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From the National Intelligencer.
THE CASE OF MIRANDA.
Party malignity will not permit the circumstances attending this case to take their natural course. It is deemed too precious an occasion for the gratification of personal or political pique to pass unimproved. Emboldened by an unexpected result it has the temerity to hope that an impression favourable to its views may be made on the publick mind as to the alleged agency of the executive in the expedition of Miranda. With this view assertion is piled upon assertion that the administration countenanced this expedition, and by their countenance induced Messrs. Smith and Ogden, and their subordinate agents, to take a part in it. It is alleged, that as soon as the administration feared the influence of this conduct on their popularity, they instantly changed their course, hypocritically disavowed all participation in the expedition, and resolved on sacrificing Smith and Ogden, to establish their innocence. Not satisfied with this daring libel on the virtue of men raised by their country to the highest places in its power to confer, an effort is made to excite the sympathy of the publick with regard to the fate of the unfortunate men in captivity, and their lives, already forfeited in the imagination of these libellers, is laid to the account of the administration. Such is the atrocity of the motives ascribed to them; and the publick indignation and abhorrence are invoked on their heads. Be it so. Be the appeal to the nation. If they have not already decided, let them now decide, with inflexible justice.
But when the nation is thus called on to pronounce its judgment, let it be remembered that there are two parties, the accuser as well as the accused, and that if the accusations are not supported, they will recoil on those who have made them. Let it be remembered that he who accuses a virtuous man of crimes of which he does not believe him guilty, is a calumniator who merits and will receive the publick scorn and detestation.
Nor let it be deemed extraordinary if the strong sentiment of national confidence, which upholds the existing administration, which is ready to yield to every suggestion of vigilance that republican jealousy can require, should awaken the liveliest abhorrence of allegations of so atrocious a nature which shall on examination be found groundless, and should inflict the punishment of detestation on those who propagate them. The whole nation is interested in the honour of those to whom they have confided their highest interests, and they will, they ought signal to punish the men who basely traduce their characters. Let those then who are now wielding the national indignation against the administration, beware lest it overwhelm themselves.
The grounds on which it is attempted to establish the participation of the executive government in the expedition are these.
1. The facts, as are set forth by Smith and Ogden in their memorials to congress and their depositions before judge Talmadge.
2. The declension of the heads of departments to repair to New-York—and
3. The verdict of acquittal—it being contended that the innocence of Smith and Ogden is proof of the criminality of the administration.
Ogden, in his memorial, asserts his certain knowledge, "that the project of general Miranda as connected with the expedition of an armament from the U. S. had not only been fully communicated to the president and to the secretary of state, but had received their applause and encouragement." He goes on to state in detail the grounds of this certainty, derived acknowledgedly from Miranda, and from no other source. In his representations he reposed implicit confidence. But for this he had peculiar and personal inducements. He was the owner of the Leander—he was a merchant—and he was offered terms which, if the expedition succeeded, could not fail to reward him with great wealth—on the arrival of the Leander at Carraccas he was to receive "two hundred and seventeen thousand dollars," on an expenditure of but "seventy thousand"—realizing thereby a profit of one hundred and forty-seven thousand. Wapt in golden dreams and fired with visionary hopes, he saw things thro' a delusive medium. The prospect of gain bribed him to error, and doubtless sublimated his imagination into an aptitude to magnify mole-hills into mountains. The dining of Miranda with the President, which proved nothing more than the hospitality of the latter, is tortured into an approbation of his plan and a readiness to aid him—the expression of the philanthropic hope that South America would at some future period enjoy a free government, leaves no doubt of the dispositions of the President to pursue hostile means for its attainment. But the nation have no such lures held out to them. No golden visions float before their eyes. They
see things as they are—and when such assertions are made they demand proofs. They will not be satisfied with the declarations of interested men who consider the establishment of their innocence as involved in the guilt of the government. It was extremely easy for Miranda, or Ogden or Smith, to make up a plausible tale. But where are the proofs of its truth?
No proofs whatever, derived from an impartial and disinterested source, have been adduced of the participation of the administration. We venture to affirm that none can be adduced, and we challenge the libellers of the administration to adduce them.
But, if the truth of the story set up by Smith and Ogden be admitted, what does it prove?
That the President and secretary of state gave Miranda a hospitable reception, permitted him to open himself to them on his plan of revolutionising the Spanish possessions in South America, and declared themselves friendly to such a measure, but qualified the intimation with the declaration that the "government could afford neither succour nor aid to the enterprize in which he was engaged." Other equivalent expressions are said to have fallen from the secretary, which may all be comprised in that stated in Smith's deposition, that the government had no objection to any citizens engaging "in such an enterprize, provided they did not thereby infringe any of the laws of the U. S." What then are we to infer from this statement, admitting it, for argument sake, to be correct.
In the first place that the government felt a laudable interest in collecting all the information it could respecting the possessions of a nation far from friendly to us, and with whom we might at no distant period be engaged in war. This was not censurable; but it would have been censurable to have declined it.
Secondly, that the President and Secretary avowed their speculative opinions in favour of the emancipation of the provinces in Spain. Is there a diversity of opinion on this point in the U. States?
But that, thirdly, as soon as Miranda spoke of their active aid towards the accomplishment of his scheme, he was told they "could afford neither succour nor aid to the enterprize in which he was engaged"—"that the merchants would advance money whenever they became satisfied that they had an interest in doing so"—"that they could not give him any publick aid or countenance, but that they had no objection that any individual citizen of the U. S. should engage in such an enterprize, provided they did not thereby infringe any of the laws of the U. S."—This was, indeed, the only answer a secretary of state of the U. S. could make to the interrogatories propounded to him. He knew that what the law does not forbid, it allows: and that in this case the inhibition was positive and pointed. Such an answer, then, was a civil declaration to Miranda that the executive had no dispensing power over the laws, that every citizen must obey them, and that all acts, not prohibited by them were allowable. But, in this case, the measures he wished were prohibited by an express statute. It follows, therefore, that they had an objection to any citizen engaging in them, and that their objection would necessarily shew itself in the way pointed out by the statute. In this way, and in no other, was it manifested.
With a few farther remarks we shall dismiss this branch of the subject. Some blame has been attached to the administration for not proceeding against Miranda immediately on the alleged development of his views. But this, so far as it is entertained by honest minds, has arisen from an omission to distinguish between the duties of a government and an individual. An individual, in the transactions of private life, occupies a wide field of action. It is his duty to do all the good and to avoid all the evil he can. His means for attaining these ends are only limited by moral principles or private laws. He is consequently, as a moral agent, responsible for the full employment of all such means in his power. The case, however, is directly inverted with respect to governments. Their power is altogether derivative. The objects on which it is to be exercised, and the means of enforcing it, are expressly delegated. Beyond these they cannot take a single step. This is the distinctive feature, the peculiar boast of a free government. The law is their rule, as well as that of the humblest citizen. In the instance then under consideration, the government was bound to go as far as the law directed; they were prohibited from going farther. What is the law.
"If any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprize to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominion of any foreign prince or state with whom the United States are at peace, every such person so offending, shall, upon conviction, be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall suffer fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court in which the conviction shall be had so as that such fine shall not exceed 3000 dollars, nor the term of imprisonment be more than three years."
The infraction of this statute then consists not in entertaining particular motives or forming particular plans, but in committing certain acts. Whatever knowledge the executive might have had of the motives of Miranda, it was not their duty to take any legal steps against him, they could not legally take them, until those motives were displayed in his actions. As soon as they were apprized of the course he had taken, the most efficient measures were taken, the only legal measures in their power to take—thus discharging every duty required by law, and avoiding the commission of every act not legally authorised.
The whole of these remarks, it will be observed, have been made on the admission that the statement of Smith and Ogden is correct. But nothing is less probable. Their statement is a chain of assertions made by interested and disappointed men, who may be dupes themselves, or who may wish to make dupes of others. To their statement we again oppose the following, and we have no hesitation in declaring our conviction that it is entitled to implicit belief.
Miranda spoke to the President and secretary generally of his views. In so doing he did not specify, with any precision, the time when, or the means with which he contemplated their being carried into effect. He left those with whom he conversed totally at a loss to determine whether he intended to fit out an expedition, or merely to export articles contraband of war, which is not prohibited by our laws, and which only subjects the exporter to the risque of their seizure on the high seas.
In the next place the charge of participation on the part of the government is maintained from the declension of the heads of departments to repair to New-York. On this point we shall be concise, as but little is required to elucidate it.
