Xlyt <sft3ette* P. tf !LADE LPH IA , W'bivriDAY r\TNINC, Ocroßrß SJ . COMMUNICATIONS. ■vV'.rd-r all the Quixotic vagaries of tlie tren in Fv;inc-, none br.ve appeared rr.ore ,";mfy yr.J contemptible, tf»s3 the ex f'-'Sv? po,ViT they h=vc claimed for them. k-!v-. * 0/ rtct'ic iiig independent nations to a (tii'.f of freedom. The error upon which, their pra&ice in t 'lis pfrticular has been grounded, is the ori gin or half the Offtakes' aT)d abfurdftits of r.Mtiktnd—ilie confufion of causes with con sequences. TMfrjtKe Frencli Reformadoes have itr.a gtsed, (if they merit the credit of afling u pon any determinate system at all J that' to make a people tree was to make them en lightened and happy—Whereas a mass, whom general ism*ranee has once pervaded cannot fail to be deteriorated in condition by any liberation fiom reftraint,however partial. To be fitted for the enjoyment of liberty a community muftpn-vi~.uj!y bj enlightened ar.,'i tlie experience of France has Chewn that an attempt on difTerent grounds, is to arm tlie poo' against the rich, and the ruffian a galnft the man of honor. In Turkey, or other despotic governments, is it not uni formly fee-n, that when any portion of the fubjefb, by infurredion or rebellion, (hakes off rdtrains, the consequences are finiformly murderous. Bad difpc fit ions, evil spirits, and minds endued with those qualities ve'.iich constitute the noxious asd turbulent demagogue, require the iron hantl of power to restrain them from bursting forth into dangerous afts. All these evil propensities lieve, their foundation in ignorance. Where cv!!r ignori'rtte rules, there despotic sway aloa: cnr. constitute a paramount authority. The fcreft antidote against defpotifin is information. And it is lamentable that while cur sister states of New-England, v/hich are 011 all hsnds allowed to be thepu re'e models of republicanism extant, hold up to us " the glass of fafhion and the mould of form," Pennsylvania fliould supinely ne gled a point of such prominent and leading importance. To this fatal neglect, it is owing, that jneobimTm ( ike an evening rrif), C.T*hcrs > groTjnd at the Patriot's K-el." That improper men intrude themselves in to important offices, and that a fpiric of li centiousness, disorder, turbulence and mif ruje, hss been enabled to afTume a mcnacincr •afpedt. . MORRIS-TOWN, (N.J.) 0&. 18. Communication. L.i a free ftite the bsft inheritance of eve ry man fliould be the laws and conflitution, not his cftatc or chattels, and the best pro perty of the state is the indnftry, talents and attachment of its inhibitants, not thd lands they poflefs. The feudal idea of re gulating eleflions by the pofieflion of pro perty, or of portions of territory, to which the people are deemed merely appendages, is not ytt discarded. LegiGators, and con stitution mongers, gravely utter the absur dity that forefts, fields and blad*3 of grass may be represented by men. The pofTeflion of property is of itfelf (according to Joel Barlow J a fufficient advantage, and it is impolitic, as well as unjnft, to add to' the advantage, at the expense of labour, in dustry, and talents, the most valuable re sources of every community. Nothing less than a civil offtnee or crime should deprive a citizen of the right of voting in the ap pointment of legislators and magistrates, wno are to determine on happiness and life. The lands and riches of a country may be monopolized by a few, while fuffrages and property have no more natural connexion than nobility l or fuffrages and military rank. The power of appointing governors does not imply ah equality in personal con fide ra tion or in property : it is founded in the veafonablenefs of having a choice where appovitments may restrain our public afti oirs, and dispose of the fruits of qur indus try, and our lives. All on such occasions should be considered equal, and entitled ftri&ly to equal consideration ; for all com mit all to the hands of government. The property and talents of individuals may be unequal, and private advantages or disadvan tages arise from them : but in the inter course of' every community with its govern ment, every citizen is equally an unit, and every violation of this equality, whatever the state is called, is an approach to des potism. REMARKS. There is in the foregoing