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NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. IV. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
No. DLX.
FIVE DOLLS. PER ANN.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18th, 1804.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON, May 15.
At the court at the queen's palace, the 14th of May, 1804, present, the king's most excellent majesty in council.
This day the right hon. George Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, groom of the stole to his majesty, and the right hon. George Thynne, comptroller of his majesty's household, were by his majesty's command sworn of his majesty's most honorable privy council, and took their respective places at the board accordingly.
His majesty having been pleased to appoint the honorable Dudley Lord Harrowby, and the right hon. John Jeffries Earl Camden, two of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, they were this day by his majesty's command, sworn two of his majesty's principal secretaries of state accordingly.
The king has been pleased to constitute and appoint the right hon. William Pitt, George Piercy, esq. (commonly called lord Lovaine) James Edward Harris, esq. (commonly Viscount Fitz Harris) the right hon. C. Long, and the hon. Henry Willes, to be commissioners for executing the office of treasurer of his majesty's exchequer.
The king has been pleased to constitute and appoint the right hon. Henry Viscount Melville, Sir Philip Stephens, bart. James Gambier, esq. vice admiral of the red squadron of his majesty's fleet; Sir Harry Neale, bart. Sir John Colpoys, knight of the most honorable order of the bath, and admiral of the blue squadron of his majesty's fleet; Philip Patton, esq. vice admiral of the red squadron of his majesty's fleet; and William Dickson, jun. esq. to be his majesty's commissioner for executing the office of high admiral of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging.
May 14.
Saturday and yesterday their majesties accompanied by the princesses, and the dukes of Cumberland and Cambridge, took an airing to Kew. The royal party seemed much pleased with the new palace, and after walking each day in the gardens they returned to the queen's house.
On Saturday his majesty signed several official papers. Lord Bathurst had an audience of his majesty both on Saturday and yesterday. Mr. Pitt was with his majesty on Saturday, and twice yesterday. Lord Hawkesbury, and the Earl of Dartmouth had conferences with his majesty yesterday.
The Victor sloop of war has captured of Acheen Head, a French ship valuable laden with presents from the king of Cochin China, to the grand consul.
A morning paper of this day contains the following article:—“a rumour having been circulated, & having found its way into the newspapers, that on Mr. Fox's acquiescence in his own exclusion from office, an offer had been made to him and his friends, that five of them should have seats in the cabinet, an offer which according to the said rumour, they peremptorily and precipitately refused, we are happy to have it in our power to contradict, from competent authority, a report which has no foundation. No such offer, nor any offer of a similar nature, or on a similar principle, was ever made, directly or indirectly, by Mr. Pitt, nor ever hinted to by any of his friends. Of Mr. Pitt's conduct in the late transaction, neither Mr. Fox or his friends make any complaint. Where there existed no engagement, either express or implied, as resulting from the nature of the transaction there could be no ground for complaint. But, on the other hand it is not fair that Mr. Fox's friends should be arraigned for having refused a proposition of which they had no knowledge until they heard it circulated by common report and read it in the newspapers, after some progress had been made in forming the new administration.
May 13.
The French Minister at Leghorn, is making extensive preparations there, for the reception of a squadron, on board which it is added, several thousand troops, assembling in Etruria, are to embark. The port continued blockaded by some English frigates.
The king of Denmark has ordered a man of war to Algiers, with several pieces of heavy ordnance from the fortress of Cronenburgh, as a present to the Dey. The Danish Marine now comprises three
Vice and four Rear Admirals, 6 Commodores, 47 Captains, 81 Lieutenants, &c.
Bonaparte takes every occasion to manifest his partiality to the Poles, probably with a view to engage them in measures hostile to the interest of the Powers who enjoy the sovereignty of their country.
A serious quarrel is stated to have taken place between Bonaparte and his brother Lucien; the latter, on retiring to his new estates in Italy, has carried with him his gallery of paintings, and every moveable article of value.
May 10.
This morning at ten o'clock, and not before, it is positively stated, that Mr. Addington delivered up the seals to his majesty at Rockingham house. Mr. Pitt is said to bring in with him Lord Melville, first Lord of the admiralty; the lords Hawkesbury, Mulgrave, and Harrowby, secretaries of state. The following noblemen, it is said, remain in office— the Duke of Portland, Lord Chatham, and Lord Elden. Lord Westmoreland goes out. From this statement of affairs, it is inferred, that Mr. Pitt will set out with a formidable and bitter opposition against him, many conceiving themselves as having only been made ladders upon which others have mounted. Many names of the new opposition are mentioned, & it is even stated, that they will be able to muster 170 in the House of commons at the first outset.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
Dutch Journals to the 5th inst. have been received to day. It appears that about the 40th ult. Gen. Berthier, the French Minister of war, and Gen. Davoust of the consular guard, commandant of the Camp at Bruges, and Admiral Verheul, had been entirely taken up in the inspection of ships and vessels lying at Flushing and other places.
The Dutch war minister Pyman, and M. Semonville the Ambassador, left the Hague on the 1st inst. to meet Gen. Berthier at Haerlem. M. Pyman, it was thought, would proceed to the Helder.
The orders issued to the fleet at Spithead on Saturday are now generally confirmed into a belief, that Government really expect an immediate attack from the French.
The Gazette of this evening, it will be seen, contains some more of the new appointments in the Cabinet.
FRANCE.
TRIBUNATE, 10 FLOREAL,
APRIL 30.
Sitting Extraordinary of the Tribunate.
Fabre de l'Aude, President—After the minutes of the last sitting had been read, and approved, the president addressed the assembly as follows: On the 23d of this month our colleague Curée, laid on the table a motion of order, in which he demanded; 1st. That the government of the Republic shall be confided to an Emperor; 2d. That the Empire shall be hereditary in the family of Napoleon Bonaparte, now First Consul; 3d. That such of our institutions as are only traced out, shall be definitively suppressed.
Curée then said, “Citizens Colleagues I appear in this assembly to call your attention to weighty objects in which the nation is highly interested. In a matter of so much importance, it is necessary that you should grant me that attention and indulgence which the purity of my patriotism gives me reason to hope; for the success and duration of every political system depends on the stability of the Government which forms as it were the centre of it where every thing terminates. This principle is incontestable, when, in consequence of great changes having produced and developed an order of things which fixes under new points of view the destiny of the people, it can be evidently proved that these political changes are sanctioned for ages, and the maintenance of the grand results they have left behind them are secured forever, by bringing back and re-establishing, in a certain authentic hereditary course of succession, the government incorporated with these great results, and which is connected in an intimate a manner with them as the trunk of a tree is with its roots.
