The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-06-01 00:00:00, page 2

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*ll otter* mutt stain them with i*delt>le
**’ disgrace, it should be thdir rejection of me
•laim of Mr*. Hamikoq - ( : 0
It has been often said,
emphatically the sin of repubticbs; but my
partiality for my own country had led.me
to hope that she would not so soon verify
the maxim. If there ever was a claim upon
• nation's bounty pre-eminently strong, it
was that of Mia* Hamilton—Loth on her
own account and ou that of hi r deceased
husband One would havs thought that
the .widow of a hero, and the daughter of a
patriot,* left in circumstances fat from af
fluant, and with a numerous and helpless
progeny, to look up to her for support,
< should, of herself, have commanded both
Compassion and relief, from those whose
breasts the furtea .bed not steeled with the
most savage insensibility. But if her fide
to relief from her own merits wore strong,
frpm those of her deported husband they
were tacumparably stronger. Hamilton is
bat another name for patriotism herself.—
He led our troops to conquest in the ban
nered field, be organised our deranged
finances in pie cabinet, and in the closet
his pen was actively employed to give sta
bility aiu| popularity to oui ae* and at tfksst
time tottering system of government.
And for ail these • illustrious services
what is his reward ?«—To have his
tion traduced while living with every odious
epithet which malignity could invent; and
when d<-ad, toslender pkifuict
which he had, so patriotically forborn to
Claim from bis country, withheld by that
Country from his widow and bis children.
Shades of Warren, Wayne, Montgome
ry and Washington : will ye not frown m
dignant upon those who thus insulted tin
aahes of a departed co-patriot; will ye nm
haunt upon their pniowsthe repose oi those,
who could stain the dhfaut glories oi tha.
Country which you redeemed from siaveiy,
wi«h »uch wave minded ingratitude !
The next in the rank of degradation is-
Issue Wilbour, Lieutenant-Governour 01
the State, whose insignificance would have
shit Ided him from notice, did not publics
justice and publick interest require a short
history of his political life, and of the
means by which he rose to notice in tht
State. This “ rag of honour" was som<
few years since an obscure individual, un
noticed and unknown. Upon the wings of
faction he ascended to fame, and his brow
are now covered with her choicest wreaths
A town-meeting riot seems to have been
his Honour’s hobby horse, tor it was by hi*
obstinate perseverance in opposing the laW»
of the land, and in adhering to that opp*-
sition when arraigned at the bar of th«
House, that he acquired a passport to de
niocratick favour, and enjoyed full com
munion in the society ot the cursed. Aft<-i
meeting with success instead of punish
ment for this breach of law, his Honoui
reared his dark visage in the world, and
•met ged from obscurity, like a meteor “ iti
the vault of Heaven,’’ glowing with fire
and splendid in glory. What has co*t
many a better man hie life, has been to his
Honoui the cause of notice and success
In England, instead of being promoted to
the sea* of legislation, he might have re
tired with dignity to New gate, or, like
Gardner, bare carritd to hit grave the
W hen a party in power is reduced to
the extremity of electing to office, men,
destitute of qualifications for the ordinary
transactions of life, it would seem to re
quire no uncommon foiesight to predict
that such a party is declining, and ere long
snuHt be a victim to its own imbecility. But
Oommon prediction and maxims of politi
cal honesty and truth, seem equally to have
lost their former worth, and to have sunk
in the estimation of men accustomed to the
triumph of vice and the abandonment of
virtue. How long such practice will pre
vail and rhe people of this country will
Suffer corruption and profligacy to hold the
reins of power, it would be presumptuous te
foi etell. As a fever in the corporeal *y»
tern, before it can subside, must arrive to a
Crisis alarming and critical, so in the mo
ral world, man’** corruption has risen to de
anocracy, and if we survive the crisis wt
may again attain our former purity and
health. It exposure of crime and proof ot
profligacy wul in any degree sei ve to dis
sipate the prejudices of the people, anothei
year will piace our rulers in that bot
tomless disgrace from which, like Lucitei,
they will never rise. For the present wc
shall take have ot his Excellency, assuring
him however thabthe depravity of private
life is not forgotten. The great Vicar win
yet know that Lydia Morgan lives; and
the Chief Justice may learn that subor
nation is not a neceatary qualification of a
Judge.
