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,,. ** My n»m«t*rf era(»n»#id’for tb*t purpo»e have
IMt th«w«f lb*Fr*iMd$ emperor. My wish is an
honourable peace—-* pkaee, the stipulations of which
•(Ter a prospect and possibility oi duration. The
valour of my armies, their unshaken courage, their
*td«ay<»v« of their country, their desire, strongly
prodjfPtred, not to ley down I heir arms till an ho
BOlirsbIt peuie shall have been obtained, could not
allow me to agree to conditions which threatened to
ahoke the very foundations of the monarchy, ami
disgrace us.
“ The .high spirit which animate* my troops, af
fords me the best security that, should the enemy
yyl mistake our sentiments and disposition, we
shall certainly obtain the reward of perseverance.”
(Signed) “ FAaKCIS.". '
Comoro, Aug. 16', I8O9.
Octobcr S.
The ministerial arrangements are not yet com
plete. Mr. Prrreval is the only minister of the
mtc adit iteration whose appntuiineot has received
the customary sanction of tlio sovereign. He ycs
tetday kissed hands, ou succeeding thedukeof Port
land as first lord of the treasury. Mr. RoLrrt Dun
das, who is destined to the colonial department, has
gone to Ireland to pack up his papers, and is expect
ed hack t y Wednesday next, when he probably will
go through the same ceremony. As to a successor
to Mr. Canningjdbere is, we understand, great dif
ficulty in fmchng any one who will accept the office
on a-provinsuatal tenure. Lords llatrowby and
Bathurst, certainly the latter, are understood to
have declined it. Timet.
;l’be next arrivals from the continent may possi
bly bring an account of the notification of the rup
ture of the armistice. If Buonaparte have reason
to suspect that either Russia or Prussia, or both,
are disposed to co-operate with Austria, he will
hardly hesitate to recommence hostilities ; for we
Cannot toippos* that be will desist from his preten
sions, through any tear of the combined efforts of
powers wham he has' separately vanquished. It
_wvill be seen, from the extracts we have given from
the German papeis, that tbe important pusitimi ot
Passim is rsipialy rising into a fortress of the first
cyder. In Ur l, the whole right blink ol the Da
nube, from its confluence with the Inn to Presburgb,
itfortiti -d -n such a manner as to atToril complete
protection to the French in case of any "rent rcvei
»ts m Upper Austria or Moravia. Tiitir lionutius
••cored, they would he assailable only on their
flanks ; frmii Hungary or Bavaria. From the ior
'tnV, o-. f-nr, tney are not in imucIi danger; and
onl.:8s Pnitsirt should make a vigorous effort, they
bare nothing to appisiieod frnrn the. l itter quartet ;
Ujr thh insurrection from which we hope so much,
is, we fear, wholly extinguished. It is evident,
therefore, that if Hostilities are renewed, the advan
tages of position for tiie present is greatly on the side
of th> French. 1 lirse advantages, however, are
snnre^dapted to defensive tlian olfensive operations ;
-and to ‘■or b, probably, will the exertious of B’lonii
purte be lestllct-si. So long us lie IS able to m .in
tain, possession of that large proportion of the
Austrian dominiuns ryliich he now occupies, he will
b'^in t» situation to dictste peace ; lor he must be
either bribed to quu the country, or be beaten out
of it. We fear Austria standing clone is not equal
to tbe latter; and though she mav reject conditions
’which would shake the foundation of the uionarctiv,
she will ultimately, unless the porters rurul.ousii in
the first part of this article stretch forth a hand 'o
Bjve her, be obliged to submit to make great sacri
fices. his clear,from the greet pains dial are ta- <
ken to fortify the line of tbe Danube, that Buwna- i
pnrte counts upon retaining r.ll the territory un the
right bunk as far as Prrghurgh, or that he means to
Bake it the theatre of a long and obstinate war.
Ibid.
