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belonged. And in cases, where no consuls shall be
there residing, then to be granted by them at the
portsof exportation, with this general condition—
that for each feperate article and owner a cer
tificate mutt be produced, fpecifying the number
of packages or chests therein contained —And
again, that separate certificates will be required
for every different article and owner according
to the diversity of the articles of the marks of the
packages, chests, or owners. And in every in
tlance of contravening this order the goods shall
be confifcated.
“ Given at Tortofa, November 19th, 1802, &
tranfmited to the Royal Chamber of Com
merce of Cadiz, by the minister of Finance.
" SOLER."
From the Carolina Gazette.
The South Carolina College.
With much pleasure we announce to our fellow
citizens, that the buildings of this institution are
in such forwardnefs, as to induce the trustees at
their last meeting to resolve, that they will proceed
Co the election of a Prefdent and profcffor on the
,2d of Aprtl next. We believe that no seminary
of learning in the United States, possesses more lib
eral endowments than this . Ihe salary of the Pre
sident is fettled at 2500 dollars, besides a house for
his residence ; that of the profeffots of natural phi
losophy, &c. 1500 dollars each, and their board
and lodging ; and of each of the other profeffors,
1000 dollars, and their board and lodgings. The
buildings will consist of two ranges, each 2so feet
in length. The philosophical apparatus will be
equal, if net luperior, to any colkaion in Ameri
ca ; and the library will open with near 5000 vo
lumes of the most felea books, in all branches of
learning. The,whole of which, we are informed,
ibexpeded out from London in the spring of the
prelent year. The situation of Columbia for such
an cßablißimeot is certainly very eligible ; the
buildings are eroded on an eminence that com
mands a most extensive profpea, and from its ele
vation, insures a free and salubrious circulation of
air. The confluence of Broad and Saluda rivers
just above, antyhe rich country that lies below it,
will always secure an abundant supply of the bed
provision, while its communication with C!ntkf
ten by water carriage, will enable the inhabitants
to procure every convenience or even elegance of
life at a moderate rate. That the place is healthy,
no one will doubt who observes the large families
that are railed there and the complexion of the in
habitants; on the point of cheapness there can be
ss little doubt of its eligibility, if, as we are inform
ed, the tuition and room rent will coll hut 20 dol
lars, and board not above 90 dollars ; upon the
t whole, there is every reason to hope from theabovt
considerations, and its central pofiiton as tothe states
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Ceorgia, that
it will soon be a flourifliing institution; Much ve
ry much depends upon the Choice of the Prefidem
and profeffors ; and we are authorized to fay, tha
any communications on this fubj<a, free oftcofi,
directed to " the Pretident and truftecs of the South
Carolina College" in this place will be thankfully
received,& the printers throughout the United States
will do a service to the cause of learning by circu
lating this communication
Foreign Intelligence.
Paris, Nov. 18.
The First Consul has just returned from visiting
the coast. He arrived this day at St. Cloud, at 5
o'clock in the afternoon. He left Boulogne on the
1 7th inti His return was announced by the dis
charge of cannon.
There are now building in the docks of Dun
kirk, boats intended for the transportation of th<
cavalry ; in each boat a liable is to be creded,
which will contain from 16 tozo horses.
The First Consul, before his depasture from
Boulogne, went on a raft which were pheed 12
pieces of heavy cannon, so arranged as to be point
ed in any direction. The precision and rapidity
with which they were dilebarged notwithstanding
the waves which broke against the pieces, afton
ifhed the moll experienced engineers. The fire
was as well kept up as if it had been on fliore, al
though the cannoneers were up to their knees in
water. The object of this exercise was to accus
tom the conductors of the pieces to tiris novel ma
noeuvre, that they might acquire the habit of per
forming, in the water, the many evolutions which
they mull necessarily perform on the coast of En
gland.•
% BOULOGNE, Nov. 16.
The wind is very fredi from the S' W. The
enemies cruizers have taken (heller in their own
ports. The advanced guard of the Havre division,
confining of about 20 boats belonging to the flo
tilla, have just arrived after a passage of 24 hours.
This is the seventh squadron division which has ar
rived fincc the First Consul has been here.
HAMBURG, NOV. „.
Gen. Berthier returned to-day from Lubec, 1
where he had been for the purpoie of borrowing'
money for Hanover. It is said he is going to Bre-'
men for the fame purpose.
