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«riv«Jlo raise an anwciql capital by accooimoduli-,
on-bTn*,|pa wbich ib*y trade, beyond, all i easona
: j.% p »»%!? 'to'Sm m* dm
. infinite roisducftw the cppanHiqity etlarge*, Jteo?.
.^c«PiPr8,5>t^fy.d«cupiioD tj» keep bac!
«fk them |o
% '..Itta^e^t injures the public! Jtutb*. first instance (
jlv occasioning tbe extravagant rise of prices } and
tltimat-ly it injures the speculators themselves, by
inducing others to speeula'e in the same articles,
on the strength oi these artificial prices,; till at i
Jength (lie quantity becomes too unwieldly to be
' held, forced sales are made, price* fall to their pro
. per leveled the speculators are rained,
^ 4 'Wo uro af moeanl in iki* — C ,
We areat piesent in this stage of the process,
, wbich is the necessary consequence of the great
“ "’•“fits which have lately been made; far profit an<t
iss, good and bad markets, high prices and low
' prices, follow each other as regularly as action and
' re-action, cause end effect. Mercantile men
are
* bow Only receivingoue of those practical illustrati
' Ona of these truths, which from time to time are en
in the same, manner, because like , other
forced
'some admonitions, the is
(tssiou they make
soon forgotten. ^ x v ,
% buonaparte;s commercial policy.
. An article of wbiph the following is a traoslati
' an,. ha* been very extensively, though convertly,
j circulated upon the continent, where if has made a
' deep impression. The agents of France at Hamburg
Jiave offered a reward ofC'OO crowns to whoever will
inform against the writers and printers of it; and
the possession of a copy is subjected to a penalty of
$00 crowns, r
*f Lamentations of the Continental Nations of Eu
*' ' rope, upon the Interruption of their Commerce ;
addressed to -all the princes of that part of the
* •'..world, *_/.
Sovereigns, Princes, Fathers of Nations,
Peign to listen to the complaints extorted
’.^ronj us by that universal system of prohibition to
which our commerce is subjected. The justice and
.the.high importance of these complaints are suffici
ently demonstrated by the afflicting condition to
Which thu people of the continent are reduced.
,** N.qw that this system of commercial warfare
against England, from which we were taught to ex
pect such njighty advantages, has been carried on
« for. some years, we may be permitted to enquire
whether jt has jn fart beeu productive of any ad
vantage tu us. . '
“ From this enquiry we shall find, that, while
,tne continent is eveiy day more and more embar
rassed, impoverished and distressed, Great Britain
it advancing in a coarse of prospatky and wealth,
’ and feels none of the ruinous cnnseqlTnces of the le
strainis by which we are fettered. So fai from it,
whe every year has been able to-render herself more
andmore independent of the continent ; to open to
“ herself new chann Is of foreign commerce, and to
discover within herself new means of supplying her
, wants jo the same manner as the attempts which
"were made from 1793 to 179$, i<> starve France, hy
depriving her of all foreign corn, only served to de
velops her resources, und to stimulate her to an im
proved cultivation of her own soil.
“ At present, England is supplied with corn from
America, Barbyry, Sicily,--and from her growth at
Ibome, where dptivaticm is every year extended and
improved. In addition to this, she has effected a
. great saving in her consumption, hy prohibiting the
use of bailey in her distilleries, which are now con
- fned to sugar. This is beneficial to her in another
way, by taking off, at a fair price, that surplus
.guantify of sugar which the continent is prohibited
from receiving.
“ Wine she obtains from Portugal, Madeira, the
Canary Islands, the Cape of Good Hape, Sardinia,
Sicily, Spain, Greece, and indeed, through many
■channels, from France itself.
* “ South America furnishes her with hides, and
North America with timber ; hemp she gets from
Bengal, and she will soon raise enough of this arti
cle further whole demand, in Ireland, where very ex
tensive marshes have been drained for the cultivati
on of it. From theure, too, she supplied herself
With yarn and linens.
