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Vol. XIV.]
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OF ALL THE DISPOSITIONS AND HABITS
WHICH LEAD TO POLITICAL PROSPERITY
RELIGION and MORALITY ARE INDISPENSA
>LE SUPPORTS. - — Wfoft't Legacy
''MISCELLANY.
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Interesting Correspondence.
[CONTINUED FROM THE LAST ORACLE.)
1, From the Duke of York to the Prince
of Wales.
MY BEAR BROTHER, Horse-Guards Oft, ir.
I HAVE this moment, upon my arrival in town
found your letter, and lose no time in answer
ing that part of it, which it appears to tee -highly
meceffary should be clearly understood.
Indeed, my dear brother, you must give me
leave to repeat to you, that upon the fullefl consid
eration, I perfectly recoiled your having yourfelf
told me at Catkon^Houfe, in the year 1793, on
The day on which you was informed of his Mujef.
ty± having acarfi&ed in your tectf of beip, up
fcfowiteUd^i^ tftu 10 w regimek ofl
light dragoons,of which Sir William Pitt was then 1
colonel, the message and condition which was then I
delivered to you from his Majesty ; and which hisl
Majesty repeated to me in the year 1795, as men-|
tinned in my letter of Thursday hft. And I have.|
the fullefi reafoo to know, that there are others tol
whom at that timey ,u mentioned the fame circum-|
fiances; nor have I the least teco/Mion of your havl
ingdeoied it to me,whenldelivered to you theKingsl
answer, as I certainly mould have feltit incumbent
on me to recal to your memory, what you had told
me yourfelf in the year 1793.
No converlation wharioevever passed between us
#8 you justly remark, in the year 1796, when Sir
William Put was promoted to the King's dragoon
guards, which was Eone in consequence of what!
was arranged in 1793, upon your fi&ppointment
to the zoth light -dragoons ; add I cerate that
your mentioning in your letter, my having ftitrfa
conversion to have p<d between us in 1798,
must have arisen from fume mifapprehenfiori as 1
do not find that year ever adverted to in my letter.
I have thought it due to ua both, my dear broth
er, thus fully to reply to th'ofe parts of your letter
in which you appear to have mistaken mine; but
as I am totally unacquainted with the correspon
dence which has taken place upon this fubje&, I
must decline entering any further into it.
1 remain ever, my dear brother, with rhe greatest
truth, your most affedionate brother,
(Signed) FREDERICK.
^ From the Priuc&ofWales toihe Dake
tfYork. t
MY DEAR iTROTHEfc. Brighter, Oft, 22.
By replying to your letter of the 6th inst. which
contained no fort of answer to mine of the id We
foe fdtea toeH,^ivolas#ltCTCfflnpril|on a
topic which is quite foreign to the pretent purpose.
Indeed the whole importance of it-lies in a teeming
contradiction in the statement of a fa&, which is
unpleafanLeven upon the id left occasion.
I mean to assert, that no previous condition to
forego all pretenfiobs to ulterior rank, under any
circumftances,hao been imposed upon me, or even
fubmitfed to me,in any fliape whatsoever on my firft
coming into the tervice, and with as much corifi- f
ilence as can be Wed in maintaining a negative, I
repeat that assertion.
When I foil became acquainted with bis Mafcf.
tyl purpose to withofa from me further advance
ment it is impoffibic to recoiled, but that it was so
early as the year 1793, I do not remember, and if
your expreflions were less positive, I should add,or
believe ; but I certainly knew ir, as you well know
fc 095 an " poffthly before. We were then enga
ged in war, therefore could not druk of resigning
my regiment, if under these circurnftances I had
been difpofel to do so ; but, in truth, my rank in
the nation made military rank, in ordinary time,, a
matter of littleconfequence,except tomyown pmate
feelings. This feotiment I conveyed to you in my
letter of the fecord,faying expictsly, (hit mere idle,
inaaive rank,was in no fort my @bfra; but uponthe
profpc6t of an emergency, when the King was to
take the field, and the spirit of ever, Briton was rout
ed to exertion, the place which I occupy in
the nation, made it indifpenfabk to demand a post
correspondent to that place, and to the public ex
peaation.—This fentimeat, I have the bappinefs
to be assured in a letter on this occaGon, made a
frong impreffienupon & ratal,and commanded the ref, edl
apd admit caioh of one very high in government.'