The Speaker then called the attention of the tribunes to the memorable epoch
of the revolution, when the French (according to his blasphemous expression) “with an unanimous will, and a voice as powerful as that of the Creator the first day of the existence of the universe, exclaimed, let equality be established, let privileges disappear, and let the nation be what it ought to be.”
He then took a view of the Government of Charlemagne, and the abuses introduced into France after that glorious epoch, when one of the most powerful families of the feudal system was called to the sovereignty.—He then adverted to the year 1789, when the French people, he said, committed the great fault of leaving the supreme power in the hands of a family essentially feudal. Louis the XVI king of France, would never condescend to be king of the French. Being born a Sovereign, he could never consent to become a magistrate. Having then made some observations on the Constituent Assembly, the Constitution of 1791, and the state of things since that period, he observed that the happy situation of the French people, who were now in the full possession of all the rights which were the object of the revolution in 1789, was disturbed only by uncertainty in regard to the future. “The enemies of our country” said he, “are alarmed at our prosperity, as they are at our glory. Their plots have been multiplied, and one might say, that instead of a whole nation, they had to combat only one man. Him they have attempted to strike, in order to effect his destruction, being well assured that France, in mourning for the loss it would that day sustain, for the great man who organized it, and the chief by whom it is governed, divided by ambitious rivals and torn by parties, would sink amidst the storms let loose against it in every direction.—What security can we give it against the fear of so many misfortunes? What remedies can we oppose to so many evils? Opinion of the armies and of the whole people have pronounced it. Hereditary succession in a family, rendered illustrious by the revolution, consecrated by equality and liberty, in a family of a chief who was the first soldier of the republic before he became the first magistrate; a chief who would have been eminently distinguished by his civil qualities, even had he not filled the whole world with the fame of his arms and the splendor of his victories. Here (continued he) we have the inappreciable advantage of finding at the head of the nation, the chief of an august family proper to form the first link of the new dynasty; an eternal barrier will thus be opposed to the return of faction, and the French people will be certain of preserving their dignity, their independence and their territory. Let us hasten then, my colleagues, to demand that the magistracy may be made hereditary; for in voting a chief to be hereditary, as Pliny said to Trajan, we prevent the return of a master. But at the same time, let us give a grand name to a great power; let us procure to the supreme magistracy of the first empire of the world the respect due to a sublime denomination: I do not find a title for the chief of the national power more worthy of the splendor of the nation than the title of Emperor. I move then, that we refer to the Senate a wish which is that of the whole nation, and of which the object is:—
1st. That Napoleon Bonaparte, now First Consul, be declared Emperor, and in that quality remain charged with the government of the French Republic.
2d. That the imperial dignity be declared hereditary in his family.
3d. That such of our institutions as are only traced out, shall be definitively suspended.
Almost all the members of the tribunate having inscribed their names to speak on the motion, Savoye Rollin observed, that it would be difficult for them all to be heard, and on a proposal being made, the tribunate referred to a commission of thirteen members, the motion of order, the speeches delivered and those which should be spoken till the day fixed for the report. Their commission were to make their report on Thursday next.
The members who composed it, are, Curée, S. Schne, Jaubert (de la Gironde) Duveyrier, Lavidal, Gillet (de Seine et Oise) Freville, Carion de Nifaz, Savoye Rollin, Albisson, Grenier, Delatre, Chabaud Latour. The members of the bureau, Fobre, President, Jard Pauvilliers, Faure, Simeon and Arnauld, Secretaries, are to form part of this commission also.
EXTRAORDINARY SITTING.
11 Floreal, May 1.
An extraordinary crowd of spectators this day, as yesterday, filled the Tribunes and the interior of the Hall. The sitting was opened at two o'clock. The President intimated that Carnot being the only Tribune, whose name was inscribed against the motion, liberty of addressing the Tribunate was afforded him.
Carnot mounted the Tribune. He set out with declaring, that being to speak against the motion of Curée, he should endeavor to preserve the same moderation in delivering his opinion, which had been exhibited by the Tribunes who had spoken in favor of the motion. He added, that he referred those who wished to put a bad construction on his sentiments to the rigid examination of his conduct since the commencement of the revolution. He took up the question of conferring on Bonaparte the dignity of Emperor for life, and making it hereditary in his family.—He asked, if it was to grant the First Consul a reward for his services to offer him the sacrifice of liberty? He asked, whether it was not to destroy Bonaparte's own work to make France his own private patrimony? I voted against the Consulate for life, continued the orator, and I will not this day follow a different course. I will be consistent with myself; but the moment that the order of things which is proposed, is established, I will be the first to conform to it, and to yield to the new authority proofs of my deference. May all the members of the Community follow the same example! The Orator then went on to the examination of the form of government proposed to be established. He cited a number of examples from the history of Rome, and drew an inference from them, that a government by one individual was not in the smallest degree a sure pledge of its stability or its tranquility. He applied the same inference to the history of France, where intestine commotions and civil discords so often existed under the government of princes, weak or unworthy of governing. After the peace of Amiens, continued Carnot, Bonaparte had the choice between a republic or monarchy; but he had sworn to defend the former, and to respect the wills of France, which had made him their guardian. Now it was proposed to make of that power a property, of which at present only the administration is possessed. The Romans were most jealous of their liberty, and Camillus Fabius and Cincinnatus only saved the country because they relinquished the power which had been confided to them after they had saved their country. But the liberty of Rome perished as soon as Cæsar wished to usurp absolute power. Carnot cited the example of the United States. It was reserved for the New World to show to the old the practicability of a nation's enjoying liberty, and the rising prosperity of the people. The destinies to which they appeared to be called left no doubt remaining of the existence of the truth. After discussing a variety of general principles, Carnot made some particular remarks. Will, (said he) the opinion of the public functionaries be the free wish of the nation? Will there not be inconveniences attending the expression of an opposite sentiment? Is the liberty of the press so much restrained and degraded that it will be impossible to make, in the public prints, the most respectful remonstrances against the proposed arrangement? The orator considered the question in another point of view. He asked, if the expulsion of the Bourbons at all involved the necessity of a new dynasty; if the establishment of a new dynasty would not place obstacles in the way of a general peace; if it would be recognized by foreign powers, and if in case of a refusal to recognize it, arms would necessarily be resorted to, and for an empty title the security of the French nation would not, perhaps be endangered? This is not the only means which the existing government has of consolidating itself. The means of this consists in adherence to justice. Far be it from me here to make any particular application, or to cast any blame on the operations of government. Such a thought has no place in my heart. Is liberty then disclosed to man only that it may never be enjoyed—No! I cannot regard it as a mere chimera, and my heart tells me that its government is easy. In conclusion, said the orator—I am ready to sacrifice my personal opinion to the interests of my country. My respect for the law will remain un-
alterable, and I desire above all things, to see every opinion, and every sentiment united against our eternal, our implacable enemy, that enemy which is now meditating universal oppression. I vote against the motion.
