fioners. On thfc contraryj they fay they draw their corcltifions. from the face of me dis patches thenifelves. Other gentleinerf lay their stress of dbjection agiiuft, the address, because it arraigns the motives of Govern ment. All agreed rhat it ought not to re ferred, biit gentlemen gave so many, so dif ferent, lo contradictory reasons of their opini on, that it was impoflible for themselves to define what kind of petitions they would per mit, and which they would object it. But of all the reasons which he had heard afllgned against the reference, one given by the gentleman from MafTachufetts (Mr. Otis) was. the molt singular. It was thrft if this Ad dress was referred it might confirm an idea that we are of opinion that great part of the con- Verfations held with our Commilfioners by X, Y & Z, were not authorized by the French Government. And if this should be the cafe, what does rhat gentleman suppose will be the result f The great danger to be apprehended from this is, rhat the Executive Directory will the conduct of its Agents. As tohimfelf he (hould not consider such a dis avowal as a misfortune. He wiihed they might d'.fmifs their Vliniftersas corrupt, and prove themfclves not to be To. It was very immate-, rial to this country whether the Directory were corrupt or not, whetherthey were impli ed in X & Y's business or not: but it is of great consequence to preserve peace, therefore very important rhat they fhoulddif avow all those proceedings. He hardiy could have believer! that any gentleman should have thought ; t a misfortune to this country, that the French Government should fay they do not want money from us, but that they are ready to treat upon reaionabie terms, unless indeed jhey conceded an accommodation with France to bean unfavourable event. But he believed nothing that Congress could do now could produce any such effect, as they could learn what was now done, they would be informed of the publication of the dispatches. He hoped the proceeding of these ' Agents would be disavowed. If he were to express an opinion upon the subject, he would fay, that he did nor believe the propo sition respeCting a k loan of money would be disavowed ; but he believed the Directory j would disavow all rhar relared to (foments. But if any means which Congress could take would lead them to disavow the whole ; if to refer this petition could contribute to pro duce that effect, it would with him, and he trusted with the house, bean additional realbn to vote in favor of the reference. • Mr. Rujledgf. wished to add a few words with respeCt to the document from theflate of Mallitchufetts which had been introduced by the gentleman from N. Carolina, as equally indfcent with the proceedings whose reference was now objected against. When the gentle man read 11, he saw nothing in it analogous to the present cafe. He therefore supposed the gentleman had omitted the part which was in point, and he had himfelf recourse to the pa per. This address, it is true, calls in question the propriety of an order erf the Executive ; but there was no impeachment of his integ rity, and it could not be said that it was in decent or improper to disapprove of any aft of the Executive. There v\ as nothing, there fore, to juftify the comparison, since the Mas sachusetts address merely fays, that the ad drellers looked upon the order to reftritt the arming of Merchants vellels as a wife measure and the repeal of that order as unWife. -But tiie proceedings now before the house charge the Government with duplicity ; with having given a falfe colouring to the late dispatches of our Envoys. And *hy are they said rohave done this ? In order to widen the breach be tween this Government and the French Re public. 