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H 'V.'lie t'.ii overture. i r'^ 'v» i
7:j ih_ Jf »|i I, expUtn himlelf in a more (Xf<;iKe
i"t iii.ier, on the application of this principle to the
d *T r rr o j " which nicy be dneutscu beiweer.
the s'** pr- i |»-i li s.
1 ii tins u"*ii <(i>>n which will confiVi'Jte the j
finbj r of thole uilc (Hons into r 'lic-i his M*j 1 • ) j
li:, ■. ii.irilci! his Minilter to enter, a.s loon as iht
|-.fine:pis to t'.c adopted as she general bafts of the
urg \ :.»s*o»i s know n.
Bor ills iVi j ny cannot dirprnfe w ith declaring
l!» ii ii ih:*■ ^ ncioiiS and to Otable offer Ihall not be
accepted, os d, nrdortunauly, the ditcufftons w hich
may enfuf, in iy f.::l in the drfi cd tfi ct, neither
This g-.iT:i prop-fi-ion, nor thole more detailed
wb’uhtiM) r iuli li'i'n it, 12mit be regarded, in any
, „s p jints agreed noon or accorded 'by his Mu
(Signed;
MALMESBURY.
Mini her Flenipo1* n m* y ft <mii Ins
Britannic M .jciiy.
Paris, October 24 1796.
REPORT TO THE DIRECTORY.
E > i tic M * N ! r,T E I* )t h OR E J'G N A F F A I P.S.
i nr 4. ii E: umpire (ua. 25)
Ti e Fyt 1 m» i wH irr c ory having furmiht c! me with
full |)<),V'.rs tn treat for peace with Great Britain,
i hatl yelterd .v l? 1 Bruma.irr' my f./ft conference
Wit1 Lord M .Ini; ioury, Plenipotentiary Commifii
oner ot his Britannic M jrfty. He prefented to me
the original of his powe-s, fealed with the feal ot
Great B-itain, and certified tlie copy which he had
htf.re predenied to'me ufcligned : ai.d ! t: ad laid be
for- the I? reitory.
vVe entered into difeuffi on, Lnrd Malmefbnry pre
friiied to me rh- memorial which I laid before (he
Directory. I ohi'erve.l to him that, 1'pe.ikingin »lie
1: uu? of the allies ol Great Britain, and Iripul :ting
fo;• their ir.u-iefts, he was, doubilefr, furnithed
with their powers and infirm tions. He nnlwered
me, that he was not, bur that when the Directory
fr.oold have explained itfr’f upon rite prineK'le laid
flo\m in his memorial, he would expedite couriers,
to give to the different courts an account of th" lie
go. unions, and to receive rlnir orders. _X demand
ed of him if he could, at lea ft, fpecify the priori
of cone ffion in v. hat concerned the Republic
mid the government of Great 'Britain ? He replied,
tbs.* after the Directory lhotild have explained it
ft!f, he would fend :v courier and dematir? inltructi
ons ou this point, 1 then thought it my duty to fay
to 1 .ord Malmefbury, that i would lay his ninnori
sr! Adore the Directory ,• that 1 would take nsor
ders, >*ud impart 1 “ him its anlv/er.
(bigneil)
CHA. DEI ACROIX.
ANSWER OF THE DIRECTORY.
The K.<*cutive Direcrory orders the Minifter cf
F u eign AfF.irs to make the following anlwer to
Lord Malm-f.'oiA :
i iic Executive 1).rectory fee with pain, that at
tiie moment wh n they had reafon to hope for the
fpettlv mum o: peace between 'he French Repub
lic and his Britannic M jc-fty. the proportion of
Lord Milmeibuty offers nothing hut dilatory, or
very difiant. means of bringing the negotiation to a
concltifion.
1 he Directory obferve, that if Lord Malmelbnry
would have treated Up<*rately, an he was formally
authoriUd by the rtfnour of his credentials, the ne
goH*4-ions might have been conliderahiy abridged ;
that the nccetiiy of balancing with the interelt.s of
t be two powers, ihofe of the .lilies of Great Br»* a»n,
riAiliiplietf the combinations, encreal’es the di¥Kcul
t i^ i, lends to the formation of a eongrefs, the forms
of which it is known are alwyys tardy, and r? quire
t ue acccfli.m of powers, which hitherto difplnycd no
delirr of accommodation, and have nof given to
Lord M* luudiiury him fell’, according to his own de
claration, any power ro ftipulate for them.
