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day in 36 heart from Baltimore, brought us Wed
(mthyk paper of that city,- but they da not cnoujn
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an article of iculligehce foreign dr domestirk, <
u»jr of notice. v»/*';-.'V,l.r*-V;-: ^ ■■
^’The President of tb« United States arrived jo
Washington city, oh Saturday the 6th inst. - - ■ J
v Tbe Congressional election* for Maryland ate
|0ver, F and leave that etate, «e during the lest ton
grass—-aht democrats and three federaliate. ‘
In Delaware, a federal representative to congress,
Mr. Riilglry, ami for Governmir MS. Hailet, a de
mocrat hive beertelected—The legislature are fede
ing like facts.—A few weeks since,
ihe tiftiM or
ishaper, published asi acciunt of
French.)lind British dfp^#tif>K% **ipnn Ameiyran
prop^M* insuredthe Marin#Inss
y fenireTiMitpiiiij It. wilt b# rlrulleft
^id, that thgAinnspsxctfcded the latter in amount, as
•MpPF *f $rayarticle *in*nnr paper, having
" been noticed by a friend nf th^Editor'g, living in A
Itxandria, he'was^|duced to see wbal had leen the
tbf fiepFedations on American property injured
tb« Office of the Marine Insurance Company
"* place, nnd hhvingijpeforatelv aetertained thei
Seme; hat transmitted us the subjoined statement,
which we are sat'cffed U correct. We had no au
thority to publish this statement, and do it without
consulting cur friend;. lint we think the people
.•light to fnfiwmed, and, for this purpose, there \
fytHtknfa like
Amount rpotnred and c.indemned by the
;K French and by Spain, white acting
5 Wdey French decrees,
$ 154,166
N V Restored Noth iko.
Amosnt captured and condemned by the
British,
£ 30,600
!« Restored clear of ex|
it,000
yRecaptured from the French
•n(J re*tored char of. ex
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t.sofr
It,300
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Balance,
oaisnee,'. ^ £ ts.ioo
. Vet there will be found those, who insist that
France and Pjtt Britain equally annoy the com*
mercO of the Ppted Slates. We see that altbo’ the
difference is nut so great as that which we publish
W,4 Jret itis nearly as nine to One, exceeded by the
eb. I y K-'i! . :
Frcdci Drcrece,—By letters from France it ap
.p*ar« that Napoleon, has ordered the release of Ame
rica property sndtr sequestration st St. Sebastians,
lo bs restored upon tbs payment of the new duties,
trhicb he, hat imposed. These new duties amount
d» eoni* articles to their Ml value in France, on
•thereto‘two thirds, and to rods less than one
h*lf more than the duties were when the vessels en
ured. This it an ingenious inode of getting our
property, without acting the part of a robber,
with the aid pf the French party an*g us, will
•f^e «a an txcellent trap for gulls, who tee no deep
yrtbanths surface.'
R -begins to be time for some of the vessels, which
lilre said to have been restored, to he returning home;
tbey/would he better evidences of justice in Napo
leon, then deerbes of doubtful meaning, end insidi
fcu» deilgb, which may Is revoked at pleasure, We
*epea* what we have before said, tW those who
ffe** hfe^jpfhperty' in" France, until the sense of
fill* °#«s^vernm?nt I? distinctly announced, rela
t|ve‘to the,new dances, ary more than imprudent,
if the President baa ccofiilenrein these decrees, Ins
proclamation permitting the entrance of. French
armadvtsvlf, will he issurnf, rhose who venture
before aproclamalion is issued, sin wifh their eyes
and will have no cause of complaint against
if, owe government.
