Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-23 00:00:00, page 2

RUSSIAN DECREE.
By the grace of God, we Alexander!
Emperor and Autocrat of the Russi
ns, &c. &c. Ike.
Political circumstances having put ar
’end to all commercial c< nnection will
Portugal, the BraziUian ports hav<
been iugconsequmce ll.rown open t<
friendly powers,
In conformi y with which, at the re
presentation of the Chancellor of oui
tropin*, and by the advice of our privj
council, we have thought fit to ordei
the following changes to take place it
the commercial treaty entered ir.u
with the Portuguese government It
1798.
1. From the data of the present, th<
importation of Portuguese products in
to this country, as well as the clear
ance of Russian vessels or goods
lor Portuguese ports is strictly prohi
bite d.
2. The reduction in the duties o
Pottoguese wines, oils and salt, is t<
be ^impended until regulations shall bt
issu- d to the contrary.
3. Wines from the island of Made:
ra and the Azores, BraziUian ir.digt
Ik tobacco, imported direct from theat
countries, shall enjoy the benefit «.*
the reduced duty established by tb<
commercial treaty of 1798.
■4. Sugars of all kinds, raw sugar
coffee, cocoa, ilye-woode, rice, and
drugs, imported direct from the Bra
ztis, and her colonies in Russian ci
Pi.utugtiese bottoms, for account ol
Russian or Portuguese subjects, shal
r ; in-iiui me customary uu
ties of these articles ia Russia on the
production ot the nect3sary proofs ol
4heir authenticity.
5. Russian produce exported to the
Bn.zils and htr colonies, will be sub
jeer only to’hesMne duty, ?.s establish
ctl in the commercial treaty with the
Portuguese government.
6. In conformity with the regulati
ons established, merchant vessels ar
livinrr from the Portuguese colonies,
will not be permitted to unload their
caig( es before their papers have been
submitted to the commission appoint
ed for the purpose ot ascertaining whe
ther they have had any connection with
Cre u Britain and they will be subject
in all resprecs to the laws laid down
lor vessels belonging to other friendly
powers, and of the departure of the
Portuguese vessels from hence, the
merchants loading Russian produce on
bcaid, will have to make oath In our
custom-house that the goids are des
ti- id for neutral places, and not to a
n> pon at enmity with this country.
/. 1 Me 4tb and 5ih articles, relative
to the reduction in the customs of goods
exported and imported from Portu
guese coicnies, will be in force until the
15 h of March, lai f.
Sr. Pert n,burp, May 5, 1810.
Signed with Ilia Imperial Majesty’s
sign manual.
AI EXANDER.
Nrw-York, Oct. IT.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
By Captain Do ;r.e, cf the ship Tra
vel!.-r, from Lisbon, from whence-he
sailed ou the 6th ol September, we
leaia that Almeida surrendered to the
French < n the 21 th of Aug. in which
the j.rit.sh .oat tlirte oi tticir beat re
gimen?'.
Several transports had arrived at
Lisbon from England & Cadiz. Two
Scotch regiments from Cadiz, arrived
at Lisbon, on the 4th Sept.
An Aus'iiau corps w** daily expect*
cd to reinforce the French army which
consisted of upwards of l(JO,OCO men.
The British army consisted of 30,000
nun, and between 70 and 80,000 Por
tucuere.
Every thing was tranquil at Lisbon.
Capt. U. further states, that about
5000 Portuguese troops who were in
the g;.rrison at Almeida, were made
f risontts ar.d wete s nt to Prance.
I he im wsof the repeal of tl e French
Decrees,had been received at J.igbon.
Admiral Berkeley commands the
Portuguese iieet.
We have received a Lisbon paper
oi t.ie 3d. of Sept. which we under
stand contains the official arcounr of
liic sum« der of Almeida, which we
fhall give a translation of in our nest
P*P*r* Mcr. Adv.
LATEST NEWS EROM ENGL/IND.
At a late hour last evening the brig
S.iv. nnah-P ck't, Jocelin, arrived
from Liverpool, which port she left on
the 2d of September. Capt. J. has
obligingly furnished the editors of
lit Mercantile Advertiser with a file \
H London papers tn the evening of
die 31>t of Augus*, Lloyds List to the j
£0th, anti i.tvt rpoolpaper* to the 30th, |
lion, v*inch we have made the follow-1
m, extracts*
Our Loudon ppper* are 4 days later
than huberto received.
' London* Aug 30.
