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PARIS, S<ft. 9 .
ACTS OK THE GOVERNMENT.
li.ef.ort made to the Fir ft m Senate t
by the Minister jor Foreign Affairs .
The firlt consul having ordered me to
Tender an account to him, in senate of the
ci.Xrcnccs subsisting between the republic
of France and the regency of Algiers,
and of the fuccefi of tae meafurcs which
have been adopted to terminate them--.I
li.all full advert to the previous fituatiun
. of alia I r*.
From the frontiers of Egypt to the
ftreight of Gibraltar, the north of Africa
'is penciled by men ignorant of the pub.
lie law of Europe. The principles and
the manners which in a great degree have
formed Europeans into one great society,
and not only lorbid the opprdiion of, but
enjoined them to protect and uiiiil, when
in danger, the navigation and commerce
of paciiic nations...which reprobate all
unjuit aggrcllion; and require that thfi
tights Ot humanity be preferred sacred ;
I'ucfc are Hill unknown to the people of
those countries.
They acknowledge no ether law of na
tions than those dictated by their own
police, which permits among them indi.
vidual violence, authorises it with relped
to foreigners, and confecratcs even aCts of
barbarity and outrage with regard to ene.
mies-.-rhey are ignorant that the law of
nat : ons, proceeding upon general princi
ples, abolilhes those chimerical rights
which a people too much imprefled with
their local importance, derive from the
Jicentioufnefs ot their particular customs.
It is, however, to the honor of Europe,
that in those rcfpeCts the supremacy of its
public law afligns juil limits to the tole
rance of particular fy Items of legislation,
and which hereafter ihali not be unknown,
but in Africa.
The regency of Algiers is particularly
remarkable lor an audacity, which some
events have tended to llrengthen,
Charles ihc fifth turned his victorious
arms against Africa-—he withed to free
Europe from the incursions of barbarians,
by reducing their power ; but the success
was nor commensurate to the greatness of
the design, and fell far Ihott ot the mag.
ritudeof his preparations.
In succeeding times Louis XIV. afb
fmed at Algiers the honor ot the French
flag, and in rhe interval ol fix j ears, the
city was three times bombarded by his .
orders. But theartairsof Europe claim
ing his attention at the time, set bounds
to his vengeance. However, since that
period, the Algerines have appeared to
tefped France, and the peace which was
concluded in 1689, fubfillcd more than a
century, when, in the course of the year
7, it was infringed at the instance of the
Sublime Porte.
Os ail the enemies which were opposed
to France when the finl consul took the
reign* of government, the regency of Al
giers was ihc least formidable. But the
lirlt consul, deliroas that the calamities of
war Ihould every where terminate, and
learning that the Dev was inclined to pa
cification, dispatched a negociaror to Al
giers. Being preceded by the renown of
those exploits, of which Italy, Germany,
Syria and Egypt had been the witness,
the consular envoy was properly received.
Peace was determined upon, and even no
tified to the divan ; but a frclh interfer
ence of the Sublime Porte prevented the
signature. War appeared to be renewed,
but no actual hofiilitics took place. The
French were permitted freely to retire
from Algiers, and to dispose of their pro
perty, and the French agent waited at
Alicant until the moment when the nego
tiation should lie resumed.
In (hort, a definitive treaty which as.
fure* to France all the advantages ftipu.
lated by the ancient treaties, and which
by new articles guaranteed more explicit,
ly and more favorable to France the free
dom of commerce, and the navigation to
Algiers, was signed the id of December.
General peace being concluded, com
mercc began to take its accuftomcd course.
But we Toon learned that the armed
flaps of Algiers feoured the Mediterrane
an— -desolated French commerce, and in
felled the coalts. Neither the flag not
even the territory of the republic were re
fried by the corsairs of the regency.
They conduced to Algiers, transports
which had failed from Toulon for St. Do
mingo, They seized a Neapolitan vessel
dole to the coalts of France. An Algerine
officer dared to make a French trading cap.
tain undergo a mod infamous treatment in
the road of Tunis, The barques of the
Coral Company, which were, by the
«terms of the treaty, free to dispose of their
* filh, were violently repulsed from the
confts. The charge de« affairs called in
vain for (atis£aCtion...they even dared to
f nuke oropolltions injurious to the dignity
of ihc French pctjjidc—they even proposed,
that Prance (hould pay for the execution
of the treaty!
The full confal on being informed of
thcfe#circum(lances, ordered that a naval
divifton (hould lie Rationed before Algiers.
1 franfmitted by his orders the initruc
tions by which the charge d’affairs, citi
zen Dubois Thainvillc, is to regulate his
conduft, agreeable to the dktaics of pru.
dence, but at the fame time with energy
and dignity, sj? *
The division commanded by rear admi
ral Leiflegues appeared before Algiers, the
sth of Augusts and carrying on boaid an
oiHcer of the pabsce, the adjutant Hollins,
charged with a letter from the firft consul
to the dey.
On the 6th of August this officer land
ed—.he was received with diftinftion, and
he presented the letter of the firft consul,
which is conceived in the following terms :
Buonaparte , Fuji Conjul, to the most high
and magnificent , the Dey of Algiers ,
'whom God preftr'Vt in glory and pro
sperity.
“ 1 write this letter direftly to your
fdf, because I am aware that you have
ministers who deceive you, and who ad
vise a line of conduct the moil injurious
to you. This letter will be delivered
into your own hands by the adjutant of
my palace. Its object is to demand
prompt reparation, andfuch as 1 have a
right to expert, from the sentiments which
you have always manifefted towards me.
A French officer has been actually beaten in
the road of Tunis, by one of your offi.
cers; the agent of the republic has in
vain demanded fatisfadion ; two brigs of
war have been taken by your corsairs,
and carried into Algiers; a Neapolitan
vdTel has been captured in the road of
Hieres, which violates the French terri
tory. Finally, from a French veflel
which ran aground on your coast last win
ter, more than 150 men have been taken,
and arc Hill in the hands of the barbarians.
“ I demand reparation for all those in
juries, and entertain no doubt of your
adopting every measure which I Ihould
take in similar circumstances. I have
dispatched a veil'd to bring home the 1
men which are miffing. 1 have also to
request that you will place no confi
dence in such of your millnifters as are
the enemies of France. You cannot
have greater enemies than those ; and if
I desire to live in amity with you, it is
neccffary also that you (hould take every
step to preserve a mutual good understand
ing, which alone can preserve your pre
sent rank and prosperity, for God has
determined that all those who (hall be
unjust towards me, (hall be punilhed ! If
you are willing to live in friendlhip with
me, you mull not confider me as a feeble
power, but refped duly the French flag,
as also that of the Italian republic, whicn
has constituted me its chief; and make
reparations for all the outrages that have
been committed against me. These be
ing the foie objefts of this letter, I pray
you to read it with attention, and to in.
form me by the return of the officer, what
you deem expedient to do."
Whatever were the real dispositions of
the Dey, it appeared that his desire was
to maintain a good underloading with
the French republic. “1 am willing,"
said he, ** to be always the friend of
Buonaparte," and he promised to give
ample fatisfadlion on the above heads.
In order to pay a particular refped to
the envoy of the First Consul, he difpenf.
ed with the ordinary formalities, and re
ceived him in the molt magnificent pa
villion in his gardens, as well as the
Charge d’Affaires of the republic, the
rear admiral, &c. He then gave to ge
neral Hullin the answer which he had pre
pared for the firft consul, and which was
to the following effed :
“ In the name of the only God—the
man of God, the molt illultrious and
magnificent Lord, Multapha Pacha, Dey
of Algiers, whom God permits to reign
in glory. See,
“To our friend Buonaparte, firft con
sul of the French republic, and prcfident
of the Italian republic.
“ I salute you—the peace of God re.
main with vou.
“ By these presents, our friend, I in
form you that 1 have received your letter
dated the 18th July. 1 h.-ve read it.
It has been delivered to me by the gene
ral of your palace, and your vakeel, Du
bois Thanville. 1 (hall answer you arti
cie by article.
“ 1. You complain to as of the Rais
Ali-Taqcr. Although he is one of my
joldaches, 1 have ordered his arrest, for
the purpofc of his futfering deajth. But
at the moment of his intended execution,
your vakeel requeued his pardon of me in
your name, and 1 have accordingly li
berated him,
“ a. You demand of me the Neapoli
tan Polacre, taken as you fay under the
cannon of France. The particulars which
have been furnifhed to you, relative to
that tranfadion, are not very exad;
however, according to your desire, I have
liberated eighteen chriftians, which com.
pose its crew - t they have been delivered
to your vakeel.
