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ru(x:ct our' situation. What was it,
from the elofe >f the revolutionary war,
until this constitution went into opera
tion ? is it within the power of imagin
ation to depict a scene of more diftrels
in a nation at peace, vilited by no cala
mity nor Suffering heder any other de
preflions, than those arising from poli
tical relations ? I'he dates were cabled
the United States: bat how were they
united r the external predate of foreign
force being withdrawn, and the object
erdee coated attained, the coniedera
tion could scarcely be termed a union ;
the ligature was no more than a iopc
of faud, fubjeT to dufuuttoh from eve
ry biad, and the powers confided to
that government, inadequate to an:
rationa propose. National charadel
was still fc be edablifhed : commerc
we had none, for credit either national
tr individual emitted to: ; a want 0
confidence was in every direction dii
rernable ; in our cVn date particul til)
our fituacion was tvretchedneG, th
means ofcorhfortableliving Werefcarce
ly to be founds involved in dtbts ere
ated by neceffity,the power to difeharge
them was to be had by no exertion :
specie had entirely fled from view, and'
nothing but a miserable, unfunded, de
predated paper currency was in circu
lation. If our fairs produced any
thing to fell, there was no demand for
it, and our property exposed to late ci
ther to raise {applies for family Sup
port, or for the payment of debts, wa f
facrified at atwenfieh part ofits value.
Thus situated oer exertions were para-
Ihed, and our bell principles in a date
of jeopardy. In this hour of distress,
the Federal Constitution came like the
Angel of Protection to ocr relief. How
important the change ! how rapid,how
effectual ! it operated like magic ; the
power was not seen, but felt with pecu
liar force. The United Stares rose and
took her Ration .among the nations of
the earth—The Union was renewed &
flrengthened—the important powers
granted, were applied to national pur
poses.--she nation g;a^e to heffelfa
cbara&er—her faith and credit were
redeemed — her commerce revived and
expended beyond all calculation; she
became refpeded abroad, and her pro
fpcrity was rapidly increasing at home.
Riches, plenty, and happiness flowed
inupon us—confidence was reftored—
-pppei ty recovered its value,and labour
and exertion received their reward.—
The Government, adopted in a spirit of
harmony, was organized and adminis
tered with energy, propriety and dig
nity—the rigiits of individual Rates
were refpeded ; and the rights of the
United States, always considered pa
ramount, maintained. Our Washing
ton, the founder of our Republic, the
father of our country, the glory of the
American name, administered this go
vernment, and administered it in the
true spirit of its principles. Aided and
supported by his compatriots in our
struggle for liberty, having once led us
to peace and independence, he again
conduced us from weakness, wretch
edness and despondence, to Strength,
hope and happiness.
Considering the vast benefits we have derir-
CZ from the labours, the talents, the pa:riotiltn
ofche framers of our inestimable constitution, it
is painful in the extreme to reflet on the little
.gratitude which is discovered toward them;
but when to these demands on our love, vener
ation, and gratitude, are added the services in
cur Revolutionary War, to which we are in
debted for our independence, ow^exiftence as a
nation, it is Shocking to think, that not only in
gratitude, but abuse, malice, Slander, are allowed
and tolerated i, our country. How indignant
must the man of virtue feel, when he perceives
^h&t even the character, the memory of Wash
ington him elf, pure, i nraiculate and venerated
33 it is, carrot escape the dart of envy or the
Shafts of malice. Even his illufbious fame has
been afiikd. He has been abufed.rillified and
calumniate, by the bas 1 reptiles cf the crea
tion, the Hiteling ass ffio of character ; but
when he brags the rest Chon full in his mind,
what man ;• there who can rest fatisfied and
contented at the exaltation of him, who has
Employed Such rr tar^tp y^ft fitch a character ?
