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: rtlcr Jet huhsis‘.e-'ce of the
corps varies so considerably,
(hit for the same number of men S 30
'tc 4-0,DC0 are required more in oni
year than in anther. ft is thus—
Whenever a marine is employed or?
fc«;?.rd of a ship, he is subsisted out of
the chips’ provisions, and the amoun'
is charged not to subsistence of the
marine corp3 b;U to provisions of the
navy, which is always a distinct ap
propriation ; and it is only when a
marine is employed on shore that his
subsistence is furnished cut of the ap
propriation for subsistence of marine
corps. Hence the estimate for sub
sis ence of the marine corps must be
regulated by the number of marines
intended to be employed on beard of
ship—the greater number intended to
be employed on board of ship, the less
w.ll be the estimate for their subsist
ence on shore, and the more will be
the estimate for the provisions for the
navy. In proportion to the reduction
of the one of these estimates will be
the increase of the other. Thus we
find in the year 1800 the whole amount
estimated lor the pay and subsistence
of the marine ccr-ps was 102,752 60—
and that in the year 1809, tor the
same number of men, the amount so
estimated was 135,647 dollars, and by
reference to the estimate tor “ provi
. sion for the navy” we find that lor t«*e‘
year 1800 the sum of §603,5 42 67
v. as required, and for the year 1309
567,765 dollars only——or 35,677 67
less than in the year 1800. Yes, gen
tlemen, we find that although the es
timate for the pay and subsistence of
the marine corps was §32,894 40 less
for the year 1800 than lor the tear
1809, yet that the estimate for previ
sions was § 35,877 67 more—and this
w ill appear the more unfortunate for
the arcriiment of the honorable mem
bcr when it shall be considered, that
the whole numb r of persons ot every
dcsciiption included in the estimate
icr “ provisions’^ for the year 1809,
amounted to 7,446 cnlyi—and that in
the j t ar 1809 they amounted to 7,974.
Yes, gentlemen, although the amount
estimated for 41 provisions” was" 38,877
67 less in the year 1809 than in the
year iCOO, the number ot mtu esti„
mated for was 528 n ore. 1 his'wjtiy
appear to the honorable \t. Randolph
a '‘solecism in <>*ir political arithmetic1*
—a myste y' which not evtnihts 44 ana.
torrizing” head can unravel. It is
however as plain as the simplest ot !
•old Euclid's problems. It arises from
the reduction of the ration ; ami trom
the late Secretary of the Navy having
iniroduced into our navy the use ot
whiskey instead of rum—by which he
made an annual saving to 'he nation
of from 30 to 50,000 dollars !
AMEn 1C ANUS. I
(To be Continued.)
VIRGINIA ;
In Halifax county Court, In Chan
cery 24th April, 1810.
Anthony Wilkinson, Plaintiff.
AGAINST
John W. Maun and duel Mien,
Defendants. j
wurmidiiij juiiii Wi iviniiii um H4Va j
ir.g entered h»s appearance ardT*^en j
security according to the ac: nJ^AmteiwIy ,
2td the rules of this Court— anj it Appear*
ii g to the satisfaction of the Cfurt/ihajfhe I
is not ao inhabitant i f this CotftimKwewtli, I
On fmu-ibn of the plaintiff by Vi»_ comwl, ■.
It is ordered, that the said Lit tnenmned t
<h ft ndant, do appear here on the fourth ;
Mot.day in Scptembi r next, and answer title
bill of the pl.tintktf; ;-nd that a ct py of
»*.;* order be forthwith inserted in some
one of the lows Papers published in the
Cd) of Richmond, lor eight weeks succes
sive’y, and posted at the front door of the
Courthouse of the sr.id county,
*A Crpv—Teste,
SAMULL WILLIAMS, d. cu.