“ 3. You demand a Neapolitan veffcl,
which, it is laid, had failed from Corfu
on the French fervicc. There have been
no French papers or documents found on
board ; but as you have desired it, I have
ordered the crew to be restored to liberty,
and delivered to your vakeel.
** 4. You require the punishment of
the Rais, who conduded hither two ves
sels belonging to the French republic—
According to your desire 1 have degraded
them, but I have to state to you that my
Rais cannot read European characters—
they arc ignorant of the usual forms of
paflports; the ships of war of the repub
lie should adopt some particular signal, in
order to be known by my corfaiis,
“ 5. You demand 150 men which you
fay are in my dominions—there is not
one. All the persons in question have
periihed by the w ill of God, which has
greatly grieved me.
“6. You fay there are men who offer
council tending to embroil us. Oar ami
ty is dofely cemented, and of long dura
tion, and all those who endeavor to les
sen it,will be unfuccefsful.
“7. You require that I shall be the
friend of the Italian Republic. 1 shall
refpeft its flag as yours, according toyfiur
desire. But if the proposition came from
another, I would not accept it for a mil
lion of piasters.
** 8. You do not appear willing to give
me the 200,000 piasters which I demand
ed, to indemnity me for the losses I have
fullained upon your account. Whether or
not>ou give me these, we shall always
remain good friends,
“9. I have fettled with try friend
Dubois Thainvilie your vakeel, all the
affairs relative to the coasting and the co
ral fifhery. The African company shall
enjoy the fame privileges which they for
merly polTeffed—-I have ordered the Bey
de Conllantine to afford it every kind of
protection.
“ 10. I have fatisfied you in every re
fpeft, in the manner you have desired;
and for which you will doubtless fatisfy
me, as I have rendered you fatisfaftion.
“it. In confequcnce, I request you
will give orders that the nations hoflile to
me, lhall not fail under jour flag, nor
with that of the Italian Republic ; that
there may be no farther disputes between
us, for 1 am desirous of remaining in ami
ty with you,
“12. I have ordered that my Rais
shall refpeft the French flag at fea,' and 1
will punilh the firft who conducts a French
ship into any of my ports.
M lf in future any matter for dicuffion
. should exist, write to me dircCtly, and
every thing (hall be amicably fettled.
“ I lalute you—may God keep you in
glory, &c.
“ Algiers, 13th of the Moon Rablad
Ewel, year of the Hegira, 1217."
In fin idling this report, I should state
to the First Consul, that the adjutant
commandant of the palace, Hullin, and
the rear-admiral Leiffegues, have execut
ed with dignity, firmnefs, and circum
fpeftion, the coramiflion with which they
were entrusted.
C. M. Talleyrand,
NEWBURYPORT, Odobem.
Guadalcnpe,
The disturbances in this devoted island
seem not to have diminilhed. The mor
tality among the French troops inspires
the rebels with new vigour. General
Richepanfe died the 3d September, and
daily ravages are made among the soldiers.
Stratagems feeras to be the forte of the
blacks, for we are told, by a person of
information, recently from Guadaloupe,
tint the black general feat down articles
of capitulation to general Richepanfe, pre
vious to his death, fpecifying that he
would surrender on condition that he
would allow hinva certain sum of money,
provisions, and a fleet fufficient to trans
port him and his army (about 20,000) to
America, where they had an idea they
could land. The articles were acceded to,
and the provision delivered. But nofoon.
er %as this done than the contract was at
an end, and the negro general profited by
the duplicity he had praftifed.
NEW-YORK, Odober 18.
Accounts from St. Domingo, received
here, represent that colony as being once
more in a flare of general infurreftion,
the negroes having risen throughout the
whole interior, and commenced the repC
tion of those outrages which have hereto
fore rendered St. Domingo a fecac of
devaluation and horror.
