€ je oascttc. PHILADELPHIA* FRIDAY EVENING, March 2. For the Gazette of the United Sta/et. HI. FCNNO, A The is a copy of * letter I received fruri a genrlcman in Connecticut, with hit ile fire to >2rt it published in y»ur paper—l perfeive the diiti it ounterto the general correal of your paper, ai.d it, that operates a> a realon that you will not five it a place, I will tend 10 morrow ibi 1 lie copy. X 2. Decus has made some animadverfleos on the fracas between Cnl. Lyon and Mr. Grifwold, which calls forth the Centiments of the people of Connecticut ; and we folieit you to insert the following I 1 inures. In the firlt place, wc ob serve that Grifwold isepithited with Mr. while col. Lyon is totally diveiltd of title. This dil ceveis to us the partiality which printers, edit oii-or.-fcribblers have no right to. Col Lyon has his couifuiffliun as commandant as a regi ment, aud with propriety ought to be ftiled colonel. 'l'htn you proceed to fay, " that an unman«yrH rufllan has offered Mr. G.' an inl'ult never to be endured," and has puritanically bur thened the house ef representatives of the Unit ed States %ith the affront, and thereby expe&ed to rcl'cue Mr. Grifwold from ■ jult punifbment for his utgentlcmanly and insolent behaviour so c'' Lyon, hy repeating his wooden sword insult. Had col. Lyon ever been dwelled of his rank in the army ;nd ' een caQTtered,for cowardice con leqjently intitlidtoiheenglilh dubbof aknight er rand, and thence haveattached to him the idea of wearing a w®o«len sword j if a state in the U rion had heen pleafrH by thtir fuffragesto have honored him witk a feat in the legifljture, it was ill besoming an individual to have branded the whole (late with a stigma—but as that is Wy no means *» appendage of his tbarafier, it was cruel in Mr. G. to fay it, and childilh in him to repeat it. The only apology which Mr. G. ean viler is, that ke has been bred and educated in a puritanic (late, where <words de not authorise b/ons, and where the legislature have proteiSed thtmfelves from injury by enalting severe laws a ainlt dueling, the particular hijlory of which Buy come up in future. But the legislature of Connecticut did notexpe<sl by their ai\ duelling, to extend it to congref3, or beyond the limits of the state ; to befure, while within the limits and boundaries of the state, tbry have powerfully defended tliemfelves agaialt any at tacks in which their indiscretion or wintonnefs may involve them.bnttheyhadno ideas of extend ing it further than thetr puritanic borders. It would amuse the ftatespehaps, to give them an history of the eaufe of the law ; but as it would drive us too far from our purpose, we (hall on ly observe thar it might be numbered with the blue laws. Grifwold, thns educated, might plead privilege, md fuppofc himfelf authorised to fav rt/ytthinp, and be by law prote<sted from affjuit or injury. Col. Lyoti knowing the puri tanilm of the state, iniglit wave the firft apgref fmw, but ci U ii not the fecund, without impli cating himfelf in the reality of' Grifwold's fup pofttirn, and 1 hereby rendered biml'elf worthy a wooden sword. But hwwever the matter may turn in congress, whether col. Lyon be ex pelled from the house for (pitting in Mr. Gril" w<.ld's faee or not, we beg leave to affare Mr. G. that we did not fend him 10 congress to abase or icfitlt the members, and we molt heartily re pent ourchcire of a man, who had folittl? know ledge of the world,as toaffrontamember of that honourable House, by an alTe tion, a question or insinuation so dire>3ly injurious to his feelings. Wc have no idea of running down atay charac ter — vVe expeft that reaftn, argument and laws wi'.l liipcrcede all other ccnfiderationa. We had no idea of lending you, Mi. G as a cham pion -ef Connecticut; we deleft the condudl which you have been guilty of, we pity your putrility and want if urbanity, and will reform ourchaiie. The true charafler of large bodies will never be known from individual! who compose them ; much less thai of Rates, from the individual who represent them. Were w« iw characterize them from th.