The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-03 00:00:00, page 2

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French, and would he glad 10 got rid of us,
and 1 believe their wishes will soon be gtuii"
fied.”
Admiral Cotton is going out to take the
command of the Kngltsh Mediterranean
fleet, in the room ut Lord Culling wood.—
O. his «ccas’**n tlie London punMcts ob
se-ve. *hat Admitai Cuhoji never Can be
Worsted.
I’aris. April 17.
Co/iy of Kolli'a examina'ion at the <JJice of
General Police.
On the 8th of April. 1810, was brought to
the Ministry of General Police iti individual
nnestedat Valencia on the 6:h, who was
intei irgatrd as follows:
Q What a«-e your name, sirname, og'*
place of nativity, profes-uan and domicile?
A Charles Lerp !d. Baron de K lli. aged
.82 years, hninin In land Minister from his
JVIajis'y K ng Gemge 3d to the Prince of i
Actinias. Ferdinand VII.
Q To I'honi did vou apply at London to
propose, and to procure lite acceptance of,
the project which you hr tight t<> France l—
A. To his Royal ! I’ghnp she Duke of K' nt.
who n.unioned ic to his father, the King.—
The affair "as afterwards conducted by the
jM. 'qn • of Wellesley.
y What "ete tlte means put at vottr
disposal lor (xecuiing this enterprise ? A.
'1 here were delivered tome, 1st, a letter of
credence, to remove all doubts as tom per
son, and my mission to l’rince Ferdinand :
2 1, two letters from the King of England
to the Prince, which have been found among
my papers : 3d. forged passports routes,
cidels from 'he Minister of the Marine and
War, stamps seals, signatures of thu officers
in the tiepariment of the secretary of state,
nil of them seized at the time I was arrested,
aid which 1 carried with me to convince the
Prince of the means 1 had : 4*»i, as to the
means necessary to the undenr.kirg 1 h. d
about 200,000 unites, nncl unlimited credit
on tin house o' Mat nsoff & Ch.noy of L>tt_
id on. Finally, the vc sets that r ere neers
nary. v z the Incomparable, of 74 guns, the
Delaigiieuse. of 50 guns, the 1J quanto gaL
liot, and a hi ig. I’hi* sqiirclu'it, which is
Yic’tt.'lied lor fi\ c months, waits for my re_
turn on the coast or Quiberon.
i I*ur |»rovincfl, finer taxing mave • t the
King and liis ministers, 0:1 me 24 h of J m.
1 I- til, itdon i>n he 26ih for Plymouth. wi»h
commodore Cockburne. to whom he com
m ind of the q iHdroti was coljfided M.
Albert r!e St. Bonnel, to whom I comma
nic ited the plan, remained in L > idon to
receive the passports itineraries, stamps,8cc
Ilia, were ordered. Hss depart tire was ile
lawdhy the indisposition ot Marquis Wei
P—ley : he did not inin me 'ill ihe end of
February and we sailed some dais af>er.
3 .n,tit-d ai Qmberon on the night of the 9 h
ol Mari h.
Q What precautions did ycu ad; pt on your
lauding to conceal >hc documents explaining
tile object ot your j- urney ? A. 1 put the
letter < t credence in my cane, [’he two let
ters ot his M.ijesty the king->f England wer ■
concealed in tiie lining of my coat ; part of
tiie diamonds were sewed up in die collar of
n.y fuvlcet, end the wuisib *.nd of my small
clothes. M, <!t- St. Bonne! I.ad the lemain.
der, v Inch he secreted in the same way,
in his f i a vat.
Q. Befit: e yur departure from France for
lu giai d, hi d y i u < s ubhslu d riy com n.tini_
Cation wjih Yalnnrai * A. None.
Q Where did you go after you landed?
To Pal is. I travelled l:y iheheip c*f theit'
r.crary which.v» as given me in England, &
Vi Inch I filled up,
Q. 13 d you remain long in Paris? A I
was employed in selling the d amnnds which
Alaiquis Wellesley gave lit". 1 bought a
l.orsfc and cabrji let fit m M de Convert, who
resides at the II<»ul u’A gle enc. in the
street FiilesdeSt. Thomas. i\i dt St. Bn
r.el pm rhased * wo horses from persons whose
names I do not iect liect. lie was to Imv one
fi orn Fi anconia, after 1 set out ftom V.dur.c y
and aumlicr from the piincess of Cangnan.