1 hey fay that persons high in autho rity have done this. But the gentleman from j N. Carolina fays they have named no person. j But had,men a r ght to fend abroad such abuse as this, where every o;ie mult know who is meant as well as .f the charge was direct.? Certainly they had not. Mr. R. said, if it ceuld be fhew'n that any thing equally .ndecent with this was ever re ceived by the house, he would not object to the referring of this paper; but until this was done, he ninfi pertift in objecting to re ceive what appeared to him to be. drawn up with a Ifudied contempt for Government. A loud call for the queltion. Mr. Allen said, he would just state before the question was taken, that the reason which led him to object ro a reference of the Memo rial of the members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, on a former occafxon, was, be cause it purported to come fr m members of a Legislature, though it was ligned by them af ter the fefTion was broke up. Mr. Gallatin said, the gentleman was wholly mistaken, for the Memorial was signed b uhilft the house was in feflion. The question for referring the proqeedings was then taken by Yeas and Nays as follows ? YEAS. Meflrs. Baldwin, Meflfrs. Havens, Bard, Heifter, 4 Benton, Holmes, Blount, Jones, Brent f Locke, Bryan, Lyon, Burgess, Macon, T.Claiborne, M'Clenachan, W.C.Claiborne M'Dowell, Clopton, Milledge, Davis, New, Dawfon, J. Parker, Dent, Skinner, Elmendorf, W. Smith, Fif.dley, Sprigg, Fowler, Stanford, Gallatin, Sumter, Gillefpir, A. Trigg, Gregg, J. Trigg, Grove, V. Cortlandt, Hanna, Varnum, Harper, Venable, Harrifon, R. Williams N A Y S. 4 6 Meflrs. Allen, Meflrs. Flofmer, Baer, Imlay, Bartletf, Lyman, Bayard, Machir, Brooks, M a "hews, Bullock, Morgan, C'hamplin, Morris, Chapman, Otis, Coit, Reed, Craik, Rutledge, Dana, Schureman, Dennis, Sewall, Edmond, Shepard, Evans, » Sinnickfon, A. Foster, Sitgreaves, D. Foster, N. Smith, ]. Freeman, Thatcher, Glen, Tillinghafl, Goodrich, VanAlen, Grifwold, Wadlvvorth, Hartley, J. Williams, Hindman, 43. Mr. Harrison reported k bill for regu lating the compensation of Marlhals, Attor neys, Jurors and WitnelFes, which was twice read, and committed'for Friday. Mr. Harper reported a bill laying a Di re£l Tax on the United States, which was twice read, and committed for monday. v Mr. $ e w a L L reported a bill fopplementa ry to, and to amend the act eltablifhing an y uniform rale of Naturalization,_ and to repeal , the adt heretofore paired, which was twice read, and committed tor Monday. , Adjourned. ; Xpe<ga3ette. i PHILADELPHIA, ) FRIDAY EVENING, Jone i. - Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, Anthony Walton 1 White, Esq. Adjutant-General of the Militia of New-Jersey, accompanied by i-, Major-Generals Frelinghuyfen & Bloom ■, field, and politely attended by the Mem e bersof Congress from that State, waited d upon the President of the United States, y and, ijp behalf of the Officers of the New s Jersey Militia, prtfented the following \ ADDRESS: e Totmi PRESIDENT OF TUS UNITED STATE.®. Sir, y THE Commander in f'hief, the General . Office™, the General S'affand Pieid-Offi f cers of the Militia of flie State of New- Jffey, feel, in common witS their numerous ■ fellow-citizens who have addrefled yon in i thi' present critical fituatroq of our nation, > and mod cordially join them in exprtffing y to you their high approbation-os your eon ; dust in the management of its foreign con s ceins, and their indignation for the insult offered t i the honor and independence of ( the American people. , We come not, Sir, to dilate Whether , peace can be preferred with the fafety of ; our national digni y, or whether an appeal : is to be made to arrrs, are questions en ' trulied to those in whose patriotism we eon fide, and according to their decision we (hdll always be p epared to aft. B\it, Sir, at this eventful period, wt deem it our duty, and !eel it a pleasure, refpefl'ully to ap proach oiir Commander in , Chief, and to make him a folemh proffer of our lives and fortunes in the fcpvice of our country. It is not, Sir, for soldiers to boait; but we know the troops whom wc have the honor to commaßd ; we have been eye-wit nefles to their ardent zeal in the cause of freedom ; we have been their companions in many toils and many fufferings ; and if our beloved country calls, we (hall again call the eye of confidence along their em battled ranks. L.et our enemies flatter themfclves that we are a divided people. In New-Jersey, Sir, with the exception of a few degraded and a few deluded chara&ers, to whose per for.s and to whose ftrviccs the invading foe (hall be welcome the moment of their arrival, and whom we engage to convey in fafety to , their lines—in New-Jerfjy, Sir, there is but ONE yOICE, and that is the voice of I confidence in the federal government: the voicd of pcrfeft fatisfaflion with your admt- ' nidration of it ; and the voice of flrmnefs ' and determination ro support the laws and <tonft<tution, the honor and dignity of th® United States ; and, Sir, for the defence of thrfe, we do this day, in the presence of the God of armies, and in firm reliance on his . proteSion,folemnly pledge to you our lives, our ! fortunes, and our sacred honour. R chard Howell, Commander in Chief. major Generals. Elias Tayfon, F FrclinghuyFen. 