The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-09 00:00:00, page 2

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no foreign minister were ever to put his foot
nu out shore, Unless sent for some special
anil particular purpose, and to re»nrt> imme
diately after lui had completed I;** business,
and so with, our ministers. I had rather give
one 50.000 dollars for a trip of this kind, than
9.000 dollars a year to reside at a foreign
court. IfMr Jackson was authorized to do
any thing, it was to reiterate proposals
which had been rejected, and which, he
must have known before l;e left England,
would be again rejected However. U Seems
instead of making proposals to satisfy us {for
the wrongs and injuries done to us, he po
lively waited for the administration to make
proposals to him. The case of the Execu
tive and Jackson has been compared tocom
mon life—an unfortunate comparison. . 1 am |
sure no case in private life can be found, i
where the injured party was told'—give me
your terms, after you have done this, I am
willing to talk to you about them. The Uni
ted States are the injured party, and Great
Britain ought in justice to make the nrepo
sitinns for accommodation. However, I
would not myself stand cn this, so that, we
could any how have cur differences fairly
settled. Carry this individual comparison
to a single case, that one man should with
out provocation give another a blow in the
face—ought the man who received the blow
to ask. pardon? it he did, every man in the
world would think him a very great fool or
something woise. The British have attack
ed your unprepared frigate, killed and im
pressed ycur seamen, when there was no war
between you, and they have issued against
you the most abominable proclamation that
ever disgraced a civilized government; and
now they tell you for all these injuries and
wrong*, we are ready to hear all you have to
say, but will uot promise to do any thing.—«.
The letters of Mr. Smith and Mr. Jackson
are before the nation, and the nation will
pass judgment upon them, and that judg
ment will be, in my opinion, that the admi
nistration has been moderate trough. Many
will, no doubt, wonder that Mr. Jackson's
first letter was passed over in silence. It
Burely is the most insulting—the other only
repeats the Insult otthe first; it would verm
as if the administration had not read the first.
There is no danger that Great Britain will
take the dismissal of Jackson in dudgeon —
She well knows that neither the present nor
the past administration has the smallest in
clination to go to war with her*—if they had,
they have had a hundred times the cause to
do it that another administration had for the
quasi war with France, and which war I be
* lieve was first regularly declared by the fe
deral court. 1 ask gentlemen to say whe
ther this is not so?
When speaking of the embargo a little
while past, I forgot to notice that the em
bargo prices had been complained of. Thev
were one third better than those of the quasi
war, and the quasi war was not given up
on account of the low price of our produce.
The embargo began to pinch Europe so
hard, and the prices of our produce had got
so high, that more than g 30.000 was made
on some ot the first cargoes of tobacco, which
went out after it was repealed. The com
mittee will, I hope; pardon mr Tor so often
touching on the embargo. I believe I am
the only man on the floor, who has always
been willing to defend it and to stick to it,
through good and through evil report; and
stj tar am I now from giving up, that I am
willing again to try it. provided the House
would adhere to it, until we had a fair ex
periment of its effects. If the late adminis
tration were desirous of war, why ’try the
embargo? If the present are desirous of it,
how dees it happen the message has not n
word about war in it? The real truth is,
that Great Britain does not want to treat
with us. If she did, she might at anv time,
by doing justice, settle every dispute be
tween us. What motive can an honest and
upright chief magistrate have in this free
country to wish for war, (and God forbid
that we should have cue of any other cha
racter)—his fame must be linked to his ad
ministration; if the country be prosperous
and happy, his fame will be great and last
Ing; what at this moment would give the
President the greatest fame? and he. like
all other men must value it. Need I look
back to the arrangement made last spring
to discover, when all parties, from the most
red hot democrat to the maddest federalist,
were cning out to him—well done! Settling
all our disputes with the European bellige
rents, would give him a fame, that would
last as long as freedom should be respect
ed.
Sir, the people in the southern states have
oitcn been charged with a wish to go war
with England. I he charge has always been
coe founded. That they have felt a great
resentment at the vile treatment we have
received from bo*h France and England, is
undoubtedly true. How any man could think
they wanted war, only for the sake of war,
is unaccountable to me. They are an agri
cultural people, and if you please, a slave
holding people; agriculture and domestic
manufactures are their pursuits, and they
want r.o protecting duties to encourage or
aid them to make their homespun. If these
people really want war only for the sake of
war, they must be either mad or fools._
Every man in the House does know that
they are not in a situation to catch by priva
teering the fat London ships or the rich In
dia ships. But if they actually wanted war,
bow happens if. that in the year 1805, when
the table was overloaded with petitions from
the people of the large towns in the middle
and the eastern states, declaring that they'
could not live under the British orders in
•council then in force, and which were not
half r<pn»l to what we have since felt, that
they withstood a torrent which would have
drove the nation into a war with this very
Ei gland? How an opinion so entirely with
out foundation should nave gained credit, is
indeed wond?rtul. I lie fa<>r of the country,
the population, and the pursuits of the pro*
pie ought to have, convinced every man that
the. opinion was erroneous. Jf We wanted
war and the President wanted it with (ireat
Britain, it is strange that no attempt was
ever made to get it.
