Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-22
mo III
Hague, oRobsr 70, 1902.
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upon the llOeFtleS anu luuCpStidClSS ~ sAe
Swifs cantons, has naturally made .tfong
imprcilion on the inhabitants OF this coun-
try and the public anxiety has been much
augmented by certain fymptoms in the
conduit of the conlular government, which
feem to indicate an intcntion not TO With,
draw the French troops, which have been
kept in the Batsyian Republic for lome time
pat under the title of auxaa,iss, and paii
and maintained at the expence of the
Dutch nation.
Thefe troops, amounting TO between
ten ond eleven tllouiand men, were &c
remain here till the conclnlion OF the de-
fnitiye treaty with Great Britain. L
was afterwards formally promifed on ths
part Of France, that they ihould eyacu-
ate the territories OF the republic at the la
,eR, on the expiration OF the laft French
year 1.-THE zad Of Septemher.) They ac-
cordingly began their march to the fonth-
ward few days before that period /; and
the government and people rejoiced at the
pryfpea of being finally relieved from
load which has become extremely ifkiom.
10 them. But on pretence tina. a great
proportion OF the corps were to be en-
baTked at Flulhing for Louifiana, and that
there was want Of hipping fer their &C
commodation, they tcok up their quarters
on the frontiers Of he country lat Bois le-
Due, Breda, and 6ergen op- Zoom) where
they fill remsin and demands have
continued to be made tor their pay and
maintenance.
Hopes were however, entertained from
day to day, that their departure would
take place when to the afonilhment Of
the Ba,avian government, official no.
tice was (lat week. tranfmitsed from
France to the department. of war at the
Hague, (Which has been charged with the
iupport of thefe corps) that the tira con(ul
has been pleafed to appoint new CON-
mander in chief, general Montrichard)
and a new faf, for the auxiliary troops
ID this coun,ry and the notice was given
.ha, the governments might provide for
the pay OF the oficersi in quefion.
The administration appear relolved to
oppole all the reiiRance ii their power to
this unexpected and oppreaive extortion.
An express has been tent off TO the Dutrh
ambaGador at Paris, charging him to
claim, in the mott urgent terms, the &C.
compliment of the treaties fulfilling be.
tween rbe two republics, and the fulfil
ment of the repeated and .recent promifes
made by the French Government upon
this Gnbjed. And in cafe of the failure
of this application, they talk of addreiling
themlelyes to the principal powers of Eu-
rope who had any lhare or influence ia the
concluiion Of the peace, to in,reat their
Intervention and good Offices, with view
to the maintenance Of the independence of
the republic.
I have the honor TO be, &c
ROBERTLISTON.
Ri. Hon. Lord. Hawkebury.
No. n. Letter from Lord Hawkcf-
bury to Lord Whitworth, imputing the /
declaration of general Stuart to colonel
Sebafiani, of his inability to evacuate
Egypt, to his having been miiled in fup-
pofinp il was requifite he lhould receive
warrant for the purpole; and Eating that
orders fhould be Immediately fent to gen.
Stuart to remove the kings troops with as
little delay as pofIible.
Nos. "a, IS and rs are extracts from
difpatches from St. Petertburgh and Wen
ma, relative to Malta. They are unim-
porrant.
No. n. Extract Of difpatch from the
honorable Paget to Lord Hawketbury,
dated Vienna, Aug. II, 1902; Eating
the Emperor's ACT of guarantee and accef-
iion to the 10th article of the treaty Of
Amiens.
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