Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-12-02 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1805.
[NO. 60.]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
FOR BOSTON, The fast sailing New Schooner EAGLE, Daniel Hearn, Master. Burthen 85 tons—will sail in four or five days—For freight or passage, apply to
Martin Fisk. Who has this day landing from said Schooner, 100 Bbls. Prime PORK, 50 do. do. BEEF, 10 half bbls. NEATS TONGUES, 12 kids with Rounds of BEEF, 500 boxes old BROWN SOAP, 100 do. MOULDED CANDLES, 4, 5, 5, and 6 the lb. 25 do. SPERMACETI do. 125 kegs BUTTER, of the first quality, for family use. 75 boxes CHOCOLATE, 50 quarter casks Malaga WINE, 10 hds. N. E. RUM, 50 boxes CHEESE, of the first quality for family use, 25 do. Cotton and Wool CARDS, assorted, 10 do. hot pressed Playing CARDS, 10 cases Dutch Glass TUMBLERS, 100 straws each, 30 casks 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, 8d, and 10d CUT NAILS, 20 chests Hyson and Young Hyson TEAS, 500 lbs. Spanish flax, Indigo, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves and Cinnamon. A quantity of Sole Leather, Calfskins, and Boot Legs, 3000 pair mens', womens' and boys shoes, suitable for the approaching season.
ALSO, A few pipes old COGNAC BRANDY of a superior quality. November 25. 306.
WANTED, A VESSEL, burthen 200 tons, for the West-Indies. Richard Bovee. November 22. tf 300.
Jamaica and Nevis RUM. Now landing from board the Schooner Hope, capt. Sprague, from Jamaica, and Sloop Patty, capt. Bovee, from Nevis, 170 hds. Jamaica, 45 hds. Nevis, } RUM. For Sale by
William Pennock. WHO OFFERS The Sloop PATTY for Charter, she carries 400 barrels flour, and will be ready to receive a cargo in two days. November 18. tf 289.
For Liverpool, The good fast sailing Ship FREDONIA, Nathaniel Richardson, Master, burthen 250 hogheads—For freight or passage, apply on board at Newton's wharf, or to Moses Myers. Who offers for Sale on board the Schooner Margaret Tingey, 1800 Bushels Liverpool SALT. November 15. tf 277.
FOR LONDON, The new fast sailing Ship CALEDONIAN. John Dickson, Master, burthen 356 tons—For freight or pas- sage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or to William Dickson. Nov. 15. tf 278.
For Sale, Freight, or Charter, THE GOOD BRIG TWO BROTHERS, Peter S. Hartshorne, master, burthen 200 tons— Apply to William Hartshorne, Jun. Nov. 15. tf 182.
For Liverpool, THE AMERICAN SHIP ELIZA, Burthen 420 hogheads, now in complete order to receive a cargo, a part of which is already engaged, for the balance apply to the owners. C. & F. WHITTLE. A parcel of Prime PORK for Sale, November 1. tf 248.
FOR LONDON, FOR LONDON, The Ship SUFFOLK, John Bryant, Master, Having two thirds of her cargo engaged, will sail in all this month. For freight of the balance, or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the captain on board, William Mackenzie, & Co. of Richmond, or John Mackenzie, & Co. November 1. tf 243.
FOR A PORT IN FRANCE, The American Brig VIRGINIA, Captain S. Hill. Burthen about 200 hogheads—Having a part of her cargo engaged, the balance will be taken upon a moderate freight, if immediate application is made to John Newell, jun. WHO HAS FOR SALE, BURR STONES AND PLASTER PARIS, received per said Brig from Cherbourg. October 28. tf 293.
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, (To a Port in France,) The fine new Ship, SUSAN, Captain Loring: Burthen 350 hogheads tobacco. Will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days. For terms, apply to Captain Loring, or Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. WHO HAVE THE CARGO OF SAID SHIP FOR SALE, CONSISTING OF ABOUT 5,500 Bushels LISBON SALT. And some choice Old WINE, in quarter casks. September 6. tf 133.
For Bordeaux, (To sail by the 15th inst.) The Brig CATHARINE, Capt. John Cullton.—For passage only, apply to the Mas- ter on board, or THOMAS WILLOCK. November 1. 249.
FOR RENT, That beautiful SEAT near Portsmouth, called THE COTTAGE, It may be had with or without the Farm annexed, which, in point of fertility, is equal to any land in the lower country— Some farming utensils, and a negro or two may be also had. A STORE-HOUSE, near the Market in Portsmouth, is for rent.—Enquire of William Leigh. Portsmouth, Nov. 27. 2aw3w 310.
EDENTON ACADEMY. THE Publick are respectfully informed that Edenton Aca- demy is again opened under the direction of Mr. Free- man; it is presumed, not subject to future derangement from the absence of the Instructors—Every possible exertion will be made to render the Institution worthy the patronage of a discerning public. Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Elocution, Arithmetic, Geography, the use of the Globes, Rhetoric, Logic, Metaphysics, the elements of ancient and modern History, the Latin, Greek and French Lan- guages, Geometry, Mensuration, Trigonometry, &c. will be taught with the greatest diligence. Strict attention will be paid to the morals of the Students, the apartment of the Young Ladies visited, and their education and deportment attended to by the principal of the Academy. Edenton, November 18th, 1805. N. B. A Lecture on some Moral or Religious subject will be delivered to the Students, at the Court-House, on every succeeding Sunday, unless some Clergyman should appear to perform Divine Service. 4w 308.
Landing on Maxwell's wharf, from New-York, 40 Barrels New Prime PORK, City Inspection.—For Sale by Jas. & Thos. Tucker. November 25. tf 305.
The Subscribers offer for Sale, The CARGO of the Sloop, Lark, capt. Davis, consisting of Merchantable Boards & Spruce Spars. ALSO, 65 Barrels Prime PORK, landing on Max- well's wharf, from New-York, and 5 hogheads Old London Particular MADEIRA WINE, fit for immediate use. PHINEHAS DANA, & Co. November 25. tf 304.
THE Assembly of Virginia, having passed an act, au- thorising Commissioners to run a Canal from Bous- Creek to the channel of Elizabeth river—which canal, in the way it has been run, interferes with the rights of the land- holders on that creek and on the river, stripping some of rights to land by their original deeds, previous to the running this canal, and adding to the possessions of others.—A peti- tion will be presented to the ensuing Assembly, for the ap- pointment of Commissioners to examine into the direction of the canal, and to effect a restoration of the rights of all those persons who have suffered by its present course. November 13. tma 273.
NEW BEEF. The Subscribers have just received and offer for sale, 100 Barrels NEW BEEF, Boston Inspection. Phinehas Dana, & Co. November 1. tf 247.
LIVERPOOL SALT, &c. &c. FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Ship Jane, William Colley, Master, from Liver- pool—consisting of 12,000 Bushels STOVED SALT —Loose and in Sacks. 100 Crates QUEENS WARE —Assorted. 25 Casks NAILS —3d, to 20. 5 Bales BLUE KERSEYS. 3 do. BLUE PLAINS. 2 do. low priced BLUE & BROWN CLOTHS. 10 do. DUFFIL BLANKETS —Assorted. 10 do. ROSE BLANKETS do. 8 do. BLUE DUFFILS. 18 Tons COAL. William Pennock. November 8. tf 261.
To be Leased, For one or six years, and possession to be had on the first of January next. A Commodious BRICK-HOUSE on Smith's Point, now occupied by Mr. Harris—all convenient offices, and a good garden are annexed to this tenement— For the accommodation of a tenant, an adjoining lot may be had. P. Barraud. November 18. tf 288.
NOTICE. PETITIONS will be presented to the next General As- sembly of this State, for the following objects, to wit: 1st.—To alter the present mode of electing the Common Council of the Borough of Norfolk, and to subject the voters to fines for non-attendance. 2nd.—To enable the Mayor, Recorder, and Common Council to enforce, by bye-laws, similar to those in Alexan- dria, the paving of the streets, and more effectually to remove nuisances and improve the health of the town. 3rd.—To extend the jurisdiction of the Corporation Courts, so as to allow process for apprehending criminal and fugitives, to be served any where upon the waters within the limits of the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 4th.—To authorize the Corporation Court to keep or let out the right of Ferriage from the Borough of Norfolk, to the opposite shores of Elizabeth River and Hampton, and to ap- ply the profits thereof towards the support of an Hospital for the reception of indigent sick persons (not belonging to any vessel) who may be seized with the Yellow Fever, or other diseases incident to seaport towns. 5th.—Further to amend the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk, in such manner that the same person may be re- elected Mayor from year to year not exceeding years; and, together with the Aldermen, to receive such compen- sation for his and their services as the Common Council shall deem reasonable, to be paid either out of the general funds of the town, or by a tax upon law process, bills of health, and so forth. 6th.—For an amendment of the Dock Law, so as to per- mit the fixture of Flood Gates at the Lower Bridge, on the back Creek, to keep in or let out at will, the water, for the greater comfort of the surrounding inhabitants, as well as for the improvement of the navigation of the creek below the bridge. 7th.—To amend and explain the Act of Assembly re- pecting the appointment and duties of Harbour Masters, in such manner as shall in future prevent any interference be- tween those who may be appointed by the County Courts, and those to be appointed by the Courts of the Corporation— letting each to depend upon their own industry, "as to bring- ing vessels to their mooring in the harbour," but not to interfere with vessels avowedly bound to, or which may be at the wharves or docks of the other. October 21. tma 219.
TO RENT, (And possession given the 1st day of October,) TWO VERY CONVENIENT WAREHOUSES, at present occupied by Mr. J. Proudfit. For terms, apply to Robert Gibson. September 6. tf 194.
MUSEUM NATURÆ, Of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
THE liberality of a number of friends of the Arts and Sciences, in Norfolk, having enabled the undersigned to make a beginning with this Institution, he has taken the house and lot, formerly occupied by Mr. Riffaud as a publick garden, on the south side of the New Bridge, and feels con- fident that his labours and exertions will meet with ample en- couragement from the liberal and enlightened communities of this, and of the neighbouring towns and counties. The institution will consist of a Botanical Garden, con- taining specimens of all the vegetable productions of this country, and furnished with green-houses, for all such exotic and rare plants, as may be procured from abroad, of a cabinet of Natural Curiosities, composed of indigenous and exotic Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Shells, Minerals, &c. scientifically classed and arranged, according to their various classes, orders, genera and species; and finally of a menage of all kinds of living Animals, Birds, Reptiles, &c. He takes the liberty of soliciting the aid and assistance of the inhabitants of this State, for the speedy increase of the collections, by favouring his infant institution with all such natural productions and curiosities, as they may have in their possession, and have no particular use for: whether Animals, living or dead; Vegetables, or Minerals. Every object thus proffered, will be carefully preserved, with the name of the donor therefor; and will serve as a lasting proof of his taste and love for Arts and Science, and of his liberality towards the Institution. Subscriptions for the forwardness and increase of this un- dertaking, at the rate of 25 dollars, bearing interest at six per cent. per annum, and to be reimbursed at the expiration of two years, are still solicited and received at the Museum; at the Book-Store of Messrs. A. C. Jordan, & Co. and at Mr. Riffaud's, at Norfolk. Besides the interest of their money, the subscribers to these terms, have the privilege of visiting, at their pleasure, and free from all expenses, the Museum Naturæ, whereof they will be considered to be the founders and chief promoters. DELACOSTE. November 22. 295.
