The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-06-20 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
VOL. 6.]
RICHMOND, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1809.
[No. 12.
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IN the City of Richmond, will hereafter be conducted under the immediate management of GEORGE TURNER, they having formed an engagement for this purpose. They entertain the most sanguine hopes that their unremitting exertions will entitle them to patronage and favor. Every comfort which necessity may require, or which taste may suggest, will be procured with avidity and pleasure. They are determined, if possible, to render the EAGLE, in every department of their business, agreeable to their guests, and a pleasant abode to the stranger. Their solicitude upon this score has induced them, at considerable expense, to make some important changes in the arrangement of the rooms. They feel a great share of confidence in assuring their friends that they will meet with every convenience and attention that a house of this character is calculated to afford. Their Bed-Rooms are furnished with an entire new set of beds and furniture, with a suit of curtains to each, and the floor covered with carpets. Their stables are large & commodious (which will always be furnished with a full supply of the best provender the country affords) stands within twenty steps of the house, with a pump of excellent water at the door, for the purpose of watering and washing the horses. They take leave further to state, that a COFFEE-ROOM has lately been established in one of the rooms of the Eagle, in which the newspapers from all the principal towns on the continent are to be seen. With these advantages, & these determinations, in which they are resolved never to relax, they can but hope for the most flattering success.
GEORGE TURNER. JAMES S. SMITHERS.
N. B. The printers throughout the U. States who now direct their papers to Jas. S. Smithers, are requested to insert the above one week, and in future direct to Turner and Smithers. G. T. & J. S. S.
May 9.
NEW BOOK-STORE. —Lewis Adams, has taken the Store, on the corner of the main street, & the street leading to the basin, between the Eagle and Globe Tavern, on the premises; where he has opened and has for sale, an elegant assortment of BOOKS, in the different departments of science. His collection of LAW, is the most extensive of any in Richmond, and generally of the best editions, and well bound. He has also a good assortment of Medical Books, of Divinity, History, Miscellany, the Latin Classics, and most of the School-Books in general use; a handsome assortment of Quills, Letter and Writing Paper, Sealing Wax and Wafers, Camels Hair & Drawing Pencils, Reeves' Colours, Indian Ink, Flutes, Flutes and Puddles, &c. He has likewise, a very handsome selection of the Poets, & a good collection of Novels, Romances & Plays. As it is his intention to keep up his assortment with the addition of every new work of merit as they appear from the Presses of Philadelphia and New-York, he hopes, by his assiduity and attention to his customers, in procuring for them any work to be had of either of those places on the shortest notice, to gain their confidence, and merit a portion of their generous patronage. He assures his friends and the public, that his Books shall all be at the regular New-York and Philadelphia prices, from which a liberal discount will be made to those who may please to become his constant customers, and purchase to any considerable amount. Law Libraries will be furnished on very liberal terms as to discount or credit.
Lewis Adams has the pleasure of announcing to the public at this time, the following new, interesting and valuable publications just received: Malthus on Population, bound and in boards, 5. 6 & 7 $—Gillie's History of the World, from the reign of Alexander to that of Augustus; 3 vols. 8vo. $7 50.—Vol. 1. Hening and Munford's Reports.—A new edition royal 8vo. (vol. 2 expected in a few days)—Struggles through Life, by Lt. John Harriott, exemplified in the various travels and adventures, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America—an interesting work.—Also, (price $2 25 vols.)—Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Miss Porter.
This work has more merit than can be ascribed to the crowd of publications of this class, and inculcates virtue and magnanimous sentiments." Monthly Review.
Thaddeus is a work of genius, and has nothing to fear at the candid bar of taste, he has to receive the precious meed of sympathy from every reader of unadulterated sentiments and genuine feeling."—Imperial Review.
Among the books last received are: Howard's Chancery, Finches & Evans' Essays; Matilda Berkeley, Humphrey Clinker; Ash's Travels in America; Davis's Sermons; Paley's do. Campbell's Lectures on Ecclesiastical History, &c. &c.
A consignment of Fresh RAISINS, of different qualities, which will be sold at reduced prices for cash, or exchanged for country produce. Also, a consignment of Lee's Patent and Family MEDICINES.
June 13.
FOR SALE—A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, lying on the banks of James River, nearly opposite to the Westover Estate; containing, between eight and nine hundred acres, bounded by the river upwards of a mile; by the lands of Mr. Harrison of Maycooke and the Road leading from Cooke's Ferry to Petersburg; about one fourth part of the tract is cleared; it has some grass land and affords a good range for cattle, has a good Landing place, and a profitable fishing place might be made on it, at a small expense; it has no improvements except an old dwelling house. This land, with proper tillage, would make a good wheat farm. One fourth part of the price will be expected on giving possession, and for the residue a credit of two, four and six years will be given if required. Miles Selden, junr. will be good enough to shew the land. T. G. PEACOCK. Williamsburg, April 23.
NEW SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, in a Catechetical Form.—John R. Young, N. W. corner of the main street, and that leading to the basin, nearly opposite to the Eagle-Tavern; has just received a new and easy system of
GEOGRAPHY, And Popular Astronomy, or an introduction to Universal Geography; containing, 1st. A description of all the Empires, Kingdoms, Republics, &c. &c. in the known world, according to the latest discoveries and political changes, with an account of their chief towns, climate, soil and productions, national character, literature, government, &c. &c. 2nd. Popular Astronomy, being a selection from some of the best modern authors, who have treated of that science. The whole arranged in a catechetical form, for the use of Schools, as well as the improvement of private readers.—Price 150 cents. The subscribers are requested to call for their copies.
ALSO, The PLAYS of Wm. Shakespeare, the first complete edition in America, from the text of the best editors of Shakespeare. The first thirteen vols. are now published, and ready to be delivered to the subscribers, who are respectfully invited to call for their copies. June 13.
NOTICE. —Any person holding paper, by which the subscriber is bound, either by note, deed, bond or otherwise, are desired to come forward, for the purpose of settlement, & receive what may be due them. Wm. FULCHER.
MANCHESTER Turnpike Company—Wanted to hire—Four Negro Men, till the end of the year. A liberal hire will be allowed, on application to the subscriber. JAMES BRANDER, Treasurer.
CAUTION. —All those who are indebted to Henry L. Seayes, either by bond, open account, or otherwise, are hereby cautioned against making payment to him, as I have purchased, agreeably to deed, bearing date the 26th of January, Anno Domini, 1809, all his rights, titles, claims and demands, suits, judgments, bonds, open accounts, debts, dues, &c. of all and every description whatsoever, real and personal, to which he was then entitled, (a claim to a certain tract or parcel of Land, in the county of Henrico, only excepted.) Those who were then indebted to H. L. Seayes, are therefore desired to make payment to me. JOHN SEAYES. Caird, June 16.
A REWARD of twenty dollars will be given for the delivery, to us, of a TRUNK, which was put in charge of a negro waterman, on the 14th ult. to be carried to Milton. It was a hair trunk of about 7 or 8 feet cubic contents, labelled on a card on the top T. L. No. 28, and contained principally writing paper of various qualities, but also some other articles of stationery, a pocket telescope with a brass case, a Dynamometer in steel and brass, or instrument for measuring the exertions of draught animals, a collection of vocabularies of the Indian languages, & some other articles not particularly noted in the memorandum taken. GIBSON & JEFFERSON. May 30.
HATS, SHOES, PORTER, &c. D. J. KURK, offers for sale, at the same house in which is kept the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle-Tavern, a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
HATS, including Gentlemen's black, drab and patent Silk BEAVERS, CASTORS, RORUMS, &c. Clip and Legion Hats, Mens' and Boys' Wool do. Servants' Glazed Leather do. Hatters' Trimmings and Materials. SHOES, Ladies' Morocco and Kid Slips and Ties, Gentlemen's superfine press Shoes and Pumps. Constantly on hand a large stock of bottled Porter, Ale and Cyder, Philadelphia Beer, &c. &c. April 18.
NEW GOODS. —JOHN KING, has just received an additional supply of Spring and Summer GOODS, Selected from the late im. ortations, and which are now opening for sale, at his Cheap Cash Store. May 19.
