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The National Intelligencer,
AND WASHINGTON ADVERTISER.
Vol. I. WASHINGTON CITY, PRINTED BY SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH, NEW-JERSEY AVENUE, NEAR THE CAPITOL. No. LXIV.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Interesting INTELLIGENCE received at New York, by the ship Liberty, 38 days from Liverpool, bringing London papers to 9th February inclusive.
PETERSBURG, Dec. 18.
The Convention of Armed Neutrality, was signed here the day before yesterday by the Russian, Swedish, and Danish ministers. Next day it was signed by the minister of Prussia, as an acceding party.
LONDON, January 23.
A few Paris papers, we understand have reached town, which state that twelve hundred Jacobins ordered for transportation, have been arrested on suspicion of being disaffected to the Consular Government.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
KING'S SPEECH.
LONDON, February 5.
This afternoon, the king went in the usual state to the house of peers, where, being seated on the throne, and the commons being sent for and come, his majesty was pleased to open the business of the first session of the parliament of the united kingdom, with a most gracious speech, of which the following is a literal copy.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
"At a crisis so important to the interests of my people, I derive great satisfaction from being enabled, for the first time, to avail myself of the advice and assistance of the parliament of my united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
"The memorable era, distinguished by the accomplishment of a measure calculated to augment and consolidate the strength and resources of the empire, and to cement more close the interests and affections of my subjects, will, I trust, be equally marked with that vigour, energy and firmness, which the circumstances of our present situation peculiarly require.
"The unfortunate course of events on the continent and the consequences which must be expected to result from it, cannot fail to be matter of anxiety and concern to all who have a just feeling for the security and independence of Europe.
"Your astonishment as well as your regret must be excited by the conduct of those powers whose attention, at such a period, appears to be more engaged in endeavours to weaken the naval force of the British empire, which has hitherto opposed so powerful an obstacle to the inordinate ambition of France, than in concerting the means of mutual defence against their common and increasing danger.
"The representations which I directed to be made to the court of Petersburg, in consequence of the outrages committed against the ships, property and persons of my subjects, have been treated with the utmost disrespect; and the proceedings of which I complained have been aggravated by subsequent acts of injustice and violence.
"Under these circumstances a convention has been concluded by that court with those of Copenhagen and Stockholm, the object of which, as avowed by one of the contracting parties, is to renew their former engagements for establishing by force a new code of maritime law, inconsistent with the rights and hostile to the interests of this country.
"In this situation, I could not hesitate as to the conduct which it became me to pursue. I have taken the earliest measures to repel the aggressions of this hostile confederacy, and to support those principles which are essential to the maintenance of our naval strength, and which are grounded on the system of public law so long established and recognized in Europe.
"I have, at the same time, given such assurances, as manifest my disposition to renew my ancient relations with those
powers, whenever it can be done consistently with the honor of my crown, and with a just regard to the safety of my subjects. You will, I am persuaded, omit nothing on your part, that can afford me the most vigorous and effectual support in my determination to maintain to the utmost, against every attack, the naval rights and the interests of my empire.
"Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
"I have directed the estimates for the several branches of the public service to be laid before you: Deeply as I lament the continued necessity of adding to the burdens of my people, I am persuaded you will feel with me the importance of providing effectual means for those exertions which are indispensably requisite for the honor and security of the country.
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"I am confident that your deliberations will be uniformly directed to the great object of improving the benefits of that happy union, which, by the blessing of Providence, has now been effected, and of promoting, to the utmost, the prosperity of every part of my dominions.
"You will, I doubt not, resume the enquiries which were so diligently prosecuted in the last session of Parliament, as to the best means of relieving my subjects from the pressure of the present high price of provisions; and of preventing, as far it can be done by human foresight, the recurrence of similar difficulties. In these endeavors, and in every measure that can contribute to the happiness of my people, the great end of all my wishes, you may be assured of my cordial concurrence.
"You may rely on my availing myself of the earliest opportunity which shall afford a prospect of terminating the present contest, on grounds consistent with our security and honor, and with the maintenance of those essential rights on which our naval strength must always principally depend.
"It will afford me the truest and most heart-felt satisfaction, whenever the disposition of our enemies shall enable me thus to restore to the subjects of my United Kingdom the blessings of peace, and thereby confirm and augment those advantages which result from our internal situation, and which even under all the difficulties of war, have carried to so great an extent the agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and revenue of the country."
Feb. 4.
Mr. Pitt has given notice of the opening of the budget very early this year. It is to be brought forward this day fortnight. The amount of the loan wanted is said to be 21 millions. This intelligence produced some effect upon the funds yesterday. The three per cents, which opened at 56 7-8 fell 55 1-2, but recovered a little towards the close of the market, and left off at 55 3-4. This morning they opened at 55 5-8, and at one o'clock were at 56. Rumour states, how truly we do not pretend to say, that the following are among the new taxes to be proposed:—an additional tax on horses kept for pleasure; on servants beyond a certain number; on carriages; and additional duties on wine and tea. A reduction of the drawback allowed on the exportation of sugar is also spoken of.
At the corn exchange this day the sales were remarkably dull, and wheat, if anything, was rather lower. Flour continued at 20s.
Feb. 5.
Paris papers to the 31st ult. inclusive arrived yesterday. They contain an account of the signing of the articles of peace between Austria and France. The treaty, however, is not to be published, till the end of the present month, when the engagement between Britain and Austria terminate. The delay of its publication is a piece of civility on the part of the Emperor to this country.
Upon the northern confederacy no fresh information is afforded, and no new light
thrown. The attention of the French government seems to be particularly directed to the projects in agitation against Portugal.
The French papers also notice some particular orders given for the formation of an army of observation in the neighbourhood of Bourdeaux, which is certainly destined for the invasion of Portugal, if that government does not submit to all the hard conditions which the French government may think fit to impose upon it.
The French funds continue to rise; they are at 56; nearly the same price as that at which the English 3 per cents were opened yesterday.
Notwithstanding Mr. Pitt's strenuous exertions in the cabinet for the emancipation of the Irish Catholics, it seems to be the general opinion that he will be obliged to give up the measure; others in the cabinet, who think differently on the subject, having, it is said, sufficient influence to thwart him. Will he continue minister in such circumstances?
February 7.
Orders have been sent from the Admiralty, and received at Plymouth, for all the ships of war at that port to be immediately got ready to put to sea.
Sailing of a French Squadron.
