Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1806-06-14 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 37, of Vol. XIV.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1806.
[Whole No. 703.]
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
   JUNE. D. OF. P. L. F. Sea. REMARKS.     15 Sunday, 4 29 8 3 8 7 Perhaps thun-   16 Monday, 4 29 8 3 8 7 der with rain.   17 Tuesday, 4 29 8 4 6 5 59   18 Wednesday, 4 28 8 9 32 9 26   19 Thursday, 4 28 8 10 12 10 54   20 Friday, 4 28 8 10 45 11 45 Days leng. 15h.   21 Saturday, 4 28 8 11 13 12 36 [4m.]  
New and seasonable Goods.
Elizabeth Croade,
Informs the Public that she continues the Business of her late Husband JOHN CROADE, and solicits the Patronage of old Customers and the Public.
HAVING received a large addition of new and well chosen
GOODS,
of the latest Importations, makes her present Assortment complete, which she is enabled to Sell as low, and on as good Terms as heretofore:
Among the Goods are,
1st and 2d quality SUPERFINE BROADCLOTHS, of the most fashionable colors.
Middling and common ditto.
Superfine and common CASSIMERES.
Ribbed and plain do.
MOREENS, JOANS, SHALLOONS, DURANTS and DUROYS—all colors.
Black & blue, ribbed & plain RUSSELLS.
Black FLORENTINES.
3/4 & 5/8 black and coloured Sarfat CAMBRICS, for Ladies' Gowns.
3/4 & 5/8 emboid. ditto.
3/4 & 5/8 white glazed and unglazed do.
Laced and figured ditto do.
Laced, pique, colonade and mulmull MUSLINS.
JACONET do.
Figured black and white Cambric MUSLIN, for ditto.
A large assortment and extensive variety of the most fashionable and elegant superfine and common CHINTZES and CALICOES.
CHINTZ FURNITURES—a variety.
Red and white, purple and white, and blue & white COPPERPLATE do.
3/4 & 5/8 Dutch and Irish LINENS.
Brown ditto.
Elegant Damask DIAPERS, 3/4, 5/8, 7/8, 1, 1 1/4 & 1 1/2 common do.
BRITANNIAS and PLATILLAS.
Russia SHEETING, DOWLAS & ROANS.
Long CLOTHS and fine MUSLIN.
Long LAWNs.
A great variety of INDIA COTTONS, from float SHEETING to fine SHIRTING, by the piece or otherwise, unusually low—3/4 & 5/8 wide.
Black, blue and brown ditto.
A great variety of Factory CHECKS STRIPES and TICKING.
English cotton and linen CHECKS.
India CALICOES.
3/4 & 5/8 BOOK MUSLINS—figured do.—an assortment.
LENO, plain and figured do.
DIMITIES—a great choice.
3/4 Cambric DIMITY—corded do.
Linon CAMBRICS.
Plain and checked cotton, and silk and cotton CHAMBRAYS.
Book and Jacquet MUSLIN HANDKERCHIEFS.
3/4 Damask Silk SHAWLS.
3/4 plain do. do.
3/4 embroidered Muslin do.
Silk and camel's hair SHAWLS.
Black, white, buff and slate fringed, and cotton cambric do.
A variety of fashionable coloured and black fringed SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
Blue and red China checked do.
Bandanna do.
Men's Muslin CRAVATS.
A variety of Linen and Cotton POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS.
Sooty ROMALS and GILLA.
Black and coloured CRAPES.
Black, white and green plain GAUZES.
Black and white Rutland do.—Love do.
Black, white and brown BUCKRUM.
Black and white MILLINEFS.
A variety of fashionable India, French and Italian black and coloured SILKS for gowns.
1st chop of colored SATIN for Cloaks.
Black India SATINS, 1st and 3d quality.
English and Italian float ribbed ditto, suitable for Gentlemen's Vests.
Plain and figured MUSLINET, JANE and MARSEILLES, for ditto.
Black, blue, Buff, Yellow, and Olive plain, ribbed and twilled VELVETS—a great choice.
THICKSETS and CORDUROYs.
1st Chop India blue NANKINEES, by package piece or otherwise.
English blue, black and colored do. of every description.
Striped NANKINETs, do. do.
Black and coloured Silk do. do.
Black, blue, olive & mixed, twilled & untwilled
GRANDURILLS.
JEANS and FUSTIANS.
Black & colored SATINS, for Ladies' Bonnets.
MODES, SARSNETS and PERSIANS.
A great variety of fashionable RIBBONS.
TASTES and EDGINGS.
Black and white LACES—an assortment.
Black and colored GALOONS.
Plain and figured Velvet BINDINGS.
VELVET.
Black, cinnamon, lead, green & Murray, Silk VELVETS, suitable for Ladies Shawls, &c.
Scotch THREADS—colored do.
TAPES and BOBBINS.
SILK, TWIST, and BUTTONS.
QUALITY and SHOE BINDINGS—all colors.
Ladies' black and colored extra long French and English plain & pic nic Silk GLOVES, a great choice.
Black and colored cotton MITTS & GLOVES.
Long Kid do.
Silk and cotton BRACES.
Glove TITES.
Gentlemen's black and coloured Silk and Cotton GLOVES.
Common and bed beaver, and tanned dog-skin Gloves.
Kid and Morocco SLIPPERS.
Black Velvet and Florentine do.
Silk, silk and cotton plain and ribbed black, white and coloured cotton HOSE.
Vandyke and hemp do.
Ladies' black, white and colored cotton ditto, with lace Clocks.
A variety of ivory, bone, and other wood-stick FANS.—Tiffany do.
India fan, and common size do.
3/4 & 5/8 OIL CLOTHS, &c. &c.
LOOKING-GLASSES;
a handsome assortment.
A few articles in the STATIONARY LINE,
such as quarto and common Bibles, Testaments, Rippon's Hymns, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, Spelling Books, Alden's 1st and 2d vols. and Reading Books, Preceptors, Geographies, Dictionaries, Arithmetic, Bowditch's Practical Navigator, Romford's Essays, Writing Paper, Copy Slips, Walkden's Ink Powder, Ink-Stands, Sand-Boxes, Dutch Quills, Slates; red and black Morocco Pocket Books, &c. &c. &c.
HARD-WARE—VIZ.—
Shovels, Flat Irons, Warming Pans, Shovels and Tonges, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack Knives, Nail and Shoe Hammers, Candlesticks, Desk and Draw Trimmings, Door, Chest, Cupboard, Stock and Trunk Locks, single and double warded pad do.; Hinges, Door and Table Butts, Saws, Files, Chisels, Plane Irons, Table and Tea Spoons, Block-tin Tea-Pots, House, Hearth, Clothes and Shoe Brushes, Waiters, Snuffers and Snuffer Trays, brass, japanned and common Thumb Latches, Carpenter's Rules, Pincers, and Nippers, Chisels and Gouges, Tea Canisters, Razors, Cotton and Wool Cards, Spectacles, and many others, too numerous to mention.
An assortment of Nails and Brads.—German Heart and Club, Crawley and Halback, English and Philadelphia Steel, &c.
London PEWTER.
Platters, Plates, Balons, Porringers, Pint and Quart Pots.
An assortment of TIN-WARE.
Boston and New-York SNUFF, per bladder.
