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for its original obje&s, of
the glorious terms wc iuve procured,
"the amplecompenfation we have obtain
ed for fuch a war. " The more they
contemplate the importance of the two
great and valuable acquifitions in either
hemisphere which will remain to us on
the termination of the war, the more
they art difpoTed to admire the wifdom
t>f the filiation, aftd the fteady firmnefs
by-which ihe mufflers have beer, enabled
to carry thofe points.
It is rumored that Mr. Pitt and one
of his colleagues, are foon to become
efficient members of the prefent adminis
tration. If this be the faft, the riddle
of Mr. Addington's elevation to the
"prcmicrfhip will be eafily folved.
f-XOM Itttli SfAR.
LONDON, Odober 7.
Wc are very anxious that the -terms
on which minilWs have concluded the
peace, fhoiild be as much canvaffcd as
polfible; becaufe, the more they are
"'ronfidcred, the more fatisfaftory will
they appear to the public, If we have
*r« >t retained of our conquefts all that the
3110 ft fa|ng\ikie .-might have expected, we
■ h tve not only obtained that, in exchange
f,r them, forcar allies, which is highly
h mornble for us, but we have in relin
'q mbing many of thefe rei
dc-red the duration of peace much more
probable- In retaining the ffiand of
'Ceylon, we have kept a moft valuable
jpoireflion-—valuable not only from its
exports, but as affording that of which
ive have hitherto always fo much felt the
want in that quarter, an excellent port.
In the ifiand of Trinidad, we hare pi t -
fr-rved one of the if.oft important inlands
m the Weft Indies, and the polTcifion ol
which gives fecurity to all our dominions
in that part of the world. With retpeft
to the Cape of Good Hope, if we had
retained it, it would have occasioned a
heavy expence, without affording any
veturn; and by the ftipiilation which
has been made, we have all the advan
tage which even its pofleflion give
—that of making it a port for our liaft,
Tndia flvps, with this further advantage,
(which we did not formerly pofiefs) that
this right will now be confirmed and fe
cured to us, arul will not reft, as former
ly, upon the will of anindeper.dent pow
er.
But the mod important confideration,
in reflecting upon the terms of peace, is
that which belongs to Egypt. In every
thing which relates to this object, we
hive been completely fuccefsful. Our
arms hav,e conquered that country, and
by treaty the French have relirlquifhed
its pofTeffion. Tlfe triumph of the Bri
tifh arms in Egypt, when the number of
our army and thof? of the French are
confidered, will ever reflet, the greateft
credit on our military force, redound to
the honor of our country. Had the
treaty of Ei-Arif'ch been acceded to, it
is p.offihle that Buonaparte, thinking as
lie did, that Kleber was not reduced to
the neceuity of mnking fuch'a treaty,
would not have yielded up that poffeffion
•without another ftruggle : 6ut we have
now cnnv'.no d the French nation, that
•it was impoifible to retain it againft the
arms of Great Britain ; and we have no
lirfitation in ftating. that it i 3 to the
f'uccefs of our arms in that quarter, to
an expedition invariably reprobated by
the oppofition i:l our Own country that
we now owe peace.
The reftituuon of Malta to its former
T>offeffors mult be perfectly i'atisfaftory
to the people of this country. It is juft
that this reftitution fliouid be madi, and
it is enough for us that it cannot be uled
as a ftep from France to Egypt.
We fee in the terms of peace the
ftrongeft fymptoms of fincerity on both
fides—The complete renunciation of
Egypt by France—The liberal ceffionr,
"which we kave made—the reftitutions
which, through us, have been granted
to our allies, leave nothing to barter or
to higgle about—lt is a peace formed
■upon great, broad, and intelligible prin
ciples.
We have heard, in the courfe of the
fome fanguine, and we
think very ill-juding men, talk of peace
upon the pi inciple of the Uti possidetis.
A peace uj)on fuch a bafis might have
been reprefented as brilliant and tri
umphant, wlen we confider the con
quefts which we have made during
the war, but would it have been lafting ?
Or would there have been that reafonable
ground of fecurity which we find in that
which has been concluded ?
