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proved, unfortunately, inrdVetual. Tl.c per
nf'non to communicate with Mr. Fox on the
fabje^ was peremptorily and finally refuted.
litimediately afttr Mr. Pitt had l.ft the king,
it is laid, he waited oi: Lord Grenville, who, in
the molt decided manner, expreiled his determi
ne ion not to accept Of any official Ration in a
Cabinet from which Mr. Fox \va3 proferibed.
Lithe evening a meeting took place at Lord
Grenville’s houfe, at which the MarquUof Buck
ingham. Lords Fitzwiliiam, Caddie, Spencer,
Mr. T. Grenville, Mr. Windham, .fee. &c. were
prelent.—Mr. Fox was alfo there, and in the
fame generous and difmtercfted manner requeu
ed that no co'ilidt ration of circumftances per
ianal to himfelf lhoiild induce others tt» with
hold thtir talents front the public fervice at a
moment or fucli difficulty and danger. It was
the unanimous feelings of all prelent, that they
could not render any fervice to the country, on
the principle on which it was intended fo form
it, and therefore refoived to decline any (hare
whatever in thcnewadmiiiiilrntinn. Their fen
timents were communicated by letters to Mr.
Pitt, who requelted another interview of the
King, for the purpofe of making another exer
tion in favour of Mr. Fox’s introduction into the
Cabinet.—-The imprefiion upon the Royal mind
was, however too deep to he ended, and Mr.
Ihtt vithdrew from the conference on Wednes
day, di(appointed in that object, although ha
ving himfelf accepted the offices of Chancellor
ot the Exchequer and Firlt Lord of the Treafu
ry.—On Thurfday morning, as we have already
Rated, he was, according to Court etiquette, in
vefttd with the inligni;: and powers of thefe high
fituations.
once Mr. Addington s Adminikr.ition coul l
not Lilt, it was the fervent wifh of nil drfcripti
onsof men, that a new Miniftry Ihould be formed
on a grand and truly patriotic fcale, compri
ling the molt diftingiiifhed characters in the
country. Nothing like an arrangemertt of that
nature can be now expected by the public ; and
the nation, inftead of having a Mir.iftry 'calcula
ted to reconcile all political differences, to iutiifc
confidence, and to hold out to Europe an un
paralleled inftance of union, of ability, and ex
ertion in the various branches of the executive,
are now to Invent) Adminift rat ion much worfe
tiian that which was forced to retire and make
way for Addington and his friends. It is to be
com poll'd of Mr. Pitt, and Lord Melville, of
their underlings, and of feveral of the late Ca
binet, whom Mr. Pitt fo very recently and fo
very cordially coalcfeed with Lord Grenville
and Mr. Windham in reprobating. In tliefe
ftrange materials we can difeover little to con
fole us at a crilis like the prt lent. It is however,
but juftice to Mr. Pitt to ltate an opinion held
in the beft informed circles, that he did every
tiling in his power to form an Adminift ration
which would have included Mr. Fox and all
his principal friends, as well as Lord Grenville,
and all his; and that fo far from pledging him
felt not to go into ofict without Mr. Fox, he
had no communication whatever with him on
that fubjefL—Yet furely Mr. Pitt could not
have been ignorant that his Majefty wouid h ive
decidedly objected to the introduction of Mr.
Fox ! Mr. Pitt, probably, knew, & poflibly was
not fmry to have known beforehand, that ins
application was not likely to be fuccdsiul. He
could not. but be aware of the abfurdily of pre
f -nti;ig to hi.* Sovereign a man, as one of his con
fidential advilVrs, whom he had urged that So- ,
vcreign to ftrike out of the lift of Privy Councel
lot s, :;s an abettor of feditious doftrines ! The
application, however, was made and rejected.
Mr. Pitt bowed, aiul undertook to form a new
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Courier.
London Curette, May 1.*.—At the Court at
the Q’.ic *n*s Palace, the l lth qf may, iao4, nre
fent the King’s Moft Excellent Majefty in Coun
cil. This day the Right Hon. George, Earl of
Winchelfca and Nottingham, Groom of the
Stole to hi* Majefty, ar.J the Right Hon. George
Thyme, commonly called Lord George Thyme,
Comptrollerof iii;. M. jefty’s houfehold, were, by
his Majeftv’s command, fwom of his M ijtfty’s
moft hon. Privy C mncil, and took their respec
tive places at the Hoard accordingly,
IJi3 Majefty having been ple.ifcd to appoint
the P.igh’. Hon. Dudley, Lord Harrowby, and
tlw Right Hon. John Jefferies, Ear] Camden, two
of his M.vefty’s Principal Secretaries of State,
they were this eta.-, by hi - Mi jefty’s command,
fwom two of his Msjefty’s Principal Secretaries
u.’State accordingly.
Whitehall, KL.iy lft.—The King has been pica
fed to confi irute and appoint the right hon. Wil
liam Pitt, George Percy, Efq. commonly called
Lord Louvaine, James Edward Harris, Elq.
commonly called Vifcount Fit/.harris, the right
hon. Charles Long, and the hon. Henry Wellcf
ly, to be Commilfioncrs for executing the office
of Tn»afnrer of his iVt.iieftv’r. Exi-hvonp,*
The King ha3 been plcallM to con ft if ate and
appoint the right hon. Vifeount Melville, Sir
Philip Stephens, Dart. James Gambler, Efq.j
Vice Admiral of the IL.d Squadron of his Ala-'
Judy’s Fleet, Sir H m y Ncafc, Bart. Sir Jolm j
Cuipoyt, Knight of the mult hon. order of the
Bath, and Admiral of the blue Squadron o&his 1
Mau’fty’fc Fleet; Philip Paiton, Efq. Vice Adini-'
ml of the RM Squadron of his Mn jelly’a Fleet,;
awl W.iliam Dicker.lbn, jr.n. Efq. to lie hit Ala-!