*5 D|*n—On
utsday niRhi lest, in this place,
k'TL1 » * f*W d*J* d*° f"r tb« benefit ol
lieaiih, ijr*. Margaret Patrick, relict o't
rrr Y > rx’ P ATRICK, re
tb« late vf»c. *iM»m Patrick, of Srnithfield. .. ,
fAM C C_Iai a! I l jj ^
¥ll| I jittt merit due to fha memory of Uep&r ted vir
V£s rtf* died; unusually regretted by all
•h* W the pleasure of her acquaintance j but to
xr ^ •• . . g T- t vui 10
ver *n,' friends, who had *6 opportunity of
RppreribtKig her merit, her lot* must b«6reat. In
domestic* 1<^ the; various characters of wife, mo
th*** daughter, sister, and friend, were filled with
'■ ± / *,* ’ ' , wsaiXM Willi
pfeettona»d dignity* peculiar to her gentle nature.
.AUiOfbt^ghteraBd. affectionate sister and brother
ire left to deplore this afflicting dispensation of
;»fovidei>ce.^-#Wd. \ ’ ’ -
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, i „ COMMUKICATIOX., 5 \ *■ ; .
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Die4 ti Naples *»*> tha igth Juhe.in the 70*.h
of b»f *£• 1 hi.Rigut Hsv, tide C«w*»om
J1"** venerable prelate had been apptriuted abouf'2
& consecrated bishop efN.York by thepre
ient soveragn Pootiffpiua 7th, no sooner w«,b,
^gifftedthap baini-d allmeensto his power f. re
JS»r tpbia belovedhoclt,, hut the unhappy riraium.
If^ocRiitf ynrsand revolutions akr*ys prevented him
f—tfUuiuw the end of Wa, npest ardent desires;
^ **!■** a series
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■a'://'
•f disappointments tad expense#, that tbs long
•MW fit period bad arrived, which would erfabie
nim. to*»tiu)g ftpiai>t« to this country. Maple*
m Italy" whi twPpanlrom which be contemplated
«iTiBg, iwhrthtfr he jep»u*d in order to avail him ■
•df of the opporttiBihMiF* vessel there bound /or
tba United States. lie had already secured hit pas
sage when th« goveromslit of Maple# informed of
biaanrival and inteotioo, arrested, declared him a
prtsnusr,; and ordered him under the severest penal
ties not to embark in any Vessel, This disappoint
ment is thought to have effected bim so sensibly, on
seeing himself probably debarred from ever being
eble to consecrate the remainder of his days to the
welfare of bis Mock,' that he fell dangerously ill, and
in a few days terminated bis exemplary and edifying
life in the great Convent of St. Dominick in the a
hove mentioned city, where on the following day
his obsequies were celebrated., Dr.Concannon was
the first catholic k bishop of New-¥ork, appointed
immediately by tbe Apostolical See for that Dio
cese. His desire of being useful induced bim at tbe
age of nearly seventy years to take the resolution of
coining to this country after, having resided about j
forty years at the court of Rome, where he has act
ed as agent lor the bishops of England and Ireland,
to both of which coon tries he had rendered the most
signal scrvires. His fuueral sermon will be per- i
lor tried on Sunday, the 7th inst. in St. Peter’s
ehorch at half past ten o’clock, A. M. with » so
lemnity becoming the occasion, ,
[Several account* have been'published in th« A
(tyrriran papers of the following brilliant and almost
incredible naval action, bat we do not remember to
uve before teen the official account, which here
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FROM TlfE LONDON GAZKTfK.
A<tmually Office, Jug. 4, 1810,
Copy of a letter transmitted by admiral Sir Charles
Cotton, Bart. Commander in diet in the Medi
terranean.
Spartan, off tie lay of Naplto, May 3.
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On the 1st inst. bis majesty’s ships Spartan
and Success chased the French squadren,consisting
I of one frigate of 44 guns and 352 men, one cor
vette o! 20 guns and 260 men, one brig of 8 guns
and 98 men, one culler of 10 guns an-J 80 men;—
they succeeded in getting into Urn Mole of Naples,
favoured by light and partial breezes; as I was sen
sible they would never leave that place of refuge
whilst two Bntish frigates were in the bay, I di
rected cupt. Ays,cotigh to remain on my rendezvous,
from live to ten leagues S. W. of the island of Ca
pri, continuing with the Spartan in the bay of Na
ples.
