The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-08-28 00:00:00, page 2

On the 19th an olfi tal order was issued in all
the ports of Holland, forbidding' the further ex
portation of grain of any description. Such ships
•s had not completed their lading were in con
sequence compelled to rcland their cargoes.
June SO.
Letters, dated on Thursday, were received
yesterday from Ostend, containing the following
official document :
IMPERIAL DECREE.
We, Napoleon, 8ic. taking into consideration
the present high price ot grain on the northern
Coast of our dominions, until the quantity thrash,
ed is ascertained, and until the produce of the
approaching harvest is determined, do decree, &
it is hereby decreed as follows :
“ Art 1 —On and after the 1st of July of the
present year, the exportation of wheat shall be
prohibited throughout the whole range of out
ports, from the Island of Scbowen, southward,
to the harbor of L’Orient, comprehending botii
those places within the terms of this decree
Art. II.—On and after the above date of the
1st of July, within the range of coast above sta
led, the exportation of oals is also hereby pro
hibited
“ Given at our Chamber of Commerce,
Paris, 22d of June, 1810”
July 3.
We do not believe there is any foundation for
the report of an embargo having been laid in the
French ports.—Courier.
Private letters fiorn P *ris state, that the new
Empress is disliked by many persons at Court
lor her pride She shews her resentment to all
persons in the least degree implicated in tlieun
liappy catastrophe of Louis XVI Sevetal per
sons of distinction have fur this reason been
removed from Court, and lost their employ
feints
l lie loiiowmg important arrangement, we un
derstand, lias been made with the Plenipotenti*
py of ’lie Prince Itegent of Portugal, and is to b<
signed in the comae ol tl is day :
Cotton goods (formerly prohibited) andalltht
manufactures of this country without exception
sre to be admitted free ol" duty into the kingdom
of Portugal.
Cotton wool from Portugal, and from the Por
tuguese dependencies, is to he imported into G
Britain at the same duly of 2d per lb. in Portu •
guse as well as in British vessels, from the dati
of this treaty.
The duties on British manufactures imported,
into the Brazils, whether by British or Portu
guese subjects from the date of the treaty, are to
he 15 per cent Formerly the duties to British
subjects were 21 per cent, and to the native Por
tuguese 15 per cent, as above.
The excess of duty on the importation of wines
from Portugal to Great Britain, if brought by
Portuguese and not by British vessels, is to be
continued after the date of this treaty, and as a
compensation for this difference, a small addi.
tional duty is to be imposed on woollens only from
this country imported into the Brazils in British
9bips.
July 4
This moaning Spanish and Portuguese papers
were received, the former to the litb, and the
latter to the 17th ult. No action has taken place
between the British and French armies, but the
Advanced parties have had frequent skirmishes!
The Spanish papers mention several instances in
which successlul attacks have been made h'*’
small Spanish corps, upon detached parties of the
French
We this morning received German papers to
the 24’h inst. The rumours of the defeat of tl •
Russians by the Turks, continue to lie circulated,
but neither dale nor any particulars are mention
ed ; we are, therefore, inclined to doubt the truth
of the statement. According to other accounts,
the Port* has manifested a wish for peace with
Russia, and has applied to France to act as medi
ator. A coolness appears to have tak- n place be
tween the courts of Pi-tersburgh and Vienna, in
consequence of some regulations which the for
met* has adopted in Walluchia. Toe appearance
of the British fleet in the Baltic seems to have ex
cited considerable alarm, and orders have been
issued at Berlin for a military force to protect tin
coast. The Court of Denmark has issued an or
der for excluding American ships from Danish
ports.
The English fleet is stated to have desisted
from its attacks upon Malamacco U Chiovzi; bui
our cruizers are represented as so numerous i;
the Adriatic, that not a barge can sail withoi.
funning an imminent risk of capture.
July 5.
The last Paris papers, spoke of an action be
twt en the royal navy of Murat, and our naval
force. How far the upstart had reason to boast
wi'l be seen by an account which wc have recciv
ed from a frit nd e> gaged in the action - —Tl <
force on our side was the Spartan of 38 guns, 4
258 men ; on the part of the enemy, 97 guns an<
1138 men, viz. a frigate of 42 guns, a corvette o»
28 two brigs of 8 and 12 guns, and 7 gun-boats
wuh 7 guns each. The fi ig.de escaped dreadful
ly mauled, the corvette was dismasted, and on<
of the brigs was taken. We had ten men killt-d
and 22 wounded ; the enemy 154 killed, and 31G
■wounded. Captain Brenton was severely wonn
de-'.but is now out of danger. It was one of the
most glori us actions fought during this or any o
ther war—Courier.
