Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1806-08-23 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 47, of Vol. XIV.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1806.
[Whole No. 713.]
WEEKLY ALMANACK.
   AUGUST. D. h. m. s. Remarks.     24 Sunday, 5 20 7 438 Days leng. 13h.   25 Monday, 5 21 7 1 47 [18 m.]   26 Tuesday, 5 22 7 2 47 Low tides.   27 Wednesday, 5 24 7 3 46 Full 29th ch.   28 Thursday, 5 25 7 4 47 1m. morn.   29 Friday, 5 26 7 5 48   30 Saturday, 5 27 7 6 50  
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
BY THE PACKET, CAPT. SCOTT, FROM LIV-ERPOOL, LAST LONDON DATE, JULY 1, 1806.
TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 25.
THE Russian Envoy, Count Italinsky, has announced to the Porte, that his Court had resolved to send two ships of war with fresh troops, from Sebastopol to Corfu, and that these ships would arrive, within a few days, at the entrance of the Canal at Constantinople. The Reis Effendi replied, that the Porte, under the present circumstances, could not grant a passage for these troops, without drawing upon itself the reproaches of another great Power. The Count Italinsky then reminded the Porte of the treaties of amity which existed, and which had recently been renewed between it and Russia; and that in virtue of these treaties the passage could not be refused to the troops of His Imperial Majesty; but if the Porte should persist in opposing this passage, the Russian ships would see themselves under the necessity of opening by force a road to their destination.
In consequence of this declaration, the Porte has determined upon sending a squadron into the Black Sea, in order to maintain its neutrality.
Of the fleet destined for the Mediterranean, there are only twelve ships of different rates, fitted for the Archipelago; but within these three days it has been reinforced by four frigates, six ships of the line of the first rate, five frigates. Several brigs and galleys, under the orders of the Captain Pacha and Vice Admiral Schumet Bey, are to cruise in the Levant Seas the Morea, and the Archipelago.
GERMANY. HAMBURG, JUNE 10.
King of Switzerland.
It is reported that Prince Joachim Murat will cede his new dominions to the new King of Holland, and be crowned King of Switzerland.
Russia and France.
JUNE 13.
The Russian Minister, Baron Alapou, at Grotzwald, is so actively occupied in the work of meditation, that, in the course of last week he dispatched two couriers to St. Petersburg, and one to Count Stackelberg, at Berlin.
Germany remains occupied by the French in every direction. They already consist of 260,000 men, and are on the point of receiving further reinforcements from the interior.
By letters from Vienna, of the 7th inst., the French Ambassador, La Rochefoucauld, had conferences almost every day with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Count Stadion. Officers have been sent to deliver up Cattaro to the French army in Dalmatia. The Emperor refuses, it is said, to recognize the new King of Naples; who has, by all accounts been acknowledged by the King of Prussia. He also withholds his consent to many of the charges which are to be made in the Germanic Constitution. It is said that Bonaparte wishes Francis II. to make further territorial sacrifices in favor of the King of Bavaria, who will it is strongly reported, also receive Brannau. The French army under Marshal Soult, stationed at Passau, received orders on the 12th inst. to hold itself in readiness to march at a moment's notice; and the Marshal held a grand Council of War with his Generals. The French are suspected to have hostile designs on Trieste, and other parts of the Austrian Monarchy, lying between Venice and Istria. The appointment of the French Cardinal Fesch to the charge of the Elector Arch-Chancellor has also given offence to the Imperial Cabinet. The Bavarian army remains on the war establishment, and the Court, owing to the uncertainty of the turn of the negotiations between the French and German Emperors may take, has not yet taken its usual summer excursion to the Palace of Nymphenburgh.
The Emperor of Austria has been compelled to that the ports of Trieste and Piuma against the Russians and English. This restriction upon the freedom of these ports is stated to be only a temporary and conditional measure, depending, for its continuance, upon the evacuation of the Mouths of the Cattaro. We are not surprised that Austria, finding herself unable to resist any one of the multiplied instances of insult and aggression with which she has been systematically overwhelmed since the conclusion of the unfortunate treaty of Presburgh, should endeavour to escape from them at the expence of any sacrifice, however great.
Extract of a private letter from Hamburg, dated June 20.
Yesterday evening it was reported here, that the fate of Germany was decided. There
is no longer an Emperor of Germany, but instead, three great Powers, Austria, Prussia and Bavaria. The remainder of Germany, Saxony, Hesse, the Hanseatic towns, &c. will form a confederate state under the protection of the Emperor of the Romans, which title Bonaparte will assume. He will be represented in Germany by the Arch Cardinal Fesch.
I cannot vouch with absolute certainty for the truth of this arrangement, though I believe it cannot be doubted that it will take place.
Affairs in Holland.
King Louis had scarcely set foot in his new dominions, when he began to exercise his royal prerogative. He has announced that it is his intention to confer the following dignities upon some of those persons who have been most instrumental in placing him upon the Throne of Holland; Verhuel is to be created Count of Vianen; Gogel, Baron Breda; and Six, Count Kuglenberg.
The new King of Holland has promised his vassals a new coinage—provided they will furnish the bullion.
Of Hanover.
It is believed that some requisition has been made to Prussia on the part of France to evacuate Hanover. Bonaparte has declared that Hanover was not to be considered as the equivalent for the cession of Anspach. It is said, that he has proposed to indemnify Prussia for the cession of Anspach by giving her a district in the northern part of Franconia.—In order to enlarge and strengthen the power of Holland, and to reconcile the Dutch to the new government by the prospect of a great extension of commerce, Bonaparte is said to have it in contemplation to add Hanover to the kingdom of Holland, and to give it, besides the command of the mouths of the Ems, the Weser, and the Elbe. It has been industriously circulated in Holland, that Bonaparte has great designs and intentions with respect to the new kingdom, and that he will make every exertion to restore the Dutch to their ancient commercial opulence and naval power. But Prussia, after having violated every principle of good faith to this country, in occupying Hanover, will not, it is supposed, easily relinquish it; and we shall not at all be surprised to find a requisition on the part of France, to evacuate it, give rise to a war between Prussia and France, in which the former will solicit support from the very powers with which she is now at war.
HOLLAND. HAGUE, JUNE 20.
Speech to the King.
At the audience given yesterday to their High Mightinesses by his Majesty, every solemnity of ceremonial was observed. The speech delivered by Mr. Des Vos Van Steenwyk, Tot Den Hogenhof on the occasion, was of the following purport:—
"SIRE!
"The Assembly of their High Mightinesses, in whose name I have at present the honor to speak, is come in a body to offer their obedience to your Majesty, and to felicitate you upon your accession to the Throne of Holland. In acquitting themselves of so solemn a duty, they entreat you, Sire, to receive favourably the sentiments of a deserving and every way respectable nation.
"The concurrence of events and circumstances which have overthrown the political system of Europe, has at length involved our country. After sustaining a multitude of shocks, the nation looks for a term to its long agitations, and ventures to hope, that the sceptre confided to your Majesty's foresight and wisdom, will restore its happiness and quiet.