W. India GOODS & GROCERIES.
among which are,
West-India Rum, French and Spanish Brandy, Holland Gin, Sherry, Vidonia and Malaga Wines, Imperial, Hylson-skin, Souchong and Boha Teas, white and brown Sugars, Loaf do. Molasses, Flour, Rice, Coffee, Raisins, Pimento, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, Ginger, Almonds, Starch, bar and shaving Soap, &c. &c.
Cotton Warp and Filling, at the Factory prices.
Leather and hair TRUNKS.
*WARREN, June 6, 1806. (6w.)
PASCHAL ALLEN,
Opposite the Baptist Meeting-House.
HAS just received and now opening for Sale, an extensive supply of
SUMMER GOODS,
selected from the latest importations from Europe, consisting of a beautiful assortment London fashionable superfine Prints, calculated to please every fancy. English India and Madras Calicoes, every description of figure, Chints and copperplate Furnitures.
Plain figured and lace Cambrics, 3/4, 5/8 & 7/8, glazed and unglazed ditto. Pink Buff, Blue and black ditto. Gauze, Jacquet, Book, plain and figured Muslin, plain, striped and checked Chambray, ditto, red checked Tam-
board Lace Mullins, Silk and Camels-hair Shawls, Printed figured Cambric, white and coloured, ditto. 3/4, 5/8 & 7/8 Chints and Purple, ditto. Madras, Policat, Gilla, red & blue Bandanna and black fringed silk Handkerchiefs.
Linens and Cotton Pocket, ditto, Dimities, 3/4, Cambric, ditto. 3/4, 5/8 & 7/8, Dutch and Irish Linens, Diaper, Brown Linens, Pistillas, Ruffles Sneering, Dowlas, Roans, India Cottons, Sheeting and Shirting by piece or otherwise.
American Stripes, Checks and Flicking, English and India Stripes, and Checks, black and white Millinet, black Crap and Rutland Gauze, Buckram, India black Satin, and Lustings, Fancy Velvet, Marcellus, Jean and silk Vestings, pelice Velvets, black and colored ribbed ditto. India blue and yellow Nankinas, plain and striped, twilled and untwilled Grandurills, Nankinets, Cotton Cassimeres, Modes, Persians.
A great variety of fashionable Ribbons, Tapes and Edgings, broad and narrow, black and white Laces, Velvet Ribbons, Galoons, Durants, Duroys, Russells, Russellets, Callimancoes, 1st and 2d quality, black superfine Broadcloths and Cassimeres, common & middling mixed and Blue, ditto.
A great variety of Cotton and Linen Threads, white and colored from No. 7 to 20. Linen and Cotton Slacks, Tapes, Bobbins, Button and worsted Bindings, Ladies' long and short Silk and Cotton Gloves, Silk, Cotton and Morocco Braces, Glovettes, Gentlemen's Cotton black and colored Gloves, Ladies, Misses and Childrens Kid and Morocco, Slippers and Shoes, an assortment Ladies and Gentlemen's Hosiery, Youth, ditto. Wand and Ivory stick Fans, 3/4 and 5/8, Oilcloths, Umbrellas, Hatters trimmings, of all kinds, &c. &c.
STATIONARY.
Quarto and common Bibles, Testaments, Watts' Psalms and Hymns, Spelling Books, Alden's 1st and 2d vols. and Reading Books, Preceptors, Geographies, Dictionaries, Arithmetic, Writing Paper, Copy Slips, Walkden's Ink-Powder, Ink-Stands, Sand-Boxes, Dutch Quills, Slates; red and black Morocco Pocket Books, Children's Primers and Toy Books, Read's 2d edition Singing Books.
HARD-WARE.
Shovels, Flat-Irons, Warming Pans, Shovels and Tonges, Knives and Forks, Pen and Jack Knives, Nail and Shoe Hammers, Candlesticks, Desk and Draw Trimmings, Door, Chest, Cupboard, Stock and Trunk Locks, single and double warded pad do.; Hinges, Door and Table Butts, Saws, Files, Chisels, Plane Irons, Table and Tea Spoons, Block-tin Tea-Pots, House, Hearth, Clothes and Shoe Brushes, Waiters, Snuffers and Snuffer Trays, brass, japanned and common Thumb Latches, Carpenter's Rules, Pincers, and Nippers, Chisels and Gouges, Tea Canisters, Razors, Spectacles.
German Heart and Club Steel, Coffee-pots, Lanterns, Tunnels, Measures, Pepperboxes, Platters, Plates, Balons, Porringers, Pint and Quart Pots.
W. India GOODS & GROCERIES.
West-India Rum, French Brandy, Holland Gin, Sherry and Current Wines, Hylson, Hylson-skin, Souchong and Boha Teas, white and brown Sugars, Loaf ditto. Molasses, Flour, Rice, Coffee, Raisins, Pimento, Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmegs, Ginger, Starch, bar and shaving Soap, &c. &c.
A consignment of Pictures, various figures and sizes.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
An assortment Cotton Warp and Filling per bundle pound and skein, and Stock-ling Yarn, at Factory prices.
Best American LINSEED OIL,
per barrel or less quantity, on as good terms as can be obtained at the Mills.
*WARREN, MAY 23, 1806. (t.f.)
IMPORTANT BRITISH STATE PAPER.
DECLARATION.
GEORGE THE THIRD, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Arch Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, &c. &c.
THE Court of Prussia has avowed those hostile designs, which she thought to conceal by her friendly professions.
The Nota Verbale , delivered on the 4th of April, by the Prussian Envoy, Baron Jacobi Kleck, to the British Ministry, announces that the Electorate of Hanover has been taken possession of, and that the ports of the German Sea, and of Lubeck, have been closed against the British flag.
This Declaration gives the lie to all those assurances by which the Cabinet of Berlin has hitherto endeavoured to cloak its proceedings, to which it moreover adds the pretension that
his Prussian Majesty has acquired, by his system of policy, claims to the gratitude of all the Northern Powers.
Thus actually dispossessed of the ancient inheritance of my family, and insulted in my rights as a Sovereign, I have ordered those measures to be taken which the honour of my Crown requires; but I still owe it to myself, to Europe, and to my subjects, to make a public declaration of my sentiments, as Elector of Brunswick, Lunenburg, upon the unjust usurpation of my German possessions.
It is not necessary to prove how contrary this act is to the rights of nations, or to the laws of the German Empire. Their infraction is too evident to be required to be proved. It is the most sacred principle of good faith, of honour, and, in fact, of all the obligations upon which the reciprocal safety of different States among themselves, and of each civil society in itself, repose, which are trodden under foot in such a manner, that the world would have difficulty in believing it, if I did not cause the facts to be laid before them, which are authenticated in the narrative which I have ordered to be prepared.
The proceedings of the Court of Berlin when the Electorate was occupied by its troops in 1801; its conduct, far from being friendly during the negotiation for the indemnities which followed the peace of Luneville; the declaration which it made, when France prepared to invade the Electorate; and, lastly, the burdensome conditions under which it endeavoured to cause it to be evacuated, to substitute her own troops, instead of France, had given too many proofs to the Government of Hanover, not to oblige it to endeavour to avoid all sort of intervention on the part of this Power, even at the moment that it was on the point of engaging in a dispute with France. The events which retarded the arrival in Hanover of the expedition, concerted between Great-Britain, Russia, and Sweden, gave the Prussian troops an opportunity of anticipating them, after the French army had been obliged to evacuate the Electorate.
