The United States oracle of the day — Portsmouth, N.H., 1800-05-03 00:00:00, page 2

' The Senate, by nieffage, reformed they tad
Bailed a law, permitting the exportation of cer
tain parcels of gun powder, mullets and cutlaf
ks.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16.
The Arferal Bill, was palled.
A Bill to divide the lands between the great
and little Miami river, was read twice and
committed.
A Bdl to eftabliih the diftria of Kennebec,
&c. was read twice and committed.
The House agreed to the Amendments of the
Senate to the Merchant-Vcffcls Defence Bill.
The Ammunition Exportation Bill was read
twice and committed.
The Bill for deciding disputed elections of
President and Vice-President—was debated,
A Committee was appointed to draw rules
and regulations for the Diftrid of Columbia.
A Bill was ordered to indemnify William
Tazewell.
The house went into committee on the Bill
making appropriation for the military eftabliih
ment for the year i£oo. ,
The fcveral Items were filled as-follows:
Pay of the army Dolls. 1,018,620
Subsistence 787,786
Forage 36,672
C'loathjng 257,955
Horses to replace deficitnces 5,000
Bounties and premiums 14,000
Hospital department 51,000
Promoting civilization among
the Indians 15,000
Running lines of demarkatiqn 4,000
Defence of the frontiers, &c. 60,000
Loss of horses and other con
tingencies 57956
Invalid pensions for one year 93,000
Quarter staffers' department. 528,065
Making 9 total appropriation of 3,042,576"
TIK USDAY, APRIL 1,.
The Military appropriation Bill passed.
The Senate, by message, informed, that they
had passed the Bill for the amicable settlement
of the limits of Georgia, and for establishing a
^government in the Miffifippi Territory, with
amendments.
Further debate was had on the President and
Vice President Election Bill.
The President, by message, informed that he
had signed the Cop per-Mine Relolution and the
New Patent Bill.
The Senate, by message, informed, that they
had passed the following A&s with Amend
ments —The Bill refpe&ing evidence in cases of
disputed elections of Federal Reprefentatives—
the Navy Government Bill—the Government
Removal Bill—and the Bill for compensating
the Pay Master General and the Assistants of
the Adjutant-General.
FRIDAY, APRIL 18.
The amendments of the Senate to the Gov
ernment Removal Bill, were committed ; and
their amendments to the Navy Government Bill,
Were concurred in.
The Bill for deciding disputed Elections of
President &c. was taken up. A motion to pofl
pone it till Dec. was loft, 48 to 52. Ordered
for Monday.
The Bill for continuing the additional duty
on salt, was ordered for a third reading on Mon
day. .A motion by Mr. Smith of Baltimore to
make the duty permanent, was negatived ; as
was also a motion to limit its operation to two
years.
The Senate, by message informed that they
had passed the Bill to fix the rank and pay of
the Chief Officer of the marines, and the refo
iution for an adjournment on the second Mon
day in May. The House concurred.
The Bill to indemnify Mr. Tazewell was
read and committed for Monday.
MONDAY, APRIL 2f.
The additional Salt Duty Bill, passed.—
Ayes 37. Noes 28.
,THE NAVY.
Mr. Parker presented, from the Naval Com
mittee, a bill for arranging the fleet of the U.
S. into fquadron<, to be described by flags—
White, Blue, and Red—and for appointing one
Vice-Admiral, and four Rear-Admirals to com
mand the fame. After being read a firft time,
on the question to assign a time for a second read
ing. Mr. Gallatin moved to make it the order of
the day for the firft Monday in December next.
Mr. Egglefton wished its postponement.—
He said it had been agreed upon to suspend the
building of the 74's for the present. in addi
tion to this, our difference with France would
mod probably be soon adjusted. Another rea
son was, it would incur an additional expense,
which would be improper, after having agreed
to borrow 3,500,000 dollars.
