Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1805-11-29 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. II.]
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1805.
[NO. 59]
WHOLESALE PRICE-CURRENT.
Table with 5 columns: ARTICLE, per, From, To, Remarks. Lists prices for various goods like Bacon, Beef, Brandy, Bread, Butter, Candles, Coal, Coffee, Cotton, Duck, Fish, Flour, etc.
Premiums of Insurance on American Property. To Great-Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, without the Straights of Gibraltar. France, Holland, Bremen, and Embden, In the Mediterranean, Madeira, Canaries, Azores, and Cape de Verd Islands, British and Neutral Windward Islands from Barbadoes to St. Thomas, Jamaica and Honduras, Porto Rico, Havana, Cape-Francois, Ports in the Bite of Leogane, Ports on the South side of St. Domingo, Persia, India, and China, Coasters.
THIS PAPER IS PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK; PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE—SINGLE PAPER TWELVE AND ONE HALF CENTS—ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INSERTED AT THE RATE OF FIFTY CENTS FOR THE FIRST, AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER SQUARE FOR EACH SUCCEEDING INSERTION
WANTED, A VESSEL, about 1500 bushels burthen, to load here for Saint Mary's, in Georgia. Apply to DAVIS & DICKSON. Nov. 25.
FOR BOSTON, The fast sailing new Schooner EAGLE, Daniel Haven, Master: Burthen 85 tons—will sail in four or five days—For freight or passage, apply to Martin Fisk.
Who has this day landing from said schooner, 100 Bbls. Prime PORK, 50 do. do. BEEF, 100 bbls. NEATS TONGUES, 12 kits with Rounds of BEEF, 300 boxes old BROWN SOAP, 100 do. MOULD CANDLES, 4, 5, and 6 the lb. 25 do. SPERMACETI do. 125 Hogs B.TTER, of the first quality, for family use. 75 boxes CHOCOLATE, 30 quarter casks Malaga WINE, 10 hds N. E. RUM, 50 boxes CHEESE, of the first quality for family use, 25 do. Cotton and Wool CARDS, assorted, 10 do. hot pressed Playing CARDS, 10 cases Dutch Glass TUMBLERS, 100 straws each, 30 casks 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, and 10d CUT NAILS, 20 chests Hyson and Young HYSON TEAS, 500 lbs. Spanish flax Indigo, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves and Cinnamon. A quantity of Sole Leather, Calf Skins, and Boot Legs, 3000 pair mens', womens' and boys shoes, suitable for the approaching season.
ALSO, A few pipes old COGNAC BRANDY of a superior quality. November 25.
WANTED, A VESSEL, burthen 200 tons, for the West-Indies. Richard Boyce. November 22.
Jamaica and Nevis RUM. Now landing from on board the schooner Hope, capt. Sprague, from Jamaica, and sloop Patty, capt. Boyer, from Nevis, 170 hds. Jamaica, 45 hds. Nevis, RUM. For Sale by William Pennock.
WHO OFFERS The Sloop PATTY for Charter, she carries 400 barrels flour, and will be ready to receive a cargo in two days. November 18.
FOR LONDON, The new fast sailing SHIP CALEDONIAN, John Dickson, Master, burthen 356 tons.—For freight or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the master on board, or to William Dickson. Nov. 15.
FOR SALE, Freight, or Charter, THE GOOD BRIG TWO BROTHERS, Peter S. Hartshorne, master, burthen 200 tons.—Apply to William Hartshorne, Jun. Nov. 15.
FOR LONDON, THE AMERICAN SHIP ELIZA, Burthen 420 hogsheads, now in complete order to receive a cargo, a part of which is already engaged, for the balance apply to the owners. C. & F. WHITTLE.
A parcel of Prime PORK for Sale, November 1.
FOR LONDON, The Ship SUFFOLK, John Bryant, Master, Having two thirds of her cargo engaged, will sail in all this month. For freight of the balance, or passage, having good accommodations, apply to the captain on board, William Mackenzie, & Co. of Richmond, or John Mackenzie, & Co. November 1.
FOR A PORT IN FRANCE, The American Brig VIRGINIA, Captain S. Hill, Burthen about 200 hogsheads—Having a part of her cargo engaged, the balance will be taken upon a moderate freight, if immediate application is made to John Newell, jun. WHO HAS FOR SALE, BURR STONES AND PLASTER PARIS, received per said Brig from Cherbourg. October 28.
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, (To a Port in France,) The fine new Ship, SUSAN, Captain Loring:— Burthen 330 hogsheads tobacco. Will be ready for the reception of a cargo in ten days. For terms, apply to Captain Loring, or Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. WHO HAVE THE CARGO OF SAID SHIP FOR SALE, CONSISTING OF ABOUT 5,500 Bushels LISBON SALT. And some choice Old WINE, in quarter casks. September 6.
For Bordeaux, (To sail by the 15th inst.) The Brig CATHARINE, Capt. JOHN CHILTON.—For passage only, apply to the Master on board, or THOMAS WILLOCK. November 1.
FOR FREIGHT, OR CHARTER, To a Port in France, The Prussian Brig TWO FRIENDS, BOYLAU, Master: Burthen about 200 hogsheads tobacco.—For terms apply to the Master on board, or WILLIAM PENNOCK. October 14.
MUSEUM NATURAE, Of Norfolk and Portsmouth. THE liberality of a number of friends of the Arts and Sciences, in Norfolk, having enabled the undersigned to make a beginning with this Institution, he has taken the house and lot, formerly occupied by Mr. Riffaud as a publick garden, on the south side of the New Bridge, and feels confident that his labours and exertions will meet with ample encouragement from the liberal and enlightened communities of this, and of the neighbouring towns and countries. The institution will consist of a Botanical Garden, containing specimens of all the vegetable productions of this country, and furnished with green-houses, for all such exotic and rare plants, as may be procured from abroad, of a cabinet of Natural Curiosities, composed of indigenous and exotic Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Shells, Minerals, &c. scientifically classed and arranged, according to their various classes, orders, genera and species; and finally of a menagerie of all kinds of living Animals, Birds, Reptiles, &c. He takes the liberty of soliciting the aid and assistance of the inhabitants of this State, for the speedy increase of the collections, by favouring his infant institution with all such natural productions and curiosities, as they may have in their possession, and have no particular use for: whether Animals, living or dead; Vegetables, or Minerals. Every object thus proffered, will be carefully preserved, with the name of the donor therefor; and will serve as a lasting proof of his taste and love for Arts and Science, and of his liberality towards the Institution. Subscriptions for the forwardness and increase of this undertaking, at the rate of 25 dollars, bearing interest at six per cent per annum, and to be reimbursed at the expiration of two years, are still solicited and received at the Museum; at the Book-Store of Messrs. A. C. Jordan, & co. and at Mr. Riffaud's, at Norfolk. Besides the interest of their money, the subscribers to these terms, have the privilege of visiting, at their pleasure, and free from all expenses, the Museum Naturae, whereof they will be considered to be the founders and chief promoters. DELACOSTE. November 22.
Fresh Raisins, Malaga Wine, &c. TOMORROW will commence landing on our wharf, from on board the Schooner Maryland Mary, capt. Howatt, from Malaga, her Cargo, consisting of 300 quarter casks Malaga WINE, 672 Boxes Muscatel RAISINS, 992 do. do. BROOM, 108 Jars GRAPES, 49 Quarter barrels SUN RAISINS, 90 Sacks soft shell ALMONDS, 50 Quarter barrels FIGS, 45 Kegs ANCHOVIES—all fresh and in good order, for sale on liberal terms. Apply to Donaldson, Thorburn, & Co. November 18.
This Day landing at Commerce-street wharf, from on board the schooner Sarah, capt. Parrot, from St. Bartholomews, 33 hlds. & 10 tierces St. Kitt's SUGAR, 31 do. Montserrat RUM. 300 bbs. PORK, and 80 bbs. BEEF, Norfolk Inspection. 70 do. New-York PORK, 4 Pipes London Particular Madeira WINE, 2 do. fourth proof BRANDY, 3000 wt. BLACK PEPPER, 1200 bushels Cadiz SALT, 50 Firkins fresh Shanadoah BUTTER—For Sale by James Dykes, & Co. November 18.
PRIME FLOUR, Made particularly for family use, just received by J. & W. Southgate. November 18.
The Subscribers offers for Sale, 31 Hlds. Prime Muscovado SUGAR, 21 Barrels PRIME PORK, now landing on Marsden's wharf from on board the schooner Weymouth, from N. York. ALSO, 6 Hogsheads refined SUGAR, Received per schooner Richmond, capt. Seaman, from New-York. Phinehas Dana, & Co. November 18.
40 Barrels New-York Prime PORK, Received per Schooner Rising States, Captain J. Newcomb. For sale by Phinehas Dana & Co. October 7.
FOR SALE, A very handsome SADDLE MARE, who goes well in harness—also, a SADDLE HORSE, remarkably easy in all his gaits.—Enquire at the Office of the Ledger. November 6.
THE CARGO of the Ship Eliza, Obediah Smith, master, from Bordeaux, will commence landing This Day on Newton's wharf, consisting of 440 Hogsheads choice CLARET, 293 Cases do. do. 143 do. White WINE, 180 Boxes Fresh PRUNES of excellent quality, for Sale by Moses Myers. November 18.
TO RENT, The Warehouses at present occupied by James Herron on my wharf, capable of storing 4,000 barrels flour, and free from danger of high tides—Possession may be had of them on the first of September next; if agreeable, the Wharf may be had with them. Also, for Lease, for a term of Years, The Wharf adjoining mine, newly repaired, 56 1-2 feet in front, running back from 2 to 250 feet, with sufficient well made ground for the erection of warehouses—at the end of the wharf, there is water for any ship, with a convenient Lumber Yard. For terms apply to John Davis. Portsmouth, July 29.
FOR RENT, That beautiful SEAT near Portsmouth, called THE COTTAGE, It may be had with or without the Farm annexed, which, in point of fertility, is equal to any land in the lower country—Some farming utensils, and a negro or two may be also had. A STORE-HOUSE, near the Market in Portsmouth, is for rent.—Enquire of William Leigh. Portsmouth, Nov. 27.
