The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-09 00:00:00, page 2

than Britain—ia it likelu that we shall be
atlvrjed to do so ?
France at all times afforded abetter mar
ket than Britain for our staple commodities
and therefore Britain obliges ua to make
her/torts the medium of trade, iu order that
by imposing du tes uu our productions, her
own might Oe sold as cheap as ours ; and
in order that, by enhancing the price of cut
ton, bcc. France might not be able to man.
nuftciure s> cheaply $ 'o secure our *rude
——will Britain abandon this fiulicy ? can
?ny man ol s use supp se she will vuiuotm i
** ly enable us to excel her trade, and France
to excel her in manufacturing ?
Although France is at peace with the
north, our timber, tar, turpentine, See. would
be highly acceptable to her, on account ol
her fleets—will B> ttain consent to abandon
paper blockades, which are the only ob_
structions to our entrance with those aVti.
cles ?
France now possessing every description
of new machinery, and having the command
of her own Merino wool and of that of some
of the flocks of Spain, can supply fine wool
len cloths at a lower rate than the British
manufacturers, and her line Woollens arc al
ready superior in every respect to the Bri
tisli: if tve furnish cotton, France can enter
into competition in emum goods—will Bri
tain allow this rivalry to go unmolested?
France and Spain consume large qu&nti.
ties ol fish, now smuggled iuto tlio»e coun
tries by Britain——can we reasonably ex
pect that she will see us, who have the a
bilitv to supply them, in Icgi'imate possessi
on of that trade, to her exclusion ?
France c:in supply us with wines, bran,
dies, fruits, oils cloths, si.k>, ribbon3, laces,
linens, jewellery, haberdashery, and fancy
articles, cheaper than Britain can furnish
them ; her manufactures in iron and other
metals, are progressing wonderfully in Flan
ders and Normandy, and the quality of nia.
ny superior to the British, yet we are now
compelled to buv the greater part of them
in England—will she consent to let us change
the channel of trade l
All these questions ai e so plain, that no
discerning man can hesitaie to answer in (he
negative , and to such as doubt, I offer the
conduct ol Britain, prior to, and (lining this
\var, as the most satisfactory evidence, that
we shall delude ourselves by anticipating the
abandonment of the British maritime sy
ttm i I sav her iu.irilime system, because
the mere repeal ot the orders in council
would amount to nothing, especially as the
marquis Wellesley h .s declined that, if the
orders, in council were revoked, the prior
acts itntfngihg our rights, w <uld not there
fore cease to be in operation.
Let any pet son review the conduct 6fBrt_
tain, to the Fle mings, to the Nansetowna, to
the Dutch, French, Spaniards, Portu
guese, Russians, Turks, Genoese. Swedes
and Danes, even to the Irish, and then
say whether we have aught to expect from
her ; why should she reg.»rd our rights .and
interests any more than she valued those of
every other commercial state ? why should
we alone be spared who are more likely
than any other nation to destroy her com
mercial supremacy !
There is no necessity for long explanato
ry answers, tn these questions; they were
answered in 1“93, and have been replied to
ejiery year since wiih accumulation of inso
' lcnce and severity. We have been more a
bused, if not openly and much more igno
miniously, than any other commercial state
than ever existed ; and this shews that *,ve
are justly considered as the tnosidangerous
rival Britain ever had to contend with in
trade and mercantile resources.
At the commencement of the war, the po
licy of Britain was developed, she had not
then, she did not pretend to have, any right
to retaliate ; for at that time France had
not a single decree in force against neutrals ;
who then can expect that Britain will now
consent to abandon the policy which she a_
di'pted in 1T93 ? The same motives which
induced her to adopt it, before any pretext
for retaliation existed, will compel her to
adhere to it, now that all pretext for retali
ation is removed.
Besides it must be well known, that, al
though we have meanly submitted to the or
ders of Great Britain not to goto France,*
we have never ceased to disregard the de
creesof France interdicting us from Bi itain ;
no direct favor, therefore, will he done *o
England, by the repeal of the Berlin and
Berlin decrees, and therefore she will ha e
no motive to change her policy towards us
.-her motives v/ill be on the contrary
more strong for a more excessive pressure
Upon American commerce.
