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evi-Jcacy jvljai.was slat-:! by lord Yarmouth i.) his najjiy’s ministers, and su'jse iitefitiv’ to the house. On t'n- ground that the basis of aetiul possession had been ofiorcrt, and or. thst ground alone, lord Yarmouth was sent back to Paris. Ilis lordship’s assertion, that this basis hud bgen OiYercd, was surely sufficient; bdt it vas supported by indisputable evidence. In the first interview with M. Talleyrand, after his return, he stated from his notes, liis under standing of the ,oiler which he had been em powered to make. Did M. Talleyrand deny it ? What was his answer? “Circumstances are changed. Ido not deny the offer; but cir cumstances are changed. Russia is more dis posed to treat with us. The king of Naples declares the abandonment of Sicily will be dangerous to him.” In the next conference, when pressed by lord Yarmouth, M. Talley rand allowed that which proved that the basis efthe u'i possidetis had been offered, by de claring, that mutual condensation must be made for that which might be surrendered on both sides. Lord Lauderdale also maintained, the French negotiators never directly denied the offer, although they made a shuffling at tempt to evade it. These - are circumstances /equivalent to a positive sdniission. It’ v.ds net possible, therefore, that there could be 1 any dis pute, of the fact. In Mr. Fox’s letter of the 26th of June, to lord Yarmouth, fieri speaks with indignation of the retraction ofthte Fi ctich government from that basis, on Which alone, jdj ’lordship had been sent to Paris. And here he had to apologise for an omission in the'doc uments cn the table ; for, in his letter of the 26th’is* June, he had thought Mr.Fon referred to the? expression in 11. Talleyrand’s letter, u nous ne vous demandims rim.” Bdt a person who had examined the documents - with con siderable attention (though he had himself be stowed as much attention oil them as W.i .iu his power) hud discovered, that the expressions applied to a private letter accompanying M. T alley rand’s letter oi the Ist ot April, in which it was stated, tliat the emperor had nothing to desire from England, and he believed the great ness of France was compatible with the great ness of England. He should like to know ve ry much, what the right honorable gentleman opposite, would have done in the same circum stance. Receiving a verbal communication from the French government, that they were ready to treat on a basis on which -it was de sirable to treat, would they have rejected the offer? A noble lord (Castlereagh) had said, with ’ wonderful solemnity, that loose verbal communications were not subjects for diplo matic proceedings, which required something written and satisfactorily permanent. In the history of all negotiations had they not always been preceded by something of dn unofficial nature ? It must be so, because each party was willing to commit itself, until it ascertain ed, in some degree, the temper and disposition of its opponent, and therefore the dogmas of tueae experienced diplomatists, would only throw difficulties in the way of any negotiation. He had a stronger justification to urge: if it teas, wrong to receive verbal communications &t the opening ,„f a negotiation for peace, sure ly, in a sol.emn. discussion between two coun tries vet at peace, the ultimatum on which the question of peace or war depended, ought not to be verbal. lie held in his hand, however, an account of the unfortunate negotiation which preceded the present war. The gen tlemen opposite agreed at any rate m these transactions. The noble lord was in the cab i.iet at the time ; he learned gentleman (Mr Fercival) was auorney'general; and the right .bon. gentleman (Mr. Canning) though certain ly not friendly to the administration, did not criticise the detail of that negotiation. And what did ire find in this account ? Why—that ! lord Whitworth stated a verbal ultimatum oi ..three articles, and declared, if they were not acceded to in the course ot a week, his mission would he terminated, and he must return to London. On M. Talleyrand’s demanding con formable to the custom of all ages and coun tries, that the ultimatum, should