The heads of departments did not refuse to attend the court. They only respectfully suggested to the court the propriety of taking their depositions, inasmuch as the state of the publick affairs did not admit of their then leaving the seat of government. A motion by the counsel of the accused, to grant compulsory process, was disallowed; and the court expressly declared (Judge Patterson) that the testimony expected from the heads of departments was not material to the accused, and could not exculpate them. It is true that one member of the court, judge Patterson, declared himself in favour of a rule to shew cause why an attachment should not issue; but, after his declaration that the testimony expected was not material, we can only consider their course as recommended to him, not as an opinion of the importance determined upon, but solely from the opinion of the witnesses had rendered themselves liable to attachment for disobeying the process of the court.
But what is most material on this point is this.—Did the accused request the court to issue a commission to take the testimony offered by the heads of departments to be given by way of deposition? They did not. Why did they not? No because they could not get the testimony on which they professed to see, so high a value, as well by written depositions as orally in court. For whatever shades of difference there may be between the two courses, they would substantially have issued in the same result. No, they made no such demand—and their omission to do so compels us to infer that when the subpoenas were issued, it was not from the wish to get the testimony of the secretaries, but under the impression that they would not attend, and that their non-attendance would give a handle for propagating the belief that they were afraid to make a disclosure of the facts within their knowledge. Not sooner is this disclosure offered than the accused are silent. They make use of no means to obtain it. But, though this disclosure was not obtained, the offer to make it is fortunately on record.* It can no longer be said that the administration were afraid of disgracing themselves by making it. —With conscious innocence for their shield, they have declared themselves ready to answer the questions put to them. Had they given personal attendance at New York, this opportunity of demonstrating their innocence might not have been afforded them.—The court might have refused to receive their answer to particular interrogatories, and have thus shielded them from the censure attached to a declension on their part to answer them, had they been so disposed. By offering to give their depositions, had a commission been issued, any questions whatever might have been propounded, and the responsibility of refusing to answer them have thus attached to them. Let us not hereafter then hear it alleged that there was any indisposition on the part of the head of department to make a full disclosure of every thing within their knowledge; and let it not be said that their declension to give their personal attendance evinces a consciousness of guilt, or is evidence of a participation in the enterprize.
The charge of participation is, in the last place, maintained from the verdict of acquittal.
* The defendants counsel moved to have the cause continued, but were refused, of course it was not possible to get the depositions of Messrs. Madison, &c.
tal; it being contended that the innocence of Smith and Ogden implies the criminality of the administration.
The species of reasoning used on this head is so extremely weak and puerile as scarcely to merit notice. What! shall it be said that one man who actually enlisted troops, and another who actually fitted out a vessel, both with a full knowledge of her destination, are innocent of all crime, while those who at most knew that such a project existed, are criminal? That conduct is less criminal than contemplation, than even a knowledge that some such conduct was contemplated by another?
But as an effort is made to make a great handle of this verdict of acquittal, we will give this argument a more detailed notice.
It takes for granted the innocence of Smith and Ogden, and on their innocence builds the criminality of the administration. If the argument be a sound one, then the converse of the proposition will be just, and it will follow that if Smith and Ogden are proved criminal, the administration are innocent. Let us appeal to facts. The publick, the tribunal before whom we now stand, to whom an appeal is made by the enemies of the administration, is not bound by the rules that prevail in a court of justice. Tho' the latter could not receive as evidence the depositions of the accused made before the district judge, or their memorial presented to Congress, the publick will not hesitate, so far as they operate against them, to consider them as the most conclusive evidence. Do they then establish, or do they not the innocence of the accused? On this point it is impossible that there should exist a diversity of opinion. This acknowledgement of Smith and Ogden is so broad and plain that it is not possible to raise a dispute about it. Smith was the bosom friend of Miranda in whom he reposed his confidence; he referred him to a proper agent, placed his son under his care, enlisted men for the expedition and paid them. He did this while he held an office in the customs, which is said to yield an annual salary of 6,000 dollars, paid for the performance of duties on which the observance of the law depends. Whatever Ogden may do; Col. Smith cannot profess ignorance of the law we have quoted. If he does, such wilful ignorance would prove him unworthy of his office. No such ignorance, however, is pretended. How then, in the name of Heaven, can this man be called innocent? A jury, it is true have found him not guilty. But they had not before them depositions of the accused or their memorials. They were even obliged to dismiss from their recollection that such papers existed. This may be their apology. But the argus eyes of the publick are not to be thus deceived by the cob-webs of the law. Taking into view the whole testimony offered, they must declare Smith and Ogden guilty. According then to the arguments we are considering, if they are guilty the administration are innocent. But the argument is built on miserable sophistry. Ogden and Smith may be innocent, and the administration innocent likewise; or both may be guilty. The conviction of the one could not have acquitted the other; neither could their acquittal have convicted them. The case then stands precisely as it did before the verdict was given, except that while the readiness of the heads of departments to give their testimony by deposition, shews their fearlessness of disclosure, the omission on the part of the accused to demand a commission evinces their belief that no exonerating testimony was really expected by them.
It is possible that in making these animadversions we have been led into some error, from the premature discussion forced upon us by the federal prints, which, instead of waiting until all the proceedings attending the trial should be published, have come forward with the most intemperate abuse of the administration. Should any such appear hereafter to have been committed, we will take the earliest occasion to correct them.
This Day landing from on board the Schooner Rising States, Captain Newcomb,
20 Pipes Holland GIN, entitled to
10 do. 4th proof Cogniac BRANDY, 12 kegs Ground GINGER.
Fisk & Catlett. August 4. tf 43
Now Landing on our Wharf, from the Schooner Catharine Shephard, Capt. Webb, from Antigua,
50 Puncheons fine flavoured RUM,
For Sale on liberal credit, by Conway & F. Whittle. July 25. tf 19
At Private Sale, at Sixty Days,
70 Puncheons RUM, 40 hogsheads, and 60 barrels SUGAR, 50 bags COFFEE; 25 pipes French BRANDY, Madeira and Lisbon WINE, in pipes and qr. casks, 80 boxes Mould CANDLES, GIN in pipes and cases.
Wm. B. Lamb. July 23. tf 24
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the Estate of DANIEL McPHERSON, deceased, are requested to exhibit them immediately to the Subscriber duly attested; those indebted to said estate, are informed that an immediate payment is indispensable.
John McPhail, Ex'r.