These arguments, founded upon a const
deration of the interests and conduct of Bri
tain, if they require any corroboration, are
emphatically enforced by the avowals of
British ministerial newspapers in Europe 2c
America, made subsequent to the publica
tion of Champa gny's latter. ] allude par
ticularly to the remarks, of the London Cou
rier, (the ministerial official print,) copied
into the -Aukok a of Tuesday last, which
are adopted as a text by the British emissa
ries, on tiiis side of the Atlantic.
The Courier says :
“ It is to be remarked that Bonaparte af
fects to prescribe conditions to the revocati
on of his decrees—he considers America as
pledged to oppose us, if we refuse to ac
knowledge the rights of neutrals; that is, to
go to wai—and Ue desires it to be under
stood, that in consequence of his decrees, G
Britain is to revoke herordets in council 6c
abandon her new principles of blockade.—
Now he knows full well dial America has
made no such pledge ; that she ha prescri
bed herself a line of conduct to be pursued
in the event of our refusing to rescind our
orders in Council—she plcdg s herself to
do nothing more than 9tup all intercourse
With us.”
i iie rewards in my last leuer, in a great
measure, answer ibis paragraph , I qtio'e it
however, in this place, in order to | revent
a misconception of tne true state of the
case.
France dots not merely affect tocomidcr
uh pledged to maintain our rights, sh« con.
»idersu» absolutely bound to do so; dnd so
we are—we are pledged by our own vo-unta
rv act, to oppose Britain, if she refuses to
cease her violation* of our rights; but it is
not true that we are bound nor docs France
consider us botiod, to go to nvar { we have
math no pledge, but to < e se from all trade
and intercourse. With the pover refu ine to
rr-p ct our rights, and henceChampagny
say-, we are U» Cause; no riglrfsto be re'|<ec
ted, •*conformably to the l*wMof M:iy 1810 .
whatevei France imy %ttith she unkn n
more than • his, and this wc h-.vr b-undOur
selves to do.
But it is what follow? the above p-gi aph,
thn Iminrdia'fly claims my notice; the
tWuU' p. utA.:Ja :
As to the hew principles of blockade,w'a
exercised none now which we shall be
at all, inclined to abandon—and we have
given a sufficient proof of this in the very
first act of our government, af'er they were
informed of this new decree (revoking the
Bei lin and‘Milan decree)—we have dccla
red the canal of Cnrfou to be in a state of
blockade, and have thus shut the entrance
in o the Adriatic ”
Here, I think, is evidence sufficient to re.
move all doubts respecting the future con .
duct of Britain ; no man can seriously sup.
pose, after th s that Britain, (to use the
language our law of May last) “will so
revoke or midifly tier edicts, us that they
shall crus" o violate the neutral commerce
oj he U. States ; * we know now that she
"’ill persifi in her ftafier blockades, we
know that :Vlr. Madison and \lr Monroe,
Mr. Smith and Mr Pinkney have constant
ly protested against those blockades, “ as
violating the rights of the United States,” &
>>f course, the fienalt'y defined by our law
fnust be inflicted
Indeud tfie pretext for refusing to aban.
don paper blockades, is as insulting as the
measure itself is injurious : I refer the rea
der to the remarks at lutg:, bu their sub.
seance is tnis—“ Trance lias succeeded in
shutting us, her eneniv. out *f the continent, j
therefore wliat we belligerents cannot en
joy ourselves, we will not let you, neutrals.
enj«y ; and, since we cannot actually block
ade every port by ships of war, we, mas
ters or the spas, declare that paper procla
m a lions s'oa l have as much effect as actual
investment.”
Such is the Isngu ige of ihe English official
paper, such will be the conduct of the Bri
tish government ; they will not abandon the
measures, which * violate our neutral com ]
nterce,” be ause their commercial monopo
!>’ depends upon their maritime tyranny and ,
the depression of every other nation’s com ,
mercial activity ; they will not abandon
them, now that Frnnce has rev- k d herde_ '
cives, because they enforced the same ty. i
rtnuical system before those decrees of .
