The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-11-14 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 6.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1809.
[No. 54.]
Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly opposite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia. CONDITIONS:—Five dollars a year, to be paid annually in advance. Those who wish to be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise their papers will be discontinued at the expiration of the first year. No paper can be stopped until all arrearages have been paid off—Good acceptances, in Richmond only, will be received in payment. The same rule as to Advertisements.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE: The 5th Volume of the ENQUIRER, complete, bound in boards.
VIRGINIA DEBATES, in the Convention, bound in calf, sheep and boards.
BURRS TRIAL, for Treason and for a Misdeemeanor, in boards—By D. Robertson.
LETTERS on the Subject of THE CATHOLICS—By Peter Plymley—from the 11th London Edition.
BLANKS, for Lawyers, Clerks, Sheriffs, Constables, Merchants, &c. &c. which will also be printed according to any form exhibited, at the shortest notice.
IMMEDIATE REQUEST. SUBSCRIBERS to the ENQUIRER, in this State, and those who are indebted to this office, for printing, &c. are informed, that the Editor expects to receive his respective demands by the hands of their Delegates to the ensuing Legislature—who are requested to oblige him in this respect. November 7. w3w
ROBERT GREENHOW, MERCHANT, in Williamsburg, will dispose of the valuable and most eligible ESTABLISHMENT, on which he now resides, in this city, at a credit of one, two, three & four years; bonds with approved security, to be given by the purchaser, bearing interest from their dates, until paid: Or he will receive in exchange improved or unimproved LOTS, in and about the city of Richmond, at an agreed on price. All the advantages attached to this property, cannot well be described in an advertisement:—They are left to be judged of by those inclined to treat with him—suffice it, however, to say, that the dwelling-house is roomy and spacious, for those moving in the genteellest sphere; with a newly erected store, for mercantile purposes; that it is situated on the south side of the main-street, in the centre of the city; distant from the court-house, market and church, 4 or 500 yards, that its front is open on the right and left, to two spacious public squares, at once adding to the prospect, and giving free circulation to the air: That the whole tenement is in a complete and perfect state of repair; and that the buildings stand insured against fire, by the Mutual Insurance Company, in Richmond: The premiums, quotas, &c. all duly settled up to the 1st of April last. To add to the convenience of such as may be inclined to possess this property, an acre of ground laid down in Clover, about 200 yards from his house, also, on the main street, and a tract of Land, containing between 90 and 100 acres, covered with oak, hickory and pine, 3 1/2 miles from the town, yielding an inexhaustible supply of fuel, will be attached. If he is successful in the disposition by sale, or exchange of this property, he will sell eight other Tenements, on the same terms; all of which are most eligibly situated, in different parts of the city, on the main-street; and except one, which has just undergone a thorough repair, all tenanted out to respectable tenants, punctilious in their stipulated payment of rents; and which (he will convince those, inclined to purchase,) do annually yield a revenue, on the price he has affixed on them, of fully 8 per cent. free from all deductions, for the repair of natural decay. These tenements are all in good order; & what operates greatly in their favor, they are scarcely ever untenant. Three of them are also insured, and all demandable premiums and quotas fully paid. My brother, Mr. George Greenhow, residing in Richmond, will, if applied to, give a more accurate description of the above-mentioned property, and negotiate with such as may feel disposed to treat for their purchase. Williamsburg, November 3. 4w
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN, who has made some progress in the study of Medicine & Physical Science, or a Physician, (a bachelor) who may be inclined to change the scene of his practice, may become interested in a very advantageous establishment to be made, in the ensuing winter, to the southward, the nature and scope of which will be explained in personal interview, by leaving his address at the Office of the Enquirer, between this and the 15th inst. November 10. 2t
MRS. BURNLEY, has just returned from New-York and Philadelphia, with a handsome assortment of MILINARY, of the latest importations. She intends carrying on the Millinary and Mantua-making business, in the house lately occupied by Mr. Chambers, and next door below Mr. Neilson's Store. All Orders from the country, will meet with particular attention. November 10. 2t
N. B. A few Young Ladies acquainted with either of the above lines of business, will meet with encouragement by applying as above.
NOTICE—A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly of Virginia, praying the sale of a Lot and Houses, on Shockoe-Hill, in the city of Richmond, late the property of Wm. Giles, dec'd. November 10. tf
FOUND! A Sum of money—The owner may have it by giving satisfactory evidence of his right, and paying the cost of advertising. Apply at this Office. November 7. tf
A CARD—DOCTOR LEWIS, lately from the West-Indies, has opened his Office, at Manchester, in the house of Mr. L. Bishop, for the practice of Physic, Surgery, and Midwifery. He hopes from his success and experience, to merit the patronage of a liberal public. N. B. Private families may be supplied with Medicines, with suitable directions. Advice for the poor, gratis. September 26. tf
THE SUBSCRIBER, HAVING taken the whole of the large brick building, belonging to the estate of the late Mr. Wm. Price, on the street leading from the Capitol, will be prepared to accommodate from fifteen to twenty of the Members of the next Assembly. JUDITH NELSON. September 21. 2t
WILL be sold, on a credit of six months for all sums above $10, (that sum and under cash,) the purchaser giving bond with approved security—a very large stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, and plantation Utensils of every description, belonging to the estate of Philip L. Grymes, dec'd.
The above property will be sold in the following order, viz. On Friday the 10th of Nov. next will be sold at the plantation in Middlesex called the Old House, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place, Deer-Cause and the Mill Quarter.
On Monday the 13th of said Month will be sold at the plantation in Gloucester called the Dragon Quarter, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place.
On Wednesday the 15th of said Month will be sold at the plantation in Middlesex called Pine Top, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place, and
On Friday the 17th of said Month will be sold at the Mansion House of said Grymes called Brandon, all the Stock and Utensils belonging to that place, where the sale will continue from day to day till all are sold.
All persons having claims against said Estate, are requested to make them known, and those indebted to make payment, as the situation of the Estate will not admit of indulgence.
All legal creditors are requested to purchase at the Sale, the amount of any part of their respective claims.
If any of the above sale-days should prove rainy, the sale will take place the next fair day.
The Sale of the Negroes belonging to the said Estate, (it is expected,) will take place early in January next, of which the Public will be informed in due time.
ROBERT WEST, Administrator, &c. of PHILIP L. GRYMES, Dec'd. Woodville, Gloucester County, November 3, 1809. 4t
HOUSES FOR SALE. BY virtue of a decree of the honorable Superior Court of Chancery, for the Richmond District; in a suit between George Pickett, plaintiff, and the subscriber defendant, will be sold to the highest bidder, at public auction, on Tuesday the 21st inst. if fair, if not, the next fair day. Two Brick Houses, with the out-houses belonging to them, situate on the cross-street, leading to Shockoe Warehouse, in the city of Richmond. The sale will take place, on the premises; and the terms, agreeable to said decree, will be twelve months credit: the purchaser to give bond with approved security, for the payment of the purchase money, and the title to be retained until the money is paid. DANIEL CALL, Executor Of the last Will and Testament of ROBERT MEANS, deceased. November 6, 1809. tf
A HOUSE—(Cupon the hill)—For Sale. By virtue of the last will and testament of Robert Means, dec'd, will be sold, on the premises, on Thursday the 21st inst. if fair, if not, the next fair day, to the highest bidder, a tenement upon the basin adjoining the tenement of John Purse. The terms of sale will be, twelve months credit, the purchaser to give bond and security, and a deed of trust upon the property to secure the payment of the purchase money. DANIEL CALL, Executor Of the last Will and Testament of ROBERT MEANS, deceased. Nov. 6. tf
N. B. The sale of the above property was postponed on Saturday last by the bad weather. November 6. tf
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY. THE Annual Meeting of Stockholders, will be held at Brooks's Tavern, in Manchester, on the first Monday in December next. Such members as cannot attend in person, will, it is expected, appoint their proxies. The under-signed requires to be furnished, so soon as possible, with the necessary evidence of shares sold and purchased, since the last meeting, in order that transfers may be made on the company books and shares duly represented. JAMES BRANDER, Ctm. November 7. tf
GEORGE WATT has just received, and offers FOR SALE, Sicily, Madeira, and Sherry WINE, by the Hhd. or Qt. case, Green Coffee, Orleans Sugar by the Hhd. or case, half pint Glass Tumblers in cases of 100's each, and New York Soap & Candles.
ON HAND, Madeira Wine, Orleans and Muscovado Sugars, Green Coffee, Molasses, Prime Port, Liverpool and Stone Ware, Souchong, Hyson, Shin, and Gunpowder Tea, Spanish Segars, Raisins, Almonds, Nutmegs, Windows Glass, Men's & Women's Shoes, which he will dispose of by wholesale on reasonable terms. July 22. tf
CHARLES FREMON Respectfully informs the public, that he has opened a Night School, for the French Language, at Mr. Daronx's next door below the Globe Tavern, where he will attend three nights every week, Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, from 6 in the evening to 9. He will also attend, those families, who wish to have their Children privately instructed in that branch of education, in their respective houses. His terms will be made known by applying at his lodgings, at Mr. Daronx's. October 24. 1m
LAND FOR SALE—The subscriber offers for sale that valuable estate on which he formerly resided, lying on James River, near the Town of Warminster, in the County of Nelson, lately Amherst. This tract contains nearly two thousand acres—The low grounds are of the most valuable kind, and the highlands immediately adjacent thereto are very fertile and uncommonly level—It might be divided into two plantations to advantage, or continued in one, as might suit the owner. The houses are new and amply sufficient for the comfortable accommodation of a family—A more minute description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed the purchaser will view and judge for himself. The subscriber will only observe that the place is very healthy, lies in a fine neighborhood, and commands, perhaps, as many advantages as any other situation that is offered for sale in the state. One fourth of the purchase money will be required on the first of January, when possession will be given and the balance will be divided into nine equal annual installments, without any charge of interest if the principal be paid in good order, and the purchaser may be accommodated with corn &c. sufficient for a year's supply. Letters directed to Buckingham Court-House, or to Warminster, would be soon received and attended to. In my absence, my brother Mr. Joseph C. Cabell will show the land to any person desirous to purchase. Wm. H. CABELL. September 2. tf
LOUDOUN LAND FOR SALE. FOR SALE, on Thursday, the 21st of Dec. next, on the premises, the TRACT OF LAND, on which the late Judge Jones resided, in Loudoun county, with about 25 SLAVES, and the stock of Horses, Cattle and Hogs, on the estate. The tract contains nearly two thousand acres, & possesses many advantages which entitle it to the attention of those who may wish to reside in that highly improved part of our country. Two merchant mills are in the neighborhood, one on the adjoining estate, and the other within two miles. It is 35 miles from Alexandria, and forty from George-Town. The new Turnpike from Alexandria, crosses a corner of the land, and terminates at the nearest merchant mill. The tract is remarkably well watered, Little river passing through the middle of it, and many small streams on each side, emptying into that river. About 60 or 80 acres are already well set with timber, & at least 300 are capable of being made excellent meadow. It will be divided into tracts of different dimensions, to suit the convenience of purchasers.