The insurgents are treated with the
greatest fevetity, wherever they happen
to fall in the power of the French troops
—but the number of the latter is too i,,.
fignificant to contend ededually with the
former; and it is conjeftured that on the
failure of a reinforcement of 12,000 men
(which was daily expected, though with!
out any certainty as to the probable time
of its arrival) St. Domingo will e n uely
be loft to France, or remain to be con
quered a lecond time. At present the
seaports are couriered as the only places of
of fafety.
A letter from Cadiz, dated the 24th
August, from the American consul at that
port fays—
" 3/ this opportunity I forward official
dispatches to our government of the trea.
ty of peace, between the emperor of Mo
rocco and the United States, being happi
ly concluded by Mr. Simpson,
PHILADELPHIA, Oclober 13 .
The recent election in New.Jerfcy,
havingattractedmuch public attention, ue
have taken some pains to afeertain the rc.
fulr. The source from which we have
derived our information, on this fubjed,
we believe may be relied on.
The contest has been animated, but in
thufe counties where the parties were near
ly equal, we fear that inactivity prevailed
on the republican fide. In Hunterdon
county, the federalifts have fucceedcd
contrary to the expectation of our friends.
Returns from all the counties, except
Cape May, have been received. This
county fends one member to each house.
Last year it was represented by one repub
lican and one federal ill—it is now doubt,
ful; but we have reason to believe the rc,
fult will be unfavorable to the republican
interelt. In that event, the parties will
be equally divided on a joint ballot of the
two houses : the republicans having a ma,
jority of one in the council (upper house)
and the federalift a majority of one in the
lower house.
Four important qneftions will neceflari.
ly come before the Legillature of that
it ate, at their next feiiion. j
First, the choice of a Governor, their !
civil and military officers being chosen by
a joint meeting of both houses.
Second, the choice ot a chief justice,
that office oeing vacant by the death of the I
person who tilled it, |
Third, the choice of a senator of the I
United States for fix years, in the stead 1
of A. Ogden, Esq. whose lime expires. I
Fourth, the patfing of a law to chose I
representatives to Congress ; the state be- I
ing without any law for that purpose. If I
the republicans succeed in Cape May, they I
will have complete command of the state; 3
if not the event will be as before stared. I
[ New-Tot k Morn. Chronicle, I
Extrail of a letter from a refpedable I
mercantile house in Bourdeaux, dated I
September 6, to their corre/pondents in 1
Philadelphia, I
“France will not make a commercial 1
treaty with England : the latter takes it 1
in dudgeon, and appearances look lower- 1
ing—.that is to fay, something like a 1
rupture. I
WASHINGTON CITY, Oiloher 2f. I
We learn that the French national 1
schooner Enfant Prodique, from Guada* m
loupe, which (he left on the 261 hos Sep- 1
tember, has put into New. York for the I
purpose of delivering dispatches to thl 1
address of Mr. Pichon, and that (he pro- *
ceeds immediately to France. |
The Colonial Prefed, Mr. Lefcallier, I
had, by an arrette, opened the colony to f
foreign vessels. The information receiv- |
ed by Mr. Pichon, states the colony to be 1
in want of provisions, and efpccially fait 1
beef and pork. i
General Lacrosse had been Installed in S
the government by general Richpanfe, I
but only temporarily, to aftert the power 1
of government. He was to give up the 1
government in a short time to gen. Rich- 1
panfc, and lo proceed to another deltina- «
tion assigned him in the colonies ; but io «
confequcnceof the death of gen. Richpanfe# B
gen. Lacrofle retains the governmenr. 1
Permission had been given to people of I
colour to return to Guadalonpe. 1
Translation of a letter 'written by rear H
admiral Lacrosse, captain general of *
Guadaloupe, to Mr. Pichon.
Basseterre, the ±th Vendemairt, tltb k«
year , ( 26 Sept . 1802 .) _ S
I have the honor to inform you, etti- I
zen commissary, that by a decision just IS
taken by citizen Lefcallier, councellor o
• state, colonial prefed at Guadaloupe, *
the ports of this colony (ball in future be ■
open, as formerly, to the American vef- I
fcls, and thl exportation of colonial pro- I
duce permitted on paying duties. 1
(Signed) LACROSSE. I 1
The Select and Common Councils ot a
Philadelphia have rc-elede4 Matihet I
Lawler, republican, Mayor, |