observations a good dealpf modern fophiflry. Attachment to the gov ernment of a country arises from the benefits deri ved from' the laws which secure life, liberty and property under that government. These three are inseparable. To tell those who have no estate or chattels, that the laws and conflitution ire an inhe ritance, is too unfubflantial an idea for them to rea lize ; and to talk of talents and induflry aithe best prope ty of the (late, apart from the landser other obje<2s on which those talents and that induflry are to be exercised, is refining beyond common or tfeful comprehension. The diflindlions attempted to be drawn, between property, labor, induflry and talent*, is invidious. The three la(>, in a free country, produce the firft ; and this form* the ba sis of attachment, made valuable ly just and equal lav s. li In the intercourfi of every community with its government every citizen is equally a unit," fays the communication. This cannot be true—lf A pofleffing nothing, neither hdufc nor laud, nor wife nor child, nor talents nor indu.lry. nor virtue nor charafl?r, it a unit, can it be said that he en joys no greater advantage than S, who poiTefling all that A wants, is nevertheJefs no more than a unit. The true political equality here is, that His a unir, and A is a cypher, and ought to remain so, till circumllanres alter. An equaliiy of this fort is the word species of despotism ; for it not only gt>;, s-ifhecontroulof£'s property,buton a ge neral scale damp* and quenches every spring of hu mail exertion itmsy be well to advert to a few of the o'-j-c ---tions which have been (iarted agajnt the system ( ,f universal fyfl'rfge. The FjrW is, thn it would i;i most inflanccs defeat the principal objeib in view, that is, an equal reprtfentation. The more sxten- A r» c t,».0 he»d oF t!ifr cHai:; of lucccisin exerei»ing the means and uiinlly employed One of the greatell evil* t!ie exten-iv.- i i-rhf; nl fufirage ■ ■ e-ctTcife.l i i this cqlti' is til'* .facility ot incre'ifinj* the votTfc in favor of i«wo-Wiy nnd unprincipled cwiiilafs., hy'tliai'j arts of ff('u£\ion which arc era Allied on t.!-c un va - 11'>'Omple anduninformed. UniVerfat fuTi'"iwc womd increase this description cjf voters in a ratio greatly or;rproportio<;ed to fh.' mimber of a con trary complexion. The cen r eqacnces are undenia - ; the rerreleiltalive- of w> i>ld fcldom if ever he rhr rcprefenratives of thr fnlingi r.r ihe inteil'smce rf the p-ople. fl-ivirli! knowlti'gr, flight to precede ur;iv;rfal fuSVi^s. Another o'. jeflion ar.fes !r;n> t- e »*UcntiH po ■ 1 cy of c'N.Tr.ir the worthlrf.i, the prnflijrute an J a* hafldoned. without property /aad w'tl out informa tion, with those who ar» the lY.t of C.ciety. The - principled hnuflv>lrfer», the irdufliinus farmers and artisans, who pofTcf# property "ret talents, &-d whofc providence imVt r.nomy are til? chief depen dence of the t>oor and improvident. 1 his Would unnerve In far as it went, the hand of e:.ter prize. and .'edroy one gr' t of a laudable emulation, by giving equd advantages to iu-luftry an:l idleness. A third ohjcairtn, and the most importm' is that i' would vrv soon transfer the powers of ftovcrnmcnt f. '.ri 'hrf. who I ave t-vtry thing i to Icfr, to those who have nothing to lefe, but e very thinsj to gain.' For as it is contrary to Vca fon and experience, that the wealthy ftioulJ ever be equal in numbers to those who are poor, placing the power < to determine on happinci's and life" in the hands cf amijsn'tyof the lat'er, will eventu ate in laws a together in their own favor, and in volving a facri'ice oT the happinefa of those who poflefs property t,aws in such cases would afiur edly be made io rffeil an equality on principles contravening the fettled course of n.