vT A w : 1 .' -. r ..v , . - .... ..... fc .. -. - -. .. -...! .. r . V Published weekly by .4iijuy: iftn, at.Taazit DcilArs &ar, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1803, "LVot. r, No. 340. : -: y ' ' ' fma 'MEW-YORK, July-1 . Vc arc at length enabled to relieve the "public mind from that state of suspence under which It has for some time laboured. .The arrival of the f6hip Morgan, captain Howard, from London, lias furnished the e'dftor of the Mercantile Advertiser with re gular set ies of London papers ; to the . 20th "of May. On the 16th an order ; of council, directing letters of marque ' 'and reprisal against ships, vessels, and goods of the republic, and ano ther laying an embargo oh all vessels, ' ' belonging; to the citizens of the French and Batavian republics, were issued by the English ; -goveVn-ment. The reasons for adopting these measures are explained in the following; official declaration. v, To-morrow we shall commence the publication of the documents respect ling the negotiation, which by, the king's orders have been laid before -the parliament. Mr. King, our anbassa , dor to the Court of St. James's, came passenger in the John Morgan.. HOUSE OF LORDS, May lfl,. Lord felham brought down the fol ,' lowing message from his majestyy which was read first by the lordh&n-. r.eilor from the woolsack, and-nextby Mr. Rose the cbi k, at the table .'; ' Ci.'R ; ' " His Majestyttiinks it proper. to acquaint theHouse of Peers, that the , 'discussion'' which he announced to - them 'in his message of the fth of ; - March last, as-then subsisting between majesty c the French government, have been terminated . that the conduct of tho.Frendh government has obliged bis majesty to recall his ambassador from Paris,., and that the ambassador frcm the French republic has left London. '. . . " His majesty has given directions for hying before the House offers, with as little delay as possible,' copies or s'ich papers as will afford the full. ct information to his parliament at ' this important conjuncture. , ... " It is a consolation 16 his rnarty ti reflect, tint no endeavours have .I ten wanting on his part tonirescrve to his subjects the hlcssinji of peace ; " buttjndernhe cirtuTGitanccs which have oce irrjd to disappoint his just i Vii.mu 'inn, ma iu..jrpij ixtica vnn con()d;nce on the zenl and public spU, ritof hjs faithful commons, and on the exertions of his brave and loyal sub ject?, tosxTpport him in hb determi nation to empHy the 'po'ver ml re tourees of the p&ton, in opposinghe spirit of ambition and encroachment , which at presft actuates the cnuo cili of France, in tip'ioldfng the dig nity of hs rrown, and n a"?serting and maintaining the rights aninur est of his people." , ; LONDON, May lfl .; His m.ij'-ily's messsge dtlivrred to hoih hou&es of parliament yestcr,''y afternoon, puts snend to the uncertain. ty which many werc undrrreipec'ing. the issue of the negociaiion .which wai carrying on hetween this country and Krinrc. - At the privy counr il htch set lit the qiecn' house yesterday, and at , shicli Li majesty presided, the met- ?e to pnrliainenl was settled, and or dcts isued.to the lords of he ad nil raUy to grant letters of innrque and reprisal ag:ufist, all vessels bdoiifint' to the Frfnch and Baiatriin rcpiitdicfl, ' And to lay a ftenera! embarj) r,n ill "jfhipshnd to fny cirthvijpf.jti, The rcnJttd oC 15 war kiween t)4 country nd rr?ncf, ai rtsti ttsenti il sirvl'c to AmerifK. Private IcMfrs from Paris, state, thr.t thr A - irer!C3n rivkUUr, Mr. Monir, has 1 "lXTr.pr!vljr inttttrtedlrrthtrjtaxf his ifttn, rrd thit within theie three I'ays'he l'rcr.