Thus without prejudging the intentions of Lord
M •lin.lbury ,• without drawing any concltifion from
the circum ranees of his c!e- laration not appearing
to accord with b-*s credentials j without luppofing
that he had receive^ any fecrct inftructioos which
would deftroy the effect of his oitenfible powers;
without pretending to afsert, that 'ihe Britilh go
vernment had a double object in view—to prevent,
by general propofittons, the partial proportions of
other powers, and to obtain from the people of En
gland 1 he meato of continuing ihe war, by throw
ing upon the Republic the odium of delay occalioned
by themfeKes ; :he Executive Directory cannot but
perceive, that the propofitions of Lord MHmelbo*
rv is nothing more th in a renewal under more’ami
cable forms, of the proportions made laft year by
Mr. Wickham, and that it prefuns but a difiant
hope of peace.
J ne txtfcutuf Directory farther observe, with
regard to the principle ol ceffion advanced by Lord
Malinelunry, that Inch principles, presented in a
vague and isolated manner, cannot fcrve as ihe bafis
of negotiation ; that the fir ft points of confideration
are the common necclhtv of a jo ft and Solid peace,
the political equilibrium which absolute ceffions
might destroy, and then the means which the belli
gerent powers may pofseS's—the one to retain con
tpielts made at a time when it was Supported by a
great number of allies, now detached from the.coa
L’ion; and the other, to recover them at a time when
thole who were at fir ft its enemies, have almoft all,
crh.-r becotrv* its n 1 ii^s. or neuter.
Nevertheless, the Executive Directory, animated
with an ardent delire of putting a fpeedv fropto the
h .)iirge of war, and to prove that they will not re
any means of reconciliation, declare, that as
r..«n nt.ru tt.lm.lbhry It •..:!! rttfii: it to thf mi
nuter tor foreign atf.irs, Mi irnt powers from the
allies ol Gre.t Britain, for luptilaimg for their re
ip-ctive interrf s. accoisptnied by a promife of
tneir part to lubfcribe to whatever (hall be to or la
•led in their natr.es, the Executive Directory will
give a Ipeedy anlwer to the Ipecifia propofuions
which liiail be moved, as far as ih.y may be confllt
-nt with the lately and dignity of the French Ke
(Signed) '
REVhLUKRE LEPEAUX. PrefiJent.
LAGARDE* General Secretary.
Afer receiving this anlwer, the Lord M'lmelbo
ry wrote t, his court by an extraordinary courier,
•o obtain the powers required ot him, without
which it is evident he cannot act. Thus, loppoiing :
that the Britifh cabinet have not fent tir a new Ar i
{jus, and tli.it they are really anxious to take tffica
ctous niealures tor.giving a Ipeedy fatisfaction to
the Directoev, the negociations will at lealt be ful- j
pended for iohae time.
•\Le MrJTagsr du Stir J
COLOGNE, Nov. i.
Onr letters fr->:u the Upper Rhine ft ate that the. :
lafi Dairle oeiv^rc-w the archduke and Moreau was
extremely bloody and decifive, we are atsnred that
eight ihoufand were I etc on the fir’d of battle, and
that the eroding of the Rhine l>y the French was
the event ot this acticn.
That which took place on the t’jth u’.r. :n the i
Huudftriuk was nor confequential 2s to the lols cl j
men cn the part ot the impvrialifts; hut the poits j
w':'; h the Fr; nch recovered on this occaf’on are ot
extreme importance.
PARIS, November rg.
On the 2fth ultimo, two fail of tire line, and two
Spanifh frigues, arrived at Toulon. The remain
der of the bpanilh fleet is cruizing off the coati ot
Tou’.on.
The Executive Directory hss received di'patchcs
from the General in Chid Buonaparte, they art
dated from the head quarters at Verbna on the 8.1)
Brumal re.
A letter from Touion announces j that the Spa
nilb H.'et is cruizing diT that coaft. It confilts of
twenty fix fail of the line, of which eight are three
deckers, three of 80 guns .• and the relt of 74; be*
fi-les frigates, u corvette, and a brig.