-.ture. Where property, and its enjoyments are secured, the moll powerful incitements to induflry exist, but where it it contronled hr the w ill of those who have none, it loies its value—The main spring of society is un braced, and its diiTolution soon fellows. Lej/lfla tors determine not only on " happiness and life," but also on property. It furcly would be incongruous to pl?ce the pro pel ty of A, to the d fpefal of B and C who have Done. The business must be disposed of, so that neither rich nor poor may hevejuft czufc of com plaint. Th? qualifications in this country are so moderate, that woe to the generation whi h fees the present barriers thrown down. ALBANY, Oftobcr 13. From a Correspondent. Whiteftown, Oft. 5, 1797. On Monday the 2d inft. was celebrated at Fort Schuyler, formerly Fort Stanwix, f :n modern Rome) a marriage between a 7'ounger branch of the family of St. Law rence, and an Elder branch of that of Hudson. This match* so long contem-, plated by the friends of this state, was brought to a happy ifTue, in consequence of the liberal settlement made by the legi\ Mature of this state, as a marriage dower on the young Lady. The marriage ceremony was celebrated, under a discharge of can non, by Mr. Wefton, in behalf of her guardians, aflifted by some of her other friends. At the commencement of the ce remonies, thirteen cannon were fired in honor of her Guardians, and at the conclusion, Jixteen as a federal salute—Aster which the company partook of an elegant dinner, at the house of Mr. Wefton, by whose able and judicious conduft the match has been concluded, where decent hilarity evinced the joy of the guests on this happy event. May this match give rife to a numerous progeny, that may, in some future period, contribute amply to the support of the pa rent flock, and enrich the various branches of this house, as well as the state which has so judiciously patronized them. From the IVfflern Centinel, O&oler 3. We hear from Fort Stanwix that the canal and locks are completed, and that yesterday was the day fixed on for the boats to pass. The formalities of the day we have not obtained. CHARLESTON, Oftober 9. Extra'ft of a letter from captain Edward Johnson, of the /loop fames, belonging to Messrs. Blake and Magwood of this city, dated Naflau, September 20. " I am sorry to inform yon of my long paflage from Charleston, and also of my mif fortunes, On the 22d of August, I was in lat. 26, long. 77, which was within fix hours fail of this place, when I was boarded by the Grouper, which is a Spanish priva teer, by which I was very hardly treated, and my vefTel sustained very great damage ; they kept me on board the privateer 48 hours, during which they robbed my vessel of every thing worth taking. I received a llab under my right breast, but, thank God, it is not dangerous. They carried me back as far as lat. 29, long. 79, and then put 7 Spaniards on board of her, to carry her to St. Jago in Cuba. Being unwell, they put me on board of my own vefTel, where I found means to get pofleflion of her, and have brought her in here. lam sorry for your loss, but it could not be helped, as the privateer Grouper is the occasion of all the damage the cargo has received. A great many American vefTels are brought in here; they take out whatever is contraband, or contrary to treaty, and let the veflels go." A letter dated Mole St. Nicholas, Septtm ber 23d, 1797, received there by the sloop General Green, now off Fort John fton, mentions that The brig Jerufhia, capt. Ebenezer Giles, which failed early in June lail, from Bristol in England, for this port, was captured on the 31ft of August, by the French frigate Medusa, commodore Barney, who took her in tow until the 17th of September; in the night, off the north fide of the Caucasus, the tow rope broke, and the Medusa left the Jerufha, carrying away all her psople and leaving 8 Frenchmen on board. On th« ißtli September the Jerufha was retaken by the English frigate Aquilon, captain Crawford, who sent her into the Mole. On the 19th September, captain Giles made out his protest, and waited on the judge of the admiralty, who told him, that he (hould pay to the captors a salvage of one eighth of the vessel and cargo. Captain Giles writes, that he expefis a part of the cargo will be fold to pay the ialvage, in compliance with an order of court, which will b« immediately granted, I and he will proceed for this port as fooD as his business is arranged. I 1 • Her? 15 a new fpccjmen of the principles of a French American ; the commodore of Baltimoie has no sooner cleared himfe'if of oils UiTrtts. which prcte&ed him 'from the enemies, whom he so anx : onfly lulled to pj-f vengeance from, than he has commenced his filiations on American property. We hope and trust, that such unparalleled vil lainy and ingratitude will meet