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from time to time Hill the whole penalty lie
recovered—if any judgment shall pass for
the commissioner ut tlie suit of the com
monwealth. or an individual, he shall reco
ver his cost* ■
The co nmissioners shall certify the lists
to be retimed to the auditor, clerk and she
Tiffin the following manner: “I
have examined the foregoing list of (land
. or property, as the case may In-,) subject to
taxation, and find the same to be correctly
stated-—Given under my hand the
day of And so much of the
30th section of the net entitled “ An act
prescribing the mode of ascertaining the
taxable property within this common.,
■wealth,” as directs the clerks of the courts
of each county, or corporation, to examine
the said lists, is repealed. And so much
of the 15th section, cf the above recited act,
as authorisss the courts to make an allow
ance to the clerk for his services, in certify
ing the lists, is also repealed.
All ordinary licences shall, hereafter, be
taken ont previously to the first day of May,
annually, and shall be good for one year—
fsrovided, that if any new tenant shall take
possession of a tavern, or a new ordinary be
opened after the first day of May, in any
year, or any tavern licence shnil expire after
the first day .of May next, the tax thereon
shall be apportioned, according to the time
then tocome, until the first day of May next,
ensuing.
Before any tavern shall be opened in pur
tuance of a license granted ns aforesaid, ev
ery person r'»iainiug such license, shall pro
duce the same to the commissioner of the re
venue for his district, or where he proposes
to open a tavern ; and shall procure the cer
tificate of such commissioner thereon, in
the following manner. “ county or cor.
poration, to wit: A. B having produced to
m< a license granted by the court of the coun
ty aforesaid, on the payment of to the
clerfc of said court: these are therefore to
Certify that the said A. B. is authorised to
keep an ordinary till the first day of May
next. Given under my hand the day of
arid shall also set up in the most pub
lic entertaining room in the tavern, and
there keep a copy of the license(and com
missioner’s certificates; and lor neglecting
the same, shall be subject to the like penal
ties as persons are now subject to for failing
to set up tavern rates, and recoverable in
like manner. The said commissioners ttw 11
take a true list of every ordinary or tavern
license produced to them, and certify the
same, with the date and the amount paid
thereon, under his hand and seal, to the Au
ditor of public accounts, on or before the
first of November annually, which list, so
certified, shall be deemed legal evidence in
all motions made acainst anv deliuuuer.t
clerk or clerks.
It shall be the duty of every com mission -
er of the revenue, at each quarterly court,
togive information before the grand jury, of
all persons opening or keeping a tavarn con.
trary to the provisions of this or any other
act, where the same may com* within their
own knowledge.
For every {certificate granted by a com
missioner uuder this act, he shall be allow,
ed-fifty cents, payable out of the public trea
sury, after his list of tavern licenses shall be
certified as aforesaid.
The allowance to the commissioner of the
revenue for all his services under the law,
in listing the taxable property, and taking
the list of free persons ot color, shall not be
more than one hundred dollars.
77. To amend so much of the several laws
concerning stud horses and jack asses as res
pects the time and manner of their being
entered with the commissioner of the reve
rue. J7* This act provides that all stud
horses and jackasses, hereafter let to mares,
whether owned by persons residing in the
Commonwealth, or in any other state, shall
be entered with the commissioner of the re*
venue in the county or district, where such
horse or ass shall stand, by the owner, if he
resides in the county, but if not, then by the
proprietor of the place where such horse or
ass shall stand, who shall be liable to the
tax; and when any horse or ass shall stand
in two or more counties, they shall be enter
ed in the aounty or district where the sea
son commences.