Col. Parker said the 74's were not fufpemded
building, but it was thought advifeable not to
hurry their building. He enumerated the
conveniences which would result from the new ,
arrangement ; —dated that the whole expense
would not be more than 10,000 dollars ; and
that from the resulting advantages, he believed
it would be a saving. He did not think there
was a certainty of peace, from the revolutiona
ry disposition of France ; but even if it was cer
tain, peace would be made with that nation ; it
was lot known that the combined powers
would not renew their depredations ; He wished
the measure to be adopted, even if it was at the
expense of the army. The return of peace would
render the atmy nugatory, except just enough
for the garrisons . The army expenses exceeded
4 millions ; whereas the navy (really a more ef
ficient defenfe and advantage) was little more
than two millions. 14e wished our naval de
fenfe to be nurtured and rendered rcfpedable ; —
for which this bill was necessary.
Mr. Champlin advocated, and Mr. Claiborne
opposed the bill*
[A question of order occurred, on the impropriety
of difeuffing % merits of a bill, nubile on tbe question
of its postponement. The Speaker declared fueb dif
cuffon unparliamentary ; —and Lis opinion mas con
firmed by the House. *
The question for postponing the bill until
December, was loft,, Yeas 44, Nays 45, and it
was made the order of the day for to-morow.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT, &c.
Mr. Harper moved, that this bill be commit
ted to a fele& Committee. —Mr. Marshal sup
ported, Messrs. Gallatin & Nicholas opposed the
motion, which was carried, Yeas 54. Messrs.
Marshal, Sewal, C. Goodrich, Harper, Nicho
las, Dennis ar.d Bayard, were appointed.
The Kennebec, &c. diftrid bill was ordered
to be engrossed.
The Senate announced its concurrence in fev
>ral bills.
The Prohibitory Slave Trade Bill came
down from the Senate ; and was referred to a
committee of the wholes
The Mine and Metal Company Incorpora
tion bril, was difeuffed, and amended; by the
introduction of a fedion, providing, that the
President might, whenever the flock of the
Company should amount to 150,000 dollars,
cause the Secretary of the Navy to lend them
co OCC dollars, for ten years, for eroding a ma- 1
chine for rolling the copper into frets, &e--
The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading to-morrow.
° TUESDAY, APRIL 22.
The Mine and Mineral Company Incorporation
Billes toss 36 to 34. ^Mr Rutledge soon
1 after tuoved, that the House Should meet here
after, at 11, and not at 10 o'clock, on account
of the neceflity of committees meeting in the
morning ; whereby many gentlemen were pre
vented attending, while perhaps an engrossed bill
(as was the case of the above bill) might be
negatived, which had really a large 'majority
of that house in its favour. Thia motion ob
tained.]
The amendments of the Senate, to various
bills which had originated in the House, and
which have been mentioned, engaged the at
tention of the Houfa the whole of the day.
TRIAL of THOMAS COOP
ER—for Sedition !
CIRCUIT COURT of the United States for
the Pennsylvania Diftri&, April Term, 1800.
The United States ')
"• ( Indictmentfor a Seditious Libel.
Thomas Cooper, )
INDICTMENT.
The grand inquest of the United States of A
merica, in and for the Pennsylvania diftria, up-~
on their refpeaive oaths and affirmations, do
present, that Thomas Cooper late of the diftrid
of Pennsylvania, attorney at law, being a person
of a wicked and turbulent disposition, designing
and intending to defame the President of the
United States and tj bring him into contempt
and disrepute, and to excite against him the
hatred of the good people of the United States,
on the 2d of November, 1799, in the diftri&
aforefaid, and within the jurifdidion of this
court, wickedly and malicipufly did write„ print
and publish a falfc, scandalous and malicious
writing against the said President of the United
States, of the tenor and effeft following, that is
to fay :—“ Nor do I (himfclf the said Thomas
Cooper meaning) fee any impropriety in mak
ing this request of Mr. Adams: (meaning
John Adams, Esq. Present of the United States)
at that time lie had just entered into office, he,
(meaning the said President of the United States)
was hardly in the infancy of political mistake:
even thole who doubted his capacity(meaning
the said President of the United States) thought
well of his (meaning the said President of the
United States) intentions. And also the falfe,
scandalous and malicious words of the tenor
and effect following, that is to fay :—Nor were
we (meaning -the people of the United States)
yet saddled with the expence of a permanent
navy, or threatened under his (meaning the said
President) auspices with the exigence of a Hand
ing army.—Our credit (meaning the credit of
the United States, was not yet reduced so low
as to borrow money at eight per cent, in time
of peace, while the unnecessary violence of official
expreflions might justly have provoked a war.