Fresh Raisins, Malaga Wine, &c. TOMORROW will commence landing on our wharf, from on board the Schooner Maryland Mary, capt. Howatt, from Malaga, her Cargo, consisting of 300 quarter casks Malaga WINE, 672 Boxes Muscated RAISINS, 982 do. Bloom do. 108 Jars GRAPES, 40 Quarter barrels SUN RAISINS, 80 Sacks soft shell ALMONDS, 50 Quarter barrels FIGS, 45 Kegs ANCHOVIES —all fresh and in good order, for sale on liberal terms. Apply to Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. November 18. 2w 291.
This Day landing at Commerce-street wharf, from on board the Schooner Sarah, capt. Parrot, from St. Bartholomews, 33 hds. & 10 tierces St. Kitt's SUGAR, 31 do. Moutier RUM. 300 bbs. PORK, and 80 bbs. BEEF, Nor- folk Inspection. 70 do. New-York PORK, 8 Pipes London Particular Madeira WINE, 2 do. fourth proof BRANDY, 3000 wt BLACK PEPPER, 1200 bushels Cadiz SALT, 50 Firkins fresh Shanandoah BUTTER —For Sale by James Dykes, & Co. November 18. 5t 290.
PRIME FLOUR, Made particularly for family use, just received by J. & W. Southgate. November 18. 1m 283.
The Subscribers offers for Sale, 31 Hds. Prime Muscovado SUGAR, 21 Barrels Prime PORK, now landing on Marsden's wharf from on board the Schooner Weymouth, from N. York. ALSO, 6 Hogsheads refined SUGAR, Received per Schooner Richmond, capt. Seaman, from New- York. Phinehas Dana, & Co. November 18. tf 285.
40 Barrels New-York Prime PORK, Received per Schooner Rising States, Captain J. Newcomb. For sale by Phinehas Dana & Co. October 7. 1m 286.
FOR SALE, A very handsome SADDLE MARE, who goes well in harness—also, a SADDLE HORSE, re- markably easy in all his gaits.—Enquire at the Office of the Ledger. November 6. 2m 257.
The CARGO of the Ship Eliza, Obediah Smith, master, from Bordeaux, will commence landing This Day on Newton's wharf, consisting of 440 Hogsheads choice CLARET, 293 Casks do. do. 143 do. White WINE, 180 Boxes Fresh PRUNES of excellent quality, for Sale by Moses Myers. November 18. tf 287.
TO RENT, THE Warehouses at present occupied by James Herson on my wharf, capable of storing 4,000 barrels flour, and free from danger of high tides—Possession may be had of them on the first of September next; if agreeable, the Wharf may be had with them. Also, for Lease, for a term of Years, The Wharf adjoining mine, newly repaired, 56 1-2 feet in front, running back from 2 to 230 feet, with sufficient well made ground for the erection of warehouses— at the end of the wharf, there is water for any ship, with a convenient Lumber Yard. For terms apply to John Davis. Portsmouth, July 29. 2aw tf 25.
THE SUBSCRIBER WILL SELL THE STOCK OF GOODS, he has at present on hand, on moderate terms, if immediate applica- tion is made—a credit of two, three, and four months will be given for approved negotiable notes.—The Store may be had along with the Goods. WM. B. BROWN. The amount of the Goods is insured in the Phoenix Fire-Office, London, which will be transferred. November 22. tf 298.
NOTICE. A petition will be presented by the Subscriber to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass, to divorce him from his Wife ELIZABETH. Portsmouth, Nov. 22. tf 299.
FOR RENT,
A convenient Dwelling House, with a spacious Garden, in the fields, leading to Smith's Point, at present occupied by Mr. James M'Kinnell.—For terms, ap- plication will be made to William Plume, & Co. November 6. tf 254.
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 73 Puncheons Winward Island RUM. 6 do. 4th proof Old Jamaica do. 5 do. New-England do. 30 Pipes Best Holland GIN. 3 Hogsheads and 24 Barrels Country do. 8 Pipes 4th proof Cognac BRANDY. 11 do. Alicant do. 10 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. 17 Pipes Fine Old Sicily do. 70 Crates well assorted EARTHEN WARE. 2 Hogsheads do. assorted for family use. 12 Casks GLASS WARE —well assorted. 200 Sacks Liverpool SALT —Also, 70 Hds. Richmond and Petersburg TOBACCO. 35 do. Lowland do. 104 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR. 90 do. Fine, } 27 do. SHIP STUFF. A. Maclure. August 7. tf 48.
REMOVAL.
JAMES TUCKER, Has removed to No. 1, HOLT'S LANE, near MAIN-STREET, WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS, HIS STOCK IN TRADE, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. tf 659.
COCKE & SANFORD, No. 40. Main-Street. Have imported in the Brig Triton, from London, an extensive assortment of FASHIONABLE FANCY GOODS, Which they offer by Retail or Wholesale, at very moderate prices for prompt payment. October 18. 2m 215.
Richmond Academy Lottery, NOW DRAWING, CONTAINING One Prize of Ten Thousand Dollars, Besides several other large Prizes. ** TICKETS for Sale by the EDITOR OF THIS PAPER. November 15. 279.
TO RENT, (And immediate possession given,) A Convenient Dwelling House, near the Presbyterian Church, lately occupied by Thomas New- ton, jun. Esq. It is in a pleasant part of the town, has a large garden and necessary out-houses, and a good well of water. For terms apply to John Brown, Marsden's Wharf. November 13. tf 275.
REMOVAL.
THOMAS LUMSDEN, Watch-Maker, &c. HAS removed from No. 3, Water-Street, to the Brick- House at the corner of Rothery's Lane and Main-Street, opposite Captain Pennock's, and lately occupied by Doctor Hodges.—Grateful for favours experienced, assures his friends and customers that every effort will be exerted to mer- it a continuation of their patronage. October 23. 3M 297.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber being desirous to close his unsettled con- cerns, requests all those who have accounts against him to present them at his office for adjustment, and persons in- debted to him to make immediate payment. John Hamilton. October 14. tf 201.
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1805. His Britannic Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants con- cerned in the trade to His Majesty's Dominions, that according to the terms of the Act of the 37th of the King C. 97, no British built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies, afterwards purchased by citizens of the United States, and sailing under a Sea Letter can be admitted to entry under the said Act, as an American vessel. John Hamilton. 114.
TO RENT OR LEASE, (And possession given immediately,) THAT convenient Dwelling House, formerly occupied by Mr. John Davidson, on Brewer-Street —together with a large Garden, and all convenient out-houses. For terms, apply to James Tucker. WHO HAS FOR LEASE, A VALUABLE LOT OF GROUND, On Commerce and Little Water Streets. September 6. tf 129.
TO RENT.
THE Store, Cellar, and Compting Room, No. 41, Main- Street, at present occupied by Messrs. GILLIAT & MACKINDER. Apply to Thomas Willock. April 1. tf 347.
FOR RENT,
(Possession whereof will be given the 1st of December,) The Three Story Fire-Proof WARE- HOUSE on Maxwell's wharf, at present occupied by Mr. Allmand —A Tenement on Town-Point, conveniently ac- commodated for the residence of a small family, possession may be had immediately—and the Dwelling-House, Wharf, Ware-house, and Lumber Yard in the town of Portsmouth, in the occupancy of Mr. Jordan Merchant —The last mentioned property will be disposed of separately or together, and pos- session delivered on the 1st day of January next. John Nivison. November 11. 3w 268.
On account of my bad state of health, I in- tend to leave this country for a few months. All those who have claims against me are requested to bring them forward for settlement; and those indebted to pay up their respective balances to Robert Gibson, who is duly authorized by me. The Ship Carpenter's Business will be carried on in my ab- sence by Mr. John Williamson. David Patterson. November 18. tf 286.

THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 2, 1805.
Captain Vickery, of the ship Julia, in 57 days from Liverpool, has favoured us with London papers to the 26th September. Their contents, so far as relate to continental affairs, have been anticipated by the papers which have been received by us from Bordeaux, and from which copious translations have been made for, and published in the Ledger. We do not perceive any thing of importance, relative to the affairs of the British empire, the attention of the publick appeared to be engrossed by the affairs of the continent, upon which the most sanguine expectations are formed by the politicians of Great-Britain.
This day's Ledger concludes the translations from the Paris papers received by the Eliza captain Smith, so far as they relate to the official state papers published by the government of France in justification of her conduct towards Austria. The decided manner in which the note of M. Talleyrand of the 15th of September speaks, removes all doubt, as to the commencement of hostilities as soon as the armies can meet.
In speculating upon political events, we ventured to predict from the first moment of Mr. Pitts coming into the administration, that the active enterprise of that great statesman would form a combination which would give alarm to the ambition of Buonaparte. This combination has been formed; if it has for its object, the reduction of France to limits that will not make her dangerous to all Europe, and at the same time to retain her ancient political importance—if the object of this combination is to restore Holland to her independence, release Spain and Portugal from French domination and to restore Italy to self government—if these, we say, be the objects of the combined powers, then will they be entitled to the gratitude of mankind. We feel no difficulty in declaring, that since France must have a king or a monarch, we should have derived great pleasure in perceiving that something was to be attempted in favour of the unfortunate Bourbons; but we see no hopes of that, on the contrary, the Austrian government has declared that in the event of war, no attempt will be made to disturb or alter the interior government of France. If their misfortunes do not excite the sympathy of every generous heart, the Bourbons have a claim on the gratitude of every American.
BOSTON, November 19.
Capt. Breck, from Gibraltar, whose ship unfortunately got on shore at Cohasset last week, brought a paper of October 5, from which the subsequent interesting paragraphs are copied:
GIBRALTAR, October 5. IMPORTANT ORDER.
