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Equator ; and five months in all other
,arts of the globe, without any farther
exception or dißinaion of time of place.
XVII. The Ambassadors, Mint
moment of signing the preliminaries,
and all the works eonftru&ed since their
being occupied &all remain untouched.
It is moreover agreed that in every
case of cession stipulated, there shall be
allowed to the inhabitants, of whatever
condition or nation, a term of three
years, from the ratification of the pre
sent Treaty, to dispose of their proper
ty acquired and po&ffed, whether be
fore or during the present war; during
which period of three years, they may
enjoy freely their religion and their
property. The fame is granted in the
- countries restored, to all those, whether
inhabitants or not,who shall have made
any.eftablilhments during the period
when these countries were possessed by
G. Britain.
As to the inhabitants of places ceded
er redored, it is agreed, that no one
shall be persecuted, or disturbed in his
person or property, under any pretext,
.on account of his political conduct or
opinion, or ofhis attachment to either
of th'e contrading parties, or for any
other cause, except debts contraded
with individuals, or for afts posterior
to the present treaty.
XIV. All fequeft rations, on the one
part or the other, laid upon funds or
revenues, of whatever kind they may
be, belonging to one of the contrading
powers, or to its citizens or fubjeds,
ihal lbe taken off immediately after the
signature of this Definitive Treaty.
The decision of all claims between
ten and other Agents of the contrad
mg powers, &M respectively enjoy i.
parity, by the fame laws, which were
•in force when the Knights quitted the
Island, as far as they are not deprived
of them by the present treaty.
I ith. The regulations contained in
fedions 3d, sth, 3th and uLth, shall
become laws and perpetual statutes of
•the Order in the usual form, and the
Grand Master, or, if he should not be
xin the Island when it shall be re&ored to
'the Order, his representative, as well as
his successors, shall make oath pun€tg,
ady ti observe them.
12th. His Sicilian Majesty shall be
requested to furnifh 2000 men, natives
"Y)f his dominions, to serve as a garrison
in the different fortreffes of the said 111-
ands. This force shall remain there a
'year,from the reftitutfon to the Knights
—and, if at the expiration thereof, the
Order shall not have levied a fufficient
force in the judgment of the guarantee
powers, to serve as garrison to the Island
. and its dependencies, as fpecified in fed.
sth. the Neapolitan troops shall remain
, there until replaced by another fuffi
cent force..-
13th. The different powers defig
rated in fe&ion 6th, to wit, France, G.
Britain, Austria, Spain, Russia, & Prus
sia, are invited to accede to the present
flipulations.
ART. XI. The French troops shall
evacuate the Kingdom of Naples and
the Roman State ; the English forces
shall likewffe evacuate Porto Ferrajo,
and, generally, all the ports and islands
winch they occupied in the Mediterra
nean orin the Adriatic Sea.
XII. The evacuations, cessions and
restitutions stipulated by the present
Treaty, shall go into operation, as they
regard European the course of a month,
the seas of America and Africain three
months ; the continent and seas of Asia
in fix months, following the ratification
of the present Definitive Treaty, except
in those cases especially provided to the
contrary.
XIII. Tn all cases of restitution,
granted by the present treaty, the forti
fications shall be restored in the condi-
months from the Canary lies to the
The French Fifliermen of Newfound
land, and the inhabitants of the Islands
of St Peter and Miquelon, shall be al
lowed to cut the wood necessary to them
in the Bay of Fortune and of Despair,
during the firft year, from the ratifica
tion of the present treaty.
XVI. To prevent all fubjeds of
complaint and contest which may arise
from captures which may be made at
sea after the signing of the preliminary
articles, it is mutually agreed, that the
vessels and effects which shall have been
taken in the Channel, and in the North
seas, after 12 days from the exchange
of the ratifications of the>preliminaries,
fell be restored on both sides ; and
the term shall be a month from the
Channel and the North Seas, to the
Canary Isles, inclusively, whether in the
Ocean or in the Mediterranean ; two
XV. The fisheries upon the coasts
of Newfoundland and th, adjacent Isles,
and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, are
placed upon the fame footing as before
the war.
the individuals of the respective nations,
for debts, property, effe&s,or whatever
rights, which, conformably to the ef
fabliffied usages and to the rights of
nations, should be exhibited at the mo
ment of Peace, shall be laid before the
competent Tribunals, and prompt and
full justice shall be rendered in these
cases in the dominions where the claims
flall be made.
tion in which they were found at the
The 10th Pluviofe the frigate Syren
which Ihad sent toGuadaloupe, brought
ip,^ detail of fyke create which had
the dates of the Aid powers, the fame
rank, privileges, prerogatives and im
munities, which agents of the fameclafs
enjoyed before the war.
