Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-04-18 00:00:00, page 2

THE PIIBLICIC LEDGER.
LSDAY EVENINO. APRIL IS, 1810.
. Victory hum £*<(«*,
t, <M*rn>* WkT*r\tek- MiS0mf*
veertd its with New V«*rk p*J>dSPrP^itti; con
;f- . -- , OjBrt Paris
mijarPPP* whub ntiMU are made
fwnWMft first huf attention n
de Culture, (late Champagny)
II'rmH Mithtet of Foreign Affairs to Mr. Atjn
a*t. * which for insolence ant) falsehood is
**sn m modern Preach dff>lnma
fjfiWQuun not however astonished at either the
y**w w.tln instter. The Corsican' arruatomed
iftt’feet she degraded nations of the Continent of
Europe as vassals, might fargrtWmt he was speak
\jMjjjMl ,n indfP<nd«®< nat,0fi- Insulted in
*'tflgpfreeisca of all Earope. (by the publication of
this date to the Pnrie papers) we cannot believe
♦hat otfitifpiniitsr wiB enpose his country to ano
♦her affronfby «njnurtbcr ronimonimHon with the
French governristnt, if indeed the Lst paragraph
' ll ode of the note did not, preclude farther ncg-.ti
except upon terms prescribed by that g<>
int.
note assumes for fact, what »T1 the world
knows tti tie false, and from whence a liain ot ren
• Boning is deduced, that biw nut been used by one in
dependent nation to another. The Berlin and Mi
lan ^eereet are railed the eomprllift consequences of
the orders in ewinrij of Npvember, 180?, whereas
•tery one knows that the Berlin decree was issued
* i& November 1806, end acted upon before the orders
in council were issued.
V Th« fourth paragraph contains an assertion,
t which if true, must cover with confusion the late
Odtpinistrption—“ His majesty could not but at
% M ««M to {he proceedings of the United Stairs, who
“ without making any complaint of France, com
" prised her in their acts of exc lusion, be”
'Hera then is the authority «>f the French govern
ttent, to prove that no complaint had been made of
France prior to May 180p! \\'e however would be
ftfnpflg the last to give full credit to the assertions
•f a government which even in the very Note, con
taining Ibis assertion, has published sn many false
hoods to the world. A publication of the corres
pondence (we mean aU lie correspondence) wnh the
French government, will be requisite to satisfy the
publick that tb* American government has not
yielded to the eggretsiuas of France without even a
Complaint.
„ The American government is accused in the fifth
paragraph, in terms too insulting to be here repeat
ad, tf having submitted to have their commerce ta
riffed oY taxed by the British parliament. It is well
known that the Americana did cot submit, but re
monstrated, and the orders of council were modified
herordiugly—We find it impossible to pursue our
analysis of this extraordinary document—nor shall
S*e express the indignation which we feel, every in
deptodent American will make a suitable comment.
t&ptain Haley informs us that it was reported it
New York on Saturday morning, that tbe John
Adams was below, and as he came out of the Hook
h# law a small frigate—a similar report is given by
Ibe captain of a vessel aimed yesterday morning, in
92. hours from the Hook.
M BILL authorising a loan of money, for a mm not
exceeding the amount of the principal of the pubhck
Ml, rewUrseable, daring the year one thousand
tighth\indvcd and ten.
Be it enacted, i,-c. That the present of the Unit
ed States be, and he is. hereby empowered to bor
farotyh® credit of the United States, a sum not
‘h,! *,ntmnt "f ,h* P'tnripal of the public
deht.wnich will he reimbursed, accordmg to law,
during the present year, by the ruraroissiom rs of
the sinking fund at a rate of interest, payable quar
to yearly, not exceeding six per centum per an
num, nod reimburstablc at the pleasure of the Um
States, or at such period as may he stipulated
by contract, not exceertuig six years from the first
4gy,of January nixt; to be appfied, in addition to
toe monies non '
now in the treasury, or which may be
f*eeiv*d therein from other sources during the pre
idnt J(*r, to defray any of the publick expem es
*htfh are or may be authorised by lew. The
•toelt thereby created, shall be transferable in the
NOM manner at is piovided by law for the transfer
«TU» funded debt, llshall be lawful for the bank
•f the United States to lend the said sum, or any
furlhM ll»«eby declared,
tn^ it shall be deemed a good execution of the said
|to»cr*o borrow, for the secretary of the treasury,
^ with the approbation of the president of the United
4hd»**, to cause to be rouslitoted certificates of
bfo*k, signed by the register of the treasury, or by
* commissioner of loans tor the sum to he borrow
•*». ?* (df any part thereof, beuriog an interest of
«x per cent, per amrum, transferrable and reim
bursable as aforesaid; and to cause the said certi
ficataa of*tori to hr sold : Provided, that no such
•lock be sold under par.
