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FROM A LONDON PAPER.
SHAKSPEARE AND GARRICK.
The following correct Copy of the grand Panegyrical oration, delivered by Mr. Garrick, at the Apotheosis of Shakespeare, at the Jubilee at Stratford-upon-Avon...
The only science of mankind, is man! This is the aphorism of an author who has been equally admired as a philosopher and a poet...
But the contemplation of man, as exhibited by the poet upon the stage, is of more advantage than as passing before us in the scenes of life.
But Shakspeare does not only teach us what is most our interest to know; by the very manner in which he conveys the most important knowledge, he gives us the most rational, exquisite, and refined delight.
We get knowledge from Shakspeare, not with painful labour, as we dig gold from the mine, but at leisure, and with delight, as we gain health and vigour from the sports of the field!
A picture frequently pleases which represents an object in itself disgusting. Teniers represents a number of Dutch boors, drunk, and carousing in a wretched hovel, and we admire the piece for a kind of relative beauty, as a just imitation of life and nature.
It was happy for Shakspeare, and for us, that in his time, there was no example, by the imitation of which he might hope to be improved. He paints from nature as she appeared to his own eye, and not from a transcript of what was seen in nature by another!
rior perspicacity in vain; and neither the poet nor the painter can hope to excel, who is contented to reflect, or to seek for nothing in nature which others have not found.
But there are beauties in Shakspeare, not relative; powers that he did not imagine, but create. He was as another nature. He represents not only actions that were not performed, but beings that did not exist.
As there was no poet to seduce Shakspeare to imitation, there was no critick to restrain his extravagancies; yet we find the force of his own judgment sufficient to rein his imagination, and to reduce to a system the world he had made!
Does any one now inquire whether Shakspeare were learned? do they mean whether he knew how to call the same thing by several names? for learning, with respect to languages, teaches no more.
His language, like his conception, is strongly marked with the characters of nature: it is bold, fugitive, and significant; his terms, rather than his sentences, are metaphorical; he calls an endless multitude, a sea, by a happy allusion to the perpetual succession of wave to wave...
It has been objected to Shakspeare, that he wrote without any moral purpose; but I boldly reply, that he has effected a thousand! He did not, indeed, always contrive a series of events, from the whole of which some moral purpose may be inferred; but he has contrived some rule of conduct, some principle of knowledge, not only in every speech of his dialogue, but in every incident, character and event.
Thus great was Shakspeare, as he appears in his works. But in himself, he was greater still. The genius in every art has an idea of perfection, which he cannot attain. This idea, beyond what others feel, and a perpetual effort to reach it, produced that excellence which distinguishes his works.
Thus, without the incentive of future reputation, without any other exertion of his powers, than what would satisfy an audience, wholly unacquainted with the rules of the drama, he has excited universal admiration, as the Sun becomes glorious, by the spontaneous effusion of his rays.
Is there any here, whose attention has been fixed; whose imagination filled; and whose passions moved by other scenes, as they have been fixed, moved, and filled by the scenes of Shakspeare? if there be any, speak! for him have I offended.
To feel the powers of Shakspeare, is at once pleasure and praise. When we express these sensibly, therefore, by an act of homage to his memory, we erect a monument of honour to ourselves. To ourselves indeed, and to posterity. To posterity, whom we stimulate to excellence by the hope of fame, all that we offer to the manes of Shakspeare, must eventually relate. In these fields where we are pleased with the notion of doing him honour, he is mouldering into dust!
Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue. How awful is the thought! If I speak, it must be in my own character and in yours. We are men; and we know that the hour approaches with silent but irresistible rapidity, when we also shall be dust! We are now in health, and at ease; but the hour approaches when we shall be sensible only to sickness and to pain; when we shall perceive the world gradually to fade from our sight, and to close our eyes in perpetual darkness. These truths we know to be indubitable and important, yet they are sometimes forgotten, and, stranger still, are sometimes remembered with indifference! Let one, by whom the poet of Avon has so often touched the heart with imaginary woe, be now forgiven, if, unafflicted by his language or his thought, I have tried the force of reality and truth.
woe, be now forgiven, if, unafflicted by his language or his thought, I have tried the force of reality and truth. If, at this moment, we not only know, but feel, that where Shakspeare is we shortly shall be, let us preserve that sacred sensibility which will never embitter the enjoyments of life, if it effectually remind us of its use!
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION.
For Liverpool, The Brig WHEELER, Will take thirty or forty hogsheads tobacco on freight, and as many bales cotton—also, a few passengers.
George Murray, Esq. Co. New FLOUR in bbls. and half bbls. July 16. 2t 909
For LONDON, The fine new Ship MARIA, James Rowell, master, burthen about 400 hhds. on her second voyage, has good accommodations, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days, half of which is already engaged.—For freight of the balance or passage, apply to Richard Bowden, Esq. Co. July 16. tf 910
For Freight or Charter, The fast-sailing Brig ELIZABETH, Robert Barclay, master, burthen 1300 barrels, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. Apply to John Davis. Portsmouth, July 16. tf 908
MOSES MYERS Offers for Charter, The good Ship MEDFORD, Josiah Barnard, master, two years old, burthen 300 hogsheads, expected in a day or two from Boston. July 14. tf 908
For Freight or Charter, The New Schooner EAGLE, Daniel Havens, Master—she will carry about 750 barrels, and is a good vessel in every respect.—A freight for Lisbon or Madeira would be preferred. For terms apply to Fisk & Catlett.
Who have for SALE, received by said Vessel from Boston, 55 barrels No. 1 BEEF, 70 do. do. 2 do. 20 half do. do. 1 do. 60 do. Prime Boston Bay MACKAREL, of a superior quality. July 14. tf 904
A Freight Wanted For the Brig TRAVELLER, Stephen Devall, master, 130 tons or about 1300 barrels burthen, a staunch fast sailing vessel. Apply on board, or to Christopher Fry. July 14. tf 906
For Jamaica, The Brig CATHARIN, Thomas Callahan, Master, will sail on the course of ten days.—Three or four passengers can be well accommodated by applying to the master on board, or to ROBERT DICKSON. July 7. tf 878
FOR LONDON, The fine, strong, and fast-sailing SHIP RESOLUTION, Andrew W. Bell, master, fourteen months old, sheathed upon the stocks, and burthen 400 hhds. tobacco, has part of her cargo already on board, and a considerable quantity engaged.—For freight of the remainder, small light articles, or passage (having superior accommodations) apply to the captain on board, or N. Heron. July 7. tf 885
For Charter to Europe or the West-Indies, The fast-sailing Sch'r ELIZABETH MAR-GARET, James G. Mallory, Master, burthen 900 barrels—can be ready for the reception of a cargo in three days. For terms apply to Richard Bowden, & Co. Who offer for SALE, 19 Hhds. choice Antigua RUM. Imported in said schooner. July 7. tf 879
FOR SALE, A remarkable fine NEW BRIG, Now lying at Loyall's wharf, burthen about 180 tons, built and fitted with the best materials, and can be ready for the reception of a cargo in five days.—If there is no application for her in ten days, she will then take in freight for Philadelphia, on very low terms.—Apply to Richard Bowden, Esq. Co. July 7. tf 888
For AMSTERDAM, The coppered Ship ALEXANDER, John Roach, master, can take three hundred hogsheads on freight. For terms apply to Moses Myers. June 20. tf 832
We have received by the brig Sumner, from Jamaica, 57 puncheons high proof RUM, 13 Hogsheads MOLASSES—which are offered for Sale on very liberal terms, by Redmon & Frith.
ON HAND, A parcel of very good W. Island RUM. June 16. tf 834
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Brig Hannah, Captain Knapp, from Port Cavaness—consisting of 214 hhds. & 60 tierces prime Molasses. T. & W. A. Marsden's Wharf. June 11. tf 830
For SALE—Afloat, 45 Hogsheads Richmond TOBACCO. July 9. tf 831

YESTERDAY the PUBLICK LEDGER entered upon its third year.
Whatever acknowledgments are due from the Editor for the increased and increasing patronage which this paper has received, and continues to receive, he shall withhold them at present, assuring the Patrons of the Ledger, that it shall be conducted upon the same principles, and with the same industry and attention which have been heretofore observed.
To SUBSCRIBERS—A few words. Those who were original subscribers, and have not paid the first year's subscription, are now three years in arrears; those who have paid one year's subscription only, are two years in arrears, and one year's subscription is due from our other original subscribers.
The reader of taste, will, we anticipate, find great pleasure in perusing the remarks which we copy from the Charleston Courier, on the Anniversary of our Independence, written by Mr. Carpenter, to whose pen we are so often indebted for much valuable matter for our paper.
A Mercantile friend has handed us the following important extract of a letter from Charleston, received by last night's mail:—
"We have accounts via New Providence, of not the most pleasing complexion—Private letters affirm that Mr. Fox, in a speech in the House of Commons on the 22d of May, declared that the Country was at war with nearly all the world, and that it was a MATTER OF INDIFFERENCE WHETHER AMERICA WAS THROWN INTO THE SCALE OR NOT."
"Mr. Nicholson's non-importation bill had caused much sensation, and it was said that we would be allowed to export no goods from that country of any description, since we had discriminated."
