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'.a-ged, and confidently the engage-1
its conn -ctett by them would be held
I. red, uri .in reality not theirs, but the
t igagcmen'.s of the fovereign power uode
wiucts they vied.
Wim iripect to France, however, the
cafe may tt very different; for wbillt Lord
Mafmefbory is treating at Lille with the
plenipotentiaries of the Directory, event!
may take place at Paris, thatwould tryltrate
Srtl his and their uiealures, by actually put
ling dowi the Directory, and replacing it
citner by a monarchy or iome new modifU
cation of democracy .
Nothing can be more p ecai ions than the
exiltenceol the pTelWt furitfi of government
in France, ror lome time part the Kxecu -
tive and a branch of the Legillative Power
have been in a itate of conflict, and the other
branch of the Legvflative Bocly (tbejCouncii
of Elders by its interference, has rather
increalid than removed the emba'rrallmcm
ig taken the oath for maintaining the civil i mail will decide as to the validity of this
eoniutmion or tne ciergy. me Lmrciory account.
prepofteroufly would-It ill punifh rneh for
not taking an oath no longer of any con fc-
fjnenc' to the Hate, as neither the - civil nor
fpiritual ccnfliintion of the clergy can le
of any avail in a country that noes not now
recognize any iuchbody ot men as the cler
gy.
1 . t . t 1 - ' f! fl -
vjn tne otner nana, tne iirec;orSywitn
a view to fecure to themlelvesa conlklerable
body of armed friends, fenta meflaiie tarhe
Council of Five Hundred, 911- the 26th of
Tune, tb remind that allcmbTy of a propofi-
tiouthev had fome time before fubmirted to
for ehcreafing the pay of the troops quar
I tered in paris -
Such is the Hate ot the txepotive and
1 . Oclober, 6.
BRITISH KLCRUITi
We hold the documents, which warrant
the aflertion, that there are fevera! public
Britith rendezvous in this city, Jor recruit
ing olmen to put on board the Thetis and
frevoyante, now on uovemors lluiM,
thatL leveral officers wjthjenipting gu m..s
generally attended, and that upwards of
50 had. been put on board !
Thele circumttances are noted, that
government may not remain ignorant ot
the facts, without imrudingartmark at
' ' r i t- f t' t
prclent upon tne law nil nets ot luch pro
f government.
Legillative powers of France ; a ftate little I ceedings on neutral giotmd. Argus.
removed from a civil war ' A negotiation 1 October, 7.
for peace at fuch a time, and under fuoh I Copied from the lotr book of the febooner
.. ' ' , ill " I -' a . . . Vi'j,,.;.
CM-cuumances, cannot jioici out any great I Nancy, of Savannah, ohn M'Ahaiter,
(ruictt ui 111c an. v 11 1 11 . 1 in t 1 1 l ui mat
" r
n Knn and the crovvn. in cateot a oila-
greement between itfelt and either Hotife of
Parliament, or between th two Hou lies, has
the conilitutional remedy of a diflbluiion,
orbf a creation of new peers to cure the
evil. It is not fo with France. The two
Legiflative Councils are wholly independ
ent of the directors, who cannot diflbh or
increafc the number of cither ; fo that
v.lictcvr a tlitdgreementarifes, and neither
fide will confent to give way, there is no
remedy but in a Revolution or Civil War,
At pfefentthe oppofuion to the Directors
has a majority in the Councils of Five Hun
dred ; but the fame party is in a minority
in the Council of Elders. The two Coun
cils, acting each under a different influence,
arc at complete variance, the one refilling
"wintehTTo7n
ineffectual the refolutionsf the other on
the moft important concerns of the ftate.
No remedy is provided by theJTrench Con-
iiuuiiuii in iu.cn a puuiic evii as inn; aim
if good fenle is thrown out of the queltion,
and each Council relblutelv adheres to its
own meafures, force alone can give one of
them an aicendency. I his is the true caote
of the formation of new clubs in Paris, a
mealure that may lead to new revolutions,
and throw impediments, it not infuperable
obltacles, in the way of Peace.
