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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. III.
WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. CCCCXXVIX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
FRIDAY JULY, 22th, 1803.
PAID IN ADVANCE.
Papers laid before the British Parliament respecting the NEGOTIATION WITH FRANCE.
(Continued.) No. LXIII.
Extract of a dispatch from lord Whitworth to lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris, April 27, 1803. I avail myself of the opportunity of a messenger passing through from Constantinople and Vienna, to inform your lordship of the state of the negotiation at this moment. I communicated to M. de Talleyrand the purport of my instructions of the 23d. yesterday at four o'clock. He immediately asked me if the possession of Malta was still insisted upon?— I told him most certainly it was; and I repeated to him the particulars of the terms on which it was yet possible to conclude the business. That these were, the possession of Malta for ten years, during which period the authority, civil and military, was to remain solely in his majesty, and that at the expiration of that term, it was to be given up to the inhabitants, and not to the order; provided also that his Sicilian majesty shall be induced to cede to his majesty the island of Lampedosa; that Holland should be evacuated by the French troops within a month after the conclusion of a convention by which all these provisions shall be secured; and that his majesty would consent to acknowledge the new Italian states, provided stipulations were made in favor of his Sardinian majesty and of Switzerland.
I had no sooner made known these conditions than M. de Talleyrand told me it would be perfectly unnecessary to delay the official communication; for, as the possession of Malta was still insisted upon, although for a term, the first consul would not consent to them. I accordingly did repeat to him in the manner he desired; when he told me that he comprehended perfectly what we required, but that in similar cases it was usual to state the demand in writing, and he desired I would give him a note upon the subject. I told him that I would repeat to him once more, or as often as he pleased, the express terms I had stated to him; and that as my communication to him was verbal, I should of course be content with an answer in the same form. He consented at length to receive it, and to communicate to me the first consul's answer as soon as possible. I desired that he would recollect that Tuesday next must be the day of my departure.
No. LXIV.
Extract of a dispatch from lord Whitworth to lord Hawkesbury, dated April 29, 1803.
My last letter to your lordship was of yesterday evening. This morning a person came to me whom I suspect of being employed by the first consul for the purpose of ascertaining my sentiments, and told me that I should, in the course of the day, receive a letter from M. de Talleyrand, drawn up under the inspection of the first consul, which although not exactly what I might wish, was however so moderate as to afford me a well-grounded hope, and might certainly be sufficient to induce me to delay, for a short time, my departure. I told him it would be a matter of great satisfaction to me to perceive a probability of bringing the negotiation to a favorable issue; and that I should be extremely sorry to spoil the business by any unfeigned precipitation. But it must be recollected that I acted in conformity to instructions;— that those instructions were positive;— that by whom I was enjoined to leave Paris on Tuesday next, unless in the intermediate time certain conditions were agreed to. Having received no letter in the course of the day, about 4 o'clock I went to M. de Talleyrand; I told him that my anxiety to learn whether he had any thing favourable to tell me, brought me to him, and in case he had not, to recall to his recollection that Tuesday was the day on which I must leave Paris, and to request that he would have the necessary passports prepared for me and my family. He appeared evidently embarrassed, and after some hesitation observed, that he could not suppose I should really go away but that at all events the first consul never would recall his ambassador. To this I replied, his majesty recalled me in order to put an end to the negotiation, on the principle that even war was preferable to the state of suspense in which England and indeed all Europe, had been kept so long a space of time.
From the tenor of his conversation, I should rather be led to think that he does not consider the case as desperate. Upon my leaving him he repeatedly said, J'ai encore de l'Espoir.
Saturday evening. P. S. This day has passed without any occurrence whatever. The letter in question is not yet arrived.
No. LXV.
Extract of a dispatch from lord Whitworth to lord Hawkesbury, dated May 2, 1803.
Another day has passed over without producing any change. I determined to go myself to M. de Talleyrand, and to deliver, instead of sending, the inclosed letter. I told him that it was with great reluctance that I came to make this last application to him. That I had long since informed him of the extent of the term which had been assigned for my stay at Paris, and that as I had received to this moment no answer whatever to the proposal I had repeatedly made, I could no longer delay requiring him to furnish me with the necessary passports for the return to myself, my family, and the remainder of the mission, to England. Upon this I gave him the letter, a copy of which I inclose, and on reading it he appeared somewhat startled. He lamented that so much time had been lost; but said that enough remained, if I was authorized to negotiate upon other terms. I could of course but repeat to him, that I had no other terms to propose, and that therefore unless the first consul could so far gain upon himself as to sacrifice a false punctilio to the certainty of a war of which no one could foresee the consequence, nothing could possibly prevent my departure to-morrow night. He hoped, he said, this was not so near;— that he would communicate my letter, and what I had said, to the first consul immediately, and that in all probability I should hear from him this evening. I thought it right, however, to apprize him that it was quite impossible that I could be induced to obey my majesty's orders, and pursue a negotiation on terms so disadvantageous to ourselves, unless he should furnish me with such a justification as would leave me no room to hesitate; and that I did not see any thing short of a full acquiescence in his majesty's demands could have that effect. He repeated that he would report the conversation to the first consul; and that I should shortly hear from him.
In this state the business now rests; I am expecting either a proposition or my passports, and am consequently taking every measure for setting out to-morrow night.
(Translation referred to in No. LXV.) Paris, May 2, 1803.
Sir, When I had the honor on Tuesday last of communicating to you officially the last propositions which I was instructed by my court to submit to the French government, for the sake of removing the present difficulties, I had the honor to announce to you, that in case the first consul should not consent to these propositions, I should find myself under the necessity of leaving Paris in eight days. We are nearly arrived at the end of this period, without my having received any answer to this communication. It remains for me only, therefore, to obey the orders of the King, my master to return to him; and for this purpose I entreat you, sir, to have the goodness to furnish me with the necessary passports.
I seize this opportunity of renewing to your excellency the assurances of my high consideration.
(Signed) WHITWORTH. His Excellency M. de Talleyrand.
No. LXVI.
Extract of a dispatch from lord Whitworth to lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris, Wednesday morning, May 4, 1803.
Soon after I had dispatched the messenger the night before last, with my dispatches of the 3d, I received a communication from M. de Talleyrand, of which I enclose a copy, the purport of which is so completely short of every thing which could be satisfactory, that I did not think myself authorized to enter into any discussion upon it; and as early as I could on the following morning I returned the answer of which the inclosed is a copy.
After this I concluded, of course, that there was an end to the negotiation.— I had for some days past been preparing for my departure; every measure was taken for setting out at 4 o'clock this morning, and we were expecting only the passport which I demanded, for the purpose of ordering the post horses.— The day and the evening passed without the passports having been sent; and whilst we were deliberating on the motives of such a delay, about 12 o'clock at night, a gentleman who was with me
received a communication which convinced me that it was not meant to give me my passports without another attempt and I was, therefore, not surprised when about one o'clock I received the inclosed note from M. de Talleyrand.
In this situation I am waiting the hour of rendezvous with M. de Talleyrand.
First inclosure referred to in No. 66. Translation.
The underlined has reported to the First Consul the conversation which he had with his excellency lord Whitworth on the second of this month, and in which his majesty had ordered him to make verbally, in his name the following demands:
1st. That his Britannic majesty should retain his troops at Malta for ten years. 2d. That the island of Lampedosa should be ceded to him in full possession. 3d. That the French troops should evacuate Holland. And that if no convention on this basis should have been signed within a week, his excellency lord Whitworth had orders to terminate his mission and to return to London.
On the demand made by the underlined, that lord Whitworth would, in conformity to the usages of all countries, give in writing what he himself called the ultimatum of his government, his excellency declared, that his instructions expressly forbade him to transmit on this object any written note.
The intentions of the First Consul being entirely pacific, the underlined dispenses with making any observation on so new and so strange a manner of treating on affairs of this importance.
And, in order to give a fresh testimony of the value which he attaches to the continuance of peace, the First Consul has directed the underlined to make the following notification in the accustomed style and forms.
As the Island of Lampedosa does not belong to France, it is not for the First Consul either to accede to or refuse the desire testified by his Britannic Majesty, of having this island in his possession.
