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the French government might
understanding directly with the
rnmenr. According to'thc de
British _g
claration
order, I have now the honor' to transmic
tosiyour excellency, and according to the
equally pacisic disposition: which his Bri
.tannic majesty has testified, it will hence
forward depend upon the French govern
ment alone to accelerate the happy mo
ment of the restoration of rcpose to Eu
rope so cruelly mangled by a destructive
war.
TSigned, _
" BARON DE THUGUT.
M; TALLEYRAND.
to which, in orde "sitb
ich, by his majesty": express '
[B]
. TRANSLATKON.
The undersigned, his Britannic majesty 's
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo
tentiary, did not fail to transmit to his
court all the communications which have
been made to him by the emperor's directi
on, by 'his excellency Baron Thugut rela
tive to the correspondencc which has taken
place between his majesty the emperer and
the French government respecting ov er
si cites ssser peace. The underfigned has in
consequence been directed to intimate the
satisfaction which his majesty has received
from this mark of confidence on the part
of his impeeial and royal majesty. The
unde rsigi ed does not delay, after the au
thority which he has just received to
declare that his Britatmic majesty,dssesirous
at all times__ of giving to the emperor and
to all Europe the clearcst proofof his per
sect and cordial union with his imperial
and royal majefl-y, and of the value which
he attachcs to the constant preservation of
the. intimate concert and fiiendship which
ave so happily established betwessen their
- crow na and their subjects, is disposed to
eoncur with Austria in the negociations
whidt may take place for a general pacifi.
eation, and to send his plenipotentiaries
to treat for peace in conccrt w ith his im
periai And royal majesty as soon as the in;
tention: of the French government to en
ter into a negociation with his Britannic
majesty shall be known to him.
T he undersigned eagerly seizes this oe
casion of renewing to his excellency the
assurance of his most distinguished conside
lation.
Signed, si MINTOO
Baron Tguour. _
Vienna, August 9, 1800. "
A: the/bllo-wing remarks dre- connecteJ-witb
the important cornssþondence between
France am! Great-Britaiu, it may be
proper to give it with tbq/c papen.
We have m this day s paper (says the '
London print) inserted the most interesting *ss
articlca of the very important correspon
dence relative to the late ov crtnres of
ne ociation for peace between this country
France. The only part of' It which,
fiom' in length and our wish to preserve It
entire, we are obliged to defer until to
morkow, in the substance of the conferren.
del that took placefbetween citizen Otto
Iss'od M. Hlmmond. lt' :- certainly of :
curiom nature but as it relates more to
the private "opinions find sentiments of M.
Otto thin to those of the French govern
went, He ne ind to give the prefer
can to the am masses ofcorrespondencc
'WMW w
fitting the war, not even in the manage- ss
?
!
ss the course of the late discuffiizns. A more
'tranquility of Europe. ' "
"
"There has not occurre'd, at any period ct
ent of the negociations enttufied .to lord -
Malmshmy, ass superior instance of sound
reasoning, of firm adherence to narional *
dignity, tempered by the true spirit ..of
conciliation, and expressed ijn tenergetie
and perspicuous language, than'sstheuanswcrs.
and observations of the British miniflry in -
insidious and 'destructive system to the real
interests " of Great- Britain could not 'be'4
well devised, than the prssy'ect conim'unicatsss
ed on the part of the chief corgsulss-We-ss
were, in fact, required to yield every ad- 1
vantage obtained by the unrivalled exerti.
ons of our navy; and, in return, we were
to throw ourselves open the candor and
the mercy of the government of France.
