Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-08-10 00:00:00, page 3

▼sitcri vommissioneo oy iris majesty, and the nu
merous condemnation! by h» courts «if admiralty,
w»dec pr?UxtilNjoaHjJ"' false npi«i frivtnkus in many
iasUnMsof foal fide* American ftuperty legally do
cumented and destined, appwrdfeour government
■liead^likt “ a tale rtrice tnld. CniHlilct SO pto
' Yoking, and so soon forgotten ^--Conduct which his
• majesty himself manifested a consciousness of its
impropriety, dot by dining restitution tu jinjhone i
•ase, but by snddenlr'falling u» the privateers,
avowedly because of their abuse towards neutrals.—
Whether becausejpo resentment appears to hovel
keen excited,''nor measures <«l redress taken0n our j
part, cannot soy, but this saiqgp sort of. conduct
towards our commerce Las now lately been renewed ;
and in my opinion the supineness of oor government
is fairly to be charged with it by the sulieriug indi
viduals/ The king has, altera considerable suspen
sion, again permitted privateering. Our ships
bound direct from tbe United States into the ports
of the Ballick, belonging to huuself or friends, al
ter dealing and paying the Sound tiibute to his ma
jesty, at htsineui, where of course the ship’s papeis
roust have been rx«hiu«d and found in order before
they could b* permitted to pass; alter being thus
cleared at ohe port of his majesty, they are way
laid at Copenhagen, and under the window* of his
palace, detained by a privateer in the king’s name,
jpnder pretences too frivolous almost to he mention
will give you a specimen;. a valuable
Ship Wifl^fargo of 100,000 dollars, belonging to
my frienriaiurert from the United States, bound to
Russia, had cleared at Elsineur, was boarrkd ofi
Copeabdjjpn; and the papers found to be so perfect,
that the privateersman was obliged to say lie was
satisfied.: wished the captain a good voyage, anil
wasmHSIIy over the ship’s side to get into his boat
whenpBTne words passed between him and the pilot
•fthe ship, as to the conduct of the (alter coming
to when the other was boarding the vessel.
The privateersman became angry, returned and
Ordered the ship into tbe roads; where she lay four
weeks, and her examination was not roinpleled ; if
liberated, when that takes place, the privateersman
will probably appeal, through gesentuienl, or the
hope of being brought off by way of comvromite ;
which they well know tor a valuable ship is prefe
rable to a tutnnier’s detention ; and this, I repeat,
is done in the capital, under the king's rye—and it
is vpry curious to remark, by that power, the early
anri strenuous champion of neutral and maritime
rights, which still affects to contend fur these rights,
and especially for the principle that “free ships
make free goods.” • Fifteen or twenty ships of our
country are detained at Copenhagen this year, Hod
several of them for causes known to be groundless,
nod, as far as f nan learn, none of them for suffici
ent reuse. WtioBhr condemnation will ensue, re
mains to be seen—probably none so barefaced as
tfidse of Norway last vear. Hut in my opinion,
nothing but pretence will be wanting.
’That for a'l this, and a good deal more which
does not so materially affect us, the king is to have
immediate blame, I do not pretyid to say ; much
less that be derives any immediate benefit from ma
ny of the Various impositions. The pilotage, for
instance, 4not equally #Vided, it is said,, with
those who ought have the largest share. The
presiding officer or ministers of that department, it
. is supposed; find their interest in keeping the king
in ignorance of' the imposition. And with regard
to tk* prise money from American condemnations,
-Iris probable that a very small part, as the king’s
due, ever find its way into his chest. His subjects,
however, are certainly very much benefitted by
these things, and by what they are fairly entitled
tofrbnVour commerce ; of which, exclusive of cap
tures, where they take in many rasses all, they re
ceive aflflogetoer little less than 10 per cent.