Upon the above we would observe that the respectable source from whence we receive this extract, satisfies us as to the correctness of the report in Charleston, as received from New Providence.
At first we were inclined to doubt on a comparison with our London dates, via New York, which are of the 22d of May also; but if Mr. Fox made the speech attributed to him, it would be late at night on the 22d, and would get into the evening papers of the 23d, and not sooner, as the morning papers of the 23d, had probably gone to press, before the House adjourned, which is commonly from one to three o'clock in the morning.
Married last evening, by the Rev. Mr. Grigsby, HENRY BRUNET, Esq. to Mrs. SALLY READ, both of this borough.
[COMMUNICATION.]
Died in Williamsburg, on the 9th inst. Mr. RICHARD S. PLEASANTS, after a most severe indisposition, which he suffered with composed and christian fortitude.
In the contemplation of this youth, stoical morality, looks at human nature through the brightest medium, and relaxes its cold scholastic doctrines—Platonic philosophy, no longer invested with the shades of problematic orthodoxy, found in him a splendid demonstration.—His heart was filled with all those quick and delicate sensibilities, those amiable affections, and that social sympathy which compose the harmonious elements of universal undistinguishing benevolence.—His mind originally rich in native intuition, had received all that illumination and refinement which modern literature could afford—His genius naturally bold and excursive, was tempered into moderation by serious philosophic reflexion. But panegyric drops her fading wreaths, and exclaims in the language of immortal Shakspeare.
To gild refined gold, to paint the lilly, To add perfumes to the violet; Or, with taper light, to seek The beauteous eye of Heaven to garnish, Is superfluous and ridiculous excess.
EUGENIUS.
Admiral Villeneuve.—In the London Courier of the 12th of May, we find the following remarks respecting this ill fated man:
Without pretending to determine whether the account in the French papers of the manner of admiral Villeneuve's death be true or not, we shall state some circumstances which struck us forcibly upon reading that account. It was known that the admiral was deeply hurt at the insinuation thrown out against him, of having begun the battle off Trafalgar imprudently, and that he was anxious to proceed to Paris to request a court martial upon his conduct. It was for that purpose he solicited permission from our government to return to France upon his parole. No sooner, however, was he arrived in France and began his journey to Paris, than we are to suppose he no longer felt any anxiety to clear himself of the charges brought against him, but that fearful of meeting the eye and reproach of his government, he chose to put a period to his existence, thereby countenancing the attack made upon him. This consideration may surely justify us in entertaining a considerable degree of suspicion, which will not be lessened by our knowledge of Buonaparte's character, and by the recollection of the fate which attended other persons who have fallen under the hate of that remorseless tyrant. He wishes to have it believed that his displeasure is never without cause, and that the objects of it prove, by their own conduct, the justice of the charges brought against them. Hence Pichegru and others were said to have put a period to their existence. Yet it has been ascertained beyond a doubt that Pichegru was assassinated.—Assassination enters into the system of Buonaparte's government. To have assassinated Villeneuve in the temple, and said that he had put a period to his existence there, would have encouraged more suspicion than the murdering hint on the road to Paris.
If we are asked what possible advantage could Buonaparte derive from adding this other crime to those with which he is loaded? we reply, by what advantage could he derive from the assassination of capt. Wright, or the murder of the duke D'Enghien? Of all the crimes that ever were committed, they were the most unprofitable: yet Buonaparte committed them. He hated admiral Villeneuve because he had been unsuccessful; and knowing that he could not take him off by a court martial, he might resolve to adopt the shorter and surer way of taking him off by assassination.
Capt. Fairchild, (arrived at Salem) was at Trapani in Sicily on the 13th May, and informs, that Sir Sidney Smith sailed from Palermo on the 6th May, with 4 ships of the line, and 11 gun-boats, for Gaeta, which place had not then surrendered to the French, and was expected would be able to hold out against any land force that could be sent against it, while assisted by a naval armament. N. Y. J. M.
Extract of a letter received in Philadelphia, dated Liverpool, May 24, 1806.
"The damp occasioned by political occurrences still hangs upon our export trade. The demand for common cottons was free (particularly for low American cottons) until the close of the last week, when some heavy sales of West-Indies, of a description not much wanted, were brought forward, and meeting a dull demand, gave rather a check to the market; but the holders have been steady in their prices, and some few sales are making, viz. middling uplands, 16d, and 16d 1-2; fine 17d—New Orleans, very prime, 19d middling, 18d, and mixed, 17 a 17d 1-2. The consumption seems to have run upon these descriptions: if it continues, and the supplies do not come in faster from America than they have done so far, it is not improbable the market be run fine, the stocks here being by no means heavy. The trade in the manufacturing towns is rather better, but still very much depressed; and under the situation of affairs with the Continent, we are unwilling to hold any inducements for arrangements in America further than we have already done. The demand for fine cotton is not favourable.
"Flour has experienced a reduction; and we fear losses will be sustained in shipments from America, if the orders which have gone from hence affect the markets. It will fluctuate as speculation occurs; but the stocks of grain, &c. are fair here, the prospect of harvest favourable, and a probability of some supplies through neutrals, from the Baltick, the ports being open.
"Our government has abandoned the tax proposed on Pig Iron; and have given official notice of the blockade of the coast from the Elbe to Brest, both inclusive, but not to extend to neutral vessels laden with goods not being the property of his majesty's enemies, and not contraband of war, provided the vessel shall not have been laden at any port belonging to or in possession of an enemy, or to be destined for any enemy's port, with the exception of the coast from Ostend to the Seine, which will be vigorously blocked.
"War is declared against Prussia and Pappenburg, and the embargo is taken off Hamburg and Oldenburg vessels, also off such Bremen and Pappenburg vessels as cleared out for any port of Great Britain previous to the Prussian notification of the 28th March.
"We observe several Danish vessels are brought into the southern ports."
"24th.—It is reported a change has taken place in the Prussian cabinet, from which conclusions favourable to a peace with this country are inferred; if so it may be favourable to cotton, &c. and injurious to grain, flour and timber."
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
(Communicated for the Register.)
LIVERPOOL, May 24, 1806.
"We enclose you the extract (respecting the adjustment with Prussia) from the London papers, leaving you to form your own conclusions.—No private letters from Hamburg state the circumstance—and yet our government have delayed issuing letters of marque, though an order in council had appeared in the Gazette for that purpose."
From the National Intelligencer.
As might have been expected, some of the English prints, distinguished for the prejudice towards this country, have already begun to chime in with the federal tales that were so diligently circulated during the deliberations of congress. The Globe of the 21st of May, after reciting the message of the house of Representatives which accompanied the bill appropriating two millions on its transmission to the Senate, adds:
"On the 18th of February, the President sent a message to the House of Representatives, informing them that he had approved and signed the act; and the business being thus concluded, the injunction of secrecy was on the 31st of March removed, and the whole of the proceedings are now before the public. In pursuance of this act, two millions of dollars have been shipped for France, for Buonaparte, as the price of his mediation in the settlement of the differences between Spain and the U. States; so that, in fact, the bargain is to be between Buonaparte & America. Spain the vassal of France is to be allowed the privilege of transferring her own property to the United States, and Buonaparte is to pocket the purchase money. The transaction is understood in this light in America, where we are happy to find it has excited great indignation, and is considered unworthy of an independent nation. If the money had been paid only as a bribe to procure the mediation of Buonaparte, it is in the highest degree culpable. It is corrupting the judge who is to decide, and who ought to hold the scales of justice even between the parties. But if it be the purchase money paid in advance to Buonaparte for the territory he compels Spain to give up, it can be the most immoral disgusting transaction that can be imagined; because it is neither more nor less than hiring a bully, or a bravo, to procure for them an acquisition they covet, but which they have not the courage to attempt. Even if they had a right to the object, the manner is most dishonourable, and never we believe, was heard of before among nations."
The remarks are characterised by the same spirit, and clothed nearly in the same language with those, previously hazarded on this side of the Atlantic.—Every thing is assumed that is wanted, from which inferences congenial to the feelings of the writer may be the most readily drawn. But unfortunately for the British writer all the facts assumed are without foundation, and none more so than that the measure has "excited [here] great indignation, and is considered unworthy of an independent nation." Few measures taken by the government have in fact proved more popular. But it ought not to surprise us, much less should it shake our confidence in the propriety of the step taken, that the superficial politicians of Britain denounce it.
Accustomed as they have long been to consider whatever promises to benefit another as their injury, it is very natural for them to view this measure with alarm. Hoping that we should be embroiled with Spain, they will naturally be disappointed with anything that promises to lead to an accommodation. Accustomed too, to carry all their points by sheer force, they are unable to appreciate the motives of a
government that is willing to give for a desirable acquisition its real worth. The very prevalence of these sentiments in Britain is one of the strongest arguments in favour of the soundness of the measures adopted by congress.
From the Charleston Courier.
If your cup be full carry it even.
Never was an apothegm more applicable to men and circumstances, or more suitable to a particular time, than the above old Scotch maxim, to the people of America in their present condition, nor can there be a day so appropriate for inculcating it as the 4th of July, the anniversary of that epoch when the cup of their glory and felicity was filled to the very brim.