he who not only in L c r,cy Simulated the at
tack by bribing the affallfo? but publicly and
openly cherishes the calumniator ? Callender,
Duane, 2nd Paine, were the inftremonrs of of
fcnce, tiled on the unworthy occatei. Enquire
into their coaduft, enquire intrithe Export ac
corded to then,, the countenance afforded to
them,?ud judge for yohrtcif. Cur illufirtyl
chid not escaping, it was hardly to be Suppos
ed the worthy meh who ^ere hi? affociafes hi
the odfew.urition of the government, and fife
re^Rg him, pursued his system of policy,Should
he kit ÜBsffaded. Accordingly you find the
pref, for years loaded with calumny agaitifl
them, EA?.'tiodfnefs irhlf exhausted in exer
tion to I ait their well earned fame. A. pof
frfiion of the records of rhe government, it Was
fold, was alone wanted, to disclose, without
doubt the infamy of their, conduct. To Verify
the affection at the firfl ft ffier iafter “ the hours
of honour and confidence were burst open" by
a deluded people, and foR ffion of the mansion
Seized by the intifed^rahll, you find a set of
men appointed, ftylcd a ewmiftrec of invefti
gation, who were to infpe& ri efe records, and
draw from them the condufiVe +9ijr co of ill
condo? of the ft eraktis—but to their chagrin,
th i r expectations, if they really had any, were
tidiewioted, and the manner their report or
the Subject was made, is the be? evidence that
she v% object thereof was to leave a drama of
fifpkioinn cl r rafters, that manly c3&| <nr and•
justice commanded not only to be exculpated but
rinave awarded to them the honourable praif
dur to integrity and ability, devoted to the fer
vie A our country. This report was crcula
r I to vail extent —was read with avidity am
commented on with the trarfport of triumph
under the miOiken fallacious idea, that it prov
<d loan-thing against the officers of the R/ua
Admniftration. —But to tie cosfufion o' cal-
umny be it Known,that nut a charge exhibited in |
that report, remains to be confuted ; not an in
nanation implicating the conduct of those wor
thies, now has the fmaileft force —that extract
din<ty report timbered tethe public on the last
days of the late feibon ; has been so exposed, for
its want of candour, truth, and justice, that even
its CongrcEonal Supporters have found it con
vetrent tc let it sleep. the prefuti, Cergreh is
approaching its left moncuts —and that report
has never been acted on.
The beneficial ?hets of our constitution have
been so numerous and impotent, that it can
not but be Valued ; and d we value that, fhali
we furniihanother example of the ingratitude
of Republics .TN), ^fr estimate the men
and their memories, to whom we are indebted
for the important gecd. IT will . afford tire
teftimoniak of eur eileem and veneration be
clinging to the government their labours have
framed for js, as to the rock of our falcty. We•
will not be lupine when,he hand of the deftrny
er is raifa' against it. The buffings we puff ft
are wor^h Securing and the profpedt of enlarg
ing them we will cherdh. Sedul%ufy will we
guard every avenue of attack and our unremit
cing diligence Ihall be directed to avoid forth, r
inroads, to elofe rhe breaches which have be
ude in the fortrtfs of our protection, an I r c
lore.to its wonted excellence this in. ft 1 " dne
charter of our rights. This is frourk ou it na
tion demands, and our best interest j.rs us to
pursue. Arid we men pursue 1: , or we rr.il
submit to be the pdiive witorffs of the. d. t'
fall of the fabric of f-curry, we us late<-ut >ycd,
and be oblged to beh fd Liberty ignonioioufly
cast fro n her proud and elevated pedefta!, and
Anarchy aflume the place.