August 1. tf 28

For Sale or Charter, The fine stanch, fast sailing Brig ANN ELIZABETH, Richard Owens, master, 4 years old, burthen about 1300 barrels, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. Apply to
John Brown. Who has received from Madeira by said Brig, a few pipes, hogheads, and quarter casks London particular Madeira WINE, which will be sold low by applying as above. August 11. tf 66
For Freight or Charter, The fine new American Ship JAMES COOK, Capt. Cox, burthen 234 tons, now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. August 11. tf 68
For Rotterdam, The Ship MEDFORD, J. Barnard, master, can take a few hds. or some small packages on freight. Apply to Moses Myers. July 23. tf 8
For Freight or Charter, The fast-sailing Brig ELIZABETH, Robert Barclay, master, burthen 1300 barrels, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in a few days. Apply to John Davis. Portsmouth, July 16. tf 908
FOR LONDON, The fine, strong, and fast-sailing Ship RESOLUTION, Andrew W. Bell, master, fourteen months old, sheathed upon the stocks, and burthen 400 hds. to- bacco, has part of her cargo already on board, and a considerable quantity engaged—For freight of the remainder, small light articles, or passage (having superior accommodations) apply to the captain on board, or N. Heron. July 7. tf 885
For Charter, The fast sailing coppered Ship FRANKLIN, Luther Dana, Master, burthen 500 hds. to- bacco, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. Ap- ply to the master on board, or the subscriber William Pennock. August 8. 3w 60
For SALE, (If immediate application is made) The Schooner UNITED STATES, burthen 51 tons, built of live oak and cedar, and is about two years old, is well found and sails fast. For terms, apply to the master on board at Commerce-Street wharf, or to Warren Ashley. August 8. 2 59
Who has received her said vessel, A quantity of PORK. August 8. 2 59
A Freight is Wanted, For the good Brig SUKEY, Wm. Huse, Master, burthen 124 tons, or 1100 barrels, can be ready to receive a cargo in two days. For terms apply to the master on board, or to Christopher Fry. August 6. tf 55
For ANTWERP, The good Ship PATSEY, David G. Bowles, master, burthen 370 tons, lying at City Point, having more than half of her cargo engaged and now receiving it on board—For the remainder, apply to Messrs. Gallego, Richards, & co. Rich- mond; Rambaut, Gerson, & co. Petersburg, or to James Maurice, & co. August 4. tf 45
For Charter, The American Ship SALLY, James Rowe, master, burthen 340 tons— She has only performed one voyage, and will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms apply to Warren Ashley. August 4. tf 48
For Charter, The Sloop DIRECTOR, James Tarlington, Master, burthen about 800 barrels—can be ready for the reception of a cargo in four days. For terms apply to the master on board at Newton's wharf, or to Richard Bowden, & Co. August 1. tf 34
For Sale or Charter, A remarkable fine new BRIG, built by Mr. Jarvis, in Portsmouth, burthen 188 tons, and can be ready for the reception of a cargo in 10 days—For terms, apply to Richard Bowden, & Co. Who have now landing on Newton's wharf, and for Sale on moderate terms, 51 hlids. well flavored Antigua RUM. August 1. tf 33
And in Store, 50 hlids. choice SUGAR, and 50 crates well assorted QUEEN'S WARE. August 1. tf 33
For Charter, The new Brig FRANKLIN, Capt. Miller, burthen 180 tons—For terms apply to Warren Ashley. August 1. tf 37
For Sale, Freight, or Charter, The Schooner RANGER, burthen 61 tons—she can be sent to sea at a small ex- pense. For terms, apply to the captain on board at Commerce-street wharf, or to Warren Ashley. July 30. tf 29
The CARGO of said schooner, consisting of Tobago RUM and MOLASSES, is offered for Sale. July 30. tf 29
For London, The Ship ATLANTICK, Capt. Groves, can take from 60 to 70 hds. of tobacco on freight, if offered soon to Phinehas Dana, & Co. July 23. tf 13
For Freight or Charter, The fine new Schooner CARLTON, James Johnson, master, burthen about 1100 barrels, now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to the master on board at Loyal's wharf, or Wilson, Cunningham, & Co. Who have in Store, for SALE, 13 puncheons Antigua RUM, 8 do. Old do. 3 do. Tobago do. July 23. tf 9
For LONDON, The fine new Ship MARIA, James Rowell, master, burthen about 400 hds. on her second voyage, has good accom- modations, will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days, half of which is already engaged—For freights of the balance or passage, apply to Richard Bowden, & Co. July 16. tf 910
For Charter, The Ship FREDERICK AUGUSTA, 320 tons burthen, a fine ship on her second voyage, is expected to arrive here on or be- fore the 10th of August.
July 25. tf 18 Christopher Fry.
FOR SALE, 40 Hogsheads Surinam SUGARS, 39 do. Grenada RUM, MADEIRA WINE, in Pipes, Hhds. and qr. casks, 7 Hogsheads Richmond TOBACCO, PORK, HERRINGS, Navy and Ship BREAD, and a few Bags PEPPER. James Dykes, & Co. August 11. 3t 67
Just received by the brig Franklin, from Antwerp, 3000 DEMIJOHNS, Which will be sold on accommodating terms. Apply to James M'Clenachan. August 11. tf 69
FOR SALE, A valuable half-acre Lot of LAND, fronting on Queen-Street 112 feet, and extending in depth 199 feet.—A liberal credit. Apply to Francis Smith.
Also for Sale, 4 hlids. 30 bbls. Muscovado SUGAR, superior quality, 50 Bags Green COFFEE; 25 Puncheons W. I. RUM, Choice 4th proof Cognac BRANDY, L. P. Madeira and Lisbon WINE, in pipes, hds. and quar- ter casks, Particular Tenerife WINE, in Pipes, 80 Boxes Mould CANDLES; 12 hlids. MOLASSES. August 11. 3t & law 71
WILLIAM KNOX, HAS FOR SALE, A few bales double twill'd SACKING, And a quantity of SALT SACKS, of the best quality. August 8. 3t 61
A valuable Tract of LAND for Sale.
The Subscriber will sell his Plantation cal- led Level-Green, adjoining the town of Kempsville, in the county of Princess Anne. There is on the farm a Dwelling- House and orchards; it contains about 300 acres, and the land is excellent; it's figure is a square, and its local position handsome and eligible, lying on the Eastern-Branch of El- izabeth river, and also on the publick road leading to Norfolk. It is conveniently situated with respect to Norfo- k market, being about 3 miles distant by water, and 9 by land. It is contiguous to Broad-Creek, which abounds in good oysters; it is well timbered, and has a good landing. 'Tis not ex- travagant to say, that from the timber alone, a net sum may be made nearly, if not entirely, equal to the purchase mo- ney. Any person who may wish to view the Land, will ap- ply to Mr. Wilson on the premises, to Mr. Charles Sayer, William Bishop, James Robinson, or William White, all of whom reside in the neighbourhood.—The purchaser will be accommodated in a long credit. Tully Robinson. Princess-Anne, August 8. tf 63
Received her the Schooner Ranger, 17 Puncheons Tobago RUM. 5 do. do. MOLASSES. For SALE by Wilson, Cunningham, & co. August 8. 3w 58
Prime PORK, (N. Y. Inspection) in barrels, Cargo do. do. 2 Tons of CORDAGE; 6 Sets Fancy Chairs—For Sale by J. NEWCOMB. August 8.
NEW WHEAT FLOUR, In barrels and half barrels, for family use, for Sale by I. & W. Southgate. August 4. 6t 50
FOR SALE, The LOT and HOUSES, whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul resides; on it are a three story Dwelling-House, an Office, a Kitchen, and other houses necessary for family use—A Well of good Water newly fitted, and a Garden lately pailed in, a Ware- house and Cellar under it, the remains of a Wharf which will make a good foundation to build on, with all the pri- vileges of lots situated on the river of extending a wharf—Also, two hundred and seventy-one and half acres of well tim- bered Land, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Fish and Oysters can be conveniently taken—Also, a Lot in Smithfield, between Mr. Purdie's and Capt. Todd's lots. For terms apply to Thomas Newton. August 1. tf 39
NOTICE.
Apprehensions for the health of his family, having induced the subscriber, very reluctantly, to remove from the Borough of Norfolk, he has fixed his final re- sidence in Richmond, and may be found always at his office near the capitol, in the house lately occupied by M. Jones, Esq. the Commissioner of Loans. He proposes to practice law in the Federal Courts, Court of Appeals, and Chancery Court in Richmond, and will also continue to practice in the Chancery Court at Williamsburg and District Court of Suf- folk. His clients in the County and Borough Courts of Nor- folk, are referred to Messrs. Littleton W. Tazewell and Ro- bert B. Taylor, who have obligingly undertaken to finish his business there—in all important cases, in which those gen- tlemen have been previously engaged, or where the partiality of a client may have relied peculiarly on the subscriber, he will continue to give his attendance until such cases shall be finished. He will also continue to attend the Law District Court of Williamsburg, until his cases there shall be disposed of by final adjudication, or placed in other hands to the satisfaction of his clients. William Wirt. Richmond, August 4. 12w6w 57
COGNAC BRANDY.
This Day landing on Newton's wharf, from the Schooner Ri- sing States, Capt. Newcomb, from New-York, 11 pipes 4th pf. real Cognac Brandy, 1 do. Old PORT WINE. And in Store, just received, 1 Hogshead fresh LIME JUICE, 1 do. SHRUB. Price & Waddey. August 4. 3t 46
Ten Dollars Reward,
WILL be given to any person for apprehending a Ne- gro Woman by the name of LUCY, about 25 years of age, a smart free spoken likely girl, has a scar on the right side of her neck. I have been informed that she has been seen about the kitchen of Captain Michael Corran, and about Mr. Roger's Blacksmith's Shop. When stopped and interro- gated, she says that her mistress has hired her out, at other times she says that she has just come from home, by which means she has not been taken up. All persons are forewarned not to harbor the said Woman, and masters of vessels and others are notified not to take her off Mary Williams, August 6. 3tc 52 Boush's Lane.
THE PUBLICK LEDGER.
TO SHEW THE VERY AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME, HIS FORM AND PRESSURE.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1806.
Captain Bayton, of the brig Jupiter, from Gren- ada and St. Thomas, informs us, that when he left the former island, the 23d of last month, Miranda was at Trinidad recruiting. Captain Lewis, late of the Leander, came passenger from Barbados to Grenada with Captain Bayton, and was to sail for New-York in the barque Jane, in 10 days.
