The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-27 00:00:00, page 1

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RICHMOND PRICKS CURHKNT.
D. C.
TOBACCO, ..5 00
FLOUR-SUPERFINE, .... 6 50
f DO. FINE, .6 00
CORN, PER BARREL,.3 33
WHEAT.. ! . 1 17
BACON, PER LB. 0 10
WHISKEY, PER GALLON, ... 0 67
BAR IRON, PER TOX.110 00
HEMP, PER TON,.2J0 00
NOTICE to all whom it may concern, that in
tending shortly to remove from hence, 1
have resigned the office of Agent and Treasurer
. to the commissioners of the Lottery, fortitc ben
efit of the College of William St Mary, in this ci
ty
RO: GREEK MOW.
Williamsburg, Feb. 6. ’ 4w
C. THOMPSON,
PORTRAIT PAINTER, opposite the Swan
Tavern—Respectfully informs the inhabi
tants of Richmond and its Vicinity, that his Room
will be open, only on Saturdays, for V.sitors
which will be wholely devoted to their boiler ac
commodation.
February 23. 2t
SALES AT AUCTION.
MR. A. L PHILIPS being about to remove
to the city of New-York, will he sold pos
itively without reserve at his store near the Mar1,
ft Bridge—the Sale to commence on Monday
the 12th day of March next, at 11 o’clock—All
the said Philips’s Stock in Trade consisting of a
. very General Assortment of Seasonable and well
Selected Goods.—In account at pj-ime cost to a
ibaut SCO,000—Amongst which arc the following
articles :
600 pieces India Cot
ton,
200 do. Callien,
50 do. Furniture Cop
er Plate,
150 do. Cainnric Mus
lin,
100 do. Oil Cloth,
120 do Wileboars and
liombazetis,
100 do. Elegant light
ground Chintz -1-4
10'J do. Cotton Shill
mg.*>-4 i 3 Sc 4-4
60 dozen Cotton
Hose,
20 do. Silk ditto,
15 do. Corduroy,
10 do. Tabby Velvets,
10 do. Checks 4 4 £t
6 4
20 do. black Cam
bric,
10 do. Superfine
Cloth,
■ 20 do. Second do.
15 do. Casimercs,
15 do. white Plat
ills,
6 do. Brown do.
6 do. Dowlas,
60 do Rolls,
25 do. Oznabrugs,
Terms—All sums under ft 100 cash—over
ft 100 and not exceeding ft 500 ninety days cre
dit—sums of ft 50U and upwards 100 days credit.
—For ere lit, prucliaser’s Notes, negotiable and
payable ul tile Rank ol Virginia, with approved
endorsers, will, lie required.
J1 ROSSER iSMuJSCURE, Auc’ra,
Richmond, February 28, 1810.
All persons having demands against me will
please bring them forward for adjustment—and
those indebted to me are requested to m.ike im
mediate payment.
__ A. A. EMILIES.
Manc11ster flmaliT~academy.
The house mid situation being exceeding
ly well adapted for the reception of boarders, the
public and friends to this institution, arc respect
fully informed, that young ladies will be admit
ted on moderate terms. Thy great variety of
elegant Needle Work, Drawing, Ac. exhibited
at the public examination, preclude* the necessi
ty ol particularly enumerating the various sorts—
The Needle. Work, Drawing and French, taught
by Mrs. O’Reilly.
The music by Mr. Weldcmcycr. The school
is superintended, and the different branches in J
English Literature taught, by Mr. O’Rcilb .-j
Strict attention w ili be paid to the health, ol >rats, ]
and improvement o. the pupils placed attii'.< A
cademy.
February 23. 4t
Q* 1 OLEN Irom a store on the Main-Street, on
O the evening of the .jilt inst. TWO BRASS
EE AS, belonging to a Patent balance, 8 ft 161b.
r.i:} person who will detect the thief, or deliver
the peas to the 'Editor of the Enquirer, shall be
liberally rewarded.
