Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-09-12 00:00:00, page 2

t*«t wnatd be contented to fed* the toUTamrat of
Kmm to bia majesty, either id perpetuity or for
. term of yeari. v 0,
■ • **' I hava no\y«t received any regular overturn on
tbia HMjUer,-but should such • proposal ba mide to
BOi,lieatuie to take it ** ud reJcrcnWum.”
wf
'kI PwjKfeth ifei tlr, Secretary Canning to the right
-• '* ben. J. 1). 1’rere. : „
ST-' '.%i ■ -i£; ■ ;J- '£*■ fji'-y' '
■ T | ; 2* v Foreign Office, October 7, 1808
; ■ Sftt—Irtawloae tot you a copy of u divpatr h ^
icb
;; I addraaa by htsm.ijesty's commands, to lord Strang
:M kit nwj-sty's envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary to the priuee regent of Portugal,
*' M the time of the minister's drpartuie for the lira
• the subject of the slave trade, ea Conner ltd
With the Portuguese dominions m South America,
i So munp, of the circumstance* and arguments
'' atatedio thi* dispatch apply also to Spanish Ame
jriea, that I bava thought it right to pat you in p«»s*
■’ aesaion of them ; and, though I am not to instrnrt
’ V?'J*,a t0 kri»g forward at present any distinct prnpo
. aition upon the suhject of the slave trade, I have yet
. ..todesire that you .will keep that subject an far in
- ■; yoftytew, aa to omit no favourable opportunity ol
explaining and enforcing the principles which have
' X guided the conduct of the British government upon
® I am, &e.
GEO, CaAtING.
, ; * ($igu«d>
Sfe.
%££
y, Despatch from Lord Viscount Strangford, to Mr.
: if Secretary Canning,
•,->iV' ' '•■** Rio ie Janeiro, June 7, I8O9.
. v. 9nc, »• •* • -
'■& It haa been represented to me, that the master 0?
• British merchantmen, which saih-d from this prut
aunta time ago (hound to the- River of Flute) having
^fallen in-wttb a Portuguese African trader, did actu
ally poschase slaves on hoard of that vessel, and
"jffil:fi oonney them in hi* own ship to Bnenos Ayres,
' ^'^hfcra. they were t&Id by bin* in a clandestine and
' illegal manner. ■<
f 4\d ■ Itrorder to guard against th# recumrrce of arm*
’Jar practices, I have, taken upon myself to inscit a
|“X clxus* (of which a Copy is annexed) tr> Ilia body n(
the license granted by me in the na:n« of the South
Sea Company, j
British v*sscls fading with Spa
nish America,declaring that these license* shall be
jpnnftf altogether null and void, in case it should »p
Ptar that the ships to which they had been granted
-bad, directly or indirectly, engaged in tl,# Slave
• .S'rade, or in the conveyance id slaves, subsequently
_tb the date of tbe-licenses.
I have, 6ee.
mm** (Signed)
STRANGFOftD.
SfeCinserted by Lord Viscount St rang
granted to British tin ns trading
, to tBf ri»«-r of Phite.
v. Provide«jLhowever, that said ship or vessel
^'‘iP01 etnOTpod, dire* efy n» indirectly 1 iy hat own*
or by others, in trafficking or trading in slaves,
' or rh transporting or conveying thereof -r in which
case the present licenses is to stand null and void,
*??• l**e *4‘d *Mp «r vessel is tn become liable to the
■_ pain* acid penalties enumerated ra the said act of
i*K the ninth ol Qut »n A Due,
* despatch from Mr. Secretary Canning to
Marquis Wellesl*^
V.
'oreign Office, 8fh July, 18M).
■ iiar
- My Lord—In my despatch to Mi. Krcre, yuurex
^rgejtcy Wilt have observed, that 1 transmuted to
.^baiJMnistcr a copy o! a despatch to lord String
ford, bis majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister
$
^plenipotentiary to the court of HihziI, hi which I
aignn'ied t.> lorti Strengforil his majesty's commands
•»; v\
■ thst he should exert hiaitdi to procure the consent
:r'.