" Hi* majesty is, as I said before, despotic in au
thority. lie professes a vast deal of regard for jus
tice and the rights of others ; affects to see it done
iikhjs own sovereignty to as great a degree as ever
was by any ot the really great kings, inasmuch that
it is said he scarcely reserves to himself and family
two hours of the day. He affects also, it is well
known, to despise the mercantile ^character. This,
if true, as I believe it is unparcelable, considering
that his little kingdom is every way chiefly com
mercial, and that his revenues from any other source
; would scarcely furnish his table. Hot lest you
should think iny humour pctulent, 1 will leave the
king to his fancied military greatness, to be swal
lowed up, with bis 80 or 100,000 soldiers, some
morning at breakfast for the great Napoleon, and
turn to his private character as a man; which is
*aid to be amiable and affectionate,%nd that he has
the happiness to be blessed with a virtuous and a
greeahle consort, and that they are not only happy
ifi each other, hut also in their child.
r If '* not material to enquire whenlw finances of
this country became embarrassed; it is sufficient to
sUte, that they are so completelv hank runt that the
government paper, which is the circulating medium
ol Denmark proper, and I believe of ^j^way, haf
depreciated at h rata^f.about four Wone ; and
depreciated i
that Ibis rot!
whs the Kmitedrjfte ef
pua roe
— -,,- -ar withfcpgiand ; whirh. jjes
feft of th«
■Stroyed
their commerce, dried opjH)|r chief smirqBd
if their
coentry a revenue ; and also occasioned a
vast in
crease of its military for
disproportioned
~Hiti means of populatici
so that the expenres
^'rfra(nen* wry far exceed the income, and
threat* n%um irretrievable^ This state of things af
,./oris£Lrta'n^' a atrong temptation to injustice on the
* nation “ pr^p|dng just and amicable dis
,if Hot tf teller excuse, is in
ions,” and whu
my opinion, a tti
for the conduct to
wardy nor, trade, t!
ft assigned by some people
inHftauaiion. ■■■*- »"■ . ;
it paper money, the chief circulating medium
•f Sics wick and-Holstein,
independent of the
mi
ljKWh„^„,K„,
. “does not rest upon
g a basis upon adrqtiHte hinds as-,
'fiflnrd by the government of tbs Doehy or prov
issue of the bank at Altona, and has
„ *• These provinces have their loyal
-,—.JOpiin distmct, hut.not of course indepen
"fHlmfrtiig and his gd£einmeftt of Denmark
: *fy,r. • • •• •• im • ■.& " '
^With rcgaqfcjo the £on4pt amftjrperience from
ft's monarch ifr this cmlineat, unegeostl) unjuejt,
•ntf extremely tricked as it is, 1 really do not U
so much resentment as I do of the hypocritical:ami
sneaking treatment before related, from a petty pow
*r, who htraelf pretends to have been the innocent
victim of belligerent wrongs, and perhaps very tttj
®k», without the shadow X*( a cause against
Wf is porting tha same condort towards others of
which ibd has so bitterly comp^iued to the whale
i ' ■ V:"- , , ; . : -.'‘-'V % * - 4- , . -- i .
world, and in proportion tocher little'flight, ha#
dona oi more barm within (be last twelve months,
than France and England together. But 1 have
don* with her. The' RambegHfel Decree has been
passed to legalise the confiicistfohs at Bayonne, St.
Sebastians, dec. and make short work for the courts.
The pretence is very good—I admire the pretence ;
—aod I doubt not it will be advocated by m.my a
Prencb partisan in the U. States. The government
however, cannot possibly see iu it any thing * t>u
of a determined, deliberately determined, provoca
tion to a declaration of war; which we think here
cannot (ail to take place Very soon after congress
can Le convened. ' ■ . . ■ *
This decree has bad one Construction which it
might charitably have been supposed Would- not
have been given to it ; and that is in the case of
American vessels captured at Sea, wherein the
claimants have compromised with ihe captors for a
certain part to retain the remainder; hut it appears
the whole goes into the-, 1 don't understand
Fiench; but am told the word answers to the t'/i«<
of meath--.at any rate, ihe compromising claimant
can nave no couipiomise with this chest.
FROfU NAPLES.