___ __ O * * P-3
1 iventy Dollars iieivard. 1
—
T) UN AW A Y from the Subset i'>er on ' be ,
8th ir»t• *'n i-ppreowee boy about 19
)v.»ts ob'j nmnicci
Jlra/kc'j- Watkins!
born In Hanover A,t»nty- — IL is of a slim
st*«ue, about fiv\ ket, five or Mt/ inches 1
I gh, had on whrfnKte tfped a brown cont
r» d pantaloon* ol the urn- colour Any
prison that will bring him home, or secure ,
b*tn in Jail, shall receive tbeabove reward.
Ail Masters nt vessels, and any person or 1
\/- ri< ns are for warned to narbour him un,
dr the jemityaf me Low.
liAVID LOO'AK. i
Kichtrond, 12lh July, J8io.
JUST RECEIVED by the Subscriber,
fiom J iulndtlphin, an alter ment of
LE^THEfi
of the first quality, fie also cont'nttea to <
keep a general assortment of i
Hoots and Shoes !
of the* most ftahhmab’e qnabtv, wb#h hr 1
nfFeti for anle on moderate terms.* All - i
te'en fr>mn the Country ‘hall he pone Mi. j i
al'y attendi d to with neatness and dis- j ,
patch.
DAVII) LOGAN. 11
hichreond, 12th July, 1810. |<
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imtcgnta Hirgtt.g»
rich M o N D,
'5 HID AY, July 13, 181 a
j The British, it w-'uld seem, are]
j coming out again with new orders in
council, which may eventually and ve
ry materially change the present as
pect of our relations with Great.Bri
tain. We pretend not at this moment
to discuss the new points which are
peeping forth; but we will'desire our
I readers to reflect how very completely
t!*e Epgliih government have usurped
tne povvi-r of giviog-!aws to those who
navigate the ocean. The thing has, to
be sure, been done by degrees $ but it
h.13 been effected by our sufferance.
1 his is the way, in truth, that ail a
imses arc created ; by fitde and little.
If, in the year 1006, the British had
exercised the same power that they'
do now, the American torics them
selves would scarcely have defended
them. But at present, so potent is
haoi»~—even the habit of suffering our
selves to be kicked-*—that the most dis
graceful humiliations may, in time,
coine to be looked on not only with
indifference, but with complactncy.
We tear that the good citrtens of this
country have been so long pampered
witli the roses of prosperity, that when
the thorns begin to prick them—and
prick they will—the £ain will be in„
tolerable.
The President of the U. S. and la
dy left Washington for Montpelier on
Monday last, to return in October.
ERRATA.
(G** In the advertisement puhVrsh-'
ed m our last, for holding a coUrt of!
Enquiry for the 1st Battalion, it should •
be the H):h instead of the llih inst. !
•J7* The Publish* r of the Boston Pa„
*rmoT, a Republican, has been appointed
rimer to the !btate of Massachusetts,
NeiM-Tork, July 3.
DIED—Yesterday, at the house of
Mr. Kinsey, No. 5 Broadway, Tho
mas Gili,iatt. Esq, of Richmond,
Virginia in the 47th year of his age,
alter an illness of 4 months, which he
bore v-itli the most manly fortitude.
—Mr. Gilliatt was a native of En
gland ; but for many years an inhabi
tant of Richmond, where the amiable
qualities oi his hr art, and his number
less virtues are so well known, that
his loss will be no^t deeply regretted, i
eleganTextragt.
[1 he following beautiful extract in
from the peq of Mr. Sampson, one
c f the peneruted patriots of ir* lard.
Mr. S. has been peculiaily success,
ful in preserving the manner of Os- *
sian—and his writing* will he uni
versally rad and admired, by eve*!
ry one who can feel a sympathy for
the unhappy victims of tyrdrny.
r r-.i- i*7i 11
“Sad is the sleep of fyrin, and her
dreams arc troubled and gloomy. Her !
enemy has coint, he has come in the
hour of her slumbers, and his hand
bus stolen the emerald Iroin her brow;
aut Erin h:.s not awakened—-No ! she
still sleeps.
