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asked * how. are w< lb. know whether any
other steps will be requisite, until we know
whether the has coma toco the terms we
have laid down F’
But it these measures are pursued, with
ft, spirit,'they may be sufficient. The pres*
Sure upon Great-Britain is much greuter
BOW. than k was when the No*-lntercourse
> Law was formerly in force. The smug*
fliiig In Holland is now stopt. The Baltic is I
ports are closing upon her.*—Our Non-In
tercourse may be partially evaded—but
there will still be force enough in it—-still
be a sufficient scope of pur market, shut to
her commerce and manufactures, in ad
dition to her cpnmercial pressures in Eu
rope, sobring her to her senses. The de
fect, or retreat of her armies in Portugal,
may add its mitt of compulsion to the re
luctant minds of her ministry.
The only thing which will lead her to a
continuation of her attacks upon gpulral
commerce, is a hope that we are not in
earnest—that her party in this country is
sufficiently strong to nullify the noa-inter
course law.—lt is thia opposition, which
may induce her to hold out, in the very
teeth of her pressures. But if this opposi
tion be thus mca&ful i If they cherish in
Gt eat-Brhaio |he hope of our disgrace;
W/lon lheir*faada be all sin of British per
*rverabce th injustice; upon their heads
be all the consequences of the Non-Inter
course Law being defeated, an’d of le»» fta
cifick meaturej being adopted to defend
the rights of our country.
From a London paper of October 13.
• Last night, J’aris papers to the Btb, and
‘ < Dutch to the 11th Inst, arrived ; their con
tents are most important, as will appear
’ ' by the following extracts :
; LANDING IN SICILY.
“Royal Camp, Phial, September 13.
I “. “The bold reconnoitering lately exe
cuted by a detachment of the guard lo even
the suburb to the south of Messina, had al-
I v ready proved that it was possible for our ar-
* any to land on the first wind Which obliged
■ the enemy to break his line of anchor
age: in fact a wind having yesterday arisen
sufficiently strong to induce all sailors to
believe that the equlnoxial gales had com
i fineaoed; the English made haste to make
I all their styps return to port, and his Ma
<* jetty did not fail to profit of this occasion to
J order a disembarkation in the night. In
consequence, some detachments of the 3d
a and <d» infantry of the line, the 2d Neapo-
< lit an casseurr, and a Corsican battalion
'■ mere embarked and set sail towards 10
Velock at night, directing their course to
< Wards Scaletta. At 3 o'clock in the moifi
a fogtpey were at San-sufano in Sicily, dis-
I lodged the enemy from it with cries of’
t tylfLmft'rtur • Vivt U «oyl and
A puibed
i J beck all fflepssfo
inhodutered. During this time the wind
unfortunately ceased, and the d*»d calm
which succeeded it, opposed, aa well as the
currents, the other projects which the
king intended to effect. His Majesty him
■' self was in his barge, where he remained
till day, expecting in vain a favourable
• wind, when finding he could no longer ex
pect, he resolved upon giving the signal for
u .i, the return of the troops disembarked in Si
i city.
i “ General Stuart, who considered them
but as charged with a false attack, now
perceiving that a more serious one could
net be attempted, immediately directed all
hiv forces, both by sea and land, towards
San-stefano, to overwhelm these detach
ments ; but they were so quick in rallying
at the moment the signal was given, and
so skilful in. making their movements, that
they hud finished their embarkation before
the enemy was able to perceive it.
“At 8 o'clock they were upon the rt
. turn at Fintimiiia, with the exception of
some men who were not able to be brought
“back for want of boats; because those who
first arrived at ficalletta hurried to regain
• .Calabria, after having landed the troops
they carried, and had not been able to re
turn to Sicily on account of the currents.
This is the only inoavenieoce which has
resulted from the insurmountable contra
rieties which this brilliant attempt has ex
perienced.
« Ail the young Neapolitan troops have
’ particularly given proofs of bravery above
all eulogiuni. and of a sang /ros’d Which is
Kot frequently found even in old troops—
They sustained with intrepidy the charges
, e( some detachments of English cavalry,
who, among other losses io their different
r Charges, had two officers killed.
