Gazette of the United States, & daily advertiser. (Philadelphia [Pa.]), 1800-12-27 00:00:00

IMPORTANT STATE PAPERS.
Relative to the Commencement of the Negotiations of
PEACE WITH FRANCE.
Translation.
[No. 1.]
No. 8, Hereford-street, le 6 Fruct. An. 8, August 24.
"My Lord, However scrupulous I may have hitherto been to follow in all respects the path traced for my official communications with the ministry of his majesty, yet the secrecy and dispatch requisite for those which form the subject of the enclosed note, appear to me to justify a more direct communication. I flatter myself therefore, that your excellency will not disapprove of the step I now take of communicating to you without any intervention, the intentions of the French government respecting the overtures which have been made to it by Baron Thugut.
"If his majesty should accept the proposition contained in the enclosed note, I beg, my lord, that you would appoint, as soon as possible, the person who shall be employed to treat with me; and who, without doubt, will be guided in this important negotiation by that spirit of conciliation which alone can contribute to the restoration of peace and good understanding between the two governments.
"I have the honor to be, with the most respectful consideration,
My lord, your excellency's
Most humble, and
Most obed't serv't
[Signed] OTTO."
Translation.
[No. 2.]
To his Excellency Lord Grenville, Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs.
"His Imperial Majesty having communicated to the government of the French Republic a Note from Lord Minto, Envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his majesty the King of Great Britain, at the Court of Vienna, from which Note it appears that the desire of his Britannic majesty is to see a termination of the war which divides France and England, the undersigned is specially authorised to demand from his majesty's ministry further explanations respecting the proposition which has been transmitted by the court of Vienna; and, at the same time, as it appears impossible that at the moment when Austria and England take a common share in the negotiations, France should find herself under a suspension of arms with Austria, and a continuation of hostilities with England, the undersigned is, in like manner, authorised to propose that a general armistice be concluded between the armies and the fleets of the two states, adopting, with respect to the places which are besieged and blockaded, measures analogous to those which have been taken place in Germany, relative to Ulm, Philipsburg, and Ingolstadt.
"The undersigned has received from his government the powers necessary for negotiating and concluding this general armistice. He begs his Excellency Lord Grenville to lay this note before his Britannic Majesty, and to transmit to him his Majesty's answer.
(Signed) OTTO. London, the 6th Fruct., An. 8. (Aug. 24, 1800.)
[No. 3]
Downing-street, August 26, 1800.
"Sir,
"I am to request that you will endeavour, as soon as you can to see M. Otto and to ask him from me, whether he has an objection to deliver to you, sealed up for me, the papers to which his last communication refers, as his doing so will expedite his receiving the answer to it.
"You will, at the same time, apprise him that you are not informed of the particulars of that communication, or of its tendency; and that you have been charged to make this enquiry, in order to avoid drawing any attention to it.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Commissioner George. (No. 4)
TRANSLATION.
M. Otto's Full Powers.
"Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, in virtue of the 4th article of the Constitution, gives to the citizen Otto, commissary of the government for the exchange of prisoners in England, power to propose, to consent to, and to sign, conformably to his instructions, a general armistice between the French Republic and his majesty the king of Great Britain.
(Signed) By the First Consul, BUONAPARTE.
The Sec'y of State, H. B. MARET. Done at Paris, at the Palace of Government the 2d Fructidor, year 8 of the Republic."
No. 5. Co-tains, a letter from Lord Grenville to Commissioner George, of the transport Board desiring he would wait on Mont. Otto and enclosing him the heads of a conversation which he wished him to hold with the French commissary.
(No. 6.)
Minute instructions to Captain George. August 28, 1800.
"1. To declare that the Note presented at Vienna by Lord Minto contains the expression of his Majesty's sentiments, and that the King is ready to act in conformity to it.
"2. To enquire whether any answer has been returned by the French Government to the proposal contained in M. Thugut's letter to M. Talleyrand respecting a place for the meeting of Plenipotentiaries to carry on joint negotiation; or whether M. Otto is authorised to agree with this government on the point, agreeably to the suggestion contained in M. Thugut's letter.
"3. To express, in that case, that either of the places named by Mr. Thugut would
be agreed to by his Majesty, and a proper person for minister on his Majesty's part to meet the plenipotentiaries of Austria and France, provided that the French Government is willing to enter into sufficient engagements for the freedom of direct communication by couriers with such place of negotiation.
"4. I hat with respect to the proposals of an armistice, the king would see with great satisfaction, the moment when he could with propriety adopt any measure the immediate effect of which would be to put a stop, at least for a time to the calamities of war; but that an armistice, as applying to naval operations, has at no period ever been agreed on between G. Britain and France, during the course of their negotiations for peace, or until the preliminaries have been actually signed—That it cannot, therefore, be considered as a step necessary to negotiation; and that from the disputes to which its execution must unavoidably be expected to give rise, it might more probably tend to obstruct than to facilitate the success of those endeavors which the two parties might employ for the restoration of peace.
"That the circumstances of a naval war are obviously not such as to admit of such equal arrangements as are easily established with regard to military operations when suspended by such an agreement: That it appears, therefore, at all events premature to enter even into the discussion of this question, until, from the course of the negotiations it shall more clearly appear how far they are likely to lead to a satisfactory issue; And that no decision could in any case be taken here on such a subject unless the French government had previously explained in what manner it is conceived that the principles of the regulations adopted in the German armistice, with respect to blockaded towns, can be applied to the naval ports and arsenals of France, so as to carry bona fide into execution, as to the respective maritime forces, the objects which those stipulations have a view with respect to the military positions occupied by the two armies."
No. 7, contains a letter from Commissioner George to Lord Grenville, acquainting his lordship of his having had a conversation with M. Otto, according to his Lordship's instructions. He states, "I also informed M. Otto of the very substantial reasons that will prevent his Majesty from agreeing to a general armistice previous to the signing of preliminaries, as detailed in the minute which I had the honour of receiving from your Lordship; and was answered by him, that he has every reason to think, and is personally convinced, that the continuation of the German armistice will depend upon the conclusion of the English armistice, the advantages of the latter being considered by France as an equivalent for the very obvious disadvantages of the German one. He observed, that the regulations contained in the German armistice, do not extend to such places as are not actually blockaded or attacked by the English forces; judging, therefore, from analogy, such places only as are actually blockaded by the English forces, could be comprehended in the proposed, armistice; therefore Bellisle, Malta, and Alexandria, should be put on the same footing as Ulm, Philipsburg, and Ingolstadt.
"M. Otto has been instructed to require an answer to the proposal for a general armistice before the 3d of September, which makes him conclude that hostilities may again commence about that time, should the proposed armistice be positively refused on the part of his Majesty. He farther observed, that as long as hostilities on the continent are carried on, there can be no firm basis on which to ground negotiation, as every change on either side would occasion a new subject of discussion.
"M. Otto farther remarked, that if a general armistice should be agreed on he is authorised to enter into any security that may be thought necessary for the commerce of Great Britain; and that the great importance of this subject obliges him to enquire whether he is to have a written answer on the subject of the general armistice, or whether he is to consider the present verbal communication as definitive against it.
(Signed) R. GEORGE. Right Hon. Lord Grenville. (No. 8)
Downing-street, Aug. 29, 1800.
"Sir, As M. Otto expressed to you a desire to receive in writing the answer of the King's government to his note, I transmit to you the enclosed, which I request you will communicate to him.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Commissioner George. (No. 9)
Downing-street, Aug. 29, 1800.
"Sir, I enclose to you, by the king's command, the answer which his majesty has thought proper that I should return to the different points contained in the note which I had the honor to receive from you.
"The mode which you adopted for the transmission of that paper, was perfectly satisfactory to his majesty's government; but as Captain George has, from his situation, the opportunity of unobstructed intercourse with you, I will request you to transmit to me, through him, any further communications with which you may be charged by your government respecting this business.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. M. Otto."
No. 10, contains a note from Lord Grenville, in an official form, agreeing neatly word for word with the minutes of instructions to captain George, contained in No. 6.
No. 11. TRANSLATION. Hereford-street, Aug. 30, 1800.
"My Lord, I received yesterday evening the letter and the note which your excellency did me the honor to address to me, and I immediately transmitted them to Dover, by an extraordinary messenger.
"I cannot but be extremely flattered by the approbation which his Majesty's government has been pleased to give to the mode which I had adopted for my political communications. That which your excellency proposes to me combines the double advantage of dispatch and of secrecy, and I shall follow it as soon as orders from my government shall afford me an opportunity of profiting by it.
I have the honor to be, &c. OTTO."
TRANSLATION.
NOTE. "His Excellency, Lord Grenville, having been pleased to inform the undersigned of the intention of his majesty to send a plenipotentiary to Luneville, in order to take a share of the negotiations which shall be entered upon, as soon as the necessary passports shall have been transmitted by the French government, and as soon as an assurance shall have been given respecting the free correspondence of this Plenipotentiary with his court and with the countries belonging to the allies of his majesty, the undersigned immediately dispatched an extraordinary messenger in order to communicate these dispositions to his government.
"The conciliatory and humane sentiments which have had an influence in producing this decision of the cabinet, are a happy presage of the re-establishment of good harmony between two countries which, from the genius the talents, and the industry of their people are so strongly interested in cherishing the arts and the enjoyment of peace. It is with a view to attain more speedily this end, so ardently desired by all Europe, that the undersigned was directed to submit to the British government the project of a maritime truce; but the Ministers of his Majesty having judged that it would be premature to enter even upon the discussion of this object, it is his duty to respect the motives which appear to them to militate against such a negotiation, although he may have had every reason to hope that the adherence of his Majesty to that proposal might have become the pledge of the continuance of the two armistices concluded in Germany and Italy; the French government not being able to consent for any length of time, to sacrifice the advantages afforded to it by its military position upon the continent, without the assurance of an analogous sacrifice on the part of Great Britain.