The only purpose of this fetter, my dear broth
er, is toexplain, finte that h necessary that my for.
mer ones recant not to give you the ttottNe of in
tsreedirft as my advocate for mere rank in the sr
roy. urging further, my ttkr more important
claims npoa government, would be vainly addreffa
ed to ady perfoo who can really think that a former
Refusal of mere rank under circumflances so widely
different, or the most express waving of Inch pre
lenfious, if that had been the case fornifhes the
lightest colour for the aofwer I have received to
the tenders I h^ve now made of my services.
Your department, my dear brother, was meant
VI must repeat it firoply as a channel to convey
tint tender to government, and to obtain either tQ
it, or an open avowal of their refnfal, &c. &c.
(Signed) z G. P.
- To his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
1, From the Duke of York to the Prime
of Wales. *
Drab brother, ' Horse-Guards, Oa. 1,
, I have received your tetter this morning, and am
very fotg to find that you think that! have mil
conceived the meaning of your firft letter, the whole
tenure of which, and the military promotion which
- eave rife to it, led me naturally to suppose your de-
Ire was that I should apply to his Majesty, in my
official capacity, to give fit military rank, to
which may be attached the idea of fubkquent com
mand.
That I found myfelf under the necessity of de
clining obedience to his Majesty's pointed orders,
as I explained to you in my letter of the 6th infl
but from your letter of to day, I am to under
stand that your objed is not military rank but that
a post should be allotted to you upon present em
ergency suitable to your situation in the date.
This I conceive to be purely a political consid
eration, and as such totally out of my departmentl
and as I have most carefully avoided, at all times
and under all circumflances ever interfering in any 1
political points, I must hope that you will not call
upon me to deviate from the principles by which I
have been invariably governed. Believe me, my
dear brother, your most affectionate brother.
(Signed) , FREDERICK.
His Royal Highuds the Prince of Wales.
t. From the Prince of Wales to the Duke
of York.
My BEAR BROTHER Carlton.Houfe, OS. T -
It cafrTO but be painful to me to be reduced to
Itlie necessity of further explanation on a fubjed
1 Which it was my earned wifli to have closed, and
I Which was of so clear and diftin& a nature,as in my
I humble judgment, to have precluded the possibility
lofeither doubt or milunderftanttingo
Surely there mu ft some thrift fatality obfeure
I my language in statement, or leave me Somewhat
I deficient in the powers of explanation, when it can
I lead your mind, ,my dear brother, to such a palpable
Imitconftruaion (for far be it from me to fancy it
wilful) of my meaning, as to suppose for a moment,
I I bad unconneaed my obje& with efficient military
| ran! and crahsfered it entirely to the view of polit-
I ical flatten, ,wben you venture to tell me, my cb
-Ije& is not military rank, but that a post should be
I allotted to me, upon ihe present emergency ; fuita-
Ible to my fitdation in the ftate.7 Upon what ground
Iyon Cah hazard foch assertion or upon what princi-
I ples ym can draw such an inference, lam utterly
I ata loss to determine.—For I defy the most Ikilful
I logician, in torturing the English language to apply
I With fairnefs such a conftru&ion to any word or
I phrase of mine contained in any of rhe letters I have
I ever Written on this, to me most interesting fubjed.
I I call upon you to rc-perufe the correspondence
I In my letter of the ad infl. I told you unequivocally
I that I hope you kriew me too well to imagine, that
I idle inaaive rankwas in my view ; and that fenti-
I ment, I beg you carefully to observe I have in no
I ruftance whatever for one single moment felinquifh
led dr departed from.
IGiving as I did, all the confederations of fay
I heart to the delicacy and difficulties of your fitua-
Ition, nothing could have Been more repugnant to
I my thoughts, or to my disposition than to have im-
I posed upon you, my dear brother, either in your
I capacity as commander in chief, or in the near re-
I lationthip which fubfids between us the tafk,murh
I lefa the YfEpe&rtien ofcaufiog you to rl/k any dis-
Ipleasure from his Majesty, by disobeying in fy de-
Igree his commands, although they' were even to
I militate against myftlf. But, with the impulse of
I my feelings towards you, and quickly conceiving
I what friendfhip and affection may be capable of, I
I did not, I own think it entirely impossible that you
I might considering the importance which the objeß
Icarries with it, have officially advanced my wishes,
I as a matter of propriety, to military rank, and sub-
Ifequent command, thro' his Majesty's ministers, for
I that direa purpose; especially when the honor
lof1 of my cbara&er and my fater fame in life were so
I deeply involved in tbe confideratidn. For I must
I emphatically again repeat 66 that idle inactive rank
I was never in my view, and military rank, with its
I confequent command, was never out of it.
