The New Hampshire gazette — Portsmouth [N.H.], 1798-06-19 00:00:00, page 1

FrRoM THE CENTINEL.
Tallien’s Speech.
Mr. Russerr,
The following tran/lated for your ufeful pa
per from the Chronique Univerfelle, of
February 16, must [ujficiently convince the
minds of many honest dmericans, wiho have
Sincerely believed that the rapacious con
dull exercised towards our defencelefs com
merce, by the cruisers of the French Re
public, was wholly unknown to their gov
ernment ; that the contrary of this opin-
Zom s the truth 3 and that a [yffem of
general plunder and depredation upon the
trade of neutrals has long been premedi
tated, and is now in complete operation,
Yours with refpe&, AMICUS.
SPEECH
Of Tallien, in the Council of Five Hun
dred.
THE war of Eagland is this day the ob
jet of the general interelt of French
men, it 1s also that of our [pecial solicitude :
The wrongs and injuries which this machi
avelian government has committed against
France since the commencement of the re
volution, her {ecret praltices in the interior
to foment divisions & troubles,her manccuv
yes to excite exterior enemies againit us, her
outragesagzainfi our colonies, her violences &
intrigues united toannihilate our commerce,
the conftruflion of treaties, the violation of
the rights of nations, the excefles multiplied
against the neutral and allied powers, who |
supported or favored our commercial spec
ulations, the arbitrary vexations to fecureto
herfelf an exclusive commerce ; her bar
barity 1n combats, her inhumanity towards
our prisoners, such is the flill feeble sketch
of the numerous grievances which unite to
a rivalfhip, and to outrages of five hundred
years, to pronounce the ruin of this modern
Carthage.
The confamer and the artist, the merchant
and the husbandman, the profeflions which
have relations more or less connefled with
commerce, the peaceful citizen, the coura
geous warrior, and indeed all those in whose
veins flow a blood truly French,demand it ;
the with of an omnipotent nation formida
bly exprefled, is a certain pledge of fuccels
~—doubtlefs it is in the bo[!:)m of England,
it is to London that decisive mealures ought
to be carried : What iVilliam executed with
the forces of Normandy alone, can it be
difficult for a Republic, of which that an
cient province isonly an inconsiderable por
tion 7 What he effeted with {oldiers, who
fought for interests foreign to themselves,
shall it check warriors armed for their per
sonal interests ? The obstacles which a con
querer has surmounted who carried with
him slavery and chains, shall they restrain
republicans who carry to that island its en
franchifement, and to all nations the hiberty
of the seas ? But the uncertainty of fuccels
ought not to induce us to neglet thole mea
sures which policy and prudence prescribe,
to diminith the forces of these subtle ene
mies, to weaken their resources ; and to
extend againit her commerce that iejury and
deftru&tion which they have long praétifed
upon ours. Not only the English mer
chant vessels navigate under cover of faife
paflports, under a neutral flag, but seven
cighths of the neutral veflels, are either
freighted by Enghifh merchants, or expedi
ted by houses in which they are interefled ;
or in fal insured in England, a circumstance
which does not offer less advantage and ben
efit, Such are thé channels through which
flow into the Thames, the waves of gold
with which that government paysits corrupt
agents. The law which you have pafled
and which declares good prize every veflel
laden with the produétions of the {oil or of
the industry of Great-Britain, has imposed
upon the f{peculations of our rivals only
momentary {backles, which they will f{oon
know how to ¢lude, unlels you add thereto
some dispositions which circumstances ap
pear to render indispensable. The fame
fraud which masks under a falfe passport the
real property of the ship, will it be embar
rafled to procure feigned invoices, collufory
pills of lading, and falle charter parties,
which will disguise the origin and destina
tion of the merchandize ? ,
"~ When it is notorious that every sea is
govered with Englith fleets and goods, who
would not be astonished at the few captures
which our cruising privateers make, not
withflanding their number and allive intre
pidity, did we not know with what facility
falle papers ale procared, under cover of
which the veflels, marked with a neutral
flag, appear regular, and the disguise of
which, it is often impossible to discover on
the ocean: A circumstance witich has been |
tran{mitted to the Dire&lory, proves how
ealy an imposition on this {ubjeft may take
place :—A cruiser fatigued with a cruise of
fifty-two days, which had offered no other, -
than veflels, whose papers in appearance,
stated their neutrality ; met one wg:ich every
thing persuaded him was an'enemy’s velfel,
in the mean time upon being summoned,
the Captain Eefcnwdhmi papers cloathed
with all the forms, indeed a'-ljc’:upnlogs ex
amination, did not difeover iqg ~other
, -ﬁfcn .%‘m'&’” aWAL. Dot however.