This step was accompanied by the most friendly professions on the part of Prussia. She invited the Hanoverian Government to resume its functions in my name, and to collect the wreck of the army.
The country already so unfortunate, doubly felt the weight of the numerous requisitions exacted by the Prussian corps, without the least regard to the situation in which the French left it.
After the unfortunate result of the campaign of the allies in the south of the empire, an attack in the north was to be expected. His Imperial Majesty of Russia, to obviate the dangers to which Prussia might be exposed, placed, in consequence of the Convention of Potsdam, his troops under Count De Tottleben, and the corps of General Beningsen, under the orders of his Prussian Majesty, and promised him, moreover, all the assistance for which he might have occasion. It was scarcely to be expected that Prussia would avail herself of this advantage, and of that which the promise of the subsidy had asked of Great-Britain gave her, to obtain from France terms contrary to the interests which these resources were intended to protect. This, notwithstanding, has actually happened. The secret treaty, the effects of which are beginning to appear, was signed by Count Haugwitz and the French general Duroc, the 12th of December, 1805, the period fixed as the term when Prussia was to declare war against France, in case that power should have rejected the propositions which Count Haugwitz was to make to her, in consequence of the Convention of Potsdam.
Seven days after, December 22, the Cabinet of Berlin proposed to the British ambassador for the arrangements to be taken in common with the Prussian Generals, for the propositions of the allied armies in Lower Saxony; and dispatched, in consequence, Lieutenant Colonel Baron De Krusemark, with a letter to the Hanoverian Government, to induce it to furnish provisions for the French garrison at Hameln.
It was necessary to concur in this arrangement (which was only provisionally terminated the 4th of January) because it was to prevent the French troops from undertaking any thing against Hanover during the negotiation.
Was the Court of Berlin then ignorant in what manner Count Haugwitz had concluded this negotiation? Did it not know, before the signature of the treaty, what would be the end of it? Or, did that Minister dispose, as he pleased, of the good faith of his master?
It was on the 27th of January, that the Cabinet of Berlin, announced to the Hanoverian Government, "that in consequence of a treaty signed and ratified by the two parties, my German possessions would no longer be occupied by the French troops; that they would be entirely evacuated by those who were still there, and delivered up, until a future peace between England and France should have decided their condition, to the protection of the troops of his Prussian Majesty, and to his exclusive administration." The Hanoverian Government was required, but to no purpose, to intimate to all the public officers, that they were, for the future, to continue themselves as

finally responsible to the Prussian commission of administration, excluding all foreign reference. The dispatch addressed the 25th of January to the Prussian Minister, and intended to justify this proceeding, was signed with the King of Prussia's own hand. It ended with these words: "I think it unnecessary to observe how much the territories in question ought to be satisfied with this change of scene; and my wishes would be fulfilled if, in consequence of the disinterested views by which I am impelled, the administration I have taken upon me should turn out to the happiness of the country and its inhabitants; and by that means satisfactory to his Britannic Majesty to whom I desire nothing more than to give, in this instance, as in all others, all the proofs of consideration of deference, and of friendship, which circumstances may put in my power."
The experience of the past, and a well-founded apprehension of the future, did not allow me to hesitate about the part necessary to be taken; and my Electoral Government was instructed not to enter into any negotiation, the object of which might have been to avoid a new French invasion, by allowing the Prussians to occupy Hanover.
The proof made upon this occasion by my Electoral Minister of State was ineffectual. The King of Prussia caused the greatest part of the country to be occupied at the moment that my troops re-embarked; and his measures were executed without the least regard.
It was too easy to foresee that Count Haugwitz would find means at Paris to bring back the arrangement between Prussia and France, announced here as ratified by the contracting parties, to its original intention.
This was what took place; and the French troops took possession of Anspach, one of the objects of compensation, according to the treaty of December 15, the very day that the Marquis de Lucchesini could reach Berlin with intelligence that France required the execution of the articles agreed upon at Vienna.
The answer returned by the British Cabinet to the communication of January 25, did not arrive at Berlin until after the Minister of State, Baron Hardenberg, had announced to the British Envoy the hostile measures which have compelled me to suspend my relations with a Court which could so far forget itself.
The Prussian note of April 4, can furnish no good arguments to establish an unjustifiable measure.
It begins by vaunting the pacific disposition of Prussia. This disposition is no farther sincere than as it has for its foundation the principles of a just neutrality. The note delivered by the cabinet of Berlin to the French Minister on the 14th of October, at the very instant that Prussia appeared to feel the affront which she received by the violation of the territory of Anspach, acknowledges that the conduct which she had followed to that time had proved of advantage to France.
Her actions had much less pretensions to the character of impartiality. After having permitted the French troops who seized on the Electorate of Hanover a passage through the Prussian territory, she declared herself ready to oppose, sword in hand, that which the Emperor of Russia had demanded for his armies.
France herself lo-ced the passage: she pretended to offer excuses for that step, but it was in a manner equally offensive.
She had seen too clearly where the resentment of Prussia would terminate, which in fact appeared to be stifled when his imperial Majesty of Russia engaged in a personal communication with the King.
Prussia then demanded subsidies of Great-Britain, which were promised to her, and she signed the Convention of Potsdam, the conditions of which she would, doubtless, have been more disposed to fulfil, if I could have so far forgotten my duty, as to consent to the proposition of ceding the Electorate of Hanover for some Prussian province.
Prussia affirms, that from the events of the war, she has not had the choice of means to secure the safety of its monarchy, and of the states of the North. She wishes to make it appear, that she has been compelled to aggrandize herself, and to become the instrument, rather than the object, of the vengeance of my enemies.
Such an avowal does not become a great Power. All Europe knows that it depended on Prussia, before the battle of Austerlitz, to give repose to Europe, if she had taken the part which her real interests and the outraged honor of her monarchy dictated to her. She can no longer be excused, after having missed such an opportunity; and even since the event of the 2d of December, did she not command an army of 250,000 men, who still remember the victories obtained under the Great Frederick, which was in the best disposition, and supported by the whole Russian army, two corps of which were actually under the command of the King of Prussia?
She would, without doubt, have been subjected to certain risks; but she found herself in a situation, when every danger must be encountered to save the honour of the State. The Prince who hesitates in making a choice, destroys the principle which serves as the basis of a military monarch; and Prussia ought already to begin to feel the sacrifice she has made of her independence.
The Note of April 4, affirms, "that France had considered the Electorate as its conquest and that its troops had been on the point of re-entering it, to make a definitive disposal of it."
The Electorate of Hanover, as an integral part of the Germanic Empire, is not concerned in the war between Great-Britain and France; nevertheless, it has been unjustly invaded by that Power, which has, notwithstanding, frequently indicated the object for which she was disposed to restore it.
France was at length compelled to abandon the country, and 40,000 of my troops, and those of my allies, were established there, when
the Count De Haugwitz signed the treaty which disposes of my throne. It is true, that the Russian corps was then at the disposal of his Prussian Majesty; but its Chief, with the genuine spirit of an honourable man, was not the less determined to fight, if the allies of his master were attacked. We shall not speak of the French garrison which remained at Hameln, insufficient in point of number, deprived of the means of defence, and on the point of being besieged, when the promises of Prussia caused the plan to be abandoned.