„|ind ro operation of the court of Bracil, to the
great wotk of ahohahinn^K trade in slave# ; ami
'' that Trecommenrfed to MriFre re to take any favor
able opportunity of inculcating swiilm »• ntim-nts
v* among the persons in authority in Spain, though oi
hoarse without making any demand, or requiring
- any formal pledge upon the snfjecf.
r!
I have now the satisfaction to inclose to yoarex
•'^ellenry the copy of an article in a treaty, which
hae been concluded* he tv. e"n lord Slrnogford and tie
Portuguese, government at Riode Janeiro, in which
>your excellency will find tba principles which his
y majesty WUS desirous of aceiog adopted hy his ally,
recognised to their full rxtuit, and considerable
hppes held out of their being at least gradually act
sijfihppfl hy tite Brazilian mrrnmuil.
Such an admission l<y HjPvemmcnt which may
he supposed to be so much interested at the pres- nt
Hi-f
'y motneitf in ths roniinuatK* of a trade interwoven
with the hat-its of their subjects, and with the svs
-**• S*** ♦oltivalion throughout the dominions where
the court at present resides, will furnish your exre!
. Htb new tupieks for urging ibe adoption of
a Yimitar pulicjr by Spain, whenever a ht opportu
£■
*uii**» bringing that discussion for
. „ I have tbs honour tn he. See.
•r
'i^^gned)v-, ’ GEORGE CANNING.
«w eao Henry Marquis Wellesley. .
•■'•y flft* treaty hay not yet been ratified, haring
■**n Mttroed loth* Urmtls with soma alterations.
•
■M
v MRMonastnjjf. *
'V , ‘ Foreign Ofice, Marti 2Gfi, 1810.
Kp'C Aa aiille1« upon the sof-jeit of ti^ slave trade has
!«*«#Wew the Bread treaty, now under const'
%lh, J»Wtioi»,*tipul*tiog (or tf>« adop^on.on the pari oi
' ' ’M*?™*** Regent, of measures felJeffccting a gratia
; trade throughout his dominions.
Mr
. - »*JIORAKWJ»f, *s!:-- ~
r:H
PM'S f; tytet:4$tit ifa,- wo.
The Allowing article on the subject of the slave
trade, sits tnsertcd ift tba; American treaty, which
signed on the Strt l>eemHer, iao6, hy lords
.’■■ ■ X
Hoi land a nd A urkland, and by Messrs. James.Mon
roaAud William Pinkney, bat was returned from
. America not.ratrteA .r-> V-'.-t#,. > . _ •
.•AWictt WgkVwfiiiclitig parties en
tint to «m»areutraw to e*rh other, without delay.
s. hay* l**n or shall be herein# *.
•acted hjr tfwftrespertiva state legislatures, as *|«a
ife. alt,ftj*niyarettwfcifhshall h*voJ*era takenjCor thp a*
Milittfi or lirmtaiiiio nf tho African Slavs Trade j
,Md they furiher ag«ea>* #* their best endeavors ti
'?;JWpre the f&op»rutiom«f, other powers#, ht the
Wmo$-iui fomplete ubolitjopif * grade so repugnant
\ fla th# pr*i«ipl*a «( justkd aitUiiittstti^,.^ :
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fHE PUBLICK LEDGER.
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WEDNESDAy EVENING, SEPT. 12, 1810.
Extract of a letter from tie Commander vf a thip
belonging to Hie port (uhou ship teas detained at
y Copenhagen alike time) dated 10/A July, 1810.
‘‘ Danish privateer* here are very numerous, all
Ameriran vessels bound through the Sound are cap*
tured and brought into this place. The captains
and crews are kept on board from a fortnight to
three weeks, without being allowed communication
with eny person whatsoever. The captain ie then
taken on shore, and immediately earned to court,
wbereheis strictly examined in all rrspert* rela
tive to his voyage. After this he is allowed to go
on board his ship, when the examination of the
rrew commences, which takes up a fortnight or
three weeks more. Allho' they,affect to say that
lbs French decrees are not in force here, and pie*
tend that a vessel potting into England in distress,
or even to enquire the market, provided no part of
the cargo isl>inded, are not causes of condemnation
»—they are, however, daily condemning American
vessels. Some of the sentences of condemnation
which I have seen, are grounded entirely upon con
jertore, and supposition of the judges, without any
proof whatever. The most evident partiality is
shewn to tlx raptors.