In the Co nt ot King's Benc.n, mis morning
Wm. Cobbett, Richard lJagshaw, John Iiudd Ik
T Hansard, were brought up for judgment —
Mr. Cobbett did not put in any affidavit Theo
tber defendants put in one each, in which they
severally deposed, that they have no interest in
th* Political Register, in which die libel was con
tained.
After the Attorney General had, ina9peechol
considerable length, animadverted on the danger
ous tendency of the libel, and called on the court
not to let the defendant, Cobbett, escape with a
si ght punisnment ; the defendants were ordered
to he brought up on Monday next, when sentence
will be passed on each of them.
A letter from an officer, with the army under
Lord Wellington, dated Celerico, the 28:h ol
last month, was received in town this morning.
It is to the following purport • ■ The rains
which have kept us so long stationary, and occa
Si'ined a suspension of military operations, have
subsided, and the weather has become settled.—
The enemy h vc, since the last accounts, which
were of the 6lh, constructed two bridges on the
A gueda, and completely invested Ciudad Kodri*
{jo. They have not, however, commenced a bom
Mrdment of the place, from the circumstance, it
is supposed, of the non arrival of their battering
train, which was expected to reach its destinati.
on 3 weeks ago. Our advanced posts are watch
ing the movements of the enemy, who seem to
act with extraordinary caution. Massena was,
according to the last accounts, at Salamanca.—
Our army continues in good health and spuds, &
in the best possmle slate of discipline.”
Nothing of importance has occurred at
Cadiz since the last accounts. That place
is considered safe from all attacks of the
em my, who are stated to have relaxed in
their efr.it.s against it, and to have detach,
ed a part of me besieging army to rein,
force Massena’s army on the Irontiers ot
Portugal.
It appears that Brown, the late Collector
at New.Orleans was seized in London at
the llitatie, at the instance of Mr. Pink,
ney, and that ’to regain his liberty he gave
up all his bills of KXch.mge and other pro
fet y, width are now in the hands of Mr.
inkuey in trust lor the tU. S.
The IJsnes, in older to prevent an In.
fringement of the Houap vn*1** system had
interdicted ’heAmeucan iag trom the ports
o£ ii usurp and 'loon ingen*—several vessels
laden with colonial produce in Swinemund'
roads had been seized by order of the Dan
ish government—those from Swedish ports
had shared the same fate.
In all the sequestrations in the Danish
ports, the French agents were generally in
vitedto preside at the examination.
Gen. Sarrazin who it was said had de
serted the service of Napoleon and had
come to London for refuge, had been or
dered away in consequence ot the British
government being ignorant and suspicious
of his real motives.
An embargo was expected to talce place
in the French ports, to last for six months—
ttade dull in France—The exportation of
corn was prohibited from any port between
the Scheldt and L’Orient on the 30th June.
Great preparations were making by the
French along the Italian coast, particularly
at Naples, for the invasion of Sicily.
The Turks appear to be in a lamentable
state—great dissentions prevail among the
troops which were ordered from Asia, upon
whose "fidelity the grand Seignior had reposed
the greatest confidence——vast numbers had
deserted——a revolution was expected ‘o
take place at Constantinople in consequence
of the distracted state of affairs.
Our English papers speak of dissentions
prevailing in the American Cabinet—they
say “the papers attached to thedemocrutic
party are tilled with remarks on Mr. Pink
ney's conduct particularly at lord Sumer,
ville’s castle show dinner.** ■■A*. Y. Public
Adv.
London June 25.
General Massena. who now commands the
French force opposed to Lord Wellington,
on his taking command, issued the following
orders:
“ ARMY or PORTUGAL, SECOND CORPS.
•* Head quarters, Valladolid
“ May 12, 1810.
•* Order of the day.
'* The 1st, 6*h, and 8th corps of the army
are informed that marshal Massena, Duke
ofRivoli and Prince of Esling has taken the
chief command of them, conformably to an
imperial decree of the 17th April last ; the
army to be called the army of Portugal
•'The prince has also the command of the
Northern provinces of Spain, viz. of Old
Castile, of Lenn. the Austurias, the Provin
ces of St. Andero andLoria, otthe P-ovince.s
of Valladolid and Valencia, Toro, Zainorr,
Salamanca, and Avila.
