Herald of the United States (Warren, R.I.), 1805-08-17 00:00:00

Gerald of the United States.
WARREN:—PUBLISHED NEAR THE POST-OFFICE, BY NATHANIEL PHILLIPS.
[No. 46, of Vol. XIII.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1805.
[Whole No. 670.]
Foreign Intelligence.
ENGLAND. LONDON, JUNE 16.
LORD MELVILLE.
WE have carefully discriminated and embodied whatever was most important and interesting in the following speech of Lord Melville:—
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1805.
THIS being the day fixed for the motion for an impeachment against Lord Viscount Melville, a great crowd assembled, at an early hour, in the avenues of the House of Commons. At twelve the doors were opened, and a severe pressure ensued. The gallery, of course, was filled in a few minutes. A great number of persons crowded into the lobby, and also lined the stairs to the gallery of the House, which commands a view of the lobby, through which Lord Viscount Melville was to pass. About half past four his Lordship entered the lobby, and being shortly afterwards informed that the House requested his attendance, he walked uncovered into the House, attended by the Serjeant and Mace. His Lordship was dressed in black, and wore a close buckled wig powdered. There was a loud murmur in the House on his coming in. His Lordship spoke standing for two hours and a quarter. His manner was firm and impressive. The moment he had concluded, he took up his papers deliberately, one by one, and having put his hat under his arm, withdrew. The House was uncommonly crowded. Not fewer than 500 Members were present.
A letter being handed to the Speaker by Mr. R. S. Dundas.
The Speaker said, "I am to acquaint the House, that I have received a letter from Lord Viscount Melville. The letter is addressed to me, and dated Wimbledon, June 11, 1805." He then read the letter, which was to the following effect:—
"Having observed, by the votes of the House of Commons, that a Committee has been appointed to consider of the Tenth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry, and having received a copy of the report of that Committee, I take the liberty of requesting that the House will admit me to be heard on the subject of these Reports."
MELVILLE.
Mr. R. S. Dundas then observed, that on former occasions Peers had been allowed to address the House; and that therefore there could be no objection to granting the request contained in the letter just read. He therefore moved, "That Lord Viscount Melville have leave to enter the House, and that he be heard." This motion was agreed to nom. con.
Speaker.—"Serjeant, go with the Mace, and acquaint Lord Melville that he may come in."
Lord Melville then, preceded by the Serjeant at Arms with the mace, was introduced, and bowed twice to the House, on the outside of the bar, having passed it, he bowed a third time. The Speaker then said, "My Lord, there is a chair placed for you, if you should be pleased to repose yourself." The Speaker now put on his hat, and Lord Melville also put on his, and then sat down close to the bar on the left hand, and took out his papers.
Lord Melville soon after rose uncovered—"I thank this House for the indulgence they have so readily afforded me, and shall immediately proceed to the object of the application I have made."
"I must, in the first place, remark, that every attempt of mine to give any explanation of my conduct, has been made in vain."
"Upon the 28th of March, I applied by letter to the Commissioners. Their answer purported, that the business was now before Parliament. When you referred the consideration of the Report of the Naval Commissioners to the consideration of a Committee, I applied to the House of Lords for leave to be examined before that Committee; but their Lordships, from a just regard to their own privileges, would not authorise me to attend that Committee, except under such restrictions as would have rendered my examination nugatory. I have now only obtained leave to attend here under various limitations; in consequence of which I have it in my power only partially to defend myself. I am therefore placed in a very singular situation. I come forward in the fulfilment of my heart to vindicate my conduct from erroneous imputations but I am tied up from that vindication. I hope, however, that I shall not be thought to deviate from the restrictions imposed upon me, if I make some observations upon the nature of the Resolutions passed by this House, and the statements contained in the Tenth Report."
"The first eight Resolutions I shall for the present pass over. The 9th states, 'That in defiance of the Act of the 25th Geo. III. large sums of money were, under pretence of naval services, and by a fraudulent evasion of the Act, at various times drawn from the Bank, and invested in Exchequer and Navy Bills, lent upon security of stock, employed in discounting private bills, in purchasing bank and East-India Stock, and used in various ways for the purposes of emolument.' Certainly these words do not necessarily apply to me; but if any doubt respecting the intention of their application could
have existed, it was removed by the next resolution. In order to understand the two resolutions, it is necessary to couple them together, and their import, so conjointly taken, appears to be this, that Alexander Trotter having at various times drawn large sums of money from the bank, for the purposes expressed in the first resolution, did so draw the money, and apply it with my knowledge and consent. The tenth resolution also implies, that Mr. Trotter occasionally laid out from 10 to 20,000. for my use and credit. Such is, as I understand it, the general import of the Resolutions voted by the House—Resolutions which are recorded on your Journals, and which have been read in every corner of the kingdom.—I solemnly declare that this charge is erroneous.—I never knew that Mr. Trotter employed any part of the public money for purposes of private emolument. I never knew that he invested it in Navy or Exchequer Bills; that he lent it upon the security of stock;—that he employed it in discounting private bills; that he purchased Bank and East-India stock with it; or that he ever made use of it in any way of that kind. I likewise solemnly deny the charge, that Mr. Trotter employed for my use any part whatever of the public money."
"I will here state the connection of Mr. Trotter and myself. When I was appointed Treasurer of the Navy, I found Mr. T. in the Navy Pay Office. He was recommended to me by the late Sir Gilbert Elliot, and other gentlemen, and at a very early period he gained my good opinion. He laid before me accounts of various practices by which seamen were defrauded, and I encouraged him to proceed with his enquiries. Upon the death of Mr. Douglas, he was appointed Paymaster of the Navy, and he was likewise employed in attending to various details in the office, which I could not discharge myself. This is the whole of my connection with Mr. Trotter. I must do him this justice, to declare that he conducted himself, so far as my observation went, most meritoriously in his office. During the fourteen years he discharged the duties of the paymaster of the Navy, no delay of any payment ever occurred, and 34,000,000. of money passed thro' his hands without a farthing of loss being sustained by the public."
"The Eleventh Resolution states, that I in consequence of having been privy to Mr. Trotter's withdrawing money from the Bank, have been guilty of a gross violation of the law, and a high breach of duty. I beg leave to state, that upon no occasion whatever did I ever give Mr. Trotter any authority to draw upon the Bank, but that to which he was entitled in terms of the law. I was asked by the Commissioners, whether I authorized the paymaster to lodge the money drawn from the bank in a private banker's. My answer was, that I had permitted him so to lodge it, during the time that the money was not demanded for the purposes for which it was drawn. Another question was addressed to me to this effect:—"As the money is directed by the act to be lodged in the bank, and not to be drawn without specifying the heads of service, by what authority did you allow Mr. Trotter to draw it in a different manner?" I answered, that I took it for granted that the money always was drawn in the terms of the Act. I must here say a few words in explanation of this objection. With respect to the office of Paymaster of the Navy, I conceive a very general mistake prevails. It seems to be supposed that it was the object of the act of the 25th of the King to make a complete digest of all the details of the navy pay office. This is contrary to the fact. The great object of that act was to render the paymaster's account no longer a personal account, but an official one, and it consisted merely of twelve short clauses. The act for regulating the office of paymaster of the army, which contains no less than thirty-nine clauses, is on the contrary, of quite a different nature. It contains a digest of all the details of that office, and forms a complete system of regulation. It follows, therefore, that the conduct of these two Officers must be different in many respects. The details of payment made by the former are actual distributions from the office; but the details of payment for the army are performed by army agents, barrack masters, and others."