"If through the imperious force of circumstances, the result of the negotiations of Luneville should be subjected to the future fortune of war, it is to be presumed that the respective instructions and deliberations would no longer have for a basis a state of things known and appreciated on all sides, and that the pacific dispositions manifested by the belligerent powers, would not produce effects as prompt and salutary as might have been hoped for from a general truce.
"The apprehensions of the undersigned, relative to the probable renewal of hostilities in Germany and Italy, notwithstanding the negotiations, which, in concert with his majesty, shall be commenced at Luneville, are confirmed by the order which he has received to solicit an answer before the 3d of September.
(Signed) OTTO. Hereford-street, Aug. 30, 1800. (No. 13.) Downing Street, Sep. 2, 1800.
"Sir, I am desired that you will apprise Mr. Otto that the king has been pleased eventually to make choice of Mr. Grenville to represent his majesty at Luneville, and of Mr. Garlke, now his majesty's secretary of legation at Berlin, to act as his majesty's Secretary to Mr. Grenville's mission. It will therefore be necessary that a separate passport for Mr. Garlke should be furnished by the French Government, such as will enable him to proceed directly from Berlin to Luneville. You will add, that it will be matter of convenience to his majesty's government, and to Mr. Garlke personally, if that passport instead of being sent through London, were transmitted through the French minister at Berlin, to the Earl of Carysfort, his majesty's minister at that court.
"I will you further to remark to M. Otto, that it is usual in the opening of Negotiations for peace, that such previous explanation should take place as may enable the respective Ministers to arrive nearly at the same time at the place of Negotiation; and that as the communication on this point may be received here so much sooner from Paris than from Vienna, his Majesty's Government would wish to be informed, through you, of the period which may be fixed for the arrival of the Austrian and French plenipotentiaries at Luneville, in order that no delay may take place on his Majesty's part in the opening of the Negotiation.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. To Captain George. (No. 14.)
Hereford-street, Sept. 4.
"My Lord, Mr. George not being yet returned from Margate, whither he has conveyed his family, I hope that your excellency will not disapprove of transmitting to you directly the very important communications which I received this morning by an extraordinary courier. I should add, that if his Majesty consents to the proposed Armistice, I am directed to deliver the passport, and to give all the assurances demanded for the plenipotentiary who shall be appointed. I have the honor to be, &c. OTTO."
TRANSLATION.
Note. "The undersigned having communicated to his government the Note dated the 29th of August, forwarded to him by his Excellency Lord Grenville, is directed to submit to him the following observations: Preliminaries of Peace had been concluded and signed between his Imperial Majesty and the French Republic. The inter-
vention of Lord Minto, who demanded that England should be admitted to take part in the Negotiations, prevented their ratification by his imperial Majesty.
"The suspension of arms which had taken place solely in the hope of a speedy Peace between the Emperor and the Republic ought then to cease, and will in fact cease on the 24th Fructidor, 11th of September since France had sacrificed to that hope alone the immense advantages which victory had secured to her.
"The intervention of England, renders the question of Peace so complicated, that it is impossible for the French Government to, prolong farther the Armistice upon the continent, unless his Britannic Majesty will consent to render it common to the three powers.
"If then the Cabinet of St. James's desires to continue to make a common cause with Austria, and if its desire to take part in the Negotiation be sincere, his Britannic Majesty will not hesitate to adopt the proposed Armistice.
"But if this Armistice be not concluded before the 24th Fructidor, 11th Sept. hostilities will have been renewed with Austria, and the First Consul will no longer be able to consent, with regard to that power, to any but a separate and complete Peace.
"In order to satisfy the explanation demanded relative to the Armistice, the undersigned is directed to acquaint Lord Grenville that the places which it is proposed to assimilate to those of Germany, are Malta and the maritime towns of Egypt.
"If it be true that a long suspension of arms between France and England, would appear unfavourable to his Britannic Majesty, it is no less so, that an armistice prolonged upon the continent would be essentially disadvantageous to the French Republic; so that at the same time that the naval armistice would be to the French government a pledge of the zeal which would be employed by England in promoting the re-establishment of peace, the continental armistice would be one also to the British government of the sincerity of the efforts of France: and as the position of Austria would no longer admit of her not diligently seeking for a conclusion, the three powers would have, in their own private interests, decisive reasons for consenting without delay to the sacrifices which may be reciprocally necessary in order to bring about an early conclusion of a general and solid peace, such as may answer the wish and the hope of the whole world.
(Signed) OTTO. Hereford-street, Sept. 4, 1800.
[No. 16] Downing street, Sept. 4, 1800.
"Sir, It appearing by a note received this day from M. Otto, that the French government has determined to make the continuance of the armistice between Austria and France, and the commencement of the negotiations for peace, dependent on the conclusion of an armistice with this country, it is judged proper, in order that the ultimate decision on so important and extensive a question, may be taken with the fullest knowledge of all the considerations by which it ought to be governed, that you should see M. Otto, and inquire of him, whether as his note of the 20th ult. appears to intimate, he is furnished with a Project of a Treaty or Naval Truce; and in that case, whether he is willing to communicate it to you for the information of his majesty's government.
"You will further enquire, Whether he is empowered and instructed to include in such treaty, his majesty's allies.
"And lastly, if his project should contain no article applicable to the question of moving the French and Spanish ships now in Brest, to any other station in or out of Europe, you will enquire, Whether M. Otto is authorised to enter into negotiation for the purpose of including proper stipulations on that subject in any treaty of the nature which his government has proposed. I am &c.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Evan Nepean Esq. (No. 17.)
London Sept. 4. 1800.
"My Lord,
"Since I had the honour of communicating to your Lordship the conversation that had passed between me and M. Otto on the subject of the proposal for a Naval Armistice, and the readiness he had expressed of furnishing me with a copy of the Project, I have received from him the enclosed Note and the Project therein referred to.
"I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) EVAN NEPEAN. Lord Grenville."
(No. 18.)
TRANSLATION.
PROJECT. "1 There shall be a suspension of hostilities between the fleets and armies of the French Republic and those of Great Britain.
"2 The ships of war and merchant vessels of each nation shall enjoy a free navigation, without being subject to any search, and shall observe the usage established previous to the war.
"3 All vessels of either nation, captured after the 1st of Fructidor, shall be restored.
"4 The places of Malta, Alexandria, Belleisle, shall be assimilated to the places of Ulm, of Philipsburg, and of Ingolstadt; that is to say, all neutral or French vessels shall have permission freely to inter them in order to furnish them with provisions.
"5 The squadrons which blockade Brest, Cadis, Toulon, Flushing, shall return into their own harbours, or at least shall keep out of sight of the coast.
"6 Three English officers shall be dispatched, one directly to the Admiral commanding in the Mediterranean, another to the Commander of the Squadron before Malta, the third to the Commander of the
blockade of Alexandria, to notify to them the present Armistice, and to convey to them orders to conform themselves thereunto. The said Officers shall pass through France, in order the more expeditiously to arrive at their destination.
"7 His Catholic Majesty and the Batavian Republic are included in the present Armistice."
(No. 19.) NOTE.
"The only motive which could lead this court to entertain the discussion of a proposal so unusual in itself, and so disadvantageous to the interests of Great Britain, as that of a maritime truce to precede negotiation, is the desire of contributing to facilitate the conclusion of a general peace, and the termination of the armistice on the Continent, by the act of the French government, would put an end to all inducements to such a measure on the part of this country.
"The necessity of receiving the king's commands on the project communicated by M. Otto, must prevent the undersigned from transmitting any reply to that paper before Sunday next. It is, therefore, for M. Otto to determine whether he will not think it proper immediately to write to his government to remark, that if France has proposed an armistice with Great Britain, for the purpose of its leading to a general negotiation for peace, that object can only be attained by at least such a prolongation of the continental armistice, as will allow the time required for receiving the answer to the proposal made here.
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Downing-street, Sept. 5, 1800.
(No. 20.)
"Thursday evening, Sept. 4, 1800.
"Citizen Otto presents his compliments to Mr. Nepean, and according to his desire, encloses a sketch of the treaty proposed by his government."
No. 21, contains a letter from M. Otto, dated Sept 5, stating, that the necessary passports shall be granted to Mr. Grenville and Mr. Garlke.
(No. 22.) TRANSLATION.
"The undersigned received yesterday, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the note which his Excellency Lord Grenville did him the honor to address him. It appeared to him to be of such high importance, that at the same hour he transmitted it by an extraordinary messenger to his government. He hopes that it may arrive in time to produce the effect which his excellency has had in view; and if it serve to prolong for a few days the continental armistice, he will congratulate himself very much on having had it in his power to contribute thereunto.
"He begs his excellency to accept the homage of his respectful consideration. (Signed) OTTO. Hereford-street, Sept. 6, 1800.
(No. 23.) NOTE.
"Lord Grenville presents his compliments to Mr. Otto, and tends him herewith the official answer to his last communication, on the subject of an armistice, together with the counter project therein referred to.
"He requests Mr. Otto to accept the assurances of his high consideration. Downing-street, Sept. 7, 1800.
[No. 24.] NOTE.
"The undersigned has had the honor to lay before the king the official answer of the French government, which he received from M. Otto on the 4th inst. and also the project of an armistice, communicated on the same day.