With regard to the Island of Malta, as the demand made respecting it by his Britannic Majesty would change a formal disposition in the treaty of Amiens, the First Consul cannot but previously communicate it to his Majesty the King of Spain, and to the Batavian Republic, contracting parties to the said treaty in order to know their opinion; and besides, as the stipulation relative to Malta have been guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Germany, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia, the contracting parties to the treaty of Amiens, before they agree to any change in the article of Malta, are bound to concert with the guaranteeing powers.
The First Consul will not refuse this concert, but it belongs not to him to propose it, since it is not he who urges any change in the guaranteed stipulations.
With regard to the evacuation of Holland by the French troops, the First Consul has no difficulty in directing the underlined to repeat, that the French troops shall evacuate Holland at the instant that the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens shall be executed in every quarter of the globe.
The underlined avails himself of this opportunity to renew to his Excellency the English Ambassador, the assurances of his high consideration.
CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND. Paris, 12 Floreal, Year 11 (2d May, 1803.)
Translation.—(Second inclosure referred to in No. 66.)
The underlined, in answer to the note which M. de Talleyrand transmitted to him yesterday evening, has the honour to observe to him, that the King has had no other motive in seeking to accelerate the proceedings of the negotiation, than to relieve as soon as possible the two countries the most interested, and Europe in general, from the state of suspense in which they are placed. It is with great regret that he perceives nothing in his Excellency's note which can correspond with this intention, and consequently nothing can justify him in delaying to obey the orders of his court. It remains, therefore, only to request the minister of foreign affairs to give him the means of obeying them, by furnishing him with the necessary passports for his return. It is, however, necessary for him to rectify a mistake which has crept into M. de Talleyrand's note. The underlined did not say he was expressly forbidden to transmit any written note on the object of the discussion, but that he was not authorized to do it, and that he would not take that responsibility on himself.
He avails himself of this opportunity to renew to his Excellency M. de Talleyrand the assurances of his highest consideration.
(Signed)
WHITWORTH. Paris, May 3, 1803.
No. LXVII.
Extract of a dispatch from lord Whitworth to lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris, Wednesday evening May 4, 1803.
"I am this moment come from M. de Talleyrand. The inclosed note will show your lordship, that the idea which has been thrown out, is to give Malta to Russia."
My only inducement for having undertaken to refer again to your lordship, is to avoid every reproach of precipitation. The difference will be but five days, and I have declared that I see so many objections to the plan, that although I would not refuse their solicitation to send it, I could give no hope whatever of its being accepted as a ground of negotiation.
Inclosure referred to in No. 68.
The underlined has submitted to the First Consul his Britannic Majesty's Ambassadors note of the 3d inst.
After the communication addressed to his excellency, it is more difficult to conceive how a great powerful and enlightened nation can be willing to take upon itself to declare war which would be accompanied by such heavy calamities, and the cause of which would be to insignificant, the object in question being a miserable rock.
His Excellency must have been aware that the two fold necessity of making an agreement with guaranteeing powers of the treaty of Amiens, and of not violating a compact in the execution of which the honor of France, the security for the future, and the good faith of the diplomatic intercourse between the nations of Europe, were to deeply interested, had imposed a law upon the French government of discarding every proposition diametrically contrary to the treaty of Amiens. Nevertheless the First Consul, accustomed for two months to make every species of sacrifice for the maintenance of peace, would not reject a Mezzo-termino of a nature to conciliate the interests and dignity of the two countries.
His Britannic Majesty appears to have been of opinion, that the Neapolitan garrison which was to have been placed at Malta, would not afford a sufficient force for securing the actual independence of the island.
This motive being the only one which can explain his Majesty's refusal to evacuate the island, the First Consul is ready to consent that the island of Malta shall be placed in the hands of one of the three powers who have guaranteed its independence, either contracting or acceding to the treaty of Amiens, to consent to it.
Were it possible that this proposition should not be accepted, it would be manifest not only that England never intended to comply with the terms of the treaty of Amiens, but that she has not been actuated by good faith in any of her demands, and that in proportion as France conceded one point, the British government advanced another. If this should be demonstrated, the first consul will at least have given another proof of his sincerity, of his anxiety to devile the means of avoiding war, of his eagerness to embrace them, and of the value which he would place on their being adopted.
No. LXVIII.
Downing Street, May 7, 1803.
My Lord,
Your excellency's dispatches have been received, and laid before the king.
The propositions which have been made to you on the part of the French government, and which have induced your excellency to delay your departure until the return of the messenger Sylvester, are in every respect so loose, indecisive, and unsatisfactory, and fall so far short of the just pretensions of his majesty, that it is impossible that the French government could have expected them to have been accepted. During the whole of the discussions which have lately occurred, his majesty has had a right to consider himself in the character of the injured party. No means have been omitted on his part to induce the French government to make a full and early explanation of their views, and to afford to his majesty that satisfaction and security to which he considered himself to be entitled. It was in consequence of the apparent determination of the
French government to evade all discussion on the points of difference between the two countries, that his majesty was induced to state the grounds on which, according to his views, an arrangement might be concluded satisfactory to both governments; and he accordingly authorized your excellency to communicate the three projects which at different times I had forwarded to you.
Until the very moment when your excellency was about to leave Paris, the French government have avoided making any distinct proposition for the settlement of the differences between the two countries, and when at the very instant of your departure, the French government felt themselves compelled to bring forward some proposition, they confined that proposition to a part only of the subject in discussion, and on that part of it, what they have brought forward is wholly inadmissible.
The French government propose that his majesty should give up the island of Malta to a Russian, Austrian, or Prussian garrison. If his majesty could be induced to waive his demand for a temporary occupation of the island of Malta, the Emperor of Russia would be the only sovereign to whom, in the present state of Europe, he could consent that the island should be assigned; and his majesty has certain and authentic information, that the emperor of Russia would on no account consent to garrison Malta. Under these circumstances his majesty perseveres in his determination to adhere to the substance of his third project as his ultimatum: as, however, the principal objection stated by the French government to his majesty's proposition is understood to be confined to the insertion of an article in a public treaty by which his majesty shall have a right to remain in the possession of the island of Malta for a definite number of years, his majesty will consent that the number of years (being in no case less than ten) may be stated in a secret article; and the public articles may be agreed to conformably to the inclosed project. By this expedient, the supposed point of honor of the French government might be saved. The independence of the island of Malta would, in principle, be acknowledged, and the temporary occupation of his majesty would be made to depend alone on the present state of the island of Lampedosa.
You may propose this idea to M. Talleyrand, at the same time assuring him, that his majesty is determined to adhere to the substance of his ultimatum. And if you shall not be able to conclude the minute of an arrangement on this principle, you will on no account remain in Paris more than thirty-six hours after the receipt of this dispatch.
I observe by your dispatch, you did not consider yourself as authorized to deliver to the French government any note or project in writing. The words of my dispatch were, that you were to communicate the terms officially, which left it at your own discretion to communicate them verbally or in writing, as you might judge most expedient. You were certainly right in communicating them, in the first instance, verbally; but as so much stress has been laid by M. Talleyrand on this distinction, it is important that I should inform you, that his majesty neither had nor has any objection to your delivering the inclosed project as an ultimatum, accompanied by a short note in writing.
I cannot conclude this dispatch without recalling again your attention to the conduct of the French minister at Hamburg, and referring you to my instruction, by which you should abstain from concluding the arrangement, unless you have received from M. Talleyrand an assurance that his conduct would be publicly disavowed.
I have the honor to be, (Signed) HAWKESBURY. To his excellency lord Whitworth, K. B. &c. &c.
LXIX.
Extract of a dispatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris, May 9, 1803.
The messenger Sylvester is arrived with your lordship's dispatch, No. 15, of the 7th of May.
As soon as I received your lordship's instructions, I prepared a translated copy of the project furnished me by your lordship, and a short note with which it is my intention to accompany the communication. I then lent a person to Monsieur de Talleyrand, to know when I could see him, and I was informed that he was at St. Cloud. I soon after learnt, that he was gone there in consequence of the accident which hap-
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HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.
