cial or naval cWafter, Th« gowrd iotudlA je£ cannot be begged off ; we m.ift relill it by our Th power, or we are already in a (late of vassalage. wi c.h, Because, whilst thi» usurped power (hall has continue thus constituted, aßd thus disposed, no t frctiritv wha.wt can be hoped for in our eolon.es not aud plantations, those invaluable sources of »ur ria rational wealth and our naral power, lhu war tha hat (hewn that the power prevalent in prance, by uv intentionally disorganizing that ?!»«<»"' £ (which France had in common with all other fc.u ver ropean nations) and by inverting the order and £r relations therein established, has be«n able with a naval force, altogether contemptible, and with ve- co; rv inconfiderablc succours from Europe, to baffle p„ ;J« oreat measure the moll powerful armaments pr< ,»er sent from this < ®untry into the- Wfft 'V ldl "' and at an cxpenc: hitherto and has, gri bv the ft»r] by the prcfent procedure confirmed in all its force. It is the firft fuccefsful example furniftied by history of the subversion of the antient government of a pj eteat country, and of all it* laws, orders, and re- ge licrion, by the corruption of mercenary armies, and « by the feduftion of a niultitude, bribed by confu tation to feditios, in defiance of the sense, and to ne the entire deftruftion of almost the whole proprie- g» lory body of the nation. The fatal effe&s of this •sample must be felt in «very country. New means, *«w arms, ne* pretexts are furnifhed to ambition ; •lid sew perfonsare intoxicated with that poiion. °* Bth, Because our eagerness in suing for peace J" may induce the persons exercising power in France j, •rroneoufly to believe, that we aft froi» necessity, th annate unaETe to continue the war, a penuafion, which, in the event of an actual peace, will operate va as a temptation to them to renew that condafi g < vhicK Wrought on the prefeot war; neither Siall hi ve have a*y of the usual fecuitics in peace. In " their ttejities, they do not acknowledge the obliga tion of that law which for ages bar been cemftion gr to'all Europe. They have not the fame sentiments le por the fame ideas of their interest in the preset va- tion of peace, which have hitherto influenced all regular governments; they do not in the fame w wanner feel public distress, or the private misery of theii fiibjffts ; they will not find the fame difficulty ti on the commencement of anew war to call their tc whole fbrfre into fad den action, where, by the law, •very citizen iaa soldier, and the persons and pro- o perty of all are liable at once to arbitrary requifi ,r tions. On other hand, no attempt has been made to (hew in what manner, whether by alii c ' ■nces, by force, military or naval, or by the im- ' jprbvement and augmentation of our finances, we stall be better able to refill their hollile attempts «> after the peace than at jhe present hour. If we Temaiti we cannot reap the ordinary advan t( tagif of peace in economy ; If we disarm, we shall C be fubjeft to be driven into a new war, under every cireumftance of disadvantage, unless we now pte- pare ourselves to fuffer, with patience and fubmif- 6on, whatever insults, indignities, and injuties we \ jnay receive from tkat insolent, domineering, atid unjtift power. 9th, Because the inability of humbling ourselves , again to solicit peace in a ftianfier, which is a recog ] 1 filiation t>t the Ftench republic, contrary to alt j j k » the principles of the war, the danger of peace, if I , obtained, the improbability of its Juration, and the ! j perfcverance of the enemy throughout the interval of peace in their mifchitVous system, is not corjqc- ture, but certainty. It has been avowed by the ( adual governors of France at the very mbment they 1 bad before them our application for a pafTport. 1 They chose that moment for publishing a Rate pa- ! per; breathing the most hoflile mind. In it they 1 Simulate and gnad us, by language the mod op probrious and offenfivtj. They frankly tell us, that | it is not our interest to desire peace, for that they ( regard peace only a* the opportunity for preparing i frtih means for the annihilation of our naval power. 