Having laid thus much co the fubje& of the
civil liberties, I Will claim you, attention bur a
little longer while f make a few observations on
1 fobkei I deem, worthy obfer ration. Altho''
religious liberty is established by our confuta
tion and there is no one particular system of tc
iigion preferred by that instrument to any oth
- e. , yet it.does not follow, nor is it underwood,
that uive nd national religion , the people
of the C re chriftians. The chriftian reli
gion brane; ?uz nto a great variety of differ
ent denomioat.jr ^1 equal rights, is the re
ligion of the county)-- "' the precepts contain
ed in the pure doafine: :efus 'Chrift, we be
lieve if pursued will dire? us to eternal happi
ness—Salvation is exposed through the medi
ation of hjs merits, and his fuffimogs. Liberty
as well civil as religious, requires that other re
ligions Ihould be tolerated in our country and
they are tolerated. But liberty does not require
nor will our underloadings jnftily, or our fea
fibiTities allow our own religion to be ridiculed
and reviled. The comripn rules of decency
and decorum enjoin, that men's fentjments on
so important blubied, as their religious faith,
Should be rcfpeCled; and any person who will
wantonly abuse, ridicule and revile those senti
ments is justly coilfidcred as a creature to be
condemned, avoided and detected. Must not
he then be execrated as a monger who not con
tent with the open profusion of his own infi
delity, shall undertake, in the großft terms of
infoient language, to refute the doctrines, sa
cred to the devout, and believed to be the off
fpring of holy inspiration, Who shall ridicule
your faith, revile die religion,of your ancestors
& cor., ler every fe? hr denomination of chrif-
Xiins as fools or enthufiaOic madmen, treat the
divine author of cue religion, as an impostor,
and vilify him in the vulgarel terms of ob
feene abuse ; declare your holy redeemer, the
Saviour of the world, a child of lust, the mere
bastard of a profl gate mother ? Does not your
blood curdle in for veins, at the description of
a manfo vile. The exigence ofa wretch so exc
crable can fcarccly be credited ; but still it is
true. This m,n is living in your count! ~he is
in this city. He came here invited—affection
ately invited "by the Prpfident of the United
States—Thomas Jefferfon invited Thomas
Paine, and offered to him a national ship to
bring him to our country. —And this anti-chiif
tian monger of iniquity is the cherithed friend
and companion cf the man, whom a chriftain
people have elevated to the firft Ration in the
government of their country. The fad is ga
ted to you—the comment is with you to make.
On the whole it would seem, that the men at
present in power have two objects in view,con
sidered by them as of primary importance One,
Is to eradicate from the minds of the people, the
merit of the federal administrations —and from
their alLdL^ns the men who composed them ;
to whom, and to whole memories unextinguifh
ablc animoffty, is sustained. The other a total
ckpreffon, of all those energies of the constitu
tion, by which an efficient national government,
independent of flare authorities may be main
-Itamed. And co efft& rhe ends no means either
Ireligiost, moral, or political, will be left unef
! fayed tut I trust, and J feel elated with the
I here, that the people of United America know
tri well how to appreciate justly the characters
of the men now the objects of antifederal mal
ice, and climate tco highly the advantages of
their general government, to allow either end
to be attained.
In the arrangements of the lag assembly, I
find our division for thededion of a representa
tive in Congrefs,has not been altered, f indulge
the hope and belief, that in political fentimept,
also, no change has been experienced; and in
the approaching eL^ion I will not retrain the
expression of my wishes, that the federal candi
date may succeed. As to myfelf, two years
have elapsed. since t declared my intention, not
to be considered a candidate for the honors of
ithe next election. My determination then ex
- Ipreffed is not altered. A Iter being engaged %r
years in the public concerns of our country ;
nig domestic affairs demand my attention, and
duty to my family renders that attention indif
bciff^lfy 1 promptly yield to the demand ,
being famfiefl my fellow citizens will have no
difficulty in reining a representative better a%
"''¥ 'will f 4 y not more willing, t' o render
them service. „ Ready adherence to fc prin
ciples on whico 1 received the confidence of n?y
fellow citizens, has marked my political conduct.
