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fetal rece&ry, they Tad decreed" that
*e Batavian Republic Should from
henceforth lose all separate diftindions,
and form a part of the French Rtpub
lie, one and indivisible.—-This commu
nication was heard with evident marks
of disgust, and the meeting broke up
abrupt!,.,. Symptoms of difeontent
were marifeGed by the lower orders
of the people through the day,and the
Orange cockade was hoisted in the
evening.
At midnight a secret meeting was
held at the house of M. Vander Lin
den, the late President, by the princi
pal members of the Government, and
a dispatch sent off to Baron de Winter
in the Texel, ordering hihi immediately
to sea, with indrudions to put himfelf
under the proteftidh cf the British, in
the name of the Prince of Orange.
On the 3d of May, at day break,
Baron de v, inter weighed, with 13
Blips of the line, seven frigates and sev
eral fchuyts carrying one gun in their
prow, and est the 4th the fleet had pas
sed the Holder Point, and was lying
within the tyrgad Bank, with the Eag
lilh colours Hying at their mizen, and
a white jack on their foreman.
The tumult is increasing every mo
ment.
Addressed to SikHYDE PARKER,Admi
raI of A,ST British Baltic Fleet.
“ By the deceaie of his Majtfty the Emperor
Paul I. of glorious memory, the fceptre of the
Ruffian empire has defeended by the right of
"birth into the hands of his hrferial Majufty
Alexander. One of the firlt events under
the government of this Monarch bag been, that
he has accepted the offer which the Btitdh
Court had made to his iilußfiods predecessor,
to terminate the disputes which threatened the
Tpeedy breaking out of a war in the north of Eu
Tope, by an amicable convention. Faithful to
the engagements which he has entered into
with the Courts of Stockholm, Berlin, rind Co
penhagen, his Imperial Majesty has lignified
to them his fcfolution, not to a&, but in con
junction with his allies, in whatever may con
cern the intcreb. of the neutral powers. His
Imperial Majesty could not have expedited that
the British Coutt would have undent aken'a hdf
tile attack upon Denmark at the very time when
its Envoy at Berlin was authorized anew to en
ter into conference with the Ruffian Minister
refidmg 'inhere. The meafurcs taken by his Im
perial Mrijefty webe only in 'confi quence of his
wish for Peace, and the welfare of Mankind,
and to avoid a deftrudive mrfunderflanding be
tween the contending powers The hoftrlities
commenced against Denmark, and the hbftile
fleet, would have fruftrated the wish ts his Im
perial majesty to maintain peace had not this at
tack upon his allies been made before his pro
posals were made to the Court of Londdn—
But as the British fleet had failed for the Sound
before his Majesty afeended the throne, he will
waitfhe measures of the British Court, when it
shall be informed of that event. The under
fighed, General of Cavalry, and Minister of
State for 'Foreign Affairs, requires, therefore, in
the name of his illustrious Sovereign, that the
Admiral in Chief of the fleet of his Britannic
Majesty shall defid from all further hostilities
against the flags of the three United Powers,
bntil hs Excellency shall have received further
directions from his Sovereign; othetwife the
Admiral mu'R be personally refponfiblc for the
conferences that may ensue from the prosecu
tion of the war. , #
« Prepared to repel force with force, his Im
perial Majesty persists in his pacific lentiments ;
but the justice and moderation of the 'Cabi
rifl-oflondon, must enable him to reconcile the
demands of humanity with the duties which be
owes to the honor of his crown, and the 'interims
of his allies. (Signed)
^VON DER PAHLEX”
“ The, Englilh forces which landed
.^^ tyt have been completely aefezt
‘ ed; the remains of the army, to the
amount bnly of 5000 men have re-im
barked."—(PubScifle, May iq^
General 'Monnet, in a letter from
Burgos to General Leclerc, dated the
Sth Floreal, states, “ The Spaniffi ar
my is upon the frontiers of Portugal.
In ah affair of advanced pods. it±as
made several hundred prisoners."
“ Carlfato, April 26, 180 b.