The proposal went to give every thing to
the enemy, and deprive us not only of our '
superiority, but of the means of safety it
sels. His majqstj': reply is admirably
suitcd to the occasion; exposing thc absur
dity and danger of the enemy's pretensions,
yet conccding more to him . than such pre
tensions could beentitled to. The coun
tcr-prssoject, which gave to France every
possible benesit, consistently with the just
rights and security of this country, will,
we are confident, be considered by every
unprejudiced mind.,- an unequivocal demon
sh'ation onthc part of the government to
effect the restoration of tranquility. But
it appears that nothing but the breach of
our most solemn engagements could induce
the chief cazgsul to accept : proposal highly
unsa'vourable to himself, and we have'been
called upon to lay ourselves prostrate at
his feet, by consenting to the condition of
a uaeval a'rmfflice, or to tear asunder every
bond of alliance frpm which we hope to
contribute to the rostoration of the general
]
The disgraccful alternative has been re
jected by the wisdom and firmness of ctad
ministration: were any thing wanting to
convince the world of the ambition and
perfidy'of the enemy, it would be found
in the present documents.
It is remarablsse that the French goverm
ment has, in its oflicial comments, con
dcmned by anticipation the late invasion
of Tuscany. In. the note and reply to
'our countenproject we findssthis strong ob
servation :-——-" It is by means of the ar
mistice that men are raising in Tuscany."
The levies os-Tuscany were therefore sanc
tioned by the admisiion of France herself ;
and was not the entrance of the republican
troops into the Tuscan territories a direct
violation of the principle os armistice,
which had been fully recognized by the
consulate, and indeed formed one of the
chiesbasis of its conduct in the late nego
ciations with respect to this country ?
WsiA A
CongrcscJt/ze United States.
nous: or azruszNu-nvu.
TUESDAY, ]anuary GJ
The house took up the report of the com
mittee of privileges on the letter of 10.
sssseph Wheaton, sergeant at arms, which a
as follow.:
ss The committee of privilege: to whom
was referred the letter from ]oseph Whea
ton, sergeant at arms, report,
* That the representation made by the
sergeant at arms contains :! correct state
' ment of fact: ; and thar he, in the opi.
s nion of the committee, :: to be corn.
mcnded for the promptirude and sidelity
Hwith whkhhcexeculedthe ocder as the
——l
'speaker to a rehend the rson guilty of
indeocnt andpiixsorderly cdiiduct in the gal.
! cry.
The committee have reason to believe
from the best information they can ob.si
tain", that the person who committed
.the disorder ( and who has since abscond
ed)" was at the time intoxicated with li
si;uor-.
The magifirate, by whose warrant the
sergeant at arms was arreiied, and held m
custody, for discharging his duty in the
premises, has exPlained his conduct in a
letter accompanying this report. 'I he
suggestion made to him, that any one
member ofthis house was cansulted rcia
tive to the prosecution of the sergeant at"
arms, is-by the committee presumed to be
false.; its it would imply in such member
not only a disregard of the sense of per
sonal pro riety but also an inexcusable
contempt or the honor- and dignity of the
house.
That although the arrest and confine
ment of an officer of the house of repre.
prescntativea for any act by him performed
in its service, and in obedience to its or
ders, must he de med a high breach of its
privileges; yet as the magistrate in the
present case seems rather to have been dc
ceived by false representations, than in
fluenced by impmper views, the committee
cannot consider his conduct as a subject of
animadveriion.
si They are therefore os opinion that it is
not expedicnt for the house to take any
furtherorder on the letter from ]oseph
Wheaton.
The follosswmg 15 the letter of the Ma
gfflrasi'e alludcd to:
ngy of Wa/birzgsitort, jeu. 3, 1801.
Sir,
In compliance with your request, I will
endeavour to state what took place be-.
tween ]ames Lane and myself, respecting
the warrant I granted at the instance 01
the said Lane against ]oseph Wheaton,
which is in substance as follows : !
