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L O N D Q N, Dec. 29.
'HIS MdlESTVi MJNlkE.sTQ.
ing preletueu the following declaration trom his
Majetty :.' ' ""....,...... . .,,.,. -
.Thtr ,'wgocat1osV''whUlr''aiJ''aXloo''2cfir(t Fur the
reftoration of Peace had mdoted his maj'.Uy ti-ipen.
- at Paris; ; haying been brop
French governmeotj - the king thinks, it dueTo hirrt-
lclt and bis people, to lUie, lu.ihis. public manner,
the circumltanccs which have preceded ami attend
ed a tranfaction -of-fo much importance to the gene
ral interelts jof Europe
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It is wcu kiiuAu tiit early in the; Iprefent year, jj,
.. .MrcuinU.UK.cfc oi utiucuiiy and ditcouragement, dc
4,ivrutincu co uke lucii Jteps.as were belt calculated
to ope a the way tor negociation, it any correlpond
II lug de fire rev4iledonjne-parcot4S-encnHesf
At directed an -overture to oe made in his name, by
his u.iaiiUi iu ovwiicilauJ, for the purppjeof alcei -Smiling
the dilpoiitions of the rieiicngovtinnieni
wita refpect 10 peace. 1 he anfwer wliicli tie rt
ceiled iu itiui ii was at once baugnty and evahve ; it
-aiiex'tedTo-tprdtiotrthe iracwifyTo thoie uilpoiiuons,
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tf wliich ins majeity's conduct aituided ot unequivb
cal a prool ; ic rancour rounrilels objections to the
public dinner, at Riclcctt'sCircus, fo targe WsrJ)
'gtQu in teltiniony ot their apjMbatbnx.tbiiprK
panyTiiiun wium wcU an ii i Yi re jil niihers,
many of tht Menioers ti l oi ! .I'ciife xii u gi s,
the Governor 6 ti e "ftate,- thf urine"' : I r, tr-
chant of the ci"v""n7ti at Cells r's. Let I, ti 11 n irch-
t ed in protcilicn 11 yin i'bi nte 10 .ibt p'ceot t mer;
laimnenrr kin tntti enuunf; u 1 1 ircus. rg
!Hg'i..Akrcb lekmndi l t iatfugi. the place, am. V ttf.:
tain drew pp, hUh pjUr.fd to view 3 irri (parent
fu.il ".lengih psiuiUrg'of ti c iaiie i rclcient. Wliom (
r ame is tiywnifcf: w ill) a V leathtl Lai. 1 el. taking
leav
1 yh
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Por'fnicuth,
ave, afurjklivtring to liei hib vajcdJifUjiji
?UfetjifiBfr;ot rvirrerTCa, who is lepicicnttd by a
ituif, hcltlint; ti.cCap of Liberty in I er
ha, with an Alur belcrt htfvtufcribtd i &. a-
'itu.u-. In the paiiiihip a e mtrut'Uced lcvtialeMi-
b 1 e n j a t ii al d c y ii;cs UwLotuua'iU-h e- h a tt-vqb ir ed -ryl.is
puhiic Uivitts, ami a didar.t vitv 01 Mount
fr'aat rf J rt??ld?r;:
i. ri. tot lbt-L tyt i jcLisBS3jtotirc
V. e l.ttr that a ditttt icn n i nicauci, u, tliuiflit
i r, I j a lard pelt, between the iniitd Sutc s aV;d
l!ali i.x in Nova Scotia, .
Civ aii icsy the mh infl rt, ti e Tfiie of fitly
I vi it 1 y , N p. 2; 'lie Dlu l:oi ci tujni mbu 306 .
ii tlit 101 luiinie a!er.tuitr. ' t '
A rclolutiou pafied the L onfe of Tcrrrfeutativcs
of tht- I nited irtes, on TuHWay il t 2 tl. nit. giant-
lnj?: to General V iniontt .ii.iJL'4.UAiwt-'-
tl e icii.i,ii.ct. oi iai l..c.
ffoini mi:ni s By .tuthority.