• Sw. 2. And be it further enacted, That tbe se
♦rrttry of the treasory be, and he is hereby autbo
with jUie approbation of the president of the
United 'Stoles, to give the preference, in the sub
rtnbich may be made to the loau anthori
•Cjt, to lira holders of, the exchanged
kwtock, created by virtue of the second
tf,Use net passed on tbe eleventh day of Ft
-• rAfiouegnd eight hundred and teeeo,-/or
i Uol rxceediog, for each such eiockhol
president of the
,_ _. „’fbut'the sam tbicK
W»y burratfd triHii the holders »f (lie said
♦Mhin^ed six aypVnl. Stork, ahall he reimburse
Bbl« at the pliNuieof Ilia Unit# States.
3.^W if further enacted. That to much
°f ihe constituting the annual appropriation
of dollars,* for the payment of
the nnncipal and interest <»f the public debt of the
iifRttdStnt** at may be wanted for that porpose, is
jUfrehj pledgeJ * ' ‘ * jj ■
. pledged and appropriated for the payment of
the interest and for the reimbursement of thu prin
cipal of the stock, which may be created by virtue
nl this act. It shall accordingly be the duty of the
commissiuaers of the sinking fund, to cause to be
applied and paid out of the said fond yearly, and e
very year, such sum and sums as tnsy be 'annually
wanted to discharge the interest accruing on the
said stock, and to reimburse the pr-neipal as tbe
srune shall become doe, and may b« discharged in
conformity with tbs terms of the loan ; and they
arc further authorised to apply, from time to lime,
such sum nr sums out of the said fund as they may
think proper, towaids redeeming by purchase, and
at a price not above par, the principal of the said
stork or any part thereof. And the faith of the
Lint.ed States is hereby jrtedged to estii1 lists suflici
ent rev-enue for making up any deficiency that imy
hereaf.fr take place iii tbe funds hereby appropri
Hied fir paying the said interest and principal sums,
or any of them in manner aforesaid.
From the Bolton VnUndium nf Mareh 10.
massaciiusi: its klf.ction.
Votes for Gnvtrm ur—In 3*2 towns,
for Gore, Gerry, Gore, Lincoln.
1810, 41925 44001 j 45104 41848 I8O9.
Philadelphia, April 13.
1 csterday arrived ihe ship South Carolina, Page,
troni Cadiz. Sailed from thence February 12,
pay otter the Caledonia, already arrived at this port,
*, lllrrv t*le *'me vessels as-already reported.
The situation o( t,ie French army-in that neighlnr
r-ond remained as'lornierly. Coming out met a
British squadron of transports going in, supposed
to he trom Gibraltar, with troops. Capt. Page in
forms that the inhabitants nl Cadi* entertained no
fear ol that city failing into theImnds of the French
— that a U.ge supply ..( water bad been introduced
into that nty—the regular garrison of which ex
ceeded 20,000 men. in addition to which British
t-ansports with troops on hoard, amounting to 5000.
hurt arrived, and were arriving.
'Hie French in on attempt to enter, by a particu
lar pass into the isle of Leon, had been repulsed
with great loss.
The French in the vicinity „f Cadiz, were said to
t e about 20,000 and in (he whole province of An
dalusia to amount to 50,000.
Passengers in the Snuth-Carolma—Mrs. Hack
ley. lady of the American consul at St. Lurar and
iamily.
Rostov, April O.
TIIF, TYROL.
This country is evidently not quieted, though the
French speak.of having e. tiled all differences. No
one knows ...bathes become of Andrew Huher the
brave inn keeper, of Inspruck. A French column
ol 8,000 wns deleted by the insurgents, and two
battalions afterwards taken. The French general
Rosea was recalled. And D’H.liiers appointed to
Im place. Things are by no means settled i* ike
Tyrol.
I he chief commander of the Turks, under the
grand V'lzier, against the Russians who have lateiv
met with the various disasters under prince Bagra
tion, is a Pole, who served under Koskiusco.
Col. Burr it wis reported, was at Paris, where
he has suggested a plan for the dismemberment of
the United St ites, in the event at'a rapture between
the two routurus.
The following article is copied from a London
paper of the 14th of Feh. and is said to be received
in a letur from Rotterdam :
“ In my ,ast * '"formed you of the confiscation of
Aroencun property at Naples and in Spanish ports.