The order of the day was read for taking his majesty's message into consideration, on which
Lord Pelham rose, and addressed their lordships on the occasion. He adverted primarily to the great importance of the subject they were about to discuss, and expressed his hope that all their lordships had perused and duly considered the important documents referred to in the royal message, and which he had the honor of laying before the house by command of his majesty. The body of the information which was before their lordships relative to the subject of that night's discussion, would, he was confident, render it clear to every candid and unprejudiced person, that ample grounds were furnished by our adversaries for the line of conduct adopted by his majesty's government, and that the system pursued by the former, rendered necessary the strong measures which were lately adopted. Under those circumstances, he doubted not their lordships would agree with him in thinking, that it was the duty of that house to set an example to their country at so important a crisis, in stepping forward in the joint support of the honor of his majesty's crown—the undoubted rights and interests of his subjects, and of the defence and security of his dominions. He admitted that these considerations formed distinct grounds of discussion from the conduct of his majesty's ministers, abstractedly taken, and he was pleased that it seemed the general sentiment of the house so to consider it, which on that ground seemed inclined to postpone the discussion of the latter subject. He would detain their lordships on that head no farther than to say, that his majesty's ministers felt satisfied they had discharged their duty conscientiously, and to the best of their abilities, and had always advised that, which under the circumstances of the case, they deemed most conducive to the honor of his majesty's crown, and the best interest of their fellow subjects.
The noble secretary then proceeded to a detailed exposition of the most material parts of the papers which had been laid before the house, and observed, that the real question then at issue was, whether these papers furnished proofs, that there existed in the late transactions with the French government a just cause of war. On the delivery of his majesty's message, the question was one of confidence, and in that view materially differed from the present discussion, in which every document that could properly be made public was open to the perusal of their lordships. He argued, that the documents before the house furnished proofs of a case sufficiently strong to justify the measures that had been adopted; indeed a stronger or clearer case, he would venture to assert, had never, in any former instance, been made out; from the tenor of those documents, he asserted, it would unequivocally appear that his majesty was actuated by the most sincere and anxious desire to avert the calamities of war.
Their lordships would see, that not only the honor of his majesty's crown, was affected by the conduct of our adversaries but that even the dearest rights and interests of the country, its commerce and its liberties were menaced by the government of France. It would be seen that in the course of the negotiation, a prominent and leading consideration was the provision of the 10th article of the treaty of Amiens, and which respected the island of Malta; their lordships would perceive by the papers, the steps adopted by his majesty's government with respect to that important point. The appointment of sir Alexander Ball, in the first instance, as minister for carrying the arrangements with respect to Malta, into effect, manifested, in the outset, his majesty's strong desire to fulfil the stipulation entered into on that head. The readiness of his majesty to acknowledge, in quality of grand master, the person selected by the pope for filling that office, was another irrefragable proof of his majesty's wish to do every thing in his power, consistently with good faith, for the further execution of the arrangement—and, indeed, throughout the whole course of the correspondence it would be seen, that his majesty had omitted no steps whatever, to conciliate the growing difference, and to induce our adversaries to come to a speedy, reasonable, and amicable conclusion upon the several points which, from the intervention of circumstances, were necessarily under discussion; in some time after, as lord Wintworth's dispatch of the 27th January, it would appear the French grew pressing for the evacuation of the island, and by subsequent parts of the correspondence, the strongest reasons were set forth, which, upon every point of view, with reference to the intervening circumstances, rendered it almost impossible that such a requisition could be complied with. In this state of the discussion, a circumstance of the most important nature came to the knowledge of his majesty's government, and which
not only, in a certain degree, affected the honor of, but implicated the character of the British nation, and connected itself with considerations of the utmost importance, to certain most valuable parts of his majesty's dominions. He alluded to the report of the officer despatched to Egypt and Syria, on a mission of the most questionable nature, and which of course immediately became matter of serious discussion with the French government. What transpired on this important point would be seen from the documents before the house, and the little satisfaction which was accorded to the just representation on the part of his majesty's government. He then alluded to the circumstance of the publication which appeared in a foreign Gazette, and adverted to the tendency of its contents, which were of that nature, as sufficiently spoke for themselves. His lordship then adverted to the unjustifiable conduct of France, with respect to the Ottoman Porte, which, he contended, was in direct violation of the treaty of Amiens; he adverted to the different communications which took place on those points, and noticed with due effect, the declaration of the first consul, respecting the value of Egypt as a ground for war. He expatiated on the peculiar and relative importance of Malta, under the present circumstances of France and England, and pointed out the strong necessity there existed for ample security on the point in question; this part of his argument arose from the incontrovertible principle, that the possession of Malta was on our part one of defence and security, but for purposes of offence and aggrandizement on the part of France, and that he contended that the determination to retain that post at present, was founded not only in justice, but in true political wisdom. Pursuing this topic of discussion still farther, he expressed his confidence that all who read and duly considered the papers must feel convinced that his majesty's government were perfectly justified with respect to the detention of Malta, as the best security against the obvious designs of France in the east, and also on the ground of its being totally impracticable to execute the proposed arrangements, on the principle upon which they were incontestibly formed on account of the intervention of circumstances, beyond the power of this country to control. With respect to the other points of the negotiation, the noble lord contended rather generally, that no endeavours had been wanting, on the part of his majesty's government, to continue the blessings of peace, consistently with the honor of his majesty's crown, and the real interests of his people; while ministers had hopes of preserving that blessing, they scrupled no sacrifice which did not militate against these paramount considerations. Drawing to a conclusion, he recapitulated his several arguments, and placed them in a condensed point of view; he laid particular stress on the attempts made by the government of France, with respect to the internal concerns of this country, their complaints made with respect to the freedom of publication and debate which went to affect that essential part of its freedom, the liberty of the press. He hoped the discussion would be conducted with that temper and moderation which best fit serious and momentous a subject. Party distinctions, in a crisis like the present, should be laid aside, as should the heat and fervor of debate; their deliberations should rather assume a judicial character, and the decision of the house be formed solely from the consideration of the official papers and documents laid before them. His lordship then moved an address to his majesty to the following general effect:
"That an humble address be presented to his majesty, thanking him for his gracious message, &c for the information his majesty had been pleased to order to be laid before the house of lords; to express to his majesty the just sense the house of lords entertains of his majesty's anxious and uniform endeavors to preserve the blessings of peace, and of his majesty's inclination to terminate the calamities of war, whenever that object can be attained consistently with the honor of his majesty's crown, and the rights and interests of his people;—that the house of lords saw with great satisfaction his majesty's laudable endeavors to repel that spirit of ambition and encroachment, which the government of France had frequently manifested, as well as having advanced the most injurious pretensions, inconsistent with good faith, and militating against the most essential interests of the British empire, and on which occasion his majesty had in vain demanded satisfaction and redress."
"Impressed with these important considerations, the house of lords felt itself called upon readily to concur in the measures best calculated to call forth the spirit and resources of the British nation in support of the honor and dignity of his majesty's crown, and the rights and liberties of the people, as well as every other consideration which can be dear to them, as a free and independent nation."
The duke of Cumberland rose to second the motion, which he did in a very elegant and impressive speech.
Earl Stanhope thanked the noble secretary of state for the candor displayed in his speech, preparatory to the proposed address. He hoped their lordships would follow the patriotic line of conduct suggested by his royal highness; that they would bury all party distinctions, and would see, that if the country was to be saved by their deliberations, it must be saved by moderation and temper. He was determined to proceed in this way, as much as if he were giving a judicial sentence in Westminster hall. Upon going through the papers, he found the principal article with regard to the island of Malta. He was sorry to view this as the principal ground of quarrel.—It was stated that the French government had presumed to interfere in our internal management, and in the liberty of our press. It was true, that would be with him a strong and invincible ground of quarrel. This would be an infringement upon our constitution; an encroachment upon our just rights, to which we could not, with honor submit. He would not contend, that Malta should not have been given up in virtue of the treaty of Amiens. That must be the subject of examination. We had offered to give up the possession of Malta in ten years.