(h corciftmcrt has i i- Ud io'tl.s Ainiriciir.sthe pniictiion rf lniisr.s. . It Is farther 'afd, upon the mm r;rcct:.l.!e sutMrhy, thst a sum Jf I'.f'OO.OtO of floJJ.rs wne from Frir.f e, to Infividusls r.f the United Sutci.t f.Mln the pyir ent ol which ws t ne r Mr.MonrcjspHnnp,ilol.jtt,l Vcn tivjnup hr thelaUc r, the An c- r'if in miniver l.alnp fcT.dft.ttd. ihat thf rovfrr.mrit cf the Unite' States lUll tVe flat r'rht nroUitlf. , I ) hC 1. A K AT i U N. His rrsijftfjf'i esirrrt rmtrlitfi fir the t MervatSen tl pe ire having filfd of anrreu, he entertalM the f . lh st rorClrnce that he shall re itive ti lauit f wf pott fftia t.rt ar WAR liamant, and that the same zeal and spirit will be manifested by his peo ple which ;he has experienced on f y&ry occasion when -his crown has bgenattacked,or the ' essettial. inter ests pfhis do minions, have bien en dangered.; . x During the whole, course cf the negociavidns which led to the prelimi nary', anl definitive treaties of peace between his majesty and the French government, it was his majesty's sin cere tlesire,-not only to put an end to hostilities which subsisted between the two. countries, ; but to adopt such measures', and to'concur.in such pro- i positions, as might most etiectuauy contnbnte to consolidate the general tranquility of Europe. The same mo- Hives by which his majesty was actu ated during the negociattons tor p,eacej have since invariably governed his conduct. As soon as the treaty of 4 miens was -cbncluded his maiestv S courts wefe open to the people 'off France for every purpose of legal re- j dress : all- seouestrations wC;w?taken ' sequestrations off their property all prohibitions on ineir iraae. wnicn naf- uecn impoatu during the ,warWertf fernpved and .they were . pjatxdj In every recpect 4:1 the same. fooling with regard to caminrce and intercourse, as the i habitants of an v other "s'tVte i n, mity I :.t Li- ..... .:.u i '-i. ..--. ..-2 -t iin nit luaesiy, wiui wiiii.ii nitic isted no treaty of commerce. .,4 To a sstern of conduct thus open, liberal. .and triendl:K the. proceedings of the French government afford the rr.b st .strj "cir-jf. 'contrast.. ;T lie, prohibi tions which had been placed on the c'or?vrr:er,ce of Ui majesty's subjects during the. war, have, been enforced with increased strktnesa a'r.4 severity; v.io'ence has been offered in .several instances to their .veisels and; their property ; and in no esse has" justice been afforded by those who may hav been aggrieyed in consequence of such acts, nor has r.ny satisfactory answer been given to rep;atcd representations madefy his majesty's ministers or amoassac.or at I'ans. unaertuese when his majesty's cjreumstances subjects were not suuerci to enjoy ire : common 'ad vantages, of peace within .. - the territories if the. French Republic ,t andthi countriet- dependent upjn it, :j the. French government had recourse to the extraordinary measure of snd ; nrr over to tMs country a V ftupibcr of ' persons for the prous'xa jrorpase-of' residing in the most considerajblc sea- - port towns ol Great Dntam and Ire- land, in the character e( commercial' agents or. consuls, v Ihese persq-is could have no pretensions to be.nc t kno'wledpred in that character, - as the right of Wing, so ocknowledjred, as . well as all the , pmiledges at tachel to such a Ritmtio'i , couidf .only be derived from a ccmtnercial' treaty , and as n treaty of that dis ctnntion was m etistince httweeen his majesty and the French republic There vs consequently too . much rjinti Mtonose that the realobiect 1 tjf their mission was b'yo means o(a rqmeri 111 nature, and tlajstHpicscn was confirmed, net only by the fir cumtancfs that snme of them wera military men! hut by the actual di$. cavery, that several of them were fur nished withhstrr-ct'-ifis to obtain the sounding of the harbors, and