The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-11-13 00:00:00, page 2

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and credit already
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abundant hardest will materially contri
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/ ■ „ LONDON, September 13,
A letter from St. Petersburg positively
affirms that so far back as October, 1801,
during the interview with Alexander at Er-
J./ Bonaparte asked, and promised
in marriage a Russian Grand Duchess. It
• was uot untty entreaties and even me-
naces, had failed to obtain the assent of this
Princess, shat he turned his view to the
Huu** of Austria.
September 19.
To fgevent Colonial produce from at
tataUg an excessive price in France, a ra
** Jit* which coffee and Other articles are
to be soldi* specified in a price current As
• these are notarticks of actual necessity,
the measure, although absurd and oppres
sive, cannot be attended with the horrours
of the maxsmwapf Rpbesplere.
The financtajjpf Vienna are'in a stste
s truly deplorable.’ depreciating of the
Rank paper is there so great, jfrat 100 flo
rrins iu coin purchase 450 in paper.
' September 21. ’
| BRAZILIAN TREATY.
fl w A copy of the treaty of Friendship and
Alliance, concluded in February last, be
tween his Bri tannick Majesty *nd the
Court of Braajl*, has just been published.
By the 3d article his Majesty ctiRNKP never
to acknowledge as king of Portugal, any
Prince other than the heir and legitimate
representative of the Royal House of Bra
gauss. *♦ ' "
A gentleman who left Antwerp on the
7th, and Amsterdam on the 14th instant,
\ state*,what at the former there were about
10 ships of war, most of which were of the
line, iu a> state of great forwardness; and
so nearly as he Could judge, about
ready for sea. Un the 3d instant/ three
new gun-boats were launched of the largest
sice.
• September 33.
» . •• poo much regulation,'*
Letters were ob Thursday received from
the coast of France, inclosing the copy of
• Colin de Bussy’s, Director-General of the
Customs of France, to the Interiour Offi
cers of the Revenue. It is dated from Paris,
September 9tb, and communicates instruc
tion relative \o the execution of a decree,
not y«t received in London, bearing date
from St. Cloud the 31st of August, which,
we are informed, orders that certain ves
sels, with licenses, shall be allowed to im
port into Fiance various articles of colony]
al produce enumerated, on condition that
theffitomn export from France grain, meal,
oil/Vine, and brandy, of a value equal to
• the cargo so imported from Great-Biitam.
The ships obtaining the licenses are to
commence their voyages from Frsnce I and
export a cargo previous to their appear
ance with a loading from a foreign fort.
It the value of the import exceed that of
the export by one third, the one third is to
be placed iu entrepot until exports of that
extent shall be made, which being done,
the parties are to bo entitled to the release
of the one third so in entrefiot. Bunds are
to be given io the merchants in France, for
the eMlkss of the import above that oi the
export from France so deposited in entre
fiot. Each ship thus employed is to be
furnished with a certificate, and other docu
ments, from the Custom-Houses, stating
the vatae of the export and return cargoes;
and it collusion shall be discovered in any
ot the document* thuytrovided, the cargo
is subject to confiscation.
CARRACAS~D EPUT IRS.
> The Spanish Deputies sailed on Friday
afternoon'from Portsmouth, in the Sap
phire, Captain Davies, to the Carracas.—-
The message these gentlemen cany to the
revolutionary colonies of Spain is—that the
British government, in the present hopeful
state of the Spanish cause, cannot counts-,
nance the colonies in erecting for them
selves a government independent of the
mother country. f
The German papers mention the arri
val of the 20th regiment, belonging to the <
Grand Duchy of Burg, at Dusseldorf, from
Spain. After 1 service of two years* this
regiment was reduced to 200 men. that
* is about the state iu which the skeleton re-
\ v giments return to this country from the
West-Indies, after a lapse of seven years
iu that destructive climate, and after turn
ing over all their sound men to other corps.
The German papers state, that the sur
\vivours of Spanish carnage were received
by their countrymen with demonstrations
The grapes on the celebrated vine at
Hampton Court Palace are now ripe; it
contains this year 2130 bunches. The an
nual produce of this astonishing vine is
worth about 4001. Their Majesties' table
will be forthwith supplied with them, whose
table is only without grapes during the
months of January and February.
