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PARIS, May 27.
W COUNCIL OF MV £ HUNDRED,
26 Florcal, May 15.
Berber made the following report, in the
ame of the financial commiflion :—“ In
fjfircmnltanccs left urgent than ths-prefent,
Kt would have been fufficientforyour com
re million to furmfti you with the result of
report which was made to you vefter-
Bday. But when our wantsare real, it would
3fbe a criminal inattenturn to be fiient upon
Jfthe infutficiencv of the revenus, and not
Kin occupy ourlclves immediately on the
iiTieans for fuppiying the deficit. We have
iro other power over part depredations
jgthan to submit them to a flr:<ft enquiry.
iWonld you believe that in the month of
Vendemaire, before the rcquifitionifts
u bud conscripts were called into action,
\ :fr accounts for the paymentofthe troops
\ were calculated at the rate of 437,000 men
] n a&tta! service, without including the
I roops in Egvpt and in Holland .' Would
I lou believe, that to complete the number
f )f 08,oco cavalry, it was neceflary to pur-
I chafe 40.000 horses: The commillion
would deem itfelf unworthy ofyour confi
dence, and guilty of treason against the na
tion, if it did not propof'e to you to demand
of the d'veflory, by a meflage, documents pro
perly detailed , lor the purpose of tracing the
authors of so many calamities.
We have been informed by mejfages of
the exigence ol a considerable deficit. If
the dit eflorySvi/hes that the public ferviceJhould
be earned on, we aljo desire it.— From the
instant at which the republican troops saw
their valo r betrayed- —from the inflant when
intelligence of the execrable crime com
mitted at Kaliadt by order of the house of
Austria, was announced throughout the
republic—when a general cry was heard
or “Vengeance! Men! Money!'' numer
ous bast .limns weielevied on all fi.les and
Oiganizcd; but their courage would be im
potent, if it were not to be rendered ufeful
by pecuniary resources. Shall we raise a
war tax ? The affirmative cannot he doubt
ed. Shall this tax be imposed upon pre
fmned properties ? Such a measure would
be arbitrary and nnjuft. It would open
the door to a multitude cf recriminations,
aud complaints, would experience delays,
' and it* produfl would be uncertain and of
little value. The tax imposed bv the ne
erffitv of war and national vengeance 1
which the commillion is about to submit 1
to you, is placed upon the following 1
grounds:— ;
1. “There fliall be raised a tenth by the <
livre in addition to the landed contribu
tion. This resource will produce 21 mil- |
•Hons. 1
2. “ There fliall he raifrd a tenth by the 1
livre in addition to the personal contribu
tion, which ftlall commence with the in- ;
digent class, but this addition fliall he pro- 1
greffive and proport onate to the different r
claim of persons contributing. The pro
duff is estimated at 15 millions.
3. “ Tile last rate made with refpeft to
the contribution for doors and windows 1
fh.dl be doubled. The poor who have
only two openings to their dwellings fliall
be excepted. The produff is calculated
at from 6 to 7 millions.
4 “ Augmentation of a tenth by the
the rendering of articles. The
amount 2 millions and a half for the re
mainder of the vear.
5. “ Augmentation of the duty on port
letters. A letter taxed at 6 Hull pay 9
foils. The produff 2 millions.
6. “ Augmentation of the llamp duties.
Amount 2 millions.
These brandies of additional contribu
tion do not rife to any arbitrary measures,
and will produce about 50 millions for the
jth \ear. But as this sum docs not cotn
plre that which is demanded by the di
rectory, it thall be filled up by a deduffion
of the fa ‘aries of public officers, and bv I
aconomy and the retrenchment of all vfc
iets expences. The commillion is engag
ed in attending with the greatelf vigilance
to the last objeff. The country, threat-
Cried a-- it is, requires the exertion of all its
resources; but it is particularly by re-tflab
hfking order and ccconomv in all the bran
che- of adminitiration, that the public spi
rit will be enabled to arise with vigor from
that kind of apathy into which it is plung
ed —When it lliall thus be refund to its
original energy, it will find every iacrifice
light, imposed upon it by the fafety of the
ff.ite.”—The reporter then proposed the
following projects:—
t. “ A meifige lliall be sent to the di
' reffory demanding circumlf uiti.il accounts
of the administration of the ex-mini tier
Scherer, of the exaggeration of the expen-
I ecs of his miuUlry during the firft fix
j months of the 7th year, and of the causes
ot the defeft which extlled in the nominal
* and aft uni force of the armies when hof
ti ities were resumed *’
r . * : ' r queftioo was loudly called and una
. uflv adopted.