Faure next mounted the Tribune. He applied himself to the refutation of Carnot's speech. He asked if he had well manifested his respect for the law, by reminding him that he had on a preceding occasion voted against the Consulate for life, fashioned by the vote of more than a million of Frenchmen? He asked him if he had forgotten the regime of 1793, and that horrible Decemviral Committee, which in cold blood signed arrests for death and proscription? and he was astonished at hearing of opposition to that proposition which could alone prevent the return of such miseries. We are not here to consider the interests of an individual family, but the interests of the whole nation. Here Faure entered into an examination of the state of France in 1789 and its present situation. He inquired what were the propositions contained in the loose draught of the Constituent Assembly, and he found their completion in the form of government which it was now proposed to establish. He supported the motion.
Arnould began in the following terms the speech which he also delivered in favor of the motion. What is this facility which has seized our colleague, which renders him the passive witness of the outrages of the Committees of Public Safety, which carries into the Directory, and cannot furnish him with the means of doing good to the people which on the 10th Fructidor renders him the victim of that day, and does not permit him to perceive the share which Pichegru then had in the conspiracy formed against France?
Albisson, Grenier, Chabot, (de l'Allier) Delette and Gaillard, severally spoke in favor of the promotion.
Carion Nifaz refuted the opinion of Carnot. The Tribunate ordered six copies of the opinion of the orators to be printed.
EXTRAORDINARY SITTING,
12 Floreal, May 2.
The order of the day was called for the continuation of the discussion on the motion of Curée. Chassillon contended that the intention of the French had always been to establish a monarchical form of government. The wish formed in 1789, was now to be fulfilled, and no person than Bonaparte could better fulfil this wish, which will constitute the happiness of France and our posterity. He voted for the motion, and six copies of his speech were ordered to be printed.
Perré formed the wish dictated to him by his sincerity and his conscience. He added a few words to corroborate what had been said, to prove how well Bonaparte was worthy the dignity to which the French people called him. He particularly directed his observations to show what a powerful guarantee posterity would possess in the hereditary succession proposed. The latest posterity of the head of the government, said he, will seek in the history of Bonaparte the example which they ought to follow. They will respect his glory, and never allow our posterity have reason to reproach us for the wish we form this day. The speech was ordered to be printed.
Carret and Delpierre joined their wishes to that of their colleagues. This is not the time, said Delpierre, when the people were the property of kings. The interests of both are now common. Their repose, their stability, and their happiness, are henceforth inseparable.
Favard.—I know that the First Consul, the august head of the state, has the wishes of the French people, the peas of the eloquent are employed in celebrating his glory; and posterity, which is the judge of great men, will only re-echo the language of the age in which he lived. I know the place which he occupies in their hearts; I know, if I can judge by myself, the devotion which he merits, and with which he has inspired you. I know all the right which his eminent services give him to the dignity of Emperor, and to have it made hereditary in his family. But let me examine abstractly, from all personal feelings of gratitude and love, if the unity and hereditary succession of the Chief Consul be consistent with the government of France. Different states have a right to that form of government which they enjoy, according to principles inviolable as that nature from which they originate. In vain political maladies affect and suspend those principles for a moment. The crisis ceases, and nature

resumes her rights. It is the nature of things, that a country of vast extent, whose security is not guaranteed by its physical position, and whose relations with its neighbours incessantly menace its tranquillity, ought to be governed by one head. Rome, at its birth, had kings, because the states which surrounded were governed by kings. Rome, after conquering her neighbours, expelled the kings and created consuls. When her power had gone beyond the limits of her territories, when she had to combat nations far removed from the centre of her dominions, even the excessive love of liberty could not prevent the ruin of the republic, and emperors were elevated to the throne. Happy would have been that great nation, if the fault of their emperors had, as he had it in his power, made the government hereditary in his family. The scenes which covered the throne with blood—the civil wars which desolated that vast empire and precipitated its downfall, would not have filled the page of the history of these masters of the world. But one great error led to dreadful abuses. On the ruins of a monarchy destroyed, an attempt was made to substitute a monarchical government. France must have been destroyed, if the genius of Bonaparte had not created the Consulship, to precede, for a few years, the creation of the imperial dignity. He is called to this elevated post by the unanimous will, and this will of the first sentiment which ought to give rise to military forms. He had, as consul, the power of performing these services, and you have seen that he has used it with a degree of success of which no example is recorded in the history of the world.
This is enough for his own glory, but it is not enough for the happiness of France. It is in the nature of things, that if empires proper under a great man, the moment which deprives them of his services menaces them with some dreadful explosion, if the same moment does not substitute in his place him who is to be his successor. It is then that ambition becomes enflamed, and not long before ambition prepares in secret the means of supplanting rivals. Long disputes, succeeded by civil wars agitate the minds of men, disturb for ages the union of citizens, and the people are often so unfortunate as not to see who is the most worthy among the rival candidates to receive the sceptre of which death has bereaved the object of their regret. What then can prevent these disasters? A constitutional law which fixes the line of succession, and which gives to the family of the chief the new dynasty. This is the object of the motion under discussion, and I assent to it, persuaded that if the empire is the price of the virtues of the great man who is called to the imperial dignity, the succession to it by the family guarantees to France ages of glory and of repose.
Paris, May 1.
Sixty-six communes in the department of Doux Seures, have voted a medal to the First Consul.
LONDON, May 12.
