Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1809-07-14 00:00:00, page 3

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
* FRIDAY^EVENING, JULY 14, 1809. *
Yesterday, between ths hours of eleven and twelve
o’clock a man went into the counting house of i>
merchant of this place, under the pretext of mak
ing some frivolous enquiry. He was answered, and
■went out without any notice being -taken of him,
■when a check on the Branch Bank of ^he United
States, which had been on the desk, was missed. The
person in whose favour the check was drawn,imme
diately went to the bank to stop the payment, but too
late, as it had been paid a few moments before. The
Teller remembered the denomination of notes paid
end had no doubt of recognizing the person to whom
it was paid, if he could see him. About this time,
Painter's Alexandria Packet, was under way, when
a person from the shore hailed and desired to be
taken en board.
Hew as told there was no room for him, but he repli
ed that he would sleep on deck, or any where. The
*•' packet hove to, and he went on board ; his anxiety
to get on board, and some other circumstances had
led the passengers (who had heard of the circum
stance) to suspect tliis person of having stolen the
check. These suspicions were confirmed by his pull
ingout a parcel of bank notes. They were taken from
him, and upon being counted, proved to he S90 dol
lars, five short of the amount of the check . inch had
been stolen. He was brought on shore, and the tell
er being sent fur, instantly recognized him, and
stated the different denomination of notes paid at the
bank,' which agreed with those taken from the
accused. He was committed to jail for a fur
ther examination before the Hustings Court; says
his name is Andrew Brydie, and that he was lately
from Philadelphia ; is a decent well looking young
man about 21 years of age.
Married, last'night at the Revd. Mr. Anthoxujt
Walke'a, Princess-Anne, Thomas WiuiamsJ
Esp Cashier of the Virginia Branch Bank, to ATOs1
kn Walkk. . ,
DIED on Wednesdn^pight, in Princess Anne,
Mr. Christopher Hancock, formerly a Mer
chant of this Bnrougb
Frjra the ffavanna, June 12.
YheSmi. Francisco, lie Paula, of T4 guns, arri
ved this morning from V-era Cruz, with 7 millions
of dollars for Spain, and two for this place. Mr.
Anderson, American agent, has closed his office, and
by t^fires* orders of the governour will take his de
parture in a lew •days.'*,'
The Paris Argus, oTthe 5th of May, contains the
following paragraph:
“ We have received American pap-rs to the7th
March, Which contain the speech of the new presi
dent, Mr. Madison, when he tock the oath of Eke
it) the ch .tidier of the house of repre»entatues.—
Ourreaders will perceive, from the extract, which
we Copy from lh;;t discourse, that Mr. Madison ap
pears tojfqjpi.w. the footsteps of his predecessor.-—
He complains bitterly of the ruinous effects of the
nraritiipe w^r upon the commerce Of the United
Stiilesi these corp plaints evidently. fall upon the first
au’.h rsof the outrage| upon neutral flags,
** We must, as we have over and over said, and as
the whole experience of half a century proves, trace
the cause of the war slid of all the injuries complain
ed of by neutrals, in ihe monopolizing and tyranni
cal system of the English : that monopoly and that
tyranny are the numveis aeainst which France com
batted, almost alone, for the last fifteen years, at its
<r»>p cost, although for the good of all nations. We
are persuaded that the new president will he sup
ported in hjs system by the treat majority of the A
mcrican people, and by those merchants, who are
more attached to the honour, independence, and per- >
maoent iuteresurof their country, tint* to tile eph«
mei’al prufits of an odious selfishness.'’
[Of the confidence which is to he placed in the
Frehch bulletins, some judgment rttav be formed
from the following s^&rogfaccoiiol of Lord Cochrane's
attack upon the French'‘fleet in Basque Roads. The
Vilie dc Vqrsnvie, ofSOgiuls; Tnifcrnj, and Aqui,
loo of M guns each, ajul the Calcutta of 56 guns,
were burned by the British, and the Hortense fri
gaje was so much damaged tbg( the brunch destroy
ed her themselves, besides several of the line of bat
tle shipecgsihuie.] •
REPORT
To hit excellency the * Sgjjfoister ef Marine and Cc
On board the Cteauffn the Food of the Into
■4: ■" ' ■ if-dix, Jfiril 18, U09.
. , • V *,**»*-l SC iOj lvU?l
i»sf i‘* - ■ -* ■ ■
** Si*—I had the honour to intoi-m v ou, in my let
ter of the 9th inst. that the enemy’s fleet, which an
chorefi in Basque Roads, consisted of-li ships of the
nsisied of-12 ships of th
line, 6 frigates, 11 corvettes, and 32 transport ves
sc Is.
“ On the 10th there arrived 16 vessels, which ap
peared to be transport? or fire ships. 1 directed the
top-masts iow lifivered (town, and took m the top
sails. On the llth, Uie wind being fresh at N. K.
the enemy’s Ships approached the island by tacking.
“'The forces of hi* majesty were in two indented
lines of battM, very close, lying N. N. E. and S. S,
E. in ordev to present the less front to'the fire shins.
They were flanked by a stockade, TOO tot*ea*iu
breadth, and 800 tnises long,. The north end was a
cable’s length and an halflrom tlie rock? of the is
land. ™ ^f-r '
“ At ann down, the wind stiR blew freali. I per.
xnitted each captain to macctuvre as he might flunk
bC»t for the safety of his ship.
“ I made a signal for the 4th and 5th divisions of
tlie flotilla to go and ^tootain a look out for twohours
at the stockade; but the a hid was so v iolent, that
few of the vessels could make any way, and-the
greater part returned.
“I sent an officer to inform gen. Broward, who
commanded on the Isle of Aix, that the fpemy, by
his manoeuvres, seemed inclined to'take advantage
oFthe high wind and sea, and to attempt a coup-de
maln i he answered that be would await it firmly,
and answer for th* tiperaflons on land. -
“ At haW past eight, four English vessels were
anchored in the current, the chief point of the wind
heading their line. TheXkeaW leering t* the north
west. They fiad signals, and appeared to be fixing
marks for the direction of their fire ships.
“ It blew sdhiird, ilwt t foi*>d K impossible te In
SStIT aBd 1 ?
“ About a o'clock • ^diexjflosip* took, *
flame* attack agninst the stoekoffe, Mid then ffeeear
sn ely presented themseiyea, several brig* and three
wasted vessels under all mil, ha ving fire hi theirbo
Jlea and rigging; they were fct a while stepped, but
at last freed themselves, and successively arrived
upon my lines.
“ The first fire fell aboard the Reguhn, and fas
tened on the starboard side j at the same time,, the
second also on fire fell upon the Ocean.'
“ 1 had given orders to be ready to veer tlie cabtefij
or to cut them if necessary, as the only means lest*
to avoid total destruction,
‘‘/As this fireship came almost across my bow
sprit,' 1 gave orders to veer the cable ; but it came
taster than the Ocean made stern way, (though I
had ordered Uie nnzen top-sail to be becked to the
mast) 1 determined to cut the north-nest cable, to
tome about to the south-east; this step succeed
ed.
“ The fire-ships succeeded each other, coming
with sails filled with a fair wind into our squadron,
and directed particularly against the Ocean, which
was in the centre of the line, one of them fastened
upon the starboard quarter, notwithstanding ail we
did to&void it. , , . -
‘‘ Such was the true situation of the vessels of his
majesty, the flames carrying flakes of fire along its
batteries. Happily this fire-ship had a great sera ;
it warded oIF, but only to fasten to the ropes ijfcar
the chains.—We yet tried to disengage ourselves
from it-, when its bowsprit entered the fate-cat
head ; we could not cut it, and th^heat was so ex
cessive that it was impossible to approach it. Snme
brave men then devoted themselvss, jumped upon
the sprit-sail, and then on the ship’s head, and saved
the vessel, but five of them lust their lives.
