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"UimtrpM b'y Prtr Jltg'e, td llv Bfrther . '--f'.' - !' . , . V " r ; i-. '. ' ' : " 'f- ' '"' " ' r' ""' - y" ' Vol. PAPERS Prtfinted hy His Majefty's Command to both Houfes of Parliament, the ' ittkhjdy 1803. (Continued from our lift.) No. 16. Mr. Merry to Hawlccf bury dared OftoWjg, informing him that theproviftorjal government of the revolutionary S wifs, had deputed a on vat e agent to requefl. of the fitft eortfulot to take part their troubles.? hi a fit ft inter view he waS encouraged and a .fared that France would leave them to their own management : hut foon afterwards was furprized to learn the part the Conful is well knoWn to have taken. He was authorifed to apply to he foreign rainiftrrs for their inteferencej but was refu sed., illi then requefted money frcnxGreat Bi itain,toaflift in main taining the con-fUl. No. 17. Hawke&ury to Otto Ott. iOj complaining of the part France took in trie affairs of Swjt zrland, allcdgmg thfc independence of that country and expreffing the w;fh of the Engliffe government that the SwiTs might be left it fet tle their1 internal concerns without the interference of Iforeigh powers. No. 18. HawkcfDury to Fran cis Moore Oft. 10, appointing him confidential agent to the Swif4 con jecieracy, wtin uiuructions to in form them that in cafe a French array entered their, country, the Britifh would furnifii them pecuniary aid. No. ig. A letter from Francis Moorej Efq. to Lord Hawkefbury, dated Conftance, Ott. - 3'r, i8o, llites, that he had received authen tic intelligence of the fubmiflion of theSwifiDietjaffembledatSchwiti, to the French arms. No. 20. Is a letter from Lord Hawkeiburvj to Francis Moore, Efq. dated Nov.-25, 180a, int mat ing that his refidence m Switzerland would be no longer neceffary. No 2t. From Robert Lifioh to , Ha wkefbury dated Haguej , Oft, 30, dating the ioterfererice of the French in the troubles of the Dutch. 22. Same to fame s dated O6L 2$, ftatingth diUatisfattion of the go vernment of Holland at the remain ing of the French troops. No. 23. Letter from Lord Hawkefbury to Lord Whitworth imputing tne declaration of General Suart to Colonel Sebalt'ani, of his inability to evacuate Egypt, to his having been mrG.:d in luppofine that it was requifitehelhouid receive a warrant for the ptff pole ; and dat ing that orders fk "mid be immediately fent to General Stuart to remove the King's troops with as little delay as poflible. Nos. 24. 85. and 26. are ex tracts of d'.fpatches from St." Peterf hurg and Vienna, relative to Malta. JXhey are unimDortant. No, 27. Extracts from a d ifpach from the Hon; A Paget to Lord Hawk"bury dateid Vienna, Aug. 32, 1802; ftating the Emperor'saft' of guarantee and accefiion to the treaty of Amiens. Nos. 28. 29 & 30 are unimportant. No. 31. Exiraft of a difpatch from Mr. Jackfonito Lotd Hawkef bury, dated Berlin, Nov. gg, 1802; "dating that Count Haugwitz had hitedthat the King of Pruflk took a vei flight intet'eft in the fate of Malta ana that he was countenan ced in vvltnnoM'n n'& guarantee ty the exam "c of Spam. Hehow evcr, added, th'1 lnc hi quef- ViQ Kad been mM to the krng, and that he only w te.d ? majedyr8 comma to confer Wltn Mr Jack- ion farther u-?on the ubject. Nos. 02. & 99. are unimportant No. 34. coma ns the conditions upon which his imperial n.jefty of all the Rufiias is willing to accede to the Uipulatjons of the 10th arti cle of the treaty of Aniens. No. 35. Whitworth to Lord Hawkefbury, dating a conyerfation With Talleyrand, in which tie fub jeft of libels was renewed and gone ' ver and fome-jferious enquiries imde by the French minifter. wha vsthex intention of the British rcf- v Vetting Malta. - No. 36. Hawkefbury to Whit worth. dated Feb. d. :i8fti. alledc- 3gthat when the treaiy tbf peice vas CQBcluded, relatioiwI$ih4 to "c then date of affairs, - thi . -rference of the French & r$ of Europe, aft4 e tion of feye'rat countriei to France 1 fince that period, would fully juL tify the King of England iri claita ing equivalents ; that notwithstand