The aggrandizement of France, since the treaty of Amiens, had been stated as a ground for retaining Malta. This, however, could upon no just principle serve as the foundation for such retention. Supposing that, since the conclusion of that treaty, Spain had ceded to us Cuba, or that we had acquired Sicily, would the noble lords have esteemed these sufficient grounds for France refusing, on their part, to implicate the treaty? Allowing the principle, however, to be just, he denied that France had been aggrandized. St. Domingo had since that period, been lost to France, by the unwise policy, he confessed, of the First Consul; but still it was a loss of influence upon that part, equal to the whole of the West-Indies. Had the views of a set of men, who some time ago existed in France, been gone into, who under the name of philanthropists, wished to alleviate the distress, and to connect themselves on a friendly footing with the native chiefs, it had been proved in evidence before that house, that Jamaica and our other West-India Islands must have fallen into the hands of such association. By the unbound policy of the First Consul, France, so far from being aggrandized, had sustained a loss since the treaty of peace. Upon the idea, however, of Malta ceasing to be in the possession of Britain at the expiration of ten years in what greater security would Egypt then be, than at present? Malta, however, had been in a manner proffered to us in perpetuity. Why was not some proposition made upon this subject? The conduct of some emigrant bishops, and others of similar descriptions, had been complained of by the French government, and hints as to the island of Jersey and Guernsey had been thrown out. He knew that conciliating language, although he himself had little confidence in words, had often a good effect, and he thought that less hasty measures than those adopted by our ministers, might with success have been adopted on the present occasion. Suppose two noblemen possessed, the one of a large estate, though in a distant part, and less contiguous to his other property; the other, of two small parks, contiguous to the grounds of the former, and therefore more valuable to him, than the more valuable though farther distant property: what impropriety would there be in supposing that these persons might enter into an exchange of their respective properties, Malta is from its connection with the East-Indies, of consequence to us. Jersey and Guernsey, from their contiguity to France, are of consequence to the French government. Bonaparte, however, is said to have evidenced intentions with respect to Egypt, of which ministers were not aware. Were such views or intentions, however novel or unexpected? Were they such as France had never formerly evidenced? He apprehended they were not, and that the character of the man, and the nature of his enterprizes warranted them in supposing him capable of forming any enterprize. While he objected to the conduct of ministers, in thus hurrying over the compromise which he thought might have taken place, he could not help adding his testimony to the public opinion of the honesty and candor of Mr. Addington, our present worthy prime minister. He hoped that by his endeavors and those of his brethren in office, war might still be avoided.
The duke of Clarence supported the motion.
Lord Mulgrave and Melville followed.
The duke of Richmond observed, that it seemed to him to be a war undertaken for the sake of the island of Lampedosa. The marquis of Lansdowne said, that the present subject involved a variety of considerations which pressed upon their lordship's attention. He should confine himself, in the present instance, to the declaration of war, and he confessed that he did not see very clearly, the ground for war. It had been said, that the report of Sebastiani was a principal object
of complaint, but it was well known that it was the custom of every country to collect information with respect to colonization, however remote it might be from any present purpose, it was well known it was peculiarly the habit of France at every period; this therefore was no sufficient cause for war.
With respect to Bonaparte he was far from approving of his character or his conduct, the influence of which was felt so strongly in Europe, and by means of which scarcely any man could call his own secure, but at the same time it was a matter of grave and serious consideration how far this was a ground for war to this country. As to Malta, he did not think that island of so much importance as some noble lords had supposed; it was but four or five years since, that Malta was offered to this country by the grand master, and declined. He did not mean to say at the same time that Malta was of no importance, for unquestionably it was; but when it was considered we were in possession of it, why should we make war upon account of that island, when we might retain it by means of negotiation? He thought that some means might be found to keep open a door for negotiation; if war must take place the issue would no doubt be as it ought to be successful to this country, and favorable to general liberty; but there was still a hope that all grievances might be redressed, and it should be remembered that in the case of the American contest much was lost in consequence of not making use of that time which might have been employed in amicable negotiation. It was therefore of importance that an opening might be left for negotiation, and that we should not too precipitately plunge into war.
(To be continued.)
BOSTON.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Monday last being the 27th anniversary of our national independence, the same was celebrated in this town with great animation.
At 11 o'clock, A. M. the supreme executive, selectmen, and other civil officers, escorted by the cadet company, under col. Welles, moved in procession from the New State-House to the Old-South Meeting, where, after the throne of Grace had been addressed by the Rev. Mr. Baldwin, Chaplain to the House of Representatives, in a well adapted and appropriate prayer, the annual oration was pronounced by William Sullivan, Esq.
At 2 P. M. in pursuance of the previous arrangements of a committee of republicans, who dined at Faneuil-Hall last year, a large and respectable number of citizens assembled in the Senate Chamber of the Old-State-House, and having appointed.
Doctor Charles Jarvis, president, Russell Sturgis, Benjamin Austin, jr. Nathaniel F. Howes, vice-presidents. Jacob Austin, Eben Rhoades, Thomas Lewis, junior marshals.
They formed a procession, and proceeded from thence, escorted by Major Arzer's company of Independent Republican Fusiliers to Faneuil-Hall (the cradle of the revolution) and partook of a neat entertainment, provided for the occasion, at which order, harmony, and civic affection truly prevailed. On the procession entering the Hall, a federal salute of seventeen guns was fired, by a detachment of Capt. Sohonnot's company of Artillery, under Mr. Jennings. After dinner the following appropriate toasts were given, under suitable discharges of cannon, from the same detachment, who kindly volunteered their services.
 1. The Day—may it annually return to us in the same splendor with which it first beamed on the patriots of '76.—13 guns.  2. The people of the United States, subject only to the laws which they make, and to the God who made them.—13 guns.  3. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States—his enemies will forgive him, when they can forgive the authors of our independence.—9 guns—An ode.  4. The Vice-President and Congress; whilst faithful to their trust, the people will be faithful to them.—9 guns.  5. The federal constitution; the rock on which the republic stands secure, and its enemies have been shipwrecked.—9 guns.  6. The memory of Washington. While his old enemies claim the patronage of his name, his first and real friends enjoy the triumph of his principles.—A dirge.  7. The heads of departments; may the departments ever be conducted by such heads.—6 guns.  8. The Governor and Commonwealth of Massachusetts; fraternity, and good fellowship throughout the great national family.—6 guns.  9. The town of Boston (as it once, and again will be) the head-quarters of good principles.—6 guns.  10. Bunker Hill, and the precious relics that repose on its bosom. Let it be visited like the Tomb of Mæcca, to revive the zeal and confirm the faith of political wanderers.—6 guns. 
(Concluded.)
APPENDIX.
No. I. is a copy of Sebastiani's report.
No. II. is a view of the state of the republic, communicated to the legislative body on the 22d February.
No. III.
Translation of a letter from M. Talleyrand, to Citizen Fauvelet, in Dublin, dated Paris, 26 Brumaire, 10th year, (17th November 1802.)
I forward to you, Citizen, a series of questions, concerning which I am desirous of having your answers. You will have the goodness to place them opposite the questions on the same sheet of paper, doubled in two, similar to the one which I have the honor to send you. I shall be obliged to you to send me this paper as soon as possible, without, however, suffering your too great haste to be prejudicial to your accuracy. If you are doubtful upon any point, you will have the goodness to mention it. You will probably find no difficulty in consulting with some well informed merchants or clerks in the custom-house, who you think may have it in their power to give you some positive information, and you will declare the source from whence you have drawn that information. You will not consider this business as forming a part of your official correspondence. You must not number it, but you must content yourself with putting at the top of it, as in the project which I enclose to you, private correspondence.
To Citizen Fauvelet, Dublin.
No. IV.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. QUESTIONS.
 1. What number of vessels have entered and cleared out of the port, within your district within each year, from 1792 to 1801?  2. What is their tonnage or their admiralment in sea tons of 2000 4 P.  3. Under what flag do they navigate?  4. From whence they come?  5. Whither bound?  6. With what merchandise freighted?  7. What was the price of freight to the principal ports of Europe, each sea ton or 2000 4 P. S.?  8. What French productions are most in request in the market of the town where you reside, as well as of the other considerable towns in your district?  9. What is the merchandise which can be exported to France with greater advantage from the said markets than from any other?  10. What are the course of exchange, and the current prices of merchandise from three months to three months from the year 1792 to 1801?  11. You are required to furnish a plan of the parts of your district, with a specification of the soundings for mooring vessels.  12. If no plan of the ports can be procured, you are to point out with what wind vessels can come in and go out, and what is the greatest draught of water with which vessels can enter therein deeply laden?  13. What are the principal commercial houses?  14. What is the usual course of exchange?  15. Whether there is a public bank, and what is its organization?  16. Whether there are any insurance companies, public or private, and what are their customs and rules, with the prices of insurance, for European and long voyages?  17. In case there exists any other public establishment which relates to commerce, you are to give every possible detail concerning it, especially in whatever regards manufactures and fisheries.  18. You are to point out the relative conformity of weights and measures with those of France ancient and modern, as soon as you shall have obtained practical and exact information on those points.  19. You are to add to all this the most extensive information, as well general as particular, which you may be able to obtain from authority, especially with regard to commerce, and particularly respecting false accounts of purchases and sales of different merchandise, in order to ascertain the expenses, rights, and local customs, in cases of purchases and sales.  20. Whether there are any fairs in your district what species of traffic is carried on there, and to what amount? 