Q. How did you gain admittance in,o the
cas.le ot Yalancay ? A. Under p» et< oce of
having son e cuiioiA articles to sell I was
in hopes to have been a bit by these means to
deliver to the Prince the letters with which
I was entrusted, to put him in possession of
iii:qi ui urmim mem. 1 couiu on
ly communicate with the Prince I :«>»; Anio_
nio ut'il tlie In endant. Piince V rrhnand
re fused either to hear nr see n e Indeed I
have reason to heiieve. fro.n the strange,
manner in which n>y pioyos.ih were recei
Vcd, <hat he sent l.ilnrmaion to the governor
ot the castle, in consequence of which 1 was
an es ed.
Q W hat means had yon prepared to con
vcy Prince F-. t dinai.d to the c ast, in c.;i-e
he Consented <o accompany tnu ? A The
object ef myfi'sr journey to Valancay was
to impart my [dan to the Prince and incase
he agieed to it, to fix with him a time when
1 sin old return to take him up. Afterwards
1 w>ul! have proceeded to >he coast, toap
pnze tie Commandt r ot mv squadron of the
day aj pouted I would ben have returned
to Palis, iv> piocnre flic men and liorses ne„
cefc-a y for or the relays on the road —
On the evening of the day' appointed, the
Prince wi old have left his apartment, and by
the In 1»> nl the relays we would have pro
ceeded .o a great distance from Valancay
bef"ft he was missed.
Q Whither d d you intend to earry the
Princfe after you got him on board? A It
was Maiqmi Wellesley's intention to send
him to Spain. The Duke of Kent was for
sei ding him to Gibraltar. Iiut this plan
disgusted ine : i; was in fact sending him to
pri on. I intended to propo:^* to him to make
his own choice, and to cairy him wherever
ho p*eased for I was informed that captain
Cor kbui u hud orders to obey my directions.
Q. Who are the persons you intended to
euqi) y f A. M. burnt Bonne 1 w.is the on .
ly poison acquainted with iny design. I did
n t intend to look out for any one to assist
me in executing it, until I became arquain..
ted wjtli the Prince’s determination 1 should
have employed but few peisms.
Q Are you acquainted with the neigh_
b' limod of Valancay, and the country win
wr rr to pass through i A. Not in the lerist ;
but i put chased some exce lent maps at l*a
tii on my arrival, which would have afGr.
d» d rat- ample information.’
Q What was your reason for forming
Mich a d vgn t A. It 2>.ppvared to nic an
h< ho:ahle fitter
Q. Do you know this parcel ? A. Ido,
3* contains tic tb>cunuuD, stamps, seals
tw d other iiiiu ;s I have mention*.d, ardi
'•1 ic i wue l' wild upon me wnen I was taken i
(Signed)
KOLIJ.
FROM CADIZ.
Cdptain Webs»ter. 1mm v. atli.., informs,
that from the indefatigable « fTn*ts «>f the
Spaniards und tile Kugusli, 40b pieces oi
heavy ordnance hail Ik eu mnun ed in differ.,
ent torn iica. ions t<» protect that place otuht*
land side ; and that here were 10,000 Hu
tisli troops*, and 10 000 Spanish, devoted to
its defence. When inese facts, and i'.siusu
lur situation at e consiilev* il. it must be tho’i
perfectly safe tor along time.
Artm the London C oi/rier, of the 15th of
The object of the visit of the American
frigate commanded by Commodore Barron,
law of the Chesapeake, to Tonningen, is
supposed to bo, to demand an explanation
ol the recent tk numerous coudeinnations of
American vessels by the Dauish Govern
ment.”
f.F.NTIMKNTAL ANECDOTE.—From a
*Swedish flu fie r, — A r.trcumst ince has re
cently t.'ken place at Fahlun, the capital of
Dclecailiit in Sweden, which might figure
with atlvan • ge in a novel. In w nkmg to
establish a new communication between two
shafts of a mine, the b xly of a miner was
discovert tl in a state of perfect pt esti vation,
and impregnated with vitriolic water. The
body was quite soft, hut haidened on being
exposed to the air No one could identify
the individual; it was only u collected that
the accident by which he had been thus bu
tted in the bosom of the earth had taken
place 5Q years ago. AH enquiries as to the
name ol the sufferer had already ceased,
when a decrcpiu old woman, leaning on
crutches slowly advanced towards the corpse
and knew 't to be that a young man, lo
whom she had been promised in marriage
halt a century ago. Sue threw herself on
the corpse, which had all the appearance
ot a. bronze statue, bullied it with her tears,
and tainted with j »y at having once more
beheld the object ot her affection on this side
ol the grave Ii i* easier to cmc ive than
to trace the singular contrast aff>rded by
that couple, the one buried fif y years ,ig >,
still answering all the appearances of youth,
while the other, weigued down by age, e
vinced all the fervency of youthful love.
