Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1807-09-14 00:00:00

TRIAL OF AARON BURR.
OPINION
Of the Court, on the motion to arrest the evidence, delivered on
MONDAY, August 31.
[Continued from our paper of Wednesday last.]
On that division of the subject which respects the merits of the case connected with the pleadings, two points are made.
1st. That this indictment having charged the prisoner with levying war on Blannerhasset's island and containing no other overt act, cannot be supported by proof that war was levied at that place by other persons, in the absence of the prisoner, even admitting those persons to be connected with him in one common treasonable conspiracy.
2dly. That admitting such an indictment could be supported by such evidence, the previous conviction of some person who committed the act which is said to amount to levying war, is indispensable to the conviction of a person who advised or procured that act.
As to the first point, the indictment contains two counts, one of which charges that the prisoner with a number of persons unknown levied war on Blannerhasset's island, in the county of Wood, in the district of Virginia, and the other adds the circumstance of their proceeding from that island down the river for the purpose of seizing New-Orleans by force.
In point of fact, the prisoner was not on Blannerhasset's island nor in the county of Wood, nor in the district of Virginia.
In considering this point the court is led first to enquire whether an indictment for levying war must specify an overt act or would be sufficient if it merely charged the prisoner in general terms with having levied war, omitting the expression of place or circumstance.
The place in which a crime was committed is essential to an indictment, were it only to show the jurisdiction of the court. It is also essential for the purpose of enabling the prisoner to make his defence. That at common law, an indictment would have been defective which did not mention the place in which the crime was committed, can scarcely be doubted. For this, it is sufficient to refer to Hawkins b. 2, ch. 25, sec. 34, & ch. 23, sec. 21. This necessity is rendered the stronger by the constitutional provision that the offender "shall be tried in the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed," and by the act of congress which requires that twelve petty jurors at least shall be summoned from the county where the offence was committed.
A description of the particular manner in which the war was levied, seems also essential to enable the accused to make his defence. The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him. In common justice the particular fact with which he is charged ought to be stated and stated in such a manner as to afford a reasonable certainty of the nature of the accusation, and the circumstances which will be adduced against him. The general doctrine on the subject of indictments is full to this point. Foster p. 149, speaking of the treason of compassing the king's death, says "From what has been said it followeth that in every indictment for this species of treason, and indeed for levying war and adhering to the king's enemies an overt act must be alleged and proved. For the overt act is the charge to which the prisoner must apply his defence."
In page 220, Foster repeats this declaration. It is also laid down in Hawk. B. 8, ch. 17, sec. 29, 1st Hale 121. 1st East 116, and by the other authorities cited, especially Vaughan's case. In corroboration of this opinion, it may be observed, that treason can only be established by the proof of overt acts, and that by the common law as well as by the statute of 7th of William 3d, those overt acts only which charged in the indictment can be given in evidence, unless perhaps as corroborative testimony after the overt acts are proved. That clause in the constitution too which says that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right "to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation" is considered as having a direct bearing on this point. It secures to him such information as will enable him to prepare for his defence.
It seems then to be perfectly clear that it would not be sufficient for an indictment to allege generally that the accused had levied war against the U. S. The charge must be more particularly specified by laying what is termed an overt act of levying war. The law relative to an appeal as cited from Stamford, is strongly corroborative of this opinion.
If it be necessary to specify the charge in the indictment, it would seem to follow irresistibly, that the charge must be proved as laid.
All the authorities which require an overt act, require also that this overt act should be proved. The decision in Vaughan's case is particularly in point. Might it be otherwise, the charge of an overt act would be a mischievous instead of an advantage to the accused. It would lead him from the true cause and nature of the accusation instead of informing him respecting it.
But it is contended on the part of the prosecution that, although the accused had never been with the party which assembled at Blannerhasset's island, and was at the time, at a great distance, and in a different state, he was yet legally present, and therefore may properly be charged in the indictment as being present in fact.
It is therefore necessary to enquire whether in this case the doctrine of constructive presence can apply.
It is conceived by the court to be possible that a person may be concerned in a treasonable conspiracy
and yet be legally, as well as actually absent while some one act of the treason is perpetrated. If a rebellion should be so extensive as to spread thro' every state in the union, it will scarcely be contended that every individual concerned in it is legally present at every overt act committed in the course of that rebellion. It would be a very violent presumption indeed, too violent to be made without clear authority, to presume that even the chief of the rebel army was legally present at every such overt act. If the main rebel army with the chief at its head should be prosecuting war at one extremity of our territory, say in N. Hampshire, if this chief should be there captured and sent to the other extremity for the purpose of trial, if his indictment instead of alleging an overt act which was true in point of fact, should allege that he had assembled some small party which in truth he had not seen, and had levied war by engaging in a skirmish in Georgia at a time when in reality he was fighting a battle in New-Hampshire, if such evidence would support such an indictment by the fiction that he was legally present though really absent, all would ask to what purpose are those provisions in the constitution which direct the place of trial, and ordain that the accused shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation?
But that a man may be legally absent who has counselled or procured a treasonable act, is proved by all those books which treat upon the subject, and which concur in declaring that such a person is a principal traitor, not because he was legally present, but because in treason all are principals. Yet the indictment I say upon general principles, would charge him according to the truth of the case. Lord Coke says "if many conspire to levy war and some of them do levy the same according to the conspiracy, this is high treason in all." Why? Because all were legally present when the war was levied? No. "For in treason, continues Lord Coke, all are principals, and war is levied." In this case the indictment, reasoning from analogy, would not charge that the absent conspirators were present but would state the truth of the case. If the conspirator had done nothing which amounted to levying of war, and if by our constitution the doctrine that an accessory becomes a principal be not adopted, in consequence of which the conspirator could not be condemned under an indictment stating the truth of the case, it would be going very far to say that this defect, if it be termed one, may be cured by an indictment stating the case untrue.
This doctrine of Lord Coke has been adopted by all subsequent writers; and it is generally laid down in the English books that whatever will make a man an accessory in felony, will make him a principal in treason; but it is no were suggested that he is by construction to be considered as present when in point of fact he was absent.
Foster 3d has been particularly quoted, and certainly he is precisely in point. "It is well known, says Foster, that in the language of the case there are no accessories in high treason, all are principals. Every instance of incitement, aid, or protection, which in the case of felony will render a man an accessory before or after the fact, in the case of high treason, whether it be treason at common law or by statute, will make him a principal in treason." The cases of incitement and aid are cases put as examples of a man's becoming a principal in treason, not because he was legally present, but by force of that maxim in the common law that whatever will render a man an accessory at common law will render him a principal in treason. In other passages the words "command" or "procure" are used to indicate the same state of things, that is a treasonable assemblage produced by a man who is not himself in that assemblage.
In point of law then, the man who incites, aids, or procures a treasonable act, is not merely in consequence of that incitement, aid or procurement, legally present when that act is committed.
It does not result from the nature of the crime that all who are concerned in it are legally present at every overt act, then each case depends upon its own circumstances, and to judge how far the circumstances of any case can make him legally present who is in fact absent, the doctrine of constructive presence must be examined.
Hale in his 1 vol. p. 615 says "regularly no man can be a principal in felony unless he be present."—In the same page he says "an accessory before is he that being absent at the time of the felony committed, doth yet procure, counsel, or command another to commit a felony." The books are full of passages which state this to be the law. Foster in showing what acts of concurrence will make a man a principal, says "he must be present at the perpetration, otherwise he can be no more than an accessory before the fact."
These strong distinctions would be idle to treason, at any rate they would be inapplicable, if they were to be entirely lost in the doctrine of constructive presence.
Foster adds (p. 349) "when the law requireth the presence of the accomplice at the perpetration of the fact in order to render him a principal, it doth not require a strict actual immediate presence, such a presence as would make him an eye or an ear witness of what passeth." The terms used by Foster are such as would be employed by a man intending to show the necessity that the absent person should be near at hand, although from the nature of the thing no precise distance could be marked out. An inspection of the cases from which Foster drew this general principle will serve to illustrate it. Hale 439. In all these cases, put by Hale, the whole party set out together to commit some other unlawful act, in which they are all to be personally concerned at the same time and place, and are at the very time when the criminal act is committed, near enough to give actual personal aid and assistance
to the man who perpetrated it. Hale in p. 449 giving the reason for the decision in the case of the word decree says "they all came with an intent to steal the deer and consequently the law supposes that they came all with the intent to oppose all that should hinder them in that design. The original case says this was their resolution. This opposition would be a personal opposition. This case even as stated by Hale would clearly not comprehend any man who entered into the combination, but who, instead of going to the park where the murder was committed, should not set out with the others, should go to a different park, or should even lose his way. Hale 534.
In both the cases here stated, the persons actually set out together and were near enough to assist in the commission of the fact. That in the case of Pudsey the felony was as stated by Hale, a different felony from that originally intended is unimportant in regard to the particular principle now under consideration, so far as respected distance, as respected capacity to assist in case of resistance, it is the same as if the robbery had been that which was originally designed. The case in the original report shows that the felony committed was in fact in pursuance of that originally designed. Foster 350 plainly supposes the same particular design, not a general design composed of many particular distinct facts. He supposes them to be co-operating with respect to that particular design. This may be illustrated by a case which is perhaps common.—Suppose a band of robbers confederated for the general purpose of robbing. They set out together, or in parties, to rob a particular individual, and each perform the part assigned to him. Some ride up to the individual and demand his purse, others watch out of sight to intercept those who might be coming to assist the man on whom the robbery is to be committed. If murder or robbery actually take place, all are principals, and all in construction of law are present. But suppose they set out at the same time or at different times, by different roads, to attack and rob different individuals or different companies; to commit distinct acts of robbery. It has never been contended that those who committed one act of robbery or who failed altogether, were constructively present at the act of those who were associated with them in the common object of robbery, who were to share the plunder, but who did not assist at the particular fact. They do indeed belong to the general party, but they are not of the particular party which committed this fact. Foster concludes this subject by observing that "in order to render a person an accomplice and a principal in felony, he must be aiding and abetting at the fact, or ready to afford assistance if necessary." That is, at the particular fact which is charged; he must be ready to render assistance to those who are committing that particular fact; he must as is stated by Hawkins be ready to give immediate and direct assistance.