-fe circumllances years ago, we fliould haveluppofed Georgia to have been xhade up of cowards and desperadoes ; the Ca rolinas of duellifta an.t pafade gentry ; Virgi nia of Cincinnati juntoifts and demotrats ; Penn sylvania of Pennies and broad brims ; New- York of gallants and bubbles; Connecticut of drifts and athei'ls ; Bolton of courtiers and giniblets , while Vermont alone retained the iru* Amtrican charafter of plain, honest, fenli ble men. So also were we to judge ef Con gress by th ir ails, we might fuppefe our finan ees eftablilhed, our revenues infinite, oar politi cal situation a source of envy to Europe, and of /importance to the world. Do we wi!h to derive a true knowledge of fads, we fly to newspapers. But alas, they are contradictory and salacious—One fays our na tion is resectable and refpeCled abroad, while another details the injuries and insults we daily fufler from foreigners. So aad reflux iog are ail things, that a Date sf reft and certi tude is not tha lot of any of the works of God. As the heavenly bodies arc afluming diurna'ly and periodically the:r oppolite extremes, so alio as it were from humble imitation, do all men an!#iags vibrate from one, extreme to the o ther as if impatient i f reft or liability, much leli of permanency and duration. As in the natu ral so inthr moral world, doc all nature rulhfroifi one toils nppofite extreme; and itfeemsasthough il *as the ltudy of the rational world to accele rate the movements ofthefe vibrations, and hur- 1 ry to " their vast cxiremes." Nature seems bu sy in effeAing those extreme*, for quickelt growths most quickly decay. The most beauti- ' tul flowers wither the quickelt ; the Hat- 1 licft oaks the hcavieft fails, the most deli- 1 cioui and excellent carcases the mill oflTerilive fmtlls ; and isit not caufc of grief anddifagreea ble reflections, that ma>i, the noblest work of God, (hould be subjeCted to the truth of (hefe observations I Is it because Adages pronounce thtt " reformed rakes make the belt husbands," that gallantry hasfo many advocates ! Is it ne- I ceflary that impiety (bonld he a prelude to de votion, and honesty to the making a fortune by swindling to' the diftionor of human nature? - Namberlsls examples juftifv the generality, if not the universality of the obfervarion I'hat misers (hould beget fptndthrifts, and vice versa, ia not strange—the reafens are obvious ; and that external integrity (hould be made a John <le Baptist ; the foujeft knaveries grow out of the grneral jargon : for who that has read the great volumes of nature's productions, but will fubferibe to these truths ! I lessee, when we fee a large eflate amrffed by the penury and the inde fatigable in uftry of one, frequently lavilh* ed by another generation. When I fee a large edifice I pity its tenants, or a small '-ottage I en vy i's inhabitant*; when I travel in a rich kingdom, I fee miserable cit gena, but in a new j world, happy pea/ants ; if I fojourii to <he In dies, famous for their riches, I observe 9 e>o t Oaves to «w iadepeadant freen.an ; if 1 read the * riiingt of pah i«u, I look farv\ art] to their ej ipi"n, I exptCl to (ice in oid age a devotee ; . I>her, 1 expect a rude retirement ; it obfequ ous abroad, a doireflic tyrant ; if fond of de, ■ <n>Siip, ft,Te impoltu'e, if Censuring the via of so- iery, 1 will guard my p»rfe ; if a devott and itligiout, I expeO to hear that some hone . ellatcs have been ruined by them, that they ti peCt to fettle some large cftate, to get in.o son great employment, makeibme bargain, orfotr capital overreachings ; if ; I hear a pried decn ing the richct ef th s world, 1 conclude I I wants to buy a farm cheap ; if decrying th things r f lifj, it j 3 with a view of er.jo;-in : them himftlf; if I hear a traveller fpeak.lll ■ highly of foot walking, I remove my horses t 1 another (table and lock them up, lelt he (houl • indulge a varkty at my expence ; if a youn man fueak. lightly «f the fair sex, the nex neu.l hear he is married ; if a man be prove: bully poor, he is soon mounted in his coach, an [ if immensely rich, I look ferhis name 011 th l:(t of bankruptcies. So general are the vibrj tions, that we almeft that one extrem growi out of the other. An oppreflive goverr mem by a revolution begets a free one. and th free government pants for an energetic one—l this flux of sentiment, as of tidea, the fentinnr tal world has its periodical revolutions, aimoi as periodically fixed thofe of nature. Wjji this exordium, which 1 will meet the aflent 0 every critical observer, may we accoun: for th fracas thai happened in the reptefentatives chamber ddring this felEon, between col. Lv on and Mr. Grifwold. Grifwold, habituatei to the ebbing and flowing of lemiment, wilhe to