Every tiling which has been ftated by
minifters as effential to us in the courfe
of this arduous conteft, has been obtain
ed. If there are any who think our con
cefTions have been too large, let them
refledt that they have been made upoii
the principles of good faith, of honor
and of liberality, and there is no found
politician who will not think that with
all our extenfive and encrerdlng trade, a
fe>v colonies are well facrificed to fuch
tanfiderations.
Upon the whole we are confident the j
peonle will feel deeply indebted to the
minifters Who have brought the war to
fo hanpy a termination, a3 they will to *
thoft- who have fo ably and fo glorioiifly
C'.ndn&ed the moft arduous conteft the
nation ever was engaged in ; and we
flncerely offer upour prayers that nothing
may intervene to cloud the bright prof- A
£ pe& we have before us—.that a durable
, peace may mature the admirable plan ot
- out financial fyfteth, and that this empire
y may not only continue to retain its great
3 and pre-eminent ftation, bu-t increale in
r all thofe confiderations which can ren
-1 der ns happier if, ourfel ves, and procure
for us the refpedl and admiration of other
i nations.
i LONDON, Oaober 5.
Extract of a letter from Lord Elgin 'to
s Lord HaiOkesourj, dated Const&nti
e nople, Sept. 6, 1801.
" I congratulate your lord (hip raoft
; flncerely on the intelligence which I have
e this moment received by the annexed
letter from Sir John H. Hutchinfon."
Extract of a letter from Sir John Hely'
Hutchinson, K. D. to the Earl of
Elgin, dated Head-Quarters, Camp
s before Alexandrie, August 27, 1801.
s " I juft feiae the opportunity of a mef
s fejiger going to Conftaiitinople (difpatch
e ed by the Captain Pacha) to inform your
1 excellency that general Menou altered
t laft night to capitulate for the town and
: forts of Alexandria, and demanded an
s arm id ice of three days, for the purpofe
; of arranging the terms of the capitula
r tion; this I have granted accordingly."
LONDON, October 7.
; At a late hour laft night we received
f another day's Paris papers, vis. thofe
; of the 3d. The Moniteur of that date
i in lefts, from the American papers, the
i intelligence we gave on Monday, re
: fpe&ing ToufTaint having framed a new
. confutation for St. Domingo, by which
. he hiucfclf is appointed governor for
i life, with power to name a fucceffor for
P five years. The future governors to be
; ele&ed in the manner we before men
tioned. This conflitutiott, made, it is
1 faid, by an afTeihbly of the ifland, ad
i: mits a very fmall degree of dependence
■ on the mother country, though the ge
i neral government is to cori efpond with
that of the mother country upon what
regards the intereft of the colony. The
afferhbiy direfts ToulTaint, Who approves
, the conftitution,to tranftnit it to France
for the approbation of the French go
vernment. In the mean time it was or
dered to be'put in immediate execution,
in conlideration of the dangers to which
the colony was expofed.
There is one claufe which refervesthe
rights of all abfeht proprietors to their
property fituated in the colony, except
thofe who are continued in th« general
lift of Fresch emigrants. It is as fol
lows :
" The proprietors tyho are abfent,
wliatever be the caufe, (hall retain their
full right to the property which belongs
to them and fituated in the colony, in
order to obtain the removal of the fc
aaeflratiofi o« their efFedts, it will be
fuificient to produce their titles ; and in
defeat of titles, fupp'emcn-tary a&s, the
form of which fhall I e defined by law.
Thofe however fhall be excepted who
fhall have been placed, or (hall continue
on the general lift of French emigrants.
In that cafe their effe&s fhall continue
to be administered as colonial domains,
till they have obtained their erafure."
The ftate of St. Domingo and the
other Well-India iflands has not, it is
faid, been overlooked in the terms pro
pofed as the bafis of peace between this
country and France. The ere&Lon of
, an independent Negro government in
the ifiand of St. Domingo, was calcu
lated to give much alarm to thofe m
this country who are interfiled in Weft-
India property. Touffaint's republic
was viewed as a formidable example, and
its efFe&s might have fpread to the
Whole circle of iflands where Negroes
are to be found. ToufTaint only recog
nifVs a nominal dependance on France.
