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A circumstance, attending this bargain
of our Genevian financier, worthy of
particular notice, is that fcaicely a mer
chant in the country had any knowledge
of thetranUaion until completed, Ap
plication was made to the Manhatten
Bank, and the Bank of the United States
, to remit the requisite sums. The latter
refuted. The former offered to make rc
mitatnee on even more advantageous
terms, than the company in England.
Iris impossible to determine why the of
fevas not embraced, unless a reloiution
had bee formed to Sacrifice this proper
ty, and Sacrifice it too to foreigners.
was the ground of power, given to the
commissioners and their ad therefore in
affile of the bank flock, was not war
ranted by law.
From the question of right we come
to an examination of that of expedency.
This involves toothings. First whether
the Rock was fold for me bed price, the
market afforded ? Secondly, if not,
whether the loss was compensated by any
advantage, which the government deri
ved from undertaking, upon the part of
the purchaser?
The price of docks, from adual sales
about the time of the disposal ofthebank
ftdck, was from 150 to 154. In London
it was as high as 158. The fal emade
bythe commissioners was in June, 1802,
& the irftallments of the Dutch debt be
came due on the ift January ift February
• Ift March and ift June, 1803. Incon
sequence of this the purchaser recei
ved two dividends before he was obliged
to make any payment, which of course
fompofes part of the profit of his bar-
finking fund.—" In the event, that the
surplus of ordinary revenue does not ena
ble you to pay the inf^llmenr of the for
eign debt, and. debts, due to the bank,
then you (hall have power to fell the bank
flock," A power depending on a certain
event has no existence without the oc
currence of the event. In the prefect
instance the event did not exist, which
It is, Rated by the ccmmiffioners,that
Mr. Baring, the purchaser, in considera
tion of the tale of the stock at 45 per cent,
advance undertook to pay at Amsterdam
guilders, 3,140,487, 16 1-2 at the rare
vs 4 I cents the guilder In March, Apri
and May of this year, bills on London
might have been purchased under par ;
during and subsequent to the fame peri
od bills in London or Amsterdam might
have also been purchased under par. The
government therefore might ha\: remit
ted the installments of the Dutch debt
to Amsterdam byway of London, have
allowed a commission of one per cent h.
the operation and yet have mrde the re
mittance at par, and probably below it.
Thiscertainly was practicable, when, dur
ing the period referred to the average of
exchange between the United States and
London was 2 per cent below par, and
between London and Amsterdam more,
than an half per cent, below par Let
me now aft, what have the commission
ers saved by their contrad to compenfatc
the lots of 20 dollars on 2220 (hares of
the stock they have fold r They haveta
ken bills on Holland at a rate nearly 21 2
per cent above par when remittance might
h.ve teen'made at par.
It is undeniable then that a facrifice
of 20 dois. was made on each dure
amounting on the whole file, to 44,400 ?
that two dividends were also facrificed
amounting to 75,380, making the fame
of 119,880 dollars; and the compensation
for this loss is an aggreement to remit 1,
287,600 dols. to Amsterdam for a pre
mium of 2 1-2 per cent, amounting to
the sum of 32,190, when this premium
might have been laved,and consequently
making the aggregate loss to the United
States, in this (ingle tranfadion, 152,000,
dollars.
gain •
The (hares fold, 2220 at 150 were
worth - - 1,332,000 dol The two di
vidends which amounted to 32 dels on
a share, were equal to - - - - 95,480
The value therefore, the United States
parted with, was - - - - 1,407,480
The sale was in sass made at 145,2nd
yielded only 1,287,000
The United States plainly left 1 19,880
The enquiry now is what benefit, a'-
forded by the contrast, will compeufate
this loss?
;On board theSpanifh frigates at the time
/ letter ft om Hamburg, Oft. 26, 1804.