And also the falfe, scandalous and malicious
words of the tenor and effect following, that is
to fay: Mr. Adams (meaning the said President
of the United States) had not yet projected his
(the said President of the United States mean
ing) embassies to Prussia, Russia and the Sub
lime Porte, nor had he (the said President of
the United States meaning) yet interfered as
President of the United States to influence the
decisions of a court of justice; a stretch of author
ity which the monarch of Great-Britain would
have shrunk from—an interference without pre
cedent,againft law, and against mercy. This me
lancholy case of Jona. Robbins, a native citizen
of America, forcibly impreflfed by the British,
and delivered up with the advice of Mr. Ad
ams (meaning the said President of the United
States) to the mock trial of a British court
martial, had not yet astonished the republican
citizens of this free country ; (meaning the U.
States of America) a case too little known, but
of which the people (meaning the people of the
United States of America) ought to be fully
apprised before the election, and they shall be,"
—to the great scandal ofc,he President of the
' United States—to the evil example of others
in the like case offending, against the form of the
ad of the Congress of the United States, in such
case made and provided, and against the peace
and dignity of the said United States.
W. RAWLE, Attorney-General.
John Buyers, Esq.
Witness,
D. Caldwell.
Plea filed by Thomas Cooper.
The above named defendant (protelling a
gainst the insinuations and conftru&ions in the
said indictment alledged against him) pleads not
guilty; & of this he puts himfclf upon his country,
and will give the following fads in evidence on
the trial, in juftification of the supposed libel,Ba
ted in the aforefaid indictment.
, if. Mr. Adams, either by bimfelf, or by the officers
of fate ailing under bis authority, has given the pub
lic to underfund, that be mould beflerw no office but
on persons mho conformed to bis political opinions.
2d. Mr. Adams bas declared, that a republican
government may mean any thing.
2d. Mr. Adams didfanaion the alien law and
thereby the abolition of the trial by jury, in the cases
that fall under that law,
4tb. Mr. Adams did fanCtion the sedition law, and
thereby entrenched bis public cbaraaer behind the le
gal provisions of that law.
gtb. Under the auspices of Mr. Adams,the expense
of a permanent navy is saddled on the people.
6tb. Under the auspices of Mr. Adams, we are
threatened with tbe exifence of a fanning army.
7tb. Tbe government of tbe United States has
borrowed money at 8 potent, in time of peace.
2tb. Tbe unnecessary violence of official expres
sions used by Mr. Adorns, and tbofe in authority un
der him, and bis adherents, might jufly have provok
ed a war.
gtb. Plitical acrimony has been fofered by tbofe
who call tbemfelves bis friendly adherents.
totb. Mr, Humphries after being convißed of an
assault and battery on Benjamin Franklin Bache, tbe
printer of tbe Aurora, merely from political motives,
was, before bis sentence was expired, promoted by
Mr. Adams, to a public office, viz. to carry dispatch
er to Ft ance.
Iltb. Mr. Adams did projeft and put in execu
tion embaffes to Prussia, Russia and tbe Sublime
Porte.
12tb. Mr. Adams in tbe case of Jonathan Robbins,
Alias Najb, did interfere to influence tbe decf on of a
court ofjufice. (Signed)
THOMAS COOPER.