I Feeling hew useless, as well as ungracious,
I controversy is upon every occasion, and knowing
I how it operates onucnan friendfhip ? I must en-
Itreat that our correspondence co thisfubjea ihall
uceale here ; for nothing eab be more distressing to
f me, than to prolong a topic on which, iris now
I cleat to me, my dear brother, that youand I can
I never agree, &c. &c.
I (Signed) • G. P.
I His Royal Highness bake of York. 1
Iri- i
©•% bf. a Letter from the Right Hoh.
I, Henry Addington, dated
Richmond-Park, oa. Ifr
I Sir, < .
II In conference of some intelligence which has
;I reached me, lam impelled by a sense of duty to
I your royal highness and to the publics to eEprefs
I an earnest and anxious hope that you may be iodu
-Iced to pofipone your return to Brighton, until I
I fliall have haiTan opportunity of making further
I enquiries, And of slating the result of them to your
, I royal highness.
I have the honor to be with the utmost deference
,I and refpea, fir, your royal higliAefs's faithful, and
; ] most humble Servant,
.I (Signed) HENRY ADDINGTON.
.I The Prince of Wales.
IANSWER.I ANSWER.
t I Sir, Carlton House, O&. 24.
r I By your grounding your letter to me upon intel
} I ligence which had jpft reached you, I apprehend
I that you allude to information which leads you to
lexpeft feme immediate attempt from the enemy.
IMy wish to accommodate myfelf to any thing
I which you represent a> material to the public fer
,I vice, would of course make me desirous to 'com
' I ply w "h 9 our request ; but,if there be reason to
I imagine that invasion will take place direaiy, I
I am bound by the King's precise order, and by thlt
1 I houeft teal which is not allowed any fitter place
-1 for its adion, to baften instantly to my r?giment.
el If I learn that my conftruaion of the word intelli
ilgence be right,! touft deem it necessary to repair
-1 to Brighton immediately, &c. &c.
,1 (Signed) G.P.
'I Right Hm Henry Addington,
ORACLE POST.
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TUESDAY, April 10, 18%
New Advertisements.
'For tex ORACLE.
Messrs. Treadwells,
In perusing your Oracle Post of the 27th inst.
was much surprised Ac meeting with the follow
ing advertisement, to wit. "The public are
".hereby caetiohe'd ngainft purchasing a Note of
"'and signed by the fubferiber, payable to
I"0NIEL French, Efa. of Cheder, or order,
" for the sum of feventy^five dollars ; dated fome
"tirae about the firft of March, 1804. As said
, Note was fraudulently obtained without any
"-consideration having been received therefor, I
"am determined not to pay it."
"MOSES SANBORN."
My surprise, gentlemen, arose from two con
fid^ations—the one because thereby Mr. San
bc^ divulged a secret to an austere father at
w^,fe provoked wrath the child must tremble,
and which, he enjoined, in the most impressive
^ncer, on all present when the note was made
f,Acp in profound concealment, that the dread
ful ire of a vindictive father might not be kindled
against him ; and at the fame time forfeited a
promise of fecrefy that Common prudence would
have taught him to have kept, at tbishowever I
was neither disappointed nor provoked, fuffice it
to fay I k^ew the man ; secondly, that he and I
should agree in so many of the fads flatted in his
publication—We agree that a note was madeby
hinrf—that it was made about the firft, or if he
pleifes, the very firft of March 1304, that it was
for/he fdm offeventyfve dollar's, that it Was made
payable to me or my order, and if he does or
does not consent 0A demand a ith interest. 'There
femun then, in his statement, two fads only,
About which we disagree ; that is to fay, the
masher in which the note was obtained, and the
matter of consideration. If Mr. Sanborn's
statement as to these two particulars be true, 1*
deserve all that public odium which villany
ought to inspire ; but if falfe, he richly merits
allthat retaliation which truth and the laws can
infltft.—To exonerate myfelf from a charge so
falfe, and a crime so base, is an ihdifpenftble du
ty which I no less owe to thte public than to my
friends, my family and myfelf. To this end I
have, gentlemen, to request yo& in addition to
this letter, to publish the federal affidavits ac
companying it in your next; Oracle Post ; from
whence the truth, relative ta the two fads about
which Sandborn and myfelf disagree, may be
literacy ascertained, Upon this evidence gentle
men,l submit myfelf tea candid public to whose
decision I shall I trjth cheerfully fubfexibe—
Permit me further to observe, gentlemen, that,
when the public confider the insolence of the ad
vertisement, the Broad imputation of guilt, and
the falfity of representation, I flatter myfelf with
meeting their und your approbation, in making
rt^ <k&z34( "th^ wonn&d bird will flutter."-—
It^tiftice, however, to Mr. Sanborn I feel it
iny'duty to declare that I do not believe the
Whole imputation if guiltyittached to this pub
lic impoficion, ou^t to be call on him alone^
The tendencies of the ftfratagem being equally
calculated to fill others as to drain his pockets,
ittpreffes toy mind irreuftably, that he was not
alone in devising this malignant, diabolical
scheme to stab the reputation of a profeflionat
character. DANIEL FRENCH.
