offices, or already imported and having passed such unqualified offices, being overtaken, shall be considered as British, and consequently fall in the terms of the third paragraph of the eighth article.-ART. XII. That all navigation and trade, direct from or out of this commonwealth to any port or ports of Great Britain, shall be and remain prohibited.————ART. XIII. That for the due execution of the foregoing article, no exportation of ammunition or naval stores shall be permitted, such as cannon, mortars, ordnance-carriages, bombs, grenades, balls, firelocks, muskets, carabines, pistols, sabres, swords, caissons, horse-harnesses, saddles, tents, and other instruments of war, of whatever denomination, gunpowder, saltpetre, anchors, sails, and cordage, without having previously obtained a special licence. from or on the part of government. That it shall also be unlawful to export wheat, salted or pickled meat, and also cheese, to any port or ports situated on this side the Wezer, without a special licence, as aforesaid, to be obtained for each parcel separately.-ART. XIV. That consequently no passport shall be delivered for the said articles, nor the exportation of the same be suffered, neither of rye, oats, beans, pease, peeled barley, grouts, pork, and butter, to neutral ports, till after due proof be delivered at the customhouses, that a sufficient security is givcu, to the satisfaction of the commissary, to whose district the place of the intended exportation belongs, for the triple value, to be forfeited, in case the contents of the bond of security be not accomplished within the time limited in the same.- ART. XV. That the vouchers on which the bond of security will be cancelled, shall contain plain and pertinent evidence, delivered from the offices of customs or duties or admiralties at the place of delivery, or by the public or local authorities, legalised by the consul or commissary of the Batavian republic, if any there be at such place, that the vessel and goods mentioned in the bond of security be actually arrived there, and entered according to the customs of the country: and that in no case any declarations made by private persons or merchants before any board of magistracy, or judicature, judge, public officer, or notary, or before whomsoever such instruments are usually passed, will be admitted, if the' said instruments do not at the same time contain the affirmation of the said qualified board or person, in default of other proofs.ART. XVI: That no vessels, whatever, either in ballast, or whollyorspartly laden, shall be at liberty ir harbours or opening public, withuot

a permit of the commissary of the customs, to whose district the place of the departure or expedition belongs; which permit is to be exhibited, and countersigned at the outermost office of the customs, together with the documents in the 84th and 85th articles of the general placart on levying the customs enacted by their high mightinesses the 31st July, 1725, but not delivered up. ART. XVII. That no master or passenger; or any of the crew, shall be permitted to take charge of, or carry along with them, any letter or letters, parcels, or any thing else, destined for any place or port situated in Great Bri tain, either to deliver such, themselves, at such place or port, or to deliver the same to fishing vessels or other vessels, on pain of one year's imprisonmeat in one or other house of correction in this republic, over and above a penalty of one thousand guilders, fo be forfeited by the master, when such is committed by him, or takes place with his knowledge; for which the vessel shall be answerable and actionable; the masters and mates being also obliged to make declaration on this point, with the declaration prescribed by the 97th article of the general placart of 31st July, 1725-AxT. XVIII. That particularly with alteration and amplification of the 64th article of the general placart of the 31st of July 1725, it shall not only be unlawful for any person to ship or to land any goods on any of the strands or other points of land, where no officers of the customs are stationed, but, moreover, no ship of vessel coming from sea shall be suffered to arrive there, except in real distress (which must be proved afterwards), neither to take her departure from thence, without a permit of the commissary of the customs. That by. offices of the customs shall be here understood offices of payment and no others: and lastly, that for the better attaining cur nianifested will and intention, it is hereby reserved to withdraw and remove such offices to other places, and to determine through which of such offices it shall be exclusively lawful to export the articles mentioned in the 13th article, both by water and by land, such as will be judged needful and expedient, in the same manner as this is enacted respecting the importation in Art, XI. and under the penalties therein mentioned. ART. XIX. Also, that a boundary shall be drawn and determined along the whole extent of this republic on the landside, beyond which no magazines, depots or storehouses; of any wares, merchandizes, manufactures, or whatever it may be, shall be suffered to be kept, continued, or established, under whatever name or pretext it should be; but,

the mean time, acknowledge the inviolabi lity of my person, and defend the rights of the legation against any attack. I hope to find here that protection which is due to the Austrian and German nation, and I expect that the Austrian Consulate for Commercial Affairs will remain on the footing on which it at present exists, agreeably to the laws of nations.(Signed)Giusti.

