Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-08-02 00:00:00, page 2

W *" 3hie,-xandrm Daily Gazethe,
sictsi' COMMERCLAL uPOerICAL.
;: si'i'ssnn'rrzn man Pumsnnn :! _, ss
A}, SAMUELctctSNOWDEN, ss
?: " si A 'sissct' Royal-Jreet, Alexandria.
ss'sisiss' "si No. 7
Despite,-7: from Mr. Secretary Cannz'ng to
the Horn David" Erskz'm', datc'd Fareign
ss , Officctefisom May, 1809.
' But,
I hercwish enclnse to you the copiea of an
ordervhwh was passed by the king m coun
"- ct en, ba Wedncsday the 24th instanh , and I
' WVQ go atgnily to you his majesty s plea
j'ss mrcfithac You deliver one copy of this or
T'si'si'ﬄerss'tlbssthe'American secretary ot state, and 1
sictsietsiyouzuse yourutrnost exertions to ren
ss iesir ings public as may be possible, among
, the tilesirchants of the United States.
ss This order—in council contains, as you
yillssssperctcei,ve,jsshis ssptajesty's disavowal of
tctlsitþssctzgr-eement which you have concluded
'with thesi' Americassn government.
Isspm directed by. his majesty to state to
iydgfisifﬄt'sihi's majeSty entertains no doubt of
,_ si ctct intention-3 And zeal for his majes—
si. ss ly,x"service, by which you have been led to
- .dipmctz from your instructions ;—-—-but you
most-be sssensctible that the consequence of
suibhct-a step, and the publicity which has
e- been given to it by the A—merican govern
ment.'—render it impossible that you—should
ss " untinue in the ekercise of your Functions,
, ctither 'siwith satisfaction to yourself, or with
advssantagc to his majesty's government.
\ ,lsifhavesi-therefore received his majesty's
commands to inform you, that his majsi-sty
._ [m-þeeusigmciouslyssgleased to appoint Mr.
' Jack-win cttssosisictrepiacesi' Son,-by whom ]. shall
ummit to— you your letter of recal.
discussion or me ctttxerences osiztween me
two countries, as it appeared that the spirit
p! your instructions seemed to require my
' articular attentionsito that point, as being
likely-to aﬀord the best ground for forming
an opinion of the sincerity of those conciiia
toryssprqfessions which I had stated to you,
[had received informally from severalmem- '
here of weight and inﬂuence in the late and
pteSent administration of this country.
si The sccretary of state (Mr. 'Smith) hav
fingsirepcated to me. the most unequivocal ns- !
;surancea of a cordiul desire being entertain- ;
ded by-the president and himself, 'for an " ac
.sissctzsicpmmodation of all the points in dispute ;
{gctssisissbetween the United States and Great-Bri- .
tain, I opened the subject of your dispatch, 1
.,No. 41, namely, the ctreparation proposed to
si'ctbe tendered onssthe part of his majesty, for
\ . She attack on the Chesapeake: upon which
ct Ill-. Smith observed, that as a proof of the
ducat-Thy of his wishes that the affair might
be Imieably nettled, he proposed to me,
, - previously to the delivery of my note upon
f'sisi' sitbnsubsiject, that wesishould endeavor to a
" ssee-upon' some terms, which would not on
. ' _' siybe'geceptedþut which mightsspreclude the
fct'ÞecA'tfy-of any unfriendly discussions of
" si": W And consequences of that occur
" tence. ,si '
' As this proposdl appeared to confirm the
ss' assunpces he hadgiven tue-of hls wish for
_ pamcablc accommodation of that asssir,-l
ss Jaw}; needed to __it, and exPlained to
. . the nature Of the reputation which was
' " to be oﬀered. With the terms of
. . "lsiss-ssa'mssifsikco "
,- ss : sssigssizgned) GEO. CANNl-NG,
.sss' ! '— si. ' . . ssNO. 11. .
ctﬄxtrad from the honor-able David Ers/Ez'ne
\ to 'ﬂþ', Secretary Canning, (lated FVas/z
a jugte'n, is:/: April, 1809.
,Sl-R, ?"
;ssflhad the honor-of receiving your des
.siþgtehes, 'Nos.1, 2. 3, 4, and-5, of the
Wdsijanuary, and your separateios the Ld
F_ebruttssry,—with its several enclosurss'asittthich
Were-delivered to me on -the-7th, by Mr.
