Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1808-10-14 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER  THE PATRIOTISM SOLA PRIMA LUX
[VOL. V.
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1808.
NO. 39.]
For LIVERPOOL, The fast-sailing coppered Ship CALEDONIAN, John Dickson, master, burthen about 500 hogheads of tobacco—will receive on freight a cargo immediately, and sail on the embargo being off.
Also for Freight or Sale, The fast-sailing coppered Ship ARTIC, Samuel Davis, master, Philadelphia built, burthen 200 tons, seven years old, now ready to receive a cargo.
Also for Freight or Sale, The Brig EXPERIMENT, Henry Dickson, master, burthen 140 tons, and will carry 1100 barrels flour. For terms apply to William Dickson.
October 7. For Charter, The Ship JANE, Burthen 420 tons.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, Burthen 280 tons.
AND THE Ship COURTNEY, Burthen 200 tons.
Those Ships will be ready to receive cargoes in 15 days, and may commence loading for any port where an American vessel can with safety go to—the freight to be settled when a clearance can be obtained. Apply to William Pennock.
October 5. FOR SALE, A fine New Schooner of 125 tons burthen, will carry about 1000 barrels, now ready to launch, her cabin and joiner's work complete, built in Mathews.
Also, A very handsome Pilot-Boat built Schooner, of 120 tons burthen, measures 83 feet on deck, complete, and can be launched in a few days.
Also, One ditto of similar dimensions, can be launched in a month, the rigging of the two last is now fitting.
Also, A new BRIG of 180 tons, completely fitted, now lying at Loyall's wharf.
Also, A VESSEL of 185 tons, on the stocks, can be launched in a month. This vessel is of superior model and workmanship, and all her materials completely seasoned. For terms apply to Wilson & Cunningham.
September 28. For SALE, 3000 bushels Liverpool SALT, a-float.
In Store, At their establishment near Campbell's wharf, 100 pieces Russia Canvas, 60 do. Raven's Duck, 300 do. English do. 1 to 7.
With a general and extensive assortment of SHIP CHANDLERY, on liberal terms by Noble & Arbuthnott, & Co.
October 7. GEORGE WILSON, Has removed his Counting-Room to the end of Campbell's Wharf, where he offers for Sale,
30 puncheons Grenada RUM, 17 do. Old Antigua do. 10,000 wt prime Green Coffee in tiers and barrels, 3 chests Souchong Tea, 2000 bushels black eyed Peas in puncheons, 20 boxes Havana Sugars, 27 kegs Lard.
Wanted, 8 or 10 likely NEGRO BOYS, from 10 to 12 years of age, for which Cash will be given. October 7.
FOR RENT, That convenient Dwelling-House, on Brewer Street, the property of Mr. John Davidson, at present occupied by Mr. Stephen Harris.
Also, That commodious House on Catharine-street, at present occupied by Mr. James Dykes, adjoining the subscriber; they have excellent gardens, and all convenient out-houses.
Also, A very convenient Dwelling-House, just finished, on Commerce-street. For terms apply to James Tucker.
Who has in Store, A few thousand bushels Liverpool stored SALT, loose and in sacks, that will be delivered in small or large quantities to suit the purchasers. August 15.
JUST RECEIVED By E. STURTEVANT, A fresh supply of fashionable SHOES. October 3.
JOHN PENDRED'S Boot and Shoe Manufactory, No. 70, MAIN-STREET.
The publick are respectfully informed, that he has furnished himself with a quantity of the choicest materials in his line of business, and has in his employ some of the best workmen in the borough, and having been long experienced in the business himself, his factory will not be conducted by proxy; he therefore hopes to merit the patronage of the gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, and assures them that no pains shall be wanting on his part to give satisfaction to those who favor him with their commands.
N. B. Orders for Double Backstraps, single do. and Costacks, executed with the greatest dispatch. August 11.
FROM THE AMERICAN CITIZEN.
To the Republicans of the State of New York.
As an American I cannot but own when we reflect upon the situation of our country, and upon the prospect before us, that there is but little to cheer and much to awaken our most serious apprehensions. The war in Europe like the collision of angry elements threatens to sweep away every remnant of liberty and to substitute in its place a tyranny, more awful than any that the world has as yet experienced. The victor of Marengo with a conqueror's emulation wars for universal conquest. The blood that he has uselessly shed called loudly from the crimsoned earth for vengeance and for retribution. The Spanish nation awakened by this call, with an enthusiasm that the oppressed can only feel, flew to arms in defence of freedom and her holy attributes. Never were a people engaged in a contest more glorious or more interesting to suffering humanity, and may the God of armies never desert them until the emancipation which they are struggling for be perfected, and their wishes completely gratified. When these United States of America were yet colonies, Great Britain, unfaithful to her true interest and wilfully lured to the genius of our people, endeavoured to oppress and to enslave us. We appealed first to her justice, and even to her generosity for a redress of grievances; and when our repeated appeals were ineffectual, we next appealed "to the Supreme Ruler of the universe for the rectitude of our intention," and under his protection we took up arms in defence of our freedom. We resisted—we triumphed. A glorious independence followed our exertions and an unqualified separation from an unnatural parent was the result. France has attempted to wrest from a sovereign nation all that that nation holds dear. The altars that she raised to the living God have been prostrated by the blood-stained hands of sacrilege and of plunder. Her villages have been consumed and the abodes of infancy and old age have not even been spared. The blood of thousands, whose crime consisted in resisting the will and caprices of a tyrant, now blushes on the streets of Madrid for the more than Satanic crimes of the savage and relentless murderers. Every human being of whatever country or religion is deeply interested in this event of the Spanish cause. If Spain should be vanquished and if Great Britain should ultimately be compelled to yield to the Corsican tyrant, O Americans! what would become of the boasted freedom of your Republic? Is it a Madison who would be equal to the direction of the storm that would thicken around us, or the gallant and heroic Clinton? Can it be supposed that France after having swept away every Republic in Europe would feel willing to let the "world's best hope" remain undisturbed? O no! the ambition of the man who rules her destinies would neither make Spain nor yet England the stopping point. "Alexander wept because he had no more world's to conquer," and so would Napoleon, if America too should fall. Who then can say that the prospect before us is cheering or that as Americans we can see any thing to rejoice at? Our country was never before so sensible of the perils of her situation; our foreign affairs remain unsettled, and our internal concerns fill us with consternation; perhaps too, on the eve of a war with the only nation that has as yet been able to set bounds to the ambition of a restless and unsatisfied despot. If America by mismanagement should be drawn into a war with Great Britain and should thus be accessory to her prostration at the feet of Buonaparte, what hope would be left to us for the security of our freedom and of our independence? Where should we look for a leader in this trying hour unless to that consummate statesman and warrior GEN. GEORGE CLINTON? Should we look to a man whose supporters are torturing their understandings and inventive faculties in finding out excuses for the ARCH ENEMY OF THE HUMAN RACE? Are not the prints devoted to Mr. Madison the only prints in the country that are blasphemously invoking blessings upon the arms of a POTENT AND UNAPPEASABLE DESTROYER? Is it in the heretofore undeviating and unchangeable friend and apologist of France, that America could so safely depend in the event of a war with France as she could upon a man who has no foreign attachments, and who spurns at the idea of them; I do not believe that Mr. Madison means dishonestly, but that he is an infatuated and misled politician I have not the smallest doubt. From the date of our independence to the present day his partiality for France has been as obvious as the Sun that gives us light. Witness the instructions that were thro' his particular agency, and which were in his own hand writing, sent out to the American commissioners appointed to settle the terms of a peace with Great Britain, to leave to the exclusive direction of France the arrangement of those terms. The commissioners, more patriotic than himself, disregarding such instructions and in the face of the displeasure of Mr. Madison, consulting only the honour and the true interest of their country, succeeded, and America rewarded them with grateful thanks. Witness the French picaroons who are permitted, through his advice, to enter our ports and to be almost loaded with produce, when our own vessels are forbidden under the severest penalties from leaving our shores. Witness the prints that are supposed to echo his sentiments and which are now aiding in his election to the chief magistracy of the country, sporting with the sufferings of oppressed Spain, and justifying and applauding the Corsican who is trying to enslave her. In the humble judgment of Belisarius the greatest evil that could befall America would be the election of James Madison. I shall not quarrel with him respecting the rectitude of his intentions, but I shall always dispute with him the policy of them. The present unhappy condition of
our country may in a very great degree be justly imputed to his bad councils. In his political sagacity I cannot but own that I have little or no confidence. Had the advice of this statesman been less attended to by the GREAT and ILLUSTRIOUS JEFFERSON we might now have been in a condition so truly deplorable—'Tis most likely that the affair of the Chesapeake would ere this have been adjusted by accepting the early offer made by the British government. But Mr. Madison, as if he designed to injure Mr. Monroe his rival candidate, advised a different course. That gentleman was therefore instructed not to accept of any concessions unless Great Britain would also yield to us all other points in dispute.