There is now little doubt that Bonaparte will assume the title of Emperor of the French or the Gauls. Private letters state that this event has already taken place; and a neutral vessel arrived in the river has brought additional intelligence, that he has assumed to the title that of king of Lombardy. That a considerable progress has been made in this imperial arrangement, which we think is no good omen for the Corsican and his family, is obvious from the following extract of a letter from Rouen, of the 6th instant:—
"In the sitting of the 3d inst. the Tribunate, after having heard the report of the Special Commission, appointed to consider of the proposition made by Citizen Curee, have resolved:
 "I. That Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul, shall be declared Emperor of the French, and in that quality be charged with the Government of France.  "II. That the title of Emperor, together with the imperial power, shall be hereditary in his family, in the male line, and in the order of primogeniture.  "III. The Constituted Authorities in forming the necessary regulations for the establishment of the hereditary powers, shall make all due provisions for preserving equality, liberty and the rights of the people. 
"IV. The present vote shall be carried to the Senate by a deputation of six members, who are to explain to it the motives which have induced the Tribunate to take this resolution."
The arrival of several couriers in Paris, from Germany, has hastened the preparations for the coronation, which will take place in defiance of the remonstrance of certain courts. At the last instance, by Madame Bonaparte, her husband laid loud enough to be heard by all persons present, in addressing himself to a certain hitherto favorite Ambassador, "Pray, Sir, have not
the French people the same right to give the Supreme Chief what title and prerogatives they think necessary for their honor and tranquillity, as much as to choose freely their own form of government." A bow of submission was the only answer to a question purposely made, as a command or explanation to the whole foreign diplomatic Corps present; of whom several the next day dispatched couriers to their respective courts, with this sophistical declamation of the First Consul.
The coronation robes have been embroidered at Lyons, and with their diamonds, are estimated at two millions of livres; gold and silver medals to the amount of ten millions of livres, report says, are already struck at the mint, and are to be distributed on the coronation day, in all the armies, as well as among the people in all cities and towns. The coronation carriage has been made long ago, by Simeon, under a pretence that it was intended as a present to the Emperor of Russia. The Coronation is to be performed by the Cardinal archbishop of Paris and the Pope's nuncio, Cardinal Caprara, assisted by three other revolutionary Bishops & Arch-Bishops; the Pope on account of his age and infirmities, having been excused a journey to France where his Nuncio has full power to assist on his part and give his blessing.
Among other appointments in France by the Emperor, in petio, are twenty-four Pages for himself and twelve for his Imperial Consort. They are children of the members of the Legion of Honor; and when they have attained the age of 16 years, they will obtain each a company in a regiment of cavalry or dragoons as a retreat. Six Lords in waiting for the Emperor, and four for the Empress, are to be taken from among the Members of the Senate, tribunate, and Legislative Body. A civil list of twenty-four millions will be fixed. The household troops are to be augmented to twelve thousand men of different arms. The palace of Versailles is to be repaired, with those of Compiegne and Fontainebleau, and every season the Emperor will change his place of residence. The winters however will be exclusively passed at Paris, St. Cloud and Malmaison.
May 17.
This morning we received Dutch Journals to the 10th instant. The articles of importance which they contain relate to the assumption of the Imperial dignity by Bonaparte. An extract from a Paris Paper states that the resolution of the Tribunate upon that subject has been transmitted to the Conservative Senate in the following terms:—That Napoleon Bonaparte be declared Emperor of the French."
The Argus makes the following interesting remarks on the exaltation of the First Consul. They certainly speak the sentiments of the Corsican and its Cabinet.
"From events which will result from this important step, some asgur the approach of peace, as it will demand the hearty approbation of a certain great Potentate, whose decision on the one side or the other will, doubtless, have a happy influence in settling the existing differences."
"This act is the eternal disinheritance of the Bourbons, which the French people are about to pronounce; by it, they rid themselves of all apprehension and of all inquietude; they have performed nothing more solemn or more productive of universal safety. This general wish is the Finis to the history of the revolution. It has been said that, like Saturn, the Revolution devoured its children: at present the innocent fate seems to be completely realized; it is a child of the revolution who takes its place without forgetting the benefits of its mother."
We cannot undertake to say, whether the Potentate alluded to be the Emperor of Germany or the Emperor Alexander but it appears from the publications which have recently issued from the press at Berlin, that Bonaparte has obtained the sanction of his Prussian Majesty.
Mr. Pitt has now nearly completed the whole of his Ministry. Mr. William Dundas having been appointed Secretary at War, the military and naval patronage of the British Empire is now vested in the family of Arnolfer. It is, we understand, finally settled, that Mr. Canning is to be Treasurer of the Navy, Mr. Rose, Joint Paymaster; Lord Mulgrave, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Earl Bathurst, Master of the Mint; and the Earl of Aylesford, Lord Steward of the Household; Earl Moira's answer to the proposal for vesting in him the Lieutenancy of Ireland with the Chief Command of the Irish Army, has not been yet received. The plan of separating the offices of Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Lords has been abandoned, and they will continue to be filled by Lord Eldon.
Mr. Pitt has been returned for the university of Cambridge; but he probably will not take his seat on the treasury bench until the middle of next week.
The house of commons will adjourn tomorrow until Wednesday next.
We learn, from undoubted authority, that Louis XVIII. King of France and Navarre, means solemnly to protest, in his own name, in that of the Bourbons, and particularly in the name of the French nation, against the elevation of a foreign usurper to his majesty's throne, under the title of emperor, by certain individuals, calling themselves the Senate and Tribunate of France, and falsely arrogating to themselves the power to dispose of his Majesty's rightful crown and dignity. In this protest, his most christian majesty will call upon all legitimate sovereigns to defend their rank and rights; upon all Europe to defend its independence; and upon all the world to defend the laws of humanity; upon all civilized nations to resist the return of Vandalism; and upon all christians to unite in opposing atheism and immorality.
Curee, who made the motion in the tribunate for a change of the constitution and dynasty, is an inhabitant of St. Andre, in the district of Lodeve, of the department of Herault. In 1791 he was elected a member of the legislative assembly, and in 1792 of the national convention, where he voted for the imprisonment of Louis XVI. for life, or his banishment. In 1798, he became a member of the council of five hundred; and after Bonaparte's revolution, in 1799, he was made a tribune. He was always regarded as a man of moderate principles and abilities. Avarice is his principal passion; and letters from Paris say, that he has received from Bonaparte 800,000 livres in money, and the assurance of a place in the senate, worth 5,000 livres in the year.
London, May 18.
