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cansdemanded an expUnnlim* ..Fthis meatfore. II*
gotwered them, that attlmugh this absurd syatem «|
blockade «u • (Me ah<(gather of intolerable usur
pation, the emperor bounded himself to the stop;
piog on the continent the commerce of tbe English \
that the neutral Dag should be respected at sea ;
that his vessels rtf war and privateers should not
disturb the navigation of neutrals, the decree being
®nly to be executed upon land.
“ But this measure itself, which compelled the
shutting of tbe ports of Holland against the English,
injured the mercantile interests of the people olTIul
laod. and was contrary to their anrieut habits. This
Was the first source of the opposition whicli begun
to prevail between France and Holland. From that
time bis imperial majesty could not hut observe
that th* king of Holland was divided between bis
roost imprescriptible duties—-his duties to the iui
perial'tlirone, and the mercantile notions of the
I)utch nation. Nevertheless his imperial majesty
armed himself with patience, and shut his eyes, in
expectation from the torn of events of some inci
dent which should deliver his brother from the very
Unpleasant alternative to which be found himself
/edored.
" During these transactions the peace of Tilsit
was concluded. The emperor of Russia, provoked
by the outrages which th'e English had committed
against her ilug, while she was lighting the battles
uf England, and indignant at the horrible attack
on Copenhagen, made common cause with France.
" France then entertained the hope that England
would have been sensible of the inutility of protrac
ting the war, and that she would have been willing
to listen to reasonable terms of ne-ce. Hut tins
hope vanished very soon. At the same time that
they vanished, the English, as if the expi Ittion to
Copenhagen had deprived them of all sense ot
shame, and set them fret from ail restraint, disclo
sed their projects, and published their orders in |
conncilot November, Z807- An arbitrary and ly
mimical act, which filled <til Europe with indigitot
on. By tbii act England took upon her to matte
regulations obliging foreign vessels to come to her
.harbours before they proceeded to their ultimate
destinations, and pay her tribute. Tlius she render
ed herself mis!res6 of the mtv?g ijion of the whole
world ; recognised no maritime nation as independ
ent, rendered all nations her ’tributaries, subjected
themio her laws, allowed them no liberty of trade,
nnUss with a d rect profit to herself, fixed the foun
dation of her revenues upon the industry of other
nations, and the produce of their territories, ami de
rlaied herself sovereign of the oefan, of which she
•disposed ,13 any government would do of the rivers
'in tb* Intel iour of its dominions.
*' Adverting to this plan of legislation, which
was nothing else than the puhlick assertion of uni
versal sovereignty, a measure extending the juns
flicliofl of the English parliament over the whole of
the globe, theemperoiir tound himseli under iheoe
«*sity of taking an extreme part, and of employing
•very means of opposition in his power rather than
sutler the world to bend under the yoke which the
English endeavoured to impose on it. lie puh.idl
ed tile Milan derree, declaring all vessels den-diun
•liged ,%hi< h had paid the tribute imposed by the
English. The Americans, threatened with a se
cond subjugation by the English, and with the loss
of their independence so gloriously acquired, put a
general embargo on all their vessels, and renounc.ti
all navigation and commerce—thus making a such
five of the interests of the moment 10 that winch is
Iitt perpetual lulerrst—the preservation of her in
dependence.
, “ The success of these measures depended more
upon their execution in Midland than in any other
Coontry. Holland, onVhe contrary, was an obsta
cle to their execution. The Oiitcn still continued
to carry on a commercial intercourse with the Eng
lish. All the lepresentations of Erahre upon this
subject were entirely useless. Ills imperial majes
ty was obliged to have recourse to measures Of ri
gour, which proved bow much he was displeased.
Twire were the Fnnch custom houses shot to the
commerce of Holland. They are so at this mo
(neat, so that the Dutch have on legal Conimunicu
tion with the nations of the continent—and the cm
peror determined not to open these barriers while
cirrormtanreg remained unchanged. In effect, it
sroald have been to open them to the Eoglish com
merce. 1 he Duirb nation, fir from imitating the
patriotism of the Americans, have been guided in
all their transactions solely by miserable overran
me considerations.