Feb 23-__3t
^ V virtue ol •« decree ol tbe Honorable Court j
_L 3 or Chancery lur tiie Richmond District, |
vvid be su'd to tbc highest bidder, for ready mo
ney, the Tract of Land called bKLVIDEUE
1 it AC J', near the r.ty of Richmond, containing |
One hundred acres more or less. The sale wiii
take p1 «ce on the premises between the hours ol
twelve and one, on tiie fifth d.»y of March next.!
WJ 1.1.1A \1 M A RS HA L L, A
IIAVIO BULLOCK, '> Com' n.
you a/ ROBINSON, 3
February iO. t«ls
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY
r j) s 11 - • Stockholders art re,/nested to meet at
8 Btooie's Tavern in Manchester, on the Ath
Monday in Alarch ensuing. Special m iners of
business important to the tv.terrst of tin- Company,
rt .ire n full meeting and the early attendance oj
tach member on that dnv.
11} order of the Directors,
•A / id EX H HANDER, Cl/:.
Manchester, b'ch. 20. ttlAl
t .'OR S Ai,E—A twnxmrv WOOD HOUSE,
m upi.o ;« C- iDr Sinfj m In irk, pDf.sna.Iy sil
*i. Pi! hi x m‘.if <1 •>( llui city of Ri. fnnonr!
on Slnvkor Ilii!. 'I Hfe sis r««rti,H, incliifl
••'i. ** • C*.li xli *>l Wtlivll have lift pi..cos. I..
tf I nIS <. liljl. .m ol’
SAMUEL CQL&MAN.
I'tn.'U.ny
, . * ' \p * v; ‘ ■*
jf
-&nQturer*
. - . - - - ■■
TUESDAY, EEBIiUAliY 27, 1810. [No. 91.
4 do B<-d Ticking-,
60 do Itomeal Hand
kerchiefs,
50 do. Madras do.
10 ps. Bandannas,
12 do. Marseilles,
I 120 Pucketts Pins, &
200 lbs-do
| LuUtrings, Italian
Silks,
| Black Sattin,
| Silk Si Cotton Umbrel
I las,
Sewing Silks & Twist,
i Cotton Casscmercs,
Silk Shawls,
I.eno Shawls,
Muslin do.
Silk, Cotton Sc Thread
Lace,
White Pocket Handfs.
Silk and La ,ed Gloves,
White and Colored
Thread.
Book J conet and Leno
Muslins,
Japan’d ditto and
Hobs Dresiea,
Knives and Forks, and
a variety of other ar
ticles too tedious to
| enumerate.
rpO BE RENTED, on Wednesday, the 23th
1 day of this month, the residence of the late
John Heviningham, Ciij. with all the lands ad
joining, lately in his possession, to the highest
bidder, at the tavern of Zachariah Brooks, in the
to\yo of Manchester :
The DWELLING HOUSE,
And sundry out houses, are in good repair for f he
reception of a family. Such highest bidder may
enter upon the possession of the preniist.*s, and
continue to possess and cultivate the same until
the 31st day ol December itcxt, with this proviso,
that he shall permit the person who may rent or
posstss the same in the year following, to sow
wheaton such part thereof as may be. proper, ac
cording to the usual mode of cultivation, and that
he liimsell may be allowed to cut such wood from ■
the woodlands, ixi may be necessary for fire wood,
tor the use of himself and his family, or for the
repairs of fences on the land ; though none must
be cut in waste or carried off by him ; uml it is
understood, that the tenant for the present year
shall pay all public duties and taxes for the same.
THE TRUSTEES.
_February 19, 3t
Richmond, ^’ebnmry 20. <t
PENITENTIARY STORE,
AND
DOMES TIC IF A R E HO US E.
l‘'\ J. BURR, in addition to the articles ma
J " • or lectured at the Penitentiary, offers for
sale an assortment of GOODS of HOME. MA
NUFACTURE, viz ••
Fine and coarse HATS of every description.
A regular supply of Cotton CLOTH, on con
signment from the Providence Manufactory, am)
wili bt* sold by the piece at the mill prices, • t:
Bedticking, St ripes, Checks & Plain
Ci.oi us, Stun Cotton, single and double,
home made Linen Sherti no.