...1 Vw- . . v*. *,-•>« .* . . • •
one n»3 rTunerru nersfii inaeppucieni Or KUS$m
. fpr tallow, partly by the substitution of oil, and
psrllyliy the use of the inflammable gas. From
|lBe coal which is employed in theproduction of this
gas, she extract*, pitch, tar, rosin, and a sort of
^.torpeqlioe ; and the has discovered that the fish of
lier own seas will furnish her with as muah isin
glass as she may requite. ^
•1 “ In her silk manufactories, the raw material of
1 India and China is found capable of being used with
out; the intermixture of soy other; and her clothi
ers have been equally successful with British wool.
“ Vyuh respei^io the exportation of her own
produce, the European blockade affects G. Britain
•0 little, that her manufactures are scarcely sensible
• »f it,. Such is the, prodigiously increased Hnd in
creasing demand for her goods throughout India and
j^aaerica. '\ , ... ! S.
M/actpoyed beyond a doubt, by the
'atnst authentick public documents, and by tbe tes
’ tinirtny pf the most intelligent and impartial travel
lers, fbat the industry, the commerce, the publick
ode, and rredit of England
reyei
not. only have not
j sustained any dimunition
contrary,
Jiave been, increasing, and th
very class of her
• population is in a state of occupation, prosperity
and comfort. If we reverse the picture, what dread
, Jpl evils are suffered on the continent! Our ports
. are closed, cor ships can no longer be employed in
parrying on that trade between different parts which
.Jheir different circumstances render indispensable,
■. and which cannot be conducted by land carriage,
the intercourse which is essential to thejiof i
' al system of the continent rannot be maintan
’Tjie soUfhern dstmns can no longer exchange the
jpinetptheir ail, their silk, &c. for tbe corn, the
< hemp, the linen, the timber, the iron, and the tal
. low of the ayrtberu. In everyrountry,there is an
. accumulation of their sutplus produce decaying and
Mrishipg.—They are onabje to purchase with it the
raptt iieyeseary foreign commodities ; sad thus they
Ipte all motive Spd all inclination to exert thprr pwn
.ipowens of production.. . Another source of distress
to the continent it, tbe want of foggy articles which
< England furnishes, and the privation of, which has
thrown. many industrious persons dot of employ*
Went. ' Raw cotton'and jrorn, dying goods and dif
ferent drugs, wjre articles .of jjjijg soft i and what
adds t* the evil is, that the continent,is ant goffered
to purchase from America, those of them which she
' »yal*mdtti*ot confine themselves to &d
t or*frwb»noe»M» of (tetrad* and iodntrftbrm^lu
pot the whnWnofHM^t nn effected by h: every de
partment is pervaded by embarrassments, obstruc
tion*,, ne<J opprea. ion. of various torts. The very
mean* of correspondence by the poet office*, whe
ther bpon tnpicka of trad** of literature, ot of pi^
vote bdsinesa nr friendship, «*• restrained byit.—;
Upon, the coast, the inhabitant* ore precluded from
their old occupation in the fishery ; tbey^ose their
maritime skill and habits; the natural nursery of
searndn is tendered unproductive, and all hope is
taken from the continent of again becoming able to
establish a navy, military or commercial; capable
of contending with that of England.
“ U >» by no means the {merchant alone who aof~
fers by those multiplied and complicated restraints.
Every person connected, however remotely, with
commerce, or who has directed aoy portion of his
capital or industry to any of its various branches,
participatesin the calamity ; and by the operation
of these measures, in restraint of freedom, we see
the very sources of wealth and prosperity, one after
another, dried up. Thus persons of every descrip
tion, monied men, manufacturers, brokers, clerks,
agents of every kind, persons connected with the
•ea* herge owners, packets, carriers, and persons i
gf other occupations, whose bread is taken from !
»nem, inose won were employed in the manufacture
of cloathmg, furniture, &c. in short, the whole of
that numerous set of persons who subsist upon the
wages of the labour which the rich have been ac
customed to require frqm them, sensibly feel the
inter!upUocs of the ciieolations of commerce, end
are already involved by it in different degrees of dis
tress. Nor is the agricultural part of the coronal,
oity by any means ejeetapt from this distress ; th*
husbandman in vain looks for those customers who
heretofore flocked to him with ready money, to pur
chase bis wine, and the other produce of his soil.