The following copy of an order sent by the Spanish government to the commandant of marine, at Algeziras, has been received by several respectable mercantile houses in this place: and, although the omission of the names, both of the writer and of the person to whom it is addressed, has made us hesitate whether we should insert it, until we found it published in the Madrid Gazette, yet its importance and the assurance we have received from good authority, that its authenticity has been verified on the spot by persons interested in the enquiry, have induced us to give it a place in this number.
The director general of the navy, in a letter of the 25th of last month, writes to the commandant general as follows: His excellency the secretary of state and of the marine, communicates to me the following royal order of yesterday:—
MADRID, September 3, 1805.
"Most Excellent Sir, His excellency, the minister of the United States, has complained of new grievances and captures of American vessels by the Spanish privateers; and that eleven Americans have been carried into Algeziras under pretence, as it is stated, that they were carrying English merchandise. Which having been laid before his majesty the king, he has been pleased to order, that, if there is no other motive for the capture of said vessels but the one alleged by the American minister, they should be immediately liberated, as, by the fifteenth article of the treaty with the United States, the American flag covers the goods on board, although they be enemies property; but have they been detained from any other motives, the suits are to be decided with the utmost dispatch according to the established laws—which I communicate to your excellency according to the royal order, that you may make it known to the heads of departments of the navy, that they may communicate it to the commandants of marine, and to the owners of privateers, who, after receiving due notice, shall be responsible for any injuries which may be sustained through them."
[This news is corroborated by late advices from Bayonne. We are uncertain who performed the functions of American minister. Mr. Pinckney, whose commission had been superceded, was at Madrid. It is probable the U. S. had a charge des affaires there. Probably Mr. Erving.] [Palladium.]
PHILADELPHIA, November 23.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his correspondent in this city, dated September 12, 1805.
"In an American detained case, argued this morning, the judge held, That the principle laid down in the decision of the lords of appeal, in the case of the Essex, Orne, was the principle by which he should be governed. That when the mere landing of the cargo took place for the purpose of prosecuting the continuity of an intended voyage from the colonies to the mother country, it would not be admitted under the relaxation of the law of nations: but that there must be shown a clear and decisive intention to end the voyage in America; and that the event of cargoes coming forward in the same conveyance, as they were originally imported in, there must be positive proof of an actual sale or change of property: or that sales could not be effected, and therefore it was obliged to be shipped for a market. The time required must be more between the landing and re-shipment, than a mere landing only for the purpose of reshipping."
"The case of the ship John Bulkeley, of this port, was not decided on, on the 19th of September. Being considered as of great importance, it was determined to give it a reconsideration."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his correspondent in this city, dated September 20, 1805.
"Several vessels have been brought in here, on the plea or suspicion of an illegal trade, or that neutrals have been carrying on the trade between the mother country and its colonies, or those powers we are at war with, which they are not permitted or sanctioned to do in time of peace. In the last war there was some relaxation in this principle, and of which you will find an accurate statement in the correspondence of Mr. King, the American minister, in the new Annual Register, in 1801—but I am inclined to believe, from some captures or detentions, that the principle will not be relinquished this war—but subject to modifications, according to the state of the case. From the opinions of Sir W. Scott, in some recent decisions, American vessels may carry to American ports, and sell and land their cargoes, and re-ship them to Europe, without fear of molestation.—Or, if on advertisement, sales cannot be obtained, cargoes may be shipped on to Europe. I do not learn that Mr. Monroe has as yet had any decided reply to his representations on this subject."
FRANKFORT, Nov. 4.
IMPORTANT.
Collector's Office, District of Mobile, Port of Fort Stoddart, August 1st, 1805.
Sir, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ult. written to me in Spanish, together with a translation thereof, by Mr. William Simpson, which is as follows:
"Three or four nights ago, the schooner Cato commanded by Cadet Freeret, passed this port, without, as is customary and required, having stopped to present a manifest, or list of her cargo, and here, as she ought to have done, paid the duties thereon. Col. Maxent regrets that such attempts should be made in opposition to the laws of his government & requests that you will, as commandant and collector at Fort Stoddart, forward him by the first occasion on a copy of the clearance or cargo of the said schooner, that this government may on her return, make a demand of the duties on her cargo. He moreover begs in future, that you will desire all masters of vessels to stop at this port, and present their clearance from Fort Stoddart, in order to prevent any unnecessary delay or trouble."
In reply to your communication, I deem it my duty to inform you, that the schooner Cato, is owned and navigated by citizens of the United States, as appears from enrollment and license, which were granted by the collector of New Orleans for carrying on the coasting trade: and that on the 23d ult. the said schooner cleared out at this office for the port of Bayou St. John's, laden with cotton, the growth and product of this country, together with a few beaver skins; she had, therefore, an undefeasible right to proceed without touching at any intermediate point.
It is my earnest desire at all times, to preserve the good correspondence and harmony which has hitherto subsisted between the citizens of this place and our Spanish neighbours; and I shall most cheerfully use every proper means in my power, to prevent infringements of any law of Spain which comes within my knowledge: but being well assured that no law can exist, which contravenes the stipulations and provisions contained in the treaty between the United States and Spain, and being well convinced that the exaction of duties as practised on our commerce passing the city of Mobile, is not sanctioned by the letter of that treaty, and is directly opposed to the spirit and reason the construction thereof; I must therefore doubt the existence of a law authorising such impositions, and trust they will not be practised in future.
Under these impressions I cannot consent to forward the papers which you request; nor can I, by any means comply with the latter clause of your letter; because the laws of the United States hold her citizens strictly accountable for their actions; and I am in like manner held accountable for mine: they alike myself deem it no crime, for the United States vessels, regularly licenced for carrying on the coasting trade, to sail freely, from one of our own ports to another without suffering any illegal detention, or imposition whatever. Every proper measure has been adopted by our government to secure to her citizens the enjoyment of free and uninterrupted commerce, so far as her own laws can extend; and treaties have been entered into with our neighbours, which secure, and extend as far as we can expect or wish, those precious privileges.
It is because a few of our timid traders have failed to embrace these privileges, and have submitted to being stripped of almost one eighth of their cargoes, when passing Mobile from one of our own ports to another, that you now call on me to aid you in this iniquitous practice? Or is it because this practice has for some time prevailed in contravention of existing treaties, that it is now to be adopted, & the solemn stipulations contained in those treaties disregarded? It is presumed not.
Our government possessing in a most extensive degree, the affection and confidence of her citizens, her law and treaties are observed by them, with the highest respect and veneration.
Our treaty with Spain points out how far the privileges of navigation and commerce shall extend, and while that treaty allows us to pass with our vessels and effects in the freest manner, even to ports belonging to an enemy, we find the officers of Spain at Mobile assuming the power of prohibiting this freedom of commerce to extend from one of our own ports to another.
These extraordinary proceedings will doubtless undergo a proper investigation by the government of the United States, but in the mean time it is a duty incumbent on the officers and inhabitants of both countries to act in conformity to existing treaties, I have therefore to request your attention to the treaty of friendship, limits and navigation, between the United States of America and the king of Spain, entered into at San Lorenzo el Real, in October 1795, also, the "treaty between the United States of America and the French republick," entered into at Paris, the 30th April, 1803—in particular manner to the first article thereof.—As well as to the treaty between France and Spain, to which the said first article has reference.
I trust, sir, on a candid review of those treaties, you will at once perceive that United States vessels passing from this to the port of Bayou, St. Johns, are not obliged to stop at Mobile, and that you have no right to detain or molest such vessels.
I am sir,
Respectfully,
Your ob't serv't.
EDMUND P. GAINES.
COLO: FRAN'CO. MAXIMO,
P. MAXENT.
City of Mobile.
Extract of a letter from the gentleman who communicated the above information.
"Since the above was written, the schooner Cato returned (about a month since) from New Orleans, bound to Fort Stoddart. She stopped at Mobile, and was instantly seized, and the captain who is a Frenchman, was thrown into prison: but he gave information unfavourable to the owner of the cargo and I believe is now liberated."
"The vessel and cargo are still in the hands of the Spanish officers, and it is supposed will be confiscated—though the owner of part of the cargo, Dr. Strong,
was altogether unconcerned in her cargo, when she passed down without calling at Mobile."
"The whole waits the determination of governor Folk, who resides at Pensacola."
FROM THE ENQUIRER.
LAW REPORT.—Continued.
JUDGE CARRINGTON'S OPINION.
Thomas Lord Fairfax was proprietor in fee of that tract of country called and known as the Northern Neck of Virginia, he had power to grant and appropriate that territory in the whole or in parcels in any manner, and upon such terms and conditions as he might think proper: In his grants, in his senioral character he assimilated them to grants by the government of Virginia, of lands without the Northern Neck, grants by the government of Virginia were on payment of a composition of 1354 sterling for every 100 acres, with a reservation of a Fee rent of one shilling sterling annually for every 50 acres, and so in proportion with a proviso, that if three years of the said Fee rent shall at any time be in arrear and unpaid, and if certain improvements be not made within three years from the date of the grant, the estate in the grantee should cease and be determined, and that thereafter government might grant the same lands to another.
Lord Fairfax's grants were for the same composition and the same reservation of a Fee rent, with a proviso, that in case the said Fee rent should be in arrear and unpaid by the space of two years, that then it shall and may be lawful for the grantor, his heirs or assigns, to re-enter and hold the same lands as if never before granted: In both these grants the Fee rent of one shilling sterling for every 50 acres, was always called and denominated a quit-rent , it was universally known and understood from the earliest times to the present, and it is agreed in the present case that it was so. It is also agreed in the case before this court, that Ld. Fairfax also exercised a right for leasing for a term of years and for a life or lives, reserving annual rents, parcels of lands held by him as waste and unappropriated.
It is agreed in the case that Lord Fairfax caused to be laid off in lots, a certain tract of country, within the Northern Neck, called and known by the name of the fourth branch manor, which he leased and granted for three lives renewable for ever, on which grants rent was reserved of 20s sterling with a right of re-entry for non-payment of rent. He also laid off another tract called the manor of Leeds, and in his conveyances of those lots, is a condition and distinction between quit-rents and rents , in those deeds was referred the payment of the quit rents , and after sundry stipulated improvements to be made by the tenants, the rent of 40s per annum was to be paid, reserving a right of re-entry by the proprietor on failure to perform the terms of the lease. Whether Lord Fairfax had a right to create those manors or not, is not now the question, I take notice of them only for the purpose of discovering what he in his grants meant by the term quit-rents .