On Saturday last this cause was called up for
trial—the defendant informed the court, that
he had applied to Mr. Rawle, the attorney of
the United States for the diftrid, to know
whether he would admit the Gazette of the
United States to be read in evidence, that Mr,
Rawle replied, he did not confider newspapers
as legal testimony ; and thatin consequence of
this reply, he had applied to Mr. Pickering the
secretary of Bate, for'copies of certain addresses
and answers, from and to the President of the
United States; and to this application, Mr.
Pickering replied, that these papers were not
deported in his office. The defendant eb
ferved, that he confidcred he had a right to cop
iesof those papers, from the officers of the gov-'
ernment, and read the case of Rex vs Holt, in
support of his right—and upop this he applied
to the President of the United States, for cop
ies of the papers. He informed the court that
he made application to the 'Prefident by a
letter which he read. This letter Bated, that
I being indicated for a supposed libel,he found it
Ineceffary to apply to the President for official
I copies of certain addresses to him (the Presi
dent.) and his answers tc them; and request
ed the President to confider his letter as a legal
written application for copies of the papers re
quired by him. To this letter, the defendant
observed, he had received no answer, in confit,
quence of his not receiving an answer he pur
ichafed a volume, purporting to be addresses to
the President, and his answers, published in
Boston, that he sent his son with the volume to
Mr. Shaw, the secretary of the President with
a note requeuing mr. Shaw,to examine the pub
lication in the volume with the originals, and in
form him if they were correct—to this Mr.
Shaw made the following reply : " Mr. Shaw
informs Me Cooper that he will not receive
any information concerning answers to addres
ses from this house." The defendant then ob
served that he regarded this as an official an
swer from the President of the United States,
and he did not fee how he could proceed when
that testimony which was necessary to his de
fence was withheld from him “ by the person
who may beconfidered as his accuser or prosecutor.
Judge Chafe here observed to the defendant,
that he was greatly mistaken in considering the
President of the United States as his prosecu
tor—it was no such thing. You are charged,
said the Judge, with having violated a law of
the United States, and the Government of the.
United States profacutes.— You fay you have a
right to copies of official papers in the great
offices of Bate ;,,tdow of no law which gives
you this right—You seem to take it for grants
cd that you have this right; it is not so.
, The defendant then observed—that he had
fubpeenied several gentlemen in Congress and
had received important information, and that
he was also informed that several gentlemen in
Congress hesitated whether they would attend,
as they would not neglect their official duties
to attend as a witness in a court ; here Mr.
Dallas read a note addressed to him from Mr.
Langdon, informing that the Senate were in ses
sion and he could not attend the court. The
witnesses were then called over, to wit, Timothy
Pickering, Jacob Signer, Robert G. Harper, Tho
mas Pinckney, John Davenport, Colonel Matthew
Lyon, Albert Gallatin, John Langdon, William
Craik, and Edward Livingston ; those whose
names are in Italics attended.
Judge Chafe alked the defendant if he meant
the cause should he continued to the next term,
if so, he muß proceed according to law ; he
must file an affidavit, Bating the :eafons why
he desired it to be continued I —The defendant
filed his affidavit, which in substance Bated that
owing to the absence of two material witnesses
on his behalf, he could not with fafety go on to
trial.
Judge Chafe observed that the affidavit was
infufficicnt, because it did not disclose to the
court the names of the witnesses, and what was
expected they would prove, a.d the court could
not judge from the affidavit whether they were
material witnesses.—" We will indulge you,
Mi. Cooper," said the judge, with permitting
you to file an additional affidavit ; this indulg
ence we grant because you have no counsel.—
We wish you had thought proper to have em
ployed counsel, individuals are not supposed to
be acquainted with law, therefore we permit
your filing an additional affidavit."
While Mr. Dallas was assisting the defend
ant, in drawing the additional affidavit, the
witnesses required by him appeared in Court,
and the Defendant said he was ready to proceed
to trial—Whereupon the following gentlemen
were sworn and affirmed a jury•
George Holften, Abraham Bickley, Samuel
Wheeler, Charles Defhler, George Slough,
William Young, Samuel Evans, Henry Pepper,
George Elleigh, William Guyer, Peter Shinner,
and Eli Canby.
