The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-04-03 00:00:00, page 3

A repott was received frc*n the post
master-genera., in compliance mith the re
solution of the House, on the subject af the
Orleans mail.
Tli** report of the committee on the memo
rial of the stockholders of the bank of the U.
S. was re committed on motion of Mr. Tay
lor.
COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE.
The bill concerning intercourse, was again
taken up. Mr. Boyd spoke in favor of ad
herence, and Mr. Gltolson, at great length,
oi: the same side.
Mr. Cook then moved to postpone the fur
tlier consideration of the subject ’till to-mor
row, alledging as a reason, that a report was
current, that the despatch vessel, John A
dams, had arrived at Norfolk.
This motion was carried by four votes—
Yeas 65, Nays 61.
The report favorable to the petition of
Anthony Buck, was agreed to, and the re
solution referred to a committee to bring in
a bill.
London, January 10.
ISLES OF BOURBON.
Early in the morning of the 21st Sept, about |
SSO of our brave soldiers, and 200 of our royal!
marines, «ei i landed before day break, anil soon I
' carried three of the forts. The squadron went!
in and fired their broadsides, anil then hauled j
out; the Syrtus frigate, capt. l*ynr», stood in a-1
gain, and anxious to avail himself of the only op
portunity that presented itselfto his vigilant eye,
lie asked leave, and was permitted, by signal
fioin the commodore, to anchor ; a id according
ly, in tiie most gallant style, carried his little ship
in, and placed her within pistol shot of the beach,
«.nd halt musket shot of i lie Caroline French fri
gate, aiwl the two East Iniliamen, ami a French
brig of war, and opened so heavy a fire on them
from his English bull dogs, that in 20 minutes
(the troops at the same time charging through
the town) the whole struck their colors.—Both
army and navy joined in this brilliant enterprise,
declaring that they had never seen or thought it
po3siblc for a sliiplo keep up so tremendous a
lira as the Syvius exhibited on that occasion ; and
we understand, it was principally owing to the
very great exertions of capt. I’ynn, his officers anil
crew, that tl .? two Indiaman were saved from
l>eing husnt ; or that any of the stores and goods
from the shore, were taken oil' and put on hoard
the Sircatham.
The following arc the ships and vessels taken :
Cunt. 'Font.
Caroline, French frigate, a
bout two ) ears old, 45 1000
Grapplcr, French brig, co;>
~ ‘ 12 130
Sircatham, Hon. East India I
Company’s ship, 30 810
Etiropa, do. do. SO 819
J.a Funny, do. do. 2 149
Three Friends, do. — 50
Gipsy, brig, _ 260
Notwithstanding the* burning of the store
houses, in which tiie greater part of the cargoes
«if the captured British ships were laid up, ^this
Island is likely to prove a most valuable prize fo
the land and sea forces to which it surrendered.
It is said, that letters received at the admiralty,
from Admiral Bertie, Commander in Chief of;
His Majesty’s ships and vessels on the Cape sta
tion, announce tiie arrival of treasure of that
■place from Isle Bourbon, to the amount of three
millions and a half ol dollars, supposed to have
been realized altogether by tiie sale of British
captured ships and property, to the Americans
•who frequented the Island and the Isle of France,
for the purpose of making purchases.—Judging
from this fact, the capture of the l»le of France
may he looked forward to as a perfect mine of
wealth.
The London Courier of j*n. 13, says_“The
American Consul, Mr. Forbes, wo understand,
bus retired from Hamburg to the Westphalian
territory, apprehending some insult or violence
from the inhabitants of this city. TI.eir indigna
tion whs excited by his having denounced four A
meriCHM vessels that arrived at Hamburgh, with
American papers, but which, in fact, sailed from
an English port. The vessels were seized anil
sequestrated, and will, no doubt, he condemned
This interposition was warmly resented by the
whole coniiueicial class.*'
From a *.ondon paper, <J~ January 16.
The American frigate, John Adams, which
sailed on Friday last, supposed for tho Texel,
returned to the Downs, on Sunday ; the port let
ter says, in consequence of contrary winds. Her
return,.however, is accounted form another way.
It is said, that she was brought too oil'the Texel
by our blockading squadron, and refused permis
sion to enter, on the ground of having specie on
board, enemy’s property. The John Adams, on
her way up the Channel from America, we un
derstand, was horded and oveilmuled by llie Hus
sar frigate.
