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, •* That the Ottoman flag can he freely na
vigated to or from the ports of France, Italy,
Naples, or Illyria, by paying to the Agents
of G. Britain « duty of 20 per cent.—Voy
ages on this condition can be undertaken
•from Turkey—the single requisite of 20 per
cent, for going and returning, is to be paid
on taking out the passport.”
In consequence of this decision of the ad
miralty of London, several Ottoman vessels
have prepared to sail for Leghorn, Naples,
Marietta, Ancona, Venice, Trieste, and FL
uine.—Alonitcur.
Paris, March 15.
• The fourth of January, Marianna Matnnz
Kiewicza, the wife of a Polish cuirassier/
was brought to bed at Kazmitez, in the
Grand Dutchy of Warsaw, with four living
daughters of the ordinary size.
t The following arrangements of titles and
of dislocations and creations of Kings are
reported in letters from Germany to have
been determined on between the Emperors
of France and Austria : we give it as it
reached us, without further comment than
that some of the appointments appear to us
improbable: •
Napoleon I. emperor of France, 8cc" and
king of the Romans.
Francis II. Emperor of Austria Sc Fran
conia, and Co-protector of the Confederation
of the Rhine.
The Archduke Charles, king of Spain and
the Indies.
Joseph Napoleon to be king of Italy.
Ferdinand the IV. to be restored to the
throne of the T\/o Sicilies.
Joachim to be king of Poland.
Eugene to be king of Macedonia.
Louis Napoleon to be king of Uavaria.
1 The hereditary Prince of Bavaria to be
lbing of Holland and Berg
. Jerome Napoleon to be king of Wirtcm
burg.
The king of Wirtemburg to be king of
Westphalia.
1 The Grand Duke of Baden to be king of
Switzerland.
The king of Prussia to cede Silesia to
Austria.-London fiaficr.
j1 firolijtc wedding.
j In adopting the maxim that “it is not
good for man to be alone.” Bona/iarte has
determined not only t? set the example of
marrying.but toaccompany it with such argu
meats as cannot fail, in a country so famed for
gallantry as France, to make it followed._
We may presume, also, that aJthough the
Emperor’s first marriage produced no issue,
this last will add somewhat to the number
of his subjects. Among the regulations to
be observed in consequence of the nuptials
of this unparalleled character, we find the
following:
“ Besides the six thousand fortunes, which
are to be given to 6000 young women, who
are to be married to 6000 soldiers, in honor
of the Imperial nuptials, a pardon has been
granted to deserters from the army and
navy, and all persons imprisoned for certain
slight state offences, who are detained in
prison for the payment of their fines and
expence, are discharged.”—jVcv) York Co
lumbian.
Baltimore, June 16.
FRO ill ALTONA PAPERS
deceived at this Office by the schr. Rossie, from
Glucfcstadt.
Thuste, April 3.
They write from Carlstadt, that several de
tachments of cavalry, followed by a regiment of
infantry and a park of artillery, have marched
for Slum loreintorce the regiment ot Ogulinoat
that place with whom they are .} act in concert
to drive the Turks out of Croatia. •
Extract of a letter from Paris, of the lGlh of
April.
A considerable army is assembling again near
iBoulogne. Sveeral regiments, cantonned in
Champagne and Lorraine, have received orders
to bold themselves in readiness to march. Sev
eral divisions which haye evacuated Franconia
and Suabia are for tbe same detestination.
Nancy, April 13.
Ten thousand of the troops who have returned
from Germany, it is said will pass through this
between the 2lst and the 28th instant: They
are the 2d, 5th, 6th, 7Ur, and 8th, regiments of
infantry of the line, the staff and administration
Or the division of General Dumas.
Wiema, April 15.
The French authorities have, addressed a re
script here io the military bureau, in which it is
said among other things that after the peace con
cluded between France and Sweden, in which
are compromised the states of the Rhenish confe
deracy, the direct trade between Sweden and
Mecklenburg in vessels belongingto tbe respec
tive countries shall henceforth be free: It is
well understood that this commerce wil!| take
place under the dispositions either adopted or a
bout to be adopted by the French government,
and in submitting to the formalities required in
similar cases-as it relates to the produce
of Sweden, certificates of origin are to be deliv
ered by the French consuls in Sweden, stating
that the merchandize in no wise whatever is the
product of England. The military are to duect
their particular attention to that object, since it
Is known that there previously existed great
quantities of said merchandizes in the kingdom
of Sweden': they are consequentlylobliged to in
•pect the vessels visited with tbe greatest ex
actness. '
Rouen, April 19.