Mr. Rawle opened the case by animadverting
on the fele&ed passages in the Indictment, and
called Mr. Boyers, a justice of the peace of the
county, to prove Mr. Cooper the author—who
said, that Mr. C. had called at his house with
the paper—said that was bis name, (pointing to
it in the paper) and that he was the author of
the piece.
Mr. Cooper then addressed the jury in a
fpecch of about three hours and an half, in which
he attempted to juftify the publication, by en
deavouring to shew, that it was true in all its
parts, and the conduct of the President of the U
nited States, merited the censures which were pas
sed upon it; Mr. C. continued his speech until
exhausted with fatigue, and the indulgence of
the Court, which manifefted itfelf through the
whole trial, was here conspicuous. Judge Chafe
declared he would patiently wait until the de
fendant had refreshed himfelf and was able to
resume his defence—This very liberal proposi
tion of the Judge, the Defendant declined—
Mr. Rawle addressed the jury, after which
I Judge Chafe summed up the evidence, and the
I Jury in about twenty minutes returned their
verdid—GUlLTY.'
The Court appointed Wednesday next, to
hear any thing wlrich Cooper may have to of
fer in extenuation—after which judgment will
be passed.
[During the trial, and more particularly during
tbe harangue of Cooper, we observed several of tbe
leading jacobins, pacing to and fro, with folded arms,
and with countenances gloomy,fallen and lowering,
— Tbe, bad formed, it fams, a high opinion of tbe
orator, and they were complete!, disappointed. His
defence was remarkable for nothing but its impudence.
On coming out of Court, he was a/ked why be did
not make use of tbe witnesses whose attendance [be
bad fworn] was absolutely necessary to bis defence,
, and who were (afterwards) all present in court —
Tbe man neither replied nor bluJbed ! No one won
dered that be did not reply. All but tbofe who
knew him well, Were surprised be did not blufb.
We are not yet done with this trial : —As it
affords an injiance of tbe most flocking depravity we
ever remember, even amongst tbe depraved leaders
of tbe jacobins, and is, besides an bypothtfs of tbe
whole party ; we Jhall give farther particulars
in a future number. The public should be apprised
of tbe efforts that can be used by British and other
renegadoes, and their abettors, for tbe dfrußion of
♦our government, and they Jball.l
Philad. Gaz.
Above twenty culprits have been
indided by the Grand jury, at the Cir
cuit Court now fitting at Philadelphia-—
They are charged with Murder, Trea
son, Libelling, and Confpiracy.—A-'
mong them are the noted Fries, Cooper,
of Northumberland, and Duane, Prin
ter of the Aurora.
In York County,we expe& there will
not be a choice of more than one of the
two Senators ; —that one is the Hon.
Simon Frye.—The candidates for the
'vacancy, we think, will be Richard F.
Cutts, and John Woodman, Esquires.
His. Excellency Arthur Fenner, is
ireceded Governor of Rhode-Ifland,
almost unanimously. ,
Late Foreign News
By an arrival at New-1 orkfrom England, bringing
London papers to March 4, 1800,
ITALY. MILAN, FEB, 4.
WE learn, that the firft operation
of the campaign will be the
siege of Gava ; for which preparations
are making.'
PRUSSIA. BERLIN, FEB. 1 3.
Sweden begins to aft conjointly with
Russia—France must watch the for
mer—The alliance of the Ruffians does
not please the friends of freedom in
Sweden.
FRANCE. Paris, feb. 26.
A treaty of alliance has just been con
cluded between Portugal and Russia.
The former acknowledges the latter as
Grand Master of Malta, but solely as
honorary.
The Genevefe have addressed to the
First Conful', a strong protest against
their union with the French Republic.
They assert, it was imposed upon them
by the violence and vexations to which
the Directory exposed them.
$3 Os the Ruffian troops.
CONTRADICTORY.
Paris, feb. 26. The three firft
columns of Ruffians have entered Mo
ravia, on their way to Galicia ; the
three other columns will soon pass the
frontiers of Bohemia.
