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122 The following articles, aw ere; copied froj: London papers to of April, •which rvfre received hy the frrififfy Packet Prince ft Royal , arrived at Nc%k~ York , 7 th May. ‘ • ; ‘ PARIS, April i. tthas been confidently reported, that the armifticc between our armies arid that of the Austrians on the Rhine, V,as been prolonged for four months. It has been farther said, that citizen Buch er, firft French Secretary of legation in Switzerland, has just arrived at Pdris, with important dispatches from Barthel emi. If these two fads be true, we may conclude that serious negotiations are about to be opened. A reform has just taken place in Jourdan’s army,by the difmilfion of one hundred and seventy officers, who could neither read nor write; General Pichegru, has been at Paris these two days. On his arrival, he wrote to the Diredory to demand an audience. The Directory replied, that they (hould be ready to receive him at all times* but that they were particu larly happy to find that he could be at Paris, during the celebration of the na tional feftival on the ioth Germinal (March 30th,) bccaufe he mult be sensi ble that the public would be pleased to fee him there, and to express their gra titude to a general who iiaddcferved so well ofhis country, by paving the way, by means of his victories, for a peace, which the whole nation molt ardently wiftied to conclude. We are allured that ncgociations are now carrying on at Paris, with such activity as to give room to hope for a lpecdy refultalnte happy and aftoniihing. They even go so far as to fay that, the day before ycllerday, the preliminaries v/crc on the point of being signed be tween tile diredory and a Charged’ Affaires from the Emperor, when a di plomatic Agent, who arrived from Balls, veiled with powers from the Eng lifti government, stated frefh difficulties, bv mining in the negociation. We quote reports without vouching for their truth.—(L’Eclair, of the 30th ol March.) The Anarchists still entertain hopes of exciting f'efti commotions. For fome days pail the Jacobins have distri buted printed handbills to the passen gers on the different bridges, of which wc have received a copy ; they also at tributed them in different Ihops ; and it was remarked, that they only gave them to persons on whom they expeded to make fome imprelfion. The day before yesterday, the Mar quis Del Campo, Ambaflador from bpain to the French Republic, prefent ca his letters of credence to the French diredory, and had his firlt audience. Preparations had been made at the Lux emburgh, for giving to this ceremony a fuitabie degree of fplendour and folem niry. A letter from Bonrdeaux, mentions the arrival of a foreigner, on board a ▼efiel from Bremen, who, it is preten ded, is the ci-devant Duke de Polignac. Whoever he was, he was arretted, and Underwent an examination. If report may he credited, Merlin of Douay is to go as Amballador to Vien na, and is to lie succeeded, as minister of Police, by Matthieu, member of the Council of Five Hundred. LONDON, April 4. On Saturday Monsieur Charetier, landed at Dover from Calais, accompa nied by his fccrctary. He came in a French bye-boat, which had no other pallengers on board; and from that, and fome other circumstance, there is teafon to fuppofc he is come in a public capa city. A letter from Copenhagen, March 8, fays, Citizen Grouveile, minister from the French Republic, went, on the 4th inst. in a magnificent carriage, to the Royal Palace at Amalienburgh; where iff his acknowledged quality of French Minister, lie was honoured with the firft audience from his majesty and the Royal family. Count BemflorfF, our minister of (late, has thought nccef fary, before this decisive itep, to address the following official note to the Da.uih ministers, who relide with the different powers of Europe : “ That the fyflem ofhis Danish Majesty, being perfectly free from all pailions and prejudices, founding itfelf in all cases upon the prin ciples which are ottered by prudence and truth, he regulates his conduct according to the modifications, which become as just as they are indifpenfible, but the al tv muons occalioncd by circumstances ; that as long as there exilled in France no other than a revolutionary govern ment, hi smajelly thought himfeit oblig ed ;o xciuic to admit a minister from Columbian jHufeum, that government; but at prefentj since . the French conllitution is organized ‘iand become regular,* the said obligatio is vanilhcd, and therefore, in a short firhc, M.’ ‘Gjottvellej will be ‘publicly acknowledged ; declaring besides, that this step means nothing more than a na tural refultof circumstances, and an ad ditional proof ofhis Majeity’s perfect and impartial neutrality.” ‘l'he unfortunate capture of part of our Mediterranean fleet, has been a source of great contention ; and our merchants are not the only persons like ly to become losers by it. We have already feared the sale of the cargoes of those (hips by the Republi can Admiral Richerry, to a company of merchants at Cadiz. While this tranfadlion was going on, the French Government was employed in felling the very fame cargoes to another Spanifti company, which had aftuaily dispatched Agents to Paris to conclude the bargain. The terms being agreed on, citizen Magnondela Balue, Banker to the go vernment, advanced several millions in fpecic to the Executive Directory, which were to be repaid him on the sale of the cargoes. When his agents, in purfuancc of the agreement, went toCa-.- diz, to take polkiiion of the merchan dize, they were not a little to find that the company which had alrea dy compleated its purchase ; fr.om Riche ry, had by anew file, disposed or the principal part of the goods to E iglifh -and other merchants. ‘l'he bargain made with the French government con sequently became void ; and the mer chants, whose agents ha t been at Pans, conudcred themlelves exempt from any refponfibiiitv for tee sums which Mag non de la daiue nad advanced. The Banker having app led to be rc imburfed or. the part o. g -vernuie .'t, was made a tender ot paper only ; as the mo ney had been e npioyed in the exigency of the Republic. The result has oeen, that Richery, by the help 01 the vai is of the cargoes, has married a ricn dp . 1- Spanilh lady at Cadiz ; while Magnon de ;a Balue, has been involved in the moll ruinous Irate of Bankruptcy ; and the French (hips of war, with their prizes are now rotting at Cadiz. April 5 —7. The following Gentlemen who form ed the Committee to confider the dif treflfed date of public credit, waited on Mr. Pitt on the fuhjedt yesterday. Sir Stephen Lufhington, Mr. Alderman’ Anderlon, Mr. Alderman Luihington, Sir James Saunderson, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Inglis, and Mr. Angeritein.—The fol lowing is the general result of the pro position submitted to Mr. Pitt on the part ot the Committee, who were with the Minister near an hour and an half. In consequence of the extended trade oi the country, and the narrowed circula tion of the Bank paper, e cry mercantile man has lately felt the greatelt incon venience in carrying on his business, on account of the limitation which the Bank .as preferibed to itfelf in dis counting bills. ‘T o remedy this incon venience, the Committee have generally proposed, that a paper currency Ihould be lffued for a limitea time, not exceed ing one year, under the fandtion of Parliament, and under the control of 25 Commissioners, towards the aid of pub lic credit; and that this paper, so illued, (hould be either payable at fight, (to do which a (und (hould be raifei,) or bear an interelt, as luited the holder. This proposition produccda long convcrfation on the general ftam of public credit. Mr. Pitt gave the Committe the molt cordial reception, conducted himfelf with the greatelt trankneis, and promis ed to give the matter tiie moll early confide rat ion. Whether the proposition, such as it has been made, will be acceded to, is to be determined by the Minister ; bur there is no doubt the efforts of the Com mittee will be attended with benefit to the public either in the manner pro pofeu, or in fome other. Jt is high time there Ihould be fome public inter ference, to accommodate the trading part ol the nation; (or at present the commerce of the country is greatly dif trelied. ‘I he Bank has latterly so nar rowed its difeounts, that in many in stances it has only difeounted in the pro portion ot 5 per cent, on the bills lent in, though their security has been unde niable. There is every rcafon to believe, that oiir Ministers have no expectation at present ot a Peace. This does not arise (rom any indilpoiition of theirs to treat for Peace, but trotn the high language which the Executive Directory at Pa ris is (till