His childreu are there, and he is obliged
, to temporifc. He is known, however,
to be jealous of the authority of the mo
■ ther country* Veffels arriving are care
fully examined, and pt-rfons capable ot
. claiming or exerting any rival authority,
are either not permitted to land, or are
clofely watched. In faft, there is no
i room left for the mother country to exert
any authority, if the ferrate conflitu
, tion publifhed by ToufTaint is to be car
: ried into effe&.
In ctmfequencc of views, in which
the wifhes of this country and the im
perious di&ates of Bonaparte's policy
' concur, it is believed that ToufTaint will
: quickly be nade to feel that he is not
independent of France. A greater
number of French troops are to be fent
- to St. Domingo to affert the ihterefts of
the trench Republic. If necefTary, the
. French government is to be allowed to
. charter to the number of 70 Eoglifli
i vefTels to carry out the troops without
i delay, becaufe it may be of great im
• portance to execute the plan before
I ToufTaint has the leaft intimation of
i peace being concluded between France
i and England, and of courfe before he
can be prepared to afiert his indepen
dence againft fuel) a force as will be lent.
I The very knowledge of peace would
give him to underftand that he muft ex- ,
pe£t to contend with Bonaparte's arms,
i' or prepare to fubmiu The force fent '
out will at the leaft be 20,000 men. It i
is added, that Martinique is to remain
in our hands, for a time, as a pledge
that Bonaparte will execute this purpofe
A faithfully.
In ToufTaint's conftitutiofi thefe is a
cl'dufe which permits the introdu&ion ot
new cultivators, that is, either new Ne
groes for the encouragement of agricul
ture, or runaway Negroes from the
other colonies. lii the one cafe, the
(lave trade is to be carried oft by Ne
groes-; in the other, all the fiaves alrea
dy in the Weft-Indies are to be free on
reaching St. Domingo I
— A—
LONDON, Oa. 11.
By a late decree of the cofifuls, a coun
f?Hor of ftat - has been appointed to con*
dudt every thing relative to public wor
(hip, particularly to prefent perlons to
be appointed minifters of religion. Ihe
nomination of the mini Iters of religion
can apply only to the Catholic religion,
* with which Buonaparte's government is
by the concordat to be united, and that :
only as to the principal members of it*
It cannot be fuppofed that Ihe protec
tants, whofe religion has no xonnettion i
with Buonaparte or his conflittitions,
would fubmit to have their 'clergy.neo
appointed by the government, a thing
abhorrent from their worSiip, and never j
attempted in any country on th • face of
the earth where toleration is known, j
We are fatisfisd that the regulation i
means no fuch thing. The counleiix j
of ftate appointed to this
citizen Portalis, is every way fitted to
exercife it v ith prudence and modera
tion.
It is faid thit one of the fee ret articles
ot the treaty with France ia, that the
i/land df Tobago is to be ceded as a di' - |
charge for the payments due for the j <
French prifoners here. We doubt thic
news very much. If there be i-uch an j■:
article, We fee no re a fori why it ih uld !
not inftantly be made known. It is
important for tbe trading World that it j i
fhould be announced. In the i'weeping ■
claufe of cetfion, Tobago is given up. i
Our merchahts are making up their minds
for the occalion, hard as it is ; and if it i
is now known to min iters that it is to
be retained, why conceal it?
An official communication from the i
court of Berlin to onr government, an* i
frouncing the fpetdy evacuation of the ; i
electorate of Hanover by the Pruflian i
troops, ft is faid, was received at the fo- 1
reign office lalt Sunday. <
Orders, fpecifying the number of the \
names of the fhips to bp immediately paid <
off, were on Monday difpatched from ;
the admiralty to the different port admi- 1
rftls-*——'The number amounts to fixty- '
three, and the greater part are Chips of ]
the line.
Orders are fent to difband all the tea I
fencfbles immediately.