“ The General of Division, Trigion, isap
pointed chief of the StafF, and the General of
Division Eble is to have the command of the
artillery, pursuant to an impt rial decree ol
the 21st of the same month.
•• The head quarters of the Prince of Es
ling are provisionally established at Valla
dolid.
(Signed)
“ TRIGION,
Chief of the Staff, Btc. ”
Address to the army J
Soldiers,
His majesty the emperor, on confiding
to me the command of his army of Portugal
has been pleased to associate me in the glo_
ry which you are about to acquire in the new
expedition, to which you are destined.
You are well aware, soldiers, that discipline
and subordination are the first pledge of vie
tory. W .at obstacles shall be aole to resist
your valor when rigid observance of disci
pline shall have preparedyour success#
You shall always find in my conduct and in
that of my brother officers the examples ol
perseverance amidst difficulties, fatigues and
privations, and your dangers shall be com
inon to us, as well as the glorious result which
his majesty expects from the devotion of his
heroes of the army of Portugal.
I'he Marshal Duke of Ktvoli, Prince of
Esling. commander in chief of the army of
Portugal.
(Signed)
MASSENA.
A true copy;
Commander of the engineers, Brully.
The letters received by this mail, state
.Hat Gen. Massena has also issued a procla
niation, addressed to the Portuguese nation
hi which he styles himself ** king ot Portu_
gtl,” calling on them to “drive out the per
fidious English, and submit to his authority”
-threatening in case of non-compliance,
that he will desolate the country with fire
and sword.
Some of the letters state that he had also
written a letter to lord Wellington, offering to
give himpermission to retire unmolested from
Portugal, if he. would depart immediately ;
but adding, that otherwise, he would drive
the British army into the sea, in less than
three months, and would l)ang every British
officer whom h« found in the Portuguese ar
my. The French are said to have 73 000
men between Salamanca and Truxillo-—
10,000 at Astorga—10,000 at Ciudad Rodri
go——besides 18.000 in small detached par
ties-and the 4.h division of the army of
Portugal is said to have entered Spain.
The desertion of the French general Sar
taziu, as might have been expected, produ
ced no small degree of stir at Boulogne.
The countersign was immediately changed
along the French coast, and measures adop
ted to frustrate anv attempts that might be
made by the English government, in con
sequence of information derived from him.
An article from Hamburgh states, that the
scheme of marrying Ferdinand the Vilth to
the daughter of Lucien Bonaparte, has been
abandoned, and that she and tier father had
returned to Italy.
June 30
The queen of Holland is dangerously in
disposed at Plornbieies.
Some advices from the Baltic reached us
yesterday. Nothing decisive is mentioned
respecting the rival candidates for the sue
cession to the throne of Sweden, the heredi
tary duke f Aldenburg, and the king ot
Denmark, it is understood at Stockholm
and elsewhere, French intrigue is extreme
ly active to procure the appointment of the
latter, hut the detestation in which the
Swedes hold the Danes, will, no doubt, ren
der the nomination of a Danish Sovereign a
task very difficult to accomplish.
A report is prevalent, that in order to
prevent the possibility of general Sarazin’s
imposing upon them, ministers had resol
ved to forbid his longer stay in this country
and send him to Ainetica.
July 4.
A coldness has taken place between Aus
tria and Kussia on the subject of Turkey;
which it may be IJona/iarta't policy to im
prove into a war Itusaia has presented a
note to the Austrian Minister at Petersburg
stating, Wallachia and Moldavia are in tu.
tute tube considered as Russian provinces
to be governed by Russian laws—She has al
so put a stop to the exportation of several
articles from Wallachia to the Austrian
territories, and has deprived the Austrian
Consul at Bucharest of the influence which
he enjoyed over the affairs of Austrian sub !
jects in Wallachia. Austria has remon..,
strated, and has reminded Russia that trea
ties have tor a long time subsisted between j
Austria and the Porte, by which h«*se n»at J
ters were fixed and regain cd. Hence it is
clear that the Court of Vienna is by no means
disposed to consider Wnllachia and Mohla
via as forming part ot the Russian Lsmpire
No treaty, indeed has given up those pro
vinces to Russia, and we scarcely believe she
has the entire occupation of them ..We
perfectly well remember, that BoNapahtk
m one of his marginal notes in the Aloniteur
declared that he should not object to Russia
being possessed of those provinces; but cir
cumstances have changed since that period.
