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r\,* renywai of the complaints of h’s predecef- |
< r, M . F-ucnei, and the vindication of the govern- '
sr.:u: will appear in the auiweis and ccismunicati*
o.j» Iro n the ftrretary liate to th*t minilter, in
the years and '95 The- "alts particuhrly no
li.cd were .hole of the BriliJh lrig.rtc Terplicort
and her prize La Montagne ; and otibe Britiii) Ihip
•Ar, uaiit and her pi fee L'i^peiance. 'i he Thetis
irig.iesXwiib iheir French pri
and H .isjr Briti-f
and U Ration are alio mentioned,
z:s ia ?rc /u*. ance
but without any facts or circuniltances as iu:jrets
a;, inquiry, which of course to precluded- rihat of
tiic Tcr-di ore and her prize appears to have been
the fid' c.le of the k.nd in which the Executive of
tile Un.ted states ;.nd tnofe of the particular Hate*;
•v. ere •-« iled 10 interfere; and, therefore, it ill
rot be thought extraordinary U the executive of Vir
*g i,ia w»s u .prepared with arguments to give in
f rant elf. cc to the ftipelaiious of the 17th article of
the trei-v of'78, forbid itng any alsylutr. to the
armed vcj>«-!s of 1 lie eiKimes of France and their
rn-zes. What delay took place feetns to have been
i'C- re full o» accident; certainly not of defigft;
ui unigii;
And bv ier cei s from this department the €:
e £x|tunve
were earueMy piel*cd 10 take the necefii
for d prompt t x cotiorr, in fuiure, of ibis
‘Ssp
—»re*ey. But why lliouid the'Frer.cb'Tntn*
plain with fucli eoeigy, that a Brni’h thip of war
w ith her prize,ren: lined in one of our ports during
perhaps 20 or *:ve and twenty days whcn,againft the
e rn.-it rti-ti'o and orders of the Executive, the
J>rer.ch privateers armed in our ports in violation of
the 1 ■<* , long continued ro keep on our coaft and
enter our hare.iUrs* thence,-on favourable opportu
nities, to croil*againft their entniies ? TheColunu
bi;, or Carmagnole, continued tuch her unlawful
at.s for more ih»u a year.
After all the zealous rernonftrances of Mr. Fau
f-r, ;f, now renev/ed by Mr. Abet, about the cap
toe? r.j the French corvette L'Eiperance, by the Bri
ti*h Ihio Argonaut, who went with her prize into
hvnn Haven, what were the lacis ? The Governor
of Virginia went personally to the French Conlul
et Norfolk for information concerning this declared
violation of ti.e treaty — but “ received none which
appeared to juftify the uneahnels occaftoncd bv that
event, he charging no c'irtumjtanus as improper tn’.he cap
tjr j but rahin teemed to conlider ilie introducti
on of the prilonets made on that occafion. lo foou
into » place where the exchange would be effected,
a-. n:i zllevr^tion of the misfortune ci 'ooiing the
»er?tl." The captain of the French corvette him
fell wf>s dcllred to give evidence in the cafe, lie pro
wiitd hut failed to appear. He was called upon a
ferond time to give information, but difeovertd at
iiiiwillingnefs to do it, obferving that he had given
the Conlul a circurnftac? ial account of the tranfac
tinn on his arriv .1. The Governor'having heard
that s refpectahle pilot by the name of Bu:ler was
si qoaii)ted with the circuinftances of this affair, he
directed i'is dtpofr.ion to hr taken : ic was taktn
ii.d imported that Admiral Murray Inmfeif purcha
s'd the prize L'L'perance, and manned and fitted
d jiiion was afterr-ards taken on the part of the «
Britilh, in which he contradicted all the material I
facts recitfld in the former depofirion .• fcr which j
he accounted by faying that he could neither write j
nor read, and that there had b'een inferted in his |
firfr depofition whet he htd never faid. Under |
the.* i ircum francos it was deferable to obtain furt her j
information. ri his Mfas furni'.hed by the Britilli
miniiter in the extract of a letter from Admiral
Murray, wh’cn bears every mark of candor anci hu
inanity, and ofrtipect for the United States. It is
a» follows ; “ 'I he french fioop of war L’E perance
was brought into Lynn Haven Bay on the rith of
January (a few days after my arrival there) by cap
tain Bill, who had captured her 15 leagues from
the Ihore, the weather being very tempeltuous, a