Government is bufily employed in re
ducing the army p.nd navy to tire peace :
eftablifhment, and in abridging the ex- '
pences of, or luppreffing thofe offices and <
branches of the public fervice connected '
with the war. Several (hips have beeo '•
already pa';d off; the recruiting parties '
for the fea and land fervice have been i
called in, and the regular regiments will
be immediately reduced to fix hundred <
men each. The force of each regiment '
of cavalry is not to exceed two hundred , 1
men. '
i
FRANCE. 1
Acts of the Government.
Decree of the 1 Slh Vendemaire, Otto- 1
bcr 7. 1
The confuls ot the republic make the I
following decree : f {
I. There fhall be appointed by tlxe go- <
vernment a coiinfellor of ftate, whole 1
bufinefs it (hall be to take the manage
ment of all matters relative to the dif- i
ferent forms of worlhip. ' «
11. His functions fhall be to prefent I
the projects of laws, regulations, decrees 1
and decifions refpe&iflg the matter of i
different forms of worlhip. ; <
111. This tounfellor of ftate ftiall aft 1
under the immediate fuperintendanc* of
the confuls. <
To propofe to the nomination of the 1
chief conful the individuals proper to ! <
fill the place of minifters of different reli
gions.
To examine, before their publication
in France, all the refcripts, bulls, and
briefs of the court of Rome.
To carry on all the interior correfpon
dence relative to thefe cbjefts.
The minifters of external relations,
of the interior, of general police, and
of the finances, are each individually
charged, as far as each is concerned,
with the execution of this decree, which
fhall be inferted in the bulletin of the
laws.
(Signed)
Bonaparte, Firft Conful. i
Mar it. Secretary of State.
Decree of the 16th Vendemaire f <
(October B.J
Buonaparte, firft conful of the repub
lic, appoints citizen Portalis, counfellor
of ftate, to the direction of all affairs
relative to the different forms of wor
lhip.
His funftions are to be regulated by
the decree of the 15th current.
The minifter of the interior is charged
I with the execution of the prefent de
cree.
(Signed)
Bonaparte, firft Conful.
Maret, Secretary of State. ,
a -MANHEIM, Sept. 30. j
f It has been officially publifhed at Mil* 1
- nicli, that his highnefs the elector tigned, !
- on the eighth, the ratification of tUetreaty i
e of peace concluded on the 29th ot Au- I
e gull, between the French republic and
- Bavaria. '
On the 28th count Ilumford arrivei <
i here from London, by V/ay of France.— i
He continued his journey next morning <
to Munich.
RATISBON, September IG.
The following is the lubftance of the 1
- vote of Auftria in regard to the appouit
-0 meht of a deputation for finally adjult- >
c ing the peace of the empire : " I-iis Im- |
>1 perial majefty, after materially weighing
, every circum fiance, thinks it his duty,
s as a ftate of the empire, to renew the
t propofal, that there fhall be appointed |
.» an extraordinary deputation, turnifined
■- with unlimited powers, charged with re
ft. gu'ating the objects that mnft form the
, completion of the peace ot the empire,
ft and which, according t» the sth and nth
'• articles of the treaty of Luneville, were
r rcferved. for a particular arrangement,
f ! The members of the deputation propofed
» j in the College of Electors, are thofe ot
1 Mehrtz, Saxony, Bohemia, and Bi £n-
r j deli burgh, and. in the College of Princes,
, | the Gr.iud Rafter of the Teutonic Or
> dfr, Wirtemberg, Bavaria, and Hefl'e
- CaiTcl."
September tB.
s The fallowing is the vote of Magde
: burgh : H's majefty the king of Pruf- I
- | fi"a, in quality of a ftate of the empire, '
: j embraces with pltafufe this opportunity
c of givincr a proof of the i';ood underftand- ;
i I Hi;?; a:.d harmony which prevail, agree- '
I , ably to his mod ardent wifhes, between
5 him and his Imperial majefty. In confe- J
t | qnenCe on the excellent vote emitted by c
r the mi:.ift«' of Auftria, his majefiy adds, '
. by way of fupplement, to the vote of
j Magdeburgh, already emitted in his
t name on the 24th ot' laft month, the fur
> ther explanations which he had referved.