be delivered in writing, lord Whitworth replied, (hat he had not instructions so to do. In lord Huwkcsbu ry’s answer to lord Whitworth’s application for instructions, he tells him—“ You were . right, in the first instance, to state the u&imatum oi your court verbally ; but as the French go , vernment lay such stress upon the circum stance, his majesty has no objection to your comprising it in a short note.” Tine...gent]c .. liter} opposite would scarcely recommend that . we should say to the French-- Yjtju are all j vogue* and liars—i hat co: - nsimnii}#ioqs wd . hi>ve from you must be in writing—tjttg we are * ..all honest men, surd therefore su ch a, prccau . lion is unnecessary.” Wc had t.herelbra both . the nature of the thing, and the experience of . the gentlemen opposite, topiovg to us, that .the conduct of government, in acting upon a . verbal communication was justifiable. Xo other course could with propriety have been taken. To M. Talleyrand’s written letter Mr. Fox sent aw, itteu answer. To his verbal, com munication he sent a verbal answer, with in structions to the person who was the Wat er of it “to ascertain the sentiments of the French government. And here he must correct a , misapprehension which had gone abroad from an uninten - tonal mis-statement in another place. Lord Yarmouth was not Instructed to obtain a r answer in writing, because he was not ac credited minister. He was ordered, in the first instance, to ascertain the acknowledgement of the basis, when powers were to lie sent to him which he was not to shew until that, acknow ledgment hud been confirmed. (To be continued.) I’MMI I■■ II Mini > at*- 1- !-■> *-* Mac ‘Mu ■ i -i Nlr LS .. For sak'at this office REPORT Os ‘’ • r—v ‘3 irAtotn. was referred on.the ~5Sh December-last, the petition tj sundry tnerclUant sos Chart, slot:. South-Ca rolina. ‘i he committee to whom was referred the memorial of sundry merchants, residing in Charleston, in the state of South-Curolina. complaining of spoliations committed on their law till commerce by the cruizcrs and other ar med vessels of France, during the lute Euro pean war, and praying compensation therefor, “ REPORT That during the first session of the seventh Congress, memorials were pre sented to this house by ihe present memorial ists, and hum the merchants in most of the commercial towns in the United States, com plaining of the spoliations and depredations which their lawful commerce in the late Eu ropean war, had sustained from the French ar med vessels, and praying for compensation from this government—These memorials were referred to a select comm’ttee, who, on the 32d ot April, 1802 made a long and full report oi the public acts of 1 lie French republic, anci of this government, and of the facts relative to this case ; to which report v< ur committee beg leave to refer, and request that it may be ta ken and considered as part of the present report. “ From a mature consideration of the subject, and from the best judgment your committee have been able to form on the case, they are of oplnon, that this government, by expunging the second article of our convention with Franco, of the doth September, 1800, became bound to indemnify the memorialists for these just claims, which they otherwise would right fully have had on the government of France, for the spoliations committed on their com merce by the illegal captures made by the cruisers and other armed vessels ofthat power, in v 1 riatioh of the law of nations and in breach oi treaties then existing between the two na tions ; which claims they were, bv the rejec tion of the said article, of the convention, fore ver buried from preferring to the government of Fi ance for compeusa ion. Your committee beg leave to decline giving an opinion on the precise-time when those claims ought to com mence, or in the period for captures after which the memorialists would not have been enti led to compensation from France, and of course cannot be entitled to indemnity from the United States.” COMMUNICATION. Some animadversions having been lately made in the house ot representatives respect ing general Wilkinson’s intercourse with the Spanish governor ol New-Orleans, in the year 