Franceexisted; they will not abandon them, <
because tltey have passed a new blocka.. \
ding order violating neutral rights, since ,
France announced the abandonment of her j
decrees. (
\ heavy responsibility, therefore, rests j
upon the American administration in the first |
instance, from which we know they will no;
shrink, and ultimately upon congress: how |
indeed the crisis has arrived. France has ,
rendered negociation unnecessary : action,
prompt and vigorous Rction, will soon be
necessary to our honor and our safety. j
What our government shou’.d or will
do, I will venture to consider in another
letter. (
SID ME Y. i
e=L1J-— —."* —■!.-=11- 1 1 I
qgoroegttc,
I TO TH1 EDITORS OF THE BALTIMORE
AMERICAN.
A few months since I caused lo be pub
lished the names of certain vessels of a pi
ratical character, which had been fitted out
in our own ports and had committed various
depredations in our waters ; and was in hopes
that the number which have been captured,
and condemned at New-Orleans, would have
deterred future adventurers from engaging
in that system ot villainy : late accounts
from that quarter, however, conviuce me of
its having been carried to a more alarming
extent than ever.
I send for publication, various extracts
Irom letters and an affidavit, by which you
will discover that some merchants and others
residing in New Orleans, are the owners
and agents of those vessels ; and that many
American citizens are on board them. * j
There are now two of uotorious character i
cruizing in the gulph of Mexico-to wit,
the schr. Inlre/iid, commanded by Brugh.
man-the nominal armateur is on board,
his name isSaurinet ; also one Dusar, part
owner. This vessel was built at N. Orleans, i
sailed on a cruize, and after plundering a
vessel (said to be Spanish) of S 6000, return j
ed ; was seiz-d. prosecuted and condemned !
as an unauthoiiscd cruizer. She was, how_ '
ever, permitted to refit during he trial, and
the night after the judge gave his opinion,
she took French leave, Brughman is a
small man, with a thin visage about 35 years
of age, and has the appearance of a bright
mulatto. Saurinet is a tall spare man, 40
years of age. She lias act mmission, issued
by the governor of Gaudaloupe dated a few
days atterthe capitulation of that place.
I he felucca Polly is the vessel in which
Brown the collector left N, Orleans. Some
time after she was condemned, she was
purchased by Jacob Hart, merchant, of New
Orleans, and received every equipment ne
ccsssary for a pirate. A few days after
the condemnation of lie pirate the Dtic'de
Alontabello, the Polly sailed on a cruize, un
der the command of Ll'ouard, the former
co .imander and armateur of the Montebello:
the celebrated pirate John le Loup is also
on board her.-*(It is well known that the
Montebello left Baltimore bearing the name
of the Amiable, under the command of capt
White, a id that J >hn le Loup and Brouard
were ihe apparent owners.)
Extracts of letters from New Orleans.
August 2.1, 1810. “ J.’Efiine has lately
been seized and sent to town. I believe the
crew obliged the captain to bring her in, as
their commission is stated to have expired
-from what I have understood, there is
little doubt she will he condemned.
Not long since, Brown’s felucca went out
of the S.W pass with 60 or 70 men. She
has just returned, and (a) 1 understand) has
cap.ured a Vera Cruz vessel and taken out
of her in specie S§22,000. She has hern
some time off the bar, and I am peisuaded
the money has been in bank some time
since ”
September 1*-L’F.pine has been Con_
idemned under the slave act.
, 1 informed you, some weeks ago, that the
| Felucca Polly had been bought by Jacob
Hart and had been cleared for St. Dontin
go. It now appears thiit the former owner
of the Montebello, who you know is recog
mzed to appear at Charleston (for illegally
fitting out.) is her commander, no less than
the Sitiir Brouard. It appears that they
have captured a Spanish vessel with 73
slaves, b>'Uiid to Pensacola, and have smug,
g ed them into the Territory by the way of
la FoutChe. They also robbed a French
vessel of her cargo 4 000 dollars of which
was specie, and then burned her.