Tbe following letter will command the attention of
eveiy American who is not lost to all feeling for
his injured and insulted country. It was wiitten
from Naples in March last by a young gentleman
of Salem, whose melancholy fate, with his fel
low sufferers, in the catastrophe of the ship Mar
garet, has lately excited universal sympathy.—
We publish the letter with a mixture of pain and
pleasure— ^ a memorial of the virtuous and
patriotic sentiments of the. young gentleman by
whom it was wiitten, but at the same time with .
an increased poignancy of gtfief, that so much
rising worth ig forever lost to his friends and his
country !— But will such outrages as are here de
jp tailed with a feeling that does honour to an Ame
rican bosom, excite any proper spirit in those
whose duty it is to avenge our- wrongs, and re
trieve the national character ?—They who have
not believed Hoses and the prophets, will not be
lieve even though one should rise from the dead.
H- Pol. Register.
Naples, March 9, 1810.
“ DF-an Sin,
“ Themieasures pursued by this government to
wards our commerce arriving in the ports under its
ronliou], in exact conformity with its decrees, and
according to the express invitation of the king, are
of a nature calculated to excite tbe indignation and
surprise of all independent Americans, to wear away
every vestige of French influence that may now ex
ist, and to join all in r.xecrating the injustice and
perfidy of those who now lord it over Europe. It
is impossible for our oppressors to alledgf'Wilh any
shadow of propriety, a reason which ran authorise
or even extenuate their conduct. No, it stands a
nother instance of their deceit, and is a fresh mo
nument of our own credulity. Yet the emperor,
not content with seizing our cargoes, detaining our
vessels, and depriving us of all means to return to
our country, has, in his recent communications,
through his minister, to general Armstrong, stated,
that we have no cai^e for complaint, and that in
consequence of our non-intercourse with his empire,
Naples, Spain and.||ther powers associated with
him, have adopted hostile measures against our
trade, which will not be suspended, until America
forces England to acknowledge his maritime code ;
making us the servile tools of his ambition, which
aims «( ruling tbe ocean as it does the continent.
The 3d January the officers of tbe police unhung
our rudder and took it on shqre ; they next put our
provisions and sails into the lower hold and placed
a seal upon the hatches ;ever since which, we must
humbly ask liberty tp get a barrel of beef or bread
for our own use. On the 5th January the govern
ment began the sale of our cargo, having previous
ly advertised it, in company with the Romp's and
others, Siting them to be sold on account of this
governnky & as actually confiscated! At this very
lima, inThe very place where the sale is made, is
seen posted up the king’s perfidious proclamation
allowing American trade. This instrument was is
sued long after our non intercourse was known in
this couutry, which art of our government is stuttfd
as giving rise to otir condemnations, in fact the ve
ry art upon which rmr detention is grounded was
known in Europe some months previous to the per
nussnry proclamation of this monarch bring issued,
which gives »s eveiy reason to believe, it was his
majesty's intention to entrap us, and his allowing
the Kite* to sail was evi:lcnt!y*ith a view of lead
ing us into the snare. With these violations before
our eyes what confidence may we place in any pro
mises of indemnification from this government,
which in fact makes the Napoleon rule the measure
of its actions ? Egery man knows how difficult it is
even with an onUjpin tbe Ftench treasury to obtain
h» pay, then how much can we expect after our
cargoes are sold and ware even denied a receipt—
having made an application for this purpose, to the
n"n'wr*who r*pl,ed> that our “ consul must give vs
a»tcetpi F
in this nil oor representations are treated.
The our flag is a subject of impurt
ance to ouj tiajgpial honour: for when a govern*
nient orders its armed ships to bring in all vessels
belonging to the subjects of a power standing in our
situation, with the (lag of the former hoisted over
that of the latter, what roust the inference he I ei
ther that the insulted is considered as an enemy, of
that be has given such evidence of a servile disposi
tion, as to make others believe be will bear con
tempt with complacency, and kiss the hand that
smites him. It is to be lamented that our govern
ment when it raised that mischievous act, the em
bargo, should issue another permitting us to run"
into the very danger against which the former'wns
said by its friends to have shielded us ; in fine, that
while we were rcstiicted [from] France because of
herviolations of neutral rights »« were allowed to j
go to porlg^inimediately undei French rnnirool aihfti
having in force French decrees. Once, twtre opr
three times is not sufficient for AmeriM. to%| &?■'.
reived, ho, the must be half ruined before she' wW
listen to the dictates of wisdom and adopt decisive
jnwosures. If we must submit let ua first tafjt’r^
jreafe, let oor courage ba«o some trial; si p.*sent
*r* looked upon to have none, for our pwasJUui
*»«»• conduct begets us nought b<* ic6ra»4ft4 ron
tempt, rqd I fear will end is liifesseouatdkstncti
Ort of opr independence. ..
