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Proposals from the Royalists of Brit
tany, to the Representatives of the
French People.
THE Royaliftts of Brittany,
Normandy; Maine, Anjou,
and other Provinces of France, im
agining that a popular govern
ment is liable to many dangerous
commotions which often disturb
the general ropofe j ate convinced
that a monarchical government is
the bed adapted to the constitu
tions and temper of the French
people*
ThCy therefore request that an
entire add reciprocal pardon may
take place among Frenchmen, an
unlimited freedom of commerce,
personal security, refpeCt of prop
erty, exercise of criminal and civil
Jaws, and a cessation of all arbita.
ry proceedings. The mofteffeft
ual prore&ion to the culcivaors of
the foil, the inhabitants of the
country, the firft and principle sup
port of the ftate*
That the inward and outward
trade may be protested, so as to
return again to its former prosper
ity, for it is tbfe only spring of rich
es and the surest means of eftablilh
ing our finances*
That the mechanic and the m
duftriovs of all clsfs, may enjoy
perfect liberty.
That the fol diets* who by cour
age and tallents have deserved
preferment and honour* may re
ceive them, for the warlike valour
of Frenchmen should never be
forfaken.
The Royalists of Brittany, Nor
fnandy, Maine, Anjou and other
Provinces, cannot mbre evidently
shew their affection to the Royal
ists of Lavende, than fubfctibing
and assenting to all that will be a
greed on by rhe General Charette,
for the eftablilhment of the peace
and friendlhip between French
men;
They are sensible that the gen
eral tranquility can ho other way
be restored that by a fulfilment of
these articles, which by gradual
steps, will destroy anarchy and civ
il war.
The French People recalled to
their natural affedibhs, will be
come gentle, kind, and humane,
and by repairing their faults and
iriceffant induftry* they will aston
ish the world*
No mote will they take up arms
but to defend the limits which have
been marked by their Undaunted
courage, and which they will be so
moderate as not to exceed.
By holding up the Olive Branch
of all Europe we will ffiow that
we are true Frenchmen, deft rods
of nothing besides the happiness
' of the people—always ready to
confirm this principle and feat it
with our blood.
(Signed)
Le BaROR DE CAtJMARTIN,
MarechaL de Camp.
. (Major General of the Catholic Roy
al Army of Brittany.
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who have had their property feised and
condemned in the Wcft-India islands,
for which appeals may have been made
to the Englilh Courts of Jnftice.J
Do fart Comment, London, March 17.
SIR,
‘‘TN answer to your enquires re-
I fpeding the American Ihip,
Two Brothers, Samuel Edicott,
Matter, I have to inform you chai
Mr. Bayard, the agent of the U
niced States, has given claim for
the vessel as the property of Dai
iel Gardner of Salem, and for her
Cargo as the property of Me^rs.
Nicholas, Slubey & Co. Messrs.
Morton 6? Bedford, and the heirs of
William Wilf on, all of Baltimore
an inhibition has, in conseq uence,
issued from the high court of ap
peals in prize causes, which Mr.
Bayard has forwarded to the Sec
retary of State, in America, to be
served on the judge who condemn
ed the property at Montferat, di
reding him totrapfmit the process
or authentic copy of the proceed
ings had in his court, arid on the
Captain to compel them to give an
appearance in a certain time to an
swer the appeal.
<* Nothing farther can he done
in the cause until such appearance
is given and the process is brought
into court: but these preliminary
steps being once effected, the cause
will be brought to a speedy, and
£ trust, afuccefsful ifiue for the
injured proprietors ; the wife* but
refplute measures taken by the
government of the United States,
having imprefied belligerent pow
ers with a due sense of the refpeft
due to the rights of a free united
people.
“ Wiftiing you a profpefous
Voyage, I remain, Sir,
Your most obedient
humble servant,
ROBERT SLADE,
Protestor for Mr. Bayard.
Lambert Smith, Esq.
Capt. Wallace, who arrived at
Beverly on Sunday ffom Trinity,
Martinique* informs, that the day
before he failed, about 60 wound
ed soldiers from St. Lucia were
landed. The adion iuwhich they
were wounded, was, he thinks on
the 27th April, upon a plain and
lasted four hours and an half, in
which time it wasfaid the Repub
licans used nothing but their bay
onets. He could not obtain the
particulars as they were said noi
to hav^ afrived when he failed,
and people were cautious Os fay
ing any tiring of it. Capt. W.
dined with an Rnglifh surgeon,
who informed him, that from 26
to 40 of the soldiers newly arrived
were added to the fidk lift daily—
they were alfremoved to the North
Weft part of the Island as fooh
as they were taken sick, as that
was conceived to be the most
healthy. A final I infurredioa had
taken place at Dominico but had
Baltimore, may 2i.
[The following letter hom Mr. Slade to
Lambert Smith Esq. may afford consider
able information te American Merchants
State Paper.