There were other kinds of grants, on of them were leases by the proprietor of lots in towns, and the present dispute is upon one of those leases. It is agreed in the case, that the town of Winchester within the Northern Neck was surveyed, laid off and established as a town by act of assembly in the year 1752. That Lord Fairfax as proprietor of the soil, demanded and received the sum 100 L. sterling for each lot conveyed by him subject to covenants and reservations expressed in the grants, and amongst others was the grants to James Lemon, under whom the defendant claims, the terms and manner of this conveyance is in substance as follows: The proprietor grants for himself and his heirs unto James Lemon, two lots of land waste and not before granted , situate in the town of Winchester, described by numbers and boundaries—subject to conditions for building on one, and not building on the other, the latter being intended as a common to the inhabitants of the town, and subject further to the payment of the rent of 5s sterling yearly and every year for the said two lots, with a proviso, that if the said annual rent shall be behind and unpaid by the space of thirty days next after, the same shall become in arrear, and no sufficient distress or property whereon distress can be made upon the premises, that in that case the said lots shall become forfeited and again vested in the proprietor—dated 15th May 1753.
It is agreed that Lord Fairfax died in the year 1751, seized and possessed as proprietor of the N. Neck of Virginia, having made his will, duly authenticated, wherein he devised to Denny Martin (now Fairfax) all his interest in and issuing out of lands in the Northern Neck of Virginia, including lots and lands in the town of Winchester, to the said Denny and to his heirs forever. By virtue of which will and testament it is agreed that the said D. Martin became lawfully seized and possessed of the estate so devised. That he a British subject and so continued—and born in 1796.
That on the 30th of August 1797, the appellant for a good and valuable consideration, by indenture of that date, obtained a grant to himself and his heirs from D. M. Fairfax, of all and every of those lands, of divers tracts, pieces and parcels of land, being part and parcels of the proprietary of the Northern Neck of Virginia, and all and every of the now remaining real estate and beneficial rights and interests of him the said D. M. Fairfax, of whatsoever nature the same may be, of, in, to or to arise out of or from the some, all or any other lands within the Commonwealth of Virginia, with their and every of their rights, members & appurtenances, saving and excepting the manor of Leeds and every part thereof and all and every quit-rent reserved on grants of and for all and every part of the lands of the said N. Neck of Virginia now due and hereafter to grow due for the said lands and every part thereof, and all the beneficial right and interest whatsoever of him the said D. M. F. of, in and to the said excepted manor lands and quit-rents and also saving the tract called Berry's Ferry. It is agreed that the interest of D. M. F. in all the lots and rents in the town of Winchester are included in the aforesaid conveyance, that the rents for the lots in question have been behind and unpaid for the space of 18 years. That in the year 1798 the appellant demanded on the premises in due form of law, the rents which had become due and payable on and from the said lots and then in arrear, that the same was being not paid, nothing on the premises whereof distress could be made, the appellant entered and was ousted; an ejectment was commenced, and upon this case agreed the district court decided, that the law was for the defendant which produced the appeal now under consideration.
In support of the judgment of the district court, the principal point relied on by the appellee's counsel is, that the quit-rent reserved by D. M. Fairfax in his deed to Marshall is the 5s. sterling, reserved as rent by Lord F. in his deed to Lemon, and therefore, that Marshall has no right to recover for the forfeiture by non-payment of rent, to which he is entitled.
The enquiry upon this point then, is what was meant and intended by the term quit-rent , as reserved, and whether that term can be applied to the reservation of rent as expressed and reserved in the conveyance to Lemon.
The general understanding of the people of this country from the earliest times to the present day has been, that 2s. sterling reserved in grants by the government of Virginia was a quit-rent and that
it amounted to 2s. current money for every hundred acres per annum, no other was considered a quit-rent by L. Fairfax, which is proved by referring to his several kinds of grants before rented. A rent reserved in conveyances by one man to another has never been considered as applicable to the term quit-rent , except indeed that some of the inhabitants and some of the collectors at Winchester called the rents there by that name, others the same time calling it a ground rent, those opinions and conversations amongst individuals, can be no standard whereby to fix the meaning of the term quit-rent . That term could never apply to the Fee rent of 5s. sterling expressed and reserved in the deed to Lemon. It is observable that Ld. Fairfax did not consider rents and quit-rents as the same thing and this is evinced by the distinction he made in his conveyances of lands in the manor of Leeds; in those conveyances he reserved in part of the consideration, that the quit-rents should annually be paid, and over and above other stipulations as before stated, what quit-rents are we to understand he meant? I understand it to be the quit-rents reserved in other grants wherein the term is used which was 1s. sterling for every 50 acres, in all conveyances of grants wherein he expected a quit-rent he so expressed himself. In the conveyance to Lemon he reserved no quit-rent , but what I call a ground rent of 5s. sterling was reserved, and this is a part of the issues and profits devised to D. M. Fairfax, and by him transferred to Marshall; D. M. Fairfax in his conveyance could not mean to reserve a quit-rent where none had been reserved by Ld. Fairfax; in those grants where a quit-rent had been reserved, D. F. had a right to reserve in the manner he did, but that reservation does not extend to a case where no quit-rents had been exacted from the tenant. But when it is insisted that the term quit-rent may be applied to the 5s. sterling in the deed expressed (to Lemon) I will examine the operation of that application. The quit-rent of 100 acres is 2s. sterling, that of one acre would be one hundredth part of 2s. sterling or 2s.6d. current money, if 5s. sterling be deemed a quit-rent for one acre 100 acres would produce the revenue of 251. sterling. I ask if this could ever have been meant as a quit-rent in the common use of the term, or as expressed in general in his grants where quit-rents were reserved.
But as this point has been much insisted upon by the appellee's counsel, I will here take a view of several acts of the Virginia legislature wherein it appears what the general assembly called and denominated a quit-rent .
In October 1777, soon after our declaration of independence, was passed an act ch. revision p. 61, s. 24 where it was declared, that lands may not be subject to any feudal tenure and to prevent the danger to a free state from perpetual revenue. Be it enacted, that all lands within the commonwealth shall hence forward be exempt & discharged from the payment of all quit-rents except lands within the Northern Neck, and that abolition of quit-rents may operate to the equal benefit of all the citizens, the owners of lands within the Northern Neck or said territory subject to the Payment of an annual quit-rent of 6s. sterling per hundred acres to the proprietor of the N. Neck, shall be allowed the sum of 2s. 6d. current money for every hundred acres, and so in proportion out of the sum assessed on his lands so long as quit-rents thereon shall continue. In Oct. 1782 passed an act to amend and reduce into one the several acts for ascertaining certain taxes and duties and establishing a permanent revenue. Ch. revision p. 176, ch. 8, s. 24, enacted that persons holding lands within the N. Neck shall retain in their hands sequestered, all quit-rents which may now be due, and all quit-rents hereafter becoming due shall be paid into the treasury; for which quit-rents the inhabitants of the N. Neck shall be exonerated from future claim of the proprietor. As to the term quit-rent in this act mentioned, by reference to the act of October 1777, I am at no loss to find what was meant, 2s. 6d. therein stated, not rents . In May 1783, an act passed to amend the act of October 1782 and other acts upon that subject ch. rev. 206, ch. 38, s. 5, so much of the act of 1782 as permitted persons to retain as therein expressed was repealed, and in Oct. '84 ch. 9, s. 7, after other regulations, recites that whereas, it is represented that the commission of the land tax in some of the counties in the N. Neck have through misconstruction of the act of 1782 assessed on the land holders of the said counties a quit-rent of 2s. 6d. per hundred acres, over and above the taxes, &c. directing no further collection of such quit-rents , and directs a re-imbusement. So that I think no person reading those several acts can be at a loss to determine what was called and denominated a quit-rent by the legislature, 2s. sterling or 2s. 6d. current money for every hundred acres, annually, and not the rent in question.
2d. pt. Whether a right of entry for a condition broken by non-payment of rent, can be conveyed or transferred by deed or devise.
Lord Coke in commenting on Lit. 214 to 215 states, that by the common law no such transfer could be made, but by a statute of Henry the eighth, such a right might be transferred and so was the law from the passage of that statute. In the case of Ards vs Watkins Cro. Reports in the time of Elizabeth p. 637, it was adjudged that rents in arrear might be devised. The same reporter in the reign of James p. 511, Haverstott vs Hare, it was adjudged that such an estate might legally be conveyed and a recovery was had, 3 Bacon 284. So a grantee of a rent may grant it over before any seizing of the rent, Bacon refers to 2 Roll. 47. And by an act of the general assembly of Virginia for better securing the payment of rents, New revision p. 155, ch. 89, s. 19, copied from that of Henry the eighth, it is enacted, that all grantees, &c. of lands let to lease, shall enjoy the like advantages against the lessees, by entry for non-payment of rent, &c. as the principal lessors themselves might have had. The counsel for the appellee is wrong in that exception.
3d pt. of objection is, that this is buying and selling a pretended title contrary to law, for that D. M. Fairfax was never in possession.
The 10th article of the case agreed, states that D. Fairfax by name D. M. Fairfax by virtue of the will aforesaid has become lawfully seized and possessed of the estate so devised, which is a sufficient answer to that point.
4th. D. M. Fairfax was and is an alien incapable of taking for himself or granting the estate in question.
The case of Reid vs. Reid lately determined in this court was not like the present, the descent there cast which founded the plaintiff's claim was on a British subject residing within that kingdom, in the year 1787. The king to which the claimants owed allegiance was not Lord Paramount of any lands in America, it was adjudged that he could not take.
The rights of D. M. Fairfax accrued during the war between Great Britain and America; whatever may have been his rights as an alien or whatever effect the treaty of peace might have had on the subject of his property in this country, this court is precluded from considering that subject. The commonwealth caused an inquest of office to be found on some of the estate devised by Lord Fairfax, and in the district court it was adjudged for the commonwealth, an appeal was taken to this court, and pending that appeal, a compromise took place between the legislature and the purchasers under D. M. Fairfax, as may be found in an act passed December 1796.—That act grants a complete title in fee in the purchasers to certain parts of that purchase, in which is in-

cluded the 1st in question. The legislature had a right to grant at discretion, and it is agreed that the terms of that act have been complied with on the part of the purchasers.
Of whatever opinion I might have been on the appeal from the judgment of the district court if the act of compromise had not taken place, I now consider myself bound by law to declare that the judgment of the district court is erroneous, that it ought to be reversed and judgement for the appellant.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Received by the ship Julia, capt. Vickery, 57 days from Liverpool.
LONDON, September 26.
Letters from Lisbon say, that the Carthagena and Toulon fleets have formed a junction. Their force is stated at 4 sail of the line. It is supposed in these letters that the Combined Fleets in Cadiz will attempt to join them. This is at best a doubtful speculation. If the combined Squadrons make a sortie from Cadiz harbour, it will not be to attempt a victory, but to escape from famine.