New York, March 26.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
Captain Pigot, of the ship Union, arrived hern
rv\ Saturday, f rom Lisbon, which port he left <.«
.toe 4th ol February, au»l has furnished the edi
tors of the Mercantile Advertiser, with the fol
lowing verbal intelligence :
A few days before captain Pigot sailrd, two
couriers hail arrived, from Spain, announcing the
1 rcncu ha\ ing forced the pass oftlie Sierra -Mo
rena. Two divisions of the French passed with
puiskrtsonly, but the latter division met with o -
stiiiHte resistance.—It was supposed the Spun
arils were bribed-Another Courier arrived
bringing the important news, that the French
having rdvanced as tar as Tarragona, were at
fackcd by the Spanish army under the Duke
s!on/ '”uluer,P,e *n«l defeated with the loss of
60 10 noil, and were obliged to retreat through
the pass again—When the courier left Cadiz,
P ^eville, Badajoz and Cadiz were illuminated.—
No particulars of the action had transpired at
J^bon when capt. P. sailed. There was also a
report of the revolution in the south qf France,
Headed by Massena and Davouat ; that they had
•ent deputies to Lord Col ling wood, ofieriojf to
give up Toulon and Marseilles. The night before
captain P. sailed, a brig of war arrived express
From England, but everything was kept secret.
There was a report that she brought a confirms
tionof the revolution in France, and Bonaparte’s
proclamation on the subject. Major Generals
Me wart and Picton had arrived from England,
together with the 79(li Highland regiment, and
Hie 94th regiment Scotch brigade, some artillery
ami cavalry and reerwits lor the regiments in p<>r
tug'll, composing in all about 25,000 men. It was
* , ,on* Wellington was expected at Lisbon to
bold a convention. There appealed to be every
disposition to defend Portugal. The Portuguese
army under marshal Unrestord, were upwards ol
90,600 strong, the Biitish about 22,000 men.”
Extract of a letter from a Spanish gentleman at
tl Cadiz, dated January 2b.
the central Junta hare dvciCcd, that from
Wir fi.-st of FaLruary, tlieir residence shall be at
V *«!•*.
* On the fourteenth of JalUnry, th" French at
ta kedtlu passage of Montisson and Viliam*
n".u-« to en.er into Andalusia, but they were re
pu s Ij m ronsequonc^ of which the pati M to
m. ■» in good spiiite.
*' The genera!opinion Is, that as s-inn as the
Central Junta quit Seville, the Provincial Junta
of that district will take the whole command of
the Province, and some change will i ike pUc* in
government.-The Central, it is s*id, jjive
the oilier full power to act as tuey may wee best. '
“ i he Junta of Graniiti and CoftJov i have j;i- j
ven orders to arm the whole population of the
Province in a mass.
“ The French nrmy Is composed of about 5'),- \
000, (6,000 of which arc cavalry.) Our army w ill
be about .id.UGU.”
Craklkston, March 26.
A gentleman who arrived at this port
yesterday, from Aassau, via Ifavanna, in_
forms us, that before he left the former ;
place, he read in an English paper the i
fcl h.h.UI Oh l Mb. IvINCi, at the opening j
oj Parliament in January, in which Jl.s
Br-tannic Majesty decidedly afi/irovcs of
the conduct of Mr, Jackson, and says chat
no other Minister will be sent to this coun
try ifMr. J. should be unable to accomf'J-ish
the object of his mission. A rumor that the
King's Speech had been received at Aus
sau reached this fituce some day's since, via
Amelia. Our informant left Aassau un the
22d ult.
llre also learn from the same gentleman,
that a government vessel arrived at flu !
vanna about the 12th in$t. from Cadiz, j
bringing intelligence that the Junta had !
removed to that city, from Seville ;—(hut
the French armies were in the neighbor
hood of Cadiz ;—and that a British fleet
was in that harbor, on board of which they
wished the Junta to embark for South Ame
rica ; but that there appeared to be an
unwillingness on tihc part of the Junta to
embut k.
I’h t LADELPH! a, Mireh 39.'
(TT By the Satellite, arrived here this mtim
ing, from St Bartholomews, we have received
Antigua papers, to the 9th inst. from one oi
which we have extracted (he following London
articles, which-have ne\er before appeared in
American paper*, and bespeak i very fiv .ribie
sentiment in regard to our relations with Enir
lancl.— "
London, Jan. 1J—Private letters from Paris
state, that King Jerome had incurred the dis
pleasureoftlic Emperor, in conse quence of his
declaring his resolution to be divorced from Ins
second wife, the daughter of the King of Wir
temberg, because he “ hid lost all hope of h iv
ing any issue by her.” He is ai.o said to have
announced his determination to recognize his
first marriage with Miss Paterson. This we
consider as a mere report.