EDENTON ACADEMY. The Publick are respectfully informed that Edenton Academy is again opened under the direction of Mr. Freeman; it is presumed, not subject to future derangement from the absence of the Instructors—Every possible exertion will be made to render the Institution worthy the patronage of a discerning publick. Reading, Writing, English Grammar, Elocution, Arithmetick, Geography, the use of the Globes, Rhetorick, Logic, Metaphysicks, the elements of ancient and modern History, the Latin, Greek and French Languages, Geometry, Mensuration, Trigonometry, &c. will be taught with the greatest diligence. Strict attention will be paid to the morals of the Students, the apartment of the Young Ladies visited, and their education and deportment attended to by the principal of the Academy. Edenton, November 18th, 1805. N. B. A Lecture on some Moral or Religious subject will be delivered to the Students, at the Court-House, on every succeeding Sunday, unless some Clergyman should appear to perform Divine Service. 4w 308
Landing on Maxwell's wharf, from New-York, 40 Barrels New Prime PORK, City Inspection.—For Sale by Jas. & Thos. Tucker. November 23.
The Subscribers offer for Sale, The CARGO of the Sloop, Lark, capt. Davis, consisting of Merchantable Boards & Spruce Spars. ALSO, 65 Barrels Prime PORK, landing on Maxwell's wharf, from New-York, and 3 hogsheads Old London Particular MADEIRA WINE, fit for immediate use. PHINEHAS DANA, & Co. November 25.
NEW BEEF. The Subscribers have just received and offer for sale, 100 Barrels NEW BEEF, Boston Inspection. Phinehas Dana, & co. November 1.
LIVERPOOL SALT, &c. &c. FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Ship Jane, William Crolley, Master, from Liverpool—consisting of 12,000 Bushels STOVED SALT—Loose and in Sacks. 100 Crates QUEENS WARE—Assorted. 25 Casks NAILS—3d, to 20. 5 Bales BLUE KERSEYS. 3 do. BLUE PLAINS. 2 do. low priced BLUE & BROWN CLOTHS. 10 do. DUFFIL BLANKETS—Assorted. 10 do. ROSE BLANKETS do. 3 do. BLUE DUFFILS. 18 Tons COAL. William Pennock. November 8.
To be Leased, For one or six years, and possession to be had on the first of January next. A Commodious BRICK-HOUSE on Smith's Point, now occupied by Mr. Harris—all convenient offices, and a good garden are annexed to this tenement—For the accommodation of a tenant, an adjoining lot may be had. P. Barraud. November 18.
NOTICE. PETITIONS will be presented to the next General Assembly of this State, for the following objects, to wit: 1st.—To alter the present mode of electing the Common Council of the Borough of Norfolk, and to subject the voters to fines for non-attendance. 2nd.—To enable the Mayor, Recorder, and Common Council to enforce, by bye-laws, similar to those in Alexandria, the paving of the streets, and more effectually to remove nuisances and improve the health of the town. 3rd.—To extend the jurisdiction of the Corporation Courts, so as to allow process for apprehending criminal and fugitives, to be served any where upon the waters within the limits of the Port of Norfolk and Portsmouth. 4th.—To authorise the Corporation Court to keep or let out the right of Ferryage from the Borough of Norfolk, to the opposite shores of Elizabeth River and Hampton, and to apply the profits thereof towards the support of an Hospital for the reception of indigent sick persons (not belonging to any vessel) who may be seized with the Yellow Fever, or other diseases incident to seaport towns. 5th.—Further to amend the Charter of the Borough of Norfolk, in such manner that the same person may be re-elected Mayor from year to year not exceeding years and, together with the Aldermen, to receive such compensation for his and their services as the Common Council shall deem reasonable, to be paid either out of the general funds of the town, or by a tax upon law process, bills of health, and so forth. 6th.—For an amendment of the Dock Law, so as to permit the fixture of Flood Gates at the Lower Bridge, on the back Creek, to keep in or let out at will, the water, for the greater comfort of the surrounding inhabitants, as well as for the improvement of the navigation of the creek below the bridge. 7th.—To amend and explain the Acts of Assembly respecting the appointment and duties of Harbour Masters, in such manner as shall in future prevent any interference between those who may be appointed by the County Courts, and those to be appointed by the Courts of the Corporation—letting each to depend upon their own industry, "as to bringing vessels to their mooring in the harbour," but not to interfere with vessels avowedly bound to, or which may be at the wharves or docks of the other. October 21.
TO RENT, (And possession given the 1st day of October,) TWO VERY CONVENIENT WAREHOUSES, at present occupied by Mr. J. Prouft. For terms, apply to Robert Gibson. September 6.

THE EDITOR feels himself under the painful necessity of calling upon all those who are subscribers to the Publick Ledger, and have not already paid, to pay up the second annual subscription due the 17th of July last. Those few who are in arrears for the first year, will most particularly attend to this notice. Conscious on his part, that he has neglected no means, which were within the compass of his power, to secure publick patronage, he appeals to the justice of his friends. He believes very few, who have not made the experiment can form a correct idea, of the expense of such an establishment, as the Publick Ledger. The Editor has, from the first moment that he undertook the exclusive management of the paper, (pursuing the course adopted by his predecessor,) resolved that no complaints should be urged against the Ledger, which industry or expense would obviate, and he flatters himself that there is no paper in the United States, which at the same price, furnishes more new matter in each week, and he certainly may add that the quality of the paper on which the Ledger is printed, is not inferior to any. The Editor has had the pleasure to perceive that his endeavours, have not escaped the notice of a discerning publick, nor failed in their object, as scarcely a day passes, which does not add the number of his patrons. Nevertheless the expense of his establishment, can only be met, but by punctuality and attention on the part of those who are inclined to support his paper. The distance at which many of our subscribers reside, put it out of our power, without great loss, to call on them personally, and few are disposed to undertake the troublesome agency of collecting the subscriptions to a newspaper. Our distant subscribers are therefore requested to call on, and pay to those who have before received subscriptions for us, or to direct some friend here to call and pay the amount due.
The Editor has the pleasure to inform his friends, that he hopes to furnish them during the present session of Congress, with early and correct details of the proceedings of the house of representatives, having engaged a gentleman of acknowledged abilities, to take the debates, and transmit them by each mail, without which arrangement he must have waited until the debates had been published in the Washington papers.
A report has been in circulation yesterday and to-day, stating that Lord NELSON had made an attack upon the combined fleet in Cadiz, in which he had lost his life, and eight of his ships, and that seventeen of the combined fleet had been captured. This intelligence comes from New-York via Baltimore, consequently is not, as the New-England wits would say, "Norfolk News." We have endeavoured to ascertain the origin of this news, but do not learn any thing which induces us to suppose that there is the least foundation for the story.
We shall not, however, be surprised to hear, that the gallant Nelson has made such an attempt. We have conversed with several intelligent captains of vessels, who are of opinion that the attempt is very practicable, with the large force which Nelson has under his command.
A very respectable gentleman in this Borough, received by last mail, a letter from Richmond, stating that information had been received from Washington, and from unquestionable authority, which stated that an amicable adjustment of all matters in dispute, between the United States and Great-Britain had taken place.
Married on Wednesday evening, by the Rev. Mr. Grigsby, Capt. HENRY BRUCE, to Mrs. ANN H. FLEMING, both of this Borough.
Mr. Coleman, in commenting upon the release of the French and Italian prisoners from captivity in Algiers, by Jerome Buonaparte, makes the following remarks:—Gaz. U. S.
Thus we see that by the mere shew of a respectable force, accompanied with a proper tone, the French prisoners were rescued without the delay of a single 24 hours, and without a dollar of ransom money. On our part, we have also rescued prisoners, but the difference against us that we have been four years in accomplishing what the French have effected in half a day, and it has cost us some millions of money, many valuable lives, and has at last ended with our being obliged to pay sixty thousand dollars as ransom money, being the balance between our prisoners and theirs. So much for the philosophical system of making war with the "least competent force."
* We have it from good authority, that Jerome Buonaparte did not get the prisoners at Algiers released, without paying a very large sum, and which, he had great difficulty in raising, any thing said by him to the contrary notwithstanding.—Ed. Ledger.
We learn with pleasure that Mr. Granger, has entirely recovered from his late indisposition—and it would increase our satisfaction could we add, that there were hopes of his being in a state of political convalescence—but we suspect that the democratic mania, has so completely pervaded his system, as to injure his head and corrupt his heart, nor is there any hope that any thing but time, and a change of associates, will restore him again to the sound state of rational republicanism.—The following will serve to evince that the paroxysms of his disease are uniformly the same:—
Another of Gideon's removals.—Thomas Dickman, Esq. of Greenfield, has been removed from the post-office at Greenfield, (Mass.) (for thinking for himself) and a Mr. Ambrose Ames appointed to supply his place. It is said that Ames boasted three years since that he could have the office, if he could get any person to take care of it for him; but his business was such (being a blacksmith) he could not attend to it. (And besides 'tis said he is incapable of performing the duties of the office. He has now appointed Dea. Proctor Pierce, for this purpose.
[Farmer's Museum.]
The counsel for the appellant in this cause has made six points for the consideration of the court; but the appellee's counsel having in their brief reduced them to three, I have, to simplify the case, considered it under those three heads, as stated by Mr. Hay.
 1st. That the rent reserved on the Winchester lots (including those in controversy) was a quit-rent.  2d. That Lord Fairfax could not devise, and that Denny Martin could not convey, the right of entry for a forfeiture, incurred by non-payment of a rent. And  3d. That Denny Martin, being an alien, could not take by descent or purchase. 