^ometi tic.
| A gentleman, passenger in ihe John A_
dams, minims. 'hat a brisk trade was carri
ed on weiweni Havre de G.ace, France and
England, undei the licensing system.
Charles Town, (Va ) June 22.
To the Corresfonilt nt of Timothy
Pickcrtnif.
SIR,
No apology will be necessary for this
intrusion on your patience, when it is con _
j s dered, that through the medium of your
j favorite tory fuip.er, the Federal Republican
of the 22d ultimo, you have " ith the unpte_
meditated gallantry ot the •• knight ot the
soi rowful countenance” breathed defiance
to my ears. 1 his being the case, y<iur in_
vitaiion cannot, in common poll 'ness, be
[ rejected. But before we proceed s.ny fur.,
jther, let me promise, that whenever you
j avow yourself as the author of the infamous
publication above referred to, should curio -
sity or any o her motive excite m y ur mind
a desire to become better acquainted with
the author ot this letter, you will have no
thn g mote or less to do, than to call upon
“ the primer, who will into-m you oi my real
name, and will p .int out to you the particu
lai house in a .11cli I live In the prostituied
vehicle above mentioned, ii is declared, that
(he extiact lrom 1 lbckcring’s lettcriovou,
as pu lished in the E. quirer, was “design
tuiy mutilated. ai.u • hat it was originally
i “oh umed under false and fraudulent pie
j'lti.ces, in order tune published through a
[ “ breach of confidence.” it can only |jc pre
sumed that the Rdi.or* of the Federal Re.,
'publican lecened their infonnanon dirtctly
: or indirectly from you. Now, sir how-was
' Jbc extract obtained * What are the fac<s ?
I hty shall lie briefly and correctly si .-tied ;
j and every thing winch shall be -.rated is susl
ccptible of, and can be substantiated by ie
g tl proof. You were indisposed—A mend
and family connection o y : in * came to see
you. For the sake of your own convenience
accommodation, i.c was requester! by
y'tu to g i m least lour miles to ti e p. *t uffict,
a.a! take up a letter which > <>u supposed
: oiigiit he there lor you from T. P.ckeriug.
You added tint if lit- obtained such let cr,
i.e should open it. as he was equally interes
ted with yourself ; for you had recently
wntun to 1 Pickering on the subject of
jour claim Ini hall pa), ( o a similar claim
, lie also had s ane preten i ••»>) a ul expected
his answer thereto. He accordingly .vent
i 1,1 ,*,t Pps* 'flice, received jour letter, and
opened r in tne presence oftht p si master.
You who know not what art the .ies of coni
science «>r of patrio ism, can form in., idea of
the contest which arose in his mind on rea
ding the execrable letter ol 1 . Pickering.—
On the one hand considerations ot a pnva c
j nature hail their weight. 1 he manner in
j which you desired him to open tne letter,
ifnplied a seeming confidence, which for
slign. or trivial causesought not to lie disie
j g irded,(that is, had ilu c intents of the let>cr
j been Iree from criminality.) An acquaiu.
tance ot many years standing, as well as the
family Connecion above alluded to, had
their weight. Hut in the opposite srale was
put the duiies which he owed to (i .d and his
country. He did not forget that lie had ia_
ken a s leiiin oath to support the constitution
of the IJ. 8.
You too have taken the same oath, which
however has given you no concern, for it is
well known that you are avowedly hostile to
the present form of g ivcrnmcnt, and an open
advocate for monarchy, for which you have
declared the people ot the U 8. are only fit.