Lord Wellesley and Mr. Pinkney have had sc
\ciul conferences on the subject of me pending
differences with America, and their discussions
had assumed the most amicable aspect, when the
late dispatches from Paris suspended their inier
course, by creating occasion for Mr. Pinkney to
apply to his Government for fresh instructions
• January 18.—The return of the John Adams,
American frigate, is now ascertained to have i.een
in consecpience of bad weather only—and the re
port that was engrafted upon that circumstar ce,
ot her having been visited by a British cruizer,
turns out to have been the ingenious device ot a
speculator in American produce.
January 19 —The presentation of Mrs. Pink
ney at Court yesterday, of all the dav in the
year, is looked upon as a favourable augury of
tlie amicable views of the American minister
in regard to the pending negociation between
this country and the U. States, which i? still ac
tively carried on between the marquis Welles
ley and Mr. Pinkney.
It is said that government have resolved to
send out a new minister to the United States;
and that this measure Ins been adopted through
the active influence of the marquis Wellesley._
i lie^ report of a treaty between France and A.
merica being actually concluded at Paris is not
believed ; but, whether it is concluded or not,
common sense requires that we should forth
with send x minister to America, as some one
was expected thereto replace Mr. Jackson.
^omedttc.
[Tsom THE auhoka]
SKETCH OF DRITISH AFFAIRS IN ASIA
The disturbances in Asia are vory little under,
stood in England, any more than in America ; it
is soifitlhinj about as ludicrous as certain edi
tors calling themselves federalists and disciples
ot Washington, and yet labouring with all their
little might to dissolve the union upon which ’
Washington's glory is founded—it is not so seri
ous, but it is as ludicrous to peruse the ignorance
which the British news papers innocently publish
on Asiatic affairs.
The system pursued from the days of Hastings,
who began the suppression of the |»ress in India,
down through Cornwallis, sir John Shore, and fi
nally marquis Wellesley, lias eflectually pi even
led the circulation of authentic information con
cernmg tiio internal transactions of Hindustan,
through any oilier channels than oy the moans of
persons who have lived in that country, removed
out of it, and brought with them in their minds,
w hat It would not be safe to commit to papet, el
even to speak. The system of British Asia is
very like tbatot tko inquisition ; to talk of the
ministers of power, is to attack it ; it is some
thing like the principle of the law of Hraco,
which made all crimes equal. The person who
has been so unfortunate as to entertain any ideas
of freedom of speech, on policy, government,
lav s, power, liberty or right, in Asia, could not
entertain any ideas more dangerous ; habits of
freedom of speech, however, guarded by cauti
on, will sometimes break over the bounds of dis
cretion ; a nun will have curiosity to discover
Whether the Lama is a man or a boy , so a man
will think, ahd sometimes unthinkingly say, that
men have rights, that power has limits, that there
is such a thing as tyranny, that such policy is 1
good, other policy indifferent, and a third execra
ble ; that law maybe interposed to arrest tlie in
justice of power ; and that government may be
better or worse administered ; that a certain of
f.cer is s good virtuous man ; and that another is
not quite so good ; that be may be even bad. or
worse.
ideas o! Hus kind, or comparisons involving
suet, ideas, are not adapted to the atmosphere of
iiiilisli dominion.il Asia $ you might talk ore
sen write with freedom at Delhi, under tlie Mo
gul government ; or even at Seri ngapa tarn, under
Jiyder y\lh liehadlmr *, it is a fact, not generally
known out or Hindustan, that new* paper# have,
always been, and continue to L>« published to this
day, at every court and at the hall of evei y pet
ty pi incc or chief tain/ui liulia, m which every mi
nute concern of the court, as well the characters
and measures, or the war and policy of the gov
ern merits i these papers are openly written in the!
halls of the courts of the chiefs, frequently in
their presence, and always unmolested
It'll under the British dominion, it is not per
muted to publish any tiling that concerns the po
licy, finance, war, laws, or even the conduct of a
ny officer of the Knimli government.
There must hc gome reason, it will he said, for
thin buiuvcrtrytunt poli i'/uc, \slien the reputed
despots oj As it xllow freedom of discussion, and
the reputedly ronton 9"d protectors of Asis, tuck'!
writing or talc ng ol political affairs a high crime
Il n Midi H contradiction ot the received nations,
that if ivc did not know the tact to do exactly as
stated, horn scliml personal observation nod pri
v„t,on toa, we butiuld lie disposed to consider it
an i-v- jug f»:ti*:i owe rted at Mjiion, and pvti
pigsted for the purposes of the norllicrn confcde
racy.