These principles were avowed kt m, ele&iVn,
and remain. unvaried^ i then was and still am
impr rid with pcrbdl ccnvUinn, that the
fedcraiifts were actuated by principles RR cal
culated to "render /nore perfea the Union, to
eftabhih jufLcc,cirfute domestic tranquility, pro
vide for,he common defence, promote the gen
eral welfare, and secure the billing of liberty to
ourfeives ail oar pofteriy!" To nfl in the at
tainmen of these important ends, spy tumble
talents have been devoted with undeviating
aim. I ebeemed it peculiarly my duty that
this should be my course : because in addition to
my belief of the conechiefs of federal princi
ples. I knew them to be; in unison with the sen
timents of my congituents. They afforded me
the evidence of this fad, by the honour oftbeir
riftrages repeatedly l/eftowed, and ,he fobfe
qunt difpofttion of their.votes id their choice
ein Ei. fyr. I retire therefore with rhe gra
lying ilt&ion, that my political conduct
bus me' th, approbation of my eondiruents.—
On the judgment and patriotism of my fellow'
r citizens, i rely with confidence for the result
of the approaching ele&ion, and entertain th
expectation as well as the hope, that their choice
wifi be directed to a onara^ec worthy their
fuffrages; who riac have ability to difeern
their true interests, a: . integrity to promote
them. , r ,
I am Dear Sir, Yours, refye<%l|y,
W. H.KIiL,
C", °f 'V^j^b.^tor., 111. 23, iSog.
rt&P^mdb-. .' > . I . I ..• "^fyVftqftff
Foreign Articles.
" r iLONDON, APRIL 5.
“ We are " I vOwur the me^s for
eihmatin >th ojable result of the pen
ding N., o< 1. she lecrefy observed
' oy govn or a Lie occation, is as rig
id a, ris de. All that we can
Colli 1 0 our Cabinet are euani
mofr in 1 ~ iron, hit inis is the inoft
1 i" '! f | . 4 oxiiotW,rr, piovidedthey
ion obCTr^ ample (ecurity for the
>rei v. Or lo' Pe .ce. Howtm Bonaparte
aasuel ar a ,ned inantic paring nothing
coiit lion, forbearance, aud,inertion
-> :i oar Miniften, we will not pretend
to determine ; but it is very o ivious, that
he has been egregiouPy disappointed in
his expectations :— that ne has indulged
in menace in the m:dd ,f relative unpo
teric , ant.A ntouly given provocation
for War, without the means tor carrying
iron—-1 c nuances of France are in the
noit wretched ilarb, the artifice of official
reprefentaion mny drigwile the taft from
those who are drmed ire liberty of difcuf
don or inquiry ;; bitt . s known, mult
be ielt, and mult /nfuriice the conduct
of the gevernffeenty -The Taxes in France
are carried alnioft beyond the capacity of
the country to difeharge ; yet dill they
are inadequate to the wants of the State.
—Not only is the revenue of the febject
liable to heavy impolls, but his flock,
furniture, and property in general are
charged ten per cent, on filch nominal
value as (be Agents of the Confiil think
proper to impute to them.— Their Cum
meice is languid, chiefly because the
duties to which it is fubjeft are dependant
on tire caprice ,of the Confnl, and are
cobfequently ever varying to such degree,
that no Merchant can prudently calculate
on the result of his adventure. Their
Manofa&ares are feeble, from the want of
capital, credit, and political confidence ;
.and notwithhanding fl re . prohibitions
which oppose the importation of British
goods, they are every where in abundance
I apd in demand, and cheaper than like ar
ticles can be produced in France. These
articles are introduced byway of Bai'ie,
Belgium, &c. and the current insurance
on the risk of importation rarely exceeds
four per cent.—Amongst numerous in
stances of the injurious operation of this
trade which have presented thenrfelves to
lour knowledge, was the following :—An
extenfite Manufaftor , I'ol refining sugar,
was, some years finue, erected at Mar
fellies, & was fnccelsfnlly employed dur
ing the whole of the revolution ; but the
accumulated weight of taxes disabled the
Proprietors from a competition with the
English and Hamburgh merchants, am!
They have oeen obliged to relinquish the
undertaking.,,
^ A gendercap who has been 3 months
on a Tour mrongh France, and who, from
previous refideuce and commercial inter
course in the country, is competent to
form a cerreft opinion as 10 its present
Bate, informs us, that the report of war
every wjiee produced regret and indig
nation —mat the projects of Bonaparte
were cunddered a: tending to his individ
ual aggrandizement, rather than to the
advantage or honor, of France; and that
the people, in "murmurs deep, not loud,"
curfeq that ambition which threatened to
involve them again in the horrors of war.
