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our lat, has experienced but very few changes, excepting the good fortune of fubjugating the formi. dable infurrection in the West-Indies: in fact, domeftic, as well as foreign oppofition, feem daily dying away before the unprecedented power c the Conful, who is now about to thew himfelf as the diftributor of justice and recompence to feveral injured potentates. The out. lines of indemnification feem not only to have been adjusted between the Conful, the Emperor of Ruflia, and the King of Pruflia, but the latter, it appears, has actually ordered his troops to march to take poffeffion of Hildelheim, Paderborn, Weftphalia, and the districts of Eichild and Erfurt: and an underftanding on this fubject is further faid to have been entered into between all the principal powers of Europe, thus it is itated that Ofnaburgh is to be incorporated with the Electorate of Hanover, in perpetuity, by means of which a material advantage will accrue to the King of Great Britain, inafmuch as that valuable Bifhopric, which has hitherto, in virtue of the Treaty of Weltphalia, been held only alternately by the House of Hanover, with a Prince elected by the Catholic intereft, will now become permanently attached to the family of our Sovereign. Auftria is to have Saltzburgh, Palau, Berchtoldfgaden, and fome ecclefiaftical poffeffions in Suabia. Wurtemberg, to receive fome of the Imperial cities and ecclefiaftical pof feffions in Suabia; the Grand Duke of Tufcany, Venice; Bavaria, to have Bamberg, Wurtzburgh, and fome Imperial cities; the Prince of Orange, Corvey and Fulda; the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel, Triplar, Ameneberg, and the Electoral Dignity; and Helle Darmstadt, Munster. Hamburgh, Lubeck, &c. are to retain their independence, which is to be guaranteed by all the great contracting powers; a circumtance of fome importance to Great Britain, from her great commercial interCourfe with the principal of thole cities.

In the mean while, the attention of

the Continent is directed to the meet. ing which is to take place between the Emperor of Ruffia and the King of Pruffia. Minifters are haftening from every Court to attend this interview, and it is probable that the Confulta at Memel will prefent a refult, at leaft, no les interesting to Europe than that of Lyons. The object of the expected conferences is, however, ftill a fecret.Notwithstanding, according to fome reports, the fate of the Turkish Empire will be decided at Memel, and Austria is faid to be willing to cede her fhare of Poland to Pruffia, on condition of getting equivalent poffeffions in the Turk, ith provinces of Europe.

Relative to the French expedition, as fome have faid to occupy the Morea, fo long fitting out in the Mediterranean, enquiry and conjecture of late are more excited than ever, efpecially as the troops from Leghorn were dispatched in fuch hafte, that feveral Danish vessels, which were in the harbour, were put in

equifition for the purpose, much against the will of the commander of a mall Danish fquadron, then at anchor in the Roads.

The commercial interefts in this country will read the following appointment with peculiar fatisfaction. From the Moniteur of the 30th ult. DECREE OF THE 26TH OF FLOREAL (MAY 6), YEAR 10. Bonaparte, Firtt Conful of the Republic, decrees as follows:

Art. 1. Citizen Coquebert-Montbret, Commiflary General for Commercial Affairs at Amsterdam, is named Commiffary General of Commercial Af. fairs at London.

2. The Minister of Foreign Affairs is charged with the execution of this de

cree.

Since this period, General Andreoffy has been appointed ambaffador to this Court, and his arrival in London is confidently expected in the courfe of the prefent month. M. Otto, who is preparing for his departure, will not however fet out for Paris for fome days after the General's arrival, as he is enabled to communicate much valuable information to his fucceffor, not only with refpect to the general state of diplomatic affairs in this country, but also with refpe&t to the characters of the British and Foreign Minifters with whom it will be neceffary for him to maintain an intercourfe.

M. Otto is to remain at Paris a month before he takes his departure for America. This gentleman has never yet feen the First Conful, in whofe esteem he holds a very diftinguished rank. Much of the time during which he is to remain at Paris, will, it is fupposed, be paffed between them in conferences on the relations between France and the United States, and the best means of facilitating fupplies for the Welt-India poffellions of the Republic.