With respect to the first point, it is contended that the rent of five shillings sterling, reserved on the lots in question, was a quit-rent, and being abolished by the act of 1785, the tenant incurred no forfeiture by the non-payment of it; and rely on a statement in the agreed case, "that the said rent of five shillings was sometimes called a ground-rent, and sometimes a quit-rent, by the inhabitants of the said town of Winchester." But there appears to me a clear distinction between the rent of 5s. reserved on the Winchester lots, and the one shilling for every fifty acres of waste and unappropriated lands, granted by the crown, under the regal government and by Lord Fairfax, as proprietor of the Northern Neck, and generally denominated, and distinguished from other rents by the appellation of quit-rent; the former being 500 fold greater than the latter; and if unpaid only thirty days after becoming due, and no distress whereof the said rent might be levied to be found on the premises, the same to be forfeited; whereas in the latter case (of a real quit-rent, as generally understood by the community at large to be such) the rent must have been three years in arrears, on grants under the crown, and two years on those made by Lord Fairfax, and a legal demand of it made, before a forfeiture could have been incurred: it and seems clear to me that the legislature when by an act in 1785, they abolished the quit-rent's in the Northern Neck, had no other species of rent, that the latter, in contemplation; as it is coupled, in the same clause, with the usual composition of 13 3/4 per hundred acres, that, previously had been paid as well by the grantees under the regal government, on all grants from the crown, as by those in the Northern Neck, to Lord Fairfax, as proprietor thereof: The said act of 1785, reserving the said composition of 13 3/4 on all grants thereafter to be issued on entries made previous to the passing the act; to be paid to the register of the land office, and by him accounted for, and paid into the public treasury.
They never could have contemplated the ground-rents reserved on private contracts between Lord Fairfax and the purchasers of lots in the town of Winchester, which was established as a town, by a special act of assembly for that purpose, recognizing the sales of the lots by Lord Fairfax, on the terms particularly stated by him, to the legislature; which I consider as clearly distinguishing them from his general grants of waste and unappropriated lands.
With as much propriety I conceive, might it be urged, that the ground-rents reserved for ever, on the sales of many of the lots in this city of Richmond, are quit-rents; and were abolished by the acts of 1777 and 1778 which declare, that all lands within the commonwealth, shall thence forward be exempted and discharged from the payment of all quit-rents, except only the lands in the Northern Neck.—It seems to me therefore, that the rent reserved on the lots in question, was not a quit-rent, but, properly, a rent charge; and generally called, in this country, a ground-rent; and was neither comprehended in, nor affected by the act of 1785, nor by any other act, for the abolition of quit-rents.
I shall next consider Mr. Hay's 2d point, "That Denny Martin being an alien, could not take by descent or purchase," because, if he be correct in that position there is an end of the cause, as the devise of the estate to him by Lord Fairfax, must, of consequence be void.
In recurring to the English books on the subject we find it laid down in Powell on devises, 316 (and Knight Duplessis, 2d Vesey 360 cited) that it is no objection to a devisee, as such that he is an alien; for where it was urged on a devisee, that supposing it well executed, yet it would be void, for that the devisee was an alien, and consequently incapable of taking for her own benefit; and then she could not take by devise; Lord Hardwicke said, that he would not enter into that question minutely, nor give an opinion upon it; but he did not remember any doubt, or distinction made between a grant, conveyance, or devise to an alien; for an alien might take. The only consideration, therefore would be, for whose benefit; and if he might take for the benefit of the crown?
There was no rule of law, or upon the statute of wills, in the way—Powell then goes on to observe, that this opinion of Lord Hardwicke, that an alien may take by devise, seems strongly countenanced by the opinion of the court, in the case of Godfrey and Dixon, that on a covenant to stand seized, a use will arise to an alien; for if so, then, if before the statute of wills, a man had conveyed lands to the uses of his will, and then devised the same to an alien, such declaration of the use would have been good, because a use would have arisen to him, as well upon a conveyance to uses, as upon a covenant, the principle being the same in both cases. If so, a devise, after the statutes of wills, to any person who was capable of taking before, by a will disposing of an use, will be valid; for those statutes made no alteration as to the capacity of the persons to take by devise. Then, the question is to whose use, and for whose benefit he shall take? and in that respect there appears to be no ground for distinguishing between the case of a devise, or any other conveyance; for when an alien takes by will, the estate, on the wills being consummate, vests in him, and he is in, to all intents and purposes, as any other devisee would have been, until something further be done to take the estate devised out of him again; for, as long as the alien lives, the inheritance is not vested in the king, nor shall he have the land, until office found; and therefore, before office found, a recovery by an alien-tenant-in-tail will bar the remainders, he being tenant of the freehold and inheritance upon the king, for want of heirs, an alien having none. So that the title of the crown is collateral to the time of its being consummate; nor does it affect the land in the devisee, until another thing is done to entitle the king, not under the devise, but by his prerogative, to wit, office found, the tenant being an alien; and consequently, though of capacity to take lands in his own right, yet not of capacity to hold them.
Thus seems to stand the law of England, respecting the capacity of an alien, to take and hold an estate in lands and tenements, by purchase.
By the 20th section of our constitution, it is declared, that all escheats, penalties, and forfeitures, formerly going to the king, shall go to the commonwealth, save only such as the legislature may abolish, or otherwise provide for. The commonwealth then stands on the same ground here, with respect to this subject, in general, that the king doth in England.
How far the circumstances of Denny Fairfax's having been born prior to the declaration of American Independence, under the same allegiance with us; and no office having been found for the common-
wealth, respecting the lands devised to him by Ld. Fairfax—aided by the treaty of peace, and the subsequent acts of assembly, declaring that no more confiscations should be made and repealing the acts of escheats and forfeitures, might operate in favour of Denny Fairfax's holding the lands devised to him by Ld. Fairfax, to his own use and benefit, seems to me unnecessary at present, to be considered and investigated; but it appears to me that the 9th article of the treaty with Great-Britain of 1794, embraces, and provides for this case; in which it was agreed "that British subjects who then held lands in the territories of the United States, should continue to hold them, according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein; and might grant, sell, or devise, the same to whom they please, in like manner as if they were natives; and that neither they nor their heirs or assigns, should, so far as might respect the said lands, and the legal remedies incident thereto, be regarded as aliens."
It is stated in the case agreed in this cause, "that all the lands in the Northern Neck became lawfully vested in Lord Fairfax, and his heirs, prior to the year 1736, and remained vested in him, and in his possession, until the time of his death; at which time, and long before, he was a citizen of this commonwealth, capable of holding lands within the same, and of transmitting them by devise, or otherwise.—That, being lawfully seized and possessed of the lands in the Northern Neck, devised all his interest in, and issuing out of the lands (including the lots in the town of Winchester) to Denny Martin, and to his heirs for ever; upon condition that he should take the name, and assume the arms of, Fairfax; with which condition the said Denny Martin hath complied; and by the name of Denny Martin Fairfax, has become lawfully seized and possessed of the estate so devised."
"That no inquest of office has ever been holden on the lands in the declaration mentioned, or on the interest reserved by the said Thomas D. Fairfax, or to issue out of the lands in the town of Winchester aforesaid."
What is to exclude this case from the operation of the above recited article in the treaty of 1794, I am at a loss to discover; but should there be any circumstance in the way, that has escaped my observation, it appears to me that the act of assembly passed the 10th December, 1796, commonly called the act of compromise, puts the title of Denny Fairfax, and of those who claim under him, beyond all manner of doubt. I now proceed to consider the other point, to wit, whether Ld. Fairfax could devise, and Denny Fairfax could convey, the rights of entry, for a forfeiture incurred by the non-payment of rent?
By the statutes of wills, of the 32d and 31st of Henry the 8th all persons being seized in fee simple (except feme covert and those under other legal disabilities) might devise to any other person (other than to bodies corporate) the whole of their lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in which are comprehended I conceive rents, and all such immovable things, whether corporeal or incorporeal annexed to, or issuing out of, lands and tenements, which if not devised, would descend to the heir of such person. And by the late decisions in England, upon the statutes of wills, contingent interests in lands, resting on a mere possibility, will pass by a will made previous to their vesting. Selwyn vs. Selwyn, 1st Bla. rep. 222—and Moore and wife vs. Hawkins in the chancery before Ld. Northington, in the year 1763; and cited by Lord Loughborough in Perry vs. Jones,—Henry Blackst. reports 33 and 31—in trinity term 1788.
The case was this, Jas. Grubb devised all his real estates, in trust for his son James and his heirs, and if he should die without issue, under age, then, that all his estate should go to Cockran, his heirs and assigns.
Cockran devised all his estates whereof he was seized, in possession, remainder, or reversion, to the plaintiff and died in the lifetime of Jas. Grubb, the son; who afterwards died under twenty-one and without issue.
On a bill brought by the devisee of Cockran, a question was made whether the possibility given Cockran was devisable?
The Ld. Chancellor said, "I have never had any doubt, since I was twenty-five years old, but that these contingent interests were devisable, notwithstanding some old authorities to the contrary. I sent the question, however, into the king's bench, the case of Selwyn vs. Selwyn, for the satisfaction of the parties, and the certificate of the judges in that case implies, I think that they agreed with me in opinion. Upon which solicitor general De Grey and Skynner, waved all further argument on the other side; and Lord Northington added, "this argument is properly withdrawn, as the point is settled, and ought not to be shaken. It is a right, and liberal determination."
And on those authorities judgment was given for Perry the lessor of the plaintiff.
Those statutes of Henry the 8th were in force here, at the death of Lord Fairfax; and our acts of 1785 and 1792 on the subject are still more minute and explicit with respect to subjects that may be devised by will; but as they do not apply to the case now under consideration, having been passed since Lord Fairfax's death, I shall take no further notice of them.
In the grants of the lots in question to James Lemon, under whom the appellee claims, there is a reservation of 5s. sterling yearly rent, with a proviso or condition "that if the said annual rent should be behind or unpaid, by the space of 30 days next after the same become due and payable, in any year, and no sufficient distress upon the premises can be found, whereof the same may be levied, then, and in that case, the said lots to become forfeit, and vested in the grantor and his heirs."
There can be no doubt, I conceive, had Lord Fairfax died intestate, but his heir might legally have entered on the premises, for a forfeiture incurred by the non-payment of the rent, provided no distress, whereof it might have been levied, could have been found thereon. If so, it appears clearly to me, that the right of entry which in case of intestacy, would have descended to the heir, passed to the devisee by the devise of the testator, of all his interest in, and issuing out of the lands of the Northern Neck, including the lots in the town of Winchester (as expressly stated in case agreed) in case the rent should be behind and unpaid as abovenoted.