lessened, but his irritation encreafed, he
fired 2 broad fide upon ber, immediately
the crew r when he an
‘hounced and procuicd the real papers which
flaed the propesty to be Eaglifh ; this cir
‘tumflance points out the n ?‘ alaw,
yhch foall cciecy, he shuler oF decop-
Sn v soy by unadin it the vt
_origin of the merchandize can be discover-:
Vol. XLlL—Numb. 216 3. ]
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WHERE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIIS PAPER, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE ARE THANKFULLY RECEIVED.
Netv Hamyp shire G aéett—;
ed ; often even the cases of bales which
contain them, and which is not permitted
nor poflible to be examined at f{ea ; conceal
at the fame time the true papers, which at
telt to the enemy quality of the property.
In the mean time, the tribunals are not au
thorized to examine them; in order to seek
for explanations and informations, and fre
quently with the interior certainty of the
validity of the capture, they are obliged to
order a releale, because the papers produced
are clothed with the forms prelcribed by
the laws ; we ought to be anxious to culti
vate every thing which may tend to the
discovery of truth : There would therefore
be no inconvenience in authorifing the
cruising privateers, in cale of conteftation,
with refpeét to the validity of a caprure, to
require at their risk and peril, the discharge
of the vellel, in order to search for conceal
ed documents, and even in case of neceflity,
the visit of surveyors to state the nature and
origin of the merchandize. There is allo
another measure not less urgent ; the greater
part of thole merchant ships, marked under
a neutral flag, are, against the usage and
nature of things, armed for war; from
thence results several inconveniences ¢ Al
ways disposed and prepared for resistance,
they do not obey the summons until they
have recognized the {uperiority of force, or
until the fear of French courage annihilates
their resolution. But often temporifation
is injurious, and the tardinefls of manceuvres
is an expedient to conceal or withdraw the
true papers ; These veflels, so much the
more dangerous, as they do not inspire any
jealousy of clandestine conduét, furnifhed
with letters of marque of the enemy power,
may, if a favorable occasion presents, haz
ard to cruise upon the French merchant
ships :—They may exercise piracy with im
punity.
Lastly, what ought to have a powerful
weight upon the approach of the proje&ied
descent, they may, on quitting the mask
which covers them, unite themf{elves to the
warlike squadrons, and thus augment the
naval forces of our enemies ; The wailike
equipment of a merchant vessel, is almost
always a charafter of deception : The
peaceful navigater, who is engaged in com
mercial {peculations alone ; does not want
this warlike preparation, which to him can
only be a burthen and a weight as inconve
nient as it is ulelefs : A veflel seriously neu
tral, whose lading is not contrary to existing
regulations, has nothing to apprehend from
the belligerent powers ; they guarantee to
her not only fafety, but even proteftion
and afliltance—Refiftence is not in any cale
authorizéd on the part of the merchant
veflcls ; 1t 1s by the tribunals that the ille
gality of captures ought to be decided ;
it is before the magistrates that navigators
truly neutral ought to pursue and are
certain to obtain the redress and the re
paration of the injuries which may have
been illegally committed against them. A
warlike equipment is therefore a hoflile
measure, which ought to cause the skip to
be treated as an enemy——it is an offence al
ready prelcribed by the existing regulations,
when the number and calibre of the arms;
and the nature and quantity of ammunition
are not detailed in the passports of the neu
tral power, whole flag the ship displays.
