London, Saturday, 21st August, 1802.

[ Price 10D. CONTENTS.-Prog. Parl. 193 Free Port, Tortola, 193. Mr. Pitt, 196. Dispatches, Guadaloupe, 197, 198. Bowles Ind. Chf. 199. Helvetia, 200. Imp. Decree, 202. Procl. Munster, 203. French Manufact. 204. Riots, West of Lag, 256. Scotch Peers, 208. Submission of the Min. to Buonaparte, 208 to 217. Conv, bet. Fr. & Russ. 217.

hope, that you do read this Register, I take the liberty to make a few extracts from that paper, that you may be informed of the danger to which your reputation is exposed.

True Briton, 12tb Aug." It is positively "asserted that the office of Clerk of the "Pells, vacant by the death of Colonel "BARRE, was offered to Mr. PITT, and de"clined. The Minister, after having made "this laudable offering at the Shrine of Pub"lic Virtue, naturally consulted the feelings "of a parent, and bestowed it on his eldest "son."-In the same paper of the 13th instant you are called " the greatest and bright"est character that this, or any other nation

ever possessed." And further on: "A mi"nister, whose vigorous mind, comprehen"sive genius, and sublime patriotism are "balanced only by his private and unsullied "worth, and by a disinterestedness, which

Majesty's reign, as are permitted by the said acts to be imported into the said port of Nassau, in the Island of New Providence, one of the Bahama Islands, and also the exportation thereof from the said port of Road Harbour, in the Island of Tortola aforesaid, in the same manner, and subject to the same duties, rules, regulations, conditions, and restrictions, and to the same penalties and forfeitures for the breach thereof, as are provided in the said acts, or any of them, respecting such importation into the said port of Nassau, in the Island of New Providence, and the exportation from thence to this kingdom, and subject also to the conditions, rules, and regulations hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, that before any sugar or coffee, the produce of Tortola and its dependencies, shall be permitted or suffered to be shipped or laden on board any ship or vessel, each and every package" has no parallel in the annals of mankind."shall be stamped or marked by the proper In the same paper of the 14th instant, you officer of the customs, in Roman letters, of are called, "the man who conciliates the not less than two inches in length, with the " admiration of all nations, and must contiwords British Pn.; that all sugar and coffee," nue to be that of all posterity while civilized not being the produce of any of the British" society bas existence."-Having exhausted plantations, islands, or territories, shall, upon the powers of prose, your eulogist, in his importation into Road Harbour, be laid on paper of the 18th, has recourse to poetry; land and examined, and shall be deposited as thus: in safe and secure warehouses under the joint locks of his Majesty and the owner or proprietor of such sugar or coffee, and the same shall not be afterwards shipped or Jaden on board any ship or vessel, unless directly from such warehouses, (upon due entry thereof being first made), under the care and inspection of the proper officer of the customis; and before any such sugar or coffee shall be permitted or suffered to be shipped or laden on board any ship or vessel, each and every package shall be stamped or marked by the proper officer of the customs, in Roman letters, of not less than two inches in length, with the word Foreign, and shall also be numbered progressively: and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein as to them may respectively appertain.

Steph. Cottrell.

TO THE RIGHT HON. WM. PITT.

A's tam pretty sure you never read

"Hail, virtuous Son of CHATHAM, hail;

May angels guard thy breast,
"And thro' life's boisterous sea still sail,
"By Britain's sons caress'd.

"But when the Lord of Life thinks fit
"To claim thee for his own,
"May thy just soul, O, WILLIAM PITT,
"Inhabit near his throne!"

The poor creature who promulgates this hyperbolical flattery, this execrable nonsense, thinks he is assisting not only to support your character generally, but, in particular, to preserve it in its state of exaltation above that of Mr. Addington; but, it not for your own sake, yet, for the sake of your friends, pray, Sir, order your valet to silence this canting sycophant. To be puff like posture-masters, or play-actors, may for aught I know or care, be no degradatio to the Foxes or the Russells; but to ye. Sir, it certainly is, and as such it is felt by all those whose friendship is worth your pos sessing.

