Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-11 00:00:00, page 2

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London, July 13.
The Funds have experienced a con
siderable fall, in consequence of the
late failures in the city; Omnium be
ing down, at the opening of the Mar*
ket, to par, but towards the close it got
up an eighth.
"The principal article contained in
the French papers, from which we
make extracts this day, is the account
of an alarming fire, which broke out
in a temporary ball-room, during a fet£
given to Bonaparte and his Empress
by the Austrian Ambassador, Prince
Schwartzenberg. The conflagration
commenced by a wax candle coming
in contact with a thin muslin curtain,
which spread the (lames, notwith.
standing every effort to extinguish
them! till the whole edifice, which
was of wood, paper, and canvas,
was in a slate of general conflagration. I
Notwithstanding the confusion, the'
company had all got cut of tlu
room into the gardens, without the
less of a single life; but unhappily
the maternal affection of the Prin
cess Paftline of Schwartzenberg, (wife
of Piince Joseph, the Ambassa
dor’s brother) who presided at the
fete, became hlarmed on missing her
d aughter, and this lady rushed ag .in
in o the flam* s in search of her child,
and unhappily perished. She left eight
children, arid was far advanced in a
state of pregnancy ! This is the only
fatal accident that oefured <Hi i<*g tbit*
wofully terminated festivity. The* pa
pers also contain some details retpeer
ing Gen. Sarrazin; hut not of a natur*
to cast anv light on his mysterious vi
sit to this country.
1 he commercial arrangements be
tween this country and Portugal were
yesterday finally concluded, and are ex.
pened to be published in the Gazette
of to-morrow eveniug.
THE BONAPARTES.
Bonaparte, who loves no one, is him
self not the object of affection, even iu
his own family—we see the differences
between hi in and Louis—Lucien has
net been upon tetms with him for
year?, and hss constantly refused every
djgniry offered to him—Joseph fears
him—Jerome is the only on* who
lives in any intimacy with him—but hi
is often the object of the coarsest an
most violent treatment.
RUSSIA and TURKEY.
The Russians still continue to Llock.
ade Widdin; they have gained consi
del able advantages upon the Dinub.,
below that place, and have peneirateo
into Bulgaria,* but it appears they wait
the arrival of new reinforcements, to
enable them to carry on their operatic
ens on a more extensive plan.
SPAIN.
A bag of lett< rs arrived this morn,
ing from Heligoland—they ir.ntor
thKt intelligence has been rec *ved
there from H Hard, of a battk having
been fought between Lord Wellington
an»l Mass»ti , in whiih ihe latter was
defeated. We shall be most happy to
find this ii't lligencc correct—but n<
off - ial arc lints to ihat «ff ct have
reached Gi v».rnmer.t.
New-York, Sept*6.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Yesterday arrived at ihis port the
fine fast sailing ship Hercules, Vose,
in 39 days from Liverpool, which port
she It It on the 27 h of July.
Cant. Vose has furnifihxrl th*
tcrs ol the Mercantile Advertiser with
regular files of London papers and
Lloyd’s Lists of the 24th ol July, and
Liverpool papers of the 26tl:, from
which we have taken all the political
ai:d marine articles they contair.
Dispatches from oi.r Minister at the
court of St. James were brought out
in the Hercules.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS,
POSTSCRJFT
To the Boston Gazette of Sept. 6.
Arrived, the Lothario, Glover, from
Liverpool—Diy G< ods. Sailed COtl,
July.
From linden papers to 28:h July.
BATTLE IN PORTUGAL.
Letters in town state, that a grea?
battle has b< en fought in P> rttag.il—in
which lord W« Hington was ki led. This
is not official, /nd we h',pe will prove
unfounded. [The above is from the
44 Statesman” of July 28 : the 44 Couri
er,” of the ssme eve ing, denies offi
cully the reception of any letters giv
ing this information.]
'I he Turks have been defeated in a
late battle j and it is now expected thet
will make peace, by surr ndrring the
Provinces of Moldavia h Wallachin.
It is said Mr. Canning is to repair
to Csd.a.
King Louis is with hia brother Je
rome at Caste).
The queen of Holland is forbid to vi
sit Paris; has imagined she is to be,*
poisoned, and has gone to Piomhiers. \ *
Spanish wool dull sale at reduced [
prices. Two years consumption on
hand. '
Bonaparte has "new modelled the j
laws of Holland respecting commerce;
every fishing boat must have a French
soldier on board. He was expected
at Amsterdam to visit the armament.
A large American ship in ballast was
cut out of a port in the Baltic, add has
arrived in England.