Yrflirelay m ruing, between four and five o'clock
a tn ft unprincipled attack and violation of the ter
ritory of this free Imperial city took place on the
part rs the French, They landed in four or five
huger a body of their troops from Hamburgh on a
spot cabled Hamburger Berg, arid meeting with ,
man, forced him to lew them the uny to another
place, c^l eI Gmi ^lhof, where St George Rum
bold, the Biitifh < barge a' affaires to the Hanfeatic
cities and the Rates of the Circle of Lower S,xary,
baa his country rtfiJence. Tais fprps of freebooters
ttere, mr countrymen, is 1 foecitnen
of the (kill of that wonderful financier,
Mr. Gallatin; who, like the philosopher's
stone, it was said, could change dust to
gold, and who, by 2 tingle word, though
outlanddh, could liquidate the rational
debt. With this man compare Mr. Pick
erring the libeller with the libelled ; the
vilifier with the vilified. Never were
his fifeal arrangements damped with ig
norance, or corruption. Never in his
public tranfadion did he prefer the in
terests of fereigneis to that of native cit
izens. Infcad of iofing 152,070 he la
ved America 14,000 by the purchase of
bills on the fame nation, where we have
since loft. But the pretended skill ofthe
adminidration in iinap-e>\nd their love
for economy and the people are jik^he
visions of night, delation, producing dit
appoint ment.
HUML
N'thirg which Buonaparte can now He, can ft
cite lurpr z-. We have accounts from Hamburg,
th'fr George Run,bold, our Refluent at Hamburg
wrh his papers,bavebeen taker by 200 French tufen.
try, who surprised bin in boule abcut a &ik from
the city, and carried him off. Iht finale of Ham
bur?, the next day feu io the French Rifident to
inquire the cattle of ths outrage, and to demand bis
liberation; The Millifter said he was Ignorant rs
the cause ; but fuppMed it was a suite nl Mr Drake's
affair. We are under ne apprehenfion# for sir
George's Cfety ; —as any injury done him will be
ftverdy retaliated on th~ Frenbmep in our power.
Mr. Nicholas, the Birrifli Cooful at Hairburg,
had takeh refuse in the house of Mr. Forbes, the
Ameaiyan C°nful. Couriers were immediately
fint to all the principal courts, annonocing this dar
ing outrage on the laws <4 nations
A 6re, eight hru-< conrinu?rce, on the jgh
September, bid in ?flies fivemo ques and ab^v* one
thousand houses in the city o' Cotiflantinople. It is
attributed to the difrocteot oi ibe po^ übet on ac
count of the Icarciiv % f bread.
The loss on board Commodore Moore's
squadron two killed, a Lieutenant and
tour seamen wounded.
The lots on board the Spanish frigates
was 20 killed ; besides the crew of La
Mercedes, ail of whom, excepting the se
cond Captain and 45 men,periflied, when
the blew up,
b^f. 24.
The Gazeete of yesterday contains
Lord Keith's official account of the at
tempt to destroy the flotilla in Boulogne
vuttr haibour, with sire-ships and cata
norins. As we anticipated, the business
vas a mere frolick for our seamen; to
prevent their taking the feurvy from in
activity. Not a single man was injured
Although the French wafted near an hun
dred tons of gun-powder# The experi
ment succeeded as well as was expected ;
and if notlrnr che, has ibuck a panic
n the gafconading myriads who are look
ing eagerly to our flhore, in hops of tasting
our roast beef, and fingering our guineas
His Lordfl.ip tays, " 1 dunk it my duty
to state my conviction, t hat, in the event
of any great accumulation el the enemy's
force, in their road Reads, an extensive
and con;biped operation of a fnohar na
ture will bold forth a reasonable profpe&
of a fucceishil rcfult."
pounders, 300 men :—La Fama, 36 guns
280 men :—La Clara, ;6guns 300 men :
La Mercedes, (blown up) 36 guns, 280
men.]
GOODS and EFFECTS.
London, oct. 27.
[KT The force of the Spandh frigate
was as follows : La Medea, 42 guns, 18
of capture :—
75 sacks ofVigogna wool ; [the fleece
of the wild Peruvian fheep] 60 chetts &
sacks of Cafcarilla ; 4731 bars .cf tin ;
[luppoLd to be a mistake, and that these
bars will turn out to be Zink, or Nickle,
probably fiver, as there is not in any
part of Peru a tingle mine of tin 1735
pigs of copper ; gacheft platina ; 26,025
seal skins ; io pipes of oil ;^nd Four
Millions Four Hundred and Thirty-Six
Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen
dollars, in coin, and ingots of %ld.
Foreign Intelligence J,
554,407
I The confeription alone prefects a
I mass of near one million of soldiers. Mr.
I Daru, has obferted In a work on the re-
Icruiting service, that French on a great
I emergency, might felecft her defenders
from fix millions of men able to carry
RALEIGH N. C DAC. 16, 180,
ON the i^ih if, ft. ihc fallowing Rrijutum w.s
!adopted by ihe Senate of this State, viz.