1 By making peace they do not conceal that it will \ be their ofcjeA—" to wrest from us our Maritime preponderancy—to re-eflablifh what they invidious- < ly call the freedom of the seas—to give a new im- ' pnlfe to the Spanish, Dutch and French marines— , and to carry to thehigheft degree of prosperity the ; inieflry and commerce of those nations," which 1 they state to be our rivals, which they charge us ' with " unjustly attacking, when we can no longer dupe," tnd which they throughout contemplate as < their own dependencies, united in arms, and fur- 1 rifhing resources from our future humiliatioa and \ dettru&ion. They resort to that well-known and 1 ronftant allusion of theirs to antient hiflory, by I which reprcfenting " France as modern Rome, and j England as modern Carthage"—they accuse ui of national perfidy, and hold England up f as an «b- je£ ifi be blotted ont from the f*c& of the eartfc. ' They falfly afTert that the English nation tupports ™ vvith impatience the continuance of the war, and t0 has extorted all his majefly's overtures for peaee, «« by complaints and reproaches," and above a I not only is that pafTage, but throughout their offi- vo cial note, they *iew the most marked adhtrence to 0 f that insidious and intolerable policy of their system, by which they, from the commencement of their ™ revolution, Wght to trouble and subvert all the go- m vernraents ia Europe, They ftudiuufly disjoin the English nation-from its foverrign. ' 1 Oth, Because, having ailed throughout the w , cpuife of this awful and momentous crisis upon the principles herein exprcfled, and after having on the present occasion, not only reconfiJered, and jea- Vi loufly examined their foundnefi and validity, but {h gravely attended to, and fcnipulonflv weighed the R merits of all those arguments which have been of b) fered to induce a dereliflioß of therS, conscientious- w ly adhering to, and .firmly abiding by them, I thus bl solemnly record them, in juftification of my own i j B Cor,du&, and in discharge of the duty I ovfe to j lo mp king, my country, and general interests of ci- fcj vil focitty. . _ f" WENTWORTH FITZWILLIAM. G , th O&jber 1. r ARMY OF ITALY. Buontparte, General in Chief of the Army of Ttsly, to the Exccuuve Dircftory. 0 j Hoad-Quarteri of Due Caftelli, 30th Fru&icJor (Sept. \6.) w " 1 gave you information, citizen Directors, in my lait w dispatch, that gen Wurmicf, obliged to abandon Baflant, flrd in perfoPH with the wrecks of tv*o battaiiona of grena- diers of Moritebello, between Viccnia and Verona, whert c( , he had rejoined the division he had ordered ro march to Ve- CT rona, 4500 cavalry, and $©<»o infantry, the moment he knew h( • that ! was preiiiug on toTrerit. Q l »• The 23d, the divifwnof gen. Angereau arrived at Pa- g( dua. i'heycolli*&ed together the wr«k» of the baggage of q the-Auilnan arnny, and 400 men who cfcorted it. The di- £ 1 vision of Maifcna arrived at Yiccazjl Warm for hnn , felt between the Adigeand the Brenta, because two diviftons «f tii« aroiv fliut up inepafTage from him There remained 1 no other rrfouro- for him than to throw himfelf into ; fiat haviog fo.re(eer», from th-moment of my quitting Trjn:, | { . this movement ot gen. Wurmfer, I left in Verona the general of division Kilmaine, and planted artillery upon thcramparu 0 of «ne place, n « General Kilmaine, with his usual sagacity, kept ene- - 1 my in c'heck forty-eight hours, reputfing them by the fire ot . his artillery every time they attempted to penetiate. I had oftly been aoW to leave him forces too inadequate to controal ' a populous town, and to rcpulle a numerous aimv, that bad ■ so many Teafons 10 spare nothing that might render them matters of so important a p:ace. He praiic* highly the com- , inanderof batta.ion, Muiroo, who the artillery 1 there. / v 44 The 23d, in the evening? gen. Wurmfer learnt the arriv 4 al of the division of ge«». MaiTena /it Vicenza. He felt that he h»ad not a moment mote to lose. He ddilcd