D >n Joleph Cordova commands the 'firft divilion ;
Goode Mora'isde-les Prius commands the fecoud ;
and Don Juan jo . him rht* thifd.
Accounts iVi.m the Upper Rhine, as late 2s the
:,o b of Oct. Itate, that fnuc- Gen. Moreau has com
pletely repafs'-d the Rhine, Vince Charles has ad
vanced tcwaids K*d d, and (till further.
November 16.
The’fpeedv arm intent of the Breft (quadron oc
cupies all hands. Several of the twents -one lhips
of the line, which mrke at prelent our whole naval
force in that quarter, ha''•already r heir whole com
plement of men. In the above number are cotnpri
fed five (hip? lately arrived from Rochfort and l'Ori
enr. It appears, that that fleet is to have provifi
onr? for fix mouths, which proves rhat the) are dec
lined tor 1‘oTne expedition in a remote quarter, and
not for tlr.- improbable and ridiculous plan ot ma
king a defeent upon England. It will be command
ed by admiral Villaret Joyeufe. We fee] a piealure
in pointing out to the public, the admiral whom
the Directory honour fo deservedly with iheir con
fidence.
LONDON,
Nov. 6. Yelierday evening, Wiffcn, the mefaen
ger, was difpatched from the Secretary ot ft a re’s of
fice, charged with inttructions to lord Malmelbury,
on the lubject of the demand made by the Ex . cutive
Directory, that he fhottld produce the powers un
der which lie opened any negotiation for peace, on
the part of the Emperor.
We are afsured by high awthoriry, that our
government, in this inftance, influenced alike by
honour and policy, will not accede to any propofi
tionsTor a Up»rate peace. They have furnithed
lord Malmelbury with certain documents, which
manifett the dilpufirion ot his imperial majefty to a
laftiug and equitable peace, and which autboriled
the overtures made in his behalf. Should, howe
ver, direct credentials from the emperor to lord
Malmelbury he deemed requifite, his lordihip is di
rected to require time to obtain the necefsary forms.
Nov. 14.. The London Gazette of Nov. 13, con
tains a levies of letters from Captain Anltrniher
and R. Cranford, Efq. from the xyrh to the 27th
of October, giving detail of a number of fucceffive
actions, obftinate and bloody, but fortunate on the
part of tlve Auftriars. The following is the laft of
t he letters alluded to :
Head Quarters ot hi.1 Royal Highncfa the Archduk#
Charles of Aultria, Macppath, Oct. 27; ’96.
My Lord,
1 have the honour to inform your Lordfhip, that
in the courle of the 11 ft night Gen. Moreau’s army
retreated acrofs the Rhine at Huningen.
The I a ft of his rear guards were this morning
fiill on the heights of Weiller, on which he had con
ltructed a large and fulid work; hut after a little
ikirmilhing with the hulsars, they evacuated the
height and redoubt before any.infantry could come
up ; and nothing now remained on this fide of the
river but a few troops in a Imnll Tcte de Ponte be
hind which is a kind of Horn Work lately conltrucc
ed on the ifland called Shueter luiel.
1 have the honour to be, Sec.
{Signed) ROBERT CRAUFORD.
InyeflrriUy Vnrnrr we li„,ed upon prod
ri:y, that the m ans lialioned in the harbour' cf
Brell had been ieni into the interior e; .hr ccumrv •
and by a iettrr from Dover brought over in
mericer velsel, wr learn that the troops which had
been collected at Dunkirk, and the other towns
that line of the cor it, have been ordered to march
to join the army ot Gen. B >ttrnonvt!le. Front thci
corrxpjndiitg inovtnier.ts, it teems evident that, if
the Directory did ever eotertaitt the frantic detiun
of an invafi.tn of England, they have prudentlv a
bandoned'rbt* entet pnle.
Difpaich>-t have been received by govemrunt
from Gibrait. • which flaie, that on the f»Wnin»
of the 17 th oi October, the hpanith batteries, tun
filling of 850 pieces of heavy artiller) were txrtct
eri to comin.-m epl. yir.g againlt the form's, 'vi isi.-h
however was in to excellent a frau* of rteter.ee, tiiat
nor the fmallcft appreheufiou was jnertained for
its fafety.