Four French emissaries of Talleyrand's Secret Diplomacy are on their way to Vienna as prisoners. One was captured in Galicia, one in Bohemia, and the other two in Hungary. Their mission was discovered by one of their accomplices, who was arrested in the attempt to stir up the people to the insurrection which happened at Vienna in July. It is worthy of remark, that attempts were made by French agents, about the same period to excite similar disturbances at Constantinople, while Buonaparte was absorbed in friendly concern for the fate of Turkey and Persia, lest they should be overwhelmed by the encroaching power of Russia.
In consequence of the movements of the French at Hanover, orders have been received in Newcastle to delay the shipping of goods intended for Hamburg, with the expectation that the Elbe will be re-opened, should the electorate be evacuated.
LISBON, Sept. 2.
Extract of a private Letter.
"We have no pockets here, but suddenly we are informed, that an English vessel sails tomorrow with a mail. We have received accounts of a Rochefort squadron cruising between Cape Finisterre and Ortegal. I hope some of our squadrons will pick them up. A letter was received here yesterday, which states, that Calder and Collingwood were off Cadiz on the 30th ult. with 26 sail of the line, besides frigates, amongst which are nine three deckers. We are anxiously looking out for a packet, to give you some news that can be depended on. Capt. Mudge and his crew from La Topaze, are here very well, and go home in the convoy, which only waits for some authentic news of the Rochefort squadron. The Topaze is dreadfully mauled, and the merchants ask 20,000l. to repair her."
"I send you a list I received from our friend at Cadiz, of the Spanish and French ships arrived there, exclusive of those which were there before. There are of those five sail of the line ready for sea; one of them is La Santissima Trinidad, of 135 guns, and 1450 men. Several of the large ships are preparing for sea, so that the force in Cadiz will be very large. We are told that the Toulon and Carthagena squadrons have formed a junction, and consist of 14 sail of the line. The Cadiz and French fleets may come out to effect a junction with them, confiding in the superiority of their numbers; but our well appointed British fleets will convince them, should they meet, that they had better have staid at home."
"In the last Spanish Gazette, which we received yesterday, the Spanish government recalls all their subjects home, be they in any country; and if they do not return within the appointed time to the Spanish dominions, half their property will be confiscated. The reason assigned is, that Spaniards may spend their money in their own country."
"P. S. The want of biscuit and salt provisions is very great at Cadiz, and great animosity prevails between the Spaniards and French."
CONTINUATION OF TRANSLATIONS, From French papers received by the ship Eliza Capt. Smith, at the office of the Public Ledger.
DOCUMENTS.
Referred to in the explanation of the reciprocal conduct of France and Austria since the peace of Luneville, read by the Minister of foreign affairs.—Concluded.
Note delivered to his excellency count Cobentzl on the 15th August, 1805.
His majesty the emperor, relying with greater confidence on the peaceful and friendly declarations made by Austria, inasmuch as he thought himself entitled to testimonies of consideration from that power for the conduct observed by him on the conclusion of two wars, the result of which proved so advantageous to France, by a conquest of the greatest part of the Austrian dominions—and occupied exclusively in the war excited against him by England, had hoped that avoiding on his part the just subjects of complaint against Austria—Austria on her part would be faithful to the observance of impartial neutrality. But the military movements, and other hostile indications in the hereditary states, at which Europe is both astonished and alarmed, oblige his majesty the emperor, to demand not only a categorical, but an immediate and prompt explanation of these measures.
The reiterated accounts which his majesty on all sides receives of this intelligence, compel him to suspend his projects against England. By this Austria has done as much as if she had commenced hostilities, for she has effectuated by it the most complete division in favour of England.
At the time that France evacuated Switzerland, Austria assembled an army in the Tyrol. His excellency count Cobentzl must know very well, that Austria keeps 72,000 men in Italy, whilst France has no more than 50,000 in that country, 15,000 of which are quartered on the shores of the gulf of Tarentum, and that it is this circumstance which has decided the emperor to suspend his designs. Austria has erected fortifications on every side as if war was already declared, or immediately expected. All the Austrian troops are marching, they have all left their garrisons, and every movement is indicative of war. For what purpose could his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, if pacifically disposed, collect such numerous corps in a poor and barren country like that of the Tyrol, where he cannot maintain them without injuring his finances? Wherefore form magazines? Wherefore furnish such large supplies of provision? Why procure so many horses for cavalry and artillery, if he entertained pacific intentions? It is the common right of Europe to consider the embodying of troops, the erection of magazines, supplies of provision, and the levy of horses, as tantamount to a declaration of war, more particularly when those preparations are carrying on, on the defences of frontiers of a power engaged in an opposite and remote part of its dominions.
His majesty wishes indeed to reconcile these measures with the professions of peace made by H. M. the emperor, to which he has given full faith uniformly, but can now do so only by supposing his majesty ignorant of the injury he does to France, and that the diversion occasioned by his warlike preparations is equivalent to real hostilities.
His majesty endeavours to persuade himself that this is the case, but as decided hostility could not be less injurious to France than are the consequences resulting from such measures, his majesty is doubly bound to prevent them.
Professions can no longer dispel doubt. His majesty cannot admit of a state between peace and war. If Austria wishes for peace, let every thing in Austria be restored to a peace establishment. Should she however be bent on war, his majesty must charge her as the aggressor, with all the evils which she will draw down, not only on the present generation, but yet more (H. M. dare avow it with boldness) it will end in the loss of her own territories and the ruin of her own house: for his majesty makes no doubt, but that the success which attended him in former wars, will continue to attend him in this new one, and that he will be enabled to secure himself from the consequences of diversions, which can be viewed only as the prelude to a coalition in favour of England.
The undersigned, under the impression most pleasing to his majesty the Emperor, that is to say in the supposition that Austria is sincerely desirous of peace is directed to demand,
1st. That the 21 regiments sent either to the German Tyrol, or to Italy, be withdrawn, and that no more troops than were stationed six months since respectively in those provinces be continued in them.
2d. That the different fortifications throughout the country be suspended; not that the emperor pretends to control the right of Austria to erect fortifications. This is a right common to every power, and prudence, often makes it the duty of the prince; but as Venice is in reality not a fortified place, the works carrying on there cannot be considered otherwise than campaign fortifications.
3d. That the troops, in Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Friol, and the Venetian territory be reduced to the number they amounted to six months back.—And finally that Austria signify to England her steady and serious resolution to preserve a strict and scrupulous neutrality, without taking part in the existing differences, since it is the duty of Austria, if she wishes to remain neutral, neither by direct nor indirect means to give countenance or favour to England.
The undersigned is likewise directed to declare to the excellency count Cobentzl, (or renew rather the declaration so often made,) that H. M. wishes most ardently for the preservation of peace between himself and the emperor of Germany, that H. M. would lament most sincerely the necessity of resorting to measures which would be required of him in case a positive refusal, or an evasive or dilatory answer should be given to the demands which the undersigned is directed to make.—Situated as H. M. is, (prince Charles would not hesitate a moment, that prince being too good a general not to act in like manner,) if once compelled to repel force by force, and to provide for the safety of his frontiers, H. M. will not be guilty of the error of waiting till the Russians shall have joined the Austrians against him. His excellent count Cobentzl knows how important the present circumstances are, he will it is hoped, accelerate as much as may be in his power the answer which H. M. has so many just reasons to look for with impatience.
(Signed) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND.
Note of the minister of foreign affairs, accompanied with a memorial in answer to the note of the Austrian minister Count Cobentzl, of the 12th Sept. (for which see the Ledger of 20th November) dated the 15th of September 1805.
The undersigned has the honour to present to his excellency count Cobentzl, the following answer to the note of the Austrian cabinet, dated the 12th September.
After the emperor of the French had expressed himself satisfied with the contents of the note referred to, he learned that an Austrian army had passed the Inn, and invaded the territory of Bavaria.
If his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, is truly actuated by the pacific intentions expressed in the Austrian note, he must know that all negotiations must cease, until he causes his army to re-cross the Inn, and retire into his own territory. If the emperor of Austria and Germany will not order his army to retire, then his majesty the emperor of the French, is determined to compel them by force of arms. The misfortunes which this war, will inevitably produce, will fall on Austria exclusively, and victory will declare on the side of justice.
The undersigned has received positive orders from his majesty the emperor and king to declare that he will not permit Austria to extend her influence and power in Germany, nor to encroach on Bavaria, nor to execute the design which she has so often manifested, of extending her own borders to the Lech, and to confine Bavaria to the left bank of the Danube. Those projects are equally repugnant to the interests of the Germanic body as of France, and are contrary to the engagements of Austria, to maintain the integrity of Bavaria.
After this unequivocal declaration of the unalterable determination of France, it is for Austria to determine, if she is prepared to hazard a war for the vain hope of acquiring a part of Bavaria, a hope which though she affects to conceal however is known to all Europe.
The undersigned has the honour to renew to his excellency count Cobentzl, the assurances of his consideration.
(Signed) CH. MAU. TALLEYRAND.
Memorial mentioned in the foregoing Note.
Without stopping to notice the allegations which fill the note of the cabinet of Vienna, (or the 3d of last September) we shall attend only to the overthrow of peace, which it affects to offer.
The court of Vienna, after having made great levies of men and warlike preparations of every sort, has admitted a foreign army into her territory. She assures us, that her sole object in so doing is to compel France and England to make peace; but if such be the object of the court of Vienna, wherefore has she forgotten to announce the basis which is to serve for its conclusion?
Will the treaties of Luneville, or of Amiens, or the status prasens of the two nations as proposed by Austria on the first overtures for the last peace; or are the pretensions arising from the same source which now directs its allegations against France, to be assumed as the basis of the negotiation. In reading attentively the note of the court of Vienna, one would be led to imagine, that the treaties of Luneville and Amiens were designated as the basis of any future negotiation, but is England, who has invariably rejected them as the basis of peace, willing to admit them at present? The cabinet of Vienna has not made it appear so, and should it happen that she refuses to adopt them, his majesty the emperor of Germany, who would not have offered himself as a mediator without understanding the character, which consists essentially in observing strict justice and impartiality, has doubtless taken in concert with other powers, measures to oblige England to recognize his principles of mediation, as he has done also to France; and that his fleets are now ready, his cruisers prepared every means in short in operation for the accomplishment of the end he has in view.
The note of the cabinet of Vienna is wholly silent on all these points. It is nevertheless essential to know,
1st. Whether the court of Vienna intends to take the treaties of Luneville and Amiens for the basis of the new negotiation, or whether those treaties are to be considered as abrogated.
