- IV. The fleet of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker fhall be at liberty to procure from the city of Copenhagen, and along the coafts of the different islands and provinces of Denmark, Jutland included, whatever may be wanted for the health and the cure of the crews.

V. Admiral Sir Hyde Parker fhall engage to fend on shore all the fubjects of his Danish Majefty, which are at present on board the British fleet under his command; and the Danish government engages to account both for them and for the wounded which were fuffered to come on fhore after the battle of the 2d, in the unfortunate cafe of the renewal of hoftilities with Great Britain.

VI. The coafting trade of Denmark, with the different parts of the coaft included within the extent of this armistice, fhall in no manner be disturbed by any British armed thip or veffel, and Admiral Sir Hyde Parker fhall iffue the neceffary instructions to that purpose.

VII. This armiftice fhall continue in force during the space of fourteen weeks, from the day of its being figned by the contracting parties; after the expiration of that time, each of the faid parties hall be at liberty to declare it to be terminated, and recominence hoftilities on giving a previous notice of fourteen days.

The conditions of this armiftice fhall, on every occafion, be explained in the moft liberal and candid manner, in order to remove every ground of future difpute, and to facilitate the means of a restoration of friendship and good understanding between the two kingdoms.

In witness of this, we, the under figned, according to our full powers, have figned and fealed with our arms the prefent armiftice.

Given on board his Britannic Majefty's fhip the London, in the Road of Copenhagen, the 9th of April 1801.

(L. S.)

(L. S.)

E. F. WATTERSDORFF.
NELSON, Duke of Bronti.

(L. S.)

H. LINDHOLM.

(L. S.)

W. STEWART.'

Ratified by me,

HYDE PARKER,

Admiral and Commander in Chief of the
Fleet of his Britannic Majesty.

General Orders iffued to the English Fleet on the Conclufion of the Armistice between Sir Hyde Parker and the Prince of Denmark.

G. O.

ΑΝ

His Majefty's Ship London, Copenhagen Roads,
April 10, 1801.

N armistice being now concluded between the Government of Copenhagen and the Commander in Chief, by which all hoftilities are to ceafe for the space of fourteen weeks, until the

courts

courts of Great Britain and Copenhagen have arranged their pre fent differences:

It is the Commander in Chief's exprefs direction, that no act of hoftility or infult be offered by any officer or feaman under his command to the Danith flag, as it is meant fuch fupplies as are wanted for the fleet are to be fent off by Danish boats from the fhore. The Commander in Chief ftrictly prohibits any officers or boats going to the fhore from the fleet, except by his fpecial permilion firit granted. (Signed) W. DOMEIT.

ON

Further Procedings of the English Fleet in the Baltic.

N the 19th of April the English appeared off the entrance of the harbour of Carlferona, and fent a frigate, with a flag of truce and a letter to the Governor, of which the following are the contents:

"On board the London, April 18, 801. "The Danish court having been induced to conclude an ar miftice, by which the unfortunate difputes between the courts of Denmark and St. James's have been accommodated; and as I am directed to require an explicit declaration from the court of Sweden, relative to its intention to adhere to or abandon the hoftile meafures which it has taken, in conjunction with Ruffia, against the rights and interefts of Great Britain, I have the honour to tranfmit to your Excellency this letter, that I may receive in anfwer a declaration of the refolution of the court of Sweden, with refpect to this important object; and thall conduct my future operations according to this anfwer, which I expect to receive within 48 hours. I have the honour to be,

(Signed) "HYDE PARKER,

"Commander in Chief of the British Fleet in the Baltic."

Vice-admiral Cronstedt, who had the command there, by order of his Swedith Majefty, who was then at Malms, immediately returned a prov.fory answer to the following purport:

"That, as only a military officer, he could not undertake to answer a question which did not come within the particular circle of his duty; but that his Swedish Majefty had declared, that he fhould foon be at Carlferona, and that he would then notify to the admiral his refolution."

On the 20th in the afternoon his Majefty arrived, and caufed the following official anfwer to be tranfmitted to Admiral Parker by Vice-admiral Cronstedt:

"Admiral,

"The King my mafter has commanded me to communicate to you the following official answer to the letter which I had the honour to receive from you on the 18th inftant.

"Con

"Convinced that your Excellency is perfectly fenfible of the importance and facred nature of promifes, when once made, his Majefty conceives that the following explicit declaration cannot be unexpected to your Excellency; that is,

"That his Swedish Majefty will not for a moment fail to fulfil, with fidelity and fincerity, the engagements he has entered into with his allies; and that without any reference to the particular intervention of another power, under whatever name it may be, and the effects of which can never be extended to the common intereft of the hitherto neutral powers.

"This is the unalterable refolution of his Majefty.

"Equally induced by inclination and by duty to confider the affair of his fincere allies as his own, his Swedith Majesty, however, will not refuse to listen to equitable proposals for accommodating the difputes, made by deputies, furnithed with proper authority on the part of the King of Great Britain, to the united northern powers.

"C: O. CRONSTEDT,

"Adjutant-general to his Swedish Majefty for the Fleet, and Commander in Chief at Carlfcrona.