I am, Sir,

Your most humble

and most obedient servant,

ave the vanity to Pall-Mall, 19th Aug. 1802.

WM. COBBETT

FOR EIGN INTELLIGENCE.

MINISTER OF THE MARINE.

attached to the army of Guadaloupe before the arrival of the expedition to proceed to France in the Redoubtable and Fougeux. Those who took a part in the revolt have been shot, or have made their escape. I

The General in Chief to the Minister of the shall shut up all those who remain in re

Marine.

Head quarters at Basse Terre, Guadaloupe,

tired places or in the neighbouring islands,
and all who are arrested shall experience
the same treatment. The removal of these
individuals will greatly contribute to the
permanence of good order, which cannot
but by the presence and exertion of the
European troops.

I have the honour to salute you,
RICHEPANSE.

The General in Chief to the Minister of the
Marine.

18 Messidor, year 10, (July 7.) Citizen Minister, I have ordered that the members of the Provisional Council estabished in Guadaloupe on the 29th Vende-exist maire should proceed to France, that they may be at the disposition of the government. They will arrive at Brest on board the Fougeux, which sails to-morrow, with the exception of Citizen Danois, who before our arrival had gone to the United States of America. I have given the same orders with regard to a great many inhabitants of the colony. The latter, though they did not act so conspicuous a part in the events which have lately happened in Guadalupe, nevertheless took a very active part. The explanations which their defence must render necessary, will contribute much to inform the government of the stability which the revolt of the 29th Vendemaire would have acquired, if its fatal effects had tot been prevented by the victories of the

Head-quarters Basse Terre, Guadaloupe, ' 19 Messidor, year 10 (July 8.) Citizen Minister,-My last dispatches concerning affairs in Guadaloupe were dated 9 Prairial (May 29), at which time all my military operations of importance had terminated by the capture of Matouba. The troops have since had only to pursue the remnant of rebels, inaccessible to all the means of persuasion, and incapable of returning to their duty. Nothing but the death of these wretches could put a stop to conflagration and the murder of the whites in the colony. The assassinations, and the devastations which have fallen upon some proprietors, excite in my bosom the most The General in Chief to the Minister of the painful sensations. But I must consider, as

Freach troops.

I have the honour to salute you,

Marine.

RICHEPANSE.

Head-quarters at Basse Terre, 18 Mes

sidor, year to (July 7.)

a fortunate event for the regeneration of the colony, the resolution taken by the people of colour to oppose the disembarkation of the army. It is certain that they flew to arms from a suspicion that the object of my mission was to reduce the whole body of black troops, and to compel a part of them to submit again to the labours of cultivation. They were likewise animated with a hope that Toussaint would be able to maintain his authority in Saint-Domingo. They were aware that the troops composing the expedition sent from France were very few in number. Now that security and tranquillity are completely re-established, all the

Citizen Minister,-The French soldiers, after having combatted the black troops, after having witnessed the barbarous treatment their wounded companions received, who were horribly mutilated in the field of battle, could not have seen such a man in their ranks without the most painful sensations and the bes■ grounded mistrust. I have felt the same sentiment. I was of opinion their exclusion from the military profession, which they have disgraced, on which they have long built plans of independence, and hich furnished them the means of oppres-ideas of agricultural and commercial prossing the whites, was the first and the most Recessary step to the re-establishment of erder. I therefore have not included in the new formation of the divisions of the army any man of colour, except a small number for the baggage and provision department, and about 150 mechanics of different kinds for the corps of miners. I have ordered the greatest part of the black officers

perity begin to spring up. The obstacles to this prosperity arose from the ambition of the leaders of the armed force, from the icense of a numerous body of troops, and from the habits of idleness and pillage of the common negroes. 15,000 have returned to their habitation, where they will be subjected to a just and severe discipline. The officers, subalterns, and men of the army