COMMERCE.
The merchants ot this department are inform
ed through the medium ol the public printt, that
♦here will be shortly a public sale at Venice ol
all merchandize anil colonial produce which has
been confiscated at Trieste.
An imperial decree on the 10th of this month
points out the particular dispositions to be made
known relating to trade, in older to „c*n its o
perations.
This decree requires that all the drugs and
apices forming a part of the sales thus announc
ed, shall be imported into France. It alsi atlvi
nes that tbe colonial produce, sent into Italy,
ahall be exempt from all transit duty.
Salf.m June 12.
Captain Collyer, arrived at Marblehead
from Lisbon, has favored iis with a number
nf paper** of that city, to April 13>li. If we
may judge from the content* of these, the
cotirage and determination of both Spani
ardi* and Portuguese, in defence c*f their
country, are unabated. The French had
not entered Portugal ; and in Spain, a par.
ti«*an war is maintained with spirit ; conti
nual skirmishing is going on throughout the
kingdom, and wherever there is u body ot
French, rtfei'e is an opposing body of Spani.
Bids. The la.ter end ot March Juriot’s
-corps extended trom Heneventn to Leon, Sc
wa- besieging .Astorgi ; opposed to him
s*as the Spanish general Many, whose head
quarters were at Villa Franca, frontiers of
Ivuflte.ia. NeyN n» Salamanca, continuing
t»ie French line as ftras Kodrig » and Ciu
dad H 'drigo} the Portug :*d English
oup-med to him. Rcgniei’s, from me left
hand of ihe Tagus to the .Sierva Morena in i
! lustremaclura, his head_qnarters at Marida
on the Guadiana; Romaita’s head quarters
continued at Batlhjoz, opposing this French
corps.—U lake’s army in the south cx
tended from Lorca to Orihuelo, protecting
Murcia and Valencia.
In Catalonia, the French Under Augereau
were besieging Ostalrich. situated between
Gerona and'Barcelona. The Freach appear
to make no head against Cadiz. An article
from that place, of April 3d, says ** The
French every wherein Andalnsia had ta
ken such precautions as show how little con
fidence they have; they are fortifying them
selves in Alhambra and Sacro Monte, in 1
Granada; they imposed a contribution of5
millions of reals, and took possession of the <
public funds, bringing to Alhambra all the
provisions and valuable articles in their pow <
er, without leaving even the ornaments of
the churches. On ■ the 2nd February, 13
waggons of wounded French entered Grana
da, and the force now there is 4 or 5000 men.
The news from Catalonia is very favorable,
not only on account of the destruction of the
enemy, but the patriotism of the inhabitants
also.”
;§>outfc3lmenca.
THE SUPREME JUNTA OF CAHACCAS
TO TH E
GENTLEMEN WHO COMPOSE TIIE
REGENCY OF OLD SPJIX.
Moat Excellent Gentlemen,
We have received in this
city the different papers and documents,
which in the name of the Supreme Junta of
Cadiz, and of a tribunal called the regenev,
have been directed by the same Junta, and
hv your excellencies, to the Viceroy and1
Captain Geurral of these dominions and to
all its inhabitants, with the view to obtain
the acknowledgment of the above mentioned
tribunal as a legal depository of the Spanish
sovereign.
If your excellencies have kept in view those
who in different periods went from these pro
vinces to the Seville Junta and central go_
vernment, voti must of course have formed
a just idea of the indel.ble adherence to our
citizens towards the beloved sovereign Fer
dinand Vil, and of their true and cordial sen_
timents of fraternity with respect of the
Spaniards iii Europe. But your excellencies
would be deceived if you should believe, that
therefore we are also ready to bestow our
obedience and homage to the various cor
porations, which, substituting themselves in
definitely one at'ie*- another, only resemble
in attributing to themselves indistinctly a
delegation of the sovereignty, which having
neither been created by the acknowledged !
monarch, nor by the great community of
Spaniards of both hemispheres, can be no
thing less but absolutely null, illegal, and
contrary, to the principles sanctioned by our
own Legislation.
