Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-10 00:00:00, page 3

dad Rodrigo with 20,000 men ; Junot
had 13,000 at Astorga* Lord Wel
lington’s head quarters were at Celer
no. The Duke of Abrantes, (Junot)
f had worsted the Spaniards in several
T*kirmiihes near Astorga. Lord Wel
\ yiftgton) says the Moniteurof May 15,
\ \emain4 with the English army a spec
>tatw^of these events: he does not
move from his camp; he hears the
sound of the cannon of Astorga, of Ba„
dajos, of Cadiz, but contents himself
with fomenting insurrections, and fur
nishing arms and clothing.
A most interesting debate had oc
- curred in the house of commons, on
• Brand’s motion for a parliament
* tajy reform. In Answer to those
nfembers who desired that the borough
system should be swept away, lord
Milton said, that Old Sarum, Helle
' stone, &c. had sent some of the best
ornaments of that house, who had ai
ded in framing their wisest laws.
Jk* He agreed that the plan of his hon.
Xriend was fair to behold that it was
Vwell proportioned ; but, was his hon.
friend so ill acquainted with the disap
. pointments which framers of constitu
tions had to encounter as to suppose
that he might expect to frame in his
committee something better than the
present constitution of this country !
He knew that in another country
(America) a constitution had been
formed which was perfectly smoothe ;
and had nothing in it to offend the
hut was it found on experience
v«to be so well calculated for the good
of the inhabitants ? No ; by no means
—it has completely failed.”
[In what Ifts it failed? in notserrender
Irur our riehts to Great Britain (
In not joining her in the execrable pUn.
der of the Danish Navy i
Or in not repelling the insolence of her
minister Mr Jacww*. Ed. Ar.j
Bonaparte reached Brussels
fay 15, on hiJ|eturn to Paris.
In debate, inftltV house of commons
May 22, Mr. JHormcr remarked oil the
immense quantity qt foreign shipping
employed infthe Eng^sh trade to the
loss of the country ; that Bonaparte
was pursuing plans similar to those of
.Oliver Cromwell, which were meant
to destroy the navigation of England.
Mr Perceval in reply, proved th»t the
t<mnag< and trade of England had en
•Tease/ within the last year j what
waFlost in other quarters, was gained
by the trade now opened with £outh
America, &c.
Mr Hose said, that it wa9 a princi
ple never departed from by the board
cf trade, not to suiTcr neutrals to carry
British manufactures, where British
ships were allowed to go'. The neces
sity ot jesort ng to neutrals had arisen
from the decrees of the enemy, prohib
iting the admission of British ships in*
to the ports of the Js'orth. If we were
to nave had the trade at all we must
have employed foreign ships. Yet
the Bri'.ish shipping had greatly in
creased of late, as would be obvious
from the circumstance that a British
ship, which three years ago cost 2700
pounds, has recently been sold for
6000 pounds.
Mr A. Baring admitted that the
trade nmst be carried on in neutral
ships, it it could not be carried on by
British vessels. But he condemned
the outcry raised some time since, a
g/m-st American shipping, which bro’t
on those measures that Ed to the sit
uation in which we at present stood in
t'eiafmn rr» a i
these measures had been to transfer
the carry ing trade from the American
neutral, under whose flag many Brit
ish ships might hava been covered in
the ports of the North, to the Northern
neutral, that is in fact to the enemy.
This experiment,however, might per
hap* be worih a trial; but he greatly
feared, that when the proposed tax
should be in operation, it would great
ly increase the price of timbtr, which
was at present tnormou'dy high.
Mr Prendergast having introduced
the subject of the export trade of the
Kust Indies, which he wished to en
cou age,
Mr B. Moore hoped that a full and
fair report respecting India might be
before the country, prior to the inrie
that any’ steps should be taken for a
renewal of their charter. •- [It expires
in 1814]. The great and rich coun>
* try ban been so badly managed by
tbe company, as to be of hardly any
service to tbe mother country, whereas
it ought to furnish considerable aid.
New Yobk, July 3,
A leder was received in this city on
Friday v?la boston, trom ■ gentleman pss.
sengeron board the Brig < aetr, which
sadtd from Liverpool for Philadelphia oo
the Sjth ol May. It is dated on the 19th
of June, at sea, 111 let. 4.1, long. 63 j slid
the writer observes that there was no po
lilt si ntwa ol importance at the um* of
Ins departure.
4^091 LNGLAND.
* A London^per of May 19 haa been re.
/2jr el the point ofdeath on the 8ih May,
and the King was then in good health,
having occasionally watched with his
•laughter. The report this morning of
the drsihof the King, we think is preraa.
lure* Bost. Palladium.