"It was frequently necessary to pay at the Navy Office a great number of small sums, it was impossible, therefore, to avoid sometimes drawing on the Bank, without making a particular specification of service. Suppose ten persons had received assignments for particular sums, and were desirous of receiving their money all at once, is there any thing in the act to prevent the Paymaster from drawing for the total sum at once, instead of making one separate draft for each individual. From this view of the subject, I contend, that when assignments are made, it is no infringement of the act of Parliament to lodge the money with a private banker. This is the idea I have of the construction of the act. I have acted under that impression; if I have unfortunately misconstrued the act, I cannot but regret my mistake, but then the House will see that there may be a violation of the law without a gross violation, and a breach of duty, which may not be a high breach."
"I have already stated, that when I came before the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry, they were in possession of all Mr. Trotter's evidence. They had their questions prepared, and they were answered by me off hand, without any kind of preparation whatever. I listened to them the circumstances in which I stood, and that from the blended mode in which Mr. Trotter had kept my accounts, it was impossible for me precisely to state, whether I had received no benefit from the use of the public money left in his hands. I did not avail myself of the clause of the act which protects persons from criminating themselves on that ground. I refused to answer because I did not choose to disclose secrets confidentially entrusted to me in my official capacity."
"There is one point on which a good deal of ingenuity has been displayed: I was asked by the Commissioners, whether Mr. Trotter had received directions from me to lay out the money for his benefit? My answer was, "No, to the best of my recollection."—If I made use of the words, "the best of my recollection," it was not because I had any doubt upon the subject, but because that is an habitual mode of talking with me, when I speak of past transactions. "No, to the best of my recollection," was much the same as saying, "I never did." It has also been said, that I have shown a strong predilection for the office of Treasurer of the Navy rather than that of Secretary of State. I never was one hour in the Secretary of State's office with my own desire. When I accepted the office of Secretary of State, I understood that I was only to hold it for three months, until the return of a Noble Lord, then abroad."
"Mr. Trotter has declared himself not to be possessed of any materials that could enable him to make up an account. He therefore must have recourse to his recollection, and I have no means of aiding or correcting that recollection. I am completely at the mercy of Mr. Trotter's recollection. The House must be able to see on the face of Mr. Trotter's recollection, many inaccuracies; and I must also be permitted to state that Mr. Trotter's friends, those who are best acquainted with him, concur in declaring, that his memory is not now what it formerly was. "
"I come now to another topic. During the whole of my administration as treasurer of the navy, I was his Majesty's official adviser for the affairs of Scotland. It will readily occur to the house, that in that capacity there might be occasions for sums of money to be applied to purposes which could not be disclosed. These purposes certainly shall not be disclosed by me, whatever may be the result of the charges against me. I must impose upon myself the task of concealment, in order to avoid a breach both of public duty and private feeling."
"In Mr. Trotter's evidence he makes use of great latitude of expression, which it is necessary for me to correct. He states, that he was occasionally in advance for me from 10 to 20,000. but he means that the aggregate of his advances was 20,000. The only occasion on which it could be necessary for him to make a large advance for me, was at the period of the loyalty loan. It was at that time thought proper that persons in public offices should subscribe to that loan: I directed Mr. Trotter to pay my first instalment, but I had no view of deriving any advantage from that transaction; and as soon as the last instalment was paid I gave a power of attorney to Mr. Courts to sell the whole."
"I must now say a few words respecting the conversation between Mr. Raikes and Mr. Pitt. I stated the report to be an idle rumor, and such I am certain must have been the impression on my mind at the time. I certainly supposed that no money had been so illegally drawn from the bank."
"With respect to the money lost by Mr. Jellicoe, the loss was sustained before I came into office, and great injustice would have been done me, had I not been relieved from it."
"There is, however, another charge, which appears to have made a considerable impression on the minds even of very candid men; I mean the release executed between Mr. Trotter and me. That deed was brought to me in Scotland, and I know not how it came there, and signed at the distance of 400 miles from the place where it was prepared. There is the evidence of Mr. Trotter, that I gave no directions respecting that deed, and that it was not at all concerted by me. Mr. Spottiswood, who drew it up is dead, but both his son and his partner have declared, that they can discover no trace of any direction having been given by me for preparing it. The deed therefore was merely intended by Mr. Trotter as a release, which would prevent the parties from being liable to any demand in consequence of any vouchers having been accidentally destroyed."
"After thanking this house for their indulgence, I must declare that I feel a deep anxiety on account of the proceedings against me. I should be guilty of an unbecoming apathy if I were insensible to such accusations; but if any persons think they can succeed in breaking down the spirit with which I shall firmly resist those accusations, they will find themselves much mistaken."
"The time will come, and I believe rapidly, when the public opinion will undergo a
great change on my case. I trust I shall live to see that day."
"If the motion which I have heard is to be proposed, or any thing like it be carried, it will afford an example of great inhumanity towards persons in public situations. It is because I have been a minister that I am to be treated with a severity which could be applied to no other subject? What has been done already? Has no punishment been inflicted? To be stigmatized by parliament, to have my name carried up to the throne as a person unfit to be a member of his Majesty's councils are usual punishments? This, however, is not all; for the attorney-general has been directed to prosecute in a civil action. Gentlemen surely cannot be serious when they say that to be dragged into a court of law, and to run the risk of being reduced to poverty by being obliged to make up the deficiencies of others, are no punishments. I am sure no man would have barangued the people in old palace-yard on this subject, had he imagined that I was to be made the subject of a criminal prosecution; and I am also confident, that no proceedings of the same kind would have taken place in the common-hall of the city of London, had it been supposed that any proceeding of that kind was to be instituted."
"These considerations lead me to believe that what I have heard of an intention of further motions is merely idle rumor. This I am certain I may venture to predict, that no such unjust feeling can exist among the people of this country, and therefore I cannot expect to find it among their representatives. This course of proceeding, in which civil and criminal actions would be going on at the same time, would produce a mixture of evidence inconsistent with the safety of any individual."
Mr. Whitbread followed Lord Melville—and concluded by moving, "that Lord Viscount Melville be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors."
