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i" •» g 5 ;»s b.*en phased to cau^e it If'
h- s • d, by the most r.oble the Marquis
' ( ' < \ . bi« M-testy's w-?ncipal S cirv.
r Stall for foreign /.flairs, to the Min
j-t'o-s f»f friendly ?•; * *1 wutnd Power*, n si
d.’ig a* this Omit, • i.\ • "Veessary meas
ures have l» eu (..h it hv his -VL.:v’^ c» m
Ynatul,tor th»* bbw.kade of the port of F.lsr.t
<i r, lit* i that fn.ui this time ali the meas
tii. s a uhot’ztV; by the Laws ot Nations, anil
t‘.»- res| "o;*ve TThirties between his Msjes
* .. .t «i,P n fter.-nt ncntt.il Powers, will be
idop’ed and executed with respect to all
w-. « * wbi> U may attempt to violate the
Su ill blockade.
Fr= neb piners *o the 57ih uU announce
the urriv-il of the Emperor and H»r,press at
Lisle on tire 32d. It was their intern ion to
j roeee l to lb ml gnr, at which pl.ee they
were expected on the 34th. They were
expected to return to Puri s about the 30th
i,f May.
Ferdinand's Con; t is pretty well kept. He
begins tbe dv\ with hearing m.ics ; he then
breakfasts, then hears mass fig .in ; then
i*des out, and returns to dinner ; there is
a mrteUTnesa third mass. There arc* some
times concerts. Billiards, and other similar
fgimes, serve to fill up the vacancies of a life
which tie complains is very tiresome, and
by no means suitable to him. (Jbarles IV •
less recovered perfectly from his late indis
position. He amuses himself in the vicinity
..f Marseilles with his former pursuits of
ft ,hing, shooting, kc. His Queen Maria
Louisa; his daughter, the late Queen of
I .truria, her son, and the Prince of Peace,
live with him The pensions guaranteed to j
T’lem by the Treaty of Bayonne, arc very ir
regularly paid ; and they sutler much incon
venience in consequence.
The hoard of tr »de has granted some in
dulgences in regard to certain ports of Spain
under French administration. In the range
of harbours from Dijon to St. Sebastian, it
is allowed that neutral ships, laden with
SDanish produce, may take their departure
without moLstation.
I.CNDON, MAY 28.
Dutch papers were yesterday received
to the 21*t inst. and letters from Flanders
one day earlier. The la’.e severity of Bon
aparte in his commercial regulations, had
produced a corresponding disposition among
t-is Dutch agents, and several vessels which
vere before detained, under \arious pre
lences, bad, in consequence, been con
demned in the ports of Holland.
may 29.
Letters from Holland of May 15, men
tions, that the whple of the AMEKiCAN
PROPERTY which had been detained,
and which amounted to more than TWO j
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, was to be'
sold on the 15.fi of next month, under the ;
de:rce lately published at Paris. In the ’
same communication it is mentioned, that
the like proceeding is adopted in all the
ports of Flanders and Holland. Another (
letter fr«>m Schowen, of the 17th inst. ob
serves, that many ship* in that harbour
were, in consequence, put under sequestra
Hon.
m ay 50.
Letters fron Orenburg and Heligoland,
fate, that ten American ships hud been
raptured by the Danish privateers, and had
Leen condemn* d by the Court of Adm.r^l- ^
t\ at Copenhagen.
may 31.
Ad\ices free* Trieste, of the 20>h ult.
fate that the ‘1 inks commenced hostilities j
by the attack of the Fort of Kartaincza,
J .»m whence they were repulred by the (
French and Croats,
Jt'KC 1.
It is rumoured that the daughter of Lucian
ll.uiapitte ik to be elevated to the rank of
Princess, and to be married to a fore ign |
King, supposed to be beidiuand ui Spam. ,
Juke 2. j
7.x tract of a private letter frum France.