The Senate, after long deliberation, have de- j
creed, that all the fortifications of Hamburg fnould 1
be Jeftroyed, believing that the city has no longer i
any need of them ; having been, together with 1
the left of the Imperial cities, declared neutral in 1
all future wars. It is thought that the city of
Bremen will adopt a similar resolution.,
t
Municipal Regulations.;
PARIS, Nov. 2.t
The greatest precautions are taken to prevent the fa&iona 1
from taking advantage of the First Consul's departure, <
Six hundred robust veterans are added to each of the regi-J
incuts of infantry which compose the guard of Paris. All
the inhabitants who have any fibres, muskets, or amani-<
tion,are required to deliver them into the depots of the 1
Municipalities, under the pain of a considerable fine and (
along imprisonment. The dealers in arms are enjoined 1
to fell nothing but pocket pistols to persons who are not of <
a military profeffion. All the unemployed officers, who 1
eoaftantly besieged the Thuillerics and the War Office, 4
have received orders to their depattmer.tr, under pain of
being erased from the army lift. They are allowed ten sous
per day for their travelling expences and receive a brevet
or kind of employment suitable to their age, their rank, &
their services ; but they have little confidence in the ful
filment of this promise,and they all depart with indignation
in their hearts —
Plymouth, Nov. 10.
Intelligence has been received here that the
French have been equipping in the inner road and
harbour of 3reft, 20 fail of the line, many of which
are neariv ready for sea ; and they boast at Dreft
that the squadron in the outer roud is a kind of
tub to the whale to amuse the Epglifb, these ffifps
are mofily manned withcornerpt f. amen and lands
men, and there cannot be a doubt but the fydem
observed in all the French papers, relpeaing Dreft
portends fame great plan which the French have
had in view some months past. A dash at the
Wefteru ports is now confidently talked of, and it
is supposed this port and arsenal is the objea. It
were to be wished they would attempt it. We
are fully prepared to receive them with a completed
aftortment of troops of all diferiptions, in a high
Bate of difciplioe and order, ready to meet the foe.
The fortifications are fully repaired, & well covered
with cannon, mortars, & howitzers to luh;te them
with a heavy difeharge of grape, and round, chain &
cannister foot. The private figuals lately used in
Ibe fleet are to be altered, and expresses with the al
teted code will be sent to all our squadrons abroad
from this port, as ready for that purpole.
LONDON, NOV. 14.
Tire Duke de Berri, son of Monsieur next
brother to the king cf France, died suddenly on
Friday afternoon, at his fathers house in Baker
street. While he was engaged in thejxercife, c£
the foall (word with his fencing-mufti he com<
plained cf hidden illness, and expired almoftin
ftantly.
MARGATE, Nov. 13. I
The high winds which liave "blown for fede
ral days from the south-west, have produced the
molt melancholly coafequences. The boat of
the Boxer gun-brig, bringing on fiore the capt.
surgeon, one midfyman,and manned with seven
Tailors, on Saturday morning unfortunately up-|
set. A Margate boat happening to be near at
the time picked up four of the men ; butCaptajn
Cheder, the surgeon, midshipman and 3 sailors,
were unfortunately drowned. &
A Weft Indiaman and another vessel have been
loft upon the Goodwin Sands, and we have
the misfortune to add, that every foul on board
the former perished. A brig' ran upon the
recks opposite Birchington yelterday morning,
but fortunately got off at high water. Anoth
er brig is now upon th^ finds in the Queen's
channel, and the Margate boats are gone off to
her assistance. —
French Requisitions.
The followin,is an authentic Statement of the
demands and contributions macle by the French up
on the Electorate of Hanover, to the beginning of
September, :9oa, communicated by a gentleman
lately arrived from that country :—
A contribution of- 2,500,000 Francs
For provision terthe French
troops - 563,000 Dollars
For horses for the French
cavalry - - 185,000 Dollars
Pay to the French troops for
the mondi of Meffidor 725,000 Francs
30,000 fains and 18,000 pair
of Iboes - - 46,845 Dollars
Cloathing of the depot 45,066 Dollars
200,<'©0 Ibs. bifeuit ^ 14,500 Dollars
To the holpiialand different
commifluts - - 18,816 Dollars
According to the contrails
entered into with different
;contraanrs for the fufle
nance of the troops, hor
ses, &c. daily - 10,524 Dollars
The contra's are made fem
the 28. h of July tothe 5 h
ot September, 1803, 420,960 Dollars
Pay of the French troops
mouthy - - 750,000 Francs
For secret expences, 89,520 dollars
Carriages and hotfes for the
generals - - 15,000 Dollars
The tables of the generals at
Hanover weekly, 2,000 Dollars
MALTA.
