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pretensions, rod contrary to which, it
is hoped, Great liritum will set up no
new rule :
Mr. Mf.rry to Mr. Madison.
Washington, April 12, 1804.
Sir,
Mr. Thornton not having failed to
transmit to his majesty’s government !
an acco wt n{ the representation which
-re pleastd to address to him,
V\der date of the 27th October, last
*'w,,®r» respecting the blockade of the isl*
yUl'3 °f Martinique and Guadaloupe,
I' is with great satisfaction, sir, that I
have just received his majesty’s com
mands signified to me by his principal I
Secretary of State for foreign affairs,
under date of the 6th of January last,
to communicate to you the instructions
which have, inconsequence of your re
presentation, been sent to Commodore
Hood, and to the judges of the vice
admirality courts in the West Indies.
I have, accordingly, the honor to
transmit to yon, sir, enclosed, the copy
of letter (rom Sir Eve»n Nepean, Se
cretary to the hoard of admirality, to
Mr. Hammond, his majesty’s under
S< crernry of State for foreign aifairs,
* specifying ths nature of the instructL
ons which have been given.
His majesty’s government doubt not
that the promptitude which has been
i aniTested in redressing the grievance
complained of by the government of the
United States, will be considered by
vthe latter as an additional evidence of
1m majesty’s constant and sincere de*
♦ ^re to remove any ground of misun
derstanding that could have u tendency
to interrupt the harmony which so
happdy subsists between this govern..
mem and that of tie United States.
1 have the honor to be.
With high respect and consideration,
Your most obsdisnt
humble servant,
Signed
ANTII. MERRY".
Ailmiral'rty OJpcey 5th Jan. 1304.
Sin,
Having communicated to the Lords
• *of the Admirably Lord Hawkesbury’s
• 'letters of the 23d ultimo, inclosing the
| copy of a c)i-.prttch which his Lordship
had received from Mr. Thornton, his
majesty’s charge d’afTairs in America,
on the subject of the blockade of the
islands ol Martinique and Guadaloupe,
together with the report of the advo
cate-general—
Thereupon I have their Lordships’
rommands to acquaint you for his
Lordship’s information, th.«t thevhave
sent orders to Commodore Hood, not (
to consider any blockade oi those isl
ands as existing, unless in respect to i
#■* particular portn which may be actually
\ invested, and then not to capture ves- I
«els bound to such ports unless they !
shall previously have been warned not i
to enter them, and that they have also
rent the necessary directions on the
subject to the judges of the vice admi
ralty courts in the Wc3t Indies and A
merica.
I am, Sic.
(Signed)
EVEAN NEPEAN.
George Hammond, Esq.
The Secretary of War and the At.
tf>rnrv*Oener»l of the U. States arri
ved in this city^n Thursda
(irn. Turntratmt.be Fre minister,
and suite, arrives! ' city on Sa
' turduy. s
ow, Oct. 10.
O-s Sondayj^ht last ^outhalfpast
11 o’clock, ^^inhabitants this citv
>were illume I hy the cry of fire. It
mide its appearance first in a small
building in Church-street continued,
«n<] had communicated to several ad
joining buildings before the citizens
could assemble; the wind blowing
fr *h from tho north, rendered the
itrne truly alirnuing, and its conse
quences have been highly distressing
no 1 destructive. In spite of every ex
ertion it reached Amen-street to the
nerthw ir.!, destroyed all the building*
in rt as far as Motte.street, o» both
sides, except two; it was then n’op
prd from proceeding northward, but
took down both sides ot Motte-street
southerly anti destroyed every house
in it hut two that stood between A*
nun and Queen-Street. In Queen
street it continued its ravage#,crossed
ii into Union arret, and destroyed e
vtry house in that street, from whence
i< took hold of the back ImilJ.ngs of
F.:nt Uav which communicated it to
I the front build mgs which were wholly
* \lhli'royf(l from the house No. 55 next
to the Union Hank to the corner of
• )lro*d.»irer-t, and then up Ur >nd-street
to Union-str* et, sod tw o houses be
yond, where it was stopped by a brick
hoos-here the destruction was put
h stojjto, except »hat during the height
©{ life fire some U<«ke* fell on the roof
of a house on riaU-Uay below Frodd
street Which was also destroyed, hut
did not communicate the flames or
they were prevented from sprendiog.