Every tranfaction of the French government feems to evince their fincere defire to maintain a proper understanding with the British Miniftry. Though M. Andreoffy was appointed ambaffador to the Court of St. James's a fortnight ago, the Confulate did not officially announce his appointment until they had formerly notified it to our Miniftry, and obtained their approbation of the choice they had made.

Conformably to these measures by the French government, the London Gazette of Saturday, June 19, announced, that the King has been pleafed to appoint Lord Whitworth to be Ambaffador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic; and James Talbot, Eiq. to be Secretary to that Embaffy.

It is to be noticed, that as M. Coquebert, appointed Commiffa for Commercial Affairs on the part of France, arrived laft from the Hague, it is expected that fome arrangements will be made for Holland conjointly with France.

It further appears, by letters from the Hague, as well as the proceedings of the Dutch government, that a treaty is

in contemplation with Holland. An article in one of the French papers, fays, "We hear our government will send in a fhort time to London, one of our citizens, chofen from among those who are the best fkilled in our commercial and financial affairs, to conclude a treaty of commerce fuited to the interests of the two nations.

Letters from Bruffels fay, the Chief Conful will certainly visit that city in the course of the year, and adopt fome important measures refpecting the neighbouring countries.

The First Conful, we learn, has declared his opinion in favour of the freedom of trade; and the attempts made to confine it to particular companies in France, will, no doubt, prove fruit. lefs.

Refpecting the fate of the King of Etruria, various reports are in circulation; a recent article from Paris, fays, laft Monday three weeks General Murat was invited to dine with the king at Poggio, and took the opportunity of expreffing his fentiments freely on the fubject. The dinner lafted but a fhort time, and the converfation made a deep impreffion upon his majesty's mind. He paffed a very uneafy night, and at eight o'clock in the morning, dreffed only in his robe-de-chambre, he ran about the palace with a drawn fabre in his hand, calling out that he was betrayed. He ordered M. Selvetico, and his fecretaries and apothecary to be arrested. At length the courtiers seized the king, whofe paffion threatened the moft defperate confequences, and he was at length prevailed upon to lofe fome blood, which calmed his mind.

"Some disturbances have lately taken place in Piedmont. The caufe is not known, and our journals dare not notice them."

Other letters fay, there is no doubt, about the King of Etruria being depofed, but the French journals have been ordered not to fay any thing about it, or to fay a word on the affairs of Piedmont, or the King of Sardinia.

The King of Sardinia is at Rome, and it is not improbable that the recent accounts from Petersburgh announcing the determination of the Firft Conful to grant certain indemnities to this unfor tunate prince contain fome authentic-information.

formation. They ftate with confidence, that "Bonaparte has been fo far prevailed upon by the powers interceding in favour of his Sardinian Majeity, that he has refolved in his laft plan of indemnities, lately fent from Paris to the northern courts, that the King of Sardinia fhall recover the upper part of Piedmont, and a fum of money to be paid at instalments, by the French government, to compenfate for his loffes."

FRENCH WEST INDIES.

Contrary to the expectation of many, French force and addrefs, after many fanguinary conflicts which we have not room to detail, have at length completely fubjugated Touffaint-The Paris papers of the 12th contained the following official telegraphic difpatch.

"The brig Le Curieux is arrived from Saint Domingo, after a paffage of 32 days, with an aid-de camp of General Le Clerc. He brings very good, news. Christophe had deferted Touffaint, and ranged himself upon the side of the French army. Four days after Touffaint and Deffalines furrendered to the victors: magazines, ftores, artillery, all are in our power."-(Moniteur.)