'l'liis »<!tna| slate of t!io British policy in Asia ■
is s« parsdox ; but it is as easily unravelled, anil
rendered intcIPgable, as any simple proposition,
by applying to it the touchstone of facts.
There is a two fold operation in the pn.icy ol
A si», which consists ol a common concurrence in
the plunder, but disputes about the distribution
of the proceeds. These principles pervade the
whole system of British power in Asia, and des
cend through nil the minute channels, from the
royal hoo-e-hoid at St. James, through the board
ol control, and to the lowest corporal in the ts.val
army in India; and from the Chairman of me
East India company in I.cdculiall street, by
the cm:,i ,,f directors, through the whole ci
vil and military establishment of the East India
company.
'1 ttis nvalship lor the division of plunder, and
concurrence in the power by which it is acquired,
is die great moving spring of British policy irt
Asia. Keeping these principles in view, the sys
tem is easily understood,and Hie whole policy, as
well as die recent ’disturbances and conflicts, are
accounted for.
The wealth which has l»oen poured into England
ti’Oin Asia, within kixi* years, is incalculable,
within the last thirty years of the reign of George
III. it has been a const iii t object of royal solid
tu.lt; Si a struggle has gradually grown out of an
efloi t made in I7w4, to place the whole patronage
ot India in the hands «»i tue court, a id to render
the India company die mere accountant* of the
iii it id i treasury in hi* I i In d •pvtuviiit.
An dibi t was made by Cornwallis, while go*
vernor general of Indi«, to bring over the pu*
ticul <r r>gny of the comp my, and puce them u;.x*ii
l ie ro) al establishment. 'Ihe project failed,
throuen various caiisri.
It is proper that the reader ihsuM know that .:»»
India company raise troops,and commission its
officers, and direct the whole organisation of
goveramcni-, military- anti civ-I, in Hindustan, as
d they were a l sovereign power, independent of
England ; their army is paid,their officers commis
sioned, promoted, or dismissed, without any
other authority or interference than their own;
the devotion of the company’s troops is therefore
to toe company's authority, of whom they speak
l-uiiili-tr y-Ai Company's troops, o»- t!ic cficacmoo
yrr j troops ; in reference to Leadcuhall street,
where the India house stands in London; being a
celebrated ebsese market.
Mo army in the universe is so well paid , clad,
or fed, as the army ofthe East India company.—
Their privileges aim immunities, arc n; re ex
tensive. titan, perhaps, any other army ever pos
sessed ; and the wisdom which has dictated this
liberality, has been repaid hy its effects. No
troops ever fought more bravely or faithfully, ne
ver did any system produce officers more brave,
more intelligent, or who possessed in so full a
measure the confidence of the soldiers over whom
they were placed, whether European or native_
It may be safely said, that a private soldier or a
non-commissioned officer in tiie East India com
pany’s . service on tiie Bengal establishment,
fares more sumptuously and liyps more comfort
ably, anti saves mot e money out of his pay allo w
ances, than the generality of commissioned bat
talion officers, in the British royal army. Tiie
particular-, with which wc arc minutely acquain
ted, would occupy too much sp ice.
I he East India company being viriusllv snvere
reign supreme & independent in Hindustan, the
royal troops sent to that country, appear in fact
only as auxiliaries 1.1 a foreign country. This sim
|de circumstance alone operating upon the frail
ty of human pride, would he sufficient to draw
a line of separation between theffi; but there
are many other circumstances which furnish the
means or the prettfet* for jealousy._rite
royal troops (of course !) look upon all others,
a# an inferior order of military; the company’s
troops know that they possess superior advanta
ges, higher pay, a less rigid police, less cruel or
barbarous punishments ; and as there is no pur
chase of commissions, that thi^ must at a
certain point of time reach a high runk with c
inoluments ; and that if til health obliged them
to retire, that they hsvc a pension for life.
The royal troops are enlisted for life.
The company’s only for five years.
So that through every gradation, each has.
or thinks he has, a cause to he proud of his su
periority over the other, the royal troops being all
Europeans, are prohibited from association,’ not
only wall the natives, but with the European
troops of the company’s establishment ; on the
other hand, the company’s officers being by ne
cessity occasionally in the command of native
troops, whose language they must understand,
become acquainted with their manners and p i8
sions, and in fact, by a wise and judicious ac
commodation to their religious.and national pre
indices, where not incompatible with discipline,
they wield an army, whose superiors for vain
and hardihood under every danger, are not to
be found on earth.