During the conflagration, several hou«
aes were blown up with a view to break
the communication and it is believed
produced a good effect. We are hap
py to state that there were no lives los;,
nor has the quantity of goods lost been 1
very considerable, but the destruction 1
of furniture, and the loss of a consider
able part has been great. We have !
endeavoured to make as accurate a
statement of the buildings destroyed |
as is polpible under existing circum
stances, and the following is the re
sult ^
Church-street continued, wherfc
it commenced, 9
Amen-stree*, on both side*, 20
Motte-streer, west side, 18
Do. east side, 14
Queen-street, north' side, 14
Do. south side, 15
Union-street, both sides, 40
East Bav, 13
Unity alley, 5
ChambeiVs-alley, 15
Lodge-alley, 7
Broad-street, 7
_ .177
To these are to be added tile large
brick stores in the rear of the Union
Bank, and some of the back stores of
Mr. Fitzsimons.
How the fire originated has not been
completely ascertained; but there i«*
great reason for believing that it had
its rise in the disorderly conduct of
a number of persons who were in the
house'where it began. In the evening
ther^vere several persons observed
• heretwbeina state of intoxication,
and there had been some quarrelling a
inonst them.
From the time the fire commenced,
until it was prevented, was ten hours.
During almost the whole of this time,
though every .exertion in the power of
the Citizens was employed to arrest its
ravage# no one could say where it
would end—fortunately, owing to the
width ot Droad-street, these exertions
were successful there ; had it crossed
that street, ihe probability is, it would
have taken a wide range^id only shop
ped at South- Bay, wht^fothing more
could be found for act on.
by this unfortunate event a num
ber of industr^ns inhabitants have
been reduced!^poverty ; the fruits of
their lahos^nave been torn from them
in an inj^nt, and they have again to
begin the world ; fortunately for them,
theirtfellow-citizens who haVe not suf
fera^Pwill fly to their relief, and it
will be seen by this day’s Gazette, that
the corporation of the city have takeD
their distressing situations into its ear
liest consideration and have adopted
fiuch measures as will most certainly
lead to an amelioration of them.
Since writing the above, we have
learnt that a female was burnt to death
in a house in Union-street.
City Gazette.
M U £> E U M
Or ELEGANT
AX-FIGURES.
arrived and may b» seen, at any
tnne from 9 o’clock in ihe Morning, un.
til 9 in the. Evening, at the City Tavern,
Richmond, The Citizens of ibis place, k
the public in general^ have now an op
portunity of viewing a very handsome col.
lection of WaXjKigures, as large as Life.
The first Figure among the collection is
a striking Likeness of
ADMIRAL lord nelson,
Who wrs killed at the battle of Trafal
gar, with a very handsome v'f# of the
Engagement where Nclimn »s supported by
Captain Hardy, in his last momci^s.
M~. RICKETTS,
The noted Performer.
The SLEEPING BEAUTY, and her
sweet Child.
Misn Charlotte Temple.
MADAMF. SUMMERS, of New.York,
and her beautiful Twins.
MARY f INDLEY, that was drowned
by her Husband only eight weeks after
Marriage.
WILLIAM, her beautiful Soa, at the
a^e of five years.
The Methodist Beauty, The Boston
. Beauty.
two Beautiful and Interesting
Children.
Good Music during the Exhibition
•med on a flancl <): -an.
wmw Admittance JO Cents.—.Children
half price,
I • /- The Figures have the lame effect
I in tne Day as in the Night,
nj* PROFILE? taken at the Mu
I sewn and elc*anthf Framed.
, Oct. 19th, 1810. (2—p.)
4 j •f a
K 10 a .v o jj,
Ff^D.YY, Octobkr 19, 1810.