If the commissioner shall call on any
person owning a y studhorse or jack ass,
for a list of bis property, before the season
commences, and the owner shall be unable
toascertain the priceotihe season, orifany
person, nf'er the commissioner so calling,
shall become the owner of any horse or ass,
or shall teceive any tiling either directly or
indirectly for the season, or shall permit any
such horse or ass to be kept at his stable,
such person shall enter such horse or ass
•v^iih tlse commissioner of the county ordis
trict, wherein he resides, on or before the
first day of May. Any person failing tocn
ter a horse or ass, agreeably to the provisi
on of this act, or at a less price titan he shall
receive payable within the season, shall for.
feit treble the amount of the sum at which
Such horse or ess shall stand, to be collected
and accounted for by the sheriff, on oath, for
the use of the corninonweah.
Any person, other than the owner, who!
filia.ll become liable for the tax on any stud
b »i«e or ass under the provisions of this act,
tduli think himself in danger of losing the
name, he shall have his remedy on the horse
or ass, by attachment, or otherwise.
78. Authorising Permelia Berms to remove
cerisin slaves into this commonwealth.
79. Concerning the town of Smithfield.
Bo. Authorising John Wilson, guardian of Wil
11am W. Elam C* Nancy Elam, to remove certain
slaves in this commonwealth.
HI Placing Sampson Henderson on the list of
Pensioners.
82 Authorising a sale cflhe public property at
the Point of Foik.
83. Tj continue in force fora limited time an
net pn*»?d on the 31st of J inmry list, entitled
** Ail act concerning executions and for other
purposes.” tfj“ Toe act of the 31st January 1899,
for staying executions, and sales of property tin
der deeds of trust, Ptc. hj giving bond, is declar
ed to be in force tdl the- 31st of Mav next, and
no longer : Pro*Med that nothing in this act con
tained, shall operate to impair a> y security given
or right vested, under the* above recited act, and
that each and every remedy provided by the said
ant for the prosecution of such tights and securi
ties, are rendered perpetual
In all c '»es where, under the 6*h section of the
a’x've recited act, bond shall have been g:vcn to
■< ay pri.ceeedings upon any deed of trust, such
b ind ahull be, by the trustee, obligee, or as
aignec, hit or her executors or administrators, in
whose posauasiou such bond may be, returned
to the clrik’u office of the superior or inferior
court of that county, in which'he deed of mist
was executed cr recorded ; and the clerk of that
court only ahull have power to issue execution
upon such bonds.
84. Appointing additional commissioners to
superintend tbe. turnpike roai over the bouth
MwUi.uill at ri >ckttiu St.
85. A<»tl<or'*ing Elizabeth Morris to bring cer
tain slaves into tins state
86. Authorising a toll bridge over the North
Bnnchof K ippahinnork river at Norman’s Fort!.
87. Appropriating certain csclit ats, penalties,
forleitiircs and c< tiiiscationa, to the, encourage
inetit of learning. Uj" All esrheats, confisca
tions, fines, penalties uml forfeitures ^except mi
iilia (I’lvt) and all rights in persona! property ac
cruing to the common wealth as derelict, are ap
propriated to the oncourag. ment of learning, by,
t!ie establishment of a school or shoots in each
county, subject to such regulations as the Gene
ral / sscm.lv shall hereafter prescribe. The
auditor is directed to open an account to be de
nominated the Literary J-'und, in which shall be
entered nil receipts at the treasury, from any of
the above sources
88 Authorising the overseers of the poor for
tlie county ot Essex, to receive cf John Monta
gue, executor of IViltiani Jones, a certain legacy,
and for oii-«-r pm poses.
( do be concluded in our next J
Ch anlfs ro n, January 29.
Captain Fla GO, of the bfig Caroline,’ arrived
yesterday from Cadiz, has favored us with the
Gazettes of that ritT to the 19t!i December—
some translations follow. It was the general o
pinion at Csdiz, that there were no hope3 nfsav
tng Spain from the dominion of Bonaparte—a
number o( transports were at Cadiz, in readiness
to act as circumstances might require. No de
pendence could be placed in the Spanish troops,
when opposed to the French Distrust and jea
lousy pervaded every class of the people, and'the
Junta had become verv unpopular. It was ssiit,
that ao army of 15 or $0,00.j men was marching
to Spain from Bayonne—but it was considered by
the French, that the troops i:i Spam were smtfici
ent to complete tha conquest of the kingd om.
