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‘COLUMBIAN MUSEUM, &c.
A gentleman has obligingly favoured us
•with Jamaica papers as late as the l\tb
ult, <u)b eh contain lat r huropca’.t In
telligence, than tv have received from
uiy Other attar: r, andfrom which the
follow ng is extracted,
STATE PAPERS.
MM o m A L Dels Vft Jto the fiinfer
of the French Ktf vitnc for
foreign by Lord. MA L M E s-
HURT.
Hl', Britannic Majesty desiring, as
he has already declared, to con
tri!> it*, as t.ir as tlcj>ends on himfelf, to
the re-< ftafilifh neat of tranquility, and
to crjiure, bv the mean* of just, honora
ble, and l'olid conditions of peace, the
future repose of Europe, his Majesty is
of opinion, that the bell mean* of attain
ing, with all p/Bible expedition, that
fa.'utary end, will be to agree, at the be
ginning of the negociation, on the gen
mi principle whieb (hall ferveas abafis
for the definitive arrangements.
The full object of the negociation for
peace, generally relates to the reditu
rion and cellions which the refpedive
parties have mutually tode,naad,incon
ieq.ience of the events of the war.
Great-Britain, after the uninterrup
ted fuccds of her naval war, finds her
feif in a fituatio.n to have no rellitution
to demand of France, from which, on
the contrary, flie lias taken eftablilh
ments and colonics of the liighell impor
tance, and of a value almoil incalculable.
But, on the other hand, France has
made on the continent of Europe, con
quers, to which his Majesty can be the
less indifferent, as the molt important
intereits of his people, and the molt f'a
cred engagements of his crown, are ef
femially implicated therein.
The magnanimity of the King, his
inviolable good faith, and his delire to
restore repose ro so many nations, lead
him, in this situation of affairs, to con
liJcr rhe means of procuring terms of
lieace jull and equitable for ali the Bel
igefenr Bowers, and calculated to en
l'ure inluture, the general tranquility.
It is on this looting then, that he pro
poses to negociate, by offering tocom
penfate France by proportionable refti
tutions, for those arrangements to which
she wih be called upon to confcnt, in or
der to fatisty the jult demands of in.
King’s Allies, and to prclerrc the po
litical bjuance of Europe.
Having made this hrit overture, his
Majesty will, in thefequel, explain him
fe ‘in a more exteafive manner, on the
application of t us principle to the differ
ent objects which may be difeuffed be
tween lie refpedive parties.
If is tills application which will con
fute the fubjed of thole
ini.’ which his Majesty has authorized
his Mimtler to enter, as soon as the
principle to be adopted as the genera,
balls ot the negociation is known.
But his Majesty cannot dilpenfc with
declaring, that it this generous and equi
ty e offer (hall not be accepted, or it
unfortunately, thcdifcullijns which may
enfuc, may lail in the oefired effect,
fir ilier this general propolition, nor
those more detailed wtuen may result
from it, shall be regarded, in any case
as points agreed upon or accorded by
his Ma,efty.
(Signed) Malmesbury,
Min jler Plenipotentiary from, hit Bri
tannic Miijfy.
Paris, Odobcr 24, 1796.
Report so the Dirt dory, fy the Minifcr
for Foreign Affairs, the +tb Brumaire,
(October 2$.J
1 HE Executive Diredory having
furnilhcd me with full powers to treat
for peace with Great-Britain, I had
Yelterday (3d Brumaire) my firft con
lerfence with Lord Malmelbury, Pleni
ptitentiary Commissioner of his Britan
mc Majesty. He presented to me the
original of his powers, sealed with the
leal of Great-Britain, and certified the
copy which he had before presented to
nic unsigned, and which I had laid be
fore rhe D1 redory. I reciprocally ex
hibited to him iny power, and gave him
a certified copy. It was agreed that
the originals jhould be exchanged upon
the definitive fettlemcnr of the Articles,
and beiorc their signature.
