The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-03-13 00:00:00, page 2

, sos ^' ^ PARIS, Did. 12.
The ratification of the treaty of
Campo Forinio, on the 7th 061.
was yesterday celebrated with
great pomp. The members of the
Directory, in their grand costume,
the Foreign Ambassadors and En
#o„, the Ministry, &c. being as
sembled io the great court of Lux
embourg. Generals Buonaparte,
Joubert, and Andreoffy made their
appearance, under repeated fhouti
et ohm ut fpeawori-" Long
live the republic ! Long live Bu
.pniparte ! Long five the French
nationl t ° ,
Gen Buonaparte being ptefenh
ed to the Direßory by the Minis
ter for Foreign Affarii, the latter
delivered a speech of considerable
length, wherein, after having pass
ed an ingenious eulogium on hit
talents, virtues, and exploits, he
observed that a new enemy was
calling upon him. " This ene
my," he bid, “is celebrated for
hit hatred against the French, and
forrtheiafolenttyrranaylie exer
cifet overall the nations upon
tofe Let the genius of Buona
pane make him soon expiate hit
hatred and tyranny, diaate to the
tyrant# of the Sea, a peace worthy
of:ehe Wory of the French Re-
public. # •
A& tbe ; end of this speech, Gen
eral Buonaparte delivered co the
President the Emperor'# ratifica
tion of the treaty 01 Campo Forma,
and addressed the Director# io the
following, ma: „
66 Cifizro Dinero,
The French People, in order to be
free, had Kings to combat. To obtain
aconriitution founded onj|&?> ! he Y
had to overcome the preju(Ra^igh
teen ventures Re ^ ion ;rafe: &
the Feudal fyftetr, governed ^Hpfor
ttytaty OT^f^ P^ ft • Bilt "<' the
peace wtfith you have-concluded, begins
^^raofßefyrefentative Governments.
You have succeeded in organizing the
orear na^n,"whofe vast territory is dri
cumfcrib p d only by ttiofe limits which
nature hetfeh has traced. You have
done more, the two fineft countries ^
t;: fr n hP celebrated for the arts, sciences,
^w^rinen they produced, fee the
Gehws of ttberxy rife from the tombs of
afoacet They are two pedef.
Mon which fate is ft to place two
p °r{tave'the" honor to deliver to you
^rie^ it/ uamp* r ano
Befidei tbit revenue, the Lombard
Government fapporced a military
peace eftabliihmenc of 4580 men,
and in war 10.398.
3. The Brifgau,' 59 (quart
dim, 155000 inhabitants, 200
thousand florins.
Total Ceffion —784 future milet,
3,849,288 inhabitant!, '6,975,000
florin#./
France cedei to Austria, Ve
nice and iti lakes, the Paduan,
Pole fin, the port of Veronese be
yond the Adige, the Vicearin,
the market town of Ttevifo, the
Bellunefe, Iftria, io short 2 thirds
of the Venetian peffiffiona in Ita
ly, preferting in extent, popula
tion and revenue#, 41.6; fqoare
milei, 1,640,^00 inhabitants ;
and Dalmatia, 124^ (quaremi^,
I '9 333 inhabitant! ; 5 000,000
florins.
RfcapittNilatiofc Austria cedes
784 (quote mile; 3 849.188 in
habitants, 1,975,000 florin,
France cede# to, Austria, 541
fauare milei, 1,759 333 inhabi
tantt, 5 000,000 florim
Clear loft to Austria, 243
fqmre mile; 2,089 855 inhabi
tant, 1,975,000 Borina.
4,4^*#- —=—
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
15/6 Nivofa Jan. 4.
A message from the Diredoay teas
read-rl At this moment." fay they,
" at the fame hour you receive this mes
sage, all the municipal administrators,
the Justices of the Peace, and the Com
miftioners of the Directory, are proceed
ing in all part! of the Republic, to seize
the English merchandize which has beenl
Smuggled in contravention of the lawof
the loth Brumaire (ift Nov. 1796.) This
is tie firft vigorous aft which the Direc
tory, in the difeharge of irs duties, has
exercised against the haughty Islanders
of Britain.. The war is now about to
assume the charader which belongs to it,
and Europe is on the point of Cutting
its ports against the produaions of a na
tion, which will receive nothing from
the industry of foreigners. , &
"In the detail of grievances which
the French government has to make a,
gainft the British Cabinet, the Directory
recolleds the regulation es 1794,204
proposes by extension, the following mea
fares :-
The flag of a vessel thill no longer
cover her cargo—That is to fay, every
,vessel, laden in whole; or in part, with
English merchandize, (hall be declared
good prize, let her belong to whatever
nation flie may. i
'' All ports of the Republic shall be
(hut against any vessels, of whatever na
tion, which, in the course of her voyage,
(hall have entered apo rt of En gland."