2 Wm. Holmes, Joleph Bioomtidd. 1 general staff. t Anthony W U hite, d]ut3n General. i D. Woodruff, Sec'ry to v ommander in Chief. f B g£ s » Jwcige Advocate. t Aaron Ogden, ") J ""e,, , Mark Thompson, f / ar<>n Dunham, Aids to Commander in Chief. Ba amen Loyd, J ' John Lacey, J a Wm Wikeff, J a James F. Armstrong, ) Chaplains to Commander c Tonn Croea. { in Chief. f John Nfilfon, Pavmafter Grneral. f James Quarter-ma'ter General. t Thomas ComnvfTiry General. N. Bellvillc, Physician Genera). Moses Scott, Mirgeon General. Charles Smith, Surgeon to (. avalry. c BRICADIER GENERALS. Haac Kip, 8 John N* Cumming, Jon. Vanbuereti, Kichafd D-iy, Samuel Reading, d John Doughty, " Hiram Smith; f Jwmes Giles, E Vangelden, c tlifha Lawrence, Jame* Conover, t J >na F Morris, James Co*, Clarkfon tdgar, Samuel P. Forman, Jona. Hilt, Gared Stillwell, Joseph B ea'ly, John Siillwell, ( Franklin Davenport, Thomas Little, " J'.hn Heard. James Craig, a l 'ivr. colonels. A. V. Middles worth, d James Heddin, Wm. Todd, e Wm Crane, Clement Wood, t Jedediah Swan, J°na Hardenburgb, a Chi lion Ford, Wm. M'Kiflack, Jacob Arnold, Jona Ft elinghuyfen, Wm W. Bell, Gerftjam Dunn,.. Thomas Blanch, Samuel Morford, " Nehemiah Wade, John Baird, n Piudden Ailing, J. Veghter, t( Samuel Quay, Andrew Lyle, ft Weffel 1. Stout} Phinehas Carman. D Barres Smock, Joseph Marsh, h James Green, Andrew M'Dowell, b EFiaa Conover, C. Shipmons, P I. Stryker, Thomas Paul, Henry Vandevecr, Wm. Kolberdieu, James Henry, ' John Gaftill, E. Beatty, John M'Peck, " Robert Rosa, Richard Edfall, Wm. M'Cullough, Elias Ogden, c Chs. Pemberton, Solomon Rroderick, ri David Bishop, John Stevens, 0 David Schamp, John Stevenson, t( Jona. Vancleve, Charles Reading, Jona. Black, J or> * Smith, P. Hunt, Jona. Porter, Thomas Hefton, Wm. Dumont, xv Joshua L. Howell, Samuel Becks, Daniel Berezeit, Robert Lucas, Dayton Newcomb, Joseph M'llvaine, tl Aula M'Calta, Wm. Pearson, ol Eli Elmer, John Lawrence, p Joshua Sihnn, Shmual I. Keer, C( I. Bakeman, Wm. Irick, Andrew Sinnickfon. John Forman, major commandants, Albermarle Collins, C( PiterKcenon, Joel Gibbs, al Ralph P. Lott, Thomas Wilkins, c ' < majors* Samuel Flanningam, er E. L Whitlock, MarmadukeStokes, 01 Nathaniel Beach, John!ice, m Matthias WiiJiamfon,jr. James Williams, gc Wm Dayton, Enoch I.eeds, Wm. Shute, Ephraim Buck, ar DavidClaik, Almtra'n Brooks, Nathan Ford, Morris Beafley, Cornelius Hoagland, , Jacob Hufty, ce Bcojamin Jackson, Robert G. Johnson, tu John Budd, Kichard Fisher, • Colf?x, Win. Gordon Formap. fei Abraham Post, J.H, lmjay, ce a " To which the President returned the fol lowing Answer: ce To the Commander in Chief, the General Off cers, the General Staff and Field-Officers of the State of Neiu-Jerfey. S Oedtlemen, AMONG all the numerous addresses _ which have been presented to me, in the - present critical situation of our nation, there has been none which has done m<! more honor, none animated with a more glowing = love of our country, or expreflive of fenti an ments more determined and magnanimous, lie Ihe lubrniilion you avow to tht civil au jy thority, an indispensable principle in the n- character >i warriors in a free government, n- at the fame moment when you make a solemn proffer of your Lives and Fortunes '3, in the service of your country, is highly v- honorable to your difpofitiens as Citizens and Soldiers, and proves you perfe&ly qua lified for the duties of both charaQers. Officers and Soldiers of New-Je fey have as little occasion as they have disposition to al boad. Their country has long boaded of n- their ardent zeal in the cause of freedom, '■ ?nd their invincible intrepidity in the day of is battle. n Your voice of confidence andfatisfaflion, > of firmnefs and determination to fupps.t g the laws and constitution of the United i- States, has a charm in it irrefidable to the I- feelings of every American besom ; but, !t when in the prtfence of the God of armies, f and in firm reliance on his protection, you