The intention of France to dispose definitively of the Electorate would have been contrary to the assertion she has so often made. It would, moreover, have been contrary to the usage of war, since even a conquest is not definitively disposed of before a peace; and particularly at a moment when a war might exist to manifest a pacific disposition.
Prussia had no right to judge if Great-Britain had the means of opposing the return of my enemies to the Electorate. Her power furnishes her with the means of bringing the war to an honourable end, for the interests she defends; but it is difficult to conceive in what light Prussia pretends that her measures removed troops that are strangers to the Electorate, and enforces the reple of the North. Her troops, in consequence of the barbarous conduct of her Cabinet, will remain as much strangers to the Electorate as the French troops.
Prussia should not speak of her sacrifices at the moment when her only aim is to aggrandize herself, unless she feels the loss of her independence to be such, and how much she has departed from her duty, in abandoning one of the oldest possessions of her House, and of subjects who implored, in vain, her assistance. Besides, sacrifices have no connection with my system of policy, and confer no right on her to usurp the Government of my German subjects, whose fidelity nothing has hitherto shaken, and which they will retain towards my person, and a family of Princes, who for many ages have only sought their happiness.
It is evident that the conduct of the Court of Berlin is not the free expression of the will of its Sovereign, but the consequence of the influence exercised by my enemies in the Cabinet of that Prince. All the Courts and all the States, however, who can judge of circumstances, and all that they owe to the system adopted by the Court of Berlin, will agree that the act committed against a Sovereign united to his Prussian Majesty by the ties of blood, and until now by those of friendship, places the safety of Europe in greater danger than any act of hostility on the part of a power with which one might be at open war.
Convinced of the justice of my cause, I make my appeal to all the powers of Europe, who are interested in resisting the consolidation of a system which, by threatening the political existence of an integral part of the German Empire, brings into question the security of the whole. I demand, most earnestly, the constitutional aid which is due to me as Elector, from the Empire, its august head, as well as Russia and Sweden, the powers have guaranteed its constitution, and still continue to manifest, the most honourable disposition for the preservation of my estate.
Lastly, I protest in the most solemn manner, for myself, and my heirs, against every encroachment on my rights in the Electorate of Brunswick Luneburg, and its dependencies; and I repeat, in quality of Elector the Declaration made by the minister of my crown at the Court of Berlin, that no advantage arising from political arrangements, much less any offer whatever of an indemnity, or equivalent, shall ever engage me to forget what I owe to my dignity, the attachment, and exemplary fidelity of my Hanoverian subjects, to as to yield my consent to the alienation of my Electorate.
Given at the Palace of Windsor, the 29th day of April, 1806, in the 46th year of my reign.
(L.S.) GEORGE R. E. Count De Munster.
FOREIGN ARTICLES.
BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS—APRIL 22.
Charges against the Marquis of Wellesley.
MR. Paul read the charges from a paper in his hand. It was in substance as follows:
"That the Most Noble Richard Marquis Wellesley, was appointed by His Majesty Governor General of Bengal, and arrived there in the month of May, 1798, and subsequent to that, was appointed Commander in Chief of the Forces, and continued to execute the office of Governor-General until August, 1805, when he was succeeded by the appointment and arrival there of the Marquis Cornwallis. That by this appointment as Governor-General, he was bound to watch over, defend, protect and cherish the interests of his employers, the East India Company; but that contrary to such duty, and acting as an arbitrary and oppressive master, he neglected to watch over, protect and cherish the interests of his said employers;—and did, of his own accord, and contrary to their will and inclination, as well as their direct and positive orders, squander and make way with, in a wasteful and extravagant manner, the revenues and monies of his said employers, according to his own personal caprices, and
for the purpose of displaying and supporting his own love and inclination for pomp, parade, magnificence, and splendor. That he had further transgressed against his employers, by a surrender of their rights; for it had been declared by act of Parliament, that the revenues of the Company in India should be appropriated, in the first place, to the expenses of the Company there, and after defraying such expenses, the Company should pay £.500,000 annually to the Government; and in case this should not be paid, in consequence of war, or any other unforeseen causes, the Company should make a proper representation thereof to the Government. That notwithstanding these conditions and undertakings, the Company have not, since the passing of the said act, paid the said stipulated sum of £.500,000 except for the first year; and in consequence of such neglect or capacity to pay the same, they now stand indebted to the public in a sum amounting to upwards of six millions sterling. This defalcation, so contrary to this act, and obviously so injurious to the public, had not arisen from any neglect or want of faith on the part of the Company, but had been owing to the misconduct of the Marquis Wellesley, who had shamefully and wastefully squandered away the property and revenues of the Company in a manner hitherto unknown and unheard of in the annals of this country or any other. That the East India Company have been obliged, in order to pay their debts in India, to raise money by loans at 8, 10, and 12 per cent. That the Marquis Wellesley, in 1798, found the debt in India amounted to £.1,132,628, and at the time he was superceded by the Marquis Cornwallis, it amounted to thirty-one millions sterling. That in 1798, he found all was peace and quietness in India, and the affairs of the Company, in their political, as well as their commercial aspects, were truly prosperous, and had he followed the laudable conduct of his predecessors, there is every reason to believe they would have continued so; but having pursued a line of conduct altogether the reverse of the system which had been previously acted upon, he had greatly injured the Company's affairs, and had been driven to the desperate attempt of selling the Company's territorial imposts of the lands of Bengal. That soon after the Marquis Cornwallis arrived in India, in August, 1805, he wrote a letter to the Court of Directors, giving a most deplorable account of the general state of the Company's affairs, but of their finances in particular.—[Here Mr. Paul read the letter from Marquis Cornwallis, which stated among other things, that he should be obliged to discharge part of the native troops, and though it might be objected to that measure that many of those would join the enemy, yet of two evils he must choose the least, as the finances were in such a state of dilapidation, that he must be obliged to take and use the investments intended for China, in order to discharge the arrears then due to the regular army, and to defray the present expenses, which amounted to £.70,000 sterling per month.] The charge then stated, that in March, 1799, war was commenced with Tippoo Sultan, which ended by the taking of Seringapatam; and that since that period the Governor General had, at various times, extorted from other Princes in India, such as the Subadar of the Decan, the Hajah of Ferrukabad, the Nabob of Oude, and, lastly, the Nabob of Arcot, various sums of money and territorial possessions.
