Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-09-06 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1804.
[NO. 23.]
FOR SALE,  The Schooner  THOMAS, As she arrived from sea—Burthen 110 tons, is in good order to receive a cargo—sails remarkably fast—terms of sale may be known, by applying to Captain Hayward on board at Taylor's wharf, or  Francis S. Taylor. N.B. If not disposed of at private sale, before the 7th instant, will be sold on that day, at publick action, at 11 o'clock, A.M. at my wharf. Sept. 1. tf 112
FOR THE ISLE OF RE, (IN FRANCE.)  The new fast sailing Brig  AURORA,  James Merk, Master:— Will sail in ten or twelve days—for passage only, (having excellent accommodations) apply to the master on board at Messrs. C. & F. Whittle's wharf, or to  A. Maclure. Sept. 4. tf 117
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER,  The Copper-bottomed Brig  MARY LOUISA,  Captain George Farrer:— Burthen 1200 barrels—now ready to receive a cargo.—Apply to the master on board, or  Thomas Willock. Sept. 4. tf 118
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, (If applied for in a few days.)  The American Brig  FLORA,  Henry Dickson, master:— The Flora carries eighteen hundred barrels of flour, is two years old, just sheathed, and now ready to receive a cargo—For terms apply to the capt. on board, or to the subscriber, who would ship part of the Cargo, if agreeable.  Alexander Leckie. Portsmouth Sept. 4. 2 119
FOR NEW-YORK, OR BOSTON,  THE SLOOP  AKERLY,  Joseph Sturges, master. Will take a freight for either of the above ports, if offered in 4 days. For freight or passage, (having good accommodations,) apply on board at Taylor's wharf, or to  Francis S. Taylor. Sept. 1. 3 111
LANDING  From the Brig ANN MARIA, from MADEIRA,  AND FOR SALE, 5 Pipes, 6 Hhds. and 3 Qrs. Casks } Fine old London P. M. Wine. Apply to  Robert Maitland & Co. WHO WANT TO CHARTER, A vessel of about 1500 barrels, to load for a port in Great Britain. Sept. 1. tf 109
FOR SALE OR CHARTER,  The American Ship  ELIZA,  John Evans, Master. Burthen 450 hogheads of tobacco, now ready to receive a cargo.—ALSO,  FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, To a port in France, with Tobacco only,  The American Ship  NANCY,  Captain Turner. Burthen 320 hogheads—just arrived from Bourdeaux, and now discharging 47 hogheads of prime CLARET, which we offer for sale.  C. & F. Whittle. August 16. tf 76
CASH GIVEN FOR  White and Red Oak, drawn Hhd. Staves.  FOR CHARTER,  THE SHIP  COURTNEY,  William Bryant, Master. Burthen 270 Hhds. of tobacco, and now ready to receive a cargo. Apply to the Master on board, or to  William Pennock. Who is now landing from on board said ship, and offers for sale, 10 Pipes Particular, and 10 Pipes Common } TENERIFFE WINE. August 11. tf 70
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER, To a port in Europe, or the West Indies,  THE SHIP  VIRGINIA,  Capt. James Petrie. Burthen about 600 tons—built of Teak Wood, and coppered to the beams. She can be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. For terms apply to  John Newell, jun. Who has for sale about  1500 BUILDING STONES, received by the said ship from Bourdeaux. August 21. tf 94
FOR SALE, A choice parcel of Grenada RUM, now landing from on board the Brig Regulator. For terms apply to  John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. August 9. tf 65 WHO WILL SELL HIS  Brig REGULATOR, on very low terms if application be made in the course of a few days, or will take a freight to the West Indies, if applied for in the course of ten days. August 9. tf 65
FOR LONDON OR LIVERPOOL,  The American Ship  REBECCA,  Captain Fraser. Burthen about 400 Hhds. tobacco—just arrived from Rotterdam—can take in cargo in 3 days; and will go to either port, for which 200 hds. are first offered.  George Murray & Co.
FOR SALE, 50 Pipes GIN, received by the Rebecca. ALSO, TOBACCO chosen for the West-India Market. A few Hhds. of excellent CLARET. A quantity of RICE. 1800 Bbls. FLOUR, greater part back country S. Fine. 200 Half do. do. 3300 Bbls. CORN, to be delivered on a few days notice. August 14. tf 73
Now Landing on Warren's Wharf, A CHOICE PARCEL OF  Old particular Madeira WINES, in Pipes, Hhds. and Quarter Casks.—ALSO, a few barrels of WALNUTS, from on board the brig Ann Elizabeth, from Madeira—which will be sold on low terms if applied for in a few days.  John Brown, Rothery's Wharf. August 14. tf 74 Who wishes to Sell, Freight or Charter, The above Brig  ANN ELIZABETH, Burthen 1300 Barrels. She will be in complete order for a cargo in two days.
WE WANT A vessel of 150 Hogsheads, for a Port in France—immediate dispatch will be given.  C. & F. Whittle. July 31. tf 49 A few barrels Superfine Flour, of old Wheat, a-feat.
FOR CHARTER,  THE SHIP  ANACREON,  Jabez Fletcher, Master. Has only made one passage—will carry about 400 Hhds. of tobacco, and is esteemed by judges, one of the completest ships in the harbour. Apply to the master on board, or to  William Pennock.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, 20,000 feet of Boards, on board said ship. July 28. tf 47
LANDING  On Town Point, out of the Brig MARY LOUISA, from St. Thomas, A Parcel of Choice SUGAR. In hogheads, tierces and barrels, for sale—also,  From on board the MARIA, Capt. HATTON, from BOURDEAUX. 50 Cases, 48 Casks, } CLARET, of superior quality. 100 Pipes high proof BRANDY, which will be sold on liberal terms, by  Robertson & Brown. Sept. 1. tf 114
NOW LANDING  From on board the Brig Maria, Robert Hatton, master, from Bourdeaux, 50 Pipes Old COGNAC BRANDY, fit for immediate use. 211 Hhds. CLARET, fit for the West India Market. 100 Cases, do. do. 50 do. Vin de Grave. 500 DEMIJOHNS. 2 Trunks of Silk Stockings, Silk and Kid Gloves and Fans. For sale by  William Pennock. Sept. 1. tf 115 50 Hhds. Trinidad SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For sale by  GILLIAT & MACKINDER. Sept. 1. tf 116
COLOGNE MILL-STONES. THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE  COLOGNE MILL-STONES, of all dimensions, from Hand-Mill-Stones of 22 inches, to those of 4 feet 8 inches, of the best quality.—ALSO,  BAR and ROD IRON, and STEEL, of all kinds.  Jesse Hollingsworth & Son. Baltimore, Aug. 15. tf 77
Baltimore French College.  NOTICE TO PARENTS. THE numerous inconveniences arising from the successive entry of students, through the course of the scholastic year, have brought on the resolution of fixing for the sole epoch of admission, for new boarders from this country, the whole month of September, being the time of the commencement of schools after the great vacation. Persons desirous to secure places for their young friends, ought to be early in their applications, as from the present number of demands, it is apprehended the college will soon be full. Sept. 4. 1m 116
Will be landed this day on Newton's Wharf, from on board the Schooner ANN ELIZA, Capt. SMALL, from Anz-Coyes, 75,000 wt. GREEN COFFEE. For sale by  Wilson, Cunningham & Co. August 21. tf 85
BILLS ON PHILADELPHIA. Apply to  C. & F. Whittle. July 24. 38
OLIVEIRA, FERNANDES & Co.  OF NORFOLK AND MADEIRA. Have just received per the Juliana, Capt. Wilbur, an additional supply of  Six years old Brazil Wine, of a superior quality, and cheaper than any hitherto imported. They offer the following proposals to such purchasers, as may favour them with orders, to furnish Wine on board vessels at Madeira, free of all expenses there, at the undermentioned rates and conditions, Brazil Wine, 6 years old, 50L. Ster. per Pipe. do. 3 and 4 years, 44L. London P. 3 years old 40L. do. Last Vintage, 34L. do. London Market, 30L. do. East India do. 26L. do. New-York do. 26L.
MALMSEY, according to age. On the following credits. 10 Pipes or under 2 months. 20 do. 4 50 do. 9 Any quan. above 50 pipes, 12. Payable here or in London. Sept. 4. 3 121
FALL GOODS. WE are now landing from the brig Commerce, from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, among which, are afforded packages, calculated for the West India market, entitled to drawback; which will be sold at low advance, by  Gilliat & Mackinder. August 21. tf 92
FALL GOODS.  RICHARD TAYLOR, HAS received, by the brig Commerce, from London, an extensive assortment of FALL GOODS, which he offers for sale on moderate terms, for cash, or good paper—and he is in daily expectation of receiving a large assortment of WOOLLENS, IRISH LINENS, and HARDWARE, by the ship Brutus, from Liverpool. August 21. 2m 91
New Grocery Store.  THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVE to inform the publick, that they have opened a GROCERY STORE, in Wolf Street, leading from Catherine Street, to the New-Bank—where every article in that line, of the best quality, will be sold on very reasonable terms. Some excellent CLARET, at 84s per dozen.  G. Domezio & Co. August 25. tf 103
N. B. Families may be supplied in any quantity, with the best Bourbon Coffee, FRENCH ROASTED, every morning. The mode of roasting preserves the essence of the Coffee, and, in consequence, it will be found to drink greatly superior to that roasted in the manner generally adopted in this place. August 25. tf 103
FOR SALE—A BARGAIN. THE SUBSCRIBER, WISHING TO DECLINE THE RETAIL BUSINESS, OFFERS FOR SALE, HIS WHOLE STOCK IN TRADE, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $20,000. CONSISTING OF DRY GOODS, Cutlery, Hardware, Castings, Nails of all sizes, and a number of other articles.—The whole will be sold on very low terms, and a liberal credit will be allowed, on bond with approved security.—Also, the balance of the lease of his Store, equal to any hand in Norfolk, if required. Property in the Borough of Norfolk, or Lands in the neighbouring counties, Publick Securities, &c. will be taken in exchange. For further particulars, apply to  James Tucker.
