h&
feendence was yesterday celebrated at this,
poft—tefpcdable from its dilUaguilhed
capitals ANOTHER CHANGE 1N
the UNITED STATES! ANO
THER REVOLUTION!!!
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BOSTON, JULY 14.
From EUROPE.