Mr. Monroe was not permitted to govern himself by circumstances—he was not allowed to consult his discretion. It really seemed as if Mr. Madison was fearful that this gentleman would by settling this important difference acquire a popularity that would diminish the importance of our ambitious secretary. That the people would begin to think that he was not even ripe for the office of Vice-President, and that others had paramount claims. When the news reached this country that Mr. Monroe, from his limited instructions, could not effect a good understanding it became necessary in the opinion of Mr. Madison that something should be done in right earnest towards the British nation. This something was an Embargo upon all our vessels; and what has the Embargo produced? Why reader you have seen what it has produced—like the mountain that was in labor it has produced, as it respects the English, a little—a very little mouse; and as it respects us it has produced, a rat—a very large rat, that for more than nine months past has been feeding upon our flesh and has now gnawed almost into our very vitals. When Mr. Rose arrived in this country how did it happen that Mr. Madison at Washington, very readily agreed to separate the affair of the Chesapeake from other disputes, and yet refused permission to Mr. Monroe whilst at St. James's to do the same thing? If Mr. Monroe had been possessed of this discretionary power, as he ought to have been, the matter might have been speedily settled, as the British annexed to their first offer no conditions whatever. Did Mr. Madison intend by such conduct to diminish the confidence that Mr. Monroe had justly acquired? Was that gentleman at all events to be gotten rid of? Was he esteemed a dangerous and powerful rival? It is yet to be seen whether Mr. Monroe is to be sacrificed to gratify the ambition of Mr. Madison. It is yet to be seen whether the American people are to withdraw from that distinguished patriot their well merited confidence, in obedience to the nod of an officious cabal. Whether the man is to be preferred who could advise from courtesy to a French Usurper that his country should relinquish her trade to St. Domingo, altho' that Island had declared herself independent and was in a condition to defend her independence, to give up a trade that had become not only invaluable to our merchants, but through them to the farmer, the mechanic, and to every description of our citizens. When we hear men who have been aptly and appropriately denominated quids bo sting of Mr. Madison's pretensions, we are naturally led to enquire what are they in comparison with Mr. Clinton's. That Mr. Madison has talents I will readily admit, and that many thousands in the U. States have equal talents all men must admit. Permit me to ask in what battle during our revolutionary war did Mr. Madison reap those perennial laurels with which his patizians would adorn him? In what field did his sword avenge our insulted rights? Let us suppose that he had rendered the important services that were rendered to his country by the venerable and gallant Clinton. Let us suppose that for these services a grateful country had elevated him to the second best office in its gift in expectation that he would live long enough to fill the first. Let us suppose that the incumbent of this first had signified his intention to retire into private life—Let us farther suppose that the Secretary of such incumbent, by art, intrigue and management had procured himself to be nominated, adversely to the wishes of the people and in the face of the CONSTITUTION, by a time-serving and interested cabal, what would Mr. Madison have thought of such treatment? What would the NATION have thought of it? If such conduct would have been wrong towards Mr. Madison, how can it be right towards Mr. Clinton? In the nomination of Mr. Madison the people have not been consulted; they never did appoint such delegates to make a selection for them. When they voted for members to represent them in Congress they voted for them to enact laws, but not to nominate Presidents. They reserved to themselves the right of choosing electors in whom they would be willing to repose this important trust. They never were willing to be bound under all circumstances by a caucus nomination, nor would the electors when chosen be justifiable in being bound by it and acting contrary to the meaning and the integrity of their oaths. Faction may denounce—terror may raise her crest—and vipers may hiss in New-York and elsewhere, but their denunciations, their terror and their hissing will never deter an honest heart from doing its duty by the nation, and more particularly when sworn to do that duty. M. P. Cato has labored with a zeal that would do honor to a better cause to convince the republican party that James Madison ought to be supported because he was nominated and not Mr. Clinton. M. P. Cato might have been excused for cheating himself into the belief of so preposterous a proposition, but he cannot be pardoned for laboring to cheat others into the belief of it also. The dexterity of this writer has been great; his deceptive and mischievous arguments have misled many an honest and well meaning republican. Some who but slide over the surface of things imagine that the
man who could thus write as it were by the acre must possess a soil abundantly fertile; and yet this soil, with all the tilling and harrowing it has received, has yet produced no other argument except the nomination itself, if that can be called an argument; but it has produced a proof of his unparadisable dereliction of principle in advocating that which at another time he justly disapproved. The nomination, the nomination, is the perpetual burthen of his song. What said Polonius, "always harping upon my daughter!" What, Cato, always harping upon the nomination! You have indeed caught gudgeons by it Cato, but when their good sense returns to take care that they do not give you the slip: no man when he reflects upon the mischiefs the nomination has occasioned will remain of your party long. But few men will be willing to sacrifice Mr. Clinton for no other reason than the one you have assigned. Cato may rail, Zenophon may toil, and Aristides may abuse, but the INTEGRITY of the nation will remain FIRM AND UNDIMINISHED. Before Mr. Madison can be preferred to Mr. Clinton it must be shown that he is a better politician; that he is as free from foreign predilections; that he has rendered to his country as many important and useful services; that his being nominated in violation of the constitution ought of itself to give him a better claim; that his refusing to let Mr. Monroe separate in ENGLAND that which he with a view to his own fame agreed to separate in WASHINGTON was not trifling with the nation; that to palliate the conduct of France towards Spain when her patriots are fighting and bleeding for independence, is mere patriotic than Mr. Clinton's for wishing them the same success that crowned our efforts when we were engaged in a similar struggle; that in the event of a war the voice of Mr. Madison would inspire more confidence than the voice of the old and faithful WARRIOR and STATESMAN CLINTON. After having shown all this, Belisarius might be induced to overlook the turpitude of the nomination, and join in the hue and cry of faction for James Madison as President, but till this be done he must be permitted to cling to his belief, that the interest and honor of his country would be best promoted by electing to that office the surviving HERO OF THE REVOLUTION.
BELISARIUS.
For SALE, Little England Plantation, near Hampton, containing 355 acres of excellent land, about 300 of which are cleared, the remainder under wood, with a Dwelling-House, Offices, &c.
This Plantation has many advantages over most others in the low country. There is a wharf within fifty yards of the house, with sufficient water for any vessel to lie at that can come into Hampton Creek, and the advantage to a farmer of having every thing conveyed to and from so considerable a market as Norfolk by water, is a circumstance of the first consideration. There is an excellent Pump in the farm-yard, with a well sufficient to water any fleet that may generally be in Hampton Roads; from this pump there are water-ways to the wharf, by which a boat can load from 10 to 12 tons of water in two hours—It yielded the late proprietor at one time 700 dollars in twelve months.
The Plantation is most completely fenced by double ditches, staked, and wattled, with some hedges—In short, the House, Offices, and Land, are in such perfect neat and good order, that any person purchasing the place would not have a cent to lay out on it. Those who may wish to view the premises will please apply to Dr. Ward, at Little England—For terms or other particulars, apply to
William H. Thompson. N. B. The Negroes, Stock, and Farming Utensils, will be sold with or without the Plantation. October 7.
Boot and Shoe Manufactory.
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Opposite the Market, (westward) has received by captain Hand, from Philadelphia, a quantity of the Highest Priced Boot Legs, Vamps, Tops, and other Materials, for his Factory—He has also Sole Leather, which has been in tan seven years; with these, the best workmen he can get, and the greatest care and punctuality, he believes the people of this place and its vicinity, may be as well served as by any factory in the union. His Stock at present is as good as this country can furnish, and he intends to use no other kind, the price of course must be higher, and when the Boots go the money must come, having found in a number of instances that a few days means six or twelve months, and an application even then for the money is ample cause of enmity.
He has on hand a large assortment of BOOTS AND SHOES.
Also, SALT, LONDON PORTER, &c. &c. Fresh SHOES from New-York for Ladies, of red, green, and black Morocco, with 1, 2, and 3 ties.
JOURNEMEN WANTED.
The best Boot and Shoe Makers, not only such as can, but such as will do the best work in all cases, may meet with as much encouragement in my factory, as in any in this state, or any state in the union north of this. October 3.
THE SUBSCRIBERS
Respectfully inform the publick, that they intend, under the auspices of Dr. Haller, to open a SCHOOL for both sexes on the first of October next, at his Plantation called Chesterville, in the vicinity of Hampton in Elizabeth-City County.
