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®GUSTA, July I.
WUTejlerdjy’s Northern Mail.
jflß PARIS, April 24*
■ ace with the EMPEROR.
9Kneral in chief of the army ot Italy,
f-Royal highness M. Prince Charles.
.yJKunrUrsi 'trty 11 tk Gcr -
sth5 th ytar of the republic .
(March 31.)
■f. General in Chief,
WKe soldiers make war, and desire
Bb Has uot the war lasted for f,*
Igß we not killed men and com-
SR evils enoijh againt fuffering hu-
Such are the exclamations nfcd
mm sides. Europe who have taken up
the French republic, has
■hem down. Your nation alone re-
W. an d yet h'ood is ahout to fl >w
■than ever. The sixth campaign is
; «nced under the molt portentous au
r ,vR Whatever may be the icfuit,
of gallant soldiers mult
» factifioe in the profecutijn ot
At some period we mud
to an underltanding, since time
bring aii things to a concluf.on, and
Snguilh the molt inveterate refetit
jK'he executive diveflory of the French
|Eiblic communicated to his imperial
Hefty their inclination to terminate a
Rflid which desolates the two countries.
Reir pacific* overtures were deieatcd by
intervention of the Brittrti cabinet.
■ there no hope, then, of accommoda
■n ? Is it essential to the interests, or
■atityfog to the pallions, of a nation far
mote from the theatre of war, that we
ould continue to murder each other ?
re not you, who are fouearl y allied to
le throne, and who are above all the
efpicable palTiorg -which generally in
uence ministers and governments, am
itiousto merit the appellations ot •* the
lenefaflor of the human race," and
1 the faviour of the German Empire ?
)o not imagine, my dear general, that
wish to insinuate that you cannot pof
ibly save your country by force of arms;
;ut on the supposition that the chances ot
var were even to become favorable,
’With refpeft
ijcn-tal» if the ovettcre whichlJJ*™
* the honor to make to you, coolflj*
iHO3S,‘y uivnm mime myfelt prouder of
the civic crown to which my interference
would entitle me, than of the melancho
ly glory which could result from the moll
brillian military exploits.
I beg of you to believe me to be, ge
neral in chief, with sentiments of the
mod profound refpeft and efte**m, &c.
(Signed) BUONAPARTE.
■ Buonaparte, to the diredfory.
■ Head-quarters at Judtnburg,
I . *Q GrrwitW, [April 8.)
■ Gitiztn Directors ,
■ Iha /e had the honor to fend you this
■letter whuh I wrote to prince Charles,
■and his answer. You will have annex
led the note which was addrefled to me
■by generals BeJlegarde and Merveldt ;
■the answer which I made, and the con
■ditions of the suspension of arms we have
■concluded. You will there, remark, by
■the line of demarcation, that we fiod
■curfelves in pofT ilion ofGrarz, Brueek
■and Rofenman, which we had not be
■fore, besides my intention was to give
■my army two or three days rrpofe the
■suspension therefore deranges the military
■operations very little.
I (Signed) BUONAPARTE.
I Alters from generals BJlegarde and Mor-
I veldt, to general Buonaparte,
I . Judenburgy April 6.
I tnajefty the emperor and king
■having nothing more at heart than to
■ concur to the repose of Europe, and to
I terminate a war that dcfolates the two
nations .. in consequence of the over
ture you have made to his royal high- j
»efs, by your letter from Clagtofurth,
has now sent ns to hear yonr proposals of j
*° great importance. After the conver
we have bad with yon, and per
mided of the earnest dtfire as well as in- I
•ention of th** two powers, to finilh as
loon as poßible this difaftrons war—his
toyal higbnefs desires a fnfpenfion of
arms for ten days, in order to have more
facility in coming to this desirable end,
and in order that all the delays and ob
“acles that the continuation of hostilities
"ould occasion to the negociation be
*««oved, and that every thing may cou-
cor to re-efiablHh peace between the two <
great nations. ,
(Signed)
Le Corntt dt
Luut. Gtrural.