No. V. is the article inserted in the Correspondent. Nos. VI and VII. are letters from Spiritus Foetti, Esq. to Lord Hawkesbury, giving an account of Sebastiani's conduct at Corfu.

11. A well regulated militia; the best and best Army; standing on the soil which they own and cultivate.—3 guns.
12. The Laborer, Mechanic and Husbandman—the three great pillars on which depend the strength, wealth and liberty of nations.—3 guns.
13. National Hospitality. "If a stranger sojourn among you, vex him not, for your forefathers were also strangers and pilgrims in this land."—3 guns.
14. Thomas McKean, and the thirty thousand republicans of Pennsylvania; may such majorities always be associated with such principles.—3 guns.
15. Louisiana—the solid triumph of executive wisdom and moderation. Peace to the troubled dreams of Rofs and Morris.—6 guns.
16. The contending nations of Europe; let them remember there are nations besides their own, and other rights than those of war.
17. The proscripted patriots of 1775; in whose death warrant were enrolled the lives and liberties of millions! Can we forget those who were ready to perish for us?—9 guns.
Directly after the first Toast, the Declaration of Independence was read, in a very impressive style, by Perez Morton , Esq. At proper periods between the Toasts, two Odes , composed by a Young Lady, and which appeared in last Chronicle , were sung by Mr. Joshua Eaton , and echoed with great applause. The Hall was decorated with many emblematical portraits of worth and patriotism; amongst which were President Jefferson and Washington , the Proscripted Patriots, Hancock and Adams , General Warren and Columbus . The Citizens were favoured with the presence of the Hon. Elbridge Gerry , General Skinner , and undistinguished characters from various towns.
On an occasion, so interesting to the feelings of Americans, the Committee engaged in forming the arrangements for the day, studiously avoided every thing that might have a tendency to produce an irritation of the public mind. The sentiments conveyed in the several Toasts, though firm and decided, and closely connected with those feelings, manners and principles which led to the great event celebrated, were not profligated to abuse or illiberal invective; on the contrary, in conformity to the precepts laid down in our State Constitution, they were calculated "to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, sincerity, good humor, and all social affections and generous sentiments among the people."
At 7 o'clock, the company retired to their respective homes, impressed with a lively sense of their obligation to that benign Providence which had safely conducted them through the daring conflict with England for Independence, and with firm resolutions, sacredly to cherish and maintain those Republican Principles which were proclaimed to an admiring world, by the pen of Jefferson , in the Declaration of Independence , on the Fourth of July, 1776 .
From the New-York Morning Chronicle.
Communication.
Liberal effort for the promotion of Science.
The great discoveries that have of late been made in Galvanism, have attracted the attention of all the learned world. In Europe, it has been found, that the subtle agent, set in action by contagious metallic plates, is capable of producing most remarkable effects. The decomposition of water, and the calcination of Metals, are two remarkable proofs of its power over inanimate matter. But its influence is not limited to the lifeless parts of creation, Galvanism has an astonishing operation upon living beings, and upon none more remarkable than upon the human frame. From such a stimulant, so gentle, and withal so pervading to insinuating and dissolutive, it has reasonably been supposed, that great succour might be derived to the healing art.
The advantage which the Galvanic fluid promised originally to medicine, is not hypothetical nor illusory. Experience has already demonstrated its efficacy, in various morbid states of the body—and it is now a fact which fears not the risk of contradiction, that diseases have been cured by its wholesome and seasonable application.
But judgment and discrimination are necessary to determine when and in what cases Galvanism will be of service. The citizens of New-York and the writer of this communication have learned, that its almost indiscriminate application has been productive of disadvantage in some cases, of disappointment in others, and of a doubt and distrust in the mind of many persons who were friends to the remedy, and who wished it success.
To ensure a fair trial to this newly discovered agent, to select the cases for which it appears best adapted, to apply the Galvanic influence to such only as seem likely to be benefitted by
it, to an exact register of the practice with this remedy, to know exactly and fully its value, as an article of the Materia Medica and what good it is capable of doing, under the management of skill and science, and to give the citizens of New-York and its vicinity an opportunity of reaping the full benefits of the Galvanic practice, an association of physicians has been formed. We learn it is their intention to erect a Galvanic pile of the best materials, and according to the most modern improvements. To this which is to be in a central and convenient part of the city, persons will be admitted who are inclined to try its efficacy. And to prevent the impropriety of receiving it in cases where it is not indicated, this society of medical characters will previously examine the patient, and give an opinion as to the fitness of his case for the Galvanic practice.
By these means a Galvanic society will be formed in New-York, with a Galvanic pile at their command and under their auspices, a regular course of practice will be undertaken and pursued.
We are happy to learn that by the request of the association and friends of the Galvanic institution, Mr. Grendel-fer, a gentleman who unites the character of a man of science with that of a practical artist, has consented to superintend the establishment, and to direct the administration of the remedy.
From the Balance.
Perhaps there is not a more astonishing instance of petrification in the western world, than is to be seen about half a mile south east from the court-house in Schoharie county. And, what is almost as astonishing, it has never been noticed by any geographer or naturalist. It is a hill, whose size almost entitles it to the appellation of a mountain, which may be pronounced a mere mass of petrified shells. I went to the top of the hill (which is some thousand feet higher than the ground where the Court-house stands) and examined the rock as I went up, and then along the top of the ridge for one half mile. The rock is generally covered with a thin soil, but lies bare at different intervals, not far distant from each other, in its whole extent; and in some places projects from the ground ten or twelve feet. Every inch of the rock exhibits petrified shells in their perfect form. In one place I broke off a piece of the rock, in a deep fissure, ten feet from the surface of the rock, and found it to be of the same composition. Wherever the rock is exposed to the sun, it resembles brimstone: where it is hid from the sun, it is dark, coarse and rough. It seems to be composed wholly of shells; I could find no oyster shells.—There is one thing particularly worthy of remark. Although it is a ridge to elevate, that no water of a petrified quality, or otherwise, can possibly run there, I saw a bench of moss, which a gentleman had found there perfectly petrified.
I have no leisure, neither am I enough of a naturalist to investigate and make due reflection upon this wonderful phenomenon; but I hope this communication will excite the curiosity of some ingenious naturalist to do justice to the subject.
PUER. Livingston Ville, Schoharie County.
FROM THE TIMES.
Messrs. Cox and Shepherd,
In your paper of the 23d instant, I read with much satisfaction Dr. Ramlay's communication of the beneficial effects of volatile alkali, on a person bitten by a rattle-snake; it affords a fresh instance of this gentleman's laudable zeal in diffusing useful discoveries.
That Eau de Luce is a specific for the bite of the viper, a most venomous reptile of the snake-kind, has been known for a great number of years; and, like most other useful discoveries in medicine, this happened to be the effect of mere chance. In one of the botanical excursions of that celebrated botanist M. L. Jussieu, a pupil of his was bitten by a viper; the activity of the virus immediately produced the most alarming symptoms, and death was rapidly approaching; the party were on foot in the fields, and out of the reach of any immedate remedy; a little water was procured to refresh the agonizing patient, and the prof-dior poured in a few drops of Eau de Luce, from his flasking bottle, to help to revive him; after swallowing this, he appeared relieved; more than could be expected from the sole effects of a little water—the Eau de Luce was in consequence continued, and a recovery was effected. The case was published, the antidote became known, and its use was in numberless instances, successfully continued.
From my knowledge of this, and from the natural affinity of these reptiles, and the similarity of the effects of their bites, I had determined, that if the case of the bite of a rattle-snake should occur, to make use of the Eau de Luce, if at hand; but if not, I must confess that I should have substituted in the place of it, a solution of Sal Ammoniac,
as approaching, chemically, the nearest to it.
Eau de Luce is a neutralised mixture of Volatile Alkali and of Salt of Ammonia.
Mons. Bordelin, professor of chymistry, in the royal garden in Paris, demonstrated, that salt of amber is nothing else than the muriatic-acid.
The Sal Ammoniac is a compound of the Volatile Alkali and of the muriatic acid.
