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* WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 7, Ml<f.
'*' ' We beet b«en favoured by Captain Ryder, of tbs
^ Ship Nobby, in 38 days fromLiverpunl, with Lon
don papwfs Vo the Twmfy-Sittk' of Septemlbr, Their
Content* relate principally to operations in the East
Indie*, tnd Otherwise are not interesting. The Bri
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tish have taken the Dutch settlement of Amboyna,
srtthieVeral Islands adjacent, and the whole of
those settlements are expected to fall.
* V i.. . There had been further and serious disturbances
in the British East-indies.
-«^»VsA.few details from oar papers are given in this
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”4. Car a Exchange, Mark Lane, September 26.
h-J WufeAT 70s. to- JOOs. per quarter eight bushels.
Fine do. 106s. to HO*.
f . ,«Fiae Flour 85s,. to pos... per sack, or 60s. to 03s.
per barrel,;;■*=:?£*.V .«*;■ V. rV ",
y' a # A detafhmebt of troops sailed from Plymouth for
Lisbon 0a .tbs 2Fth September.
■ * i v ft appears by a repent arrival at New-York, that
-v- General Armstrong u returning home in the ship
, - Sally. The Emperoitr, it is said, has ordered his
- , YY mi ter the Duke de Cadorc, to promitt a restora
all American aeqtiestrted property, upon
A■: * condition that French property condemned under
itir non importation act, ia restored—he may well
promise that, for we believe that none has beer
condemned under that act—It is truly irksome to
% be obliged to notice such frivolous tmpeninenre.
' dtir merchants attend well to, and believe the
intelligence from France, they will have but little
ty-i- hope for from tha promised revocation of the
Berlfp and Milan decrees.
JThe follrttring are the Sections of the Non-Inter
course Law, mentioned itt the President’s Proda
•krijajitm, which will be revived end put in force
•gainst Great Britain, in ease her Orders in
‘ ,j Council are not revoked by the 2d of February
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Sec. 3. A ltd he it further enacted. That from and af
5.; .'ter tb'-20th of May next, the entrance af the harbors
. * »nd wa ter* of the Uni led Sides and the territories
{ t ther.-ot, he and the saint is hereby interdicted to all
-? Chips or vessels sailing Vnderfhr flag of Great Britain
-Yi or France,urowned in whole or in part by any citi
r |r •*f eh 01 subject of either; vessels hired, chartered or
^•niployed by the government of either country for
the Sol- purpose of retrying iettrra forced in by dis
tress or bv the dangers of the sea, only excepted.—
-And t any ship or vessel sailing under the flag of
y'j- Great Britain or France, or owned in whole or in
*\V phrt by hov citizen 01 subject ol either, and not ex
Cep ted as aforesaid, shall either the said 20th day
«f May next arrive, either with or without a cargo,
Y" within the limits of the United States or of the ter
CtlorirA tbetrpf. such ship nr vessel, together with
'tlia -aigo, if any, which may he found on board,
* Cheli he forfeited, and may he seized and condemned
-y in any roortof gfea United States or the territories
thereof. haying competent jurisdiction ; and all and
act Hnd acts herelofore passed, which shall be
within the purview of this act, shall be and the
■am" arr uen uy i>pp«u*o^r ^ f ,
' A See. 4 And it if further rnacJei, That Train and
^ 'alter'the twentieth day <>f Mav n xi, it shall not be
lawful ta iaiporl into the United States nr the ter*
^fTitarte* thereof, any gmids, ware* or merchandize
* Whatever, from an) port <>f place situated in Great
Britain or Ireland, or in any of the colonies or de
" pendencies of Great Britain, nor from auv port or
'place situated ifiTrance, or in any of her colonies or
,f < 'dependencies, nor from any port or place in the ac
tual possession of either Great Britain or France.—
“ -^Sr shall it be lawful to import into the United
States or the territories tlieieof, from any foreign
iport or place whatever, any goods, wares or mer
fhandize whatever, being of the growth, produre nr
manufacture of France, or of any of her colonies or
, dependencies, or being of the growth, prodace or ids
Ikofactureot Great Britain or Ireland, or of any of