Two Gottcnbur^h Mails ar.ived
this Morning.— t is confirk nlty stated,
in account! from Orebr<», where the
‘ States are assembled, that the choice
of a successor to the pre-ent King •>{
Sweden will fall upon liernadotte. O*
ther accounts are in favor of Duke
Frederick Christian of Halu in Au
1 «ut>tenburg, eldest brother of the lat
Crown Prince* The object of the
journey of the Ex-King ui Sweden to
Berlin, was to procure the succession
lor l.is son, the P. ince Gustav us ; but
he r* ct ired oo encouragement* Ki .g
1 Lo is of Hvirand was so ill ht Toplitz,
in the e ;r!y part of the present month,
1 as\(> be confiued to his charnbei. The
f^lth Vice Admiral, Lloys Van
'tm'hng, accompanied his M Jestylo
Toplitz, and remaiutd there on the
13th inst.
> The St. Petersburg Court Gazette
contains an account ol some actions be
tween the Tu. k» and Russians, before
r Schumlo, in the latter end of June.
1 An article in the Swedish papers,
■ dat 'd Guttenburgh 20ih Aug. sa\s—
41 Intelligence has been received
■ here, that the Prince of Ponte Corvo
1 (Bcrnadotte) has beosi elected Crown
= Prince.”
^ We have received Paris papers to
the Slat inst. The Moni tor of the
20:h contain? two decrees of Bomparte,
. relative to the fi rmation of a Council
of Marine, to assist the Mi?u3tsr at the
head , of that department.
We have received New-York papers
«0Athc 7th inst. The conteuib are not
imV:rtant.
mi i:e Elizabeth Cartel arrived on
raesriay at Dartmouth, from Morlaix,
with two American oentleman. charr».
ed whh dispatches from Gtu. Aim
strong to Mr. Pinkney.
August 31.
There is lobe but one Newspaper in
every department in France, the Seine
excepted—and it is to be under the or
ders of the Prefect.— Great freedom of
disco-, sion, of couroe, may be expect
ed.
Some important commercial infor
mation was yc-trday received from
the coa t* of France, in letters dated
the 28th iost. 7’hey mention that the
port* of dep't, or perti into which im
portation is to be permitted, are limit
ed, by an order of IF naparte, to five j
namtl , Oi.-tei d, Rouen, Rochelle,
I^nf. e, and Bordeaux. Ten licences
were known to have been issued for
the admittance of vessels into these
potts: but on the ccntliiion that their
return cargoes consist of half wines or
brandie*. 7’he new licences, in addi
tion to the articles allowed to be im-|
poi ted by ihe old, extend this privikge j
also to ail kirds of ir.digo, cochine .lj
nutmeg?, clove*, and cinnamon, hu
ger and cofTe v ill be objects of parti
cul.r licences; the advantages result
ing from the importation of which, wi)l,|
it is supposed, Le exclusively confer.. I
red on t e United Slates’,'in case of unj
arrangement with that Government.—
The C' n.mlscary at Oatcnd ws* lately!
<*i fit.-d & co ;Vt j ed to ’dari*, on an ac- j
cusation that he hod afforded tco much
facility to trade.
.Another decree has been issued by
the Danish Government for the pu;
i pose of placing additional letters upon
jcommeice. 7’he following ere ex-!
tracts trom our Swedish letters i
“Gottf.nburg, Aug. 20.
“ Al nut 4000 French have 'eft Iiam>
i burgh to march tu Stralsund. It i
th‘.ught that this measure is owing to
orders received from the Empiror of
France, that such a force shall attend
the Election of u r.es? Crown Prince
of Sweden.”
Anothtr letter assigns a different
occupation for these troops ;
Gotten burg, Aug. 20.
{he 4000 nun advancing upon
StraUnnd from Hamburgh, arc gone
for the express purpose of seizing all
the * ftglish property in the former.”
By a vessel which rcr.ched Falmouth
from New Yoik, alter the short pas
sage of 16 days, v.e have letters and
papers from the United States to the
date of the 11th insr. It is sr id in the
journals, that the Amoicon Govern
m«m.h«)d rejected a licaty which had!
been for some time regociatir.g be
tween Mr Pinkuty and the Marquis
Wellesley. n
PHICE OF 8TOCKS —3 per cent
Con . for Motley ft; —Do. for Ac. 6B
69— 3 per cent. Reduced, 69 69 1 8_
Omnium 2 1-2 dir.
Hamburg, Aug. 3.