2d. In this last supposition, on what basis the court of Vienna intends the negotiation to be established?
3d. Whether England has manifested her accordance to the principles of the mediation?
4th. What measures the mediator has taken, and what means he has to compel her to agree to them, provided she is not so inclined.
If the court of Vienna has not previously examined these subjects, and if she requires time to examine them, she ought to perceive that she has acted with a precipitation, contrary to her former assurances, to the object which she declared she had in view, and, to what a sound policy ought to have dictated. Time will prove whether she was guided by a just sense of her own interests, or seduced by blind prejudices.
Extract of a letter of the minister of foreign affairs to Mr. Otto minister plenipotentiary of H. M. the emperor and king, at the court of Munich, 29th Thermidor, 13th year (17th Aug. 1805.)
"You will add, that the emperor desirous to preserve Europe from the calamities of a new war, has, in order to bring Austria back to the sense of her own interests and to an impartial neutrality, done all that the honour of his crown would allow him to do, and that H. M. is of opinion that the Elector, from the same motives, ought to send an extraordinary courier to Vienna, with orders to the Electoral minister to make similar representations to the court of Vienna, and to ask the object for which such large bodies of troops are collected in Tyrol, when all her neighbours are at peace."
Temperate but energetic representations, made at the same time by different courts, may yet put a stop to the proceedings of Austria, if she is only seduced by foreign instigations, as H. M. indulges still a belief: and if she will persist they will leave to Austria alone, the responsibility of the events, which his majesty had in view to prevent."
(Note. A similar letter was wrote to his majesty's ambassador at Berne: and in consequence of these invitations, the governments of Helvetia and Bavaria have caused such representations to be made.)
(Signed) CH. MAUR. TALLEYRAND.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch't Minerva, Nelson, 24 days from Aquidilla, (Porto Rico) Tobacco and Coffee, bound to Baltimore. The cutter Express, from this port, had arrived at St. Johns'. The brig Catharine, Seaward, of this port, was at Aquidilla, stripped and laid up, the cargo landed and stored, waiting the event of trial at Guadalupe.
Ship Julia, Vickery, 57 days from Liverpool, Salt, C. & F. Whittle.—Sailed in company with ships Industry, Wright, of and for Norfolk; and Golden Rule, Boyd, of Wiscasset, for Savannah.—Oct. 24, in lat. 41, 21, long. 56, 50, spoke brig Helen, Cole, of and bound to Marblehead, 45 days from Amsterdam. Oct. 25, lat. 40, 35, long. 38, 35, ship Almina, Stover, of Portland, 21 days from Liverpool, bound to Boston.—Nov. 6, lat. 36, 41, long. 52, sch't Thomas, of Salem, 41 days from Corunna, bound to Philadelphia.—Nov. 19, lat. 35, 03, long. 66, 52, ship Parnisso, Allan, of New-Bedford, 53 days from St. Ubes, bound to Norfolk.—Nov. 20, lat. 35, 01, long. 69, sch't James, Lewis, of and from Baltimore, bound to Trinidad, 48 hours out.—Nov. 24, Cape Henry bearing W. b. N. 100 miles, ship Nancy, of and from Norfolk, bound to Falmouth.
List of Vessels left at Liverpool, Sept. 30.
Ships Alexander, King; Eliza Ann, Tompkins; Juno, Ritson, of and for Norfolk—time of sailing unknown; Charles, Lewis; Eliza, Salter, of and for Portland; in 10 days; Bath, Sanburn, of ditto, for New-York, in 3 days; Brutus, Bunce, ditto for New-Orleans, 3 days; Jupiter, Hartley, Saco, for Charleston; Venus, Andrews, of and for New-York, 2 days; George, Williams, of and for ditto, 2 days; Argo, Philips, New-Orleans, for New-York, 2 days; Washington, Swain, of and for New-York, unknown; George Barclay, Paulding, of and for ditto, 5 days; Hope, —, of and for Portland, unknown; Rover, Swain, New-York, for New-Orleans, unknown; Leonidas, McKinney, New-York, unknown; Tippoo Saib, Bowman, Savannah, unknown; Hunsress, Stinson, Wiscasset, unknown; Victory, —, Boston, unknown; Birmingham, Salisbury, Baltimore, not discharged; Juno, Malcolm, Charleston, unknown; Louisiana, Breevor, Pittsburgh, unknown.—Brigs Union, Cook, Boston, not discharged; Speculator, Little, Damascetta, unknown; Catharine, Babson, Portland unknown.
The sch't Two Sisters, from this port bound to the West-Indies, was spoken the 31st October, in lat. 33, 54, long. 57.
The brig Two Brothers, Paragon, of Kennebec, 54 days from Liverpool, bound to Virginia, was spoken Nov. 6, in lat. 40, 20, long. 70; had lost both fore and main-masts.
The brig Franklin, Smith, sailed from Antwerp for this port on the 28th September.
For SALE or RENT,
For One or more Years, that VALUABLE LITTLE FARM WETWOOD, About one Mile from the Borough,
Containing about 97 acres of choice Land, the soil produces Clover, &c. of superior quality to any in this part of the country. There are two good Dwelling Houses, Kitchen, a large Barn, and sundry other Houses; a large Apple Orchard, with a number of excellent Cherry and other Fruit Trees. The Garden, with a little attention, would be very profitable. This Farm is well worth the attention of many, as a pleasant retreat in the summer, and the great advantages arising from the ready sale of the productions of an industrious farmer, from such a promising soil.
ALSO,
Will be Rented, for One or more Years,
That large and commodious Wharf, belonging to the estate of John Hutchings, deceased, with a commodious Ware House. The situation of this Wharf is well worth the attention of any Gentleman concerned in navigation, particularly in the West-India trade, as there are considerable vacant lands very suitable for Lumber Yards, &c. The great convenience of this Wharf is, that three ships may lay and load at the front, one at the end, and a small vessel within the wharf. It is also a commodious place for any Gentleman in the line of repairing vessels. There is also a small Wharf, about 60 feet to the westward of this, adjoining two hulks, which might be profitable to any Gentleman in the Lumber Line. If this property is not sold or rented by the 1st of January, it will then be rented on the premises, at 11 o'clock. For terms apply to
Capt. WM. CAMMACK, or
JOHN BROWN,
Administrator of the Estate of John Hutchings, dec'd.
Nov. 29. tds 317
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by
Mr. EDWARD JOHNSTON to the Subscriber,
WILL BE SOLD,
Upon the premises, at Publick Auction, to the highest bidder, on the 23d day of December next, the unexpired term of and in the
LOT OF LAND,
on Commerce-Street, at present occupied by the said Johnston, together with its appurtenances, as conveyed to the Subscriber—Upon this Lot there is erected a new and excellent Fire-Proof WARE-HOUSE—The Lease is for a long term of years, and is renewable forever, upon the payment of a moderate annual ground rent.—The terms of sale will be made known on the day of sale.
L. W. Tazewell, Trustee.
November 22. tds 296
FOR SALE, On board the Ship Julia, Capt. Vickery, from Liverpool, 10,000 Bushels SALT.
For Charter, to a Port in France, The Ship JULIA, Capt. Vickery—burthen 364 hogseads, in complete order, and will be ready to receive a cargo in twenty days.
The Ship PORTLAND, Capt. CALLENDER, is also offered for Charter to a Port in France; she will carry 315 hogseads, and is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to
C. & F. Whittle. Who have for Sale, 100 Bales Upland COTTON, of a good quality. December 2. tf 314
FOR LONDON, The Ship SHEPHERDESS, R. WILLIS, Master. 250 hogseads of Tobacco will be taken on freight, if immediate application is made to James Taylor, Jun. 6t 315
FOR NEW-YORK, The Schooner WILLIAM, William Leete, Master. For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, or Thomas H. Parker. 316
FOR SALE, 90 Tons LOGWOOD, 20,000 Feet MAHOGANY, 2000 Feet Mahogany BOARDS, 150 Hogsheads Richmond TOBACCO, afloat. Apply to John Granbery.
Who offers for Rent, A DWELLING HOUSE, very pleasantly situated near Bush-street, lately occupied by Col. Davies. December 2. 5w 317
JOHN KING, (Late Assistant to Gilliat and Mackinder.) Respectfully informs his friends and the public in general, that he has commenced business in the Store, next to Mr. W. B. Lamb's Vendue Office, where he has for Sale, a small but handsome assortment of DRY GOODS, which he will sell on moderate terms, for Cash or approved Paper. December 2. tf 318
BANK OF VIRGINIA.
THE Stockholders are hereby notified, that the annual meeting for electing Directors will be held on Monday, the 6th January.
Power of Attorney for voting by proxy for Directors.
KNOW all men by these presents, that of do hereby appoint to be substitute and proxy, for and in name and behalf, to vote at any election of a Director or Directors, of the Bank of Virginia, as fully as might or could, were personally present. In witness whereof have hereunto set hand and seal, this day of in the year Signed and delivered } in the presence of }
Power of Attorney for receiving Dividends. KNOW all Men by these presents, that of do hereby constitute and appoint lawful attorney, for and in name and behalf, to receive and give receipts for all dividends now due, or which may grow due on shares to him belonging in the capital or joint stock of the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Virginia. In Witness whereof have set hand and seal this day of in the year Sealed and delivered } in the presence of } December 2. 15th Jan. 319
Norfolk Drawbridge Company.
A Meeting of the Stock-Holders are requested on Saturday next, the 7th inst. at Benbridge's Hotel, at 10 o'Clock in the forenoon.
Luke Wheeler, William Pennock, Theo. Armistead. 320
NOTICE. I intend to leave this State for a few months. Mathew Heary. 320
NOTICE.
A Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly to counteract the operations of that of George Whitfield, as relates to a divorce from his Wife Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Whitfield. 312
OFFICE OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT, Norfolk, November 29, 1805,
WANTED TO PURCHASE, A few Thousand Pounds Sterling, in approved endorsed Bills on London, at Sixty Days, or Bills drawn on any other place, and made payable there. Robert Oliphant, Cashier. 313
A Valuable Seat on Puncoteague.