• fha cojnnif a or dependeuries of Great Britain, or
, feeing of the growth, produce or manufacture of any
place or renntry in the actual possession of either
Felice dr Great Britain. Provided, .That nothing
hdis'ltt rohlainrd shall be construed to affect the ear*
' goes of ships or vessels, wholly owned by a citizen
of tli* United StsCtes. which had cleared for any port
' beyond Cape of Good Hope, piior to the. 22d
Pereniber, 1807, or which had departed for inch
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; P*«M pyfmmion of the President, under the acts
mppleoientary to theact laying an embargo .m all
•hips and vessels in the porU and harbours of the
United States. 1 * _ -- •
See; S. And be tt further enacted, That whenever
jy irticle pr articles, the tmpurUtioa of which is
* nfuhibitedby tbit act, shall after the tweniieth of
ay he imported into the United Stat
nr the ter*
rstoriet thereof, contrary to the true let
and mrs
? niegofthisact, or.ahaJl, after the said twentieth ol
y. , Miy, be ppt on board of any ship or vessel, boat,
• raft or earring*, with ioteotiott of importing Uu
dame into tfie United States, or the territories there.
• *f, all auch articles, ae* well as other articles or
'"Mip
guard the same ship or vessel, boat, raft orcarriage
belonging to'the owner of such prohibited article)
Jhalf-bf forfeited} and the owner,,thereof sM
» moreover forfeit and pay treats Uif yalua ofsoefa ar
X.
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' ,>S*e. S^Aitd be it,further enacted, That if an]
*e*icU e* nsftclcs the importation of which ja pro
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'j$ MWted by this 4ct, shall after the twentieth at 31 ay
Itfkifarl tews fti!a hot att„ll iL. s^.’Sr ti
' it*. |W on b'wrd of aajf ship «r vessel,'boat, raft oi
r |*»f hige. wnb to «Hport tbs um* into tbs
.United States, or the territories thereof, contrary tr
«ke trot intent «»d meaning of this aet,»nd with the
*»M«Wgew|,iaBI UN nee. or master of such ship,n
’iMai?. maarriag*, s&Ol Ufotbilad. and
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•sum mmole tin* amount or value ot the goods, warts
and merchandize so poncealedor purchased.
Sec. 9- And be it further enacted, That the follow
ing additions shall he made to the oath or affirma
tion taken by the masters or persuns having the
charge or command of any ship or vessel arriving at
any port of the United States, or the territories
thereof, after the twentieth of May, viz. “ I blither
swear, (or affirm) that there are not, to the best of
n»y knowledge and belief, on board, (insert the deno
mination and name of the Vessel, J any goods, wares
or merchandize, the importation of which into the
Untied Slates, or the territories thereof, is prohihit
by law : And I do further swear, (or affirm) that if I
shall hereafter discover or know ot any such goods,
wares or merchandize, on hoard the said vessel, or
which shall have been imported into the same, 1
will immediately, & without delay, make due report
thereof to the collector of the port of this district.”
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That all pe
nalties end forfeitures arising under, or incurred by
virtue of this act, may be sued for, prosecuted, and
recovered, with costs of suit, by action of debt, in
the name of the United States of America, or by in
dictment or information, in any court having com
petent jurisdiction to try the same; and shall be dis
tributed and accounted lor, in the manner prescrib
ed fcy the act entitled “ An act to regulate .the col
lection of duties on imports and tonnage,” passed
the second day of March, one thousand seven hun
dred and ninety-nine; and such penalties and for
feitures may be examined, mitigated or remitted,
in like manner, and under the like conditions, regu
lations and restrictions, as are prescribed, authoris
ed and directed uy the ac t, entitled “ An act to pro
vide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, pe
nalties and disa bilities, accruing in certain cases
therein mentionedpassed the third day of Marrh,
one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and
made perpetual by an act passed the eleventh day
of February, one thousand eight hundred.
