Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1804-08-16 00:00:00

NORFOLK GAZETTE AND PUBLICK LEDGER.
VOL. I.]
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1804.
[NO. 14.]
FOR CHARTER, THE SHIP COURTNEY, William Bryan, 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 } TENERIFFE WINE. 10 Pipes Common, } August 11. tf 70
FOR FREIGHT or CHARTER, The strong new British Brig HOPE, Captain M'George. Burthen about 300 Hhds. now ready to receive a cargo— a freight to Liverpool or Glasgow, will be preferred.— Apply to R. Maitland & Co. August 11. tf 68
FOR LONDON, THE SHIP CUMBERLAND, Joseph Blake, Master, Will sail with all convenient speed, three fourths of her cargo being now ready. For freight of the remainder, or Passage, apply to the Master on board, or to Wm. Pennock. August 11. tf 71
FOR CHARTER, THE FINE, NEW, FAST-SAILING Ship MEDFORD, Josiah Barnard, Master; burthen 220 tons, now ready to receive her cargo. For terms apply to Moses Myers, Who offers for SALE, received by said Ship, 100 pieces of Russia SAIL-DUCK, 100 Firkins choice BUTTER. August 9. tf 66
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.
For Freight or Charter. THE BRIG JOHANNA, John Rutherford, Master, Burthen 1100 barrels, in complete order for the reception of a cargo. For terms apply to the master on board, or to Plineras Dana. Who has just received, and offers for sale, 35 barrels S. F. } FRESH FLOUR. 72 barrels Fine } August 2. tf 54
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-float.
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
FOR SALE, A neat Two Story House, with a Shed, in that part of the Town of Portsmouth, leading to the Cottage; agreeably situated, with two lots adjoining. For terms enquire of the subscriber. Who wants a Freight FOR THE BRIG GEORGE, Momently expected from New-York. July 21. 1m 28.
BILLS ON PHILADELPHIA. Apply to C. & F. Whittle. July 24. 38
LANDING THIS DAY ON WARREN'S WHARF, 113 Tierces RICE. 10 Hogsheads SUGAR. 10 do. MOLASSES. For Sale by Warren Ashley. August 2. tf 53
At a meeting of the Subscribers, for establishing a PUBLICK LIBRARY in this Borough, held at the EXCHANGE COFFEE-House, the 9th day of August, 1804.
RESOLVED, that a Committee of seven persons be appointed, whose duty it shall be to collect from the several Subscribers, the sums by them respectively subscribed, also to procure further subscriptions to this institution: to select and procure such books, as to them shall seem proper, in such manner, and upon such terms, as they shall think most advisable.—And that the same Committee do also digest and prepare a body of bye Laws, Rules, and Regulations, for the future good government of this Society; and that they report their proceedings on these subjects, to the next general meeting to be held at this place, at such time as the said Committee shall appoint.
RESOLVED, that Moses Myers, Luke Wheeler, L. W. Tazewell, William B. Selden, Alexander Whitehead, Thomas Mathews, and John Cowper, be a Committee for the purposes above mentioned. LITTLETON W. TAZEWELL, Chairman. August 11.
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
AN APPRENTICE WANTED. A YOUTH who has a tolerably good EDUCATION, and can be well recommended, may hear of a situation in a DRUG STORE, by applying to the Editors of the Publick Ledger. August 11. tf 69
NOW LANDING ON NEWTON'S WHARF, From on board the Ship DART, Captain Peck, from Cadiz, 300 Qr. Casks SHERRY WINE, of superior quality, & 2000 Butts SALT. For sale by Richard Bowden & Co. August 9. tf 60
FOR SALE—A-FLOAT. 124 Barrels Superfine FLOUR, from old wheat. 100 do. do. do. from new wheat. AND IN STORE, 100 Barrels fresh Superfine FLOUR. 30 Hogsheads Richmond TOBACCO. 5 do. Potomack, do. 6 do. Pennington's LOAF SUGAR. A few thousand butts Turks Island and St. Ubes SALT, and some Alexandria PILOT BREAD. James Herron. August 7. 4 59
Mathematical Instruments, &c. Received by the Ship Suffolk, Capt. Moore, from London, and for sale by LEVIN DORSEY; No. 27, Wide-Water-Street, Town Point.