XVIII. The branch of the House
of Naflau, which was established in the
ci-devant Republic of the United Pro
vinces, now the Batavian Republic,
having fuftahied losses as well in private
property as by the change of the confti
tutiem adopted in that country, there
shall be procured cotnpenfation equiva
lent to the feid losses.
XIX. The present Definitive trea
ty of Peace is declared common to the
Sublime Ottoman Porte, ally of His
Britannic Majesty ; and the Sublime
Porte shall be requested to transmit its
accession thereto as soon as possible.
XX. It is agreed, that the contrasting
parties, upon the demand by them
respectively made, or by their Minifter#
and Officers, duly authorized to this
effe&, shall be held to deliver up to
justice, persons accused of the crimes of
murder, of forgery, or of fraudulent
bankruptcy, committed within . the
jurifdiaion of the party making the
demand, provided thatit shall not be
done unless the evidence of the crime
shall be so well eflablifhed, that the laws
of the place, where the accused person
fltali be difeovered, would authorize his
'detention and tranfmifhon to justice in
case the crime had been there committed.
The expence of apprehending and trans
mitting the person to justice, shall be
defrayed by those who make the de
mand. Itis understood, that this article
does not regard in any way, the crimes
of murder, forgery or fraudulent bank
ruptcy, committed prior to the conclu
sion of this Definitive Treaty.
XXL The contrasting parties promise
to observe with sincerity and good faith
all the articles of the present Treaty,
and they will not fuffer their refpedive
citizens or fubje&s to a& in contraven
tion of the fame, directly or indirectly,
and the said can trading parties guaran
tee torach other generally and recipro
cally all the flipulations of the present
Treaty.
XXII. The present Treaty shall be
ratified by the contracting parties with
in the space of thirty days, or sooner, if
poffible,and the ratifications in due form
shall be exchanged at Paris.
In faith of which we the underfighed
Plenipotentiaries, have signed with our
hands, and by virtue of our full pow
ers, respectively, the present Definitive
Treaty, and affixed our refpe&ive seals.
Done at Amiens, March 25, 1802.
(Signed) Bonaparte, Cornwallis,
AzARA, SCHIMMELPENNINCK.
J™!S*!^™!^-^—!^^^
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
From London Papers, received by an ar
rival at Neov-Tork.
FRENCH REPUBLIC
MINISTRY OF THE MARINE.
COLONY OF ST. DOMINGO.
Admiral Villaret to the Minifler of Marine.
On board of the Admiral's ship the Ocean, in
the road Os Cape-Francois, the 21st pluviofe,
the icth year of the Republic.
Citizen Minft r.
I Halfen to render you an account
of the operations of the naval force
of the Republic from its departure from
Brest until this day. I pray you to lay
this journal before the firft consul.
You know that contrary winds hin
dered the departure of this fleet until
the 23d Frimaire (14th December.)