— He had as well as myself often heprj y«)U
say. that this government could not stand_
'hat it must soon fall—that// ought to Jail
Hr had lit-aid you say that before the presi
dential term lor which Mr,M'.dison was e
lected, should expire, lie (Mr. M.) would
be dragged lrom his seat, as lie ought to be,
I he e and many other declarations of yours
all iu contempt of the solemn obligations of
! ati oath, and nil equally treasonanle, crowd*
ed upon his mind. He could not long liesi
•t.ue. Still that pan of the letter which was
of a private nature, was held by him as in -
viulnbie.. He took the extract in question,
which related, not to the private concerns
oi Pickering and yourself, but which aff ct
cd hisown interests--the interests of his
family, and the interest of every other intli
vidua! in the community, it wrs well un
derstood th at when Pickering and you chncse
tow file oil snhjects which concern your*
•el vi .* only, mu will never he censured bv a
ny reasonable being—But when wo discover
that you arc strenuously endeavoring to Fn
•l ent insurrection ami rebellion against the
j government which you have sworn to .sip
port ; when we sid you in the Ctlitiule ot
i'-sa>>itih «vheltiu&your daggers lor the par
p« se of stabbing tne public tranquility :
when wc sec political incendiaries collect
mg reasonable couiliustib.es lor .1 general
Ooiifl .gratioii, it is surely high ti ne m pm.
• he well disposed part oi the community up
on iheii go n d.
The ex.tact was obtained as above nu*n •
tloncd ; it was shewn to at least a d a n
pc sons before it was left in mv p mu
i thought it my .Vniiden dua to have 11 pub
lished I did not wish t.> excite pei> nu,
animosity — i did no; wish ttrd.ag you be tore
the public, (culprit a* a politician J most
you to lie,) and therefore sent it t.i a dis
tant press. No intimation vvasgiven oi yniu
name, character, or paniHi.lar place of i
bodc, and you might still have remained in
a state of peaceable obscurity, had not y mr
own imprudence couiueracttd my ii.mnu
intentions. Mr. I*, was however a pnliiic
man, he wrote, tut a public subject, and I
thought it hut right that Ins st numtuts so mU
be publicly known—What how becomes ot
the villaiiioiii declaration tha; the extract
was obtained by Malseand h.nidulem pre
tences *" Were any pretences whatever made
use ot to get possession of your Icttei i
Stranger a> you are to every thing .ike
moral honesty, you dare not stand forward
and answer tins (pies.ion in the
maiivi*. But •* i was designed.y inu„
tilated. * ii is posable that in u.inscribing,
or in pointing, some Uifiutg error may have
happened—it is posstb e that a comma or a
parenthesis may have been mispiaccd or
omitted ;but it is not true that it was dune
" designedly,”—It is no; true that die sense,
spirit or meaning of any one sentence has
been changed or perverted in the slighest
degree whatever. I'heoiigmai letter r> in
y*ur possession—-Produce it- let it be com
pnied with the ex rac. as published in the
lv (purer, and then le' the world judge be_
tween us. Let me tell yo 1, sn .Jtliat tUe ex
tract was m ule m tne house wiiere the post
. office is kepi ; it was cm chilly examined
j and compared with the original, in the pie .
! sence and with the assistance of a gemle
mao who is no wav connected wi h eittter
mine parties concerned ; bui whose vera
city and honour are unquestionable.
My confidence in hi u who look the ex
tract, and in him who assisted in its exami
nation, i, ,-uch, that I hesitate not one mo
ment to hurl back the toul assertion with
; con t’inpt into the teeth of the scoundrel who
made u. Arid yet, say the Editors oS the
Fetleral Republican, “ If the guiltv party
should “ have the h.irdih md to come for
ward v.e arc enabled to undertake that both
the traud ami the perpretator shall be expos
ed before the public.”
From what has already been said, and,
; from what can easily he proven, by the most
respectable testimony.it will be seen, that
this insolent threat merits no other reply than
, such as was given by the retv'wned com mo
d*»re Trunion on a certain occasion, viz.—
■ “ 1 spit in your face and call you horse.”
' But Sir, you are held up as a “ revolution
ary officer who has lived to see ihvfrui'.t
of his foils and dangers cast to the mercy
of a blind and infatuated party,” 8cr. For
! the benefit of those irmeraole tools of H-«.!ti**
more, whoedit the F dma Repnb ic i i, vour
Military career, throughout he whole war,
shall he faithfully detailed, In this m.-iguour
hood where you are well known, it w mid e
altogether unnecessary to say one wo d on
t e subject ; hu m rdt*r that your Bd i
more friends as well as Mr. Pickering him
Self may know the extent of your “ toils and
dangers,” I feel my self const I ained to under
take the ajrduocs task,
K tow then; Mtsn s Pk keriug and Co. 'hat
this demira! revolutionary officer did com
mence his services hefmc 11 stun, "cs tv s
tiuly stated ; hut it is mi. '■* to be rrgieited
to at the world lias not also been informed
when ai d how his “ toils and d ti gers en
ded ” He commenced his services und-'
the friendlv patronage of a red soldier and
patent. Col Hugh S-.ephensoa, who p o
cured for him a Lieutenant’s commission.