But there can be no pretext, no otive
of plausible interest to authorize in future,
(even when the pallports mention them)
these amphibious expeditions, at once miii
tary and mercantile, pacific and. warlike :
Superfluous arms and ammunition on board
a merchant ship, of which there can be no
licit occasion or legal liberty to use, can be
considered only as supplies whose transpor
tation 1s prohibited, and whose commerce
1s contraband. Perhaps the tribunals would
be authorifed agreeable to existing regula
tions, and those founded upon the firft arui
cle of that of 1748 (the execution of which
the legislative body has ordered) in this cale
to pronoance the confifcation. Bat it is of
importance to prevent all variation in juris
prudence, to put a period to the uncertain
ty of our brave cruisers, whose ardor and
courage are too often checked by the ap
prehension of the damages and interefis to
which they would be condemned, if they
made a capture which was not authorized
by the laws. One of the {malleft encour
agements, to which their services as well
as their valor give them a claim, is to obtain
regulations so clear and precise, that here
after they may be sheltered from all error.
Their interest, ‘as well as that of the repub
lic, solicits therefore a law which shall de
clare in future fubjeét to confifcation, every
merchant veflel armed for war, limiting the
disposition thereof, to captures hitherto
made, to those having on board arms and
ammunition not {pecified in the passports,
and upon the validity of which a judgment
has not been pronounced ; in fine this part
of our maritime legislation, invites at 'this
moment all your fertous attention. It is by
regulations, combined with the tricks, eva
sions and bad faith of our indefatigable ene
mics, that our c;nifets,m?r, if unable to re
pair, at least avenge the disasters of our com.
merce. The Dugue/nes, the jean Barts,
the Duguetrouins, are not wanting in our
marine, they solicit and expeét laws which
shall favor and encourage them. 1 re
quest the dispatch either to the existing
commiflion or to a special commission,
of the different propositions contained
_in my motion, in order- that without the
fmllet delay, i should present you » pro
jc6,oF a law wpon the different pars of the
legislation of maritime prizes, which require
_to be miade precise. T
The council erdered the impression of
. this opinion, and upon the request of Borffier,
~— OUR COUNTRY’s GOOD OUR CONSTANT AIM —
TUESDAY, June 19, 1708.
COMMON SENSE, in Difbabille.
SHOES.
I F Common Sense were to com
mence noisy patriot, and preach
against tyranny in this country, I be
lieve it would begin with the tyranny
of fafhion, or what word coiners might
call zomocracy. 'Thanks to the {pirit
of liberty, we have gained the redress
of many grievanfes. Our mothers
and elder sisters can remember when
they were clasped round the waist, and
almost reduced to the size of an infe&
by this capricious tyrannefs. ‘This
age of reason can boast of some im.
provements. Whale bone stays, the
baftile of ease and elegance, are de
molished ; female charms are liberat
ed, and may take an airing on a sum
mer’s day.—l would query with the
faculty ; shall we not hear of fewer
consumptions ?
There are other grievances to be
redrefled—my toes are this minute
complaining of the oppreflion of #s7o
- Nature was pleased to give
me a pair of feet, the very contrast of
a Chinese lady’s ; fafhion, and the
shoemakers, fay I must wear a pair of
sharp toed shoes ; they are the fo7.—
Tonocracy is the most arbitrary and
whimsical of all *ocracies 3> and
fathion and nature are always quar
reling. My toes are crammed togeth
er in close prison—they must be libe
rated, or Ip shall be obliged to find
other, than my usual means of con
veyance. lam not the only fufferer.
Now physicians tell us, a free circula
tion of the blood is neceflary for our
health and that it {hould never be con
fined in the limbs. Tight shoes, be
sides causing corns, and chafed heels
and toes, prevent this free circulation.
—Again, I would query with the fa
culty ; is not the close confinement
of those faithful servants, our feet,
sometimes the cause of the cramp
and gout ?—lf {o, let them have more
liberty. Let reformation begin at
home. Say no more about ariftro
cracyyand kingocracy, the other fide
of the Atlantick, till we have correc
ed the abuses of tonocracy, at home.
Ease and economy, in dress, are the
fame to an individual, that frugality,
and a free constitution are;to a na
tion 3 and I believe there is not a
dwarf or giant of a politician among
us, who will not allow, that we are
fleeced and galled as much by fath
ion, in one year, as we are by admin
istration, in tens
A CURIOUS FORM OF PRAYER.
