Gazette of tile United Suites. y:nuAi)S.i.puiA, If irsday t A. M. I The Ship America, Captain Swain, ar rived here last evening in 14 days from the Downs y and I 8 from the Lan Is End; She furnilheS London Papers to October, 6. -they contain the follow ing V*r • IMPORTANT Foreign Intelligence. From the Courier of Oct. 6 PARIS, Oftober 3, A Convention of Amity and Com merce, between the French Republic, and the United States of America, was ligned the <lay before yesterday, (Octo ber ift.) by the French Plenipotentia ries, Joseph Buonaparte, C. P. Claret, Fleurier, and Riedorer, and the Amer ican Commiflioners, Oliver Elfworth, W. R. Davy, and W. V. Murray. It whs less necefiary to revert to the pa'ft . than to revive between the two nations ufr , ful and honorable relations ; treaty his fulfilled this objeft'. 'J*he French Ministers convinced that the prosperity of America, could not but ..dd to the prosperity of France, have been led particularly to consecrate maxims nmft favorable to the rights of tiea -trality, and moll conformable to the regula tions ot 1778. Ihe firfl Consul in removing force to that regulation four month? ago, fulfilled the wilh of juflice and of Europe ; and undoubtedly it will be delightful to him to evince to himfelf anew, fa;thfu! to his principles, by ratifying the treaty concluded by the Minister of the Republic, at a mo ment in which Europe refoimd* wiin the vio lation of neutral si gs. The American Mi nisters on their fide appreciated the advantage of being sillied to a nation governed at targth with wisdom and firmrieis. Every thing announce: that a ftr:£l and durable friend ship is about to reanimate the neutral com pitrce of the two nations. The Convention signed by the Emperor, produces a fenfation in Germany. The mal-contents and partizans of England, ■accuse him of havia;? abandoned tlie iriterefts of the Emperor, which is not true. PARIS Sept. 39^ It was remarked th.it at tile-dinner which the itl* Con ful gave on the 1 fj. veudenoaire, a toast was givcii to the t6 United Depart ments. It is said that Gen. Clarke was to set «ut !afl night for Laneville. The accoun s from Italy ftite, that the French Government have demanded and ob tained from the Pope, the removal of the Neapolitan troops from Rome ; —it appears also that General Mylins has .surrendered the command of Amona to G neral Know rich. It is Jofeph Buonaparte, Coun cellor ofrState, is to Jo to the Gongrefs at Luneville as negociater an the part of th. French Republic. September General Clark did not let off for Lun ■ville till lnft night. It is said that the French Government were determined to consent to an armistice, by the de claration made by Prulfia, that the Martherit Powers will not fee with a favourable eye the ulterior pro-" grefs of the French, and that if they conti nued to drive back the Austrian Army, Pruffis would reinforce the Cordon which occupies of deni.rkation of 6,0c0 "men, a.id that another arniy of the lame force would h.ive orders to hold itfeif ready to march. O.i the 2id of September, the Emperor 1 returned to Vienna with Count Lehrbach. The five Ciiunfellors of State, who were •direiled to present another mode of erasure -from the emigrant lift, have prefeuted their report to the Coofufs;' LONDON, Oftnber 6. Government received tills morning dis patches of importance from Paris. They are luppofed to contain the final answer of the Chief Consul. The (hip which brought them brought us Paris papers to the 4th ] inflaqt, The contents of which are of co'nfi- ' durable importance. Malta has at length (utrendered to the English. On the 2.1 September a council of war was held ; at which, an account of the total want provtfions, it was agreed to lend a,flsg truce to Major General Pigot, with a propofa) to furrencler the Ifl- Biid. On the sth articles of capitulation was agreed upon and fjgned. The girrifon are tonfidered as prisoners of war and are not to serve against his Brittanie Majeliy until they have been regularlyexchanged This, event is of considerable importance. It removes one of the obflacles to the ar rangement of a paval armistice, and will en able Great Britain to negociate with more effeft at the Congress of Luncville; Th« negociation betweert America and France has been brought to a conclulion and a convention of Amity., and Commerce was ligntd «rt the ill instant at Paris, by French and American Plenipotentiaries. The Emperor is gone back to Vienna. 