In September, 1805, he commenced the war with the Mahrattas, which was ended by the treaty of Hyderabad. That in all this period, except the wars above alluded to, the Governor-General had been engaged in no wars which cost the Company more than the loss of lives, and the waste of honor; but that the Marquis of Wellesley had, from an unexampled extravagance and prodigality, with a view to sinister and corrupt purposes,
and for the purpose of indulging his own attachment to pomp, parade and splendor, augmented and new modelled the Secretary's office, for the purpose of heaping large salaries on particular favorites, by which he had increased the Company's expenses to the enormous amount of £.120,000 in that department only, and in the whole to £.1,300,000 sterling;—that he had built, contrary to the express orders of the Court of Directors, a college at Fort William, which in three years had cost the Company £.168,000; that in 1801, in making a visit to the Upper Provinces, which he did against the consent of the Court of Directors, he had been guilty of the most shameful and ostentatious parade, pomp, and expensive shew, by employing no less than eleven hundred boats to convey himself and his suite, which, with the other expenses, amounted to £.30,000 sterling; that he had expended £.220,000 by the erection of a government-house, and for the same useless and extravagant purpose had laid out £.15,000 for a park and pleasure-garden at Barakpore. That during the administration of his predecessor, Sir John Shore, a reduction had been made in the Bengal cavalry; and, to save expenses, a regulation had taken place, by which they were to act as the body guard to the Governor General; but in the year 1799, the Marquis Wellesley made a total alteration in that system of economy, and instituted a body guard, which cost the Company £.40,000 annually: and continued this till the arrival of Marquis Cornwallis, the expenditure for which amounted to £.250,000; that in the month of July, 1805, he did authorize the raising up of money for the purpose of building a town-house, and erecting statues to the memories of Marquis Cornwallis, and himself, the said Marquis Wellesley; that on taking possession of the province of Oude, in 1801, he did, against the law, appoint his brother, the Hon. Henry Wellesley, Governor thereof, at a fixed salary of £.6,500 a year; and that, aware of the illegality of such unprecedented measures, he did keep in his own hands, the sum of £.628,238 a year, for the purpose of paying such salaries, &c. as he had thus illegally, and of his own authority established. That the salary of Governor-General was fixed, by Act of Parliament, at £.55,000 a year, and that he was not to have any other salary or emolument whatever, for executing that high and important office; but the said Marquis Wellesley had, notwithstanding, expended large sums of money for the luxuries of his table, and other ostentatious articles, to the amount of £.120,000 a year. That such enormous extravagance and prodigality were, till that time, unparalleled in the annals of history; and that to defray such wasteful expenditure, he had been obliged to borrow money at 16 per cent. and thereby had largely contributed to the embarrassment and injury of the Company's affairs."
[Mr. Paul moved for documents to support his charges, but he found it difficult to get any person to second his motion; and from the debate in the House it appeared the members in general had a high opinion of the fidelity, patriotism and services of the Marquis, and did not believe any evidence of consequence could be found to support the charge.]
Domestic Occurrences.
VIRGINIA. ALEXANDRIA, JUNE 4.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Curra-coa, to his friends in this town, dated May 16, received by the schr. Alert, arrived here in 13 days passage.
"BUSINESS of all kinds has been perfectly at a stand for some time, owing to an embargo on the Main, in consequence of Miranda's expedition. I believe the embargo will be removed immediately, as we have certain accounts of the capture of his two schrs. and the ship being forced to leave the coast."

STATE OF NEW-YORK.
NEW YORK, JUNE 4.
Astonishing Impudence. —The following paragraph is from the New-York Gazette.
“It is with regret we have to notice the re-appearance off the Hook, of the Leander, and other British ships of war, and the recent capture of two valuable ships bound to this port, the Herkimer, from the coast of Peru, and the Eliza Agn from Bordeaux.”
JUNE 5.
The French privateer schooner La Creole, of six guns, and 76 men, which in the month of November last, captured off Charleston bar the British ship Esther, bound from that port for Liverpool, and whose crew behaved with such unparallelled barbarity to the unfortunate men belonging to that ship after they had surrendered, was captured on the 21st of April, off Tortugas, by the British brig Reindeer, of 18 guns, and carried into Port-Royal, (Jam.) on the 25th.
JUNE 9.
We learn by Capt. Dodge, of the schr. Mary-Ann, in 16 days from Cape-Francois, that on the nights of the 14th and 15th of May, a general massacre of the white inhabitants took place at the Cape. The sanguinary order for the massacre was given by Dessalines, and was general throughout the island. Upwards of 100 persons were killed at the Cape.
The following authentic information relating to the expedition under Gen. Miranda, we have received from a person of high respectability. The remarks respecting our government, are rather severe, but we give them at the request of the writer, without answering for their correctness.
“ MIRANDA. —The reports concerning Miranda have been so various and contradictory, that truth is scarcely perceptible in the midst of these confused accounts. We will therefore endeavour to state such facts for the public information as may be considered correct.”
“It is well known, that Miranda proceeded from Jacquetel, to the little Island of Aruba, situated a small distance to leeward of Curacoa. He left it about the 16th April, with the Leander and his two schooners, and was attempting a landing towards the province of Coro, where his little squadron fell in with two Spanish privateers, one of 14, the other of 12 guns, fitted out at Laguira by the Government of Caraccas. The Leander after attempting to engage the stoutest, suddenly withdrew from the contest, crowded sail and escaped. The schooners were left to their own fate, and after a trifling resistance, struck their colours, to the smallest of the Spanish privateers. Two young Spaniards, who were on board of one of the schooners, anticipating their inevitable fate, threw themselves overboard and were drowned; the remainder were taken and carried into Porto Cavello, where they are lodged in jail. Some of the leading men, young Smith among them, were immediately ordered up to Caraccas.”
“The schooners were entirely laden with ammunition of all kinds, and a considerable number of Proclamations, in the Spanish Language from Miranda's press, conceived in terms well calculated for their object, to inflame the minds of the Spanish Colonists.”
“The fate of the adventurers taken, must be lamented indeed; their criminal rashness will carry many of them to the Block, as the Spanish government considers it in no other light than piracy! The Blood which very likely is already spilt cannot but fall on the heads of the abettors and promoters of this marauding Expedition in this Country.”
“It would have been much to be wished for, that no suspicions should have appeared against our government in the scandalous affair, but if the circumstances stated in Mr. Ogden's memorial to Congress, as far as they relate both to the President and Mr. Madison prove correct, the consequences for the Country in general, and many families in particular, will be too serious to be overlooked, and they should answer not only for all the mischief, but also for the stain thrown on our Government and National Character.”
JUNE 10.
Capt. Ritchie, of the St. Andrew, arrived at Barbadoes on the 3d ult. informs, that on the 12th of April, he fell in with the brig Union, 48 days from the Cape of Good Hope, bound home with Dutch prisoners, the master of which informed him that a French squadron was cruising off St. Helena, supposed to be that under the command of Jerome Bonaparte.
MASSACHUSETTS.
BOSTON, JUNE 9.
We learn, that a British 14 gun brig is now cruising within our Bay. A vessel arrived at Salem, on Friday last, was boarded on the same day, by this privateer, and had her letters and papers, opened and strictly examined. The commander of the brig informed the Salem Capt. that he should keep a good look-out for a number of ships, (of which he had a list) homeward bound to this and the neighbouring ports, from distant places.—A letter has been received at Russell's Insurance Office, which had been broken open and endorsed on the back, “examined by one of His Britannic Majesty's privateers, June 6, 1806.”
WARREN:
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1806.
We announce to the public, that his Excellency CALEB STRONG, was yesterday declared Governor of the Commonwealth, Mass. and WILLIAM HEATH, Lieutenant Governor, for the ensuing year, by the unanimous vote of both branches of the Legislature.
From the PROVIDENCE PHOENIX.
ECLIPSE of the SUN on Monday next.
Partial eclipses of the sun are not uncommon, but total eclipses of the sun happen but seldom in any place; therefore, as the approaching eclipse will according to calculation, be a total one, in Providence, it was thought proper to give a more circumstantial account of it than that which is given in the Rhode-Island Almanack, as that is for Newport, where it will not be total.
The centre of the Penumbra will enter on the earth's disk in the great Pacific Ocean in lat. 20° 11' north, and long. 140° 18' west, where the sun will rise centrally and totally eclipsed, from thence the shade will travel easterly, and enter on the continent of America, and pass over the Atlantic Ocean into Africa, where in lat. 13° 15' north, and long. 5° 4' east, the sun will set centrally and totally eclipsed.
To give the whole history of this eclipse, of the returns of its periods from its first entrance on the earth's disk, to its wearing off the opposite part, would take up too much room for an article in a news-paper. The elements of this eclipse are as follows, viz. The ecliptic conjunction of the sun and moon will be at 11 h. 35 m. 3" in the morning; equatorial parallax of the moon 60' 25" 7"; horizontal parallax 60' 18"; the reduced lat. of Providence, 41° 35' 50" north; long. of sun and moon, 24° 45' 2" ; angle of the visible way of the moon from the sun with the ecliptic, 5° 37' 40"; the angle of the axis of the ecliptic and equator, 2° 16' 23"; hourly motion of the moon from the sun, in her relative orbit, 34' 30"; hourly motion of the moon in lat. 3' 23"; obliquity of the ecliptic, 23° 27' 48"; declination of the sun, 20° 21' 33" north; lat. of the moon, 19' 26" 2" north, descending; semidiameter of the sun, 15' 46" 1", and of the moon, 16' 28". From these elements, the eclipse, as it will appear in Providence, may be expected as follows, viz.
  It will begin to be visible, at the beginning of the eclipse, { H. M.   Middle, - - - - - 10 1 2   End of the eclipse, - - - - - 11 25   Time of incidence, - - - - - 12 50 1-2   Repletion, - - - - - 13 1 2   Duration, - - - - - 1 25 1-2   2 49 
The first impression made by the moon on the sun, will be at a point about 40° to the right hand on the superior limb of the sun.
The penumbra in the time of transiting the earth's disk will describe little more than 145 degrees of longitude.
B. WEST.
East-Florida. —About 9 months ago the Coffee Plant was introduced from Cuba, and planted at Cape Florida. It has succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectation, and no doubts are entertained, that it will become the staple article in East Florida. This information was given us by a gentleman, who is lately arrived here from Cape Florida. [Bost. Gaz.]
Accounts from St. Thomas, inform that four French frigates had arrived at St. Johns, Porto Rico, which place they had taken possession of, and had hoisted the French flag upon all the forts.
GOLD MINES.
The following, extracted from a letter written by Mr. Richard Readon, of Concord, North Carolina, is interesting
“In the widow Parker's mine, they have picked up a pint of gold within three or four weeks. I saw the greatest part of it myself, one piece weighing nearly two ounces and a half, perfectly clear of sand and dirt. Mrs. Parker will mention no price at which her land may be purchased. From Parker's I travelled towards Mr. Read's mine attentively observing every branch. They every one appeared to contain gold, and in my opinion some of them equal either Read's or Parker's. A Mr. Gray in this route, informed me, that in an evening
shortly before, he took his matchlock and paid, to the amount of several penny weights. The rest of country I was informed belonged to the estate of the late Colonel Thomas Carlson deceased.”
* Now to the North-Carolina Gold Mine Company.
SHIP NEWS.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT.
  ENTERED. FROM   Schooner Venus, Anthony; New-York   Brig Hiram, Hudson; Charleston   Brandywine, Brown; Havana   Dispatch, Shearman; ditto   CLEARED. FOR   Sloop Columbia, Lyndon; Amsterdam   Ship Swift, Routcher; Mozambique   Columbia, Hudson; Africa 
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE.
  ENTERED. FROM   Sloop George, Potter; Norfolk   Lark, Somes; Washington   Golden Age, Justin; New-York   CLEARED. FOR   Sloop Somerset, Sanders; New-York   Polly, Brown; ditto 
DISTRICT OF BRISTOL.
  ENTERED. FROM   Brig Heroine, Mills; Havana   CLEARED. FOR   Sloop Olive, Barney; New-York   Rebecca, Hicks; Providence   Lilly, Munro; Boston   Brig Stork, Cornell; Havana   Little Ann, Easterbrooks; Africa   Ship Andromache, Drown; ditto 
SALEM, JUNE 6.
Arrived, brig Betsey, Tucker, 73 days from Leghorn.—Spoke, April 6, near the island of Majorca, ship Flora, Small, of Philadelphia, 27 days out, for Smyrna.—June 6, Baker's island bearing N. West 7 miles, was brought to and boarded by an armed copper-bottomed sloop, hoisting English colors, who examined my papers, and broke open several letters—understood they had on board a list of several inbound vessels.
June 8.—Arrived, schooner Aphia, Chapman, 19 days from Guadalupe.—June 8, Norman's Woe bearing N. W. 5 leagues, was boarded by an English cutter sloop, who ran within hail and fired a 12 pound shot, which cut my foremast two thirds off, and did considerable damage to my rigging and sails; boarded me, and overhauling my papers and men, and finding them clear permitted me to proceed, saying, that spars were not worth much in my country.
NORFOLK, JUNE 9.
Arrived, the patent brig Achilles, Williams, in 12 days from Matanzas. Left, brig Lark, for Bristol in a week. Sailed in co. sloop Eagle, Clark, for Newport. The schr. Patty, Allen, of Bristol, failed the day before for New-York. May 27, was boarded by a British king's schooner, that had just taken a French privateer of 16 guns from Havana.
NORFOLK, MAY 31.
Arrived, brig Catharine, Seward, 23 days from Porto Rico; schr. Adolphus, Garrow, 7 days from Charleston; British brig Brothers, Dunn, 60 days from Jamaica, bound to London, put in in distress having sprung his main-mast and bowsprit, and leaking; ship Margaret, Gardner, of and bound to Philadelphia, from Laguira, left there the 25th of April.—On the 18th inst. struck on Ocracoke bar, after striking frequently, beat over—vessel very leaky, the cargo, hides and cocoa, in good order, and will all be saved.
Capt. G. informs, that a few days before he left Charleston, Capt. Yearby of the schr. Victory, from this port, arrived there having picked up a brig cast away on Cape Roman, on board of which was about 250 slaves from the coast of Africa—the salvage of which amounted to upwards of 7000 dollars!
THE MOST WORSHIPFUL MOSES SEIXAS, GRAND-MASTER.
The annual Meeting of the GRAND LODGE of the most Ancient and Honourable Society of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS of the State of Rhode-Island & Providence Plantations, will be held at Mason's Hall, in Newport, on Tuesday the 24th June, 1806, at 8 o'Clock, A. M. in order to transact the necessary Business and celebrate the Feast of ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST; when and where the Officers, and Members thereof, also the Masters and Wardens under its jurisdiction, and every other within the State, are invited to attend.
By ORDER, CALEB BOWERS, Grand-Sec'y. Providence, June 13, A. L. 5806.
BRISTOL BANK.