TRANSLATIONS,
f Cadiz, December i?.
The Tyrolese, always constant in tbeir resolu
tion, look with contempt or. the s„d misfortunes
which necessarily follow from war j and by the
following particular*, we see that our common
enemy do honor to their herpism, although he
exaggerates a momentary triumph, ao dearly
honirhl J
T lie official b'’1; •tin of Eugene Napoleon, con
tains the follow ng article The ti.snijuillity
wfiich the Tyrolese were enjoying had inspired
them with such h boldness, that every day they
make incursions from Tenale, frontier of Vatteli
na,to Uellunn, in order to procure provisions in!
i ° lub'» which are less abundant in
the Tyrol. The general CarafVlli, minister of
war and marine, commander in r.lnt-f of lit* troops
ol the kingdom, having received the orders of his
majesty the Emperor and King to occupy Trent,
hastened toexeente the same, in order to put an
end to the incursions of the revolters After re
uniting in the Veronese a considerable body of
troops, the Commander in Chief gave orders to
C,en. J ryri to march on the 26th of Septern
bei, with a body of 5000 men to occupy Trent
— At the same time a body of 1200 men. who
were in the department of Piave, p«ss«d to Cgrt
ma, near Codore, in point of communication with
the valley of Drova. General Peyri took posses
sion ol Alda, whence the revolters had retired
hastily, certain of them being taken intheir flight
The detachment that marched by the right side
of the Adige, met with resistance and suffered
some loss. On the 21th General Peyri entered
Trent. The enemy, with the intention of defen
ding the city, made a sally hut was attacked
wuli such intrepidity as to he obliged to retire
I *,ie. *oss 390 men. The cavalry received
I them with t‘.e sword, and made great carnage
Letters from Smyrna announce in positive
terms, that the intrigues of Gardanne have not
succeeded at the court of Tschesan. on account
ot the sagacity of the British minister, Sir Har
ford Junes. Zetair Shaw has been more prudent
than Gardanne, and, fir from facilitating to Na
poleon the march of 100,000 men to invade the
Mogul, in order to assure a marine peace, lie
has put in motion 150.000 men, well organized,
“l tl,e ‘,ea“ of whom are English officers, to co
operate with the Turks against the Russians,
and avenge the injuries done by a modern Alex
under, who certainly is not the son of Philip —
Sir Harford Jones enjoyed the greatest cridit at
i ie court ot Pemia. I lie Persian ambassador,
whom that court sends to England, arrived in
the month of Sept, with his secretary, and was to
re-embark in the ship Formidable.
Manxesa, Nov. 26
Letters front the frontiers ot Prince, dated
22nd inst. mention, that on the 4lh, Nev arrived
at Paris; it is believed, to inform Napoleon of
the situation of Spain. Napoleon still remains
at Fontainbleau, with aillhe senate *n«l his par
tisans.
Somi letters from the interior state, that new
reinforcements are marching for Spain—others
announce rumours, of war breaking out in the
North ; and that, recording to the French papers,
some difficulty had arose upon the articles of the
peace with Austria, respecting the cession of
some territory made by tier—thef natives be
ing unwilling to become subjects to Napoleon.
TRANSLATION
From a Cadiz fia/ier of the 16.'A December
Semlin, (Turkey,) Sept. 4.
The Russian arm}', which besieges Isma
el, consists of thirty thousand men. The
Turkish garrison, which is numerous, offers
the most vigorous resistance. An army of
observation covers the spot against the
Grand Vizer, who has advanced towards
Silestria; while another corps, along the
Black-Sea, marches towards Varna. It is
very probable, tbit the two armies will soon
enter into a great engagement.
Io the Lditora oj the Public Advertiser.