“ We suffer very much here for want of a person
empowered by our government to attend to our in
terests ; or if one or two of our frigates, were al
lowed to convoy our ships thro’the B It, we should
j^ave nothing to fear from Danish privateers, nor is
ll probable that the Court of St. Petersburg would
make any exception to the want of Sonnd passes.’*
The foregoing is from a respectable captain of this
port, in whose correctness, and veracity, we have
the fullest confidence. With this we have a parti
cular list of American vessels which had been taken
into Copenhagen, it corresponds \4ra the list before
published. There were 22 ships, 7 brigs, 1 barque,
and 3 schooners, in all 3.1 vessels nf which fi hs.t
been condemned, 3 released and the remainder 24
on trial So murb for “ Copenhagen” and the
“ poor Danes," whose misfortunes are an eternal
source of democrntick sympathy, at the same time
furnishing an opportunity of abusing “ Copenha
gen Jackson.” So far are we from feeling any sym
pathy for |bese scoundi els, that our only regret is,
that they had a pl.tlik left on which they could float.
These Danes have no cause of complaint against
us, they have no excuse for their conduct, except
their subserviency to the will of Napoleon, which
allhough it may excuse them to some, ought to ex*
cite a stronger indignation.
Hoi.land.—\\ bat has been so long foreseen and
foretold, has at last happened, and another nation
is blotted from the map of Europe. Holland is now
a part of Frame, and an aurient, industrious, ami
a once brave nation, are politically annihilated
with as little ceremony as the legislature of Virgi
nia would divide a county. This will not, howe
ver, excite any sensation with a groat proportion of
the people of our country ; they are made to believe
that there is only one nation who they have no
thing to fear from, and that he who spares neither
fiiend nor for, is our best friend.
Died—Lust night, after a long and painful ill
ness, Mr. William Johnston, formerly a mer
chant of this place.
The recal of Mr. Jacksun has lei-n announced to
our government in a letter from his Britannic Majes
ty to the President of the United States.
The appointment of Mr. Morier, as his Britan
nick Majesty’s Secretary of Legation t#»he United
State's, has been announced in a letter from lord
Wellesley to Mr.Secretary Smith, with the further
information that Mr. Morier would art in the cha
racter ot his Majesty’s charge des affaires until the
appointment of Mr. Jackson’s su> c^|or.
[Nat. Intel.
In the recal af Mr. Jackso# by the British gov
ernment, will be found a compliance with the re
tjnesUinade by the executive of the United States
through our minister in London, delayed, it is true,
longer than was necessary, and so far unsatisfacto
ry ; but yet such a compliance as has saved the
administration the disagreeable alternative of order
ing Mr. Jackson out of the country, which endrse,
had bis reraf been refused, would have been justi
fied by the usage of nations. Contemporaneous
with the recal is an official annunciation that a suc
cessor will be appointed Bnd 11101 Mr. Morier will
act as charge des affaires until the successor shall
arrive.
U will be remarked, that in the manner in which
Mr. Jackson has been retailed fhe feelings of tbe
American government appear to have been respect
ad. inasmuch as the recnl is not ahnonneed, as in
ordinary cases, in the case of Mr. Krskine for in
stance, through the minister himself, but directly
from the sovereign. In the manner of Mr. Morier’
intrmJjjjction to the executive, also, a desire is disco
vered "th avoid thedilqpiina which must have resul
f«d from the noruncfatioo of Mr. Morier’s appoint
ibent aa charge d-s nfl.iires, iii the usual mode, thro
the recalled minister. Had tbe British gorernmen
been disposUft- to aggravate nutting differences, t
arauld have wttf left to Mr«Jppkson to annoanri
»h* appointment of Mr. M»iw as charge d«s af
faires; amt, as the executive has refused to rccelvt
*uy forUier v(Mi>munirHtioii freon Mr, Jackson, the
lutr.vlucnon of Mr. Morier as the representative 01
the British goverggnent cohh) nut have been receiv
*d through that medium. .