» * “ Hit commillion charged with ren
p »n account ot the refponfibiiity of
rtuuiiu-rx, flud make its report* Within a
called for by a great
number of members, the refoluiion was
also agreed to.
3. “ All public and civil officers, whose
falarv is beyond 300 b livres, fliall be iiable
to a drawback of 5 per cent, for the firft
3000 livres, and of 10 per cent, on the re
mainder.”
This rtfoluiion fliall be applicable to tne
representatives of »he people, to the mem
bers of the directory, to the diplomatic
body, to the adminiltrators, &c. With
refpe£l to inferior salaries, nothing ftiall
take place derogatory from the existing
laws. It was unanlmoufly adopted.
The other projects are to be prured, and
the difeuflion is to be opened after diftri-'
bution of them.
Poulain Grandpre read the commence
ment of a report on the conduct of the
commiffiontrs of the treasury during the
7th year, but the cosiclufion was adjourn
ed till to-morrow.
Executive dire fiery, 6th Pretrial, May 2s.
General Sherer to the executive directory.
Citizens Direfiors ,
The minister of war has made known to
me the choice you have made in niv per
son of infpe£lor general of the French
troops Rationed in Holland. I thank you,
citizen direfiors, for this new mark of con
fidence with which you have been pleased
to honor me ; but 1 pray your permiflion
to decline its acceptance. lam outrage
ously calumniated both as a minister and a
general. 1 owe to my country, to your
choice, to my honor and reputation, thus
attacked, a compleat juftification against
tire heavy charges accumulated on my
head. Jn a few days, a public account of
my administration, during the five firft
months, of the seventh year, fliall be laid
before you. It fliall be corroborated by
all the juftificatory documents necessary to
authenticate and confirm its veracity.
Health and fraternity,
(Signed) Scherer.
LUCERN, May 2i.
In confluence of a meflage from the
directory of the 17th, the great council has
adopted the following resolutions :
1. Until the prelent dangers are past, all
Helvetia is converted into a camp.
2. AH citizens whose names are inferib- 1
ed for service either in the chosen body, 1
or in the corps relerve, are declared, from
the present moment to belongtothe piquet,
for the service of the interior, and placed
at the disposition of the direfiory, for the
defence of the country.
3. All the officers and fub-officers are <
placed in reqmfition at the demand of the 1
directory, and bound to perform the fcf
vice which it may order them. 1
4. All the magazines containing matter «
and effe&s applicable to the military fer- s
vice, are put in rtquifition, as well as eve- 1
ry thing which may relate to the fame ob- ;
Jtft. 1
5. The nation will indemnify, in the 1
ulieft manner, the communes and < itizens
who may fuffer in their properties in fup
aort of the common cauie.
MILAN, May 12.
PROCLAMATION,
Os Field Maijhal SUIVARROW.
“ Nations of Italy !
“ Take up arms; unite under banner,
which are fighting for God and the Faith;
and you fliall triumph over peifidious ene
mies. The army of his majesty our most
exalted emperor and king, are fighting
(provoked by the French) and flledcling
their blood in defence of our most holy
religion, lor the recovery of your property,
and the re-eftablifliment of your former
government. Do not the French demand
every day rmmenfe sums of you ? Do not
they demand uncommon requisition? And
all this under the chimerical name of liber
ty and equality, which are even so painful
to the heads of families, deprive them of I
their dear children, and force them to take
up arms and fight against your lawful so--
vereign, your loving father and most zea
lous defender ? Nations, be of comfort!
There is a God who protects, and armies
who defend you. See the number of
troops! See a new complete army lent bv
the allied emperor ot Ruliia; behold thole
.prudent nations, every where full of en
tnufiafm, to terminate this bloody war in
the most fpcedy manner. That faithful,
numerous army, confuting of hrave war
riors, esmes to deliver Italy. Fear noth
ing; wheresoever the armies combating
against the French republic (hall come,
you fh.Ul fee the laws rrftored, religion
exalted, and private and public tranquility
revived, which has been for these three
vears past under a heavy yoke. The
faithful ministers of religion, too, fhali be
• einftalled in their offices and property.