RICHMOND GUN-PO WDER by the keg,
warranted >,f superior quality.
PHILADELPHIA PORTER h ALE in
casks and bot’les, and BECK in barrels.
Harness Leather, Wax Calf Skins, Boot Leg's,
Coloured and Black Roans.
Wanted to Hire, by the year, a good
COOPER.
February 13. t-f
C~fAUL E S BOSHER with s n-. re lirm'.s
' for f irmer patronage—respectfully informs
bis friends and the public, that the Carriage ma
king St Blacksmith work heretofore carried on by
him, will hereafter be conducted tinder the firm
of Charles and Thomas Bosher—who hope by in
dustry and attention to business, to merit a con
tinuance of public favour. Fashionable Giggs.
Carriages, Single-riding Chairs, and all kinds of
Blacksmith work faithfully executed, at their
shop, three doors east of the Bank, on the street
leading from the wainstreet to the Capitol.
CHARLES BOSHER.
THOMAS BOSHER.
Feb. 20. 6t
OTOCK OF DRY GOODS FOR SALE.—
The subscriber desirous of removing to Phi
Udelplna, will dispose of his stock of well assort
ed Dry Goods on liberal terms. To those dis
posed to enter into this business, or to add to
their present stock ; this is an object worth their
attention, as a very considerable proportion of Ipa
goods arc scarce.
HUGH CHAMBERS.
The debtors of the subscriber will call and
settle their accounts immediately, or expect with
out distinction to have them put in an attorney's
hands for collection ; his creditors will call and
receive payir,cr,t.
HUGH CHAMBERS.
Feb. 6. ep f
N' OTICE.—By virtue of a deed ol trust, from
Samuel Smithson loathe subscriber, to se
| cure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives
Cc.— will he sold agreeable to law, at Elijah
Garth’s Tavern, in the town of Charloitsville, on
Monday the 5th day of March next, it being Al
bemarle court day, the following property to wit:
•i negro woman named Lu . and tier three chil
dren, Jsck, Isaac, ati 1 Alr.e, a negro man nam
ed W'utt, also a w<«gg n and four horses with
goer complete, or so munli tnereof as will he suf
ficient to pay the balance due under said trust
' MARTIN DAWSON, Trutttr.
Milton, lli'li Feb. Jvv
V? l£SII Cl.OVER St GARDEN SEEDS.—
!i I on Sai.e by the subscribers, at their new
Medicine Store near the Market Bridge, a <; un
tity of CLOVER SEED and a general assort
ni'ent of GARDEN SEEDS, consisting in part
o( t ally and late P«:n, do. Beans, do. Cabbige,
do.Tiunipj early Radish, Lettuce, Parsnip, Biet
Carrot, Pepper grass, Simblins, he. he.
A i.so, Medicines, Drugs, Paints, Dyeing,
Drugs, he. he.
VAll. h ROGERS.
February 10._2awtf
\\ r ANTED immediately, one or two good
V v workmen at the Coach-making business :
to master workmen liberal wages will lie given
by Messrs. Wren & Robinson, just below the
Swann tavern, on Shockcfe-Hill, Richmond.
February 8. 2awif
NOTICE-—The Executive will receive pro
posals for making Carriages to mount Can
non, until the lO'.h of March next, vecording to !
a model to be exhibited here, or so described as
to be understood by the undertaker.
Attest,
SAMUEL GOLF.MAN, a c. c.
Richmond, Feh. 8. eptlOM.
]VT O'l'JCE.— i he subscriber being desirous to j
close his Executorship of the estate o
Paul Graham dcc’d. and whereas th< re appears
by the will of the said Graham, a debt to be tine
from the Estate of his Grandfather Duncan Gra
ham, to the lirm of Liles Bogle & Co—for the
payment of which, or a part of which, provision
is made by the will of tne «aid Paul Graham ■,
'his is therefore torequre the said firm, or their
agent to come forward, state their claim, and
establish the amount due, that the same may be
sett'ed ; Otherwise the assets will (after three
moi ills from thir time) be applied to the dis
charge ol other debts due front the estate of llu
• aid Paul Graham ■, and this notice will be plead
ed in liar to the said claim.