A credit of one, two and three years will be allowed; bonds with approved security and a deed of trust on the land, will be required. The Negroes are supposed to be very valuable, some of them being good house servants, and the others principally young men and women. For them the same term of credit will be allowed. JAMES MONROE, Executor of the late JOSEPH JONES, the Elder. Albemarle, Oct. 27. 15t
DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, TO WIT: BE it remembered, that on the third day of October in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, John Robinson of the said District, hath deposited in this Office, the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words, following, to wit: "A collection of the most useful and approved forms of process, judgements and orders used in the County Courts and late District Courts of law in Virginia, also of bonds usually taken in the said Courts, and executions on judgements thereof; records on appeals, and writs of supersedeas, of proceedings on the arraignment of criminals, and of the entries used on the trials thereof. To which are added various forms of indictments, &c. in criminal cases. Declarations; & some of the most useful sorts of conveyances; & an index to the whole. By John Robinson, clerk of the Superior Court of Law for Henrico County, and late clerk of the District Court of law, formerly held in the City of Richmond."
In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and also to an act entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. And extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clerk of the District of Virginia.
The above mentioned Book may be had on application to the Subscriber, at his Office in the Capitol in Richmond. J. ROBINSON. October 27. tf
COLUMBIAN MILLS.—The subscribers having purchased the Columbian Mills, beg leave to inform the public they are giving cash for Wheat and Corn. P. RAXHALL & Co. September 5. tf
HAVE REMOVED TO RICHMOND. BENJ. BOTTS. October 31. tf
WANTED to purchase or hire, a good house SERVANT—Apply at the Enquirer Office. October 31. tf
CASH will be given, for a good male House SERVANT, and female COOK. October 31. tf
Europe.
CONTINUATION OF FOREIGN ADVICES.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—Some communications have been received from the Portuguese settlements in South America. A letter from Bahia, of the 28th of July, exposes the total neglect of that settlement since the establishment of the court of Braganza in the Western World. A circumstance which promised so much benefit to the vast empire of the Brazils has performed nothing. Trade was in that situation not only languishing, but expiring. The following extract will show the melancholy situation of affairs, even in the seat of the Portuguese government:
"RIO JANEIRO, July 26.—I am sorry to inform you, that a serious misunderstanding took place here on the 24th of June, in consequence of an order issued by the government, to draft ten men from every hundred of the militia, to be incorporated among the regulars. In these provinces, the militia is thrice as numerous as the troops of the line. The Colonels and superior officers of the different regiments of the militia formed a body, and went to the palace, with a view of remonstrating with the Governor; but not finding their complaints heard, or their grievances redressed, they resigned their commissions. The next morning an order was given out for the militia to appear in the grand square of the city, before the palace, unarmed; but the officers having suspicions of the intention of the governor to seize the men, to have them drafted by force, went with a considerable body of the militia to the palace, and expressed their determination not to comply with the governor's orders. The government, dreading the consequence, immediately issued an order countermaning all their previous resolutions. The necessities of life become every day more exorbitantly dear, in consequence of the monopoly."
SEVILLE, Aug. 18. ROYAL DECREE.
"In order to stimulate and uphold the brave Catalans, in the heroic resistance which they are everywhere making to the enemy, and principally in order to direct their exertions to the preservation of the highly deserving Geronia, the government, lately by a decree, declared all the inhabitants of the principality free from the personal tax, who should perform active services during the war with France. The limitations annexed to this act of grace, solemnly dispensed to those active patriots, were adapted to the situation of things and the intelligence received by the Junta. But the information since received, while it has filled all good citizens with satisfaction and joy, has convinced the Junta, that immunity should be general, as the merit and services have been general. In Catalonia there is no difference of persons—all are soldiers. In the villages and high roads—in the cities occupied by the enemy—wherever there are Catalans, an interminable hatred towards the French is manifested; an inextinguishable zeal in behalf of the country; a loyalty towards Ferdinand VII. which stands every trial. The Monjuich of Geronia, with three breaches, and assaulted five times in two hours, bravely forced the assailants to take shameful flight, leaving the ground covered with arms and dead bodies. Provisions, ammunition and French prisoners fall into the hands of the brave partisans; and in the cities and towns, which the superiority of the French arms, or rather their treacherous perfidy has put in bondage, it is houses and walls which are captive, and not the hearts of their inhabitants, which are ever bursting forth in the most energetic and heroic expression of their feelings. No; the valiant Catalans have not degenerated; the blood of their ancestors still runs in their veins; the ancient hatred of that detestable nation still survives, which, by the injustice and atrocities of succeeding times, is more deserved, the present race of Frenchmen being more eminent in guilt than their forefathers. A province which thus universally deserves well of the country, admits of no difference among its sons, with respect to the immunities before granted; the more so, in reference to an impost even more odious than burdensome in its effects; and which, being personal, has more the aspect of a degrading servitude to the unhappy who pay it than a resource to the state which receives it."
"Moved by those just considerations, the Supreme Governing Junta of the Kingdom, who anxiously embrace every opportunity of relieving the people from their burdens, and of rewarding the services they render their country, notwithstanding the urgent wants of the state, to which this ruinous war has reduced it; has resolved, in the name of our sovereign Don Ferdinand VII. to suppress at once this species of impost, releasing from that mark of servitude a province, all of whose inhabitants are loyal, free & brave. To this end it has decreed:
"1. That the personal contribution is abolished forever in Catalonia.
"2. That this decree be communicated to those whom it concerns, &c."
"THE MARQUIS OF ASTORGA, President."
"Seville, July 21." Sept. 21.—The following is a minute of a decree lately passed by the Dutch government, partially raising the embargo which subsisted before in the ports of Holland:
"The embargo is hereby raised, as far as respects vessels laden with permitted articles, provisions excepted.
"The vessels shall not, however, be permitted to proceed to sea until further orders except by the Texel, and other ports further North; and not then till the same shall have been placed several days under close arrest, so as to cut off all communication with the shore, prior to their being allowed to sail.
"They may also proceed to sea from the Maise, where armed vessels are stationed; and the same regulations to be observed relative to the placing of the vessels under close arrest for some days prior to their putting to sea. Sept. 7, 1809."
DEAL, Sept. 17.
Extract from a letter from an officer in the expedition to the Scheldt.
"I landed here on Friday evening from Flushing, which I left yesterday. Sir Eyre Coote remains in command of Walcheren, with 16,000 men. I enclose you the names of the regiments, as well as their state, that you may see how sickly they all are: indeed, they continue to bury eight or nine men a day. The lion lieutenant colonel Capel arrived in the Downs, with despatches from Lord Chatham; he has been on board the Valiant three days, waiting for a wind and confirms the dreadful state of sickness of the army.
"Every arrangement is making to repair the fortifications round Flushing; but from the debility of the troops, the work goes on slowly; all the guns and stores of every description were brought from South Beveland, and there is no thinking man that does not approve of the resolution (however reluctantly adopted) by the commander in chief, of relinquishing all future operations against the Scheldt.
"The gun boats are, with bombs, posted all round the island, by Rammekens & Vere; and the enemy last night were so much on the beach at South Beveland, as to cause a considerable firing at night. Vere is quite within range of shells from Beveland; of course ships with merchandise, indeed all vessels, must soon quit it, the instant the enemy establish mortar batteries, which they will soon do. Sir H. Popham stays; so does admiral Otway. Walcheren will never be able to supply itself with provisions; much less an additional number of souls, amounting to 16,000 men. The hospitals are full, and the sickly season but just begun.
"The following are the regiments left, as they are brigaded:
 9th light dragoons—80 effective, none sick. Royal artillery—771 effective, 250 sick, total 1021.  Royal engineers—150 effective, 50 sick, total 200.  Gen. Rottenberg's brigade:  68th regiment—439 effective, 316 sick, total 755.  71st—603 effective, 339 sick, total 942.  85th—437 effective, 132 sick, total 569.  Gen. Alten's brigade:  1st German legion—477 effective, 227 sick, total 704.  2d ditto—405 effective, 205 sick, total 610. 
 Col. Hay's brigade:  1st regiment—784 effective, 150 sick, total 934.  5th—483 effective, 431 sick, total 914.  35th—420 effective, 310 sick, total 730.  Gen. Ackland's brigade:  2d regiment—608 effective, 217 sick, total 825.  75th—544 effective, 189 sick, total 733.  32nd—366 effective, 192 sick, total 558.  Maj. Gen. Doy's brigade:  6th regiment—450 effective, 496 sick, total 946.  50th—523 effective, 332 sick, total 855.  91st—431 effective, 205 sick, total 636.  Brig. Gen. Browne's brigade:  23d regiment—154 effective, 244 sick, total 398.  31st—463 effective, 187 sick, total 655.  26th—548 effective, 236 sick, total 784.  Maj. Gen. Montresor's brigade:  36th regiment—523 effective, 129 sick, total 652.  38th—453 effective, 352 sick, total 806.  77th—262 effective, 284 sick, total 546.  50 royal staff corps—160 waggon train. 
LONDON, Sept. 24.—Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held, composed of the Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Liverpool, Camden, Bathurst, Chatham, Westmoreland, Lords Mulgrave and Leveson Gower and Mr. Perceval. From the constant attendance given by Lord Chatham at the Cabinet meetings, it appears to be decided, that no inquiry shall be instituted into the late expedition. Notwithstanding the frequent meetings of the cabinet, no definitive arrangement has yet taken place. Marquis Wellesley is said to have been recalled—It is said, for the purpose of making him successor to Mr. Canning—if so, the negotiations of Mr. Pinkney, with the British Cabinet, must pass through him.