" These measures" add the Diredory,
" are perhaps the only ones calculated
effectually to assure to the French nation,
the benefits it proposes to itfelf."
':.t'' Committed.
Villiers applauded the vigorous mea
sure adopted by the Dire&ory. for^tbe
execution of the law of the iofh Bru
maire. He demonstrated the neceffily of
it ; which he grounded particularly on
Qe boldness of an inforance company)
which, even in Paris, engage to intro
duce prohibited merchandize for a pre
mium of ten per cent. He demanded
the immediate commitment of the mes
fege,and that the committee Should be
directed to make their report within 24
hrurs. This was agreed to, and the
Council instantly committed the message
to Lamarque, Blad^Vißiers, Boiffier, &
Efchafftneaux (the elder.) ^t
^ By later papers we find, that a law%
preceded on the message has paftd both
Councils of the Legislature, and is nor
infull force. The articles of English
merchandize which are the obj,& of this'
arret, are every thing wrought, mantifa,
tured, or fabricated in G. Britain.—-
It does pot extend to produce of any
kind. Ifwe were to co%aure, as to
!BBE£BI
I Britai n)^compel them to speak loud
parity, and the glory of the Republic.—
When the happtnefs of the French peo
ple shall be firmly fettledbn the bans of
the best and wisest laws, all Europe will
be free."
This speech wrs received with the
most entbufiaftic fronts of applause, and
anfw*red by the President of the Direc
tory, who concluded his harrangue in
the following manner: ~ „
'' Citi^n Gmrgl ! "''
'" Crown so glorious a career by a con
quest which the great nation owes to its
outraged dignity. Go and by the pun
ilhment you 'inflict on the Cabinet of
London, strike terror into all govern
ments which shall dare to doubt the
power of a nation of freemen. Pompey
did not disdain to crafti a nest of Pirates.
Greater than the Roman General, go
and chain down the gigantic pirate who
lords over the leas ; go and punish io
London, crimes which have remained
unpunished button long. Numerous
votaries of liberty wait your arrival ;
you will find no enemy but vice ^nd
wickedness. They alone lupport that
perfidious government—strike it down,
and let its downfall inform the world,
that if the French people are the bene
faaors of Europe, they are also the 41-
vengers of the rights of nations." .;
At theend of this speech, th, Pr;fi
dent and all the members of the Ditec
tory, gave him the fraternal embrace ;
and after the ceremony was over, the
Directors, General Buonaparte and Jou
bert, the Ministers, Foreign Amhbffa
dors, &c. fit down to a superb dinner,
during which, among other toasts, the
following was drank :
" Th, liberty of the seas ; and may
Ithe republican armies soon rescue them
from the yoke of that oppressive- goiefti,
ment, which has so long tyranized the
globe."
ly and baldly to the government, and
thereby to intimidate them into ^ ec
quiefcence in such a Peace as France
should be pleated to diftite. How this
will affeft thetr^de of the United States
is plainly seen. but it is to be^xpected the
English government will not permit the
American spring/ ffiips to tail without
convoys, as great part of their cargoes is
always iofured in London. When the
knowledge of this event arrives at Phi
ladelphia, the ntceChty of permitting our
mips to arm themselves, and iaimedLiely
equipping all themmed Chips that can be
fitted but dr puretafed, will be so appar
ent, that an unanimous vote is expected
on the occasion- We have not a doubt
but orders founded on the principle of this
law, have been sent to all parts of the
world by the Directory, for their Chips of
war and privateers to capture all vessels
of ever, nation on board of which Eng
life goods (hall be found, let them be
furnished or not with rolls des equipages,
or be failing under the protection of the
most sacred treaties. Indeed we have a
paragraph before m, directly ia point.—
It is in a Philadelphia paper received by
the last mail, which fays, f A letter from
Baltimore informs, that two vessels be.
longing to that city have been seized and
condemned at the late Spanish (now
French) port of St. Domingo, in His.
paniula, for having British manufaaures
of goods on board ; and that it is the de
termination of the French there to con
demn all vessels found in their ports, or
taken on the High seas, with British man.
ufadures on board. (CtoneL)
It is remarkable, that Gen. Bu
onaparte never has uttered a fy lia
ble on the fobjeft of the defeent.
Jan. 8. The Dire&ory, charg
^fc& l' w of the 19th Frudi
dor, to make provision for indi
viduals of the family of Bourbon, has
fixed their allowances at the fol
lowing rates ; 100,000 francs for
the wife of Louis Philippe Joseph
d'Orleans, and 500,000 a piece
for Joseph Bourbon Conti, and
Louisa Theresa Matilda, These
:fums to be paid annually, on cer
tificates of their refpeaive lives,
and residence in Spain at the dis
rance of twenty leagues from the
frontiers.
LONDON, JAN. 2.
