Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-07-02 00:00:00, page 3

Or th* UMHfttl tb« &VW,V ** JMttdtSM*
Bifest ttd dfftara superiority ; when it is *?
m
Xf to jpci^ate tip arrival *f, reinfo/eerwnts
parked by the and w8|s» jonctiou would .rd*
duce him tspn impossibility of keeping the iteld ;
effit is oPtmportanre to relieve a besieged place;
%h*
wheHn consequences of a defeat can, in ho case,
rouutei vail the advantages that would result from
trictory i in short, when his object cannot beattain
td but by a battle.
* These, sir, if I am not mistaken, are the prin
cipal situations in which everything may he aban
doned to the hazard of a battle. But I am of opi
nion, that your excellency is in no one of these situ
ations.
“ Having in yom rear the most fertile provinces
of Spain, and master of the main roads that lead to
them, the abundance which prevail in yonr excel
lency’s camp banishes every idea of scarcity.
11 It is important, that a battle should be part of a
combined plan between your excellency and the
co operating corps ; but such a supposition, in the
present case,would shew the absence of all calculation.
“ With the exception of the valour and good dis
positions with which yourexcellenry has been able
to animate your troops, the superiority in all milita
ry points incontestib'y belongs to the enemy.
“ By marching voluntarily against the enemy
your excellency yields to him all the advantages of
a position which he will have studied in every re
•nect, to which he will have adapted his evolutions,
and where he will have distributed his artillery ;
whereas the march of yesterday has proved to
your excellency the difficulty of putting yours in
motion.
“ The same cause leaves your excellency as little
hope of deriving any advantage from tbe services ol
your cavalry.
“ ] conceive it a physical impossibility, that the
enemy should be so speedily joined by reinforce
fhents; otherwise, the government, in communi
cating such information, would have enabled you to
be powerfully seconded by diversions on tbe part of
the co-operating corps.
“ No besieged place expects direct succours (rom
your excellency.
“ Troops newly formed, if beaten, present only
certain prospect of dispersion ; and this risk cannot
be counterbalanced bv any’ hope ivf success.
“ The object of vmir excel!* ncy being the delive
tance of Madrid and the Castiles, it is manifest,
that, by continuing those manoeuvres which are al
ready drawing |n a close, this object will be attain
ed, without in any respect hazarding tbe existence
of the army.
“ If 1 now proceed to examine the advantages
that may result from the gaining of a battle in or
der to contrast them with the injurious consequen
ces of adefeat, how easy it is to perceive, that tbe
petty amount of tbe former ran never compensate
the enormous extent of the latter?
“The evaruation of Madrid Hnd the Castiles are
the only advantages which I‘can discover in the
gaining of a battle. Your excellency would not in
warn flatter yourself, that, though fighting at the
xery gates of the capital, you should be powerfully
aided by the efforts of the inhabitants; for if the
battle ofTalavera furnished a proof of the patriotic
attachment of those loyal Spaniards, it also demon
strated tbal veiy little is to be experted from their
exertions.
“ Your exrellenry cannot calculate on a superio
rity of numbers, on account of the rapidity with
which the French constantly effect their junctions.
Besides, certain English offtrrrs that escaped irom
the prisons of Madrid, have assured col. Dillon that
the french considered this snperiority of number as
an element of disorder, upon which they founded
part of their hopes.
“ What evils would not, on the other hand, flow
from a defeat which a river, fordable, it is true, hut
extremely confined, would render destructive ?—
Your excellency would in one instant lose your ar
pjy—that army which is the hope of Spain, the fo
cus of its forces, the school of its namerous levies,
of which rircumstances, now more than ever, urge
and accelerate the formation, es a dead time of the
year appropriated to negotiations. How dreadful
the shock which this fatal hlmv might give to the
political system! If by any chance a portion of the
tr»ops co-operating in the peninsula, did not carry*
into their operations a spirit of unmixed and abso
lute good will, such portion wonld nut neglect to
lay hold of a legitimate pretext for retreating and
from that moment the activity of the other corps
would not only become useless, but would be even
dangerous to themselves.
" From this statement, I conceive, that ynnrex
fell nicy will obtain the glory of delivering Madrid
and your country, by continuing these movements,
and by rigorously abstaining frnm committing your
gelf to the hazard of a general engagement. To ef
fect this purpose, it would he sufficient that your
excellency snouio proceed a rew leagues tanner to
your right; and there taking a position as near as
possible to the left bank of the TagOs,ynu might em
ploy all the means of nature & art to entrenrh your
self. From the point in question, you might posh
beyond the right bank of the river a strong advanc
«dI guard, to be supported by an intermediate corp*
placed in the echelon. These two corps, whii h
g&jhould likewise be entrenched, might, at pleasure,
^iead out strong detachments in all directions, in
front and rear of Madrid, and upon Madrid itself.
In this situation your excellency might employ the
right in making incursions as far as the post of
Gpadarama, and by daily attacking the French,yon
would |hu* give confidence to the inhabitants of
Madrid, dishearten and intimidate ihe enemy, ob
struct his supplies, and give experience to the Spa
nish troops.
“ In this position, it would he easy to wait for
intelligence from the dukes drl Parqoe and D’Al
hurquerque, to establish a communication with
them by. the most simple signals, and at length to ter
minatewith success a manoeuvre completely decisive.
*“ But in the most unfortunate event, should your
excellency be attacked and defeated in you/ positi
on, that could not happen until your excellency had
previously made the enemy sustain the most sensi
^bfe Joss ; and then, hilling baclt qpdo Cuenca and
Valentin, an4 occupying at pleasure the chains of
mountains leading into the four kingdoms, your ex
cellency would be ,still formidable, even in dtfeal,
•hd would powerfully protect your country.
(Signed) “Tt.e Baron do CROSSARD,
X.jk **Mrtj°r in the armies of hia majesty the empe
t;our of Austria, Koiglit of (he ordef of Maria
Thp^esa. snJ Connamiouer of tbe Spanish
^ armies-’' ...
The fail Jo *j ng 18 an exirac tjif a jprirajlf
from Alio, (be capital of Finland, unsjef dnirihe
6lh olt.—M ft is With the deepest regtretthat i com
municate to y»i> an account of the perpetration of
atrocities scarcely ^meded by the memorable mas
sacre on St. UartboTnmew’s day at Peris, by the
Russian troops on the inhabitants of thi* ill fated
country. In violation of an express stipulation in
the treaty for the transfer of Finland to Rnsgia, a
certain portion of the inhabitants were ordered to be
drafted nr rather impressed into tbe emperour’s ser
vice. The despotic mandate was in general obey
ed, and considerable levies were procured, before
their destination was known to be the shores of
Euxinp, to fight against the Turks. In the province
of Savolax, the alarm became general; and the peo
ple conceiving they weie exempt from service for a
limited time, ventured to remonstrate Rgainst what
ihey considered as an infraction of the treaty.—
Count Tolesky, the governor of Finland, to whom
the appeal was made in the most respectful and sub
missive terms, invited the inhabitants, by procla
mation, to repair on Sunday last to their respective
rliurrhfs, in order to obtHin a redress of grievances.
—This article had the ri"sired the effect. The in
habitants, who Hre widely scattered, and difficult
to be got at in detail, were collected in a focus;
and, while in anxious expectation of the proffered act
of grace, and unconscious of the impending danger,
they were suddenly surrounded by bands of' soldiers,
who, regardless of the santity of the place, and deaf
to the toictaf humanity, d agged the flower of the
young men from the altars of their G»d. from the
bosoms of their parents, and the enjoyment of all that
was most dear to them in life: and moreover butcher
ed, without any distinction of age, sex, or condition,
those that attempted by intercession or force to soften
the hearts or avert the deadly weapons of their remorse ■
less assassins. In the parishes where those atioci
ties were perpetrated, no lass than 700 unoffending
and defenceless individuals have fallen victims to
the relentless fury of monsters in human form."
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated
April 10, 1810.
“ The celebrated capt. Nathan Haley of Hare
memory, fitted out under the auspices of Mr. Arm
strong the brig Hdppy return, Iron) Du ppe, whence
she sailed on the 4th or 5th Nov. last. In this
vessel it is supposed the wife ol Haley went to Eng
land wiih despatches for Mr. Pinkney and tor the
United States. It is reported that Haley furthered
the escape of two English gentlemen in the above
vessel. The one a Mr. Sturt or Stirt, a member
of Parliament—the other an otlirei name unknown ;
that he secreted them in hogsheads and from each
received one thousand guineas. It is certain that
two Englishmen did escape, and did show theinsrl
ves on board, alter the vessel cleared the French
coast. The fart might be verified by the passen
gers—one of whom, I am informed, brings the re
port.”