DAM'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. Aeromatiek 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. Circumferents, of the best qualities. Mariner's Compasses, 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 Affiant. General Charts of the Coast of America, from Boston to Philadelphia. Ditto—Continued, with directions. Ditto—West-Indies, and Demerary, with directions. Ditto—Windward 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
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
Received by the ship Suffolk, from London, and for sale, 60 Casks HIBBERT'S best bottled PORTER and BROWN STOUT. Robert Maitland & Co. July 28. 12 44
We are this day landing on our wharf, from on board the British Schooner Sprightly, from Kingston, 12 Hogsheads, } PRIME SUGARS; 4 Barrels, } 23 Tierces, } FIRST QUALITY COFFEE. 33 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. 50
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 Publick 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 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 cut a sufficiency of ditches to keep the whole plantation perfectly dry in the worst year that could come. The soil that 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, others 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 Lynhaven Bay, extending about 4 miles on Lynhaven 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 Elligood. Princess Ann, August 2. 57
JOHN C. NIEMEYER, OFFERS FOR SALE, By the Piece or Package, at his Store of GERMAN GOODS,
  85 Pieces Ticklenburgs and Os-naburgs.  Cotton Checks & Handkerchiefs.    70 do. Hessian and brown Rolls.  Fine Brabant Lace.    350 do. White Rolls.  200 Pieces Velvet Ribbands.    130 do. excellent Checks.  Fine Black Silk Velvet.    125 do. Britannias.  1 Box Mill Saws, and Augers.    30 do. brown Holland.  Ware House Hinges and Iron Plates.    35 do. Fine Shirt Linen.  Bird Cages and Seeds.    15 do. do. Sheetings.  Frying Pans & Shovels.    40 do. do. Cloths & Coatings.  A quantity of Baskets.    13 do. Saddle Cloths  Brass Andiron & Candle Sticks.    20 Liquor Cases.  Table Knives & Forks.    15 Boxes Spanish Segars.  Steel Snuffers & Scissors    90,000 Marbles.  Backgammon Tables & Chess men.    A quantity of Toys.  40 dozen English Mustard.    German Nuns Thread.  600 M. common Needles.    1000 Bags of 2 and 3 bushels  Battle Doors and Birds.    5 boxes short Pipes  Snuff Boxes & Gun Flints    5 do. Slates & Pencils.  Double barrel Guns.    1 Hhd. Japaned Ware.  12 dozen coarse Shirts.    Looking Glasses English gift.  Portable Writing Desks.    Do. of Mahogany, all kinds.  Best Quills and Lead Pencils.    Elegant Waiters.  Sealing Wax & Wafers.    Patent Needles.  Tooth Brushes, of all kinds.    Violins, Flutes and Clarinets.  Ivory & Dressing Combs    Best Italian and common Violin Strings.  Best English Playing Cards.    Fifes and Instruction Books.  Coffee Mills and Oil Cloths.    Elegant Violin Bows.  Padlocks of all kinds.    Spectacles first quality.  Best German Bed Tickling.    Razors and Pen Knives, of do.  Fine Cotton Stockings.    1 Case cheap Jewellery.  Night Lamps and Lanterns.    Razor Hones & Straps.  Beads, a large quantity.    Thread Stockings, extra fine.  Suspenders and Pocket Books.     Dressing Cases and Metal Spoons.     Silk Umbrillas.  
ALSO—A LARGE QUANTITY OF GLASS WARE, CUT and PLAIN—Consisting of
  Decanters.  Bird Glasses.    Turners.  Sugar Dishes & Cruits.    Wine Glasses.  Flower Urns, &c. &c.    Jellies, Lemonade and Punch Glasses.  ALSO,    Glass Pitchers, elegantly cut.  China Tea Sets.    Salt Cellars  Do. Cups and Saucers.     Do. Tea Pots.     Elegant Bowls, &c. &c.   The above will be sold for Cash or approved Bills only.—Apply as above.
An Apprentice Wanted, A LAD of about 16 years, of a good education and respectable parents—none but of a good character, need apply. August 11. law. tf. 21
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 25, 1804. tf 41
FOR SALE—A-FLOAT.