’eft/’s C'xnmiltloners for cxerci ling the Office of
High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great ‘
Britain and Ireland and the Dominions, Ifi;tuds,
and Territories thereunto belonging.
Mr. Canning, ii i< confidently Hated, will be
the new Treafurcr of t ho N ivy, and Lord A tick- i
land retires from the Poll G/fice, hut his fuccef- j
for is not Vet d* .Tired. Lord C* irh Sottier
fet is appointed Governor of Jam >ica.
We underftand th-t Lord iL.-.vick is to con-'
tinue fome months loger Lord Lieutenant of!
Ireland.
May 17.
Mr. Piit has now neirly completed the whole
of his Mmiflrv. Mr. '.Villi.im Dundas having
been appointed Secretary at War, the military
and naval patronage of the Rrltifh Empire is
now veiled in the family of Arnilbn. It is, wc
underhand, finally fettled, that Mr. Canning is
to h Treasurer of the Navy : Mr. Rofe, Joint
Paymaftcr : Lord Mtllgrare. Cb tnc. llor of the
Duchy of Larcift'f ; Earl Eithuft, Mailer of
the Mint ; and ♦ lie E iri of Ayksfoyd, Lord
Sr* ward of the Ho!- 10!!. J-.arl Moira** an-i
f ver to the propofol for ve'ting in him the LI*d
teoaoev of Ireland w>tl» the Chief Comm i*d of
tar iTiih l my, h is not bun yet received. The
plan iffeparnting C c olic . of j.jrd Chancellor
and 3{JC tker of t lie II >uf< of Lord; hts l>een a
bindnri land they will continue to be filled by
Lord Eldon.
Mr. Pitt h is been returned f.rr the tL.irerf.ty
of Cambridge; but be probably will nut »nke
b:s Dat on the Trvdury Bench until the middle
of flrXt week. The H-utfc orCommons will ad
jovm to-morrow until VVcduefday next.
T^e ciptaiu of the American Blip FriendlhJp,
which arrived at*P tlrnouth 011 Tin ftlay, in h:i
diyr. from the Cape of Good Hope, reports,
that the Dutch frof^v; a* *hr Cape w—"daily
defrring. and tbnf many of them In ?eiq.trfled a
wilh that they were tinder the Britifli Govern
ment. The enpt ’in D of opinion, that a fmall
force ttouH take it frntti the Dutrh.—*000
troops had tailed front thi nee a few d/iys licforc
for Batavia. Accounts were t-wv^ed, as the
Fnenutiup win about to fail, that Admiral Li
nois’ fqundrun had arrived at the Mauritius,and
was taking freih troops on board.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEONE.
London, May 1 2.—There is little doubt tlut
Bonaparte will afi'nme the title of Emperor of
the French or the Gauls. Private letters Rate
that this event has already taken place ; and a
neutral veflel arrived in the river has brought the
additional intelligence, that he has annexed ?q
the title that of King of Lombardy. That a
eonfiderabic progrefs has been made in this im
perial arrangement, which we think is nog tod
omen for the CorHcan and his family, is obvious
from the following extract of a letter from Rou
en, of the 61 it inflant :—
“ In the fitting of the ltd inflant, thcTribu
' nate, after having heard the report of the Speci
! al Conuniflion, appointed to coufider of the pro
. politioi made by Citizen Curee, have refolved :
“1. That Napoleone Bonaparte, Firll Con
I ful, (hall be proclaimed Emperor of the French,
: and in ti.at quality be charged with the govern
ment of France.
“ 2. That the title of Emperor, together
with the Imperial power Iliall he hereditary in
his family, in the male line, and in the order of
! progeniture.
“ 5. The ronflituttci authorities in forming
the nccellavy regulations fertile cftablillunent of
the hereditary powers, iliall make all due pro
vilions for preferving equality, liberty, and the
l ights of the people.
“4. The prefent vote fliall be carried to the
Senate by a deputation of fix members, who are
to explain to it the motives which have induced
the 'Ft ihunatc to take this rcfolution.”
If . . •/• _!_ 1 , t 1
iinv.iii^N.iivV 19 itu lll|\^ WLUI
received by a foreign Ambaflador, that Bona
parte has been proclaimed F.mperor of France
in all the ftrects and public fquares of Paris.—
All idea of eonfulting the people is laid alide ;
the Senatus Confultum of the Con/eroettive Se
mite, and the decree of the Tribunate, arc con
lidered fuflicient authority to change the French
Republic into a Monarchy; and the elective
Chief Magistrate of a commonwealth into the
hereditary Sovereign of an Fmpire. It is now
reported at Paris, that the Coronation is to take
place next Auguft, upon Bonaparte’s birthday,
and to be performed at Aix-la-Chapellc, where
Charlemagne was crowned fourteen centuries
ago.