On NIonday the zzd ultimo, late in the
afternoon, I was called on by a young man
of gentcel appearance, whose name he said
was Lane, and informed (for the first time)
that he had been arrested in the gallery of
Congress by the serjeant at arms, and by
him confined in one of the committee
rooms upwards of an hour, on suspicion of
clapping a member of the House of Re
presentatives while addressing the Speaker,
which charge he at that time denied being
guilty of. He also stated that Mr. Whea
ton, after keeping him confined during
the time abovemontioned, discharged him,
and that he was arrcsted a second time by
the said Wheaton on the public square
some distance from the CaPitol, who wrest
ed from him his horse Without producing
a written authority from the Speaker of
Congress, or any other evidence to justi.
fy his conduct. I thought under such cir
cumstances it behoved me as : justice of
peace for Prince George county, to take
cognizance of the last charge, although I
embarked in the business with great diffi..
dence and reluctance. I issued : warrant
to have Mr. Wheaton apprehended which
was served by Mr. 'S alding (the consta
ble) on the Wedne ay soliowin , by
whom Mr. Wheaton was brought iefore
me. On hearing his defence which was
corroborated bcty och'ers who were present, "
I made no hesitation in discharging him,
as I was well satisfied that hisconducthad
been-that of a vigilant officer, and I make
no hesitation in declaring that so far as his
condnct-hu fallen" under my own observa
L
fion, it had been warked with the Rrict
est probity. Mr. Lane informed me th:
he consulted with one or two member;
Congress reipccting his case, who thou ),
he had been treated with improper severi
ty,_busst he did not name any parctticula
member. I have endeavoured to (kite e.
very circumstance that took place Onss't '
disagreeablc subject,, andjhoFe my conduct
will not be unfavorably confirmed, so
to lead to the smallest suspicion that 'si
meant'co offer an indignity to the represcn.
tatives of this my native country, or any
of its officers.
I remain with sentixncnts ofduc respect,
Your obedient servant, '
RICHARD FORRESTJ
*—
The following is the letter from the Set.
. jeant at Arms.
To the bon. T/xadare Sedgctwict, esquire,
speake:- oftbe house of resisg'se'fztatifssvu ctf
t/ze Um'ted State;.
SIR, ct
I conceive it to be my duty to report
to you for the information of the house of
representatives, sithe circumstances which
attended and the proceedings which have
followed my obedience to your orders for
arrcsting the person who had been guilty
of contemptuous and disorderly behavior
in the gallery on Monday the zzdinsi.
Upon proceeding to the gallery I found
lhxt the disordch person was one jamce
Lane, whom I accordingly arrested, cor.
ducted to the Clerk's ossc: & treated wi.h
all_poss1ble civility, until the adjournment ss
of the house, When he was released and ;
suffered to go where he pleased. ;
. On the \Vednesday morning, I was ap.
prehended Upon :: warrant issued by Richard
Forrest, csq. in the name of the state of
Maryland, commanding Thomas Barton
Morris or Richard Spalding to arrest tho ,
body of ]oseph Wheaton, and I .,was ac.
cordingly conducted before the said justice
Forl'est, and was detained a prisoner from
10 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock
in the aftemoon, and was at length dis.
charged because the ashresaid Lane did not
appear to prosecute his complaint,.
I have the honor to be, si
- faithfully your obedient,
humble servant,
]OSEPH VVHEATON.
Chamber of" the House of Repre
stntati-vctes, Der. 30, 1800.
Mr. Nicholas thought the report con.
tained Opiniom that it would be improyer
in the house to sanction. It-impliedly cen
sured the conduct osa magistrate, who did
'not appear to have violated his official du.
ties, as he had ctwaved the prosecution at
soon as he was informed by the serjeant of
the real nature of the circumstances. More
could not be required. To expect the ma
gistracy to forbear calling to account the
officersos & legisiative body in all cases.
whatever won d involve a violation of
every legalpxinciple. , _
. As Mr.. Nicholas understood the assatr
before the house, the serjeant had been dl
rected by the speaker to see to the man
who made the disturbance in the gallery-'
He knew not that this order gave any av
thority to confine the man. He had "Of
himselsbeen present at the time ; but from
the circumstances he had heard stated, he
did not believe that the idea of arrest and
confinement had entered into the heed Of
any man. But the conduct of the serjeanf
did not it here. He hadbeen told, and
he believ truly, that the serjeanf, asict
removinsi the man from the gallery, hzct
dismifl' him, and had returned to th'
house; whence sithesuggefliones sow