A DEVOUT Spaniard conceived that
he ought to use other Prayers in his
private devotions, besides the Pater Nofters
and Ave Maries—not knowing how to form
any other he used every morning -to kneel
down, lift up his eyes and handsto Heaven,
and deliberately to repeat all the letters in
the alphabet, which done, he added—and
now O good God, put these letters together
that they may spell syllables—that the sylla
bles may make words, and the words so
joined, as that they ‘may be most to thy
glory and my good. - - |
India Cottons, Cheap.
Received and for sale at
Bayley’s Variety Store,
Sign of the Spinning wheel,
AQUANTITY of Indzia Cottons, which
will be fold very low for ready money.
A freth supply of Bevérly Cotton Bed-
Titks, warranted not to shed feathers,
Portsmouth, May g 5, 1798. (&
- Lang, Brierley & Co.
Have received an assortment of
avhich awill be Jold low for cafl or
. approved credit. L 8
Portsmouth, June 1, 1798. :
sent the observations of Tallien to a {pecial
commission, who will examine the question
whether it is not proper, that merchant
veflels armed for war, having on board arms
and warlike stores, not {pecified in the pafl
ports, {hould be declared good prize, and
to determine whether conformable to a
meflage of the Direftory, that captures
made on the high seas should net be judged
administratively : This commission is com
posed of the representatives Tallicn, San
thonax, Riou, Blad and Boiffier.
{5 If any American, who has witnessed the
condult of the Fremch towards meutral
vessels ; does mot promounce the above as
~ out-Machiaveling Machiavel ; Ae mu/f2 be
as great a {celerat as TALLIEN.
JUST IMPORTED
In the brig Orion, and for sale by
Thomas Sheafe,
18 and 14 thread St. Peter’s Lines.
Mackrel do.
Marline and Houfeline.
¥erring Seins and Nets.
Sewing and Herring T'wine,
Cod Hooks.
—AL 80~
For sale, about 100 bufbels excellent Rye.
Portsmouth, May 29, 1798.
Fancy Hats & Bonnets.
Fu? opened by
Peter Cofhn,
Q GREAT variety of fancy Hats
and Bonnets.
Straw and Bugle Trimmings.
Straw Bands and Tassels.
Fashionable Girdles.
Ladies fafthionable Beavers.
Fancy silk Shawls. -
Mens’ yeoman crown and other Hats.
Cotton and silk Hosiery.
White and color’d Threads.
Quality and Shoe Binding.
Galooms, Ferrets, &c. &c.
Portsmouth, June 1, 1798.
Just received in the Orion, Capt. Rice, &5
FOR SALE BY
Matthew S. Marih,
SALMON and sewing Twine,
2d and 3d Herring Net do,
Lines of all forts.
Herring Nets.
—ALSO—
— Duck ; Cordage:
Aux-Cayes Molafles.
Hollands Gin. B
Bristol Crown and Hamburgh Glass.
Tar and Turpentine.
Portsmouth, June 1, 1798.
Windsor Chairs
. of every
/ description,
/ | warranted
’ 1/} of the best kind,
’ / made &
=/ constantly
: /ﬁ%i\?‘ﬁ kept for sale
@ as cheap
!- as cafi be
' purchased
R o at BOSTON
= or elsewhere
By Josiah Folsom
At bis fbop in PORTSMOUTH.
. Henry Larroque,
Opposite the Oracle-Office, Daniel-Street,
¥ NFORMS the merchants of this
I town and others that he will re
ceive flour of them in order to bake
fbip bread, and will turn them out 100
weight nett, for 100 gross, and receive
Severn shillings and _fix-pence a barrel for
baking. _
Allgcommaﬂds in the line of his
profeflion will be punctually attended
to. ~ ‘ -
N. B. Wanted a 2 Lad as an appren
tice to the baking bufinef—dpply as
above. s
O SoN SAENBY © | |
William Plummer,
In Market-Streety “ .
By Wholesale & Retai,
on reasonable “terms for cath or ap
proved credit,
| EST In- | French Brandy. |
U ‘ dia Rum. | Holland’s Gin,
Madeira, London Porter.
