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Art. I. THE reigning Duke of Parma for
ever renounces both for hi+nfelf and heirs, the
Duchy of Parma, with all its dependencies, in fa
vour of the French Republic ; the renunciation
of which (hall be guaranteed by his Catholic
Majesty. The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, which
the Grand Duke alio renounces, the cession of
which ii guaranteed by the Emperor of Germa
ny, shall be given to thefon of the Duke of Par
• ma, as an indemnification for the countries coded
by the Infant, Lis father, and in consequence of a
treaty which had been previously concluded be
tween his Catholic Majesty and the French Re
public.
11. The Prince of Parma shall repair to Flor
ence, where he shall be acknowledged as fovc
reign, of all the possessions appertaining to the
Grand Duchy, and shall receive from the hands
of the constituted authorities, the keys of the
forts, and the oath of fidelity which they owe
him in his charter of Sovereign.
The authority of the First Consul will contri
bute to the peaceable execution of chefe ads.
111. The Prince shall be acknowledged King
of Tuscany, with all the honors appertaining to
his rank ; the First Consul will acknowledge,
and will have him treated as such by the other
towers. The arrangements neceffar, for this
Sc shall be made previous to his taking
on.
' IV. That part of the Isle of Elbe, which be
longs to Tuscany, and is dependent on that fate,
shall remain in the power of the French Repub
lic, and the First Consul shall give as an indem
nity for it, to the King of Tuscany, the country of
Piomhino,which appertains to the king ofNaples.
V. As this treaty derives it# origin from that
,tehn been concluded by & fid @|
like its being sent to the committee of
the whole, and to take the course men
tioned by his friend from South-Caro
lina. On the question to take upthe
resolution the house divided, there rose
on the right of the chair, 49 in the ne
gative ; and on the left of the chair, in
the affirmative 33.
When Mr. Griswold's motion was
called up for indemnifying the fufferers
by French Spoliations, the ministerial
party assigned no reasons why it Should
not be taken up, but by af lent vote they
decidedit Should not. All the federal
republicans voted for considering the re
folution—t'was to have been hoped
the fufferers in Baltimdre, Philadelphia,
and New-York, would have been re
presented ; but the Representatives of
these commercial towns were not seen
among those who rose.
The bill making appropriations for
carrying into effe& tlfe Convention with
France. The bill provided, that the
money so expended, shall be in the firfl
instance drawn from the proceeds of
French vessels captured. Mr. Gris
wold moved to strike out this provision.
under the idea that the money so de
rived, constituted a fund pledged for
the relief of disabled seamen. The a
mendment was carried, 52 to 26.
The bill to extinguish the claims of
the U. States against delinquent States,
was postponed until November next.
The Yeas 48 —Nays 42.
Mr. Gregg laid on the table two re
solutions, one for allowing the Presi
dent to dismiss certain officers of the
corps of marines; the other for infor
mation refpeding the coppet mines
near lake Superior.
A great number of motions and ques
tions arose out of this difeuffion. The
object of the federal members was, that
the duties on brown Sugars, bohea tea,
salt, &c. Should be repealed instead of
those on carriages, refined sugars, licen
ces to retailers, Bills, &c. Every at
tempt, however, to effect the objed of
the federal members, was unfuccefsful ;
and the majority having entangled a
variety of motions ; an adjournment
became necessary.
The House took up the repealing
bill on this fubjed. A motion to re
commit it was loft.
Signed at Madrid, 2 if Ma^ch, ißot, by
the Prince of Peace, & Lucien Bonaparte.
THE First Consul of the French Republic,
and his Catholic Majcfty, desirous of per
manently determining the States which the son
of the Infant of Parma shall receive, as an, equiv
alent for the Duchy of Parma, have agreed to the
following articles, and have named as Plenipo
tentiaries, by the First Consul, Lucien Bona
parte, Ambassador from the French Republic,
and by his Catholic Majesty, the Prince of
Peace, who have determined on the following
articles :—
THURSDAY, MARCH 18.
Another debate on the bill for re
pealing the internal taxes took place ;
but no decisive question was taken.
The House fat until fix o'clock.
REPEAL OF INTERNAL TAXES.
the firft feCtion was filled with the
30th June next ; which fixes the period
of the repeal of the internal taxes ; and
the blank in the second feCtibn, was fill
ed with the 30th of April, which is the
day, from which the Superintendant of
stamps is to be difeontinued.