1 his is confirmed. I have now farther to inform
you, that in consequence of the interference of the
I rend, ambassadour at Amsterdam, the American
vessels lately arrived with, cargoes of produce in the
Irxel, und which had obtained permission from
our government to discharge have got positive or
drrs to put to sea again. From this w« infer that
the French government have resolved upon the ge
neral exclusion of the American flag from the Con
tinent.”
Ihe present ministry were very hard pushed by
the opposition, which is more formidable than any
that has been known since the commencement of
the French revolution—The ministry, in three di
visions of the house of commons relative to the ap
pointment of a committee of finance, lost the uues
tmn by majorities of 9, 5 and 13. Lord Melville
has entered the lists against the present ministers
in a debate respecting lord Gamhier.
I he prosperity of the foreign trade of Great Bri
tain never was greater; her exports in 1809, as
stalld by earl Bathurst, amounted to upwards of
173 millions of dollars.
The Slatira frigate has been ordered, says the
Courier, to Halifax, in the expectation of bringing
home Mr. Jackson. b
It is said tbe Toulen fleet has ventured to sea, and
lord Collingwood is in possession of their move
ments.
rr c New-Yoh*, April 13.
v ery Late and Important Ntm from
England.
La«t evening arrived at this port the fast sailing
ihip Cincinnati, Conrklin, in 30 days from Lon
Jon, from whence she sailed on the I3tl» of March.
Capt. C. and his passengers, have obligingly fa,
voured the Editors of tba Mercantile Advertiser,
with a 61s of London papers to tbe 10th of Msrrh,
inclusive, nearly a month later than our former ad
rifts.
... ')[* lea?n *»fc»ny, that it wot expected, Mr.
hnkney would speedily arrange a trewty with the
British government.
Mfc.
m
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LoaDorr, February 26.
v . t Salorday contains a notitiraimn
N&ilfcfcltjr, (hit all the ports »«*♦ coast
J{S»in, from Oijon in the French territory, is
declaim) in * state of strict blockade.
By a new decree, the duties on all colonial pro
duct, whether introduced by capture or otherwise,
into Holland, art doubted.
March 2.
A regular aeries of Momteurs to the 22d nit. ar
rived yesterday afternoon.
’1 he Senalus Consultum fur uniting Rome to
France has hem published. The city of Rome is tn
te the second in rank io the empire. The heredita
ry imperial prince (the eldest »«n of.Napoleon, we
suppose) is to be# the title ol king of Rtrue. The
Popes are required to swear to attempt nothing a
gamst the provisions f«r the independence of the
(•allicao church. A landed revenue of two milli
ons of francs, with palace at Rome and Paris, are
slotted to the Popee, A prince of the blood, or u
grand dignitary of the empire, is to keep an impe
rial court at Rome. The expenses ol the college
of cardinals and the propaganda are to be defrayed
by the government. Thus will the pope and the
college of cardinals he placed in a state of the most
abject dependence upon the tyrant of the continent,
and the common enemy of all the independent
states. Let the cathnticks of Ireland well consi
der this Circumstance; and having done so, they
cannot, we think, any longer hesitate in regard to
the necessity of conceding the Veto in the election
of their bishops.
March 3.
1 repon wnrcn we mentioned a lew days since,
of au increasing coolness between Russia am!
Frenre, d-rives some sanction from an article in
tW last Paris papers. It was said that the Ras. i.:n
troops had crossed the Nirmrn. sod that every ef
fort was making to terminate the war with Turkey.
Intelligence to this effect was actually published
in the Leyden Gazette, and is noticed in the Paris
papers, in au article purporting to coin- from Dres
den. The Paris papers contradict it; hut the
tame report still prevails, and he.s been received in
letter* Irom Iieligolunci ol the 21st ult. which ft tie
that war had actually b^een determined upon by the
court of Petersburg,'and that a packet‘had sailed
with despatches for the llr.tish government an
nouncing the important event. Reports of this na
ture should however be received with extreme cau
lion, and we deem it necessary to state, thit our
government have received no advice whatever upon
the subjeet.
March 8.
Ministers cling to their offices in a manner whol
ly unprecedented in the history of the country.—
Lord Sidmnuth resigned when he had a majority of
at least thirty, becawse he thought, that when the
opinion of parliament was not decidedly in his fa
vour, he could no longer continue to conduct the af
fairs of tb« country with effect. Mr. Pcrcival, on
the contrary, has, independently ofincidental points,
been ina minority on at least five great questions.