Fire! —Yesterday morning about one o'clock, a house (unoccupied) in the fields, was discovered to be on fire, but not until it was nearly consumed, and had actually communicated to the adjacent building, occupied by Mr. John Saunders, which was soon consumed. The fire was then communicated to Mr. Guy's and Mr. Price's houses; all four of the build- ings with the out-houses, being constructed with wood, were soon in a blaze, and consumed.
Although it is very difficult to stop the progress of fire among frame-buildings, yet we are confident that a few fire-hooks, and axes in good hands, would have saved two of the buildings; but there were nei- ther hooks, axes, nor an engine to be seen. We no- tice this circumstance, not by way of reproach, but in the hope of stimulating the citizens of the borough, to be better prepared to meet the dreadful effects of an element, which they have so often, and so severe- ly felt, and are still so much exposed to.
We are sorry to add that there are strong reasons for supposing that this calamity has not been the ef- fect of accident, but of a diabolical design, which be- lief is certainly much strengthened, from the circum- stance of the house which was first on fire, being un- occupied.
REMOVAL OF THE MARSHAL OF NEW YORK. The removal of this officer was announced in our last, attended with remarks from two papers, by which it appears that Mr. Swartwout has been re- moved, on a suspicion that his conduct in the case of Smith and Ogden has been improper. Several pa- pers have charged Mr. Swartwout with having sum- moned a larger proportion of Federalists on the se- veral grand and petit juries in these cases, than ought to have been summoned. If this be a fact, it certain- ly does not afford sufficient cause for his removal, un- less it was done from a corrupt motive. It is said that Mr. Swartwout's testimony (which we have not seen) was exceedingly unfavourable to the prosecution, but this, unless he has given false testimony, does not fur- nish a sufficient reason for removal. It is, however, possible, that neither the one nor the other cause has occasioned his removal; we shall therefore cease to puzzle ourselves (and perhaps our readers) with conjectures that may not come nearer the truth than those with which we set out, and offer some reflec- tions excited by this unexpected removal.
Experience is the best test whereby to prove the correctness or the error of any principle; the the- ory will oftentimes appear excellent, when practice will prove it destructive.
The part of our constitution which gives the Pre- sident the power of removing officers, is taken from that part of the British Constitution which makes officers hold their appointments during the king's pleasure—It would appear that the power given to the President in this country (though in theory the same) will likely produce more evil, than that given to the king of England will in that country. In this country the President depends on the voice of the people for his continuation in office; in England the crown is not only for life, but is hereditary. A Pre- sident who wishes to continue in power, or who wishes to transfer it to some favourite, will generally endea- vour to secure as many partisans among the people as he can. Every man knows that no more probable mode of success can be adopted, than by filing ap- pointments with his partisans. We may talk of republican independence, but every day's experience shews us, that we are as much the creatures of power as are the subjects of a monarch.
Power, and wealth (which usually attends it) have their influence as much in republics as they have in monarchies; excessive abuse is more readily check- ed in the former than in the latter, and that is all.
Among the abuses of power, we shall always class the removal of an officer without cause assigned. We know that the letter of the constitution does not oblige the President to assign any cause for remov- ing an officer, and we are sensible that the practice is against assigning cause. We are not satisfied that either the principle, as expounded, or the prac- tice, is correct; indeed we incline to think that a sound interpretation of the spirit of the constitution compels the President to assign the cause of remo- val, as we shall endeavour hereafter to prove, in the language and in the reason of an authority, which a republican cannot question.
Removals from office upon reasons which are not assigned, have many pernicious tendencies.— A removal from office, with a large proportion of the people, will always carry the imputation of some fault, although none is assigned, much less proved. It therefore follows, that men of probity, and at the same time of understanding, will feel re- luctant to accept offices from which they are subject to removal, with the loss of a proportion of an honest fame, acquired by uniform integrity. The field is then open for that herd of unprincipled, profligate and idle wretches, which is the curse of every com- munity. It requires a large portion of integrity to discharge the duties of an office faithfully, when we are conscious that a faithful discharge will not secure continuation; that there are minds superior to un- worthy motives and actions in all cases, we can rea- dily admit, but the great mass of men in office will make the most of their offices while they hold them, and on account of the insecurity of their tenures, in o-
ther words "they will make hay while the sun shines."
We are sensible that we may be told that it is much easier to find fault than to suggest remedy. Under the constitution as it at present stands, there is no effectual remedy; but a faithful administration of it, as suggested by the authority already alluded to, would be attended with private security and pub- lick advantage. The following extract is taken from a letter addressed by a gentleman, who had been removed from an office, to the Secretary of State at that time.
"Do you suppose or contend that the power com- mitted to the executive by the constitution, to re- move and censure a publick minister, or any other publick servant, has authorised it so to do, without a sufficient cause? or that the executive is not account- able to the publick, and the party injured, for such an act, in like manner as it is accountable for any and every other act it may perform by virtue of the constitution? Upon what principle is a discrimina- tion founded, which presumes restraints in certain cases against the abuse of executive power, and leaves that power without restraint, in all other ca- ses? And how do you designate, or where draw the line between these two species of power, so opposite in their nature and character? This doctrine is against the spirit of our constitution, which pro- vides a remedy for every injury. It is against the spirit of the spirit of elective government, which considers every publick functionary as a publick servant. It be- comes the meridian of those countries only, where the monarch inherits the territory as his patrimony, and the people who inhabit it, as his slaves."
"That the right to censure and remove a publick officer was delegated to the executive, with peculiar confidence, is a motive why it should be exercised with peculiar care; for the more confidential the trust which is committed to a publick functionary, in a responsible station, the greater circumspection he should use in the discharge of it. It was not intend- ed thereby to dispense with the principles of justice, or the unalienable rights of freemen, in favour of ex- ecutive pleasure. On the contrary, it was expect- ed, that that pleasure would be exercised with discre- tion, and that those principles and rights would be invariably observed. It is an incompetent recom- pense to a person who has been injured by the ex- ecutive, to be told that the constitution permits the in- jury, if the power intrusted was thereby abused, and the principles of the constitution violated. And it is an unbecoming measure in the administration, to defend by the argument of power, what it cannot justify at the tribunal of reason and justice."
We do not give any opinion as to the particular subject under discussion, but present these remarks as abstract propositions, to the soundness of which we give our hearty approbation. All our readers may not know who is the authority on which we have relied, and so much approved. We assure such, that the writer of the letter from which the ex- tract is made, is JAMES MUNROE, who may be the next PRESIDENT of the United States, if he should, may he remember his own maxims, and act up to them.
Trials of Smith and Ogden.
As these trials are likely to produce serious and in- teresting discussion, we shall make it a portion of our duty to lay before our readers whatever we may con- sider worthy of their attention respecting them. In discharging this duty we shall endeavour to be impar- tial, and consequently shall copy the arguments on both sides; in which spirit, we inserted the remarks from the National Intelligencer in our last, and insert those in the first page of this day's Ledger from the same pa- per.—With respect to the proceedings of the trial, the following notice determines us not to copy any more of them, from the same source that we have de- rived those which we have already copied.
To the Editor of the Commercial Advertiser.
SIR, I have observed in the American Citizen, a re- port of the proceedings of the late circuit court of the United States for the New York district, and which, as far as it has been given, contains many inaccuracies and material misrepresentations.
I think it proper to state, that all the proceedings on the trial have been taken by Mr. Lloyd, the cele- brated Stenographer, particularly employed by Mr. Ogden and myself, that a correct statement might be on record. The report of the trial is now in the press, and will soon be presented to the public, with that impartiality, for which Mr. Lloyd is re- markable. Until this publication is made, the pub- lic are solicited to suspend their opinion.
W. S. SMITH
New-York, August 1, 1806 [The editors of papers throughout the United States, who have republished the report of the trials of Col. Smith and Mr. Ogden, from the American Citizen, will do justice to themselves and the public by republishing the above.]
The Editor of the Trenton Federalist, makes the following remarks, introductory to the address of the Sheriff of Litchfield in the case of Selleck Osborn, published in our last.
"We are induced to give the following publication of the sheriff of the county of Litchfield, Connecticut, a place in our paper, under the consideration that many persons in this quarter may have received improper impressions from a statement of some de- mocratick men of that place, relative to the treat- ment of Selleck Osborn, a prisoner in the gaol of Litchfield, by the said sheriff, which has of late been circulating in the Democratick papers, and which has been made the subject of consideration at a pub- lick meeting of persons calling themselves Repub- licans, headed by Judge Pennington, in the town of Newark in this state. Did we suppose that our de- mocratick neighbours would have the candour to publish the statement of sheriff Landon, our paper would not be occupied with it. The subject of Os- born's treatment, he being a democratick writer, is made a party matter of, for declamation, with the view of disgracing the federal cause. We are there- fore desirous that the truth should be made known, in order that the views of the malevolent may be counteracted."
"When we first saw the publications of the de- mocratick presses on this subject, and before the counter statement of sheriff Landon appeared, this consideration was impressed upon our minds: "How easily would it have been for Osborn's friends to have saved him all the hard usage he is pretended to have received, by the payment of his hundred dollar fine, and becoming responsible for his good behaviour." Certainly the fine is not a heavy one, and if he be as good a man as Judge Pennington and the democrats of Newark have resolved him to be, there could not be much risk in becoming security for his good behaviour. But this would not have an- swered their purposes. They wish to destroy the confidence of the people in the men who at present administer the government of Connecticut, in order to get themselves into their places. To effect this ob-

ject it is necessary to circulate slanders and misrepresentations, and when the men whom they hire to do this business are convicted of libels and fined for breaches of the law, they are permitted to go to jail—then, unwarrantable privileges are demanded for them, which the executive officers cannot consistently with their duty grant, and which are neither expected nor desired. Whereupon a hue and cry of oppression is raised that the passions of the people may be interested, and odium excited against those who cannot be put down by fair and honourable means. Mr. Jefferson's heart is set upon destroying the political consequence of the present rulers of the state of Connecticut. At least this appears to be the case from the activity and zeal displayed by his placemen in that commonwealth. The administration of that state is an eye-sore to him. It presents a state of well regulated society far superior to any, where his notions of policy and his men have prevailed. While New-York and Pennsylvania and Virginia, under his keepers, are torn by faction and disorganized in their finances, he sees Connecticut prosperous, peaceful and happy, annually paying out of its treasury more money for the support of publick schools for the education of the poor, than is taxed upon the inhabitants for the support of government. He sees it possessing a government administered with far less expense than any in the Union, in comparison of the population of the state, and by men to whom he and his partisans have devised as extravagant and corrupt. These things make him unhappy, because they satirize his political dogmas and baffle his restless, ambitious views. Notwithstanding his boasted majority in the union, and the servile obedience of so many states to this will—notwithstanding the fulsome adulation of his partisans, and the ostentatious display of his Louisiana purchase and mountains of salt: Yet, when he turns his eyes towards Connecticut, he seems to cry out, like the Amalekite at the court of the Assyrian Monarch, "All this avails me nothing, so long as I behold Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate!"
In the American Citizen of New-York, Cheetham, speaking of a jury who found 1400 dollars against him at the court in Albany, says, "where as good a jury as Marshall Swartwout selected for the trial of Smith and Ogden could be chosen by a friendly sheriff." This probably explains the reason of Mr. S. being turned out of office by our impartial executive. But the judge, the marshal, the defendant's, &c. being all demo's, though perhaps some of them not of the right stamp, it is hoped they will not blame federalists for any thing they may think wrong in the proceedings of that court. True American.
CONSUMPTION.
Completely to eradicate this disorder, I will not positively say the following remedy is capable of doing; but I will venture to affirm, that by a temperate mode of living , (avoiding spirituous liquors wholly ) wearing flannel next to the skin, and taking every morning half a pint of New Milk , mixed with the expressed juice of Green Hoarhound , the complaint will not only be relieved, but the individual shall procure to himself a length of days beyond what its mildest form can give room to hope for. I am myself, sir, a living witness of the beneficial effects of this agreeable, and tho' innocent, yet powerful application. Four weeks use of the hoarhound relieved the pains of my breast; gave me to breathe deep, long and free; strengthened and harmonized my voice, and restored me to a better state of health than I had enjoyed for many years. (Litchfield Witness.)
SPANISH CONSUL GENERAL'S OFFICE, Philadelphia, July 23, 1806.
His Catholic Majesty's Consul General communicated to the Merchants and Traders of this city, under the 29th September 1805, the permission granted for the importation of Dry Goods (muslins excepted) flour and other provisions at Puerto Rico: he has now to inform that he has received a letter from the governor of said island, mentioning that vessels so trading shall be provided by his catholic majesty's respective consuls, with a certificate annexed to the manifest of the cargo, and one to the invoice of each and every shipper. Duties payable on Dry Goods 10 per cent. and on provisions 6 per cent. with liberty to export the produce of the island on paying 5 per cent only.
LONDON, June 14—17.
Conclusion of Lord Melville's Trial.
June 12.—On this day the anxiety to hear the final determination of this important case, attracted crowds beyond what had been present on any former day, and many who had procured tickets were obliged to go away without being able to effect an entrance. The peers assembled in such numbers, that there was scarcely accommodation for them. About a quarter before 11, the managers entered, followed by the other members of the house of Commons, and after them by the Speaker, and about an hour after the Peers.
Silence being proclaimed, the Lord Chancellor addressed their Lordships in the following words:—"Your Lordships having fully considered and deliberated upon the several articles of impeachment exhibited against Henry Viscount Melville, and the evidence adduced in support thereof, are now to proceed to pronounce judgment on the several questions; and the first question is this." His Lordship then stated the charge contained in the first article.
His lordship then put the question to the youngest Baron on the first article, and in succession to every other Peer, up to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Prince of Wales not being present; the Lord Chancellor having taken all the other opinions, gave his own. The manner of putting the question was thus—"John Lord Brooke, is Henry Viscount Melville guilty of the high crimes and misdemeanors charged in this article or not?" Answer, "Not guilty upon my honour."
The Peer in giving his vote stood up, and inclining forwards, placed his right hand on his heart. This had a very impressive effect. The Lord Chancellor having collected the other votes on each charge, gave his own in this form:—"I Thomas Lord Erskine having fully considered and deliberated upon the matter of the first article, am of opinion, that Henry Viscount Melville is not guilty upon that article, upon my honour."
All the votes being taken upon the first article, silence was again proclaimed, and the question put in the same manner on the remaining charges, till the whole was gone through. About 25 minutes was taken up in collecting the whole of the votes on each charge. The whole of the votes were entered about a quarter before three—but it took up about an hour more to count up the numbers. About ten minutes before four, the numbers being all cast up by the clerks, assisted by the agents of the parties, the Lord Chancellor spoke as follows:
THE JUDGMENT:—
"The majority of Lords have ACQUITTED Henry Viscount Melville, on the impeachment preferred against him by the house of Commons, and of all things contained therein—and Henry Viscount Melville, I am to acquaint you, that you are acquitted of the impeachment preferred against you by the house of Commons, and of all things contained therein." The Lord Chancellor then put the question for retiring to the chamber of Parliament, which was ordered. The Lords returned to their own House
in the usual order, and Lord Melville retired with his Council and friends. His Lordship looked extremely well. He was rather agitated at the commencement of the collection of the votes, but he soon became easy again, and conversed with his friends in his usual cheerful manner.
Their royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Cumberland, and Cambridge, and his Highness the Duke of Gloucester, generally voted the same way. Not Guilty —and their royal Highnesses the dukes of Clarence, Kent and Sussex, generally Guilty , except on the 4th article, on which all were unanimous for acquittal.
The whole of the King's household voted Not Guilty on all the charges, except the Earl of Winchelsea; who, in one, if not two, of them voted Guilty .
From the Moniteur—June 6.
His excellency Mouhib Effendi, holding one of the most important places of the Ottoman Porte, and ambassador extraordinary from the sublime Porte, had yesterday his first audience of the emperor and king. At eleven in the morning, the grand master of the ceremonies, accompanied by his attendants, proceeded with six of the Imperial carriages, drawn by six horses each, to take up the ambassador at his hotel; they were escorted by a guard of fifty dragons, and the ambassador, was received at the door of the anti-chamber by the colonel-general of the imperial guard on duty.
The emperor was, as is usual on such occasions, seated on his throne, surrounded by his ministers, high officers, &c. The ambassador made three bows as he advanced, and was saluted in his turn by the emperor, who took off his hat and put it on again. The ambassador then addressed his majesty in the following speech:
"SIRE—His majesty of all the Turks, sovereign on the two Continents and the two holy cities, the Sultan Selim Han, whose reign is eternal! sends me to his imperial and royal majesty Napoleon I. the greatest among the sovereigns who believe in Christ, the resplendent star of the glory of the western nations; him who holds with a steady hand the sword of courage and the sceptre of justice; to deliver to him the present imperial letter, which contains congratulations on his accession to the imperial and royal throne, and assurances of a sincere and entire attachment."
"The Sublime Porte has incessantly breathed its best wishes for the prosperity of France, and for the glory which her sublime and immortal emperor has lately acquired, and the Porte was anxious eminently to testify the joy it felt on the occasion. It was with that view, sir, that my ever magnanimous sovereign has ordered me to approach the throne of your Imperial and royal majesty, to congratulate you on your accession to the Imperial and royal throne, and to assure you, that the ordinary communications not being sufficient upon such an occasion, the Sultan has thought proper to send a special ambassador, in order more signally to express the sentiments of confidence, of admiration, and attachment, with which he is deeply impressed towards a Prince, who he looks upon as the most ancient, the most faithful, and the most necessary friend of his empire."
His majesty made the following answer:
"The mission of your excellency is very acceptable to me. The assurances you give me of the sentiments of Sultan Selim, your master, come home to my heart—One of the greatest and the most useful advantages which I am desirous to derive from the success of my arms, is to be able to support and aid the most useful, as well as the most ancient of my allies. It is with pleasure I thus publicly and solemnly assure you of these sentiments. Whatever of happiness or of misfortune befalls the Ottomans, will be happy or unfortunate for the French. Transmit these assurances to the sultan Selim. Let him bring them to his recollection, whenever my enemies, would attempt to approach him. He can never have any thing to apprehend from me; and while united with me, he shall never have to dread the power of any of his enemies."
The usual presents, were then laid before his majesty; and the extraordinary ambassador, after being presented to her majesty, was re-conducted to his hotel with the same ceremony with which he came to the palace.
From the Moniteur, June 8.
"The disputes between Russia and Austria are amicably adjusted, and the mouths of the Cattaro are evacuated by the Russian troops."
"M. d'Oubril, who is sent to Paris by his majesty the emperor of Russia, brought orders with him to this effect, which he communicated to M. Rassumowsky, the Russian Ambassador at Vienna, who immediately forwarded them, in order that the place should be evacuated without loss of time."
"In consequence of this auspicious intelligence, the French troops will immediately evacuate Germany, the fortress of Brannau will be restored to the Austrians, and the Treaty of Presburgh literally fulfilled."
"If the affairs of the continent take a favourable direction, it will not be for the want of any exertion on the part of England to prevent it. She has done all in her power to throw all again into confusion. Who does not, in fact, see revealed the policy of England? To sow discord and disquiet among the continent: to play the tyrant upon the ocean in order that she may carry on her commercial monopoly at pleasure. This is the incessant object of these eternal enemies of nations. They know the value of the pound of blood of every nation in Europe."
The Moniteur of the same day also contains the following Note upon that passage of Mr. Fox's speech of May 30, wherein he expressed his opinion, that should a favourable opportunity occur he would not object to risk a part of our military force in recovering for Europe what had been lost in the last campaign.
"This passage in Mr. Fox's speech is really extraordinary. What does he mean by acting offensively on the continent? Who are the allies of England in the war! Is it Prussia? But if we rightly read the declaration of England, she has ordered the Prussian vessels to be detained, and in that we cannot recognize a stipulation of alliance. Is it Austria? But before we can suppose Mr. Fox thinks so we must set him down ignorant of the treaty of Presburgh. Is it Russia?—We must also suppose Mr. Fox does not know that which is known to almost all Europe at this day. Let him be well persuaded that the court of St. Petersburg does not know what she herself has to fear from England on the seas and in the east; and that she is ignorant that the affront which has been offered to her ambassador in China, has been produced by the intrigues of the English factory. We must suppose, in fact, that Mr. Fox is ignorant that the mouths of the Cattaro have been restored to Austria, that Brannau is in consequence restored to the emperor of Germany, and that the grand army, in the course of a few weeks, will be united at Paris for the fete which were intended to take place in the month of May. It is true, that the intrigues of the English retarded these fete three months; but it would be easy for us to prove, that the power of France has been increased by the delay and that her system has been consolidated. It is thus that the efforts of England always turn to our advantage."
"If she will only make peace when she shall have recovered all that she has lost on the Continent, which probably means when she shall have effected the re-establishment of the Stadtholder in Holland,
of Austrian Belgium, of the Doges at Venice and Genoa, and of her victim at Naples, this declaration is by no means consoling for the creditors of the English debt. Mr. Windham himself, excellent officer as he is, knows that it will require twenty campaigns to succeed to this extent; and the re-establishment of the princes who owe their fall to nothing else than England, does not offer a very encouraging prospect to the new allies, who would engage in this fourth coalition."
"But if we are to believe these orators, their new military system is to change every thing. What nonsense! At no period have armies purely English ever rendered themselves conspicuous on the continent.—Thus the troops of the Black Prince were composed of Britons, Gascons, Normans. Charles the Bad, the Dukes of Burgundy, the great Feudatories, who betrayed their Prince, produced the success of England. Thus the armies of Marlborough consisted of Dutch and Germans, and only a small number of English." It is true that the Duke of York commanded an army wholly English, when he appeared in our days before Dunkirk, but we know the result of the battle of Hondscoote. It is true, that this same Prince commanded an army entirely English when he landed in Holland; but the retreat of Alkmaar will not be compared with that of the ten thousand. It is true, that more lately also, and in the last war, the English landed in Naples, but they only appeared there to overturn the throne; and after having thus destroyed it, they did not honour its fall with a drop of their blood.
"They have appeared in Hanover; but here their triumphs were limited to the power of re-embarking, an advantage which they owed to the king of Prussia, that prince whom they treat at this moment, with so little consideration."
"Should it even be true, that England had considerable armies in the time of Louis XIV. and XV. we are to draw no conclusion from that respecting her actual military powers. She had not then the great extent of possessions which now belongs to her.—Were her army as great as it has been, it would be annihilated by the establishments which these detachments require. Thus, she is obliged to keep forty regiments in the East Indies, ten in the West, two at Malta, two at Gibraltar, &c. A nation of nine million of people, which before it can have a man for its own defence, is obliged to send fifty regiments to the East and West Indies, to oppose the entire Indian population, the negroes, the Canadians, and the yellow fever, can never be a military power in Europe; and it is in these circumstances that England has lost twenty-five thousand Hanoverian soldiers, a loss which she will never repair. The English are laughing at the princes of Europe, when they suppose that governments are weak enough not to make these calculations; and not to see that a nation, which has occasion for fifty regiments to defend its colonies, and an hundred and 50,000 sailors to protect its commerce and maintain its squadrons, is incapable of any effort in Continental affairs. Besides, these fine speeches of England, when she wishes to seduce cabinets and form coalitions, have never been justified by facts."
Let us recall to our recollection what ministers did at the time of the first coalition. Instead of employing these means, which appear so powerful and formidable in the mouth of their speakers, or their emissaries, the English attacked St. Domingo, Porto Rico, Guadalupe, Martinique, and seemed to have no other anxiety than to plunder the commerce of their friends, as well as their enemies. In the second coalition they went to Egypt, in place of fighting with their allies on the plains of St. Domingo. In the third, they went to the Cape of Good Hope, instead of throwing ten thousand men more into the kingdom of Naples; and when England acted thus, no one can say that she acted ill, for she could not act otherwise. As she is obliged to pay considerable sums to her allies she has no other means of doing it than by plundering the trade of other powers."
"The English nation is brave; but it cannot be denied that the French nation has also its warlike bent. The armies of those two countries must be in proportion to their respective populations; and upon this basis it is clear, that the English army can only be to the French army in the proportion of one to three. Besides to preserve this proportion it would be necessary that England should abandon the idea of keeping up fifty regiments in both the Indies, and reduce, by one half, the hundred and fifty thousand sailors who are on board her fleets. But with Mr. Fox's eloquence, he will find it difficult to persuade the Bank, or the India company, and the chancellor of the Exchequer, that this reduction of military force is a good calculation."
* Yes, there were no English at Alexandria, in Egypt, but there were some "French Invincibles," that were severely drubbed, but by whom it was done we do not know, unless it was the English, but the Moniteur can perhaps tell us.
BREDA, June 9.
Preparations are already making here for the reception of his majesty, our sovereign, Louis Napoleon. Three squadrons of cavalry will tomorrow set off from this place to meet his majesty on the frontiers. The moment his majesty enters our territory, he will be saluted with a discharge of 60 pieces of cannon!
UTRECHT, June 10.
On account of the rumoured arrival of his majesty the king of Holland, at the Hague, his excellency the general in chief Michaud set out from this place early in the morning of yesterday for the Hague, accompanied by an escort of Dutch hussars.
Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, all the grenadier companies of the 22d regiment of the line which were in garrison here set out on their march for the Hague.
This afternoon several grenadier companies coming from Arnheim, Zutphen, and Daventer, passed at the same time through this city, and were afterwards transported in boats to the Hague. The staff of general Michaud left also this place for the Hague.
On Sunday last, M. Schimmelpennick, formerly grand pensionary of the Batavian republic, arrived here, and continued his route to Deventer.
SCHIEDAM, June 14.
Letters from Berlin say, that Baron Hardenberg was about to depart from thence to London on a special mission.
It seems, that the king of Sweden had demanded a categorical answer from the king of Prussia, whether or not he chose to evacuate the Laubenberg territory. He has had an answer; which, if not deemed satisfactory, is to be enforced by the immediate march of the troops which have so long been destined to that service.
A letter from Augsburg, dated June 2, says, the French troops still remain tranquilly in their respective cantonments in Bavaria and Suabia.
It is generally asserted, that the emperor Napoleon has demanded an indemnity for his ally the king of Bavaria in consequence of the protracted stay of the French troops in his dominions, by reason of the Russian occupation of Cattaro.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Brig Jupiter, Bayton, from Grenada, last from St. Thomas, in 14 days, Rum, Thomas Willock.—Left at Grenada the 23d July, barque Jane, for New-York, to sail in 10 days.—Brigs Ann, Venison, of and for Baltimore, in 6 days; Three Friends, —,
of Saco.—Schooners Caroline, Gilbert, of and for this port, in 10 days; Hiram, Parnell, of and for New-Haven, in 10 days; Lydia, Williams, of Middletown, not discharged.—At St. Thomas the 29th July, schooner Betsey, Bloom, of and for Alexandria, in 8 days; many others not recollected.—Aug. 3, in lat. 26, long. 69, 12, spoke sch'r Martha Crawley, 10 days from Charleston, bound to Trinidad (Cuba).
The ship Bengal, Donaldson, from Canton and Batavia, has arrived in the River Delaware.
From Lloyd's Lists, June 6.—At Cowes, Charles, Cromden, from Virginia.—June 12, the ships Desdemona, and India Packet, sailed from Falmouth to the Eastward.
Herbert's Packet will sail for Alexandria on Friday next. August 10.
Walker's Packet will sail for Baltimore on Friday. Aug. 13.
Newcomb's Packet will sail for New-York on SUNDAY next. Aug. 11.
Sales at Auction.
On FRIDAY, the 15th instant, at 10 o'clock, on Southgate's Wharf, will be sold, 40 pipes, 22 blds. 44 quarter casks Choice London Particular Madeira WINE, Landing from the Brig Ann Elizabeth.—A credit of 6, 9, and 12 months will be allowed on all sums exceeding 500 dollars, from 400 to 600 dollars, 6 and 9 months; under 400 dollars, four months.—Notes with approved endorsers. Wm. B. Lamb. August 11. 2 70
On Friday the 15th instant, by order of the President and Directors of the Marine Insurance Company of Norfolk, WILL BE SOLD at Publick Auction, at 12 o'clock, at Willock's wharf,
The Schooner IRIS, as she arrived from Porto Rico, about 600 barrels burthen. Terms approved notes at 90 and 120 days. Thomas Willock, V. M. August 4. tds 51
For Havana, (to sail on Sunday) The Brig INDIAN, Thomas Skinner, Master, can take a few goods on freight, and accommodate 4 or 5 passengers. Apply to T. & W. A. Armistead. Who have landing from the brig Franklin, from Antwerp, A few Thousand DEMIJOHNS. August 13. 3t 75
For Freight or Charter, The copper bottomed Brig JUPITER, Benezey Bayton, Master, burthen 1600 barrels, ready to receive a cargo. Apply to Thomas Willock. August 13. tf 73
Di-solution of Partnership.
THE Partnership of John D. Haldane, & Co. of Norfolk, expired this 11th day of August, 1806, by limitation of time, agreeable to their copartnership articles.—All persons having claims against the said firm, will exhibit them to the said John D. Haldane and Alexander Baird, for settlement; and those indebted to the concern, are requested to make payment to the said John D. Haldane and Alexander Baird, who are fully authorised to grant discharges. John Baird, John D. Haldane. August 11. 3w 72
For SALE—Afloat, 327 Barrels } New. sup. FLOUR, 50 Half Barrels } From Gallego's Mills. 30 Barrels MEAL, containing 200 lb. nett, each. James Herron. August 13. 2 76
200 DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-AWAY from the Subscriber's farm, in Frederick County, Maryland, on the 9th day of July, 1803, a dark mulatto fellow named MOSES, (but commonly called LANHAM.)—He was raised near Piscataway, in Prince Georges County by a family of the Lanham and sold to the late James Marshall, of Frederick County, deceased, by a certain Mr. Burriss, now living at the Eastern-Branch bridge, who has a brother and two sisters of his at this time, and from his acquaintance in the neighbourhood it is very likely that he may be lurking about there now. Moses is about 30 years of age, nearly 5 feet high, stout and very active, very fond of spirituous liquors, and also of gambling; wears his hair combed back; has a pretty long nose, and rather higher than the most of negroes; has a scar on his left cheek bone under his eye; somewhat hard of hearing, and a little round shouldered, and has a very smiling countenance when spoken to. He is a notorious villain, capable of as much deception as any other fellow of his colour. He has a certificate from a coloured man, who was manumitted by a Mr. Carr, near the City of Washington, that calls himself Sam Beall, and very possible passes by the same name. He is well acquainted with the ferrying business, also with the management of horses, and is an excellent hand on a farm; he has worked a little on board of bay crafts, and it is very possible that he may be at that work now, or in some sea-port working on board of shipping or in a brick-yard. I will offer Fifty Dollars if taken fifty miles from home; one hundred dollars if taken one hundred miles from home; one hundred and fifty dollars if taken two hundred miles from home, and if a greater distance the above reward with all reasonable charges if brought home. John L. Harding. Frederick County Md. Aug 2. 1aw4w 65
For Freight or Charter, The New Schooner EAGLE, Daniel Havens, Master—she will carry about 750 barrels, and is a good vessel in every respect—A freight for Lisbon or Madeira would be preferred. For terms apply to Fisk & Catlett. Who have for SALE, received by said Vessel from Boston, 55 barrels No. 1 BEEF, 70 do. do. 2 do. 20 half do. do. 1 do. 60 do. Prime Boston Bay MACKAREL, of a superior quality. July 14. tf 904
For Boston, The Brig LUCY, John Dixey, master, burthen 190 tons.—For freight or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or to Fisk & Catlett. Who have now landing from on board said Vessel, 130 Barrels No. 1 & 2 BEEF, 4 Pipes Cognac BRANDY; 100 Casks LIME. July 23. tf 13
Rum, Sugar, Molasses, and Coffee.
77 Hogsheads Martinique SUGARS, 51 do. Grenada MOLASSES, 12 Punchons do. RUM, and a few bags COFFEE. For Sale by Cocke & Sanford. August 4. 2aw2w 49

Now Publishing in New-York, BY SAMUEL STANSBURY, J. & T. RONALDS, J. OS- BORN, AND GEORGE F. HOPKINS, AN ELEGANT AND CORRECT EDITION, IN ONE VOLUME, OCTAVO, OF WALKER'S Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, And Expositor of the English Language. From the third London Edition: containing the last improvements and corrections of the Author.
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DESERTION. DESERTED from this Garrison, on Sunday the 20th in- stant, JOHN BUSH, a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, private in my Company of Artillerists, 29 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, grey eyes, brown hair, fresh complexion, by occupation a taylor. JOHN LYNCH, a native of Philadelphia, artificer in said company, 24 years old, 5 feet 9 inches high, grey eyes, black hair, fresh complexion, by occupation a house carpenter. JOHN MINOUR, a native of Philadelphia, musician, 5 feet 5 inches high, 17 years old, blue eyes, brown hair, hair com- plexion, occupation a painter. Thirty Dollars will be given as a reward for the above men, or ten dollars for each delivered at this post, to any Officer of the United States army, or secured in any goal, and informa- tion given, so that said deserters may be brought back to their duty. John Saunders, Capt. U. S. Art. Commanding. Fort Nelson, July 25th, 1806. 6t 14
30 Pipes Country GIN, 10 do. real Cognac BRANDY, 20 puncheons W. I. RUM, 15 Quarter Casks Old Sherry WINE, 30 Barrels WHISKEY, 3 Hogsheads Apple BRANDY, 30 Bags PEPPER, 50 Boxes Mould CANDLES, 30 do. Dipped do. 2 Bales Fine CASSAS, 5 do. Beerboom GURRAHS—For Sale at reduced prices by S. Marks, jun. & Co. April 2. tf 631
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We have received by the brig Sumner, from Jamaica, 57 puncheons high proof RUM, 15 Hogsheads MOLASSES—which are offered for Sale on very liberal terms, by Redmon & Frith. ON HAND, A parcel of very good W. Island RUM. June 16. tf 834
FOR SALE, The CARGO of the Brig Hannah, Captain Knapp, from Port Cavenness—consisting of 214 hhds. & 60 tierces prime Molasses. T. & W. A. Armistead, June 11. 3w 830 Marsden's wharf.
ROBERT GIBSON, Has removed to the Fire-Proof Ware-House in Wide Water-Street, nearly opposite Commerce Street. Feb. 28. tf 536
FOR SALE, or RENT, A PLANTATION, situated on Hamp- ton Creek, consisting of about 300 acres; being the property on which Mr. W. Brough has long resided. It possesses all the necessary buildings for the convenience of a family, or agricultural purposes. There are some valuable orchards, one particularly of apples, is considered more productive than any other in that part of the country. There is also a Wind- Mill most eligibly situated.—For particulars, application may be made to Mr. G. Hope, Hampton, Mr. John Dunn, Nor- folk, or the Subscriber in Richmond, who will give imme- diate possession. James D. M'Caw. June 25. 2m 860
All persons indebted to the estate of the late Wm. DAVIES, Esq. will please make payment, and those to whom the estate is indebted, will to please furnish their accounts properly attested, in order that provision may be made for their payment. Fortescue Whittle, Adm r . June 18. 3m 838
Landing at Murray's wharf, from Jon board the ship Caledonian, 1500 Liverpool filled Sacks of SALT, 109 Crates well assorted EARTHENWARE. For Sale by A. Maclure. June 9. tf 822
Fresh supplies of Drugs & Medicines, Have just been received by FREDERICK HERRMAN, & SON, Per the Ship Proteus, from London, and Herald from Liverpool—Also, an assortment of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. A great variety of GENUINE PATENT MEDICINES. All sorts of GLASS AND SHOP FURNITURE, And a prime collection of VALUABLE PERFUMES, includ- ing OTTER of ROSES from Barbary. Importing regularly twice a year from the most respectable Druggists in Europe, we assure those who favour us with their orders, that the strictest attention will be paid to furnish them with articles of the best quality, and on the most rea- sonable terms. ** PERRY'S and LETTOM'S Golden Antibilious PILLS; CHURCH'S and J. K. READ'S COUGH DROPS for Sale.—MEDICINE CHESTS as usual. June 16. tf 835
SECOND CLASS. SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, For the Benefit of WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE.    5,938 Tickets at 10 dolls. each, dolls. 59,380   4,685 do. at 15 do. do. 70,275   10,623 129,655   Deduct loss on 2000 Tickets renewed, 4,500   Dolls. 125,155   To float in the wheel, and come out as chance may direct.    2 Prizes of 5000 Dollars, each, Dolls. 10,000   4 do. 2000 do. 8,000   16 do. 1000 do. 16,000   16 do. 500 do. 8,000   32 do. 200 do. 6,400   160 do. 100 do. 16,000   232 do. 50 do. 11,600   750 do. 20 do. 15,000   1 do. 155   Stationary Prizes are,    1 Prize first drawn, after 1000 Tickets } 500   are out,   1 do. 2000 500   1 do. 3000 500   1 do. 4000 500   1 do. 5000 500   1 do. 6000 500   1 do. 7000 10,000   1 do. 8000 500   1 do. 9000 500   1 do. last drawn, a Prize 20,000   1223 Prizes. Dolls. 125,000 9400 Blanks.
The superiority of this Scheme to the one first proposed, is so obvious, that little need be said in recommendation of it. Those inclined to adventure, will see that their chance for obtaining prizes is greatly increased; that pending the drawing, their small prizes may be immediately invested in other tickets, thereby giving them a chance for prizes of considerable magnitude. To those who have drawn prizes of 15 dollars, in the First Class, as well as to those who have drawn blanks, information is now given, that the prizes may at their own option be re- newed by tickets in this Class, and their blanks also, but upon the payment in the latter case of 10 dollars with each blank, provided such prizes and blanks, with the cash, be remitted free of postage, to Nobt. Greenhow, merchant, in Williamsburg, agent and treasurer, or to William Newsum, Post-Master, in Norfolk, previous to the commencement of the drawing, after which period no renewal will be made. When to the prospect of individual advantage that may result to each adventurer, is added the patri- otic reasons which induced the legislature to autho- rise this Lottery, it is ardently hoped that the dis- position of tickets, will soon enable the commission- ers to certify, that the drawing has commenced; which event, the agent assures the public, shall be expedited by every means in his power. Nobt. Greenhow, Ag't & Treasurer. June 18. tf 842
CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY. EPHRAIM WELCH, No. 88, MAIN-STREET, WITH gratitude acknowledges the liberal encourage- ment the citizens of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the Public have been pleased to offer since the introduction of his Nail Manufactory in this Borough, and informs them that he has erected all his Machines new, which are very consid- erably improved, and continues to manufacture the best qual- ity—and has on hand for SALE, a constant supply of Patent NAILS and BRADS, Which is cut length ways of the hoop, and to accommodate his customers, has thought proper to reduce the prices as follows, by the keg for Cash, viz. 8d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. 10d. 12d. and 20d. Brads at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Nails at 9d. 1-2 per lb. Sheathing Nails at 7d. 1-2 per lb. 6d. Brads at 4s. 6d. per M. 4d. do. at 2s. 9d. per M. 3d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. 4d. Nails at 2s. 9d. per M. 2d. and 2d. do. at 2s. 3d. per M. ALSO FOR SALE, Crowley and German Steel Hoop IRON.— Nail Machines made and warranted good, on short notice. N. B. All of the Nails, Brads, and Articles, sold at the Ma- nufactory. June 13. tf 831
NEW CUT-NAIL MANUFACTORY, ON TOWN POINT, A small distance below County Wharf, Wide Water Street. THE Subscriber has, at a considerable expense, fitted up, in addition to his other business, a complete set of machinery, adequate to finish 500 to 600 lbs. of Nails daily. He is also provided with a good stock of Iron; and with a sufficient number of skillful workmen. He has on hand a constant supply of Nails, Flooring Brads, and Sprigs, which he offers for Sale at the reduced prices as follows, by the keg, for cash only, viz. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Nails, at 7 1-2d per lb. 8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d Brads at 7 1-2d per lb. 6d, Nails at 9 1-2d per lb. Sheathing, do. at 7 1-2d per lb. 6d, Brads at 4s 6d per M. 4d, do. at 2s 9d per M. 3d, do. at 2s 3d per M. 4d, Nails at 2s 9d per M. 3d & 2d do. at 2s 3d per M. ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. June 2. tf 763
FOR SALE, 3000 Pieces Yellow NANKEN, 11 Boxes Imperial TEA, 6 Chests Hyson do. The above of the best quality and entitled to drawback. Apply to Robert Maitland & Co. WHO HAVE ON HAND, Hibbert's best bottled Porter and Brown Stout. Also, Old L. P. Madeira Wine, fit for immediate use. March 5. tf 560.
FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND, late the property of Christopher Gardner, deceased, con- taining one hundred acres, situated on the west side of Broad-Creek, about three miles from Norfolk. It has on it a roomy comfortable Dwelling-House; one third of the land is cleared, the remainder is in woods of good timber. A long credit will be given for the greatest part of the purchase mo- ney. Swepson Whitehead, Ex r . July 18. 3w 2
FOR SALE, A quantity of New-York and English SLATE, of superior quality. Reilly & Tunis. June 23. tf 837
FOR SALE, 10 Groce Wine & Porter BOTTLES, 700 Groce CORKS, 500 lb. excellent GLUE, 11,000 two and 3 Bushel BAGS, 105 Boxes Window GLASS, 175 do. 1st qual. Spanish SEGARS, 27 Packages German LINEN. For Sale by John C. Niemeyer. July 28. 3m 25
FOR RENT, The Store, Compting Room & Cellar No. 41, Main-Street, lately occupied by Mr. Wm. M'Cut- chen. Apply to Thomas Willock. March 17. 584
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, OPPOSITE THE EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, in advance.