1 The Count de Lehibach is daily ejcpetted at Strafburgh on his way to Luneville, where very adlive preparations for the Congress are making, The Chief Consul's brother, Joseph Buonaparte is to be- the negotiator t>n the, part of Fratiee. Official. is informed that there is a prolongation of the armifticc for 45 clays, on condi tion of the It'.rrender of the three places of Ulm, Ingolffadt, and Philipfburg, which has been consented to by the Em peror. ULM, September 2?. Gerteral Colaud, who blockaded our city, fame here th« 24th to concert with General Petrafch, upon thfc fur'render of the fortrefs on the next day';—lie ordered ifie p-ate of the Da nube to be occupiad by French troops In three days the fort raised round the city will be surrendered to Gen. Richcpaufe. BARCELONA, Sep l eniher,2e. A Flag of Truce with prilnners on is arrived here from Mahon in 6 clays. The prisoners declare, that on the 17th August, there entered Mahon an Englifb biig, and that immediately after th-y fa* troops embark on board the (hips of war, which failed on the 30th and 3'.ft with 18 or 10 trasfports, and ij,ooo trorps under Admiral Keith, ori board the Fnudroyant of 84 guns, having on boird the Consul f. r Algiers, and 30 French Officers pri (oners. The fquadroß failed eastward. BAMBERG, September 13. The day before ye lie 1 day, at tour o'clock /n the afternoon, Field Mar(hal Lieutenant Baron Sirabfchen received intelligence, by a courier of the armifhce having been pro longed tor an unlimited period, and that therefore the troops rtiould remain where they were at prrient. Thnt general having, in the evening ot'the 10th, and the night of the 1 nh, alter tie expiration ot the ar miflice, advanced to the left Banks of the Maine, with a con Titrable part of his troops, will be of very considerable advantage for a great part of tie territory of Wurtabargh. General Sinibfchen arrived here on the 9th inltant, wi'.h his ftaff The English Mini- Iter, Mr. Drake, is here, in the imperial pi *..•■*- TlirifTrt cf tl>ecqvtur? <>f the two ililli Frigates in I lit- hafiw' S'frlpna. by two sri;' hlcj h»« been ul.rn up »y tl rOomt nf Sjj.nii in the moll fcrious Orr read-rs will rrcf-Hcft' that the fVi;\ntes wit cipt\irc-cl by means nl aS*cditli S':.p, Htboarttuf v.luch a bf&lg party of Eighth office's and f.'lors was jiut» who got the IJnp alongfufe one of the boarded, ,t'o«k her, and turr.ed he-r guos ajaUill the. other frigate, which was alio obl'gcd to Itrike. The circuitiftance of convefti'ig :i neutral veiTel into ar, inOrunu nt ofholliiity, has been considered by, Spain as a violation of the rights, sis neiitrviU- A circular letter has been aHdreflei to ;il! the .Foreign Mmi llevs ut Madrid, a letter to the Snediih Mmil|,-r,is of Foreign lAfuirtu Tin- Court of Stockholm is required to demand reparation, and the reilitvtion ot' the S*a nifh Frijratrs.'and is int'oimed, that if its rep re fen tat to n* to the Court of London are not attended with the dt fired effort before the end of the year. his Catholic Majesty will adopt msafirres of precaution towards the Swedifli Bag. On the 30U1 and 31ft of Aignft, Lord Keith failed from Minorca with 15,2.00 troops. He proceeds to the eaflward, r,nd ■s fuppofjd to be gone either to Maples or Egypt- Two cf ill! frt£jte« which did so much darange Oil the coast 6f Africa, have been uken. » LUMIJVir.LE, Sept. 18. i efterday the Sub perf:£l and Secretary ar. rived here »nd proceeded to the Cafile 10 agr«e upon the repiirs to be made mo that fiiprrb edi fice in which the inrerefts of so many nations are to be dilcuflcd. A theatre it to be eltabdlhed here- MODENA, Sept. tj. Lucca has been entirely evacuated by the F r cnch The Auftnans h«ive alio . evacuate-1 F<rr«ra, and repafled the Po. Before they 1-tt it they cxadlcd a contriouli #u of 3c,0c0 crowns H ANAU, Sept. ai. The French were yesterday in the environs of F'llde. It :s said there wa< a