■» « A Of the number of prisoners made in
Sicily by oer detachments, many have been
• brought to Calabria, and report a number
of ridiculous means of which the English
, make use to endeavour lo make the inhab
itants tear an invasion, which they ought
bow to be more - convinced thaq ever that
* * 'lt is impossible to prevent."
November 22.
Our attentive Baltimore correspondent,
under daifosf Sunday last, informs os of
* • •'the arrival there of the ship Severn, Bry-
den, from Tdnringen, which place sbe left
• ,an the idt -au. Captain Dryden informs,
that the embargo was taken elf on the
i fifth September, and the ports in Den*
.* Mark open, ft was reported, that the
1 z <’ Americaa vessels al Copenhagen had been
| released
. prtftibetsct, \
TUESDAY, JYOVEMBER V, 1810.
LA TEST FROM ENGLAND.
Arrivals at Boston, from Liverpool, hive
brought London dates to October 22.—N0
accounts had reached England from Portu
gal of so late date as those published in our
last. From Cadis they are as late as Sep
tember 30, stating, that a successful sortie
had been made on the French lines at Sa
lines; that a battery had been opened from
St. Cataline, on the British shipping in
Cadis Bay, discharging from thence red
hot shot; that a Spanish frigate had ar
rived with three and an half millions of dol
lars, for the use of government, and anoth
er daily expected with ten millions more.
Mr. Jackson arrived at Spithead, in the
Venus frigate, on the 19th October..
Some cowardly and insidious enemy of
Mr, Russell, has undertaken to pass enco
miums upon Mm, in the Phenix. In this
manner to make a lunge at a man's charac
ter, who appears to be ambitious of rising
in the world, and that in his absence too,
deserves the reprobation of every friend
to merit. ,At Mr. Russell's return, it is
probable that be wHI elrtftr prosecifte the 1
printers for a libel, of take the more com
pendious course, of horse-whipping them
into better manners.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
Dottenburg to hit corretfiondent in Bot
ton, dated October 11. *
° A French Minister arrived hereon the
9th, appointed by the Emperour. It is ex
pected some alterations will take place re
specting American property—the prevail
ing opinion, however, is, that it will be safe
through the winter ”
Extract (fa letter from an American gen
tleman at Leghorn, dated Augutt 301 h.
** It is impossible to foresee what favour
able effect the late apparent change of the
disposition of this government towards the
United States may have on the sequestered
property—the determination of revoking
the Berlin, Milan and other decrees, as
expressed in the Duke of Cadore's note of
the Sth present, to General Amstrong,
must, it is to be supposed, certainly have
been preceded by some negotiations re
specting the sequestered property ; indeed,
without the liberation of this, I cannot con
ceive any will be hazardous enough to avail
of the permission under the appearances
that now it is probabre/however,
before th‘e period elapses when the'decrees
are promised to be annulled, the resistive
governments will come to a proper I
standing on thia head. The announcing of
the same
efffet un your side of the water as it has
had here, it will tend to dispel all imme
diate prospects of war. By the last accounts
we had from America, until late in June,
it seems the nation was justly irritated at
the preceding disastrous events in many of
the continental ports, and we could not but
anticipate affairs were approaching fast to
a serious crisis. The last despatches ar
rived at L'Orient would certainly advise
this government of the disposition of the
country, and if it is averse to entering on a
contest with us, there can- be little doubt
one of the first proofs of their love will be
the liberation of the sequestered property
—less than this there arc no terms we
ought to accede to.
«• At the moment it is impossitye to say
any thing of the state of the markets; the
late enormous duties on colonial produce
staggers every one, and none know how to
act. It is not impossible, I think, ere leng
they will have a modification : in truth, the
real interest of the revenue will dictate the
propriety of It. Prices had got up early in
the month most astonhhingly, say, Havana
white Sugars, pen os, 70; East-India, pea
to 05 » * n d Coffees, peszos, 70. As
you may conjecture, the sapply is scarce
of note, certainly of coffee not more than
half a million this weight, and sugars pro
portkmably small. No American produce
seeps to offer better prospects for the en
suing seasons throughout these markers
than floor and .grain ; the former is now
equal topessoe 'l5 per American barrel.
