Rhode-Island Republican (Newport, R.I.), 1804-07-19 00:00:00

Rhode-Island Republican.
AN INDISSOLUBLE UNION OF THE STATES, IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR LIBERTY AND EXISTENCE.—WASHINGTON.
Published weekly, by OLIVER FARNWORTH, (Printer to the STATE, and of the LAWS of the UNITED STATES,) Thames-Street, NEWPORT.
State of RHODE-ISLAND and PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
In General Assembly, June Session, A. D. 1804.
RESOLVED, That the sum of ten thousand dollars be appropriated to the purchase of the evidences of the registered public debt of this State...
Resolved, That Samuel Vernon, senior, Henry Sherburne and Nathaniel Hazard, Esq's, be appointed Commissioners to purchase the said evidences...
Resolved, That the sum appropriated as aforesaid, be subject to the order of the said Commissioners, and be paid out by the General-Treasurer accordingly...
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the several Town-Clerks, to read the foregoing resolutions to the freemen, to be assembled in annual town meeting in August next.
A true Copy: Witness, SAMUEL EDDY, Sec'y.
IN obedience to the before recited Acts, the Commissioners therein named, are ready to receive proposals from the creditors to this States' Registered Debt...
SAMUEL VERNON, HENRY SHERBURNE, NATHANIEL HAZARD, } Commissioners. Newport, June 26th, 1804.
* * * All the Printers in this State, are requested to publish the foregoing Act and Notice, in their newspapers until the second Monday in September next.
Nicholas Webster, INFORMS the Public, that he has opened a GROCERY STORE in Broad Street, in the house, late the property of Mr. Caleb Bawl...
WEST-INDIA GOODS. Among others, are the following articles: Rum, Brandy, Gin, Cherry-Rum, Molasses, Flour, Rye and Indian Meal, Tea of various kinds, Coffee, Chocolate, Raisins, Currants, Pepper, Ginger, Allspice, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Butter, Cheese, Candles, Onions, Tobacco, Snuff, Powder and Shot, Lamp-Oil, Loaf and Brown Sugars, &c. —ALSO,
A general and extensive variety of Crockery and Hard Ware; Men's and Women's Shoes, &c. &c. with many other articles, too tedious to mention; all which will be sold at the most reduced prices.
Newport, Nov. 21. 1804. Goff
JAMES G. PECKHAM, (Nearly opposite Mr. Israel P. Price's store)
HAS lately received, from New-York, a fresh supply of Jewellery, Fancy Goods, Hard Ware, &c. which, together with his former stock, makes his assortment complete.
He has on hand, a variety of Ladies' Bonnets and trimmings of the latest fashions.—Also, Trunks of various sizes, which will be sold cheaper than can be purchased in this town.
N. B. Cash given for old Gold, and Silver. Newport, July 5, 1804.
FASHIONABLE HATS. S. Shumway & Co. Have this Day Received,
A LARGE supply of fashionable HATS, imported this Spring, which will be sold at the lowest possible prices. Newport, May 9, 1804. 88
Samuel Watson
INFORMS his Friends and the Public, that he carries on the Boot and Shoe-Making business, at his Dwelling House on the North side of the Red Market, and keeps constantly on hand Swarrows Boots of all sizes, as cheap as can be purchased in this town. Newport, May 9, 1804. 88
LAWS OF THE UNION.
[PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.]
EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
At the First Session, begun and held at the City of Washington, in the Territory of Columbia, on the Seventeenth day of October, 1803.
AN ACT
Supplementary to the act, intitled "An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States South of the State of Tennessee."
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That persons claiming lands in the Mississippi territory, by virtue of any British or Spanish grant, or by virtue of the three first sections of the act to which this is a supplement, or of the articles of agreement and cession with the State of Georgia, may, after the last day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, and until the last day of November, then next following, give notice in writing, for their claims, to the Register of the land office, for the lands lying West of Pearl River, & have the same recorded in the manner prescribed by the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement: Provided however, That where lands are claimed by virtue of a complete Spanish or British grant in conformity with the articles of agreement and cession between the United States, and the State of Georgia, it shall not be necessary for the claimant to have any other evidence of his claim recorded, except the original grant or patent, together with the warrant or order of survey and the plot, but all the subsequent conveyances or deeds shall be deposited with the register to be by him laid before the commissioners when they shall take the claim into consideration: And the powers vested by law in the commissioners appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall, in every respect extend and apply to claims which may be made by virtue of this section, and the same proceedings shall thereupon be had, as are prescribed by the act aforesaid, in relation to claims, which shall have been exhibited on or before the last day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners aforesaid, appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall have power to adjourn from time to time, and for such time as they may think fit: Provided however, That they shall meet on the 1st day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, and shall not afterwards adjourn for a longer time, than three days, nor until they shall have completed the business for which they were appointed; And provided also, That nothing contained in this act, nor in that to which this is a supplement, shall be construed to prevent the said commissioners, nor those appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying East of Pearl River, from acting and deciding at any time, on any claim which has been exhibited in the manner prescribed by law, although the evidence of the same may not, at that time, have been transcribed on the books of the Register.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when any Spanish grant, warrant, or order of survey, shall be produced to either of the said boards of commissioners, for lands which were not, at the date of such grant, warrant, or order of survey, or within one year thereafter, inhabited, cultivated, or occupied by, or for the use of the grantee; or whenever either of the said boards shall not be satisfied, that such grant, warrant, or order of survey, did issue at the time when the same bears date, the said commissioners shall not be bound to consider such grant, warrant or order, aforesaid, as conclusive evidence of the title, but may require such other proof of its validity as they may deem proper: And the said boards shall make a full report to the secretary of the treasury, to be by him laid before Congress for their final decision, of all claims grounded on such grants, warrants, or orders of survey, as may have been disallowed by the said boards on suspicion of their being antedated, or otherwise fraudulent.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury, shall be and he is hereby authorised to employ an agent, whose compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars in full for all his services, for the purpose of appearing before the said commissioners in behalf of the United States, to investigate the claims for lands, and to oppose all such as he may deem fraudulent and unfounded. And each of the said boards of commissioners shall have the same powers to compel the attendance of witnesses, as are now vested in the courts of the United States.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That
the board of commissioners appointed to adjust the claims to lands lying west of Pearl River, shall be authorised to employ an assistant clerk, and also a translator of the Spanish language to assist them in the dispatch of the business which may be brought before them, and for the purpose of recording Spanish grants, deeds or other evidences of claims on the Registers books; the said translator shall receive for the recording done by him, the fees already provided by law, and may be allowed not exceeding fifty dollars for every month he shall be employed, provided that the whole compensation, other than that arising from fees, shall not exceed six hundred dollars: the assistant clerk shall be allowed a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for his services, and each of the commissioners of the said board in addition to the compensation now fixed by law, shall be allowed six dollars for every day he shall attend on the board after the last day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four: Provided, That this additional compensation shall not exceed two thousand dollars, for each of the said commissioners.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four, the surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee, shall receive an annual compensation of two thousand dollars, in lieu of the annual compensation now fixed by law. And the lands claimed by virtue of Spanish grants, legally and fully executed, and the titles, to which were confirmed by the articles of agreement and cession, between the United States and the State of Georgia, shall be surveyed in the manner prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement, at the expense of the United States; any thing in the said act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the tract of country lying north of the Mississippi territory, and south of the State of Tennessee, and bounded on the east by the State of Georgia, and on the west by Louisiana, shall be, and the same is hereby annexed to, and made a part of the Mississippi territory.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the eighth section of an act, intitled "An act regulating grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee," as provides, "that no certificate shall be granted for lands lying east of the Tombigby river, be, and the same hereby is repealed: Provided, That no certificate shall be granted for any lands to which the Indian title has not been extinguished.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed in pursuance of the act aforesaid, be, and they are hereby authorised and required to make, on or before the first day of December next, a full report to the secretary of the treasury of all claims that have been, or may be laid before them, for lands held by warrant of survey and improvement, in cases where the claimants were minors, and not heads of families at the time such warrants were issued with the circumstances which occasioned the issuing of such warrants, and the validity which has been considered as attached to the same.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the execution of so much of the twelfth section of the act to which this is a supplement, as excepts "such town lots, not exceeding two, in the town of Natchez, and such an out lot adjoining the same, not exceeding thirty acres, as may be the property of the United States, to be located by the Governor of the Mississippi territory, for the use of Jefferson College" be, and the same is hereby suspended until the end of the next session of Congress.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That transcripts of the records of the British province of West Florida, to claims for land therein, and which have been delivered to the government of the United States, may be produced as evidence, and shall be entitled to the same weight in any court of the United States, as if the same had been delivered or shall be delivered, to either of the registers of the land offices in the Mississippi territory, before the last of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, any thing in this act, or in the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of extending the external commerce, and exploring the limits of the United States, in the new acquired territory of Louisiana, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That Major General La Fayette be, and he is hereby authorised and empowered to locate and survey the limits allowed him by the fourth section of an act, intitled "An act to revive and continue in
force an act in addition to an act intitled an act in addition to an act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services, and for the Society of United Brethren for propagating the Gospel among the Heathen, and for other purposes," on any lands the property of the United States, in the territory of Orleans, and on presenting the surveys of the said land to the secretary of the treasury, the President of the United States is hereby authorized to issue letters patent to the said Major General La Fayette for the quantity of lands allowed by the said act.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. APPROVED, March 27, 1804. TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
For the relief of Moses Young.
Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the accounting officers of the treasury be authorised and directed to liquidate the accounts of Moses Young, for services rendered the United States as agent of claims at Madrid, from the date of his appointment by Mr. Humphreys, then minister of the United States at the court of Spain, until the time he ceased to act as the private secretary of that minister, at and after the rate of two thousand dollars, per annum: Provided, That he produce to the accounting officers of the treasury a certificate from Mr. Humphreys, that he received no pay or emolument from individuals for said services.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives, JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate pro tempore. APPROVED, March 26, 1804. TH: JEFFERSON.
From the INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE,
MORE OF NEGRO VOTES!!!
To the MASSACHUSETTS FARMER; [Published in the last Newport Mercury.]
YOUR calculations are so very nice, and your minute exactness so very conspicuous, that the imagination receives your image, as seated on a volume of Rastal's reports, with a Spanish fegar in your mouth consumed nearly to your chin—while the intensity of your thought, drowns the fear of injury from the fire slowly approaching towards your long-worn linnen, and full-grown beard.
By many figures, much toil, and various calculations, you have, mathematically, demonstrated to yourself, and the Essex Junto, that if there had been no votes given in for the constitutional representation of men held as slaves, John Adams would have been elected by a majority of three.
To do this, you give 138 as the whole number of votes, and then deduct 15 as being the number given on the right of slave representation:—And then, of that residue, being 123, you have 61 as a majority, and say Adams had 65. There is this error in your calculation:—you have 15 votes for slaves, and charge them all on Jefferson's side—whereas in the States where Adams had all the votes, to wit, the New-England States, New-Jersey and Delaware, there are 20,802 slaves; and in Pennsylvania, Maryland, North-Carolina, and Georgia, where he had a part, so many, that his proportion in these with the above number, being 145,199 in all, would call for a deduction of 3 from the 15. Then taking 12 from the 138, and we have 126, of which 64 is the majority; then taking Adams' three negro votes from his 65, and he has but 62 left; and would not have been chosen by the votes of free white people.
The world will smile when they shall see the consequences expected from such minute calculations.
You conclude your production in these words. "Let freemen of Massachusetts think of these things; and let them say if they ought to be so."
When we come to examine these things, what are they? According to your own calculation, they are no more than that it is probable that John Adams would have gained the presidency by a majority of three votes, if the slaves in the nation had been by the constitution made mere cattle, and had no representation for them in the legislature. This calculation I have proved to be deceptive and fallacious; but suppose it were true, what are we to do when we think of these things? These things are so by the express provision of the Constitution. It is true that the slaves do not vote themselves, but their masters for them. It is also true that the votes of Massachusetts are not predicated on the number of free male persons, but on men, women, children, apprentices, married women and infants—while none but men of twenty one years of age, having real estate of ten dollars a year, or personal

effort of the value of two hundred dollars, are allowed to vote. These qualified voters vote for all the others.
It can never be forgotten, how King, Gore, Dalton, Dawes, Dama, Parsons, Ames, and all those who are now opposed to the constitution on this article, maintained it as right, equitable, politic and just in the convention of Boston when the constitution was established.
But it is now found to be wrong; and though the constitution expressly provides, that there shall be no change in the article respecting slavery before the year 1808, yet we are called upon to enter on a civil war, and to dissolve the national government, because, that if there had not been this error in it, John Adams might have possibly had more votes.
As the fifth article in the constitution provides, that no alteration shall be made before the year 1808, which shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses of the ninth section of the first article; and those clauses secure to the States which admit the principle of slavery, and which are now eleven out of the thirteen that formed the constitution, the right of holding slaves, and the right of taxation proportioned on their right as persons, there can be no pretence for an alteration on this point at this time.
There is as much equity in having an equal vote in the Senate as in the House; yet Virginia has but two votes there, out of thirty-four, that is a seventeenth part; when in fact, throwing the blacks aside, and giving to that State its number of votes according to its proportion of white people in the nation, and it would have a seventh part of the voice of that body. Why was this right not claimed and insisted upon then? Because the constitution was in itself a compromise for a government among sovereign independent States; and was the best that could be obtained, and much better under all circumstances, than could have been expected at that time. And I add further, infinitely better than any one, which can ever be had if it is overthrown.
This Jacobinical conspiracy; this anti-federal clan; this anglo-American faction, have gone as far as they can go in deceiving the people. The citizens of Massachusetts delight in the national union; And since this oligarchy, this association, entirely unfriendly to the constitution of the United States, have come forward and avowed their designs, they are to be believed. It must be now in vain for them any longer to deny their intention to change the nature and form of the government; but the people seeing their machinations, will now rise, and become alive to a sense of their imminent danger; they will, by their votes, destroy the cockatrice, and crush the eggs-breeding mischief, which the serpent has covered in fangs of the New-England soil. A Farmer of the County of Middlesex.
FOURTH OF JULY.
BRISTOL, July 5, 1804.
Yesterday was celebrated the anniversary of our national independence. The fun of so joyous a day was welcomed with a salute of seventeen. At half past 11 o'clock, a long procession was formed at the Academy Hall, and moved to the Episcopal Church under the escort of the republican members of the independent companies of this town. After a well adapted prayer by the Rev. Mr. Griswold, and a Psalm suitable to the occasion, an Oration was pronounced by Mr. D. A. LEONARD, late of Massachusetts. The procession having formed again, returned to the Academy Hall, and there about 100 citizens partook of a social entertainment. The Hall was decorated in a style of appropriate ornament, with striking likenesses of WASHINGTON, JEFFERSON, FRANKLIN, &c. with several exquisite pieces emblematical of American liberty and independence. What was peculiarly striking to every beholder, a broad label was elevated in front of the Hall, on which was elegantly depicted with various flowers, by a respectable Lady of this place, these words in capitals, "JULY 4, 1776." After dinner, the inaugural speech of Mr. JEFFERSON was read by the Orator. Judge RAYMOND was chosen President, and THOMAS SWAN, Esq. Vice-President of the day. Capt. CHARLES COLLINS was then appointed to announce the toasts which were drunk with animated cheers, and alternate discharges of Cannon. The toasts were the following:—
 1. The 4th of July, 1776.—The archetype of American patriotism, firmness and union.  2. The Constitution of the United States.—Not like the laws of the Medes and Persians—it can be amended and not impaired, and can be impaired without amendment.  3. The people of the United States.—Let them be enlightened and they will be free.  4. THOMAS JEFFERSON.—May the rectitude of his conduct, in the administration of government continue to mock the predictions of his opponents.  5. WASHINGTON.—His cardinal doctrine—The INVIOABLE UNION of the American States.  6. Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures.—The tripple source of national wealth and prosperity.  7. The Judiciary.—Just that it may be independent—elective that it may be just.  8. Louisians.—May the 20th of December 1803, be all to the younger, what this Jubilee is to the elder sisters.  9. Our able and faithful Ambassadors.—May their dispatches still be received, from the several countries of their mission, like "cool waters to a thirsty soul."  10. Religion, Federalism, and love of Country.—ever to be distinguished from hypocrisy, disunion and aggrandizement of party.  11. The State of Rhode-Island.—The last that embraced, and the last that will reject, the American Constitution.  12. The militia of the United States.—Altho' too weak for the government of slaves, is sufficiently strong for the protection of freemen.  13. The brave martyrs in the cause of freedom.—May their memory which is entombed in 
the heart of every survivor, never be destroyed but with its proud mausoleum.