It is stated in the case agreed, that the said Denny Martin by the name of Denny M. Fairfax and by virtue of the said last will and testament of the said Thomas L. Fairfax, has become lawfully seized and possessed of the estate so devised, and that the interest of the said Denny M. Fairfax in all the lots and rents in the said town of Winchester has been sold and conveyed to James M. Marshall, the lessor of the plaintiff with a reference to the deed by which the estate was conveyed, bearing date the 20th day of August 1797, in which the said D. M. Fairfax conveys to the said James M. Marshall, and his heirs, "all and every those divers tracts, pieces, and parcels, of land, being part, and parcel, of the proprietary of the Northern Neck of Virginia, and all, and every of the now remaining real estate, and beneficial right, and interest, of him the said Denny M. Fairfax of whatsoever nature the same may be, of, in, to, or to arise out of, or from the same," excepting the manor of Leeds, and a small tract called Berry's Ferry.
It appears to me then, that Denny Martin Fair-
fax, having the right of entry for a forfeiture vested in him under the will of Lord Fairfax, the same right was transferred to the appellant by the deed just above recited. But Mr. Hay in his argument cited Littleton, sect. 347, to prove that a grantee of the reversion in fee, of land on which rent was reserved on a lease, although he might distrain for the rent, could not re-enter for a condition broken. Such was the common law when Littleton wrote, but the statute of the 32d of Henry the 8th ch. 34 (which is coeval with the first statute of wills, they both having passed the same session of parliament) gave to all persons being grantees or assignees of reversion, &c. the like advantage of re-entry against the lessees, &c. as the said lessors or grantors themselves ought, or might have had: and in our act of assembly for reducing into one the several acts for the better securing the payment of rents, there is a clause, copied almost verbatim from the statute of Henry the 8th giving to all persons, being grantees, or assignees, of any lands, tenements, hereditaments let to lease; or of the reversion thereof, from any person or persons, and the heirs, executors, admors and assigns of such grantees or assignees, the like advantages against the lessees, their executors &c. by entry for the non-payment of the rent, or for waste, or other forfeitures; as the said lessors themselves, or their heirs ought, should, or might have had, or enjoy, at any time or times.
Although the conveyance of the lots in question to James Lemon, was not a lease for life, with a reservation of rent, but a conveyance in fee, upon condition, defeasible, and forfeited by the non-payment of rent reserved, it makes, I conceive, no difference, the principle being the same, in both cases.
From this view of the case, then it appears to me, 1st, that the rent reserved on the lots in the town of Winchester, was not a quit-rent; but properly, a rent charge, commonly called in this country, a ground-rent; and therefore, not affected by any act of assembly for abolishing quit-rents: 2dly, that Denny Martin (now Denny Martin Fairfax) although an alien, had capacity to take, by purchase, an estate in lands and tenements; as well by devise, as by grant, or any other conveyance; and that, by the operation of the treaty of 1794, and more especially by the act of compromise in 1796, he acquired a right to hold the estate devised to him and his heirs, by the late Lord Fairfax, to his own use and benefit: and 3dly, that Lord Fairfax could legally devise, and Denny Martin Fairfax might legally convey and did convey, the right of entry, for a forfeiture, incurred by the non-payment of rent; and am therefore of opinion, that the law is for the appellant, and consequently, that the judgment of the district court is erroneous, and ought to be reversed.
Judge Carrington's opinion in our next paper.
NEW-YORK, November 21.
Part of the cargo of the Amsterdam Packet, part of the ship John's cargo, and the brig Henrietta with the whole of her cargo (which vessels have been captured by British cruisers and sent into Halifax) are advertised for sale in a late Halifax paper.
The British Government, on the 17th August, issued an order against the detention of neutral vessels carrying trade directly from an Enemy's Colony to a British port, laden with the property of the inhabitants of the neutral country: provided she cleared out prior to the 1st of November, 1805, shall not have supplied the enemy with any articles contraband of war, and shall not have been at a blockaded port.
General Moreau, it is said, will attend the review of the troops in this city, on the 25th instant.
[Mercant. Adv.]
Mr. Keteltas, of this city, has arrived in Philadelphia, from New-Orleans, for which place he set out on the 13th of June from New-York, by the northern route of the lakes, Green Bay, the Fox, and Ouseconsing rivers, and entered the Mississippi 666 miles above St. Lewis, from whence he descended to N. Orleans, having gone 5000 miles in 90 days, by a route never before travelled by a citizen of the United States, and which it is remarked may be performed to and from this city by water with the exception of 35 miles of land carriage, divides into five portages. A writer in a Philadelphia paper, after giving an account of Mr. K's journey, observes "An eve to the northern frontier and the government of Lower Louisiana, by the general government, would not be amiss, as we defy the traveller to tell in passing through the territory whether it is under the Spanish or American government.—There is a visible difference in the aspect of affairs in Upper and Lower Louisiana. In Upper Louisiana the line is drawn, and the American government and character supported and respected in a proper manner, by every description of people."—Daily Adv.
IMPORTANT INVENTION.—An account of an improvement in the mode of reefing a ship's sails was, not long since, published; the following further particulars on the subject we presume will not be unacceptable to our readers. "The advantages proposed by the new invented sails of Mr. Malcolm Cowan, are as following:—To enable ships to reef their courses in a few minutes: 1st. On a lee shore, in stormy weather, when it may be necessary to reduce the sails, though at the same time it may be dangerous to take their effect off the ship, by hauling them up to reef them on the yard: 2ndly, when the ship's crews are reduced by sickness or otherwise: 3rdly, in gales of wind in frosty weather, when it is difficult to handle the sails: 4thly, in merchant ships with few hands, because the sails can be hauled up and set again in less time, and consequently receives less of the force of the wind: besides, when ships are obliged to carry a press of sail in squally weather, in chase, &c. the sails may be reefed and set again in a minute, without starting tack or sheet, or risk of splitting. If a sail should split in one part it would be stopped by the reef bands. When the sail is hauled up it will be almost furled to the yard, and bent to the cringles, on the rope of the reef band. The weight of the reefs is removed from the yard to the foot of the sail without increasing the strain on the yards. The sails being reduced at the foot instead of the head, will stand longer and better in a gale of wind, as the squarest part of the sail is taken off when reefed. These sails can be easily hauled up out of the fire of guns, &c. and the expense of them will be less, though they will last longer, from not being liable to split in hauling up or setting. Half worn sails made in the usual form may be altered and from the saving in the wear and tear will abundantly pay for the expenses.
The mode of working these sails is thus explained by the inventor. When the courses are to be reefed, cast off the lower clews from the thimbles in the upper clews, haul up the slack sail by the buntlines, and haul tort the reef line, one part at a time, from the middle of the sail towards the clews, and make it fast round the upper clews, so as to confine the lower clews.
To set the sail, reave a few turns of the lashing for the clews, and haul them down, overhauling the reef line and buntlines.
To reef the top-sails send a man up to each yard arm, settle the halliards, and haul the sail down by the reef tackles, and pass the turns of the earings through the thimbles in the earing cringles and on the foot rope and make it fast. Hoist the sail tort up, hand through the slack of the buntlines, and hand

tort the reef line on each side towards the clews and make fast.
The top-gallant sails are reefed in the same manner by earings at the lower part and a small gasket rove a reef line, or from the deck by the clew lines and a buntline.
The buntlines and reef line will confine the slack sail, when reefed, close up in the wake of the reef band, and the buntlines will only require to be kept hard taut, as is usual, to prevent them from chafing the sail.
An experiment of the efficiency of this invention has been tried by the Minotaur of 74 guns, whose courses, fashioned as above, were reefed in a gale of wind in two minutes, without sending a man off the deck.
WASHINGTON, November 21.
Arrived in the City of Washington on Sunday evening, General Jonathan Dayton, from a visit, as we understand to the State of Ohio, and the Indiana territory.—And on the next morning the hon. Aaron Burr, from an extensive tour through the western country and territory of the United States, in every part of which, as appears from the public prints, he was received with great respect, and treated with extraordinary attention.
Whatever may be our individual opinions of the policy that dictated the peace with Tripoli; we cannot but approve the conduct of the executive in their reception of the gallant Eaton on his happy return to the bosom of his country.—It would have done honour to this interesting subject. The general is in fine health and spirits. His wound has healed better than could reasonably be hoped from its dangerous situation.— Wash. Federalist.
RALEIGH, (N. C.) November 11.
At the last term at Fayetteville superior court, came on to be tried an indictment for an assault on the honourable Duncan McFarland, the representative in congress for that district.—The grounds of the suit, as related are as follows:—At the last congressional election, when it was known that Mr. McFarland was elected, some mischievous young men pelted him in the streets of Fayetteville with rotten eggs. Mr. McFarland swore that a certain young man was among those who committed the affray—but two persons made oath to the contrary. It was generally known, however, that the "man whom the people delight to honor," was most indecently besmeared, but who it was that done it, we presume Mr. McFarland did not make it appear, as the jury bro't a verdict of not guilty—of course the costs fell upon the plaintiff.
November 25.
The following memorial of Duncan McFarland, Esq. was laid before the Legislature by his excellency the governor.
To his excellency James Turner, Esq. governor of the state of North-Carolina.
The memorial of Duncan McFarland respectfully represents: That being elected to represent the 7th elective district of the state, in the Congress of the United States, and prepared and going forward on his mission, Two bills of Indictment have been found by the grand jury of this district for high crimes and misdemeanors, &c.—Your memorialist being at all times ready to serve those who have placed him in this honourable trust, urged to have the traverse, but in vain, from the objections made by the counsels for the said prosecutions.
Your memorialist, unwilling to step forward to discharge his public duty blackened with the imputations of such crimes, and at the same time conscious of his innocence, is desirous of a speedy trial, to evince to the public mind such innocence, or stand convicted.
His case, he considers of a public nature, and an extreme hardship, having reasons to believe those accusations have been preferred in the present moment from malice against himself, and with a view to prevent the representation of this district in the House of Representatives of the United States. Reference being had to my exhibits 1, 2, 3, will now fully evince this fact, and the dates when those crimes are said to have been committed.