Sherry, < Loaf and Brown
Port, ‘2 | Suogars. 4
Tent, § | Hyfon, -}
Lisbon & Souchong & E
Malaga | Bohea A
Coffee ; Chocolate 3 Molasses ; -
Alfpice ; Pepper ; Cloves ; Nutmegs ;
Cinhamon ; Caflia; Almonds; Rice ;
Flour ; Oatmeal ; Rmﬁns’; B 01%1}‘1»
‘Statch ; Ginger ; Currants ; Englith
‘and American Mustard; Indigo ;
Basket Salt ; Capers ; Spanith Se-
B = ° =
Russia &3 Swedes Iron, Ec..
& Found last evening,
an Umbrillo, the owner may bave the
At M e g
socdipe g7T LT s e
| One Dollar & half pr. Annum.
The beautiful high bred, full blooded
HORSE,
Bold Hunter,
&3 e
i wg
TO be let to Mares this season,
at 3 dollars the single leap, and
7 dollars the season ; the money must
be paid when the Mares are taken
away.
Hunter is 4 years old this June, 18
hands high, is a beautiful bay colour,
clouded with the Arabian shade, with
a black mane and tail—and as for
beauty, figure and limbs, he is exceed
ed by none in New-England. He
has proved himfelf a very sure foal
getter. The following certificate will
thew the pedigree amd properties of
the Bold Hunter :
Hunter was bred by Dr. Jeruld of
Warwich, in the State of Rhode-
Iland. His fire was King Herod,
who was imported from England to
the Weft-Indies, and from thence to
America. His dam was Donna, by
Ranger, who was bred in Arabia s
he was never beat in running. He
covered a number of years at Hart.
ford, where he proved himfelf an ex
cellent fire. He was fold by Mr.
Bull of Hartford, to Col. H. Lee of
Virginia, for 2800 dollars, when he
was 25 years old, {o that the blood
of Hunter on both sides could hardly
be equalled in England. Hunter is
the fame that won the stakes at Wat.
wich, of £ 100 in September=—do of
£ 400, the 24th of Nov. 17g7.
Bold-Hunter will stand at the ftas
ble of Capt. Hufe in Greenland, un«
ti the Ift of August.
PHILIP WEVER.
¢ZrGood attention will be given at
the place above mentioned.
June 1, 1948,
ALL persons who are indebted to or
that have any demands agairfi the es
tate of Samuel Prescott, late of Kensing
ton, gentleman, deceased, are requefied to
exhibit the fame without delay to the sub
scriber for {ettlement.
ROBERT PRESCOTT, Executor to
the last Will and Teflament of said deceased,
Kensington, May ¢35, 17g8. _
byttt A ol i i
STRA-YED or stolen a dark red
J hotfe, 6 years old, black main
and tail, of about a middle size, with
a little white in the face, trots all.—
Whoever may take up said horse and
return him to the subscriber, or give
information where he may be found,
shall be handsomely rewarded, and
have all neceflary charges paid.
N JOSHUA LANE.
Hampton, June 6, 1798. . ;
WANTED ) ¢
"TO serve in a family
a woman capable of house work
and plain cooking—Apply to the
printer.
Portsmouth, June 12, 1798,
OUND on Flriday the Bth inst.
F on the road leading from Portf
mouthi to Greenland, the Boot of a
chaise, the owner may have the fame
by applying to the Printer hereof and
paying for this advertisement.
Portsmouth, June g, 1798.
B i
Newbury-Port Stage.
THE subscriber induced by the
L. application of a nutnber of his
friends proposes to resume the run
ning of his Stage to Newbury-Port
during the summer eftablifbment of
the mail. He intends to run twice a
week, viz.—On Monday ‘and Triday,
as his chief aim will be to please and
accommodate his passengers, he' in
tends not to confine himfelf to certain
hours, but when his stage shall be fill
ed, he will start at the time that shall
be most convenient for the company.
Having provided himfelf with an ex
cellent carriage, he shall always keep
the best of horses, and a careful driver,
and every favor shall be acknowledgs
ed with gratitude. . . 0 e
il ] DAVENPORT.
‘Bordmouth, May 25, 1798
W&W
bad us by, Lavery flables At Lants S
the shortest notice, and passengers comiey
ed bo any part of the State. .
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