The 25th in the morning, I collected
off Belle Ille, the division of L'Orient,
and not finding at this rendezvous the
division of Rochefort, I pursued my
voyage to the Isle de Dieu,in the hopes
of difeovering it. I have thus, citizen
Minister, literally fulfilled your instruc
tions, and the time not permitting me
to continue my dangerous cruise, I
made fail for Cape Finifterre. Violent
winds, heavy seas, and continual storms
separated, during this voyage, f^eral
ships of the squadron, and caused con
siderable damage to others. On the
sth, the Neptune commanded by gene
ral Gravina. quitted the squadron to
repair her damage at Ferrol. The 7th
I was obliged to permit the ship I)u
--quefne, accompanied by the Corneile, to
make for the firft port to repair. These
two ships have not yet rejoined us, al
though I had ordered that the frigate
should not remain in port more than
twenty four hours. I had some hope
of finding at the Canary Islands admi
ral Latouche : Ihave learned since that
lie failed directly from Rocheforte thith
er, and waited the arrival of the squad
ron four days. I passed LTfle de
Palme the 15th Nivofe, without meet
ing any ship, and I made fail without
delay to conduct the squadron to its
destination. The contrary winds, e
qually irremediable either by forefight
or human prudence, did not prevent
my making Cape Samana, the 9th Plu
voife in the morning, forty-fix days aft
ter our leaving Brett. The fame morn
ing I rejoined admiral Gravina, the
squadron from Breft,and all the French
arid Spanish ships which had been fepa-I
rated, only with the exception of thel
Duquefne,the Corneile, the Rhinoceros';
and two avifos which had been forced
into port to refit, the firft at Corogne,
the last at St. Andero.;
taken place in that colony : this news,
and the indirect accounts we had reel
ed of the movement which had agitat
ed at the fame time all the Autelles,
inspired us with ajuft distrust with re
fped to thereception that would await
us. We judged that there was not a
moment to be loft to put an end to, or,,
at lead to prevent a general conspiracy.
In confequence,and in compliance with
the with of general Le Clerc, I Expe
dited the fame day Kerverfeau, with his
division, for St. Domingo, and the rest
of the squadron continued their route.
In the mean time it, was a matter of
'doubt with all employed by govern
ment whether they should find at St.
Domingo, in the man, who had flood*
agaitift so many powers, a faithful
Frenchman, or a revolted African.—
Had ToUffaint Louverture preserved
the colony for France or for her ene
mies ? Would he second the generous
intentions of the firft confbl, and there
by deserve a g^at national recompense,
or would he light up a civil war to fat
isfy an ambition that would be equally
cruel and definitive ? You know, no
person better, t^ht tin pis refpeCt, thel
government partakes of our inquietude,
since our orders Were to be equally pre
pared for war or peace.
Our measures were accordingly con
certed upon these two equally probable
events. Arrived at the height of La-
Grange, and after having been guided
by some fsUftil pilots that Ihad sent for
from Montechrift, the bailors and the
troops were separated into three divi
sions. The firft, under the command
of rear admiral Latouche, were deflat
ed to debark at Port-au-Prince,a corps
of the army, the command of which
the general in chief gave to general
Baudots the second was destined to
serve under the orders of captain Ma
gon,to debark at the bay ofMancenille,
the division of general Rochambeau ;
and to second his attack upon Fort
Dauphin, I conduced the rest of the
naval force, and the forces that general
Le Clerc had reserved, to take the
Cape and the neighbouring quarters,
the most important points of the colony.
The 13th Pluviofe at night, the dis
positions of the troops being determin
ed, and all our plans being finished, I
made tire signal to rear admiral La
touche and captain Magon to execute
their commissions, and the 14th, in the
morning, I presented myfelf before the
Cape with the rest of the army.
You know, citizen minister, that the
acce^ to this road, difficult to all ves
sels, is rot without danger to ships of
the line of fnch force as the Ocean 4 ;
, you know also, that it is not possible
but with a heady breeze, which rises
regularly towards eleven in the morn
ing, and blows a great part of the night.
I ordered, on the 14th, the frigates
La Clorinda, the Urania, and the cut
ter Aiguille, to appear at the entrance
of the road, to observe whether the pas
sage was (till distinguished by the buoys
and to reconnoitre the date of the for
tifications. The frigates uselessly made
signals, and the critter being engaged
in the passage, the fort Picollet fired a
red hot fliot. The Lieutenant Obet
commanding this little vessel, neverthe
less continued his route, and moored in
the road of the Cape, though the buoys
had been taken away.
In the mean time, a mulatto, named
Sangos, exercising at the Cape the func
tions of Captain of the port, arrived an
board my vessel. Far from consenting
to pilot the Ocean, he declared the
black General Christophe had ordered
him to. warn us, that the whites should
be massacred, and that the town should
be set on fire, as soon as the squadron
made towards the passage, if we refuf
ed to wait the return of a courier whom
the had dispatched to the Governor
Touffaint Louverture.