Immediately after the peace of 1801, the French applied
themselves with great ardour to resume the trade of the
Levant, which was interrupted by the operation of the war
Our commercial readers are aware, that this branch cfl
commerce hasalways been very important to France, that 1
she always had the greatest ffiare of it, and that Marseilles
is the greatest port from which it was chiefly carried on —
The British trade to that interesting quarter languished, in
a great meafcre for want of a convenient entrepot where
the productions of the Mediterranean coast of Africa, Asia
and Eastern Europe could be collected and assorted, for
ihipment free from the apprehension of contagion, and
whence the English articles of export could be distribu
ted to thofc regions in proportion to their wants. The ac
quisition cf Malta furnifhes the most effectual means of
rendering flourifhing our Levant trade in time of peace, &
of extinguishing that of the enemy in time of war—ln its
fafe harbours, and under the protection of its impregnable
fortrefs, will be collected the silks, the wool, the cotton,the
wines,the oils, the fruits of Smyrna, Cyprus, Corfu, Salon
ica, &c. and there will be deposited the manufactures, the
tin, the colonial produce of England and in time of war its
fifh for the consumption of Italy—The natives, who amount
to 100,000, are a hardy brave & enterprising people, addic
ted to a maritime life , • and they will not only recruit our
navy, but being intimately acquainted with every creek in
the Levant, the Adriatic, and Barbary, and familiar with
the languages spoken, they will promote the eftabiilhment
cf our trade in a high degree—Malta will soon, besides, be
the reforc of avast number of Greek merchants, and even
Mahometans,who will seek the mild&foftcring government
of the British ; and by their coonedions throughout the
Levant, will amply repay the protection afforded.
When Mr Dundas (Lord Melville) in the lad Session
counselled Government to annex forever Malta by a for
mal and national deed, to the British Empire, he perhaps
fpofce more with design to control the military career of
France : but as a commercial object, the poffeffian and
corporation of the Bland are no less important, and we
hope that it will never be fevered from the British crown.
All neutral guarantee is mere mockery, and will not pre-
vent the Seizure of that lfl.nl by the French as here
toforc,if we withdraw it —The free navigation of the Black
Sea, according so the British, opens a new and enlarged field
to the commercial energy of the British merchant, and Mal
ta is necessary for this purpose also -The wheat of the Uk
raine, &c is lipped at Odessa, and other ports of the Black
Sea, at very low prices- It does not any time exceed 2/6
per bulhel, and the quality is good—The Mediterranean
furnilhes an extensive market, but frequently it ought to be
relanded and cooled ; & Malta is obviously the most conve
nient port —This commerce L-s hitherto been chiefly if not
wholly carried on by Greeks, and in Greek flrips,
which make flow passages—English ships and English fca
men would have a prodigious advantage—Hemp, cordage,
fails, iron, and other naval stores, are obtained in the Black
Sea 1 at very inferior rates in comparison of the Baltic ; and
the Mediterranean furnifhes a ready market for all these
commodities—On the other hand, the provinces bordering
on the Black sea begin to take a considerable quantity of
wines, fruit, manufactures, and oth<r articles in exchange,
all of which could be had either at Malta or its vicinity.
By the latest Mails.
CHARLESTON, JAN. 12.
Melancholy Accident.
On Tuesday afternoon as seven persons were
going or (bore at Caper's Ifhndjn the fcff of the
pilot-boat Virginia, belonging to the port flie un
fortunate y Upset & four of the number were drow
ned, viz—Captain Richard Lewis, William Keel
ing, branch pilot, John Brown, and David Moffat.
The perlons saved were—Mr. Cuckow, branch
jilot, Thomas Cartwright, and James Redman.
The bodies have been found and were brought up
to town last evening.
Capt. Lewis has left a wife and three fmal! chil.
dren, and M. Brown a wife and child.
: BALTIMORE, JAN. 2%.