.. V e S ntcred iato difeuflion. Lord
Maimefbury presented to me the Me
xnorui which I laid before the Diredo
-1 ° l>{ ved to him that, fpeakin*
for th * ir hncrefts,
** wa *’ turnilhed with theiJ
powers and tnftrudions. He arffwcred
r h ih C nT n ° t; but when the Di *
xfdory Ihould have explained itfelf upon
he principle laid down in hi. Memo
Columbian #lufeum, £&♦
rial, he would expedite couriers to give
to the different Courts an account of
the negociation*, and to receive their
orders. I demanded of him, if he could,
at least fpecify the principle of conceflion
io what concerned the Republic and the
Government ot Great-Britain ? He re
plied, that after the Directory Ihould
have explained itfelf, he would fend a,
courier and demand inftrudions on this
point. I then thought’ it my duty to
fay to Lord Maimefbury, that I would
lay his Memorial before the Directory,
that I would take its orders, apd impart
to him its answer.
(Signed) Cha Delacroix.
Answer to the Directory.
THE Executive Diredory orders the
Minifterfor Foreign Affairs to make
rhe following answer to Lord Malmcf
bury :
The Executive Diredary fee with
pain, that at the moment when they
had reason to hope for the very speedy
return of peace between the French Re-
Republic and his Britannic Majesty, the
proposition of Lord Maimefbury offers
nothing but dilatory, or very distant
means of bringing the negociation to a
conclusion.
‘Fhe Diredory observe, that if Lord
Maimefbury would have treated sepa
rately, as he was formerly authorized
by the tenor of his Credentials, the ne
gotiations might have been conftdera
oly abridged ; that the necessity of ba
lancing with the interests of the two.
powers, those of the Allies of Great-
Britain, multiplies the combinations,
increases the difficulties, tends to the
formation of a Congress, the fornf's oi
which it is known are always tardy,
and requires the accession of powers,
which hitherto have displayed no desire
cfaccommodation, and have not given
to Lord Maimefbury himfelf, according
to his own declaration, any power to
itipulate for them.
t Thus, without prejudicing the inten
tions of Lord Maimefbury ; without
drawing any conclusion from the circum
tance of his declaration not appearing
to accord with his credentials, without
luppoling that he nad received any se
cret inftrudions, which would destroy
the effect ot his ostensible powers ;
without pretending, infhort, to a tier t,
chat the Britilh Government have haa
a double object in view—to prevent,
>y general proportions, the partial pro
poliiions of other powers, and to obtain
trom the people of England the means oi
continuing the war, by throwing upon
the Republic the odium of a delay oc
tuioned by themselves ; the Executive
Ji redory cannot but perceive, that the
propolition of Lord Maimefbury, is no
thing more than a renewal, under more
amicable forms, of the propositions made
last year by M. Wickham, and that it
presents but a distant hope of peace.
The Executive Direcftory farther ob
ferye, with regard to the principle of
cellion advanced by Lord Malmelbury,
that such principle, presented in a vague
and infolated manner, cannot serve as the
oasis of negociation ; that the firft points
of con lule rat ion are, the common necef
iity ot a just and solid peace, the poli
tical equilibrium which absolute cessions
might destroy, and then the means
which the Belligerent Powers may pof
lefs ; the one to retain conquests made
at a time when it was supported by a
great number of Allies now detached
from the coalition • and the other to re
covet them at a time when those who
were at firft its enemies, have, almost
all, either become its Allies or neu
ter.
Nevertheless, the Executive Direc
tory, animated with an ardent desire
of putting a Hop to the scourge of war,
and to prove that they will not rejea
any means of reconciliation, declare,
that as soon as Lord Maimefbury ftiall
exhibit to the Minister for Foreign Af
fairs Sufficient powers from the Allies
of Great-Britain, for stipulating for
their relpeclivc interests, accompanied
by a promise on their part to fubferibe
to whatever shall be concluded in iheir
name.., tlie Executive Directory will
give a speedy answer to thafpecific pro
positions which shall be submitted to
them, and that the difficulties (half be
removed, as far as may be confident
with the fafety and dignity of the French
Republic. (Signed)
Rcvetllere Lrpeaux, Prcf.
Lagarl, General Secretary.
London,
Oct. 1 7, to Nov. 2.
Os the probable fate of Moreau's ar
my, we arc happy we are enabled to
speak in positive terms. ‘
By an article from Stutgard, of the
22d, we learn, that the Austrians had
made themfelve. masters of the grand
powder magazine of Moreau’s army at
Eftingen, containing 3000 barrels of
powder, which is represented to have
been of more confeqoence to Moreau
than the loss of a battle. His army was
left almost without ammunition.