The crops have been generally unfavoura
ble, and no importations of grain from the
Black Sea or Barbary/ to supply the de
ficiency, occasions daily advance."
Baltimore Democratic* Pafter.
Our account of the state of the hostile ar
mies near Lisbon, received by the last ar
rival, is from the Boston Gazette. [TTta'e
account wu fiublithed in the hut Ameri
can ] On comparing it with the account
in the Chronicle, we do not perceive any
essential difference. An opinion that the
French would be eventually successful, and
would shortly enter Lisbon, of ac
companies the latter. The Chronicle ac
count estimates the combined British, Por
tuguese and Spanish armies at 95,000, and
the French at 70,000 effective men. Of
the former< 3«,000 only it states to be Brit
ish. It is generally supposed that an army
composed of troops of different nations,
though the component parts may be equal
ly w«t! disciplined, are far lew efficient
FROM THE SALEM GAZETTE.
than an army composed otoMps af one m>
tiou, obeying the ordersiflpt Oommander,
and acting' with a unllpwffeoign, Mem
barraswd with a coufudon of language*
and different mode* ot operation. In thia
respect, therefore, Ma»scna must have
greatly the advantage over Lord Welling
ton. His advantage idum be Mill pq*tcr,
in regard to experience and discipline;
the French have been coukiaatiy* at war
on the land for 20 year*; the British only
occasionally ; the Spanish appear to have
only the shadow of a regular army ; what
sort of foe* the Portuguese are, who have
•ecu no war till now, during the present
generation, the following passage* from a
late traveller may serve to show.
Extract-from ticin[ile'» Journey, in 1809.
•• The streets, the square*, the quay*,
[of Lisbon] were lined with ranks ot volun
teer*, whose arm»t equipment and move
ment* were most various and whimsical.
The greater proportion carried pikes, some
were aimed with fowling pieces, some with
bayonet* screwed on poles, some with small
sword*, with dagger*, with pistols, or with
a single pistol. Here aud there in’ the
rank* were seen halberd* and pikes of cu
rious and ancient ffiffkmaoship, which
had ♦rabaUy wieftfad'fa the whr» of
the fifteenth century, and -after long lying
in dual and darkness, were now dragged
forth to light. The assortment of the men
was a* various as their arm*. The tali
and the short, the lean and the corpulent,
the old mao and the stripling, stood side by
side. At the word of command, some turn
ed to the right aud other* to the left, some
parts of the line advanced, whilst other*
remained stationary..ln short, every thing
was ridiculous, except their cause, that
was most sacred.
“ It is only necessary once to see these
or similar levies, to be impressed with the
folly of attempting to defend a country with
them against a regular force. In a town
or a pas* they may be of great service ; but
in the present state of military science, a
state which trusts to them in any degree
for her safety, when the hour of danger ap
proaches, will inevitably be lost. The
sure and hard test of good troops is the
bayonet. How, then, can it be expected that
new levies of citterns should stand this test,
at the very first time of seeing an enemy ?
-~-«nd stand it they must, seeing that they
have no other arms but (hose of hand to
hand, a pike, or a halberd, or a sword.