“ On thir other hand, the cntpcrotir observes,
Holland is destitute of the means for currying
vn war, and almost withust resources for her own
defence. She i4 without marine-,-the sixteen ves
sels which she ought to have furnished have been
dismantled—she is without energy. During th*
last expedition of the English, the important positi-~
uo of Veere, which was neither provisioned nor ar
med, made no resistance ; and the important post
•f Batz, upon which might have depend'd the suc
cess of so many events, was abandoned six hours
•™f the appearance of the advanced guaid of the
•nemy. Without army, without revenues, it might
•Iso b« said without friends and without allies, the
Dutch are a society animated only by a regard to
Iheir commercial interests, and forming a rich, use
ful, sod respectable company, but not a nation.
" His majesty desires peace with England. He
tooh steps at Tilsit with a view to this object, but
they were without result. Those which he concert
ed at Erfurth, with his ally the enipeior ol Russia,
ha** bad no batter success. The war will there
fore" be long, since all the steps token%r arrive at
have been useless. The proposition even of
tending commissioners to Morlaix to treat for the
exchange of prisoners, although called for by Eng*
)4H<1f remains without effect, because it wa* found
Itniight lead .to a reconciliation. England, in ar
rogating by her orders of November, 1807, an uni
versal sovereignty, and in adopting the prtnciplrs
of prrpetBal war, has broken every tiling, rendered,
legitimate every means <«t repelling her pretensions.
It therefore the change which has lately taken place
Itt the English ministry, produces none id the prini
«lples of England, which it will be easy to discover
from their speeches in the new parliament; and it
phd continues to proclaim the pripcipl- of perpetual
Wur and of universal sovereignty, in titainWning her,
orders of canned, in that case tha undersigned is
•barged to declare to tha Dutch ministry and natf,
*>$ lb*t the present lUaalMa <m Hulltad is u»-»^
mgm
^ _
Tfe» first duty mI • Frvncti |ir>mt (>Ve«l in ti e %
ol hereditary succession j« the imperial throne n
toward* that throne. When ip opposition to that,
all others most give way; the first duty ol yvery
Frenchman in whatever shuatioo destiny may place
him, is towards hr* country,
“ ff- To occupy all the mouths of the rivers in.
Holland, and all its ports, by French troops, as
thi-y were from the conquest mode by -France in
to the moment when bis imperial majesty
hoped to ronciliaie every one by establishing the
throne of Holland,
“ III. To employ every means, und without be
ing stopped tiy any consideration, to make Holland
enter into the continental system, and t'v wrest de
finitively its ports and roasts from the administrati
on which has rendered the ports of Holland the prin
cipal entrepots, and the great part of the Dutch
merchants, the brokers, and the commercial agents
ol England.
(Signed) “ DUC DF, CADORE."
“ Paris, Jan. 04, 1810.”
BY THlTDAY'S MAIL.
... , PHIlADELfftlA, April 1ft.
'* e recommend to the particular attention of our
Tf^rX!ht two 'mPortl‘nt end eloquent state papers
ot M. Champagnv, duke of Cadore, in this day s pa
per, one addressed to gen. Armstrong, and the other
to Mr. Roell. .4unra.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT
At Ntw York, April 14#
Saturday, April >4, 1 O’Clock J . M.
rhe»h,pJus.o, Bates, ha.', arrived at Boston, in
*8 davsirom P.wtsmouth (Eng.) She has brought
despatches trom Mr* Pinkney to our government
[supposed to be a copy of the treaty} and London
paper* to the 12th March-3 days the latest. The
despatches arrived here in the mail today, and will
reach your city to morrow.—^Preefr.atfa Journal.
P , fo K,ye ‘l>e following intelli
gence. recetved by the Anthony Mangi,., arrived at
this port y< ‘ terc'-y from Cadiz.
Kxtraci oj' a letter from. a gentleman in Cadiz to
another in Philadelphia, dated
(i ... , , “ Cadiz, 19th Feb. 1810.