WILL BE SOLD, on the 26th day of December next, upon the premises, That Valuable SEAT
on the head of Puncoteague Creek, late the residence of David Bowman, Esq. deceased. There are on the premises, which contain about eight acres of Land, a handsome two story Dwelling-House, just finished, having two rooms and an entry below, a Dairy, Smoke-House, Kitchen, convenient Store House, and other necessary buildings.—The payments by direction of the Will of the deceased, will be by three annual installments, carrying interest from the day of sale, secured by bonds with approved security, and a mortgage on the premises; possession given on the day of sale.—Few situations on the Eastern-Shore are esteemed more desirable than this now offered for sale: lying on the head of the most navigable creek on the Eastern-Shore, in a very productive part of the County of Accomack, where living is cheap, and having proved from experience an excellent stand for a store, it is certainly a property that must be very desirable to any person wishing to fix themselves, and such an one as is but seldom for sale.
JOHN S. KER, WILLIAM SEYMOUR, } Executors. Accomack County, Nov. 19. t20Dec. 307
CLARK'S Packet will sail for New-York in a few days.—For freight or passage, apply to the master on board, or to Richard Bowden, & Co. 321

CHEMISTRY MADE PLAIN.
PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A NEW WORK,
ENTITLED, Plain Discourses on the Chemical Laws of Matter , Containing a General View of the Principles and Improvements of the Science of Chemistry. With a particular Detail of those Parts, which are common and connected with Domestic Affairs; ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA.
BY THOMAS EWELL, M.D. &c. OF VIRGINIA.
TO THE PROMOTERS OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, I HAVE ventured to present for your patronage, a new work. It is a system of chemistry divested of such technical terms as retard the study, by those persons not desirous of entering into the useless refinements of the science; and it will convey particular descriptions of those processes that are for domestic purposes. The object of the work is to render the study of chemistry less difficult, more general and agreeable, as well as to lead to Improvement in various Arts .
Long has the greater part of mankind laboured under difficulties which might have been avoided by an acquaintance with the discoveries of philosophers. During the study of most sciences, we notice improvements unknown to the majority of the people; and in no one have these become more conspicuous than in the science of chemistry. Since the wild conjectures of deluded men were banished from its annals, the study has become one of the most useful and interesting to all of common understanding. The science is now characterised by a simplicity, hostile only to the pride of the pedantic scholar. Its extensive scenes are open, and with powerful attraction invite the entrance of the intelligent in the pursuit of pleasure, of information, or of most of the arts. An entrance is desired, that the wonderful beauty and wisdom displayed in the operations of nature may be contemplated with rapture, in parts neglected by the vulgar as a "dreary void."
To those in the pursuit of pleasure, the study of chemistry affords the greatest delight. The conversion of solids into volumes of varying size, and of ails and other fluids into solids, are processes which although inferior to many in chemistry, give unusual satisfaction. To know the composition of the substances surrounding us, with their connection and relation to each other, and to understand many of the arts of chemists, will impart to the mind an agreeable action, while it increases its capacity to make improvements. And such are the fascinating powers attached to the pursuit of this knowledge, that France is fast becoming a nation of chemists, in consequence of the general study of the science by its ladies as well as gentlemen.
The respectable Cultivators of land will be much benefited by an acquaintance with chemistry. It will teach them the properties of the soil they cultivate, the art of making manure, and the kinds of vegetables as well as Manures best adapted for their respective farms. An idea of this may be formed from the famous fact, that by a judicious management of the grave yards at Paris, such quantities of salt-peter were procured for the powder manufacturers as to enable the French government to prosecute their war!
To be able to detect the presence, and discriminate between the noxious and innocent metals, as well as to make most useful combinations of them; to ascertain the constituents of medicinal springs; to detect the adulterations of Wine and other drinks; and to correct corrupted airs, must be of consequence to most individuals.
The burning of bodies—The Arts of making Gunpowder and Saltpetre—common Salt—and all other Salts—Of Tanning Leather—Of purifying and preserving animal and vegetable Matter—Of Dying and Painting—Of making Glass and Earthen Ware—Of Brewing—Distilling, &c. &c. depend on Chemistry.
No doubt most of them would be improved by a further cultivation of the science, which, from its simplicity, could be done in but a small part of the time often mispent by the artists. This will appear less doubtful, by the following extracts from a letter I received from the President, Mr. Jefferson—and from one received from Judge Washington of Mount-Vernon.
"MONTICELLO, August 1805."
"Of the importance of turning a knowledge of chemistry to household purposes, I have been long satisfied. The common herd of philosophers seem to write only for one another. The chemists have filled volumes on the composition of a thousand substances of no sort of importance to the purposes of life; while the arts of making bread, butter, cheese, vinegar, soap, beer, cyder, &c. remain totally unexplained. Chapital has lately given the chemistry of wine making; the late Dr. Pennington did the same as to bread, and promised to pursue the line of rendering his knowledge useful to common life; but death deprived us of his labours. Good treatises on these subjects should receive general approbation."
"Accept of my salutations, and assurances of respect."
"TH: JEFFERSON."
"MOUNT-VERNON, 15th September 1805."
"I have long thought that a work upon the plan you suggest, was much wanted by those who form the great bulk of readers on chemical subjects. I have not met with a single treatise which has not appeared unnecessarily obscured by technical terms, which only scholars can understand. They have been more generally addressed to the comprehension of professional men, than to those of the humbler walks of life; for whose use this science might be made most essentially to contribute, by adapting it to their capacities, and by pointing out the way by which its principles may be applied to the more common arts, in which they are daily employed. You will think, do great good to society and . . . by executing such a work as you propose. My best wishes will accompany you in your labours, and I shall be happy to aid them as far as I can."
"BUSH. WASHINGTON."
But, fellow citizens, for you to know the Beauty, the Connection, the Importance of the Science which I wish to communicate to you, it is necessary that you know the Science itself. To relate in the most intelligible terms the discoveries of chemical philosophers will not be the extent of my labours. I shall offer a new view of the art of ascertaining the fertility of lands, and of the formation of vegetable juices, which has been approved of by some distinguished characters. I shall also relate some original experiments, a part of which establish a hitherto distorted doctrine concerning heat, and throw light on the art of enriching impoverished land.
You will now determine by your subscription, whether the desire of one to disseminate knowledge highly useful and interesting to most of mankind shall be gratified—whether the proposed publication shall appear.
T. EWELL.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
As soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained, the work shall be put to the press. It will be comprised in about 500 pages, Octavo, and be printed on good paper with suitable type. A general Index will be annexed to the work—with proper drawings of the apparatus commonly used by chemists. The work shall be delivered in boards to Subscribers at Three Dollars, per copy. Subscriptions for the above work, received by the Editor of this Paper. 242
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street.
THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skillful workmen.
He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, viz.
  10d, 12d, 20d, Nails, 8d per lb.   8d, do. 9d per lb.   Sheathing do. 7 1-2d per lb.   6d, do. 10d per lb.   4d, do. 5s per M.   5d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do.   3d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb.   6d, do. 4s 6d per M.   4d, do. 3s do.   3d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do.   2d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do. 
ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY.
March 18. tf 503
MARTIN FISK,
Has just received by the late arrivals from London and Liverpool, and for sale, 100 crates Crockery Ware, well assorted, 150 kegs F & FF Powder, 5 tons Shot, 150 cases Wrought Nails 4. 6. 8. 10. 20d. 60 kegs White Lead, 50 bolts Oznaburghs, 20 cases Hibbert's Porter, 50 boxes Short Pipes, 1500 lb. Seine Twine, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE & CUTLERY. ON HAND,
  20,000 lbs. Prime Green Coffee,   25 Hhds. Muscovado Sugar,   10 do. Loaf do.   30 chests Hyson TEAS.   15 do. Hyson Skin   10 do. Young Hyson   8 do. Imperial   10 Hhds. Old Antigua Rum,   60 barrels Rye Whiskey,   50 do. Apple Brandy.   October 4. 184 
THIS DAY LANDING,
From on board the Schooner Eagle , Captain Gross , from Bourdeaux , 160 Casks CLARET, 984 Cases assorted do. 66 do. do. White do. 80 Baskets SWEET OIL, 2 Trunks and 3 Cases Ladies' and Men's SHOES, 8 Cases Mens' and Children's Silk and Beaver HATS, assorted. DEMIJOHNS, ALMONDS, NUTS, &c. &c. For sale on liberal terms, by John & James Galwey, Commerce-Street Wharf.
WHO HAVE ON HAND, 75 Boxes White & Brown Havana SUGAR. September 6. tf 128
FOR SALE, On board the Ship Peter , lying at my Wharf, 1230 Sacks Liverpool filled SALT. 22 Crates EARTHENWARE. A quantity of Stone Jugs, Bottles, and Butter Pots. A. Maclure. September 16. tf 148
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Captain Thomas Clark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against it, to furnish their accounts properly authenticated to Alexander Clark, Adm'or. October 20. tf 241
THE SUBSCRIBER Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE , will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTLE BOARDERS by the year. Peter Kemp. May 6. tf 654
FOR SALE, On board the Brig Two Friends , — Boylan , Master. 26,000 BRICKS. 4,000 PAVING TILE. 200 GIN CASES. William Pennock. October 25. tf 228
LADIES FASHIONABLE SHOES. SEVERAL Trunks of Ladies plain and fashionable LACED SHOES, and Gentlemen's fashionable London made do. just received by the ship Planter , Captain Boush , and for sale by Gilliat & Mackinder. September 9. tf 126
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. RICHARD TAYLOR, Has received by the Ships Fredonia & Dumfries , from Liverpool , his WOOLSENS AND HARDWARE. AND ALSO, By the Brig Triton , Captain Fraser , from London , An extensive choice assortment of FASHIONABLE GOODS. All of which he offers for Sale, by Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms. October 18. 2m 213
150 Firkins Choice Philadelphia BUTTER. For Sale by James Maurice & Co. October 23. tf 225
Hibbert's Porter and Brown Stout. Received per the Ship Shepherdess , from London , a further supply of Hibbert's best bottled Porter & Brown Stout. Robert Maitland, & Co. November 6. tf 256
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. GILLIAT AND MACKINDER, Have received by the Ship Planter , Boush , from London , and Fredonia , from Liverpool , their supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, And will be Sold on low terms, for Cash, or approved Acceptances in Town. Amongst which are
  17 Bales of Nant Cottons. 16 Boxes Boys' and Men's Hats.   18 do. of Rose Blankets. 6 Trunks of Manchester.   8 do. Stripe do. 4 Boxes Cutlery, assorted.   9 do. White and Red Flannels. 50 Casks Shot.   10 do. White Plains and Kerseys. 150 Kegs of Gunpowder.   12 do. Blue do. 40 Casks Nails.   14 do. Blue & Green Half Thick. 4 do. Seine Twine.   6 do. Stripe and Grey Coatings. 6 Trunks Mens' and Women's Worsted Hose.   2 do. Yarn Hose. 3 Bales of Oznaburghs.   2 do. Carpeting and Carpets. Plecey Hosiery, for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear.   8 do. Mixed Fearnoughts. Muslins, Dimities, Calicoes, &c. &c.   The above packages are well assorted.   September 16. tf 145 
A FEW BALES OF KENDAL COTTONS, are just received by J. & W. Southgate.