An uncommon proof of the prolifick na
ture of wheat, is now shown in the neigh
bourhood of Cirencester, where, from a
single grain, have branched out fifty-seven
perfect ears, v
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On the 27th inst two line of battle ship*
made their escape from Cherbourg. Or
ders were sent to Plymouth for three sail of
the line to follow them—from the weather
there is a chance of their being captured.
The enemy have now equipped in the
Scheldt, 18 sail of the line, 2 frigates, 2
corvettes, and 60 gun-boats. They are
watched by Sir Edfoard Pellew, with 11
■ail of the line; besides some frigates iu
shore, under Com i Owen.
Lt. Col. Leith has just arrived in the
William Pitt, with, important despatches
from the Gov. General of India. AU was
tranquil at Madras the Bth of May.
The enemy have repaired the work* at
Walcheren, but they could not stand a se
rious attack, of which they are apprehen
sive. The appearance of Sir E. Pellew’s
squadron a few days since, filled them with
terrour.'
Despatches have been received from Co
runna, under the dafe of the 9th iaataut.
Bubstituta for Hemp.
Wanted rope and woollen sacks have
recently been manufactured under the di
rection of a gentleman, kt Cox wold, in Lin
colnshire, from long sheep's jrool, as a
substitute for hemp, with very great success.
The woollen sacking has likewise been ap
plied very generally in the manufacture of
corn-tags. ticking, fee. and, in consequence
ot the experiments which were made at
Wpolwich, and which proved very favour
able, the Navy Board have a considera
ble contract for hammocks of the new
manufacture now erecting at Doncaster.
There are many advantages attending the
use of the woollen ropes over those of the
hemp. In every situation where there is
much friction, the former are found to be
more durable and elastick, and they resist
admirably the effects of extreme wet or
dry weather. Short wool may be used io
manufacturing sack, and it has this pecu
liar recommendation, that, when the ropes
are worn out, they will be again useful as
wool to the manufacturers, and serve as
well for coarse wollen as if it had not been
made into ropes. The old material will,
according to the inventor, be worth, un
der all circumstances, nearly two-fifths of
the original wool.
September 29.
Accounts from Oporto to the 9th instant
state, that •• Massena has been obliged to
send some of his forces to Navarre, Bis
cay, and Arragon, in which provinces the
people are in open arms. Romans has
four regiments of Portuguese cavalry with
him, which are commanded by Brig. Gen.
Madden. A part of onr army has again
fallen back to occupy their old quarters at
Torosello, 4 leagues from the Bonte de
Marcelle. Lord Wellington's head-quar
ters ware on the 30th ult. at Cclorica,
Marshal Berresford’s at Lageoso. Five
or six British officers were made prisoners
at Aluieida.
“We are informed here that the acci
dent at Almeida happened in the following
manner: a train of powder communicated
from one of the small magazines to the
large one, upon which some sparks fell
from a match or candles; thesmall one
blew up a few moments before the larger,
and prevented the explosion of the latter
being heard. The explosion was tremen
dous on both sides. About 900 persons
were killed, and 400 wounded by the acci
dent. Out of 400 artillery-men 25 only
escaped. Massena proposed to exchange
the regulars, but the Marquis Loma, (a
Portuguese General in the French service)
would not agree to this, but wished them
to join the French, which they refused.
All the militia were sent- to their homes,
with the exception of 13 men from each
company, who are detained to repair the
fortifications. The peasants near Feisas
have taken a Lieutenant-Colonel, one
Lieutenant, and forty twq men of the Gens
d’Armes. The British troop* have been
actively employed in destroying the com
mills on Coa. It is generally thought that
ere long a battle must inevitably take
place. The French rob, plunder and mur
der wherever they make their appearance.
The men of the 45th Portuguese regiment
on the 29th ult. entered' the French ser
vice, and the 4th inst. nearly the whole had
deserted, and joined at head-quarters. A
division of 6000 militia, under Gen. Meller,
is at Chaves; Silveira is on the upper banks
of the Douro; and General Trant in the
neighbourhood of St. J. de Pesqueira, so that
if the French get near Vizen, they will be
flanked by the militia, who are very good
troops. The French now have the whole
of their force In the vicinity of Pinhel ; in
cluding Regnier and Junot’s divisions, it i>
estimated at about 93,000 men ; the latter
is with Massena, who can bring 60,000
troops into the field. Should he advance
against Lord Wellington, his Lordship
will no doubt retire to the Ponte de Mar
cella. We every hour expect to hear of
this having taken place.