Your memorialist knows and is informed the prerogatives of your excellency in ordering a court of oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery, which is not very customary, but being in actual confinement, under these imputed crimes, and owing to the importance of the case, he humbly solicits such a court may be called in the case of his personal hardship and the public interest.
And your memorialist in duty bound shall ever pray, &c. &c.
DUNCAN McFARLAND.
Fayette District Jail, Nov. 12, 1805.
The committee appointed on the above memorial reported on Saturday in favour of granting the prayer of Mr. McFarland.
From a late London paper.
THE MAHRATTAS.
The following particulars of these extraordinary people, with whom the English government in India is now at war, are extracted from a letter written a few years ago by an officer in the service of the Peishwa:
Gibbon in his history of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in speaking of the Tartars, observes, that a pastoral people are, above all others, the most inclined and best cultivated for war. This remark has both truth and novelty to recommend it; and may be further confirmed by being applied to the Mahrattas, a people whose occupations are partly rural.—Homer mentions princesses going in person to the fountains to wash their household linen. I can affirm having seen daughters of a prince (able to bring an army into the field much larger than the whole Greek confederacy) making bread with her own hands, and otherwise employed in the ordinary business of domestic housewifery. I have seen one of the most powerful chiefs of the empire, after a day of action, assist in kindling a fire to keep himself warm during the night, and sitting on the ground on a spread saddle cloth, dictating to his secretaries, and otherwise discharging the duties of his station. This primeval plainness operates upon the whole people. There is no distinction of sentiment to be discerned: the prince and his domestic think exactly in the same way, and express themselves in the same terms.
Perhaps no country on earth is better calculated for the purpose of defensive war than that of the Mahrattas; so that, whatever be the fortune of the Mahrattas in the field, we may safely pronounce, that in their own country they will always be invincible; of this truth the emperor Aurangzeb, who made some attempts to subjugate it, appeared latterly to be convinced; for, when acting in the Deccan, in the utmost plenitude of his power, he thought it more prudent to submit to the depredations of Sevajee, the great founder of the Mahratta empire, than attempt the pursuit, through a mountainous country, of a fugitive army that might possibly disperse, but never defeat. Yet these were the people then apparently insensible, that they were destined by providence to overturn the empire he was labouring to extend; who, issuing from their mountains and vallies, have, in less than a century, levelled to its base the whole fabric of Mahomedan greatness, and erected for themselves an inde-
pendent government, on the ruins of an empire of seven hundred years duration: perhaps such a sudden accession of dominion, from so obscure an origin, is without a parallel in the annals of mankind. About thirty-five years ago the Mahrattas were strong enough to contend with the Musselmans for the supreme dominion of Hindostan. At the famous battle of Paniput, the collective strength of both parties contested for the empire. The Mahrattas were defeated, but they were neither dispersed nor subdued. Their steady policy moving progressively to its grand object of universal dominion, was not to be diverted from its course by a single overthrow; but by the united force of victory and intrigue they have annihilated the overgrown government of the emperors, already prepared for the event by its own extent, its distractions and its vices.
It is one peculiar feature of the Mahratta government, that the empire always considers itself as in a state of war. This circumstance entirely results from the unsettled and fluctuating state of the interior government; their recent acquisitions in Hindostan, held only by the sword, and the necessity they are under of compelling the payment of the chout always given with reluctance, and frequently extorted by actual force. But, independently of those motives, war is with them a source of revenge, as the different chiefs of the Empire make annual campaigns, in the districts which have not yet been brought to a state of subjection or actual servitude.
The Mahrattas never come to action without having first endeavoured to negotiate; they even very rarely engage when they come in sight of the enemy; but, unless attacked, will remain in their camp many days; during this time they harass their adversaries by cutting off forage and supplies, and destroying the adjacent country; and never, except in the last extremity, come to close action.
The Mahratta cavalry, at times, make very long and rapid marches, in which they do not suffer themselves to be interrupted by the monsoon, or any violence of weather. In very pressing exigencies it is incredible the fatigue a Mahratta horseman will endure; frequently many days pass without his enjoying one regular meal; but he depends entirely for subsistence on the different corn fields through which the army pass; a few heads of joary, which he chafes in his hands while on horseback, will serve him for the day. His horse subsists on the same fare; and with the addition of opium, which the Mahrattas frequently administer to their cattle, they are enabled to perform incredible marches. Should the army even be encumbered with heavy artillery, they still move with very great celerity, as there is always an advanced guard of cavalry detached to press draught bullocks from every town in sight.
CONTINUATION OF TRANSLATIONS, From French papers received by the ship Eliza Capt. Smith, at the office of the Publick Ledger.
DOCUMENTS
Referred to in the exposition of the reciprocal conduct of France and Austria since the peace of Lunéville, read by the Minister of foreign affairs.
Declaration of the Court of Vienna, containing the offer of her mediation.
Although the emperor has hitherto had no direct share in the several attempts made during this maritime war, towards a reconciliation of the belligerent powers, and a restoration of peace, his majesty has nevertheless ardently wished that the powers whose intervention was specially requested, might succeed in attaining that desirable object.
This wish of the court of Vienna must have increased since events implicating the interests and the equilibrium of the continent have been explained as consequences flowing from the war between France and England, and since his majesty the emperor of the French has solemnly declared, that the definitive adjustment of the affairs of Lombardy, was postponed until the conclusion of the war, and that it was connected with the negotiations which would take place for the same. From that moment the court of Vienna, who has possessions in Italy, and with whom engagements respecting that interesting portion of Europe, were contracted, found herself immediately interested in the success of pacific negotiations, and she has therefore testified upon several occasions, the ardent desire which she had to contribute to a speedy commencement of such negotiations.
In consequence of these dispositions, nothing could be more agreeable to her than to be informed of the pacific overture made at the beginning of this year, by his majesty the emperor of the French to the court of London, and of that, of this last power, who submitted the same to the intervention of his imperial majesty of all the Russias. Steps which announced in both parties moderate and conciliatory intentions, the object whereof it was expected, would be obtained from the mission M. de Novillizoff to Paris, which of had been offered and accepted with equal eagerness.
The emperor cannot learn then without great concern, that new changes in the fate of the republics of Genoa and Lucca, have put a stop to this mission; and finding on his side that these last changes are motives most urgent to desire a speedy overture of conciliatory measures, and unwilling to give up as yet the hope which he had founded on the moderation of the dispositions, which the sovereign of France has solemnly announced and confirmed; the court of Vienna hastens to offer her good offices, in order that the sanguine expectations which have been entertained for a general conciliation of all difference among the various powers of Europe, should not again be defeated. She therefore invites the courts of the Tuileries, and of St. Petersburg, to resume the negotiations which have been interrupted. The cabinet of Vienna declares that she is ready and willing to co-operate by all the efficient means in her power, and she trusts and hopes, that the court of Berlin, will in correspondence, with the warm interest which she has at all times discovered in the tranquility and happiness of Europe, lend her aid and influence in promoting this great end.
Note of the Minister of foreign affairs in answer to the preceding, delivered on the 13th of August.
The undersigned lost no time after the conference which he had the honour to hold with his excellency count Cobentzel, and of receiving his declaration, to despatch the latter to his majesty at Boulogne, and he has received from his majesty the emperor and king, orders to deliver an answer thereto, conforming to the following:—
The emperor and king, could not be insensible of the sentiments of moderation which are manifested in the declaration, nor of the friendly disposition which induces his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, to offer his mediation, in order to terminate the distress which war inevitably occasions to France. But the more that his majesty the emperor and king, appreciates the importance of the kind offices of his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, and the more he is penetrated with gratitude for the loyal intentions of his majesty the emperor of Germany and Austria, the more he perceives that those sentiments of gratitude and respect forbid him to avail himself of all these friendly dispositions, when neither from the nature of things, nor from the circumstances of the case, no hopes are entertained that these good offices can be employed with success, or without committing the dignity of the mediator. These motives
were sufficiently powerful, and would have induced his majesty to overlook the manner in which the cabinets of London and St. Petersburg have recently answered his generous proceedings.
M. de Novillizoff was on a mission to France, the particular objects of which were not communicated to his majesty. The king of Prussia had requested passports for this chamberlain of Russia, to proceed to Paris, they were instantly granted, and without any previous explanation. What consideration and respect, did this very great condescension procure for his majesty? A note replete with assertions false in themselves, and insulting to his majesty, was the result of a mission, which he had never desired, but was solicited by others.
After this insult offered to his dignity and personal honour, his majesty cannot hope or expect that any advantages can be derived from negotiations with Russia, whose own dispositions are not inclined towards peace. They must have little discernment, who do not perceive that war is the intention of Russia, and that she finds it difficult to conceal the expectations which she has formed from a renewal.
It is now more than a year since the emperor has received nothing but outrages from the cabinet of Russia; his character must be too well understood, to have it imagined that he will expose himself to additional insults. The emperor Alexander must judge for himself, the course which he is pleased to pursue; he knows best whether it comports more with his dignity and interest, to submit himself to foreign intrigue, and persist in measures directed by that intrigue, or to resume of his own accord, sentiments more wise, just and moderate, and not to make it necessary that France should prescribe the conduct he should adopt, which ought to be the result of his own reflection, and not an object for negotiation.
With respect to England, it is more than eight months since, that his majesty made overtures for peace, to her, which were justly appreciated by all Europe. Those overtures would not have been made in vain, if England had relied upon herself alone. It was evident from the answer of the cabinet of St. James, that she would never listen to peace, so long as she had any hope of kindling a war on the continent, and of deluging once more Italy and Germany with blood. The cabinet of Vienna is too enlightened not to have penetrated the views of England, if her projects had not been explained by the reiterated offers of subsidy, with which she has assailed the court of Vienna in order to persuade her to take up arms again.
England is not a power which can be induced to listen to counsels of moderation and justice, it is even useless to call her attention to her own interests; blind resentment causes her to disregard them, and the voice of persuasion would have no influence on her; but Austria may without any efforts or menaces oblige England to do that which justice and her interest demand; a very plain step which would prove to England her real infelicity, would be sufficient. England knows, and she has repeatedly declared that Russia alone can afford no assistance to her, and that any diversion which she may make, without the co-operation of Prussia or Austria would prove useless.
