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lege to nominate and appoint one or more
officers toalhli in searching, which Ihall be
done in his prefcnee, conjointly with one or
more officers named bv the c< mmander or
the vell?l of the belligerent party, it just
and fnfficient reason appear for detention,
the commander of the convoying ship ihall
have power to order an offi< er to remain on
board during its legal invefiigation, which
Ihall take place in the neared and meh con
venient p/m, and proceeded to with all pof
hble'difp'atch. If upon further examina
tion, it 1)211 appear that the said veflel was
detained without just and fufficierit cause,
the commander shall be accountable not on
ly to the owners of the ship and cargo for a
full and fatisfa&ory compensation tor all
losses, charges, damages and expenses, oc
casioned by such detention, but fball be lia
ble to punishment for all acts or violence,
or any other fault, which he may havecom
mitted.
These are the principal outlines of the
Ruffian and British Treaty. Ihe parties
arc secured in their property by the mod
minute detail in all their proceedure ; the
Contraband are fpecified ; the Search lim
ited ; the term blockade accurately defined ;
and to prevent a wanton detention, the cap
tors are liable to cost, damages, and pun
ishment.
Where now is the boast of the Anglo-'
Federalists in the United States? In what
particular has England gained an advantage
over Ruffiaf Their Trade is admitted upon
the nicft extensive principles, as it relates to
property of its own fubje&s ; nothing is
left to chance in a court of law, nor depends
on vague authorities, promulgated by inter
cited judges. The treaty hands on a per
manent basts, and the ful)je&s of both coun
tries know how far to purine their com
merce, by an inviolable guarantee, as tothe
articles of condemnation.
These Anglo- Fcderalifts, while exulting
at the advantages gained by Britain over
Rulfia, absurdly eulogize' the bleliings of
cur treaty with England. If Russia is im
posed on, what omit be our filtration ? If
their negotiation h^ encreafed the power
of England over the sea, what muff be the
extent of our surrender ? Nearly every
ground which is explicitly laid down in
one, is emitted in the other ; our contra
band articles are extended ; the term block
ade is undefined ; our trade is exposed not
only to flips of war but privateers ^ and to
complete the whole, even if the capture is
unjust, the poor American is obliged to pay
coils of suit. In Ihort, to compare the
Ruffian Treaty with the American, will
give us the strongest abhorrence of this de
leted instrument.
We have not only surrendered those neu
tral rights guaranteed to Russia, but we
have exposed ourselves to innumerable diffi
culties, attached to other articles in this
compaa. We have retrained ourselves
from laving any furies on their manufac
turcf, Without counteraaing ones on their
part ; we have fubjeaed ourselves to heavy
demands for old debts, contraaed by private
merchants ; we have placed Englilh fac
tors and temporary residents on a footing
with cur own merchants. We have, in
laa, not only facrificed our neutral com
merce, but have sore-closed ourselves from
tiling those means, which the commercial
resources of this country abundantly furnifh
in case of future emergencies. The truth
is, we have given up all and gained nothing ;
we have cUablifhed a pretended legal plea,
which operates just as the Judges fee fit to
life it.• The treaty is the doom's-day-book,
by which we are judged, and its terrors are
denounced in aimed every tranfaaion since
its adoption.
The fubje& is so mortifying, that it is
wounding to the feelings of an American
to contemplate ; yet, as it has produced con
ftquences so fatal, it is our duty to lament
over them, even though the refleaions are
poignards to our boforos. It is a curse en
tailed on ns and our children, and posterity
will execrate its remembrance.-
Yeflerday Arris papers tothe 7th were received.
In the (lag of truce which brought them came
Citizen LauristoN, aid de camp of BubNA
PARTE, with the ratification of the Preliminaries
on the part of the First Donfiil.
A A London Gazette Extraordinary was imme
diately issued, announcing the exchange of Rati
fications ; the park and tower guns were fired ;
and the general exultation nt' abounded.
Oct. 11. Lord Hawkefbury this day sent the
following note
To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
Downing fireet. Oil. 10, 1801.