Another year of our political existence has this day rolled away, and the people of United America are now meeting, in joyful multitudes, to celebrate the anniversary of their national independence. With hearts deeply impressed with gratitude to the Great Author of all worlds, let us prostrate ourselves at the foot of his altars, and render up to Heaven our grateful acknowledgments for this greatest of blessings.
After having passed through the eventful period of the revolution, during which, friends and brethren were opposed to each other in dreadful conflict, and the flames of war extended from one end of the country to the other, we now enjoy the privileges for which we contended, and possess the rights for which we girded on the sword. At that period we exhibited to an astonished and admiring world, the new and awful spectacle of a child compelled to array itself in arms against its parent; a parent, who, blinded by a mistaken and ill-directed policy, and ignorant of the just principles and heroic feelings of her offspring, disdained its affections and spurned at its support; who, though herself unused to yield up one single leaf from the wreath of liberty, yet could basely demand it from her child; and who rather than see her offspring rise up to the utmost acme of national glory, jealous of rivalry, determined to crush its rising strength, and blast its prospects of future greatness.
In an evil hour she unfurled the standard of subjection, and displayed the proud and menacing fronts of her invading hosts from one end of the country to the other. To meet the parent country in arms—to sever the bands of allegiance which, before, had so tenderly united us, and to cut asunder the soft ligament of affection which had bound us so long and so intimately together, required an effort so strong in the minds of our people, that nothing could have effected it but a continued series of the most determined oppression, of decrees and injunctions the most hateful and cruel, and of demands and exactions which none but slaves could have submitted to. The dignity and nobleness of our nature revolted at the accumulated insults and reiterated injuries which were daily offered us by the British ministry, who, not only violated our rights, but deprived us of our wanted privilege of participating, like freemen and Englishmen, in the British constitution; nor could we find redress for our wrongs but at the point of the sword, or seek for protection beneath Britannia's shield, without crouching to the lion at her feet. The royal ear was turned away from our petitions and the ministry were deaf to our memorials and callos to our remonstrances, though they were, at once, affectionate, dutiful and loyal. In vain we urged, nay demonstrated the injustice of their demands; in vain displayed in the most ardent language, the arbitrary and oppressive conduct that had been observed towards us, the harsh & insulting terms with which they spoke of us, the destructive and fatal meats they were pursuing, and the inevitable consequences which would result from it. Our petitions were indignantly spurned from their councils, and by an unpardonable violation of all our rights as freemen and good subjects, the protection due to our fidelity was withdrawn, the ordinary justice between civilized men was refused to us, and the very name of American freedom was forbidden to be mentioned.
What remained then for freemen, regarding liberty even more than life, to do?—The rights and privileges which nature has given to all her children, swelled in the bosom of the American people, and their ardent spirit, coming in contact with oppression, burst into one universal blaze. They had resolution enough to proclaim their independence, and courage to achieve and secure it. After years of suffering and disasters, they at length succeeded in obtaining the blessings for which they contended, and each individual returned from the toils and dangers of the tented field, to repose, with gratitude and happiness, beneath the shade of his own vine & his own fig tree.
In order fully to appreciate the value of the American Revolution, let us compare it with one which has since taken place, and to which, if our's did not actually give birth gave nourishment and aid. Sad and gloomy contrast! Upon one the mind dwells with rapture and applause; while the heart recoils from the other with disgust and horror.
Our French allies, in fighting at our side during our struggle for independence, caught from us the generous flame, and flushed with rapture at our success, returned to the bosom of their own country with the seeds of a revolution germinating in their minds. Nor was it long before the licentiousness of the people, co-operating with the depravity of the court, and the inbecility of the king, opened to them the means of its accomplishment.
Without plan or arrangement, without any fixed national object in view, without the power of checking the ravages and devastations which are ever inseparable from intestine commotions and revolutionary struggles—and destitute of the means to secure, when they should obtain the object for which they were to fight, they plunged headlong into the vortex of revolution, and with the most sanguinary acts polluted the glorious cause for which they struggled, and disgraced the name of every thing dear to humanity. Infatuate demagogues sprung up from the kennels, and became the leaders of dominant factions. Spies, informers, and assassins lurked in every house, and one universal uproar of murder and havock lored it over the nation. "Out of the tomb of the murdered monarch in France has arisen a vast, tremendous, unformed Spectre, in a far more terrific guise than any which overpowered the imagination, and subdued the fortitude of man. Going straight forward to its end, unappalled by peril, unchecked by remorse, despising all common maxims and all common means, that hideous Phantom overpowered those who could not believe it possible she could at all exist." The bands of society were cut asunder—all the fine feelings, all the tender charities which did honour to man's nature, were obliterated from the multitude and their places were usurped by the most abominable and mischievous passions which polluted the heart of man. Affrighted virtue hid her head, while depravity and licentiousness stalked forth and roamed, uncontrolled, about the land. In rapid and uninterrupted succession, demagogue succeeded demagogue, and faction faction. The tyrant of yesterday, to day became the victim of the assassin's knife, and those whose principles and opinions gave them safety to day, sunk beneath the blade of the guillotine to morrow; and often has the setting sun numbered with the dead the same ferocious bloody tyrant, whom its morning rays had ushered into the plenitude of usurped power.
Under various forms, and with various principles, the massacres were continued for many years, until
the end of despotism was seized by a man, whom revolution had elevated into greatness, and whose military achievements rendered him, at once, an object of admiration and of fear. Under the specious pretext of securing the welfare and tranquility of the republic, he seized upon the reins of government, and hurled from their usurped thrones, those who, but just before, sat in thoughtless security, driving, rather than guiding, the chariot of state, to whom he himself had sworn fealty and gratitude. Gratitude justly due, since they, and they only, had promoted his fortunes and raised him up to the height from which he crushed them. Step by step, he encroached upon the nation's rights, and upon all those principles for which they fought, wading through the blood of their countrymen, till at length the illusory Phantom of Liberty, which, like an Ignis fatuus , had been leading them astray, vanished from their sight—and their very hopes which gaily glittered in their eyes so long, became at once eclipsed by the splendid tyranny of the Usurper of their rightful Monarch's throne. The orders of nobility, who claimed the homage of the people and affected to have rights different from the common herd of mankind, which, for some time had been overthrown by the "Rights of Man," were again restored under various titles, and given as a reward for the services of those who had aided the Usurper in mounting the throne of his murdered King and Benefactor. See the result of this revolution!—The presses are now shackled by the Tyrant's decrees, and every semblance, every vestige of liberty is utterly annihilated in the French republic.
Well were it indeed if the wicked views of this man were confined to his own horizon, and if the subjugation of the French nation and the conquest of the far greater part of Europe, could fill the grasp of his insatiate ambition. But no. It knows no bounds, it will own no limits, it will allow itself no holiday, while one inch of this globe, of which he is the curse, is left unsubdued to his controul. He casts around him the wishful eyes of plunder and destruction; and as he has already bent the greatest part of the European continent to his power and controul, he now casts a lowering look across the Atlantic. The evidence is before us in his actions, and it will soon be found, that the transactions and concerns of America have not escaped his notice; but even here his influence will formidable, we hope not fatally, be felt.
From his past conduct, who can resist the conclusion, that he looks with an eye of rapacity on every civilized country? From his principles, who can resist the persuasion that to a free country like the United States, he must look with jealousy and evil purpose? This is so obvious that every one must perceive it. Is it less than treachery then to this country, or wilful blindness to its danger, and withered indifference to its independence, for any American to shake the hands of friendship with such a person, or to consider his protestations of amity as any thing but artful lures to draw this country into ruin?
The Americans were driven into the revolution by the unprovoked cruelty and tyranny of the British Ministry, who had unjustly attempted to wrest from them every right and every privilege of self government, and to make them dependant upon the smiles and caprice of a corrupt court. The French commenced theirs from the viciousness of their dispositions and the restlessness and licentiousness of their habits. A fixed and glorious object formed the determination and wishes of the one; while the other was governed by the passions of the moment. The Americans were uniform in the object they contended for, and ardent in its pursuit—the French were mad in the pursuit of an ignis fatuus , which yesterday was their object, but to day has no existence in their thoughts, in their expectations, or, we believe, even in their wishes.
Events which had not been foreseen, but which naturally result from the triumph of one faction over another, converted the French into a nation of assassins and plunderers who have overrun Europe with their armies, and carried desolation wherever they marched. The Americans were engaged in a war of principles, and fought, not to place a successful foreigner upon the throne, but to establish and preserve the freedom of their country—they fought, not for the promotion or aggrandizement of a family or for the advancement of an individual, but to rescue the whole body of the people from an unjust and wanton attempt to subjugate and enslave them.
When the glorious cause for which they had drawn the sword, had been obtained—when they had achieved and secured the independence and sovereignty of their country, and established their own freedom—ambition ceased, and each returned to the pursuits of civil life, drawing sweet consolation from the debt of gratitude which they had imposed upon the rising generation. The great and immortal Washington, at the head of a victorious army attached to his person and to his principles, and possessed of power, influence and authority sufficient to awake ambition if a spark of it had lain dormant in his breast; might have assumed the reins of government and have placed himself, by force or intrigue, at its head. He might, like Buonaparte, have applied the fruit of the toils and the blood of his fellow-citizens to his own aggrandizement. Instead of having fought for national sovereignty and the liberty of self government, he might have made his object the destruction of the power of George 3, and have established in its place that of George 1. of America. But his virtues and his patriotism were not of a kind to make a mockery of independence, or to allow him to think, that the many were born to be governed by the few. Having achieved the independence of his country and the freedom of his countrymen, he resigned his military power into the hands of the delegates of the people from whom he received it, and retired into the humble shade of private life, followed by the blessings of his grateful countrymen, and the admiration and applause of all mankind.