A fleet of forty two sail of British
merchantmen have been raptured off
the Naze of Norway by the enemy’s
gun boats.
1 he Farmer, Shaw, from Virginia,
arrived at Gravesend.
'Salem, Sept. 1.
It is a strange'cause of exultation
that the Danes are opposed to our
commerce, as if this did originate in an
unfriendly disposition of that nation to
\ merica. Let all our seamen witness
what treatment they received before
the English disturbed that county, and
they will soon explain the cause of the
present enmity. It is our rese nblance
to Englishmen which ' has given the
French their full power over Denmark
in regard .to Americans. The Danes
say so, and they say more, that more
Englishmen sail in these seas tinder
American colors, than real American
vessels. The deep resentment of the
Danes againstthe English drives them
to desperate measures. See the his
tory of Dickson, the pretended Ameri.
can Consul, who fs one speciiheb a
mong many of base contrivances to I
prostitute rhe American name,and ob
serve the acknowledgement in the A
merican papers, when Mr. Adams at.
tempted to correct such evils, that it
was raising mercantile transactions to
u higher scale of morality than they
could bear.
It seems the merchants are ijuite
sick of the scheme of letting commerce
look out for itself. If it mast go a
broad it must go under national pro-:*
tectic*. Enough has been said on the.]
subject to convince all our sober citi
vens that some political purpose was to
be answered by the mad proposal of
telling commerce to shift for itself, as
somt meichants said.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 7.
The recsl of Mr Jackson has been announced
10 our government in a letter fr<>m his Britannic
Majesty to the President of the United States.
Theappom ment of Mr Merier, as hi* Britan,
nic M tjeit/'s Secretary of Legation to the Uni
ted States, has keen announced in a letter from
Lo»d Wdleaiey to Afr Secretary Smith, with
the fur her information that Mr Merier would act
in the character of hi* Afajesty’t Charge des xf.
faires until the appoin.ment of nr Jackson’s
successor.-Nat. Intel.
In the recaJ of ur Jackson by the British go
vernment will be found a compliance with the
fquest made by the Executive of tne United
States through our minis er in London, delayed,
n is true longer than was necessary, and so far
unsa isfactory—but yet such a compliance as has
saved the administration the disagreeable alter,
native ot ordt.ing Mr Jackson out ef the coun.
t y, which course^ had his recml been refused,
would buve been justified by the usage of nations
ontemp raneous witn the recal is an official an
nuncution that a successor wi'l be appoin ed, snd
>ha» Mr Morier will act as Charge des affaires
until the &n:cessor s.rall arrive.
It will be remarked that in the manner in
which sir Jatk&on has been recalled the feelings
of the xme itan government appear to have
been re-pcctid,inasmuch as the ucal is nor an
nounct d, in any orriiTiaiy cases, inthtcascoi
v • E»„kme for in t .nee, th.ough the miniate
himsclf but directly from the sovereign. In the
manner of Mr Morier** in roduction to the Ex
e> u ivt, also, a desire is discovered to avoid the
d lemma whuh trust have retu!ted from the an.
uunciation of mi Morie 's appointment as Charge
dea affaires, in the usual mode, thro.iglt the re.
tailed minister. Had the British government
been di-posed to aggravate existing differences,
i’ would have been left to Mr Jackson to an
nounce the appointment of Mr M ,rier as Charge !
dcs affaires, and, as the Executive has refused to
receive any farther corr.munica ion from Mr
Jackson, the introduction of Mr Aforit r as the
Representative of the British government could 1
ant have been received through that medium.
These ciicumstancee^ though indicative of a <
disposition to avoid irritation, amount to but lit.
tie. Should the British government unseasona. I
bly d-lay the appoin menc of a successor to Mr '
Jackson, it would give just ground to suspect an (
intention to procrastinate that atonement and
those explanations a'rc&d|r tou long delayed, and
would wairam ihe belief that the new mini ter’s 1
nomination was delayed with a view of being i
guided by subsequent events in the selection of a ,
successor, or in the ir.struc ions with which he
is to be fu-nished.—ib 1
mu Pinkney.—-By letters received from
London we learn that the statements lately ap
[rearing in the British print', and from them co.
pied into the American papers, of observations '
made by eur minister at London on > wo different
Kcasicns, ate flagrantly inc'irect. The obter.
rations made by him on a rrcent occasion (the
meeting of ihe Society of Fcrtigners in distress)
we are assured, weie so ea:ravaganily miarepre.
tented that scarce a word of the statement bore
sny retemb'an e .o what he said. The para,
(tsphists empro/ed for prmisinthe metropolis of
knglanrl, where so great an avidity is displayed (
lor highly colored statements and descriptions, •
>ftcn Adapt their production ra b-r to thedispoai. J
»ns of their readers than to ixcm as they really <
°xist. Embellishment is wi h them the order of f
he day, whether their subject be a festive meet. |
ng or a diswing room parade. By the magic of
heir pen ihey convert general declarations of (
{•od wih into enthusiastic expressions of attach t
nent or admiration with he same fact tty as they g
•rood deck with jew-s or costly gew-gaws a .