with the pu nifhmeiit doc so it, and that lie may shortly again enjoy the comforts ofprifon fliip. An extraci of a letter, from a citizen of this state, now in Holland, to a chars&cr of the firft refpeftahilitv in this city, on the fubjeft of politics, fays, '* 1 hat the negociations now pending between Britain and France, may possibly terminate in peace ; that ef the diredtory of Frac'ce, but one member (Barthelemi) is friendly to the United States ; of the coun cil ot five hundred, a majority may be reck oned well disposed to us than otherwise; that Ihoukl a peace take place between Britain and Fiance, it is impoftible to form a judg ment, of what measures or conduit the di re£lory wilj .idopt with refpefl to the United States, an;i it is therefore of the utmost im portance that we (hould be fully prepared for the worst, and that our sea-ports and har bors particularly, ought to bt immediately well fortified. In.speaking of the differences between the French directors and the coun cil of five hundred, the writer fays, " that it is uncertain whether the armies will fide with either of the parties, or that BUONA PARTE will not set up for himfelf," with the title of the KING OF THE RO MANS." Communication. Barney and Defchamps, ex-citizens of the United States, are now in their glory ; they have each commenced their career with robbing and plundering our citizens ; the latter has already gone so far as to attempt to murder one, and the former, there can be no doubt, will likewise take advantage of the firft oppprtum'ty to do the fame. It is said there has been an exceflive hard gale of wind to the southward on the 26th of Sep tember ; it is molt devoutly to be wifljed, that the vessels of these unnatural, unprinci pled and unphralelled villains have been wrecked, and that they with all the horrors of the (form, are embosomed in the deep, as food for fillicp, Were they {imply our ene mies, there would be something wickedly cruel in such a with, but they are the ene mies of nature. Citizen Commodore, had you at any time after becoming Frenchman quit pickaroone ry, made good your boailings, fought out the enemies of your newly adopted country and fought them, your quondam country men, the Americans, and your eternal ene mies, the Englijh, would have done justice to your courage and applauded your revenge ; but a conduft like this corresponded neither with yonr principles nor views ; you fled commodote from the enemies you vowed vengeance upon, to American protection, and left it only to unmalk your viperous heart, and commence yonr trade of robbery and plunder, and to rank yourfelf the equal of 1 pirates. Married, on Thursday the |tt inft. by the rev. Mr. Hollingfliead, Mr. William Ruffel Gray, to Miss Ruth Ann Man, both of this city. Died, on Thursday last, at his house in this city, after a short indisposition, in the 55th year of his age, Isaac Huger, Esq. late brigadier general in the army of the United States. NASSAU, (N. P ) Sept. 26. On Saturday evening, the appeanncc of the flcy indicated the approach of a heavy gale. At it o'clock, M. there suddenly came on a severe squall from the southward, and for half an hour the wind blew with very great violence. The weather has fir.ee been moderate. The trial of the American East Indiaraan Asia, re-captured by the Ratigcr trivater, came on thi« day in the court of vice admiralty. The counsel for the re-captor» conunded for the whole, both vessel and cargo, being condemned, as lawful prize ; and in support of this claim, urged the uni form pra&icethat has hitherto obtained, where no flipulations were made by particular conventions or treaties, for a fpecific falvagc in cases of recapture. The fcntence o! the court, it i« supposed, will be given in the coutfe of next week. 1 LONDON, August 19. efterday letters ot intelligence were re- 1 ceived at \he office of the secretary to the I admiralty, Whitehall, from admiral Dun- < can's fleet. The Brkilh and Dutch fleets it 1 seems still hold their usual situations. 1 Yesterday we received Dutch and Bruf fell papers down to the date of the 12th j inft. The former are extremely ban-en of i news, every thing having been anticipated by preceding accounts. The intelligence 1 brought by the latter is extremely impor- I tant, inaftuuch as it may be faii to exhibit '1 the fine qua non oi the imperial cabinet, 1 whieli is said to insist on a fulfilment of the t fbidt letter of the preliminary articles. 