Permit me, before I sit down, oner more
most seriously to recommend it to the House,
to recommit the resolution to a select rom
niitfre ; though I could not nivself improve
the language, I am sure it could be. done_
jf might be made rjuitr as strong as it is
without any tfiiog rough in it. I consider
the character of the nation in some measure
implicated by the style of the resolution ; at i
lt^st let it be such as one gentleman would
use to anther ; it Is inn’much like that, of
Mr. Jackson's letter*, m style which if used
in om<* countries from roe mo* to another,
might piodnre a li*t!e funking. 1 have no
more to say, and re Mr n tho committee my
tfianks for iheir atten'ion,
(Debate to he continued J
IN SENATE, i
iVFnsBsn.tr. Jan. 3.
Air. Smith of Alarylaiid, presented a me
morial from the directors of thr Union
flank qf'Georgetown, praying to he incor
porated.——Ref erred to Alessrs. Jlrrnt,
Gregg, Pope, Smith, of New York, and
Bradley.
A message was received from the Prcsi
dent of the U. States,(for which see Wash
ington head, Jwhich tvas referred to Alessrs
Giles, Pope, Bradley, Goodrich, Leib,
Sumter and Gilman.
- January 4.
The Senate resumed the consideration qf
the bill, making further firovision for the
corps of Engineers, which on motion of Mr.
German, svas /tostpoiied till the last Tues
day in this month.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
,x iVt.nsF.snjr. Jan. 3.
Mr. ATorrosv reported a bill supplemen
tary to the act fur the relief of thr. refugees
from the British provinces of Canada and
Nova Scotia. Twice read and committed.
Mr. Quincy presented the petition of sun
dry paper makers, praying for an increase
of the duty on imported papers. Read and
referred to the committee of Commerce and
Manufactures.
Mr. Witherspoon said he held in his hand
the petition of James Demies, a disabled man,
I which he begged leave to present. It is
(said lie) tli s claim of a man now in your
Navy Yard, who has had the small pox in
the natural way, which has rendered him
an object claiming the compassion and aid
cf this House ; one of his eyes is entirely
out; the vision of the other much impaired.
If the petition is received and referred, I
will, instead of producing documents to sup
port his claim, present his mangled and piti
able face to the committee. The petition was
read and referred.
On motion of Mr A'l'Kim,
Resolved, That the committee of Com
merce and Manufacture* be instructed to
enquire whether .-y, and if any, what fur
ther provisions are necessary more efFectu
ally to secure the collection of duties impo
sed by law on imposts, and that the commit
tee have leave to report by bill or other
wise.
A message was received from the Presi
dent of the United Stages, by Mr. Graham.
(See Washington head.)
On motion of Mr. JJaiv/tnv so much of the
message as relates to the n/.ma, was refer
red to the committee already appointed on
that subject; that part relating to volunteers
was referred to the committee on our mili
tary establishment; that pat t relating to the
navy was referred to the committee on out
naval establishment; and so much as relates
to our finances was referred to the commit
tee ot Way s & Means.
TRADE TO THE BALTIC, &c.
Mr. JiurwcU said that he had given to
the subject of our foreign relations as much
consideration as he was capable of doing, &
digested some plan which appeared to him
besc adapted to ti.c present situation of the
country. It would be recollected, however,
that they had seen in the papers that France
either bad blockaded or did contemplate the
blockade of all the ports not embraced in the
British orders; and they had seen in the
papers a paragraph intimating that a pro
ject existed to close the Northern ports •-<
grins,' all vessels but those of France. He
conceived it necessary to call for any infor
mation which by possibility might be in pos
session of the Executive on this subject, as
such information, it to be obtained, might
have some influence upon his mind as to the
course proper to be pursued; and therefore
moved the following re>olution :
Jieaolved, That the President of the U.
States be requested to lay before this House
any information he may possess relative to
the blockade of the ports of the Baltic by
b ranee, and the exclusion of neutral vessels
bv Russia, Sweden and Denmark.
