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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
VOL. III.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCCCXVI.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY, JULY 15th, 1803.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Papers laid before the British Parliament respecting the NEGOTIATION WITH FRANCE.
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No. XXXVI.
Extract of a letter from Lord Hawkesbury to Lord Whitworth, dated Downing-street, Feb. 9. 1803.
The most remarkable messages in this dispatch are the following:—The late treaty of peace was conducted on a basis not merely proposed by his majesty, but specially agreed to in an official note by the French government, viz. that his majesty should keep a compensation out of his conquests for the important acquisitions of territory made by France upon the continent. This is a sufficient proof that the compact was understood to have been concluded with reference to the then existing state of things; for the measure of his majesty's compensation was to be calculated with reference to the acquisitions of France at that time; and if the interference of the French government in the general affairs of Europe, since that period; if their interposition with respect to Switzerland and Holland, whose independence was guaranteed by them at the time of the conclusion of the treaty of peace; if the annexations which have been made to France in various quarters, but particularly those in Italy, have extended the territory and increased the power of the French government, his majesty would be warranted, consistently with the spirit of the treaty of peace, in claiming equivalents for these acquisitions, as a counterpoise to the augmentation of the power of France. His majesty, however, anxious to prevent all misunderstanding, and desirous of consolidating the general peace of Europe, as far as might be in his power, was willing to have waived the pretensions he might have a right to advance of this nature; and as the other articles of the definitive treaty have been in a court of execution on his part, so he would have been ready to have carried into effect the true intent and spirit of the 10th article, the execution of which, according to its terms had been rendered impracticable by circumstances which it was not in his majesty's power to control. A communication to your lordship would accordingly have been prepared confirmably to this disposition, if the attention of his majesty's government had not been attracted by the very extraordinary publication of the report of col. Sebastiani to the First Consul. It is impossible for his majesty to view this report in any other light, than as an official publication; for without referring particularly to explanations which have been separately given upon the subject of publications in the Moniteur , the article in question, as it purports to be the report to the First Consul of an accredited agent, as it appears to have been signed by col. Sebastiani himself, and as it is published in the official paper with an official title affixed to it, must be considered as authorised by the French government. It discloses, however, views of the highest degree injurious to the interests of his majesty's dominions, and directly repugnant to, and utterly inconsistent with the spirit and letter of the treaty of peace concluded between his majesty and the French government; and his majesty would feel that he was wanting a proper regard to the honor of his crown and to the interests of his dominions, if he should see with indifference such a system developed and avowed. His majesty cannot, therefore, regard the conduct of the French government on various occasions since the conclusion of the definitive treaty, the insinuations and charges contained in the report of col. Sebastiani, and the views which that report discloses, without feeling it necessary for him distinctly to declare, that it will be impossible for him to enter into any farther discussion relative to Malta, unless he receives satisfactory explanation on the subject of the communication.
HAWKESBURY.
No. XXXVII. Extract of a dispatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris, Feb. 17, 1803. This dispatch is not very interesting, as the subject of it is more fully explained in the subsequent number.
No. XXXVIII.
Paris, Feb. 21, 1803.
My Lord,
My last dispatch in which I gave your lordship an account of my conference with M. Talleyrand was scarcely gone, when I received a note from him informing me that the First Consul wished to converse with me, and desired I would come to him at the Thuilleries
at 9 o'clock. He received me in his cabinet, with tolerable cordiality, and, after talking on different subjects for a few minutes, he desired me to sit down, as he himself did on the other side of the table and began. He told me that he felt it necessary, after what had passed between me and M. de Talleyrand, that he should in the most clear and authentic manner, make known his sentiments to me, in order to their being communicated to his majesty, and he conceived this would be more effectually done by himself than through any medium whatever. He said that it was a matter of great disappointment to him, that the treaty of Amiens, instead of being followed by conciliation and friendship, the natural effects of peace, had been productive only of continual and increasing jealousy and mistrust, and that this mistrust was avowed in such a manner as must bring the point to an issue.
He now enumerated the several provocations which he pretended to have received from England. He placed in the first line our not evacuating Malta and Alexandria as we were bound to do by treaty. In this he said that no consideration on earth should make him acquiesce; and of the two he had rather see us in possession of the Fauxbourg St. Antoine than Malta. He then adverted to the abuse thrown out against him in the English public prints: but this he did not so much regard as that which appeared in the French papers published in London. This he considered as much more mischievous, since it meant to excite this country against him and his government. He complained of the protection given to Georges and others of his description, who instead of being sent to Canada, as had been repeatedly promised, were permitted to remain in England, handsomely pensioned, and constantly committing all sorts of crimes on the coasts of France as well as in the interior.
In confirmation of this, he told me, that two men had been within these few days apprehended in Normandy, and were now on their way to Paris, who were hired assassins, and employed by the Bishop of Hira, by Georges, and by Duthel, as would be fully proved in a court of justice, and made known to the world.
He acknowledged, that the irritation he felt against England increased daily, because every wind (I make use as much as I can of his own ideas, and expressions) which blew from England, brought nothing but enmity and hatred against him.
He now went back to Egypt, and told me, that if he had any inclination to take possession of it by force, he might have done it a month ago, by sending 25,000 men to Aboukir, who would have possessed themselves of the whole country in defiance of the 4000 British in Alexandria. That instead of that garrison being a means of protecting Egypt, it was only furnishing him with pretence for invading it. This he should not do, whatever might be his desire to have it as a colony because he did not think it worth the risk of a war, in which he might, perhaps, be considered the aggressor, and by which he should lose more than he could gain, since sooner or later Egypt would belong to France, either by the falling to pieces of the Turkish empire or else some arrangement with the Porte.
As a proof of his desire to maintain peace, he wished to know what he had to gain by going to war with England. A descent was the only means of offence he had, and that he was determined to attempt, by putting himself at the head of the expedition. But how could it be supposed, that after having gained the height on which he stood, he would risk his life & reputation in such a hazardous attempt, unless forced to it by necessity, when the chances were, that he and the greatest part of the expedition would go to the bottom of the sea? He talked much on this subject, but never affected to diminish the danger. He acknowledged that there were one hundred chances to one against him; but still he was determined to attempt it; if war should be the consequence of the present discussion; and that such was the disposition of the troops, that army after army would be found for the enterprise.
He then expatiated much on the natural force of the two countries. France with an army of 480,000 men, for to this amount, it is, he said, to be immediately completed, all ready for the most desperate enterprises; and England with a fleet that made her mistress of the seas, and which he did not think he could equal in less than ten years. Two such countries by a proper understanding might govern the world, but by their
strifes might overturn it. He said, that if he had not felt the enmity of the British government on every occasion since the treaty of Amiens, there would have been nothing that he would not have done to prove his desire to conciliate; participation in indemnities as well as in influence on the continent; treaties of commerce, in short, any thing that could have given satisfaction, and have testified his friendship. Nothing, however, had been able to conquer the hatred of the British government, and therefore it was now come to the point, whether we should have peace or war. To preserve peace, the treaty of Amiens must be fulfilled; the abuse of the public prints, if not totally suppressed, at least kept within bounds, and confined to the English papers; and the protection to open y given to its bitterest enemies (alluding to Georges and persons of that description) must be withdrawn. If war, it was necessary to say so, and to refuse to fulfill the treaty. He now made the tower of Europe to prove to me, that in its present state, there was no power with which we could coalesce for the purpose of making war with France; consequently it was our interest to gain, and if we had any point to gain, renew the war when circumstances were more favorable. He said, it was not doing him justice to suppose that he conceived himself above the opinion of his country or of Europe. He would not risk uniting Europe against him by any violent act of aggression; neither was he so powerful in France as to persuade the nation to go to war unless on good grounds. He said, that he had chastised the Algerines, from his unwillingness to excite the jealousy of other powers; but he hoped that England, Russia, and France would one day feel that it was their interest to destroy such a nest of thieves, and force them to live rather by cultivating their land, than by plunder.
In the little I said to him, for he gave me in the course of two hours but very few opportunities of saying a word, I confined myself strictly to the tenor of your lordship's instructions. I urged them in the same manner as I had done to M. Talleyrand, and dwelt as strongly as I could on the sensation which the publication of Sebastiani's report had created in England, where the eyes of France towards Egypt must always command the utmost vigilance and jealousy. He maintained, that what ought to convince us of his desire of peace, was on the one hand the little he had to gain by renewing the war, and on the other, the facility with which he might have taken possession of Egypt, with the very ships and troops which were now going from the Mediterranean to St. Domingo, and that with the approbation of all Europe, and more particularly of the Turks, who had repeatedly invited him to join them for the purpose of forcing us to evacuate their territory.
I do not pretend to follow the arguments of the First Consul in detail; this would be impossible, from the vast variety of matter which he took occasion to introduce. His purpose was evidently to convince me that on Malta must depend peace or war, and at the same time to impress upon my mind a strong idea of the means he possessed of annoying us at home and abroad.