THE STOCKHOLDERS in the BANK OF BRISTOL, are hereby notified, that, agreeably to their Charter of Incorporation, a general Meeting, for the choice of Directors will be held at the BANK-HOUSE, on Monday the 7th day of July next, at 2 o'Clock P. M. at which time a Dividend for the half year ending on the 30th day of June, will be declared, and paid to the several Stockholders or their Attorneys, at any time after, during Bank Hours, agreeably to the amount of Stock standing in their names respectively on the said 30th day of June.
By Order of the Board of Directors. JOSEPH SMITH, JUN. Cashier. *BRISTOL, JUNE 13, 1806.
NOTICE.
THE Creditors of SHEARJASHUB BOURNE, of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, Esq. an Insolvent Debtor, are hereby notified, that they bring in and prove their demands within Nine Months from the date hereof before as the Subscribers, who are appointed assignees to said Insolvent's estate. That four meetings will be held for that purpose, viz. on the First Wednesday of July, the Second Wednesday of September, the First Wednesday of November, and the Third Wednesday of January next, at the Dwelling-House of said Shearjashub Bourne, in said Bristol.—Those who shall neglect to comply with this notice, will be foreclosed by the AG, entitled “An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.”
RICHARD SMITH, JUN. } Assignees. PARKER BORDEN, BILLINGS WALDRON. *Bristol, April 21, 1806.
Advertisement.
THE Subscriber hereby gives notice, that there will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, in Somerset, Mass. on Monday the First day of December next, at 11 o'Clock, A. M. the following real Estates belonging to the heirs of SIMEON POTTER, Esq. late of Swansey, deceased, viz.
THE very pleasantly situated MAN-SION HOUSE, being the well known seat of the late Henry Bowers, Esq. with the out Houses and Eighty ACRES of Land adjoining, all under good improvement and well fenced with Stone-Wall. This seat presents one of the best views on the River, and is in the very heart of Somerset.
THE DWELLING-HOUSE, STORES and WHARF, heretofore belonging to Mr. Lloyd Bowers, this is confessedly the best stand in Somerset for Business. The Stores are ample and convenient, the Wharf is in good repair and well built, is at the head of the deep navigable water, and at ordinary Tides, Vessels of 200 Tons will float along side.
THE MANSION-HOUSE and LOT whereon it stands, fronting the Main-Street, and very conveniently situated for Business, heretofore the property of Mr. Caleb Bowers, subject to a right of Dower.
A TEN ACRE LOT at the head of broad Cove, a WOOD LOT of 12 Acres, and another of Three Acres. The above Estates will be Sold entire or in Lots as shall suit purchasers.—The Terms of Sale will be made known at the Time and Place of sale, which will be on the Premises. For any information that may be wanted about the Premises, apply to Mr. David Anthony, of Somerset.—By Order and in behalf of the Heirs of Col. Simeon Potter.
WILLIAM D'WOLFE, Agent for the Heirs. *BRISTOL, JUNE 13, 1806.
HERRING.
Three hundred Barrels excellent HERRING, for Sale, by SAMUEL CARR. *WARREN, JUNE 13, 1806.
FOR SALE,
A HANDSOME ONE Story DWELLING-HOUSE and BARN, with a small GARDEN.—Also, a CORRECT HOUSE LOT, to the Westward of said House.—The Terms will be made easy to the Purchaser. Apply to WILLIAM TRIPP. *WARREN, JUNE 13, 1806.
THE Subscriber having been duly appointed Administratrix on the Estate of her H. S. d.
JOHN CROADE,
late of this Town, in the State of Rhode-Island, Merchant, deceased, and having given Bond according to Law, for the faithful discharge of the Trust thereby reposed in her, desires all who have unsettled Accounts, to call and close them, being determined to make punctual Payments, and strictly to fulfil ALL Contracts of her late Husband:—All those who are indebted, must see the propriety, on their Part, of making Payment.
ELIZABETH CROADE. *Warren, June 6, 1806.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE Subscriber being under the necessity of making a speedy close of his Business in this Town, in expectation of a Removal; earnestly requests all those who have Accounts unsettled, to Call on him as it will be more agreeable to settle his own Accounts, than for another;—likewise, those who are indebted to him, by Note, or Account, &c. that they make immediate Payment, or otherwise there must be an Assignment of them made to an Attorney for Collection in a short Time.
He offers for Sale, on liberal Terms, his DWELLING-HOUSE, STORE, and One CHAISE, in good Repair. JOSIAH MUNRO. *Warren, May 30, 1806.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the Subscribers have been duly appointed Executors to the last Will and Testament of
JABEZ GIBBS,
late of this Town, Mariner, deceased; and have taken upon themselves that Trust by giving Bonds as the Law directs.—All Persons having Demands upon the Estate of the said JABEZ GIBBS, are required to exhibit the same; and all indebted to the said Estate, are called upon to make Payment, to
HANNAH GIBBS, SAMUEL BOSWORTH, } Execut. Bristol, May 30, 1806.
ORTON'S Exposition.
TWO sets of ORTON'S Exposition of the Old Testament, in six volumes octavo, elegantly printed, for sale at this Office. Price 12 dollars per set.—Also
Blank Seamen's Journals, Coast-ing Manifests, Tax Bills, Bills of Sale, Postage Bills, Licence Bonds, &c. May 17, 1806.
SHAD,
A few barrels excellent SHAD, for Sale. For terms, apply at this Office. WARREN, MAY 17.

APOLLO'S FOUNT.
THE HINT.
B ENEATH the Rose, that mild appears, The envenom'd thorn we find, And oft the form that Beauty wears, Conceals a canker'd mind.
The nymph, possess'd of Beauty's charms, The praise of Fame may share; But she, whom love of virtue warms, Is still the loveliest fair.
While that attends the flattering glass, To deck her beauteous face; This as the fleeting moments pass, Improves each mental grace.
Accept the hint, ye lovely fair, Nor Friendship's voice despise, For soon will Time's rude hand impair The bawble that ye prize.
From the MASSACHUSETTS MAGAZINE.
HISTORY of MIRA.
"Ye gods! what havoc does ambition make!"
I SHALL deliver, Sir, a plain unvarnished tale, and speak a language unknown perhaps to some of your readers, the language of the heart. Sentiment is deservedly laughed at, because, instead of the simple expression of the feelings, words have been tortured to bear their semblance without their meaning. I am not ashamed to say that mine will be a sentimental tale; if it differ from those which have hitherto borne the same title, we must refer to nature, and nature's real feelings, for the determination, respecting its proper name.
Mira was the only daughter of a country gentleman, of considerable fortune. In her person she was about the middle size, her complexion fair, and her eyes blue: but the soul, which animated the whole, looked through them. It was gentle and soft, framed to bear distress without repining; not active enough to form scenes in which it might be distinguished; nor sufficiently animated to join in the noisy bustle of the world. Mira, in short, was made for retirement, born to blush unseen; but her bloom should not be less distinguished because it did not obtrude in all the gaudy colouring of the tulip. We seek the humble lily under the leaves by which it is concealed, and we prize it as much because we have discovered it, as for its unassuming fragrance. The benevolence of Mira was indeed warm and active; and the whole fire of her soul was exhausted in relieving distress.—It was prophesied in the neighbouring village, that a soul so soft was born to be happy or miserable in the extreme; but she had not yet felt the consuming flame of love. All within was soft repose, and each night her head pressed on the pillow without a disturbing hint from conscience, of a neglected duty.