.* ^ Kite not the vessel that brought the r-rr/f^
of the King of Naples totki§ country, k>ii~
neutral trade. <1?*'
W * Off consul, Mr. tfgpmet, hw, toffee htmonr
of the AmdVran natnr.tepmtotedia Strong tera||
to the king thoinjustice of bis proceedings, end if
is hinted bit majesty it ptfendaiblK being laid- the
truth!! Ip GudYount, U«»w laqpfrtjtthe iflibirili
q' ^nne adminislratioa bear witf tbe«i' gfartay?
iu«M|? are we never to act thy part of anuuiepni
deot power ? Let us r a liter assert our rights. I for
ooe, am willing to wyarayray tome years a prisoner
in thijt country,'sooner than to tttmine yield to this
m^nkous violation of hr* honour and dignity.—
Here on niiscoiueptioa of instrur(ions can ba alleged.
No, the insult proceeds directly from the king, and !
he receives trie orders from, the emptronr. It would
require pages to detail the vile treatment we meet i
with- It it not in one department we experience it,
it routes from.all; the petty rustonaHnmse officer
is a robber, as well as his master, and th^ prime
minister is interested in privateering. Vessels are
kept in quarantine a month over their appointed
time, and this is to forre them to pay the rharges.
This time is even prolonged by the government,
to force the consignees to pay the expenres of un
loading the cargo, evfcn after its being declared ron
liscated!!!—The captured vessel is stripped of all
her cabin stores, as likewise her captain of his
charts and instruments, and the soldi* rs of the ty
rant walk Weideck with.drawn swords, more cal
i mated to tight the yentiin of their bodies, than to
app.il the heart of an American. Yet even * these
degraded wretches wonder at our degradation, and
ask why we do not redress the wrongs of oof coun
try? Every interview that has been bad with the
ministers, by people interested in Ameiiran com
merce, has resulted in giving .ua fresh hopes ;—
ashamed of their infamy, they have evaded con
versing of their measures, and while onr condem
nation was determined on in their private councils, i
we have been pubttrkly deceived. In the midst of
! this gloom we have seen our countrymen in crowds, ’
entering the jaws of the monster, and some of
(hem who left America after the knowledge of our
sequestration !! Great indeed must be your confi
dence in French justice 11! lam with great respect!
your bumble servant. . ’**
By This May's Mail. ' j
Boston August 3.
FROM ALGIERS.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Algiers, to
a merchant m this town, dated May 7. I
“ The brig Blancby, rapt. Cotton, which I men
tioned in my last as being the only American ves
sel at this place, was to have departed for Baltimore
about the middle of April, but an unexpected occur
rence has changed her destination, as she has been
chartered by the French Vice Consul, Charge d'Af
faires of France here, tocarry him to Marseilles, he
having been ordered by the Dry to quit the Regen
cy in 24 hours, in consequence of a dispute between
them relative to a prize brought in by a French
privateer ; and as there was no other vessel in the i
port ready to lake him within so short a period, col.
Lear has consented to ber going to France as a car- ;
tel. This affair happened the 30tb of March.—
The brig sailed with the consul on the first ol April,
and is to return here immediately in ballast, and is j
now expected, and is to depart lor the United States
immediately Un her return. The Dey says his dis
pute is merely personal with this consul, and he has
permitted several French vessels to depart since it
happened : But 1 think it will be regarded in a dif
lerent light in France.
“ This is such a poor place for business, that
scarce a single article for exportation can be found.
“ The affairs of the Americans stand vefy well
with the Regency at present. Our annuities are all
paid up. The ship Resource, which brought out
the stored is daily expected back from ConsUr.ii
nople, for which place she was chartered by the Dey
to carry presents to the Grand Signior.”