«« Ronaparte is so given to passion, that at
tVines i,e appears mail, ar.d there is no doubt
coat he will at last turn really mad. In his
* I ,te journey to Antwerp, he committed
Limstif in such a way, thal a statute ofluna
ry would hi. vc be*n taken cat tgainat any
o'.her person. When the cfapuisiiin of
r .mnie-ce andManofactares was introduced
|,u iibiv.c .i vw7. in the c ia sest way, called
them “ Fools, they did not know w! at com
merce wa*, that they had deceived him with
i: eir promises, butio punish them he would
build a town on tlie other side of the river,
riant 6<KJ0 Dutch farmin'*, ar.d give it such
privileges, as would ci.i:s" it to become more
famous than ’i vie ai d Garbage ” He slop
ped the Archbishop of Mechlin, who went
comphruen* him at the head of the Cler
gy, ami * Vaitf^o him, in a great passion,
H9w durvl lie appear before him with
sach false language—that he knew their
licaHs, »bd that they refused to pray for his
rv image with Louisa—that if they had their
de-erts, they ought to have a st.me tied to
their nocks, and be thrown into the Scheldt
_bin it it were done, they were must b.:ej
a, to think di**) died martys.” The above,
however strange, may be relied on.
“ A’itc situation of H hand is most lamcn
tahlc—I set nothing but bankruptcy.
Tar Lmperor scarceiy ever takes the
advice or opinion of his minister*—Like
Mahomet, he consider* every thing that
comes into his head as inspiration. 1 He
fa ng of Holland he has used in a barbarous
m .nnor, and would have sent h.m to prison
lta«l nut his inn her inter feted. T e Jbin
i>res» J i>c|donc,is said to bt g.catly in debt;
and she w ill soon, 1 h*\e uo doubt, be forc
ed to resign the title ot Linpress ”
Young Betty, the boy actor, that so
long convulsed the metropolis with his
thrcfttrjeid deceptions, has declined tak
ing c.i.ts, a*> he fust intended, and
purchased a pair of colors in a march
i;.> regiitiviu. H* took no degree r.t
Cambridge, where, indeed, he discov
ered neither i..jit or disposition on
which to found a h >pc that he might
Uc~o:pe a scholar.
j\j ' i i >*Ucil 1 ivS* fail '/•
| Scx Ficich Htcrce. — 1 f the American
i >eo’ ’ * are not entirely lost to nil sense of
t ree!...gs, t!ic*r indignation will he roused at
ending tlib following extract from Nanole.
'H*s late decree. This decree was i sued
no ltm» ago as the k'3d of March last, ami
lasheer acted on ere r since, though it was
not published, as lar as we can learn, until
the beguung ol May. Ifow it found its
way to this country, we a e not informed,
but wc suspect some I ml j lay in the busi
ness. We are apt to ti.u k our government
; received a copy of the decree by the John
Adams ; but did not think fit to publish it
at that time, for fear the indignation of the
people a ainst France would be such that it
could no: be restrained. If our government
received a copy of this outrageous or
'd*r, Duane had a copy likewise. Indeed,
from many observations in the Aurora, we
think there is very little doubt that Duane
received the substance of the decree, if not
a full copy, by the John Adams. But per
htps with his imperial master's instructions
not to publish it. for fear it might prevent
the sailing of American property to ports
under his controu).
I To state the injustice and inhumanity of
the decree is useless. Nothing better is to
be expected from the government of Napo
leon.—All that astonishes us is, that our
government can bear such outrages with
such stoic indifference. Had Great Britain
done one half what has been done by I- ranee,
the country would be under arms-*-war
would be inevitable---and more, it would be
just and proper.— Newyurk Herald.
From *he Bulletin des Lois.
RAMBOUILLET, 23d MARCH 1810.
Taking into consideration that the govern
ment of the U. States has by an act of the
1st March 1809, ordered, 1. That from
the 20th, May next ensuing, vessels arri
ving in the United States, under the French
flag, shall be seized and confiscated, togeth
er with their cargoes. 2 That from the
same period, no merchandize, nor produc
tion of the soil or manufactures of France
or her colonies, can be imported into the
ports of the United States from anv foreign
port whatsoever, under pain of seizure, con
fiscation and penalty of three times the val
ue of the goods.—3. That it shall not be
lawful, for any American vessels to proceed
for any ports in France, her colonies or de
pendencies—We decree as follows—
“ All vessels sailing under the American
flag, and owned in whole or part, by any
citizen or subject of that power, that, reck
oning from the tw ntieth of May 1809, may
have already entered or that shall subse
quently enter the ports of France, her co
lonies, or the territories occupied by the
French armies ; shall be seized and sold,
and the produce of the last shall be deposi
ted in the Caisse D'Amortisation. From
this provision are alor.e excepted such ves
sels as may be charged with despatches,
or commissions from the government of the
United States, and have no lading or mer
chandize on board.”
