Jenks's Portland gazette — Portland [Me.], 1801-10-26 00:00:00, page 2

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TRO.'st THE ESDI A GAZETTE,
C Lourri, march a, i Sot.
The fill of the Chinele Prime Minifter Ho
ten, lui long tAice been communicated to ouc
reidc.s. As a matter of curiofr'y, however.it
n ay not he unacceptable to be infoirmd of the
^irtumftances tbit led to, and attended his dif
• race and ultimate ruin, and tire t ran flat ion ot
a Chi >cie news paper, containing the articles of
aecufation againft the Minifter, publimed on the
h gheli amho ity, of whrch the following is a
copy. Ihs been kindly lurnithed us^ by a corre
spondent recently returned from China.
Summary of the crimes and ronGfcation of the proper
ly of the Gi It Minifter of State of Pekin.
On the 75th day of the firft moon, and 4th
*ear of the Emperor Kiaking, the Tribunal of
*,Fairs of war of the court of Pekin, lavs open,
by order of the Gr*at Emperor dated the 11th
«»f the ft ft moon of the faiJ vetr, the delinquen
cies of the Firft M nifterof State Ho sen, who
after hiving received from the delurnft Eiflper
or Kien Lo^g rewards and honors greater than j
ar.y other Vaiftl, rtifng him from the mc?n |
cUfs in which he was born to the high and hon
orable office of Chung tang or M'nifter, by his
©wo individual faults has rendered himfelt des
erving the greaej^md the moft exemplary pun
ifhnents. ^
The Emperor thus declares the principal
dimes of which this wicked vdfal has been
convicled, and dire<fts the m (1 rigorous exami
nation and an adequate puniiVnent.
Altho, fays the new Emperor, according to
to ihe cuftoni of the Empire, I ou^ht not dur
ing the the next three years following my lath
er's death, to alter any decifion ot his, in hon
or and tender regard to his ever to be revered
memory ; which in eneft is moft joft an I c>n
£um.ible with the will ol heaven.and fo i » truth
I ought to do, lines my d fu uft Father fsr his
great virtu-s and c >mp tfii »nate hsarc to*
wards h?s people, merits that i ih'Jilid uhftain
• ... • t r 1 /* 4*
t om ail innovation*, n r oniy ior me ipicc ci
three years, but even for ma"y rhoufinh and
for this rcafin I hive not rrtuoved any Mandi
tin cr officer ir 'tn the poH in which the deccaf
ed Emperor placed t!i m{ r.or fliall I ftil
henceforward to o er look any deleft or cm f
ilan not being an affiii ol we:ght or that h u
tVrions coi fccjumce, whkh I protect ani prom
ife before Heaven ani Eaith, Notwithllaod
ing all this the er mu and cxce1e\of ibu mtu
iiicr Ho-xen. arc fo fci ion * ar.dhoriii accord
ing to the heavy charge* brought againik him
by the great Mandolines, th-H it is not pofliblc
ior me. by any means whatever, to aft towards
him with ei her pity or indu!gence, and there,
fore without further Je ay, as (bun as I h id fln
iihed difyatching the neceflVy advices to the
Province!* of the Ernp rd of die death-of my fa
thtr, Iimm.dute':/ depriveJ tlie f*iJ Ho-xen,
of hi; office. anJ direfted hi' Arrefl, Summary
Trial, ani Indgmsav of which I give no'ice to
all nty
aancJ-rs or accusation.
i —My fatliei hating determined (o abdicate
the government in my favor cn the third day
of tbe ninth mo n of thr 6oth year of Lis re.gn,
Ho.xen came ;h.* preceding Jay. (2 l of laiJ
muon) f!> congratulate me on my cleft on, He
f.ire n.y fathrr hid y:t made it pubik, render
irg h mfelf iheieby guilty of the deeped t'ea h
'•ry. only becaufe he judged thit by fuch means,
he m ght giin rny g<x> j wdl and atfeftion.