They propose to teach the following branches, viz. Reading, Spelling, Writing, English Grammar, Arithmetick and Geography, History, Book-Keeping, Belles Lettres, &c. Languages, comprehending Latin, Greek, French, Italian, &c. Terms of tuition for each pupil of the junior class, embracing the first section, Five Dollars per quarter—For the senior or class Eight Dollars per quarter.
For such Scholars of both sexes as do not reside in the vicinity of this institution, board may be obtained on very moderate terms in the neighbourhood, or with the manager of Doctor Haller. Young Ladies who wish to be instructed in Music, besides the above mentioned branches, may be accommodated with the use of a Forte Piano, and tuition for ten dollars per quarter.
Charles G. Lefranc. Thomas Miller. Chesterville, Elizabeth-City County, September 24, 1808. 126w

CONSIDERATIONS, too many, and too interesting to the Editor of this paper, induce him to wish to relinquish the duties of Editor of the Norfolk Gazette and Publick Ledger, after the first day of January next. He therefore will treat for a sale of the establishment with a person, whose views are compatible with the duties of an Editor. The establishment is most complete, even to a superfluity, and there are few situations more inviting, and promising a more certain reward for industry and talents, than this establishment does.
Gratitude and inclination, determine the Editor to attend to the claims of his patrons, by giving a preference in the sale (if to his own disadvantage) to a gentleman of political sentiments congenial with those of the friends of the establishment. The Editor has determined to place the establishment under a direction that shall give the publick no cause for complaint. He has too frequent occasions to experience inadequacy to his editorial duties, arising as well from natural causes, as from the pressure of other avocations, not be sensible of the defects which too often appear in his paper. Experience has proven to the Editor, that to discharge his duties with fidelity to the publick, and with reputation to himself, his whole time must be devoted to the paper. Swayed by these considerations, he owes it to the publick, either to devote his entire attention to the paper, or to relinquish it to one who will: the encroaching patronage which has been lavished on this paper, claims the undivided attention of its Editor. Proposals will be received and attended to, if by mail, the postage must be paid.
PUBLICK LEDGER OFFICE, October 12, 1808.
Editors friendly to this establishment, are requested to give the above an insertion in their respective papers, and the favour will be acknowledged by the Editor of this paper.
BRITISH ORDERS IN COUNCIL.—Our readers will find in this day's paper an authentick and interesting document on that subject. We congratulate our friends upon the further emancipation of our commerce, and as there are well founded hopes of a further destruction of Napoleon's tyranny, we expect in a very little time to announce that other restraints, of which he is author, will be removed. The democratick papers in their vocation, to plunge us into a war with Great Britain, told their readers a few days since, that the revocation of the orders in council respecting Spain and Portugal, did not apply to American ships. We some time since presented our readers with the following article:
It has been insisted that Buonaparte's decrees went to exclude us from all commerce, and for which reason the embargo is a wise measure. We have in our first page given a view of the agriculture and commerce of our country, such as we shall never have it in our power to exhibit again. At this moment we have before us an official document, which will enable our readers to perceive how much we have given up, which it was in our power to have enjoyed; the decrees of Buonaparte's paper blockades to the contrary notwithstanding.—From the official document alluded to, it appears, that we exported from the 30th September, 1806, to the 30th September, 1807, to places where Buonaparte's power does not extend, as follows:
Table with 3 columns: Domestic, Foreign, and Dollars. Rows include Sweden, Swedish West Indies, Cape of Good Hope, England, Scotland, Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, &c., Gibraltar, British African ports, do. East Indies, do. West Indies, Newfoundland, &c., British American colonies, Honduras, &c., Madeira, Fayal and other Azores, Cape de Verds, Brazil, Malta, Morocco & Barbary States, China, East Indies, Africa, South Seas, N. W. Coast of America, Danish (now British) West Indies, To which add, Spanish European ports on the Atlantic, do. in the Mediterranean, Spanish colonies in America, the Indies and Teneiffe, To Portugal, Dollars.
Thus far Napoleon's power we may defy, except his cruisers, and from those there is little to fear. Will our government keep us blocked up, when we have a market for three fourths of all our domestic, and 23,000,000, of foreign produce? What have we to fear from the cruisers of Napoleon?
We understand from a source, which we consider as satisfactory, that the Maryland election has terminated so as to give a federal majority in the state Legislature; in which case a new Governor and Council will be chosen next year—the appointment
of a congressional senator will be postponed, when General Smith will probably not be re-elected.
We have before us a Proclamation issued by Junot (stiling himself Duke of Abrantes) dated the 18th June last, in which, after exhorting the Portuguese to submit to Napoleon's government, he concludes in the following words:
"Every village or town in which the people have taken up arms against my army, and of which the inhabitants have fired upon my troops, shall be delivered up to pillage and destroyed, and the inhabitants shall be put to the sword."
"Every individual found in arms, shall be shot in the field."
(Signed) DUKE OF ABRANTES. Head quarters, Lisbon, June 18, 1808."
We should not be astonished to hear that this monster, with his whole army, were massacred by the Portuguese after their surrender. It will require all the vigilance and authority of the British commander to protect them.
Mr. Editor,
I intended in a note to have explained the nature of the trade, to which I alluded in the speech I would have made, published in your Wednesday's Ledger.
A very profitable trade, but according to the sentiments of those who make such a rout about tribute and British licences, not very patriotick, has been carried on for some years.
American ships in Batavia, are chartered by the Dutch East-India company, and with a special licence, without which they would not be admitted, they proceed to Japan, when they arrive they wear Dutch colours, and a Dutchman takes the command during the stay of the ship at Japan.
A MECHANICK. October 13, 1808.
DIED—In Princess Anne County, on Wednesday, Mrs. ELIZABETH HAYNES, in the 72d year of her age.
RICHMOND, Oct. 11. NATHANIEL POPE, Esq. of Hanover county, was on yesterday elected by the Executive, Treasurer of this commonwealth, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Gen. William Moseley. We understand the ballots were,
Table with 2 columns: Name, Votes. Rows include First—For Nathaniel Pope, 4; Gen. Preston, 2; Gen. Minor, 2; No choice. At the second ballot gen. Minor was dropped. Third—For N. Pope, 6; Gen. Preston, 2; Majority for Mr. Pope, 4.
WASHINGTON CITY, October 10. The St. Michaels arrived at Baltimore on Saturday last from L'Orient, which she left the 21st of August, bringing dispatches both from Mr. Pinkney and General Armstrong.
The contents will doubtless be made known to congress, which is soon to meet, with any further communications which may be previously received. In the mean time there is reason to believe that no final decision had been expressed by either of the belligerent governments, on the appeal made by the President to the justice and policy of rescinding their illegal edicts, under the authority vested in him by the act of congress, to suspend in whole or in part the embargo laws. Notwithstanding the manifest interest and sound policy which plead with France, to concur in the equitable views of the United States, her infatuated attachment to the particular system she has adopted against her enemy discourages a reliance, at least on her setting the example of changing it. It is understood, that appearances were at first favorable to the expectation that the British government would yield to the unobjectionable arrangement contemplated by the president of a revocation of the Orders of Council as they regard the United States, and of the embargo as it regards Great Britain; and that there was moreover a disposition indicated to resume the affair of the Chesapeake, with a view to some effective step towards its accommodation, particularly the restoration of the seamen still detained in captivity, to which it was admitted there could be no reasonable objection. At a later date, the apparent disposition to concur in the contemplated arrangement had undergone a change. Difficulties were started as unexpected as they were irrelevant and inauspicious. Whether further explanation and reflection would lead to the result due to the fair and friendly views of the United States must soon be known. As the offer to repeal the embargo as it relates to England on her revoking her orders as they relate to the United States, leaving the embargo in force as to France if she adheres to her illegal decrees, takes away absolutely the sole pretext on which the British orders are expressly founded, to wit: the acquiescence of the United States in the French decrees; and as her wishes would be gratified with the whole of our trade in case France refused to repeal her decrees, or a removal of all illegal obstructions to a general commerce would take place, in case France agreed to repeal them, England may still be expected to accede to the views disclosed by the President, if her own views do not now forsake the original and avowed object of her orders, in favor of some distinct and unfriendly policy towards this country.
