may 4.,0 ».-rf.-iv.d,ahat this ifticle mufti
iave greatly cmbr.rrafFed the American ara- }
.lUador. Lord Grenviilc required that
-t.ng.and should be treated as the most favor- •
ed nation : a little finefle got the betyr of i
this embarrassment. The above article, ac- j
cordiHgly, M the treaty of 1778, wis co- !
Pfcd, nearly word for word, in the treaty!
or 1794. thus, on the' one hand, the 1
French are constantly the possessors of this •
exc[ufrje privilege, the etclufivt pofTelfion of
which England acquires. We cannot fail
to admire this fubllety! * {
Mr. Jay, apparently apprehenfire of the j
clamours whiclj would naturally be excited |
by so formal an irifra&ion of the Treaty of
Paris, took care to introduce into that of
London a reftridtion, which it would not
be amiss to quote :
" Nothing hCe contained shall be either,
interpreted, or shall operate in a manner
contrary to public Treaties, ancient or ex
iting, with other sovereigns or States.
And the two contrasting Parties agree, that
in future there shall not be formed, by ei
ther of them, any Treaty which shall not be I
compatible with'the present article." j
Can a more scandalous and wretched f
quibble be fgund any where ?■' Is y not this S 1
modification, v.ij.h which however," the A
mericans appeared to be fatisfied, absurd in 1
the extreme? How can such a clause be re- ;
conciled with the two other articles? If •
the English, coming with a French prize I
into ah American port, are -received in that <
port, the Treaty of 1778 is infringed; if '
.# they are not received, the treaty of 1704. is 1
infringed.
The stipulations contained in the articles <
which have bees prccedingly analifed, might 1
at leail, notiiave depended altogether on the ,
will and aft of the United States, but this |
/ onc is their fide, a formal, free and vol- c
untaryconceflion —Whatever fubtletiesmay 1
be employed to cover this want of good faith 1
it is not lefe certain, having fub
fdnbed thfc article of the firft treaty, the A- r
mcricans could not, without a palpable vio- v
lation of it, fufclcribe the second. 1«
From these fafts, it appears to be a mat- n
ter of surprise that a Legislator of France *
should enter into a former defence of the - j
treaty of 1794. It is essential that these na- w
tions, reduced to fimplc terms, should.be l<
eftabhihed, to the end that the conduft
which the French government ought to ob "
serve at this time toward the American ne
gociators should be appreciated.
0 Sober 10.
x J
LONDON, November -4;
NEGOCIATION AT LISLE.
Official Documents laid hfort Parliament.
'No. J. official-note from Lord Grenville. dat. p
ed Veftminfler, June 1, 1797, to the French Mini!-
ter for foreign affair., expressive of the wifhej of his
government to " enter without delay, and in such
manner m (ball be judged the meft expedient, upon
the difcuflton of the views and pretenfiona of each
psrty, for the regulation of the preliminaries of a
peace, which may be definitively arranged at a future fr
coxigrefs." 6 jj
r , N °- 2 - Official note, dated Paris, June 4 , from ,u
Charles Delacroix,
fweMothe«W«, Rating, t||lt the Executive Direfto- cc
ry will'« receive with eagerness, the overtures which 3c
Ihall be made to it by the court of England j desiring, M
however, that inltead of a congress, they should pro- n
ceed to '*r.ei;ociate for a definitive treaty."
No. 3, From lord Grenville, June 8, in reply, lai
purporting, that the Brutfh L.ovcrnincnr. ever aiixi- te
ous to contribute to the re-tflablifhmcnt of a perma- -/i
ner.t peace, will notj delay ts feed to Paris, or such
other place upon the continent as mav be< agreed up
on, a minifler, to treat with one appointed by the 1
Directory. The neceflfary paffportt' are required or «.f|
the French minifler. *
No. 4. From citizen Delacroix, June 11, trans- .
mitting the paffpprts required above, and nominating
the commune of Lille as the ptae'eof meeting for the tei
refpeftive plenipotentiaries
No. 6 . A blank paiTport, fijned bv Delacroix and
T. Cuiradet. In
No. 6. A note from the minifler Grenville, Tune fei
1.7, acknowledging the recciptof the Fjeneb pafiWt'; e ri
but objecting to its inefficiency, onaccdunt of i's dif- ,•
fering in form liom those delivered on lormer linnlar
cccafions. Lisle being agreed uprjn as the feat of rie
gociation, it is understood that the King's ininitler ioi
•' ihall have liberty to difpat* hiseouiiers di eftly n a
frsm Lisle to Dover, through Calais, &c " It alio
Dates, on the fuljeft of negociation, that the powers
of the English mimfter will authorise him to conclude thi
«' any articles or treaties, whether preliminary cr.de- od
hr.i'ive but lhat the formation ot a separate treaty ,
would be incompatible with the regard which the
King fas for the imereft ot his allies. It eoncludes
by requelting a pafTport drawn up intheufual manner, the
and by inlormingthe French minifler that His Maief- nP .