In confirmation of this, a long account has been published from General Le Clerc, and another letter exhibits a direct charge against the American government of having fupplied the rebel army with military forts" The mufkets, cannon, and powder, (he fays) which had been fupplied with fresh energy fince the preliminaries of peace were made known, came from the United States," and that "there were agents of the American government with Touffaint, who did not always whisper the moft conciliatory ideas to him." This condu& appears to require fome explanation on the part of the United States.

But on the authority of private letters from Paris, it is reported at Paris, that Touffaint's furrender was the effect of a neceifity, created by divifions among his followers, diffatisfied with his humane conduct and generous policy towards the whites; and it is added that great numbers are still in arms, and have chofe a new leader, hitherto a Maroon ferjeant.

General Leclerc fays, that he has fent TOUSSAINT to refide on a plantation near Gonaives, (TOUSSAINT had a villa there), but under furveillance, as he was not to ftir from thence without

leave. It is probable that he has been allowed to retain his private fortune, said to have been confiderable; and the rest of the negro officers have no doubt secured benefits to themfelves, as far as the good faith and ability of the French Commander could extend.

The ENGLISH WEST INDIES. The island of Dominica has recently been the fcene of a mutiny among the Black Corps at that place, and which before it was quelled, coft the lives of a number of their officers, (British) attended with circumstances of peculiar ferocity. But in the account of this mutiny given in the West-India Gazettes, the motives or pretence for fuch fanguinary and defperate conduct as is afcribed to the mutineers is not brought forward, but feems to be carefully fuppreffed. Private accounts itate that the attempt to disband them was the cause; and we know, from the statement of the Secretary at War, in a recent debate, that orders to reduce the Black regiments had really been given.

HOLLAND.

The propofal for permitting the im portation of British merchandize into Holland has been fanctioned by the Dutch Legislature. The British trade with the Batavian provinces, is now fubjest to no other burthen than the payment of duties, which exifted before the

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ven rise to a variety of speculation in the public prints.

A letter from Calcutta ftates, that the Vizier of Oude refused to make the late ceffion to the Company, until Genez ral Lake had thrown a bridge over the Ganges, at Cawnpore, and iffued orders for the British troops to march towards the Vizier's capital. The treaty was thus of cially announced in General or ders by the Marquis Wellesly:" General Orders, by his Excellency the Most Noble the Governor-General. On the Ganges near Benares, Nov. 14, 1801:His Excellency the Moft Noble the Governor-General having this day ratified a treaty, concluded at Lucknow, on the 1oth inftant, by the Honorable Henry Wellesly, and Lieutenant Colonel Scott, on behalf and in the name of the Governor-General between the Honorable the Eat-India Company and his Excellency the Nawaub Vizier, by which treaty the Nawaub Vizier has ceded to the Honorable Company, in perpetual Sovereignty certain portions of his Excellency the Vizier's territorial poffeffions, yielding an annual revenue of one croire and thir. ty-five lacks of rupees (1,350,000l.), in commutation of the fubidy hitherto payable to the Company by the Vizier Ordered, that a royal falute be fired, and extra batta ferved to the troops at Fort William, and at all the garrifons and ftations of the army, in honor of this

event."

Mr.Henry Welles! is appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the ceded diftricts.

This fudden and uncommon acceffion of territory being intended for parlia mentary investigation, renders any further obfervation, at prefent, unneceffary. GERMANY.

On the 5th ult. in digging a new fluiceway at the upper end of the Fairwater at Dantzig, a fhip was found buried in the ground, at the depth of about twenty feet. She measured from stem to ftern, in the infide, 54 feet, and in breadth near 20 feet, and was laden with ftone, marked H. L. No. V to XII, fome apparently defigned for foundation ftones, others finely polifhed and flat, fuppofed to be head ftones for graves. A box of tobacco-pipes was alfo found, all whole, with heads about the fize of a thimble, and talks from four to fix inches in

length. The hip was built of oak, her planks about twenty inches broad, full of tree-nails, and no iron about her, except her rudder bands. A boat was found near, failen to pieces. Many human bones were found in the hold, both fore and aft; and it is fuppofed that the veffel had been loft in fome convulsion of nature, before the foundation of the city, upwards of 500 years ago, as the place had long been built over."