-ot jbuf,ow, ot i ouiteticut, cdrlul gei.eiai for
! LELIIH!- kingdonict Aif ers.-
Vtinoti, the liei oil is n.iitnicni.
Not leUtiiah jjo ve' huis w ere f rtffent. and a mi (I
furnptuous tuterta 'nn.ent Mas proviiieci by Mr. bi
charder, which confided of lour lu ncred ijjjit5-Ql
4ie-m(Wbictr-vTwd louid t urcha It
or art prepare, clreficd and lervtd up in a mann 1
vs hich did liini tht hiyhs 11 citilit. A.r. W iiii g art:
Me
Mudeol ltier. 'i hetollowin toafj.
general Loiiferel,, oy winch peace nas bten io of. wee given Irom the chair: r
. leu refloied to biiropejUubut it Uuctioaftv-paiied:
itr in fiance ii'u inajelty s delire to learn what p:
tiicr mode would be ureterrrd by rraiice.' It at
the lame "Time" allerted "a "principle which was itatel-
as an uidilpetiliule preliminary to alt negociation ;
a pruiciplr under witli the terms ot peace mutt have
,bcen, reguiaied, not by the uiual codlideration of
jultite, policy and reciprocal convenience j but by
ti) implicit tu JiiiHhuii 011 tnc part .01 ail oherpow
ers to a ciann louiuied on tne intei nal and keparate
coniliiuiioii ot Krance, as having tiill ait Hrrity t )
fuperieue the treaties enicred into by iiuiepenJent
ttaies, to govern tneir iiiterelts, to cnoi rouLiheir
engagemenis and to dilpole oi their (onvHMon:.
' A preteiiuon in itle t lo extravagant coiild in n,r
initance have been admitted, or even liltened rp tor
1 a moment. Its application to the prelent cale leri:
llQ- nothing -lMg- tluii 1 that r ranee Ih'iuid, as a preli"
irjinary to all dilcuifion, retain nearly ail her cpn
ouelts, and thole particularly in which liiVinajclt ,
was molt concerned, both from the ties ot tnttre M
. arid,.the: lacred - .obligations ot treaties : Thar he
iliould in like manner
"been conquered trom her in every part ot the world :
and that lbe would be left at lihcrtv, to bring !oi -'
ward luch further demands on all points ol ne .ci;.
tfnn.as luch uncpialified lubmiffion on the part ot d o
with whom lle treated could uot fail tpprnduc
. , On fuch grounds as their it was lufhcientl) evident
that "no Tiegociati'jrt could be eitabiifhed ; neitlu
did the anlwer of hW nTaeltv's enemies art old ai.v
opening for continuing the difedfionj fince th? nuwU:
o negociatton etf ered by" his rtlajelty "Tiaf W en 'ft?
remptorily rejected by them, and no other had bem
ja which they wiire willing to concur.
" lis Majdty was, however, not difcou raged evt r
by his refult, from (till purliiiog fiich meal'ure as
appeared to him m oft conducive to the end I peace ;
and the wilhes ot his ally the Emperor, correlpond
. ing witn tnoie wpien jis niajetty had manitettcd,
fentiments of a limilar tendency were exprelled on
the part of his Imperial ina'iefty at the time ot opeii
iiis? ti e "campaign r but the countenance of the fame
fpirit and principles on the part pf the'enemy, ren
dered this frefb overture equal iyjuccelsful.j :
While thegdverdmeTnTlilTrartce tlius perfiiled
' in obftruclihg every meafure that could even opto
rhe ways of negociation,' no endeavour vus omitud
. t nftn 1 ea Hj the pybta
witit rcipect 10 ine real cauie 01 ine proionguioi.
otjearlaf)dJtOLcaftjidoobt pnthpft drlrnTtTTror:
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wnrcn could nave dictated the Iteps taken by In
mn'efrv and "his aiirgiift ally." ; .
tn ofdef to deprive bis jsnfm'fs of ill potfiiSiluA
of fnbterfnge or evalion, and inhope4.hat a.'uft tenle
of the continiifd-caUmiries of war,' and ot the-in-,
crefing diftrellrs cf franco herlej2n2jiiaxJej.iii.
