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FOREIGN NEWS.
By the flip Maria % captain Henry,
from London . intelligence is
brought as late as the ?i /? of
Auguf! The following is pub~
lijhed as the mofl important.
State of the Negociation between
France and America.
PARIS, Auguft 6.
The conferences opened at
Paris with the envoys of the
Uniter! Stales, are at prefent
fulpended j and there is little
hope of their being fuccefsfully
relumed for fome time. It ap
pears that the powers veiled in
the envovs are too limited to
enable them to conclude a trea
ty which (hall give the fame ad
vantages to the republic as thole
granted to the Fnghflr by the
treaty ma 7 e with Mr. Jay,
France chofes rather to decline
treating with the United Stares,
jhan to fanftion the privileges
which they have accoided to
he r en^my.
The queftioo in dlTpute will
aopear from the following par
ticulars :
The United States and Eng
land, by the 25th article of their
treaty, mutually Pipnlare a Free
enhance into their refpeFtive
ports with a complete probe
tion to the privateers and (hips
of war of the two countries, and
the prizes taken from their ene
mies And they engage never
to conclude a treaty extending
the f, ?me favour to any nation
at war with anv of the contraft
ine parties. she treaty of 1779
between France and th« United
States, having been annulled by
the latter, and now regarded as
if it never exifled, they conceive
they cannot give the fame pri
vileges to France without violat
ing theit treaty with England.
Ihe French republic does not
feem dilpofed to ratify, to her
own prejudice, and in favour of
the Englilh, her enemies and
tivds,a proceeding fo unexpeft-
C( 1 on the part of the Americans,
Kith fhe recently m de a
common caufe againfl thofe ve
ry enemies, directed to the lame
for which France heifelf
ls at was the attainment
°f liberty and independence.
It is unfoitunate that the
United States fo precipitately
annulled the treaty of 1778.
I'bey themfelves, now repent
they we e induced to take
fr t ftep as it deprives them of
1 c power of giving to France or
M other country, rhe fame ad
jutages which they have con-
J; err ed to trie Englih Their
jj'plomatic agents mull have
Vwn very fhort-figbted, or very
THE LOUISVILiIe GAZETTE;
a n Id
republican trumpet.
T U E S D A Y, October 28. 1800.
LIBERTY IS OUR MOTTO A. VO TRU TH OUR GUIDE.
partial to the infrrefls of Eng
land ; or their envoys mud
give a wrong interpretation to
their inflru&ions. and the treaty
alluded to; fince it appears that
France, renouncing the claims
fhe may have from the priority
of the treaty of 1778. row offers
to treat without demanding any
other advantages than thofe en
joyed by the Englifh and which
they have exerciled during the
prefent war; and the ambaffa
dors mull come with a very bad
grace to negotiate a peace, if
they arc not veiled with power
to accede r o thofe conditions.
The negociation was opened
on fhe part of the French com
miffioners, on the fuppofition
that the treaty of 1778 was Hill
in force. It was, indeed, natu
ral to fuppofe that, the two na
tions never having been in a
flafe of war with each other, this
treaty could not have been an
nulled without the content of
both countries; and in litis
point of view it was that the
French commiffroners offered an
indemnification to the Ameri
cans, by admitting fhe principle
of compcnfation for illegal cap.
trues.
They even proceeded further,
inflead of demanding fiom ihc
Americans the indefinite gua
rantee of the French colonies,
fhe article of the treaty which is
molt prejudicial to the former,
they agree to the fubflitution of
a fpecial guarantee, fuch as ap
pears to be contained in the in
flru&ions of the preceding am*
baffadors, according to the copy
of them publifhed by congrefs.
But the American envoys were
not authorized to renew this
treaty, even after retrenchingthe
article refpe&ing the guarantee
of the French iflands. France,
therefore, conceived herfeif ex
empted from the obligation of
compenff ting for the captures;
the Americans themfelves hav
ing, by abrogating the treaty
deftroyed the bafis on which
onlv their claim could have
been founded.
It thus appears that the nego
ciation turned chiefly on three
points.
1. The continuance in force,
or the modifred renewal of the
treaty of 1778. France waved
rhis point, in confequence of
the aflurancc of the American
envoys that they could not rc
cw it.
2. The principal of comnen
fation for illegal captures This
point France offered to admit:
hut on conditions only that the
treaty of 1778 fhould be renew
ed, with the modifications dated
in the inflru&ions given by
Wafhington.
3. The 25th article
treaty between the United States
and Gre.v-liritain, relative to *
the proteftion granted to the
armed vcffels of that nation.