THE federal print", are in a very lu
licrous situation, occasioned by the
mbligation of Mr. Merrv’s letter to j
Mr. Madison on the subject of block- I
ides. „ The English themselves appear
4 not to consider any blockade as ex
4 isting, unless in respect to particular•
4 ports which may be actually invests
4 ed:u But the federal prints insist on
:he legitimacy of paper blockades m 1
:xtenso l Thus, it appears, the federal j
prints will but give the administration |
such good terms as the British admit* j
It seems, according to Mr'. Merry, !
that a mere declaration of blockade,
without an actual investment of particu
lar ports by a competent forve, is a
14 grievance;” and that when it was
14 comptamdd of by the United States f
the griivante was 44 redressed1” But
the torks will not give in : they ate
for prot&unation blockades.
It is singular, considering the hosfi
lity of the federal prints to Mr. Jeff.-r
son’s defensive proclamations, and the
ridicule they have endeavored to cast
on them, that they should defend the
three and effect of offensive proclamati
ons. The thing is accounted for, by
the circumstance of the one being A
merican and the iotheir British. ' So it
is with the gun-boats. English gun
boats can effect any thing ; but Ameri
can gun-boats can do nothing. YYrith
lederal prints, the Americanism of a
thing is sure to spoil ir.
The British have carried the paper
system tar enough in all conscience ;
but the federal prints want to carry it
further—»hey want to blockade ports
within a gfc : But we apprehend that
this^dsc^^ie will not pans current; and
it it Is attempted to he foiced into cir
culation, it will soon be depreciated.
It cannot be forced upon the world ei
ther by British bullion or British bull
dogs.
The English government, as will be
seen bv a late proclamation, (in relation
to duties,) from Caraccas, are playing
their old game of fast and loose. They
are pretending to act in unison with
the Supreme Junta at Cadiz.* and are I
in fact acting against it by supporting
anotl^^Supreme Junta at Cnr«ccas, the
lattersproceeding upon a principle to
tally r&pugnant to the ideas of the pa
trioticTparty in Old Spain ; and at a
mo*net«, too, when the official agents
of the cMd Spanish Junta are exclaim
ing and proclaiming against the pro
gress of what the)’deem an insurgency
in Venezuela ! fhisduplic-ity gains for
the British merchants an advantage of
about twenty ..five per cent reduction of
duties on imports and exports. But
can it last? We think not. Mow cr.n
that endure, which is founded iu treach
ery * The Spaniards will soon awaken
from their dreams and shake off ihe
monopolizing, commercial leech ; and,
at ^kvents, the American federalists,
[wemean the honest part of them,)
vvili\g able to discern of whut perfidy
Gr^^Britain is capable.
Tm^Rse of Livingston vs, Jeflerson will
ret corre on, nt the next. Federal court
[November; j it may come on, at the
next May term. It is said that Mr. J.
has prepared a Sketch of his Defence for
the use of h»s Counsel [Messrs. Hay, Wirt
and Tazewell ;) in which he not only
touche# on, but exhausts every point in Cite
cause—and which is a brilliant monument
of his acuteness, his legal erudition and
his extensive researches. Enq,
A case of impressment from a vessel,
lately arrived at this porr, is mention
ed 'i<\ us as peculia-ly hard. A man
ai£.\4ife, with two children, were pas
to t^*11 countrv* The man was
ta^en on board the ship of war, and
the woman left with her children to
serk her bread, friendless and heart
broken, in a strange land. It was cru
el thus to part man and wife : it is a
piece of inhumanity often con plained
of by members of the British p ulia
orient in illustrating the savage treat
I ment of blacks and horrors of slavery,
j F’erhaps, though it is supposed that
white people, especially natives of Ire
land, are not possessed of so fine feel
ings and social affections as blacks!
| But the press gang should have taken
the wife and children along with tbe
Ihuiband. It is wrong to take from
[families the stiff of their support, and
throw helpless women and children
uAwourshorey fur public maintrnanc •.
VMe recollect the impressment of a man
by the name of Kufus King, a num
her of years ago, whose wife and six
small childnn were compelled to apply
to the town for assistance, and the
man has never found his way back
ya^^Thus is the impressment of in
dl^Wtals, a public injury.
