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EXTRACTS PROM rHE “ BRITISH ANKCAL
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m'e following juft and btrauiiful fentimentf, ®re
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7 3 of the $kiTi?/H Annual Kigisilp., ioi the i
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V V H1LE France, fcy the fuccefs of her arms,
WjS UfstM.iug the number of her enemies* it; Eurupe,
Uie found her itif^J*nce deert ».hng in the United
Srates of America.—Thau^h Kuic was to have been.,
eicpiv;ie«r from national graUiutie, ii was Joppnted.
i). T iMtional honor would has e pi evened »i'-‘ Arne
1 ictc government from lci/.iug-the opfot tuuity
when 1 he Krtnch'Republic was fur her.,
political txtUiinu’, u> ibco* iiftit imo the arms oh i
herjpoit potent enemy. It wax therefore^ with ^
tnM * 1 lurprize and indignation, that the t’rtnch,
0 vei ntm'ifi tisartftjf the couclj>fum dt toe treaty.^
which wa* tunned by Mr. .Jay, bc-t w.een *rh A fifw
r r V j rJ'-Eh&la nti, * he t.«-u: r of w b i o4j tv a sin evi
d>*;itly in oppt fii ion ^i« treaties altcady y.iciinnp be- :
t veen Amcrit i and France, - that it w*s concluded
that an op<« hr«;ich betvp-eeu the two unions mutt
have been H>e immediate coolf ijuencc.
■ “-For tome time pnl(.,A-htf-conduct of rite Ame
rican .dnSiniltrat-f®ii> (be Republic bad been
dlftmii and cirwi)»Mo-P.« d id'll.* rec.l end II if
of M'. Genet (be hsenoi? wMaferjof, vvliolE
perfonai *item;4ri<ri« lyiib.nK* Prrbdcni bad-U-dtlu
pVoncb gooerncc cut ro make ibis ace of fpirmti r=- I
p,rtii.i:l, '£ clinyi cbnngr in irs femur—- M’.rre is
I.o.doui>E ib,,-i .(be coiincr ofJvir. Genet v/as con
trary to'tnat (jririt ,1 moderation » bicli » period in
hi» ( flulal Hamm *6j*iu t.. I.»ve ebierced j bill Hie !
peculiar li.uatiuO of (be Trench - Republic • Ihnulil
have led the Aift .'ricA+j .government to mlk« gf*at ,
elln*nnces, eiperi rllp the lyftem of the fro,
fagemk, wiiich, it is 'aid, *’« »<tiu>p:e<! t.) be in
tiwouced, by older ut she coimtjitteas oi i!.c i evobo
Tion-try region into Amern hwl wn foVniaMy ditV j
ciaiiiied br tbolb W1... ai.rf-eerds bcld tbe reins of
•power. . . ..
44 A mom.TvM.rv gb-crn 05 Tecowciiiarjon r>»o oten
thcrfwn aci'uU .bh; lb of difcontem by the arri
val et a ri:W afnbmidor, M- . Monroe, from Ame
rica ; wSirtf* p.oli'icfl j>.r iiivtpics were known to be.
directly i»pp£fiJe to'*lu>k ei bis predate (sox, Mr.
; JVJorr'r*—and the language of Atactic.**. train uiiy
atwi cbpgrjiukti.’n .yr.s once more Seat'd at the bar
■cf the National Convcriiioa. But the ncoociation
for a treaty of commerce wi.it EagHi'd, -'ioofi
taught the French what value they imd to affix to
theiV: new pro’fefliuns i1 .national amity, *rvd what
continence was to be rronfed in t lit benevolence of a
governmeDt, the trandard of whole attachment, if
whs fttid, w is to h* knoww only by that of its ava
rice. I hi? treaty jiUlf w«$ lefs heedeti in trance
than the difpob.ior.fi which led to iis formation. Ir
was obferve'd, that certain arrkls in the treaty nor
only infringed on the treaty concluded bet we* n the
•iloited Stairs and the French nation in '-H, but
were direct vloliittou? of it. Jn*lm treaty, lor in- j
fta«cc, tin Unitedirtatfs formally 'guaranteed to the
French their colonies in the Wt-.t 'Indies, in rale ol
attack j in ilk preient,. even fop plies of .provtfio-ns
fetu to thole colonies are fund-to be illegal cum
It .was expected that a treaty fo hofri’e to the i
intcreft ol France, and lo contrary even to the fpi
r«t of neutrality which it w>s the obvious intereli
of the American .go vt.vnP^ent to irhferve, woo Id not
have hem lanctionei %fnc- American l-giihture.