Oaltely, his maj-ss-stctv's secretary oflegation,
'whoxrrived on the S'd instant, in the bay of
Chesapeaksi'in his Majesty,-'a ship Rosa
mond. " '
, i-I-lost notimesiin endeavoring to carry ..in
si ,m__eﬀectctctthe important instructions contain
ed in those despatches, and accordingiy
waited upon the sccretary of state (Mr.
:Rob'esirt Smith)'sor the purpose of ascer
taining, oﬄcially, the general disposition of
{his government, to enter into an amicahle
Which): fmesi {he Natianal lntectigencer
f Afr- LrsA-z'nc s [dun-s to Mr. Canning,
' ubWedþy order of the Btit-is/z House
si-T- .ssctsiss : "acute ODCUars Per ammm—
"THURSDJY, AUGUST :.
.onfor thus-joly, .! & otheysi
quctcess, 5 Ballad-s.
I:?
went,-sisisibsse "appeared to ' be satisfied ;ss_ but ob
served; that he had fully eXpected some as—
sisur'asince- would have been given, that ana—
dequate punishmentsi for-s (what he termed)
a ﬂagrant act- of aggresission, should be-in
ﬂictedupon the-naval officer, by whsiosedi
TWQHÞ it had been committed, or that at
least : court martial—would have been vor
del-ed by his majesty—upon his conduct;
siand he added, that as the president had
isi dwelt-With so much-force upon the proþrie
lty and necessity of some redress of that
'sort', he was—afraid that he would think it
ss incumbent upon him to require-it.
lo obedience to your commands,.-I pe
ssremptorily declined-holding out the least
expectation, that any further mark of his
majesty'sdiSpleasure would be shewn to
wards admiral Berkley, on account ofthe
part hetook in that transaction.
After-a day?-s consideration on that. point
by the president,assisted by his cabinet, it
was communicated to me by Mr. siRobert
Smith, that any demand of further punish
ment would be waved.
! found in the - course ofsiseveral inter
views l had with'Mr. Smith, that any allu
sions which might be made by me to the
details of the aﬀairs of the Chesapeake, of
the causes which' led to it, and of the dis
cussions Which followed, would be likely to
bring on a complicated and fruitless contro
issl therefore founded my otttctal note upon
the circumstance of the equality which had
been produced by the Operation of the non
intercourse act, in the relations of the.-U. S.
-with the belligerent powers, as having as
sorded the opportunity to his majesty to of
fer an honorable reparation for the aﬀair of
the Cheaapeake, which it is universally
known was only withheld on account of the
partiality of the proclamation which has
been since merged in the general effect of
the non-intercourse act. .
The reply of Mr. Smith acknowledgcs
the Operation of the non-intercourse in pru
ducing that equality, and only intimates
" that it was a result incident to a State of
things growing out of distinct considera
tions."
l have'the honor of inclosing & copy of
my note marked (A.) to Mr. Sssnit-h, of the
17thinstant, and his answer, marked (B.)
which terminated our negociation on this
subject.
I have the honor to be, with
the highest respect, &c.
(Siﬀned) _
. D. M. -ERSKINE.
( To be continued.)
public notice to be given, in order that no
one shall plead ignorance of the newly cre
ated paper money, or any way refuse: to
take them in legal payme-nt, whenever they
shall be tender-ed for that purpose.
-On the 6th March, 1810, the governor
general in supreme council assembled, at
Batavia, &c. being desirous to aﬀord every
encouragement to its subjects, for the ex
tention of cumtnerce ; but more particular
ly towards the opening of a new branch of
trade, which governmenta-pmposes to carry
on, between Blacasa and Archin, as well
as from either of those two places to and
from Batavia, ' Samarang-and Sourabaya.—
The principal object of the asoresaid trade,
shall embrace and chieﬂy consist of import
ed linen and opium into colonics; and in
return, our subjects shall have free pc-rmis
sion to export Spices and other commodi
ties, the produce of the Dutch islands !—
-Government being Well convinced of the
great advantages likely to arise, not only to
.her colonies, but to her brave adventurers ,
jects to enter upon sithe trade in question,
From the Bataoz'an Gazette.
'ssOn the IQLh January, 1810, the-gover
nor general in supreme-council assembled,
at Batavia and the Dutch Indies, has di
rected the secretary of the treasury there,
to issue paper money to the amou-nt of one
million two hundred thousand si}: dollars,
(equal to 450,000 Spanish dullars) in notes
of one thousandctrix dullars each; all duly
signed and registered by the proper autho
rities. and whereof, government has caused
following regulatinns, as the law directs.
let. All vessels of whatever-denomina
tion, going to enter into the above-named
trade, shall first obtain a licence-to that ef
fect, from the dcputy governor of whatever
place she may commence her voyage to,
&Co .
ad. All vessels coming from Amboya,
ssac. laden with spices, &c. and bound to
in the trade just proposed to them; she,
therefore, hereby, exhorts and grants "full
and sreesipermission to all her faith-ful snb- '
which trade, however, shall be under the ;
.ther cargo and then proceed with the same '
Archin, shall-not only be required to touch -
and discharge .her-cargo (then on-board) a: ?