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' It is now confessed by the friends of ministry,
that the disgraceful failure of the expedition to ihr
Scheldt was owing to neglert; and “tins neglect,”
Sty they, “existed in a department of which the
publick has at yet ho suspicion.” This is very
consolatory information! to-know that we have
been injured beyond the powers of restitution or
“redress, and yet to be told that we 3o not know
wtiaft ia that has inflicted on us these irreparable
wrongs. Of this, however, vm are certain, that
oil Casting our eyes around all the departments of
government, we cannot perceive that any radical
-, change has takeu place in the constitution ol any
one of them; so that we are as likely to sustain a
repetition ot’ this neglect us not. No justice has
'• Lrtn done t;s for the present, and of course no se
curity afforded us for the fulure. An investigation
is, however, it is said, intake place: we are sorry
for h, we had rather have a trial than an investiga
tion; an investigation has nijly the purpose of df
< caption in »ie% Thy very term •» investigation”
bos no existence either in the civil or military cod*
thi*. clk‘r? ; nn'1’ ,lfc* lhat of » Court of In
it MI only been devised to bafil.i justice and
ucieeu guilt. I bus are we obliged lo lower our law
■ ta tbe standard of our men, as we cannnt find, or
4t> nut choose, men who are ntlsed above the level
»f the law. These are melancholy reflections, in
*be present unhappy and oppieased state of Europe.
(Ibid.
JLseivtd bit (hvgit’t Packet, 23 hour* from Bal
timore,
PlJU.ADEI.FUtA, Nov. t5.
Mxtrnet of a Utter, doted Ha/t(ai, November 14.
“ A ship Anti ling Irotn Baltimore lor Tonningen,
Mw# Keen detained and sent in (or adjudication.—
1 b* brig nod cargo are condemned, ami we cuspert
the ship will share tbe same (ate. The grounds of
condemnation was, certificates of origin have been
found on board.’*
[The’ship is piobablj % Susguehanah.]
JIV*e are decisions of a novel hind. Gentbmcn
interested in the operation of the principle inform
*». ‘*»«t »l » ‘a be presumed three decisions will be
reversed m England.. Botjtfcthe cases not *n>bu.
red be the outers of rooudH;
1 bother letter from HaitBat. No?. 15, says. «*
tcascU from thfeVahed Statergbonnd W
rp; have been h«|ht injkj MVcr«l have
bridoinoedS Puce*; tar -4 dollws,
•• -
^MBBdSRsfe
m
nottnde the
lection in fajfafcl' , ^
of ten wards, have returned their tickets for eight,
by Very targe majorities. The Jth wart was not
canvassed when our oaher wss iuiE*"
ton may prove federal
The return* shall be
to-morrow.
Latest Foreign
The ship Hercules, cupEVose, in 31 days
verpool, is arrived. We have London papersdown
to the 18th ult. It will be seen by the extracts
which follow, that peace is said to he concluded
between France ami Austria j that Mr. Perceval
is prime minister of England, and iurd Burt hurst
is minister of foreign affairs in place of Mr. Can
ning ; that parliament was further prorogued to
the beginning ofJDec. That Chynipugny has writ
ten another tetter to gen. Armstrong, proposing,
tint if England would cease to bh-ck-de the ports
ot France, slie would retract her orders against
England, See. 8cc. See the letter.
Letters from Holland state, that the French have
prohibited the exportation of wheat from the con
'tinent.
The ship Horace from Boston, with John Q. Adams
on board, passed Rlsineur Sept. 2<Jih. She was,
notwithstanding the importance of her charge, o
c—god by the Danes to pay Sound Dues before she
could proceed to St, Petersburgh.
The market in England for our products was good,
I be scarcity of vessels m England induced the go
vernment in Rug land to release 800 transports.
Nothing new had occurred in England relative to A
nierira ; Mr. Piukncy had no despatches to send
by die Hercules.
THE DETAIL.
T . , London, October 12.
It is reported that T;t|foyrand had incurred Bun
nuparte s displeasure, who had divested him of the
office of great Chamberlain.