“ After having, by order of the King
my matter, answered your letter of the
18th in that frank and candid manner
which becomes a Swede, convinced of
the justice of his cause—l hope your
Excellency will not hesitate to give me
a diftind answer to the demand Which
I have had the honor to make on
the part of my Sovereign, as your
Excellency, after having received my
Jetter, thought proper to quit the heights
of Carlfcrone, with his Britannic
Majesty's fleet under your command,
Swedifo & Briti/h Official Papers.
From Vice-Admiral KRONSTADT, to Admiral
Further Foreign News,
one frigate of 44, three of 36, one of
26, and one of 20, exclnfive of ninety
eightgun-boats, &c.
We are assured that a courier of the
Maritime Prefect has brought this day
the following intelligence to the Min
ister of Marine ; —
„ PARIS, MAY 10.
Rear Admiral Villaret Joyeufe h^s
set out for Brest. Citizen Miflieffy is
the Chief of his Staff.
The Batavian fleet, the greater part
of which is now in the Meuse, com
manded by Admiral Be Winter, con
lifts of the following ships and veSfels :
ships of the line,Brutus, Les Etas Gen
eteaux , Le Wreaker, Le'Chatham, &
LeZoutman, all 74's,and eleven 68's ;
Received by the latcft arrivals at Boston.
g[, Kultixn btate Taper.
Ne^s of French Manufoßure.
U^GLARATIO N
Parker.
probably wiffi design bf returning by
Drogdan, according to the advice which
we have received from the Governor-
General who commands for the King
of Sweden ; your Excellency will be
''pleafcd to allow me to propose to you
the following question ; —Whether the
King my matter is to confider your
retreat as a mitigation of the principle
of your conduct to unarmed trading
vessels, similar to that you have observ
ed with refped to those of his allies ;
and if the communication between the
different Provinces of the Kingdom,
and also with the coasts of the Baltic,
to the East and Weft, is to be consider
ed as shut up or not ? The King my
matter is induced to ask this question,
in consequence of the return of certain
vessels froth Poiherania to Carlfcrohc,
which have not been dapped by the
vessels of his Britanric Majeßy cruizing
in these reads. I am, therefore, desired
to request a formal answer from your
Excellency, as the guide of my future
conduct (Signed)
“C. o. cronstadT,”
MISCELLANY.
LONDON, MAT 2'5-
A fetter from an officer in the Brit
ish army in Egypt, dated April 4th,
states, that of the Invincible corps
which led the attack on our lines the
lift March, only tivelve men accepted
of quarter. [According to the Paris
Moniteur, this corps coined of'i 3s6 men
aftortperiodfrevtous to the battled The
Daughter Was so great on the fide of
the French that it took our prisoners
famteen hours to bury their dead. The
British camp, at the date of the letter
was supplied with abundance of frefh
provisions, at very moderate prices
A fat sheep of 50 wt. costs only three
dollars, three geefe,a dollar, and a bag
of Egyptian onions, half a dollar.
Sir R. Abercromby, in the action of
the 21st of March, hil'led with his own
hand the French Gen. Rioze. The
enemy's cavalry had penetrated to the
spot where the British Commander had
taken post to observe and direct the bat
tle, and were overpowering our party,
when Sir Sidney Smith, with a division
of seamen, arrived to their fuccour.—
Sir Ralph Was then in the a& 'of strug
gling with Gen. Rioze for his sword,
which wrefling from him, he plunged
it into his bosom, and immediately af
ter, in acknowledgment of the prompt
& gallant assistance of Sir Sidney, pre
sented to him the trophy.
— C
MADRID, APRIL 30,
With the firfl intelligence of the
death of the Emperor of Russia, our
Court received the intimation that the
new Emperor Alexander I. wished to
renew the relations of peace and ami
ty With Spain, and was willing to en
ter into a treaty, of Commerce. The
communication between the two Courts
is therefore now re-ellablifhed, though
no Envoy of the firft rank has been yet
appointed.
Theiq has bedn ra circulation since
yesterday an article of news too extra
ordinary to be believed on light grounds
—The King of fruffia is said to have
required of the Batavian Republic, 163
millions.of florins, and the re-establish
ment of the Stadthokler,for whom the
money is intended as an indemnity for
what has been taken from him —"that
the Batavian Republic has written to
Bonaparte, who has returned for an
swer, that he took no concern in the
business ; and that the Republic has in
consequence sent an ambassador to Ber
lin.