A letter from Naples, dated the 9th of September, gives the following account of the state of Mount Vesuvius:
"After a few days of tranquility, the eruptions of Vesuvius recommenced. On the 4th of September, a new crater opened to the South East, much larger than that which was formed in 1807. This mouth has, since that time, constantly vomited a vast torrent of lava, which takes its direction towards the town of Della Torre, which was formerly destroyed by an eruption of the volcano. This torrent divides in two branches, and forms an island, at the extremity of which the lava unites, and produces a lake of fire, in the district of Arto del Cavallo. No damage has yet taken place; and there is nothing to be feared, unless the torrent should change its direction or become more impetuous. In the night of the 5th, as in the month of August, 1782, Vesuvius vomited an immense quantity of ashes, stones and smoke, forming upon the mountain a second mountain, the summit of which appeared to rise to the sky; but these substances receiving an impulsion absolutely perpendicular, have fallen into the crater, or its neighborhood, but have not done any injury, either to the inhabitants or the houses nearest the eruption. Several people have departed from the town to observe more closely this remarkable phenomenon. Those who were led merely by curiosity, have gone as far as Portici Resina and Della Torre, where they have drunk to Mount Vesuvius, the eruptions, of which, it is said, are among the causes of the goodness of the wine. The Philosophers, however, exposed themselves to every danger; and several learned men, loaded with chemical and physical instruments, have climbed the mountain to make experiments, the results of which will, without doubt, be made public."
Sept. 24.—We have been informed and we are not without hope that our information will prove correct, that ministers have come to the laudable determination that the island of Walcheren shall be immediately evacuated.
Measures are, however, to be taken, to render Antwerp useless to the enemy as a naval arsenal. To effect this object, orders have been sent to the dockyard, at Portsmouth, to prepare eight line of battle ships to be sent there, and then to be sunk in the different passages of the Scheldt. The Meida, Hercule, two more English ships, and 4 Danes are pitched upon for this service.
TURIN, Sept. 29.—The duel between Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Canning, seems to have formed the last act of the Portland administration. The London papers differ as to the precise cause of this honorable folly; but it is pretty evident that it arises out of the difficulty of apportioning the shares of "infamy attached" to the Scheldt expedition, the expedition of a peaceable general and a fighting cabinet! This administration, our readers will remember, was formed through the mediation of his royal highness the Duke of York, and owed the share of popularity which it enjoyed, more perhaps to the generous feelings, than to the sober judgment of the nation. Nor was this the only national error to which it was indebted. The people mistook a disposition to war, for capacity in the conduct of it; with unmerited confidence the nation urged the government to assist the Spaniards in their glorious struggle; but experience has fatally convinced us, that a junta of drivellers may exist in England as well as in Spain. But these are not times when such associations can exist long in any country. Fallen thro' imbecility and personal jealousies, a radical change has now become necessary, and it is with infinite satisfaction we find that, in this crisis of the state, his majesty has wisely had recourse to the council of the prince of Wales. Our readers will recollect that, very lately the prince had been wholly estranged from the councils of his royal father. This reconciliation, then, is a most auspicious event. It affords a gleam of hope that the tory system, which has prevailed with little intermission throughout the whole of the present long reign, is about to fall with the last remnant of its additional supporters. It affords a hope, that that canker worm of the constitution, which the great Chatham declared to exist behind the throne—a power greater than the throne itself!—a

which lately with a royal duke avowedly at the head of it, assumed the name of the family council—it affords a hope, we repeat, that this cancer worm has been "scorched, if not killed."
(See a description of this Portland Influence in the eloquent pamphlet of B. Burke, "Causes before the present Discontents," written before he had apostatized from his Principles.)
It has been one of the greatest misfortunes of the prince of Wales and of the kingdom, that the personal follies of his youth, obscuring the purity and excellence of his political principles, have been exaggerated by his enemies, to serve as foils to set off the decay and decorum which accompanied a system that, but for the personal virtues of the sovereign whose sanction it assumed, would long since have been seen in its native deformity. The false colourings of both sides, however, are now pretty well worn off. The prince has long been rising and brightening to the eye of the discerning. Those who have had the honor to approach him, have not been more charmed by the suavity of his manners & the benevolence of his heart, than surprised by the strength of his understanding and the extent of his acquirements. The prince was trained in the school of rational and legitimate liberty, long before that sacred name was polluted by the impious and bloody rites of Jacobinism. To the excellence and stability of his principles and the wisdom of his councils, England now looks as to her sheet anchor; and if these are fairly brought into action, she will yet weather the storms of political profligacy and military despotism, whose concussions have shipwrecked the continental states. We devoutly hope that the prince will now have influence enough to form a ministry into which he may infuse the spirit of his excellent qualities, while he stands as a shield between it and that secret influence to which the state owes all its misfortunes. Such a ministry would banish discontent and restore harmony and confidence at home, and beget respect abroad; without sacrificing one point of national honor, would rescue America from the embrace of France, perhaps win over Russia, and even restore peace.
PROCLAMATION.
VIENNA, Sept. 9.—A great quantity of arms have been found secreted in the town. Ten thousand muskets have been seized at the instant they were being conveyed into Presburg. Many millions of florins have been buried since the entry of the French. The place in which they were hidden has been discovered, and they were seized. It is also known that bank bills of many millions, and other effects belonging to the treasury of government, are secreted in different parts, the emperor Napoleon promises to whoever discovers them, a quarter of the property found, of whatever kind it may be. The information may be given verbally, or by letter, to the intendant of provinces, to the intendant general, or even to the governor of provinces, &c. Given at the head quarters of Schoenbrunn, 7th Sept. 1809.
THE PRINCE OF NEUFCHATEL, MAJ. GEN.
The Duke of Brunswick who has recently arrived in England from Germany, is brother to the princess of Wales. His troops will be incorporated with the German legion, and will supply the losses in Spain.
The faculty have long been employed in the compilation of a new pharmacopoeia. It is finished; and Sir Lucas Pepys, president of the royal college of physicians, has presented a copy of it to the king.
PARIS, Aug. 30.—The English commander in Spain having been obliged on his retreat, to leave a great number of wounded at Talavera, wrote the following letter to the general in chief of the French army: "SIR,—The fate of war has placed in your hands a number of English officers and soldiers. They are brave, and merit the attention and regard of those by whom courage is valued. I have the honor to recommend them to you, and to request that you will permit me to send to Talavera, for the purpose of taking care of them, some officers, who shall not be considered prisoners of war, but be permitted to return, when the wounded have somewhat recovered."
"I also request your permission to transmit to the wounded officers small sums of money, of which they must be very much in want. It is in the name of humanity I address these requests to you, and I have even a right to make them, since I have always paid particular attention to the French soldiers whom the chance of war has rendered my prisoners, and have even supplied the officers with money."
I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR WELLESLEY."
ANSWER
Of the Duke of Treviso, Marshal Mortier. HEAD-QUARTERS, Aug. 10. "SIR—I have received the open letter addressed by you to the commander in chief, and requesting his attention to the sick and wounded whom you have been under the necessity of leaving behind you. They are treated as our own sick and wounded are, and I have studied to give all possible assistance to those that have fallen into my hands. These, general, are debts which two brave nations owe to each other."
"I shall forward your letter to the commander in chief, who alone can answer your request to send officers to Talavera, until the sick & wounded are somewhat recovered. In the mean time I shall do myself the pleasure to supply them with what money they may want."
"I have the honor to be, &c. "The Marshal Duke of Treviso."
"Count de Hunniberg, our war minister, has sent accounts which have been laid before him, containing the following assertions:—The governor, commanding at Flushing, is stated not to have executed the order which we had given him, of opening the dykes & inundating the island of Walcheren, as soon as a superior hostile force should have disembarked on its shores. He is moreover accused of having surrendered the place which we had entrusted to his care, not only before the enemy had crossed the moat, and when no breach had been effected in the ramparts which remained whole, and in consequence had not once been stormed, but even when the trenches of the enemy were at a distance of 150 toises from the town, and he had still 4,000 men in arms capable of doing duty—in a word, Flushing is stated
to have surrendered through the first effects of a bombardment. Should all this be true, the governor would be guilty; and it would remain only to ascertain, whether his conduct ought to be attributed to treachery or to cowardice."
"We send you this letter, in order that, as soon as you shall have received it, you would collect a council for inquiry, which would be composed of Count Asseville, senator; Count Rampon, &c., vice adm. Thevenard, and Count Seguin, first inspector general of artillery. All the pieces which will be found in the offices of your ministry, and those of the navy, interior, police, or any other department, respecting the surrender of Flushing, not only as far as they may relate to its defence, but to any object which may concern our service, shall be conveyed to the council, to be laid before them, with the result of this enquiry."
"This letter having no other end, we pray God that he may have you, Count de Hunniberg, in his holy keeping."
"Given in our Imperial camp at Schoenbrunn, Sept. 7, 1809. (Signed) "NAPOLEON. "The Minister, Sec'y of State, (Signed) "H. B. MARET."
IMPERIAL DECREES. "AT OUR IMPERIAL CAMP AT SCHOENBRUNN, September 3, Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, &c. &c."
"We have decreed, and do decree what follows:
"Art. 1. Our cousin, marshal Serrurier, senator, is appointed commander in chief of the national guards of our good city of Paris. "2. Our ministers of the interior and of war are charged with the execution of the present decree. (Signed) "NAPOLEON. "The Minister, Sec'y of State, "H. B. MARET."
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8.—His majesty's answer to the addresses of the different public bodies this day, on the eve of his anniversary, was dignified and impressive. In noticing the late attack on the islands of Zealand, his majesty said, "The invasion which has afflicted them, could have been foreseen, but the grand struggle on the banks of the Danube, so gloriously terminated, by France and the Emperor my brother, imposed upon us the necessity of undergoing that danger, while the great interests of Europe required the momentary absence of our troops, who, in Spain and Germany, have covered themselves with so much glory."
LONDON, Oct. 5.—Lord Melville, we understand, has been sent off by his majesty's command. Mr. Perceval's letter to him was sent off last Thursday, and he is expected from Scotland the beginning of next week. "And is it possible that "his Majesty" means to insult the people of England by the appointment of so corrupt a character? Yet what is impossible to his Majesty?"
MADRID, Aug. 18. Definitive suppression of all the Monks in All Spain. Don Joseph Napoleon Decrees, That all the regular monastic and mendicant orders, which exist in all the Spanish possessions, are suppressed; and within 15 days from the publication of the present decree, the individuals of such orders, are to leave their convents and are to take the ecclesiastical secular dress. They shall withdraw to the places where they were born, and there they shall receive individually from the Treasury of the Provincial Revenues, the pension determined by the Decree of the 27th April last. The ministers of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the interior, and of the finances, shall take the necessary measures to secure the recovery of all the property of the convents, which shall remain to the nation, according to the destination already prescribed. All ecclesiastical persons, without any distinction of orders, shall be promoted to the curacies and other dignities. They shall enjoy all the advantages of the clergy in virtue of their fitness, merit and conduct.
The charitable schools shall be maintained, and the government shall take speedy measures to promote the interests of those benevolent institutions. August 19. Fifty millions of reals are put to the disposition of the minister of the interior to indemnify all the inhabitants who have suffered the calamities of the war, and fifty more at the disposal of the Minister of War to recompense those who have distinguished themselves by their courage and fidelity.
Another decree of the 18th, ordains that many Grandees of Spain and Dignitaries of the kingdom, having betrayed the confidence the king had put in them, and violated the oaths they had made to him, his majesty shall not henceforward acknowledge any other Grandees or titled persons, but those he shall designate by a special decree—those who are in possession of a title may solicit the continuation of it; but until they have obtained it, they cannot use it in any act or contract.
SEVILLE, Sept. 6.—The Supreme Committee of the Royal and distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III. have unanimously voted 10,000 ducats of money lately received from America, to be applied to the support of the widows and orphans of that unconquerable place, (Paniza).
On the 24th of last month, his Excellency Mr. Freire, who, with such ardent zeal for our national glory and independence, performed the functions of his Britannic Majesty's Minister with the Supreme Junta of Government, had his audience of leave. Gen. D'Agoult, the French governor of Navarre, having condemned four Spaniards to suffer death, on a charge of their having murdered a French sergeant and merchant, and giving public notice of the execution of his sanguinary order, Don Mariano de Romanes, Commander in Chief of the Spanish troops in the mountains of Arragon, for His Majesty Ferdinand VII. has issued a proclamation in answer to the former, which contains the following articles:
"1. Manuel Antonio Gruyer, Thomas Peche, Juan Beaubier, Francis Desaix, and Auguste de la Colombiere, all agents of the French, shall be conducted by my troops to the camp of Erigonia, and being placed in a position facing Madrid, looking to their King, "Pope Botteliah" (Joe Bottle) they shall bear their sentence of death pronounced; and being afterwards ordered to face Pampeluna, they shall be beheaded, and their bodies be suspended from gibbets, on the roads which lead to Madrid, with the following inscription on their backs:—"Agents of the French banditti, punished by Spanish justice."
"2. Should the pretended King, Generals D'Agoult and Lonnet (who commanded in Fara,) or any other person, abuse the au-
thority, to take away the life of any Spaniards, we shall order double the number of Frenchmen, who are in our power, to be beheaded."... Seville Gazette.
AUSTRIA.
[FROM A FRENCH PAPER.]
The resignation of the Archduke Charles, the evident result of discontent, is still attributed to the state of his health. The physicians, say the German papers, will not answer for his life, if he continues to take up on himself the charge of the war. It is difficult to believe in this new version, and we see much more clearly the cause of his resignation in the state of his army, than in the state of his health. Has he not himself hinted at the motives of his retreat in his order of the day? Does he speak of anything else but his profound grief at the situation of affairs? Be that as it may, the Prince is now at Teschen.
The Archduke John is burthened with the enormous task which the Generalissimo thought above his strength. He has concentrated his army at Prague, attempting to increase it by levies made in Bohemia by the most violent means, such as tearing men from their homes. Soldiers, money, forage, labor, all are exacted by the Austrian government with excessive rigor. Bohemia, famished, ruined by the residence of her own defenders, affords the most deplorable spectacle; the most sinister futurity presents itself, the effects of the battle of Wagram have infused despair into every heart—misery and famine complete the picture. Hungary has not replied to the frequent appeals to her nobility—a levy ordered in Transylvania can only be effectual in six months. Mercure de France.
ANOTHER PRETTY EXPEDITION!
A few weeks since, 12 sail of the line were ordered to be fitted at Portsmouth, for prison ships; after they had been partly fitted for that purpose, another order directed them to be fitted as stone ships, to be sunk at the mouth of the Scheldt; and now they are nearly made stone ships, they are ordered to remain in statu quo, by which it is supposed the sapient scheme of sinking them is abandoned. Many thousand pounds expense has been thus thrown away in fitting the ships & altering them again, agreeably to the several orders! But this is not the whole of the loss and grievance: the whole number to be sunk was twenty-five sail of the line; the others were fitting out at other ports!
SENTENTIOUS BREVIETY.
General Monnet,* the late governor of Walcheren, applied some time ago to Bonaparte to be relieved from the command of that place, stating that the climate was so bad, that unless he was removed his life would be in danger. Bonaparte refused his request in the following laconic terms: "Mon General, on mourt par tout." [My dear General, they die every where.] *This is the same General Monnet, whom Bonaparte suspects of treachery or cowardice, in surrendering Flushing, and on whom he has ordered a court of enquiry.... Balt. Whig.
LATE FROM PORTUGAL.
Fair American, Hobson, just arrived 26 days from Lisbon. News—British and Spanish armies, as by last accounts. A letter from a British col. dated Badajoz, September 19, speaks with some confidence of the ultimate success of the patriots—provided the war in Germany continues until permanent arrangements are completed for supplying the troops. The combined armies were receiving reinforcements: particularly the Portuguese divisions, a succession of small detachments daily arriving from almost every town in Portugal. The French were not advancing. The British head quarters continued at Badajoz—troops extending towards Merida.
FROM SPANISH PAPERS.
BADAJOZ, Sept. 23. The mail which was lately intercepted, between Marquedada and Santa Cruz, and was conducted to our army, with two hussars accompanying the same, who have declared that the mails started from Bayonne on the 27th of the preceding month, and saw no movement of troops in France directed towards Spain.
SUNDAY, Sept. 24, contains a report of the defeat of general Junot, in Westphalia, by the Austrian gen. Keimayer, with the loss of 18,000 men.
CADIZ, 19th Sept. By the last advices received from Galicia, we are informed, that a division of the Austrian troops entered St. Andero on the 20th August last.
TARRUEL, 4th Sept. The unfortunate inhabitants of Sarragossa, who witnessed the most horrible siege, and a more disconsolating epidemic, suffer at present a treatment not less terrible than death. After so many calamities, Suchet, the barbarian, has exacted exorbitant contributions, & has permitted his soldiers to lay waste the fields, without listening to the pangs of widows and orphans. No person above 14 years of age can walk the streets without a passport, which must be paid for.
CORDOVA, 19th Sept. The French, in order to fortify themselves at Burgos, mounted on the old castle a number of cannon, and on the 15th August they fired a salute, on account of the Emperor's birth day: the vibration tumbled down the castle, and buried under its ruins, such artillery and troops as were on the ramparts.
By the ship Fermine , safe arrived in the port of Cadiz, the Commercial Association at London, has given new relief to the Spanish Patriots, consisting of the following articles:
20,000 caps or bonnets, 20,000 spatterdashes, 35,000 shirts, 19,992 pair cotton stockings, 12,000 socks, 2,000 field kettles, 16 medicine chests, 12 boxes surgeons instruments, 40 boxes lint.
FROM A BRITISH COLONEL.
BADAJOZ, September 19, 1809.—The head quarters of the British army are in this city. My regiment is encamped about two leagues distant with the 4th division of the army, the 5th division is on our left at Campo Mayor—the rest extend toward Merida. The army will certainly remain in its present position for 3 weeks, unless unforeseen circumstances influence the commander of the forces. My opinion is, that we shall defend Portugal by advancing again into Spain. If we cannot fight the French in the Peninsula, with Spain and Portugal at our backs, we certainly cannot do it with Portugal only, in the present distracted state of that kingdom. The British army at this moment, is in a more efficient state than it has been at any period on this part of the continent. Remaining a short time here it will be still more so by the junction of many small detachments, from almost every town in Portugal. The most experienced officers of the army, are of opinion, that we are able to
beat the collected forces of the French in the Peninsula whenever we meet them; that the disparity of numbers may not permit our profiting by the victory, it cannot be contested; but that the fate of the whole Peninsula depends on the events in Germany, while the French have any army on this side the Pyrenees: but if we succeed in driving them to their own frontier, and rousing the dormant kingdom of Portugal into activity, those countries may still be free and independent for ever, in spite of the Emperor of the French, the conqueror of all the rest of the continent of Europe. Lord Wellington or his noble brother are not despondent characters—they are not likely to forsake Spain because in one important instance, their just expectation was not answered. It is evident there still exists in the government and in the people of Spain a zeal for independence. Because the British arms proved their superiority and the army of Spain was unhurt at Talavera, is there any cause for despondence? In my humble opinion the lesson is turned to great profit and I look now with as much hope to see Madrid, as I did when I left Lisbon. Many Spanish regiments have been decimated, & the cowards shot in view of the British soldiers.
Domestic.
FROM THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the county of Barnstable, to his friend in Boston, dated Oct. 25th, 1809.
"DEAR SIR—This has been an instructive week. The trial of two embargo smuggling cases have interested the whole country. The first was the case of David Scudder and Joseph Gage against John Freeman and John Chipman, inspectors of the revenue, for detaining the schooner Elizabeth and her cargo of flour, by order of the collector. The other was the case of Timothy Crowell, and others, against Mr. Otis, the collector, for detaining the schooner Hornet and her cargo of fish. Each trial occupied a whole day. The cases were argued by Messrs. Sprout and Whitman for the Plaintiffs, and by Messrs. Bidwell and Blake for the Defendants. The Juries were composed, it was said, of about an equal number of republicans and federalists. Judge Thatcher was the presiding Judge. Mr. Whitman declaimed whole hours, in the usual anti embargo strain; in the course of which, he described the embargo laws as unconstitutional, wanton, oppressive, tyrannical, intolerable, &c. and represented the people as deprived of their liberties, despoiled of all their rights, but that of breathing, and groaning under oppression too severe to be borne; with much more of that kind of stuff. It was replied, that the laws in question were not repugnant to any provision in the constitution; that they were similar in principle to other laws, which had been approved of by all parties; and that the constitutional question had been long settled, after solid argument in the proper court, that of the United States. As to the expediency of those laws, that had been demonstrated to this country, and to the world, by events which had occurred in our foreign relations. Besides, it was not a question for the consideration of the Court or Jury—The business of the Judiciary was to decide what the laws are, not what they ought or ought not to be. The business of legislation being entrusted to another department, it would be extra judicial for the court to determine, and therefore, impertinent for the council to discuss the question whether these laws were wise and necessary or not. In answer to the opprobrious terms used respecting those laws, it was observed, that such language, by whatever examples it might have been sanctioned, was inconsistent with a due respect for the constituted authorities, calculated to excite popular discontent, to provoke sentiments and habits of insubordination; that it was, in short, seditious, disorganizing and in unrectitude; the same, in spirit and tendency, as that which was used by Shays and his associates, in 1786; in consequence of which, the government of Massachusetts was for a time brought into popular odium and contempt, the execution of the laws and the administration of justice impeded, and a large portion of inconsiderate people excited to actual insurrection—that such language was improper in any place, and especially in a court of justice—The arts and practices of the smugglers were detected and exposed. In Scudder and Gage's case, it was proved that it was the manifest and even professed intention to break the embargo laws, so that it was the duty of the collector to detain their vessel: And in Crowell's case, it was proved, that there was a similar intention, and that, after the seizure, the vessel and cargo were rescued out of the custody of the officers of the revenue, by an armed banditti, in disguise, by the procurement of the owners, one of whom, blackened like a negro, was a principal actor in the scene. The Judge summed up the evidence, explained the law, and told the Juries there was no constitutional doubt or difficulty. The Juries in both cases, found verdicts in favor of the defendants. The rescue of the seized vessel and cargo excited every point of indignation. Mr. Blake contended, and the Attorney General supported him in the opinion, that it amounted not merely to a riot, but to a robbery, or at least a larceny. The idea at first appears strange, that the owners should be guilty of stealing their own property; but I understand it is a settled principle of law, that where goods are in custody, by seizure or bailment, in such a manner, that the bailee is responsible for them, if the owner takes them away, it is larceny; and if done by violence and putting in fear, it is robbery. As the evidence of the fact is already strong, and almost every day, by disclosing some new circumstance, strengthens the proof, it is thought, that some of these rescuers will eventually be convicted and sent to the State Prison. One or two examples of this kind may be salutary."
TRENTON, Nov. 6.—On Thursday last John Coudet, esq. was elected a Senator of the U. S. from New-Jersey. On Friday last a detachment of about 400 United States' troops under C. I. Simonds, passed through this place on their way to Carlisle, Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8. A line of Telegraphs has lately been established on the River Delaware, from Reedy Island to this city, under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce, and the merchants generally. The first communication was made yesterday, announcing the arrival of the ship Fanny , Captain Maffit, from Lisbon. She sailed from Lisbon the 4th of October. We have received papers of that place of the 2d and 3d Oct. but they do not contain a single article other than merely mentioning, that from their last accounts, the French were concentrating all their forces near Salamanca. The students of Coimbra, who had been formed into a military corps, were returning to their studies. Markets at Lisbon very dull. HARTFORD, Oct. 24. On Thursday last, the Hon. General Assembly appointed his Excellency J. TREADWELL, Esq. Governor of this state, in the room of his Excellency Governor TRUMBULL, deceased; and on Friday they appointed the Hon. ROGER GRISWOLD, Esq. Lieut. Governor, in the place of his Excellency John Treadwell, appointed governor. The Legislature of New-Jersey convened at Trenton the 24th ult. and re-elected Joseph Bloomfield governor of the state for another year. Mr. Ward was chosen vice president; and Dr. Coudet speaker of the House of Assembly. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. "Case of Capt. Bennet." Under this head the Evening Post, a print evidently in the service of Great Britain, has republished a correspondence between Captain W. P. Bennet of the regiment of infantry, and Henry Arnold, (brother of the notorious traitor Benedict Arnold) one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the province of Upper Canada, on the subject of robbing & shooting a deserter from Capt. Bennet's company of U. S. troops, within the British lines. The correspondence is succeeded by remarks from the editor, and they are such as might be expected from the dastard who is prepared to "take protection under the British cannon." It is hotly advanced in the Post, that Col. Duane was sent from Philadelphia to form one of the court martial ordered for the trial of Capt. Bennet, for the purpose of promoting his acquittal. This is false. The court martial which decided on Capt. Bennet's case was dissolved, prior to the court of which Lieut. Col. Duane was a member had been convened. On the trial of Capt. Bennet it was given in evidence, that there had been an understanding between the American and British officers commanding on the frontiers, to afford mutual aid in the recovery of deserters. That in consequence of such arrangement, British officers had pursued and taken deserters upwards of fifty miles in the interior of the state of Vermont, and that some of these deserters, resisting, had been killed. It is believed that the court martial duly estimating the above testimony, adjudged Capt. Bennet to be privately reprimanded by his colonel, because they could not sanction such arrangement, unless made in pursuance of orders from the commander in chief. As to the attempt of Coleman to parallel the above case with the outrage committed by order of Admiral Berkeley, on our national ship the Chesapeake; it is merely in unison with his general conduct. The assertion that "Admiral Berkeley has been broke" must for stupidity and ignorance, have bro't the blush to the face of the Editor's printer's devil; although it did not on those of his printer or himself.... Pub. Adv. [From the Baltimore American.] MR. EDITOR, Occurrences like the following one so rarely happen, that I communicate it to you for publication: The schooner Sarah , Milner, of Kingston, in Jamaica, was, on her voyage from thence to this port, struck by a Sword Fish , about 12 o'clock in the night, being out three days. The sword penetrated through solid timber 13 inches thick, and protruding within the vessel upwards of 7 inches, passed into a tierce of coffee. He struck until 7 o'clock the next morning, when he broke away, being severely wounded by strokes of the harpoon. The schooner being hove down yesterday, the sword was found and extracted. JAMES BADGER, Mate of sch'r Sarah , Milner. Baltimore, 30th Oct. 1809. NEW-YORK, November 6.—By the brig Emine , in 14 days from Havana, we learn, that the port continued shut to American vessels, and none would be admitted to entry, after the twentieth of October; all the vessels previously to the twentieth, would be admitted. Markets dull. Flour plenty, but 20 dols. per barrel, and the duty 8 dols. and 25 cents, per bbl. beef 15. The four vessels of war, (2 Spanish & 2 British) sailed from the Havana, on Cadiz on the 10th of October, with 17,000,000 of dollars on board. A letter from Madeira, dated September 27, states that the Euphrates arrived there in 39 days, and the Mermiad in 48, both from New-York. The Euphrates sailed for the East Indies, on the 26th of September, and the Mermiad for Lisbon on the 13th—that markets are dull for provision and flour—that corn pays a tolerable profit—and that lumber will sell for fifty or sixty dollars per thousand feet. A sch'r. loaded with lumber had just arrived. DELAWARE, (Wilmington,) November 4. With painful regret we announce the death of Samuel White, Esquire. He died at his lodgings this morning. Mr. White has for several years past represented this State in the Senate of the U. S.—where his talents were known to be respectable, and his integrity unblemished. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—The ships Savage , Waite, and Ann Reynolds , which both arrived here yesterday in 28 days from Liverpool, have despatches from Mr. Pinkney, our Minister at London, from the Secretary of State. Though the passages of these ships are extremely short, yet they bring nothing later than before received. Our Marine list for the last two or three days has exhibited a singular contrast. Vessels have arrived in 22 & 28 days from England, and 30 from Baltimore, Virginia and Carolina! The late obstructions to commerce have, it is well known, deprived many Southern planters of a market for their cotton. The large crops of that article remaining on hand render it improbable, if similar crops are raised in the next season, that advantageous prices will be obtained for it. Many planters have therefore been induced to turn their attention to a substitute for their former staple production. Hemp is the article which it is expected will be most extensively cultivated, as it is deemed congenial to the soil of many parts of the southern states. It is contemplated employing large tracts of land in the cultivation of the g...

and a plant peculiar to the Southern states, which affords a handsome profit to the grower. Many intelligent citizens also have turned their attention to the pasturage of sheep, which they have been heretofore prevented from doing by the superior profit derived from employing their whole capital in the culture of cotton. Nat. Int.
The prints in pay of the British agency, have put in circulation a multitude of reports, some of which we shall notice in a summary way.
The New York Evening Post says, that an intelligent gentleman, passenger in the Wasp, has given him certain information.
Now, whether there was or was not, any intelligent passenger in the Wasp, we can say with full confidence, that the information is totally destitute of foundation.
As to the alleged interview between general Armstrong and Mr. Hauterive; it cannot be true for these reasons:
First—That Mr. Hauterive has had constant intercourse with the American minister—and the first took place several years ago.
Second—The intercourse had not been broken off, but on the contrary it was progressing in the most amicable manner.
Third—If Mr. Hauterive were disposed to be so uncivil as represented, the rules of good breeding and decency are not so little regarded in Paris as in London, and he would not for his own character sake, behave in the gross manner of a Lord Grenville, or a Mr. Canning, or a Timothy Pickering.
Fourth—The occupation of the chief of the French government in settling the affairs of his new archduchy, prevented attention to American affairs; upon which there had not been any despatch or orders received at Paris since the twentieth May—the day before the battle of Esling.
Fifth—A vessel was to be despatched on the 10th October, by which time it was expected some light might be thrown on the prospects of public arrangement; should the affairs of Austria be so settled as that the chief of the French government could return to Paris; without which, nothing was expected to be definitely fixed.
From all these facts, and the reasons arising out of them, we conclude that the "information of the intelligent gentleman," is a creature of the imagination; or else one of the fabrications of which the shop of Laban Folger, Doolittle, Coleman & Co. has been prolific. Advocate.
Mr. Bartholomew Freer, is appointed Envoy Extra & at Seville, in the room of Marquis Wellesley, who is recalled.