France will moil probably infill
upon enjoying the lame advan
tage as long as it is polfcffcd to
her injury by her enemies.
I hcie is another principle
which Franc? is anxious to rfta
blifh. a* d on the adoption of j
which die has flrongly infilled ;
a principle which it is Hill more
the intered and policy of the
Americans to carry into execu
tion. But the treaty of 1703
with the Englifh prevents them
from acceding to this fydetn,
namely, chat neutral bottoms
fhall conflitute neutral property,
France, however, hopes to re
duce the powers of the North
to edablifh this fvflern, to be
excluded from the benefit of
which would be highly injurious
to the Amciicans.
It appeals, however, thalthefe
diplomatic conferences have
been conducted in the mofl
amicable manner, and fb as to
leave only ah impreffion of re
gret thatJt was imprfhble to
remove th)| difficulties which
had occurred The Ameiican
ambafladois. during their refi
dence at Paris, have been tieat
ed with evety polfibJe maik of
refpeft, and enjoyed all the dif
tin£hons conferred on theminif
ters of our allies. As it is at
prefent the principle and fyftem
of France to relpccl and protect
the law of natirns, arid rhe
rights of neutrality, it is to be
hoped that the frank and equi
table cohduG which flic holds,
with regard to neutrd dates,
will foon remove the ditlciences
which have occurred cen
her and the United States, and
that even fhould the prefent
negociation no*: terminate in a
treaty., the American flag lira]!,
nol-vithfla'iding, continue 10 be
relpc&ed. and their vcffels treat
cd as ihofe of a fticndly nation
in our courts of juflice.
Orders arc iflued t* the pri
vateers to refpe& all neutral
flags, among which the Ameri
can veffels are undoubtedly the
mofl numerous; and American
veffels arc daily rclcafed by »h<*
courts, with damages againfl rhe
owners of the privateers 1 uert
are now about fifty caulcs hefor*
the council of prizes refpn&mg
veffels taken in the Europe »n
Teas, and rhofe ef the 'eflcls
which really belong to Amen
cans will affuredly be rioted.
The f ate of fuch, how eve , a
were furnlfhed with letters of
marque, docs not ajone?,T to be
yet determined. fr is (heught
that they cannot he given up
without fanftioning the rof:-
dn6l of the Americans in *rm
ing them, u rile Is the »eHitutiorA
fhould refult from a new treaty
of amity.
The prececlinr particular**
have been communicated by
the mod rcfpeft.rhle authority.
Alignjl 16.
A revolution has taken place
in c witzerlacd.
The councils have hern abo
lifhed, and a new executive
council appointed.
A letter from Augfburgh of
the 12th Auguft frvs, 'ha m
Icfs than a fortnight there will
be a Congrcfs at Augfburgh
Preliminaries of pe*cc have
been figned between the French
Republic and the Dcy of Al
giers
Letters from Berlin flat
that negotiations arc carried on
widicqud vigour at Paris Vi
enna and Berlin. The king of
Ptulfia, in concert with cn
mark, Sweden, pain, and per
haps with Ruffia, labours to
elletluatc the peace of Furopc,
oral lead of the continent, and
to orgahife an armed neutrality
if the v/ar befw' cn Fiance and
England is to continue. Cou
riers arrive every d,.v tr m Pa
ris. Vienna and Polcifhurgh.
They lay that negociations aie
to be entered on at ( a>l(fbad 9
and that general Bournonville
will go theic foon.
From the Hcond half year of
the year 8. the rentsand penfions
of the Hate are to be paid tr*
fpecie, through the medium of
the bank ot Fr m c.
BO ST N, SfpUmbc? 27.
AMERICAN DRAVtRv!
Ycflerday arrived here a fhip
from Sf Sabaflians capf Ox
foid bedonging to M(flits. Bulfy
and Jnglas. On her palfago
home, was taken by a Bntilh
privateer, by virtue of the Bn
tilh treaty. Ihe pnvrfeca put
ten of her hands on board, and
ordered her for an Englifh
port. The biave captor, with
his Ton and two negroes, »ole on
the pirates, rctooK the (hip, and
afterwards fell in with a *'<*lll
- fhip, and put frvp of »he
pirates on boarH he- We ,dfo
h.ar flie h s brought mlHatches
from on commfljoners in
Fi-nc .
A 0 1 I C E.
ALL •h'Tr who mav * c in wmi ot
damp p?prr cu h? (upp y
anpiyit’g at Mr j me* bozeooatt'g
St eve.
John Poftwtck t
of ihf- KewtD're.
Sept, jo,
[No. gi.