A gencr.:! n nine ft y is to be proclaimed for.all
criminals without exception ; the lift of emi
grants to be elofed forever, and all profcribtd
perfons, with the exception of the Bourbon fa
mily, may return to France, and enjoy the rights
of fubjclls. A promotion upon* a "large fcale
is to be announced ; every oiiicu- in the army
will be advanced a ftep.
May lo'.—The arrival of fcveral couriers in
Paris, from Germany, has haftened the prepa
rations of the Coronation, which will take place
in defiance of the remonflranee of certain courts.
At the laft aflembly, by Madame Bonaparte, her
hufbaad laid, loud enough to be heard by all
prefent, in add re fling himfelf to a certain hither
to favorite Ambaflador, “ Pray, Sir, have not
the French people the fame right to give the Su
preme Chief what title and prerogatives they
think neceflary for their honour and tranquility,
as much as to chufe freely their own form of go
vernment.” A bow of liibmiflion was the on
ly anfwer to a quefticn purpofely made, as a
command or an explanation to the whale fo
reign Diplomatic corps prefent; of whom fcveral
the next day difpatched couriers to their refpcc
live courts, with this fophiftieal declaration of
the FIrft Confnh
The Coronation robes have been embroider-j
ed at Lyons, and with ♦heir diamonds are efti
mated at two millions of livrcs ; gold and filvtr
medals to the amount often millions of livres,
report fays, are already ftvuck at the mint, and
are to be diftributed on the Coronation day, in
all the armies, as well as among the people in all
the cities and towns. The Coronation carriage
has been made long ago, hv Simeon, at Bruflels,
under a pretence that it was intended as a p. c
fent to the Emperor of Ruflia. The Coronation
is to bt performed by the Cardinal Archbifliop
of Paris and the Pope’s Nuncio, Cardinal Capra
ra, alfifttd by three other'Revolutionary Car
dinals, and twelve Revolutionary Arehbi
(hopa and Btfhops. The Pope, on account cf|
his age and infirmities, hay been excufed a jour- \
ney to France, where his Nuncio has full pow*
tr to aflift on his part, and give his ble fling.
Among other appointments in France by the 1
Emperor, in petto, are 24 pages for hi.nfelf, and j
1-.: for his Imperial Contort. They are children '
of the members of the legion of honor; and I
when they have attained the age of 1C, they will J
obtain each a company in a regiment of cavalry
ordraronns r.p a retreat. Si* T oni's it, uratfinni
f >r t He Emperor and four for the Emprefs, are i
ty be taken from among the members of the Se-j
nite. Tribupate, and Legiflative Iitxly. A civil i
lilt of twenty-four millions of lines will be fix
ed. The houfchold troops are to be augmented I
to twelve thonfand men of different arms. The I
palace of Verfailles is to be repaired, with thole!
ofCoinpcigne 3c Fontainblcau, r.nd every fe ifon !
the Emperor will change his place of refidence.!
'l'ne winters will, however, eicclnlivdy be paifcd
at Paris, St. Cloud, and Maltnaifon.
From a I.ondak PArrR of May 18.
1 he following important paragraph we copy from ]
die Portfmouth pupt-r. It (hows a laudable yienraft
of vigilance on the ; art of Government.
“ File following order iffued toPic Ihips at Spit
head this morning is of nujxe ferious expectation
than any that has been tnade known fince we were
fir.t threatened •—Tn hsrv— fl!n hn/w* to-H.. e*ble? ■,
to keep the top-g.tl>ant yards acrol’s; clear for action
every evening at fun let ; the fignal for unmoor
ing to be confidtJred ay the fignal for action ; and to
l:e"p in momentary''readinvfs for putting to fea, as
that i.ifbnt it may be expe-Cted to be engaged with the
enemy.”
It w;« yi f.vtday reported in the city that Oovern
ment had received fome indirect overtures from
France r>r the fuhjeCt of Peace, fed to hive been
made through the American Mimfler at Peri*. Af
ter the moil mhiute enquiries, ww could not leant that
the rumour wis d"ferving of much credit.
Yeltcrday arriveJ another Gotteiihurg Mail. It
appears to confirm the report rafpufling the deep im
prcJEon svhich the murder of the Duke of Enghien
bA* made upon the Court o' Peterfliurg. As foon
as the intelligence of that atrocious evt nt reached the
t'apit.d, th«* Emperor ilTned orders for a Court of
Mourning, anil fitch was the indignation of the peo
fle upon that orcufion, that the French ref:dents have
een conft.r :Iy infulted whenever’ they appeared in
public. Very copfider.ible Ixidics of Rit'fi.in trnojn
nave received orders to hold themfelve* in readinefs
to rrsrch. Star.
Sowe Dutch Pipe's were yeflerday received to the
'*ite of the IOtK of 'fay ; or- of which contains a
note, *x trailed from the Moniteurof the f):h i.ifi. re
lative to the invafion, in which the French threaten
to attempt a defer it when convenient to themfelve*;
and add tiiat if it is deferred for year* their Aicceft
Wtllb* tlvt more certain.
. May 17.
This miming we received Dutch Journals to the
10th inft. The articles of importance which they con
tain relate to the afTioiption of the Imperial dignity
by Bocapaete. An extrafrom a Ptris Paper ffate*,
that the nefoltition of the 'Frihonafe upon that fubjrdl
ii i< lie* r; trnfnitted to ilie Conf rvntivc .'•mate in the
following terms—* That Napfdior, Bouap.rte be de
i dared Efltpcroi' of ;;>c french.’' ,
’ The Argus iv.il.ef the following inter*fling remarks
on ti e cUltHtion of the Fir.'l ConiuL Tiicy certain
ly lpj. k toe femiinents of the Corfu;an and l.i» C-.bi
> r.et:
“ Front event* " fitch will riTu’t frotrt this important
Hep, tome augur the approach oi peace, as it will de
mand the hearty approbation of a certain great Port u
1 Sate, %\ Sofe tlecifion on the one fide or the otl cr will,
doubtlefs, have a happy mfltience in l'sttliug the exhe
i:tg differences.