It cannot be wondered at that iri such riridm
stances, the countryman is disheartened from sow
ing his fields, and planting his vine-yard, and that
his neglect of cultivation should prejudice, for years,
the productive powers of the so I. It would be easy
to enlarge upon those topicks, but surely enough
had been already said to prove, that the continent
< annot continue to support the stagnation which
has taken place in the ordinary intercourses of life.
But more than this, how is it to Be imagined
that nations can continue to pay taxes, impositions
and- contributions, after the channels of income
have been closed? It was a wise observation of
prince Eugene of Savoy, *“ Nobody complained of
a very great, but a very equitable distributed tax,
which I proposed throughout the whole kingdom^ i
because I at ihe same time efforded it means of in
creasing its commerce, which bad not before been
thought of.”
“ 'l’hus ^en it is to the interruption of commerce
that we must refer the extreme distress under which
the continent of Europe, from one extremity to the
uther, at present suffers, distress which a continual
peace alone cannot suffice to relieve.
“ Even those countries of the continent, in
which the frightful cry of war is not immediately
heard, feel themselves oppressed and deprived of
their strength ; they are without resources for the
present, without hope for the future. All persons
who have the means propose to emigrate to Eng
land and America; and among those to whom tbu
plan of relief is denied, haw many already have pe
rished under their sufferings? »■
“ There is one other consideration, which it can
not be believed that governments will regard with
indifference the shocking want of integrity and
good faith which these privations and distresses are
rapidly introducing. Heretofore a ready obedience
was paid to laws, because the tendency of those
was to promote the welfare of the people; but the
new system, which denies to them the means of
providing for their subsistence, reduces them to a
sort of stupefactioo ; they can scarcely believe in the*
reality of such prohibitions, and they alledge their
disbelief as an excuse for their dieobedienee. In this
way they habituate themselves to a contempt of the
laws and the publick authority. What a liost of cri
minals must such a slate of things create!—How
many, under the influence ofwant and desperation,
will have recourse to fraud and robbery, and having
no legal means of pursuing their occupations, will
avail themselves of those which are illegal! officers
employed to enforce the laws, so that what little
gainful traffic remains, is m the most corrupt
hands, and the most grievous severity of distresses
lull, with all its weight, upon persons of the strict
ni integrity. r s
“ Princes!—Parents of your people! Yob who
hear their remplauils and their groans—it is you
whom otir prayers invoke—in you our hopes seek a
rsfoge—you will be oor intercessors—you will bear
our lamentations to the throne of the Great Napo
leon ; you will convey to his conscientious feelings,
that information concerning our distressed and cri
tical condition, which, doubtless, has never yet
been fairly laid before him.—With bis powerful
arm, with his genius, it rests to save us, utterly to
put an end to the restrainta under which we are pa-'
rishing, and to construct a new system, in union
with the accomplishment dT his great designs. May
you enjoy the inestimable felicity of reigning over
subjects, happy, contented, grateful, loyal, and vir
tuous I This is the greatest blessing which we can
implore Heaven to confer upon you."
* Memoirs of Prince Eugene of Stunny, Ed. 1800,
poge 140. ■■ ;’rv'
>*>, •/■"l — • Y ' •* 1
Baltimore, Ot. 10. :
•f, Cap L Harr woo of the trh’r Haitird, arrived
terday from Kingston, Jam. inform! that all the.
prisoners taken on Miranda* expedition and who
had not been previously liberated, were set at liberty
by the new government of the Spanish Main, and
that six of them had arrived m Jamaica. All o.
thera imprisoned under the old government *tre:
likewise discharged.—Coffin Heme Booh. ; //•. •
%(-I ">w•».',,-1 c—r -'jji (
. New York, Oct.
ChpCSmitb, oft he sch’r Alert, left Dublin on
tbe, 30th uf August, but did pot bring say newspe
P^*' Cap*. S. inform^ os, that thu last London pa-i
per* received 1q Dublin 4id not contain any thing!
relative to the rspealiog pf the British oidtis in
eonociLi YYy i
’•-I.*.'! »'vest elk - - y '*v * v't \ , .