“ Bloo \y is the field where she lies,
,n'l garments are sprinkled with
Wood—— ior the wounds of her sons are
'Creaming around her, and the ghosts
j| her ht roes are crying for vengeance !
vat Erin has not awakened !—Noll
ihe still slei ps. [
“ A sigh comes on the night breeze I
—’tis the spirit of Orr that com
plains !—Pensive he leans from his
:loud, and weeps over the slumbers
pf Erin! He touches the lyre of
ung; the Heavenly Harp of Un:on!j
tnd the orisons of Freedom tremble !
>ver the chords—’twas a strain he i
oved, for “he died singing it.” Has
l-rin heard the voice of her hero? has
Krin awakened ?——»No—she slid i
deeps.”
ZROM THE AURORA.
THE FO U11 ni OF JUf.Y.
While the p op!e in all parts of the
ountry have on the present anniversa*
y, endeavored to make up hy festivity
or what they Iv.ve lost of character ;
ind as, if like the precious it!
lecame more valuable, as it became !
note scan e, it was trot a trifling ob-|
ect to consider, th .t at the very mo
ment cf firing the morning salute from
he guns of Fort frlifflin, a British ship
>f war of only t'Jtcen -thirty p?un- It
ders. \v.:s riding at single anchor u*
hearing of the gut:«, and in contempt
:ofthe public laws.
- 'I his contempt of our lat*:; has been
so frequently exhibited in the same
way, that as use'is said tohe a second
nature, we think nothing of it perhaps
because we are used to in
For the same reason perhaps it is,
that the fact of several Americans be
ing in a state o£ bondage on board the j
Avon British ship of war, instead of
enjoying the toasts of the day as usu
al, I could net but think of the case of
Thomas Coilins, and his fellow citi
zens on board the Avon. He had
been for five years impressed by the
British and detained from his family,
friends,and country. Heat last ar
rives in the Delaware, the ship on
which he is on beard is violating the
laws of hra country ; and his heart
throbs with mingled emotions of indig
nation, and the hope, that through the
violation of the laws by his tyrannic
keeper, he may once more be enabled
to tread the soil of His nativity.
H e sees the United States civil offi
cers perform their duty, in warning
the violator rf the laws ; and he hears
them treated with an insolent and con
tumely proverbial of the British navy.
Peer Collins fosters hope,and expects
that every aggravation is only ::n ac
celeration of the hour of. his release.
Vvhat must his feeliugs be,.what!
inu3t the feelings of all the Atneri
[ cans on board that ship, on the morn
! mg oi the 4th July, when at six in the
j morning the Avon weighs anchor, and'
I accompanied by-a v. ssel tjanslormed
from a Camelion to a Rtfltiora, pro- !
ceeds down the B;iy.
1 could sey more—I could indeed
say what would humiliate us in the
eyes even oi me inese contemptiuie ot
the human species, but I stifle my
mortified and indignant feelings, and
forbear the utterance of other fact3^
and ask myself, can such things en
dure? I recollect when Pickering
wa3 secretary of state, that there were
several Americans on board a British
sloop of war at the wharf in PliiladeL.
phia, and that when he was applied to,
he was willing to interfere with Lis
ton for the release of one of them ; but
not until the vessel should be under
way, “because” said Pickering, “the
otheis might the-n endeavor to get a
way also.”
1 look at the declaration of indepen
dence, read the preamble, and imagine
1 hear the founders of ourjjovernmentj
swear in the face of the immortal God,
to maintain those principles.
I review the precepts of religion,
and ask how they operate in society, f
I examine the principles of civil so
ciety, which calls upon every man to
contribute his share to the support and
to partake in the risks of life and death j
in defence of society.
