The Republican ledger — Portsmouth, N.H., 1801-09-15 00:00:00, page 2

From the True American.
The htim^'e representation of the Tories, Refugees
and other Royalfis, residing in ' the United States
of Americh, to George the third,- King of Great
Britain, Frante and Ireland, Defender of the
1 Faith, &ty
,MAY IT PtpSE TOUR MAJESTY !
WE; your Majesty's loyal and faithful
fubje&s in this once happy and prosperous,
ibat now degraded and rebellious country,
beg leave he approach your throne, and pour
' out oufcomplaints atyour gracious feet.
Your frlajefty, % humbly conceive, can
not be ignorant with what zeal and devotion
we affixed your Majesty's arms and arts
during ihe late unnatural war between this
and the mother country ; and what fuffer
in°s'aad persecutions we underwent from
the rebels, for adhering to our allegiance to
your Majesty, nor can your Majesty be un
informed of the indefatigable industry with
which we have since labored to restore to
your Majesty's crown the brightest diamorid
with Which it was ornamented, and wfiich
was filched from it by the traitorous hands,
of Washington, Jefferson, Samuel
Adams, and many either of the rebels.—
NOTHING is more common among the tories
.: apofl-te whigs of America, then the exhibi
nn of the British government as the “ Most ftu
pnduous fabric of human invention"—" the
V>Rperfett model of virtue, and exemplar of
,rals."
the following extracts of letters recently re
vved from the country, which are amply corrob
~':ted by living witnesses, lately landed on our
' arcs, will demonstratively prove, and most af
'oedly convince, the most ignoraut tepublican,
hat the old and young tories are RIGHT and ought
• govern this country for the gaeat benefit of all
rho are concerned in it ; for according to their
maxim, a monarchical government is, and mutt
v, the belt on earth, and a perpetual war com
municates the greatest felicity to the fubjetts !
Ex,trad No I. —“ On account of the scarcity of
Wovjfions, 7 or 8000 half Starved citizens, parad
-3 our streets, and plundered most of the'baker,
h^ps, &c. to fatisfy their hungry appetites. This
rought the military among us in great force. We
re now blessed with tranquility, but according to
w### *, it is, the '' peace of the tomb." Slavery
~ nd a famine ! About fifty of the rioters are tak
^h up, and 110 doubt will be hanged to diminish
-he consumption of bread !—There are at lead, in
his town and its vicinity, 10,000 people in abfo
bi:e want of the necessaries of life. Hundreds of
voung men and women are going about offering
rbeir Cervices tor a morsel of bread, seeking no
isher compensation ! but they seldom meet with
employment ! Nothing is more common than to
fee fine young men and women, begging from
door to door ! Mothers, with infants on their
bread, praying tor God's fake for a bit of bread,
or any other sustenance, for their infants ; but too
often in vaind The rich are hardened ! Indeed
john Bull is so loaded with taxes, that it is im
possible for him to bear his load much longer.
Spine hundreds are flocking to the sea ports,, to
embark for America. Hundreds more are pre-^
paring and thousands and tens of thousands w ould"
embark, were they able to pay their passage.
Would to God, I was of age to come my felf; tor
this country is certainly on the eve of ruin."
Extfaff No 2, from a refpe#able clergyman.
" The account you have given ot the U. States,
the prices of provisions, &c. compared with the
'-fame in our country, has excited almost an uni
versal with among our countrymen to emigrate— :
hut the obstacles in the way are many, particular
ly the poverty of the lower class who are aflually
in a date of tlarvation ! Indeed, it is probable we
/hull be all low enough in point of riches ; for
our political father, whom we call the head of
the church, has adopted the levelling fyflem, so
much cried out against a few years ago. Our
talks yearly increase ; and 1 muff tell you that we
are in a similar filiation to What the children of
[frael were in Egypt. As it refpeds the spirit of
the times, royalty runs high. One of our bullies
said the other day, I ought to be taken up, for
corresponding with such a republican as * * # * #.
The cord is drawn very tight, and many suppose
it is in danger of breaking. If those whom we
call enemies should be able to land a considerably
force, it is not difficnlt to calculate the conferen
ces, for what will jhe poor and middle class, the
vital strength of the nation, do.