C .Cppt. Pnm who arrived at this'port yeeterdey,
& Mft frogs Batavia, informs,' that 2 days W
fnre be tailed, FiU.tha commander of the Spies Is*
laBd^Matshptbj orderof thegowmor-gen^. for
; '*?*-•‘ « V,YYY,?V * V-> V:*' -• » ~ ./J
isl#d» ifeilMr
DC forthe}(tat#*, that <mral,eag>af>ME s jfjqst «&
Francj.icr.the
pnrpose of Mo«^tMjtttl6clirda*.i(^^||;iip
gpfernment ha. been
lebsorg, •bj^t-w^roifri were thy go
v.rnor.Be^i most supsirh pdacy. *A
Bnfnh Mttrfma passed up *he Cbiaesaseahfrboar
the 25tb afJape. '0- v-'3~
■Another Sale <f Merino Sheep took pUbe ab Fri
day at ftropkty'n. To m gentleman .who war pieseotl
on the occasion, we are indebted for a statement of
the tales, from which we have formed the following
summary view.
52 Rams*';. 18,824 90
98 g,..- ■ if': .'• .0 .92,104 89
>150 Total of ,the flock, « 40,429 6$
Highest Ram 820
Lewest d# W
Highest E». "W'^ ..‘S:
j ‘.'V-v • • "f’
Lowest do.
00
Average price of Rams, - 553 40
do. do. Ewes, ■' 2251-56
do.
do. of the whole flock, 209 52
:r;.
1 • —■ ... ; V: i. - -■>.4-,
' _ Boston, October 4/*
It is confidently stated, that the bon. J. Q. A
dam*, our minister at the court of Russia, has ex.
prrserd his derided opinion in favour of a treaty
with^Great-Britain, provided it could be obtained
upon any thiog like equal term* of reciprocity, ltjg
remarked by him how dangerous the French inffm
ence in the court of St. Petersb..rg has become, pre
vading every artery of the body poJilirit; ,h, re is
■ot a nobleman's palace but what has some minion
of France within it* He considers the safety*of
his country and Great Britain to nearly connected,
thtat we, as well at they, must find a paramount do.
ty in opposing French influence and power, -
St. Petersburg is^tlie most extravagant court iia
Europe—the establishment of the French minister
is almost unlimited, in point of expense. He lives
at a rate tar more luxurious than the emperor Alex
ander, or any nobleman of bis court. As an in
stance of his profusion, he gave a public gal* some
time ago, at which all the puldirk ministers, the
nobility, gentry, and strangers were invited. The
number of guests was immense, and every person
on bis entrance was presented with a lottery tick
et, which was drawn during tbe evening. Every
ticket was a pri*e. which entitled the bearer to a
pair of gloves, an elegant fan, a valuable sword, or
some other article. So that in this particular alone,
many thousand pounds were expended.
A1«*»nderi| said to be completely infatuated with
the glory and success, as welUs the personal at
tractions of Napoleon j so that hie influence at tbe
court of St. Petersburg, is in no chance of becoming
diminished; especially whilst it is extended by lr£
bery, splendour, and a universal diffusion of expence.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Ship Thomas, Van Buren, from London, with
Dry Goods, C. & F. Whittle.—Sailed from the
Downs the 17th of August, and from Plymouth
hound the 24lb.—September 23, in lat. 39, 57,
long. 53, experienced a heavy gale of wind, carried
away the bulwarks on tbe starboard aide.—Octo
ber 6, in. lat. 36, 11, long. 71, 30, saw a schoon
er bottom np, masts, rigging and sails along
side; she was a sharp pilot host built vessel,
brimstone bottom, and appeared to be ‘ very [clean
—it is supposed tbe upset in a squall, having
all sail set on abe masts—7tb, in lat. 36, 16,
long. 73, 30, spoke brig James. Jackson, oft and
bound to Philadelphia, from Antigua.
Ship Ariadne, Humphreys, 6 days from Nev
York,^Ballast, Robert Maitland.
