Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1809-09-25 00:00:00, page 3

« have published our paper at on, earlier hour
usual, m nrderto ley before oor^reader* the
k. fBafcgn Intelligence received by Captain Ferguson's
^.Packet,, end by mail. It will be seen that the Bri
grand expedilion.bftd commenced its operations
P against^* Islands at tfib entrance of the Scheldt.
From fflRxUnt of the naval force, it is evident,
that the joint operations of the army and navy
mere expected. Whether the British force will
proceed to Holland,' or against the French ships of
war in the Scheldt, and against Antwerp, where
•even tail of line are building, was not asrer
■d. We incline to think, the ships in the
Ht, and those building at Antwerp, will be
lit object..
BP There were reports of a third battle on the Da
nube, but they appear to deserve no credit. Theit
had been reports that peace between France and
Austria had been actually signed, but those were
•gain contradicted, and it seems that a congress
for a general peace is proposed. Accounts from
Spain continue favourable ; Ilomana bad driven
Shult out of Galliria, and established his head
quarters at Astorga in Leon ; Soult from the course
lie took was, 1:5 supposed, gone to reinforce the ar
my at or near Madrid. No accounts of Ney’s ar
my. The accounts from th« armies of Cuesta and
Wellesley are not so late as we have already receiv
ed from Cadiz. No further accounts from Spain
tad been received so at to refute or confirm the in
telligence from Ctvta, published in our last.
American produce bad advanced in price in Eng
land, uuder an expectation of a renewal of thenon
inlercourse law.
Ntw-Yomu, September IS.
$y the ship Frances,Taylor, :n 38 day* from Green
ock, the editor* of the New-York Gasette have
received London papers to the tiih ol August, and
Greenock papers to the 10th, which contain the
• Subsequent «xti acts.
lyjwe are verbally informed, that the grneral opinion
>11; in England was, that peace would *oou take
if flae* helween France and Austria.
Loxdok, August 1.
American papers have been received to the 2oth
«f Jnnr. They contain a copy o' a letter from Mr.
£r$|n# to Mr. Smith, inclosing with other doi u
WNiff$0ttr order of the 27thgot April, for the t.fffi k
*de of certain of the Dutch eftd Frroch ports.
The docufnents communicated in Mr. Erskluc’s
letter v/cre those sent out by the Pacific. Tne-y
ware a few d*ys afterwards laid by the president be
' . Jure the seniie and ill" house of representatives, in
p an extra session, held on the 20th June. On that
p day a bill wasintrtnWced in which it wasprov.ded,
that the 3d, 4th, *th, b‘lh, 7th, 8th, tjfh, tOlh,
17th and 18ih sectMtis of the non-intercourse pet
nhould continue i:i force until the end of the next
session of congress with the reset vatum that oothihg
therein contained shsuld lie construed into a prohi
bition of any trade or comm rcu! transaction, in
efififormiTy with the provisious of the llih section
•f the. same act of non-tnleico'irsc. The bill was
read a third time, and passed unanimously.
' These proceedings were yi sterday very much mis
represented, and a considerable sensation was for
some time excited among M|ny deeply inieiestcd in
the Am'rice.n trade, whowere nduredjio l.eheve,
that the non-intercourse act had l e.en one* nmre re
sorted to in all its original forms and consequences.
•Tile meusure recently adopted is calculated for the
■sjaie and ohvimdftppose of enabling the presi
■wjmjn enforce oStofance tt» that act, eliyuid the
rBgency and pn-ssure of affairs in ho opinion ren
drr it accessary before the next me-tioo of congress.
Colonel Morton who was sent trim this country
by Mr. Pinckney with despatches to France, after
the refusal of this government to ratify the terms
©f'Mr. Erfk'ne’s agreement with the government of
the United States, left Paris'®!! the l6th oil. and
.returned to town ;* few days ago. When it was
tm.dorstood in the French capital thet Mr. Ertkine’s
Measures had not r'ema-ed the eanr lion of his go
vernment, the fort w^lfinimediately roinmunicaltd
tbs telegraph to Bnopuparte at Vienne.
Augusts?.
Most 0 allant Alchinment. •
- We have the pleasure to lay before the politick
flf> account of a npisl brilliant Ulehwvment against
'fte Russian flotilla in the Baltirk. We ardently
iiipe that frequent opportunities may he ailnrd.-d.us
•{•■ making Russia feel nor power.