The motion was agreed to without oppo
sition, and Mr. Burwell and Mr. Gardner
r.ppointed a committee to wait on the Presi
dent accordinglv.
RUPTURE WITH MR. JACKSON.
The house resumed the consideration of
the unfinished business of yesterday, being
the res -lution from the- Senate approving t iie
conduct ot the Executive in refusing -o re
ceive any further communication from Fran
cis J. Jackson, &c.
The resolution was ordered to he read a i
third time.
| io morrow was named as the day on which
it should be read a third time, & negatived
Ayes 32.
j The resolution was then ordered to be read
ft third time to-dav.
Mr. Newton supported and Mr. Stanley
opposed its passage at considerable length.
Air. Undley spoke in favor of it.
Afr. (wttrdcnier after some prefaratory
remai ks, moved that the further considera
tion of the resolution he postponed to the 3rd
Monday in Vtbruary.
A motion w is made to adjourn (4 o’clock)
negatived by Yeas ai;d Nays, 82 to26
; ^ All. (mrdenier9# motion r/ns then ncga
j lived by Veas and Nays as follows :
' ^'^~~AIrssrs. Blaisdel, Hreckenridge,
I Campbell, J. C Chamberlain, W. Chamber
i export, Ely, Emott, Gardenier,
Cohl Hale, Haven, Hubbard, R. Jackson,
ivnickerbacker, Lewis, Livermore. Living
Macon, Matthews, M’Bride, Pearson
J itkm. Potter, Quincy, S. Smith, Stanford,
Stanley, Stedman. Stephenson, Surges,
Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge, Upham, Van
iCnselaer, Wheaton, Whitman, Wilson
NAYS—Messrs. L J. Alston, W. Alston,
Anderson Bacon, Bard. Bassett, Bibb, Boyd,
J Brown, R Brown, Bnrweil, Butler Calhoun,
Clav, Clopton, Cobb. Cochran. Cox, Craw
ford, Cutis. Desha, Kppes, Findley, Fisk,
franklin, Gannett, Gardner, Gholson,
Gooowvn.Hei, er. Helms. Holland, Howard,
titty, Jenkinaf Johnson, Kennn, Kennedy,
,'!'r' Lyle. Marion, M’Kec, M’Kim, Miller,
Mil nor, Montgomery, N. R. Moore, Mnr
/?»W’ . i,ewhold, Newton, J. Porter,* Rea,
( mi ) Rhea, (Ten.) Richards, Roane,
Hoot, Boss. Sag,-, Sammons, Scaver, Scy
bcrt Shaw, Sheffcy, Smelt, Sinilie, G.
Smith, Southard,Ta. |,.r, Thomp.oh, Tracy,
Lm.tr, VVeakiey, Whitehill, Witherspoon
Mr. Va^tfart commenctd a speech against
the resolution.
A motion was made to adjoirn and rrga
»r ed by Yeas and N.tvs. 59 to 1.5.
Immediately after this it appearing that
thne was not a quorum present,
A motion was made by Air. Marion to
adjourn, (halt past five o’clock) and negati
ved 40 to 21.
'U. Moron wished to adjourn to meet a
gf n this evening, as gentlemen appeared
determined io sit it out.
This motion was not in order.
A motion being aeain made to adjourn,
was negatived 49 to 21.
Mr. f'itk moved “ that the attendance
r»f tile absent member* be required forth
with.”
Mr. Tkina railed for the reading of the
clause of the constitution and of the rule of
the House authorising such a motion.
Mr. JVilto'n moved to adjxurn. The Yens
and Nays on motion being required, Mr. W.
withdrew the motion.
A quorum now appearing,
Mr. Fisk withdrew his motion for com
pelting the attendance of absent members ;
and
Mr. Taggart proceeded in his speech, &
concluded uhnuthalf past seven.
Mr. Gardcnier made a motion to recom
mit the resolution, and spoke at some length
in favor of the motion. His object appeared
to be a modification of the language of the
resolution
This motion was negatived by Yeas and
Navs as follow:
YEAS—Messrs. Blaisdell, Breckcnridge.
J. C Chamberlain, Champion, Chittenden,
Dana, Davenport, Elv, Emott, Gartlenier,
Gold, Hale, Haven, Hubbard, R. Jackson,
Jenkins Knickerbacker. Lewis, Livermore,
Livingston, Macon, Matthews, M’Biide.
Miller, Mosely, Ncwbold. Pe arson. Pi*kin, I
Potter. Quincy, Sheft'ev, S. Smith, Stanford,
Stanley, Stedman, Stephenson, S'u’ges,
Swoope. Tagg-irt, Talinv-’dge. Uphain, Van
Rensselaer, Wheaton, Whitman", Wilson—
4.5.
NAYS—Messrs. L. J. Alston, W. Alston,
Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bassett, Bibb, Boyd,
J Brown, R Brown, Burwell, Butler, Cal
houn, Clay, Cobb, Cochran, Cox, Crawford,
Cutts, Dawson. Desha, Eppes. Findley, Fisk,
Franklin, Gannett, Gardner, Gholson, Goocl
wj*n, Heister, Helms. Holland, Howard,
Huftv, Johnson, Kenan Kennedy, Love Lysle,
Marion, M’Kee, M’Kim, Montgomery, N
R Moore, Morrow, Newton, Nicholson. J
Porter, P. B. Porter, Rea, (P.) Rhea, (T )
Ricl\acds, Roane. Root. Ross, Sage, Sam
inons^jearor, Srvbert, Shaw, Smelt, St.die,
G. Sm'th, Sou’ hard, Taylor.Thompson, 'Fra
c.y. Turner, Weakley,*Whitehill, Wither
spoon.—71.
Mr. Whitman moved that the House ad
journ—(half past e ght o’clock)—Negatived
71 to 44.
Mr. Gold and Mr. Macon each sj)"ke a
gainst the resolution.
Mr. Gardrnicr moved to adjourn—Ncga
lived. 70 - 41.
ivir# c v ararnicr then (10 o cluck) com men
cetl a speech against the resolution ; when
lie had been speakig near an hour,
A quorum not appearing within the bar,
a motion was made by Mr. Lewis to adjourn
—Negatived—55 to 34
Mr. Gar denier proceeded. At two o’clock
having spoken nearly four hours, he himself!
moved an adjournment. Negatived by Yeas
& Nays 75 io 33.
Mr. Gardrnier resumed the floor.
The Speaker decided that he had spoken
twice to the question, and could not speak
*'£" in
Mr. Gardcnier asked leave to sppak a
ilurd time, stating at the same time that he
did not consider himself as having spoken
* wice, one time having given way for a mo
ii<>n to adjourn. He waved asking leave,
however, and moved to postpone the further
consideration of the subject till the second
Monday in Feb*nary. And on this motion
he proceeded with his sp< ecli ; which he
concluded about four o’clock, having occupi
ed the floor six hours.
Mr. Simmons spoke in supp* rt of the re.
solution and in reply to Mr. Gat denier for
about half an hour.
Mr. Potter spoke for half an hour in ex
planaiioti of his former speech on this sub
ject.
The question was then taken on postpone
ment as moved by Mr. Gaidenier, and ne
gatived without a division.
And at length, at half past five o’clock, the
main question on the final passage of the re
solution was taken and carried, 72 to 41.—
1 he Yeas and Nays are as follow :
YEAS—Messrs. I,. J Alston, W. Alston,
Anderson, Bacon, Bard, Bassett, Bibb, B vd,
J. Brown, R. Brown, Burwell. Butler, Cal
houn, Clay, Cobb, Cochran, Cox, Crawford,
Cutts, Dawson, Desha, Eppes, Findley, Fisk,
Fianklin, Gannett, Gardner, Gholson,
Goodwyn, Helmes, Holland, Howard, Ilufty,
Jenkins, Johnson, Kenan, Kenedy, Love,
Lyle, Mafion, M’Kee, M’Kim, Milnor,
Montgomery, N. R More Morrow, N-wbold,
Newton, Nicholson, J. Porter, P B. Porter,
Rea, of Pen. Rhea of Ten. Richards, Roane,
Root, Ross, Sage, Sammons, beaver, Seybert,
Smelt, Smilie, G. Smith, Southard. Tavlor,
Thompson, Tracy, Turner, Weakley,
_v
NAYS—Messrs. Hlai^dell, Breckenridge,
J C Chamberlain, VV. Chamberlain, Cham
pion, Chittenden, Dana, Davenpoit, Ely, E
mntt, Gardenier, Gold. Hale, Haven, Hub
bard, R. Jackson, Knickerbocker, Lewis, Li
vermore, Livingston,’• Macon, M’Brvde,
Moseley, Pears- n, Pickman, Pitkin, Pottei*.
Quincy,Stanford, Stanley, Stedman, Stephen-'
sin, S:urges, Swoope, Taggart, Tallmadge,
Upham, Van Rensalatr, Wheaton, Whit
vnan. Wilson.—41.
[On this vote were absent 27 members,
viz. Messrs. Campbell, Clopton, Cook* Crist,
Denning,* (ioldsborough, Grav, Heis’C;-. J
G Jackson, Jones. A’ey, Lyon.* Matthews,
Miller. 1. Moore, Mmnford,* Nt-ison, Ran
dolph,* r*a *yer, Shaw, Stirffey, J. Smith. S.
Smuh, 'I'roufi, Van Dike,* Van Horn and
Winn ; of whom those marked (*) have not
appealed in their seats during the present
Session, and those in Italic are known to be
absent from the city ]
1 tie House then atlj-i irned, at a quarter
bef >re six, after a session of nineteen' h*urs
during the whole of which time the Speaker
presided in the chair with dignity and mode
ration, to Friday next.
Washington, J,»n. A.
On Wednesday the President at the United
States communicated to both Houses of
Congress the following
MESSAGE:
7o the Senate and House of Ile/irescnla~
lives of the U. States.
'I he act authorising a detachment of one
hundred thousand menfiom the militia will
expire on the .10th of March next. Its early
' vit al is recommended, in order that time
v steps may he taken for arrangements,
such as the act contemplated.
Without interfering with the modifica.
lions rendered necessary by the defects, or
;he incfficacy of the laws lestrictive ofc.*-m
nerce hmI navigation, or with the policy of
lisallowing to foreign armed vesssds, the
ise of our wa'ers ; it falls within my duty to
recommend also, that in addition to the pre
cautionary measure authorised by that net
md to the regular troops, for completing the
cgal establishment of which enlistments are
renewed, every necwwaiy provision may r>e t
made, for a volunteer force of twenty thou
sand mm, to lie enlisted f»>r a short period)
ant! held in a state of organization and rea
diness. for attual service, at the shortest
warning.
I submit to the consideration of Congress
moreover, the expediency of such a r In-.si ti
catiotl and organization of the militia, as
will best insure prompt and successive aids
from tliHt source, adequate to emergencies,
which may call for them.
Jt will rest with them also, to determine
how far further provision may he expedient,
for putting into actual service, if necessary,
any part of the naval armament not now cm
ployed.
At a period presenting f attires in the
conduct of foreign powers towards the Uni
ted States, which impose on them theneros- |
sity of precautionary measures involving
expense, it is a happy consideration that
such is the solid state of 'he public credit
that reliance can hejus'lv placed, on any le
gal provision that mav lie made f«*r resort
ing to it, in a convenient form, and to an
adequate amount.
JAMES MADISON.
January 3 1«10.
■irriM r’y^t>t* " "* ”
Ft-m (ate Gibraltar /tuptrt, receivedilt Duitiinorr
Seville, Oct 31—Nov 4
We have penis. ,1 v»ith gre.il. satisfaction, a
letter fr- in an ittd.vidital whose intelligence m .)
e r< ued on. il-t-J th- 1? l.«». of Onto her, from
the heir lits of hnr.nlis, w-thin short I'Mjyue < f
Geruna— which 'he. follow.ng is an extract «
‘ Jius smt' the J8 1;. Gen Goigorri has been eii
Camped on t lies. < mim;ii>,nl with the division
under ids command, hirh is 5 Oijt) s.ron^-, nd
the in-lit advanced of t‘it)«.e which are sunpo: t
ir.gthe heroic defender* of Geroiiu. Oo the 19th
it noon, the enemy approached to reconnoitre
tliis poiilion, and weredfi..-c hack widi loss_
On t!»“ 201ft, at d .y break, our people returned
’he visit ; and ;.s early as 8 in he morning, liner
of the eo“iTiv*s «• tmpi were huiii ng-, which had
h en se t fire to by our skirmishing ’parties. At
one in the *f ernoon. the French came to attack
us with 3 0*K' foot and 200 horse ; our treops re
ceived them with great coolness, drove them
hsck even -.ryoml their .-mps and burned such
o i lie latter as had no* been set on fire in the
morning Our loss amounts to 24 killed or woun
ded ; tile r* has been more considerable ; and we
may positively assert, that they have been very
roughly handled ”
y m > Ulf JJ1IKC f»ei RUDSC*
qnont to tliHl of tip 18th 'n which he gave an ac
mint of the action of Tanumes, it is known,
tu:i» the enemy’s l:,is on tint day was twice ts
considerable as was announced, 12‘J0<lrad bodies
having been buried in the fb Id of battle and its
environs only, independent ol numbers Found on
(iie M.«t.Ha road. A great many cans of wound
cd were also conducted to Sa! manes, which,
subsequently, set out for Toro or Valladolid.