EUROPE. CONTINUATION OF NEWS, RECEIVED BY THE PACIFIC.
DESTRUCTION OF THE BREST FLEET.
[From the London Gaz. Extraordinary.] ADMIRALTY OFFICE, April 21, 1809. Sir Harry Neale, Bart. First Captain to Admiral Lord Gambier, commander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels employed in the Channel, soundings, &c. arrived here this morning with a dispatch from his Lordship to the Hon. William Wellesley Pole, of which the following is a copy:
CALEDONIA, AT ANCHOR, IN BASQUE ROADS, April 14, 1809.
Sir, The Almighty's favor to his majesty and the nation, has been strongly marked in the success he has been pleased to give to the operations of his majesty's Fleet under my command; and I have the satisfaction to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the four ships of the enemy, named in the margin, have been destroyed at their anchorage; and several others, from getting on shore, if not rendered altogether unserviceable, are at least disabled for a considerable time.
The arrangement of the five vessels, placed under the direction of Captain the Rt. Hon. Lord Cochrane, were made as fully as the state of the weather would permit, according to his Lordship's plan on the evening of the 11th instant, and at eight o'clock on the same night, they proceeded to the attack, under a favorable strong wind from the northward and a flood tide. (Preceded by some vessels filled with powder and shells, as proposed by his Lordship, with a view to explosion,) led on in the most undaunted and determined manner by Captain Woolridge, in
† Indefatigable, Aigle, Emerald, Pallas, Beagle, Etna, bomb, Insolent, gun-brig, Conflict, Encounter, Fervent and Growler.
the Mediator fire-ship, the others following in succession; but owing to the darkness of the night, several mistook their course and failed.
On their approach to the enemy's ships, it was discovered that a bomb was placed in front of their defence. This, however, the weight of the Mediator soon broke, and the usual intrepidity and bravery of British seamen, overcame all difficulties. Advancing under a heavy fire from the Forts in the Isle of Aix, as well as from the enemy's ships, most of which cut or slipped their cables, and from the confined anchorage, got on shore and thus avoided taking fire.
At daylight, the following morning, Lord Cochrane communicated to me, by telegraph, that seven of the enemy's ships were on shore, and might be destroyed. Immediately made the signal for the fleet to move on and weigh, intending to proceed with it to effect their destruction. The wind, however, being fresh from the northward, and the flood tide running, rendered it too hazardous to run into Aix Roads (from its shallow water); I therefore anchored again at the distance of about three miles from the forts on the Island.
As the tide suited, the enemy evinced great activity in endeavoring to warp their ships (which had grounded) into deep water, and succeeded in getting all but five of the line towards the entrance of the Charente, before it became practicable to attack them.
I gave orders to Captain Bligh, of the Vigilant, to proceed with that ship, the Revenge, frigates, bombs and small vessels, named in the margin, to anchor near the Boyard Shoal, in readiness for the attack. At 20 minutes past 2, P. M. Lord Cochrane advanced in the Imperieuse, with his accustomed gallantry and spirit, and opened a well directed fire upon the Calcutta, which struck her colors to the Imperieuse; the ship and vessels above mentioned, soon after joined in the attack upon the Ville de Varsowie and Aquilon, and obliged them, before five o'clock, after sustaining a heavy cannonade, to strike their colours, when they were taken possession of by the boats of the advanced squadron. As soon as the prisoners were removed, they were set on fire, as was also the Tonnerre, a short time after, by the enemy.
I afterwards detached Rear-Admiral the Hon. Robert Stopford, in the Cæsar, with the Theseus, three additional fire-ships (which were hastily prepared in the course of the day,) and all the boats of the fleet, with Mr. Congreve's rockets, to conduct the further operations of the night against any of the ships which lay exposed to an attack. On the morning of the 13th, the Rear-Admiral reported to me, that as the Cæsar and other line of battle ships, had grounded and were in a dangerous situation, he thought it advisable to order them all out, particularly as the remaining part of the service could be performed by frigates and small vessels only; and I was happy to find that they were extricated from their perilous situation.
Captain Bligh has since informed me, that it was impracticable to destroy the three-decked ship, and the others which were lying near the Charente, as the former, being the outer one, was protected by three lines of boats placed in advance from her.
This ship and all the others, except four of the line and a frigate, have now moved up the river Charente. If any further attempt to destroy them is practicable, I shall not fail to use every means in my power, to accomplish it.
I have great satisfaction in stating to their Lordships, how much I feel obliged to the zealous co-operations of Rear-Admiral Stopford, under whose arrangement the boats of the fleet were placed; and I must also express to their Lordships the high sense I have of the assistance I received from the abilities and unremitting attention of Sir Harry Neale, Bart. the Captain of the fleet, as well as of the animated exertions of the Captains, Officers, Seamen and Marines under my command, and their forwardness to volunteer upon any service that might be allotted to them; particularly the zeal and activity shown by the Captains of line of battle ships in preparing the fire vessels.
I cannot speak in sufficient terms of admiration and applause of the vigorous and gallant attack made by Lord Cochrane, upon the French line of battle ships which were on shore, as well as for his judicious manner of approaching them, and placing his ship in the position most advantageous to annoy the enemy, and preserve his own ship, which could not be exceeded by any feat of valor hitherto achieved by the British navy.
It is due to Rear-Admiral Stopford and Sir Harry Neale, that I should here take the opportunity of acquainting their Lordships of the handsome and earnest manner in which both these meritorious officers had volunteered their services before the arrival of Lord Cochrane, to undertake an attack upon the enemy with fire-ships; and that, had not their Lordships fixed upon him to conduct the enterprise, I have full confidence that the result of their efforts would have been highly creditable to them.
I should feel that I did not do justice to the service of Capt. Godfrey, of the Etna, in bombarding the enemy's ships on the 13th, if I did not recommend him to their Lordship's notice, and I cannot omit bearing due testimony to the anxious desire expressed by Mr. Congreve to be employed wherever I might conceive his services in the management of his rockets would be useful; some of them were placed in the Fire ships with effect; and I have every reason to be satisfied with the artillerymen and others, who had the management of them under Mr. Congreve's direction.
I send herewith a return of the killed, wounded and missing of the Fleet, which I am happy to observe, is comparatively small. I have not yet received the returns of the number of prisoners taken, but I conceive they amount to between four and five hundred.
I have charged Sir Harry Neale with this dispatch (by the Imperieuse,) and I beg leave to refer their Lordships to him, as also to Lord Cochrane, for any further particulars of which they may wish to be informed.
(Signed) GAMBIE. 15th April.
GAMBIER. 15th April.
P. S. This morning three of the enemy's line of battle ships are observed to be still on shore under Fouras, and one of them is in a dangerous situation. One of their frigates (L'Indienne,) also on shore, has fallen over and they are now dismantling her. As the tides will take off in a day or two, there is every probability that she will be destroyed.
Since writing the foregoing, I have learnt that the Honorable Lieutenant Colonel Cochrane (Lord Cochrane's brother,) and Lieutenant Bisset of the Navy, were volunteers in the Imperieuse, and rendered themselves extremely useful; the former by commanding some of her guns on the main-deck, & the latter in conducting one of the explosion vessels.
Names of the Ships in the Aix Roads, previous to the attack on the 11th of April, 1809. L'Océan, 120 guns. Vice-Admiral Allemand, captain Roland. Repaired in 1806; on shore under Fouras. Foudroyant, 80 guns, Rear-Admiral Gourdon, captain Henri. Five years old; on shore under Fouras. Cassard, 74 guns, capt. Faure, Commodore. 3 years old; on shore under Fouras. Touville, 75 guns, capt. La Caille, old; on shore in the river. Regulus, 71 guns, capt. Lucus, 5 years old; on shore under Madame. Patriote, 74 guns, capt. Mahée. Repaired in 1803. Jemappe, 74 guns, capt. Fouvan. On shore under Madame. Tonnerre, 74 guns, captain Clement de la Roussiere. Nine months old, never at sea. Aquilion, 74 guns, Captain Maingon. Old. Ville de Varsowie, 80 guns, capt. Calcutta, 56 guns, capt. La Tonic. Loaded with flour and Military stores.