We unanimously thought that a re
solution so ferocious could not be in
spired but by unjust fears of the French
government. The General in Chief
Leclerc wished much to write to Chris
tophe, to make known the benevolent
intentions of the First Consul, and to
bring him back to his duty as a soldier
and a Frenchman. The midshipman
Lebrun added to my ftaff, was charg
ed with this delicate million, and to
carry to the Cape a great number of
copies of the proclamation of the First
ConfuL -I retained the Captain of the
port, and night forced the squadron to
take a good offing.
The 15th Citizen Lebrun brought
back the answer of general Christophe;
an absolute refufal to receive the army,
an obstinate resolution to burn the town
and the country; every thing was
confirmed by the report of this officer.
He had been prevented by a minute
care from distributing the consular pro
clamation ; and Christophe had form
ally declared, by words and by writing
that he received and acknowledged no
orders but those of Touffairit.
The cutter L'Aiguille having retir
ed without impediment, brought at the
fame time a deputation of the inhabi
tants of the Cape, composed of the
Mayor,the Commandant of the Nation,
al Guard, the Curate and three Not
ables ;it came to conjure the General
in Chief not to revenge the insult offered<
so the government and to the French
I awaited with inexprcffible patience during
the day of i6rh, the termination of this laud
ing ; I did not fofe fight of the frigates which
were under fail ; and already the alarm guns
fired along the coast, and the flames which arose
from some habitations announced but too clear
ly the design of the revolters. As soon as 1
perceived that the defeent was affc&ed, I order
ed the fllip Le Scipion and Le Patriote, to pre
sent themselves at the entrance of the pass, to
draw the attention of the enemy towards them.
Scarcely was the Le Scipion within shot of the
Piccolet when they fired ftveral cannon shot at
her, and soon after all the forts direaed a fhgw
er of bombs and bullets at her. She answered
it with all her artillery as was as Le Patriote.
1 caused the captain of the Port, Sangos, to go
on hoard the Scipion, in order to moor her
within orfe third of a gun-shot of the Piccolet,
and to detpolilh it. But the night did nofrper
niit General Delmotte to execute this order.—
The land breeze rose with the night, and the
squadron was obliged to stand off when the
mm of the cape, and the horizon of the town,
The General in Chief took a refolt
tion which presented forae probabilities
favourable to humanity, and which
was confident with the sole obje& of
the expedition. Tie conceived that by
causing all h^ troops to advance on
the landing place of the Limbe, having
no means of entering, into the Bay of
Acul, he might have time to arrive on
the heights of the' Cape before the
blacks could execute their horrid pur
pose, at lead in the country ; and that
our vessels profiting, as soon as he
should have landed, by the firft favour
able moment to force the pass, we
might perhaps arrive soon enough to
save a part of the town. I coincided
in the idea, and I immediately ordered
all the troops to be put into the fri
gates, the chaloupes, and the boats of
the ships of the line. Capt. Topfent,
commander of La Furreufe, took them
under his escort, and made in the night
for the landing place of the Limbe,
but unfortunately the calm did not
permit them to reach it. On the 16th,
in the morning, the division of frigates
had not yet reached the place of its def
tinatibh, when an Aide-du-Camp of
General Rochambeau brought me dis
patches 'n :. eneral in Chief, and
the deta n Magon, relative
to the eypedi # 1 ort Dauphin.
The b. k' < ofed the landing
in the Ba; ' ■dle, crying “No
Frenchmei. no ' res !" and mak
'ing difchaq ofn Jyetry on our boats.
Capt. Magon, nevertheless, executed
his landing with as much activity ds
judgment, and as soon as the troops
were on their march for Fort Dauphin,
he caused his division to proceed with
the fame rapidity to force the narrow
pass which leads to this post. The
calm tied up his zeal and courage for
some hours.—The troops of Gen.
Rochambeau had time to turn Fort
Labougne and the battery of L?Anfe,
where the blacks defended themselves
With an extreme obstinacy.. At length
the breeze permitted Capt. Magon to
appear before the fort of the town,
which received him with cannon shot.
Two volleys rendered him master of
the eftabliihmeht, where he foun^ a
numerous artillery in excellent condi
tion, and a considerable collection of
warlike stores ; and, what leaves no
longer an, veil on the plan concerted
by tne rebels, orders written by Gene
ral Christophe to the Commandant of
the place, inftru&ing him to defend
himfelf to the left extremity, fen'd our
vessels to the bottom, and if he could
not maintain himfelf, to set fire to eve
ry thing as ht retreated.