With regard to the mistrust and jealousy which he said constantly prevailed since the conclusion of the treaty of Amiens, I observed, that after a war of such long duration, to full of rancour, and carried on in a manner of which history has no example, it was but natural that a considerable degree of agitation should prevail; but this, like the swell after a storm, would gradually subside, if not risen up by the policy of either party, that I would not pretend to pronounce which had been the aggressor in the paper war of which he complained, and which was still kept up, though with this difference, that in England it was independent of government, and in France its very act and deed. To this I added that it must be admitted, that we had such motives of mistrust against France, as could not be alleged against us, and I was going to instance the accession of territory and influence gained by France since the treaty, when he interrupted me by saying, I suppose you mean Piedmont and Switzerland; "ce sont des bagatelles;" and it must have been foreseen whilst the negotiation was pending; "Vous n'avez pas le droit d'en parler a cette heure." I then alleged as a cause of mistrust and jealousy, the impossibility of obtaining justice, or any kind of redress for any of his majesty's subjects. He asked me in what respect; and I told him that since the signing of the treaty not one British claimant had been satisfied, although every Frenchman of that description
had been so within one month after that period; and that since I had been here, and I could say as much of my predecessors, not one satisfactory answer had been obtained to the innumerable representations which we had been under the necessity of making in favor of British subjects and property detained in the ports of France and elsewhere, without even the shadow of justice; Such an order of things, I said, was not made to inspire confidence; but, on the contrary, must create mistrust. This, he said, must be attributed to the natural difficulties attending such suits, when both parties thought themselves right; but he denied that such delays could proceed from any disinclination to do what was just and right. With regard to the pensions which were granted to French or Swiss individuals, I observed that they were given as a reward for past services during the war, and most certainly not for present ones, and still less for such as had been insinuated of a nature repugnant to the feelings of every individual in England; and to the universally acknowledged loyalty and honor of the British government. That as for any participation of indemnities, or other accusations which his majesty might have obtained, I could take upon myself to assure him that his majesty's ambition led him rather to preserve than to acquire; and that with regard to the most propitious moment for renewing hostilities, his majesty, whose sincere desire it was to continue the blessings of peace to his subjects, would always consider such a measure as the greatest calamity; but that if his majesty was so desirous of peace, it must not be imputed to the difficulty of obtaining allies; and the less so, as those means which might be necessary to afford such allies, for perhaps inadequate services; would all be contracted in England, and give a proportionate increase of energy to our own exertions. At this part of the conversation he rose from his chair, and told me that he should give orders to general Andreossi to enter on the discussion of this business with your lordship; but he wished that I should at the same time be made acquainted with his motives and convinced of his sincerity, rather from himself than from his ministers. He then, after a conversation of two hours, during the greatest part of which he talked incessantly, conversed for a few moments on indifferent subjects, in apparent good humour, and retired.
Such was, nearly as I can recollect it, the purport of this conference.
It must however be observed, that he did not, as M. Talleyrand had done, affect to attribute col. Sebastiani's mission to commercial motives only, but as one rendered necessary in a military point of view, by the infraction by us of the treaty of Amiens.
I have the honour to be, &c. WHITWORTH.
P. S. This conversation took place on Friday last, and this morning I saw M. de Talleyrand. He had been with the First Consul after I left him, and he assured me that he had been very well satisfied with the frankness with which I made my observations on what fell from him. I told him, that without entering into any farther detail, what I had said to the First Consul amounted to an assurance, of what I trusted there could be no doubt, of the readiness of his majesty's ministers to remove all subjects of discussion, where that could be done without violating the laws of the country, and to fulfil strictly the engagements which they had contracted, in as much as that could be reconciled with the safety of the state. As this applied to Malta and Egypt, he gave me to understand that a project was in contemplation, by which the integrity of the Turkish empire would be so effectually secured as to do away every cause of doubt or uneasiness, either with regard to Egypt or any part of the Turkish dominions. He could not then, he said, explain himself farther.
No. XXXIX.
Downing Street, Feb. 18, 1803.
My Lord,
Your excellency's dispatch, of Feb. 21st, has been received, and laid before the king.
I have great satisfaction in communicating to you his majesty's approbation of the able and judicious manner in which you appear to have executed the instructions which I gave to you in my dispatch of the 9th inst.
The account you have given of your interview with the First Consul is in every respect important.
It is unnecessary for me to remark on the tone and temper in which the sentiments of the First Consul appear to have
been expressed, or to offer any observations in addition to those so properly made by your excellency at the time, upon several topics which were brought forward by the First Consul in the course of your conversation; I will therefore content myself with referring your excellency to my dispatch to Mr. Merry of Aug. 28, 1802, in which the subjects of the complaints of the French government, respecting the freedom of the press, the emigrants, &c. are particularly discussed. I cannot, however, avoid noticing, that nothing approaching to explanation or satisfaction is stated to have been thrown out by the First Consul, in answer to the full representations & complaints of his majesty, in consequence of the unwarrantable insinuations and charges contained in col. Sebastiani's report against his majesty's government, the officer commanding his forces in Egypt, and his army in that quarter; but that on the other hand, the language of the First Consul has tended to strengthen and confirm the suspicions which that publication was peculiarly calculated to excite.
I have now proceeded to give you some farther instructions on the language which it may be proper for you to hold respecting the charge which has been advanced against his majesty's government, of their unwillingness to fulfil the treaty of Amiens. The treaty of Amiens has been in a course of execution, on the part of his majesty, in every article in which, according to the spirit of that treaty, it has been found capable of execution. There can be no doubt, that Egypt is at this time completely evacuated. The delay which had arisen in the evacuation of Alexandria, was owing to accidental circumstances, the particulars of which were explained to you in my dispatch of the 30th of Nov. last; and I had every reason to believe, from the communication which I had with general Andreossi on the subject, that the French government were perfectly satisfied with the explanation which he was authorized at the time to give them respecting it.
With regard to that article of the treaty which relates to Malta, the stipulations contained in it (owing to circumstances which it was not in the power of his majesty to control,) have not been found capable of execution. The refusal of Russia to accede to the arrangement, except on condition that the Maltese language should be abolished; the silence of the court of Berlin with respect to the invitation that has been made to it, in consequence of the treaty, to become a guaranteeing power; the abolition of the Spanish priories, in defiance of the treaty to which the king of Spain was a party; the declaration of the Portuguese government of their intention to requisition the property of the Spanish priories, as forming a part of the Spanish language, unless the property of the Spanish priories is restored to them; the non-election of a grand master: These circumstances would have been sufficient, without any other special grounds, to have warranted his majesty in suspending the evacuation of the island, until some new arrangement could be adjusted for its security and independence. But when it is considered how great the dominion, power, and influence of France have of late been extended, his majesty must feel, that he has an incontestible right, conformably to the principles on which the treaty of peace was negotiated and concluded, to demand additional securities in any new arrangement which it might be necessary to make with a view of effecting the real objects of that treaty. And these considerations, sufficient as they might be in themselves to justify the line of conduct which his majesty had determined to adopt, have received additional force from the views which have been recently and undeservedly manifested by the French government, respecting the Turkish dominions, and the islands in the Adriatic (and which have been in a great degree admitted by the First Consul, in his interview with your excellency)—views, which are directly repugnant, not only to the spirit, but to the letter of the treaty of Amiens.
From the postscript in your excellency's letter, it appears that a project was in contemplation, by which, according to the declaration of M. Talleyrand, the integrity of the Turkish territory would be secured, so as to do away every cause of doubt or uneasiness, either with regard to Egypt, or to any other part of the Turkish dominions. His majesty will consider the communication of such a project as indicating a disposition on the part of the French government, to afford him explanation and satisfaction.
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"He then desired leave to go to the first Consul, promising to let me know the result when we met at the Prussian minister's. He did not come there till near 7 o'clock, and, when we rose from dinner, he took me aside, and informed me, that although the first Consul had been highly irritated at the unjust suspicion which his majesty's government entertained, yet he would not allow himself to be so far mastered by his feelings, as to lose sight of the present calamities which the present discussion might entail upon humanity. He dwelt much on this topic, and explained the measures to which he should be obliged to resort; he said that if England wished to discuss fairly, he wished the same; that if England prepared for war, he would do the same; and that if England should finally determine on hostilities, he trusted to the support of the French nation in the cause of honor and of justice. It was in vain that I repeated that England did not wish for war; that peace was as necessary to us as it could be to France; that all we desired, and all that we were contending for, was security; that every thing proved to us that that security was threatened by the first Consul's views on Egypt; and that consequently our refusal to evacuate Malta, was become as much a necessary measure of precaution, as the defence of any part of his majesty's dominions."
Note verbale referred to in No. 42. 1. If his Britannic majesty in his message means to speak of the expedition of Heliopolis, all the world knows that it was destined for America, and that it was on the point of sailing for its destination, but in consequence of his majesty's message, the embarkation and putting to sea are about to be countermanded.
2. If we do not receive satisfactory explanation respecting these armaments in England, and if they actually take place, it is natural that the first Consul should march 20,000 men into Holland, since Holland is mentioned in the message.
3. These troops being once in the country, it is natural that an encampment should be formed on the frontiers of Hanover; and moreover, that additional bodies should join those troops which were already embarked for America, in order to form new embarkations, and to maintain an offensive and defensive position.
4. It is natural that the first Consul should order several camps to be formed at Calais, and on different points of the coast.
5. It is likewise in the nature of things, that the first Consul should lead a fresh force into Italy, in order to occupy, in case of necessity, the position of Tarantun.