But heir ! thoukl there ever be found .1-
mong you one so perfidious, that fliall ei
ther take arms against our sovereign, or
favor in any manner the enterprises of the
French republic—such a perfidious man 1
: th ill immediately be (hot, without regard
to quality, birth, rank, office or condition;
and his family, houses and property fhali
: be perfected and destroyed. four pru
1 dence, nations of Italy, gives hopes that
I being now convinced of the jtiftice of the
cause, you will furnifh no occufion of in
flicting those rigorous measures and irre
ndlfible punishments, but that you will ra
ther mantfeft proofs of your fidelity and
attachment towards so beneficent and lov
ing a sovereign.
(Signed,) L. SUVYARROW.
TOZZERS, (Switzerland) May 15.
We have triumphed. The French
have been beaten at all points. The up
per toll bridge has been taken by storm,
and the enemy forced within half a league
of Chur (Coire.) Last night the peasants
took 1 ico French prisoners near Chur.—
Three thousand prisoners, with 13 cannon,
fell into our hands.
[Accounts from Feldkirk, confirm the
above, and one from Lindau, May 16,
fays,’general Hotze had palled the Rhine
nearSergens; and that he was to pene
trate by lake Waldftadt to Zurich. The
general paflage of the Rhine was hourly
expe&ed, and pontoons provided.
Centinel ]
LONDON, May 50.
Lord Bridport, it is laid, has adopted
the wifelt precautions to encounter any
danger that might affe<ft Ireland from the
Brest fleet; his frigates are so disposed as
to communicate by guns and signals near
ly two hundred miles along the fouth and
weft coasts, while his principal force (28
fail of the line) is so concentred as to be a
ble to aft immediately upon any point
where it may become expedient.
June i.
Not a single merchant Ihip has been per
mitted to fail from any port since the Brest
fleet was at sea, notwithstanding numerous
applications have been made to the admi
ralty for a license-
From the Paris papers.
Office of the minister of the marine , 20 Flo
real—May 18.
Lette/s received this clay have brought
us intelligence of the fleet of the repub
lic commanded by admiral Bruix.
On the 7th Floreal, the Englilh fleet
was in fight of Ulhant, and its vanguard
had penetrated into the Iroife. The ad
miral however, thought proper to put to
lea. He led the van, and made a signal
for the rest of the fleet to follow him.—
This bold manoeuvre was crowned with
success. He had proceeded 50 leagues be
fore the enemy could have any knowledge
of his departure. On the 15th (May 4,)
the admiral law the squadron under lord
St. Vincent, above twelve leagues from
the Straits. He immediately prepared for
action, but the line was scarce formed when
a violent tempest took place, which sepa
rated the fleets, admiral Bruix, having loft
all hopes of meeting the enemy, entered
the Mediterranean, and on the xßth of this
month was in fight of Carthagena.
NEW-BEDFORD, July 24.
Extraft of a letter from captain Knowls A
dams, of this town , late commander of the
Jhip Mary Ann , of 14 guns and 20 men,
bt longing to New- York , to his friend in this
town , dated Cadiz , May 22, 1799.
“ I am sorry to be under the neceflity
of writing you upon so different a fubjeft
from my last. On the 2d instant, failed
from Guernsey, bound to Malaga and Bar
celona, with nothing to render our paflage
unhappy, until the nth, arrived off Ca
diz, thinking to have found the English
blockading this port, but to my great sur
prise, found no English (hips here—im
mediately—began to apprehend clanger,
which at 12 on meridian was but too well
founded; we deferibed from mast head
seven French privateers, the wind dying
away faft at the fame time, 5 of them with
the help of their oars, soon came up with
us: on which an action commenced,
which continued without ceasing one hour
and fortv-feven minutes; having in the
course of this time, one of my men kill
ed, and 7 wounded, which you must think
had weakened my small number conside
rably, and it being dead calm, and over
powered by numbers, I thought resistance
no longer ufeful or prudent, and struck my
colors, with hopes of mercy, but to my
sorrow found little—true, my life wasfpar
ed me, for which I am very thankful, and
for which I am (under God) indebted to
a Frenchman, who was far more humane
than the reft—leveral attempts were made
todifpatch me. which certainly would have
been done had not this Frenchman inter
fered—So savage were they that they beat
our wounded in a most {hocking manner ;
they knocked me down, and beat me,
while others were attempting to stab me—
not a man elcaped their barbarity. They
took from us every thing except what we
stood in, even our hats from our heads.
Our (hip is a most ihocking fight to be
, hoi cut ail to pieces; rr.y poor country-
J men are more or less fhiring the fame fate
| every day. A ftiip from Baltimore, bound
I to Leghorn, was brought into Aigefiras
i the day alter me mounting 20 fix pounders,
| and 25 men, the cap?, dangerouflv wound
ed; he fought them an hour and an half.
