Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-07-31 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1805.
[NO. 7.]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
FOR BOSTON, The Schooner DIEDAMIA, BENJAMIN HOWES, Master:— Will sail in 4 or 5 days. For freight or passage, apply to the Master on board, or
Martin Fisk.
Who has for sale, received by said vessel from Boston, 180 Casks STONE LIME, of a superior quality. 50 Barrels Boston Bay MACKAREL. 400 Reams WRAPING PAPER. 50 do. WRITING do.
Also, an Invoice containing about 50 Dozen UMBRELLAS. And twelve Trunks of LADIES' MOROCCO AND KID SHOES. The above being a consignment, will be sold low for cash, or approved notes at 90 days. July 29. 4 23.
FOR A PORT IN FRANCE, The new Portuguese Barque MERCURIO, H. MAZZA, Master:— Burthen 170 to 180 hogsheads—having part of her cargo engaged, the balance will be taken on a moderate freight, if immediate application is made to the Captain on board, or to
John Newell, Jun.
Who has received per said Barque from Lisbon, 5 to 6000 Bushels SALT. Which he will sell low, if taken from on board. July 29. tf 23.
FOR CHARTER, The good Ship FRANKLIN, SPOONER, Master:— Burthen about three hundred hogsheads. For terms apply to
Moses Myers.
July 24. 3w 16
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The good copper-bottomed Ship EARL OF LEICESTER, Two hundred tons burthen, will be ready to receive a cargo in three days. For terms apply to
Wilson, Cunningham & Co.
July 24. 3w 17
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The fast sailing Schooner CHARMING MARY, CHARLES POTTER, Master:— Burthen about 1200 barrels—will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms, apply to
Thomas Allan.
July 24. tf 10
FOR LIVERPOOL, The British Brig BETSEY, 500 hogsheads burthen—will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days; a large proportion of her cargo is now engaged, for the balance apply to
C. & F. Whittle.
July 22. tf 10
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The good American Ship JOHN, A. M. SPALDING, Master:— 297 tons burthen, a staunch, strong, tight vessel, now in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the Captain on board, or
Richard Blox.
July 22. tf 10
FOR FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The copper-bottomed Brig MARY-LOUISA, GEORGE FARRER, Master:— Burthen 1200 barrels—will be ready to receive a cargo in three days. For terms apply to
Thomas Willock.
July 19. tf 7
FOR A PORT IN FRANCE, The good Ship SHEFFIELD, Captain Josiah Cowper, expected from Philadelphia in fifteen days, when she will be in immediate readiness for the reception of a cargo. A full freight, or partial shipments will be accepted. For terms apply to Messrs. William & Henry Hasall, of Petersburg, or to John Cowper.
Thomas Willock.
July 17. tf 5
FOR FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The Schooner RELOVA, DAVID PATTEN, Master:— Will take in from 7 to 800 barrels. For terms apply to
Moses Myers.
July 17. 3w 1
FOR PORT GLASGOW, The fast-sailing British Mail Ship LADY NELSON, ROBERT M'ALLISTER, Master, expected to sail by the 12th August, 75 bds tobacco, and some cotton will be received on freight, if immediate application is made to
Robert Maitland & Co.
Has excellent accommodations for passengers. Apply to the Master on board. July 10. 3w 211
WANTED TO CHARTER, A BRITISH SHIP of 250 to 300 Hogsheads—And AN AMERICAN one of the same description. For terms apply to
C. & F. Whittle.
June 4. tf 737
WANTED TO CHARTER, A SHIP Of from 200 to 300 tons burthen, to load with Lumber, for a port in Jamaica—Immediate despatch will be given. Apply to
Robert Maitland & Co.
July 8. 3w 802
FOR CHARTER, The American Ship REUNION, Burthen 280 tons—she will be ready for the reception of a cargo in fifteen days. For terms apply to
Warren Ashley.
WHO HAS ON BOARD SAID SHIP, 3000 Bushels Coarse SALT. July 8. tf 700
FOR LONDON, The American ship ABERDEEN, WILLIAM MORGAN, Master:— Burthen about 450 hogsheads tobacco—Intended to sail by the 1st of August—can take on freight about 200 hogsheads tobacco, and 50 bales cotton. For terms apply to
J. & W. Southgate.
July 5. tf 792
FOR FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The American Ship REBECCA, GILBERT FOWLER, Master:— Burthen 450 hogsheads tobacco, in complete order to receive a cargo, and will be ready in 15 days. For terms, apply to
Phinehas Dana & Co.
Who has received per said Ship from Bonavista, 10,000 Bushels coarse white packing SALT. For Sale, on moderate terms, if taken from alongside. July 15. tf 819
FOR SALE, FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The American Ship ELIZA, JOSEPH BUNTON, Master:— Burthen 176 tons, or 230 hogsheads tobacco. For terms apply to the Master on board, or to
Phinehas Dana & Co.
July 8. tf 804
FOR LIVERPOOL, The good Ship ALEXANDER, MILES KING, Master:— Will sail in all the month of July—part of her cargo being engaged. For freight of the remainder, or passage, apply to
J. & W. Southgate.
June 29. tf 785
FOR CHARTER, The British Ship DUNROBIN CASTLE, JOHN M'BRIDE, Master:— Burthen 280 tons, carries 14 guns and men suitable. Clyde, or Liverpool, will be preferred. For terms apply to
Robertson & Brown.
June 8. tf 732
FOR BREMEN, The good fast sailing Ship COMMERCE, JACOB ADAMS, Master:— Will sail in about twenty days—30 to 100 hogsheads can be taken on freight, if immediate application be made to
Moses Myers.
A few passengers can be accommodated. Apply as above. July 12. tf 817
FOR CHARTER, The good Ship TICOMIC, Burthen about 300 hogsheads Tobacco. For terms, apply to
Moses Myers.
July 8. tf 803
FOR LONDON, The Ship MINATOR, STEPHEN WATERMAN, Master:— Burthen 350 hogsheads tobacco—Will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days, and will sail by the last of this month. She is a very fine vessel of 18 months old, and well found in every respect. For freight or passage, apply to Freeland & Gillies, in Petersburg, or to
N. Heron.
July 8. tf 805
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, The fine new American Ship MECHANICK, V. BAGLEY, Master, burthen 250 tons, or about 350 bds tobacco, now ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to
Robert Gibson.
June 27. tf 782
Brig MERRIMACK, BACHELOR, Master, burthen 145 tons, or about 1400 barrels flour, now ready for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to
Robert Gibson.
June 27. tf 782
COCKE & SANFORD, Have received per the Ship SHEFFIELD, from Bordeaux, Imperial Blue and Black CLOTHS, FANCY WAISTCOATING, SILK HOSIERY—and CLARET WINE in cases. July 26. 2w 21
MISSING—THREE BUNDLES LEATHER, Consisting of—Sole, Bridle, and Calf Skins, THAT were sent by the Subscribers about six weeks ago, to Maxwell's Wharf, to be shipped on board one of the Packets for Williamsburg—which from circumstances it is presumed were put, through mistake of the drayman, on board a vessel bound to some other place. Should the person in whose possession it may have fallen, be so good as to return it; all expenses attending it will be paid, and the favour gratefully acknowledged by
William Plume & Co.