7. England arming, and arming with so much publicity, will compel France to put her armies on the war establishment; a step so important, as cannot fail to agitate all Europe.
The result of all these movements will be to irritate the two countries still more. France will have been compelled to take all these precautions, in consequence of the English armaments, and, nevertheless, every means will be taken to excite the English nation by the assertion, that France meditates an invasion. The whole British population will be obliged to put themselves under arms for their defence, and their export trade will, even before the war, be in a state of stagnation throughout the whole extent of the countries occupied by the French.
The experience of nations, and the course of events prove, that the distance between such a state of things and actual war, is unfortunately not remote.
The differences, of which mention is made in his Britannic majesty's message, we know not of any that we have with England; for it cannot be in the power of a serious intention can have existed in England of evading the execution of the treaty of Amiens, under the restoration of a military armament.—Europe well knows that it is possible to attempt the dismemberment of France, but not to intimidate her.
No. XLIII.
My Lord,
Paris, March 14, 1803.
The messenger Mason went on Saturday with my dispatches of that date, and yesterday, Sunday, I saw no one likely to give me any further information such as I could depend upon, as to the effect which his majesty's message had produced on the First Consul. At the court which was held the Thuilleries on that day, he accosted me evidently under very considerable agitation. He began by asking me if I had any news from England. I told him that I had received letters from your lordship two days ago. He immediately said, and so you are determined to go to war? No! I replied, we are too sensible of the advantages of peace.—Nous savons, said he, d'ja fait la guerre pendant quinze ans.—As he appeared to wait for an answer, I observed only, C'en est déjà trop.—Mais, said he, vous, osez la faire encore quinze années, et vous m'y forcez.—I told him, that was very far from his majesty's intention.—He then proceeded to count Maréchal and the Chevalier
Azara, who were standing together at a little distance from me, and said to them, Les Anglois veulent la guerre, mais ils sont tout les premiers à tirer l'épée, je ferai le dernier à la remettre. Ils ne respectent pas les Traites. Il faut donc en avant les couvrir de crepe noir.—He then went his round.
In a few minutes he came back to me, and resumed the conversation, if such it can be called, by something personally civil to me. He began again.—Pourquoi des armemens? Contre qui des mesures de précaution? Je n'ai pas nu seul vaisseau de ligne dans les ports de France; mais si vous voulez armer, j'armerai aussi; si vous voulez vous battre, je me battrai aussi. Vous pourrez peut-être tuer la France, mais jamais l'intimider.—On ne voudroit, said I, ni l'un ni l'autre. On voudroit vivre en bonne intelligence avec elle.—Il faut donc respecter les Traites, replied he: Malheur à ceux qui ne respectent pas les Traites, ils en seront responsables à toute l'Europe.—He was so much agitated to make it advisable for me to prolong the conversation; I therefore made no answer, and he retired to his apartment, repeating the last phrase.
It is to be remarked that all this passed loud enough to be overheard by two hundred people who were present, and I am persuaded that there was not a single person who did not feel the extreme impropriety of his conduct, and the total want of dignity as well as of decency on the occasion.
I propose taking the first opportunity of speaking to Mr. Talleyrand on this subject.
I have the honour to be, &c.
WHITWORTH.
Right Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, &c. &c. No. XLIV. is immaterial.
No. XLV.—Note.
The Undersigned, his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, has laid before the king the note of his excellency the French ambassador of the 10th instant.
In obeying the commands of his majesty, by returning an official answer to this note, the undersigned feels it necessary for him to do little more than repeat explanations which have been already given on more than one occasion by himself verbally to general Andreossi, and by lord Whitworth to Mr. Talleyrand, on the subject of the note, and of the points which appear to be connected with it. He can have no difficulty in assuring the French ambassador, that his majesty has entertained a most sincere desire that the treaty of Amiens might be executed in a full and complete manner; but it has not been possible for him to consider this treaty as having been founded on principles different from those which have been invariably applied to every other antecedent treaty or convention, namely, that they were negotiated with reference to the actual state of possession of the different parties, and to the treaties or public engagements by which they were bound at the time of its conclusion; and that if that state of possession, and of engagements was so materially altered by the act of either of the parties as to affect the nature of the compact itself, the other party has a right, according to the law of nations, to interfere for the purpose of obtaining satisfaction or compensation for any essential difference which such acts may have subsequently made in their relative situation; that if there ever was a case to which this principle might be applied with peculiar propriety, this was that of the late treaty of peace; for the negotiation was conducted on a basis not merely proposed by his majesty, but specially agreed to, in an official note, by the French government, viz. That his majesty should keep a compensation out of his conquests for the important acquisition of territory made by France upon the continent. This is a sufficient proof that the compact was understood to have been concluded in relation to the then existing state of things; for the measure of his majesty's compensation was to be calculated with reference to the acquisitions of France at that time; and if the interference of the French government in the general affairs of Europe since that period; if their interposition with respect to Switzerland and Holland, whose independence was guaranteed by them at the time of the conclusion of the treaty of peace; if the acquisitions which have been made by France in various quarters, but particularly those in Italy, have extended the territory and increased the power of France, his majesty would be warranted, consistently with the spirit of the treaty of peace, in claiming equivalents for these acquisitions, as a counterpoise to the augmentation of the power of France. His majesty, however, anxious to prevent all ground of misunderstanding, and desirous of consolidating the general peace of Europe, as far as might be in his power, was willing to have waived the pretensions he might have a right to advance of this nature; and as the other articles of the definitive treaty have been in a course of execution on his part, so he would have been ready to have carried into effect an arrangement conformable to the true intent and spirit of the tenth article; the execution of that arrangement, according to terms, having been rendered im-
practicable by circumstances which it was in his majesty's power to controul. Whilst his majesty was actuated by these sentiments of moderation and forbearance, and prepared to regulate his conduct in conformity to them, his attention was particularly attracted by the very extraordinary publication of the report of colonel Sebastiani to the First Consul. This report contains the most unjustifiable insinuations and charges against his majesty's government; against the officer commanding his majesty's forces in Egypt, and against the British army in that quarter: insinuations and charges wholly destitute of foundation, and such as would have warranted his majesty in demanding that satisfaction which on occasions of this nature, independent powers, in a state of amity have a right to expect from each other. It discloses, moreover, views in the highest degree injurious to the interests of his majesty's dominions, and directly repugnant to, and utterly inconsistent with, the spirit and letter of the treaty of peace concluded between his majesty and the French government. His majesty's ambassador at Paris was accordingly directed to make such a representation to the French government, as his majesty felt to be called for by imputations of the nature above described, by the disclosure of the purposes inconsistent with good faith, and highly injurious to the interests of his people; and as a claim had recently been made by the French government on the subject of the evacuation of Malta, Lord Whitworth was instructed to accompany this representation by a declaration on the part of his majesty, that before he could enter into any further discussions relative to that island, it was expected, that satisfactory explanations should be given upon the various points respecting which his majesty had complained. This representation and this claim, founded on principles incontrovertibly just, and couched in terms the most temperate, appear to have been wholly disregarded by the French government; no satisfaction has been afforded, no explanation whatever has been given; but on the contrary, his majesty's suspicions of the views of the French government with respect to the Turkish empire have been confirmed and strengthened by subsequent events. Under these circumstances, his majesty feels that he had no alternative, and that a just regard to his own honour and to the interests of his people, makes it necessary for him to declare, that he cannot consent that his troops should evacuate the island of Malta, until substantial security has been provided for the objects which under the present circumstances, might be materially endangered by their removal.
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WASHINGTON CITY
FRIDAY, JULY 15.
The following is the state of the poll in Cincinnati and Columbia townships.
CONGRESS.
Cincinnati, Columbia.
  William M'Millan, 169 26   William Goforth, 39 52   Jeremiah Morrow, 43 46   Elias Langham, 1 
Sciota paper.
APPOINTMENTS.
Tobias Lear, esq., is appointed Consul general to the Barbary powers, and is expected, with his secretary and family, in Boston, to take passage in the frigate Constellation, commodore Preble.
Samuel Flagg, Abraham Lincoln, and Francis Blake, are appointed commissioners of Bankruptcy for the district of Massachusetts.
(N. Y. Pap.)
Letters from Naples mention, that the English make as if they were going to possess themselves of the island of Sicily, in order to anticipate the French. Light flotillas are, with a view to this, to be stationed near Messina and Catania, in the Streight that divides Sicily from the kingdom of Naples.
NEWYORK, July 11.
The Treaty.—The arrival of the treaty ceding Louisiana to the United States, may be hourly expected, as we are informed, from respectable authority, that it was to be forwarded by a ship for this port, which was expected to leave Havre four days after the brig lately arrived at Boston, that failed on the 15th of May. The Oliver Ellsworth, we understand, lay at Havre, ready to sail for this place: by her probably, the treaty will be received, when a call of the Senate will be made to take the same under consideration.
The snow Rachel, of Alexandria, has arrived at Amboy, in 33 days from Sligo, (Ireland) with 133 passengers, all in good health. Off the Hook the Rachel was boarded by the British sloop of war Lilly, which impressed 23 of the passengers and one seaman.
Two British frigates, the Boston and the Andromache, are said to be cruising along our coast.
The Antigua Journal of the 21st ult. says, "A ship with troops has arrived at Barbadoes; and we understand eight of the line and some frigates are momentarily expected there. A sloop laden with coffee, it is said, was this day carried into English Harbor."