FRIGATES.
Indienne, capt. Protead. On shore near the Isle d'Emer, on her beam ends. Elbe, capt. Perenger. Pallas, capt. L'Esigot. Hortense, capt. Alligand. N. B. One of the three last frigates on shore under Isle Madame.
LONDON, April 25. A private letter from Holland, communicates some very interesting particulars respecting the detection of treachery on the part of some officers in the Austrian service. They state that a general officer of Artillery, entrusted with the care of an extensive magazine, established near the frontiers of Bavaria, having corrupted several of the officers under his command, had formed a plan of delivering up that valuable depot, in which stores of all kinds were collected, to the enemy. A letter, fortunately intercepted, led to the discovery of the plot, and the traitor and his accomplices were secured and thrown into prison.
The following is a copy of an official dispatch from Estremadura, dated 31st ult.—"The Duke of Albuquerque has succeeded in forming a junction with a part of Urbina's army. The latter is charged to guard the positions in the rear of the bridge of Arzenebispo and Cardal. Cuesta has twice offered battle to Gen. Victor, but he has not accepted these offers, waiting, as we suspect, for the arrival of reinforcements. The French penetrated to within four leagues of Badajoz, whence they have been repulsed by the Spaniards, with the assistance of Albuquerque. The result of the action was the capture of a General and more than two hundred men, who have been conducted to Seville, and the slaughter of about seven hundred. It is certain that a decisive engagement was to take place on the 30th, the French being placed between three armies, and in a situation where they can receive no reinforcements, in consequence of Urbina's guarding the bridges above mentioned, with 12,000 men. Cuesta has from 8 to 9,000 cavalry in fine order; the French have 5,000, but so lean and starved, that they are not equal to 1,000 effective. The French force, in all, consists of 25,000 men, the Spanish of 52,000."
April 27. Substance of the treaty of commerce between the courts of France and Persia, signed in January, 1809.
When French merchants, or other French subjects, arrive either in the harbors or on the frontiers of Persia, no violence shall be offered them by the governors or magistrates of the country, who shall, on the contrary, send them help and assistance in time of need.
If the French consul-general proposes to fix his residence at Ispahan, crown land shall be hired for him, that he may build a house upon it. The same with regard to other French merchants who may be likewise inclined: when they wish to remove, the authority of the country shall take care of their property, and restore the same to them the moment they claim it.
The French ambassadors shall be treated with all honors due to the first of christian monarchs; and the consuls, envoys and French merchants, shall take precedence above those of all other nations.
When French merchants export or import merchandise, they shall pay duty according to a fair valuation of the goods, at the time being, and be allowed to pay the same either in specie or commodity.
Duty shall be levied on servants of French merchants settled in Persia, either French, Americans, or Indians, until they amount to twenty; nor shall any duty be exacted on their Dragomans, or interpreters of the country.
Governors shall give assistance to ships that may be wrecked, and cause the expence to be paid them accordingly; but they shall not, under any pretence, retain any articles belonging to the ship they may happen to have saved from the sea.
During the space of three years from the date of the treaty, Frenchmen shall pay no duty (Customhouse.) The same with respect to Persian merchants in France.
French merchants shall only once pay duty in Persia, for whatever merchandise they may import or export. The rate is three per cent. Persian gentlemen shall enjoy the same privilege in France. Goods imported or exported by the way of Bagdad, to pay duty as at Ispahan.
Consuls shall be permitted to build a church contiguous to their residence, and to display the French colours on the tops of their houses—at sea-ports only.
In case a French merchant should experience a reverse of fortune without having given security to any body, no other Frenchman shall be called upon to discharge his debts; but in the case of security being given, the same shall be executed.
When agreements are entered into between French, Persian, and Merchants of other countries, respecting partnership and insurances, such agreement must be submitted to the judge of the country, or to the French Consul, and a copy of the same to be lodged with the latter, that it may be resorted to according to circumstances.
When a French slave shall fall into the hands of Persian subjects, and not having become a Mussulman, signifies to the French Consul that he demands his protection, no opposition shall be made to his being given up on paying for his ransom the sum that he had cost originally.
With respect to the effects and goods belonging to Persian subjects embarked at the Persian ports on board of Turkish ships, market vessels bound to the Indies or elsewhere, or loaded with India commodities for the return, if during their double voyage the French vessels should have any difference with the above mentioned countries, and that their vessels should fall into their power, and that there should be found on board merchandise, the whole of their goods and effects, shall be restored.
It having been agreed upon between the agents of the Court of France and that of Persia, that the Island of Bareck shall be given to the former, there to establish a factory, immediately after the evacuation of Georgia and all other Persian provinces by the Russians.
If French merchants happen to be pillaged by robbers, Governors shall make inquiries, so as to seize the banditti, and restore the goods to the owners, who shall have to recompense the trouble to that effect.
When a French merchant fails, the remainder of his property shall be divided among his creditors, according to their respective and individual claims.
PARIS, April 20. In the Moniteur of yesterday is the following official particulars concerning the commencement of the war with Austria:
"The letter of the Archduke Charles, addressed to the commander in chief of the general, he not being in Bavaria, and there being no French army there. The letter was brought by Mr. Wratislaw, field officer to the archduke."
"This officer did not chuse to say at which point of the army the archduke was, when he brought the letter, which was handed to his majesty at Munich."
"Even in March, the preparations for the campaign by the emperor and the archduke were announced. All the roads in the Austrian dominions were covered with troops—On the 4th of March, the archduke Lewis fixed his head quarters at Wells. On the 31st, there was already a great quantity of provisions collected at Lintz and Wells. All the frontiers of Austria were supplied with provisions, and beset with troops. The emperor Francis was expected on the 5th at Lintz. The old elector of Hesse was raising a volunteer corps at Prague, which took in troops from all countries, more especially Hessians, of whom, it was said, great numbers were flocking thither. M. De Stein was at Prague, composing there all sorts of libels—The Austrian government succeeded for a moment in rousing the populace, even the more enlightened classes, by assertions that for nine months the fencibles had been armed for the defence of the country."
"On the 8th of April, intelligence was received at Munich, that preparations were made by the Austrians for passing over the Inn, and that a bridge of boats was already made between Braunau and Scharding."
"On the 9th the Austrian charge d'affaires at Munich, demanded of the minister of the Emperor Napoléon, an interview for Mr. Wratislaw, field officer of the Archduke, who brought over the letter. Mr. Wratislaw had at the same time delivered a letter to the king of Bavaria, soliciting his majesty to attend to the wishes of the Bavarian people, who as the Austrian princes affirm, behold in them only their deliverers. He adds that he received the strictest orders, to act hostily only against that nation which is the enemy of all political independence in Europe. The archduke assured him that it would not cost him much to make the Bavarian nation sustain the evils of a war which was undertaken for the cause of general freedom. On the morning of the 9th of April, it was not known at Munich where the Archduke actually was. His field officer, M. Wratislaw, has refused to say any thing upon the subject."
"Somewhat later in the day of the 9th, tidings were received that the Austrians had passed the Inn at Braunau and Burghausen. The same intelligence was received at the head quarters of the duke of Dantzig. The dispatches from Munich of the 10th, announce, that the members of the Austrian legation there had assumed a lofty tone, and affirmed that the archduke would attack the whole line on five points at once, and would take the friends of the French as hostages."
"The French answered, that for every Bavarian hostage, they would take ten barons of the holy Roman empire with them. M. de Stadion, the intendant general of the Austrian army, is already announced at the house of a banker at Munich. Credit to a considerable amount has been opened in his favor at Augsburg, Ulm and Ratisbon, Leipzig and Frankfort. M. D. Stadion is destined to be the "Thomas Paine" of Germany. The frontiers are covered with proclamations and pamphlets of every description."
"With Messrs. Gents and Stein is also one Schlegel."

“On the 11th, particular intelligence was received of the passage of the Austrians, who had come near enough to be saluted by the cannon, but had however not fired upon the Bavarian soldiers. They issued proclama-
This piece is considered generally as an introduction to the bulletins which we have to expect. There are a variety of reports—Some assert that the Austrians have advanced further; others, that they have been driven over the Inn. Both are considered as un-
What passed in the senate is not yet known; but it is generally asserted that a new levy of troops has been spoken of.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
April 28.
Lord Grenville felt the highest satisfaction at a report which had been spread thro’ this metropolis, as he hoped he could confide in its truth. He alluded to the rumored recall of the Orders in Council, that obnoxious measure, which had caused such an heavy addition to the evils of war, and the necessity of repealing which, he had so often pointed out. He wished to enquire of the noble Secretary of State if this were the fact. If it were, he rejoined that his ma-
The Earl of Liverpool was sorry that such a question had been put, whilst his noble friend, who was at the head of the office in which this business was transacted, was absent. He would however reply, that a considerable alteration had been made in the Orders in Council. But the alteration was caused by the changing circumstances of the war, and not by a dereliction of the principles on which the orders were founded. His Lordship vindicated the justice and policy of these orders, as well as of the altera-
Lord Grenville rejoined at the recal of these obnoxious orders, which he now found to be true. Had this not been the case, he would have thought it his duty, once more before the close of this session, to call the attention of the House to that important sub-
The Earl of Liverpool observed that he had not said the Orders in Council were repealed but that a considerable alteration, occasioned by present circumstances, but in strict conformity with the principles of the original had been made in them.
17 The above is from the London Chronicle—another Report of the same debate is in the Times. In this, Lord Grenville is made to say, that if the orders in Council had been continued “even a month longer, the commerce of the Country would have been effectually ruined.” Lord Liverpool says, that the orders were not abandoned, though they were materially altered—the PRINCIPLE upon which those orders were issued, was still retained—and should, circumstances render it necessary, that principle would again be fully enforced.” Mr. Erskine, in his letter to the Secretary of state of 23d Feb. 1808, communicating these orders, avers this principle to be retaliation or “reprisal” for the decrees of France.—Of course it would seem from this declaration that these orders were to continue as long as the French Decrees....Enquirer.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
April 28.
Mr. Whitbread wished to ask a right honorable gentleman on the other side of the House (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) whether the Orders in Council had been rescind-
The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, that the orders had not been rescinded—but that certain alterations had been made, which were conceived judicious, according to the present state of the continent.
Lord Cochrane, for his gallant conduct in Basque Roads, has been invested by the King in person, with the insignia of the Order of the Bath, the Red Ribband, and Star.
CONGRESS.
SENATE OF THE U. STATES.
June 12.
On motion of Mr. Giles, resolved, that a committee be appointed to enquire whether it be expedient and proper at this time, to make any provision by law for remitting the penalties and forfeitures incurred by the violations of some of the provisions of the act, entitled “An act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States from and after the first of January, 1808,” so far only as relates to the introduction of slaves into certain parts of the United States, who were lately forcibly expelled from the Island of Cuba, with the French inhabitants thereof.
Messrs. Giles, Bradley, Anderson, Craw-
After considering the bill to amend and continue in force the act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, &c. it was on motion of Mr. Giles, postponed till to-morrow.
The same course was then pursued with the bill to direct the sale of gun boats.
June 13.
The President communicated two reports from B. H. Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public
Buildings. Referred to Messrs. Brent, Gregg and Leib.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to amend and continue in force the act entitled “An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the U. States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies.”
On motion of Mr. Anderson the bill was postponed until to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Lloyd, resolved that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the Senate such information, in relation to our concerns with Great Britain, as may be in possession of the Department of State, and as he may think it expedient to submit to the Senate.
The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill to direct the sale of Gun Boats.
Mr. Bradley moved to postpone its further consideration until the first Monday of Jan-
This motion was negatived. When, on motion of Mr. Anderson, the further consideration of the bill was postponed until to-morrow.
June 14.
Mr. Giles from the committee appointed on the 12th inst. reported a bill for the re-
June 15.
The bill, from the House of Representa-
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, June 12.
Many petitions were presented and referred; amongst which were several presented by Messrs. Quincy and Gardner, from manufacturers of Salt, praying for a duty on imported Salt.
Mr. Gardener obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session.
Mr. Montgomery reported a bill making compensation to Major Z. M. Pike and his companions for certain exploring expeditions. On the question whether the bill should have a second reading, it was negatived 57 to 42.
A report was received from the attorney general on the subject of Sundry Memorials relative to the capture at New Orleans, referred to him at the last Session.—Referred to a select committee with leave to report thereon by bill.
MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
The Speaker presented a petition inclosed to him from a number of inhabitants of the district East of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory, praying for the division of the territory.
Mr. Poindexter moved that the petition lie on the table; it would perhaps be disrespectful to the petitioners to reject it, altho’ its contents would merit that course. There were three parties who must, by the ordinance for the government of the Territory, consent before the Territory of the Mississippi could be divided. One party was the Mississippi Territory, the other the state of Georgia, and the third the United States.—Neither of these parties had consented.—There was therefore an absolute interdiction to all legislation on the subject; and the House would with as much propriety refer a petition from a state to be exempt from general taxation or to secede from the Union, as to refer this petition.
Mr. Burnell said he felt himself bound to oppose the motion for its lying on the table. If the request was wholly improper, the report of a committee to that effect would settle the question at once.
Mr. Bibb was in favor of the motion—though, had a motion been made to reject it, he should have voted against it.
Mr. Macon was in favor of a reference of the petition. No harm could arise from an enquiry into it.
Mr. Troup admitted the correctness of the remarks of the delegate from the territory but wished the petition to be referred to a committee for the purpose of an enquiry as well into the amount of population in that country as into its quality; whether it was lawful or unlawful. There were certain facts connected with this subject, perhaps not generally known to the House. In the course of the last year he had understood that a great many persons, amounting to perhaps three or four thousand, had crossed the Tennessee river, and fixed themselves on its banks, not only contrary to law, but the impression was that they had set out in defiance of the law, & had even gone so far as to organize themselves into military associations for the purpose.
Mr. Poindexter observed that there had been a settlement contrary to the existing law on Tennessee near about a year ago—but that they were ordered to be driven off by the military force, except they would take permission to reside as Tenants at will. Some had done so, and some had been driven off.
Mr. Troup said he knew that orders had been given to remove them; but of their removal and dispersion he had not heard. He said he had farther understood that there were in the county of Madison alone two or three thousand intruders, and many of them settled on Indian lands, whose owners they excited to hostilities. There was another fact of which the house might keep possession. Among these intruders was one of the name of Harrison (he believed) who claimed under what was called the Tennessee Yazoo claims, and who settled on the land with his retainers, and deliberately began to apportion it amongst them. Whether he had been dispossessed, Mr. T. said he did not know. It was absolutely necessary to ascertain the situation of that country, and therefore he should vote for the reference of the petition to a committee.
The petition was ordered to lie on the table—67 to 27.
ADJOURNMENT.
On motion of Mr. Bibb, the House took up the resolution from the Senate to adjourn on the 20th inst.
Mr. J. G. Jackson moved that it lie on the table till Thursday. He thought it was unbecoming the dignity of this body to fix a day at which to adjourn, when it was impossible to say whether the business before the House could be materially considered in that time. It was hurrying business at the hazard of its being insufficiently attended to.
Messrs. Alston and Cook were of the same opinion.
Mr. Bibb said he was not very anxious about it, but he did not before know that the dignity of a body was proportioned to the length of its sittings. He was of a very different opinion, believing that as much business might be as well done in a week as was often done in a month.
Mr. Dano was in favor of the resolution lying on the table. He said he had supposed that quality was quite as material as quantity in legislation. It was an extraordinary thing that a legislature should serve its member as sometimes men serve their horses or slaves, giving them a certain portion of work to do within a given time & then lashing them up to it. He had no idea of legislating upon compulsion.
The resolution was ordered to lie on the table till Thursday next—ayes 37.
A bill from the Senate for extending the benefit of drawback to goods transported by land from the district of Newport to the port of Boston, was twice read and committed.
NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.
Mr. Cutts, from the committee on our naval establishment, reported a bill concerning the naval establishment.—[This bill authorises the President of the United States, in case of a favorable turn in our foreign relations, to cause to be laid up in ordinary such of the public armed vessels of the United States as he may think proper.—I’ve read and committed.