“ With difficulty we were thus delivered from n
danger so imminent, three times repeated, when
other fire-ships fell along side of die, but these also
I ittd th« good fortune to disengage myself from.
“ The enemy ^irectqd against us three internal
machines and S3 fire-ships, as well brigs as vessels
ot three masts, transpons, and two vessels of the
line. w
“ His-tnaje.sty ships and frigates were saved from
destruction only by veering their cables.
“ The captain of a frigate, Lissilom, commanding
the Ocean in the absence of rapt. Rollar.d, and my
adjutants Perton and fJhspard, behaved with singu
lar sand iroid; the officers and cadets behaved in
tllP best manner,,and the crew maintained excellent
r; M. Delmas, sub-commissary of the forces,
ipt for a inomeut leave tlte deck. I am happy
1*1 ypStow praises so well deserved.
.(biirned) ' ‘ . ‘
“ ALLEMAND.”
Sirtcfe '.he receipt of the above letter, the maritime
prefect h-s announced that three vessels, tn Jluie,
in veffinj^their cables, were run upon the rock:—
mmole to relieve them their crews w;ere landed, and !
thejc were then set on .tire. The next tide the ene
niv began to prepare new fire-ships and bornb-ves
scls, and soon made an attack, but they were re
pnlsrd with considerable loss anrkdid not prevent our
squadron from returning to repair.*
Much, then, are the means, which an enemy so Su
perionr in maritime force, is not ashamed to em
ploy ! 1 hey avoid lighting ship to ship, or man to
man, but launch against us infernal machines! They
proclaim themselves conquerors but they are only
incendiaries!
^ \A e know that there have at all times been fire
saips, but that cowardice inseparable by ail nations,
they form no part of the regul .r system of maritime i
warfare; and if, in the 17th century, some dt-spe- 1
rate adventurers profited by them, these men were
before-band disowned by their government, and an
infamous death awaited them if taken. It is very
worthy fi{ the present government of England, to in
troduce the use of fire-ships, and to mid to them in
fernal machines to multiply all those horrors which
Abe unanimous execration of enlightened states bad
rejected from the received operations of war ; it be
came ruch a government to.expemfenm mous sums*
for such an infamous e.\)>editioif, the result of which
has been so inieriour tu their expectations.
* a is calculated that this expritition cost in vessels,
bombs, powder, &c. above five millions.
SPAIN. *
Co jure of three decreet in Juvour of -the contfnerce
o/Gren; JHrituin.
6 _ 1* In consequence of urgent instances of the mi*
^Ulster of his Britannic majesty, the supreme central
ami governing Junta of the kingdom, ami in the roy.
al names of his majesty Ferritnaml the 7th corn
•mantis, that in this custom house, and in all the prU
ri’eged citrfpm houses ufihisprovince) English goods
sliuli he permitted without any limitation nr restric
t ion. ana that the duty shall be paid for the Same at
tlte rales only, at which they were charged before
the war su 1804, By order of his majesty, this nmi
1 hcation is matte to your excellency, both for , infar
| ‘»«ln>n and observance of the same. May God pre
serve yon many years. ,
.(.Signed) SAAVEDRA.
Seville, teb. 28, 1803.
In Order, fhat'in the existing circumstances, all
impediments may be as much as possible removed*
wlpch interrupt tho intercourse with English ships,
i and induced, by repealed applications of the minis-:
ter of his Britannic majesty,'the same supreme cen
traland governing junta, &c. &c. have detetWntd
to permit all English goods' dHembwrfcrd in nurporti,
; trv ItMtHitt* .all .f; . J •
i.liich may not be si.'lri in the country, to be.
v—' ^-*» re-ex
, irted on the pay mint only of 2 per cent, and no
torto6rjdutM.il ace, such case, to be required. I5w
order of his.majesty, this notification is made, &c
Be, (ut eftte.j
SAAVEDRA.