From every account received yester
day, we have reason to conclude that
the defeat of Moreau’s army will still
be more complete than was that of
J ourdan.
By the accounts brought by the Mes
senger from V ienna we learn, that the
Emperor had raised two hundred thou *
fund additional troops, that were mar
ching to the reinforcement of his differ
ent armies : In his capital alone he rai
led fe-ventetn tboufand men in one week ;
such was the noble ardour of patriotism
that pervaded the Austrian States.
By the Mellenger from Venice, we
learn that a report was Hated by Mr.
Drake, the Britilh Envoy, and general
ly believed there, that Buonaparte had
been defeated in the Tyrol.
Otiober 18.
Three hundred horfc were at Calais,
appointed to escort Lord Maimefbury
and his suit in fafety to Paris.
Odlober 21.
The three Hamburgh mails that were
due, reached town this morning. They
bring avast variety of intereftlng mat
ter of whieh we shall endeavour to lay
before our readers a fatisfaflory abffratit.
One very prominent and important
part of the late intelligence, is the repeat
ed account of Buonaparte having been
taken prifoner, —This event was stated
in our paper of Monday last, ina letter
from a correspondent at Bremen, and
it was the only’ account of it which
came to this country.
An article from Vienna, of the sth
states, that Gen. Wurnffer had frequent
ly attacked and repulled the enemy
with loss,
Oflober 27.
The Spanish fleet failed ffom Cadiz
on the 26th'of September, and confided
of 19 fail of the line, 32 frigates, and
other smaller veffeis.
Extract of a letter from Gibraltar , Oft. 4.
f‘ Admiral Mann is just anchored here
with his fquadrou from Corsica. Ii is.
with concern 1 tell you, that 14 Spanilh
men of war chafed this fleet ior three
days. The body of them could no:
come up wdh the Englilh ; those ftffps
which approachedneareft declined oauic
when offered oy Admiral Mann. They
took a lugger bound up, two days ago,
ard yeftertlay they took the Grand Bay
trarffport, with the baggage of the 1 ooth
regiment, and about co sick men on
board.”
Otiober 28.
A letter from Hanau, on the 7th in ft.
fays, that the Gazettes there afiert, that
field Marlhal Wurmfer had on the
23d attacked the French near Sanguin
etto, and defeated them with the loss of
15,000 men; and this is further strength
ened by an article from Ratifbon ot the
3d inst. which fays that Wurmfer, after
ux days fighting, had entirely defeated
the enemy on the 20th ult. whose loss
in killed amounted to 6000 men, and in
prisoners to 7000. Among the latter
was Buonaparte.
An expedition is certainly fitting out
in Dunkirk, where a number of flat bot
tomed boats is colletiing. The wilh to
keep this expedition secret, is reported
in h ranee to be the cause of the embargo
there. 6
. Ycftcrday a Foreign Minister arrived
in town with dispatches for the Sardin
ian Ambassador.
We are extremely forFy to learn he
brings the news of the sudden dea.h of
the King of Sardinia.
Ihe moll prefling orders have been
sent down to PonfmoutU and Plymouth,
to get the ihips at those ports ready for
sea as soon as pofliWe.
November 1.
Mr. Sylvester, one of the King’s
Messengers, is arrived from Lord
Maimefbury, for inflections rel'petiing
the difficulties mentioned in the State
Papers.
KINGSTON, December 17.
The latelt papers brought bv the ihips,
arrived this week from London, do not
give us any accounts of the capture of
the Dutch fleet, ofwhich we had intel
ligence through various channels ; but
verbal reports state, that in the Downs,
they received information of the Park
and'l ower guns having been fired, in
confcquence ot its-being confirmed, that
Admiral Elphinftone had taken eight
mips, and taken them into the Cape of
Good Hope. f
It was also reported that our Arnbaf
lador to the court of Spain, the Marquis
of Bute, had runted Madrid, and arriv
ed at Lisbon ; and that Portugal had
made peace with France.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 21.
A French (hip and brig, with about
500 men on board, from G uadaloupe
and St. Martin’s, lately made a defeent
on the small island of Anguilla, and burnt
all the houses on it, and it is supposed
they would likewise have deitroyed all
the inhabitants, as they meditated an at
tack on them ; fortunately the Lapwinr
iloop of war called at the island, which
occafloned a precipitate re-embarkation
of the Republicans; she attacked them
and captured both the ftiip and brig. On
board the ship was found 100 men kil
led. Anguilla is a small island, situated
between St. Martin's and the Virgin Isl.
ands.