VCYSY
=? Asiscffiau Whence sh- ma! "th direct.
Macdsa, but, she shall there take in ano--Z
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" to any-o} the pdrts (in this island l-In cage
- of any vessels engaged in the af'oresatd
trade, shall have dared (her commisswn)
. to violate this our law, she shall upon her
sssase return to this island, be seized & con
' fissicsiated, according to the respective laws
and we do hereby command and charge all
and whomsoever it may concern, with the
execution of this our proclamation. Gsiiven
at Batavia, &c. _
) (Signcd) By the Gsv. General, Esssc.
W.*®:Þ-—
QUEBEC,ct_7u/y12.
His excellency the governor in chief, has
, directed the following to be inserted for ge
sii neral information :
Extract cﬀa letter-from "his excellency ma
jorgeneral Brodcric'k, governor of [liar
The Subscriher havmg pur
chased the stock s Jesse Tal'nott, oﬂ'ers for
sule, at his shop on .Fairsax street, near the
corner of King street, & general assortment
of DRUGS, MEDlClNES, SPICES, He.
which he can rrcommcnd for their [na-ny. A
share of the patronagc of his friends and the
sspubiic is respectfnily solicited. '
T si" This island is now put on the same
sooting,_with regard to exports, as any o
ther West lndia Island, consequently Bri
tish vessels arriving here with cargoes, can
ship colonial produce in return as freely as
any other port in the Westlnchs.
WZQZÞ—
be executed on moderate terms, and as a short
notice-.. Physicians and familysiprescriptions
put up with accuracy.
He likewise continues his wholesasile and
retail Druggist Store on Fairfax street, next
door to Mr. John Liody's, and opposite Mr.
Bryan Hampson's, where orders entrusted
to him shall-be executed on .the most reason.
.Lisbon the Situation of the Portuguese,ss
English and French iorces, were as lol
esse—= Those persons wno have
not settled their accounts, will oblige me by
paying them to Richard H. Lizle, who is (it!
]y unthorised to settle my business.
Jessc Talbott.
WILLIAM HARPER, ]UN.
DRUGGIST &: APOTHECARY,
- AS just opened & Druggist Storc in King
street, between Mr. Ilodgkin's Tavern
and Mr. Kincuid's store, where he oﬂ'ers for
aale a general assortment of
able terms.
.Port—ngneSe, are posted at Gavido (on the
-shipss Hersche'l, capt. ]siohn L. Lewis. in40
sooth side ofthe Tagus) opposite Abrantes,
commanded by Maj. Gen. Hill.
General Beresford's head quarters was
at Vizen [in the province of Beira] his
force all Portuguese, eonsisted of 24908
foot, and 4000 horse, regular-v., and about
16,000 militia.
The French and combine-(! armies on the
loth us [un-:, were about 6 leagues distance
from eachother, separated by rivers and
mountains.
The head quarters of Masscna, 3 leagues
distance from Ciudad Rodrigo, the siwhole
French army now on the srur-itiers os Pur
tngal, is said to consist of betwsi-en 70 and
80.000 men.
Mcttssena, general in chief. The other
generals are Loisnn, .]unot, N-si y, and Reg
nier, the latter is before Badajuz with a di
vision of the grand army consisting of
12,000 men.
The day the Herschel came to sea, part
ofa convoy of British transports [with
troops on board] arrived, the remainder
were hourly expecred.
July 24. -
The Subscribers
Have just receivedper schaoner Sylviafi-om
Bostan and oﬀZ-rsar salt, -
::zoo casks Lime,
50 boxes dipt 'Cand'les. '
loWs :
The head quarters of sir Arthur Viselle-s
ley on the IOth .June, was at Serolico, in
the vicinity of Almeida ; his force (wholly
British) consisted ol' 16,000. me 0.
A division of 1000 English and 6000
days from Lisbon. When captain L. lest
.. .-A.Jss—Awﬂ.ww -
'6t'd mo- 21'St
Orders from the country will
luiy 13. law
)"?qu .?!
_ inzque.
ST. PIIZLRRE, Mart. May 8, 1810.
ctLalsicﬂsrom PorZu-gal.