For ourselves we do not conceal our conviction, founded on a variety of known circumstances, as well as the language of certain English prints, that the British policy is co-operating with the efforts made ourselves, to alienate the affections of our citizens from their government, thus the more effectually to answer and promote the views of the British government by rendering abortive the measures taken in vindication of our just rights. She calculates upon our divisions, and to divide and paralyze us, she acts one way and talks another. There can scarcely be a doubt that she is playing the most dexterous card in order to influence the pending elections, particularly that of Chief Magistrate for the ensuing four years. We shall be happy, if, even after she shall have been completely baffled in her
hopes on this head, as baffled she infallibly will be, she at length accede to the just terms offered by our government.
According to verbal intelligence received by the St. Michael, Joseph Bonaparte had, on his retreat from Madrid, reached Bayonne.
[National Intelligencer.]
The Department of State has lately received the following account from Cayenne in relation to the brig Little Bear, Samuel W. Balch master, which sailed from Boston on the 26th of December, 1806, bound to the River of Plate.
That after the arrival of the said brig at Montevideo, she was sold and transferred by the said Balch to James A. Boucher, who is stated to have been a citizen of the United States, belonging to Norfolk, in Virginia, or its vicinity, and to have had a family there; that soon afterwards (on the 5th July, 1807) the Little Bear was carried on a coasting voyage by Boucher, and she was brought back to La Plate on the 12th January, succeeding, that she again sailed (on the 15th of April, 1808,) under the command of Boucher, bound to Rio Janeiro; that on the passage Boucher fell a victim to the treachery of a part of his crew, being assassinated by them; that, thenceforward, the command of the vessel, with the name of her murdered captain, was assumed by the person who had acted as the mate; that on the 12th June last, the Little Bear arrived at Cayenne under the command of the pretended capt. Boucher, who consigned both vessel and cargo to Jonathan Barry (or Barns) the informant of this Department: and that the "Brig and her cargo have been since sold by the Tribunal 'La Premier Instance' at Cayenne."
October 7th, 1808. (16.)
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8.
Yesterday an examination was held before Alderman Keppelle, on several charges of illegal conduct presented, on oath, against the conduct of the ward election, in New-Market ward. After a very elaborate, patient and impartial scrutiny, which occupied the whole of yesterday, Mr. Keppelle ordered the judges to be bound over to appear at the next court to answer to the charges, each in the sum of $200, with securities for the same amount. The penalty on conviction is fine and disfranchisement for 7 years.
Translated for the Philadelphia Gazette. [From Spanish Papers.]
Official information received by the Senior Governor of the council at Madrid, from his excellency don Joseph Palafox y Milci, dated at head quarters, Saragosso the 14th Aug.
The illustrious senior governor, ad interim, of the council, received yesterday by an extraordinary courier, the following official letter addressed to him by his excel. don Joseph de Palafox y Milci, captain-gen. of the army and kingdom of Arragon.
Illustrious Sir,
I have the satisfaction of communicating to you that the French army which during two months had invested this city, exercising a course of conduct the most abominable that ever was witnessed, have fled this morning before day abandoning a large field of artillery, ammunitions, provisions, and many other effects. During the night, they attempted a fresh attack by the narrow pass to which they were confined, but were repulsed with so much valour and intrepidity by the brave troops under my command, that they were compelled to fly with great precipitancy.
I sent off last night a division of 4000 men of my choicest troops, to cut off their retreat by the way of Navarre, where they will be joined by more troops, and by the armed peasantry of the country. The troops which to the number of 6000 that arrived here this day from Valencia, joined by 4000 more of my army of Catalonia, will immediately pursue to harass the rear of the enemy, and to prevent them from committing their accustomed robberies and perfidious vexations, on the people of the country.
This happy event was celebrated here to day by a general discharge of artillery, and the ringing of bells, and to-morrow a solemn Te Deum will be sung in thanksgiving to the Almighty.
It would now be very proper to accelerate the meeting of deputies from all the provinces of Spain, and I deem it expedient that a day should be fixed for that purpose, which might be the 10th September next. The same idea I communicate to all the other generals and supreme juntas of the whole kingdom, and make it known to your lordship, that you may be pleased to communicate to the council.
God guard your lordship many years. Signed, JOS. PALAFOX y MILCI.
NEW YORK, October 7.
Interesting.—The following letter from a gentleman in Madrid to his friend in this city, contains a more minute account of Joseph Bonaparte's entry into Madrid, and his retreat therefrom, than any we have yet seen.
MADRID, August 14th, 1808.
"This serves to give you a sketch of those great occurrences that have within the three months past taken place in these provinces and Madrid. The great Napoleon has, with a view to regenerate this nation and make the country happy in his own way, quite overshot his mark. The Spaniards unfurled the banners of freedom, and he has already lost one hundred and fifty thousand men and forty generals in the attempt. Fifty different battles have been gained by the Patriots in Arragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, Saint Ander, Leon and Castilla.—The heroes of Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena and Eylau; a great division of the imperial guards, Mamelukes and Cuirassiers; Marshall Moncey, Bessieres, Dupont, Lefebvre, Vedel, &c. &c. (those invincibles) have been obliged to lay down their arms, laurels, and great and small stars of honour at the feet of the Spanish armies, consisting principally of unorganized peasantry armed with knives, lances and side arms—those that had muskets threw them aside without discharging when they attacked their enemy. Joseph Napoleon entered Madrid the 21st of last month, was proclaimed king on the 25th, and on the 31st all of a sudden left this court for Burgos, taking all his troops with him, and all other French people that lived here followed, as also several Grandees, Ministers and a number of other Spaniards of his party.
It is reported that the King left this for fear of being cut off by some Spanish armies drawing near to the road to France and the frontiers. The French
and Spanish individuals followed for fear of being murdered if they staid behind, which certainly would have been the case with many. The whole was performed in 60 hours, and such was the confusion that they left artillery, ammunition, baggage and every thing that was heavy behind, something similar to their flight from Egypt. They took the road to Burgos, a town about half way between this and France, and each one was left to make the best of his way without order or discipline. They fought with one another on the road, robbed, burnt and murdered as they went. The inhabitants were and are overjoyed at this event because the French had strongly fortified themselves on some elevated parts of the Retro, from whence more than 100 pieces of heavy artillery and mortars bore down upon us, and kept us in constant awe and fear of destruction. Joseph it is said still remains at Burgos with some troops; other remnants of the French armies, are making a stand in Arragon, on the borders of Biscay, and at Barcelona and Figueras; but the nation is already covered with glory and determined not to sheath their swords as long as one enemy is within their limits. All the southern armies are marching in close pursuit of the French, and others from Asturias, Galicia and Biscay are meeting at the frontiers. Ferdinand the 7th is the sovereign of every Spanish breast; and will, although absent at Valen in France, he was proclaimed King in Madrid on the 24th inst with great solemnity.
BALTIMORE, October 10.
Translations from Paris Papers to the 16th August, received at the Office of the Federal Gazette.
NAPLES, August 1.
Yesterday the council of state was specially convened to read the following:
NAPOLÉON, etc. etc. :
The throne of Naples and Sicily being vacated by the accession of our dear and well beloved brother Joseph Napoleon to the throne of Spain and the Indies, we have decreed and do decree that the following dispositions shall be executed as forming part of the constitutional statute, given at Bayonne, the 20th June, present year:
ARTICLE I.
Our dear and well beloved brother-in-law Prince Joachim Napoleon, grand duke of Berg and Cleves (gen. Murat) is king of Naples and Sicily, the commencement of whose reign is dated August 1, 1808.
2. The crown of Naples and Sicily, is hereditary in the direct descendants, natural and legitimate of the prince Joachim Napoleon, from male to male in the order of primogeniture, to the perpetual exclusion of females.
3. Nevertheless, in case our dear and well beloved sister the princess Caroline should survive her husband, she shall ascend the throne.
4. On the demise of our dear and well beloved brother-in-law prince Joachim Napoleon, and of our dear and well beloved sister princess Caroline, and in default of male descendants, natural and legitimate, of the said prince Joachim Napoleon, the crown of Naples and Sicily shall devolve to us and to our heirs, male descendants, natural and legitimate or adopted.
In default of our male descendants, natural and legitimate or adopted, the crown of Naples and Sicily shall descend to the male descendants natural and legitimate of prince Joseph. Napoleon, king of Spain and the Indies.
In default of male descendants natural and legitimate of prince Joseph Napoleon, the crown shall descend to the male descendants natural and legitimate of prince Louis Napoleon king of Holland.
In default of male descendants natural and legitimate of prince Louis Napoleon, the crown shall descend to the male descendants natural and legitimate of prince Jerome Napoleon king of Westphalia.
And in case this last named king shall have no male children, the crown shall descend to him who shall be designated in our will, either amongst our nearest relations, or amongst those whom we may judge the most worthy to govern the Two Sicilies.