It was yesterday reported in the city that government had received some indirect overtures from France on the subject of peace, said to have been made through the American minister at Paris. After the most minute enquiries, we could not learn that the rumour was deserving of much credit.
Yesterday arrived another Gottenburgh mail. It appears to confirm what was exclusively stated in this paper, some days since, respecting the deep impression which the murder of the duke of Enghien has made upon the court of Peterburgh. As soon as the intelligence of the atrocious event reached the capital, the emperor issued orders for a court mourning, and such was the indignation of the people upon that occasion, that the French residents have been constantly insulted whenever they appeared in public. Very considerable bodies of Russian troops have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march.
Star.
The persons who retire with Mr. Addington are earl St. Vincent, lord Hobart, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Steele, Mr. Bagg, Mr. Tierney, &c.
Mr. Addington's retirement has been highly honorable and disinterested: he has refused the peerage for himself, and has not solicited even the most trifling provision, for any relative or connection whatever.
May 11.
After a week of report and curiosity we are enabled to state something fixed with regard to the changes among the men at the helm of the state. Some days later than was reported, and curiosity anticipated, Mr. Pitt was called to an audience with the king; and received the commands of his majesty, to lay before him a plan of a new administration. For several days after this was known, conjecture was very busily naming the arrangements which were about to be made; a union of the three parties, which have contributed their joint efforts to drive Mr. Addington from his place, were talked of; and Mr. Pitt and his friends, and the party commonly known by the name of the Grenville party, was expected to compose the new administration. It was soon after known that the king objected to Mr. Fox, and absolutely refused to admit him. It was speedily reported next, that the Grenville party had refused to form any part of a new administration, without the admission of Mr. Fox. It is now ascertained that Mr. Addington yesterday resigned the seals, with the positive refusal of any title or emolument to himself. And in the house of commons a new writ was moved for Cambridge, in the room of Mr. Pitt, who has accepted the office of first lord of the treasury, and chancellor of the exchequer. It is understood that the new opposition, as it has been called, stands firm in its refusal of all co-operation with Mr. Pitt, on the present terms, and that an administration will be formed of the particular friends of Mr. Pitt, and certain number of the members of the old administration.
May 16.
Intelligence is reported to have been received by a Foreign Ambassador, that Bonaparte has been proclaimed emperor
of France thro' all the streets and public squares of Paris. All idea of consulting the people is laid aside, the Senators Consuls of the Conservative Senate, and the decree of the Tribunate, are considered sufficient authority to change the French Republic into a monarchy: and the elective chief magistrate of a commonwealth into the hereditary Sovereign of an Empire. It is reported at Paris, that the coronation is to take place next August, upon Bonaparte's birth-day, and to be performed at Aix la-Chapelle, where Charlemagne was crowned fourteen centuries ago.—Preparations have been made there ever since the arrest of Moreau: and several German princes have been invited to the ceremony. A camp of 33,000 troops is formed between Aix la-Chapelle and Juliers. All the members of the legion of honor are to be present, and will take the oath of allegiance to his Imperial Corsican Majesty in his august presence. A grand deputation of the Senate, of the Legislative body, and of the Tribunate, and most of the commanding Generals, of the prefects, and of the principal public functionaries, are to attend Bonaparte. A general amnesty is to be proclaimed for all criminals without exception; the list of emigrants is to be closed for ever, and all proscribed persons, with the exception of the Bourbon family, may return to France and enjoy the rights of subjects. A promotion upon a large scale is to be announced: every officer in the army will be advanced a step.—The place and the form of the ceremony are the source of various reports. Some say it is not to be celebrated at Paris, others, at Rheimes, and others at Lyons; Aix la-Chapelle was the place fixed when the last advices left Paris, and little doubt remains, but that the coronation will take place there.
BERLIN,
April 30.
A letter from St. Peterburgh, of the 17th, says, "That on the 15th preceding, a courier from the Russian charge d'affaires at Paris, brought the news of the arrest and murder of the duke of Enghien, which excited such a general indignation, not only in the court circle, but among the people, that wherever the French Ambassador appeared, he was either hooted or shunned. He presented himself as usual to the emperor's levee, but neither the Russian sovereign, nor any other person present spoke to him. He gave out in the evening, that the rumour of the duke's execution was unfounded, but the next day a courier from the king of Sweden, at Carllsruhe, brought a confirmation of this atrocious crime. It is now said, that Hedouville is packing up, and intends setting out in a few days, whether from resentment for the well deserved treatment he has met with, or by orders of the emperor is not known." To these particulars from Russia I can add the following:—"Louis XVIII has received a letter of condolence from the Russian emperor, expressing in strong terms, his surprise at such a crime in the present civilized state of Europe; adding, that the cause of Louis XVIII will hereafter be regarded as the cause of all lawful princes."—Such at least are the words I have read in a copy of Alexander's letter, handed about at the Cassino here. The Russian minister has daily conferences, not only with our ministers, but with our king at Potsdam where he has been for these last 48 hours, without coming to town. The cause of the disgrace of Haugwitz is now known to be his advice to our king to sacrifice Louis XVIII, or at least not to prevent Bonaparte from carrying him off by the agent of his secret police. It is said that Madame de St. —, who often visits the queen, discovered and prevented the plot against the life of another Bourbon."
Vienna, April 30.
Louis XVIII has notified to our court, the death of his nephew the duke of Enghien. The exchange of couriers is now very frequent here; two have lately arrived from London, and one has been sent off to St. Peterburgh. The English frigate the Narcissus, of 40 guns is arrived at Venice.
The answer returned by our court to a foreign ambassador, who proposed the eventual delivering up of certain individuals, is full of moderation and justice. It states, that as these individuals are in future to be considered as subjects of his majesty, they will, in case any authenticated charges shall be brought against them, be tried according to the laws of this country. Hitherto, however, no formal charge has been brought against any individual.
THOMAS M'EUEN, THOMAS HALE & WILLIAM DAVIDSON, who heretofore, have translated business under the firm of Thomas M'Euen & Co. will in future use that of M'EUEN, HALE & DAVIDSON. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1—tw&ugtf
In the Journal des Debates of the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th April, there is published a review of a work on the subject of the English conspiracy in France, which has been published in Paris by the famous Mehee (M. D. L. or Mehee de la Touche.)