accelerate their movements, while col Lvoii regarding the constitution as an eligiblejian dari of rights, privileges and benefits, withe above all things, to fee no innovation upon thi principles of dtmocracy which brought it in:< being—he being born under the government o Britain, and educated in the full belief of thi extension of the prerogatives of the crown, i ardently desirous to check every movemen which in iCTue (hall alter tho tone of the respeCt ive branches, as permanated by our ble.Ted con Oitution T and that he (hould feel with mori weight the dangers of oppreffiun, is rational when wc consider his native country, and theii wretched and unalterable fittiation ; and thai his whole foul (hould be engaged to suppress anv and every thing which in Hie vibrations of go vernment, tend to impair the liberty of thepeo pie. Ar.dmaywe not rationally infer, that il he has not the abilities ef the meltable orator to produce his sentiments and give the air of rcf peitability, in a well connected chain ofreafon ing in a set fpeeth in the house, that his mental powers will he ever awake to acconaplilh the ob ject of his million by means within his reach ? No one who is acquainted with col. Lyon, but allows him poflell'ed of (trong mental abilities ; and on the footing of accomplilhments, let us a moment cor.traft the combatants. Mr. G. brought up at the foot of Gamaliel, and having received a polite educj, : -in, was one of those cha racters from whom ■ ought to cxpeCt polijhecl manners, while col. Lyon tifpiresio 110 greater elevation than that of a plain honcft man. Un der these itnpreflions, where di cs tile rudeness or manr.ei's commencemelt afluredly from Mr. G's ungenteel interposition. 1t would have been eIU-eaned rude in Mr. G- to have interrupt ed the <!ol. in his observations—but horridly rude and barbarous to insult him and rep ated ly, with a stigma which was fabricated at the feat of government. The world- expeCt more from a pi.lite gentleman than from a ruflic farmer— the insult by Mr. G. was therefore doubly for cible, and yet Mr. Grifwold's Decus ftilei col. Lyon ' in urimannerd ruffian, "as unrefpeCta ble,"di(hosorahle and tilelefs—Af Mr. G was the reverse, it was too poir.Ledly partial to gain any credit. " Sunk in the fltb of arty" Mr. Decus, do you endeavour by fucb language, to animate the house to revenue as a. body ? So diring an outrage aa that committed by your lelfor your friend, where did the party com mence ? We fay under combination of govern ment, under the banners of which Mr. G. has ingloriouflv enlisted ; and because col Lyon did not wish to facrifice the republicanTfm of the state he had the honor to represent, by gtafping after and [laytaiitry of Eaftcrn courts, Mi". G/volunteers to dubb with cowardice a military character, and has his reward. SIC TRANSIT. Connecticut, Feb. 8. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THUESBAY—-MAICH The Speaker laid before the house a report from the secretary of ftste, relative to the execution of the adl for the relief and prote&ion of Americ n feamcn, which was refcrreed to the cotunaittee of commerce and manufa&ures. Mr. LivingOon reported a bill to continue in I force, for a limited time, an declaring the as sent of congref* to an a& of Maryland, ior the appointment of a health-officer, which was com mitted for to-morrow. Mr Bayard reported a hill supplementary to the idl lor eftsbliihing the judicial cottrts of the Unit ed States, which was committed for Monday. Mr. D Foftcr reported a bill limiting the time within which claims for credits on the books of the treasury may be prefwued for allowanee, which was committed for to-morrow. Mr. Nicholas informed the h use that his col league, Mr. Brent, was too much indisposed to atttend to the hufinefs of the committee to whom vas referred the memorial cf the commiflJoners of the city of Waftington, an>« wished another member to be appointed in his Head, Mr. Sprigg was accordingly named^ The house xhen again resolved itfeU into a com mittee of the whole, on the bill providing the means of iutercourle with foreign nations; when, after some obiervaHon? m Mr. W. Claiberne, in favor of Mr. Nicholas's amendment, Mr Gal latin occipied the remainder of che flttin b , which did net rife till four o'clock. * Adj. TO LET, And may be entered on immediately, A good dry Store, Three (lories high, and in an excellent fland for bnfiaefs. Apply to Thomas Is 1 JoJhua Filler, march t. $ No j, Dock-ltreet. James C. £ff Samuel W. Filher, AT THEIR STORE, No. 13, corner of Arch and v c ront (treet. RAVK 10*. SALE, . Cotton and worlted Hosiery in trunks,aflored - A few bales red, white, and yellow Flannel Ditto futty romall Handkerchiefs Ditto Hufficat silk ditto Ditto Pondicherry and MadraCt ditto Ditto Gurrahs Bengal black Taff; tics 4000 pkces Nankeens, and Few chefls bed Hyson Tea Alfo —1500 boxes fceft London Window Claft, from Shy 6, to 19 by 14 —and tj hhds. Olafs Ware aflortud, which they willdifpofc of cheaper than; any in the cit>. IJov : 8 3tar.