Gknti.f. si en,
I observe that an attempt has been
made, on the part of the managers of the city
assembly, to weaken and di sipate the public
indignation excited bv the late flagitious oc
currcncc at the ci*y Hotel. For this purpose
a certificate has been published, signed Lou
is Benoit, who is pompously ushered into
notice under the title of “ the Leader of the
City Assembly j,andf
In the introductory remarks which you
have prefixed to that certificate, yr.u are cer
tainly warranted in stating that that docu
ment was written for and not by the subscri
ber. liOuis Benoit, if I atn correctly in
formed, h a mulatto man who goes among
our dancing masters and misses by the name
o. fame t. !• rom his dialect, I presume
lie is a native of one of the French West In
dia Islands, but thn* an excel\rut fiddler, lie
cannot speak (much less write) three words
of corrected intelligible Knglish. Benoit is
a poor man as his profession indicates, and
probably depends upon the favors of out
fight heeled gentry for his livelihood. It is
therefore b/ no means wonderful that he
signed any certificate which the managers of
the city assembly or their friends chose to
dictate. The power of fasnion is incoutroul
able, even in »he selection of a fiddler, and
poor Benoit knew thn* if he refused toattist.
to the satisfaction ot the managers, some
other would have been chosen as " Lender o r
the City Assembly Hand** who would of
course, succeed to his fame nml for une at
the parties given by private individuals.
Without stooping to remark on the des
picable tyranny thus exercised over a trem
bling dependant. 1 proceed to enquire, whe
ther it would not have been rnoit dignified,
more honorable, more decent if the mana
gers had come before the public in their own
proper persons, instead of skulking behind
their colored rrftrescnta'ive. It was not 11c
noit’s assurances that was demanded by our
citizens, but the oath or declaration vfron
honor of whoever directed the proceedings
of that evening. The acting manager might
aaeasily hare written for himself as for the
” leader” of his band ; and whatever doubts
his own false delicacy may have suggested,
I have no hesitatibn in saving, that the pub.
lie would have attached quite as much cre
dit to his assertions as to those of the fiddler.
The nmissioh of a duty thus called for by
popular expectation, proves beyond a doubt
that the manager himself dared not to
pledge his veracity to the public for tl.c
truth of a statement, which the dependant
was called upon to certify!
It has been stated in defence of the man
ag^rs, that • the ilo'orionxair' was pci form
ed a fter Jackson left tin room. This is true,
but while it establishes the fact that (»OD
SAVE TIIE KINv* was played, it by no
means subtracts from the intrinsic ini pro
priety of the circumstance. The perform
ance of that "air” is at all times and un
dcr every situation of affairs, insulting to
tiie feelings of a people rescued by snifer
ings gallantly endured, from the dominati
on cf the tyrant in whose honor it was com
posed. .
in tne present state of the public puGe, it
was doubly insulting—and to show, that there
was an intention, by playing that particular
tune, to gratify the emissary whom govern
ment have justly discarded. I aver, that se
veral fashionable females, one of them the
wife of a manager, so assured the. minister’s
lady. Mrs. Jackson, (who was burn, J be
lieve, in Prussia.) has not yet acquired the
correct pronunciation of our tongue, and in
answer to the numerous congratulations she
received on the occasion, she replied, that
the circumstance caused her much gb.dncss
and much sorrow. She was g ad to find a
mong onr people so grrat a devotion to Vis
majesty’s interests, and she was sorry "she
no be dare to hear de tune.”—This little,
fr.r.t spcnk3 volumes in reply to the gross
attempts to delude public belief, nn pbtc.es
the characters of Benoit’s certificate wri
ters in their true light.
I must now advert to an expression used in
the certificate written for Benoit. That do
cument states, that when he introduced the
air of “ God Sava the King.” he did nor
intend it for “ God Save the King,” but for
“God Save America.” This strange and ri
diculoiis confusion of terms, shows the de
plorable condition to which the managers
were reduced.