All the cases to be found in the books go to the same point. Let them be applied to that under consideration.
The whole treason laid in this indictment is the levying of war in Blannerhasset's island, and the whole question to which the enquiry of the court is now directed is whether the prisoner was legally present at that fact.
I say this is the whole question because the prisoner can only be convicted on the overt act laid in the indictment. With respect to this prosecution it is as if no other overt act existed. If other overt acts can be enquired into, it is for the sole purpose of proving the particular fact charged; it is as evidence of the crime consisting of this particular fact, not as establishing the general crime by a distinct fact.
The counsel for the prosecution have charged those engaged in the defence with considering the overt act as the treason, whereas it ought to be considered solely as the evidence of the treason; but the counsel for the prosecution seem themselves not to have sufficiently adverted to this clear principle, that though the overt act may not be itself the treason, it is the sole act of that treason which can produce conviction. It is the sole point in issue between the parties. And the only division of that point, if the expression be allowed, which the court is now examining, is the constructive presence of the prisoner at the fact charged.
To return then to the application of the cases.
Had the prisoner set out with the party from Beaver for Blannerhasset's island, or perhaps had he set out for that place, though not from Beaver, and had arrived in the island, he would have been present at the fact; had he not arrived at the island, but had taken a position near enough to co-operate with those on the island, to assist them in any act of hostility, or to aid them if attacked, the question whether he was constructively present would be a question compounded of fact and law, which would be decided by the jury, with the aid of the court, so far as respected the law. In this case the accused would have been of the particular party assembled on the island, and would have been associated with them in the particular act of levying war said to have been committed on the island.
But if he was not with the party at any time before they reached the island: if he did not join them there, or intend to join them there; if his personal co-operation with the general plan was to be afforded elsewhere, at a great distance, in a different state; if the overt acts of treason to be performed by him were to be distinct overt acts; then he was not of the particular party assembled at Blannerhasset's island, and was not constructively present, aiding and assisting in the particular act which was there committed.
The testimony on this point, so far as it has been delivered, is not equivocal. There is not only no
evidence that the accused was of the particular party which assembled on Blannerhasset's island, but the whole evidence shows he was not of that party.
In felony then, admitting the crime to have been completed on the island, and to have been advised, procured, or commanded by the accused, he would have been incontestably an accessory and not a principal.
But in treason it is said, the law is otherwise, because the theatre of action is more extensive.
The reasoning applies in England as strongly as in the United States: While in '15 and '45 the family of Stuart fought to regain the crown they had forfeited, the struggle was for the whole kingdom; yet no man was ever considered as legally present at one place, when actually at another; or is aiding in one transaction, while actually employed in another.
With the perfect knowledge that the whole nation may be the theatre of action, the English books unite in declaring, that he who counsels, procures or aids treason, is guilty accessorially and solely in virtue of the common law principle, that what will make a man an accessory in felony makes him a principal in treason. So far from considering a man as constructively present at every overt act of the general treason in which he may have been concerned, the whole doctrine of the books limits the proof against him to those particular overt acts of levying war with which he is charged.
What would be the effect of a different doctrine? Clearly that which has been stated. If a person levying war in Kentucky, may be said to be constructively present, and assembled with a party carrying on war in Virginia, at a great distance from him; then he is present at every overt act performed anywhere; he may be tried in any state on the continent, where any overt act has been committed; he may be proved to be guilty of an overt act laid in the indictment in which he had no personal participation, by proving that he advised it, or that he committed other acts.
This is, perhaps, too extravagant to be in terms maintained. Certainly it cannot be supported by the doctrines of the English law.
The opinion of Judge Patterson in Mitchell's case, has been cited on this point. 2 Dal. 348.
The indictment is not specially stated; but from the case as reported, it must have been either general for levying war in the county of Alleghany, and the overt act laid must have been the assemblage of men and levying of war in that county; or it must have given a particular detail of the treasonable transactions in that county. The first supposition is the most probable; but let the indictment be in the one form or the other, and the result is the same. The facts of the case are, that a large body of men, of whom Mitchell was one, assembled at Braddock's field, in the county of Alleghany, for the purpose of committing acts of violence at Pittsburgh. That there was also an assemblage at a different time at Couches fort, at which the prisoner also attended. The general and avowed object of that meeting was to concert measures for resisting the execution of a publick law. At Couches fort, the resolution was taken to attack the house of the inspector, and the body there assembled marched to that house and attacked it. It was proved by the competent number of witnesses, that he was at Couches fort armed, that he offered to reconnoitre the house to be attacked, that he marched with the insurgents towards the house, that he was with them after the action attending the body of one of his comrades who was killed in it; one witness swore positively that he was present at the burning of the house, and a second witness said that "it ran in his head that he had seen him there." That a doubt should exist in such a case as this, is strong evidence of the necessity that the overt act should be unequivocally proved by two witnesses.
But what was the opinion of the judge in this case? Couches fort and Neville's house being in the same county, the assemblage having been at Couches fort and the resolution to attack the house having been there taken, the body having been assembled for the avowed purposes moved in execution of that resolution towards the house to be attacked, he inclined to think that the act of marching was in itself levying war. If it was, then the overt act laid in the indictment was consummated by the assemblage at Couches and the marching from thence, and Mitchell was proved to be guilty by more than two positive witnesses. But without deciding this to be the law, he proceeded to consider the meeting at Couches, the immediate marching to Neville's house, and the attack and burning of the house, as one transaction. Mitchell was proved by more than two positive witnesses to have been in that transaction, to have taken an active part of it, and the judge declared it to be unnecessary that all should have seen him at the same time and place.
But supposed not a single witness had proved Mitchell to have been at Couches, or on the march, or at Neville's. Suppose he had at the time notoriously absent in a different state. Can it be believed by any person who observes the caution with which judge Patterson required the constitutional proof of two witnesses to the same overt act, that he would have said Mitchell was constructively present, and might on that straining of a legal fiction, be found guilty of treason? Had he delivered such an opinion, what would have been the language of this country respecting it? Had he given this opinion, it would have required all the correctness of his life to strike his name from that bloody list in which the name of Jeffries is enrolled.
But to estimate the opinion in Mitchell's case, let its circumstances be transferred to Burr's case. Suppose the body of men assembled in Blannerhasset's island had previously met at some other place in the same county, and that Burr had been proved to be with them by four witnesses: that the resolution

tion to march to Blannerhasset's island on a trea- sonable purpose had been there taken; that he had been seen on the march with them; that one wit- ness had seen him on the island, that another tho' he had seen him there; that he had been seen with the party directly after leaving the island; that this indictment had charged the levying of war in Wood county generally; the cases would then have been precisely parallel, and the decisions would have been the same.
To be continued.
Highly Interesting.
Boston, September 5.
From London papers up to the 31st July, and a Liverpool of August 1, 1807, brought by the Sally Ann, capt. Glover, who arrived here last evening, in 52 days from Liverpool.
The Sylvia cutter, from Halifax, arrived at Ports- mouth, 25th July, with dispatches from Adm. Ber- keley respecting the affair of the Chesapeake, and which reached London, the 26th or 27th: Their contents were communicated by Mr. Canning to Mr. Munroe, and some friendly notes are said to have passed between them. There was a general embargo from the 25th to the 31st July, to procure seamen; but the Wasp was released, it is said at the particular instance of Mr. Munroe, and sailed the 29th, as the papers report for this country with pro- visional arrangements which had been agreed upon by Mr. Munroe, and the British government, with a view of preventing a rupture between the two countries: We however learn, verbally, that some thought she was bound to the Mediterranean. Amer- ican newspaper and letter accounts had been pub- lished: The sensation which the attack on the Chesapeake and the reported feelings of the Amer- ican public, made on the English nation were great. —The manufacturers and merchants and Americans were much alarmed—American credits were stop- ped; war was supposed by some inevitable, and even privateers were preparing—but Mr. Canning had assured the committees, that it would not alter the situation of the two countries—and the chan- cellor of the exchequer, in the house of commons said that the British government would not fail to make any atonement or reparation, which should appear due on the occasion.—The English papers generally condemned Berkeley, and it is said he is to be recalled.
Time will not permit us to be more particular. The following extracts contain "the marrow" of the news by this arrival:—
EXTRACTS.
London, July 26.
The terms of the treaty of peace have not yet transpired officially, but it should seem as if no in- tention were entertained of wresting Silesia from the King of Prussia—All the fortresses in Silesia are, it is said, to be delivered up to the king on the 1st of October.—It is added there is to be a meeting of Plenipotentiaries at Berlin on the 25th of July, to complete the arrangements rendered necessary by the peace—Other accounts says, the congress of Plenipotentiaries is to be held at Dresden. The French troops are to evacuate Tilsit, on the 30th of July, Konigsburg on the 25th, Eastern Prussia by the 1st of August, and all the country to the Vistu- la, by the 20th; to the Oder by the 5th September, and the territories on this side of the Oder by the 1st October. The Duchy of Magdeburg, however, and the right bank of the Elbe, is not to be evacuated before the 1st of Nov. Buonaparte left Konings- burg on the 13th for Dresden, he proceeds direct to Paris.