2.—lathe 3-I moon of the hilk year Ho ten
being fumtioned by my father,to his cetntrv
hcuic deromi a;cd Yuen mingyetft, h | i the
bcldnefs to enter on horfe back even within th<*
left door of ihe halt called Ta king bring be
ha/ing’ikc a min who nek her acknowledged
niv Father or the k;ng.
3— Under the pre’ext of a comp'aint in one
of bn legs he continually cuofed himfclf to be
carr’ed put ani brought into the Imperial P»1
ace through the door Xen-u, withont emb4rr»ff
ment or any fear of thofc who f.w with ir dig
nation fuch reprehenfiMe audacity.
4— The virginj for the ue of the palace
who were at times lent to their father’s iioufe,
Ho xen, with his abfoltite p^wer, feized and
had then conduced without fhamc toh'S Iioufe,
to ferve as fecond Wives. w -
5. —Tire advices from Generals in all the
wars of late years, e ther mteiline or foreign,
Ho xen, retained mat y times in his own han is,
©rddfrnyeJ without commnnicating them to
the Em pet or, who of courfe could not direft the
nccefTry msafuies for the happy iffue of milita
ry expeditions, making himfclf in this manner
an accomplice in the failure of innumerable
combats.
6. — Ho xen being Int^ndant General of
three great Tribunals of the Court, to wit, that
of the Mtndaiins, of ciimes and of the Imper
ial Exchequer: arrogating to himfclf the whole
authority, did not permic the members to aS as
reafm and juftice required.
7. —It is an abfoktte certainty that this Ho
xen concealed and even tore wholly or in part
the decrees of the deceafed Emperor, when
they were not made accOrdr g to his with, and
lubricated fippontious ones to which, taking
advantage of the weaknefs and infutficiency of
my old lather, be obtaine J his fignature.
8 —At the place, Sm hoa, there bein^ a
bind Of v;»gabo*Ji$ of more thm a ih<*u!and,
who attacked 1 lie blocks of Ihecp of a farmer,
th y fobbed him feveral times and killed two
fhepherds* Ilo-xen did nr-t conlent that io hor
rid a fact fiiould be communicated to the Em
ptror.on the contrary dellroyed the libel, only
U-cauie two lhbjeds patronized by him and
His creaturs, were Mandarines of that dill ift.
9.—ImmeJirfte’y on thedeccafe of my fath
er having detei mined that ail the regulars and
*nd granJees of fartary, fcndatories of the Em
pire flrould he fummoned to Pekin, to perform
he (une»al hoq«»* and cuftorbary libations due
to ihe body of the defunct Ernpror, and «•
ceding from this Journey thof: who had not
yet had ihe fm di pox. This evidently (hows
hi* great pride and extenfive views.
io_The Mandarines U Sing Lang, Li
Hung and Li kuang ling, foley became they had
been teaching in the hoafe of Ho-xen, were. |
without merit or examination feat to polls oi
Mandarines ol weight.
it —The great Mandarin of the Tribunal of
Do&ois (learned men) by name Su ling gn be
ing deaf of boih ears, and unable to peifirrn
the duties of his ftation on account of his de
crepi i age—Ho-xen did not inform ihe Emper
or of his inability, that the poft might be con
ferred on an able perfon, and thi> becaufe he
fsme Su-iing go was father in law of his youig
er brother.
12— The foperior officers of ihe lecretary’s
office of ft ate were all appointed at the will of
Ho-xen. He plated them at pieafu c ading
in this inftance vviih an unnatural arroganc .
13— And now fince Ho x-m has been under
a flue of confifcation it is obfe ved that he l ad
in his pa'ace many apartments built of wood
called Nammu, a material defined lclcly fo:
the royal habita'i ns ; and m> re than this lie
i conftiwffed new apaitmenrs and ga-dms ex
actly in imitation of the coun'ry houfe of the
Emperor, *n i in the fame ftyle and art hitetfuie.
It is.not e ify to conceive whatw'e.e his views
and idea in f«> doing.