' About thjiiiBginningof last month the Russian
flotilla in tfls&altirlt took up h position under a
jjibir.'t called Penrola. Each wing of their flotilla
flanked by • rock. In this position they seein
td to dt$y mir power. Such a defiance could not of
anurse be brooked by British seamen, and it was
nsolved to nntn our hosts and send them in to
t*»eh the Russians more respect. The boats of the
JJellerophnn, Implacable, Melpomene, and P.rome
♦bebi^wer'e accordingly manned, and on the night
•f thP7th nit. proceeded under the ^ptumand ol
laeutiHawky to attack the enemy in their strong
position—observing our approach, the Russians
Poured a heavy fire fiua^ their flotilla and from the
tw<j rocks—Our gallant countrymen however, ad
vanced with their cbarac teristick bravery and slea
.tfflireflhrding the fire of the enemy, and not
[ S shot till the boats were close to the flotilla
vntbey opened eipoo them, - boarded the -flnuh
la sword in band, and, drove all before them. Tht
flotilla consisted of eight gunboats, each mounting
* S2:JHnk id bouadert and 4$ men.. Sin ml thes«
werwfrought out and onw.w*s sunk.# There wen
besides twelvs'vessels under the protection of the
flotilla, laden with powder and provisions (nr tlx
Retsian army—these were'ell hike#/ ' '
promia
wriu
fruuuucu. • »£"' • %„|
rtfr^ Ww*u
f **: ■';'. A»
■ Report) of « ff«j» ti
Muniirurt having nesti rsc
uverniituil to
the fst, cnntjHiinfl the preliminaries of peace, be
tween Austria alunh-um e, prevailed last night and
this morning; they are unfounded; no flag hater*
rived, and no Moniteurs to that daft: have been re
ceived by governments The arrival,- however, of a
flag of. truce with some overture from BuohSparte,
will-hot at nil supriSe us. The private letters from
Hojjdiid state tbat the official account oTthe Preli
minaries having been signed between Austria and
France, has been received—the following has been
given »s the substance of them, with what truth
we have not yet been able to uscertuto. Buuoapai
te, during (lie progress of the war, declared that lie
would place the kingdom of Bavaria in such « situ
ation as not .to have any thing to fear id future from
the power of the couit ot Vienna. Upon that de
claration he has acted. He is said to have wrested
from Austria all her territories ou the light hank
><l the Danube, and to have extended the Bavarian
territories to Vienna on the East, and follow ing a
line along the frontiers of Hungary to the Drau,
to have asrended to the source of that river,—A
line is then desrnbed to iiiapruck and Bregens, auil
this new accession of territory is given to Bavaria.
All the territories to the South of the Drau. indu
dlngpurtof Carin'hia, Carmola, (stria, Trieste,
and Flume 13 added to the kingdom of Italy—The
Tyrol is ceded by Bavaria to Fiance. Wjrieinburg
and Baden are to get some accession of territory in
Frunrooia. Bohemia and .Mmavia ate to be re
tained by the House ol Austria, as wrll es Hnnga
ry—Russia :s to obtain an increase uf Territory in
Austrian Poland—Saxony is also to have an in
crease* ‘Ibis is repotted to be the substance of the
Pifluninarirt—YVe do not believe that spy ropy
of them .has been mrrfred, and indent the intelli
gence of their having been signe^veD solely up
on the authority ol private letters (tom Holland.
YVe should have expected that an event ol such im
portance would have been announced to us by re
jmcinge upon the French mast, und by some bulle
tin conveyed to Us in the usual w-.y~ But for <>Cf
own parts, we are licit very anxious for the arrival
of the Preliminaries. Toe whole numneev- of hu
miliation and destruction was done by the armis
tice—the rest is mere matter of Course—*.Zil,iim,
Presburgii and Grata would not have been given
up—the Tyrol would not have hern abandoned to
the vengeance of the conqueror, had not Austria
been prepared to maip almost any sacrifices that
were demanded of her.
August £.
Still wear* without anv official intelligence ffota
the expedition ; hut we arc happy ».'> lay before our
readers ths following letter, woich itiformi us ol
the surrender of Flushing and tne whole island ot
Walcheten ;
“ IT an: id, Aug. 4.