SAMUEL BURRL’*3,
/ x’r t'f i’aul Graham.
Can line County Vilga ;
January jjla, ldOy. ) laudwf
REMOVAL.
Ai.tx’n Cua.3. D’I.avigne,
Resff.c i fully informs his
numerous customers, that he
has removed from his late re
sidence in the Rrick Row, to
the house adjoining the Wash
ington Tavern, on the Capitol
Square.
[BY AUTHORITY.]
LAJVS OF THE UMIT ED. STATES.
AN ACT
For the relief of John FT. Stout.
RE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re.
presentatives of the United States of Ame
rica, in Congress assembled, That the proper
accounting officers of the treasury be, - ml they
are hereby authorised and directed to settle the
account of John N Stout, keener of the jail of
I leming county, in the state of Kentucky, and
allow him tin* legal fees for maintaining George
Carnaby, while in his custody, as a prisoner com
mitted to the jail of said county by virtue of an
execution issued from the court of the United
States for the district of Kentucky, and that they
pay the sum which may be found tine to the said
John N. Stout, out of any monies in the treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
J U VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GKO: CLINTON,
Vice President of the United States, and
President of the Senate .
February 14th, 1310.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT
Tn addition to the “ Act to regulate the laying out
and making a road from Cumberland in the state
O’ Maryland to the state of Ohio."
E it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
-*-* presentatives of the United States of America,
tn Congress assembled. That in addition to the
unexpended balance of the sum heretofore ap
propriated for the laying out and making a road
trotn Cumberland in the state* of Maryland, to the
stale of Ohio, the sum of sixty thousand dollars
and the same is hereby appropriated, and to
be expended under the direction of the President
of the United States, in makingsaid road between
Cumberland in the state of Maryland, mid
Brownsville in the state of Pennsylvania, com
mencing at Cumberland ; which sum of sixty
thousand dollars shall be paid out of the fund
reserved for laying out and making coads to the
stum of Ohio, by virtue of the seventh section of
an act, passed on the thirtieth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred 8c two, entitled, “ An act
t.) enable the people of the eastern division of
the territory north west of the river Ohio, to
iorni a constitution and slate government, and
tor t e admission of such state into the union on un
equal footing with the original states, and for o
ther purposes.”
J. B VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEO . CLINTON,
Vice-President of the United States, and
President of the Senate.
February 14, 181y.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
Nbw-Youk, February 15.
GENERAL MEETING
At a very numerous meeting of the republican
electors of the city and county of N.-w York,
li-dd at Mr. Marti mgs on tne 14t!i Fehnimy,
1H10, the following resolutions were un. iii
mously passed :
Resolved, unanimously, Tliat we deem it to be
an essential and fundamental rule of the repuhli
I can party, that the majority thereof is entitled to
determine upon the choice of candidates for pub
lie offices, and upon all other matters relating to
its general welfare, and that it is the duty of mi
nonlies from time to time, to yield their own in
clinations to the ipajor will.
Resolved, I hut we entertain a high sense of
gratitude for the eminent sendees rendered to
t nr country by the beloved and immortal Wash
ington. We cherish a fond remembrance of his
patriotism and venerate his name. Republicans
adhered to him ami to our country’s standard in
i the worst of times. It is farther resolved, tliat
our best thanks and affections are due to our late
illustrious and faithful president, Thomas Jlf
rsnso.v.
Resolved, That we place full reliance in the
talents, virtue and wisdom of the present repub
lican administration of the United States, and
that we will support whatever measures it may
ai.opt to maintain the neutral, commercial anil
national rights of the unio^ at every hazard.
Resolved, 1 hat wc decidedly approve the late
nomination made at Albany, by the republican re
present.itives in the legislature of this state, of
DANIEL D. FOMPKINS as candidate for the
office ot Governor, and JOHN IIROOME for
the office ol Lieutenant Governor, because in
addition to their well known worth, they have
been recommended to our suffrages in the regu
lar and C(|uilablc manner which we have always
practised and approved. It is therefore, also,
Resolved, tliat we will use every lawful ex
ert ton to promote, the election of the said candi
dates.