Lord Chatham, whose conduct'has been pronoun
ced by the house of commons to have been of a ten
dency injurious to his majesty’s seivice, and to ti e
principles of the constitution, still continues to be
u member of the cabinet.
Can it be supposed, that the conduct of lord
Chatham, in carrying on such communications
with his sovereign, and which were withheld, by
desire, from his colleagues, was acceptable to the
other ministers. Must they not have felt that their
owu influence, and their own measures, might be
supplanted or thwarted by such private intrigues,
and yet they continue to set with this dangerous
and degraded colleague. Such conduct can only be
accounted fur by believiog that the secret adviser
has more influence than all the other members of
the cabinet, and that unless they retain him, they
cannot retain their places. It becomes then the
duty of parliament and of the country, to consider
how far they think that our affairs can be well ma
naged, or the constitution can be supported by an
administration who has lost the confidence of the
house of commons, who can never he certain of
carrying any of the measures which they consider
as the most essential to the prosperity of the em
pire, and who, by retaining lord Chatham, subject
themselves to the censure which has been pronoun
ceii upon mm.
Tbe very able financial statement of Mr. Iltiskis
son has made a deep impression on the publick, it
has convinced them that our greatest danger arises
from lavish expenditure, and from want of a general
controul over the different departments of the go
vernment, who are all struggling for an increased
share of the annual supplies.
It will be remembered too, that Mr. Pereival, on
various occasion, and in particular, with regard to
the staff, has declared that he adopted the recom
mendation of the commander in chief, without ex
ercising bis own judgment us to the necessity of
continuing so large a staff. Thus the minister,
whose especial duty it i- to controul the expendi
ture of the different departments, has become a
mere agent for the purpose of obtaining from Parlia
ment the means to enable the different departments
to continue unnecessary expenses, and to support
unnecessary and injurious patronage. Surely, nei
Lher parliament nor the country can longer conti
nue in a system so dangerous to the safety of the
state, it is unconstitutional and degrading.
We trust that a derided expression of the senti
ments of Parliament and of the people, will be spee
dily, hut constitutionally, consigned to the sovereign
who will, by dismissing our present incapable and
ignorant rulers, gratify the wishes of the people,
snd promote the interests and safety of the em
pire.
By the Montieello, which bsa arrived from Ca
dis, after the short voyage of ten days, we have let
ters and papers to the 2d u.k 'The force of Victor,
to whom the siege el (hat fortress was committed,
amounted to 30,000 men. Some distant fighting
had taken place , but attended with no important
consequences. It was apprehended that there would
sot be that perfect harmony between the Portuguese
tad Spanish troops in Cadiz which was so desirable
mder the present circumstances, when the com
mon safety required that, as friends and allies, they
ibould suppress all (bear reciprocal antipathies. jrt,»
Myi tie sloop of war, with 850,000 dollars, hUfcet
ail fur Lisboa* *
•-Tfmm a ft’fciiMfc tr»a — —_ _ _
»*rt
2?i^*"?:*■?*••*
rd 5,500 SpwiiaWdi, j*4jp, *rtb«ut':firi#g « shot
vMmi** K> .ha' v^.flM..w ih« fitful ^
Renrhimn dispeded^l'Jljtir p,'iV>h*rs -ft ijot**.
plained. «ud so ether particulars of this dftproba
bla Story. A (nacb more credible narrative is gi
WB» that • detachment of I fie enemy proceeded is
the port, where they found no garrison, and not
meeting wiib any opposition they In vied a contri
bulion of 2,000 dollars, and with this sum and some
provisions soon afterwards retreated. Tb* letter*
from Gibraltar obtained yesterday by the London
Packet give us nPSaisfaction on'this subject, and
contain no intelligence of any extraordinary into
rest, excepting tbs painful confirmation of the sur
render ol Malaga, and of the plunder to which it
had been exposed by French ferocity. * If is perfect*
ly obvious that the acquisition by the iuVndbrs of
the numerous ports m the Western Mediterranean
will expose our trad* to incessant depredating ; and
we hope the utmost diligence will be employed to
prevent the augmentation of this calamity by re
moving all the ships of war, gun boats and mercan
tile vessels beyond the reach of the enemy.
Yesterday we obtained Dutch accounts to the 2d
inst. The French troops bad not passed Maese_
there had been no new exactions of, sequestrations
north of thst river, und every thing remained in a
state of gloomy repose.
A communication we received yesterday from
Lisbon speaks in mor* melancholy terms of tha
prospect in Portugal than some of our other lftters.