WHO HAS FOR SALE, ON VERY LOW TERMS, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, on the South Branch of the Potomack. August 23. tf 97
FOR SALE, 12 Punched ANTIGUA RUM. 15 do. GRENADA do. 5 Pipes HOLLAND GIN. 20 do. COUNTRY do. 12 do. FRENCH BRANDY. 2 do. ALICANT do. 22 Qrs. Casks SHERRY WINE. 10 do. do. MALAGA do. PORT and CLARET WINE, in casks & bottles. 6 Barrels PORK—and about 1000 Dozen PORTER, of my last winters stock, equal to any imported.  Joseph Hayes. August 24. tf 95
TO BE SOLD, On Thursday the 20th day of next month, (September,) at 12 o'clock, before the Exchange Coffee-House, in this Borough, for READY MONEY, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, LYING in the county of Nansemond, and known by the name of Everitt's Bridge Plantation—about nine miles from Suffolk, and twelve from Smithfield. The advantages which this valuable tract possesses, are well known as not to require a more particular description.—ALSO, At the same time will be SOLD, upon the same terms, Two very likely Negro Boys. The above Tract of Land and Negroes, will be sold under a Deed in Trust, from Willis Wilkinson, deceased, and his Wife, to satisfy a debt due to Moses Myers, and Warren Ahlley. The Trustee. August 18. ts 80
NOW LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF,  From on board the Ship Dart, Captain Peck, from Cadiz, 300 Qrs. Casks SHERRY WINE, of superior quality, & 2000 Buthals SALT. For sale by  Richard Bowden & Co. August 9. tf 60
FOR SALE, 50 Bags—5000 wt. PEPPER, entitled to drawback. 31 Barrels SHIP BREAD. 20 do. No. 1 BEEF, Boston inspection. 21 do. Virginia do.  Phinehas Dana. August 23. tf 102
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, OFFERS FOR SALE, By the Piece or Package, at his store of  GERMAN GOODS, 85 Pieces Ticklenburgs and Os-naburgs. 70 do. Hessian and brown Rolls. 350 do. White Rolls. 130 do. excellent Checks. 125 do. Britannias. 30 do. brown Holland. 35 do. Fine Shirt Linen. 15 do. do. Sheetings. 40 do. do. Cloths & Coatings. 18 do. Saddle Cloths. 20 Liquor Cases. 15 Boxes Spanish Segars. 90,000 Merles. A quantity of Toys. German Nuns Thread. 1000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels. 5 boxes short Pipes. 3 do. Slates & Pencils. 1 Hhd. Japanned Ware. Looking Glasses English gilt. Do. of Mahogany, all kinds. Elegant Waiters. Patent Needles. Violins, Flutes and Clarinets. Best Italian and common Violin Strings. Files and Instruction Books. Elegant Violin Bows. Spectacles first quality. Razors and Pen Knives, of do. 1 Case cheap Jewellery. Razor Hones & Straps. Thread Stockings, extra fine. Cotton Checks & Handkerchiefs. Fine Brabant Lace. 200 Pieces Velvet Ribbands. Fine Black Silk Velvet. 1 Box Mill Saws, and Augers. Ware House Hinges and Iron Plates. Bird Cages and Seeds. Frying Pans & Shovels. A quantity of Baskets. Brass Andiron & Candle Sticks. Table Knives & Forks. Steel Snuffers & Scissors. Backgammon Tables & Chess men. 40 dozen English Mustard. 600 M. common Needles. Batte Doors and Birds. Snuff Boxes & Gun Flints. Double barrel Guns. 12 dozen coarse Shirts. Portable Writing Desks. Best Quills and Lead Pencils. Sealing Wax & Wafers. Tooth Brushes, of all kinds. Ivory & Dressing Combs. Best English Playing Cards. Coffee Mills and Oil Cloths. Padocks of all kinds. Best German Bed Tickling. Fine Cotton Stockings. Night Lamps and Lanterns. Beads, a large quantity. Suspenders and Pocket Books. Dressing Cases and Metal Spoons. Silk Umbrellas.
ALSO—A LARGE QUANTITY OF  GLASS WARE, CUT and PLAIN—Consisting of Decanters. Bird Glasses. Tumblers. Sugar Dishes & Cruits. Wine Glasses. Flower Urns, &c. &c. Jellies, Lemonade and Punch Glasses. ALSO, China Tea Sets. Glass Pitchers, elegantly cut. Do. Cups and Saucers. Do. Tea Pots. Salt Cellars. Elegant Bowls, &c. &c. The above will be sold for Cash or approved Bills only.—Apply as above. August 11. 1aw. tf. 21
JUST RECEIVED,  By the ship Roba & Betsey, Capt. Richardson, from London, and for sale by the Subscribers, A LARGE SUPPLY OF  DRUGS AND MEDICINES, of all kinds. Patent Medicines, Perfumery, &c. &c. Also received by the ship Admira, Capt. Stover, A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, Consisting of Amputating, Trepanning, Cupping, Midwifery, Tooth of different sorts, Crown and Common Lancets, and Surgical Pocket Instruments, &c. &c.
HARDHAM'S SNUFF, No. 9.  Also, by the ship Olive Branch, Capt. Le Breton, from Bristol, A LARGE & EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF  GLASS & FURNITURE, For Apothecary's and Practitioner's Shops. Those who favor us with their orders will be supplied on the most reasonable terms, and the articles of the best and freshest quality, as our importations are regularly twice a year, and laid in with cash, from the most respectable Druggists in London. MEDICINE CHESTS made up as usual. Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete.
PERRY'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS.  Frederick Heermann & Son. July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
TO LEASE,  TWO LOTS OF GROUND in Rothery's Lane. —Also, one LOT at the head of said Lane, fronting the residence of Mr. William Pennock and the house of  JOHN HODGES, Smith's Point. Aug. 18. tf 62
HARP-STRINGS. A FEW SETTS complete, of the best quality—and a few HALF SETTS from the second octave, to the first.—Also, 30 BOXES PIPES. Just received and for sale by  John C. Niemeyer. August 9. 2aw 63

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1804.
The British Packet, Princess Amelia, has arrived at New-York. She brings dates to the 8th July. We have now before us the Courier of London, down to the 7th.
In England things remain as they were reported by our other late arrivals. Nothing of moment can be observed in the papers, as the dates are not later than those referred to in our last. We could, however, select some articles, but we are prevented by the receipt of a domestic article more immediately calling for our attention.
From the continent it appears that Buonaparte has refused to give any explanation on the subject of the violation of the German territory, in the affair of the Duc D'Enghien.
It was reported that Russia was arming, and meditated an attack on France, on the side of Italy. It was also conjectured that the first destination of the Russian troops, embarked on board the fleet at Revel and Cronstadt, (the former of which had sailed) would be Ireland; thence, probably, to co-operate with the British troops in a descent on Holland.
The army of Austria amounting to 360,500 men, with 9,500 supernumeraries, and a militia of 96,500 men, was in excellent condition, and ready for any service.—No mention is made of any misunderstanding between the Emperor of Germany and his brother, the Arch-duke Charles; as reported by the Paris papers.
Admiral Nelson had sent a squadron to Corfu to co-operate with the Russian ships. He continues to blockade Toulon.
Some disturbances had occurred in Ireland; but not of much moment.
The price of dollars had fallen in Ireland to four shillings and ten pence half-penny—equal to 4s. 6d. sterling.
We shall make more particular extracts for our next.
Messrs. PRINTERS,
IN the last Herald is published, a particular account of the loss of the brig Hermes, Captain Thomas Homans, from Madeira bound to Boston, with wine and ballast: viz. that "On Monday, July 22d, they were scudding in a gale, under the foresail, that their tiller broke, close to the rudder head, on which the brig instantly broached-to, upset, and filled; and that three only of the crew out of eight escaped, after having been 15 days on the quarter deck, without any nourishment except a piece of a hide which they found in the crotch of the quarter deck, and salt water to drink."
Having once been in a similar situation, I think it incumbent on me to relate how we escaped the fate of the Hermes, for the benefit of those who may hereafter find it their interest to pursue some such plan as we adopted. Being on board a vessel loaded with Tobacco from this State, bound to Great Britain, on the 23d of January, 1769, in a violent gale of wind, and scudding under a reefed foresail at 5 P. M. the vessel pooped, shipped a dangerous sea, which broke the tiller off at the mortise. The Capt. being on deck, cunning the helmsman, immediately after the stroke of the sea, perceived something amiss, by the confusion of the man at the wheel, and on turning round his head, saw the tiller lying on the deck, he at the same time found the vessel was flying up in the wind; he instantly called all hands, and at the same time, let go the weather fore-brace, flew to the lee one, and with the assistance of those on deck, braced up the fore yard; by this time, the people from below were up, and all hand sprung forward and hawled aft the fore-sheet; and as it was a constant practice with this Capt. to scud with one tack down, the simple manœuvre above described, was all that was necessary to prevent the foresail from being taken aback, and the vessel immediately broaching-to. But after the sheet was aft, the vessel after coming up to the wind, began to fall off as was expected. A purchasing bar being at hand, was lashed to the rudder head, so as to enable us to put the helm a-lee, and lay the vessel to, till the carpenter fitted the tiller afresh; and we proceeded on the voyage without experiencing any loss or inconvenience, except a detention while the tiller was fitting.
When vessels lose their masts at sea, it is generally owing to their broaching-to; when they are upset, it is almost always a consequence of loss of rudder; and when they are never heard of after leaving port, we may reasonably imagine it proceeds from some such cause. It is almost impossible for a vessel to avoid broaching-to when deprived of the means of steering, whilst scudding in a heavy gale; but as one vessel, at least, has been relieved, when suddenly reduced to this melancholy situation, so others, after being informed of the means, may also experience the same beneficial effect.
NAUTICUS.
By an arrival at Salem from Sumatra, we learn that on the 14th April an English fleet took possession of Mucca, after a contest with the natives of 6 hours in which the latter had 50 killed. The pretext for this attack was to chastise the natives for plundering a country ship that had been previ-
ously cast away upon their coast. It is supposed, should they keep possession, the American trade in pepper will be very much injured.
The Committee appointed to inquire concerning the Editor of the Aurora, who is in a state of non compos mentis , respectfully Report.
That eight days have elapsed since the moon was full , and during that time it has been a difficult matter to prevent the moon-struck Editor from doing violence to himself, when he found that he could not injure those around him. The most ridiculous notions entered into his head, such as "grinning through a horse-collar for tobacco" "fighting a wooden battle with a two-edge sword" "cramming green turtle with chickens" "exhibiting stool pigeons to geese" "wondering how many blue beans made twelve," &c. His conduct, in short, was so mad-like, that even the children laughed at him. Emeticcks, catharticks, and blistering-plasters were administered with good effect; and last Saturday a full dose of Freeman's Journal, a medicine of great efficacy, was given by way of bolus, and has operated in the most surprising manner. This morning the lunatic seems somewhat better, though the ravings of a disordered imagination are still evident. He talks of having been "drawn out of his shell," as if he was a tarapin, and displays some few other freaks of fancy, bordering on the hypochondriack. An inspection of his brains will soon take place, and, provided they are not in a decayed state, a hope is entertained of bringing him to his senses.
(Signed)
TREPAN, BLISTER, PROBE.
[Freeman's Journal.]
We have been favoured, by a gentleman in this city, with a copy of an act of the assembly of Jamaica, respecting letters of attorney, &c. executed in the United States.
"That from and immediately after the passing of this act—any conveyance, letter of attorney, or other deed whatsoever, which shall be hereafter executed in any of the United States of America, and shall be proved by a subscribing witness, or acknowledged by the party or parties before any of his majesty's consuls or vice-consuls residing in any of those states, or before the chief justice of any of the said states, or before the chief justice or any of the judges of the supreme court of the said United States; and certified under the seal of any of the said states, or the seal of the said United States; shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be, as good and effectual in law, as if such conveyance, letter of attorney, or other deed, had been respectively proved or acknowledged before a judge of any court of record in this Island; any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding."
[American.]
It is reported that Col. Smith, the President of the New-York State Society of Cincinnati, has received an answer to a letter addressed by said Society to Gen. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the Vice-President General of the Society. Mr. Pinckney, it is said, condemns in the strongest manner the practice of duelling, and proposes that the society at a general meeting, or at their different state meetings, should enter into a resolution neither to give nor accept a challenge. Such a letter coming from a gentleman of high character, and of great bravery, is very important. The letter ought not to be withheld from the publick.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Lisbon, to his friend in Philadelphia.
LISBON, July 17, 1804.
"A Captain of my acquaintance being ready to sail for your place, I take advantage of this opportunity to inform you of the state of our market, since my last.
"I then had the pleasure of mentioning to you, that our provisions would not be sufficient for the consumption of our town, but till June, and that the prices of flour and wheat had, in consequence, rose considerably: and, indeed, it has proved as I predicted: good wheat has, in spite of a considerable importation, been sold at 800 Rs. per alger: and flour at 8000 a 8500 Rs. per barrel, from on board, and I suppose that the prices will fix themselves, through the whole summer, at 700 a 720 Rs. for wheat, and form 8000 Rs. for flour, and quick sales cannot be doubted, the remains of our crop being now entirely destroyed by the extensive heat, and the prices neither in the Mediterranean nor in the Baltic are now enough to make undertakings for here advantageous.
"Indian corn has been so very much in demand, that 600 Rs. have been paid on board and even now it would fetch 500 Rs. from on board.
"Our new vintage promises very much, and sail will be had at St. Ubes at the end of August."
The repeated aggressions on our commerce, are continued in the usual manner, by the British ships at the Hook. Yesterday morning about six o'clock, we are informed, the ship Rebecca of this port, after a voyage of two years, was fired at and brought too, by the Cambrian frigate, and six men impressed from her not more than two leagues from the hook, and the ship detained about two hours.
At about 11 A. M. a schooner hove in sight close under the highlands. The Cambrian made a signal to the Leander, which was answered, and they both hauled their wind and stood for her.—The former fired at her twice, and then stood off to another schooner or brig, which appeared in the offing. The Leander continued in pursuit, and fired three guns when the schooner came to anchor. At this time a squall arose, which obliged the Leander to stand off, and the schooner weighed and got safe into the hook. What was the fate of the other vessel we are not able to state. It is said that as many as sixty of the Leander's people are sick. The ships stand off and on all night, and take stations in the mouth of the harbour every morning, for the purpose of overhauling every vessel bound in and out.
It is worthy of remark that the Cambrian is the Commodore's ship, and Capt. Skene is, of course, under the immediate orders of Capt. Bradley, the same gentleman who some time since ordered the impressment of the Pitt's people, at the quarantine ground.
[N. York Paper.]
Hint to Mariners trading to Batavia.
It is a melancholy truth, that Batavia is considered, in some seasons of the year, the most unhealthy European settlement of any in the East Indies; and that in past years many ships lost their seamen at that port, owing principally to
the bad water procured there, or at the islands near Java. To remedy this, or to guard against the evil, as far as human means will avail, the following arrangement is simply recommended to the owners and captains of American vessels bound to Batavia. Let the ship take on board double the quantity of water in the United States to what has been usual for the outward passage, and let no other water be used by the ship's company during the voyage. An extra allowance of 30 or 40 casks of pure water will be sufficient, if managed with prudence and economy. The cost will be trifling; the freight nothing, as the ships go out in ballast, and for the homeward voyage the spare casks might be filled with sugar or coffee, &c. It is strongly recommended never to drink the Batavian water, or that procured from Prince's Island, or the watering places near Java head. If the water falls short on the homeward passage, the Isle of France may be visited for a supply, or the ship might touch at the Cape of Good Hope or St. Helena, where the water is of an excellent quality. If a single life is preserved by adopting the plan here recommended, it will be gratifying in the highest degree, to
An old East India Sailor.
Coinage.—On this interesting subject it may not be unacceptable to state the quantities of specie coined since the the time of Elizabeth.
   Gold. Silver.   POUNDS.     By Queen Elizabeth 12,000 4,632,932   James I 800,000 1,700,000   Charles I 1,723,000 5,776,544   Parliament & Cromwell 1,000,000   Charles II 3,500,000 5,524,104   James II 1,400,000 1,337,637   William III 6,511,963 4,000,000   Anne 1,300,000 1,391,636   George I 8,000,000 725,000   George II 11,662,216 304,360   George III 63,772,236 65,600  
From this it is evident that the coinage of silver in England has been greatly neglected during the last three reigns, and that the quantity in existence is somewhat inadequate to the circulation of the country.
A Matrimonial Lottery.
A young man of good character and figure, lately proposed a lottery in the Bourdeaux Journal. The conditions are as follows:—All the widows and maidens who have not attained the age of 32, are invited to take of him a ticket at the price of 25 francs. There are to be 400 of these tickets.—Only one number is to be drawn from the wheel, and the fortunate holder is to gain the young man for a husband, and to partake with him the 10,000 francs produced by the lottery!
Royal Robber. A famous robber, called St. Rochette, has lately been apprehended in Piedmont. He has been the chief and creator of 16 bands of robbers in the Alps, of whom 305 have been executed. He never had any fixed residence, but he knew the Alps, and all retreats in those mountains; and wherever he went he had the talent to form new bands, and to inspire his followers with the most violent hatred against the French, of whom he acknowledges to have killed, with his own hands, upwards of 120, and that his comrades during the last war, have, by ambushes which he has prepared, destroyed upwards of 1500 republicans. The jealousy of one of his mistresses delivered him up at St. Benigno. Memorials concerning many of his transactions were found upon him, and receipts from different priests and friars for 2,360,000 livres, which he had given to churches and convents to have masses and prayers said for obtaining the assistance of the Virgin Mary in his undertaking. He had besides a list of 30 persons whom he intended to dispatch this year as soon as possible, among whom were two Buonapartes, vice-president Melzi, generals Menou, Murat, St. Cyr, &c. On his way to Turin he knocked out the brains of a gen-darme with his hand-cuffs, and bit the nose of another who attempted to tie his hands on his back. He is a very strong man, and his body covered with hair like a goat.
We lately gave some account of a meeting at New Orleans for the purpose of framing a remonstrance to Congress. The following is a translation of that remonstrance; which will be found of sufficient importance to engage the attention of every American.
LOUISIANA REMONSTRANCE.
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN SENATE and HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONVENED.
WE, the subscribers, planters, merchants, and other inhabitants of Louisiana, respectfully approach the legislature of the United States, with a memorial of our rights, a remonstrance against certain laws which contravene them, and a petition for that redress to which the laws of nature, sanctioned by positive stipulation, have entitled us.
Without any agency in the events which have annexed our country to the United States, we yet considered them as fortunate, and thought our liberties secured, even before we knew the terms of the cession. Persuaded that a free people would acquire territory only to extend the blessings of freedom; that an enlightened nation would never destroy those principles on which its government was founded; and that their representatives would disdain to become the instruments of oppression; we calculated with certainty, that their first act of sovereignty would be a communication of all the blessings they enjoyed, and were the less anxious to know on what particular terms we were received. It was early understood that we were to be American citizens; this satisfied our wishes, it implied every thing we could desire, and filled us with that happiness which arises from the anticipated enjoyment of a right long withheld. We knew that it was impossible to be citizens of the United States, without enjoying personal freedom, protection of property, and, above all, the privileges of a free representative government, and did not therefore imagine that we could be deprived of these rights, even if there should have existed no promise to impart them; yet it was with some satisfaction we found these objects secured to us by the stipulation of a treaty; and the faith of Congress pledged to us for their uninterrupted enjoyment; we expected them from our magnanimity, but were not displeased to see them secured to us as a right, and guaranteed by solemn engagements.
With a firm persuasion that these engagements would be sacredly fulfilled, we passed under your
jurisdiction, with a joy bordering on enthusiasm, submitted to the inconveniences of an intermediate dominion without a murmur, and saw the last tie that attached us to our mother country, severed without regret. Even the evils of a military and absolute authority were acquiesced in, because it indicated an eagerness to complete the transfer, and place beyond the reach of accident the union we mutually desired.
A single magistrate, vested with civil and military, with executive and judiciary powers, upon whose laws we had no check, over whose acts we had no controul, and from whose decrees there was no appeal; the sudden suspension of all those forms; to which we had been accustomed; the total want of any permanent system to replace them; the introduction of a new language into the administration of justice; the perplexing necessity of using an interpreter for every communication with the officers placed over us; the involuntary errors of necessity committed by judges, uncertain by what code they are to decide; wavering between the civil and the common law, between the forms of the French, Spanish and American jurisprudence; and with the best intentions unable to expound laws, of which they are ignorant, or to acquire them in a language they do not understand—these were not slight inconveniences, nor was this a state of things calculated to give impressions, or realise the hopes we entertained.—But we submitted with resignation because we thought the effect of necessity; we submitted with patience though its duration was longer than we had been taught to expect; we submitted even with cheerfulness, while we supposed your honourable body was employed in reducing this chaos to order, and, by your legislative fiat, calling a system of harmony from the depth of this confused and discordant mass. But we cannot conceal, we ought not to dissemble, that the first project presented for the government of the country, tended to lessen the enthusiasm which, until that period, had been universal; and to fix our attention on present evils, while it rendered us less sanguine as to the future; still, however, we wished to persuade ourselves, that further enquiry would produce better information; that discussion would establish our rights, and time destroy every prejudice that might oppose them. We could not bring ourselves to believe that we had so far mistaken the stipulations in our favour, or that congress could so little regard them, and we waited the result, with an anxiety which distance only prevented our expressing before the passage of the bill. After a suspense which continued to the last moment of the session; after debates which only tended to shew how little our true situation was known; after the rejection of every amendment declaratory of our rights; it at length became a law, and before this petition can be presented will take effect in our country.
Disavowing any language but that of respectful remonstrance; disdaining any other but that which befits a manly assertion of our rights; we pray leave to examine the law "erecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof," to compare its provisions with our rights, and its whole scope with the letter and spirit of the treaty which binds us to the United States.
The first section erects the country south of the 33d degree, into a territory of the United States, by the name of the Territory of Orleans.
The second gives us a governor appointed for three years by the president of the United States; the fourth vests in him and in a council chosen by the president, all legislative power, subject to the revision of congress—specially guarding against any interference with publick property either by taxation or sale. And the fifth establishes a judiciary, to consist of a supreme court having exclusive criminal and original jurisdiction, without appeal, for all causes above the value of 100 dollars; and such inferior courts as the legislature of the territory may establish; the judges of the superior court are appointed by the president to continue in office for years. This is the summary of our constitution. This is the accomplishment of a treaty engagement to "incorporate us into the union, and admit us to all the rights, advantages, and immunities of American citizens." And this is the promise performed which was made by our first magistrate in your name, that you would "receive us as brothers, and hasten to extend to us a participation in those invaluable rights, which had formed the basis of your unexampled prosperity."
Ignorant as we have been represented of our natural rights, shall we be called on to shew that this government is inconsistent with every principle of civil liberty.
Uninformed as we are supposed to be of our acquired rights, is it necessary for us to demonstrate that this act does not "incorporate us into the union," that it invests us with none of the "rights," gives us no "advantages," and deprives us of all the "immunities," of American citizens.
If this should be required we think neither task will be difficult.
On the first point we need only appeal to your declaration of independence, to your constitution, to your different state governments, to the writings of your revolutionary patriots, and statesmen, to your own professions and publick acts, and finally, legislators, to your own hearts, on which the love of civil liberty and its principles are, we trust, too deeply engaged to be ever totally effaced.
A governor is to be placed over us, whom we have not chosen, whom we do not even know, who may be ignorant of our language, uninformed of our institutions, and who may have no connections with our country, nor interest in its welfare.
This governor is vested with all executive and almost unlimited legislative power; for the law declares, that "by and with the advice and consent of the legislative body, he may change, modify, and repeal the laws," &c. but this advice and consent will no doubt in all cases be easily procured, from the majority of a council, selected by the president or governor, and dependent on him for their appointment and continuance in office; or if they should prove refractory, the power of prorogation frees him from any troublesome interference, until a more prudent selection at the end of the year, shall give him a council better suited to his views; the true legislative power then is vested in the governor alone, the council operates as a cloak to conceal the extent of his authority, to screen him from the odium of all unpopular acts—to avoid all responsibility, and give us the faint semblance of a representative assembly, with so few of its distinguishing features, that unless the name were inscribed on the picture, it would be difficult to discover the object for which it was intended.
Taxation without representation; an obligation to obey laws, without any voice in their formation.

on; the undue influence of the executive upon legislative proceedings; and a dependent judiciary formed, we believe, very prominent articles in the list of grievances complained of by the United States at the commencement of their glorious contest for freedom; the opposition to them, even by force, was deemed meritorious and patriotic, and the rights on which that opposition was founded, were termed fundamental, indefeasible, self-evident, and eternal; they formed, as your country then unanimously asserted, the only rational basis on which government could rest; they were so plain, it was added, as to be understood by the weakest understanding; not capable of alienation, they might always be reclaimed; unsusceptible of change, they were the same at all times, in all climates, and under all circumstances; and the fairest inheritance for your posterity, they should never—it was firmly asserted—they should never be abandoned but with life.
These were the sentiments of your predecessors, were they wrong? were the patriots who composed your councils, mistaken in their political principles? did the heroes who died in their defence, seal a false creed with their blood? No, they were not wrong! the admiration of the world, the respect still paid to the living, the veneration accorded to the memory of the dead, attest the purity of their principles, and prove the truth of those maxims which render their lives a blessing to their country, and their deaths glorious in its defence. Are truths then so well founded, so universally acknowledged, inapplicable only to us? do political axioms on the Atlantic, become problems when transferred to the shores of the Mississippi? or are the unfortunate inhabitants of these regions the only people who are excluded from those equal rights, acknowledge in your Declaration of Independence, repeated in the different state constitutions, and ratified by that of which we claim to be a member? Where, we ask respectfully, where is the circumstance that is to exclude us from a participation in these rights? Is it because we have not heretofore enjoyed them? This, on the contrary, would seem a reason to hasten the communication, to indemnify us by a futurity of freedom, for the years we have been deprived of it, and enable us experimentally to compare the blessings of a free government with the evils of another dominion.
[REMAINDER IN OUR NEXT.]
LONDON, June 15.
SLAVE TRADE. In common with our more respectable contemporary Journalists, we are extremely anxious to fix the attention of our readers on the African Slave Trade, now, we hope for the last time, under the consideration of parliament. As we wish, on all occasions, to inform the head as well as appeal to the heart, we shall attempt to convey a general idea of the magnitude of this object, in an estimate of the number of Africans who would be wanted for the settlement of the arable lands still remaining uncultivated in Jamaica, and the Ceded Islands. We shall include Trinidad in our calculation; because, wonderful to tell! that anxious acquisition is (we are well informed) included in the schemes of some, of our speculators, who are ambitious of shining—in the London Gazette.
According to Mr. Edwards (vol. 1. p. 186. 1st ed.) there were in Jamaica, (Nov. 1789) 953,794 arable and cleared acres located, or taken up by grants from the crown, and 264,000 arable acres, neither cleared nor located. Now, that we may avoid all exaggeration, we shall suppose that a quantity of land equal to these last 264,000 acres, or above twice the extent of the Isle of Wight, has been cleared by the negroes imported into Jamaica, since the year 1789; so that there will remain arable wood land in that island, said to be cleared and cultivated, 953,794 acres.
Dominica (according to Mr. Gregg's evidence) contains in all, 106,436 Old or located "considerably above 100,000," say 120,000 St. Vincent's contains in all, 54,000 Located, 44,000 40,000
Unlocated wood land in Dominica and St. Vincent's, being equal to the surface of the Isle of Wight, or the Island of Barbados, 106,436 Now suppose (what we cannot affirm) that all the located land in Dominica and St. Vincent's is already cleared, and that only half of their remaining surface is arable, or fit for cultivation, and we shall have of this description in these two islands, 53,218
Mr. Gregg, who was the auctioneer of the lands sold by government, states his belief, "that 120,000 new negroes would be scarcely sufficient to clear the wood land in St. Vincent's and Dominica;" and, considering that, over and above the deplorable mortality on the voyage from Africa one-third of all the Africans imported into the islands, die (chiefly of broken hearts!) before any labour is got out of them, this estimate of Mr. G's must be very moderate.
Then, if about 50,000 acres of arable wood land in St. Vincent's and Dominica require 120,000 African negroes to clear and cultivate them 950,000 acres in Jamaica, will require African negroes, 2,280,000 Add for St. Vincent's and Dominica, as above, 120,000 For Tobago, Grenada, &c. we cannot just at present find data, but we may safely say, as many more, or 120,000 Imported Africans would be wanted for the arable wood lands in the islands which were in our possession before the last peace, 2,520,000
This number is probably under rated; for it was, we think, generally allowed ten or twelve years ago, that three millions of African negroes would be required to clear and cultivate the arable wood lands in the islands then in our possession; and it was as generally believed, that the slave trade could not be continued till that object could be gained. The slave merchants did not expect it; nor were the respectable part of the West-Indies so unreasonable as to ask it. It would have been to adjourn the question ad Græcas Calendas . We remember to have heard Mr. Pitt and other members, more than once, reproach every idea of the kind, in very strong language. We, therefore, cannot conjecture upon what grounds some men extend their wild, bankrupt projects to Trinidad; but as such men there are, we shall compute the additional number of imported Africans which on their plan would be wanted for the cultivation of that island.
In the "Present state of the West-Indies," (printed in 1778, in 4to. p. 37.) Trinidad is said to form a triangle whose sides are 36, and 20, and 15 leagues. It may therefore contain about 3,456,000 acres, which are almost entirely in wood. Suppose only one-fourth of this surface to be capable of cultivation; a supposition, certainly, far short of the truth, since the island is represented as generally level and fertile.
This fourth of the surface of Trinidad, or 864,000 acres, would require, according to Mr. G's proportion, to bring it into cultivation, African negroes 2,073,000
Add for Jamaica and the Ceded Islands, as above, 2,520,000
Total—Would be requisite to clear and cultivate the arable wood lands in Jamaica, the Ceded Islands and Trinidad, African negroes 4,593,000
Four million and a half of men at the least, to be dragged in chains, through pestilence, horror, and death, to make up a wholesale sacrifice of the human race, for the execrable altars of the cruel and delusive British Mammon , (in addition to several millions already immolated); and this at a time when we are struggling for our national independence against a bloody and powerful tyrant; at a time when the just judgments of the Almighty, awfully displayed in the amazing revolution of St. Domingo, are proclaiming as with a voice of thunder—
"Prepare to meet thy GOD, O Britain!!!"
* If it should be objected, that we assume different proportions of the several islands as arable wood lands, we would reply, that the 953,794 acres in Jamaica are actually located , and therefore may, in general, be presumed to be not only arable, but conveniently situated with regard to shipping places; and that we have supposed one half of the unappropriated surface of St. Vincent's and Dominica, and only one-fourth of that of Trinidad, to be arable because the two former being small islands, a greater proportion of their land is near to shipping places than of the latter, which though more fertile, is a much larger island—The subject is not capable of accuracy; and all that we pretend to offer is a general sketch of the minimum number of negroes, which would be wanted from Africa, to execute the schemes of certain speculators in blood.
FROM THE TRUE BRITON.
TO THE RIGHT HON. T. GRENVILLE.
SIR, As you have come forward the defender and champion of the line of conduct adopted by the Grenvilles, I shall take the liberty of addressing to you a few observations, which, however forcibly they may have struck me, should never have been obtruded on the public, but for the discussion which has taken place on the subject in the House of Commons, and the publication of a letter from lord Grenville to Mr. Pitt. In all probability this matter would have slept in silence; at any rate much time would have elapsed before it could have been agitated in Parliament, had not lord Temple commenced the attack by censuring Mr. Pitt for uniting with part of the last Cabinet, having before taxed the late administration with inefficiency. That noble lord has thrown down the gauntlet, and it is become impossible to abstain from the contest.
It is not my intention to cavil at the precise words, so flattering to Mr. Pitt, which were used by your noble relatives, in both houses of Parliament, almost immediately after the formation of Mr. Addington's administration; nor is it at all material what were the exact expressions: the substance of them was, that in the perilous state of the country, the return of that right honorable gentleman to office was in their opinion, essentially necessary to its salvation. I presume it will be granted me, that by the right hon. gentleman they meant Mr. Pitt—although by what has since occurred, it might almost be imagined that Mr. Fox, and not Mr. Pitt, was the right hon. gentleman they wished to see at the head of his Majesty's Councils.
I will admit, for the sake of argument, that when they expressed their desire for Mr. Pitt's return to office, they did not mean Mr. Pitt exclusively; I will grant that they included in their wish the lords Spencer, Grenville, and Mr. Windham; in short, the Cabinet that had formerly given in their resignation. Let us then examine into the matter as it now stands. When Mr. Addington found it impracticable any longer to carry on the government, and Mr. Pitt had, in consequence, received his Majesty's commands to form a new administration, it is understood that he proposed Mr. Fox, with whom the Grenvilles had of late shown a co-operation, (but between them and whom no engagement, either expressed or implied, existed,) as a member of the new cabinet. This proposal it is universally believed was peremptorily rejected; but with the single exception of that one person, Mr. Pitt had carte blanche in the formation of his administration. What must have been Mr. Pitt's astonishment—what must have been his disappointment—when, upon offering to lord Grenville, and through him, to those with whom he acted, a share in the government, he received from him the letter which has found its way into the newspapers, declaring, that neither he nor they would consent to form part of an administration founded on the principles of exclusion: that is, that they would not be parties to a government in which Mr. Fox was not included. Now, Sir, permit me to ask you, did lord Grenville, and his noble relative in the house of Commons, say one word of Mr. Fox, or admit him into their consideration, when they made their declaration, expressing a desire for Mr. Pitt's return to office? If they did not, it follows that they would at that time have returned to office without Mr. Fox.
Now, Sir, lord Grenville, in his letter admits that no engagement had been entered into by himself or his friends with Mr. Fox; what then has caused this change of sentiment—this dereliction of opinion—so publicly and unqualifiedly expressed? Mr. Pitt is the same Mr. Pitt—time has not blunted the edge of his abilities, or tarnished the lustre of his bright fame; and yet the Grenvilles now refuse to assist in composing that very administration which three years ago they called for so loudly in both houses of Parliament; and not only refuse to form part of it, but go into the most determined opposition to the very person whom they declared to be the most fit to hold the helm of government in times of difficulty and danger, and who confessedly has done his utmost to form the very administration, the identical Cabinet, which they conceived to be necessary for the preservation of the country.
How they will extricate themselves from this dilemma I am at a loss to conceive. The public will judge between Mr. Pitt and them; and I
* Vide lord G's letter to Mr. P.
am much mistaken if their decision will not be completely in favour of Mr. Pitt. The country hails his return to office with joy and gratitude; they look with perfect security towards him, who, for seventeen years upheld the prerogative of the crown and the liberty of the subject; and they trust, with implicit confidence, their bark to the guidance of the "Pilot who weathered the storm." I will not assert that the country is better pleased to have Mr. Pitt in administration without the Grenvilles. Those personages unquestionably possess great abilities; but if they have rendered the country great services (which I will willingly admit), it is a satisfaction to reflect that those services have not been unrewarded.
I have the honour to be, &c. &c.
STEADY.
† Song composed for Mr. Pitt's birth-day, and sung at the celebration of it, at which lord Spencer presided, and the Grenvilles assisted.
FROM COBETT'S REGISTER of June 30.
FRANCE.
A concise account of the trials which have lately taken place in France, will be published in a subsequent sheet of the Register. From what has appeared upon the subject, in the French prints, there is no reason to believe, that the proceedings have been unfair; and it must give great satisfaction to every loyal man to perceive that pardons have already been granted to several of the condemned prisoners, amongst whom is Baudet de Lozier, the gentleman mentioned in a former page of the Register, as having had seven brothers murdered by the republicans acting under the consular government. Georges had not received his pardon when the last advices came away. Let us hope, however, that he will. If Buonaparte really loves fame above all other things this is the man whose life he will certainly spare. Georges has been his enemy; but it was an enmity of a most disinterested and noble species; an enmity springing from a rooted attachment to the family of his lawful sovereign. It is reasonable that the Emperor should wish for some sort of security against future attempts on the part of Georges, a security that he might have without taking his life; and indeed it is to be supposed that Georges would never attempt to take the life of one to whom he would be indebted for his own. Every part of this man's conduct exhibits striking marks of bravery, frankness, and fidelity. In the circumstances of his arrest, his imprisonment, his trial, we behold an elevation of soul, which is rarely to be met with in any rank of life and which, in Georges the education of a cottage and labours of a mill could not suppress. We have in the conduct of Georges, one of the innumerable instances of the effect of turbulent times in drawing forth and putting into motion latent virtues and powers. Had no revolution come he never would have been heard of ten miles from his village. He would have spent a long life perhaps in carrying sacks and measuring his corn and his flour, and would at last have sunk into a grave which the first summer's grass would have hidden forever. How different, and it is to be feared we must say, alas! how different will now be his fate! Yet his name will live: neither the axe nor the cord can sever that from our memory: history in spite of fear and of perjury, must record it; and whatever may be the language of the present day, his character and conduct will have admirers as long as bravery and loyalty shall exist in the world.—In the Moneiteur there has lately appeared a paragraph, the object of which is to contradict the suggestion relative to a continental coalition against France, which suggestion as the reader will recollect, appeared some weeks ago in many of the London prints. It was then stated in this work, that there was no ground for any such hope, and though the assertions of the French official paper do not amount to a positive confirmation of that statement, yet it is not likely that such assertions would be made, if the government of France were at all apprehensive of a coalition. Indeed a coalition without the occurrence of Austria, would be madness; with the occurrence of Austria is not disposed to stir. She will not stir without the assistance of Britain, and that money Mr. Pitt has not to give. The state of his finances is such that the very mention of an advance, to any considerable amount, to the Emperor or any other power, would throw all into confusion at the bank and in every part of the country. Here we are then fairly at a stand. We have neither army nor money to send to the continent. We are reduced to a dead system of defence, and, according to the sentiment of the speech at the opening of the session, the glory of England is now made to consist in preserving itself from being a province of France. Upon this subject an odd idea has been expressed in one of the morning papers; it is this, that "in the present attitude of the British islands, we wish that this country may appear, in the first instance, single handed; but when we have demonstrated to the world that we are able to repel every aggression, then indeed continental aids may be useful in chastising the temerity and circumscribing the power of Buonaparte."
It were cruel to push this writer for the reason upon which his wish is founded; but we may just ask him what he supposes would be the consequence if Buonaparte should persist in not giving us an opportunity of demonstrating to the world that we are able to repel every aggression? Persons who hold the language of this writer seem to imagine that the French will be obliged to attempt invasion, or make peace. Why they do so imagine it would however be very hard to guess, except we supposed them to have adopted the opinion of Sir Francis D'Ivernois, which opinion has lately been re-echoed in the ministerial papers, that the French financiers are in a shocking state. This is the sort of hope that the nation was deluded with last war, but which it will not be deluded with this war, and of that fact the ministry may be well assured. The French are not compelled to attempt invasion. They can and will wait their own time. They can remain as they now are for ten years without any material inconvenience, that is to say, if we pursue the systems of Mr. Pitt. But can we go on thus for ten years? Can we for five? Can we for three? Must we not, if those systems are persevered in, sink down under the weight of our expense and disgrace, to say nothing of other more fearful and more swiftly operating causes? What then becomes of the idea of "demonstrating to the world our ability to repel every aggression," as a preliminary to the availing ourselves of continental aid? It is stated, with what truth one cannot say, that the French fleet in Brest harbour is very strong and fit for sea. From every good information it appears that the fact is not at all improbable; and, if our fleet should be blown off, the enemy might perhaps
come out. But from every one of their measures, it is evident that the French intend to try what is to be done by delay: by keeping us in our present state: by harassing us, and disgracing us in the eyes of the world: not forgetting the copious chapter of accidents, which they cannot but see exhibited in the affairs of an enemy, the interest of whose publick debt absorbs five-sevenths of his revenue, and who places his principal reliance for security upon men not under martial law, and having the right of laying down their arms when they please.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Three Friends, Record, 19 days from Antigua—Rum Molasses, and Fruit, R. Bowden, & Co.—Ship Mary of Edenton, Shirley, left Antigua for St. Croix, 10th ult.—Aug. 24, lat. 28, N. long. 70, w. spoke ship Ann Maria, of Edenton, out 5 days for Jamaica.
Sloop George, Butler, 10 days from Bermuda; Ballast, Captain—No American vessel in Bermuda—Sept. 2, spoke ship Tw. Generals, Bescon, hence for Glasgow.
Ship Washington, Curtis, 9 days from Portland, Ballast, W. Pennock.
Sloop Lucy Ann, Barber, 8 days from New London, assorted Cargo.
Schooner Rising States, Newcomb, 5 days from New York.
The Brig Mary, Captain Young, of this port, was captured on her passage from Jamaica, by a French privateer, on the first of May last. By a letter from New Orleans this day, it appears that the Frenchmen carried the Mary into the Mississippi, which being made known to the Governor of Louisiana, measures were taken to recover the vessel: 1 cargo; but before this could be effected, the Frenchmen got off, and ran the Brig on shore on the coast of West Florida; the cargo they landed, which has been seized by the Spanish Governor, for the account of the former owner.
BOSTON. August 19.
Arrived via quarantine, the brig Camillus, capt. Kennard, 32 days from Guadalupe, sailed July 16, and on the 24th at midnight, was brought too by H. M. armed schooner L'Ecclair, Lt. Sutton, who ordered captain K. to get out his boat and come on board, and to make haste or he would be fired upon. Captain K. said that his boat was very leaky, but was answered that he must come in her and bring all his papers. When captain K. got on board he was deprived of his papers, and a prize-master and crew were sent to his brig. The next day the captain was returned on board his vessel, the mate and seamen taken out, and the brig ordered to Tortola, because she had freight on board. On board the cruiser the crew of the Camillus were asked by lieut. Sutton whether they would fight, if he fell in with a French privateer. They replied they were Americans and prisoners, and would not fight under a foreign flag. The lieut. ordered one of them to do duty, observing, that he intended to keep him. The seamen objected, whereupon he was ordered to the gang-way, stripped and tied, and the boatswain was directed to give him three dozen and to start the skin. This cruel and infamous punishment was inflicted with shocking severity. After keeping the Camillus in charge 3 days, finding they could not fetch Tortola, Sutton gave her up again, and returned her crew on board. Particular care was requisite for several days to recover the poor fellow who had been so barbarously abused. His name is Thomas Carpenter, and he was born in Falmouth, Maine.
CUSTOM HOUSE—ENTERED.
Ship Helena, Stuart, Liverpool.
Schr Three Friends, Record, Antigua.
CLEARED.
Ship Anacreon, Fletcher, Cork.
Dart, Peck, Cadiz.
Glory, Woodfield, Dublin.
Brig Mercurio, Icard, Havana.
Schr Sylvia, Richardson, Cadiz.
Ann Maria, Hudgen, West-Indies.
Mars, James, Barbados.
Sukey, Hudgen, Nevis.
FOR CHARTER.
The fire, staunch, British ship HELENA, Mounting 16 Guns and men answerable; with a Letter of Marque—Burthen 300 tons per register. She will be ready for the reception of a cargo about the 25th inst. A freight to Clyde, Liverpool, or a port in Ireland, would be preferable. Should neither offer, she may be chartered for any of the West-India islands. Apply to Captain Stewart on board, or to
Robertson & Brown.
Sept. 6.
5
124
FOR CHARTER.
The fast sailing ship WASHINGTON, John Curtis, Master:—Burthen 250 bhd. tobacco or 2000 barrels flour—will be ready to receive a cargo in a few days. Apply to the master on board, or to
WILLIAM PENNOCK.
WHO OFFERS FOR SALE,
100 Tons Plaister of Paris,
on board said ship.
Sept. 6.
6
123
TO RENT,
THAT Store next to Mr. Peter Daley's Main-street. For terms apply to Mr. Daley, or at Mrs. Patterson's, near the Exchange.
Sept. 6.
3
122
SALE AT AUCTION.
Tomorrow the 7th inst. 12 o'clock, at Francis S. Taylor's wharf, that very handsome, well fitted, fast sailing Schooner
Lady Washington,
Burthen 132 tons, pierced for 16 guns—built of Live Oak & Cedar, is about four years old, and was newly bottomed in this place last winter.—This vessel will positively be sold to the highest bidder, on the day above mentioned, if fair Terms—negotiable notes at 3 & 4 months, with approved endorser.—Inventory may be seen at the office of
JOHN GRANBURY.
September 1.
1ds
110
FOR SALE,
A VALUABLE WAREHOUSE on Marsden's wharf, 41 by 80 feet, three story, built of the best materials, and now occupied by Mr. John McGowan.—Not disposed of at private sale, before the 19th day of September next, it will on that day, be sold at publick auction, at 12 o'clock, on the premises, for negotiable notes, with approved indorser, at 60 and 90 days. For terms apply to
RICHARD F. BURKE, V. M.
or James Callis, Great St. George.
August 28
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Mathematical Instruments, &c.  Received from the Ship Suffolk, Capt. Moore, from London, and for sale by  LEVIN DORSEY, No. 27, Wide-Water-Street, Town Point.  ADAM'S Patent Globes, 12 inches diameter, with compasses in the bottom, very complete. Quadrants, black and red ebony, with single and double observation. Ditto—with tangent screws, 12 inches. Aromatic Telescopes, for night and day, on the latest and most improved construction, in a portable size, with sliding sun-shade. Telescopes, of the common kind, for night and day observations, or for day only, of every description. Circumferentors, of the best qualities. Mariner's Campases, in brass and wood. Pocket Compasses, in brass, of different sizes. Time Glasses—hour, half hour, 28, and 14 seconds. Gunter's Scales; Brass Dividers; &c. &c.  Likewise the following Articles, FOR THE USE OF NAVIGATORS. Hamilton Moore's Epitome and Assistant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Philadelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Demarary, with directions. Ditto—Edward Islands, with do. Ditto—Gulph of Florida, with do. Ditto—Windward Passage, with do. West-India Plots, with directions.  ALSO, A few tons of Baltimore Bar-Iron, afforded, by the ton or less quantity—Composition Bolts and Spikes—Bouches—Carriage wheel boxes, of all sizes—all which he will warrant good. N. B. All kinds of MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS repaired, at the shortest notice. ** Orders for every species of Brass Castings received and immediately executed at his foundery, and the work delivered as above. August 7. tf 58
A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND FOR SALE, CONTAINING 615 1-2 ACRES.
THE subscriber intends to sell on the premises, on Thursday the 1st day of October next, at Public Auction, (if not privately disposed of before that period, of which timely notice will be given) the plantation he now lives on, called ROSE HALL, in the county of Princess Ann. There are on the premises a large Brick Dwelling House with a Kitchen, Smoke House, Quarter, Stable, &c. all in a tolerably good repair. This Plantation is certainly a desirable one to any person who has from 20 to 25 good labourers. Six fellows in the course of eight months would out a sufficiency of ditches to keep the whole plantation perfectly dry in the worst year that could come. The soil is cleared, is capable of producing every kind of grain that is cultivated in this part of the country, in the greatest abundance; is excellent grass land, having a good clay foundation—Most of the wood land lies immediately on the river, and is too high ever to be injured by water. It has a great quantity of large pine on it which would answer for masts and spars—also, white and red oak. From the number of excellent springs near the coves, oysters might be had in the greatest perfection, and the distance to cart them from Leghorn Bay, would not exceed two miles and a half, where they might be had in the greatest quantities. There is an excellent situation for a house, immediately on the river, and within 100 yards of these fine coves that might be made to produce from 300 to 400 pounds per annum, with tolerable management, and the expense attending the experiment would be very trifling indeed. There is an apple orchard which produced apples enough last year to make 12 or 13 barrels of brandy. The above-mentioned plantation is distant from the flourishing town of Norfolk, about 20 miles; seven or eight from Cape Henry, and three from Lynnhaven Bay, extending about 4 miles on Lynnhaven river and its branches, of course convenient to the best fish and wild fowl. It is absolutely necessary that 1500 pounds should be paid down, the balance in two equal payments of one and two years, to carry interest from the day of sale, subject to a mortgage till paid. In addition to the above recommendation, it lies in one of the best neighbourhoods in Virginia.  William Ellegood. Princess Ann, August 2. 37
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the estate of Louis L'Orient, deceased, are desired to bring them in properly attested to  William Vaughan, Adm'or. August 21. ft. 90
We are this day landing on our wharf, from on board the British Schooner Sprightly, from Kingston, 12 Hogheads, } PRIME SUGARS; 4 Barrels, } 23 Tierces, } FIRST QUALITY COFFEE. 34 Barrels, } 13 Barrels CASTOR OIL. 59 Bags GINGER. 2 Tons EBONY WOOD. 10 Barrels of LIMES. All of which we will dispose of on liberal terms.  C. & F. Whittle. July 31. 30
FOR SALE, 70 Hhds. Petersburg Tobacco. 10 Puncheons old Jamaica Rum. 50 Hhds. } 40 Tierces. } MUSCOVADA SUGAR. 20 Barrels. } 5 Hhds. Loaf Sugar. 15 Tierces Hibbert's Brown Stout. 17 Boxes, } 11 Barrels, } PHILADELPHIA ALE IN BOT'S. Glassware, Window Glass & Empty Bottles. 2 Boxes Hats. 8d. 10d. 12d. & 20d. Nails, Sheathing Nails & Spikes. 50 Bags Juniper Berries.  A. Maclure. July 28. tf 45
SLATE. I HAVE NOW ON HAND AND FOR SALE, a large quantity of SLATE, (which is said by good judges to be equal to any,) and will contract for any quantity, to be delivered in a short time.  William Hartshorne, jun. August 13. 6w 79
Office of Discount and Deposit, Norfolk, July 24, 1804.  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. July 24. 36
JOHN RORKE & Co. Have for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, at their Store, Market-Square,  Cognac, Old Peach, } BRANDY. Apple, Antigua, and Windward Island, Rum. Holland and Country Gin. L. P. Madeira, } WINE. Sherry, Teneriffe, Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, } TEAS. Loaf and Muscovado Sugar. Coffee, Chocolate, French and Italian Oil, Olives, Capers, Basket Salt, Pearl Barley, Mace, Nutmegs. July 17. tf
LANDING THIS DAY ON WARREN'S WHARF, 113 Tierces RICE. 10 Hogheads SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For Sale by  Warren Ashley. August 2. tf 53
FRESH TEAS. Just received and for sale by the Subscribers, IMPERIAL, HYSON, } TEAS, YOUNG HYSON, } Of a very late importation, and of a superior quality.  ALSO—IN STORE, 15 Hhds. Prime Sugars. 10 Pipes French Brandy. 100 Casks Nails—all sizes. 10 Hhds. Prime Green Coffee. 10 ditto Molasses. 50 Barrels Whiskey. 200 Bags Shot, No. 1 to 8, B. & B. 50 Casks best English Gunpowder. 50 Boxes 8 by 10 best Crown Glass. 50 Kegs White Lead, ground in Oil 30 Boxes Pipes. 20 Casks Copperas. 5 ditto Refined Salt Petre. 10 Boxes Wool Cards. 10 ditto Spermaceti Candles. 50 Bundles Printing Paper. 100 Ream Writing ditto. 20 Bags Black Pepper. 30 Boxes Dixon's best Mustard. 500 lbs. Race Ginger. 50 Barrels Beef & Pork—Boston Inspection. A few Tons Iron Ware—assorted.  ALSO, A small consignment of HARDWARE—assorted. Which will be sold at Cost and Charges.  Fisk & Stearns. July 8. tf 2
JOHN RORKE & CO. Have erected a Mill for Manufacturing  PAINTER'S COLOURS, and will in a few days have a general assortment. They have at present on hand a quantity of White Lead and Yellow Ochre, in 23 and 14lb. Kegs, equal in quality to any imported.—Also, 800 gallons Lintseed Oil; Prussian Blue; Verdigris; Red Lead; Letherage; Putty; Paint Brushes; and Sash Tools of all sizes. July 17, tf 14
FOR SALE, 1350 Barrels Superfine and Fine Flour. 900 do. Pork, in shipping order. 60 do. Beef, No. 1 & 2. 50 Puncheons Grenada Rum. 6 Pipes London particular Madeira Wine. 26 Hhds. Richmond Tobacco. 44 do. Petersburg do. Tar and Turpentine. Pilot and Ship Bread. A few Trunks Irish Linens. A Trunk Ginghams. Apply to  Donaldson, Thorburn & Co. July 17. tf 7
FOR SALE, 500 Barrels first quality Navy Bread. 200 do. Pilot. do. 200 do. Ship. do. 500 Quarter Barrels Crackers, fresh and of a superior quality. All of which will be sold on liberal terms.  Stephen Harris. July 17. tf. 8