She was cleared from this place by a Mr.
PrisCf, who appears to have corn spondence
with the captain during his era S3. It is
stated 'hat Mr. II ibert (whovou must re
collect) was also >ri bond, perhaps as ow
ner. lie is Jac b lint's partner. War
rants were issued agmT.si l’rintr, Brouard
and Robert, whs were all in town a few days
ago ; the first was taken and put into jail,
but was liberated by Judge Martin on a ha
beat cor/iu«, no mittimus or other authority
appearing in the hands of the jailor ; the
fact is, their names were in the stine war
rant, and the marshal had him locked up
and went in search of the others.
A fresh warrant was issued, but they
have all claared themselves. She cannot
have the senub.ance of a commission, and |
is one ot tin* most daring pirates I have ever j
heard of: It is said she is now cruizing for
Guineamfan.
The intrepid is stated to have captured
a Spanish ship from Cadiz bound to la Ve_!
racruz, with a cargo worth 3 or 4 hundred
thousand dollars. The goals have been
smuggled in by way of Barataria, or la
Fourcfae, (perhaps both.) — The Intrepid is
said to be on shore to the southward.
AFFIDAVIT.
i, me unuerstgneu, Jean Chaumette, su
percargo of the Spanish hrig A. Bubadar,
the property ot Don Vt. Dorelrogoite, mer
chant ot Pensacola, left the said port the 2d
of Sept. 18u9. 4or the coast of Africa, de
clare, that on my. return to Pensacola, 1 was
taken the 5th of July, IS10, 30 leagues to the |
N. N E. of the I’ortugas, which on board
ing me hoisted French colours.
I lie officer who came on board informed
me she was a corsair from Gnudaloupe,
that 1 was his prisoner, and sent me and tile
captain immediately on board the Felucca,
where our papers and effects were examin
ed and the greater part of both were taken
| from us. Having known some persons on
board during the time I remained there, I
learned, that the said corsair had left (about
the 15th of June.) New.Orlea ns. whe e /he I
had fitted out ; that she bad departed lor St.
Domingo,'finder A meric&n'colours, under the
command of captain Andre* who then did
the cutty of Lieutenant on board ; that the
appiLent captain was Jean Le Loupe. but
the true cap ain was Le Sienr Brouard.—
W e pr ceeded for Bay Ronde, where having
arrived. Mr Brouard went on board the
Spanish brig, scut all the stores comprising
the cargo on board the Felucca and set fire
to her, and next morning directed his course
tor the Balize, whete we had knowledge of
two gun-boats-, coining from Ba\ Ronde.—
My. Brouard ordered to anchor for fear of
being seen, and in tlit? ntttn time prepared
his Felucca to bb in readiness for defenoe,
but tiie gun boms having continued their
route, we turned to the west. Having ar_ j
rived opposite the pasturage of Mr. May.
sone, they sent a person on shore with his j
head enveloped, a useless precaution, for we !
had already seen and known him. In fact, ;
I had perceived since the time the brig had
been burnt, there was a person on board the
Corsair whnkc.it himself concealed in the
ho d ; iny captain was the first who remark
ed it to me ; from that moment, I endeavor
ed to discover who this shameful person
might be, and succeeded. In him I knew
Mr. Roberts of N. Orleans A Pirogue ha
vitig come to give us some information, wc
continued our route to the west point of Grand '
Isle, where we anchored There another i
pirogue came on board, in which w <s \Ir. !
Marchand of New Oile-ns, who brought a j
pilot whom he left, and who gave a letter to!