Since the union of Holland, the
magazines of Heligoland find no lon
ger any vent, and art quite choakeo I
up. The quantity ol merchandize
which is lost ts inc* nccivable. Every
momrnt we see ww magfzires form
ed, hut aU are lull, and most of th* ,
bales remain unpacked. This exam «
pie is siugular, and shews to #h*t a i
’degree the distress ofF.nglard <**ends,
Under this poiut of view, it cannot
b“ doubted but that the Union of H >1
land is a terrible blow to the commerce
of England ; and it remains to be ask
ed, why that measure has been so
long delayed ? It is evident that il
Holland had been formerly united,
England would have sooner experien
ced the horrible crisis in which hei
commerce is now placed. Bankrupt
cies succeed each other in London.—
Her exchange loses 40 per cent, anc!
her Bank Paper has ceased to posses:
the character ^proper to that kind ol
paper. It is now only a paper money
which is every day further discredit
ed.
Twenty vessels of war, with 60C
merchantmen have entered the Baltic
having no other xrbject than to smug
gle and deposit the cargoes of tbest
ships cn the continent. The Dane:
have captured 50, the cargoes of whiefc
are e&'imated at 20 millions. The
Russians have confiscated 80. These
vessels sail under fulse colours ; thej
have false papers, false destinations
and false French licences ; they cali
th rmscljres Americans, Spaniards and
Hamburgers ; they have even false
certificates of origin from French Con
suls. Tr.ey stick at nothing ; but all
this only succeeds in pari; and if, as
is reported, Russia carefully interdict:
the entrance of colonial produce, and
if French troops occupy Maclenburg,
where English merchandize has sc
good a market, and where the contra,
band trade is carried on with such ac
tivity, English commerce will experi
ence by these measures new obstacles.
The W Agram privateer has just been
captured by the Enrrli&h in the nort of
StraUund.——This circumstance will
prove still more fatal totheircommerce.
It affords the French the best reasons
lor again taking possession oftbe coasts
'of that country, ar.d in future the con
traband traders will be pursued with
Jmore certainty and greater safety.
Paris, Aug. 22.— A telegraphic dis
patch, transmitted at six o*c!ock in the
evening of the 13th injt. has announc
ed to the Prince Viceroy, that Gen.
'Count Menou, Governor of Venice,
• died there that morning, after an ill*
j ncs3 of 16 da vs.
Imperial Customs—The Decree of
the 5th io3t. enercasing the duties on
the Colonial goods therein mentioned,
is to be put in force at the moment that
it is officially rectivtd. The duties
are payable without any exception
whatever.
The* regulations formerly establish
ed respecting the importation of colo
nial produce, remain in f ull force,with
out anv change whatever.
C-mnlantinople, July 3.—The ac
counts of the bucctsa of the Russians
have thrown .he inhabitants of this ci*
ty into the greatest consternation, lc
was the less expected, as the highest
confidence was reposed in ihe talents
of Pt hlii m Aga. The Sultan, how
ever, is not drjec eel, but makes every
Ayvh-e effort to reinforce the army of
tie Grand Viz er. law coinittFsa
nes have been sent off to piocurc lr< sh
supplies of provisions for it. The fie'* t
which consist of 19 sail of the line, ha1*
received orders to proceed, with all
passible dispatch to take eti board the
Hoops that aie coming fr. m Asia.
Vienna, Aug. 8.——T.Ve learn bv let
ttr3 from Constantinople, that the
standard of Mahomet has been raised
there: that the Grand Seignior has
declared, that the empire was in dan
ger; that it was true duty of every
Mussleman to take arms in its defence ;
and that he would put himself at the
head of his brave and faithful subjects.
T he people, on this, pledged them*
selves to rhed the last drop of their
blood in defence of the ancient glory
o the empire. T\.e intelligence was
recehed there, that the Russians had
raised the siege of Warns.
Extract of a letter from Cklcss*, July 6.
“ We are inclined to think that
the:e will shortly be concluded, be
tween the Russians and the Turks, by
iv.ecr.9 of the cession which this last
1'owtr will m.«ke of the country situa*
r« d on the left hank of tr.e Danube.
J he Porte must, it says, be convinced
that it never can, notwithstanding all
its efforts, reconquer Moldavia.”
[VTA NOUFOLK.]
CJt,a ct», August 31,
The following is a copy ti so order in
cbuiicil is*ued on Thursday by his ma.
ministers, in consequence of Buo
Ajprle’s |a!e >n.iroatior> respecting his
ipd.n sr.d Milan deereca.
“ A; ihe Coui cil Chamber, Whitehall
l,e <1 3810, present die lord >
>f his majesty’s most hcnorabic pnvj
rouncjl.