flight attack of advanced polls near NubofF. AUGSBURQH, Sept. 13 The emperor r et off yeftrrday morning for Vienna wrh count Lehrbach. The greater part of the F ench army is retiring from Bjvj. ria into Suabia, where it id to refmne its can tonments. STRASBURGH, Sept. 19. We expe<H Mere Moreiu and Count de Lehr bach, who have not parted through our city a< reported. STUTTGARD, Sept. 23. We have received the news that Ulm is already open. AUGSBURGH, Sept. 24. It has been this day announced as certain that the Emperor has signed the preliminaries of Peace, but that they are to be kept secret. It is added, that they differ in their tenor frptn those signed at Paris. We learn tha" the courier who was the bea rer of the arr.iltlce reached Gen. Anpereau tro late ; for hoftilitica had already bepun on the 'ight bankot the Meiri, Acoo mn ot'ourar ray had penetrated to Fotlla, after having beaten the enemy neir NetibCfT. Katilbon is again occupied by General Ban net. * ARMY OF BATAVIA. Order of the day, ij t Vetidemaire. THE ARMY (Signed) j RulTian armies, which will am. unt toge ther to no lei's than 130,000 men, areatf'em bling on the RulliMi Irontieis of Volhynia and Lithuania. We are also a flu red tint another powerful court ill not lee with in difference the French cairy the war into Bohemia. LONDON, September 9. Yeffird.iy wert received Paris papers to 1 the 26th.i1.Uant. Hie intelligence thev.pre ftn.t is <if the very firit importance, as hav ing the flmngefl appearance of peace. The Haul burgh mail due on Wedntftay lafl armed yelKdav, and brought a confir mation of the prolongation ot the arniiflice between France and A uftria, the intelligence of which reached us on Wednesday in the Paris papers. Ihe Emperor, according to the Vienna article, has tent to Paris a mo difrcation of the terms proposed by Ruona paite ; aid this circuiiillaDCe \>s ConliJcra ,bly revived the hopes of peace at Vienna. While an expedition of a favourable ilTue of the negotiation prevails, the means of defenie aie.npt however neglefled : and his Imperial Majesty is making great and impor tant changes in his army, which he now commands in person. Nor is it, in the e vent of the renewal of hostilities, on the strength of the Auflrians alor*, that the politicians of tie continent calculate for the defence ol Germany. Two large Ruffian armies, it is officially announced in the Pe te rkrrp;h gazatte. amounting together to not left than 130,000 men, were collecting on the Kuffiatl frontiers ol' Volhynia and Lithuania ; and the co-ope rati i>n of Prussia was also expyr'iled. A few days mud dcve lope i<-.<port»;>* events. I'he fallowing intelligence was brought by the Haii.Uurgli mail which arrived yes terday: ANDREO6SI. " 1 he Enipror of Ktiflja having learned that the Eiv.>'lifli have tn<*de a violent attack upon Denmark, and have injpedrd the p tfage ot the Sound, by feuding a Iqnadron of men ot war to Elfn)eur, whereby the commerce ot the Raltic Sen appears to haye fufhtined an interruption, is hereby £>lrafed to order that Engtifli property or capital in hi* Im perial Majrfly\dominions be feqneitered or detained, and that no pait of it be fCiH-i*! to be remitted or sent out until his Imperial Majesty fh.dl have tffcerta lilted what the rral views of England are, or that his Imperiil Majclly (hall have given his special permif tiun to tnr contrary. " N«nc of the property of the English (hall, however, be taken from the pofletfors nor flijill any interruption be given to the private concerns of the merchants poffefling British property." Extraordinary as this meafuremay appear to be, yet, as the motives which are alledged as hrfvn.g.gwni rife; u> it have now ceased, it is to booprefumci, tint the dire&ing it woaid be revoked ahnoft immediately after it had been iflTurd. ' . The mail of Friday brought us letters from the combined British and Turkish fleet off Alexandria, dated the 9th of of July, stating that fir Sidney Smith had sent lieutenant Wright, of Le Tigre, to Ciaro, charged with dispatches to Gen. Menou.—The Grand Vizier was encamped with about 80/060 men at 1 • .