" I have received the letter which
the admiral has done me the honor to
address to me, on the part of the King
his Sovereign. I have in answer to
state, that iince I have received from
the Ruffian Envoy at Copenhagen, the
note, of M. Count Pahlen, the Minis
ter of his Imperial Majesty, which ex
presses Co dearly the sentiments of his
Imperial Majesty towards Great-Bri
tain, not only on his own part, but hlfo
on that of his allies, I hesitate not all
instant to comply with the desire of his
Majesty for a lufpenfion of arms, until
a definitive arrangement may be made,
which will put an end to the differences
which atpr^fent ftibfill between Great-
Britain and the Powers of tire North ;
and in order to prove all my anxiety to
contribute to this obje&, Immediately
gave orders, that the Ruffian, Danilh,
and Swedish ships in the Cattegat, and
the Baltic, Ihould henceforth meet with
no obstacles or impediment.
" I have to entreat the admiral to
assure the King,his matter, that with
regard to Sweden in particular, it has
been so much the more agreeable for
me to give these orders, because hostili
ties have not yet commenced between
us, and because I am allured from these
favorable dispositions, that "the ancient
harmony and friendship so advantage
ous for the common good of the two
"Powers, will be speedily re-established.
Y ' I have die honor to be, &c.
(Signed) “BARKER."
—©
fl. The King of Prussia.
BREMEN, MAY 20.
" e* bard the London, in toe Bay of Xiage,*)
April 29, 1801.)
THE REPLY.
" About the ?oth March the Presi
dent determined on fending a squad
ron to the Mediterranean, of which
Commodore Truxton, then command
ing the frigate President, was inform
ed onthe 23d. On the 311! March, &
ift of April, the commanders of the
Philadelphia, Elfex, and Enterprize
were ordered to prepare their ships for
a cruise, to rendezvous at Hampton
Roads, from whence they expected to
fail on the toth May.
" Notwithstanding every exertion
they did not all assemble until the 18th
of that month. A letter of the 29th,
from Commodore Dale, (now com
manding the squadron, confining of 2
SMips of 44. guns, one of 32 guns, and a
schooner of 12 guns) informs, that he
should fail on the ill day of this month.
" The squadron uill rendezvous at
Gibraltar, and will aft agreeably to
circumstances ; and the information
the Commodore may receive. His or
ders are to give convoy to the Ameri
can Commerce, when applied for, and
when he can do it with propriety.
“ This force is deerrted fully adequate
to the dellrdclion of the naval power
of Tripoli, and to meet the navies of
Algiers 'and Tripoli united.—When
Capt. Bainbridge left Algiers, the con
duct of the Dey had a fr^ridly appear
ance ; by the lad letter from Consul
Obrien, he seemed soured at the delay
of payment from the United States.—
It is true that the United States are in
arrears to that regency, nerir 3 years
annuities. The arrival of the squadron
before Algiers, and the assurance of
/uMa^/payments in faure,will it is pre
futned, prevent the Dey of Algiers
from committing hostilities. If he
lhould,the two 44 gun ships are deem
eft fully competent to the blockading
of his port. That of Tripoli is con
temptible. The Bafhaw has but one
fliip carrying 18 gars—the few other
vessels that he policies are of 12 guns
and linker.
“ Recent accounts which have been
published, indicate that the Bafhaw of
Tripoli would not wait the President's
answer, and that there is reason to fear
he has declared war.✓
“ The squadron having failed, con
voy cannot now be offered. It would
perhaps have been Imprudent to have
fuffcred it to be delayed by waiting to
convoy. It was thought thrit its early
arrival in the Mediterranean, was of
too much confeqnenee to feffer any
thing to create delay.
" I am, fir, &c.
ft. (Signed) “S. SMITH.
" Thomas Fitzfimons, Efa. Chairman^
of.Cbcimber of Commerce Philadelphia." ,
Marine force of Algiers.
Guns.Pounders.Men.