A lengthy debate ensued, on the pas
sage of the bill—Gen. Smith and Mr.
Varnum spoke in favour, and Messrs.
Dennis, T. Morris; Lowndes, Dana,
Huger, Hastings and Griswold against
it—When the bill palled, Yeas 61, —
Nays 24.
Dr.Euftis,prefented a memorial from
the merchants of Boston, praying in
demnity for French Spoliations.
[We base extrafled the following important docu
ment from the Paris Journal dee Debates, of the
ytb °f January. It efiabifbes tbefall, tbat Spain
bar ceded Loufona to tbe French.] [Nat.lntell.]
INTERNAL TAXES
MADRID, 16th DECEMBER, 1101.
TREATY,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1,.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2J.
MONDAY, MARCH 22.
with his Catholic Majesty, by which the King
cedes to France the portion of Louisiana, the
outraging parties agree to execute the articles
Ot the anterior treaty ; and to employ their re
fpedive powers' io the adjustment of the differ
ences therein mentioned.
VL As the new house, which is thus eftab
iifhed in Tuscany, is of the family of Spain, these
Rates Shall be forever the property of Spain, and
there Shall be called to the throne an infant of
that family. If the reigning King or his children
Shall not have heirs, the sons of the reigning King
of Spain Shall Succeed to these estates.
Vil. The First Consul, and his Catholic Ma
jesty, agree to obtain for the reigning Duke of
Parma, in consideration of the renunciation he
has made in favor of his fun, just indemnities,
either in poflcflions or revenues.
LONDON, JAN. 24,1802.
ON Wednesday a Special Commission fat for
the trial of Jofcph Wall, for the murder
of James Armstrong, by flogging him with a
cord, on the loth July, 1782, of which flogging
he languished for a few days, and then died. The
Lord Chief Baren preSided, assisted by Mr. Jus
tice Rook and Mr. Justice Lawrence. The pros
ecution was opened by the Attorney-General.
The prisoner had been Governor of Goree, and
the deceased a Sergeant in the African corps do
ing duty there. It being known that the for
mer was coming over to England, the day pre
vious to his intended departure, the deceased,
with about 15 or to more, palled by the Gover
nor's house, and flopped at the Commissary's,
who was to accompany the Governor home. On
a message sent by the prisoner to know what
they wanted, they returned for answer that they
wanted the Commissary, in order to fettle with
him for their Short allowance of provisions, (a
compenfatiou always made by Government in
money, when there has existed a preceding ne
cessity of putting soldiers or sailors on reduced
allowance of provisions.) The prisoner ordered
them to return to their barracks, or he would
flog one half of them. They quietly went away
immediately. In about an hour or an hour and
half, a body confiding of rather more, was pro
ceeding to the fame place ; the prisoner went out
to meet them, and calling to the deceased, asked
what they wanted ? To which the latter, with
his hat off, and in a veTy submissive manner, gave
the fame answer as had been given before. They
were again ordered to go back, and quietly o
beyed. They were without arms, and not in uni
form; this was in the forenoon. After dinner,
the Governor coming upon parade, struck Ine
of the guards who was under arms, and who was
believed by the witness to have been io liquor ;
the weapon he used was a bayonet, which he
had taken from the centry at the main guard,
and whom he confined along with the other :—|
he then had the men summoned to parade, tho'
before the usual hour, and a circle of two deep
being formed, the officers came into the center,
into which was brought part of a carriage of a
fix pounder, The Governor, after speaking to
the officers, called the deceased from the ranks,
and ordered him to be tied to the carriage, and
whipped by blacks, whom he by menaces incit
ed to be severe in the infliction ; it was with
a kind of rope he was flogged; he was then
carried to the hospital, where in a few days he
died. The cause ofhis death was proved by the
surgeons, as were the number of laflies, and the
very identical rope produced. The deceased
was also proved to have been a healthy man pre
vious to this treatment. '#
VIII. The present treaty Shall be ratified and
exchanged in three weeks.
A Lieutenant, a Serjeant-Major, and several
privates deposed as to the fad of there being no,
appearance of mutiny. Except this Lieutenant,
all the officers then present Were proved to be
now dead. A letter was proved written by the
prisoner to the Secretary of State in the Augull
following and a garrison-return signed by him ;
in neither of which was mention made of the
mutiny. A Proclamation for his apprehepfion
was also proved, and his escape from the Offi
cers who were bringing him from Bath to Lon
don. A letter was read, dated in 1784, addres
sed by the prisoner to Lord Sidney, then Secre
tary of State, promising that as soon as he could'
procure his witness, which he expe&ed to be a
ble to do in a few months, he would surrender ;
and a letter to Lord Pelham, dated in O& 1801,
declaring, that he was then ready to Hand his
trial. The Deputy Judge Advocate proved that
he had made search in the office for the proceed
ings of a Court Martial on the deceased, but
that none were found ; and that there are no
proceedings of Field Courts Martial transmitted
except in the article of mutiny.—The defence set
up by the prisoner, when called upon for it, was
much the fame as that which had been taken by
his counsel in their line of cross-examining the
witnesses for the crown; it Rated the exigence
of an a&ual mutiny ;'a trial of the prisoner by
a Court Martial, all the members of which arc
now dead; the,infliction of punishment by per
sons not ufualiy employed on such occasions, on
account of all the drummers being drunk ; and
jaftified the weapon with which it was inflided
(and which was proved to be more fatal than
the cats-of-nine-tails) en the ground that none
other could at the time be procured; and im
puted the death of the man to his having drank
to excess in the hospital. This had been denied
by one surgeon, and the other only proved that
the deceased might have drank the hospital allow
ance, which was half a pint of brandy, or a pint
of wine mixed with water, but by no means that
he had done so. The circuruftance of his es
caping from the officers of Tuftice who had him
in custody, he accounted for by faying that he
did not know the charges against him, and not
being prepared with witness, was afraid that
public prejudice would run so high against him
as to make it unfafe to abide a trial at that time.
To support this Abatement, he called the wid
ow es the officer next in command, who fw ore
she was in the Government-house on the morn
ing in question ; she ftatedthe number of meh
who had come to the Government-house to have
been 70 or 80, headed by Sergeant Armstrong,
who addressed the Governor, swore that if he
did not comply with their demand, they would
break open the stores and fatisfy thehifelves.—
The Governor requested a few hours to confider
—they said, he should not leave the island until
they were fatisfied. On their going away, which
they did turbulcntly, the Governor sent for the
officers off du:y, who agreed that the confpira
ters should not be taken at once, but tried fepa
ratcly by a court-martial ; and that the Drum-
Major, on being ordered co prepare for punish
ment, reported, that all the cats had been dc
-oroyed,and that the men were determined not
to fubmic to any of them being punished : She
was certain that she witness who had sworn him
felf to have been orderly Sergeant on that day,
was not the person employed on that duty.—
Thisman was again called up, and contradicted
her. The wife of an artillery private deposed
as to the mutiny; the ffiort allowance claim had.
Dot artfm during the government of the prison
CULLINGS f rom ENGLISH PAPERS.
(Signed) LUCIEN BONAPARTE.
PRINCE OF PEACE.
On Thursday, Joseph Wall, formerly
Governor of Goree, (his respite having
expired) was executed purftiant to his
sentence, for the murder of Serjeant
Armstrong.—The unfortunate convift
had on the preceding night taken an
affe&ing farewel of his wife, a lady re
lated to morethan one noble family.
After palling the interval in much anx
iety, and expressing a wifli for the
speedier approach of the last moment,
on his arrival, he walked with firmnefs
and composure to meet his fate; but
no sooner had he appeared outside the
debtors' door, than he was received by
a mob, averaged at about 50,000, (eve
ry one of whom would probably have
felt his own last minutes much disturb
ed by the finding of a linnet, or buz
zing of a fly), with a savage exulta
tion, and three universal cheers !—The
effe& was, as may be conceived—he
was not only himfelf agitated, but the
confufion seems to have extended itfelf
to the executioners ; for before the
wretched man had time either to make
a public acknowledgement ofhis guilt,
or to declare his innocence—while he
yet held in his hand the handkerchief
which was to give the signal of his be
ing prepared, and just as he had to the
Ordinary repeated the firft sentence of
the creed, he was launched into enter
nity.—ln farther confirmation of this
idea, it was observed that the rope was
not adjusted about his neck in the usu
al manner. The noose, instead of be
ing placed at the fide of the neck, so as
to press upon the carotid arteries, was
set at his back, and the consequence
was, so strong convulsions ensued, that
humanity, itfelf didated the shortening
of his fufferings, and he was pulled by
the heels until his strangulation was
apparent. At the taking down of his
body, the fame indecency recurred—
and another loud shout of approbation
was given ! The body was then sent
for diffedion.—He was but meanly
dressed, and his appearance fufficiently
indicated the indigent circumstances
under which himfelf and his family
have for some time subsisted.
er, but durfire that of hit predecette Mar hat
band deposed to the fame effea ; he denied the
identity of the rope produced in court, which
he swore was twice as thick at the one used.—
A non-commiflloned officer gave evidence of tbps
mutiny, and said, that Armstrong had after his
punishment walked unassisted to the hospital.
A private proved the deftruaion of the cats, and
the deceased having been intoxicated in the hos.
pital. The prisoner produced several refpe&a
ble witnesses to character. The crown brought
witnesses to rebut &>me of his former evidences.
The evidence being closed, the Chief Baron in
a meft excellent charge to the Jury, defined the
authority of matters and parents in inflicting
punishment, and having then gone into the reca
pitulation of the evidence, minutely scrutinized
the probability of every part of it. He observed
the contradictions that had taken place between
the prisoner's witnesses ; and having acquainted
the jury, that if they had any doubt they should
incline to mercy, sent them to confider of their
verdid. They retired for about half an hour, and
returned with a verdi& of Guilty.— The re
corder then passed sentence on him to be execut
ed on Friday. He was then removed from the
bar —A respite bas.fince been granted, delaying
his execution until Monday.—The business hav
ing been en tirely gone through, the sessions are
adjourned to the 17th February.
William P. Gardner has lately been
appointed consul for the United States
at Demarara—This appointment is the
reward of certain secret Services; which
may hereafter be brought to light, to
the no small confufon and difgraee of
a very high official character. The
nightly labors of a chosen few are not
entirely raknown. Wefoope ere long
to bring to light, not only of the origin
of the mighty clamor, which was rais
ed of "unaccounted millions," but
likewise such proof of its falfity as shall
make the most obstinate partizan of
democracy, bluffi for the foul Slander.
\WaJbingta pap.
The late Col. Wall was only Lieu
tenant-Governor of Goree, but the of
fice of Chief Governor becoming va
cant, he aded in that capacity for about
two years. He was Colonel-Comman
dant of an African corps, and fuperin
tendant of trade to the colony. His
family were originally Roman catho
lics, tat he himfelf was a Proteliant,
Gov. Wall was allied by marriage to
a noble family, and his wife visited
him constantly when in his concealment
in Lambeth, and in Upper Thorn
haugh-ftreet, Bedford-fquare. It is
most probable, that, had he not writ
ten to the Secretary of State, the mat
ter had been fp long forgotten, that he
would never have been any way mo
lested.—Mrs. Wall, wife to the unfor
tunate Colonel, is sister to Lord Sea
forth, and is consequently allied to o
ther noble families. She is about forty
five years of age ; her eldft son is not
more than eleven years old. The Gov
ernor resided many years upon the
continent, sometimes in France, and
sometimes in Italy, but mostly in
France, where he lived refpeftably, and
was admitted into good company. He
particularly associated with the officers
of his own country, who Served in the
French army, and was well known at
the Scotch and Irish colleges in Paris.
He was an accomplished scholar, and
a man of great feience—We under
stand tbat his bodywas, on Thursday
evening, delivered to his friends, by
whom it has since been interred.
— — • •
Execution f Governor WALL.
" With refped to the claims of A
merican fobjefts on this country, the
former commifiionwhich fat in London
is about to renew its proceedings ; it
consists of Dr. Swabey, and Mr Ansley
on the part of this country, and Messrs.
Gore and Pinckney for America, be
sides Mr. Trumbull, the chairmen in
case the other commissioners are equal
ly divided.'—This arrangement we Re
lieve, is on the whole fatisfadory."
The fame paper, of the ift nlt. fays :
—" Mr. King, the American Minister
at this Court,though solicited to remain
by Mr. Jefferfon, who knows and values
his abilties, it is laid, has requeued that
a successor may be appointed. We
dilbelieye this?'
Extra& of* letter from a Member of Congrefe re
zeroed tbie morning.
" This day the French Consul informs
as, that a French Fleet of t^ntj-fae
Jail of the line, may be expe&ed in the
Chefapeak in all next week. Their ob
je& is provisions for their army in the
Weft-Indies, but they have no money to
purcbaf with." \(E. Post.)
A WASHINGTON, MARCH 16.
