Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1809-05-27 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.  SINT HIC ETIAM SUA PRÆMIA LAUD.
[VOL. V.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1809.
NO. 125.
For Liverpool, The fine new Ship Justina , Edward Howe, Master, having a considerable part of her freight engaged; for the balance, apply to
A. MACLURE. May 12.
For a Port in Ireland, the fast-sailing copper-bottomed Ship DESTINY , Captain Bernard, to sail the 10th June; has good accommodations. For passage only, apply to the captain on board, or
Robert Maitland. May 12.
For London, (To sail on the 10th June,) the fine copper fastened and fast sailing Ship POCAHONTAS , Christopher Pomplins, master; a considerable part of her cargo being already engaged, the freight of about 200 hogsheads tobacco and 50 bales cotton is only wanted. Apply to
Wilson & Cunningham. May 5.
For Liverpool, The British Letter of Marque Ship AURORA , Burthen 500 hogsheads tobacco, John Smith, master, mounts 16 guns and carries men in proportion, coppered, and a remarkable fast sailer; will be ready to depart from hence soon as the intercourse with Great-Britain is resumed. For freight, apply to
C. & F. Whittle. April 25.
For Freight or Charter, The Ship FACTOR , Capt. Reynolds, burthen 291 tons. Apply to the master on board, or
Christopher Fry. Who offers for Sale,
14 casks STONE LIME , 10,000 HOOPS, and a box of WOOL HATS . April 26:
FOR CHARTER, THE BREMEN BARQUE PATRIOT GROENING , Mathias Probst, master, burthen about 300 tons, in very complete order and almost new.
ALSO,
The Bremen Barque Bremen , John Conrad Dornan, master, burthen about 280 tons; both ready for a voyage. Apply to Niemeyer & Von Kapff.
Who offer for Sale,
20 pieces of a superior quality RUSSIA CANVAS , 60 do. Stout German RAVENS DUCK , and 50 bags St. Domingo COFFEE . April 19.
Wanted, A fast-sailing VESSEL , of 230 to 280 hogsheads burthen.
AND
One of 250 hlids. burthen. Apply to
C. & F. Whittle. Who have for Sale,
600 barrels FLOUR . May 1.
For Freight or Charter, The good Ship AUGUSTA , Capt. James Place, burthen 325 tons, now on her first voyage. Apply to the master, or
Christopher Fry. April 29.
For Freight or Charter, The substantial and fast-sailing Brig't PALLAS , Ephraim Wilcox, master, burthen 242 tons, or 300 hlids. tobacco; she is double decked, sheathed, and newly grouted. The port of Liverpool would be preferred, and she is now ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to Captain Wilcox, or
N. HERON. May 3.
For Charter, The Brig MINERVA , Wm. Malcom, master, burthen 211 tons, or 280 hogsheads of tobacco, is in complete order, and is now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to the master on board, or the subscriber
WM. PENNOCK. Who offers for Sale,
80 Bundles excellent HAY . May 10.
For Charter, The Ship Columbia , Captain Cook, 246 tons burthen.
ALSO,
The Ship Ann Alexander , Capt. Price. 211 tons burthen, both good vessels, and ready to take cargoes on board. For terms apply to Richard Blow.
Who has for Sale,
2 tons first quality Russia Hemp , 2 do. Corrage ; 40 do. Raven's Duck ; 50 barrels Best in Beef ; 33 bales Northern Prime Pork ; 100 hogsheads F. terburg Tobacco . May 15.
I have this day taken into Copartnership my eldest Son, and shall in future transact business under the firm of MOSES MYERS & SON . May 1.
For Freight or Charter, To the West-Indies, the Schooner ANTELOPE , Capt. Putnam, burthen about nine hundred or a thousand barrels. Apply to
Jennings & Roddey. May 25.
For New-Orleans, To sail about the 10th of June, The fast-sailing Sch't JANE , Burthen about 1000 barrels. For freight or passage, apply to
Jennings & Roddey. May 25.
For Freight or Charter, The good Brig JUNO , Jacob Greenleaf, master, burthen 197 tons, in good order and ready to receive a cargo. For freight apply to the master on board at Frost's wharf, or
William Dickson. May 22.
Just landing from on board the Schooner Tartar , from Charleston, 120 casks NEW RICE , and a few bales COTTON ,
For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. May 19.
The said Schooner TARTAR , Burthen about 100 tons, new and in complete order for the reception of a cargo, is offered for sale on accommodating terms. Apply as above. May 19.
For London, The Brig CAROLINE , Capt. Doak, Burthen 250 tons.
Moses Myers & Son. May 19.
For Charter, The Ship ALEXANDER , Captain Ballard, Burthen 280 tons, and is in complete order for the reception of a cargo.
Warren Ashley. Who has just received,
Loaf Sugar in hogsheads and barrels, And a few small boxes Imperial Tea of superior quality May 17.
For Liverpool, The Ship General Colburn , Capt. Prince, to sail in a few days. For freight of fifty hogsheads, or passage, apply to the master on board, or
Moses Myers & Son. Who offer for Sale,
Russia and Holland SAIL DUCK . May 15.
For Liverpool, The fast sailing Ship Rodney , Capt. H.vey, wants sixty hogsheads on board, and will take passengers. Apply to the captain on board, or
Moses Myers & Son. May 15.
For Freight or Charter, The brig John Adams , Andrew Tufts, master, burthen 224 tons, in complete order, and ready to receive a cargo. For terms apply to Capt. Tufts, or
N. Heron. Who has for Sale on board the brig,
50,000 feet of Northern Boards, May 15.
For Sale, on our wharf, 15000 bushels blown SALT ,
principally afloat.
 6000 ditto Coarse ditto,  300 sacks ditto Liverpool, filled  136 bags St Domingo, COFFEE ,  7 hlids. do. SUGAR ,  44 bbls. do. do.  65 bbls. St Kiu's SUGAR ,  87 bbls. do. do.  56 bbls. do. MOLASSES ,  52 hlids. Jamaica COFFEE ,  24 do. do. SUGAR ,  121 bags PIMENTO ,  380 boxes brown Havana SUGARS ,  23 bags do. COFFEE ,  27000 feet MAHOGANY ,  5 ton LOGWOOD ,  3 do. BRAZELITTO ,  100 half crates QUEEN'S-WARE ,  well assorted.  10 hlids. Havana MOLASSES ,  10 pips L. P. MADEIRA ,  80 cases superior CLARET ,  5 puacheons old Jamaica RUM . 
Domestic.
 1000 hogsheads TOBACCO ,  100 barrels PORK ,  100 do. TAR ,  100 do. PITCH ,  200 do. Superfine FLOUR ,  50 do. WHISKEY ,  UPLAND COTTON . 
C. & F. Whittle, Who offer for Charter,
The ship ELIZA , burthen 420 hogsheads Tobacco. March 15.
NOTES OF HAND , according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office.
Norfolk Drawbridge Company.
May 23, 1809. THE DIRECTORS find it will be for the interest of the Company to adopt a former Regulation, that is, instead of demanding the full legal tolls, the toll keepers shall demand only the former rates from inhabitants of the towns of Portsmouth and Norfolk, going and returning the same day before the hour of 9 o'clock at night, to wit: 44d for a foot Passenger, 9d for a Man and Horse, 1 0d for a Two Wheel Carriage, 3s. for a Four Wheel do. Luke Wheeler, John Southgate, Robert Maitland, Walter Heron, Christopher Fry. May 25. 3
STOLEN
On Saturday evening last, the JOLLY BOAT belonging to the Ship Destiny . Her bottom is painted white, her upper part black, yellow and black; stern black, and a split in her stem; pulls with four oars, and has round thole pins in her stern sheets; there is a new plank in her that is not painted. A liberal reward will be given to any person who will deliver the boat along-side this Ship, now in the Stream, or to Robert Maitland. May 25.
The KEY of an IRON CHEST
Was found in the street yesterday by a black boy. The owner may have it by applying at the Ledger Office and paying the expense of this advertisement, and a small gratuity to the finder. May 25. 3
DANIEL SANFORD,
No. 88, Main Street, offer for Sale a handsome assortment of
Useful and fashionable Goods,
Received from Liverpool, via New-York, this spring. Also in Lumber Yard, 50,000 W. O. drawn hhd. } 50,000 do. rough do. } STAVES , 20,000 do. do. hhd. } 10,000 feet seasoned Pitch Pine Plank, from 2 to 4 inches thick. Wanted Immediately, A quantity of Masts, Spars, and Oak Plank, For which a liberal price will be given. May 19. 9
FOR SALE,
The Cargo of the Brig Fame,
John Stone, Master, from Havana, CONSISTING OF White and Brown Sugar in boxes, Prime Muscovado do. in hogsheads, Prime Green Coffee in bags, and 40 hlids. Molasses. Moses Myers & Son. May 12.
FOR RENT,
The CHAMBERS over Wood and Hastings's Dry Good Store, (Taylor's buildings,) with a good kitchen, very convenient for a small family. Apply to WOOD & HASTINGS. May 22.
Bills on London,
For Sale by J. & W. Southgate. May 8.
133 boxes white } 143 do. brown } Havanna SUGARS , The Cargo of the Brig Louisiana Packet—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. In Store,
70,000 wt. St. Domingo COFFEE , 202 boxes Raisins, 120 bales Sea Island and Upland Cotton. May 17.
IRISH LINENS.
200 pieces of low priced 3-4 and 7-8 Irish LINENS , For Sale by R. & J. Taylor. May 12. 1m
Phœnix Fire Office
No. 13, MARKET-SQUARE, NORFOLK. INSURANCE UPON SHIPS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following premiums only, will henceforward be charged by this company for insurance from fire upon Ships, Vessels, and all Water Crafts, and also upon Cargo on board, in the seaports and rivers of Virginia and North-Carolina.
  One month 12 1/2 cents per $100   Two do. 20 do. do.   Three do. 25 do. do.   Four do. 30 do. do.   Five do. 35 do. do.   Six do. 40 do. do.   Seven do. 45 do. do.   Eight do. 50 do. do.   Nine do. 55 do. do.   Ten do. 60 do. do.   Eleven do. 65 do. do.   Twelve do. 70 do. do. 