Mr. Bond, moved the following amendment:—
"That the attorney-general be directed to prosecute Henry Lord Viscount Melville criminally, for the offences stated in the reports of the naval commissioners, and the select committee; and to suspend the civil action already ordered by the house until the other is determined."
The speakers were numerous; and a more animated and interesting debate has seldom been heard.
JUNE 12.
At half past six this morning, the house adjourned;—previous to which they came to the following decisions:—
   For the impeachment of Lord Melville, 195   Against do. 272   Majority against Impeachment, 77   For a criminal prosecution, 238   Against do. 219   Majority for prosecution, 9  
The nature of this criminal prosecution, thus carried against his lordship, is as follows:—The attorney-general prosecutes ex officio, and the matter is brought to trial before a common jury, in the court of king's bench. If his lordship be convicted, the court pronounces sentence, which consists always in a fine to the king, proportioned to the measure of his guilt.
The trial will have one singular feature; among several other charges his lordship will be tried for having violated his own act of parliament. This act, however, is merely mandatory; it contains no penal clause, nor one word of any punishment attendant on its breach. The question for the jury will be, what damage has the public treasury sustained, and the fine will depend upon the verdict. In a word, it is a criminal prosecution of the nature of a civil action.
JUNE 18.
A private letter from Hamburg, brought by the last mail, contains the following information relative to the further preparations of the enemy in the Mediterranean: "According to the advices from Lyons of the 30th ult. a second naval armament is fitting out at Toulon, which is to consist of six sail of the line, exclusive of frigates and other armed vessels. The most activity prevailed at Toulon and all the other French harbors, to put the French navy on a most formidable footing.—These letters boast, that in less than four years the naval force will consist of 150 sail of the line. A body of troops is collected near Toulon, in order to embark on a secret expedition; and near Rochefort, a camp is formed for the same purpose."
JUNE 19.
His Majesty this day communicated a Message to Parliament, inform-

ing them "That the communications which had taken place between him and certain Continental Powers, had not yet been brought to such a point as could enable him to lay the result before Parliament, or to enter into any further explanations with the French Government, consistently with the declaration made in the speech at the commencement of the session, &c.
Votes of thanks passed both Houses of Parliament, and assurances of their most cordial support, in enabling his Majesty to adopt such steps as might be best calculated for the safety of Great Britain, and the general interests of Europe. The vote of thanks was opposed in both Houses—it passed the Peers, 111 to 58. The Prince of Wales was in the minority. In the Commons it passed without a division. A vote for more money to be expended in subsidies has also passed.
The Loire frigate, cruising on the 4th inst. to the southward Cape Finisterre, received intelligence that a large privateer, a gun boat her prize, and a smaller privateer, with many sail of shipping were in the harbour of Muros, a few leagues south of Cape Finisterre. Capt. Maitland immediately carried the Loire into the harbour, and immediately manned his boats with 50 seamen and mariners, under command of Mr. Yeo, his First Lieutenant, and another Lieutenant, to attack a fort and a battery defended by Spanish troops. The boats landed, covered by the firing of the Loire. Our gallant countrymen immediately advanced to storm the fort and battery, one of 12, and the other of two 24-pounders—the Spanish troops gave way; the French kept up a severe fire from the 24-pounders, loaded with grape, but nothing could daunt the spirit of our gallant tars; they took possession of the fort by storm, spiked 16 guns, and threw them into the sea, sent four boats full of long Spanish 12 pounders on board the Loire, and made the Spaniards themselves bring down great quantities of naval and other stores, chests of tools, sails, powder, and cordage, which were also sent on board the Loire. They captured, besides, and brought off a Spanish large gun vessel, with one long 32 pounder, and six 24 pound carronades, a large Spanish brig fitting for sea, and La Confiance, French privateer, of 26 guns, and 170 men—another French privateer pierced for 20 guns, which was fitting out, was burnt, and all the small craft, gun-boats, &c. with the exception of one gun-boat, were destroyed. After the capture of the Spanish gun brig El Experience, 30 of the Loire's crew were put on board her, in order to cruise, which the Spaniards observing, sent out six gun-boats and a cutter to retake her, but she beat the whole off, and they all returned quietly to the harbour. The La Confiance is pierced for 32 guns; she had lately undergone a thorough repair, and the Carpenters were working on board her when the boats entered the Bay; on discovering which, they escaped to the shore, leaving all their working tools behind them. The Spanish Commandant, with several Spaniards, were killed in the action. Eleven of the Loire's crew, including the Lieutenant, were wounded, three of them badly. The Lieutenant received a wound in the neck with a sword, which is not considered to be dangerous. Our Naval annuals, rich as they are in brilliant actions, do not record one more daring or more brilliant. The Loire and her prizes are arrived at Plymouth.
JUNE 21. There was a report yesterday, that government had received intelligence of another Spanish squadron of 6 sail of the line having escaped from Cadiz, previous to the blockade being renewed.
JUNE 22. A Riga newspaper of the latter end of April, contains a polite letter from the Emperor of Russia to Gen. Moreau, offering him the situation of a general of infantry, with the pay attached to that rank, and 12,000 rou-
bles to defray his expenses to Russia. Among other expressions used by his Imperial Majesty on this occasion, are the following: "Discharge your duty in my service, and I will do justice to that fame which you have acquired in Europe."
JUNE 24. This morning we received a regular series of Moniteurs from the 8th to the 15th, and Dutch Journals to the 20th inst.
They announce what we have long expected, the incorporation of the Ligurian Republic with the French Empire. In the thing itself, there is little to excite interest, for Genoa, her people, and her dependencies, were before as much at the disposal of Bonaparte, as if they had been French; it is the manner in which the act originated and was carried into effect, that calls for attention.—The refusal of Great Britain to recognize the Republic is assigned as the motive of this consolidation, although no doubts can be entertained that the real cause has been the ambition of the Emperor Napoleon. His answer to the Doge and Deputies of the Senate and people of Genoa, evinces new proofs of his dejection of the English Government and the English Nation. Not content with coupling us with the pirates of Algiers, of Tunis, and Tripoli, he seems desirous of throwing out additional obstacles to the re-establishment of peace. He declares his determination never to acquiesce in the principle upon which this country has at all times acted with respect to the system of blockade. The revival at this crisis of the claim that no right of blockade can be exercised but against such places as are actually blockaded by land as well as by sea, may induce many to think that Bonaparte will endeavour to make the discussion of the principle enter into any negotiation which may be opened.