We know little of any exploits of his until
the latter end of the year 1776 when lie
w;is (t getlur with the greater part of the
regiment to which he belonged) taken pri
s^ner by the enemy at the surrender of
Fi.rt Washington M »st of his brother «»f
beers remained in captivity for 3 or 4 years ;
but it was not so with our hero. He was
one of »lie favoured few who were libera.,
ted by the tmemy ; how. why, or wherefore
lias never yet been explained—Whether
he took a protection and swore allegiance
to his Briiannic Majesty, we do not know
-hot we do know that In* is a devoted
friend 10 royalty. We know that he has
declared that the people of me United
States are not lit fora republican g vet n„
men'. ; that a monarchy is the only kind of
government that will suit them. We know
mat he never performed, or encouraged
others r> perform am military setviers a<
gainst the Kritish af'er the year 177fi- W>
i now that he abandoned his rank in the.
Virginia line. We know that long before
i the dose of - lie war his name \yas stricken
(■IF and he was no longer considered as lie
longing to the army at all. In fine, we know
tha he deserted the service of his C( untry
in the time of her utmost extremity : that
he remained at home and enriched himself
by specula ingon the vitals of his bleeding
country, and on helpless and distressed in
dividuals, amongst whom we are compelled
to mention (and with sorrow we do it) the
widow and orphans of his friend and patron
above named ! !' Such are his toils and
dangers f The fruits of which he wishes
now to gather by modestly claiming half
\}iay during iife : as if lie hal actually
fought the battles of his country from tile be
ginning to the end '-fthe war.
Most assured y "the estimate which such
".a man places upon ihe character of h:»
•* well ti icd fellow soldier htjell>mfiatriat,\%
“more precious than the applause of young
* ling forwardness,” &c* Indeed it must
be acknowledged that Pickering and hiscor„
respondent are really and truly, every way
worthy of each other.
If, sir, it is your wish that this corre
sp u.drnre should be carried any further, you
will be pleased to signify your pleasure. Si
should you decide in the alTirma ive, I pro
mist* you that in my next I wiil lay before
! die public some further sketches of your
liie and morals. In the mean time I am
A Cj 1 IZIiN.
Er'ract r>f n Inter from a gentleman in
Chris'iannn (Norway) to his friend in
this city, dated
“Christiana, 11th April, 1810.
" I beg of y-u to advise your friends in
Philadelphia, that the Danish privateer law
is just renewed, and innumerable cruicers
of all s'zfs arc now fittirg out in Norway
for tre-li-drpicd id ms. i'iie present poli„
- ical tei ilinns twl'ween I'lnrce anil the U.
i. npjn ar to inert use ti.e difficulties of safe
navigation this way.”
Ir is stated in the C icnrd Gazette, that
he II >n. Nicholas Gilman, and Charles
Cm *s, have hecn elected Senators of the U
•li ed S ;tes by tiie i4 'gi stature of New
41a:iipsUire.
Piitt.A3Ki.PHiA. June 28.
Rcifs.iiss'-tte so s, •• I is certain that a
new Fi ciic!» m im-h r is cmnii g <m> to this
emiii ry. il I it P iris a'oon. me indolent
Aj).;!. ; r B.y.nme, where lie was toeiiibaik/
f >i* the U h.”
Mod line S'at I v- n II ilsein, (authoress
ef Cnmnn.) intends it is said o bid a H ul
od ^n >i> l*.uf['|ie, an 1 in • eside in iuiiucac
N. i i iv. Mr William Sclilvgel will ac_
company Iiwi thiiiier.
Philadelphia June 29
T he I.and mi Fi oler rip.. Tarris, being
ing in t'lis p :r , arrived yesterday at i a
>ii'>rt p issage ’Foe 1* n delpnia (> zet e
• t last evening says all rtmimed yuict at
l. iuI.z.
I't urn another quarter, however, we have
oh allied a tvan.i.ii'ifin ot this quietness,
>vlitc.ii -mounts co a gren rititbC and an ac„
live siegt.
i he fortress of Matagorda, of which so
•nncli his been spoken, -lands on the west
point ot a kind of peninsula, which projects
about, a mile and a halt ong by half mi.<
broad, into ilic* bay .-t Cadiz, from he east
sale of the Bay. This pruinoutoty or pc
nin.stila is of an irfegumr rocky sui face, and
on its western exncinity at lie io.>-,ot the
elevated ground the tom es- stands; nor h
ol this peninsula tor iinre than a niiie die
shore is a shit low swa h. apparently formed
by the alluvion of the little liver St. Pedro,
winch runs from the east along side the ,u_
in vula o cYlatagm d'4.