At day fight this morning, we had the pleasure
of seeing the enemy’s squadron as before mention
ed, reinforced by 8 gun-boats, standing towards us
in a close line. The action began at 56 minutes
after 7, with the enemy’s frigate, exchanging broad
»icies when within pistol-sbot, passing along their
line and cutting oft their cutter and gun-boats from
the body ol the squadron. The enemy was under
the necessity of wearingto renew his junction, but
was prevented by the Spartan taking her station on
their weather beam ; a close and obstinate contest
ensued ; light and variable winds lead us near the
batteries at Baiu; the enemy’s frigate making all
sail to take advantage of their shelter. The clip
pled state of the Spartan uot allowing her to fol
low, we bare up, rakiug the frigate and corvette as
we passed them, and succeeded in cutting off the
brig. The corvette, having lost her foretop-mast,
effected her escape with the assistance of the gun
boRls; the latter had, during the action, galled us
excessively by laying on nur quarter, and the seve
nty of our loss, having 10 killed and 19 wounded,
may in some measure h« attributed to this circum
stance.
I was myself wounded about the middle of the
action, which lasted two hours ; but my place was
most ably supplied by Mr. Willes, my first lieute
nant, . whose merit becomes more brilliant by every
opportunity he has of. shewing it; he is, without
exception, one of the best and most gallant officers
lever met with. To lieutenants Baumgardt and
Bourne I feel equally indebted for their exemplary
conduct and gallantry.
Capt. Ilorie, of the royal engineers, bed been
sent with me for the purpose of reconnoitering the
enemy’s positions on the coast. Upon this occa
sion 1 requested him to take the command of the
quarter deck guns, foreseeing that the whole atten
tion of the first lieutenant and myself would be re
quired in mamjeuvering the shio durine the varicK
ot.strvtce we were likely to expect. His conduct
was truly worthy of the relationship he bears to my
distinguished friend rapt. Hurt* of the Amphiom
fl The intrepidity and judgment of Mr. Slenner the
master was also very conspicuous, Nor must 1
forget Mr. Dorin the purser, who took charge of a
division of guns on the main deck in place of their
officer, absent in a prise with eighteen men (which
reduced our number to two hundred and fifty eight
at the commencement of the action), whe displayed
the gre*t»st gallantry. Tbe warmest praise is also
due to lieutenants Fegan and Futierell of the royal
marines, whose conduct was truly deserving of ad
miration. ‘ - ’ '
The warrant and petty officers and ship's compa
ny evinced a degree of enthusiasm that assured tne
•f success at tbe earliest period of the action.
To the light and fluctuating winds, to the enemy
being so hear their own shores, which ia lined with
battelles, they are indebted for tbe safety of their
whole squadron, which at a greater distance from
tbe shore I do not hesitate in saying must have fal
len into our hands. r
Among the killed we have to regret the loss of
Mr. Robson, the master's mate, a young mao of
great promise. ,
I inclose a list or the killed and wounded, and the
damages we have otherwise sustained, ^
Sf: J. ftR^NTbtf.
L»st nf Enr*ft Skips, ,fc.
Certs firgate,ol 42 guns ami 350 men; severely crip
tv pled, escaped under the battelies. . N
feme eorvettr, of.«8gons add«60 men; lost her
f»rt top-mast, and otherwise severely crippled*''
Le S^aesert brigi of 8 gm» pnd <)8 n»*»; taken.
‘ Achillea totter, of 10 guns’aad 80 men; esc a tied
' 'under the batteries, * ; . r- ,
•>«Ks.La'^ - at- -J.- -l: ‘ .
w-iL-M !* of killed mi TWWidtrf. - \
KtlM^Ur. W.Rebiot, burtterVaute tftd nine
Hansen and marines. ^ • 4 - , .
km*n an^ * ... J .v. ' < .
v, Brenlrvn, «s<f./ captain, severely;
Mr. Fi W, Will*,, lieutenant,.and 10 mmlk tnd
[The custom of Boxing ban Wen the subject of
' gffot cenoore by many, but the following ac
... *°. ^*rgini#u*, will eppearjparUculerly die
' gosling. We ere Sorry, for the information <rf
our readers, we are not sufficiently learned in the
nobfc (for Hotel it surely is, when .patronised by
noblemen) science, to explain the terms in ita
‘ licks.]