"Carlferona, April 23.”

Sir,

Tranflation of a Letter from Capt. George to Citizen, Otto.

SINCE I had the pleasure of feeing you this morning, I have been informed that the Secretary of State has recommended to the Lords of the Admiralty to fufpend the execution of the order given for capturing the fishing veffels until his Majesty should be confulted upon that fubject.

I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed)

Transport Office, 20'Clock P. M. March 3, 1801.

R. GEORGE.

Отто.

This note is the answer to the note addreffed by Citizen Otto to the Tranfport Office, on the 2d of February 1801, for which fee page 82 of this volume.

Note addreffed by the American Agent at Paris to the Agents of that Nation at the different Ports of France, prior to the Month of

March 1801.

A CIRCULAR letter of M. I. L. Cathcart, agent of the United States at Tripoli, in Barbary, dated the 3d of Janu-ary laft, informs me, that that regency has made an official decla ration of war against the United States, and that the King of Sweden, having concluded a treaty with that power, the frigates of this fovereign, in the Mediterranean, can no longer protect

our

our veffels against the Tripolitan cruifers. I request that you would communicate this difagreeable intelligence to our merchants and captains, and to thofe of the American agents with whom you have any intercourfe.

LIBERTY.

Colonies of France.

EQUALITY.

St. Domingo, 13th Pluvoife, 9th Year of the French
Republic, on and indivifible (2d Feb. 1801).

Toufint Louverture, General in Chief of the Army of St. Domingo, to his Fellow-citizens of the French Part of St. Domingo. Citizens,

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ANNOUNCE to you, with great fatisfaction, that I have taken poffeffion of the Spanish part of St. Domingo, in the name of the French republic.

A column, commanded by the General of Brigade Moyfe, marched to the north against St. Yago; a fecond column, commanded by the Chief of Brigade Paul Louverture, to the fouthweft, against Santo Domingo. Each of them were attacked by the Spaniards, who feemed determined to oppose our taking pof feffion the columns, notwithstanding, purfued their route. The meafures of wifdom, of prudence, and of humanity, which I had taken, prevented the effufion of blood; and, with very little lofs, I gained poffeffion of the whole island. Perfuafions alone, after the first attack, were the only means I made ufe of. My enterprife was crowned by the most brilliant fuccefs.

:

The General of Brigade Moyfe conducted himself with that courage, that moderation, and that bravery, which always characterize a French general. He executed with precifion all my orders. He has rendered me a clear and precife account of all his operations, and the conduct of the officers and foldiers under his command has given me infinite pleafure. Difcipline and fubordination have been obferved with a fcrupulous attention, and perfons and property rigidly respected.

The Adjutant-general Hebecourt, whom I fent to the Spanish governor Joachim Garcia, with my inftructions to negotiate the taking poffeflion of the island, has fulfilled his miffion with honour, wisdom, and prudence.

Here follows a particular detail of the marches of the troops.] In confequence of this detail, which it gives me pleasure to make public, because it is true, I declare that the officers and foldiers compofing the army of St. Domingo have deferved well of their country..

Salut et fraternelle amitié.

Le General en Chef,
TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE.

The

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The Senate's Anfwer to the Addrefs of Thomas Jefferson. (See page 96.) WHILE we congratulate you on thofe expreffions of the public will, which called you to the first office of the United States, we cannot but lament the lofs of that intelligence, attention, and impartiality, with which you have prefided over our deliberations.

"The Senate feel themfelves much gratified by the fenfe you have been pleafed to exprefs of their fupport in the performance of your late duties. Be perfuaded that it will never be withheld from a chief magiftrate, who, in the exercife of his office, fhall be influenced by a due regard to the honour and interest of our country. In the confidence that your official conduct will be devoted to thefe great objects, a confidence derived from past events, we repeat to you, Sir, the affurances of our conftitutional fupport in your future administration.”

The foregoing anfwer of the Senate to the address of their Prefident, on Saturday the 7th of March, was on the 9th agreed to by the Senate, and ordered to be prefented to him by the committee who reported it.

PROCLAMATION.

The Confuls of the Republic to the French.

Frenchmen,

A GLORIOUS peace has terminated the war upon the conti

nent; your frontiers are extended to the limits which nature has marked out. Nations, long fince separated from you, will' now rejoin their brethren, and increase your population a sixth, your territory, and your forces.

Thefe fucceffes you owe particularly to the courage of our warriors, to the patience with which they have fubmitted to their labours, to their paffion for glory, and to their love of liberty and their country; but you owe them alfo to the happy return of concord, and to that union of fentiment and interefts which more than once has faved France from ruin.

While you were divided, your enemies had no hopes of conquering you; they hoped you would be conquered by yourfelves, and that that power which had withftood all their efforts, would be crushed by the convulfions of difcord and anarchy.

Thefe hopes have been deceived; may thofe hopes never be renewed! Be eternally united by the remembrance of your domeftic misfortunes, by the fentiment of your ftrength and greatnefs; dread to degrade, by the influence of bafe paffions, a renown which fo many exploits have confecrated to glory and unmortality!

Mav a generous emulation fecond our arts and our industry; VOL. XI.

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