5. Prince Joachim Napoleon become king of the Two Sicilies, shall be invested with the dignity of grand admiral of France; which title shall be attached to the crown so long as the order of succession established by the present statute shall exist.
The present constitutional statute shall be registered in the archives of the council of state; transcribed on the registers of the courts and tribunals of the kingdom, and published according to the usual forms.
Given at our imperial and royal palace at Bayonne, the 15th July, 1808.
(Signed) NAPOLÉON. By the emperor, the minister secretary of state, (Signed) H. B. MURAT. True copy, the minister secretary of state, F. RICCIARDI.
ROYAL DECREE.
Joachim Napoleon, King of the Two Sicilies, having heard the report of our ministers of foreign affairs, have decreed and do decree as follows:
Article 1. The title which we assume on ascending the throne of the Two Sicilies, shall be—Joachim Napoleon by the Grace of God and the Constitution of the State, King of the Two Sicilies, Grand Admiral of the Empire.
2. The present decree shall be inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws, and communicated to all the departments of state.
3. Our minister of foreign affairs, and our other ministers, as far as concerns them, are charged with the execution of the present decree.
Given at Bayonne, 20th July, 1808. (Signed) JOACHIM NAPOLEON.
PROCLAMATION.
Joachim Napoleon, by the Grace of God, &c. to the People of the Two Sicilies:
According to the intent of Divine Providence his majesty the august emperor of the French, our dear and loved brother-in-law, having ceded to us the crown of the Two Sicilies, it is pleasing to us to find ourselves chosen to govern a people gifted with all the good qualities necessary to recover that ancient glory which distinguished their ancestors and perpetuated their name.
All our efforts and constant study shall be to second this enthusiasm from which ought to flow the grandeur and the prosperity of the country and of our crown. The first duty which we impose on ourselves is to shew to all Europe on every occasion the gratitude with which we are penetrated towards the august emperor Napoleon, and to let our people feel all the advantages which will result to them from an intimate union of their interests with those of the great French empire.

The constitution proclaimed by our august predecessor, and guaranteed by his majesty the emperor having been solemnly accepted by us, shall be invariably observed, and shall form the basis of our government.
And as it is agreeable to us to walk in the footsteps of a sovereign who has been a blessing to his people, we confirm in all military, civil and political employments of the state all persons who are actually invested with them. And we wish that each of our subjects may continue to enjoy the rank and treatment which he has hitherto enjoyed, and exercise their respective functions.
Our intention is to reside constantly in the midst of you, with queen Caroline, our august spouse, with the prince royal Achilles Napoleon, and our young family; whom we confide with pleasure to your love and fidelity. They will commence from this moment to learn the sentiments which ought to attach them to the country, and the duties which they will have to perform in order to contribute to the glory and happiness of the kingdom. As for you, we doubt not all the officers employed in the service of state will be anxious to perform their duties strictly, in order that our people may receive the justice due to them. All our subjects may depend on our vigilance and attachment.
(Signed) JOACHIM NAPOLEON. By the king, minister secretary of state.
F. RICCIARDI. The council of state voted an address of thanks and a deputation to compliment the new sovereign.
To-day the decree of his imperial majesty and the proclamation of H. M. Joachim Napoleon were published throughout Naples with the greatest pomp. This evening all the theatres will be opened gratis; the city will be illuminated three days. The queen is expected here on the 15th.
NEW YORK, October 8.
LATEST NEWS FROM LONDON.
The ship Flora, from London, came up yesterday morning. She left Falmouth on the 24th of August. A commercial friend has favoured the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser with a file of the "Courier" to the 19th from which the subjoined articles are copied.
The American packet schooner Hope, Woodward, arrived off Falmouth and landed a messenger on the 15th or 16th of August, and proceeded immediately for L'Orient. She had but 23 days passage from Virginia, and did not come to anchor at Falmouth.
From London papers to August 19th, received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser.
LONDON, August 15.
Dispatches have been received from lord Collingwood, which contain an official account of the surrender of general Dupont. It appears that the French had 3000 men killed in the battle of Baylen, which took place the day previous to the surrender. General Castanos was advancing with his army towards Madrid.
By private advices from Holland, down to the 10th inst it appears that the Dutch view with great apprehension the expected rupture between the Austrian emperor and Buonaparte, as they suppose that the latter will enforce a Conscription for his armies in that country. All these advices concur in stating, that the utmost activity prevails in the Austrian dominions and that the army is, as we before stated on the best authority, on an excellent footing. The Archduke Louis who is inspector of the frontiers, has recently visited the whole of those frontiers, accompanied by engineers and other officers of known experience. It is strongly reported that the movements of the court of Vienna are entirely in conjunction with those of the Russian cabinet. As a proof that the Corsican despot views these movements with an eye of jealousy, it is said that the old expedients of interception and murder have been put in force by the French government, and that a Russian courier who was sent from prince Woronsky, at Paris, to St. Petersburg, with dispatches, was way-laid in the department of La Meurthe, and assassinated. The dispatches were, of course, secured by the French ruffians. A similar attempt was made to intercept an Austrian messenger, from Vienna to Baron Vincent, but this messenger fortunately escaped, though not without being severely wounded.
August 16.
The dispatches from Sir Charles Cotton announcing the landing of Sir Arthur Wellesley, were brought by Mr. Basilio, the messenger. He had been sent with dispatches to Sir Arthur at Cork, but the general had sailed from thence before he reached Cork. Basilio therefore proceeded after him to the coast of Spain.
Sir Arthur, as we stated yesterday, landed at Figueira on the 1st. By an article, however, from Coimbra, in the Coimbra Gazette of the 28th ult. it appears that he appeared off Figueira on the 26th. Bafling winds, however, we suppose prevented him from landing sooner than the first. As soon as the artillery and every other necessary had been landed, the general began his march for Lisbon. Private accounts describe the joy with which the troops were received by the Portuguese as exclusively—as the boats advanced to the shore, acclamations from the people upon the beach rent the air, and nothing was heard but blessings upon the name of Great Britain, the deliverer of the oppressed. Yesterday evening the following bulletin was exhibited in the city:—
"Mr. Basilio arrived this morning from off the Tagus, which he left on the 3d inst. Generals Wellesley and Spencer had formed a junction, and landed all their troops.
"A summons had been sent to Junot, who had proposed to capitulate on certain conditions, which, however, his brother officer, general Laborde, would not consent to.
"The Portuguese were in arms, and had joined the British in great numbers.
"Junot had not been able to correspond with France for three weeks."
The above bulletin was not, we believe, circulated by the authority of government—The substance of the intelligence, which government had received, we published in our paper of yesterday—It is stated that Sir Arthur effected his junction with general Spencer on the 3d: the latter, we suppose, landed at a point more southerly than Figueira. Our Oporto letter asserted that he had debarked at St. Ubes—but this is wholly incompatible with the account of his having joined Sir Arthur Wellesley on the 3d. St. Ubes is a considerable distance from the point where that general landed; it is to the south
of the Tagus and of Lisbon, and not more than 21 miles distant from it.
That Junot had already been summoned and had proposed to capitulate upon conditions to which general Laborde would not consent to we do not believe. Sir Arthur would not summon him till he got near enough to commence an attack upon him. That the Portuguese were joining Sir Arthur in great numbers is correct. Before he had effected his landing, they had marched from Coimbra and driven the French under Loison before them from Pombal and Leira. These troops would of course join Sir Arthur Wellesley: but we are ignorant of their force; it is said that they amount to eleven battalions, about 8000 men. The French under Loison were taking the road to Santarem, from whence they would in all probability be conveyed in feluccas to Lisbon. Of Junot's force and movements we have no very accurate or recent accounts. Sir Charles Cotton states him to be only 10,000 strong, but we suspect that he is stronger. His army has been estimated at 17,000; but these are distributed in different garrisons—1500 men at Cascais—500 at Belem—a division at the Old Town—another at fort Bugio—besides the division stationed in Lisbon to keep the people down. He is said to have recently landed the Russian sailors, about 3000 men, to garrison the fortresses. Other accounts state that the Russians have landed, and are throwing up works opposite Fort Julien, with the view of covering their fleet, should the French make any attempt to attack them. But this seems not very probable. Junot has enough to do without adding to the number of his enemies by attacking the Russians. It is reported that he has marched out of fort St. Julien with 8000 men, this does not seem credible. Fort St. Julien is a fort of immense consequence to him, and he would hardly leave it with a small force in it, unless he thought himself strong enough to draw out his army and risk a battle with the English. An article from Lisbon, in the Coimbra paper, speaks of his being in expectation of a reinforcement of 20,000 men, but with a sneer it adds, that "as French passports are not so current in Spain as they were, it is probable they may not arrive in time to assist at the Tragedy of Protection, in which its authors are so soon about to make their appearance."