Mr. Biouard, which in reading it, he ena_ 1
bled me to see the signature of Mr. Prince
of New.Orleans affixed to. Mr. Marchand,
after having spent the morning on board and
receiving trom Mr. Brouard a letter direct,
ed to Mr. Prince, departed in a pirogue. •
In the evening we perceived a schooner,
which was supposed to lie an American from
Attakapas, wtuch they did not visit, but next
day the same schooner came and anchored
about a gun.shot from the Felucca, which
was still at anchor about two miles from the
shore, and some of the officers having ob
served that money under the American
colours was as good as that under Spanish,
Jean Le Loupe went on board to examine
her, and she proved .to be a Spanish schoo. ,
ner from Campeachy for New-Orleans_
She was taken possession of j her cargo con.
sis ed of Campeachy wood, and about 4,000
dollars in specie. Site proceeded with us
to the westward, at length we arrived at the
Bayau la Fourche where the pilot to ik us
in and anchored near the Lie ait Chat ,
there Mr. Brouard waited for his agents and j
WWICI3 uueresieu, ui procure nun tne means
of introducing the negroes and in the mean
time a pimg ie ctme to seek us two or three
days after our entry. Mr. Brouard gave
tne Pat rone named Laurent g 1,200 pro.,
ceeding from the Spanish prize, with a let-'
ter directed to Mr. Prince, who received
them at Grande Isle, where he had been
for five o six d tys with Mr. Marchand lodg
ing at the house of Mr. Rigaud. Twenty
days elapsed, and arrived unfavorable news
for the introduction of slaves, and having
received information that a Spanish schoo
ner richly laden was expected on the coast,
Mr. Brouard determined to freight two pi
rogues, and with a boat he dep tried for the :
Bayau D’Arbonne with all the»slaves ; and
he same day the Felucca after putting on
shore myself, the captain and two men of
the crew, made sail for sea.
As we came from the Tortugas to Bay
Kntide, we met an American schooner, which
the Felucca boarded under American co»
lours, and plundered of her provisions. Af_
ter this, we met two brigs bound to New.
Orleans, which were boarded under Spa
nish colours, and on board of ame was put
a Mr. Ljogean officer of the Corsair, to
carry intelligence of the capture of the Spa
nish brig. Me was the bearer of a letter
addressed to Mr. Prince.
(Signed) T. G. Chaumettk.
Sworn Hub 28/A day of Aug 18! o before
me.
(Sign d) Thomas S. Kknnf.dt.
Jean Francis Ramaquan, clerk being du.
ly sworn, saith, that the facts stated in the
preceding deposition are true, and further
sailii not.
(Signed) Ramaquan
Sworn ihiB 28 th day of Aug IUU), before
me.
(Signed) Thom A j S. Kenseby.
Arrived at St. Mary’s, on the 6th instant, the
schooner Mary-Aon, from Pon-ati Prince.-—
Left there, a numbr of American and British
vesx Is.—Provisions low—Hour 14 dollars, c r
fee scarce ar.«l high. On going in, wan bonded
'iv a 44 gun frigate, one of Christop ie*a aqua
dron of ten sa;l, then firing on toe Mole, while
his troops were beaeigiogit bv land T ie Com
modore sent in by the Mary Ann, « vt ry threat
ruing mrgr.age to Petion, informing him tnat be
would hum the place,and sink h;s fljet then in
i» *rt, If he did not surrender, which hr smile.I
at, and observed he w.i-> ready to receive him.
One of his generals bad been killed at .lie M«l«,
to whom he g-ve a very spl-nulid fun. fal. 1
vr s g<-i-*rally supposed, that Christoph,- woo-i
atfceeed in driving Petion out ofthe |>iar.-<.———
Kigatid was to leeward r sm»il distance, a^ri
ieiu in word if tiiey would displace Petion, lie
would tome ill with his force.—Savannah Mu
seum of Sep. 20.
DIVING MACHINE.
The public hive been informed of an inven
lion, ly which the bottom of (#*■■ sea can he tra
versed, and articles lost thereon recovered._
A M <chine for this purpose has h^en constructed
by Mr Samuel 1' a a m lii, of Ports tuouth ; who
has it now in this harbor. The proprietor has
oeon at much expense of inouev and time in ex
perimeuta to demonstrate the invention to he u
public convenience. He expected to have re
reived remuneration of his labor and expense in
the recovery of valuable articles from the bed ol
the deep. But in this he and his associates have
been disappointed ; and they are compelled, to
solicit the public patronage of their enterprise -
l o anew how well they can execute their pro
fession, they will descend at any of the wharves
in Huston, and proceed on tin; bottom to Fort In
dependence in one tide, and back in the r.f »l ,
and they invite any Gentleman to accompany
ill-in in the suh-marine tour j and pledge them
selves, they shall receive no injury. From the li
berality of the citizens of this town, thry there
fore ask a subscription to enable them to*lnake
the tour coot mplated ; and which is necessary
to the encourjjpincat o‘ an Amzric.tn invention
Subscription papers will be placed in the several
Insurance Offices, and the assistance of the libe
ral and public spirited is solicited.— Bott. Cen.