From the account that has been giv
en to me of the equally brilliant and
fuccefsful conduct of Capt. Magon,
and by the efrprefs desire of the Gene
ral in Chief for the example and encou
ragement of the marine, i have thought
it my duty immediately to raise him to
the rank of Rear-Admiral. The length
of his ferv ices,his talents, and his char
after, eminently deserve this diftin&ion.
It was decreed to him by the wish of
all the army, and I doubt not Citizen
Minister, of the pleasure which you will
have in causing it to be confirmed by
the Government.
flag, lie fehens competing it aflhr
ed hifa, that on the firft signal for
landing, the town and plains of the
Cape would be set on fire, and all the
whites massacred, they confirmed the
knowledge that we already had of the
measures taken by the rebels, arid of
their invariable refolutioir.>& The foul
and twenty hours required Tor waiting
the answer of Touiifaint Louverture
were already puffed and all the private
information indicated fufficiently that
he was in the town, or at lead in the
vicinity, the invisible foul and mover
of all these things.
The General in Chief sent back the
deputation, ordering the Mayor to
read to his fellow-citizens the procla
mation of the First Consul, and to op
entheir eyes to the perfidious intentions
of their Chiefs. Ctefar Telemaque, a
truly French 'negro, fulfilled this duty
with devotion and courage truly heroic.
From that moment we were under the
necessity of giving up the ' hope of liv
ing the town, unless we fullered the
laws of France and the honour of the
government to be troden under foot.
In the evening of the t,h, the frf
grate La Syren came so announce the
luccefs of the debarkation in the Bay of
Mancenille, and the entry of the troops
into Fort Dauphin.
Cltfed ih feffon on Monday the 3d inf. The fob
Qing is a lift of the rids paged ,—
AN ad extending the privilege of franking
and receiving letters free from poftagc 4
to any person admitted or to be admitted
to take a feat in congress as a delegate,
and providing compensation for such delegato
—An a& concerning the library for both houfe#
of coogrefs—An act for the apportionment of'
representatives among the fevcral fates accord
ing to the second enumeration—An act for the
protection of the commerce and seamen of the
United States against the Tripolitan cruisers—4
An aft to authorife an advance of money to
Samuel Dexter—An a& for the relief of Lyon
Lehman—An ad authoring the difeharge of
Lawrence Erb from bis confinement—An a&
making certain partial appropriation for the
year 180 ft —-An a& to amend an aft entitled
" An ad to lay and colled a direct tax withib
the,United States."—An aft for the relief ofV
Francis Duchouquet—An a6t fixing the milita
ry establishment of the United States—An a&"
to repeal certain a&s rcfpe&ing the organiza
tion of the courts of the United States - and
for other purposes—An a& to authorife the
proficient of the United States to convey certain
parcels of land therein mentioned-—An a& to
regulate trade and interccurle with the Indian
tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers—
An a& making appropriations for defraying %
the expence of a negociation with the British
government to afeertain the boundary line beS
tween the United State# and Upper Canada-
Au adt for the accommodation of per fens con-,
cerned in certain fisheries therein mentioned—
An aft authorising the erection pf certain light
houses: and for other purposes.—An atft to re
peal the internal taxes —An ad making a par
tial appropriation for the support of govern- ,
ment during the year 180 a—An a& for the re
lief of Isaac Zinc—An aft for the relief of the
marshals of certain diftri&s therein mentioned,
—An ad to eftabidh an Uniform rule of natu-|
realization, and to repeal the a6ts heretofore pas
sed on the fubjed—An a<ftmaking appropria
tion for defraying the expenca which may arise
from carrying into effc& the convention made ,
between the United States and the French re
public —An adt to revive and continue in forcer
an faauifa " &M <9 #_«£ %'^
The project of the General is to take posses
sion of the fort of this town and of the Mote.