•• But the mob of Lisbon was armed and
determined tn show that it wa*>eo. Every
night, at least one Frenchman, br one sus
pected to be so, wss discovered and drag
ged to prison, where generally his dead
body, alf one, arrived. I myself , was wit
neo* to an Englishman being murdered in
reader, an Englishman. It was on a Sun
day evening, and I was proceeding up the
principal street! when, having advanced
a little beyond the head quarters of the
English general, I heard thk shoutings
of a great mob. They drew nearer, and I
presently found,myself enveloped in a fu
rious crowd, dragging along a poor wretch
in the English dress ; hi* countenance dis
figured with blood, and hardly able to stag
ger along, from the blows whirh he bad
received. I demanded hl* Oimv. They told
me he was a Frenchman 1 hut an English
officer who was in the crowd exclaimed, it
was his-servant, and endeavoured to rea
son with some who appeared a* leaders of
the mob. At this intelligence I made my
utmost efforts to get near the unfortunate
man, and just arrived fa tftne to seize With
both my hands a pike, which some brave
Portuguese from behind was endeavouring
to thrust into his back. <1 called out to the
officer to assist me. He replied, it wa* the
positive orders of the general, that in all
such cases no Englishman should interfere,
and advised me to take care of my own
life. I wa* in the midst of pikes, sword*
and daggers, tyhich seemed to be thrust
about in all directions, as if through mad
ness or intoxication. • Ito spite of all my
struggles, I was throws down, and nearly
trampled upon by the mob; and at length
with difficulty escaped from amongst them.
Next morning, I wa* informed that the
poor wretch had beea murdered io the
course of the night. And this passed with
in one hundred yards of« the English head- .
quarter*!
•• Because they were armed, and the
enemy was not at their gates, the Portu
guese already began to utter rbodotnon
tades. Every man finding a weapon in bi*
hands, perhaps for the first time, performed
withit a thousand deeds of heroism. But
not jnerely what they were going to de—
what they had already done against the
common enemies of Europe, wag the topick
of their discourses. They had gamed (in
conjunction with their English ollie*) the
battle of Vfeleira. ft was a Portuguese
soldier who (node General Bernier prisoner,
and they had beaten the Froach at Oporto.
Lest there shahid be any doubt of time facts
an engraving of the battle of Vlmejra. to
be found in every shop, represented the
dreadful Portuguese dragoon* •barging the
enemy and bearing away at leost one half
of the palm' of victory. I know hot which
wa* the greater hardship upon the brave
army which gained that battle, to be> stop
ped in the carreer of victory, or to be
caricatured by Juch associates
Jkarrieb,
In this town, on Munday evening last,
by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Mr. H*n»y
Hoppin, Merchant, to Mli>Almy H.
Bowler, daughter of the late Samuel B.
Bowler.
In this town, on Saturday evening last,
after a long'and distressing illness, Mr.
William Burr, in the 38th year of his
age. His funeral will be attended this af
ternoon, at half-past two o'clock, from his
late dwelling-houte, in Bent fit-Screet. The
Mechanical Society, of which he was a
worthy member, is requested to attend.
At Rehobeth, on the 11th instant, Widow
Hopestill Carpenter, relict of the
late Mr. Abiah Carpenter, in the 49th
year of her age. With truth it may be
said that she sustained the character of
4he virtuous woman. Her life was adorn
ed with good works. As she had witness
ed a good confession of her cordial belief
in the peculiar truths of Christianity, so
she enjoyed the peculiar consolations nf
that divine religion in her last moments.
Her children, in their deep affliction, have
■ the satisfaction to redact, that, to such aa
they have reason to think their mother
was, death it gain. Mty they imitate her
piety and virtue, that their end may be
peace. And may all the numerous ft lends
and acquaintance who lament her exit, be
excited to give due a||rntion to the com
mand of the Saviour, Watch and pray ,
for ye know not when the
At Norwich, (Con.) CaptaV'HENHY
Hunter, formerly of Newport (R. I.)
in the 85th year of his age.
At Middletown, (R. I.) Mrs. Alice
Gould, widow of the late Mr. Thomas
Gould, In the 79th year of her age.
At Lisbon, Mr. John Clarke, aged 17
years, son of Mr. Josiah Clarke, of New-
Shoreham.
American marine Iter.
PQHT OF PRQVID.ENCB,
November 27, 1810.
CLEARED,
Ship— Robert Hale, Randall, Liverpool,
Brigt— Frances, Wheaton, Surinam ;
Telegraph, Bishop, Charleston; Rapid,
Potter, Alexandria.
Schoonert— Mercury, Swift, Charles
ton ; Fame, Fuller, Wilmington, (N. C.)