We h ive n-.w here 4,500 English troops, & look
houny for 3,000more, which weknow have embarked
at Lisbon: i.;r this port, as also 3000 troop* from <iib
? . ,U„V‘,th ‘ht'e a» ' Ihe ships of war, Cadiz will
dcK .,11 the |miwer that Buonaparte can bring against
[We also can state from an autbentick soiree that
..T'V?! W ih f‘“ ow,"K UP 'he invaders of Andalusia,
«nd at the last accounts, was on the point of cutting
the juncti .n between two of their grand div Hons.
It ‘‘i'. whole oorP* of 50,000, with Joe
at their head, would soon be Burgoyn’d. J Ibid.
STATE papers.
CHEAT BIUTA1K AN* AMERICA.
Corretftondcnce between Mr. Secretary Catmint
mid i he hoii. /J, Er shine*
(Laid before Parliament.)
Despatches from Mr. Secretary Canning, to the
23!’’l809?d E|,sku,e‘ dated FortiB'> Office, Jan.
Sir—Your despatches from No. 46 to 49, both m.
^en received’ f",<1 ,aid Wore the king.
Hie most serious attention of his majesty’s govern
tftrected to the important mater
confi, Ih |hr 56 esp-!trhes ! *nd especially to those
confidentialcommunications which you represent
yourself to have received from different individuals
of influence in the American government, respect
United STutts "1 reiaUous of Great Britain and the
It must tie cr.nfesse-l, that the conciliatory dispo
sition which these individuals describe to you as ex
isting on the part of the American administration,
does not appear either in thcuctsof the government
or m thedebates of congress. ,he inti,nalion ’
which have lieen give,, to you on the difference be
tween the personal sentiments of Mr. Jefferson and
those of hts probable successor in the presidency,
with respect to this country, and the hopes which
you have been led to entertain, that the beginning of
the new presidency may be favourable te a change
of policy in America, if opportunity „nd encourage
• - ' - j r biiu nibU'ii
roent for such a change shall be afforded by (hr
country, have induced his majesty's government u
review and consider the most important points c
disagreement between the two governments ; and 1
have received his majesty’s command to send yoi
such instructions oh those subjects, as must, if ihi
government <f the United States be seriously dispos
ed to accommodate, lead to their immediate and sa
tisfaCtory adjustment.
■ j »
► W*** fc»
iSfcasswaaftssis
, vernth'eat dtfthe dSention lJr™-jW,.p__
.*rW &»-'«* m«Jc.ty?.er*ie«.''Bf Hu den w)
ol nis htVrtffcsvcb persons on board of the ship under
Wsfcmmwfwl, end Jus refusal to deliver them upon
demand» • r
2dly. A like disavowal of the ootrngm committed
on dte person* or property of his majesty’s subjects
at Norfolk, or elsewhere, in consequence of thisaf.
fntr; an engagement wan also to be required, that
the American government should not hi future conn
tenauce any of its agent*, civii or military, io-eu
eou raging deserters from his majesty’* service,
I ni* last pomt being according to the statement In
your No. 47? to be provided for by a spheral act of
congress, ibis not necessary to obtain any specihck
engagement or declaration respecting it j and as it
is alaive all things desirable to simplify as much as
possible the conclusion of an arrangement which has
tieen so King pending; as a recurrence to the details
of lire affair of the Chesapeake, of the c urses which
leu to it, and of the discussions immediately arising
out ni it, might lend to complicated and fruitless coi.
tioversy, ius m .jesty, on his part, would tie con
tented at present to wave anv demand for retfosiiec
tiv« disavowals on the part of the government r.f tits,
Lnited htates, th..t government being, on the other
h.itrtl, contented to receive Uack the men forcible ta
ken <'nt ot the Chesapeake as the single and su'lTici
ent act of reparation.
T« which, however, his majesty would still be
willing to add the provision for the widows and or
phans of the men killed m the action, but as an at t
ol his majesty’s spot.-,met us generosity. This ar
rangement I have every reason to believe, hothfr. ni
wlnt Mr. Pinkney has fated to m< . and what Mr.