 14. His Excellency ARTHUR FENNER, Esq.  15. Our captive brethren in Barbary.—May American principles, or American ammunition soon effect their release, without the aid of tribute.  16. The American fair.—Their smiles to the friends of their country. 
17. The citizens of Bristol.—May the name of American, like Aaron's rod, swallow up all party distinctions and collisions of interests.
The following Volunteers were also drunk on the occasion:—
By Capt. Charles Collins.—Gideon Granger—Who plans like Moses and drives like Jehu.
By Capt. James D'Wolf.—Old South—May he continue to send forth his quickening breezes, till he shall awake into life, joy & beauty, the backward regions of the North.
By Mr. D. A. Leonard.—Mr. Ely's motion in the Legislature of Massachusetts—May his proposed amendment convince its supporters that the Constitution may be amended without being "destroyed."
By John D'Wolf, Esq.—The good ship Rhode-Island—The anchor of hope, to which she rode during the tornado of '76, is not to be startled by any squall of 1804.
By Capt. Charles D'Wolf.—The "sleeping" Sampson of New-England—who, like him of Zorah, confounding the Philistines' standing corn, burnt the War Office and Treasury—a long nap to him and rest to his favorite weapon "the jaw bone of an ass," till the hundred hills of Massachusetts shall reverberate the song "God save the King."
Song by C. COLLINS.
*** "what can the master be"
Sampson has lost all his hair"***
After Judge RAYMOND retired.
By Capt. Collins.—The President of the day—a good patriot of '76—a good Republican of 1804.
After Mr. D. A. LEONARD retired,
By Deacon Wardwell.—The Orator of the day—may the principles he has this day advocated, continue to infuse themselves among our citizens, until the whole lump is leavened.
The whole was interspersed with sentimental music, whose consonance with the spirit of the toasts, reflected honor upon the performers. We add, with pleasure, that never was the day celebrated with more real hilarity, patriotism and convivial joy.
Latest Foreign Articles.
By an arrival at New-Bedford:—London papers to May 18th, 1804.
Change of Ministry in England.
LONDON, May 11.—14.—The political views of Mr. Pitt have been at length gratified, and he is now replaced in those situations to which the greatest ambition of any subject, however superior to all others in ability, rank, and opulence, can aspire. This event took place on Thursday morning about 11 o'clock, when Mr. Addington having resigned the seals of office into the King's hands at Buckingham house, they were delivered by his Majesty to Mr. Pitt. We shall not trouble our readers with a recapitulation of all the rumours and conjectures which preceded this appointment, but shall content ourselves with stating those circumstances on the correctness of which our readers may rely.
When Mr. Addington found it impossible to resist, with any hopes of success, that most extraordinary combination of political talents and parliamentary influence which were formed against him, he acquainted his Majesty with his determination to retire. The intelligence was received with the deepest regret by his sovereign. It was decided that Mr. Pitt should be sent for, and that Gentleman accompanied by the Lord Chancellor, was on Monday morning admitted to a conference with his Majesty. Mr. Pitt took the opportunity of representing to the King, that the circumstances and situation of public affairs, imperiously required a strong, comprehensive, and united administration: And he is reported to have declared, that for this important purpose, he was himself ready and desirous to obliterate all recollection of former differences; and that he was persuaded of the existence of a similar disposition on the part of all those other persons of rank, influence, and talents, who shared with him the confidence of the public. His representations on this subject proved, unfortunately, ineffectual. The permission to communicate with Mr. Fox on the subject was peremptorily and finally refused.
A meeting of Mr. Fox's friends took place at Carlton House soon after Mr. Pitt's return from the conference with the King. Mr. Fox there stated, that it was his most ardent wish to see a vigorous and efficient administration formed; and, in the most disinterested manner, he begged them to consider the objection made to himself as no obstacle to their aid and their talents to the public service. They unanimously resolved that they could not become Members of any administration from which, in the present circumstances, Mr. Fox was thus excluded, as they could be of no use in an administration formed on such principles.
Immediately after Mr. Pitt had left the King, it is said he waited on Lord Grenville, who in the most decided manner, expressed his determination not to accept of any official position in a cabinet from which Mr. Fox was proscribed. In the evening a meeting took place at Lord Grenville's house at which the Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Fitzwilliam, Carlisle, Spencer, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Windham, &c. &c. were present.—Mr. Fox was also there, and in the same generous and disinterested manner requested that no consideration of circumstances personal to himself should induce others to withhold their talents from the public service at a moment of such difficulty and danger. It was the unanimous feelings of all present, that they could not render any service to the country, on
the principle on which it was intended to form it, and therefore resolved to decline any share whatever in the new administration. Their sentiments were communicated by letter to Mr. Pitt, who requested another interview of the King, for the purpose of making another exertion in favor of Mr. Fox's introduction into the Cabinet. The impression upon the royal mind was however too deep to be erased, and Mr. Pitt withdrew from the conference on Wednesday, disappointed in that object, although having himself accepted the offices of Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Treasury. On Thursday morning, he was, according to Court etiquette, invested with the insignia and powers of these high situations.
Since Mr. Addington's administration could not last, it was the fervent wish of all descriptions of men, that a new Ministry should be formed on a grand and truly patriotic scale, comprising the most distinguished characters in the country. Nothing like an arrangement of that nature can be now expected by the public; and the nation, instead of having a Ministry calculated to reconcile all political differences, to infuse confidence, and to hold out to Europe an unparalleled instance of union, ability, & exertion in the various branches of the executive, are now to have an administration much worse than that which was forced to retire and make way for Mr. Addington and his friends. It is to be composed of Mr. Pitt, and Lord Melville, of their underlings and of several of the late Cabinet, whom Mr. Pitt so very recently and so very cordially coalesced with Lord Grenville & Mr. Windham in reprobating. In these strange materials we can discover little to console us at a crisis like the present. It is, however, but justice to Mr. Pitt to state an opinion held in the best informed circles, that he did every thing in his power to form an administration which would have included Mr. Fox and all his principal friends, as well as Lord Grenville and all his; and that so far from pledging himself not to go into office without Mr. Fox he had no communication whatever with him on that subject. Yet surely Mr. Pitt could not have been ignorant that his Majesty would have decidedly objected to the introduction of Mr. Fox. Mr. Pitt, probably, knew, and possibly was not sorry to know beforehand, that his application was not likely to be successful. He could not but be aware of the absurdity of presenting to his Sovereign a man, as one of his confidential advisers, whom he had urged that Sovereign to strike out of the list of Privy Counsellors, as an abettor of seditious doctrines! The application, however, was made and rejected. Mr. Pitt bowed, and undertook to form an administration on a different basis.
The persons who retire with Mr. Addington are Earl St. Vincent, Lord Hobart, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Steele, Mr. Bragge, Mr. Tierney, &c.
Mr. Addington's retirement has been highly honorable and disinterested: He has refused the Peerage for himself, and has not solicited even the most trifling provision, for any relative or connexion whatever.
Mr. Fox, Lord Thurlow, and Mr. Sheridan were in long conference for some hours yesterday at Carlton house. The Prince, who maintained a line of dignified neutrality to the last moment of political forbearance, has felt it incumbent upon him to declare his attachment to the interest of Mr. Fox; but this he has not done intemperately as a partisan, but with all the suavity of a polished statesman.
The New Cabinet.
May 16.—The Gazette of last night contains a list of several of the new appointments to office. It confirms the statements that have already appeared in this paper. The other nominations will appear when the arrangements are complete, which they now already are. The following list, which recapitulates what we have said in former papers, will, we believe, be found to be nearly correct.
THE CABINET.
 Lord Chancellor, - - - Lord Eldon.  Chancellor of the Exchequer, and, } Mr. Pitt.  First Lord of the Treasury, }  First Lord of the Admiralty, Viscount Melville.  Master Gen. of the Ordnance, Earl of Chatham.  President of the Council, Duke of Portland.  Lord Privy Seal, - - - Earl of Wesmoreland. 
Secretaries.
 Foreign Department, - - - Lord Harrowby.  Home Department, - - - Lord Hawkesbury.  War Department, - - - Lord Camden. 
(Lord Harrowby and Lord Camden were gazetted last night.)
Lords of Admiralty. —Sir P. Stephens, Sir H. B. Neale, Sir J. Colpoys, Admiral Gambier, Admiral Paterson, Wm. Dickinson, jun. Esq.
Lords of the Treasury. —Lord Fitzharris, Lord Lowaine, The Hon. H. Wellesley, Mr. Scott, Mr. Long.
Treasurer of the Navy, Mr. Canning —Secretary at War, Mr. W. Dundas.—Attorney General, Mr. Percival, Solicitor-General, Mr. Dallas.
Irish Arrangements. —Lord Lieutenant, Duke of Montrose.—Commander in Chief, Lord Calthcraet.—Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, Sir Evan Nepean.—Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Foster.
OF THE INVASION.
May 16.—The following important paragraph we copy from the Portsmouth paper received yesterday. It shews a laudable increase of vigilance on the part of government:—
"The following order issued to the ships at Spithead this morning, is of more serious expectation than any that has been made known since we were first threatened. To have gip buoys to the cables; to keep the top-gallant-yards across; clear for action every evening at sun-set; the signal for unmooring to be considered the signal for action; and to keep in momentary readiness for patting to sea, as that instant it may be expected to be engaged with the enemy."
Some Dutch papers were yesterday received to the date of the 10th of May; one of which contains a note, extracted from the Moniteur of the 9th inst. relative to the invasion, in which the French threaten to attempt a descent when convenient to themselves; and add, that if it is deferred for years, their success will be the more certain.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
May 18.—It was yesterday reported in this city, that government had received some indirect overtures from France on the subject of Peace, said to have been made through the American Minister at Paris. After the most minute enquiries, we could not learn that the rumor was deserving of much credit.
House of Commons, May 5. —The Loan Bill for 14,500,000 pounds, for the demand of Great-Britain, the Irish Loan Bill, and the Excise (wine duty) Bill, severally passed the committee, and were ordered to be reported on Monday.
[Published by particular request.] Artillery Company of the Town of Newport, July 4th, 1804.
FROM a representation, made by the commanding Officer of this company, to the Secretary of War, under the administration of the revered WASHINGTON, of the exposed situation of this town, in case of hostilities with any foreign power; & that this company had at great expence & with much attention organized themselves, requesting the loan of 2 brass field-pieces, for the use of said company; they were sent from the arsenal at Springfield and delivered to the commanding Officer of the company in the year 1795, who gave a receipt for the same.
On or about the 1st of May, 1803, application was made to the commanding Officer, with a message from captain Beall, commanding Officer of the United States' garrison at this port; stating that he had received an order from the Secretary of War, to collect the ordinance of the United States, and demanded the 2 field-pieces that were loaned to this company; to which a reply was given that they would not be delivered unless the Secretary of War sent a special order, properly directed to the commanding Officer of this company.
On or about the 3d August, 1803, captain Beall presented to FRANCIS MALBONE, Esq. the commanding Officer of this company, an order, of which the following is a copy:—
"War Department, July 18th, 1803. "Any person in the State of Rhode-Island, who has ordnance or military stores in their possession, the property of the United States, are requested to deliver the same to capt. Lloyd Beall, for which he will give the proper receipts." (Signed) "H. DEARBORN."
To which a reply was given, by captain MALBONE, that he could not consider this order, as including the ordnance loaned to this company, he therefore adhered to his former determination, not to deliver them, unless the Secretary of War, directed an order to him as commanding Officer of the artillery company of the town of Newport.
In May 1804, application was made, with an order, of which the following is a copy:—
"War Department, Dec. 28th, 1803. "Sir,"
"I have to request, that you will deliver the two brass field-pieces in your possession, belonging to the United States, with the carriage and apparatus, thereto belonging, to Captain Lloyd Beall, commanding Officer of the garrison near Newport (Rhode-Island) whose receipt therefor will bar all claims the United States have against you for said pieces."
"I am respectfully, your humble Servant, (Signed) "H. DEARBORN."
"The commanding Officer of the company of the Newport artillery."
In conformity to which, the said two brass field-pieces, with the carriages, &c. were delivered to Capt. Beall, on the 9th of May, 1804, as per his receipt.
The artillery company, being thus disarmed, has prevented them from manifesting the usual honors, in commemoration of the events of this day, so dear to every native American.
The preceding statement was read, accepted, and ordered to be entered on the records of the company by an unanimous vote.
Resolved, unanimously, that Francis Malbone, Esq. commanding Officer of this company, has the approbation and concurrence of the members of it, for his conduct, in regard to the informal applications made to him, for the two brass field-pieces.
Resolved, unanimously, that the preceding statement and resolutions be published.
A true copy from the records: HOLMES WEAVER, Clerk.
PATENT CHIP FOR BONNETS.
THE Subscriber having purchased of the Patentee the exclusive Right of making and vending the Patent Chip in and for the State of Rhode-Island, hereby cautions and forbids any Person or Persons either making or vending said Chip for Bonnets, within said State of Rhode-Island, on Penalty of the Law of the United States in such Case made and provided—unless they have been duly and previously authorized by the Subscriber for making or vending the same. Twenty Dollars Reward will be given, by the Subscriber, to any Person who may discover, and produce satisfactory Proof, of any Person or Persons making or vending the aforesaid Chip within the State of Rhode-Island.
JONATHAN NICHOLS.
N. B. Mr. WILLIAM DOUGLASS, & Messrs. CHARLES COGGESHALL and Co. being appointed Agents for vending said chip for the Town of Newport, will keep a constant Supply at their Stores for Sale.
Newport, July 3, 1804.
BONNET PAPERS of the nicest kind, by wholesale or retail, at this Office.

NEW-YORK, July 14.
The greatest man in America has this morning fallen in a duel!—GENERAL HAMILTON!—yes—HAMILTON!—the pride of every true American, is, by this time no more!
Early in the morning, he and Col. Burr, settled an affair of honor at Hoboken. Hamilton fell the first shot, without touching his antagonist, tho' they fired nearly at the same instant.
Gen. Hamilton was bro't over to Col. Bayard's place at Greenwich, where, an hour since, it was supposed he was breathing his last! He was shot just under the ribs, and the ball lodged in his body. He bled profusely, both from the wound and from the mouth. He did not speak till nearly half over the river, when in a very faint tone of voice he said, he could not live, and expressed a wish to see his family.
Judge Peadleton was the General's second, and Dr. H. Jack his physician. I do not know who attended Col. Burr.
The agitation which this affair has produced in this city, is indescribably great. The cause of the duel is not yet known.
July 14.
The funeral obsequies of the late General Hamilton will take place this day, with the peculiar solemnities due to his eminence in his private capacity, and the distinguishing situations he has held in public life.
The following devout and interesting letter, from the Rev. Bishop Moore, to the Editor of the Evening Post, will be perused with interest by all our readers.
Thursday evening, July 12th, 1804.
Mr. COLEMAN,
The public mind being extremely agitated by the melancholy fate of that great man, Alexander Hamilton, I have thought it would be grateful to my fellow citizens, would provide against misrepresentation, and, perhaps, be conducive to the advancement of the cause of Religion, were I to give a narrative of some facts which have fallen under my own observation, during the time which elapsed between the fatal duel and his departure out of this world.
Yesterday morning, immediately after he was brought from Hoboken to the house of Mr. Bayard, at Greenwich, a message was sent informing me of the fatal event, accompanied by a request from General Hamilton, that I would come to him for the purpose of administering the holy communion. I went; but being desirous to afford time for serious reflection, and conceiving that under existing circumstances, it would be right and proper to avoid every appearance of preciosity in performing one of the most solemn offices of our religion, I did not then comply with his desire. At one o'clock I was again called on to visit him. Upon my entering the room and approaching his bed, with the utmost calmness and composure he said, "My dear Sir, you perceive my unfortunate situation, and no doubt have been made acquainted with the circumstances which led to it. It is my desire to receive the communion at your hands. I hope you will not conceive there is any impropriety in my request." He added, "It has for some time past been the wish of my heart, and it was my intention to take an early opportunity of uniting myself to the church, by the reception of that holy ordinance." I observed to him that he must be very sensible of the delicate and trying situation in which I was then placed: that however desirous I might be to afford consolation to a fellow mortal in distress, still it was my duty as a minister of the gospel, to hold up the law of God as paramount to all other law: and that, therefore, under the influence of such sentiments, I must unequivocally condemn the practice which had brought him to his present unhappy condition. He acknowledged the propriety of the sentiments, and declared that he viewed the late transaction with sorrow and contrition. I then asked him, "Should it please God to restore your health, Sir, will you never be again engaged in a similar transaction? and will you employ all your influence in society to discountenance this barbarous custom?" His answer was, "That, Sir, is my deliberate intention."
I proceeded to converse with him on the subject of his receiving the Communion; and told him that with respect to the qualifications of those who wish to become partakers of that holy ordinance, my enquiries could not be made in language more expressive than that which was used by our church—"Do you sincerely repent of your sins past? Have you a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of the death of Christ? And are you disposed to live in love and charity with all men?" He lifted up his hands and said, "With the utmost sincerity of heart I can answer those questions in the affirmative—I have no ill-will against Col. Burr. I met him with a fixed resolution to do him no harm—I forgave all that happened." I then observed to him that the terrors of the divine law were to be announced to the obdurate and impenitent; but that the consolation of the Gospel were to be offered to the humble and contrite heart; that I had no reason to doubt his sincerity, and would proceed immediately to gratify his wishes. The Communion was then administered, which he received with great devotion, and his heart afterwards appeared to be perfectly at rest. I saw him again this morning, when with his last faltering words he expressed a strong confidence in the mercy of God through the intercession of the Redeemer. I remained with him until two o'clock this afternoon when death closed the awful scene—he expired without a struggle, and almost without a groan.
By reflecting on this melancholy event, let the humble believer be encouraged ever to hold fast that precious faith which is the only source of true consolation in the last extremity of nature. Let the infidel be persuaded to abandon his opposition to that gospel which the strong, inquisitive, and comprehensive mind of a HAMILTON embraced, in his last moments, as the truth from heaven. Let those who are disposed to justify the practice of duelling, be induced,
by this simple narrative, to view with abhorrence that custom which has occasioned an irreparable loss to a worthy and most affable family; which has deprived his friends of a beloved companion, his profession of one of its brightest ornaments, and his country of a great statesman and a real patriot.
With great respect, I remain Your friend and serv't, BENJAMIN MOORE.
NEWPORT, Thursday, July 19, 1804.
Let us retrospect for a moment upon the subject of dispute which at present exists between this and the refugee paper . The public are doubtless weary of the contest. We also are disgusted with it; but it is indispensably necessary to bring those political freebooters—those sentimental pirates to a sense of justice—to that punishment which their audacious atrocity so abundantly merits, in order that society might enjoy a trace from their unprincipled, and predatory warfare. It excites a smile of the most foreign contempt, pity, and defiance, to observe the heedless, headlong, incongruous and stupid tenor of their career. Challenge and complaint—menace and lamentation constitute, alternately, the burden of their theme. From hold to hold they are continually retreating with the utmost precipitation, and in each wavering for a moment the flag of a pretended triumph, and then abandon the intrenchment and fly in pursuit of some other.
It is curious to remark the course the difficulty has taken. Having majestically "dared" to a certain "explanation and application," they complained most bitterly, and bellowed most horribly when it was undertaken. Having solemnly pledged themselves on their part to a certain other explanation, they in their consternation have entirely overlooked and forgot it, and went on to declare that they would prove a certain position. This they afterward eluded by saying that they "chose to manage their own affairs, like their way of managing them, "are dark and intricate, puzzled with mazes, and perplexed with error."
Eager to abandon these grounds, as too arduous, and utterly untenable, they rushed from behind a new constructed, and untried battlement, upon a surmise that had been made, that parson Shaw had written in their paper. Confidently supposing that they were, here, under the impregnable shield of profound secrecy with respect to the parson's operations, they were loud and insolent, and, as far as they dare to be bold, and positive. But the parson, as if dreaming of his former inadvertence, seemed to limit his bravery in conscious innocence and virtue, to a kind of surmise about suspicion, and advancing no farther than to "declare it to be as unfounded as malicious;" thus artfully contriving to have it understood as both "unfounded" and "malicious," without wounding his conscience by saying positively that it was either. To this it was rejoined that it could be incontrovertibly proved that he had written for the Mercury , had shewn his pieces before they were published, and that he had convicted himself of it by his own positive allegation in the presence of unquestionable witnesses. In answer to this, they have taken great pains to deny that he wrote the piece which appeared in the Mercury before the last, with the signature of "a mechanic." And why have they selected this as the most advisable point upon which to predicate an issue? Is it because they have unquestionable proof upon it to establish the question in their favor, and to exonerate the parson from the imputation? Not at all: It is for no other reason than because it is the most fruitful of subterfuge, and will, perhaps, afford the best, and most numerous chances of evasion. Who the author of that infamous production was, may not be capable of direct and positive proof: As it affords them, therefore, the best opportunities of resorting to their accustomed means of defence, to wit, evasion, equivocation, and subterfuge, they have shuffled to decoy the public attention (which certainly has some interest in this matter, as it is interested in the veracity and integrity of its organs) from every other point, and to fasten it on this.
It was not asserted that parson Shaw was the author of the piece signed "a mechanic." It was only said circumstances would warrant such an assertion. That it was written by one accustomed to write in the editorial capacity, was evident. Stupid indeed must that mechanic be who would think of being the author of such a publication, evidently calculated to insult and abuse hundreds of respectable citizens in a body: And doubly stupid the creature, who under the existing circumstances, could let in a conceit that he can so far impose upon the public, as to make them believe it was the production of "a real mechanic." At least they must procure some better evidence to the point than their own mere word, which has too often failed to be hereafter relied on.
They have heretofore said something about the "fair ground of argument" and freedom from invective. If the parson would practice what he preaches, in ever so slight a degree, he might have some claim to charity and tenderness: But what can be done with him whose words and deeds are in the sharpest conflict with each other; who in the same breath can exclaim blasphemous and crucify! Who first descended from the broad ground of arguments to personality, and invective? Were not our arguments and observations in the "explanation and application" that had been vauntingly demanded of us, predicated upon the broad scale of general principle? Did not our remarks comprehend a whole genus, comprising various, and multifarious species? Was there any thing personal about them? yes, some will say, they were pointed at the Editors of the Mercury . Who are these Editors of the Mercury ? (we beg their pardons, we should have said the refugee paper !)
They are as manifold as the fins of an adder! And did not those remarks bear equally on them all, thus embracing a whole genus, almost as multifarious and variegated as that of the quadruped! Who then can say that they were personal? What ensued? A flood of the most studied, and labored invective on their part was commenced against particular individuals, whom they designated in the most envious and malicious manner; and who were no way connected with the subject in controversy. This they fondly hoped would damp our ardor, and prevent their being met with that justice which an injured society invokes upon their guilty heads. But let them not deceive themselves. If they expect we are to be intimidated in this way, we commend to them a continuation of the experiment. They will find out, perhaps, in process of time where glass houses are the thickest.
This is not meant as a reverberation of their threat; nor is it expected that it will in any degree operate to stay their hands from the outrage they meditate. Having no better means of defence, like the pole-cat they must employ such as they have. Outrage is their motto—falsehood their weapon—defamation or subjugation the alternative they proclaim. It will be seen how far they are successful, & to what extent they accomplish their object. Let the public attention be kept alive to witness the issue of the proclamation they have made.
Serious Questions, and true Answers.
Why do the Federal papers attack the private character of men in office?
Because their public conduct is to wife and just as to be invulnerable; and a slander on private reputation is less likely to be refuted than one on public conduct; the latter being within the reach of every man, while the former can be known to comparatively but few.
Why do the Federal papers, in treating of public measures, resort to misrepresentation and falsehood?
Because if those measures were fairly and truly represented by them, every honest reader they have, would become a supporter of the administration.
Why do the Federal papers substitute assertions and abuse, for facts and arguments?
Because facts and arguments all make against them, and would, if used, effect their own destruction.
Why have the Federalists, possessing as they say they do all the Talents of the country, and employing as we know they do, every means in their power to carry their purposes, been defeated in almost every quarter of the Union by the illiterate and half-witted democrats (as they contemptuously style the republicans?)
Because the cause of Federalism IS A BAD ONE, and all the talents in the Universe could not sustain it for any length of time among an enlightened people; while the cause of Republicanism IS A GOOD ONE, and truth, even without talents or learning, or in opposition to both, can support and prosper it. T. A.
Lying down the Administration!
One of the Six principal Federal papers established for the purpose of Lying down the Republican Administration, has Lied itself down.
The press, types, and appurtenances of the office of the "Washington Federalist," a print conspicuous for its contempt of truth and decency, are advertised for sale by the Marshal of that district, to satisfy sundry demands against the Editor.—We suspect some others of these six champions of Federalism are "on their last legs," and we should not be surprised to see them following the course of their competitor in infamy the "Washington Federalist."
We can't but laugh at the gross stupidity of the last refugee paper . "Several communications (say the editors) have been received, containing strictures on the Oration delivered on the 4th inst. but which we have declined publishing at the request of several of the society."—How the society should be made acquainted with the receipt of those communications, until they were mentioned in the paper, is a little singular. But it is not the first time they have blown themselves in this way. Such terrible threats as they have lately denounced of publishing communications, of (announcing the literati of Newport to their aid, of wielding the lash of satire, and of probing to the quick, with a wholesale supply of authenticated anecdotes, &c, are truly astonishing! Alas! Alas! what shall we do! Who can stand before such thundering threats—such big swelling words! It seems that the parson, the editor and printers of the Mercury , with all their literary friends, (who it ought to be kept in mind, according to refugee logic, are one and the same person) are coming forward in the strength of Goliath, to crush all opposition. It brings to mind the ludicrous story of the bull-frog, that puffed and swelled until his body burst with wind.
While we lament the necessity of contending with characters that deal only in detraction and slander, we will inform the editors pro tem. of the refugee paper , that we are ready to meet them, aided by all their literary friends, and can and will, (if occasion requires) probe not only to the quick, but to the bottom of the quick, not only the searing, but the long seared wounds of many, very many of the leading federalists in this town, supported by plain truths, and undeniable facts, without villifying with the lash of satire; and that we have already in possession a sufficiency of these facts, to convict them, at least, of being enemies to the liberties and institutions of our country. It is also very probable that some of their pretended literati may themselves receive some severe wounds from the powerful lash of truth. Their own civility, therefore, will be their own surest safety; but if they provoke to anger, they will only have to reflect upon themselves, that the exposure of their political sins lies at their own doors.
From Lisbon.—The American Consul at Lisbon, Mr. Jarvis, had received letters from Mr. Livingston at Paris, announcing that Bon-
aparte had been proclaimed Emperor of the Gauls ; that the French Minister had received official information of that event, in consequence of which Lisbon was illuminated, and Te Deum sung in all the Churches, to attend which all the foreign Ministers and Consuls had been invited, & none refused except the English Consul.
Just as this paper was going to press, we received a very lengthy and particular statement of the circumstances which led to the late unfortunate Duel between Col. Burr and Gen. Hamilton, and all the letters and communications that were exchanged on the subject, which we are obliged to defer till next week. It comprises upwards of five columns in one of the New-York daily papers, including "an explanation of the conduct, motives, and views of Gen. Hamilton, written with his own hand the evening before the meeting took place; and only to have been seen in the deplorable event that followed."
It is said in a letter received from New-York, that Col. Burr, and Mr. Van Ness, (who was his second in the late duel with Gen. Hamilton) have left that city and gone on to the southward.
Drove on shore in Middletown (R. I.) during the last week the body of a man, name unknown; he appeared to be about 5 feet 7 inches high, much disfigured, his flesh being considerably gone. He had on a red baize shirt, a pair of canvas trowsers, swansdown vest, blue outside jacket, and blue yarn stockings, all very much torn to pieces.
The following names were omitted in the list of town appointments published in our last.
Surveyor of Lumber—John Pitman. Scale of Weights and Measures—Daniel W. Hooker (in lieu of Daniel W. Hoxie.) Surveyors and Callers of Hoops, Staves and Heading—Billings Coggeshall, Robert Dunham, Woodman Billings, William Lyon, John Price, Ephraim Macumber, John Newton, William Tayer, Elitha Norton, John S. Langley.
The unusual press of matter has necessarily precluded the insertion of the second number of "William Tell," in this day's paper.
Several Advertisements are also omitted for want of room.
To Parents and Guardians.
WILLIAM BRIDGES
RESPECTFULLY informs the Inhabitants of the town of Newport, that he purposes opening an Academy on the 30th inst. for the instruction of youth in the English language, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Mathematics, Geography, Drawing and Land Surveying; he assures those that may intrust him with the charge of their children, that no pains shall be spared on his part to stimulate and encourage the minds of his Pupils to their learning, and the strictest attention paid to their morals. Private Tuition if required.
A large Room in an airy part of the town, suitable for a school, wanted. Newport (King Street) July 14th, 1804.
THE Hon. Court of Probate of the town of North-Kingstown, having appointed the Subscribers Commissioners, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of Sylvester Gardner, Esq. late of said North-Kingstown, deceased represented insolvent; and six months longer from this date, being allowed for that purpose:—Notice is hereby given to all Persons having legal demands against said estate, to exhibit them to either of us within the time aforesaid.
NICHOLAS C. NORTHUP, GEORGE THOMAS, JONATHAN REYNOLDS, } Commis- sioners.
All persons indebted to the estate aforesaid are hereby requested to make immediate payment to BENJAMIN SMITH, Admin'r. North Kingston, July 9th, 1804.
To be Let,
THE whole or part of a large convenient House, with handsome furniture, an excellent garden and well of water, in a central part of the town.—Enquire of the Printer. Newport, July 17, 1804.
For Sale,
THE Sloop Vesta , eighty three tons burthen; she is a strong well built vessel, sails remarkably fast, and is not one year old; she was built and finished for a New-York Packer, but is fit for any other trade being well furnished. For terms, apply to LUKE BLIVEN. Newport, July 18, 1804. 98tf
Rhode-Island District, ss.
BY order of the Hon. David Leonard Barne, Esq. Judge of the District Court for the Rhode-Island District—Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned, that a libel is filed in said Court, by Isaac Gardner and Sylvester Kinman, against the Sloop Mary-Ann , of Sandwich, in the District of Massachusetts (but now lying in the port of Newport) Samuel Bourne, Master, for wages alleged to be due to them the said Gardner and Kinman, as mariners on board said Sloop—and that trial will be had on the aforesaid libel, at a special District Court to be held at Providence, in said District of Rhode-Island, on the twenty-third day of July inst. at four o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
WM. PECK, Marshal.
Dated at Newport, 4th July, 1804.
Take Notice.
THE subscriber is determined to prosecute every one found stealing his fruit or trespassing on his Gardens or Corn-fields.
JOHN BANISTER.
Newport, July 18,

A beautiful allegorical description of THE PROGRESS OF FRUIT. By Cowper.  SPRING hangs her infant blossom on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze; Summer in haste the thriving charge receives Beneath the shade of her expanded leaves; Till Autumn's fiercer heats and plenteous dews, Dye them at last with all their golden hues.