STAUNTON, Nov. 3. DEATH OF MERRIWETHER LEWIS.
A report has reached this town, predicated we believe upon good authority, that his excellency Meriwether Lewis, Governor of Upper Louisiana, put an end to his life a few days since, on this side of the Tennessee river, on his way to this country. The circumstances, as we have heard them related, are as follows: Mr. Lewis had drawn on the Government for money to discharge some debt of a public nature; but what was the amount of the sum required, or to what it was to be applied, we have not been able to learn—but his bills were protested—he was seized with a delirium, and in the fit, discharged a pistol at his forehead—the ball glanced; he discharged a second pistol at his breast; this also failing to take effect, he took a knife and cut his wrist in such a manner, that before any relief could be offered him, he bled to death! How these particulars could be ascertained so minutely and Mr. Lewis not be prevented from committing such an horrid act, we cannot say; but, that he has terminated his existence in a way somewhat like this, is believed here; the information was brought by a passenger in the stage of last Monday, who he said, passed Mr. Lewis in five minutes after the act was committed, or five minutes before, we cannot recollect which. We expect a confirmation by next mail. R. Farmer.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 4. Letters by yesterday's Southern mail, dated at Savannah on the 1st instant, mention the arrival at that port of the pilot-boat schooner R. J. in 5 days from Havana; she is bound to this port, but put in there with a head wind. The R. J. brings letters from the Havana to the 26th ult. from which we learn that the ship Pierce Manning , captain PRATT, and the brig Minerva , captain SPENCER, both from this port, have been admitted to an entry at that port. From these letters, and others of a previous date, received at this port yesterday, by the ship Ganges , it appears most likely that the Spanish government will be induced to relax somewhat of their recent decree, prohibiting the admission of all foreign vessels into the ports of Cuba. Courier.
A letter from Gov. Hull, of Detroit, to his friend in Pittsfield, (Mass.) dated Sept. 16, says: "I have just returned from a visit to Michillimackinac, where I was accompanied by Mrs. Hull and my daughters. The principal object of my tour was, to hold councils with the Indians in that country, by order of the government. From Michillimackinac we made an excursion to the Sault, St. Mary's, and between 20 and 30 miles on Lake Superior—we have been absent about six weeks. The river St. Mary is a very interesting situation; it is interspersed with beautiful islands, the waters purer, perhaps, than any in the world, filled with the finest fish, and the islands remarkably fertile. In the course of time, from its local advantages, it must become a great and populous country. At the Sault is a handsome little village, and the gardens and lands, which are improved, produce abundantly. On the opposite shore the North West Company has an establishment, and we received from the gentlemen who have the direction of it, every possible politeness and attention. Their houses, vessels, boats and canoes were all offered for our accommodation, & we all went more than 20 miles on Lake Superior, and dined on its shores—this lake is a most magnificent object, indeed it is an ocean."
"While at Michillimackinac, we passed our time in a most agreeable manner, we lived in the Government house, which is very commodious, and attached to it the best gardens I have ever seen. During the whole time, we had the greatest abundance of the finest cherries, currants, raspberries and many other fruits. And while there I was visited by above 2000 Indians, and saw a large number of their villages. I made them very valuable presents of Clothing, and furnished their chiefs with silver medals and American flags. They were highly pleased, and all appear perfectly friendly."
CHARLESTON, Nov. 1. Good News for the Essex Fanny.
By the arrival of the ship Chatham, capt. Sisson, we learn that the Isles of France and Bourbon are blockaded by the English. This, in other words, or in plain English, is a trap for American vessels—to intercept the India trade of Americans, and grip the vessels. This does not surprise us; on the contrary, we might have been surprised had it not been so; for we know we have always said, 'let them plan to open ports sometimes, and to shut them at others, expressly for this purpose; for what else can be their object? Nothing—A trap that is always shut or always open, catches no mice'—is the alternate opening and shutting that does the execution. Strength of the People.
FINE ARTS.
Mr. Denon, the well known writer of Travels through Egypt, has lately been entrusted, by Bonaparte, with a considerable sum of money, to be equally divided among the authors of 12 paintings of large dimensions, on the following given subjects:
 1st. Bonaparte addressing the Bavarians before the battle of Abensberg.  2d. The attack of the bridge at Ratisbon.  3d. The capture of Ratisbon.  4th. The attack of the bridge at Landshut.  5th. The bombardment of Vienna.  6th. The attack of the bridge at Ebersburg.  7th. Battle of Wagram.  8th. The French Emperor's bivouac on the field of Wagram, during the night of the 5th and 6th July.  9th. A view of the island Napoleon (Inder Lobau,) at the time when his Imperial majesty re-entered it after the battle of Essling.  10th. A second view of the same island, when Napoleon embraces marshal Lannes, mortally wounded in that battle.  11th. A view of Ebersdorf, and the bridges over the Danube.  12th. A view of the gardens of the palace of Schoenbrunn. 
A small number of marble busts, and among others, one of Marshal Lannes, will also be executed by skillful French sculptors.
The Enquirer. RICHMOND, NOVEMBER 14, 1809.
A DUTCHESS AND A PRINCE. Mrs. Jerome Patterson of Baltimore (first wife of Jerome Bonaparte,) has been created a Duchess of the house of Napoleon, with a salary of 50,000 crowns per annum. Her sons created a Prince of the French empire. It is also said Col. Toussard, late of the American Revolutionary army, is appointed his governor, with the rank of general, and a splendid salary. Baltimore is to be the Imperial and Royal residence for the present. Freeman's Journal.
The Emperor of the West!—We understand from respectable authority (says the Baltimore Federal Republican) that some important overtures have lately been made by the French government to Miss Patterson, (late Madame Jerome) through Gen. Tureau. The substance of these overtures is said to be—That this lady is to remain single—to place her son under the direction of Tureau—to receive a pension from the French government—and to be created a Princess of the Empire. Report says that these overtures have already been accepted. If so, we may soon expect to see this hopeful son of Jerome acting a conspicuous part in our western hemisphere. Let it be remembered, that no one of the Bonapartes is to go unprovided with a throne; and as there are already as many of the family in Europe as can well be supplied, this young scion is undoubtedly to be engrafted and to flourish here, &c. &c. &c.
Thus far the Federal Prints—In addition to which, it is said, that Mrs. Bonaparte had written for a divorce and was about to marry Mr. Oakley, the English Charge d'Affaires—that Bonaparte had written to her and given her a Coronet—and wed her with $100 a day, the child 5000 guineas a month, and provided she will send the child to him, he will give her $50,000 more—these are on the conditions, that she will never marry an Englishman, nor ever permit the child to be carried to England. It is also said, that the French Governor is never to sit or be uncovered, in the presence of the Prince. A few reflections on the Dramatis Personæ
As to Gen. Tureau, he will best consult his own honour, by refusing such a commission on such terms. It is unworthy of the part which he bore in the revolution of America. The man who aided in establishing the Equality and Liberty of man, during that conflict, should never consent to bind himself to a station, which will compel him to sacrifice the dignity of a man to the whims of a child. There is something in the idea of remaining uncovered and standing, and covering in the presence of a baby prince, which in a free country, every man of honour and feeling would disdain.
As to the Lady, it may be decorous perhaps, to say as little as possible about her. There is no country in which woman has attained the rank to which she is entitled. Some have held, that they are capable of as high and generous achievements as that boasted being, called Man—but how cruelly have their powers been shrunk and withered up! The Turks say they have no souls—and in most polished societies, their souls are generally bent upon feathers and finery, on titles and splendors, on the most airy and artificial of distinctions. They have their toys and their rattles as well as children. But, if Mrs. B. has the lofty soul of a Spartan or a Roman matron, she will reject the propositions which are made to her—she will trample the coronet and the dower in the dust. Too proud to be any thing but what she ought to be, as she cannot be the wife of Jerome Bonaparte, she will disdain the empty name of a Duchess of the House of Napoleon. She will soar to no higher rank than to the honorable station of an American Woman—contented with the esteem of the good, and the extensive possessions of her respectable Father.
As to her son, he is to the eye of a wise man, more an object of pity than of envy. The path of kings is not so thickly strewn with Roses, but that a peasant may be happier than a prince. Free from the corruptions of pride, from the allurements of luxury or the cares of a court, he might have tasted all the sweets and charities of life—his constitution firm, his heart pure, and all the faculties of his mind polished and improved. If he is to remain here a Prince without a Crown, his situation will be truly a ridiculous burlesque. His title will divest him of the best rights of an American Citizen—because the constitution not only forbids any title of nobility being granted by the United States, but it declares, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state."
But if his crown is to exist in Europe, it is better perhaps that his royal father should at once take him to himself—for there is at least some risk, that all the cares of Toussard, should be defeated—the republican spirit of our country may reach his young bosom, and the first act of his manhood may be the rejection of his crown. But the conduct of the Federalists is to prove all others childish and ridiculous. What a dearth must there be of the materials of
opposition, when men are reduced to such miserable shifts, and silly topics of attack, as we now behold—and when the cry of alarm is to be seriously raised, by "these most grave and reverend seignior" out of such a ridiculous pageant as this! It is true however, the tocsin is sounding—the cry of "French Influence," and the "hand of Napoleon," is again excited—"Behold, say they, "the Gallie American Nobility ," the young nobility laid upon the stocks for us—this rising Sun—the royal sprig , that is hereafter to rule the United States. Ridiculous! These idle tales, we suppose, are to amuse us, for some time to come—the public prints will repeat the echo—the halls of Congress will ring with the denunciations of the Federal Watchmen—and Mr. Randolph himself, with his hands bound up by his own approbatory resolution of last summer, and for "lack of other argument," may now come forth with his fine declamatory speech on the subject, repeating his own prophetic warning, that "the future Viceroy of America is within those walls."—Miserable phantoms!
How can they subsist a moment, when it is known, that Bonaparte has expressed a wish to remove this child from the United States? Besides, have these men so little faith in the discernment of the people of the U. States, more particularly when it is directed by so many of their own watch fires, as to have any apprehension, that they will not be able "to scent the approach of tyranny in such a tainted breeze?" Is there so little confidence in their virtue, as to fear their want of exertion, or of sacrifices, should such a moment of danger ever arrive?—But the tale is too ridiculous to merit another moment's attention.