“ Tiiisact is the eternal disinheritance of tlie Bour
dons, which th- French people are about to pronounce;
by it, they rid themfel ve > of all apprehension and of
all inquietude ; they have performed nothing more !o
lemn or more productive of univerlkl ! jfety. This g.*
r.era! wiiit i, Finis to fix' hiilory of the revolution.
It has been f.iid that, like Saturn, the Revolution de
I Voured its children ; at prefect the ancient fable lee ns
to be c.smplvtrty realized ; it :s a child of the revolu
tion who tal:« - it. place, without forgetting the l>ci:c
um of its mother.”
We ca’itiot undertake to fay, whether the Poten
tate allud'd toi, the F.mptror of Germany or the Em
peror Alexander, but it appearsfrt':i> the publications
v.'hich have recently iffued front the prefs at Berlin,
that Bonaparte has obtained ttic luinSli -n of his Prulfi
an Mujsfty.
Cures, who mad* the motion in the Tribunate for
a change of tlie conflitution and dynafty, is an inha
hitautof St. Andre, in the d’ftridl cfi.udeve, of the
i department of llerault. In 1791 he was elected a
member of the l.egiflative AfTemhly, and in 179.’ of
the Nat ionul Convention, where he voted for the ini- ,
prifotimeut of Loeis XVI. forl’fV, or Ids banilhmcnt.
fn 1 799, he became a Me nber of the Council «»f i-ive j
Hundred; and after Bonaparte's revolution, in 1 799, .
he was made a 'I ribune. He was always regarded I
es a man of moder. te principles and abilities. * Ava- •
rice is Ids principal puHion ; and letters from Pat.s 1
fay, that he lias received from Bonaparte bin,030 li
vres in money, and the aiTurance of a place i.i the Sc- j
nate, worth 5,000 livres in the yt ar.
We learn, from undoubted authority, that .t.ouis
XViH. King of France and Navarre, means loh'tiu- !
ly to protefl, in his own name, and that of tli" Ihuu
Hons, and particularly in th- name of the Frenciv n .i- ,
on, nguinll the elevation of a foreign ufuiper to his ‘
Maje fly’s throne, under the titlv „f Emperor, by cer- I
tain individuals cfliing th-'mfelv-s the Senate and Tri- :
bunate of France, and fall.arm - •' to thenifelve*
the power to difpofe of h. M .jelly's ri-htrul crown •
and dignity. In this proteft, his m C'hr.'-i;. Ma- !
jelly will call upon all legitimate Sovereig .s to defend
their rank and rights; upon all Europe to def-i.l it. .
independence; and upon all the work’ to defend the !
laws of humanity; upon all civilir.d ;i>rio.,s to rtfil;
the retum of Vandalifin ; and upon ail Ci.rillians to j
unite in oppofing atheifm and immorality.
F R A N C E.
YRIBUNATF, 10 FLOREAL, ATRIL SO.
Silting extraordinary of the Tribunate.
Fabre tic l’Ande, Prefident.—After the mi
nutes of the laft fitting had been read, and ap
proved, the prefident addrefied the affcmblyas
follows : “ On the 2nd of this month our col
league, Cure :, laid on the table a motion of or
der, in which he demanded, lft. That t'ic go
vernment of the republic (hall be confided to an
Emperor ; 2d. That the Empire fhail be here
ditary in the family of Napoleon Bonaparte,
now Firfl Conful; ad* That fitch of our institu
tions as are only traced out, (hall be definitive
ly fupprefied.”
Curee then laid, “Citizens Colleagues, I ap
pear in this aflembly to call your attention to
Weighty objects in which the nation is highly
interefted. In a matterof fomucli importance,
it is neceflary.tiv.t you Humid grant me that at
tention and indulgence which the purity of my
patriotifm gf .;.s me reafon to hope; for the fuc
cefe and duration of every political fyficm de
pends on the (lability of the government, which
forms as it were the centre of it, where
every thing terminates. This principle is in
contefliblc for all times and for all circum
| fiance**, but its application becomes a neerf
fity A ill more inconteitible, when, in confe
i quence of great changcshavingproduced, & de
veloped an order of things which fixes under
new (mints of view the deitiny of the people, it
can be evidently proved that thefe political
changes are fantfioned for ages, and the mainte
nance of the grind rcfults they Iwive left behind
them are feCured for ever, hy bringing back and
re-eflabiifiiing, in a certain authentic hereditary
courfe of fuccefiion, the government incorpora
ted with thefe great refults, and which is con
ned ed in as intimate a manner with them ns
the trunk of a tree is with its roots.”