"Peace, Sire, is the greatest of Europe's wants—It is especially so of Holland. May the powerful genius of Napoleon the Great give us, one day, this invaluable blessing!
"Sire! a nation celebrated for its temperance, delights to contemplate in you the model of all the virtues, and gives itself up to the consoling hope, that the paternal care of your Majesty for its true interests, will, under the sacred guidance of Providence, invigorate its industry and its commerce, and renovate its ancient glory and splendor. Thus will the present generation and their posterity hail your Majesty as the regenerator of the public prosperity."
Speech of the King.
The following is a Copy of the speech delivered by his Majesty to their High Mightinesses:—
"GENTLEMEN!
"When the National Deputies came to offer me the throne which I ascend this day, I accepted it under the conviction that it was the wish of the whole nation—that the confidence and the necessities of all called me to it.
"Relying on the intelligence, zeal, and patriotism of the principal public functionaries, and particularly on yours, gentlemen the Deputies, I have fearlessly weighed in my mind the misfortunes of the nation in their fullest extent. Animated by the strongest desire to promote the welfare of this good people, and entertaining a hope that I should one day attain that end, I stilled those sentiments which, till then had been ever the object and happiness of my life. I have consented to change my country, to cease to be solely and entirely a Frenchman, after having passed my whole life in performing to the best of my ability, those duties which that name prescribes to all who have the honor of bearing it.
"I have consented to separate myself, for the first time, from him who, from my infancy, has possessed my love and admiration—to lose the repose and independence which those whom heaven calls to govern cannot have—to quit him the separation from whom would fill me with apprehension, even in the most tranquil times, and whose presence precludes danger.
"I have consented to all this—and, gentlemen, had I not done so, I would nevertheless as yet act the same part, now that by the ardour, joy, and confidence of the people through whose country I have passed, they have proved to me that you were the true interpreters of the nation, now especially, when I am convinced that I may rely on your zeal, your attachment to the interest of your native land, and on your confidence in, and fidelity towards me.
"Gentlemen, this is the first day of the real independence of the United Provinces. A transient glance at passages is sufficient to convince us, that they never had a stable government, a fixed destiny, a real independence. Under that famous people, whom they fought and served by turns, as under the Franks and the Empire of the West, they were neither free nor tranquil.
"Neither were they so afterwards, when subjected to Spain.
"Their wars, and their repeated quarrels until the Union, added to the glory of the nation, confirmed its qualities in point of frankness, intrepidity and honour, for which, indeed, it had been always celebrated: but its efforts procured it neither tranquillity nor independence, even under the Princes of Orange, who, though they were useful to their country, as soldiers and statesmen, were always disturbing it, by pretending, or endeavoring to obtain a power which the nation denied them.
"Nor could Holland be considered in that state in latter times, when the elevation of ideas, and the general agitation of Europe so long suspended the repose of nations.
"After so many vicissitudes, so much agitation, so many calamities; and at a time when the great states were enlarging themselves, ameliorating and concentrating their governments and their forces, this country could enjoy no real safety nor independence but in a moderate monarchical state; a form
which had been acknowledged during a long period, and by each nation in its turn, as the most perfect, and if not absolutely so, yet as much so as the nature of man will admit. But, doubtless, if perfection were the lot of humanity, we might then dispense with a government of this kind. Laws would then be founded in wisdom, and obeyed without reluctance or obstacle; virtue would reign triumphant, and ensure its own reward; vice would be banished, and wickedness rendered impotent; but illusions which favor such romantic ideas of human nature are transient; and experience soon brings us back to positive facts.
"However, even monarchy is not sufficient for a country which though powerful and important, is not sufficiently so for its position, which requires forces of the first rank by land and sea. It will therefore, be necessary for it to form a connection with one of the great Powers of Europe, with which its amity may be eternally assured without any alteration of its independence.
This, gentlemen, is what your nation has done: this is the object of its constitutional laws, and also that of my taking upon me an employment so glorious; this is my object in placing myself in the midst of a people who are, and ever shall be mine, by my affection and solicitude. With pride I perceive two of the principal means of government and confidence offering themselves to me; the honor and the virtue of the inhabitants.
"Yes, gentlemen, these shall be the real supporters of the throne—I wish for no other guides. For my part, I know of no distinctions of religion or party—distinctions can only arise from merit and services. My design is only to remedy the evils which the country has suffered. The duration of these evils, and the difficulty in remedying them, will only increase and realize my glory.
"To effect these objects, I have occasion for the entire confidence of the nation, their complete devotion, and all the talents of the distinguished men whom it contains, but particularly of you, gentlemen, whose zeal, talents and patriotism, are well known.
"I am at this moment appealing to the good and faithful Hollanders, before the deputies of the provinces and principal cities of the kingdom. I see them around me with pleasure. Let them bear to their fellow citizens the assurance of my solicitude and affection; let them carry the same testimony of these sentiments to Amsterdam; that city, which is the honour of commerce and the country; that city, which I wish to call my good and faithful capital though the Hague will always remain the residence of the sovereign. Let them also carry the same assurances to their fellow-citizens and the deputies of that neighbouring city, the prosperity of which I have very soon to renew, and whose inhabitants I distinguish.
It is by these sentiments, gentlemen; it is by the union of all orders of people in the state, and by that of my subjects among themselves; it is by the devotion of each individual to his duties, the only basis of real honour assigned to men; but principally by the unanimity which has hitherto preferred those provinces from all dangers and calamities, and which has ever been their shield, that I expect the tranquillity, safety and glory of the nation, and the happiness of my life."

The funds declined considerably yesterday, towards the close of the Market.—Omnium fell 1 3/4 per cent. The fall was attributed to a rumour that letters had been received via Holland, stating, "that the Emperor of Russia had made a separate peace with France."—Another report was, "that a negotiation for that purpose was only on foot."
Bonaparte has taken possession of the little Republic of Ragusa; alleging, as his reason, that the enemies of France exercised too much influence in the Republic—but he will evacuate it when the Russians shall have evacuated, not only Dalmatia, but Corfu and all the Seven Islands, and have retired from the Adriatic.
NEGOTIATION FOR PEACE.
A half past 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, Mr. Wilbraham, an English Gentleman, landed at Dover with dispatches from M. Talleyrand, for Mr. Fox. He came out of Boulogne in a French row-boat on Friday evening and was taken up by the Vessel frigate; it being a calm, the frigate sent her boat with him. After rowing nearly all night, the boat landed him on Saturday morning at Dover, and he immediately set off for London.
It is now, we think, beyond a doubt, that a negotiation of peace is going on, and that the negotiation is carried on direct between Mr. Fox and M. Talleyrand. When they have agreed upon certain bases, each government will appoint negotiators. Perhaps Mr. Wilbraham brought the necessary passports.