SchV Plough boy, Hall, 3 days from Charleston
Scbr Antelope, Green, 10 days from Philadel
phia, and 3 from Reedy Island.
Sch’r Paragon, Young, from Ibis port bpnnd to
the West Indies put back in distress—October 4, in
lat. 31, in a severe gale of wind, carried away both
maia chain plates, both pumps rhoaked aod veiv
leaky—cargo corn and Hour, will have to discharge.
Stb’r Packet, Luce, 8 days from Boston;
Chariest,on, Oct. 4.
Arrived Sch'r Hope, (of Baltimore} Gardner, 14
day* from Jeremie, Cotlee & Logwood, to G. Lush
<!r*—a hr. belonging to Baltimore, and ann
I ther to N. York.—The rival Prinres of that Island
were still contending for dominion, with various
successes. Geo. Riguad, lately from France, was
increasing in force and popularity, while the popu
i larity of Pction appeared to be on the dt-cliue.
1 he United States’ ship Wasp, capt. Jones, from
a entice, arrived yesterday.
7 He Packet Schooner Ploughboy,
Captain Hall, will sail for Baltimore on Sunday
next, wind lair nr ahead. October jn.
British Canvas, %; \
136 pieces assorted Numbers, ? j
For Sale by ^ ';>*■- }:■>,- ’ i
, JAMES DYKES Ac CO.
‘J ,. Afloat, \ ./ .
300 barrels Superfine Flour.
October 16. , • g v ,• r.v
LANDING ' ■
p»i Day at Commerce-Street,
GALLEGO’S F^OUR, r
. #„r >■■■• And a feat -• .. ■ ■ •">'
Firkins choice Mountain BUTTER.
’ Vv- JAMES HERRON'.
October 10, ■ "J '
'v--, THE SUBSCRIBER t
Offers for Sale or Rent, his Plantation near Hanfi
! ton, thrown by the name
WEST POINT, formerly the property
of Cafit. Pass Herbert, deceased; there la on thir
place * good two atofy Dwelling, Kitchen,end eve
ry neceasary Out*Hot»e, very convenient hr Fish
and Oysters, nad as totbe ntatlloa non# Is.eqnai ta
it in this part of the Country-—there in likewise a
gnod Wind-Mill which 1* very profitable. For
terns apply w d** Subscriber, or Richard? Barr,
Portsmouth* * ■
%
t-T ■
FyUhtl Al'am• tStmmrn.4 ■ '7
iS-i
it 4 hut).>.#■<«&?«
SI
,a-HP*^jprfr>n|r; -;""
. * .-;{ V 'Robert Maalaod. ; .*
Mi
a 4^;;
iWft
-Mr
Jaipur at®8 CtackersC^ |y%;-^
*v
^'Ao»;-«»'Tte«rrf ■ PiUmer’i >nkkeiy/H&‘
, Alexmtffiat ,j;,.; j ;, :y ?* v:;,
Siiperfine Family Flour, »n whole arid?
'*: half barrels, ., <■ ’ -> , L
100 keg:* Jamieson’* Cracker*, with which '''**'*
we shall be constantly supplied*
°2^
' 2n Sttre,
7600 wt. prime Green Cotfee, ■
■'•> 50 barrels CornMeah fresh i
4000 wt, SnrnhfieM JSatpp.SOOOdo, G«»ben Cheeeh* i
25 barrels Kye Whiskey, 20 db.N. fcJWdu<P: /t
SO <tor Apple Brandy, 30 do. broW?nLg*r^ /
4000 bashels Braa^For airie on moderate tenmAe -J
S4> Cash onljr.fjr y■ y;V,/
• J- ». «f;J,
1
. October 12. y . .$
v' juit received and/orSale at my OJffte, |f
^ 18 Bales WOOLLRNl(b«^(.^
■ • ' jM.jWn#, Bv.Lanjb».>
* October il - ^ :2«^ ?
Will beSoIjJ «sSrSythi,*!