The paltry artifice intended to he played
off in this sentence, shall be stripped of its
disguise. Every one knows, that there is
no such tune as God save America. A settg
oi that name is, I believe, in existence,
which is adapted to the tune of God save
the King When the old music is coupled
with the new words, the one is qualified by
the ether. When the simple melody is gi
ven alone, it is the representation of the song
for which it was originally composed.
The fact then that GOD SAVE TfTE
KING was triumphantly played in the midst
of an American city, in contempt of the s n
timents and in defiance of the feelings of its
people, stands fully attested. It is a fact
which deserves the serious and solemn con
sideration of our citizens. Too long have
we silently and inactively permitted the
most atrocious insults, the most hitter and
humiliating contumely to be exercised over
us by a contemptible handful of political
banditti. These things must have an end
If our public amusements are to be prosti
tuted to the degradation of national charac
ter, to the outrage of our personal sensibili
ty, it is time toawaken that spirit which
will snatch the one from pollution and a
venge the other.
A WHIG.
rrom iiic j\cvj York American Citizen.
“ Copenhagen Jackson—Copenhagen
Jackson,” See. Party lenders have made a
great noise about “ God save the king.”
which it was said was played in the City
Assembly room on Thursday evening last,
when Mr. Jackson was present, and the
s'^m? party leaders, hoping tp excite a great
deal of passion and of getting thereby a great
many votes at the approaching election,
have made, andno doubt will make all that
they can of the incident. If the tune had
been ordered, there would have been in the
net much of indiscretion, all things consi
dered; but the following certificate fully
explains the circumstance, although it will
not silence party clamor.
r. ERTIFICATE.
I, Louis Benoit, the leader of the band of
musicians who pe: formed at the City Dan
cing Assembly, do declare that the tune of
'* God save the King,” was not played at
the Assembly on Thursday evening last;
but, at the time of the ladies leaving the
tearoom to return to the dancing mom. I did
add to the piece of music then playing by
>he band in the orchestra of the tea room,
one air of the tune of God save the King;
but which I immediately changed to the
Battle of Prague.—I further (he la re that the
said air was played of my own accord, and
without the direction or order of the rnann.
ger.—I further declare that T meant the said
air for (rod save America, which 1 had often
heard sung and played in the streets.
LOUIS BENOIT.
New-York, Jan. 27, 1810.
Goil nave thn King, at the City Assem
bly, in In n<r of Mr. Copenhagen Jucknon,
is acknowledged, and the public, indignation
attempted to be shifted from the heads rf
the managers to the leader of the band,
whose declaration, whether obtained for
ten dollars, as the Citizen says, or not, ap
pears in the lederal and British prints.—If
a proper explanation of the iafamous out
rage could have been given, and were offer
ed for insertion in our paper, it should ren
dily have been admitted. As it is, wc per
ceive only that the managers have thought
proper so far to respect the public opinion
as to obtain from their first musician a cer
tificate that he ordered the tune played of
his own accord, without the direction ot his
employers. The matter is wonderfully
mended ■■-■and so let it go. — Colnmbian.
" Strange that each Hi .putr* thoul.l he ,7’r’w
Dycee tie dum, and Drncdla dee !" Ttie wor ks
ol the Itevereiul Dean .Swift do not lie on our ta
>lc. We have (ported him MibHaiitiallv, Mr.
Lf.ii» Uer.oit, tuc isaicr o', ’.be Imii<1, m« curdte;'
to lii* own certificate, did actually atrike up tne
tnnc “ Gnd tore the King j” but he positively dr
dar*s that he m-ant " Gid tame America ” So
ihu h for Mr. Benoit*# politics. l'.-rhapu l«c is
sin-ere. It matter* little vliethrr hi* declarati
on proce-ds from hi.* policy or has born exiortod
by hi* tears. Qrtere, how did the noble mana
gers, lug-ther with the favo-rd puss!, understand
the tune? Was it intended to flatter Mr. J* .
son with ** God save the King,” or to insult Inin
with a benediction to America L ..Puh Adv.
New York, J in. SO
Gov. Gore delivered his speech to the
Massachusetts legislature on the 24th inst.