The father of Mira was chiefly distinguished by his fortune, and his blind indulgence to his daughter, who repaid his utmost care with equal attention. When she had reached her eighteenth year, they were surprised with seeing at their humble church, a stranger who attracted general attention. Yet it was not for the splendor of his appearance, or the dignity of his aspect; perhaps his being a stranger was all that would have been necessary to have produced these effects. In a country parish, it forms an epoch of equal consequence with the squire's wedding, or the christening of his heir apparent. Yet Mr. Melmoth, when examined, was not without some circumstances which might have attracted notice. His person was genteel, his face comely, his eyes more full of thought than fire, yet occasionally animated, and seemed to show a turbulent soul but ill disguised. As a stranger, Mr. Digby, the father of our heroine, invited him to dinner; and he accepted the invitation with politeness. The conversation was general, and Melmoth joined in it with an amiable frankness. "I fear you will find the accommodations at our village indifferent," said Mr. Digby. "I believe not, rejoined the stranger; my wants are few, and easily satisfied. I was bred to the law, and have practised it, but was unequal to the drudgery and meanness required to procure business. I consequently soon left it, and have now retired to seek that en-
viable calmness in a retreat which flies from the bustle of the world. I have not been inattentive to the improvement of my mind, and flatter myself that I have resources within, which will enliven solitude." This was delivered with a polite freedom, and easy modesty. It told every thing, and yet said nothing. It is a refinement of art to assume a frankness, and to confide with readiness, what is of little consequence, as if it was the choicest secret. On every subject which occurred, he spoke with ease and freedom; and having soon learned his hospitable entertainer's political and religious sentiments, they became his own. To Mira he was polite, his attentions were not so pointed as to alarm, and he soon took his leave, after having received a general invitation to the park.
Many days did not elapse before he returned—Mira was drawing a flower which she had accidentally found, and her pencil had traced the outlines with accuracy. Melmoth observed that she drew only what she saw, and she frankly owned that she was unable to give even a turn to a leaf with effect, unless the appearance was before her. He then showed her the consequence of giving a form, which nature might have taken, and in which she sometimes appears. He taught her to select the most graceful appearances, and to employ them in different works. He endeavoured to form her taste, and as his own was exquisite, and Mira's perception quick, he soon succeeded. A new world seemed to open to her mind; she discriminated beauties and defects with accuracy, and her pencil soon emulated nature in her most finished forms. But this was not the work of a day; the spring had now put forth its beautiful blossoms, the promises of the coming summer, and each day furnished new objects for her second creation. Her heart was, however, still at rest; she saw Melmoth daily; she admired his taste, and longed for his instructions. His absence she began to regret, and she thought the usual intervals long; but she thought it was only because his stay was uncertain, and that she wished to profit, as much as possible by his instructions. He was become her tutor too, in musick; her voice, simple and plaintive, was softened by a feeling heart, which gave an appearance of skill which she did not possess; he formed her voice and directed her finger. Sometimes he accompanied her on the fiddle, sometimes on the flute. In short, every accomplishment of this kind, in its highest perfection, seemed to be a familiar to him.
In this way a year had rolled on; Mira felt the warmest gratitude to her tutor. Gratitude! she thought it no more; or perhaps it might be friendship and esteem. Friendship! delusive sound, alas! there is no friendship between a niable young people of different sexes, unless the heart is secured by a prior passion. At the first dawn of friendship in other circumstances, there is no refuge but by flight. There is a sociability in the heart, that requires a companion, that dreads a vacancy: the affections must have an object, and it is not surprising that Mira, finding Melmoth so amiable and so accomplished, had accustomed herself to think of him, and indulged the thought with pleasure. The times of his absence were filled by preparing her task, by anticipating his encouragement, when she had excelled, and in aiming at perfection. His smile was a reward for her greatest exertions, and his commendations were the triumph for a victory. All this time was employed by Melmoth with the most consummate art; he perceived that he was necessary to her instruction and entertainment; he soon found that he employed her attention. His scheme began to ripen, and, with a malignant satisfaction, he already completed the ruin he was contriving. In fact, Melmoth was the son of a nobleman of the first rank, his abilities were superior to those of his college com-
panions, and he mastered, with ease, what others laboured to accomplish imperfectly. This gave him time for excesses, which his conscience did not check, and his soberest reflections coloured with the delusive hue of spirit and enterprize; yet he was not without ambition; he already soared in his imaginary career, and had obtained in fancy the highest offices in the state. He wished to command, but was not able to obey. His youth prevented the former, and his spirit loved independence; he consequently waited for a more prosperous moment, and resolved to fill the interval with pleasure. Unfortunately his pleasure was that of a wild beast, to spread horror and devastation around him.
Melmoth had seen Mira on a neighbouring course, and resolved to possess her: the artless innocence which beamed in her eyes, added fuel to his flame, and instead of dictating to him, how happy his life might be spent with so much beauty and purity, led him only to wish for its destruction. His plan was the result of deep reflection, and a thorough knowledge of her father's easy negligence, as well as her own unsuspicious goodness. So far he sailed before the wind; but it was now time to drop the tutor, and assume the lover. His voice and accent consequently were taught to assume a softer tone; he seemed frequently absent, and always dejected; Mira's feeling heart caught the contagion; her songs were plaintive, and the accents of despairing love was the subject of his lays; her soul was harrowed up with terror at his altered appearance, and each sigh which was half stifled, in its seeming involuntary escape, wounded her to the soul. At last, one evening, she perceived him in a cypress walk in great agitation; his voice she caught at intervals, but it presented no distinct ideas; his pace was interrupted, sometimes he would stand still, and in a moment start and run. At last in this distracted manner he passed her. "Alas! Miss Digby, is it you? you of all people I would have avoided. We must part, but let your memory sometimes preserve the idea of a wretch, who would have died for you." "Stay, Sir, said Mira, what distresses you? why are you wretched?" "My life, though short, added he, has been chequered; the moments I have spent with you, have been brilliant, but a horrible darkness overshadows the future prospect; I must leave you, and this distracts me." Mira was shocked at this declaration, and, in a moment the flattering fabric of friendship was no more, and love was the ruling deity of her heart: she perceived that his image, and his company, were involved with her existence, and endeavoured to sooth him.—"There is but one way, added he, to preserve me from destruction: my father has ordered me to attend him; he designs me for lady Louisa Beauchamp; if, added he, with an affected hesitation, if I could prevail on you, in this abrupt way, to accept of my hand, his anger, though violent, would be transitory. Yield then my fair, my future attention shall supply the short hours of courtship." Mira started, and with tears in her eyes, named her father. "Your father, will not, cannot refuse; but every moment is precious; you may depend on my honour, my protection and care. The carriage is at the gate of your park; I came prepared to take my leave of you, but had not sufficient resolution. Come then my charmer, we have not minute to lose." Mira hesitated, but he hurried her along, and in a minute they were in the chaise. The consequences are obvious; but if I can recover her future adventures, I will transmit them to you. I shall only now warn your fair readers how they trust to friendship, and conceal their errors with a reputable name. I shall warn them to be cautious whom they trust; and above all, to guard against a delusive veil, assumed only for a temporary purpose. If a man has honourable designs, he will not scruple to declare them; if he has
not, you cannot too soon end your connection with a villain.
[To be concluded in our next.]
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