N. Y. Columbian.
TTv* opposition p'lke the following
tniuiry : wha,. u the French decrees
ar^ i and the Fr nj^h ports o
ptn,pn^ome future picA' should be
m:td4 fWPcojifis ation f*' An 4 may it'
not alWAea^ed, ytlfn if the English
recall theirordejjs, and make as great
propositions as the French can, and |
what if afterward?, thev should adjudi. *
cate, as has been done, in former times, (
what then ! . The practices which have '
'’htamed, may obtain ag tin, and bad ex- 1
umlrsare soon followed. .Will it uot j
rs Ainfct|ith the American people to I
’♦ay \ h <*^L as 4.hev always could, that;
they wtWio^’Buffer it, and rise in our I
own deferrt^T Evils on the ocean will j
always most probably arise from those
who pretend to command the ocean.
Salem Keg.
We understand that a letter ha? hern
received in Marblehead, staling that all
the American property which had been
detained in the Bay ot'Bsciiy was deliver
ed to its nrieiniil owners. If this be the
fact, lb<V probability n, th»t the same
Course will be pursued wuh American
property in other port's under the intiu*
ence of Napoleon.
Salem Reg.
£¥irkISLAND OF CUBA.
tTH&fe h.ifye for some time bten two
paViei in tils place, the on : ostensibly
lorTcrdinjmd ; hut governed in fact by
a BrhwlfTaction—the other fur inde
pendence. Wc have what appears to
he very direct and authentic informa
tion, rhat the party for independence
has become predominant, and is tread
ing in the steps of the inhabitants of the
Florida*. VVe shall in all probability,
hear move and be able to give purticu
hrs. This must be good news for A
merica. In every great national point
view, we nave mum tu aiUIC l|iaTC •
and nothing to apprehend from the in
dependence of neighbors in this west*
Patriot.
was experien
of Trinidad on the
It lasted about three I
with such fury, that
harbors and rivers were
driven on shore,and some sunk ; pian
ist on s laid waste, houses blown down,
and the stout-st trees of the forest
prostrated to the ground.
ICT* Communications of Marriage s
and Deaths intended tor this paper,
must have the name of th e
writer cannot be
ad ** A
Friend,” &c not do.
, adver
nt,
?«
in
Died——In this city on Tuesday last
Mrs. SUSANNA PIERCE, the a
miuble wife ot Mr Godwin Pierce,
formerly of Philadelphia.
Port of Richmond,
October I94
ENTERED.
Schr.Ynnng Greyhoun lj Week*, Philadelphia
Brothers, Barrett, Norfolk
Jubilee, Traverse, New York
Canton, Collins, D'ghton
Washington, Pryery Clwuleston, S C
Ship Aver if k, Garey, London
Sloop Eliza, Stevens, City Feint
M**y, Tal’man, Stoningt-n '
3fary Ann Giddtns, New London
Favorite, H*l'# Norfolk
Hopn, / City Point
* -CLEARED.
Schr. Patriot, Mart'n Csd'Z
Dispatch, Smi.h, New York
SALES AT AUCTION.
nY virtue or a deed of trust hearing di't the
^ 11th, Feb. 1801, exectwed to the subscribers
by Messrs. Pickett, Pollard and Johnston, snd
Mr Riclta'd Young to aecure th* payment of
19 hundred pounds (foe to Mr. Gi»lc*y Lewis Cr
lifts Susanna Lew's— •
Will he Sold
At Rockett*, on the 12th day of Nov| ne*t,
! some very valuable LOTS ronveyed in said
I trust, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to
j raise the turn of £ 158 6.8 with interest thereon
| from the ILh Ftl». U,t, being the balance due
I by Hithard Young on account of his purcha.e.
John Promer, 1 ^
r u tz . ’ >* maters.
John Fcs-e-r. J
Richmond, Oct 19ih 18l0 'dap
. NOTlciT
Jt petition Wil, bo pres
ext fitncral Assembly#!
b% the mc'n )"i s ot the *t R
akr Humane Associati ill
pr%.tte their Society.