ty haa appointed Lord Malmefbury his representative P
on tin* important occasion. repair to Lisle
» s soon a » = day Ihould be agreed upon for the pleni- P
pottntiaricito meet. con
No. 7. From the minifler for foreign affc.irs, June
zc, in reply, announcing the expedition of the Di ° ne
rectory, that the refpeftive plenipotentiaries wilt be- ™er
gin immcriiately to treat of a definitive treaty ; ioclu- „„ .
di ig, on the partof his Britanniomajefly, such fliru
lations ?.s he fhal! think proper Tor h"er Mofl. Faithful ,nd
Makiiy; and on the paitof France, what may be trv
oeetned t» the tote,ell of his Catholic Mjieily, and , .
Batavtan republic The Direflory accent/ Lord Un '
Maimrfbury, tuongh another choice would'have ap. and
peared more auspicious. After requiting that all cou- j
r.er s f«,r the L.ighm court (h,H be conveyed by Freneh
packet-boats, itisadded that all packet-boats bring- P a,il
ir.g over .ouriers, &c. shall make no unnrccffary lU V the
in their ports, and that these couriers Ihall be difpatch'. , !
cd afciC.dom a s poflible, their frequency being one 1
chuf cause of the lupture of the former pe- that
goc'at'jin It concludes with remaiking that' to ji
another passport for Lord Malmefbury's fuife wo U rd
be have
French Lord 26, to-the men:
French minifler, acquiescing 1,, the regulation of dif- ,
patches enjoined by the latter, and informing that on ° t!
tbe 301b of .the present month (June) Lord Malmes- (hall
bury would depart for Lisle.
No. 5. From the French minifler to Lord Grenville Ar
June ap, announcing ihat the French plenipotentiaries auan
were already alibied a- Lisle ; and that every pre- T
lor , l PC edy OJuirnun,cation Sttwcer the
made "" " h'»/:ourt had onthtirpait been g OTCI
' , n°' A r dir P alch frmn ' "rdJMalmefbu.v, dated ' CmC
J.ifle, Julv 6, lnfotnnnu thai he hid bid a conference J anto
with the French reprclent'aiives, and exchanged jx>«- and ;
No. 11. The aopointment by the Direftory, of c -
tizens Letouintur, Plev lie )e Pellay, and Maret, to
negotiate a definite treaty with Lord'Malmclbury, -p
and autf*>rtjißg citizen Coiehinto assist at their con
rcTcncs. IvCV
is. liflraas of a dispatch from £ord Malmes- and ;
G,envil,e '
1 the honor inmj I.H, by Eror-kii of rhe 6th r
rnlt. \.o inform your lordfhipof my arrival her.-, of
thefiianner in r?hich I h iiT been received, snd ef e3ttr
my having, in the usual iorm, exclianveJ my full of a
•> P°w er »»'t h »he French "plenipotentiaiies. blilli
I opened this fecr nd conference with tlnFtewh 0 ",1 !
P-.potent,ar,e, : by faying, that 1 myMt bttfirT P o^
L their full pavers, which ed ar
appearec to be ctaifcrisaW: to tliofe ufualiy g ; veij reft f
%
«
mist • r so - r / n<J ■
am- j co ma'lhe cot-fid rej a. IV;;~cient tor the pal
that ; tKp^d th •• 'h't hoT/erer, ha
vorv • S'rv'",! , a m -' Tcr S" r « my court, an
■ nf my ot c^>m "qic«in e an
of | objeiSions or remarks whkh I c-.ighf receive b
ac- > ' I j <:,urn ° f ™y meflenge.-, relative to thsnu
co- ! .1 ' ,OBrn e»r, towltom, as af th
■aty : C h °?™ r.p ied, thatthe
the f,d r .d .h P 7 C tf y fier9; th?t the ? r ™n
• < -d thi 1 U.l pnwe-rs 1 in, u in du
tnis form, and fufficirot ; bn: that they r.'fo refervet
of to themselves the sam; night, in regard to inftruc
f ail " Pl§ , Kceivc from the direSory o,
j this I had chimed 111 rigar.d to my c-urt
, 10 this of comfc 1 uiTented.
the j On Saturday, the Bth i H (lant, \ gave in ths
!ted precifely a s I j ia6 i received it from j3*r brd
r- of ™'P : * c opy of which (Nd. 13) a= it if t-iEflatci
t of Frencll > 1 think it my duty to incVtf t \
not ,h',, n r the Frcr ' dl P ! «»>P»t«-fikrwi pfopofec
tlIT, c would be g veil -rlwa/to tal.e ?h(
fropirfabl had made, ii.toetn.bdtratioii, and fcc-r
ler, t'edof me, merely for the. fake ef accuracy, ane
ner to help their mcrhcry, that I woaljl be pood e
ex- ncu S" either ta let M. Co'chen yut down on ba
tes ?' Lr ' J °" fc u «s tncf'» a note containing the
h t r K fiTi j Whici I ' win ' fd the articles left in blanls
hat to be filled up. ( rfadily acquitfeed in'the Jatt-r
f" w . lU '- mt , d ' ILe, y ** m r return sent then
:be ] WJclofed note (No./14.)