“ Intelligence has just been received from the
expedition by a foreign vessel winch leit the Hutch
toast last YVediiend.y night. She had been with
i) e expedition front Saturday last ; on that flay «
(rout one P. M. she was in the rmdst of tiur expe
dition. which was then about 2 miies distant from
Hushing. They were then at anchor. Tlneeguns
iMvitJi been fired at the British admiral's ship, the
whole fleet weighed and stood closer in. The I
feign vessel then set sail lor another part of Ih*
Dutch roast more to the northward, wheiesiir re
main'd until Wednesday night, where she received a
short note hy a fishing vessel, directing her to re
turn with a!! haste to England, and adding that
“ Flushing had h&m taken hy the English.” By
Flushing, the m ister of the fnreurt vessel mean*
the whole island of Wuh lieren. The shove intel
ligence comes from a Source that may be relad
The Phoenix, capt. Walker, arrived yesterday at
Barking, from the vicinity ol ;he island of Walche
ren. Tbij vess-1 quitted its station on Tuesday
morning last, at which time the raptairi hud a view
of the expedition, which wa* extended in a line
from Flushing to Cempvere. The Phauix did nut
approach near enough to permit any accurate db*
s» rvHtioii ol what was going on j but on Sunday
night the Dutch were observed to have lighted a
tarm fires along the coast, A heavy filing was kppt
up the whole of Monday, and towards the evening
shells were thrown ironi various points, Captato
Walker, net deeming it prudent to approach th»
fleet, left the scene of action early on the following
morning, without learning any further particular*,
An account, ssvs thr Kentish Gagi-tie, brought
by some persons who left tne Dutch coast oa Tues
dav last, and Were landed on Wednesday afternoon
near Wbiiestable, states (as we mentioned yester
day) that our troops were in possession of the island
o'' Srchowro, and that a part of thn expedition was.
anchored to the Rooinpt, Stretching from thence t^j
Zirrichxec, thef apital of the island, by which they
would ouftimaim the eastern branch of the Scheldt,
At a late hour this morn ng we received Ham
burgh Corresootirientens of 25th and 2Slh ull.—
Berlin of ibeiMd, and Prague of the lfth. They
contain the folluwing intelligence i
** The Jufv 20.
"The einpffcut of Austria is still at Oluiute.
“ The bead quarter* of tbs archduke Charles are
at Eylan.
“ On ihe Iftb, fresh Cavalry entered Nurem
berg.
“ Orders have been issued in Hanover to arrest
all Austrian deserters, and particularly all military
persons, aud other foreigners who hava no pass*
portw"
Another letter, tattu date.
A congress for peace is *p»ken of, to be held jq
Moravia or Visfea.^Zfo*. Car.
roor Fr inns, according (o some ae
•* Theempt i
counts, is goue from Olmritz to Hungary.
'• With respect to the statement in the SUt- urc
Oarette, that the archduke Charles had hiawell
gone to the head quarter* of the entpertmr Nspolt
on, Ire hesr no further of It.*
'' * BtaM-W, iuty t*
' 'mjfcvery thing is likely to he arranged between
Sweden and Rnsfia. The conditions of the peaci
surrender of the island of Aluqd, the »t*r
'imm* ws*iidi»
I; jjirm _
“ Genera! Gardaaue, The French ambassador ,a
*K* Fei-siHft ciiur^ u arrived her«» and Km already
had Hwiijgil r.iilfdrearw with’the Etfeadt. It Is ?Wt
doubted that tht Porte will goon break with Eng
land* :
. Augast$.
We are still without auy aarival fro ill- (he Expe-"
fition ; 'nothing had reached the admiral at two
o’clock, at least so it is there said: The Deal let
ter of last evening's date in • postscript, suys, “ No
arrival yet from the expedition * The tv „f
the put,lick on this subject is very greet.
Yesterday an ’Austrian messenger arrived
dispatches to Princt Slahfeiuberg, \vb« imuicdi
i ately after communicated their contents to Mr.
Canning. tV«? hear that they ere dated on the gih
ult. and annonc-e the necessity to which the Impe
rial army was reduced of suing for a suspension dt
' hostilities. It was last night confidently stated that
these dispatches represent the overture intended to
be made to the enemy, as being merely lor the esta
blishment of a truce, and repressing a hope that
the saccesslul co-operation of England in the war,
ought enable the emperor Francis to renew hostili
ties. .