" His maj jfiy, in voting, demands on
: his part, that in the conrlufum to be
- fubmitted to the ftnd\ion of his Impe
: rial majefty, there fiiall be propofed the
i nomination of an extraordinary deputa
• tion to regulate, in a definitive manner,
the bufinefs of peace ; though hit Pruf
: fian majefty could have wifhed that this
I deputation had been as little numerous
i a3 poffible, and confined to fix members,
. he however joins with the vote of Auf
■ tria, and propofes alfo, that the faid dc-
F putation fiiall confift of eight ftates, viz.
Mentz, Bohemia, Saxony, Branden
t burgh, Bavaria, the Teutonic Order,
Wirtemberg, and HefTe-CafTel.
" To accelerate the progrefs of affairs,
and that the propofed objedl may be ac
. complished as fpeedily as poffible, this
[ deputation muft be inveftedwith full un
[ limited powers to treat and conclude ;
i and it fhall fubmit the rcfult of its la
: bours to the fandtion of his Imperial t
i majefty, and the Germanic body. 1
1 " His Pruffian majefty declares be- t
[ fides, that the explanations contained 0
if! the preceding votes cannot ferve to v
I I the deputation, but as an obje£t of its f
ulterior deliberations, and in this refpeft c
Ite accedes formally, and with pleafure, 11
to what is contained on that fubjeft in t
the excellent vote of Auftria."
Bavaria acceded to the vote of Auf
tria, with the limitation that the depu-
! tations (hould not devinte from the tules v
laid down in the vote of the 31ft of Au- c
| guft. The vote of the Grand Matter c t
, ! of the Teutonic Order formally renews '
the demand made by the deceafed Grand 0
Mafter, that the emperor fhould have r
full powers to regulate every thing ne- 1
i reffary to the completion of the peace. c
: , The vote of Bamberg repeats the refer-
vations and proteftations made in 1757, 1
: in order to maintain the right of prece- 8
i dence over the Grand Mafter of the Ten- 3
tonic Order.)
f After this declaration, his highnefs *
expreffes adefire that the three colleges c
: would unite in requefting his majefty the v
» emperor to accept of indefinite powers v
. to terminate the work of peace with the e
i French government. The minifter of x
i ' Brunfwick had not yet voted. That of
I Mentz declared in the laft fitting that he c
fhould wait until the approaching open- *
- ing of protocol. The conclufum, it was 1
fuppofed, would be drawn up by the end 1
, of ths week. Among the different votes,
1 three diftinft opinions may be remarked. c
r The firft tends to empower his Imperial 1
, majefty alone to terminate tbe work of
i peace. According to tbe fecond, the c
: affair of indemnities fhould be decided by
the Diet and a «ommittee of its mem- 1
hers. The third is in favor of appoint- '
, ing an extraordinary deputation veftcd \
, with unlimited powers. It appears that s
the latter opinion will prevaii ; in which £
cafe it is affcrted, that the deputation 1
will be affembled at the city ot Augf- 1
burg. c
RATISBON, Sept. 24. f
s Tn the fitting of the diet yefterday, no
. vote was given in the college of electors ;
but in that of princes feveral fupple
r ments were added to the protocol, of
which the following is the fubftance :
1 The minifter Of Auftria declared, that
- in propofing, on the 14th, an extraordi
nary deputation t>o regulate the final ar
rangements of the peace, he intended
that the deputation fhould be feledtcd
, from the Sfieirsbcre of the diet itfelf. t
j Liege, Coire, and Trent, acceded to
■ the vote oi' Auftria. The latter at the
i fame time demanded that it ihould b»
indemnified for the marquifate of Cuftel
■ laro.
The prelates of the Rhine alio propo
fed the appointment of an extraordinary
. deputation," referving their right to no
. minate, and demanded the maintain ance"
; of the rial's of prelates of the empire.
Worms coincided with the vote of
Mentz, both as to the fpirit and exurei
fiou of the declaration of Magdeburg,
on the i'ubjeel of the vacant benefices.
Wirtemburg joined the votes of Auftria
and Magdeburg. Holftein Gluckftadt
gxve its afient to any kind of deputation
that ftiall be determined by a plurality of
votes, and at the fame time demanded
that the meafure of fecularn:ation Ihould
i be kept within as narrow limits as poiii
[ ble.