The Speaker called the attention of the tri
bunes to the epoch of the revolution, when the
French, (according to his blafphemous exprefli
on) “ with an unanimous will, and a voice as
powerful as that of theCreator, the firfl day of
the exiftenec of the univerfe, exclaimed, let e
quality be cibiblifhed, let privileges difappear,
and le*. the nation be what it ought to be !” He
then took a view of the government of Charle
rnngne, awl tne a miles introduced into France
after that glorious epoch when one of the moft
powerful families of the Feudal fyftem was call
ed to the fovereignty.—He then adverted to the
year 1789, when the French people, he f.tid,
committed, the great fault of leaving the fu
preme power in the hands ora family elfentiallv
feudal. Louis the XVI. King of France would
never condefcend to be King of the French. Be
ing bom a Sovereign, b-cotTTd never cdnfertt to
become a Magistrate.—Having then made fome
obL'r. jJions on the Conftituent AfTembh/, the
Conflitution of 179!, and the ffate of things
fmee that period, he obferved, ttiat the hnp
py fituation of the French people, who were
now in the full pofTeffion of all the rights which
were the object of the revolution in 1789, dif
turbed or.ly by uncertainty in regard to the fu
ture. “ The cncnSiCa uf «>mi country,"' l'aiu tie,
“ are alarmed at our profpcritv, as they are at
our giory. Their plots have been unufcipiied,
and one might fay, that inflcad of a whole na
tion, they had tocfwnbat onlyoneman.——Him
they have attempted toftrifce, in order to effect
his dcftructiort,.being well allured that France
in mourning for the lofs it woukl that day fr.f-j
l ain, for the great man who organized it, and
the chief by whom it ia governed, divided by
ambitious,rivals and torn by parties, would fin!,
amid!! the florins let loofe again!! it in everydi
rrrtion. What fccurity can we give it again!!
the fear of fo many misfortunes ? What reme
dies can We opnofe to fa many evils ? Omni*
on of the armies, and the whole p-ople have
pronounced it.—Hereditary fuccefTion in a fa
mily, rendered iihiftrious by thcrevoiution, cou
fccr.Ued by equality Sr liberty, in a family of a
chief who was the firft fo hjjer of the republic
before he became the firft magi ft rate ; a chief
who would have been eminently diftiriguifhed
by his civil qualities, even had he tot filled toe
whole work! with the fame ot his arris Sc the
fplendor of his victories.—Here (continued he)
we ha\c the inappreciable advantage of finding
..t the l.c :d of a nation, the chief of an augttfl
family proper to form the firft link of the new
dyntfty ; an eternal barrier w ill thus be expof
cd to the return of f iftion, and the French pro
pic will be certain of preferring their dignity,
their independence and Their territory. Le* us
haftcti then my colleagues, to demand that the
tnagiftracy may be made hereditary $ for in vot
ing a chief to be hereditary, as Pliny faid to
Trajan, Wt prevent the return ofa mafter. Bn*
at the fame time let ur. give a grind name to a
grtat power; Jet us procure to t!ie f.iprttne
tnagiftracy of life empire of the world the
tvf*vA Ju'c to a fublimc derH>mb\’.'h»r ; T do
not find a ^.t.'e tor the chief of the iiJUidnal po»v
« r more wori by of the f. dendoqr of the nation
than the title of Emperor. I move then, tint
we refer to t:-e fenate a villi which is that of
tiie v. hole nation, a:!.', of which the dbjc i i. :
lit. That Napoleon Bonaparte* it >.• • ir>
Confui, bedeclarcd Empcit>r, andio thktqu.’.Kty
remain charted with the government of the
French Republic.
•■d. Thatthe imperial dignity be declared he
reditary in his family.
3d. Hi at fnch of our ihftituri ns as are only
tr iced Hit, fl’-ill Ik* definitively fufpended.
Al t >ll all the member* of the tribimate har
ing inlbribed ih ir names to fpcal. on the moti
<>:>•.Sa sve Roliin ohh rved, that it would he
ib' cult tor tnem all to be heard, and on a pi\j.
pofal being made, the tribunate refernxl to a
commiflion of thirteen members, the motion of
order, the fpeeches delivered, and thofe which
(lionM he fpoben 1 ill the day fixed for the re
port. I he commitiion were to make their rc- J
port on Thurfday.
^ The members who compofe 1 it are Curee,
Sachue, Jaubert, (oe la Girundel Duvcrier, Ku
vidal, Gilicl (ile Siiue et Oife) Frevillc, Clarion j
Nifa/, Sivoyc Rodin, AlbiiTon, Grtnier, D la- i
tre, Chabaud Latom . The members of tlieBu
rcuu, I .ihre Prcl’drnt, jard Panvilliera, Faurc,
Simeon and ArtiauUI, Secretaries arc to form
pan of this Cumtniiuun alfo.
EXTR AORDINARY RlTTI&fc.
I *< It FLOlt.l!., MAY 1.
All extraordinary crowd of fpertators th'n dev, aS
ye.te. i.ay filled the tribunes, and the interior of the*
fall. The fitting was opened at two o'clock. The
lh-efident intimated that Carnot being the only tri- j
bune.whVe name was infcribed again it the motion,]
liberty of add; ciliur the tribunate wus afforded him.