"Can any fitu^ion be more deplorable than
the present : Our hand, like' Ishmael's, is against
, very body threatening deftruftion to all around.
But you may easily prognosticate the confeqnence
of this iffhe. Happy are jhofe who debarked in
tine for the new world. lam afraid it is my
destiny to feel some of the hellish blows of our old .
friend from Rome/; for here we have an old gen-
Jeman, who fitted next to him in the temple of
God, arrogating to himfelf titles of blasphemy.—
My hopes are,,that the power of Babylon will
soon fall.
“ I am desired to enquire, on what terms would
gentlemen, who have iron ore on their land fell
or let it, or enter into partnership with those who
are capable of fretting furnaces, forges, &c. &c.
to manage them. The improvements of late in
this brach of bpfinefs have been great, and would
certainly be an^acquisition to your country."
rri?to contribute te meh Cubferiptions, beside
.he realm had seen eu, jh of the mifchief of mobs
11 rabole of late, an! the sooner they were de
-4,n ed root and bra^h the better. # ,
-Lord Althvil felly coincided with the last
;t,4e Speaker—tie thought the most mischievous
Lmd,of inhabitants in any diftriQ was a refratto
• t bble—and that a'territory populated by Jheep
.3 bullocks was infinitely more fatisfaftory and
, ^active to the proprietor, than towns full of
~ rangling manufacturers, and dillricts coveted
CTh cottages, and filled with ragged labourers.
Che House seemed funk ip apathy—The yawn
'ent round—The House thinned—and was ad,
burned.
&he proceedings of the Lower House in our next."]
OF
MONARCHY AND WAR;
BLESSED EFFECTS
From the Greenfourgh Regifler.
We can with truth aflarc your Majesty,
that our zeal in your Majesty's service has
fuffered no abatement, but is rather increas
ed by an ardent desire of vengeance, since
the eftabliihment of the independence of,
these colonies—an event which wofild have
recalled us to your Majesty's immediate do
minions, had we not cherilhed the hope of re
storing America to your government. To this,
end has ourevery exertion tended. We have
strove by all means in out power, to sap the
foundation of the boasted fabric of Ameri
can Independence,—to bring into contempt
and difrepUte the system of Republican Re
presentative government—to render odious
and unpopular all who are attached to that
system, especially Thomas Jefferson,
who drew the traitorous charter of Inde
pendence, and still remains inflexibly a whig
of '75, our worst enemy—and to create a
disunion of the Rates, and diffention among
the citizens. In this great work we ac
knowledge, with the most fervent gratitude,
the aid we have received from your majesty,
who was graciously pleased to depute to this
rebellious and stubborn country priyate a
gents and public ambassadors, to console us
uhder the present adverse dispensations of
providence=-to fatfe our hopes to the con
templation of that glorious period when the
Eagle of America shall be devoured by the
British Lion, and her independence vanish,
" like the baseless fabric of a vision, and
leave not a trace behind"—and to assist us in
accelerating that glorious period when the
Crown and Mitre shall annihilate Repre
sentation, and Toleration.
Among these Agents and Ambassadors,
our minds record, with the most profound
sensation of thankfulnefs, Peter Porcu
pine and Robert Liston : the firft of
whom by his exertions would inevitably
have kindled a civil war in this country, &
left to your Majesty no honour but that of
planting your victorious standard on its re
bellious foil, and receiving the reiterated
oaths of allegiance from your loving and
faithful fubjedts, had not the intolerance of
the Pennsylvania Jacobins expelled him
hence, to our great mortification, and for-,
row ;-/he latter, by his well-timed liber
ality and munificence, and by his peregrina
tions through the country, bad already in
creased the nupiber of our friends, and estab
lished agents and emiflaries throughout the
country, and soon would have completed by
corruption, what Porcupine commenced by
deception, had he not got wearied of living
in this wilderness world, where he was in
cessantly alarmed by the clamour of Demo
cracy, and disturbed by the grantings of
what our friend Burk, denominated the
" Swinish multitude," and returned home,
to have the supreme felicity and.ineffable
delight of kissing your Majesty's hand.
