Star.
London, England, 1801-12-14 00:00:00

TRIBUNATE, DEC. 6.

The Projet of a Law relative to the Treaty of
Peace with Naples, paed in the affirmative, by a
majority of 77 to 1.
he Prefident then called the attention of the
Tribunate to the Treaty concluded with the Em-
peror of Russia.
Cosraz, the Reporter on the Treaty, having af-
tended the Tribune, entered into a review of the
date of Europe under the former Government of
France. and particularly during the period of the
Negotiation at Lille. Every thing then prornifed
an honourable and lading Peace, but that Go-
vernment was incapable of turning the profperons
date of its affairs to any folid advantage. It loft
its time in difenffing frivolous points and idle mi-
nutiz, when it ihould have been employed in ac-
celerating a Definitive Arrangement. The mea-
fures of the Cabinet of London were then direccted
by intemperate men, who have lately declared to
the Parliament of Great Britain, that general pa-
Ofication was to them the filbjeet of defpair. Thefe
Minillers were at fink difmayed at tieing their
country engaged in war, unfupported by any other
Power, with the Republic ; but their terror did
notlaft long. They loon perceived that nor Cabi-
net aced without fyftcm, and was deftitute of
talents to feize the favourable moment. Here
the Reporter entered at length into the means
taken by Great Britain to induce the Emperor
Pant. to take an aCtive part again!" the Republic,
and into the meafures adopted by the prefent Go-
vernment of France, after the battle of Marengo,
to conciliate that Prince. The battle of Copen-
hagen was on the point of being expiated by a
vigorous and formidable league, when PAL/ Lthe
Firth died. That event preferved England from
the greaten perils to which the had been ever ex-
p,aed. Having brought his obfervations down as
low as the prefent date of connexion between
France and ltuffia, he contended that the only
article of the Treaty which called for the invefti-
gation of the Tribunate was the 3d :wide,
which appeared to belong to accidental circum-
[lane, • foreign to the permanent interefls of the
two Powers. That article had excited particular
al:_ntion by the ufe of the term fatjecY, which
did not coincide with the idea they had of the
dignity of French Citizen. Some perfons were
of opinion that the ufe of the word could be
juflified by the authorin), of Publicifts, who had
confide:A the fame man in a democratical date,
I°ll-x6:nes as a fovereign, fometimes as a fubjea.
,The Diftionary of the Academy had been con-
fulz al, which admitted the ufe of the expreffion
for fei.,ieti of a Reindlie, as regularly as the fubjea of
a Alonareby. The Commiffion, however, of which
he was the reporter, did not admit either of thefe
authorities to be kill, or to warrant the ufe of the
word fubjeCts as applied to French Citizens, and
they were perfeelly convinced that the fentiments
of Government were in unifon with their own.
The fa& was, that the French Emigrants alone
were defignsted in the 3d article, and to them only
did the qualification of fubjeas apply. With re-
fpeCt to French citizens, they were not named in
the article, and could have no concern in its letter
or fpirit. The French citizens had been formally
named in all the Treaties concluded by the Re-
public upon every occafion in which they were to
be affeCted, or to be colored any advantage. Had
they been deligned in the article, the negociators
would not have failed to give to them their proper
appellation • but French citizens were not the ob-
jeCt of their thoughts, when they agreed upon the
3d Article.
The Reporter concluded by propofing the una-
nimous adoption of the Treaty.
His fpccch was ordered to be printed, and the
ibunate adjourned.