ALTONA, July 22.
The following, says a private letter, you may de- pend upon it, is the substance of the conditions of the treaties between France, and Russia, and Prus- sia:—
1. Russia will not lose any thing, and no cessions are demanded from Austria. 2. There is to be no kingdom in Poland: but War- saw, and a district round it about 50 or 60 miles, is to be erected into a Duchy. Jerome Buonaparte is spoken of as the new Duke. 3. Prussia is to lose all her territories on this side of the Elbe; Westphalia and Hanover will it is supposed, be erected into a kingdom, of which Je- rome Buonaparte will be king, as well as Duke of Poland. 4. Dantzig is to be a free Hanse town."
DRESDEN, July 15.
Prince Jerome is expected here this day from Si- lesia and the celebrated Royal Palace in this place is fitting up for his reception. His royal ma- jesty leaves this capital to-morrow to meet the em- peror Napoleon at Budessn. Besides the French emperor, the emperor of Russia, the king of Bavaria and other princes, are also expected here. Accord- ing to other accounts the emperor of Russia is gone to Petersburg. Our town will be very brilliant. (Private Letter.)
The following are said to be the fundamental sti- pulations of the peace concluded between Russia and France:—
1. The boundaries of the Duchy of Warsaw shall be determined as well as 2. That of the territory of the free Hanse Towns of Dantzig; the latter are to be marked two miles round the town by the French, Dantzig, Savonian, and Prussian arms. 3. The boundaries of the kingdom of Westphalia shall also be defined. 4. Tilsit shall be evacuated by the French troops on the 20th July, and 5. Konigsburg the 25th July. 6. Before the 1st August, East Prussia, as far as the Passarge. 7. Before the 27th, as far as the Vistula. 8. Before the 5th of September, as far as the O- der, and, 9. All other royal Prussian dominions, as far as the Oder, as well as Silesia, by the 1st October. 10. The province of Magdeburg on the right of the Elbe, Pasewalk, and Prenzlau, shall not be e- vacuated until the 1st November. 11. With regard to Stettin, the time of its eva- cuation shall be determined by the plenipotentiaries; until the evacuation it shall be occupied by 6000 French troops. 12. Spandau, Custrin, and all the fortresses in Silesia shall be surrendered to the Prussians on the 1st of October. All other points yet to be arranged shall be set- tled by the plenipotentiaries to be appointed by both
contracting parties, who are to meet at Berlin on the 25th July. The revenue of the Prussian dominion is to be for account of his Prussian majesty from the 13th July, on condition that the contribution de- manded be paid to the French.
Nuremberg, July 16.—There is talk of a confe- deration of the North, to be established under the protection of Russia; of indemnification of several German princes in the North; of the extension of the confederation of the Rhine to the Elbe, &c.— It is said also that the kingdom of Poland will be re-established, and given to a French prince; and that Russia will engage to renounce for ever all au- thority over Moldavia, Wallachia, and several other neighbouring Turkish provinces.
Banks of the Maine, July 14. We learn that the French will not leave Germany till a peace shall have been concluded with England.
Warsaw, July 13. All the persons in the train of the prince of Benevento (M. Talleyrand) have left this city for Dresden, whence it is said a Congress will be held for the conclusion of a general peace.
Magdeburg, July 16. A courier who has passed through this city with the utmost speed, carries or- ders to Paris to prepare every thing for the reception of his majesty the emperor, who expects to ar- rive there on the 1st of August. His imperial ma- jesty has left Tilsit, and is going to Dresden where he is expected.
Miltzau, July 17. The French are before the gates of Stralsund: Marshal Brune's head quarters are here. The king of Sweden has proposed an armis- tice in order to negotiate a peace; but received for answer, that this proposal cannot be acceded to unless a guarantee be given, and that guarantee must be Stralsund.
London Extracts, July 16.
Buonaparte is stated to have arrived at Konings- burg on the 11th, from whence he was to proceed to Berlin, and thence by way of Dresden, and Mentz to Paris. The emperor Alexander and the king of Prussia remained at Tilsit, but it is added, that both monarchs had promised to visit Napoleon at Paris.
The French are stated to have lost between 30 and 40,000 men in the battle of Friedland.
Austria, it is said, has been called upon to cede the two Gallacias; and it is reported that the grand duke Constantine is to be established in Po- land.
Peace was signed at Tilsit on the 8th inst. be- tween the emperor of the French and the emperor of Russia.
The treaty of peace between France and Prussia was signed on the 9th July, and ratified the follow- ing day.
July 27. About noon yesterday the fleet assem- bled in Yarmouth Roads, and supposed to be in- tended for the Baltic got under weigh.
The troops which are already embarked or under orders, amount to at least 20,000 men. The force already in the Baltic amounts to ten or twelve thou- sand.
July 30. An American schooner with dispatch- es from the United States relative to the Ches- apeake, is said to have arrived at Portsmouth yes- terday.
The grand duke Constantine, Prince Kurakin and gen. Bennigsen, have also been presented with the insignia of Bonaparte's order.
The embargo which was laid on for eight days for the purpose of obtaining seamen, was taken off this morning in the port of London. We should suppose, from this, that the expedition had sailed.
Some of the German papers state, that the Em- peror of Russia is gone back to Petersburg. The king of Sweden is said to have applied for an armis- tice, and to have expressed a desire to enter into ne- gotiations for peace; but Bonaparte replied that he must have a guarantee, and that guarantee must be the placing Stralsund in his hands.—The French are under the walls of Stralsund.
There are reports of a confederation in the north, and of the extension of the Rhenish confederacy to the Elbe.
An engagement has taken place between the Rus- sian and Turkish squadron off the island of Tenedos; and we suspect to the disadvantage of the latter.
It is reported that a successor to the hon. admiral Berkeley, will immediately set out to the American station. He, however, is to take with him a formi- dable augmentation to our naval force on that sta- tion.
House of Commons, July 27. Mr. Whitbread wish- ed to ask the right honourable the chancellor of the exchequer a question, touching the melancholy ac- count this day received in town, respecting the cap- ture of the American frigate Chesapeake, which excited such general and regretful sensation in the metropolis—whether any accounts had been receiv- ed by his majesty's government relative to that transaction? whether it was with the privy or au- thority of our government at home, and if it was intended to lay before the house any communication upon that subject?
The chancellor of the exchequer answered, "with respect to the question relative to what he too con- sidered a melancholy event, the capture of the Amer- ican frigate Chesapeake, by a British cruiser, he could only say as one of his majesty's ministers, that he was not informed of any of the particulars of that transaction, farther than by common rumour.— His majesty's government, however, would leave no means unexercised to learn the particulars of this lamentable event, and to whom the circumstance was justly imputed; nor should they hesitate to make any atonement and reparation in their power that on a fair inquiry should appear to be due on the occasion."
LIVERPOOL, August 1.
The intelligence received this week from of America, has excited a great degree of agi- tation in all parts of the nation, and especially in the commercial towns. It is certain that no accident could be more perverse or ill timed. At all events it may tend to bring to a speedy decision the existing dispute on which the two nations are now at issue. The "right of search" is supposed to be the great stumbling block which caused the rejection of the treaty by Mr. Jefferson, and it is a point on which the two nations are supposed to be equally pertina- cious.
Some hopes are now entertained that this affair will not inevitably lead to hostility. If captain Hum- phreys proceeded on the positive instructions of our government, we should despair of seeing the dis- pute amicably accommodated; but it is clear from the expressions of Mr. Perceval in the House of Commons, that this was not the case.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 14, 1807.
The importance of the foreign intelligence receiv- ed at Boston, and here by the Feronia, captain Block, from New-York, induced us to issue an ex- tra paper on Saturday morning; for the information of our distant readers, we republish it in this day's paper.
It is now certain that the attack on the Ches- apeake was not only an act unauthorised by the Bri- tish government, but that it is disapproved of, and that reparation is promised. It is therefore very probable that this affair will be adjusted, and the na- tions remain at peace.
By the ship Nabby, captain Rider, from Liver- pool, we have received London dates to the 28th July, from which we extract a few articles; the principal part of the intelligence is anticipated by the arrival at Boston. There are a number of arti- cles respecting the affair of the Chesapeake, chiefly letters from Halifax to persons in England—they are generally correct in their statements.—Private letters by the Nabby, speak of war with this coun- try, as a measure much deprecated in England.
There are no less than seventy-nine American ves- sels advertised in a Liverpool paper of the 30th Ju- ly, for different ports in the United States.
The embargo that was laid was general, and on account of the sailing of the expedition for the Bal- tick, and not on American vessels only as was at first supposed.
In our paper of Monday last, we republished a letter said to be an extract of one from Boston, no- ticing some particulars which we were then persuad- ed were not correctly stated, and which induced us to make a note to that effect.
From the commencement of the present dispute, which may lead to the most serious consequences to our country, it has been our constant aim to collect the truth upon every subject, and submit it without regarding whether it was for or against our country. We have not only done so, but in the same disposi- tion we have corrected, as far as it was in our pow- er the misstatements which we have seen in other papers. As we happen to be at the place where many circumstances have occurred, interesting to the publick, our distant friends have a right to ex- pect industry in collecting, and candour in narrat- ing facts.