I. American frigate Crescent, 34 9&6 306
I. Polacre Negro, Creek built 24 240
2. Xebeck grande,Algerine d 6 34 306
3. Ditto, 2d. do. do. 30 270
4. Ditto, 4th. do. do. 24 216
5. Ditto,, 4th. old do. do. 24 266
6. Brig Bafhaw,Phila. do. 2% 6 196
7. Polacre. Creek do. 26 2co
3. Scb.SW.derbrand, Phila.do. 20 4 150
90. Do. Lelah Eriiba, do. do. 18 3 130
11. Do. Hkmduth, ^alt. do. 14 3 70
12. Xcbeck,atine fails, Span.do. 10 70
13. Small Cruizer, 10 70
14. Ditto do. 8 60
15. A row galley, latine fail's, 4 40
A frigate era the ft<xss 44 12 ,60
Articles per Mails.
—— =rawtn„rr-ur -n~- — _____
CHARLESTON, JUNE 1,.
SIR, Na^ Department, fuu/Q, <Boi.
PRESUMING that the Intelli
gence contained in my letter to
1 homas Fitzfimons, Esq. Chairman of
the Chamber of commerce, Philadel
phia, in answer to his, requeuing it,
will be acceptable to you, I have the
honor to transmit a copy thereof, for
the information of the merchants of
your city.
" I have the honor to be, fir, your
;moft obedient servant, S. SMITH?
' W. Craft, Esq. Cbarlefton",
[COPY.]
" Navy Department, tub June, lßst.
" SIR,
" The Secretary of State has refer
red your letter of the 3d instant to this
department. I hasten to give you the
information you require,
"It appears that early in ifoo the
government of the United States were
apprised that the Bafhaw of Tripoli
ffiewed a disposition hostile to the Unit
ed Stated,which disposition was known
at the Department of State to bear a
menacing appearance, in the autumn
of that year. On the 13th of March
the firft copy, of Mr. Cathcart's letter
of the 18th O&ober, was received at
the Department of State, in which he
reports the following declaration of the
Bafhaw of Tripoli ;—"I now desire
you to inform your government that
I will wait fix months for an answer to
my letter to the President; that if it
did not arrive in that period, and if it
was not fatisfadory, if it did arrive,
that I will declare war in form against
the United States." I answered that
it was absolutely impossible to receive
answers in that time. The Bafhaw an
swered, “ I will wait for answers from
your President, but I erpeft when he
fends his answers that they will be such
as will empower you 'to conclude with
me immediately ; if they are not, I
will captive your velfels."
I kite member of the House of Repre
sentatives, has been appointed to die
government of the Millilippi Territory
in the room of Gov. Sergent. [Aurora]
{^,Notwithstanding this article is extra&ed
I from the Aurora, we believe it to be correct.
;It is of a piece with mod of thepraaice of the
prefect adruiniftration-—Governor Sargent
has richly merited being displaced—for he
is a Ncwenglandman by birth and education, and
was an officer of diftinguilhed reputation in the
Massachusetts line during the revolutionary
;war : He also had been appointed by WASH
IINGTON, and confirmed by ADAMS in the
Executive Magiffracy of the Miffifippi Terri
tory, has discharged the hazardous, arduous and
important duties of his Ration, with dignity,
Uprightness and independence ; and has done
the territory acknowledged service :---Aad to
all this, he has been guilty of the high crime
of approving the principles which governed
WASHINGTON and ADAMS in their ad
-Iminiftrations. As if this catalogue of mifde-
I meanors were not fufficient, calumny, falfehood,
iand the deep-rooted antipathy of the South to
I every thing Northern, have been ptt in requift-
I tion againfthim; and these united ar^.te form
• the apology for his abrupt dismissal. With re-
Ifpeß to ;his adminiffration he has been acquitted
;%y Congress ; and he will have thh'confolation,
in vChich his enemies cannot (hare, that he will
carry with him into private life, the refped
and esteem of all the genuirie whigs of 1775.,
and the war-worn patriots of the revolution.
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
« Silence that dreadful bed, it frights the iNe."
Othello.
=—.—Silence -that dangerous Editor ;
'He doth CTpofe us to the People, yac^tor.