An a 1 iriv of 1 8 cCo Spaniards will, it j.s raid, to.
operate with Buonaparte in I•1 v.
The information brought by ilit Hamburgh mail
confirms an article in our p i-prr of \rlterd; v fn.nt
Coblent?, brought to us by the way of Holland
Crating that the h r em it had, in the Hundfruck jt
ti'chrd thr* whole extern of the Aufiriau line iV« m
Bingen toTCuf-ff: urern, a ft <5 bad carried all the Im
perial polls, after an obftinate r;f:f:ance on the p-ir
of the Aufirians, who fuftained a g»:at lots, it
ali’o confirms w hut h *s alio been ' r •> *•. t!\ »t
that the whole of Moreau’s arm- bad tr-jJied'the
Rhine, after the defeats it had hiU.iinti
Congress of the United States,
HOUSE OF.REPRESENTATIVES.
January n.
AT:?r font? little debate, tlu *'-dl.twinr. re folnrion
w-as \u]opted, anrl the committee of v■< -»nd rmarj
direc'f-cl u» bring in a bill a^re^.ibiy to it.
“ Relolvcd il: it ir svjii l<* expedient to a'noslfhthe
tax laid on fpirirs difiiiied in.ni manuals of the
growth, cr produce of tilt’United States, at any
oilier pi,»te than a city, town,, or village, at wl..;h
there Hull be one or more trills, which, fts • . if
only one, or together, if more ("ban one, Ui.-ii i > of
lets capacity than four hundred gallons; and' i\>
collect this branch of the'revenue from a tax on the
capacity oi the frills." **
j • miarv to.
The followino Rndiuion was laid on flip t.;b:e.
It was offered on this principle ; that direct t„x. *
fhould only be reforted to, when indirect taxes‘ad.
“ Ref-deed, that the committee of wvs a d
means be in tructed to enquirfc into the propriety
it laying a t..x upon all Theatrical Exhibitioi ' ;
and alio to enquire whether any, and it any, what
articles of foreign growth, or manufactures imp:
ted into the United btates ; .or of article- mann fea
tured or ufed within the United States, will aJi rr
of an additional duty to be laid upon them, and to
report thereon.”
Thnrfday, January 19.
The following communication w s received from
the Prelident of the United States ; together with
very voluminous documents therein r> it • red to„
which, after fome debate on the propriety i f the.
meature, were ordered to be printed without being
Gentlemen of the Senate,
and of the Houle of Hr prefentatives.
At the opening of the prtlent fell)on of Cong-?rs,
I mentioned that lorn? circumftances of an unwel
come nature had lately occurred in relation to
France that our trade had luff-red and was fuff-r
ing extensive injuries in the Weft-Indies from the
crullers and agents of the French Republic; and
that communications had been received from its
minifter here, which indicated danger of a further
difturbance of our commerce by its authority, and
that were in other relpvcts far from agreeable,*
but that i rel'erved for a ipecial mef’sage a more par
ticular communication of this imerelting luhject—
This communication I now make.
The complaints of the French minifter embraced
molt of the transactions of our government in rela
tion tg France, from an early period of the prefent
war; which therefore it was necefsary carefully to
review;. A collect ion has been formed of letters
and papers relative to thole tranfactinns, which I
now lay before you. with a letter to Mr. Pinckney,
our Minifter at P iris, containing an examination ot
the notes of f!m French minifter and Inch informa
tion as 1 thought might be uletul 10 Mr. Pinckney,
in any further reptdentations he might find necei
fary to be made to the French government. The
immediate object of his niiision was to make to
that government loch explanations of the princi
ples atul conduct of our own, as by manifefting our
good faith might remove all j-alouiy and dilcon
tenr, and maintain that harmony ami good uuder
ftanding with the French Republic, which has been
my confront I'olicitation to j-eferve. A govern
ment which required only a knowledge of the trut'fc
to jtifrify its mea lures, could not but be anxious to
have this fully and frankly difplaved.
' G. WASHING TON.
United States, January 19.
The HonO wpnr into a committee of the whole
on the fnbject of future revenue, Mr. Dene in the
chair, when a lung, hut fomewhat irreguWr debate
to<>k place, in the courfe of which two or three
different amendments were propofed and negativ