The following is the account we
have this moment received of the plans
of the approaching campaign : It is
not Suwarrow who is retiring, it is the
Archduke Charles who is recalled.—
Marshal Suwarrow is appointed Gener
alissimo of the coalesced armies. The
Austrians in Germany will be under
the orders of General Kray.—Thofe
who circulate this news fay, that this
change is attributable to the influence
of the Empress in the Cabinet of Vien
na. We shall neither contradict nor
adopt this account ; we shall wait till
the future has made the Journals of
yesterday agree with the Journals of
tomorrow." — Poftfeript to tbe Journal
des Defenfeurs of the 7th Ventofc (26
Feb.)
Letters from Strafburgh, of the 19th
ult. assert, that there is no longer any
doubt as to the departure of the Ruf
fians, which is attested by letters from
the Chancery of Vienna.
Q^Preparations for War.
BRUSSELS, FEB. 2J.
Letters from the right bank of the
Rhine Hate, that the whole Austrian
army is quitting its cantonments to
proceed to the bank of the Rhine and
the Necker. The militia and troops
of the Empire are to join the enemy.
A German paper publishes the follow
ing lift of the forces which are to second
the Imperial army, viz.
12,000 Bavarians. 4,500 Wirtemburghers.
4,000 Mentz troops. 2,000 Bamberghers.
Besides the Militia of the Voralberg,
and of Anterior Austria; of Suabia and
Franconia, which will form a total of
20 or 24,000 men ; but it must be ob
served, that these Militia troops are
little used to grand military manoeu
vres. —
STUT6ARD, FEB, If.
From Donauefchingen we learn, that
the Archduke will quit the army on
the 19th, and proceed to Vienna or
Prague ; and that General Kray will
take the command of the army in his
stead.
Letters from Zurich and Bafle, and
other parts, announce, that a great
number of Swiss pass through the
Frickthal to reinforce the Archduke's
army. These emigrations are attribut
ed to the scarcity which reigns in the
country.
PARIS, FEB. 26.
Gen. Kray, has been present at Vien
na at a Council of War. He is destin
ed, it is dated, to command the Army
of the Lower Rhine, which is to be
composed of the corps of Sztarry and
Hohenloe. Prince Charles is to com
mand the army on the frontiers of Swit
zerland ; and General Bellegarde is
to assist the Councils of the Archduke
Ferdinand in the command of the ar
my of Italy.
@3= Pacific Article.
PARIS, FEB. 26.
An official note has been transmitted
to the Helvetic Government, dating,
that since the establishment of the new
order of things, the Chief Consul has
used every effort to procure peace to
Europe ; that though success did not
crown his firft steps, publiflied by the
English Government, he has not delay
ed to give advice of them to the Al
lied Government, as well as to notify
his firm resolution to pursue the fame
efforts to conclude an honorable Peace.
The Notf adds, that "the French Gov
, ernment is persuaded that the Helvetic
Government will join their efforts to
attain the end proposed, and that they
will immediately fubferibe to an hon
ourable peace, which shall guarantee
their tranquillity and independence."
t^Minor Items.
PARIS, FEB. 23.
Mr. Murray, the American Envoy,
with Mr. M'Cartney, his secretary, are
in this,city.
On the 19th, the Consuls were in
dulled in their palace at the Thuilleries,
with great pomp. Buonaparte's coach
I was drawn by the fix white horses which
were presented him by the Emperor of'
Germany on the conclusion of the trea
ty of Campo Formio. The sword he
wore on that occasion was likewise a
present from the Emperor on the fame
occasion.
Gen. Dumourier, has paid his re£
peas to Louis XVIII. at Mittau.
LONDON, MARCH 4.
The Paris Journals to the 27th ult.
which we yesterday received, ftiil give,
contrary accounts refpe<fting the part
the Ruffians will take on the continent.
One paper asserts, Suwarrow is appoint
ed Generalissimo, while another positive
ly affirms, the Rtfians will all return
home. Their destination is ftiil a mys
tery on the Continent, but we are
strongly of opinion they will not join.