...hae If d td m-"fe jiilt and pacific dilpoiitions b
nnj-fty renewed in arother fornr , and throng.? tl -
Hirer vention of friend Iy powerf., a'-prop,n:afoi--opening
negociatTon for peaccfTrhr-'wsrft'r'r!""
; n,cn rn,s "ter;v-nt ion was received indicated t
molf hollile difppH';ani towards Great Britain, an
,, it the fame tinie atforded all Kurope a . tnoi'; ttfikin
7 jnftance oFthat !jjriuas..and . Te nli ve cV.u! ytl whi h
- is obferved dn thpnrt of the f'rencii governme,.
towards ill our ctniVii rjts. ; Tile rtpeaied overtHT
made in his Mai'iiv's name were neverihelels of
Foe n a natu re, rha tit w.Wt la-:iioiuLuufUflbte-to-perlilf
in the ahfnTii?ff rei-ct',on of t' tni 'without t!.e
Z 01 recta nd o ndt-liiileH-a v 0 "w at-;o f a :l- "ernuiation t r
retuie to turone aH hope otthe reltoration oi ti an
qo i I i t y, y. A c ba nn el was j here fore at.lejiy.iiiJ4Mli-
1 . 7 he Vuiied biatu : h ay a juft .-.pprecLtion of
their pfofperous condition enfute a long coniimi V
tion ofhappipcls"to the people, and attachment to
I lie "gojveininent. " - .
2. The IreCident of the Vmled Sides: May the
confiuebce Which is due to apprr yed patriotiini and
fail 11 ul kivittB, guarantee a inm fupoit to his a-.'-m
niitiation, and lefuie to him ihe eltesm and affec
lion of his itllow -ciiitns.
3. Ihe Li.thn O.td tt,ih of I ent)lvan'ta : May the
wilt and philanthropic fpirit ot its iounder tie ever
ctfO piCuoua in the public acts and individual corwliiei :
otTffrrilzensT"" ; - . ' -
4. Peace and haivnony 16 th? nations of Kutupe,
5. Civilization and buppinels to the -AborVginrs
of America. .. ' ' "
6. Kreeilom and friendly iiitercouili; to all the
wdiid.
7. The Mwrjitfts f.j the United States to Foreign ta
tions; May the tail relations of our government be
ihe only rule ol t heir cor:elnct...j s : '
8 . The A 11 trru! Si j ?;. cs : M a v their nrop-rels ir
M U ,
3ot! 6r ?',' conlul tor ihe 1 crt of Gibraltar, in
ihe room of James hin pfon, appointed conlul for
iorftelo.
Iroii.pio factJo Po.oik, of Fennlylvania, conful
tor the port of New.Orleans
-r-5fmiTTrrTiMaT lor the port "
and jttfltriit of Aux.Cayts, t. Lomingo.
Cturies Jnckon, of Georgia, dHtrict attorney.
Dtvid
the kingdom ofOeat-britnin. for the relief and
pI QtfCi le.n r nirnc ?n-Uir-twrrj-v ir j'.lij) rrpi .
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more tne nappnu.s pi tusn. -
9. The Ag ii-ui-'t re cj ti,i L'tiihJ i tate: : May an a
bondant incrcle reward ti e labour of r ur Kaimers,
and a treeiiiliutficieni got ti nn ent etcr prottdf
their indurtry,-. -
-A.t(tr, General.. W,afl:in'gipn had wiih'drnwn, .
Our -be tVi d -t'fUC--Citi:eti:" May the evening of
his 'ile be as h pp.v.as itunorning and meridian have
been gloriouiiy uleiul, and may the gratitude ot hn
couptry be xoevarwiiirhrr exiflence. ;
: '77. I' ice ) refuU ftt ol the Lhnhd Su.ies : M:;v h's e
mine n talentti be long exerciled with i onour to nini
felf l:d advantage to his 1 o 'inry'
We are happy to Irani tlirit itie rrp a:ns of this
fetttval were, by direction of t 'e man igen, giver
to t he prifoners in the gonl ard to the fick in the
holpiial, that ihe unforiuhate and afflicted might al
fo rejoice upon the occafion.