-t/ u umwwjwiwuu—u j- .'ON TIHU ATION OF Latest Foreign News, - By the bri~ Mary , ctptain Haklf, from Dover. ; ' s, - ■ ® j PARIS, December 14. The three Comrtiiffioners fern bythe Con. e gress of the Onited States are here, with e out having advanced one step in their miffi- 1 - or. They are the vidtims of the just indig. e nation with which theconduft of the present ' t rulers of their country has inspired our gor- ' ' ernmeiit. It looks as if all communication ' would be interrupted betvreefl the two coun- 1 j ; tries. They have not had a place among ' , the members of the Diplomatic Body at the i | fete of the loth of this month ; not even | - I the Consul General of the United States, ' ' , Mr. Skipwith, was iuvited to it, although 1 : j that honour ha* bqen hitherto paid him on x . j all such occasions. It has been remarked, c that M Signeul, the Conful-Gennal of 2 Sweden, has been also forgotten. ® 1 I ' J PRUSSIA and FRANCE. v i•■ ' J EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. « Frederick William the Third, by the f 1 Grace of God, King of Prussia, margrave '' ofßrandeßburgh,anti-chamberlain, Sc prince u eleftor of the holy Roman empire, See. to the French republic, and in her name to P the citizens who compose the Executive Di- e reftory. w Great and Dear Friends, n Providence having disposed of the days of the king, my father, who departed this 1 life the 16th of this month, and having cal- n led me to the throne of my ancestors, I has- ten to announce to you this double event ; per&iadcd that you will take part in the loss I have sustained, and that you will inttrell yourselves in my advancement to the rule over the Pcuffian dates. I (hall take the greatest care to cultivate and cement the harmony which I fied so happily eftabliftied between the two nations j and upon this I l ' pray God to keep you, great and dear ® friends in his holv care. d Your good friend, FREDERICK WILLIAM. b . Berlin, 17th November, 1797. 11 ti LONDON, January 4. 111 Three per cent consols, 49 1-12, opening. P' We this morning received the Paris jour- ' nalsup to the 31ft ult. inclu- ; , " B live. We have made such extrafts from C 1 them as our room and our time would per mit ; and by tliefe extradts our readers will observe that strenuous preparations are ma king for the invasion of England, for the .. 1 '" accomflli(hment of which the Secretaries at and Clerks in the public offices have, among many others, come forward with patriutic 01 donations. 4 1 * i P ( PARIS, (11 Nivofe) Dec. 31.' * : te The Dcy of Tunis has liberated without ransom, eighteen Frenchmen, in return fpr ec ' an aft of kindness on the part of Gen. Bu- oriaparte, vvho (bme time ago liberated and sent to Tunis eight Turks (hipwrecked'on *® l the coast of Leghorn. On this Buonapartt has addressed a letter to the Di redtory, by whopj the letter written on this ne occasion by the Dey of Tunis has been also 156I 56 publilhed. '■ ■ j it! The blacksmiths employed in the naval arsenals have just given a new proof of their attachment to republican institutions, and' have at the fame time /hewn how anxious they are to contribute towards the speedy , execution of the descent on England, by ar declaring that, they will allow themselves no V repefe on the Decadis. The clerks employed under the. Minister of Jufticehave addressed a letter to {he Di-' ul redtory, accompanied by a civic colleftion, ; Pi to go towards the expence of the delcent j tb on England, and a tender of their services pc to march against England. fei The Directory h<ff published an arret to the followihg effedt, in consequence of a bt representation made by the inhabitants of tb the Pays de Vaud : " The minister of the to French republic residing at the Helvetic th cantons, (hall declare to the