July 26. 3w 22
A SINGLE MAN; Who writes a fair hand, and understands the French language well, will meet with an eligible situation by applying at the Office of the Publick Ledger. July 26. tf 19
WHEREAS my Wife Peggy, has repeatedly eloped from my bed and house, I hereby forbid any person from harbouring her on the penalty of the law, as I am determined to prosecute those who do—I also forbid all, and every person from trusting her, as I will pay no debts of her contracting. Emanuel Jacomie. Norfolk County, July 26. 3w 20
TO RENT, Two Rooms adjoining the Office of the Publick Ledger. Apply at this office. July 26. tf 20
300 Barrels INDIAN CORN, Deliverable at short notice—for sale by James Maurice & Co. July 29. tf 24
TO RENT, The Warehouses at present occupied by James Herron on my wharf, capable of storing 4,000 barrels flour, and free from danger of high tides—Possession may be had of them on the first of September next; if agreeable, the Wharf may be had with them. Also, for Lease, for a term of Years, The Wharf adjoining mine, newly repaired, 56 1-2 feet in front, running back from 2 to 250 feet, with sufficient well made ground for the erection of warehouses—at the end of the wharf, there is water for any ship, with a convenient Lumber Yard. For terms apply to
John Davis.
Portsmouth, July 29. 2w tf 25
112 Puncheons high proof Grenada RUM, Landing this day on our wharf, from on board the Schooner Thomas. For sale by
C. & F. Whittle.
July 8. tf 808
WANTED, Two Hundred Cords Wharf Wood, For which a generous price will be given. Apply to
Thomas Warren.
May 29. tf 720
JUST RECEIVED, Per the Ship Reunion, from Alceste, and for sale by the Subscriber, 200 Hogsheads Choice RED WINE. 3,500 Bushels SALT. For sale by
Moses Myers.
July 8. tf 800
TO RENT, A convenient Dwelling House on Fen Church-Street, fronting the Fields leading to Brigg's Point—with a good garden and out buildings attached to it. Enquire of JAMES SMITH, near the same. June 20. tf 774
10,000 Bushels Liverpool Stoved SALT, For sale, on board the Brig Betsey, at our Wharf. For sale by
C. & F. Whittle.
July 19. tf 9
NOW LANDING, 90 Bags Prime Green COFFEE. For sale by
Moses Myers.
July 22. tf 14
LANDING THIS DAY, ON NEWTON'S WHARF, The Cargo of the Schooner Diana, —Bulfer, Master, from St. Bartolomew, 22 Hogsheads, 22 Barrels, 9 Hogsheads RUM. 5 Pipes TENERIFFE WINE. And a parcel Manufactured IRON WARE. For sale by
Moses Myers.
July 12. tf 818
THE PARTNERSHIP OF SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co. Is this day dissolved by mutual consent, and those who have accounts with the said firm, will please come forward for immediate settlement to SAMUEL SAUNDERS, who is duly authorized by the concern to adjust the same. Samuel Saunders. P. Henop. N. B. The business in future, will be carried on by SAMUEL SAUNDERS, AND ROBERT C. JENNINGS, AND CO. under the firm of
SAMUEL SAUNDERS & Co.
July 12. tf 814
REMOVAL. THE SUBSCRIBERS Have removed from MAIN-STREET, to their NEW FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE, in MARKET-SQUARE. Gilliat & Mackinder. April 3. tf 555
LANDING From on board the Schooner JOHN, from Guadalupe—and for Sale, SIXTY-SIX HOGSHEADS, AND A FEW BARRELS MUSCOVADO SUGAR. For sale by
Moses Myers.
July 12. tf 815
THE SUBSCRIBER Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTLE BOARDERS by the year. Peter Kemp. May 6. tf 654
CAMPHOR AND BARK. THE SUBSCRIBER, HAS JUST RECEIVED, 200 lbs. REFINED CAMPHOR. In small convenient Casks of 2 lbs. each.—Also, RED, YELLOW, AND PALE BARK, Fresh—Apply to
N. Gregory.
July 5. tf 791
REMOVAL. JAMES TUCKER, Has removed to No. 1, Holt's Lane, near MAIN-STREET, WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS, HIS STOCK IN TRADE, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. tf 659
NOTICE. CONCERT-HALL, BOSTON, May, 1805. THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Publick, and those Gentlemen of the Southern States who may visit this part of the Continent, during the summer season, that the house known by the name of Concert-Hall, situate in a very central and pleasant part of the town, (corner of Court and Hanover Streets) has been fitted up at a very great expense with the gentlest accommodations. Those Gentlemen who may wish for Boarding and Lodging, it is presumed cannot find a more eligible and convenient house, or a more grateful reception than from the present occupant of Concert-Hall, whose assiduity to serve them shall exceed the liberality of their patronage. 765 law3m T. WHITCOMB.
CONCERT-HALL, BOSTON, May, 1805. THE Subscriber respectfully informs his Friends and the Publick, and those Gentlemen of the Southern States who may visit this part of the Continent, during the summer season, that the house known by the name of Concert-Hall, situate in a very central and pleasant part of the town, (corner of Court and Hanover Streets) has been fitted up at a very great expense with the gentlest accommodations. Those Gentlemen who may wish for Boarding and Lodging, it is presumed cannot find a more eligible and convenient house, or a more grateful reception than from the present occupant of Concert-Hall, whose assiduity to serve them shall exceed the liberality of their patronage. 765 law3m T. WHITCOMB.
250 Barrels Superfine, 250 do. Fine, 100 do. X Middlings, 150 do. do. } FLOUR. 50 do. Ship, } BREAD. 90 do. Navy, } 10 Quarter Casks Sherry WINE. For Sale by JAMES MAURICE & CO. April 12. tf 569
TO RENT. The Store, Cellar, and Compting Room, No. 41, Main-Street, at present occupied by Messrs. Gilliat & Mackinder. Apply to
Thomas Willock.
April 1. tf 517
3000 lbs. of WOOL, For sale—low for cash—by
Philip Collins.
June 11. tf 754
JUST PUBLISHED, And for Sale at the Book Stores of BONSAL, CONRAD & Co. AND A. C. JORDAN & Co. Price 62 1/2 Cents.
REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS, Or History of the French Revolution, from the Convocation of the States-General to the peace of Amiens. PART THE FIFTH. Translated from the MS. of J. H. de Croissail, By L. H. GIRARDIN, Professor of Modern Languages, &c. &c. in William and Mary College. July 12. tf 815
Avis aux Français. LE SOUS-COMMISSAIRE des relations Commerciales de France, à la résidence de Norfolk en Virginie, informe les Citoyens Français, que ceux d'entre eux qui auront de demandes à faire, doivent s'adresser aux Commissaires: & que, dorénavant, les demandes adressées directement au Ministre de France près les Etats Unis, resteront sans réponse. June 15. law3 754
NOTICE. THE subscriber owes some money, which he is determined shall be speedily paid; added to which his low state of health, calls loudly for his return to business. He therefore offers his stock of goods for sale, on the most liberal terms—This assortment has been selected from the best importations within the last twelve months; and amounts to about 2500 currency. As the situation occupied by him is not equalled by any other in the lower country, and as it can be obtained for a number of years, he hopes some of his friends will consider it to their advantage to purchase the goods, and take the stock—Nothing but the second reason assigned in this advertisement, would induce him to quit business—But owing to his health he must and will quit business, for some time at least. He has two small crafts, and a quantity of naval stores and lumber subject to his creditors. JOHN K. RANDOLPH. N. B. Those indebted must make payment in sixty days or give their bonds. Nausemond, April 5. law 568
MISSIONARY MAGAZINE, AND EVANGELICAL INTELLIGENCER. A FEW Copies of this work, for January, February, March, April, and May, are now read for delivery to subscribers, at the office of the PUBLICK LEDGER. Persons desirous to encourage a work whose object is the diffusion of religious knowledge, are requested to send their names to Mr. Gray's office as early as possible. A few copies of the complete set from the first of the year, yet remain undispersed at Philadelphia, and can be procured by early application. Price 25 Cents each Number—Payable on delivery. June 29. tf 754
FOR SALE, Pursuant to the Will of William Samuel Peachy, deceased, Peachy's Manufacturing Mills and Store-House, lying in the County of Prince George, on Poquoson Creek, a navigable stream of James River, and on the main stage road from Norfolk to Petersburg, with about six acres of Land belonging thereto.—One third of the purchase money will be required at the end of eighteen months and three years credit will be given for the residue. The Gentleman at the Mills will be good enough to show them—For terms apply to Mr. Robert Maitland of Norfolk, or to Thomas Griffin Peachy of Williamsburg. ALSO FOR SALE,
That beautiful Seat on James River (about four miles from the Mills) called FLOWER DE HUNDRED—The Tract of Land belonging to this Seat, contains 1000 acres extending nearly two miles on the banks of the river, (about half a day's sail from Norfolk, and five hours from Petersburg) considerable part of the Land is fit for the cultivation of Wheat and Tobacco; it has some valuable Low Ground, and a great deal of Meadow Land, from which in its natural state, great quantities of Hay may be made; The Land also abounds with good Timber:—The House, Garden, Orchards, and other improvements, are extensive and valuable.—It is presumed that no person would purchase such an estate without first viewing it, a further description is thought needless—Collier Harrison, Esq. of Charles City, who has viewed the Land and is well acquainted with its quality, will be good enough to show it—A credit of 9, 13 and 16 years will be given for the greater part of the purchase money, and for the residue four annual payments will be required—An indisputable title will be made—The price may be known by application to Mr. Robert Maitland, or to Mary W. Peachy, and Thomas C. Peachy, of Williamsburg. March 25. tf 523
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE. THE Subscriber, intending to leave this State, wishes to dispose of the Land he at present resides on. It is a tract of EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, beautifully situated upon Cape Charles; having the Atlantic upon one side, and the Chesapeake upon another. There is upon it as good a Fishery as any in Virginia. There are interspersed throughout the plantation, a number of SALT SPRINGS, so strongly impregnated with salt as to bear a new laid egg. Oysters, Cockles, and Fish of all kinds may be obtained from the waters immediately at the door. The land is very productive, esteemed annually good for 500 barrels Indian Corn, and 2000 bushels of Oats, and is now in capital order. The Fishery alone has yielded, in one spring, upwards of 7000. In short there are but very few Plantations offered for Sale, which unite so many advantages: and nothing but a desire to pursue his professional business could induce the present proprietor to sell it. Should it not be sold before the Fall, it will be leased for a term of years. Conditions will be made known on application to
Thomas V. Custis.
On the Premises. May 3. law 648

The arrival of the ship Belisle from Glasgow, which place she left the 8th June, has not furnished us with any article of importance. The latest paper we have seen is of the 30th May. The impeachment of Lord Melville is determined on, and a motion was to be made on the 9th June, to that effect. MR. WHITBREAD also gave notice that at the same time he should move for a vote of censure on some part of Mr. Pitt's conduct relative to the business of Lord Melville.
A commercial friend has politely favoured us with Jamaica papers to the 13th inst. from which we have extracted a few articles and some ship news.
The following extract of a letter from MARSEILLES, although not of a very recent date, contains some interesting observations. It is from an intelligent American Gentleman to his friend in this Borough.
"I have arrived in this place within a few days. I very fortunately made my escape from Leghorn; as that place is now afflicted by the same pestilential disorder that has ravaged many parts of Spain. Had I delayed there but a few days longer, I should not have been allowed to leave it, as there is actually a cordon of troops round Leghorn and Pisa. It is hourly expected that all Italy will be in a state of quarantine, both by land and sea: Switzerland has already cut off all communication: the Genoese were the first to quarantine those from Leghorn; more than two months ago.
"This pestilential disorder is called the Yellow Fever; but it is in reality no such thing. I was informed by a physician of eminence, when I was at Cadiz in 1801, that the disorder which occasioned so much mortality in 1799, had its origin in the country or was brought from the coast of Africa. It was remarked that year, that the sheep were unfit to be eaten; the liver having been generally found rotten, and the flesh producing immediate sickness. What is singular, is that the same circumstance was observed in Andalusia the beginning of the last summer; so much so that the sale of mutton was prohibited at Cadiz in May last. The appearances after death by this disease were, nearly in equal numbers, jet black, yellow, and a whiteness superior to any thing the human body was thought capable of exhibiting.
"In this place the Board of Health have gravely pronounced the Yellow Fever to be the Plague: and they have imposed upon Americans, considering them as the source of all this contagion, a quarantine of thirty days; on the expiration of which they are visited in the same way as those who come from the Levant; that is to say, they are shipped quite naked, to the no small confusion of the poor Yankees, who swear that Frenchmen have no decency, and punched with sticks in various parts of the body. Americans should be very careful in coming here, to report truly whether or no they have been boarded on their passage, as they are liable to very severe punishment if detected in a falsehood in this respect.
"There can be no doubt that the disease at present prevalent in Italy, is the same which prevailed in Spain this year, and which was there so destructive in 1799.
"You may probably expect some notice of the present temper of this country; at least of such parts of it as I have seen, or have had an opportunity to be informed of. Had this letter to go across any part of France, I should be cautious in committing any thing to paper, even the slightest expression, on the subject of the Government. As it is, I am not altogether certain that a spy or police officer may not in a few minutes enter to demand what I have been writing.
"Publick, and indeed private, confidence seem no longer to exist. The greatest indignation prevails among the real French, against the usurpation which was to have been so farcically consummated at Paris a few days ago. In private companies, where they are certain of being free from the presence of Governmental agents, they indulge in the most violent invectives. 'Was it, they exclaim, to make way for a foreigner that we expelled the hereditary family of the Bourbons? that we have waded through twelve years of horror and bloodshed? that we have almost forfeited our character as a civilized people? that we have become odious to almost all the nations of Europe?—Are thus our national honour and liberty to be crumbled to dust, and buried in the tomb prepared for them by an alien despot?—And what do we gain by the sacrifice?—Is our government less profuse, less extravagant? On the contrary, the revenues of the state are unspairingly lavished on hords of military tyrants, who exact this contribution as the reward of that support which they afford to this degrading usurpation.—Are we more secure in our persons? If we utter even an imprudent expression, our individual rights are violated, the domestic sanctuary is invaded, we are hurried off and never more heard of!—Are not our prisons actually crowded with the unhappy victims of unmerited suspicion? And the measure of our oppressions filled up by the Conscription, where our sons, our brothers, are torn from our embraces, chained together like malefactors, and dragged two or three hundred miles, to fill up the ranks of a standing army, which unceasingly requires recruits, and which may in a few days be doomed to destruction, to gratify the ambition or madness of our enslavers!—Such are the conversations which I have myself heard, not once only, but many times. The people are afraid of their own shadows; the police continually haunts them; they cannot stir five miles from their own houses without passports, to obtain which requires as many days. In Turkey the low condition
of a malcontent may render him unworthy of the notice of government, and consequently of punishment; not so here; the system of Espionage knows neither relaxation nor distinction; and the expressions of a Porter are as carefully registered as those of the first person in the community.
"These are evils complained of at Marseilles. I know not whether the same rigour be observed elsewhere or not. This place was, as it were, the cradle of Buonaparte. He is here known better than any where else. Marseilles has signalized itself in the Revolution by continual acts of bloody tumult and insurrection. A stricter police may, therefore, be necessary for the latter reason; and it may be looked on with an eye of aversion for the former.
"Trade here is under the most intolerable restrictions. It is necessary to bribe every Custom House officer: and even after all this, a vessel cannot clear out, after she is loaded, in less time than seven or eight days. The quay is filled with Custom House guards, who prow about night and day, some disguised some not so, to watch over foreigners. Americans are subject to greater inconveniences than those of any other nation; for our vessels cannot take on board a quail of rope or bolt of canvass without a permit, to obtain which we must have consular order, for which we are compelled to pay two dollars."
FOR THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
Without intending to make any comment upon what passed at the Theatre on Saturday last, I cannot forbear observing, that it appears to be a general opinion, that an actor can receive no affront which he must not submit to at the time. The best comment which can be made upon this opinion, appears to be an anecdote of a French actor.
In the course of the performance, a few persons in one part of the house hissed, from that, one of them threw an apple at him, which, rousing the actor's indignation, he laid his hand on his sword, called the perpetrators of the outrage cowards and miscreants.
The audience were inflamed to madness, they insisted that the actor should come upon the stage and go down on his knees, and beg pardon. The actor, a man of spirit refused, the audience threatened to demolish the house, the manager beseeched the actor to submit, to save him from ruin, moved by whose intreaties, he consented.
Silence having been commanded, the actor appeared, and commenced his address in these words, and in a manly tone, "Ladies and Gentlemen, never was I before, sensible of the meanness of my condition"—Before he could proceed, a generous sympathy, mingled with shame, ran through the house, the actor was commanded to say no more, and dismissed with applause.
PHILODRAMATIS.
FOR THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
MR. COWPER, I have read with pleasure the able speech of Mr. Fox on the Catholic petition, which has suggested some reflections on the subject, as applicable to the United States.
Few of your readers I believe suppose that there is any state in the union, in which the Catholics are under any restrictions in their civil rights, and yet the fact is so, as appears by the following extracts from the constitutions of New-Jersey, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina.
"No Protestant inhabitant of this colony shall be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles: but all persons, professing a belief in the faith of any Protestant sect, who shall demean themselves peaceably under the government, as hereby established, shall be capable of being elected into any office of profit and trust, &c.—Constitution of New-Jersey, sect. 19.
"No person who shall deny the truth of the Protestant religion, shall be capable of holding any office or place of trust or profit in the civil department within this state."—Constitution of North Carolina, sect. 32.
"No person shall be eligible to a seat in the senate, unless he be of the Protestant religion."—Constitution of South Carolina, sect. 12.
"No person shall be eligible to sit in the House of Representative, unless he be of the Protestant religion." Idem, 13.
Upon this subject a committee on behalf of the Roman Catholic Clergy and Laity addressed General Washington in the year 1790, he being then President of the United States, in the reply of that great man are the following words:
"As mankind become more liberal, they will be more apt to allow, that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are EQUALLY ENTITLED TO THE PROTECTION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality. And I presume that your fellow-citizens will not forget the patriotic part which you took in the accomplishment of their revolution, and the establishment of their government."
I believe however that no alteration has been made in the Constitutions of those states, a circumstance that must excite astonishment if not indignation in every liberal mind.
A CATHOLICK.
The Cork Almanack-Maker has informed us, and the world, that the principal Republics in Europe, are Venice Holland, and America. [English pap.]
Whether this blunder was really made, or whether it is one of those blunders which the English are so much accustomed to make for their neighbours, we cannot undertake to say, but we have more in our possession. A French Almanack for the year 1803, called CALENDRIER DE LA GIRONDE, in which the maker under the head of PUISSANCES DE L'EUROPE, has gravely made the following arrangement:—
ESPAGNE. CHARLES IV. ROI D'ESPAGNE, &c. ETAS UNIS D'AMERIQUE. THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT. HESSE CASSEL. GUILLAUME IX. LANDGRAVE, &c.
A gentleman who left New-Haven on Saturday, informs, that a bilious fever prevails there, of which six or eight persons died within the last week. One of these was the custom-house officer, who had visited a brig from Porto Rico; another was a young lady
who died on Saturday, and who had resided near a pool of stagnant water, from which it was conjectured she had received this disorder. [N. N. Com. Adv.]
AN ORATION,
Pronounced July 4, 1805, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in commemoration of American Independence.—By Warren Dutton.
Gratitude to those who have conferred important benefits, is no less a duty, than a sentiment of the heart. While we dwell on the remembrance of their labours, their sufferings, their wisdom, and their valour; while the evidence of these is found in all we see, feel, and enjoy, we should likewise remember, that it is our sacred duty, as well as our interest, to preserve with care what has been given in charge to our virtue.
The return of this day awakens a train of reflections, embracing all that is great or interesting in the condition and fate of men. If we look back upon the history of a few years, we find it crowded with those great events which cast a glory upon the character of nations, and justly make men proud of their country; but when we look forward, the fear of what may come hereafter, throws, an anxiety over the prospect, and creates a solicitude for the security of the blessings we inherit. The apprehension of losing them makes us feel their value. We look at the perils, which beset us, we examine the evils which threaten us, not to furnish reasons for idleness, or excuses for despondency; but to find out the means of controlling or subduing their force. A disposition to face these dangers, to explore the nature and tendency to these evils, carries healing remedies with it, by creating the resources, and exciting the virtues we need. In this way, we may make daily offerings of gratitude to the illustrious Fathers of our country; and by our labours to preserve and transmit the inheritance, make their principles immortal. Leaving then to faithful history, the care of their achievements, in the cabinet and in the field, I will attempt the less pleasing task of pointing out some of those evils to which our systems are exposed, in the full belief, that to be convinced of the danger, is the best preparation for resistance.
Our government is so much founded in opinion, that errors in speculation will frequently produce practical mischiefs. Hence the importance of correct notions, and the utility of exposing prevailing and popular errors. Because the people of these States are enlightened, they have been told, that they are all intelligence: because they are virtuous, they have been taught, that they have no vices. But while it is said with honest pride, that no people ever existed, whose habits, manners, and opinions could give such powerful aids to a free government: it ought to be said with equal sincerity, that they are subjects to like passions with other men. They consist of the rich and the poor, the simple and the wise, the idle and the industrious, the virtuous and the depraved. They have prejudices, which are strong in proportion as they are unreasonable; they have vanity, which may be flattered, and passions which can be excited. They are impatient of restraint, when they are felt; they are credulous, of course, the prey of impostors, liable to sudden impulses, blind in their zeal and violent in their resentments. They all belong to human nature, and philosophy has not yet found out their cure; till it does, governments must be suited to men as they are.
Recently escaped from the grasp of arbitrary power, and still smarting with the pain, the people of this country behold no danger but in the form of monarchy. The prevailing sentiment is, that the people cannot have too much power, nor the government too little. While it is uncontrollable in their own hands, it is harmless, and becomes terrible only when exercised in the form of regular authority.—Government is regarded as a matter of convenience, rather than necessity; and as there is little need of any, it may be changed or new modelled without hazard. A revolution, therefore, carries no terrors with it, because it is considered as an experiment, which, like a prescription in medicine, may be safely tried till it succeeds. Such opinions are natural as they are founded in a just abhorrence of despotism; they are dangerous because they are extreme, and blind as to the approach of evils, more palpable, and nearer home.
Another popular error connected with this is, that the power of the people is their liberty or that whatever they can do, they have a right to do. It is true, that every man has a right, by honest industry, to grow as rich or as learned as his neighbour; but every man has not the disposition or ability. Hence real distinctions will exist, which are entitled to equal protection; but indolence and vice say, are not all men equal, and are we not poor? The member of Congress from Pennsylvania, in his late address to his constituents, observes, that he has now returned to his plough, and shall use his best endeavours to prevent all rich men, and men of talents from being elected to office. If such sentiments prevail neither the rich nor the wise can long hope to remain in peaceful obscurity; the property of the one will be confiscated, and the other driven into exile. The opinion is not new; but not the less dangerous for that reason. It is in the very spirit of Jack Cade's project for reformation, of agrarian laws, and national decrees.
Liberty is not the creature of a day, nor can it be secured by merely making a new Constitution, or altering an old one. It is to the political body what health is to the natural; the effect of a well adjusted system. It is the result of the moral sense or religious conscience of men, operating upon their thoughts and desires; of known laws wisely made, and administered uniformly, without fear or partiality, supported in the last resort by the arm of government. Factions will exist, lawful authority will be resisted; there must then be a power which can be relied upon for the protection of rights, the suppression of insurrections, and the resistance of the popular delusion. This security, without which, there can be no liberty, ought not to rest upon the influence or popularity of any one man, however great or good.
The demagogue who collects five hundred followers, by abusing their credulity, or feeding their vanity, is to the extent of his power, a despot. It is true, he is satisfied with the name of servant, and leaves to them all the titles of sovereignty; still he is the rival of government, issues his orders like a chieftain, and receives an obedience as prompt as it is blind. If he seeks office, his followers are immediately put to their tasks. One is employed to blazon his supposed virtues, another, to rub out the spots in his reputation. He is soon fitted and furnished to his station, and must preserve it by the same means he used to acquire it. He is, therefore, a demagogue in office, more dangerous than before, in proportion as the empire of hypocrisy is enlarged, and the means of spreading popular delusions multiplied. He opens his great ware-house of corruption where reputation is bought and sold, and thankfully receives the offerings of the pillory and the jail. He becomes of course, hostile to all subordination and just authority; the enemy of that liberty, which permits every man to sit under his own vine and fig-tree, without fear of molestation.
Such is the tremendous difference between democracy and republicanism.
The abuse of language, or the substitution of names for realities, is one of the most successful instruments ever wielded in the demolition of governments. We must never forget, says Mirabeau, the ablest of the revolutionary leaders, that words are things; and surely it can never be forgotten, while memory holds her seat, or history is faithful to her charge. If ex-
perience made the world wiser, it might be useful to compile a dictionary, containing a number of words and phrases, with the revolutionary explanations, designed particularly for the use of free governments. Opening this book, and looking at the word "economy," we might read this explanation. A word used by demagogues in and out of office, to delude the multitude; the art of growing rich without revenue, and strong without force—also the maintenance of courts without judges; the science of preventing war by tameness and submission; a willingness to pay for what is one's own, provided the expense of fighting for it can be saved; in fine, a disposition to save every thing but which is worth saving, or the exchange of national honour for immeasurable tracts of wilderness. "Political toleration," or equal and exact justice to all men; a phrase often used by men new in office, to gain the confidence of the credulous, and dissipate the fears of those, who can be made easy by their hopes—also the punishment of political heresy. "Aristocrat" or "Federalist," a term of reproach applied to the ablest and most virtuous men of a country to render them unpopular. "Independent Judiciary" a phrase not to be found in this dictionary.
In popular governments such abuses will exist, in spite of all the power of argument, or the light of evidence. Indeed they are far beyond the reach or influence of either; for nothing is so hard as to reason a man out of what he was never reasoned into, or persuade him to look at evidence, when he has previously determined not to open his eyes. For such reasons demagogues are for the most part unanswerable. They avoid all explanation, when they wish to excite prejudice and hatred by the application of the odious names. A man, whose influence is to be destroyed, is called an aristocrat, or monarchist; and with this appellation attached to him, he becomes the object of suspicion. The words are not understood in any definite sense, and those who use them, do not intend they shall be; but within their vast inclosure is found what ever is most feared and detested. The fathers of our country, the framers of our constitutions have been accused of a systematic design to destroy the work of their own hands, and erect upon its ruins the proud towers of monarchy. While the government was in their hands, these suggestions were employed to drive them from it; and they are now persisted in, to keep down the influence of their virtues. It is their only sin, and for that reason they are never to be forgiven. The Athenian, who voted for the banishment of Aristides could give no reason, but that he was tired of hearing him called "the just." How then can such accusations be encountered, or with what weapons can such enemies be assailed? Do we say that all the feelings, the prejudices, the manners, habits, political and religious institutions of the country, aided by its best sense and judgment, are opposed to this system? it is urged, that free governments never can encroach upon the people, through the medium of regular authority, because all its operations are known, watched, and even anticipated? is it declared, that the most hardy of their accusers have never dared to make the charge, where it could be met, and their reputation was staked to support it, by facts and arguments? it is in vain, the cause is lost, because the defence is too complete, and punishment must follow, because it is lost. Who then can eradicate such prejudices, which like the shrubbery on a barren plain defies the ploughshare, and yields nothing to the hand of culture? Who will enter this land of enchantment—this vast empire of nothing, and engage with these friends of monarchy, who assume all the forms of terror imagination can lend? Those, who are suffering under the tyranny of this power, who see nothing clearly, except in the twilight, and believe nothing but what is preternatural, can find no relief in truth. The actual sufferings of men admit of many alleviations; but those inflicted by the power of fancy, are as incurable as they are intolerable.
It ought never to be forgotten, that popular governments are destroyed by popular means. Political dreamers, who love to inhabit the metaphysical worlds of their own creation, think nothing so unprofitable as stability. Projects of reformation, therefore, and experiments upon man occupy their thoughts, till they behold him issuing from the process, a gorgeous renovated being, capable of self-government, without prejudices or passions, all light, and all energy. These are a numerous sect, who dislike the old modes of moral and political improvement, by repentance and legal constraint, and find it more convenient to vanish private vices with public zeal, to sink secret slander in universal charity, and compensate for individual injustice, by a zealous attachment to the rights of man. Such men are the pioneers of anarchy, who smooth the road for men of less speculation, who have nothing to lose, and much to gain by confusion, pursue the business of plunder and vengeance. The timid and the neutral, who claim protection for their moderation, with the philosophers themselves, whether they yield or resist, are all victims alike; till at length, these evils find their own sad cure in the authority of one who must maintain by force what he has acquired by violence. All history teaches this melancholy truth; it is a turnpike-road, where every mile-stone is the grave of some republic.
On this subject, even in this country experience is now inculcating her lessons. In Pennsylvania, democracy has already made progress enough to teach us wisdom. The project of a convention to new model the constitution is powerfully supported by certain societies, who style themselves the friends of the people. This is the second class of patriots in this state, as hostile to the first, as both were originally to the federalists. Governor M'Kean, and his friends, who have taken the less popular name of constitutionalists, have been six years in office, obtained in the struggle with the federalists, by arts "which have now returned to plague the inventors." Then they affected to tremble at the deep-laid schemes of the federalists; now they tremble indeed, at the projects of their own pupils, who intend to have some practical benefit of their instructions. They know what this friendship for the people means, and they have more dread of it than others, for they must be the first objects of its embraces. The weapon of the patriots is reformation. The present government has too much of restraint in it; in some instances, it has kept ignorance and infamy out of office, and used the power of law to punish contempt, offered to the solemn tribunals of justice. For this judges have been impeached, and the whole system of jurisprudence assailed. The avowed intention of the patriots is to reduce the powers of the executive and senate; to make the judiciary dependent, and of course corrupt, and the popular branch supreme over all. Then frequent elections, universal suffrage and universal arbitration will introduce the political millennium of Pennsylvania.
It is certain, that among these friends of the people, who are now trampling upon whatever is sound in principle or has been found useful in practice, are included the most ignorant men in the state, as well as the most desperate in fortune and in principle. Who has ever heard of the talents, the virtues, or publick services of the new candidate for the office of governor? Yet the fermenting spirit of revolution has thrown him upon the surface soon to disappear again, with the other bubbles of a day. Knowledge which has been thought one of the pillars of a republican system, is there treated as a disqualification for office; and a large proportion of the popular branch is already composed of duly qualified members.
If in the few remarks I may offer upon the spirit

and tendency of the present administration, I fall into errors, they will be those of "opinion and may be safely tolerated where reason is left free to combat them."
A quickness to resent, a readiness to redress injuries, or a punctilious regard to national honour is as necessary to preserve the independence of republics as well as monarchies. It is this spirit which constitutes the cheap defence of nations. It does not reject all overtures of peace; it requires nothing but justice, and it secures that, by being always ready to avenge injustice. It is not a quarrelsome spirit, which seeks opportunities of war, but it keeps in awe such a spirit in other nations. It inspires confidence at home, and respect abroad. It has no partialities, no prejudices; but is always erect, always dignified. It is this spirit, so delicate yet so firm in its nature, which wins victories without a combat; it is a giant always in armour, whom no threats can terrify, no force subdue. But if national honour is made the slave of national wealth, and put into the livery of this basest and meanest of masters, it will always be known and treated as a slave. There is an economy which makes a nation contemptible, without making it rich. The moment it stops to reckon the expense of vindicating its honour which is always its true interest, it ceases to be free. It afterwards lives upon sufferance, and takes as a favour what it ought to demand as a right.
The practice of turning men from office, for difference of opinion, is hostile to any form of free government. To create vacancies for the purpose of filling them with partisans is, to say the least, an abuse of power; and to reduce men to poverty, who are chargeable with no neglect or crime, is a violation of the common sense of justice. To remove men from office distinguished by their virtues, and their services, tends to obliterate, from the publick mind, all sense of respect and gratitude; to fill their places with men who have little but their political faith to recommend them, tends to confound all moral distinctions, all sense of merit and demerit.
It is admitted in principle, that the talents and virtues of a country ought to govern it: but this system discourages the noblest exertions of the one, and tends to suppress the best influences of the other. The first magistrate necessarily puts himself at the head of a party, including all those who expect favour or reward. His personal character becomes the only question of moment to such as are patriots by trade. They well know the condition upon which he will give, and they can receive; and as their hopes depend upon their success in making proselytes, they will be zealous. Such are orators by profession, who understand every thing by instinct, who defy all refutation and confound all sense. Yet such men are all powerful. But there is a class of men of larger views, of some talents and influence, who are stimulated by the hope of great rewards to make great efforts. They have little regard to the man they support; they would desert him with triumph, and leave him to perish with infamy, to join one more popular or successful. They study his character as they would learn the use of an instrument; they look to office and power, as the means of profit and revenge. The election of a president, then, will form the pivot on which every thing will turn. It will be felt in every corner of the country, giving new life and new directions to the great mass in it, till elections become the mere apology of usurpation.
There are other evils of a threatening nature to be encountered, under the disguise of amendments to the constitution. Those, which have been made, and are already proposed will leave, it is to be feared, little of the original frame or policy of the government. The union seems to be melting away, under the fervid influences of political philosophy. Its powers are already so much weakened, as hardly to reach or control the great bodies in the system. The tendency seems to be towards anarchy in the members, rather than energy in the head. Those states which were always too proud to have an equal, are about to resume their powers, to make federal senators dependent on their will, and abridge the jurisdiction of federal courts. The judiciary which compels the payment of honest debts even to foreigners, the senate, which forms a check upon popular encroachment, and sometimes resists popular oppression, are a scourge to their pride and ambition no longer to be tolerated. Hence we find that the objections to the adoption of the constitution are renewed in the form of amendments, which in their effect, will introduce all the disorders of the old confederation. The evils which all federative governments have experienced, are likely to be repeated, under the tampering, rash hands of the men now in power. The great, as well as peculiar interests of the eastern states, are treated with the same contempt as their representatives: and although we are sure of our humbleness, we are not so of our protection. Yet surprising as it may seem, there are men among us natives of New England, who prefer the chains of an equal to the equality of the constitution.
Such representations are not made in the spirit of despondency, which says that nothing can be done: nor in that of over-cautious prudence, which says that nothing ought to be done; but in persuasion that the evils which threaten the existence of our excellent institutions, are altogether of the popular kind, that they ought to be understood, and can be resisted. Those who will still borrow confidence from their hopes and believing nothing which requires exertion, must continue in their slumbers till exertions are useless. They will perceive the mischief when it has happened, and excuse their indolence by expressions of idle amazement. The timid and the wary, who fear to act, lest they should be acted upon, who hope to obtain favour for their neutrality, will find that the evils of anarchy will fall indiscriminately, like the tornado which tears the oak of an hundred years from its foundations, and despoils the humblest flower of a day.
The present time demands all the talents, the virtues and influence of men, who are engaged from principle and interest to support our truly republican system of state government. Popular errors should be exposed, and misrepresentations corrected, with the same perseverance with which they are made, till truth becomes powerful by being widely diffused.
Those, who administer our government have nothing to fear from the truth for it is their friend; and as to the charge of non conformity, the only one which has been brought against them, we consider it their highest praise, and are still impelled by all our hopes, and by all our fears, to confer honour where honour is due.
It is confidently trusted, that there is a redeeming spirit yet to arise from the sober sense and sound principles of New England. The tyranny of democracy, though it wears a thousand disguises, will be laid bare to the eye before it is too late to resist; and call into action all the energies, which resisted it in another shape in the memorable year of seventy-five. Then it was seen in the gigantic form of undistinguishable power; now it approaches with smiles, in the light drapery of fancy, suiting its forms and hues, to the endless varieties of human passions.
As an important member of the Union, we ought never to forget, that we must preserve the best system of government in the world, or submit to one of the worst. Those, who feel an interest in its preservation, united in sentiment and acting in concert, should cling even to the last falling pillar of the constitution.
But we trust that extremities may yet be prevented. Time will be our friend; it will heal the breaches already made, and embody with facts, which all can feel and understand, the principles of a government necessarily metaphysical. Enough of the work of Washington and Adams will remain to direct us in repairing the shattered structure, and enable us to leave it to those who may come after, established in beauty and order.
NEW-YORK, July 22. War with Morocco. —Capt. Howell of the brig Eliza, which arrived at 4 o'clock this afternoon, from Leghorn, via Gibraltar, bears dispatches from capt. Decatur, of the Congress, for our government. It was expected that an immediate war would take place between the Emperor of Morocco and the United States. There were already two Moorish frigates out cruising for Americans. The United States brig Syren, capt. Stewart, had taken her station off Gibraltar, and was ordered to cruise between Cape Spartel and Magadore, to intercept any prizes that these frigates might make. On the 16th May capt. Howell was chased and fired at by a Tripolitan xebec of 17 guns, but escaped by superior sailing; at this time she was only 8 hours sail from the Congress. The Algerine fleet were out, consisting of the Glory, of 44 guns; Hogium Mustapha, of 44; Hassan Bashaw brig of 18; and a xebec of 18, and were cruising for Neapolitans and Genoese. They treated capt. H. with particular politeness. A Portuguese fleet of two 74's and a frigate were cruising off the Gut of Gibraltar.
Captain H. is the bearer of letters from the American captives at Tripoli to their relatives and friends in the United States.
Great apprehensions were entertained at Gibraltar that the British shipping there would be destroyed by five sail of the line from Algesiras, who lay off the harbour.
Eight days ago, off Bermuda, was boarded by a French privateer only 10 days from Basseterre G. who informed that the French fleet under Admiral Villeneuve, had taken on board all the white troops both at Martinique and Guadalupe, and that their destination was positively for Ireland.
CHARLESTON, July 20. We yesterday mentioned the recapture of the ship Two Friends, capt. McNeil, by the British government brig Hunter, capt. Inglefield. This information is furnished by the arrival of the pilot boat schooner Regulator, capt. White which was dispatched from this port immediately after the capture of the Two Friends, with documents to prove the ship and cargo American property. She had a passage of seven days to Barracoa, but hearing nothing of the ship at that port, went round to St. Jago de Cuba, where they found the French prize-master and the privateersmen, who informed that a few days before, when within three hours sail of Barracoa, the ship having fallen to leeward, they fell in with a British armed brig, when the Frenchmen took to their boats, leaving capt. McNeil on board the ship, which was immediately taken possession of by the brig. On receiving this information capt. White sailed for Port Royal, to which port he made his passage in the short space of 24 hours. A few days after he arrived, the Snake sloop of war came in, the commander of which stated that he left the ship and brig at Cape Nicholas Mole, where the latter vessel had put in to repair her bowsprit, carried away in chasing a French privateer which she had captured. The ship and cargo being of too great value to risk a recapture, it was the intention of the capt. of the brig to convoy her to Jamaica, as soon as he had made the necessary repairs of his vessel.
A few days before capt. White left Port Royal, seven ships of the line sailed to join Admiral Nelson—a cutter from his fleet had arrived at Jamaica.
JAMAICA, July 13. On Thursday the hon. house of assembly laid before his honour the lieutenant-governour their representation of the miserable situation to which this island is likely to be reduced by a perseverance in the measures lately adopted by the command of his majesty's ministers, for the prevention of a supply of salted provisions from the United States of America, to which he made the following reply:
"Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, "In consequence of the measures which were taken during the late martial law, for the security of Jamaica, all neutral vessels have been, by my directions, admitted to an entry at the several custom-houses in the island, although they may have contained salted provisions prohibited by my proclamation of the 20th May last. The arrival of the Cork fleet, which is daily expected, will I trust, tend essentially to quiet the apprehensions you entertain of a scarcity of those articles, so necessary for the support of the poorer classes of the inhabitants of the island, as well as to correct the vegetable diet of the negroes."
Mr. James M. Henry, is appointed agent for the United States of America in this island, in the room of William Savage, Esq. resigned.
The Hunter brig, capt. Inglefield, arrived on Monday morning from a cruise, with the ship Two Friends, of and from London, Neil McNeil master, captured by a French privateer on the 4th of June, and retaken off Charleston Bar on the 19th following. The Hunter also brought in with her the recaptured American schooner Three Sisters, with lumber, mentioned to have been taken by a Spanish privateer. The value of the cargo of the former vessel is estimated at between forty and fifty thousand pounds sterling.
We are in possession of two doubloons, very species in appearance, made apparently of good gold, and well executed, but fraudulently light. One bearing the date of 1802, weighs only 13 dwts. 13 grains, and is consequently worth no more than three pounds seventeen shillings and three pence, and the other with the date 1801, weighs 14 dwts. 14 grains, value four pounds three shillings and six pence.
[Kingston Chronicle.]
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, By the Belvidere, arrived at Boston July 17, in 43 days from London.
LONDON, May 27. All the naval officers attached to the signal-posts, sea-fencibles, &c. have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation, in case circumstances should occur to render their service on board necessary.
Newfoundland Fleet Taken.
MAY 28. It is with extreme regret we have to inform our readers of the capture of the greater part of the outward bound convoy for Newfoundland. The particulars of this event are given in the following letters which were received in town yesterday:—
"Cork, May 21.—I am concerned to inform you, that the Newfoundland fleet, which sailed hence 9th inst. with convoy, being met by a French frigate, were all either burnt or captured; two of them were retaken by the Topaze and Rosalie, off the north-west coast of Ireland. A Spanish corvette, of 20 guns, has been taken by the Topaze. She captured the Young William, of London, captain Young, from Cork to Waterford, with spirits and porter."
A report is now prevalent on the continent, which should it prove well founded, may become the occasion of some very important political changes: The
King of Sweden, it is said, has sold the province of Swedish Pomerania to the Emperor Alexander by private contract, and that territory will speedily be occupied by Russian troops. The entrance of a Russian army into Pomerania cannot fail to produce a Northern war; and on the other hand, the possession of Pomerania by Russia would be of the highest importance to the last mentioned country.
Letters from Berlin of the 15th inst. state, that in consequence of the king of Sweden having sent back the Order of the Prussian Eagle, the King of Prussia was so offended, that he immediately gave orders to Count Hardenberg to send letters of recall to the Prussian minister at Stockholm.
One of the cordons of Buonaparte's Legion of Honour, recently transmitted to the court of Berlin, was intended for Field Marshal Moellendorf, but was peremptorily rejected by that veteran warrior. The following letter, addressed to the king of Prussia, has been circulated on the continent, as an accurate copy of the terms in which the Field Marshal repulsed that infamous attempt to associate him with slaves, rebels and regicides, by whom the Usurper is surrounded:—
"Sire—The rank I occupy, and the royal orders with which I have been decorated by your majesty's grand uncle and father of glorious memory, evince, that my services as an officer, and fidelity as a subject, were approved by those sovereigns. Since your majesty's reign, I have done nothing to forfeit such an honourable opinion. What could, therefore, have induced the person at the head of the French government to insult me with his offer of having my name registered among the guilty ones of French rebels and regicides who supported that foreigner's usurpation—all members of his pretended Legion of Honour? My conscience, Sire, is clear; honour, loyalty, and duty command me, therefore, to repulse with indignation such an outrage—such an attempt to disgrace the grey hairs of one of, Sire, your majesty's most faithful subjects, (Signed) "MOELLENDORF, Field Marshall." "Berlin, April 28, 1805."
MAY 29. A letter received yesterday from Cork, states, that that city had been thrown into some alarm, in consequence of an express having arrived there with orders for every armed vessel to put to sea with the greatest expedition, and sail to the westward;—from which it was inferred that the enemy had been seen in considerable force from that quarter.
The intelligence which on Tuesday was communicated from Holland, respecting the intended prohibition of all commercial intercourse between that country and England, has very naturally produced a very considerable sensation among that part of the commercial world interested in the Dutch trade. That intelligence has been corroborated by several private letters received in the city, which state in addition, "That if any letters shall be received, and be opened and acted upon in any manner whatever, by any merchant, trader, person, or persons of any description whatever in Holland, from any of the subjects to the crown of Great-Britain, after orders to be issued to the contrary, that every such person shall be liable for every such offence to the forfeiture of 1000 guilders (about 90l. sterl.) half of which is to be paid into the coffers of the state, and the other half to the informer."
Letters of the 4th of May, from the coast of Spain, containing a caution of a nature rather extraordinary, have been received in town. They say, "In consequence of the rumours in circulation here respecting Portugal, we deem it prudent not to address you any longer by the way of Lisbon, but through the medium of Holland."
Madame Jerome Buonaparte has seen very little company since her arrival in London.
A letter from Paris, dated May 18, says—"I suppose you have heard that many of the United Irish are quitting this country for America.—Dr. McNeven has resigned his commission in the Irish legation, and is going there; Emmett is already there; Sampson, the barrister, and Sweeney, who killed Corbett in a duel, are also going."
It is reported that some meetings of disaffected persons (some say of several thousands) have been lately observed in the county of Kildare, Ireland.
The Paris Moniteur says, that "an ambassador from the king of Persia had arrived at Constantinople, to complain of the Pacha of Three Tails, who refused to supply with provisions a Persian army of 100,000 men, who were pursuing the Russians, while he had granted supplies to the Russians." The Moniteur adds, "the ambassador cannot obtain anything from a corrupt and enervated Divan, who seem to be the only persons in the world that do not see or dare not look at the fate which attends Turkey: They dread to perceive that empire hastens to its ruin, and that those Ottomans, formerly so proud and brave, are on the eve of perishing without the honour of a war, so much are they pressed and surrounded by the Russians."
Buonaparte in answering the address of the people of Milan, and speaking of Italy, says—"GOU has given me a good sword to scatter its enemies."
By a puff-paste official report in the Paris papers of the proceedings of the Rochefort squadron in the West-Indies, it appears, that the British vessels sent into Martinique, aed sold, produced 100,000l. and that many had been sent in, but not sold; a great number had been sent to Guadalupe.—They left at Guadalupe and Martinique about 8000 troops of the line, and as many militia, plentifully supplied with ammunition.—There loss in all expeditions is stated at 80 men. The total force of the squadron on board was 3960.
The King of Sweden has declared Stralsund a free port for the importation of British manufactures.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. Sch'r Patriot, Hudson, 16 days from Jamaica, Ballest, to the Master.—Left at Jamaica the ship William and John, Woodhouse, to sail for Alexandria in five days, and two northern schooners names not recollected. The schooner Favourite, Fletcher, of this port, was taken by a British frigate, going into Curacoa, sent into Jamaica and condemned. Captain Hudson on his passage to St. Jago was taken by a French privateer and carried into Barracoa; was released on shewing the Spanish Consul's certificate that the cargo was American. Capt. H. was plundered of his provision, cloaths, and rigging. The ship Almy, of New-York, was captured by the same privateer the 29th June, and carried into Barracoa. The schooners Eleanor, and Sophia, of Baltimore, were also taken by the same privateer.—The Captain of the Sophia was killed by the privateer after he gave too, receiving four balls in his body and one through his head. The schooner Three Sisters, of Savannah was taken by the same privateer on the same day, retaken by the Pelican brig and sent into Jamaica.—In lat. 31, 49, lon. 78, 30, capt. H. was chased from 6 in the morning until 8 at night by a privateer which he supposed to be French.—The privateer had a ship and brig in company.
Ship John, Gorton, 25 days from Jamaica, Rum, William Dickson.—The brig Milton, Frith, sailed in company for this port.
British brig Brothers, Dunn, 30 days from Jamaica, Rum, William Pennock.
In Hampton Roads the British ship Belisle, Hare, 54 days from Glasgow, bound to City Point, dry goods and coals.—Left there the 8th June the ship Hibernia, Don, of Boston, to sail in 2 days.
Capt. Barclay of the brig Elizabeth, left at Ma-
deira the 10th June brig Warren, of Portland to sail next day; Patty, Dolliver, for the Cape de Verds, in 3 days—July 3, in lat. 37, long. 52, 30, spoke ship Sophrona, Bromley, 7 days from New-York, bound to Hamburg—11th, lat. 36, long. 61, 30, sch'r Morning Star, from Portland bound to St. Croix—13th, lat. 36, long. 63, was boarded by a French privateer, treated politely—23d, lat. 38, 15, long. 69, spoke ship Frances & Henrietta, of New-York, 4 days out, bound to Rotterdam.—The sch'r Jason, Huntley, of Fredericksburg, sailed from Madeira the 2d June, for Norfolk.
The brig Eliza-Ann, Thompson, 16 days from Martinique, went up the bay, bound to Baltimore, on Monday.
The schooners Sarah, Parrot, and Stranger, Watlington, left Martinique for Antigua and a market, the 8th instant.
Arrived at Jamaica from the 6th to 13th July.
Brigs Adventure, Smith, from Norfolk; Adventure, Leigh, from Philadelphia; Sch'r's Nancy, Steddford, from New-York; Nancy, Carfrae, from Baltimore.
Sailed from Jamaica from the 6th to 13th July.
Ship Anna, Bullock, for Salem;—Brigs Success, Brum, for New-York; Nancy, McCallmont, for Philadelphia; Industry, Bigby, for Wilmington; Globe, Atkins, for Philadelphia; Sally, Bill, for Boston;—Sch'r's Nancy, Laugter, for Charleston; Caroline, Cranston, for ditto; Hiphza, Jordan, for do. Ann, Bicca, Savannah.
CUSTOM-HOUSE—ENTERED.
Ship Minerva, Glenn, Cadiz. Maria, Rowell, Newburyport. Brig Elizabeth, Barclay, Madeira. Sch'r Patriot, Hudson, Jamaica.
CLEARED. Ship Roba & Betsey, Richardson, London. Glory, Haynes, St. Bartholomews. Brig Merrimack, Bachelor, Falmouth. Sch'r Virginia, Forsyth, Havana.
GOULD'S Packet will sail for Baltimore on Friday. July 31.
NEWCOMB'S Packet will sail for New-York on Sunday next. July 31.
NEW FLOUR In whole and half barrels, are this day landing on Commerce-Street Wharf.
JAMES HERRON. ON HAND—A FEW CASES CHOICE CLARET. Containing 25 and 30 Botts. each. July 31. 3 30
LOST. On Tuesday Evening the 23d instant, a large Silver WATCH, Capped and Jewelled, with Henry Woodhouse, Norfolk, 1796, engraved on the works thereof.—She is very black outside, being lately returned from sea. Ten Dollars reward will be given to the finder, by applying at this office. July 31. 3 28
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ROBERT WILSON. Nassau, (New-Providence,) June 28.
FOR FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, The fast sailing Brig ELIZABETH, ROBERT BARCLAY, Master:— Burthen 1300 Barrels. Apply to John Davis. Portsmouth, July 31. 27
FOR LIVERPOOL, The American Brig FLORA, WILLIAM BENTHALL, Master:— The Flora has about one half of her cargo ready to go on board, and it is expected will be ready to sail about the 15th instant.—For freight of the remainder, apply to Mr. Robert Gibson, the Master on board, or Alexander Leckie. July 31. 3 29
SALE POSTPONED.
On Friday, the 2d August, Will be Sold, (Sale to commence at 12 o'clock,) At Commerce-Street Wharf,
THE GOOD BRIG NANCY, As she arrived from the Cape of Good Hope, an excellent strong built vessel, of the burthen of 1750 barrels or thereabouts, a British built vessel, remarkably well found, and may be sent to sea at a small expense.—Inventory may be seen at my office any time before the day of sale.—Terms approved notes 6 and 9 months. John Granbery, V. M. July 17. tds 2
SALE AT AUCTION.
On Friday the 16th day of August, will be Sold, At Publick Auction, on Commerce-Street Wharf, Sale to commence at 10 o'clock,
THE ENTIRE CARGO OF THE BRIG NANCY, AS IT ARRIVED FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Consisting of the following articles, viz.
125 Casks, containing 15,000 gallons CAPE WINE, some of a superior quality. 22 do. of CONSTANTIA, MUSCAT, & STEEN WINES. 2 cases of CONSTANTIA WINE. 80 Casks, } ALOES—Containing 50,000 lbs. 63 Casks, } 19 Casks, containing 9,000 lbs. of TAMARINDS. 10 Cases of ARRACK. 250 lbs. NUTMEGS. 4 Hogsheads BRANDY, with some other articles.
Terms of sale, will be—all sums under 100 dollars cash—all sums above 100 and not exceeding 1000, notes with approved indorsers, at 60 days—and for all sums above 1000 dollars, notes at 120 and 180 days.
John Granbery, V. M. July 17. tds 3