Americans! countrymen! If you wish for national prosperity and individual happiness, tread in the footsteps of those who achieved your independence. Adhere steadfastly to that excellent constitution, which the joint wisdom of all the sages of the nation framed for your government. Let the political opinions and principles which gave your country a distinguished rank among the nations of the earth, be your opes et solatium at this day. Let no philosophical refinements, or mad metaphysical notions, persuade you to believe that you can, at this day, make a better constitution than was made for you by your revolutionary heroes and saviours.
Put this question to your hearts—"Is there any thing in the situation of yourselves or of your country, or in the practices of those who are attempting to unhinge your state which can reasonably induce you to prefer their counsel to that of your Washington, of whom it is enough to say, that in every essential but that of courage and genius as a general, he was the very reverse of Buonaparte, and to prefer the wild phantoms of men whose minds are sickened with the poison of the new philosophy to the opinions and practice which experience has taught you to be as wise and as sound as those who gave them to you were virtuous, moderate and just; opinions and practices which have raised this nation to splendour, and its people to happiness and respectability." Be assured, that all that prosperity of which you are so justly proud, was founded upon that excellent compact, the federal constitution! and that nothing but a steady adherence to the principles on which that constitution was originally framed, and a perfect consummation of its purposes in its full scope and spirit, can ever render this nation respectable

and feared abroad, or yourselves happy, secure and independent at home.
Long may America enjoy that independence which she so nobly wrung from the harsh grasp of British tyranny and oppression; and oh! may she never suffer it to be wrung from her again, by gallie perfidy or fraud . And as she is now the only true republic in existence , the only country in which the government is founded wholly upon the rights and liberties of the people, may she continue for ages after ages to exhibit to an admiring world an example of honour, of virtue, of fortitude and of justice.
Prices Current at Liverpool, May 24.
Cotton —New-Orleans and Natches, 1s. 5d. a 1s. 7d.; Tennessee, 1s. 4 1-2d. a 1s. 5 1-2d.; Georgia Upland, 1s. 4d. a 1s. 5d.; Sea-Island, very fine, 2s. 5d. a 2s. 6d.; Fine, 2s. 3d. a 2s. 4d.; Saw Ginned, 1s. 5d. a 2s. 6d.; Stained, 1s. 4d. a 1s. 5d. per lb. Grain —Wheat, 12s. 0d. a 13s. 0d. 70lbs. W. bush. Flour —Wheaten, superfine, 45s. 0d. a 46s. 0d. per bbl. Rice —New in bond, 27s. 0d. a 28s. 0d.; Duty paid, 34s. 0d. a 36s. 0d. cwt. Flaxseed —For crushing, 8s. 6d. a 9s. 0d. W. bush. Bees Wax —13s. 0d. a 14s. 0d. cwt. Naval Stores —Turpentine, soft, 13s. 0d. a 14s. 0d.; Middling, 12s. 0d. a 12s. 6d.; Hard, 11s. 0d. a 11s. 6d.; Pitch, hard, 8s. 6d. a 9s. 0d.; Rosin, 9s. 6d. a 10s. 6d.; Tar, 20s. 0d. a 21s. 0d. bbl. Dear Skins —In the hair, 1s. 3d. a 1s. 9d. Staves —W. O.—Bbl. Philadelphia, 11s. 0d. a 13s. 0d.; Hhd. do. 17s. 0d. a 20s. 0d.; Bbl. New-York, 10s. 0d. a 11s. 0d.; Hhd. do. 17s. 0d. a 19s. 0d.; Pipe, 12s. 0d. a 13s. 0d.; Bbl. Balt. and Virg. 10s. 0d. a 12s. 0d.; Hhd. do. 16s. 0d. a 19s. 0d.; Hhd. Geo. & Car. 11s. 0d. a 13s. 0d. Timber —New-England, Logs, Oak, 12s. 6d. a 2s. 8d.; Pine, 2s. 3d. a 2s. 4d.; Maple, Bir. and Beech, 1s. 1d. a 2s. 0d. cub. feet.— Plank , Oak, 0s. 6d. a 0s. 6d. 1-2 ft. 2 inth.; Pine, 0s. 5d. a 0s. 5d. 1-4 do. Boards, Oak, 0s. 4d. a 0s. 4d. 1-2 ft. 1 inth.; Pine, 0s. 2d. a 0s. 3d. do. Logs —New-York, Oak, 3s. 0d. a 3s. 2d. cub. ft.; Pine, 2s. 4d. a 2s. 5d. do.; Plank, Oak, 0s. 6d. 1-4 a 0s. 7d. ft. 2 inth.; Pine, 0s. 5d. 1-4 a 0s. 5d. 1-2 do. Boards, Oak, 0s. 4d. 1-4 a 0s. 4d. 1-0 ft. 1 inth.; Pine, 0s. 3d. a 0s. 3d. 1-4 do. Logs —Georgia, Pitch Pine, 2s. 7d. a 2s. 8d.; cub ft.; Plank, Pitch Pine, 0s. 6d. a 0s. 6d. 1-2 ft. 2 inth. Cedar —Logs, 4s. 0d. a 7s. 6d. foot; Posts, 3s. 0d. a 4s. 0d. do. Tobacco —Duty unpaid—York and James River, 0s. 3d. 1-4 a 0s. 6d. 1-2; Rappahannock, 0s. 3d. a 0s. 6d.; Potomack, 0s. 3d. 1-4 a 0s. 5d.; Georgia, 0s. 3d. a 0s. 4d.; Carolina, 0s. 3d. a 0s. 4d. 1-2; Stemmed, 0s. 6d. a 0s. 9d.; Maryland brown, 0s. 4d. 0s. 5d.; colour, 0s. 5d. 1-2 a 0s. 7d.; kitefoot, 0s. 6d. a 0s. 9d. per lb.
NEW-YORK, July 12.
By the Brig Hercules, from Bordeaux, and the ship Brutus, from Nantéz, a regular file of Paris papers to the 25th May is received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser . No political event of consequence having transpired, these papers contain very little intelligence worth translating. We learn from them, however, that all the difficulties which had taken place between France and Austria, relative to the occupation of the mouths of the Cattaro have been removed by the court of Petersburg having ordered them to be delivered up to France conformable to the treaty of Presburg.
The Venetian provinces have sent an extraordinary deputation to Paris, to take the oath of allegiance to the emperor, and to bear testimony to the sentiments which animate the inhabitants of that country.
According to advices from Hamburgh, of May 11th, the Swedes had begun the blockade of the Oder; and the English were going to close the mouths of the Vistula, the Pregel, and the Memel. A body of English troops was expected at Stralsund under command of general Moore, who is to act under the orders of the king of Sweden.
An ambassador from the Ottoman Porte arrived at Paris on the 19th of May. No change had taken place in the constitution or form of government of the Batavian republic. Five per cent consols, 63 3/4.
The fortress of Gaeta, the garrison of which at present resists the whole force of the French army in Naples, is situate upon a peninsula, and is very strong by art and nature. The ground in its vicinity being hard rock immediately below the surface, too trenches can be opened upon it; and, without the dominion of the sea, it is impossible to reduce it by famine. It bears a striking resemblance to Gibraltar, on which account the Italians call it Little Gibraltar. In 1797 it sustained a celebrated siege against the Austrians, who took it by assault, after throwing into the place 1500 bombs and 20,000 cannon balls.
PHILADELPHIA, July 8.
Arrived ship Active, captain Morris, in 60 days from the Cape of Good Hope; by her we are informed, that sir Home Popham, sailed from the Cape on the 14th of April last, in the Diadem, accompanied by the Diamond and Raisonable, of 64 guns, two frigates, and a number of transports, on board of which, was a train of artillery and a Highland regiment. It was generally believed that this expedition was destined against the Spanish settlements of Rio-de-Plata.
Left the Cape of Good Hope May 6. June 18, spoke brig Main, Freeman, 19 days from Portland bound to Grenada, in lat. 20, long. 52, all well.—June 28, lat. 50, long. 69, 30, brig Endymion, Suter, 7 days from Philadelphia. July 1, lat. 33, long. 66, brig Eliza Hamilton, Calver, 5 days from Baltimore, for Barbadoes, all well.
Left at False-bay, ship Hope, Sheffield, from Canton bound to New-York; do. brig Elizabeth, Chase, of Nantucket, in distress.
CHARLESTON, July 7.
COMMUNICATION.
THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS.