•res ■ of the mi-t repubican simplicity. The
act is. that do reliance can be placed on these d
tatemenU.andin reading them ample allowance .
hould be made fbr the e tab talked eaaggemti* !
na of the statrmentt prepared for the newspa
pers on these oeea ions.
Thus much we have deemed it proper to say,
n justice to Mr Pinkney^ who. from a mitunder
.tending on this head, bae been much aboard in
he public opinion. He has in some instances
icen handled'with a severity, which should have
>ecn mitigated by the reflection that he was ab
sent and had no opportunity of reply. The mo
live* of a citizen in pttblic' employment should be
respected, more especially when on a foreign'
miss'On. qniil yome proof of their impurity aprf
peart ; a«d al hough Mt Pinkney has met the
advances publicly made to him with a redproca.
tion of f iendly sen? interna, tt does not appear
that he' has on these occasions committed eithei
himself or his government, as might be inferred
from the statements copied from certain English
prints.—ib.
Washington .city,Sept. 5.
Dt* n—In this city, yesterday room,
ing Colonel John Waiting, of the fifth
Regiment of the United States* Infantry
aged about 54.
At Alexandria, on Friday last Colonel
Dennis Ramsay, in the'56th year of hfa
age>
Raleigh, (N. C.) Sept. 6.
Beware of Counterfeits.—A coun
terfeit $ 50 Virginia note of the Bank
of Richmond, was offered in this City
on Tuesday last, by a Gentleman from;
Tennessee. The plate, papt*r, and
signature was badly executed » the
paper thinner than usual arid appeared
to have been oiled.
The Nashville RevieW of Augfcst IQ
ftkysT , ,
A number of counterfeit notes of
the Bank of Virginia are in circulati
on. The engraving is baefty executed
and the paper is of an inferior qualify
to that of the genuine notes, bat the
signatures are well imitated. Wt
have as vet nntv
10O, 20, ami 10 dollars ; but no doubt
all denominations have been counter
feited. Persons unacquainted with
banknotes would do well to be. cau
tious in reteivirg them from
strmgers. We have also seen coun
terfeit notes of the Trenton Bank, and
of the Bank of Columbia in N. York,
the latter of five and three dollars.
YELLOW FEVER.
| We learn from sources too respec
table tp be do»bbsd, that the Yellow
Fever is raging with great violence in
the City of Elizabeth* Pasquotank
County. Th$. schr. Little Charles,
Captfc Francis Griee, arrived some
time since at Norfolk, from the Ha
van a a, with a cargo of C'flVe, where
ihe landed a considerable quantity j
f* om whence she proceeded to Eliza
beth direct* and Uwe landed the bal
ance together with her ballast; from
the latter of whreh ’it is supposed,
(trom certain circumstances that have
reached us) the contagion originated.
Various reports are afloat, but we for
bear making any other remarks at pre
sent, than that the greatest precaution
is necessary to prevent the disease
from spreading through the different
parts.of the country. Four persons
died on Monday last, and three on
Tuesday, within the space of 30 hours.
We trust the Commissioners of this
Town will use every means in their
power to prevent its reaching thi
place. Edenton Gazette, Aug. >31.
WEST FLORIDA.
From 1ht Natchez Weekly Chronicle oj
Aug. 6.
We have received the subjoined ad
dress from our correspondent in West
Florida, as the result of the first meet
I'lg of the convention. From this ad
dress it will appear that West Florida
»till acknowledges dependence on the
government of Spain, and is firm in her
allegiance to Ferdinand VII. It will
also appear, that there is to be a second
meeting of the convention on Monda\
■he 13th inst. which it is believed will
>e much more interesting than the last.
What will be the result of the delibera
:ions of this honorable body, is yet im
possible to divine. However, as far as
ve are capable of judging, their pro
:eediags augur well. A degree of pru
dential wisdom marks the first meeting
hat does honor to the deputies, & we
iincerely hope that nothing may occur (
:o disturb the tranquility, or endanger
he peace and prosperity of the pco.
pie.