Prussia has at all times declared, that she would in no case join in projects hostile to France. Let the Emperor of Germany and Austria manifest the same intention, and the British Cabinet, sensible of its own interests, which delusion would no longer blind, and yielding to the opinion of the enlightened of her country would forthwith perceive the necessity of returning to the stipulations of the treaty of Amiens, and would be happy in so doing. The Emperor of Germany would then not only have a just claim to the gratitude of the Emperor of the French, but he would have done more to his own advantage, than if he had gained ten battles against France; for an immediate consequence of the peace will be the fulfilling of the engagement, which the Emperor of the French has contracted, and which he takes pleasure in renewing here, to SEPARATE THE CROWNS OF FRANCE AND ITALY.
If on the contrary Austria by equivocal measures, keeps publick opinion wavering in doubts and uncertainties, and if thereby she gives credit to the assertions of the British ministry, which say that she has entered into a new coalition, and if she persists in keeping 70,000 men in Italy, the emperor will have reason to believe that she views a war, which may weaken France with satisfaction, and that she judges the present circumstances propitious for the renewal of hostilities, of which the present generation are growing weary.
His majesty who has no more than 50,000 men in Italy, of which 15,000 are quartered on the most remote borders of the kingdom of Naples; seeing his most important frontier exposed, and unable to cover it, without withdrawing a part of his army from the ocean, he cannot consider Austria otherwise than as making a diversion in favour of England, which will prove more detrimental to her than open war.
His excellency count Cobentzel, will no doubt have observed the magnitude, and the peculiar singularity of the present circumstances; such circumstances demand corresponding measures. This is a truth acknowledged by all intelligent men, and of which his majesty is fully convinced. When Frederick the Second saw that war was projected against him, he got the start of his enemies. The house of Austria has done the like more than once. At this time the emperor of the French witnesses preparations which are making in Poland and in Italy, and the places where they are made denote that they are the result of a convention, and against whom they are directed. The undersigned begs leave to task your excellency, what the emperor of Germany would do, if he was in the situation of the emperor of the French?
His majesty takes pleasure in the mean time, in hoping for a more happy issue of events, which it depends on Austria to render propitious to Europe, and whereof the sentiments expressed in the note, which the undersigned has received from count Cobentzel, afford a pleasing presage. Let Austria make the same declaration which Prussia has made, and corroborating the declaration with facts, let her reduce her forces to a peace establishment; let her renounce the idea of keeping 73,000 men in Italy; let her cause the corps which are collected in the Tyrol, to return to their usual garrisons, let her put a stop to the forming of magazines, and to the erecting of fortified camps, which denote immediate war, and nothing shall from that time disturb the peace of the continent, a peace wished for by all; for if France has nothing to gain in a new contest, Austria is not likely to gain more, and the maritime peace will follow shortly after. No sooner will Austria have declared that she remains, and will persist to remain neutral, but peace will become the object of England, and it will be restored on the terms of the treaty of Amiens, before the month of January next; THE CROWNS OF FRANCE AND ITALY WILL BE SEPARATED FOREVER, and Europe enjoying peace and security, will be indebted for the same to the wisdom of Austria, who by a contrary conduct will precipitate it into a state, the issue whereof cannot be computed, nor foreseen by the cabinet of the Tuileries, nor by that Vienna.
His Ex. Count Cobentzel will perceive that it was not possible for H. M. to evince more candour, dignity, and loyalty than is contained in these communications which the undersigned has been directed to make. His Majesty wishes for the interests of Austria, and for the glory of her sovereign, that H. M. the Emperor of Germany and Austria would avail
himself of the opportunity which is offered. The destiny of his own states and that of Europe are now in his hands; in the one he holds confusion and destruction, and in the other general peace. The most efficacious mediation which Austria can use for the restoration of peace, is to observe a strict neutrality, not to arm, not to force France to make any diversion, and to leave no hope for England to associate with her own, the interests of Austria.
The undersigned has no doubt but H. Ex. the Count Cobentzel will appreciate the weight of the considerations disclosed in this note, and hopes that he will use his influence to have them regarded in their true point of view.
(Signed) CH. MAUR. TALLEYRAND.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. Brig Fame, Hoyt, 24 days from Exuma, Salt, C. Fry. She was bound to New-York, but having sprang a leak put into this port. Sch'r Jane, Pearson, 4 days from Philadelphia. Sch'r George, Hewett, 7 days from Boston. Sloop George, Lawrence, 5 days from Philadelphia. Sch'r Argonaut, Lee, 7 days from Philadelphia. The sch'r Catharine Shepherd, Webb, from this port for Antigua, was spoken the 4th instant, in lat. 28, 33, long. 63, out 9 days. The brig Fame, Hunter, of this port, from Wilmington, N. C. was spoken the 13th inst. bound to Jamaica. A schooner from this port, bound to the Bay of Honduras, was spoken the 12th inst. in lat. 30, long. 72, out 6 days.
For SALE or RENT, For One or more Years, That Valuable LITTLE FARM WETWOOD, About one Mile from the Borough,
Containing about 97 acres of choice Land, the soil produces Clover, &c. of superior quality to any in this part of the country. There are two good Dwelling Houses, Kitchen, a large Barn, and sundry other Houses; a large Apple Orchard, with a number of excel cut Cherry and other Fruit Trees. The Garden, with a little attention, would be very profitable. This Farm is well worth the attention of many, as a pleasant retreat in the summer, and the great advantages arising from the ready sale of the productions of an industrious farmer, from such a promising soil.
ALSO,
Will be Rented, for One or more Years, That large and commodious Wharf, belonging to the estate of John Hutchings, deceased, with a commodious Ware-House. The situation of this Wharf is well worth the attention of any Gentleman concerned in navigation, particularly in the West-India trade, as there are considerable vacant lands very suitable for Lumber Yards, &c. The great convenience of this Wharf is, that three ships may lie and load at the front, one at the end, and a small vessel within the wharf. It is also a commodious place for any Gentleman in the line of repairing vessels. There is also a small Wharf, about 60 feet to the westward of this, adjoining two hulks, which might be profitable to any Gentleman in the Lumber Line. If this property is not sold or rented by the 1st of January, it will then be rented on the premises, at 11 o'clock. For terms apply to
Capt. WM. CAMMACK, or JOHN BROWN,
Administrator of the Estate of John Hutchings, dec'd. Nov. 29. tds 311
NOTICE.
A Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly to counteract the operations of that of George Whitfield, as relates to a divorce from his Wife Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Whitfield. November 29. 1* 312
OFFICE OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT, Norfolk, November 29, 1805, WANTED TO PURCHASE,
A few Thousand Pounds Sterling, in approved endorsed Bills on London, at Sixty Days, or Bills drawn on any other place, and made payable there. Robert Oliphant, Cashier. November 29. tf 313
A Meeting of the PEW-HOLDERS of Christ Church, is requested on Saturday next at the Church, by 12 o'clock.—The necessity of a meeting is so obvious to all concerned, that it is hoped no Pew-Holder will be absent.—It is also requested that no Pew-Holder will pay their rent until some person is properly authorized to receive it.
Thomas Newton, Robert Boush, James Tucker, Thomas Wilcock. November 27. 2 309
A Valuable Seat on Puncoteague.
WILL BE SOLD, on the 26th day of December next, upon the premises, That Valuable SEAT
on the head of Puncoteague Creek, late the residence of David Bowman, Esq. deceased. There are on the premises, which contain about eight acres of Land, a handsome two story Dwelling-House, just finished, having two rooms and an entry below, a Dairy, Smoke-House, Kitchen, convenient Store House, and other necessary buildings.—The payments by direction of the Will of the deceased, will be by three annual instalments, carrying interest from the day of sale, secured by bonds with approved security, and a mortgage on the premises; possession given on the day of sale.—Few situations on the Eastern-Shore are esteemed more desirable than this now offered for sale: lying on the head of the most navigable creek on the Eastern-Shore, in a very productive part of the County of Accomack, where living is cheap, and having proved from experience an excellent stand for a store, it is certainly a property that must be very desirable to any person wishing to fix themselves, and such an one as is but seldom for sale.
JOHN S. KER, WILLIAM SEYMOUR, Executors. Accomack County, Nov. 19. t20Dec. 307
By virtue of a Deed of Trust, executed by Mr. EDWARD JOHNSTON to the Subscriber, WILL BE SOLD,
Upon the premises, at Publick Auction, to the highest bidder, on the 23d day of December next, the unexpired term of and in the
LOT OF LAND,
on Commerce-Street, at present occupied by the said Johnston, together with its appurtenances, as conveyed to the Subscriber.—Upon this Lot there is erected a new and excellent Fire-Proof WARE-HOUSE.—The Lease is for a long term of years, and is renewable forever, upon the payment of a moderate annual ground rent.—The terms of sale will be made known on the day of sale.
L. W. Tazewell, Trustee. November 22. tds 296
CLARK's Packet will sail for New-York in a few days.—For freight or passage, apply to the master on board, or to Richard Bowden, & Co. Nov. 29.
HERBERT's Packet will sail for Alexandria on Monday next. Nov. 29.
GOULD's Packet will sail for Baltimore on Monday next. Nov. 29.

CHEMISTRY MADE PLAIN.
PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A NEW WORK,
ENTITLED, Plain Discourses on the Chemical Laws of Matter , Containing a General View of the Principles and Improvements of the Science of Chemistry. With a particular Detail of those Parts, which are common and connected with Domestic Affairs; ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF AMERICA. BY THOMAS EWELL, M.D. &c. OF VIRGINIA.
TO THE PROMOTERS OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE, I HAVE ventured to present for your patronage, a new work—It is a system of chemistry divested of such technical terms as retard the study, by those persons not desirous of entering into the useless refinements of the science; and it will convey particular descriptions of those processes that are for domestic purposes. The object of the work is to render the study of chemistry less difficult, more general and agreeable, as well as to lead to Improvements in various Arts .