"The spirit of that answer is unhappily but little consonant with those appearances of a conciliatory disposition which had before been manifested. If it be really practicable in the present moment to restore permanent tranquility to Europe, this object must be effected by very different means than those of such a controversy as that paper is calculated to produce.
"Some reply is, however indispensable necessary to the assertions here advanced, which, if now passed over, might hereafter be considered as admitted.
"The articles which an Austrian officer, charged with no such commission, was persuaded to sign at Paris, do indeed appear to his majesty little calculated to terminate the calamities of Europe.
"But whatever be the tendency of the conditions which the French government has there specified, there can be no pretence for representing them as preliminaries concluded by Austria, or annulled by the intervention of his majesty.
"The engagements by which the Courts of London and Vienna have agreed not to treat except in concert with each other, were concluded before there was any question of those pretended preliminaries of peace. And the first intimations which his majesty received of their signatures, were accompanied by the express declaration of his ally, that they were wholly unauthorised, and must be considered as absolutely null.
"The French government could indeed expect no other determination to be taken by his Imperial Majesty. I be want of all powers or instructions for such a treaty, on the part of the Austrian officer, was at the time distinctly notified by him to those who

treated with him and is declared even on the very face of the paper which he signed. "With respect therefore to the supposed demand of his majesty to be admitted to those negotiations, nothing more is necessary to be said. The note delivered to M. De Thugut, by lord Minto, sufficiently explains the part which his majesty is really disposed to take in any negotiation which may be regularly set on foot for a general peace."
"The King has always been persuaded that the result of such a negotiation can alone effectually re-establish the tranquility of Europe."
"Experience has confirmed this opinion, and it is only from the conviction of its truth that his majesty has now been induced to wave his objection to the first proposal of a naval armistice, and to enter into the discussion of the conditions on which it may be established."
"His majesty judging from the experience of so many former negotiations, considers such an armistice as in no degree likely either to expedite or facilitate an arrangement of the direct interests of Great Britain and France."
"He views it in no other light than as a temporary advantage which it is proposed to him to yield to his enemy, in order to prevent the renewal of continental hostilities, and thereby to contribute to the conclusion of a general peace."
"And on this ground notwithstanding the many disadvantages which he is sensible must result to the country, from such a measure, he is resolved to give to his allies and to all Europe this new pledge of the sentiments by which he is actuated, provided that his enemies are disposed to regulate the conditions of such an armistice, as far as the nature of the case will allow, in conformity to the obvious and established principle of such arrangements."
"This principle is, that the respective position of the two parties should remain during the continuance of the armistice, such as it was at its commencement; and that neither of them should by its operation acquire fresh advantages or new means of annoying his enemy, such as he could not otherwise obtain. The difficulty of doing this with the same precision in the case of naval operations, as by land, has already been adverted to in a former note; and it constitutes a leading objection to the measure itself."
"But the French project instead of attempting to remove or lessen these difficulties, departs at once, and in every article from the principle itself, although expressly recognized and studiously maintained in the continental armistice, which is here referred to as the foundation and model of this transaction."
"It is proposed, in effect that the blockade of the naval ports & arsenals of the Kings enemies should be razed; that they should be enabled to remove their fleets to any other stations, and to divide or to collect their force as they may judge most advantageous to their future plans: the importation both of provisions and of naval and military stores is to be wholly unrestrained. Even Malta and the ports of Egypt, though expressly stated to be now blockaded, are to be freely victualled, and for an unlimited period, in direct contradiction to the stipulations of the German Armistice respecting Ulm and Ingolstadt to which places it is nevertheless professed to assimilate them: and this Government is expected to bind itself towards the Allies of France even before any reciprocal engagement can be received from them; while, at the same time, all mention of the Kings Allies is, on the other hand, totally omitted."
"To a proposal so manifestly repugnant to justice and equality, and so injurious not only to his Majestys interests, but also to those of his Allies, it cannot be expected that any motive should induce the King to accede."
"The counter-project which the under signed has the honor to transmit to M. Otto contains regulations in this respect more nearly corresponding with that principal of equality on which alone his Majesty can consent to treat."
"Even those articles are, in many important points, and particularly in what relates to the actual stations of his Majestys squadrons, very far short of what his Majesty might justly demand from a reference to the general principle above stated, from analogy to the conditions of the Continental Armistice, or from the relative situation of naval force; and a confidence is reposed in the good faith of his enemies which, although it can never be claimed in transactions between Belligerent Powers, his Majesty is nevertheless willing to hope he shall not find to have been misplaced upon the present occasion."
"If M. Otto is empowered to accede to these stipulations, a proper person will immediately be authorized to sign them on his Majestys part; If not, he is requested to transmit them, without delay, to his Government."
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Downing-street, Sept. 7, 1800.
(No. 25.) COUNTER PROJECT. It having been agreed that Negotiations for a General Peace be immediately set on foot between the Emperor of Germany, his Britannic Majesty, and the French Republic, and an armistice having been already concluded between the forces of his Imperial Majesty and those of the French Republic, it is agreed that an armistice shall also take place between the forces of his Britannic Majesty and those of the French Republic, on the terms and in the manner following, that is to say,
"Article 1. All hostilities, both by sea and land, between the forces of the two contracting parties shall be suspended, and shall not be renewed until after fourteen days notice given of the termination of the armistice. This notice, in so far as relates to the parts of Europe, North of Cape St. Vincent, must be given by one of the two governments to the other, and is to be reckoned from the day on which the same shall be re-
ceived by the government to whom it is given. In the Mediterranean or other parts of the world, the notice must be given by the respective commanding officers. But in case of the renewal of hostilities between Austria and France, the armistice between Great Britain and France is likely to be considered as terminated, so soon as such renewal of hostilities shall be known to the officer commanding the British forces, except only in so far as relates to prizes of merchant vessels, which shall be regulated by the third article of this convention."
"Art. 2. Orders shall be immediately sent by the two governments to their officers in the different parts of the world, to conform themselves to this agreement; sea passes shall be given to the ships which are to carry these orders; and his Britannic Majestys officers to be sent for that purpose through France, shall be furnished with the necessary passports and facilities to expedite their journey."
"Art. 3. All prizes made in any part of the world during the continuance and operation of the armistice, by any officers having actually received due notice of this agreement, shall be restored; and generally, whether such notice shall have been received or not, all prizes made in the Channel, or in the North Seas, after twelve days (to be reckoned from the exchange of the ratifications of this convention) shall be restored; and the same periods shall be allowed in this respect for the other parts of the world, as were stipulated by the 22d article of the preliminaries of the last peace."
"Art. 4. Malta, and the maritime towns and ports of Egypt, shall be placed on the same footing as those places which, though comprised within the demarcation of the French army in Germany, are occupied by the Austrian troops, consequently nothing shall be admitted by sea which can give additional means of defence; and provisions only for fourteen days at a time, in proportion to the consumption, as it shall be ascertained by commissioners to be named for the purpose, who shall have powers to establish the necessary regulations for giving effect to this stipulation, conformably to the principles of the 4th article of the Convention concluded between the Austrian and the French Generals in Germany."
"Art. 5. The blockade of Brest, Toulon, and any other of the ports of France, by his Majestys fleets, shall be discontinued and all British ships shall be instructed not to interrupt or obstruct the trade or navigation of any ships sailing to or from the coasts of France, except in the article of naval or military stores, which are not to be brought thither by sea during the present armistice. None of the ships of war now stationed in the said ports respectively shall, before the renewal of hostilities be removed to any other station."
"Art. 6. The allies of the two parties shall severally be at liberty to accede to this Armistice, if they so think fit; provided that they also engage to observe a like armistice, on conditions similar to those here specified, towards such of the allies on the other side as shall also accede to it."
"The periods or terms to be fixed for the commencement of the armistice in the different quarters of the world as with respect to each of the said allies are to be regulated in conformity to the stipulations contained in the third article of this convention as between Great Britain and France; and the said periods or terms are to be reckoned from the day on which the accession of such power to the armistice shall have been duly notified by such power to the party with whom it is at war. Such notification duly authenticated by the government on whose part it is made, may either be transmitted directly by couriers or flags of truce, or through the channel of the two contracting parties to each other reciprocally. The naval ports and arsenals of the allies of France are, during such armistice to be placed on the same footing with those of France; and the notices which are to precede the renewal of hostilities, as well as all matters relating to such armistice, are to be regulated according to the terms of this Convention."
"Art. 7. This convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged within the term of ten days, or sooner if the same be practicable."
(No. 26.) Translation. Hereford street, Sept. 8, 1800.
"My Lord, I received yesterday, at eleven o'clock at night, the note and the counter project which your excellency did me the honour to address to me. The principles contained in these two pieces are, in several respects so little analogous to the proposals which I have been directed to make, and the object of which was to compensate by a British armistice, the inconveniences which might result to France from the eventual prolongation of the German armistice, that I cannot take upon myself to admit them without previously receiving further instructions. I have therefore complied with your excellencys intentions by transmitting to my government those two pieces, with as little delay as possible. I have the honour to be, &c."
(Signed) OTTO. (No. 27.) Translation. Hereford street, Sept. 16, 1800.
"My Lord, I have the honor to address your Excellency the answer which my government has directed me to make to the note which you did me the honor to address to me."
"The First Consul, hoping that it is still possible to approximate the interest of the two governments, and their wishes for a speedy and solid peace, and being willing to give, on his part, a fresh proof of his pacific dispositions, has dispatched orders for deferring for some days longer, the attack which the French army had been directed to make upon the whole line."