" enin ? l received the inclefed aote
led ; , V 5 rrc " ch plenipotentiaries, and
ins " W€nt tethe p"p^' d
mr°on si V h l. F I^ ch rt«»jpotcntj»ri«.' informed
10 and the Mo" JC e °[ - the P r °j" a 1 hid Si™ them,
re- " ot< w,th which I had accompanied it, that
-If " ,ain poiats 8,1 which thfir
izc had not cnib!e thc, » to answer, they
k ! r u avins: glven thera " ver r furious .men -
bat ' ' them,'with such obferLiora as thev
' f S J "V y £ ° make #n them > t0 the ai "
I- IS - n r w J' . h that 'he moment they received an
thar in k W communicate it te me. }But
les of L nWln While ' Dot 10 prpgrefs
5 ° f he . "gotiaticn, tiiey wiftid that fe
-1 whVh P°' nt i " hkh he termed* inful.ted, but
he he
his ,S' inseparably .eonn.Aed with the general
ol- If in ° m ' ght be difcuired got rid
' '. hadn ° objection, and that It wi,
a - )T' th
Gn ] r ">' not "pressing any difapprobatior,
|b- • . hli n,ofie 0 proceeding, one of the Freneh
A.- r^K ,pot r n l' anes bcgan> fH >' in g. 'hat in the pre
• amb - c °f the treaty, the title of « king of Franee"
was used ; that this title they contended could no
longer be in fifled on ; the abolition of it was in a
it- " ÜBr fr essential to the full acknowledgment of the
ce rtncn republW; and tbat it was merely titular as
he ■ 1" r* r , d^ ,ed to h " but quite otherwise in
the sense in which it applied ta them, he hoped it
- would not be considered a» an important concefc
be ion. (To be continued. )
a
b . t~
%ljt <sasette»
PHILADELPHIA,
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY J.
f' Copy of a letter to the Editor, dated " Sea
is Shore, near Indian River, State of Del
:h aware; January i, 1798."
' " Sir,
a " The ship Inclination, capt. G. Kafter,
re from Bremen bound to Baltimore, is loft on
Hog Island, near the capes of Virginia ;
?- lhe r*?ple all fns cJ n?d ot her cargo,
consisting of Claret in boxes,lCJir, Linen,
ih See. valued at 100,000 dollars, when (he left
K> Bremen on the 20th of Oftober last ; /he
{truck in the night of the 26th of December
A Britifti armed /hip called' the Hun
|- ter, was loft the fame night, on the fame
1 island, no cargo—seven hands perilhed."
v «•
ie -v. r rom every appearence thereisthe strong-
A eft reason to expeft, that unless
S . tates surrender their independence, and
lg right of felf government, the present fyf
e tem of lawlefa depredation on our rights
d and commerce will be continued by France.
In this cafe, such an union and'harmony of
e sentiment among the people and the gov
o eminent of the United States, may be an
; ticipated, as will fully baffle the defigtis of
all our enemies. However various the opin
r ions of different persons iriSy be (and in a
/ state of freedom they will-vary) relative to
s the administration of our government, on
e this one point, there will Ve found but one
opinion among the real friends xif our c«un
j n T' That-we -will not, as a people, receive the
s law from any foreign power under, heaven. See
, the Venetians, transferred and fold like the
■ peasants of Russia !
ABOUT two years ago, a gentleman, travelling in
company with a Frenchman, thejatter said there was
one obfrrvation he had made,—" That the Govern
ment of this country was onc thing, and the People 1
another." This opinion has been propagated abroad, 1
and particularly in France, with indefa-igable induf. ]
try, by dftmeflic enemies to the Conllitution of the ]
United States, with whom it originated. This vile |
and degrading calumny has given rife to all the insults '
and robberies of which wc have too long been th e J
patient and unrerffting viaims. Let the article f>om ,
the Reda&eur, which hasjufl appeared, be read with 1
the lealt attention, and it wiil convince every o«c £
that the Aurora, the Chronicle,'the Argus, the letter J
to Mazzei—" Features of Jay's Treaty,"' &c. <fcc. r
have furnifhed the princigal ideas (I will not fay argu- (
ments] in this anonymous manifefto. How llrikingly
do these fails verify-an old faying, " a man'.i foes
shall be those of his own household" I n
Another jdea—What mi fcrable pretexts to pick a
quarrel upon, With the United States! Nothjng that *
Frame has fuffered or can fuffer from the people o a
goversmcnt of this country, forms the balls of tlieit »
remouarancts; but tbe opinions of a disappointed:
junto, whose reprefentstions have been proved filfe
and g!ound:er« by ibe tranfaQions aa d eleftious of the
peiiyle, for eight ye3ra past. '>
f,
Died, in the morniug of the 3d inft. the }.»