MORVELDT, M.j . General.
■- M t
Head quarters, Judenburgh,
Aptil 8, 1797*'
Toth* gevetals Rdlegarde and Morvcldt)
Gentlemen ,
u In the military fituatioo of the two
armies, a fufpenfipn of hpftiltlies is quite
adverse to the Fiench army } but if 1
can pave the way to the peace so muck
defued, and so ufcful to the two coun
tries, I confeot without difficulty to
your request. •
« The Fr nch republic has otten (hewn
his majesty her desire to put an end to this
cruel (1 -ughter.-- She perfills in the fame
fentunep s, and I have no doi b' after
the conference which I had the honour
©; having with you, th'it in a few days
peace will be finally re established be
tween the French republic and his impe
rial majesty. .
I beg pf you to give me credit ter
the sentiments of esteem, and cH!>in
guifhed consideration w ith which I am,
U,S *BUONAPARTE.’*
CONDITION of the CESSATION
OF HOSTILITIES.
General Buonaparte, commander in
chief of the French army in Italy* and
his royal highness the arch duke Charles,
commander in chief of the Imperial
army* wilhing to facilitate the F±c..ch
negociations for peace, which are on the
point of being opened, agree as loilows :
Art. I. There (hall be a fufpeufiot) of
arms between the French and Imperial
armies from this evening, the 7th of A
pril, to the 13th of April.
Art. 11. Tne French army (hall keep
the following line: The advanced polls
of the right wing of this army Ih.dl re
main in the poUtion in which they at
present are, between Elume and I riefte
-—the line (hall be extended so as to
comprehend Treffcn, Littai, Windei
cleiftriz, Manburg, Chieuhoufen, the
Right Bank of the Muhr, Leobau, Tra
e intern, the road from Man-
Vaiiey of CemS, as ,1^
Michael, Spiral, Valley of La Drave,
111. Ihe fufperfion of arms lhal! take
place ‘equally in the Tyrol; and the ge
nerals commanding the French and Im
perial troops in that part, (hall lettle to
gether the pods that they are to occupy'.
Hostilities dial] not commence in the
T; rol until twenty-four hours after the
commander in chief dial! have agreed to
it, or, at lead, not till twenty four hours
after the generals commanding the
French and Imperial troops ir, the Tyrol
shall have been reciprocally apprised of
it.
Done at Judenburg, 7th April, 17g7 .
(Signed)
MORVELT, Mijor G‘veral t
Count de BELLEG ARDE, Lieut,
gen. in the service of the emperor.
BUONAPARTE, commander in
chief army of the French republic.
ARMY OF THE RHINE.
The commander in chief* to the execu
tive direttory.
“ Head quarters at Hi//ch jkdn, April 22.
“ Citizen Directors,
u I take the advantage of the convey
ance of the adjutant general Le Clerc,
of the army of Italy* in order to give
ycu a very fucein£t accoent of our opera
tion, since the zoth inttant.
“ A thousand obiiaclcs -prevented us
from beginning till fix in the morning.
Though falfe attacks had been heard
for two hours* so that we were not in
debted for our fucccfs to a furprifal of
the enemy, but to our counge. Gene
rals Duhem, Vandame, Davouet, and
Jordis; adjutant generals Dement and
Endelet commanded the attacks made
by the 31st, 100th, and 47th deini bri
gades* a battalion of the 76th, two of
the 109-h, and two of the i6fh light in ,
fantry. These troops landed in turn on
the right bank* disembarked 1500 men,
theie ought to have been 3000* but of
60 boats that we were to have had, only
25 were able to reach us.
** The en'-my ma <e unheard of at
temps to deflroy us while on the Rhine.
After the ir.oft obstinate engagement,
oar bridges being fixed, and the reserved
corps having palled the Rhin*, we b r gan
to a.t oif.ufively. By yesterday noon,
lAthe enimy #aa completely routed* We
("drove and dispersed them to Gegcnbach,
in the valley of Protaig, two leagues
from Offcnbur<% Kehl has been retaken,
and we now find curfelves more
tageoufly situated than befoxe the liege
of that place. . .