' Relived, That our fenatnrs in the Congress of
rhe United Stages, be inftruaed, and our Reprefen-
I fives icqueftrd to take all legal and n<ce&ry ftps
I ani to uk their utmott exertion# a 6>on as the lame
lis practicable, to obtain an ammdiwnt of the Cvn-
IHtution of !h: United Slate# to to authorise aad
lempower the Corgrefiot the United Scutes to ptfs
I a law whenever they may think it expedient, to
I prevent the further import ion of flavor or people
[ of coi © how any of the Wcft-Inda ifLuu^frem
I the coast of Africa, or elfcwherc, into the United
I Sores or any part thereof.
Resolved further, that the governor be, and be is
; hereby requested to transmit copiesef the foregoing
'nfJwiou to our factors and Representatives in
I cnn;r,G, ado the executives of allthe different Gates
#io dic union, with a riqurft that the lawe^ay be
Ihid before the refpeaive legflaturcs for their con
currence and adoption.
ITS beaded by federal General ^ffirer^, eompletely
armed, & had their colors, drums & band of music
with them. —On arriving at Sir Georg's house, they
inf !y forced open the doors, and rubied into
ev , lirtment, ranfeked, pillaged, and destroyed
write. ^^ not portable ; dragged Sir George out of
hii bed, made him drefi himfelf, and, after having
Urged his papers, forcibly carried mm to the river
fide, and embarked him for Hamburgh, where he
i, said to be still detained in close custody. It has
been remarked, that the invading corps firft was go.
in,, to hod upon the Holbein territory, but perceiv.
ingtheir mistake, they soon defined from their at
tempt. The reason aligned for this treacherous at
tack cannot as yet be cx^ly afeerwned, but gen
eral report Gya. that is was done with a view of put
ting a go, co the recruring ferviee, which is pre
tended to be carried on here secretly for England.
France is situated in this middle of the
temperate zone, between the 42C1 & 51st
degrees of north latitude, extending 240
leagues from north to fouth, and 220
leagues from east to weft, and contains
32,791,263 inhabitants, making rather
more than a thousand individuals toa
square league.
In its civil relations it is divided into
108 departments 108 prefectures 407
circles, and 147,467 communes,
In its military relation it comprises 27
divisions commanded by 27 Generals of
divificn.
In its ecclesiastical relation it isdivided in
to n archbifhopricks, 58 bifhopri cks,
4600 curacies 84,850 fubcuracies, and 39
confeftorial reformed churches.
The War Establishment of the Army is
554^07 men ~
NEW YORK, JAN. ~
Another attempt was made on WednelJ y even
ing rn set fire to The House No. 95 Pearl street. A
large firebrand was difeovered yesterday morning in
a corner on the lower floor, which bad made con
fidera bit progt<ffc
Last evening between the hours of five and fix o'
clock, an attempt was made to let fire to the hon(e
No. ;•, Stone Street, occupied by Messrs. Gtcen
field, and Mills.
Late last night we were informed that the per
petrator of the above deed, was a Dutch servant girl
of about 1 x years of age in the service of Mrs Green
field.
NEWPORT, JAN. ;.
The Legislature of the slate of Virginia have con
curred in the report of their committee, that it is'n
expedieut for , Wat Rate to agree to the amendment
to the conPirution of the United Stated proposed by
the legiGature of Massachusetts.
Randolph, dbc. 17.
Sorrowful leictent.
On the i6.h loft, as Capt. Thomas Lamfon ard
his son Ira Lamfon, together with another yooug
mail were cutting timber, the two young men have
ing cut a large tree nearly off, captain, Lafyfen told
Her marine power is far inferior to
what it was in the reign of Louis XIV.
or to what it may y;t become under
Bonaparte.
The nett amount of the revenues of
France, was in the year 11, 589,500 960
francs, (about 115 millions of dollars.)
Her public debt was one milliard
260,000,000 francs the annual interest of
which is 84 millions.
arms.
viz
Infanty of the line, 341,411
Light infantry, 100,230
Cavalry of the line, 14,120
Light Cavalry, 68,988
Artillery on foot, 20,656
Horse Ari illery, , 9,229
Sappers, Miners and Engineers 5,863
Statistical account of France.
By the Mails.
