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,..y;...i J ! - ' Do you then, Monfieur M.ir(ha!, r conjure you, . continue to favour an enterpriza which is under fo high obligations to you. '. The generality "'of your ; fouI,v -the. n iblenefs'of your heart, will not give way, -and iris nhof on the brave and invincible troops whom, you have fo ftcn conducted to vidtoty, and upon the German na tion a trlurv the nvft oue and brilliant. r i - i , mp T 'c.itiMt vViir F.w.-pllencv to permit me to allure foTiTtlilf you the definitive project, together with his lad ar rangements; and 1 doubt not, that if your Excellen cy deigns tc continue to countenance them his Royal Highnefs the ArchduVc Charles, conduaed by your Excellency, will be in the heart of France before the -end of next month. - r -T - .T -. -: I am,refpeftful, M. MarhHal. &c. &c. &c ' Norc Louis is th? author of this Letter, and ei" ther Coiii ant of Neufchve or Fauche Borel, alfo of Neufchatel, the'Pn'nter. We fhall immediately find but for certain the correfpondent of Marflial Wurmfer. has written, it appears, a letter to all the' French mini Iters at foreign courts relative to thctate events in-i a ris, wlm.h is fpoken of in the higheft terms, by all the different Journalifts. It is not however yet publifhed. CatntlleJourJariy Deputy of the department of the Rhine to ail the bdmin'Jlrations anil all the citizens of his De ' - parimnt -September 7, 5th yeani.,. , . - ' My-ftllow-citizens, a horrible crime has jutl been . Committed. Three Direaorshave crcaed the ftand afd of rebellion again.t the national reprefentation ; " they have caufed, the place in which our fitting are held, to be inverted by armed men.; and have driven us forcibly fiom thence. Several deputies are appre bended ; a great number have betaken themfelves w ""flight ; they have no poffible mode qf communication .n..K nther. and the National Reprefehtation no rtiin 7 , - - the Direaor9, deliberating with guns at meir.prcaiis, dare (till to ufurp the title. They have publifhed the " tenible revolutionary cpde? and have annulled the fiee and legal eleaions. They have determined on the ttanfportation of fifty-two Reprefentativcs, among 0)ij fes havehe honour to be comprc hendtd ; and it is by ttius overthrowing the conltitu . tion, that they accfe lis of confpiring againft, them, and place at the head of a . ridiculous royalift . cor.fpi " p;Arri tii Immortal defender of the republic. 1 av.y , ........ , p x c U T . Paris, contemplates, with a mournful filence, tncle ..'.i. .. ...u:..i. : wnrffs In .1 word, never h?s CnilK 6 WlIV.il II V omivii. ..... , ntilitaiy kfpiHrfm.been difplayed with greater impu .l .n -jrrtl I n iTPriprniis nation. Never has a greaTe crime of hih trcafon difgraeed the French revolution 4 I coiifider it as m) duty to connrm to vou an inci' iof which"7OT the majMiity of the two counCiils, againfl the violchc bywhichWc hnvc bien oppreffed. Gcnpous fellow. . ciHious. I know yout hearts; R pref your indig ration at the recital of this dreadful news Calmly confiuer the fi'tuition in which you are placed. ", Let - vnnr piicrirv hs temoered bv ' prudence. This is the onlv advice which I can give you from the obfeurity of the retreat in wliicJ 1 am compcucu tonioc rjnyieu, 'and where I cherilh the hope of being able. to ferve you: better than on the defart.ftbr.es of Guinea. : - P. S. I fliall withouf delay addrefs to you a faith-1 ful account of thecvents of the 17th and 18th. You will be kble to judge for youi ft Ives of the condua of your reprefentatives and that of the Triumvirs. fiiffirlpntlv tnlain thp canfe of-the tanld fall of the Funds previous to the arrival of t?8rd Malmtflwry. 