In fact, what are the rights the Supreme
Council of Regency affects to require of the
Americans, this homage, which they only '
swore to their lawful sovereign, and to whom
alone it should have been rendered ? 'I he
national courts in which alone the necessary !
legislative powers reside to establish the
provisionary constitution, which the nation
is to administer in the interreigns—did they 1
precede * Even In the bosom of the Cen
tral Junta, there were no ministers righteous
and firm enough to oppose the spirit of cor
ruption that had undermined her, and to
protest against the enormous latitude which,
with scandal to the kingdom, and in spite of
our fundamental laws, the executive body
assumed—Has there been any other species
of national convention, which* could be cor- j
side red as the legitimate organ of the na_ !
tion and as the true deposit of sovereignty *
There is but little required to demonstrate ;
that the Central Junta was in want of a true
national representation ; because its original
authority proceeded from the tumultuous
acclamations of some provincial capitals, &
whilst the inhabitants of the new hemis
phere never had their corresponding legal
representative share in it. The Central
Junta expressly declared, that she consider
ed the American dominions as integral and
essential parts of the Spanish monarchy; &
America neither did nor could behold this
declaration as the source of rights which she
always should enjoy, and which, without in
justice, never could be denied her; but as a
solemn confession of the despotism by which,
till now she had been tyrannised. America
was entitled to expect that, as the srnvern
ment of the Peninsula with so much solem- ;
nity acknowledged to her inhabitants, the
period had arrived that, for the first time,
they were to he installed in the inestimable
enjoyment of her civil prerogative, and so
put a boundary to the unsnpportable pride
and avidity of the administrators, who,since
its discovery, in the name of the monarch,
constantly vexed 3c disgraced her, suffocating
all the elements of her prosperity, according
to your excellencies’ own acknowledgment j
and confession in the proclamation directed I
to us. Our hopes were but of momentary 1
dura ion, and neither in the order dispatch. '
ed for the election of the individuals who
were called to complete the Central Junta,
or in the convention to form the national
courts, we have seen nothing hut an intole
rable partiality in favor of the disgraceful
remains of Spain, and an injurious reserve
for inviting us to make use of our rights.
What free suffrage, what representation
can your P.xcellencies imagine ever will ex
ist in deputies elected by the American Sen.
ate_—this body which the Spanish ministry
lias always designedly intended to vex and
depress, to strip from public confidence, and
ignominiously to subject them to the despot”
ical scourge of its agents? Has not Carac •
cas seen an irrefragable testimony of th<s
truth in the election of the Kegent Don Joa
qun Mnsquera, at the same time he was
loaded with the general detestation of its in
habitants ? Although it is true that the Cen.
tral Junta, by an impulse of decency, denied
to ratify the election ; yet it is also true that
this denial included palpable contradictions
in itself, and by the, anterior order, and that
the new established method for such eler.li.
oo3, instead radically to root out the vice,
docs no more than to cover it with misera
ble palliation, as insufficient for the decorum
of the government as for the deception of the
Americans.
To concede to all the inhabitants of the
Peninsula the right to name their represen.
tative for the national courts, and to reduce
the same to the passive and degrading vote
of the city councils in America ; to establish
a tarif for the European deputies and ano
ther different one for the Americans, with
the s-'lc view to deny them the influence due
<orur actual importance and population
it makes it plainly manifest, that the liber
tf and frat^tnity of 'w hich they are babbling
to us. are but insignificant outcries, illusory
promises; in a word, the artifices by which
our infancy and chains have been prolonged ?
Is not this to give us to understand that we
are looked on as ideots who do not know
what belongs to them ; or as slaves who in
humiliation must live satisfied?
Carinccas has long suppressed these feel
ings ; she believed that the union of all the
Spanish dominions was the only meads
which could save the metropolis from the
tempest which burst upon her; and, sacri.
ficing to this precious union her private in
terests, gave to the world a sublime lesson
of moderation and enfranchisement. But
the principal part of the Peninsula being oc
cupied by thearmsofthe French tyrant—
the Central Junta dissolved, and the indivi.
duals that composed it dispersed with con •
tempt, what other part of sately remained
for the Americans but this? No longer to
connue men* surety to me autnonties con
stituted by that same Junta, and placed by
the sad r. suit of the war. the disorder and
overthrow of the government, in a state of
true independence? The conduct they had
lately assumed in Carraccas ; the vexations
suffered, not only from the city »'ouncil, has
been eve-, by the tribunal of the royal audi„
ence ; their repeated attempts against the
laws, and the general suspicion with which
they wefe beheld, urged their deposition ;
and in tact, the unanimity of the people of
Caraccas veri And it ; but in such modera
tion and generosity as were unknown in the
history ot nations. .