9tl». w2m,
jy»T I UiillSHEl),
And For Sale at S. 1- U-asantt, jr’s.
Pi inting'Oificc and Book.Stoir, a
few door* bulgur the Hell
Tavern, Richmond, -4~
11 cning’s J7rgtnta Justirr,
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to the present tune (1310) by the Au
thor.
books,
fust Received and for Site at S.
Pleasant's' Hook Store and
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Hie Uefus.il, a novel,
The Rouses uf Ovnu ..nd Almelra- or
Convent ot St. Ldtf, nt», a alt, t»y R -
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4rt n W the Aooey, imc.
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The British Cieero«or, a selection of the
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Judicial Oratory—With historic*! illus.
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Eloquence of the British Senate—being a
collection of the best Speeches of the
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Scotch Parliamentary Speeches, from
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to tlie present time, with notes bio&ru.
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Newcomb’s observations on our Lord
Newcomb’s English Harmony
Livingston on Sueep
Dana’s Sermons
Guide to Prayer
1 uuchstone of Sincerity
Lock, tlosp tal, or anew selection of Hyma
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Mytholquyy. or a History of the Fabulous
Denies ^
ValuableJSpc.rets in Arts, Trades, Ac.
Ali,tier’s ^.tuters
* ^pArkaiOs Guide—Containing the
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articles of Confede*atiou, and the Fed. T
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Select Lives of t'lut.iicn, containing tbo
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Abridged horn the original for tne use
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The Register of Arts, or a compendious
Discoveries and Inventions,
Tucker's Hiackv.onc
CassNjj^ournal of the Voyages and Tra»
VeflP". Capts. Lewis and Cut k
Enntftcfeby Miss Maria Edgeti.iu
Auoot's iVlaraume Law
E* ay cn Soap Making
Doom ot Murkeiers
Aoman Banquet, a selection af Poems
The Works uf Mrs Chapone
Memo rs ot Mirmontel
Memoirs ol Samuel Foot*,
Barlow’s political Writings
Criminal Recorder
Cook’s Voyages
The Dier’a Assistant
The Wander.ng Puilanthropist
Ella Rosenberg
Charlotte Temple
StsfeCliuj-, the Heiress of Desmond
I Lu'|yrV of St, Domingo
F%<\1 i^vetige, by Murphy
ParentsAssistant, by Miss Edgeworth
Ross, or American Genius and Education
Opie’s S’rnpte Talcs
B» ggar Boy
Advertisement for a Husband
Gamesters
Father and Daughter, by Mrs, Opie
Exile ot Erin
Abellino, the Bravo of Venice
Village >'a»ior and his Children
Romantic Tales, by Lewis
Don Sebastian
Scottish Chiefs
Ta^odore Cyphoa
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phan, F.lfrida. Caractarusj S t u»un Ago.
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r4’OK SALE—THE ilOUsK and LO »’ t
* present occupied by Mr. William
Street, in tha cuy of rtirhmnnd, adjoinin’;
Shockoe Warehouse.—It c<>naina sixty#
eet front and re «r, and extends ’tom vrezm
to street—terms made known by applym*
to Mr. Stitetphe occnpnnt, or to tne *ul».
scriber. If the property is Out sold ay
Christinas^ it wnl us rented
friatihew Clay.
1 Oct. 19th, 1810.
N O r 1 C R.
t —
N Thuradav the 1 T h dry of No»
v<^pbrr next, at the lvc dttt-lling
|],uc\ l a* lor, dec’ I. nrlpin
d of Edimt 'i )<9 !• _
Id Jt\ « credit <v 12 men hs,¥
fe-hildte? litrhr’i fte i"hirr%l
I_ j^rbich arc 9 doubt-' br/s ana
(fttt rumrty an elegant Ct9ik nn«l nuwr.V
} >» it' r ar teles *0’>t«di< u* t<» mention.
I 1 he ni rtl aser s»’ll ht r» qoir d » rive
i bnntl fc a curi y, loc.ar \ inter at from
the <ls e if not . imUiiai.* p /.
H EV F. Rt.Y f K Uty*, V x’r*
j October 13tb, 1810. tds.