While we lament the causes which con
spired to deprive us of the talents of Por
_cupine, and the purse of Liston, we
humbly pray liberty to represent to your
Majesty, that unless some speedy and effec
tual measures are taken to aflift us in our
endeavojs to redeem this country, from the
fangs of Democracy, and restore it to the
blessings of regular and energetic govern
ment under your Majesty's feeptre, it will
be loft forever! The proud spirit of Repub
licanism, is pervading the whole continent
—many of your Majesty's loyal fubjeds
have been already expelled from polls of
honor and emolument, by which they have
been long enabled to annoy, perplex, and
harras the Jacobin rebels—and, we tremb
lingly fear, that unless we receive speedy
succors, in three months not one of our
number from the Canadas to the Floradas,
from New-Brunswick to the Mifliffppi, will
retain either official diftinaion or public con
fidence. ,
To the wisdom of your Majesty's coun
cils we leave the choice of the means proper
to be used for the honor of youi Majesty's
crown, and the benefit of your Majesty's
faithful servants in this country —but would
merely suggest the propriety of making larg 7
er than usual appropriations of secret ser
vice money, for the use of this country at
the ensuing eledions, Which might either
be bntrufted to your Majesty's vice consul
at Norfolk, William Hammond, your Maj
esty's vice-consul at New-York, Mr. Bar
clay, or such other persons as may be known
true and a&ive in your Majesty's employ,
and sworn enemies to every thihg Republi
can or free. We would also suggest the
policy of fending to this country ' fonte per
sons of capacity and pruderice, to conflict a
royal press—as the presses devoted to the in
terest of your Majesty now in this country,
have not fufficient art or caution to veil
their wishes, or intentions ; and have moit
ly become so notorious for falfhood, that
they have loft all influence, except with'
men who believe, (as we did during the war)
every thing printed in a royal paper.
With the most cordial prayers for the suc
cess of your Majesty's arms in Europe, and
arts in America ; and the most ardent hopes
of Ihortly feeing the Bruilh flag Wave over
the fertile fields of America ; we beg leave
to declare ourselves the everlasting foes to
Republicanism, to Liberty, and the Rights
of Man ; and the eternal friends of Mon-
SIR, 1
I have the honor of informing you, that a
most daring and gallant enterprize was last
night undertaken bv the boats of his majes
ty s ships Dorlis, Beaulieu and Uranie, en
tirely manned by volunteers, under the di
rection of Lieut. Lofack, of tho Ville de,
Paris, whose gallantry on this occafioq is
better felt than expressed, who succeeded in
boarding and carrying the French national
(hip La Chevrette, mounting 20 guns, man
ned and completely prepared him 350 men,
under the batteries in the bay of Cameret,
and in the presence of the combined fleets of
-France and Spain.
Any comment of mine would fall short
of the merits due to those gallant officers,
seamen and marines employed upon this
service ; it is but justice to subjoin their
names and qualities,* who have so nobly
added an additional luftre to his majesty's
arms.
I have most sincerely to regret the loss of
the killed and wounded, but when compar
ed with that of the enemy, it is comparative
ly small. I cannot conclude without re
turning my warmest thanks to the Capts.
Ponytz & Gage for their judicious arrange
ments of their boats. • I beg to mention that
Capt. Jarvis, of his majesty's (hip Robust,
very handsomely sent his barge and pinnace
on thi§ service ; likewise Lieut. Spencer;
who placed his majesty's hired cutter Tele-
TOachus in the Goulet, and prevented any
assistance, by boats, the enemy might have
attempted. I have the honor to be, &c.
C. BRISBANE.
Total of the killed, wounded and miffing
in the boats of his majesty's ships Doris,
Beaulieu, Uranie, and Robust. 11 killed,
57 wounded and 1 miffing.
Total killed and wounded on board La
Chevrette, 42 killed and 62 wounded.
* Ville de Paris, Lt. Lofack. —D»ris, Lt. Rafe,
Crofhie, Clarke and Burke ; Lt. Rose of the ma
rines.—Leaulieu, Lt. Maxwell, ailing Lt. Pafley ;
Lt. Sinclair of the marines.—Uranie, Lt. Seville,
and federal midshipmen from the different Jhipf.