Boxing.—-The match whirh hasbetn mtrebspo
ken o|| between Blake (he pugilist, and a black man
of the name of Mollineaux, who entered the boxing
list with » Bristol mno, in Tatbil fields a few weeks
since, took place on Tuesday, on the spot where
Rirbman and Maddox fought, 4 miles from Mar
gate, and two from Reculvers. Mollineaux is an
American from the state of New-Yark, who weighs
between 13 and 14 stone, and stands 5 feet pinches.
He has lately arrived in England, and bavingfound
out llichman the black pugilist, his countryman,
end having observed that he had a notion he coild
heat the most celebrated professors of boxing in Lon
don, be was matched against a stout Bristol man,
whom he vanquished with great ease; and he was
afterwards matched for iqp guineas against Blake,
a pugilist of 40, and of no mean notoriety, be hav
ing struggled bqrd with Crib and other boxers of
first rate.
At an early hour on Tuesday morning every ve
hicle from Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Sec.
was put in motion for the field of action, and box
ing being somewhat novel to » Kentish manr the
ring was more numerously and respectably attended
than the ordinary exhibition on Moolseyhurst or
Old Oak Common. AH o’clock, Blake was driv
en up to the ring in a barouche, with the champion
Crib, and Gibbons, his seconds ; and in a few mi
nutes after, Richman introduced Mollineaux._
They set to at half past l, and betting was 6 and?
lu <* Ull DldKC.
Hound 1'. Cautious sparring for about a minute,
when Blake put in right end left hits on bis stiver*
sary s body’,and stopped his return hits. They clo
sed and fought at best; but Blake slipped from the
aims of the black who gave him a violent chop
ping blow on the back of the neck as he was get
ting away, am) repeated it over the head with the
tight band, which knocked Blake down. Even bet
ting.
2. Blake made play again ; bat the strength of
2 or 3 well planted hits was not sufficient to move
the black off his legs. He received the blows with
great coolness, and at length he beat down Blake’s
gsard with his left hand, and knocked him down
with the right, with a quickness which would have
been an ornament to the science of Hatch Sam or
Young Belrher. Six to four on the black.
3. The black run in at his adversary to take tbs
advantage of apparent distress in wind. He how
ever was received by Blake with a chattering facer
on the jaw. A smart rally followed, and both fell;
Blake undermost.
4. A hard round, but it was such a one that con
vinced the judges of boxing that Blake had train
ed off. Ibe black rendered bis adversary’s guard
useless, by breaking through it with the strength of
hitting; altho Blake planted as many* blows at his
adversary, yet they had not the same effect, as
Blake’s bead mosthideously exemplified. The round
lastid above two minutes, with obstinate ruffianly
fighting; and Blake, after having made a good bo
dy hit was knocked down. Five to two on the
black.
5. Blake met his man bleeding very freely, and
be rushed at a rally, which shewed that he possess
ed the same courage as he had often displayed in
former battles. In the rally the black got his left
arm round Blake's neck : be held bis head trp with
bisleft hand, while hejibbed him with therightinthe
face, until Blake fell iroia the loss of blood, and Ibe
ground resembled the floor of a slaughter house.
6. The black set to work to beat bis man offhand,
and he rushed at him, chopped down his guard with
the left hand, and hit him off his legs with the right
hand, by a tremendous quick and heavy bit—Any
odd* pgainst Blake.
7- A smart rally made by Blake, in which seve
ral blow* were exchanged, hut Blake was too weak
to harm the hard frame of the black, and be fell
irora weaxness. , r:
8. fn this l be last round, the black set to work as
ia the 5th round,.but Blake retreated as far as'he
could, and then be was obliged to rally, to extricate
himself from the iron grasp of his sturdy adversary.