These two ideas of the establishments of milita
ry force in Hindustan, are necessary to n due un
derstanding of the efforts of Cornwallis, to which
we above referred. He proposed giving to the
East India company’s military officers, roval
o«mmissions, so as to bt ing them on the British
military establishment. This would have keen
to reduce their pay, the>r allowances, and to open
a door for those officers in the ryoy al army who
liad purchased or procured commission# through
court favor, and risen from ensigns If colonel’s
in two or three years, to rise over the heads of
men who had spent ten or twenty years in an
udent climate, kin active and essential services
Com wallis had in fact done this in advance,
for alter Itis perfidious and wanton invasion
jf Mysore in 171J1, although all the artillery,
three fourths of the cavalry troops, Cornwall
is placed royal officers of very little knowledge,
in those garrisons which had been conquered,’
marks of honor in ordinary mle, which are
held to be the Imp claim of actual merit, Citiitci
to, intelligence, or elective service ; thus ‘cao
tains of fiiu£ or five years standinn*, who knew
nothing of the languages or manners ofthecoun
try, or of that well digested system of conduct
towards the natives upon which the British
power was established, were appointed, to the
exclusion of men of experience and long and
affective service, for the mditary service in ludi i
is not r.t any lime, nor at any station, a mere pa
ring of nail# or powdering of hair. It isatys
tern at all times requiring the vigilance of an'ar
my in an enemy’s country, and a spirit of disci
pline calculated to impress favorable and friendly
ideas rather than otherwise.
The project of Cornwallis, was prepared firm
secretly, and with a perfidious hypocrisy, winch
was his characteristic, notwithstanding the p#u
tgyrics of venality, hi* project vias prepared so
tar, as that it became necessary f„r }Mni to quit
Hindustan, and to abandon his system, to avoid
the only alternative of a civil war, lu» own des
(ruction, and pernaps the overthrow of the Bri
tish power in Asia.
( To be continued J
COMMERCE TO RUSSIA.
T!i® Charge den Allaire* and Consul General
ofH.l. M. Ui« emperor of all the Russia*, in
form* all whom it in»y concern, that no cargo* .
loaded in American port*, will be permitted to
be discharged in Russian port*, unless tho paper*
relative to the vessels and their cargoes, arc le
galised l>y tho Russian Consult or agents, ate or
‘ling to publication* air* "uly made by the Consul
General—and this without an/ rc^ trd tothc cir
cumstance oj the ve. sri's l/ctug first hound to, or
touching at, /torts of other nations.
ANDRKW DAJCIIKOFF.
Philadelphia, March UH, lyio,
The London S^ar of the 13th of Jan. Apeak
of Mr. Hugh Hlliot, brother to lord Mc to, , .4 th*
successor to Mr. Jackson We have this from t>
g^mUtuieii w.<u read th« pm agijpll at Amelia.
w »#
l ^ Pill. U)SLt>ni A, March 27
. -—In}, (•lebntlou *>f ti:** nnciversary
of the C'»roii4l»oi of his Imperial ‘Master, Mr.
Dashkoff, the Ht**si:ui Ambassador, last Ovtn
iJiJT gave a splendid route t>> an iinmsiiii coo.
course of fashionable company.—Th# tVout of his
house was illuminated by a parterre of I gnis
supported on the pavement_From woe of i ic
second story windows whs exmhited during trie
evening, an handsomely exec at 11 trtns larencv,
consisting of tb-o Imperial Crown of Xm.si-.
with Alexander f. surmounted by « scroll ‘con
taining these words, “ Crowned the iU.i cl
March, iHOl ’’—Beneath appeared an Vn.ericuii j
ship, with Archangel,&c in view, en.iiir *hi*uc..1,
of American intercourse with Xu-siu.
TIII2 RUSSIAN ENVOY.
Monday being the hirth-dav of the P.n-!
pcror of Russia, tlie Russian Envoy gave a i
party, and had the front of bis dwelling il
luminated by h transparency, representing
j the cities of St. Petersburg and Archangel’
; and an American vessel in f„Jl sail, the whole
I surmounted by a crown and tlie letters A
j 1. Some citizens, stopping to look at the
transparency, took up a notion, V-.nt tlie
putting of the Crown >ver the American ship >
and colours, was improper: this notion ri j
pened into an opinion, that it was iptendrd i
as an insult, and the ferment became gene* !
tal. About tuis point of time, a young man,
an officer in the l, nited Sta: js’ service, came i
I up. and imbibing all the indignation of tho u* j
around him, he discharged two pistol bails |
through the transparency.
lie was apprehended this morning, and'
brought be fare .VldtrutHii Ac/z/lr/c, wh>>, m
motion of the District Attorney, b und the i
officer over, himself in 3,000 dollars, and two j
, sureties, in (lolhu'b e'tcli. in tlie course I
j of the examination, the officer, with cba-l
j racteristic boldness and strong feeling, ric !
dared, that he thought it his duty, a ; an •
American officer, to bring down M! crowns, j
I honor his feelings and admire his priori j
pies, while I sincerely regret the difficulty
into which they, and the imprudence ol the I
Russian Envoy, have involved him.