From Belts Weekly Messenger, September 9.
The election of Bernadotte to the kingdom of Swe
den is on less extraordinary in its causes than even
tually it will become in its consequences. In its
causes it contains ■ memorable lesson to other so-,
vereigns—In its consequences, it may lead to effects
which will not only perpetuate the power of Bonce
parte, but give it a new force and character. The
best ground of hope, in the actual condition of af-*
fairs, was that the power of France would necessa
rily fall to pieces ; that it was attached to the per
son ni Bonaparte, and moreover, and perhaps chief
ly, that it was of anature and kind which could not
reach this country. Any thing that takes away
this ground of hope, and in any way diminishes it,
adds to the gloom of the futore prospect. It is a
serious addition to our calamity, when we see its stri
king root, and providing tor its own permanence
and augmentation. Louis the 14lb thought be had
effected much, and Europe was justly alarmed, when
he forced his nephew, a Frenchman, on the vacant
thrnne of the Spaniards. What are we now to think
of the emperor Napoleon, who has filled almost eve
ry throne in Europe with bis brothers or servants.
Such was the policy of the feudal system. It uni
ted every one in the same interest of mutual assis
tance towards their common defence. The assault
of the principal is the attack of the whole. Jivery
one defends the whole system as if it were his own
fief. Faith and friendship may certainly be suffici
ent securities for a confederacy, but interest is infi
nitely better.
With respect to the cansea of this revolution, they
may be found in the former and present state of Swe
den and the Swedish people. ,.
Sweden, like all other northern powers, possessed
a constitution of comparative liberty; the diet was
free, and the king, on his roronatinu, was sworn
to maintain the rights of the people, and their li
berties as established by the laws.
Sweden, however, being in the neighborhood of
Russia, who before the revolution was perhaps the
most ambitious and restless power In the world, was
Uptinually agitatedby 4Russian party, audit thus
wj Hired great abilities, and was a work of inlutite
difficulty, to keep her in h*r dae.position, and not
to have her forced into the adoption of whatever
Russia wished. ' '• ** "'*
As a counterbalance,.to this Russian power, tb
former kings of Sweden had recourse to France, win
wjlllngly received her.advances nnjd# the notim
that Sweden was the natural and most suitable cherf
to Russia and bet advancing power towards th
North of Europe. Sweden, therefore, bad two par
t-ites; a Franch party and a Russian party, who mu
Hally opposed earb other, and, if they had Uvi
^well. managed, might havwbeen so directed as ti
work out the public good between them
The king, hdwever deemed kjptdf th have !o*
,-.ngdom nh^no crown whilst bs had any'difficult*
[> governing, whilst £ was obliged to consult tfc
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Ae awatr u| auHirf thersaf shall mum task
forfeit, .ppd pay kehferUHrvplM pfsurh article*?*^
S«<*/7. Audbe it further enacted, That if any »r
tifk w anifjf*, the luiportatinir of winch ts probl—
bited by Ibis act, and which shall neverthsltsafei do
bMrd of any ship or veaial* boot, raft or carnage,
arriving after tb* «ifd twentieth of May' next, in the
United.Sialet, or the territories thereof, shall be ••
mittO in the manifest, reportor entry of the master*
or the pet son having the charge or command of*
such ship or vessel, bolt, raft or carriage or shall be
omitted in the entry of the goods owned by the ow
ner, dr consigned to the honsign’e of such articles,
of shall be imported, or landed, or attempted to be
imported or landed without a permit, the same pe
nalties, fines, and foifeitures, shall be incurred, and
may be recovered, as in the case of similar omission
or omissions, landing, importation, or attempt to
laud or import, in relation to articles liable to duties
on their importation into the United States.