Jiesoircd, That we entertain .1 high anrl an
aoemiati-sense of indignation at the incessant and
multiplied injuri'-s indicted ii|)ou 11s by the prin
cipal European belligerents. Preferring peace
to war, we would rather firmly and manfully
meet the events of open hostility than abandon
our right* or sin!: into disgrace.— Deeming the
conduct of the British cabinet, particularly m tl.e
repeated impressments of our mariners_In man
didd violations ofour jurisdiction—ir. the murder
01 a citizen within our own waters_in an un
provoked outrage upon a national fi igate; and
hnally in the midst ofrnany other aggravated cir
cumstances in the rejection of a solemn agree
ment mada between its own minister and' our
government, to have manifested a spirit r>f deter
mined and implacable enmity s we declare our
lull approbation of the conduct ofour general I
executive in dismissing F. J Jacks.,n, sacredly!
pledging ourselves to our country to meet every 1
consequence that m..y ensue.
Aetolvcd, That the support of our neutral rights '
is indispensable to the continuance of our nation- I
nl independence, and that the same virtuous,
dignified and patriotic feelings, which animat' d
our lathers to struggle for our rights, should
impel us most resolutely to preserve them j And,
considering that Mr Jacks. n has been deputed
here not only to disavow a settlement in which
our government and countiy had every title to
repose ftdl reliance, but without authority or in
structions to present a reasonable apology, or to
proposes substitute ; wc further consider his
embassy hither to uave been inimical, insuili"- H*
delusive. 0
lirtohtd fartfifr, 'I hat th«conduct of the Rri
tidi ministry m selecting Mr. Jackson for ita En
voy to the United States, alter his conduct at the
ceurt ol If enm .1 k had rendered him obnoxious to
all lii-mral and civdized nations, is of itself a
atror.g and justifiable ground of suspicion, and
allot.is us ihicic'it reason to believe that the
de jiosituui of the Cabinet of L igLnd remains in
cxorably hostile to our country.
Jf( 4o{ied, Thai the conduct of Mr Jackson in
allcdgi.ig Uiatour govcrnnK.it bed treated with
Ms predecessor, nnd formed with Min a prelimi
nary settlement under tlie knowledge, that Ms
powers were not competent, after tlie most ex
press assurances to the contrary, is an addition'll
circumstance which further it,Ilr justifies the
dismissal o! Mr. Jackson, and in connection with
the train of unatoned injuries inflicted upon us,
rendered such dismission unavoidable.
NcsnhrJ, That we view tin- attention, and vis
its which have teen paid to Mr. Jackson, under
these strong' circumstances, as an act of dh-ect
disaffection to the can .e of our country, and the
dignity of our government. That we consider
J the individuals who have been coiicnrne 1 therein
to have justly forfeited the confidence of the com
munity, and to have shewn themselves totally
unworthy of luddin r any place -if public trust,
and that we farther deem the same to be a valid
ami essential ground for the immediate removal
of any oliicer, civil or military.
A\sol%eJ, That in the present important situa
tion of our public aiTairs, we deem it essential to
tlie general welfare of our country, that tlie gov
ernment of this state, should he continued into
hands, faithful to the administrst-on nnd liberties
of the union. That we view the attempts of the
federal party to elevate Mr. Idatt to the office of
governor, to have originated in their hostility to
fne measures of our general government, aiul to
the i diercnt necessary, and mast tnc tunable
rights of our country; and, that he has been
selected as a candidate from an expectation that
h' will unite wi'li the advocates and apologists
ofthe British government and with their discard
ed envoy.
JiceolveJ, That it be recommended to our Re
publican fellow citizens, to assemble in their res
pective wards, on Tuesday Evening next, the
20lh instant at f» o'clock, to pursue all lawful and
proper measure? to promote the eduction of tlie
above candidates, and contribute to tlie general
benefit and safety ofthe Republican c.-tusc. And
that such w.ud meetings be held at the following
places, t<» wit :
[Here follow the names of tlie Wards.J
lit suited. That the proceeding resolutions he
subscribed by the chairman and secretary in be
half ofthe meeting, and published under tiie di
rection ol the G( vcral Republican Committee
W. FEW, Chairman,
JACOB BARKER, Secretary.