He adds, that at no period of the revolu
tion was the despotism of government
more abfolate, Upwards of hxty per
lons of refpe&abiiity at Marfcilles who
bad been guilty of conversing on politics,
were lately hurried off to the army, and
that a like fyllem prevails in every part
of the Republic."
i -CORK, (Ireland) March 24.
The following palfage irom Lord Moi
ra's addref sto his Countrymen on the
commemoration of St. Patrick, deserves
the mod uuiverfd circulation,as his Lord
ship has been looked upon as rather ad
verse to the measures which have been
porfued by the government of this Coun
try:~ ,
" Let us now confer the character of
the enemy with whom we may soon have
to contend. Every advantage, gentlemen,
which that nation has gained over others
has been obtained by lowing diflcutions
among Those she doomed to Subjugation.
From the past let us take a lesson for the
future. From what France ferdone to
other countries, we .may calculate how
tie would aft to us. (tlear ! hear !) What
has Ireland to expert from France ? Is it
the Support of Carhobcrin? That aimy
which my noble friend dettroyed in E
£ypf pretended to protect Mahometan
ifm,..and boafied bi having overthrown
the Tope—ls it the prosperity ot the Pro
teflant Interest you would loel< to? No,
the grand objeß of,th; armies of France
has always been to Subvert the whole of
that religion of which the Protehant Faith
is only a branch Is it the Security of pro
perty ? Look at Holland ; fee the people
of that country plundered by vex atious
contributions and forced Loans, f s it In
dependence? Looft to Switzerland,and
fee the Rate of fertile debasement to
which the gallant &bd honorable people
of that once happy country are now re
duced—ls it civil liberty that is desired ?
Look to France berfelf—See her placed in
a state of the mos labject flavor), groan
ing under a military defyotirm.—(Very
loud applause ;)—ls ft pojfible that a;j\
one Villa bears me, any one uho has
breathe, the free, the pure, the bluffed ait
of these inlands, can wish for a moment
to inhale freedom under the precarion
aik, under the tenure of Irmich protec
tion? [A loud cry of no, rO, m7 But 1
know there is no one Who bears m, —1
hope there is no man in our. cofonry so
miserably flupid, as not to fee that the
proffer of French protection is only in 0-
iher Wordsthypfolier of French fkvei).",
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ALEXANDRIA, MAY Ij.
REPUBLICAN ENEBGr.
It is Rated in the Aurora of March
the 23d -That “ two frigates and three
brigs are in commission to fail for the
Mediterranean early in May." May is
now arrived, apd there has not been a
frigate coremiffioned this year, and the
brigs that ,ere in contemplation for
this fervicc^re not built. The term of
lervice of two or three fhips' crews, who
are now in diefryyal Service in the Me
diterranean, who flipped for one year,
have expired, and they will be obliged
to return without relief, kfier staying
several months over the time far which
they engaged. Many of our brave sea
men who engaged in the service, were
permitted by government to bave pow
ers cf attorney which their families to
draw half of their monthly pay for their
fubfiltence, for the term of one year
from the time of those teamen's enter
ing the service and no longer These :
powers of attorney of course have ex-|
pired,and their wives and children may j
fuffer for bread, until the fathers and
husbands of those fubjeds of oppreflion
return. This is a display of the liber
ality of the men who are at the he id of
our government, This js the manner
in which we chfilj blockade Tripoli, to
I prevent a barbarous foe from commit-;
I ring piracies on our commerce, and en- ;
Iflaying our seamen and citizens.
——o
NEW-YORK, MAY IC.
Capt cacraan, ot the sch. Sparrow,l
arrived at Alexandria on Wednesday j
from Jamacia, reports, that on the ar-1
rival of a vessel at Aux-Cayes the Capt. 1
and two-thirds of the crew are obliged|
to join the French military force, in
fighting the negroes ; and that in the
mean time the vessel is embargoed.