T0iese circttifppnces, though indicative of ■ die
nMHtpn to avoid irrtuthm, amount to bat Kttle.—
•SW&M »(»• British jjdveronsient unseasonably delay
tbe appoioigieat af * "successor ta J4r. Jackson if
\':’ivlSF:-i‘ M^ •,»
'■ .IFA^-V ■-'■?'-.'rv ‘ i V !♦»'• *
Wri*.
«r
procrastinate that atonement and those eXplanati
on* already too long delayed ; and would., warrant
’ the belief that the'new minister’s, nomination wjQp
delayrfwithaviewof being guided bjr subsequent
even l#wf the se left ion of a successor, or in the iu-:
s tractive with which he is to be funftsbed.—[Ibid.
' ■ i . S''*—’
Mir. Plusir.—By letters received from Lon
don we learn that the statem^Hs lately appearing in
the Biitish prints, and from them copied into tbs
American papers, of observations made by our mi
nister at London on two different occasions, are fla
ranlly incorrect. T lie observations made by him
on a recent occasion (the meeting of the Society of
foreigners in distress) we ase assured, were so ex
travagantly misrepresented that scarce a word of
the statement borefny resemblance to what be said.
I he; purugraphists employed for prints in the me
tropolis of England, where so great an avidity is
displayed for highly colored stal«ments and descrip
tions, often adapt tbeir productions rather to the
dispositions of their readers than to facts as they
really exist. Embellishment is with them the or
del of the day, whether their subject be a festive
meeting or a drawing room parade. Bv the magic
of their pm they convert general declarations of
good will into enthusiastic expressions of attach
ment or admiration, with the same lucility as they
would dec# with jewels or costly gew-gaws, a dress
of the most republican simplicity. The fact is, that
no reliance cun be placed on these statements ; and
in reading them, ample allowance should be made
for the established exaggerations of the statements
prepared for the newspapers on these occasions.
1 hus much we have deemed it proper to say, in
justice to Mr. Pinkney, who, from a misunderstan
ds ibis head, has been much abused in the pub
ic opinion.- lie has in some instances been hand
led with a severity which should have been miti"a
ted by the reflection that he was absent and had°no
opportunity of reply. Tbe motives «f a citizen in
public employment should he respected, more espe
cially when on a foreign mission, until some proof
of their impurity appears; and, although Mr. Pink
ney has met the advances publicly made to him with
a reciprocation of friendly sVntiments, it does not
appear that he has on these occasions committed
either himself or bis governmtnf, as might 4e in
ferred from the statements copied from certain En.
glish prints.
[ilid.
Commercial Prosperity of Canada.—Iht Qtiebeck
Gazette tonimns a list of 11$ vessels cleared from
that port, and 20 cleared from New Liverpool, front
the 26th of July to the 14lh of August. The most
of these vessels are bound to Europe, and have sail
ed under convoy. The same paper contains a list
of vessels arrived at that port from the lOUi to the
16th August, amounting to 45: chiefly front ports
in Great-Brituin. This unprecedented prosperity
of a neighbouring colony; is owing to the wise
measures of our philosophick government, whose
fawe have one very singular property ; they benefit
every people to whom their influence can extend
except the people for whom they were made.
N. r. Ev. Poet.
Nsw-York. September 6.
By the ricrcuie9, captain Vose, und the short ar
rival at Boston, the editors of the New-York Ga
zelle have received London and Liverpool papers
to the last of July. From these papers we have a
long siring of arrivals out from America -r aud seve
ral other articles of interest.
1 he passengers in the Hercules inform ns, that
in consequence of the numerous failures in England,
business was at a considerable stand—cotton was
not so good or brisk as it had been, and a small
reduction Lad taken place-in the price of grain.
London, July 17.
The secret service which Sir R. Slrachan is go
ing upon, is stated to be the Mauritius. Sir Ricb
aid, we believe, will take a very few ships with
him from this country. Frigates and sloops will
be principally employed, and they will proceed to
the Cape of Good Hope as fast as they can be got
ready, rhe Africaine and Nisus have already sail
ed : the Hamadryad, Phoebe, Racehorse, and Ac
teon will proceed shortly. Two regiments which
are. at Halifax, and three of the regiments at the
Cope, aie the troops to beemployed.