Mehee, who has published the work alluded to, it will be remembered, was the person with whom Mr. Drake corresponded: from the review of his work it appears, the author has entered in detail into an exposition of the whole affairs of the conspiracy and completely brought home to the Addington administration the charge of having in time of peace, received a man whose avowed object was to overturn the government of France, of having defrayed the expenses of this man while in London, and of having subsequently countenanced the plots formed for the destruction of Bonaparte.
The review of Mehee's book is of too great a length to permit its publication, as it occupies several columns of the Paris newspapers—we shall give an abstract of the articles. Mehee had been an ardent revolutionist, and republican from the commencement of the French revolution, in the year 8 (1798—1799) he had been sent from Paris to the island of Oleron, as a suspected person, but was permitted to return to his family after a long detention. Desirous of proving his not having merited the suspicions of want of attachment to his country, Mehee resolved to proceed to England and the assumed name of Muller, for the purpose of discovering the actual intentions of England towards France, which countries were at the time engaged in the negotiation of the treaty of Amiens, alleged to be violated in regard to Malta; with the determination to communicate such intelligence as he might collect to the government of his country.
Mehee left France and landed in the island of Jersey, from thence he proceeded to Guernsey—Here he presented himself to general Doyle in the character of a person disaffected to the French government and able to give England information of great importance. Doyle received him very cordially, and undertook to forward to the English government a memorial drawn up by Mehee for the purpose. In this memorial the latter proffered further information on his arrival in London, and assured Mr. Addington, that he was a member of a Jacobin Club, the members of which were determined to bring Bonaparte down and which only required pecuniary means in order to accomplish their purpose. To assure Mr. Addington of his sincerity, Mehee added that he could give ample information and proof of Bonaparte's designs on Turkey and Egypt; and concluded by offering to lay before the British ministry a plan for placing the count De Lille (called Louis XVIII.) on the French throne. With this memorial Mehee sent a number of papers purporting to be of great moment and genuine. Having received no reply from London, Mehee waited on general Doyle and fir James Saumarez, and procured from them money and a passage to England at their own expence. Arrived in London, he waited on Mr. Addington, and was received by M. Hammond, to whom Mehee declared he had a scheme which could not fail of destroying Bonaparte, if assistance from England were given. Mr. Hammond answered as there existed peace at that moment between the two countries he could not agree to terms, but required Mehee's address, assuring him that a change of circumstances would soon allow him to accept the offer made. Accordingly, shortly after this interview another took place, and Mehee was taken into favor by the Pretender and other French princes, and actually received a monthly salary from the British ministry.
He had several interviews with the British ministry, particularly with Hawkesbury and Pelham, to whom he was introduced by Bertrand de la Molleville (minister of the marine under Louis XVI.) With M c Ville, the archbishop of Arras, the emigrant generals Willot and Lasiviere, and Pichegru, the plan for destroying Bonaparte was concerted in London, and that the English government might not appear as the instigators or abettors of the plot, the instructions to the agents were drawn up in the name of a "private society of French emigrants and Englishmen of fortune!" Mehee having furnished his plan, it was approved by Lord Pelham, and the necessary passports and instructions were given to Mehee, with directions to proceed to the continent.—He received letters from Mr. York, one of the British administration, to several English ministers on the continent, particularly to the British consul at Hume, in Hesse; to Mr. Drake at Munich, and to Mr. Spencer Smith at Stuttgart. It was agreed that he should reside at Paris, but previously wait on Drake and others, to establish the mode of correspondence. On the 22d September, 1803, Mehee left London, after having taken leave of the British ministry, the French emigrant princes, bi-

shops, &c. and shortly after arrived at Altona; from thence he proceeded to Hamburg, to the French minister, in whose hands, (to be transmitted to Paris) he left a complete statement of his journey to England, of its result, of the plot against Bonaparte, &c. & promising to give further proofs on his return from Munich, where he was about to go to make arrangements with Mr. Drake.
Mehée arrived safely at Munich, conferred with Mr. Drake, with him established the mode of correspondence, and appointed the requisite number of agents, at Kehl, Strasburg, B. & c. When the whole plan of operations had been laid, Mehée returned to Paris—in a short time the money and troops of the emigrants which had been promised Mehée while in England, were furnished from that country; Drake continued his efforts on the continent, and had collected on the borders of France, in neutral territories, large bodies of emigrants from all parts of Europe, with whom English officers were incorporated; in the interior of France large sums of money had been levied, pamphlets and handbills distributed in the armies and towns; Pichegru and Georges had laid and all waited for the first movement which was to be made by Mehée, and his Jacobins. The English prints had already hinted at the impending assassination—and the British ministry and its agents abroad were impressed that the assassination of Bonaparte was at hand—when Mehée gave the signal to the police, and the conspirators were seized!
From the publication of the report of the grand judge, and of Drake's correspondence, the reader will have collected information of the preceding incidents, these here related formed no part of either, and the real character of Mehée was before but little understood. The address of this man was certainly of the most extraordinary kind, to many he will probably appear as a spy, but he observes this can be no greater disgrace than to the first minister of England who descends to all the means espionage, whereas he was not employed by any individual or government, but acted solely by the generous will of serving his country, and proving his attachment to it.
Mehée concludes his book by enumerating the different sums of money furnished by England for effecting a revolution, and procuring the overthrow of Bonaparte, which had been placed in his hands alone, they amounted to above one hundred and ninety-two thousand livres—or about thirty-eight thousand dollars.
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MADAM, I have been honored and gratified with the perusal of your manuscript copy of Poems. In my opinion it is a work of considerable merit, and displays true piety and poetic genius. The pastoral dialogues are commendable for their novelty, simplicity and beauty. The elegies, epistles, and especially the "Man of Misfortune," a Moral Tale, are interesting and pathetic. The Odes and Fugitive Pieces are sprightly and amusing—And the whole composition seems to breathe such a spirit of philanthropy and benevolence as cannot fail to elevate the affections, and to mend the heart—And it is to be regretted, that the author's modesty has hitherto denied the community so refined & elegant an entertainment.
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REPORTS of the Supreme Court of the United States in August and December terms, 1801, and February term, 1803; by William Cranch, Assistant Judge of the circuit court of the district of Columbia. Also just published as above— THE BUILDERS UNIVERSAL PRICE BOOK, containing a correct list of prices to the works of the several artificers concerned in building, in dollars and cents; with observations on erecting found and permanent buildings, by John Evans—price one dollar. July 16—
WASHINGTON CITY,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 18.