The celebrated chymist Baron, says, in his notes on Lemery, that "the liquor cornu cervi succinatus, or eau de Luce, is a saturated compound of the volatile alkali and salt of amber, which produces a Sal Ammoniac in solution, partaking also of the virtues of the oils of amber and of Hartshorn, and which therefore reunites the calming and sedative qualities of those two oils, with the deobstruent, sudorific and diuretic virtues of the Sal Ammoniac."
As the medical virtues of a neutralised compound have seldom, if ever, any affinity with those of either of its component ingredients, the efficacy of the volatile alkali in the bite of the rattle-snake, must be considered a new discovery; and, the more valuable as the remedy is generally at hand.
I could however wish, that some one of our experimenting tyros would prosecute further, the experiments made in Mr. Peale's museum; and ascertain with precision, the relative efficacy of Eau de Luce, of a solution of Sal Ammoniac, which may be given in large doses, and of the volatile alkali on different animals, subjected to the bite of a rattle-snake. I would also beg leave to recommend the detail of them, as an appropriate subject for his inaugurating dissertation in the University of Philadelphia; as, thanks to the medical democracy there supported by Mr. Rush, it would not rise above the level of common understandings, at which, to be universally useful, it should undoubtedly remain.
MATTHEW O'DRISCOLL. Jacksborough, June 29th, 1803.
WASHINGTON CITY
FRIDAY, JULY 22.
We are authorized to state for the information of the proprietors of stock in the public funds of the United States, that, although the principal of the six per cent stock to be created by virtue of the Treaty with France, is reimbursable at the Treasury of the United States, the interest is payable in Europe.
In the first Chamber of the City Council, July 11th, 1803.
Resolved, That this chamber be adjourned until Monday the 25th inst. 9 o'clock in morning.
Test, THOMAS HERTY, Sec.
CHILLICOTHE, July, 2.
Returns of the votes for a member to Congress from the counties of Hamilton, Washington, Butler, Fairfield, Sciota, Franklin and Warren.
Jeremiah Morrow, 1668 William M. Millam, 986 Michael Baldwin, 354 Elias Langham, 137 William Goforth, 103
We have had no rain for forty days, the kitchen gardens are burnt up, and scarcely a vegetable can be procured in Frederick, or many miles round it. The crops of corn, it is feared, will be poor indeed.
We are informed by a gentleman from Genesee, that no rain has been had there for 90 days. (Fred. Rep. Gaz.)
Farenheit's thermometer, was on Sunday last, about an hour afternoon, suspended in the air, beneath the shade of a black hat, and in about 20 minutes it rose to 101; a drab coloured hat was afterwards put in the place of the black one, and the mercury descended two degrees in ten minutes. Hence it appears evident, that the human head, covered with a drab coloured hat, will be at least two degrees cooler than when covered with a black one; a circumstance, that, with respect to pleasure and health, deserves attention.
N. Y. paper.
Extract from a letter received from capt. Eliphalet Smith, of the brig Fanny, of Boston, dated at Sea, Lat. 6, 30, S. Lon. 102, O. E. January 25. 1803.
"This will inform you that I am on my passage from Port Jackson to Batavia, and am within a few days sail of that place. My route was through Bass's Straights which separates Van Dieman's land from New South Wales on New Holland. I am the first American that ever made this passage, and I flatter myself, from the observations which I have made, that this passage, which has hitherto been deemed impracticable by all seamen, owing principally to the Western winds, which prevail in that latitude, will be rendered not only safe, but expeditious, and of considerable advantage to the mercantile world."
Accurate account of the present distribution of the British army.
  Cavalry. Infantry.    Great Britain, 24 23  Ireland, 7 37  Jersey and Guernsey, 0 7  America, 0 5  Bahamas, 0 1  Bermudas, 0 1  West Indies, 0 13  Jamaica, 0 7  Egypt, 1 6  Malta, 0 5  Gibraltar, 0 6  Cape, 1 3  East Indies, 4 17  On passage to England, 0 4  Total regiments, 37 150  
NEW-YORK, July 15.
Late from Cape Francois.—By the brig Rockland, capt. King, in 5 days from Cape Francois, we learn that the news of war reached that place some days before he failed, which had occasioned an embargo on all vessels, but was taken off the day he failed. The account of a renewal of hostilities, gave apparent uneasiness to the commander of the French troops, who may now give themselves up for lost, the blacks having possession of all the heights above the Cape. An English squadron was every moment anticipated before the Cape to cut off supplies.
We also learn by capt. King, that accounts had been received that Martinique was blockaded by the British, and that a little time before he failed, a French frigate fell in with a British 74 off Cape Nicholas-Mole, who gave her a harsh salute, and killed 17 and wounded 22 on board the French frigate, which had put into the Mole. There were two 74's and 3 frigates at the Cape. Markets were high for American produce; flour 15 to 17 dolls. and other articles in proportion, payable in bills on France.
New-York, July 18.
By the arrival of the sloop Sally, from Antigua, we are informed that the British King's brig Buly has taken three prizes, one of which was a Guineaman with 373 slaves, 130 boxes gold dust, and 350 ivory teeth; another a ship coppered to the bends, cut out of St. Pierre's, (Marr.); and the last a sloop with a cargo of coffee, taken under the lee of Dominique.
Five sail of the line, with 7000 British troops, had proceeded against Martinique. Official accounts were received at Antigua, stating that Tobago was taken.
A fleet of seven sail of the line, with four transports, had arrived at Barbadoes, and on their passage had taken two French transports.
The British ships Centaur and Blenheim, of 74 guns, with the Emerald and Venus frigates, had cut out of St. Pierre's and Port Royal, 32 sail of French vessels.
Five King's Brigs were out of Antigua cruising. On the arrival of the king's brig Buly a hot press took place, and all but captains of vessels were impressed—those who had protections were afterwards released.
Prices current at Antigua.—Flour, 10 dollars; corn, 1 dollar per bushel; slaves, £16 10, currency per thousand boards; £9; beef, 13 dollars; mels pork, 16 dollars.
Washington City, July 20, 1803.
WE the undersigned fee, a pleasure in thus expressing our satisfaction of the progress made by our children in the first rudiments of the English language, under the tuition of Mr. Patrick Edwards, as exhibited at a quarterly examination on Monday the 18th inst. and it is justly due to Mr. Edwards, to declare, that their performance fully qualified our most sanguine expectations.
T. W. Qualls, Phineas Bradley, David Shoemaker, Julius Wilson King, Mr. Lytton, Edward Frethy, John Gardner.
The subscribers having been present at a quarterly examination of the pupils of Mr. Patrick Edwards on Monday the 18th inst. were highly gratified at their performance, which equalled our greatest expectations.
Thomas Herty, George Mitchel, Wm. O'Neall.
July 22. 2t At a meeting of the subscribers to the Theatre now building in the city of Washington, on Wednesday evening July 20th, 1803. convened agreeably to public notice.
Capt. TINGET, in the chair.
THOMAS HERTY, Sec.
Resolved, By this meeting that they feel highly satisfied, with the progress which has been made in the erecting theatre, and that the committee who have been charged with the business, deserve the thanks of the meeting, who upon enquiry find the building has progressed as expeditiously as could have been expected; and any reports which have been made to injure that object or to shake the confidence of the stock-holders is unjust and highly disapproved by this meeting.
Ordered that the same be published three times in the National Intelligencer and a George Town paper.
July 22. 3t
FOR Sale One hundred and fifty acres of land, One hundred acres of which is in wood—it is situated within six miles of the Eastern Branch ferry. For terms apply to MICHAEL LOWE. Princes George county, July 22. 3t raw
ANCHOR TAVERN
AND
OYSTER HOUSE.
(Late the Fountain Inn.)
GEORGE PITT having taken and entered upon the above inn and fired it up at a considerable expense, respectfully solicits the patronage and support of his friends, when a resident at the Eagle Tavern, those who frequented the Fountain Inn, and the public in general—and assures them no exertion on his part will be wanting in order to insure him a continuance of their liberality and support. Travellers will find their interest to give him a call, as they may depend always on finding good beds and stable, the best of liquors, moderate charges and every requisite used to give them general satisfaction.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY
A good Cook and Waiter, to whom wages will be given agreeable to their merit. G. P. July 6. tw
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 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 TINKLE.