Baltimore;, June 26.
From the Boston Gazette, of June 25.
A circumstance, by no means favourable to A
tneriran aflairs, has occurred in Denmark ; the re*
signation of count Uernstnrf, prime minister at Co
penhagen, and his hiother, minister of foreign af
lairs. (he cause of these resignations, is the per
tinacious obstinacy ol Lis majesty the kmgofDen
inaik, in his adherence to Napoleon s continental
system. They are succeeded by count Moltlie, and
baron Rosinrrantz, ambassador in Paris, so that
this system, which implies greater strictness in re
gard to American vessels, will be still more rigor
ously enforced.
Raleigh, June 28.
The following is a list of the Candidates for Re
presentatives to Congress in theseveial districts of
this state, according to the best information we
have been able to obtain. 1st District, Lemuel
Sawyer and Joseph Riddick—2d, Wiilis Alston and
Jos. H. Bryan—3d, Win. Kennedy and Thos hluunt
—4th, William Gaston and Win. Blarklcdge—5th,
Win. R. King, Christopher Dudley, and James Gil
lespie— 6th, Nathaniel Maron—/lb, Archibald
M’Uryde and John Culpepper—8lh, Rk bard Stan
ford- -9th, James Coihian—IOth, Joseph Pearson,
and Hutchins Burton—1 Ith, Israel Pi. k<-irs, Felix
Walker andJohn H.Stevielie— I2tb, M. Franklin.
Newreun, June l6.
tJVO AVTTLSO, NON DEFICIT ALTER.
We have the great gratification ill communicat
ing to the poblii k, that we have authority to state,
that WILLIAM GAS ION, Esq. will oliei himsell
a candidate at the ensuing August election, to re
present this District in the Congress of the United
Slates.
Los eon, May 14.
COMMON HALL.
To the Honourable the Cuwtuutts of the United King
dum oj Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament
assembled.
The humble Address, Remonstrance, and Petition
o! the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery ol the
city of London, in Ormnon Hall assembled, this
4th day of May, 1810.
“ We, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Livery of
the city ol London-, in Common Hall assembled,
beg leave, with feelings of the most anxious con
rern, to present this, our humble address, petition,
and remonstrance, and we earnestly, entreat youi
honourable bouse to give it a favourable reception ;
for how can we hope fur redress and trlief, il the
hare statement of the wrongs and grievances gf
which we complain, be rejected? Wa also beg your
bon. bouse to believe, that, in the language we muy
have occasion, and ate,"indeed, compelled to em
ploy, no offence is intended to your hon. house.
“ The circumstace which most deeply afflicts us,
sad which most strongly impells us at this time to
approach your bon. house, is, what appears to us
to have been on your part, a violation of the per
tonal security of the, people uf the land. We hum
bly conceive, that without a hearing you have con
demned them. Law rrqmret legal process and trial
by Jut*, of ojjrasuaJs J >yt^ijUmn»i«l*.Ujpt op,per
son shall he prosecutor, juror,, judge, and execati
o$yr in his uwnrapse. We beg {cuveto wpceet
bur conviction that.ibis eternal principle of immu
table justice, cannot he annulled by any hoeye 4
cwnmona—by aoy.Kiog—by »«ty yprfiwuem-^
*6 tor pm'tils, to
.ceptton, this jurisdiction is uafuuoded.a.iu »•
‘.ly but firmly derlarewrr opinion against *Jjj
i«tenrr of tins puwertn nay band*s—a jumd
unknown—a power above the ln», and which covid
fie enforced only violence—a violence
made manifest by the breaking open an English
man's ritstie, and l>y the preceding and sul.seqsi.-nt
murder of peaceabla and unoffending citizens.
“ Permit us bum fily to observe, that the con
struction ol your honourable house prevents our
surprize at this conduct of your bon. hmis
will not enter into details, so often and
stated toyoor honourable house, by which it
pears, that upwards ol three hundred members trf
your bon. house, in England and Wales only, are
not elected by the people, in any honest sense o
the word People, but are nut sent to your honour
able house by the absolute nomination or powerful
influence ol at.out one hundred and filty Peers ano
thers, as av.rred in a pet,Mon to your honour
a’>ie house in the year 17.93. an.1 which re
mains un your journals urn untrovrud. This
it the great roti.tiitotii.nal disease of our eoun
uy. 1 his is th* true root of all evils, corruptions,
and oppressions under which we labour, ll il tie
n it eradicated, the nation must perish.