IBg ttje
It appears now by pretty conclusive evi
dence, that the late confiscation of Ameri
can property, in Europe by order of his Im
perial and Royal Majesty of Corsica, have
gone to enrich h»s own private purse,
and not for the good of our quondam sister,
the French Republic. His Majesty has
some excuse for levy ing this tribute upon us,
at the present time. He has lately been
obliged to incur very considerable expense
of a private nature, in getting rid of an old
wife, and in obtaining anew one. Two
such wiles are enough to break any man
especially one who began life w ithout cap
ital, and had his own fortune to make.
Whether the American cash has gone to
sooth the feelings of the love eroded Jjseph
ine, or to buy housediold stuff for Maria
Louisa, is of no great moment. As Bo
naparte is the prince of ** Republicans,”
and we are “ all Republicans,** whatever
stealing takes place between as, it is all in
the family. If this consideration does not
reconcile Lieut. Gov. Gray of Massachu
setts, and Gen. Sam Smith of Maryland, to
Bonaparte's Decrees, as far as they may
oe concerne , we know not what will.
[Cc» Mirror.
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Frs/m the savie
Thomas Jefferson found it convenient to
render this country “ an arylumfar oppressed
humanity,”—which, in plain English,
| means a receptacle for culprits, who by the
| laws of Great*Britain, ought to be in Bota
j ny Bay, but who have had the good luck to
escape to our shores. Not only so, but
when he had them safe landed, he found it
Mitill more convenient for his own purpose,
to u»e them as his tools—-that is, to edit
newspapers tn his service. No wonder that
such fellows grow to he Colonels--and
when Colonels, that they become inipu*
j dent, and treat their patrons with inso
i lence.
i As a specimen offoreign manners we give
! a passage from the Aurora of July 4th, tle
anniversary of Independence ! ' f “ Biiga
; dier Ger.eral“ Duane resolved not to be out
: done in this game by any of his rivals, and
as if jealous ofhis reputation, comes out in
language at least as bad as th it of his neigh
bour Irvine, and attacks the majority in
j Congress over the head and shoulders, with
I little ceremony, as if they were a parcel
t it bog-trotters, contending over a dish of
| potatoes and whiskey We hope the New
j ^ * •
E ;gl in 1 Democrats, who have the honour
j if a seat in Congress, especially the most
| distinguished among them, viz such as
: vlessers. Vamum, Seaver, Cutis, Cook,
• ‘’od B icon, will get hold of this compliment
to Hmr under,Landings, and virtue, and de
1
] rrmin llum«elvft v mu a I.t’le rcoie
! strictly accord v.cr v> t.u J i<h staiuUua cl
I political integrity and patriotism.
• 4 h< s? who ’t i *i.*r a lejiesl of ti e
embargo, we re ’ 1,4 it, are account able fin
all our troubles, mil are totally unworthy
of public confidence in any season ot gicat
exigency.*—WTe shall indeed be told that
some of them erred honestly; but it mat
ters not what may be their moral qualities
or their integrity ; " curse upon them
they’ve undone the country”—-their virtues
they should display at lv>me, where their
malign imbecility cannot unhinge a nation ;
and men uniting virtue lit. lor tunes of dan
ger, with intelligence and constancy of
mind, should be sent to replace them. 11
this be not done, the government must
meet a shock, requiring stronger nerves
and more fortitude to redeem it from de
struct ion.
“ Local influence, the eagerness fur pet
tv offices, the jealousies which* vice and
vicious ignorance always entertain against
men w ho are not supple enough to be syco
phants, and who, conscious ot their integri
ty, will not descend to the vile intrigues
which operate in popular elections ; these
things should be considered in time ; men
of worth and independence should not aban
don their duty to their country and them
selves, by leaving to those who are. actuated
by unworthy view's, the first selections,
and the general choice of candidates. The
great mass of the people, too seldom look
beyond the ticket that is prepared for them,
and never consider hoi» or by mhoni the tick
et w'as prepared.