On the first of July, Fahrenheit's thermometer, in the shaded air, and a cool situation, at 2 o'clock, marked the degree of heat to 90. On the 2d the mercury at the same time and place, stood at 88 1-2 degrees. On Thursday the 3d at two o'clock, the thermometer rose to nearly 90. It was then suspended 6 feet above the surface of the ground, exposed to the full influence of the sun, and at half past 2 o'clock the mercury rose to 131—at this time being removed to its usual situation, and the bulb placed in my mouth, it fell very speedily to 95, or that of animal heat. Water was brought from a neighbouring well as hastily as possible, and the thermometer being plunged into it, the mercury fell to 75—this was at 25 minutes past 3 o'clock. In the same situation the thermometer remained for 20 minutes, when it marked 77 1-2 degrees, showing that the water had in that space of time, absorbed 2 1-2 degrees of heat, from the surrounding atmosphere. At this period, viz. 45 minutes past 3 o'clock, cool water from the same well was again used, and the thermometer being placed in it, fell in one minute to 72 1-2 degrees. Directly afterwards, water from an adjacent well shaded from the east and west sun was procured, and the mercury showed its tempo-
rature to be 70 degrees. In half an hour after, viz. at a quarter past 4 o'clock, the thermometer in its usual situation marked nearly 90 degrees.
These experiments, and some others of the same kind, show, that the bulk of the inhabitants of this city, and even some distance from it, are very frequently, and for a long time, exposed to a far greater degree of solar heat, than what is generally supposed; and that they are capable of supporting, without manifest injury, so immediate a temperature as 130, or thereabout. To what are we to attribute this power of the system in repelling a degree of heat so superior to that of its own, which we know may be estimated at about 96? Shall it be said that the human system being adapted to suit itself to various degrees of heat, is able to absorb, and throw off all superfluous heat by the different etherical emunctories, during the hot seasons? Or will it be more respectful and modest to leave the solution thereof to physiologists more competent to investigate the same?
I read with much pleasure the Thermometrical observations in yesterday's Courier . I think the human body is, generally, exposed to a greater degree of heat than that marked by the Thermometer in the shade , and I therefore believe the surest mode of ascertaining this degree of heat, to be to take the mean marked by two Thermometers, one in the shade and the other in the sun.—This will give the state of heat to which we are exposed in going about town. The instrument placed in a cool situation six feet above ground, gives a certain degree of temperature, but it is not in this situation that the people are confined, they pass in the shade and in the sun—upstairs and in the cellars, and in all of which situations, the height of the mercury is different. In our hottest days, the Thermometer in the library room does not rise, by several degrees, as high as that which is only placed six feet above the ground. The reflected heat from the street or house—the density of that stratum of air which immediately covers the streets, retaining more heat than that on the house top, are reasons why the temperature marked by the Thermometer is not the same in the upper story of a house as it is in the lower one.
From this reasoning, it will naturally be inferred, that, in the summer months, the upper stories of a house are the coolest, and therefore the most fit residence for those who are not, as yet, accustomed to our climate. The air, in this situation being less dense, respiration is more easily performed, and the circulation of the blood is not so much hurried. I have been, abroad, exposed for several days, to a degree of heat in the shade, equal to 102 degrees of Fahrenheit, while another Thermometer in the sun rose up to 140 degrees. Although this heat was greater than any which ever takes place in this city, yet I suffered less inconvenience than I experienced here last week. The reason of it is this—here, as I before observed, the density of the lower stratum of atmosphere is very great, either from suspended moisture or dust—in the other place, the air was pure and elastic, and rather stimulated the system than oppressed it. I am therefore of opinion, that it is not so much the degree of heat to which we are exposed, which makes us suffer so much inconvenience, as the density of the air accompanying it in certain situations.
KINGSTON, (Jamaica) June 7.
The Mediator frigate, of 30 guns, from St. Andreas, and la Renard sloop of war, of 18 guns captain Coghlan from a cruise, arrived on Thursday.—The latter vessel brought in with her, the French imperial brig la Diligence, carrying 14 long sixes and two 32 pounders and 124 men, and commanded by Monsieur Chevenard. She left L'Orient about six months ago, in order to join the squadron under Commodore L'Hermite, of Le Regulus, of 74 guns, and had proceeded in search of him to Cayenne and from thence to Guadalupe from which she had sailed on her return to France, with dispatches, when la Reynard fell in with her between the west end of Porto Rico and Zachao, on the 23th ult. and after a chase of three days, and then as far as lat. 24 30. N. long. 65. W. succeeded in capturing her on the 8th without any resistance.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
Via New-York.
LONDON, May 18.
It is generally understood on the continent, that the senator Beuharnois is to govern Switzerland, under the title of Landammann for life ; but that at his death, the country will pass to his son-in-law the electoral prince of Baden. Should this project be carried into execution, we shall see, says a German paper, reign at Naples, prince Joseph, the brother of the emperor; in Upper Italy, prince Eugene; viceroy in Switzerland, the uncle of that prince the brother-in-law of the empress; along the Rhine to the Maine, the electoral prince of Baden, son-in-law of Madame Beauharnois; from thence to Holland, duke Joachim, brother-in-law of the emperor; and in Holland, another brother of that monarch.
Private letters from Holland state, that the new constitution intended for that kingdom, was to be promulgated in the course of the present week. His majesty, Louis the first, was to be at the Hague on Thursday last, and to be proclaimed before the 20th. His nomination is said to have excited the utmost depression, and some cities have even ventured to petition their high mightinesses to oppose the measure with all their power.
May 19.
We understand that a message from his majesty will be brought down some day next week, Wednesday we believe, relative to the pacific overtures from the French government; and that the correspondence between the two countries will at the same time be laid before both houses.
By a gentleman who left the Hague last Saturday, the 17th, we have been favoured with the following information:
The Hague paper of the preceding day stated, that the Prussian guards at Berlin had fired into the senate house whilst the members were assembled; and that several of the troops had expressed a strong unwillingness to march against the Swedes.
Count de Sebliz, a young Prussian nobleman of rank in the army, had been ordered to attend his majesty on account of some freedom of speech with respect to existing affairs. Instead of attending the king he shot himself, leaving behind him a paper in which he stated his reasons for the act, and his unwillingness to survive the honour of his country.—The Prussian governor of Hanover, count Schmettenberg is said to have resigned in consequence of the opposition he had met with in his government.
The deputation which had been sent to Paris from the Hague, with a petition against the proposed change in the Dutch government, and the appointment of a French prince at the head of the government, were on their way back, having wholly failed in their mission. A courier had arrived at Amsterdam, who is said to have brought a dispatch to the grand pensionary, pressing him to an immediate compliance with the desires of their high ally with respect to the new arrangements. The Dutch funds fell 2 per cent.
Much activity prevails in the dock-yards at Amsterdam and Rotterdam. At the former place two ships of the line are ready to be launched, and two others are in a state of forwardness. At the latter,
two ships of the line and three frigates are on the stocks.
It is believed in Holland, as well as in this country, that admiral Villeneuve was assassinated by order of Buonaparte. He was found on the floor of his room with five stabs in his body with a case-knife.—In the last stab, the knife had entirely pierced his body and entered the floor.
May 20.
Sir Richard Strachan sailed from Plymouth yesterday morning, with the following ships under his command—Cesar, Terrible, Montague, Bellona, Audacious, Bellisle, and Triumph; and Decade and Melampus frigates. This squadron is supposed to be gone in pursuit of Jerome Buonaparte's squadron.
Captain Parry, of the Lady Shaw Stewart, transport, taken and burnt by the French squadron under the command of admiral Villiamé, and Jerome Buonaparte, consisting of the Veteran, Froidroyant, Ecole, Castor, Impetueux, and Patriote, men-of-war; Valereux and Volontaire frigates, is arrived in London; he was but on board the Union cartel, arrived in the Downs from the Cape of Good Hope, from the Foudroyant man of war, on the 20th March, in lat. 16, 45 south, long. 7. west. He had been on board 16 weeks, during which time the squadron had captured six sail of vessels—viz. the Active transport, captain Hollart, from Gibraltar; Susanna of Liverpool, bound to Payal; two Newfoundland vessels; a privateer; a privateer, prize to the Narcissus; and the Lady Shaw Stewart; one of the Newfoundland vessels was given up to the people, the rest were destroyed. The squadron, during its course, has been to lat. 33, 36, S. long. 14, 30, E. On the 20th March it had only five weeks water, and four months provisions on board. It is supposed the squadron would proceed to the Brazils for water, and from thence to the West Indies. On the 28th February, an American arrived at the Cape, which a few days before had fallen in with the Regulus, of 80 guns; President, and Sybille, of 40 guns each; and Surveillante of 18 guns, on their way to the Isle of France.
May 22.
We have received a German paper of a later date than those brought by the mails that arrived yesterday, which contains a decree, passed by the canton of Bâle, against the commerce of this country. By it, all persons dealing in prohibited merchandise, are made liable to imprisonment, confiscation of the goods, and a fine of not less than 100 louis d'ors!—Resistance to these arbitrary mandates of France is vain, as an army is ready on the Swiss frontiers to enforce obedience; meanwhile, a deeply rooted hatred spreads through the country, which though at present hidden, may in due season burst in a frightful harvest of revenge.
Our Plymouth letter of yesterday states, that a report was current that the in-shore squadron off Brest, consisting of the Impetueux, of 80 guns, capt. Lawford, the Diamond and the Latona frigates, and the Haughty gun brig, having been becalmed under the French batteries, the whole of the enemy's fleet, consisting of ten sail of the line, had slipped their cables and captured them—No such intelligence as the above has reached the admiralty; we therefore trust it is incorrect.
RETREAT OF COUNT HAUGWITZ.
It is with the deepest satisfaction we communicate the following most important intelligence. The man to whose baneful councils Prussia owes her present humiliating situation, whom Europe has to curse, for having at a moment when Prussia might have saved Europe, arrested and palsied her arm, Count Haugwitz, overwhelmed with the execrations of his countrymen, and of every man not sold to France, is supposed to have retired from his office, after he had possessed it but a few weeks. Observing the universal unpopularity of the measures of the new minister; seeing every where the detestation in which they were held, a detestation not disguised even in his presence, the king of Prussia is said to have asked count Keller's advice (Haugwitz's associate in the ministry), as to the measures necessary to be adopted.—Count Keller advised an immediate and entire change of the system. Haugwitz opposed this advice, and counselled a continuance of the system.—The king declared for count Keller, and commanded him to suggest the means most likely to lead to a reconciliation, and to avert the evils which threatened the state. Haugwitz in consequence of the rejection of his system, demanded leave to retire to his estates in Silesia for a few weeks, which was granted. The first measure that has followed his retreat has been, to send orders to the Prussian ports in the Baltic, not to obstruct the entrance or departure of any British ships, but to treat them in a friendly manner. Other measures are expected to be adopted advantageous to this country.
It is impossible not to expect but that this change in the councils of Prussia will lead to an adjustment of the differences between the two countries—and thus in an attempt which Buonaparte flattered himself and foretold would lead to the ruin of the British commerce, he has done more injury to his ally than to us, and has placed this truth on a foundation not to be shaken—that the continent is more likely to be injured by any system hostile to the commerce of G. Britain, than G. Britain herself; and that any attempt against her trade, will only redouble the injury and disgrace those who make it.
We trust, too, that this change in the councils of Prussia will lead to consequences still more beneficial and important than the mere adjustment of the differences between the courts of London and Berlin. The remainder of the intelligence brought by the Hamburg mail last night, is contradictory. On the one hand we are assured not only that a good understanding subsists between Austria and France, and that the differences with respect to Cattaro have been settled, but that a close alliance will take place between them. On the other hand we are informed that orders have been given to all the regiments of the Batavian Royal army, to hold themselves in readiness to march at four hours notice—and that the columns of Austrian prisoners which were on their march for Upper Suabia, had received fresh orders to halt.
The discussions last night in the house of commons are highly interesting to the nation at large. The chancellor of the exchequer, in introducing his promised motion respecting the public accounts in the West Indies, entered rather unexpectedly into a long and very important detail of the measures in contemplation for the better management of the public accounts in general. From his lordship's statement it appeared, that very little had been done towards examining the public accounts since the American war. The amount of the accounts now examined was four hundred and fifty-five millions—a sum equal to the amount of the National Debt! Instead of five commissioners, ten are about to be appointed. These commissioners are to be divided into three distinct boards, with the power, however, of communicating with each other. One of these boards is to take up the accounts now under examination—the second board to examine the long arrears of the navy—and the third is to be entrusted with the remaining accounts, commencing from December last. The ten commissioners, after the pressure of business has subsided, are to be reduced to six, and the three boards converted into one.
A discussion of considerable interest took place on the subject of the army estimates. The principle of the plan for the improvement of our ordinary
system, as it was originally submitted to the house by the secretary for the war department, is not to be abandoned. Those parts of the plan which relate to the limited service, and the organization of the levy en masse, are, we believe, to be strictly adhered to; the regulations for the volunteer force are likely to receive some modification. The annual mutiny bill, in which it is intended to include the first part of the plan, was brought in and read a first time to-day. The second reading will take place to-morrow, and on Friday we might the bill will be considered in the committee, when the whole of these important alterations in the military system of the country will be debated.
Gazette Marine Memoranda
ARRIVED. British ship Reward, Fiere, 56 days days from Gibraltar, Ballast, Warren Ashley. Sch'r Alfred, Grant, 20 days from Marygalante. Sugar, to the Master.—Left there brig Franklin, Miller, of Edenton, to sail for Norfolk in 3 days.—In lat. 27, long. 66, was boarded by an officer from an English ship of 20 guns, two sch'rs in company, and treated very politely. Brig Sally, Griffin, from Philadelphia bound to St. Jago-de-Cuba, in distress, having lost her mainmast. Sch'r Margaret, Kettelas, from Philadelphia, bound to Madeira, leaky, put in to refit. Sch'r Enterprise, Fitzhugh, 6 days from New-York. The ship Jane, Colley, was at Falmouth the 20th May. The ship Cabinet, Woodend, sailed from Deal, the 21st May, for a port in the United States. The ships Felix, Ross, and Amiable Antoniette, Williams, from this port, have arrived at Nantz. The brig Ranger from this port has arrived at Jamaica.
CHARLESTON, July 7.
Captain Monroe was boarded yesterday, a few miles East of the light-house, by a Spanish felucca. They detained him several hours, during which time they were constantly employed in plundering—taking from the captain and passengers, all their money, three pair of pistols, several cutlasses, wine, porter—and, in short every article they could possibly carry off.
The privateer is under Spanish colours, but her crew is composed of a motley collection of all nations, some of whom were recognized as being formerly residents in this city. They informed capt. Monroe, that they had a few days before sent a British brig into this port. [The Experiment, which arrived on Thursday last; the prize-master of which stated, that the felucca was a letter of marque from St. Andero.] Some of the privateersmen drew their knives and daggers, and threatened to stab the people on board the schooner.
GRAY'S Packet will sail for Baltimore on Tuesday morning. July 18.
SALE AT AUCTION.
On Dickson's wharf, in Gosport, on Monday the 21st instant, at 11 o'Clock, Will be Sold, for the benefit of the underwriters and others concerned in the Cargo of the ship Atlas, Capt. Clemenson, put in here in distress, on her passage from Jamaica to Liverpool, 60 Hogsheads Jamaica SUGAR.
At the same time, Will be Sold, 40 Tierces COFFEE, For the benefit of the underwriters or others concerned in the cargo of the ship Ann, capt. Pottness, put in here in distress on her passage from Jamaica to Liverpool—Terms Cash. Wm. B. Lamb. July 18. 1 3
FOR SALE, 200 bbls. new wheat sup. FLOUR, from Richmond, 600 boxes Mould CANDLES, 1000 pair Ladies' SHOES, fit for the West-India market, 10 pipes Country GIN, 20 barrels Apple BRANDY—and a few do. WHISKEY. John Marrast. July 18. 3* 1
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND,
late the property of Christopher Gardner, deceased, containing one hundred acres, situated on the west side of Broad-Creek, about three miles from Norfolk. It has on it a roomy comfortable Dwelling-House; one third of the land is cleared, the remainder is in woods of good timber. A long credit will be given for the greatest part of the purchase money. Sweepson Whitehead, Ex'r. July 18. 3w 2
By virtue of a Deed in Trust, Will be Sold, on FRIDAY, the first day of August, on the premises for ready money, The TRACT OF LAND,
called Paradise, whereon William Raincock, now resides, situate within one mile and a half of the town of Portsmouth, containing 568 acres. The road to the Canal, and that running from the New-Bridge to Bunting's Ordinary, runs through this land; there is on the premises a comfortable Dwelling-House and the necessary out-houses, and the land is as well timbered as any in that part of the country, and an excellent range for stock. The Trustees. July 11. tds 897
NEW WHEAT FLOUR, in barrels and half barrels, just received and for SALE by Price & Waddey. Who have in Store, a small quantity of Pilot, Navy, and Ship BREAD, which they will barter for Jamaica Rum. July 16. 3* 911
For New-York or Boston, The good Sch'r RISING STATES, Robert Means, Master, burthen 128 tons.—For freight or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the Master on board, or to George Finch, Campbell's Wharf.
Who has for SALE on board said Schooner, about 5000 Inches Northern SPARS, which will be sold low, if immediate application is made as above. July 14. 1 902
FOR SALE, 850 Barrels whole HERRINGS, in excellent order for Shipping, 80 do cut, 130 do SHA'D; 750 bbls. TAR, 420 do. TURPENTINE. Richard Blow. July 14. 8* 907
FOR SALE, The HOUSE and appurtenances adjoining Mr. Robert Boush's, and at present occupied by Mr. Alexander Wilson—Part of the purchase money must be paid down, and the remainder secured by a deed of trust upon the property, payable at 6, 9, and 12 months. The House is under lease to the present proprietor until April next. Theo. Armstrong. June 9. 8* 908

Fresh supplies of Drugs & Medicines, Have just been received by  FREDERICK HERRMAN, & SON, For the Ship Protection, from London, and Herald from Liverpool—Also, an assortment of  SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. A great variety of  GENUINE PATENT MEDICINES. All sorts of  GLASS AND SHOP FURNITURE, And a prime collection of VALUABLE PERFUMES, includ- ing OTTER of ROSES from Barbary.