CC My Lord—l have the fatistacfion to inform
your Lordflup, that Gen. Laurifon arrived in
town this morning, with the ratification of the
Preliminaries of Peace, signed the ill inU. The
ratification of the two governments has this af
ternoon b eu exchanged between M. Otto and
(Signed) « HAWKESBURY."
Foreign.
OLD-SOUTH.
LONDON, OCT. 12.
We give the following as a correct copy of the
PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE,
Between Hrs Britannic Majesty, and the
French Republic,Jifad at London, Oft. i. ißji.
HIS Majesty the King of the United King- j
doni of Great Britain and Ireland, and the First I
Consul of the French Republic, in the name of
the French people, being animated with an equal
desire of putting a flop to the calamities of a de
ihuftive war, and to recliablilh harmony and
good underhanding between the two nations,
have appointed for that purpose, viz. His Bri
tannic Majesty, ROBERT BANKS (JEN
KIN3ON)Efq. (commonly called Lord Hawkes
bury) one of the Members of his Britannic Ma
jesty's Privy Council, and principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs ; and the Firfl Confol of
the French Republic, in the name of the French
People, Citizen LOUIS WILLIAM OTTO, Cum
miffdry for the exchange of French prisoners, in
England ^ —who, after duly exchanging their full
powers in proper form, have agreed npon the fol
lowing preliminary articles :—
Article I. As soon as the preliminaries fball have
been figued and ratified, sincere friendinip dial!
be re-ellablifhed between his Britannic Majelty and
the French Republi c by sea and land in every
part of the world, and that all hostilities may im
mediately cease between them and their allies re
fpe&ively, orders shall be transmitted according
ly to the sea and land forces with the utmost dis
patch ; each of the contrasting parties engaging
to give the neceflary purports and facilities to
accelerate the arrival of the laid" orders, and to
ensure their execution. It is further agreed up
on, that all cbnquelts which may be made on the
part of one or the other of the contracting par
ties, from either of them or their allies, alter the
ratification of the present preliminaries, shall be
regarded as void, and shall be faithfully included
in the reflitntions which are to take place after
the ratification of the definitive treaty,
11. His Britannic Majesty shall refibre to the
French Republic and to her allies, namely, to his
Catholic Majesty, and the Batavian Republic, all
the poffeflions and colonies occupied or conquer
ed by the Engliflr forces in the coorfe of the present
war, with the exception of the Island of Trinidad,
and the Dutch poficllions in the Island of Ceylon,
of which Islands and pofleflions his Britannic Ma
jesty reserves to himfelf the complete and entire
sovereignty.
111. The port^of the Cape of Good Hope shall be
open to the commerce and navigation of the two
contrasting parties, who shall therein enjoy the
fame advantages.
IV. The Island of Malta, with its dependen
cies, shall be evacuated by the English troops, and
reflored to the order of St. John of ferufalem.
To secure the absolute independence of that Isl
and upon one orthe other of the contrasting par
ties, it shall be placed under the guarantee and
protection of a third power, to be determined by
. the definitive treaty.
V. Egypt, shall be restored to the Sublime Porte,
the territory and poffeflions of which shall be
maintained entire as they were before the present
war.
VI. The territories and possessions of her faith
fuLMajefly shall also be maintained entire.
VII. The French troops shall evacuate the
the kingdon of Naples and the Roman Bate. The
English forces Ihall likewise evacuate Porto Fer
rajo, and generally all the ports and Islands
which they occupy in the Mediterrean or Adriatic
seas.
VIII. The Republic of the Seven United Islands
fliall be recognized by the French Republic.
IX. The evacuations, ceflions, and refiitutions,
stipulated by the present preliminary articles, shall
be carried into execution, in Europe within one
montu; on the continent and seas of Africa.. and
America in three months and on the continent and
seas of Asia in fix months after , the ratification of
the definitive treaty.
X. The refpeftive prisoners shall immediately
after the exchange of the ratification of the defin
itive treaty be restored in a body and without
ransom, on the reciprocal payments of the private
debts which they may have contrasted.