And turning these thoughts upon
poor Collins and his fellow captives,
on the Avon British ship of war, I ex
claim, O ! unfortunate man! Such is
the spirit of independence, such is the
religious obligation, such is civil soci
ety to you—» faithless, unprincipled,
and perfidious violator of social, civil,
and moral obligation. To your ty
rants food and hospitality are handed,'
but for you, there is neither hospital!- i
t>, nor charity, nor hope ; to you, it is j
is if,this vast continent were swallow- ;
-d up in th<5 ocean. Alas, it rs worse, l
tor if you had no country, your heart •
.VOll Id lint hiive bled ir»r iev
:y cr it3 injustice. ESDRAS.
TROM TH3 BOSTON PATRIOT.
4 h JULY—1810.
*1 he anniversary of our national indepen.
Icnce has never before relumed under
urcumstanccs so pleasing to the true A.
nciicen patriot. In contracting it with
he day , of years that have passed, or in
:ompaiiog our situation with the inhabit
ants of any other sefilion pf the glebe,
lia heart ntiUbe insensible to gratitude,
vho docs not acknowledge the Kindness
>f the supreme gp»v«rnor of tire universe
ctfards his Amctcan family.
It is true that evcfjr thing does not suc
ked Recording, to our wishes, but h is e.
['tally demonstrable that the United States
ire pre-cm nently distinguished for their
iv.I, religious boual and htetary advun
sges; ami can bo (tel of more internal
i ipp ncvi than the inhabitant* of any part
tl the woifd.
1 i our foreign relations i' is true the
;igantic combatants of Europe have sue.
tttivcly *.Rli6\cil us# but o.tr situation is
nfiaitety better than the *ubje£U of those
remendousl'elligers nfs. —by their means
pur commerce is htjsred and curtailed,
»ut with mII its iektnc\ions the flag of the
mion is the second, if not first on the o.
cart.
But cur mutual congratulations aTe prin.
lipal'y excited by the evils t»c nave escj*
cd.andby the domes ic triumph of those
epublican pn«»ctpfes which sccur d our
ndepender.ee in 1776» It »s a cause ol
•u e and high satisfaction tha* we this
jy behold in he chair of government the
nsn who signed 4Ire dtclaratii oof our na.
iofial existence, and devoted his best tat*
nts to presrivc it. That we find the en/
imHicg ray cl purio.isui has diuoucated
U*e fui'C'jU of New j|Li-hp-.hire and the
hills o! Vermont; u:'d that there th* gen.
uine republicanism the *• t*me (hat tn.
ed Men**. ‘souls ’ is proclaim d by the
joyful voices of our citizens. The com.
mei'cal *'K4ir»fNew Y**rk has placed it
self as a guard to the same honorable prin
ciples, and Rhode 1 stand has preserved the
glory of her republican character. At the
head of the national government is found
the intelligent end errhgh ensd statesman,
whose mind powerfully dirges the ship ol
state through the storms end dangers
of a troubled ocean w;;h fidelity and suc
cess.
•In comparison wi;h past years this is
indeed an enlivening and yryful situation*
We beheld a far different state ot tilings
twelvemonths ago* the pretended fed
eralism that then reigned f.ecurely and
triamplian’Iy,cast a gloom over the spirits
of cur best patriots : and mviy that cele
brated that anniversary lelt an anxious
presentiment that it would be the la it
coinmeinura ion of American indepen
dence.
The repnb ican viiities of cur hardy yer\.
manry has again rendered it secure. A
victory greater than over Burg»yne has
been atchieved. and under the care of our
present na’ioiul and state magistrates it
is impossible that even the world in arms
should make successful npposi.ion or re
move the rock of uges on which it-is foun
ded.
SOUTH TtVlERIC A.
This important part of the world is
apparently on the eve of a great revo
lution. A patched up sovereignty,
under the direction and controul of
the clergv-—a monarchy under Ferdi
nand VII. or some sovereign tinder
Q 11 e r •*« nnr»l»nr» a t^nr r.-.
revolution, in which foreign influence
will augment and prolong the horrors
of lawless and alternately successful
domestic factions, till as in modern
France, the very hope of liberty U a
bar.doned for that ignoble quiet, whicfjr
a nation struggling for liberty and ex
hausted by ephemeral tyrants finds un
der a permanent military -despotism.