To the reasons indicated, and which re
gard all the deposed, your Excellencies will
phase to add others, with respect to the
captain general and sub-inspector of the ar
tillery. It is notoriously known that both !
were in Madrid at the period of Murat’s
administration, and at the time of its capi
'ulation ; they are therefore individually
sworn tothe French government. The first
has divulge d that the same Napoleon dr*sti_
ned him for captain general of Caraccas ;
and in a Gazette of tjiat court, we have seen
the confirmation of it given by the obtruded j
Spanish monarch in the name of the Central
Junta.
These are the motives which Caraccas
had ; the rights she has obtained, she is de
termined to make known to the other pro
vinces of America^ We flatter ourselves
that, sooner or later, they will be unanimous,
and if it should happen that such sentiments,
I so conf irmable to nature and equity, should
be suffocated, it would bean additional proof
of the violent despotism they suffer.
It is very easy to misrepresent the spirit
of our proceedings, and to make a commoti
on, though produced by the loyalty and
sense of our rights.-But we appeal’to the
voice of reason : we appeal to the vote of o I
ther cities and posterity : in short, we appeal
to the internal testimony of your Excel-I
lencies’ conscience, and the principles !
which the same Central Junta has repeated ,
ly proclaimed.
We regret to hold to your Excellencies a |
language, which of course must appear bit- |
ter to yon ; but we venture to say, that your
i Excellencies would render the best proof of
| your righteous intentions, and of tho liberal
ity of your thoughts, by giving an impartial
ear, and inclining like us toa true solid uni -
on ot the Spanish dominions cf both hemis
pheres-, a union, which if not founded on e
quality of right, can be of no duration nor
consistence. In fine, we disavow the new
Council of Regency ; but, if Spain saves her -
self, we shall be the first to vow obedience
■ to a government constituted on a lawful and '
j equitable basis : we shall afford to our Eu„
; ropean brethren the aiel our actual scarcity
j allows us, as long as the holy struggle in
: which they are engaged endures ; andlhcse
: who despairing of its happy issue shall seek
j for another native country in Venezuela,
will find a generous hospitality and true fi a
i ternity.
God preserve your Excellencies many
years.
(Signed)
Jorrfih dr lo.? Llamosa,
Martin Tuvar Ponte.
Caraccas, Maxj 3. 1810
domestic.
New York. June 15.
From our Correspondent.
Havahna, May 25th, 1810.
Gentlemen,
“ Although it was distinctly
and clearly understood and believed by all
parties, and many letters written to that ef
fect to the United States, England and the
Windward Islands, that the order of May,
1809. reducing the duties on imports and
exports, and allowing this as a port of depo„
sit, was again declared to be in force from I
and after the 21st instant, yet it has in con
sequence of the receipt of despatches by the !
April packet from Cadiz, been again sus-1
pended until further orders from the Regen I
: cy. You will therefore serve those who may
be about to make shipments to this port,
from a belief that the duties have been re
! duccd, as well as those who have given no
tice relative thereto, by informing the pub
lie that the old duty of 34 per cent, on itn .
ports,and 12 percent, still remain in force,
and will be exacted.
“ Enclosed, you have a royal Order, which
you will also be pleased to make public, for
the general benefit of merchants trading to
the Spanish ports.”-Gaz.
Extract of a letter from another Corre
spondent atfIlavanna, dated May 27.
*' A new general of Marine, Admiral Ola.
va. lately commanding at Cadiz, is hourly
looked for at this port with two ships of
the line and one frigate ; he brings with him
Don Honore Union as Constructor General,
and it is said that a number of ships of war
are to be built at this port under his direc
tion.