Dispatches were yesterday morning received at the Admiralty, containing advice of the French squadron, which had sailed from Brest having on the 25th ult. been seen off Cape Finisterre. His Majesty's ship Immortalite, of 36 guns, fell in with the enemy on the above day, in lat. 46, 10, long. 8, 0, at which time all the ships were much disabled in their sails from a gale of wind which was then breaking up. The Immortalite lost sight of them on the 26th, in lat. 43, 20, long. 10, and immediately steered her course for Lisbon. On the same night, or early on the following morning, his Majesty's ship La Concord, of 36 guns, also fell in with the enemy, as mentioned in yesterday's Courier.
February 9.
The rumours which have been for some days in circulation, and which have so much agitated the public mind, appear to be well founded.—We have before stated, that disagreements had taken place in the cabinet, upon the subject of Emancipation—These disagreements have produced a change of administration, and Mr. Pitt, Mr. Dundas, Lord Grenville, Earl Spencer, and Mr. Windham, have actually resigned.—It was these dissensions that occasioned the delay of the King's Speech. Some of the cabinet ministers thought that the subject of Catholic Emancipation should be alluded to; others were of a different opinion. It was finally settled that no reference should be made to the subject. Mr. Pitt and his friends, together with Lord Castlereagh, were strenuously of opinion that all restraints with respect to religious opinions should be done away, and it was known that many of the persons who supported the union, supported it under the idea that such a measure would be among the first boons granted by the Imperial Parliament.
The Portland party and lord Clare differed totally in opinion with Mr. Pitt and his friends. They thought that the measure proposed would endanger the established church, and it was intimated that it would be a violation of his Majesty's coronation oath, which is as follows:—
"I promise to the utmost of my power, to maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion, established by law: and I will preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them or any of them."
How the measure of Catholic Emancipation can be supposed to be a violation of the coronation oath, we are at a loss to tell. Be this as it may, the opposers of the measure succeeded, and Mr. Pitt and
his friends resolve to retire. When they went in their resignations, they accompanied them with an assurance that they would continue to discharge the duties of their respective stations until his Majesty could call to his councils men in whom he had confidence, and who had not the same feelings of this particular question of Catholic emancipation.
The motion that stood for Thursday last was postponed at Mr. Pitt's desire, under pretext of a touch of the gout; and upon that day the dissolution of Mr. Pitt's Ministry took place. Mr. Pitt, Mr. Dundas, Earl Spencer, Lord Grenville and Mr. Windham, resigned.
The following are rumoured to be the arrangements which are to take place in consequence of Mr. Pitt's resignation:
Mr. Addington, the Speaker, to be first lord of the treasury, and chancellor of the exchequer.
The earl of Clare and lord Hobert, secretaries of state.
The earl of Westmoreland, first lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. Pelham, secretary at war. Lord Macartney, to be president of the Board of controul.
Sir John Milford, to be speaker of the house of commons.
Sir William Grant, attorney general.
Mr. Perceval, solicitor general. Lord Hobert, it is said, is to succeed Marquis Cornwallis, who is expected to retire upon the same grounds as the ministers here. Lord Castlereagh has also resigned.
Mr. Pitt will continue to discharge the duties of Chancellor of the exchequer till the loan has been settled and the budget opened.
Such is the important intelligence (important indeed!) which transpired yesterday. Of the new ministers we shall forbear from giving any opinion, until the arrangement is finally settled. One observation, however, we will venture to make—It is this, that if the new administration is to consist of the men mentioned above, it is by no means likely to be permanent.
A message was this day sent from the directors of the bank of the stock exchange, informing them, that notwithstanding a new administration was now forming, Mr. Pitt would continue in office till the business of the loan and the budget is settled.
At half past two o'clock this morning, we received Paris papers, by express, up to the 6th inst. On all the great points of interest, the northern confederacy, the Brest fleet, the peace with the emperor, and our expedition to Egypt, the Moniteur is silent. The Clef du Cabinet contains an account of the sailing of the squadron from Brest. This account throws no additional light upon its destination, and differs only from those we have already received in the number of vessels which it states at seven ships of the line and three frigates.
By official letters from Italy it will be seen, that Naples now under the protection of Russia, will shortly shut its ports against us, and that it has been already called upon to do so by the French general.
The minister of police has made a detailed report on the affair of the infernal machine. He charges the Chouan chief Georges and his associates with being the parties concerned in this conspiracy against the life of the First Consul, and a decree has been passed, ordering such of them as are in custody to be brought to trial. It will be seen from the list of captures, that French privateers are uncommonly active. The funds have not only overtaken but passed ours.
Three Hamburgh mails arrived yesterday evening. They have brought intelligence of considerable importance. The Convention of the Northern powers has been ratified.—The King of Sweden ratified it before he left Petersburg; and Denmark on the 16th ult. The reply of Count Bernstorff to Mr. Drummond's Note, has sketched the principal features of the Treaty. One of the secret articles stipulates, it is said, that none of the contracting parties shall enter into any convention, which has not for its unequivocal and decided

basis the principle of free ships making free goods.
Another article of importance (of great importance indeed!) brought by the mails is, that the Russian Ambassador, General Tamara, has presented to the Sublime Porte a note, by command of the Emperor, demanding that the British troops should not be permitted to act or to land in Egypt, and conveying an intimation, that their doing so would be looked upon by the Court of Petersburg as an act of hostility against Russia on the part of the Turks. The above note made a very considerable impression at Constantinople, and a Divan was immediately held; the result of the deliberations has not transpired, but it is evident, that Turkey, in her present state of debility and decay, will not think it safe to risk the displeasure of Russia.
The emperor Paul has ordered three armies to be formed on the frontiers of Austrian Poland—each army is to consist of 100,000 men. The motives of this great armament are not known.
The Emperor of Russia not only dismissed the Danish Minister from St. Petersburg, but recalled the ambassador at Copenhagen.—Letters, however, from the latter place, of the 24th ult. express a belief, that the amity between the two courts will be preserved. General Count Domensfeld Loewendahl set off on the 22d, with the ratification of the Treaty of Neutrality, for Petersburg.
Letters from Stockholm, of the 13th, announce the return of the King of Sweden from Petersburg on the preceding day, having, previous to his leaving the Imperial Court, ratified the Treaty of Armed Maritime Neutrality.
The fleet under the command of Lord Keith has experienced a violent storm, which dismasted six sail of the Turkish line at Rhodes. It is not represented that any of our ships had suffered; part of them had landed 6000 troops at that island, where an account, not so clearly stated, mentions that 16,000 British troops had arrived.
The Danes are equipping a fleet with all possible expedition; it is to consist of two ships of 84 guns, ten of 74, six of 63, four frigates, four brigs, seven bombs, ten gun boats, and seven flat bottom boats.
Some of the Vienna letters mention that Baron Thuget has resigned; an event that will occasion as much joy at Vienna as the resignation of Mr. Pitt will produce at London.
The channel fleet arrived at Torbay on Friday evening, and sailed again on Saturday morning.
LONDON, Jan. 26.
It appears that the French are meditating an attack also upon Naples. The army of observation, under general Murat, has arrived in Lombardy, and is immediately to proceed to the South. Murat with the whole army, was to be at Ancona on the 20th.
The Moniteur of the 21st, under the head of Petersburg, 18th December, states that the Northern Confederacy was signed on the 16th by Russia, Sweden and Denmark, and on the 17th by the Minister of Prussia as acceding party.
Council Office, Whitehall.
JANUARY 20, 1801.
SIR,
Having laid before the lords of his majesty's most honorable Privy Council, your letter of yesterday's date, together with the application therein transmitted from the American merchants, upon the subject of the export of articles which require orders of council, from this country to the United States, in American ships, and requiring that the condition requiring such ships to sail with convoy may now be dispensed with—I am directed to acquaint you, for the information of the merchants concerned in the trade to the United States of America, that orders will in future be granted for the permitting the exportation to the United States, of such articles as have been usually allowed to be exported by order in council, and which it may be thought proper to continue to permit to be so exported, without the condition requiring American ships having such articles on board to sail with convoy.
I am Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
W. FAWKNER.
Philip Santon, Esq.
GLASGOW, February 5.
Paris papers, one day later than those which came to hand on Saturday, were, on Monday, received in London. The only official article which they contain, is a copy of an armistice concluded in Italy
on the 16th of January. By its terms, the Austrians, surrender to the French, Ferrara, Ancona, Verona, Leguago and Sermiona. Mantua is to be blockaded. The armistice is to last till the 25th of January, which was also the termination of the German armistice, and a fortnight's notice is to be given in the case of a renewal of hostilities. A paragraph in the Paris papers states, that by a convention, signed at Luneville on the 28th of January, Mantua was given up to the French.
EDINBURGH, February 4.
We have the satisfaction to say, that private letters were yesterday received in town from Sir Ralph Abercromby's army, at Cyprus, announcing the late arrival there about the middle of December all well. We have not learnt what period was fixed for their departure.
LUNEVILLE, Jan. 1.
The First Consul has required that peace shall be concluded by Austria within the 30 days of the armistice, and ratified within the 15 allowed for the recommencement of hostilities. Gen. Moreau will, on the 25th instant, on which day the armistice expires, immediately give notice of the recommencement of hostilities, unless he receives from his government orders to the contrary, or advice that peace is concluded. The Austrian Councillor of legation, M. Van Hove, has set out with all speed from Luneville for Vienna.
Bulletin of Luneville, from the fifth to the 20th January.
The two ministers continue their daily conferences, but from the commencement, they have made a point of behaving to each in public in such a manner that it is impossible to discover whether they have agreed or not respecting any questions they have discussed, in order to pave the way for a peace on the continent.
Those who have an opportunity of being near them know much better how far the journals are mistaken in their statements than what is positively determined in regard to the negotiation.
For example, when it is said, that the preliminaries of peace were signed at Vienna, on the 27th of December, and sent to Luneville to serve as a basis for a definitive treaty, we have more reason to discredit this statement, as it is well known that the full powers of the French republic, and those of his Imperial majesty, have been always in the hands of count Cobentzel and C. Joseph Buonaparte: it is to them alone that the respective governments have left the settling of their different interests.
However, though no preparations have been made here, either at the Castle, or in private houses; and whatever may be said by the Journalist of Nancy, it begins to appear, that a deputation will soon arrive from the Germanic empire.
Jan. 11.—Count Cobentzel dispatched a courier extraordinary to his government.
12th. A courier arrived from Vienna.
13th. The count dispatched another with his answer.
14th. The count again received dispatches from Vienna.
15th. The count sent a courier with his answer.
16th. A third courier arrived from the Emperor.
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 24.
On the evening of the day before yesterday Major-General the Count of Donsenschild Lowendahl, Commander of the Corps of Marines, and a Knight of the Order of Malta, set out for St. Petersburg, as Envoy Extraordinary. The object of his mission is to carry to the Court of St. Petersburg the ratification of the Southern convention on the part of Denmark.
At this moment there is a talk at Vienna, of a very essential change in the ministry. Baron Thuget, it is said, has given in his resignation as minister of state. Some assert, that this change has been adopted by his majesty in the private cabinet, and others that it has been already notified, though it is not public. Nothing official on the subject has yet appeared.
A new convention between Austria and France has been concluded, according to which the French troops will evacuate the Austrian territory before the end of the month, and withdraw over the Inn; the first division will in consequence begin its march this day, and the other division on the 26th. It is expected that the head quarters of the Austrian army will then be removed from Schonbrunn to St. Pölten.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28. This day a grand Divan, or Council of state, was held here in presence of the Grand Signior, at which attended Can Arian, the captain Pacha, and the Reis-Effendi. It is understood the Russian Ambassador, General Tamara, has made some very strong representations relative to the English expedition to Egypt which the Porte must not permit, as the consequences may be very prejudicial to it; this declaration has occasioned here a very great sensation.
SMYRNA, Dec. 16.
The English fleet, amounting to about 140 sail, arrived within these three days in the Island of the Archipelago, with Sir Ralph Abercrombie, and 18000 men on board. It is now taking in fresh provisions and water at Rhodes, and in the neighbouring coasts. Its destination is for Egypt.
HAMBURG, Jan. 30.
The principal article of intelligence this day is the declaration transmitted by Russia to Constantinople, that the Porte ought not to allow the English expedition to act against Egypt; and that should it persist in countenancing that measure, such a conduct might lead to consequences very fatal to the Porte.
It is added, that the possession of Egypt is guaranteed by Russia to France, and that the latter guarantees to the former the possession of Malta, which is to be retaken by the Russians who are still in France, with the assistance of French troops.
On the 23d inst. the ratification of the act of accession on the part of Prussia to the convention of the maritime powers of the north was sent from Berlin to Petersburg; but it is notwithstanding firmly believed that the present good understanding between Prussia and England will not be interrupted, because Prussia has ratified the convention under certain modifications.
It is reported that the exportation of the remainder of the corn from Russia to Sweden, which had been agreed to in the last treaty, has been countermanded. Some new differences are stated to have arisen in the north.
Letters from the Hague of the 17th ult. state, that "the Batavian rescriptions, payable after peace, and the bills upon the Vienna bank, have considerably fallen at Amsterdam, owing to the uncertainty of peace, and the dubious state of affairs in the north."
It is stated in the Clef du Cabinet of the 18th, that three expeditions are ready to sail from Brest, one of nine ships, under the command of Admiral Ganteaume; one of five under Admiral Latouche; and one of fifteen French and fifteen Spanish ships, under Admiral Bruix. It is said that troops are marching to Brest, and it is insinuated that Ireland is the destination.
VIENNA, Jan. 7.
In Italy hostilities continued after the battle of the 20th and 25th of December, until the close of the century, before the intelligence of the armistice in Germany had reached that country. Respecting these events, this day's Court Gazette contains the following intelligence:—"Accounts from General Belgarde, dated headquarters at St. Michele, near Verona, the 29th and 31st ultimo, say, the enemy attacked the out-posts at St. Lucia, Tomba, and Groce Bienca, on the 29th, with great impetuosity. General Bessey, who commanded them, agreeably to his instructions, retreated towards Verona, fighting and in good order, and the new chain of advanced posts was drawn close to the enemy. On the 30th the enemy repeated the attack on the above out-posts, but was repulsed—These out-posts having, at the same time, observed some movements in the enemy's left wing, the General of cavalry strengthened his right wing to enable it powerfully to resist the enemy, should he attempt to cross the Adige in that quarter. The enemy, at the same time, undertook an attack upon the fleches before Peschiera, but a vigorous resistance being made, he was repulsed. On the 24th the enemy likewise made a fresh attack upon general Stojanich, stationed near Tonal; but was again repulsed with loss."
PARIS, Feb. 4.
A letter from Barcelona, dated the 24th of January, says, that preparations for the invasion of Portugal still continue. A part of the garrison of that place had set out for the frontiers.
A number of troops it is said, are about to march from the army of Ancreau to join the army of Observation of La Gironde.
We are assured (says a letter from Salzbourg of the 23d ult.) that the French have demanded of the Emperor of Germany free passage through that country for a republican army, intended to invade, or at least to menace, the territory of Turkey, in consequence of the attachment of the Ottoman Porte to the English, and of the preparations now making by it to act against the French in Egypt. It is added that the Russian army in Lithuania, the artillery belonging to which is already on its march, though most people are ignorant of its destination, is believed to be advancing against Turkey, to punish the government for its attachment to England.
Letters from Spain, arrived by the last courier, (says an article from Bayonne, dated 22d of January) announce, that Portugal has at length determined to agree to the propositions which have been made to her by Spain; so that we may shortly expect a general peace.
Letters from the Hague, of the 23th January, state, that the French Admiral Bruix had arrived there to accelerate the naval preparations in the Dutch ports. The navy consists of 16 sail of the line, 6 frigates, and 93 gun boats.
It is said that the consuls have finished the erasure from the list of Emigrants. It is reported to have decided the erasure of 50,000 names, of which 11,000 are women.
The French Government is drawing its connection with Russia daily closer. An order has been issued by the consulate to cease all hostilities against the Russian flag, and to treat all Russian ships as friendly.—On the 20th, a Russian Officer arrived from Petersburg, which he had left on the 3d.—He brought a letter from the Emperor, which he delivered into the hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs himself. The contents of these dispatches have not yet transpired.
An army called the Army of Observation, at Laguironde, is to be established on the Frontiers of Spain. It is to be commanded by a Lieut. Gen. who is to correspond with the French Ambassador at Madrid. This seems to shew that the invasion of Portugal, in conjunction with Spain, is intended, unless Portugal makes peace by agreeing to the demands of the enemy.
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WASHINGTON CITY.
MONDAY, March 30.
APPOINTMENTS by the President of the United States.
OFFICIAL.
WILLIAM GARDNER, of New-Hampshire, commissioner of loans for that state.
JOSEPH WHIPPLE, Collector of the district of Portsmouth, in the same state.
EDWARD LIVINGSTON, attorney of the district of New-York.
JOHN SWARTWOUT, Marshal of the same district.
JOHN SMITH, Marshal of the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, in place of Mr. Shee, who has declined accepting his appointment.
CLEON MOORE, register of wills for Alexandria county, in the same district.
General SAMUEL SMITH, has arrived in this city, to take upon himself the discharge of the duties of the Secretary of the Navy.
The European Intelligence, which we this day present to our readers, is unusually important. The leading articles are, 1. Peace between France and the Emperor.
2. The consolidated union of the northern powers. 3. The retirement of Mr. Pitt and his colleagues from the ministry of Great Britain.
The consequences of these measures are so obvious that they scarcely need enumeration. They may materially change the maritime strength of the commercial powers of Europe, and establish the principle, so important to us, that neutral ships shall make free goods. Whether England will yield, or contend against the whole effective force of Europe, future events only can decide. At all events the crisis is favorable to the United States, who will not probably under present circumstances continue to be disturbed in the enjoyment of her neutral rights by the lawless violence of England. Surely the least regard to true policy will recommend diminishing rather than increasing the number of her enemies.
The change in the British ministry can only be considered as the instrument whereby a peace either with France, or an adjustment of differences with the Northern Powers, may be accomplished. The retreat of Mr. Pitt from power can only be viewed as nominal, as his particular friends, and those too of very subordinate endowments, succeed him. The difference in the cabinet respecting the emancipation of the Catholics is in itself too unimportant to be considered as the real ground of secession. It can only be the pretext. New men, still under the guidance of the old ministry, may propose terms of adjustment, without incurring the reproach of a departure from the lofty terms heretofore dictated by the British cabinet.
PRICES OF GRAIN, &c.
London, Feb. 7.
Wheat 105 to 120s.—fine 125 to 140s.—very fine 142 to 160s.—Rye 80 to 105s.—Barley 58 to 66s.—Flour—fine 120s.—Bran 24s.—very dull.
DIED,
On the 2d of January, at Zurich, the celebrated LAVATER, after long severe sufferings, in consequence of the wound he received from a French soldier about twelve months ago.
A paragraph has lately appeared in the Philadelphia papers, stating as from authority, the appointment of General La Fayette as the Minister of France to this country, and several other matters respecting the Agents of that Republic. We can assure the public, that those communications do not proceed from the authority of the French Legation, and that therefore their credibility rests merely upon private report.
In another view, the paragraph above alluded to is equally erroneous. Mr. Pichon is therein said to be the author of pamphlets, the distribution whereof, it is represented, had given uneasiness to the late administration. It may therefore be of use to inform the public, what indeed many will remember, that the pamphlets, of which he
was the author, were Letters addressed to Mr. Pitt, published some years ago, in the French Language, and without reference to American politics. Mr. Pichon, having before that period resided in the United States, very naturally sent some copies of the work to his American acquaintances. As they were in French, and it is believed never translated in America, it will readily be conceived, that they were designed for no other purpose than the gratification of his friends.
CITIZEN LOUIS ANDRE PICHON, at present charge d'affaires and consul-general from the French Republic to the United States, during the years 1793, '94 and '95, was secretary to the legation, under the ministers Genet and Fauchet.—After his return to France, he was constantly employed in the department of exterior relations, until his late arrival in this country, except for a short period, when on particular emergencies he filled temporary missions to Holland and Switzerland. He was sent to Holland in 1798, at the time when the rupture took place between the minister La Croix, and the generals Daendels and Joubert, which produced a revolution in the government. He remained for some time with citizen Roberjot, who being nominated to Rastadt, Citizen Pichon continued, and was in some measure charge d'affaires, with the secretary of the legation, who had served under the minister La Croix, and whom it was thought proper to replace for a time, on account of the part he had taken against that minister. During his residence in Holland, citizen Pichon renewed with Mr. Murray, minister resident of the United States at the Hague, the negotiations which had been recently broken off at Paris; and it is believed that it was owing to this negotiation that the nomination was made by the United States, of the envoys who signed the last convention.
Citizen Pichon was sent to Switzerland, at the period when the minister Perrochet had sided with the Helvetic directory against general Massena; it was thought necessary to recall the minister. At his return he was nominated secretary to the French minister appointed to negotiate with the envoys from the United States, and it is known that citizen Pichon greatly contributed to the favorable issue of that negotiation; it is equally well known that while citizen P. was in the department of foreign relations, especially since the time when American affairs (which were also under the superintendence of the department in which he was employed) had assumed the unfortunate aspect which they had worn for the last three years, he relaxed not in his endeavours, even at the risk of sacrificing his highest interests, to incline the French government to conciliatory measures, and to oppose the attempts made at Paris to produce a state of things calculated to precipitate both parties into violent measures, and which might have effected a rupture equally injurious in its consequences to both countries.
This explanation has been thought expedient, in order to remove any impressions, which may have been made by paragraphs that have appeared in a Philadelphia print, which, in ascribing to the agents of the French Republic in this country correspondences which do not exist, and an interference in American politics which they altogether disclaim, may tend to revive feelings that, for the interests of both nations, ought to be repressed.
Previous to the armistice in Italy, the garrison of the citadel of Verona surrendered by capitulation to general Monnier. They marched out with the honors of war, to be sent to Austria as prisoners on their parole, not to serve till exchanged.
"A letter dated, London, Feb. 10th, states that owing to the immense influx of grain, the scarcity had ceased, and a considerable fall was daily expected to take place. Three thousand barrels of Flour were, however, sold on the 7th, at 85 shillings, and wheat is quoted on the 4th, at 24 shillings the bushel.
Conrad & M c Munn
HAVE opened houses of entertainment in the range of buildings formerly occupied by Mr. Law, about two hundred paces from the Capitol, in New Jersey avenue, leading from thence to the Eastern Branch. They are spacious and convenient, one of which is designed for stage passengers and travellers, the other for the accommodation of boarders. There is stable sufficient for 60 horses—They hope to merit public patronage. City of Washington, Nov. 24, 1800.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS, by the first Article of the Terms and Conditions declared by the President of the United States on the 17th day of October 1791, for regulating the Materials and manner of Buildings and Improvements on the lots in the CITY OF WASHINGTON, it is provided, "that the outer and party walls of all Houses in the said City, shall be built of brick or stone."—And by the third Article of the same Terms and Conditions, it is declared, "that the wall of no House shall be higher than forty feet to the Roof in any part of the City, nor shall any be lower than thirty five feet in any of the Avenues."—And whereas the above recited articles were found to impede the Settlement in the City of Mechanics and others, whose circumstances did not admit of erecting Houses authorised by the said Regulations; for which cause, the President of the United States, by a Writing under his Hand, bearing date the twenty fifth day of June 1796, suspended the operation of the said Articles, until the first Monday of December 1800—and the beneficial effects arising from such suspension having been experienced, it is deemed proper to revive the same. WHEREFORE, I THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States, do declare, that the operation of the first and third Articles, above recited, shall be, and the same is hereby suspended until the first Day of January 1802, and that all the Houses which shall be erected in the said City of Washington, previous to the said first Day of January 1802, conformable in other respects to the regulations aforesaid, shall be considered as lawfully erected, except that no wooden House shall be erected within twenty four feet of any brick or stone House.
Given under my hand this 11th Day of March, 1801. (Signed) TH. JEFFERSON. 2 w 6 w.
To be sold to the highest bidder, at Montgomery Court-house Maryland, on Monday the 6th April next, and terms made known on said day.
THE following Tracts of Land adjoining, well adapted to farming and planting with a sufficiency of wood land, in a beautiful and healthy part of the Country, 4 miles from the above named Court House, and 18 from the City of Washington. One called Barnhill containing 2057 1/2 Acres, on which is a framed dwelling house 24 by 16 feet, with two brick chimneys, a Barn 60 by 24 feet, shingled roof, & Shedded all round, a Kitchen and other convenient houses—Apple and Peach Orchards, 10 or 12 Acres of Meadow, is well set with Timothy, and more can be made. The other Wickhams goodsville, containing 2711-2 Acres, on which is a Framed Dwelling House, 20 by 16 feet, Kitchen, stone milk House 12 feet square—Tobacco and other houses, 12 or 15 Acres of Meadow well set in Timothy, and 70 Acres more can be made. A never failing stream runs through said land, so that the meadows may be watered with ease.
Also on the first day of May next, will be offered at Mr. Tunnicliff's Tavern; one, the most Westerly of the Old Six buildings in the City of Washington, now occupied by Mr. John Coyle. Montgomery County, } 17th March. 1801. HONORE MARTIN. tM
The Subscriber
RESPECTFULLY informs the Public, that he intends to practice the LAW in the Courts of Alexandria and Washington Counties in the District of Columbia; and in the Supreme Court of the United States.—The Public may rely on his attention to any business, confided to his care. At his Office, co-adjutances of every kind prepared with accuracy, secrecy and dispatch. Business transacted in any of the Public Offices for Persons resident at a distance on moderate terms. Letters post paid will be attended to— By the Publics Obedient Servant, ROBERT W. PEACOCK. City of Washington, New-Jersey Avenue, near the } Capitol. March 2, 1801. tf A few Gentlemen may be accommodated with Boarding and Lodging. R. W. P.
To LETT.
THE HOUSE opposite the GREAT HOTEL, now occupied by Kid, Elliot & Co.—For terms apply at said House. March 23, 1801. tw6w
Nail Manufactory,
ALL kinds of Cut Nails for Sale by Whole Sale and Retail at the Factory on F Street, and at the Hardware Store of the Subscriber, where persons building and all others wishing to purchase may be supplied with any quantity at the most reasonable rates. JOHN JACK. Washington Feb. 4, 1801. tf
LOTS FOR SALE,
In the City of WASHINGTON. THE SUBSCRIBER offers for Sale a number of valuable Lots beautifully situated between the Capitol and the Eastern Branch. Also a few Lots to be let on lease for ninety-nine years in the vicinity of the Navy yard. WILLIAM PROUT. City of Washington. December 12, 1800. tf N. B. A few Tons of good Meadow Hay, one Kilm of Bricks, and some Cord Wood. W. P.
NAILS.
Table with 3 columns: Nail Size, Price per cwt, Price per retail. Rows include 20dy Nails, 12dy do, 10 do, 8 do, Deck and Spike Nails, Cut Nails and Brads. Signed by SAMUEL M c INTIRE.
Public Sale of LOTS,
IN WASHINGTON CITY. WILL be Sold at Public Auction, to the highest bidder, on Friday the 1st day of May next, at William Tunnicliff's Hotel. Two Hundred Lots, situated Eastward of the Capitol and near to the Eastern Branch Ferry—The terms will be one half Cash and the other half at 60 days on Notes negotiable at the Bank of Columbia satisfactorily endorsed. An indisputable title will be given by, GEORGE WALKER. Washington, March 2, 1801. tMay1
LOTS.
IN different eligible situations in the City for Sale or Lease on ground rent—Likewise, 100 Casks inspected Rhode Island LIME. A number of Quarter and half and Casks of MADEIRA WINE, of a superior quality, by JOHN SICKNEY. At his building opposite Rhodes Tavern President's Square. Washington, March 2, 1801. copf.
TO BE RENTED.
A TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, with a large garden well inclosed, a stable for 4 horses, a Coach House, & other office houses, with a good well of water in the Yard, a oil elegantly situated in square 104, in the City of Washington, for terms apply to WM. KING, WHO will accommodate through the ensuing summer a few GENTLEMEN BOARDERS, by the day, week, or month, at his present dwelling House, 4 doors south of Mr. STILLE'S Hotel, on Capitol Hill. March 13, 1801
NOTICE.
THE subscriber informs his friends and the public, that the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, has appointed him a NOTARY PUBLIC, for the county of Washington in said district, and having for a long time past acted he trusts satisfactorily in that capacity in the City of Washington, under the authority of the State of Maryland, he is induced to hope he shall continue to receive a liberal share of the business in that line, which he hereby respectfully solicits. HENRY WHETCROFT. March 26. 1801.
JOHN BARNES,
FROM PHILADELPHIA, Has just opened for sale the following articles at his store opposite Mr. Semmes's tavern, in Georgetown, a general assortment of Fresh Teas of the first quality, viz. Imperial, Large Hyson, Young Hyson, Poyoukin, Souchong and Bohea. SPICES. Nutmegs, Mace, Cinnamon, Cloves, Four bags fresh Almonds. LIQUORS. Madeira, six years old, Dry Sherry & Port, Brandy, 4th proof Jamaica spirits, and Holland Gin. COFFEE, Pennington's best refined sugars. With a handsome assortment of gentlemen's fashionable London Hats and trimmings. He has likewise for sale, ten cases well assorted STATIONERY, consisting of writing paper of different qualities, Quills, Wafers, and ink powder, in packages from 80 to 180 dollars on the most reasonable terms for cash or approved notes. English and American playing cards, Pasteboard per gross, Wrapping paper per ream, A case of 7-8 and yard wide Irish Linen per piece. Nov. 14th, 1800. tw6f

Of St. Leon: A Tale of the sixteenth Century. By William Godwin, In 4 vols. 12mo.
TO perpetuate life, and procure that degree of opulence which will multiply the comforts of existence, are strong and natural desires. Hence it was long the aim of men of science and philosophy to discover the means of obviating the dreaded evils of poverty, and of checking the approach of age and the ravages of death. The philosopher's stone, and the elixir of life, were the curious objects of real or pretended search; and the investigators of those secrets held out to the world the probable prospect of their ultimate discovery.
That a writer so romantic in his ideas as Mr. Godwin should make these delusions the foundation of a romance, is not a matter of astonishment. They are calculated to call forth the powers of invention and genius; they furnish opportunities for acuteness and novelty of remark; and they tend to display the human mind in interesting points of view.
Of the tale which gave rise to these reflections, Reginald de St. Leon is the hero. Being the descendant of an ancient and honorable French family, to which had belonged some renowned warriors, he was early inspired with military ambition. He joined the army of Francis I. in an expedition to Italy, and distinguished himself at the siege and in the battle of Pavia. He afterwards entered into scenes of gaiety and dissipation, and became a voluptuary and a gamester. In the midst of the career of pleasure which he pursued at Paris, he was captivated with the powerful attractions of Marguerite de Darnville; gave her his hand; and, at the peremptory desire of her father, relinquished his vicious indulgences for the joys of rural retirement. Many years did he pass in the enjoyment of domestic felicity, in the society of an estimable wife and of amiable children. But, being induced to revisit Paris, with a view to the improvement of his son, he relapsed into the habit of gaming, and was soon deprived of almost the whole of his property. A keen sense of his folly, and a regret for his losses, reduced him to a state of phrensy, from which he was with difficulty rescued by the continued and judicious attentions of Marguerite, who conducted him, while he was still insane, into one of the Swiss cantons. As he could not easily reconcile himself to poverty and obscurity, it was the task of his wife, while he was slowly recovering his intellects, to inculcate the expediency of acquiescence and content. A part of the reasoning ascribed to her we will quote, as it is marked with good sense.
'Let us at length dismiss artificial tastes, and idle and visionary pursuits that do not flow in a direct line from any of the genuine principles of our nature! Here we are surrounded with sources of happiness. Here we may live in true patriarchal simplicity. What is chivalry, what is military prowess and glory? Believe me, they are the passions of a mind depraved, that with ambitious refinement seeks to be wise beyond the dictates of sentiment or reason! There is no happiness so solid, or so perfect, as that which disdains these refinements.'
'How cumbrous is magnificence? The moderate man is the only free. He who reduces all beneath him to a state of servitude, becomes himself the slave of his establishment, and of all his domestics. To diminish the cases in which the assistance of others is felt absolutely necessary, is the only genuine road to independence.'
To these remarks she properly adds, 'Though I love the sight of the peasants, I would not be a peasant. I would have a larger flock of ideas, and a wider field of activity. I love the sight of peasants only for their accessories or by comparison. They are comparatively more secure than any other large masses of men, and the scenes in the midst of which they are placed are delightful to sense. But I would not sacrifice in prone oblivion the best characteristics of my nature. I put in my claim for refinements and luxuries; but they are the refinements and purifying of intellect, and the luxuries of uncoffly, simple taste. I would incite the whole world, if I knew how to do it, to put in a similar claim. I would improve my mind; I would enlarge my understanding; I would contribute to the instruction of all connected with me, and to the mass of human knowledge. The pleasures I would pursue and disseminate, though not dependent on a large property, are such as could not be understood by the rustic and the savage. Our son, bred in these fields
indeed, will probably never become a preux chevalier , or figure in the roll of military heroes. But he may become something happier and better. He may improve his mind, and cultivate his taste. He may be the counsellor and protector of his sisters. He may be the ornament of the district in which he resides. He may institute in his adoptive country new defences for liberty, new systems of public benefit, and new improvements of life. There is no character more truly admirable than the patriot yeoman, who unites with the utmost simplicity of garb and manners an understanding fraught with information and sentiment, and a heart burning with the love of mankind. Such were Fabricius and Regulus among the ancients, and such was Tell, the founder of the Helvetic liberty. For my part, I am inclined to be thankful, that this unexpected reverse in our circumstances has made me acquainted with new pleasures, and opened to my mind an invaluable lesson. If you could but be prevailed on to enter into our pleasures, to dismiss idle reproaches and pernicious propensities, our happiness would then be complete.'
A furious storm having diffused calamity over the canton in which the strangers resided, and the jealousy of the government having ordered their speedy departure, they retired to Constance, where they were in danger of perishing by famine. Brooding over the misfortunes of a family, interesting, amiable, and virtuous, reduced to the lowest state of humiliation and distress, St. Leon exclaims,
'They are moments like these, that harden the human heart, and fill us with inextinguishable hatred and contempt for our species. They tear off the trappings and decorations of polished society, and show it in all its hideousness. The wanton eye of pampered pride pleases itself with the spectacle of cities and palaces, the stately column and the swelling arch. It observes at hand the busy scene, where all are occupied in the various pursuits of pleasure or industry, and admires the concert, the wide-spreading confederacy, by means of which each, after his mode is unconsciously promoting the objects of others. Cheated by the outside of things, we denigrate this a vast combination for general benefit. The poor and the famished man contemplates the scene with other thoughts. Unbidden to admire and applaud, he sees in it a confederacy of hostility and general oppression. He sees every man pursuing his selfish ends, regardless of the wants of others. He sees himself contemptuously driven from the circle, where the rest of his fellow-citizens are busily and profitably engaged. He lives in the midst of a crowd, without one friend to interest himself in his welfare. He lives in the midst of plenty, from the participation of which he is driven by brutal menaces and violence. No man who has not been placed in his situation can imagine the sensations with which, overwhelmed as he is with domestic ruin and despair, he beholds the riot, the prodigality, the idiot ostentation, the senseless expenditure, with which he is surrounded on every side.'
Having ventured to return to the territory from which he had been banished, St. Leon procured a small sum by the sale of his remaining property, and then fixed his residence on the banks of the lake of Constance. The more important part of his history at length opens to our view. A stranger presented himself, and, after various conferences, prevailed upon St. Leon to enter into an extraordinary agreement. Having declared himself to be in possession of wonderful secrets, he engaged to impart them, on condition that no other person should be gratified with the communication. The secrets were those which we mentioned in our introductory observations. Having found himself unhappy in the use of them, the unknown adventurer courted death as a refuge from woe; and, having disclosed the two arcano , expired.
Great was the joy which St. Leon felt at his new and surprising acquisitions. He thus speaks of his feelings on the great occasion:
'"Happy, happy, happy man!" exclaimed I in the midst of my wanderings and reveries. "Wealth! thy power is unbounded and inconceivable. All men bow down to thee; the most stubborn will be by thee rendered pliant as wax; all obstacles are melted down and dissolved by the ardour of thy beams! The man that possesses thee finds every path level before him, and every creature burning to anticipate his wishes! But, if these are the advantages that wealth imparts to such as possess it, only those scanty portions which states and nations allow to the richest, how enviable must his condition be, whose wealth is literally exhaustless and infinite! He possesses really the blessing, which
priestcraft and superstition have lyingly pronounced upon the charitable. He may give away the revenues of princes, and not be the poorer. He possesses the attribute which we are accustomed to ascribe to the Creator of the universe. He may say to man, Be rich, and he is rich. He can bestow with equal facility the smallest gifts and the greatest. Palaces, as if they were the native exhalations of the soil, rise out of the earth at his bidding. He holds the fate of nations and of the world in his hand. He can remove forests, and level mountains, drain marshes, extend canals, turn the course of rivers, and shut up the sea with doors. He can assign to every individual in a nation the task he pleases, can improve agriculture and establish manufactures, can found schools, and hospitals, and infirmaries, and universities. He can study the genius of every man, and enable every man to pursue the bent of his mind. Poets and philosophers will be fostered, the sublimest flights of genius be produced, and the most admirable discoveries effected, under his auspicious patronage. The whole world are his servants, and he, if his temper be noble and upright, will be the servant of the whole world. Nay, it cannot happen otherwise. He has as few temptations to obliquity as omnipotence itself. Weakness and want are the parents of vice. But he possesses every thing; he cannot better his situation; no man can come into rivalry or competition with him.'
'From this part of the legacy of the stranger, my mind reverted to the other. I surveyed my limbs, all the joints and articulations of my frame with curiosity and astonishment. "What!" exclaimed I, "these limbs, this complicated, but brittle frame, shall last for ever! No disease shall attack it; no pain shall seize it; death shall with-hold from it for ever his abhorred grasp! Perpetual vigour, perpetual youth, shall take up their abode with me! Time shall generate in me no decay; shall not add a wrinkle to my brow, or convert a hair of my head to grey! This body was formed to die; this edifice to crumble into dust; the principles of corruption and mortality are mixed up in every atom of my frame. But for me the laws of nature are suspended; the eternal wheels of the universe roll backward; I am destined to be triumphant over fate and time!'"
He at first resolved to make only a moderate change in his mode of living; and he pretended that the stranger had enabled him, by a legacy of 3000 crowns, to provide for such an alteration. His wife was sceptical on the subject; and, being sensible of her claim to a full confidence, she complained of his reserve and unkindness, and declared that he had inflicted a wound upon her which no subsequent change in his behaviour would ever be able to cicatrize. He endeavoured, but without effect, to allay her uneasiness, and recall her affection. He soon after amused himself with a German tour; but during his travels, his son, disgusted at the mysterious manner in which he recruited his finances, and suspecting him of dishonorable conduct, left him with a determination of never seeing him again. This secession wounded him to the soul; and his grief was redoubled on his return, when he found Marguerite in a state which foreboded that she would not long live. She now concluded that he was in possession of the philosopher's stone; and, in the following terms, she reproached him for his meanness in accepting such an advantage.
'When I married you, I supposed myself united to a nobleman, a knight and a soldier, a man who would have revolted with disdain from every thing that was poor-spirited and base. I lived with you long and happily. I saw faults; I saw imbecilities. I did not see them with indifference; but I endeavoured, and with a degree of success, to forgive, and to forget them; they did not contaminate and corrupt the vitals of honour. At length you have completely reverted the scene. For a soldier, you present me with a projector and a chymist, a cold blooded mortal, raking in the ashes of a crucible for a selfish and solitary advantage. Here is an end of all genuine dignity, and the truest generosity of soul. You cannot be ingenuous; for all your dealings are in secrecy and darkness. You cannot have a friend; for the mortal lives not that can sympathize with your thoughts and emotions. A generous spirit, Reginald, delights to live upon equal terms with his associates and fellows. He would disdain, when offered to him, decisive and clandestine advantages. Equality is the soul of all real and cordial society. A man of rank indeed does not live upon equal terms with the whole of his species; but his heart also can exult; for he has his equals. How unhappy the wretch, the
man who rather let me say, that is without an equal; that looks through the world, and in the world cannot find a brother; that is endowed with attributes which no living being participates with him; and that is therefore cut off for ever from all cordiality and confidence, can never unbend himself, but lives the solitary joyless tenant of a prison, whose materials are rubies and emeralds. How unhappy this wretch; how weak and ignoble the man that voluntarily accepts these laws of existence!'"
(To be continued.)
In Chancery, March 3, 1801.
ON application to the Chancellor by petition in writing of JOHN CONAWAY of Anne Arundel County, praying the benefit of the "act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors," passed at the last session on the terms therein mentioned; and a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors, so far as he can ascertain the same on oath, being annexed to his petition, and the chancellor being satisfied by competent testimony, that the said John Conaway is, and at the time of passing the said act was a citizen of this state and of the United States, and the said John Conaway at the time of presenting his petition having produced to the chancellor the affidavit in writing of so many of his creditors as have due to them according to the list aforesaid, the amount of two thirds of the debts due by him at the time of passing the said act.
It is thereupon adjudged and ordered that the said John Conaway by causing a copy of this order to be inserted once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper of the City of Washington, and by serving so many of his creditors with a copy of this order as can be conveniently served therewith before the twenty ninth day of March last, give notice to his creditors to appear at the Chancery office on the Eighth day of April next for the purpose of recommending some person to be trustee for their benefit on the said John Conaway's then and there taking the oath prescribed for delivering up his property.
Test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can.
SAMUEL BOOTS an insolvent debtor of Prince George's County, makes application as a trader by petition to the Chancellor in writing, praying the benefit of "an act for the relief of sundry insolvent debtors," there is annexed to his petition, a schedule of his property and a list of his creditors, on oath as by the said act is required; and the Chancellor being satisfied by competent testimony that the said Samuel Boots is, and at the time of passing the said act was a Citizen of this State and of the United States.
It is therefore adjudged and ordered that he appear before the Chancellor, in the Chancery office on the first day of October next, for the purpose of taking the oath by the said act required in presence of his creditors; and that by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in a Washington paper, once in each of three successive weeks, and by serving so many of his creditors with a copy thereof as can be conveniently served therewith before the first day of April next, he give notice to his creditors to attend on the said first day of October, for the purpose of recommending a trustee for their benefit, and to lodge with the Chancellor within six months from the time of the last publication (if they shall think fit) their dissent to his being admitted to the benefit of the said act.
Test. SAMUEL H. HOWARD, Reg. Cur. Can. March 13, 1801. 3tlw.
FOR SALE, A Valuable Tract of LAND,
LYING in part on the main Richmond road, a mile from the Rappahannock River, four Miles below Fredericksburg, (in a healthy and most agreeable neighbourhood,) containing about five hundred and thirty three ACRES well watered, upon the said Tract there are about two hundred and fifty acres of Wood Land, the greater part of which is equal if not superior in quality to any high lands, yet unclaimed in S. otsylvania. here are upon it a dwelling house, necessary out houses, a very large barn, and a most valuable Mill seat, with a mill-house already built, capable of Manufacturing Twenty thousand bushels of wheat annually, after being put in perfect repair. here is also upon it about sixty Acres of first rate meadow land, part of which is already reclaimed and has produced very heavy crops of Timothy Hay. The above Land is bounded by the lands of Gen. A. Spotwood, Messrs Wm. Herndon, Mann Page, Francis Taliaferro, and the Tract the subscriber at present lives on. Any further description I deem unnecessary as those who may be disposed to purchase will of course view the land. Upon said tract there are about one hundred and thirty Bushels of Wheat sown, the greater part of which look well and promising.
The said tract of land will be sold by the subscriber at private or public sale, three fourths of the purchase money to be paid on the day of sale, and the balance in twelve months, bearing interest from the date, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. If not sold by private sale, by the first Monday in May next, it will then be sold on the premises on that day if fair, if not the next day to the highest bidder. The land in the mean time will be shown to any person who may wish to purchase by Messrs Francis Taliaferro, James Tutt, Wm. Darnaby and the subscriber.
LAWRENCE BROOKE.
March 18, 1801.