He then felt it his interest to flatter and ca
jole Russia, for Austria had no' been thrown
completely into his arms. We shall not be
at all surprised to hear him now complain
of the ambitious projects of Russia against
the Porte, and take the part of die Porte
against her ; meaning of course, in the end
to treat Tuikey as he has treated lady,
Spain, Holland, and every country that has
been cursed by his presence and his arms,
And Russia seems, if the reports in die
German Papers be true, to have chosen a
most unseasonable period fi r holding this
peremptory language with respect to VVal-.
lachiaand Moldavia—It is said, in the Ger
man Papers, that she has experienced a most
signal defeat from the Turks, and has bern
bliged to fietire lrom Widden.^— Court
er.
EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
The following paragraph on this subject
appeared in the Moniteur of the 21st, in the
form of notes upon two Articles extracted
from the London Journals.
*• The assertion that France proposed to
comprehend in the exchange the Russians
taken in the lust>war, is calumnious and ab
surd. If the English adopt as the basis of
the exchange, that of including all prisoners
who were comprised in the two belligerent
masses, that is to say the Spaniards and
Portuguese, there will no longer be any ob
stacle to the exchange of prisoners, and 110.
000 will return to iheir country. Observe
that of those 110 000 nen France will send
home upwards oi7ru.000 English, Spaniards
and Portuguese. I h<- object of this article
is to induce a belief, thai the d« lay which
prolongs tne sufferings of so many families
ought to be attributed o France, and to cast
the whole odium upon her , whereas, on the
contrary, Mr. Mackensie has been for a
month without an answer to his despatches,
and without instructions It the negociati
on .ags.it is the fault of England.”
General Sarrazin was on duty when Na.
pi'leon and his new empress were at Bou
iogne. After viewing the fortifications, and
every thing interesting in the town, they
went to the heights to take a peep at the
ocean. The Austrian pnucess h >d a tele
scope in her hand, and observing a vessel
cruizing at some iMstance, she enquired
what it was, and was informed that it was
an English vessel. Perceiving five others in
the harbour, she asked what they were, and
was told they belonged to the emperor.
She then asked why the five vessels did not
go and take that belonging to the enemy f—
At this moment Bonaparte, who had shewn
a resiles impatience, could restrain his feel
ings no longer, but snatching the g>ass out
of her hand, exclaimed in the Frei.ci. lan_
guage, with great impetuosity—“ Because
the wind is not fair!”
A gentleman, who has just arrived from
Rotterdam in a fishing vessel, which was re
peatedly fired at by the French guard, says
that Napoleon is endeavoring to transfer the
whole export of the% produce ol the country
to the city of Antwerp, where licences are
obtained without difficulty, for a pecuniary
compliment. The only force in Amsterdam
was the Royal Guards of Louisa, consisting
of 6000 men. At Rotterdam there were a
thousand French, and in different stations
along the shores of the Maese ab ut thirteen
thousand more For the insult to which the
French were lately exposed at Rotterdam,
the Duchmen in that city have been obli.
ged to pay one hundred thousand guilders,
and they have since shewn no disposition to
give the same offence, and incur the like pe
nalty.
For some time several reports of conside
rable importance, have been in circulation:
one of which is, that Illyria will be created
into a kingdom, connected with the Contede
ration ol the Rhine, and that the Illyrian
king will keep on foot an army of 100 000
men, for the protection ol that Contederati.
on.
Private letters yesterday receivedat Ham.
buig fiom Paris, confidently state that a se
cond line of French Douuniers is to be esta
blished, which will reach from the Elbe to
the shores of the Baltic.
FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS.
London June 25.
The anniversary dinner of this Society
was held on Thursday last at the City of
London Tavern, at which his royal highness
the duke of Gloucester presided and aoout
two hundred ot the members and friends of
the charity were present. Amongst those
were his excellency William Pinkney, A.
merican minister, count Munster, lord De
DuiiKtanville, Sir J tmes II.ill, bart. M. p.
Sir William Paxton, Sir William Chambers,
£cc &c
After dinner, the toasts of ‘The King,’
—* Queen and Royal Family,’ having betn
given,
William Manning, Esq. M P. one of
the stewards, proposed tne health of his
Royal highness the duke of Gloucester, as
Patron of the Society—which was received
with the warmest applause
ills royal highness in returning thanks,
stated that the honor which had been done
him was much increased by tbe manner iu
which it had been conferred upon him. It
was his pride to receive this testimony from
a society formed for purposes so truly be
nevolent.