1 The Udme account also (Irongly inti- t mates that the negociatioi) is drawing to a t close. Perhaps it is not the intention of J Buonaparte to return tp Udine, but at the head of his army. J The Auftrians and French, both on the t fide of the Rhine and Italy, are making 1 movements which indicate a renewal of hoi"- 1 tilities. t Accounts are moreovet said to have been I received yesterday at the imperial ambaffa- c dor's, that the emperor will certainly break off the negociations with Buonaparte, un- f less the idea of dividing Italy into republics 1 is totally given up; but as the cefiiou on <i the tof the French is not probable, it i 3 likely that (mother week may bring an ac- 1 count of ajn appeal to the sword, as this on- a ly depended upon an ultimatum from Vien- 1 11a to the French commander in chief, and v in the manner in which it may be received. c Almost the whole of the imperial forces c from Manheim to Metitz have left their can- 1 tonments, and are gone to occupy the new can-.ps traced out for them. In cafe of a c ■s 1 renewal of hoftilltiea, the archduke Charles >f j will command the army on the RJiine, while >f ; the archduke Joseph, affiftedby gen. Mack, ,e 1 will conduft the operations in Italy. ! _ From Nuremberg it is remarkable, that it is is impossible to divine "the objecls of the e Au.luaw movements, and that theycontinue 1- to buy up all the hay, &c. that they can i- meet with. y The French troops under gen. Grenier . have again taken pofllfiion of the Bridge head at Niewed. This is undcrftood as a if certain indication of approaching hostilities. if The letters from the Hague, received yef le terdny, reach down to the 14th of August, j and contain communications of the fit'ft im g . portance. The new conflitution, so strong ly • ly recommended by Noel, was 011 the Bth _>f inft. rejefted by a considerable majority, is One of the mofl efficacious means em i- ployed by the French for theipurpofe of 1- working tip a revolution in Turkey, Is the it eilabliftunent of a French gazette at Con in ftantinople. Phis paper contains not only V an account of all public tranfadlions, which j- aie rcprefented in a manner the most favour •d jble to their projc& of universal :i- zation, but is also constantly engaged in :d diffemiriating those deftniftive principles of r- anarchy which have laid waste the fineft fy countries of Europe. ;s It is rumoured at Paris that a revolution 1- has taken place in the Ecclesiastical states, it and that the pope has abdicated his fove le reignty on a pension. L ' Th r« of the bank of Vienna h have, it is said, been arrested, and are to be )- brought to trial on a charge of having low ered the public credit by stock jobbing. T"he above papers contain nothing upon the fubjedl of the negociation at Liile wor 'f th y of remark. They were brought to Do ; ver .by a Danish packet with passengers, but h no king's melftnger. c The Bruffuls papers contain intelligence t from \\ etzlaer of inft.ofthe liberation e of La Fayette, and the other (late prisoners f at Olmutz ; from Vienna, of the murder of l s the French consul and his wife at ifi f Dalmatia. By this day's Mail. 1 , M , * s NEW-YORK, Odlober 2?. s 0 " By Captain A dam fin, of the Ship Chefa _ pcahe, arrived ycjlerday, in 56 days from Brijlol, ixie huve been Javored : -with London Prints to the 26th of Au g"f> (seven days later than our former \ advices) ; and from which <we have feleSted the articles detailed as under. 1 LONDON, August 21—22. . Letters from Ireland, by the mail of yes terday, state two matters not much in uni [ son, though proceeding from the fame cause, | an increase of difaffeftion and of quiet. [ Neither the bayonet nor the Flames have fufficiently discriminated. Not only the pa [ rifli of R-. thfryland, refpe&able in extent, 4 in population, in indnftry, but almost the entire country from Newry to Dundalk has been dcfolated, under the suspicion of a ge neral propensity to defenderifm ; nor has the progress of alarm been marked by less fatality in other quarters. The consequence muftbe obvious, the ma ny who will not, like the Spaniel, lick the hand by which they are