It will be recollected, tint some serious
disturbances have arisen not of th >s kind
of exhibitions. It will be remembe red, that
in 1301, when peace was concluded between
France and England, the joy of the London
cr* was.extravagant and wild, they took the
horses cut of the carriage of the French En |
\°y. und drew it themselves, to, and from, j
St. James s, yet, the suuie evening, the same 1
populac? compelled the same Envoy to take I
tlQwn and alter a v -ry bi iiliant transparency, !
because tliere was hi it the words •• PEACE !
AND CONCORD,” the last being mista
ken for CONQUERED.
Democratic I’rcts.
Nav.’-YonK, March 25.
3 lie Steam-Rout arrived yesterday from Alba.*
ny. Onboard In r rnir-e passengers, the dele-1
gates from tlie Mechanic Society, bringing with ;
l «tm ;« •diarierfor a new bank, entitled, The j
| Mechanic t! <nk of the city of Nevt-l\rl.n-_The1
i capital of this instif u.i"n is to consist of one mil !
lion Jive hundred thousand dollars ; its ail jirs are j
to be conducted l>y fourteen directors, a inajot it' j
of whom ne to he chosen, at everv election,
iroiii the Mechanic X >ciety, and the President of I
sai-1 Society is to be ex vtf.-io oav.. .Mercantile]
Aav.
Phila dei.ph ia, March jjo.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman high iv of
fee in Mexico, to hit friend in thit city, dated
22th i/cccir.bir, 1S:JJ, received by the Way of ;he |
llavantta. ,.
1 In: inoir-nt h>x excellency the Viceroy !
received the dispatch Iron. Don Louis de (inis,
announcing that tile government of the United
States had refused to a-* cnowletlga him as envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of our
Catholic monarch Ferdinand the 7th, he adopted ;
every measme which prudence dictated on tin-j
occasion, ordering nttiie same time the greatest .
vigilance on our frontiers and all along our exten
sive coasts. This unexpected event caused !
much indignation among die loyal Mexicans,
who hitherto had flattered themselves that the
united States would sympathise with the Span
tards in their present-calamity, and reciprocate
that friendship and assistance they so liberally
afforded the Americana during their struggle for
i terty and independnee ;-but in this hope
they now find themselves disappointed, and the
cnectB thereby produced in the public mind, is
by no means favorable toward* the United States.
On the receipt of Don Louis de Orn's’s letter,
the Viceroy coftrened the council, together with
llie three fiscals (or attorney generals) and laid
be ton; them said despatch, requesting llieir opi
moii on the subject of its contents, which they de
livered unanimously, in tlm following words, on
the 2 2d mat.
“ 1 he members assembled in the ertraordina
ty council convened tins day, .having . xken into
consideration, the copy of the letter addressed to
your excellency, by D»n Louis de Onis; which <
jo’.n excellency has laid before them, are of una
nimous opinion, and beg leave to inform your c.v
collenoy, that in the first place he ought to reco"
mre Djn Louis de Onis, ha minister plenipo
tentiary and envoy extraordinary, of on; lord the
kmg Don Ferdinand the Seventh, and in his name
ul the Supreme Central Junta, near the United
Mates of America. 3ndlv : That should the U
btater, contrary to every expectation and wish, ad
mit a plenipotentiary nr envoy from the intruder
Joseph Napoleon, as king of Snain, tins conduct
may be truly considered hostile, an 1 in that case
j'Hu excellency outfitt to*ufo|>t# with renp^rt to
Luese dominions, a corresponding conduct in
relation to the United .States.