have conducted themselves in this campaign | curiosity of a traveller, advised him to prolike French soldiers. Courage, discipline, ceed to Stockholm by water. This was reand attachment to the government. These fused by the Count de Panin, and the Count are the virtues they had never ceased to dis- de Klingspor retired, but a few minutes play in a war which left them no alternative after wrote to the Count de Panin, informbut to conquer. I will send you the names ing him that it was the desire of the King of of those deserving particular praise; and I of Sweden, that his Excellency should not implore your friendly solicitude in favour continue his journey through the kingdom. of the widows and orphans left by those who With this desire the Count de Panin comhave fallen in the field of battle, or who plied. It was observable, that after the have died of their wounds. I subjoin a list peace between England and Denmark, Swe(which is, alas! too numerous) of those brave den claimed an indemnity of Russia, under the pretence of having fitted out armaments, at considerable expense, for the defence of the Sound, but that the demand was rejected at the time the Count de Panin was mi

men.

I have the honour to salute you,
RICHEPANSE.

Russia, and informed the Emperor of what had happened; who answered, "I desire you to believe that I consider the insult you have met with as an offence directed against my own person." It is not yet known what will be the result of this affair, which has become very serious.

Proclamation of the Council of Execution of the
Helvetic Republic to the Helvetic People.

America, New-York, July 9. Captain Jack-nister. The Count de Panin returned to son informs us, that one of the Bowles's privateers had lately taken a Spanish brig bound from Havannah for St. Augustine, valued at 40,000l. sterling; for the same privateer had also captured a Spanish schooner loaded with flour; both of which were sent into a port on the west side of Cuba, the name of which Captain Jack son does not recollect.-We are happy to learn from every quarter to which our inquiries have extended, that the crops this year, particularly of wheat and other small grain, are very extensive and uncommonly exuberant. A cargo of new wheat, grown in Talbot county, was brought over yesterday in the Easton packet, and readily commanded 9s. 6d. per bushel; a price by no means disencouraging to the farmer. In many parts the wheat harvest has turned out more heavy than in any one year for the last twelve; and although the demand for flour, the staple of the middle states, is not now so great as when the seed was last fall committed to the earth, yet the augmentation in quantity, we hope, will amply compensate the faimer for the declension in price. Should wheat even fall to one dollar a bushel, our millers will in that case grind for the European market; and if double the quantity of grain be produced, as is the case in many districts, our country will probably reap the same advantage from this source of wealth the present, as she did the last.

Petersburgh, July 13.-The Count de Panin having resolved to visit successively the different States of Europe, has determined to begin with Sweden. Arrived in Finland, he was visited by the Count de Klingspor, who, after expressing surprise at his taking the road through Finland, which offered nothing to satisfy the wants, or gratify the

Citizens of Helvetia, The French Government approves of the use you have made of your independence; and the first pledge it gives you of its esteem, is that of declaring its readiness to withdraw its troops from Helvetia. The Council of Execution has accepted of this offer.-That great act of justice, on the part of the First Consul, should call forth all your gratitude to so generous an ally. Without him, and without these troops, that are now about to depart from you. you again would have been a prey to all the horrors of anarchy.-Now he thinks you may be relieved from the expenses which the necessity of maintaining a foreign army, had imposed upon you. Agriculture, industry, and commerce, will again flourish amongst you, under the shade of peace. The Citizens shall reap the fruits of those blessings, without being obliged to part with them: and the father of a family, retiring to his habitation at night, will feel with pleasure, that it contains none but his own children; every Swiss will see himself surrounded by his countrymen alone.-But the departure of foreign troops from your country, should above all things be a cause of thanksgiving to you. You, who are stung with grief at beholding this land, so celebrated for the glorious battles of our forefathers, become a theatre of war for neighbouring states: you who mourned when you thought you had no longer a national

