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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1800.
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Another Revolution in France. COUNCIL OF ELDERS. Last Sitting, Nov. 10. (at St. Cloud.)
GEN. BUONAPARTE , having been driven by pugnacious from the Council of Five Hundred, appeared at the bar of the Council of Elders, accompanied by a military force:—He was invited to a seat; and asked leave to speak.
Leave being granted, the Gen. spoke as follows:
“Representatives of the People,” You are not now in an ordinary situation; you are upon a volcano: Permit me to address you with the freedom of a soldier, with that of a citizen, zealous for the good of his country, and suspend, I entreat you, your judgment, till you have heard me to the end.
“I was tranquil at Paris, when I received the decree of the Council of Antients, stating its dangers and those of the Republic. The instant I called them, I found my brethren in arms, and we came to offer you our assistance. We came to offer you the arm of the nation, of which you are the head. Our intentions were pure and disinterested—yet, as a reward for that devotion which we manifested yesterday, we are to day loaded with calumny. They talk of a new Cæsar, a new Cromwell. They report that I wish to establish a military government:
“Representatives of the People!” If I had wished to oppress the liberty of my country—If I had wished to usurp the supreme authority, I should not have obeyed the orders you gave me. I should have had no occasion to have received my authority from the Senate. I have been invited to assume it more than once, and under circumstances peculiarly favourable. After our triumphs in Italy, I was called to it by the wishes of the nation, by the wishes of my comrades, by the wishes of my soldiers who have been so ill treated since I have had the honour of commanding them; by those soldiers who are now under the necessity of waging a horrible war in the departments of the west, which your wisdom, and the return to principles, had calmed, and which incapacity and treason could alone have rekindled.
“I swear to you, Representatives of the People, the country boasts not a defender more zealous than myself. I entirely devote myself to the execution of your orders: but it is in your breasts the safety of the country must ultimately repose, for there is no longer any Directory,—four of the Members, who composed it, have given in their resignation, and the fifth has been put under a guard for his personal safety. The dangers are pressing—the evil increases—the Minister of Police has just informed me that in La Vendée many places have fallen into the hands of the Chouans. Representatives of the People, the Council of Antients is invested with a mighty power, but it is also animated by the greatest wisdom. Consult only its wisdom and the imminence of the danger that threatens: prevent distractions among yourselves; let us avoid losing sight of those two objects for which we have made so many sacrifices—Liberty and Equality!”
Linglet. —“And the Constitution!” Gen. Buonaparte.—“The Constitution! you have violated it on the 18th Fructidor; you have violated it on the 22d Floreal; you have violated it on the 30th Prairial. The Constitution! it is invoked by all factions, and it is violated by all, it is despised by all; it can no longer assure our safety, for it is no longer respected by any one. Representatives of the people, you do not behold in me a miserable intriguer, who conceals himself under the mask of a hypocrite. I have proofs of my devotion to the Republic, and therefore all dissimulation is useless. I only hold forth this language to you, because I am desirous that so many sacrifices should not be thrown away. The Constitution, as well as the rights of the people, have been often violated; and as it is not allowed to us to render to that Constitution the respect it ought to have, let us at
least preserve the basis on which it reposes—Equality—Liberty.—Let us find the means of assuring to every man that liberty which is due to him, and which the Constitution is not able to guarantee to him. I declare to you, that as soon as the dangers, in consequence of which I have been entrusted with such extraordinary powers, are passed, I shall abdicate those powers; I shall be entirely at the disposal of the Magistracy you shall appoint; to the arm that shall be entrusted with, and shall execute your orders.”
Some debate ensued, in which proof of a conspiracy was asked for.—On which Buonaparte again rose, and said, “If I must express myself fully, if I must name men, I will do so. I will say, that the Directors Barras and Moullas, proposed to place me at the head of a party whose object was to destroy those men who are possessed of liberal ideas.”
[It will here be recollected, that this exposition of the designs of Barras, by his friend BUONAPARTE, was after the message of the former to the Councils, in which he recognizes the General, “to whom he had the happiness to open the career of renown,” as the “illustrious warrior.”]
Much fermentation arose: Buonaparte’s conduct was applauded, and the Council of 500 condemned, Cornudet proposed, that the Council of 500 should be REQUIRED to adopt measures of public safety.
Gen. Buonaparte again spoke: “I repeat to you, Representatives of the People, the Constitution once violated, no longer affords any security to the citizens; it cannot produce harmony, for its system is without the diapason; it cannot save the country, for it does not respect individuals. I repeat, that I do not hold this language in order to obtain a power after the fall of the authorities; that power has been offered me since my return to Paris. The different factions have attended me, I have not listened to them, because I am of no coterie or party. My party is that of the French nation.
“Many members of the Council of Antients know that I have communicated to them what has been done, and that I have not accepted the authority which you have entrusted to me, but to support the cause of the Republic. I will not conceal from you, Representatives of the people, that in taking the command, I have depended chiefly upon the Council of Antients. I have not depended on the Council of Five Hundred, which is divided, and wherein members are to be found who wish to revive the Convention, Revolutionary Committees, and the scaffold; where the chiefs of a party are at this moment sitting, and from whence emissaries are dispatched to organize a commotion in Paris.
“Let not those plots dismay you, Representatives of the People; surrounded by my brethren in arms I shall know how to protect you. I attest their courage to you. You, my brave comrades, you in whose eyes they would paint me as the enemy of liberty; you grenadiers, whose caps I perceive; you, soldiers, whose bayonets I observe, those bayonets which I have so often directed to the disgrace of the enemy, the humiliation of kings, and have so often employed in founding new republics. If any Speaker in the pay of our enemies talks of placing me out of the protection of the law, let him take care that he is not himself the object of such advice. If he talks of putting me out of the protection of the law, I will appeal to you, my brave companions in arms, to you, my brave soldiers, whom I have so often led on to victory; to you, brave defenders of the Republic, with whom I have shared so many dangers, in order to establish liberty and equality. I will my brave friends, place my trust in your courage, and my own fortune. I invite you, Representatives of the People, to form yourselves into a general committee, and to adopt salutary measures, which the urgency of the dangers commands.”
The President.—“General, the council has determined to invite you to develop in its full extent, the plot with which the Republic is threatened.”
Gen. Buonaparte.—“I had the honour to inform the council, that the constitution cannot save the country, and that we must have recourse to an order of things which may enable us to draw it from the abyss, where it at present is. The first part of what I
have repeated to you was said by the members of the Directory, whom I have named; and who would not have been more culpable than many others in France, if they had confined themselves to what all France admits. Since it is known that the constitution cannot save the Republic, hasten to adopt means to avert the danger, if you do not wish to receive the eternal reproaches of the French nation, of your families, and of yourselves.”
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED. LAST SITTING, NOV. 10. The Council having assembled, a violent discussion of the decree of the Elders, by which the sittings was transferred, took place. The causes of it were developed by Bodin, as arising from extraordinary dangers; and he moved for a committee of Five, “to report immediately on the situation of the Republic.”
Confused exclamations ensued. Delbrel moved, “That the members take an oath of fidelity to the Constitution.” “Yes, yes, vive la Constitution,” resounded through the hall.—“Yes,” cried Delbrel, “in spite of bayonets that threaten us, we will be free.” “No dictatorship—down with dictators,” was roared from every part of the hall.—The President, (Lucien Buonaparte) attempted to fill the clamor; and the calm was at length restored.
Grandmaison made a violent denunciation of the decree of the Elders, for transferring the sittings to St. Cloud. He proposed, to demand of them the reasons which dictated the removals. (Murmurs.) “It must surely,” continued Grandmaison, “have been to save the Constitution, and not merely to save the Republic, for the latter is a word which every body understands in his own way.—Some speak of a Republic like the United States of America; and others, perhaps, will contend, that at the Constitution of England is a species of Republic.—But it is the Constitutional Republic which the people of France are entitled to have. He repeated the motion to send to the Elders for their reasons. Cries and vociferations of “Seconded,” “Vive la Republic,” “Vive la Constitution.” A majority rose in favor of the motion—None dared to rise against it. The Members were counted over; and the oaths to support the Constitution taken. The tumult continued. The following declaration, was adopted:—
“The Council of 500 declare to the Republic, that they are constituted to the number of a majority, at St. Cloud. Bertrand said.—“I hope you shall not have taken the oath of attachment to the constitution of the third year in vain.—I move we declare we will die rather than permit it to be violated.”
After much agitation, the doors of the hall were opened. General Buonaparte appeared, accompanied by an escort between 20 and 30, and walked up towards the President. A vehement commotion immediately arose.—The members darted at him, surrounded him, and pushed him back with violence. “Out-law him,” “Out-law him,” was the cry. “This is the time to deliver France.” Buonaparte stepped back firmly and ordered the grenadiers to withdraw; and went with them.