‘Only; In order that your excellency r.nv
regulate your conduct on this delicate subject,
w’e presume to observe that it is necessary to re
quest Don Louts de Onis to h" pleased to com
municate to your excellency *11 such instructions,
and give you such information a ; he may have or
shall hereafter receive from the Supreme Central
Junta,together with such other information he
may acquire rp ipt ♦ ng the United States, their
at filaments and measures the.y n» *.y now or here
after adopt iq regard to Spain Your cxceltenri
may accordingly communicate thi s resolution to
Don Louis de Unis, that ha may make the neces
sary use thereof whenever he thinks proper ; and
also to the commandant, of the frontier provinces,
that he may he guided thereby, in the several
districts under his command.”
Flic viceroy has also givep order* to the (res- <
sury to accept and pay all hills drawn l»y Don
Louis <le Onis for objects connected with his
mission.”
niUTISH IMPRESSMENT.
Extract of a letter, datnl Sherrnru, fan. 11 th.
Idly, on board of //. M S. llrUerof'han, to Mr.
l'.ikanuh Hayden, of this town, from hit son,
who was bom here in ‘July, 17«1, and now hat a
wfe living at Erovincetouin, left without the
inf ant of jnfiftort.— Hostoil Print.
11 1 hi; unaccountable casualties of tld* life,
have iinfn tuna -.!y plung'd me into a man of war,
in ths strangest manner, by impressment. My
case, however, is most easy to he redressed by i
iny cotinlry. 1 have particularly applied to the j
A me tie an consul, who h** my protection j ho; j
be informs me, that, the Admiralty consider me a !
Uritish subject. They have merely written a '■
letter to the captain ol the ship to know whtit I I
* m and depend on tbit answer; which is ret lain I
to be acr.oi (ling to the interest of Ei gland.
11 W hen you receive Ibis, 1 hope you woil let my i
know my tittlwtidu. J Itsvu written threr i
Utters to America, in h ;p s that .>r.» of tv. - rr. v. II
come safe j #n«t must entreat you to m .k ■ ;«i! ex
pedition In getting me released—for lu-iv- I must
remain until you forward the proof ot r.iy being
! an American.—Your affectionate son,
| ” WILLIAM HAYDEN.” .
Nouroi. k, Muirli 30.
The brig Fame, captain Smite, airbed her#
yesterday t 'otn France —left Calais lui. 2J.I Janu
ary, where he was carried in on Ins outward pas*
x ge from t'-.s port, hound to Tohningen, by a
French privateer ; and, after n long detention,
was liberated on compromising with the captors
— dspt. S confirms the reports we have already
had, of all American properly at Si. Sebastian s
being confiscated by the I encii government
know# nothing of a convention between France
•ltd tin*£ >' eminent- landed despatches at Dover
iji.iglaitd) from Mr. Artmtrong for Mr. Pinkney
—a:td is also the bearer ot despatches n ourgo
vernnient from Mr. Armstrong — Ha aid.
FOR THE EA\) HIRER.
THE ELECTIONS.
If «'k cost cur eyes over the U. Ttates at
ftirge, tilings tube weal ing n favorable
aspect. In No • .Hampshire, the Patriotic;
Langdun and ;i innjott:y ot Keptiblir.anp in
the Council and Lvgslature, seem i0 ftt. e.
lected. in New York, the discard.-ist ».tr
tii.<- are linked luge lift r by a sense ot «• .mi
ni on danger, and a deep resent men? .„n.
man injuries-tor tiie Council cf appoint
mint hi the eagerness of their per ecui ion
and in /At /ilcniiu.it: uf I 'tcir rvisd > n. have
swept off, by one and the some blow, Madi
.vnn tus, Cliuttmiaus, Lewisites, &c. M nt
».!' the Quids, as the y are so called, art re- '
turning to their fit-.t love—the sound of
discord is hushed. Under these ci-cuin
stances, theve is every hope, that the whole
party will in ive together, under one ban-.
ot r, and once more • hint the meritorious
Tompkins in the Chair of state, in Massa
chusetts, whose election began yesterdav,
tbe log. of war will be great, and the issue
Uncertain.
I hcse oucnrsi*.', will shed » plcasibg beam
ovt-r imr prospects-T/ua the chain of the
Northern Confederacy, like Nebnch '.rl.iec.
car’s image, will bc broken to pieces_
the Hritish plan of detaching New England^
.md uniting her to Canada, is blasted_l
new force is imparted to the government of
the country, ami the chain of union is wash
ed brighter—new strength is i:npar:ed to
tiu- administration, by the increase in the
number of its friends—perhaps, a corrcspou .
dent damp will be thrown over the spirits
ofthe Hi itish ministry. Perhaps theirtone.
may be partially clpinged——the impulse,
which will be imlubi ably given bv die fede
i .d opposition t.> u«v. • C iles’s- resolutions,
may be checked-And the Marquis Wei ’
!e»iey who says he :r. of no party, on ,\mcri -
can affairs, may be taught to bend ,t tole
rably favorable ear to our just demands._
These are, however, but apeculktive ami
conjectural views.—In the mean tipie. i. .a
incumbent upon the republicans everv where,
U> give “a pu.l a sti-s tg pull and a puli al
together.”