Importing regularly twice a year from the most respectable Druggists in Europe, we assure those who favour us with their orders, that the strictest attention will be paid to furnish them with articles of the best quality, and on the most rea- sonable terms. PERRY'S and LETTOM'S Golden Antiphlogis- TICS; CHURCHES and J. K. READ'S COUGH DROPS for Sale.—MEDICINE CHESTS as usual. June 16. tf 835
80 Pun. high proof Jamaica RUM, Landing this day from on board sch'r Maryland Mary, from Kingston—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. June 25. 6t 867
ROBERT MAITLAND, & Co. HAVE IN STORE FOR SALE,  14 Pipes Pierpont's New-York Anchor GIN, of a superior quality, 10 Chests Young Hyson TEA; 4 chests Hyson do. 2000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN, first chop, 10 Pipes French BRANDY; 72 doz. CLARET in cases, 2 Hds. Lump SUGAR; 8 hds. West-India RUM, Hibbert's Bottled PORTER, and Brown STOUT, and choice old Madeira WINE, in pipes, hds. and qr. casks. June 11. 6w 827
30 Pipes Country GIN, 10 do. real Cogniac BRANDY, 20 Puncheons W. I. RUM, 15 Quarter Casks Old Sherry WINE, 30 Barrels WHISKEY, 8 Hogsheads Apple BRANDY, 30 Bags PEPPER, 50 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 do. Dipped do. 2 Bales FINE CASSAS, 5 do Beerboom GURRAHS—For Sale at reduced prices by S. Marks, jun. & Co. April 2. tf 631
SECOND CLASS.
SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, For the Benefit of WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE. 5,938 Tickets at 10 dollars. each, dolls. 59,380 4,685 do. at 15 do. do. 70,275 10,625 129,655 Deduct loss on 2000 Tickets renewed, 4,500 Dolls. 125,155
To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct. 2 Prizes of 5000 Dollars, each, Dolls. 10,000 4 do. 2000 do. 8,000 16 do. 1000 do. 16,000 16 do. 500 do. 8,000 32 do. 200 do. 6,400 160 do. 100 do. 16,000 232 do. 50 do. 11,600 750 do. 20 do. 15,000 1 do. 155 Stationary Prizes are, 1 Prize first drawn, after 1000 Tickets } are out, 500 1 do. 2000 500 1 do. 3000 500 1 do. 4000 500 1 do. 5000 500 1 do. 6000 500 1 do. 7000 10,000 1 do. 8000 500 1 do. 9000 500 1 do. last drawn, a Prize 20,000 1223 Prizes. Dolls. 125,000 9400 Blanks.
The superiority of this Scheme to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to adventure, will see that their chance for obtaining prizes is greatly increased; that pending the drawing, their small prizes may be immediately invested in other tickets, thereby giving them a chance for prizes of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn prizes of 15 dollars, in the First Class, as well as to those who have drawn blanks, information is now given, that the prizes may at their own option be re- newed by tickets in this Class, and their blanks also, but upon the payment in the latter case of 10 dollars with each blank, provided such prizes and blanks, with the cash, be remitted free of postage, to Robt. Greenhow, merchant, in Williamsburg, agent and treasurer, or to William Newsum, Post-Master, in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing, after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual advantage that may result to each adventurer, is added the patrio- tic reasons which induced the legislature to author- ise this Lottery, it is ardently hoped that the dis- position of tickets, will soon enable the commission- ers to certify, that the drawing has commenced; which event, the agent assures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power. Robt. Greenhow, Ag't & Treasurer. June 18. tf 842
I wish to Purchase, Six or Eight Negro BOYS, from 15 to 18 years of age. Thomas Warren. April 15. tf 661
For SALE by the Subscribers, a general assortment of  Ship Chandlery, Cordage, and Cables, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 inches, English PAINTS and OIL, Sheathing PAPER, Bar IRON, TOBACCO, Richmond Inspection; FLOUR, PORK, Prime and Cargo, New-York Inspection, 200 Gin CASES; 20 Boxes SEGARS. They have also on hand, an extensive and good as- sortment of  GROCERIES. Noble, Arbuthnot, & Co. March 31. tf 623
For Sale by the Subscriber,  30 Barrels prime PORK; 2 tons COR-  DAGE; a parcel of FANCY CHAIRS; 2 small BOATS; and a few kids PICKLED SALMON. July 7. JESSE NEWCOMB.
FOR RENT, (And immediate possession given) Three Rooms on Commerce & Water-streets. John Nivison. 861
To Rent at Lease, for one or five years,  A commodious BRICK-HOUSE, Situated on Smith's Point, lately occupied by the Subscri- ber; to this tenement is annexed an excellent garden, &c. Apply to Thomas Price. Who has for Sale,  A likely NEGRO MAN, about 22 years old; an excellent house servant, and has been accustomed to drive a carriage. July 11. tf 898
FOR SALE,  A quantity of New-York and English  SLATE, of superior quality. Reilly & Tunis. June 23. tf 857
We have for SALE, on our Wharf,  Jamaica SUGAR; do. COFFEE, St. Domingo do. Jamaica RUM; Superfine & Fine FLOUR; White GINGER, PIMENTO; FRUITS preserved in BRANDY, HERMITAGE in cases of two dozen, CLARET in do. do. and in Hogsheads, A few cases Irish LINENS by the package, Prime PORK; Petersburg TOBACCO, &c. &c. C. & F. Whittle. June 25. 6t 861
20 Puncheons Grenada RUM, Landing this day from on board the schooner Harmony—For Sale by C. & F. Whittle. June 30. 4t 866
Landing this day from on board the sch'r's Iris and Virginia, from Teneriffe,  40 pipes choice Teneriffe WINE. For Sale by Moses Myers. June 27. tf 860
For Sale, or Rent,  A PLANTATION, situated on Hamp- ton Creek, consisting of about 300 acres; being the proper- ty on which Mr. W. Brough has long resided. It possesses all the necessary buildings for the convenience of a family, or agricultural purposes. There are some valuable orchards, one particularly of apple, is considered more productive than any other in that part of the country. There is also a Wind- Mill: most eligibly situated.—For particulars, application may be made to Mr. G. Hope, Hampton, Mr. John Dunn, Nor- folk, or the Subscriber in Richmond, who will give imme- diate possession. James D. M'Caw. June 25. 2m 860
WANTED,  A quantity of Spars and Oak Plank, for which, if delivered immediately, a liberal price will be given by Alexander Maclure. June 18. tf 839
All persons indebted to the estate of the late WM. DAVIES, Esq., will please make payment, and those to whom the estate is indebted, will please furnish their accounts properly attested, in order that provision may be made for their payment. Fortescue Whittle, Adm'r. June 18. 3m 838
I have for SALE,  A Negro MAN, about 21 years of age, a Barber by trade. William Lindsay. June 16. tf 833
Landing at Murray's wharf, from on board the ship Caledonian,  1500 Liverpool filled Sacks of SALT, 109 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. For Sale by A. Maclure. June 9. tf 822
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water-Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. tf 536
The Subscriber having retained half of his Lumber Yard on Calvert's wharf, will have constantly for SALE,  Plank, Scantling, & Fire Wood, Frames for Houses, &c. cut and provided on the shortest notice. Thomas H. Parker. June 4. tf 797
WHO HAS FOR SALE,  Two excellent MULES. June 4. tf 797
Now Landing from on board the schooner Alliance, from New-York,  5 Pipes Cogniac BRANDY, 3 Hds. Lump SUGAR; 37 Bales CASSIA, A few kegs family BUTTER—And in Store,  Young Hyson and Hyson Skin TEAS, 200 Barrels Potomac Herring—For Sale by James M'Clenachan. June 6. tf 810
Ware-House to Let. FOR RENT, and immediate possession given, the Fire- Proof Ware-House on Marsden's Wharf, at present oc- cupied by William Hartshorne, jun. Who has for SALE, a consignment of  250 barrels Kiln dryed MEAL, And a few pieces of New-England TOW CLOTH. June 25. 2m 858
SPRING GOODS.  RICHARD TAYLOR, Has received by the Ship Dumfries, from London, a hand- some assortment of  Spring and Summer GOODS, which he offers for Sale by wholesale and retail, for Cash or approved paper. April 25. 2m 696
TO RENT, (And possession given immediately,)  That commodious STORE on Main- Street, No. 22, near the old market-place, together with a large Cellar and other apartments, well calculated either for Groceries or Dry Goods. ALSO,  Two large DWELLING-HOUSES, with Stores in front, on Bank-Street.—Apply to Robert Farmar. Who has for Sale, on low terms,  A few CANAL SHARES, the property of a gentleman to the Northward. April 4. tf 640
FOR SALE,  73 punch. choice 4th proof RUM, Received by the brig Paragon, Captain Robertson, from Jamaica. Redmon & Frith. July 11. tf 899
SPRING GOODS.  COCKE AND SANFORD, No. 40, Main-Street, have received per the Ships Two Bro- thers from Liverpool, and Dumfries from London, an ex- tensive assortment of  SPRING GOODS, CONSISTING OF Irish Linens assorted, meres, 5-4 and 6-4 Sheerings, Cotton Cassimeres and Gran- French Cambricks and Long dreills, Lawns, Umbrellas and Parasols, Fine Pocket Handkerchiefs, Kid Shoes, 7-8 and 8-4 quarter Diapers, Hats assorted, in cases, Table Cloths, Seine Twine, Chamberay Muslin, Oznaburghs and Hempen Cambrick do. Rolls, Cambrick Dimities, Cotton and Silk Hosiery, Furniture do. Checks and Stripes, Fashionable Shawls, Calicoes and Ginghams, Lace Veils, Fashionable Waistcoating, Black net Shawls, White and coloured Janes, Superfine Cloths and Cassi- Powder, Shot, &c. &c.