The two parties, to one of which the Di
rectory may be laid to belong, arc now at
iflue, and are moving heaven and earth on
the one hand, to etnbarrats each other ; on
the other refpectively to gain profclytes.
Jn the Ipint ot this lyltem, Vdlers acts,
wiio on the 24th of June, Hood forward the
advocate of the army, and deftred t know
what was the reafon that not one ftep had
been taken to fecure to the brave defenders
of their country the reward that had been
lo olten promifed them of a grant of lauds
which is the with of millions in both coun
ties, j
N EW - YOKE, Oct.
11 teems tnat tne practice 01 covermp
m a Iter : irom St. Croix.
Sept. 14, 1 at 10 F. W. faw a brig tlofc
under our lee, Itanding to the Jduthward
after palling us lhe hove about and tired
a Ihot, we hove to and waited lor her
enemy's property under neutral papers, is I coining up. She ordered out our boat and
a principal foiirce of the vexation of A
merican commerce. The fubiects of now.
ers at war want the protection of a neu
tral.tlag ; ana the avarice of neutrals ne
ver lets Hip its opportunity to make enor.
mous freiyhts'on their neceifities. But the
the captain on board with thep3pcr which
order being fhortly complied with, though
not without a threat ot again bring mio
us unlets we bor band. 1 he boat re
turned with the ewptain of the brig ind
four of his men, detaining ouis on boird
Unitef' Statps. hts muft have 2 rrcte&ioa
fiomthe United "States which certifies tna:
he was a naturalised citizen of the United
States before the pre tent war. J This role
d'f quipage ought to be tigned. by two
wi rdles, who atteft the truth of the facts,
and fubferibfd by the ofiicer or judge ol
i)ie marine, v. ho has given to the indivi
duals the perm ffn n of embarking.''
frllL ADF.L1TTI A, Sept. 27.
' JTheSvediflibartpie Jupiter, capt. Scholes
was lately taken by a French privateer and
carried into a Spanifh port. The Jupiter
brought to this city the American citizens
redeemed at Algiers ;" was foon after laden
at the public llorcsiiicar Arch ttreer, with
timber ami naval Acres, fent by the govern
ment of the United States to the Dey of Al
giers, and was on her paliage thither when
flie iell into the hands of the French.
October 12. 1
A letter jr.nm a rffitfakiM: American, at
'Bourdeauy, daud luguft fiutce- tie
following h?fort)U;ttion - .
" That the minilter of the Interior, had
lent to the -Municipality of Bourdeaux, in
telligence of thf expected arrivil' of two' ,
new Envoys from America' That, in ther
event of their arrivipgat that porr, ever
pollible hoior way, to be fhewn thcin, and
their journey to Paris, rendered every
way convenient and agreeable''
misfortune. is. that he practice ultimately the brig. -1 he greatctt enquiry waster
biings nnlcheif upon a neutral commerce. I papers, but their particular object v;is for
Falte papers become common, and when I plunder, beginning at their buhotfs very
detecied. excite the jufpeion of belligerent Ireauhrly, by rummaging every pari of the
powers, and produce new, and more Ariel jihip, making priofjejyejhirgfhe
regulations relative to Uupping neutral vel- their hands on, in particular our itotk and
lels. Jprovdions, which they decently fobbed u,-
Thus the multitude of American vefl'els, 1 of without any ceremony r-lo wis, pigs
with American papers, which two years J ducks, goats, bread, yarns, kc. taking the
ago conveyed aftud French property to ! whole, although knowing ns to be out but
France, beine known to Britilh cruilers. I two days, ;nd bound to the coalt of Ame-
rendered all American vefl'eU liable to lei- tica Surely we might itauip hun for a
zure, andproduced infinite vexations to 1 Thief and no bailor, more elpt dally when
Jhe fair trader. The Fnuich are now re- be took fro'm us all the pump leather we
taliating. "Many Englilh vellela with forg- had on board, riotwiihltending wc told him
ed American papers have been drfcovered, we-were very leaky He touk away every
ahd the confequencc is the French go- j nail he could find, tools, lead-lme, fie.
vernment demands a rolftd'Equipage, and
other troubeloine proofs of Americanpro.
perty.