1 he return ot ll-arl t. Vincent s ueet is toon ex nePteA tn he -efitted- a thev cannot now. in confe- V V W W - J w J vquence of the late treaty between France ar.d Portu- n i ' i" ' T rt-"'7t al, take ihelter in the .harbour ot iuoon. September 26 . ' ' Return of I,ord Malmefbury.: We-arerforirtCT announce an event whfeh'places the nrofnaA nf a. ... Peace at a farther dillahce. Lord Matmeihuryha Britifh VQmjTnliierh & unexpeaediy returned froni Lille. His Lordlhip, ac-" companied by Lord JVlorpeth and Mr. Jiliis, reacneo his houfe in Spring Gaiden3 ye!lerday, while he was received by Mr. Cu.lnmg and Mr. Hammond, the U ndef. secretaries ot btate, and lupponea oy mem from his carriage. His LodOjip had .left Lille folate. as Monday, ahd appcard to be fomtwhat indilpofed, in confequence ot his lpeed. Jrlis return was announced by the following letter from Mr. Dundas to the Lord . i " . .ri.ri.- 1i !' J ....v. layor written late on x ueiuay nigiu, auu umuc public yefierda'y morning. Parliament ftreet, Sept. 19; lb o'clock, P. M. i7-rT--- J think it proper to apprife your Lordfuip, that a McfTenger is arrived this evening, with an account hat in coiitequcnce cf an intimation from the French PWInritentiaries" Lord Malmefbiiry has quitted LiHe, jind is nqw on his way "home, tioti-aVfHccplimed" i he Obifct or his million. ... " 1 have the honour to be, my Lord, -your Lordr. (hips moll obedrentrand -TaVthFiil Tervant, ';"'"'' (Signed) . HENRY DUNDAS. " Manllon Houfe, half pall 8 o'clock, A. M. September 20, 1797. ( A true Copy ) BROOK WATSHM, iwyor " It has betn given out with lome confidence, that lyAUnmr hr rallfd the firll Week in Oaober ; but the currept report of this morning is that itvill. not meet nil November that yw time more iny ne tri'vert to mini Iters to learii h.W; theUte tranfcaionVm France will termn7nte,.and lo" tak?acrvinHgfrany favourable crifis of altairs in that country, which may ptomife a fuccefsful renewcl of the negociation. The Parliament of .Ireland is further prorogued to Tuefday the. 44th of. Ocubr' next. September 27. Yedtrday arrived, the Paris papers down to the date of the 23d in Slant. inclufiVi; : their contents are extremely important. , ; - : . A proclamation has been publ:met by the .E&equ - tive J ectorv, wnicn can ue cumiu.nu in uu iu .1 and 12th of September, ta4v tl.at In the towns of Cologne, Bun, A ixrla-Chapelle, &C, tt e friends of the; rtvolution had obtained the. afcendancy, feized the go vernment, the trcafur and the archives, proclaimed; the Cilrhenane Republic, and ren.olrtc(d their tsnion with thcGetmaiiEmpire-TiLelh .ecu r iers to , Pa- ris, and to general HOch'e, tequei'irfg that a-prtiviliot.. al direaory mighf be appointed for the new rep ublicl Kelativeao thc'Teturn ot jLoid iwainrtibuiy lronj Llfle, the folIowirTg are the articles which appear in ' the diffei cM"jpap'eraVii I he Ltefduualitm. light than a a declarano o of, war aai land and Austria--In the prbciamattoi linli both Eng on the armies are - ."LT Q "N D jO-N,"- September 2 5. - - It is again reported, that a General Congrefs is a-b'oliOcrbeWdr-rirfettlrihcrTefpea , A'ifTcrrnt F.nronean nations therefore, notwithftand- ingthe rupture of the negociation at Lifle,"Jiopes, it m.-a.TT.-.n--r.."-t-,-.T-.,m,,. - , 'r-'l :C-t Jit. .A rdered to prepare theftifclvca to march on the 6th of October. ' ( , . - ' '-v It is added in femie o'flie papers, that orders liave been fent to Buonapaite to.recommence,hpftilitj.cfi.iiBJ.. n. dirrly. if t he Emperor-dots not-fign the treaty on the terms pr France. . . , Anotlu r'j.'t tiVle of conliderable inured, to which we ' cfer'our edVs, Is the It tier of Camiliic "Joutdan, one ol the exiled deputies;-' to' his conltituents, on the fubjea of the late violation of their rights.