The letter to which we refer, and to which we must beg leave to refer our readers, will be found in the third column of our paper of Monday last, amongst other matter contains the following:
"But in order to establish the fair pretensions of the British to a restoration of their deserters, upon principles of reciprocity, it is said at Halifax, to be an incontrovertible fact, that last winter, while the Chichester British frigate, lay at Norfolk, a guard from the fort, came along side and demanded three American deserters of captain Stopford, who order- ed his crew to be mustered, and not finding the de- serters, the Chichester was thoroughly searched by capt. Stopford himself, the three men were all found below, and then taken on shore by the guard, to the fort; after this happened, several of the Chiches- ter's men as many I think as five, deserted from her, and were received at our rendezvous, at Norfolk, dressed in the British uniform."
How far this relation ought to be credited, let the following statement of facts (for the accuracy of which, we have authority that we cannot doubt) shew.
About the 8th of February last, the command- ant at Fort Nelson, received such information as did not permit him to doubt, that three soldiers of his garrison which had been advertised in the papers of this place, were on board his Britannick majes- ty's ship Chichester, captain Stopford, then repair- ing at a wharf, in that part of Portsmouth called Gosport. Upon which the commandant of the fort, dispatched an officer of his garrison (a lieutenant) with his compliments to captain Stopford, request- ing him to deliver the three men in question to the lieutenant, if they were within his command. The lieutenant relates, that he was met in the passage of the house where captain Stopford then quartered, to whom he delivered his orders from the command- ant of the fort. At first captain S. said he would give the lieutenant permission to search for them, but presently stepping into an adjoining room, he called a boy, and in the hearing of the lieuten- ant, directed him to go down to the ship, and tell the officer commanding on board, to have some men stowed away, which the lieutenant concluded were the men he was in search of. The door was then shut, and a person who the lieutenant took to be an officer, remained some time with captain S. after which he came out, and in- formed the lieutenant that three or four volunteers had entered on board his ship, and that he should keep them. Having nothing more to say the lieu- tenant returned to the fort, and made the report now stated to the commandant.
The next morning the commandant called on the British consul, to whom he related the proceeding circumstances, and who with great politeness took up the subject; upon which, he addressed a letter to captain Stopford, requesting him to deliver up the men if on board. The commandant then went to Gosport, taking with him a sergeant and six armed men to prevent the deserters from escaping by land; having placed them at the different avenues leading
from the ship, he went to captain Stopford, and de- livered him the consul's letter. Having perused it, he said that three or four volunteers had entered with him, and that if they belonged to the service of the United States he would deliver them up, and that orders should be given that they should be sought for, and brought to his quarters. Nearly half an hour having elapsed, and no orders being issued, the commandant proposed to go to the ship, which was agreed to; accordingly they proceeded to the ship, & a search was ordered; after some time, the officer who made it, reported that the men could not be found in the ship. Upon this the commandant told captain S. with some earnestness, that he was so well satisfied that the men were concealed either in the ship, or in some of the warehouses, which were occupied for the ship's use, that he would not de- part without them. Another search was then made, and in about two hours the three men were brought up from the ship's hold, dressed in the uniform of the artillery of the United States, in which they had been received on board.
The Commandant denies that he ever enlisted a man in British uniform, or that he ever enlisted any man knowing him to be a deserter—He denies that Captain Stopford ever made a demand of any deserters from him, and he has the best reasons to believe that Captain S. took away, three other men who deserted from his garrison, and in uni- form.
NEW YORK, September 7.
On Saturday morning, capt. Cochrane, and two of the officers of the British frigate Jason, came up to town in a pinnace manned by seven seamen. The moment they arrived at the dock, six out of the se- ven leaped from the boat and made their escape.
September 9.
Yesterday a boat from the Columbine, with an officer and five men, went on board the pilot boat Brothers off Sandy Hook. The moment the officer got on deck, the men pushed off with the boat and made their escape to the shore.
The British frigate Jason and brig Columbine, were still at anchor within the Hook, last evening.
From the Publick Advertiser.
BRITISH SEAMEN.
The six British seamen who jumped on the shore at New-York, from the man of war's boat that came to the wharf to receive a letter, and ran for safety, the people every where crying to them, "run, run, you are in the land of liberty now," is a sign of what many thousands more would do had they the opportunity. The insults we experience from Bri- tish ships are not to be ascribed to the men, but to their officers, and this circumstance ought to impress those officers with some apprehensions for their own safety. This is but a beginning of greater things that may be expected to follow it. A whole ship's crew may agree to bring in a British man of war, and if they do they ought to have the sale of it for themselves. These ships come within our waters by orders of their officers, contrary to the procla- mation of the President, and whatever fate befall them is no concern of ours.
The British government, in the beginning of our revolution, put out a proclamation inviting the mas- ters and owners of American merchantmen to bring their vessels and cargoes into England and sell them for themselves. We shall not do so by British merchantmen, because it would be encoura- ging robbery; but would be very right to do so by British ships of war, that are sent here to insult and rob us.
It was time for the captain of the British ship of war, Jason, to set off with her, when the crew began to mutiny. Why did not the men hoist a white flag and bring her in?
RETALITIO.
From a late London Paper.
The following passage is extracted from lord Molesworth's account of Denmark, in the year 1692.—"It is very well known, that the passage of the Sound is not the only one to the Baltic Sea, there being two others, called the Greater and Les- ser Belts, and that of the Great Belt so commodious and large, that during the late wars the whole Dutch fleet chose to pass through it, and continue in it for four or five months together; and the Da- nish strength at sea never appeared yet so formida- ble as to be able to oblige the English and Dutch to choose which passage it pleased. Besides the breadth of the Sound, in the narrowest part, is four English miles over, and every where sufficient depth: so that his castles could not command the channel when he was master of both sides, much less now that he has but one.
Letters from Malta of the 1st of June, mention, that the Spartan frigate had arrived there a few days before from a cruise, and had been chased by two different French squadrons out of Toulon. Her crew had been roughly handled in an unsuccessful attempt to cut out a large vessel in the port of Nice. Out of seventy men employed, there were fifty-eight either killed or wounded; both the first and second lieutenants lost their lives.
Foreign Intelligence.
From papers received at the office of the Publick Ledger, by the ship Nabby, Capt. Rader, from Li- verpool.
LONDON, July 14.
The squadron to be dispatched to the Baltic is to consist, it is said, of twenty-one sail. Ministers seem determined to dispute the barren point of ho- nour with the Danish court.
Sir John Duckworth, we understand, is gone to Yarmouth, to command the fleet destined for the Baltick.—There are five sail of the line at Yarmouth, which will be this day joined by the six ordered from Portsmouth, under Sir Samuel Hood.
A number of pilots, well acquainted with the North Sea and the Sound, are ordered for service without a moment's loss of time.
July 15.
Government has received dispatches from Egypt, dated the 5th May. They sufficiently prove that the garbled accounts of our ministers formerly pub- lished by ministers were highly exaggerated.

It now turns out that the loss in the second engagement before Rosetta, was 750 men, instead of 1400; which latter number was sent by ministers to the newspaper offices in their pay, for the purpose of raising the spirits of the people.
It gives us much satisfaction also to learn, that our countrymen, who have fallen into the hands of the Turks, have received from them the kindest treatment. The horror, therefore, into which the croakings of the no paper faction had thrown the country, must now, in a great degree subside—regret will be separated from discontent, and the merits of the Egyptian expedition be calmly weighed and decided upon.
We yesterday announced the arrival of dispatches from general Fraser, at Alexandria.—They are dated the 1st and 6th of May, and were accompanied by brigadier-general Stewart's reports of his failure in the attack of Rosetta. It appears that our chief loss was occasioned by the advanced corps at El-Hamid being surrounded, and after a gallant resistance, taken prisoners. The whole of the loss, in killed and wounded, from the 6th to the 18th of April, was:—
Killed—1 sergeant, 5 rank and file. Wounded—1 brigadier general Stewart; 1 brigadier major, Cuth; 1 captain, Jodderel, since dead; 1 lieutenant, Hemsworth; 6 serjeants, 60 rank and file.
From the 19th to the 21st April. Killed—5 rank and file. Wounded—1 captain, 3 lieutenants, 10 serjeants, 85 rank and file. Missing—1 lieuten-colonel, 2 majors, 10 captains, 15 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 2 staff, 30 serjeants, 15 drummers. 733 rank and file.
It appears, however, from an account by lieut. Mathieson, brought from Cairo, that great part of the missing are prisoners; that of the missing officers, only nine are dead, viz:—
Lieutenant-colonel Macleod, 78th; capt. Tarleton, 35th; captain Westerman, 35th; lieut. Dick, 78th; captain Peck, 35th; lieut. Wilkinson, 35th; lieut. Macrae, 78th; lieut. Christie, 78th; and lieut. Linderberg, De Rolle's.
That the rest of the officers, and 466 men, including 26 serjeants are well treated.
Lieut. Mathieson reports, that the Viceroy of Cairo had made peace with the Marmadukes.
Prisoners at the Citadel of Cairo, on the 1st of May. Captain Delacey, 20th dragoons; capt. Vincenzo Taberna; assistant surgeon Gibson; lieut. Dunn, artillery; capt. M'Allister, 35th regiment; capt. M'Kay, wounded, 78th regiment; lieut. Mathieson, ditto; lieut. M'Gregor, ditto; lieut. Gallie, ditto; lieut. Hyrie, ditto; lieut. Tynmar, royal marines; lieut. Love, ditto; major Volgsan, Rolle's regiment; major Mohr, ditto; captain Rynack, ditto; capt. Rhyner Rolle's; capt. Barbier; capt. Tuck; lieut. Gougelberg, wounded; lieut. Rousillon; and lieut. Frey.
