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cc ,\ Q'l the 14th into the cabinet of die conf’..!?, where ti e minif rs and members of the council of Hate were afic moled, when the following Ipeech was deliv ered by the citizen preftdeht of the 1 egiftadve Body. “ Citizen ConJuls y < ( X\c offer toyouin the name cf the Icgifiative body, the con- ■ gratulations which it voted in j ccniequencc cf the colnununica tion tKUifmitted by Vou refpec ting the treaty which peace to the republic. u Our enemies hav'* at length recognized the republic, of which they b re fumed to entertain doubts | —and* vanquifhed by the pow er of its arms, they are about to receive the benefit of pcacegran t-d to them by a free people, as a tdlimony of their magnanimi ty, the fir It ebjed and fit ft fruit of con quell. “ If the victories which have led to it have re founded through out the univerfei the treaty by which it is confolidatcd muft al jfo form a great mra in the annals of nations, by its coofequent o peration on their interefts and our own. It will revive every idea of general profperity, and the fentiment of public happi nefs always occupies by antici pation every foul. Thcfe ideas and this fentiment naturally re late to you, citizen confuls, who commenced the fublime enter prize of regenerating the public good. Accept, citizen confuls, the firft mark of gratitude ex preffed to you for it by the le gislative body, which fenfibly feels all that is due by the nati- OJi to the government and its fir ft magi (bates, whofe exertions fo uniformly tend to combine the glory and happinefs of the people.” In the anfwcr returned by the firft conful, the following pall ages were tire moft remarkable : “ The government receives with pleafure the deputation of the legillative body. <f The people cannot yet en joy all the benefits of peace while it remains unconcluded with England : but a fpecies of diliri um has taken poffeftion of that government, which no longer re cognizes any thing that is lacrcd -—its conduct is unjuft, not only with rcfpedl to the French peo ple, but with refpcdl to all the powers of the continent, and WHEN GOVERNMENTS AREUNTUSTTHfiIR PRO SPERITY IS BUT FLEET ING. cc All the powers of the con tinent will make England re fume the path of moderation, ot equity, aud of rcafon. * But the peace of the interior has preceded external tranquili ty* “During the journey which I have juft taken through feveral departments, I have been af feffed by the concord and uni on that prevailed between all the citizens. No attention fhould be paid to the inconftderate Ipeeches of certain. i( The government fee Is plea fure in rendering juftice to the zeal of the legillative body, for the profperity of the French people, and its attachment to the government. With refpeft to I inyfcli in particular, Ire quell you will make know n the confidence 1 place in it, and how fenftblc 1 arn of this voluntary proceeding, and of the fpeech addreffed to me by the Treridcnt.'’ CELEBRATION cf the Peace. ' On the t 7th, the minifter for Foreign affairs gave a fete in ce lebration of the peace between Auftria and France, at which were p re lent, the firft conful and his family, the other confuls* the fen a tors and French minillers, the ambaftadors and minillers of foreign powers, the counlellcrs of ft ate, a great nun. hero (’mem bers of the tribunate and legis lative body, and all the military officers at Paris ot fuperior rank. There were alfo about 300 la dies, the greater part young and handfome, and ail richly and c- . legantiy d re fled. Tie hotel of the minifter of foreign affairs was illuminated both within and without. The ftaircafes and apartments were decorated with garlands cfever greens and flowers. fhe fete commenced with a concert, in which citizen Carat and madame Gracini exerted their vocal powers. After the concert the company were con duced into a grand gallery, in which a theatre had been fitted up. Here the adlors of the V an deville performed a very agree able comedy, written for the oc cafion, and interfperfed with couplets at once pleafant and fentimental. At the conclufton of the performance, the compa ny clefcendedto the apartments, on the ground-floor, where a fupper of 300 covers w r as ferv cd. Citizen Eflemenard recited fomc well written verfes on the conclufton of peace. After fupper the company a gain proceeded to the gallery. The theatre was now remov ed, the gallery one half larger than before, and an orcheftra was ereded at the lower end. The company having taken their feats the moll diftineuifhed dancers O of both lexes. belonging to the / OO theatre of arts, made their ap pearance, dreffed in the differ ent cuftomsof the friendly nati ons of Europe, and executed dances in the French, Spamfh, Ruffian and German ftile ; after which they prefented the firft conful with palm branches and garlands. Thefe performances were fuc ceeded by a ball, which was kept up during the remainder of the night. Joleph Buonaparte and count Cobenzel were expected at this Fete i but the fatigue of their journey prevented them from attending. O I he joy occaftoned by the continental peace, the agreeable news ot the change which has taken place in tiie Frglifh mi niftry, the gratitude and affec tion whfch the appearance of the firft conful excited inevery heart pofieffed of any degree of fen ftbility, the tranquil air which he dilpiayed during the whole of the entertainment, the elegance and lymmetry of all its