“ Whereas thrre was this day read a;
he beam i|,e humble petition of
It is ordered, that a 1 cause granted lo
Humming o| of tons bur.
t en, under sr.v flag except the J'tencb,
o export iroiu the port of to arq
/
port *n France between tr^
both inclusive, any a,tide* j^ja. wl.cmso
everil e>arae m*y belong] which may
by law becxpoiitd, except cotton, wool,
and to import into any port of Grea<
Britain, Ircm the said port of delivery^
or item some other port in France with,
n the district above named, with liberty
f »r the vessel to proceed in baHa&t ftom
the said port cf delivery to the port of
lading, a cargo to whomsoever the
same may belong, consisting of grain,
meal flour, bur-stones, seeds, and olive,
oil and wine, upon condition that the
vess< 1 importing the wine shall have ex.
ported to Fiance, under the same license,
British or East-Indian manufactured
goods, sugar, and coffee, *o the amount
in bulk of one lltiid of the tonnage at the
( vessel and that the cargo to be so ini.
ported as aforesaid shall consist of »Wo
1 thirds in bu'k of grain, meal, and flour,
it importable accoiding to the provisions
of the corn laws, and seeds, and in no
1 case of more than one.'.hitd in bulk or
wine. 'I he sa‘d proportiliona both of
export end import ascertain^ *o the
: satisfaction of the officers ol the customs
at the port of importation. And upon
the further condition, that such vessel so
proceeding under the permission of the
said license with wine to any port east
of IViiuouth, shall stop a* FxIiiku'Ii or
Plymouth for convoy, and shall not pro.
ceud to the eastward of Plymouth, wi h.
out convoy, and shall proceed with such
cOnvny tmd not desert the seme till her
arrival at the port of destina'.ion, as long
as iUjVccnvoy 3hull be inslru&ed to pro*
tcct U the master to be permitted to
recci^niis frttght ar.d depart with his
vesselyend crew to any pr.; not blockaded
~and also upon the further condition
that this licence shall not be understood
to protect any vessel navigated by French
seamen, or any French built vrssel, ex.
cept such as shall have been taken as
Drif.P nr hfttoa* h»>Mi franr\ C,
French possession prior to the order of
ecu cil of tc h November. 1<'07, r speet
i« g the s*le of eoemy*s ships, and shall
not in either case have returned again
in o French possession. And that the
name tnd tonnage of 'he vessel, and the
name of the master and time of clear,
ance from the port of lading, shall be
endorsed at the time ot cieaiance on the
said licence. Such license lo remain in
i force for , and at the expiranon
| of that period, or sooner, if the sa d im
I ponath n is Completed, to be deposited
I with the commissioners of his majesty's
customs at the port of London, or wuli
<he collector of the customs at the out
ports. Ar d the rij;ht h*m. Richard Ry
der, one of his majesty ’s-principal secret*
riet ot etnie is hereby sutlumcii to giant
such licenses, in case he shall see no ob_
jec.ian li.sieto, annexing to such been c
the duplicate of this order herewith
sent for this purpose.'*
From the Boston Patriot•
THE VOLUNTEER.
V/hat are those rights essential to
our sovereignty, which we ought at c
very Czard to defer.:! ?
TWbotereign pezver of a nation. If
we i: son to arrive at conclusive reason
ing on :he subject of those rights in.
htr. nt :o our sov rtignty, essential to
ir, and which are the par icul«r object
i of present discussion, it will be proper
to examine
1. What is the essence or nature of
the sovereign power of an Independent
nation!—— And what are the immediate
rights and duties resulting from it ?
»• wnat are tne relative ngnts and
duties of an independent state, consi
dering it as a member of the commu
nity of nation* ?
3. What arc its rights, privileges &
immunities, with respect to its fla^,
and the persons and property which
saiLunder ir, hy those usages founded
in£te immutable principles of justice &
in^- nature ol things, which r/.akfc the
ban^ id that public law which civilized
nations have agreed to make the rule
of their conduct in their intercourse
with each other {
1 he first and second of these inrfuL
| ries need not be tedious* I shall be
brief on those subjects in which all
well informed men appear to be a
gfiM. As the sanction of approved
^thors often abridges the labor of ar
gument, I shall have frequent recourse
to those of established reputation, in
England and America, particularly
such as arc familiar to our country*
n^en.
Here let me observe once for all;
ih j*jn ;v.y recitation of authorities and
ladies, I shall adhere to that scrupulous
fidelity which is necessary in our re
searches for truth : and while I chal
ltnge contradiction, spare no pains to
make my essays worthy the perusal of
any who speak the common language
of the 2 nations now immediately con
ceded in this great subject of contro* j
ve*sy. fn drawing iny conclusions,!