. Viscount Castlcrc.gh had an audience of hisma
jEsty, and delivered up his sen Is nf office, as secret*,
ry of state for the war and colonial departments.
Mr. Canning had also an audience, and delivered up
his seals of office, as secretary for foreign affairs.
Mr. C. has perfectly recovered from the effects of
the late duel. His majesty held a privy council, at
which earl Bathurst was sworn in secretary for fo.
reign affairs.
Ortnber 17.
We have made some further extracts from the
German papers to the 7th hist, received on Saturday,
1 he treaty of peace, between Sweden end Kos-ia,
Was signed on the t7t!i at Frederickadum, ,n(j it’
t utihcatiun is to he exchanged at Fetersbondi with*
in four week.*. 1 he king of Sweden has engaged by
it to exclude all English vessels, of every descripti.
on trom his ports, but has reserved to himself the
importation of salt and colonial cn duce. He has «1.
so surrendered to Russia the whole Swedish territo
ries on the east ofthe Gulph'of Ifotlmm.aa far as
lornea, lir ludingTavestland, Finland Proper, East
Bothnia, Uc. together with the Isle of Aland, the
Western frontier of Russia being in future tube
i*»rrnea by Aland H ift, the strei^Ut betwf'en Sweden
and the Is,e of Al.tutl, the lfothr.ian Gtdph, and the
rivers lornea and Aiuonio, to the confines af'Nt r
wvy. I nese conditions are not niereh humiliating,
on account ut the great extent of territ-.iv thus se
vered from the crown of Sweden, but because thev
are destructive ol the security and independence of
wnat is lelt t.» it ; as, from the moment the surren
Uered provinces are organised, and properlv reduced
under the subjectionjof Russia, it will be in her now
er, at any time, to penetrate into the verv heart of
bweden i'roper.bv an invasion by sea from Alaud, Co.
operating with the force marching by land along the
const from 1 ernea. The king of Sweden ft ns and
admits that these conditions are humiliating ,,d de
grading ; but he say a, that the exhausted state ofthe
country did not warrant the hope ufftvourabfoterro*
aud tint for wfoat is left to it, the nation is indebtrd'
to the lute revolutions, which placed him uu the
turone,
October 18.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at theForden
Office, from Flushing. We understand that thesick
Itn.’.c, trom Flushing. VVeiindersiamlthst
i.eis of our trtH.ps is decreasing, and that the build
ing c.t barracks, and other measures for the retenti
on and protection of the Island, was in full activity.
Uuvcrnment have issued orders for replacing
the
l>u«iys «t the entrance of the Scheldt!
liiu.I.e o t too .... I —.. — . ^ * vs
We understand that Mr. Robert Durufos Ssunder
. ,v* * »»w r.i-i? iif UUUCl!
an ivet. in town yesterday to attend the levee this day
when he will be presented with the seals of the wai
uepartnicnr.
e understand Mr. Cook, late under secretary o'
state tu lord Castlercagh, is to succeed Mr. Huskin
sen, as secretary to the treasury,
A very strange rumour was in circulation yester
day, to which we are not disposed to give the leas
ciedcnce, that marquis Wellesley had received in
struct!,,,is from ministers to leave Seville, and to pro
ceed by Madrid, Bayonne, and Bordeaux, to tans
to tern,in.,te Uuegoci. tion already commenced fo
the re-establishment of pevre between France am
tins country. We believe this rumour to have beei
propagated for stock jobbing purposes.
I lit Fans papers state, that relays of horses fo
the emperouv were ready at .Munich on the 1st lust
xml It wasexpected that he wouldieavcSchoeiibruni
on the .Id cr 4th, on his return to Fans.
1t>.UA,CJ': ^TWEEN AUSTRIA St FRANCE.