We are not only of opinion that a negotiation has been entered upon, but, we are not unprepared to expect the speedy signature of preliminaries of Peace. As Bonaparte would of course demand in limine as the basis and foundation of all negotiation, that we should acquiesce in all his arrangements with respect to the Continent, the negotiation would of course have been broken off instantly had Mr. Fox (who is evidently the Prime Minister, for in no one instance since the formation of the new Ministry have we discovered the Grenvilles to be predominant) had Mr. Fox, we repeat, not been prepared to acquiesce in those arrangements. The negotiation is generally believed to have been going on for some time; and it is said that the despatches from our government have been sent by the French Officers permitted to return home, and that the despatches from the French government have been brought by English gentlemen detained since the commencement of the war, and allowed to return to their own country. Mr. Wilbraham was one of those gentlemen. On condition of our acquiescence in, and acknowledgement of, the recent changes on the Continent, Bonaparte, it is rumoured, will not object to our keeping Malta and the Cape, and will even give back Hanover to his Britannic Majesty. That Prussia has taken Hanover as a compensation for Anspach and other territories ceded to France and Bavaria, will not be any obstacle to the arrangement just mentioned. For it must be recollected, that Bonaparte has never declared that Hanover belonged definitely to Prussia; and indeed it must be recollected that, not long ago it was said in the Moneur , that what he had got was infinitely more than an equivalent for what he had given up. Bonaparte will dispose of Prussia with as little ceremony as he violated her territory of Anspach.
JUNE 24.
We have received Dutch papers to the 21st inst. It was on the 27th May that a division of the French army, under the command of Gen. Lauriston, took possession of Ragusa. It is evident from the proclamation which he published on the occasion, that no progress towards an accommodation between France and Russia had been then made. It seems to be the determination of France to exclude the Russians from the Mediterranean, or, at least from the Adriatic. If we could conceive Lauriston's proclamation to be founded upon instructions previously transmitted to him from Paris, we should conclude that the period of the re-establishment of peace between these two powers was very remote indeed. It is possible that Russia will submit to retire from Albania and the Ionian Islands; and for what? To have them occupied by a French force the moment that the squadron with which the new commands the Adriatic gulph was out of sight? Indeed, when the ambitious views of Bonaparte in that quarter are so openly revealed, it excites no little surprise in us that the Emperor Alexander should have consented to evacuate Corfu.
Spain has made at last naval effort, by equipping 20 sail of the line. Of this number eight are at Carthagena, and nine at Cadiz. Bonaparte had insisted that she should either declare against Russia, or shut her ports against the ships of that nation; but now that he is anxious for a reconciliation with Russia, the intended proceeding, it is thought, will not be carried into effect.
M. d'Oubril is certainly gone to Paris, and it has been supposed that he is gone to propose a joint negotiation by this country and Russia with France. But those who indulge that supposition forget that it is Bonaparte's policy to negotiate separately. That Russia is disposed to make peace with France, we are prepared to believe. A change is understood to have taken place in her sentiments, produced in all probability by the death of Mr. Pitt, and the consequent change in the British Ministry. The appointment of a man containing suspicions with respect to the war and Bonaparte, as Mr. Fox is known to entertain, was calculated to give much confidence to those powers who might with to make further efforts to check the inordinate ambition and encroachments of France.— Courier .
PRINCESS OF WALES.
Reports of the greatest delicacy and importance respecting this illustrious personage have been in circulation some days. Her infu-
delity to her husband has been the subject of general conversation. This is said to have originated in information given by Lady Douglass, in so solemn and circumstantial a manner, as to render it incumbent on the Prince of Wales to consult Counsel on the subject. He accordingly communicated the information to Lord Thurlow; at the same time observing, that he had declined paying the least attention to the report until it had been urged upon him, in the most forcible manner. His Lordship advised the Prince to lay the several allegations before His Majesty; which was done without comment, or observation on his part. His Majesty immediately appointed a select Committee of his Privy Council to proceed to an investigation of the charge without delay. The committee is composed of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Spencer, Lord Ellenborough, and Lord Grenville. Lady Douglass has been examined before the Committee on oath. The Duke of Kent were specially to inform the accused of the nature and extent of the charge, and to notify that six of her female domestics were required to appear before the Committee. This immediately took place, and they were examined on oath. The illustrious Lady, on this occasion, observed, "I shall insist on an investigation; and, lest it should be imagined I might tamper with my servants, I will discharge them all immediately."
Throughout the whole business, we are able positively to state, that the Prince has behaved with the strictest decorum, and with an anxiety, that every possible means may be taken to assert the innocence and vindicate the character of the exalted personage. His Royal Highness, so far from being either prosecutor or accuser, has not even been a complainant in the case.
Her Royal Highness yesterday paid Mr. Windham (Secretary of State) a visit; which also has excited attention. It is a proof that not the slightest distrust of the Cabinet is entertained upon the case, and that Her Royal Highness is confident of having done nothing that can possibly call for any proceeding on the part of Government, further than the present solemn inquiry, which was highly desirable, and as highly desired by her, for the purpose of shewing the total falsehood of the calumny, and those subsequent proceedings for the punishment of the calumniators, which will become an indispensable duty upon the acquittal.
The Secret Committee have not yet reported. The Commissioners will probably state their progress to the King, this day; and make a full report to him in the course of a few days. Reports on this subject multiply and vary every hour; but they form no basis on which any solid opinion can be possibly supported. The Baronet and his Lady, in whom the charges are said to have originated, enjoyed the gala at Vauxhall, on Monday.
JUNE 26.
Various changes in the administration are talked of. One report states, that Lord Howick is to go out to India as Governor General, and to be succeeded at the Admiralty by Lord St. Vincent.—Another states that Lord Howick is to be Chancellor of the Exchequer; Lord Henry Petty to succeed Earl Temple in the Army Pay Office; and Earl Temple to go to the India Board.—A third rumour states, that Lord Henry Petty goes to India, as Governor General. We notice these reports merely as topics of rumour, without attaching much credit to them, but we think it not improbable that some partial change in administration may be in contemplation.— Star .
The rumour has been revived, that the Duke of Brunswick is on his way to this country.
The squadron detached by Sir Home Popham from the Cape of Good Hope, on the 18th of April, against Buenos Ayres, consists of the Diadem, of 64 guns; the Diomede, of 50; the Narcissus and Leda frigates. The troops employed are the 71st and 72d regiments, under the command of General Bresford.
Sir Home Popham is said to have engaged in the expedition against Buenos Ayres without the knowledge of the present Government; but admitting this to be true, it is probable that he acted from the instructions of the late Ministry, before he could have received any from their successors.
Mr. Munroe, the American Minister, has taken a house for the season at Low Leyton.
The British have captured the Island of Capri, a spot which Augustus dignified by occasional residence for recreation and health; and which Tiberius disgraced by the most infamous debaucheries. Capri is a good station for watching all operations in the gulph of Naples.
Lord Melville, after an absence of several months, attended yesterday in his place in the House of Peers.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 25.
