Hall's Wilmington Gazette

              hal us iv i l m ing t on gazette thursday septfmber 28 1797 little at the moment can be argued from this till an anfwcr fhall have been re ceved from paris to lord malmefbury'g fit it propofitioi.i no judgment can be form ed of the piobume refult of the negociation an anfwer to the lad difpatches antici pating the objections likely to be ltarted by i lie directory has been fent off which may enable the englifh comniiflioner to meec tliem with better addreis fo as that the proceedings fhall fuffer as little delay at poflible the conferrenres are conducted on the molt liberal principles lord malmefbury having no fecr«cy attending as the french plenipotentiaries have tb«y have offered him a copy of the minutes taken by mods comiin which •■••• ' -•• j fjhii l -*>- — - -^» !• ' i»a ; tv 7 * _ p dairy mte are inclined to belitvu w....i ve'r may be the final ifl'ne of thele prelimi nary overtures rtrong fymptoms of it will mai.ileft them'elvei in a very fliort time what we predicted three years fince ha come jo pafs : the ultimate object of france appear to be precifely the lame in the 18th that it was in the i7rh century univerfal empire the only difference is that mo narchiccl has given place to republican cant — before the gaudy fin ine in ft ri bed the " mights ot man the rights of princes the mod friendly to france of thole who were the firft to make peace and acknow ledge the french republic are as little re iptcted as thofe of the princes who made war with the otmoit inveteracy to the la(t moment and figned the treaty with reluct ance the diike of tufcany and the pope lire alike fufferers and every thing rapidly teids to the enlittuient of one grand re public in italy july 2f paiis papers were yefterday received to i be dale of he 171i1 inllant inclufive — we find nothing in them which warrants the f'uppofitioh that has gone forth that tie ternn of the french diiectory are fo high us to preclude all hopes of a favorable iiiue 10 the negociation now pending at lifle ; oh the contrnty much confidence is ex j>t e fled that it will end in a peace lath-fac tory load parties a mail from lifboi which arrived y eft terdny peaks of the continuance of ihe blockade ot cadiz harbour in portugal much of the alarm of an in a lion by the spaniards had fnblided ; in deed from that people nothing is appre hended flionld they not be aflifted by an armed force from france the follow ing is an extract of a letter dat ed lille july 14 on the object of the negocifttion received by a gentleman in trie city " i ai rived here only yfl.erd.iy morning and i believe 1 can already 21 line you that whatever reports may be circulated in your city in order 10 nfi'ict the price of flock we fliul loon hove a well cemented peace thiii is the opinion of every man of under handing indeed what power on earth can now prevent the conch fion of this grand work fince both nations figh lor pence some people take pains to perfuade t tie public that the directory will throw okltacles in the way of the negociation if the directory could have topi it in the be ginning they certainly would have done it and of this we have a proof fince they difapproved ihe coiuiucft of buonaparte in agreeing in the preliminaries with the emperor to admit to a conj.>ref's to be held by an eugiilh envoy ; now it is too late and you may 1 eckou with certainty upon a peedy peace on tolerable terms july 22 lord britl port's rleet has again left tor bay and proceeded to its former tationoft brett house of commons july 20 at half p.ift 3 o'clock his majefty arrived in the ufunl hue at the houfe of peers heiiifr enrobed and feated on the throne a me(lai>e was tent to the commons com manding their immediate attendance in the howie of peers the speaker accompani ed by about 50 members of the lower houfe appeared accordingly at the bar and as is elirwmary on thil occafion addreded bi majelry in a fhort and eleeant fpeech in tlie courfe of wliich he alluded to the prin cipal topics that had occupied the attention or par'iamcru during the ceffion and ad verted parricnlarly to the large fnpplics that had been granted nnd concl nci ed by expreffing a firm reliance that his majelty's wifaom and benevolence would prompt him to apply jiuik ioully what the commons had fumifhed liberally the royal aflcnt was then ri to the end india judicature bill and ihe other bills that had patted both houfes of parlia late foreign news vienna ju e 8 the ganif n of this ci y has jufl receiv ed orders to march for the army ot italy , and for that 1 f the khine 1 he levy en maffe by the hungarian nobility is<ltiui ted at 106 coo men j ly 12 the fnnch en brr.tili who h • ar rived at venetian liltndol coriu h..s lined procutoaiion in which he encourages thf inhabitants to afempr a revolution and totit.ibl.fh a rf public he urges them o remember theexctlient r public ol greece 1 /. i uh lo tn-cy hfrces r.d great nun b-vt *> ji_u-ik'«u i us prctljiniaiioii has ti an ■ effect and it is cw>'l that the wholf tin kilh jiovernmen will fink and ihe fpirir ot revolution will pervade the morta ivla cedonia and the whole arcltiptlagn july qttu mack ins reiurt.ed from the i my the court has fince been deep , ly engaged by his crintnunicaii^iis j he marquis de gmr yh w«s laitl with buoiwiparte