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will left sufficient to restrain factions, nor a "On the part of his Majesty Francis II. government able to support itself, should "Emperor of the Romans, our most gracious now rejoice; you should open your hearts to "Sovereign, to the illustrious counsellors, confidence. The independence of your envoys and ministers of the electors, country, acknowledged in the stipulations" princes and states of the holy Roman enof Luneville, now obtains that privilege in "pire at the general diet. The essential substance. Helvetia again enjoys her na- "object of the conclusum most humbly subtional manners, and her ancient liberty.-- "mitted on the 2d of October to his ImpeBut know on what conditions you are to "rial Majesty, and ratified by him on the have the blessings of independence; and "7th of November last, was to fix and dewhat duties the confidence of the French "termine in a precise manner the mode of government, and the confidence of your "co-operation of the states of the empire own government, impose on you. They" to the fulfilment of the peace. The mocommand you to observe peace and con- "ment is arrived, when the extraordinary cord. They require of you the sacrifice of" deputation of the empire, appointed all those regrets, of all those hopes and de- "constitutionally, and according to the acsires, which are no longer compatible with "customed forms of the deliberations of the existing order of things. They call on "the diet, and agreed to by his Imperial you in an imperious manner to rally round "Majesty, ought to assemble to attain this the constitution, and the government which "important end, and to answer by the it establishes; for it is only according to the "scrupulous accomplishment of the imporconstitution, and by the government, that "tant duties imposed upon it, the particu liberty and independence can be preserved. "lar confidence which the Emperor and In supporting these, you will be able to "the empire have placed in its enlightened contince a nation; in abandoning them, "wisdom and its patriotism. In order to you must perish. They wish that the author "this, his Imperial Majesty, in virtue of every attempt against the actual state of "the authority vested in him, as supreme thrgs, may be punished in an exemplary" manner. Such is the national will; such is the intention declared by the First Consul on withdrawing his troops. Citizens, there" their sub-delegates to the imperial city exists among the governments of Europe, a compact for the maintenance of peace, order, and those principles which preserve every political society. Too long have the Saiss disturbed foreign powers with their dissentions; and if, now that those powers are disposed to take some interest in our destinies, any disorders should rise up amongst us, we must expect to see the same powers, for the sake of their safety," taking up arms against us. We here declare ourselves to be the guarantees for the will of the people, consecrated by the constitution, and we have pledged ourselves to the French government, that the peace shall not be disturbed in Switzerland. Prudence in council; celerity in execution; justice to all; prompt severity against the factious and the disturbers of public tranquillity;"nister plenipotentiary, in his quality of tite are, and shall ever be, the rule of our conduct.

of

Given at Berne, July 20, 1802. The Landamman, President of the Council of Execution-Dolder.

The Secretary General-Mousson.

Vienna, July 26.—The decree of the imperial commission, relative to the indemnites, is to the following effect:

chief of the empire, orders that the states "which are to form a part of the said de"putation, do send, as soon as possible,

"of Ratisbon, which has been considered "in concert with the French government, "the most suitable place for holding the 66 congress, and that the full powers fur"nished by the empire to the said deputa"tion, for the purpose of definitively regu"lating and terminating the work of peace, "be expedited conformably to the conclusum ratified by his Majesty, and submitted according to custom to the imperial "sanction. In consequence of these dis"positions, his Imperial Majesty has al"ready given the most precise orders to "the counsellor Schraut, appointed by him "in his quality of a state of the empire "electoral sub delegate of Bohemia, to "proceed without delay from Paris to Ra"tisbon; and he has appointed as his mi

"supreme chief of the empire, the Baron "de Hugel, privy counsellor and imperial "commissary at the general diet.”

This decree was expedited on the 23d to Ratisbon. The Baron.de Ilugel received his instructions immediately. M. de Schraut, who is at Paris, will find his at Ratisbon on his arrival in that city.

Muniter, July 27. Our government has