•1 * J 111 II I tiomilu laohi'i Wiikly SIMON S P"if N K t Y' » PEPPERPOTf Oa, *> ODZ FOR THE Miff YCJR. AICTMItrT. Simon altinul his karp. m re p/eafatit Than reed of hTanl Arcadia's peejtnl, And ihauntcth poetry nttepretti!) Thithird of ancient Greece, * Italy— Then, fudlenly, ctrueirei a notion Jo Crop the »toad Atlantic otun i There feoth fghlt foMime and dreadfu', <■ Wliick Jill tilth hoirnr every head foil — { Nw, haimi found Sis kittur track, ■ Xhc Fuet npmkfy trips It *J'< Over the l/nimwjit rapid, And fi'iibs eacjy J aclinic faphead Such /hghtifoilic. Jew can efial,. As is apparent m thf fcquel. OLD Tim-v, a pe fevering codger, Ljke debtor dunn'd, a nimble dodger, Who, hit tug fcampet'd one inch by you', V/illoevci ilurward* come you i Whore KMCIopo/ie might bide a cat in, Hut bald, bAnd, ailchqol-boy t l»',io i Who never 'yet. by faint or (inner, Wubrib'tUp Oiy "till aft" dipner ; Who never 'bites hit a Rial jog, Nor ftopi hi* ftted (or oats ax g'qfc But, Jehu-like, drives alltlie world rmrid, A* f wittis top by.iruant twirl'd round; Who Irurt at love-(iek Poetaster, But puff* produftion* of a mailer ; Before whom Gundeor'* gorgeous palaces Melt, like » rfwain'a lantaflic fallauc* : Now jogs the Bard with (hag bark elbow, And aims, with lifted feythe, a follblow, To level St voiKi reputation, Utile*! the Pott ««iawl narration, . A kind ot Hudibraftic fummarv Of politic* and other flummery : Of muter* ir«gic»l ar.d queer. Which mark the annall of last year; And, with a coeftc low and p'eafant. With people happy through tlie present. Now, gentle Reader, uke thetrout>le • o mount mv nag, he carries double, 1 mean mr Pegasus, so antick.J . Anti hi 3 him earner 'c rots the Atlantis, White we'll aa dole « bride and groom, fttck, ApcJ ride, like wi'ches ©o a brexymftick.! And fir (I mad Galfia'* coast we'll lighten. And then, to Pant t avelrigf* on, Where makes a curled rout, And fee what Frenchmen ate about : Here all's contuT:on, worse confounded Than *t» in Mifloo's Hfll abounded. When Death and Satan, Rout andfurly, Excited horrid hUrly burly, And threiten'd war, with grim battalions Of ifcfperate Sam Culoites rafcallions I Five tyrants, chosen from the mob, t tf Well know# to ««e»y dirty job, By nature meant to bore and he£lo» ye, - Compute the omnipotent DizeAory ! What cruel LhefcJclU> w scarry QO, While Ate blow a the blading clarion ! Behold their Cojfiesa commander, v - W+io beara the palm from Alexander! Behold him inajching in urrorem i The 'frighted Alp* reced* before him j The embattled Itgiop* of Vienna, He value* not a single penny ; Mantua surrenders, Wurmfei'* taken, The German Empire sadly shaken. The mighty Charlea meets dire milhap, Who drive* to manage such a chap; 'J he Emperor trembles oo hia (broae, And fearetfj think* hii head bit ow»; But ruminates on fad affair*, And qukt' hia will, and fay* hi* prayers. Now Frenchmen tob the Virgin Maty, >'or (land in awe of Pope* Ti»ra l/fJI Bat bid Italta's peafanu learn The art to tmh and overturns ~ Provoke, * ith vigour so furpiifing, A rage, ffl' tewlutioniaing ; mob, by great exertion, That Liberty d French Coercion, Tho* noted uchty different name. In fafl and eflenee are the fame. Such principlea in many placei Ot Commonwealth* '-"ey make the bales, • Which commonwealth*, I'll riflt a fouj, Will lalt—at least a mon.b, or two. Of many battlea might we lell. On Rhine, on Sambre, and Moselle i , ' Of b r'idv IkirmiO*, fad dcleat, Ot Moreau'a wooderful reueat; Bui we, .perhaps, by fucb procedure. Might »re oi|rlclvc#, as wcil as reader. Then let us lake a traofieut glance To vytw the interiour part of France, And fee, by mobocrat did'acted, The part of Satan overafted ! revolution# every moon. Secure damefortune'a Outdowy boon ; The w ilea me», the priibo. haul d to ; 1 heaimiea too, by tj[i»m» call d in ; Theconituu ion thu* intnu^L»g, To give the patriot* a ling-tng ! . Of cwoDitcftort, who were henett, One bmilh'd i*. ike