I he speech chiefly relates to the local poli
tics of the state. The following is the only
paragraph of a general nature:
“ At tiie last session, we had the hnppi
ness of mutual cong atulatinn on the pros
pect of an amicable adjustment of oiirim
tional differences, with one of the great bel
ligerents of Europe, and of a revival of our
commc-ce, so essential to the prosperity of
this Commonwealth. Subsequent events
sliow our relation to the power* at war tube
in a most critical and alarming state.
“ Although our commercial and foreign
concerns are confided to the government uf
the Union, yet so deeply involve are we, in
every thing which regards hem ; that the ex
e**cbe ‘ fall constitutional means, either to
prevent the calamities that threaten us, or
to prepare to meet them, in a becoming mm
ner, is a duty too imperative to be neglected.
—Having done all in our power, to these
ends, we may humbly rely on that Divine
Providence, which has so singularly inter
posed to relieve our copn' ry from impending
danger, to all human eye? inevitable and o
vcrwhelming. It would be superfluous in
me,again to recommend candor and pru
dence in discussion, always necessary to a
wise and happy result. Every one must
see, that in the present portentous crisis of
our affairs, these qualities, with a disinter
ested elevation above all party spirit, are in
dispensable to the safety of our dearest right?
and best interests.”
Baltimore, Feb. 1.
According to a report «f the Secretary of
the Navy it appears, that in order to carry
into effect the law of ('ongress, authorising
the fitting out, officering and manning the
frigates of the U. S. there will be wanting
four captains, four master lieut. comman
dants, ten lieutenants, and two thousand three
hundred and twenty six seamen, in iHldition
to those already authorised by law.—Ame
rican.
TRADE BETWEEN ENGLAND AnD
FRANCE.
Captain Thompson of the British slop Mtirr,
25 days trom Liverpool, which arrived at Ame
lia on the 28th December, reported that a num
ber of British vessels were fitting out in England
for France, having been furnished with French Sc
B.itidi licenses to trader with France cod Hoi
land. The British vessels were to be allowed
to bripg corn from France ; it was not however,
known what cargoes would he admitted into
France. Capt. T. also reported that three large
F.ench privateer luggers were captured &. car
ried into Corkjust before he sailed.ted. Gaz.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at
Stockholm, to his friend in Aorwich, Con.
dated Oct. 27, 180f.
“ The celebrated Col Purr is here, and
on the greatest terms of intimacy with the
King and nobility, lie g *cs to Copenhagen
in a few days, and from thence to Paris.”
Hamburg papers mention the arrival of
the Hon. John Quincy Aclums, Ambassador
to Russia from the U. States, at St. Peters
burgh.
Extract of a letter d ted. St Bartholomew*- De
cember 2'J
" All is hustle and confusion here, ns momen
tary hostilities are expected widi England. The
Swedes pave shut all their ports in Europe a
gdn»t the English. There have three frigates
arrived at Guadeloupe from France ; two were
destroyed, and one cut out brought to Antigua,
by the English squadron—three frigates were
here yesterday morning, looking for two French,
who were seen oii' Antigua a fews days ago.”
From the Baltimore American.
STATE FORGERIES.
" ANOTHER LETTER OF CHAM
PAG NT.
t “ (TT* The Globe, of November 24th, (.1
rank ministerial paper) gives the follow
ing as the translation of an important
state paper. Whether spurious or au
thenlic it is interesting.”
LETTER
From Count Chamvacny, to his excellen
cy the Count of - ■ on the repeal
ing of the Embargo Act by the Congress
of the U. States.
*■ Paris, May 10, 1809.”
A letter signed D. C. with the above cap
‘.ion is now running the gauntlet ot the Le
deral prints in the U. States, as a s‘.-u« do
cument, copied from a London paper ot
Nov. 24, but as if conscious of being sub
jected to detection, th** Federal editors l.esi
tate to pledge themselves for i's authentic!
ty. 1 his same letter made its appeamr.ee
Jin: in the U. S, with a mere variation of
language or change of phraseology in Cole
man’s New York Evening Post, shortly af
ter the arrival of the despatch ship Men
tor, fcom France and England, in the first
week in August last, being substantially the
same letter, except that it was not ascribed
to Champagny.