Lady Granville. —A dreadful accident happened early yesterday morning, in Manchester-street. About four o'clock as the watchman was going his rounds, he discovered some smoke issuing from one of the windows on the second floor of Lady Granville's house. Being alarmed at the circumstance, the man knocked violently at the door. Some time, however, elapsed, before he succeeded in arousing the servants. On being admitted the watchman, with others, got buckets of water, and proceeded up stairs where melancholy to relate they found Lady Granville lying on the floor burnt to death, and in a manner too shocking to describe. The room was not in flames when they entered; one of the chairs only was consumed, supposed to be that on which her Ladyship sat: a book was found partly destroyed. It is supposed that the unfortunate Lady had been reading in her apartment until that late hour, and that sleep overpowering her, the candle communicated to her cloathes.
PROCLAMATION. By his Excellency Major-General Sir Charles Green, commanding his Majesty's land forces, and Governor of the colony of Surinam, &c.  Whereas it is expedient that regulations should be established respecting the trade to and from this colony to neutral vessels until his Majesty's pleasure should be known: I have thought fit, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested, to publish this my proclamation, hereby declaring,
That it shall & may be lawful, for the space of four months from & after the publication hereof, to import into this colony, in American or neutral bottoms belonging to the subjects of any power in amity with his Majesty, tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading boards, timber, shingles, and lumber of any sort, horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, and live stock of any sort, bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley and grain of any sort, salted beef, pork, butter, pickles and dry salt fish, from the American dominions of such neutral powers aforesaid, upon payment of a duty of 4 per cent, as well upon the commodities herein before specified, as upon such as shall hereafter be found necessary to be permitted upon emergency or otherwise.
And whereas it is also expedient to allow such American and other neutral vessels as are permitted to trade under this proclamation to export certain articles, the produce of the colony, in return, but which shall not exceed in value the amount of the cargoes so imported: I do therefore, declare that it shall and may be lawful to permit the exportation of sugar, rum, and molasses, in such American and other neutral vessels aforesaid upon payment of a duty of 8 per cent. upon such commodities as shall be so exported.
And I do hereby direct, that the duties, herein imposed upon imports and exports, shall be levied and collected according to the regulations existing on that head previous to the late surrender of the colony to his Majesty's arms.  Done at Paramaribo, in the colony of Surinam this 20th day of May, 1804, and in the 44th year of his Majesty's reign.  CHARLES GREEN, Governor. By his Excellency's command, R. Ross, Secretary. God save the King.
Hard Ware, Stationary, &c.
DAVID MELVILL, jun. RESPECTFULLY informs his friends, that he has just received a very handsome assortment of Hard-Ware, Cutlery, Ironmongery, Japaned Ware, Cabinet Furniture, Stationary, &c. &c. Also, Deep sea Lines and Leads, hand do. Fishing-Lines, Bed-Cords, and Clothes-Lines. Also, New-York Manufactured TOBACCO and SNUFF Consisting of Negro-Head; Pigtail; Ladies' Twist, & cut Tobacco; Maccabau and Scotch SNUFF, of the first quality, at the Manufactory prices. *The CASH given for Lead. Newport, June 27, 1804. 140/
SAIL-MAKING. THE subscribers having entered into partnership, under the firm of Dunham and Spooner, hereby inform the Public, that they carry on the Sail-Making business, in its various branches, at their Sail Loft, on the wharf of the late Gen. John Malbone, at the South part of the town. Those who may favor them with their custom, may depend on punctuality and dispatch. All favors will be gratefully acknowledged, by CHARLES C. DUNHAM, WING SPOONER, ad. Newport, April 3, 1802. 79/
FLOUR STORE On Col. CHRISTOPHER CHAMPLIN'S Wharf,—By JOHN BOURS, jun. & Co. Who will always have on hand a supply of the best Superfine FLOUR. Newport, Oct. 20, 1803.
BOOTS, SHOES & BUCKETS. THE subscriber takes this method to inform the Public in general and his friends in particular, that he carries on the Boat, Shoe, & Bucket-Making business, at his Shop two doors west of John Gardner's, Esq. in the Ferry Wharf Lane—where he is ready to attend to their calls, having procured the best of materials therefor.  A good workman at the last mentioned branch of business, (if he calls food) will find employ and good wages, by applying to JOSEPH DYRE. Newport, May 28, 1804. 91
New Variety Store. THOMAS D. STALL, INFORMS his friends, and the public in general, that he has opened a Grocery Store, in his house in Thames-Street, late the property of Joseph Rogers, and directly opposite W. R. Wilder's Book-Store, where he offers for sale the following Goods at a very low price:    Loaf, lump, white, powdered and brown  Nutmegs, Allspice, Ginger, Pepper, Cayenne, Mustard, Indigo, Starch, Alum, Copperas, Powder & Shot, New-York Soap, Mould & dip'd Candles    Hyson, Young hyson, Souchong, hyson skin, & bohea  N. York Lady's twist & paper Tobacco, Lorrillard's best bladders Snuff, Cotton & wool Cards, A complete assortment of fishing Lines and hooks, deer, tea lead Lines, clothes Lines and bed Cords, Brimstone, Wrapping and writing Paper, Thread, needles, pins, tapes, &c. &c.    Sherry and Malaga Brandy, Jamaica Spirits, W. India & Rum. N. England, Best Holland Geneva, Molasses, Rice & Flower, Coffee, Boston Chocolate No. 1 and 2, Fresh box & cask Raisins, Cinnamon, Cassia, Mace, Cloves.     A L S O, A general and extensive variety of Crackery and Glass Ware, With many other Articles too tedious to mention. Newport, April 19, 1804.
THE Hon. Court of Probate for the town of Westerly, having lengthened the time to the last Monday in August next, for the settlement of the estate of Julius Kinyon , late of said Westerly, deceased, represented insolvent.—In conformity thereto, the subscribers gives notice, that they will meet at the dwelling-house of Sylvester Gove , Esq. in said Westerly, to receive and examine the claims against said estate, on the second and 4th Mondays in July, and second Monday in August next. No accounts will be received, unless properly attested.  THOMAS HOXIE, } Commis- THOMAS NOYES, } sioners. All persons indebted to said estate, are requested to make immediate payment to MARY KINYON, LUTHER PALMER, } Administra- ISRAEL CHAPMAN, } tors. AMOS CROSS, Westerly June 10, 1804. 93
MEIN & ROGERS Have for sale at their Store, head of Banister's Wharf, Thames-Street.  JAMAICA Rum per Hhd. Amsterdam Geneva per pipe, Spanish Brandy per ditto, Cognac ditto per ditto, Tar per bbl. Flour (superfine) per bbl. Coffee, W. I. and Bourbon, best quality, Madeira & other Wines per qr. cask. Also, a general assortment of GROCERIES wholesale and retail at the lowest prices. N. B. A Consignment of Trunks and Paper Hangings. Newport, May 28. 159/
MEDITERRANEAN PASSPORTS. Notice is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the eighth day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passport of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange; and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use. Department of State, } 23d of May, 1804. 6m
John & Henry Cahone Have for sale at their Store on Banister's Wharf, FOURTH proof JAMAICA RUM, HOLLAND GENEVA, ALICANT BRANDY, SUPERFINE FLOUR, RYE & BUCK WHEAT, do. POWDER, per cask, SHOT, by the bag, ROSIN, by the bbl. Ship and Pilot BREAD, by the quantity, Ready made COLOURS, different kinds.