FROM 1 ME KATIOXAL INTELUOESCES.
To the People of the United States.
Having announced to the public, sonv*
months ago my intention of entering into as- '
tronomical calcula* ions to determine, by one ofj
the most approved methods of computation hilh- ,
erto devised, the longitude ofthe Capitol, in the
City of Washington from Greenwich observato
ry, in England, for the purpose of fixing a first
meridian lor the United States, at the pc: manen'
Scat of their government, I have thought it a du
ty "teumbent on me to fulfil tlte promise then
made, so far as the data afforded by a single ub
serration would admit. Tlte result ms been oh
tabled with great accuracy, on t.'ie folio vying prin
ciples.
1st Supposing the form of the Eai th to be that
of a perfect sphere, the length of whose polar is
exactly the same us its equitorial diameter, con
sequently, no reduction lies been made, in that
case either ofthe latitude ofthe Capitol, hy oh
servati u, or ol the Moonh equatorial horizontal
parallax.
2d. Admitting the figure or shape of the
Earth to he an oblate Spheroid, the ratio of whos*
equatorial to the polar axis, is assumed to be a:
.>,>4 hi !>•>.>; according to ;v ac.i ratio, a reduo
tioiiof the latitude or tlte place, and ofthe Moon’s
horizontal parallax, lias been made.
dd .Allowing tlte ratio of the axes to be as ?30
to 229.
Several considerations induced me to under
take this work, among which, are—
I lie regret with which I have seen for a num
ber ol years, a patient, or rather a regardless ap
pearance^ ot acquiescence in a degrading state
of depend! nee on a foreign nation, hy submitting
to tli« custom of reckoning our departure, ores*
timatingour longitude Irom Greenwich observa*
tory, in England, as it a prominent link in the
chain of our former colonial vassalage, could not
be broken, as well a the others.
By tiie plan of the City of Washington in the
Territory of Columbia, the Capitol in that City,
is intended to bt a firs( meridian for the U. States ;
but in order to establish it as such, the distance
between it and some other known meridian i;i
Enrojrfq or elsewhere, measured or estin ted on
a parallel to the F ixtor, and referred to die
Center of the Ear . under the respective merid
ians for which tne computation may he made,
should he ascertained on correct principles, and
with due precision : however exact the data or
elements connected with a single observation
may be, the result ought not to be depended up
on as conclusive, without comparing it with
those which may, respectively he found in future,
by skilful persons, and with goo ' instruments.
Solar eclipses and occult-lions of known fixed
stars hy the moon, afford toe best mean.i bilhrrto
discovered for determining the longitude of a
place with sufficient accuracy t but when they
cannot be resorted to ; other methods which give
a near approximation to the truth, ought not to he
disregarded.
The improvements made in the lunar tables
since the year 1SU4, from the discoverv of ne w e
qualinns by M. de la Place, make it necessary to
test the result founded on the occulta' ion of »
Pleiadum, C Ueyone) hy the moun, on llie night
ol the 20th of October, in that year, with other
mcitnsjol research, especi-dlv when a first mcri
ilian for ary country is proposed to be fixed. I,
therefore, consider the nbstruct of calculations
which wiil bo shortly submitted to the American
public, to ae only the foundation of a superstruc
ture which may, n id probably will be completed
at no di Rant perio<l, wit?-* such evidence? of stabi
lity in the materials xml workmanship, as shall
defy the storms of prejudice or malice to over
turn.
_ WILLIAM I.AMBEllT.
City of Washington, >
December 11 lb, lbo9 y
L.J' Such Editors ol newspapers within the
United States us have a preater attachment to the
interests of this country, than to those of any f»».
n ipn notion will ho pleased to insert the lorcpoin^
address in their respective pazettes.
FROM NORWAY.