parts, and finally, the mixed feeling of fa- ! miliarity and reipccl, ofgaityand j fympathy, infpired by the Van devild—all contributed to ren der this Fete worthy of the per lon in whole honor it was given, and the happycii cumftance which gave occafio'.n to ir. NEW- YORK, Jfril 7. Never were greater exertions made in MafTachulttts to ilcp the pregrefs of political femi menr* than at pr<Tcnt, And at no former period have the peo ple of that hate made Rich ra pid advances. Two republi cans out of fourteen reprefenta tives to ccngrtfs f r that Rate, were all that could be lent by the voice of the people, until the late election. Six are row c ledled, viz. Judge Bacon, Me IT. Smith, Eußes, Lincoln, Bifh cp, and Varnum. In one or two diflridls the choice is not determined, and it is not im probable that one or two more republicans will be chofen, ("apt. Thuidon who arrived here ye Herd ay in 21 days from Curracoa, informs that the day before he failed, the Englifh had detained all Danifh and Swcdifh vcfiels in that port, which vef fels were hauled up at Lagoon, the place where the Englifh men of war were Rationed, there were in port, 11 Danifli and one Swcdifh vcdclr. By the brig Jofeph, Hervey, we arc informed that ir was re ported, and generally believed at the Cape of Good Hope, on the 27th of January, that Bata via w as in pollcflion of the En giifh. On Thurfday lad the flilp Racket, capt. Trott, arrived at Bodon, in 26 days from Liver pool, and 21 from land to land. She brings London intelligence to the 4th of March, of which only a brief fummary had been publidied in the Bodon Mercu r-\r A J The former information of the preceding bounties on Ame rican flour, cleared cut from A merica, after March 25, the preceding bounties are to be re duced to 635. from 70s. fuper fine per barrel of 1 r 61b. and are to continue fo on all flour that may arrive in England be fore the firft of Odober next. Under the Paris head it is mentioned, that Spain had de clared war againd Portugal. On the 10th of February, the prince royal of Denmark, pad cd through Han- burgh, on his w r ay to Berlin, with a view as it is believed, of endeavouring to ‘ffcocure the mediation of his r ruffian majefty between them and the powers of Great Britain and Ruffia. Extract of a letter received on Sa turday, ly the Fanny, from Greenock , dated Clayyczv, 6th Alar eh, 1801. <c By this day’s mail certain intelligence is at lad received, that the king of Pruffia lias de clared that he will take a decid ed part againd this country, in con.men with the Northern Powers j and that he is to pel fed him Fit of Hamburgh and Bremen immediately, unlcfs Bri tain takes oft the embargo on Swcdifh and Danifh vcffiels de tained in this country. The re did of the above news, I think, cannot fail of very ferioufly af* fediing r. 11 kinds of pnduce W til- I ncl la and A ifie ncan. have only a few minutes to writ yon the above intelligence, which I wilh may be in time for the Fanny.’ * /hril 13. Extract cf a letter Jr cm Mr. Sa muel iJ. Earle , fupcrcargo cf the Brig Sophia, ccpt. Talbot to his eventr ill Philadelphia , dried Pert Royal, February 2c 1801. “ it is with infinite regret I now inform you of our "beino captured on the loth ink. on our paflage to the MiflifTppi, by the Britilh Hoop cf war fconetta, cape. Maugn, and ordered for this pert, under pretence of having no regiider, as capt. Maugn favs lie lias orders to take all vefteis failing under lea-letters. Cant. Talbot and my ft If were detained on board the Hoop of war for 18 hours, during which captain Maugn exp relied himftdf in the mod unbecoming language, tel ling me that I had forged the fignature cf Mr. Henry Ham mond, Americanconful at Cape- Francois, who had certified my bills of lading. He alfo faid he would venture to fv/car, that beth ve flcland cargo tyere French property, for that the proof of property before Clement Biddle was ail fudge, and that ail the Notaries in America were a let of damn’d rafcals.” N. B. A fecond letter of the 4th of March, informs of the vei led and cargo being libelled, and O O he experts they will be condem ned. Ap‘> il 14. Capt. lynch cf the fhip Ni agara, who arrived here yeftcr day, informs us, that he brought out London papers to the 6th of March ; but that they were mif laid. He fays that the king of England continued extremely ill. That a number of Danes and Swedes had been brought into Ramfgace—and that it was hourly expected that England would declare war againld the northern powers. Fie further informs, that fix American vef fels failed in co. with him, bound Hr the Baltic, which had been chartered by Eritifh merchants, at the rate of 91. Berlin g a ton —and that every American vcf fel that could be obtained, was fought after with avidity. April ]7. Ex trad cf a letter from St. Crc:s } 1 dated 2 id idt. receded at Phi ladelphia. A Brig arrived here yef- I terday from St. Kitt’s v.hobrot I the news of 12 flips cf the hn* I from France, with troops on I board, having arrived in the V/. I Indies — and that all the troops I from St. Kite’s had embarkc- I for Barbadoes. This news rai- I fed the fpirits of the inhabitar o I and fugar has rifen to eight cic*- ■ lars. I BALTIMORE, April I Ext rad of a letter from I da of the 12 th March I ■ c 1 g I “ In the courfe of l aic we were alarmed in T.e ll with feveral Blocks or ant p r ‘,-’H quake. The lafc w c vere. It continued * j .‘Fh.B minute. The lands and " ■ 1 rap hutlvC'H mgs were not only uu * ■