chastised, brood o ver their ills« and thirst for the moment in which they think they may surmount them. The laftaccounts from Lord St. Vincents and Bridport, state the continuance of their fleets in their former ftatiors. , On Saturday arrived the firft of the Ham burgh mails due, which brought intelli gence of rather an hostile nature, as far as regarded the negociations between the em peror artd the French republic. The let ters from Vienna stated in very positive terms, that his Imperial majefly had deter mined to renew hostilities, rather than cede the fortrefs of Mantua to the Cisalpine re- ; public, which the French have founded in Ita ly- , Yesterday another Hamburgh mail, and 1 also the chaplain of Sir Morton Eden, who 1 came with dispatches from Vienna. The < advices are much more pacific than those 1 brought by the preceding mail ; and ivc 1 find, that after numerous difficulties railed ' by the French negociator in Italy, in re- { gard to thecefiion of Mantua to the Empe- • ror, the diredhiry at length inftrufted him , to give up the point: and accordingly, a Mantua is to be restored to his imperial ma- 1 jefty;. but all the French ordnance and stores are to be previously taken away. t The principal point of difference being ; now removed, we may expefl to hear the de- t finitive treaty of peace has been signed be- b 'tween the emperor and the French republic; a unless, indeed, the former chufes to wait a the issue of the negociation at Lisle ; for t which place, Mc. Brooks, the messenger, ftt n off late on Saturday night, with the answer ], of our court to the last dispatches. Lord t Levifon Gower remains in town. f. We learn by private letters from Ham- 0 burgh, of the 11 th inft. that the objeft of c the King of Sweden's journey into Germa- t ; ny, was firft to fee the king of Prussia at Pyrmont ; but prlnciprlly to elpoufe appri- t ] cess of the lioufe of Saxe Coburgh, whither a his Swtdifh majesty has gone. The king p of Prussia is returned to Berlin. t j Mr. Higgins the messenger has been dif- ti patched by government with advices to the Ci hon. Robert Walpole, his majesty's ambaffa- y dor at the court of Portugal. Mr. Pitt came to town yesterday from ft Holwood, and Mr. Secretary Nepean had J £ a long intetview with him at his house in f- Downing street, on iuftruftions, it is said, Jv which are to be sent to eirl St. Vincent cruising with his fleet off Cadiz, in confe- t ] quenee of the treaty between France and p Portugal. Black collars have been adopted as the ti co(tuple of the royalists in Paris. The sol- Vl ■ ! diers have torn them off and the beaux call e it a title of honour to be ftript of their eol tar. One young man snot a soldier with a pittol who attempted to pull his off. Or it ders, however, have been given to appre e bend every soldier who /hall attempt to in e fulc any citieen on account of his dress. n I he inhabitants of all the towns in Holland, particularly those of Amsterdam, rr are very "hoftik to the French, and endea vour by every means in therp power, to shake a off the French yoke. The Dutch, in all i. their public meetings, make no hesitation in f- expressing the strongest antipathy against t, their invaders ; but the powerful arm of ty i- ranny still keeps them in fubjedfcion. A printed address, bearing the Agna il tures of about i 50,000 perfotis was lately circulated in eledtorate of Treves, inviting 1- the inhabitants of the left bank of the Rhine if • to'depofp their govertrbrs, and either join le | with France, or establish themselves into an 1- independent republic. Gen. Hochc, con y fidering this revolutionary system as being h ioconfiitent with the preliminaries of peace, r- in which the integrity of the Germanic em i- • pire is (iipulated, eaufed the address to be n suppressed, and some of the principals in the if business to be banished frinn Bonn, ft | Though there can be little danger of any I attempt to commence the siege of Gibraltar, n yet such is the precaution of government' 1, that the store of fait provisions now in the ■- garrison, is said to be fufficitnt to Hip ply a ny reasonable consumption for five years to a come. The principal spring of Water, how. e ever, is under the command of the Spanilh ■- batteries. It is confidently said, that general Simcoe n who a few days