KEENE, IN. H ) September 22.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Boston
dated Sept. 10.
“ I yesterday witnessed tbe experiment of the
Diving Bell, which to me was 3 great curiosity._
The nun went down at India wharf, depth of
water front 30 to 40 i>et, and went on the bottom
thence to the* farther end of Long wharf, u dia
tar.ee I should suppose of 130 rods. He vvas nil
der the water one hour and 20 in’mules. I was
very near him when i.e came up—He w * not in
the least exhausted. 1 also saw him go down_
He had nn communication whereby any ait could
get to him from above.
Washi sctok, October 5. The following is
an extract of a letter from a very intelligent gen
tleti’Hii living on the Mississippi, whose sources
of information may be r jBed on:—** West Flo
rida is <pii . t The now regulations adopted by
the convention, have met the approbation of the
Governor at Baton Range, and tranquility i3 res
tored. . Their system approximates,' nearly as
possible, tb a Republican fSrm of Government,
and they openly avow a wish to become a part of
the United States. The name of Ferdinand VII.
is still used m the public acts of tliat province,
but the inhabitants hold him in the most sove
reign Conteirqrt. There is a smad British party
among them, who are hostile to the government
ol the United States, and, from the loud clamor
they made, were at first thought to be the rnajo
rity ; but they are found to consist only of a few
old lories of the revolution and half pay Britiyb
o Ulcers ”—Nat. Iut.
THE LOAN ,
It will be recollected by our readers that at|tl.e
late session of Congr -as, in order to supply
the deficiency in the sum annually appropri
ated for the payment of Public Debt, the
P' t-s dvnt <>t the United States whs hy 1 % * cm
power-d io bo it >w a “ sum not exceeding tiie
principal ol me public debt, which will be reim
buried, accord ug to law, during the present
ye»r,” at a rate of interest not exceeding six per
cent. The law also authorised the Bank of the
United Staves to lend the said sum or any oirt
thereof; because it was known that from that
institution tiirr money could be obtained with
greater facility and at lower Interest, for so shoit
' tune as will elnp.->e before its reimbursement,
than from in Jividtiids. In pursuance if those pro
vij.ons, about th ee months ago, a !«»a vrse o:»
tamed for th* bank tns U tired St .tes from;
the sum of 3 7.50,000 dollars, at six per
cent. The money to be reimbursed on the 31st !
December, 1911. If the charter of the Bank of
■ lie United Stitcs shull sot be renewed or con,in j
ucd, the money loaned is to be leimbu -sed t» the
Ilunk wit"'ii three months after notice given by I
them —lb. j
Mr. Mosieb, the British Secretary of Legs
t'on .md Charge d’Aliaircs ail interim, arrived in j
Wushinglon on V/ednesriay —— lb.
1 he^-ovoking decn— «f Bonaparte was receiv
eil by Mr Pinkney in England, as early as the
diii August; who doubtless communicated it to
ihe British government immediately. Cabinet
Councils were instantly convened t and we have
no d lubtthat Mr. M’iVie, who sat out express
from London for Paris about the 14th August 1
with despatches from Mr. Pinkney for Gen r d 1
Armstrong, was the bearer of th* intentions of the
British Government on the subject.— Bat. Cent
New foils, October C. The revocation of
the Milan an i Berlin Decrees was received at
Hamburgh on the lQtii of August, and at Keil on
the 13th of the same month
re- ■ ■.rr.'wr.- — .■ —... -■ - « . . ..■
^foreign.