Our city, especially Market-street, exhibited a
lively feene yesterday and to day, from the incef
ant passing and re passing of fleigbs and four ! !1
fleigbs and tavo ! !-audfleighs and one ! The youn
gest part of our patriots were, as customary on
such occasions, insolent, troublesome and dange
rous, with their snowballs. Madame Bonaparte
we understand was thrown at and struck by a
ball ; for the perpetrator of which her hufbana,
it is said, has offered a reward of five hundred
I dollars. The evil certainly requires a remedy
and several lads, we learn, have b^n taken up
by the conftables.'
fe—^
BALTIMORE, Jan. 27.
The foapand candle manufactory occupied by
Mr. Henry Long, on Jones's Falls, took fiea little
after two this mornings and together with a eon
fiderable part of the dock and some of the imple
ments, was burnt down. The morning was ver<
cold, and the citizens turned out with relo&ano
No exertions, however, could, perhaps, have aver
ted the loss. This, we hope, will iduce our citizens
to be extremely careful of their fires before they lie
down to rest, and prevent the necessity cf turn
ing out during such inclement weather, when to
much property may be destroyed before assistance
can be procured.
Nrfolk, Jan. to.
The following extras ofa letter was handed us
yesterday by a gentleman of this place, dated
" MwJrees Borough, N. C. Dec. 29.
" I have opened my letter to relate an accident
that happened about 20 miles fren this place on
the 12th inst. During the time captain Smiths
vessel lay in the river, a tornado came on which
lasted about five minutes, and upset the vessel—the
mate and three teamen in the cabin at the time.
Mr. Bradley's house were carried feme distance,
his desk and other furniture dilperfed nearly four
hundred yards from the house, and his cafll ard
goods Brewed in various directions—a horse and
bull carried force distance, the former killed, as
well as all his poltry, hogs, &c. The trees adj >in
ing torn up by the roots —bricks, &c. fhw about,
some nearly a quarter ofa mile, and many other
unfortunate difaßers took place. The vessel wa
righted again yesterday, and three of the men were
found dead, linked together in the cabin."
PHILADELPHIA, JAN. 27.
We have such pleasure in being able to inform
that, on Thurlday last io the Senate of the United
States, the principle was agreed to by 22 by 6
votes, for prohibiting the importation of American
(laves into Louisiana.
Tbe Number of Death in th prefect year, in th eity of Fsi
ladetybia, sontrafled tuilb th Deaths Tobieb occurred in the
fame months of 1802.
1802. 1803.
Adults. Chil. Tot. Adults, Cbit. Tc±.
IJanuary, 142 75 217 68 42 xio
I February, 110 60 170 76 35 ill
March, 100 47 147 66 41 r©7
April, 9° 58 148 75 41 I'6
May, 82 59 141 69 41 110
June, 9 6 6 7 163 78 64 142
July, 129 132 261 78 127 205
August, 109 153 262 112 182 294
September, 178 106 284 208 84 292
October, 2IX 7 8 289 182 51 233
November, 99 4% 141 93 55 148
December, 77 46 123 74 44 118
Totals—l 423 923 2346 1179 807 1986
1179 807 1986
244 116 360 less than the preceed-
I i n g year.
The number of deaths in Southampton, Massachusetts,
for 1803, is 49.
12 died under 5
14 under 10
6 under 20
7 under 30
2 under 40
2 under 60
3 under 80
3 under 90
49 .
The number of deaths in Concord, during the left year
was 36.
4 of 80 years and upwards.
6 from 60 to 80
3 from 40 to 60
5 from 20 to 40
x from 10 to 20
& 17 under 1%
*^p *t,,eb. 3.
Wit,, g^fiire we r % 'curniion of the gemrat
expectation which btrss o) be excited by the re
new^l of the at'empi to .-Bablith a bridge between
this Island and the mad), at Howland's Ferry. The
l enterprize is laudable, and pronifes the greatest ad
vantages 10 the proprietors, as well as the public-
Encouragement is derived from the petfeverance
and spirit with which the business has been re
sumed, that the attempt will ths time succeed.
, BOSTON, FEB. 6.'
Extrafl of a ftterftam GilrAter,dated zzdNov. lßo3:
6 Contagious drfeafe continues at Malaga, w here
the Government has cut off all communication
with the port and harbour, as it committed great
ravages there, one half of the inhabitants of the city
have fled, yet by the last accounts 70 or So carried
off daily —-our government admits no vessel to an
chorin this bay, from the coast of Spain between
Cadiz and Alicant."