” It is said that 8000 troops from France
have entered Navarre. During the last
four months Junot’s division has experi
enced a loss of upwards of 10,000 men, by
desertion, sickness, and the sword. About
3500 troops have been sent from Salsman
ca to the Asturta.
*’ We have just learned that on the 6th
our advanced posts were at Francos**, and
Lord Wellington near Vizen.”
The little Emperour of Washita was
still at Paris, almost literally raking the
kennels. An anecdote of his history will
correct some of the amusing prticles which
we receive from lime to time from the
British prints.
Burr had so far succeeded in a project
which he eithei brought with him from
England or cont ived to fabricate at Paris,
at to find access to the Minister of Police,
Fouche, (Duke v Olranto.) The project
submitted by Bute to Fouche was, that a
treaty offensive tnd defensive should fbrm
the batit <f an Immediate peace between
France and Great-Britain, and that they
would between them give law to the world}
particular concerning the Uni
ted State* and South-America, were em
bracedin the flat} the United States were
to be formed intd three distinct provinces,
of which all the territory north and east of
the Hudson, wis to be one, subject to the
appointment of a Stadtholder by Great-
Britain.
The territory between Hudson and the
Potomack was to be a neutral State, with
power to establish its own government,
with the consent of the high contracting
parties The territory south and west of
Potomack was to be placed on the same
footing.in relation co France, that the coun
try east of Hudson was to stand with re
gard to Great-Britaln. [That is, we sup
pose, with a Viceroy over them.) Various
other details are noted.
They demribe the population in the North
of SpainM in a high state of animation
against the enemy. It is added, that an ex
pedition was fitting out at Corunna pgainst
SantonajMd St. Andera The French
in however, received re-in
fer cements.
Extract a letter dated Bayonne, 29th
qf September.
** If we may confide ip the reports of ten
days past, the following is the substance of
a communication made by the Due de Ca
dore to General Armstrong on the 12tb in
instant, two days before he left Paris, but
it ha* not yet been announced officially -
The Journal del* Empire and Moniteur
of Paris, contain some correspondence of
General Armstrong with the Duke of Ca
dore, which we have not at present time to
translate. Aurora.
“ 3d. The Americans can introduce free
ly into our port* the Produce <f their own
•oil, and export a contra value in th* pro
duction* of the French Jd.
In consequence of tMa, prices of sugar,
coffee, flee, rise daily, but cotton is on the
decline ; .Weet-India and Eaet-India pro
duce cannot be imported but by a certain
number <f permitted veeeele, to be expe
dited from New- York and Charleston.
" Licenses are reserved for French ves-,
•els neutralized.”
** You will, before thia, have heard an
account of an official kind, issued by the
oeQventionalhta, in West Florida, of .their
AURORA NEWS FROM FRANCE.
We have letters of the 26th August from
Paris, and the 4ch of September from Bour
deaux.
We apprehend the report in some of
the papers, coicerning the appointment of
Alexander Macrea, Esq. to the Consulate
at Paris, is not correct; Mr. Macrea went
to Europe on the Concerns of an important
establishment of Use arts, by a company
formed at Richmond* (Virginia,)'of which
Mr. Macrea is a member.
When the Emperour returned from Ant
werp,-he first discovered the transaction;
the consequence of which was, the dis
grace of Fouche, and his being compelled
to retire to Italy f Ouverard, another agent
in the intrigues, Was tfemmitteff to prison;
and Burr was placed under the supefrin
tendance of the police as a British efty.
There are to be certain ports designated
through which particular articles will be
allowed topass under regulations!! out the
entrance of persons or goods from England
will subject the former to imprisonment,
the latter to confiscation.
But it appears that during the tbhr of the
French Emperour to the Coast, with his
Empress, the Minister of Pqlipe, Fouche,
actually contrived I* open an indirect com
munication with the British government
upon the subject.
0 Ist. The decrees, rendered at Ram
bouillet is revoked. Every American ves
sel will be freely admitted.
2. The confiscated property will be
restored a* soon as Congress will have re
voked the law on the subject of fines in
curred for the contravention of the non
intercourse bill.
Extract of a letter froth the Miitienfifii
Sty the jßaife. -
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NATCHEZ. October 8.
W B have received nothing very late from
West-Florida. Itfr said though, that the
Conventionalists are becoming very strong,
that they have between five and six hun
dred men in the fort of Baton Rouge.. The
friends of the oM Spanish monarchy are
embodying themselves in the eastern part
of the province, to resist the Convention
alists.