The report of the Armistice having been broken
by the Austrians, and that the Rren'eh wer« defeat
ed on the l()th ult. with great lues was revered yes
terday on the arrival of the Heligoland mail; Lot
we continue to think it wholly undeserving of cre
dit.
Lctteis and papers from the continent speak of a
congress for peace Id lie holden in Moravia or at
Vienh.ii VVhen nis call 4o mind the insurmounla
hle antipathy which Buonaparte basin the hour of
his exultation and triumph, always manifested to
wards this form of negotiation' we should rejoice
exceedingly m the assurance that be had at last ac
cepted it. It would indicate an apprehension of
weakness or want of confidence in his means, which
t-e recent events are not much calculated to encou
rage*
•Ve daily seeqetasion to deplore the armistice,-*’
1 wo day* alter it «mi signed, and hefore tt could ba
announced to the different corps of the Austrian ar
my, Dresden, Leipsir, and other parts ot Saxony
wera re-orctipjad;
^eaifr’inv government received dispatches
Sweden, announcing, we dtidersYaft'd,' the retreat of
the Russians from the frontiers of Pothina, for the
purpose, as is supposed, 01 reinforcing tbetr ar
mies in Gallirm end Turkey.
__ 7 hr Swedes are apprehensive of a rupture with
fc.t1„fand, and are evidently preparing fqr th« event'.
T -■siwrrley we recav.d, via Heligoland, letters
from our squadron in the Baltick, under the order*
of sir John Smhafrt, dated the 14th ult. The
Heet w 1* «t that time off Nargon, to island opp>
sitt te lletel, :,n;l year the'entrance of the Guiph
nf Finland. Our people had frequent interrours*
with the shofc, and e^penenregj, njich kindness
tiom the inhabitants. A rumour was prevalent in
the fleet, tout the Russ’.an squadron was prepur
in tor sea, expecting to be joined by the Swedish
navy,
Jpiivnlt Corrrspoadtaet.
P*»nks uf Iht iiliti Jlttjf fi, j
Letters from V ienna, coming from very tespect
nblesources, represent the lots of tbe French, in
the battle ol Wapram, as very considerable.— 1
N*ar thirty murshiils and generals were wounded;
On the 8th the inhabitants of Vienna received or
ders to prepare quarters for3J,000 wounded French
nteti. On the same day the duke of Istria, Mar
shal Bessieres, arrived there badly wotmded, be
tides generals ltapp, Frere, and several others;
SniUe say Bessteres is dead of his Wounds, us well
as Dussusi It is dsserted, that if the Italian nrmy
had not failed in its action with the Bavarians and
under gen, VVrede, the archduke Charles would have
obtained t complete victory,
The popular commotions at Bremen and partied
Uflv in Hanover, owing to the rumour of a speedy
arrival of a British army, have been very serious.
At Hanover the veteran soldiers of hi* majesty
stopped by fore* the money which* by order ol
the French, was to he transported out of the coun
tiy. The great Expedition preparing in Kugland
seems to have panick struck the French ami tbetr
friends, and the King of Westphalia and his army
will umnedi.ucly enter Hanover.
fifteen hundred Roles from the Russian fortresses
are said to be on their march to garrison Hamburg,
from whence the French minister tsgon* to Trave
fflt'iude.
lhe Berlin Gadatte, in consequence of its partia
lity, has been forbidden in the King of Westphalia*
territory. Its circulation has also been stopped in
Hamburg.
On receiving the news «f the armistice between
the two empersurs, the price of colonial produce
rose full ten per cent, in the northern
BaLTiMoar,
September f 1
Lntist from England.
By the arrival of the schooner Fawn yesterday af
ternoon* in 42 days from Plymouth* the editor
of line American has received LondjlL papers to
Low dot*
>M and Portugal.
The Afstbbsa
ngste, arrived from v;eranft% o
on
oaturnay, after the short voyage of four'daya, %
>y
this opporiemty government received despatches,
and a Spanish officer' of the rank of captain of ip>
tan try. arrived with intelligence for his extellencj
admiral Apodara. We aie happy tp announce that
the information through tbit channel is very Satis
•factory. General Roma pa (tad entered*4" ’-11 -
of Leon, and had hit besd-quaiUfS al
*the close of the laat month. His
24,IKK) men, completely
h* lied nwroittio augment i
i have learhrftwjhSVthitt 1ft ofAtiMa
WagafnetW&WjAf^SSS!