Carnot mounted the tribune. He let out with de- \
ci u. ig, t Vein" to fpeak againfl the mot:on of Cu- j
r*e, hefr.ov' . .deivour to pie.erve the • ic mode
ration in d- • r!-,, ills opinion, w iiicli had b -en tx.’ii
b:ted by tv. .rnv.res wl o h .d fpo; en in favour of tlie
niori-'r. He audea, that he ref-rred thofe who w:Pi
td to ;m; a !:;.d ca-.flrudion on Ids f-nrme its to the ri- ]
gid examnitt.ion oi r.s coociiicl ii- ce the eointvence- I
me; t of re revolution. He took up rlu quwvon of
con 'iris go Bonaparte file dignity of Empeor fori
lu , mid making it he red ayrihi f. ii!,-._lk-aik d
if it was to .V: it the F.rft Confui a reward for hi-V
v > .** to offer him the lacrifiv of liber;y f He alki d,
" .ether it wus r.otto deflroy Bonaparte's own work,
to make France ' i pr.vaie patrimony ( I voted a
gn n;; fbe co- hi efor life, cor.tiuued the orator,and !
will i t this day fo low a different com f*>. (wiiibe
confluent w th my 1 elf; but the moment that the order
of things w Inch is propofed is ff -.(birthed, l will tie the
tirft to conform to t, and to yield to the new authority,
р. oofs of my deference. M..y all the members of tin*
count unity foilow the f-me e/amp’e ! Ti e orator then
rn to :.’l' jxao* the onn of "ovcrunv.iit
propofed to be cflublif.ied. He cited a number of ex
amples fre-u; the i iAoi y of Rome, and drew an irfcr
cuee from t te.n. that i government by one rid. . Hu
..as not in the J.tr.l. i degree a hire pledge of it-, liabi
lity or it* trai.quihty. He applied the line inference
to the hillory of Fra,tec, whare i nfti e -o amot or*
and civd dilcr.ril3 fo often cxifted under the gov.m.
mei t of princes, weak or unworthy of govern: ;g. A ",
ter the peace of Amiens, continued Carrot, BorLx.tn-*
had the choke between a republic «.r mr.-’ u-ch. • ’„.:
he had fworn to defend :i:e former, and to rei.-ed; th
willies of France, whirl. h;;d m i.’e him their gul-dhii:
Now it was propofed, to make of that power ;• y
perty, of which at prefent only the ad ii-iiltr ition A
poflt fifed. The Romans were tnoft ie le vs of their 1:
berty, and Camillus, Fabius and Cincinnati!? onH- !;■ -d
the country becaufe they reliiuiuiliicd the pm er whi-fi
hail been confided to them after they had f'avrd riicir
с. Ai.iiry. But the iiberty pi Rome perilhed s loo.' as
Cuilar wifliad to uatrp abloiutc power. C.»'i-.ot cited
th.e example of tlie United S' res. It w as refer ved lor
the new World to .'hew to tiie old the practibilitv of -»
nation’s enjoying liberty, end the riling profperity of
the people. 1 he defti.ues to which they appeared
to be called left no doubt remaining of the ej;ifi. -nce of ]
the truth. A.ter d fcufling a variety of general prin- I
ciplcs, Carnot made fotUe particular remarks. Will, 1
(laid he) the opinion of the public fur&ionaries he the
free wifh of the whole nation ? Will there not be 'i n
conveniencies attending the expreffion of an cppoPie I
fentinient ? Is the liberty of the prefs fo mud ,d- I
trained and degraded that it will be inipoflible to make, i
m the public prints, the meft refpefiful remonflravciV
agaiuft the propofed arrangement ? The orator con- !
fidered the queftion in aroth* r point of View. He afk
cd, if the expulflon of the Bourinqis at all involved the
necelDty of a new dynafly ; if tin eftabli Aiment of a
new dynafly would not place oblYacles in the way of a j
gencr I peace; if it Would be recognized by foreign]
powers, and in cafe of a refund to recognize if, any*
wonjd necflfarily lie roierted to, a.id for an empty title !
t.ie fecunty of the French nation fliould not, perhaps, i
be eiKungered ? I h ;, is not the only means w hich tlie ,
cxiftijig Government has of confplidatiug itfclf,_The i
means of this canfifta in adherence to juftice. Far be j
it from nic here to make any particular application, or ■
to call any blame on the operations of government._|
Such a thought has no place in my heart. Is liberty I
t.icn d.fciofed to man oitiv that it nuv np'vr L* pmIpo. ;
cd—No ! I cannot regard it as a mere ca mera, and
my heart t.dU me that its government is „ :Jy. I.t t^n
clu5on,faidtIie Orator—I am ready to facrifice my
perfonal opinion to the intereftsof my country. My j
refpect for the law will remain unalttrahla, and I o’e- ■
fire above all things, to f3e every opinion, and e -ery
funtiment united againft our eternal, our implacable e- j
nemy ; that cnamji -*htth te now medtiatit?" untverj.-.i ;
oppreHTon. I vote agaLifi the motion.
Faure next mounted the Tribune. Iie applied him
felf tothi* refutation of Caiot’s fpeech. Me alked if
he h id v.-ell r.iin fefied his ret'peJl for the Lw, by re
minding him .hat he had on a preceding oc -aficn vot
ed ’ag iinfl the Co.-fulfhip ."or hfc.faitdlionedhy t!»e vote
of more t.un a million ct Frenchmen ? He aihed him
ifhe had fo-gotten tV r. hiuvt of 1790, and ti _t
horrib’e IV emviral Committee, which in co d hlrod
•:g::cd hr death and j»vtcriptious r and tie was aitn
nilhed ar hearing of opposition to that prepofition
which could alone prevent the return of "a< 1: mWs.
We are not here to confldw the iutereds of an indivi
dual family, bm the interefls of the who1- nation.
Here Fuure r,t red into an *-nmimtion of the date of
France in ’fl‘> and its prtfent Gtnation. He inquired
wiiat were the propofitiqn *> contained in the loofe
draught of the ConftitoeriT AfTem blv, and |i» foord
their completion in tlu. ferri of Government which it
was now proofed to eftablifh. He fupported the mo- >
tion.
Arrtould began in the following terms, the fp°« h
which he alfo deli vered in fivor of the motion :—V/hr.t
iathis fatdity wh'L’b hns feized our colleague, which
renders him thepuffive witnefs of the outrages of the
Committees of public fnfety, which carries lym into the
dire.?, ory, and canntlt hum lb him with (ho means of do
ing goo 1 to the people, wh'ch on th * loth Fni£Ui< r
rendet t him the victim of the events of that day, erd
docs not permit him to perceive the /bare which Pi- 1
chegru then had in the xonfpiracy formed aeainft!
France. j
Alhrllbn, Orctiler, Ch..1>nt, fd* l’Alher' Deletre and
Civilian-), feveraily fpoke in favour of the promotion.
Carion Nifaz refuted the opinion of Carnot.
The tribune.} e ordered fix copies of the opinion of,
the orators to be printed.
EXTRAORDINARY SITTING,
1‘JFloreal, May 2.
TV order of the day was called for the cord I
nti tVi of the difeufiion on the motion ofCtiree.
ChafRfm contended that the intention of the
French hid always been to cfiabli’h a monar
• Ideal form of government. The wifb formed
in 17At, was now to lie fulfilled, and no perfon
Mian Bonaparte could better fulfil this wifb,.
which will cmiftitute flic happitufs of Piancej
xnd onr Ik voted for the motiJn,
si:d fix cop-£s of hij fpecch were entered :n i f
printed.
iYr.c forrrttd the wT'. diktat d t'.him by ! i«
fnecrii v and his eonfi. /ice. IT adde-.l a T.y
" orbs to cot ro! to rate what It.id be n fbi to
jwovc how wed ftoiiap.ute was worthy the die.
tiity t > which the French people called him. ib;
particularly d’rekicd Ids ubferv.-uionx to
what a powerful guirantv^p .Ikiity w,ir.j.5 i-.a,
fcf< in the hereditary luce: !s ai pros:ulV»l. Tut>
late it p dtei ityr ot the head <>; the gOvernKn*, j *<j
hr, v\ hi lhv h in the Tit ry i>f For irte the * •<
ample which they ought to foil »\r. ’ Tmy .. ,ij
refp< kt h.sglory, arid never (hall our tjuiTti*/
h.i\v reafon to reproach us t\>- the wiih v/lb.Ji
)’c loir.r t!:i.. day. i lie t"leech was ordered ivj
i>e par ted.
Caritt and Delpierre joined ih'.ir wifin.v to
(hat of thtirxtolloaguvc'. Ti.ti Is V.ot the time,
raid Deiph-rre, when the 7.1 oy!e Vv .re the pro.
p*r?y of Kings. Ttu- interedof both ;»i Irow
common. Their rep ole, their (*..d illty,,b die.r
hapoiuel.i, arc henceforth inlcpt ruble.
l av litl.-—? know that the Fivit Confoi. tnc
aueuil head of ti e date, has the widier «t - *
l reuch people. The pen.: of the elo-jueCflhe
cm pi >yed in eel.-bt-atir.g Ins glor y ; and pnS??
ty, w iiic.i is . e iilcig^ of great men, wiil only
n -echn the language of the age in which he liv
ed. 1 know the place which he occupies in
their hears; I know, it I can judge by uiyjci?
tiled vofio.i wtiich iie merits, and with \vi: .fi
he '• s infpired you. I ’.mow all the right wim h
hi> eminent iervlce. give hi.n to the ciigr.i y t-f
Emper r, and t > h iw i: m. de hereditary ir. h j
famiiv. 1> it let us examine a'oltr iftO! , from
all petfimal f.-.H :gs <:f , ratitt.de amt love, if
the unity and lin t bit ’.tv fuceeliiou x>f the Chief
Conful be cosliltcat with the government of
France. I>ifh;rcnt ft.it s have a right to that
form c.f j eminent which ti.erv enjov, sccor.
mug to principles im»ari iblc as that nature ti m
which they <>; ginatc. In vain political maladies
ai.ecl and lulpenii llic^fc principle: ior j mo*
. ' nt. T’:e cribs cenfcs, and nature r.linn, *
r rights. It i* the nature of; bugs Uiatacoui -
T of v.ift extent, whole i'ecuhy is not guaran.
iced by its phyfier.l position, and*whole relutioi;*
itn its neig bum', inceti .fitly menace its tr.in
q.'iUity ought to be gov:r.ied by one head.
ai i s iMi'i, kxd ixcauic: tke fcat^s
which fur-rounded were governed by hings.