It the French government would ad
here to any certain lyltem, and give due
notice ot what papers they require, in neu
tral veflels, our property might be laved.
But this is not the cafe. Vellels are con.
demned that failed bef ore the decree of the
2d of March, requiring the lift of feamen,
of the value, in the whole of one thouland , a.nd whicn. ot cou, le cou,d not comply with
the requilition. borne ot their orders are
lo indefinite and ambiguous, that it is evi
dent they were intended to give unbound
ed licenle to the predatory Ipirit of their
millions of livres.
"Jt is not enough (faid this member of
the Council of Five Hundred) to boalt of
their exploits, and beltow upon thefc gal.
Ian t men barren nraile; you ought alfo to
HID villi" for rlwnia rraf urnrrtiv nf flic Cirri.
J " - "V w
bees they have made in defence of their
country."
That this object may be rendered (till
more and more embarraffiug, it is infilled
upon that the lands to be given to the army
mould be thofe which belonged formerly to
the emigrants, and which by theu? emigrati
on, have been forfeited to the ftate.
It is well known that the Directors have
endeavour to ftrei.gthen themfelves by a
coalition wuhevcrai of the emigrants ; and
that for this purpufe they have lent their
an! to get the names of thefe ci devant roy
aldts (truck out of the lift of emigrants, and
confequently to procure them a reftoration
of their eftates.
This meafure has, however, the effect of
leffening, and may perhaps in the end m
tally deftroy the lund deltined for the re
ward of the army, This feu the. enemies
of the Directory in motion, and makes them
endeavor to inllil into the foldiers a fulp'r
cion that the directors intend to defraud
them of their promifed reward, and by dil.
bunding them without having made any
provifion for them, reduce them to a ftaue
of poverty and diltrefs.
Religion alfo is prefled into the ferviceof
political parties, and petitions are daily pre
fented to the Lcnidative Coimali. fome
praying that the Catholic Worfliip mould !
oerHored to all itsiplendor; others, that
II tin- (hi that have hitherto been made of
parfonage houfes in the different panjhet
in the kingdom, or Republic, fliould be let
alide, and declared null and voidy" a thole
hotifes would W neceflary again for the ac
commodation of the parochical clergy "
Thii is intended as a blow to the Direc
ton, who, by their official mefUge to the
( nuncils, have exprefled their alarms for
the confequences of the enlargement of the
clergy men confined for the ci ime of not hav.
We esfjtjsaf )ch remat kittp the j;jri
between tbtJ Jemand and the demands 0 the
America n army at Vrur H"mdjv9 jaft before
it VHttdibandfd, and the extreme dtfpcmJt
of pf eventing them from lacking their Aemandi
ty mutiny and J wee.
citizens. 1 bus where there is no regul 'I
lyltem of regulations nor eitabhlhed autho
rity to eniorce tne laws ii juttice, It is
impjfiible that neutral can eicape vexa
tion. The recal of Santhonax may be favour
able to the American trade to St. Domin
go, as Touflkht, the black commander,
has ever been more friendly to our trade
than the French government. But the
power and predominancy of the blacks in
that IHand, teem to haften the period,
long foreleen, when France will lofe the
government of the Kland, and be compell
ed either to exterminate the prefent race
ot blacks, a,nd repeople the country, or
totally abandon it to it prefent poueltor.