ev. Jacob Duche. He was a good man, J el
aniiagoodchr jiian-, exemplary in his morals, :
mild and in his dispositions, and
of un.verfal benevolence. While disease and t
C f trei rf the latter years c <i
ot a life, in it* comijleiicenient uoufually 01
bnlhaot, they did not disturb that cheerful
nefs, resignation and equanimity, founded f' !
on ( l , ' e of unaffected religion, which he fd
polleficd in an uncommon degree.—" Bless °f
cd are tbey who die in the Lord, for they a
reft from their labours." • t
* »■
'. i>> •'* "" '."4' - * v , -
/ . ■ o '• '
-• f F- jr the Gaielte of tie United SlxtU. '
|C P ar_ o
r, had iVEr tECT!ON« ON MoNßttE's
t, and No. IV.
igsny It appears that en tfee 3 d of September, he i
ive fc r prefcat*! to !-e* of.public fcfetv XJ. :
u Wate paper, in xrtich he rtqncßi ~,V m em |
sf the or the claims of our euiiens fr.r fvppTits,' com- I
tttiey pemation for the erobirgwat IWdeax, and fcr i
nT" u i nj<i ' :S " <> " r i" cor.foqjience of j
"rved "-.tfcepartofFia.ie, from the
fcrwd lnd ~ artfdfk (>f |h ;y ft
rv on ,\ e " IV icmuit, flu-wing It
dun ' to repeal,lie ,1c r«, hut
coneludewitft declaring he is npj inftrniVed'tO
jiW C '"T lp f uoi orrtqv-ft-tl.e repeal <>f the decree
lord- Vl , n * :n E a departure from ihofe articles. His
Hated X°l l r iV my duty »rf„bft.-»e to. yon
1 2 "] u:!; ie"" no ir.ilrwftion to complain of
pofrd f a ft the decree SWthprizine a
.e the tUr i/ r "™ '** Mth Vticlis of the
1 hc S- !? e r! y and cam«neice ;on the contra
, and T Y* -1 <■«*'■> knwj), that if ipon cuf deration, after ,
,ode- experiment mad'e, you fkould be of opinion
p;l . | that JSproJixer anyJolid bet,fit'to the republic, \
■ tfe = j Amerlc °i government, end my countrymen ,
blank j"> gf/rtl, will not or,!y bear toe departure with ,
latter | pattcnie, but tviib fil-a/ure'" -(page 34.) '
them On the r6th Oflnberheprefented inotfcernote, ,
in which heconeifely mentions the fame fubiecl, ,
•iote three lubjecls, and of th* contravention of the 1
, *»d treaty he merely fays, J* Nor (hall I add aav f
■ 'vi- v '' ,,l gT upon the thircj point tochanee the prin
ted cl P !e U P S " I relied it"-(p Iy e/, ( ). 'n lis \
■hem P ne; P' c ' heen declared to be, th?t it was .
that '"tSreft of France to repeal tfce decree and »,
their ■" rothr treaty > !Qt if the c»rtimi(tee f
they r ,gI ? o'herwife, the United State. wOntd [,
tten- F !eifure and vexjflionJ e
they j ne c ''' zens fliould fuffer in their commei ce un- c
le di- ~ 4 .operation of the decree. fl
•d an . vT* , nnrof > ( »n t'»e 7th November, before r
* But w , , ,:rr,c ' ie received Secretary Ran- ,
grefs Ql : s letter of the jnh July, wrote to the Se- ..
fe- C,r X a r? 89 IO ' ov ' s : " J felt extremely embar- n
but r^* . 10w touch again their infriagenitflt ©f 0
vere, the of commerce} whether to call mi 0
oeral tnfm 'p execute it, or lea»e the quefiion on the
t rid ground 01 which I bad at jirfl , laud it. You e
wai deli red tne in your last to cunteft with them „
meet the principle • but yet this did not amount to an
ifion utjlrw'tiyvy nor ~enje>i convey ytur idea that it
eneh ivodd be cd-vtfertble to demand of them the ex- ,1
pre- ecution of thafe articles. Upon full confidera
"ec tiori, therefore, I concluded that it was the „
> no moii iafe and fuund policy to leave this po nt j.
>» • Where it wa s ttfore, and in.which 1 was the „
t the more confirmed by so me circumJbnces that _
■ ," s were afterwards-difcJofed
•.i\t T hc d ,*X aft# T last communication was *'
ce ss. P rc "i c ' ' received a letter from the commit
tee, sfiuring ijje that the fubjea e'nOToffed their u
entire attention, and that an answer iXoald be ji
m invertl a» soon as poffiWe ; and a few days after it
this, 1 was favored with another, inviting me to tf
a conference at ti the next day. I attended h
and found only the three members of the diplo- tf
* I 1 3*? ranc ' l the committee present, Merlin
de Deuay, Thuriot and Treiluard. Merlin v..
coinmenctd by ebferving tlat I had advised and
pre fled them to execute the 13d and *4th arti- I '
cles of the treaty 6f amity and commerce : that ! ,
Sea ' 'O' persuaded their compliance mould be
V I "Jr/u' to tu, but very detrimental to them; it
would hkewife be diftrt/Tin- for Frenchmen to
lee llntife goods prote<fted % our flag, whilst it te
gave no protection to theirs; and alter making re
tet", co 'nment?» he finally came to this point— i cc
.on . Uo yon infill upon ourexecuting the treaty I" ja.