supposed to hold in regard to the terms of it. But, as the obstruc tion lies with the French Government, and not with us, so it is impossible to de- pend, aimed from day to day, whether the latter may not think fit to abandon their lofty preienfions, before another fatal blow ii (truck. A letter from .Genoa, dated the 6th ult. fays, that the people in the island of Sardinia have fucceeaed so far in their infurreftion that they have almoil actu ally secured every strong poll, have de clared themselves in a (lace of Revolu tion, and have sent deputies to Paris to Jecjare their attachment to the French people, and to solicit their protection and alfiitance in framing a Conllitution on the principles of fret dom. The Polly, Beardman, irom Philadel phia, was loft at Madeira, on the sth of January, together with a Portugueie brig. Ex trail of a letter from. Pertfmouth* April 4. <( Admiral Earm Howe arrived this day at the Governor’s houfc, and imme diately his -new (lag, the Union, was hoisted at the mam top ol the Queen Charlotte. It is expected that at nine o’clock to-morrow, A. M. the figna. preparatory to the Court Martial on the Hon. Vice Admiral Cornwallis will be thrown out on board his Majeu ry’s (hip Orion of 74 guns, Capt. Sir ja nes Saumarez, in which the Court .vill be opened with the ufuai forms.- Tne town is uncommonly crowded on this occasion. The causes of the present distress, as aligned by the gentlemen o( the com mittee appointed to hold a conference with the Minuter, on the subject of the .harming scarcity of money are stated to je tour ni number ; 1. The advances made by the Bank to Government, amounting mall to more c tan fourteen millions. 2. The and rain of fpecic out of the king dom, in consequence of the exchangebe mg against us to every corner of the world, 3. The monopolies of almost every article of thefirft neceiiity, and particu larly of grain. 4. The speculation in the funds, to an unexampled amount, which drew within its vortex ad the floating money. The firft was within the know ledge of government. The Bank had advanced to the Mate near twelve millions, accor ding to the account laid upon the table ol the House ot Commons ; and in their private dealings as a banking company, they had purenafed and taxen out of the market, aoout two millions of Navy bills. This (urn was so much larger than, in ulual circumitances, was ever employed in this way, that it occasioned a propoi donate limitation of difeounts, and tney had not tne lame power ol rea dy money to bellow on traue. I he second was an evil winch deman ded all their vigilance as tne guardians ol public properry. ‘1 wo months ago they iaw that the Exchange was at 31 to Hamburgh, and they round by tne ..ature of the lent into them for diicount, that men were talcing advan tage ot the eircumitance, a id that bulli on to a great and alarming amount was daily goingout of the kingdom ; which, added to the drain of our armies on t ie Continent and in the Mediterranean, the lubiidies to Foreign Powers, and the mcreafed balance to the northern na tions irom the demands of the war, made the sum actually exported in three years amount to lixteen millions tter un£: l’he third catife of scarcity had been toofeverely felt by all deferiptions of men. No sooner had the report of Par liament lpread the alarm of alhortcrop, than schemes of monopoly had begun. Grain disappeared, and wheat role to 120s. per quarter. The whole of this was to be carried on by Bank paper. But more than all the rest perhaps, the fourth cause was the molt lerioully alarming, since the fpecuiation in the funds which was carried to an extent f • unprecedented, that to enable them to make their bargains, twenty, thirty, nay forty per cent, was given for mo ney, and ofcourfe the merchant, the tradefinan, and the manufacturer, who could only afford to dvc 5 per cent, for accommodation, couid not ue supplied, and every guinea taken from tne bank was whelmed into this abyss. V, liar made this the more alarming was, that every man of character and diltindtion in the country disowned the (peculation. It was said to be done by foreigners and yet very foreign house ot eminence for mally disclaimed it; and though avow edly the fink of all our ready money, it eluded the ferutinizing eye of alarm. Such were the caules which it was acknowledged had iniluenced the Bank for the lait two months to limit their