In the camp of the Turks. Capt. Mahler, Rolle's, wounded; capt. Steller, ditto; capt. Miller, ditto; capt. Sounerberg, ditto; lieut. Walker, 35th; ensign Gregory, 78th, wounded; assistant surgeon Leslie.
The above is all the intelligence upon the subject which government have yet suffered to transpire. Some private letters, however, have been received, which remove the apprehensions that were excited by former accounts of a famine at Alexandria.
The Morning Chronicle lays before its readers the following letter from an officer at Alexandria; on the authenticity of which they say the publick may rely:—
"Alexandria, May 6. "Since our return to Alexandria, so far from experiencing a famine, we have the market well supplied with sheep and some bullocks; wheat and barley are brought in every day on camels; some days a hundred arrive, on others two hundred, and one day four hundred came in. The troops and squadrons have hitherto been supplied with beef and mutton daily, which as you know, is not reckoned necessary, and is therefore an indication of plenty. The army has soft bread every day, and it is confidently said, that the commissary has wheat for a month's consumption. All this is independent of the quantity of rice which is said to be in the town, and which, those who should be best informed on the subject assure me is abundant.
"Besides all these stores, there is in the merchants ships in the harbour a considerable quantity of provisions which we do not allow to be exported. If, however, the Turks and Albanians march forward, we may have to depend upon our intercourse by sea for support. In the mean while we have again opened the cut in the canal of Alexandria to fill the Lake Mariotis, which was drying up fast; this will contribute to the health of the garrison, and prevent the enemy's cavalry crossing over; and if they go round by the desert and come in to the westward, we shall be able to annoy them, and support our lines with gun-boats, which we are fitting for that purpose."
The above letter, if genuine, seems to intimate that proper measures might have prevented that scarcity in Alexandria, which general Frazier states to have occasioned his dispatching a force against Rosetta.
July 27. In the house of commons on Friday, lord Castlereagh called the attention of the house to the measures which his majesty's ministers thought necessary for the defence of the country. He explained the cause which had retarded the bringing forward of the measures; it was advisable to wait for full and accurate information of the events that had attended the opening of the campaign on the continent, in order that every individual might feel the necessity of the exertions that may be called for; he thought it besides, unwise in new ministers to be over prompt in subverting every thing done by their predecessors, and ensured the impatience of the rt. hon. gent. (Mr. Windham) in that respect.
The events that had happened, left no alternative to ministers but to bring forward without further delay measures of extraordinary exertion—no alternative to the parliament and the publick but to adopt such measures. If the armed force of the country was inadequate at the commencement of the late administration was now doubly so, on account of the numbers detached on foreign service from a force very little increased in total amount. Either a very great increase should be made, or the second battalions reduced, and if they should be reduced, he could very easily shew that the supplies which now rendered the first battalions effective abroad, would be
cut off. The supplies which were indispensably necessary would be ineffective, except made on the regular effective force of the line and the militia. Neither an increase of the volunteer force nor the execution of the general training would answer. No regular system of recruiting, neither that of the rt. hon. gentleman opposite nor any other, would afford the supply wanted for the present exigency. The ballot was the only resource that remained, and it was certainly the most fair, productive, constitutional, and unexceptionable means of raising an army in such a situation as the country was at present in.
The habits of the country, here marked, were made up to ballot for the militia, to which the people would submit rather than to any ballot for the purpose at once of increasing the force of the country. If the time was calculated when the enemy would be prepared to make any attempt on the coast, it was necessary to meet him at the period with a regular and well disciplined force. It was therefore necessary that the regiments of the line should receive a supply from the militia, which would render the military efficient for any military purpose. It was deemed expedient to give the supply from the militia rather than have recourse to an army of reserve, however much, on a former occasion, he approved that system, which could not in truth be followed with the same effect at present. The plan he would now propose was better, inasmuch as it was cheaper and would not be attended with any interference with the recruiting of the army of the line, and therefore the regiments of the line would still enjoy the monopoly of the recruiting market. According to the plan of his predecessor in office, there would be from 4 to 5000 men discharged in the course of two or three years, who were enlisted for limited service, for which waste there was no provision made in addition to the growing waste that was to follow. He therefore submitted that it was expedient to add to the amount of the militia by ballot, to cover that waste, and to add a number of supernumerary militia, so that after the ensuing ballot, another for two or three years would be unnecessary, by which means there would be no competition in the recruiting service.
By the plan he would propose, there would be 30,000 men suffered to volunteer from the militia to recruit the regiments of the line. He would propose that two thirds of the militia, or the excess of three-fifths, should be transferred to regiments of the line. By this measure there would be twenty-one thousand seven hundred men obtained from the militia of Great Britain for regular army, and seven thousand from the Irish militia. It was also proposed immediately to raise a supplementary militia in the country, amounting to 30,000 for Great Britain, and 3000 for Ireland, by which means 33,000 men would be raised for the publick service, and also a surplus be left of 10,000 men to provide for the waste of those who would be discharged after their limited service.
It was intended that thirty days should be allowed to the militia to be transferred to their guards, and that in the interim no officer or soldier of the line should be suffered to interfere with the militia. Another object of his bill was, that the men transferred from the militia should be marched by their own officers to the regiments to which they were to be attached, and under whom they were to serve. It was his intention to take a future opportunity to propose some measure with respect to the volunteers, for the purpose of restoring them to their pristine vigour, in a manner suitable to the intention of their original patrons, and such as their patriotism deserve. He therefore concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill, to enable the militia to volunteer into the army of the line, and also for a bill to fill up the vacancies occasioned by such volunteering by ballot.
Mr. Windham made a few observations on what had fallen from lord Castlereagh, after which leave was given to bring in both bills; they were brought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday.
Lord Castlereagh intimated, that considerable alteration would be made in the Training Act, particularly that part of it which related to the training under the superintendence of a Constable, which his lordship pledged himself should not be carried to effect, and that he should also propose, that instead of being ballotted only for one year, the service should be extended to two or three.
In the debate on Friday in the house of commons, on some clauses in the Irish insurrection bill, now in its progress through the house, Mr. Grattan rose at nearly three o'clock, and delivered a most energetic and impressive speech. The right hon. gentleman began by deprecating the doctrine, that the existence of a power, if that power were not called into action, was not to be considered as a grievance. What, he would ask, was slavery?—nothing but suffrance. Great odium, he knew, attached in Ireland to the measure under the consideration of the committee. A variety of letters from that country, many of which he had himself received fully satisfied him of this point. But still from a consideration of the necessity of the case, he was ready to take his full share of that odium, by supporting the bill. This was a time in which every man should be prepared to sacrifice, not only some portion of his liberty but of his credit, and he was ready to make some sacrifice of both for the good of the state. He understood from his right hon. friend beside him (we conceived the allusion to be made to Mr. Elliot) that there were secret meetings of a dark and dangerous description in Ireland. This formed a ground for the bill. He was afraid of a French interest in Ireland, and he wished that government should be furnished with the means not merely of resisting but of extirpating that interest wherever and whenever it appeared. With that view he would support this bill, even though the clause should not experience the alteration he wished; although he feared that if this clause should continue unchanged, it might aggravate the discontents the bill proposed to destroy; and that from the indifference it would betray as to the communication of British privileges to the Irish people, it might, with that people, become a mere question which to prefer, the military government of France or the suspended constitution of England. The question in Ireland now had nothing to do with republicanism; but was simply this, whether we should continue a portion of the British empire, or become not a portion of France; but nothing—absolutely nothing—at first she might coquet with France, but it would end in a meretricious connexion. The right hon. gentlemen as they canvassed their countrymen for tears in that house, to canvass them also for the
British empire against the designs of France. Nations, like individuals, were often the arbiters of their own fate, and much might be done for this country in Ireland, if so determined. The gentlemen connected with Ireland ought earnestly and personally to solicit the aid of the Irish people, ought to use every means in their power to circulate in that country the fundamental maxim of English policy, to have nothing to do with France. The right hon. gentleman repeated his resolution to vote for the bill, notwithstanding the odium that attached to it—rather than give up the state he would support the bill. He never had, he never would, capitulate with any popular error, although he always respected popularity when attendant on virtue.
Mr. J. C. Beresford congratulated the house, the country, and the right hon. gentleman, on the sentiments which he had just uttered, and which he hoped and trusted would have a due impression in Ireland.
July 28. From the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the House of Commons, last night, it will be seen, that this affair (alluding to the affair of the Chesapeake) is not viewed by government as the sure commencement of a war with America, under which head it was related to the publick, in several of yesterday's papers. On the contrary, he seemed to hint, that it would be settled by discussion and concession. The American frigate, it will be observed, was permitted to pursue her voyage, after the point of taking out the British deserters then on board her had been carried.
The following is a list of the fleet under the command of admiral Gambier, at Yarmouth, who hoisted his flag on Friday last, on board the Prince of Wales:
   GUNS. GUNS.     Prince Wales 98 Nymphe 36   Minotaur 74 Franchise 36   Resolution 74 Surveillant 36   Orion 74 Soleby 32   Goliath 74 Comus 32   Valiant 74 Cayenne 22   Vanguard 74 Leveret 18   Majestic 74 Ariel 18   Centaur 74 Hyacinth 18   Alfred 74 Goshawk 16   Brunswick 74 Alacrity 16   Maida 74 Orestes 16   Ganges 74 Halcyon 16   Spencer 74 Alert 16   Mars 74 Zebra 16   Defence 74 Fearless 14   Captain 74 Minx 14   Hercule 74 Safeguard 14   Nassau 64 Archer 14   Ruby 64 Urgent 14   Dictator 64 Acute 14   Agamemnon 64 Pincher 14   Agincourt 64 Forward 14   Sybil 38 Fury 12   Leda 38 Tigress 12   Cambrian 38 Thunder 8   Hussar 36 Prince of Wales cutter.  
The expedition has on board a great number of flat-bottomed boats. With the troops which it takes out, and those that have already passed the Sound, we shall have, in that quarter, a force little short of 30,000 men. The embargo which is now extended to all our ports, will not be raised until the expedition shall have sailed. It comprehends pleasure boats, and every species of craft capable of keeping the sea.
The light transports which had arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday, sailed from the Downs for Yarmouth on Thursday night. Thirty-five sail of transports came into the Downs on Friday from the westward. The infantry in Deal Barracks received orders the same day to re-embark at Ramsgate, with their light baggage only. The troops at Deal about to embark, viz. the 32d, 50th, and 82d regiments, are, we believe not intended for the Baltic, as they embark with their light baggage only. Besides the troops at Deal, there will be embarked the brigade of Guards from Chatham, or in that vicinity; the 2d battalions of the 52d light infantry from Hythe, the 43d light infantry, and five companies of the 95th rifle corps from Hythe and Shorncliffe all of which are expected to embark at Ramsgate. They are to be accompanied by a detachment of the royal artillery consisting of four companies, two from Woolwich, one from Chatham, and the other from Hythe. The latter is on its march from North-fleet, where four companies are to be embarked. Two hundred horses, with drivers in proportion, have also marched from the artillery depot in Canterbury, for the same destination.
The number of flat-bottomed boats and bomb vessels that accompany the expedition is very great. It is said also that a great number of newly invented rockets are on board the different ships.
The following new appointments on the staff, have taken place:—
Lieutenant-general the earl of Rosslyn, to command the foreign troops; major-general John Murray; brigadier-general Beresford; brigadier general M'Farlane; deputy quarter-master captain Hellingoe; Medical staff—Mr. Deputy Webb and Dr. Morris, staff surgeons—North and Carpe; sixteenth apothecaries and twenty hospital mates.
Sir David Baird immediately sails with the British troops, which he is to command under lord Cathcart, the commander in chief.
PARIS, July 7. Eighty-fourth Bulletin of the Grand Army. TILSIT, June 24.
"The Marshal of the palace, Duroc, went, on the 23d, to the head quarters of the Russian army, on the other side of the Niemen, to exchange the ratifications of the armistice, which has been ratified by the emperor Alexander.
"On the 24th, prince Labanoff having demanded an audience of the emperor, was admitted on the same day at two in the afternoon; he remained a long time in the cabinet with his majesty.
"General Kalkreuth is expected at the head quarters to sign the Armistice with the king of Prussia.
"On the 11th of June, at four o'clock in the morning, the Prussians attacked Drezewo in great force; general Claparede sustained the enemy's fire; marshal Massena rushed along the line, repulsed the enemy, and disconcerted their projects. The 17th regiment of light infantry maintained its position. General Monthrun distinguished himself. A detachment of the 18th light infantry, and a piquet of the 35th dragoons, put the Cossacks to flight. All the enterprises of the enemy against our posts, on the
11th and 12th, turned to their own confusion. It is already seen, by the armistice, that the left wing of the French army supports itself on the Curish Haff, at the mouth of the Niemen, from whence our line extends itself towards Grodno; the right, commanded by marshal Massena, reaches to the confines of Russia, between the sources of the Narrew and the Bug.
"The Head-quarters are about to be removed to Koningsberg, where every day new discoveries are made, of provisions, ammunition, and other effects belonging to the enemy. A position so formidable, is the result of successes the most brilliant, and while the enemy's army flies routed and almost destroyed, more than half the French army has not fired a musket."
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. Ship Nabby, Rider, 42 days from Liverpool, Salt and Dry Goods, Warren Ashley.—The Potentress, Wakefield, was to sail for City Point the 6th of August.—Spoke August 25, in lat. 45, 25, long. 33, 18, brig Bedford, Dunbar, from Liverpool bound to New York, 23 days out—Sept. 2, lat. 53, long. 49, 33, ship Rhoda and Betsey, 31 days from Liverpool bound to New York.
Sch'r Federal, Corey, 32 days from Rhode Island bound to Havanna, in distress, on the 27th August, in lat. 30, 26, long. 70, 49, in a gale lost both masts—Cargo Lumber.
Sch'r Albert, Bassett, 8 days from Boston. In Hampton Roads bound to Baltimore, brig Ann Elizabeth, Skinner, 63 days from Bordeaux, Wine and Brandy.—Sailed in company ship Ceres, Green, for New-York, and brig Molly, Norris, Philadelphia.—Leit at Bordeaux July 22, Ships Alknomack, Main, New-York, for freight; Jenny, Myers, do. for Lisbon; Margaret, Myrick, do. for New-York; Ann, Jenkins, do. for do.; Thomas, Turner, do. for freight; Speculator, Swison, do. for New-Orleans; Lovely Matilda, O'Connor, Philadelphia, discharging; Morning Star, Hopkins, of and for Boston; Sumaratin, Farley, of and for New-York; Sultana, Crosby, Plymouth, for Philadelphia; Grand Turk, Barnes, Portsmouth, for freight.—Brigs Brunswick, Campbell, New-York, for Charleston; Northern Liberty, Masterton, do. for New-York; William Tell, Jackway, do. for freight; Lydia, Webb, of and for Philadelphia; Salem, Furlong, Boston, for freight; Thomas Jefferson, Goodrich, Boston, for freight; Mary, Young, of and for Providence; Industry, Glading, Providence, for freight; Rising Sun, —, Halbrook, for do.—Schooner Katy Ann, Crocker, of and for New-York.—Spoke, Aug. 24, in lat. 36, 05, long. 52, 44, ship America, Nichols, of and bound to Savannah, 42 days from Liverpool—Sept. 8, lat. 38, long. 68, 48, British schooner Cadron Mary, Hamstead, of Belfast, from New-London, bound to Bermuda, was dismasted on the 26th August, and put back for the first port.
British ship Mary, Cummings, 74 days from Leith, bound to Bermuda Hundred.
POSTPONED SALE.
On Wednesday, the 16th inst. at the house of Mrs. Helen Read, at XI o'Clock. Will be Sold for ready money, by order of the Executrix.
All the Personal ESTATE, of the late Dr. John K. Read, sen. deceased—consisting of Five Negroes, sundry Household Furniture, and one Still. Francis Smith, V. M. tds
Sept 7. For Charter, The new Ship NABBY, Captain Rider, burthen two hundred and forty tons.
Warren Ashley. For Sale on board said Ship, 700 sacks of SALT, and 25 crates well-assorted Earthenware. September 14. tf
FALL GOODS.
Just received by the Ship Nabby, from Liverpool, an extensive assortment of Cloths, Woollens, Hardware, and Cutlery GOODS, which will be disposed of very low by George M'Intosh. September 14. tm
Fall and Winter GOODS.
RICHARD & JOHN TAYLOR, Have received by the Ship Nabby, from Liverpool, an extensive supply of WOOLLENS & HARDWARE. And in daily expectation of their assortment of Fancy and Fashionable GOODS, by the first arrivals from London, which they offer for sale by wholesale and retail on the lowest terms, for cash or good paper. Sept. 14. 2m
COCKE & SANFORD, Have received by the Ship Nabby, from Liverpool, an assortment of Fall and Winter GOODS, Consisting of Cloths of all qualities, Cassimeres, Bennet's patent Cords, Flannels, Blankets, Kendal Cottons, Yarn, Worsted and Cotton Hosiery, Powder and Shot, and a small assortment of Sadlery. They expect by the first arrival from London, a further supply of fashionable fancy GOODS. September 14. 2m
MR. DAVIS'S SCHOOL, will open TO-MORROW:—there are vacancies for two pupils. Sept. 17. 1
For SALE, A few hundred pounds of English PRINTING INK, of the first quality.—ALSO, A few Reams first quality English Foolscap PAPER. Apply at the Ledger Office. Sept. 17.
THE SUBSCRIBER Being authorised by the Portuguese Consul General, to furnish the necessary certificates for property, and countersign Bills of Health for vessels going to Portugal or Madeira, advises those whom it may concern, that he will grant such on application at his office, No. 21, Main-street. Robert Dickson. June 15.

For Sale, Freight, or Charter, The excellent fast-sailing Schooner THOMAS and HENRY , Thomas Fletcher, master, burthen 113 tons, now ready for the reception of a cargo.  Also for Freight or Charter, The good Ship GLOBE , Ralph Flounders, master, burthen 182 tons, and will be ready for the reception of a cargo in four days. For terms apply to  Richard Bowden, & Co. September 11.
For Freight or Charter, The new Ship MARK & ABIGAIL , burthen 240 tons, now in order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or  C. FRY.  Who offers for Sale,  25,000 feet Boards and Scantling. September 4.
For Freight or Charter, The remarkable fine copper fastened Ship MARYLAND , Robert Inott, master, burthen 400 tons, now on her first voyage, and ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or  William Dickson. September 2.
For Freight or Charter, The fast sailing Ship ANACREON , Henry Peters, master, burthen 380 bds. tobacco and will be ready to receive a cargo in four days. For terms apply to  William Dickson. September 2.