The above premiums will be charged for any sum not exceeding 40,000 dollars in one risk; but a separate sum must in all cases be specified on the ship and another on the cargo. Richard Taylor, Agent.
From the works of the Hon. FISHER AMES, Esq. written in 1806.
DANGEROUS POWER OF FRANCE.
No. II.
It is a subject of fearful curiosity, to enquire into the causes, which have so rapidly conducted France to the conquest of the continental part of Europe. By carefully tracing their operation, we may be the better enabled to calculate the chances of her triumph over England, and, of necessary consequence, over America.
It was a long time the fashion, to ascribe French victories to the republican fanaticism of her citizens. When France ceased to be republican in name, and it was only in name that she ever was republican, the superior personal bravery of the French soldiers, and the superior genius of Bonaparte were deemed to be the two adequate causes of her triumphs.
There is, probably, little ground for these opinions; or the influence of these causes is much overrated. The body of American democrats are, no doubt, the greatest political bigots in the universe; they are accustomed to believe, that no tenets can be true or wise but their own. That all power is derived from the people, and should be exercised for their benefit, is a principle, of which they fancy the world was ignorant, till it was discovered, in the course of our revolution. Considering themselves the sole depositaries of political truth, having in their hands her casket, where she keeps liberty, the most precious of her jewels, they think our country is entitled to be not a little vain of the office. They feel, too, as if all patriotic merit consists in propagating their principles through the world with a rage of proselytism. They would rejoice, if not only France, but the grand Turk, and the Dey of Algiers should gather their unlettered rabble into primary assemblies, and make them swear, with all the zeal and sincerity of opium and brandy, to maintain the rights of man with their daggers and their pikes.
Accordingly, when France said, and sung, and swore the words of their republican creed, they were sure the grovelling world was very near being hoisted from its centre: it would be launched into the sky, and glitter among the brightest of the stars. The reign of perfectibility was beginning: man, so long a reptile, trodden in the mire, was rising to over-top the tallest of the seraphs. Their seeming fancies had made a creation of their own, and lighted it with a new sunshine. Above all things, it delighted their hearts, and seemed to realize all their hopes, to see the low vulgar, the squalid hosts of vice and ignorance, issue from the opening cellars of the Fauxbourg of St. Antonie, and from the jails, to exercise the sovereignty of the people, by a signal vengeance on the magistrates, their enemies. They were sure the structure of society must have risen, when they saw its low foundations already higher than its roof. It was not long, before this rabble army was arrayed as a body of Marseilles patriots, and as a part of the national guards. The splendid virtues of France were attributed to the exalted heroism of these men, who, it was said, fought well, not because they were soldiers, but because they were citizens. More than a million of the grown people of America believed, that the liberty-loving passion of Frenchmen made them an overmatch for the disciplined mercenaries of Austria and Prussia; and that the citizens were the better for their ignorance of discipline. The French generals were not the dupes of our silly opinions: they drilled and punished their citizens, till they would stand fire and push bayonet; and if they would not, they shot them.
The notion, that the political opinion of the common men will make them any better soldiers, is strangely absurd: they are more likely to effect a mutiny than a triumph. Men may fancy they are soldiers; but they are not really such, until discipline and habit have new moulded their thoughts and inclinations. The reviews of the peaceable tradesmen are no more, than the solemn farce of a pantomime, acted in the open air, instead of the theatre. We would not be understood to say, that the militia has not both its merits and its use—both, we confess, are great; but we do say, that their proper use is not to face a veteran enemy. It is, indeed, very possible, that political enthusiasm, as well as religious fanaticism, may inspire a sudden fury in the bosoms of a raw, undisciplined multitude, but a veteran corps would, surely defeat such a multitude.
If the inhabitants of France ever felt the republican enthusiasm, which is, indeed, very questionable, there is not much reason to believe, that it contributed to fill the ranks of their own army, or to make those of their enemy give way. Experience, which brings plausible theories to the test, and a correct knowledge of human nature, have abundantly confuted the notion, that the common men are the better soldiers for the soundness of their logic or their politics. Men are very much alike in all the European countries, in respect to their capacity of being trained for war. When so trained, the difference between two hostile armies, of equal numbers, will be found to lie in the talents of their subaltern officers and principal commanders.
Common soldiers are soon trained; but it is the work of art and time, to form officers. There is not the least reason in the world to suppose, that the Austrians or Russians are inferior to the French soldiers in steady, persevering valour; but there is ample evidence of the superiority of the French officers over those of their enemies. War has become, indeed it ever was, among civilized nations, a science. It excites and employs the utmost vigour and extent of human intellect. Though it is a science, it is such only for the officers, not for the common men. For two centuries past, France has devoted more attention and more money to the perfection of this science, than all the rest of Europe. Louis XIV. established such military schools, as the great Cyrus would have deemed for the education of the officers of that army, that achieved for him the conquest of Asia. Bonaparte and Moreau, both undoubtedly great generals, are indebted for their triumphs to these schools. It is often said, the common men will dare to do, whatever their officers will lead them on to do. It is no less proper to say, the officers will seldom flinch from leading the men, if they but know how to lead them.
Nothing is more certain, than that the military institutions of France supplied the first revolutionary armies with an infinite number of accomplished young officers, who glowed with impatience to gain glory and promotion in that profession, which had

rom their infancy, engrossed their thoughts and kindled all their passions. The revolution furnished only sparks, and not the fuel for their combustion. Nor is there the least reason to pretend, that the first French armies were composed of raw recruits. An immense standing army was maintained: and when it is considered, that, on the side of the Low Countries, and on the Rhine, France guarded what has been emphatically called her iron frontier, with a double row of fortified towns, and that every one of these was occupied by a veteran garrison, that would figure as a respectable American army, we see plainly, that France possessed every advantage for success in war, from the very first day of her military operations.
The democrats, to a man, believe that France was entirely defenceless, when the "coalition of despots" secretly entered into the treaties of Pilnitz and Pavia for her dismemberment. Those treaties it has been a thousand times proved, are forgeries. Austria was taken by surprise; the emperor Joseph had levelled the ramparts of his towns in the Netherlands, Luxemburg excepted; and his troops in that country were no more than a feeble corps of observation. The Austrians had a larger proportion of war recruits in their armies, than the French.
Be it remembered, too, that the revolution supplied the French with an unexhausted superfluity of men and means, that no regular government in the world could counteract. That man must be strangely disordered in mind, who can now look back on French affairs, and say, that the revolutionary leaders, possessing such means, left any option to the governments of England or Austria to remain at peace. As well might they say, when a whole street is burning, that a man, by sitting calm in his elbow chair, might save his house from the flames. The English government, in particular, was near the scene, and could not see the revolution, like Ætna , vomit fire, without some natural fears and some prudent measures of precaution. Who is now ignorant that Brissot, and Barras, and Danton, and Robespierre would choose to understand those fears and those precautions, as signs of the inveterate hostility of kings to the French liberty. If the English could have shunned the war in February 1790, it would have been forced upon them before June.
It is childish prattle, to charge the enemies of France with the commencement of the war. The nature of the revolution was war against mankind. Its vital principles was a burning passion for power, within the state; and, when they had gained that, to establish by arms the power of France over every other state. Why is the vulture carnivorous? Why does not the tiger of Bengal eat grass? We might with as much good sense, inquire, why does not the torrent stay upon the hills? Why are the collected waters of the revolutionary storm precipitated from the height of the Alps, to desolate the plains, and to bury men, and their labours under masses of barrenness and ruin?
The military means of Austria were stinted; those of France unlimited. In almost every battle the French had the advantage. The officers, even the subalterns, had been educated so as to qualify them to be generals; the generals were fit for nothing else: they understood their trade, and aspired to no other distinction. The French always well commanded by their officers, well supplied by their enemies countries, which they ravaged, have rapidly overrun all Europe.
Another cause of the French superiority, and which has grown out of the real superiority of their military science, is to be found in the excellence of their artillery. The number, and the manageableness of the French field artillery, must have given them a decisive advantage over the Russians in the late battle of Austerlitz. It is not to be supposed, that the Russians have equally improved their artillery; nor, if they had, would they have encumbered their march of 800 leagues, especially when they had so many reasons for haste, with an immense train of field pieces. They would be the less disposed to do this, as the Austrians must have been relied upon to supply them in sufficient number. The French, by the celerity of their movements, had however, obtained possession of a great part of the Austrian artillery. The deficiency of the Russians in this point, was probably a material cause of their loss of the battle.
When gunpowder and great guns were first brought into use, they were more capable of striking an enemy with a panic, than of breaking his line; the cannon were unwieldy machines, and the management of them was unskilful. Still the army which had them, must have possessed a great advantage over that which had none. In the time of the famous duke of Marlborough, the event of a battle depended on the expertness and resolution of infantry in discharging their muskets. In still more modern wars, the bayonet has been considered the arbiter of victory. But the French have introduced another revolution in the science of war, the lightness and precious number of their horse artillery enabling them to disorder and break an enemy's ranks, without coming to close fight, by raining upon them an intolerable tempest of grape-shot.
By means of their innumerable field pieces, and of their unusual proportion of cavalry, it has become impossible for their enemy to defend a country by lines of field intrenchment. It has been stated, that Buonaparte's grand army was attended by 30,000 horse. Such a body, always on the alert, could strike an enemy at almost any distance, and in every mortal part at once. If he contracted his posts, his flanks would be turned; if he spread out his troops to prevent it, his line would be forced. By resisting he met his fate; and if he retreated, it was swift and overtook him.
Thus we have seen the French maintain the same invariable superiority over the Austrians, and lately over the Russians, in the field, that the Spaniards possessed over the Mexicans. The Russians and Austrians are as brave as the French; but the French are really superior in the science of their officers, in the number and management of their cannon, and in their cavalry. They will continue, therefore, to beat their enemies, as the Romans did. Even the Grecian phalanx, supposed to be the perfection of military science, and absolutely invincible, was found unequal to the contest with the Roman legion.
The French victories have happened in such a series, that we cannot rationally suppose them to happen by chance. They are the inevitable result of superior numbers, and of the French military advantages we have mentioned. They would happen again, if their defeated, beaten adversaries, could rise again to resistance.
From these positions this melancholy inference is to be drawn: the continental enemies of France are totally incapable of resisting her in the field: she has taken a serment ascendant over them. Austria, humbled and beaten, is in no condition to learn the conquering art of her masters. Prussia, without risking the combat, has fallen prostrate with her useless arms in her hands. Russia, like the ancient Parthia, is invincible, but insignificant to the system of enslaved Europe.
If the French army could pass the channel, there seems to be no reason to hope, that Great Britain could resist them. The regular army is spread over all the world; and if it were all collected, it would be a host against the French hosts; and, surely, no military man would place the smallest dependence on the volunteers of England.
It is one of the inveterate, perhaps incurable evils
of Mr. Pitt's administration, and the greatest blemish in the fame of that truly illustrious statesman, that, instead of forming an efficient army of two hundred thousand men, who could be sent wherever they might be wanted, he was either the schemer or the dupe of the useless, expensive, and if the French should land in England, fatal project of volunteers. By equipping volunteers, he not only had no army, but it was out of the power of England to have one. The men were all engaged in acting the comedy of an army; and the finances were exhausted in getting up the decorations of the piece.
The sole protection of Great Britain, then, is in her navy. The writer has been brought very late and loath, to believe, that the military resistance of the continental nations of Europe would be ineffective. Events have, at last convinced him, that the French actually possess a greater and more decisive military superiority over those nations, than the old Romans did over the forces of Antiochus, Mithridates, and Jugurtha; and especially, over the Carthaginians, Greeks and Macedonians. Nothing is wanting to the solid establishment of a new universal empire by France, that should spread as far, last as long, and press as heavily on the necks of the subject nations, as that of Rome, but the possession of the British navy. France whenever she can get access to her enemy, is already irresistible. If Mr. Gregg would give her that navy, he would impart a kind ubiquity to her power. The soft winds that wake the spring in the remotest regions of the globe, would waft there the ministers of French rapacity to blast it. France would enjoy every thing that Rome wanted, to make the plundered world her province.
Are these ideas chimerical? or are the inferences drawn beyond the admitted truth of the premises? Is India more capable of resisting France, than an English merchant company, its present sovereign? Spain and Italy are provinces already. Greece, Egypt, the Turkish empire, and all the shores of the Mediterranean were once the patrimony of the Cæsars, and for many hundred years slept soundly in their chains till they were rudely waked by the Goths, the Heruli, the Huns and the Arabs. Africa is a quarter of the globe, that could be governed by factories; and America is another, that would yield not merely with tameness, but alacrity to imperial rescripts. If, by miracle, force should be needed, France could employ Spain, or Dessalines, or slaves still more abject than they, to use it with infallible success. We should be ready, not merely to take, but to buy our chains, and to pay our last dollar as a fine for the temerity of our resistance. We should patiently sow our fields, and see our kindly seasons ripen the harvest for French reapers. Our posterity, born in servitude, would inherit our baseness, and bear the yoke from the infancy to the old age of their dishonourable lives, without sorrow or repining.
Suppose the whip of the oppressor should, at length, tear off the callous skin from the slaves' backs, and rage should be kindled by pain, and courage engendered by despair; yet our resistance would only avail to exasperate our tyrants, and to embitter the sense and aggravate the pressure of our calamities. France would not fail to array an army of the base Americans, and to place them in the strongest positions of our country; and if these should be insufficient to crush the first movements of rebellion, her ships would transport reinforcements from Europe with greater celerity, than the American insurgents could collect and train forces to resist them. Our independence, then must be renounced, or we must betake ourselves to the fastnesses of the wilderness to enjoy it, like the revolted negroes of St. Domingo, in peril, want, and barbarism.
The preservation of even this condition would, then, appear to exact and merit the display of all our energies. Comfortless and desperate, as that savage independence may seem, it would nevertheless be preferable to the horrid stillness of our servitude under the power of French tyrants, exercised by their deputies, the Jeffersons and Nicholsons, the present artificers of our ruin.
It is very seldom, that the events of war turn out according to the predictions of speculators on their probabilities. Futurity is, no doubt, wisely and mercifully hidden from our view. Yet the issue of the contest between France and Great Britain is so momentous to America, it is impossible to restrain our curiosity from examining the position and relative strength of the combatants.
Grant that Great Britain possesses adequate means to cope with France, it is an interesting previous question to decide, or rather to conjecture, whether there is a spirit in her government and people to persevere in the employment of them.
The death of Mr. Pitt has made a complete change in the ministry. He discerned, and it is strange that Mr. Fox, his supposed equal in talents, should not have discerned, the necessity of opposing France in arms, and the fatal consequences of a decisive peace; and any peace, that should leave France a giant among pigmies, would be delusive. But as Mr. Fox has been the opposer of the war, ever since 1793, and as he and a large number of his most strenuous adherents are admitted to power, it may be expected, that he will insist on proposing a negotiation. Proud as Buonaparte is, he would joyfully accept the proposal. He may be as liberal as Englishmen can ask in his terms, for any peace will make him their master. Nothing could make it safe, but that France should reduce her power. That is a condition which Mr. Fox will not prescribe nor Buonaparte concede.
We will not undertake to say, that Mr. Fox is bound in point of consistency, now, to propose peace. He may say with plausibility, perhaps with strict truth, that the circumstances of the two countries are changed; that he was a friend to peace, while Europe stood independent and powerful in arms to secure the observance of it by the French emperor; but that now peace would lessen none of the burdens of the nation, while it would put its commercial and naval resources, inaccessible in war, within reach of the power and intrigues of Buonaparte.
What is Mr. Fox's present opinion or disposition, we know not. We have no hesitation in saying, that as a faithful member of his majesty's councils, it is his duty to prosecute the war, till England can be safe in peace; and she cannot be safe, unless she is great in comparison with France.
Are there not probable grounds of conjecture, that Mr. Fox came into the ministry, on the terms of supporting the war measures of the government. Before the peace of Amiens, the fruitless negotiation, at Lisle, had opened the eyes of the English nation to the immeasurable ambition and profanity of the French rulers. Mr. Fox then persisted in condemning the war. After the peace of Amiens, he paid a visit to Buonaparte, in Paris, and received and permitted such attention from the French chief, as raised the wonder and disgust of all men, and the suspicions of many. His motives for making that visit have never yet been explained.
This is certain, his parliamentary influence had surprisingly dwindled; and perhaps, he owes it as much to his frank, open disposition, so unused to, and incapable of duplicity, as to his splendid talents, that the nation, with its characteristic generosity, has been willing to forget and forgive his strange visit and strange conduct in Paris.
There is reason to believe, that when Mr. Pitt last came into office, the English king had neither forgiven nor forgotten it. He considered Mr. Fox as a jacobin, and resolved to deny the importunities of both parties to admit Mr. Fox to his counsels. Lord Grenville thought himself bound, in consequence, to stand with Mr. Fox, and to decline office.
When the death of Mr. Pitt and the desertion of the allies in Germany seemed to force Mr. Fox upon the king, for all men agreed it was necessary to drop party divisions, and to unite against the common danger, we are told, Lord Grenville was closeted with his majesty, and finally arranged the ministry to mutual satisfaction.
As Lord Grenville is an honest man, and as able as he is honest, we cannot believe such a man would recommend a jacobin to the king or that he could prevail over his majesty's aversion to Mr. Fox, without being personally responsible for his conduct and principles.
When it is considered, also, that those two eminent men formerly acted in opposition to each other and that, for three years past, they have come to a mutual understanding, the grounds of division in the present ministry must have been fully explored, and such engagements mutually required and given, as will prevent their collision. Those who had always acted together, before they came into the ministry, we think more likely to fall out afterwards.
The union of the present ministry is the more probable, too, when we advert to the known sincerity and amiable temper of Mr. Fox. The attachment of no man's friends has been stronger, than Mr. Fox's manifested towards him; and those who remember his famous coalition with Lord North, will believe, that too much stubbornness to maintain the appearance of consistency, is not one of that gentleman's faults.
Mr. Fox is the only member of the new administration, who can be the champion of peace measures. Lord Grenville and Mr. Windham love their country too well, and its dangers are too imminent to permit us to believe, that they are disposed to adopt the fatal counsels of the old opposition.
On these grounds therefore we presume to conjecture, that the English ministry will be united in favour of a prosecution of the war.
We have not yet inquired, whether there is sense and magnanimity enough in the nation, to support the ministry in such a resolution. The nation no doubt is weary of the war, and staggers under the weight of its burdens; but peace can scarcely cheat the blind multitude with the delusive hope of a respite from those burdens. A vigorous and able opposition to war in parliament, might afford aliment to the popular discontent, but the men, who used to lead that opposition, are now in the ministry. They may say they did not choose, and have not made the war; their predecessors, whom they were accustomed to oppose, left it a sad necessity on their hands.
Besides, peace has once been tried, and proved not only delusive, but almost fatal: Buonaparte gained more territory in peace than in war; and England voluntarily gave up her conquests, except Malta, Trinidad, and Ceylon. Such another peace would ruin her.
Under these circumstances, it may be expected, that even the populace will see, that the continuance of the war is the hard, but inevitable, condition of English liberty and independence. If we are not deceived in these speculations, the British ministry and nation will concur in pursuing the war. With what hope of ultimate success they will pursue it, is a more difficult problem.
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, May 22, 1809.
At twelve o'clock, the Clerk called over the lists of members from the several states; and it appearing that 120 were present, a quorum was, of course, formed.
The house proceeded to the choice of a speaker: Messrs. N. R. Moore, Cuts, and Porter, (Penn.) were appointed tellers: the number of votes given in was 120.
On the first ballot, General Varnum had 60 votes—Nathaniel Macon 36—Timothy Pitkin, jun. 20—Roger Nelson 1—Mr. Goldsborough 1—blank votes 2.