“A Royal Order of the Regency of the
30th Maich, communicated to the Gover
nor and Captain General of the Island of
Cuba has been published this day, it relates
to the sundry instructions heretofore issued
by the government of Spain ; that no Arne
rican vessels will be admitted into the ports
of the Peninsula, S'tilth America, or any of
the king’s possessions, unless provided with
Consular Certificates, nor will hereafter
any person he permitted to land w ho is not
provided with a proper p:.«sport from the
Spanish Minister or Consul, residing at the
port from which the vessel may sail.”
Ib.
Extract of a letter from an American gen .
11(man at Havre, dated st/iril 17, to a
gentleman in thin eitij.
“ By the John Adams frigate vou will
probably receive despatches from Mr. Arm*
strong. Poor man, hr car. do nothing here. '
He despairs, anil will leave this country in
a Few days. What will your government
do? The conduct of the French government
is unaccountable. It may happen that Na
poleon will suffer some vessels trom the Uni., :
led States to come in, and make great vov.
ages. Do*nt trust him—if he does, it will
be done merely to induce many to come in,
that he may nab them. It is said he lias
parsed a decree authorising the confiscation
and sale of all American property in the
ports under his control; but this is not
generally received as a fact. It strikes me
that he, from motives of policy, will yet
afificnr to hesitate, while he hr.s something
of more importance in view. Depend upon
it, you can expect no act of justice from
him while you are on good terms with Eng
land. Rather than do you an act of justice,
he would keep down the clamors of his sub
jects by extending the licence trade, bv
which mean* he can get all he wants thro*
Great Britain, and give in exchange Ins
grain. oi\ wine, brandy, Sec. for though he
is at war with England, lie hates America
more than his epen enemy.”
Extract of a letter, dated Leghorn, 2d
.d/iril, 1810.
“A decision was given the other day by
the coin t of appeals of Florence upon the
liquidation of the Vermont’s cargo, and I
am sorry to say, it leaves us in as unsettled a
state as we were before. The court annuls
the sentence of the tribunal of commerce at
l’orto_Ferrago, but the liquidation of the
prize having been made by mons. Piesche,
the under commissary of marine, who is
administrative authority, the judges declar
ed their incompetency to take cog izance of
his acts; thus we cannot obtain restitution
of the money deposited. Our next recourse
should be to the court of Cassation at Paris,
but we must weigh the matter well before
we take that step, on account of the very
heavy charges which would attend it. We
wait the copy of the Florence sentence and
then shall determine what is best to be done,
tor the present, I am inclined to leave the
business where it is. for I see nothing but
additional trouble and expeuce in the pro
secution of it, without any hope of ultimate
success.”
PROCLAMATION,
By Ilis Excellency Lieuenant General Sir
GltORGE PREVOS l\ Baronet, Lieute
nant Governor and Commander in Chief in
and over His majesty’s Province of Non
Scotia, and its Dependencies, &c. &c.
fee. « • , .
Whereas by an act passed in the 4Sdt
year ol His present Majesty’s rcigti, power
is given to the Governor, Lieutenant Go
vernor, or Commander in Chief, with the
advice and consent of His Majesty’s council,
to allow the importation of certain enume
rated articles from the United States of A
rtierica into this province, for the purpose
of re-exporting the same.
/ have therefore thought fit, with the ad
vice and consent of His Majesty’s Council,
to publish this Proclamation, hereby autho
rising and empowering British subjects, for
the space of six months from the date hereof,
to import and bring into this province, from
the United States of America, in British built
ships or vessels owned and navigated accor
ding to Law,. Scantling,• planks. Staves,
Heading, Boards, Shingles. Hoops, or Squar
ed Timber of any sort. Horses, Neat Cattle,
Sheep, Hogs, Poultry, or Live Stock of any
sort, Bread, Biscuit, Flour, Peas, Beans,
Potatoes, Wheat, Rice, Oats, Barley or grain
of any sort ; and British subjects, during
the same period, are hereby authorised and
empowered to export in British ships, own, i
cd and navigated as aforesaid, all or . any
of the said herein before enumerated arti
cles to any other of His Majesty’s Colonies
or Plantations.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms
at Halifax, this 23d day of March, 1810,
in the 50lh year of His Majtsty’s Reign
GEORGE PREVOST? '
By His Excellency’s Command,
Sam. Hood Coorce.
Boston, (Thursday) Junef.