Mr. Cutts, from the same committee, on the resolution directing the committee to enquire into the expediency of selling any part of the public armed vessels, reported, that it is not expedient at this time to sell any of the public armed vessels.—Report ordered to lie on the table.
CONTESTED ELECTION.
On motion of Mr. Findley, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. Pitkin in the Chair, on the report of the committee of elections on the petition of Charles Turner, jr. contesting the right of William Baylies to his seat.
On this report, the acceptance of which by the House would postpone the decision of the case till the next session, a debate arose which continued till five o’clock; in which Messrs. W. Alston, Bacon, Baylies, Clay, Dana, Findley, Fisk, Gannett, Gholson, Gold, Holland, Livermore, Macon, Montgomery, Pickman, Quincy, Randolph, Rhea, Taylor, Varnum, Wheaton and Wilson took part.
It was contended by those in favor of postponement, that the depositions taken on the subject of this election although the parties might have had reasonable notice, were not legal, having been taken under the authority of no existing law; that time had heretofore been allowed in similar cases on the request of the sitting members; that the constituted authority of Massachusetts having decided the first election not to be valid, & having ordered a second, it was doubtful whether Congress were not precluded from acting on the subject. It was also said by other gentlemen, that it was a matter of courtesy to the sitting member, on his request in behalf of his constituents, to grant time for procuring testimony.
On the other hand it was said that the depositions were taken under the same circumstances as those under which a member (Mr. Culpepper) had during the last congress been deprived of his seat; that time sufficient had been allowed previous to the meeting of congress; that the returned member had not stated any specific facts which he believed he could prove, if time were given; that the constituted authority of Massachusetts had no exclusive power of deciding on the returns of members, Congress being the sole judges of the returns of their own members, and having in various instances set aside elections, declared valid by the state authorities, as in the case of Cowles Mead and John Culpepper. It was also observed that some consideration was due to the gentleman contesting the seat of Mr. Baylies, who had already attended the whole of this session at considerable expense and inconvenience.
A motion was made that the committee rise with a view to recommit the report to the committee of elections. The committee did rise about 5 o’clock and were refused leave to sit again, 65 to 55. A motion was made to recommit the report; which was opposed by Mr. Pitkin. A motion was made to adjourn and carried.
Previous to adjournment Mr. Newbold obtained leave of absence for the remainder of the session.
TUESDAY, June 13.
Mr. J. G. Jackson, from the committee of foreign relations, reported the bill to amend and continue in force the non-intercourse act, with amendments. I’ve read, referred to a committee of the whole house, and made the order of the day for Thursday.
Mr. Stanley reported a bill for the relief of John Kerr (a sufferer by inadvertent violation of embargo laws.) Twice read and committed.
Mr. Poindexter presented a memorial of a number of citizens of the United States, residing on Tombigbee river, stating that they are subject to an enormous duty of 12 per cent. on all exports and imports at the Mobile, to be paid to the Spanish government, and praying relief. Referred to the committee of Ways and Means.
Mr. Love reported a bill for the improvement of the navigation of the river Potomac. [This bill contemplates giving power to raise money by lottery &c. for the purpose mentioned.] The bill having been read once, was read a second time, 50 to 49. Made the order for tomorrow week, 53 to 42. (Presumed to be equivalent to rejection.) Refused to be printed, ayes 36.
CONTESTED ELECTION.
The House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday.
Mr. Findley gave his reasons in favor of recommitment.
Mr. Pickman stated at length the grounds on which the council of Massachusetts had ordered a new election in the case; and supported the right of Mr. Baylies to his seat. Mr. Cutts replied. Messrs. Rhea, Bacon and Cook also advocated re-commitment, and Mr. Quincy replied to some observations made by these gentlemen.
The report was re-committed without a division.
Mr. Bacon moved a resolution to instruct the committee of elections to enquire into and report such specific facts as in their opinion may afford good grounds for postponing the decision; and if none should exist, to instruct them to enquire into the merits of the case.
Mr. Potter moved to amend it by adding “and likewise to report to the House whether the depositions taken were authorised by any law of the U. States.” Motion negatived, Ayes 36.
Mr. Bacon’s motion was also negatived, Ayes 28.
MIRANDA’S EXPEDITION.
On motion of Mr. M’Kim, the House resolved into a committee of the whole, Mr. W. Alston in the chair, on the report of the committee on the petition of the thirty-five American citizens confined at Carthagena, S. America.
[The report recommends the giving authority to the President of the U. S. to endeavor to effect their liberation, and proposes an appropriation of — dollars for that purpose.]
Mr. M’Kim moved to fill the blank with $500 dollars.
On this motion gentlemen proceeded to debate the merits of the case. An animated debate took place which continued till near five o’clock. Messrs. Randolph, Smilie and Macon opposed the report, & Messrs. Emott, Bacon, Pearson and Fisk supported it. [This debate hereafter.]
On a motion that the committee rise, there were for it 52, against it 51. The chairman tied the vote.
The committee refused to fill the blank, 49 to 38.
The resolution was agreed to in committee, 43 to 41. [There being a very thin House, this vote cannot perhaps be considered as deciding the question.]
The committee having risen and reported, the House adjourned immediately, 51 to 35.
WEDNESDAY, June 14.
Mr. Newton reported a bill to relinquish and remit the claim of the United States to any monies arising from the sale of the ship Clara, late the property of Andrew Foster, in pursuance of a decree of the district court. Twice read and committed.
On motion of Mr. Ache, the Committee of Post-Offices and Post-Roads were discharged from the consideration of all motions and petitions before them on the subject of Post-Roads, because that a bill having been reported, it would be impossible at this late period of this session duly to examine into them.
MARINE JURISDICTION.
Mr. Dana observed on the importance of distinctly ascertaining the marine jurisdictional line of the United States. He said that the present distance from shore within which immunity from belligerent search was allowed, was a maritime league. He believed that, as respected the interest of the U. States, it was at the option of government, without any stipulation by treaty, to take a wider range. As respected the distance of a maritime league from the shore of immunity from capture, it might be claimed in any case by the government of this country, and by all neutral powers—but for the purposes of government itself, without being pledged to any other power, he contended that government had another claim, which it might assume whenever it considered it expedient. Immunity from belligerent seizures might be claimed for a maritime league in every supposable case by a neutral power. Beyond the distance of a maritime league, in favor of commerce or public revenue, it was at our option to extend the jurisdiction of the United States over all anchorage grounds contiguous, and over all the waters within the head lands along the shore. Viewing it as an optional privilege which the government of the United States might exercise, he thought it would be clearly for the benefit so to do. He said it would doubtless be recollected that we had often heard much of the violent death of Pearce, and similar aggressions, but we had heard of no attempt to prevent such in future. His object would be to prevent a recurrence of such collisions. In order to bring this subject before the house in such a manner as could not possibly affect any negotiation now carrying on, he moved as follows:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into the propriety of adopting any legislative provision respecting the extent of the maritime precincts of the United States, and the safeguard of navigation within the same; and whether, in addition to the existing provision against captures within a maritime league from any part of the shores, it would be proper by law to authorise the President of the U. States, for the benefit of the commercial interests or revenue thereof, after causing reasonable notification to be given, when he may deem it expedient, to prohibit foreign armed ships or vessels from visiting or molesting coasting vessels or merchant vessels bound to or from the U. States, whenever the same may be in any of the roads of the U. States, or within any other waters within sight of land, and within lines extending from one cape or head land to another along the coasts of the U. States, and that the committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
The House agreed to consider the motion—51 to 20; and passed it without debate—59 to 21.
Mr. Gardner presented the petition of sundry inhabitants of Massachusetts, praying that the town of Orleans may be erected into a port of entry.—Read and committed.
MIRANDA’S EXPEDITION.
On motion of Mr. M’Kim, the House resumed the consideration of the unfinished business of yesterday, being the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the U. States be requested to adopt the most immediate and efficacious means in his power, to obtain the liberation of the prisoners, if it shall appear to his satisfaction, that they were involuntarily drawn into the unlawful enterprise in which they were engaged; and that — dollars be appropriated to that purpose.
Mr. Upham moved to strike out the words in Italic. Motion lost—ayes 35.
The subject was debated till five o’clock.—Messrs. Ross, Upham, Livermore, Fisk, Knickerbacker, Holland, Cook and Pearson, supporting the report, and Messrs. Taylor, Randolph, Rhea and Macon, opposing it.
On the question, the votes were—ayes 62 nays 61.
The votes being affirmative 62, negative 61, the speaker voted in the negative—the votes then being equal, the question was lost. This is a conclusive decision of the subject for this session.
THURSDAY, June 15.
Mr. Whitman presented the petition of Wm. Hawkins, praying to be relieved from imprisonment in consequence of a penalty incurred for violation of the embargo laws.—Mr. W. moved a reference to a select committee. Motion negatived.
On motion of Mr. Marion referred to the committee of commerce and Manufactures.
Petitions were presented by Messrs. Southard, Jackson and Bacon from hat and woollen manufacturers, praying an encouragement from the government in their respective occupations. Referred.
Messrs. Key and Seaver obtained leave of absence from Monday next.
FINANCES.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the bill making further provision for the support of public credit and the redemption of the public debt—Mr. Pitkin in the chair.
Mr. Quincy moved to strike out the w of the bill excepting the enacting clause.
On this motion a divide occupied the House till near 7 o’clock, in which Messrs. Quincy, Randolph, Dana, Macon, Goldsborough, Lyon and Talmadge supported the motion, and Messrs. Eppes, Montgomery, W. Alston, Ross, J. G. Jackson and Hol-
man opposed it. The question being taken on Mr. Quincy’s motion, was negatived, 66 to 47.
Mr. Dana moved to amend the bill by inserting in the bill, in substance, as follows: “Provided that no loan s be made under this act, unless the revenue, after reserving 600,000 dollars for the payment of civil list, shall fall short of eight millions of dollars annually, as already by law pledged to the commissioners of the sinking fund.”
After some observations from Messrs Randolph and Dana, a motion was made for the committee to rise and carried.
On the question whether the committee have leave to sit again, it was suggested by some gentlemen, that it would answer no good purpose, as there was no question pending, but the motion by Mr. Dana, which could be renewed in the House, if the committee were discharged.
Before the question was decided, a motion was made to adjourn and carried.
Copy of a letter from Mr. Lyman, American Consul at London, to the honorable Stephen R. Bradley, esq. a senator in Congress, dated May 3, 1809.
I take this opportunity, by the Pacific, one of our packets, to address a few lines to you at Washington, where, on the arrival of that vessel in the United States, I presume you will be, and learn both from public and more private means of information, the important change which has lately taken place in the policy of this government by the revocation of the orders in council. This event, although other orders are substituted thereof of a nature so highly objectionable, is nevertheless considered by all our friends here, as vastly important: first and principally, as it furnishes an example and establishes the fact, that the U. States can make the interests of this country feel, and that very sensibly; and secondly, as we have no participation in the revocation of the old and the substitution of the new orders, we are thereby pledged to nothing, and at full liberty to take advantage of occurrences as they arise and pass. You will say, then, what has done all this? My reply is, the steady policy of our government and the support of the people as evidenced in the late presidential and other elections. I do not consider the repeal of the embargo and substitution of the non-intercourse law, as a change of policy, but only of measures; and it was so regarded here. Indeed, it is generally allowed that the non-intercourse would be more severely felt than the embargo, withstanding, you may be assured, that the latter, if continued, would have answered the most sanguine expectations. This country is wholly commercial, and suffers extremely by any obstructions to trade. Mr. Spence lately published a book entitled Great Britain independent of Commerce, and Lord Sheffield has always been endeavoring to prove her independence of our commerce: but facts prove that neither understands the question. Mr. Burke understood it better, who said that our commerce was the food which nourished the political body. The U. States instead of being the dopes, which sometimes I fear we have been, of the policy and artifices of France and England, may make them subservient to our interest, aided by a little sensible coercion. I hope you will pardon these few hasty suggestions, which my present situation rendered so obvious. It is sometimes useful to know only the impressions which are made by the same objects in different situations....Monitor.
LAZARETTO, June 13.
Captain Franklin of the brig North Star, from New-Orleans, and at anchor here, states that at the time of his departure, arrangements were making by the Americans for taking possession of Baton Rouge. Who are the principal agents in the project is kept a profound secret.
Baton Rouge certainly a very desirable tract of country. Its site is on the Mississippi, about 170 miles above New Orleans, and extends about nine leagues on both sides of the river.
The soil is very fertile and well watered, and is said to contain a greater number of cotton plantations than any country of equal extent in Louisiana....Phil. Dem. Press.
WANTED TO HIRE, by the week, month, or for the remainder of the present year, a sober industrious man to superintend a parcel of labourers, in the vicinity of this city. Enquire at the office of the Enquirer.
June 20.
PROPOSALS for furnishing materials, and building a POWDER MAGAZINE—in pursuance of an advice of the Council of State, proposals will be received by me, until the first day of July next, for furnishing materials and building a Powder Magazine.
The plan and dimensions will be made known by application to
ABM. DOUGLASS.
June 20.
PAIR OF HORSES STOLEN.—TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.—Stolen from the commons of Manchester, on Thursday night, the 8th inst. a pair of black HORSES—one a brown black, very thick sett, and well made, his left hind foot white—The other, a jet or deep black, of rather slender make; both nearly the same age, eight or nine years, about five feet high—they pace, trot and gallop, and run well in harness. I will give ten dollars reward with reasonable expenses, to any person delivering them to me, or five dollars for such information that I get them again, and twenty dollars for the apprehension and conviction of the thief.
CORNELIUS BUCK.
June 20.
NOTICE. All those having unsettled accounts with the estate of the late John Lackland, are requested to present them for adjustment, to Mr. Robert Dabney, who is authorized to settle any accounts relative to said estate. Also, Mr. S. Scott is fully empowered to settle, receive payment, or grant discharges for any accounts for or against said estate, that he may think proper.
ZADOCK LACKLAND, Esq.
Buckingham, June 20.
Those indebted to John Lackland & Co. are requested to discharge their respective balances, and those having claims, will present them to,
SAMUEL SCOTT,
Successor partner of JOHN LACKLAND & Co.
Buckingham, June 20.
NOTICE.—Pursuant to a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Robert Saunders, of Buckingham, and recorded in the said county court, bearing date the fourth day of January, 1808, in default of the payment of a debt due from L. Fland; We shall, on Thursday the 30th day of July next, proceed to sell, agreeable to an act of the Virginia Assembly, entitled “An act concerning executions, and for other purposes,” at the house of Mr. J. Hendricks, Buckingham, a negro man named CLEMM, to satisfy and comply with the purposes mentioned in said deed.

CURSORY REFLECTIONS.
The public mind is in some measure recovering from the anxious impatience which had been produced by the late British orders of April...
No engagement can be more plain and explicit, than the contract which, on both sides, was made at Washington on the 19th of April.
Under this repeal, no vessel of the United States is to be prohibited by the British cruisers from trading "from one port to another,"...
No vessel of the U. States is to be prohibited from trading with "the ports and places of France, and her allies, or of any other country at war with his Majesty,"...
No American vessel is to be interrupted for having a certificate of origin on board. Our vessels are to be freed from the other restrictions, which are imposed by the other orders of Nov. 1807, subsequent to those of the 11th of the same month.
All American vessels, that are found trading to such ports as are prohibited by these Orders, after the tenth of June, and detained in consequence of these orders, are to be immediately released. This is an important conclusion...
These are rights which accrue to the U. States from the late engagements at Washington. They are such as the British government cannot violate without the most atrocious perfidy.
Five days only after the Orders of April, the following Tariff of duties on articles, which are of the growth or produce of the U. S. was adopted:
NEW BRITISH TARIFF.
REDUCED TO OUR NATIONAL CURRENCY.
Table with 4 columns: ARTICLES, Quantity, Permanent Duty, and Reduced to our National Currency. It lists duties for various goods like Ashes, Pepper, and Cotton.