“ in support of this our sinrere ronviction, we
need only r> f r to the never to he forgotten vole of
your honuuiahle house, refusing to examine evi
dence un a charge against ford Casilereagh and Mr.
S. Perceval, then two of the king’s ministers, for
liaffi. king in seats in your honourable house.
“ We remember well, that when it was gravely
averted, and proof offered in a petition w huh stands
on your journals, and the complaints whereof are
now unredttssed for mure than twenty years,
[hat seats for legislation in the house of com
mons were as notoriously rented and Laught as the
standings lor cattle at a fair," the then honourable
house treated the assertion with affected indignati
on, and the ministers threatened to punish the pe
titioner for presenting a •• scandalous and libellous
petition.” But we have lived to see a bouse of
commons avow tbe traffick, and screen those accus
ed of this breath of law and right, because it has
been equally committed by all parties, and was a
practice “ as notorious as the sun at noon day.”—
At this vote, and at these practices, we feel as “our
ancestors would have frit,” and cannot repress the
expression of •• our indignation” and disgust.
“ Under ihese circumstances, may we nut he pet
mitted to ask, where is your justice, where your
dignity ? Mr. John Gale Juno is confined within
the Willis of Newgkte for an alletlged offence against
yourselves, which, if committed against any olhei
suljt cts of these realms, or even against the king
himselt, must have been judged by the established
rules and liws of the land ! Laird Casilereagh con
tinued to be a principal minister of the crown, and
is dow a free m mber of your honourable house!
Sir brands Burdelt, dragged by a military force
irom the bosom ol his family, is committed to the
lower lor exen ising the right of constitutional dis
cussion, common aud indeed undeniable to you, to
us, to all. Mr. Spencer Perceval continues a mem
ber of your honourable Douse, taking a lead in your
deliberations, the first minister ni the crown, and
the chief adviser of the royal councils !
“ Under the agonizing feeling excited by the late
imprisonment of our fellow subjects, ran it be ne
ressary for us to recapilulate the many instances,
as thus appear to us, of refusals to institute just
and necessary inquiry, to pursue to condign punish
ment public delinquents and peculators, to econo
mize the means and resources oi the state, toadan
nisti r to the people relief end redress for the various
disgiarei which the national honour has sustained,
for the lavish profusion of British blood and trea
sure extravagantly wasted in ill-rontriveil und fruit
less campaigns, and inure particularly in the hnrni
bating and ignominious expedition to the coast of
Holland, in which’the greatest armament that ever
left our shores was exposed to the scorn, contempt
and ridicule of the enemy ; the flower of our youth
wasteful!} and wantonly left iogloriously to perish
in the pestilential marshes of Wulcheren, without
succour, without necessity, without object, without
hope ?
“ 1 liese and similar proceedings ot your honour
able house require no comment, bat we cannot by
our silence become accomplices in the rjnn of our
country, and dare not conceal from you the whole
some though unpleasant truth that they appear to
us to have materially shaken what remained u( tbe
confidence of the subjects of these realms in the
wisdom of your honourable house.
" We therefore humbly, but firmly entreat you
to reconsider your conduct, to retrace ynur steps,
mid to rxpunge from your journals all your orders,
declarations, and resolutions, respecting Mr. Gale
Jones and Sir Francis Burdett—and that as Sir
Francis Burden has not been expelled from your
honourable house, he be po longer prevented from
exercising therein all the duties of a member of the
same.
“ Above all, we earnestly pray yOur honourable
house, in conjunction with Sir Francis Byrriet),
and in conformity to the notice he had given, to
devise aod adopt such measures at will effect an im
mediate and radical reform in the commons houii
of parliament, and ensure to the people, a foil, fair,
and substantial representation, without which they
mast inevitably ceHse to exist as a great, a free,;a
glorious, and independent nation,’’
The petition was adopted unanimously, with the
exception of ihe votes ol Mr. deputy Kemble, Mr«
S. Dixon, nod another. ?
THEATRE.