Washington, July 5, 1803. 1dof
CHARLES VANDEN,
TAYLOR,
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
HAS received from Philadelphia an elegant assortment of the best quality super-fine Cloths, Cassimeres, Silk-flannelette, Hdk and fancy silk mouselkin velvet, white & figured Marcellas, Swandowns, Tolmetas, Velveteens, Fancy cords, Coating, &c. With a variety of other articles suitable for the winter season.
N. B. Ladies Habits, Regimentals and Navy uniforms made in the best style of fashion.
New-Jersey Avenue, the second House from the Capitol Square.
December 3, 1802.
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.
All persons having claims or
demands of any nature against the subscriber, are requested to exhibit their accounts, without delay, to JOHN HEWITT 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 BLODGETT.
March 30. tf
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 5,000  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 do 500  1 do after 6000 do 500  1 do after 8000 do 500  1 do after 10,000 do 500  1 do after 12,000 do 500  1 do after 15,000 do 500  1 do after 18,000 do 500  1 do after 20,000 do 2,000  1 last drawn ticket, which may have a blank to its number, 4,000  7154 Prizes, 210,000  13,856 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 Beallon,
Messrs. David Williamson,
Robert Waith,
Charles Ghequiere,
Patrick Kennet,
Arnold Liver,
Luke Tiernan,
Frances I. Mitchell.
July 13, 1803. copit
The managers have lodged a number of tickets in the above lottery in the hands of Wm. Brent and James D. Barry for sale.

(Continued from first page.) pened yesterday to the first consul. I understand that no bad consequences are likely to ensue, and that he is able to transact business. I cannot, however, expect to see M. Talleyrand before tomorrow morning. Although this circumstance may cause a delay of a few hours, your lordship may be assured, that the execution of those instructions with which you have furnished me, shall not be protracted. I shall leave Paris most assuredly, or have concluded a satisfactory arrangement, within the time specified by your lordship, reckoning from the moment of my being able to make an official communication, rather than from that of the receipt of your lordship's letters.
LXX.
Extract of Dispatch from Lord Whitworth to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Paris, May 12th, 1803.
The messenger Sylvester, as I mentioned in my 1st dispatch, returned on the 9th, at 12 o'clock, and I wrote to M. Talleyrand, informing him of it, and desiring him to name an hour when I might wait upon him, in order to communicate to him the purport of my instructions. To this letter I received no answer that evening or the following morning. Anxious to execute my orders, and to lose no time, I inclosed the project furnished me by your lordship, accompanied by an official note and a private letter to M. Talleyrand, and sent it to the foreign department by Mr. Mandeville, with directions to deliver it to M. Talleyrand, or in his absence to the Chef du Bureau. He delivered it accordingly to M. Durand, who promised to give it to his chief as soon as he came in, which he expected, he said, shortly. At half past four, having waited till that time in vain, I went myself to M. Talleyrand; I was told that the family was in the country, and that they did not know when the minister would be in town. Half an hour after I had returned home, the packet which Mr. Mandeville had given into the hands of M. Durand, was brought to me, I believe by a servant, with a verbal message that, as M. Talleyrand was in the country, it would be necessary that I should send it to him there. In order to defeat, as much as depended upon me, their intention of gaining time, I wrote again to M. Talleyrand, recapitulating the steps I had taken since the return of the messenger; and desired Mr. Talbot, the secretary of the embassy, to take it himself at nine o'clock at night, when I thought M. Talleyrand would be at home, to his house at Meudon. He was, however, not at home. Mr. Talbot was told that he was at St. Cloud, where he had been all day, and that he would not be back until very late. He therefore left my private letter, with his name, and returned with the packet. It was my intention to have sent it on the following morning to the Bureau with orders that it should be left there; at one o'clock in the morning I received a note from M. Talleyrand accounting for his not having been able to answer me sooner; and appointing me at twelve o'clock at the Bureau des Relations Extérieures. I went at the appointed time. He began apologizing for having so long postponed the interview, which he attributed to his having been the whole day with the first consul.
We then entered upon business. I told him that, limited as I was by your lordship's instructions, he could not be satisfied at my impatience to acquit myself of my duty. I explained to him the nature of your lordship's observations on the proposal of the 4th, and that it was considered on one hand impracticable from the refusal of the emperor of Russia to take charge of Malta, and on the other, as being wholly inadequate to his majesty's just pretensions. I gave him the note in which this was expressed, and the project on which alone a satisfactory arrangement could be framed. He read them with apparent attention, and without many remarks; and after some time he asked me if I felt myself authorised by my instructions to conclude with him a convention, framed on the basis of my project, or indeed extending that basis, since the first article of it would be the perpetual possession of Malta to England, in return for a consideration. I told him I most certainly was not authorised to enter into any engagement of such a nature, which would make the negotiation one of exchange, instead of a demand of satisfaction and security. To this he replied, that the satisfaction and security which we required was Malta, and that this we obtained. That the First Consul could not accede to what he considered and what must be considered by the public and by Europe, as the effect of coercion, but if it were possible to make the draught palatable, did I think myself justifiable in refusing to do so? I told him that acting in strict compliance with my instructions I could have no need of justification, and that I came to him with the determination of abiding strictly by them. He contended, that by communicating a project, I merely stated on what grounds we would be willing to conclude; and that a counter-project
founded on the basis of giving us what we required, could not be refused a fair discussion. To this, I urged the resolution of his majesty's ministers, to avoid every thing which could protract the negotiation. That I saw no other means of acting up to those views, than by making my stand on the project at all events. I urged him repeatedly to explain himself more fully on the demand which he should make for Malta, but he could not, or would not explain himself. After much contest it was agreed that the proposal should be submitted to me in the course of a few hours, and that I should determine on the line of conduct I might feel myself justified in pursuing either to sign it, to send it home, or to leave Paris.
The remainder of this day passed without receiving any communication from M. de Talleyrand. Upon this I determined to demand my passports, by an official note, which I sent this morning by Mr. Mandeville, in order that I might leave Paris in the evening.
At two I renewed my demand for passports, and was told I should have them immediately. They arrived at five o'clock, and I propose setting out as soon as the carriages are ready.
Translation.—(First inclosure referred to in No. 70.)
The undersigned, his Britannic majesty's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the French Republic, having transmitted to his court the proposal which was made to him by the minister for foreign affairs on the 30th inst. has just received orders to transmit to his excellency the accompanying project of a convention, founded on the only basis which his majesty conceives, under the existing circumstances, to be susceptible of a definitive and amicable arrangement. The minister for foreign affairs will not fail to observe to what degree his majesty has endeavoured to conciliate the security of his interests with the dignity of the First Consul. The undersigned flatters himself, that the First Consul, doing justice to these sentiments, will adopt in concert with his majesty an expedient so suitable for restoring permanent tranquillity to both nations, and to all Europe.
The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity, to renew to his excellency the assurance of his highest consideration.
(Signed) WHITWORTH.
Translation.—(Second inclosure referred to in No. 70.)
PROJECT. 1. The French government shall engage to make no opposition to the cession of the island of Lampedosa to his majesty by the king of the two Sicilies. 2. In consequence of the present state of the island of Lampedosa, his majesty shall remain in possession of the island of Malta until such arrangements shall be made by him as may enable his majesty to occupy Lampedosa as a naval station; after which period the island of Malta shall be given up to the inhabitants, and acknowledged as an independent state. 3. The territories of the Batavian Republic shall be evacuated by the French forces within one month after the conclusion of a convention founded on the principles of this project. 4. The king of Etruria, and the Italian and Ligurian Republics, shall be acknowledged by his majesty. 5. Switzerland shall be evacuated by the French forces. 6. A suitable territorial provision shall be assigned to the king of Sardinia in Italy.
SECRET ARTICLE.
His majesty shall not be required by the French government to evacuate the island of Malta until after the expiration of ten years.
Articles 4, 5 and 6, may be entirely omitted, or must all be inserted.
Translation.—(Third inclosure referred to in No. 70.)
Paris, May 10, 1803.
Sir, In order not to lose an instant of so precious a time, I have the honour to convey to you the project which I have received from my court, with the note which accompanies it. I shall have the honour of calling on your excellency at any hour you may appoint, in consequence of the request I made yesterday. But in the mean while, you will be in possession of the contents of my instructions. I hope to God that they may be of a nature to insure the tranquillity of both countries and of Europe.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to your excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.
(Signed) WHITWORTH.
To his excellency M. de Talleyrand, &c.