Yelterday the brig Lindamin, Tapt. M'l ean.was
feized (on her applying to be cleared out lor Santa
Cruzj for contravening the law of the United Stat es
prohibiting veflels trom fitJtjngjButJfuAir.ericarfor
the pnrpofe of Tupplyihg foreigners with (laves. She
is fuppofed to be owneel by the fame perfons who
owned tne t.aly VV alterttort, the fhtp lately con
Uull, aj pninttd fifth con.u:iliioner, undtr the Briiifh
treaty. ' ''Z'Z'. . r-" ::::'
jLlr4fioJ'fi lefter ftctn'a ' rj;.iC. ; b.'. darnfer h; th:
Javun..ah, duicd ttb. 9, to u eu.t.a hi h .aihl.
It w as tit ttiK.ii ec! lalt injul t by this . g t rn
nient tl ux tliis j. oil fieuld he ptnet' ler the intro
duciicn of the i.i.n'Xtti atiitle; : a c j y bl tfe.de
cite I have before nic in.? .auifh ; the Ij-ei if.it! ar
lielts ait txei l.iianily Jngh i flit ire..fouij-" duly
ol 01 e and twt!.t' percent.' ill e-t up iht prohts.
for if a re-iiioi: ano beeai.le ihty aie 'iioei;tlin.ab.,
lolute .want oHthYnT'i as'iTTs inertly to piotn.y a.
vent for the colonial' pi educe ; 1 fliOi.id ad ile not
to engage unltfs to gain an tntry here. '
" A fn: all invoice ot buittrrtheefe, oil, beef, j ami,
and tod hfh, wo ;lti ..ai.fwei well ;, the dry goods
Would alio,' hist they might, I think, be deemed con
traband in time ol war by feme of the Britifli Ciui
Itrs i nder the denomination of light fail cloth, ti e
nails w i'il aniwer extieintly'well ; the fiiiugle nails
w r on gl 1 1 1 i-nd 1 ma 1 1 v rough t f n a 11 s , v e t y w e 1 1 .
. ' I- iif-"u-K- jbone it'Hiieti -to.'
Beef, falt fifli, pork, oil, tallow, butter, rictf, pp.
tutocs, chetfe, corn, tiry goods, iirainanti s, edarli
brown liiuns, l)j.incs, coietas, light cafiva5('a' h.rt
ot wide linen cloth,- bavetas. L.-i7e B uf.e-s. Ti c
j above uriici sire admitted into ihe Havgnna ur-on
1 ne toreign ouiy ol one and iwenlypertei.tr a.nd
without any pai litutaf 'lornialitlCK' ":" " "
f lour 22 and 27 dnih rs. '
Sugi.s,.brown, 6 dolls per too.
VV iiite, 8 do. . " '.-
.Molaffei 91-2 (fuppole leais) per keg containing
i 1-2 gafls. -,.:.:.....-.:---.-"-
Hides, 1 r-2 doll.
AT a meeting of the Comniiflioners.ot ihe ttivvn 1 f
Fayetteville at Lewis Harge'sr Efq, on Saturday
evening 2tth t'ebmary 1797,
ORDER E D that "ill free'negroes, mnlattf es,
and otber perfons ot mixed blood, who are at
prefent inhabitants of this town, fliall on Pr before
pie.iflLdayfpril4iexTr-Bpply-tv t he-towrr t leTttT"
in order to have their names regiltered and receive
a bage agreeably to au act of ihe "General AlHinhly
of this State and that every perfon of the - above-
demned for the like illegal pradkesOn fesrehing anlrihabi.
iir. ' .' .W . ? 1 f r;j -' . 1. . ... ... '
lam vi liiu iownj maKe ine iiko application
withimhree 'days after their arrival, tiader the
penalty by law prefcribed.
. By ord-r, DUNCAN M'RAK, Clk.