The mournful death of General Hamilton has excited at New York the most lively sorrow. All descriptions of citizens unite in manifesting their respect for his memory.
The following is the order of procession for the celebration of his funeral obsequies.
New-York, July 12.
Yesterday, at two o'clock, P. M. at the house of William Bayard, Esq. at Greenwich, died General ALEXANDER HAMILTON. His funeral will take place to-morrow, at 10 o'clock, A. M. from Mr. Church's house in Robinson-street.
The Society of Cincinnati, of which he was President General, will direct the order of the funeral procession on which occasion such Public bodies, Societies & Citizens, as well strangers or inhabitants, who wish to testify their respect for his memory are requested to attend.
The Society of the Cincinnati being charged with the direction of the funeral Ceremonies of its President General, which will take place to-morrow at 10 o'clock, commemorative of an event of the deepest national regret, direct the following
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
 1. The Military Corps, commanded by Col. Morton.  2. The Society of the Cincinnati.  3. Clergy of all denominations.  4. THE CORPSE.  5. The General's Horse.  6. Relatives of the deceased.  7. Physicians.  8. Judges of the Supreme Court.  9. The Hon. Governor Morris in his carriage.  10. Gentlemen of the Bar and Students at Law.  11. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state.  12. Mayor and Corporation of the City.  13. Members of Congress and Civil Officers of the United States.  14. Ministers, Consuls, and Residents of Foreign Powers.  15. Officers of the Army and Navy of the United States.  16. Military and Naval Officers of Foreign Powers.  17. Military Officers of the state.  18. Presidents, Directors, and Officers of the respective Banks.  19. Chamber of Commerce and Merchants.  20. Marine Society, Wardens of the Ports, and Masters and Officers of all the Vessels in the harbor.  21. The President, Professors, and Students of Columbia College.  22. The different Societies, in such order as their respective Presidents may arrange.  23. Citizens in general. 
The military corps commanded by Col. Morton being ordered to parade in the Park at 10 o'clock, accompanied with six pieces of artillery, two of which will remain on the ground under the command of Capt. M c Lean, and five minute guns from the movement of the corps until it enters the church-yard. The 6th regiment, with the colors and music of the several corps, will parade in Robinson-street, on the fourth side, facing Mr. Church's house—and raise and music in front of the centre. The regiment in solemn attitude, resting on arms, reversed. On waving the standard of the Cincinnati, shrouded in crape, the regiment will shoulder and receive the corps, proceeding from the house with presented arms, the music and colors fluting. On a signal trumpet the regiment will shoulder, and the troops in the park will throw themselves into column, and occupy the Broadway with the rear of the column covering the head of Robinson-street, and halt. On signal trumpet, the 6th regiment in Robinson-street will wheel to the right by platoons, and occupy the street in front of the corps, in open column, at half distances of platoons, and, with arms reversed, wait the signal. On single trumpet, the column will move with
colors and music in the centre of the 6th regiment, playing the dead march. Two companies detached from the military in the park will cover the flanks of the corps in single file, with trailed arms, from the rear of the 6th regiment down the line, and take their proper positions as the corps enters Broadway. The column advancing will wheel to the left round the park, enter Beckman street, and passing down Pearl street, will ascend Wall street to Trinity church. The leading wing in front will form close column to the right on the church walk, extending to the north corner of Wall street, and facing to the left, stand with ordered arms. The rearing wing advancing will form close column to the left on the church walk, and facing to the right, its rear extending to the south corner of Wall street, stand with ordered arms. The honorable Governor Morris, from the portico of the church (the corps in front on a hill) will deliver an appropriate address. At the conclusion of which the corps, preceded by the military, and properly attended, will proceed to the vault, where the military ceremonies will be performed under orders of the commandant, which will close the solemnities of the day.
WM. SMITH, President. WM. POPHAM, Secretary.
DIED—In Bedford County, Col. JOHN TRIGG, member of Congress from Virginia.
The Spanish part of St. Domingo, previous to the late war, contained 120,000 inhabitants, of whom 110 thousand were free. Last year the number of free people was only 35,000.
The linen trade, the staple branch of Ireland, is in the decline, under the last duty: there was not so much manufactured in that country last year, by 8 000,000 of yards, as in the year preceding. The emigrations from that unfortunate country to America, the last twelve months, amounted to 27,000.
The Vice President of the Italian republic has published a decree, according to which, every author who does not submit his work to the censure of the magistrate, not only loses his copy right, but is, besides, exposed to imprisonment, transportation, or even death, when the case is of importance. The bookseller who sells, or the printer who prints any books, pamphlets, or journals, without informing the magistrates of the author's name or laying before them his manuscript, is, for the first time, punished with the loss of a fourth of his property; for the second time, with transportation for ten years; and for the third time, with death.
A New Line of Stages.
THE subscribers have established a line of stages from Fredericksburg Virginia to Charlottesville by the way of the Orange Springs, where it will meet the stage that runs to Stanton and the Sweet Springs, it commences on the 4th of July Leaves Fredericksburg every Wednesday and Friday at 4 o'clock P. M. during the summer, and arrives at Charlottesville on Thursday and Saturday at 8 P. M. Returning leave Charlottesville every Friday and Sunday at 4 A. M. and arrive at Fredericksburg every Saturday and Monday at 7 A. M.
They flatter themselves the great accommodation this line offers to the public will insure liberal encouragement. POLLARD & ABRAHAM. July 18—6t
20 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED or stolen from the commons of the city of Washington, near the Seven Buildings, about 8 weeks since, a Sorrel HORSE 14 1-2 hands high, three white feet, a small blaze in his face, trots and gallops, and carries his head and tail very handsomely, one small saddle spot on the right side, both his fore hoofs cracked up to the hair, between eight or ten years old. Whoever takes up said horse and delivers him to the subscriber shall receive five dollars and all reasonable charges, and fifteen for the thief. JAMES MOORE. July 18—3t
LAND FOR SALE.