Answer of the Senator Roggieri to the above Note. Dated Genoa, June 5, 1805.

I have laid the note of your Excellency of the 2d instant, before the Chief Magistrate, and I have the pleasure to assure your Excellency, that the official respect which is due to your Excellency, according to the Jaw of nations, and agreeably to the sentiments of esteem which the Ligurian government entertains for his Imperial Majesty, will be carefully observed, both with regard to the person of your Excellency, and towards the whole Legation of his Majesty the Emperor of Germany and Austria.

FOREIGN OFFICIAL PAPERS. WAR IN WEST INDIES. An Account of the Proceedings of the French and Spanish Fleets in the West Indies, published at Paris, July 13, 1805.— Report of Lieutenant Clanet, dispatched from Martinique with the Brig Lynx, arrived at France on the 6th of July.

On the 14th of May the squadron of his Majesty, under the command of Admiral Villeneuve, reinforced by two ships and a frigate, anchored before Fort au Prince, at Martinique. It had suffered no damage, and the crews were in the best state of health. At the moment of my departure, which was on May 28, the squadron had taken in provisions and water, and only waited the return of Admiral Gravina, whose destination was not known, to put again to sea. The English squadron, under the command of Admiral Cochrane, had not been seen at the Windward Islands for twenty days it was supposed to have returned to Europe. On the 27th of May, the Diamond Rock had been attacked and taken. It was reported that the inhabitants of Trinidad had taken refuge in the interior of the island, and that the colony offered no resistance to a division which should present itself. To the west of the Azores, I met with an American ship, which assured me, that the Spanish division, which had left Admiral Villeneuve, had landed 2,000 men at Trinidad, who had made themselves masters of the island. the accounts received: from St. Domingo confirm the intelligence, that the negroes in

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MONSEIGNEUR, Your excellency having been informed of my leaving the road of Toulon on the 9th of Germinal last, I' have to give you an account of the circumstances of my voyage, as well in the Mediterranean as in the Ocean, of my appearance before Cadiz, of the junction of the ship L'Aigle, and the squadron of his Catholic Majesty under the command of Admiral Gravina; in fine, of my arrival in this road. Having wished to take advantage of the first favourable breeze to effect my departure from Toulon, I was able to make very little way during the first fortnight, the wind not having continued long, instead of increasing, as it at first seemed likely to do; I was still in sight of the coast of Provence on the next day, and I perceived in the N.E. two English frigates, which watched me the whole day without changing course. In the morning a Ragusan vessel passing within hail of the squadron, I caused her to be visited, and, on inquiring, learned that five days before she had seen the English squadron to the south of Sardinia. The last ac counts which I had received at Toulon informed me that the enemy was cruising in force off Barcelona, and I in consequence had resolved to shape iny course to the eastward of the Barcelona Isles; but the intelligence I received from the Ragusan vessel induced me to change my determination and pass to the westward of those islands, keeping as close as possible to the coast of Spain.

-On the 7th of April, I found myself in a dead calm, before Carthagena. As I saw some ships which appeared ready for sea, I sent off a boat to obtain intelligence, and to offer my services, and the protection of the squadron to such ships of his Catholic Majesty as were willing to join it. The commander of this squadron informed me, that in the general plan of operations agreed on between the two, courts, it had another destination, and made part of a fleet different from that under my command. The same

English Islands, martial law has been every where proclaimed. The reports circulated here lead us to believe that Trinidad is defenceless, and that it is already evacuated, I have not, however, any positive news, and I wait the return of several vessels which I have sent on cruises or expeditions.