Governments tir of Berne and Fribourg, that the members tr< of those governments (hall answer personally go for the fafety of the persons and properties mi of the inhabitants of tl<> Pays de Vaud, T< whp have addressed themselves, and may >! (till address themselves to the French Re public, to claim, in execution of ancient treaties, its mediation, and to be either pa maintained in or restored to tlfei'r rights. on The persons employed in tlie internal ad- ho mimftation of the Direftoria'l Palace, have ca addrefed a letter to the Directory, in which pa after pouring forth many in vediives against tw the Englilh government, th £y state as sol wl lows: " The Secretary, Clt-rks, and others ufl employed in the general Seer etary(hip'(.frfrf tarial) of the Executive Diredtory, the w< perfons*e mployed in the internal adminiftra- foi tion of the Diredtorial Palace, detained at Se their posts, regret that the;y cannot scare in an the labours of their brave brethren in arms; th but wishing to concur, at lead, io tile means calculated to ensure their success and tic the triumph of the Republic, they have just Pr closed the fubfeription thty opened on the fui firft of this month (December 20) which to has produced the sum of 2,500 livres. They ne place in your hands citizen t directors this pa triotic offering, to be employed in the pre- ral parations making for the punishment of the Br tyrants of the seas." sol A letter from BruflVls contains the sol- dit lowing statement: " In cinifequcnce of the de movements which have recently taken place, en| both amoßg the Austrian troops, who have ga fuccelCvtly evacuated t.heir politions and no retreated towards Bohemia and Austria, and the Republican troops, the two mod for- th< midable bulwarks of the: Germanic Empire is I arc now in the hinßs of the French," it < M. Oche, Envoy fi.-om the Canton of nti Bade, has keen prefentedi to the Directory, & Hi was present at the public entertainments re- are cently given by the conflituted authorities wit on occasion of the peace with Germany, for * The report of a dispute between France and the above Canton is therefore erroneous. The directory has received fatisfa&ory r advices relative to the present situation of St. Domingo, extraordinary efforts were to be made when the accounts came away , tb expel the British troops. Tranquility had been restored in the southern part of j. the island. A meflage from the executive diieftoiy t to the councils (which we (hall give in full when we can spare more roorii) states, that n " the cabinet of St. James has determined . to withdraw, from the 10th, of January, r the usual fuljijlence from 22,000 Freneh re e publicans confined in England, who are, n contrary to the rights of nations, detained in dungeons." It proposes taraife a con 1, tn'outfon for their support ; the amount of , which is stated at one million a month. It concludes in the following manner ; Citi f zen representatives, every t'lafs of society, evitry citizen anticipates the plan, which you have in view, to fettle the national loan, which is to assist the conquerors of Arcole Neuwied Khel, Fleurus and Lody, to carry back into the walls of St. James all . the evils, with which the Bvitilh cabinet . has desolated the world. The eagerness . with which the mode of the loan is univer , fa'ly expetSed; and even anticipated, by , previous fubfeription, is for tke directory a . certain pledge of the zeal and pundtuality with which the contribution for the priso ners will be paid. The government of ; Great Britain lately imagined that public spirit was annihilated in Fra*ce ; they were mistaken. The national spirit only (lum bered ; when it awakes, it must be terri ble to the tyrants of the seas. 1 (Signed) _ " Barras, President. I " La Garde, Sec'ry. LONDON, December 21. Last night we received the Paris journals to the 18th inft. they are chiefly filled with the fetes and rejoicings complimentary to Buonaparte on his arrival in Paris. The dinners and balls given by the direitory, the ministers, the members of the legislative body, See. ate very numerous ; and the sen timents exprefied at thein are full of exul tation in the victories gained over the ene mies of the republic, in the eontinental peace, and of vengeance against the Eng lish government. Preparations for attack j ing this country continue to be made with Cl,er gy> and every opportunity is seized by the dire&ory