Differences having arisen refp^aing the pay
ment of the fubfience of the prisoners of war, the
contrasting powers reserve the right of deciding
this queriion by the definitive treaty, according to
the law of nations and the principles fan^tione d
by common usage.
XI. In order to prevent 01l fubjeßs of com
plaint & litigation, which might arise on account
of prizes made at sea after the signing of the pre
liminary articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that
the vessels and attests which may be taken in the
Channel, and in the seas of the north, alter the
space of 12 days, the date from the exchange of
the ratification of the present preliminary articles,
(hall be restored on each party ; that the term shall
be one month from the Channel & the seas of the
north, #as far as the Canary islands inclusively
whether in the ocean or the Mediterranean ; of
two months from the said Canary islands as far as
the Equator ; and finally, of five months in all
the other parts of the world, without any excep
tion or any other difhuaion more particular with
refpeft to time and place.
XII. All the fequeflration laid on the one part
or the other on the funds, revenue, and debts, of
whatever kind they may be, belonging to one of
the contracting powers, or to its citizens or sub
jects, shall be taken off immediately after the lign
ing of the definitive treaty.
The decision of all claims between the individ
uals of both nations refpe&ing all debts, proper
ty, effects, or rights whatsoever, which in con
formity to the acknowledged ufuages and rights
of nations shall be forthcoming at the epocha of
peace, shall be referred to the competent tribunals,
and in these cases prompt and complete justice
shall be done, where such claims shall be reflec
tively made. It is agreed that the present
article shall, immediately after the ratification of
the definitive treaty, be applied by the contrast
ing powers to thd refpedive allies and individu
als of their nations, under the condition of just re
ciprocity.
XIII. With refpeft to the fifheries on the coast
of Newfoundland, and the adjacent islands and
in the gulph of St. Lawrence, the two powers are
agreed to replace them on the fame footing upon
which they were before the present war, reserv
ing to themselves the right of making, by the de
finitive treaty, such arrangements as may appear
just and reciprocally ufeful, in ord-r to place the
fifheries of both nations in the molt proper Bate
for the maintenance of peace.
XIV. In all cases of restitution agreed to by the
present treaty, the fortifications shall be restored
in the flare in which they are at the moment of
the signing of the present treaty and all the forti
fications conflruQed since the occupation of them
•shall remain entire.
Lnfurreflion in St. Domingo.
f On Monday evening, Capt. Simonds arrived
here in 30 days from Cape-Francois. Letters
brought by him, dated Oft. 28, date, That a
dreadful scene of robbery and murder had taken
place there ; that an army of revolted negroes
had encamped a few leagues without the gates of
the city—their intention being to march to and
fire it, and massacre the whites ; that the country
presented a fpettacle of unheard of devaflation,
the insurgents sparing neither women, old men
nor children.
Capt. Symonds informs, that when he failed
the minds of the people at the Cape were in a de
gree tranquilized , and business recommenced.—
The report was that about 1500 of the insurgents
had been foot, drowned, &c. and that it was sup
posed they had previously maflacred about sixty
white people.
It is further agreed that in all the cases of coß
ceflLns Ilipulated in the present treaty, a term of
three years, to date from the ratification of the
treaty of definitive peace, shall be allowed to the
inhabitants, of whatever description or rank they
may be, to dil pose of their property, acquired or
pefleffed,whether previous to or during the present
war ; during which term of three years they shall
be at full liberty to exercise freely their religion,
and to enjoy their property:
The fame privileges are granted in the restored
countries to all those who shall have made eftab
lifhments in them of whatever kind they may be,
during the time that these Countries were in pos
session of Great-Britain.
With refpeft to the other inhabitants of the re
ftn-ed countries, it is agreed that none of then)
shall be profectited, diflurbed or molested in tbeir
persons, or in their properties, on any pretence
whatever, on account ol their conduct or politi
cal opinions, or of their attachment to either of
the two powers, or fur any other reason, unless
for debts contrasted with refpe& to individuals,
or for ads subsequent to the definitive treaty.