Notwtili(tAndin<» ihe“pr*ticmvpaucy of the Uriitfh
iri free nee in the Senate, aoTrhe disfavour of the Prc*
ftJenv. towards F-encVprii.• tj/les, -vicie well under
Stood to exile, yet it w.js luppolcd that the change
\f ftich hhd taken place in the iiruation of France and
ti at of F.uropt tince the negoevacion had been open
ed, would nave led the Aiueii<an legislature to re
fit !e its ratifkatioft— But although, it was evident
from the sfeCifion of the cougrefs, what wes the ge
neral kutiui-.it in A.ncdca refpecaing this
the K; ‘u -govec-.tteni heard with iudignatioo ol
this kgaiutst .preferen-cc lhewnio the Englilh iate
rdf,
“ An intercepted Utter from the Prtfioent of the
■United iui’ei, eoatetsed to Mr. Morris, who was
krelv.fbi- Aoiefitj^n siisbTsatlor in France, cud who
th,n • IF iiued as fqcie-t a«.ent ol the American go
vernment in London, had already difeovertd to the
T):rectory the hotsilc-views of the government ol
ihe United- States.. This letter, dated from Phila
ddiphi-i, the .a ad tkcmibir, ’09, was a detailed *n
ir Jr to var ious Utters .of MrJiVJorriy's, refpecting
the perfdinji n :p.oci-»iion. The Frtiident complain*
cd’h ghly of Uvi haughty conduct ol the Eogliihad
miuii>rsV)on, aruTotthe arbitrary mealures which
thev had parked, and which (hey were continuing
to/purioe, with refpcct to American navigation.
He r-. tpitbed Mr. Morris to reprefent to the n.inif
t<T‘toH only the joyuTiice, hot the impolicy of this
conduct, par:uulariv at thrmoraeot when it was lb
trnndj the jiiterclt ol Engl‘.nd to conciliate the minds
ol lie (•duhttauts 0» the Hatted States to the ac
c- p '••ire of the irvatv. He- detailed fix? efforts he
had m-du. and rdi« difficulties he had undergone, to
overv’.iir.c the w-aywa<d dilpufition ol 1j»8 country
nten towards FtccicW politics, the abettors or which
wt re tbr.cbiif apponenrs of the treaty it; queftion,
whtvK* however, he (aid. had the approbation and
f?nc»ion of the greater and more ret;* ctablo part of
the co.nm.sunity.* H'S main object, he obferved. the
onlv <mj ct which ought .to be continually kept in
view, Was peace, which he was molt anxious to
prefer ve ; and if America was happy enough to keep
herfeIf. out of Burppean quarrels, ihe' might, front
the inefeti'e of her trade, from lecuriug the mono
I
poly of being the carrier -ef the world, Me :n inert
ly years with ibe mofc formidable powers of Eu
!* This letter, fated from rbe wreck of the Bol
ton Packet, which hbd foundered on the coak ot
France, was ccfifuiered a decrlive evidence of tile
ditpoiitior.s ©t the American government towards
liie French Republic-; of the intrigues carried on
with the EngiUh ; and naturally ..wakened thole
. let-lings of reientment which &ril* irotn a tenle or
ijiju, y heightened by ingratitude; and excited alio
a dtdre o1 difplaytng that refcntouM. Various
were the representations wiade rt> the executive
powei.oi France t' calm the indignation which
i Aolt provocations * d foil fed-* It was alledgtrd on
«be on* hand-, that me-acremp* tirade by .the late
.cummi'tees cf govermfieut to revolutionize Ame
rica hid.not. been forgotten ; tbnt • the E’lglilh par
ty, taking advantage of the ' in prtVdti.ee t»t the
.‘gc,nti of the French Republic, b»d atquirrd an
undue pr*pouderance in i4>* councils ot me ixtcu
tivc puWt-r of the United, Stai'i ; that this aliena
tion sv-aS «n!v temporary,’ srifiog cm the one hr.iul
fro pi the dread of the ftriglUh, tin the other from
the -poWaYlrfs ftate of itnt’.Fre'nch' Republic at that
p< viod ; from whom itv&f cptdd, in cafe of need,
hope for no ail.'VfF3Pit was very phooable
the ratification of ihe trroj.yr would be n-fuied by
the congrels ; and that the general difl.ke of the
inhabitants of Mates to any itrieus con
nrction with the EogHth government, was a deci
ded fact, whatever might be fhe dilpofiiion of the
Executive p.wrr ; i hat. the declaration of hoUili
tit< agaijjlt. the.United States would be detrimenjr.1
ro the V„yie of the Republic, by lefs«*ning thanum
ber of i‘6 frir rids ; and that it wiis j t ollable the i-n
luing election for tht» Prrfidentlhip <-'.>«id produce
foch changes in American politico si might-prove
trior r betuficial to the iniereiis of France than the
molt brilliant and decided (needs.of her arms,
“ '! he lie and other representations counteracted
the r ffr (is of the fiikover.y of the Prefident's letter.