From the Exchange Coffee House Books.
Previous to the sailing of the Pedlar Irotn Paler
mo, a British trigate arrived there to convey one
of the Bourbon ^jhniily to Spain. [Probably the
Duke of Orleans, who married a daughter of the
king of Sicily, who is now in the way Napoleon
wishes his wife, The duke of Angouleme, who
matried the daughter of the late king of France,
was recently on the point ol leaving England for
Spain, hut was deterred by the request of the go
vurument. It is pmbeble the Spanish regency con
ceive that the presence of one of lha Bourbon fami
ly will inspire the people with additional confidence
and enthusiasm ; o^ it may be intended to declare
• him s .!<• Regent.] *
Capt. Adams, troni Lisbon, reports, tbat Masse
na had derlared himseif king of Portugal. [A ro*
mour has heretofore been received that Buanaparte
had appointed him Vice Roy of Portugal.—The lat
ter French wars have been to provide thrones for
would-be Kings.] , ‘ .
; Through the polite attention of Maj. Ignatius Sar
gent, we have been favoured with the following,
which he has just received front Gloucester, dated
this day, as follows ;
“ Arrived, sch'r Treaty, capt. Davis, 37 days
from Cadiz. Capt. D. says the Spaniards are] in
good spirits, and will hold out well. Flour, per
quantity, quit k el 23 dollars. Spaais^tolUrs are
very plenty. Capt. D. brought 14 fflfeno sheep
foe-T. L. Winthrop, Esq.” . '
| * FROM PORTUGAL. v ^
Captain Adam*, who arrived in ibia port yester
day# Irom Lisbon, which he left the day beti«e the
Coiporal Trim, aiatea that the French general
Massena, had 60,000 select troops, aud the Euglish
a f.wre of 19,000 under general Btresford—That
Massena had announced himself king of furmgal,
and was determined to crnsvand descend the Tagus.
An engagHlpent ol' importance, and probably deci
of the fate of Portugal eras expected. Rep.
Wit*' ’ ' ’• f - .
>'• - ’ Norwich, (Cun.) August 1..
Extract of a leefetfroM Aiigantt, to the <ja
Wi«d liny 16, 1810, nettled bg Ik* Washington,
arrivedat New-London. ’*'
- “ It appears that the French have not for
this Country sufficient to make the coaq|
•ecuW’it.^ The army uf Qianada and Aodejvsia
■Mdn n Mlite • days since, and entered the town
end fftne ol their advanced guard were
at Qgnisla, within nine leagues #f this, and were
fM0MMty expecte^Mnre «ar ?walls. The pops
Ue* eftkit Mid the neighbouring towns wer*. la
great rooster oat**, jet, they netlfaef daspeif, Mr
--*“
ondeftak*' frvf#*
siegetn t
SO or 4O,0W (tu>n«
and with th
m.
vent a fr-wt
1* W»ia
ness.•’ .(t.m
will bi thajast ^. pll
erremjr.—The arflfljy which _
reftredbatk to GMftda, *ft,
ed1 their
A French general uni bit bWk^int
of Boulogne »r%ll «pe»b4»H»e«iyai*|0ildjtj
nnrg, end were picked up hy one ©( car menL..
war end yirned into lhs^J>ow$s to the Admiral, v'
who sent w^nrMpr&oMrs;^
I he General a at pittral
,ver- ,(•» »»i<i that hi* name it Sthifierc Roth- ±>
tog ^ y«l known of (he cause of his quitting. V
France. , . ^
The dismissal of Foorbe (now caffe ADail nf ^
Otianto,} the French minister of ^tfiice, imerxcit
ed considerable surprise. TMfe he is nr.disgrarai* -
rendered evident by the Paris papas? Napoleop h*,
vtng sent ban very rajjjerrjf Japonic with theti ’ *
tie of Gcucrnoi, and havi,
oled the Huke of
Rovigo (Savary), his surrel
life ; but the cause of the q r# (l
ft t n v>
FoHche, in bis answer to NapoleoftV accept* *
bis new appointment, but teem* to be very Hale
pleased with it. ‘ >*.;v
Lieut. Bones, of the Tigress, arrived y ester d*y*atf>
the Admiralty with despatches Gov. Colum
bine, at Sierra Leone, Africa. The governor had
found it necessary to pot nnder arrest Mr. G%,wHw <
claimedrjthe situation of one of (he uieflitiers of th*
council, and rapt. F. The settlement nits restored
to a state of tranquility when the abuse despatches '*>
were sent off. >■ - • ••»#. . ;
A meeting of the rnh^Pnr tsof Sheffield, at
about seven or cjght thddsand persons attended, was
l held on Wednesday last, in Paradise-square. A pa
tition to the Hnnse of Commons was agreed to cora
pUimng of the commitment of Mr. Gale Junta an*i >
[ Francis Burdett, and urging the necessity w
fonn. Several Resolutions were also adopted o
similar tendency, and an address to Sir F.