This table of duties is taken from the Democratic Press of Philadelphia. These duties are to go into immediate effect, without due notice or any time allowed to the shippers to G. Britain.
the 10th June. The "Press" very properly enquires of our merchants, how many of them would have consented to have shipped their cotton to G. Britain, if they could only have foreseen such new and unconscionable exactions...
Let us hope then, that the British Government will hereafter duly comply with the engagements of its minister. His renewed assurances will certainly abate those fears and suspicions, which have grown out of the facts which have grown out of this temporary state of political suspense...
Mark the conduct which has been pursued by the Federal prints on this interesting occasion! Some of them have manifested a becoming spirit. The "Virginia Gazette" declared that "if Britain breaks her agreement, we are done with her."
For instance, what shall we think of the following sentiments of Mr. Wagner, in his "North American" of the 12th instant? The new order in council was issued after a communication of our non-intercourse law...
The new order in council interdicts no trade, that a fair interpretation of our laws does not equally interdict; and it is not even so extensive a prohibition, for the Hanse towns and the kingdom of Italy are exempt from their interdict.
The conclusion is in our view undeniable, that this new regulation discloses only a transient state of things, which is subject to revision and change on the arrival of the Envoy Extraordinary...
The man who could utter such miserable sophisms as these at such an eventful moment is not an American "in heart & in principle." The new order interdicts no trade that a fair interpretation of our laws does not equally interdict...
Besides, although our own laws have prohibited a trade with France, yet they are our own laws—the British have no right to make laws for us, nor to ratify our laws by new provisions.
None but a Jesuit could have said, that "a pure and simple revocation of the orders of Jan. and Nov. 1807, was not meant as the foundation of Mr. Madison's Proclamation." The terms of the contract are as plain as they can be...
Mr. Coleman of N. V. also shows his disposition to prepare himself for the defence of these orders, in case he should find that the British meant to have enforced them in the very teeth of their solemn engagements...
Where does this gentleman discover this condition in the contract? Mr. Erskine does not pledge himself to take off the Orders of his sovereign, if we will pledge ourselves to enforce our laws against France.
from letters from Mr. Pinkney to the Secretary of State, accompanied by letters and communications from him, from the British Secretary of State for the Foreign Department...
To these documents are added a communication just made by Mr. Erskine to the Secretary of State, and his answer. JAMES MADISON. June 15, 1809.
FROM MR. CANNING. Foreign Office, Dec. 24th, 1808. SIR,
In my official note of the 23d of September, I stated to you the probability that some alterations might be made in the orders in council, with a view to adapt their operation more exactly to the altered state of Europe...
As this statement was however only incidental, and as I at the same time disclaimed any intention of taking advantage of such proposed alterations, in the discussions then pending between us...
It was intended to relax in a certain degree the regulations of the orders in council, with respect to such of the powers in hostility with his majesty as were not of hostility with Spain;
The adoption by these powers, who were to have been the objects of such relaxation, of the views and projects of France with respect to Spain, does away all assignable ground of distinction between France & those powers, and that part therefore of the intended alterations does not take place.
The alteration contained in the inclosed order in council stands upon a separate ground, and, as I have more than once understood from you that the part of the orders in council which this order goes to mitigate that which was felt most sorely in the United States, I have great pleasure in being authorized to communicate it to you.
I have the honor to be with great consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, Humble servant, (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. William Pinkney, Esq.
His Majesty, in virtue of the powers reserved to him, by two certain acts passed in the 48th year of his Majesty's reign, the one entitled "An act for granting to his majesty, until the end of the next session of Parliament, duties of customs on the goods, wares and merchandise therein enumerated, in furtherance of the provisions of certain orders in council."
And his Majesty is further pleased, with the advice aforesaid, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the said duties on exportation be suspended, as to all goods, wares & merchandise, which have been, or may be condemned as prize until further order shall be made therein.
Mr. Pinkney to Mr. Canning. GREAT CUMBERLAND PLACE, December 28, 1808. SIR,
I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 24th instant, communicating an order passed by his Majesty in Council on Wednesday last; and have transmitted copies of these papers to my government. It is perfectly true, as the concluding paragraph of your letter supposes me to believe that the U. States have viewed with great sensibility the pretension of this government (which, as a pretension the present order plainly re-asserts without much, if at all, modifying its practical effect) to levy imposts upon their commerce, outward and inward, which the orders in council of the last year were to constrain to pass through British ports.
But it is equally true, that my government has constantly protested against the entire system, with which that pretension was connected, and has in consequence required the repeal, not the modification of the British orders in council.
I have the honor to be, With great consideration, Sir, your most obedient, Humble servant, (Signed) Wm. PINKNEY.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Pinkney, to the Secretary of State, dated March 10, 1809. "I have received from Mr. Canning a notification of Blockade of which a copy is enclosed."
Mr. Canning to Mr. Pinkney. The undersigned, his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, has received his majesty's commands to acquaint Mr. Pinkney that his majesty has judged it expedient to establish the most rigorous blockade of the Isles of Mauritius and Bourbon. Mr. Pinkney is therefore requested to apprise the American consuls and merchants, residing in England, that the isles above mentioned are, and must be considered as being in a state of blockade; and that from this time all the measures authorised by the law of nations, and the respective treaties between his majesty and the different neutral powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all vessels attempting to violate the said blockade after this notice.
The undersigned requests Mr. Pinkney to accept the assurances of his high consideration. (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. Foreign Office, March 8, 1809. Extracts of a letter from Mr. Pinkney to the Secretary of State, dated London, May 1, 1809.
"I had the honor to receive, on the 25th of March, the letter of your predecessor of the 10th of February; and on the 15th of last month, Lieutenant Reed delivered to me your letter of the 15th of March."
"Upon the receipt of your letter of the 15th of March, it became my obvious duty to ask a conference with Mr. Canning. It took place accordingly on Monday, the 17th of April."
"At the close of the conference he told me that my communications were such as would require reflection, and would naturally make him anxious to see me again; and that he would fix as early a day as possible, and give me notice."
"Our next interview took place on the 27th of April."
"Mr. Canning read the new order in council, and then proceeded very briefly to suggest the practical alterations which it would introduce."
"I thought I should best discharge my duty by forbearing useless discussion—and by receiving myself a party to it, an actual improvement, capable of future extension under the auspices of just and friendly sentiments and enlightened policy."
Mr. Canning to Mr. Pinkney. FOREIGN OFFICE, April 30, 1809. SIR,
When I had the honor to transmit to you on the 24th of December last, the orders in council passed on the 21st of that month, I referred to that passage of my official note of the 23d of September, 1808, in which I stated to you that, "It is not improbable indeed that some alterations may be made in the Orders in Council, as they are at present framed; alterations calculated not to abate their spirit or impair their principle, but to adapt them more exactly to the different state of things which has fortunately grown up in Europe, and to combine all practicable relief to neutrals, with a more severe pressure on the enemy,"—and I at the same time explained to you the grounds on which the design of the larger alterations which had been in contemplation in September was for the time laid aside.
I have the honor to be, With the highest consideration, Sir, your most obedient Humble servant, (Signed) GEORGE CANNING. William Pinkney, Esq. &c. &c.
[Here follows the British order of the 24th of April, as given in our paper of the 16th inst.]
Mr. Erskine to Mr. Smith. WASHINGTON, June 15, 1809. SIR,
I have the honor to enclose the copy of an order of his Majesty in Council, issued on the 26th of April last.
In consequence of official communications sent to me from his Majesty's government, since the adoption of that measure, I am enabled to assure you that it has no connection whatever with the overtures which I have been authorised to make to the government of the United States, and that I am persuaded that the terms of the agreement, so happily concluded by the recent negotiation, will be strictly fulfilled on the part of his Majesty.
The internal evidence of the order itself, would fully justify the foregoing construction; and moreover, it will not have escaped your notice that the repeal has not thereby been made, of the order of the 7th of January, 1807, which, according to the engagement I have entered into, on the part of his majesty, is to be abrogated with the other orders, in consequence of the adjustment of differences between the two countries, and the confidence entertained of a further conciliatory understanding.
I have the honor to be, With the highest respect And consideration, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) D. M. ERSKINE. The Hon. Robert Smith, &c. &c. &c.