A question arose whether the two blank votes were to be included in the whole number given in; and whether, as the highest number on the first ballot, did not amount to a majority, a speaker had been chosen?
Mr. Aiston said, that it would be recollected by the house, in the case of the election for President of the United States in 1801, that the state of Maryland gave in four votes for Thomas Jefferson, and four blank votes; that the vote of Maryland was recorded for Mr. Jefferson; and that consequently this case established the principle that votes which were thus thrown away could not be counted in ascertaining majorities.
Mr. Macon thought there could be no doubt on the question. He thought the blank ballots ought not to be counted.
Mr. Randolph hoped that the house would proceed to a second ballot, and decide who should be its speaker. He knew that if his worthy friend from North-Carolina had not been implicated in the decision of this question, he would not have expressed the opinion he has just given. He thought that this house were in danger of establishing a precedent highly alarming and unconstitutional. The question was a very important one. It might happen that the speaker would have to act in the capacity of President of the United States, and he trusted that the house would now be governed by the good old rule, that a majority should prevail in their decisions.
Mr. Stanford was also in favour of another ballot. The question was then taken, whether the house would proceed to a second ballot, and carried, 67 to 43.
Mr. Macon moved to postpone the ballot for a short time, that the gentlemen who had been so good as to give him their votes, might have an opportunity of selecting another candidate. He was very thankful to those gentlemen; but he had no wish to occupy the chair; he preferred a seat on the floor—and in fact, his health would not justify his acceptance of the station of speaker. The motion was lost.
On the second ballot, Gen. Varnum had 65; Mr. Macon 45; Mr. Pitkin 6; scattering votes 3. Joseph B. Varnum was declared to be duly elected speaker.
The speaker having taken the chair, expressed his thanks for the confidence and favour which the representatives of the nation had thought proper again to confer on him, and promised every exertion of his talents to discharge the duties of his station in such manner as to meet their approbation.
On the ballot for clerk—Patrick Magruder, had 63 votes; William Brent, 38; Nicholas Van Zandt, 13; Mr. Lambert, 7; Mr. Scott, 1. Mr. Magruder was elected.
The Speaker was then sworn in by Mr. N. R. Moore. The oath of office was also administered to the members present, by Mr. Speaker.
A message was received from the senate, stating, that they had formed a quorum, and were ready to proceed to business; also, stating, that they had appointed Messrs. Anderson and Gilman, a committee, jointly with a committee from the house of representatives, to wait upon the president of the United States, and inform him, that the two houses were ready to receive any communications he might be pleased to make to them.
It was ordered, That the clerk do inform the senate that this house had formed a quorum, and were ready to proceed to business.
Mr. Macon and Mr. J. G. Jackson were appointed a committee on the part of the house, in connection with the committee from the senate, to wait upon the president.
Mr. Macon, from the joint committee appointed to wait upon the president of the U. States reported, that the committee had discharged that duty, and received for answer from the president, that he would make a communication to congress to-morrow at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Dawson made a motion, that ten o'clock be the hour to which the house shall adjourn. Carried.
The house then adjourned till to-morrow morning at ten o'clock.
Tuesday, May 23.
This day at 12 o'clock, the president of the United States communicated, by Mr. Graham, the following Message to both houses of Congress.
MESSAGE.
Fellow citizens of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives.
On this first occasion of meeting you, it affords me much satisfaction to be able to communicate the commencement of a favourable change in our foreign relations; the critical state of which induced a session of congress at this early period.
In consequence of the provisions of the act interdicting commercial intercourse with Great Britain and France, our ministers at London and Paris, were without delay, instructed to let it be understood by the French and British governments, that the authority vested in the executive, to renew commercial intercourse with their respective nations, would be exercised in the case specified by that act.
Soon after these instructions were dispatched, it was found that the British government, anticipating from early proceedings of Congress at their last session, the state of our laws, which has had the effect of placing the two belligerent powers on a footing of equal restrictions and relying on the conciliatory disposition of the United States, had transmitted to their Legation here, provisional instructions, not only to offer satisfaction for the attack on the frigate Chesapeake, and to make known the determination of his Britannic majesty, to send an envoy extraordinary with powers to conclude a treaty on all points between the two countries; but, moreover, to signify his willingness, in the mean time, to withdraw his orders in council, in the persuasion that the intercourse with Great Britain would be renewed on the part of the United States.
These steps of the British government led to the correspondence and the proclamation now laid before you; by virtue of which, the commerce between the two countries will be renewed after the tenth day of June next.
Whilst I take pleasure in doing justice to the counsels of his Britannic majesty, which, no longer adhering to the policy which made an abandonment by France, of her decrees, a pre-requisite to a revocation of the British orders, have substituted the amicable course which has issued thus happily; I cannot do less than refer to the proposal heretofore made on the part of the United States embracing a like restoration of the suspended commerce, as a proof of the spirit of accommodation which has at no time been intermitted, and to the result which now calls for our congratulations, as corroborating the principles, by which the publick councils have been guided during a period of the most trying embarrassments.
The discontinuance of the British orders as they respect the United States, having been thus arranged, a communication of the event has been forwarded, in one of our publick vessels, to our ministry plenipotentiary at Paris; with instructions to avail himself of the important addition thereby made, to the considerations which press on the justice of the French government a revocation of its decrees, or such a modification of them, as they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States.
The revision of our commercial laws, proper to adapt them to the arrangement which has taken place with Great Britain, will doubtless engage the early attention of Congress. It will be worthy, at the same time, of their just and provident care, to make such further alterations in the laws, as will more especially protect and foster the several branches of manufacture, which have been recently instituted or extended by the laudable exertions of our citizens.
Under the existing aspect of our affairs, I have thought it not inconsistent with a just precaution, to have the gun-boats, with the exception of those at New-Orleans, placed in a situation, incurring no expense beyond that requisite for their preservation, and convenience for future service, and to have the crews of those at New-Orleans reduced to the number required for their navigation and safety.
I have thought also, that our citizens detached in quotas of militia, amounting to one hundred thousand, and under the act of March, 1808, might, not improperly, be relieved from the state in which they were held for immediate service. A discharge of them has been accordingly directed.
The progress made in raising and organizing the additional military force, for which provision was made by the act of April, 1802, together with the disposition of the troops, will appear by a report which the secretary of war is preparing, and which will be laid before you.
Of the additional frigates required by an act of the last session, to be fitted for actual service, two are in readiness, one nearly so, and the fourth is expected to be ready in the month of July. A report which the secretary of the navy is preparing on the subject, to be laid before congress, will shew at the same time, the progress made in officering and manning these ships. It will shew also the degree in which the provisions of the act, relating to other publick armed vessels have been carried into execution.
It will rest with the judgment of congress to decide how the change in our external prospects may authorise any modifications of the laws relating to the army and navy establishments.
The works of defence for our seaport towns and harbours have proceeded with as much activity, as the season of the year, and other circumstances would admit. It is necessary, however, to state, that the appropriations hitherto made being found to be deficient, a further provision will claim the early consideration of congress.
The whole of the eight per cent. stock remaining due by the United States, amount to five millions, three hundred thousand dollars, had been reimbursed on the last day of the year 1808. And on the first day of April last, the sum in the Treasury exceeded nine and an half millions of dollars. This, together with the receipts of the current year on account of former revenue bonds, will probably be nearly, if not altogether sufficient to defray the expenses of the year. But the suspension of exports and the consequent decrease of importations, during the last twelve months, will necessarily cause a great diminution in the receipts of the year 1810. After that year, should our foreign relations be undisturbed, the revenue will again be more than commensurate to all the expenditures.
Aware of the inconveniences of a protracted session, at the present season of the year, I forbear to call the attention of the Legislature to any matters

not particularly urgent. It remains therefore only to assure you of the fidelity and alacrity, with which I shall co-operate for the welfare and happiness of our country; and to pray that it may experience a continuance of the divine blessings by which it has been so singularly favoured. JAMES MADISON.
PHILADELPHIA, May 22. By the brig Cerberus , from Cadiz, we learn the following American vessels were seized at Cadiz, by Mr. R. Hackley, acting consul and to be sent home for trial on supposition of having evaded the embargo. The Accusant of New Bedford, Vigilant of New York, Franklin of New York. This measure is generally attributed at Cadiz to the influence with Mr. H. of the charge d'affairs, Mr. Erving, whose conduct in this unlawful proceeding, as well as in other respects is much blamed there, particularly for the business of Murat's despatches. In consequence of this affair remaining unnoticed by our government, we have suffered much in the esteem of the Spaniards and many of our citizens in their interests; the neglect of restoring the detained vessels till very late and the procrastination of payment, for their cargoes which are not yet accomplished, are wholly attributed to this circumstance. Indeed the liberation of the vessels is due to the influence of the Marquis Yrujo, whose attachment to the citizens of the United States was manifested on this occasion.
Very little information that could be relied on was received from the army; the government taking the greatest care to prevent the circulation of intelligence unfavourable to the cause of Spain. Sufficient however transpired from time to time, to cause a general belief that their affairs were in the most desperate situation. It was certain that the army of La Mancha, had been defeated and completely ruined, in a series of engagements near Val de Penas, about the end of March. It was also certain, about the same time, that of Estremadura, under Cuesta, had some very severe encounters, in one of which, it suffered greatly and is understood to have behaved gallantly. The result was not precisely known, some accounts saying it was completely defeated and dispersed, while others asserted it to have suffered so little that the general intended giving another battle in the hope of saving Seville. It could not however be doubted that the victors had entered the province of Andalusia after the battle, and it seemed certain that they had arrived within from 18 to 20 leagues of Seville. No apprehensions were entertained for Cadiz, that place being remarkably strong; but it was the almost universal opinion no other place in the kingdom or in Portugal could long resist. From the latter the last account left a French army of 16,000 at Braga; and the Portuguese on the banks of the Tagus. A conspiracy was said to have been discovered, in which many of the Portuguese mobility were concerned, to deliver the country to the French; in consequence of which general Freire and two of his aids had been murdered by the soldiers.
The marquis de Yrujo had been appointed by the junta minister to Brazil, and was to sail for that country in a few weeks. In addition to the above we are informed, that many of the French confined in Cadiz, had died by the rigor of their imprisonment; those alive, including the soldiers taken in the field, the French merchants, and French inhabitants of the town of Cadiz, and others, who had been taken up on suspicion of being inimical to the Spanish cause, were shipped off for Minorca.
There was little or nothing said, as our informants could learn, of any movements of the French army along the Spanish coast of the Mediterranean. It was said at Cadiz that the whole French army in Spain, did not consist of more than one hundred and twenty or thirty thousand men, for their whole operations in Spain. Romana, it was understood, was in the mountains between Leon and Galicia, but had done nothing of any great note, not being in so great force as could be wished. In confirmation of the reports that England and Russia had adjusted their differences, it was said at Cadiz, that orders were received by the fleet at Lisbon to run at the Rastan flag with all the respect due a friendly power.
The brig Cerberus , arrived here on Saturday evening, left Cadiz on the 6th April—Everything was tranquil there. Report states, that the French army, after several desperate engagements, had approached within eighteen leagues of Seville. The Spanish patriots are far from desponding—they are making every exertion to rally and increase their forces, and have no doubt of ultimately driving their cruel invaders from their territory.
A letter from Cadiz states, that on the evening of the 4th of April the performance at the theatre was suspended, to announce to the audience the arrival of a courier with information of an important victory obtained by gen. Cuesta, the commander of the army of Estremadura. Pouhon.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
LONDON, March 27. Deposing of the King of Sweden. Another important event is to be added to the many that have occurred of late years; a revolution has broken out in Sweden, and the gallant monarch has been deposed. His uncle has seized the reins of government, and in a proclamation addressed to the people, declares his nephew incapable of conducting the affairs of the nation. The details of this revolution we have not yet received. It was probably concerted by the duke of Sodermania and some of the nobles at Stockholm, with the commanders of the troops on the frontiers of Norway. The revolutionary symptoms developed themselves first among the troops. The want of clothing and provisions had created great discontent, which was fomented by the commander in chief, who broke up from his position, and began his march for Stockholm, to demand a diet of the states. On their march they published a proclamation, in which they stated that their views were merely these—that the states of the realm and the legislators shall be at liberty to assemble and deliberate without control. The proclamation then draws a picture of the wretched state of Sweden; and in speaking of Great Britain and France, says, that the former, the ally of Sweden, shall learn to appreciate and value a nation which knows how to break its fetters, and that the latter shall be taught to respect a people anxious to rival her military prowess. The proclamation contains a solemn declaration, that not a single inch more of Swedish territory shall be given up to the enemy. The duke of Sodermania, not waiting for the meeting of the states, deposed the king by his own authority and assumed the government. His majesty was put under arrest as he was about to set out for his country residence. When the guard surrounded him he drew his sword, but he was soon overpowered, and when the last advices left Stockholm, he was a close prisoner.
March 28. Price of Stocks this day at 1 o'clock. Consols, for money, 67 31-32—for acc. 67 13-28— Omnium 1-2 pre.
FRENCH FLAG OF TRUCE.
When the mail left Dover last night, a French Flag of Truce was coming into the Bay. It is possible her despatches relate to something else than an exchange of prisoners, as it had been ascertained by a French messenger from Calais, Mr. Mansell, the agent for prisoners of war, went off to bring the
messenger on shore, and was just landing when the mail came away.
FRENCH PAPERS.
We have received Moniteurs to the 20th inst. and have given the only articles of importance they contain. The threat of invasion is once more echoed through the French Journals.
Twelve sail of large copper-bottomed transports are now fitting out at Sheerness for five ships. All the troops and cavalry ships in the river are ordered round to Portsmouth, where there will be between five and six hundred sail of transports, including ordnance and store ships.
A very considerable embarkation of troops will take place almost immediately. There, will be four brigades of cavalry, two heavy, twelve light, and a large force of infantry; among them there will be two brigades of foot guards; and the queen's dragoon guards, and 4th dragoon guards are mentioned, in addition to the regiments mentioned in Saturday's Star.
On the 6th inst. one of the transports belonging to gen. Sherbrooke's expedition (the Prince George ) ran down an American bark in the night; the captain, of the name of Mason, and his crew, jumped on board the transport, except one man, who was asleep below. The transport had just cleared herself of the wreck, when in the confusion, the Prince George ran on board the Isis frigate, and remained some time athwart her bow, when her mizen-mast was carried away. The soldiers and crew of the transport attempted to jump on board the Isis ; col. Hulse, captain Christie and about fifty of the Coldstream Guards, succeeded in getting on board; but ensign Long, and two or three privates, fell overboard, and were drowned. Captain Mason, and crew of the American, succeeded in getting on board the Isis . Captain Mason states, that he was boarded by the Warspite , off Cape St. Vincent; and that on the night of the day before, he was hailed by a line of battle ship, in French. The people on board appeared to be in great confusion, and desired him to heave to; but capt. Mason, seeing that the French man of war could not readily take her sail in, pursued his course; and on the following morning he saw two sail of the line steering for the Gut of Gibraltar.
THE ARMY.
General Orders.—Horse Guards, March 18. Field Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of York having requested his majesty's permission to resign his situation on the staff, as commander in chief of the army, and his majesty having been graciously pleased to accept his royal highness's resignation, his majesty has commanded it to be announced to the army, that he has appointed general sir David Dundas, K. B. to be commander in chief of his army, with the same authority with which his royal highness the duke of York held that command. By his Majesty's command, HARRY CALVERT, adj. gen. to the forces.
Horse Guards, March 26. The commander in chief has received the king's command to make known to the army, that his majesty has thought fit to command, that the following regulations shall hereafter be strictly observed in regard to promotions in the army, and appointments on the staff, viz. "No officer shall be promoted to the rank of captain until he has been three years a subaltern." "No officer shall be promoted to the rank of field officer, until he has been seven years in the service, of which he shall have been at least two years a captain." "No officer shall be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, until he has been nine years in the service, of which he shall have been at least two years a major." "No officer shall be allowed to fill any staff appointment, that of aid-de-camp, excepted, until he has been one year a captain." By the Commander in Chief's command, HARRY CALVERT, adj. gen.
PORTUGAL.
His majesty's ship Success has arrived at Portsmouth with despatches from Malta, which place she left on the 2d inst. The Gleaner ketch, lieut. Green, has arrived at Plymouth, with despatches from Lisbon, which have since reached town; and the Princess Charlotte Packet , in six days from Lisbon, has arrived at Falmouth. General Sherbrooke's division, as we have before stated, had arrived at Lisbon, making the British force in that quarter amount to from 18 to 20,000 men.
SPAIN.
Important and interesting intelligence was received this morning by government. The precise particulars we have not been able to learn, but the news is from the eastern provinces of Spain, where the Spaniards have gained more signal advantages over the enemy. Not only the strong city of Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, but Mont Joy, the fort by which it is defended, on a rocky mountain about a mile west of the city, has surrendered to the patriots under general Reding. This success was followed by the immediate retreat of the French, not only from the whole of Catalonia, but from all the eastern provinces of the peninsula; and a solemn thanksgiving had in consequence been observed throughout the Spanish armies.
In one of the neighbouring provinces, in which the French had attempted to rally, report says, they were again attacked by the Spanish peasantry, who, after three days hard fighting, had entirely annihilated the whole body.
Such are the accounts said to have been received; and should they prove correct, to half the extent stated, we shall hail the event as a happy omen of future victories.
BADAJOS, March 18.
Our army becomes daily more formidable. It appears the grand project of the French was to invade our province (Estremadura) and attack the capital with 20,000 men, for which purpose they endeavoured to take possession of the principal positions on the Tagus. Our dispersed troops were instantly reorganized, and the enemy felt the blow before they could expect and be prepared for it. We have taken the bridge Alcazaren, the only place where their artillery could be transported, and saved the province from immediate invasion. They have made several attempts to recover it, but the valour of our brave troops has already frustrated the design.
Last week there departed from this city for the army a company of flying artillery with 4 pieces, the troops being completely mounted and uniformed.
ULM, March 10.
The first column of general Oudinot's army, which consists of 30,000 men, passed the Danube between the 24th and 27th of February, and proceeded in the direction of Augsburg. The second column has been filing off through this city since the 1st inst. and pursues the same route. A considerable part of the artillery attached to this army has passed through, besides a detachment of artillery from the grand park at Erfurth.
The duke of Ancerstadt's army in Bayreuth, of which 7000 cavalry are passing the Danube for Bavaria, and those of Oudinot, Bayreuth, Wirtemberg, and Baden, which will be immediately united for the protection of this country, are estimated together at 160,000 men; and this force is exclusive of the contingents of Saxony, Westphalia, and the other confederates.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1809.
We yesterday gave the President's Message in an Extra Ledger , it is republished in this day's paper for the benefit of our distant readers.
The spirit of unity which this document exhibits, as relative to the belligerents, is pleasing to the real friends of the country; and will we hope, lead to an honourable termination of all matters in dispute. We feel no desire to criticise upon this communication, which receives our approbation in no common degree; but we cannot as candid journalists yield our assent to an opinion expressed in this communication, which we cannot help thinking proceeded in a great measure from a disposition to approve the measures of the late administration. It is not in our power to discover the similitude between the recent proposition of the British government respecting her orders in council, and those made by the United States through their minister at London. The former were ordered to be made here, under a belief that this government had, or would pass such laws as should place both the belligerents upon the same footing—this expectation was realized by the non-intercourse law—The proposition to the British government through Mr. Pinkney, was that the British government should first revoke their orders, and that afterwards the government of the United States would adopt their measures. This Mr. Canning said would be an acknowledgment to France and not to the United States, which his government would not make.
We hope the President's expectations of the dispositions of the French government, may not be disappointed; at the same time we do not perceive upon what ground those expectations are founded. Without stopping to enquire into the manifest injustice of the Berlin decree, upon principles of public law, but more particularly as it operated towards the United States, infracting conventional rights, we ask what circumstance will operate with Napoleon as an inducement to rescind this decree, which did not exist when he issued it? The exclusion of his ships of war is of little importance, they but rarely visit our ports, except by accident. A commercial intercourse he has expressly disregarded; the merchant ships of France are scarcely heard of in our ports, and he believes, (and in which he is not altogether mistaken) that Great-Britain derives as much, or more benefit from France by an intercourse between the United States in their vessels, with France and her dependencies. There is one hope which we have, but it does not proceed from an expected justice in the French government; experience must have taught Napoleon, that his rival cannot be reduced by commercial restrictions.
The foreign intelligence in this day's paper is of considerable interest; that which receives the first attention, is the revolution in Sweden. As yet that event is presented in such a shape, and with so few lights thrown upon it, that it is not easy to discern its real object. If it be a measure adopted by the nation from its own motion, arising from a conviction of the inability of the king, there is but little to apprehend from it, but if it should appear to be the effect of foreign intrigue it is to be deplored. The king of Sweden has long been termed a madman by the French writers, but his character was not so estimated by the rest of Europe, or in this country. We must wait for further information, before we can undertake to speculate upon what will be the probable result of this extraordinary and unexpected event.
The expected hostilities between France and Austria, had not taken place, at the date of the last advices from Europe; of the movement of the Austrian armies, nothing is said, but it will be noticed that the French armies, are collecting in considerable force on the Danube.
The advices from Spain, by the way of England, must be received with considerable caution, when we notice that our accounts from Spain direct, are so much later. The capture of Barcelona and the expulsion of the French from Catalonia, were events of too great importance, not to have been known, or not to have been noticed in Cadiz, when the Cerberus (arrived at Philadelphia) left the former place. With the same caution we must receive the accounts from Spain, relative to the movements and dispositions of Austria and Russia, because it is probable that those would be better understood, and more accurately stated in London, than in Spain.
We notice the large force, which the British have in Portugal, and the further reinforcements, which were preparing for that country, but large as they are, it appears that unless employment for the French armies was expected in some other quarter, the British forces united to those of Portugal, and Romana's army, would all, be inadequate to effect any valuable purpose.
It is this circumstance, among others, that induces us to believe, that a continental war is regarded as certain, and that the object is to attack France at all points, and not to allow her to press upon but one army at the same time. The facility with which troops can be thrown into Spain and Portugal by sea, must compel Buonaparte to keep a very large force in those countries, or to permit a small one to be exposed to imminent danger.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. Brig Mary Ann , Green, 7 days from Rhode Island. Brig Unity , Hodge, 10 days from Newburyport, Ballast, C. Fry. Sch'r Carlton , Johnson, 4 days from Amelia Island, Salt, Sugar and Molasses, to the Master. Sch'r Combine , Phillips, 13 days from Boston. Sch'r Independent , Brinkley, 13 days from Boston. Sch'r Rising States , Gilbert, 8 days from New York.
PORT OF NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED. Ship Ariadne , Hott, Newburyport. Brig Unity , Hodge, do. Mary Ann, Green, Newport. Sch'r Combine , Phillips, Boston. Independent, Brinkley, do. Eagle, Van Name, New-York. Scullower, Etheridge, Edenton. Delight, Burt, Newport. Sloop William and Mary , Hamilton, Baltimore. CLEARED. Brig Pame , Stone, St. Bartholomews. Sch'r Venus , Emmerson, do. Concord, Percival, Boston. Sloop George , Williamson, Alexandria.
NORFOLK THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, May the 27th, Will be presented the celebrated Tragedy of DOUGLAS; Or, The Noble Shepherd. Young Noval, Mr. Fox; Lord Randolph, Mr. Spear; Geraldine, Mr. Young; Officers, Messrs. Ut and Byrne; Servant, Mr. Rice; Old Noral, Mr. Clark—Lady Randolph, Mrs. Plagde; Anna, Mrs. Young. To which will be added, (for the second time here,) A Grand Allegorical Pantomime Spectacle, interspersed with Song, Recitation, &c. called, CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER. Invented by Mr. Byrne, and performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, upwards of one hundred nights; and at Philadelphia and Charleston, with unbounded applause. Prince, Mr. Plagde; Lords, Messrs. Young, Fox, Clark, Byrne, Spear; Attendants, Messrs. Clough, Ut, Kingwood, Podge, Mr. West; Cinderella, Mrs. Plagde; Sisters, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Ut; Deities, Venus, Mrs. Young; Hymen, Master Big all; Graces, Miss Plagde, Miss J. Plagde, Cupid with a Dance, Master H. Plagde; Cupids, by little Masters. Extract of the New Scenery and Pantomime. Scene I.—Represents the Bower of Venus, with a view of the sea, Mount Ida, &c. A richly ornamented sailing-boat, ropes, garlands of roses, &c. Dance of Graces. The roses and flowers disappear; and in their place a bright cloud descends, which ascends again with Venus, the Nymphs, &c. Scene II.—The Prince's Palace, Statue of Diana, &c. Scene III.—Cinderella's Kitchen, in which a Pumpkin changes to a rich carriage, and four white rats into four horses, richly caparisoned. Act II.—Scene I.—A Grand Banquet, prepared in a splendid ball room, with a beautiful arch, ornamented with a time piece, the hand of which Cupid, (at the approach of 12) characteristically puts back an hour, to please Cinderella, when instantaneously, the figure of time indignantly removes it to its proper place—Dance, &c. Scene II.—The Garden of Venus. The Planet Venus descends, strikes a rose-bush, which changes to a splendid car, which Cupid ascends with. Scene V.—An elegant hall, in which all the ladies of the court, &c. come to have the Slipper tried on. Scene VI.—The Prince's Hall changes to the palace of Venus; Nymphs and Cupids are discovered. The Altar of Hymen, &c. To coincide with the marriage of Cinderella and the Prince. The Scenery painted by Mr. West. Doors to be opened at 6, and the curtain to rise precisely at 7 o'clock. Tickets to be had at the Office of the Theatre. Subscribers will please send as usual to Mrs. West for their Tickets.
DRAWING ACADEMY.
MR. PINDER, Informs the publick of Norfolk and its vicinity, that on the 5th of June next, he will open his DRAWING SCHOOL , at No. 17, Catharine-Street, where attendance will be given every day, (Saturday and Sunday excepted) to young gentlemen, from 10 till 12 in the morning, and to young ladies from 4 till 6 in the evening; he will also attend on ladies or gentlemen at their own houses. The young gentlemen desirous to learn the drawing and colouring of Camp or Field Fortifications, will likewise be attended at particular hours. MR. PINDER flatters himself to give full satisfaction to all the parents of the students put under his care; nothing shall be omitted on his part to forward their progress. Conditions will be known by applying to him as above, or to Mr. Roches, Con-munce-Street. May 27.
DR. JOHN DYOTT,
OPERATOR UPON TEETH, Respectfully informs the inhabitants of Norfolk, that he intends remaining here for ten days, during which time he will perform every operation upon Teeth; even the sturdiest in the Gum, to it ever so heterotous. Extracts loose teeth by making the gums grow firm up to them; renders teeth white and beautiful; prevents their decay; keeps such as are so from becoming worse, (even to old age); fills up those that are hollow; which not only renders them useful but prevents their aching and further decay; extracts Teeth and Stumps with ease; transplants teeth; makes and fixes artificial teeth in various ways, and regulates the teeth in children. Persons perceiving any defects in their teeth should lose no time in applying to Dr. Dyott, who is a regular bred Dentist, and from the extensive practice which he has had in the city of London and other parts of Europe, enables him to perform the operations with the greatest ease and safety imaginable. Any person wishing to be waited on at their residence, will please to send a line addressed to the Doctor at Mrs. M'Dougal's Boarding-House. May 27.
For Freight or Charter, The Schooner Carlton, James Johnson, master, will be ready in a few days for the reception of a cargo. Apply to Wilson and Cunningham, or JAMES JOHNSON. May 27.
Sales at Auction.
TO BE SOLD, For Ready Money at Public Auction, On Thursday the 31st day of June next, A HOUSE AND LOT, Situate on Charlotte-Street, in the Borough of Norfolk, adjoining the residence of James Nimmo. The above property will be sold by virtue of a deed in trust executed by the Reverend James Whitehead, deceased, and Charles his wife, to satisfy a debt due to Dr. A. Singleton. The Trustee. May 15.
WILL BE SOLD By virtue of a Deed in Trust executed by Arthur Denby, to secure the payment of a sum of money due Fowler Hunter, on TUESDAY the 6th Inst. at 12 o'clock on the premises, for ready money. A LOT or parcel of LAND, situate on the road leading to Tanner's Creek from Norfolk, bounded on the south by the land of Rader Talbot, on the east by Tanner's Creek road, on the north by Suckers Creek, and on the west by Brantley's land. The Trustee. May 28.

The Subscribers HAVE PURCHASED the Stock in Trade of Mr. EDWARD CLARKE, and taken that well-known Stand under the EAGLE TAVERN, lately occupied by him, where, in addition, they offer for Sale, for Cash only,  A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF  GROCERIES, AMONG WHICH ARE, Old Rum, Holland Gin, Country do. Cognac Brandy, Apple do. N. E. Rum, Whiskey, Port Wine in bottles, Beef and Pork, Split Herrings, Bacon and Venison Hams, Brown Sugar, Leaf do. Coffee, Imperial, Hyson, and Young Hyson Teas, Soap and Candles, Chocolate, No. 1, 2, 3 Mustard, Manufactured Tobacco, Spanish Sugars, 100 Straws half pint Tumblers, Wrapping, Writing, and Printing Paper, A few Bales Upland Cotton
ALSO,  Hardware & Ironmongery, Consisting of Brass and Iron Plate Door Locks, Hinges and Screws, Knob Locks, Screw Hinges, Shingling Hatchets, Masons' Tools, Plastering do. Shovels and Spades, Pots, Dutch Ovens, Spiders, Skillets, Griddles, And Irons, Garden and Weeding Hoes.
They also offer for Sale, on accommodating terms,  That valuable & well known FARM, called F. IRFIELD, only 3 miles from the Borough, containing 283 acres, adjoining the lands of Dr. James Taylor, and Mr. William Colley, on Tanner's Creek, well timbered, and highly improved, with a large two story Dwelling, and all necessary Out Houses.
ALSO,  A two story Frame HOUSE, in Bank Street, 28 by 30 feet, with two Tenements above, and Grocery Shop below.
LIKEWISE,  A large two-story Brick Building at the intersection of Little Water-street and Rothers's Lane, 32 by 50 feet, calculated for two families and Grocery Stores.
AND  Two or three likely NEGROES. J. R. & James Rhodes. May 15.
SPRING GOODS.  WOOD AND HASTINGS. Have just received a small supply of SEASONABLE GOODS, among which are,  4-4 Irish LINENS, part extra fine, 4-4 and 5-4 Cotton Cambricks, 7-8 and 4-4 Cotton Shirtings, Superfine and common Callicoes, Ginghams; Madras Handkerchiefs, Fine Corded and Fancy Dimities, Mens' and Womens' Cotton Hose; do. Silk do. Cotton Umbrellas; White Jeans, part very fine, Royal Cord and other fashionable Vestings, Plain and Fancy Muslins, Elegant worked Muslin Short Dresses; Seer Suckers, Nankeens; Kid Gloves; Mens' Buckskin do.
BROAD CLOTHS. Best Superfine Black, Blue, Olive, Brown, Bottle Green, Drab, Mixed & Broad Cloths; middling and common do. One case Gentlemens' Silk Plush Hats. The above with our Goods on hand, comprise a very handsome assortment, and will be sold at low prices for CASH only. April 7.
FOR RENT,  The STORE fronting the Old Market Place, at present occupied by Mr. Surtevant. Apply to Wood & Hastings, or Robert Taylor. May 8.
Lost last evening at the Theatre,  A GOLD FRENCH WATCH, No. 1286, with the letters J. D. on the pendal; a hair chain, a key, and a seal, G. S. W. marked on it. TEN DOLLARS reward will be given to the finder, by Captain Dulton, at the Nav. Yard. May 12.
FOR RENT, That large and commodious  Three Story Fire Proof House, on Wide Water-Street, at the head of Rothers's wharf, lately occupied by Messrs. Noble and Arbuthnott & Co. as a Shipchandlers Store. Apply to Lilias M'Pherson. May 12.
Green Coffee and Loaf Sugar.  20,000 lb. choice Green COFFEE 8,000 do. first quality Philadelphia Loaf SUGAR. For Sale on reasonable terms by Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. March 22.
Portsmouth Sugar-House.
The present Proprietors of this establishment finding a larger capital necessary to carry it on successfully than they have it in their power to devote, are disposed to sell it in whole or in part, as shall best please the purchaser, and will give a great bargain to any one inclined to buy. The House is competent to the refining of 300 hogsheads of raw Sugar a year; the consumption of loaf may be judged of by the result of an accurate inquiry, made with a view to ascertain the fact, that the towns of Richmond, Petersburg, and Fredericksburg alone, all in Virginia, and holding their relations in trade immediately with Norfolk, consume or afford vent for an aggregate quantity of at least 900 hogsheads of Loaf Sugar a year; to say nothing of the consumption of the town of Norfolk itself, inferior to neither of the others, and when too, from its immediate intercourse with the West-Indies, the new material has always hitherto been plenty and upon terms as cheap, often cheaper than at other ports north of this upon the continent. For further information apply to Campbell & Wheeler. May 8.
Richard Jeffrey & Co. No. 66, Main-Street, corner of Bank-Street, have just received from London, per the ship Planter,  An assortment of MEDICINES, of the first quality. Also, a few hundred weight refined Salt Petre, Hartraves's Snuff, No. 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters. Violin, Banjo, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's Bed-Crown Lancets, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c. They have on hand, and are in fully expectation of receiving from London, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable for APOTHECARIES. MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual.
Eagle Fire Company of New-York. Office of the Company, No. 59, Wall Street.  PROPOSALS For Insuring Houses, Buildings, Stores, Ships in Harbour, Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, FROM LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE.
THE Legislature of the state of New-York, having incorporated the Eagle Fire Company of New-York, with a capital of five hundred thousand dollars, (with the liberty of increasing the same, if the business of the company should require it, to one million of dollars,) for the sole purpose of insuring buildings, and every kind of personal property from loss or damage by FIRE; and the capital of five hundred thousand dollars having all been paid, or secured to be paid, according to law: the directors feel a particular satisfaction in offering to their fellow-citizens, throughout the United States, the means of security against that kind of loss which frequently, in an UNEXPECTED MOMENT, involves in destruction the earnings of a life of industry and frugality, and reduces the independent and affluent, together with their families, to poverty and distress. To provide an additional guard against calamities of this nature, has been the primary motive of this INSTITUTION; and the directors engage to conduct its concerns, with a fairness, candour and liberality, which will justly entitle it to the confidence and patronage of the publick. No insured person will be liable to make good the losses of others; but in case of fire, the sufferer will be fully indemnified. The Company also make good losses on property burnt by lightning.
Classes of Hazards, and Rates of Annual Premiums for Insurance against Fire.  HAZARDS OF THE FIRST CLASS. Brick or Stone buildings, covered with slate, tiles, or metal. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 62 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.  HAZARDS OF THE SECOND CLASS. Brick or Stone buildings, covered with wood. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 93 3-4 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.  HAZARDS OF THE THIRD CLASS. Buildings, the sides of which are part of brick or stone, and part of wood. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 125 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk.  HAZARDS OF THE FOURTH CLASS. Buildings, the sides of which are entirely of wood. Goods hazardous, and not hazardous, contained in such buildings. 187 1-2 cents per 100 dollars per annum, for sums not exceeding 10,000 dollars in one risk. Ships in Port or their Cargoes, Ships Repairing or Building, may be insured against Fire.
This manner of classing hazards will give a general idea of the rates of insurance, but there will necessarily be an increase of premium in all cases where the local situation, and other circumstances, increase the risk: such as joining, or being contiguous to wooden buildings, or buildings occupied in carrying on hazardous business—distance from water—no engines or firemen in the town or place, &c. &c. The premiums may also, in some cases, be reduced on wooden buildings in the country, when standing single or detached, or attended with circumstances of peculiar security: But in all cases, if the sum to be insured on or in the same building exceeds 10,000 dollars, an additional premium will be required. Soap Boilers, Tallow Chandlers, Brewers, Maltsters, Bakers, Rope Makers, Sugar Refiners, Distillers, Chemists, Varnish Makers, Stable Keepers, Tavern Keepers, China, Glass, or Earthenware Sellers, Oil and Colourmen, Turpentine Works, Paper Mills, Printing Houses, Coopers, Carpenters, Cabinet Makers, Coach Makers, Boat Builders, Ship Chandlers, Apothecaries, Theatres, Mills and Machinery, and all Manufactories that use Fire Heat, are deemed extra hazardous, and must be particularly described in the policy; and for all such risks an additional premium will be required.
Conditions of Insurance. I. All applications for insurance must be made at the office of the company, in writing; and the subject offered for insurance accurately described. II. If the property offered for insurance is within the district of a surveyor of this company, he will examine and report thereon; but if not within any such district, then the applicant must himself furnish an accurate and just description thereof, viz. of what materials such building is constructed; whether occupied as private dwellings, or how otherwise; where situated; the name of the present occupiers; how situated with respect to other buildings. And in the insurance of goods, wares and merchandise, the place where the same are deposited, is to be described; also, whether such goods are of the kind denominated hazardous, and whether any manufactory is carried on in the premises, all which is to be certified and attested in such manner as the nature of the case may admit. And if any person or persons shall insure his or their buildings or goods, and shall cause them to be described in the policy otherwise than they really are, so as the same be charged at a lower premium than is herein proposed; or if such description be false or fraudulent, such insurance will be void and of no effect. III. Goods held in trust, or on commission, are to be declared as such; otherwise the policy will not extend to cover such property. IV. Every Policy of Insurance, made by this Company, shall be sealed with its seal, and signed by the President and Secretary; and the person for whose interest the insurance is made, must be declared and named therein; nor can any Policy, or interest therein, be assigned but by consent of the Company, expressed by endorsement made thereon. V. No insurance will be considered as made or binding, until the Premium is paid. VI. Persons insuring Property with this Company, and who have already made other Insurance on the same property, shall give notice thereof in writing, at the Company's Office, before, or at the time of the execution of the Policy; and persons who, after insuring Property with this Company, have Insurance made on the same property elsewhere, shall, with all reasonable diligence, notify the same in writing at the Office of the Com. any, and have the same endorsed on the policy, or otherwise acknowledged in writing; in default whereof, the Policy shall cease, and be of no effect: and in case of loss, each party insuring shall be liable to the payment of a rateable proportion of the loss or damage which may be sustained. VII. No loss or damage by fire will be paid, that may happen or take place in consequence of any invasion, civil commotion, riot, or military or usurped power whatever. VIII. Books of Accounts, Written Securities, Notes, Bills, Bonds, Deeds, Ready Money, or Bullion, cannot be insured. IX. Jewels, Plate, Medals, or other Curiosities, Paintings and Sculptures, are not included in any insurance, unless such articles are specified in the policy. X. All persons insured by this Company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company, and as soon after as possible, to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage, signed with their own hands, as the nature of the case will admit of, and make proof of the same by their oath or affirmation, and by their books of accounts, and other proper vouchers, as shall be reasonably required: and shall make oath, whether any and what other insurance is made on the same property; and shall procure a certificate, under the hand of a magistrate, notary public, or clergyman, most contiguous to the spot where the fire happened, and not concerned in such loss, that they are acquainted with the character and circumstances of the person or persons insured; and do know, or verily believe, that he, she, or they, really, and by misfortune, and without fraud or evil practice, have sustained by such fire, loss and damage to the amount therein mentioned; and, until such affidavits and certificates are produced, the loss shall not be payable:—Also, if there appears any fraud, of
false swearing, the claimant shall forfeit his claim to restitution or payment, by virtue of his policy. XI. In case any difference shall arise, touching any loss or damage, it may be submitted to the judgment of Arbitrators, indifferently chosen, whose award in writing shall be binding on the parties. And when any loss or damage shall happen, the company shall pay for the same, in sixty days after the loss shall have been ascertained and proved, without allowance of discount, fees, or any deduction whatever. XII. Insurance may be made for seven years, by paying the premium for six years, and for a less number of years than seven, a reasonable discount will be allowed.
The Subscriber being appointed Surveyor for the Eagle Fire Company, upon application, will survey, and value, such buildings, (or property contained therein) upon which Insurance may be required. Feb. 13. Francis Foster, Church-Street, Norfolk.
Norfolk & Portsmouth Jockey Club RACES, Over the NEW Ditched-in Course, will commence on WEDNESDAY, the 7th of June, free for any Horse, &c.—New-Market Rules.  First Day. A Purse of 400 Dollars—Four Mile Heats—Money put up.  Second Day. The Ladies' Purse of 100 dollars—One mile heats—the best three in five, with catch weights—15 dollars entrance.  Third Day. The Proprietor's Purse of 200 Dollars—two mile heats—10 dollars entrance.  Fourth Day. A Handy Cap Purse. Good Stables and Litter near the ground found gratis, and every kind of Forage at the lowest price. The ground is considerably improved since the fall, and is equal to any course on the continent. Racers and their Horses will be free of toll. Entrance to be made with the Treasurer at the Exchange, in the usual way. April 21. The Treasurer.
Just Landed,  104 barrels Muscovado SUGAR, 10 boxes clayed do. 150 barrels Old Rye Whiskey, do. 150 do. Alexandria superfine Flour, do. 200 do. Middlings—For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. Who offers for RENT,  A Dwelling-House with five Rooms, pleasantly situated in the fields. May 17.
A YOUNG MAN Of respectable connexions, and possessing a competent knowledge of business, is desirous of a situation as Supercargo; the most satisfactory recommendations can be given. A line addressed to A. B. and left at this Office, will be immediately attended to. May 3.
Boot and Shoe Manufactory.
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Opposite the Market, (westward) has received by captain Lewis, on Monday last from Philadelphia, a large quantity of the best  Boot Legs, Vamps, Tops, &c. that has (probably) ever been in Norfolk. With the Philadelphia Upper Leather for Boots—the choice of Seal and other Leather here—good workmanship—great attention—no disappointments—a regular bred foreman—and a tolerable supervisor—He has already finished and will continue to furnish, better Boots and Shoes and better treatment to customers than has been rendered here by any person in this way; on these conditions only he expects custom. He has now from Baltimore, &c. three good HANDS for Ladies' Work, and a good flock of KID and MOROCCO; all the materials and workmanship shall be good, or an allowance made for that which is not; but the greatly increased price of all the materials, and the high price of labour in this way, will not admit of the Shoes being sold at the price of the run-work, generally offered for sale here. He is now getting almost all kinds of Boots & Shoes made. The advantage of getting Boots and Shoes made in the place of good materials and workmanship, where the responsibility of the manufacturer is bound, is too obvious not to be seen except by those who have eyes and will not see. He has on hand a large assortment of Boots, where gentlemen may be fitted at any time, with a certainty of getting such as are good, as he has no run work done, and a large assortment of Shoes of nearly all kinds. His terms are cash only.
A LEASE For the eligible PROPERTY he now occupies is to be disposed of—it has about three and an half years to run. April 13.
Niemeyer and Von Kapff, Offer for Sale at their Ware-House, in Water-Street, for Cash or approved Paper only, the following  GERMAN LINENS, 650 pieces SACKING, 35 pieces SHIRT LINEN, 200 do OZNAEBURGS and 45 do SHEETING, TICKLENBURGS, 70 do TABLE CLOTHS, 450 do WHITE ROLLS, 39 do BED TICKING, 80 do HESSIAN do. 65 do ST. RAVENS DUCK, 30 do fine PLATILLAS. ALSO,  11,000 BAGS of different sizes and qualities. 110 boxes Spanish SEGARS, TUMBLERS, 40 do Crown GLASS, 160 dozen half pint DECANTERS, 150 do. English PIPES, 120 dozen WINE GLASSES, 5 gross empty BOTTLES, 100 pair WAFFLE IRONS, 600 do CORKS, 350 pieces PAPER HANGING, 100 wt Bottling WIRE, 100 pieces OIL CLOTH, 20 gross Cowskin WHIPS, 4 cases PORT WINE, 600 wt GLUE, 100 wt. Osnaburg THREAD, 800 Straws half pint and gill.
And at their Store in Main-Street, Looking Glasses, Glassware, Cutlery, and fancy Articles. We will take in barter, about 25,000 wt. of Green Coffee. March 29.
JOHN PENDRED'S  Boot and Shoe Manufactory, No. 70, MAIN-STREET. The publick are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in his line of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by proxy; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to those who favour him with their commands. N. B. Orders for Double Backstraps, single do. and Cosaks, executed with the greatest dispatch. August 1.
SPANISH HIDES. One Thousand SPANISH HIDES—For Sale, by Wm. Plume, & Co. January 23.
FOR SALE.  40 Sacks JUNIPER BERRIES. James Young. April 26.  WANTED,  Rough Oak bbl. and hhd. STAVES, of the best quality, for which cash will be given. Robert Maitland. April 26.
Just Received,  A few bales very fine India Cottons, suitable for Sheetings. Nankeens of superior quality; Bandanna Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks; Russia Sheetings, &c. For Sale by Wood & Hastings. May 3.
TAKE NOTICE, That we have applied to the President and Directors for the removal of SIX NOTES of the Bank of the United States, at Norfolk, the one moiety whereof is lost, viz. B. No. 4082, dated Philadelphia, 2d June, 1800—dollars 50 C. 727, dated Philadelphia, 2d June, 1800 50 F. 814, dated Philadelphia, 10th Jan. 1804 50 F. 982, dated Philadelphia, 10th Jan. 1804 50 F. 1682, dated Philadelphia, 10th July, 1804 50 payable to Robert Taylor, or bearer, at the Office of Discount and Deposit, at Norfolk. A HANDSOME REWARD will be given to any person who may have found the counterparts of the above Notes, and will deliver them to us. MACKINDER & WHITE. March 10.
Twenty Dollars For the apprehension of SAM, a negro man the property of the late Dr. Anthony T. Dixon, of Charles City, who broke prison in September last, and has been in Norfolk with a companion if it pass, under the hand of his mistress, Ann Dixon: he has been seen in York and Hampton, and in all probability is in one of those places. He is tall and slim, very black, stoops forward, and moves rapidly. John Tyler. Richmond, March 16.
RUSSIA and RAVENS DUCK of the very first quality, for Sale by C. & F. Whittle. April 15.
FOR SALE,  The CARGO of the Schooner Cervo, D. Mourande, Master, from St. Jago de Cuba, COFFEE, in barrels and bags, of the first quality. SEGARS, in boxes— Now Landing at Commerce-Street Wharf. John Granbery. January 23.
For Sale, by the Subscriber,  50,000 weight of Navy BREAD, 20,000 Superfine Pilot, do. 3,000 Ship, do. 250 quarter barrels CRACKERS. Also,  400,000 well burnt BRICKS, 2,000 bushels STONE LIME, Stephen Harris. PILOT BREAD of superior quality for family use. Feb. 15.
A BARGAIN OFFERED,  In a fine and Valuable FARM, in the County of Princess Anne. THE Subscriber is disposed to sell his Plantation called LEVEL GREEN, situated in the county of Princess Anne. It contains about 500 acres; and, as it may be advantageously divided into two or three Farms, the subscriber will accommodate a purchaser, in selling either the whole or a part. He will also give a long credit. This tract of Land is certainly the most desirable in the county, lying on the Eastern branch of Elizabeth River, and distant from Norfolk Market only five or six miles by water, and 8 or 9 by land. The soil is excellent, about one half of the tract being cleared land, and fit for immediate culture; the other heavily timbered with Oak, Pine, Ash, and Hickory. It has also the advantage of several good landings. Any one disposed to view the land, and to purchase, may apply, in the absence of the subscriber, to JAMES ROBINSON, or JOHN READ, who reside in the neighbourhood. Tully Robinson. Dec 7.
THE SUBSCRIBER Wishes to Sell, and will Sell or Rent on moderate terms,  That very excellent Wharf and Lot, in the town of Gosport, at present occupied by William Smith; the Wharf, Ware-Houses, and Dwelling-House are all in good repair.  Thirteen Lots in the Town of Suffolk; And the following Property in Norfolk,  Two good Fire-Proof Warehouses on the Eastern side of Commerce-Street, Nos. 4 and 6.  Two Dwelling-Houses and Lots on Boush-street, in good repair, and very pleasantly situated. Apply to John Granbery. September 14.
NOTICE. THE Partnership of T. & W. A. ARMISTEAD is this day dissolved by consent of parties. The settlement of its concerns devolve on W. A. ARMISTEAD, who is authorised to grant discharges, and on whom all persons having claims against the Firm, are requested to call. January 5. W. A. Armistead and George Kelly, have entered into Co-partnership. Their business will be conducted under the Firm of  ARMISTEAD & KELLY. January 16.
MACKINDER & WHITE, Offer for Sale for Cash or approved Notes,  2,500 barrels NAVAL STORES, 3,500 bushels coarse SALT, 2,500 bushels INDIAN CORN, 1,250 barrels Superfine FLOUR, 130 bales Georgia Upland COTTON, 28 do. New Orleans do, 100 barrels Smithfield and Carolina PORK, 54 crates well assorted EARTHENWARE, 40 chests and 20 boxes Hyson & Young Hyson TEA. ALSO—  A general assortment of Dry Goods. September 27.
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK,  BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollars Yearly, in advance.