to. pro cure -military t'srveysNcf the places wher; it wsairtfndi'd thef ihoujdre' id. His majesty felt it his duty to prevrnt their. departure to theiy res pective places ftf dutittation, aud ret presented to the Frrnefi povcrnir.tnt the. necessity of withdrawing themj end it cannot he t'enied tb?t the fir- rumtvners jndtr. which ti.ry were lent, and the trttn'.tiior.t which were giren to them, cisght tole chnsldcnd M decisive indicttifyi tf the rlivposi t'onsan'! intetstbns of the governmeDt 1! ly whom tier wete employed Th t'-nrtMctof theFrctich fovern- jtlri?M;tuthfecttoHmmcrtial. io terroV.f ie b-lerthe two countries, musfthcrtf jre M rooidrrtW ill tuitrd to ittti oiTefre. u.d their ' p-oceedinji In their more rtr.ttilv , inir&i rtUtiflns, it will as tlmie ihirh j 1 immediately concern hUpm jesty 's do ') minion, appear it lave If m t'.toge ! ther lntsni!rr.t with ertry pinclj !e i, tf vo flth, rno lrrat!onr.'t justice. ' His mijty lid rr.tc ruined hoiS ' It ewe icnee of the rcpfs'cd Mur l tanres &r! t-rr.friion tf the Vrtmh j r.vernmenl, that thtyftn5grht live j Wen In h-rrd 6 adopti satm of po- licr, vhich, iflt h.td not inMirrd othff jwwert i'.h ronft Jtnr r. mlnl.t atlrasl ' have !!yrd tt a ir jfllousiel. H the frrr.ch era mint had resllf ep. ftaffdto be attuVtd by a eye altrn lion to authl ifiure j iftt t'.r f9! ... i sitions had proved to he essentially pacific, allowances would have been Wde for the situation in-which a new government must he placed, after so dreadful and- extensive a . convulsion as that which had been produced', hy the French revohuLion. ,i Bat his jr.a jesty, has unfortunately had too much reason to observe and to lament, that th system of. yiplenee, .aggression and aggrandizement which character ised Che, proceedings of. the' different governments of,F?unce during the war nas uoen continuea wil,h as, little; dis guise since 11s lenninauoB. i ney have continued to keep a FrenelKar jiiy in Holland against the wjllfaiidiu defiance of therremoD'atrim of . the Batavian goVernmentjand in - refug nance to ihe letrfof thrce'soIemix treatib. :;TUefiia'e in a poriodv of pace, invaded the tmtr. ar.d io iatiiUrile indtpehdcfice cf the SuriV hition, in deft ance of the treaty of Luiieviljci Sv Inch, had stipulated the iiidependen-e of their territory, ! and I the right of the inhabitants .to chowie ! nhabitantsio'choerse their owft tortnoi govermnnt. They hare annixecWto ,ihe dominions of Fcancft, Piedmont, Parma, and Pla-' Centiaaitdthe inland of Elba, without allotting any pulsion "to the - king of Sardinia,, whom they -have despoiled I ifthc mcst valuable part of his terri tory, though. jjrey were bound, by a solemn eugitgenr.ent to the emperor ct Rujsla,.t6 attend to his interests and V pi'oviiTe for . his establitbnwll. 'i lt. nvay indeed With truth be assarted that "the p.n-iod -vriiiivh has elapsed since the contusion of the "denrnti vu, tr,eaty, has bien marked-with one ctvrtir.u'f se ries of aggression, violence and insi.rt on the part cf the. Fi-eich gvlrnnittu.' , In the month cP Octo!er lat, his majesty was induced, Li TfpnsetiKncc of the eanwt scljcitatton cf the Hw iss natioilto makc uvv; crl'rV.J?)' a reprc- sentatien lo the Fifnch govurnment, toaivrt the.evils which were then im pending ovi;r that ceimtryi'; This 're reprepentati n was couahed in the most temperate terms aSd measures' were taken by his itajesty forsi:r-' .tammg unflci- the ciromstanas h;.ch th;n rxisted, the r4 -Vuntion and wisVs ol the Swiss Can'.ons, as well as the cntinftiu of. the' other Cabinets of Europe,; . His majesty learned, however, with -the utmo!.t -ro fjret, that iho Ui'px;iHin to minterart -these Xvpeated infractions tjf trcfttfc, ,nd acu of violence was manifested