at udine ha conltant com nuinications with the rainifter of ltate ; h;iron 1 hujjuft by his lecieiary who is pulling at ail hours from trieft coo auftrian troops have g(mie l>y water in;o vtnerian dalma;ia tor fuj'plies with which ihatcomurya b unc's 6oco frc-nch tloopsalfo went from venice 1 he wh«le force of the lioufe of aultria in its own ihtes exclulive ot the hungarian cavblry wtbich is not in their pa is reckoned at 438,000 men hamburgh june 17 the emperor 01 ruflia has forbid all the pndt&of the cat cue religion to take any tttps o convert his ntw lubjtfts who are attached tn h cinrk church at mi me in the piinuiig office of the propagan an society a rich variety of let teri and characters h.ive be 11 found efpe cntjiy of greek ami oriental chftraottri thefe are all demanded or the ufe of the trench republic and will render its o1 llection of types th moft numerous nd ijeau'itul as well as tnoli rich in its variety of any in all europe lisbon june 18 the heat ot t»i climate has been fatal to lu^nv of the englilh troops and the l'ortuguele are djlpofed at every opper t iinny to iufult the engli/h officers for t hree week , ¥ the ci'y was in great conffer 1 at 0:1 tne diipute began between ihe p udu ace and the french emigrants on tlhel'econd day 3^00 vere coijccted to at : jck the eniigrjints t jit ippe ranee of i 1 int d torcc has at length 111 i;e tjie danger t > lublide ; but t odetach.nents of cav.hy utrd the ci'y every n ghi madrid juneao there have been lbme difturbanccs be t c veen the eng'ufli failcrs and the people ol'lifbon ine people wire much alarm e i and feveral wtre killed : hue nothing tuj thcr is heiird of the matter koningsberg june 23 by the treaty ot commerce between f nglanj and rullii.it is agreed that if the tv/u powers ilioyld declare war there hull b«l no detrntion of ptrfoiif veflels or pro perty ; bur at iealt a year fhall be grjtited toililpoie ot all ette&s or remove them j his treaty is fjr tl;ree years an i was concluded on the 21 it feb and ra iiicd en ll>e 7 1 li may following milan j e 24 the name of venice isgmng to be real lyettjced from the lilt of tl.eltates of eu rope it ttnnt certain that the new re rpijilics ill admit her into conf deration iqf all the revoluioti to which ths french o-eroluuon has given birth that of venice i believe is the in ill compl-te the pro vi ices of teifj fuioi exercifuit their fovere'igutv under the orders ot their ge neral i'i chief hive divided themlelves imit departments upon the pun which ha bee n pn'feribed to them ic it true that afl 1 nt has the n.unc of being prjvifor till i:he catnpktion of thi democratic con ftitu uon which will probibly be digeftcd by a military committee and accepted tree y bu t without amendment xu french generals would like to hive ■ ltttn the opportunity to pun.fh treafon as rey have done that ol venice which 1 rings them treafures without heexjtnf it blcod all ilic riches which they have lonnd in money plate picluves and othei mi tide ulongirg to the peifidiom v<uiti an oligradiy ii would be difficult toeftunare and have betn jiufgetl pr'ze 1 only with for the miereft oi die french republic th.it half 1 f tne bio y h?d ixftn employed in alii ot the national tieafury but that uillrtv vr in tune the kind ot nches which indivi tlu il avidity lias noi b?<n able to roh he j public ot is a i null marine ith maicr .<) and provititms ni ever'_kiid 1 i 1 ' than a jte'ar france wiluhuve 10 at i i p ir 1 he adriatic lea jt is laid tiie emperor has taken a great part inpi uciucing t e dilalter t therepi-blic otvtnue it is certain tha he w ill t-kt a fine ilure in the fuc ellion ol tha repuhcaii aliy wh ch is deiinytd for having been wiiln g 10 in ve h'u '] he occupying he venitian territrriei inlitrid dalmaiia and albania is the lub jedt ot much conjecture some would havt it that it has bten done without ihe agree ment of buonaparte an nrght be the cau:'i ot a lenewal ofhoftilities others md ol which i am perfuadtd that the whole is a matter ot convention and that they art ftrioufiy progrellive towards a definitive peace which is of the firit necellky to all the parties r l he court of vienna will have a fine indcir.n ricatic n by htr acquisitions in iltria and dclmatia where ihe will h'i:d good laikrs w:ih wottl iron excellent ports and every th tig whith's necrflry to make htna a maritime powr ic is difficult 0 calculate all the char grs in the political balance which thei'e ch-nges in dominion v ill produce venice june 25 we h ar irem stockholm the king cf sweden has an intention in a fliort time to make voyage to the frontiers oi ruffia july 1 the bank ol venice winch was tormerly one of die richifl n europe ti.u now hopped payment by which s number ot foreign merchants md capilalifts wnc had placed their property mere on lite annuities will be deprived of their income marseiles june 25 there is anuniv trial damnation ot bufmefs liere ah which to wait till the event ol the negociation is known 3'he uncertainty of the time thev will employ ami ot the value ol goods ihould the peace be partial or general hold us all in lufpence _____ v esel july 6 the french army ot the 5.iml-<re and m.ul is itiil in great rorce and its lines arc from dullfldorf on rhe right bmk of the khine as fi r as nidda it h in four divili:>ns and