 600 Barrels CORN.  700 do. SUPERFINE FLOUR.  65 Tierces RICE.  16 Hog heads CLARET.  SUGAR in Barrels.  ALSO IN STORE,  1000 Barrels Superfine, } FLOUR.  500 do. Fine, }  300 do. in Half Bbls. }  60 Barrels HERRINGS.  A few Barrels SHAD.  64 Hogsheads TOBACCO.  George Murray & Co. August 2. tf 52
FOR SALE, 144 Hogsheads Prime Richmond TOBACCO. Gilliat & Mackinder. August 9. tf 61
WANTED, A STEADY MAN, well acquainted with business, and with book-keeping. Apply to the Printers. August 9. 3 62
LOST YESTERDAY MORNING, BETWEEN Mr. Cross's Gardens, and the Post-Office, from the pocket of a YOUNG GENTLEMAN, who was carrying them to the latter place, FOUR LETTERS, of the under-mentioned addresses. Any person who may have found them, is requested to leave them at either of the Printing-Offices, where a reasonable reward will be given to the finder. 1 Letter directed to Mrs. Jones, Halifax, North Carolina. 1 do. do. Peter Brown, Esq. do. do. 1 do. do. George Ker, Esq. Saint Mary's, Georgia. 1 do. do. Mr. Daniel Blue, do. do. August 9. tf 64
JOHN RORKE & Co.
Have for Sale, Wholesale and Retail, at their Store, Market-Square,   Cognac, } BRANDY.  Cinnamon.    Old Peach, } do.  Cloves.    Apple, } do.  Pepper.    Antigua, and Windward Island, Rum.  Mustard.    Holland and Country Gin.  Race & Ground Ginger.    L. P. Madeira, } SENNA.  Almonds.    Sherry, } do.  Raisins.    Teneriffe, } do.  Fig-Blue.    Imperial, } do.  Starch.    Hyson, } do.  Refined Salt Petre.    Young Hyson, } do.  Powder and Shot.    Loaf and Muscovado, } do.  Godfards's Havana Segars, of the first quality.    Sugar.  Nails.    Coffee.  Scythe Blades.    Chocolate.  Baltimore Iron.    French and Italian Oil.  Steel.    Olives.  Cart Wheel Boxes.    Capers.  Irish Glue.    Basket Salt.  Mould Candles.    Pearl Barley.  Corks.    Mace.  Wrapping Paper.    Nutmegs.    July 17. tf
FOR SALE,
 70 Hhds. Petersburg Tobacco.  10 Puncheons old Jamaica Rum.  50 Hhds. } Muscovada Sugar.  40 Tierces. }  20 Barrels. }  5 Hhds. Loaf Sugar.  15 Tierces Hibbert's Brown Stout.  17 Boxes, } Philadelphia Ale in Bot's.  11 Barrels. }  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
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.
A few bogsheads Richmond Tobacco, For sale by PHINEHAS DANA. July 19. tf 26.
A PRESSMAN
Well acquainted with his business, will meet with constant employment and good wages at the office of the PUBLICK LEDGER.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1804.
EUROPE. Great Britain has for a long time been, and, maugre all the changes which have taken place, or which may yet take place, in the government of the "Enlightened" and Imperial Republick of France, Great Britain will continue to be, the head in which most of the grand movements of Europe must originate; the source from whence the political blases of other powers must proceed; the centre round which they must all revolve. To this pre-eminence she is entitled by her great external strength, her invulnerable situation, her immense wealth, and the incalculable superiority of her political institutions, over all the rude barbarisms of the feudal associations, or the flimsy, cobweb, fabrications of modern theorists and innovators, by which she is surrounded. To her, therefore, we must look, when we wish to discover the causes which agitate the other courts of Europe; in the transactions of her cabinet we will immediately discover the solution of whatever in them we may deem occult or intricate.
The late change of ministry in Great Britain may be regarded as an open avowal of a determination to prosecute the war, in which she is engaged, in a manner essentially different from that in which it has been conducted by Mr. Addington. Mr. Pitt is no temporizing, no balsamic minister. He does not tamper with the wound under his cure, by emollient cataplasms; but applies the caustick, or at once seizes, with steady hand, the knife of a skilful operator. His character in that station has always been marked by boldness of design, vigour and promptness of execution, and an inflexible haughtiness of deportment towards the enemies of his country, both abroad and at home.
The object of England in entering into the present war, was, doubtless, to preserve her own independence; which had been, in the most daring manner, assailed by the consular cabinet, whose arrogance could not brook the idea of an equal, much less of a superior. The assault upon the independence of England, was not merely evident in the conduct of France consequent on the treaty of Amiens, by attempting to dictate the interpretation of that instrument, in almost all its provisions, but particularly, as relating to the island of Malta; in the supercilious treatment which her ambassador received at Paris; in the countenance given by the French government to the official reports of Sebastiani; in the calumnies published, by order of the Consul, at Hamburg; in the authoritative style in which the banishment of the French exiled royalists was demanded; in the indecent manner in which the minister, Andreossi, pursuant to his instructions, required new restrictions to be placed upon the liberty of the press: not merely in these instances, but in the new oppressions laid upon her commerce, in the assemblage of French armies on the coast opposite to England, and in the boast of the First Consul, accompanying an official communication, that England was not able to contend with him, was the independence of the British nation grossly assaulted. Either she must submit, or she must resort to her own strength to repel such aggression. To hesitate upon the alternative would have been insanity; and war was consequently declared.
But the conduct of that war devolved upon men, who have done nothing but tremble from a consciousness of their own imbecility. An invasion was threatened, and it was necessary to provide against it; but in the single measure of defence all the powers, all the resources of the ministry were absorbed. So far as mere defensive warfare was the object, the talents of Mr. Addington and of Mr. Yorke (secretary of the war department) might be fully commensurate; but they were unequal to the management of a complex system. England might be protected against invasion; but her resources were in the mean time wasted in sustaining an enormous establishment, which procured her but a negative good, and did her enemy no positive ill.
A war of such a nature, if a war it might be called, could not long continue. The national expenses would be daily augmented, by the number of men kept as soldiers at the charge of government, precisely in the same proportion in which the national wealth would be diminished, by the number of hands withdrawn from labour. And still no object would be gained, either of greater safety at home or of renown abroad. The nation, left to its reflection would soon become sensible of the evils necessarily proceeding from such a situation: nor would its attention be diverted by any of those brilliant exploits, which, however barren of useful fruit in other respects, serve to flatter the national pride of the vulgar, and carry their imaginations from home.
The nation at large saw and felt the defects of their rulers; and though the clamours out of doors were not loud, yet that the universal wish was for a change, may be fairly presumed from the very little agitation it has occasioned. Why should this change be necessary provided the
same system was to be pursued? The necessity for the one can only be found in the desire out of doors, or the determination within, that a different system should be adopted: and it has been the invariable custom of the British cabinet, to preclude every alteration of its plans, by a corresponding change of those who are to be employed in executing them. Thus Mr. Addington was introduced for the purpose of making peace. He remained long enough in office to verify the prophecies of all men who were opposed to his first essay, who not only reprobrated the terms of the peace of Amiens as disgraceful, but predicted its total insufficiency and futility. He remained long enough in office to be obliged to declare war in contradiction of his own perpetual peace . He remained long enough in office to falsify, by his procrastinating and deleterious measures, all his high-sounding professions. He remained long enough in office to exhibit an additional proof of the selfishness of human nature, and the folly of ambition, in desiring to retain a place, to discharge the duties of which almost every act, in peace or war, has declared him to be totally incompetent.
For a long time, indeed ever since the commencement of hostilities, the eyes of the English people have been turned towards Mr. Pitt; and the secret aspirations of every man, (except perhaps a few abandoned devotees of faction) were, that the interests of the nation might be deposited in those hands, which were of all others most capable of managing them in the present awful crisis. They had already experienced his energy and decision; his clear and comprehensive knowledge of the resources of the nation, and his consummate skill in bringing those resources into operation; his intimate acquaintance with all the necessities of the state, and the promptitude of those measures by which they were supplied. But above all they were well convinced, by his recent declarations in parliament, not less than by his former ministerial conduct, of his sentiments on the most proper manner of prosecuting the war; and he being appointed to direct it, leads us to conjecture, with tolerable accuracy, that it is to assume a very different character from that which it has hitherto borne.
Had we, however, no support from his own declaration, we should make the same conclusions, from the mere circumstance of such a man as Lord Viscount Melville (formerly Henry Dundas) being placed at the head of the naval department, and of Lord Cambden and Mr. W. Dundas being appointed to direct the department of War. The sentiments, and the talents of these men, and particularly the former, are well known: under them neither the navy nor the army will be suffered to languish for want of employment. And when they are called upon to unite their views with those of Mr. Pitt, we may confidently assert, that the intention of the British Cabinet is no longer to wait their enemy on their own coast, but to carry on a war of aggression.