. . ' <*»«*. •» 41 o'clock,- . ,
l^hhds. Porter in bogles, warcahtf'*^
«ood''- ' — 'v / A
, 2 elegant Gigs and Horse*, v
which willbesuW withqu^rve for
bich Will be utk! ttitbniirrfui>i>ii« fn* rn.u t_ ' <■***
J • P> pieteiicb, ^
No. 19, Wide Water
October 19L
W‘ Columbian MfllFLQUK,s;fW;M
Eqoal to any now manufactured la the l/nitod
States—-For Sale b/ >*
; - e. & f. whittier-'V*.
•'. ■ - i“Xi'ho iurvey
A few barrels MEAL, fresh
For Sale. ‘ . -.-s' :. 41 ■ :<
October 16.
3
«4-"' 'A
WANTED^
PURCHASE,
v; A Negro
-1 AN orJJIRL,
44S;
That can come well
>meiehrfed;<W'i$$S'
L* *
ral price will be given.
A ppl}v. to; 'the Sgjjt tfg/A■Vp>
%5
October 10.
. *tin.
ffcf* We arc authorised ?<* sav, (hat
the MERINO SHF.KP advertised for ;
tersburg on the 19th instont, nre in
fine health, and that although they fo<W;
ported nearly two months, not’onddeuth »^a v»pg 'g
place among them. '■ ?■ \ . JK ; f rV*5*" ■
October 10. ' • V- " V
Land and
On Wednesday the 24-th of Qcto^ri>#
at the Ship Yard upon Chicl(al>oototv>»4ti*e>v
about fourteen mile's from Williamsburg and three
below Edloe’s Ferry, WiHbeSold, - v&
25 NEGROES, Men, Women; 'and -:
Children—' ?
The Stock of Horses, CattIe, Sheep,
Hogs, Farming Utensils, and Crops opcm said Pl-.j
tation upon the following terras^-one third in ca*ft,
one third in six months, and the remainder in twelvm J
months ; bonds with approved security will be reu. *
quired for the two last payments, ta bear interest
from the date if not paid punctually, and a discount
of 7 t-2 percent, per annum will b« allowed
prompt payment. ' 1'„y , ' jc;'.v;y
■ ■ v At the emme time vitt he Suld, ’ . '*
: The said PLANTATION, ?/ V
Containing about 8931.9 acres of Land, ope fimHH
payable in cash, and the balance in equal annual i»<
stalments, of one, two, and three years; bond who
approved security bearing interest from t&b dy£#>
not paid punctually, and also a deed of trust
the Land to insure punctual payment will be reqwi ed
of the purchaser. / - ■ *» ■
Mr. Jamee Henderton, of Williamsburg,
perintend the sale of the above property *—■—"
^Sp? :'v Samuel
October 3*
r ; .. PublickSttlc of ..f, ..
l'.'.
MERINO SHEEPS
n
On Friday the 19th ddy" of ycWBCr l
next, being the third day of New Market RkdL . ,
at eight o’Cincfeht the.-^flifirill tin ilfttiied ~
to Pnbiick Sal*, ,.:Vf
FuKBloid^l
MERINO SH£Ep?S}
‘ r+. ^ v: i
VI*
4C 4
Six Rams and TwSnty One
They were lately imported in the . Ship Pe*'
Capt. Poytlire?*, from Lisbon, abd wDl Wpem
ted l» be if the genuine blued* The Safe-wit} t«
place at the Vendee Office af Messr*. MV if* ...
Haxall, and the Sheep can beeeeti at R«afto, by fte* >
tending purctuaera, at any Uqp prtriaeate the dhjr >
• if ®' . ... /.a . ’1;v4l4
TeTtn*—appro veil endorsed paper atfnar and *nt
■? Patented***. ■!
*-V.
anrf Chech)
«£’.-Stos
- V;»Wt B'nTflt’ bAwjts. ^ ;
With ether BLANKS, print*} «,
J-y- ' -■’*
jn i w-t: Am.ef .yiiir’tii mOi
ikt-iA,
All penons $re
•ijffHW of «te athegrftert ttegfdee *r^ "
bearing them, without making^appJjtot&onjpl
and those that
T<?' ''V&vTfr**
s'-.-ASvtfi • ■