■ ' replied, / had nothing tu<w to add to <what /
> Heme. Treilhird fcem- i
I' rprifcf ! at the reply, and exprefled a wilh ~
en, that I would declare myfelf frankly on the sub- tf;
lett ject. I told him I was furpriftd at his remark, de
/he "nee I had not declared myfelf frankly but libe- | tu
ber ra 7* e then pafled fr©m the point of de- : i nl
an- raa "® t0 a mo'e general discussion of the policy i
mg in Frafiee to execute the treaty, and in which I! e *
urged, th.it if fh c considered her own interest f
<' T y u OUBIU not to hesitate, finer it give |«x
her the command of neutral-bottoms, and u'ndtr ,
lg- the proteihon of their own flag to fupplv her t
ed wants, with other considerations which bid been !
nd prcflcd in my notes that were before p,
them. I was however brought back twice a- :
gain to theqneftion, " do v6ii irifift upon o- '.k- I
msnd it ? i found that a p.,Ct, V e and formsl i
-e. declaration on this point was the sole ob>& of ha
of, t e interview; and as I perceive! that some- tw
, v . thing was intended to be fcu::ded on it, either 1 „„
in . now or hereafter, if given in the affii mative, I '
of was the more res ,!«d to avoid it and :o adhere'
. n _ to the ground J had already t ikerf. 1 therefore 1 P r '
repeatefl my declaration, and in the mofl exhlh ii P r «
.a terms, that /«*, not infixed by the \refiden, !«f
to to tn/tS on ,t, „or d,d Unf ji on J j the
on compliance wouhl certainly be Aghly beneficial I tw
ne to my country, but that in my observations i h.'d
n . conlideted the proposition merely ia relation to
'heffar' arc '> a nd wa,ed them to do the {ame, since
ee ir 8 f ", fied th,lt the true interest of France tov
diaated the mejfure They all expreflid an to
a.taihmeiit tons ; spoke much ef the difficulty of
0 . e !' fitwation, and t)f the peculiar delicacy in
adopting m the preftnt state of the public mind, r
in ar. 7 meal lire which might be cor.itrtied as even
ts ' ua y * vorin g 1-Hgland, and thus the coiifer
ence ended.
T K ln Tti"? 0n tHc sub ever since, I have
sle d °ubtful whether the folicita-Je (hewn to "
rd, draw f: ora me a decisive answer t® the quef- ffa
if. I 0n ' whether I insisted or demanded of t\em L,
o execute the articles of the treaty," was mere- fj
r as the basis of their own a* Com- frO J
lie plymgwithitandajuaifitationfor themfclves nefl
Its to to doing, or «s a ground to call on us Jiereaf
h f Cr J" prolccutiin of the war against Eng- at'
e land to fulfil the guarantee. I was at the mo-' G's
ment oi »be difcuirion m the committee of the
th later opinion ; but I mart Confefs, upon a more
Bc getteralview ot all circumttanccs that have pas- >
cr led under my observation since my arrival, that , ;
lam at prefetat inclined to bl of the former. J has
rather think as the.'e is auoppofition to the mea- 1
a- sure, and it would commence an important this
ly „ a ' B f c . lll the;r fyte*. «nd might also be con- Ke<
=s flrued into a partiality for England, (a nation
by no means 111 favor here) ftiat a dread of de
nunciation in the courfe-ot events fnggefted it P .°°
a ßc '' 1 perfect I y latisfied it " ca
<would betmpol:lic to demand it, f,nee the refifal Nar
a - -j-ould weaken the conned ion between the two chu
> countries, and the comp/ian'c upotl that motive ry 1
might perhrtps not only produce the fame esseS, M ov
1, ,lkew 'f e excite a/lifpefitian to press us on of
ther points, upon pubich it were better to avoid
e any discussion." { pa-e 58)
c ibis letter appeareWme to contain too im-
port nut information to be abridged, and there- n y>
fOff it has been so largely quoted. It not only 30tf
I proves that Mr. Monroe perfi.ted ,n not de- nocl
: | minding an execution of the ajd and 24th arti- l o ft :
, j cles, but that he did worse : he agreed v.irh ijj
: the committee of public fafety that those arti
j elesmiyht bed:fiegarded on thepirt of Erance- Was
Moreover, it furnifries eonclufivv proof that tbe
() lleiti oi commercial warfare at this dav carri- srtic
i ed on by the French republic, originated from an 7 fib
r opinion, that the people of the States 2 »a
. would bear w,th patiente, and even with plea- f 9 ;u
; fure r whatever 1- fiVs it fcotild occasion, prorid- r
. ed the good of France fliculd be promoted : an
opinion that the minifler <sf the United States, car S'
or his mere motion and endeavoured
to imprels o;i the mind of France. Ihaveheard men
t fluently .'aid that the unjust and injurious the 1
• ..