3. Tile near alliance which subsists betwapn this
court and that of London, addin consequei.ee’hf the
assistance of the latter has givfen us, which deserves
to be returned by nor wannest attachment'and most
profound respect, H. M. has condescended to. allow
to the ships of Great Britain to convey to the ports
o. Spain the articles of hucallan (dried cod hsp) the
same duties being payable thereon, which were re
quired before the war of 1779—Such cargoes so re
ceived may be sent to our settlements in America, m
the national vessels.
, By dialer uf H; M. this notification is made, kc.
&C. (vf erne.) ^
SAAVEDHA.
Prom the Boston Re/icrtory.
Jaat,
m
COMMUNICATION.
Messieurs Prtnters%
We have this, w<rek celebrated the tecta,,
our own independence with so much wduli
ardour, Jhat iti» impossible we should he r<
of the right trf other people to the same __
and the exertions they make to secure it. Our sy m
pathy in dig tout of Spain j*as most eloqueatly e*.
preyed by the orator oa Tuesday last, and youf
readers may Usrn firom th^fcdlowmg translation the
sentiments <>f a few tfnerpue w» vindi
cgte theircuuuuy VTotioBr,,orperfjbaft*e.*aer«i
eff»f
.iw/thff
.to*
in. hi* defence. You tJt»
need to be reminded of
tirthjve*s, nafsji.tismam. ... »,
tv*. But toe flame of liberty most
■thebreaxt of cyery Spaniard, by dbnw-dering tlto **
cmfr-r* die ItM offered upon die altars of loyalty,
jmJ that l,y her glorious foil, Saragossa has "render
ud horsed immortal. . 4‘, •
7. T*rt !<>'>« months were spent in this feta! ami
money siege; almost every *dific% was rased to! the
ground; the provisions were entirely consumed,
the military stoves, were exhausted; more than 16
thousand men fell virtlms to an epidemick, which
a ii!y swept away Jiundrecfe; the ^ayrfson was re
dured to less than one sixth of its original force—
the governour and romftMtndtr of the city were
languishing under the prevailing sickness; O'Net
le, the second in comnihnd, died. St. M irei hi
tile Jflnce Of Ids tW#«tfperft>urs, became comtnan
<‘er in chief, although tie w*s still' suffering under
. burhmgTevef. Thus, Spaniards, it became ne
cessary th.it Saragossa should yield; to (he rigour of
bite, and suffer’ herself to be oppressed by the ene
■;'y. I Hus have the French taken jjossessmixif this
glorious city, after battering down its houses spd
destroying us temples, while It was peopled Ortty
by diseased and dying trjen!! Here every street,
every ruin, and every fragment ,of wall is silently
addressing the Frenchmen whs view them, saying;
“ Go tell mv King, tliarHaragoss.., fdthful to her
word, has willingly »< rrificed herself in remaining
lov h! t^ljier Sovereign F*
*» iiicsvi gvciiu, as msasierntts ::s notorious, had
frustrated ;>tl attempts that were made to succour
the city. The pious inhabitants looked op to Hea*
ven for deliverancefrom their privations and Cala
mities ; liut at last- the almost total reduction of
their forces would no longer warrant resistance
The tidings of her dtsaSten us fall has c> used the
world to weep ; and all men, in the first moment of
her extinction, fancied they sawthe 8 a me of St; nKh
liberty expire, and the proud column of her mutuen
dence moulder in the dust.
But, br ive and royal Spaniards, Saragossa yet
ves for your imitation and example! Learn, from
her Ibis lesson, “ Never yield to tyranny, hut perish
manfully in the defence of liberty.” Where is the
Spaniard who calls himself such, who would consent
to be outdone by these valiant Saragnsxians, who
would noy rejoice to suffer the like glorious martyr
d'm ? Every town and village of Arragnft is reads
to imitate and reconquer their capital. They see in
her inhabitants a moriel to be imitated, vengeance to
be taken, and |hat this is the only road to victory
and success Forty thousand Frenchmen who have
perished before the miserable mud-wwlls of Si raros
sa, have caused France to lament her fruitless and
ephemera! triumph, and have proved to Spam, that
tniee cities of equal firmness, patriotism .me! perse
verance would secure the salvation of the country,
and ihejdywnfi.ll of her enemies. Courage always
jegets courage ; and when the unfortunate men
who have sacrificed their lives in defence of free
dom, shall hear iN HEAVEN, that their fellow ci
tuen,, following th m in their path of glory, hive
established their independence, then will rhey bless,
a thousand times, their own fate, however rigorous,
and.content plate with rapture our present success
and triumph.