Sec. 8. And be it further entitled, That every
collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other officer of
the customs, slmll have the like power and author i
ty to seise goods, wares and merchandize imported
contrary to the intent and meaning of this act, to
keep the same in custody anti) it shall have been as
certained whether the same have been lorteited or
not, and to enter any ship nr vessel, dwelling house,
store, building or other place, for the purpose of
searching for and seizing any such goods, wares and
merchandize, which lie or they uow have by law in
relation to goods, wares and merchandize subject to
bit) ; and if any persou or persons shall conceal nr
buy anv goods, wares or merchandize,knowing them
to be liable to seizure by this act, such person or per
sons shall, on conviction thereof, forieit and pay a
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existing parties, and •crssiAnally foand bit will op
posed undni the earner of tb* rights of> iht people
lb* diet. The king of Sweden, however tew
nothing around,him but absolute moa%cbie*., , He
did not see the king of Denmark, or'the empress,
Catharine perplexed by the opposition ef^their peo
ple or nobles. The king'of Sweden therefore, re*
solved to get rid of this Constitution, and render his
crown and kingdom what be saw were the^ crowns
end kingdoms of bis neighbours. He hadtpo soon*
«r adopted this resolution, than he went to Francs
to consult* with the Frenrh'minislry and govern
ment the means of effecting it. , The French mi*
nisters very naturally concurred in a measure,
which, by emancipating Sweden from all Russian
interests and connexions, rendered her a more equal
opponent to that ambitious power, and thereby a
more efficient member of the balance of the North.
On his return from Paris, the king, having previ
ously arranged every thing, called a meeting of the
diet, as if on some most important business. Upon
the meeting, whirh from the expectation excited
Irom the extraordinary summons, was very full, the
chancellor, in order to take up a necessary interval
of time, entered into a long account of the state of
the kingdom—The king himself entered as he con
rludpd, and briefly told the diet, that in such a state
of the kingdom it was necessary to alter, or rather
do away entirely the existiog constitution ; that the
popular liberties only fomented and cherished par
ties, which rendered the sovereignty a burthen to
r un ; that he was resolved, therefore, not to be less
a king than his neighbours, and had brought with
him the scheme of a new constitution, and a deed of
renunciation of all their popular rights, which he
required them to sign before he left the hall of the
assembly ; lie added, that hi order to prevent any
riots, he had ordered the hall of the diet to be sur
rounded by cannon with lighted matches, and none
of the members of the diet would be allowed to leuve
the hall, or to pass the guard, till they had signed
and sworn their acceptance and renunciation.
Wiiat were men to do in this situation ? It is un
necessary ta add, that the king’s wishes were ac
complished, and the liberties of a brave people thus
forced from them at the mouth of the caonon.
To the long disgrace of the people of Sweden, the
king was permitted to reign two or three years after
this atrocious lelony on the rights of his people.—
lie at length, however, met his deserts, aud died un
der tile blow of one of his subjects.
The late king of Sweden succeeded to the throne
and new constitution procured by the fraud of his
lather, and therefore succeeded to the popular dis
like, or at least indifference, which such a conduct
was calculated to perpetuate. To this cause of in
difference the late king soon added one of personal
defence—Me adopted the French war, and having
once adopted it, persevered in it to the manifest ru.
in of his kingdom, and in decided opposition to the
publick voice—Had be remained king another year,
Sweden would have been extinguished as oae of the
kingdoms of the uoith.
lleace the indifference with which the Swedes
beheld the deposition of this kind, and hence the
equal or greater indifference with which they have
beheld, m the election of Bernadotte, the deposition
of his whole family, and the introduction of ano
ther.
Such have been the causes of this tranquil revo
lution.
As to the consequences, though they are certain
ly rather eventual than immediate, they are not of
the less importance to a state which, as not being
the creulure of a day, should extend its prudt-ure
with its ualiiral duration, and provide for itself
more remotely than is required of an individual.
These consequences are of two kinds; those which
affect our commerce, and those which affect our na
tional safety.
May not Sweden in conjunction with Denmark,
shut the Sound against the English trade ? May she
not, and will she not, prevent the supply of naval
stores, of limber, &c.
The most serious consideration however, is, that
it throws into the bands of France a nation of sea
men, a people born to the ocean, in almost an equal
degree with Englishmen themselves; It is not possible
that with such resources France can long want a na
vy—llnllanj and Sweden in this point of view, are
of infinitely more importance than all the Italian
and Mediterranean conquests.