Lord St. Vincent, is faid in London pa
pers to have remitted to Kugland, the fum
ot 500,000!. iterling, the fruits otitis ac-
quilitions.
fo be a (uccefjful commander eitlirr hv
had or fea, in this war of plunder and dr-
folation, is a pretty (peculation. Buona
parte has not been idle ; as appears b his
giving 100,000 dollars, as a manage por
tion to im niter.
It appears from a foreign article, tharin
confequenceof Buonaparte's proclamation
of the Venetian idands, revolutionary com.
motions had broken out in lome of the
Tuikilh iflands alfo, and in fome Turkilli
prof .rices on the continen. Thus the re
volution it m kmg the tour of Europe at
lead it not of Alia.
Oclober, c.
IMPORTANT.
A report waa current in town yefhrday,
but by what authority, we are not author
lledto (av, that a veflcl arrived at Bolton
on Jundav, from Guernfey, in a (hurt paf-
fage, who fpoke a veffcl at lea, the cap
tarn ot which informed bim, that he at
the eye witnefs toan engage nnit between
the iY(anfli and Englilh fleets, having la d
to leveral hours to oblerve thnr triPt.teiir
vers, and when lie parted, with ilicm, the
action Wf4 undecided. This day's c j .lei n
Pianderecf wearing apparel and luudry do
- 1. 1 1 , 1
zen wine, porter ano nranuy. vvmietne
honelt republican were learching our
trunks below, his men on deck were threat
ening to cut a negro's thi oat, to make him
confefs w here Ins matter had hrq his mcyj
ney (who was a gentleman p.ulenger with
us.) The honeft thieves belonged tothe
brig Caclar ot 12 guns and 120 n:enhtted
out at roint retre, urauoaioupe. ana com
I 1 ! T. I .1- - 1 "
rnanuea Dy UUOV, r lencninan : ine orig
neionued to mr. iviore. wrr our parting
they permitted an Amerijpaii priloner to
tike pallage with us thr following infor
mation we have fronh'm, who as bh
board 16 davs : Ot the 3d ot September
(he took and plundered the brig 1 wenthn
ntr, of
A L E X A N-D 11 1 A, October 5
Wc announce with much plcafure, and
from authority unqueltionable, that the
Marriuis De La Fayette and Family have
beiriilieraied 4Vom conrinemeTifln thejri
fon -of pbnutz. His Ion, who is now at
Monut Vernon, will take paftage to that
parrot Europe, winch will (oonett prieuc
iim 10 lhe embrace of a perfeoutfd Parent,
and 3 Mother and Sillers inimitably affec
tionate, . '
October fov
Deaths in the citv and fnbnrbs of Phila-
delphia, for the twenty-four hours ending
1 hurfdsry noon .Fourteen.
Deaths inKahimbre, for ilie twenty hours
ending the "ill inll .mt, funnlc Four.
libber TT7
Deaths in the citv and iuburbs of FliHa.
delphia, for the twentv.foui hours ending
rnuuy noon seventeen.
pound to Ham-
St.
burirh. and ,ave them bills on Martibi-
o ' . yet ., , . ,
flue. On the 5th the brig tiecta ot New
York, capt. Raymond, atur plundering
took hts boat, pumnc bis people in irons
-y m, 1 . '
jjuj threatening to bang their, vr fay tiny
verc bound to an Englilh port On the
6th the 1 nrre rncnus wnarieuon
bound to St. Domingo, alter phmdurirg
(hamelully abided lhe captain. The 71I1
the Hup .uper; ot riiilaueiphia, ci.pi.nn
John Boydc, bound to the navannah,
lundcred her and I uttered her to proceed
On the yh, the fhip Dil patch, captain
Happiton, of St. Thomas's, bound to the
Havannah, plundered him and took one of
hit people All the above vellels rre
hoarded and plundered under Englifh ct -
turs : ithef went on board uith long
knives haHglrig 10 iBfTf'fides, having "en
boara an. American as matter ir 'pe..kmg
vefleli in Lngiilh, one nuse Barnes of
Pdrtlmou h. New-I' uipfhir .