• England,’ said he, * has ever stood for.
waid in the cause of humanity ; no country
has more numerous, or more useful institu
tions, which are not confined to ourselves
alone, but have been extended to the inha
bitants of all other nations. She has feared
no menace, and shrunk from no danger ;
neittw r perils, threats or privations could
check the impulse of her benevolence—She
has betn generous in the midst of dangers,
and charitable even in the hour of suffering
—She enquired not whether the afflicted was
her friend or her toe .She forgot her in
sults and her calamities in her charities, &
asked not from what quarter of the vrorld
the petitioner came, nor of what color he
might be—if he was in distress, it was a suf_
ficiently strong claim for relief.*
fiThis speech was felt and received with the
most enthusiastic applause.
His royal highness next proposed the
health of Mr Pinkney, * with the wish of
perpetual amity between Great Britain and
the Uni«ed States.’
Mr. Pinkney rose, and in a speech of
great and impressive eloquence, returned
thanks for the honor that had been done
him by drinking his health. It was untie
cessary for him to add, that the wish of the
company of • Perpetual amity between G.
Britain and the United States.* was also his.
In place of enlarging on this topic, he asked
permission to sav two or three words, in ad
dition to what had been so well exprtssed
by Iris royal highness the duke of Gloucester,
on the subject of the admirable Institution,
which had been the occasion of their meet
ing together. Amongst the many charitable
establishments of this country, there were
few or none that promised to be so exten
sivelv useful. This benevolent Society had
nothing local as to its objects, as it offered
relief to tire distressed ot all nations, without
distinction.
After paying a just and elegant compli
ment to the illustrious chairman, on that
characteristic benevolence which has imlu
ced him so warmly to patronize this most
excellent institution, Mr Pinkney proceed
ed to display, with the greatest cl< quence
and effect, the peculiar merits of the charity.
The words ‘filial piety/ which in the state
ment in the Times, of Fr iday last, were mis.,
takenly applied to America in relation to
.Gt'eat Britain, w«re happily applied by Mr.
Pinkney to Societies like that of which he
was speaking relatively, to the virtue which
suggested and produced them. He stated
in ’lie cbncluslon of his speech, that he felt
Confident that the example of this S*,ciety
would in time be followed by America——
be followed also by the other nations of the
earth ; and if it should, he exclaimed, wh»<
a glorious and animating spectacle would
tb»-se widely spread institutions exhibit to
the eye of benevolence ; and what a happy
tffi-ct might it not be expected to produce
upon the hearts of men. ins'tiling into them,
more and more, and front day
to day, the
love of their fellow creatures ;
that Socie,
ties like this were cause as well as effect_
Tney were produced by charity, but charity
was again produced by them. So. indeed
he added, must it be with all Institutions
which tend to fulfil the great designs of pro.,
vidence. * With a true fi'ial piety,’ to adopt
the expressions of a great man, ‘they cite
rish, streng hen and diffuse the influence < f
that virtue, whatever it be, to which they
owe their existence.*
The whole of Mr Pinkney’s speech was
marked with all that discretion which he
came his situation ; yet he gave ample
scope to his feelings as a man, in this great
cause of humanity ; & his sentiments, which
were delivered in the most eloquent lan
guage were heard by the 'company with
heartfelt satisfaction and long continued up
plause.
Several other toasts, applicable to the
occasion, wer« given: and man> excellent
songs sung by the professors who at'ended ;
and the day was spent in the utmost harmo
ny. Before the meeting concluded, the vo
luntary contributions of the party for them
selves and their friends, in behalf of this ad
mirable and rising Institution, amounted to
above 800f.
Paris, June 1§.
A copy of a report of M Cavalier, Cus..
tomhouse officer at Etaples :
“ Captain, 1 inform you that General'Sa
razzin has gone o England. At one o’clock
he went on hoard an English brig ; he com
pelled ihe crew of m< oout tos err for her
| saying that lie waygoing with a flag of truce.
I He assured them that he would be back at,
ter to-morrow, to dine at Madame V( ge..
j mon’s at E'aples. The fishermen refused
| to go ; but he and his black servant clapping
, a pistol totheir heads, and a dagger to their
throats, fot ct d them to proceed.”