A letter from Capt. Charles Cook, jr.
to his owners in Newburvport, relates the
particulars of the capture of the ship James
Cook, by the French orivateer JATagram
ot % guns and 25 raen,\n the /ith of A.
pril, abou^2 miles front Rotfhck, (Low.
er taxo^^bound to VViam&r, these pi.
ratical^ i^PndreB intoxica^d the sailors
and tfieti bribeLthem to falsely, that
she had beembmtrdcd bjran English man*
of.war; she was immediately unloaded,
without the form ofJr trial or condemn*,
lion. Capt. C* iqtOTided to compromise
with .the pirates if be could, Vs the time
would be long before the - papers could be
sent to Paris and returned ; but thinks the
chance is small of recovering the ship,
, . -• New-Yorx:, Jyly
Extra6l of a letter from London, dated the
i5th of May.
** Last Saturday t«ight*a Gazette contains
an Order in Council, ordering capture and
condemnation of whaling and fishing ves«
sels of all nations that exclude British
ships from their porta or nations under
influence of Bonaparte/*
It was reported .in London on the 19th
of May that the Danish Island of Born*
holm had surrendered to Admiral Sauma«
rec.
latest from Portugal. ...
Captiuicneads of the brig HcQor, from
UisboniLvmich pwt he left on the 22d of
May, irtfoiVts, tint the British troops in
Pottugai * cmourjferl to 25,000 men, and
that the PoiTdgueae army consisted of
no too. l hat this force was divided into '
three divisions, and was stationed to defend
ilie passes on the frontiers of Portugal.
That several skermiahek had taken place
between ihe combined armies and the
I French, and sortie scouting parties of the
'French had been taken and sent to Lis.
bon. No general battle bad been fought,
I though one was daily axpe£\ed> The
English and Portuguese were fortifying
Lisbon, and meant to defend it against the
French to the last extremi y. Troops
were daily coming in from England—there
were about 400 English transports at Lis.
bon and more expefted. The Portu.
guese were in high spirits.
Evening Post.
^ VfoLMiNGTON, (Del.) July 4.
c4ai^unTcation.
John RowJAnd, one of the old stock,'
a Cape Henlopen pilot, on the 25th of.
June last was boarded at sea, the Bri
tish sloop of war Avon, of 18, thirty
too caronades, commanded by Henrv
r. Frazer, and navigated her into the
waters of the Delaware ; on the 27th
brought her to anchoroir New-Castle.
fhc capt. did not report as a cause
for entering the Delaware, distress by
dangers ot the sea, or that h(TW9\''
charged with.despatches?‘tlr business',*
Irom the British government or that |
he entored as a public packet.
The district attorney has been fur- 1
nished with the pilot’s name and place :
of residence and of the person’s names
who hai^; had unlawful intercourse
witty capEhi Frazer, his officers and
crew\ Ajjg.
We l^^tthat the British sloop of
war Avon,nad on entering the Dela
ware, 7 American impressed seamen
on board. .0ue made his escape the
day the i^vo*'came to anchor near
Christian^ aPjLrepoyed the other six 1
fn Kl® iinKri 1(.U kr,M _ rf'l. _
collector of has stated these
facts to the government of the United
States. We are informed that this
vessel had not suilered for want of
provisions, &c. &c. since her arrival
in the Delaware—but that tolerable
trade has been pushed in this way.
Take care citizens, you that are influ
enced by British gold more than by
the lawsipf your country—there is a
day of relrwurion!
This vessel has left her station and
taken her departure for we know not
what port or place.—Wathm.
Baltimore, June 25.
From our correspondent at Havanna,
we have received a paper of the 5th
instant, from which we translate the
following
RESOLVE.
His Excellency the President, Go
vernor anA Captain General, and the
Jntentlant (Vrnerkl of thfc Army ol
Royal t in^ce, oj this Island, have re
solved V an order of the %Oth May }
last, that Saturday th^ second
current, shall be reinstated the resolve
ol the 9-h May, 1809, issued by both
the Chiefs of that period, for the re
gulation of the duties, with the follow
ling alterations—I. That on foreign
flour the payment last imposed shall
be continued without distinction of
flag, as is poetised at present, by the
regulations of the government and in
tendancy.—2. The collection of the
duty forthe war subsidy and cloa^hing
the army shall continue.—.Id. Thai
with respect to molasses, three dollars
v V - *• ^
per hhd. shall be paid upon what is ex-,
ported through the four qualified p»rts
in the island, for those of North A
merica.