includes 50,000 intantry and io,oeo cavalry exciulhc ot the aritllc ry paris july 13 the htelt advices from berlin bring ve ry farming accounts ot the health c>t the kin ot prufl'a who is laid to have been attacked by the droply ot th brealt which leaves no hope of cure y r e have received from different ports of the republic a great number of letterr announcing to us the extreme embarralt ment which prevailed relative to whatever concerns our intercourfeandrdapons witi the united stares ot north america wr are in a manner ignorant whether we art at peace 01 war with thefe ftites : neither do * e as yet know what has hitherto been the conduit ol the french government to waids them what will be the effect ct : the aluioit hoftile i'peeches of mr adam incohgrels and whether new negociati i ons arc entered onj or whether on th other hand a rup ure is to break out ? — j from hence has rifen a great ftagnatton in the commercial intcrcourfes between the i two countries but whit is flill more tlil altrous is the uncertainty under which the legiflaiure has for fume time laboured re lative to the captures made by our priva teen nearly the whole of which captures claim the right of american neutrality w e learn through a fure and authentic channel that the illuftiious la fayeiu his family and companions are a length liber mteo 1 his news is confiimtd by letter from gen clarke the din dory's agent in italy aid by the marquis de gallo the kftiterur's plenipotentiary \\ e not long lince announced the jf — p it m nt a fquadron from toulon ii i.s now heheved that its deilination is corlu in (^ fdriitie — and that it will there bt lot ti i y 7 lliip and as many frigates that i r . dy in that port 6 1 lie negodationj for peace j^b^i l.nd arc far advanced t!r b..fis j|^hbfc|^___^____r)oti ; t is ev«n fdid tint irincomalc winch england ppcared at iii it to refute j but there is every reafon io ht>pe that the difficulty will re as eafy over as th«t which occurred rrfpeainj tiiedifpifition ot mantua the dfttiik't:on of uh ch is now fixed aid thusun end put to the d.fliculties which ottr treaty with the emperor experienced tl.e oiiiineicial intcreflsof france and of the colonies have long required a cr i iation ot hoftilities at st dumhigo the directrry hi've coinmillioned tluii negoci atotsst lifle to attrnd to the fuhjft and it is thought hat th conditions oi anar miltice will foon be agreed on julv 17 vve have mentioned without bemg able to confirm thtm that hopes ere entertained of an approaching peace with england nothing official has jet been pubhlhtd on tins u j-cl we are ig norant whethrr the ki nifh c^b net be as much tlifpole ', as wt are aflurrd i is to reilure every thing not only to us but allo to spjin and hollaco london ju'y 5 the court of directors of the eaft india company h-ive appointed the right lion richard earl of mormngton to tucceed lord hobait in the government of m-dr-s and eventually that oi bengal july 15 letteiii from rome of the 12th of june ft_te tliat tlie king ot naples lias iigam religned hiinlclf to the councils of tbt q^uten and hi miiiifter ae'ion it is falcl lue french ininiller cnnclaux hns not jc bern abi to obtain an audience of his ma jetty letters from hamburg mention thnt the siniperor of rufiiv htis forbiddenall tlic c tholic pi iclts in his 1'olifh territories to nke any meaiines for converting ins new inlijec'ts who are attached t the greek church ami has betides enjoined them to refpeci fuch ol his liibjedts as fli ill fiom couvicliun em brace the orthodox religion this edict lias ocenfloned much difcontent among ihe catholic ( le-ray propofals have bf en made to the mer chants of spam to open a ubfeription for a loan to the king in confiderntion ol whlth they are to receive ijcenlts to fliip goods to america whenever eomm?rce lhall a^ain be opened ihe merchants of cadiz we underftand have already lu'okiibctl ve yy largely to this loan july 17 various reports are in circulation refpec rt ing the opening of thenegociation between l.ord malmefbiiry and the frencli coinmifli iia-rs at lille the contents of the dif ia-jui brought yellenlay morning by mr kali have not been offitially made public hut the following are laid to be their lead ing features : lord malintfbury's projet has been laid before the eoininim'onevs but it appears they have not cwme invcllcl with fum'cient powers to proceed upon certain points ex hibited in that hate paper it was therefore uecellary to lend to paris for further in it ructions from whence tin courier had not returned on tucliiay night meanwhile the conferences were conti - nucd and it is generally umlerftood that the bafis on which the french plcnlpoteilti iries were to act was the reltltution on the part of great britain of all the pofleffi ons taken from the french during the war and the ihips brought away by the englim rvom toolun 1 but that tliey were not to infilt on the reltonuion of fome of the pol fellions taken from their allies this point is to be left toanother dilculfion at agener tl rongrefs to a negoefation inftituteii on i'uch a loofc bafis as this we lee no reafon at pre eni to entertain nv very faiuiuine hopes of a fuvorable tenninatiun tl>e ifpoflti on difplayrd by the french agents to bring it to ft happy iilue is naiural enough bui no 39 vol i.j