SAMUEL JAMES HAS FOR SALE, AT his Paper Hanging Manufactory, which is in the House he now occupies, opposite to Mr. Lewis Peck's, on the West-Side of the Bridge, Providence, a great variety of House Paper and Bordering, of the newest and most elegant Figures at wholesale and retail, on as good terms as can be purchased in America.  A generous credit given to those who purchase by the quantity for retailing. N. B. The above is printed on good paper, and the work well-executed, by and under the direction of a workman from Europe. April 2, 1804. 183
JOHN F. TOWNSEND & Co. At their Store in Thames-Street.  HAVE a beautiful and choice assortment of Fancy and Substantial Goods, among which are, calicoes and chintzes, dimities and mouselines, furniture calicoes and chintzes, ladies 6-4 silk damask shawls, 9-8 5-4 and 6-4 cambric ditto, very fine and other cambric mouselines, ladies' white and black superfine and other cotton hose, fine India book mouselines and handkerchiefs, black and coloured lustrings and satins, cotton and linen table-cloths, very fine diaper napkins, English diaper and fine linens per piece, ladies silk, cotton and kid gloves, linen and cotton fine pocket handkerchiefs, umbrellas, bed lace, blue, yellow and black nankeens, men's very fine ribbed cotton hose, men's black and white best English silk hose, vest and coat gilt, plated and other buttons, per gross, pins, coloured and white threads and tapes, India calicoes and checks, bohea tea at 1/6, 1/8, per 1/2 dozen, black and white handsome camels hair shawls, excellent bandannos handkerchiefs, counterpanes, men's fine and other quality hats, best superfine cloths and cassimere, with a variety of other woolens.  Likewise, Three bales India cottons. Most of these articles were purchased cheap at New-York auctions; a considerable portion are a fresh supply, to make a more general and fashionable assortment. N. B. Those who are indebted to them, are requested to make speedy payment, as they intend closing their business in Newport in a few months. The house they occupy will then be rented. 93/
GEORGE THOMAS, Confectioner, Distiller, and Fruit Preserver.  HAS for Sale the following Articles, viz. box and cask raisins; figs; almonds in shell; prunes; currants; nutmegs; cloves; cinnamon; allspice; black and Cayenne pepper; ginger; mustard; spice bits; teas; coffee; cocoa shells; chocolate, No. 1 and 2, prepared with and without vanilla; brown, powdered & loaf-sugar; Cordials of all kinds; ginger preserves.—An assortment of Preferred Fruits in brandy, olives, anchovies, peas-nuts; best Frontignac, Sherry, Tenerife and Malaga, Wines; syrup, already prepared for punch, superior to any commonly used; 1st and 4th proof Jamaica Spirits, and Antigua Rum; best Spanish segars; with an elegant assortment of Glass and Crockery WARE, which he is determined to sell very low.—Punctual attendance and the smallest favors gratefully acknowledged. Newport, July 2, 1803. [61/
NEW SHOE STORE. JUST OPENED BY Charles Coggeshall & Co. AT the corner of the New-Lane, next door North of Messrs. John Bours, jun. & Co. Thames-Street, an elegant assortment of almost all kinds of Boots and Shoes, viz. Men's fine Shoes, common and coarse do. Kid & Morocco Slippers, Misses do. Sattinet and Florentine with heels; all kinds of Boys and Children's Shoes—Common and Sawarrow Boots. As many of the Boots and Shoes were manufactured in this town, it is hoped that they will meet with a speedy sale. Boots and Shoes made at the shortest notice by applying at the above Store.—Rips mended gratis. They have also for sale, a large assortment of TRUNKS of the neatest kind; and an assortment of Boot-Legs. Boot Webbing and Binding may be had on the most reasonable terms. N. B. Orders for TRUNKS, of any dimension, can be furnished at the above Store on the shortest notice. Newport, April 19, 1804. 85
William Douglass, At the Head of Broad-Street.  HAS constantly for sale, a general Assortment of West-India and other GOODS. Fresh ESSENCE of SPRUCE, per gallon or quart. The first quality Sythes and Sythe Sticks, complete—Rakes, Hoes & Hoe Handles, Fork Tails, &c. One ton FLAX of various qualities. This day received 1000 weight clean FLAX. CASH, and Two Pence half Penny per pound, given for Cotton and Linen RAGS.
To be Let, The lower part of a dwelling-House in a pleasant part of the town, with four rooms; and a well of excellent water in the yard. Enquire of the Printer. Newport, June 13, 1804. 93  BENEDICT SMITH Has for sale, Tar, Rosin, and Turpentine, By the 100 lb. or less quantity. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
FOR SALE, BY SIMEON MARTIN, 100 Hhds. good retailing Molasses, 1500 wt. Hair and Club Steel, 350 Boxes white & brown Havana Sugars, 3000 Bushels Liverpool Salt, 30 Boxes plain Glass ware, each containing 80 straws of half pint Tumblers, 10 pt. straw—6 pint Decanters—6 half pint do.—12 wine Glasses, and 6 Salt Cellars. 40 12-bottle empty Gin Cases, 100 Bbls. Superfine Flour, 120 Bbls. of good Shipping Herring. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
The Musical Magazine, BEING a Collection of the most modern and favorite Songs, Airs, Marches, &c. taken from the works of the most celebrated Authors, and adapted to the Voice, Bass, and Key'd Instruments.—Price 2 Dolls. 50 Cts. per vol. A few copies of the Charter of the Newport Bank, and the Rhode-Island Insurance Company, may be had as above. Also, Blanks for Notes of Hand, and Checks on the Newport Bank; Blank Deeds, Justice and County Court Writs and Executions, Portage Bills, Manifests, Bills of Lading, Seamen's Journals, &c. &c.
Dry Goods for Cash only. THE Subscriber intending to quit the line of business he at present pursues, has marked all his Goods, including a box of Hats aforesaid, at not exceeding 5 per cent. (the usual profit being 20 per cent.) on cost, by retail; many less, and some at cost. A large quantity of the above Goods, especially Broad Cloths and other Woolens, was purchased at a very low advance, upon the sterling cost. He likewise offers for Sale or Lease, his Estate, situate on Thames-Street (formerly the property of Aaron Sheffield.) For terms, apply to EBENEZER SHEARMAN, or JOHN R. SHEARMAN. Newport, Dec. 12, 1803. 67/
Rhodes & Hammond HAVE FOR SALE, (Wholesale and Retail) JAMAICA Spirits 4th proof, Cognac Brandy ad do. Barcelona do. 4th do. Holland Geneva, Havanna brown, Do. white, } SUGARS, Leaf 1st and 2d quality, & Lump Hyson, Souchong, } TEA of the & Bohea } first quality Coffee, Pepper, Pimento, Ginger, Muskard, Nutmegs, Allum, Salspetre, Bennenhoove's Snuff, Superfine Flour, Glass Ware, A few bales Cotton Wool of an excellent quality, 20 Barrels Mels & Prime Beef & Pork, &c. &c. Newport, June 7, 1804. 92
NEW HAT STORE. THE subscribers inform their friends, and the public in general, that they have taken the Store of Mr. Henry G. Champlin, directly opposite the Union Bank, where they have just opened a complete assortment of HATS, of the latest importation and of their own manufacturing, which they intend to sell as Cheap as can be purchased in Newport, or New-York, and of equal quality. They have also on hand Hat Trimmings of all kinds. Benjamin & Solomon G. Weaver. Newport, April 19, 1804. 85
VALUABLE BOOK. For sale by O. FARNSWORTH, THE RHODE-ISLAND Clerk's MAGAZINE, Or, CIVIL OFFICER'S ASSISTANT: CONTAINING, FORMS of Writings, useful to every Member of Society, and more especially necessary in the business of Conveyancers, Justices of the Peace, Courts of Probate, Town Councils, Coroners, Sheriffs, Deputy-Sheriffs, Town-Sergeants, Constables, Overseers of the Poor, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, &c. Price 9/ in sheep—10/6 in calf.
Fresh Spring GOODS, JUST received, and to be disposed of on the most reasonable terms, for CASH only, by W. C. BAEN. Newport, April 4, 1804. 83
Carding Wool. THE Public are notified, that JONATHAN NICHOLS and JOSEPH CUNDALL have erected Machines for breaking and carding into Rolls Sheeps Wool, at the Mills of said Cundall in Portsmouth, on this Island. Those who wish to have their wool broken or carded, may depend on having the Work done well, and with Dispatch. After the Wool is been duly picked and greased, with one Pound of soft Grease or Oil to from 10 to 16 Pounds of Wool, it should be sent in Sheets or Blankets, in which the Rolls may be packed and transported to any distance without injury. NICHOLS & CUNDALL. Portsmouth, July 3, 1804.  To be Sold by JOSEPH LYON, 150 Barrels Tar, 150 Barrels Pitch. Newport, June 6, 1804. 92