The subscriber wishing to remove to the westward offers for sale a small tract of land lying in Montgomery county, state of Maryland, about two miles from Court Myers Ferry, lying on the road leading from the same to the Federal City, about thirty five miles from the latter—this tract contains about Two Hundred and Thirty acres well watered and under good repair, with a sufficient quantity of wood to support the farm; on this tract there is about 10 or 15 acres of good meadow land, which might be put in Timothy with little expense; it has a good apple orchard, peach and cherry also, and well improved with a good store house which is an excellent stand for selling goods, which is occupied by Jesse Phillips—at present it produces equal to any in the neighborhood, and will be offered to public sale on the first day of August next, if not sold before at private sale. any person wishing to purchase prior to that date may view the same and know the terms by applying to the subscriber living on the premises. RICHARD JONES, cf Ed. July 13—w3t
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5. Printers of Newspapers in Maryland giving the above due publicity will be entitled to a copy. N. B. He has in forwardness and will issue proposals as soon as ready for A System of Conveyancing calculated for each state in the union; to the precedents of each species, will be prefixed observations on their nature and use, the law on the subject of alienation by deed of each particular state shall be exhibited, and how such deed shall be authenticated when executed, as well by residents as by non-residents, or as well in the state as out of the state; together with other interesting particulars. March 19— wtf.
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS.
Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport; fixed to vessels of the United States, that from the eighth day of July next those of the new form will be issued as the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which they may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange: and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use. Department of State, } 23d of May, 1804. } The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the Customs to keep copies of it posted up in their offices. May 30—2 w6m
This is to give notice, that the subscriber of Prince George's county, hath obtained from the Orphan's Court of Prince George's county, in Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of JOHN TURNER WILLETT, late of said county, deceased,—all persons having claims against the above deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof, to the subscriber at or before the first day of February next, they may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate—Given under my hand this 28th day of June, 1804. NINIAN T. WILLETT, Administrator.
This is to give notice, that the subscriber of Prince George's county, hath obtained from the Orphan's court of Prince George's county, in Maryland, letters of administration on the personal estate of NINIAN WILLETT, late of the said county, deceased,—All persons having claims against the above deceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof to the subscriber, at or before the first day of February next. They may otherwise by law be excluded from all benefit of the said estate—Given under my hand this 28th day of June, 1804. NINIAN T. WILLETT, July 9—4t w.
Stop the Thief.
STOLEN from the commons near the Capitol Hill in the city of Washington on Wednesday night last, the 12th instant a BRIGHT SORREL HORSE, upwards of sixteen hands high, marked as follows: a switched mane and tail, man-thick, white feet and hoofs, shod all round, a white streak down his face to his nostrils, and white about the mouth and lips, right eye hazel. A reward of FIVE DOLLARS will be given if found within ten miles, TEN DOLLARS if found within thirty miles, and FORTY DOLLARS will be given for horse and thief on conviction. JOHN C. DICKSON. July 18—3t
Prince George's County, Under Maitre
At a respectable meeting of republican citizens of Prince George's County, pursuant to the recommendations of a former meeting, HUMPHREY BELT, Esquire, having been appointed Chairman, and TRUEMAN TYLER, Secretary, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That William Lyles, Alexander Covington, Alexander Colter and William W. Berry, Esquires be recommended to the people of this County as Delegates to the next General Assembly of Maryland.
Resolved, That Isaac Duckett, Humphrey Belt, James G. Wood, Thomas Hewitt and George F. Hawkins, Esqs. be a committee to confer with a similar committee on the part of Anne Arundel County, on a proper character to represent this district in Congress, in the place of Walter Bowie, Esq. who declines being a candidate.
Resolved, That Richard Sprigg, Thomas Rogers and Prudence Tyler, Esqs. be a committee to confer with Calvert County, and that part of Montgomery County composing the electoral District, on a proper character as an elector of President and Vice-President; and that it is the sense of this meeting that the said corresponding committee recommend General Joseph Wilkinson as a proper character to fill that appointment.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the National Intelligencer or Maryland Gazette. HUMPHREY BELT, Chairman. TRUEMAN TYLER, Secretary. June 18—3p3w.
AT a meeting of the Stockholders of the THEATRE COMPANY, at Rhodes tavern on the 7th June, 1804, pursuant to notice.
ROBERT BRENT, Esq. Mayor of the city of Washington, was called to the Chair, and STANLEY BRUS, appointed Secretary.
On motion made and seconded, the meeting came to the following resolutions:
Resolved, That a Board of Directors, consisting of five Stockholders, be chosen by ballot at the present meeting, to continue in office one year from their election.
Resolved, That the said Board of Directors have the power generally to manage the affairs of the institution during the period for which they are elected.
Resolved, That it be the duty of the said Board of Directors to proceed immediately to the raising by such means as they shall deem most eligible the necessary funds, and therefor apply the same to the completion of the building; and to procure a dramatic company, when the prospects respecting the completion of the building will in their opinion warrant the same.
Whereupon the meeting proceeded to the election of a Board of Directors for one year, when the following gentlemen were elected.
John P. Van Ness, Samuel Harrison Smith, Robert Brent, William Brent, and Thomas Law.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the National Intelligencer. ROBERT BRENT, Chairman. June 18—3w
Valuable Land for Sale.
The executors of the last will and testament of Anthony Holmead deceased, will sell at private sale about forty acres of Land adjoining the city of Washington at the northern extremity of 20th street west. This land is generally allowed to be one of the most beautiful situations near the city, having a beautiful prospect of nearly the whole of the city of Washington, Alexandria and George Town, and any person inclined to purchase this valuable property, will be shown the same, and know the terms by application to the subscriber near the premises. JOHN HOLMEAD.
PUBLIC SALE.
By virtue of an order of the honorable Judge Cranch, made in the case of Thomas Barclay an insolvent debtor; the subscriber, trustee of said insolvent, will sell at auction to the highest bidder on Saturday the fifteen day of June next, at Mr. Morris's tavern, all the personal property of said Thomas Barclay consisting of household articles & merchandise—Terms of sale, cash—Hour of sale 11 o'clock A. M. ALEXR. MCCORMICK, Trustee. City of Washington, May 25—m6t
To be Sold,
At public sale, at Mr. John Barney's Columbian Inn, on the 10th day of September next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. ALL the right, title, interest, and estate of Nicholas February (an insolvent debtor) in, and to sixteen and three quarter acres of land, with a dwelling house thereon, in the vicinity of George Town, also some household and kitchen furniture—Terms of sale, the purchaser to give bond with approved security, payable in six months after the day of sale; any person wishing to view the property before the sale, may apply to the subscriber. In the above case, the creditors are requested to exhibit their claims within the time limited, to the subscriber. CHARLES BRATTY, Trustee. George Town March 7