V\ e have received Moniteurs to the 14th uudDutcl
papers to the loth inst. Peace between France an,
Austria, was signed at Vienna on the bd inst. Thi
event was officially announced to the inhabitants o't
the 10th by the firing of cannon, ringing of bells an,
other demonstrations of joy. Besides the statement
in the Dutch gszettiu, government have received i
continuation of thtWvent in dispatches from the com
mauder of our troops at Walcheren. Several cor
roborative accounts had reached that Island; and w
the 14th, die batteries and gun boats at Zurich Ze,
fired a feu-de-joie on the occasion. The term* o
the treaty have not transpired; but as tlie peace i
denominated “ glorious” for France, we may pre
some that they are humiliating to Austria. Thi
principle obstacle In the progress of the negociatioi
we understand, arose from the reluctance of the em
perour Frafcis t° give up Spalstro to the French
This, however, he has at length not only consented t
no, but lias n eatly enhanced the merit of his com
pliance, by the cession of the whole of Oslmatia.
Spalatro is an acquisition of great importance t
Buonaparte, with a view to future maritime
It has a capacious aud secure harbour, contiguous t
a territory which abundantly supply the chief mate
mis for th« construction of fleets. The posaessio
of this port, and the Island of Corfu, will give hit)
the fall command of the Adriatic* *ea.
October 19.
Ut the Actusl conclusion of 4 treaty of
twcyn Fi—-* *-• -
amt Austria, there b no do
it has not been an
K# and
to
am
*»>•<> *«*d occupied the fsgus in it
re***- the, Mouiteur contends, would
have been th* total destruction of the British army.
Thiil observation, we fear. is ton well founded.
At the levee yesterday it was resolved to prorogue
parliMinent from the 2*1 Nov. to the beginning
of DeC. It thus appears that it is not intended that
it should meet until after Christinas. Some persons
think that Mr. Percivnl will attempt a negotiation
in the mean time.
It is rumoured by the treaty with France that the
emperor Francis gives up Carinthla, Caruiola, Sti
ria. Istria, and Upper ant) Lower Austria, together
with Preshurg— that lie abandons Gallicia, and con.
seuts to relinquish his title of Ktnpertir of Austria,
thus rcscrvingto himself only Hungary and Bohemia,
nf Stork*—(inrun!. £7 7 8Jj* [^t
, Reduced 681-8.
CHAM PAGNY’S LlilTER,
Letter of the minister ui Foreign Affairs
M. Champagny, to gen. Armstrong, i
minister of
Ihe United States at Paris.
•V SIR- His majesty understanding that you arc
about to dispatch h ship to the United States com
mauds me to make known to yon the onilterabii
principles which have and will re0ulale his yuuoucl
lu li'e^greal question respecting neutrals.
“ !• ranee admits the principle, that tbs llag
tects trade. The trading vessel which curries iht
licence ni its government, may be considered as a
moving colony ; to Vn»ui; such a vessel by s.ateb,
pursuit, or any act of arbitrary power, is a violation
oi the fmiduinenUl law nl cotonuaiiou, uud is «u
aitact, upnu the government of the same. The seas
belong to every nation, without exception; they are
toe Common property amftbe domain of all man
JvitVJ,
Consistently with this doctrine, merchant ves
sel belonging to individuals iney pass Ly inbem
tU'e to persons who never*xposej themselves to
t * made prisoners «>l war, u[| jj^.p conquests,
FiaiKe has considered sac red private properly ar
pos.tej in the warehouses of tiie vanquished state,
and such have had the t ouiplrte disposal of matters
ol trade; and at tliir tno.r.eut convoys by lana o'
tn*rclu«otize, and especially cottons, are passing
tbiougu the French ai.oy aud Austria, to proceed
to the tiestination commerce directs. If France had
eeizid the monopoly of ms seas, she would have
accumulated in her territory all the pioducts of the
aartli, and she would have u hi allied immeasurable
wealth.
*’ Undoubtedly, if England bad the dominion of
laud which she has acquired on the ocean, her ac
quisitions would have been equally enormous, blit
would as >u times of barbarism, have sold the con
quered uud.distributed them as slave* throughout
bee land. The avarice ol trade would have absorb
ed every lii ag, and the government of an enlighten
er nation, which tus brought the arts ol ctvilation
to psrlecti.uu, would have given the earliest instance,
ot the return oi the savage ages. The gnvernmrnt
is fully impressed with the injustice ot its naval
code, but what has that government to do with
justice, which only inquires tor pi util?