along the *A dige, which he crossed at Porto Legnago. •' The 14th, in the evenings the division of gefi. MafiTena I pafleel the Adiweat Ronco, in c Jr was that which (hould have been taken,: on the contrary, X to the ajJU Cen. Mur3u^at jJie-heAd-of £usae hun- - j dr?ll light horle, arrived at Cerea and encountering the head ' ol Wurmier's division, he overthrew fomc Iquadrofs of C - e valry. t Gen, Pigeon, commanding ihe advanced guard oi gen. MafTena, finding the eavalry eugaged, hurried on wiih |] hi& light-infantry co luftain there. He passed the village, and j n took poffeflionof the bridge, across which the enemy of nt- 1 celfity were to pafc. " The corps of, the division of gen. Maflena were yet nt l n great diflance. After an instant of astonishment and alarm. s Idlt by the division of Warmfer, that general made his dif» positions, overthrew our advanced giurd, $nd retook the , bridge and the village of CGrca. II 44 I had marched thereat the firft report of canncn, but it e was too late. We njuit make a bridge of gold to an enemy t f thai flies, or oppole a barrier of steel. It was necessary to relolve to allow the enemy to escape, whofrom every cakola- Y tion, and by every probability, would be obliged that day ir to lay down his arms and surrender himf?lf prisoner. 41 We continued to rally our advanced guard, aud returned half the way from Cerea. We found, on the field of battle in the morning, more than an hundred of theNbne -1 my killed, and wcjnadc 250 prifoncrs. We'are indebted to n the courage of the Bih batialion of grenadiers, and to., the [. coolncfs of brigadier general ViAor, that escaped so well from a combat (o unequal. B VMLE OF CASTCLARO. re 44 Wut.mfcr defiled all the night of the 15th towards Man tft tui, with such rapidity that in the morning he arrived early at /e He learned that the bridges ot the Molinella were cu - down, and that a French division waited for him at Caf- Q " tcllaro. He saw that it would be indiscreet to try to force in Caftellaro, becaule at the dawn wt were in pursuit ©f him. ry 4 * I yet hoped to find him engaged with general Schuguet, e bat unluckily Vie had not cut down the bridge of Villa Impen .. ta on the Molinelli, at the diltauce of a league to bis right. '** Wurmkr had. defiled by that. Ve 44 Ihe moment general Schuguet knew his paflage, he sent some horse to harass aud retard his march ; but he had too tew troops to fuccced. 44 General Ch»rton, with three hundred men, was fvir e» rounded by a regiment of Cuiriffiers—lnftcad of polling g. | themfelvet in the ditches, these brave men determined boldly a jj ;to face the cuiraflier., ; but after a vigorous resistance they if ! vvcrc * urroun<^e< i- Gen. Charton was kit lea in battle, and three hundred men ir.ade prisoners, among whom wa* l!)u» he gouletof the 13th hall brigade of light infantry. ral TAKING OF PORTO LEGNaGO. " Gen ' arriving the 24th before Porto Legnago, ' inverted the place. Gen. MafTena sent thither the brigade of IIC *«• Vi&or, to invefl it on the fide of the Adfye. After ey tome parley, the garrison, 1673 strong, furrenderad them rt. fclves P rlfon « f s ot war on the 17th. We found there P' eces ordnance with their carriages and waggons ; an'i the jo® men rpade orifonera by Wurmfer in the battle of ey Cerea, who by this means were delivered. ft- BATTLfc Of DUE CASTELI. iat , M tßth, the division of gen. out at day break, from Cafleliaro towards Mantua, by the road of Due y Ciftdi, by feizmg the fauxbourg St. George's to compel the ng enemy to enter the place. The cngagema>it began at noon— tr. it was too eagerly commenced. The filth half brigade loft 'ill r " ' did not arrive in time. Themimerouscavalry of the tnemy confounded our light-infantry ; but the brave nc 3?d fnltained the combat 'till night, and we remained mast- Lil- cis of the field of battle, two mi!e» distant fiom the Faux m_ bourg St. George. G""* 1 Schuguet, after having inverted the Citadel, at t,. UC . . j ht '» v< jr u «- Already he obtained the greatefl fneccls, lie and had taken from the enemy three pieces of