14 —In the fe:zure of Ho xen’s property,
which has t*ktn place, more than 100 firings
ofpe.irh Iiave been found, whofe number far
exceeds that which the Emperor pofTefled, and
among the innumerable jc'vc s which he ptf
| felled was found a ball oi coral of wonderful
magnitude anJ of incalculable value, oi which
fuet the Emperor himfelfh ’s noequ.il. Item
| fume dozens of precious ftones, red and tranf
parent, of w ich from hi-* ftition he could m ike
roufe. Be files thefe there were found a g eat
number of preci us ftot es of different kin1* of
high va’u^ and eftimation,and of qua’ity (lotne)
which have net been found »n ihe Imperial
Trcaluiy.
15- — 1 Me gold and silver eo>hkateJ m
x:n, though tie prolecuti n snot y„*i finiih^ \
amounts already to fome million', at lehl ter|l
a6.— 1 he uifoLbie ambition of this vie ;cd
fuhjeft was fo great as to urge h>m to the a i
lurdity of ventur ng on 'h? ltle of the M ndi
tina.es and public employ* of the Empire, of
which in truth iheieis no example in hiitory.
Oi all the above ar.icles Hu xe i was corvid
ei by the inicnogation pjt to him by theKcgulo
varg la j « and others appoin*ed io the profeeu.
lion, and plain’y confeffed that it was ail true.
This b id man. devoid of ccnfcienca and loft to
all fentimenis of humanuy abufed his unlimited
power, aftmg on all ucceii >ns contrary tojuflice
and reafon, and as if he had r.o fuper or who
w.** to t«Wc recount pr**ceed n^s, nnr laws
according to which he muht be judged and
punifhr J.
riil that is above rcla'e 1 i» not fiadly th *
wotftto be confij-r^d in this evil dtftgni g
man. His impovenlhing the Empire and the
Emperor to em ch himlelf a’one, this is the
lead ; what i more hart all to b? condemned
in lvm. ani which o verb raps the meafure of hi
ia-quitis, is his difluyahy and the perfidious
ingratitude with which he has conduced him
feif t* waids my dcceafed Father and Emperor,
from wh ;m he has received fu many impo*tar>t
ben-, fits, which he certainly would r.ot have ob
tjined, had there bten any pe fon wbo had nc
cufed hi-fi to my deccafei Father, laying open
.o n m :ns ir» q imcs, at ugnt oi wmcu inert is
n?licli without doubt which woi^ld h .ve bren
punched. Bur. this fi erce as well « f th fe
vaflaU about the court, a* of tholl in the intcri
or piovini.es is in pa:t excusable beeaufe it arof:
not only beciufe they feared to affliit my aged
and valetudinary Father, but alfo to arc id the
fatal cor.feduencis which they forelaw might
rcfult to them from the preeminent author if y
of the faid Ho xen whom they feared more
than the Emperor himfelf, of the truth of which
l am myfrlf on authentic teftimony. But row
that the wicked a&ions of this perfidious man
arriving at the h’ghcfl fummit have appeared
publick'y wi h‘ut difguile, and it is clearly
known their numbers exceed the hairs of hi'
head, nor can eloquence depiifl them as they
deferve,how lhail 1 appear to anfwer for it to the
Supreme being ol Heaven leaving unpunilhed
fo perverfe and abominable a man. How lhail
I be able to iiifle the remoife of my confcience
were I to make myfelf an accomplice in fo great
neglcifl of duty
1 therefore command that the Regulo and
Mandarines and great officers of my courrt of
Pekin examine attentively this caufc and ad
judge it ; and farther that they difpatch wi h
out lofs of time the moft firidl orders to the
Viceroys and Interdant General of all the pro.
vinces, that at fight of all the above mentioned
articles ot this accufation, they may p*fs fen
tence on the faid Ho xen, and further may
rn< ke the mofl exadl enquiries into his pall
errors and conduct, and give me information
of the whole with ihe greatefl expedition.
BOSTON, OCT. 21.