Friday, passed by to leeward, the sloop
Sally, Capt. Grier, for New-York
last from Port-Antonio, where she had
put in for a irelh supply of water and
provisions, being robbed of the above
articles,and 1900 dollars, on her voyave
to New-York, by a French .Schooner
privateer, Virginia built, with 3 guns.
MONTEGO-BAY, Dec. 24.
The armed brig Swallow, Captain
MTver, in government iervice, arrived
on Saturday irom Port-au-Prince, whick
he left on Monday night.
About an hour before Captain M‘lv
er failed, an express arrived at the go
vernme.it house, ovei land, from Col.
Sir William Cock burn, at Bonique, a
poll five leagues to windward of Cape-
Francois, to inform Gen. Forbes, that a
fleet of more than 200 fail was palling
Monte Chrifle, and apparently fnapinp
their course towards Mole St. Nicholas*
‘I hey had hopes this would prove to be
the force ex peeled under Gen. Aber
crombie.
Colonel Cockbum has raised and dis
ciplined an army of more than a thou
sand men, people of colour and blacks,
who arc ail well armed and accoutred,
and intended to co-operate in an attack
on Cape-Francois.
Received per Brig Eliza from
HOST ON.
2 P pes good quality PO,RT WINE,
tooo Pair coar!<* isho^s.
Also on hand,
lOQ Tierces Rice.
Hotheads lobacco,
A lew Barrels of Indigo, and
10 Tiibsot Philadelphia corn’d BF.EF.
ROBERT WATTS.
January *O.
131LL6 on LONDON,
Fo a Sale by
ROBERT O’JOHN EOLTON.
January 18 ts.
Gairdners 6c iVJitchei,
WILL difpofeof the remaining part of their
Dry Goods, confiding principally of coarse
Articles lately imported, on easy terms for the
purchaser.
1 hey have jujl received on Con/ignment:
A few Puncheons Jamaica Ruin. “ "i
Coilee in Tierces, Barrels and Bags, 7
90 Bags St. Domingo Cotton.
Gun Powder in calks of joo lbs each.
And a parcel of Quern Hones.
January to. Ql _
Notice.
THE Copartnerfhip of Caic, Mac-,
leod be Cos. being dilfolvrd— All persons ba-.
vmg demands agsintt them, will plcafe fend in
their Accounts ; and those indebted to laid’
concern, are reddled to make payment to the
fubferiber.
c , JOHN CAIG. .
Savannah, 19th January, 1797. 92-IW3W
W A N T i£ D, ■
AN Overseer, who is acquainted with the
cultivation of Cotton, to take charge
ot a small gang of Negroes, on a Plantation, m
a healthy situation on the Salts —Enquire of
the printers of this paper.
January 20. 92 .
An Overseer,
WHO can be recommended for his indus
try, and knowledge of the culture of
Rice, may be employed, by inquiring at the
Printers.
January 20.
NOTICE.
Ttthe proprietors, agents or truflees of the follow
ing trails of land , said to be the property of
tson-Ref dents of the Jio.te oj Georgia.
Wiil be Sold on the last
Tuesday, in May 1797, at the Coim-Houfe in
Liberty county, Georgia, (unless the above;
said proprietors, See. come forward and avail
themselves of the tax law, for the year 170s ‘
and arrears up to f*id date.) >■ ■
250 Acres, ch iefly pine landj
onthe water* of North-Newport, bounding on
lands of the Glebe, Do&. Axfon’s, Mrs. Jef
fries and the Estate of Kell’*, dols. 4 ctn
and coll.
joo Acres pine land, on th&
waters of North-Newport, bemiding on land*
of the fcltate of Samdcl Stevens, Mrs. Jeffries,
Mrs. Bennet and the Glebe, 93 cents and coll.
4 Acres pine land, on the
waters of North-Newport, bounded by lands
ot the Estate of John Lambert, and Lllate of
Ihotnns Baker, commonly knowu by Mid- ‘
dleton’s-hill, 12J cents and cost.
E STEVENS, T.C.C L.
N*rtli-Newport. Nov. tS iaui.bat.
No. 92.