The Duk • -’el Pnrque sends information, un
der date the 2» h of l ist month, tii.tt he had on
that day, entered Salamanca which tiie enemy
had abandoned on ♦ lie preceding night, previous
to their letreat to Toro ; leaving behind 40 carts
loaded with shells, shot and o’her articles.
I » the Hitting held on the 1st inst (Nov.) the
supremo board of government of the km^dom,
was p-eiHedtu elect one of its memb is, tf..
archbishop of Laodicea, as its president, the
term appointed for the marquis de Astorga's cr.r.
tir.uution moiiice being expired ; and next , »
reeding 10 toe election o' vice president, i..-,
choice tell upon t!ie said manpiis rte Astorga
Jacn, Oct. 2i—An order has Keen received
from M M . lb'’snprem -hoard, directing gene d
I) I rancisco Egna tipioceed to do hss duly _
inspector general of infantry, and lieutenant gc
neial I) J tan Carlos de Areizega to lane the
coitimund ot his urn y.
Cadi7,, Nov 3 — 1 he enemy lias altered h •
ph.ii, as may be inferred from me retrog ide
movement of Ins troops in la Mancha, wV.*e
number is nbservi d to Iiave been pretty conside
rably reduced, there remaining, by all uc<- units,
but about 20 Gt/0 m*-n in that province. Our ea
vsdry had pushed, on the 26th, as far as Visoand
Visiilo, in the latter of which the Vandals have
burned the church down, and in the farmer, part
of the houses.
j ClBUAI.TAr., Nov. 11.
| The following letter ml account may be de
pended upon as perfectly authentic.
Orr Rosas, Nov.3.
Dear Sir,
As 1 shall most likely sec you soon, I onlv
enclose you an account of the destruction ofthree
French Hail of (lie line, since which we have des
troyed tiie remainder of the convoy in the 15 a v of
Rosas.
“ On the evening of the 22d October a frigate
I came into Lord CnilingW'iod’s fleet off Cap! St
] Sebastian, with intelligence, that the enemy’s
i Hc-et was at sea, and veiy near ours.
“ On the morning of the 23d we discove-ed,
from tiie main lop, the enemy's consisting «,f jy
s .il of men of war and transports, hearing E N E.
and, with the whole fhel, (16 sail of the line)
made all sail in chase of them—The French men
of war, having,on seeing us, separated from th
convey, exclusively engaged tbe attention ot on
line ol battle slops, whilec.'ipt Harrie, in the |‘o
more, with some other small vessels, pursued the
French transports, which were standing direct
ly for the bay of Rosas, on the coast of Catalo
nia.
The English fleet, during the whole of the
23 I, having < .rried a great press of sail to get to
windward >>f the ent my, whom they had cliaeed
indifT rent directions, was necessarily much di
vitfed. On the morning of the 24th, the six fol
lowing ships only had kept company with each
other.
Canopus l {Rear Admiral Martin,
<*„*• i Captain logits,
Renown Commodore Durham,
Tigre Capt Hallo well,
Sultan —— Griffiths,
Eeviathan - Harvey,
Cumberland — Woodhuiise.
'* This squadron, during the whole of the 24%.
when il blew very strong, carried so much s i.
hm enabled it to get sight of the enemy from the
tleck. a little after four in the afternoon. The
French rverofjhen |>retty close in with their own
s’-orc, endeavoring to get to ttie mouth of the
Rhone. The night soon approaching, we lost
sight of the enemy, who, fortunately, was again
seen about 8 o’clock on the irorrung of the 251 !>
carrying all sail to run into some port to the
west waid.
" The English squadron being now to wind
ward of the French, and going nine or te n miles
rn hour, was very close to them, when their Rear
Admiral, in a superb 80 gun ship, and a 74
grounded on the shoal:; over against the town of
Frontignnn, which is E. N E. ol Cette, 4 or .i
miles distant, and VV N- W. of Montpellier,
1 oin which il is 10 or 12 miles.—The other
I French lino of battle ship and a frigate, (the
w hole of their force seen since 23d) grounded on
a reel of ru k-» near the i*»wn«f tie.