ro inflame the • resentment of Fritnce. An unfounded report has been circulated in Paris of an attempt to poison Buonaparte and some of'the members of the direftory. " Mentz iVto be surrendered to the French on the 31ft mft. and the emperor is to take pofleflion of Venice the fame day. j But the most important article is the let ter from the new king of Prussia to the French republic. In this letter, is contain ed "sentiments of peace and amity towards France. His majesty (hews himfelf a wife king: He is not to be seduced from bis duty t<s his fubje£t» by the delusive promi fesof an English minister, nor the tempting offers of Englilh gold. The whole conti-1 nent of Europe is now at peace, and we believe it out of M r - Pitt's power to dilurb I its repose. England alone ha 3to dread the ravages of war. They write from Vienna, of the 30th_of November, that the emperor was indisposed, for some days, with a violent cold, which has brought on a fever. Hopes, however, are entertained that his health will be (hort : 'y re-eftablifbtd'. December 22. A ktter from Peterffiurgh of the 25th | ult. acquaints us with the arrival of the j Prince of Conde in that city ; and states ! | that the duke de Broglio, who has been ap , pointed field marshal general in the Ruffian ] service, is likewise shortly expe&ed there. We learn by a private letter from Ham burgh, of the 12th inft. " that M. Scultz, the Prussian minister, has officially notified 1 to the Senate that city, in the name of 1 the new king, that his majesty would con- 1 tinue effectually to protest the line of neti- < trality, and would moreover employ his 1 good offices at Raftadt, to effect whatever might tend to the advantage of the Hanfe Towns. _ I PARIS, Decembers. « Buonaparte continues to receive the de putations (fom the different military corps t on the constituted authorities at Paris. At t home he is surrounded with several aids-du- 1 camp—Whenever he goes out he is accom- t panied by a general officer, a Pole, between t twenty-fix and twenty-seven years of age, 1 who was the partieular intimate of Kofci- s ufko. 1 The firft of this month three emigrants were (hot at Toulon, and on the second, c four women were condemned to banishment. I Seven inhabitants of Sobers, taken with arms in their hands, have been sent before the council of war fitting at Marseilles. It is said, that to the different propofi- , f tions that have been made to the king of c Prussia by our government, of his ! r surrendering the principality of Neufchatel, t to be united to the Pays de Vaud to form a 1 new republic. o The directory have named the vice admin ral Lac/offe, -commander of a division in c Brest Roads. He is said to be as brave a t soldier as he is a good sailor. In the expe- e dition to Ireland, he commanded, les droits h del'homme. On his jeturn he sustained an engagement of mare than twelve hours a- a gainit fir Edward Pellew and c»pt. Rey- n nolcls, k Letters from Amsterdam mention, that ti the commerce of that city and of Holland is so confined, that the little that remains of a it will be carried 011 through the medium of neutral states, and chiefly in Dani(h and r< Hamburgh vessels. Coffee, sugar, and tea ti are both scarce and dear. As to fplees, is with which the magazines of Amsterdam C formerly furnilhed all Europe, scarcely a id fuflicient quantity is imported :'oi the use of the Batavian republic. jf Letth' of Citizen Thomas Mlir It lie Exe re cutivc DireSory. y Paris, sth Dec. 6th year ef y the French Republic. )f Citizenj DireSors, Two days have elapsed' since I arrived at y Paris,very weak and *ery indifpoftd. p« r . 11 mit me to pour out all the dutiful and grate it ful effutions of my heart. To you I owe d my liberty, to you I also owe my life; but r, there are confederations of infinitely superior importance, which must strike my mind with an irrefiftable impulse. Your energcticcon d dust has preserved liberty net only in France i- but in my country, an 3in all the nations of - if the world who now groan beneath oppreffi t on. It is urineceffary for me to make any i- protestations of my love for the republic.