For T«» Rhode Island American.
THE £X.IMLvIr....Mo. 111.
* Mr*. Hamilton is a daughter of that di»-
tingu.aned Revolutions!} hern, Gen. Schuyler.
Pirgi/iia fatriot.
......“ I Li* wprld hu grown so mon
strnu* L#d, >(
“ That wren* ni«y peck, where eagles dare not
perch,
<» And’every Jack’s become a gentleman.”
I stripes of justice. But in thjs State he was
Lsoq* declared a caiAOate for office, and*
basever since enjoy ed the confidence of th*
people. Not long after his first display of
pure democracy, be was elected to the of
fice which he at present holds, where
during one year he performed the duties ef
Governour of the State. What man of or
dinary understanding, would have believed
ten years since, that Isaac Wilbour would
so far have enjoyed the confidence of a fret
people ? If an angel from heaven bad de
clared it to mln, an honest mind would’
have sworn it an impositidn. His Honour
possesses such headstrong fire and impetu
osity of passion, aa to be equally impervious
to rational argument or unanswerable tnf h.
A m*xim self-evident from the commence
ment of time, if repeated by a federalist,
he would swear was false, but when poured
in sweet and melting strains from the lips
of democracy, his Honour's soul would be
bound with the demon's charm, and he
would hot hesitate for a moment to give
assent- So falsehood to his Honour bears
the semblance of truth, and imposition on
the people has the full stamp of political
virtue. After a display of his seal in the
great cause of universal domination, he
was thpught to posses* innate powers of le
gislation, and was consequently elected a
Representative to the Congress of the Uni
ted States. This man, endowed by nature
with only a moderate share of intellectu
al strength, unimproved by education or
habit, is sent to legislate for the Union.-
He w?nt and attained his object—he re
ceived his six dollars per day, without its
hardly being known that he was there.—
While in Congress, his Hoqour displayed a
new trait in his character, one before never
observed even by his most intimate friends.
Instead of aspiring to lead the party to
which he belonged, he was content, like
rhe Spaniel, to bear the marks of contempt,
and follow in the train of modern patriots,
a servile aychoph*ht, a humble flatterer.'
and more humble slave. In all the base
and disgraceful acts of tlie House, his Hon
our was ever in the majority, and contri
buted to their enaction. He counted one
by his vote, which was given without a
reason or even a plausibility of excuse.—
Vox haeeitfaucibua. A statue would have
perforrtied all the duties of a Representa
tive with rnorc honour to the State. It has
been said that his Honour devoted his lei
sure time to a more profitable employment,
and by certain equestriaYt performances
gave strong evidence of a taste for the turf
and of talents for a jockey. Whether or
not this be true, I am unable to say—sure
it is, however, he was a disgrace to the
State and the Union. The returning sense
of the people filled his place with another
and a better and left, his Honour at,
leisure to cultivate his talent for riots and,
fraud. At the election in May, we had
ample evidence of his proficiency in elec
tioneering deception. As moderator of a
town-meeting, he threw out votes on the
one hide, which no honest man would haye
rejected, and on the other, received the
votes of some who had not even the
shadow of a freeman's right. It was he and
his minions who shouted and huzzaed when
the election was declared—a disgrace to
all legislation but the council of France.
What would be the sensations of an honest
mind when it was told that democrats huz
zaed in the legislature at the triumph of
their cause ? I blush for my country while 1
write. Such then, citizens of Rhode-Island,
is the Lieutenant-Governour of the State,
whose private life entitle* him to no re
spect, and whose publick acts are a dis
grace to the State, and confirmation strong
•H the enruption of the times.
At length the warrant of the Commons
has been served on the Baronet.
About 10 o’clock this morning, t before
■ny great crowd was assembled before the
Barronet’s house, a ladder was raised to the
first floor window, and a Constable mount
ing it, lifted up one of the windows, which
being perceived by a gentleman inside, he
instantly shut down the window and forced
the Constable to descend with precipita
tion. Baffled in the attempt to get into
he house by these means, the Constables
forced open the area gate, and entered the
house by the kitchen. As soon as the Con
stables had secured an entrance, the Ser
geant at Arms, Mr. Colman, proceeded
into the house, and met the Baronet on the
stairs. A Conversation to the following ef
fect is said to have taken place :
The Sergeant—'Sic Francis you are my
prisoner.
Sir Francit— By what right. Sir, have
vou forced an entrance into my house, in
violation of the laws of the land ?
The Sergeant-Sir Francis, I am re
quired tn arrest you under the authority of
this warrant.
LONDON, April 9.
Sir Francia Burdett taken to the Tower.
Sir Francit— Sir, I again ask you to ex
hibit to me the law that authorises you to
break into my house ?
The Sergeant—My authority is in my
hand. It is a warrant signed by the Speak
er of the House of Commons.
Sir Francit— l ttll you that warrant, I
know to be illegal. It docs not justify you
foreign intelligence,
Received al Boston from Liverpool.
At 11 the crowd rather less than usual,
but soon after, hearing Sir F. was coming,
the mob rushed in from all quarters, and
both Tower-hills were soon covered. Five
minutes before 12 arrived 500 of the foot-,
guards from Westminster. They catne
down Mark-bmfo headgd by the City Mar
shal and a Civil Officer. They drew up
three deep in the fihe from the Tower-
Gittit, Which were shut, covering the en
trance. Ten minutes past 12, an officer of
ihe 15th light dragoons, rode smartly out
from Jewry-stieet, by the further side of
Trinity making signals for the mob
io clear the way. Great shouting apd run
ning. A . Quarter past 12 arrived about 20
of the horse guards, who rode up towards
the Tower-Gates. Al the distance of 100
yards came about 300 of the 15th light
dragoons, then about 200 of the horse
guards, having in the middle of them the
coach containing Sir Francis Burdett.
After the horse-guards came about 200
more of the 15th. This state of things re
mained for full half an hour, the carriage
covered by about 200 hOrse-guards, the
line of foot-gusrds stretching from it up
Tower-hill, the 15th lining the sides of
Tower-hill, to keep off the mob, which be
gan to disperse.
Sir Francis was admitted about 1 o'clock*.
Upon the return of the military from the
Tower, they returned in the following or
der—a platoon of cavalry first, then in
fantry, and lastly cavalry. Upon the pass
ing of the military to little East-Cheap,
the mob attacked the last platoon with
stones and mud—the cavalry fired their
pistols—one ball passed through the lan
tern of a tinman, corner of East-Cheap;
another through the window of the first
floor of Mr. Martin, a Sheffield plate
'worker.
The Sergeant and Messengers, and Con
cables, now took th» Baronet into custody,
and upon a signal being given, a glass
coach approached the street door, and the
cavalry made the greatest haste to sur
round the coach to the number of several
hundreds. , The Baronet was put in first,
«nd was followed by the Sergeant at Arms
and another Officer. Two of the Baronet’s
triends got in after them, but, as wc un
derstand, were obliged to get out again.
The coach escorted by the cavalry, now
set off at a quick rate, up Albemarle-
Street, across Bond-street, through Con
duit-street and Hanover-square, for the
New Road, in order to avoid passing
through the Main-streets. The capture
was made at an earlier hour than the
crowd had been in the habit of assembling
The event, therefore, was not immediately
or generally known. The Baronet had
passed up Albemarle-street, before a cry
was set up, “ they have taken him—they
have dragged him out of his house.”—
The cry spiead immediately far and wide ;
Piccadilly, Pall-Mall, and St. Jimes’s
streer, were deserted, and the tide rolled
rapidly after ( the Baronet's coach ; but it
went at so great a rate, that.it was not
overtaken. The cavalry went by the New
Road, a very circuitous route. Fresh pre
parations had been made in the contempla
tion of a disturbance near the Tower.—
Troops were stationed near it, and a fresh
regiment came up by water from Tilbury
fort this morning. They were quartered
in the New Mint, Tower-hill. The intel
ligence of the Baronet’s approach to the
city created considerable confusion, and
the people deemed it adviseable to shut
their shops.
i in securing my person in ike epen street,
breajfing open my house.. L
'TAe j£rgean&-I am juftified ; Hi fer
li«ving the Spbakcl, qu
■ horized by a vote of the Commons, to be
a legal instrument, and I require you to
surrender yhurself to me in virtue of its
Sir Francia— Sir, do you demand me io
•he name of the King ? In that case lam
P&pared to obey. «MK
I The Sergeantf—ifo, Sir j I repeat that 1i
demand you in the name and by the au
thority of the Commons of England.
Sir Francie—Sir, I deny that they have
We understand that as soon as Mr. Lee,
who has been sent with despatches from
Mr. Pinkney to General Armstrong, shall
arrive at Paris, that Minister will quit the
Court of France to proceed to America.
April 12.
A Proclamation was published yester
day, offering a reward of 500/. for the dis
covery of any person or persons who fired
at or wounded any of his Majesty’s sub
jects, employed by the .Civil Magistrates,
during the late disturbances. The corpo
ration of London, have also instituted in
quiries as to the firing in the city.
The Capitol is perfectly tranquil, and
Viktly to continue so.
An American gentleman of the name of
Ely arrived at Dover yesterday in a neu
tral from Dieppe, with despatches for the
American Minister.
Sir Francis Burdett, accompanied by his
son and a friend, were yesterday seen
walking and taking the air, in the Tower,
unattended by guards. He is allowed .a
the power, and I desire you to take notice,
that I consider the law of the land as vio
lated in my person, and that I am taken
from my house by an unlawful force.
TOWER-HILL.
April 10. ,
Sir Francis has followed up hi*
first letter with a second, which the Speak
er read to the House of Commons yester
day, and of which a copy will be found in
another part of out paper. He there gives
the Speaker notice of his intention ”t<>
file a bill against him for having forcibly
entered his dwelling-house, and caused him
to be apprehended, committed to the Tow
er illegally, and kept and detained in pri
son there without any reasonable or proba
ble cause whatsoever.” Nothing was done
yesterday upon this letter, except an ordet
for it* insertion in the Journal*of the House.
Mr. Whitbread observing that it would
there appear as part of the issue joined in
a very great and important question, u.
which the attentibn of the House must at- ■
terward* be directed. This proceeding in.
the King’* Bench will bring the question
of executing a warrant of the Speaker ot
the House of Common* by breaking open
a house, and taking the member ordered
to be arrested, forcibly from it, to trial—
unless indeed it. is meant to be contender
that a Court of Law cannot, in this in
stance, take Cognizance of the conduct or
this branch of the Legislature. But this
cannot be intended, because* the Attorney-
General himself, in hi* opinion and exami
nation, contemplates the probability of the
breaking open the house being made thr
subject of legal investigation.
By his notice Sir Francis treat* the
Speaker as a Magistrate, as Magistrates
alone are entitled to a month’s notice ol
any charge brought against them, inbrdei
that they might have time, to ascertain
whether they have committed an errour,
and make a voluntary reparation. At the
expiration of the month, the Speaker must
appear in the Court of King’s Bench, when
a declaration of his alleged offences will be
read to him, and four days granted him to
plead and prove their being unfounded
It it likely, however, that he will have re
course to a demurer, that is, admit thr
truth of all the fact* contained in the bill,
but deny that any point of law arises from
th«m. The chances of the question are
then reduced to only one, whether a point
of law arises out of the case.
Hpaitad of walk, and appeared per-
Ineffcftual yiffolk* have been made at
JParit to iniluce t>« i>po»ur to nfoder
more extensive than at present his li
censing system.
April IS.
It appear* from the’information of a Nor
wegian Captain, that the Danish priva
teer* are ordered to detain and sand in aii
vessels loaded under British licenses.
On Saturday afternoon, a roost distress
ing and*melancholy accident happened ar I
sea, near Hartley, by which no less than
23 seatpen and fisherman have lost then
lives.
Yesterday morning, pursuant to notice,
tenders were made to government of hemp.
The distinction of Petersburg clean was
offered at 74/.; of Riga clean at 72/. 10*
All the contract* proposed were accepted
However we may deplore the Ute tu
mults, it ought not to pass unnoticed, that
from the first to the last, there way nut the
least symptom manifested' nor a solitary
cry heard among the crowd that could be
construed into disaffection to the State.—
No revolutionary placards stack up or cir-‘
culated—no attempt made to take advan
tage of the feelings of the mob, and to tprn
their indignation against other object*.
We have inserted a full account of the
Westminster meeting yesterday. A peti
tion and remonstrance to Parliament was
resolved upon. Several resolutions were
passed, and a letter drawn up to Sir Fran
cis Burdett. The petition and remon
strance were presented to the House of
Commons in the afternoon, and produced
some debate. It was contended by some
members, that it was not sufficiently de
corous ; by others, that the House ought
not lie too nice in criticising the language of
petitions. The petition and remonstrance
were received by the House, and ordered
to be laid upon the table.
Sir Francis Burdett’s amended notice
(in consequence of having described his
house in his first notice in a wrong parish)
was delivered to the Speaker y esterday
and- a few words of conversation ensued
relative to the warrant for taking the Baro
net into custody. Mr. Perceval suggested
it for the consideration of the members,
’* whether the signing of the warrant was
not a proceeding in the House, and there
fore by the bill of rights not to be ques
tioned out of the House.**
“ This very morning a plot has been dis
covered to deliver up the ships in the Bay
to the enemy. Twenty-five of the princi
pal ringleaders have been arrested, and
among them an officer, who was detected
the other night making signals to the ene
my, at the instant a sortie was leaving the
town."
Mr. Whitbread replied, that it was not
a thing propounded in the House, but an
act committed out of the Hesse.
Account* from Bayonne mention that 32
squadrons of French cavalry had passed
into Spain to destroy the small parties ol
Patriots.
The following ia an extract of a letter re-
ceived from a gentleman at Cadiz.
April 14.
"Cadiz, March 22.
‘ \ •
ThisU tl)c grqat .differtaee. . The Ott
ing of the warrant might be perfectly legal
md yet thi manner of executing it out of
the House illegal. ’« .
The declaration in the bill of right* t*
which Mr. Perceval alludes is the 9th.
That the freedom of speech and de
bate or proceedings in Parliament ought
•lot to be impeached or questioned, in any
Court or place out of Parliament
“ That the legality er ilkgvlity of the
Speaker’s warrant, in the case of Burdett,
ciin be tried under the notice, or (he statute
cited in the tot ice, we do not believe. The
act applies only, to Magistrates, and cer
tainly Hie Speaker did not sign the war
rant as a Magistrate, but *s S|>eaker of th*
House of Common*. It is signed ”Charles
Abbot, Speaker.’*
In the House of Commons, at a late date,
Mr. Canning observed 7 that it had been in
timated by Mr. Whitbread that he had
told a lie respecting Mr. Erskine's nego
tiation. He complained of the delay ip in
vestigation which had taXvn place under
this insinuation. Mr. W. replied, that he
had not had time to examine the docu
ments ; but would during the rebess, and
4 he found himself wrong would apologize.
The troops stationed iiFLondon and it*
vicinity as late as April 17, amauuwdto
19J600. ’ • . -i ’
.The Prospero sailed from England April
16, for America, with despatches.
La Belle Etoile, of 2'4 guns, from Bour-
Ueaux for the Isle of France, and La East
hidiainan, from the Isle of France, bound
home, are sent into England. The former
u valuably laden; the latter has on board
a very ricu cargo, including a large sinh
iu specie.
April 2f.
Orders wer* received at Plymouth put
i iiursday from the Admiralty, tor a swift
sailing or other vessel to pi epar*
o sail for America, and from thence to-th*
island ot Sombrero, and all the other West
luma Islands, to search for and endeavour
to ascertain the fate ot' Jyffery, the seamaa
belonging to the Recruit, sloop, who wm>
vet on snore on the above iiamcd Island of
by bucoinmaudmg uffiocr, Cap
laSiiLuke. - > >
is understood, consequence o£
a -peciai convention between France an*
i'> ussia, all the Pr.ussiau coast* are to be
.Kxupied by French troops, until the rati*' ,
Hoauon of a peace with England.
Respecting the seizure of America*
property, an official paper has been pub
.isned oy the Consulate ot the United btate*
Paris, containing a very voiununous lisa
ot vessels bcai uig.tns flag ot the United
otatew which have been confiscated or *e*
4Ue*tercd in the ports ot France, Spain,.
Holland, Italy, Naples, bet. in obediences
to the order* ot the French government.
3. All vessels violating the first article,
i hat may be taken on the Dutch coast, by
French men of war, or.privateers, shall be
declared good prizes ; and in case of any
doubt arising, such difficulty can alone be
decided upon by his Majesty the Empe
■ <>ur. ■
5. The restrictions contained in the above
articles shall be revoked, as soon as Eng
land shall have solemnly revoked her Or
ders in Council, of 1807; and from that
instant, the French troops shall evacuate
Holland, and restore to her the full enjoy
ment of her independence.
6. Inasmuch as it has been adopted as a
constitutional principle in that the
Thalweg of the Rhine forms the boundary
of the French empire; and as the dock
yards of Antwerp are, by the present state
of the boundaries between the two coun
tries, unprotected and exposed. His Ma
jesty the King of Holland, cedes to his Ma
jesty the Emperour ot the French, King of
Italy, &c. Dutch Brabant, the whole of
Zealand, including therein the Isle of
Schouwen, that part of Guelderland, which
is situated on the left bank of the Waal;,
vo that henceforth th* boundary between
France and Holland shall be the Thalweg
of the Waal, from the fort of Schenkens,
leaving oh the left bunk, Nymeguen, Rom
mel and Wundrichetu, then the principal
stream of the Mei we, which runs into the
Hiesboch, through which, and also through
the Holland<>ch Diep and the Wolkerak,
the line of demarcation shall be continued
until it reach the sea at Breningen or
Gravelingen, leaving on the left the Isle of
Schouwen.
7. Each of the ceded provinces shall ba
released from all debt* not incurred for
MEW TREATY
Between Runes and, HaUJUtE.
Art. 1. Until tne English government
shall have solemnly abiogated the restric
tions contained in its Orders in Council, of
1807, all commerce, whatsoever,
n ibited between the pbru of England and
the port* of Holland. Should there b*
reasons for granting licenses, those only
•hall be valid which are delivered hi th*
name of the Emperour.
3. A corp* of 18,000 men, of which 3000
ffiall be cavalryand consisting of 6ouo
French, and 12,000 Dutch, shall be placed
«t all the mouth* of the rivers, together
with officer* of th£ French customs, to see
hat the content* of the foregoing article*
are carried into complete effect.
3. These troop* .shall be paid, fed and
cinthed by the Dutch government.