PHILADELPHIA, November 3.
‘Territory, dated October 3.
♦
taking the fort of Bataa Rouge; this, though
it was expected by many, appears to have
excited a lively sensation here, among the
friends of the United States, from an ap-
SWEDEN.
This kingdom has now passed complete
ly under the yoke of Bonaparte, and be
comes a province of France. This event,
as it respects the final conquest of Europe,
is of very little consequence we know; for
as soon as the people of Sweden submitted
so far to the will of Bonaparte as to adept
his system of government, they were a con
quered people, and the Swedish nation was
no more. Sweden has not been conquered
by the force of arfos, and it ia very doubt
ful whether by force of arms she could x
have been conquered. She has fallen like
all other nation* who have listeoed-to the
spies of Napoleon, by intrigue. We are
not about to lament the fall of Sweden; it
appears to be the will of the majority of'
the nation that they should submit to the
tyranny of the usurper, and we are very
willing that they should be gratified with a
trial of French freedom. We are not sorry
that those nation* that have voluntarily
thrown themselves into the arms of his im
perial Majesty, should feel the effects of
his embraces. There is do knowledge like
experimental knowledge. Some men will
never learn witoom but by experience, and
we do not hesitate to declare it as our opin
ion, that tithing will so soon destroy the
power of Bqnapsrte, as the wide extension
of bis dominions. That human nature can
submit to large doses of the most humili
ating degradations is a factit ha* been
proved by bur own government! But there
is a point below which it cannot descends—
The nation* of Europe are fast verging to
that point. The whole continent is now
mediately ot immedtyely under the con
trol of a single individual—an individual
whose fellow for baseness is not to be found
on the face of the earth. How long this
degraded state of society can exist is not
for os to determine; but unless the spirit of'
man is many degree* lower than it ever
was in any former period of the world, we
can safely calculate that it will not contin
ue many years.
The fate of Sweden bolds out another
warning to every independent pation, (if
any such now exist,) to beware of French
influence. The minions and spies of Bona
parte are continually lulling the people of
this country, and are attempting to make
them believe that Napoleon has no influ
ence here. Every man of the least reflec
tion must know that the emissaries of the
great Emperour are spread over the face of
the earth. There is not a nation, kindred
or tongue on .the habitable globe, where
Bonaparte has no friends. Hl* spies insin
uate themselves into every city and every
family. They are like the frogs of old in
Egypt; they come up into our bouses, and
into our bed chamber*; they are among
our servants and our people. The idea
then that there i* no French influence in
this country is preposterous, and none but
knaves could propagate such a sentiment,
and none but fools would pay any attention
to it. The mischief is, that though many
believe there is French influence, very few
can have an idea of its extent. And many
while they are acting under the orders of
the Emperour, and are pursuing measures
to bring about the destruction of the liber
ties of the country, really suppose they are
acting for the benefit of the nation, and ad
vocating the freedom of mankind. To warn
such people is useless—they will bear no
thing but the song of the Syren which is en
ticing them to destraction. Had the Swedes
been told, when they deposed their King,
that they were making way for a French
Governbur, and that iu a very few months
their country would become a province of
Frsnce, would they have believed it ? And
had they believed it would they have done
as they did ? There were, no doubt, in Swe-
prehension that seme foreign power may
be at the bottom of it. There is no doubt
but what has appeared in some papers
published at Orleans and at Natches, pro
ceeds from a very suspicious source; it is
notorious, that there are four papers at
Orleans and Natcbes, all belonging in fact,
or influenced by pecuniary means, by one
of Burr’s treasurers— and his adherents
are endeavouring to make the most of it.
But you will ask, what has our government
been doing ? They have not looked on in
differently, though it has been difficult to
know how to act, while there was an ap
pearance of order and peaceable conduct;
but since the late affairs. Colonel Coving
ton has marched to the frontier, on the
28th ult. with two troops of dragoon*, to re
press any acts of any citizens of ours, who
might be disposed, to interfere; and Gov
ernour Holmes has ordered a regiment of
militia to be in readiness to march at a
short notice—how this business will close I
cannot pretend to anticipate ; but you shall
hear if there is any thing worth notice.