For LIVERPOOL, The Ship LACONA , captain Walker, the greater part of her cargo being engaged, will sail with all possible dispatch for freight of 700 hogsheads or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or  Phinehas Dana. August 28.
For Charter, The fine new Ship ISABELLA , Abel Lincoln master, burthen 308 tons, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in three days. For terms apply to  Moses Myers.  Who offers for sale,  600 boxes Havanna SUGARS, Landing from on board the ship Cabinet . August 14.
FOR LONDON, The fine American copper bottomed Ship AMELIA , burthen 369 Tons, or 500 Hhds. of Tobacco; daily expected from Philadelphia—For freight apply to  A. Maclure. August 7.
Landing from the Elizabeth Margaret, from Teneriffe,  70 hogsheads and 100 quarter casks choice Teneriffe WINE.—For sale by  Moses Myers. July 24.
The HOUSE on Smith's Point, adjoining Mr. H. Brunet's dwelling-house, and lately in the occupancy of Mr. Robert Smith, is offered for Rent; possession may be had immediately. For terms apply at the Warehouse of Brunet & Thompson, on Maxwell's wharf. August 12.
For SALE,  35 punch. Windward Island RUM. Brunet & Thompson. August 19.
For Sale on board the Ship Anacreon,  23,000 feet white pine BOARDS, of excellent quality, for inside joiner's work, which will be sold low if taken from on board. Apply to  William Dickson. September 2.
NOTICE. The subscribers having obtained administration on the estate of THOMAS O'CONNOR , request those indebted to make payment, and those having claims to render the same immediately.  Thos. H. Parker,  Fred. Herrmann & Son, } Admrs. June 19.
For RENT,  The Store, Compting-Room & Cellar, at present occupied by Messrs. Wood & Hastings, no. 50, Main-street. Apply to  Thomas Willock. August 24.
FAMILY FLOUR, of a superior quality in half barrels, for sale by  J. & W. Southgate. September 2.
For SALE, Situated in an agreeable and handsome situation in Hampton, on the Main-street, the premises owned and lately occupied by the subscriber, consisting of  A DWELLING-HOUSE, three stories high, the lower part finished for a store, with out-houses, all in complete order, with a large lot and good garden. A liberal credit will be given, and bond and security required.  The House is at present well furnished, and will be rented by the month if not sold, with the Furniture. For terms apply to Mr. William Proby, next door to the premises, or to James Gilbert. Hampton, Sept. 2.
LINENS, HOSIERY, &c. 2 cases 4-4 Irish Linens; 1 do. 5-4 do. Sheetings, 1 do. 7-8 do. Long Lawns; 2 do. Cotton Hosiery, 1 do. 4-4 gold edged undressed Cambric Muslins, for gentlemen's neck cloths, An assortment of Broad Cloths, &c. just received and for sale by  Wood & Hastings. August 17.
For RENT, (until the first of November,) A pleasant House and Garden, now occupied by the Subscriber, situated near capt. Keele's, a remarkable pleasant retreat during the warm season. Apply to Messrs. Richard Bowden, & Co. or  James Tarlington. August 31.
At Private Sale,  BY S. MARKS, JUN. No. 31, Water-street, corner of Commerce-street,  30 hogsheads Sugar, 10 do. Molasses, 10 do. W. I. Rum, 2 do. Shrub, 9 pipes Cognac Brandy, 10 do. country Gin, 100 bags Green Coffee, 200 boxes mould Candles, Teas, manufactured Tobacco, and Lard. July 13.
GERMAN LINENS, &c. 16 bales coarse Linen, 4 do. Rufia Sheetings, 3 boxes German Rolls, 2 do. Rodans Sheeting, 1 do. fine Flanders do. 3 do. Plaitillas, 1 do. fine Dowlas, 2 do. Table Cloth, 1 do. common Shirt Linen, 1 do. extra fine do. 1 do. Bed Tick 2 yards wide,  450 pieces Paper Hangings, 80 boxes Window Glass, 100 do. Sheet Pipes, 120 do. Spanish Segars, from 8 to 20 dolls. per box 300 doz. empty Bottles, 200 wt. sealed bottling Wire, 800 do. Glue, 11,000 best Coffee bags, 4,500 cheap Gunny Bags, 5 boxes Tumblers, Decanters, &c.  Also, 6 elegant Terrestrial Globes, 3 pair large Looking Glasses, in gilt frames, of the first elegance, Elegant marble Statues, Urns and Vases, Liquor Cakes, Oil Cloth, Water and Waffle Irons, Coffee Mills and Toasters, Velvet Ribbons, Fine Thread Stockings, Elegant Cutlery, An invoice of Watches, Watch Crystals and Beads, For Sale by  Niemeyer & Von Kapff. September 11.
Turk's-Island SALT. The Subscribers being duly authorised, give notice to merchants and dealers in the above article, that they are ready to contract for the delivery of several cargoes of a choice quality at Turk's Island, and receive payment by drafts on the United States, at sixty days sight.  The present year having afforded a good crop, it is expected the price will be moderate. Ample security, if required, will be given for the due performance of the contracts, and to insure punctuality and the utmost dispatch.  Jas. & Thos. Tucker, Commerce-Street September 11.
J. MORAN, Has received per Schooner Liberty, captain Lewis, from Philadelphia, in addition to his former supply of  Groceries and Ship Chandlery, Imperial, Hyson, Hyson Skin, Young Hyson, and Souchong Teas, of the latest importation, Pepper, Allspice, and Mustard, Leaf Sugar, Chocolate, Soap, Candles, Spermaceti and Paint Oils, Powdered Black Lead, Roll Brimstone and Lampblack, Kedge Anchors, Boat Chains and Hooks, A variety of Hooks and Thimbles, Pump Bolts, Tackle, Barrel and hogshead Can Hooks &c. &c. with an assortment of Tin and Japan'd Ware.
And in Store, 1000 bushels Corn, a few hhds. Jam, Sugar, superior quality, a few barrels inferior do. with Coffee, an assortment of Queen's Ware; which, with a variety of other articles for vessels and family use, will be disposed of on moderate terms for cash or short credit.  September 11.
REMOVAL.  WOOD & HASTINGS, Have removed to No. 76, Main street, opposite Market-square, (lately occupied by CATON & VEALE) They have on hand a general assortment of  English, India and French Goods. September 11.
One Hundred Dollars Reward. On the 25th of last month, my negro man GERARD ran away from my Mansion plantation, in King-George county, Virginia. He is about five feet and a half high, stout made, when standing appears to bend backwards in the knee-joints, has thick lips, a pimpled face, his complexion of a yellow cast, and a scar in the form of an M, about an inch long on his right cheek. He is upwards of thirty years of age, and a Blacksmith by trade. He ran away many years ago, and was apprehended at Norfolk on board a vessel; and, as he has formerly been somewhat accustomed to going by water, it is probable that he will attempt to leave this state in that way. I therefore hereby forewarn all masters or skippers of vessels from harbouring or employing him. I will give a reward of one hundred dollars for apprehending, bringing said negro home, and delivering him to me, provided he shall be apprehended in another state—Twenty dollars provided he shall be apprehended anywhere in this state, brought home and delivered to me; and ten dollars in case he shall be apprehended and committed to goal, and information thereof given to me. I would advise the apprehender to watch him carefully while he is in his custody, as he is an arch and deceitful fellow, and might without strict attention effect his escape.  Michael Wallace. September 11.
For RENT or Lease,  The HOUSE now in the occupancy of Messrs. Caton and Veale, fronting the Market; it contains an excellent Cellar, a Dry Good Store, and two Rooms below stairs, and three above; a Kitchen may be had with the house. Apply to Messrs. Caton & Veale, or to  Robert Taylor. May 4.
NOTICE. On Saturday the 11th instant, was stolen or taken by mistake from Southgate and Dickson's wharf, a quarter cask of PORT WINE, marked and numbered on the head No. 1551, Baltimore, Federal Jack, Port, 30 gallons, Delogier, November 4, 1806. Twenty Dollars will be given to the informer if the Wine has been stolen and recovered, or thanks to any person who may have received it through mistake, by applying to  William Dickson. July 15.
For RENT, for one or more years, The Dwelling-House and Wharf in the occupancy of the subscriber, in that part of the town of Portsmouth called Gosport.  William Wilkinson. July 29.
The Subscriber has for Sale,  136 hhds. 14 tierces and 47 barrels Muscovado SUGAR, And a few barrels of COFFEE of the first quality, which will be sold on liberal terms  Henry Hastie. July 10.
We want to Purchase,  A few Shares of STOCK in the Virginia Bank. Campbell & Wheeler. May 22.
To RENT,  That commodious TAVERN oppo- site the Borough Court-House, at present occupied by Mr. Thomas Holiday, and possession given the 15th of next month.  Also for Lease,  That vacant LOT on Commerce and Little Water-Street. For terms apply to  James Tucker. July 29.
Spring and Summer GOODS. The subscribers have received by the ship Hunter , from London, their supply of  Fancy and fashionable GOODS, which they offer on reasonable terms for cash, or approved notes.  Mackinder & White. May 1.
For RENT, (and possession given immediately,)  MY WHARF and WARE-HOUSES, at present occupied by Mr. John Moore, and others—It is the best situation in the Borough for a Lumber Yard, and will be let low to a good tenant.  Also to Lease,  That convenient Lot of LAND, on Commerce and Little Water-Street. For terms apply to  James Tucker. May 20.