by any 0! the powers most rimidiately tnteresU'd in pr-venting them ; uod j his majesty thercfure felt that, with respect to these objects, his single cC i forts could not be expected to pm- duce any considerable adraiitae to ! those ia whose favour tliey, Iraighthc exerted. , , , ; , iri ' It was about this t'uni that 'the Lrcnch government "first dislitct'y aavancrrt fie p.lic;pie that his ma- jesty hid no ri;;htto complain of.tf.t conduct, or to inUrfere with the ro. 1 vicutii;;, m 1 raiKC, 00 coy po;ai i - Wfiicnriut not lormaj'art 01 o hit i rulatic'a fifth? treaty nf, Amienti j "That trejty was unqucstinf ably f jim j ed upon the sanu principle if every ether anlecedent treatv or convention ' An lk ,tiilin'inn nF ill. .I.la f w ' 1 -,11 ill IV ..ut VI assumption m. m , t . . 6t the time, of its cn-diuion nd it J; that stale cf potscsiions rr,d crgi-rc-raentiis materhlfy 'nCcctcd 1 y the roluntai v act cf m.v'cfiliopBitics 10 as toprejuiiice the cr;diton on which the other nartr has entered into the con'ract, the change to made nny f f considered as t derating virti.a'.lr'.ns ! brt2.h of th-trenv itH.S', .d m ri- viaj thejirtv aggrieved t vigl.rto demani tJtnuctio tr con penrinoit f t my ; l a'j'Untiat dilcrence vhlch such:cu innyh-Hve cf.atcd in thcr iclitivcsjtuathrsi rrd whatever mif he the prinripieon whislj the treaty H ' to he toiijicrcd , fTym'td. thr U IndispuUbly 8 general la oftiati. ! ahich.thoj;h flattie 3 he limittrd, ' rlcli'ifieJ or restrained by contention- alLtw, is antrccenttoit lr.d it that ' lijf or mlc.ef conluct to which tH j sovereigns and itites hate liecn.ac ( cv.n'othI to appeal rete rnuven (ionil Uw is admitf ed tc hive rtn l- lent. The treaty cf Anwnl i d eve. ry nthtr trcwty inprwuinp tcr Vie ebjetti toh.chlt is pirticulsrl ly U- rectfd. does not tr,er(lorritufTe or I Imrdviw Ir.diffr renct I nlhrf ob- Jccts sahichar nr-t rpff iGid in PistU f uUtiins, much If s dof s St sulju!i?c 1 them to be t U nature to he left to the ril hdd tj'rice of the t.oIm and the Hf I Mil Thi )oHke cf the lw U a luslh Whtoundtawarrart the intrr- joi -4 01 art cr tae powers o . 11 the 2 nVt8.es waich my arise between other, states, and , the . ippllcatioh rjid extent of tnat just io terposition is o be determined. solely hy considerations of prudence. These. .principles can admit of no dispute A but if the new and extraordinary pre tension advanced tby. the Vrpxitti go vernment to exclude hisrasjesty from any.rjhr to inttrfejre'"with respect to the concerns cf other powers, un less theyViadea specific part of , the stipulationiof the trtaty of Amteus, ;wAshat which it was impossible to psaihtain, those powers -.would hae 'a 4f right at least, to claim the benefit of ' this principle, in every case of differ ence betwech,the two countries. The indignation of all Europe must sorely then he excited by the d,eclaratir,s of the Frenohi government, that in the 'event of V.ostilitk'3, thefie Very p6wtrs -r-i6.werc no parties to the treaty of 'Amiens, and who wtro not allowed 'to deriyy any advantage from the re monstrances of his majesty in their behalf,- are nevertheless to be x(ude the victims of a waf-wliich laWledgt-d "to arfse out of the same treaty, and are to he sacrificed jn a contest which ; Ujey not c lave not occasteritd, but jWhich they haVe had no means what-." evjjj; of preventing.. . : -. , His majesty judgtdit moist expedi ent, iindcP the cipcuu5tances which then affe'tted Eur&ne. to abstain. jTriim - a recurrence tor. hostij-ities on account 'of the ews cf mbiti5h j .and lets of aggression 'rianifested by France cy the contiititYet an e- penencecf the character and disposi tions pft'.ii French i;overnYnent could shct luM to impress his maj,esty wiibh isenseoflhc T.c0ily of increased di ligence In-.' jr'fiRrding the rights' and dignity cf lils crown, and ifl-f'rotect-in the interests of his people ; Whilst his maiesV wns actuated by ! 