Peace between Portugal and France has been
concluded ; the terms of which, the latter is to
receive a heavy (urn of money ; which it is faid
is to be applied to the payment of the dividen Is
due to the public creditors- The garrifon of
Portugal are to be manned with French troops.
A nrm war has commenced in Indoflan ; and
the Myfbfe and Bombay aimlchave moved
agairt the Cottiote Raj ib. ‘ J^om appliances j
the conteft will not be of long'tlui at'nrt, and j
mull, fays the London Observer, ultimately
tend to the c*teofion of the Englifti^ empire in
India, now loo firmly eflUblifhed to^be feriouf
ly afFeited by the impotent^gneftvof paflion
which fo frequently agitate that hemi ph=re
TELEGRAPH
A line of Telegraphs, has been completed
from the Vineyard to Cohajfet. O t WedncfcJ «y
morning information of the arrival of the fh.p
Mercury at the Vineyard, from Sumatra was very
expeditioufly and cot redly communicated, paf*
fjr.g through eleven different telegraphs. The
line will foon be extended Lo Bnjion.
From a London pap:r — Afugujl r 8.
The secret short h and —Of this new and
lingular invention, the Moniteur exp'efEs ttfelt
in the following terms;—* Citizen Blance oi
fer» to ihe world a myfterious language, which
every perfon can learn, and ye; which each
learner can keep fecret to all but himfe f. It ;
appears, that of 400 fcholars, each taking the j
fame oral leffon bom the preceptor, each may
retire and wiitc ok)graphically to hie tather or
his friend, and th it n ne c f his fellow lludcrt*
can drcyplter out fj liable of that which (ball be
per fed l jr underftood by the perfon to whom it
is addrefTcd.”
The Society cf the Jtfuits, from wbofe febool
fo many of the moft celcbra cd name- in the re •
cords of litera'urc have fprung, and w o c max- i
ims had fo long f> powerful an influence on the
[ councils of Pn. ccs, are about to he re eftab i»h
ed in the »fl ,nd of Sardinit uuder their anc e t t
dtllgnanon. In this fpot they may find a j
temporary retreat from poverty and wre c'uJ
t:efs, but we have too high an opinion o' the j
know e *ge and refinement cf the p eftnt times :
to dread the general tftablifhnr nt of thi. b >. y
— 1 heir empire over mankind s we trail, frr
ever ifeftroyed, and lmall i ’dred rs, we believe,
the number of thofc who w fh he retain of *11
influence which, though proJn&ive ot p irti d
advantages, had a di-edt tendency to it*j■ »rc
the belt ri. h’.s of c ur iinuie
MoxL.tr, October 26, 13c 1.
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LATE FROM SEW YORK.
C pt. Samuel M*l.dlan, who came paffenzer
in the (hip Ei-fttoih. from Newyrrk, poHcly
favored u» with a Gazette of that city, of the
2o*h init. It appears by the rep rt ef the re
fid nt phyr-c;an. tr a the number of deaths fr<m
the ift to the rSth i*nt. of a m hg ant fever
anmu- led to 81—The physician* of Newyprk
are liable tn a fine of 50 tVlare if they do not
report the patients >he? rrt y have labming un.
dcr ary infectious d fc A':.
the Ml a !,» :«. «e hippy to
o! fierve that lie Fever u de:rcafng i \ us vio
lence at Norfolk : —
Kor/Ji. C.p her 12, x80I.
\Ve do certify. that the m ligna t ;elh‘W
fever which pteraileJ with viuitnce i>~r f* me
time pall, has now nearly c.afeJ an 1 tht' ti e
health *1 the town app.axs 1* !-e in proving
da ) v. We know of no i it .nee in which the
d.fcalc ha* bee * c< mmunirated nr < o n ■ i n.
SELDEN anJ WHITEHEAD,]
TAYLOR and HANSFORD.**
The figners of the ah <vc are rclpeitable phy
llcians in this town.