*» PAttt", "k-p:ember ij- UtSPAfCH. Liir of Straiburgb. General Moieau Com nandei (i) Chief ot the armv of tli- Rhine, to Getler..! lino, n apHi tc, Fn lt Cbrti'ul of the Republic. " I hays cttiicluJctf a t»e*v' armillicr. '*lif three pW'&s of l.n£olIh;!*, Ulm, and l'hilipfburg will he given tip in five d.<ys, anjl evacuued in ten. (True (l-Miy) " Chappk.'' September 27. We have received, from a correfpon deat at Calais, 4 letter, dated the, 23d, containing the following particulars : " Yesterday at twelve o'clock in the morning, an English flag of truce bro't over two dispatches, the one direißed to the Mini tier of Foreign Affairs, and the other to the Mjnifter of Marine. They 'were tnftantly forwarded to Paris by a' courier extraordinary, who will reach that city this evening. Nothing has yet transpired reflecting the subject of the dispatches." The English cruizers have again ap peared in great numbers off the coalls of Holland. September 2S. We know not wither the British Cabi net will accept the conditions which tl e Fr-nch government wifely propolird to it, and We doubt whether it be proper t< d fire that Envoys from England fliculu aifift at the Cm, iris. But after the t'lr niirjibje politiun ot our army, and the de ploiablc llatr in which the Emperor fees his own army il.-yld be much difappninted. it rTn ;iil e re As was not a fperdy pnei;->n t>ei»-e:! the French Republic and his Imjreiia! Majrlty. VIKNX V, September 10. On the news t! 41 the armiflice was pro lunged, our (late rofe o per cert. What must greatly contribute to promote {ieace, or Ihould it not be concluded, mull ave a great intiueiice on the onfeqiient events, is the armed intervention or' two great Courts, which in certain circumlbnces will Make place. We have now received certain i 1 t";>riri:itii»n. that two numerous " Riga, §tytemher 10. 1800. N. S. Publication. Jaffa, and \v<ts engaged in preparations to advance against the enemy, ihould tlie mifibn of Mr. Wright fail to induce them to evacuate Egypt. Sir Sidney Smith had only two Engliih (hips, but two others were hourly ex pected to join him. Letters from Lubeck of the 15 th, mention the arrival of an Englith" vessel there from Riga : so that the embargo stated to have been imposed on our ves sels in the Ruflian ports must have been but of lijort duration. Before the Emperor of Germany quitted Vienna to take the command of the . army, prayers were said for his luccefs, at which he was present, toge ther with the Queen of Naples, the Empress, and all the females of his fa mily. In Bohemia, the militia defined to defend the country under the Archduke Charles, will amount to 50,000 men. That of Hungary conlifting of 80,000 men, is to be headed by Prince Eftcrhazv, and to serve out of the country ; while the Archduke Palatine will command in the interior. o£lober 4. We are dill .without any certain informs, tion refpedling the nature of the dilpatclie? lately received by Government from France. It is thought, however, that those which •rrived on Wednesday evening contained nothing absolutely drcifive of the queflion f the proposed ariuiftice ; and the explana tory communications on the fubjedt, we be lieve, have not yet entirely ceafi d. The difficulties which present thcmfelve* on this nctalion, mud be, indeed, both numerous and ieriotis. It fl>«uld fceiii that we are cal led upon to niake np lei's a ftccifice than the total relinquilhrijtivt, for a given time, of the proutl superiority which, as a muratiine power, we now so eminently possess ; and to this dilc cmifideration we may venture to add our t'earf, chat the jeaioufirs ai d fufoicinns which the refpedUve govern ments entertain of each others views, are at the present m >me it of too marked and for cible a description to induce a reifoua ,le hope of the exilting difT rences bring brought to a speedy or cordi .1 accommodation. A Council of t 1 e Cibi'ft Miniflers was lit Id yeflerdv sftern >on at. Lord Grenville's office—a cirem,nfiance which gave rife to a report of fom: further dilpaiclitf having b een r cei*<-d from France, but which we could nwt trace to any authentic IbprCe. » The H inbu.gh mail wl-i h became Hue on Wednefdayj had not arrived when the paper was put to press. General An,emu's troops have now all marched up the iVtayr. towards Loins. In .he environs of th'. Lahn and the Nidda, not a finale French soldier remains. General Clark, the officer appointed to re piir to the feat of negociat'«o at Luneviile, is an Irifhmin, and a very confidential friend ot the First Consul. Prince Adoiphis is arrived at from Hanover, way to F inland. The new Bavari&n Minilter, ttie Che v lier Dr Bray, is expeft.