■—Ong of these three events probably
await .this section of the new world.
lfA real independence, unbiassed by a*
ny European power, would be the
most desirable event for the United
States. But to those who do not ar
gue from their wish.es, we think this
must appear the least probable. t\re
tv ill not inticiputc the horrors of a san
guine and interminftfble revolutionary
struggle. The supposition of n oy.
nasty in Spanish America, allied with
that which now controuls ‘.he destinies
of the European continent, has suffi
cient ground to excite our attention,
to lead us to examine, what would be
its effect if realised, upon, the political
and commercial world—and what
course of policy jive. ought to pursue,
standing in this new and extraordinary
relation. Boston Patriot.
The new order in council ascribes the
net of Congres', excluding the public end
private armed vessels from our waters, to
the operation, of ** French influence.”
The same ac', likewise, excludes itie pub
lic and private armed vessels of*France!
from the same, and furnishes Iinnaparte
with the apology of “ llrkish influence,**)
for the late iniainou3 seizures of Ameri
can properly.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 15.
AMERICAN DISPUTE.
Mr. Whitebfead rose and said that
havintr read and considered ctiri.iin no.
pers laid before the house respecting
the Negotiation which was carried ox>
between Mr.-Ershine a>ul the AinerE
can governmknr, he was now perfectly
prepared to state his opinion upon
them. The right hon. gentleman, his
majesty’s late Secretary for Foreign
Affairs (Mr. Canning) had publicly
charged Mr. Er kine with having de
parted widely from both letter and spi
rit of his instructions. Mr. Erskine
denied the fact; and the question at
issue in the lace of Europe was, whe
ther or not the right honorable gentle
man had deviated from the truth. He
for his own part was persuaded no
3uch imputation could be founded a.
gainst the Right Honourable Gentle*
man. liut
[ilerc the Chancellor of the Exche
quer rose and deprecated the progress
of the hon. gentleman in a speech
ivh:ch might lead to an irregular de
rate, there being no question before
the house.]
Mr, Whitbread did not mean to
oring forward any motion on this sub- i
ject; he wished to save the house the!
trouble of a discussion.
The question was at issue, as be
tween the right honorable gentleman,
Mr. Erskine and himself. What he j
wished to say then was, lhat ail that
was wasting to the vindication of Mr.!
Erskine, was the pit* licath-n of that
letter now before the worn!, and from!
in attentive per.-.sat of that letter he *
thought the nindication comple ; but!
that these instructions were not drawn !
Jp with the accurary they ou.jiu tpj
tuvs been, nor with due attention to aj
--1 \
Trt\v which bad then ree^n^y passed in
1 Ymcrtca. tJmier taiuiin^, however,
-hat aa intercourse was now in nego
ciation with America, he did not \vir,h
to urge any thing further on the aub
ject.
Mr Canning expressed his surpr'se a*,
the course pursued by the honorable, geo.
tlcman, and thought he bad a rigin u
canapla’n of bis want of candor in thus
deserting a deci .io »» which for so
a time he had appeared so anxious to
bring forward. For bis own part, be bad
always cour ed as the only way n
which‘he could shew to the world, tIvay
what he had ci me in his official charaes
ter with renpefl to Mr libskim* wootd
beaiv-the strideil and most minute inves
tigation. There was nothing tor v/bicn
| he was more anxious than that the io.
! vestiga'ion of this subject should be en*
Iteredintn in the fullest manner. He had
< lifter said any thing tending to traduce
the cbarafter of Mr Errkine. He had
I affirmed and re.affirmed, that Mr F.r.
! fkine had a£\ed con rary to his instructions,
i not only as to the letter, but the sp.r.