ORDER OF I’HE DAY, June 11.
“ The army has just witnessed ano her e_
rent the least to he expected, and wh.ch
must have excited in them the strongest in,
dignation.
“ General Sarraain has proved himself a
| traitor to his country’and his - veieign, who,
' by his numerous acts of beneficence, is en .
titled to the gratitude and affection f every
Frenchman. Tliii General abandoned die
post confided to him to go over 'o the enemy
By this aborninoble action he has cove.ed
himself with the grra es disgrace, and in,
cui red the contempt of all nations, even of
I that whose cause he h is espoused. Tue ar
my may rest assured mat every precau'ion
i has been adopted to prevent any bad rouse
quences from this crime; that all the pi .ns
that Gen.Sarrazin has tormed will be easi„
I ly frustrated, and thai shame alone will re
! main to the criminal, who has trampled ui
der foot the most sacred duties and has a
dnpted sentiments the most culpable, and
! worthy the seven st punishment.
“ The General in Chief positively com .
mands all the Generals and Officers com
manding on the coast to take the necessary
measures for arresting General Sarraz n in
case he should re„appear under any pre enc;
whatever, and conduct him under a strong
i escort to the head quarters This impor
tant oider is to be punctually executed.
(Signed)
V\NDAMME.”
boston, y\ugim iso.
FROM THE NORTH OF EUROPE
A Ic'ier fro 11 an intellgeiii American mer
chant at Tonningen, dated 18th June, con„
tains the following intelligence:
•• The ship Boston Packet, tscaped from
Dantzic to Pillow Harbor, previous to the
general seizure of American property by the
French consul. In passing over the bar, she
received great damage.
“ The port of Koningsberg, in Prussia, is
said in letters from that place, of June 11.
to offer a safe access to American vessels
-colonial produce was highland in de
mand.
“ Letters from the interior of Germany,
state, that Austria was to receive back ei
ther Trieste or Fiume ; in which case our
ships may be suffered to enter those ports a
gain.
•« It is now rumored, that Russia content
plates joining Turkey, against France am
Austria.
" Letters from France, give a deplorable
account of the destruction of the French ar
mi« s in Spain. Of 160 conscripts sent from
n small province under the Confederacy of
the Rhine, b’i» 7 were alive ; nud most of
those who had died, perished m hospitals.
for want of the comforts and necessary at
tentions of life.”
IMPORTANT FROM ITALY.
Arrived at Salem yesterday, shipFranris '
capt. Haskell, 59 days from Naples, which
ship was purchased from the Neapolitan Go
vernment by Mr. Hammet, the American
consul, for the purpose of conveying to their
own country the crews of he American ves
sels confiscated at* that place, as well as at
Cixita Veccha. '4><* following is a list of
the masters and supercargoes who left Na
ples in the above ship, besides 183 mates, ‘
seamen. See. Cu/itaitis. Huskill, Cavendish,
Currier, Brown Gardiner, Tucker, Lauder,
Felt, Hanscom.Haskill, Holden, Foster, Bart
let, Holmes, Turner, Newell. A kins, Tho
mas. Mat'in, Derby, Dixcy, Sheffield, Brad
ford. *Gardner, ‘Waterman Su/icrcarffoea,
Megget, 'Clark. •Stewart. •Smith, •Mif
flin ; also. capt. Thorndike of Salem.
The Francis, touched at Si. Michaels, 18th
July, and sailed next day ; the person to
whose names in til* above list, asterisms
are affixed, with 17 mates and seamen, left
the Francis at St. Michaels, and went on
board the Perseverance, capt. Meek, who
wa^ to sail for,New York same day.
The K tdius. Lande-, arrived al Gallipo
li May 18; vessel and cargo immediately
aken possession of add would share the
same fa'e as the others.
Besides the vessels heretofore mentioned
as being confiscated at Naples, and Civita,
Vechia, are the following, viz: Hound, G_
rania, Ki e Maria, Syren, Peace, Mary
and Two Ft tends.
The cargo of the schooner Morning Star,
Atkins, confiscated and sold at Civitn Ve
chia. brought 28,000 dollars, and consisted
of fish only.— —The brig Perseverance, car
go of sugar, pepper and nankeens, was sold
for 118 non dollars.