'tt ese sefttinvejits, he was called upon . ty the IH'iith government tQ' tvacU- afcd the island of a'tu. - His majesty iifid manifested, from tiie momcct'tf t!;e. "signature1 of the. definitive. Ircaty,' I "?n anxious dinpos'.tiAii- to catrjAlnto , full effect the itipUlations of Ae.trea 1 ty of Aliens relative to that inland As Rcn as.Le was informed that an taction of a g'raHif master had to'tn place; under the avrpxes of the empe perorof -Hussiji. and that it had been agreed by the different rriuiies assitn hied ft $t.,. PtUrsburgh ta aekr.ow Jdgr- the- person whorit thr trurt of .Uotn.a should f.i tect oyt of those who aiad Letn caukd by thvn to be graiid niasttr of ihc'ordw jof St. John, lis majesty proposed to the French go vernment, for the purposj of avoid.ng1 ny dilUculiiesivhith miht arise in the exectuionof lhatamsgtrner.t.to avknowlitlgjthat elect icm to be Valid; and when, n th month of AusptMie French gvfiTirr.entppii(uito llstaa jesty tq permit the -JleupdkaMrospi to ha sent to theislr id cl Maft'v at .a ' preliminary n easuf 'f;r preventbj ; any unnecv-ssary tleU) ; , pis roajes'y., consented v,itont any heVutt'.oo to this propcsul, and gave directions' tcr the. ff.dmiMoh tf the Kcapolifnp tronj s into thc'Htfltid.. llh mijety had th is the wt his di-V.'ian not en )f to tlirtjwno o; s'.ack in-the way of the execft'i'n c'E the tiertj i tf, tn iae ronir&t v, to iiriiuate. me execu lln tfit hy evetf rneahs'm his yor. His-eiiftjrfiy cftnL-t, hmrcver, ndnit, jth at at ; atirfpriod rlren. the tor e! J. io'i,-f ttje treaty of Amietj1!, the I'rrr.Xh f;ovetnnii,nt have M a riKht I rail up j Lim ii ronforrrity to the llij i.latit.nj of llt trcy.to withdraw hi f jrtei ironi t'e UW'iA cf Malta. ctfle time hen this (icmand was 'tis Je by the French f?ocrrtfiient, ie eriilof the moil important nipula Utiorti 6f the arrsngemci'.fi rrtpect Irty Malt rtmalticd uneicr uteA j the I'.cttion of a prand master lvd Vrj tera carried into rect. The tetitJi crtkU hud fl'pulfttd, that the inJc pen lr ic e of the island thoul l he pa fed under the uarfantretid.'pntec lknpf(irrt.Britas.n, Trtice, Austria, V,us".l, Spain and Prussia. The em peror of icrra,ifiy had acceded to the rjtitrraitivf.t utonly on-tondtiion hl alike accttion nil the part of th cher powrt ijvrined i?t the tniel;. The empror of lunsia had tofjml his sfctsMon.fJtffpt the comStion ! that t!ie Mal,,-el6U)ghoul4 tenh- ; ro-rttfdf vniltht jkirof Priistla had I Riven ro aner vhattrr to the'ap Hcvtloti width f A hern rr frU to him j toareM- to the arrangement. Tint j the f.in.Umen'.l pilnciplc, tjpn thi I tsiMfnc cf satilch rlrptndea thiei fvit'mnof ihj other parts of the artlcli j Ma irr n .Pfeattd hy. tht 11 hkh hiul uken 1 1 Art tloa fibf;.ri;r iir.i th inslufl f, , .1 if the tfeaty of peace, ,7; was lo the "order of St.'lohn of-Jerusalem that hh '-jnajest wastby ftit fisst stipulation i i the 10th article, bound to restore the i3iUU VI lUttit.l' I'.uc vtuvi iV-U- , ncd to consist of those I-angtjes VblH were in existence t the . tithe of ,.i"r . conclusion of the treaty t the. ..thre t Trench Langues having been abolish- . cd, and a Maltese LangMe tdded 6 .. theinstitutjori; -The order consNK-4 ! therefore, 'jat thaLtftnei of the follow ing Langr.e's, of Arragoni Castile, G6r ;ny, liavaria and Russia.v Shice the conclusion of the definitive Ircaty, the Langues of Arraj;on .arid Castile havt been separated feofci the order Kpain, a part of the Italian Lanyrui.' has been abolished by the annexation cf Piedmont jind Taring w l-'ratice. There is string reason to believe, ih;t it has been in icontctnpjation toVf questralte the property ot the Bavatkri La'nguc, an4 the intention has been u Vowcd of .kcepinej .the Russian .a:i. ' gues within the dominions of the eav .Tperor.' ,".