Austria in the war. The Courts of
London and Vienna are interested in
keeping up as long as noffible the idea
of their return to the Rhine—a public
State Paper, from the Emperor Paul,
will probably soon dispel all doubtsup
on the fubjed, and disclose the motives
for his conduft.
It is reported that the Archduke is
recalled, and that Kray will take the
command on the Rhine—But all the.
rumours in these Journals are too va
gue to claim particular attention. We
do not expert that the campaign will
be opened tor some weeks, and we even
doubt that it will be opened at all.
PARIS, FEB. 19.
Extractfrom tbe Registers of deliberation of tbe Con
suls of tbe Republic.
" PARIS, FEB, 7.
THE Consuls of the Republic in
consequence of the Minister of the
Interior, having also heard the opin
ion of the Council of State, decree as
follows :—
" Article I. The result of the votes
given with refped to the Constitution,
Ihall be proclaimed, published, and post
ed up in all the Communes of the Re
public.
x" 2. A national feftival shall be cele
brated in all the Communes of the Re
public, in honor of the acceptance of
the Constitution, and expressly design
ed as a national consecration of the
union of the French.
" 3. This feftival shall be celebrat
ed in the decade following the complete
pacification of the Wellern Depart
ments.
"4. The Minister of the Interior is
charged with the execution of the pre
sent decree, which Ihall be inserted in
the bulletin of the laws, and in the re
port of the Ministers.
(Signed) "BUONAPARTE, First Consul.
(Countersigned) " H. B. MARET, Sec. of State.
"L. BUPNgj’^tß^rE^linf er of tbe Interior"
STRASBURG, FEB. IJ.
General Moreau is employed in mak
ing every necessary disposition for the
' immediate opening of the campaign.
The right wing of his army has drawn
near to the Helvetic Rhine, and a con
siderable corps is collecting in the en
virons of Rheineck, in the Canton of
Sentis. A numerous park of artillery
and an equipage of pontoneers have
proceeded to that quarter, so that it
would seem a passage is to be attempt
ed by the right wing in that point.—
Another body of troops belonging to
the left wing is assembling near Shaff
haufen and Rheinfelden, evidently in
tended to co-operate in the fame ob
jed. The centre of the army is Ra
tioned between Brifac and Bafle, and
appears ready to enter Germany by
the way of Old Brifac. The left wing
is chiefly collecting in the environs of
Mentz, and some elemi brigades which
were cantoned in our departments have
marched thither within these few days.
General Moreau is at present mak
ing a tour in Switzerland. He left
Bafle on the loth, on his way to
Mentz.
STOCKHOLM, JAN. 28.
Seditious disturbances become every
day more alarming than was at firft
expected. The spirit of infurre&ion
has found its way to Gottenbourg, and
the fury of the people has triumphed
over the military government. The
inhabitants of Malmoe, a trading town
of Gothia, have cut off the head of the
Commander of the Troops dispatched
against them.
Such was the force of the insurgents
at Norkoping, and so great was their
determination to ad against the army,
that a corps of 2000 grenadiers was
found infufficienu to quell them, and
though hussars and artillery was dis
patched to their assistance from Stock
holm, the former were disarmed, and
the latter deprived of their cannon by
the peasants.
LONDON, FEB, 1,.
A superb Monument is to be erect
ed in-Rome, as a tribute of gratitude to
Lord Nelson. His Lordfliip has writ
ten the following letter to the Agent
at Rome, who has the conduct of this
business :—
Palermo, Dec. 19.
"DEAR SIR,
" Sir Charles Hamilton has been so
kind as to communicate to me the dis
tinguished honor intended to me by
the inhabitants, by you, and other pro
feffors and admirers of the Fine Arts in
Rome, to ereCt a mcmament. I have
not words fufficient to express my feel
ing,' on hearing that my actions have
contributed to preserve the works which
form the feheol of Fine Arts in Italy,