\s’(oo/m— .Ljttle Sarah, Rhodes, Alexan
dria;yuno,Comstock,New York; Provi
dence, do.
■ Arrived, on Wednesday last, sloop Juno,
Douville, 24 days from Surinam. Left,
schooner Fame, Shillaber, for Boston, in 6
days; brig Favourite, for Portland, in 40
doOi schooner Metwp,Kfflp,Tur Jfcwbu
lymft*. in f ®ays.
The ehip Valentine, of this port, Stephen ''
B. Chase, Master, has arrived at Buenos-
Ayres ; passage 82 days— all well.
New-York, November 21.
Arrived, the beautiful and fast-sailing
schooner Flash, Minugh, 21 days from
L'Orieot, in France. The ship Sutfarrow,
saHed for New-York October 13. The
schooner Maria-Louisa, Skiddy, of New-
York, had been released, and was to sail
from Bourdeaux for this port in all Novem
ber. The brig Catharine Ray, from New-
York, arrived at L'Orient October 20.
Th( t schooner Matchless, from New-York,
had aho arrived out. .
Molasses, Rum, &c. at Auction.
GREENE & CARTER
Will sell at their Office, TO-MORROW,
'Wednesday, the 28th instant, (post
poned from Monday,)
THIRTY Hogsheads of best Surinam
Molasses, being an adventure by the
brig Providence ;
8 Hogsheads of Antigua Rum,
10 Chests of Bdhea Tea, Drome's cargo;
1 Quarter Cask of Lisbon Wine,
1 Ditto Malaga ditto,
Kegs of Ginger, &c. oct.
Conditions at sale. Sale at 10 o'clock,
AM.
GREENE & CARTER', Auctioneers.
November 27, 1810.
'VT OTICE is hereby given, that
JL v there wHI be exposed tor sale, on
FRIDAY the 30th instant, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, on the premises in George-
Street, the following articles, via.—The
building used by the late firm of Bragg
8c Beal as an IrotyFnundery, being 24
feet by 30, two stories high ; and one other
adjoining the same, 20 by 30 feet; one
Horse-Wheel, Bellows and Furnace, and
Gear to the same ; 44 Flasks and Boards,
and a. variety of Articles of Stuck, consist
ing of Scrap and Pig Iron, sundry nattems
for Castings, and the Tools used by them
in the Iroo-Foundery Business.
WHEATON BRAGG.
November 27, 1810.
KENTUCKY TOBACCO.
fust received, at private tale,
'T'HIRTY Hogsheads of prime Kentucky
1. Tobacco, by
« B. 8c T. C.vHOPPIN.
Mvember 27, 1810.
Washington Benevolent Society.
npHE Members of the Washington
A Benevolent Society are hereby
notified, that a Meeting of said Society wjll
be hoMen on SATURDAY next, the first
of December, at 2 o’clock, P. M. at Wash
ington Hall. f
By order of Jabbx Bowtw, Preti+rn.
JOHN HOLROYD, Ste'ry.
November 27, l»10.
SAFFS AT AUCTION. t
B. 8c T. C.‘ HOPPIN
Will sell al Publick Auction, at their Store, . 1
on SATURDAY the lit of Decemter I
next, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Forty-two Bale* of prime New-dF-
leans Cotton, ’
32 Hogsheads of sweet flavoured Rum,
4 Pipes of Brandy, • .
1 Pipe of real Cognac ditto,
5 Casts of Oil,
10 Barrels of Porter, 1
k 13 Chests of Souchong Tea,
4 Boxes of Havana white Sugars, *
100 Boxes of ChocoltrtS, 1
A few Casks of prlmaJlice. >
Aho, hrecitely at n o'clock,
, THE stanch, fast-salting
Sloop GEC-KGE, sixty tone <’
RffJKMjP burthen, newly sheathed, and r
dHBHKrn may be sent to sea at small ,
expense.
Conditions liberal, and will be mode
known at time of sale.