St. John's Plains, 27th July, 1810.
ro his Excellency Don Carlos Dehault
Delassus, Colonel of the Koyal Ar
mies, and Governor, Civil and Mi*
litary, of the place and jurisdiction
of Baton Kougc, See. I
Sir,
The Delegates representing the in*
labitants of the several districts of the
urisdiction under your command, in '
onvmtion, assembled at this place, re
pect fully to represent to your E|c<L
ency, that in entering upon the dig
barge of the dnties enjoined upon U'
J °ur constituents, we derive great t
atisfaction from the consideration
hat our meeting is sanctioned by your i
pprobation, and wc consider it one of •
the lint duties tq thr.pk :* ur exc^llert.
cy ;n the name of all the good people of I
this jurisdiction, for your attention to |
the wishes of thia inhabitants, and for
your generous efforts to preserve the
public tranquility, in a time of general
anxiety and alarm. We have consi
dered it as the immediate object of our
deliberations, t6 promote the safety,
honor, and happiness oi our beloved
king, Ferdinand the seveuth, to guard
against his enemies, foreign and do
mestic, to punish wrongs and correct
abuses, dangerous to the existence &
prosperity oi the province, and trust
(hat the measures that may be adopt
ed will be received with indulgence
by your excellency, and meet with
your approbation and concurrence.
In taking into consideration the ex
isting grievances, and the danger to
which the people and their property
arc, **poser!, a variety of subjects have
beeipfeggested as evils which require
redi^£, but we think it unnecessary
to trouble your excellency with & de
tail oT our proceedings, or the result
of our deliberations on these subjects,
in all which the greatest uoahitpity
prevailed, as it is our intentiotvj tp wait
upon your excellency In a body, so
soon as the subjects shall be arranged
in such a form as may be preper to sub
mit for your consideration. Oae of
pur resolutions-, however, we think it
oundttty at this early stage of our meet,
ing to communicate, as it stands re
corded on our journal, in the -follow*
ingwoYdsx
'Resolved, That it is the Unanimous
wtfch 61 this convention to proceed ir>
all our deliberations for the public
welfare with the entire approbation ol
his Excellency Charles Dehault Delas
sus* our Drescht cmu#»V r»r.t- .
become responsible With him to the
sh'pcT^V authoritiei for the expedien
cy the measures Which may be a
doptedr With his 'Cch'currenke * that w*
eng g^to support him AS bur gover
nor, with the emoluments Appertain
;ng to his present office* ayd to give
him all the aid in our pow6V in the ex
ecution of the duties thereof;
It is proper to inform youf excellen
cy* that having entrusted to a select
committee to form a plan for the re
dress of the existing grievances, and
for the defence & salety ofthe country,
we propose to adjourn the convention
until the second Monday in August
next* when it is intended to meet a
gain at this place to receive the report
of said committee, and to proceed in
»he discharge of the other duties en
joined by our constituents. In thc
mean time the said committee, consist
ing of Messrs. John II. Johnson, Tho
mas LiHey, John W. Leonard, Philip
Hicky* and John Mills remaining in
session at this place, will rereive any
communications which your Excellen
cy may be pleased to make.
We have appointed three of oui
members* Messrs. Philip Hickey, Ma
nuel Lopez and Joseph Thomas, a
committee to Wait on you with this
address.
We pray God to preserve your Ex
cellency many years*
Resolved, That this convention, ere.
ated bfethe whole body of the people
°f tigjgbvernment of Baton Rouge, &
by tnte^revioua consent of the gover..
nor, is therefore legally cbnstiiu ed to
act in all cases of national concern
which relates to this province, to pro
t/ir)a fr\tku tsukfiA m.««~
--i- ■'■■v.jr, w treaic a
revenue, and with the consent of the
governor to create tribunal*, civil and
criminal, and to define their own pow
ers relating to other concerns of the
government, when to adjourn, when to
meet again, and how long to continue
their sessions.
Correct list bf the Florida conventim
on.
For New Feliciana—William Bar
row, John H. Johnson, John Mills.
John Rhea. '
Baton Rouge—JPhilip Ificky, Thos.
Lilley, Manuel Lopez, Edmund
Rause, John Morgan.
St. Helena—Joseph. Thomas, John
W. Leonard, William bpiller, Beria
nin O. Williams.
Tanchipaho—-William Cooper.
fltcfjmoni* Cfjeatrc,
On Wednesday E?ening, (by particular,
desire) Will be pressed, the celebra ed
BLUE yEAKD.
pchN*J^J*vouriie interlude
(for the first timrf here) called
BLUE DEVILS.
ro which will be fcAded, tbe musical farce
of the
SPOIL’D CHILD.