-, y.-y. ; , - Vnder these eircum'stance?, the or der of St. John tVnnot now. be consi 'de.red & that body to which, I accord- " inpj to the ' ittipulatt on -' of -the treaty V-' .the island was to be restored,, and thV Tunds indispensably neceskary for it1 .8upport,!and to le maiotf nance of the imlepiphdence ofthal isiind' havi been nearly, if not whJJly Rcqucstra ted Even if thii had arisen from circumstance which it waiviSotln the power of any efthe dontractinj pr. ties to the treaty b tohtrol,'his tnajeis lj nevertheless, , Vootd.havo . had a 'right to defer We eyociiation of- thi t islandhy his forcei, .until such time ius an equivalent arrangemetit ba'tl 1tr " concludedfor the' preservation ofthe" independence of the order and of the island. But if these 'changes have t ken pi ce in ccnasuence of any acts of the other parties to the treaty t if the Freuth government elicit appear to have proceeded upon a ystem of rendering tha oivlcr whose indt pen dence they had stipulated, kcapahle of maintaining 'that ;ln dependence, his rnaiesty.'s.'riKht to continue in the o- , i cupation'of the island, 'undr, such, piir VliMi'i'iivwat 11 111 ur.i uii uc vviiivairiu It is indiiputable that ihe revenues of the two Spanish Langnes, have been withdrawn from the order hy his n-. holiC majesty, a part jof the Italian LangaahaJih factbeen-ahollthed hy France through the unjvitt nrtx;v tion cJ PiednVnt,, I'arni'v, and PU- j e conn, vo me 1 rcoe.ii in i i;nrjr il j elector of Bavaria, hss hecn instigt.ted J by the French gnvernmentloieqJcs j rate the property of the order wuhi lus territories and it it certain thuf they have not only sanctioned, hut u.f cour,fethe idea of the propriety trrpiVi; ting the Itussian titnuc fti, the remaindefof the ordfr. (. . As the conduct of the governm.t f Frunze snd Spain, hive, therr?'e :ia sofiir Instances di'ectly, and in r thers ir.dircftly, contrikuted to the changes which hive taken jlnes in ti e ordtr tt this dcstroyrl It mum rTl S'?pportingitaindeper(!encr,. it ito those goernn.enfstandtAttohisi,n. featy. that the neft-f neCntion of tl tenth nrticU' of the treaty of Aniie ttiut he ascribed. . . Srr-.h would be theiuat ConrluMen, If the ttnth article ottba treaty wne rcuidertd ai so arrangement by T ef. It muit be obkeiud, Ivneut, )bat this article fuims piut only of . treaty f peace, the whole of wl.ihi connected toeethtr. and the. Itipulj- ' lions of which muuupon riiiuip'.( , roniwvnio a I trcitiea be conatrued. as having a refer re me to tathoii i. I Hit iiujcaiy wta tuduccd by treaty of puace t conMOt, to urL ,i i and to rot ore U the order of bt.JoJ j . I th: liland of Malta, on condition tf 1 In Wpepdrcc and neutrality. " Pc .i, tutkfcT loiid'uion hkli mut t.t ei rij be etpoitd f htvc had tt'i.i.i dcralle i!i.'tr. with his wairktv in ; Inducing him to insKc so Impoturt j twn'fssion, was the arjifxernc if I he Fruicll ggveruuf tit in an aiTuifc , me ut for th arcuiur of the Lavuu ly t!i rigtuJi ni tuuih ariiilti iu t" 1 trcdlystipiUa'.ir); the: ii.lrUty f U.v TuckUh empirr, itid tl.v ipCk -. Uuicc 'th ictiun IvlanJa. Ilisn -JfUy hdit, however, wuee.h sunt, l!t thrKrrnt.il roveri.uuU iavc tt- m -tained iiii j.oatilc Ut Uth li.i n Jectti f ul that U LntiiM'.. Ktkted th ida ol a ithan et the iTuikuh etj.pirc 'ileu no tiiyst tvw be tniiiJivtUi all Wit uJ ' frfcTitl.e etl.e.!l j i bbv alien ,vlU. u peitbl StUvtatdi Itcnilhe m ; 4att tf that Li! ef r aini the r liti I fctr a I.) l'

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