In order to detect a fi.rgcry so glaring as
the above, we will merely refresh the nie
i rnory os our readers by a recurrence to the
following dates.
Canning's letter of instruction to Mr.
Erskine which has since been announced as
the English tine <jua non ot ncgociation, is
dated Jan. 23d, 1809.
I The commencement of the negotiation
[between Mr. Erskine and our government
appeared—
Mr. Erskine to Smith, April 17
— Smith’s reply, do. 17
— Erskine to Smith, do. 18
— Smith’s reply, do. 19
President’s proclamation con- ?
firming the arrangement, 5 do. 19
Date of Orders in Council re
pealing in part the order of
Nov. 1807. April 24
Date ot the tpurioua letter, Paris, May lo
Date of the Orders in Council,
disavowing Erskme’s arrange
ment, Ma> si
Our readers will recollect, that 1>. C.
;peaks of Erskinc’s arrangement. Now
now is it | ossiblc that this event \»u« k iwn
|'u I’ai is, a distance of more than o.iOb miles,
| >n the 10 h of May, when it w-is only signed
j it Washington on M»v 19 at.il prnmutgnied
on lj»e „'0ih. i^l.ti me i wising of the cn. iuf
r». Tne por*t cr r-'tiTr-v rs mr — q- - 0,
ued by the non intercourse Uw ar In-I. re
and no information of this amicable ndjost'
ment could be there known only th:".'gh
the medium oi a despatch vessel. Now l,i,-Y
'he despatch vessel sailed from New York
.he very day the Proclamation was received
m that city, which was April 2S, it wouid
he impossible that by her the news of the
arrangement could be received in Paris on
tile 10th of May. It is we think three days
post to the port at which the despatch tcs
'fl entered : this upon the most favorable
calculation, would leave only 14 days for
the vessel to perform her passage from
<1 «k to dock, an occurrence not very pro
lnihle.
The vile meanness throughout this poliit
cal juggling of the Euglish cabinet, her emis
saries in this country, and her spies in
i ranee to involve us in the European con.
test in favor of England is perceptible
throughout this little piece of diplomatic
finesse. To iis it is immaterial whether the
letters signed 1). C. which appeared in Cole
man's paper in the beginning of August,
were written bv some member of the English
cuoinct and circulated by her spies in France
in the French language in the filacard form
(die incendiary mearure,) or whether it was
nmnutuCMired by an Knglisli emissary in tlie
United States before the sailing of the des
patch vessel, as they are in opinion conclu
sively a forgery, and tbe qualms of consci
ence evinced by J- e. Coleman in witiiiioid
iog the name of the person who furnished
him the copy, fuky confirm our opinion.
Mr. Coleman, without taking tile trouble
to compare this letter with the" one he pulZ
I iished, says it is a third of a series—it, ho v
j ever, happens to be the very identical one lie
j published, translated by a different hand.
I I hat letters of this cast should be suppressed
by the French government, is very natural,
us that govern ment must know the intent of
such inflammatory pieces. \V<J>elicve we are
correct, when we say, the letters signed
j L) C. which appeared in the New-Y irk
--iuoi iiugusi, were never
halted in the French papers, and if the ob
ject ascribed to them was contemplated, tney
would undoubtedly h ive appeared in the Pa
ris Moniteur. L. vl. affords another inci
dent which not only may have a ten
deucy to discover the forgery, but to con
vict Mr. Canning of a iaisehood on ano'her
occasion j when it is said to he Asserted
in London papers of April 29, that Mr.