Here it is again, Another Profecn
tion, No. 6.—Yesterday afternoon a
piece of paper was left at the office of
the Editor, endorsed,
17a. Summons Case,
JOHN BECKLEY ^. CALEB P. WAYNE,
diet.tf Mon Sept. 1801.—Mr.Dallas, P. Quer.
N. B. No money demanded, as here
tofore,by the Sheriff's officer. (Guz.U.S.
" A political intolerance de defrotic ae nuicked."
Jefferson's Inaugural
{OFFICIAL.] Dismissed from. Office.
, Cen. H. Miller, Supervisor for the diftria
of Pennsylvania.
Appointed in Bis place.
Gen. Peter Muhiehberg.
Removals from Office.
It is reported and believed that Col. Ohefter
has been turned out of the office of Supervisor
for the diftria of Connecticut, and Ephraim
kitty appointed in his place ! 0 temporal 0
mores /
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Philadelphia, 7th JULY, 1801.
The United States' (hip George
Washington will leave the Delaware a-
philadelhia, July 8.
Private accounts from Washington
mention, that William C. C. Claiborne,
GEorge Maxwell, Attorney for the
diliria of Xew-Jerfey.
John E. Caldwell, \ ommercial A
gent for the city of Santo Domingo.
Edward Jones, Commercial Agent
for Guadaloupe.
Peter Muhlenberg, Supervisor of the
diftri& of Pennsylvania.
James Irwin, Collector and Infpedtor
of Matfac diftri&.
And Thereat it has become inexpe
dient that the said Job Wall Ihould
any longer hold the said appointment ;
now know ye, that I do hereby re
voke the faid' committing, and do de
clare the fame to be abfoluteiy null and
void from this day forward.
WHEREAS, the President of the
United States, by and with the advice
aEd content of the Senate, did, by a
commission bearing date on the 26th
day of June, 1797, appoint Job Wall
of Rhode Island to be then Consul
lor the Island of St. Bartholomews.
WASHINGTON, JULY 6.
On Friday last an address was deliv
ered b^ the Secretary of War in an
swer to the Talk of the Cherokee Chiefs
previously made.
The address which was made in the
name of the President, conveyed assur
ances to the Cherokees that all the en
gagements entered into by the prede
ceiiors of thePrefident would be by him
rigidly observed ; it congratulated them
on the advances they had made, and
were Still making in the arts of civili
zation, particularly on the introduc
tion of the spinning wheel, and of the
plough, instead of the hoe, and assured
them that the President, on proper re
presentation, would have them furnifty
ed with the instruments and inftruftion
required to aid their progress in agri
culture and manufactures.
After the delivery of the reply of
the Secretary of war, the leading chief
&ke at considerable length on the af
fairs of his nation. His mode of de
livery, the tone of his voice, and his
general expression of countenance,were
mild and persuasive, and his deport
ment and gesture's Were highly digni
fied and grateful.
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
President of the United States of America.
To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN :
Given under my band and the feat of fbe U
ntted St lies of America, at the Cify of
(L. S.) Wafoingten, this second day of %',, "'
the year of our Lord one tkoufand eight
hundred and one, and of the Independence
of the United States, the twenty fifth.
Th : JEFFERSON.
By the P-efident.
foMES MADISON.
Secretary of State.
{OFFICIAL.]
APPOINTMENTS
By the President of the United States.
'lllthe Imperial Parliament of dreat-Britaia,
the 2, th May, Mr. O'Hara dated “ That at
present Ireland wore the face of peace and agri
.cultural pursuits; difaffeaion was confined to
a very few counties, nor could local disturban
ces be adduced in proof of a general spirit of re
volt. With an exception of four or five coun
ties throughout the whole kingdom, 'lreland
wks profeffcdly in a slate of Peace."
"It is said, that Mr. Murray, the
Ambassador from the United States to
the Batavian Republic, and one of those
who signed the treaty of Peace between
France and America, is to repair to
Paris in order to remove forte trifling
difficulties which Hand in the way of
the complete and full ratification of
this treaty.