Extract of a jt r fr m a gentleman fit
hi antes, to a tefpeiialU buift in this city,
Sated June 15, 1707.
" The certatntv wii.ch the e ociit 'v- di-
leclory of France ha- ld, thai Ihainj! El -
ihfti vellels failed under American cnbrs
and that mary American vellels raited w i h
lhe greater part of their cirws Lnghfli,
has provoked the decree of the executive
directory of the nth Vtntofr, 5 b year.
(2d March, '07,1 wtveh pielitihta thai
dl American veflels fhall Ik- captured ami
condemned as good pri;et, which have not
a iole d'rquipagr or even having one, if
the captain, or any ' ' ' r JUfif tL tlm. or
one third of the crew flnmld he hngbfh
In confequtner, cverv American vflel to
be inrulr, ought to have a role cPeqoi
page, containing the names of baptifm and
family, the pl-ue ol birth and place of re
fidenreof every individual on board, som-
prthendmg IhiiIi the crew and pallcngcra:
and if any of them Ihuulduot be iorn m the
WILMINGTON, October 26.
Cti Tueffitiy laft arrived here tb: hri Te.
legrape. Captain APh'inms, !-uo clays j om
Ltarlejlcn. The Captain informs ttat there
was a tVire hurricane at Lharlftn nn
j -
thurfday lo(tt which did ccnJItUrabie da
ntage among fl the foirpinz ir. the -hurl our ;
fever al large f!:ips ahd other vtfftls ivcre
driven on Jbore ; and the Detfey, char teflon
Packet, Ih longing to this pott, t ece'wed great
injni v J torn a flip runnir.g J cut of her.
A y!!p from GtalgttWf and a Brig from
i?"V-7", bckngint: fa f.hj'lefi'on, withiniua.
he cargoes, -were taken in fight of the bar,
Ov Stench pilot-faa,t buiti privateer, up
pofti to be le Grouper : their crews Jcnt a
fhorc cud captains detained.
Captain Mh";nn':e vr favored the Printer
with a charlefton Gnte of ire lith Gclo.
ier Jram which tht following is taken r
Charleston, Oclotcr 18.
Arrived brig Hannah, Bythcvvocd, 40
days from 1 tnenffe
Captain Bythesvdod vrm at Cadiz on the
23d of Augt:lt, at which tunc Admiral
Nellon had letmned with his fquadron
Iron an unluctcfvul tnc.l;iion a::inlt
rencriti'e, and had joined Admiral Jervii'i
leet. Admiral Ji rvi continued the block-
ade of ( adiz,, and had declared that he
would do lo while his anchor vvould hold
h ; .' Tfie Spjn.fh flCct ditid no: m t Miic
on-, but relied upon the Krpilh li tel beiog
driven away by the Equinovt ia gafc. There
h i-, been f.o cannonading hnce the 8ih of
July.
At Tenerihe capt. B. learnt that wHtni.
ral Nellon had lolt an eye, at well as his
arm, and that (apt. Bowen had been kill
ed. The lols of the Brinflj was fv.d to
hae been bet en 5 and 600 k.lled and la.
ken, the prilonets were iminrd'attty rr
ledni The attack va faid to be a mad
imprudent alt ; the trootia were landed on
a fine moon hght night, itithe laci of 20
pieces of cannon, and wiihout a fhip near
tlum.
The Americana are taken by French'at d
Spamlh prnatccr indiftriiiiiuaiely, and art
t invariably condemned.
Lift i f Amernan vefftls, at the port of
Algeziratf i$d Augufi 1797.
Ship El 7.1, ot Boftotl, Tunur, taken by the
Spaniards libelled.
Roanoake, Wrnton, Haine, do. do
Snow, South-Carolina, Clwrb Mom, An
drews, takui by the Kreadi and con
detuned
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