Extract of a letter from the commander of the htp
America, to the adit or of the Hcwburyport Her
ald, dated
** Cmuisti a SS ax o, (Nor) Nov. 3.
“ In my former letters 1 informed of my cap
tore and condemn it ion at this plane, when 1 ..
peaic'J to the Hiph Court of Chrisii ins, wheie I
am happy t'» add that 1 lijtVQ the strnnpt ,t atuu;
snees that all American sfiips'now tttnler r .jutnv
and detention in thv ports of Norway, will he ho
crated j hut v»c have reason in complain of t<
w mon |»i<»cr istiiiation ofiime cun autut court,
f«r they set upon these trials hu' one day in j,
week,and we Csmr.it ler.ttt whc’.'.ei \ ^ dldpv
o -vings, 1 ui'hik.1 Utike, 1 Viceroy, 4 Dukes, 6
Marquisses, 7 Counts and 1 Baron.
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
Is A TV IM TELL tGEA'CE.
Court of King's Bench, November 27*
| Mr. Dampier —“ Your Lor,Kbps have often
; ,ieirtl of the tide of the pis ntift'i am going to
name, m the cans- .. which I arr. about to move* ;
but never. I presume, of such a defendant* for
my Lords, the title of the cause is, Tne Ri ’« v.
A certain Fish, suppose I to be a Whale The
facts are these. Some time ago, a large whale
was seen and killed, somewhere near Gravesend
and taken on shore in the body of the county of
Kent, and therefore not subject to the prescrip
tive right cl a1,) Ko\ :»l Fi-.h ; :t was claimed by
the city as Conservator of the river Thames ; theT
took the fish and brought it up to London ; tile
moment it came in sight of Doctor’s CummansjMr.
Clerk (we think) said itfwas Droit ofAdmiral
->'• and accord .lg'va suggestion was entered in
to the admiralty Court, at Doctor’; Commons, to
arrest the whole ; this suggestion wa9 served on
the whale, and there it {va< kept and detained
under arrest, until the horribk stench, arising
iroru this fish entered another suggestion, which
was, ol the propriety of disposing of it; fur (.lies
ii^ii was of enormous .n/c, /5 fee; long.
“ If was accordingly disposed of, and they are
now proceeding against this whale in the Court
of Admiralty, as a Droit of Admiralty, which
the city claimed as u right of Conservator of the
river Or which may be sad at all events not to
be a Droir of Admiralty f.r it was taken infra
corporis Cora !<ttus, it being taken on a bank of
sand on the Kent shore of the river, near Grave
send. . My bumble uiotion to t*o* cuii't is, for a
prohibition to the admir by court, res.raining that
court from proceeding on this suggestion as lor a
Droit oi Admiralty.”
Lord Ellenhorougb—" Take a rule to shew
cause; but liow will you entitle your affidavits
to bring it intoa form proper for the court to en.
tertain the m liter ? Your affidavit mint be cor
rect in its title.”
Mr. Dampier—“ The whale is dead, and the
whale is here made defendant, my Lord.”
Rule to shew cause, granted.
I he Gallatin, Capt. M’Neil, arrived at
Charleston on the 2d instant, having the
preceding day captured the pilot boat schoo
ner Four Brothers, of that port* with a cargo
of small stores, supposed to have been iu
tended lor .he Frciv.h privateer schooner
Amiable, lately fitted out at Savanna. Orv
the preceding Saturday, Captain M’Nril
chased the above privateer for 8 hour ., and
then lost sight of her
l'he Spanish schooner I-’Amcrica arrived
at New-York on the 6lh instant, off Chin
entigoe, saw a vessel on fire, ami bore away
tar an hour to discover what she was ; on
approaching, saw an armed schooner close
to the one in flames, anti believing her tube
'* French privateer war ship, and stood from
tin in. [This privateer, we have no doubt
w.ll prove to he the Amiable, from Savau
nah ]
1 HZ MISSISSIPPI
Hv experiment lately made by the teachers
snd senior class of the school m ar Part < 1 by
irhtis oia gr.tphafn It r ft log line, it s| j a. nh-tt
• bout a mile and t S dt below tli Great Ouloh
v),er,- the river i* 43rd feet wde, n y nc^ir
"Is ah.w.- its b.nks, me greatest d-pth ,s :()
I * -ns and greatest tvloyiiy not quite 3 mil s
i.i h<.;ir —Ui. i ‘i.nty that dvseeuds ir. k ini •utn
•73.4 *0 tons, .m.I 4b.404,000 hour. At too
»•>•••»<1 iiiuii 1 iii ios the <1 (>»ii j:; luppoied o be
JO i t fcTcai r, and the v-. i > Ty .,<io third m trX
Tli- la gislu urc of tiie 'fis i»»tppi 'l, (.,
have .muni ted the esUblishfueit* of a Haul ...