since arrived from the Weft- Indies in the Swallow armed brig, has come home to represent to government the abfo t lute necessity offending „, lt to St. Domin go a considerable military force for the fup e port of the British ioterefts in that quarter ; 11 and we learn it is in contemplation of gov s ernment to complete five or fix regiments, f j by draughts from Ireland and Chatham bar -1 racks, which regiments are to be immedi ately sent to St. Domingo. The Maidflone frigate, from Africa, is arrived at Barbadoes with a privateer of m guns and 70 men, which (he took on her passage. August 23 —24. Dispatches from lord Malmefbury were . this day received at the feeretarv of state's . fr »m Lisle, by Mr. Wick, the mes senger, who reached Calais in 12 hours, and ' was only 9 h °u« in his passage to Dover ; . when he arrived, no communication was . permitted with the vessel. The dispatches , were transmitted to lord Grenvilie at Drop more. They are said to be of the firft im portance ; but nothing particular has trans pired. ... le ' or d Malmefbury at Lille is likely to be of longer duration than was at ' firft txpefted ; his lordship has taken a . house there for himfelf and his retinue. • The Hamburgh mail, due on Sunday 1 last, arrived this day. The intelligence from Italy relates to tlis troubles in Piedmont, and to the distresses at Venice. This day arrived a moil from Lifton, brought to Falmouth by the Walfingham Packet in II days. It is said to bring ad vice of :he bombardment of Cadiz having wholly ceased ; aud that rear-admirrl NeU son has been derashed by earl St. Vincent, with 3 fhipj of the line and 4 frigates, on an expedition against the island of Tcneriffe. The fleet were to call at Gibraltar f«r fotpe transports, with troops and ammunition, to be employed in the enterprise. Paris remains in a (late of perfeft tran quillity, notwithstanding which the military preparations are continued with much a£li vity. Two more regiments of cavalry are arrived, and the Champ de Mars is filled with cannon.. The breach between the councils and the diredlory does not appear to have received s complete reparation. 1 lie former naturally view the proceedings of the latter with a jealous eye, and are adopting every prats/cable means to abridge '-he'r military nutherity and influence. The council of five hundred, in the fitting of the 17th irift. decreed that the directory should not have power to cashier officers at their discretion ; and that no naval or mili tary officer should for the future be difroif fed, except by virtue of a legal judgment. In the fitting of the 17th, a very flattering ..atemsnt was presented to the council, of the amount of the receipts and expenditures of the public.money, and a committee was appointed to report upon the abuse of the liberty of the pj-efs. 1 he armies ft:ll continue to address tha direSory Upon the conduft of the councils, in language the most severe and intemperate: to which, it is certain, they ire encouraged by their commanders. General Hoehe has at length thrown off the mantle of disguise and boldly declared to his troops tlie iiiten, tions of the dire&cry, of whom he is the 1110 ft determined partizan. Thus it is no longer doubtful, that notwithstanding all the equivocation of the drreSory upon the fubjeft, it is their determination to violatp oii« of the most effeutial principles of the constitution which' they have sworn to main tain, by marching the force into the interior 01" France, without the fanftion of the legislative bodies, fhonld they find fucfv an expedient neceflary to answer their own private view's and ambitious purpofe3.* By tiiefe means they may secure a temporary *' • triumph j but the viftory of force over la\v can never be deemed honorable, nor i» it likely that its effects can be permanent. The late strong gales of wind from the loiuh-weft have compelled lord Bndport to leave, for a time, bis station before Brest. His lordship's fleet was off Falmouth on Monday evening. The foreign journals contain rumours of the signing of the Definitive Treaty of Peace .between the Ertiperor and French r< - public. This report appears to be prema ture ; atleaft, it is probable, that of an e vent so important, we should, Ufore thit,
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