PARISH’S ELECTION SERMON.
The committee (Messrs. Green, Fhelfit
and Moody of S.) to whom was referred a
motion to thank the Rev. Dr. Parish for his
Sermon, and request a copy for the press,
reported.
l Hat the discourse alluded to, is, in the '
opinion of your committee, so replete with
unjust accusations against the Government
of thu U. States, and ihsse who administer
the same; and contains sentiments so dis
respectful of those to whom the People of
this commonwealth have entrusted the gov
ei nment theieof (couched in language most
exceptionable.) tnat it would be highly de„
rogatory to the dignity of this House to re
quest a copy of such a discourse for publica
tion.”
This report—was warmly debated, and at
a late hour in the afternoon was accepted,
Yeas 293. Kays 163.
l ed. rap.
liosroN, June 14
MASSACHUSETTU LEG 167.A JU.\L
The House on Monday last, made choice,
on thr:r /tart, of Gen. Joseph It. f'arnum,
us a U. 6'. Senator. The Senate, had three
ballots for the same choice on Tuesday, and
one yesterday, without success. On the
first balloting, the votes stood. 20 for Mr.
Ticketing, and 20 for Mr. Varnum. In
the ethers Air. V. hart 15, Mr. King 4, and
Mr. Cults 1. yesterday afternoon a motion
was made to post pone the choice until the
next session ; and this day appointed to
consider the same.
Boston, June 12.
Yesterday a large number of respectable
Young Gentlemen gave a splendid enter.,
tainment to his Excellency the British Am
bassador at the Exchange Coll e House
Many distinguished guests were present
beside Mr. Jackson. Henry Sargeant, Esq
presided.
Toast of tiif. Minister .——Com .
merce without Restrictions—Liberty with
out Licentiousness-Patriotism without
Fear.
New^Orlkans, May 23.
We stated some time ago that the French
schooner Intrkpede which carne into our
waters in distress, had been bonded. Since
that she has been tried and condemned. Not
having a report of the case, we Cannot say
what was the true ground of her COndemnati
on. Far removed as we are from the gene
ral government, and so many admiral) / c*s
es tried, it would be a satisfactory thing to
have them reported, particularly undtr the
existing order of things.
run VERB APIS FOLICr,
•Vo much derided by the ignorant and
designing, in now acknowledged to be sn^
fierior to ** free trade" and ca/iiu:e. Plur.
drrrd and contemned by all.—what are vie
to doll Go to war with all th world ;*e.
led the first offender ; or firohibit impor
tation of foreign good*, and the exporta
tion of our rfiecie,—apply ourselves to in
ternal trade, and open a freer communica
tion with South y/merica ?—One thing is
certain : the intrtgue, delusion, and cor
ruption of the J l ll. U. S affected by •• the
cabinet,” arc more dangci-ous than all our
foreign enemies'—Wing.
*• Urvr.Rios ro a sjrrsP
Our readers cannot avoid drawing a •
comparison, and a disagreeable one it must
be, between general yirmslrong's style of
writing,—his dignified propriety of behavi
our, and the wretched tetters and conduct
of Mr. Pinkney—they are antipodes in e
very thing, jirmstroug is brief, animated,
logical and clear ; Pinkney is prolix, mi
nute, feeble and trifing. lie goes to “ my
lord ” Urtllesley, and settles in speech what
he is to write to “ the most noble ' marquis l
then he writes it ;—then he carries it to my
lord—next begs for an answer : and after
waiting a month or two, writes oyrgovern
ment a grave history in a sort of gibbous
manner, I mean a style not quite so bright,
as the full-orbed moon.—Whig
The wile of a Mr. Bellenger, a rope,
maker at Honfleur, was brought to bed at
the beginning of this month (March) with 4
daughters, who with the mother, are doing
well. The first was born at 6 P. M. the se
cond at 8. the others within 24 hours there
after.— Whig. >
The following article shews the value
which Great Britain has for the commerce
ot America. It is merely necessary to say
that the •' Anti Jacobin Review” was esta
blished by George Canning who was a regu
lar. contributor to it, perhaps he wrote the
following—JY. Y. Pap.
From the ** Anti Jacobin Peview,** for Fe
bruary1810.