Hefle Darmftadt, in a vote of confi
• derable length, expatiated on the rules
} to be obferved in the adjuftment of the
i indemnities relative both to the fubiedt
: and object. The vote then explains the
, 7th article of the treaty of Luueville,
| dwelling more particularly on the word
collectivelyy and concludes, that, after
terminating the bulinefs of the indem
nities, all the lodes from the peace iu
general, ihould be borne and compenla
ted by the whole body of the empire. It
approves the propoled ful'peniion of no
minating to vacant benefices, andagix s
with Aultria and Magdeburg, in ap
pointing an extraordinary deputation to
complete the peace-
Saxe Weymar and Eifenach voted for
a deputation to be choi'en from the mem
bers of the diet.
Hildelheim, Paderborn, Stavelot, and
Furftemberg, demanded the confirming
of full powers upon his Imperial majefty.
Nafiau, Hadamar, Siegen,. and the
Counts of Weteravia acceded to the vote
of Auftria, with the reservation of their
rights. The count of WeftphSdia pro
pofe to refer the completion of peace to
his Imperial majefty. The prelates of
Suabia, in claiming the maintenance of
their order, made a iimilar proportion ;
voting, however, in cafe of a refufaion
the part of his Imperial majefty, for an
extraordinary deputation.
Augiburg, EHwangen, and Eichftadt,
declared they could not accede to the
fulpeniion propofed by Magdeburg, of
the nomination toecclcliafiical benefices,
and that referred to the chapter of Co
logne the enjoyment of its rights.
Magdeburg, formally reported, in the
name of his court, his determination on
tht fubje<ft of ecclefiaftical elections,
adding that the election had, by the
chapter of Mnnfter, as well as the even
tual nomination of a new election of
Cologne, Ihould be regarded as void.
MANTUA, September 5.
Gen. Miollis, commandant of Man
tua, has addreiTed the following letter to
the departmental adminiftration of Man
tua, dated Augiift 28—The deep traces
of war, which marked the fertile plains
watered by the Mincio, will foon dii'ap
pear; the ancient edifices, which adorn
ed Mantua, as yet offer magnificent mo
numents, which peace promifes to reftore,
to their wonted fplendour. A new
fcjuare, worthy of bearing the name of
Virgil, will foon embellilh this city—
My heart, neverthclefs, is penetrated
with grief, as often as I refledf on the
treafures of the arts abandoned, and be
come the prey of a total negligence that
fwallows up every thing. The convent
of St. Francis treafured up every hifto
rical document which this devoted coun
try could boaft. At every ftep in the
church of this name, the attention was
fixed by monuments full of intereft, for
thofe that take a plealure in reading the.
great book of human life. This church
and its environs have become the prey
of an infatiable rapacity, which it is not
in the power of words to exprel's.—a new
object of pity, pain, and grief, to thofe
who are cha med with inftru&ion. Se
veral other places almoflt equally intcr
efting, are alio abandoned. 1 invite you,
therefore, without Ufs of time, to lave
from geneial definition, all that can
confolethe arts, at one time fo brilliant
in this department. I have the honor
to propofe to you, for this end, the no
mination of a commillioner animated
with the love of the arts, who may be
enabled to colleA all thofe invaluable re
mains in the different places and houfes,
where deftruclion threatens them, in or
der to be placed in a depot or mufeum«
I intreat you with the more impatience
to let about this work, as public rumour
has already announced, that the precious
paintings of Rubens, which were in the
church of the Trinity, n»e to be remov
ed from Mantua. I intreat you, in the
name of thofe fentiments, with which
the arts infpire you, to order an imme
diate enquiry on this fubjeft, fo that
thefe precious remains may be pre-j
ferved."
BERLIN, Sept. 26.
Front the Berlin Gazette-
After the deceafe of his royal higb
nel's the elector of Cologne and bifhop
of Munfter, his majefty the Mug, in
confequence of the principles adopted in
the treaty of peace of Luneville, jignifi
edto the Diet at Ratifbon, and likewifc
to the two chapters of the elc&orats;