Long has the greater part of mankind laboured under difficulties which might have been avoided by an acquaintance with the discoveries of philosophers. During the study of most sciences, we notice improvements unknown to the majority of the people; and in no one have these become more conspicuous than in the science of chemistry. Since the wild conjectures of deluded men were banished from its annals, the study has become one of the most useful and interesting to all of common understanding. The science is now characterised by a simplicity, hostile only to the pride of the pedantic scholar. Its extensive scenes are open, and with powerful attraction invite the entrance of the intelligent in the pursuit of pleasure, of information, or most of the arts. An entrance is desired, that the wonderful beauty and wisdom displayed in the operations of nature may be contemplated with rapture, in parts neglected by the vulgar as a "dreary void."
To those in the pursuit of pleasure, the study of chemistry affords the greatest delight. The conversion of solids into volumes of vivifying air, and of ails and other fluids into solids, are processes which although inferior to many in chemistry, give unusual satisfaction. To know the composition of the substances surrounding us, with their connection and relation to each other, and to understand many of the arts of chemists, will impart to the mind an agreeable action, while it increases its capacity to make improvements. And such are the fascinating powers attached to the pursuit of this knowledge, that France is fast becoming a nation of chemists, in consequence of the general study of the science by the ladies as well as gentlemen.
The respectable Cultivators of land will be much benefitted by an acquaintance with chemistry. It will teach them the properties of the soil they cultivate, the art of making manures, and the kinds of vegetables as well as Manures best adapted for their respective farms. An idea of this may be formed from the famous fact, that a judicious management of the grave yards at Paris, such quantities of salt peter were procured for the powder manufacturers as to enable the French government to prosecute their war!
To be able to detect the presence, and discriminate between the noxious and innocent metals, as well as to make most useful combinations of them; to ascertain the constituents of medicinal springs; to detect the adulterations of Wines and other drinks; and to correct corrupted airs, must be of consequence to most individuals.
The burning of bodies—The Arts of making Gunpowder and Saltpetre—common Salt—and all other Salts—Of Tanning Leather—Of purifying and preserving animal and vegetable Matter—Of Dying and Painting—Of making Glass and Earthen Ware—Of Brewing—Distilling, &c. &c. depend on Chemistry.
No doubt most of them would be improved by a further cultivation of the science, which, from its simplicity, could be done in but a small part of the time often mispent by the artists. This will appear less doubtful, by the following extracts from a letter I received from the President, Mr. Jefferson—and from one received from Judge Washington of Mount-Vernon.
"MONTICELLO, August 1805. "Of the importance of turning a knowledge of chemistry to household purposes, I have been long satisfied. The common herd of philosophers seem to write only for one another. The chemists have filled volumes on the composition of a thousand substances of no sort of importance to the purposes of life; while the arts of making bread, butter, cheese, vinegar, soap, beer, cider, &c. remain totally unexplained. Chaptal has lately given the chemistry of wine making; the late Dr. Pennington did the same as to bread, and promised to pursue the line of rendering knowledge useful to common life; but death deprived us of his labours. Good treatises on these subjects should receive general approbation. "Accept of my salutations, "and assurances of respect. "TH: JEFFERSON."
"MOUNT VERNON, 18th September 1805. "I have long thought that a work upon the plan you suggest, was much wanted by those who form the great bulk of readers on chemical subjects. I have not met with a single treatise which has not appeared unnecessarily obscured by technical terms, which only scholars can understand. They have been more generally addressed to the comprehension of professional men, than to those of the humbler walks of life; for whose use this science might be made most essentially to contribute, by adapting it to their capacities, and by pointing out the way by which its principles may be applied to the more common arts, in which they are daily employed. You will I think, do great good to society and . . . by executing such a work as you propose. My best wishes will accompany you in your labours, and I shall be happy to aid them as far as I can. "BUSH. WASHINGTON."
But, fellow citizens, for you to know the Beauty, the Connection, the Importance of the Science which I wish to communicate to you, it is necessary that you know the Science itself. To relate in the most intelligible terms the discoveries of chemical philosophers will not be the extent of my labours. I shall offer a new view of the art of ascertaining the fertility of lands, and of the formation of vegetable juices, which has been approved of by some distinguished characters. I shall also relate some original experiments, a part of which establish a hitherto disputed doctrine concerning heat, and throw light on the art of enriching impoverished land. You will now determine by your subscription, whether the desire of one to disseminate knowledge highly useful and interesting to most of mankind shall be gratified—whether the proposed publication shall appear. "T. EWELL."
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. As soon as a sufficient number of subscribers are obtained, the work shall be put to the press. It will be comprised in about 500 pages, Octavo, and be printed on good paper with suitable type. A general Index will be annexed to the work—with proper drawings of the apparatus commonly used by chemists. The work shall be delivered in boards to Subscribers at Three Dollars, per copy. * * Subscriptions for the above work, received by the Editor of this Paper. 242
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 skilful 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, viz.   10d, 12d, 20d, Nails, 8d per lb.  8d, do. 9d per lb.  Sheathing do. 7 1-2d per lb.  6d, do. 10d per lb.  4d, do. 6d per M.  3d, do. 7 1-2d do.  8d, 10d, 12d, and 20d, Brads, 8d per lb.  6d, do. 4s 6d per M.  4d, do. 3s do.  3d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do.  2d, do. 2s 7 1-2d do.   ALSO—HOOP AND BAR-IRON ASSORTED. LEVIN DORSEY. March 18. 263
MARTIN FISK,
Has just received by the late arrivals from London and Liverpool, and for sale, 100 crates Crockery Ware, well assorted, 150 kegs F & FF Powder, 5 tons Shot, 150 casks Wrought Nails 4. 6. 8. 10. 20d. 60 kegs White Lead, 50 bolts Oznaburgs, 20 casks Hibbert's Porter, 50 boxes Short Pipes, 1500 lb. Seine Twine, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE & CUTLERY.
ON HAND, 20,000 lbs. Prime Green Coffee, 25 Hlds. Muscovado Sugar, 10 do. Loaf do. 30 chests Hyson } TEAS. 15 do. Hyson Skin } 10 do. Young Hyson } 8 do. Imperial } 10 Hlds. Old Antigua Rum, 60 barrels Rye Whiskey, 30 do. Apple Brandy. October 4. 184
THIS DAY LANDING, From on board the Schooner Eagle, Captain Gross, from Bourdeaux, 160 Casks CLARET, 981 Casks assorted do. 66 do. do. White do. 80 Baskets SWEET OIL, 2 Trunks and 3 Cases Ladies' and Men's SHOES, 8 Cases Mens' and Children's Silk and Beaver HATS, assorted. DEMIJOHNS, ALMONDS, NUTS, &c. &c. For sale on liberal terms, by John & James Galwey, Commerce-Street Wharf. WHO HAVE ON HAND, 75 Boxes White & Brown Havana SUGAR. September 6. 128
FOR SALE, On board the Ship PETER, lying at my Wharf, 1250 Sacks Liverpool filled SALT. 22 Crates EARTHENWARE. A quantity of Stone Jugs, Bottles, and Butter Pots. A. Maclure. September 16. 148
NOTICE. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Captain Thomas Clark, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against it, to furnish their accounts properly authenticated to Alexander Clark, Adm'or. October 30. 241
THE SUBSCRIBER Having opened Tavern in the EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, will be glad to take in TEN OR TWELVE GENTLE BOARDERS by the year. Peter Kemp. May 6. 654
FOR SALE, On board the Brig Two Friends, — Doyley, Master. 26,000 BRICKS. 4,000 PAVING TILE. 200 GIN CASES. William Pennock. October 25. 228
LADIES FASHIONABLE SHOES. SEVERAL Trunks of Ladies plain and fashionable LACED KID SHOES, and Gentlemen's fashionable London made do. just received by the ship Planter, Captain Boush, and for sale by Gilliat & Mackinder. September 9. 136
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. RICHARD TAYLOR, Has received by the Ships Fredonia & Dunfries, from Liverpool, his WOOLENS AND HARDWARE. AND ALSO, By the Brig Triton, Captain Fraser, from London, An extensive choice assortment of FASHIONABLE GOODS. All of which he offers for Sale, by Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms. October 18. 213
150 Firkins Choice Philadelphia BUTTER. For Sale by James Maurice & Co. October 25. 225
Hibbert's Porter and Brown Stout. Received per the Ship Shepherdess, from London, a further supply of Hibbert's best bottled Porter & Brown Stout. Robert Maitland, Esq. Co. November 6. 236
FALL AND WINTER GOODS. GILLIAT AND MACKINDER, Have received by the Ship PLANTER, Boush, from London, and FREDONIA, from Liverpool, their supply of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, And will be Sold on low terms, for Cash, or approved Acceptances in Town.—Amongst which are
 17 Bales of Napt Cottons. 16 Boxes Boys' and Men's Hats.  18 do. of Rose Blankets. 6 Trunks of Manchester's.  8 do. Stripe do. 4 Boxes Cutlery, assorted.  9 do. White and Red Flannels. 50 Casks Shot.  10 do. White Plains and Kerseys. 150 Kgs of Gunpowder.  12 do. Blue do. 40 Casks Nails.  14 do. Blue & Green Half Thicks. 4 do. Seine Twine.  6 do. Stripe and Grey Coatings. 6 Trunks Mens' and Women's Worsted Hose.  2 do. Yarn Hose. 8 Bales of Oznaburgs.  2 do. Carpating and Carpets. Fleecy Hosiery, for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear.  8 do. Mixed Feamaughts. Muslins, Dimities, Calicoes, &c. &c.  The above packages are well assorted. September 16. 145
THE SUBSCRIBER WILL SELL
The STOCK OF GOODS, he has at present on hand, on moderate terms, if immediate application is made—a credit of two, three, and four months will be given for approved negotiable notes.—The Store may be had along with the Goods. WM. B. BROWN. The amount of the Goods is insured in the Phoenix Fire-Office, London, which will be transferred. November 22. 298
NOTICE. A petition will be presented by the Subscriber to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass, to divorce him from his Wife ELIZABETH. George Whitfield. Portsmouth, Nov. 22. 299
FOR RENT,
And possession given the 1st January next, or sooner if required, A convenient Dwelling House, with a spacious Garden, in the fields, leading to Smith's Point, at present occupied by Mr. James McKinnell.—For terms, application will be made to William Plume, Esq. Co. November 6. 254
FOR SALE—BY THE SUBSCRIBER, 75 Puncheons Winward Island RUM. 6 do. 4th proof Old Jamaica do. 5 do. New England do. 50 Pines Best Holland GIN. 3 Hogsheads and 24 Barrels Country do. 8 Pines 4th proof Cognac BRANDY. 11 do. do. Alicante do. 10 Quarters Casks Sherry WINE. 17 Pines Fine Old Sicily do. 70 Crates well assorted EARTHEN WARE. 2 Hogsheads do. assorted for family use. 12 Casks GLASS WARE—well assorted. 200 Sacks Liverpool SALT—Also, 70 Hlds. Richmond and Petersburg TOBACCO. 35 do. Lowland do. 104 Barrels superfine, } FLOUR. 90 do. Fine, } 27 do. SHIP STUFF. A. Maclure. August 7. 43
REMOVAL.