“ The result of this viftory are seven
(lands of colots, more than 20 pieces of
cannon, all the baggage, the military
chest and the papers of the general ftaff
i.of the army ; three or four thouland pn
foners, one of whom is a general of
'Jeer, and several of them ftaff officers,
a fupetior rank. The loss ol the
doemy in killed and wounded is enor
m< Austrian general offittrs have
been wounded, one of whom is dead,
and one a prifoncr.
(Signed) MOREAU.**
P. S. A courier which l this moment
received from general Buonaparte, an
nounces the signing the preliminaries of
peace with the emperor.
VICTORIES near THE RHINE.
There are three lettfrs from the army
of the Sambre and Mt use.
First, dat<d Apiil 19* a* Deerdctf,
dates, that the Anifrian general expressed
great anxiety for the eflablilhment of an
armistice, but as the evacua:ion of the
Lai) 11 and Ehrcnbreiflein was demanded,
negociation foen ended. The hrench
carried the village Hetterf.loif, the ie
doubts of Bendotf, and the Aufttians
-wcic 'St ltngife complete CGD
'’fufton; 4000 made prifoneis, many
field pieces, and 3 or 4 Hands of colters,
were also trophies of the vidfory. *1 he
Frerch followed up their advantages, and
at Deerdorf defeated 6:0 othci Aufui
ans, killing and w-urojng about 1501
and making 500piiioncrs.
Second, ot April 20. at Hachtnburg,
informing, that arrangements were mak
ing to pais the Lower Lai n.
Third, of April 21, at Hebron, which
appeared in this paper yesterday.
The general of the army of the Rhine
and M ifelle, dated Bitchelheim,
2i, writes that he had made good the
paiT.ige of the Rhine, re-took Kehl, with
more than 20 pieces of cannon, many
(lands of colours, all the equipage, mi
litary chest, the bureau of the etat-major,
gePera, or. aooo prisoners, including a
killed and wounded an enormous“numfiefi
Three French generals were wounded.
EXECUTIVE directory.
Arret of the 2* tJ Germinal. April so.
The Executive Directory direfts that
the paflports granted by the ministers and
diplomatic envoys of the United Stares of
America or paflports certified by them,
shall not be admitted or acknowledged by
any authority.
The miniller of police is charged with
the execution of the arret, which shall be
printed.
(Signed) REWBELL, President.
LEGARDE, Sec. Gen.
Don Joseph Maflaredo, the new ap
pointed commander in chief of the Spa
nish fleet, has received orders to fir out
with the utmost expedition, as many
armed veflVls as he can colletfl, and to
man them in want of seamen, with land
troops.
PEACE CONCLUDED .
LIVERPOOL* May 6.
We flop the press to insert the follow
ing important extraft of a letter, just re
ceived from Hull. « A neutral veil'd
from Hamburgh is just arrived, with rhe
intelligence of accounts and confirmed
paper* having re3ched Hamburgh last
Thursday, of the EMPEROR having
concluoed a feparte PEACE.”
LONDON, May 4.
The following counties, cities, and
towns, have already petitioned for peace,
and the difmiftion of administration :
Surry, Kent, Hampshire, Cambridge-
Bedfordfhire, For
farfuire, London, Westminster, Siuth
wark, Edinburgh, Dublin, G!afgow t
Puifl'y, Nottingham, Btfton,
Steyning> Salisbury, Canterbury, and
Rochefter*
M:ddb?fex, Yorkshire, and Northum
berland, are to meet in a few days.
Petitions again# the war and ministry
are received from Hairpftiire, Stafford,
Leiccfter, Bedford, Cambridge, andGlaf
gow; and three coonter-petiticns.