WE HAVE FOR SALE, 100 hhs. Richmond and Petersburg Tobacco. 300 barrels superfine Flour, fresh. 20 puncheons Jamaica and Windward Island Rum. 500 barrels Pork, in shipping order. 200 pieces Nankenees, first quality. 50 barrels and half barrels Alexandria Crackers. A few cases of Noyeau, and two new Cables.  C. & F. Whittle. July 17, 1804. tf 16
NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate of JOHN C. BARRET, late of Norfolk; deceased, will be pleased to present them, legally authenticated, to Mr. William Hartshorne, junior, of that place; and those indebted, will be good enough to make payment forthwith, to the same person, who is fully authorised by  D. M. Randolph. Agent for C. Barret, Heir at Law of the dec'd. Richmond, July 23, 1804. tf 41
FOR SALE, New-York BEEF and PORK. ALSO, 200 barrels Smithfield PORK.  Robert Gibson. July 17, 1804. tf 17
TO RENT, And immediate possession given, That commodious BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE, at present occupied by Mrs. Hume, and formerly known under the name of the Navy Tavern. The premises are very commodious, and well adapted for a Tavern or extensive Boarding-House, being very eligibly situated on Main-street, in the centre of business. The terms to a good tenant on lease, will be made extremely favourable, or it will be rented by the year on equitable terms. Apply to  William Dick. July 17. 11
SUGAR. 18 Hhds. of Sugar, just received and for sale by  William Hartshorne, jun. July 17. 22
INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE.  Phenix Fire Office, London, May 1, 1804. THE numerous and destructive Fires which have happened within the period of the two last years, in different parts of Europe and America, (more particularly in the towns of Liverpool in England, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Norfolk in Virginia,) render it proper to remind all persons who possess property in the United States of America, of the utility of insurance. The Phoenix Office of London, is an institution sufficiently known by the very large and important losses it has paid, in consequence of the extensive conflagrations in the cities and towns of America, to such sufferers as have had the prudence to protect their property, by insurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that, owing to the experience of serious and continued losses, upon the buildings and stores in the timber towns, no alteration nor remission on such risks can be made at present—but the Directors hope, from the increase of brick and stone buildings, and other improvements of security, that the period is not far distant, when they will be able generally, to mitigate the rates of insurance in North America; and they confidently presume that the promptitude and honour with which they have uniformly fulfilled their extensive engagements, have unequivocally established the solidity, credit and good faith, of the Company. The Phoenix Company grant insurances upon buildings, goods, and ships, whilst in dock or in harbour, from loss or damage by fire, upon the most moderate and equitable terms; and persons desirous of securing their property by policies from this company, are requested to transmit their orders to their correspondents in Great Britain. d&m&lawsm 43
FOR SALE, 35 Hhds. Sugar. 20 do. Demerary Rum. 7 do. Antigua do. 20,000 Green Coffee. 150 Barrels Alexandria Superfine Flour. 50 do. Pork, superior quality. 4,000 lbs. Lard. A quantity of Bacon Hams—and A few Tons Bar Iron.  John Macgowan, Marsden's Wharf. July 21. 30.
One Hundred Dollars Reward. RUNAWAY from the Subscriber in the City of London, some time in the month of May, 1799, a mulatto slave, named HENRY, at that time aged about 18 years, and was about five feet ten inches high; he is probably now upwards of 6 feet. Henry was a remarkable handsome mulatto, and had a fine countenance; his hair rather of the wool kind, but tied in a short queue—He called himself Henry Brent, which name he had put on one of his arms with Indian Ink, either Henry Brent or H. Brent, I do not recollect which; he had also on the same arm an anchor and cable, and some other figures, done by a sailor on a voyage to the East Indies in the year 1797.—It is very probable attempts have been made to erase the name and figures above described, but it could not have been done without leaving some traces and scars. I have just received information that Henry was seen in Norfolk on the 16th of last month, where I am inclined to think he has been lurking for some time—I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver said slave to me, at Col. John Cooke's. Stafford county, near Aquia, or fifty dollars if secured in any jail so that I get him again—Information given in a letter per post, directed to me at Col. John Cooke's, near Aquia, will be immediately attended to.  John W. Bronaugh. N. B. I am told the above slave is known in Norfolk at this time by the name of Paddy or Purdy. July 17. tf 13
General Alexander Hamilton.  R. FOWELL, INFORMS the friends and admirers of the late Alexander Hamilton, that he has made arrangements to publish an elegant engraving of that gentleman, from an improved likeness. That he has employed one of the best artists, who has already given to the public many specimens, acknowledged to be equal in execution to the works of the best English engravers, and are faithful to the original. The price to those gentlemen who wish to subscribe will be four dollars per sheet, eight dollars elegantly framed and glazed. The first thirty plates will be considered as proof plates, and sold at six dollars in sheets, or ten dollars framed. The size will be 16 by 12 inches clear of the frame. The engravings will be given from the press in rotation according to the priority of subscription. ** Subscriptions received at the Office of the PUBLIC LEDGER. Philadelphia, July 23. tf 72
STRATTON & COLE, HAVE FOR SALE, A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF  GROCERIES; CONSISTING OF  Antigua, Jamaica, } RUM. Nests Wooden Ware. Wd. Island, } Wool Cards. New England, } Bacon. French, } Pork. Peach, } BRANDY. Mariners Compasses. Apple, } Quadrants. Holland, } GIN. Spy Glasses. Country, } Hour. Sherry, } 1-2 Minute } GLASSES. Malaga, } 1-4 do. } Imperial, } WINE. White Lead, } PAINTS. Hyson, } Yellow, } Young Hyson, } Venetian Red, } Loaf, } Spanish Brown, } Brown, } SUGAR. Tar. Molasses. Turpentine. Vinegar. White, } BUNTING. Nutmegs. Red, } Allspice. Blue, } Pepper. Small, } LINES. Cinnamon. Deep Sea, } Ginger. Bed Cords. Chewing Tobacco. Seine Twine. Spanish, } SEGARS. Wrapping do. American, } Indigo. Powder & Shot, } Blueing. Allum, } SALT. Window Glass. Blown, } Knives and Forks. Superfine, } FLOUR. Pump Tacks. Fine, } An assortment of Castings. Coffee, } Chocolate. } July 17. tf 6
FOR SALE, A COMMODIOUS Three Story Warehouse, on Marsden's Wharf. A reasonable credit will be given to the purchaser if required. For terms apply to  James Callis. August 11. tf 67
A few hogsheads Richmond Tobacco, For sale by  PHINEHAS DANA. July 19. tf. 26.
OILS, PAINTS & WINDOW GLASS, Of all kinds, colours, and sizes. For sale by  N. Gregory, opposite the Market. An ASSISTANT wanted—also, an active YOUTH to be employed in the store.—Liberal wages will be given to Two ABLE HANDS, to turn a Paint Mill. July 8. tf 3
AN APPRENTICE WANTED. A YOUTH who has a tolerably good EDUCATION, and can be well recommended, may hear of a situation in a dry good store, by applying to the Editors of the Publick Ledger. August 11. tf 69
District of Virginia. United States of America. United States, against John Avery, master of the Brig Friendship, of the port of Boston, District of Massachusetts. } UPON PETITION.
Pursuant to the statute of the United States, entitled, "An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned," and upon a statement of facts transmitted by direction of the Judge of the United States for the District of Virginia, the honourable the Secretary of the Treasury, has been pleased to decide, to remit, to the said petitioner, all the right, claim and demand of the United States, and of all others, whomsoever, to a certain penalty incurred by him, under the act entitled, "An act to regulate the Collection of Duties, on Imports and Tonnage," the said act of remission, is dated at the City of Washington, the thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two. On application made at this office, a certificate of said remission will be granted, whereby the petitioner, or his legal representative, will be enabled to recover the amount deposited with the officers of the Customs, on payment of the costs. Teste,  Seth Foster, Clerk N.D.C. Clerks Office, July 13, 1804. law6w. 23.
SUBSCRIPTIONS Will be received at the Office of the Ledger, FOR THE  MONTHLY REGISTER AND REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES, to be published at Charleston, S. C. By S. CULLEN CARPENTER. Price Six Dollars per annum, payable half yearly in advance. August 14.
Apprentices —Two or three Lads from fourteen to sixteen years of age, who have received a good, English Education, and are of honest, reputable connexions, will be taken, on liberal terms, as Apprentices to the printing business at this office. Their parents may rely on every attention being paid to their moral conduct.  NORFOLK: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays, BY  JOHN COWPER & GEORGE L. CRAI. Price Five Dollars and Fifty Cents yearly, Payable in advance.