Rose reports of Mr. Maths n't unofficial conversati
nns,. wooid be satisfactory to the American -overn
tnent upon this subjeet.~Vvue.Uc,! ..rrangement
sin . he settled by a formal conversation, or by the
exchange tj ministerial n .tcs dated the same day,
and irciprocnlly delivered at the same time, is left
tc the decision of yourself and of the American minis
I have only to and (though 1 see no ground to an
preher.d that such a dero-md is likely to be brought
forward) that you are steadily and poremntoniv to
refuse any demand for any mark of his majesty's dis
pleasure to admiral Berkeley, than that which was
m the hrst instance manifested, by that officer’s im
mediate recal.
You arc to open the subject of the Chesapeake se
parately and distinctly. The manner in which the
proposal for the adjustment of that difference may
30 received will 1je the hest test of the genera! dis
position of the American government, ami will na
turally indicate the course to fie pursued in reject
to the further Instructions which I shall proceed to
communicate to you in another despatch.
Iam, fee.
(Signed) GEORGE CANNING.
( To be continued.J
Congress of the United Slates.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday .-ifirit 16.
On motion of Mr. \V. Alston the house resolved
itself mto a committee of the whole on the bill to lay
additional duties on goods, wares and merchandize—
Mr. Bassett in the chair.
Mr. Taylor moved to lay the bill on the table, for
toe purpose of taking up the resolution to reduce the
army and navy,—Messrs. Taylor, Dana -nd Troup
were m favour of the motion. Messrs W. Alst, ti
anc Southard were against it. The question was ta
en and carried—49 to 43.—The resolution was
therefore taken up.
Mr. Mai on moved to amsnd the resolution so as to
disband flic whole army.
After some debate, Mr. Nelson moved that the
committee rise and report progress. The question
on this motion was lost, .
Mr. Maum’s motion again recurred. After a ve
ry l»ng debate the question was taken and lost.
A motion was then made to amend the resolution
so as to take the questions on the reduction of the
army and nffoy, separately. .
The question was then taken on the reduction of
the army, and carried— 77 rising in the affirmative.
On the question on the reduction of the navy 67 rose
in the affirmative. The resolution was therefore
passed.
The committee then rose and reported the reso
lution, and had leave to sit again on the additional
duty lull,
The house proceeded to consider the resolution
hut before the question wus taken, an adjournment
was called tor and carried.
Gazette Murine Memoranda.
AttKIVED,
Brig M*ua, Sterry, 04 days from Lisbon, bound
to Now l„rk, put in lor water—Sailed in company
with ship Maiia, Wood, for New York.—Leit there
the 15 th reb. ships Union, Picket, for New York,
to sail in 5 days : West Point, Hams, for ii<*. in 30;
V oung Factor, Coffin, do. in 2 ; E.iward, Edwards,
lor Newbo,Sport, in 2 ; brigs Hairy Hide, Long,
for Baltimore, in 3 ; George, Morton, fordo, in 2 j
Pjnther, Story, for New Yoik, in 8 days.-*——
Spoke in lat. 21, 10, long. 55, 16’, brig Joans,
irom St. Salvador bound in Bostuu—In lat. 31,
10, long, (fy, 30, sch'r Novice, from Baltimore
bound to St. Bathulomrws—In 1st. 30, 35, long.
70, ship Gleaner, from Calcutta bound to Philadrl
phia In 1st. 27, long, 25, 10, a British ship, who
informed of the ship Columbia of Philadeipnis be
ing robbed by a French privateer.
Sch’r Antelope, Watson, 79 days from Teneriffe,
bound to New York, is distrett, destitute of pro
visions, rudder gone, &c.
Srh’r Essex, Fattens, 5 days from Salem.
Sloop Concord, Chapman, 3 davs from New
York.
Sloop Eagle, Whitfoid, 3 days from East Green
wich.
Th* ship Planter, G. Davis, from this portj was
captured by a French privateer, and carried into
the Texel the 4th Feb.