ing, he had proceeded in a courfe of fulfilment of the definitive trea ty of peaces and would have ben ready to carry into effefel: the ibh article according to its true intent and meaning," had not his attention been a r reded by a publication of Seaftian; iefpefting Egypt, which was received as ofBcial, and which avowed lentiments and Views fo hodiie to the Britifli intereffsj and inconfi dent With the treaty 6? peace, that it became oeeeffa-v to declare that it would, be impoflible to enter into arty further difciifHon fefpeft ing Malta until that publication Was explained. . No. 37. From Whitworth to rlawkefbury, dated Feb; 27, 1803, tue lubdancc of which is more fully explained in. No. 38. Same to famej date Paris, Febranry 2t, 1803, to do jiif tice to which we give it entire. JPtfrV, Fthruarytit iJdj, My Lord, My lad difpatch, in which I gave your Lordfhip an account of my conference with M. de Talleyrand, was fcarcely gone, when I received a note from him informing me that he Fird Cohful widied to converfe with me, and defired I would come to him at nine o'clock. He recei ved me in his cabinet, with tolera ble cordiality, and, after talking on different lubjtcts for a few mm utes, he denied me to lit down, as he hxrhfelfdid on the other fide of the table, and began. Hetold methat he fe't it neceffary, after what had palled between me and M. de Tal leyrand, that he fhould in the moft clear ind authentic manner, make Lnown his fentiments to me in or der tcrtheit being communicated to his majeflty, and he conceived this would be more effeftudlly done by himfelf than through any medium whatever. He faid that it was a matter of infinite difappointment to hini, that the Treaty of Amiens, mdead of . being folfowed by Con ciliation and fnendfhip, the natural efTefts of peace, had been produc tive only of continued and incresf- inhjealoufy and midruft ; and that Art 1 1 . this mutrutt was avowea in men a manner as mud bring the point to an niue. He low enumerated the feveral provocations which he pretended to have received from Eneland. He placed in the fird line our not evacuating Malta and Alexandria as we were bound to do by Treaty. In this he laid that no confideration on earth fhould make him acquiefce ; ana or tne two ne naa ratner lee us J r.i v 1 1 .1 r in poffeflion of the Fauxbourg St. Antoinethan Malta. He therladver ted to the abufe thrown out againd him m the isngulh public prmts. . . ... but this he laid ho did not fo much regard as that which appeared in the French papers publifhed in London. rri - r j" . j L 1 nis ne connaerca as nucn more mifchievous, fince it meant to ex cite this country againd him and his government. He complained Of the protection given to Georges and others of his defcription, who indead of being fent to Canada, as had been repeatedly promifed, were permitted to remain in England, handfomely . penfioned, and con- ftantly committing all fortsof crimes onrthe coads of France, as well as in the interior. In confirmation of this he told me, that two men had been Within thefe few days appre hended in Normandy, and were now on their way to Paris, who were hired aflaflins, and employed by the Bifhop of Arras, by Georges, ana by Duthell, as would be fully pro ved in a Court of Judice, and made known to the world. He acknowledged that the irrita tion he, felt againd. England in creased daily, becaufe every wind (I make ufe as much as I can of his own ideas and expreflions) which blew from Eneland, brought no. thing but enmity and hatred againd him .1 . He now went back to Egypt, and toM me,' that if he had any inclina tion to take poffeflion of it by force, he might have done it a month ago, by fending 25,000 men to Aboukir,' who would hive pollclled theuaielves of the whole country m aenancc Alexandria. 1 r ' of thc oci? 3ntiih in I a means of protcfting Egypt, it was only furnift ingjKim With pretence for invading iti This he-friouldf not do. whateve-f migritbe-hisdefire to have ij a colony, becaufe hfc did not think it wiuld be worth the rifk of a war, in which he mght be confiderd as te greffo. and by which he would-lofe rriore than he could gain, fih ;Joonr 'or later Eeyot would belong to'France ef. j T.her by the Jallinp to pieces of the Tuikilh empire,or elfe iorhe arrange ment with the Porte. As a proof of his defire to main tain peacej he wifhed to knowwhat .he had to gain by going to war with England; Adefcent was the only means of defence he had, and that he was deternvned to attempt, by putting himfelf at the hea of the expedition. But how could it be fuppofedj that after having gained the height on which he dood he would. n(k his life and reputation in fuch a hazardous attempt, unlefs forced to it by neceflity, when the chances were that he and the greated part of the expedition would go to the bottom of the fea ? rlc calked much on this ifubieft, but never af- fefted to diminifh the danger. He acknowledged that there were an hundred chances to one againd him ; but dill he ysras determined to at tempt it, if war fhould be the con fequence of thf piefent difcufiion; and that fuch was the difpofition of the troops, that army after army would be found for the enterprise. He then expatiated much on the natural force of the two countries. France with an army of 480,000 men, for to this amount it is, he laid, to be immediately completed, all ready for the mod delperate enterprises; and England with a fleet that madeH her miftrftfs of the feas and which he did riot think . he could edual In lefs than ten years. Tw6 fucfi' count riesiby a proper uhderdanding might govern tKe world, but by their ftfifes might overturn it. He; faid, that if he had not felt the en mity of the Britifh Government ori every occafion fince the treaty of Amiens, there would have been no thing that he would not have done; to prove nis deire to conciliate participation in indemnities as well as influence on tKe continent ; trea ties of commerce, in fhort, any thing that could have given fatisfac- tion, and have tedihed his frierJd-J hip. Nothing, however, had been ' able to conquer hatred of the Britifli Government, and therefore it was now come to the point whether we fhould have peace or war. To pre ferve peace, the treaty of Amiens mud be ful ailed ; the abufe of the public prints, if not totally fup preffed, at lead kept within bounds, and confined to the Englifh papers ; and the protection fo openly given to his blue red enemies (allud'ng to Georges and pei fonso that defcrip tion) mud be withdrawn. If w.ai it was neceffary to fay fo, and to re fufe to fulfil the treaty., He now made the tour or Europe to prove to me, that in its prefent date, there was no power with" which we could coalefce for the purpofe of making war againd France : confequently it was our mtcred to gain time, and if we had any point to gain, to make a renewal of the war when circunu dnces were morfe favorable. He faid.it was not doing Him ju ft ice to fuppofe .that he conceived himfelf above the opinion of his country or of Europe. He would not rifk uni ting Europe againd him by any vio lent act or aggremon ; ncitner was he fo powerful in France as to per fuade the nation to go to war unlefs on good grounds. He faid, that he had not chadifed the Algerines, from his unwillingnefs to excite the jcaloufy of other powers: but he hoped England, Ruffia and France would one day feel that it was their intered to dedrov fuch a ned of thieves, and force them to live ra ther by cultivating their land, than oy plunder." The remainder f this document con fids of the eply of Lord Whit worth to the Fird Conful, and feme occafional observations on the letter. Lord Whitworth alledges as caufes of jealoufy and miltrud to the Bri tifh Cabinet, that Franco, had in dreafed' her territory ; the impoffi - baity of obtaining jultite for Bit tifh creditors "or " futtors and ; that iuch'tiugs vrcrc taiculatcd irxe That inftead of the garrifon being ate ihd continue diftruft; He de nied that any pendens hact been al lowed ; to Frerich or Swift indivi duals; "but in confideration fot pad fervies-i that an fornirtiririation in jrtdetnnities. his Maieftv's driibition hd hivi rather to prtferot thaii ac quire . . ; and that with refpetl to the md. propitious mdmerlt of .renew- 1 n g ho ltd ities although h is Mje d v would ceufider fucfi a meafure as the greatijt oaJLamity-r, . his difpofiu- n to peace did not nroceed from the difHculties of procuring allies. The difpatch concludes with ob serving that the mi fli on; o f Sebadia na was not alleged by the Cnful to be wholly commercial, but that it Was rendered neceffary in a military point of view by the Britifh infrac tion of the trearty of Amiens. . No. 39. Hawkefbury to Whit, wofth, approving his conduct, bu; fays the Chief Conful gave nofatit tisfaftory explanation or a dura nee No. 46. Whitworth to rlawkef bury, dated 6th February, 1803, recapitulating a converfation wth Talleyrand. He dated to the latt-r that the views of the Fird Conful were fo apparent, that the Brnifh troops would not be withdrawn fromjsjalta Until fdrric faiisfftiry fecurity could be given that the Britifh dominions would not oe tu- dangered by that meafure. Tailed rand replied that the poffeflion o Egypt had beerl and was a favourtt ' obieel of the Conlah biit not fo much as to induce a war; Lord Whitworth mentions the fubteft of fecuring the Integrity o the Turkifh Empire, which the Minider had before fpoken of, an which he now obferved was founded on a meffage of the Conful to thai effeft. Whit worth doubts whe ther that, or any other parole fecu- fity would be confidered fufEcient. Talleyrand alks what fecurity would then be required ? Whitworth propofes negociating on that fub ject. Talleyrand informed him that An dreoffi was inffcrufted to require a categorical ahfwer to the plain que' tioh, whetker his Ma-jelty .would caufe Malt to be evacuated by the Britifh troops ? Whitworth la. merits this meafure as tending to in troduce into the difcufiion ill kumof and offended dignity. He thought however that theFirit Uoniul might expeft more oppofition to his will than he had been accuitomed to on fimilar occafions. in a podfenpt, he adds that he was glad to find that Tallevrand had reprefented Andreoffi's indrutlions much moreofrenhve than they teally r4 ' . - I were, mat tne voniui was seir rous of "difeufling Without paffion, a point which he admitted was of importance to both countries. No. 41. Andreoffi. in a note, (March 10,) to Lord Hawkrfbury, demands the evacuation of Maaa. No. 42. Whitworth to Hawkefr bury, (March 12, notifying the ar rival of a meffcriger with'the'King's Meffage. and that he found the French' already in poffefHon of it when he went Talleyrand oh to convene with the fubieft.- II Though he fajd he was in hade, the Secietary fuffered lord. Whitworth to go on with his converfation un- 1 interruDted, and made a reply aL lodging the pacific difpofition of the Coniul. In the evening they met again aj the Pruflian Minidsr's. Talleyrand faid the Conful was jmuch irntated at the unjud fufpicions of the Bri tifh Government, but would not al low himfelf to be madered by his feelings fo far a to lofe fight of tht calamities which the prefent difcuf- fion might entail on humanity. That if England would difcufs fairly, he would do the lame. He then communicated a paper, in the nature of a memorandum, to Lord Whit" worth, which Was enclofed, and faid to be a dateraent of meafures. It was as follows : 1. If his Britannic Majedy in his meffage means to f peak of thr expedition .of Helvoetduys, all the world knows it was deitined for America, -and that it was on th point of failing for its dedination. but in confequence of his'Majelty'S Mcllage, the. embarkation and pu. tmg to fa are about to be counter- manded; - ; 2. If do not -receive fatUfat torypiaaaUOJiTCiPCttine mclc at maments in England, and if.they a& : ill' it . . tuauv rate T)iace- f niurflt tnac the FirdCinful fhould march 20,cdax' men intar Holland, fince HolUttctiis mentioned !& ihe meffage. 