other non eft I And Laaiflntois more than fifty, 1 hat liberty might flourifh i hrirty» Without defenct, without * hearing, Or anv marks of gu.lt appearing, Are lent by freedom's mild decree, To end their days beyond the sea ; Or elle, perhaps, a feuttled boat in, To stand a louly chance for floaung I See fitter Gallia make wry face*, To lurt 'meticaoenibrai.es, With bulletins, arret! abusive, Claims all burtrade, by rightf'xelufive. Now lawlef*, as a drunken pirate, she llorms, andblufttrsata high rate ; And imitating fierce Algiers, Send* fortbher horde* of privateer*. A cruel gang of fell marauder*, Are filled by Direaors' order*, To bid each unarm'd brig defiance, plunder verteU in alliance! Now England lend* her powcriulaid, A firm prbteflion to our trade, Betabouts buceaneert with lad knocks, _fnd help* us out of many a bad box ! Britain, invincible at sea. Before whom Don* and Monfienr* fl-e,' Ha* block'd up Cadi 7., Brest, and to forth, ,#nd Dont, and Mcnficura dare not go forth ; ,4nd Mynheer*too, eoop'd up in Texel, With an* tr foam «*oti;h to tic*a Dmchmen sadly treated, -. ' Vput A tmirtl Wir.rer't flw de'ea ed, •to rsufutV vr#-1s nine orten, m •'j, ,d fcrl.'d a hot'id heap of men, .. . man 00, Eut wa* defltoyM by Brinlh cannon j And many • Duicbmao mxle a TTioti-m, . >'4*beyond the oceaoi * »• Where cajiuio De»tt, h>» iU imfurl'd, And anchor'd him ip '.'oilier world. Behold the fsmous .i.lmiul Jrtat* Ha* Spaniard? irtfc.-i a. tail and »e*vice, Saattert th-ir (leti, like graf.oi bay days, . A :d taket thciri»nta Trintd idas! But not so many tou d he win lioce] '1 hey itiadehim /Idmiral Loid it. Viucenti ! For Spaniard thiakihij mide i*, It he defeod* himlct in Cadiz ; Amd force n«r art cm ever make him . j jJCive hngtifhmen achaoceto !a*e bim. Fioin Eur-qae turn my bounding P^gafiis, J Whtre fighting fellow, make a planuy liif*, To b)i'tiL Columbia'! peacefulthorci, | Whe'e no rude din of battle roars ; Where pl< nty (ill* her wiener Ixfk t, .fed wealth unlock* hi* casket; Health Urines lie nerveof Huidy farmer, Ani tints the clmk of ruddv charroer; Where once waa nonght but c'clait howli.ig, With-fwamps scarce littn pallute owl in; Where meagre famine ofteodrtil'd us ; Where Indians tom.hawk'd and kil)'d us, WequafF tl|ebn'>iper, smoke cigar, Nor dread the howl of Indian war ! Where lately were but two or three men, A»e many haidy uandaof freemeti ! Wneie liemloJis gtew of moiilliou* size, Town* v:>las, cities, empire*, rife I Tho' Providence our patience trie* With jacobins aad Hessian flies — Tho' death, lellarm'd * ith borrid cleaver, Qepopulates with yellow fever j Still not a na'too out of leveo, • "Is favour'd Halt so much by Heayen, Thanka to our liars, (editious plana Of Democratick^rtizans, Have hitherto been alldeleated. And faftion't Hydra form, retreated, Feeblj emit* difeordant veil, From Baclie or Grcattleaf'a dirty cell, Apollo views, with honelt pride, Hi* Fede al fide, For scarce an Amifederal noddy, Haa half a foul to bieft htt body! But Benny Bacbc,l'll beta bowl, Onceawri'd a puny, faftious foul, But lack a day! who would hare thought it 1 For half a crowo a Frenchman bought it!! way both arch and funny, That fellow has for making money t It true it he, as people fay^tis, He'* paid by France for printing pedis ! How much he has I cannot tell, But this it true, 1 know lull well, A cent a ream, tot all his lies, Will make him rich before he die* 1 la Boston garret*, finks, and bye fhopi, Full many a fmirch'd, feditiom Cyclop*, It* forging lie* for Chronicleera, Whilejutlice clamours for hi* earl ! Bat why of Jacobins complaining ? Their number and tbcii Brength are waning. How fad these ragamuffians dwindle, Nor dare fedit ion's faggot kindle, Except imported defperadoe*, Bog trotter*, nated for b'avadoei, .iud vagabonds not worth a diver, With now and then a negro driver, Who, should methinka be placed in one row, With Swanwick, Gallatin and Monroe, An A these fine fellow* Hiould be led, - By Lyon, (lurdy <4utifcd, s Who ought to howl with broken head •» At we conceive with great humility, For lackof common place civility I The poet think* it would be pretty, ' Sometime* in Philadelphiacity, To view, while Congref* ia in feffioo, Some fuel; cjeleftable procefiion. Butt hen there are some decentchap*, Who once were Jacobins, perhapt, And feela fupcrftitiou* terropr, 'Gainfi owning they have Seen in errour ; . Thafe halfway folk*, will/hist about /Indj'iin with Federalize, no doubt, Revere our government and law*, dyingcaufe. When ourfirft Magistrate wascl)ofen, Dame France wa« anxioai to impose one ; la faffion'tSjnod was c grand debatd, And JefFcrfon proposed a candidate, J.otig vif.ig'H J»cos, lpruce yfdet*, Dame Dilcord's cohort o 1 cadet*, Are marfliard utider French proteAion, In aid of JefFerfon'a elctSlion. But vaia the effort* of thele fellows; In vain each Demo fpeuts and bellows, Urges to please Dame Prance, our fitter, T ill throat and Jungs are all.a bliftcr, And swear* Ve ought to be unanimous, To worship allies so magnanimous, Bcc?.uft she made a deal of fnfs To help herfelf by helping u»; That thii our cont'nenf should be ten4er'd For services which France hus render'd ; Tbat Jefferfon's the vfry man To give efTefi to such a plan. In vain, I fit/, is all this racket, With now and then a bribe, to back it. The man, whom fag'smuft revere, Whose Came admits of no compeer ; The man who has been faithful found, His country's frierid, whan fortune frown'd ; The man, whofpite of- Gallia's art, Is throu'd in every Federal heart ; The man, who justly may look down, On paltry things that wear a crown ; Whose virtue*, even foes declare, While envy shrinks to pale despair, Prtfiding o'er a happy nation, Adorns his elevated station. The timid Muse dares not relate Each wife CoOgreffional debate ; How every auditor so fad is. When braggart Swiss, and frith paddies, With pride and nonfcnfe, overweening, AUfurdly "blunder round their meaning Fellows, who have combin'd to level; With their friend Democrat, the devil, Tear up the pillars of society, Pull down thefabric of propriety ; Give meekcy'd piety a flogging, A"d fend morality a jogging ; Fellows, who sped "away betimes, To seek a refuge from their crimes ; Who, if transported back to Europe, Fach there, would lack a new rope, I fay, it isnotmy titention. One word about these folks to mention, Left Gunn so fierce, or Blount so cruel, Should challenge Sptakey to a duel! Full many fine things might be written, Of Blount's deep plot to join with Britain-, And make the Spaniards rue the sorry day, When he (houM drive them out of Florida ! Vut then, perhaps, 'twould be a pity, To interfere with our Cnramittee, Who put in motion wheel and pulWy, Rcfolv'd to trace the matter fully Th«' many a Demo, evil fated, Confciou* that he is implicated, Ha* fwora the plot they fhan'*. develope, Not even should they rip all hell up ! Bcfidcs all this, we fear, moreover. If we should discover, Some one may swear, tho' other* doubt it. That we ourfelven knew all about ir. And tlicn you fee, tho matter's plain, W« (ball be lore'd, like ourßomaync, Full sorely too, agaiafl our will, 1 • testily aga nft Sir Bill The prtifpe& {natchn, , T At folks who quarrel at the Natchet, Our troops with Spain are sent to join, To tun the territorial line ; The huHghry-Dont excite disputes ' Tbe Indians a 5 ike pack «f brutes ; 1 he yeomen rife, tbe retittcr'v fettled, And Dousare not a little nettled. > Now Mcßts. Ellicot and Pope, V ; By fent, «prcls hope, Tl.y f«r.fa tj howliug ! "l he fGS-ef.iid Frigate, on a day J mo Appointed, wis to glide a*jy, J to To hoary Occ»o'ao«zy bid, I Wi;h Neptune then and there to wed. I The wifh'd fcrday arriv'd, whenlo ! I Mis« Constitution would not g«. I P r ® How Jacobinic sinners feoff I w Heeauf: the faiU to travel off ! I lo* They swore lhe was prophetic wench, j fy And forefaw trouble from the French, I an . If jhe to federal felly kept tune, I And fought the arms ot Matter Neptune. I At length in merry mooil (he wen{ in ; I y° And floats her natural element in, I th( And may Die ever triumph there, I na The watry god's peculiar care. I My willing Mufie ispleas'd tofquint her I f r o Eye on worthy Walpole Printer, I p el Whbwraps in paper of eath week, I t j n Whatxelifhei of true antique ; I To greet each good and letter'd mau, I an ' A Journal form'd on generous plan, I qu None of your dull mechanie, Dutch' things, I tin But fraught with poetry, and such things, I With politicians, wife as Solon, I , w WithPaEASßiii.HrKMiT.SpoiinEE.Cote)*, I , With glinted, pithy, pretty Pete*, I J-" 1 Whou Ladies <,all the charming creature, > 1 be And chaunt his sentimental metre, j I cil Which tells how Solomon, fe ipfc, I r | f Coas'd into bed a leerirtggypfy— | My mind with rapture swells,' when e'er I Comsmplaic brother Hudin Bui ; ' |P e And CnTK, with an eagle ken, I fill SkiU'd 10 difeetn the faltering pen, I w( Who 4blj plies the polilh'd file, I r j ( To I ive oew gl«fst« Churchill's style ; 1 And ftrivei to make each rhyming elf, I Aipure* writeraahiinfelf, I 0 And bids inftru&ed Taste to fcarn, I fr< The found of Delia Crufca's hoi n ; I f» Uutfwift to Elyfian fields elope, I Hearkening to Poetry and Pope. To Common Sinsc and sober Mohalmt, I A Who highly ornaments our thorough lifl, I' a Tothom with wife Apollo's leave 1, I to Erefi a monumantum a.vi. I -a < hTow courteous reader, since a whil«, I tv To sing ia Delia Crufcan flyle, I th By frolic fancy borne along, I j[j We stem's the cataract or soikg ! I *Tis timeT think, with aching neart, I „ ForMufc, and you, and I, to part, I Still cherifliing the hope,'however, I W That we throe gentlefolks, so clever, I bl When eke another fcafon passes, I []■ ' ' IWay meit onfummit of Parnassus.; I- Like crasy Sybil, who did mutter once, I J As sage ipollo gJive her utterance, I To trill »new year'sode fublinier, I th Tba,n ever flow'd from lip of rhymer ! I aj --- WtJVei;riLlfr- < r—l Wegociatton At LISLE. , ji« Official Documents laid before Parliament. 1 di (Continued from yesterday's Gazette ) I shall not attempt to follow the French I r< minister through the very elaborate and cer-1 p tainly able speech he made in reply, with I I V view to convince me that the enquiry into I the extent of rily full the strong- I t< eft proof the Dir'eftory could furnifh of their I ai pacific intention, and the shortest road they I d could take to accomplish the desired end. I a It was in order to give aftivity to the ne- I I gociation, (afitver was his word) and to | d prevent its stagnating, that this demand made so fpeeifically ; and he intimated to I n me, that it wsis impossible for the Direftory I q to proceed till a full and fatisfaftory answer I ; had been given to it. I interrupted him I p here by faying, their manner of acting ap- I u peared to me calculated to decide the nego- J t ciation at once, not to give it aftivity, since I f it must be known T could not have powers I si of the description he alluded to : and even I o supposing I had, the admitting it would be I t in faft neither more nor less than a complete I n avowal of the principle itfelf, which once a-1 greed to, nothing would be left to negoci- I t ate about. The other Frcnih plenipotentiary I c interposed here, .by faying, that would not I t be the cafe ; many articles -would Jlill remain to I t be proposed, and many points for miportani dif- I r cujjton. I said, every word I heard seemed I c to present difficulties. Without replying I t to me, the firjl mentioned minijler went on by I < endeavoring to prove, that the avowal of j having powtrs to a certain extent, did not 1 ] imply the nectffity of exerciling. them ; that I i it was the a?owal alone for which they con-1 ] tended, in order to determine at once the I < form the negociation was to take ; that the I 1 note aud the time prescribed in it, were in I i consequence of the most positive orders from I : the Direftorv ; and that if I drew from it a conclusion different from the assurances Ithey had made me in the name of the Di reftory, I did not make the true inference. I replied, that although the prefcribir.g the day on which the qneftmn was put to me as the term within whjch I was to give my answer to it, was both a very unusual and abrupt mode of proceeding ; yet as a day was much more than fufficient for the pur pose, I should forbear making any particu lar temark on this circumstance : that as to the inference to be drawn from the positive manner in which they appeared to maintain the question put to me, .1 really could not make it different from that I had already cxpreffed . .that the reverting, after an in terval of two months, to a question already answered, and which question involved the fate of the negociation, certainly could not be considered as wearing a very conciliatory \ appearance. That in regard to my answer, it could not be different from that I had given before : that my, full powers, which were in their hands, were as extensive as any could be, and it did sot depend an me Ao 1 '•\ve th:m mor'e or W#4a*k»4e ; but tlat J ! m fati their question went not tothe.extcnt the ( of th?ir full powers, but to require of me and ta declare the nature of my inllruftions ; qu'ri and oh this point they cAtainly would for- pnn give hi* if Idid not speak out tiH such tunc 'hou I alj the circumstances negociation C3l- nit- ! I led u;»on ni'e to 3o it. . s The French minister ft rove to prove to it 01 I me, what he had bffore attempted, that the aries I claiming a right of enquiry info the nature I he I of the ftifcretionary authority confided in tent I a nrinifter, by no means irrtplied an inten- to a; I tion of repairing of him to aft up to its cle I utmost limits. I observed, if no such in- I I tint ion rxilled, why institute the enquiry? en r I and if it did extft, why not fay so at once ? bein I He said, what we now a(k is little more ferv I than a matter offofm ; when yen have giv- tabh I en us your answer, we (hall follow it up ed, j by another step, which we are ordered to our | take. I said, my answer was given two the I mouths ago ; that although I was ready non j to give it them again, and in writing, as the I due to their note, yet, as it could not be rem I different, I did not fee why they should not ed t I proceed immediately to the other step, by tha I which I was told the question was to be sol- • ten I lowed up. It would be premature, said the mui I French minister ; but in drawing up your and I answer, do not forget the force of the argu- do, I ments I have used, or in your report to nisi I your court, the assurances we have given of at < I the earnest wish of the Directory to termi- faic I nate the war. of I I replied, that I still must maintain, that the I from the manner in which they tb»jught«pro-! pof | per to define full powers, I'could fee no dif- j tog I tinftion between acknowledging the power pet I and admitting the principle, and that the infl I question itfelf could r.ot he 'put with any o- tio I ther intention—(Your lordihip will obftrve, me I from the subsequent notes which passed be- Er ( I tween us, that I was perfeftly grounded in me j this afTertion); thatin my report st hey Alight to > 1 be fully assured I should aft up to that cob- inj ) j ciliatory spirit, which, from the earliest pe- thi 1 riod'ofthe negociation, had always decided fio J my sonduft; and that, inauspicious as ap- eaj I pearancei were, I certainly would be care- eft I ful not to make them look hostile. At the th< word hoftile,both the French plenipotsntia- re< I ries were thoft warm in their protestations, tei 1 that nothing could be less so; that the idea wa I of tbt negociation breaking off was as far ttv I from their thoughts as from their wishes. X au I said, that although I heard this with pleasure I 1 I yet, I could not avoid adverting to fafts, be j and that wheri, itifliead of an aflfwer, and the foi j favourable answer which I had every reason ce I to expeft, I received only the repetition of th I a demand whiuh had been already fatisfied ni J two months ago, I certainly could not think fei I this a good omen. If it did not bode an to j immediate . rupture of the treaty, it as- fu I furedly did not announce a near and success- to 1 ful termination of it. The above mentioned J minister persisted I was naiftaken ; that the m bufineft would end fpecdily ; that speed was ta I their wiih, and speed with peace for its ob- ve j . at I On breaking up our, conference, I said, th L that I took it for granted we should meet d« I again at the usual hour, on Sunday. He nt ■_ I said, that perhaps it might not be necessary, ar j but tVl',lt thef let mc Know rr I is time ; and this conveyed to me the firft i- pi I dea of what has since takes place. tl j I enclose to your lordship the note A, I ch J received in this conference from the French si er-1 plenipotentiaries, and the answer B, which tt ith I I made to it yesterday morning at 10 a.m. tr ito I At 6p. m. the note C, was transmitted fa ig- Ito me; to which at Bp. M. I returned, the n eir I answer D, by Mr. Boss, whom I sent in or- tl ley I der that he might bring me the paffparts I t! id. I asked for ; but a quarter before 10 p?m. M. u ne- I Derche, fecrerary of the French legation, \i to I delivered to me the paper marked E; and it I this, morning at 9 a. m. I replied by the 1. to I note F, which immediately produced that ii jry I marked G. 1 ver I The notes fetit me by the French pleui- o i.m I potentiaries speak for themselves ; and it-is 'n ip- I unneccflary to enter into any reflections on- d jo-1 them. lam willing to hppe that the an- e ice I fwers I have made were such as .became the ii ers I fitnation in which I stand, the importance t (en los the caufc intrusted to me, and the steady 1 be I but temperate, conduft which the spirit of c ete I my inftrufti.ons enjoin, me to hold. g e a-1 It was my wilh to give every opening to d >ci- I the- French pleniponentiaries to recall the vi- t ary I olent steps they had taken | and, if poflible not I to convince them of its extreme improprie nto I ty. And it was with this view, and with a dif-1 most anxious desire not to exclude all hope ned I of the restoration of peace, that I determin ing I ed on suggesting the idea of our meeting by I once more .before I left Lisle. of I This meetiag took place to-day at noon ; not I I opened it by observing, that the several ( hat I notes they had received from me fiace the :on-1 preceding evening had been too exprefiive the j of the surprise I felt at the measure the di the I reftory had thought proper to adopt, to 1 e in I make it necessary forme to enlarge upon it rom I in this conference ; and indeed my sole mo rn it ' tive for suggesting that it might be for our nces mutual fatisfaftion that it should be held, Di- was, becaufc that thi* measure appeared to nee. me to be in such direst contradiftion to the ; the very strong assurances I had so conitantly Ime and repeatedly heard from them, and to the :tny pacific intentions with which they declared and they were sent, that it was my earnest wiih day (before I considered their conduft as forcing pur- me to a step which must so materially affect ticu- the success of the negociation) to be perfeft as to ly certain that I understood clearly and dif fitive tinftly the precise meaning of their official ntain notes. On their admitting that nothing 1 not could be more reasonable than that I should, ready on so important a point, require explanation in in- or more fatisfaftory to them than to give it ready me (as far as lay in their power), I proceed d the ed by faying, that it appeared to me that I d not wa? called upon to produce immediately my atory fjill pojvers, or rather my inftruftions (for ifwtr, however different