“ Wheu Fraace shall have established her naval
power, 'Which with the extent of her coasts and her
[input* lion, will ue soon accomplished, then will
toe Empnor i edu e these principles to practice,
and apply his mandate to render it universal. The
r jjbi, or rather the usnrpstuuuf blodfc ailing river*
and coasts by proclamation, is pJpabiy Voatrary
to lesson .nid equity, A right cannot possibly spring
from the will of an interested parly, but rnustif
ways be iuunded on fiie natural relation of things.
A place is not properly blockaded, unless it is be
sieged by laud mid water. It is blqgkudad to ptevent
the introduction of assistance, by which the sur
render oi the place might he protruded; uud then
w« have only the right to prevent neutral ships from
entering il.» port, when the place is thus circum
stanced, and the posssssion of it is matter of doubt
between the besiegers and besieged. On this is
grounded the right to prevent neutrals from euUr
icg tha place.
" I he sovereignly and independence of its flag,
like the sovereignty and independence of its territo
ry, are the properly of every neutral. A state may
transfer ilsell t,i another stale—it ujsy destiny the
archives of Us independence, and pass from prince
to pri^jy* ; but the right ot sovereignty is indivisi
ble; no one ran renounce it.
[ * England bas placed France in a state of block
ade* Thu empsrour has, iu his decree of Berlin,
declared the British islands in a state of blockade.
Tim hrsiol these regulations forbid neutral vessels
to proceed to France ; the second prohibited tbeic
entering English harbours.
England has, by her qrders in council of the
I ltb Kovi-.iiiber, 1807, levied an iiupust on neu
tral ship*, and obliged them to enter its ports be
fore they sidled to France. By the decree of the
l?th of December of the same year, the emperor
bas decreed, that all sorb ships be dsnslionwlized,
which had entered English ports or submitted to be
searched. ^
It* order to ward off the inconveniencee with
whirl* the state of things threatened her commerce,
America laid an embargo in ail hei harbours; and
although Frente had done nothing more tbun used
the right of retaliation, its wants, and those of its
colonies, suffered much from this measure ; yet did
the empeiour magnanimously connive the pro
ceeding, in order rather to endure lb* privatipn ol
commerce than to acknowledge the authority of the
usurpers of the seas.
i ne embargo was raised, and a system of eon
intercourse eras substituted for it. Tbe powers on
tli« continent in alliance with England, Saving »».«
seme object- in view, made a comurfts cause with
S«r, that they mivSt dative the same advantage*.—
Tve hat Sour* of Holland, of the Elbe, of tbe Wsew
ofltaly, and ol Spain, ware to enjoy those benefit!
from which France was to be excluded; and tbe
oog end the othtr were to be opened er closed U
cmnnieres, a* circumstances rendered expedient, s«
u France was bereft of it,
“'Flu**, Sir, in point of principle, France m,w.
oia^ tbe freedom of neutral commerce, end tbe in
dependence of tbe maritime powers; w
pecUdoptoth* *
ojt of Et^andi *
it* adopt ,—^3rc,
j sorted with regret. _
raw*
m
certain ii
maintaining b«r IM
vereijgtMy, ««h* W
(Signac)
ont tl.e wreck ul tl.e kUipMniaey, ni anrf^gW
Newport, U. I. fn.tii x » a gale «* tb*
i> Nov. vn tite eiJts oi the gu'ph tat in|pw
J»t and spruug aleak—cargo live (fttiwiettfU of
urn. ’ ■ -■ ■ ■
•Vi.’r Prudence Mary, Hock, 5 days front Nftb
ork. ,-y>
S: hr Three Friends, Kelly, 6 days fran^Ntw.