JOHN' COWTER,
London due* we e rcc ived .»? Nrwverk to '
*
Sep:. 4. by which it appears t at the neg>cia-j
tion between England and Fr hc? was then in :
a good train, and fcki fai» t » bri g ab out an ac- j
consmodatiou. It wai even men lotted^ that 1
• he ultimatum Of the Brit lb Cafeilet, on he
fltetch ol the pt<poled treaty, had been alrea >
dy forwarded to Paris.
The New York Convention for <***»! ainirtg
and amend ng certain pans vi ths Conltituion .
of that State ; aff.mbfed at Albany < n the 13th j
inft. and Aaron Burr Vice Prcfideot of thr Uni
ted States, was chofen Prclldent of the fame.
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the U.
S. frigate P!nhde!cbiat dated at Gibraltar, 1 $th
Augujl 1801.
“ Accounts have been received at this place,
that the Fremh and Spaniard* are pieparing to \
attack the Fort—heir force is laid to con fid of
40 veffels of war, 1200 gun boats, and 50,000
men. The troops ftationed he e are conftan Jy
employed in ftrengthening and enlarging the
fortification.
rw
“ The Spaniards are daily committing de
predations on cur commerce in thefe leas ; there
are at prtfent fix American veil'd* at Algeltras,
prizes to their gun bo its. The noted Lieiiten *
ant Malt y, who formerly cotnm inJed rhe U. S.
fchooner Experiment, is a prifoner there—he
wa* nia’e of a (h«p belonging to Philadelphia,
commanded by Capt. Flin, wh ch has been late
)y brought in. ^We eicpetf to lefe the Trip li.
tan admiral—out of 500 men he has only ibout
70 remaining. He ha* off red to fell ni* vtf- j
lels but can get nothing for them—they are
much in want of proviiions and now live on
about lour ounces of b'eaJ per day, and the
Governor has refufed to fupply him with any
more.
An EngTn^.rfter juft arrived from Barcelo
na anil Port Mahon.informs that the Trpolirans
were cruifing off thefe ports’; ore of their c. uif
ers was f en in chafe otF an Arneiican ibip, and
it is luppofej had taken her,'* *
* -iHf ** '
The w.l;, **
R.cu &,W,« , bat *h, *: .
been railed, as the natives 7 y
tional authority, by ibe pJIr t’ ,h,0,‘?Ji
is allowed ^ J** I
a ptwerfnl man named TofJnh 17 *^4
tics will have to be a MmV a ^ tl-';
Th;'-> f-pp^d bS::^cii
antiqu.ties to have been bni'
Evtiaciils —ttieng netted by the P t1 'I
val^fTheUs ^
nr to the time of the Scr,FtLf t r’
t v uSlt 'bis city has been absttdltrtf ;
were Handing r.ot a hundred %
Catro, on the contrary, has ever h«n n [“S
improvement under all v4 na^«®
theiefore there is no folid reaf^V.T
the Egyptian account of the great J!P?C?.^
its foundation is error.-'us.
4Aer an* m*y noC th; LV*def^ , •
whom we call the Pairurch hv th* • * ,e J';
loke ? The Mamelukes were lull **«*
fleves, brought up- in the hojfe
dnif:nmwh«m heir officeis of a
Generals of their armies *re alw^Vl4^
Phil'*,the 1 atrurcl) Jofeph, aud the \\lC ‘4
Jofcph rray be the fame pe>Gn-~Tk4^
cob, and Grancfun of Ifiac the fiehrew”^^
_.
The Engl'lb ft igate(jjjrce, abn,,^^
of ad mo th, capturedffghto*' nmef ;t , .
f ls 1 o :uj from the Weft Indies to the n .
Lh ration in South-Carolina. Several
we e in foundings,and one in 6ghtof ^4'
houfe. . t .\
His Excellency Ifaa: Tiefce-or, has br*
e’e ted Governor *, and His Honor Paul Bri
ham. Lieu. (. Governor, ofVe in nt A •
Ma in, E!q has born chofen Sp^ker <U
Hot.fe of AfltmMy. a^d Roftvel Hopkfet,&
Secretary cf S»ate. Much to th** )-,4r !