these were in themselves, had in their demand they seemed constantly which bler.ded); and that if either I refufed to con is any lert to this, or if, on consenting to it, it was me to found that I was not authorised to 'reat on it they laid down, I mis then in it the fpaoc of twenty-four hours to leave Lisle ie and return to my .court ; and that { was re ; quired to obtain full authority to admit this r- principle, if it was tfifhed the negociation tc Ihoutd proceed. This I said appeared to 1- nle to be the evident fcnfe of the notes, and I begged to k.iow whether I had mistaken :o it or not ? One of the French plenipotcnti ie aries said, " you have underltood it cxaiSly ; re I hope yon will equally underfland the in in tention of the French government > which is n- to accelerate peace by removiug every obfta ts cle which ftand3 in its way." n- I replied, that having'.now no dbubt left en my mircd'as to their exaft meaning, atid ; ? being quite fare, notwithstanding the ob re fervation they had made, j'avaii jam. la ■ueri v- table intention de leur note, it would, 1 fear jp ed, be a very unprofitable employment of to our time to argue either on the nature of vo the principle they au'nounced 3s a fine quta iy non, to even a preliminary diffcuffion, or on as the extreme difficulty of reconciling the'pe be remptory command with which they ot ed their million, to the pacific profefjions by that accompanied it j that if they were de- % 01-. termined to pertift in this dtmand, it he much better to avoid all useless altercation ; ur and nothing in that cafe remained for met® ;u- do, but to ask for my.pafiports, and to fig to nify to them my intention of leaving France of at an early hour the next morning. They, ni- said, they had their hands tied by an arrete of the direftory, and were bound to observe lat the conduft they had followed by the fnott ro-1 positive orders ; and although we remained lif- together some time longer, not a hint drop ver ped from them expremve of a with, that ; he instead of going myfclf !fi»r new inftruc o- tions, I (hould cither write for them by a ve, messenger, or obtain them by fending to be- England one of the gentlemen who are with in me. I endeavored by every indireft means jht to fugged to them the necessity of adopt on- ing some such modification, if they meant pe- that their wishes far peace, iatheexpref led fion of which they were this morning more ap- eager than ever, should meet with the flight ire- eft degree of credit. I again brought to the their recollection that I was authorized to tia- receive any propoi'al, any they ras, tendered to me, but that they mutt be a dea ware that if was not possible for me to alter far the orders I had received, or to afiume an I authority with which I was riqt invested. ure I dwelt particularly and repeatedly on my fts, being competent to take any thing they said the for reference ; but this availed nothing cx ifori cept drawing from one e mo- . toher 14.) '1 1 j The executive direflorv of the French repub -1 1«C, and hi- majehy the k ng of Sardinia, heinjj detirous,,f>y. every in V lrir P*wer, 2nd by 0 l ™ # the most intimate utii.jrtof their relpeclive in. lantly Cere fts, to retribute atfped.hly as poffible_to «1»» to the restoration of that jieace which is the r. c clared their wilhes, andwh:cb will secure t.ic '' : p '■ ; i 1 tvi'l-i and of Isaiy, have decerjruneri to en terinto a trtaty ot rfye & deJei.fivt adiaitce j or " n S an ,i have charged with full a cSt,viz.on ih.c part of the ex cutive direftory erfe£t- of Vrtnch rtpuh ir, citizen Henry ja:n«s nd dif- William CJitUe. t eneral of the dirdion m the official irinies of tke rrpu!»!ic ; an I oik tilt ut his othinf majeP.v the kinii of Sardinia, the ehcvilirr D. fhoulcT Clement Damain de Prio-io, knijjb: 01 the Grant • ' Crols of tho order of «Sainn Maurice and Lazi ination fil y ecretAr y ofrnte" » ,it was er! ,, • rcat on I 2, Thr prrfent hivinj lo • i?v ob ? t