French papers received since our last, contain a
report from Champagny, duke of Cadore, the French
minister of foreign aflaire, upon the abdication of
the crown of Holland hy Louis Buonaparte. “ Such
an act, Sire, says M. Champagny, “ ought not
to have appeared without a concert with your ma
jesty. It can have no force without*our approba
tion. Ought your majesty to confirm this disposi
tion taken by the king of Hollaud ?'This question
is made the introduction to a detailed statement,
impressing the advantages and necessity of the in
corporation of Holland with France. The Dutch;
nation was, it is said, burthened with a debt and
taxes beyond all due proportion—The incorporation
is to cure all this. At the end of the present year
the French and Dutch taxes a is* to be put on the
same looting ; but in the mean time the interest of
a great pm of the Dutch debt is reduced to one
third of the present rate. This is, in fact, a seiaure
of two thirds of the property of the publick credi
tors affected by it, and in a country where the pub
lic debt constitutes a great part of the property of
the people, will of course be a relief, by means of
absolute ruin. Again, it is said that the freedom
ofcotnmerce is ehecked by the separation of the so
«tgnty of the mouths of ths great rivers of the
> French empire, from that of their course, and by
the burners and the lines of custom-housss and cus
tom duties on the frontiers, &c. All these evils
are to be remedied j the Dutch people are to be en«
riched in point of capital: relieved in point of tax
es ; regenerated in point of industry and trade; res
tured to their pristine naval power and glory bv be
ing merged in the French empire ; and by beiu'g en
slaved themselves, their ports aarf arsenals, ships,
seamen, and naval stations, are to minister to the
deliverance of Europe and ths rescue of the teas
from the tyranny of Britain I 'fKe Dulch people un
detStand this language well. The event that has
happened has been lor some time looked forward as
the climax of their misery ; the utmost limits of
then powers «f endurance. It appears that if ano
ther Alva had Come among them to rouse invinri
ble resistance, hy oppressions intolerable to human
patience. The few hues we have extracted ate the
.only allusion this rtport maksa % Louis Buoah
‘ * T
parte* ThechHtf,
-»» WhfiSC BMn*.
the kingdom was abdicated,** treahxNsith as'little
ceremony—-** he is already sufficiently provided (ur
ky being named grand duke of Bog.**—It must b«
itvowed, that if Napoleon has evinced unexampled V
munificence end paternal affection, in giving" king- "■$
dom* to his brothers, be also shews a riiost extra-’
ordinary fuciHty in taking them «j||^ Tbedecren
euacting the incorporation follows
' ‘eporU
^ - July 18.
We received French and Dutchpapers to ^
the .-Jilth instant, from which we have extiacted '1
tw0 important documents » One, the act for the for* *
n. al annexation of Holland to France ; %e Iher
C'hampdgny’s report, upon which the acpwf auurx
stion is iouuded. In this report S it denied :that &
Buonaparte was the direct author of the deposition
of king Louis; but it is very iiMiuteria) whether
the latter was driven from bis tblame by direct*
means, or resigned because his situation was ren
deied iusuppoi table by tbe tyranny bf his brother,
July 20, * ■; _
Yesterday the funds experienced another dtpres
sion. Omnium being done at the close of the mar-' '
ket at a discount ot 2^ per cent, and this d,ry at
" IUU 'l was nominally at two per cent, discount,
though there was scarcely any business transacted
in this aperies of stock.’ Mt
A letter from Vienna, June 27, states,' thaf’tha
Ilussian army has obtained a great victory over.tha
I urks, on tbe right bank of the Danube, »ear Si.
listria. The grand vizier has repassed Mount iii<*
o. es andfaHen bark to Adrianjspje. Tbe suCrettder
°l bilistria was most probably the cause of this
movement. - ‘a
The fluctuation in the funds yesterday morning
was considerable. OmmuTn was dune at 2 i.er ct
discount. Of the embarrassment produced amon*
the country bankers there hitherto is hut very litiU
abatement. The bank of England arc, we under
stand, anxious to concur in any measure that cam
be suggested for the relief of the mercantile world -
but with a firm conviction ,.f the evils of the too
extended system ol country banking, feel murh dif
ttcolty in an emergency so critical and delicate.
July 21.