difeounts. To the Bank of England, to its ener- gy and wisdom, to its disregard of da mor and misrepresentation, to its intre’ polity and ftcadinefs in pursuing th good, old, and wholefomc system 0 f Engliffi caution, Great-Britain is i n debted perhaps, for her salvation. Thifc Committee was not insensible of these truths, but though the remedy was necessary it was also severe ; and the question was, whether any projed could be devised to give a temporary assistance both to government and to trade ? and for this purpole the conference between Mr. Pitt and the other gentlemen was held on Tuesday last. After learning the Minister’s fenti rnents, if is intended to call a general meeting of the merchants of .London tp know their opinion and whether it i iikeiy to answer that general good es. ted which is the objed of the proposed plan. t We under (land, that the paper to be blued is to be at fix months dare, but redeemable at fight (the fame a'; Bank Notes) if the holder prefers it. l’he iblidity of this paper is to befandioned by the signatures of a certain number of the moll refpedable merchants and oth :rs, who maybe friendly to the plan; aid t(j give this paper a greater degree A currency, it is to bear a premium of 1 1. 18s. per cent. The rcafon of the notes being drawn at fix months date is in order not to interfere with the Bank charter, which precludes any body o( men from lfTuing notes payable with in that period. Another Hamburg mail arrived yes terday, which brings no intelligence of much importance from the Rhine. The campaign has not yet begun, but the preparations for opening it are carried on with unabated adivity. The Sam bre and Meule army has been augment, ed to 110,000 infantry, 29,000 cavalry, and 5000 artillery. Th t ci-devant Prince ofConde’s corps has made a movement nearer to the Brifgaw. 7 he Arch duke Charles remained at Vienna on the 23d ult. and it was not known when he would set out for the army. Reinforcements daily arrive from the interior parts of Germany on the banks of the Rhine, and in Italy, where the Allied Armies are now truly formida ble both in numbers and difeipline. I rom Bohemia troops are constantly on their march to the Rhine; to which quarter a second train of heavy artillery has set forward. The present dispositions upon the French lines, and the concentration of their immense numbers induce the Auf trans to believe, that the next cam paign will be concluded on anew plan, and that Maycnce is to be the grand ob jed. The Imperial forces also, follow ing the fame direction, are prepared to repel any attack that may be made on the flue ol that fortreis, which is to be the headquarters of the Arch-duke Charles. Count vVurmfcr will retain his old pofinon of Manheim, from which an easy communication can be maintained. It (hould seem by the accounts from Italy, if the campaign in that quarter wouid be opened immediately. 1 he French army have- received all the necessary reinforcements, aid an at tack upon Cevaund Mondovi is exped ed to be the firft Operation of the cam paign. 7he capture of Ceva would open for the F reach a pafibge to the Po. General Beaulieu’s, army is 50,000 strong, and the Piedmontefe army 40,000 yet lo inadequate has this force beea deemed by the Cabinet of 7'urin toop pofe the French, that his Sardinian Ma jesty has adopted the fyilem of requisi tion, and every tamily having four per sons lit for service, is to furnifli one lor the army. 7he Genoefe Government have returned an answer to the French, politively refilling to evacuate Serous. The English fleet under Admiral Jar vis was cruising off 7'oulon on the Bth of last month. The k ng of Naples, it is said, means to fend upwards of 100,000 troops to reinforce the Sardinian army. 1 he inhabitants of Manheim are lay ing in provisions for fix months. Prince Frederick of Orange arrived on the 27th ult. at Cruxhaven from whence he will proceed on his journey to Y'ienna. By a gentleman just arrived from Hamburgh, we learn, that it was gene rally reported and credited there, that Field Marlhall Clairfaytis rellored to the chief command of the Austrian ar my. By a gentleman just arrived from Corsica, we learn that Sir Gilbert Elli ott is buildng a spacious mansion for his rtlidence. We are also informed that the iiland is dill rad ted throughout by intellinc broils, occauorid by family feuds which have exilled for cemurie* No. 31.