Fayetteville, March qth .50 4
this brig a great quantity of hand-rntTs. rlmins. an
other lhackles. were dilcovered, as well as mufltets,
words, (hot, (landards for net-work. fome con
cealed in the well room, and the re(t among the
ballad. . " ;
BALTIMORE, March 11. ;
A gentleman of veracity who came pfTenger
wit h Capt. Smith in the (hip PrefidentJrom Saint
J U N-A WAY trom the fubferibef on the 7t h Feb.
1
BarthofonTews, gives inf ormation which tends (till
further to corroborate bur accounts of the holtile
lilpohtion ot Prance." He Tfys- that juft before J
.i.y..i.Ug.AUUartno.lan!ew.i,'. vjaptain iianibridge ar
livcd there from Boimleaux, in 34 days; and that a
i . Ncfbitt a relpeifalile merchant :?of That, place,
.d received lettefsftaling thTf byii he orders; ot
lie execmive direttory, lo'rd Malndbury had depart
! from Paris ; tliat ,;r. Piuckuey, bur minifter pK
;ij)rjteniarv, had delivered his ci.edehtials to thedi
Te'oTory who for teveral days bad rrtnmed no ardwer
iVd tliai heJmjji.io
Jaffna , negro man, named DERRY " ahont -27
'o our5eaux,herjrjhi
not been, he would not he r-teived t abd every (liwlit
oared thro w h 1 c f 1 1 b e g e r n m e 1 1 r ot Kraii'ce pro
cneo-ttieiyni I m7,'rn"rtgnf " tr " "" " " , " ' y
reatfinefs was expreHfd (though in terms tat' te-'
. 1 . j. e 1 1 l ' .. . : .
ti nir ironi unv iniru ot cmrcri i:t 1011 yo ;receiyca-'
- i .1 1 , - 1
if -""Hirer aptnoTued by 111s nnje'.ty to proceed to l'.
m wn ior tnat .pnrpote;
by the inhabitants of the place void of infult, was
x Ii 1 b ttcdj owatds lnm. This malli.penchg fay s r
-I -lie aoifvr r:u iti t i.- n i- . 111 riirr Ta Id tnat
1 iuimhj was irjarni iu iciuru io vujcrica.
:U-6bs c-tno'i'tfJ in yrn?x1.
. VliLjYnYAAUA, March 3.
Oil Saturda ine Mcx chants ol this Zxity "gave. "a
FAY E T T E VIL! L E, March 25.
I8 ffolutiin piTep4r'iih hovireTthe- KegifiaVpTe
,;f Ma'l ichoOt t. d'reT:ing a Portrait of the illnf-
trious WASrilNGTOK to be painted io uecorats
ihe Hall of the NevFSfate-HoUle. - -
years od, five feet eight or. ten inches high, blr.ck
complexion.:thi.s iountty born -.there 5s a place Vii
the top of his head a little to ihe- right fide; a ffze
larger than a dollar that has no wool on and'ar-'
l-rai s wpue ana icaiy ne commonty wears A bn;d
k.erthief on his head to hide .laid place I exped he
has a mimber pf dollars with him w hofoever will
take up faid tiegrolind put hiin in jail, fo as I can
jet hini again, Ihull have five dollars, Vml exptne-
paid by .' V.'in.fAM M.HAn : .
N B . Pi s back Js m aHteds?jiJube.jii p .if jtkir
lTHrraTSe7a,T.wiireive''teq dollars. "'
zangxwMjtjiareb- 52 2
COMMITTED' to the jail of this towna :few--weeks
anOi-a-tieErcnnan bv the'nanie-nf-CJfc.
aTfuTther confitmed W the veihiUlfmatttr.nf pAfie iaTs r to Wflliam iyinrlirr tiva
ofner, South-Carolina, and has.
been abfent upwards ef a vear the owner is re.
-H-e pertyr rtd-pay ingrtheneceuaif y iKpences," he"
may taKe mm away.
JKSSE-LIIK, jallnrT
yVaicry of BL A N KS for fa!e the