NEW-YORK, November 9-
FROM ENGLAND. K
By the arrival this morning of the ship
Silver Grey, Captain Bailey, in 33 days
from Liverpool, we have received files of
London and Liverpool papers to the 30th
of September; one day later than before
received : But they contain very little in
telligence of an important nature.
" The Proclamation of the President must
relieve the publick mind from much of the
solicitude whioh it has for some time past
felt. It announces the important fact, of
ficially ascertained, that “the edicts of
France violating the neutral commerce of
the United States have been so revoked a*
to cease to have effect,” and, in virtue of
the unqualified direction* of an act of Con
gress, declare* all existing restriction on
the commerce and vessels of France and
her dependencies removed. A*, however,
no restriction exists, with regard to France
except the exclusion of her armed vessel*
from our ports, the principal effect pro
duced will be in opr favour by the revoca
tion of her by which we shall be
permitted to, carry on our trade without
any other annoyance from her than is au
thorized by the established laws and usage*
of nation*. It is scarcely necessary to re
mark, that the President, In hi* pvoclama-r
tton, has strictly and literally pursued the
track marked out by Congress, having
merely dischkrged a mlnisteriaintast. A
feeble stand has, indeed, been made by a
few wars* partisan*, who have contended,
that, as long a* the French government
retained the sequestered property of our
merchants, she evinced an indisposition
*' to cease to violate the neutral commerce
of the United States.” But, admitting the
fact, and concurring the sentiment
that while she doe* retffih that property
•he continues to commit a flagrant injus
tice, doe* it prove, in the very face of a
solemn official declaration, that she will
not hereafter change her course, when she
explictly say* that she will ? The seizure
and sequestration of our property, al
though it is highly reprehensible, and will
unquestionably present a solemn point of
discussion on our part, were long anterlodr
to the declaration revoking her edicts; and
these very acta, so flagrantly in violation
of our neutral commerce, are those, among
others, which by her declaration aha
pledge* herself to cease ’committing. If,
after her declaration, she had continued to
seize and sequester out property,
suspicion would have been excited, and if
might well have been doubted, whether
she would have carried her promise into
effect But she is not charged with any
•uch condqjit. It has moreover been seen,
that the terms of the act of Congress are
broad and imperative; looking entirely to
the future, and not clogging any arrange
ments, calculated to secure a respect for
our right* hereafter, by any past conduct,
however Itrocious. On this head, there
fore, the President, being vested with uo
discretion could exercise none.
" There is another question, on* perfect
ly distinct, which it may remain hereafter
to settle with the French government. By
her rescinding her edicts and our with
drawing our restrictions, the question of se
questered property is nut put to rest. It
will still remain in its full force, and our
claims on her justice and honour will be un
abated. May they not, indeed, be strength
ened.
“ The Circular of the Secretary of the
Treasury discloses the next step taken in
this interesting concern. It declares the
state of things which will three months
hence exist with_ regard to Great-Britain,
Jn case she " shall not have revoked or
modified in like manner her edict* vio
lating the neutral commerce of the United
States,” aocorditfl to the same act of Con
gress, which prohibits “ both the entrance
of British vessels of every descripttaa into
.
Lord Moira on the 27th
of Sept, last, from Mr. James G. Jackson,
assuring him that he had received aathen
tick information from Mogadore, that Mr.
Park, the African Traveller, was seen
about the month of March last, 8 days
journey, or 130 miles east of Timbucton.
1 London Paper.
On all Important subjects, the pubHck
ought to be acquainted with the language
of the paper of our government.. For thia
reason, we copy the following remark*
from the National Intelligencer of Monday
last.
den many honest men—seen
ruin of their country in the proceedings
which took place, and warned their fefiow
citisens of the destructive French influence
was then exercised ever the people.
But such' men could hot be heard. They
were probably branded with foul epithets:
They were called tyrannical monarchists
English partisans, fcc Ac. Nothing would
do but submission to France—they now feel
the effect* of that submission. The nation
is fallen, is annihilated, and every nation
which listens to the flattery of French par
tisans, and the nauseous love letter* of the
upstart Emperour, will fall in the same way.
Billinge’s Liverpool Advertiser, of the .
first of last month, contain* the following
article :
•• It appears general opinion of
foreigners who UMBbi* country, that a
dreadful explosMMpkely to break out
upon the willqmt an end
to the pMaps not stop at
an event so desirable to mankind. Lucien
Bonaparte seems to be of the same opinion,
and, therefore, like the rate in the adage,*
he is wisely running away from a falling .
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