"I shall give verbally, either to your Excellency yourself, or to such person as you shall judge proper to appoint for that purpose, satisfactory explanations, respecting the principal objections contained in your note of the 7th of this month, and I flatter myself, that they will produce the effect your Excellency had in view, by making known to me, the intentions of his majesty. The high importance of these communications, authorises me to intreat, that you would give them every facility in your power. I have the honor to be, with the most respectful consideration, my lord, your excellencys most obedient, and most humble servant."
(Signed) OTTO. Translation. (No. 28.) Note.
The under signed, has transmitted to his government, the note of his excellency lord Grenville, dated the 7th of September. The counter-project which accompanied it, having been laid before the First Consul, he has observed that the armistice, such as was proposed did not offer any advantages to the French Republic, and consequently could not compensate it, for the serious inconveniences which would result to it, from the continuance of the continental armistice, hence it follows, that the counter project could be admitted inasmuch only, as the question might simply be, to settle the preliminaries of a particular arrangement between France and England, by a truce, alike particular to the two states, but the effect of the proposed maritime truce, being intended to serve as a compensation to the French Republic, for the continental truce, the former ought to afford to it, advantages equal to the inconveniences which it experiences from the latter.
The under signed, is therefore directed to make two proposals, of which his Britannic majesty may choose that which may appear to him, most consonant to the interest of his dominions, or to his continental relations.
"The first is, that the project for an armistice be drawn up and admitted, in terms analogous to those which have been proposed by the ministry of his Britannic majesty, but solely under the supposition, that this armistice should be independent of the events of the continent, and relative only to a separate negotiation, to be immediately opened between the two powers."
"The second is, that his Britannic majesty should continue to make a common cause with the Emperor, but that, in case he should consent that the maritime truce may offer to the French Republic, advantages equal to those secured to the house of Austria, by the continental truce."
"And with this view, the comparison may be easily settled. By the continental armistice, the court of Vienna acquires the means of re-organizing its armies, of converting into men, arms and ammunition of every kind, the subsidies paid to it by England, of fortifying and victualling its places on the 2d and 3d line which were in a bad state, in consequence of the rapid march of the French armies having not been foreseen. Thus Aloppo, Palmanova, Venice, Verona, and Lintz, had been neglected, every day their fortifications are repairing. Ulm, Ingolstadt although blockaded are improving their means of defence; and it is the armistice that procures them this advantage, for at the moment when those places were invested, the enemy thought only of besieging ours, and consequently their own were not prepared for so early an attack."
"By the Continental Armistice the impression made by the victories of the French armies diminish, their effects are weakened. Six months of repose would suffice to restore the moral and physical strength of the Austrian armies; to rally the conquered, to recover from the impression of Alcedancy required by the conquerors, and to make it necessary once more to regain that contingent superiority so well earned by the Republic."
"It would also follow as a consequence of the continental armistice, that the kingdom of Naples, now a prey to every kind of calamity, and containing all the seeds of insurrection, might be recognized, and furnish fresh resources to the enemies of France. It is by means of the armistice, in a word that men are raising in Tuscany and in the marshes of Ancona; that Austria is every where preparing new means of defence; that every where she is ameliorating her position, which perhaps was desperate, whilst the advantages of the Republic are diminishing or disappearing."
"The First Consul has already made to the love of peace a sufficiently great sacrifice of those advantages: if he should continue to derive no benefit from them; it would no longer be the means of arriving at the conclusion of peace, but that of perpetuating the war. Perhaps in the judgment of statesmen the French Government may have already too long delayed to avail itself of the contingency which was favourable to it; but it has only done so upon the positive assurances which had been given to it of a speedy and separate peace."
"At this moment, when the two Allied Courts insist upon a joint negotiation and a general peace, the French government is so well aware that so complicated a work is not to be accomplished in a few days, and it ought to avoid putting itself in a position which would be diametrically opposite to the accelerations of the negotiations, by giving to the inimical powers, and principally to Austria, a real interest to prolong the discussions, in order daily to acquire the means of appearing with greater advantage in the field of battle, and consequently with greater pretensions at the Congress."
"It is with a view of avoiding, in part, so manifest an inconvenience, that France requires that the maritime armistice should be stipulated in such a manner as to be equi-
valent to the continental armistice, & to place England, on its side, in the situation of being desirous of the conclusion of Peace. The advantages which the Republic can & ought to expect from the naval armistice, are the free navigation of her ships, and the facilities necessary for her communications with the islands of France and Reunion, and with her American colonies; and although she should make use of it to land a few thousand men more to Egypt, do not the places belonging to the Emperor daily acquire in like manner fresh strength upon the Continent?"
"With respect to the victualling the harbours of the French Republic itself, internal means of circulation are not wanting, and this object is but of small importance to it. When the British government proposes that the harbours & places blockaded should only receive provisions for fourteen days, it is aware that the greater part of those establishments are still far from wanting provisions? and besides that, the season is drawing near which, by rendering a naval blockade almost always illusory, make the proposed favour quite useless."
"That if, besides, it be considered how little it is the interest of Great Britain, if it be sincerely desirous of peace, to prevent France from preserving and consolidating the small number which remain to her of foreign settlements, and how much England, by making new acquisitions of this nature, would augment still farther the uneasiness and jealousy of Europe; and the disposition which it evinces not to see with indifference the unlimited extension of the power and commerce of England, it will be acknowledged, at the same time that the advantages to be derived to the French Republic from a maritime truce are admitted, that this truce would not be so eminently disadvantageous to England as her government appears to imagine."
"The under signed is, in consequence directed to refer to the double proposition contained in the present note."
"If a separate negotiation and peace be the object, the armistice may be agreed to in the form in which it is proposed by the minister of his Britannic majesty."
"If joint negotiation and a general peace be the object, the armistice must be stipulated in the manner in which it is proposed in the name of the French government, & it will be subsequently detailed by the under signed."
(Signed) OTTO. Hereford street, Sept. 16, 1800.
(No. 29.) LORD GRENVILLE TO M. OTTO. Sir, Downing-street, Sept. 20, 1800.
"I enclose to you the answer to the last note which I have had the honour to receive from you."
"You will there observe that his majesty is very far from thinking it proper for him to accede to the principle which is again urged in that note as the foundation of a naval armistice."
"While this fundamental difference subsists, there can be little reason to hope that any advantage could arise from discussing the details of such a measure."
"The counter-project which I have the honour to transmit to you, is considered here as going to the full extent of concession which can any colour of reason be asked by France, or which could be admitted by this country, even in that view in which alone there can be any question of naval armistice."
"If you are authorised to make any such new proposals as shall be really consistent with those principles which form the only admissible basis for such a transaction, I am confident you will not be unwilling, in a matter of so much importance, to transmit them to me in writing."
"Should they then appear to his majesty's government to afford any sufficient grounds for further discussion of this point, I shall very readily receive the kings commands for authorizing a proper person to converse with you on the subject of those communications."
"I have the honour to be, &c. GRENVILLE."
(No. 30) NOTE. The note enclosed in M. Otto's letter of the 16th inst. has been laid before the king.
"His majesty has not seen in that paper any fresh suggestions on the subject of a naval armistice which can at all vary the answer transmitted to M. Otto on the 7th inst."
"Neither his majesty's known engagements to his allies, nor his desire, so recently expressed, to contribute to the restoration of general tranquility in Europe, will admit of his separating his interests from those of the powers with whom he is connected in the prosecution of the war: much less could he entertain the idea of consenting, for such a purpose to any naval armistice; a measure which he has already declared to be totally inapplicable to a separate discussion of the interests of Great Britain and France."
"This proposal being therefore one which the French government must have known that his majesty could not accept, the supposed alternative proposed to be offered to his Majesty's choice, amounts to nothing more than to the simple renewal of a demand already rejected. No fresh inducement is stated which should now dispose his Majesty to consent to those conditions of armistice for joint negotiation which he had before considered as wholly inadmissible."
"From information received since the last communications on this subject took place, his Majesty has observed with equal surprise and concern, that the orders for giving notice of the termination of the Continental armistice must actually have been dispatched from Paris at the very time when the continuance of that armistice was proposed to his Majesty as the
condition and inducement for a Maritime truce. And if, in addition to this circumstance, his Majesty were to collect the present dispositions of his enemies from the terms respecting his conduct and views, with which their recent communications with his allies are filled, the conclusion must be extremely unfavourable to the existence of any disposition to conciliation."
"His Majesty is, however, still willing to wave all reference to these considerations, and to regulate his conduct by the motives which he has already explained. He still looks, therefore, to a naval armistice, on suitable conditions, as to a sacrifice which he may be induced to make in order to prevent the renewal of hostilities on the continent, and thereby to facilitate those joint negotiations for a general peace which might perhaps be accelerated by such an arrangement, although they are by no means necessarily depending on it."
"But when it is required that the extent of the armistice which his Majesty is to make should be regulated neither by any fair standard of equality, nor by the ordinary rules which govern such transactions; when without any reference to the interests of his own people, he is called upon to proportion his concessions to the exaggerated estimates which his enemies have formed of the benefits derived to his allies from the continental armistice; and when on such grounds as these, conditions are insisted on which even these could not warrant, it becomes necessary to state distinctly that his Majesty neither recognizes this principle, nor if he did, could agree in this application of it."
"His Majesty is not, indeed, called upon to appreciate the relative advantages which the prolongation of the continental armistice might really afford to each of the belligerent powers. But even of those circumstances which are enumerated by the French government as exclusively advantageous to Austria, many are evidently beneficial to both parties, and are so nearly to an equal extent."