On Wednesday she -11th of July,
WiH be Bbld at Public* Auction at XI o’Cl'ocb, eft
the premises,
THE NORFOLK THEATRE,
With the Scenery, 8cc.. as expressed in a Deed
Tnn-t. executed by Thomas ,W. We» to William
Lindsay, deceased, sole Trustee, to secure a debt
dot to sundry Subset’bera thereto—-Term* made
known on the dsy of s*ie. - < < • **4
Francis S. Tavl„.
To the Elate if William Lindsay, 1
jaw.. .
PORT of NORFOLK A&lf&jSSfii
■ cusTOM.nousE-^Hf*iatiK:
Biljs Lloyd, Rond,
Sch'i Dolphin, Bernard, .«
Antelope, M.uiion, St. Bdtk«
Good Intent, Pi-rt#, *. Ctii
Sloop Aiden.pt, Tuber, : *
‘ " CtRAfeeihr
S h’r potomae, OlJoer, St BeMlm
Riling Slates. \eue».jB»b^ * . Jttr
( itfMt of DuC ’Utt mud _ r
■ ' { United Stmt*, Jufy
Wednesday nett being the 15
July, this Offi<-e will not be opened for the’
of business. All bills or note* failing
must be retired the day preceding—
count must be lodged in the Office on
Robert Oltphant,
FOR SALK,
Jdbe Ardempt/fro*
The CARGO
Co»rle«t'’ri. t
__j i.... *
Cotton in square and roun^
Rice in tierces and half tierce*. At
ily to
c.$ f, w
mite: ■ -
July 2. j
M. ROSAINVILLE, A
jtfully inform the Lillies and Gentiewen of **
Reaped
forfoik, that on the Fourth of July, he Intend* to
Norf
exhibit at Mr. Burt’* Garden«, ,.
An Elegant Fire-Work/ '
To conclude the celebration of the dav—He tape*
that a generous publick will encourage hi* imhJttr y, .
having not spared expense or labour to render Me
Fire-Work worthy of publick notire.
No other exhibition will take piare *hi« year* ^ t
Admittance One Dollar.
July 2. *
FOR SALfL.^^ai
That Reaiit fuf Sittititiim, caUtd
WEST POINT, w
Situated near Hampton, oh the ifiifttfi of the
formerly the property of, Capt. P»#« He
There is a about lOf acre* of Lapd, * jar
part of which is in wood fir the use nftl
an excellent Two Story Brick Dwelling
Kitchen, Smoke House, and other Out ft
in good repair, and anew Wind Mill which i,
advantageous—It is unnecessary to ’ say mine
those who wish to purchase, will first view the
mises. For terms apply to
Richard
r.
Portsmouth, July 2.
A STRAY HORSE.
Came to Lambert'* Point about the ltd A of June.
A Small BAY HORSE, » *rr-±
With black tail, mane, undfret. The owner !* 4*?
sired to prove hit property, pry charges, and take
him away. -1- <*-»
f"r freight or Charter.
The Brig CEPHAL
- _ Arthur Rinmrrson. muster,
1800 barrels, can be ready to receive
days. For terms apply to
jCaton
U'e have for Sale,
300 barrels Suffolk Tar, a*float,
S00 do. Carolina do. do.
20 quarter casks Malaga Wine, ; «•<
20 half quarter casks do.'-*
J#ue 59. .■ $.%' ■■ | o
F.OR U1IJI&,
The good -Ship £
__wCstpt.VRtjid**, about 3
burthen-ITa- •>« b<jird Jiat Sale, A.,
A tbtv bundles of good Hay!
Copt. Giddi
about 120o it
also offered for freight. A,
board, or
June 29.
On Tuesday the third d;
At X/ o’Ct*rk> ,
Will he Sold on the pren
A Two Story BlUClC !
On Concord-Street, 18 by 20, mbji
rent of seventy-two dollar! penH
June.3#.
On Monday the 9th'of Jymj
o’Clock, cn *Commerce*Street Wharf,,'
reserve, ; ' ' * 'J*
SO |»ogs Mahogany, measuriiJ
J • • jj ’ 13 to 38 «che* square, and fresu W
ft k. i, , , ' ' J1
l 3 tons Fustick, 10 boxes. Sug*rs, /
tOO bigs Coffee——Terms, Cush for stTaat
100 di'lurs, 3 and 6 month* for all emild*
with approved er.dormer*.
■; *]; AVm. Pen nock,
-June 2F. *■ • 'J ' - - ijH
the third Monilaf
the TRACT OF
la Mid tobe.w#U