-v -. , . MucH art is ufed to conceal what is going ori in t?tir interior, fnit it cannot be denied that commotions j re apprehended The French Direaory boafl of their arm f es ; Jpcvlia ps tile y will lia ve more bu fine fs for them fpeedily than they feem to be aware of. . Letters from ViennaTof the 9th inftant ftate, that two tlays before Mr. Crelky-arrivcd there i a Courier from the Marquis de Gallo, at Udina, which place he left o,n the 5th. It was again reported that peace was figned, but would not be publicly airnounced,ti-ll ihe prtlimjnaries between France and England were alfo figned. The-lmperiaLNeoci.atorsttiiLcrjntend JrfiUght mpre troops into the Venetian territories ; and the Imperial army irt Italy was hkewiie in a very refpeaable Atuation. , liiJettmiLqmJJ 30th, ' it is men-, tioned that, an interview ,fce;tweea-'thTTV5'riie" Gallo and Buonaparte had been prevented by the 111 nefs of the. latter," who' is faid to have affured the De: putics at Udina that his coming was purpofelyjfor the" figningof the peace, provided Anflria clofed witi the terms he had to propofe. j otherwifc, war was inevi table. ..:-'-: ' .;..'.-'-". -' ..." '..The'.Kiog"6fr Sardinia j the J5ukeof .Tufpny and Palma have congratulated the Cifalpine D'neaory up on their inftallation. An infurreai6n at Corfu is faid to have obliged the French to embark 4OCO frefli troops from Paris. ; , ; Admiral Nelfon At now daily at the Admiralty. This gallant maii, aftef receiving his wound, continued for a Tonfiderablc time to-exei t himfelf "in fnatching from a watery grave, a number of gallant fellows who .were paddling about him'. .. a vri-t.at rnmher ot ai dreiies nave oeen preientea 10 the leiriflative badyv felicitating it upon "the events of theRth rruaidor.- r- '-vrr ; -:. .; bur letters from Dover ojfthe 24th .ifift. Rate that yick ihe meffenget failed on Saturday night for Calais, with difpatches to, the Frech commillioners at Lille. , : rrr t. ' .1 T3U ..f Kf:n:T Anntlicr li-tter from Dover, dated t o'clock this r r- a n- .v7g .1 Li ua.. ... t Arim-fe. ,iMVlrtn?vhat4heeirengeJLMrivcd at Calais on .VrBaTOl."ihat he let i.ui.v per- I. Suay-mHwand proceeded immediately. to Lille, VwMa aai.v f - v : - . , 4 . , ' , r f.mfi.mto the ffcrt-t refpecting the'- determination ot It is now clearly proved, that the coaleafced pow" ers talked about a general peace, merely for the pur-' pofe of creating civil war, and that if the Directory had not been undeceived by the difcovery of the mo& criminal matKEUvres, France would have becpnle,the prey of Its molt ""cruel enemits., What was Lord" Malmelbury at Lifle? A L .diplomatic charaaer in-' ftruaed to tempor ize ahd to do injury He has very well played tWpart given him b Pitt.Thc French goveinment when it fent him away, had pofitiye. proof of an . unlawful correfpondence foi the marj bo-as;xharged-with thkjcorrefpxmdeflCan6Lwei pledge burfelves for the truth cf this alfertion) has been arrefted at Calais, has been brought to Paris, and is now clofely cbn fined ! , ; ; f r The fame Idurhal of the 2 :'lt inflanf. favS. Tw j'prtmgntwrHftat'" jwcte in thg. boat ' w hen.it' waa.oycr-' , fet with the mellcnffers in Calais Koads, have beea . thrown on (hore by the wavtf and picked up. They .. were fent tcilie ph'ce ."office; "They Contained pack-' ets addreffed to private. individuals, with v which the melTengera who weie goin,: to Paris were charged. Many of the letters thus discovered, throw much light "on thr confpiracy. and will inculpate many pctfrm who h't.le thought of having tht'r fechrity diiturbed by filch a lingular concunence of events. Jlhefounwl des Cnmpagnees et da Armies. t.nrrt Malmi iTimv fft tmt frum l.iilethe dav be fore Yerterday.. . It is affiled tnat it was by virtue of anrder-frmtTicDire quit the territory of the Republic in 48 hours.-r-lt mould apr?ar rom thence, that the new negociator fent to .Lifle, were bearers of prccife and clear terms which were to cut fliort all diplomatic Crooked policy -; and that that not fuiting the noble lord, he wafi'defirci to depart.- ,;; . , ., . . ,.'. .-. " It is" thought that hoflilities are going to be re newed w are the irreconcileable foes-of the republic ; and we' fhall have no peace until the. F.nglim fleets lb all bei burfTtT and the princes of the Empire rendered hide- ; pendent. . . . .; '.'