The reports nf Louis having proceeded to Tonnin
gen, for the purpose of taking a passage to Ameri
ca are unfounded. Letters from Holland of so Tata
a date as Friday, mention, that it was a$muim*4
Cassel °S had g°ne l0^°In h'8 b,Jther Jerome at
Price of stocks this day at twelve, 0 per cent,
cons, for money 6'8 J-do. for ac. 6y, 3 per ct. re
duced 65—Omnium X dis. - > g. " -'*
_ __ * Bostov, Sept. 3.
By the Elizabeth from Tenerife.
All vessels arriving from the United States of
America at the Island «f Teuenffe, are put under a
quarantine of* days to be performed under way on
the ocean—Should the smallest irregularity appear
tj*nr **oc«n-ients of health the quarantine will te'
40 days. Markets entirely overcast with all kinds
of American produce. India and British manufac
tured goods m great abundance. Wines exceeding
ly scarce and very high ; considerable quantities
have lately been shipped to Cadiz, and S. America.
Large shipments have beeu made to England, Scot
land and Ireland, and the orders^tbence are already
much greater than the merchants at Teneriffi? rau
find Wines to comply with.
We understand the hoi,. Perez Morton, wd. fin9
been nominated by the gov. to fill the office of at
torney general for the stale, in the room of Barms
bus Biawell, esq. deserted.
Button Gazette Office, Sejttrmber 3, 4 o’clock A. M.
This moment the Lothair, rapt. Russell Gloverl
has arrived from Liverpool. Sailed from Liverpool
30tu July* :.r>
Captain Glover politely called at our office W tho
moment of bis landing, and put into our bands a file
?! London papers to July 28. Then- contents not
highly important. Tbe following are brief extract*
It jin the latest dates :— i C?
EXTRACTSU m isv
The queen of Holland who bad beenffrhidden Id
vrsit Paris, has imagined herself to be poisoned by
some of Buonaparte's agents, and is suddenly gone
to Piombiers. J 0
Sp..oisb wool is dull sale at reduced prices. The
quantity at market is equal to two years ronsufito
Hon. - . -V,
Buonaparte has new moddeTled the laws of HoJ- .
land, as they respect commerce ; every fishing boat
is now to have on board a French soldier. > '■*.
The emperor was expected at Amsterdam t* in
spect the armament.
It is said Mr. Canning is about to repair to Cg
diz. , v*
King Louis is with his brother Jerome at Cassel.
A large American ship in ballast, was cut out of
a port in the Baltic, and has arrived at Yarmouth'.
A rock, not laid down in any chart, has been dis
covered off the Lizard ; it bears S. by E-lfcbro tha . :
Staggs. 'tJsW • ■
°/'*2 mefchantmsa has been raa
tored off the Naze of Norway, by the enemy’s gun
The Farmer, Shaw, has arrived at GravesemF
IroiTi Virginia. *y ' ^
1 he Turks have been defeated in a late battle; Sad *
Wllt oow m“k* by surrendering;'
Moldavia and Wallacbia. ; f ^
*■ I u/ft uui
\+vrrcsponaen?M • ^;sr-- - Jr v>
Bosto| Exchange Coffee House Books.
-Sept. 3.-—Arrived ship Lothair, (ilover, thirty
days from Liverpool, by whom weffeve rereived
London papers to July 28, (loanedW by Messrs.'
Russell and Cutler.)
An address of the king of Holland to the legist*
live body, occupies a column and a half of the Cos
rier of the 27tb July ; and the Courier pronounces'
it a most important document, * whilst it rpnvine
ces us by the strength and justice of its remarks it
surprises us by the boldness of its language, and
1 m* re"ty °f il* c*nsme •gainst Bonap*rle. Of
a!l the damning documents we have ever read aT
o ever reap Kt
gainst this curse and scourge of the worlrf*thi» is v ./
the most damning. It shews him to be not .tnljs^
the basest, but the meanest of mankind—a trickier
— a shuffler—a low dissembler—equally a stranger
to every feeling of natural affection, and Ho every
principle of common honor and honesty.” s- " *' >'
:?rit,sh homeward Bahfcifonvoy, of about
200 sail, was off the Robs Snout 21st July, eider '
protection of eeveial sWps of ««; ' . '
* Th® 9***®*’ Holland, (wbu badbten forbidden