-d to arrive it*this Country. ' Lord Whir worth is now on his return to England, by the route of Hamburgh. A Cjun< il of the Cibinet Mmillers wa» ( yeflerdiy held at Lord Grenvillc'j office. I'he Flat* of Truce which arrived at Dj i v»r on Wednesday morning', brought dif ' pitches in aiifwer to thole Cent from Lon don on Friday last. Tlipy readied town on Weonefday evening, and contained the an- I fwrr of tne French Government.. To the ; difpatcbes sent off oil Satuiday no anf'wer has yet be received, but it is hourly looked tor. Till fomethmg definitive is agreed on, or the matter entirely abandoned, no information on the lubjeftcan be expe&ed ;to be publilhed (fiddly, i The Preliminary Cjn.vention has been ■ Ggned between the Courts of England and D nmark :—The question of the right of fcarching llnps it r> be deferred to a future difcuflion. The Dtuiflt frigate la Freya, and the veflcts which "vere under her con j voy, to he infUntly releaftd, and the f'i igatc (hall find, in our port, every thing neccfia ry fur her repair, according' to the aU lowid ammg friendly and allied powers.! I'o prevent (imil ir rencontres from breeding ditpntes of a fiinilar nature, his Danish Ma j'-fty fliall his convoys till the ulte rior explanation upon this point (hall have piven rile t3 a definitive treaty. If it , ftiould come to pass. however, that any ren- ; contre of the f.une kind should take place before the inilruflions to prevent them thall have hi<d their efTcifl, they (lull not be pro duttive of any ft-riou.conferences ; and the arrangements of Wi.iteverJmay r< fult from them fiiall be considered as comprehended in the objedl of theprefent Convention. October 1. The Hamburgh mail due on Sunday had not arrived when this paper went to press. Nothing had transpired since our last with rei'pedt to the negociations which are now upon the tapis jfor a maritime armi stice between this country and France. The answer of the coufulate to the last dispatches of our government on this fub jeft is expedted to arrivp in the course of to-morrow. 1 The negociation between the courts of Peterlburgh and Berlin for an armed me diation to fettle the affairs of the conti nent, have been carried on for some time past with great activity. It is reported from a very confidential source, that the strenuous exertions of the Emperor Paul to draw the King of Prussia into this league, have not been S.ftofti, theiatttr having- very recently tranfqjit-ei hi', re fufal to the application. It is tji the king of Pruflia has been prnnifed a boon by the Chief Consul at the geceral peace. 1 ;ie lateli, and most confidential letter? from Spain mention, that troops are marching from all quarters of tbat king dom towards Portugal. Since the peace between the Emperor and the French republic, the situation of Portugal is evi dently become much more critical than before. i Id agree to tiie measure of a naval ar ; nuftice, purely and (imply, would be to j give up all our superiority in this contest, I without any equivalent. It is not a fuf j p-T.iion of arms, in' which things remain j as they were, and aftjr which the bellige- I rents might renew the war with the fame relative advantage. France unqaelKon aoly gains, all that is to be gained, principal is wholly in her favour, and as loon as we begin to modify it, the provi li&ns accumulate upon us so rapidly that the whole measure becomes a mass of jea lous reftri&ions. Ihe vefiels which br6uglit the Paris' papers brought likewise two different sets oi dispatches.