Resolution puffed on Wednesday
to adjourn the second Monday in A
pril.—The house were engaged the
•remainder of the day, on the report of
the committee appointed for that pur
pose, to revive and continue the act in
creating the compensation of the exe
cutive officers. The principal fubjeft
of dispute was as to the manner of
bringing in the bill ; as by the mode
proposed by the committee, they were
under the necessity of voting for the
whole ; whereas the federalifts wished
the salaries of the various officers to be
brought in review before them, and to
confider of them in detail,as their might
be a difference of opinion as to the pro
priety of continuing some of them.
It was yesterday moved in the house
to appoint a committee to enquire whe
ther any, and if any what alterations
were neceflary in the law fixing the
compensation of the members of the
house of representatives and the senate.
It was moved that two dollars should
be inserted; but after some debate,
the resolution was referred to the
committee appointed on the 14th Jan.
last to confider of the salaries of the of
ficers of the civil department.
The house then took up the bill re
gulating trade and intercourse with the
Indians.
The committee of revifal and unfin
ifhed business then reported a bill for
reviving a law which had expired, in
creasing Qe salaries of certain officers
therein named, to wit, the secretaries
of the several heads of departments, the
Post-master general, Attorney general
of the United States, and several others.
Upon this bill, the house resolved it
felf into a committee of the whole, Mr.
Jones in the chair.
Mr. J. C. Smith of Connecticut,
moved to amend the bill, by introduc
ing the fpecific sum to which each offi
cer, separately, should be entitled, in
stead of the general terms reviving a
law passed in 1799 for increasing these
salaries for a limited time which law
expired, by its own limitation, on the
31st of December last.
This motion gave rife to a debate
which continued till 5 o'clock, when
the amendment of Mr. Smith was re
je&ed. In this debate, the minifterial
ifts fharflefully abandoned the econo
mifing principle which they so loudly
proclaimed at the Opening of the session.
" The demand made by British fub
jeds for those debts which were imme
diately the objed of dispute, amounted
to about four millions Sterling. The
sum which Mr. King, the American
Ambassador, has contracted, on the
part of the United States, to give, is
fix hundred thousand pounds, which is
to be paid by instalments of two hund
red thousand pounds every two years,
without interest.
NEW-YORK, MARCH „.
, British and American Claims.
'The Morning Chronicle of the 29th
Jan. contains the following paragraphs
on the fubjed of Britilh and American
Claims :
" The sum of fix hundred thousand
pounds has been fixed upon as likely to
be the amount that will come to be
liquidated under the arrangement, be
cause in the firft instance parties are set
at liberty, and are bound to exhaust
every legal means of obtaining redress
in the American courts. A commis
sion will be named by this government
to confider of the claims that may thus
be made to them, and if the fix hund
red thousand pounds to be paid by A
merica is inefficient, Great Britain
must make up the deficit.
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 30.
Captain, Hattan arrived on Sunday
from Antigua, informs, that in conse
quence of American produce being ve
ry low, and no cash to be had for their
cargoes, the Americans at St. Johns
(Antigua) had determined not to re
ceive Rum in payment at the current
price there. A meeting of the plan
ters, merchants and American masters,
had in consequence been convened, to
fix the price of Rum for the present
year. .——o
United States.
Strong. Gerry. Strong. Gerry.