ON HAND,  Yellow NANKEENS, first chop, Berboom GURRAHS—and 8000 wt. BACON, April 25. 2m 695
Now landing on Gibson's Wharf, from the brig Ann, Capt. Forsyth, from Marseilles,  French Brandy in pipes, Claret in hogsheads, Claret in cases, Olive Oil in boxes and baskets, Olives, Capers and Anchovies in boxes, Preserved Fruit in Brandy, Prunes, Raisins, and Almonds, Cordials in boxes & baskets, Candles and Castle Soap, Senna, Manna, & Cream of Tartar, Corks, Hats, and Leather Caps.—Also on Hand,  Antigua Rum, and Campeachy Logwood. The whole of which will be sold on reasonable terms. The said BRIG is offered for Sale or Charter June 4. 3w 805 EDWARD ROBERTS.
MRS. MACDOUGAL, INFORMS her friends and the public, that she has taken that handsome house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the centre of Market Square, where she will receive Boarders on moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour used to render a transient or permanent abode at her house satisfac- tory. September 25. 169
For SALE, on very low terms for CASH,  By FRANCIS SMITH, No. 48, MAIN-STREET,  17 Punch. 3d and 4th proof Cogniac Grenada RUM, 5 pipes genuine 4th proof cogniac BRANDY, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, in pipes, hds. and qr. casks. 10 pipes, 10 hds. 20 qr. casks particular Lisbon WINE, 10 do. Teneriffe WINE of a superior quality, 10 Hogsheads retailing MOLASSES, SUGAR in barrels, Green COFFEE in bags, 50 Barrels Pilot BREAD, 500 pieces Yellow NANKEEN, 2 Boxes 7-8 and 4-4 Irish LINEN. July 9. 3t 893
FOR SALE,  4 Cases BRITTANIAS, 2 Cases PLATILLAS, 1 Case CREASE, 4 Cases GERMAN OZNABURGS, 80 Puncheons Gosport RUM, 70 Hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR. June 20. tf 846
For Sale by the Subscriber, at his Bake- House, on Commerce-Street,  500 Barrels Navy BREAD, 200 do. Superfine Pilot do. 100 do. Ship do. All of which will be sold on reasonable terms, or exchanged for West-India produce. Stephen Harris.
PILOT BREAD in half barrels of a superior quality, for Sale as above. March 26. tf 614
FOR RENT,  The three large and commodious Ware Houses on the lower end of Gibson's Wharf.—Possession may be had immediately, by applying to John Southgate, or William Dickson. Feb. 26. tf 534
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street. THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 300 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skillful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of  Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, for cash only, viz. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Nails, at 7 1-2d per lb. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Brads at 7 1-2d per lb. 6d. Nails at 9 1-2d per lb. Sheathing, do. at 7 1-2d per lb. 6d. Brads at 4s 6d per M. 4d. do. at 2s 9d per M. 3d. do. at 2s 3d per M. 4d. Nails at 2s 9d per M. 3d & 2d do. at 2s 3d per M. ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. June 2. tf 783
FOR SALE,  3000 Pieces Yellow NANKEEN, 11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Chests Hyson do. The above of the best quality and entitled to drawback. Apply to Robert Maitland & Co.
WHO HAVE ON HAND,  Hibbert's best bottled Porter and Brown Stout. Also,  Old L. P. Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. March 8. tf 560
IRISH LINENS, &c. The Subscriber has received from Dublin, by the Ship In- trepid, a choice assortment of  Irish Linens, Sheeting, Diapers, &c. which he offers for Sale on moderate terms. Richard Taylor. May 10. 2m 747
NOTICE. The Subscriber has taken into partnership Mr. Paul Proby, and Mr. Patrick Harmanson. The business in future will be carried on under the firm of Proby, Harman- son, & Co. Thomas H. Parker. May 30. tf 779
FOR RENT,  The Store, Compting Room & Cellar No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. M'Cut- chen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. 364
GERMAN GOODS.  JOHN C. NIEMEYER,
Offers for Sale the following GOODS, for Cash or on conve- nient credit, for approved Bills only, viz. 300 doz. Watch Chains, assorted, 25 do. coarse thread Stockings, 10 do. fine do. 100 boxes of Godfroid's Spanish Segars, 75 do. 2d and 3d qualities, 12 boxes about 2000 straws 1-3 pint Tumblers, 3 do. Wine Glasses and Decanters, 23 do. China and elegant cut Glass Ware, 5 do. Toys, 60000 Toy Marbles, 1 case fine Hats, 100 wt. Twine, 120 doz. gold and silver Hat Cords, 25 boxes short Pipes, three gross each, 350 wt. Canary Seed, 1 case Glue, Spectacles green and plain, an elegant assortment to suit all ages, Goggles plain and green, Pistoils, an elegant assortment, 1 case superior Hair Triggers, Fowling Pieces, elegant dou- ble barrels; do. common, single do. Flutes, patent and plain, Flutes; Octaves; Tambourins; Flageolets, double and single, Violins, and elegant bows, Instruction Books, & Music, Violin Strings, Bridges, and Screws. Also a complete assortment of the following Articles, viz. Fifty assorted Trunks, Oil Cloth, Coffee Mills, German Razor Boxes, Morocco Shaving Cases, do. Pocket Books, do. Sagar Boxes, Spectacle Cases, Windsor Soap, Hand Lanthorns, best Tortoise Shell Combs, Ivory & Horn do. fine Razors & Penknives, Pocket Knives of all kinds, Knives and Forks, Snuff- ers very elegant, Brass Candle- sticks, Coffee Toasters, Shoe Brushes, Cloth do. Mill Saws, Frying Pans, Shovels, Tongs, and Pokers, Fish Apply as above. May 16. tf 744
CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY.  EPHRAIM WELCH,
No. 88, MAIN-STREET, WITH gratitude acknowledges the liberal encourage- ment the citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Public have been pleased to offer since the introduction of his Nail Manufactory in this Borough, and informs them that he has erected all his Machines new, which are very conside- rably improved, and continues to manufacture the best qua- lity—And has on hand for SALE, a constant supply of  Patent NAILS and BRADS, Which is cut length ways of the hoop, and to accommodate his customers, has thought proper to reduce the prices as follows, by the keg for CASH, viz. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Brads at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Nails at 9d. 1-2 per lb. Sheathing Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Brads at 4s. 6d. per M. 4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. 4d. Nails at 2s. 9d. per M. 2d. and 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. ALSO FOR SALE,  Crowley and German Steel Hoop IRON. Nail Machines made and warranted good, on short notice. N. B. All of the Nails, Brads, and Articles, sold at the Ma- nufactory. June 13. tf 831 1
The Subscribers offer for SALE, 500,000 sale Shingles; 400,000 building do. 20,000 three feet do. 30,000 Cypress PALES, 5,000 Cedar and Clinquepin POSTS, 40,000 White Oak drawn and rough hogshead STAVES. ALSO, IN STORE,  W. I. and N. E. RUM, in hds. & bbls. MOLASSES in hds.; SUGAR in hds. & barrels, Superfine FLOUR in bbls.; TOBACCO in kegs, 30 barrels HERRINGS. Proby, Harmanson, & Co. May 30. tf 780
D. R. WADDEY, & Co. Have just received per the Ship Dumfries, from London, an additional assortment of  SHIP CHANDLERY, Among which are a large quantity of BUTTING, broad and narrow, of every colour, which they offer for Sale. ALSO ON HAND,  Teneriffe WINE, Holland & Country GIN, 4th Proof Cogniac BRANDY, of superior quality, Hibbert's Brown STOUT, in casks of 6 1-2 dozen, Double Gloucester CHEESE, Old L. P. Madeira WINE, fit for immediate use, Muscovado SUGAR, in hds. and bbls.—LOAF do. in do. N. E. RUM and WHISKEY. May 5. tf 718
FOR SALE,  AT W. B. LAMB'S OFFICE,  50 Puncheons 3d & 4th proof RUM, 80 Hogsheads SUGAR; 60 Bags COFFE; 40 Cases GIN; 4 Pipes French BRANDY. July 7. 3t 884
Landing on Gibson's Wharf, from on board the schooner Catharine Shepherd, Capt. Webb, from Surinam, a choice CARGO of  MOLASSES in hogsheads and tierces, And from on board the sch'r Union, Capt. Buck, from Antigua,  Antigua RUM of superior quality. In Store, Tobago RUM, Madeira and Teneriffe WINE, 7 years old; Medoc CLARET in cases of 1 dozen each; A few kegs Hog's LARD, &c. Harrison Allmand. April 28. tf 704
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN or Drifted from the Ferry Steps, on Sunday last, a NEW YAWL, about 15 feet long, has never been painted, her bottom payed with pitch. The above reward will be given to any person who may deliver said Boat to Phinehas Dana, & Co. June 2. tf 793
NORFOLK:  PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK,  BY WILLIAM DAVIS,
FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.