—Their arrival laturally produced a good deal of enquiry; and of coui fe a number of reports Were circu-' lated upon the fub|eft. It is said that the aufwer of the French Government (which arrived irithfc morn ing) was not decisive as to the points in difculfion concerning the Naval Armistice. Hie second arrival may have brought fur ther explanations. The funds were rather dull, however—a proof that the intelli gence was not considered as fatisfaftorjV Yeflerday a Cabinet Council was helct at Lord Grenville's Office, at which were present all the Cabinet Ministers in town* . The result has not transpired. Oftober 3. On Wednesday Mr. Herflett, a King's , Meffonger, arrived from Copenhagen with the ratification of the convention signed in that City on the 29 th of August, by* their Excellencies- Lord Whitworth and Count Bernftorff, on the part of their re fpeftive Courts. The Hamburgh Mail due on Sunday ar rived yefierday morning. The intelligence it brings, being- of a date prior to that be— j fore receives! by the Paris papers, cannot •be vc/y interefhng. It does not come down to the 20th of September, the date of the convention by which the armistice was prolonged. We only find that the hope of this prolongation had qaufed a great sensation in Germany, and produced a nfe of two per cent, in the State paper of Vienna. The Emperor, on his arrival at the army, did not take command of it himielf, put appointed his brother, the Archduke Johrty General- in Chief, until,, lay the letters from V ler.na, the Archduke Charle, (hall be fufHciently recovered to take his place. The General Orders pub lifheJ a t the head of the army, by which the Emperor appoints the Archduke joini Commander in Chief, contains the l'air.e jftotellations as the prod imation publilhed at Vienna at the tjme of the Emperor's departure, with refuect to bis vv«th for and . the obstacles oppcl;d to it by the French. But it affords lis no light relative to the eaufes of his refufal to *a tift the- Pi elaninaries, so Ihort a time be f.re he.aiferitsed to deliver up to the enemy the remaining defences of his kingdoms. Ihe mail brings a confirmation of the Emperor Paul's having taken off the fe (jueftration cf tire effe&s of Britilh fub jefts; it is to be regretted that it Ihould W been so haftlly imposed, and that a dilpofitiou ihould have been manifefted for which no provocation hid been given. Ihe , Emperor, after ligniug the last convention with the French, gave notice of his intention to set out for Italy, to re view the Austrian army in tlsat country- He was expected at Verona on the loth of September. Fh; flag of trues which arrived the nijjht before last, brought to Lyr-d Gr-a ville the answer of Citizen Talleyrand to the difpatch.es fens on Friday laftto Paris, relative to the proposed na'-al armistice. Refpec'tiug the particular points of re ftri&ion or equivalent, which are the pre- sent fubjefts of delay in the negociatipns of the naval armistice, nothing certain will transpire till that ihall finally ac comp'.iCied or refuled. Minifcers by ad mitting and attempting to modify a linnlaf propolition, evince their deiir? of proca. ring a general peace at the Congrsfs of Luneville. Much difficulty will attend tlie present difcullions, which, naturally era-, (jrace so many parts of the world, wherij France is in various modes coerced and con- fined by our maritime fupclioriiy. Many flag's of truce th before will pal's, and no doubt repais, before such an ariuiiti&e can be finally concluded, and the public will do well to guard itfelf against a renewal of , speculation and imposture, to which, du ring- every species of negotiation, it is al ways exposed. The last Paris papers mention that Gen. Berthier arrived at Madrid on the 3d ult. at ten iji the evening. As lie proceeded to the hotel prepared for.his reception, he was followed by an immense concourse of .people, all eager to fee him, and martial mulic played as he aligthed from his car riage. He left Madrid next day, to go to St. Ildephonfo; as he palled through the city, ihouts of apjilaul'e resounded from every corner, On his arrival at St. Ilde phonfo, he was presented by the ambafTa dor Alquier, to M. D'Urquijo, Chief Se cretary of State. Gen. Berthier then went to court, and was presented to the King and Queen, by both of frhom he was received with the njoft diftinguilhed marks ps honour.
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