"If, during the interval of repose which has already elapsed, the Austrian armies have been re-established, recruited, and reinforced, France has not been inattentive to the same measures. If the subsidies which his Majesty has furnished are applied by his ally to the formation or transport of magazines, France has appropriated to similar purposes the rigorous contributions exacted from those countries which the existence of an armistice has not exempted from that calamity. The places in the rear of the Austrian army may have been repaired, but the position of the French armies has also been strengthened, and even the blockade towns may, perhaps, suffer more from the increased length of the blockade, than they can profit by any internal measures for improving their defences."
"Into other points of comparison his Majesty forbears to enter. No part of the varied successes of the continental war appear to him to entitle his enemies to presume on any advantage over the spirit of the Austrian armies."
"But were the assertions of the French government in these respects better grounded than his Majesty conceives them to be, the principle itself would still be inadmissible. It is impossible that his Majesty can admit that compensation is to be demanded from him for the extent of those advantages, whatever they might really be, which his ally might derive from the continuance of the armistice; yet even such compensation is in a great degree offered by his Majesty. In consenting to a naval armistice on such terms as have already been acceded to his Majesty's part he has made considerable sacrifices, and placed within the reach of his enemies great and obvious advantages which their representation in vain endeavours to depreciate, he has thereby given to all Europe a strong pledge of his concern for the general welfare, and to his enemies a decided proof of pacific disposition."
"But to yield to the present demand would be to sacrifice those means of present defence; and those pledges of future security which have been acquired by such great and memorable efforts, and which he can never be expected to forego till the result of those negotiations, in which he has declared his readiness to concur, shall have crowned his endeavours for the happiness of his people, by the restoration of safe and honourable peace."
(Signed) GRENVILLE. Downing-street, Sept. 20, 1800."
(No. 31.) TRANSLATION. MY LORD, London. Sept. 21, 1800.
"I received yesterday at ten o'clock at night the letter and the note which your Excellency did me the honor to address to me; and I have learnt from them with the deepest regret, that his Majesty and his Ministry are not yet disposed to accede to the principles of conciliation contained in the Note which I had the honor to transmit to you on the 16th of this month."
"It was not merely with a view to discuss those principles, but in order to propose to your excellency fresh means of reconciliation, that I felt it my duty to request, in my letter of the 16th, to have an interview with you; and interview with you; and I had every reason to hope that the explanation into which I should have entered would effectually have obviated the difficulties which are still opposed to the conclusion of the general Armistice."
"You desire, my Lord, that I should give you those explanations in writing. They relate to two points, which your first Note are represented as being the most important; the power of altering the positions of the squadrons of the Republic during the Armistice, and the fate of the Allies of Great Britain."
"I am authorized to consent that the French ships of the line shall not go out of the harbours where they are at present; and if his Majesty insists upon his Allies being included in the proposed Armistice, I am authorized also to consent that they should enjoy

the same advantages as those of the Republic.
"The intentions of the First Consul are anew detailed in the Project which I have herewith the honor to include; and in order not to delay a communication of such importance, I defer until another opportunity my answer to your Excellency's Note.
"I shall only observe, that even if the Austrian Armistice should have been broken in this interval, it would be easy to make the respective armies resume their former positions in the event of his Majesty's acceding to the last proposals which have been made to him.
"I have the honor to be, &c. "OTTO." (No. 32.)
Translations.
PROJECT. "In consideration of its having been agreed that negotiations for a general peace shall be immediately opened between the French Republic and its Allies on one side, and his Imperial Majesty, his Britannic Majesty, and their Allies, on the other side; and that the armistice which has unduly been concluded between the armies of the French Republic and those of his Imperial Majesty, may be prolonged, if any equivalent armistice should be concluded between the forces of the French Republic and those of his Britannic Majesty, the two governments have agreed to conclude the said armistice upon the following conditions.
"Article 1. All hostilities by sea and land between the two nations shall be suspended, and shall not be renewed until after a month's notification prior to the end of the armistice. In all parts of the world the armistice shall not be broken without the express order of the contracting governments, and hostilities shall not be renewed until a month after the notification which may have been given by the general or commanding officer of one of the two nations to that of the other nation.
"Art. 2. Orders shall be immediately transmitted by the two governments to the commanding officers in the several parts of the world, directing them to act in conformity with this convention. Passports shall be given to the persons who shall carry out these orders; and the officers of his Britannic Majesty, who shall travel through France for this purpose shall receive the safe conducts and the necessary facilities for accelerating their journey.
"Art. 3. All prizes made in any part of the world, during the continuance of the armistice, by any officer having actually received the notification of this convention, shall be restored. And generally (whether this notification shall have been made or not) all prizes made in the Channel or in the North Seas, after twelve days, to be computed from the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, shall be restored; and, in regard to other objects, the terms shall be fixed for the other parts of the world conformable to the stipulations of the 23d article of the preliminaries of the last peace; whence it results, that computing from the day of the said exchange, all trading vessels of either nation shall have the power of putting out to sea, and of navigating freely as before the war.
"Art. 4. Malta and Egypt shall be assimilated to the places in Germany, which, altho' blockaded by the French army, have been permitted to enjoy the benefit of the Continental Armistice. Malta shall be furnished with provisions for 15 days at a time, at the rate of 10,000 rations per diem. With regard to Egypt, 6 French frigates shall have the liberty of sailing from Toulon, of unlading at Alexandria, and of returning without being searched, and without suffering any opposition during their passage, either from English ships or from those of the allies of Great Britain. An English officer of rank shall for this purpose embark on board one of the frigates, and shall travel through France on his way to Toulon.
"Art. 5. The blockade of Toulon, of Brest, and of every other French port shall be raised; and all the British Captains shall receive instructions not to interrupt the trade of any vessel either entering therein or going out thereof. No ship of the line however, of two or three decks, actually at anchor in the said ports, shall be at liberty to go out before the renewal of hostilities; but frigates, sloops, and other small ships of war, may freely go out and navigate, and in the event of their meeting at sea with ships belonging to his Britannic Majesty, they shall observe the customs established before the war.
"Art. 6. The land forces in the pay of his Britannic Majesty, shall not have the power of disembarking in any port of Italy during the continuance of the present armistice.
"Art. 7. The Allies of France, namely, Spain, the Batavian Republic, and Genoa, shall participate in the benefit of the present Armistice. (If his Britannic Majesty insists upon including his allies in the Armistice, they shall enjoy the same advantages with those of France.)
"Art. 8. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in the space of ten days, or sooner if it should be possible."
(No. 33.)
Hereford-street, Sept. 23; 1800.
"My Lord "I have the honor to address to your Excellency the answer to the note which you had the goodness to transmit to me on the 20th of this month.
(Signed) "OTTO."
(No. 34.)
Translations.
NOTE. "During the whole course of the negotiation with which the undersigned has been charged, he has had cause to regret that the want of more direct communications with his Majesty's ministry, has rendered it impossible for him to give to his official overtures the necessary explanations. This convenience is rendered still more striking by the result of his last communications to which the Note which he had the honor
to receive on the 20th of this month is an answer.
"The first part of this Note appearing to intimate a doubt respecting the sincerity of the dispositions of the French government to begin negotiations for a general peace, the undersigned cannot avoid entering into some details upon this subject, which will fully justify the conduct of the First Consul.
"The proposed alternative of a separate peace in the event of his Majesty not accepting the conditions of a general armistice, far from evincing a want of sincerity, furnishes, on the contrary, the strongest proof of the conciliatory dispositions of the First Consul: It is a necessary consequence of the declaration made by the undersigned the 4th of this month. In effect, he has had the honor to apprise the British ministry, "that if that armistice be not concluded before the 11th of September, hostilities will have been renewed with Austria, and that, in that case, the First Consul will no longer be able, with regard to this power, to consent to any except a separate and complete peace."
"That Armistice was not concluded at the date fixed upon: it was therefore natural eventually to expect a separate Peace with Austria, and, according to the same supposition, a Peace in like manner separate with Great Britain, unless it is thought that the calamities with which a great part of Europe has been for eight years past oppressed, should be continued without other hope of termination than that of the complete destruction of one of the Belligerent Powers.
"It is not therefore the French government which proposes, to his Majesty to separate his interests from those of his Allies; but having in vain attempted to unite them in a common center, and finding them separated in fact by the refusal of England to lay down on the altar of Peace some special advantages of which France had already made a sacrifice, the First Consul had given a fresh proof of his dispositions, by pointing out another means of reconciliation, which the course of events will bring out sooner or later.
"In conformity with the advice which the undersigned had transmitted on the 4th of this month, notification was given of the cessation of the continental armistice at the term which had been fixed upon, but the counter-project of the British Ministry, dispatched by the undersigned upon the 8th of this month, having reached Paris on the 10th and his Imperial Majesty having appeared to be convinced that his Ally would not withhold his consent to an admissible armistice, the First Consul determined again to retard for eight days the renewal of hostilities.—Orders were immediately dispatched to the armies of Germany and Italy, and in the event of those orders arriving too late in the last mentioned country, and of the French generals having obtained successes, in consequence of any military operation, they are ordered to resume that position which they occupied on the precise day on which hostilities were recommenced.
"The simple relation of these facts will without doubt be sufficient to prove that the French government never could have intended to cover, by pretended negotiations, a fresh attack upon Austria; and that, on the contrary, it has acted throughout this negotiation with that frankness and loyalty which can alone ensure that re-establishment of general tranquility which his Majesty and his Ministry have so much at heart.