“ They would not allow us to go on
fliore for 48 hours after getting into port,
nor permit any one to speak us from the
shore, not even our counsel, nor allow us
to bury our dead : keeping Mr. Mumford
(my merchant and myfeif in close con
finements, no cloaths to wear, nor any
thing to lie on but the ballad in the hold.
“ The privateers are now much larger
than when I was out in the Commerce
thofe that captured me, three out of the
five mounted fix twelves and. two ei *h«
teen’s, 90 men each—none less than fifty
—made up of all nations, I am sorry to
fav manv Americans. _
“ We were captured on the nth, car
ried into port the 12th, the 14th pa fled our
declaration ; our papers sealed up and sent
to Cadiz —on the 19th, Mr. Mumford and
myfeif arrived fafe at Cadiz, each in per
fedt health : where we now are waiting our
condemnation, which we expedl will take
place soon.
“ My conduit through the whole of
this difagreeable 1 business seems to have
met the approbation of every American
together with that of our consuls, who
flatter me with its meeting the approbation
of all whom it may concern.—l have giv
en the French consuls here, a true repre
sentation of their barbarity, together with
a lift of every thing they robbed me of,
and have their promise that my wearing
apparel shall be restored. I have not
much hopes of recovering any of my pro
perty, for they are much enraged against
me for contending with them so long.—
Many on their fide were killed, as appears
by their own account, and they always
make their loss as favorable as poilible.—.
My return home is uncertain.” Adieu.
KNOWJLS ADAMS.
BOSTON, July 29.
The excess of zeal with which the di
reftory are overawing the tragedy of Raf
tadt, goes far to create a suspicion that
Bonnier and Roberjot fell a facrifice to the
wicked and defperath policy of the bloody
tyrants of France.
The humiliating and difirefled situation
of the French finances is no longer a secret.
The blame is flung upon the minister, who
in all probability will afford another speci
men of gallic justice and philosophy, by
falling a facrifice to popular phrenzy, like
the poor baker at the commencement of
their revolution, who .was ignominiously
hung upon a lamp iron at Fails to attoue
for the fcarcitv of bread.
NEW-PORT, July 30. ,
The United States frigate QjL-n Greene#
captain Christopher Perry, artived here on
Saturday last, the 27th inst. from the Ha
vannah station ; having convoyed upwards
of fifty veflels bound to different ports of
the United States. A very fatal and con
tagious disorder, together with other pref -
ing caufes, compelled her thus early to a
bandon her station. The causes which
produced the fatal malady will no doubt
be developed in due season—at the fame
time we feel ourfelvcs warranted in ex
prelfing a belief, that it has not been pro
duced bv any negligence of the officers, or
uncleanlinels of the crew ; and that no
poflible exertions were wanting in search
ing into the cause of it, and endeavoring
to prevent the effects. The exertions of
captain Perry, since his arrival in port, to
prevent the contagion from reaching the
town, will no doubt be applauded by eve
ry description of citizens.—The candor
with which the nature and extent of the
calamity were immediately disclosed by
the officers, deserves to be particularly no
ticed.
While we deplore these distressing cir
cumstances, in common with our fellow
citizens, and in particular with the rela
tives of the deceased, we have the fatisfac
tion to congratulate the friends of the re
maining sick, on the flattering profpelt of
their speedy recoverv.
_ * « *
1 lie frigate is now anchored near Coas
ter’s Harbor; the sick have been sent to
the hoipital on that Island, and the well
go on fliore at Rose-Island, for their health.
No person is admitted to go on board, or
to come from the ship, so that there is no
danger from any contagion—there have
died since the 15th July on board the (hip
20; and 33 have been sent to the hospital
at Coaster's Harbor ; ail but three walked
to the hoipital, and from the change of air
and diet are rapidly recruiting.
We fhte these falls for the public’s fa
tisfallion, which may be relied on. We
also subjoin a certificate from the physici
ans who have visited them :
44 c the fubferibtrs having examined
the sick u ho were landed on Coaster’s har
bor, from on board the United States fri
gate General Greene; certify, that we
have difeovered no clearly marked case of
lellow Fever among them : but that the
principal disease appears no more than a
teimttant bilious fever, such as is frequent
ly generated in warm seasons, on board of
large snips, or other crowded situations.
Isaac Senter,
L. Kollock.