The greatest difficulty of Buonaparte has been to
man his navy—There have been such vast calls on
the population of France to supply the army, that
the fleets of France whenever they have been able
to escape out of port, have always been found in
sufficiently manned.
A population like that of Sweden, a northern peo
ple born on the shore of the sea, is therefore of infi
nite value to the views of Buonaparte—And what
we have justly to dread from this kind of people, so
employed, we may in some degree be enabled to es
timate, by recalling to memory, what infinite trou
ble the Dutch gave us at the commencement of the
war, and what has been the only ebararteristirk re
putation of a northern people. The name of Van
Trump is as little forgotten in England as iu Hol
land.
New-York, November 1.
VERY LATE FROM FRANCE.
Captain Richards, in 30 days from St. Sebastians,
informs that the American vessels and cargoes, un*
der sequestration at Bayonne, bad all been sold.
The Ship Sally, Scott, sailed from Bayonne, for
Bordeaux, about the middle of September, to take
on bofird general Armstrong, who had left Paris.
The American sch'r Spencer, was to sail from
Bayonne, in 2 or 3 days for Philadelphia, 4ith des
patches for general Armstrong, and a French co«.
sul, to reside at Charleston.
About 50,000 French troops had recently passed
through St. Sebastians for Spain.
Two or tbrae Amerira* vessels had arrived at
Bordeaux, and would b« allowed to sell their car
goes on paying the new duty. . ..
[ It was rumoured at Paris, that after the new du
ty had been paid on -the American sequestered pro
perty at Bayonne, the oett proceed* would be given
up to the owners. None of the vessels had been re
leased. The Ship , Smith* was to nsil from
St. Jean de Luz, /or Philadelphia in. 3 or 6 days.
FURTHER ACCOUNTS FROM FRANCE. '
Yesterday, arrived at this port, tha schooner
Spencer, Woffatt..in 31 days from Bayonne, with
a cargo of dry gueda, brandy and wine, bound to
Philadelphia. .
la this sebpoatr came pasarageTj Mr. Jarvis with
4**^^f*r
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M®-—-, «„« p<i,mi^Eia, i m (inn db, mil
Moffat, and bis passengers, inform ids1, that
general Armstrong left Paris on the l^ffe Severn*
her# f»r Bordeaux, where he arrived bn the 25th of
September, and it was said, he wmild embark on
board the ship Sally, Scott, about the lOtb of Oe
tober. Mr, Jonathan Rossel, of Providence, was
left as charge del affaires in the absence of general
Armstrong. All the American sequestered proper* ■
ty at Bayonne bad be.jp sold, and it waa^rumoursd
that alter deducting 50 per rent and the expense
from the amount of sales, the balance was to be
restored to tbe lawful owners. On th^i2th of
September, general Armstrong received a despatch
Irom the Due de Cadnre, the substance df which
was said to be an assuranc^hat the emperor would
restore ell the American sequestered 'property as
soon as the Ameriran government would restore alp
the French property sequestered under the non-in
tercourse art. , w-_ .■.‘i; , ‘
About 100,000 troops had recently marched
from Franc^for Spain.
Mr. Alexander M’Crea, of Virginia, has been ap
pointed American consul general for Francf; in the
place of t)dvul Burly Warden. -•
Col. Burr was at Paris at the latest dates from
that place. ' ' m , ei ,
By the aclir. Purse and Spencer, we have reeeiv-'
ed Paris papers to the gth September. •=*
Extract of a letter from Bnrdeax, dated the Qth <f
September.'
“ All American vessels will he freely1 admitted in
to trance, with the produce of the United States,
provided such vessel shall not have complied wi^th ~
British orders. • i-j.
“ Colonial produce cannot be admitted only by
license.” . •. .>
Translated for tb» Etewittg Post.1-'
Prom a Bayonne Paper of Sept. 1*. ,
The emperor of France has decreed that no the
first of October, the city of Fontarabia, and that of
Irun, with their dependencies, shall be United i^-,
the government of Biscay. . • . . t
Pram Bayonne Papers to the 28tk September.