The fate of Spain herself may now be assumed as fixed—what is to become of her rich and extensive colonies in N. and South America, Peru, Terra Firma, and Mexico, and her islands in the W. Indies, is the next question? With respect to the Havana, the following letter from the Charleston Courier, yields some interesting information.
There is no doubt, that the diversity of opinions and views will prevail among the inhabitants of these colonies. Those, who were born in Old Spain—Those who have ties of any sort, which bind them to her car—those who hold or expect honours and estates in her dominions—will oppose the dissolution. Men of ambition, men of aspiring views—such as expect glory to their country from the independence of the colonies, will be opposed to the views of Bonaparte. In the weak or vicious colonies, there will also be a party in favor of taking protection under the auspices and fleets of Britain. Under any event, she will attempt to separate them from Old Spain—the prosperity of her trade is at stake—the trade, which she used to carry on with the Spanish and Portuguese settlements, thro' the medium of Cadiz and Lisbon, will certainly be greater, if carried on directly to the ports of these independent sovereignties. Such has always been her policy from the attack on Nootka Sound to the plans of Miranda.
Those who wish these points clearly explained, are referred to Bigland's Letters on history, in which with a prophetic spirit he has, as it were, foretold the march of Portuguese events.
A mercantile friend has politely favored us with the following very interesting Letter, which we have translated for the COURIER.
"HAVANNA, Oct. 21st, 1809. It would be difficult to conceive the agitated state of my mind. I have long been desponding for the fate of our unhappy mother country; for since the battle of Wagram, I have looked upon it as devoted to destruction, and as destined for another victim to the Usurper. I have little doubt that before this, Spain has been overrun by his myrmidons, and my thoughts, therefore naturally turn towards the colonies, and to this island particularly, where first I drew my breath. I have for sometime past, observed, that the seeds of discord have been sown, & are now springing up; that the minds of the people are agitated by different sentiments and factions.
"Some are inclined to assert our Independence under the protection of the British—others, principally the natives of Old Spain, are for adhering to the Mother Country, under any dynasty that may govern her. Others are desirous of a British legislation, and some few are perfectly French in their principles and wishes. In this conflict of opinion, what but anarchy and revolutions can await us, unless a timely interference of the British should prevent it."
"A letter was received here yesterday from Cadiz, dated August 23d, which says, "an express has this moment arrived from the Marquis of Wellesley, the British ambassador in Seville, to the British consul here, ordering him to put on board a vessel, and immediately despatched for England, his despatches, containing the account of the erection of a Regency, instead of the Central Supreme Junta, and which is composed as follows: The Archbishop of Toledo, nephew to Charles the IVth. Regent; Alma mira , and Jovellanos , Coadjutors; and Cevallos , Sauavedra and Gen. Cuesta , Privy Councillors." Should this prove to be true, of which I have no doubt, you may depend upon it, that it has been brought about by the Marquis Wellesley. The Marquis foreseeing the loss of Spain, has formed the Regency in time, with the view of being taken out to Mexico by the British fleet, for the safety and protection of our Colonies, who will, with open arms, receive and admit the government of a Bourbon, and perhaps no other, protected by and allied with England; in which case we shall, once more, become a safe and happy people. In the course of six weeks I expect to see entering our harbor, a combined Spanish and British fleet, carrying the Royal standard of FERDINAND 7th. God send that my expectations may be realised.
"You are already informed of the shutting of the ports of this island against all foreign flags; to day we understand that neutrals bringing negroes, sugar utensils, and lumber, will be admitted, but with no other articles. God preserve you, &c."
"Let the galled Jade wince." "My withers are unwrung!" So long as the strictures, which Henry Banks of this City had thought proper to publish against me, were confined to the Spirit of '76, I was determined to treat them with silent contempt. In that sphere, where the characters of both of us were known, I had no objections to stake my reputation against his assertions. But as I have now traced his calumnies into an atmosphere where my character is not sufficiently known to pierce them—As I have seen the "Republican Farmer" at Staunton of the
3d instant, has re-published his attack, accompanied by such commentaries as were to have been expected from the fury of a federal editor, united to the wonderful sagacity of W. G. Lyford—it seems requisite to meet and to repel these strictures.
I do therefore pronounce Henry Banks of this City to be an arrant and profligate liar as breeches. And I pronounce his Letter in the Spirit of '76 to be as maligant in its motives , as destitute of truth, as pregnant with vanity and presumption, as any composition that exists. It is with regret, that the necessity of self defence compels me to adopt this manner so contrary to my habits and so contrary to my usual maxims respecting the press—but my regret is peculiarly enhanced, when I look to the character of my miscreant opponent—and when I consider how utterly unworthy he is of the resentment and the notice of a man of honor—I solemnly pronounce then, that it is false , that I "consulted" Henry Banks, on the establishment of this paper.
It is false, that any part of his prosperity is due to Henry Banks—to all his honorable civilities, or to all his disinterested Exertions.
It is false, that I have ever "published any Essay," of Henry Banks, "under the appearance of being Editorial."
It is false, that I ever knew of any Essay of Henry Banks's being ascribed to me. And it is my solemn conviction, that no such Essay was ever so ascribed. Surely I would not have had the Vanity to conceive that any one could have been so blind to merit as to have committed such a mistake—but I throw the gauntlet to the whole world. I defy any man to say, that I have ever given countenance to such an assumption. He, that would disdain to pluck a feather from an Eagle's wing, would not surely stoop to rob a Jackdaw.
It is false, that there were "many Essays" of H. Banks "written at my particular request." This was the case in one or two instances only—On the contrary, it is a fact , that these productions were so often pressed upon me, and with such "matchless impertinence of face," that "my very gorge rose at it"—that I was compelled to repel his advances, until civility itself was stretched upon the tenter hooks—and that numbers of his miserable abortions have been rejected.
It is false, that I ever "obliterated a word, or altered a phrase," without the permission of H. Banks—a permission, that was freely conceded for the sake of the satisfaction of seeing himself in print.
It is false, that I have refused to Henry Banks, the privilege of defending himself against the attacks of Mr. John Clarke. The fact is, that two or three of his replies were actually published—that another was tendered of so gross, so mean and indelicate a description, that I would sooner have set fire to my Press, than have given it circulation—that it originally seemed to me to be proper, for reasons too tedious to be stated, to hear J. C. out before H. Banks should open his defence—that I had then the strongest reasons to believe, that J. C. would have finished his Vindication in a very short time—that when I found that this was not the case, I pressed him to go on with it—that I at length determined, at all events, to let in the defence, and had in fact prepared a short communication to that effect to go into my paper—when I was told, by one of my most intimate friends, to whom it was imparted by H. B. for the purposes of menace, that this contemptible calumniator this Henry Banks, had threatened to attack me through the medium of a pamphlet—What was a man to do in such a case?—my resolution was at once fixed—I should have despised myself for publishing a notification which might have been construed, even by him, into a fear of his ridiculous menaces.
It is false, that I have ever refused to disclose the truth in any matter, from a fear of losing "the credit of being the author" of any Essays. The contempt which I feel for the author of such an insinuation, is utterly beyond expression.
So much for H. Banks, and I trust forever. —Know one word as to this Mr. Lyford, this Editor of the "Republican Farmer." If, sir, you were not distinguished by that meanness of character, which you have so proudly ascribed to others, you would have at least addressed to me that Number of your paper, in which you have aimed an attack upon me. But it is enough to say that your commentaries and the letter of H. Banks reflect no disgrace upon each other. These commentaries are beneath my notice. But if you have yet one spark of justice in your composition, you will not hesitate to re-publish this contradiction to the calumnies of your auxiliary.
THE EDITOR.
The Assembly of Maryland met at Annapolis on the 6th—The House of Delegates, which was Federal at the last Session, has elected as their Speaker Tobias E. Stansbury, Esq. a venerable Republican, one of the Delegates from the County of Baltimore. A Committee was appointed to bring in a bill, to fix the mode of electing Senators of the U. S.
Richmond Theatre. MR. RUTHERFORD'S NIGHT.
On Wednesday Evening, November 14, 1809, will be presented, the celebrated Comedy, of THE HONEY MOON. [At the end of the fourth Act, the original dance by the characters.]
To which will be added a Comic Interlude, never performed here, called THE INVISIBLE GIRL.
AFTER WHICH FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE FAVORITE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, OF Love laughs at Locksmiths.
Tickets to be had at the office of the Virginia Gazette, at the Office of the Theatre, and of Mr. Rutherford, at the Virginia Inn.
MR. GREEN. Respectfully informs the Public, that his BENEFIT will take place on Friday Evening next. November 14, 1809
RETAIL NIGHT AUCTION.
THE SUBSCRIBER has opened a RETAIL NIGHT AUCTION, for the sale of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOKS, or any articles his friends, or the Public in general, may favor him with. He intends selling in large or small quantities, most for the advantage of owners or convenience of purchasers: And he hopes from the particular attention and punctuality, he is determined to pay to the business, to merit the patronage of a generous public. RICHARD BROOKE. November 14.
ATTENTION!!!
THE Richmond Troop are ordered to attend Muster, on Wednesday, the 15th instant, at their usual parade grounds, in complete uniform, at 10 o'clock, A. M. ROBERT GAMBLE Jr. Captain. November 14.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
ON the 27th instant, will be sold, at Public Auction, at Shirley, in the county of Charles City, all the Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, belonging to the estate of the late Chas. Carter, consisting of a variety of articles. The terms of sale will be, cash for all sums under fifty dollars, and bonds with approved security, payable in twelve months, for that sum or upwards, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid. WILLIAMS CARTER, Execr. of ROBERT CARTER, Deceased. November 17.
FASHIONABLE BOOT & SHOE-MAKERS.
THE Subscribers next door above, Messrs. Prosser and Moncure's Vendue-Office just from Philadelphia—have commenced the manufacture of Boots and Shoes of the most fashionable shapes, neatly and faithfully made out of the best materials, selected with much care and attention in Philadelphia—Those who may favor them with their custom may rely upon being neatly fitted, and promptly attended to. Orders from the Country shall be duly executed and are respectfully solicited. And they trust that by their assiduity and attention they will merit a share of patronage in the line of their profession. CAMPBELL & PAUL. Two Apprentices from 12 to 15 years of age, wanted. November 14.