Captain Peck, who has arrived at New-
York from Cadiz, informs, that the fe
' ver had nearly subsided there arid at Mal
;aga and Giberalter. It was dated in let
ters from Malaga that no less than 27,
foo-perfons had fallen victims to the fe
ver in that city ; but it had so far abated
at the beginino of November, that the
number of deaths averaged not more/
ithan fix daily. At Giberalter no deaths
had occurred for some time; and at Ca
diz on the 17th November (when Capt.
Peck failed) the daily mortality did not
exceed three. The port of Malaga con
tinued shut. No American vessels were
permitted to pals from one Stpnifh port
to another. AFr. 74 gunifiip was block
ed st Cadiz by a British 64. Markets ;^
flour 16 dolls, foments, rice 8 dolls, beef
and pork dull, no demand for ftaves,wheat
3 dolls, per bushel, corn 1 dof.^o. Some
American vcffels had been allowed to
difeharge their cargoes while under quar-1
antine.
kis son 16 run aril drivethe elen away out of die
reach of the tree ; but feeing it was about to fall,
he cried to him to look out, —at this time he was
out of danger ; but alarmed by the cries of his fa-'
ther, be turned and ran towards the tree, and con
tinued a straight course towards his father who
ftbod near the roots of the tree, and had nearly reach
ed him when it fell. The father sensible of the
fate of his foo, ran with great violence to pufli him
aside to avoid the impending danger, and just reach
ed him as he fell. They both fell at the fame in.
Rant, the father with bis ants flrefched forth tor
(natch his son from immediate deflruaion, anrf
had he advanced one step farther, must h^ve riiarett
the fame fate ! It is remarkable, that had he varied'
his course one foot either way, he might have ,fi
caped unhurt, as the tree fell perfectly tn hrs tracks,
Nota groan escaped him, neither did he firu^le
or breathe afterwards. No pen can paint the Icene,
In this awful situation he by, with his riba and
(boulders very badly broken, and bis head almo@
bruised to atoms, while the young man cut off the"
tree in two places ; and the father, to prevent th*
head of his son from being torn in pieces, t<
obliged to hold it with his hands, as it lay voce,
the tree !
Captain Barron did not arrive at Tri
poli until the 9th of September which
was unfortunately too latcjn the season
to permit him to keep toe gun-boats &'
corsairs in our employ any longer on that
dangerous coaft—of course our hopes of
leducing the Tripolitans to our terms
for this season are loft, and it is appre
hended, I find by our Consul, that our
unfortunat countrymen will have to re
main longer than we had heretofore
hoped, in their confinement. It does
not appear by the communication, that s
any terms had been propoled by the Tri
politans."
im^rtaittfotelligence.
The papers recei^tyT^t ejfening% fonthrfn,
mail, furnish the following imerefting articles of
intelligence from the American iquadr< n in the
Mediterranean.
Information from Cebflyth ult.) states, that &
predatitns 00 American commerce still continue ;
—that 1 i privateers of from' 3to 7 guns, were fit
ting our st St J^o, and many from different ports
of Cuba were cruising. Our informant law a lift
of 90 privateers out of that Ifbnd, federal had receive
rd Spanish commissioners Once the capture of Span,
ifh ve&is by the Haitians, It was reported orders
Extraa of a letter from a member of Con-
City of Walhingtor, Dec.gr.
“ We have this moment received, and
had read by the cleik, a letter from Mr.
O'Brien, cur late Copful at Algiers, ^d
dreffed to Mr. Gavino, our Consul, at
Gibraltar, the lubdance of which is that
in the three attacks made by Commo
dore Preble, against Tripoli, on the 3d,
13th and 29th Anguft he had taken and 1
destroyed fix gun-boats, killed several
hundred of the enemy, and taken one
hundred prisoners.
On the night of the ift September,
another attack had been made on the ves
sels in the harbor, in which a sire-ship,
which was lent forward among the ves
sels, unfortunately tock fire before the^
people on beard had cleared themselves,
and blew them all into atoms. In her
were left, capt. Somers, Gen. Wadiwortn
son of Gen. Wadsworth, 1 Member of
our Houle and Midihipman Izard who
I understand is from South-Carolina.
Captain Hamilton, who arrived here
yesterday trem Naples, is the bearer of
dispatches. Which were forwarded to
him by the American Confui at Tunis
for our government, from Commodore
Preble, who was hourly expected at Na
ples. Capt. H. brings no orher ac
counts from our fouadron off Tripoli,
than those we have already published.—-
BOSTON, JAN. lOr