Amsterdam, \ pth September.- .
There is in this city a very great aftivity in the
payment of the duty of 50 percent, on colonial pro
duce. The declarations which have been made
make it amount already to 80 millions, without in
cluding the value of the goods of English mnnufaed
ture which have been confiscated. The consequent#
‘>1 this will be that the English will sustain a very
considerable loss; for a great part of the colonial
piodure belonged to English merchants, and had
been sent thither on their account. •>; =
In virtue of an imperial decree, the territory' of
Holland, united to the empire, is divided from the
1st of January 1811, into nine departments^
The department of Zuyderzee. .'V
The department of the mouths of the M»n*« Ik
The department of the mouths of the Scheldt' G
The department of the mouths of the Rhine. ** ■
The department ef the Upper Yssel. \» X's' ,
The department of the mouths ol the Ytsef.
The department of Frise.
The department of West Eems. X
The department of East Eems. . ;•
■ V- • Berlin, Sept. 4. h
The government has just published tlie following
notification. His majesty hieing desirous that aO
the decrees which have for their object the mainte
nance ot the continental system should continue to
be executed with the greatest rigour, has resolved,
in order to accelerate the suits commenced against
all those who possess or import colonial merchan
dize, to appoint a tribunal of commerce of two
branches, which shall decide exclusively and defi
nitively npon the affairs concerning that specie* of
confiscation. jgiP " G
Both branrhes of that tribunal shall sjCnU Ber
lin, and shall cause depositions to be taken on tile
spot by special commissioners appointed for that
purpose. "4G"
Ilis majesty wishes by this measnre to reconcile^
the interest of the state with the justice wbfrb indi
viduals have a right to expect. •’ t, * G
• FREDERICK WILUAJl. *
Berlin, 16 August, 1810.
Stettin, (in Prussia) Aug. 21. *
A courier from Paris, baa brought an order to se
quester all vessels in this port, and warehouses with
colonial merchandize. The consequence of thistned
sure will be ruinous to tbe English commerce. The
loss which it will thereby sustain, is estimated at h
jgery considerable amount. ?
Copenhagen, Aug. 26,—Agreeably to a royal de
cree, an embargo has been laid on all vessels in the,
ports west of Holstein, as well as in those of the
Elbe. V’”1. vN*
■ J Copenhagen,<)tk‘$4ptS-r
A royal edict ts about io appear to prohibit the .
entry into any of the porta of the Danish dominimitt;
without exception, not only of > American vessel*/
but hIsp of all other neutral vessels laden with colo
nial produce. ■/; - w- • %■ jtm * rjfct' &.<
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From Papers received at tie Office of tie Pubtick
Ledger, by tie Skip Nabbf, Captain RMir; it &
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days from iMtrjpoUi,
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S .-TvLosdok, September sS.
The Mars and Hero have passed Yarmouth, wil||
a fleet hf from 6 to 700 sail, from the Baltic; *
tween 40 and 50 of them are prizes. The fleet I
sailed for the River*. *' “ ' " « v
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Some 6f the private accounts received by theGoU
tenbnrg mail of yesterdaf are highly interesting.—
'It appears certain that Napoleon had actoally ap*
plied to the Danish government for perwisiwo to.
That Napoleon has planned the subjugation of all' '
the northern po wers, or what amounts to the same : *
thing, to Set aside the present reigning families*
and to-eletata bis'uwp metpres to their different ape.
vefrrogntiea, has' long been apparent to those who ,
have studied his character and actions, Wilt the
refusal of the king of Denmark to permit the paa.(>
sage of his troops throogh Holstein alter bis viewed
We think tint. It may, however, altar tbs order of
his proceeding. Indeed, hy the accounts brought by'
this mail, this appears already to be the case.
One of the letters observes, .that Frederick Wjl*
11*4®, oppressed with the humiliating stair of depe*.