PAPAL ALLOCUTION.Allocution of His Holiness the Pope, delivered in the Select Consistory, held at Rome, the 26th of June, 1805. Published in Latin, in the French Official Paper, the Moniteur, of the 8th of July, 1805.. (For the Allocution delivered by His Holiness previously to his Departure from Rome on his Journey to France, see vol. 6. p. 892.)

Reverend Brethren :- Since the first moment of our return from France to this city, we have ardently desired, Reverend Brethren, to assemble you in Consistorial Council, in order that we may make known to you our true design and object in making that journey, for the purpose of decorating our most dear Son in Christ, Napoleon, with the ensigns of imperial dignity, and to communicate to you, without delay, the salutary consequences, which, by the blessing of God, have resulted to us from that journey. Nevertheless, we are not yet fully able to gratify those our anxious wishes, because various matters relative to the churches, especting which we had made propositions, have not yet been settled, nor have the examinations of the Bishops, on whom those churches ought to be conferred, been yet completed. We, however, congratulate ourselves in being able to communicate with you this day so near the solemn festivals of the Holy Apostles, Pe er and Paul, in order that, after having described the benefits we have experienced chiefly by their holy assistance, we may proceed to celebrate the memory of those glorious martyrs, with a piety the more ardent, and with souls overflowing with gratitude.The 2d day of Nov. last year, we departed from Rome. You will remember, on that occasion. the fervent wishes expressed by the Roman people for our welfare; and the numbers, who, inspired by a holy affection for our person, accompanied us many miles on our route. These excited in our breast the liveliest emotions of paternal love, and were considered by us an auspicious omen, for the success of our journey-On the frontiers of Etruria, and more particularly on our arrival at Florence, we are unable to express the satisfaction we then felt, on beholding such a concourse, such myriads of people, who came to venerate, in an humble person, the

successor of St. Peter, and the Vicar of Christ on earth. Among the foremost to shew us marks of veneration, was dur daughter in Christ, Maria Louisa, Queen of Etruria, who not only, in the most solemn manner, manifested her pious affection for us, but entreated us to take the opportunity of conferring the sacrament of confirmation on her dear son, Louis, King of Etruria. This sacred ceremony was.solemnised with appropriate magnificence, and we had to admire on the occasion, in common with all present, the becoming piety of the mother and the son. In continuing our progress through Italy, we received the inost consoling proofs of a general veneration for our sacred functions, as well as attachment to our person, particularly at Modena, at Reggio, at Parma, at Placentia, at Tortona, at Alexandria, on our approach to Turin, our Reverend Brother, his Eminence the Cardinal Cambaceres, and our dear Son Salmatoris, advanced to receive us, and, in the name of the Emperor of the French, to wish us a happy arrival in France, and to express the Emperor's wishes for our presence in his dominions. In effect we were then in France, and the people of that illustrious nation rejoiced at our arrival among them, gave the most striking manifestations of their piety and their religion, not only in their professions, but in every mark of their respect and affection. In every part of the empire through which we passed, the Prefects of the provinces, and all those invested with civil or military authority, delivered the most affectionate and respectful addresses, as well towards our person, as to the concerns of the Holy See. At Lyons, we were received by our Rev. Brother, his Eminence Cardinal Fesch, the Archbishop of that province, with a magnificence the most generous, with the most affectionate hospitality, and with an anxious solicitude for every thing attached to us, in a way beyond our powers to express. The concourse of excellent and pious-inhabitants of that town was so great, when we celebrated the holy mysteries, that the immense area of the metropolitan church could not contain them. How great then must have been our holy raptures! With what fervent adoration did we express our gratitude to the Father of Mercies, for working so wonderful, so blessed a change! We were inspired with the most lively gratitude also, to the most potent Emperor of the French, to whom that happy people owe the restoration of the true religion, the public exercise of which has been established under the Concordat, which has passed between us.