I it of them; and lie was ready to nuke
! it appear in argument, whenever the hon.
jorable gentleman, o^ any other of Mr lir.
shine's friends should c.buse to bring it
forward, lie thought the honorable gan.
tleman d'd not ireal him fairly, when uf.
ter he Itad s'.a’edjthat if certain (Jr.cumt-n * ,
were biought forward it wcuhl appear
that Ids (Mr Camung’s) conduct would
be found faulty and reprehensible i and
now those very documents were brought
forward, the honorable gentleman dever.
ted bis former ground, and he was left
w thout an opportunity ot defending his
official character from the charges which
had at different time* been made against
it.
Sir Francis Burdett vs. the Speaker
of the House of Commons.
The following is a copy of the Rule
[of the court of king’s bench, for leave
for the Defendant to plead several mat
ters, upon the motion of Mr. Abhott.
Wednesday next, after three weeks
from Last-day, in the 50th year of
•King George the Third.
Burdett, Bart- against Abbott.
I ft^is ordered that the Defendant have
leave to plead several matters, to wit,
not guilty to the whole declaration, and
for further plea to breaking and enter
ing the Plaintiff's Message, and the
■assault & imprisonment mentioned in
'the first count, a justification under the
[ resolutions of the House of Commons,
(that the Plaintiff had been guilty of a
Breach of the Privileges of the House,
[and was ordered by the House to be
[committed to the tower of London ;
and ftTht the Defendant, as speaker of
t1ie House of Commons, issued his
Warrants accordingly, to the Serjeant
at Atrns, attending the house, and to
the Lieutenant of the Totyer ; and for
further plea, to the assault and impris
onment mentioned in the first count
the like justification. Upon the moti
on of Abbott.
BY TIIE COURT.
* London, May 18.
We had an interview yesterday with
a gentleman who left Corunna on tin*
10tn inst. lie confirms the account
of the surrender of Astorga, and ci
the circumstances under which it ca
pitulated, as stated in cur letter of the
4th of this month, which we have al
ready inserted. *
We are sorry to find, that the quan
tii*x>f arms to be sent to Spain is ex*
treV|e!v limited, and that only 8000
staaakire destined for Gallicia, and half
that number for Asturias, although in
those provinces only there are 110,000
persons enrolled, destitute of the wea
pons of war.
Petersburg. Anril 17.
The grand Vizier’s head quarters
were still at Schium in the beginning
of this month. At Constantinople, as
wemf, as in the Turkish armv, many
otHcers had arrived from Mai*
tT« i'he grand signor, Mahmud, as*
sisted almost every day at the delibe
rations of the Divan* The prepara
tions for opening n new campaign a
gainst Hussia were carried on in all
tfa provinces of the Turkish empire
with the greatest activity.
The Turkish fleet in dttf port of Con
stantinople was ready to set 3ail on a
cruize into the H!ac’: sen.
1 From the London Gazette.'
At thetourt M the Queen's l'alncc, the
V2d of May Ibiu—present, (*»e Kiln*’*
M<**t Excellent Majesty in Council.
Hi* Mcjccty i» pleased, W and wtt!» the
advice of hi* Privy Cru.tci!, to order jw.il
it Is hrt'eby ordered, Ut it si] vessel* widen
shall h*v« cl oared out frojn uny port so far
under the controul of France ir her al,
hen, as that British v< n*.av hot freely
trade thereat, and which a*-« *- on’nwfij at
the Whule Fishery, or other Ft fiery of
nhy description, sav-3 fti hereinafter ex,
cejpo.,1, a*«d ate rc.urr. in, or dym.* to
revorn, titter to the p>.t from wivnca
they ci-’rcJ,or to any uthvr port dr piaco
tv. idea * he Bi itUh u ^ »/. .y net Itcely
t»ie, »ha!i be Cuptoifd *n<l conuesnueil,
tOf,*;lv’r w.h their store* and cai jo, «*
prl2s to the captures.
But Ml Majesty is pleased to except
from this order, vrsscli employed in cu-», '