“ The French Admiral’s ships and a 74 near
him being in a perilous situation, the ciews b< gan
to abandon them very soon after they had strm k
on the shod The mir.en-masi ol both ships and
the m-in-mast of the 74 fell over at 4 o’ e ck ; and
the Otntr ships near Cette, eviiiced-itrung proofs
of being most sleuuonsly injured. '
" On the 26th Rear Admiral Martin with the
Renown, Tigre and Cumberland, stfmd tow* <1 r
the shoals of Fronligiun to souml f'l his <h inon
straiknt led a good dif'l i at 7 in the evening
the French AdniTal*s ship, the K ibustc, and th»
Eton 7*4 nsa. him were in tl ,( j s, Wu.ch slici
rag'n"-mm great o-v. tn «vr;.
magazines. At half pail :• •,!)*« blew
exhibiting at once a sight most beautiful and mi
pressive.**
NT?tw Vomt, Jan 1. .
LATEST FROM LISBON.
Last ev Miing arrived at this port, the ship Sy
ren, Doan. from Lisbon, w.licit port aheleft ua
Lie 23d Nov.
Captain I). informs us, that the ship John and
F.dward, Burger, from London : and the brig
Concord, Flinn, from Bang »r, t Wales) both for
New-York, having been captured by French erni
zers. and re-captured by the British, had both -t
riv.ol at Lisb >n
Captain I) tnr»lier states, that it was report*
<-<l at Lisbon, that Lord Collmgwood had fallen
in with a French fleet coming out the Strait* of
Gibr dtar, and had destroyed 3 or 4 sail of the
line, anil 20 transport*—that all was quiet ai Li*
uoii, ami no intell gencc bad been received of any
recent battle having occtii red between the Biiticik
ml French .unde-. in Spain.
By the above arriv.1 the editor ofthe Mercan
tile Advertiser iias received .* Lisbon paper of
the VIJ-1 N >/. from wiiicii the folio wing tran.lati
ons iiil made.
Lisbon. Nov. 22, 1302.
On the 22d of (V*. Lord Jollingwood, then off*
V*pe Si. Sebastian, received news by one of his
' gate . th it the F cncli Toulon squidrjn was
on. Tne next day the fleet were in sight of
Lord G< Itii'gwood, and 3/' sad, incluihig u-an*
oris, wt-i’.- steering E N K Colling woo I, wim
• o-ad <>i me Inn- immediately give them ehaOsa
•Vs .soon as the French pcrceiv^l this, the Frenclk
- -; ip- *>t •.»-■• qjit tile convoy. Tiie Poinom, an 1
s vei.d small vessels, pursued the transports.
Oolite i4i.ii. die British squadron were much
scattered, pursuing the enemy in every quarter ;
and only the Conopus, Renown, Tyger, So Hail,
Cumberland, and Ko< thumberlaml were able to
keep up with the enemy. At night they lost
sigiitofthem. On the 25th espied them again io
tey ward, under a pres* of sail, going at the rate
o‘ 1J miles an hour, and ultimately obliged i.ie
French ship Admiral, *»i u-J guns, and anoilier of
f4 gins to come to anchor on the Banks of iVon
t'gnac, 5 miles from Cette, in a dangerous : i.
lion. The other French ships ofthe fin and a
frigate, anchored in the Bay of Cette, fhe V.d
inual and the T4 living aground, were abun-1 >n
<-d. On tne 26th, the English sounded the Hat*
ol'Trontignac ; at 7 in the evening the la igina
saw 3 of ihe Fiencli ships in liim. j, and at ii di*
past 10 their mag i/.ines ole ,v up, which made a
| must dreadful explosion.
Capt. Minu^li arrived acre on Sitsrd 'v r «v»
Cadiz, which port lie left in the ll'.h it Nov. at
which time it was reported ttie M trquis Will :s
iey, was to sail for England the next day in to a
Doningail that it was reported the French ?iaec
imd g >t out of the Mediterranean—that thesui >
Factor, a Pniladolphia ’hip, ui:I 4 olhe" A nar
can vessels had just arrived, anti that it.mr was
3 10 per bL>l.
A tatter from 'I wanna, i > a merchant in this
city, dated Dec. 4lli, states, that n .tiling is yet
decided on the subject of regulating mtr trade.
Tiie order prohibiting the entrance to fore go
vessels, with other cargoes .-i.n boards, 812. :s
1 unri pealed, and vessels are laity arriving with
•ill sot ts of cargoes, yet they are not turned >.T.
neither are they permitted to sell, hut are kept
m a state ofsuspence, waiting *lie • tiers of ins
Spanish g ivrrnm. nt and .triulaiu.
Kxfr-tc' of it Letter from. it retpeetuhle ro'nmerci
hi JL.it.te in London to their corre*pon.Lni in this
city, Jaicd Aon. 2.