*** Doors to be opened at 6, ard
he performance to begin «r 7 o'clock. |
t jt Tickets to be had at Mr. Du- j
is's Printing Office, sad at the Thea-!
J
teittunui Hitgud. ’
R ICH MO N D,
TUESDAY. Skptkmikr llr 1810.
A letter from a respectable mercan
tile houtfi- in Liverpool* to their corres
pondent in this ci.y, under the date nf
35th July, says—“ Wheat and flour
still continue steady articles and i»t
demand, and from the general appear-'^
ance of things we are inclined to be
lieve they will support their prices thro*
the year.* Tobaccoes f otjine Rich
mond quality are wanting; inferior
will not at all answer.—The failures
in this : country are numerous and a
larming^'' *
• Flour 65 to 68« When 16 to I6i Gd. +Teu
bacco from 3d iu 7d heavy.
THE alacrity with which the crews
of English ships of war sei$e all op
portunities to escape from the confine
ment of their floating bastiles, is good
evidence of the tyranny of the British
naval vrvice. The British prints of
ten comment on the severity of Bona*
pa te's discipline and the despotism of
his conscription: But can cither the
°nC<rI l^C otllcr worse than the En
ghs%press-gang or the boatswain's Cat
at i^gang-way ? To an American
.he thought.of British naval oppressi
on is galling indeed, /thousands ct
our fellow-citizeas are subject* to the
scourge of the scoundrels of th.e o
cean ; who, protected by a. plundering
government, think themselves autho
rised to pillage and outlaw cut pro
perty and citizens wherever they find
them.
for. Tiie arous*
TI$H DIPLOMATIC Cfc- '
BANITY.
The National Intelligencrr of the 7th
insi. appears to bfc pleased with the ar
rival of !\lr. Morier, and in particular
wi h the courtly method which hi*
Britam ic .Majesty has pursued in au
p rseding Mr. Jackson. In this case,
vre think the editor of the Washington
paper display's a disposition easily to
he moved to complacent sensations i
He requests our attention m.a» espe
cial mahner to the circumstance of Mr;
Jackson s recall having been announc
ed, no' (saj s he) “ as in ordinal y ca
vin the case of Mr. JLmkine for in
k* stance, through the minister himself*
ljUl directly from the sovereign.'* A
nost royal,! alsam for our wounds, in
deed ! A letter “directly from ther
sovereign!” A moat kingly consola
tion, and worthy of particular remark,
^Ut ^ oi yhe Intelligencer is a
httltsTlnfortunateljm his allusion to Mr*
iirsk><h ; tor MrfHR'skirie was recalled,
not for an offence Committed aganst
the government of d\ United Sutes,
but tor an oEfnce committed, as alledg
ed, against his own government. There
was, of course* no impropriety in sig
nifying Mr. Erskin.'s recall thrbugh
the medium of that gentleman himself;
whilst, as to- Mr. Jackson, to have
made him the-organ of communication
WnnM K'liru __ •
UUUdVC. Ill
truth, communications ot anv «ort
through the medium of Mr. Jackson,
we presume to have been pretty
out of the question, because the Prt ,i
dent had, so loog ago as last Novccn*
°.er» refused to receive anv communica
tion from him. ' We cannot, therefore,
perceive Ik>w »* the manner in which
1^*’. Jackson has been recalled ** evin- *
ces (accordingto Mr. Oates’ own shew
ing) any thibglike respect forthefeeL
ings of the American government.'*
On the contrary, we think the manner
of Mr. Jackson’s recall, from begin »
ning to tnd, has been cavalier, impe*
tinent, and most ungracious. i n« \
editor ol the Washington paper may
be assured that we are not disposed to
cavil at him cn slight grounds : in pro
pur ion to ou- good will towards him
will he our candor; and it is wit * great
pain that we find ourselves.compelled
to criticise opinions which flow from a
source that we wish to respec ; but
which can only be respectable by being
just.
It is nine months since Mr. Jack »on’s
functions were suspended by the pre
sident : It is five or six months sinco
Mr. Pinkney notified lord Wellesley of
theater, and requested the appoint
ment of a successor. What was the
eondfWft of the British government on
Mr. Pinkney** notification to that lord?
A two months' silence ensued, and
then his lordship condescended to in
torin the American minister that a per
son would be sent hi her to take chart e
of the papers of the British le Ration.
Does that person immediately c.>fne;
No: Three or four months more *J**-i
before (not Mr. Jackson’s successor,
but) a Secretary of legnsion arrives_
Meantime Mr. Jackson parades thro’
the country, furnishes secret fuel for
sc'ditior., and openly fans the flame of