"It would be in vain to look for proofs of a contrary intention in some expressions contained in the official communications of the French Government to the Allies of his Majesty. More especially if such proofs were attempted to be drawn from one of the 1st letters written by Baron Thugut, which the undersigned might have communicated himself, if he had found an opportunity; that letter would prove that the French government, always inclined to peace, appeared to complain of the intentions of Great Britain only because it had every reason to believe them contrary to a solid system of pacification.
"The undersigned has entered into these details only because, on the eve of Negotiations which may be entered upon, it is of importance to the Councils of the two powers to be reciprocally convinced of the sincerity of their intentions, and because the opinion which they may have of that sincerity is the only pledge for the success of the negotiations.
"With respect to the second point in the note which the undersigned has had the honor of receiving, he is to refer to his letter of the 16th, in which he informed his Excellency Lord Grenville that he was directed to give satisfactory explanations relative to the principal objections of the British Government to the proposed armistice, and entreated him, at the same time, to facilitate the means of verbal communications with the Ministry. It was therefore difficult to believe that the French Government would adhere, without any modification, to its overtures; for in that case, it would have been quite useless to solicit for an interview, in order to give satisfactory explanations.
"In speaking of the compensations requisite, in order to place the Naval armistice upon a footing with the Continental truce, his Majesty's ministry thinks that there is some preponderance in the balance settled by the French Government; a formal discussion upon this point would undoubtedly be displaced. After the various successes of a war which had produced so many extraordinary events, it is difficult to doubt of the moral influence of those events upon armies, upon nations, upon governments themselves and the deductions which may be drawn from it at present, appear to justify the opinion which the undersigned has felt it his duty to state. If there be any exaggeration in this opinion, it is shared with the enemies of the Republic themselves, who have employed every effort to prolong the truce, and who have not scrupled to use the means of pretended negotiations in order to gain time. The preliminaries signed by the count de St. Julien, and disavowed by his court, are a memorable example of this; and the prolongation of the Continental armistice must ne-
cessarily be considered as a sacrifice on the part of the Republic, since every effort has been employed to extort its consent to it.
"But even whilst his Majesty's ministry admits the existence of this sacrifice, they formally declare that an analogous sacrifice cannot be expected to be made on the part of his Majesty. It certainly does not become France to judge how far his Majesty's engagements with his Allies, may counteract his inclination in this respect; but France appears to have certainly an undoubted right to demand the price of the sacrifice which she has made, and which she is willing to make. The First Consul has given to Europe repeated pledges, of his pacific disposition; he has never ceased manifesting them to the cabinet of St. Petersburg in this contest; and even although the hopes of the enemies of the French Republic should be excited by this moderation, it shall always be the sole guide of his actions.
"Notwithstanding this difference in the manner of viewing several questions accessory and preliminary to the proposed pacification, the undersigned cannot but congratulate himself on finding, in all the communications which he has hitherto had the honor of receiving, the same assurances of his Majesty's disposition to employ his efforts towards the re-establishment of the tranquility of Europe; and he will neglect no opportunity of placing this disposition in its strongest light to this Government.
(Signed) "OTTO."
Hereford-street, Sept. 22, 1800.
NOTE.
(No. 35.)
"Lord Grenville presents his compliments to M. Otto, and has the honor to send him herewith the official answer to his communication of the 23d inst.
"He requests M. Otto to accept the assurances of his high consideration.
Downing-street, Sept. 25, 1800.
NOTE.
(No. 36.)
"It is by no means the wish of the British Government to prolong a written controversy on the circumstances to which the first part of M. Otto's note of the 23d instant principally relates: it is however necessary, in order to vindicate the accuracy of the former statement which the undersigned was directed to make, that the dates of those facts should, in reply to M. Otto's note, be more particularly detailed; but this will be done without adding any fresh comment upon them.
"The first proposal made to his Majesty, on the part of France, for a naval armistice, grounded on that of the continent, was dated August 24.
"The notices for terminating the continental armistice were given by the French generals on the 27th and 29th of August: the orders for that purpose must therefore have been actually sent from Paris before the 24th.
"His Majesty's answer was transmitted by the undersigned to M. Otto on the 29th, the very day on which the last of the notices was given in Germany. That answer referred to the Austrian armistice is still existing; and it was not till the 4th of September that the first intimation was received here of the measures taken in Germany for giving notice of its termination.
"With respect to the letter of M. Talleyrand to the Baron de Thugut, to which M. Otto refers, it was also dated the 24th of August. The French government, so far from being at that time entitled to consider his Majesty's intentions as hostile to the re-establishment of a solid system of pacification, was then actually in possession of the notification given in his Majesty's name, through his ally, of his readiness to concur in immediate negotiation for that very purpose.
"It will be with real pleasure that his Majesty will see the conclusions which appeared to him to result from these facts disapproved by the event.—The best evidence which the French government can now give of the sincerity of its dispositions for peace, will be found in the facilities it may afford for expediting both the commencement and the successful termination of that negotiation into which the King and his ally the Emperor of Germany have already expressed their willingness to enter and which can alone by a general and comprehensive arrangement to the interests of all the parties concerned in this extensive war, afford to Europe the hope of solid and permanent tranquility.
"With respect to the supposed case, in which it is stated, that France would not agree to treat with Austria but for a separate peace, the fortune of war can alone decide on the means of realizing such a pretension, but whenever it shall be insisted on by France after the experience of what has already passed, it will afford to all other powers, not a presumption only, but the painful and decided conviction, that the French government has no real desire to put a final and conclusive period to the calamities of Europe. No man who considers the past events of this contest with attention, or who is capable of judging with accuracy of the present situation of affairs, can believe that if the present war is to be terminated only by a succession of separate treaties between the different powers now engaged in it, any permanent or solid basis of general tranquility could be established.
"As his Majesty has, in compliance with M. Otto's wishes, authorized a proper person to confer with him respecting the different proposals for a naval armistice, it is unnecessary to add any thing here on that subject. This step affords a new proof of his Majesty's dispositions to lend himself to every reasonable facility which can contribute to a general pacification, and every part of his Majesty's conduct will be found conformable to those dispositions.
Downing-street, Sept. 25, 1800.
NOTE.
(No. 42.)
Downing-street, Sept. 26, 1800.
"Mr. Hammond is directed to acquaint M. Otto that the observations contained in his note this day, received by M. Hammond, have been laid before his Majesty's government.
"The king's servants regret that M. Otto's instructions are not sufficiently extensive to enable him to furnish the means of accommodation on those points which prevent the conclusion of a naval armistice.
"The only object which his Majesty has had in view in this discussion has been repeatedly stated, as well as those considerations which appear to him necessarily to limit the extent of the concessions which it is possible for him to make in this respect.
"It is not conceived that any advantage
can arise from a new statement of the same topics, especially as it is not doubted that M. Otto, in his report of the different arguments stated by Mr. Hammond in their conference, will bring them in the fullest manner under the consideration of his government.
In offering these concessions his Majesty has given a strong proof of his willingness to make a considerable sacrifice of the particular interest of this country, in order to facilitate those negotiations for general peace in which he has expressed his readiness to concur.—He still perseveres in the same dispositions, and will be willing to join in any proper steps to be taken for that purpose.
(No. 43.)
M. Otto.
Hereford-street, Sept. 28, 1800.
"I have received the note which you did me the honour to address to me on the 26th, and I lost no time in forwarding the contents to my government; and also the observations contained in the piece which I have now the honor to return enclosed.
"His Majesty's ministry has done justice to my intentions, in being persuaded that I would send to France a faithful account of the conversation which I had the honor to hold with you. I have done every thing in my power to make the First Consul acquainted with the whole extent of the conditions which you were directed to communicate to me.
"Whatever may be the result of this attempt of the two governments to re-establish the general tranquility of Europe, I ought to congratulate myself for having been to the ministry of his Majesty the organ of the pacific dispositions of France; and for having been charged to transmit to my government the assurance of the equally conciliatory dispositions of his Majesty. I have the honor to be with the highest consideration. (Signed) "OTTO."
To Mr. Hammond, Under Secretary of State.
TRANSLATION.
No. 44 ( )
Hereford-street, Oct. 6, 1800.
"Mr. George not being yet returned, I have the honor to address myself directly to you, to request that you will meet me in Park-Place, or in any other place which you shall think proper to appoint. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) "OTTO."
Mr. Hammond.
TRANSLATION.
No. 45.]
Downing-street, Oct. 8, 1800.
"Sir, "In endeavouring to make for the information of his Majesty's ministers, as accurate a representation as I could of the purport of the communications which you yesterday made to me verbally, I have felt so much anxiety lest, in an affair of such importance there should be any misstatement on my part of what you said, that I cannot help expressing to you my earnest desire that you would send me a written minute of the substance of this answer in the same manner as has been done in all the other stages of this discussion.
I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) "GEO. HAMMOND."
OTTO.
TRANSLATION.
No. 46.]
Hereford-street, Oct. 8, 1800.
"Sir, "I have received the letter which you did me the honour to address to me this morning requesting that I would acquaint you in writing with the substance of the communication which I have been directed to make to you, the importance of the object to which it relates rendering you apprehensive lest you should not completely have seized the meaning of the communication, I hasten therefore to transmit the substance of it to you.