" Mr. Dawson, Envoy Extraordinary of the
United States, Accompanied by Gen. Kofeiulkq,
went within these few days to visit Thomas
Paine, and transmitted to him a very affe&on
ate letter fr«m M Th. Jefferfon, in which he
incites him to return t 6 America, and offers
him fer his return a national vetfel."
ALEXANDER I.
This young Emperor appears by the
most correct accounts from Europe to
ad with the utmost circumfpe<flion.—
While on the one hand he endeavor^
to conciliate the English, he assures
France ofhis friendship. The firft ads
of his reign were very popular—he fa
all the State prisoners tree ; he revok
ed the decrees refpe&ing contraband
trade ;—he restored all the, English
tars to liberty ; —he permitted all kinds^ -
of societies to hold meetings ; he re- 7
ftered several antient orders of nobili
ty ; he repealed the blue Civs referee
ing dress , he permitted the import
tion of all kind of books ; ^nda^n
I bort the 25th inst. and touch at Nor
-1 Yori; from thence ffie will proceed'to
Gibraltar, and take under her convoy
any valels bound that way.
R. R HOBART, Sec ry.
» Capt. M'Alfter of the ship Fan
ny from Calcutta, v e learn that Maj.
General Baird, with an army of 15000
Native and European troops,failed from
Irincomale in the island of Ceylon, on
the ift of February lad, for Suez, in
order to co-operate with Sir R. Aber
crombie in expelling the French from
Egypt. Col. Wellelly is second in com
ma °"> an d it was the general opinion
at Calcutta, that they were the bed ap
pointed body of troops ever seen in In
d,.—They expected to reach the place
of dedination by the firft of April.
I -0
NEW-YORK,JULY 9.
Capt. Swain, from Nantucket, who
arrived here yederday, on Tuefday
last, fell in with the French national
ships which failed from this port on
Sunday. They were then fleering S.
S. E. & were five leagues from Sandy
Hock.
stockbidgk, „tofyj UN E 39.
We published some Short time Since
that Abraham Bishop was appointed
Collector of the port of New-Haven,
vice E. Goodrich removed. The Pitts
field Sun, that great vehicle of truth,
(we mean such duff as Jacobins call
truth) fays that it is Samuel Bishop.
Chief Judge of the County Court, &c.
&c. &c. who fills that office. We will
date a few fads relative to this business
and leave it for the public to determine
whether A. Bishop has not been ap
pointed Collector for the port of New-
Haven. Mr. Jefferfon some time since
gave his political followers in Connec
ticut to understand that it was his de
termination to remove Mr. Goodrich,
and requeued them to "nominate some
perfop to £ll the office which Mr. G.
then heJd. The leading Jacobins in
that State, after much consultation, a
greed to recommend Abraham Bithop,
and gave notice thereof to thePi evident.
Mr. Jefferfon accordingly appoints this
fame Abraham Bithop, this specious
child of " delufan, and fends him the
proper authi fitation. In he mean
time,from some hints which were dropt
the people of New-Haven began to en
tertain some fulpicion's of what was
going forward, and A. Bishop began
to think that the indignation which
would be excited upon his appointment
and the removal of so worthy a man as
Mr. Goodrich, would be a little too
mighty for him to bear. So fully im
pressed was he with these fears, that he
writes to Mr. Jefferfon, and informs
him, that he was fearful that the vir
tuous cause ot RepubhCanifm would be
somewhat checked in Connecticut by
his appointment, owing so the unjust
prejudices which were entertained a^
gainft him—but that be had a very a
ged father Samuel Bifrp, efq. who the,
wholly unable to perform any of the
duties attached to the office, on account:
of his great age, he wished President
Jefferson to appoint to the place of
Colledor instead of himfelf; and that:
he, Mr. Abraham, would in this way
discharge the duties, and enjoy the e
mohrments of the office, without {offer
ing the odium and indignation which
his Appointment might excite. This
was all accordingly done, and Samuel
Bifoop, Chief Judge, &c. &c &c. is
new nominally Collector for New-Ha
ven, though he has in fact, nothing to
do with the business!
IRELAND.
BOSTON, JULY 13, XBOI.
FROM PARIS, may 21.