When Europe sliarll consider all the clrcumstan.
ces of t.us melancholy event, ah.dlcoi.-.pare theforce
<>i the besieged with that of their enemy, and the de
fence which Saragossa has made against the'tyrant
ot the universe, with the .resist.- nee of the most
Wrongly fortified castle, she wffl be able to decide to
whom tne pa-in of valour and glory justly Wlougs.
I he time wUt rome, when those calamities with
w nrh the genius of ruin nd desolation is now scourg
ing the world, sliall be mitigated •, when the friends
of virtue aud loyuity shall come 10 the (Kinks of the
Eb^ifi vfew tliese majMCj* c|,jns 5 and white S*.
templfitmg -them with iTtnyiration and envy, they
shall exclaim, ” here stood that city which In mo
o«-rn ttmds realized or rather excelled 'all those aft,
ctent prodigies of self consecration end constancy
which arc scarcely to be believed, though recorded
in the page of history ; here lived that people, who,
without a single disciplined regiment, without any
ether tonifications limn that of a fragile mud wall,
without any other resources than their own native
strength and energy, dared first to provoke the an
E®r i‘ l!le t5'rHntt and for two whole months, resist
e<l tire impetuosity of his victorious legions. *The
reduction ut tins single plan* cost the French more
blond, more tears and more deaths, than the con.
nucst ot whole kingdoms, Jt was not French va.
luur, to whi*h fielded ; but a fatal contagion pros
trated thefoKes of its defenders, and the enemy en*
tered, triumphinfjovet*Vfew miserable, Infirm *hd
dymg men. They did not conquer citiztru, they did
Slot conquer nqrriora / /" -i:
j. lliesc considerations h»ve induced the supreme
governing junta of the kingdom to issue tbfe folibwin*
P •
; 1. That the city of Saragossa, Its inhabitants,
degree ae, Ved Wcilof thcir country in an eminent
*naiMsooiitsthe vallantcaWitfn general of
Arragen (Palafoxj sliall Ue restored to liberty itbef
feet which no meimvshafi be neglected, thesupreme
„ . / , i I * iicjrewtu,me supreme
jjtmta, ih the name of their to»ng.and the nation, will
'confer upon him rf.wa(dswpythy of lnsmeiociblein*
'ttrgi itw and pre-enMj(,eiit patriotism. ■
' ,S. That every officer who nerved in the siege shaH
be advanced one grade in rank, and that every pri
trot* ehell tmnnlao »lw. ' r m. 6 ^
vate shall receive the pay and rank uf a sent
4. That till the defenders of Suxgossa, itan
tarn* and descendants ahull enjoy personal no
,5. That the widow* and Orphans of those Wl
riahed in Hs defence shall ret eive pensienaeico
to-their rank and circucmtu:ices. ' "Tli" ■
- 6. That’nil those who were within tbelitv
ing.the siegy, shall be considered as having cL
remuneration* / • .
L dsragossa shall not be liable to coot
“rti> *"• ta*e* <•» any kind tor the spec* of ten
from the re-establishment cfpe
8. That the moment peace is
edifices shall be rebuilt with «U
,at the expense of the state.
9. That lu'thts place, * ittwnf
ed, with an inscj ipdon. celebrt
sons, and their glorious defence,
thraa shall be one inscription, mwmtin* Urndi?
cadMKanees of the siege, and the noble resistance oi
the xi ly • |
11. f hat * medal In honour of the event he coined
us a testimony of nathm*! gratitude* ^
It That any khy.of Spam which shaO resist with
■tjttXlly absjhfet
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