solemnly pledge your lives and fortunes and r your sacred honor, you have recorded words f which ojight to be indelibly imprinted in ' p the memory of tjvery American youth - With these sentiments in the hearts, and this - language in the mouths of Americans in e general, the greated nation may menace at , its pleasure, and the degraded and deluded , charafters may tremble left they fliould be - condemned to the fevered punilhment an J American can fuffer—that of being convey -1 ed in fafety within the lines of an invading enemy. JOHN ADAMS. ■ Phiegdelphia, May 31/?, 1797. Somerfct county. Maryland Ztb May, '9B. ;In pursuance %f public notice a large number of 1 . f citixens affembied in the Court house in Prineefs j J Anne, the honorable John Dene was called to ' i the chair, and Ezekiel Haynie appointed Secre tary. ' , After an address from the chair, it was on motion onanimosfly resolved, ] 1 hit the honorable John Done, Littleton ' Dennis and major general Winder, col. John ' ' Gale, major Samuel Wilson, George Robertfos efqrj. and Ezekiel Haynie, be a committee to ' prepare resolutions expreflive of our approbation * of thecondutf of the government of the Unit j ed States and our determination to support fucji measures as may be necessary f r the intcrefl and i fafety of the toyntry and tVat the committee ; make report to a meeting to he held in this place * on Wednefday'the 16th inflant; «ill which time £ this meeting adjourns. 1 May 16 tb. < A large number of the mojl refpeflable citizens of t the courityyonvened and the committee having i reported the following resolutions, they Were 1 1 after being twice read manimoufly adopted. 1 , This meeting taking into confidcration that' it is equally the duty and inters!! pf those who | have the happiness to live under a government | f so free and equal as that of the United States, to ; ] be ready on ail occasions to aid and fuppnrt it ' a and deeply fenfcble of the critical and embarralT- ; . ing lituition to which our country is reduced by j ® the lawless aggrefiiona in the firft instance and ' e in the fecondV by the insulting and obstinate re- ' £ fufal of the French guvernment to liflen to over- * tqres for an amicable accomodation of the dif puie fublifting between the two nations, under b the falfe and degrading opinion that the people J of this country are divided from and will not j-, support the government of their own choice ; anxious to refute this charge, and as far as we D are able vindicate the rig Jits and honor of our country, we have thought it our duty to come forward andexprefs our fentitaents in the most solemn and public manner and do therefore, unanimously resolve, ift. That in affirming a neutral position at the commencement of the war in Europe our gov ernment evinced the founded political discretion and consulted the bwft interests of the country: And as the measure i* itfelf was wife and pru dent, so the means which have been employed n for continuing to us its benefits have been judi P cious, just, and impartial, so much so that in all c the new Sc trying conjunflures which have been v produced by the clalhing intereds, intrigues and f] lawless dispositions of the belligerent nations (and which were of a nature to create infinite ° difficulty and perplexity Jit is a fubjeil of just a and grateful exultation that we are not able to discern any trait, in thefyltem that has regulat- a ed our foreign relations, that can justly be made the fubjedl of censure at home or complaint d abroad. ] ( 2d. That the President of the United States 1 in his inftruiftions to our Envoys to France man ifefted in the llrongeft and moll unequivocal manner, his own and his country's attachment to peace, and the sincerity of their wilh to re- t( (lore harmony and a liberal intercourse with that nation and that while we regret the failure of h his efforts and thble of the amiable and eftima b e charaHers who have sustained their million . with fe much propriety and dignity, and depre cate the consequences that may lefult, w» are consoled for the humiliation which our country ha'i fullered by the refleilion, that it will add to the unanimity which already pi evails among Our ui citizens, andbring into aiSive ex'eition thatssp- t ] rit and energy which are neccfiary to the defence of ouf rights and fovercignty, and which h*ve too long been repressed. 