Andover 170 176 MarJhfeld 30 55
Attleborough 134 74 Millford 25 6#
AJbburnbam 63 44 Medway 24 6>
Amflury 67 58 Newburyport 398 133
Bojion 237' ' 1498 Newbury 231 gyr
Brookfield 262 29 New-Bedford I'll, 2,
Beverly 176 3, Newton Ic6 43
Bridgewater 167 197 Northborough 67 &
Bradford 128 26 Natick 44 27-
Billerica 12, 22 Norton 38 g,
Boylfon 99 10 Oakham 57 jg
Berwick 94 I3 T Portland 287 6£
Boxford §1 21 Princeton 142 Q
Bolton 77 14 Plymouth 134 EXE
Berkley 48 39 Pembroke 92 94;
Bellingham 42 33 Plymptra 46 5$
Brookline 32 JI Quincy 73 „
Bedford 26 31 Reading 153 76
Cambridge 143 QC^Reboboth 141 181
Cbarlefown 171^ 236 Rowley 137 70
Charlton 102 56 Roxbury 38 295
Concord 92 91 Rutland 94 34
Cbelfea 31 ^Raynham 50 yg
Canton 31 ^Randolph 18 110
Carver 26 26 Salem 470 392
Danvers 192 „ Sterling 131 21
Dorchefer 94 17% Sturbridge 123 13
Duxborough 67 lOl,Sutton 412 12fr
Dennis so 9'Scitwate 110 56
Douglas ty 6 Spencer 100 22
Dighton y, 70'Shrewsbury 92 16
Dedham 43 152 Salisbury 65 6%
Eafton 49 70Soutbborougb 62 14
Freetown 96 125 Sharon 50 30
Framingham 6l 66 Sherburne 46 52
Gloucefler 156 130 Stoughton 24 82
Grafton 38 72 Somerset 17 27
Haverhill 206 84 Taunten 169 I3Q
Holden 133 4 Topsfield 91
Hamilton 87 1 Uxbridge 84 32
Hingbam 86 97 Upton 50
Hollifon 26 SO Wells ~ 160
Hanover 22 95%f0n 108 „
Halifax 3 6s\Wincbendon 98 16
Ipfwicb 317 110 kPorcefer 88 144
Kingston 112 % Wtfon 87
Kittery 36 lOj Wfboraugb 63
Lynn 199 172'Wenham 36 n
Lancafler 128 62'Ward 03
Lcicefer 83 37 Waltbam ' *3O 60
Middleboro' 112 t^o Wc^urn 27
Medford 89 21. Watertown 21
Marblebead 24 XAWilmmgta 20 60
MancbeJler 69 tTork
Mansfield 63 32 ,
Medfield 61 31 , 13036
Milton 44 88 95*9
Middleton 39 43 Majority fa Gov.
Mendon 32 90 3447
Our intelligence from Worcester,
Plymouth, and Bristol afTure us, that
the Federal lifts of Senators have pre
vailed. "
A letter from a gentleman in Taun
ton, concludes thus : "Itis a heart
confpling truth, that of those in this,
vicinity, who have lately espoused tbe,
cause of Democracy, the intelligent,
and the worthy, are fall returning ty
the principles of Washington &.&m^'
BOSTON, APRIL 8.
A bill has passed the House of Re
presentatives of the United States, for
ENCREASING THE SALARIES OF THE
Officers of the Departements, at lead
25 per cent above what they were en
creafed in I 799; many members who voted
fa this measure, voted against afmilar one
in 1 799 — This is the true democratic eco=
nomy of public money —this is the pure spi
rit of disinterested patriotism.
0
MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION.
For Governor and Lt. Governor, and
Senators for the ensuing year, was held
throughout the Commonwealth onMon
day last. The result of the ele&ion,
generally, from present appearances,
will be highly honorable to the cause of
Federalism. In this town, it was de
termined, not by the strength of bones
and nerves, but by the “ Strong pull"
of justice, directed by the Legislature,
and Ipiritedly enforced by the judicious
arrangements of the hon. Board of
Selectmen.
The Military Peace Establishment
bill has been published, by authority.—
It is to confiftof one regiment of artil
leries, and two regiments of infantry.
The artillerist regt, will be composed
of five battalions of four companies
each. The infantry regiments of ten
companies each. The whole to be com
manded by a Brigadier-General Pay,
Brigadier-General 225 dolls, permonth,
without rations, forage, &c.—Colonels
75 dollars ; Lieutenant-Colonels 60
dollars ; Majors 50 dollars ; Surgeons
45 dollars ; Captains 40 dollars ; First-
Lieutenants 30 dollars ; Second-Lieu
tenants 25 dollars ; Ensigns 20 dol
lars ; Cadets 10 dollars ; Sargents 8
dollars ; privates 5 dollars.
By a report of Committee on the
subject of naval Preparations, lately
made to Congress, it is Bated, That Six
Navy Yards, and Timber for eight 74-
gun (hips have been purchased ; —That
Charleftown, in .Maffachulerts, and
Norfolk, in Virginaia, are the mod eli
gible places for receiving-and .repair
ing ihips in actual service :—That the
Blips in ordinary ought to remain at
Washington :—That the Adams, and
General Greene frigates, for reasons
given ought to be fold :—That the ra
tions of the feameu ought to be enlarg
ed : That a suitable person ought to
be employed to lay out and direst the
works and improvements at Charlef
town, Norfolk, &c. & that 137,666 dolls,
ought to be appropriated for improv
ing navy yards, docks and wharves,
and for wear and tear, repairs, and
military Bores of vessels.
It is a fad no longer in doubt, that
the French government has applied to
ours to guarantee the payment of theit
contrasts with our merchants.
(Com. Ad.)