JUNE 25. An attempt will, in all probability, be shortly made by the Texel squadron to put to sea. Accounts have been received by a neutral vessel which sailed last Thursday from the Texel, that all the men of war and transports there were in complete readiness for sea. The latter are stated to amount to seventy sail, with troops on board, and victualled for a considerable time; the former consist of five sail of the line, two frigates, and three sloops. The intelligence brought by neutrals from the Texel, respecting the enemy's armaments, has generally proved incorrect, but this account is in a great degree confirmed by letters from our cruisers off the harbour. One of them says:—"We still continue cruising of this place; yesterday we boarded a vessel under Prussian colours coming out, from the Master off which we learn that the enemy's force consists of five sail of the line and three large corvettes in the Mars Diep, one line of battle ship, which, has been hove down, and put in a complete condition for sea and a large frigate, in the New Diep. The whole were preparing for sea. Several corps of French troops had of late marched in, for the purpose, it is supposed, of accelerating the works that are carrying on."
Should the Texel armament succeed in escaping, it is not unlikely that it will push for the Cape of Good Hope. On board of so great a number of transports there cannot be less than ten thousand troops; and were they landed at the Cape, they would constitute a very formidable disposable force, which might, according to circumstances, be directed from that point against our dominions in India.
JUNE 29. The Dutch camp at Zeyt had received very considerable reinforcements, and the troops are to be embarked in the Texel, as speedily as possible. A great number of stores and a considerable quantity of ammunition are also preparing for embarkation.
Intelligence is said to have reached Government, of the determination of Austria to co-operate in a decisive and vigorous manner against France, in consequence of the consolidation of
the Ligurian Republic with the empire of Bonaparte, who is stated, on receiving a dispatch at Milan from Vienna, to have declared, that as Francis seemed tired of the Imperial Crown, he should take the first opportunity of adding it to his own. Those who circulate, and those who give credit to such absurd rumours, are equally contemptible.
The French minister at Hamburg has most peremptorily insisted that all the Emigrants resident there do instantaneously quit that city and its dependencies.
The total of the effective strength of the British Army on the 1st of May last, was 21,452 cavalry, 130,332 infantry, and 78,794 militia.
JULY 2. The House of Commons, have voted to rescind their resolution directing the Attorney-General to prosecute Lord Melville in a Court of Justice; and voted, that he be impeached of High Crimes, &c. before the House of Lords.—Messrs. Whitbread, Fox, Grey, Sheridan, &c.—are of the committee to conduct the impeachment. A bill has been brought into Parliament to indemnify Trotter, in order to make him an unexceptionable and intrepid witness against Lord Melville.
A Messina article of June 17, says—That an American squadron consisting of 13 vessels, of different sizes, of which part is in our port, and the other in Syracuse, is shortly to make a new attack on Tripoli.
Notwithstanding various reports in the public papers, it is not ascertained that Mr. Monroe, the American Minister, had left Madrid on the 26th May. Whenever he leaves that city, he comes immediately here to resume his station; and then Mr. Erving, late Consul and Agent of the United States, and Charge d'Affaires here, goes to Madrid, as Secretary of Legation, and Ch. des Aff. to that Court. Gen. Lyman has succeeded Mr. Erving in his late employment here.
The Prussian Monarch (by a note through Baron Hardenberg) has avowed his resolution to prevent the subsidiary treaty with Great-Britain, for 25,000 Swedish troops being carried into effect.
The articles of impeachment against Lord Melville was ordered to be printed on the 4th July, and to be taken into consideration on the 9th.—There are eight specific charges; five of them amount to 84,000£. deficiency; the other three regard the supposed violation of the law in drawing the naval money, &c.
There is a considerable degree of bustle at the Downs. The fleet assembled there, has been joined by no less than fourteen small fire ships; a larger number than is usually attached to such a fleet, which has given rise to many conjectures.
JULY 3. We informed the public yesterday, that His Majesty has lately been unfortunately afflicted with a complaint in his eyes. It is with deep regret we have to state to day, that that complaint is of a most serious nature.
JULY 4. M. De Novozilzow's mission is considered by the Paris Journalists as likely to lead to peace between Russia and France. They observe upon it, "if Russia had unsuitable proposals to make, she would not incur the expence of an embassy, because the character of the Emperor Napoleon is now too well known in Europe, for any one to hope to impose upon him by political illusion or boasting—Russia has neither an interest nor the means of contending with a colossal power so well established as France; and hence it is permitted to reckon upon an approximation which may be useful to the two countries."—At any rate, the Parisian Journalists will not admit of the probability of a Continental War.—"At Paris, as well as Vienna," they say "every thing concurs in assuring us that peace will not be disturbed. The desire manifested by the Emperors of Germany and France, to preserve the good understanding that exists between
the two Courts—every thing changes our hope to certainty. The result of this security is the same at Paris as at Vienna. The funds at both places have risen. At Paris they continue to rise, and the five per cents which were but at 60 when the Emperor set off for Italy, were on the 23rd June at 62." The rise of the Austrian funds was certainly not produced by any pacific hopes, but by the determination of the Government to repay at fixed periods the sums lent by the Dutch to Austria during the war. We believe that so far from being on good terms with Bonaparte, she has lately presented a strong remonstrance, and demanded an explicit declaration with respect to his views in Italy.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26. The Gazette of Saturday night contains dispatches from General Lord Lake, which reach to the 11th Jan. They confirm the accounts previously received of the reduction of Fort Deig, and of the repulse of a most gallant attack made by the army under his command on the town of Bhurtpore, which his Lordship entertained no doubt would shortly fall in his hands. Advices have also been received from the Camp of his Excellency the Commander in Chief under date of the 13th Jan. by which it appears that a body of 700 of Jeswunt Rao Holkar's horse had quitted the service of that Chieftain, and come into camp that morning. The Sirdars of this body of horse had visited his Excellency the Commander in Chief upon their arrival at Head Quarters.
TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 19.
The Sublime Porte pertinaciously persists in his refusal to acknowledge Napoleon I. as Emperor of the French. Bonaparte has sent M. Joubert, one of his favorites, with a letter to the Emperor Selim, III. in his hand writing, with orders to deliver it into His Majesty's hands.—But the Emperor has refused receiving it, except communicated by the Reis Effendi, or the Grand Vizier.
Domestic Occurrences.
MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, AUG. 5.
BY a gentleman who arrived on Saturday evening from Washington, we are informed, that the Notes, &c. taken from Mr. Peter, between Alexandria and Georgetown, on Thursday last, have been recovered, except ten or twelve dollars. In the house of the robber the money was found, but our informant does not recollect his name.
The following information respecting the perpetrator of the robbery near Alexandria, is received in a letter from a magistrate of that city, dated Friday August 2.