ALSO—A FEW CASES OF EXCELLENT MARTINIQUE CORDIALS. November 11. 1m 268
MRS. MACDOUGAL, INFORMS her friends and the publick, that she has taken that hand-some house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the centre of Market Square, where she will receive Boarders on moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour used to render a transient or permanent abode at her house satisfactory. September 25. tf 109
JUST RECEIVED,
By the ship Roba & Betsey , Capt. Richardson from London , and for sale by the Subscriber, A LARGE SUPPLY OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Almira , Capt. Stover A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9. Also, by the ship Olive Branch , Capt. Le Breton from Bristol , A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favour us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London.
MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete, PERRY'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS. Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
LEO THE TENTH. E. BRONSON, IS PREPARING TO PUBLISH, FROM LORENZO PRESS, "The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, BY WILLIAM ROSCOE."
CONDITIONS. I. This work will be elegantly printed in octavo, upon a new type and superior woven paper. II. It will be comprised in four volumes of about 480 pages each. III. Each volume will be ornamented with an elegant copperplate engraving by Mr. Edwin. The engravings are portraits of LEO X. ALDUS, one of the first printers, LUTHER, and RAPHAEL, taken from original paintings. IV. The price will be two dollars and fifty cents a volume in boards. To such, however, as may choose to become subscribers before the publication of the second volume, the work will be delivered at two dollars a volume. V. The work will be put to press immediately, and the first volume will be ready for subscribers in a few weeks. The Editor is the only person, as he believes, in the United States who possesses a copy of this original, elegant and interesting work. This copy, which is in quarto, was sent out from England before the publication of the work there, and could not be sold in this country at less than from forty to fifty dollars. Considering the time which must elapse before the English copy can be imported for sale, and the immense difference in price between that and the proposed edition, the editor flatters himself with a belief that his will meet with liberal encouragement and a rapid sale. Subscriptions received at the Office of the Publick Ledger Philadelphia, August 21. 171
NORFOLK HOTEL. THE Subscriber informs his friends and the publick, that he has opened an HOTEL in that convenient house formerly the NAVY TAVERN No. 123 Main Street, where he hopes by his attention, to give satisfaction to those who may favour him with their company. He will always keep the best liquors: and Private Parties will be furnished with Dinners, Suppers, or Relishes, at the shortest notice. BOARDERS accommodated by the week, month, or year Henry Benbridge. October 9. tf 170
TO UNDERWRITERS, MERCHANTS, &c. THE Subscriber, Proprietor of the Royal Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser , published at Nassau, has been, and purposes to continue transmitting, by every opportunity, early and correct information to subscribers in Europe and America, of the arrivals, clearances, captures, and misfortunes, that may happen to vessels about these and the different West India Islands. As the procuring and forwarding such information, will occupy much time, and be attended with considerable expense—to insure this attention, it will be necessary that men interested in mercantile and other information, should subscribe with liberality to his Gazette. It is published twice a week, price eight dollars and a half per annum. One hal in advance.
SUBSCRIPTIONS Will be received in London, by the proprietor of the Courier; at Liverpool, by Messrs. T. & J. Moss, merchants, and the proprietor of the Mercantile Chronicle ; at Greenock, by the proprietor of the Advertiser ; at Dublin, by J. Wilson, Esq. American Consul; in Savannah, by the proprietor of the Museum ; in Charleston, by the proprietors of The City Gazette , The Courier , and The Times ; in Norfolk, by the proprietor of the Publick Ledger ; in Baltimore, by Mr. G. Douglass, and the proprietors of the American ; in Philadelphia, by Mr. C. P. Wayne, and the proprietors of the True American ; in New-York, by T. & J. Swords, E. Sergeant & Co. and the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle , and of the Daily Advertiser . ROBERT WILSON. Nassau, (New-Providence,) June 28.
TO PRINTERS. I WILL DISPOSE OF A FONT OF BURGEOS TYPE, Upon which the Publick Ledger is at present printed. It consists of ABOUT 600 LBS. WELL-ASSORTED LETTER, with French and Latin accents; has been carefully used; and is almost as good as when new. Should the whole be too much, any one who might incline to purchase ONE HALF, will please to make application, by letters post paid, or personally, at this Office. The terms will be liberal, and a credit will be given, if required, to a purchaser who can give good security in Norfolk or Baltimore. John Cowper.
COW-POX. THOSE persons who wish to avoid catching the Small-Pox which now exists in this Borough, are informed that the subscriber has again succeeded in introducing the Vaccine Infection, and that he now has several arms he to inoculate from. * * He has returned to his old shop at the lower end of the new market. George Balfour.
PREPARING FOR THE PRESS, And will be published early in the Spring, in one closely printed volume, THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLICK JOURNALS;
BEING an impartial selection of the best original Poetry, Essays, &c. &c. and which have appeared in the newspapers of the United States during the year 1805. The Editors of Newspapers who exchange with the Baltimore Evening Post , are requested to give the above advertisement a few insertions in their papers. When published, a copy of the work will be sent to each office. August 28.
BLANK NOTES AND CHECKS for both Banks, printed on paper of a superior quality, for Sale at this Office.
To Mr. ROBERT GILMOUR, surviving partner of LOGAN & GILMOUR,
SIR, I have obtained a commission from the Court of Norfolk County, to take the depositions of Thomas Newton, John Owens, Alexander Love, William Porter, and James Matthews, to be read in evidence in a suit in Chancery, brought by me, as Administrator de bonis non of Richard Kelsick, against you, and now depending in that Court—As you do not reside within the Commonwealth, and have no known Agent or Attorney, within the State, to whom notice of the time and place of the taking the depositions can be given—in conformity to the Act of Assembly, I do hereby notify you, that between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the afternoon, of Tuesday the 10th day of December next, at the office of Robert B. Taylor, in the Borough of Norfolk, I shall proceed to execute the commission aforesaid, and take the depositions of the witnesses before mentioned. I am your obedient Servant, Richard Kelsick, Administrator de bonis non of Richard Kelsick. November 20. 4* 263
HUNTER & GATEWOOD,
Have received per Ship Jane , Captain Colley , from Liverpool , the balance of their supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, Which in addition to their former importation from London, makes their assortment general and complete—it consists of almost every article of useful and fashionable goods too tedious to enumerate, which they offer for sale, at their Store No. 129, Main Street, by Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms for cash, or short payments. November 8. tf 262
FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Brig Foragon , Captain Ainsley —Omitting of 137 Pouchous high proof JAMAICA RUM. 7 Hogsteads MOLASSES. Redmon & Frith. Who have removed to the second Fire-Proof Store, on Gibson's Wharf. November 13. tf 271
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS LUMBER YARD ON CALVERT'S WHARF, 700,000 SALE SHINGLES. 50,000 BUILDING do. 50,000 STAVES—White and Red Oak. 10,000 CYPRESS PALES. 5,000 CEDAR and CHINQUEPIN POSTS. Also—shall keep a supply of PLANK AND SCANTLING. Thomas H. Parker. Au st 19. tf 77
LANDING At the Subscriber's Wharf, from on board the Ship Ann , 200 Gross BOTTLES. 35 Boxes WINDOW GLASS. 3000 Bushels COALS. For sale by A. Maclure. September 4. tf 122
TO RENT, And possession given the first of September, A LARGE and commodious three story Brick House, in Church Street, at present occupied by Mr. Menop, the first floor is completely fitted for a Store and Counting Room, and the upper part well calculated for the residence of a genteel family, with two kitchens, all other necessary out houses, and a paved yard. For terms apply to William Plume & Co. August 19. tf 86
GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, Has lately received and offers for Sale, the following Goods, for Cash, or on convenient credit, for approved Notes, viz. 7000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels, in bales of 600 each. 1000 East India Gunny Bags. 190 Pieces Ticklenburgs and Oznaburghs. 400 Brown Rolls. 400 White Rolls, different qualities. 100 White Plaitillas. 75 Brown Hollands. 100 Bretannias. 20 Dowlass. 62 Fine White Flanders Sheeting. 25 Shirt Linen of 20 to 100 dollars per piece of 37 yards. 40 Fine Bed Bunts and Bed Tickling. 390 Velvet Ribbands, No. 2 to 150. 30 Russia Sheeting, and Diaper. 520 Dozen Snuff Boxes. 100 Boxes Baltimore Window Glass, in whole and half boxes, viz. 8 by 10, 9 by 11, 9 by 12, 10 by 12, and 12 by 14, at the manufacturer's prices, with the addition of the usual charges. A few Barrels Philadelphia bottled Porter. 105 Boxes Short Pipes. 120 Spanish Segars, of different quality. 150 lbs. Shoe Thread. 130 Twine. 15 Boxes Glass Ware, of different kinds, cut and plain. 37 Barrels Turpentine. ALSO, 20 Dozen of Shoe Brushes. Violins, Flutes and Fifes. ditto Strings and Bows. Looking Glasses of all kinds. Nuns' Thread and Fine Lace. Thread Stockings, Plush for Saddles. Coffee Mills.—Beads, and Bird Cages. Razors, Spectacles, and Penknives, 1st quality. Backgammon Tables, Dice, Cards, Chesmen. Fowling Pieces, Pistols, and Agut Flints. Crooked Horn and Ivory straight Combs. An Invoice of Japanned Ware. do. do. of Mill Saws, Augers, &c. 40,000 Marbles. And a great variety of other Articles. Apply as above. September 25. 464
JUST RECEIVED, From Charleston, and for Sale at this Office, PRICE ONE DOLLAR, A FEW COPIES OF INDEPENDENCE, Comedy, in Five Acts, as performed at the Theatre Charleston, with unbounded applause, BY WILLIAM LOON. Of St. George, Dorchester, South-Carolina. October 4. tf 186
IF FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT, a native of the county of New-Kent, and formerly a resident of the State of Virginia, be now living, or has any legal heir or descendant living, either in the United States or elsewhere, by applying either in person or by special agent, and producing sufficient evidence of their being such legal descendant, to William or Nicholas Lightfoot of the county of James City; to George or Lightfoot Poindexter of New-Kent; or to James Poindexter of Powhatan, will hear of something highly important and much to their advantage. * * The Printers throughout the U. S. are requested to insert the above twice, in their respective papers, and transmit their accounts to the Editor of the Enquirer. Nov. 22. 2 297
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE. Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.