“ We see motley iribes, like xiandeting
A/ubs, traveling from grog shop to grog
shop and there making out of their spoutings,
, what they call public opinion ; we see the
very stlpendaries who have thus crept
into office, through the kennels of de
basement and fraud, going forth in tribes,
with the view of securing the places they
had acquired by corruption, putting in nom
ination men like themselves, who from sym
pathy they suppose will assure them a con
tinuance ; and bartering in this way their
trust, their oaths, and the rights <fthe na
tion ; nothing but a complete change in
Congress, and the substitution of better
men, can rescue us from the ignominy and
danger of our situation.”
Reign of terror.—Duane is scolding
and fretting about the administration of
his friend Simon Snyder, he says :—
“ The public attention has been
much engaged by the shocking abuse
of the salutary power vested in the ex
ecutive, to remit penalties and pardon
upon good cause, persons convicted of
certain crimes.
“ The abuse of this power has been
carried to an access that calls aloud up
on the people to interfere. The laws,
executed in mercy, are the only sale
guards and securities of life and pro
perty.
u The profligacy of the characters
which have been selected by governor
Snyder for his counsellors and advisers,
is the source of this increasing and a
hrming evil. And the readiness with
which he is forced to bend to their re
commendations , threatens pi ivate secu
rity, and the subversion of morals in
society.”
He then goes on and states several
instances where thieves, who had been
convicted by the laws had been pardon
ed and let loose on society, because
they were supporters of Governor
Snyder. He then concludes thus :
“ Such is the state of the laws, and 1
such is the security of property under
the administration of Simon Snyder.
“ Personal security is not greater—
a gang of ruffians has been organized
in the northern liberties under the de
nomination of the—“ Friends of De
mocracy and Simon Snyder,” they have
already fallen upon two peaceful citi
zens, for no other cause than that they
were supposed not to be favourable to
the present executive.
“The life of one of the young men
whom they have waylaid is said to be
despaired of.—
Mr. Duane seems to have forgotten
that this is true democracy—that he
assisted in placing Simon Snyder in
the chair of state—that honest Simon
is only acting in character—that the
whole business of democratic rulers is
to obtain and retain votes, and that in
: this country the vote of a thief is as
' g‘>od as that of an honest man. Colon
el ! you surely censure your friend
without cause /-Would you have
a man turn federalist as soon as he
gets into power, and act like an honest
magistrate ?—or would you have him,
like Simon, continue a democrat, and
act in character—like a deceitful and
selfish r-1 ?—A*. V. Herald.
St. Domingo Chiefs.
\ The characters of Petion and Chtis
tophe iorm a perfect contrast. Petion
is just, generous, and humane ; Chris
tophe is rapacious and cruel,—Petion
duly respects neutral flags fiiendlyto
commerce, and gives it every aid.
Christophe is a pirate, and as such
should be treated, 1 he depredations
which the latter has committed upon
our commerce in consequence of the
detention at Baltimore of the two ar
med vessels, were commenced about
four weeks ago. These will probably
1 e continued by the usurper, who has
obtained the recession ic bis n.ivJ IV*u.v
of a frigate which was recently sent t<
the Cope Ly an English merchant, up
on speculation, which it is concluded
Christophe has purchased. This it if
l feared, will give him a superiority ovei
Petion, and if unresisted and unpunish
ed by us, enable him to continue his ra
vages on our commerce in the passage
from the Mole.
Gen. Wade Hampton is at the
Springs in North Carolina, and intends
shortly to proceed on a tour to visit the
seveial military posts in the Southern
States. The report of his resigning
the command oi the army is not
true.
Certain sapient toast-makers have
proclaimed that Armstrong’s sharfi
note of »he 10th March, made Napolf.
on tremble. What effect it really had j
on the nerves of this “ prodigy of hu
man nature,” they may gather from
the fact, that three days after the date
ofthat*Aar/i letter, his sharper Ram-\
boullett decree was issued I The days
of the ivise men of Gotham are return
ed By the above decree Aap ole on has
ordered the proceeds oi the American
property condemned and sold: to be ap
propriated to the carsse d'amortiza
tionthe “ Sinking Fund” of France. j
This is in his style—It will there be
sunk so low as never to rise again to its
American owners.