O.i this peninsula there stood several fmu.
hum us in cons i ticteu Milage, wi .i_
in range ot ihe c.aum n of me rear batteries
ot Matagorda Under c .ver ot this vill .ge
'he Fiench made their appiouches without
firing a gun ; they formed in the roc as, and
trout such materials as presented themselves,
a powerful entrenchment. Along side ot
the Matugirda peninsula to ihc south, and
sepai aud troin it by a narrow 'hanuel cal
led the i'i ocodern, is an island of about the
same length from cast to west, as the penin
sula, amt on the western extremity ot inis
island is the fortress of S.. L-. uis. From
this fortress, winch the French occupied,
they attracltd the attention of tne Bit ish He
Spaniards in the inner harbor, until then
batteries were reaoy to open upon lie ior_
tiessot M-itag<.ida.
The Sp* mauls had been invited by the
British to demolish 'he houses ben mi Mata
g Jt'da, but declined o (1 so, and even to to e
on the Freuc.i while cairying on the ap_
proacnes
As soon as the F' ench had completed t heir
wink., a tremendous fne was opened at
oiicc upon the Matagoida fort, and upon me
British fl.et, whicli iiud IJv tins time esoa
ped on olthe inner hat v.r, and auchmed
in the channe of the otitei hiiboi between
Cadiz and Mat.agx.rda i lie Fn.-nch it «ip
pears had conveyed in silence >iot.rods h r
several batteries and !u: ■' ices for m ating
c i non -not ; and they suc*J«-cin d in blowing
up one H itisu slop ot wn-, si.m to no alii
gate, in coti-eipiuiC'’ ol w..iirh giva. cm
Mentation had been spread. a..d the flett
moved outside tin Pup.i-c.s.
VVtien in • L.'eel in i i .m. .• left (’-■ I 7 the
can.- n de wh. cn hail C”rtino need s Trial
days ot-« j.> -u ar c ig'.it or day i #r
; one our ; ■ m ;•»t -ch haifeslaulis ittd t e.n
sehfsi i»e .aris al »l:i og .• :ia, which they
I we.i: ivpjtr. -g untl r cover thru Ciiiimi. ;
sevirii i-.iti s !i ii • > ^n thrown noon the
I sea p im »v il i -na b -. t n at C .d z. bn
i none lari Co d .10 ’...s ite 01 'hr w irks,
j It was suppos'd •..» .1 tin: Frenc.i meant .0
1 run a pit 1 na:i a ni 1 It- from the noiib west
• p >int ot x\! 1 agi.rd i, for tne purpose ofhoin
| balding Cadiz
l lie GfirnMiiiue itv :r. gorda hau com
ple'.ciy kileiicefl 'in- J>pau;-.ii woi as -in the
• Punlal point, which is onty half,- irle di
'ant, and on the culse-vav winch leads
truui the isle ot Le.‘oti to ( ^ -—Aurora.
Chamlest >n J.u.e 16.
; Extract of a letter mu A/rrch-iti iv !la~
vuntut, o lus corrvsfiondcut oi /tin ci y,
dacil June 6.
‘ 1 have the pleasure of inf inning vou of
i the revival of toe shot -lived si .it at and
regulation of Duties of the tn.nt^ at M iy
las year, l>v which they ate consider.. o<y re
ftuetd, bo.h on import and export, as
will be seen by the accompanying state
ment.
Statement of the. nezv regulation < f Duties
viz
Articles of every d< .cription in-.pnned
front .Spain in Spanish bottoms, free < t ail
till it s
The pr diice and manufac'nres of Spain
imported in foreign butronis 10 percent and
municipal duties i percent.
Utensil* of agriculture, .in Spanish hot
toms free of duty in foreign bottoms 10 per
cent, and municipal duties.
All kinds nt oil, which brandy, liryiors p» e
se vtd fiuits. not tlie growth or in. utac n e
of Spain, and even sq unless accornpmu d
with the necessary cer 'ficates from the cus..
tom houses in Spain, 24 per cent.
Also, jewelry, modes of all kinds, ready
made clo hes, ouidings of gold, silver, silk,
wool, cloHi, &c. furnitiiies ol all kinds, wax,
spermaceti, lead, iron,copper pewter, sued,
marble stones, earthen and glass wares, pay
34 per cent.