A rumour of a supposed deviation from conjugal duty in a fair personage of high and distinguished rank in the
state has for some days past prevailed. We are now informed on an enquiry instituted by authority, and conducted by individuals among the most respectable in character and the highest station, there has not been found any ground for the slightest imputation on the character of the beautiful and distinguished personage thus cruelly aspersed. Any legal proceedings that may have been designed in consequence, must of course be abandoned, and at least for a time, the object of such proceedings. We have not heard whether the respectable and honourable persons who conducted the enquiry have traced the infamous falsehood to its original source; though we should imagine that from the channel through which the information came to them, they could not be at a loss for means to do so. It is we think an indispensable duty in them, as it must be the only complete satisfaction to the high character, whose happiness and with it that of state, was supposed to have been wounded, to pursue the chain from person to person, till the original author of the mischief is brought to light and to punishment. We are rejoiced to learn, that the fair exalted personage, who has been so conspicuously and so eminently pure, with so much provocation to be otherwise, not satisfied with the determination of the investigators of her conduct, "that there was not the slightest ground to impeach it," has come to a resolution to demand and insist upon a more regular and more satisfactory investigation. We rejoice in a determination so worthy of the high virtues and high station of the illustrious person so wrongfully and so wickedly accused. If Cæsar would not have had his wife suspected, it becomes a wife worthy of Cæsar not to suffer herself to be so. We are certain the result will be to her honour, and to the confusion of their calumniators.
The investigation of a very delicate matter, to which was, it is said, instituted by order of the illustrious personage whose liberal, gracious, and preserving protection, has been uniformly extended towards the distinguished lady to whom it particularly relates. Lords Spencer, Grenville, Ellenborough, and the Lord Chancellor are understood to be the persons to whom this interesting & important inquiry was entrusted. The basis upon which the whole of these proceedings originally rested, is reported to have been a letter sent to the husband of the Party, which, after a consultation with a legal sage, long since retired from office, was by his advice, communicated to the highest quarter. Hence the course of examination which has since been pursued, was immediately directed. Various rumours now prevail as to this very mysterious business, but all agree in representing what has transpired and is likely to be the ultimate result, as in the highest degree honourable to the party who has been wantonly and malignantly assailed.
Rumour of Peace.
JUNE 28.
For some days past an opinion has been gradually making its way in the metropolis, that a correspondence is now carrying on between our Government, France and Russia, the subject of which is to establish a negotiation for the attainment of a general peace. The grounds on which this opinion rests are confessedly very slight, yet such is the ardour of the public when the slightest hope presents itself of so desirable an event, that the funds have experienced a very considerable rise. That some recent communications have taken place between the three countries, is undoubtedly true, and it is equally so that this intercourse is still continued; but certainly not in a way which tends to encourage any decisive expectations either with respect to the subject of correspondence, or its favourable issue. The persons through whose medium it has been carried on are prisoners of war, invested with no diplomatic authority, nor, as it is supposed, entrusted with any confidential communications. It must however be confessed, that very important treaties have sometimes originated in means more apparently insignificant; but at all events, the languine hopes of the citizens of London have been manifested too soon. On this they now appear to be sensible, for the ardour of expectation is already somewhat damped, and the funds have in consequence fallen near one per cent.
Prussia and Sweden.
It is affirmed in letters from the continent that all differences between Prussia and Sweden
are expected to be immediately settled by the interference of Russia.
The dispute between Prussia and Sweden has not been productive of any further hostile operations than the blockade of the ports of the former in the Baltic. His Prussian Majesty seems anxious to compromise the quarrel in some way. The interference of Russia has been solicited, and if it be but cordially employed, must certainly be successful.—His Swedish Majesty appears either to be very confident in his means of resistance, or to be little apprehensive of attack, for he has disbanded the levy en masse which he called out in his dominions in Pomerania.
The French in Germany.
VIENNA, JUNE 7.
Immediately after the arrival of M. D'Oubril in this city, positive orders were dispatched on the part of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, to the troops at Cassero, to evacuate that fortress.
HANAU, JUNE 17.
It said again, that the Pope will resign the chair of St. Peter to a Cardinal, and that the States of the Holy See, will be added to the kingdom of Italy. The French empire will then take a new title, and a considerable number of new Dukes will be created. It is also added, that great alterations will take place in Switzerland, in favour of the Duke of Neuchâtel.
Miscellaneous Paragraphs.
PARIS, JUNE 19.
An Imperial decree has been published, ordering an increase of the number of the velites, or young men who serve as volunteers, and who are in the possession of 2000 francs a year each. The augmentation is to be 2000, in order to replace those who, on the 1st of January next, are to be received into the Imperial Life Guard, or promoted to the rank of officers.
ROME, MAY 20.
It is confidently reported, that the Emperor Napoleon will crown his brother Joseph, King of Naples, in the Church of St. Peter.
ITALY, MAY 19.
The prohibition of English manufactures throughout the kingdom of Etruria has produced the utmost alarm at Leghorn, as apprehensions are entertained that the English will, in consequence, blockade that free port. The commercial interest of Leghorn have resolved to send a deputation to Paris to make representations against the measure.
NORTH BERWICK, JUNE 18.
This day the Magistrates, Town Council, and gentlemen of the neighbourhood assembled in the Town-Hall to celebrate the acquittal of Lord Melville, and to congratulate the country on his again taking his seat in the House of Peers, where his talents and abilities at this momentous period will strengthen the wisdom of that House, in all its measures conducive to the dignity and honor of his Majesty's dominions.
Extract of a letter from Dundee, dated 16th June, 1806.—"The Mail is just now come in, covered with laurel, and all is bustle in preparing bonfires in the High-street, on account of Lord Melville's acquittal. The fires are to be lighted with Whitbread's porter casks."
MUNICH, JUNE 11.
The 16th is now mentioned as the day on which the French are to give up Brannau to the Austrians.
The Russian troops which lately halted on the frontier of Poland, have all marched into the interior; many of them to Petersburg.
NAPLES, JUNE 16.
The English frequently approach our coasts, but are every where received with cannon shot. They wish to excite the people in the provinces to insurrection; but they will be disappointed. The mildness and the wisdom of a regenerating government are very powerful in attaching the people to its measures. The people of Naples only require peace and a good administration. Instead of occasioning prejudice to the Government, the English do it essential service, as they purge the country of an inconsiderable number of people, who only wish to excite a disturbance.
RAGUSA, MAY 28.
General Lauriston, on the 26th, at the head of 6000 men, took possession of this city. He has issued his proclamation, declaring it to be the intention of the Emperor, and King Bonaparte, his master, to keep it no longer than the Russians keep possession of Corfu, and other islands in the Adriatic.

Domestic Occurrences.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 18.
MIRANDA.
CAPTAIN Bacon , who arrived at Charleston the 4th inst. in 22 days from Trinidad, informs, that the Leander , with Gen. Miranda on board, together with the British sloop of war Lilly , and two schooners, had arrived at Trinidad from Barbadoes, and were expected to sail on their expedition on Sunday the 13th of July. Miranda had been joined by a large number of Aborigines from the continent, many of whom had been appointed officers—he was daily in the habit of receiving letters from his friends in Mexico, who still held out to him certainty of success. It was expected he would be joined by some British frigates, and the Governor of Trinidad appeared disposed to render him every assistance in his power. Great numbers of Americans, &c. were enlisting under his banners, and all were looking forward very sanguinely to the success of the expedition. It was reported that the British commanders in the West-Indies had sent a dispatch to the Spaniards, intimating that if the Americans captured on board Miranda's schooners were executed, they would retaliate by putting to death as many Spaniards, in their possession.
STATE OF NEW-YORK.
NEW-YORK, AUG. 6.
The following statement is published at the request of the supercargo of the Orion :
Ship Orion , Arnold, sailed from the Isle of France, May 2, 1806, at 6 P. M. parted with the pilot, and immediately after observed a sail in chase of us, supposing it to be one of the British ships of war cruising on this station, and not wishing to be detained, hauled close by the wind, at 11 the fired three shot at us, at 4 A. M. the wind being light, she came up with us, and fired four shot; we immediately hove to, after which they fired several volleys of small arms into us, which fortunately did no harm: they then hailed us, and ordered the captain on board with his log book and papers, at the same time using the most abusive expressions—when Capt. Arnold got along side, he was told to return, as they sent their boat on board of us, with a lieutenant and purser, who damaged the ship's hold, and by far exceeded their captain in abuse. They examined the ship's papers, and then ordered the captain and supercargo on board their ship (which proved to be the British frigate La Pysche , Capt. ——) the latter to receive five dozen at the gang way for quizzing his majesty's officers, as they termed it. On arriving on board, the supercargo was shown the main-mast, and after much abuse, was with the captain, ordered below on the gun deck; where we were obliged to stand a considerable while half leg deep in the water, the frigate having carried her lee guns under water during the chase—at length he heard some one say, "you, sir, jump up here God damn you," supposing they meant the sailors, we stood still, although urged by the century to ascend—until we heard a thundering voice pronounce, "I mean those dam'd yankee rascals"—when on deck we were asked "how we dare run away from his majesty's ship," and if we did not know it was the duty of every yankee rascal to lower his topsails when within sight of the British flag. The captain enquired particularly of his lieutenant, whether his shot had killed any of the dam'd rebels, and on being answered in the negative, said he was very sorry for it, and wished a cannon shot had taken off the head of that dam'd infernal Yankee scoundrel, pointing to Capt. Arnold—our papers were then returned us by the lieutenant, telling us their captain considered us too contemptible to admit us to his presence, although at the time he was standing by us, and threatening what he would do to us if ever we gave his majesty's ship another chase of 90 miles, or attempted to quiz his officers.
MASSACHUSETTS.
SALEM, AUG. 11.
Capture of the ship Concord.
The ship Concord , Capt. Richard Ward, jun. from this port direct for Rotterdam, was captured June 28th, off the Start, by one of his Britannic Majesty's ships, and sent for Portsmouth. The cause of the capture is, that a part of her cargo was the production of one of the enemy's colonies (not enemy's property,) We understand that the far greater part of the ship's cargo is Mocha Coffee , imported by the owners, George Crowninshield, and Sons, of this place, and only about a dozen hogsheads of coffee is said to be the produce of Bourbon, in the East-Indies, not imported here by them. The whole cargo had been landed several months in the United States, and the duties paid in the customary manner; and there is no pretence of enemy's property. Rotterdam is not blockaded, being one of the excepted ports in Mr. Fox's proclamation, for ships going from neutral countries. The ship and cargo was to be brought to trial at the last dates from England, and the question to be decided is, whether the ship shall be sanctioned by his majesty's courts of Admiralty, or the stolen goods be restored to the rightful owners. If a dismissal takes place, the least favour to be expected, is, that the enormous port charges and
admiralty expenses will be thrown upon the claimants. Here is a valuable ship, when prosecuting a lawful voyage, with a cargo confessedly neutral, nineteen twentieths of which was purchased in Arabia, a neutral country, arrested merely for having on board a few bds. of coffee, supposed to be the produce of an enemy's colony, destined to the port of another belligerent country. Does the Bourbon coffee contaminate the rest of the cargo? But the production of enemies colonies can be lawfully imported here, and the contamination is an idle pretext to seize the whole. If the British doctrine is to be thus extended to reach a whole cargo because a part was produced in an enemy's colony, the American commerce will be reduced to a name merely, and the people of the United States will enjoy but the shadow, while the substance is swallowed up. The capture of the Concord is to be considered as nothing when we reflect that this is but one among a hundred equally and perhaps more flagrant violations of our neutral rights by the ships of war of Great-Britain. From the port of Salem alone, we note the following British capture and condemnations of our ships during the year past:
  The ship Hazard , Capt. Bullock, at Jamaica, condemned ship and cargo, worth 90,000   The brig Liberty , Lambert, at Calumbo, in Geylon, the whole condemned, supposed worth 20,000   Ship Prudent , Ford, from Batavia for Salem, same place, condemned ship and cargo, said to be worth at least 100,000   Ship Wells , cargo at Gibraltar, condemned, said to have cost 30,000   Brig Hannah , Ropes, at Halifax, vessel and cargo condemned, 30,000   Dolls. 270,000 
Besides, the ship Henry , Russell, captured in the India seas, carried to Bombay and Ceylon, detained 5 or 6 months, and finally released, the whole charges, to a considerable amount, being thrown upon the owners.
The ship George Washington , Daniels, captured on her passage from Calcutta, and carried to England, released, owners paying charges.
The ship Messenger , Buffinton, bound to Europe, detained in England, released and charges thrown upon the owner.
Several other Salem vessels have been stopped in the course of their voyages, and carried out of their way, and though finally restored, we believe in all cases the charges have been paid by the owners.
The fate of the Concord being uncertain, her case need not be stated.
If Salem has suffered so much in its trade during the last year, how much all our other commercial towns have suffered, we must leave to others better acquainted to determine. But we would respectfully suggest to the printers of the United States, the propriety of collecting an accurate list of the captured vessels, and their value, and publishing the same for the information of the American public.
BOSTON, AUG. 20.
FIRE. —On Monday evening we were alarmed by a cry of fire, which burst out from a Twine Manufactory Walk near the Main-street, in Charlestown. The building and its contents of bemp, twine, &c. were almost instantly in flames; and the fire communicated to five adjacent buildings but by the activity and intelligence of the citizens of Charlestown, this town and neighbourhood, they were all saved, excepting the dwelling house of Mr. Otis Clap, and his work shop, with a considerable quantity of finished work, stock and timber. The total loss is estimated at 3000 dollars; of which 4000 were sustained by Mr. Clap; the residue principally by Mr. A. Gillis, and Mr. Nathan Bacon, who occupied the walk. It is well ascertained, that this was an incendiary act, as a person was seen to go towards the walk with fire, apparently a segar, to open one of the windows, and to make off. The person who saw this from his window, immediately ran to the walk, but too late to stop the progress of the flames, which had taken the tow, or to detect the incendiary. By this event, besides the injury to Mr. Clap, two industrious mechanics (Messrs. Gillis and Bacon) are deprived of most of their property. We hope a generous public will not leave them without the means of being useful to themselves and the community; but will contribute such relief as will enable them to re-establish themselves in business. The walk, we learn, belonged to Mr. S. Deblois, of Newport.
ANOTHER VICTORY.
We learn from Capt. Forman, of the ship Washington , in 24 days from New-Orleans, that on the 1st instant, off Havana, he was boarded by H. M. brig Port Mahon ; the Lieutenant of which vessel informed him, that they had boarded a brig belonging to New-York bound from Leghorn to New-Orleans, and received information from the commander, that Admiral Collingwood had recently captured, and carried into Gibraltar eight French ships
of the line; which vessels he saw in the Roads of Gibraltar. The New-York brig had arrived at English Turn in a very short passage. N. York Gaz.
WARREN:
SATURDAY, AUG. 23, 1806.
Suicide. —Yesterday JOHN NORMAN, who was imprisoned in Providence gaol, for the murder of TOBY MILLER, put an end to his existence by hanging himself.
A British frigate of 44 guns, anchored in Hampton Roads, on the 11th inst. supposed to be the Chichester , from New-York.
The Tunisian Ambassador has taken his passage on board the ship Two-Brothers , Capt. Candler, for Tunis, and will sail in a few days. This vessel, has we understand, been chartered by the government of the United States, for the purpose of taking home His Excellency; his baggage, presents, and the effects of his suite have been removed from the U. S. brig Franklin , on board this ship, and will form the principal part of her cargo.
Mr. CARPENTER, late editor of the Charleston Courier , has issued proposals for establishing a semi-weekly paper in New-York.—To this plan, Mr. COLEMAN, offers his full and unqualified protest.
Commercial. —It appears by the late publications of Anthony Morales, Esq. Consul General from the Batavian republic to the United States of America, that the Commanders in chief of the Dutch islands have issued orders to their privateers to search and examine very particularly all neutral vessels bound to any port whatsoever, unless they are furnished with the proper certificates from the Consul General, or from any of the agents in the United States; that he shall forthwith appoint the agents; and that he doubts not the privateers have orders not to search, or detain neutral vessels having enemies property on board, until sufficient time has elapsed for neutrals to govern themselves accordingly.
ST. DOMINGO TRADE.
The Norfolk Public Ledger, in noticing the arrival of the ship Caledonia , of London, at Port-au-Prince, with a valuable cargo, remarks:—This we shall find is the commencement of a commerce of great value to England, which in lieu of our obedience to France, we have relinquished, and which it does not appear that she could have had any object in view, unless to show her power. Her pride and our humanity have conducted to give to Great-Britain a valuable source of commerce, which may not be so easily wrested from her as may be supposed.—General SMITH of Maryland, warned the Senate what would happen, if the Bill under consideration should pass, but then this was before he had seen the imperial mandate, he was afterwards, (as we may say) "as dumb as an oyster."
MARRIED,
In Providence, by the Rev. Mr. Gano, Mr. Lewis Engals, to Miss Mary Caffon. In Newport, on Sunday evening the 10th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Dehon, Mr. Stephen Deblois, Merchant, to Miss Sarah Dean, daughter of Mr. Silas Dean.
DIED,
At Pawtuxet, on Tuesday last, Mr. James Sheldon, of Cranston. His death was occasioned by an accidental fall from his wagon. At Cranston, on the 8th inst. Capt. Israel Gorton, in the 75th year of his age. At Newton (Mass.) Nathan Goodale, Esq. At New-Orleans, Lieutenant Josiah Taylor, of the U. S. regiment of infantry.
SHIP NEWS.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT.
  ENTERED, From   Ship Charles & Harriot , Earl, St. Sebastian   CLEARED, For   Brig Alfred , Fowler, Africa 
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE.
  ENTERED, From   Sloop Sally , Westcott, New-York   Ann & Sarah, Justin, ditto   Somerset, Sanders, ditto   Juno, Comstock, ditto   Eliza, Crapon, ditto   Lydia, Potter, Alexandria   Brig Hiram , Briggs, Trinidad   CLEARED, For   Sloop Providence , Currie, New-York   Union, Angell, ditto   Polly, Brown, ditto   Ruby, Sheldon, Albany   Brig Swift , Gardner, Havana   MOUNT-Vernon, Martin, Surinam 
DISTRICT OF BRISTOL.
  ENTERED, From   Sloop Becca & Betsey , Pearce, Providence   Schr. Nancy , Mother, Havana   Brig James , Loughead, New-York   CLEARED, For   Sloop Eliza , Ingraham, Havana   Sally & Ann, Church, New-York   Two-Frothers, Horlwell, Boston   Mary, Brown, Alexandria   Becca & Betsey, Pearce, Providence   Schr. Nancy , Mother, ditto   Brig Columbia , Phillips, Havana 
Arrived, at New York, on the 18th inst. brig Sally , Trott, of Swansey, in 58 days from St. Ubes. Spoke, July 25th, in lat. 43. 44. long. 47. brig John Adams , 12 days from Newport, for Amsterdam.
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 12.
Arrived, schr. General Pinckney , Speakes, 29 days from St. Jago de Cuba. On her outward bound passage June 21, was brought too by a French privateer called the Vicious , of Guadalupe, mounting 2 nine-pounders, and carrying 80 men. While the captain was on board the privateer, they commenced robbing
of all our cabin stores, bacon, candles, cheese, blocks, and almost all the wearing apparel belonging to the people, and about seventy dollars worth of goods and cloaths belonging to the mate, and it may justly be said they stripped us of every thing they could lay their hands on, amounting to at least two boat loads, besides beating and stabbing two of the crew, because they would not assist in getting the cables out for them, and put the things they robbed us of into the boat. Aug. 2, spoke the schr. Anne , Whitby, of Boston from Jamaica, out 23 days, bound for Boston, had been robbed of their provisions by some Spanish pirates, and stuck with lightning off Cape St. Antonio. The captain and one of the crew was very sick; supplied him with some provisions. Same time, spoke brig Fanny , Brice, of Philadelphia, from Boston for Havana, out 8 days; she also supplied Capt. Whitby with some provisions and stores.
SHIPPING MEMORANDA.
The Paris Moniteur contains an official account of the captures made by a French squadron on the coast of Africa, as mentioned some time since. The number of English vessels taken was 21—averaging about 280 ton, 11 guns, and 25 men a vessel. They had 1134 slaves on board.
On the 15th May, a Tunisian division of five square-rigged vessels, 2 mounting 38 guns each, and the others 36, put into Majorca.—The commodore said he was on a cruise for Portuguese vessels.
The Dutch Consul General, says, "Tis notorious that never an instance can be proved of any hostile action from any Dutch privateer whatever." We do not recollect any mention made by American captains, during the present war, of their having even seen a Dutch privateer.
Gun-boats, No's. 2, 3, and 9, are to remain at Charleston, S. C. under the command of Lt. Gaden.
DELARUE and SMITH'S
DANCING ACADEMY.
LOUIS Benjamin Joseph Delarue, and William Henry Smith, have the honour to present their compliments to the inhabitants of Bristol and Warren, and inform them, that their DANCING SCHOOL will begin in September next at both places.
They will begin their School in Bristol the first day of September, and will be held every Monday from 9 till 12 o'Clock, A. M. and from 3 till 6 o'Clock, P. M. and from 7 till 9 o'Clock in the Evening at Mr. BARKER'S Hotel. Their terms are Seven Dollars per Quarter, and Five Dollars for those who attend only in the Evening School.
They will likewise open their School in Warren, the 2d Day of September, and the day of Tuition will be every Tuesday, from 9 till 12 o'Clock, A. M. and from 2 till 5 o'Clock, P. M. at Col. COLE'S Hall. Their terms are Six Dollars per Quarter, of which Three Dollars will be paid in advance by each Scholar at the first day of tuition in both places, and the rest at the end of the quarter. Both Masters will be present to the tuition, and they will endeavour to merit the esteem and approbation of their Patrons, by the attention they will pay to the improvement of their Pupils in that elegant branch of education.
N. B.—Those who wish to attend their School will apply to Mr. JAMES LA BARON, in Bristol, and to Mr. JOHN PHILLIPS, in Warren, which hold Subscription papers.
August, 22, 1806. 320
NEW GOODS,
Just received and now opening for Sale, by
ELIZABETH CROADE,
a few well chosen Goods, being of the latest Importations and newest Fashions, calculated to please the fancy of every one.
N. B. She invites her customers, friends and the Public, to call and see.
August 16, 1806.
FOR SALE, BY
C. WHEATON & Wm. CARR, 62 Puncheons good flavored 3d Proof Anagua RUM. 9 Hogheads excellent retailing MOLASSES.
WARREN, AUG. 22, 1806:
Clerks Office Supreme Judicial Court County of Bristol.
BRISTOL, Jr.
THE Creditors of ABRAHAM WARREN, of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, Housewright, an Insolvent Debtor, are hereby notified, that they may appear if they see fit, before the Supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at Bristol, in and for said County on the second Monday of September, then and there to nominate Assignees or Commissioners, pursuant to the Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors passed A. D. 1756, the benefit whereof has been extended to the said Abraham, by a special Act of the General Assembly.
DANIEL BRADFORD, jun. Clerk of the S. J. Court.
BRISTOL, AUG. 9, 1806.
FOR SALE,
THE staunch and well Built Brig COMMERCE , Burthen 106 Tons, now lying at the Wharf of Charles Collins, Esq. and can be fitted for sea at a small expence.—Apply to HENRY SISSON.
Warren, July 25, 1806.

APOLLO'S FOUNT.
TO MISS POMPOSA—A SONG.
MISS, they do tell me, Though I can't say how true 'tis, That you've got to be Quite the proudest of beauties; A man might as well, There is such a full wi'ye, Make love pell mell To the Empress of Russia.
That you're empty and proud, Is a fact which I do know; I'd as soon woo a cloud, In the assembly of Juno; And I'm much afraid, If I'm kept at a distance, You'll die an old maid, And never be kiss'd once.
Beginning to fade, You'll be touch'd with remorse; When from an old maid You become a white horse; And I'm so gentle That I hardly dare tell How sorry you'll feel When you lead apes.
VIRTUE.
MAIL, radiant VIRTUE! friend of human kind, Bright emanation of the Eternal mind— To thee we owe whatever becomes us best; Meekness in pain, and calmness when oppress'd; Courage to brave whatever ills assail, And patience when the worst of all prevail: Come, VIRTUE! then—thou dear ethereal guest, Check me when wrong, and sooth me when distress, Each idle passion in its birth controul, And sing thy glowing radiance o'er my soul.
From the BOSTON WEEKLY MAGAZINE.
HOW TO PRESERVE FRIENDSHIP.
[By the Rev. Dr. LATHROP.]
A virtue is the basis, so a similarity of taste and manners contribute much to the pleasure and usefulness of friendship. In the choice of a friend, have a principal regard to the former, and be not indifferent to the latter.
If you would preserve his friendship, act with the strictest integrity; for artifice, once detected, will destroy his future confidence. Keep with sacred taciturnity, the secrets he commits to you: If you betray them, he will not easily pardon the offence or trust you again. Treat him with such openness, as indicates your reliance on his fidelity: but commit not to him the secrets, which would put his fidelity to the torture. Not only assist him, on urgent occasions, but often oblige him in matters of mere convenience or fancy: little compliances may be of greater consequence than substantial benefits; because the former may be frequent, the latter can be but rare. Never seem indifferent to that which sensibly interests him. Indifference from you wounds more deeply than an injury from another. Defend his character, when it is unjustly attacked; for your silence will fix the scandal; and he will consider it as obloquy. Never sacrifice one friend, in complaisance to another; for by treachery to one, you destroy the confidence of both. Oblige him with an alacrity, that anticipates his request, or, at least, prevents the repetition of it; for a favour, extorted by importunity, loses more than half its value. Often remind him of the benefits you have received from him: rarely mention those you have done him; for he will feel your kindness more, as you seem to feel it less. Give him your advice, when he asks it, and even though he ask it not, if you see he needs it, lest he impute to you the errors of his conduct, but assume no magisterial airs; rather insinuate, than impose your advice. Remind him of his real faults and of such foibles as render him disagreeable; but vex him not with a frequent rehearsal of trivial singularities, lest he think you peevish or captious. Admonish him in private, nor relate to others what you have privately said to him; affect not to be thought his reformer: let him have all the honour of appearing to rectify his errors, on the reflections of his own mind. Study to cover his blemishes, to excuse his failings, and cast a mantle over his stains; and be forward to proclaim only his virtues and worthy actions. Accommodate yourself to his humour, so far as it is innocent; so far as it is otherwise, endeavour to mend it by your counsel and example.
ON CEREMONY.
CEREMONY is nothing else than the art of disguising our own faults
in compliment to those of others; and the very use of it insinuates that without it, our company could seldom be tolerated, and never esteemed as our own pride desires it should. Hence it is grown into a science, and we make it first the study, and then the practice of our lives; and men are often valued in proportion to this kind of good breeding, even more than for acquisitions of far greater moment. Hence it is, at least, a necessary evil, and should be mingled with our correspondences as the sweetener of life. Among strangers, it is the first step to recommend us to their favour, and make us pleased with their acquaintance: And even where there is the strictest friendship, it is not to be entirely laid aside; neglects in that point, are apt to introduce such freedoms unawares, as are neither forgiven nor forgotten.
Ceremony also serves to mark out the bounds of high and low life, and distinguish all the intermediate spaces. If place and power, birth and figure were not to be adorned with ceremony and pomp, it is probable the vulgar would lose their distance and be looking boldly into the merits of their superiors; break down the barriers at once, and set the world on a level.
But after all, ceremony must be considered only as the decoration, and not the business of life: It is as possible to be too much in love with it, as too little; and those who devote themselves entirely to it, are seldom fit for any more than the honours of a ball, or a place at a lady's visiting day.
If ceremony in the wisest and best of us, serves only to set a gloss on our conduct; what must we esteem the overflow of it, in those who cannot be ranged with either? Surely it can be thought no other than a sort of coarsely hypocrisy; an affectation of humanity that is foreign to the nature of him who wears it, and, of course, a snare to delude the unwary.