Having speculated upon the probable amount of Junot's force, which, rating it at the highest, cannot be more than seventeen thousand men, let us see what Sir Arthur Wellesley has under him—
His own force is 10,000 Gen. Spencer's about 4,500
It is supposed that general Anstruther's division may reach the Tagus time enough to join him, it is about five thousand men—the marines from Sir Charles Cotton's fleet are at least one thousand—the whole British force would thus be between 20 and 21,000 men—the Portuguese force would swell it to upwards of 30,000. As Sir Arthur began his march towards Lisbon on the first, it is probable that he would be near enough to commence his operations by the 7th or 8th. Figueira, is about 100 miles from Lisbon. The next accounts from Portugal will probably announce Sir Arthur's arrival in the environs of the capital—Of the eventual success of his operations we have no doubt: but it is scarcely to be expected that Junot will surrender without an obstinate resistance.
A mail from Gottenburg arrived this morning.—So far from Buxhowden having beat the Swedes, it is represented that the latter with an inferior force have gained a victory over the former.
Extract of a letter from Stockholm, dated 30th July, 1808.
"There is a report here that the Swedes under Klingspor have defeated the Russians near Lappo, between the 18th and 19th inst. The Swedes were only 3,000 strong, and the Russians 6,000. The Russians lost in killed upwards of 20 officers. It is indeed said to have been a most bloody affair.—Klingspor could not avoid giving battle for fear of being cut off."
His Royal Majesty's Yacht Amadis, at anchor off Castleholm, July 21.
His Royal Majesty went on shore at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to review, near Pavisund, a strong battalion of Finnish reserve, which was on its march to join the army; and near Godby, a body of the Royal Oland Militia with a corps of about 1000 volunteers destined to reinforce the Finnish army. His Majesty expressed to them his approbation of their loyal and faithful conduct, and desired them to persevere in it until the war should have been brought to a successful issue.—Stockholm Gazette, July 25.
Bonaparte was expected at Paris last Sunday.—He once stated in one of his Bulletins or Addresses to the Senate after the battle of Austerlitz, that had he been defeated by the Austrians he would have made a public entry into Paris, on purpose to afford all Europe a proof of the love the people bore him, which was not to be shaken by any disasters he might meet with.—As his troops, and his views have been decisively defeated in Spain, he has now an opportunity of resorting to that expedient for proving the love of his people. But we shall no doubt find him, as usual, entering his good city of Paris unexpectedly; either in the middle of the night or at the dawn of day, when the Parisians are enjoying in sleep a few hours forgetfulness of him and his tyranny. If war with Austria be on the point of taking place, we shall find him convoking an extraordinary meeting of the Senate, thundering out some Senatus Consultum, repeating his old battered charges against the English as the disturbers of the continent, promising our subjugation if the great nation, will put forth all her strength, and finishing by calling out the Conscription of the year 1810! The American packet, St. Michael, capt. Kenyon, sailed on Friday from Falmouth for L'Orient and New-York. She carried with her the American messenger, Mr. Nourse, with dispatches from the American minister at our court to general Armstrong, the American minister at Paris, and also dispatches for America.
Military stores are now embarking with great activity in the river; 20 sail of vessels are now busily occupied with taking in 3,100 tons of ordnance at Woolwich.
Col. Fitzgerald has been returned member of Parliament for the county of Clare. On the 10th day captain O'Bryan declined any further contest. The numbers at the close of the 9th day, were
For Col. Fitzgerald, 1343 Capt. O'Bryan, 1034
Another expedition is about to sail from Cork.—The following information respecting it is from the Cork paper of the 10th inst.
CORK, August 10. Lieut. General Sir David Baird and Brigadier General Slade, are expected in town to join the expedition prepared to sail from Cove.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
The Lords of the Committee of Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, having authorised us to make public the following answers to certain questions proposed by us to their lordships, we publish them for the information of all whom they may concern:
Thomas Baring, A. Glennie, Thomas Mullett.
London, 15th August.
Question.
1. His Majesty's Order in Council of the 4th of July, 1808, having ordered, that all hostilities against Spain on the part of his Majesty shall immediately cease, and that the Blockade of all the Ports of Spain, except such as may be still in possession, or under control of France, shall be forthwith raised?
Can an American vessel proceed from a port in the United States of America, with a cargo, the produce of the United States, or colonial produce, direct to any port of Spain or Portugal, not being in the possession or the enemies of Great Britain, and return back to a port in the United States direct, with a cargo the growth or produce of Spain or Portugal, without being liable to capture and condemnation, under the Orders of Council of the 11th and 25th of November, 1807, and the several acts of Parliament passed to carry them in effect?
Answer.
American vessels may proceed from a port in the United States of America, with a cargo, the produce of the United States, or colonial produce, provided such produce be not the produce of the enemy's colonies, direct to any port of Spain or Portugal; such port not being in the possession, or under the control of the enemies of Great Britain, and return back to a port in the United States direct, with a cargo, the growth or produce of Spain or Portugal.
Question.
Can an American vessel, having entered a port in Spain previous to the commencement of hostilities by the patriots against the enemy, proceed from such port with a cargo, the growth and produce of Spain, direct to a port in the United States, without being liable to seizure and condemnation as above?
Answer.
An American vessel having entered a port in Spain, previous to the commencement of hostilities by the patriots against the enemy, may proceed from such port with a cargo the growth and produce of Spain, direct to a port in the United States, without being liable to seizure and condemnation as above, unless the vessel entered in breach of the Orders in Council.
August 17.
Murat it appears has resigned to Bonaparte the Grand Duchy of Berg. This resignation was probably made as a preparatory step to his being made King of Naples. We should think, however, that the recent occurrences in Spain would rather tend to embarrass this arrangement.
The captain of an American vessel which arrived at Deal yesterday from Holland, states, that the Austrian and Russian ambassadors had been recalled from the Dutch court previous to his sailing. We give this report, as it reached us, without pledging ourselves for its authenticity.
August 19.
It is rumoured that Russia intends making three large encampments, one of the frontiers of Hungary, one in Poland, and a third on the frontiers of Turkey, with the view of overawing Austria.
The Hope, American schooner, capt. Woodward, arrived at Falmouth last Tuesday evening, from Virginia, in 23 days. An American messenger landed with dispatches for the American minister in London, and reports that the embargo still continued in the American ports. As soon as she landed the messenger, the Hope proceeded for Havre de Grace without coming to an anchor.
Two Gottenburg mails arrived last night. They confirm the account of the victory obtained by the Swedes over a superior Russian army near Lappo on the 14th ult. The Swedish general was in hopes that he should be able to force the enemy to abandon an advantageous position which they had taken up after the defeat.
There was a report at Gottenburgh on the 5th that Russia was about to join France against Austria. We shall be sorry to find this report confirmed: but after the conduct which Russia has adopted, so contrary to her interests and her honour, who will say that he utterly disbelieves the report? Buonaparte has seduced the emperor Alexander with the magnificent project of dividing Europe between them.—The one the Emperor of the West—the other the Emperor of the East. The annihilation of Austria must of course enter into such a plan. But after the behaviour of Buonaparte to every power that has assisted his designs, after his treatment of Prussia and Spain, is Russia besotted enough to suppose, that Buonaparte would suffer her to divide Europe with him? He may keep the dazzling prospect before her eyes till he has made her subservient to his views against Austria—but the blow that lays Austria low would be but the prelude to an attack upon the arm that had aided him. The friendship she had shown him would be no security from his aggression—he has invariably treated his friends with more rancorous hostility than his foes, and the emperor of Russia may read in the fate of Prussia, what will be his own lot if he assists Buonaparte in his designs against the court of Vienna.
Whether it be upon this subject that Sir James Saumarez has sent very important dispatches to his Majesty's ministers, we know not; but the captain of the Fleet, capt. Hope, embarked on board an extra packet at Gottenburgh on the 9th; and so anxious was he to make his voyage to England in as short a time as possible, that he afterwards left the packet, and went on board a gun brig, which was a faster sailer. The Dutch papers notice the increasing number of Austrian troops in Bohemia.
Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office. The sitting commenced at half past one, and did not close until it was nearly seven o'clock.
The captain of a vessel which arrived yesterday from the Elbe, which he left on the 8th inst. states, that the whole of the French force have evacuated
Berlin by the 15th ult. and had taken a direction towards Silesia.
PRICE OF STOCKS.
This day at 12 o'clock—3 per cent cons. for money 66—120. acc. 66 3/4—3 per cent cons. Red Om. num. 1/2 dis.