3d. That entertaining the fullefl confidence al in the talents, firmnrfs, fidelity and patriotism, which have so long and so highly dillinguilhed p; the chief magistrate of the union, the most p«r. leiSl reliance on the wisdom and patriotilrn of the Senate and of the House of Reprefei tatives of the United States, and grateful for the diftin guilhed advantages and happiness we enjoy in a " country, and under civil inftitutiens the best in fi l the world we cheerfully pledge ourselves to fe- T cond and support, with nur utmost efforts, and m at the hazard (if necelfary) of our lives and te dearest intere'ls, all such measures as our gov- ernment lhall adopt for the interest and fafety of our country the ailertion »f our rights, and the P* maintenance of onr national dignity and felf government. th 4th. That our silence heretofore on the great he and interefling questions which have at different ha periods occupied the public mind, his not pro- f a ceeded from an indifference to the fate and for tunes of our country but has either been the ef fedl of doubts as to the propriety of any inter- T " ference on the part of the conilituent body (ex- cept sq a conllitutioaal way) is being liable to Ti >1- grow into a familiar praflice and be abused, or he public avowal of our sentiments was deen)- tj ;d fuperfluous j those of the people of this 'dif riiU being at all times so truly reprefenteil in °J Congrel^. And lastly, it is refolved, that copies of the proceedings and resolves of this es metting be forwarded to the honorable John 1f Dennis with a request that they be laid before re the President, the Senate and House of Repre lentatives of the United States, and that the committee heretofore appointed carry thisrefolve 0 into eflFe£t. 1 Signed on behalf of the meeting, 8 - John Done", chairman. u- E. Hayn 11, fecretar.y. te t To the citizens of Somerjet county in the State of Maryland. GENTLEMEN, fs Your resolutions of the Bth and l6thof May ly have been presented to me by your reprefenta ls tive in Congress Mr. Dennis, j. Sentiments more patriotic, and resolutions more ample, judicious and decisive have not ap peared from any part'of the union, and as they appear to have been adopted, and declared wilh ° unanimity, at a very large and refpeilable me t >f ing they > ught to have great weight with the 1, public. In a very particular manner they de is serve from me my best thanks. JOHN ADAMS. Philadelphia, May Jc/A, 1798. j ANSWER Of the President of the United States to the < e Address signed James Kent, Chairman, 1 ' published in yesterday's Gazette. ' To tht ci izens of Queen Anne's County, ; ' in the State of Maryland. GENTLEMEN, s Your address to the President, Senate, 1 and House of Representatives of the United ' States, has been piefented to me by one of your Senators, Mr. Lloyd, and one of your 1 representatives, Mr. Hindman. ' I thank you gentlemen, for the public de | claration of your opinion of the inftruflions | of the Executive authority of government j 1 to our Envoys. Threats ihoAld not have been employed ' > by Frenchmen, to move Americans, whom ' they ought to have held in more esteem and respect. Whenever we shall be compelled to un- Iheath the sword, in defence of our rights, ' r the people of America who have neither in- ; r : jured nor offended nations, or men, though j 1 greatly injured and offended themselves, may j . with confidence appeal to the God of na tions for the just ice of their cause. 1 I cannot with you consider war as the ' heavicft of human calamities; national cor- ! j ruptton and national incapacity for waV, ari- I sing from effeminacy, luxury, avarice, vice, or frivolity, are much more to be deplored, ' as one half of Europe at lead, demonstrates at this hour. Your heroic declaration in concord, with 1 so many others, that if war cannot be avert ed, by measures confident with national hon or, you are ready, at the expence of your ' lievs and fortunes to defend those rights, which your fathers and yourselves contribu- ' ted to cdablifh, is a gl rious proof, that ! Americans, are not depraved or degraded, 1 , but are dill worthy of thecharafter of the \ i firft of men. ) I cannot profefs my attachmeut to the' prirciples of the French Revolution, until C 1 I know what they have been,and what they r are. An anxiety for the