March gift, 1804.
Abner Blaijdel's Affidavit.
1 ABNER BLAISDEL of Chester id our
county of Rockingham, depose and fay, that
on the morning of the firft day of March latt, a
report circulated in my neighborhood that Mo
les Sanborn of the aforefaid Cheder,had, on the
fyrece eding evening, committed an unprovoked
and violent assault and battery upon Daniel
French, Esq. and that the said French was much
;abufed and injured, I called early on that morn
ing at Mr. French's house to fee him, and found
him extremely hurt ; in a few minutes Mr.
Banborn, accompanied by a Mr. Carr, came in:
Mr. Sanborn appeared to be very penitent for
what he had done and requeued Mr. French to
step into another room and hear proposals of set-
I element —they stepped into the next room and
were gone but a (bort time when they returned
and Mr. Sanborn laid they had not agreed,
Sanborn then immediately took me aside and
told me he had offered Mr. French fifty dollars
as a compensation for the damage he had done
him, but French demanded one hundred; Mr.
Sanborn thei idefined me to assist him in effecting
a Settlement, and Mr. Samuel Carr and myfelf
prevailed on Mr. French (b consent to take the
film of Jeventy-five dollars^ the payment of which
Mr. Sanborn agreed. A note Was then drawn
for that turn which Mr. Sanborn readily sub
scribed. Mr. Carr and I witnessed, and Mr.
French accepted. The note advertised by Mr.
Sanborn in the Oracle of the 27th of March
last, payable to Mr; French, I believe to be the
particular note then made.
I further lay that the notembrefaid was not
dated at the time it was signed and witnessed;
and that 1 then mentioned it, and that I put the
date on tyen^t Mr; French's request and by
Mr. Sanborn's consent, and in presence of both
the parties. ABNER BLAISDEL-
Reckingbam,,. thefter, April 2d; 1804.
Then ferfonall, appeared Abner Blafdel, and so
lemnly fusore that the contents of the within affidavit
by him fuhlcribed isjuft and true.„
Before ste^bu^Chafe, Justice Peace.
Samuel Carr's Affidavit.
I SAMUEL CARR of Chefler fa out county
of Rockingham, depose and fay that Mbfel
Sanborn of Cheßcr, ontbe hiorning rs the Ift
saffiEaaUUtu.il ft —«ilttiKMnw^.» .■j», < q^ /j^aJ^MMMBp
' day of March 1804, detired me to go wh him
to fee Datitel French, Esq. to try to fettle a diffi
culty that had happened between-tbem the even
ing before, when we arrived At Mr. French's
house, we found him badly hurt. Mr. Sanborn,
said he was sorry for what he had done, and re
quested Mr. French to step into another rGoci
to fee if they could fettle—they were gone but a
few minutes, when they returned Mr. Sanborn
said they had not fettled. Mr. Sanborn then took
Mr. Abner Blafdel into the next room, and there
they remained for tome time, when they reques
ted me to come to them, soon after I went in,
they ^queried Mr. French to come in and draw
A note for feventyfee d^an, payable by the said
Sanborn to the said French, or order, on de
mand with interest, which the said French did.
and which the said Sanborn immediately signed.