The writer, after pointing out the Rroond for appre
hension from various causes, desires that to an
swer may he given to him, as he is feartul that lha
reply would devolve into the hands of the ene
my, who would most certainly make an injurious
use ol it. • J
1,1 . Nervines Spring shew.—After the busi
nessot the day on Tuesday about 3i>© sat down to
dinner at Freemason’s Tavern. Lord Somsrville in
the chair. Die premiums having been distributed,
ins lordship among other toasts pave
Mr. 1 wkn>y, the American Minister, and may
harmony always prevail wuh those who speak the
SiWisc ltinguttge/*
Whirh was drank with long plaudits#
Mr. f in kitty rose, amidst a thunder of applause*
wbirh fill some time prevented his speaking, b»
then sai l : „■
My lord I hegynnr lordship end this company
to ue peisuaded that I am very grateful for the unex
pected notice which you and they have been so good
as to take ol the United States and their minister.
1 thank you, in the first place for my country, and
1 hope I shall not be thought very presumptuous if
ltd. or even misled, by my wishes, to conclude that
personal kindness may have had soma little share i»
prompting your conduct on this occasion, I ven.
:uie to thank you for myself. 1 trust, my Lord, i*
is scarcely tor me to say how sincerely I join in th*
wish which has been so well received by the noble,
min and gentlemen here present, that there may b«
perprt'ial good undertstaodiug between Great Bri
tain and the Lnited States. An American minis
Ur has in troth no merit in anxiously desiring cor
dial friendship with this country on terms consist
ent with the honour of his own, and your lardship
will allow me to rejoice that (here do exist on both
sidts the most powerful and obvious inducement*
to CU tints such friendship. We need not troubla
ourselves to inquire whether it be true, as some po
liticians have pretended, that interest is the only tie
of sutficicient strength to hold independent nations
together as friends, for ve are fortunatelv tound in
amity by all sorts of ties, which J fervently hope we
shall not, even if it were possible that we should bo
so disposed, be strong enough to break. No reflect
ing and impartial man c«n doubt, that the true in
terests ol Great Britain and America are compati
ble in all cases, the same in most. A liberal and
comprehensive view of these ran lead to no other
conclusion than that they are calculated to cherish
and invigorate each other. But a sense of this
compatibility and identity of interest, effectual as it
outfit to be in communicating a characteref steady
friendship to our reiatinns.is not the only pledge of
harmony between us ; for a thousand kindly instan
ces, .with which ■ calculation has no concern
combine to form an auxiliary pledge, little inferior
:n strength, I should hope, far superior in moral
b-autv, I an. sure, to the other. These influences,
my loid, U would be a pleasing, and perhaps boI tin*
profitable task, to review in detail, and hy review
ing to give them freshn^s and augmented activity,
fo. the noble and salutary purposes of peaee and
kindness. But I have already tresspassed too long
on your indulgence, if, indeed, I have not tresspass
ed upon that discretion which so emphatically he
roines my situation. I beg leave to drink the healUfr
ol your lordship, &:r.
iviarcti 10.
We received this morning Cadi* papccs to the
24th. The enemy have yn made no serifln attack
apon Cad:* or the Isle of Leon, and the Spaniard*
ue actively improving the n>eaDs of defence. The
French wish to carry on an active commerce «f
jag$ ui truce. 1 hey send in proclamations and ad
dresses, which the governor orders to be burnt by
Lbe bands ot the common hangman.
“ Cadiz, Feb. Jfl.
In wie night of the 16th, and during „tba. whole
if the 17th, we were employed in constructing, un»
Jer protection ol the boats, an advanced battery on
the right, in the situation called El Safcfo, which
iid considerable damage to lbe enemy. The boats
»nd old batteries every day occasion a continual
oss to the enemy of men and horses. According
to the last accounts, which may be relied on, there
tre, in Puerto Real, 3000 French, almost all infan
try, with 6 brass pieces, 24 pounders. They enter
ed on the evening of the l6'th by the Camiuo de la
Ula, without artillery. &
. - , “ February 23.
In the morning of the 21st were borm, by the'
nI IlLnotn. » l. . _ . - . '
,hhn^,ni’"’ the P^P^and dispatcher
brougiit by the flag of truce on flU 20th. ’ ff the
memy thinks to conquer thiacifyby proclemati ni
he is deceived. It is impossible to corrupt tb« go.
vernour, nr to change the public* opinion, which ii
(irmly founded injustice, and suppoited by the sene,
ral wish of the people.*’—Chautta del Commerdi
e CawrFcb' ‘i5'”
A rantl from New York, thrived this
morn inf
md brought leUvr* ami jp*prrs/,o the 5QI
m
aauary
ii# day oa which t'hepacket sailed