In consequence, all the produce
which may be entered, and the ves
sels which may arrive with goods af.
ter the 2d of the current month, shall
en-Vlhc abatement and freedom of
dutj^lesignated, but all that anchored
in the port before the said date, shall
remain liable to pay the entry duties
which formerly prevailed j which re.
gulation is to be understood with the
exception of what his majestv may be
pleased to resolve on the subject, and
is communicated to the merchants in
virtue of the decree of the said Intend
ant of the Army, dated to-day,.that it
may avail for their government and
satisfaction.—-Havana, June 1, 1810.
V V ISLA*
. ADVERTISEMENT.
The consignees mi foreign vessels
thapey will not be per
,ra<*e jEtKis port and others
of tWrsland, jEure'tfhey are permit
tc^ Renter, W they Gte not. furnished
with the attestations ofNhe respective
Spanish Consuls, required by the dif
ferent royal orders, and lastly, by that
of the 80:h March last.—Havana, June
2d, 1810. . .. . . ISLA.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
The follow! fl f* 1A frnm
“jWfading Adler” of the 19th in
Ala lighter of Mr Daniel Stroheck
er, iwar Orwigsburg, Berks county
Pennsylvania, about 3 years of age, had
been observed, lor a number of days to
go a considerable distance from the
house with a piece of bread which she
obtained from her mother: The cir
cumstance attracted the attention ot the
mother, whmdesired Mr. S. to follow
the child ancl observe what she done
with it. On coming to the child he
found her engaged in feeding several
SNAKES, called yellow heads or bas
tard rattle snakes. He immediately
took it away and proceeded to the
house for his gun ^nd killed 2 ot them
at %ne^»ot^nd apotHer in a fewvtfeya
after. The child called these re Junes
in the naaoner of calling chickens, and
when io^ father observed, if it conti
nued the practice they would bice her
—the child replied ; no father, they
won't bite; they only eat the bread I
give them."
THE USE OF A BEAU.
Kotzebue, in his journey from Ber
lin to Paris, has the following anec
dote. A lady of Paris asked her daugh
ter, “ Why do you suffer that huge o
vergrown fellow, who looks like a mo
del in a church steeple, to be continu
ally following you ?” Lord !” replied
ftae daughter, •* i must blow my nose,
must not I?” The lady had neither
lPockets or ridicule—the Beau carried
ner pocket handkerchief!
ACpURT of Enquiry for the 1st
Hayiion,\will be held at the Bell
Tave/n,<4p Thdksday the llthinst. and
for tHp 24^Battdpion, at the Washing
ton T^vern^aP Friday the 20th inst,
and for the Regiment at the Bell Ta
vern, on Saturday the 21st ins*, for'he
purpose of assessing the fines against
delinquents in the 19th R» criment....
Each Court will commence at 9 o’clock,
A. M. .
By order of the Lieut. Col. Com.
mandant of the 19th Regfmenc
of militia.
IC7* All persons against whom fines
are now in the hands of the collector,
and who from absence from this city,
cr other cause, have been prevented
from attending any Battalion or Regi
montal court heretofore, to shew cause
against being fined, are invited to at
tend the said Regimental court of En
quiry to be held on the 21st inst. and
make ku&rn fq said court the objec
tions majAhave against the pay*
ment Jf such Jfnes, which objections,
if deemed sufficient, will be so certified
by said court, to facilitate relief to those
who may think proper toapplv therefor
to the next General Assembly.
Charlotte court, June 5th, 1810.
Peter Stern, Pltf.^
AGAINST. f In
Alexander Brownbe, and William .Chan.
1.. Thornton, k John W. Thorn- r eery,
ton executors ot Francis Thorn. I
ton dec’d.
TIIR defendant Brownbe not having
etl his appearance according to
assembly a»ul rules of this
appearing A the sntis-sction
that he is hot nn inhabitant
on the’motion of the plaintiff
ney, It It ordered'that he
the first diy of September cou
enter his appearance and answer the plain
tiff’s bill and give security 'or perform,
ing the decree of the court, and that A co.
py of this order be inserted in one of the
news.papers printed in Richmond for two
months successively, and posted at the front
door of the court.house of toe said county.
A Copy-—Te»te
, THOMAS READ, c. c. :
For the Ladies’ Literary Toilette.
, TO MY mother:
Thou tender Mother, anxious friend.
That didst my infant vears attend,
Ah ! how strati I repay
The kindness thou hast heap’d on me ;
How render kindness back to the,
And saoth thy closing day ?
1 * ''
Thy love oft made me cease to weep.