ON the first inst. I put into the Office of the Enquirer an advertisement requesting the author of an anonymous letter directed to Mr. Archd. McCall, which particularly concerned me, to make himself known to Mr. McCall; as the said publication has displeased Mr. McCall, in consequence of my using his name, which I thought there would be no impropriety in doing, & wishing to do a way any impputation that might rest on him in consequence thereof, I deem it the author to come forward and make himself known to me, or suffer himself to be considered in that contemptuous light that such a villain merits. THOMAS P. VIAL. November 14.
MRS WIATT, has taken the house lately occupied by Mr. Enoch Sullivan, nearly opposite the Eagle-Tavern, where she intends keeping a BOARDING HOUSE. Her price for Board is 50 C per annum. Families travelling will be gladly received, and every attention paid them, at the usual tavern rates. November 14.
NOTICE—The subscriber being extremely desirous of settling his affairs, in this place, particularly, as relates to paying his creditors—Offers for sale, until the 24th December next, privately, or if not so sold, before that day, will then sell, at public auction, on the premises, all his HOUSES and LOTS, on Carey Street. Or he will sell said Property, for Lands in the Western country, by a small proportion of the value of said property being paid in cash. And on said day and place, will sell all his Household and Kitchen FURNITURE, &c. Should any person incline to treat for said property before the said day of sale, by application to the subscriber, they will be shown the premises. JAMES HUNTT. November 14.
CURTIS FAIRCHILD, MERCHANT TAYLOR, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Richmond, that he has just arrived from New-York, and has taken a stand next door to the Rising-Sun-Tavern, directly opposite Col. Gamble's; where he is now opening a handsome assortment of Goods in his line, amongst which are Superfine Cloths of various colors, such as Black, Navy-blue, Drab, Dark, Light, Mixt and Bottle-green Broad-cloths, Fleshy and other colored Cassemeres, red, green, yellow and white Flannels, also a handsome assortment of Calicoes, all which he is determined to sell on the lowest possible terms for prompt pay. The Subscriber flatters himself from the long experience he has had in his business, together with the pains he has taken to get the latest fashions, that he will be able to meet a share of public patronage. All orders in his line both from town and Country, thankfully received and strictly attended to by the public's humble servant, CURTIS FAIRCHILD. November 14.
N. B. On hand, a Consignment of Shoes, which will be sold on reasonable terms at Wholesale only. Wanted immediately—two or three good journeymen—none others need apply
NEW STORE.
THE Subscriber is now opening opposite the Globe-Tavern, a general assortment of Piece and Fancy Goods, amongst which are Superfine and Common White and Colored Broad Cloths, bit do. Do. do. Cassemeres, Cambric Muslins, Do. do. Coatings, Plain and Leaded Mull Flannels, Fancy Vesting, do. Red and Black Bombazetts, Spider Nett, & Fancy Worsted, Cotton and Crape, do. Silk Hosiery, Diagonal and Veined Ginghams, Cotton do. do. Shirting, Elegant Worked Dresses, Irish Linen and Dowlass, Ditto Silk Shawls and Fine and Common Handkerchiefs, Printed Calicoes, Black plaid and plain Velvets Cords, Um Colored Lustig, Umbrellas, Threads, Plain Silk and Fancy Sewing Silks, Extra Cut Velvets, White long White and Colored Kid Gloves, Satin and Crape. JOHN WOOD. November 14.
VIRGINIA to wit:—At a Chancery District Court held in the City of Williamsburg, the 13th day of July 1809. William Evans Thomas R. Evans, Sally Evans, Peter and Elizabeth, his wife, Thomas R. Evans and Dico Evans infants under the age of twenty-one years by Thomas R. Evans their next friend, Harry Gaudner and Stephen Prince and Elizabeth his wife, Plaintiffs—Against William Blake, Thomas Evans, Amos John Evans and Thomas Evans, junr. Defts. The defendant John Evans not having entered his appearance and given security according to the Act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, that he is not an inhabitant of this Country, on the motion of the Plaintiffs their counsel, it is ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer on the bill of the Plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively and posted at the front door of the former Capitol in this City. A Copy. ANTY ROBINSON, C. g. Nov. 14.

Miscellaneous.
VENTRILOQUISM, OF THE CELEBRATED MR. FITZ JAMES.
From the last Port Folio.
The idle pageantry of British Expeditions—the exaggerated praises of their despatches—the folly of pretending to hold the Isle of Walcheren—the maritime resources of France—and the perils which now encompass G. Britain are exposed, in the following severe lines of Truth by the pungent pen of Cobbett.
FROM COBBETT'S WEEKLY REGISTER.
THE EXPEDITION.
(For that is the name it is known by,) has, at last, taken FLUSHING, and made its garrison prisoners of war. As its further movements must so very soon be known, it would be useless to offer thereon any conjectures; but one may venture to assert, without waiting for any further particulars, that, if more, and a great deal more, be not done, this Armada will be the laughing stock of the world.
The 'busy indolence' of London has often, of late, been much engaged by the marvellous feats of Mr. Fitz James, one of the most astonishing performers that has ever confounded the ignorant, or edified the philosopher.
I have now the satisfaction to give some account of the performance of Mr. Fitz James, one of the first masters of the art of ventriloquism; who, in addition to his very striking powers as a speaker & an actor, has the candour and liberality to explain the nature of his performance to his auditors.
After a comic piece had been read by Mons. Volange, Mr. Fitz James, who was sitting among the audience, went forward, and expressed his suspicion that the ventriloquism was to be performed by the voices of persons concealed under a platform, which was covered with green cloth.
It has been so far carried into operation on a small scale, as to exhibit convincing proof of the correctness of the principle, and will undoubtedly become one of the greatest public utility of any thing hitherto invented, in that branch of business.
We understand that Mr. Belknap has sent on to Washington City, to secure a patent right.
THE actor then proceeded to show us specimens of his art as a mimic, and here the power he had acquired over the muscles of his face was full as strange as the modulations of his voice.
During this exhibition, he imitated the sound of an organ, the ringing of a bell, the noises produced by the great hydraulic machine of Marle, and the opening and shutting of a snuff-box.
LONDON PARAGRAPHS.
ON A LATE POLITICAL DUEL.
What will our country next befall? Its prospects are inviting: Our Generals are retreating all, Our Privy Council fighting!
Mr. Canning, it is said, presented his front very awkwardly to his opponent. The wound, we understand, is not exactly in the thigh, as the Widow Wadman would say.
POLITICAL DUELS.
NEW INVENTION.
MARIETTA, (Ohio) October 14.—Gentlemen of this town have lately been very much gratified with the exhibition of the ingenuity of one of our citizens.
A machine has lately been invented by Mr. B. Belknap, esquire, for the purpose of making hammered nails.
C. THOMPSON.
PORTAIT PAINTER.
Respectfully informs the inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has commenced business, in the house opposite the Swan-Tavern—where some specimens may be seen.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Ran away from the subscriber, last Wednesday evening, about 9 o'clock, at Richmond, a negro woman, by the name of LEAH.
J. FARRINGTON.
HALIFAX COUNTY, October 10. 1809.
THE subscriber wishing to remove to the Western Country, offers for sale, in this county, 625 acres of Land, whereon he at present resides.
PUBLIC SALE, OF NEGROES & STOCK.
On Monday, the 11th day of December next, will be exposed to sale, at the Oaks, in the county of Hanover—120 NEGROES, belonging to the estate of the late Judge Lyons, dec'd.
WAS Committed to the Jail of Northumberland County on the 17th day of May last, a negro Fellow who calls himself BILLY.
JOSEPH ROGERS, Jailor.
EDUCATION.—The subscribers propose opening a Boarding-School, on Wednesday the 19th day of January next, at the late dwelling of their father, the Rev'd. Matthew Maury.
BARTLETT STILL.
At the Bell Tavern, in the City of Richmond; Where he offers his services to the Public, to transact General Commission business in the Sale or Purchase of the different articles current in this Market.
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, October 27.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, to wit:
TAKEN up, by SUSANNA WILCOX, a Sorrel Mare, about 4 feet 4 inches high, hanging mane and switch tail, a blemish on each eye, her back in her forefeet, and some saddle spots on her back.
FOR SALE, a Tract of LAND, in the county of Bedford.
FOR SALE, a Tract of LAND, in the county of Bedford, about 12 miles from Lynchburg, and two from New-London.
ON Wednesday, December 27, 1809.
At the late dwelling-house of Nathaniel Lancaster, dec'd, about ten miles above the court-house, in Prince Edward county, on Appomattox river.
THE Subscriber being licensed to practice the Law.
SHEPPARD AND LUKE. HAVE received a general assortment of Groceries consisting of Sugar, Coffee, Pepper, Pimento, Ginger, Imp. Tea, W. I. Rum, Molasses, English Mustard, Salt in Sacks.
THE subscribers offer for sale, a very general assortment of GROCERIES.
TO all whom it may concern.—RICHARD SMYTH, a native of Ireland, departed this life on the 18th of June, 1809, without leaving in this State, or in the United States, any real estate in Lands within this Commonwealth.
THE subscribers wish to purchase immediately, Black Walnut TIMBER—sufficient for the making of two thousand gun-stocks.
FOR SALE, 1005 acres of LAND, lying on the waters of Rye river.
THE subscriber wishes to employ two good Workmen in the wheelwright business, to whom good wages will be given.
ON the 21st day of December next, if fair, if not the next fair day, will be sold, at the dwelling-house of the late George Garner.
THE 23d of this month, if fair, if not, the next fair day, will be sold at the dwelling-house of the late Hardin Burnley, Esq.
THE subscribers are requested to make payment, as the situation of the Estate will admit of no delay.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.—All the stock of Horses, Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs, plantation Utensils, the crop of Corn and Fodder, and many other articles not at present recollected.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.—All the stock of Horses, Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs, plantation Utensils, the crop of Corn and Fodder, and many other articles not at present recollected.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.—All the stock of Horses, Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs, plantation Utensils, the crop of Corn and Fodder, and many other articles not at present recollected.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.—All the stock of Horses, Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs, plantation Utensils, the crop of Corn and Fodder, and many other articles not at present recollected.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.
THE 27th day of next month if fair, if not, the next fair day.—All the stock of Horses, Cattle, a quantity of Pork, Sheep and Hogs, plantation Utensils, the crop of Corn and Fodder, and many other articles not at present recollected.