XV. The present preliminary articles shall be
ratified, and the ratifications exchanged at Lon
don, in the space of fifteen days at fartheft ; and
immediately after the ratification, plenipotentia
ries shall be appointed on both tides, who shall
repair at Amiens, in order to proceed to the ar
rangement ofthc definitive treaty, in concert with
the allies ol the contracting, powers.
In witnejs whereof, we the undersigned Plenipo
tentiaries of his Britannic Maffiy, and the Firfl
Conjul of the French Republic, by virtue of our re
fpedive full powers, have signed the present pre
liminary articles, and have thereto affixed our jeals.
Done at London, the firfl ts Oaqbtr, 1801 ; the
z gth Fendemaire, loth year of the French
Republic.
(Signed) HAWKESEURY.
OTTO.
Tufa* region at Guadaloupc.
Mr. Smith of the fch'r Deborah, came to town
lalt evening from the Vineyard ; where he arriv.
ed in 22 days from Guadeloupe. He informs that
another revolution had been effe^ed in that Island
—that Gov. Lacrofle had been arretted, confined,
and put on board a Danish vefiel, to be sent to
France ; that the vessel, after being out only a
few hours, was taken by the Tamer, British tri.
gate ; and carried into Martinico ; That the
blacks at Guadaloupe commanded the island, and
inverted a chief of colour with the supreme com
mand ; and that after several days of horror and
confufion, o der was in some degree restored.
The new Governor has issued a Proclamation, an
nouncing these events ; which is on board the
schooner at the Vineyard.
dfc. 3.
On the 7th November, Gov. Touissaint ifiued
a rroclamation, at the Cape, announcing the full
refloration of tranquility. Gen. Moyse, having
been accused as the author of the conspiracy, has
been arretted and sent to Port de-Paix for trial.
On the 4th November. Toussaint entered the
Cape, conducting 40 prisoners ; 13 of whom were
immediately executed. The planters had return
ed to their bufmefs. The object of the insurgents
was the overthrow of the new government ;'and
they were Simulated to hostilities by being in
formed that Toussaint had fold them to the
whites.
Touissaint Louverture, Governor of St.
Domingo, has issued an arrete, dated the 29th
September, declaring, that in addition to the free
ports already established, there shall be added
Jeremie, Leogane, St. Mark, the Mole, Port-de
Paix, Monte 'Chrif, Porte-Plate, Santa- Domingo,
and d'Azua. —These ports are opened to all French
vessels, allies, and neutrals. At the date of the
last accounts from Europe, the French government
were making preparations to fend agents to St.
Domingo, to fuperfeede the government of Touf
faint.
After perusal of the late French and English
papers it is difficult to determine which people
appear molt exhilirated at the peace. Both are
extravagant in their joy, and in the anticipation
of the bleffiugs which are to accompany renewed
triendfllip and commerce,
•^.•wah-fr-
There is a new Pottmatter General. Query —
Will not a few of the Deputy pott-mafleis, who
have been in the habit offuppkffing and burning
Republican Newspapers, and lettei s, be obliged
to deliver over their books, and papers to better
• men.
—<< <4*❖❖❖*>->- > —
Ports mouth, December 8, i&i.
..<,.< .<^>-<^fr>..,.,..
We are authorifed to assure the public, that Oli
ver Holmes, of Colbourntown, in the county of
Hancock, that had been supposed to have been
murdered by one Inman, who, with the wife of
the said Holmes, are now in jail, under a charge
of the supposed murder ; personally appeared be
fore the Attorney-General, in Bolton, on Thurs
day last, and made affidavit that he was the per
son who was said to have been murdered—that
he abfeonded in March last, to avoid his creditors. 1
Oliver Leonard and Benja. Balis, Efq'rs. ap
peared and made affidavit that they knew him to
be the fame person—in pursuance of which mea
sures are taken for the liberation of the Prisoners.
[Bojl. pap. Dee. 7.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.'