New York, Oct. 1.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
By the ship Factor, capt Biddell, from
Lisbon, which port he left on the 27th of
August, we learn, that Lord Wellington’s
head quarters were at Celerique, and the
French head quarters at Alme.da, about 30
miles distant.
The French army were suffering for the
want of provisions and the British army with
the lever and ague.
A general battle was shortly expected_
The French commenced bombarding Alme
ida by night ; the garrison of which consis
ted of 3000 nen, under Gen. Scott. (Cox ?)
Gieat illuminations and other rejoicings
h d t. ken place at Lisbon, which lasted 3
night*, in consequence of a marriage :.t the
Brazils of a Princess of Portugal to a Prince
of Spain.
FI irat Lisbon J7 and an half dolls.
Wu have received Lisbon papers to 0i®
25-.h of August, which state, that 3500 In
tautry, and 800 cavalry had arrived near
Corunna, from England, and several more
troops were daily expected.
Extract of re letter from l.isbort, dated An*
gust 23.
*' A packet sailed this morning for Eng
land with despatches from Lord Wellington
The i.ews by telegraph states, that the
French had commenced the attack on Al
meida, and were bombarding it with great
spirit, and that it was necessary for Lord
Wellington to march his afrny and attack
them i in mediately. Theatfriies were with
in a few miles ol each other.-The French
a 'tout 70 000. *nd the English about half that
number, but receding leinfnrcemcnis daily.
Mvst of the people here are trembling for
the event of a battle, which is momently
expected. The English have all things
ready to- enibaik, and the French ate with,
in 150 miles of this place. All the guns that
c in be found in Portugal, even the castle 5c
f -* t guns ot Lisbon have been put on board
Eiigli h ships, together with the property of
such of the Portuguese nobility as intend to
leave the place should the French succeed.”.
Alev. Adv.
4 1
Philadelphia, November j,
LATEST FROM DENMARK.
Captain Jefferies arrived heie on
day from Kiel, which lie left the ib'ifi Ang.
inlorni-s, that all the ports in Holstein and
Denmark, h ive been shit* against American
vessels. The port c: Kill was shut twe
weeks before he sailed,and a line of 1),.na
me’s was drawn along the Danish lines iu
pi ei erit e passage of cob nial goods, us Bon
aparte had determined that ell commerce of
the continent should pass through France.
Upon the news of these measures biing re
ceived at Kiel, every kind of produce be
came a mefe drug. The ports in Sleswick
were no shut whi n capt. J. sailed, but they
were expected to be closed immediately. It
was thought the vessels carried in would bo
released.—Fr. Journal.
DECREE.
Received per the Nature from Keil, arrived at
Philadelphia.
We Frederick, ixc. do declare, that in conse
quence of particular circumstance*, we have or
dered ns folio ws :
1st. The line from Nleustadt, in our Duchy
of H dstein. over Aiirensb.k to Segeberg, from
thence to Ol.lesice, from thence ovi r Rilzburv Sc
Burns* ult to the city and Castle of GiuoksudU
from thence along the Elbe to BrunsbuRel, and
further to Busurn, shall bo considered as a parti
cular line of custom, over which shall not be car
ried Truth our Duchtes, neither by sea or land, a
ny produce which is not ot European origin.
2d Retined sugars and syrups shall nol be ex*
ported over said line. »
9. An exception shall be allowed for such
quantities only hs can he proved for retail cum
m 'rce and domestic use —Six months provision
tortfio t u mor and twelve months for the Ulteft
•It.i Every vess.d that clears from ono place tw
another, along the coast of the Eloe must gives
bonds for 2.5 per cent on the value of ship and
cargo; fur the security dt the discharge oftho
same, at the place cleared for.
See. XT. All those goods which aro found to
be transported nearer to the frontiers of those
places designated as tin* line, shall be confisca
ted. and the persona lutrein intatested shall be
fined for the va!>i< thereof.