April 26, Mr, Pitt owned the budget
to ti e con n ons, fra> ing the Aim wanted
4 2 >766,0001.—pr0j.- sing, to insure
the railing this enormous sum, net, taxes,
viz. an increased duty on ftampfc ptogf®!*
five duty on deeds transferring property#
stamp copies of deeds, probates of will?#
additional tax on newspapers and
vertifetaents, attomies certificates and-
V roughr plate. _ #
An expedition is equipping in Erig
land for Chili and Peru. „
News from Dublin, of April 30, fays#
there is every appearance of an immediate
and terrible infurreftion*
The Dutch fleet have again left the
Texel. Admiral Duncan fails immediate
in poifuit of them.
The prince of Wurtemberg is in Eng*
land * May 18 th he is to be married to
the Princess Royal. *
His majefty*s sloop Bittern has talced A
large Ihip of 800 torts burden, bound t 6
Cadiz from Buenos Ayres, in the fouth
feasj had been out 80 days; valued at
Bo*oool. She had On boaid when (he
struck 14. ehefts of silver and one of gold#
which are now on board the Bittern. The
chief of her cargo consists in buffalo*
hides, copper aad furs. t # ,
On Saturday last eight carriages trrif
ed in Dublin from the north, escorted
by a party of dragoons. They contained
twenty feveti peifons charged with fcdi*
tion and treafort. A hot her carriage at*
rived oh Sunday, full of prifonefs.
PORTSMOUTH, April t o.
A council was held of all the admirals
and captains of the fleer, on (here, this
day, presided by lord Spencer, and, it is
reported, that the petition is to be com
plied with, by granting an addition to
theit pay, and allowing them the full
i weight of 16 ounces, infleid of la, to
the pound.
Sunday night > eight o'clock*
Every thing is ha| pily fettled, the fei
men are fatisfied I the fleet fails immS
' diarely.
j The difparches which were brought
down bv Mr. PowcJl, in the extraordi
! nary short period of seven hours, wefS
! inltantly carried to the porr admiral, who
sent for lord Rridporr, admirals Gardner#
Pole, and Colpoys, and after consulting
a long time together, about 11 they pro
ceeded on board the Royal George#
where lord Bridport’s flag had again been
hoirted. A signal was immediately made
for all the captains who having gone on
hoard the admiral's (hip, the tenor of the
difparches was made known. Every
captain then returned to bis own (hip#
rents of the dispatches from Windsor.
The framen onauimoufly declared they
could give no answer till the propofab
were submitted to the court of delegates*
On aflTembling the court it was found
that Joyce and Clynn, two of the dele
gates were on shore. They would not
proceed without them.
A boat was fcnt on (hore# and they
were brought on board in as much form
as it they had been two officers. Th©
court ot delegates being completed,, pro
ceeded to bufmefs. The proposals were
difcufled, and finally agreed upon at
half past fix. The fignaJ of approba
tion b.ing three cheers, was firft given
by the Queen Charlotte, and then wene
through the whole fleet, every fln'o
giving its consent. 7 F
Captain Holloway, of the Duke, firft
came on (hare abjut seven o’clock, to
announce the happy tidings to the thoa
fands of anxious fieihtors waiting the
result on the p'atfuim. All the boats
from the othei (hips followed, and the
fearren * n each, on landing,
the business hapoijy fettled. The Tea
men are fatisfied f they have unauimoof
•Y agreed to resume their duty.
M». Smith,
By inserting the enclosed letter to Mr,
S. author of the late Lc&urc on Aflrono
my ; you will oblige
A CUSTOMER,
Mr. Sandwich,
I A? , a feience lam always
I pleased to fee attempts at improvement;
your astronomical ledures are truly lauda
ble j and I am well pleased to find them
| (in this little place) so liberally rewarded •
I have read some books on the fubjeft*
but as I never made it a study, and con
fers my ft If very deficient, you will per.
mit me to qoeftion; how the moon tra
velling at the rate of 22,250 miles in an
hour can perform her circuit in about 20
djjya, when the earth at least one half the
time (fay from the change to the full) is
going in the fame direction nearly 60,0c0
miles an hour. Your explanation wiil
greatly oblige Me of your
AUDITORS.