—<«.rf^§^fo- ►> —
A letter from Capt. Hallowell, dated on
board Ad. Gantheaume's ship, the Indivisi
ble, at Frejus,'July 17, has been received by
the Admiralty'; giving an account of the
loss of his Majesty's Ship Swiftfure, of 74
guns. She was bound to England, to refit,
having been in the Mediterranean near three
years, and at sea the principal part of the
time, and her' copper all worn off; when
die fell in with the French squadron. She
was Ad. Bickerton's flag Ship ; but as no
mention is made of his being on board, it is
probable he had previously hoisted his flag
on board some other Ship. The Paris pa
pers of the 23d inst. give the following par
ticulars of her capture :
The 24th of June, at break of day, Ad.
Gantheume, being in the channel between
Candia and Egypt, spied a Ship of war, and
instantly iflued orders for a general chace.
The French squadron failed much better
than the pursued Ship. At 5, P. M. She
proved to be a British 74 ; having no hopes
of escaping, the enemy attempted to get the
weather-gage of us, availing himfelf of the
moment that the French squadron was
widely dispersed ; the hostile Ship crowding
all her fails She went before the wind for
the purpose of endeavoring to fight her way
through the French squadron ; but L'lndi
vifile of 90 guns, and Le Dix-Aout, ot 80,
bore up against and engaged her at the dis
tance of 600 toifes—the fighting Ships soon
came within muSket-fhot, and after a toler
able action of an hour the British Ship was
compelled to Strike. She proved to be the
Swiftfure, one of tile fineft Ships belonging
to Adm. Keith's squadron. L'lndivifible,
and La Dix Aout, fuffered but little ; the
former having only four men killed ; the
latter fix, and 23 wounded.
Adm. Gantheume put men on board the
Swiftfure, and She was soon enabled to keep
the sea.,
Capt. Hallowell's letter was sent to our
agent at Paris ; and by Mr. Merry to gov
ernment. ,/
, The Jason frigate of 36 guns, Capt. Bal
lard, has been wrecked on the'French coast,
crew saved.
Lord Nelson is appointed Commander in
Chief of all the najal forces from Orfoid-
archy, Tyranny, and Usurpation. TSigned
by all the Tories, Refugees, and other 'rcoyalijis
reading in the United States.]
gift year of the reign of our gracious)
Sovereign, George 111. and of the f
rebellion of America, the 26, A. D.?
xßoi.)
God save the KING !
—eg,
London Gazette, July 28.
The following letter from Capt. Brisbane,
of his Majesty's Ship Doris, to Adm. Corn
wallis, records one of those enthnfiaftic dis
plays of undaunted bravery ; which have
lately so justly distinguished the seamen of
Britain ; and added much glory to the naval
annals of our country.
Late foreign Intelligence.
“ Doris, off St. Matthews, July 22.
'>->•>•
Extra# of a letter from a gentleman in London to,
his friend in Charleflon, dated June 25, 1801..
" Me. Addington, with an intention of bring
ing about his grand and darling obje&, a Jpeedy
peace, and at the fame time an honorable, on&
is at present preparing an extensive expedition
against the Weft-lndia islands jet in pofleffion of
the enemy-—this fleet is to confillof fix fail of the
line, ten frigates and two sloops of war, with a
bout 40 fail of transports, which are to he joined
by the mips already on the Jamaica station ; the
troops intended for this expedition are to be chief
ly drafted from old regiments that ha,e been in
ured to hot climates. Their firft efforts, it seems,
are to be directed against Porfo-Kico, which is to
be succeeded by an attack oil Guadeloupe.—The
command of the army, it is thought, will be giy
BALTIMORE,' AUG. 21.
VERBAL INFORMATION.
Just as the Maryland Jett Havre, forty-five gun
boats failed from Dieppe, their appearance was
extremely interesting, and beautiful, each carried
a 24 pounder on the bow, and a 6 pounder on
the hern . —they have three malts betides a great
number ot rowers on each tide, they are decked
forward and aft, but in the centre are open, with
an awning covering; below is room for two
horses, and each carries 100 soldiers, independent
of the boat's crew. The English cruizing veflels
cannot prevent those boats from failing close along
shore, to the general rendezvous at Dieppe, Bo
logne, Calais and Gravelines, at u hich places near
ly 1000 gun boats were collected or collecting ;
at several times five, fix sometimes ten boats, had
failed from Havre together, and had arrived fafe
at the ports abovementioned. The intention of.