Rains have fallen so heavy in the last week at Baltimore, as to inundate that part of the town called the meadow, and to do considerable injury to the streets along Jones's Falls. A part of Philip's bridge was carried away. And one negro man drowned.
We find nothing important in the papers received by the ship Nancy from Bourdeaux, except the trial of the conspirators; which we observe is published in the northern papers by the last mail. We shall select such parts as may be most interesting.
Bonaparte (we ought to have said His Imperial Majesty) has granted to Madame Polignac the pardon of her husband, Armand. No mention is yet made of any execution having taken place.
The emperor has declared that the dignity of High Admiral shall be conferred on the first admiral who lands in England—Let his fleet once put to sea, and there can be no doubt that some of his admirals will soon have an opportunity of claiming this extraordinary reward.
A friend has obligingly handed us the New-York Morning Chronicle, and Gazette, of the 9th and 10th instant. By these papers we observe the arrival there of a ship from Glasgow, bringing papers of that City to the 23d, and of London to the 30th June.—We shall abridge the intelligence they bring.
The invasion had advanced so far as the embarkation of the troops &c. as appears by the following extract of a letter from an officer at Antwerp to his brother at Boulogne.
"All the horses, forage, and heavy artillery are embarked. We wait only the arrival of our Generals. I shall not, therefore, write to you again from hence; and probably may never behold you more."
It was reported that a minister from the Prince of Orange was received at the Hague; and that this minister, Baron D'Yoy, was at an entertainment given by the Prussian Ambassador, at which Semonville, the French minister, did not attend.
The labours of the war department at Vienna are incessant.—The Arch Duke Charles presides in person.
Paris papers of June 6, say that the King of Prussia, and all the states of the German empire, have acknowledged the Emperor of the French; and were making out new letters of credence for their ambassadors at Paris.—We have carefully examined the French papers received by the ship Nancy from Bourdeaux, which are regular from May 30, to June 17 inclusive, but
we do not find the most distant allusion to this circumstance.
The French papers seem thence to conclude that, however disposed the Emperor of Russia may be to go to war, he will not be aided by the Emperor of Germany, and consequently must remain quiet.
The French troops have taken possession of Naples.
Mr. Pitt's defence bill was read a third time, June 20, and passed without a division. Previous to putting the question Mr. Fox, followed by the principal members of his party, left the house. Mr. Addington and Mr. Yorke did not vote with the opposition on the second reading.
Mr. Wilberforce has carried his motion for leave to bring in a bill for the gradual abolition of the slave trade—for it 124 against it 49.
It appears that the state Physicians have, at last, laid the necessity of a regency before the King, and the Prince of Wales.
An expedition was fitting out to carry 70,000 troops to Hanover.
Mr. Livingston, our minister, had left England, and was at Rotterdam on his way to Paris, June 16. It was rumoured that the suddenness of his departure was owing to a hint, that his presence could be dispensed with.
The Americans are allowed to build gun-boats at Naples, to act against the Tripolines and Tunisians, in conjunction with the Napolitan fleet.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 5, 1804.
DEFENCE OF THE NATION.
(CONTINUED.)
Upon the motion being read, Mr. Windham, though he perhaps considered the plan on the whole as an improvement, regarded it by no means as such an improvement as might be obtained from the adoption of other measures. It was natural that on subjects of this kind there should be differences of opinion. His Right Honourable Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer,) even in the short interval since his first production of this plan, had thought proper to differ very materially from himself, on a point which it was but just to suppose that he had very maturely considered, before he came to the resolution of submitting it to the House. As his own differences were of a fundamental nature, opposite to both one and the other of the regulations proposed by the Right Honourable Gentleman on this head, they could not be cured by those means of alteration and modification which afforded a remedy in other instances. He therefore wished to state, now at the outset, the grounds of his difference from this scheme, which would probably lead ultimately to his voting against it; another reason for his wishing to state them now was, that they related fundamentally to provisions of this sort.