( meafufes of the F-ench republic towards onr
„ j commerce, were recommended, werjt advised,
j were u-duved J>y <*Ajiit« cbaraflera vrfco con:-
• Vi. S a '" l ,l ' ad ,},e French fr.aion in the United
' " e : States-] had doubted this, but since Ihavere?.d
if* j l* '' c " er ' <!oubt remains. In vain iljjil Mr.'.
m;n < j or his co-adjutors, endeavour to ptr
if | r^ie ' ntc part .of the Comrr. unity,
1 r j that the injuries w daily feci from the hand of
-1" | P'Octtd-entirely frnro tjieir d fatis.'ac
, « ( tionon account >f the Bririfli treaty. 1 a- it
-proeeeri, frot •ki opinion which has,bt c ;i ir.cul- .
n p cated with induitry, that the great body of thc
•»"t American people a.e f u Mindly, xtached to the
" !0 French republic, that tUey wiii not complain ot
eree France csn do t» them, and th t
,s lh «« J"ye t6 repubirestiifis vt)| i.tver permit
yrxi th'm to nit; t ariy tnfafiites that Frir.re -miy •,
M ot - choose to rake to promote its welfare. In fli
'®. 1 to.a belief of the dirtrflory (as Mr. Monroe cx- !
le P' tffes itj that if upon conlideration alter espe- '
|tr a * nmcnr made, the French ftould be of opinion, :
tsat a departure of the treaty would produce any '
!/" i°"d beneft to the republic, tht American govern- 1
' »i-»t audthepeople in g-nera\ would not only ;
"uith f " ar ' h " t, f ar ' ure patience, but with plea- (
I cannot quit this fubjef), without a short re
i' vlew °l Monroe s cr'nducff, as prelented by
e «> the documents that have been citecL It appears r
t,lc he had originally, of his own actxird, in his
" y written communication, informed the com- - r
mfftee of public fafety, that he was not mftruil- t
»"» s ed to complain of their dtpaiture from the trea- j
A ' a » ty, and if they found it their interest to continue
J to do so, his country would bear it with plea- c
fin e. He repeated the fame idea in another fo
° 'emn communication afterwards, at a conter
onS ence with the members charged with diplomatic
un " concerns, he is informed " thot they were per- h
fuaded their compliance would be ufeful to thf t
ore United States, but very detrimental 'to them ; r
an " and
se " curing the treaty, to ahich he replied, he had.
ial - nothing new tp add to what he had already said r
6 on that head. I his was an explicit conceilian* U
< " 1 nnhispart, so far . s lie could concede, tiu:t the b
r tr " tv ,B ccrtaln need not be rt -ard- t
ed« It was more lit was a compift or ?gree- „
c ' n meat bet weed T:im aad the committee, that those
«" articles migTit be disregarded. When lie bad £
' condeii.cnded to inform the committee, that if a
ra- 'jP' rture from the treaty, on experiment, turn- ri
rhf tG a " tto, ' lc sirantage of the republic, it would S
not be complained rf, but borne with pieafure m
fhp j y the
"| formcai him " «l>f y were persuaded their ccm
lal pliaace \Wwld be detrimental to France," to
which he replied that h< had nothing mc rt te *'
,; t ! , " feemt tome that 1 c »«traa, complete in 1
all its paxts, \v&« formally made ; 'a contrail,
be J , T °Y cvtr ' Dot aJmi 'ted te be binding on the U
United States, beeaufe there is no evidence that tl
to powers commit- tc
ed if t0 Monroe; but on the contrary, to
, have bfjen not only -unauthorised, but corttrary -
j®" to the part which he was inftrufted to aA rela
" tive to this fubjeA. I (hould not be furpriled
1 j however, if Franee ihould take it as a basis for
juftifying thc fpefiations and injuries done to oar
lt : comrae rce ; for it furnidies a better excuse than
I fuppafed txifhrd. SCIPIO. 1
to There is a letter in town from Paris da
it ted Oa. 26, from a very intelligent so- «r C
ng j reigner, to a merchant in this city, which no
sj,sj, | contains the following information in fub
-1 j stance—That our commiflioners could not
n _ have arrived at a more inaufpicions period
ilh —that the direftory mean to treat all neu
b- tral flags alike, disregard all- that they are r<
k, determined that all American veflels defti
«- j tute of the role d'equipage, (hall be abfo- [T
lntcly condemned—and that they had taken
; exceptions at the speech of the President of Iffi
the United States at the opening of the late
/e I extraordinary fcfli»n of congress.
tr, _
•M FRENCH LIBERTY. M
« Erom the French newspaper called Du Vl
e . | translation.
al ! tribunal of the department of Gard, 'He
us has condemned one Anthony Sonier,. to be ««|
;- two yeai's in chains, and tq be expofedas a
f '' public fpeSscle, for having hawked about, 1
_ e j ahd read to three women in a tavern, the
r ! prott lint ion of Catr.ille Jordan against the
; proceedings of the 18th Fruftidor, [4th I
,t 1 of September last, when two members of
?r ; the DireSwry, and so ijiany members of the au f
! two Councils were proscribed.] gj
e MARRIED—on Friday,-at German
e town, Mr. John Richards of this City,
n to the amiable Miss Rachel Hfnry, last
y of Keht County, Delaware State. \J
n
I to t
' G AZETT E' M ARINE LI ST. An
. To
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA. £° r
0 'file (hip Philadelphia, BlifsfAm Bristol or*!
(failed 27th Oftober) (hip Harmony, Price r " f F
™ from Cadiz, and fchr. Harmony, Coffin,
_ from Eofton, lay under Cape Mav on Wed- •"
s nefday last. '
The ship Recovery, Rape, has arrived the
- at ' Salem from Calcutta ; from the time the h « »'
- Ganges of this Rort failed I;th of May to ed b
- the 15th August; 12 American vefttls had '"r g
■ left Calcutta. *j!*
t The brig Delaware, Dunphy, from here men
[ nas arrived 3t the Mole. is b 3
The fliip Bacchus, George, of and from rcfi^
: this port ta Lundon—The (hip Mercury,
Keown of this port, from Norfolk to Bre- z~
m«n, and fliip Eunjce, Seal, from Liver
pool to this port, with fcveral other Ame
ricans are condemned veflels and cargoes at
' Nantz. Capt. George, of the /hip Bac- A
chus, came home passenger in the brig Ma- th,s
ry Ann, arrived at New-York, left Nantz decU
November 8. then,
_ the I
BAL T/MO RE January 3. .
We are informed that the schooner Fan- Oft)
ny, captain Sullivan, was cast away on the 7.
30th ult. at night, off the mouth of Bran
nock bay, and that the hands, who were
lolt in the ice, 'were found fpme days aftur
and buned. On the «d of die fame month,
was found a punt, %pofcd to belong to S
said schooner, in which were the following and \
articles, viz.—Some clqatfes, a li.ver watch, jJyin
7 iilver collars, 1 gun, 1 rug, several books
2 pair .knee buckles, and 6 letted. The '' cl f
fails and rigging of the/cliooner wer f chiefly "u'
laved; hull was under water and the S;!c i
Car g° loft - 16th-
Ihe above information comes from Solo- rhdr 1
mon Fardnewell, Dorcefter county, near b
the mouth of Great Choptank. ,'J
( J"* 0
S- By this clay's Mail
iited J J
Mr/. EO.jTON, Jaunary i.
per-
"y. la', e and Important.
!of Ey an arrival ijnpileffcy, at Salem, from
•«- Bourdeaux, ,V 49 Mr. Bwdtmr#
eM j merchant of this town, received a letter,
flic W^"' " 3t^ s t^le follow/rig ioterefting par
,l,e ticuiars :
Int _ " Bm'Jeaux, Nov. 7.
si t " Sipce writing- you tbe third l'nflant our
mit countrymen here, are rather alarw.d, owimr
ft to the news from Pans, that U interpret
cx- K ' d unf avou r al»ly to our commission; ther*
pe «> a letter in town from Gen. Pinckuey, to
tn, un American captain belonging to Charlel
my ton, (S. C.) requesting to be informed,
2 Au* I"'?V'l fit l? take paflengets ;
'' a [ and wh <f ,: " lle his family,. 4ht be ac!
commodattd by the 20th. for he did doc
re - noiv how soon he might be obliged to quit
by r ranee. This letter being from Mr. Pinek
arS ney, one is led to think they know pretty
his .ve.l their fate; but as yet, there has beeu
«- no interview between our commissioners and
«- this government } and until that is the cafe,
Lue * n * no P ofl;bllt y of forming a right opini
t JL-.
er- LONDON, Nov. 3,
riC u- T w eC °" C "' ,rl> °-P"°? lc . '/efterday, to fee
Z t b ; s Z° to °p™ % Parliament, was
V the final left eycr remembered on any former
\ limiinr occasion;
iil- C l rCU , m^ance of a carious nature occur
ll4 red yeflerday The King's fp,c t i was, »
?' "r t0 be f - nt to his Majesty, but
he by some miftakc, it was not delivered. When
J vvas robing, the Speech w 3s en
- quired for, but was not to be found. A
id £°Py was delivered to his Majesty, but not
fa 'Oeing plainly written, his Majesty could not
n read it. A meflenger was then lent to the
.Id Secretary of office for the original,
.re where it was found, and immediately brouehr
3 to the Moufc of Lords,
?o . None ot fading members of opposi
te tion were presents in the House of Common,. ,
in TheabfenceofMr. Fox. Mr. Sheridan,
ft, Mr. Grey, and some others, is to be accotin.
he ted for by their previous declaration, that
at they felt their efforts and their atte*dance
to be equally unavailing.
f NEW THEATRE.