"I should have replied to your last sooner, but I have been occupied in endeavouring to ascertain the perpetrator of the daring robbery committed near this town on Tuesday last, of which no doubt you are informed. We have a man confined on suspicion. Among other very strong circumstances, I will mention one, which I witnessed to day; a small negro boy, of about 11 years of age, belonging to Mr. C. Alexander, in the neighbourhood of whose house Mr. Peter was shot, states that he was a witness to the scene, and very minutely described the person we have in confinement, as well in his person as his cloathing, &c. together with the spot and circumstances which took place at the time, all of which accords with Mr. Peter's account. And what adds further weight to this account, he gave this same information a few minutes to his master's (Mr. Alexander's family.) After hearing his statement, I put him into an apartment by himself, then called, for six or seven persons whom he had not previously seen, among them was the suspected character; when all was in order, I brought in the boy, and requested him to look round the room and see if either of those men was the one who shot Mr. Peter's. After looking round he went up to Burford (the name of the person in confinement)

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13, that my intentions would be admirably pended. They had all been some service, and 3d bravely stand before a veteran and ex- perienced enemy, much more before men like the natives of this country. It was planned by a servant and his companion, that I should go to her and touch her: this was a violation Et would deprive her of her cast, and then she vld have no right to burn herself: at the bie time to tell her in the Moorish language to be frightened, but to refer herself whol- ly to their direction, for that they came to releas- fig. Then when she was away as ex- the Jane was re-captured that night; part- with the Prosperity, same evening—August 3, lat. 34, was chased by a schooner six hours.— The. fchr. S. Tammany, Wright, of Balti- more, was captured by a French privateer near Cape Nicholas Mole—the long-boat was given to the crew, and afterwards arrived at Mati- guane. An American fchr. supposed to be the Dish, Harris, of this port, was captured off Tibercoo, 15th July—crew landed there.
CHARLESTON, JULY 31. Capt. Shaw (arrived on Monday last) from Honduras, was boarded on the 14th inst. off Cape Antonio, by a French privateer, who robbed him of several articles. The privateer had then under her convoy an English ship from Jamaica, which she had captured. They kept company, with Capt. Shaw, until they arrived off Havana, when the privateer and her prize went into that port.
John Croade INFORMS his Customers, that he has just received a considerable Supply of Staple and fancy GOODS, which, added to his former Parcel, make a general Assortment, of seasonable Articles, of the Cheapest of which they will be convinced by calling and looking for themselves. Warren, Aug. 10, 1805.
JUST ARRIVED, AND FOR SALE, BY John Haile, 56 Hhds. Tobago RUM, of the 3d and 4th Proof, of a good Flavor. Warren, Aug. 16, 1805.
THE SUBSCRIBER, By the Sloop George, F. Cole, just arriv- ed from Albany, has received, and for Sale, Fresh Superfine FLOUR, CORN and RYE.—Apply next Door South of the Baptist Meeting House, to THOMAS BAKER. *Warren, Aug. 16, 1805.
WANTED, immediately, by the Subscriber, as an Apprentice to the BLACKSMITH'S BUSINESS, a (m-r) alive Lad about 14 or 16 Years of Age.—One who can come recommended as such shall have good Usage. JAMES C. HUBBARD. *Warren, Aug. 16, 1805.
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Schooner Concord, Munro, Ann & Hope, Pitman, Flora, Carr, Brig Jane, Munro, Havanna Ditto Africa Ditto NEW YORK, AUG. 9. Arrived yesterday, at quarantine, the pilot boat fchr. Greyhound, Williams, in 13 days from Cape Francois. At Jerome—ship Amer- ica, Jones; for Philadelphia the middle of July; brig Jane, about 1st October. At Port de Paix —fchrs. Friendship, of Baltimore; — late Capt. Coward, (captain and mate dead) Con- quest, Odlio, Philadelphia, and William, of Alexandria. July 27, in lat. 34, 26, long. 72, was boarded by the Vanguard of 64 guns, and the Echo sloop of war, with 200 sail of mer- chantmen under convoy, out 4 weeks from Ja- maica. The sloop George, Reynolds, from Norfolk for Jamaica, put into Turks-Island with the loss of her rudder, and was cut out on the 16th July, at night, and carried off by the French:—the Captain and mate left ashore. AUG. 10.
Arrived yesterday, the schooner Raynard, Chester, in 15 days from Barracoa. The brig Sulannah, Turner, of Philadelphia, for Jamaic- ca, was brought off the harbor on the 13th Ju- ly, and the captain put ashore by the privateer- men; but the privateer was ordered out the next morning, and it was supposed Capt. Tur- ner was put on board again, and his brig al- lowed to proceed. The privateer Moboteme, of two guns and 50 men, took an English fchr. of five guns and 40 men, and brought her into Barracoa on the 15th July. It is supposed the fchr. was a British tender. Spoke, Aug. 3, in lat. 34, the fchr. Two-Brothers, Giles, of U- nion, 36 hours from Ocracoke for Jamaica. Same day, at quarantine, the schooner Al- legany, Barber, in 9 days from Havana. The brig Julia, Fox, for New-York, failed in co. Flour was 25 dollars. The Spanish fleet was expected. Provisions for them had been pro- vided, and specie boxed, to go on board. Aug. 2, off Cape Carnavel, was boarded by the brig Minerva, of London, of 12 guns and 60 men, under French colours, detained half a day and robbed of sundry articles. She put on board the Allegany, A. Durand, mate of the schooner Anna, of New Orleans, then in co. a prize to the brig, from Campeachy for New Orleans, with 14 000 dollars in cash, and a cargo of logwood.
Capt. Barber informs, that a number of French and Spanish privateers infest the South coast of Cuba, and had taken a number of ves- sels from England for New Orleans, took them into a small port 20 leagues to leeward of Ha- vanna, and plundered them of their cargoes and burnt the vessels. He also informs, that there were 10 or 12 sail of privateer Schooners in Havana, under French colours ready for sea.
We are informed by Capt. Duplex, who came passenger in the ship Hercules, from Liv- erpool bound to Philadelphia, that the Hercu- les failed the 28th June. The ship Neptune, Stanford, for New-York failed the day before: and several other American vessels at the same time. Spoke, on the 13th ult. north of the Western Islands, in lat. 44, long. 31, ship Hardware, Matlack, 18 days from New-York for London: and fchr. Hamilton, 5 days from Boston for Barbadoes, then in lat. 40, long. 57. AUG. 12.
Arrived on Saturday, the ship Charles, Smart, from St. Thomas, via Bermuda, in 8 days. July 7, in lat. 19, was boarded by the French privateer La Victorie, of 10 guns and 150 men, from Guadalupe; which broke open their lockers, and robbed Capt. S. of several articles.
Same day, the sloop Minerva, Ashton, in 23 days from Savanna-la-Mar, (Jam.) Who on his outward passage, was robbed by a French privateer of articles to the amount of 200 dollars.
PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 7. Extract of a letter from Capt. R. Reynolds, late of the schooner Nancy, of and for New-York, from Montego Bay, (Jam.) dated Lazaretto, Aug. 3, 1805. "I arrived here a few days ago in the brig Lark, from Jamaica, on board of which I was put after the destruction of my vessel. On the 7th of July about nine leagues from Cape Corrientes, I fell in with and was taken posses- sion of by a French privateer, who after having plundered me of a variety of articles, put six men on board my Schooner, and on the 9th, the Jamaica convoy bearing in sight, the Frenchman ran the Nancy ashore a little to the northward of Cape St. Anthony, and cut away my anchors. The Frenchman seeing the Brit- ish ships of war man their boats, immediately put every thing they could plunder me of, into the long boat and pushed off, leaving me and people on board the Schooner. The English boats were soon along side, when they swept my anchors and tried to get the fchr. off, but finding it impracticable, the lieutenant of the Theseus, who commanded the party, set her on fire, when she, with her cargo of 70 pun- cheons of rum, &c. was soon consumed. I was then, with my crew, taken on board the The- seus where I remained ten days, when the Lark being about to quit the convoy, I got permis- sion to take my passage in her; but I sincerely regret being obliged to leave my mate, Robert Williams, and Noah Smith, both of the state of Connecticut, on board the Theseus, which the commodore detained, notwithstanding my best endeavors to clear them. These men with my cook, who I brought off, and Thomas Potter of Richmond, who died soon after I left Jamaica, were the whole of my crew."
"The Frenchmen who took me, said they intended to run me up a creek within the Col- lerados Rock, where they had a place of deposit and where they had already an American brig, that they would learn us not to trade with their enemies at St. Domingo, and that they had come out on purpose to take every American vessel they met with. He also informed me they had previous to my capture, taken two brigs and a schooner from Liverpool, bound to
and said that is the man who shot the gentleman."
PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 8. Attempts at Robbery.—The night before four attempts at house breaking were made in Germantown. In every instance the per- petrators were discovered, but made their es- cape. Attempts continue to be made in this town. We understand that one man was on Tuesday night apprehended and committed. It is important that the citizens should be upon their guard.
STATE OF NEW-YORK. NEW-YORK, AUG. 9. Capt. Williams, of the Greyhound from St. Domingo, informs us, that the Emperor Dessalines arrived at Cape-Francois on the 17th ult. from Port-au-Prince. On the 14th of July three British ships of the line, and six frigates, passed the Cape bound to Martinique, to join the other British forces.
By an arrival yesterday from Al- gefiras, we learn, that the Spaniards have detained and sent into that place several American vessels. And by ac- counts received last evening by the ship Polly from Newry, we have the unplea- sant intelligence, that the ship Mary, bound from this port to Liverpool, had been detained by a Spanish priva- teer, and ordered for Bilboa.
We also learn, by the vessel from Algefiras, that the United States frig- ate John Adams, and 7 gun-boats had arrived at Algefiras, and sailed from thence the 18th June, to join the Med- iterranean squadron.
AUG. 10. We have accounts by the Adri- ana from Cadiz, that the United States gun-boat which was captured near Gibraltar, after trial had been con- demned as a lawful prize. War be- tween Spain and the United States was the general topic of conversation at Cadiz. That port was still blockaded. Flour was 12 dollars and rising. Gen- eral Moreau had embarked the whole of his furniture on board of the ship New-York, bound to Philadelphia, and was to sail immediately.
The ship Annawon, Capt. Holmes, arrived at Philadelphia, left Liverpool on the 7th June. On the 22d of June, in long. 21, 30, was brought too by the British frigate Cerberus, of 40 guns, and boarded by an officer, who inform- ed us, that off the Western Islands they had engaged and captured the new French frigate Ville de Paris, of 44 guns, after an action of three hours and an half, and sent her for England; the English frigate suffered considerably, and lost 17 men killed and 25 wound- ed, among the killed was the first Lieu- tenant, and wounded the Captain.
The Ville de Paris was bound to the West-Indies with dispatches for the combined fleets.
Extract of a letter from a commercial house in Liverpool, to the owner of the ship Ontario of this port, dated June 15th, 1805, received via Portland.
"It is with much concern we have to in- form you, that on the night of the 12th inst. the Ontario went out of the dock into the river. The night was very fine and calm: but owing in our opinion to the mismanagement of the pilot, she drifted on shore, and is very much damaged. The chief part of the cargo is got out, and we are not yet able to ascertain the extent of the injury she has sustained: It is, however, evident that it will be very great.— We even entertain doubts whether she will be worth repairing."
"So soon as the cargo is out, and that we can get at the lower side, we intend to have her very particularly surveyed and examined, and shall act as may then appear for the interest of the concerned. We have made one attempt to raise her these springs: but it did not suc- ceed: she will now lay till the next spring tide, when we have no doubt of floating her with easiness. At present we could give you but an imperfect idea of the damage, and must defer it until an accurate survey can be taken."
"We are glad that Capt. Starbuck was so cautious about removing the ship in the night that he took the opinion of two of our dock mas- ters, as well as the pilot, on the propriety of going out then, and said he would not stir the ship if they thought there was any risk. They all assured him it might be done with perfect safety, it being light as day."
AUG. 12. Mr. Stephen, arrived at Norfolk from Ma- deira, in the Schooner Jason, informs, that on the 27th of June, in lat. 34, 49, long. 42, he fell in with Lord Nelson's fleet of 13 sail of the line, &c. under a heavy press of sail, and that the Jason was detained a few minutes to get some wine for the Admiral, during which time the British officers stated with pleasure, that they had picked up a French Bucker, which gave them some hopes of their being in the track of the enemy.
Capt. Ferris, arrived at Norfolk from Ca- diz, took on the 22d of July, in lat. 31, 9, long. 63, 24, the three masted fchr. Regulator, 10 days from New-York. The captain of the Regulator informed, that at 5 P. M. in lat. 31, 23, long. 64, 10, he was boarded by the Spencer, one of Lord Nelson's fleet, two other ships of the line, and three frigates in sight.
Capt. Trindade, who arrived at Norfolk, on Tuesday last, in 39 days from Bonavista, says, that on the 20th ult. in lat. 31, 15, N. long. 64, W. was boarded by two officers from Admiral Cochrane's (squadron, which was stand- ing to the eastward, who, after having asked many questions if he had seen the English or French fleets, and examining his cargo and log-book, allowed him to proceed. Capt. T. adds, that he saw one 34 gun ship, three 74's, and other line of battle ships and frigates stand- ing the same course.
WARREN, SATURDAY, AUG. 17.
FROM JAMAICA. On the 13th July, the inhabitants of Kingston, through the medium of their dele- gates in the House of Assembly, renewed their representations to the Lieut. Governor, of the miserable condition, which that island was like- ly to be reduced, by a perseverance in the mea- sures lately adopted by the command of his Majesty's ministers, for the prevention of a sup- ply of salted provisions from the United States of America.
To this address, his Excellency returned the following answer:—"In consequence of the measures which were taken during the last martial law, for the security of Jamaica, all neutral vessels have been, by my directions, ad- mitted to an entry at the several custom houses in the island, although they may have contain- ed salted provisions prohibited by my procla- mation of the 20th May last. The arrival of the Cork fleet which is daily expected, will I trust, tend essentially to quiet the apprehensions you entertain of a scarcity of those articles, so necessary for the support of the poorer classes of the inhabitants of the island as well as to cor- rect the vegetable diet of the negroes."