"The last Notes which were exchanged, and several important events, which have completely changed the basis upon the proposed armistice was to have been established, having put an end to the negotiation on foot. I had the honour to inform you, that notwithstanding the circumstances which are opposed to the conclusion of the maritime truce, the first Consul is invariably disposed to receive any overtures relative to a separate negotiation between France and Great Britain, and that the mode of such overture entirely depends upon the option of his Majesty; that when the king shall think proper to send for that purpose a plenipotentiary to Paris, I am authorised not only to consent to it, but to deliver to him the necessary passport. That if, on the contrary, his Majesty should prefer that the preliminary negotiations should be begun at London, special powers will be sent to me for that purpose.
"I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) "OTTO."
Mr. Hammond.
TRANSLATION.
No. 47.]
Downing-street, Oct. 9, 1800.
"Sir, "I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date; and I am directed to acquaint you,
"That his Majesty's government entirely agrees in the opinion there expressed, that all further discussion of the terms of a naval armistice would be superfluous, as the only object which it was proposed to his Majesty to secure by such an arrangement has in the mean been made ground of separate negotiations required from his ally.
"With respect to the proposal of opening negotiations for a separate peace, his Majesty, retaining always the sincere desire which he has uniformly expressed for the restoration of general tranquility in Europe, must at the same time renew his former declarations, of invariable determination to execute with punctuality and good faith his engagements with his allies; and must therefore steadily decline to enter into any measures tending to separate his interests from those of the powers who shall continue to make a common cause with him in the prosecution of the war. I am, &c.
(Signed) "GEO. HAMMOND."
APPENDIX.—Translation.
Extract of a Note from Baron Thugut to M. Talleyrand, dated Vienna, the 11th of August, 1800.
"The Emperor has ordered me, Sir, to convey to the First Consul through your channel, the invitation for the immediate meeting of the respective Plenipotentiaries who with good faith and zeal are occupied in concerting with as little delay as possible the means of re-establishing general tranquility, after which suffering Europe has long sighed in vain; his Majesty flatters himself, that through that measure his pacific wishes will be speedily accomplished with the more certainty because the King of Great Britain his ally had just caused it to be declared to him that he is ready, on his part, to concur in the same Negotiations, as it appears by the enclosed copy of the official note delivered here by Lord Minto, his Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. It only remains therefore to agree upon the place at which the Plenipotentiaries shall meet, which will doubtless be easily settled. In order to facilitate the intercourse of the Plenipotentiaries with the respective governments, his Majesty thinks that it would be advisable to give the preference to some place nearly central, such as Schefflat, Luneville, &c. or some other with respect to which in order to save time the French government might come to an understanding directly with the British government. According to the declaration which, by his Majesty's express order, I have now the honour to transmit to your Excellency, and according to the equally pacific dispositions which his Britannic Majesty has testified, it will henceforward depend upon the French Government alone to accelerate the happy moment of the restoration of repose to Europe, so cruelly mangled by a destructive war.
(Signed) "BARON DE THUGUT."
M. Talleyrand.
TRANSLATION.
[B.] "The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's envoy extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary, did not fail to transmit to his court all the communications which have been made to him by the Emperor's direction, by his excellency baron Thugut, relative to the correspondence which has taken place between his Majesty the Emperor and the French government respecting overtures for peace. The undersigned has in consequence, been directed to intimate the satisfaction which his Majesty has received from this mark of confidence on the part of his imperial royal Majesty. The undersigned does not delay, after the authority which he has just received, to declare that his Britannic Majesty, desirous at all times of giving to the Emperor, and to all Europe, the clearest proof of his perfect and cordial union with his imperial and royal Majesty, and of the value which he attaches to the constant preservation of the intimate concert and friendship which are so happily established between their crowns and their subjects, is disposed to concur with Austria in the negotiations which may take place for a general pacification, and to send his plenipotentiaries to treat for peace in concert with his imperial and royal Majesty, as soon as the intentions of the French government to enter into a negotiation with his Britannic Majesty shall be known to him.
"The undersigned eagerly seizes this occasion of renewing to his excellency the assurance of his most distinguished consideration. (Signed) "MINTO."
Vienna, Aug. 9, 1800.
Highly Interesting.
We this day present our readers with the important correspondence (complete) between the English and French Governments, on the subject of Peace.—It consists of 47 papers, and is commenced in the first page of this gazette.
In the House of Representatives on Tuesday last, after considerable debate, it was carried by a majority of 4, that 200,000 dollars should be appropriated for erecting a Mausoleum to the memory of GEORGE WASHINGTON.
We are authorized to assert, that the brig Ruby of this port, had not a single article of Naval Stores on board, as was stated among the West India news in last evening's Gazette.
We are informed the St. Augustine Church Lottery in this city will certainly commence drawing at the State House, on Monday week.
Accounts from Tennessee state that the votes of the Electors are as follows: For Thomas Jefferson —Aaron Burr 3 [Washington Intelligencer]
Captain Craig, of the schooner Experiment, left at Cape Francois, 3d December, the following vessels:—viz.
Ship Diana, Cook, of Baltimore. Brigs Polly, (late Guyile) Philadelphia, (returned in distress)—Dispatch, Vincent, Baltimore; Roberts, Wilmington, ditto; Charlotte, Baltimore; Washington, North Carolina; Thomas, Sherman, Newport; Ceres, Taylor, New York; South Carolina, Andrews, Charleston, South Carolina; Matilda, Watson, New York; Salem, Russell, Boston; Betsey, Brown, Charleston, (returned in distress)—Harmony, Jenney, Baltimore.
Schooners Messenger, Stites, Philadelphia; Mary, Woodward, ditto (put in distress)—Farmer, Richards, ditto.
Schooners Maria Shock, Baltimore; Pour Brothers, Stavell, Boston; Puff, Buckley, Newbern, North Carolina; Federal, Shackelford, Charleston; Three Brothers, Black, Boston; Nancy, D. Ne, Charleston; Little John, Matheney, Baltimore; Nymph, Pinckney, ditto; Fifi Hawk, Cook, Salem; Three Friends, Deckman, New York; Harmin, Pickett, Buford, North Carolina; Aristides, Wood, New York; Magnet, Obbin, Newburyport.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 18, 1800.
Public Notice is hereby Given, In pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the 23d day of April, one thousand eight hundred, entitled "An act to establish a General Stamp-Office."
THAT a General Stamp-Office is now established at the seat of government, in the city of Washington, from whence there will issue, from and after the date hereof, (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, under whose management the collection of the stamp duties is placed) any quantities of paper, parchment and vellum, marked or stamped, and duly counter-stamped, with the following rates of duty which are demandable by law:
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, upon which shall be written or printed any or either of the instruments or writings following, to wit,
ANY certificate of naturalization Any licence to practice, or certificate of the admission, enrollment or regis-try of any counsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, or proctor, in any court of the United States
Provided, that a certificate in any one of the courts of the United States, for any one of the said offices, shall so far as relates to the payment of the duty aforesaid, be a sufficient admis-sion in all the courts of the United States, for each and every of the said offices.
Any grant or letters patent, under the seal or authority of the United States (except for lands granted for military services)
Any exemplification or certified copy of any such grant or letters patent (except for lands granted for mili-tary services)
Any charter-party, bottomry or re-spondentia bond
Any receipt or discharge for or on ac-count of any legacy left by any will or other testamentary instru-ment, or for any share or part of a personal estate, divided by force of any statute of distributions other than to the wife, children or grand children of the person deceased, the amount whereof shall be above the value of fifty dollars, and shall not exceed the value of one hundred dollars
When the amount thereof shall ex-ceed the value of one hundred dol-lars, and shall not exceed five hun-dred dollars
And for every further sum of five hundred dollars, the additional sum of
Any policy of insurance or instru-ment in nature thereof, when the sum for which insurance is made shall not exceed five hundred dol-lars
When the sum insured shall exceed five hundred dollars
Any exemplification of what nature-soever, that shall pass the seal of any court, other than such as it may be the duty of the clerk of such court to furnish for the use of the United States, or some par-ticular state
Any bond, bill single or penal, inland bill of exchange, promissory note or other note (other than any recognizance, bill, bond or other obligation or contract, made to or with the United States, or any state, or for their use respectively; and any bonds required in any case by the laws of the United States, or of any state, upon legal process, or in any judicial proceeding, or for the faithful performance of any trust or duty)
If above twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars If above one hundred and not ex-ceeding five hundred dollars If above five hundred and not ex-ceeding one thousand dollars And if above one thousand dollars
Provided, that if any bonds or notes shall be payable at or within thirty days, such bonds or notes shall be subject to only two-fifths parts of the duty aforesaid, viz.
If above twenty and not exceeding one hundred dollars
If above one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars
If above five hundred dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars
If above one thousand dollars
Any foreign bill of exchange, draft or order for the payment of money in any foreign country
The said duty being charge-able upon each and every bill of ex-change, without respect to the num-ber contained in each set.
Any note or bill of lading or writing or receipt in nature thereof, for goods or merchandise to be ex-ported;
If from one district to another dis-trict of the United States, not being in the same state
If from the United States to any for-eign port or place
The said duty being chargeable upon each and every bill of lading without respect to the number con-tained in each set.
Any notes issued by the banks now established or that may be hereafter established within the United States, other than the notes of such of the said banks as shall a-gree to an annual composition of one per centum on the annual di-vidends made by such banks, to their stockholders respectively, ac-cording to the following scale:
On all notes not exceeding fifty dol-lars, for each dollar On all notes above fifty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars On all notes above one hundred dol-lars and not exceeding five hundred dollars On all notes above five hundred dol-lars
Any protest or other notarial act Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension, or to obtain or sell warrants for land granted by the United States as bounty for military services performed in the late war
Any inventory or catalogue of any fur-niture, goods or effects, made in any case required by law (except in case of goods and chattels distrained for rent or taxes, and goods taken in vir-tue of any legal process by any officer
Any certificates of a share in any in-surance company, of a share in the bank of the United States, or of any state or other bank;
If above twenty dollars and not exceed-ing one hundred dollars If above one hundred dollars If under twenty dollars, at the rate of ten cents for one hundred dollars
That the power of the supervisors of the Revenue to mark or stamp any vellum, parchment or paper chargeable with duty, will cease and determine from and after six months from the date hereof, to wit, on the last day of February 1801.