Oft hush’d my childish fears in steep,
And watch'd me as I lay ;
I>ttring the darkness of the night,
Whose sable wings in tardy flights
t O’erspreads the shining day ;
Ah! yesrf and oft when fever burn’d#
And my young mind delirious turn'd,
Or blush upon tny lace ;
: Mother, as thou stood anxious by,
1 hy breast has heav’d a tender sigh,
j _ That gave the heart release,
When thou> hast prsy’d with tearful eye,
Which pray’rs swift wafted to the sky,
The “ Monarch of tne grave”
Have, disappointed, bid depart.
How hast thou pour’d thy gratrfbl heart,
To him who thus could save!
And shall.it, mother, ever be,
Shall I ungrateful prove to thee,
' ,^or such affection shown ?
Ii e’er my soul the debt dentes,
Sure Heav’n w 11 shut the frowning skies,
And all her pray’rs disown 1
Believe me, for I utter truth,
lo thee, fend guardian of my youth,
My filial love I yield ;
'n mY infancy,
I hou^llid’st bestow thy care on me,
helpless age I’ll shield,
So thattthy last departing breath
; May bless me in the hour of death j
| And when my spirit fi.es.
I May thine descend from worlds above,
And bear me on the wmgs of love,
To mansions in the skies l
O THELLO.
iLI-1 Y.L
Travelling Theatre.
THE Ladie# and Gentlemen of this ,
place* and the public in general* \
are respectfully informed, that on this 1
evening* in the large chamber next I
door to the Post Office, will be ex
hibited a number of §
FIGURES IN WAX-WOllK.
There wilXbe perfo/med byin Pupil
of the noted DON CARLOS* a num
ber of aatonishmg Efcats on the
Sin V Wire,
New and different from any ever:
before ^formed* dtath a variety of
BALANCING, TUMBLING,
LEAPING^c. TheYrand Feat on
the Rope calif d the MUSTARD
MILL, three pieces of Elcgmt
Music will be performed by a mas
terly hand on the VIOLIN.
The Exhibition to conclude with a
beautiful Representation of Commodore
Preble before Tr ipoli* and a Landscape
¥ 1CV¥ yj 1 UIC XJHOlAilL VV O V> /Vb 1 JLJi.. i
&C.
t f The Doors to be open at half i
past 7, and the Curtain to rise at 8 o’
clock.
GOOD MUSIC.'
y Cents—Children
1
NEW BOOKS.
HAS just received a fresh supply of
Law, Medical, Miscellanious Sc
School books, which he will sell on li
beral terms; a part of which are as
follows, viz. Coopers Equity Plead
ing ; Wyatt’s Practical Register ; Tul
len’s Executor* ; Peake and M’Nal
ly’s Evidence Judge ; Cooper’s Ojiini
on ; Graydon’s Forms of Conveyan
cing and of Practice, a nes^ybrk—
Bell’s Anatomy, do. Surgeryedi
tion, abridged by Smith; Darwins
/oonomi i j Pleasures of Hope ; Mar
!
Boyer’s French Dictionary ; Mnrrv*s
Grammar; Harrison, do. Tookc’s
Pantheon; Blossoms of Morality ;
Looking Glasss, for the mind ; (Juth
nes Geography ; Morses do. Virginia
Nightingale ; Sky Lark, Etc. Etc. Etc.
July 1810,
Cavalry Orders.
THE RICHMOND TROP will
Muster on their usual ground in .
CAks^^thout halter or veiu/
evening the 18try
(Mrfttm /
“ROBERT GAMBLE, Cap:.
Richmond, July 7th, 1810.
tdm.
Mecklenburg county, June Quarterly
Court, 1810.. •
IN CHANCERY.
Absolem Yancey, Robert Yancey, Zichar
riah Fancey^ Timm n Yancev, W.lliun
Nicliolh, Richard Nichols, LewisNich.
o!s, Mary Armstrong John Tnompsoft,
ai^l Eliaabeth his wue, Auvin Hencock.
an%.lTn "*• wife, K siah Nichols Fat
Ann Watkins James
GrW®, and Ann his wit'e, Abel Grego,
ry, and Elizabeth his wi.e, William O*
verby^ and Susanna his wife, Charles
Yancey, Dolly Yancey, Anthony Sump*
W». and Mary his wife, Abby Yanc y,
Wili am Beadles, 6c Aon his wile, Rich,
ard Davenport, Hagle Thompson, Kittv
Thompson Rlioda Thompson, Maty
Thompson, John Thompson, Yancey
I hompson Francis Thompson 6c Wiliiaiu
Thompson, which s.ud Charles Dolly 5c
Abby Yancey are infants, *c sue by Zaciia*
riah Yancey theirnrxt trend, cc wHtcii
said Kitty Thompson, Khoaa Thompson ^
wlnry l hompson, John Ttio npson, Va^fT
Tnoropson, t mncls I'UompsuJT\i* /
Wiilian, Tnompson^ are infants kfsu*/ i
by Wilnam Beadles their next frield. f i
Complii ' /
against
..id Jane his wife, Martnai
nn Yaiict-y, Kez'ah Yancey,
- - . ancey, Absolem Y..ncey, Charles
\ anr.e.v. W.iliam V__ ....