cannon, when ch be obliged to fall back and abandon the artillery he had us t,ken ' BATTLE OF ST. GEORGE'S. , " In the mean ume, the |Hn!an», Hussars and Cuirassier. as of the enemy, flulhed withthit flight luccefs, inundated the ir . country. General MalTena laid arnbufcadti for them, whicn B(J ob.ained a fuccef. th« more happy, as it (et our light infantry j M work with them. Vie killed sr took about 250. The "d Cu.raffier. were lafe, at least from musket (hot. The enemy by had at least three hundred wounded. It was ir. little nd ciitcki (hat gca. Mjffeoa displayed great firmnefs >H rallying j. hu troops, an-l recondatting thtni to the battle. " General Kilmaine, at the head of the »oth dragoons, (topped the cheiuy, aud by that did great service. Vhefe baf'l, which in reality wcr; only Wlsug* S r «* " confidence to our tncmv. We were lo augme ot fcl»to) e.ery pofTible means ; for no grater happuuft could chance thsu to drive the enemy ton feriow afftir-feeyond the raiuuarts. " Gen. MafTeni took, on thenijjht of the *Btb, » position behind. (>n the morn>w, at day-bietlr, we leaned that the enemy had d-awn out nearly all the girnfon to defend the fa voriteattd St. George's, and by fodemjr to prtlerve the means fr. 1 of retting forage for their numerous cavalry, U3 " At two o'clock in the afternoon, gen. Bon, proviforily ru ' An H ereau, who ts tll, arnv- v , ed from Gouttrnolo a!bng the Mmcio, and attacked tbe ene- fl£ my posted at St George's, on our left. ,• Ed : » Gen Saloette hafteLcd to cut off the communication ot the Favorite with the ritadel. . .. » Geh. Pigeon, parting by Villa Nova, was to turn . plain, tl : where the cavalry of the enemy could manoeuvre, and to cat ell : off the communication from the Favorite to St. George s. * • < While these different attacks were commenced, genera, pj Vi£l#r, with the 18th half brigade of Battle,.in close column w; by battalions, at tRe head of his divtfion, marched aga.nll , e; : the enemy. The 3 s Arethufa, M'Keown Amsterdam c h " t " Brig Carolina, Clark ditto 14 Jenny, Alcorn Madeira ent Twins, Kecler St. Croix 33 to ° Sclir. Eagle, Denny ' Port-au-Prince „ r . Murfqueto, Harfhaw Jeremie 23 ing Delight, Pierce Cape-Nichola-Mole 24 il y Eagle, Scellers Chatleflon 15 Sloop' Commerce, Ofborn New-York 4 j u . Ship Profpcrity, captain Craig, arrived at Lon- , don about tbe 25th September. The Fame, cap tain Jones, paded Gravtfend the jth O&ober, for London. Th* brig Abigail, captain Phelan, was ftcr fafe arrived there, and the ship Alexander Hamil m- ton, captain Kirkbride, had arrived at Liverpool 92 about the 3d October, all from Philadelphia. . 0 J Ship Eagle, captain Fofdick, was to fail from London about the 12th ult. The ftiip Old Tom, of Philadelphia, failed from Kinjjfton, Jamaica, on the 6th ult. for ;his port, the Captain Glover, in the schooner Ranger, arrived here the 15th instant, spoke the brig Eliia, captain loft Horn, in lat. 22, long. from Charleiton bound to Jamaici, out 18 days, all well, aft- New-Yorx, No*. 19. "*• Arrived at this port. Days Ship Merchant, Rofleter Bristol and Fayal 29 e j S) Maryland, Sprake Bordeaux 30 hen Mary Ann, Loting Amfterdatn 57 had Mercury, Brown Bencelen, E. indies 110 Brig Flora, Bower Havannah 21 iers Schr. Apollo, H©well Coast of Guinea £4 the Amelia, ——— Barbadoes 57 llc " Three Anns, Richarth Malaga 45 rhe New-York, of New-York, ftom Cadiz, is my captured by a Briufh 74, and sent to Halifax, ule The Joseph, fr»m this port, is arrived at Dublin. W S Tli« Ganges is arrived at Cork. )lUi The ]»diiftry and the Columbia arc si lived at itfe London—The Brifcis is arrived at Weymouth. BY THIS DAY's MAILS. NEW-YORK. NovemiJMM. Captain Cobb, of the ftip H.i/cn, arrive.: yefiertlay from Cadiz, which he left the 9 th Q&ehc~. us, that, about the ioth September, tne opaniih l.c .r, consisting of near forty lail,. leit that _ I roour, t..i with the intention, as was supposed, or join y a f i cncu fleet in the Mediterranean, The British v > * r?t*iam ed still embargoed, and the captains and crc-.-s ;«av.ag them, a« no profpe