This Day landing from on board the Schooner Huldah and Anna, capt. Fitzhugh, from Philadelphia,  8 hogsheads refined SUGAR, 10 pipes Cognac Brandy, 15 quarter chests Imperial Tea, latest importations, 10 hogsheads and 10 barrels Rye Whiskey, 6 pipes and 4 barrels American Gin, 30 boxes Yellow Soap, 9 boxes China—For Sale by  Jennings & Roddey. July 3.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of JAMES DICKINSON , deceased, are desired to come forward; and those who have any claims against said Estate, to bring them forward, in order that they may be settled by  Mary Dickinson, Exec'x. Norfolk, Nov. 5.
WHO HAS FOR SALE.  That pleasant place BELL VIEW. It contains TWO HUNDRED Acres, lying on the lower end of Barrett's Neck, Nansemond county, between Nansemond River and Chuckatuck Creek, fronting Newport-News, Hampton Roads, and is about 14 miles from Norfolk by water. There is on the land two good Dwelling Houses, one of them a two story frame house, 30 feet square, with a Kitchen, Wash House, Smoke House and Dairy, a large new Barn and Stable, and a Carriage House, a Spring House, and a never failing Spring. The other a new Dwelling House, a Kitchen, Quarter, &c. with a large Garden newly built of the best materials, and a good Stable. The land lies high and level, and is mostly covered with shells: it has a ditch and a fence from Nansemond to Chuckatuck, which prevents stock from going off or coming on the land; and is one of the best places for stock or equal to any in the country. The price will hardly exceed the worth of the buildings on the place if applied for soon. The payment will be expected in cash, as the terms will be remarkably low.
Liverpool and Cadiz SALT, loose and in Sacks—Also,  150 crates Queen's Ware, and China of superior quality—For Sale by  William Pennock. August 26.
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keeps on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of  Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs, At the following reduced prices, by the Keg—for cash only, viz—
  8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1/2 lb.  6d. Nails, 9 1-2d    4d. Nails, 2s. 9d. m. or 11d  3d. Nails, 2s. 3d. or 12d    Sheathing, 7 1-2d  6d. Sprigs, 4s 6d per M.    2d. and 3d. do. 2s. 3d  1d. do. 2s 9d    He offers also for cash only—
HOOP IRON ASSORTED.  Thos. Seaman. May 25.
400 barrels Tar, 20,000 pipe Staves, 30,000 White Oak Hogshead do. 50,000 Red do. do. 100 Barrels Flour.—For Sale by  L. Mansfield. Portsmouth, May 8.
FOR SALE, 50,000 white oak hogshead draw: Staves 50,000 red do. 50,000 rough do. 20,000 Cypress Pales 2,000 Cedar and Chinquepin Posts 50,000 building Shingles.  Proby, Harmanson & Co. March 2.
NOTICE. The partnership of B. Nottingham, & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent; all those who have demands against the said firm are requested to exhibit them, and all those indebted to said concern are requested to make payment to B. Nottingham , who is fully authorized to settle the same.  B. Nottingham, & Co. N. B. The business in future will be carried on by  B. Nottingham. July 1.
For SALE at my Brew-House,  Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by the hogshead, barrel, and half barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen.  And in Store,  Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail.  Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13.
Forty Dollars Reward, Will be given to any person who will apprehend and deliver to Warren Ashley, Esq. of Norfolk, or the subscriber, two runaway Negro Men, named JEMMY and JEFFERY , purchased a short time since as part of the Glebe property in Hampton. Jemmy is about 22 years of age, very strong and well built, and about 5 feet 9 inches high— Jeffery is at least 6 feet high, about 21 years of age, very black and likely. These Negroes absconded from the subscriber with a wish to be sold in Norfolk or Hampton, where they have been seen frequently since their having quitted my plantation. All captains and masters of vessels are hereby cautioned against receiving them on board, or employing them in any way.  Henry Heffernan. Glebe, Middlesex, July 4.
Cash will be given for a few tons of  Old Copper, Brass, and Pewter, for the use of my Foundry.  Leven Dorsey. July 27.
Who offers for Sale,  50 Casks CUT-NAILS, assorted, at his Nail-Manufactory, on Town Point.
To Elizabeth Plume, one of the devisees of William Plume, Esq. deceased; Fortescue Whittle, sole administrator of William Davies and Mary his wife, and Theo. Armistead. In a certain suit in equity, instituted in the Superior Court of law and equity, for the district of Edenton, by Wills Cowper against the President and Directors of the Swamp Canal Company , William Plume , deceased, William Davies , deceased, and Theo. Armistead , certain proceedings were had in the said Court, and at March term last, at a Superior Court of law and equity, held at Edenton, in the county of Chowan, in the first circuit of the Superior Courts of law and equity for the State of North Carolina, (to which court all suits in equity, &c. lately depending in the Superior Court of the district of Edenton, where the defendants resided out of the state, were by law transferred) it being suggested by the plaintiff's counsel that William Plume and William Davies were dead, the court directed that the plaintiff have leave to bring in the representatives, executors, or administrators of the said William Plume , William Davies , by scire facias or otherwise, to defend the said suit if they think proper, and at Theo. Armistead answer agreeable to the following order of the said court.
Therefore, Notice is hereby given to you by the subscriber, attorney of the plaintiff and complainant, that the following order was made at March term, 1807, of the said court, that you the said Elizabeth Plume , Fortescue Whittle , and Mary his wife , may appear and make defence to the said suit at the succeeding term of the said court, which will be held at Edenton on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in September next, and you the said Theo. Armistead answer pursuant to the said order.  J. Hamilton, Attorney for Complainant. Near Edenton, 30th June, 1807.
Wills Cowper, against  The President and Directors of the  Dismal Swamp Canal Co. et al. State of North Carolina, first circuit, in equity, Chowan County March Term, 1807.  In this cause it is ordered, that the rule against the defendant the said Armistead be made absolute, unless he file his answer in two months—The death of Davies and Plume being suggested by the complainant, it is ordered that he have leave to serve the executors, administrators, or representatives of the said Davies and Plume , with process of scire facias, or otherwise, as he may think proper.  A true Copy, (Signed)  J. B. Blount, C. & M. C. C.
VIRGINIA, to wit: At a Chancery District Court, held at the former capitol in the city of Williamsburg, the 28th day of April, 1807,  Joshiah Ridgick, against  Michael and John Wallace, and Barnet Pulliam, defts. plft. }
The defendant, Barnet Pulliam , not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country; on the motion of the plaintiff, by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers published in the borough of Norfolk, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former capitol in this city.  A copy.  Anthony Robinson, C. C. May 18.
For Sale by the Subscriber,  70 crates EARTHENWARE, 12 casks Glassware, 30 groce Bottles, 100 boxes 8 by 10, 4 do. 10 by 12 Window Glass, 90 pieces twilled Sacking, 5 boxes Pipes, 6 hogsheads Philadelphia Leaf Sugar, 6 pipes Cognac Brandy, 1 pipe Madeira Wine, 9 do. Sicily Wine, 12 hogsheads Whiskey, 8000 bushels coarse Liverpool Salt, 3000 do. fine do. 100 sacks fine do. do. 50 hogsheads Richmond, 100 do. Petersburg Tobacco, 15 bales Cotton, 3780 bushels Corn.  Alexander Maclure. July 10.
For RENT,  The Store and Dwelling-House, on Market-Square, at present occupied by Messrs. Quemper & Duon. Apply to  William B. Lamb. April 13.
WANTED,  A few Shares Virginia Bank Stock. April 13.
NOTICE. The assignees of the estate of Gilbert Robertson , and of the estate of James Brown , insolvent debtors, give notice pursuant to the act entitled "An act for giving relief in cases of insolvency," to the creditors of the said insolvent debtors, that on the first day of October next, from the hours of ten to one o'clock of that day, at the court-house of Alexander V. Foster , in Washington-street, in the City of New-York, the assignees will proceed to make a division of all the money, which shall have come to their hands of such estates.—Dated this 24th day of June, 1807.  James M'Evers,  Alex. V. Foster,  John Jones, jun. } Assignees. 3m
THE SUBSCRIBER Has removed to the brick store at the head of Campbell's wharf, fronting said wharf and Wide Water-street, where he offers at wholesale or retail his assortment of
Groceries and Ship Chandlery, Among which are  14 hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR, 1 do. and 6 barrels loaf. do. 6 do. Antigua, Jamaica, and Grenada Rum, 3 pipes French Brandy, 2 hhds. and 6 bbs Rye Whiskey, 4 barrels Apple Brandy, 1 do. Peach do. 10 bags Coffee, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, and Souchong Teas, Pepper, Pimento, and Nutmegs, Madeira, Sherry, and Port Wines, London and Philadelphia Porter, English Cheese, Bar Iron and Castings, Nail and Spike Rods, German Steel, Powder and Shot, Tar, Pitch & Turpentine, Paints and Oil, black and bright Varnish, Canvas and Cordage, Nails and Spikes.
Also just received,  20 boxes Lemons, 12 half bbls. Beef Tongues, 20 kegs Tongues and Sounds, 40 kegs and 2 bbls Salmon, 5 bbls. Mackarel, 15 cases Sallad Oil, 1 cask Currants, 10 boxes Olives, Capers and Anchovies, 6 dozen bottles Cayenne Pepper, 3 do. do. Pickled Peppers, 30 boxes Soap, 20 boxes Candles, 50 barrels Alexandria superfine and fine Flour.  John D. Haldane. July 31.
Superfine Pilot Bread and Crackers, made from new Flour, for sale by the subscriber at his Bake Houses on Town Point and Commerce-Street.  Stephen Harris. August 19.
NORFOLK:  PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK,  BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Six Dollars yearly, in advance.