— Until my last fijjVi, I shall remain faithful to h my adopted country. I (hall reckon citi 1, sens direftors, the day when I (hall have e the honor of being admitted into your pre -0 fence, the bappieft of my life ; and if I have [1 parted through dangers and misfortunes,that t moment will efface their remembrance, and s prove a rich eompenfation. ' THOMAS MUIR. f They write from Liftjos, that from the a extraordinarycolleflion ofPortuguefe troops f which has taken place in that capital, it-is " supposed that these preparations are intend s ed to support the fnmmons which is to be : made by the court of Lisbon to the Englilh : admiral to leave the port and evacuate the. - forts after the ratification ot-the treaty ess ■ peace with France. The court reficWs at Qusliui; two great councils will be held there after the arrival of a courier coining • from Paris. In the fitting of the gth of this month, a melTage frem the Directory informed the > council of Fire Hundred, that they had rc -1 ceived the ratification of the treaty 6f peace ' conaluded with the Emperor. • The minister, Buonaparte, has received orders from the Direftory to demand from ■ government the liberty of the patriots im prisoned since the 2nd ef Augult The • Holy Father after some resistance has con • fented. L On the 13th mft. a ball was given by the Directory, to the ministers of the interior ; it was very brilliant, and prolonged until fix in the morning. Several minilters danced at it, among others the minister of war, and the minister of police. Buonaparte appear ed there about a quarter of an hour with the members of the Directory. The day fol lowing the Ottoman ambassador gave ano ther ball. They have conftrudted, in the ports of Bologne, Calais, Dunkirk, and Oftend, gun-boats of a new invention, of which plans have been sent to the builders by the minis ter of marine. These boats will carry piec es of 36 pounds. Letters from the Hague state, that an ex traordinary movement agdinft the govern- * merit is apprehended in Holland, the forces, of which is placed in Amsterdam. They; even go so far as to mention the names of the" chiefs. Camille Jourdan,fays a letter from Neuf-.. chatel, of the 26th of November, was arrett ed some time ago, in that city, under a feign. ' ed name. Betides the declaration of this ex-deputy, there has appeared p piece of considerable extent, upon the events of the 18th Frudlidor ; its title 13 "an appeal to the French nation." Lemefer, another de puty condemned to transportation is thu au thor. The archduke Charles is to be married to ' a princess of the house of Saxony. The late king of Pruffia'a mistress is threatened with .the fame fate as Jane Short. Already has file bceti arretted, and a great part of her property seized. CADIZ, Nov. 18. • The gun-boats of Algeziras attacked a fleet of two merchantmen from Lisbon, un dcr convoy of two frigates, on their way to Gibraltar. A transport, the Prince Willi am, and the Tartar, from London, Kave fallen iuto our hands. BERLIN, Nov. 2t. His majesty, our Hew sovereign, has bs ftowed the order of-the Black Eagle on counts Bruhl and BackhofF. His majesty attends topublic bufinefswith the greatest afliduity. He as yet resides in . the palace which belongs to him as hereditary prince, and wears the uniform of the prince of Prussia. He has entered on the adminiftratiori of the affairs of govern ment with all that noble simplicity, firmnefs and exemplary virtue, whi* distinguished him when hereditary prince. It is expe£ted that general Bifchoffswer d«m will retire, and reside upon his estate, but relative to this nothing official is known'. MILAN, Nov. 7. The arrival of general Buonaparte, the of the republic, was celebrated here ■ on the 3d by a general illumination and great I rejoicings. The members of out" Directory the foreign mim'fters, Scc r waited on him, The next day he reviewed the different corpa of troops in the Field of Federation, and notified to them hi 3 appointment to the command of the army of England, telling them at the fame time, that they must not expe£t to lay dovn-lheir arms till they had humbled that kingdom. The army is now in motion ; five division* are destined for the army oif England. The napes of these divifians are not exactly known; but.the report of the day mentions those of \lafTena, joubert, Bernadotte,Vic tor, and ferune. The diviliou of Brune is certainly to be oa* Buonaparte has now divided the Cisalpine republic into so departments ; our legisla tive body will con'iltof 240 members ; that is, the council of Elders, of 80 ; the great Council of 160. Our republic, like th? -Bat&v'an, is tq
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