Buonaparte (as said to be declared by himfelf) is to
embark 100,000 men on board these boats, which
cannot in a calm night be prevented from crossing
the Channel, and then invading England ; whilst
inferior bodies, attempt to co-operate frota the
harbour or Breit, Sr. Maloes, &c. such were the
plans fpokeq of by the intelligent people, at Ha
vre, when the Maryland failed, in case the war
continued and such were the movements of the
gun-boats, which in some measure corresponded
with these declarations: It is said that Buonaparte
calculates upon the lojs of 50,000 men in the at
tempt, but that he (peaks confidently of, the final
result, being glorious to the army of France.
n ew-tork, sept. 4.
The cargo of the (hip Lydia, Elihu Smith, mas
ter, belonging to William Roach & Son, New-
Bedford, bound there from St. Peterfburgh, and
burnt, at sea, confided of,
6300 poods Iron, 10 pieces of Drillings
4439 Hemp 115 do. Flems.
613 Outlhot, 262 do. Ravens Duck.
630 Flax, 748 do. Sail Cloth.
6ot Linseed Oil, 17 da. Table Cloths.
95 Cordage, 72 do. Napkins.
and 48 Tongues.
It is said "that a Pilot has lately difeovered a
worm in Hompton Roads, that in the coQrfe of
one summer will eat through the bottom of any
vessel, though coppered. It grows to an incredi
ble size ; it is said he opened one lately that had
gorged itfelf, and an ounce and three quarters of
copper was difeovered in the inside, depplited in
a small bag or gut—Ships will do well not to flay
too long at anchor there in the summer and fall
seasons.
'• The filly remonstrance of the federalifts of
this town, which contained almost as many un
truths as lines, is duly appreciated by the public ;
and 1 believe there are very few of their party,
even of the signers themselves, who are not asham
ed of it. The firm, the dignified, the temperate
.answer it has received, is indeed reflowed upon
an unworthy object; but is becoming the master
ly, the convincive pen of our Jefferson —I pre
sume that the federalifts, as they call themselves,
will no longer pretend to twist words from their
evident meaning to find out something unfavor
able to themselves; nor can they pretent that Mr.
Jefferson wants the firmnefe requisite for his
situation. They find that be does not approve
them, that he does not fear them, and that how
ever desirous he may be of conciliating the public
mind, he will not facrifice his duty to please them,
nor desert the interetts of his country for their be
nefit."
nefs to Beachy-Head, and Marquis Corn
wallis ot the land forces.
Filling boats are Stationed at the entrance
of the Swin, to destroy the buoys on the ap
proach of the enemy's fleet.
JULY 28.
Denmark and Sweden have tormally ac
ceeded to the Convention concluded between
Great-Britain and Russia, on the 17th June
last.
PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. ~
Extra# of a letter from an officer on board the frig
. ate Philadelphia, dated off the rock of Gibraltar,
July 17, to his friend in this city.
" We arrived at Gibraltar on the ift inst. in
good health. We found there the Grand Bathaw'd
(Lord High Admiral s) (hip of war and a brig.
We continued at Gibraltar only two days. Our
commodore (Dale) in the President, and the Ex
periment, went up the Streights on a cruiz*: the
Eflex, capt. Bainbridge, took a fleet under convoy,
and we are to cruize at the mouth of the Cut jot
the Tripolitan Admiral, and should he dare to
venture out, we ihall surely take him.
“ On the 12th inst. at night, to windward, we
difeovered a great fmoak, and heard a violent ex
plosion. It proceeded from a second engagement
between the English, and French and Spaniards.
We learnt that during the action two Spanish
(hips# of 112 guns each, blew up. After which
the English engaged and pursued the remaining
part of the fleet, which put into Cadiz. On the
2 5 f b, going up the Gut, we observed in every di
reftion the floating remains of the wrecks," &c.
•These are doubtless the Admiral Rear Curios,
and the St. Hermenigldo.
PHILADELPHIA, AUd. 27.
Extra# of a letter, dated New-Haven, Aug. i,_
" The Itate of politics here is every day alter
ing for the better, and though many remain blind,
yet numbers begin to fee the true source of the
evil, and I hope it will not be a great while be
fore it will be realifed that there is no method of
promoting religion fnperior to that ot the laws
leaving it to itfelf, and that civil government is
an institution for temporal, not Spiritual con
cerns.
Domettic information.