In our paper of the 25th ult. we men
tioned a plan tor the invasion of this
country by the French, of which citi
zen Monge is said to be the projector.—
Os this plan we gave the following as
the outline ,
“ Thirty rafts are to be built ; they
are to be composed of enormous quanti
ties of timber, connected in the strongest
manner. They are to be provided with
parapets of timber and bides, cannon
proof, with artillery, and furnaces to heat
red hot balls ; they are to be navigated
with fails, oars and rudders; each is to
Wingo™ 10 000 men, making in the
whole 300 000, with a due proportion of
hordes and fieN artillery ; they are to
proceed from different ports of France,
audio attempts a landing in different
parts of this iftand. Their red hot balls
are to serve to repel the attack of a fleet
of battle mips, while their own immer
sion will render them incombustible.—
Their (mail draff of water will toabte
them to approach the fl itteft coast ; their
enormous bulk, .cpveii,g a great number
of wave:, will prevent their being much
egftated by tbe motion of the sea, bnd by
means of draw bridged affixed to them,
each raft wi& dfem to myriad upon
%^'^^. —
5y a letter rrom 1 armour, wnhuwe
Ireceived this morning, and which we
I row lay beforeoor readers, it ffiou&em
JAN, 6.
The most adive mealures per
vade the Republic, to put io train
the intended descent on England.
Immense contributions ire hourly
laid on the altar of the country.—
The Paris merchant# have sub
scribed 25,000,000 livre#. Poor
invalids come into the Council of
500, and offer five, fix and seven
livres. It would appear that the
government ii in earnest ; not
wifhftaoding Gen. Buonaparte
will proceed immediately to Raf
tidc.
JALMQUTH, DEC. 29.
^ Yesterday a Gentleman, laid to
be a Captain belonging to Sir Ed
ward Pellew's squadron, landed
in Mount's Bay, and set offexprete
for London. While he took frefh
horfea at Truro; he assured a gen
tleman of this town, that a French
I fquadron wai at sq and with them
a large number of (tanfporu, htf
ing fifty thouhod men on ,oartl
—destined, 20,00e against Scilty
Iflandr, and 30,000 to be landed
to the North of Leland ; that Sir
Ed watd'i&u&dron*& not faf-
It appears by a late Paris paper;
that the Ministers sent by the
Prefideot of the United States of
America, to endeavor to preserve
peace with France, meet with 1
reception not much more cordial
than that which Lord Malmefbai
ry experienced in hit two Miffioni
for a purpole of the fame kind.
that the French pnvefr@ nt fe aboa> u/
put in execution Menge's plan.
" YARMOUTH, DEC. gi<
" An English Gilor left Brefton Christ.
masday, in a Daniih vtffcl, that landed
him at Orfordnefs yeftr&y. He reports
that astonishing preparations are going
on at that port. Sixteen fail of men of
war are victualling with extraordinary
dispatch : <hrte or four hundred gun
boats are fitted out; and an immeufe
multitude of hands are now employed
upbri the conduction of one of those
immense rafts projected by citizen
Monge. It is to be 700 yards by „o,&
to be worked by machines, windmills,
horfemills, &c. a grand citadel to be
built in the centre—already was the
ground floor laid of the thickhefs of 6 or
7 balks. Even the English prisoners are
at work ; be had himfelf been employ,
ed § or 6 weeks—no secrecy is used;
any one may inspect their work. He de.
scribes the resolution and alacrity of the
French soldiers to be at the highest en.
thufiafm.— But time will not permit me
to enlarge on this man's story. Accord,
ing to my reporter, he is worthy of cred
it, as an eye witness of these great de
signs.”
JAN. 8. The Pope hat ac
knowledged, at lift, the Cifalpine)
Republic ; but not until after the
Republicans were in full march
into hit territories ; and had adu»
ally obliged the garrison of a for
tre ft to surrender.
Jan. 10. The Gazette of lift
night contain! a lift of 221 promo- ,
tions in the field ftaff of the army.
The French papers announce,
that fame naval preparations are
making in the Textl.
Sixteen journals have lately
been fypprefftd by the French
Directory io Paris.
The effea# of the clergy be
logging to the Cifalpine Republic,
hive been declared national prop
erty.
An order has been issued from
the War-Office for all officers on
furlough from their refpeaive
regiment#, &c. infantry and cav
alry, now on duty in Great Britain,
Ireland, or the Iflaods of Jersey,
Guernsey, &c. to join them im
mediately, without the least delay.
The militia regiments are also
included in the order.
Jan.l2. It is a faft, that not
withstanding the turmoil of inva
sion, Ms. Pitt ha# lessened the na;
val force 10,000 men. The lift
year's eftimace was 120,000—
this year's is only 110,006,. ——
Being called on, by Mr. Huffy to
explain the cause of this decrease,
Mr. Pitt observed, that such was
the crippled state of the French,
Spanish and Dutch navies, 110
thousand men were fully adequate
to cope with them all.
PORTSMOUTH, D EC. 4.