JAMES TUCKER, Has removed to No. 1, HOLT'S LANE, near MAIN-STREET, WHERE HE OFFERS FOR SALE, ON REASONABLE TERMS, HIS STOCK IN TRADE, CONSISTING OF A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. May 8. 659
COCKE & SANFORD, No. 40. Main-Street. Have imported in the Brig Triton, from London, an extensive assortment of FASHIONABLE FANCY GOODS, Which they offer by Retail or Wholesale, at very moderate prices for prompt payment. October 18. 215
Richmond Academy Lottery, NOW DRAWING, CONTAINING One Prize of Ten Thousand Dollars, Besides several other large Prizes. ** TICKETS for Sale by the EDITOR OF THIS PAPER. November 15. 279
TO RENT, (And immediate possession given,) A Convenient Dwelling House, near the Presbyterian Church, lately occupied by Thomas Newton, jun. Esq. It is in a pleasant part of the town, has a large garden and necessary out-houses, and a good well of water. For terms apply to John Brown, Marsden's Wharf. November 13. 275
REMOVAL.
THOMAS LUMSDEN, Watch-Maker, &c. Has removed from No. 3, Water-Street, to the Brick-House at the corner of Rothery's Lane and Main-Street, opposite Captain Pennock's, and lately occupied by Doctor Hodges.—Grateful for favours experienced, assures his friends and customers that every effort will be exerted to merit a continuation of their patronage. October 23. 227
NOTICE. THE Subscriber being desirous to close his unsettled concerns, requests all those who have accounts against him to present them at his office for adjustment, and persons indebted to him to make immediate payment. John Hamilton. October 14. 201
BRITISH CONSUL'S OFFICE, Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1805. HIS Britannic Majesty's Consul to the State of Virginia, in consequence of instructions by him received from his government, hereby gives notice, to the merchants concerned in the trade to His Majesty's Dominions, that according to the terms of the Act of the 37th of the King C. 97, no British built vessel captured by His Majesty's enemies, afterwards purchased by citizens of the United States, and sailing under a Sea Letter can be admitted to entry under the said Act, as an American vessel. John Hamilton. 114
TO RENT OR LEASE, (And possession given immediately,) THAT convenient Dwelling House, formerly occupied by Mr. John Davidson, on Brewer-Street—together with a large Garden, and all convenient out houses. For terms, apply to James Tucker. WHO HAS FOR LEASE, A VALUABLE LOT OF GROUND, On Commerce and Little Water Streets. September 6. 129
TO RENT. THE Store, Cellar, and Compting Room, No. 41, Main-Street, at present occupied by Messrs. GILLIAT & MACKINDER. Apply to Thomas Willock. April 1. 547
FOR RENT, (Possession whereof will be given the 1st of December,) The Three Story Fire-Proof WARE-HOUSE on Maxwell's wharf, at present occupied by Mr. Allmand.—A Tenement on Town-Point, conveniently accommodated for the residence of a small family, possession may be had immediately—and the Dwelling-House, Wharf, Ware-house, and Lumber-Yard in the town of Portsmouth, in the occupancy of Mr. Jordan Marchant.—The last mentioned property will be disposed of separately or together, and possession delivered on the 1st day of January next. John Nixon. November 11. 263
To Mr. ROBERT GILMOUR, surviving partner of LOGAN & GILMOUR, SIR, I have obtained a commission from the Court of Norfolk County, to take the depositions of Thomas Newton, John Owens, Alexander Love, William Porter, and James Matthews, to be read in evidence in a suit in Chancery, brought by me, as Administrator de bonis non of Richard Kelsick, against you, and now depending in that Court.—As you do not reside within the Commonwealth, and have no known Agent or Attorney, within the State, to whom notice of the time and place of the taking the depositions can be given—in conformity to the Act of Assembly, I do hereby notify you, that between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the afternoon, of Tuesday the 10th day of December next, at the office of Robert B. Taylor, in the Borough of Norfolk, I shall proceed to execute the commission aforesaid, and take the depositions of the witnesses before mentioned. I am your obedient Servant, Richard Kelsick, Administrator de bonis non of Richard Kelsick. November 20. 293
HUNTER & GATEWOOD,
Have received per Ship Jane, Captain Colley, from Liverpool, the balance of their supply of
FALL AND WINTER GOODS, Which in addition to their former importation from London, makes their assortment general and complete—it consists of almost every article of useful and fashionable goods too tedious to enumerate, which they offer for sale, at their Store No. 129, Main Street, by Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms for cash, or short payments. November 8. 262
FOR SALE, The Cargo of the Brig Paragon, Captain Aimaley—Consisting of 157 Puncheons high proof JAMAICA RUM. 7 Hogsheads MOLASSES. Redmon & Frith. Who have removed to the second Fire-Proof Store, on Gibson's Wharf. November 13. 271
On account of my bad state of health, I intend to leave this country for a few months. All those who have claims against me are requested to bring them forward for settlement; and those indebted to pay up their respective balances to ROBERT GIBSON, who is duly authorized by me. The Ship Carpenter's Business will be carried on in my absence by Mr. JOHN WILLIAMSON. David Patterson. November 18. 286
A FEW BALES OF KENDAL COTTONS, are just received by J. & W. Southgate. ALSO—A FEW CASES OF EXCELLENT MARTINIQUE CORDIALS. November 11. 1m 263
MRS. MACDOUGAL, INFORMS her friends and the public, that she has taken that handsome house belonging to Mr. Roberts, in the centre of Market Square, where she will receive Boarders on moderate terms—the strictest attention will always be paid to the diet rooms, and lodging, and every endeavour used to render a transient or permanent abode at her house satisfactory. September 25. 149
FOR SALE, BY THE SUBSCRIBER, AT HIS LUMBER YARD ON CALVERT'S WHARF, 700,000 SALE SHINGLES. 50,000 BUILDING do. 50,000 STAVES—White and Red Oak. 10,000 CYPRESS PALES. 5,000 CEDAR and CHINQUAPIN POSTS. Also—shall keep a supply of PLANK AND SCANTLING. Thomas H. Parker. August 19. 77
LANDING At the Subscriber's Wharf, from on board the Ship Ann, 200 Gross BOTTLES. 35 Boxes WINDOW GLASS. 3000 Bushels COALS. For sale by A. Maclure. September 4. 122
TO RENT, And possession given the first of September, A LARGE and commodious three story Brick House, in Church-Street, at present occupied by Mr. Henop, the first floor is completely fitted for a Store and Counting Room, and the upper part well calculated for the residence of a genteel family, with two kitchens, all other necessary out houses, and a paved yard. For terms apply to William Plume & Co. August 19. 86
Just received and will be delivered to the Subscribers, the 4th volume of WASHINGTON'S LIFE, On application at the Counting House of the subscriber, in Holt's Lane, near the Main Street. There are a few copies of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd volumes on hand, and the 5th volume will be on soon, with the maps of the battles, &c. JAMES TUCKER. November 15. 281
GERMAN GOODS.
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, Has lately received and offers for Sale, the following Goods, for Cash, or on convenient credit, for approved Notes, viz. 7000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels, in bales of 600 each. 1000 East India Gunny Bags. 190 Pieces Ticklenburgs and Oznaburgs. 400 Brown Rolls. 400 White Rolls, different qualities. 100 White Platillas. 75 Brown Hollands. 100 Bretonnais. 20 Dowlass. 62 Fine White Flanders Sheeting. 25 Shirt Linen of 20 to 100 dollars per piece of 37 yards. 40 Fine Bed Bunts and Bed Tickling. 390 Velvet Ribbands, No. 2 to 150. 30 Russia Sheeting, and Diaper. 320 Dozen Snuff Boxes. 100 Boxes Baltimore Window Glass, in whole and half boxes, viz. 8 by 10, 9 by 11, 9 by 12, 10 by 12, and 12 by 14, at the manufacturer's prices, with the addition of the usual charges. A few Barrels Philadelphia bottled Porter. 105 Boxes Short Pipes. 120 Spanish Segars, of different quality. 150 lbs. Sloc Thread. 130 Twine. 15 Boxes Glass Ware, of different kinds, cut and plain. 37 Barrels Turpentine. ALSO, 20 Dozen of Shoe Brushes. Violins, Flutes and Fifes. ditto Strings and Bows. Looking Glasses of all kinds. Nuns' Thread and Fine Lace. Thread Stockings, Plush for Saddles. Coffee Mills,—Beads, and Bird Cages. Razors, Spectacles, and Penknives, 1st quality. Backgammon Tables, Dice, Cards, Chessmen. Fowling Pieces, Pistols, and Agut Flints. Crooked Horn and Ivory straight Combs. An Invoice of Japanned Ware. do. do. of Mill Saws, Augers, &c. 40,000 Marbles. And a great variety of other Articles. Apply as above. September 25. 164
JUST RECEIVED,
From Charleston, and for Sale at this Office, PRICE ONE DOLLAR, A FEW COPIES OF INDEPENDENCE, Comedy, in Five Acts, as performed at the Theatre Charleston, with unbounded applause, By WILLIAM IOOR, Of St. George, Dorchester, South-Carolina. October 4. 186
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.