FROM IRELAND.
The Blip William, Swaine, arrived at Newyork,
from Cork left thereon the 25th of Nov. but brings
no papers later th&nthe igtb. Capt. S. informs,
that Ireland continued in a Bate of tranquility at
the time of his departure ; the whole of the fea
coft had been put in a Bate of defence; and every
man in the country capable of bearing arms had re
ceived orders to bold himfeif in requisition. The
1 French fleet which was said to have anchored in
Bantry-Bay, proved to be a British squadron which
had put in there for water.
^ FROM NEW-ORLEANS.
''Upwards of ene hundred persons were found in
different prisons in the city : some cf whom have
been confined upwards of ten years—tome upon
[mere suspicion ! others for very trivial crimes. It
is expeaen that the whole will be set at large with
t <^^cnfcat of the Spanish government."
, Walpole, Jan. 14.
'We learn, that the challenge, lately lent the post
master-general, by the Hon. S. H. Esq. though
it has not been circuroftantially narrated in the pa
pers of the day, is the fubjea of much conversation
in private circles. We would not fix a fligma on
' the man who fhotrld decline an acceptance of a
challenge when the fender cf it has mifeonceiv
ed the injury he thinks be has received ; but in the
present inßaoce, if fame freaks true, the injury
was ferions and deliberate, and the motives of the
author of it are row juEly appreciated by all parties
0
From the Repertory.
/ ntfake in common language. We fay, every
day, such and such clothes are worn to keep out
;the cold. , The truth is, they are worn to keep „;
the beat, find an explanation of the expreflion,
may lead to force uklul information on the fub
>jeft of clothing.
Cold is nothing • it is bdt the abfencc of heat.
By a decomposition of the atmofpherick air in
the a£fof r,q,
;' of heat is transfumed through our bodies. Front
a tendency t ft >re the equilibrium this heat
- conßantly paring from our bodies to the iur
rounding air. To confine it, on the furface, is
1 the use of clothing in the winter.
1 Certain articles cf dress may be considered
F condoners of heat, and others non conductors.
Linen is of the firft class and woolen of the latter^
It may therefore be imagined that woolen alone
1 is to be preferred in winter . but this is not true,
and for this reason. Linen bring a conductor,
!it is readily filled with matter of heat, and then,
' feels warm to the body. Woolen does not so
' readily fill with hear, nor fuffer it so easily to
path through it. Worn above linen, it prevents
1 the beat from puffing away, keeps it accumula
ting in the conductor. Thus in bedding we
wifely use linen for receptacles of the escaping
warmth, and blankets to confine it; thus we
should apply flannel veils over our linen, if worn
to keep the body warm, and not as many do,
t under it. Thus leather, or linen gloves may be
worn to advantage under woolen. Thus, cotton
, Bockings should be worn under worded and not
over them ; and thus, in a very cold day, a
thick (locking over a boot is found so very com
fortable, Woolen alone is warmer than linen
alone, for the reafoas given above; to use both
'is best, because, without linen there is no recep
tacle for the matter of heat, and by the lead
motion it is dislodged, with nothing to impede
its volatility. So much for the philofophyof
dress in February ; there is but one plausible ob
jection to the doctrine and that is that feme, who
make little use of either conductor or noncon
ductor, are supposed to retain as much warmth
as the most careful.
The filching fenfble hint, is copied from a mifcelto
neous volume publfoed in 1798.
“ One Briking feature in the political complex
ion of the Dutch Republic is, that the children of
both sexes are, from the moment of the earliest ca
pability, initiated in some line of induflrious avoca
tion among them. Solon & Lycurgus could not have
chalked out a wiser line for the service of the Gre
cian S ates. It was an opinion with Alexander
the Great that boys nurtured and brought up in the
camp were ever after food of arms-.-And practice
gave landion to the theory. It holds equally good
that children, early trained up to industry, ever in
cline to it in maturity---for, in the language of the
poet, " it grows with their growth, and ftrengthetit
with their fireugth." To our countrymen we hope
the application is evident. If they accustom their
little ones to honest employments (such as will suit
their years, couftitutions and choices) they will
thereby render them virtuous and independent citi
zens,a credit to themselves &an ornament to socie
ty. The consequences of a different conduct are
evident."
Sketches like the fabjoined, are <wortb preserving.
This is taken from the quark above mentioned.
" The Ute King of Prussia was celebrated for his