Further of Mungo Park. |
On Sunday the lfth June, the Spanish
brig Bolador, Pedro Pailot, matter, on a
voyage from the river Gambia U. Pcnsacwla,
with slaves, put ititq Nassau, N. P. for water
and provisions, having been 52 da>s out.
3y this vessel we have the pleasure to .
learu, that hopes are revived of Mongo !
Park’s being yet alive. An African bad ar
rived at Senegal from the inter.our, with in
telligence that this celebrated traveller was
then in die Bambara Nation, a close
prisoner ; and this account was so far cre
dited as to induce Maj. Maxwell, the Com
mandant, tohtout a vessel at Goree (schr.
George, Credit, master) to take the African
informant up the Gambia, with promises of
due reward, should he be able to bring back
a letter or other token from the prisoner, to
establish the fact. The schr. had returned
before the Bolador sailed, after having lan
ded the African a considerable distance up
the river.
“ Napoleon is our King.’*
We are not for one moment duped
into the belief that our Administration
would take strong measures against
France. Certainly there is very little
system in the management ofour gov
ernment, but so far as the Executive
has any system, it is evidently a part
of k to submit to whatever 44 our
King” shall do or dictate. All the
flippancy and flummery arising out of
Mr. Secretary Smith’s letter to Mr.
Armstrong, and the consequent ques
tion of the latter to the Duke of Cajole,
on the subject of blockades, was merely
meant to prepare the way for an apolo
gy for what it was known would be
the conduct of France. The old non
sense of Biitain being the first and
great aggressor although officially
coufuted by even Jefferson’s own vol
ume of documents which contains the
44 edicts” of foreign powers,44 violating
the commerce of the United States,”
still continues to deceive the people.
It is known to us that at the commence
ment of theMay session of Congress in
the last year, the Cabinet had made up
its mind that Bonaparte would inflexi
bly persevere in his base and barbarous
system. It is of course now evident
that our Executive had even then de
termined to submit to it. Government
is afraid of war, but if there must be
war, they are determined it shall be
with England, whatever may be the
conduct of France.—F. Journal.
Due la Cadore, our Rulers and the Palsy.
The public have now been some
weeks on tiptoe to gain a peep at the
dignified resentment which it was ho
ped our government would display in
return for N’Apollyon’s infamous let
ter to our minister, through his Duke
of Cajole.—The reader must hear
in mind (for he cannot forget it if he
would) that the tyrant politely informs.
Mr. Armstrong that the American go
vernment is without energy, without
honor, and without character, and the
nation have not equal spirit with the
colony of Jamaica. The compliment,
it is true, appeared somewhat rank, and
many honest folks were credulous e
nough to suppose that Our Rulers
would take it fairly by the horns, and
declare it to be, at least, “ an insult by
implication ” No such thing. The
proud attitude of an honorable man was
never maintained by the obsequious tool
of a despot. The only symtom of either
resistance or displeasure, w hich shews
the least official tincture, are some puny
paragraphs that have dragged their
slow length through the governmental
gazette. But lest those should weaken
the Corsican’s declaration that our go
vernment is without character, they
were immediately followed, in the same
print, by a very labored effort to shew
that Great Britain was the original ag
' grtssor on neutral lights; and erg<^
SPortlaitb,
Monday, July 23, isia
LATEST EROAT PORTUGAL.
Arrived at this port on Saturday las!,
ship Herschel, Capt. Joh* L Lkwis,
in 40 days from Lisbon. V\ htn Caj;
L. left Lisbon the situation of tlie Por
tuguese, English and French forces
were as follows
The head-quarters of Sir Arthur
Wellesley on the 10th June, \ias at
Serolicoj in the vicinity of Almeida ; |)j*
force (wholly British) consisted cf
16.000 men.
A division of 1000 English and 6000
Portuguese, are posted at Gavido, (ur.
the south side of the Tagus) opposite
to JbranleSi commanded by Mai. Gen.
Hill.
Gen. Be res ford’s head q»*r •• »s
at Vizeu, [in the pro < - ^c/ujhis
force, all Po e ; ^e, consisted of
24.000 foot. .i«J 40,000 horse, Regu
lars, and about 16,000 niiFri?.
The T rent and combined armies n
the 1 Oth June, were about 6 leagues dis
tance from each other, separated by
rivers and mountains.