FROM HAYTI. We are informed that a new decree of the Haytian government is received at Philadel- phia. It enacts that all vessels coming into their ports shall have their cargoes consigned to a resident, (Black we presume) merchant, who previously to being admitted to an entry, shall give bonds to double the amount accruing on such cargoes. This decree has been issued for the purpose of securing to the administration the punctual payment of its duties.
A Botanic Garden has been recently estab- lished in South Carolina, under the auspices of the Medical Society of that State. The sub- scribers, for this valuable establishment, have been very liberal; a suitable spot of ground has been already enclosed, and many valuable exotic plants collected.
Mr. JAMES M. HENRY, has been ap- pointed Agent for the United States in the Is- land of Jamaica, in the room of WILLIAM SAVAGE, Esq. resigned.
Mr. Jerome Bonaparte is arrived at Genoa, and occupied, on the 14th of May, a part of the palace of the Minister Plenipotentiary, Mr. Salicetti. [Paris Argus.]
The house of Reinhardts, at Amsterdam, has just failed for four tons of gold, or 400 000 guilders; this circumstance has had a tempo- rary influence over commercial affairs. 16.
STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND.
DISTRICT OF NEWPORT. Entered. From Sloop Eliza, Crapon, New-York Brig Neptune, Seabury, Havanna — Betsey, Arnold, Exuma Cleared. For Sloop Polly, Turner, Baltimore Schooner Nancies, Shearman, Havanna — Caroline, Gregory, New-York
DISTRICT OF PROVIDENCE. Entered. From Schooner Collector, Terrebaut, Edenton Brig Eliza, Hallowell, New-York Cleared. For Schooner Ino, Grainger, St. Bartholomew's Brig Argus, Bowen, Havanna — Hiram, Mauran, Ditto Snow Sufan, Smith, Ditto Ship Minerva, Page, Isle of France — Charlotte, Young, Bordeaux — George and Mary, Hyatt, Newport
DISTRICT OF BRISTOL. Entered. From Sloop Amey, Munro, Havanna — George, Cole, New-York — Betsey, Cowling, Norfolk Schooner Rebecca, Fenner, Boston — Silver-Spring, Black, Dighton — Concord, Webb, Dighton — Prudence, Munro, Havanna Brig Three-Sisters, Champlin, Ditto — James, Driscoll, Matanzas Ship Agent, Kelly, Havanna Cleared. For Sloop Phebe, Kelly, New-York — Little-Bebekeh, Manchester, West-Indies

NUMA.—No. XII.
"Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The gen'trous purpose in the glowing breast."
THOMPSON.
SEE with what care and pleasure the florist attends his little garden; notice the satisfaction he takes in curiously arranging each bed of flowers; in marking out each alley and in assigning to every one of the flowery tribe, a special place within this odiferous precinct. He sees that no pestiferous weed shall hurt any of his roseate collection, no noxious root shall supplant the dazzling beauties of the pink, the tulip, or the lily; unwilling that any should wither and decay for lack of nourishment or attention; applies to the roots the humid moisture, directs their various branches, to preserve and augment their beauty; screens them from the burning heat of the meridian sun; guards them from the ravages of insects, and from the first opening of the bud, remits no vigilance, caution or care, until he discovers the protuberant blow, in its full perfection. And shall these frail flowers, which to-day flourish, and to-morrow are cut down, be weighed in comparison with an immortal mind? If it be delightful to propagate these products of the field, which are of so short existence, how much more pleasing must it be to see the powers and faculties of the human mind expanding under the culture of instruction. Let the lovely mind of your child, then be your flower garden; here you can engender seeds which will richly flourish, and unlike the gaities of the ground will flourish forever. The garden may present you with a rich and charming bloom, but is incapable of vieng with the exuberant growth of intellect; it can never exhibit to you such resplendent pictures or such undying treasures; the scenes of nature may appear to you engaging, but they can never be so replete with beauties as the dress of the mind; for the mind is to be an unfading scenery and unceasing power. Though all flesh must see corruption and moulder in the dust, yet the inner-man is to be dislodged from this enclosure of clay, and in another world to magnify its powers. With such ideas in view, you can never be too solicitous in training up your children in the ways of wisdom. The converse of their improved minds, shall be to you a source of sweet consolation, and the satisfaction of having discharged your duty to your offspring, in warping their minds to a love of knowledge, shall be the soft solace and support of your declining years. As it then immediately concerns your own happiness and wholly advances theirs, early inspire them with good principles and with a love of contemplation and study. During the vigorous season of youth, principles are to be imbibed, manners and habits are to be acquired, which are to influence all the conduct of life, even to the downhill of years. They actuate in infancy and youth, stamp the character in age, regulate its conduct, fix the tenor of its life, and decline it to its deserts beyond the tomb.
First then, be it your attentive concern, to instruct your child in morality; seasonably point out to him the vanities of time and that its trifles soon pass away; early acquaint him that the arbitrary sway of its fashions gives legality to vices and excesses, and establish in his mind such firm and unwavering principles, as shall enable him at all times to discriminate between the evil and the good, and to pass on through an undeviating course of virtue and duty. Make it your endeavour to disengage his attention from every thing that is unsuitable to the dignity of the man and the christian, so that when he shall arrive to maturity he may "put away childish things;" be cautious to form his demeanor and manners with graceful urbanity, by which principles and accomplishments he will endear himself to his fellow creatures, "serve his generation faithfully," and honor his Maker. Thus situated, death can never be to him premature nor life short. "For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that which is measured by number of years; but wisdom is the grey hair to man; and an unspotted life is old age." "Rear the tender thoughts" of your child, by impressing it with morality and religion. "Pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind;" instill within it all the amiable, noble and manly attributes; establish it in a love for integrity and a uniform reverence for all that is solemn and sacred. The mind of your child thus stored with lively and comprehensive views of morality, religion and duty, you may expect, that "instead of the thorn, shall come up the fir tree; and instead of briar, the myrtle tree."
Wethersfield, (Con.) May, 1805.
THE TRIUMPH OF FORTITUDE AND PATIENCE, OVER BARBARITY AND DECEIT.
A TRUE STORY.
[From the Female Spectator.]
[Continued from our last.]
MANY there were who thought her so; but the misfortune of her family prevented them from making their address on an honourable score, as did the modesty of her behaviour from approaching her on any other; and she lived to the age of eighteen, without being able to say she had any one man who had declared himself her lover.
But among those who had long in secret admired her, there was one whom I shall call Lothario, who presuming on his great estate, fine person, and former successes with our sex, at last ventured to tell her what none before him had ever done.