.t» ibur Wellesley and general C»e&
view, end bad dm.a fogtffaH «<■ »*
Tagus. ■
The fiill'nving are MCfmct of 1*4
ii»b officer In the nitn* tfmjkfrlitrilJI
*•
“ Sir/ktlwr WelUtfey
■rmy in and bear (his pf«. iflfiijfig
Uliott oftt
trj arriving from Lieiiod, when »•
rwt for Madrid, fllj neSit, ahool
rhsnres of Wa^, will dtmbfless cm
reault of a battle. Tire enemy, we
renirrtng 511 their forcWfo wtoM» a
niardf and Pnrirtgttrse Irnnjj* rrfllo
therosrjves, w« have no le„r oMhe
"Toe will knew in England much/I
we do, what.'wv Hrt about—tfayy 1?v (jul
tof’s advanced guard comlneiicwi shirtfl
lerday with the loyal Laeit3uia6iUgi*h
ndr brigades have been lent forward, s
aadgWill follow. f\V -rM-WM
expect trf march
the enemy is but four leagues fro^itte. %
'* Sir Arthur went the doy before yesierdl
Cuest* and I he,ir wilf fettitn io d»y—aejjrc
»t.mcr occurred last night which may interest'
111 in the orevs of a Spaniard met a sm
of tire 29th, in the street,be tojd him that a so
was lying outside the gate deed drunk, and wm
the sergeant to go and see fcim*-h* wefit^irt
nw'n-*t!»e .ither desired biro ta pro-eed « little
th*rt at possibly the pftyate hiidVrept hb, ||
liced htrii at last to a considerable distance, w
he afed lout more seized the seVjeant and quests
him a bunt the army ard was very anxious tog
where sir Arthur "lodged, and where ih» Wny, f*
sergeant of eouree could give no information!
at two u‘chirk they told him they would waiini
#"r« *« the day began jto eppyar, nn which d?
lh*$|,rrd ai fm<t wounded him in the arm. 1
hive Wot been heard of einre, ,
“Ji is lottuiiate thvt sir Arthur is archill
by a sejuadrort ol dragoons^ otherwise these del
radoe* might perhaps have seised him.
“ The Spanish to} die re appear strong, good fa
ingnteo, much better th.ft the port*k«&i<P
they certainly do not light well,,
“ Vi-mr puts big 'threat in execution. ofjff,
mg us with 87,000 min, h<- WilH* li». ly
Gctzttte Marine Memoranda,
, ARRIVED* ~:':£Sm
^“^tiland, Town, 4 diys^ front Phils
The ships Powhatan, end Protectress wef
have sailed Cur City Point, the linmer from I
don the 4ih of August, anil latter (ront Liveri
♦•r!y in the lame month.
The ship Jalta, How»tfa from this port wafig
ken the ptli September* in lat. Aftleftfc'MM'
■jiii 1st. 49, long. 34.
-.a Wot Chart*.,’
d&fi The fine Brig VEST
XwlohsMdh*W* Irafelbam, master, hbtU
Taos. ■ . »• ' .
_ fa*** MfcM:
1 Wboofier f»rSyle,
400 hoses Brown Havaona SutaP, adi
ti) barrel* Uducovado do. J .*
100,'-CO wt. prith* Green Cofke., Seat, «§/-•
*0*CHAR
lER®©)' The fine new SI
assSE Ktf GOOD
Johu Ociuiis, matter, burthen « K> hogtH
Moses Myers
Who i&etftr Sab,
A feW thousand bushels fit
60 hogsheads first futility KtoSCoVado!
September 6. ,
TVFUfcRTED Area on 0«i
I/wteil State* on u aheutthe 1
Rt.VN, *e*m*ii,} .he it bct*(«u Son4<
«n«» dark h*it» when he defend .<
p»cny of Carpenter1* Mate. The a Nit.
to any one who »HI apprehend t'te said
him ip any jah in the Waited Mtatet. Sr
TO PRINTS*
A steady, sober COMPOS