The Intrepid, J. Davit, Was at Falmouth the
20th Feb. put in for Water,
The Hudson, CUrkr, iroin Virginia to Cadli, was
taken tl»e 24tb Jan. by n f reach privateer, retaken by
an English frigate, and arrived at Cowes the tOth
February.. • P ?:> A vja
Fur sale,
Two LOTS efr GROUND,
In Portsnv'Bth, pleasantly situated for building, end
Lot IJ-iug Oh the comer of the street loading to thi
Saw Mill by the ferry. Apply u»
• ^ sW.* ^ Dan. MCTACHLANt
April 2Qf y-vsc u '$*.■*£ ■ ■* -
With s hite «»k M a»y tti JWfoifc C
thep description is tAou^la uni>en
who Wish to purchase will choose to
Terms OM»y be kn»»& by sppiyinr i
•n Nsosemond.
Aprjr 20s
ilie Norfolk anti I'ortsrooaith
Club Races*
Wilt ammmtee mt Tto t.fy tht FiJlk
n.jit, ‘ - - «•»*
•W.isw en« SvccpstnW for Omt MSIhvS '
SPRING GOODS
* WOOD Sf HASTWns,
HAVE JCJST KECKWTK*
30 packages of SPRING GOODS*
April 16. .«• “
tf
SPRING GOODS.
J. & \V\ southgate;
Offer far Sale an assortment of
Spring & Summer Goods+
coNsisTntc or t’l.n&m..wamm
Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, '**
Muslins, Plain snd Worked, \ lUt\
Cambrick Muslins, White and Coloured,
Printed Cuflioes, Shawl* and Handkerchiefs,
llritlsh^and German Oznaburgs, Ticfclenburgg,- andt
Flaxen Rolls, White and Brown Plntillas, ■
H its, fine atu\ course in assorted boxes, .
Mena’ Willow Hats in boxes, particularly adapted t»
the summer season,
Salempores, or fine India Cottons.
,4Uo, ’■ ■ . t. •.*
British and East Coker Sail Cloth,
Nails, and diamond head Spikes, from four to i
inches,
Hilling H"es in assorted casks,
London White Lead ground in oil.
four well toned square Piano Fortes,
with additional keys.
All of which will be sold on low terms bt *
piece or package.
APrU »8-_3m
Fourth proof Cognac Brandy.
And
Two Pipes Old Madeira Wine,
fit for immediate use—For Sale by ' 1 ‘ ’ f 4
J. it W. Southgate. **
April 18. 9m A
J ^JtT-ce tf Marine Insurance t,®
l of A of oik, Afirii 10, 1810, , .
The President and Directors of the
Marine Insurance Comp nv of Norfolk, hi mbit t
day declared a dividend of Seventy Fir, Cents'Ott'
each Share of Stock, held in said Company, which Is
will be paid to the Stockholders or their legal cram*
sentatlves, at any time after the 27th of dm present *
month No transfers of Stock will be made in thin
Office until after the first of next month. By order
of the Board of Directors. ■'
John Gowper, Sccfiy*^
lm
S Office of I he Murine Insurance Ansnini
\ of Morfolk. April g, I«t0 *x
V I
The Stockholders in the said Com
pany are hereby notified, that »n election id# tm >
held on Tuesday the first of next month at 1
fice, for the purpose of electing Fifteen Dll
to serve for one year from the said first day i
The election will commence nt eleven o'cloc
' ‘ c v. John Cowpcr, Sec*
Summer Establishment of the Mails*
The Southern and Northern Metis, vi» Petdsn*
burR, arrive on Wednesdays, Pnd>r», and Sbrndsaa*
at half past Ten A. M. arid closes tq Tuesdava,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, at Twelve noM, ."'srT
The Northern Mail, via Hampton, arjfiff^1
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Ratm
M. and closes on Mondays, Wedi
days at Eleven A, M. ’ ’
The Great-Bridge Mail arrives every VVe<
at Ten A. M. and closes same day at Tumi
The Eastern Shore Mail arrive* and depat
or twice a week.
William Newsum, P.
April 16* • ■ • j H"* ■ i-osyS; vrj
A MAIN-will he lb
scriber’s Tavern, in HaMt
Thursday thy 26th instant*
buttle, and 290 duUnruherd