The above paper contains the proclamation of lord Lavington, the governor, announcing the commencement of hostilities, and assuring the owners of all armed ships and vessels, that "his majesty would consider them as having a just claim to the king's share of all French ships and property which they might make prize of."
Salem, July 4.
When capt. Beckford, left Surinam, provisions of every kind were plenty except scale-fish, beef and pork in demand, every floor full of those articles, and fules dull.—flour had been in demand, but had fallen on account of two vessels having arrived from Philadelphia with that article. Produce of every kind scarce and dear. Molasses delivered on board at 35 cents per gallon and sugar at 8 dollars per cwt. inward, and 14 1-2 per cent outward besides 6 guilders a hhd. tonnage money, have been established again.—Capt. B. was obliged to exchange his paper money for specie at the rate of 140 cents for a dollar, and no bills to be had except plantation bills at 20 per cent advance.
A fire at Fort Independence, near Boston, on the 28th ult. destroyed the laboratory with all its contents of military apparatus, stores, &c. It was occasioned by the accidental explosion of a rocket, which one of the artificers was carelessly making.
Baltimore, July 7.
The news of war has, we learnt by a gentleman from Martinique, had an instantaneous effect upon the commerce of that island. Colonial produce had considerably fallen, and every article is now given in exchange for provisions, &c. Flour had risen from 14 to 15 dollars; pork twenty-two, and articles in proportion.
Alexandria, July 12.
CAPTURE OF ST. LUCIA.
Arrived this morning the Snow Rachel, Captain Stevens, 15 days from Barbadoes. Captain Stevens politely favored the editor with the Bridge-Town Official Gazette of the 26th of June, from which the following extracts are made.
Bridge-Town, June 26.
At eight o'clock this morning arrived the Schooner Supply, express from St. Lucia, with dispatches from Lieut. Gen. Grinfield, announcing the important conquest of that island, which is communicated from the Lieut. Gen. in a letter to his excellency the right hon. lord Seaforth, from which the following is an extract:—
"St. Lucia, June 22, 1803."
"I am sure it will give your lordship pleasure to hear that St. Lucia is a nous, and taken in the most handsome manner within twelve hours after the landing. We last night drove in the enemy's out-posts and took the town of Castries. I then offered the commandant a capitulation, which he refused as a soldier and a man of honor. This morning at four, the assault began, and before five we were in possession of Morne Fortune. Our losses in officers wounded, particularly of rank, has been great, but I hope many if not all will be restored to a service, to which they have added lustre."
Without entering into a circumstantial detail of the disembarkation of the armament, and its advance to the position of Morne Chabot; suffice it to say, that the greater part of the troops being landed at about four o'clock in the afternoon at Choque Bay, immediately proceeded to occupy the ports contiguous to Morne Fortune, and about five o'clock, having driven in the advanced posts, got possession of the town of Castries.
In this attack the Lieut. Gen. himself led the column, and drove the French before him from Morne Chabot to Castries, down a road that lay open to all the guns of the fort.
The commander of the forces, wishing to prevent an effusion of blood, sent a summons to the commandant of Morne Fortune, which not being acceded to, it was determined to commence operations against the Morne before day break the next morning. The first column commanded by brig. gen. Prevost, began its march at half past one o'clock; the second column, commanded by brig. gen. Brereton, moved from the town at half past two; and a detachment under Lieut. col. Shipley, marched by another road to divert the attention of the enemy by a feint attack.
The columns nearly arriving at the same time at the point of attack, immediately pressed forward to storm the works of the fortress, which were carried in less than three quarters of an hour, notwithstanding the resistance of the French (animated by the example of their commander and general of brigade
Nogues) was most spirited and obstinate. Great credit must attach to those who by their prompt and decisive measures, have thus carried into immediate execution the wishes of his majesty's ministers and gained such an acquisition to their country by the unconditional conquest of an island of such importance.
SUMMONS.
Castries, St. Lucia, June 22, 1803.
The forces of his Britannic majesty now landed in this island being so superior to that of the French republic, that all resistance must be not only not necessary, but actually unnecessary profusion of the lives of men; the naval force is so superior to that of the French, that no hope of succour can possibly be entertained. The commanders both of the British army and navy, being fully sensible of their superiority, offer to the French commanding officer to accept of any reasonable conditions which he may think proper to propose, promising that the French troops must be prisoners of war and sent to Europe, and that all public property is to be at the disposition of the captors.
The officer who has the honor to present this, will wait one hour for an answer.
(Signed)
W. GRINFIELD, Lieut. Gen.
SAM. HOOD, Commodore, &c.
To the general, or officer commanding the French forces in the island of St. Lucia.
ANSWER.—(Translation.)
Morne Fortune, 2d Messidor.
11th year French Republic.
The General (Lieutenant to the Captain General of Martinique) at St. Lucia, to his Excellency General Grinfield and the Commodore Hood.
Gentlemen,
The military advantages which I have at my disposal will not permit me to subscribe to the terms offered and contained in your message, this instant received.
Like you, gentlemen, I am actuated by the principles of humanity, and the preservation of our respective forces; but it is a duty I owe to the honor of the French arms, to defend Morne Fortune as long as the means I have will enable me to keep it militarily.
Receive, gentlemen, the homage of my salutations, and assurance of my high consideration.
(Signed)
NOGUES.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Head Quarters, Castries, St. Lucia.
June 22, 1803.
The commander of the forces has the honor to congratulate the troops under his command, for the gallant attack and capture, by assault, of the fortress of Morne Fortune, and the unconditional surrender of the island of St. Lucia.
If any thing could reconcile to the officers and soldiers who have been wounded, and to the friends of those who have been killed, it will be the reflection of their most extraordinary, gallant, and soldier like behaviour.
The commander of the forces shall have particular satisfaction in representing to his king, the readiness with which the troops who formed the expedition were embarked on the shortest notice; he must particularly speak of the gallant behaviour of the 2d battalion of the Royals, and the 64th regiment; and he is very sorry that the 64th regiment, by its being in the reserve under brig. gen. Pickett, was not in the action, otherwise there could have been no doubt, but that the conduct of that regiment would have merited an equal report, as was evinced from a small detachment of that regiment in a feint attack under the command of Lieut. col. Shipley.
To the ready attention of commodore Hood, and to the accommodation afforded to the troops in the men of war, and to the exertions and arrangements of captain Halliwell in their embarkation and disembarkation, may be justly attributed the success of the expedition to this island.
To the cool and determined conduct of brig. gen. Prevost, and brig. gen. Brereton, who led the two columns of attack, may be attributed the success of the action; but to brig. gen. Prevost must be acknowledged, that to his counsel and arrangements, the commander of the forces attributes the glory of the day.
To Lieut. col. Pakenham and Lieut. col. M'Donald, (both severely wounded) their respective corps are indebted for their spirited behaviour.
To Lieut. col. Shipley and the royal engineers he is indebted in an high degree for assistance and professional advice.
To Lieut. col. Morden (severely wounded) he is indebted for his spirited offer and good conduct in leading the column to the assault; and the conduct of major George Richardson, (also severely wounded) was particularly noticed by brig. gen. Prevost.
It would be of too great length to insert the name of every officer whose courage and behaviour on this day has deserved to be marked; the commander of the forces can assure them that the

Satisfaction expressed by brig. gen. Prevost and brig. gen. Breton, does them the highest credit.
The commander of the forces would be unparadable was he not to express that the general of brigade Noguez, the commanding officer of the forces of the French republic, and the troops under his command, made a most gallant defence for their country, and highly honorable to themselves.
Return of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing.
Killed—4 serjeants, 16 rank and file.
Wounded—4 field officers, 2 captains, 3 subalterns, 4 serjeants, 97 rank and file.
Names of Officers Wounded.
2d Bat. Royals—Lieut. col M'Donald and cap. Calonne—severely.
64th Regiment—Lieut. col. Pakenham, major for Geo. Richardson—severely—Capt. Galmay, and lieut. Frederick Rowan—slightly.
3d West India Regt.—Lieut. Moultrie and Ensign Pagan—slightly.
Staff—Lieut. col. Morden, dep. adjutant general—severely.
N. B. Hospital Mate Hynes, attached to 3d West India regiment, severely wounded, not included above.
FRENCH PRISONERS.
The number of French Prisoners amounts to 612 men including Officers and non commissioned.
PROCLAMATION.
St. Lucia—By their Excellencies Lieut. Gen. Wm. Grinfield, and commodore Samuel Hood, commanding in chief the land and sea Forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, employed in reducing said Island, &c. &c.
Although the said island of St. Lucia was taken by assault, and without any capitulation or stipulation whatever, yet their Excellencies, from a desire to tranquilize the inhabitants and proprietors, with respect to their actual situation, have thought proper to declare; and do hereby declare, that the laws existing at the time the said Island was under his Majesty's government immediately previous to its last session, shall continue in full force until his Royal Pleasure shall be made known: and all the constituted authorities are required to take notice of this Proclamation, and conduct themselves accordingly.
Given under our hands and seals at Head Quarters, Castries, in the Island of St. Lucia, this 23d day of June 1803. (Signed)
W. GRINFIELD, Lieut. Gen. SAMUEL HOOD, Commodore.
FOURTH OF JULY.