Our private intelligence in this last place give
hopes that it will be furrendcred. If this era
petition furceeds, as we have teafon to expect,
the army will derive from it numerous advan
tages and resources, for which it has great occaa
fion. The absolute want of light vessels ha#
not permired me co give on account of the ex
pedition earlier, and it is only this day that it is
possible for me to dispatch to you the frigate
La Syren, the absence of whole captain I re
gret very much. He acquitted himfelf of all
the missions that 1 gave him with a zeal, activi
ty, and intelligence above all praise. Deign,
Citizen Minister, fend him back to me with
another frigate and the recompence due to hi#
talents, I will not conclude, citizen minister,
without returning to our allies the Spaniards,
the brilliant testimony which honour and truth
claim for them. Admiral Gravina, above all,
has displayed in his tranfadions with us all that
hanknefs, faith, and firmuefs, which charaderife
the pqfc& soldier. The aftooifhing quicknef#
with which he caused bis vessel to be repaired,
that singular activity in circumstances so criti
cal, and his arrival at the rendezvous off Cape'
Samana the fame day with the rest of the ex
pedition, have generally excited a furprize,
which is the highest compliment to M. de
Gravina. Gen. Villavicencio, who, during
his absence, commanded the Spanilh division,
afforded during the whole voyage ah excellent
example of exa&nefs and vigilance in all parts
of his navigation, to the captains of the twd
squadrons.
Amidst the cares which weigh me down, I
cannot yet fend you the accounts of the stores
found at fort Dauphin, the official documents,
the intercepted correspondence, the orders given,
&c. &c. You will receive them by rhe firft
vessel that I shall dispatch. 1 have thought it
my duty not to lose a single moment to inform
the First Consul of the state of the expedition,
the events which followed our arrival at St Do
mingo, our regret, our hopes, and our unlimited
devotion to the-interest of the Republic and
the government, Receive at the fame time,
citizen minister, tfe assurance of my refpt&.
VILLARET.
refie&n, all at once a red light, announced
the burning of the town. • It will be eaficr for
you, Citizen Minister to imagine my fituatiea
than for me to describe it. A con^mplator all
the night of the flames which devoured this un
happy cay, ['conceived I heard the victims of
the most dreadful barbarity ; and the' even to
afford them an useless fuccour I would have
wished to give up the squadron to certain loss;
the calm in the night left me no means of ap
proaching.—At length the day appear, and the'
conflagration had no; reached the plain. I
caused the captain of the Port to return to the
Oran, and giving myfelf up to the firft breath
of the fca breeze, at the head of armament, I
advanced into the passage, ordering all the ves
sels to follow me. The forts Piccolec and St.
Joseph were abandoned, the battery of the ar- ^
final, the forts of Bellaire and St. Michael ftiil
fired on us ; the squadron gained the anchor
age without firing a single (hot. 1 then ordered
the ships the Patriote and Rousseau to'fire on
the rebels, and to destroy the wretches who
were setting fire to the Little Anfe. At the
fame time all the crews of the vessels were de
.barked under the command of Capt. La Roque.
General Humbert, who was with 300 men on
board the Revolution, took the command of. all
the detachments. He formed of them a corps
of about 1200 men, and hastened to take pefcf
fion of Fort Bellaire, to facilitate the arrival of
the General in Chief. He then marched to
meet him, while I caused the abandoned fort 3
to be taken possession of, and sent to seize on the
Little Anfe and fort St. Michael, and all the
catpentjrs, and all the fire engines which were
on board the squadron were employed in fay
ing the'ruins of the Cape. We had reason to
be fatisfied with our effor ts. The manoeuvre#
of the .General in Chief saved all the country.
General Rochambeau, on his fide, advanced to
Limonade, of which he took possession, as well
as of Garacole, and of all the country fruatedl
between the Cape and Fort Dauphin. Thus
we have to lament only the ruin of a great nun.-
her of house, at the Cape. There have been
but few massacres. The preservation of the
country offers certain means of roftoratiou, and
promises to commerce a fufficient security for
the advances which it may make to its inhabi
tants. On the 18th Pluviofe, all the frigates
employed in the debarkation at the landing
place of Limbe, rejoined the armament in the
road, with the exception of La Furieufe, which
I caused to cruise before the Port. Yesterday
morning the Watigny, La Furieufe, and Lb
Clorince, failed for Port-de-Paix.
CONGRESS