Mr. Smith to Mr. Erskine. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, June 15, 1809. SIR,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of this day, communicating the order in council, issued by his Britannic majesty on the 26th April last. However well persuaded the President may at all times have been, that the arrangement, so happily effected by the late negotiation, would be strictly fulfilled on the part of his Britannic majesty, he has, nevertheless, received with satisfaction, your renewed assurance to that effect, with the further assurance, founded on official communications to you, from your government, since the adoption of the order in council of the 26th April, that, that order was not intended to have any connection whatever with the overtures, which you had been authorized to make to the government of the United States.
I have the honor to be, With the highest respect, Your most obedient servant, (Signed) R. SMITH. Hon. David M. Erskine, &c. &c. &c.
NEGROES FOR SALE.—Pursuant to the power vested in us by a deed of trust executed on the 11th day of Dec. 1807, by Nicholas Syme and John M. Syme, will be sold conformably to the act entitled "An Act concerning executions and for other purposes," On Tuesday, the 1st of August next, if the day admit, otherwise the next that does, at the tavern of Wm. McDougle in the town of New-Castle, in the county of Hanover, the following Slaves, to wit: Jack, Tom, Dey, Arthur, Spencer, Patty and child Rachel, Suckey, Lavinia and Joe, with the increase of the females, or such of the said Slaves as be living, to satisfy and comply with the purposes mentioned in the said deed. THE TRUSTEES. May 25.
ATTENTION!!—BLUES!!
The Members of the RICHMOND LIGHT INFANTRY BLUES, are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at the Bell-Tavern, on Wednesday next, the 21st inst. at 7 o'clock in the evening, in order to elect a Captain to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of capt. Wm. Richardson. By order of the Lieut. Commandant. J. DIDDIE, Serjeant. June 20.
VIRGINIA—In the Staunton Chancery District Court, the 28th day of Nov. 1808.
Between Samuel W. Barrett, plaintiff, & Wm. Hylton, sen. Wm. Hylton, jr. Michael C. Campbell, George E. Lawrence, Jr. & Thomas E. Campbell, defendants. Daniel L. Hylton and Wm. Foushee, and Samuel W. Barrett, Wm. Hylton sen. and Miles King, def'ts.
These causes came on together this 28th day of Nov. in the year of our Lord 1808, to be heard on the bill, answers and exhibits in the original cause, and the bill, answer of the defendant King, and the proceedings had against Samuel W. Barrett and Wm. Hylton, as against defendants in the cross bill, and upon the report of Commissioner Hay, to which there is no exception—Whereupon, it appearing to the court, that the plaintiffs have duly proceeded, by publication according to the rules of the court, against the first defendants, and they still failing to appear & file their answers, the said cross bill is, as confessed to the court from the exhibits and reports of master Commissioner Hay, as aforesaid, that the defendant, Wm. Hylton, is justly indebted to the defendant King, and to the plaintiffs in the following sums, to wit: To the defendant, Miles King, the sum of £2951 6s. 8d. with 5 per cent interest on £2223 10s. part thereof from the 14th day of July, 1808, until paid; to the plaintiff Wm. Foushee, the sum of £1562 18s. 9d. with 5 per cent interest on £1000 10s. 9d. part thereof from the said 14th day of July, 1808, until paid; and to the plaintiff, Daniel L. Hylton, the sum of £1029 18s. 4d. with 5 per cent interest on £364 11s. 11d. part thereof from the said 14th day of July, 1808, until paid; and the court being of opinion, that these debts are justly chargeable on the Rich Neck Estate—Therefore, without pronouncing at this time any decree on the merits of the question made by the original bill between the plaintiff Barrett, and the defendant Wm. Hylton, it is adjudged, ordered and decreed that the defendant Wm. Hylton, do pay unto the said King, Foushee, and Daniel L. Hylton, respectively, the said several sums of money, with interest, and on the payment thereof, it is further adjudged, ordered and decreed, that the said Miles King, Wm. Foushee, and Daniel L. Hylton, do execute a sufficient deed of conveyance for the said Rich Neck Estate, to the said Wm. Hylton, and deposit the same in this court, subject to its further order; and unless the said Wm. Hylton shall pay the said several sums of money with interest as aforesaid, to said King, Foushee, and Daniel L. Hylton, or the defendant, Barrett, shall pay the same for him, on or before the first day of February next, then it is further adjudged, ordered & decreed, that Robt. Saunders, Robt. Greenhow, of Williamsburg, and Robert Nelson, of York, be appointed commissioners, any two or more of whom may act, who are hereby authorised and required, after duly advertising the time & place of sale for six weeks in some news paper published in the city of Richmond, and some other news paper published in the Borough of Norfolk, to proceed to sell at Public Auction, for cash, in such manner, either in parcels, or in whole, as they may think best calculated to enhance the value of the property in the market, the Land, together with the Mills and appurtenances thereon, belonging, called the Rich Neck Estate, mentioned in the proceedings in this cause, and lying in the county of Warwick, and out of the proceeds of said sale, after defraying the costs and charges attending the same, the said Commissioners are directed to pay in the first place, to the said Miles King the above said sum of £2951 6s. 8d. with interest on a part thereof as aforesaid; and next pay to the plaintiffs Foushee and Daniel L. Hylton, the respective sums above mentioned, to wit, to Daniel L. Hylton, the sum of £1038 18s. 4d. with interest on part thereof, as aforesaid; and to William Foushee, the sum of £1563 18s. 9d. with interest also on a part thereof, as aforesaid; and that they retain the residue of the purchase money, if any, in their hands, subject to the future order of this Court. If the Commissioners proceed to make sale under this Decree, during the continuance of an Act of Assembly concerning the sale of property under executions and incumbrances passed the first day of February, 1808, they are required to proceed according to the provisions of that act, and not otherwise.
And, on the motion of the plaintiffs in the cross bill, it is ordered that Humphrey Garrett, the representative of Charles Graves and William Fenwick, the Creditors of Rich Neck Estate, mentioned in the aforesaid Commissioners report, be made parties to the said cross bill, and they are hereby required, on service of a copy of this order, to adjust and state their respective claims before Commissioner Hay, who is authorised and required to settle and report the same to this Court, with such matters as he may deem pertinent, or the parties may require. A Copy. Teste, HENRY J. Peyton, c. c.
In pursuance of the foregoing decree, we shall proceed to sell the Land with the Mills and appurtenances called the Rich Neck Estate, containing 4800 acres of valuable Timbered Land, of the best White Oak for ship building, with a fine Yard. This Land lies on a branch of James River, within 35 miles of the flourishing town of Norfolk, where a great quantity of timber is always wanting—This Land will be positively sold, on the premises, to the highest bidder, agreeably to the 14th Section of an Act of Assembly passed 31st of January, 1809 entitled "An Act concerning executions and for other purposes." On Thursday the 10th of August next, being Warwick court day. The Land and Mills with the dwelling-house, will be sold together or separate, in such parcels as may be most advantageous to those concerned. ROBERT SAUNDERS, Com'rs. ROBERT NELSON. wdw June 20.
* N.B. The 14th Section of this law, directs that Property so circumstanced shall be sold on a credit until the rising of the next Legislature—This will probably be about the beginning of February next—Such valuable property is seldom at Market and Merit's valuation. O. TOWLES, Jr. June 20.
SWEET SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.—The subscriber has been at great expense and trouble to render this much esteemed place comfortable and pleasant for the present season. Gentlemen and ladies who are desirous of visiting those waters, may depend upon every exertion on the part of the subscriber, to make their time agreeable. O. TOWLES, Jr. June 20.
NOTICE.—Pursuant to a deed of trust, executed to us by John Harper of Nottoway county and recorded in the same court, bearing date the first day of July, 1808, in order to secure the payment of a debt due Owen Smith: We shall, on the first day of July next, at Jennings's Ordinary, proceed to sell, to the highest bidder, the following SLAVES, to wit: Old John, Betty and her increase, young John and Rachel, or as many of them as may be sufficient to satisfy the purport of said deed and cost accruing. JOHN BOOTH. JOHN P. SMITH. wdw June 2.