eftablilhment of a c government in France, on the basis of the c : equal rights of mankind, as far as such a ; govtrnment is pratticable, I feel in common with you. That country however which gave us 1 birth, and in which we live, and hope to x die, is entitled to our anxiety, exertions and v facrifices in preference to any other in the u- 1 niverfe. JOHN ADAMS. Philadelphia, May 24, 1798. By this day's Mail. j| NEW-YORK, May 31. POSTSCRIPT. tl At half pad two o'clock yeftcrday after- w noon, the British mail was received at the p ped-office, and the delivering of letters commenced a little after three. This mail b was brought over by his majesty's cutter o flpop Conltitution, captain Slater, of ten ft guns— she left Falmouth the 19th April, b and touched at Halifax. The March packet, from her not hating it arrived, is fuppoftd to be lod or taken. fc The William Penn, Jofiah, from Phila- t! delphia to London, was taken in la l . 48, m long. 20. by a French privateer j retaken P by the Cleopatra frigate, and arrived at th Portsmouth. The privateer had taken the B Nelly and Kitty, Church, from Baltimore th to London. The (hips Independence and Otfego, had arrived fafe at London from this port ce The (hip Fair American, of this port, cl bound from New-York to Hamburgh, is ci taken into Plymouth by the L'lmpeteux, of 78 guns, capt. W. Paine, and detained, an The lad accounts from Ireland date that th unk rtunate country to be in a very unset- th tied date. We (hall give some lengthy ex ti< tradls on this ftibjett in a future paper. as Three per cent consols, April 16, were L at 4&-J- a 49. na Voluntary contributions continued with no patriotic spirit. [Daily Gaz.] fie M LONDON, April to. an The state of the eleftions in France is qu the mod important feature in its internal situation which the lad papers exhibit. th The Direftory for some time pad have th made the ele&ions a principal objedl of at- to tention, and have spared no pains to lead wi the public opinion in such a choice of re- of prefentatives as might secure them from Pc the oppofttion they had to encounter from the new third lad year. It does not appear, th' however, that all the proclamations they wl have issued, have been of much avail. As far as th«y have proceeded, the eleflions, in E; many places, have been tempeduous and di- ob vided. In many of the primary afiemblies pe> the most violent contests have taken place. The charafer of the ele&orial assemblies, dil <3, or where it has been yet ascertained, so far ieen)- f ro m anfwerifg the hopes of the directory, dif- is the fnbjeft of undifguiled disapprobation e '' and anxiety. t j, at In consequence of these appearances of f this opposition, the direftory have publilhed a John new proclamation, in which they remind icfore the public that the legislative body has the epre- power of judging the operations of the elec ' j'" torial afTemblies ; and that, as on the 18th : o.ve p ru (j orj t |, e traitors who disgraced the national representation were expelled from an, its bosom ; the traitors who are defiroas to| C. enter it will likewise be evident from this warning, that the dire&o \tttf r y are determined to prevent the necessity of another 18th Fruftidor, by admitting in to the councils, none but those on whom enta- they can depend* We have the fatisfa&ion to announce, (ions that advice was yesterday received at the ' a P" i admirality, that the Cambria frigate, of 44 with ' S uns > one °F Sir Edward Pellew's squadron, [)e t _ I and commanded by the honorable captain Legge, had taken two French privateers, de- one of 20, the other of 14 guns, and re captured an Ameriean veflel bound to Phi 's. ladelphia. April 11. The gigantic plan of aggrandizement which the French have formed in the East- I ern part of Europe, and in Asia, which we '; long ago announced to our readers, begins ' to develope itfelf; a scheme of more extent, I '' j both in point of territorial and commercial ' advantage, was never formed either in the ! antient or modern world ; and we fear it is ited ' aS P ra ® ,ca b'e as '' ls magnificent. It will _ be found that it forms one of the secret ar 'our tides in their treaty with Austria, and that the Sublime Porte, who they have both terrified and cajoled, will be finally the ; s i victim of their inordinate ambition. £nt | Their project is clearly to get poffefiion j of the Gr« k Islands, which may serve them j i as a nursery forfeamen, at least for the na -1 viVation of the Mediterranean and Levant, 10m . 