I hose of the “ old domi-iion,” should keep
a sharp look out, tor ever on the alert,
and on the pending Elections, during this
month, tllry should come forth in all their
strengh.—It is pleasing to see, that the nc .'
tivc Republicans or Ennilcmi have organised,
a Committee, to omfer wi n those at' Fair
fax nub 1 i incc \ i 1 • liam, on rhe sc lection .of
a Candidate, tooe i uu u^.iiint the 11'jnorttbic
Joseph Daw is.
Married—On fast .Saturday night, by ih=*
llevil. Mr. Buchanan, Mr. WillVam* Car
i er to Miss Charlotte Toushee, second
laughter of Dr. Fouslier, of this City.
17* JTL* urn n •rru, that the Cehtjnel
atne too lute for thu day's /lajier.
Judge Johntcn'j O/iinionin our n ? »•/.
Y virtue of * deed rtf trust mad' to the sub
tJ scribf.r, by lisvulLassen- j will be sold, to
be highest bidder, for ready money, or as may
>e agreed on, on tfte dny of sale, ten acresof
LAND, lying within ohe mile of Jamea ltivcr,
um contiguous to Trahite’s coal landing, being
within the vicinity of several coal pits, and from
■ppearanc'w, it i-* supposed to abound in coals_
Hie sale will take place at Trabue’s Tavern, no
bn Manchester turnpike Hoad, on Saturday, the
Jlstdayof April next.
$OrfN TR.iBUE, Trustee. -
Chesterfield, April 3, w.iw
1J 1 virtue of a truvt riged./execlited by the |7tR»
i Archibald CajnphcT, F.sq. deceased, to tli*
tubsclibers Will be sold, to the highest b d
ler, 1 ,r cash, on the promises, on Saturday, Un»
L2th of May next, the I/»t of
GR<)UND A N D HOUSES,
tn :l.z town of Manchester, late the residence of
laid Campbell, and at present occupied by Mr.
Robert O’HfciUy. The aile will be nade to sa
isfy Cornelius Buck, i.nd otners, interested i*
•aid trust deed.
NICHOLAS MILLS:
JESSE H1X.
April .1. ’.v*rh
1^1 IF! subscriber has employed n.x tutor of i ie
Latin mid Gre> k languages, Mr. Lewis At
vinr.on, who, henceforward, will c<- opera',?, with
dm in the education of youth. 'Their plan of
which, embraces the Latin, Gre k, French md
English languages, including several particular
’ranches of Literature, Arithmetic ami M ,i;w
Duties bach teacher wdl attend regut.irly to ttis
>vvn department of the school. "They wist, tore*
:»-ive several boys in addition to their present
lumber. Also, a class of girls ; but at no turns
‘ball their seminary tin crowded. They propose
to have public examinations, quarterly. Their
vacations slmll neither be long nor frequent.
1'rice for tuition, 5*> 40 per annum, to dr paid
quarterly, in advance, without any deduction for
vacations CHILES 7 ERR ELL.
N. B Mr. Atkinson’s Capability to teach the
Latin and Greek languages, is certified by Mr.
Nelson, professor of Wingfield Academy in lf m.
wef county. The certificate may 1)6 seen by ap~
d(cation to the .subset iber.
April v o ~w«l
Sales at auction.
Vy^'I* positively be sold, without reserve,
v " on Friday next, the Gth instant, at the Veu
bi» Office rtf the subscriber*, a handsome assort*
fftentof new and fashionable
Mahogany furniture,
mtulc in the city of Richmond—Consisting of the
following articles, viz :
ILiftipg Tablesi "t TERMS—12 months rrc.
Hard l)s. j dit for all sums of 50 dollar-r
Side Boards, j and upwards—Sums under
Bedstead*, v 50 dollars cash—lot ‘
Wash Stands, (purchasers, N it.es heyici*.
Liquor Cases, j b*e and paysbl *t lire Han’t
Looking Glasses, j of Virg'ni i, with ypprnv J
t*c. Uc. tkc. J endorser*, will fie req ..re...
N. II. The sale will f.omrTvr* r • -t 12 v’clo-.-fi
pros k r o- Mojhsu. a, v. m.
April t.