All these measures shall be enforced till fur
ther ’.otice. Dated at Fredericksburg, August
ym, lSltf, °
His Royal Majesty is caused by circumstan
c s, to extend t,he order ot shutting the ports of
Jlusum and Tonniugeu, for North American
s.nps to all the ports it* the Duchy of liolmein,
and that every Aniciicnn vessel which may ar
rive after the publication of tins our ui J r, shall
he turned off, »■< has been prescribed in the order
ol t.»e 15 b June last firllusum and i’oiiinugtu*-*
Dated Id August, 1810.
Mi'Nr.o Paukr.—.» London psper of the 23&
August contains ati extract of a I. t er dated ben
»h July 6. ltUO. w hich states that the intrepid
traveller Muugn Parke, is still in. existence in
the interior ol Africa
vUse ^ihtQufciT.
KICHMDNl) OCrO iEit 9 i510.
FOR THE F.jXQuTrER.
THE Y A Z 00 DECISION.
No. Ill
It was with a full knowledge of all the
foregoing tacts and pr.ycfples, that the coin
miss: oners of the Ignited b atcS1 decided,
that the proposition-, of a com promise .hir
ed by the purchasers, the Yatjo Lands
w^re inadmissible, and that “ the ti le of
t*>c claimants cunn >t b-.- supported.” (aJ
— I ney however recommended another
scheme oF a compromise, to Congress, as
the “ price of peace” to the Union, against
the never ceasing machinations f$c intrigues
of those by whom this project had bee.« con
ceived and cherished. It remains yet ,obe
decided by events and consequences, whe
ther this recommendation was not bot om.
ed in the deepest consideratio is of policy Sc
wisdom.
Considering the very high and di tiugush
»d character of the commissioners aforesaid,
for ii telligcnce, virtue and patriotism ; con.
sidei mg aiso that from the local situations
ol those gentleman fb ) tliey w. re peculi.,
arlv qualified to coil ct and utter thz equity
tif t.ie nation, in relation to his equally im
portant and notorious transaction, it waste*
have been expected, tliai iheir award as to
the right of the claim, would have been for_
ever binding and conclusive. N t so: a
long and inveterate struggle has been ever
sriKe kept up, in Congress, on the suiject
of the compensation r« commended by the
commissioners as aforesaid, which tho,«
purchasers were equally anxious to obtain
in full of their pretensions, and Congress
has hitherto been averse to grant but
those who are influenced by the "amor
hcelcratu.thabendi,\uc not tube easily repul
sed : those speculators have at length gone1
for the whole subject, into the Suprt me
Court of the United States and have, hus
far, fieen encouraged to hope for the com
plete success of theo’ machinations
With respect to th- Pension in the case
Fletcher v. Feik, (c) now alluded to,
the fust remark that occurs is tfiat the case
pi esented to the consideration of the court
was a Jeignetl and not a real controversy j
or if reai, that there was in truth but one
party to the same (the claimants nndef th©
act tif 7 Jan. 1795,) and was calculated to
dr tw forth the opinion of the Supreme Court
touching .he vulidity ot that act, upon a
case defectively stated, as to many impor
tant facts and circumstances, and which
was not argued as to that point, as it un*
doubtedly would have ! en. t ad any party
interested to corites' the validity of that act,
been duly con vented before the court.—
Were a court to permit a practise of this
sort, what is it but io trample under foot th*
gulden maxim, tor all judicial tribunals,
*’ uudi ultiram far .cm” f Wbat is It but to
become the base ms rument of the vio*»>aC
machinations of one ot the parties only >—.
What i» it hut for the lugh tribunals of uuP
country, ('s'nblishrd anti paid to administer
right and justice among our people, to «v,»ste
their time, and prosiitu-e the en is of their
institution, hy giving mock and ineffectual
decisions? decisions only effectt/al, in fore
stalling and preventing a *air decision in
future, by causing the judges to commit
themselves to the world, prematurely —On
this subject of feigned suns it is, no doubt, a
high contempt and mi-demeanor, punisha
ble by attachment and by fine and imprison
ment, "to abuse the process of the law'*
(a) Hi e the report. Enquirer 1 Vol,
68 d,
(b) One came from the great eastern,
another from the great middle and tk•:
thud from the great southern stair.
(cj Enquirer of .-ip.rd 3, 1S1(/