Arrived atthis port on Saturday last,
PORTLAND, ye.-ly 33
Fsiresh Medicines..
N o T ictsicsii—zsi
Lawmson B Fowlc. isi
Richard H. Litlesi.
R. H. L.
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The term which has uniformly designat
the dominicns of Spain on this side the As
lantic is " T/ze less-five." 'The title ofhisCt'.
tholic Majesty is " King- Ofsztin and the]:
die.-." This is the appropriate term, wltiCsi
long usage and common consent ltat'esil'
Pl'OIH'iutcd to describe and designate the SPJ'
nish possessions in Amcrica. 'l'histcs-sict
thﬄ'ﬄsiﬄ'cz thus appropriated, would certain!!
not have been changed, sura new one with-1
unequivocally comprises the Unitcd Stattt
ifthe new term had been intended to beuiei
in that limited sense which universal th'-T?
had prescribed for the old one. For Wctsictsi
possible motive can be assigned for rcjcCUni
an old term which was well understood: 'siss
adopting in its steadone so comprehensife."
its import, is it Were not intended to explffisi
the new term according to the plain measi'sii
of the words? ,,
But if this articlc related only to Spanlfsi
Amet ica, for what purpose should the cﬄ";
tion of it be deferred a single instanl? s
Cllfil'le'o' XV- chose to su't-stitutetheﬄw
" Emperor of the two Ameticas" for his 93
title of " King of the Indies," and did '/
mean thereby to extend his sovereign aul
rity over other realms than those cmbs'F'
in his first title, he might have gratificd In")
Self iMmcdiately, without ceremosZY' :ct
without giving umbrage to, or HSkmg "
consent of any power whatever. Why "05:
- . cosigr
Clale about such a trlsief If our .
. ! ;: Unls
were to resolve that instead of the t]
State: of America" we would in susitusic 5,
Rourselves the {? Republic of Ftedoﬂlsi' . "
5 J-rarsiceis the ack nowledged aggrsc nor, jmsi
ss other, suspicion was diiccted aquithsi,
land—a known violation of every ])linciplsi
justice. of cvety right of 1 ndepcndentna-jss
hy France, was tiewed with the eye cscsi'ct
indiﬀerence ; a bare buzsipl' 1011 ofa sin.};
act by England, called let th the :: cmsrffiss
The term here used of the " Two/imm
si-as," applies to North and Sonth Ametiz
united, and the description expressly cozz
pt'ehcnds the United States. it is preciscl
that term WLl ich, With more aptness andprc
cision than any other \. hich could hate be
cmpioycd, embraces this whole cominsi
80 far from surnishing any reason sorsup
posing that & less extensive meaning wash
tended by the parties to be affizsied to thcfi
words, the whole tenor of the treaty com
pletely meets, and repcls at ;; attempt to cot
tract or change their natural import
Itit is said th t tlis or 1): cs'ction may?
construed to relnte only to the dominions!
Spain, which lie both in North and Snutlzl
mex'ica, the answerto such an interpctratili
is conclusive:
" His Majesty the Emperor of the Frezsi
and King Ofit'dV ,, engage-3 to recognize Iq
Catholic Majesty the King ot' Spain as Lint-.
ror of the '1'1470 All/ERI (I./18, when cvtq
thing is ready for his Mujesty's aesnmingth
title, which may be either at the generﬀ
peace , or at suithest within three yearsthez.
.ft'"om
But it is-not on account of the partitionq'
Portug-si-l—that we inv'te the public attenticss.
to this instrument. The treaty of lioun;-i
bleau contained the following article :
usindignation from any nouid be putric;
the nation;
!"
pcats ple in, that saw this dissetct Cc (,,ssz
reason csisin be given. ———-In she
noulcsi.
that the fmmcr was exptcssly
'lhc partitiou ofI-orzugal 15 in itself. --
gitious an act as the partitiun oi'l'z- -._]- ssct
although a mete suspicion of the latter}
in contcmplution could comulsc then},
SKRLCS, and ditcct the ulule lus} (,{si
rage against anation angmnantctssie
as outselves; yet the posiisse t;
YStipulzsitctsi: ..si
(CliS'Is'e i"
would not be unchaxitable, but to Msi-si
On the 22' th of ()LiObel' 1807 ,al,
was entered into at Iontaiublcau, usssict
the Emperor os Fm nce and Char'cz thev
titular King of szssin and lean) (mew
tools of Napoleon, the ptimaly We
'cht
which was, the p.: itition of Portuga]
neither excited surpiise nor
Alexandria Daﬂy Sszem,
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