Rice. beans and pens, lard, soap, and all
kinds of cotton manufactures jmv 14 ptr cent,
ad valorem and municipal duties
The produce of the islands on export, 1 1 2
percent, molasses exceped wliicn pay., &
per hhd.
Raw materials, &c, which may be brought
here for exportation, such as cottou, p c.i,
tar, turpentine, skins, peai 1 and pot ashes,
flix seed, masts and spars are sii >jtct only
at the time ot exportation to tiie payment ol
1 per cent ad valorem.
The stamping svstem discontinued
Produce of the .Spanish Colonies, found in
this market pay the same duty as the pro
ducc ot this island on exportation, except
ing cochineal; indigo, bui k. bal.am, c >con,
and logwood, which pay the same heavy du )
as before#
Flour, on arrival in Spanish <rr foreign bo*
toms to be declared il f >r » xportatt-in or
cntiMimptioii of the island, it for the 1 ii»e» i
pays g 8 J-8, if I r the former, and is re
shipped in two months trnm man ival, ttoniy
|rays 1 per cent, on exportation. I
Price4 Current.—C» AVe. 14 cts.; a<fsr»rt
cdlSug u s.4 u4 1 2 ; ditto, 6a 6; Muscova
do do. 5 a 6 1 4.
Havana, June 5.
Resolve.—His Excellency the Presi
dent, (itftcruor and Captain General, and
>he Imendnnt General of the army of Roy
al Finance, of this island, have res lvod hjr
an order of the SOth May last, that after
Sa urday the second current, shall he rein,
stated the Resolve of the 9.It May, 1809.
issued b\ both the chiefs ot that period, tor
he regula ion of the duties, with the follow
ing alterations—1 That on fm eign flour tho
payment last imposed, shall be continued
without distinction of fl tg, as is practised at.
present by the regulations of the govern*,
nu n* and intendancy — 2. The collection of
the duty for the war subsidy and clothing
the army shal continue.—3. That with res
pect to molasses, three dollars per hogshead
shall be paid upon what is exported thro*
the four qualified p uts in the island, tor
those «>f K .»r u America.
In consequence, all the produce which may
he en.t red and the ve-sels which may ar
rive with goods after the 2 .d of the cur'-ynt
month, sh.ill t_. j y the abatement and free
dom of duty designated ; but all that-an
chored in til*' p rr befme the said date, shall
remain liable to pay the entry cJi&\ie< which
formerly prevailed ; which regulation is to
•*e understood with the exception of what
lus majesty n ay be pleased t<* reKolv«* on the
subject, and is communicated to the mer
chants in viitue of the decree of the said
Intetid.mr of the army, dned tn.uay,. ba ic
ma* avail for their government and satis,
tncjion—H ivanwa, Jusc 1 lbiu.
IoLA.
ADVERTISE Ml NT.
The consignees of foreign vessels are in.
formed, that they will not be permitted to
trade in this port and others of the island,
where they are permitted to enter, if tiny
tie inn furnished with the attestations of the
respectvc Spanish consuls, required bv the
different royal orders, and lastly by that of
th- 30iU March last. Havaut.a, 2nd June,
1810.
ISLA-.
SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE
The following is translated from the
“ Heading Adler” of the 5th inst.-J3ijt„
Jiv, Post
A daughter of Mr. Daniel Sirnlieck* r,
inearO w..-burg Berkscount;, Pcnnsy vania,
about 3 tears of ago. had been observed, for
a number of days to go to a considerable dis.
tance from the house with a piece of bread.
■ which she obtained from her mother : tits,
i circumstance attracted the attention ot .the
{mother, who desired Mr. ts t<> follow the
j child, and observe what site did with «:.
I On coming >' ti.'e child he found her eng tg
! ed m tee'-itt g several SNAlvES railed \el
! low heads or bastard rattle Mtak.es. Mr ini
j mediately took it away and proceeded m the
j house for his gun and Sidled two of them at
one shot and another a tew days after. he
: ch*l.l called these reptiles in the manner o£
, e dit' , chickens, and when its father ob„ f
jServed if it continued tite practice titer
j wooid bite her—the child replied — “ Ah fa
f/i -r, thru won’t bite : they only cut the
breed 1 gix>e them ”
The fop,owing is he amount of the British.