»rk booed to Alexandria, tn diitrvtt.~ On friday
i,*rnmg off Cbinroteague, carried sway both Ctasta
id bowsprit.. ’ "‘'v
In U.iiiipton HoatiM, iinlitlreu, brig Helen, Kdbiis,
IFAHT&D, ,
m
16,000 W. O. Drawn STAVES, ?
For which Cash will be given. Apply to the E<H« &WM
tor of this paper. f
November r9. ,f
On Eriday next, the l*t Deceijj^>
XI o'clock win be Sold, at
Street, lor CAbH,
~ cases fancy Muslins & Gingh*
1 bale Gorrolis, '• ' •' ‘■*j£t ,
Clotii*, Cassi meres, Bumbsapta, Blankets,
m
Cotton ami Worsted Stockings, &c.
Being sared from the wreck of the Sloop Venus, PtWT
sold tor account of the owner*, underwriters, autf
those concerned* .
S. Marks* Jun.
MB
November 39
Pursuant to a Deed in Trust, cxequt
u<l ou the filth day of July, 1803, by the Jot? ^
;,-y.
Sc C. K aimcock, to satisfy a debt due toCiEoiu._
Kaiscock, of the Island of Jamaica, VVikfeSoij'
ei 1'ijolirk Auction, on ,h«6ih of DoceiJB next*
at tho Warehouse of Messrs, (fro. Murray, (jr Cvi
Ten valuable SLAVES, :
fix. ■ '"
a Men, 3 Women, and 5 Children.
ALSO,
A quantity of House hotel and Kitchen FURV
. MTIIRK. , , ,}3
4rul on the n'tMfkeembev, on the pretnmUm, -'
300 Acres of LAND, more or
Situate oi, P«r*<li»e Creek, and atyVirdn^ the I.'vftd*
of Mr. Edward R-iberts and Z*ch.urUh
gether with the LIVESTOCK thereon, crujaiatiafe
of Horn Cattle, Sheep and II <gs. . ;
Hie Trustee. *
. , ot Term» of fmymxnt, ' ifoKi
For the Slaves, Furniture, end Lire sciri. v-a
i»r all sums stand under 50 doM»«Wa<Mcwi*™*
approved endorsers nt 60 davs ter ad aunts' , vl
and not.exceeding 250 doll*:*; and at 90,
all sums over 250 dollars. , " ; t
For the L»nd, Notes with approved endorsers ag
6, 12, and 18 months, with a lien on the property uw
secure the payments. v V
November 29. tda ’ r
Valuable Property to be Sold at Auction,
m.
On Wednesday, 13th of December
at XII o’Clock, will be Sold on Comnierce*Str«nfe
Wharf,
The Fire-Proof Wardt
vt present ..cru; hr! by Mr. Robert Mffih.nd.
credit of » and 12 months wilt be given, uad
with approved endorsers required. ,
Alto at tin tame time, and fr/aee,
That Valuable WHARF,,
Adjoining the Puhlkk Landing at Portam uth. fcit,
roerly the property of Mrs. Hunter—'Hie samec»i^ : i
dit will be given aa for the above, and the -aMSW^#
payment required. , .
W illiam Pennack, V. M,
November *27. tdt
SALE AT AUCTION,
Of
HOUSE No. 41,
■ i— >*
That commodious Two Story „
ING on Main-Street, near thd Etc'
the possession vf Peter Dat~y,
Il'iU be Said at, Aactivm,
On Wednesday, the 6 th
At XII o’Clork on tbe premia**.
It contains two Shop* and a back R*m» <w i
nm>r, and tia comfortable looms on the upper
two Kitchcus attached'to it,- making tod cool
menu, both of which have lately uodetgooa a
pait, and can receive tenants without *ny '
(tense.
Torou, one third Oa*hj one third 1* months
thi..l 2 year* credit, .with approved security '
moot ••
William Pennock, Vi M..
November 24.
—**3sUSES
250 bbls. superfine
A-float—For Sal* by.
/. af w.
November tft. ^
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