Horne, after conquering her neighbour *, expcil
id the kincrs and maud confuls. Wiicrs’ hr;*
p \yer had gone beyond the limits of her tvr/i
forks, when fhe hail to combat nations ibr re
moved from the centre ot her dominions, even
theexcetTive love of libeny could not prevent
fne rui •• of the republic, ami Finperers were ele
vd.vd to the throne. Happy would have be **
that great nation if the iir.'l of their emperor*
bad, as he had it in his power, made the gov,
meat hereditary in his family. The femes which
aycrcd the throne with blood —the irb il wrrr
wliicli defolated thru. vaft empire, and precipU
!altid its downfall would not have l'nlikd the
'.are of the hiftory of tlnfe 1 iaOers of the
”■ rl'l.—But one great error ltd to dreadful a
iuf. . On tiic ruins of a monarchy diftroved,
m s,tempt wasmadeto fw’ofii.ute amoitarcitcicl
n. rmen*. France inuft hate been det'r.oynJ,
.hr genius of Bonaparte had not created the
>• fuLTin, to precede, for a few yt rs. the c*v
i on of i e Imperi I dignity, tie is c:i"^J tv
.(i;s . Irvatcd pot I by t!<c unanimous wifii, ai' i
kir. wifli is the Fi*ft fentirr.ent which ought to
rife • o ,nili‘iiy fervices.—He had. as cojiful,
i be power t>f performing vail h rdcis, arid ,„.t
ve .’c n that lie has ufed it with a degree of
facet's < f which no example is recorded j«
nit rv of the world.
Ti is is . cough for his own glory, but i* It
no. < . i : l. for 11,e happkiels of France. It u
I t r e f things, that if Empire*-, profper
endera U man, the moment which deprives
them oi ills fen ices menaces them with forne
* re-idrill explofion, if the fame moment does
n r fnbflitute in his place him who is to be his
i n-. <’ r. It is then that ambition becomes«n
damtd; and not lorp- before ambition prepare**'
n . * he means of fnpplanting rivals.
v f ui! fucceeded by civil w^re, agitata the.
ir- da of men, difturh for ages the union of ci
TIZ-!*r» AT!fl People are often fo unfortunate
no! to 1 who is tt emoft worthv among the •
rv d candidates to receive the fceptre
tlePtb »-ar. hf r.aved the object of them regnt.
V\ hit tb r van prevent thefe difafitrs ? A con
ftltir.1 »n:*l law which fixesthe line of fucce.Tion,
and Inch giver to the family of the Chief the
new dynafty. This is ;hc obfcA of the motion
under difculfidn, and I afient to it, perfuaded
,;,At ,f Empwe h the price of the virtues of.
the great i an i. ho ;s called to the imperial dig
nity, the filccefion to it by the familv guaran
tees to France ages of glory and repofe.
VIRGINIA : ~ ~
AT A SUPERIOR COURT O? CHANCERY, I10S.CCN lft
RICHMOND, MAY 19. 1601.
HETWEtM
JOSEPH C. BROWN, fc.ICHAR.DB T
GOODE & WILLIAM BROWN, $ Plaintiff*
ROBERT OMBFR-ON, Defends,**.
J '*/ tonfsat of parties, caint cm
* ♦WrrcKaa day of May, In th. yc.,7 of (Ast
l.ird one thoj-jand c?V. hundred a , ifeur.to be Uzrd
on the bill una anlwer, and was argued by co. neUi
on cor.bdei dtu ii wh-renf.the court s-IV-tfe. th and V
creeth, tut, udeis the defendant or or before the
nv iiity-iourih day of July nrst, p.iy to .1.*
Wi.n-im Brown, one thoufiud four hundred dollar#,
v/ith mterdl thuroon, after the rat • of fix per r« otvm
per annum, to bo computed from the twenty-fourth
dry of January, n se t — 4-!~hr hu:...
tn! payment, and th > cods expended by the p1.din,iff*
in pruteeming this fuit, that Joseph C. Brown and
Ric.urd B. Goode, after giving three Weeks notice in
o» o or more of the Richmond newfpopers/go ciPo'e
to pwl ie fair hy au&ion, for ready money the !T Jf
Acre J-crof l,nud. with the Appurtrm tiers, Hnp'in
tint part of the C ty of Richmond cal ni Rochets,>»>
fignaictl in the pLn of the laid . ity by the number
(*07) two hundred and f.ven, which had h.-ti con
veyed in trult by th? defendant, to the for.-ti m. d
Jou ph C. Brown and Richard Good- fr.- th.
pol: as italicJged in the bill ami.dmitted by tl.cian
fv/er, of jccurir.g the fort-raid principal mor ey a..,i ,/j
terclf,the ties.: - which iv.th »k*chdeftroyed a is:.!
fo all. dged| si.id admitted} ltd out of die mtrncv o
r.fmg from the file, p.y to she plantiff, Wilkin*
Brown, tiie fa d principal money, irt-reft and
at.d the ful-phts if air,, ,,fn-r A during the exttened/ '
attending tiie fair, pi; t, tf.r J/.ndant, on:! report '
their proceedings in execution hereof to the c<v.ir\
A Co]iy. TeP.e, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
I DO eorftnt and requefl,' that th? cornm-fib ret*
named n ilie a'»..y decretal order, do pro t-ad t • , ry
the fame into effect on Wednci'Juy she lft day of An*
gufl next. ,
ROBERT X OM3LRBON,
r.T ttt,
Tcflc, Oroues M‘Carol*.
Mambft/, Ji. > 1D, l S04.
tV BV the eonfent and reqtteft of Rohm O.nber
fon, we fliail proceed to SELL the
i o r a ai'purtenanct ;
mentioned and doftrihffd in the above decret; * order
Upon the terms therein mentioned, on H c.!nrf,h > »l «
Ifl day of Au~.tjl n°xt, upon the presr.ife*, (HtwcTi
tiie hotTs of 10 and 2 of the rio-lc,
JOSEPH C. BROWN.
fUCIlARD B. GOODE.
July 21. ffrtf