" TMOTHEUS” is received—it shall have a
place in our next. A variety of interfiling mat
ter, prepared for this week's paper, is necessarily
omitted.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
Cbe Republican Ledger.
BOSTON, DEC. 5.
f A T.ondon paper of 0&. it fiyr, " African
Flour is non failing at tr<>m 2<s to 40s. pet bar
rel. [From about 6to 9 dollars.]
Dec. 4. sch. Cov. Carver, Spooner from Bilboa,
Nov. 14, puffed a wreck of a ship, with her main
and mizenmaft gone ; hatches off, decks partly
torn up ; counter stove in ; ttern painted white ;
black tides, yellow gunnel wale, and ports be
tween decks ; no head ; about 200 tons—.the
wind blowing frefh could not board her.
Arr'd at the Vineyard sch. Deborah. , front
Guadeloupe, 22 days. Left there, the Sukey of
Boston, to fail in sor 6 weeks. Brig Polly, Fer
nald, of Boston, had arrived at guadaloupe in a
wrecked condition, was difmafled and loft all her
deck load. The vessel was condemned and fold.
ARRIFAIS—At Boson, Dec' . 1. Sch. Lucy,
Snow,Oporto ; John, Edwards, Pcterfburg.
& Same day. Brig Eeho, M'Lelan, Mantanzies ,
sch. Evelina, Lambert, Havanna.'
Dec. 2. fch's Adventure, Frost, Halifax ; Age
noria, , Windsor.
No. 4, Ladd Street, Portsmouth,
Is THIS DAY Opened
Joseph B. baker,
THE Public arc refpetlfully in
formed thev may be fiipplied with Gravey
and Brown Soups, from eleven till two ev
ery day in the week (Sundays excepted) with
all delicacies the season and market afford.
Dinners and Suppers dressed on the ihorteit
notice for any party who shall honor him
with their commands, and their wishes
ftriaiv attended tor
Dec. 8.
Beginning of Market freet,
MUFFS & TIPPETS
of a superior quality.
—ALSO —
At the fame store, a general assortment of
DRY GOODS
which are offered for sale at the lowed
prices.
Dee.7._
Profeffor of the French Language,
Music, and Dancing,
RESPECT FULLY informs the Ladies
and Gentlemen of New-Hampfhira
that he has opened his academy
in the town of Portsmouth,
where he teaches
those beautiful
accomplish-
French Grammar wi!l be taught
every Tuefday and Saturday, at Mr. Jacob
Walden's great room : the rrforning for La
dies ; afternoon and evening for gentlemen.
Terms of tuition —B dollars per quarter.
" Les bommes ne fe hairont plus
“ Quand ils f'entendrout tous."
Men will ceaje to hate each other.
When they Jhall underhand together.
40 hhds. 3d & 4th proof St. Vin
cent's RUM, of a good flavor.
Hhds. & bags COFFEE.
Hhds. SUGAR.
100 hhds. Turk's Island SALT.
50,000 Boards and Joist of a good
quality.
Weft-India Goods. &
GROCERIES.'
DANCING SCHOOL, is kept twice
a week, viz. on Monday and Friday even
ings, till 9 o'clock, at the Assembly Room,
for ladies and gentlemen.
His price far tuition is only 6 dollars the
quarter for tbefe who bale been to bis fcbool
before ; and 8 dollars for new fcbolars.
MUSIC for the Violin and Pia
no Forte, will be noticed next week.
Dec. y.
RESTORATOR,
The above articles will be fold Cheap for
CASH, &r Country Produce,
BY
DANCING SCHOOL.
TO BE SOLD,
On a credit of 3 and 6 months,
TWO Ton> of excellent
CORDAGE.
Enquire of the Printers.
Dec. 7.
MUTES ^ TIPPETS.
Late of the Hotel and Cofte-Houje Bftan.
ELISHA HILL^
Just received and for Sale, at
Richard Evans's store,
FRENCH SCHOOL,
Francis Maurice,
^ip J2cW.
FOR SALE,
North End.
ments.