Erskitife’s arrangement was adjusted to the
katiafaci ion of both countries. If London [vi
pers ot April 29, have asserted, that the vr.
rangement between the United States nml
England was agreeable to both countries,
such information must have sprung from the
British cabinet, and this must be evidence
against Mr. Canning, when he says, that
his letter of January 23d, to Mr. Erskiue,
was the only authority upon which that mil
mster nc **(1. as Mi', b was well assured,
that the trims prescribed in that despatch
would never be acceded to on the part of the
United States.
i he t >!h>vving is Mr. Coleman’;* introduc
tion to the letter ascribed to Champagtty,
which first appeared in his paper. Two
thousand dollars per annum is worth Labor
ing for.
From t/.e ivviy Fori Evening Post.
FRANCE
I I yesterday awakened the curiositvof my ret
: dvrs to two interesting mid extraordinary publi
[ cations which I had received lion? France, and
which I promised to give to day. Their length,
o n pci,! u h of tl»v second, renders ft impractica
ble to give them both at once. Here follows the
ti-:ti the second will bu. found in the Evening
Post of Monday next
i A lew introductory words may be expected as
to t he nature ot tlnsse papers, yn<j tlie manner in
; which they caine into my possession. As to the
; last particular, Inin not at 1 M;erty to disclose from
j whom I received them, that they ai* genuine I
! have no hesitation to pledge iny self. ‘J'lie origi
: nslg iii 1 .« i>' li arc now before me,sent by a g.n
tlemaii in P.n is to a merchant of the first respec
tability in tlii3 city.
The two papers were published at Paris in the
fi>i m indeed ot letters from individuals to indivi
duals, but it is hardly nveessary to inform any
person whatever, that the press at Paris is more
rigorously watched, guided and controuled by
the agents of the government than had ev< r been
known in any country. Since the elevation of
Bonaparte not a syllable has been heard from the
press, but what was fi st examined and duly li
cenced. These letters ther. fore, are to be con
sidered as the semi-official language of the
French government. And the ability with whicn
they are certainly written, Hie intimate know
ledge they display of the subjects of which they
t vat, particularly the commercial relations of the
three countries, aff ord internal evidence of their
irigin.
l lie lirst was sent out d:rec:Iy after the news
of our non-intercourse reached France ; the se
cond after the arrangement between Mr. Smith
and Mr. Krslcine. The object of both, undoubt
edly, was to end amc the French people, and pre
pnre their minds for war, with the U States :
As a circumstance corroborative of which, I am
authorised to mention it as a fact, that when the
account of Mr. Canning’s disavowal reached
Fiance, the most active and diligent efforts were
made to get in every copy again. These which
have reached us were among the few that esca
ped. The reader is now prepared for the peru
sal of these curious letters. And let him re ul
hem and then doubt if he can whether the hand
■jf Napoleon was the source of our embargo or
not.
The following is the heading of the lettor
when it first appeared in Coleman’s paper
rite transplanting of this letter into the
English prints, proves that, as well as a,
“ poetica licentia” there is a “ typographic
ca licentia.”
“ Letters to Monsieur Le Com’e de ***
on the repeal ot the embargo law by the
Congress of the United Stares.”
Timeo Davao* ct dona ft rente*.
Pa « is, MaylO.b, 1«09.
Mr. Coleman, as if apprehensive of a
charge of forgery, attempts to clear himself
from ihe imputation in the following re
marks, attached to the letter as c opied into
his paper from the Salem Gazette. But in
attempting to remove suspicion, he only
thickens the veil of diplomatic seciecy.
HEM AUKS.
I give the above letter as it came and f.»r
myself believe it genuine; that is, I believe
it to be written by a Frenchman of rank in
BopapartC's court. It st-'-ms to be the third
m the series of which 1 published the twe
first, last summer; translated here from the
original French put into my hands, in a way,
and coming from a source, that convinced
m' it was n > forgery. I here i* a man of
noire eminrv.ee ttt the ttule of New York,
who know*, I believe, that r/'tij ere t\of
fotf'erie*. More I Canon- say at present,
Ed. E. J’oat.
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