lieutenant with a li.fh-ient number of men only to
mvigate her (not being half the complement the
Trench had in her) were lent on board from the Re
foluiionand the Argonaut : and lo loon as tile wea
ther per*ni'‘ed thole {hips to lupply her with water
end provificus, I Pent her to lea, that I might gi\e
no uo»hrage to the American States An addition
al re.-;Ion for bringing L'E perence into LynnHaven
B»y was our of humanity to the French priloners,
whom, having had a long voyage, 1 fent to Norfolk
a> Icon as prudence would permit, other wile they
rmft have been k^pr prifoners on board the whole
winter, and fent to Halifax in the fpring; nor was
ihe equipp'd or armed then in any planner what*
ever ; nor did the lieutenant reteive any commiffiolT'^
for her whilft in Lynn Haven Bay 5 and when at
fra. only an-acting order to cenvmand her, which
5s cutromary and abfolutely neceisary in ati cap
tures ; oihcrwit'e if retakenby "the enemy, be might
be eoniidered as n pirate.’*
S. “ It might be laid that it applauded their
(pic Er.glifh) audacity ; all fubmiision to their
will, it allowed ti e French colonies to he declared
in a frate ot blockade, and their citizens interdicted
the right of trailing to them.'*
If among the multitude of fuch complaints asMr.
Adet has inhibited, any one could excit* furprize,
this charge is calculated to produce it. Here a
formal charge is made againlt the government of
the United States, that it did not controul in ano
ther independent nation the right of judging of its
own affairs —that it did not forbid and effectually
prevent the officers of a foreign power, the Britiih
admirals 3nd Commanders, in the Weft-Indies, de
claring certain French Colonies to be in a ftate of
blockade ! — “ But the official legalization of a pro
clamation had been pofted up under our eyes, pro
jr* dring our commerce with the French Colonies,
sud fufp^nding to ui alone the Jaw' of nations! The
aufwer tv Mr. Fauchet from thte fecrctary of hate
rrprefents matter «31£:re«t*iy. The Britiih
Cunful General at Philadelphia, by a publitaticn
on the loth cf April ’05. gave notice. vbar he had
received official communications that the Jflands of
Gaudaloupe, Marigaleme, and Dtfirade were by
proclamation iisbio by bis Britannic Mcjefty'i Ge
neral and Vice Admiral commanding in ihe Weft
Indies, deildrecft© be in an actuafftaie of blockade;
and that iuuira/, (not ficgl) dmerhan) veiseis, were
thereby prohibited from at tempting to enter any
poits or places in thoie Iflands with lupplies of any
kind, under ihe penah) ot being “dealt with con
formably to txifling treaties, and as warranted by
the eftablilhed laws nations.” And while exift'wg
treaties (our treaty with Great-Britain had no
operative exigence till fix months after the conful’s
advertifment) and the hws of nations were avowed
to be the rules by which the property of neutrals
was in this caie to*be adjudged, had they reafon 10
complain r If any neutral vtfsels attempted to en
ter any ot thofe ports v/hich were not in reality in
a ftate olhlockadt, and yec were captured, cculd
lb®y be condemned? Certainly not by the rules
which the Britiih preferibed to themfelves, “trea
ties and the lawa^j^natroni.** But if the B»iti!h
Kij^‘aaif|C«J9RPmned untruths, and ifsoed orders
^rcapturfiig neutral ve(sela,and their cruisers and
court* of admiralty executed them arbitrarily,,
could the American government prevent them ? We
could demand of the Britiih governmenttfstisfacti
on for injuries to our own citizens confluent on
Inch order*; and if any fuch v/ere fuftained, the
arrangements for making reparation are new in
execution. But admitting that any ports in the
French Co.units wrre in fact blockaded, w ho ihould
notify it o neutral nations accuftomed to trade
with thole ports? Certainly the officers cf that
power whcle fieets and armies formed t he blockade;
and in the United Stares no mode of giving univer
l"al notice ou'.d be fo effectual as a publication in
hand bills end ner/s papers.
( Ve ot centtttutd )
Lateft Foreign Advices,
Bj the Ftnnj, Caft Brain, arrinj.d at New lork, 31
■ day:fio*n Greenock.
PARIS, March 3.