The tumult increased.—All the members quitted their seats. By degrees tranquillity was restored.
The President endeavoured to apologize for the conduct of the General, whom he said ought not to be suspected of odious designs.—“You ought not,” said he, “to mield the laurels of a man, who has rendered signal services to his country.”
A member vociferated, “Buonaparte has tarnished his glory. I devote him to ignominy—to the execration of Republicans, and of every Frenchman.”
Bertrand (of Calvados) moved, that the unconstitutional appointment of Buonaparte, as commandant of the Legislative Guard, be annulled.
“Seconded! Seconded! Bravo! Bravo!” exclaimed a number of voices.
Several other violent motions were made; but none were past.
Lucien Buonaparte left the Chair, and after a short discussion laid down his badge of office on the President’s table.—Upon which the doors of the hall were opened, 20 grenadiers ad-
vanced, and conducted him out of the hall.
The Council was seized with extreme agitation. Cries, vociferations, and tumultuous confusion arose—not a word could be heard distinctly.
Mean-time, at a distance was heard the pas de charge (double quick step) and for a third time, the doors of the hall were thrown open. An officer entered and exclaimed—“GENERAL BUONAPARTE ORDERS THE HALL TO BE CLEARED.”—Some of the members attempted to harangue the soldiers; but they would not attend to them. In five minutes the hall was cleared. Several members set out immediately for Paris.—Others remained at St. Cloud while the cries were heard, “Vive Buonaparte! Vive la Republic!”
Buonaparte then addressed the soldiers. He entreated them to remain tranquil, and to be assured the good cause should triumph. They all shouted “Vive Buonaparte!”
Evening Sitting—Nov. 10. Lucien Buonaparte took the chair. The events of the day were retraced. Votes of thanks to the military passed—and a Committee of five raised to report on the state of the Republic.
The Committee of Five reported, and the Council therein resolved, That the following persons are no longer Members of the National Representation, viz.
Joubert, Jouanne, Talot, Duplantier, Aréna, Garaud, Quirot, Leclerc-Chapellier, Briche, Poulain, Grandpre, Bertrand, Goupilleau, Daubermesnil, Marquest, Gufson, Grandmaison, Crocaussat, Derimond, Frison, Desserix, Bergasse, Laziroul, Montpellier, Constant, Brét, Desfem, Carrere, Lagarriere, Gorraud, Legot, Boubay, Paty Souilhe, Demoor, Rigonet, Mentor, Baffier, Bailly, Bourier, Pricon, Honoré-Declerc, Bouffet, Gustin, Laurent, Reitz, Prudhom, Porte, Truck, Delbrel, Leyris, Doche, Dohille, Stevenette, Lefage, Senault, Chalemelle, Andre, Demartelle, Colombel, Philippe, Moreau, Jourdan, Letourneur, Citadelle, Jourdan, Bordas—61 Members.
[The other articles respecting the appointment of Consuls, &c. we gave in our last Gazette.]
At 1 o’clock the three Consuls appeared, and took the oath of “Fidelity to the Republic—one and indivisible—to liberty and equality, and to the Representative system.”
The Legislature was then adjourned to the 20th of February, 1800.
The following members compose the Legislative Committees:— OF THE ELDERS,
Garat, Porcher, Cousin, Vimar, Vernier, Goupil, Herwin, Carlemett, Regnier, Rousseau, Bonteville, Peres, (U. Pyrennes) Beauprey, Sedille, Lemercier, Cornet, Lenior-Laroche, Dumers, Fargues, Lauflart, Cornudet, Cretel, Courtois, Dupere, Chassillon, Lebrun.
OF THE FIVE HUNDRED,
Cabosia, Boulay, de la Meurthe, Chezal, Lucien Buonaparte, Matchien, Chenier, Cruze, Latouchie, Berenger, Dauman, Gaudin, de la Loze, Janquamenot, Beauvais, Arnould, de la Seine, Thieffa, Villetard, Girad, Souzel, Goulay, Cassanave, Chollet, de la Gironde, Ludet, Devenick, Thierry, Fregeville, Thabaut, Chabot du Gard, and Barra des Ardennes.
The following is one of the Arretes of the Consuls:—
OFFICE OF MINISTER OF POLICE. PARIS, NOV. 17.
The Consuls of the Republic taking into their consideration the execution of the 3d Article of the Law of the 10th of this month, which specifically charges them with the re-establishment of internal tranquillity, decree:
ART. 1. The individuals hereafter mentioned—Desfem, Ex-Deputy; Aréna, Ex-Deputy; Marquie, Ex-Deputy; Trux, Ex-Deputy; Felix Lepelletier, Charles Hesse, Scipion du Roare, Gaguy, Massard, Fournier, Giraud, Fixat, Besche, Beyer, Vanbek, Michel, Jorry, Brutus, Maigret, Marchand, Gabriel, Manin, J. Sabathier, Clemence, Marne, Jourdeuil, Mesge, Mourgoing, Corchant, Maignan, (de Marseille,) Henriet, Lebois, Soulaie, Dubbueil, Didier, Lamberie, Daubigny, Xavier, Auduin, shall depart from the Continental Territory of the French Republic. They shall to that effect be bound to repair to Rochefort, for the purpose of being afterwards conducted
to and detained in the Department of French Guiana.
2. The individuals hereafter mentioned—Briot, Antonelle, Lackwardiere, Poulain, Grandpre, Grandmaison, Talot, Quirot, Daubermesnil, Frison, Declercq, Jourdan, (de la Haute Vienne,) Lefage-Senault, Prudhom, Gracassat, Derimond, Gufson, Julien (de Toulouse,) Santhanas, Tilly, (Ex Charge des Affairs at Genoa,) Stevenette, Gastaing, Bouvier, and Delbrel, shall be bound to repair to the Commune of Rochelle, in the Department of the Lower Charente, for the purpose of being afterwards conducted to, and detained in such place of that department as may be fixed upon by their Minister of the General Police.
3. Immediately subsequent to the publication of the present Decree, the individuals comprehended in the preceding articles shall be deprived of the exercise of all right of property, and it shall not be restored to them until the authentic proof shall be furnished of their arrival at the places determined by the present Decree.
4. Those who shall depart from the place to which they shall have repaired, or to which they shall have been conducted by virtue of the preceding Articles, shall be equally deprived of that right.
5. The present Decree shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws; and the Ministers of the General Police, the Marine and the Finances, are respectively charged as far as it relates to them, with the superintendence and execution of the present Decree.
By the Consuls of the Republic, ROGER DUCOS, BUONAPARTE, SIEYES.
Copy conformable to the original, HUGUES BERNARD MARET, Sec. Gen. FOUCHE, Minister of the Police.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION. PARIS, DEC. 1.
Several plans of a Constitution are circulated. The following form the principle basis of that which we are assured will be immediately submitted to discussion:
A Representative Government is preferred.
The number of active citizens is to be very much reduced. To entitle them to exercise their functions, they must immediately pay a contribution to the amount of twelve days pay.
The whole French Republic will be divided into 25 grand divisions, to be called prefectures, each of which will be subdivided into a certain number of cantons or districts. All the citizens in employments shall meet in the chief place of their canton, and there reduce themselves to 100. Each of these centimes is to reduce itself to 10.
The total amount of these tenths, by a late estimate, will be 5000 citizens, who shall alone be eligible to the places to which the people have hitherto appointed.
But who will make these elections? There will be a constitutional jury, composed of 80 places, of which 20 will remain vacant, for the purpose herein after mentioned. It is this jury that will make all popular elections, and have power to depose for misconduct. It will have another function. Should one of the citizens elected by it, or any other person filling an employment of influence, become dangerous to liberty, whether from his great talents or his great successes, the jury is to pronounce against him a species of ostracism, and, according to an expression which is going to be consecrated to use, absorb him in depoting him, and calling him to one of the 20 places which we said were to remain vacant in the jury itself; and each of the citizens thus absorbed shall rise by seniority as one of the 60 places becomes vacant. Besides this, the Constitutional jury has no influence in the Government thus composed.
At its head shall be placed one citizen, to be called Grand Elector . Immediately under him will be two Consuls, one for the interior, the other for the exterior. They are to be Governors in fact, but deposable at the will of the Grand Elector. Under the Grand Elector and the two Consuls will be a Council of State, composed of six members and 7 ministers. Such is the Government.

The following is the composition and organization of the Legislative Body:—
There will be two Chambers, one of 220 members, to be called the Senate; the other of 80, to be called the Tribunal.
The Tribunal shall alone possess the initiative of the laws. It will discuss them in presence of the Senate, who shall judge when the discussion ought to be closed, and decide in a secret scrutiny on their adoption or rejection. The members of these two chambers shall continue five years in their functions, and be renewed a third at a time.
The Constitutional Jury is alone to appoint to places, but will be confined in its choice to the five thousand citizens declared eligible by the people.
The 25 Prefectures, into which we have already said France is to be divided, shall be presided over, each by a single Prefect, who shall have under him Vice Prefects in each principal place of the Canton.
In the judicial arrangement, each principal place of Prefecture will be the seat of a Supreme Tribunal, from which there will be no appeal, and there will be also an interior Tribunal in each Canton.
The new Constitution will appear in complete organization, and will contain the names of all the public functionaries whom it puts in activity.
PARIS, NOV. 10.
On quitting the Council of Elders, Buonaparte met Bottot, Barras's Secretary, who seemed to have come to intercede for the Ex-Director. The General talked to him for a few instants in private. He then addressed him in such a manner as to be heard by those around him.
"What have you done with that France which I left you in so brilliant a situation?" said the hero of France. "Yesterday I left you Peace and I found War—I left you Victory and I found Defeat—I left you the millions of Italy, and I found a system of Plunder and Misery. Where are those brave Men, those hundred thousand Comrades whom I left covered with laurels?—What are become of them? This state of things could not last.—In three years it would lead us to despotism; but we will have a Republic founded upon the basis of Equality, of Morality, of Civil Liberty, and Political Toleration. Under a good Administration, every body will forget the Factions to which they belonged, and will become good Frenchmen. It is time to restore to the defenders of the Country that confidence to which they have so good a claim. If the Factions are to be believed we should all become Enemies of the Republic; we, who have established it by our labours and our courage. We do not want men more Patriotic than those who have been mutilated in the service of the Republic. I shall be accused, perhaps, of aspiring to dominion. What a crown of iron would that be, which I should obtain; if it was criminal enough to aspire to it, I should have employed other means. One hundred thousand men would be sacrificed in war. They will live and France shall have peace—wait then with confidence the great measures which the Legislative Body is about to take—Do not suffer yourselves to be misled by those wretches who have overwhelmed you with so many calamities. The restoration of our Constitution, attacked on all sides, will remove all doubts, and the Republic purified from persecutions, from afflictions and sufferings will fill the illustrious place which Providence has assigned it."
British Expedition to Holland.
LONDON, Nov. 25.
The London Gazette of Saturday, contains the official accounts of the complete evacuation of Holland—also the account of the Armistice between the Duke of York, and Gen. Brune. The first letter is dated at Schagenbrug, Oct. 15, in which his R. H. appoints Maj. Gen. Knox, to communicate to Gen. Brune, the propositions in his letter of the same day. The third letter is from Gen. Brune, to his Royal Highness, communicated by General Knox, dated at Alkmaar, Oct. 15, which covered the following explanatory letter:—
H. Q. Alkmaar, Oct. 15, '99.—8th year of the French Republic.
THE Duke of York, Commander in Chief of the English army, proposes that a Cessation of Hostilities, shall take place, in consequence of the approach of the inclement season. He promises to withdraw from the Batavian territory, between the present period and the end of November next, the whole army under his command; and consents that no damage shall be committed, no sluices opened, or dykes broken up, on condition of his retreat not being molested by the French or Batavian army.
These motives would not have been brought forward by the Duke of York, if he had considered himself possessed of means sufficient for advancing into the country—for in that case, he would have had the facility of extending his quarters, of procuring subsistence, and, in short, of placing himself beyond the reach of the inconveniences arising from the unfavourable season. We ought consequently to look to advantages in an arrangement, proportionate to the insufficiency of the forces under his command.
The terms proposed by the Duke of York contain nothing but what would be the necessary result of a cessation of hostilities. It can scarcely be supposed that the Duke of York will cause the dykes to be destroyed, the country to be inundated, and the villages to be burnt, for the mere purpose of committing such acts of violence—as such conduct would be contrary to the laws of war, and must draw upon him the reprobation of all Europe, and of his own nation. It appears therefore evident, that the Duke of York would confine himself to such measures as might be useful to his own army, or detrimental to ours; but we look upon such accidents as inseparable from a state of war. No object of advantage to us appears therefore to result from the proposals which have been made.
Since, however, the sufferings of humanity come under the consideration of the Duke of York, General Brune is ready to meet this honorable feeling, and, in doing so, declares that the following stipulations on which he offers to consent to a suspension of hostilities are so obviously just that he cannot depart from them. [ Then follow the articles which are afterwards recited literally and commented upon. It is unnecessary therefore to insert them here. ]
H. Q. Schagenbrug, Oct. 17, 1799.
GENERAL,
"I send back Maj. Gen. Knox, with my answers to the Explanatory Note which he has delivered to me in your name. He is fully authorised to conclude on my part upon every point which relates to the subject of his mission. (Signed) FREDERICK, &c."
To Gen. Brune, &c.
H. Q. Schagenbrug, Oct. 17, 1799.
His Royal Highness, the Duke of York, &c. proposed to Gen. Brune, an arrangement equally to the advantage of both parties, originating in his desire to prevent the farther effusion of blood, and to preserve this country from the terrible effects of an inundation, as also from the destruction of the best of its ports, involving the total ruin of the principal channels of its interior navigation and commerce.
In answer to which General Brune observes, that he cannot imagine His Royal Highness will recur to measures not less revolting to humanity, than repugnant to the character of the British nation, and to the general feeling of all Europe.
Devastation or destruction is certainly incompatible with the character and with the uniform conduct of the English nation; and as little do either accord with the disposition of His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief; but there are duties peremptorily prescribed by the nature of particular situations, the odium of which must fall, not on those who execute, but on such as render the measures necessary, by rejecting the conditions of a just and honorable agreement.
Deeply impressed with what is due to his country on the one hand, and to the claims of humanity on the other; persuaded, likewise, that General Brune is equally guided by these sentiments, His Royal Highness has taken his proposals into consideration, and consents to abide by the agreement as it stands in the Answers annexed to the different Articles.
Maj. Gen. Knox, who is charged therewith, is authorized to sign and conclude this agreement, as well as to arrange any points of detail which may arise out of it.
It being the duty of every officer commanding His Britannic Majesty's troops to make an exact report of whatever relates to his command, His Royal Highness the Duke of York will of course lay before the British Government every communication which has taken place between His Royal Highness and Gen. Brune.
ARTICLES proposed in the Explanatory Note from Gen. Brune.
Article 1. The Batavian fleet which was surrendered to Admiral Mitchell, by Admiral Story, shall be restored to the Batavian Republic, with its stores and crews. In case the Duke of York shall not be vested with sufficient power to comply with this Article, His Royal Highness shall engage to obtain from his Court an equivalent compensation.
Answer.—His Royal Highness will on no account treat upon this Article, the execution of which, it must be evident to both parties, is impossible.
Art. 2. Fifteen thousand Prisoners of War French and Batavian, detained in England, shall be unconditionally released and sent home. The mode of selection, and the proportion for each country, to be settled between the Governments of the two Republics. The Batavian Admiral De Winter shall be considered as exchanged.—This Article shall in no degree prejudice or interfere with the Cartel of Exchange at present established.
Ans.—This demand appears to rest upon a supposed loss the Combined Army must sustain should its Embarkation be resolved upon. It is by no means admitted that such would be the result; but as in the event of the Army's carrying on the Campaign during the Winter, the loss of a certain number of men must naturally be expected; His Royal Highness influenced by this consideration, agrees to promise in the name of the British Government, that five thousand French and Batavian Prisoners, the proportion of each to be regulated according to the term of the Article, shall be unconditionally released and sent home. Nothing further in this Article can be agreed to.
Art. 3. The Batteries and Fort of the Helder shall be restored in the condition in which they were found, at the period of the invasion of the English and Russian Army. An Officer of Artillery shall be sent to the Helder by General Brune to see that this Article is complied with.
Ans.—The Fort and Batteries of the Helder will be left, generally considered in an improved state. None of the Dutch Artillery shall be carried away.
Art. 4. The Army under the command of the Duke of York shall within forty-eight hours evacuate the position of the Zuyt. Its advanced Posts shall be withdrawn on the height of Callantsoog. The French and Batavian Army shall preserve the positions it occupies at present, taking up however its advanced Posts at Petten, Crabendam, Schagenbrug, and Colhon. It shall have merely Vidette at the height of Callantsoog.
Ans.—On no account will it be consented that the Army shall be withdrawn from the position of the Zuyt, until every preparation requisite to render its embarkation easy and complete can be arranged at the Helder. It must be evident that it cannot be desirable that any delay should take place in this respect. No addition shall be made to the works at the Zuyt, and persons properly authorized shall be admitted from time to time to a certain and report upon this point for the satisfaction of Gen. Brune; but no armed detachment will be permitted to approach, or to take post, nearer than they already are to our position.
It must be farther understood, that on his part, Gen. Brune will not allow any approaches or offensive preparations to be carried on, and that the French and Batavian Army shall remain in the line of Advanced Posts, which it occupies at present, which shall also be the line of separation between the two armies respectively.
Art. 5. The troops composing the English and Russian army shall be embarked successively, and as speedily as possible. All the British shipping shall quit the Texel, and all the English and Russian troops be withdrawn from the seas, coasts, and islands of the Batavian Republic before the 20th of November next, and shall not damage the great sources of navigation, or occasion any inundation in the country.
Ans.—The embarkation of the English and Russian troops will take place with all possible expedition; and at this season of the year any unnecessary delay will naturally be avoided as much as possible, but to prevent any difficulty or future discussion upon this point, it is proposed, that the period of the suspension of hostilities shall be limited to the end of the month of November next, in order to secure sufficient time for the complete evacuation of the country, which, however, shall be effected sooner, if practicable.
Art. 6. All ships of war, or other vessels, having on board reinforcements for the combined English and Russian Army, shall put to sea as soon as possible, without landing the same.
Ans.—The ships of war, or other vessels immediately expected with reinforcements for the combined English and Russian army, or which may hereafter be sent, shall not land their troops, but shall put to sea again as soon as possible.
Art. 7. To guarantee the execution of these clauses, hostages shall be given by the Duke of York, to be selected among the officers of rank in his army. Ans.—Hostages shall be reciprocally given, to be selected among the officers
of rank of the two armies, to guarantee the execution of this agreement.
By order of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander in Chief of the Combined English and Russian Army. Signed, H. TAYLOR, Sec.
SIR, Alkmaar, Oct. 17, 1799. I have seen Gen. Brune, and have talked over with him fully all the Articles on which I have received His Royal Highness's instructions. I have found the greatest disposition on the part of Gen. Brune to enter fairly into the subject.
In respect to the essential Article of the Fleet, Gen. Brune has already received a letter from the Dutch Directory, to make the delivery of it a fin qua non ; and I much doubt whether there is any chance of his being brought to give way on this point, at least without some assurance that His Royal Highness would forward the demand to his Court.
In respect to the other very essential Article of the Prisoners, after much conversation, I brought the General to lower his demand to 8000 men, beyond which he cannot recede. Every other point can be amicably settled.
I beg his Royal Highness's orders on these points; and I hope to receive them by noon to-morrow.
I have the honor to be, &c. &c. (Signed) J. KNOX. To the Hon. Col. Hope, Adj. General, &c. &c.
H. Q. Schagenbrug, Oct. 18, 1799.
SIR,
His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, in his instructions to you of yesterday's date, having declared that every paper or proposal from Gen. Brune, and consequently that relative to the whole Dutch Fleet, will of course be regularly transmitted to England, can give no other answer than what you are already empowered to make, viz.
"His Royal Highness will, on no account, treat upon this Article; the execution of which, it must be evident to both parties, is impossible."
If Gen. Brune expects any thing further to pass on that subject, the sooner the Negotiation is put an end to the better.
In regard to the number of Prisoners, if every other point is clearly and immediately decided upon, His Royal Highness may be induced to relax; if not, it is unnecessary to enter further into the subject; and he directs you to finish the Negotiation.
I have the honor to be, &c. &c. (Signed) ALEX. HOPE, Deputy Adjutant-General, The Hon. Major-Gen. Knox, &c. &c.
Alkmaar, Oct. 18, '99. Three P. M.
SIR,
I have received your Letter, and have the pleasure to inform you that every thing is settled to His Royal Highness's satisfaction; in consequence of which Gen. Brune has given immediate orders to all his posts, that hostilities shall cease, and that no further work of any kind shall be carried on; he requests his Royal Highness will be pleased to give similar orders without loss of time, as a report has just been made that some houses have been set on fire on the road leading to Herenhuysen. I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) J. KNOX. To the Hon. Colonel Hope, Adjutant-General, &c. &c.
P. S. General Brune has sent off to Amsterdam to direct that nothing hostile shall be attempted on the part of the Flotilla there fitted out; and he begs that similar notice may be sent to Admiral Mitchell."
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Nice, Nov. 28. The French army of Italy now extends from the Brochetta, as far as the frontiers of France. The Austrians have made an attempt to take possession of the Col di Tendi, but have been repulsed with loss. If they had succeeded, they would have been able to threaten Nice, and to cut off the French army. Coni is blockaded and the Austrians are making preparations to begin the siege.
Paris, Dec. 6.
A Consular Order has issued, recalling from transportation those Priests who had formerly taken the oaths, or who were married; and suspending the execution of that sentence against such as had not left the country.
Sir Robert Barclay, an English merchant, who has been confined in the temple a year, has been set at liberty. He is the brother-in-law of Mr. Sheridan.
Surrender of Rome, Civita Vecchia, &c.
London Gazette, Nov. 15, 1799.
Government has received dispatches from Commodore Trowbridge, dated Civita Vecchia, Oct. 5, announcing that he had accepted a capitulation of the French General Garnier, by which the latter agreed im-
mediately to evacuate the Roman State. He had already taken possession of Civita Vecchia, Corneto and Tossa, and had sent off near 3000 French.—Gen. Bouchard took possession of Rome, about the same time. All public property is to be restored.
SIXTH Congress of the U. States.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15.
A number of petitions of the inhabitants, merchants, of the town of Gloucester, county of Essex, and state of Massachusetts, praying for the erection of a Light House, on a certain point of land in Ipswich Bay—were read and referred to the committee of commerce and manufactures.
THURSDAY, JAN. 16.
Mr. Otis, from the committee of defence, reported a bill for suspending in part the act entitled "An act to augment the army of the U. States, and for other purposes," which was read a first and second time, and made the order of the day for to-morrow.
FRIDAY, JAN. 17.
Mr. Otis called for the order of the day on the bill to suspend in part an act entitled "An act to augment the army of the United States, and for other purposes," and the House having resolved itself into a committee of the whole on that subject—Mr. Morris in the chair;
Mr. Randolph said, he wished the bill might be referred back to the committee who reported it, for the purpose of introducing an amendment, to consolidate the men already enlisted into as many regiments as they would make, and thereby discharge supernumerary officers and men contemplated to be kept in service.
After some observations as to the point of order, Mr. Nicholas moved that the committee rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again.
The question was put and carried: the committee rose and leave was given.
Mr. Gallatin presented a petition said to be signed by 4000 inhabitants of the N. Western Territory, complaining of the unequal operation of the law authorising the sale of public land, and praying for a modification thereof; which was read and referred to the committee appointed to enquire whether any, and if any what alterations are necessary to be made in said law, and to whom similar petitions were referred.
MONDAY, JAN. 20.
The following is the introduction of the Report of the Committee, on Mr. Randolph's affair:—
In executing the task assigned to them, it is with peculiar satisfaction, your Committee notice the respect shown in his message, by the President of the United States, to the rights and privileges of the House.
On the style of the letter to the President referred to the consideration of the Committee, they forbear any other remark, than to express their regret, that a member of the House has conceived himself justified in deviating from the forms of decorum customary in official communications to the Chief Magistrate of the United States, justly due to his office and character, and essential to that harmony between the different branches of the government, which should be circumspectly cherished by their respective members.
In Mr. Randolph's letter, he states that for words of a general nature, uttered in debate, in the House of Representatives, on a proposition for reducing the army, he had been publicly and grossly insulted by several persons, officers of the army, or navy, and demands of the executive authority, redress for an attack on his independence and rights as a legislator.
Your committee being of opinion, that the matter of complaint respects the privileges of the House, inherent in its own body, and there exclusively cognizable, cannot but consider the appeal in this instance to the executive authority, however otherwise intended, as derogating from those rights of the House, with which are intimately connected, both its honor and independence, and the inviolability of its members.
Your committee further report, that on inquiry, they found James M'Knight, captain, and Michael Reynolds, lieutenant, of marines, to be the persons implicated in Mr. Randolph's charge.—They on notice appeared before the Committee, and denied the truth of the allegations. The Committee have collected all the evidence they could find to be material in the case, and heard the parties accused with their witnesses; and although they believe a series of circumstances to have taken place at the theatre on the evening of Friday the

enth instant, which appeared to Mr. Randolph and others present to evince a premeditated insult towards him; yet as some of those circumstances have been satisfactorily explained, and others are of a nature too equivocal to justify reprehension and punishment, your Committee are of opinion, that sufficient cause does not appear for the interference of the House on the ground of a breach of their privileges.
Your Committee have taken the evidence in writing, which they submit to the consideration of the House, with the following resolutions.
Resolved , That this House entertains a respectful sense of the regard which The President of the United States has shown to its rights and privileges in his message of the 14th inst. accompanied by a letter addressed to him by John Randolph, jun. a member of this House.
Resolved , That in respect to the charge alleged by John Randolph, jun. a member of this House, in his letter addressed to The President of the United States, on the 11th inst. and by him submitted to the consideration of the House, that sufficient cause does not appear for the interposition of this House on the grounds of a breach of its privileges.
TUESDAY, JAN. 21.
The Bankrupt Bill occupied the principal part of this day's business. At the close of the discussion, the question, "shall this bill pass to be engrossed for a third reading?" was called—and there appeared a tie of the votes, 44 members rising in favour, and 44 against it; the Speaker gave his affirmative to the question, and it accordingly passed.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22.
The only business which engaged the attention of the House this day, was a bill to suspend, in part, an act, entitled "an act to augment the army of the U. States, &c." Much defutatory debate ensued in the discussion of this bill; Mr. Randolph proposed a section, that went to the formation of as many distinct regiments as the present enlistments would fill, and to dismiss the supernumerary officers, but it was negatived; several motions for perfecting the bill obtained; when the committee rose and reported the bill amended.
DOMESTIC.
HALIFAX, (N. C.) Dec. 19.
Extract of a letter from Raleigh, dated December 19.
"Our legislature is truly federal, and we act from their appointments. The Jacobins 'had not the effrontery' offer a democratic candidate for governor, and all those they have offered for militia officers have failed to succeed. You as a Carolinian cannot but feel an interest in every thing that concerns your native state. Heretofore it has not been justly estimated, because not properly known, perhaps through motives of rivalry in the neighbouring states to keep its importance out of sight as long as possible.
The two Carolinas will in future, I hope, understand each other, and unite their influence and efforts to frustrate that spirit of domination, which Virginia seems so anxious to extend. Reflecting men have seen its progress for many years; but it is only lately that it has become obvious to all—it is, in other words, a spirit of rivalry and insubordination, totally incompatible with the nature of our government, and of the rights, interests and union of the states which compose it. The patriotism and independence of our new Governor, with other respectable appointments, are sufficient pledges that their machinations in every shape, whether open or insidious, will be suitably resisted."
BALTIMORE, Jan. 20.
Extract of a letter received from Mr. Joseph Pitcairn, Consul of the U. States of America at Hamburg, by a respectable mercantile house here—dated
Hamburg, 4th Nov. '99.
"To day our prices for sugar began to revive and other things must follow, for that is the article on which the glut has been principally manifested.
"Our chief hope of demand is from the Dutch market, which is 30 per cent higher than ours; in former times a difference of 14 per cent would have emptied every store in Hamburg. Good merchantable Coffee may be called here 14d. per pound, which at the extra of 30 per cent with England would give 18d. sterling, or 150s. per cwt. By last mail our exchange was 29s. but had many symptoms of rising. Cotton a good article, first quality Surinam, 64 groats equal to about 3s. 10d. sterling, and all others in proportion; we seldom have a long delay here on the sale of this article.
"The house of Hope, formerly of Amsterdam, has been speculating in the finer kinds of indigo, which has raised their price to 20 per cent more than it was in the spring."
NORFOLK, Jan. 14.
By a letter from a respectable public character in Philadelphia, we understand, that it is probable that Major General Lee will be appointed commander in chief of the armies of the United States. The high military character of this gentleman will, no doubt, make this appointment very acceptable to the army and the public in general.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24.
Gov. McKean's intemperate abuse is producing its natural effect, division and turbulence in the Legislature, and enmity between the citizens. After branding 35,000 free electors with every scurrilous epithet his irritated fancy could invent, he has no claim to confidence, dignity or respect. The Senate of this State have properly resented his abuse; and are determined to mete to the Governor the measure he has meted to them:—The following is their answer to his Speech, at the opening of the session:
"Sir,
"The sentiments you announce, and the motives which you profess in relation to the high and responsible trust committed to your administration, are such as have afforded satisfaction, and claimed the respect of the Senate of Pennsylvania.
"With principles thus correct, and views thus laudable, we had a momentary hope that a corresponding conduct would have followed and that by a manly and noble policy, the spirit of party and political discontent which now divides our state and threatens its peace, would have been removed, and tranquillity again restored. Under these impressions, and with dispositions to relinquish personal considerations when the public good required, we were willing to forgive and if possible to forget the language used by you in your answers to sundry addresses on your election as Chief Magistrate—You there bestow on those who opposed your election the most opprobrious epithets, and ascribe to them the most wicked designs. We sincerely lament, that the same spirit which dictates these answers has marked your official conduct. A great number of respectable characters have been removed from office against whom no other blame rests than the exercise of their rights, as freemen, in opposition to your wishes; amongst these are a number of the most meritorious officers and soldiers engaged in the establishment of our independence. They were selected by our patriotic predecessor as deserving their country's favour and gratitude. The small rewards bestowed have, for the exercise of a right, which their lives were risked to secure, been by a single breath destroyed.
"Affecting as these considerations are, the operation which a system of this kind must have on the principles of our republican government, has produced still greater concern. Our Constitution secures the right of suffrage; and it will be to no purpose that our Laws are framed to guard against undue influence in our elections, if fear on the one hand, or hope of reward on the other, be suffered to govern in the exercise of this right. If opposition to a successful candidate be considered a sufficient ground for the removal of an officer, and zeal in his favour regarded as the chief qualification in a successor, there is much reason to believe that this evil exists.
"Whilst our oaths, our honor and our interest implore us on the sacred duty of co-operating in all measures tending to the interest and happiness of our constituents, they also impel us to bear the public testimony of our disapprobation of a measure which in consequences will be destructive and ruinous to republican principles."
[OFFICIAL.]
Extract of a letter from J. Elmslie, Esq. to the Secretary of State, dated at the Cape of Good Hope, September 22, 1799.
"By an English Whaler, which arrived here from Rio Janeiro, there is an account of 2 French privateers, which are cruising off the Brasil coast."
A Paris paper mentions, that the son of La Fayette fought in the advanced guard in Batavia, under Gen. Brune, against the Anglo-Russians.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 28.
French Piracy and Murder.
We have obtained from Captain Chammings, of the sch. Fair American, which arrived here yesterday, the following particulars relative to a scene of MURDER AND PIRACY, which is believed to have been perpetrated on board the said schooner, by the crew of the French privateer Victor:
The schooner Fair American failed from St. Thomas's on the 19th Nov. last, bound to Philadelphia, under the command of Capt. Davis.—The 6th day after her sailing, she returned to St. Thomas's by the name of the Nancy, commanded by one Quatin, consigned from Porto-Rico to a Mr. Cassel of St. Thomas's, and under French colours. Her name was erased
from her stern, and every mean essayed, so to disfigure her, as not to have her recognized; a set of false papers had also been obtained—but all these appearances were not sufficient to lay the suspicions of those concerned. The evidence of her being the Fair American was so full and positive, that upon application by Mr. Donavan (agent for the owners, who are merchants in Philadelphia) to the government of St. Thomas's, she was given up.
It appears that this schooner was captured by the French privateer, immediately after the left port—and that the privateer was soon after captured by the Southampton British frigate; from the Captain of which was obtained the log book of the Fair American—but no intelligence of Capt. Davis, or any of his crew. The appearance of the cabin of the schooner on her return to St. Thomas's, of itself, was sufficient to excite alarming suspicions; though great pains had been taken to scour the blood stained cabin, the traces of human gore were very perceivable on the births and floor; but what appears to fix the massacre of the unfortunate crew of this vessel, is the large incisions on the births of the cabin from cutlasses, which are now to be seen, accompanied with the streaming marks of blood.
NORWICH, Jan. 24.
MELANCHOLY! On Friday last, an unfortunate accident happened at the house of Mr. Comfort Eames, in Lisbon.—A horn containing about a pound of powder, was hanging in a room where four of Mr. Eames' children were playing around the fire. By means of a broom, the children obtained it, and the fire was unfortunately communicated. It instantly blew up, and two of them were shockingly burnt as to render them blind—the others more slightly.
BOSTON, Feb. 1.
America's old friend, Talleyrand, is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the room of the citizen mentioned in our last.
We meet with very little notice of American affairs in the Paris papers.
The British orders prohibiting the intercourse of neutrals with Holland, have been revoked.
It is a moot point whom Buonaparte in his conduct most resembles, Julius Cæsar—or Oliver Cromwell.—We can say whom he least resembles—GEORGE WASHINGTON.
For the first time since the commencement of the French Revolution, "Pitt's gold," is exempted from any share in the events in France.—The last are wholly attributed to Sieyes' bras, and Buonaparte's steel.
Gen. Toussaint, of St. Domingo, having pronounced a judgment in favour of an American citizen, says in a letter to Mr. Ritchie, Consul of the United States, at Port-au-Prince, "This is a proof of the protection to your commerce which I have promised you."
The Legislature of North-Carolina is highly federal.—So is the new Governor.
The Portsmouth Ship of War of 24 guns, Capt. Daniel M'Neil, has arrived at New-York.—The Portsmouth, perhaps, has been one of the most useful vessels on the West-India station, having convoyed three different fleets of valuable American vessels from Surinam, besides picking up a number of marauding boats which proved very destructive to our commerce. There is hardly a navigable place among the islands where the Portsmouth has not been. She left Porto Rico the 5th Jan.—is to pay off her crew at New-York, and prepare for another cruise."
The following pre-eminent Characters closed their earthly career of glory, in 1799:—General GEORGE WASHINGTON.—Their Excellencies Governor SUMNER, of Massachusetts; Patrick Henry, of Virginia; and John Henry, of Maryland.—Gen. Mifflin, Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania. Judges Iredell and Paca, of the Judiciary of the United States.—Mr. Tozevell, of the U. S. Senate.—Col. Nicholas, of Kentucky; and Col. Fitzgerald, Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Washington, during the war.
Had the celebrated Lord Bacon existed at the present day, he would have made our late illustrious deceased, an exception to his general rule, "that it is impossible to rise to greatness without a mixture of good and evil acts."
Private letters recently received from the continent of Europe, speak of the prospect of a general peace, in very flattering terms; in one of these letters
the writer asserts, that the new arrangements in France had been approved of and acknowledged by the courts of Berlin and Vienna.
NEW REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
Another momentous event has occurred to astonish the reflecting part of mankind, by the recent convulsions in Paris; of the constitutions and rulers of the French Republic, it may be said, with the Poet,
"Another & another yet succeeds, and the last Fool is welcome as the first."
And it is not possible to investigate the latent intentions of ministers by any immediate act of policy, it is proper that we should have the charity to suppose, that the motives which actuate the present cabinet of that ill-fated nation, are more pure and beneficial than those which impelled their predecessors; and it is our hope, if not our expectation, that the result may be favourable to the great interests of human nature, and that France may become the ornament, and not the bane of civil society.—This is a crisis on which the destiny of millions is dependent, and all good men must pray, that their present assumed authority may be used with dignity and forbearance, to their own honor and the general felicity: it is now time that this versatile people should be taught, that liberty is incompatible with licentiousness, and insecure without the practice of morality—that power is no good or great quality by itself; it is the power of doing good, alone, that is desirable to the wise.
Citizen Barreau, who commanded L'Insurgent frigate, captured in the West-Indies by the American frigate Constellation, has been tried at L'Orient, by a Court Martial, and after an investigation of nine days, acquitted.
Buonaparte has presented to Moreau a Damascus sabre, which he brought from Egypt; it is studded with diamonds, and worth 10,000 livres.
One of the English sailors concerned in taking one of the Spanish prizes, really ordered a suit of clothes for himself, and a riding habit for his donkey, the buttons of which he directed to be made of GUINEAS, and so had them put on, in spite of all persuasions to the contrary.
A letter from a gentleman of the first respectability at Paris, to his friend, an American gentleman, in London, dated, November 17, 1799, says, "I have conversed with many of the heads of the late Revolution, and some of the Committee of the Constitution, (which is composed of Garat, Lauusat, Regnier, Lenour-Laroche, and Lemercier) who I think will propose as the basis of the new Constitution, the model of that of the United States—an elective President, and two Houses of Assembly."
From Cape-Francois, Dec. 28.
The news in circulation, is, that Toussaint is rapidly gaining on Rigaud, and it is expected he will soon have possession of all his dominions—in consequence of which trade has increased, and this town improving and rebuilding.
THE NAVY.
The Constitution, of 44 guns, Capt. Talbot, was cruising off the Mole, the 1st. inst. in co. with the Boston of 32 guns, Capt. Little.
The General Greene, of 32 guns, Capt. Perry, was at the Cape, refitted; and ready for sea.
All the crews healthy, and in fine spirits. No officer of either of the frigates had been imprisoned at the Cape, as reported.
The Constellation, of 36 guns, Capt. Truxton, was spoke Jan. 2, bound to the West-Indies.
On Monday, arrived at Gloucester, a brig owned by Mr. Hooper, of Marblehead, 62 days from Bilbao. No privateers have been in the Bay of Biscay for 6 months.
The ship Mary, Harris, of and for New-York, with a valuable cargo, and 80,000 dol. in specie, foundered at sea, the 8th inst.—one of the crew was taken up by the U. S. brig Gen. Pinckney, who had been on the plank from which he was taken 40 hours. The Mary had on board 20,000 dollars property belonging to this town.
PORTLAND, February 3.
MELANCHOLY EVENTS.
On Wednesday last, Mr. James Libbey, of Gorham, in driving a team down a hill near Falmouth meeting-house, accidentally slipped under the sled, and was instantly killed.—On Thursday, a Mr. Rand, who had been digging the grave for the deceased, in crossing the road where some teams were passing, slipped down by one of them, which went over both of his legs and crushed them to pieces.—His life is despaired of.—The many accidents of this nature, it is hoped will render people more careful.
PORTSMOUTH, February 5.
Tributes of respect still continue to be paid to the memory of George Washington, and every tribute attests corresponding feelings with those which impired the Representatives of the people, when they declared him first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
The bill for renewing the charter of the Bank of Alexandria, after a lengthy animated debate of two days, in committee of whole, was rejected by the House of Delegates on Friday the 3d ult. by a majority of nine.
The Legislature of Massachusetts (now in session) have passed an act incorporating the Gloucester Bank. They have likewise passed an act incorporating the eighth Turnpike corporation, and have an act before the House which has passed the Senate, for prohibiting the sale of Lottery tickets in that State.
The following resolution of the Senate was read in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania on the 10th inst. and laid on the table,
"That the Governor be authorised to purchase two full length portraits of the late General Washington to be executed by a complete artist and to be framed in a handsome manner and when the same shall be finished, that he cause one of the aforesaid portraits to be placed in the most conspicuous place in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, and the other in the Chamber of the Senate."
The President of the United States has ratified a Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the kingdom of Tunis, definitively arranged in that kingdom by William Eaton and James Leander Catheart, Esqrs Commissioners in behalf of the United States.
Monday arrived brig Maria Jane, Capt. Bowles, 74 days from Lisbon, failed under convoy of ship Industry, Capt. Vickery, of Norfolk. Jan. 12, spoke sloop Betsy, Call. of Wiscasset, for Martinico. Jan. 16, spoke ship Minerva, Hopkins, of Saco, for Surinam. Jan. 24, spoke schooner Sea-Flower, Grey, of Boston.
Naval Affairs.
Official List of Vessels captured and re-captured by the U. S. Ships of War on the Guadalupe station, from the 29th of Oct. to the 22d of Dec.
By the frigate Adams—an American brig re-captured; English brig re-captured; French privateer sch.
By the brig Pickering—an American brig re-captured; a small French privateer.
By the brig Eagle—an American brig with lumber, re-captured, worth 10,000.
By the ship Delaware—a French privateer brig.
By the ship Connecticut—an American brig re-captured.
By the ship Baltimore—a French brig with 120 hogsheads of Sugar.
By the ship Ganges, during her late cruise, an account of which has not been printed—off St. Bartholomew, the French letter of marque sch. Rebatoys, from Guadalupe, with sugar and cotton; off St. Croix, do. do. sch. Eugene, from Guadalupe for St. Thomas, with do; N. E. of Antigua, the French letter of marque L'Esperance, from Point-Petre for Bourdeaux, with a very valuable cargo of sugar, coffee and cotton. At the taking of this last, the Eagle was in company.
T. TINGET.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM HOUSE.
CLEARED.
Brig Ranger, Trefethen, St. Vincents.
MARRIED—At Franklin, Mr. SETH BACON aged 70, to Miss MEHITABLE MORSE, a blooming youth of 47, after a courtship of 21 years.
Where Cupid strikes his arrow fast, In Hymen's bands they'll join at last.
In this town, Mr. JOHN GREY, to the amiable Miss RUTH ROLLESTON.
DIED.
At Hartford, Mr. ANDREW WHEELER, aged 33. He fell from his chair when apparently in perfect health, and expired instantly.
At Boston, very suddenly, Mr. John Skillings, Carver, aged 54.
At Londonderry, on the 12th ult. in the 97th year of her age, Mrs. JENNET WILSON, relict of Mr. James Wilson, whom she survived 27 years.
Oppressed with an unusual weight of years, she ardently wished for, and cheerfully anticipated the moment which should release her from the ills incident to such an advanced stage of life. A firm reliance on the mercy of God through the Gospel dispensation, afforded patience, resignation and tranquillity to the last hours of her life.
As an uncommon instance of increase, it is worthy of notice, that the ascendants from her were 13 children, 93 grand-children, 146 great grand-children, and 10 great grand-children, making in the whole 260, the most of whom are now living.
At Somersworth, The Hon. Judge ROLLINS.
In this town, Harriet, the youngest daughter of Col. Eliphalet Ladd, in the 7th year of her age.—Mrs. Mary Clough.
At the Plains, Mrs. Sherburne, aged 64; consort of Mr. Samuel Sherburne; a truly pious, good woman.

TO AMERICANS.
LOUD as the trump of Heav'n thro' darknels roars, When gyral gulls ente... Charybdian tow'rs; When nature trembles through the deep convuls'd, And ocean forms, from craggy cliffs repuls'd, Th' Omnipotent calls! Attend the warning cry!— "YE LIVE UNITED—OR DIVIDED DIE."
State of New-Hampshire.
Grafton, ss. Whereas Benjamin Stone, Benjamin Knight, Moses Knight, James Snow, Ezra Chandler, Stephen P. Webster, and John Page for Stephen Royce, and others, have made their petition to me the subscriber, Clerk for the proprietors of the township of Landaff, in said county—Setting forth:
THAT they are proprietors and owners of more than one eighth part of said township, and requesting me to notify, and warn the proprietors of said Landaff, to meet at the dwelling house of Jonathan Noyes, Esq. in said Landaff, on the second Thursday of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit:
1st. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting. 2d. To choose a Clerk, Assessors, Treasurer, and a Collector. 3d. To adopt some method to sever their undivided lands. 4th. To choose a committee to examine into, and make report of the pitches already made. 5th. To reconsider a vote passed their last meeting for raising twenty five dollars upon each right of land, and to raise any other sum if thought necessary. 6th. To adopt some method for calling upon their former committee for the avails of lands by them sold. 7th. To make provision for finishing the lots of said township. 8th. To examine the grant of the mill lot, and determine whether the conditions thereof have been fulfilled, and if not, whether further time shall be allowed for that purpose. 9th. To adopt some method for calling proprietary meetings in future. 10th. To choose a committee to confer with the proprietors of adjacent towns, and determine the boundary lines. 11th. To determine what shall be done respecting lots N o three in the fifth and sixth ranges, and first division usually called public lots.
Dated December 20, 1799, and signed Benjamin Stone, Ezra Chandler, Benjamin Knight, Gideon Ties, Moses Knight, Stephen P. Webster, Ephraim Cushman, Jonathan Noyes, James Snow, John Page, for Eben. Eaton, Stephen Royce. Nathaniel Noyes,
Therefore, pursuant to said request, and the laws of the State of New-Hampshire, in such case made and provided, the proprietors of said Landaff are hereby notified and warned, to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes mentioned and set forth in the before recited application.
(L.S.) Given under my hand and seal, at Haverhill, in said county, the first day of January, A. D. 1800. MOSES DOW, Clerk of the proprietors of said Landaff, under the original grant.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Wakefield, who are delinquent in paying their county and road taxes for the year 1799, that unless the same is paid to me on or before Wednesday the 9th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the taxes and incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling house in said Wakefield, at ten of the clock in the forenoon of said day.
Table with 4 columns: Proprietors names, Dtv. No., Road tax, County tax. Lists names like Ebenezer Roberts, Thomas North, Joshua Roberts, John Hanson, Eben'r Downs, Love Roberts, William Stiles, Daniel Young, Stephen Varney, Wil'm Twombly, Thomas Downs, Eben. Wentworth, Isaac Horn, Ebenezer Hanson, John Brown, Amos Howard, Robert Hanson, Solomon Emerlon, Samuel Downs, Richard Downs, Thomas Canney, Stephen Evans, Nathaniel Horn, Samuel Jones, Joseph Hufsey, DAVID COPP, Collector. Wakefield, Dec. 6, 1799.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in Chester, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1799, that so much of their land as will pay said taxes with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of Capt. Pearson Richardson, inholder in said Chester, on Thursday the 27th day of March next, at ten o'clock, A. M. unless prevented by previous payment. Tax for 1799, non-resident original prop'rs.
Table with 8 columns: Proprietors names, No., Range, Division, Ht. way, Tax. Lists names like Benjamin Sanborn, Capt. Richard Kent, David Tilton, John Silley, Richard Jaquith, John Little Hale, Jacob Balford, Ebenezer Lovecraig, Philip Towle, Samuel Thompson, Ephraim Dennet, William Croswait, Col. Peter Wear, Benj'n Gambling, Esq., Samuel Shackford, Joseph Sanborn, S. end, Benning Wentworth, Mich'l Whidden, Mark Hunking, Samuel Page, Edward Emerson, Caleb Towle, Josiah Batchelder, James Prescott, Nathaniel Sanborn, Sam'l Penhallow, James Boyd, Reuben Sanborn, Maj. John Gilman, Samuel Blake, Benoni Fogg, Benjamin Towle, Jonathan Kimbal, Ebenezer Dearborn, Ebenezer Eastman, Richard Clifford, Rev. Thomas Sims, William Healy, Jacob Garland, Moses Blake, Michael Whidden, Zachariah Clifford, Joseph Batchelder, Enoch Sanborn, Jonathan Kimbal, John Cram, Capt. Henry Sherborn, Benning Wentworth, Benj. Gambling, Samuel Blake, Col. John Gilman, Jonathan Clough, James Fogg, John Prescott, Richard Wibird, Joseph Young, Stephen Webster, Stephen Johnson, John Shackford, John Prescott, Thomas Dean, Robert Ford, William White, Nath'l Batchelder, Zachariah Clifford, Rev. Theoph's Cotton, Col. Thomas Packer, Jonathan Emerson, Joshua Wingate, Stephen Sweat, John Clark, Archibald M'Murphy, James Woodas, Moses Berry, Thomas Anderson, Paul Eaton, David Eaton, Capt. Jesse Eaton, Solomon Sevens, John Jennels, Heirs of Esq. Hook, Ephraim Fols, Laben Herriman, Heirs of David Hoit, Samuel Dresser, Sam'l White, Israel Webster, Benj'n Kimbal, JOSHUA TRUE, Collector. Chester, Jan. 4, 1800.
BOOKS, Blanks and Stationary, for sale at J. Melcher's Printing-office and Book-store, corner of Market and Congress-street, Portsmouth.
FOR SALE. A lot of Land, ONE mile and a quarter from Portsmouth, opposite the Pound and joining land of John Dennet, said lot is eight rods wide, upon the road, is a good stand for a tavern. For particulars enquire of SAMUEL TUCKER. Portsmouth, Jan. 29, 1800.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Lincoln, county of Grafton, who have not paid their tax of three cents on each acre of land in said township, agreeable to an act of the General Court, passed June 20th, 1798, that so much of each original right as will pay said tax together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of Ensign JOSEPH WEBSTER, in Peeling, on the 2d Wednesday in February next at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, unless prevented by previous payment, to me the subscriber at my dwelling house in Peeling, in said county. Delinquents are as follows.
Table with 4 columns: Original Grantees, Acres, Dols., Cts. Lists names like James Avery, Jeremiah Clement, James Hoyt, Jabez Weed, Peter Finch, Samuel Andrews, David Slawton, Eleazer Bowton, Thaddeus Hoyt, Azariah Wood, Ruben Stephens, Stephen Fountain, John Pettit, Ala Jones, Samuel Setlet, Ebenezer Bowton, Seymore Bowton, Zuriel Finch, Abner Barnon, David Bowton, Robert Arnold, David Sanford, John Adington, Oliver Rowell, Elijah Weeks, Stephen Mangur, Volentine Rowel, Jacob Conklin, William M'Horney, David Whiting, Caleb Merrill, Seth Whitney, Samuel Weight, Joseph Foreman, John Tuttle, Ruben Reynolds, Peter Smith, Abraham Farris, Jabez Holmes, Abner Hoyt, Josiah Riggs, Ebenezer Munson, Noah Parkinton, Asiel Hoyt, Jabez Holmes, Ezra Moo, David Knapp, Henry Mead, Abraham Mead, John Denfon, Daniel St. Johns, Hezekiah Wiat, Samuel Wiat, Samuel Waterbury, Henry Wiat, Job St. Johns, Ezra Bowton, Jeremiah Finch, John Brown, Timothy Ladd, Joseph Hale, Richard Wibird, Daniel Warner, John Nelson, Theodore Atkinson, Benning Wentworth, BENJAMIN BARRON, Collector. Peeling, November 18, 1799.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the nonresident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Burton, in the county of Grafton in said State, who have not paid their high-way tax for the year 1799, that unless they pay the said tax to me the subscriber on or before the second day of April next, so much of their land as will pay said tax with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of Orlando Weed, Esq. in said town at ten of the clock A. M. on said day, unless prevented by previous payment. Highway.
Table with 4 columns: Whole rights, Cts. Lists names like Jeremiah Folsom, Jonas Moulton, James Rogers, John Mason, John Smart, David Senter, George Place, Jacob Gilman, Walter Briant, Simon Gilman, Charles Rogers, Zachariah Fols, Joshua Furber. Lots owned by John Jones, Samuel Hunt, NATHANIEL WEED, Collector. Burton, Jan. 10 1800.
State of New-Hampshire. Strafford, ss. To Benjamin Weeks, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County. W E the subscribers owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Burton, in the county of Grafton, and State aforesaid, request that you notify and warn the proprietors and owners of said township to meet at the dwelling-house of Orlando Weed, Esq. in said town, on the 26th day of February next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to vote and act on the following particulars, viz.
1st. To choose a moderator, a proprietors clerk, a treasurer, assessors and a collector. 2d. To see if the proprietors will sever and divide the land in said town, among the proprietors or owners. 3d. To see if the proprietors will make any compensation to settlers or proprietors, that have lost their land by Tamworth or otherwise. 4th. To see if the proprietors will appoint a committee to settle their former accounts, with full power to adjust the same. 5th. To see what encouragement the proprietors will give in lands or some other way towards building the mills in said town. 6th. To see if the proprietors will assess a tax for the purpose of cutting and clearing a road or roads, through any part of said town, and defraying their expenses. 7th. To see what method the proprietors will take for calling meetings in future. 8th. To see if the proprietors will ratify and confirm any or all the proceedings or votes of former meetings of said proprietors. 9th. To see if the proprietors will grant a compensation to those proprietors who shall attend said meetings and also to those who shall attend future meetings. ORLANDO WEED, HENRY WEED, MOSES CENTER, MOSES WEED, ELISHA WEED, Gilmanton, January 16, 1800. Pursuant to the foregoing request, I do hereby notify and warn the proprietors and owners of land in Burton, to meet at the time and place above mentioned, and to transact the business pointed out in the foregoing application. BENJAMIN WEEKS, Justice Peace.
TO BE SOLD At Public Auction, By Jacob Walden, Auctioneer, On Thursday the 20th day of February next, at Mr. Greenleaf's Tavern, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
THE dwelling House of the subscriber in Cross-street, with the land belonging thereto, being two hundred and fifteen feet on said street, and sixty-three feet on Vaughn-street, the House is forty-six feet long and thirty-six feet in width, in good repair, and well finished from the lower floor to the upper chambers, an addition of a large kitchen and a chamber over it—a cellar under the whole; a well of good water in the garden which never fails of water, with a pump. It is a good House roomy and has every convenience for a large family—any person inclining to purchase may view the House any day previous to the sale.—ALSO,
ONE HALF OF A Rope Walk, At the North part of the town, now improved by Mr. Daniel Wentworth, and is covered 125 fathom, with a building at the West end of the Walk, with a loft that will contain 40 tons of Hemp, and in good repair. Conditions of sale will be made known at the time of sale, or previously by applying to Joshua Wentworth. Portsmouth, Jan. 13, 1800.
Geo. Turner, HAS FOR SALE, At his Shop, next door to Joseph Whipple, Esquire's, RUM; Brandy Gin; Molasses; Sugar; Coffee; Hyson, Souchong and Bohea TEAS; Loaf Sugar; Rice; Ginger; Pepper; Allspice; Nutmegs; Cloves; Oatmeal; Alum; Indigo; Redwood; Roll and Smoking Tobacco; Snuff; Segars; long Pipes; Flour; Candles; Powder; Shot; Cups and Saucers; Teapots; Bowls; New Raifins; 2cd, 1cd, 6d and 4d Nails. &c. &c. &c. The above articles will be Sold at a low advance, and good attendance given. Portsmouth, Jan. 17, 1800.
FOR SALE, A HOUSE and SHOP with about three quarters of an acre of excellent land, adjoining Mr. John Shute's, in Newmarket;—also, about 36 acres of wood land, about three quarters of a mile from Newmarket landing, apply to Henry Burley, in said Newmarket.
Portsmouth Aqueduct. THE Directors have voted an assessment of five dollars on each proprietor share, and have directed the treasurer to collect the same by the 15th of February next. The proprietors are therefore requested to pay the same to him, at his store No. 3, Portsmouth Pier, on or before said day. GEO: LONG, Treasurer. Portsmouth, Jan. 31, 1800.
NOTICE to those who wish to be supplied with water from the Aqueduct the present year. The proprietors of the Portsmouth Aqueduct having made a contract for laying logs for conveying water through the town the present year.—Give notice to those who wish to be supplied with water from the Aqueduct by logs, that they will convey the water in those streets first in which are the most applicants. Portsmouth, Jan. 31, 1800.
Abraham Isaac, Informs the Public that he has just received by Capt. Flagg, from Liverpool, a large assortment of CROCKERY. Which he has for sale at his Store, in Buck-street, sign of the GOLDEN TEAPOT. Among which are the following GREEN edged Plates; Twiflers and Muffins; Blue edged ditto. Cream colored, do. do.—With a variety of other articles, too lengthy to insert in an advertisement.—ALSO A few elegant China TEA SETTS, Complete. N. B. Attendance given from Monday morning to Friday evening, and every favor gratefully acknowledged. January 22, 1800.
NOTICE. EVERY person who is indebted to SAMUEL WHITE, Esq. of Haverhill, in Massachusetts, for more than five years standing, are requested to settle the same, or come and see him immediately, to prevent trouble and cost. Haverhill, Jan. 16, 1800.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the town of Concord, county of Grafton, who have not paid their Highway tax of thirty cents on each right, for the year 1798, that so much of each delinquent's lands will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling house of Samuel Young, in said Concord, on the fourth Tuesday of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay said tax with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment, the names of the delinquents are as follows, viz. William Symms, Ebenezer Severance, jr. Ebenezer Harvey, Willard Stevens, Hophney King, Stephen Belding, Jonathan Hunt, Jonathan Gilman, Samuel Root, James Nevens, Elisha Hunt, Arad Hunt, Gideon Lyman, Selah Wright, Samuel Wire, Savage Truscott, Silas Hambleton, Medad Pomeroy, John Hubbard, Philip Mattison, Joseph Blanchard, Afahel Burt, Joseph Lyman, Hezekiah Elmore, James Matthews, Elijah Lyman, Woolston Brockway, Benjamin Sheldon, jr. Timothy Root, Moses Harvey, Nathan Harvey, Phin's Wright, and the Governor's right. JONATHAN PARKER, Collector. Concord, November 16, 1799.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands against the estate of JOHN WEARE, late of Seabrook, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same for immediate settlement to JOSEPH HUBBARD WEARE, Executor.
ANY persons having demands against the United States ship Congress, are requested to call for payment at the Store of the subscriber. JACOB SHEATE, Agent. Portsmouth, Jan. 25, 1800.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands against the estate of BENJAMIN BROWN, late of Northampton, joiner, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same for settlement to the subscriber, administrator on said estate. STEPHEN BROWN. Northampton, Feb. 4.
Dartmouth College LOTTERY. THE Trustees of Dartmouth College being desirous that a complete sale of the present class of the lottery should be made—The Managers having a number of tickets on hand, which they themselves may be disposed of, should the drawing be at Portsmouth; have adjourned the drawing to Thursday the sixth day of March next, then to commence at Portsmouth, where it will continue till completed; gentlemen who have tickets for sale will please to return those, at that time unfold, to the managers at Portsmouth. January 20, 1800.