The head quarters of Massena, three
leagues distant from Cinda Rodrigo^ the
whole f rench ai.ny now on the fron.
tiers of Portugal, is said to consist of
between 70 and 80,000.
Masstna General in Chief. The
other generals are Loison, Junot, Ney,
Sr Regnier, the la’ter is before Badqji
with a division of the of the Grand Ar
my consisting of 12,000 men.
The day t e Herschel came to sea*
part of a convoy of British transports
[with troeps on board,] arrived, the re
mainder were hourly expected.
—-"*■* »"e • a"2> • *•<_ m- it _
The latest intelligence from England u
to June 2d, from Paris to May 27, a id from
Spam to May 29. In England all was qui
et—the conduct of Burdelt and his few ad
he rents was generally disapproved of—
This mob-raising patriot remained a peaca- tf
ble prisoner in the Tower, and fortunately,
there is not the least prospect lor the Jaco
bins of England to act over the horid scenes
of revolutionary Fiance, in London ; or th( -e
of this country to be gratified with readt.ig1
thu accounts of the plunder and murder ot
the English nobility, or king, at present.
Several resolutioos have been passed w
the House of Commons for reducing the ex*
penses in certain offices, and for preventing
innovations upon the constitution. An at
tempt has been made to murder the Duke
of Cumberland (one of the ki.ig’s sons.) by
a foreigner who was m the service ot ib'
prince.
On '.he 20th of May an Order of Conned
was issued for the blockade of the port p*
Elsinore.
Lord Granville and Mr. Windham, two
distinguished members of the opposition m
Parliament, were seriously indisjwseu.—
| These men have uniformly opposed the pol
icy of the British Orie.s in Council
Bonaparte was still journeying wiii^,!
new wife ; but it was expected he wou
return to Paris the 30th of May.
The French in Spam have not effeDe
any thing since they obtained possession
the fort of Matagorda ; nor have they asc j
been able to make it of use in the sciC»- '
Cadi? —It is reported a reinforcement (
7-5,000 men are to be sent into
assist in the final conquest ot tlut cuut u».
and Portugal. i
Massed* is rested with the chiei com^. • * ^
and is said to have pledged hunselt t< ■ n
the war by subjugating those counties- ^
Paris accounts mention that the 'a1*\
Turkey is decided upon Fiance,
and Austria have determined on the es
lion of the Turkish government an
partition of the country. Rus?u * { w
mv of 6J.OOO ready, and will march
JLays. The reason for this quarrel w
Tu lcs, is for not joining Bonspart* 1
atui-commtrcial pLn<.
i ib^h ii ii ■ m —n~
• i PriflC^
The late marriage of the Sp<r>^‘■/ . ^
Don Pedro (the only one of t.ic D f )f><
■ family, who have escaped the Lttg'' • ^
j apartc; with the i’iin«ts H^yal a! 1 -*. • t,
as Co!, ttuane wend r ,v ,
from France is no iTisiilt at all
This deduction is undoubtedly <Ui(»“
>ive. Still we cannot but .dmirt -[ u"
philosophy,or rather malady, \vhij f
has directed the destinies of this \
for ten years past.— Whenn’tr an »
suit, even by implication, come, in the
genteel whispers of a zephyr f*0tr 01
England, why then sure, all the teyr
humors of our rulers art in a fluste
their crest is erect, their wrath ir, V
blaze, arid Bi itish messengers of pear
are discarded with contempt. But[c"
insults St injuries of tenfold magnifier
be inflicted and repeated and multiply
and heaped upon us to infinity, hy the
monster w ho drives the chariot of
lation through the earth, and it i*, ajj
submitted to with patience, win]
composure, with the meekest resigns
tion. W e cannot htlp thinking our na
tional administration has long been, aid
still is, like a man in the palsy. Anaf.
front, whether great or small, if it come*
from an English finger, touches the ni
cest fibres and most irritable nerves, or
those exquisitely sensible gentry
whilst a Frenchman may bolt ti e whcjl
energy of his clenched list, into the ve
; y bowels of the nation ; and lo ! no
thing but a palsied mass, a shapeles<
ductility of listless matter, is pieser, <}
to wdcome the thrust —Con. herald