expressive of their approbation of hie conduct.
Gazette Jilarine MemorandaL
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arrived.- • ' MP
• SUp Abigail, Thompson, f daya'-mtf
bur^Virt, Ballast, William Dicksont;"*!'
Ciipt. Nash, (whose arrival wasnotrBd in
last) left at Gottenburg June 8, ship* Augusta,
Ladd, for New York ; Fair Trader, Craig, of Phi*
ladelphia; Bella Savage, Nichols, Boston; Alte->.
ghaney, Morris, George-Town, discharging yL*
vaut,'Procter, Boston, discharging;
Salem; Adriana, -; Rolfo, -, Newt
port; Nancy, Combs, New York'; Brutus,—*—..
Brigs Sophia,——, George-Town ; Niagaeb, lips* -
sel, Philadelphia.—Sr Ir'r -, White, Baltimore#.
The ship Woodrop Sims, Haynes, of this port,
was at Lisbon 22th Jujge, repairing. , ^
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BBS
ION.
: ■ if
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To-Morrow at 11 o’clock; on th«
end of Newton's Wharf, will be sold for CiA. •
21 bbU. Prime PORK.
: - * e. .
August 10.
IWBLldR Sjtajp?
■, , «• 4^.
. f
By virtue of a Deed in Trust given by
Robert Siminfton, to secure a sum of money dua
Eugene Higgiht, will be Sold on MONDAY the
30th instant, on the premises,
_ That BRICK HOUSE, " * > ;
# the Virginia Bank, in which he mg resides ;
itTs well finished, having all the cotsvMmides ne
cessary for the residence of a family—tt is shwt well
established as a Grocery Store, the business belo#
carried on there for several years. “ ‘
known at the.tinw of sale.
The Trustees.
- ** *»
.. ST?
August 10.
wi*
SUGIVRS.
The Cargo of "the British, ,s
of Kent, Angifew easier
loupe, consisting of Wm ~ —
'S'SSS-*? MuaSJtkdo Spgari'df
57 barrels 5 ROOd quality,
The whole or any partf till be sold *nTefc*ita$bi
terms and credit!
Aito.mm -
" T ■ «
The
— -E OF KENTfv
A stout British built vessel, eleven years old, oewle
coppered to the bends Sod well found.' Tulr**-'
~ ■—ri—T-— ” —■■ / »«» ■UeiqS.Sul "i iinmH
Tobacco j those destrooa of purtabjoe arc request*
ed to examine her aa^he lays iS Taylor's wharf
—The inventory toWbeii at the ComptfoK^ibom '
of Mcttrt. Armititm V Kellu. Teirnsnuti#
known by « t;..-, jrfj* > vy j,.
Robert Dt$*Of|.^
August 10. . Sir */ '
..i • m...V ■ ''
For Freight 6r
" THE BRIO
John Pray, mi
*> burthen about 1
August 10.
■Si:. fRBjcum^- /i&
. The brig CAHOT^ifc li
—,Captain Prick \ a ttaor b gund enasel.*
•nd will carry 800 to 9Q0 barrel* For ternttib
«u board, or toT ,"* _ -'V
- s»-* - ~C
*Q|i
Ido. Steel,
jAuding frem
thq^dpCaledcxd
Jjfr-’-i
jp.*
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