1 MR. MONROE.—The Norfolk 1
Herald of che sch inll. ftktes, that by
the brig Favorite, Capt Freyer, from 1
Bourdeaux, in 35 dtys which arrived
on the 3d, letters are received, announ
cing the arrival of Mr. Monroe at Hav
re. The ship Richmond in which Mr..
Monroe went, failed from this port on 1
the Bth of March, she muff consequent
ly have performed her voyage in about
22 days.
—b
. t new-torTC, may x6. % 1
We are informed, that on Saturday
morning last, while the Eastern Mail:
was making up at the Foft-Office, Wil- 1
liam H. Burbridge,one of the assistants,
secreted a letter containing Bank Bills '6
a considerable amount. Col. Bauman,
the Toft-Mader, miffing the letter,
charged him with the crime; on which
be confefled the theft,and was commit
ted for trial. , -
The South-Carclina is the bearer of
the Casts which have been made from I
some of the principal flatties in Europe, \
for the American Academy of Arts ;
lately efabliflied in this city.
0 ,
BOSTON,,MAY 14.
VIRGINIA REFORMING.
We mentioned in pur last, that there
were good reasons for believing that
Virginia would have the honor to fend
four Federal Republicans to the Bth
Congress.— We believe .We can add a
fifth, for the last " National Intelligen
cer" fays, " Thomas M. Randolph is
ele&ed by a small majority over Mr.
Cabell." We know ^fr. Cabell to be
a democrat, and the mention of the
majority makes us conclude that Mr.
Randolph is his political rival. Mr.
Stratton was the only federal member
from Virginia in the last Congress.
. ST. DOMINGO.
Accounts from Aux Cayes state, that
the negroes have burnt every planta
tion on the plains, and destroyed all
the property that fell in their way.—
In an attack oh the town the blacks
have been reputed with loss.
Capt. Coleman, Arrived ht Alexan
andria, the 4th inst. in coining up the
Chesapeake, saw three French men of
war at anchor, arid one landing up the
bay cohfideYably damaged. [Tib
French papers mention the Tailing of a
fmallfauadron from Bred in March, for
America.] . —o—
— or two frefh rumor's cf Declared
.War, between Great-Britain and France,
have reached us fnce our lalt ; but
they "have pruned their hour upon
the Page, arid been heard of no more."
The Norfolk Belvidera Report, which
assumed so many of the lineaments of
truth, like its predecessors, has been
Gripped by lime, and fheun to be one
of the numerous children of Fallacy.—
Our latett accounts from England are
to the 28th March ; and from the fouth
of Fiance, to the beginning of April ;
at that time no ad of either govern
ment, which could be considered as
tantamount to a declaration of war,
had taken place.
Opinions oh the appearances between
the two nations are various ; hut we
learn, that Mr. King has acquainted
the government of the United States,
that a speedy war between England
and Fiance is unavoidable.
■ * ——'-—' • Q —tot
The Rev. Caleb Auxandtf, of Mendon,
Mals, is elected Preceptor of Fail Grid Acade
frniy, in New-York state.
FOREIGN AFFAK3.
/fairs in Europe ams:!! ILfluat Z
and ilk intelliCTce das i: contra
ted the v/vA The rportf ar # # /j iruok}
that it is impoffble to iefernnne any / •.-
certainty reftePino the e-ent. '/
hoccever may he depe'.fo upr,n,that circa a..
fiances are by no means ofa tra,;%il rar
of a pacific aJpedl The ^fd equations st
the madman of Corf cg % has began to excite
the ridicule of the fir/Cf, -cits, as quell a:
the more formidable operations of the Cabi
net of St. fames, and mill tersmaat? in
something more serious than the bufljrg;:&
portance of a little brief authority.
[Beflon Gazcbte.
0
LATE FROM FRANCE.