Veimont. American Pwcpu Tcanifm (Hi 4
dommaros in tliat State ; and Fre*4 RepubJi
canif.n appears to have gained no newc^!,4
An nn pump Ventilator. Jn^eatel by *
j me.hapie at Hudfoi, (N. Y.j'wdl uiu frni
the bottom of a lh>p\ hold, by the labor of ec;
j man, 4 or 5000 barrels cf air in an boor.
iiXSf KjCSTEJty DiiniCT. \
There was no choice of a Fe deni Rcoftfm.
| tftt iv ; f,r the Fit ft Eiftcrn D-ftrii at the uk
' trial. The whole number of rote*rtltofice
, wa* icqd ; of which Orchard Conk. Efq. f.
524; Hon Nathans 1 Dimmer, Eiq, 26s!
Marti- Kingfley, Efq. 257. Precepts ban
been MT>ed for an elc^H *n to be held iotbe
Di.trjfb, on the 7th of December am. The
v. t s to be re timed 00 or befor# tb: jh J i
Januaty.
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FI RE — On th.£-anafliM.i,ntt, tf Yr4«* «t.
abou. two o'clock, two dwelling houfei lepart
red ah out 50 rods apart, and one or t*u nss,
houf.s, were unfortunately confuted b* lire.
One of the ho”fcs was occupied by Mr. Siam
Mcjo. whole family had but juft time to favt
Ihemfelves from the flames. The ether wmub
oa r.ru J. aud belonged t > capt.Tjfotcr Ry'-dfa
ll i fu >p«Ted tluv were fled bv a malic 00 s
p rfon.who has rot flace been htird of.—Th:
a a. rlry and prompt attention cf the citizen*
prevented the tire from fp’eading; vrhxh its
p. obable, h nrerc, could not have been done
InJ not the morning besn rcmatk-ibly calm.
Th-’ the i habitants were very prompt to #•
tend, it is to be regretted that they wee very
deficient in Fire-buckets and B*gs. T.'kcir
cumft ir ce i* mentioned to indue; pe>ph not:
generally to p-ovide >h mi'Jves ui:h article*fo
neceflary. In a foo.n ft rauidly mcrcabr.gas
this is and wh ch contain* filch agrea pro,-or.
ti >n of wooden h Id ngs, the izhat'i anc-ought
ro be well prepared to ch *ck the iniFhiti it
frequently tfre.«tcrcd by Fire.
DIED-In this town. .Mr.
r. rmtnv —Mr. Jofdph Siggu »gr4 S7 ~Mr‘
tham.i Flood, a^ted a6
- —r-m,T
J cubs' Portland Marine Lip
rORT OF PORTLAND.
THURSDAY, CL «*
A rived, b-i* Edward, capt. n
Trinidad. OA. n, fpokc Hoop F*J K nV Y.
days from the lUvanna ; bn^ in ^ ,,,
fupplied him wdh cordage, duck, «-'• j.^j.
fpokea Hoop from Auxcayes, bound ' ^
phia. Capt. Y. was boarded on h>* • '• ^
pilTige bv a privateer, with ^ ^
robbed of a barrel of beet, and a quae
try.-.Markets dull and latbj^ /f ^ l4.
Arrived, br'.e Neptune, capt* D.
from Pi it Republican. Lett thrr^. *• rvU
L. Smith, Volunteer, St ore r, and a d
by. of this port. Scnoonei Martin, m
Lionet, Bradbury, do. Bn* 0*™> 'r'
Kcnoebunk ; fchooner F'fti Haw«, U '’. jad*
fchoo icr L*'dia dt Po'ly, Bacon, o»***
number of fouthern vefl.N. p.fr,
Sams d t)—Arrived, Blip Eii*abe,h* r“
from Newyork, 4 days. frJ.n
Same Jay — Brij» l>ucy, Cipt. J- B,|cC '
nique. -•r-f.^ger;gg
Genteel Boarding,
, 1 aid ‘r.n-s X,rV'
FOR fix Gcn'emen, may br had >u - ,ft
Liuju rc of the Priauy