1787, it may be agreeable to your readers to have some statement of the fact. General Wilkinson, as stated in a scries of papers I have beiore me, descended the Ken tucky, Ohio and Mississippi, to'New-Orleans] with a quantity ol tobacco. Bci ig one of the most early American adventurers in that trade, perhaps the first, lie was introduced to the ge vemor, who made enquiry respecting the coun try from whence he came. Gen W; gave an account at large of the fertility of the soil in Kentucky ; its rapid progress ,in population, and on the mutual great advantages that would result to Spain and to the western country, pi 4- vided the former would consent to a free navi gation of the Mississippi. lie was requested to commit his ideas to paper; and he did so, in the shape of a memorial, which the governo” s,.id he would transmit to the king. On gene ral Wilkinson’s return to Kentucky, he was elected to the convention which met on the 3d ot November. 1783, for-the purpose of taking into consideration a separation from Virginia. I laving mentioned in public what had passed between him and the Spanish governor, he was called on by the convention for a copy of the memorial. He produced and read it, and on the 10th of November, the convention came to the following resolution : “ Resolved, That this convention highly ap prove the address presented by general James Wilkinson to the govemor-irgendant of Lou isiana, and that the president be requested to present him the thanks of the convention for t he regard which he therein manifested for the interest of the western country.” Is it not curious, Mr. Printer, that in 1806 general Wilkinson is charged with a treasona ble intercourse with a Spanish governor, for an act which procured him the thanks of his country, in 1788.— Nut. Intel. FROM THE TIMES. Messrs, (.ox k SiiEPVAitn, lIIJj subscriber having observed in your paper of Tuesday last, an article, dated Savan nah, 11th March inst. relative to the capture of the island of Curracoa, in which, among other things, L is said. “ that from the trifling oppo sition made to the British, in taking possession of that.island, it was generally thought that the place had been given up designedly.—The chain which had been nightly extended across the mouth of the harbour, was neglected on the 31st December.” This compels him to protest against, and solemnly contradict the a bove, paragraph, because, he conceives his hon or is therein concerned. Every one in Curra coa knows,or can lie informed why, (for along time past) it has been physically impossible to shut the entrance of the port with a sufficient chain, and why it has been necessary to discon tinue, for several months, the closing of the port in the usual manner.—lt cannot then be said, with propriety, that the security of the port, in that respect, has been neglected. The subscriber does not consider it necessary to make any further observation on the curious insinuations contained in the paragraph alluded to ; bring on his way to Holland, there to ren tier a faithful account of his colonial adminis tration, P. J. Ch anguion, Late Go vernor of Cltrrdcoa. Savannah, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1807. Congress have not yet decided upon Beau marchais’claim. They have referred the ques tion to the secretary of state, who will make his report during the next winter. It has been suggested to us, that the one million oflivrcs might have been vested in the cargo of the Fier Roderique, which was landed at York in the year 1778, and for which the state of Virginia has already made compensation. — Rich. JEimj. The inhabitants of the island of Jamaica’, have been deprived of their visual supply c 1 fish from the United States, in consequence of a letter from A. Gumming, esq. of Montego Bay, to his correspondent in Boston, requesting him not to send on any quantity of codfish, as they expected a supply from Halifax and New Brunswick. ‘1 his letter was published in se veral of the American newspapers. Died, on Wednesday last, after a tedious illness, which she lx>tc with the most exempla ry fortitude and resignation, Mrs. Makgaiiet Stephens, the amiable consort of the Hon. William Stephens, Judge of the District Court for the district of Georgia. Died, at Ncw-()r!cuns, on Monday the 23d tilt. Mrs. Anne Wilkinson, consort of gen. Wilkinson; after a long, lingering and painful illness, during which she displayed the most exemplary piety, fortitude and resignation. Carnell, Columbia county, Mr. Wii.i.iam Howard, of the house of Howard and Bro thers, of this city, in the 28th year of his age. PORT OF SAVANNAH. ARRIVED. Brig Mount-Vernon, Martin, Providence C LE AKED. Ship Ulysses, Uafterfnn, I.ivernool Brig Eight Sifters, Gilmore, Kingston, Jam. Lucy, Newel, Liverpool Schr. WelTa .veskeeg, Spalding, New-Y.rk Columbia, Beacher, Charleston The British frigate Melampus, and /loop of war Hali fax, are arrived in Hampton Roads——rlie former irom Bermuda, and the latter from Halifax. Norfolk, February 28. Ariived, (liip Moles. I.eaman, 18 days from Grena da. Captain Leaman reports', that on Wedncfd.iy last he was hoarded by the Halifax sloop of war, after a chafe of ten hours, (ihe Melampus frigate in compa y) n fix fathoms water, and four miles from the land —alter being fired at five times, hove to—they then kept a continual firing of mulkets for about fifteen mi nutes—was hoarded and much abused, imprefltd one man leaving only three men on board lit for duty, ex cept the officers; one of the crew died, and another vas then lick on board ; the wind at the fame time was ahead. After the Melampus came up, the capt. cf her difmifled us. ‘ C/wl-ston, March 21. 1 he brig Mary, Flphalet Davis, tnafter, arrived oh Monday last, in 47 days from Havanua, in fight of Gay Head Light expe ienced a severe gale from n. y. and n. n. w. in which he loft his bowlprir, foremafi snd nutn-top-maft and had all his fails split. and his men being frozen was oboged io bear away for the nearelt pori ; loft both boats ar.d the conk overboard in the Gulph by a lea, which cleared the decks March 1 ft, a schooner palled u- within gun-k ot, hound to the northwaid ; would not fpeuk us, although we hoisted a signal of diftrels— 11 the fitli, Ipoke a hry from Newport for Jiay of Honduia., who offered to lupplyus with any thing w- wanted—on the 10th, in the evening, spoke a [hip belonging to New-Ledford, from (savannah bound to Nantz, out three days on the 14th, spoke ihi,i Alltnomac, capt ll ake, from i’os. ton tor Charleston, who very point,y offered hi.- aflis tance, and lowered his boat and generously iuppiied us with neceffanes vvbicn we were very much in want of. List of American vessels carried in to Antigua in the months of 1:< lender ar.d January. Ship Mary, from Charleston to X.a Guira—libelled. Slop Thomas Wilton, from Baltimore to Martinico —released. Ship Trent, from St. Pierre to Salem—further proof. Brig Lucy, from Point Petre to Philadelphia!—part condemned. Brig Hetty, from Point Petre to New-York —re- leased, Baig Charles Williams, from St. Pierre to New- York—part condemned. Brig Nancy, from Point Petre to Boston— part con demned. Brig Jane, from Philadelphia to Guadaloupe—re leafed. Brig Meldred, from Philadelphia to J.a Guira—li belled. Schooner John, from Point Petre to New-York— cargo condemned. Schooner Minerva,from St. Pierre to Baltimore. Schooner Horizon, from Guadaloupe to Newborn— condemned. Scliooner Lark, from Basseterre to Bofton—further proof. Schooner Enferprize, from Baltimore to Martinico— offered to claimants on paying colts. Schooner Walbmgtou, from Bolton to Guadaloupe— releafed. Schooner Sally Ann, from New-Yo;k to Guada loupe. SEASONED AND NEW NEGROES. Will be sold at the Court-House, On the First Tuesday in April, at 12 o’clock, 1 5 seasoned Negroes, Annng winch is a Jobbing Carpenter. They have been accuftomcd to the culture oi cotton. Also, at the same time time and place, 10 Prime NEW HANDS—men and women. Terms made known by applying to * C. W. Nichols. March 26 21 AUCTION. T OrXIORROVvV five 271 h instant, H A! he a old at the Subscriber’s Aueudn Stsrtj ’ SUGAR 8 pipes Northern Gin 2 hogsheads Northern Rum 1 do. West India do. 2 do. .Molasses With a variety ol’ other articles. A(so, NINE NRU'.XF.GROF.S, lo be sold positively, to close a conMjrnment. Sales to commence at el. vert o’clock. S, 11. STACKHOUSE, Auct’r. Easter-Mondav. The MEMBERS of CHRIST’S CHURCH are hereby notified', to attend on next Monday, at the Churth, at ten o'clock, to elect two WARDENS and liven \ Is 1 It A MEN, fi r the current year. Will iam Stephens, ) . N. Turnbull, k ar<! ‘ ”*■ March ‘26 - g 7 Union Society. THF. nurnitter* of the Union Society are desired t rnevt at the City-liall, on Monday the nth day of April next, at 10 o cln,k in the forenoon, it being the, quarterly niccting preparatory to the Anniverf::i v. . VETER S. LAI'FITTi:, Eecr'y. iy* ‘ hole perfor.s who are eefirou* of joining thin mftitutiou, will take notice, that agreeable to the rules, unless application is made at the above period, they v> ill not he admitted at the annual meeting March 19...24... Boots and Shoes. Just received, at the Savannah shoe-store, Philadel phia Boon and Dancing Pumps, of a iuptnotf’ quality, made l,y Franklin. also F't'Ui Muicatel and bloom Ha’lins, No- !• Ch co ate——Cut Nails, Printing k Writing Paper, dec. March 6 m AUCTION. Valuable Lands. O.Y TUESDAY, 7th April next, Mil be .-.ld at the Court-House, (if vet dhposed of b< fore then at private sale.) Nine hundred acres of Land, old survey, in Camden County, in two trafts on the lotith tide of little Sattd'.a. river, hounding on f.tid river to the north, and kilo n as Spring Bluff, opposite to Clark’; creek, original grant dated 1757. Five hundred acres on the head ot Dover creek, Camden county, granted i.i ! 7>7. The above tra<t# ■ contain a eoniiderable quantity of prinu Cotton Lard. Terms made known by applying at my (lore, Market Square, where plats of the land may he teen. - iNOitaViAN iVFL.tGIL ..ucl’r. March 24 26 For Liverpool, The si p ticomc c " pt ’ St - * o,,n ; v**~ {A, i£hfc-A Is now loading, and will be Lon dis patched. for Freight of Cotton, apply to Robert 6c John Bolton, March, 2(i M 07 FOR NORFOLK, j-e.A, The schooner COI.UMPTA , Thomas Hawks, master; will po* siliu , y a ‘ ’ n Saturday next. lor r- or passupe anp!v *-> LORD k HALL. March 26— a —27. ‘ IlhßHT’s SAI.Fh Cn the fi-ft 1 u'Tday :n ’ pril t ext, at the Cmi-r-hr iifie 3 , in the 1 ity of Suva rod-, between th- ours of 1 y. ,5 j o’clock, will be fold, the fo'k w‘n/ . egrite, viz j 7Ji 11,1 I - , hi- wi'e Eelii.da, a i- d four Cbildre; • ~1, 11 1 * uudirr execiitiou. and to lie fid a. the ; r-•, ~ • y j of George MMntofb, deceased, at the lot o’ M.m i r.,.n • &• Hartridge, pointed out by rhe def ndam s ur ■ t iy. T ROBLP f SON, s. c. c. March 1...27... .Marshal’s Sales~‘ On the Met TUESDAY ‘n H next, Will he exposed to Public Sale, One undivided third ol all those Wl iARF J.OTS in the city of Savannah, containing tope.her 200 ft. front on Savannah river, rid extending fioni iow-wa rr mark as lar hack as the boundary line, and now occu pied by Messrs. Caig & Mitchcl. And aifo, two thirds of all that TOWN LOT and HOUSES, in the city of Savannah, on the Buy, in fr*nUiu word, known by the No. O', now occupied by Mt|i .Caig & MitclieL And also, two-tliird* of a WHARF LOT, at New Deptford, on Savannah river, generally known by 1 iVe-huthom-Hole, being lot No. 3, containing 177 test on fid river. J levied on and feired under an execution of Crawford Davifon, agaiuft the late firm of Gairdner Ac Niiiclick Beil. Wall, M. I). March 4 07 MARSHAL’S SALES. ON the (lift Tuesday in April next, will he fold, at the Court-houle, i.i Savannah—3 Nl GKOI q levied on by virtue ol an execution by the Ex ecutor* oi fi Steed, against the Adminillrator* ol'Eea. BEN. WALL, M D. G. March 4...27... M \ RSHAL’s S \ LFS~ ~ the firft Tuesday in April next, will be at A/ the Court-houle in Savannah—One eighth Os a trac, of LAND, granted to Charten M'KhiriOn,’ in M'lntofii cour.iy, .5000 act one fourth o‘ all ucl grant ed to James ivlulryne, lying in G!ynn county, St. Isa vid * 1 arilh, 1.50 acres; one lourth ol a trndt adjoininje the above, granted to Talbott; one fou'th of a lot m Sunbury ; ‘ lie haif of a trnift arljoinirig the town of Jcl. rrion, granted to John King, containing Jls acres; one tiajt on i odd * creak grunted to J.angly Bryant, C.amden county, containing 40) acres—levied on by virtue of fevcral executions obtained against Williford &c,,r ' k - tLN. WALL, M. it, G i March •1...27...