The Directory determined on continuing the fem
blance offrietidihip with the United Start*, and
contented i«seif by following the l»me conduct with
refpeti to their vetsds hound to Engln-nd, as En
gland had done throughout, the war with relpect to
American velsds bound to France."
By Yesterday’s Mail.
Lateft Foreign Advices.
By the Dublin Packet, Cisek. from Liverpool,
arrived at New-York.
LONDON, October 15.
Ar four o’clock y«liercDy-morning Lieur. Bradie
arrived nr the admiral y, with a fijurt letter iram
admur-'l D'incrn, announcing the event [defeat of
the Dutch] wi»h which Lord Spencer immediately
let off ro'the Kin» ar Kew. At ten o’clock the
Park and Tower ;;uns were fired; and in the fcfter
nrjou & brief no*)';* was puhlifhed in a
LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.
Atlmiralty Office, October 16, ’97.
Captain-Fail lax, of the Venerable, arrived early
this morning with difpatches from, Adam Duncan,
E q.-admiral of the Blue, coenm-ander in chief of
his M 'jetty’s Ihips. &c. einph ) ed in the North See,
io bvan Nepean, Elq. Secretary of the admiralty,
of which the follow ing are copies :
VeneraLle, at Sea, tjih October, '97,
off the coalt of Holland.
sm,
Be plea fed ro acquaint the Lords CotwmifsjQners
of the admiralty, that, judging it «.| ccnfi quence
their Lordlhips ll.ould have as *; i L information as
pofsible of ilte defeat ct the Duuh fleet under the
command oS admiral ce Winter, 1 dif patched the
Role cutter at three, jP. -M. on the tsth (nth)
in 1c. wirh a fhort Utter to you iniwi-diaiely alter
the action was ended.
1 have now further to acquaint you, for their
Lordlhips iniurmat-icn, that hi the night of the joth
inftant, alter I ha.d lent away my letter to you of
that dare, I placed my (quadtoe io fucb a fit nation
as to prevent the enemy from returning to the Teictl
without my falling in with them.
At nine o’clock in the morning of the nth I pot
fight of Cape-. Trollope’s fquadron, with fignsls
flying for an enemy ro leeward j I immediately bore
up, and ftvade the figtisl for a general chafe, apd
foon got fight of them, forming io a lino on the
larboard tsc-j? to receive Os,’ the wind at N. W. as
we approached rear, 1 made the fign.al for the (quad
roD to Shorten fail, in order to connect them ,* loon
after 1 law the land between Ca'mperdciwn and Eg
monr, about nine miles to leeward, of the enemy,
and finding there was no time to be. loft in making
the at tack, I made the'fignal to bear up, break the
enemy’s line, end engage them to leeward, each
ihip her opponent, by which 1 got between than
and the lard whether they were fa ft approaching.
My ftgnals were .obeyed with great proniutnde,
and vice admiral Onflow, in the Monarch, hore
down on the enemy’s rear in the moft gallant man
ner, his ditifton following his example, and the
action commenced about forty minutes paft
t welve o’clock.
The Venerable foon got through the enemy’s line,
and t began a clnle action, wi h my divifion on
their van, Which Ufted for near two hours »bd a
hall, when I oh'.erved all the mafis of the Dutch
admiral's I hip to go by the hoard; lhe was fcowe
vcr, ci:1‘ i.dt< icr fome.'thne in a rr.oft gtlknt ii ' ti*
ner—tut bfciitg ovtrp/elsrd by m ndatro her colon is
were Brink', artd admiral oc Winter mis loon
brought 01 board the Venerable, limr fdii te-ly on
looking awana n.e, 1 observed the thip tear ing the
rice'«dmtBl*s fljg was aImolt .di(mailed, and had d
lurreriJei d to vice admiral OdIL->■ ; and that ma
oy otberMad liktwile Itruck. Find^i g we were in
9 fatboinswaier, and not farther isbap-j miles from
ihe land; ly attention was lo much u&<» up with
getting tb beads o! the different ihip*->ft'tb« ihure
that i warfiriabie to tlitt inguillMhe.aumber ofjhips
-capiured ;ard the w ind ha\ ing ueen constantly on
the l?nd face, we have unavoidably f>«en much dif
ptrled, lo hat i have'nut besii abie *o gam an ex
act accoun c>f them, but we Have tsketl poisWLuu
of 8 or 9,* more of them had fuuik, l>gl*' taking the
advautage of ihe night, and being Jo near their
own ccaltjhcy iuccetded in getting off, and feme
of them wti Jttn going into th« T«x*l next room
ing.
it is withthe greatpfr pieafure and faiiifartjon I
have m<itU ;u<nvu to 1 cjr Lordthtps the very gal
lant beh iv bur of vice. admiralQi.fioW, the captains,
officers, ft.-men and marines of the ftpiadron, who
all appearedMciuated with the truly Britilh Jpivit,
at leafc tholeXwK I had *n opportunity ot leuing.