“ In the future conduct ot our government
towards the U. States of America, much de
licacy and caution will be requisite We
should invariably respect theirindependence,
and send them an ambassador of the lirst
rant ; a man of opulent fortune, and of a
liberal and enlightened mind. A variety of
important considerations combine to Sanctis
on the expediency and the wisdom of such,
a mode of proceeding. For the information
of those who may be disposed to think that
wc pay too much attention to American af_
lairs, we will briefly state that a greater
quantity of British capital is employed m
that country than in all the world beside ;
that America imports nearly more of the
manufactures of Britain than ali the nations
ot Europe together ; and that Britain md
her colonies consume nine-tenths, we betse e,
of the whole exported produce of America.
A letter from the super-cn; gr. or ’leOlym
pus, Talbot, to his owner, dauu T.'uningtn,
April 24, says, that he was to undergo uis
last examination that day and expected to
be permitted to enter; that as soon as he
landed his goods he should change the pre
periy, as he did not consider American pro
perty per fectly secure; that markets were
bad. exchange had been very low, hut was
getting better, in favor of the remitter.
Russian goods had risen SO per cenuflto iu
consequence of the number of vessels which
had gone up the Bailie.—Philadelphia Pa~
per.
Important Geographical fact.—Mr. P. D.
Porter, Platen in his interesting speech,
that “ it. in not uncommon for boats in the
spring of the year, to pass' from Lake Mi
chigan into the Illinois, and thence by the
waters of that river and the Mississippi,
to j\ ew Orleans, mil how being taken out
of the water."—The editor of the Saratoga.
Gazette says he is in possession of a letter
from an intelligent correspondent at lie*
troit, which is confirmatory of Hu truth of'
\ Mr, Porter's statement. "Strange as it
may appear, (saystha correspondent) it is
nevertheless a fuel, that a lieut. Hamlltun ,
of the U. S. army, actually passed from
Lake Michigan into the Mississippi with
out being obliged to unload his boat or even to
take it out of the water." If. then, it be
true, f and of its truth we have not the
least doubt) that nature has opened a com
munication between the Lakes and the Mis
sissippi, we may anticipate the happiest
ctmseyurne.es to the western country, at no
J remote period, from an extensive commerce
j between the country and the Lakes of
Louisiana,
'"T'MIIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. Rana
X way from the subscriber, in Mecklenburg
County, some time in tbe month of February
Inst, a mulatto man slave named TOM
GRAVES by trade a blacksmith; he is about
.5 feet 5 Or 6 inches high, with straight black:
hair, bow-lcggtd and stoops in his shoulders,
nis nose turns up, and when spoken to, is very
apt to snuff. He went off in company with
a mulatto fellow, by tnc name of Hilly, belonging
to Mr. George f’ield.——'They are supposed to
have procured free passes under the n-.me of'
Mayo. Whoever will apprehend tbe said s*eve
ami secure him in any Jail so that 1 get him a
gain, shall be entitled to the abo« e reward — A l
masters of vessels «r»* forwanivd from hatbuor*
mg or carrying him off.
CEORCE TARRY
May J5
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PffTLADF.l.PHIA. Jimo IS.
(CONSULAR OFFICE OF SFA1N.)
Pit 11. adei.ch i a, June 14,1810.
Whereas official information ia received that 1
the extensile Districts of Maracnybo and Coro,
adiicli compose a large portion of the Province
of Venezula, have unanimously disagreed to tile
anti-national measures I itely adopted by their
brethren of the District of Caracas, and are de
termined to preset-.e their integrity and fidelity
to tlu* Government of the mother country, admi
nistered in the name of their beloved King Fer
dinand the 7th, and have accordingly decreed,
that no vessel will be admitted from the United
•States of America into their port, without the ne- "
cessary Consular Documents frofn the Consuls
of his Catholic Majesty resident therein, setting
forth the names of the vessel, captain, officers
and crew, as well as passengers—It is hereby
made known to all whom it may concern, that \
such documents will be granted at this office on '
application, without which, no vessel will be ad
mitted into the ports of these districts ; and as
it is the particular wish of H. C. Majesty’s Go
vernment, to cultivate the relations of friendship
and trade bet w« on the United States and his do
minions *f Spain and America, it is to be hoped
no vessel wn! pr jretd to the ports of these Dis
tricts without carrying the documents required
by the Government.