IT is faid that a flot illa is * quipping at Fleming,
confuting of a great nombtr or tranfports, def
ined fo- ail expedition againlt Scotland. It is l-id
that 1 he Dutch are to furnilh the lb:ps, and the
French .he men.
LONDON,
"March 7. A letter from Rome, dated on the sd
ult. mentions, that uncommon preparations were
making to oppole the progrefs of the French, by ad
dition to the lirehgrh of'the forts, and to the num
ber of the arms and of the cannon. The rich give
up their plealure horfes for the ofe of the artillery.
The king of Naples, according to a letter from
Italy on the I: th nlr. was on the eve of concluding
an offer, five and defen live alliance v.irh France, and
of plirchafiog from that power fome provinces of
the papal territory, at the expence of eight-snilli
ons of dollars, or a confiderabie quantity of corn,
and by opening his hai hours to all French (hips.
The republic of Venice is now he.nme ferioi fly
apprehenfive of danger from the Fi'er.ch, ar.d alarm
ed at the conceiiiows of Itrong polls, which they arc
daily compelled to make. The important town of
Udine w*s the laft place extorted from them, by the
menaces of general Mafsena.
The following important intelligence vve received
juft as this paper was putting to prels.
Glenmoti, cjf the 7 ex el. Marco 2.
By the Seagull, bearing home Capt. Duff’s dif
patekes, I inform you, as an article of news, that
the Dutch fleet has this day left the Texe). There
are 18 (ail now in our f.gbt, ftanding to the north
ward. in the Texel, we fawxj ready for fes, fome
days back, 12 of which were of the line, and I fear
will elcape our fleet. We follow this fleet alone
for fome time, till v?e afeertain their purpofes.
Barmouth, March 3.
A vefsel belonging to Ad. Onflow's fleet, lent out
ro reconnoitre, has brought advice that the Dutch
fleet of men of war, with 100 fail of vefselt, faid to
be rranfports, are under fail off the Texel.
The plan of an invaflon of this country (by the
French; the Britiih nation may be afsured, is not
laid a fide. After the elections arc over, it wiil
urqueftionably be put in execution, as there are a
bout 100.000 men, whom the French wilh to get
rid of. Had it not been lor the interruption given
by the elections, the invaflon was intended to have
been made about the prefeni time. The delay, we
have no doubt, will only increafe the certainty ot
our lecurity againft ell their attempts, by an in
creafe of preparation to refift them. There is an
almoft univerfal cry in France for peace.
Weyetterday morning received by exprels, Paris
papers to the 4'h, and Brulsels papers to the 2d
Buonaparte, ftill penetrating further into Italy,
ftates, in a letter dated from head quarters, atMar
cerata, on the 13th ulr.—that he hoped to be that
evening at Foligne, 69 miles from Rome. Of the
treafure of Loretto, the value of which was efteem
ed at three millions of Livres Tournois, only one
million had fallen into his pofseflion.
In a fubffquent letter, dated from Ancona, on the
r8th, the lame general mentions, that the French
troops had got pofseflion ofUmbria, the country of
Ber^gia, and the fmall province o! Canorino.
Gcq. Colli, according to a letter from Rom#, on
thfjthult. was employing every inters to t
the pro|>ret» ol the enemy, and had even emoo 4
a part of the felons, in order to augment his a*™.
A Brufsels paper of the zS h ulc. cantains a h‘
rer from Vienna, dated on ihe 91b ult. mention61*
that the Pope was expected in that capital, andth-^
he was wo lake op his abode in the palace of hi*
Nuncio th#re. i he levy of recruits w2S vipOr0lJfl'*
purlued, and Vienna alone, was to furniin at ^
own expence, 6000 men — an ordinance, for levvj
the Hungarians in a m-fs, was ;o be publilhta in *
few days—all were in aims in Upper and LoweJ
Auliria. and proper organization was only rtnuj.
lite, for of men there w as abundance. "
ARMY Oh ITALY.
Eahnaparte, Commander in Chief of the army (rf
Italv, to the Executive Directory, *
hi tad Quartrs a: Mane rat a, bthruarj i2t
• Citizen D irec; ors,
Our troops wiil 1 hope, be this evening at Reboot*
and will fpend to-morrow in joining thole when
1 have cauied to march by Sienna and Coruna.