“ V*
wilt he given in one or three weeks alter ‘*t is
nude up. 1 have no doubt our property will bn
restore !, yet do not erpect individual damages
•nr dete-i>:»»», hiss of ina<ket. &c. at present j
but these with the indignity done otir rl .g »nd
national character must he made a governmental
concern : Wc have sent memorials to our gov
ernment, which we bone e’er this reaches you,
will ',e before ilimi. Hon. John Q.. Adams, on
Ips way to St. _Petersburg!*, stopped here, and
witnessed our insults a ul abuses, lint did not feel
authorised to say any thing her", but. that at Co
penhagen h- would see if an> thing could be
done ; we bad previously written to Mr S.uibve,
our Consul at Copenhagen, but are sorry to add
that lie does not appear to have exerted himself
about us. All tl. • privateerr have been called
in o nce the loth avitgud—since which there baa
been a brisk trade carried on between Norway
and the Island, under the Danish flag, they clear
ing Kir Holland. The lust American ship on th.1;
list of captured, was tried here on the 11th inst.
and cleared on pav ing b'Jli rix dollars.
“ The whole number, .f American ships cap
tured and brought into the ports of Norway, a
mouitt to "6 ;—16 of i\ hicii ha e been condemn
ed. m.J JJ : loured by paying from 4 to 8‘JJ dolls.
••.1 me court charges, capture, i'c and even frotri
t.1: > decision the captors have apppeuled except
in 2 cases, and the masters and supercargoes of
su.di vessels, unwilling to wait the uncertain
term oftri d Si decision at the court of Christian
a, and thereby run the risk of losing their res
!> -Ctive m ukets and voyages, have compromised
l»y paying from 2 to rix dollars and all
charges. 1 iiia is vvliat I call paying “ tribute’*
with * witness Can any nation that lias the
smallest pretension to Independence, patiently
sir.imit to his l—My trial, according to rotation,
ts to come on in an <ut 5 weeks ; but it iv impos
sible to know bow long before toe decision will
be made known to me. Thus situated I am fear
lul i shall be tinder the disagreeable necessity of
spending the winter here.
Capt. Swell and Herrick ara both here.’*
[ 1 lie above letter was forwarded from Lon
don, and received yesterday via Falmouth
(*VJ.«5s ) It dpj)cui's the vessel which brought it
lelt London as lougagoas 13tii Nov.consequent
ly, she can bring no News 3
A late London paper states, that the following
t.rvj til Us are about to be confsrred b> the F.mpe
ror of France, as a reward to his Generals and
others, who leave accompanied hint in bis late
campaign against Austria :—
A King1 of Illyria,
Count of Sabionccllo,
Baron of Staguo,
Count of Cnttaro,
Count of SpuUtro,
IJuke ot' the Ionian Ia
‘ lands,
Count of Istria,
Marquis of St. Maura,
King of Cj’prus,
King of Cantlia,
CraudDulce of Rhodes,
Viceroy of tlie Morea,
Marquis of Egyna,
Count of Samis,
Count of Santorini.
Duke of Naxos,
Marquis of Ilydra,
Marquis of Paros,
Count of J'ini, Sira Sc
Macona,
Marquis of Scarpenio,
Duke of Patinos and
Nicaria,
Duke of Antiparos and
Siphanto,
Marquis of Zea, Thor
mia and Macronisi