The fliip South Carolina, arrived at
N. York, from Havre-de-Grace, brings
intelligence from that place as late as
the 7th, and Paris accounts to the 3d
April. From an intelligent gentleman,
;who came pafienger in this ship, and.
jwho during his relidence in France, has
I employed himfelf in noting, with much
I 'precifion, the "palling tidings of the
times," the following particulars have
been obtained :
Mr. Munroe had n r t arrived at Havre
on the 6th of April.
Gen. Bernadotte had received in-
Rrudions to be in readiness to take his
Ideparture for the United States, in the
j month of May, as Minittei Plenipoten
tiary. . His retinue will be very nume~
rous ; —and the splendor of the emba
fy will, it is thought be without any
I previous example in this country.
After the ill day of Germinal (March
121) the current coin cf the French Re
; public will bear the “ image and fuper
ifcription" of the First Consul.
Malta remained in the possession of
the British ; and it was laid by some,
/that the French had relinquished for
Ifeven years.,
The ff.and of Sardinia, according to
report, had been purchased by the Eng
lish Government for thirty millions of
,livres; bet the French had expressed
their determination to prevent the tak-
;ing poffellion thereof.
I. Couriers between England & France
j were frequent.: Mr. Wright, [a messen
ger) palled thro' Havre on the 28th
;Match, on his way to Paris. On being
I questioned, what he thought of the pre
|fent erfis ?he answered, it will be de
' cided in a few days.
I , The number of Englishmen in Paris
I'Was computed at 15,000. They were
leaving that city with much precipita
tion. „ The Duchess of Dorfet and het
son hed taken leave of the First Coufal,
and were to quit Paris on the 4th of
April..,., a...
The preparations for war on the nart
of the I rench progressed
from this! circumllan^
I supposition that Bona/
ifome fecrifices to his
IHollilires were not
place at present.
Twenty ships of the line were on the
flocks at Brest.,
The First Consul Iraving determined
to put St Domingo in the fame state as
before the revolution, 50,000 troops
were to be sent there in the month of
May., : ,
The First Consul and family, the
Minivers of War, of the Interior, and
of Finance, the Counfellors of Stare,
Senators, and several Officers of dif
tindiou, with a guard of 1200 men,
were to leave Par is the 12th May for
Biuffels, where they, were to be met by
the Archduke Charles, the King of
Prussia, and Gen. Moreau. This meet
ing is supposed to have for its objed an
alliance between Austria, Prussia and
France.
Egypt was evacuated by the British
on the loth of February.
~ A secret .Senatus Confulta, it is said,
has increased the allowance of the First
Consul to the immense sum of thirty
fix millions of livres per annum.
The vessels fitted out for the expedi
tion to Louisiana, were yet in the port^
of the Batavian Republic. The Bfi
tifh Miniftef having declared th n
their going out, the cruisers of
tion would take possession of th
probably the cause of their detci
They have been ready for sea 1
than five months.
0
General Court Martial.
In late papers we mentioned the convention
cf a General Court Martial, at Cambridge, for
the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel Willington,
of the 3d Division, on the complaint of Colonel
Coolidge, of anoffccr-like and unmilitary
condua at the review in Waltham, the 2d Sep
ternb^r last—Aster a patient and impartial at
tention to the evidence and defence, for several
days, the Cgort adjudged, that the said Licur.
Coi. V, illingion, was guilty, in " that he, in aA
ungendemanlike and uiimilitary manner de
clared, that he would not obc, any orders
which Lt. Col. Coolidge might give as com
manding Officer of the day; and that he, the
said Willington, then aod there, contrary to or
ders, neglected and refufed to march his reg'D
ment, but in an unmilitary manner, and with
out .order, withdrew h ndfelf, his officers and
men from the command of Col. Coolidge, and
dismissed the fame without order, from him."
Whereupon the Court puffed sentence, “ 'That
6e tc remcielfrom office — and adjudged incapable cf
botaiag any military cumroffum, under (fa common
meakb for the ter as oj ten years. His Excellency
the Commander in Chict has approved the sen
tence, and ordered the General Court Maffral'
?to be ddfolvcdt