Loretta contained a treafure of the value uf about
three millions of 1-ivres 'i ornois: 1 fend youth*
Madoni, with ail the reliques—the chelt which con
tains them will be chrecteo exprefsly to you and you
will make what ufeyou plcale of them. ThtMa
dena is of wood.
The province of Macerate, more generally known
by the name of“ the mareh of Anccna, " is one of
the moft beautiful and without doubi, one of the
richeft of the cftate3 of *be Pope.
Nothing new occurred ia the Tyrol, nor on the
BUONAPARTE.
Head Qjarterc at Ancona, Ftbruarv 18
Our troops have gotren pclstflion of Umbria and
the country of Perugia we are alio matters of the
final! province of Canariao.
BUONAPARTE.
UNITED STATES.
BOSTON, April 14.
-Yefterday arrived Captain Peaie, from Cadiz,
failed irom thence on che z >th of February. He in
forms, 1 hat on the :6 n O Briuih traniports arri
ved, prize: to the Spanifb 3ret. They were from
Litbon for Gibraltar, perfectly light, 'fhe prize
n»altcr of <<r,c of them declared that he left hii Ca
tholic m-j.dty's 'Seet of 25 lail of the line and iz
frigates engaged with at, Engliili 6-et of 15 iail «f
the line and 6 .‘rigates. Soon after a Spa, it'i < fl>
cer arrived in a Daniih brig from the fl=et, ted di
rectly fet off poft hafte for Madrid—■he would not di
vulge a Single woi d of the r.ews he be • w.r had
been formally declared betweed the c^uuiaids atd
the Moore:.
A letter from a gentleman of veracity of .he dare
ofFebruary 14 h, mentions, tf:c extreme diftref*
univcrlally prevalent in England, ainoug the com
mercial part of the community.
Examples of bankruptcy ard defpair, forgtryand
luscide, multiply every day-—-never was tbereknotva
Inch a run upon the b«*i»k. 1 he lea: of an itivalion
continues—their Loan Certificates are at 10 per cent,
difeount. The Miniiter heightens tbealaim to get
bis money to defend rhe country ; but what aniwer-f
this good purpoie to him, has a terrible effect oh
the public and pri vate credit.
In Ihort, the bubble is likely to burft. Wht
renders this melancholy feene rediculoos, is, fn«
vain attempt to conceal their inloivency, by decla
ring they are not ir.foWent, although they have
certainly ftopt payment—Let us picture fur c mo
ment the ccmfeeneRces of a ftoppage of oifeount
and payment at our banks, and we may eaiiry ima
gine how much more deplorable they mull be in
England, in their prefent (ituation.
As to the fuccefses on the Rhine, which their well
paid papers in this country fet off a gain ft the niatch
lefs victories cf Buonaparte—-what is the amount of
them ? After bloody battles and dreadful lofses,
Prince Charles has not half recovered what the
French have taken the prefent campaign. Twenty
(even lbips of the line ride in Breft Waters, and the
Spaniards have twenty four ; thefe when unired,
are iuperior to the active Marine of England in her
own channel.
Pitt cannot hold his place long, and it is probable
his life will pay the forfeit of hia crimes and perfidy.
In France, the laft detected confpiracy hascrulh- .
cd the Royal Faction, which began to difplay itlelf
with its ulual temerity on Lord Malraelbury’s ap
pearance in Paris.
As Corgrefs are about meeting by the prudent
direction ot Preftdent Adams, the Federal Citizens
are willing to wait the decifion of the people ex
pressed by their Reprefentatives. The tallies of Pe
ter Porcupine, or the Britiih faction in the Centinei
will be of litt le . vail ; as it is expected on the meet
ing of Congrefs, that the fecrets of the late admi
niltration will be lo far bro’t to light, as to convince
the Citizens ofthefraud practiced in the late treaty
negotiation. When this '13 known, everyAmerican
will accede to its abolition.
— ~«OOOl~—
NEW YORK, April 18.
The failing of the Dutch flret from the Tcxel oc
cupies the Ipeculations of politicians. What yv^c,j
object ? 1 hey cannot be bound to the Cape of Goo
Hope. T his is againft all probability. Nor 1* ^
likely bound for the Weft Indies. It is pclubje *
(quadron of land forces may be bound for the h3 1
Indies; but it is againft probability, that the IF|IC
will at prefent attempt to recover their poise flion
in the Eaft. It feems more probable that this e