This gentleman had been a frequent visitor of Dalinda, and the charms he found in her young niece made him more so. He had many opportunities of entertaining the object of his passion without any notice being taken of it by the other, who, as has been already observed, was not very assiduous concerning her; and he had the artifice to contrive it so, as to be there as much as possible, when either by her being not up, or gone abroad, he should have no interruption from that quarter.
Jemima thought it was her duty, in the absence of her aunt, to entertain him with all imaginable respect, before she discovered the sentiments he was possessed of in favor of herself; and she afterwards, at least for a good while, was not sensible she ought to change her manner of behaviour in regard to him.
Whether it were that he had the advantage by being the first that had discovered a sensibility of her charms—or whether it were that there was really somewhat more engaging in him
than she had seen in any other man, is altogether uncertain; but it is not so that her young heart was insensibly caught with the fine things he said to her, and she could not help feeling that pleasure which none but those who love are capable of, whenever she either saw or heard him.
Great was the progress he had made in her affection, before she suspected he had any other design upon her than such as her prudence, as well as inclination, would permit her to encourage; but happening to be alone with him one evening, he began to take some liberties with her which very much alarmed her modesty, and she pushed him from her with all her might. "How, Lothario, (cried she) is this the treatment befitting you to give a woman of virtue? Or could you think me worthy of an honourable passion if I would submit to bear it?"
These words, and the looks and gestures with which they were accompanied, soon made him desist; but he knew so well how to excuse the boldness he had been guilty of by the excesses of his passion, that the woman in her soul prevailed in his favour, and she consented to a reconciliation.
How many are there of our too unwary sex, who would have thought no more of this affair, but have received the pardoned lover in the same manner as though he had never offended, and by such a conduct emboldened him to transgress again, perhaps to the utter undoing of the believing maid!
But it was not so with Jemima: He had no sooner taken his leave of her, and she had leisure to reflect on what had passed between them, than all those apprehensions, which are the surest guardians of virgin innocence, rose in their full force upon her troubled mind. On recollecting the many passionate & tender declarations he had made to her, she found that there was not one that gave her any assurance that he intended to pass his life with her; no mention had ever been made of marriage, and though he professed to have for her the extremest love that ever man was possessed of, yet her own good sense, as well as the report of the world, convinced her that there requires more art in the prosecution of a lawless flame, than in one whose end is honour.
She trembled, therefore, lest in all he had said to her, he had no other aim in view than her ruin; and the secret inclinations she found towards him in her own heart, heightened her terrors on this score—She knew she loved, and dreading, that in some unguarding moment that love might prove the destruction of her virtue, resolved to sound the bottom of his design, which if she perceived was not conformable to those rules she wished it might be, to tear herself from his conversation, dear as it was to her, and never see him more.
Let any woman who has ever known the force of that passion with which Jemima was actuated, well weigh the struggles of a soul thus divided between love and honour, and give her the applause she merits for so strict an adherence to the latter.
She was, however, in some debate within herself, in what manner she should break the matter to him. Her native modesty would not suffer her to be the first that proposed marriage, which she thought should always be the province of the man, and knew not how to frame her mouth to utter what she would have blushed to have heard from that of her lover, much as she in secret wished it.
(To be continued.)
THE MILLENERS' SHOP.
Is very prettily described in the following Extract From a French Novelish.
I KNOW no situation more agreeable than that of a fashionable Milliner. Every thing around her is seducing:—the gauze and the lawn assume whatever shape her fancy directs. She arranges those flowers fashioned by Art whose vivid colours dare to rival the brilliant production of Nature.—This handsome hat—this aigrette—this bouquet, acquire triple value from her plastic hand!
Beyond that glazed partition behold that assemblage of young beauties: they hold the needle and the scissors.—How happily employed! Taste, or rather Fashion, directs their labour. The Graces preside over their dress; Coquetry beams in their eyes.
Here, on the right, are the three Graces;—this is the freshness of Hebe, the gait of Juno, the beauty of Venus. There, on the left, is a sprightly burnette, a wood-nymph, whose furtive glance inflamed the Satyr.—At the farther end is a fair damsel with blue seducing eyes: it is the Queen of Cyprus, who holds even the most rebellious hearts in subjection. In the morning the fashionable milliner resembles the artificial flowers around her;—at night she is the rose in all its lustre! Her worshippers increase as the star of day proceeds in its course; when Phœbus has completed his career, she enjoys her greatest triumph. She is then the finest production of Nature—the most desired.
Corinna holds the needle with grace; Victoria forms the bonnet with delicious taste; A gale plairs the gauze!—What charming occupation!—Oh! that I were a milliner, or a milliner's girl!—Happy young beauty, who in the closet of Love preserves a heart as pure, as fresh as the colour of the flowers! What coquetry in her gait!—what a divine waft!—It is a young milliner who walks before me: she carries a light band-box full of ribbons and roses.—What grace!—what attraction!—All eyes follow this charming object!—they cannot loose sight of her!
Amiable Modesty!—may you be ever the favourite virtue of the young milliner's girl!
ANECDOTES.
BEN JOHNSON was a mason by trade. As going to work early one morning, a lady thinking to be merry with him, said,
By line and rule Works many a fool—good morrow, Mr. Mason.
Ben turned his head, and retorted: In silk and scarlet Walks many a harlot—good morrow, madam.
A CLERGYMAN of note, during the course of the last war, was directly or indirectly concerned in a privateer, called the Firebrand. Owing to some misconduct the vessel was seized, and considerable property condemned, in which the parson was interested. In a few days the Reverend gentleman was met by a brother of the cloth. "I hope, sir, your are well," says the latter. "Heartily so, I thank you," replies the former. "Indeed, I am glad of it," retorts the first querist, "for common fame has reported that your fingers were burnt with a firebrand."
WHEREAS, the Honourable Court of Probate for the Town of Bristol, appointed the Subscribers Commissioners to the Estate of
NOAH PEARSE, jun.
late of Bristol, Yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent:—All Persons having Demands against said Estate, are hereby notified to exhibit the same to either of the Subscribers, at their respective Dwellings, within Six Months from the First Day of May last, being the Time allowed by said Court.
RICHARD SMITH, jun. } Com. JOHN HOWLAND. }
ALL Persons indebted to said Estate, are requested to make immediate Payment, to ELIZABETH PEARSE, Adm'tris. Bristol, Aug. 9. 1804.
FOR SALE, BY
FREEBORN SISSON, on Dissill-House Wharf, Warren, 1500 Bushels coarse LIVERPOOL SALT, suitable for Packing Fish. Five Pipes well flavored old French BRANDY. 2 Hhds. do. old RUM. 50 Barrels Boston, No. 1 and 2 Salt BEEF. And a few Bbls. of Black & White VARNISH.
WANTED—Three smart Journeymen COOPERS, to whom good Wages and constant Employ will be given. Warren, March 2, 1805. (tbe)