Naval F •' ce up to the first flay of May :
At 'to. 91 ships of tin hue, 14 from 50 t..44
g ins 124 figites. 109 s "ys f.ri'l vacti-s, 6
t> nbti and liie ship-, 139 :>. igs. '54 utters,
70 ch Mine'--, gun vessels, luggers ikz._to
t 11 576 So pm f and fi ling—d he iirie,
4 in m 50 (• 44 gin s, 3if trigates, 35 sloops,
&c. 5 in ttil)'.. <5cc 56 brigs, 7 cutlet .-, >5
schncners, ike.-to al 193. (hi ml .t.ps,
h ■ pjf.al .:h p , pri-on ships tkc.-'.7 <f uie
line. 7 from 50 fo 44 guns, 9 trig . -v >,, $ ovjps,
ike. 1 botifb 1 cutter, 2 sciu.unei -- mat
64 I - otdtnaiy And repairing—63 ov the
line 14 It m 50 to 44 guns 70 Irigutes, 34
*■ p ,ikc 4 on itbs, &c ‘34 bites 4 cutters,
6 «c:hoi ners. fee—total ‘316. tvipding—42
of the line, 13 frigates, 4 .stoops, &c—totaL
C4. Gi and unal 1.113.
From the JY. York Commercial Advertiser.
On the G'h of October last, c plain Sim.*
» i tii t***11 of the ship Polly hem.id fr • n :>iis
p rt (i F .t.n utli, was captured ny a F cn It
piiviuter .idtiii ten or tweive leagues S W.
ot tii- sc y 1 -i>:ids. The commander of
the pri\ I'.tcr, afiei plundering the mip «>F
many valuable nur.ies, took away all the
s up's crew, eaterpti.-gcaptain G awlhisap
pia.ii:ice ; i d put on bo nd a prz an^ur
a nl I >uv 'non, wi n orders In conduct iic •
s up in •* be ijemest p .tit F auce or .Spain.
On at 9 h n .v g vi . d nree (lays for the
F »> ch c as , c ipi.iin Green se z. d a favor
| aide moment when two of the Fienchmen
were tsleep in the cabin when two more
h:.dju«t g ne below, to te cap uve the ship.
He instantly sprang lot ward, nailed the cab
in tin- i «j. j.-.s t nctl the companion, L> .1 ed ;i:c
h cli over lor s-ky. hg ic. and secured the
in at t'nc 1 elm. 1 tins, nice more in.i -• r
o iie, sht,.*, he w nv her f'.ui' I, m i s-.e;
t i ihr nearest port of Engla id or I Valid*
! i he 1‘rcnchmcn bid • .v hat ing been twr>
<1 .y s in iieir rdo: p coi linemen* soff i n g wwh
heal and torn red with tii. wi.m.s .inch
; h.-c! wandered from ihe rice m lie h id and*. ’
infested dir cabin requeued to be btmight
: n J iet k, u'ui pr .mi'eu obrdtnce md sun
miss on. Mom r s ot loi n.iiuly indured c ip
tain Grteo to relieve them from ihtii dis
tressing situ t ion lie t»r night hemttpvej:**
aiately, and secured nein on il.fT rent p.». s
1 of the deck On lie 18 h ot the same month,
I if'ei s tiling in this manner nine days, with.*
[ nu closing us eyes, be arrived m smety at
j Ifn-tol in Engl nd. Capt. Green is a oat i vs
(f his i on m i y, 4ml as »v ill appear from iho
< x;d at above 1 elated, a man of a boid and
I en • 1 prizing spirit
| jF..f Ins brave and spiried exertions on
■ (his occasion, the New Y u k and Columbian
Insurance Companies, in this ci y, have pre~
stmcil to Captam Green, and to hisappren
ir.c, a g nerous and honorable teward, The
letter me nnpanying the vtty liberal cmir
jibment, (which, we undeis<and consis ed
["fan eleg int set of plate and a check for
seven hundred and fifty dollars,) t< ge.lieP
with Capt Gieen’s answer, have been com
municated lor publication.
Pktkrsb’jrc. June 23. <
FOUR 1 II OF JULY.
From present appearances, the citizens of
!'• u railing n il celebrate die i.ppruacli.ng
Minivf rstit y ot American independence, with
iinc mini u ipstivity and joy. Jidecd, it i«#
ttting that they should —the w.mle, 1 -publi
"t family ot tin IJ Mates should g. forth
11 his national Ito.il.iy, nit only to r iterate
in eternal vow of hawed 10 royalty, nit i©