3. Thefe troops being once in the . co untryi is natural that art en-ir, campmerit fhould be formed pa"ihk frontiers of Hanover i: and moreb Verthat' additional bodies fhould ln thofe troops". .whieh J were aI- readmbarkedfor America,inorvrf,r ; der re-form new embarkations, ifncl to maintain , an off eh five and defen five pofir ion. . Itis natural that the Fird CoftW x , ful fhould order feveral camps to bo formed at Cala s, and on different parts of the coads; 5. It is likewtfe in the hat are of things, that the Frd Conful fhould fend a frefh force into Italy, in ori der to occupy in cafe of neceflUy the pofition of Tarentum. 7. England arming, and arming: with fo much publicity, will compel France to put her armies on the var eftablifhment ; a dep fo .important' as cannot fail to agitate all Europe. The relult ct ah thefe movementgr will be to irritate the two countries dill more. . France will halve been, compelled to take all thefe precau tions, in confequence of the Eng lifh armaments, and, neverthelefs every means wjll be taken to excite Mie E gtifh nation by the affertion,. that France meditates an invafion. The whole Britifh population will be jb'' 'ged to put themfelvcs under, arms ior their defence, and their ex part trade will, even before the warj be in a date of dagnation th'rough-. out the whole of the countries ocu- pied by the Freneh arms. ' The experience of nations, and the courfe of eVcnts prove, that the d'dance between fuch date of things and attua' hadihty, is unfortunately not remote, - 1 C 4 i t As to the dtffetendejof whicr mention is made in his - BHtannic Mjefty's Meffage, we.ktibw not of any that we have with England for it cannoi be imagined, that a fej nous in ention can have exided xa England of evading the execution f the treaty of Amiens, under the protection of a military armament. -Europe well knows that it is pof lib;e to attempt the difmemberment of France, but not to intimidate her. (T0 be Ctntinuti.) : RAN AWAY ' Frtm the Subjcribcr, in Raleigh, fit : :: the 6th July, v A . A NEGRO MAN by th Name of : JIM, about ao or z Years of Age, five Feet Inches high , bad on whea he went away, a nc w Ofaaburg Shirt and, Trow fen with Metal Buttons to the WahtbaadBO o; ther Cloa.h with htm that I know of; alio had on an old lopped Har, generally wear . iomthing tied round his Head, and muck accuitomed to wearing .his Hat ;! has 'a very remarkable Walk, turning his left Foot out very much; inclinable to be kno;k-kneed, more fo in his left than in his right Knee, and limps when he walks,., in the left Leg.', list has remarkable thick Lipg, and rather flor in fpeech. .If any Perfon (hall apprehend a Negra of this Defcription, fecurt him, and give Information to thieSubfcriber iiaRaleigh by reft, he fhall be well paid lor his Trouble .by r JOSIAH DVLllAD. fj" It makes no Difference 1 what Story he may tell, or what IName he may go by if he anl'wer the-Delcription above mentioned.. -' - .vr's ... 1 v - ; Runaway i Ntgrotu O UN A WAY from Havannalr, m' the State of Georgia, TWO NfcCRO MEN, die Property bf Jofeph Hitl of that Piace : the one, , named Harry, is 5 feet 6 or 7 Inches high about 35 Y eatsi of Age, ef;aii yellowifh Complexion, b r anded i: 'oei ' both -Cheeks, Forehead and Bi taft, J. HULl' the Letters perhaps not all of them vifible; H went off about fourteen Months ago. 'The other, named Feg arrow, and ran off Four or Five Years ago, is about 25 Yean of Age, of rather a Yc.'low Complexion, branded oa one Cheek J HILL, the J H moft vifibie. : He fpeaks the French language. Harry was bora in or about Baltimore. One of thefe Negioes, it b believed (it is not known which) died in the Goal of Ran- dolph County, lati Winter. T x, ': , Any vrerfon apprthenduig the Negro waoi is yet living; and givfeg.luiormatipnjto hi$ Owner afcrefaid, or lodgiag him; in the Goal ofWakeOousty at Raleigh, will be well Re- Warded. July if. . bTRAW HATS. ... THE-Sabfcriber carries oxx' a .Ma-. . nufaOory of Straw Hals," of jUi Kinds fr j hsiftU pother, may he fuPPll reaTonaaie Terms. f . - j ; ;rjR, , at Portlmouth, in. Virginia ;vwriere ;.Mer-'r,J9i lied on the max V Ml , Portraouth.jwxej M u I v.3 J i ii in
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