From the Dutch Papers.
TONNINGEN, July 18.
Yesterday his Excellency the Prince of Ponte Corvo came hither, and on his arrival was saluted by the cannon on the batteries, and from the ships in our roads. That division of the Spanish regiment of Algarva which lies here was marched out to receive the Prince, and these troops were reviewed by his highness. On the departure of the Prince for Husum, he was accompanied by the Spanish troops, who asked permission to leave him with a detachment of their numbers, as a guard. These brave troops appeared proud of the honor of accompanying the brother-in-law of their sovereign.
BANKS OF THE MAIN, July 19.
The Austrian Field Marshal Baron Van Wimpden has passed through Augsburg, on his way to Paris. Three thousand men are daily employed in the demolition of the fortress of Braunau, and by the end of September it will be completely demolished.
St. PETERSBURG, July 9.
The following Ukase has appeared here: "The Imperial Chamber of Commerce hereby makes known to the merchants belonging to the port of St. Petersburg, that no merchant ships with Russian produce, belonging to any nation whatever, shall sail from those ports of the Baltic which are blockaded by the English or Swedes, as long as the Blockade continues."
PARIS, July 28.
Her majesty the queen of Naples, now queen of Spain, arrived at Lyons on the 20th instant, at ten at night.
August 2.
According to the various publick notices of the mayors of different towns, his majesty's arrival at Agen was fixed for the morning of the 29th ult. and his departure for the evening of the day following. His majesty was to arrive at Bordeaux on the 30th in the morning; about the 10th instant he is expected at Angers, and on the 11th or 12th at Tours. His excellency cardinal Fesch has returned to this capital.
VIENNA, July 23.
It is rumoured that a courier from Trieste, has brought advice, that the American ships which were lying there being disposed to set sail, a protest was taken by the parties interested against their departure, and that this proceeding occasioned some disturbances, which, however, were completely appeased by the presence of his imperial highness the Archduke John. Mercantile letters from that place to the 20th instant make no mention of this affair.
The emperor has appointed his brother-in-law, the archduke Ferdinand, governor of the kingdom of Bohemia, where, according to report, the number of troops is increasing. The same archduke is also appointed governor of Moravia and the eastern part of Silesia.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch'r Columbia, Miller, 7 days from Boston. Sloop Venus, Boush, 6 days from New-York. The brig Two Brothers, from Turk's Island bound to Norfolk, was spoken the 3d instant, in lat. 32, 32, had lost both topmasts.
New-York, October 8.
Arrived Ship Flora, Anderson, from London, via Falmouth, which port she left the 29th of August, with dry goods. Aug. 29, lat. 47, 45, long. 12, 9, was boarded by the British brig Cybelle, and treated politely, having in company with her, the French national brig L'Espangle of 16 guns, from France, which she captured 3 days before; two other French brigs were in company and a British frigate in chase of them. October 3d, lat. 40, 44, long. 67, 33, was boarded by the British frigate Atlas, and treated politely, in company with the Bellona of 74 guns bound to Halifax, from cruise off Porto Rico.
Landing on Commerce-Street,
The CARGO of the Brig Fame, Capt. Stone, from Havanna—Consisting of Prime Muscovado SUGARS in hogsheads and barrels, Best Green COFFEE in bags and barrels, Chayed SUGAR in boxes, ORANGES and LIMES.
For Sale by
MOSES MYERS.
October 12
MOROCCO.
MEGGESON & LAPLANTE,
Are now opening a handsome assortment of MOROCCO, assorted colours, of their own manufactory, viz.
Cochineal Red, common do. Blue,
Yellow, Green, Purple, and Black,
Which can be seen at Mr. Theo. Armistead's Ware-House on Campbell's Wharf, or at their factory near Mr. Theo. Armistead's Tan-Yard.
October 14.
1m*
A Bottle of LEECHES
Was put on board the schooner Adventure, capt. Town, at Philadelphia, by a young man who intended them for his sister in Norfolk, but no direction nor letter, and the name not recollected. The owner may hear of them by enquiring at the Ledger Office. October 14.
For SALE—Afloat,
40 hogsheads New-England RUM, 1200 bushels Bonavista Salt; 15 bundles Hay, and 1 case Medicine. Apply to
C. FRY.
October 14.
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William K. Mackinder.
October 12.
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The Pew-Holders and Members of Christ Church are requested to meet at said Church on Saturday the 15th instant, at 10 o'Clock in the forenoon. October 12
I will give Cash for STAVES.
Moses Myers.
October 12.
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THE SECOND CLASS OF THE Holy Trinity Church Lottery.
State of the Wheel.
 1 prize of $ 10,000  2 do. of 5,000  1 do. of 4,000  1 do. of 2,000  8 do. of 1,000  4 do. of 500  8 do. of 300  16 do. of 200  25 do. of 100  75 do. of 50  155 do. of 20 
And a proportionate number of smaller prizes. Tickets $ 8.
Bustleton and Smithfield Turnpike Road Company.
Scheme on an improved plan entirely different from any other.
HENRY PRATT, Esq. President.
 1 prize of 15,000 dollars is 15,000  1 do. of 5,000 5,000  1 do. of 2,000 2,000  2 do. of 1,000 2,000  11 do. of 500 5,500  20 do. of 250 5,000  40 do. of 200 8,000  70 do. of 100 7,000  100 do. of 50 5,000  100 do. of 30 3,000  100 do. of 20 2,000  102 do. of 10 1,020  864 do. of 15 12,960 
7,500 Tickets at 10 dollars each, is 75,000 Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
For the convenience of the public, half tickets will be provided by the managers, and signed as the whole tickets. Prizes payable in Cash at the Bank of the United States, on the next day after each drawing day. The whole Lottery will be drawn in fourteen days; and to save expense, only as many numbers will be drawn as there are prizes; the residue will of course be blanks.
USEFUL ARTS LOTTERY.
CASH PRIZES.
 1 Prize of 10,000 dollars is 10,000  2 do. of 5,000 10,000  5 do. of 1,000 5,000  10 do. of 500 5,000  10 do. of 200 2,000  40 do. of 100 4,000  100 do. of 50 5,000  200 do. of 20 4,000  500 do. of 10 5,000 
Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
This Lottery offers one of the best opportunities for adventurers, that may ever occur again, as all the large prizes are yet in the wheel, and only fourteen days to draw—and tickets at the low price of 2 dollars, but will soon advance to 3.
N. B. All the above Lotteries will be finished this fall. Persons wishing to become adventurers, shall receive the greatest encouragement at this office. Letters post paid, enclosing bank notes of any state, shall be punctually attended to, directed to No. 69, Chestnut Street.
R. H. HUGHES.
Good endorsed notes at 60 days, will be taken in payment for tickets, and cash given for prizes the day after they are drawn, at the usual discount. Philadelphia, September 12.
Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the Subscriber on the 26th December last, a Mulatto Man named TONEY, a Blacksmith by trade; he is about 24 years of age, 5 feet 10 inches high—had on when he went away a dark cloth suit, coat and pantaloons—his right foot has been broken, which causes him to limp, and as much larger than the other—He travelled in the stage from Edenton to Suffolk, the 28th December last. I have understood he went by the name of Benjamin James while in Suffolk—I expect he will endeavour to pass as a free man. The above reward will be given to any person who will secure him in any jail so that I get him again, and all reasonable charges paid if delivered to me in Plymouth, North-Carolina.
JOHN WALKER.
August 26.
Mackinder & White,
Have just received from on board the Schooner Liberty, Capt. Lewis, from Philadelphia, 150 boxes fresh Imperial and Hyson TEAS, of superior quality.
A fresh supply of Hollands GIN,
Ticklenburgs, superior Cloths, Gentlemen's Silk Hats, Parasols, &c.—Which they offer for Sale on the lowest terms, for cash or approved notes.
N. B. A few barrels of prime Smithfield MESS FORK. April 15.
The Norfolk & Portsmouth Races,
OVER THE NEW DITCHED-IN COURSE,
WILL commence on Tuesday, the 1st of November, free for any horse, &c. except those which B. Wilke may be interested in. New-Market Weights.
FIRST DAY,
A Sweepstake, one mile heats, for all ages, by Horses in the adjoining counties.
SECOND DAY,
A Purse of 400 dollars, four mile heats, entrance 30 dollars
THIRD DAY,
A Purse of 100 dollars, one mile heats, with catch riders, the best 3 in 5, Entrance 10 dollars.
FOURTH DAY,
A Sweepstake for three years old colts and fillies, carrying 86 lbs. on each, two mile heats, 100 dollars entrance, to close the evening of the first day's running. There are four or five expected to enter for this race.
