1790 
make any compromise. The sequestration 
of all the American vessels in France, was 
the necessary result of the measures taken by 
Congress. Soe 
_ At present the Congress treads back its 
steps. It revokes the act of the ist of March. 
The posts of America are open to French 
commerce, and France js no longer inter-_ 
dicted to the Americans. In short, the Con- 
gress engages to oppose such of the bellige- 
sent powers as: shall refuse to recognize the 
rights of neutrafs. In this new state of | 
things, I am autherized to declare to you, 
sir; chat the decrees of Berlin and Milan are 
revoked, and that, from the ist of-Novem- 
ber, they will cease to bein force, it being 
understood that in consequence of this decla- 
vation the English shall revoke their Orders 
in Counci!, and renounce the new principles 
of blockade which they have attempted to 
establish; or that the United States, con- 
formably to the act which you have just 
communicated, shall cause their rights to be 
€ » cted by the English. It is with the 
most particular satisfaction that I inform you 
of this resolution of the emperor. His Ma- 
jesty loyes the Americans. Their prospe- 
zity, and their commerce, enter into the views 
of his policy. The independence of America 
is one of the principal titles of the glory of 
France. Since that epoch the emperor has 
felt a pleasure in aggrandizing the United . 
States; and in all circumstances, whatever 
can contribute to the independence, the pros- 
perity, and the liberty of the Americans, 
will be regarded by the emperor as conform-~- 
able to the interests of his empire. : 
Letters from the English prisoners in France, 
gives a most distressing account of the cruel 
rreatment of those confined in the Castle of - 
Biche, 
HOLLAND. _ ; 
The city of Amsterdam has sent a deputa- 
tion to Paris, to present to his Imperial Ma- 
jesty the homage of its inhabitants. 
The ex-king of Holland has quitted the 
Westphalian territory, and proceeded to Top- 
litz, in Bohemia, where, it is said, he will re 
main during the bathing season. His eldes 
gon has been removed to Paris. ar 
‘Fhe dock yards of Antwerp and the Scheldt 
4ve abundantly supplied with ship-timber 
from the interior of Germany, vast quantities 
of which have been brought thither at an 
immense expense. 
ASIA. 
- Accounts have been received from the Bri- 
fish resident at Bussorah, communicating that 
a large body of troops had passed Suez ia their 
“progress to Medina, where they are intenced 
to be stationed for the protection of that place 
and neighbourhood, against the irruptions of 
the Wahabees. Another division, appointed 
to join the expediticn between Pied and Tima, 
“was intercepted and obliged to retreat. These 
" freebdoters have lately appointed some Tur- 
kist: ofacers who revelted from the Pacha of 
~ 
State of Public Affairs in August. 
Bagdat, to places of trust and command in 
their armies. They have likewise been join- 
ed by several French engineers from Persia. 
The last intelligence received respecting 
Meer Khan, stated that his force had been 
reduced by sickness 4nd want, and that the 
natives, owing to the cruelty end rapaciousness 
of his troops, had become hostile to him. 
SCUTH AMERICA. 
Intelligence is received of a spirit of indes 
pendance having manifested itself at Buenos 
Ayres, and that some pel:tical changes had, in 
consequence, takenplace. The Viceroy isout 
of power, and a new governmént is establish- 
ed, consisting of a Junta of :éven persons, of 
which Saavedra, the commander in chief of 
the tfoops, is president. The Juntadispatch- 
ed messengers to the large towns.in the inte- 
rior, in order to unite with them in determi- 
ning the basis of a new government. 
Oficial Document.—The provisional Junta of 
government of the provinces of Rio de la 
Plata, in the name of king Ferdinand the Se- 
venth, communicates the following order, re- 
specting the mode of conducting public busi- 
ness: 1. The Junta will meet daily in the 
Royal Fort, where the president will reside, 
and business.will be transa.ted from nine in: 
the morning till two in the evening, and from 
five till eight at night. 2. All the concerns of 
the Treasury will be conducted there in thé_ 
cfiices of the respective devartment. 3. The- 
department of Secreta y of. State is under the 
direction of Dr. D. Juan Jose Passo, and that 
of War under the direction of Dr, D. Mariano 
Moreno. 4. In the decrees on subjects relating 
to the capital, on inferior matters, and in cer- 
tain cases where great dispa ch is required, 
the signatures of the president, authenticated 
by his secvetary, will be sufficient. &. In mat-"— 
ters that are decided by the Junta, the presi- 
dent and ten members will form.a quorum, 
but in affairs of vhigh import to the | a 
ment, every member must concur in the méa- 
sure. 6.In statements and official papers, ad-- 
dressed to the whole Junta, the members are 
to be styled their Excellencies, but no such 
distinction is to be paid to the members indi- 
vidually. 7. The military are to pay the same 
honours to the Junta-as before to the Vice~ 
reys, and on other occasions they are to take 
the same rank. 8. The president is to receive’ 
the same compliments as is bestowed upon the 
Junta in a body, and on all occasions and cir- 
cumstances. 9. Mattersrelating to the disposal 
of places are to be Said before the Junta ag 
before to the Viceroys, without prejudice to 
the alterations necessary from the alteration 
of affairs in the Peninsula. 10. Each citizen . 
is allowed to send to each member, or the 
whole Junta, and to state what he thinks con- 
ducive to the cause of public happiness and 
security. 
D. Morrano Moreno, Secretary. 
” Buenos Ayres, May 28, 1810, 
An insurrection at Quito had been suppress 
ed; and the old government, to strike terror 
. into 