Prebourg, May 14. Soon after the opening of the Diet, the Emperor declared, that it was his intention that it fhould not enter upon any religious difcuffion, because queftions of that kind tend often to inflame the public mind, without producing any good to religion; and befides, that each sect in the empire enjoyed the free exercife of its worship. SWEDEN.

The King of Sweden has abolished the imprefs for the land fervice, and ordained that no Swede, for the future, shall be obliged against his will to take arms.

THE LOW COUNTRIES.

The building of the new forts planned on the left bank of the Rhine, has been delayed until the First Conful makes his tour into that district, when he will himfelf determine upon their fituations.

The French government has granted a fum of 300,000 francs for making a continued road along the left bank of the Rhine. The road, which must be cut through an extent of 1,190,029 cubic metres of folid rock, is to begin at Ingelheim, and end at Ehrenbreitstein.

The earthquake, which was lately felt in feveral parts of Italy, fwallowed up nearly the whole of the village of Crema, near Lodi. The village of Menguin, where there was a fine lake of about ten miles in circumference, has been fwallowed up in the lake, and not a fingle perfon has been faved, nor does a veftige of that village remain.

Cardinal York at Rome, has within these three months had two paralytic attacks, and is not likely to enjoy long the well-timed munificence of this country. At his death, we believe, the direct line of the Stuart Family, which claimed the throne of Great Britain, expires. There are however feveral remote branches of it ftill exifting in Great Britain.

The Pope held an extraordinary Confiftory at Rome on the 24th of May, upon which occafion he published all the objects relative to the Church of France, as alfo the nomination of all the Bishops. Upon the 27th, Ascension Day, he pronounced an allocution upon the fubject of the restoration of religion in France, and the prefent ftate of the Church. He celebrated mafs in perfon in the church of Grande-Bafilee and St. Giovanni, and gave the papal benediction, after which Te Deum was fung, and thanks returned to the Almighty for the restoration of religion in France. He then received the congratulations of the cardinals, who proclaimed him the Reftorer of the Church, and acknow. ledged that what had been juft accom. plished was the greatest event of modern times.

POLAND.

The late difturbances at Warfaw, in confequence of the appearance of Prince

Subow, are faid to have produced a great fenfation throughout Germany, Subow, as foon as his arrival was known. was challenged by an old Polish General of the name of Gielgalt, who wished to revenge the melancholy fate of his country, Subow having been the adviser of the partition of Poland, when in power in the Ruffian Court. Subow declined accepting the challenge on fuch a ground; upon which Gielgalt challenged him for perfonal injuries he had fuftained when at St. Petersburgh. In the mean time this correfpondence became public, and a party of young Polanders befet the house of Subow, which was only faved by the interference of the Pruffian troops. Subow withdrew from the city, but previously engaged to fight at Vienna on the 10th of June, where he is pledged to fight another duel alfo. He has arrived at Vienna followed by Gielgalt.

This duel has fince been fought, and, it is faid has proved fatal to one of the combatants.

SPAIN.

The letters from Spain mention a great calamity, that befel the city of Lorca, in Murcia, on the 30th of April.. The refervoir, which fupplies the neighbouring country with water, burst, and overwhelmed a vast tract of land. Five bundred houfes in the city were destroyed, and a thousand of the inhabitants loft their lives.

The King of Spain is about to establifh three military colleges, to consist of 200 ftudents each, and to be under the direction of the Prince of Peace.

The Definitive Peace was published officially at Madrid upon the 4th of May. Te Deum was chaunted in the Royal Chapel, and there was a Gala at court for three days, with the ufual illuminations.

The Dey of Algiers has commenced hoftilities against Spain. Thirteen of his cruizers have appeared on the Spanish coasts; and, as they failed in fuch hafte as to be without provifions, the crews landed between Carthagena and Alicant, and fupplied themselves by pillage.

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