. ' , It wag-on the 30th Fruaidor, that the commif fioners of Lifle made known to Lord Malmefbury the orders of the dircdory, to terminate by frank and prccife declarations the long duration of the negoci--";" .E!h.t. WnUp Inrrl they eA jlimfeJf aSilittle teadv as the firft time to. conclude, On this new proofoF his want, ot hncerity, the commilnon anteeu oy prefling the neceflity of feparatingl- The next davj the loid accepted his pafl'port ; and the next day he quitted France,, twice a witneft of the perfidy of his government. yjfi of -a 6 nai adjuft mcnt of all diflerences-i-but this we confider as very Toofe fpcculation. . - , - -r Some Dutch papers were received ycflerday; but they contain little intelligence' of confequence; The new Convention has renewed the Sittings, from which, a confiderable iiumber.of, members have excufed them felves from attending; The commerce of the United " States is entirely annihilated, and muqh defpondency and difcontent prevails in the different provinces. An Orange party is ytt fpoken .of. . ' L. , '.j..' - Accounqj from the coaft of Holland itate, that tne .iWch troops have entirely difembarked from on board theTfleetin the Texel; preparations, however, (till " "Cbntiniie to be made for an expedition in the winter ""months."- - -X:' -1 '. .-..'The7' BritiflTgoyernment, nderftan'd,artf .prepar. s.inr n lVf ;ifiif(l n. trt be a ddrefftd-to all the nations in rrEmajtKrrtnrrtlte-'fuWe 7-ifr wilt be-oaile to appear, by ( whom u was origrnauy "begun,' with what views carried on, and at whofe Inlli Vatiou it fudJeiily terminated. -. This important State Paper will appear 4 a prelude to Parliamentary dil- ".'culuon. . NEW-YOR K, November 2. ye have authority to announce that nbnt 6o,OOOl. fterlir?g "has been awarded by the commiflioners mid court ; in'XohdonV asTindemnifications for fpejiationa -on the Americau commerce ; which futn has been paid by government. The bufinefs is in progrefs for a fatistsaory adjuftment pf all otlier'Ameiican claims. . A friend has put into our hands a pamphlet by the Edrto7)rVheMaritime Coutierrprimed in Havre- -de-flrarp. intitled. f Obfei-yafions on, the capture of hhTrlian-a marjks are pointedly levere again it tne procccungs w the; French tn'bunals, againft the Direaory, & Merlin; minTirer )T-Jiuicehil the tribunal at Havre, for pronouncing theTeizure - it-"' " legal. He reprobates the idea of "Merlin, in his letter to Mr. Skipwith, in which he tells him, that the A mi rican government ought to break their incomre.. henfible treaty witli Enpirtd-;,- ThVwtiter declares it nmpolhWe tor. the Americans totreaa Dac. iucii cp and impolitic in the FrCnchgovernment to aemanau, , He does not "iullify every particular in the treaty. with Great-Britain ;L but tinder thefe circumflahces, he feems to think it politic in the American government to have acceded to it. He mentions the benefits of recovering our welkin pofts, and indemnifications fo fpoiltations. He proves that it isimpohtic, in our go vernment to wage war with England, -and Hill more impolitic in the. French government to compels to join Great-Britain againlt France. . ..V. ' T"k f,.0 t)t nut nf f he whole of the wreck f A II.. JfT l.fcV. IB J t. . v - - . ....... ,.T. .- , J , 1 T It 11 1 . Yp'early'Ba Sittttrday lait -a circumllaucc which very On this we leave our readerso make 'their . bwn Letters fxora Cologne and Frankfort, of. thtf?'loth fhe:TTatn:e'f thc ntimbef of mips canTbe fitted for fea, which Eng land has in commiflion And while. France" can. of er the Americanlhoaid bn tlie oc'eeorlhe cannot fnghtea theni by menacing them with war, He remarks that the Americans will not be terrified, until the French navy is in a condition to tranfportto our country the Moreaus ami the ijirmraparrcs - --4t.o vi,o, French, under the de-i 1 5 lie wiuti u4.iwiaii.- in" .. - - - . . . cree. of March td. fei'ze and cqnfifcate e Americaa proper, in violation of all the forms oj . "
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