Although those who conduct the federal process in this city had exhibited a zeal, worthy only of themselves, to lessen the joys of the approaching national festival—though the reverend Dr. Linn, a federal clergyman, had declared that it was wicked to read the declaration of Independence, and had himself written or excited others to write in the Royal Gazette, and in Alexander Hamilton's paper, remarks calculated and intended to derogate from the merits of the event that made us a free and independent people, yet this "birth day of a world" was celebrated in the city of New-York with more than usual demonstrations of joy. The committee of arrangement, who had spared neither pains nor expense to please the citizens and add splendour to the commemoration, merit the thanks of every wing for the zeal and industry which they exhibited on the occasion.
The anniversary, as usual, was commenced with a federal salute from the battery. The national flag was hoisted on the ships in the harbour, the stores and shops were shut, and there was a general cessation from business. The day exhibited the pleasing solemnity of Sunday, mingled with the joy and festivity which the anniversary never fails to inspire.
At nine in the morning the military, on duty, assembled in Broadway, and made a brilliant appearance. The first battalion consisting of 272 men, under the command of Col. Morton; the second amounting, in number, to 220, was commanded by Col. Van Zandt. The artillery, consisting of 400 under the command of Maj. Curtenius, made a splendid appearance. There was also about 80 cavalry commanded by Capt. Lawrence; the whole under the command of Brigadier General Boyd.
The troops marched to the battery, where, after going through the usual evolutions, they were reviewed by Brigadier General Stevens, accompanied by the Mayor and other gentlemen.
The procession, consisting of the Tammany, Mechanic, Typographical, and Habit Makers Societies, and Military officers not on duty, headed by the uniformed troops, formed in the Park at 11 o'clock. The military and the societies formed a line of nearly one mile, and the concourse of people assembled on each side of Broadway was greater than we ever before witnessed.
The procession moved through the principal streets. When arrived at Cedar-street, the military broke off and proceeded to the Battery, according to brigade orders, and the residue of the procession to the New-Dutch Church, where the Declaration of Independence was read by Samuel Cowprey, Esq. preceded by judicious remarks, and an Oration delivered by Mr. John D. Miller.
We were glad to see the very improper remarks made in the federal prints previous to the 4th of July had no effect on Mr. Miller who acquitted himself very handsomely.
The following odes, preceded by an anthem composed by Mr. Washington M'Knight, son of the Reverend Doctor M'Knight, were sung accompanied by a fine band of instrumental music. The vocal and instrumental performances were of the most exquisite kind. The audience, which was a most crowded one, were highly gratified.
When the church exercises were concluded the procession marched to the Battery in inverted order where they formed a circle and dismissed with three cheers.
The day was spent in great harmony, and, we believe, without a single accident.
* We regret our inability to procure the anthem for publication; we saw not a single copy of it in the church.
ODE.
FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1803. BY WALTER TOWNSEND. (Set to Music by Dr. Jackson.)
ONCE more has the morn op'd the portals of light, Dispeld the dark shades of the fable-clad night, And brought the illustrious day, That marks the great epoch, when Liberty's sun Arose on our realm, when oppression was done; And FREEDOM, victorious, her empire begun, And Tyranny's powers fled away.
Then let us exult! let each heart beat with joy! Bid care smooth his brow! nor let sadness annoy! For Heaven its blessings still pours! As from the mild south rolls the monarch of day, When tempests and darkness have long held the sway, Creation revives, and all nature looks gay; So freedom rejoices our shores.
Behold what a prospect salutes the charm'd eye, When, from some high summit, around we descry The hills, and the vallies, and plains! There Ceres, far spreading, her bounties displays; Pomon'a here blossoms, high on the bent sprays; While, o'er the rich pastures the flocks and herds graze; And plenty with happiness reigns.
Extend but the view, and the spires heaves in air; And cities rise graceful, where growl'd the rude bear, And forests spread frightfully round; While o'er the wide ocean, the white swelling sails Our Commerce bears stately, where e'er the fleet gales Refresh the scorched line, or, where winter prevails, With death, in bleak tempest, abound.
Religion, bright seraph immortal, here reigns; And fell superstition recedes with his chains, To regions envelop'd in shade: Where Science, which here its full splendor displays, Scarce gleams through the darkness with eventide rays; Where millions in bondage, still grope for their ways, And tyranny's sceptre is sway'd.
Here learning and art, raise their votaries to fame; And genius and beauty their eulogy claim, O! merit intrinsic possess: Where knowledge adorns whom the graces have crown'd; And prudence and virtue, with sweetness are found, To rear the young offspring that prattle around, And render the marriage state blest.
These are the blessings from Freedom that spring! That make the land lmine, and the laborer sing, Whom no haughty lordling enslaves For these we brav'd death when war trown'd o'er our head Our fields swam in blood, which pale corfes o'er spread, And widows and orphans, depriv'd of their bread, In sorrow sunk into their graves.
But now the loud trumpet no more calls to arms; No longer the thunder of battle alarms, Nor carnage encrimsons the plain; Let not Civil discord our nation embroil, And tarnish the glory we gain'd by our toil; But prudence, with firmness, the efforts still toil Of faction, to vex our domain. May Wisdom and Justice still strengthen our cause; Preside in our councils, and dictate our laws; And union with knowledge increase: May virtue reign victor till vice have an end; Religion, triumphant, her precepts defend; And peace, o'er our realms, her white banners extend, Till wars through the universe cease.
STANZAS.—By Mrs. Jackson. (Set to Music by Dr. Jackson.)
WHEN generous FREEDOM leaves her downy bed, And haughty tyranny shall droop its head; Then more than happiness, with wide domain, Extends to every maid and village swain; CHORUS. Let harmony soft Hymeneals sing Of gentle love, and his fantastic toys, Of health, domestic peace, and all their joys: While guardian, &c.
The lovely cherub contemplation bring Let harmony soft Hymeneals sing Of gentle love, and his fantastic toys, Of health, domestic peace, and all their joys: While guardian, &c.
Thir trumpets, sounding fame, in concert hear, O! WASHINGTON!—Great WASHINGTON revere! Him first, him best, your graceful hours employ! The great, the good, and source of all your joy! While guardian &c.
After the military duties of the day were performed, the officers of the brigade retired to the Tontine Coffee-House, and partook of an excellent dinner prepared by Mr. Rathwell; The following toasts were drank; Brigadier General Boyd in the Chair.
1. The Day which gave birth to Freedom—May its annual return be ever dear to Americans. 2. The Constitution of the United States. 3. The President of the United States.—3 cheers. 4. The Vice President of the United States. 5. The Commander in Chief of the state of New-York.—3 cheers. 6. The Clergy—eminent for their piety, virtue, and patriotism, may they ever carry with them the esteem and affections of their countrymen. 7. The memory of Washington—His bright example has convinced the world that goodness and greatness may dwell toge. her. 8. The militia of the United States—May they they ever remember, while soldiers, the great duty they owe their country as citizens. 9. The Officers, Non Commissioned Officers, and Soldiers of the late revolutionary army—May we never be ungrateful to those who have fought our battles. 10. Our country—As it is the most free, so may it become the most powerful and happy. 11. Our government—May it ever be such as to command esteem at home and respect abroad. 12. The American Navy—The guardian of our rights, protector of our Commerce, and avenger of our insults. 13. The memory of those worthies who have fought and bled to establish our independence. 14. Agriculture, Manufactures, and Commerce. 15. Freedom, Virtue, and Happiness, to all the nations of the earth.—3 cheers. 16. An Union of honesty and talents. 17. The Fair Daughters of America.—3 cheers.
VOLUNTEERS.
By brigadier general Boyd—May the United States be as much respected among the nations, as the names of Washington and Franklin are among us.
By Col. Van Zandt—May difference of political opinion cease to interrupt social harmony.
By Lieut. Charles Christian—Louisiana, acquired by the wisdom of our Executive.—May it be preferred by the valor of our citizens.—3 cheers.
Toasts drank by Tammany Society on the 4th of July, 1803.
1. The Day we celebrate—It brings to our recollection the alarms, the dangers, and the distresses of our country, and revives the spirit which animated her heroes in forming the resolution to perish or be free. 2. The Declaration of Independence, each tongue its trumpet, each arm its support, and each heart its depository. 3. Our country—We "rejoice" at the peaceful return of another anniversary of Liberty, in this "asylum for the oppressed of all nations." 4. The people of the United States of America—May they never acknowledge any other sovereign than "their world enemy"—themselves. 5. Our virtuous Chief, Thomas Jefferson—the arrows of calumny may assail him in vain—"armed strong in honesty, they pass by him as the idle wind—he regards them not." 6. The memory of our departed Chief, George Washington—While our country mourns the loss of her. The mists of time, may find ample consolation in having a Solon to guide her counsils. 7. Our revolutionary heroes and patriots—the colossus of their reputation is erected on a base of adamant, not like the Rhodian, to perish with its builders, but destined to witness the concusion of the Universe. 8. The state of New-York—May she continue "to keep alive the patriot flame" long as the waters of the majestic Hudson flow, or the sublime Ontario leaves her North Western bounds. 9. Our Venerable Governor, George Clinton.