B. 8c T. C. HOPPIN, Auctioneers.
November 37, 1810. -
FOR SAUE,
THE Schooner SALIX
about 60 tons burthen. She
has lately been through * r
JHmBKE* complete repair, and will ba
sold on the most reasonable terms. Apply
co PELEG 8c BENJAMIN EDDY.
November 37,1810. u
Fresh Lemons, Oranges, &c.
JOHN YOUNG,.
At his Shop, south corner of the Market,
offers for sale a very general assortment
of GROCERIES, of an excellent qual- a
ity, vis. j
IT 4151N3, Prunes, Almonds, Filberts,
Av Figs, Currants, Tamarinds, Confcc
tiunary, Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Cined- 'T
mon. Pepper, Alspice, real Gjngtr, Cay
enne, Mustard, Peppersauce hi bottles, *
preserved Fruits, Anchovies, Capers, Soy,
Olives, Catsup, fresh Sweet Oil, Table
Salt hi baskets, Teas.
LIQUORS.
Lisbon, I WI NES of the first quality, by
aa«J,’ | gallon and in bitties ; 4
Port, J
Excellent Cognac Brandy, five years old ;
Old Jamaica Spirts, seven years old ;
Good Cordials, of various kinds; •
Best London Porter,
Spanish Cigarrs, Bcc.Bcc.
All of which will be sold as low as can
be bought in this town.
Past favours acknowledged,sand future
solicited.
November Vf, 1810. 6w.
SUGARS. “
TAFT*. WATERMAN
EAVE FOR SALE, I
npHIRTY TWO boxes of Havana white
1 SUGARS, of a super! Jar quality; S 3
Ido. do. brown do. !
JVbwcwfotr£7, 1810, .■ ■*
■J"
PHILIP PECK |
//.-/.S JUST RECEIVED
A SUPPLY of the beet kind of WIN-
TER-STRAINED OlL.ytb bmjdfs- ’ j
posed of by the Tierce, Barrdly H4M Bar
rel, or at Retail.
November 37> 1810. ,
A GrtEAT BARGAIN. '
FOR SALE,
A N excellent FARM in Pomfret, (Con
necticut,) commonly called the Night
ingale Farm, containing 571 acres,
propotioned for ploughing, pasturing and
mowing, with a good supply of wood and
timber, and a great plenty of orcharding.
There is situated on the Farm a large
commodious Dwelling-House, a small Dwel
ling-Hoose, three large Barns, a Store.
Chaise-House, Core-Barn and other smalt
Jtaildings. Also, a Saw-Mill in geod re
pair, and a good stream of water runa
through said Farm. The whole, er a part
will be sold, as may best suit the purchaser..
For farther particulars, inquire of Mr, ..
Walter Paiwe, in Providence, or tba
subscriber, on the premises.
JOSEPH W. GREENE.
Pomfret, (Con.) November 25, 1810.
XTOTICE is hereby given, th*
the Copartnership existing undet
the firm of Taylor 8c Bailey was dit
solved on the 37th of October last, in const- ’i
quetece of the death of William Tay- ;
lox, the senior partner. All persons in- <
debted to said firm, by Notes or Bonk- * ’
Accounts, are requested to call on the v
subscriber forthwith and adjust the same ; \
and those persons holding claims against
said firm, are also invLed to call and re
ceive their pay, as it has become necemg
ry to close the business of said concern •
without delay. The subscriber also takes Aitti
this opportunity to acquaint his friends and \\ \
the that he continues to carry on ‘A <
Business at the same Store lately occupied A\ ;
byTAYLOi k Bailey, where he hast \f'i
■general assortment of PAINTS and SHIP- C j
CHANDLERY. ’
FRANCIS BAILEY, \\;
6'urvfvtng Partner, v
November 27, 1810tf.
POCKET-BOOK LOST.
LOST, Yesterday morning, between the
Court-House, In this town, and Captain
William Cevrch'b Store, a red Moroc
go POCKET-BOOK, containing Forty-
Two Dollars in Bank-Bills. Whoever
found the same, and wIU leave' it atNMMQfI
American Office, shall be handsomewßF*j&w
warded.
November TT, 181(X .