One of the enemy's Ihip* c- tight hie in the acti
on, and drove vim near the,Yt .nerable j. but I have
•the pJeahire to fay it was txunguijhcd, and ihe is
one'of tf;V (hips in our polstflion. Ihe Ujuadron
has JuSirred much in their maps, yards, -»nd rig
ging, and many of them have loir a number of men,
however, in t o proportion to that of the enemy.
The carnage on board the two Ihips that t^re
the admirals h igs has been beyond ait dv-fenption ;
they have had no Iff* than Zjo kilted »pd W'.vumied
on board of each flnp j and here 1 have to tenunc
the lois of cipt. BurgeJs, nf his m?*jdiy‘« Jhip-the
Ardent, who brought that fhip inLO action in ihe
molt gal 1 '1 r 1 and nr. a iter ly manner, but was unfor
tunately kflifd loon alur. . jriosvever, the Ihip
conti umAJ the action cl dir, umii <3 . We diifahkd;—
The public have li ft a good nod gallant 0 filter in
cant. Burge!*, nnd, I, w| ih others, a Inicerr friend.
Cape. Ti oilcrpc** exervions and center good con
duct in-keeping fight of 1 be enemy's fleet until I
came up, have been truly meritorious, and I tnift,
will meet a juft reward.
i lend this by rspr. Fairfax, by whofe able advice
J proiiud much, during the action, and who wjii
give their‘lordIhipa any further particulars they
may wiib to know.
As mofc of the ihips of the fqirdron arc mu^h
diiafded, and ft venal of the prizes dilinafted, I fhaii
uifckeihe bell ot my way wnh tbctn 10 the Nore.
i am, oir,
Your mo it obedient humble frrvanr,
ADAM DUNCAtf.
Tilt following.particulars though pot official,
are confidered as authentic : On Wrdnelday morn
ing early, admiral Du nr an fill in with the Grand
BAtavi-.m fleer, clo'fe in with the Dutch ecraif, to the
leeward of the Tex^l, returning into port. Seeing
there was no poffthilfty of cl'cape, admiral de Win
ter commander in chief of the Dutch tercets, made.a
figntil of forming the line. 'i he gal Uni admiral
Duncan.gavfc h'dt two figodls, otic- for each Ihsp to
get clote to-hi's opponent, and the other flguai in
break the line. His ordt >■*. were obeyed ui the
molt perfect mtln'ftef, and the Dutch line was bro
ken in two.points ; by himlelf near the centre, and
by admiral Gt flow in the rear, w)io thereby cut off
and took five I hips art! one hi gate. As loon as
admiral Duncan had paised through, a fevere action
took place with the van and p;- c o( the. centre «f
th* Dutch $3 cr, and their comm nid.tr admiral de
Winter, dilplajed great gallantry... lie maintained
a bard fought action for two hours and- a half, and
though br had loft all his malts, And that hi? ibip
was utterly unmanageable, ha refilled to in ike aa
til the Venti'tfbh* came up when he yielded. Mr,
Brodie counted eight Ihips with their colours ft ruck,
one of which had btf.n on fire, but the fumes wt-ie
ex t ingut the d by the exertions ofiour people ; and a
ninth I hip he law lying slniolt » wreck, and tha
‘Rtifsel. dole op w ith her ,* fc> that he had, no doubt,
buc that nine ihips of toe Jine (including two 50's)
and one frigate were taken, of iheie, two were flag
Ibip*. Admiral Diincah had fent boats to takepoi
fefiiou of thofe Ihips; and at the iiijie time as th*
centre divifmn of the enemy, which had {offered thff
leaft, were forming a line to facilitate their efcape,.
and prevent ftragglers from being picked up, he
had given orders tor a genera! chair, mo ft faalona- ;
bly for the purpofe, the Formidable and two other
Ihips joined him immediately after the action, *nd
there was every reaion to hope that the fleet would
be able to deltroy, if not to lake, all the rclt.of the
Dutch fleet. •
The battle was fought off Scheveling, and fo near
to the coal:, that thoufands of people were on the
(bore to view it. It is thought that they were fo.
near ro the IbaJlow water that they mult lie too all
Wednesday night and that by this means their
retreat Vnco the Tcxel, or even into. Hclvoeifluys,
would be prevented.
It appears that admiral Duncan had *ery good
intelligence from Capt. Trollope on the proceeding
day, of the fituation ol the Dutch fleet. Captain T h
letter ro the admiral contained the following re
nmkabU words When you fee tht Dutch fleer,
you will fee thr RhTsai.** H« had never quitted the
Dutch fleet from the moment he catne in.fight of it
on Monday, and his Ibip led tht fleet into acti
on.
From the Sun, Ofiobet 16.
Thia morning, a little alter li* o'clock, captai*
i