Yancey, representatives oi Gnaries Van.
cey dec’d. Uttts.
'J'HG Defts. not having entered their ap.
pearance and given security according
the act of Assembly, aim the rules oi i|j.*
™.rt* and 11 “PP«**,ing to i be satisfaction
of the Court, that the defts. are not in.
habitants ot inis Commonwealth. q,j tiltt
motion ot the pits, by their counsel It
Ordered, That the said delta, do appear
here on the third Monday in October next
and answer the bill ot ms pi*, and enter
into bond with security to abide by and
perform the future decree of ih s Court—
that a copy ot this ere'er be forthw.ih in.
seited in some News-Paper published in
the Tswn ot Richmond tor e gi*. weeks
successively, and be posted up two Comt*
days successively at the lrout door ol the
Court house of this ccunty.
fk s A Copy Teste.
Batkcrviil, c. m. c. c.
MAkleaburg county, June Quarterly
w Court, 1810.
^"jgh Wyllie Ciomplt.
acaihst C In
Wililam Hord, and Armlstead Burwe^! U ICCry
0N ,h*,mot'on of the complainant by his
V^counsi!, and it appearing to the sa isfac.i- ’
on of hecour. thatthe deft. Hord is not an
inhabitant ot this Commonwealth, ft is theiefo e
decreed and Ordered that the said deft, do ap- -
pear here oat .e tb*rd Monday in October nex
enter fc*SAd,ear»nce answer the bill of
C(«plJ|||d give security ,o abide by and i
fomihMjtmcdecree of his Court. And!
thu decree forth w th inserted in one of
News.Papcts pubiidird in the icwn Kichmono, j
for eigh weeks successively, an be pos-rJ u„
two Court days successively at the from door 0f
the Courthoute of tuis county and that the deft.
Butwell be enjoined from paying, conveying a,*
way or seueting ite goods, chat*las, or effect#
m his hands belonging to, or debts due ip the
said Ho d, or so much at will satisfy the debt and
costs due from the said Hord -o tne compleiiuot
until the further ordci of the Ourt,
A Cop-. T'Sie.
W. Basktrvill, c. M. c. c.
ytfu-c. be sold at Caira, in the County of
Cumberland, the fiist day of August
next, for cash,
400 Acres of Land,
lying in the Counties of Cumberland nnd
Buckingham, also five Negroes. Jennv,
Anna, Ester, Livinia and Watt- five Hof*,
es, and twenty head of Cattle, the p'op r
ty ot (%M%elmus Cokm.su, conveyed othe
subscrijfers by Deed, hear.ng date the fir^
day oF January, 1808, m trust., to secuic
the payn*nt ot sunciiy debt# m nti nrd ,fl /
said deed, wh ch is recorded in Cuintjer.. /
land county court—or so much of said • rL/
perty as may be nrcessaiy tor thr payment*
of the ballance of said debts then rema n*
ing due ; and especially so much as may be
necessary to pay the debt in the said deed
man tinned to he due to George Perkins of
one hundred and twenty seven pounds two
Rhilimgs, with interest—wmch said debt
has since been assigned to Yancey Holnnan,
W.o. M. Thornton,/ Trus
Wm. Guthrey. S tec?.
June 25th, 1810. 3W f)
STRAYED on srOGEN
pROM Prince Edward Court H« use, on
1 the 16th day of April last,
A Ked Sorrel Mare,
four year* old last Spring, about torn fret
*en or eleven inches high. Reach'd amt
Nick’d, with her fnretnp tett long. M„
Brand or Mark as 1 reca.ffcct, bar-foor.d «
when *he went iff; she had a Bridle ,.nd I
Saddle on ; the Kaddl t n id a new p .d w» n /
a patch cs> the pummel ; the Bri.de wm #
a stiff bit—»h« moves well :u a trot or g;,,.
lop, but Ad aot pace. Whosoever * R
give sucjminlctm .tion reapett ng th« *«» I
Mare, sofcJutt I get her again, >Imu raevive
twenty doiTIra reward.
SHERWOOD FOWLER.
Cumberland 23 June, 1810.
For bale at this Olhcv.
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