The expectation of completing the amount of the Jockey Club Subscription, has prevented the advertising those races earlier: it has, however, been generally understood when they would be, and as that subscription expresses particularly that the races shall be on the above days, the prospects are such as to induce a belief it will be made up by the time. The Gentlemen Sportsmen are informed, that the Purse will amount to the same in either case, and the money hung up before starting.
Good Stables and Litter near the ground found gratis, and every kind of forage at the lowest price.
The ground is considerably improved since the Spring, and it will be made equal to any course on the continent.
Racers and their Horses will be free of tolls. Entrance to be made with col. Kemp, at the Exchange, in the usual way.
R. H. COCKE, & Co.
October 6, 1808.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Races
Commences on Tuesday the first of November, over Christian's Race Course.
First Day, a Sweepstake for Horses belonging to Norfolk County only, except otherwise agreed on by those gentlemen who have already entered horses—Entrance 10 dollars—the proprietor to put up 40 dollars—each horse to carry 100 pounds.
Second Day, 4 mile heats, Purse 400 dollars—entrance 30 dollars—New-Market rules to govern—free for any horse except the celebrated horse Potowmack, belonging to Mr. Burwell Wilkes.
Third Day, the Ladies' Purse of 100 dollars—mile heats—carrying a feather—the winner to win three heats—entrance 10 dollars—distance 30 yards.
Fourth Day, two mile heats—Purse 200 dollars—entrance 20 dollars.
Fifth Day, a give and take Sweepstake, mile heats—entrance 30 dollars.
EDWARD NEWMAN, Proprietor.
September 19.
PATENT ILLUMINATORS,
or
Sky Lights for Shipping, &c.
Giving a more general light than the common Sky-Light, with one half the expense; and are equally applicable to the state-room, steerage and forecastle, as in the cabin—they are neither liable to break or be damaged by the common traffic of the deck.
The Patent BINNACLE ILLUMINATOR
is now completed, and is much approved of by those gentlemen who have seen the effect of it. The compass in the binnacle and the cabin being both lighted by one light placed in the cabin.
Orders for the above will be received at No. 77, Main-Street, by
E. Sturtevant, Agent.
N. B. The Patent Binnacle Illuminator will be lighted this Evening on board the Schooner Ann Gardner, for publick inspection.
October 3.
FOR SALE by the Subscriber,
10,000 bushels coarse SALT,
17,000 pounds Green Coffee in hds and bags, 4 pipes and 3 bds. choice Old Madeira Wine, A few hogheads St. Kitt's Old Rum, New-York Anchor Gin in pipes—and Hibbert's best London bottled Porter, in casks of 6 1-2 dozen each.
Robert Maitland.
September 28.
Phoenix Fire-Office, Norfolk.
NOTICE.
The following Policies issued from this Office expire in the month of October next, viz.
 283,003 283,142 283,149  6 143 150  10 144 151  12 145 152  17 146 153  140 147 154  141 148 
Richard Taylor, Agent.
September 28.
Y. & W. SOUTHGATE,
OFFER FOR SALE,
For Cash or short credit, at their Store, No. 1, corner of Commerce and Main-Streets, A General Assortment of GOODS,
suitable to the present and approaching season; Among which are,
Superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, 6-4 and 7-4 coarse Cloths, Flannels, Baizes, Coatings, Ticksets, Corduroys, Blankets, Plaid, Halfthicks Scarlet Cardinals, &c. &c. Kendal Cottons in assorted bales, Coarse Hats in assorted boxes, Nails and Spikes of all sizes, F and FF glazed Powder and Shot—ALSO, 200 good Bacon Hams, 30 Kgs Lard, 60 barrels Smithfield Apple Brandy, 160 sacks Liverpool fine Salt, 60 barrels very white Allum Salt, 80 barrels good Coffee, Alewife.
2 grand and 6 small fine toned PIANO FORTES. And a handsome English made GIG and HARNESS, almost new.
September 21.
FOR SALE In our Ware-House, where the largest vessel can come along side, 15,000 bushels of CORN,
2000 do. do. white, 80 bales Cotton.
Also, 4000 bushels coarse SALT,
150 sacks Ground Allum do. 45 hogheads Old Antigua Rum, do. Jamaica do. 40 hogheads Sugar, 80 barrels do.
A few casks excellent Port Wine, Coffee in hogheads, Madeira Wine, 45 crates Earthenware, Tobacco from several inspections.
GEO. MURRAY, & Co.
September 9.
FOR SALE, 3000 bushels Turk's-Island SALT,
Now on board the Schooner Juliana, Capt. Stowe. Also, 21,000 feet MAHOGANY,
A few puncheons Old Antigua Rum, New do. Molasses, Sugars, Indian Meal in barrels.
John Granbery.
September 21.
At a Court held for Northampton
County, the 11th day of July, 1808.
Thomas D. Sinkins and William Sinkins, an infant by Thomas D. Sinkins, his guardian, Complainants. Against Coventon Sinkins, John Sinkins, John Brickhouse, Junior, and George Lewis, Defendants.
The complainants having filed their bill more than three months, and the court being satisfied that Coventon Sinkins one of the defendants, is out of this commonwealth, it is ordered, that the said Coventon Sinkins do enter his appearance to this suit on the first day of November Court next, and give security for performing the decree that may be made in this case, or the Court will on that day proceed in the suit in like manner as if an appearance had been entered; and it is further ordered, that a copy of this order be posted at the front door of the Court-House of this County, and published in the Publick Ledger for two months successively. Teste,
Thomas L. Savage, Clerk.
At a Court held for Norfolk County,
the 19th day of July, 1808.
Alexander Love, Plaintiff. Against Alexander Falconer, and John Hamill, Defendants.
The Defendant Falconer, 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 this Court that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth: on the motion of the Plaintiff by his Counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of November Court next, and answer the bill of the Plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some Newspaper of the Borough of Norfolk for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Court-House of this County. A Copy, Teste,
Wm. Wilson, Jan. C. N. C.
NOW LANDING
On our Wharf, and for Sale on a liberal credit, from on board the British Schooner Commerce, Capt. Collins, from Jamaica,
A Cargo of high proof RUM.
C. & F. Whittle.
September 2.
Turk's-Island SALT,
For Sale on board the Brig Experiment, at Gosport, by William Dickson.
September 21.
FALL GOODS.
Richard and John Taylor, Have received by the Ship Hero, from Liverpool, part of their FALL SUPPLY, and are in daily expectation of the remainder by the next arrivals, to compleat their assortment, consisting of
Kendal Cottons, Kerseys, Rose and Striped Blankets, Flannels, Baizes, Yorkshire Plains, Half-thicks, 5-4 and 6-4 Cloths, do. Coatings, Bearskins and Frizes, Carpets and Carpeting, Pipes, Copperas, Nails, Spikes, Powder and Shot.
Also, an extensive assortment of Fine and Fancy Goods, Manchester, Cutlery and Hardware,
all of which they will sell by the package, piece, or retail, on very low terms for Cash or approved Paper. They have likewise for Sale,
Prime Carolina Pork and Lard, Old Jamaica Rum, and a few bales of Twilled Sacking.
September 16.
THE SUBSCRIBER Wishes to Sell, and will Sell or Rent on moderate terms,
That very excellent Wharf and Lot, in the town of Gosport, at present occupied by William Smith; the Wharf, Ware-Houses, and Dwelling-House are all in good repair.
Thirteen Lots in the Town of Suffolk;
And the following Property in Norfolk, Two good Fire-Proof Warehouses on the Eastern side of Commerce-Street, Nos. 4 and 6. Two Dwelling-Houses and Lots on Boush-street, in good repair, and very pleasantly situated.
Apply to John Granbery.
September 14.
MACKINDER & WHITE,
Will give CASH for 5000 bushels good White CORN.
And offer for Sale, Hollands Gin, Country do. Muscovado Sugar, Prime Smithfield and Carolina Pork, Fresh Imperial, Hyson, and Young Hyson Teas, Also,
A general assortment of Dry Goods, which they will sell on the lowest terms, for Cash or approved Notes.
WANTED, About eight likely HANDS,
to whom liberal wages will be given. Apply as above. September 12.
FRESH GOODS.
WOOD AND HASTINGS, Have just received, Cambricks and Common Callicoes, Cotton Shirtings, Cotton Cambricks, Irish Linens, Long Lawns, Linen Cambricks, &c. Also,
A few pieces of best London Superfine Broad CLOTHS, and most fashionable Coat BUTTONS, which with their Goods on hand, will be sold at very low prices for Cash. September 9.