1 1 nope 1 -e g od s -use of both Government*
I will overcome VVrir Factions, i must litre fe
rn rk, in order to remove those erroneous idea 1,
■ S. i 1 .. low pievail on your >: le of dr w-t
I oi fre ,1i< .-.ney. IT. nivargoanJ Non Intercom-<a
I measiMc.-, tr*-1 • • is eulom tl»esubjec • feonver*
I s rio:* in tiiis e . ;ni . .oul a total indiltaro ’.ce
: prevails as to their repeal. Trade is very d > ,r
j 1 bing : and 1 cannot give you a greater pr »»f if
I it th.tii wiien 1 tell you that there was an excess
I of tine million sterling in the customs for the list
quarter. Notwithstanding all the impediments
thrown in the way of Commerce bv Napoleon, it
will flaurish, and vent itselt in other channel-- in
open defiance. The trade to the eastern part*
ol Europe bus been very great, and even -vjth
France smuggling is carried on to a prodig n.s
degree.”
A tatter lots been received in New-Y .rk, by
the or:g Fox font Calcutta, dat I -iept Jljt
j wiitah contains the following imp:, gen. e :—
; “ There lias been acivil w «r on the < o ,si Sif
1 George Harlow , the governor, .lUe.uni- d to cur
j tail the p-uquisites of ths Com;ia ' > Users,
I when they rebelled against the govt* v nt; anil
! carried matt*-rs so far, that they seiza .10 m S2
j ringupaUm, M uisulipalam, Hv'ta-dbsd, and a.
‘ quantity of treasure belonging to tne coii.iany ;
! and have since had an engagement with the ki .,^’s
t tv. op a, in which they were rattier woa.od. .e
governor geii'-ral lias proueedvd -i iw 1 o 1 1
ra-s, and itieifc are hopes t:iat the d Iter, nee viil
be adjusted. The general ipin. >u acre i.,, but
the company will be under die necessity of plac
ing die country in the hands f toe k
CT Further particulars on this alluir, imur
next . E\ q.
Extract of a Letter from H trie 7 ited Oct 25 re
ceived at ‘hiithteljiiiia.
“ By a letter received by Kst.iffbtte, from
Naples. 1 learn, that those American vessels
which have arrived there recently, have been put
under Sequestration, notwithstanding the Koval
Decree, admitting them freely. Names of s-ud
vessels; schr Hamilton, Brown,of New York i
ship Hercules, West, of Salem ; ship Augusta,
M >ore, of Baltimore, having on hoard thenew A
m - -cau Consul ; b"ig Sopuia, and schr. Zephyr.
You will readily understand the reason for toe
conduct of the king of Naples, in penning the
late letter of Champagoy to G -n. Armstrong
which having heen published in France, will of
course find ns way into toe United States. I am
assur’d by Gen. Armstrong, that previously to
t:.e i ion-ra. ideation of the arrangement made hy
Mr Krikine, by the British government, a de*
C ee wa* actu illy made out in Pitris, totally re
s Hiding the famous decrees of Berlin and Ml fart
but alter it was known that the British Msniv
try had censured he conduct of Mr. Erakin^fc.
reused to ratify his arrangement, instead of a re*
j acinding ilerre: , we luul tlie letter m Clnnnp.g-.
j ny, expressing the unalterable determination of
j his Imperial and lloval Majesty in regard to nett*'
t:ais.”
From the Salem Gazette, Dec. 29.
Nbotrai. Commerce— Tn July last, the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the King of Na
ples informed the American Consul, that Ame
| rican vry els and cargoes, with thei • papers fkc.
in order, and with clearaimo* direct far the ports
of the Kingdom of Naples would b« admitted to
entry, in consequence of this a number of Amc
ri< an vessels cleared for Napf-., among the rest
the ship Uiociiles, West, of ois port. Notwith
standing tuis invitation to a free ti. de, tiie own
er of tiio Hercules lias r,.ctivc-<l a letter from
Ins corn .sp< i-d-ms at Leghorn, of the l.,-h Oc*
tol.cr, iufbrniii gium, that they l.ad received let
ters from Messrs. Dog’ll f.Cii. th i consignees,
which mention, that immediately on lauding Ilia
cargo, «n o.al- ruame t > the custom ionise to Me
qtu s er it, and that four other cargoes were in a
similar situation, altho.gh no counter declarati
on to that oi July n id befell m>*d- . Me.-srs. Di •
gtn 6c C,» .y, under d ite of Oct 2, tuattuev
wer ■ in daily i .tpretition of % occreu being is
sii.-d respecting col uual produce ; b it r.o „Uc
I lalicll had I«4,|| |'i«ce U:> lave mo UlO bdi. 'fit®