The treatment of the Americans at Na.
pies was of a nature to excite the indigna
tion of every man not lost to all sense of
feeling for his countrymen. Not content
with taking vessels anti cargoes they were
infamous enough to take possession of the
private adventures of masters, mates and
even seamen. In many instances, the crews
of vessels in the harbor were turned out.
without the least notice being given them to
shift for themselves, and not the smallest
allowance granted them to subsist upon.—
Others, after their cargoes were taken from
them and confiscated, were called upon to
pav the charges of landing the goods.,as wel
as the quarantine charges; which in seve„
fill instances, amounted to nearly S 1,000
each vessel
And to orown the whole, after repeated
applications from the American consul ac
N <ples for liberty to purchase some r,f the
vessels to conve\ the unfortunate sufferer*
o their own country they had the barbaric
tv to refuse even sell) g note than one ves
sel for that purpis . hut cr tided into one
sh.p, like so in on convicts upwards of 200
masters, supercargoes, mates and seamen,
who were hurried off by the consul as soot*
as possible, afraid lu-y would retract even
his fancied indulgence As a proof of which,
several of the masters re urneti home by the
F ancis, heard the consul say, after the
s .ip was under sail from Naples, that the
Mmisier ol Foreign Affairs, had advised
h m as a friend, to hasten the d« parture t/f
the ship, as he could not answer even for
a hour. And all this after the king of Na
ples had only a short time previous issuei
a proclamation, inviting the Americans to
his ports, and promising them safety an* *
protection.
Naples. May 1 2.
According to advice from Calabria, the
King has arrived there. His object is to ike
the chief command of the expedition We
are in expectation of great events
July 3
Five Quakers were last week QOo-omed
to the H use of Correction at Wakefield,
for one mun»h, for refusing to serve in the
local Militia or pay the fin *.
CElegant government !)
A duty of 10 per cent on the imp >rtation
o* specie has been laid on all the p t-* un
der the cotitrol of ITristephe in the Inland
of St. Domingo. Coffee. the 1st Aug. 15
sous.
Stuasbourg, May 22.
Yesterday the remains .<t Mash-,.1 La: n ■«*
(Duke o' M ntcbello )and (Jen. St. H .aiie,
wei • rU-posaed with great funeral pomp n
the H-i'cl, or the C!ath. d’al. lheirc ilins arc
'i. be pi iced in ;w siptrb fu .c lo.i sani
e *t to P • is
\ccortling to the Imp tol Almanack fur
1810 there are in France 47 Universities,
33 Academies, 49 Lyceums, and 455 Colle
ges.
It is said.tha Cihova is now occupiediti
the execution of • wn colossal S'atues in b< ss
of the Emperor N ip ileon. one represen t 'g
him on horseback 'he other on foot. The
last will surpass in di pensions any thing of
he kind ever produced in ancient or me era
times. 17* Considering the s>z<* of Napole
on, this must be a striking likeness.
When their Imperial Majesties were at
Dieppe, hey witnessed a sham naval con
bat, which highly gratified them. On their
return from a Promenade, her majesty the
Empress received with satisfaction, fr,>m*.
d putaiion of > ight young misses, a minia**
tu< vessel, curiously carved out of ivory,
presented in behalf of 'he trade of that place.
I’heir M j -sties went on board the Pul usk,
Capt Dtrkuin, a French ship of the line,
which has a Danish crew.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
His Majes'y the Emperor issued at Ant
werp on the 5th May, a decree, of which
the following is an abstract : %
Desirous to give to our 44 good cities a
testimony of our satisfaction -destr us also
to honor and encourage public benevolence
towards indigent mothers, to place them un
der a special protection, and to give to the
Empress Louisa, our tlear and well beloved
stxmse, a particular evidence of our affection.*
We have decreed.
That there shall be formed in our good ci
ty of Paris, and under the protection of the
Empress, a society, which sh*ll be denomi
nated the Maiei nal Society. Its object shall
>e to succor poor females in labor, to sup*
ply their wants, and to furnish the me ns
•f suckling their infants There shall be
branches of the Society in each of o»n 4I>
good cities. The Council .General shr*il be
composed of 100 females, chosen from the
members of the Society, as follows:-— 1 wo
in each of thecitiesol Bordeaux Florence,
llruxalles. Genoa, Lyons, Marseilles, Rome,
Rouen and Turin ; one in each of the oth r
good cities, and 4H in our g»od ciiV of Phi it.
l iu, En<picss shall preside in Uic C*'u* ' u