That, if any persons shall, after the last day of February 1801, have in their custody or possession, any vellum, parchment or pa-per, marked or stamped by the supervisors of the Revenue, upon which any matter or thing, charged with duty, shall not have been written or printed, they may at any time within the space of sixty days after the said last day of February 1801, bring or send such vellum, parchment and paper, unto some office of inspection, and in lieu thereof, receive a like quantity or value of vellum, parchment and paper, duly stamped in pursuance of the act herein before recited. And in case any person shall neglect or re-fuse, within the time aforesaid, to bring or cause to be brought unto some officer of in-spection, any such vellum, parchment or pa-per, it is hereby declared, that the same will thereafter be of no other effect or use, than if it had never been marked or stamped, and that all matters and things, which may af-ter that time be written or printed upon any vellum, parchment or paper, authorized to be exchanged in manner aforesaid, will be of no other effect, than if they had been written or printed on paper, parchment or vellum, not marked or stamped.
And for the convenience of those persons who may be inclined to have their own vel-lum, parchment and paper stamped or mark-ed, it is hereby declared, that when any per-son shall deposit any vellum, parchment or paper at the office of a supervisor, accompa-nied with a list, specifying the number and denomination of the stamps or marks, which are desired to be thereto affixed, the same will be transmitted to the General Stamp-Office, and there properly marked or stamped, and forthwith sent back to the same super-visor, who will thereupon collect the duties and deliver the paper, parchment or vellum, to the order of the person from whom the same was received.
Given under my Hand, and the Seal (L.S.) of the Treasury, at Washing-ton, the day and year above men-tioned.
OLIVER WOLCOTT, Secretary of the Treasury. September 29.
Certificates Lost.
LOST, THE undermentioned certificates of stock of the Bank of the United States, viz No. 978, dated 1st January, 1793, for five shares in the name of Bourdieu, Chollet and Bourdieu. No. 27366, dated 1st of January, 1798, for five shares, in the name of the Right hon. lord John Townshend.
Notice is hereby given, That application is intended to be made at the said Bank by the subscriber, for a renewal of the same, of which all persons concerned are requested to take notice.
JOHN WARDER. Philadelphia, 10 mo. 28, 1800
Lost.
IN the ship Kennebec, captain Kerr, in the year 1794, having been captured by the French on her voyage from hence to Amsterdam, the follow-ing certificates of stock of the Bank of the United States, standing in the name of Benjamin Chap-man.
Nos. 432 & 436 of 4 Shares each; 158 3 do. 1215, 1216, 1217, 1 do.
Application is made at said Bank by the sub-scriber for a renewal of the same, of which all persons concerned are desired to take notice.
JOHN MILLER, Junr. Oct. 27.
The Porcupine.
I TAKE this method of informing the People of the United States, that on the first day of No-vember next, I propose to resume the publication of Porcupine's Gazette, under the title of THE PORCUPINE; and to notify (in case any gentle-man in America should want it) that the price of each Number will be sixpence sterling, and that the cash must be received by me before the paper can be supplied. As to the mode of conveyance, so frequent are the opportunities from London to New-York, that files may be forwarded to the lat-ter place once a fortnight upon an average—from New-York they can be speedily conveyed to ev-ery part of the Union. When files can be, with-out delay, sent to other places direct, it may be done; when they cannot, they will all be sent to New-York, unless otherwise ordered.
Porcupine's Works, Which have been sometime in the Press, will be completed in February next, when the copies subscribed for in America will be forwarded to the Subscribers. Any of my literary friends in America, who may be disposed to renew their correspondence with me, will please to direct to me at my print-ing office, No. 3, Southampton Street, Strand, or at my Bookseller's shop, No. 18, Pall Mall. WILLIAM COBBETT. London, September 6, 1800.
Wanted to charter FOR EUROPE, A VESSEL, of 150 or 280 tons burthen. Apply to James, Clibborn, & English. 12 mo. 9th.
For Liverpool, To return an early Spring ship to Phila-delphia, THE SHIP ROSE, of Philadelphia, SILAS JONES, master, Burthen 280 tons. Is intended to be speedily dis-patched. For freight or passage apply to JOHN ENGLISH, No. 147, Water Street, or JAMES, CLIBBORN & ENGLISH, Philadelphia New-York, Dec. 2d. 1800.
For Sale, THE SCHOONER ELIZA & KATY, George Parker, master; Burthen 110 tons, 4 months old, sails fast, and is pierced for 14 guns. Ap-ply to the master on board at Downing's wharf, or SAMUEL RHOADS, No. 1, Penn Street. November 21.
For Hamburg, The Hamburg ship Three Friends, John Peter Jansen, master, A substantial strong good vessel, and well found is intended to sail previous to the 25th of Decem-ber. Two thirds of her cargo being ready to go on board—For the remainder, or passage, apply to JACOB SPERRY & Co. Who have received per said vessel and are now Landing, PLATILLAS ROYALES Britannias Quadruple Selesias Checks, No. 2, and Lilladoes Creas á la Morlaix Arabias Stripes Selesias Handkerchiefs Bazzils Oil Cloaks Gun Flints Also on Hand, Checks and stripes, Bocadillos, Britannias, Caf-frillos, Brown Rolls, Bhopillas, Creas á la Mor-laix, Bielefeld fine Shirting, Linnens, Dowlas, Simons, Tapes, Glass-Wares, Coffee Mills, Scythes, Demyjohns, Quills. november 21.
30,000 lbs. best heavy BLACK PEPPER, FOR SALE BY SAMUEL RHOADS, No. 1, Penn Street. December 1.
Thomas Orr, No. 52, SOUTH FRONT STREET, HAS received by the latest arrivals from Lon-don, a well chosen assortment of the fol-lowing articles: CALICOES and Chintzes, (a great variety) Furniture do. do. Corded Dimities for garments and furniture Durants, Joans and Calimancoes Bombazets and Bombazene Printed Linen and Cotton Handkerchiefs and Lawn bordered do. Jacquet and Book Mullin handkerchiefs Shawls, Cotton and Chintz, a great variety Do. Camel's Hair Hosiery, Worsted and Cotton of all sizes Do. China White and Black Silk Table Cloths, from 5 s. to 10 s. 16-4 with and without Napkins Thread, Gauze, Lawns and Cambricks Jacquet and Lapett Mullins, coloured and plain White and Black Lace, Lace Veils, Cloaks and Handkerchiefs Black Mode, Peelongs and Satins White and printed Marcellies for veils Swansdown, striped and plain Cotton Checks (five) 7-8, 4-4, 11-8, and 6-4 Black and coloured Barcelona handkerchiefs India Bandanna do. of superior quality White, Red and Yellow Flannels Guernsey Worsted Frocks A few dozen best elastic Suspenders. He has Also Just Received, a well assorted Invoice of India Muslins, CONSISTING OF Berkhoom Gurrabs Patna Baftas Alahabad Emeries Do. Gurrabs Company Guzzapora Janna Mamoodies. Coffas. By the Bale or Piece. October 18. dw gawtf.
French School, FOR YOUNG LADIES.
N. GOUIN DUFIEF, professor of the French language, will open on Tuesday, the 9th of Dec-ember, at Mrs. Beck's Academy, in Fifth street, opposite the State House garden, a morning school or young ladies, from eleven till one o'clock (every other day.) Parents or guardians are desired to make early application, that the scholars may have the mutual advantage of beginning at once. N. G. Dufief, has the honor to inform them that he is the author of a course of practical lec-tures and conferences on the most essential parts of the French language, by means of which, the learner is soon initiated in the most approved practice of this polite and fashionable language. An analysis of his plan of tuition, and of his work having been given at length in the public papers, they are referred to the Gazette of the United States and the Aurora for September last. For terms and other particulars apply at No. 5, South Fifth Street, or at Mrs. Beck's on the days and hours oftentioned aforesaid. December 2.
NOTICE.
Bank of the United States, NOVEMBER 17, 1800. THE Stockholders of the Bank of the United States are informed, that according to the statute of incorporation, a General Election for twenty five Directors, will be held at the Bank of the United States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the 5th of January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. And pursuant to the eleventh section of the by-laws, the stockholders of the said Bank are also no-tified to assemble in general meeting, at the same place, on Tuesday the 6th of January next, at six o'clock in the evening. G. SIMPSON, Cashier. Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths of the Directors in office, exclusive of the President, shall be eligible for the next ensuing year, but the Director who shall be President at the time of an Election may always be re-elected. tu 155y
Insurance Company of North America. THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby informed, that a stated Meeting of the Com-pany will be held at their Office, on the 13th day of January next, (being the second Thurs-day in the Month) for the Election of twenty-five Directors for the ensuing year. CHARLES PETTIT, President. December 10. f&t 1313hj
Bank of North America. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the Stockholders of the Bank of North Amer-ica, that on the second Monday, the 12th day of January next, an Election of twelve Direc-tors for the ensuing year, will be held at the Bank at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. H. DRINKER, junr. Cashier. December 9. 2aw2w&dt12j.
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