Translation.—(Fourth inclosure referred to in No. 70.)
Paris, May 10, 1803.
Sir, Having yesterday morning received some important instructions to communicate to you, I wrote to you that evening to ask your excellency at what hour I could have the honour to acquit myself of this duty. That letter has not been answered. At two o'clock this af-
ternoon, I sent Mr. Mandeville, attached to the embassy, to the office for foreign affairs, in order to deliver to your excellency, or in your absence to your first secretary, a sealed packet, containing the papers which I had to communicate to you, and I added a second letter to your excellency. Mr. Mandeville delivered this packet into the hands of M. Durand, who assured him, that it should be communicated to you without delay. At half past four, not having received any answer to my letters, I went to the foreign office, and I there learnt that you were in the country, and that it was not known when you would return to town.
Half an hour afterwards having returned home, the papers which my secretary had taken and delivered to M. Durand were brought to me, with a message that I must send them to the minister in the country.
In this state of things, since your excellency does not give me an opportunity of making you this communication, I have no other alternative than to give it in charge to Mr. Talbot, secretary to the embassy. He will have the honour to deliver to you the project of a convention, which, I hope, will serve as a basis to an amicable arrangement between our two governments.
I have only to add, that the term of my stay in Paris is limited, and I must set out on my journey for England on Thursday morning, if the negotiation is not favourably terminated before that time.
I request you, Sir, to accept the assurance of my high consideration.
(Signed) WHITWORTH.
Translation.—(Fifth inclosure referred to in No. 70.)
It being impossible for the undersigned to delay any longer executing the orders of his court, he finds himself obliged to request the minister for foreign affairs to have the goodness to expedite the necessary passports for his return to England.
He requests his excellency to accept the assurance of his high consideration.
(Signed) WHITWORTH.
Paris 12 May, 1803.
No. 71.—Extract of a dispatch from Sir George Rumbold, Bart. to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Hamburg, March 29, 1803.
Late last night it was determined that the senate should be convened extraordinary on this day, in order to consider of a requisition from the French minister, to insert in the Hamburg paper a most offensive article, intended as a justification of the First Consul, and an attack on the measures of the British government. It is with great regret that I inform your lordship, that the senate have judged it prudent to comply with this demand; and that the article will be inserted in the paper of to-morrow; it is now in the hands of publisher for that purpose. It was the wish of the senate that they might at least be allowed to omit or qualify the most offensive passages, but Mr. Rheinhardt said his orders were positive for the full and exact insertion of the whole.
(N. 72.)—Extract of a dispatch from Mr. Hill to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Copenhagen, April 2, 1803.
(This dispatch states that the French minister at Altona desired its insertion in that Gazette—refused by the magistrates.)
(Continued on second page.)
ON Monday the 29th day of August next, at the town of Sharpburgh in Washington county Maryland, will commence the sale of several thousand acres of valuable land lying in Washington and Frederick Counties, a great part of this land is excellent arable land, abounding with wood and finely watered—it will be laid off in separate lots as suit the convenience of purchasers—it will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, the purchaser to give bond and security to pay one half with interest from the day of sale at the end of one year, the other half with interest at the expiration of two years.—This property is sold under a decree of the court of Chancery, and clear titles will be made and conveyances given on payment of the purchase money and not before.—This sale worthy the attention of persons desirous of purchasing fine farms.
PHILIP B. KRY, } Trustees. WILLIAM MARBURY } July 18th, 1803. 3w.
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, it 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. 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.
THOMAS CARPENTER, TAYLOR. HAS just received by recent arrivals at Philadelphia, from England, and the East Indies, a handsome assortment of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, of the best quality, also Patent water proof Cloth's and Cassimere's, superior NAVY BLUE and other colours; handsome NAVY & FASHIONABLE BUTTONS, &c., Gentlemen of ARMY, NAVY and FASHION served with expedition and taste. New Jersey Avenue, seventh house from Capitol Square and Pennsylvania Avenue near the President's square. April 13 1803. tf.
FOR SALE
On easy payments at the premises,
A tract of land containing 390 acres, situated in Montgomery county, Maryland, and lying on the great road leading from the Federal city to the mouth of Monocacy, near Mr. William Darnes's, and about seven miles above the court-house—On this tract there are two small settlements; there remains upwards of 200 acres still in wood—A particular description of the quality of the land and the improvements thereon is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed any person inclined to purchase will first view the land, and by applying to Henry Jones on the premises, he will show the same to any person who may be inclined as aforesaid. If this and is not sold at private sale before the 6th of August next, it will then be offered to public sale; one third part of the purchase money must be paid down, the remaining two thirds will be divided into three equal payments, by giving bond with approved security bearing interest from date. The first payment to be made on the first of December 1805, the second payment on the first Dec. 1807, and the third payment on the 1st Dec. 1809. If punctually paid at the stipulated times no interest will be required; and on the last payment being made a title will be given to the purchaser, possession will be given on the 1st of December next.
BEN. W. JONES, and HENRY JONES.
May 13. 1w6A.
50 DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN away from the subscriber living at Pop's Creek in the county of Westmoreland, and state of Virginia, on the 19th inst. a negro man named FRANK, by trade a blacksmith, of a tawny complexion, long visage and remarkable fine soft voice; about forty-five years of age, five feet four or six inches high, straight limbed. He generally wears a long tail'd coat; but it is not known certainly what clothes he took with him—he may easily be detected, as he has taken with one of his youngest sons named John, who is not more than 9 years of age and is of a very black complexion and a long visage, like his father. I am induced to think, Frank has made for some of the large towns particularly Alexandria or Baltimore, in the former, of which, or its neighborhood, he has a free brother by the name of Rogers, who did live near Dr. Smith's, upon Ravenworth in the county of Fairfax. The above reward will be given to any person who will secure said Frank with his son and give information thereof to the subscriber. And 100 dollars if taken out of the state, and the money paid a soon as I get him.
RICHARD STUART.
July 29. tf.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS THE HIGHEST PRIZE,
GERMAN ROMAN CATHOLIC HOLY TRINITY CHURCH LOTTERY. In the City of Philadelphia.
1 Prize of ten thousand dollars 10,000 1 six thousand 6,000 1 three thousand 3,000 1 two thousand 2,000 1 one thousand 1,000 10 five hundred 5,000 20 three hundred 3,000 20 two hundred 4,000 35 one hundred 3,500 90 fifty 4,500 100 twenty 2,000 6000 seven 42,000
6274 prizes, dolls. 99,000 11726 blanks, less than two to a prize.
18000 The prizes will be paid thirty days after the conclusion of the drawing, subject to a deduction of fifteen per cent.
The first drawn numbers on the 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, and 35th days of drawing, will be entitled to a prize of 500 dollars each.
The first drawn numbers on the 40th, 45th, 50th, and 55th, will be entitled to a prize of 1000 dollars each.
The first drawn number on the last day of drawing, when only 600 tickets shall be in the wheel, will be entitled to a prize of 6000 dollars.
From the extraordinary demand for these tickets, from every part of the Union, it is expected that the drawing will commence at a much earlier day than was at first contemplated, and that the tickets will be raised considerably before that period.
They may be had at SIX dollars of GEORGE TAYLOR, jun. no. 67, } Chestnut MATTHEW M c CONNEL, 82, } street. D. C. D. C.
Whole tickets 6 Quarter tickets, 1 75 Half, 3 25 Eighths, 95 Letters post paid, including the cash, shall be only attended to, and St. Augustine and New York lottery prizes received in payment.
July 20. epim
HICKORY WOOD.
PROPOSALS will be received until the 1st day of July for furnishing, for the use of the House of Representatives of the United States, One hundred cords of Hickory wood, which must either have been cut last winter, or must be cut in the month of August. The whole quantity is to be delivered at the most convenient wharf, or at the Capitol, by the 1st day of September. It is expected that any person undertaking this business will have no objection to bind himself under a penalty for the faithful performance of the contract. For further particulars apply to THOMAS CLAXTON, Capitol hill. July 20, 1803. tf.
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 Easton; the Republican Advocate, at Fredericktown, and Mr. Grives's paper, at Hagerstown.
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, by 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 found 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 from 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 found 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 this state one person 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 that 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 has 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, any thing 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.
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 BLUE COAT of ordinary length, WHITE VEST, WHITE BRECHES 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. e. k.
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 dress 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.