There is likewise a false complaisance, which men of sense and modesty are sometimes liable to, viz. agreeing to a wrong sentiment, rather than take the freedom to contradict it, and indulge the folly at their own expense, which might as easily cure.
Good manners is founded on this single rule, to bear with the frailty of others, and take care that our own shall not offend; if we should add a grace in doing trifles, and ease in affairs of moment, we finish the gentleman at once, and ceremony can add no more.
THE LADIES VINDICATED.
THE critics of the fair sex tell us, they are vain, frivolous, ignorant, coquettish capricious, and what not. Unjust that we are!—it is the fable of the Lion and the Man; but, since the ladies have become authors, they can take their revenge, were they not too generous for such a passion. Though they have learnt to paint, their sketches of man are gentle and kind.
But, if the ladies were what surely misanthropes call them, who is to blame? Is it not we who spoil, who corrupt, who seduce them?
Is it surprising that a pretty woman should be vain, when we daily praise to her face her charms, her taste and her wit? Can we blame her vanity, when we tell her that nothing can resist her attractions; that there is nothing so barbarous that she cannot soften; nothing so elevated that she cannot subdue: when we tell her that her eyes are brighter than day; that her form is fairer than summer; more refreshing than spring; that her lips are vermilion; that her skin combines the whiteness of the lily with the carnation of the rose?
Do we censure a fine woman as frivolous, when we unceasingly tell her that no other study becomes her but that of varying her pleasures; that she requires no talent but for the arrangement of new parties; no ideas beyond the thought of the afternoon's amusement? Can we blame her frivolity, when we tell her that her hands were not made to touch the needle, nor to toil their whiteness in domestic en-
ployments? Can we blame her frivolity, when we tell her that the look of seriousness chases from her cheek the dimple in which the Loves and the graces wanton; that reflection clouds her brow with care; and that she who thinks, sacrifices the smile that makes beauty charm, and the gaiety that renders wit attractive?
How can a pretty woman fail to be ignorant, when the first lesson she is taught, is, that beauty supercedes and disposes with every other quality; that all she needs to know is, that she is pretty; that to be intelligent is to be pedantic, and that to be more learned than one's neighbour, is to incur the approach of absurdity and affectation?
Shall we blame her for being a coquette, when the indiscriminate flattery of every man teaches her, that the homage of one is as good as that of another? It is the same darts, the same flames, the same beaux, the same coxcombs. The man of sense when he attempts to compliment, recommends the art of the beau, since he condescends to do with awkwardness what a monkey can do with grace. Withal, she is a goddess, and to her all men are equally mortals. How can she prefer when there is no merit, or be constant when there is no superiority?
And are men so unjust as to censure the idols made by their own hands? Let us be just; let us begin the work of reformation: when men cease to flatter, women will cease to deceive; when men are wise, women will be wise to please. The ladies do not force the taste of the men; they only adapt themselves to it. As they may corrupt and be corrupted, so they may improve and be improved.
BEWARE OF DISSIPATION.
WHILST so many of our young countrymen are given over to turbulent dissipation it may prove advantageous to place before them an example of the consequences of such a life in the fate of a young man who died not many days ago.
This gentleman was the son of respectable parents. He was of the mercantile line and naturally of a good character, and might have lived an easy and reputable life had he conducted himself with temperance; but unfortunately at the age of two or three and twenty, he became addicted to the vice of drinking. Excessive drinking naturally opens the way to every other kind of dissipation and a course of six or eight years put an end to his existence. Some time before his death his constitution was destroyed; the faculties of his mind impaired, and his affairs in a deranged situation. Alas, what bitter reflections might naturally have occurred during his fatal illness. 'Tis I myself that have created the evils with which I am surrounded. By my destructive intemperance I have poisoned my constitution and brought my life to a miserable and disgraceful end. And how little is the real satisfaction which I have derived from tumult and dissipation; how much happier the sober and reflecting character who lives with honour, whose life flows in peace and tranquility. Ah! could I but commence my days again how much wiser should I be. But alas, the time which I have trifled away can never be recalled. The follies and vices which I have committed can never be obliterated."
Ye sons of dissipation, pause and reflect for a moment! While ye have it in your power, steer your course, ere it be too late, from the rock which threatens destruction. Will you still rush on the hidden shoals where you see so many already shipwrecked? Even ye who have not as yet run into any fatal excesses, do not too readily think yourselves removed from danger. Reflect seriously within yourselves: "May not the habits which I have unconsciously indulged gradually lead on to misery and disgrace? Have not such habits already injured my health, proved expensive, interrupted my more serious and reputable pursuits and led me into errors and follies? Those who have been the wretched victims of dis-
sipation, was not their career gradually commenced and pursued until habit had rendered a reformation impossible? If I do not check my propensities now, when can I expect to do it?" Let such reflections awaken ye to your interest. By thus consulting your own reason it may create happy resolutions and prevent many a bitter sigh of remorse. If we desire recreation there are various innocent amusements in which we may indulge ourselves without running into intemperance. In the youth of life myself I have always endeavoured to shun its unhappy effects. My leisure hours I have considered as more laudably devoted whilst spent in acquiring useful knowledge. And how much more to our credit might the money which we spend in riot and dissipation, be employed in assisting the unfortunate, in conferring blessings on those heads which are archin' for them." Alex. pap.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the Subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator to the last Will and Testament of
NATHANIEL HOWLAND, late of this Town, Mariner, deceased; and have taken upon her that Trust by giving Bonds as the Law directs.—All Persons having Demands upon the said Estate, are requested to exhibit the same on or before the 1st Day of September; and all indebted to the said Estate, are called upon to make Payment, to
NICHOLAS PECK, Attorney for HANNAH HOWLAND.
Bristol, July 11, 1806.
ALL persons indebted to JOSIAH MUNRO by book or note, are requested to make immediate payment to the Subscriber; as Assignment of all his property being made for the express purpose of a speedy settlement with all concerned.
N. M. BURR, Assignee.
Warren, July 4, 1806.
BROKE into the enclosure of the Subscriber on the 28th ult. Two STEERS and One HEIFER.—The owner or owners are requested to prove Property pay charges and take them away. DAVID MASON.
Rehoboth, Aug. 9, 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 Swansea, deceased, viz.
THE very pleasantly situated MANSON 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.
FOR SALE, BY RUFUS & NATHAN M. BURR, 65 puncheons 3d proof Rum, Coarse Rock Salt, for the Diary, 14 half bbls. Mefs Mutton, 20 nest Molasses Casks, 2 bbls. R. Beef.
Terms of payment liberal. Inquire of the above.
Warren, May 10, 1806.
NOTICE.
ALL Persons any ways indebted to the Estate of
NATHANIEL MARTIN, late of Barrington, Esquire, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscribers, Executors to the last Will and Testament of said NATHANIEL: And those who have any demands against said Estate are also requested to exhibit the same to
CALVIN MARTIN, ANDERSON MARTIN, Executors.
Barrington, March 8, 1806. (6ms)