THURSDAY, June it, 1795.
beep easily quelled, and 4or 50!
the ringleaders, who were Englilh
Planters, were executed. From
the best informatibn he could ob
tain, the nuniber of troops that
bad arrived at the windward Isl
ands from Europe, which at firft
xere called i 0,000, were not reaF
Wy more chad 35*60. Just before
he failed an Englilh brig of 16
guns had been cut out from St.
Pierre’s by a French 10 gun priva
teer, within gun shot of the Ad
mkal's flag.
the following interesting narrative
of the escape of 22 Frenchmen
from on board a prison Jhip at
Gibraltar, is extrabled from a
late French paper and authentica
ted with the Jignatures of the re
present atives of the people on the
coasts of Breji and Cherbourg.
On the 30th of November, 1794
(O. S.J at half after seven in the
evening, being on board a prison
(hip in the road of Gibralter tho*
closely Watched, two of our bre
thren swam to a boat belonging
to a vessel not far off and brought
it along fide also swimming, not
having any oars—but having got
there we embarked a 2 innumber
and went through, with alf expe
dition, the numerous vessels of
war of different nations at anchor
in the road* We kept at a dist
ance and out of fight until a
quarter after midnight, when the
moon set. We then came up
with the vessel called the Tem
ple, feigning at firft that we
meant to proceed further. Those
on board, however, spoke us; we
answered that we were the boat
with the patrole ; they Ordered us
to make off; but &e, on the con
trary h aliened on board her. We
had agreed, previous to the at
tempt, what each of us would un-
An Extraordinary Fall.
ExtraEi of a letter from an officer on
board the Jupiter, to his friend)
dated March the nth.
“ We failed on Monday the zd.
from Sheerness, and arrived at
Cruxhaven on Saturday the 7th,
where we found the jee in immense
quantities, and what I am now
going to rdate, however wonder
ful it may appear, is a ftri& fad:
On the 9th instant, a man was ta
ken off a field of ice, who had
been upon it ever since th^ayth of
February, on which day, he, with
another man and boy were in a
Dutch dogger from London
bound to Hamburg, and off the
Vogel sands her bows were ftov^
in by the ice; they contrived to get
some bread and wine out of her, on
which this man subsisted; the other
man and boy died, one in about 2
days, and the other in about 6 af*
ter tiris happened. The surviving
man fl^pt every night between the
dead bodies* taking the clothes
off from them to shelter himfelf
from the weather. I have seen
the man, and really think it so
lingular a story, that it ought to
be made known.
By the late accounts from Eifc
gland* it appears that a confider-*
able number of new and old East.
India ships are taken into service
as vessels of war—this will confe
quentiy diminilh the number of
vessels employed ip the carrying
trade—and here the wisdom of
ofcr country appears in barving
the attacks of faction* by adopting
and persevering in the system of
neutrality. Happy is that coun-,
try where the people feel, ac
knowledge arid support the mea*
fures adopted by their patriotic
public functionaries.
Is it not political bUfphemy td
abefe the adminiftranen of ac^un-
LTSBONi MAfeCH
This day failed from LifbohJ
prior to which the Minister of
State died, and in 4 or 5 days af*
ter, orders were jffued from the
courts ordering all their fliips of
war to be laid up fexcept a small
squadron at Gibralter, which they
deemed fufficient to Reep in the
Algerines) including the fhipa
which they had supplied the Britiflt
with, which had arrived in Lisbon
some time before J left i; 5 and that
two of the Britiffi officers who
wtere Captains in the service, were
dismissed—and it was said that
the rest would also be dismissed.
There Was a mutiny on board of
a 74 gun (hip while 1 was at UP
bon, which was ordered to Brazils
in consequence of a dispute be-*'
tween the captain and the crew.
dertake; we Were armed with
sticks and clubs only. Eight of
iis seized the guards on boaid this
veffd, feveti in nymbeh The
Captain had time to snatch up a
bad pistol which be friapt. at the
firft who entered the cabin, and
having secured our pFifoners we
ftt fail, having cut the cable:
To leave the road we were* qX
bliged to pass close to an Englifli
86 gun Ihip and two Portuguese
Frigates, but were lucky enough
not to be perceived. On the fol
lowing 3d of December, at about
seven in the evening we met off
Cape Vincent a Ihip of the line,
a frigate and advice boat which
w& took co be Spanilh ; we hois
ted Englilh colours, seven or eight
seamen disguised themselves a£
Englilh sailors and we paffed.—*
From that time to our arrival in
France we had no other unfortu
nate rencontre.
[The ship thus taken by theft cour
ageous Frenchmen fold for 419,000
livres.]
NEW-YORK, MAY 2^
News is received in 49 day^
from Lisbon, of an engagement in
the Streights between the French
and Englifli fleets, on the 14th and
15th March.—Eadi consisted of
14 fail of. the line. On the 14th
an Eoglifh 74 Was taken ; on the *
15th, two French 74’3 were taken^
Both fleets then withdrew.—The
one to Toulon, the other to Leg
horn.
[Number 51.