He planted a bit on the black's cheek, which was
returned by one on tha head, which eet Blake a
sleeping for a short time. He was not able to ap
pear in time, and be was most horribly beat about
tha bead. The winner received some sharp hits a
bout the body, and be bad a fractnra or two in tha
face. .Tbe battle lasted 1J minutes.
The black, who is 36'years of age, threatens to
mi//the whole race of fighters of the day, and as be
has entered the lists with a determination to do so
—be is n man not unlikely to succeed.—He has im
proved since his first battle. He hit at half arm at
that time, but in this battle he dealt out hit blows
from the shoulder, and gave the effect and strength
of bit body with his hits, which are sufficient te
Stun a bullock. Another requisite be possesses,
which is important, that ot quickness, and bis body
seems callous \vfistic punishment.—Blake has con
siderably fallen off.
Molhneau.v has taken lessons from Richmau
frequently since bis battle with the Bristol man,
»iid ha has acquired the art of giving, while Na
ture has endowed him with the art of taking. He has
challenged Crib, who is the first professor, Gulley
having declined fighting again, and a battle will
take place, us Crib hat accepted the challenge, in
about 6 week#.
Richmau arrived in krnidon with his victorious
brother, snowball, at fi.o’clock yesterday morning.
sqdr v,«d
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v .‘7?.. STATE OF COMMERCE. ~ >
At the failures that have lately taken plare among
the mercantile men continue to be the subject of ge
neral interest and conversation, we conceive we
shall not bd performing an owlets task, if we en
to «ten these failures "to Ihtifr source :
W W Mini* « ^all fnVWtd. to fora «»
accurate jud|iixat if ibei r importance to the ecu*
ral interested tlw eemtnuaity.
•little dRirtsof the enemy tin
•Wttt tki commerce of Greet QUioin, tier im
porta onil ex porta hove gone <aPjirdgreseiuily
increasing, to on amount altogether unprecedentedj
00 amount thatbos been the boast orbittn*ja-f
ty'a ministers, as justifying the policy of thei*
councils, tb* wonder of the opposition, wbo pre
dicted the ooniliilation of our commerce, oa ths <
inevitable result of these councils; and the dis
appointment of Bonaparte, who finds the ipgena
ity of his subjects is aii overmatch for his on--;,
thority: that their necessities ore strobfrf than hi*
low: and who is compelled to acknowledge the
impracticability of enforcing decrees, Which t$nd
to cut off not only their accustomed convernt^bcee,
but even their means of subsisteare. That spirit
of commercial enterprise, which to particularly
diatinguisbea tbe British nation, baa of late bad
greater scope than ever,—a greater proportion
of our commerce having been furred out of its
regular channels, and become of o speculative
description, inig|n8eqaence of those revolutions
which have subverted the established orUr ufii
things, end interrupted tbe ordiuury commercial
relations in almost every country in Europe; The
profit made by the first adventurers in any line of $
business, generally encourages both them and oth
ers to pursue it still more largely, till the mar
ket becomes overstocked, and the trade; inste^jf
of continuing to afford a profit, it attended with
heavy losses. This has been the case for soma
time past, with meny leading branches of that
commerce in which speculative men are/engaged*
and we have only to exaniine into the fact to be sa
tisfied of the truth of (his remark.
.. vuin uui eyes lo voe name trade, we shall
find that the eagerness of commercial men to lodge
a Urge quantity of British manufacture* and pro
duce in the port* of Russia and Prussia, while they
were yet open for their reception, aed to secure «n
adequate supply of hemp, tallow, and other com
modities, which we derive from those countries |t*^
return, induced them to carry on'this branen^
of commerce Ta*t year, to an extent wholly
without example. The consequence of these ex
cessive importations has been, that the pricta
of all those commodities, which had risen to a ve
ry great height, have experienced as rapid a decline
—and the importers and speculators either have
their capital still locked up in them, or have sold
them to very great disadvantage: , 4
The trade to Heligoland formerly took off a vast
quantity of British merchandize and colonial pro
duce, which v^re smuggled from thence into the.