10. Public Justice—May its fountains, now purged, from political prejudice, favoritism, and abuse, remain uncontaminated by those base ingredients. 11. "Energy"—May those who love it always be its subjects. 12. Industry—May it extend the wings of Commerce,—and ease and affluence be the reward of honest labour. 13. The great council of our nation—May the ensuing "season of snows" find them prepared to meet with manly firmness the approaching political storm which threatens unfortunate Europe. 14. The encouragement of science arts, and agriculture. 15. May the weapons used in our political disputes be reason and sound argument, and not the sword and pistol. 16. The dignity of the fair sex—the companions not the slaves of man. 17. Louisiana—the more valuable, ceded to us by bloodless negotiation, than obtained by the carnage of war.
SPARTA, (GEORGIA) June 17.
The following important letter from the "Legal and constitutional head men of the Muskogee nation," (as they stile themselves) to the commissioners of the United States at Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee river; was communicated by a gentleman of respectability, who obtained it from an Indian trader. The original is now in the possession of the commanding officer at Fort Wilkinson; and the hand writing of Bowles has been recognised by one of the officers.
To the Commissioners of the United States at Fort Wilkinson, on the Oconee.
GENTLEMEN, We the legal and constitutional head men of the Muskogee nation (called by you the Creeks) hearing that you had invited a number of people to the Fort of Oconee, promising them presents, in order to induce many to go; and having long experienced the evil tendency of such meetings where you have exhibited long instruments of writing, that could neither be explained by you, or understood by those of our people present; yet you have by means, best known to yourselves, procured thereto, a long string of our names, giving the appearance of a national authority and sanction to instruments of writing, as agreements made between us and held them out to the world as such, while we never knew or understood any thing of the business.
Having observed at this time, that our people have been promiscuously invited to the Oconee, and promised large presents, rather more mysterious than on former occasions. We think it a duty we owe our country, to put a stop to such practices, which tend only to create disturbances between us, that may terminate in a war which we do not wish.
Therefore we being now met in council, do determine and declare that this nation is not nor cannot be bound by any such talk or agreement so made. That no act, whatever, is legal unless done in full council of the nation, at a place previously appointed and agreed on by the head men for such meeting, and according to the laws, of our confederation with our brothers, the Cherokees, Chickasaws and Choctaws, no lands can be ceded except by agreement of the confederation in council met.
We are now engaged in a war with the Spaniards in defence of our rights, our lands and every thing that is dear to us; and we shall defend ourselves, against all people who shall attempt to usurp, or make encroachments on us.
We with you Americans to be honest, lay aside your schemes of land speculation and be good neighbors, we promise to be so with you. Let us have peace and a free trade between us, which alone can be mutually beneficial.
We are ready to form a treaty with you and regulate all matters between us, and a criterion fixed by which to regulate the conduct of our respective people. But such transactions must be national acts, and not done by people who go to the Oconee in order to have a drunken frolic.
Done in council at Eufaulalaga, this fourth day of June, 1803, being present the chief and head men, as follows:
Puehla Mekko, Tlegiska Mekko, Haluto Mekko, Tusskia Mekko, Cheliane Mekko, Haluto Mekko.
With the representatives of sixteen towns, and presented by us the director general of Muskogee.
W. A. ROWLES.
The foregoing letter being read in full council of the nation at the Parrachocka town, the 2d of March; and again agreeable to adjournment, at the Tuckefall, the 28th of March 1803, where it was unanimously approved of, and passed in a resolve.
And, whereas some attempts have been made to interrupt the trade between the state of Georgia and this nation, the following resolves among others were entered into and passed into a law.
1. Resolved, That from this day forth, any person who shall take part with our enemies, and act any way against us shall suffer death.
2. Resolved, That our trade shall be free to all people not at war with us; subject only to the laws made by us in council—and that the papers circulated by Benjamin Hawkins are of no effect, and not made with our knowledge or consent.
Ordered that our resolves be made public.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT. Directing a new assessment of property and an enumeration of the inhabitants of the City.
Be it enacted by the first and second chambers of the City Council of Washington. That an allment be forthwith made of all the real and personal property within the City of Washington, slaves and property not subject to taxation under the existing laws excepted, according to its true value, paying no regard to any former assessment, by the Treasurer, who shall record the same in books, to be kept by him for the use of the City.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That on the first Monday of September next, there be elected by ballot by those entitled to vote for members of the City Council, one citizen in each ward, and that a majority of the citizens thus elected, shall constitute a Board of appeal on all contested valuations of property assessed as aforesaid, who shall severally be entitled to two dollars a day for their services during their sitting: Said election shall be held by the judges of the late election of members of the City Council. Provided, that no person so elected shall act in any case wherein he may be interested but that a third person shall in such case be appointed by the other two.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That previously to the first day of October next, the aforesaid assessment shall be completed and the books containing the same made out and rendered to the board of appeal, who shall meet on the succeeding third Monday of October, at such place as the Mayor shall provide, on which public notice shall be previously given by him for one week, and who shall finally decide within two weeks thereafter upon all appeals in conformity to which decisions the books of assessment shall be adjusted.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer shall between the first and second Mondays of October next, give written notice, through the medium of the post office, to all owners of property of the sum at which it may be assessed.
Sec. 5. And be it enacted that in all cases of the transfer of property made subsequent to the aforesaid assessment, information thereof specifying the name or names of the person or persons to whom the same is transferred shall be given by the person transferring the same, to the Treasurer within three months thereafter, if within the United States, and if without the United States, within six months under the penalty, for a neglect thereof, of a sum equal to the tax laid that year on said property, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, and the other half to the use of the city: and a penalty equal to all taxes subsequently laid shall continue in like manner to be incurred, recovered and applied, until said information is rendered.
Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the judges of the election, immediately after the votes shall have been counted, to deliver to each citizen chosen a member of the board of appeal a certificate of his election; and in case any member so elected decline serving, or is unable to act, the mayor shall supply his place by the appointment of a citizen for the ward in which such member resided.
Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall further be the duty of the Treasurer, at the time of making said assessment, to enumerate the persons residing within the city, stating the aggregate numbers of the several classes, according to the following table:—
Table with 2 columns: Class (Whites, Males, Females) and Assessment (From 1 to 10 years old, From 10 to 18, From 18 to 30, From 30 to 45, From 45 to 60, Upwards).
And a like table of slaves, free blacks and mulattoes; together with the aggregate of the number of persons belonging to each profession pursued in the city.
Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer shall receive for the above services in addition to the necessary expenses incurred for stationery, the sum of three hundred dollars.
JOHN P. VAN NESS, President of the first chamber of the city council of Washington. DANL. GARROLL of Duva, President of the second chamber of the city council of Washington. Approved July 14th, 1803.
ROBERT BRENT, Mayor. True copy, THOMAS HERTY, Reg. of the city of Washington.

(Continued from first page.) respecting some of the points which have been the subject of his representations. But after all that has passed, his majesty cannot consent that his troops should evacuate the island of Malta, until substantial security has been provided for those objects, which, under the present circumstances, might be materially endangered by their removal.
I am Sir, &c. HAWKESBURY. No. XL. is immaterial. No. XLI. Note from gen. Andreossi to lord Hawkesbury, dated March 10th 1803. The undersigned ambassador and minister plenipotentiary of the French Republic, to his Britannic majesty, had received from the first consul, express orders to require from the British government some explanations respecting the prorogued occupation of the island of Malta by the English troops. He had hoped that verbal communications would have been sufficient to have produced satisfactory explanations, by preparing the way for the mutual conciliation of minds and interests, a conduct which has been prescribed to him for his ardent zeal for the maintenance of harmony between the two countries, of the peace of Europe, objects of the solicitude of the French government. But the undersigned thinks he can no longer delay complying with the instructions he had received, and he has therefore the honor of addressing the following observations to his excellency lord Hawkesbury, which recall to recollection the spirit and the leading features of the verbal communications which he has previously made to him.
By the conditions of the 4th paragraph of the tenth article of the treaty of Amiens, the English troops were to evacuate the island of Malta, and its dependencies three months after the exchange of the ratifications.
Ten months have elapsed since the ratification have been exchanged, and the English troops are still at Malta.
The French troops, on the contrary, who were to evacuate the Neapolitan & Papal states, have not waited the expiration of the three months which were granted to them to withdraw, and have quitted Tarentum, the fortifications of which they had re-established, and where they had collected 100 pieces of cannon.
What can be alleged in justification of the delay in evacuating Malta? has not the 10th article of the treaty at Amiens provided for every thing? And the Neapolitan troops being arrived, under what pretext do those of England still remain there?
Is it because all the powers enumerated in the 6th paragraph have not yet accepted the guaranty which is devolved upon them? But this is not a condition that relates to the evacuation of the island; and besides, Austria has already sent its act of guaranty. Russia itself has made only a single difficulty which is done away by the accession of the first consul to the modifications proposed, unless indeed England itself throws obstacles in the way, by refusing to accede to the proposals of Russia, which after all could not effect the engagements of his Britannic majesty, who according to the express condition of the treaty, is to evacuate the island of Malta within three months, placing it under the guard of the Neapolitans, who are to garrison it, until the definitive arrangements of the order are settled.
It should therefore seem impossible, and would be without example in the history of nations, were his Britannic majesty to refuse to execute a fundamental article of the pacification, of the very one, which, in the drawing up of the preliminaries, was considered as the first, and as requiring to be settled previously to every other point.
Indeed, the First Consul, who cordially relies on the intentions of his Britannic majesty, and cannot suppose them to be less open and generous than those with which he is animated, has hitherto been unwilling to attribute the delay of the evacuation of Malta, to any other than to maritime circumstances.
The undersigned is, therefore, charged to require explanations on this point, and he is persuaded that the British ministry will be the more anxious to furnish such as will be satisfactory, as they must be sensible how necessary they are for the maintenance of harmony, and how important they are for the honour of the two nations.
The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to renew to lord Hawkesbury the assurances of his high consideration.
(Signed) F. ANDREOSSI. Portland Place, 10th March, 1803. No. XLII. Letter from lord Whitworth to lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris March 12. Lord Whitworth had just been apprised of the king's message; his lordship says: "I found, however, on going to M. de Talleyrand, at two o'clock, that he was already informed of it. He was just setting out to communicate it to the First Consul, and appeared under considerable agitation. He returned with me
to his cabinet, and though he told me he was pressed for time, he suffered me to relate the circumstances without interruption, I endeavoured to make him sensible that this measure was merely precautionary, and in the least degree intended as a menace. I concluded my observations by repeating that it was merely a measure of self-security, founded on the armaments which were carrying on in the ports of France and Holland; remarking, at the same time, that had not even these armaments been as notorious as they were, the very circumstance of the First Consul's determination to augment so considerably his army in time of peace, would have been a full and sufficient motive for such a measure of precaution.
"M. de Talleyrand now informed me he was already acquainted with the business, that a messenger had that morning arrived, who had brought him a copy of the message, which he communicated to me. I could draw from him no reply whatever to my observations. He confined himself strictly to the assurance which he has so repeatedly made, and there was no foundation whatever for the alarm which was felt by his majesty's ministers; that the First Consul was precise; that he had no thoughts whatever of attacking his majesty's dominions, unless forced to do so by a commencement of hostilities on our part; that he should always consider the casus belli to be the evacuation of Malta as such a commencement of hostilities ; and that, as we had hitherto hesitated to do so, he was justified in adopting the measures which might eventually be necessary. He disclaimed every idea of the armaments fitting out in the Dutch ports having any other destination than to the colonies, and concluded, that for his part, he could not comprehend the motives which had necessitated a resort to such a measure on the part of his majesty's government.
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WASHINGTON THEATRE. Those subscribers to the Theatre who propose contributing work or materials, are requested to meet the committee on Saturday evening next the 16th inst. at 8 o'clock precisely, at the house of William Lovell on Pennsylvania Avenue.
The subscribers to the Theatre are requested to pay the third installment (being ten dollars on each share) of their subscriptions to J. P. Van Ness. Those who have not paid their first or second installments it is expected will do so.
BY AUTHORITY. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, To build a Catholic Cathedral Church in the City of Baltimore.
  Dollars.    1 prize of 20,000  1 ditto 10,000  2 do 5000 10,000  5 do 1000 5,000  10 do 500 5,000  15 do 200 3,000  200 do 100 20,000  200 do 50 10,000  200 do 25 5,000  250 do 20 5,000  4000 do 15 60,000  1 first drawn ticket after 2000, having a blank to its number, 500  1 do after 4000 500  1 do after 6000 500  1 do after 8000 500  1 do after 10000 500  1 do after 12000 500  1 do after 15000 500  1 do after 18000 500  1 do after 20000 2,000  1 last drawn ticket, which may have a blank to its number, 4,000  7554 Prizes, 210,000  13,816 blanks—Not two to a prize,  
21,000 tickets, at 10 dollars each, 210,000 The laudable purpose of this lottery—the many very valuable prizes offered, and there not being two blanks to a prize, are considerations which give the managers reason to hope for a rapid sale of the tickets. The drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number of tickets shall be sold to authorise it; and thirty days after the completion of the drawing, the prizes will be paid to the fortunate adventurers; subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent. Such prizes as shall not be demanded within twelve months after the drawing is finished, shall be considered as relinquished for the benefit of the church.
For the satisfaction of those at a distance, it may be necessary to mention, that the managers have given bond to the mayor and city council in the sum of 120,000 dollars for the due payment of the prizes which may be drawn.
Tickets to be had of the managers, or of such persons as may be appointed by them.
Managers: Right Rev. Bishop Carroll, Rev. Francis Bevilacqua, Messrs. David Williamson, Robert Walsh, Charles Ghequiere, Patrick Bennett, Arnold Livers, Luke Tiernan, Francis I. Mitchell.
July 13, 1803.
The managers have lodged a number of tickets in the above lottery in the hands of Wm. Brent and James D. Barry for sale.
FOR SALE, For a term of 5 years, A LIKELY young and healthy NEGRO MAN, about 23 years of age for sale by ROBERT M c CLAN. Washington May 25. tf.
FOR SALE, By public action on Thursday the 28th inst. at 11 o'clock before noon, at Stelle's hotel, on Capitol Hill.
The commodious two story brick dwelling house (at present occupied by colonel Burrows) with the out-houses and lots number 10 and 11 in square number 925 in the city of Washington, open to and bounded in part on Pennsylvania Avenue, and by ninth street east, leading to the Navy Yard. The premises may be viewed any day previous to the sale. The terms are one third cash, when a clear and sufficient title will be given; one third in 6 and one third in 12 months with interest on the last two payments, to be secured by bond and mortgage on the premises. THOMAS TINGLY. Washington July 5, 1803. tdf
All persons having claims or demands of any nature against the subscriber, are requested to exhibit their accounts, without delay, to JOHN NEWLE or RICHARD FORREST, Esqrs. of the city of Washington, who are authorised, in my name, to adjust and settle the same and all persons indebted to me are requested to make payment to either of the gentlemen above named. SAMUEL BLODGET. March 30. tf
The highest price in Cash will be given for a quantity of HOLLAND BEANS and BLACK EYED PEAS. Apply to WM. BRENT. Washington June 29. cp3w
Lots for sale. IN eligible situations, and upon very advantageous terms—A plan of the several squares in which they are contained may be seen and terms thereon by applying to, ROBERT W. PEACOCK. Attorney at law and conveyancer. tf
PRINTING INK OF AN EXCELLENT QUALITY, FOR SALE AT TIMOTHY CALDWELL'S Near the West Market, City of Washington, who has to Let on Ground Rent a number of Lots in eligible situations. June 22. 3m.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD, FOR delivering to the subscriber a negro boy, Edmond, who was a few days ago sent with a letter to a gentleman in the city and has not since returned. RICHARD FRAZER. Washington June 27, 1843. 6cp.
I WILL sell five hundred and fifty acres of land whereon I live, in Fairfax county, within five miles of the court house, and within twenty of the City of Washington, Alexandria, Dumfries, and twelve of the Occoquan mills, is a healthy situation, the land fertile, and has about two hundred acres of wood to cut, there is a great proportion of white and red oak, popular and hickory timber—There is nearly one hundred acres of prime land for meadow, I will give six months credit for one fourth of the purchase money—twelve months for the other quarter, eighteen for the third, and two years for the last payment, a purchaser will find me on the premises. THOS. POLLARD. Feb 21st. cp
WAS committed to the jail of Baltimore county as a runaway, on the 15th inst. a bright mulatto man, who calls himself ELIJAH LICK; he is about 27 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high, is thin and spare made, has a scar on his right wrist, about the size of a copper; has on a brown mixed cloth coat, with green velvet cape; black cassimere waist light colored cassimere pantalettes; fine Holland shirt and a half worn hat. He says he belongs to Mr. John Harris Uphear, living in Essex county, near Holmes's Hole, in the state of Virginia. If the owner does not release him, he will be sold for his jail fees, according to law. JAMES WILSON, Sheriff. July 4th. taw. tf. P-&F
Boarding & Day Schools, PRESIDENT'S SQUARE. J. GARDINER instructs Youth in Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Writing, and English Grammar. MRS. GARDINER teaches Needle Work, Tambouring, &c. Young Ladies who desire to do so, can divide their time betwixt the two schools. Boys from the country accommodated with Board and Lodging on reasonable terms. June 1. 2mo
WAS committed to the jail of Baltimore county as a runaway, on the 8th inst. a negro man, who calls himself EDWARD JACKSON; he is about 30 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high, stout and well made, has lost the greater part of his left ear, has a scar on his breast, and one on each hand over his thumbs, has on a white kersey jacket, blue cloth trowsers, and ozanaburg shirt; he says he is free and came last from New-Orleans. If he is not released he will be sold for his jail fees according to law. James Wilson, Sheriff. June 20. 1. tf
TO BE RENTED, And entered upon in a few weeks, A CONVENIENT HOUSE for the accommodation of a numerous family, at a moderate rent on North G. Street, near the Executive Offices—There are four Rooms with a fire-place in each; besides four Bed-Chambers—The Kitchen is in a two-story back building connected with the dwelling house by a piazza stair-case—In the kitchen an oven, &c.—the cellar is dry—the tenant will have the use of a dry well for the preservation of meat—the garden ground, which is pailed in, extends the depth of the lot 183 by 33 1/3—Apply to Ezl. King who lives adjoining the premises. June 20. tawtf
Columbian Library. At a meeting of the Shareholders of the Columbian Library on Saturday last, Stephen B. Baich, Joseph Nourse, Thomas Turner, John Craven, Francis Lowndes, Jun. and Adam King, were chosen directors for the ensuing year. Resolved, 'That the price of shares to new subscribers be hereafter, at the rate of 15 dollars a share' and that all shares heretofore subscribed for, and on which there are arrearages due prior to the 1st day of January last, be forfeited, unless the said arrearages be paid on or before the first day of August next—and it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Librarian to consider and enter as forfeited, all the aforesaid shares on which the arrearages shall not be paid as aforesaid. Resolved also, that the annual payment be two dollars for the present year. Extract from the minutes. DAVID WILEY, Sec'y.
It may be worthy of notice, that all who have ever held shares in the Library, and have not transferred them, will still be entitled to them, upon paying off the arrearages, as above; that a considerable number of new books have been provided within the last year; that the support and encouragement of the institution may be both honorable and useful that the Library is kept open for the delivery and return of books every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, from 3 o'clock till sundown—that every share is entitled to two books at one time, and may keep them one fourteen days—that other persons may have equal access to the books with the Shareholders, on paying, in advance, for one year, four dollars, for one quarter of a year, one and one half dollars; and for one month, half a dollar giving competent security for the return of the books. The books are kept in an apartment of the Columbian Academy. George-Town, April 1. eost tawtfA
WAS committed to the jail of Baltimore county, as a runaway, on the 19th inst. a negro man named JACOB, who is about 23 years of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, stout & well made; has a scar under his right cheek, about an inch long; has on a short green coatee with red cape, blue waistcoat, Rufus flaring trowsers, and ozanaburg shirt, mixed grey worsted stockings, and buck worn shoes and wool hat—He says he belongs to Mr. Robert Hodgson, of the state of Georgia. If the owner of said negro does not release him, he will be sold for his jail fees according to law. JAMES WILSON, Sheriff. April 21. tawtf
WAS committed to the jail of Baltimore county as a runaway servant, on the 6th inst. JOHN PHILIP WORM, a German, about 23 years of age 5 feet 8 inches high, light complexion, red hair, grey eyes, has on a blue cloth coat and pantalettes, striped cotton jacket with flaves, and an old wool hat; he is a baker by trade, and says he belongs to messrs. Blair and Valkman, living in Lombard Street, Philadelphia. If his master or masters do not release him, he will be sold for his jail fees according to law. James Wilson, Sheriff, tawtf
June 20 ELISHA RIGGS, Has just received from Philadelphia A large supply of Seasonable Goods, viz.
EMBOSSED and Coloured Muffins, Very fine Mtl. Mtl. & Book do. Lace Shades and Wide Laces, Spangled Tiffiny and J. K. Fans, Silk Cotton and thread Hosiery, Very fine Cambric and long lawn, Cotton Counterpans and Dinettes, Striped Silk for Coats, Fancy Waistcoating and Janes, 9-8 and 7-8 Buff and Silk Chintzes, London Cloths and Calmers, Nankeens, Fubians and Checks, White and Buff Cord for Uniform, Silver Lace and Blue Plumes, Irish and German Sheetings, Bed Prints and Tickings, Men's light Beaver Hats, Diaper Table Cloths.
ALSO, Cheap Irish Linens, And many other articles which being bought at the best market, & will be sold very low for Cash. George Town, June 15. M & F 2w F4w
FIRST LEGION. ATTENTION!
At a Legionary Court of Enquiry, held on the 15th day of March last, in obedience to a law passed at the last session of Congress, intitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the organization of the Militia of the District of Columbia," ordered that the following be the Uniform to be worn by all non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the battalion companies of the first Legion while on duty, viz. A DARK BLUZ COAT of ordinary length, WHITE VEST, WHITE BREECHES and WHITE STOCKINGS, or WHITE PANTALOONS and WHITE STOCKINGS, or WHITE OVERALLS, with SHOES and ROUND BLACK HAT: which Uniform having been approved by the Brigadier General, is now published by order of the said court. WM. D. BEALL, Clerk of L. C. E.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted, That all non-commissioned officers and privates, belonging to battalion companies, shall appear while on duty, uniformly clothed, the color and fashion of which uniforms to be determined on for the respective legions, by the first legionary courts of enquiry which shall be held, and to be approved of by the Brigadier General; provided the expense of the same, additional to that of usual ordinary, and cheap clothing, does not exceed five dollars for each person, and every such non-commissioned officer, or drummer, or fifer, or private, appearing at any muster held after three months from the time that such uniform shall have been determined on, and the order relative thereto shall have been published in some newspaper within the legionary district, and not wearing the same, shall be fined five dollars for each offence, unless he can make it appear to the satisfaction of the court of enquiry of the battalion to which he may belong, that he was unable to equip himself.
In Council, Annapolis, April 19, 1803. ORDERED, that the act to alter, change and abolish, such parts of the constitution and form of government as relates to the establishing a general court and court of appeals, be published once in each week, for the space of three months successively, in the Maryland Gazette, at Annapolis; the Baltimore American, the Telegraph, the Federal Gazette, at Baltimore; the National Intelligencer; Mr. Smith's paper, at Balton; the Republican Advocate, at Frederick-town, and Mr. Grives's paper, at Hager's-town. By order, NINIAN PINKNEY. Clerk.
AN ACT
To alter, change and abolish, such parts of the constitution and form of government as relates to the establishing a general court and court of appeals. Be it enacted, That the General Assembly of Maryland, That from and after the first day of March, eighteen hundred and four, there shall be a court of appeals, composed of three persons of integrity, and sound judgment in the law, who shall be styled in their commissions Judges of the court of appeals, whose judgement shall be final & conclusive in all cases of appeal to the court of chancery, county court or orphan's court; and that the court of appeals shall hold two sessions on the western shore and two on the eastern shore in each year, at such time and places as the future legislature of this state shall direct and appoint.
And be it enacted, That from and after the said first day of March, eighteen hundred and four, this state shall be divided into five judicial districts, viz. St. Mary's, Calvert, Prince George's and Charles counties, shall be the first district; Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's and Talbot counties, shall be the second district; Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Harford counties, shall be the third district; Caroline, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester counties, shall be the fourth district; and Washington, Frederick, Montgomery & Allegany counties, shall be the fifth district; and that there shall be appointed for each of the said district two persons of integrity, and sound judgement in the law, who shall reside in the district for which they shall be appointed, who shall be styled in their commissions district judges of the county court in such district; and there shall be appointed for each of the counties to the rate one portion of integrity, experience & knowledge, resident of the county for which he shall be appointed, who shall be styled in the commission associate judge of the county court of the county for which he shall be appointed; and the said district judges in their respective districts, together with the said associate judge in the respective counties, shall compose the county court, and the county courts so established shall have, hold & exercise, all the powers, authorities and jurisdictions, that the general court and county courts of this state have heretofore held, used and exercised, except the appellate jurisdiction of the general court; and that the county courts shall hold their sessions in their respective counties at such times and places as the future legislature of this state shall direct and appoint.
And be it enacted, That if this act shall be confirmed by the general assembly, after the next election of delegates, in the first session after such new election, as the constitution and form of government directs, that in such case this act, and the alterations and amendments of the constitution and form of government therein contained, shall be taken and considered, and shall constitute and be valid, as a part of the said constitution and form of government, to all intents and purposes, anything in the said constitution and form of government contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it enacted, That all and every part of the constitution and form of government that relates to the court of appeals, or the general court as now established, or to the judges thereof, or that is in any manner contrary to, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this act, be and are hereby declared to be repealed and abolished on the confirmation hereof. May 2.
A valuable Farm for Sale. IN the county of Jefferson State of Virginia, four miles above Harper's Ferry, and four miles from the county town of Charles Town—containing about 550 acres of limestone land; it is under several leases until the end of the present year, and has been managed to an improvement of the premises at a rent of about 500 dollars per annum. One tract contains 204 acres, one third of which is well timbered; 1 acres of good meadow, watered by a constant stream—an apple orchard of about 200 trees of choice fruit well grown; the improvements upon this tract are a stone dwelling house and kitchen, a new log barn 60 by 24, a constant spring of good water, near the kitchen door—Another tract contains 53 acres, one third of which is also well timbered, 4 acres of meadow, and an apple orchard of about 100 trees—the improvements thereon are a comfortable dwelling house, kitchen, barn and stables, with a well of good water at the door; the other are three tracts of 43 acres each, with a proportion of wood and meadow, on which there are buildings for tenants. These several tracts adjoin and make a complete farm; the situation is pleasant and healthy, and in an agreeable neighbourhood. The price is Twenty Dollars per acre for the whole tract, and if sold separately the price will be an advance. One half to be paid in cash, the other moiety in one, two and three years with interest from the day of sale and a security of the premises. The lands will be shown by the tenant on application to George North, Esq. at Charles Town. An inculpable title will be made by the subscriber to whom letters may be addressed on the subject. JOSEPH NOURSE. George Town, District of Columbia, June 14, 1803. N. B. Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac river, is a public landing at which boats take in lading for George Town, Alexandria and the City of Washington. An armory has lately been erected at this place and is now carried on by the United States. 4t1w