1 shall follow the Meat dictates of my ;
uwrt understanding; and while l pur
Ue the general course I have prescri- [
bed to my sell—determined not to be ,
drawn adde by the current follies of
willing ignorance and wilful peiversi*
on—-I shall cheerfu.lyl ttend to any sug
gestions whicl^uiay lend to throw light
4c
on the subject or tOrtr•* ar*y e^Tvir in
factorargument. Lr;^* ^oCeed then
to examine^-. ^
What is the essence or nature of the
sovereign power of an independent
nation? And what are the iramedu
at« rights and duties resulting froiu
lit!
“By the sovereign power, (say*
Black *tone, not in his u.-mqltatyle cf
accuracy, is meant the u^dpnjlef taws ’*£
Bracton is more full aiuP upclligihi®
in his definition. Defining *ne ijovc^
reign power of a state supposed to
preside iu the persou of a kiug, ho
j says—
| * Hex est vicar ius et minister Die in
terra, omnis qui’dem sub eo estt et ipse
sab nulla, nisi tantum Deo”
Which with a free translation ap*
pi icable to all independent states mav
be rendered.—The sovereign power
a nation is the minister of God, to
which all are subject ; within its own
jurisdiction ; and which is accountable
to none, but God alonc-~la other
werdt, it in of that ab^o-ute andexaltid
nature, that it cannot be arraigned be
fore any earjhly tribunal for its con
duct.
“ Every nation that governs itself,
under what form soever, without any
dependence on a foreign power, [Says,
Vat tel, B« 1. ch. 1. sec. *4j is a saver—
eigr^late. Its rights are naturally
thefcme as those of any -other state.
Sucn are the nloral persons who live
together in a natural society under the
law of nations. To give a nation a
right to maintain ?.n immediate figure
in this grand society, it is sufficient if
it be ready sovereign and ind-b nd nt g
that is, it must govern itself by its own
i /urw.v.”
’ihe same writer sava—“ Since
then the necessary laxv of nations con*
sists in that of the law of nature t*
states, and is immutable, as being
founded on the nature of things, and in
particular on the nature of man ; it fol
lows that the law of nations is immu
table.1*—[Prelim, sec. 9.]
From these incontrovertible pre-^
miscs we may safely draw those un
erring contusions, in which all ele
mentary writers on national law agre« ;
aud which give the general answer to
ro\ first enquiry.
The very essence of the sovereign
power of a nation consists in its perfect
and nnconcrouled right to manage its
own proper concerns, in whatever way
it thinks best, agreeably to the dic
tates of iiV'own wi^toni and consci
ence. p
The inamedia^ rights and duties
which result^© a na ion, from this
stc.tc of ind^penderfyse, are analogous
to^oseaf an SndivicTtml for the state
o^^Rure, and comprisWd in general
tPffis, consists in its duty to provide
for its own security and happiness/ to
preserve it'clf and all its members
from injury : and its right to u e all
mean* in its power for th^sr purposes,
wi heut infringing upon the rights of
others. The right of sel(-defiance, and
of assailing the aggressor by force, tiil
he consent to do justice, becomes as
e'ear in the case of a nation ns of au
individual u: der the protection of no
laws but those of nature ; and the vol
untary acquiescence in a wrong, de
structive of the vital interests of the
body corporate, or of its members, as
nianitest a breach ot duty, as the ne
glect to repel a dangerous disease_or
in an extreme case, as the crime of
suicide. THE VOLUNTEER.
Extract of a lcttcrftom Port au Prince
dated September 12.
«* An attack was made about the la»t
of August by the army of Christoph*,
on the mole. Gen. Vei’tard, who suc
ceeded Gen. Lamarre in the command
of that place, repulsed the enemy with
great loss; they lelt on the field 600
inun, amongst whom were four gene
ra! oflr ers. Gen. Vetllard is a young
officer of great courage and conduct
ami there 13 no douta of his being a*
ble to maintain the place against Chris
tr:$* «nole ha§ four months pro
viLons, and the garrison in high api
Gen. Petiorf is preparing to march
against Cape Fraocoise, which I flatter
myselt will terminate the power of that
monster Christophe, who, I find by
some of your late papers, has through
some of his base agents, published ac
counts of victories he never gained, ha
ving fr r a considerable time lost every
battle he has fought with our brave ar
my.
Gen. Rigaud is at Crreil, in good
.icalth. I here is no doubt of his suc
conciliating the dissatisfied in
tjw quarter ; he is much beloved by
flPtht people, and the president |tvl
himself a:e on the roo*t confidential
and amicable t«rms. I hope tny dear
friend, that ij*)rr the auspices nfthose
tuo g» od nua 5 re at men, our country
will ci joy that pure happin.ss we have
so much wi.-.htd for; end stranger*
that security, which will induce therst ^
to can v on a mutually profitable coin- ^
' Fr.il. Ga*.