0 . to receive permiihon to attempt again the ancient plan of openi g a canal into the un Red sea, from which they are not to be de its terred by the failure of every firmer eMer . ' , prize of the kind. The improved date of , : engineering gives them hopes that th'ey will ° j conquer every obflacle that nature has op | posed to this design, and the grandeur of the objeA will be flattering to the charafter of the people. If they succeed they will , or _ open to themselves a navigation to the tiift, arl -_ by a course so much (horter than the pre sent, and will have such a demand for su ed' ar ln E eyP 1 ' on coasts of all the te S ' s eas °f which they will have the monopoly, that their commerce must receive an enor j ntous addition. , rt _ The lad accounts from France fe*m to on- % nif y t ' le armament from Toulon is 3(]r deflined to this expedition. A body of its 000 troops are embarked on board of )u- tran 'f )orts > all< l which are to blunder the iat 5 0nT °y on 'r 4 or 5 fliips of the line : it is not likely that such a force can be order e(l round to alElt in the expedition against Portugal, or to join the fleet at B eft. They k - have toojnft knowledge of the vigilance 11; i Lord St. Vincent to make the experi ey ment. We have no daubt but their ren : a dezvoui is the Archipelago / and their firft. he °bje£t the revival of the Greek republic. , a At the fame time it is obvious that the on K' n g c, f the Two Sicilies it destined also to fall, and the Toulon armament is fufficient us to reduce the unpr»te£ted city of Naples (o to their fwsiy: the next journals from France nd will difc'ofe the real objeft. In this quar u_ ter of the world, we know not that any ef forts of the Brit'fh Government can obftruft their views ? we have lamentably seen that wherever a country is to be divided the con federate Prince 3 of the Continent no lon ger talk about the principles of religionand social Older but halten with avidity to the partition of the prey—Accordingly, if the two Emperors are to come in for a share of the fpoi's of the Ottoman Porte, the French •r- will be permitted, without raoieftation, to he pursue their eourfe. :rs Many contradictory reports have lately 11 1 been in circulation refpefting the much talk er of invifion. In Monday's paper, we stated en from the Paris Journals, the very formida il, ble preparations on the part of the enemy. We have reason to believe, that govern lg ment has within these few days received in formation of the mod important nature on a- the fubjeiS. Orders were on Monday tranf 8, mitted by the Telegraph and hy' express to ?n Portsmouth for the immediate failing of at the grand fleet, under the command of Lord le Bridport, and we have no doubt but that re they will fail immediate! April 13. 0, As this paper was g ing to press, we re t ceived the Paris papers up to the 10th, in t, ciufive. The following appear to be the prin is cipal articles they contain : > t, Yesterday, fays the Reda&eur, arrived 1. an extraordinary courier, from Madrid, with It the intelligence that the Prih' e of Peace on t- the 28th of March last, gave in hisrefigna t tion of the office of Prime Minister as well as that of Commandant of his Msjefty'a ■e Life Guards. The King accepted his resig nation of both by a decree extremely ho h nourable to the Prince of Peace, and provi sionally appointed as his successor, as Prime Minister, M. Saavedra, Minister of Finance and as Commander of the Guards, the Mai - is quis Rtichena unconditionally, d It is thought, that the retreat or fall of - the Prince of Peace is not disagreeable to e the Directory, who for some time are said to have fufpefted him of trimming too much d with England, or even conceiving the design of a reconciliation sooner or later with that n Power. n M Saavedra, the temporary fucceflor of ■, the Prince of Peace, is firmly attached to Y what is called the French party, s An expedition to the Levant, and against !1 Egypt, is still talked of, without the precise - objeft, or the means to be employed, being s pointed out. The Venetians are said to be extremely y discontented with the Imperial Government
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