Mr. Blafdel and myfelf witnessed, and Mr.
French accepted as security for the damage he
had sustained by the said Sanborn the evening
before.
N. B. The note aforefaid was not dated be
fore it was fig,hd ?nd witneffed,but Mr. Blaif
del imroghatc:; ;ot an the date, while Mr+
Sandborn was prefab who did not objed thereto^
SAMUEL CARR.
RocAingfom,fi Chester, April 2,1804 s
Then per finally appeared Samuel Carr, and fid
lewd)furore that the contents of the above affidavits
by him fubfeibed is just and true.
Before me, William White, Juflice Peace.
Robert & Shrah Graham ? s affidavit.
WE the fubferibers of Chester in@ur coun
ty of Rockingham, depose and fay thac
Moses Sanborn, of Chester, called at our house
on the firft of the week, succeeding that in which,
the difficulty had happened between him and
Daniel French, Efa. of Chester, Mr. Sanborn,
observed that he felt extremely unhappy on ac
count of his last weeks work, Mrs. Graham ask
ed him what be had done, he said he had injured
Mr. French and was sorry for it, and further
said he hoped Mr. French would not take the
sum be had agreed to give him when he should
appear to pay the note, if he treated him pretty
ifrell until that time.
ROBERT GRAHAM,
SARAH GRAHAM.
Rockingham, ff. Chester, April 2, 1804:
Then perfonaily appeared Robert Graham and Sa«
rah Graham, and solemnly swore that the above afr
davit by them subscribed is just and true.
Before % William White, Suffice Peace.
State of New Hampshire. Rockingham, IT.
To the honorable the Justices of the Superior
Court of Judicature, to be holders at Portfmoutb,
within and fir the count, of Rockingham, on the
frfl Tuejda, of Febraarp ttext.
Humbly Shews,
Margaret furniss of Portfi
mouth aforefaid, widow, guardian of Wil
liam P. Furnifs a minor under the age of twenty-one
years, that laid minor is seized in fee of an undivid
ed fifth part of three lots of land situate io said
Porrfmouth ; that it is necessary for the fopport
and would be conducive to the interest of said
ward to fell his estate in said laud. Sh&therefore
prays your honors to grant her licence to fell his ef
ate therein.
Margaret Furnifi.
Portsmouth, January 12, 1804.
Rockingham,f. Superior Court, February term 180#
Ordered by the Court that the petitioner notify
all persons concerned to appear before the Justices
of the Superior Court of Judicature to be holdem
at Exeter within and for the county of Rocking
ham, 00 the third Tuefd^y of, September next, to
shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer of
said petition should not be granted, by causing said
petition and order of Court thereon, to be publish
ed three weeks successively in the Portfmout Or
acle, the last publication, whereof to be fix weeks
before said term.
Aiteft, NATHI ADAMS, Clerk.
Copy hlminedJflAlW^DAM% Clerk.
State of New-Hamp(hire. Strafford, if.
To the honorable the Justices of the Supe
rior Court of Judicature, to be bolden at Dover;
within and for the county of Strafford on the
fourth Tuefday of February next;
Humbly hhews,
Margaret furniss of Portfi
mouth in the bounty of Rockingham,wid
ow, guardian of William P. Furnifi a minor un
der the age of twenty one years, that said minor
is seized in fee of dn undivided fifth part ^f &
meffuage and lot of land situate in Durham id
said county, and also of an undivided sixth part
of a location granted to hi; falser Robert Fur
nifs ; that it is necessary for the fupporr and
would be conducive to the interest of said Ward
to fell his real estate. She therefore prays yotit
honors 'to grant her licence for that purpose.
, Margaieb Furnifs.
January 12, 'IBO4. —
Strutted, ft. .Superior Court, February tefffi 1804.
Ordered by the Court that the petitioner notify
all persons concerned to appear before the Jufticet
of the Superior Court of Judicature to be balden at
Dover, within and for the count, of Strafford, on
the firft Tuefday of September next, to shew caufb
(if any they have) Why the prayer of said petition,
should not be granted, by causing said petition and
' order of Court thereon, to be pobiilhed three weekb
successively in the Portfmoutb Oracle, the 141 pub^
location whereof to be fix weeks before said term.
Attest, Nath'l Adams, Clerk.
Cpty e«amined by Nath'l Adams? Clerk,
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