neighboring ports df the continent. But Bonapar
te, in order to put a stop to this traffic, established
a new cordon of custom-house officers (doiutnitrt}
all along the coast; and, although it may be'Re
sumed that they will not he more incorruptible than
their predecessors, yet the inhabitants moat have
an opportunity of becoming acquainted with tbenv
and feeling their pulses properly, before the trade
can go'on as usual. In the mean time the import*
have continued to such an excess, that a room 2*.
feet square, new rents at Heligoland for 100 guinea's
per month ; and whole cargoes of goods are 1) in£
there exposed to the weather, for want of warehou
ses to put them into. Under these circumstances bf
a total stagnation of sales and want of returns,
the parties concerned in this branch of 'com
merce are necessarily in a state of much em
barrassment.
If we consider the state of Holland, we fad tbit
two thirds of the funded property of that Ibcatry
have been annihilated by Buonaparte. Tbia lose
falls chiefly upoo the merchants, who are great car
pitalista ; and the re-action of such a blow must
necessarily affect the British merchants with whom,
they ere connected. v "• V1 L
If we go farther to the westward, we shall findi
that the desire of making a ^provision of the com
modities of Spain and Portugal, before the final
subjugation of that peninsula, has led to tbe same
consequences as in tbe Baltic trade. The appre
hension of our being shortly deprived of any. W
tur* supply of the commodilies of those countries^
raised their value here. Tbis rise occasioned
extraordinary importation, which increased this
stock 00 band so as to lower the price again, and
to bring very heavy losses on the speculators. Fq»
example, Spanish wool rose to more than 20 shillings
per lb. and is now not worth naqre than from 8 to Iff
shilling per lb. .
Nor have the speculation* to thf CoreigH.colonies
bteamore productive than those to the continent of
Europe; The markets in the Brazils, and thrSp**
nisb provinces in South America, are complete); a- <
verstocked with British goods; and aU the late»d
ventures to those settlement* have been very jo*
sing concerns tu the persons who embarked v^ms
them. - S-'t - ' *
The same ohservations apply to St. Domingo*
with the additional misfortune, that eoffee the prtn
cipal article brought from thence in return^, cua/v
hardly be sold at any price,and, if sold at all, ttM| '
be sold at y ruinous depreciation. /■/ +' !■
A far greater quantity of goods has been pent to
Martinique and Guadeloupe, than the coosi^hptiOn
of those islands cag, by any possibility, taii- off ;
and competition flit produce to load ships homy
baa been to great, as to raise the pried of sugar t
there forty per cent, upon the purchasers j a cond»
modity, which, when it arrives, is Just as nnsyle^
ble, in the present state of things, as the coffee oi
St. Domingo. > \v ' •
Since our intercourse with the United Ststeirif
America has been renewed, the glut of their prd<
doce, which has been accumulating while their eah>
bsigo and non-intercoarse laws were in forde, is
podring into this country, with a rapidity/that nog
only depresses its value, but soon deters the.agrch*»'
sers from buying many articles at any thy x
quantity arrived and expected being such at can :A
neither be Oonsnined here nor exported front bench '
to' the continent of Europe. ' 1 ■**,' > ,
Under these circumstance!', the consequence of'n
glutted and depressed market, arising front an #x» ;■
ceteive and overstrained importation in mosthrsfr.
ebee of commerce, must inevitably brin^ great dii-'*
tress upon thotfNjbhnae Speculations have”led therih
into engagements beyond the extent of their capital.
Speculation, confined Within proper bounds, has on*
donhtedly its advantage: like strongliquors, in mo*
deration, it arts as a cordial, and quickens the toy.;
languid circulation; bat like them, too, if taken fid
excess, it leads uAntoxiestion and rain, i sjfeV';! tj
7/ rhsgrekt tanas sf this otieebttynai uca«*sf: