Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1808-01-25 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE And PUBLICK LEDGER  INT HIC ETIAM SUA PREMIA LAUDIS
VOL. IV.]
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1808.
[NO. 82]
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK. PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS SIX DOLLARS 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.
NOW IS YOUR TIME! 10,000 Dollars may be gained for One Dollar and Fifty Cents in the PHILADELPHIA GRAND LOTTERY.
Highest Prize 10,000 Dollars. Authorised by an Act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for the encouragement of USEFUL ARTS.
   CASH PRIZES.     1 Prize of 10,000 Dollars 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   1,000 do. To consist of machines for opening off-cast worsted and open wrought woollen clothing into wool, valued at one hundred dollars each, (patent right included) 100,000   1,000 do. To consist of rights for manufacturing manufactory mouldings for dwelling houses and shipping, valued at fifty dollars each, 50,000  
Dollars 200,000 Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. The most valuable Cash Prizes from 200 Dollars and upwards, to be determined as follows:
   Dols.     First drawn number on the first ten days' drawing, each 200   First drawn number on the succeeding ten days', each 500   First drawn number on the succeeding five days', each 1,000   First drawn number on the succeeding two days', each 5,000   First drawn number on the last day's drawing, 10,000  
This Lottery will positively commence drawing on the twenty-third day of February next, and will be completed in 28 days at intervals, under the superintendence of gentlemen appointed by the government, to whom approved security has been given, for the faithful drawing of the Lottery agreeably to the scheme. The numbering for the wheels has so far progressed, under the direction of Mr. James Oulders, as to justify fixing the day of drawing. The cash prizes will be paid at the bank in thirty days after the conclusion of the drawing, and the Machines and Compositions on rights delivered to order, on payment of the deduction as above. All prizes must be demanded in one year after the drawing, or they will be considered as forfeited after that time.
Tickets in the above Lottery at $1 50, for Sale by A. C. JORDAN, & Co No. 3, Market-Square. The price of Tickets will advance as the drawing progresses.
Note.—The purchaser or holder of every ticket, will be entitled to a valuable patent right, for manufacturing Saco, Starch, and Hair-Powder, from Potatoes, by a process entirely new, besides a chance of the many valuable cash prizes. January 18. tf
Norfolk Drawbridge Company.
At an annual meeting of the Stockholders, held at the Exchange Coffee-House on Monday the 11th instant, the Company declared a Dividend of Fifty Cents on each Share on the Capital Stock of the said Company, which will be paid to the Stockholders, or their legal Representatives, on or at any time after the first of February.
William Cammack, Treasurer. 18th Feb.
All persons to whom the Subscriber is indebted, are requested to make known the amount of their claims immediately.
Wm. Hartshorne, Jun. January 13. tf
Just received for Sale, 25 qr. casks Gordon's old Sherry Wine, 20 boxes Hysan Tea, 50 do. superior quality Young Hysan, 12 pipes Holland Gin, 20 do Country do. Mackinder & White. January 13. law4t
GERMAN LINENS, &c.
   16 bales coarse Linen, 450 pieces Paper Hangings   4 do. Ruffia Sheerings, 80 boxes Window Vials,   3 boxes German Rolls, 100 do. Shirt Pipes,   2 do. Roman Sheering, 120 do. Spanish Segars,   1 do. fine Flanders do. from 8 to 20 dollars per box,   5 do. Platillas, 300 doz. empty Bottles,   1 do. fine Dowlas, 300 wt. sealed bottling Wire,   2 do. Table Cloth, 800 doz. Glue,   1 do. common Shirt Linen, 11,000 best Coffee bags,   1 do. extra fine do. 4,000 cheap Gunny Bags,   1 do. Bed Tick 2 yards wide, 5 boxes Tumblers, Decanters, &c.    Also, 6 elegant Terrestrial Globes, A large invoice of Lace, 3 pair large Looking Glasses, Jewellery and Dice, in gilt frames, of the first elegance, Elegant Chessmen, Elegant marble Statues, Flower-pots and Cabinets, Urn and Vases, Violins, Bows, and Flutes, Liquor Casks, Oil Cloth, Flutes with four and six keys, Wafer and Waffle Irons, do. patent lined, Coffee Mills and Toasters, Ladies' Dressing Boxes, Velvet Ribbons, Toilet Looking Glasses, Fine Thread Stockings, Shaving Casks, Elegant Cutlery, Elegant Writing Desks, An invoice of Watches, Scarlet Plush for Saddles, Watch Crystals and Beads, Seine and Sewing Twine. For Sale by Niemeyer & Von Kapff. September 11. tf
From the New-York American Citizen. [A DEMOCRATIC PAPER.]
Tis better to be much abus'd, Than but to know't a little—Shakspeare.
Opposed to my case, feelings, and comfort, I have undertaken a task which, although extremely agreeable to nine tenths of our citizens, I regret as unacceptable to the remaining few; for at a period like this, when our independence is threatened, when the hard hand of a foreign tyrant is upon us, secretly directing our national affairs, it is infinitely to be regretted, that when deep rooted prejudice, predetermined incredulity, or any other cause a dissentient should be found amongst us.—How easily might I glide along the surface of a quiet and morbid current into the ocean of national degradation and slavery!
But, informed as I am, and experiencing those feelings which that information necessarily excites, I must and will do my duty, and let the consequences follow.—The few whose displeasure I may now incur, I am sure, ere long, thank me in their hearts for my present exertions to avert a terrible calamity. In the mean time I will not stoop to notice the empty clamours of minister men. Be assured that when our national affairs are settled, I shall be found amongst the foremost in the field of political contest against the federal party. But this is no time for party. The NATION should "rouse itself like a lion and shake the enemy from it."
The immortal bard from whom I have quoted, no where exhibits a more accurate acquaintance with human nature, with the very essence of the mind, with all its diversified operations, than where he says—'Tis better to be much abus'd, and not to know it, that to be much abus'd and know't but little, for in the former case abuse can give us no pain, while in the latter the very anticipation of evil, beyond what we do know, is less tolerable than the evil itself.
He that is rob'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not rob'd at all. A gentleman of education, great respectability and talents, who represents one of the most republican counties in this state, who has been an uniform, zealous, and active republican, and who in the capacity of an elector, has voted for Mr. Jefferson, says in a letter of the 3d inst.—
"It appears to be the order of the day to "keep every thing, in mystery, until we are "plunged into an unnecessary and disgraceful war, to meet the views and interests of _____"
My opinion is, and it would be that of any intelligent gentleman on reading the letter, that the blank should be filled up with the word Buonaparte.
For in another part of the same letter, he says: "I hope in God that New York never will "submit to imperial decrees." Does the reader call for proof that we are at this moment under the secret controul and direction of Napoleon? What proof does he want? What proof can he expect?
Let him recollect that the doors of congress were closed.
That "two miserable extracts" only of general Armstrong's correspondence were laid before congress, and that even with respect to those "miserable extracts" (Armstrong and Campagny's letters) the lips of congress are closed with the seal of legislative honour.
What proof then I again ask can he expect? for the "main correspondence" of gen. Armstrong with the French government was "kept back."
Can he under such circumstance reasonably wish for better proof, than the opinions of enlightened and uniform republicans?
Not a member of congress, of congress the supreme power of the nation, of congress the great and immediate guardians of the people, is at liberty to say, without violating his HONOUR, what even those "miserable extracts" contained. Congress is tongue-tied and hand-tied, and the nation, wrapped in "mystery," is left to preserve itself if it can by the purity and energy of the press. Who at such a time can blame me for stopping forward to save by the locks a drowning people?
But suppose congress at liberty to speak: Suppose that management had benignantly left the representatives of the people the freedom of will and the use of the tongue; that it had suffered it to say to its constituents, to those who must sustain and suffer an "unnecessary and disgraceful" war, if on the demand of Buonaparte one is to be levied; suppose congress allowed to tell its constituents what those "miserable extracts" contained, yet the main correspondence," the menaces of Napoleon, the cause and git of the embargo, if I am correctly informed, is "kept back;" and by the mystery to which the letter alludes and by the magick of which we are to be "plunged into an unnecessary and disgraceful war?"
FROM THE BOSTON GAZETTE—January 7.
To the Farmers, Mechanicks, Fishermen, and Merchants of New England!!
THE EMBARGO, RUIN TO YOU ALL!
There are but two cases in which War, or a general Embargo, which is worse than war, should ever be encountered by a free people: For their interest or their honour.
That our interest does not demand war with Great Britain, the prosperous state of our trade, as stated by Mr. Gallatin on the 1st of last November, sufficiently proves.
That our honour does not require it is equally clear, from the very unusual steps which Great Britain has adopted to heal our honour—from her disavowal of the right to search publick ships—her offers of reparation and her sending for the first time, an envoy extraordinary to offer us peace and friendship.
If then neither our interest nor our honour require war, why do we encounter its worst evil, embargo? For the right to protect under our flag, a few British sailors—And what are the evils which we are to encounter for this?
I will state a few of them briefly— The last year we exported 101 millions of dollars, 41 millions of which were our domestic produce.
By the embargo this exportation is wholly stopped.
We lose then, first, the value of our own produce exported, 41 millions, because we had enough for our own consumption before, and the surplus will therefore be lost.
Secondly—We lose the mercantile profit, and the freight on the whole 101 millions we exported of foreign and domestic produce, which the merchants estimate at 70 millions more.
This last seventy millions is not lost by the merchant only who exports, because of this sum the shipwrights and artificers, the seamen, the widows who own stores, the storekeepers who collect the country produce, the country trader, the insurance offices, the truckmen, the day labourers in the great cities, are all partakers—out of this profit they are fed and clothed and supported—they probably receive fifty millions out of the seventy. The whole community are then partakers of this loss, and in the several positions which I shall now state:—
   The farmers will lose 41 millions   The shipwright and other artificers, seamen, truckmen, store owners, stevedores, insurance offices, and other persons concerned in trade in town and country, 50 do   The merchants will lose 20 do  
In the whole, 111 do
Thus, then in one year of embargo, (and it is intended to be kept on for several years, till Britain yields, which in another paper I shall show she never will) we lose a sum equal to double the present amount of the whole debt of the United States.
This loss is not the only one, the shipping of the United States must be laid up in dock, and will rot. The whole tonnage of the United States in foreign trade, exclusive of those in coasting trade, is about 800,000 tons, and the loss on them will be about forty millions more, making in the whole ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE MILLIONS!
In order to enable the people to judge of their loss by a familiar comparison, I will observe that our whole exports in 1792, were but 21 millions, so that our loss in the first year's embargo, will be seven times as much as our whole exports then.
That the people of Massachusetts in particular, and their representatives now convened, who I presume FEEL for their calamities, may judge how it will bear on them. I will state from our treasury returns and official papers, their share of the loss.
   1st—Massachusetts exports of fish, beef, pork, and its own produce of hard labour, 13 millions   2d—Foreign produce 6 millions; of which our profit, which supports our poor sailors, and workmen, and merchants, amounts to 4 do   3d—Profit on our domestic produce exported, which gives bread to all the persons employed in our great cities 9 do   4th—338,000 tons of shipping, of which 250,000 are in foreign trade. 12 do  
38 millions
So that Massachusetts will lose by this embargo system, if it be persevered in, in one year, 38 millions, or one quarter of what will be borne by the whole 17 United States.
Men of Massachusetts!! Patriots of all parties!! Can you look on these things without shuddering, and without a struggle to avert the evil? Your watchmen have told you
that you were to be sacrificed to Virginia politics—to the jealousies of the south. "You are too rich, (say they) let us humble these Yankees."
I challenge any man to disprove my facts. And are they true, and you slumbering at your posts?
Massachusetts is to lose 38 millions in one year's embargo! Her hardy sons, her laborious husbandmen are to be reduced to the state of Virginia slaves to have merely enough to support life—her sailors, her fishermen, and her mechanicks are to be starved! And her merchants are to be impoverished and driven back to cultivate the wilds of Tennessee and Louisiana.
And for what? Out of pure tenderness to these sailors whom they mean to starve, out of regard to those wretched sailors who were at the moment of the passing of this act, drinking their cans of grog with twenty dollars per month was, hearty, brave and happy!!!
Is it possible? Are we infatuated? Are we mad? Let us come back again to cool calculation, if one can be cool with beggary in front, and hunger and distress at one's sides.
Thirty-eight millions for Massachusetts for one year!! Our whole state debt is but one million—so that we are going to entail on our posterity by one year's rashness 38 times our whole debt. Our state tax of 133,333 dollars which is our usual tax at present, would not pay more than one fourteenth part of the interest of this one year's loss. The interest of the money thus lost would be every year 1,980,000 dollars.
Each town then, and each representative in the general court, will only have to multiply the present quota of their state tax by fourteen, and they will know what they have to lose.—For instance, Boston now pays about 15000 dollars per year to the state. Its share of the interest of one year's loss by the embargo, will be 210 thousand dollars.
What then is to be done? This is the cry of every one—Every man aghast, and frightened, looks at his neighbour and asks this, but no one moves—no one proposes any thing.
Some even have the folly to flatter themselves that the embargo will not last. They believe according to their hopes because their fears are so dreadful. They dare not look the danger in the face. This embargo is intended as a permanent measure. If not purposely designed to break down New-England, it will end in effecting that object.
What is then to be done? Rouse in your might. Your locks are not yet shorn by the Delilah of the South. Speak a firm, resolute but respectful language. Say, "if war be necessary, be unavoidable, declare "it—let all bear the burden alike, but we can "not, we must not be expected to submit to "a measure which is death to us, but sport to "you. We cannot, we will not suffer the "constitution so to be violated, as that Massachusetts, which has but 19 representatives, offers, one quarter of all the burdens "of this measure."
"If our lives, our fortunes, are necessary "for the defence of the country (though we "do not see any such necessity) command "them in just and equal proportion, and we "will obey."
Fellow-citizens—ponder on what I have said. They are the words of truth and soberness. Let New-England speak as she formerly did, as one man, and her voice will burst the legislative conclave, and shake the walls of the Capitol.
A GENUINE YANKEE.
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 surtout coat and pantalons—his right foot has been broken, which causes him to limp, and is much larger than the other—He travelled in the stage from Edenton to Suffolk, the 28th ult. 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.
January 8. JOHN WALKER. 12*
Landing at Newton's wharf the Cargo of the sloop Dispatch, Samuel Hawley, master, from New-Haven, consisting of
Pork, Beef, Cheese, Hay, and 10 dozen Brooms.
For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. December 18. tf
Doctors Brown and Moseley,
Respectfully inform their friends and the publick, that they have entered into partnership, and practice
PHYSICK AND SURGERY.
They may be consulted at their Shop, No. 47, Main-street, adjoining Messrs. Southgate's store. January 13. 1m

TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 26, 1808.
ADMIRAL SIR JOHN BORLASE WARREN, had not arrived at Bermuda on the 7th instant, when the Bream , lieut. Mayall , sailed from that island.
GEN. MOREAU, arrived at Louisville in Kentucky, on the 14th of last month.
The sloop Friendship , arrived at Charleston, on the 16th instant, from Barbados, the master reports, that on the 29th of last month, off Sombre-ro , was spoke by a British sloop of war, one of a fleet of seven sail of the line and four frigates, under the command of admiral Cochrane; was informed that on the 20th December, the island of St. Thomas surrendered to the British forces without much resistance, and that on the 25th of the same month, St. Croix also surrendered to the squadron of admiral Cochrane.
By a vessel arrived at Charleston, from Bremen, which left the Weser the 16th November, information has been received, that a general embargo had been laid in the ports of France, and all those of her dependencies. Advices from Bourdeaux as late as the tenth of November, make no mention of any embargo. We cannot help doubting the correctness of the Bremen intelligence, as we consider that if known at that place on the 16th, it must have been known at Bourdeaux on the 10th of the same month.
PRICES CURRENT. —Since the affair of the Chesapeake, the unsettled state of things, has rendered it difficult always, and sometimes impossible to give any true or fair quotation of the prices of articles. The embargo has completely paralyzed the limited operations of commerce that existed prior to that measure. We should be very happy if it was in our power to offer at this time a correct state of this market for the information of our distant readers.—It will naturally occur, that any demand must be for the consumption of the place, or for speculation upon future events, the former of course very limited in extent, and the latter uncertain. Of corn and flour there is but little in the market, nor will the quantities be increased so long as the embargo lasts, as it is better for the millers and farmers to keep their flour, wheat, and corn in their warehouse and barns, than to send them to market at such a time. We believe that crops of corn have been sold at thirty five cents per bushel; but it is believed that that price could not be obtained for any considerable quantity again. No considerable sales of flour have been made since the embargo, nor do we believe that one thousand barrels could be sold for four and half dollars per barrel. The expectation that the embargo will be raised in a short time, determines the holders of this article to wait the events of a few weeks, rather than reduce the price, without the hope of thereby effecting sales. For the articles of lumber and naval stores, no prices whatever can be named; the expenses attending articles of such small value forbidding any speculation in them and none are wanted for home consumption. We shall be greatly happy when it will be in our power to announce a better state of things, but we confess we do not perceive any circumstance from which we can calculate upon an amelioration of our present condition.
Mr. Rose had his first audience with the PRESIDENT on Saturday last.
JOHN WAITE, esq. a member of the house of representatives of the state of Massachusetts, has been convicted of forgery. The house have suspended his functions as a member until they shall have taken further order upon the report of a committee appointed to consider the communication of the solicitor general respecting him.
N. York Mer. Adv.
The Price Current in the last Fayetteville paper, states Flour to have fallen to three dollars per barrel, and Tobacco to two and a half dollars per cwt. Charleston Paper.
The following important bill has been engrossed for a third reading in the House of Delegates on Tuesday. A motion was made to postpone it till 31st March, and rejected by a large majority.
(A bill concerning the sale of property under executions and incumbrances.)
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that so much of the act passed on the tenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An act, for further continuing and amending the act, entitled An act for reducing into one the several acts concerning executions, and for the relief of insolvent debtors," as directs, that when goods, or other estate, taken in execution, cannot be sold for three-fourths of their value, the debtor or debtors, may give bond and security to pay the debt within twelve months, or that the said goods, or other estate, may be sold on 12 months credit, and every part of the said recited act as concerns such executions, either in the appointment of commissioners to carry the same into effect, or for the direction of the sheriff or other officer, or the clerk of any court in suing out an execution on any such bond or of any other person whomsoever, and of every matter or thing therein appertaining, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be in full force: and all courts, sheriffs, and other officers, as well as the parties concerned, are to govern themselves accordingly, any thing in any to the contrary notwithstanding.
Be it further enacted, That before any commissioners appointed by the decree of any court of chancery to sell any real or personal estate, or any
trustee under any deed of trust, shall proceed to sell the estate decreed to be sold, or conveyed in trust, the commissioners directed to be appointed by this act, or any three of them, shall value the estate intended to be sold, on the request of the creditor, and if three-fourths at least of the estimated value shall not be offered by the highest bidder, the estate shall not be then sold, nor shall it be at any time hereafter sold during the continuance of this act, for less than three-fourths of such estimated value. The valuation shall be made and entered in writing, signed by the commissioners, or any three of them, and delivered to the commissioners appointed by the courts of chancery, and to the trustees respectively. The commissioners who may act by virtue of this section, shall be entitled to the sum of one dollar for each day, the shall be employed to be paid by the creditors.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passage thereof, and shall continue until the first day of or of February one thousand eight hundred and nine.
SAVANNAH, January 14.
An occurrence greatly to be regretted, let who will be in fault (publick opinion being much divided on the subject) happened last Tuesday morning, at or near Cummings's point in Savannah river.—Previous to the news of the embargo reaching this place, the ship Rufus , capt. Homer, had taken in a cargo for a foreign voyage; but had not cleared the custom-house. On enforcement of the embargo act, she obtained a clearance for St. Mary's, and dropped down the river waiting for a wind. The wind being favourable on Tuesday morning, she made sail and was proceeding to sea. When opposite the revenue cutter, lying near the mouth of the river, she was fired upon by the cutter, and one of her seamen killed, another wounded, and the ship somewhat injured. The circumstances which led to this melancholy affair will be best explained by the following statement of captain Homer, and extract from the cutter's log-book. However contradictory they may seem, both parties appear confident that their respective assertions can be substantiated.
Captain Homer's Statement.
"About 15 minutes past 9, A. M. when ship Rufus was standing down the river, with a fresh breeze and favourable tide, observed a boat put off from the revenue cutter, and soon after the cutter fired a gun to leeward. The captain of the ship then requested the pilot to heave the ship to, and let the cutter's boat come along side—Pilot replied "'tis impossible, without running the ship ashore." Soon after the boat neared the ship, and the pilot ordered main-top-sail aback, which was done.—The lieutenant boarded and demanded ship's papers, which demand was complied with instantly; he then asked for coasting license, and was answered, he had all the ship's papers—lieutenant then hailed cutter, and said, ship was cleared for St. Mary's; but had no coasting license—captain of cutter then ordered ship to heave to, or he would fire into her; and pilot replied, "it was impossible, without running athwart his hawser." Main and mizen top-sails being aback, every exertion was made to bring ship to, under cutter's stern, and without awaiting the result of those exertions, the captain of the cutter ordered his boat from along side the ship (lieutenant still on board) and as soon as the cutter's bow gun could bear, he commenced firing it, and so on in succession to the stern gun. The guns were loaded with ball and small shot; two balls and many small shot were lodged in ship's hull; one shroud shot away, and another cut half through.—One ball was also shot through the foremast. At the commencement of this unprecedented and unnecessary act of violence, the lieutenant held up his hand, to be seen by those on board the cutter, the ship's clearance; but, what adds to the grounds of our lamentation, is the loss of a seamen, Michael Kollock , a native of Sweden, who was killed by a shot through the head. Another seaman was slightly wounded in the shoulder. The guns of the cutter were loaded for a second round, when captain Homer hailed from ship's deck, "for God's sake to cease firing, one man was killed." During the greater part of this business, the lieutenant of the cutter was down in the after hatchway.
"JOHN HOMER, Master of the Ship Rufus ."
Savannah, January 13, 1808.
Extract from the log book of the United States' Revenue Cutter Thomas Jefferson, Nicholas Newell, commander:
ABREAST OF THE CAPE, Jan. 12, 1808.
"At 40 minutes past 9, A. M. saw a ship coming down, with courses, topsails, main-top-gallant-sails, and fore-and-aft-sails set—wind about W. by S. In order to meet her before she came up to the cutter, (it being strong ebb tide) the captain ordered the lieutenant to board her and bring her to, until her papers were examined; which he did to the northward and westward, about a quarter of a mile distant from the cutter—He being ordered, in case of her not having necessary papers, and time to examine them, to order her to heave to, or come to an anchor, before she got below the cutter. The captain did not produce to the lieutenant those papers which were requisite, and refused to heave to, or come to anchor. A signal gun was then fired from the cutter, and the colours hoisted. When she came within hail of the cutter, the captain of the cutter repeatedly ordered her to heave to, or he would fire into her; to which, answer was made, that they would not. This can be proven by the testimony of the gunner and the boatswain. The lieutenant hearing this ordered the anchor to be let go, and topsail haulyards—they having plenty of room, either to heave to, or come to an anchor; of which proof can be made.
"Finding that they would not heave to, and that they were determined to pass the cutter—they having a free wind and tide, and the cutter being to an anchor—the captain thought proper to bring her to by force. On which he ordered the people to give her a broadside, (the lieutenant of the cutter and one of the people being on board at the same time,) by which one of the ship's people was killed and one wounded. The lieutenant of the cutter also slightly wounded by a splinter. The lieutenant at the same time, bailed the cutter and desired the captain to fire away; as he had every expectation they meant to force their passage, in defiance of the laws and the force of the cutter. Her boat being at the same time adrift from the ship, with three hands.
The lieutenant and one man belonging to the cutter, were obliged to cut away the anchor from the bow, and brought the ship up within about two hundred yards astern of the cutter. The boat then coming on board and relating what had happened on board the ship. After boarding several other vessels, which the cutter had brought to, the lieutenant went on board the Rufus again, and the pilot, Mr. Timmons, informed him, that capt. Newell had, no doubt done no more than his duty, and mentioned that the ship's foremast was wounded by one four-pound shot, starboard fore-top-sail-sheet shot away, and thirteen shot in her hull."
A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday next, on board the ship Rufus , at Cummings's point, on the body of Michael Kollock, a seaman, belonging to said ship—verdict, "That the deceased came to his death by a gun, fired from the revenue cutter, commanded by captain Newell, loaded with grape shot or langrage shot."
NORFOLK, JANUARY 26, 1808.
Yesterday morning we were informed, that a ship was in Hampton Roads from London in consequence of which we dispatched a boat down, and had the satisfaction to find that the ship Powhatan , Capt. COTTLE, was in the roads in 47 days from London, by her we have received files of London papers to the fifth of December, whose contents are of the first importance.
We have confined our extracts for this paper principally to the official documents relative to war, and commerce. War between Russia and Great-Britain, has been officially announced, and it may possibly be followed by every continental power, not excepting Austria, and even Sweden. At the same time the continent is in a very agitated state, from the new and extraordinary decrees and orders of the great belligerent powers.
Although we have delayed the publication of our paper, we are only enabled to present a part of the various orders of council of the British government, modifying, explaining, and abating the rigour of the order of the 11th November, published in this day's paper, all these will be given in our next.
We have had only time to give a very hasty perusal to our papers, from which we notice that the fate of Portugal is yet undecided, but from an article in the Paris Moniteur , we conclude that Portugal has fallen under the displeasure of France, for permitting the English property to leave that country.—Spain is in the most distracted state, the late conspiracy is supposed to be nothing more than a contrivance to give a new dynasty to that country.
The Russian fleet, or rather a part of it, after leaving Gibraltar put into the Tagus, more it is believed from accident than design, and owing to tempestuous weather. Three of the Russian ships parted from those that went into the Tagus, and had not been heard of after the gale.
Sir Sydney Smith had arrived before Lisbon, and another British division was on the point of sailing for the same place, but for what object the London prints differ much.
The British forces are stated to have evacuated Egypt and Sicily.
Provisions in Portugal were very scarce and dear. Flour was at 16 3/4 dollars per barrel, and likely to rise.
Letters from Holland to England, stated that serious disputes had arisen between our Minister at Paris Mr. Armstrong, and the French government, on account of the latter having demanded that the United States should exclude British commerce from their ports; that Mr. A. had renewed his advice to the masters of American vessels to quit the ports of France and Holland without delay.
LONDON, November 16.
From the London Gazette of Saturday.
At the court at the Queen's palace, the 11th of November, 1807, present the King's most excellent majesty in council.
Whereas certain orders, establishing an unprecedented system of warfare against this kingdom, and aimed especially at the destruction of its commerce and resources, were, some time since, issued by the government of France, by which "the British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade," thereby subjecting to capture and condemnation all vessels, with their cargoes, which should continue to trade with his majesty's dominions.
And whereas by the same order, "all trading in English merchandise is prohibited, and every article of merchandise belonging to England, or coming from her colonies, or of her manufacture, is declared lawful prize."
And whereas the nations in alliance with France, and under her controul, were required to give, and have given, and do give effect to such order:
And whereas his majesty's order of the 7th of January last has not answered the desired purpose, either of compelling the enemy to recall those orders, or of inducing neutral nations to interpose, with effect, to obtain their revocation, but on the contrary, the same have been recently enforced with increased rigour:
And whereas his majesty, under these circumstances, finds himself compelled to take further measures for asserting and vindicating his just rights, and for supporting that maritime power which the exertions and valour of his people have, under the blessings of Providence, enabled him to establish and maintain; and the maintenance of which is not more essential to the safety and prosperity of his majesty's dominions, than it is to the protection of such states as still retain their independence, and to the general intercourse and happiness of mankind:
His majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all the ports and places of France and her allies, or any other country at war with his majesty, and all other ports or places in Europe, from
which, although not at war with his majesty, the British flag is excluded, and all ports or places in the colonies belonging to his majesty's enemies, shall, from henceforth, be subject to the same restrictions in point of trade and navigation, with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, as if the same were actually blockaded by his majesty's naval forces, in the most rigorous manner; and it is hereby further ordered and declared, that all trade in articles which are of the produce or manufacture of the said countries or colonies, shall be deemed and considered to be unlawful; and that every vessel trading from or to the said countries or colonies, together with all goods and merchandise on board, and all articles of the produce or manufacture of the said countries or colonies, shall be captured, and condemned as prize to the captors.
But although his majesty would be fully justified, by the circumstances and considerations above recited, in establishing such system of restrictions with respect to all the countries and colonies of his enemies, without exception or qualification; yet his majesty, being nevertheless desirous not to subject neutrals to any greater inconvenience than is absolutely inseparable from the carrying into effect his majesty's just determination to counteract the designs of his enemies, and to retort upon his enemies themselves the consequences of their own violence and injustice; and being yet willing to hope that it may be possible (consistently with that object) still to allow to neutrals the opportunity of furnishing themselves with colonial produce for their own consumption and supply; and even to leave open, for the present, such trade with his majesty's enemies, as shall be carried on with the ports of his majesty's dominions, or of his allies, in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
His majesty is therefore pleased further to order, and it is hereby ordered, That nothing herein contained shall extend to subject to capture or condemnation any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel belonging to any country not declared by this order to be subjected to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, which shall have cleared out with such cargo from some port or place of the country to which she belongs, either in Europe or America, or from some free port in his majesty's colonies, under circumstances in which such trade from such free ports is permitted, direct to some port or place in the colonies of his majesty's enemies, or from those colonies direct to the country to which such vessel belongs, or to some free port in his majesty's colonies, in such cases, and with such articles, as it may be lawful to import into such free ports—nor to any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, which shall have cleared out under such regulations as his majesty may think fit to prescribe, and shall be proceeding direct from some port or place in this kingdom, or from Gibraltar or Malta, or from any port belonging to his majesty's allies, to the port specified in the clearance; nor to any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, which shall be coming from any port or place in Europe which is declared by this order to be subject to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, destined to some port or place in Europe belonging to his majesty, and which shall be on her voyage direct thereto; but these exceptions are not to be understood as exempting from capture or confiscation any vessel or goods which shall be liable thereto in respect of having entered or departed from any port or place actually blockaded by his majesty's squadrons or ships of war, or for being enemies' property, or for any other cause than the contravention of this present order.
And the commanders of his majesty's ships of war and privateers, and other vessels acting under his majesty's commission, shall be, and are hereby, instructed to warn every vessel which shall have commenced her voyage prior to any notice of this order, and shall be destined to any port of France, or of her allies, or of any other country at war with his majesty, or to any port or place from which the British flag as aforesaid is excluded, or to any colony belonging to his majesty's enemies, and which shall not have cleared out as is hereinbefore allowed, to discontinue her voyage, and to proceed to some port or place in this kingdom, or to Gibraltar or Malta; and any vessel which, after having been so warned, or after a reasonable time shall have been afforded for the arrival of information of this his majesty's order at any port or place from which she sailed, or which, after having notice of this order, shall be found in the prosecution of any voyage contrary to the restrictions contained in this order, shall be captured, and together with her cargo, condemned as lawful prize to the captors.
And whereas countries, not engaged in the war, have acquiesced in these orders of France, prohibiting all trade in any article the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions; and the merchants of those countries have given countenance and effect to those prohibitions, by accepting from persons styling themselves commercial agents of the enemy, resident at neutral ports, certain documents, termed "Certificates of Origin," being certificates obtained at the ports of shipment, declaring that the articles of the cargo are not of the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions, or to that effect:
And whereas this expedient has been directed by France, and submitted to by such merchants, as part of the new system of warfare directed against the trade of this kingdom, and as the most effectual instrument of accomplishing the same, and it is therefore essentially necessary to resist it;
His majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that if any vessel, after reasonable time shall be afforded for receiving notice of this his majesty's order at the port or place from which such vessel shall have cleared out, shall be found carrying any such certificate or document as aforesaid, or any document referring to or authenticating the same, such vessel shall be adjudged lawful prize to the captor, together with the goods laden therein, belonging to the person or persons by whom, or on whose behalf, any such document was put on board.
And the right hon. the Lords Commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them shall respectively appertain.
W. FAWKENER.
At the court at the Queen's Palace, the 11th of November, 1807, present the King's most excellent majesty in council.

Whereas articles of the growth and manufacture of foreign countries cannot by law be imported into this country, except in British ships, or in ships belonging to the countries of which such articles are the growth and manufacture, without an order in council specially authorising the same.
His majesty, taking into consideration the order of the day's date, respecting the trade to be carried on to and from the ports of the enemy, and deeming it expedient that any vessel belonging to any country in alliance, or at amity with his majesty, may be permitted to import into this country articles of the produce or manufacture of countries at war with his majesty:
His majesty, by and with the advice of his privy council, is therefore pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all goods, wares, or merchandise, specified and included in the schedule of an act, passed in the forty-third year of his present majesty's reign, intituled "An act to repeal the duties of customs payable in Great-Britain, and to grant other duties in lieu thereof," may be imported from any port or place belonging to any state not at amity with his majesty, in ships belonging to any state at amity with his majesty, subject to the payment of such duties, and liable to such drawbacks as are now established by law upon the importation of the said goods, wares, or merchandise, in ships navigated according to law; and with respect to such of the said goods, wares, or merchandise, as are authorized to be warehoused under the provisions of an act, passed in the 43rd year of his present majesty's reign, intituled "An act for permitting certain goods imported into Great-Britain, to be secured in warehouses without payment of duty," subject to all the regulations of the said last mentioned act, and with respect to all articles which are prohibited by law from being imported into this country, it is ordered, that the same shall be reported for exportation to any country in amity or alliance with his majesty.
And his majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all vessels which shall arrive at any port of the united kingdom, or at the port of Gibraltar or Malta, in consequence of having been warned pursuant to the aforesaid order, or in consequence of receiving information, in any other manner, of the said order subsequent to their having taken on board any part of their cargoes, whether previous or subsequent to their sailing, shall be permitted to report their cargoes for exportation, and shall be allowed to proceed upon their voyages to their original ports of destination, (if not unlawful before the issuing of the said order,) or to any port at amity with his majesty, upon receiving a certificate from the collector or comptroller of the customs at the port at which they shall so enter, (which certificate the said collectors and comptrollers of the customs are hereby authorized and required to give) setting forth that such vessels came into such port in consequence of being so warned, or of receiving such information as aforesaid; and that they were permitted to sail from port to port under the regulations which his majesty has been pleased to establish in respect to such vessels. But in case any vessel so arriving shall prefer to import her cargo, then such vessel shall be allowed to enter and import the same, upon such terms and conditions as the said cargo might have been imported upon, according to law, in case the said vessel had sailed after having received notice of the said order, and in conformity thereto.
And it is further ordered, that all vessels which shall arrive at any port of the united kingdom, or at Gibraltar or Malta, in conformity and obedience to the said order, shall be allowed, in respect to all articles which may be on board the same, except sugar, coffee, wine, brandy, snuff, and tobacco, to clear out to any port whatever, to be specified in such clearance; and, with respect to the last-mentioned articles, to export the same to such ports, and under such conditions and regulations only, as his majesty, by any licence to be granted for that purpose, may direct.
And the right hon. the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the Judges of the High court of admiralty and courts of vice-admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain.
W. FAWKNER.
At the Court of Queen's Palace, the 14th of November, 1807, present, the king's most excellent majesty in council. Whereas the sale of ships by a belligerent to a neutral is considered by France to be illegal.
And whereas a great part of the shipping of France and her allies has been protected from capture during the present hostilities by transfers, or pretended transfers, to neutrals:
And whereas it is fully justifiable to adopt the same rule, in this respect, towards the enemy, which is applied by the enemy to this country:
His majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that in future the sale to a neutral of any vessel belonging to his majesty's enemies, shall not be deemed to be legal, nor in any manner to transfer the property, nor to alter the character of such vessel; and all vessels now belonging, or which shall hereafter belong to any enemy of his majesty, notwithstanding any sale, or pretended sale to a neutral, after a reasonable time shall have elapsed for receiving information of this his majesty's order at the place where such sale, or pretended sale, was effected, shall be captured and brought in, and shall be adjudged a lawful prize to the captors.
And the right hon. the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein as to them shall respectively appertain.
W. FAWKNER.
Nov. 23.
ORDERS OF COUNCIL.
The committee of merchants trading to America met on Saturday last, to receive the Report of the special committee, appointed to confer with the board of trade on the subject of the late orders of Council.—The following is the report received on that occasion, which was ordered to be published, for the information of American traders in general.
"That American vessels cannot sail in any instance direct from the ports of the United States to any port of the enemy in Europe. American vessels may proceed from the ports of the United States to the ports of the colonies belonging to the enemy, and direct back to the ports of the United States. The order does not prohibit them from going direct from the ports of this kingdom to the colonial ports in the West India Islands belonging to the enemy; and it is not intended to prevent them from proceeding from this kingdom with colonial produce to the enemy's ports, whenever Parliament shall have decided on the duties to be imposed on such exportation.—American vessels may
continue to trade from the ports of this kingdom to the ports of the enemy, and from the ports of the enemy to this kingdom, and from the ports of his majesty's allies to the enemy's ports, but not from the enemy's ports to the ports of his majesty's allies direct, nor from America to the ports of his majesty's allies with colonial produce. There is reason to believe that an order of council will issue, regulating the periods at which notice shall be considered to have been received of the orders in council of the 11th inst. in the United States of America; by which regulation, vessels that shall have cleared or shall clear out from any port in America, before the 20th of January next, shall be considered to have cleared out before notice of the order; and vessels, which shall clear out between the 20th of January and the 10th of February, will be liable to be detained, subject to the question, whether they had begun to be laden before notice had arrived at the port from whence they sailed. From the 10th of February, all American vessels will be considered as having begun to be laden after notice, and will thereby be subject to the provisions of the aforesaid orders.
"Certificates of origin will not be required to be delivered up which may be on board vessels which shall have sailed previous to the notice of this order, at the port from whence they sailed.
"There is also reason to believe that no duty is intended to be laid on the re-exportation of any articles which are the produce of the soil of neutral nations, with the exception of cotton; and that the trade between this country and the ports of the enemy's colonies by neutrals, will be regulated by licence, and confined to the export of British manufactures, until the meeting of Parliament: and that the trade between this country by neutrals, with the colonies of the enemy in the West Indies and South America, will be placed on the same footing.
"JOHN GRAY, Sec."
November 24.
On board the American brig Caroline, Capt. Doak, detained on her passage from New York to Cherbourg, and sent into Falmouth by the Mars privateer of that port, Capt. Vinicombe, were found a packet of dispatches from the French Charge des Affaires in America to the Prince of Benevento, (Talleyrand) and the other French ministers of state. They are confidently said to contain secrets of the first importance, relative to projects now in agitation between France and America. They were immediately sent off to London, for the information of the British Cabinet.
November 26.
AMERICAN COMMERCE.
The following is a copy of the Circular Letter addressed to the consul of the United States, at Hamburg, to the masters of American ships, bound to that port. It discloses fully the precarious nature of the understanding which subsists between France and America. The measures to which the French have had recourse, in the port of Hamburg, are marked by their usual treachery. They interdict the navigation of the Elbe on a sudden, and then proceed to sequester the cargoes of neutral vessels, which could possibly have had no notice of the order. It appears from this document, that the introduction of colonial produce is absolutely prohibited at Hamburg.
"American Consulate, Hamburg, Nov. 4, 1807. To masters of American ships bound to Hamburg."
"In the present unprecedented crisis, such great and almost daily changes take place, and the measures of the belligerents affecting commerce are put into such immediate operation, that it is impossible for the most prudent, with the best intentions, to avoid the injuries which, on every side, lay in wait for fair neutral trade.
"It is therefore by no means my intention to assume any controul in the destination of your ships, but merely to state such facts as it is important you should know. In this measure my own opinion has been fortified by those of the most respectable merchants here in connection with my country, expressed to me in their written request.
"The French custom-house officers, or Douaniers, without any official intimation to the foreign agents here, have, some time since, in virtue of an imperial decree, applied the commercial regulations and laws of France to the trade of this city, and without any exceptions, require certificates of origin, signed by the French consul at the place of shipment, for all articles attempted to be introduced here. In addition to the inconveniences which the prompt and unexpected execution of this measure presented, within a few days, a new order of the French emperor has interdicted, in the most rigid manner, the navigation of the Elbe and Weser to all ships, whether going or coming; and, in consequence of it, the American ship Julius Henry, coming from Baltimore, has been seized, the cargo has been sequestered, the ship has been liberated, but without any freight, and must remain under an embargo, of which the term cannot be foreseen. Under this state of things, it must occur to every one, that it cannot promote the interests confided to you to enter either of these rivers. Having stated thus much, I can only leave you to follow the dictates of your own prudence, assuring you that I shall endeavour to send you new advices by the 1st of December, or sooner, if any favourable change takes place.
"J. M. FORBES,
"Consul of the United States of America." [Here follows a list of Articles permitted to be imported into Hamburg, with certificates, of origin, signed by the French consul, at the place of shipment.]
December 3.
WAR WITH RUSSIA!
The ascendancy of French politics at the court of Petersburg, is at length complete, as appears from the following official communication published yesterday, addressed to the lord mayor:
"Stanhope Street, Dec. 2.
"My Lord—I have the honour to inform your lordship that despatches have been this morning received from his majesty's ambassador at the court of St. Petersburg, by which it appears, that the emperor of Russia, having published a declaration, in which his imperial majesty declares his intention to break off all communication with England; to recall his minister from this court; and not to permit the continuance of a British mission at that of St. Petersburg, his majesty's ambassador has demanded his passport, and is now on his way home. I have lost no time in communicating this intelligence to your lordship, in order that it may be made as publick as possible, without delay.
"I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) "GEO. CANNING."
"To the Right Hon. Lord Mayor."
The above information was furnished by Sir Robert Wilson, who arrived in town at an early hour yesterday morning from St. Petersburg.—Mr. Canning, lord Mulgrave, and several other ministers were immediately sent for, and remained in consultation during several hours; after which, messengers were sent off from the admiralty to all the principal sea-ports.
The dispatches from St. Petersburg were sent from that place on the morning of the 9th ult. at which time no embargo had been laid upon the British shipping in the ports of Russia. It appears that about 20 sail of British vessels remained at Cronstadt, most of which were loaded on the 31st October. There were 52 British ships at Riga; and on the 23d, the river at Archangel was frozen over, and no British vessels remained there.
December 4.
IMPORTANT STATE PAPER.
Declaration of Russia against England.
The higher the value in which the emperor held the amity of his Britannick majesty, the keener the regret he must feel at the complete alienation of that monarch.
Twice has the emperor taken up arms in a cause in which the interests of England were most immediately concerned; but he has solicited to no purpose her co-operation to produce the accomplishment of her own objects. He did not require she should unite her forces with his; he was anxious only she would make a diversion in their favour.—He was astonished that in the furtherance of her own cause she herself would make no exertion.—On the contrary, she looked on a cold spectator of the sanguinary theatre of the war, which she had herself kindled, and sent a part of her troops to attack Buenos Ayres. Another portion of her army, which seemed to be destined to make a diversion in Italy, finally withdrew from Sicily, where it was assembled. Hopes were entertained that they had taken that step, in order to throw themselves on the Neapolitan coast; but it was soon understood, that they were employed in taking possession of Egypt.
But what sensibly hurt the feelings of his Imperial Majesty was, to see that in violation of the faith and express stipulations of treaties, England annoying the maritime trade of his subjects; and at what period was this proceeding adopted? when the blood of the Russians was flowing in the glorious battles which accumulated and directed against the arms of his Imperial Majesty, the whole of the military force of his majesty the emperor of the French, with whom England was, and still is, at war!
When the two emperors made peace, his majesty, notwithstanding his just causes of displeasure at the conduct of England, did not however refrain from endeavoring to render her services. The emperor stipulated in that very treaty that he should interpose his mediation between England and France; and he accordingly made an offer of that mediation to the king of Great-Britain, apprising him that it was with a wish to obtain honorable conditions for him. But the British ministry, adhering no doubt to the plan that was to dissolve and break off all the ties between Russia and England, rejected that mediation.
The peace between Russia and France was likely to bring about a general peace, but it was at that moment that England suddenly awoke from that apparent lethargy in which she had slumbered; but it was only to throw into the north fresh firebrands, which were to rekindle, and have actually kindled, the flames of war which she was not desirous to see extinguished.
Her fleets, her troops appeared on the Danish coast, to execute an act of violence of which history, so fruitful in example, records no parallel.
A power distinguished for its peaceful and moderate conduct, and for a long and unexpected course of wise neutrality, and who sustained, amidst surrounding monarchies, a kind of moral dignity, finds itself treated as if it was engaged in secret plots, and was meditating the downfall of England; while the whole of these imputations were only meant to justify the sudden and entire spoliation of that power.
The emperor, wounded in his dignity, wounded in the affection he feels for his people, wounded in his engagements with the courts of the north, by this act of violence committed in the Baltic, a close sea, the tranquility of which has so long depended on the court of St. James, and is reciprocally guaranteed by both powers, did not dissemble his resentment against England, and warned her that he should not remain indifferent to such a proceeding.
His majesty did not foresee, that while England, having successfully employed her forces, was on the point of seizing on her prey, she would offer a fresh outrage to Denmark, in which his majesty was to bear a part.
New propositions, still more insidious than those made at first, were made to Denmark, which aimed at binding down to England that power thus subjugated, degraded, and applauding, as it were, every thing that had happened.
Still less did the emperor foresee that it would be proposed to him to guarantee that submission, and to promise that that act of violence should not be attended with any mischievous consequences to England.
The English ambassador seems to have imagined that he might venture to propose to the minister of the emperor, that his imperial majesty should undertake the apology and defence of a proceeding which his majesty had so openly condemned. To this step on the part of the Cabinet of St. James, his majesty has thought proper to pay only that attention which it deserved, and has deemed it high time to set limits to his moderation.
The prince royal of Denmark, endowed with a character full of nobleness and energy, and having been blessed by providence with a soul as elevated as his high rank, had apprized the emperor, that, justly enraged against what had recently happened at Copenhagen, he had not ratified the convention respecting it, and that he considered it as null and void.
That prince has just now acquainted his majesty with the new propositions that have been made to him, and which are of a nature rather to provoke his resistance than to appease his resentment, for they tend to stamp on his actions the seal of de-
gradation, the impression of which they never will exhibit.
The emperor, struck with the confidence which the prince royal placed in him, having moreover considered his own grounds of dissatisfaction with England, having attended to his engagements with the powers of the North, engagements entered into by his late imperial majesty, both of glorious memory, has resolved upon fulfilling them.
His imperial majesty breaks off all communication with England: he recalls his embassy from that court, and will not allow any ambassador from her to continue at his court. There shall henceforward exist no relations between the two countries.
The emperor declares that he abrogates every act hitherto concluded between Great-Britain and Russia, and particularly the convention concluded in 1801. He proclaims anew the principles of the armed neutrality, that monument of the wisdom of the empress Catharine, and binds himself never to recede from that system.
He calls upon England to give complete satisfaction to his subjects, with respect to all the just claims they may set up, of ships and merchandise seized and detained, contrary to the express tenor of the treaties concluded during his own reign.
The emperor gives warning, that nothing shall be re-established between Russia and England, until the latter shall have given satisfaction to Denmark.
The emperor expects, that his Britannick majesty, instead of permitting his ministers to scatter fresh seeds of war, in compliance only with his own feelings, will be induced to conclude a peace with his majesty the emperor of the French, which would be extending, in a manner to the whole world, the inestimable blessings of peace.
When the emperor shall be satisfied upon all these points, and especially upon that of a peace between France and England, without which no part of Europe can expect to enjoy any real tranquility, his Imperial Majesty will then willingly return to the relations of amity with Great-Britain, which in the state of just resentment which the emperor should feel, he has maintained, pithaps, too long. Done at St. Petersburg, the 26th October, 1807.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Sch'r Wolf, Dawson, 4 days from Charleston. Brig Mary Ann, Dye, 28 days from Demarara, Rum & Molasses, P. Dana. The sch'r Clotilda, capt. Goodwin, from Charleston bound to Richmond, foundered at sea off Cape Romaine on Tuesday last. The captain and crew were picked up on Wednesday by capt. Dawson of the sch'r Wolf, after being 13 hours in the boat. The ship William Murdoch, from Rotterdam, bound to Georgetown, came into the Capes on Friday night, without being able to procure a pilot; she struck on the middle ground, and after some time beat over the shoal into 5 fathom water, where she sunk. The master and mate went up to Baltimore, a part of the crew arrived here this morning, having saved some of the materials. In Hampton Roads bound to City Point, ship Powhatan, Cottle, 47 days from London, in Ballast. The brig Katy, Mathews, from New-York, with Sugar & Coffee, bound to Cherbourg, was turned off by the British cruisers in consequence of the king's proclamation declaring the ports of France in blockade, and arrived off Dover Nov. 29. The ship Martha, Vickery, was lost on the coast of Getland about the 1st Nov. crew saved.
WILLIAMSON's Packet will sail for Alexandria the first fair wind. Jan. 26.
Schooner Ploughboy, Capt. Hall, will sail for Charleston on Sunday next. Jan. 26.
THIS DAY, at my office at eleven o'clock, will be sold,
A variety of seasonable GOODS.
And at 12 o'clock on Maxwell's wharf, 14 hhds. and 7 barrels choice Sugar, 6 puncheons Jamaica Rum.—Terms, Cash.
Francis Smith, V. M.
At Private Sale,
1 elegant London made Piano Forte, lately imported. January 26.
THIS DAY, at 11 o'clock, on Commerce-Street wharf, will be sold on account of the owners, underwriters, and others concerned,
Sundry Sails, Rigging, &c.
saved from the ship William Murdoch, lost in the Chesapeake, on a voyage from Rotterdam to George-Town. William B. Lamb. January 26.
THIS DAY, the 26th instant, at 10 o'clock, will be sold without reserve, for Cash, at the Store on Main-Street, lately occupied by Messrs. Hunter and Gatewood,
A quantity of DRY GOODS.
S. Marks, Jun. January 26.
On Saturday the 30th instant, at 11 o'clock, will be sold at my office,
47 hogsheads Antigua SUGARS.
Terms, approved notes at sixty days. William B. Lamb. January 26.
For SALE,
At reduced prices for Cash,
250 bags, 30 barrels COFFEE, 70 hhds. 40 tiers, 60 barrels Sugar, 20 chests Young Hyson Tea, 4 pipes London particular Madeira Wine, 2 tiers Loaf Sugar.
William B. Lamb. January 26.
FOR BOSTON,
The Schooner JUNO, James Fuller, master, will sail in a few days. For freight or passage, apply to the master on board at the County wharf, or
Jennings & Rodney. January 26.
One Thousand Acres of LAND
FOR SALE,
or would be bartered for property in Norfolk. It adjoins the tract on which Granville Court-House stands, in North-Carolina, and is commonly known by the name of Newby's Ferry. For particulars inquire at the Ledger Office. January 25.

SAMUEL COLEMAN, Opposite the Market, (westward) offers for Sale, Warranted New-York SHOES, and will return the money when Shoes are brought upon his particular recommendation, if they should not wear well. He thinks he has exerted himself as much to get the best and handsomest Shoes and Boots of the manufacture of the United States as any man in them, and has the assurance of the manufacturers in New-York, Philadelphia, Newark, and Baltimore, where the Shoes and Boots are made purposely for this market , that they shall be in all cases customers' work; and the report of a great number of those who have purchased Shoes, confirms their being so.
He has now on hand, A general assortment of fresh New-York SHOES. For Ladies there are a variety of new Kid Patterns; Velvet Slippers, different colours, neat workmanship, of Silk & Tabby to Velvet; Morocco Boots, Booties, and Walking Shoes, to tie and not to tie, with cork soles and without, &c. For gentlemen, Bolla's well known stout and light fine seal leather Shoes and Morocco Pumps, with several other kinds; For Misses, a variety of Morocco and Leather. For Boys, very fine for dancing, common, strong, lined and bound, and coarse. For Children, Morocco Booties, different colours, sized from 3 to 1, leather Pumps, Shoes and Booties; and for Servants, such as appear to be of very superior quality. There is attached to the Store a very comfortable back room, where Ladies may retire for the purpose of trying on Shoes or Boots.
He has a great variety of English Kid Shoes, some of which having been long on hand, will be sold at 7. 6d.; and a quantity of the most fashionable Embellishments, quite fresh at reduced prices.
He has on hand, SHOES made by a very faithful workman in this vicinity, with the best wax-leather, in a shape to suit old gentlemen, with which he will be regularly supplied.
Vernon's elegant Baltimore BOOTS, kept in such quantity as to give a probability of fitting any person; sold at the prices in Baltimore.
New-York Pilot's BOOTS, an improvement upon the plan of Fishermen's Boots.
A considerable quantity of Boston SHOES and BOOTS, kept for the purpose of supplying those who must have what they think cheap, not appearing to know, that the best things, are generally, cheapest; these will be sold low. He is in expectation of a quantity of the most elegant Philadelphia KID SLIPPERS, by the first vessel.
With due encouragement, he is perfectly confident he can supply handsomer and better Shoes and Boots, than has been furnished by any person in this place heretofore; and if better, ultimately cheaper—but without it, it is impossible to keep a good assortment.
He has also, A quantity of India COTTONS; a few tons of BAR IRON; and Pennsylvania BUTTER in small kegs, nicely pickled, at 20 cents.
Just received by Ferguson's Packet from Baltimore, a fresh supply of Vernon's Winter BOOTS.
MACKINDER & WHITE, Have received from London in the ship Planter, and Nabby, from Liverpool, their Fall and Winter GOODS.
The best superfine Black, Navy Blue, and fashionable mixed Cloths, Calimerees, Patent Cords, Swansdown, black silk Florentine, Gentlemen's patent silk and beaver Hats; Ladies' Trafalgar, Calabria, Buenos Ayres, and Cottage beaver Bonnets; Childrens' beaver Caps and Bonnets; Ladies' plain and fancy Kid and Morocco Shoes; red and black Morocco Nelson's comforts; Gentlemen's Hessian and Spanish Boots, and dress Shoes and Pumps; superior rich gold Epaulements; lace and silver Fringes; plain, tambooured, and Leno Muslin for dress; Calicoes, Chambrays, and Ginghams; rose and striped Blankets; Kendal Cottons; strong white Plains; mixed Fearnoughts; Flannels; Manchester Cords; blue and drab Plains; Dimities and Marseilles; 4-4 Linens; 5-4 and 6-4 Sheetings; Hosiery; Cutlery in boxes afforded; coarse Hats do; Nails, Window Glass, &c. The above are offered for sale by wholesale or retail, at the lowest terms for Cash or approved paper.
REMOVAL. The Subscriber has removed to the large Fire-Proof Ware-House at the head of Maxwell's wharf, in Wide Water-Street, where he offers for SALE, 7 pipes Country GIN,
20 barrels Whiskey, 30 do N. E. Rum, 15 hhds do. do. 50 do. Mackerel, 30 do. Shad, 150 kegs Salmon, 150 kegs Tongues and Sounds, 50 boxes Soap, 60 boxes Mould Candles, 50 do. Spermaceti do. 25 do. Chocolate, 28 do. assorted Cotton Cords, 4 chests Hysan Tea, 150 reams Writing Paper, 1 case Diapers, 150 sacks Liverpool Salt, 7 tons assorted Swedish Iron, 50 bundles Nail Rods, A quantity of coarse Woollen Goods—low for Cash.
Who transacts business on Commission, as usual. January 1. Edward Clark.
Just received and for SALE by the Subscriber, 10 hhds. excellent retailing Molasses, 10 quarter casks Sherry Wine, 50 boxes superior bleached Mould Candles, 50 do. Soap, Philadelphia manufacture, 2000 wt. St. Domingo Coffee; 1000 do. best Jamaica do. 3 pipes French Brandy, fourth proof, 1 ton patent Shot; 50 bolts Russia Duck, 20 bolts Ravens Duck; a few boxes best Havana Segars, 4 pipes New-York Anchor Gin. DAVID MILHADO. January 6.
The Subscribers have removed to the Brick Warehouse on Merchant's Wharf, and have on hand for Sale, 100,000 W. O. hhd. drawn STAVES, 100,000 red do. do. do. 40,000 rough do. do. do. 50,000 do. barrel do. 10,000 pipe do. do. 500,000 sale Shingles; 100,000 building do. 10,000 three feet do.; 5,000 Garden Pales, 5,000 Chinquapin and Cedar Posts. And also for Rent, A commodious WAREHOUSE. Proby, Harmanon, & Co. January 11.
For SALE, 75 tierces prime green Jam. Coffee, And a few puncheons 5 and 6 years old Antigua Rum; Loaf and Brown Sugar in hogsheads and barrels; a few sets Table China; fine and superfine Flour, &c. Harrison Allmand. January 4.
For SALE, 45,000 wt. good COFFEE in bags, 94 puncheons old St. Kitts RUM. MOSES MYERS. January 8.
NOTICE. The Subscribers have removed to the Ware-House, No. 6, on Newton's wharf, formerly occupied by Messrs. John D. Haldane, & Co. JENNINGS & RODDEY. January 8.
For RENT, The STORE, No. 86, Main-Street, with or without the house. Thomas Blanchard. September 28.
St. Mary's College. GRAND LOTTERY, BALTIMORE.
Authorised by the General Assembly of the State of Maryland; the Scheme of which Lottery is the most brilliant ever offered to the citizens of the United States, containing besides a large number of other good prizes, 1 prize of - - - 30,000 Dollars, 1 do. of - - - 15,000 3 do. of - - - 10,000 2 do. of - - - 5,000 8 do. of - - - 1 500 7 do. of - - - 1,000
Not two blanks to a prize, and the lowest prize twelve dollars. The Scheme contains only 21,500 Tickets; 10,000 of which are actually sold to a company of gentlemen in New-York, to whom the managers have obligated themselves to commence the drawing in the City of Baltimore, on THURSDAY, the 31st day of December next, and to draw 500 tickets per day.
Tickets and Shares are now selling in a variety of numbers, and very rapidly at Ten Dollars and an half each, for a very short time, at G. & R. WAITE'S truly fortunate Lottery Office, corner of Market-street and Charles-street, Baltimore.
The grandeur of the Scheme of the above Lottery, together with an assurance from the managers that it will positively commence drawing on the 31st day of December next, have been a sufficient inducement for the subscribers to come to the City of Baltimore, for the express purpose of facilitating the sale of the Tickets.
G. & R. Waite. One of the above firm will personally attend the drawing daily to take down the numbers correctly, as will also one of their clerks.
The next New-York Lottery will not commence drawing till April next. Tickets of which Lottery may be had at Waite's Offices, in Maiden Lane, New-York.
N. B. Different advertisers accompanying their orders with Bank Notes of any description, to either of Waite's Offices in Baltimore or New-York, may have Tickets and Shares forwarded to any amount with the utmost punctuality, and the earliest advice sent them of their success. All prizes sold by G. & R. Waite will be paid by them. A list of all prizes drawn will be sent to the Printer of this Paper, for the inspection of adventurers.
October 14. 3m
Now landing from the schooner Prudence Mary, from New-York, 17 hhds. first quality SUGARS,
54 barrels prime Pork, city inspection, 70 boxes Mould Candles; 3 hhds. double refined Sugar, 5 pipes Brandy; 25 reams Writing Paper, 2 trunks fine and coarse French Lace, which will be sold at a low rate for Cash. Apply at No. 1, Commerce-street to William Hull, Jun. October 15.
Just got to Hand. 22 chests Hysan TEA, will be sold low for cash. George Wilson. November 18.
For SALE, by the Subscriber, 34 hogsheads WHISKEY,
50 crates Earthenware; 10 casks Glass do. 55 boxes 8 by 10, 37 do. 10 by 12 Window Glass, 15 groce Wine Bottles; 18 boxes Castile Soap, 1 hog-head and 5 barrels Philadelphia Loaf Sugar, 10 hhds. Petersburg, 2 do. Richmond, and 4 do. York River Tobacco; 15 bales Cotton, 38 whole and 9 half tierces Rice. A. Maclure. November 13.
Now landing from on board the schooner Mohawk, Roger Quarles, master, from Leghorn, 120 hogsheads Bordolease CLARET,
96 casks Roll Brimstone, 100 boxes Castle Marbled Soap, 50 tin boxes Saffron, 5 cases Florence Silks of all colours, a great many black, 2 hhds. shelled Almonds, 100 half chests Lucca Oil, of 30 Hasks, 100 boxes Lucca Oil, 12 bottles each, 3 cases Chip Hats. For Sale by William Pennock. October 12.
For SALE, 2 elegant Bay Horses, a complete match,
2 do. grey do. do. do. 1 remarkable fine bay, and one very excellent grey Horse—For which, Notes of the Bank of Newbern and Cape-Fear, or Proc. Money will be taken in payment—Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger. Sept. 25. tf
A. M'KINLEY, Silk, Cotton, and Woollen Dyer, No 13, Bank-Street.
Respectfully informs the publick that he Cleans and Dyes all kinds of Silk and Sattins, finishing them with neatness and dispatch; all kind of Gentlemen's Clothes cleaned and dyed; best standing blue upon Cotton, Linen, Carpets, and Blankets; Cleaned Straw and Chip Hats dyed, dressed, &c. &c.—All commands will be thankfully received, executed on the short notice and on the lowest terms. November 30. tf
THE SUBSCRIBER Has removed to the brick store at the head of Campbell's wharf, fronting said wharf and Wide Water-street, where he offers at wholesale or retail his assortment of Groceries and Ship Chandlery,
Among which are 14 hogsheads Muscovado SUGAR, 1 do. and 6 barrels loaf do. 6 do. Antigua, Jamaica, and Grenada Rum, 3 pipes French Brandy, 2 hhds. and 6 bbls Rye Whiskey, 4 barrels Apple Brandy, 1 do. Peach do. 10 bags Coffee, Imperial, Hysan, Young Hysan, and Souchong Teas, Pepper, Pimento, and Nutmegs, Madeira, Sherry, and Port Wines, London and Philadelphia Porter, English Cheese, Bar Iron and Castings, Nail and Spike Rods, German Steel, Powder and Shot, Tar, Pitch & Turpentine, Paints and Oil, black and bright Varnish, Canvas and Cordage, Nails and Spikes.
Also just received, 20 boxes Lemons, 12 half bbls. Beef Tongues,
20 kegs Tongues and Sounds, 40 kegs and 2 bbls. Salmon, 5 bbls. Mackerel, 15 cases Sallad Oil, 1 case Currants, 10 boxes Olives, Capers and Anchovies, 6 dozen bottles Cayenne Pepper, 3 do. do. Pickled Peppers, 30 boxes Soap, 20 boxes Candles, 50 barrels Alexandria superfine and fine Flour. John D. Haldane. July 31.
For RENT, And possession given the 1st of Jan. next, that commodious three story brick DWELLING HOUSE in Church-street, at present occupied by Mr. Barth. Redman. And a convenient two story DWELLING HOUSE, with a fine extensive garden, in the Fields near Smith's Point, at present occupied by Mr. Stratton, possession of which may be had the 1st of January—Application to be made to Wm. Plume & Co. Nov. 18. tf
For SALE, 5 cases only of superior PIGEON-EYE CHAMPAIGN. Apply to the Editor of this Paper. Dec. 16. tf
WOOD & HASTINGS, No. 76, Main-Street.
Have just received an additional supply of Staple and Fancy GOODS, Among which are Black Silk Velvet; Tabby, do.; Black Silk Florentine; Silk Handkerchiefs; do. Fancy Shawls; Convex Navy Buttons; fashionable Coat do.; a variety of French Goods; 2 trunks Cambric Muslins; 2 cases Linens; 2 bales Cotton Checks; 1 do. Gilla Handkerchiefs; 5 do. India Cottons, assorted, some very fine for Shitings; a variety of Woollens.
They have also on hand a general and extensive assortment of WOOLLEN GOODS.
Every description of fancy Muslins and Dresses; Velvets; Constitution and President's Cords; Dimities; Carpets; Hosiery, &c. &c.
On consignment, just received, Hussar and Backstrap BOOTS; Ladies' Kid and Morocco Shoes; Mens' coarse do.; coarse and fine Hats.
The above GOODS will be sold at very reduced prices for Cash, or undoubted credit, by wholesale and retail. December 11. tf
Baltimore Baker's FLOUR, of superior quality, for family use, for sale by T. & W. A. Armistead, Nov. 18. tf Campbell's wharf
The Subscriber offers for Sale at his Store in Market-Square, 20 hogsheads W. I. RUM,
10 pipes Cognac Brandy; 5 do. Country Gin, Sugar—Brown and Loaf, by the barrel or hogshead, Tea—Imperial, Hysan, and Young Hysan—Also, A parcel of DRY GOODS,
Consisting of Woollens, Calicoes, Hats, and Hardware. In addition to the above, he intends keeping a constant supply of PORK and BEEF.
Bread—Pilot, Navy, and Ship, of the first quality—Families may be supplied with small quantities of Pilot Bread, of a superior quality. Cordage of any size or description for negotiable notes or West-India produce. Any orders for the above articles, will be complied with at the shortest notice. Nov. 23. Cary Selden. tf
For RENT, That commodious Dwelling-House on Catharine-Street, now in the occupancy of John D. Haldane—possession will be had the 1st day of January next ensuing—Terms made known by application to John Camp. December 11. tf
For SALE, 73 punch. choice Antigua RUM,
30 do. Grenada do. 600 bushels CORN, 50,000 drawn White and Red Oak STAVES, 60 barrels Pork. George Wilson. November 4. tf
For SALE, Imported in the Galliot Fortune, captain Norton, from Teneriffe, 100 pipes and 90 hhds. L. P. Tene-riffe WINE,
of superior quality. Apply to Phinehas Dana. September 28. tf
Coarse Liverpool SALT, For Sale on board the Ship Courtney, capt. Bryant, lying at my wharf. Apply to William Pennock. September 16. tf
Who has on hand, Liverpool Blown and Cadiz SALT.
Landing from the ship Planter, and for sale at the subscriber's, at a low advance, A PARCEL OF Woollens, Bed Ticks, Hosiery, and other GOODS. Thomas Blanchard. September 28. tf
NOTICE. I am again compelled to solicit all those indebted to the estate of PHILIP COLLINS, deceased, to make immediate payment, as no longer indulgence can be given. Jane Collins, Adm'r x. December 9. tf
WANTED for the Ship Sheffield, A CARPENTER; also, two young LADS,
from 14 to 15 years of age, as apprentices, not to go in the cabin or to cook. Apply to Josiah Cowper. December 9. tf
For SALE, 4000 bushels Ground Allum SALT, And a few well assorted crates of EARTHENWARE. George Murray, & Co. December 7. tf
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar. The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Warehouse on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only. Theo. Armistead. Feb. 20. tf
He will sell or lease for a term of years, the STORES at the end of Marsden's and Rothery's wharves. Just received and for sale by the subscriber, from New-York, 4 half pipes 8 qr. casks old London
particular Madeira WINE; 20 dozen Old Port do. 20 kegs Beef Tongues; 50 kegs Salmon; 50 do. Mackerel, 50 do. Tongues and Sounds; 20 do. Lard, 20 bbls. Whiskey; 10 hhds. N. E. Rum; 100 boxes Candles. Also—100 barrels Flour a-float. CARY SELDEN. December 2. tf
At Private Sale, By S. MARKS, Jun. Corner of Commerce and Water-street, 10 hhds. Antigua, 12 do. N. E. 50
barrels do. RUM, 30 hhds and 20 barrels Sugar; 10 pipes Country Gin, 8 pipes Cognac Brandy; 150 boxes Mould Candles, 40 boxes Spermaceti Candles; 4 bales striped Blankets, 3 bales Blue Duffles; 1 do. fine Cloths; 2 do. blue Plains, 2 do. Rugs; 1 do. Check Shirts, 34 do. Ticklenburgs and Oznaburgs; 2 do. Hessian, 1 trunk Madras Handkerchiefs. October 24. tf
For SALE at my Brew-House, Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by the hoghead, barrel, and half Barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen. And in Store, Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail. Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13. tf
For RENT, The DWELLING-HOUSE on Granby-street,
belonging to captain Vickery, next door to Robert Boush, Esq.—possession will be given on the first day of January next. For terms apply to Alexander Wilson. December 18. tf
First quality Jamaica COFFEE. Just received and for Sale, 77 tierces and 24 barrels prime Green COFFEE. James & Thomas Tucker. December 28. tf
Thomas H. Parker, Offers for Sale, His Great-Bridge MILL,
newly fitted up to run two pair of Stones—The advantages of this mill are very great, only ten miles from Norfolk, and situated on a never failing stream; although she works at present only two pair of Stones, yet the stream affords an abundant supply for ten pair—Also, a MILL (known by the name of Bell's Mills, about two miles farther, now in complete order, running one pair of Stones and two saws—This Mill is supplied with water from very extensive swamps, and in wet season very plentifully; at this place there is a fore, the situation of which, for a lumber store, is equal if not superior to any in that part of the country—This Mill can be supplied with excellent timber from a tract of land only one mile distant from it, which the subscriber also offers for sale. This tract contains between 5 and 600 acres, almost entirely covered with timber; the fall, the subscriber confidently believes, is not inferior to any in the lower part of Virginia. Any person purchasing this Plantation would have the benefit of a reed-farm within three miles of it, in which any number of cattle may be kept fat during the whole winter. October 5. tf
Received per schooner Traveller, from Boston, and for Sale, By EDWARD CLARK, 10 tons small, flat, and square Bar Iron,
100 bundles assorted Nail Rods. Nov. 18. tf
200 boxes Mould CANDLES,
30 half boxes brown Soap, 10 boxes white do. 60 bags Coffee, 5 tierces do. prime green, 4 hogsheads and 10 barrels loaf Sugar, 12 do. Muscovado do. 10 quarter casks old Sherry Wine, 2 bbls old L. P. Madeira do. 3 hhds. Red Port, 50 do. retailing Molasses, 15 crates well assorted Queen's Ware, Country Rum and Gin in hhds and pipes—For Sale by Phinehas Dana. June 8. tf
For RENT, A commodious small DWELLING,
with all suitable out-houses and a good garden, pleasantly situated on Smith's Point. Possession may be had on the first of November. P. Barraud. October 5. tf
For RENT, The Store, Compting-Room & Cellar,
at present occupied by Messrs. Wood & Hastings, no. 50, Main-street. Apply to Thomas Willock. August 24. tf
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keeps on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs,
At the following reduced prices, by the Keg—for cash only, viz— 8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1-2d lb. 6d. Nails, 9 1-2d 4d. do. 2s. 9d. m. or 11d 3d. do. 2s. 3d. or 12d Sheathing, 7 1-2d 6d. Sprigs, 4s 6d per M. 6d. do. 2s 9d 2d. and 3d. do. 2s. 3d
He offers also for cash only— HOOP IRON ASSORTED. Thos. Seaman.
For RENT, (And immediate possession given,) The Brick-House, Store, and Cellars,
at the corner of Gilbert's Lane, on Main-street, near the market, an excellent stand for a Dry Good or Grocery Store. Apply to Niemeyer & Von Kapff. December 28. tf
NOTES OF HAND, according to the new form established by the Directors of the Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States, for sale at this office. ALSO, NOTES for the Virginia Bank;
Checks; Bills of Lading, and of Exchange, printed on paper of superior quality; and Shipping Articles on large paper, and approved form. LEDGER OFFICE.
Phoenix Fire-Office. The Subscriber, Agent to the PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, of London, for the State of Virginia, begs leave to inform the publick, that he is now fully empowered to subscribe Policies of Insurance for property against Fire throughout the United States of America, in conformity to the Proposals heretofore submitted. N. B. FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS can be insured in one risk on Buildings and their contents, and also on Ships and their Cargoes on board, in the First Class, but in all cases where Ten Thousand Dollars are exceeded, a special agreement must be made with the Agent, and an increase of premium added to those mentioned in the proposals, of not less than one eighth per cent. on the whole sum insured. Richard Taylor. September 8. 157
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollars yearly, in advance.