-
Z THIS EVENING,
m JANUARY 8,
Will be presented the celebrated TBIXOEBY of
OTHEIXO,
J- r*. i_ ti MOOS OS yEN ICE.
Othello, mr Femiell—Caflio, mr Moreton—la.
go, mr Warren—Rodengo, mr Bernard—.Menta
'• ° f V,nice ' mr L'Eftran^e
). flrabantis, mr Morru—Gratiano, mr. Warrall
it Lod °* K *' mr Taylor—ift Oflicer, mr T Watrell
d —»d Officer, mr. Warrell, juri.
Defdemona, mrs Merry—Emelh, mrs Francii.
e To which will be added, the COMIC OPER4 of
i - the deserter.
i- [The Muficby MMeigh>, Philidore, and Dibdin 1
n Henry mr MwShall-RuiTet, mr Parley—Sirai
lf Bliffm F " n n % S T, Ski ™ Ji ' mr Bernard^—Flint, mr
e w r Blr Fol 3d Soldier, mr
"• w " rdi -
J V "¥ T u mc,r " Livaney, mrs Warren,
mde Harwood, rv.ik Milboume, niif.
rr:ls Anderfon, mrj. Hunter, See '
&• A new OPERA, called, Abroad a»b at
, Home, i, m rehearsal, and will be speedily produ
. tti, with other novelties.
» ■ ' --
' i j°o olllr » Pit « tllree quarters of a Ocl
;jind Gallery, half a Dollar.
■J-j r!u doors of the Theatre will open at five
- aodtfee curtain rife precifsly at sis o'clock.
' , <0 f r ! hc 3o,:c ' i:o Ix takfß at the Office in
f °i Theatre ' ff «i io til! i o'clock,
: aud r fr °' !l 16 "'U on the day. Q f performance.
r.ckets to be had at H. and P. U,ct's L-ook-ftore,
No. jo Mark;t-ftreet, and at the Office adjoining
Ibenrc. I'TAT REPUBLIC A !
\ War-Oiiice of the United States,
? W H obt R afn AS in .
tor: he dttten and SoS
An»jr,.bylhe produaion of forged inftrowenu.
To check m future furh mnofitions, it has been
thought advifeable ; that all persons, having claim,
for bounty lands, whether in their own rfght, a!
legal representative or by virtue of any instrument
or deed sf transfer, be retired to forward the?
fw P «fn iy r ""J t0 the War 0(r!ce ' »n "• .before
theh.. Spy °t January order that such
claims may be duly examined, adj ß fted and deter
mined upon. *
To fub-Jaritut,fuch claims, a ftridt observance of
the rule, hleretofote :/Tued from the War Office will
jbe lniJl eofable ; ;;nj in^dditim to what is requir.
Ed by thelari rules, th i certificate of the acknow
edgement or .Deed or Power of Attorney, mutt
r i tlle P lace °f residence and occupation
of the claimant or perl'on making such acknawledjr
ment; and whenthe p loo f of personal knoxvledoe
lsi rll w,tn f , o 'their place or place, of
rcfidrtice cmft be set forth in like manner-
JAME3 M'HENlty, Sac'y of War. •
- —d6w
Philadelphia & Turn
pike Company. V
. ~ January 4, I jog.
At a meeting of the Prudent and Manner,,
tbtsßaj, ad,v,dead vf s dollars per Jhare nuas
declared so* tbehfi haff yemr< whkh ;// h ,
them retained, for she payment of the debts of
the C+npany, agreeable toa rrJoUt,on of the Stiei.
holders the tub Ju*t!«/}.
Cf t FRANCIS, Treasurer
i Lanca fi e '\?urupik? Co.vi'py,
—» — mijf njj.w
n A L L. '
" t , M :' V,- anClf reri '^ ;nfor ' r, scholars, and
I P,n ui C "V-^ L Reral ' th '« h'> Second praAifinif
BaH w'U Ujin IhHrfriay the ink at the new M.
Srf W Sou hFo ee',between Ch-fnut
and U aln*t Stre, t- Ladirs Tickets to behad by ap.
plymgt. the fch lars ~f Mr. Francis, or at hi.
* No. 70 N.ortb Eighth Strter.—Gertler-m'* '
jefcets ane dollar each, to be bad of Mr. Francis,
at the Academy, or his house.
s ,S' iaiornjs theSubfcriber to th«
o lea Balls that the next wiU be on j u n 2v thf>
I6th— i hofc fuhferibers who have not yet received
their ticket, are request -d to apply fo/themTa.
Mr Francis continue, to take Scholar, as usual,
dj'