He did not differ from the whole of the plan; there were many things in it which he had heard with satisfaction; but it included many things to which he had given a dissent, from which he was not now likely to depart; there were two things in particular with which he was pleased, supported as they were by his hon. friend and the power he would have of carrying them into execution, the reduction of the militia, and the establishment of a fixed bounty. The evils which these measures went to correct, were such as every man was sensible of, such as might have been foreseen, but such as were now radically felt. He was therefore satisfied with the plan so far as it went towards these two points, to effect a partial reduction of the militia, and to get rid of the competition by the commutation of the substitute for a fixed fine; or, which would be the most effectual mode, by getting rid of the ballot altogether. He was also glad to see that the Right Hon. Gentleman comprehended in his general view what afforded the best hopes, and indeed the only hopes, of carrying our regular army to a respectable footing, the commutation of service for life for limited service. He was happy that his Right Hon. Friend had taken up this proposition, which if it had not been submitted to the House by any body else, he should have felt it his duty to bring forward.
He now came to the less pleasing part of his task, namely, to state in what he dissented from the plan, and here it was impossible for him to avoid taking not a prolix but a comprehensive view of the principle upon which the plan was founded, which a mixed principle of voluntary and compulsory service. To abolish compulsory service altogether, and all at once, was perhaps too much. He had not made up his mind that we should have no militia, though he was satisfied that it should be reduced. The army of reserve he had always considered as a temporary measure, as a bad measure for the time, but the evils of which could not be lasting. The principles of this plan deserved more particular notice, as it was to be the foundation of a permanent measure. It was a mischievous practice of late, that we were told we were so called upon by the present exigency, that we should shut our eyes to the future, if the measure that was proposed contributed ever so little to supply the wants of the moment. However he dissented from the present military system, however little he thought we could rely on being secure under it, he should be sorry that the idea of present exigency should prevent us from seeing the necessity of a system of security which would go beyond the danger that now menaced us. It was impossible, when so many men had been raised, in a great measure trained, and in a considerable degree disciplined, and what was of still more importance, prepared in mind for the contest, it was impossible not to believe, that however great the danger, such a preparation was in some degree competent to our security, and therefore in considering the effects of any measure we should be no longer told that we were bound down by the consideration of the present exigency. Yet if the consideration was limited to the present exigency, this plan did nothing for that exigency, for it did not extend our present force; it went only to fill up and modify the distribution of the force that at present subsisted.
The first question on these provisions was, whether they were voluntary or compulsory, or both, and then in what proportion? The effects of compulsory measures he would leave entirely out of the consideration, noticing only their immediate benefits. Then came the consideration of those measures that were most fit in the defence of the country, and he left out of this consideration the reference to that power by which they were to be enforced, as in every country, there was a supreme power, which, wherever it resided, was without controul—whether it was despotick in the Sovereign, or distributed through
the various branches of a mixed form of government: for in this view he considered the power of a despotick Monarch, of the King of Prussia for instance, as not beyond that of a King, Lords, and Commons of Great Britain. He did not even consider the power of the Grand Seignor as greater, or that of the New Emperor of France, though he did not doubt that Emperor would do many things which he hoped we would not. The difference was, that compulsory measures in our hands were difficult of management: it was necessary that we should conform them to a system to which they were not adapted. When the King of Prussia sent out orders to raise recruits, he sent out orders to take the men directly; in this country we should act by law, according to settled rule, fixed maxims, and with a due regard to publick feeling. Compulsion was, like other fruits, of best quality and highest perfection in the soil of which it was the original growth and natural production.
One example of this was afforded by the plan which had been so ably enforced by his Right Hon. Friend's talents. Our system was a machine in which half the force was lost in over friction; a machine so complicated and regulated, that only half the power operated. Our compulsion, therefore, was a thing which could not be carried immediately or decisively into effect; it was a thing which was to be resorted to only in the last extremity, such an extremity as he could see only at a great and undiminishing distance. We were not here as the people in Russia, where the vassals were attached to the soil, where it was only necessary for the Court to assign their quotas to the Lords and they furnished them as a thing of course. There there was none of that form and regulation which was so indispensable with us, and which after all rendered it necessary for us to have recourse to voluntary service. And here it was, that it became a material consideration to take care that the compulsory did not interfere with the voluntary. Another consideration was, that what was got by compulsion was not all sound. Nothing was gained by compulsion further than as it procured the services of those whom we could not have voluntarily. He understood the ballot was even to be applied only to the reduced militia: but all that we would get by it, or in lieu of it, were not clear gains as many men who fell under it could be had by other means, and that for a general service too; all that was gained, therefore, by these means was the surplus after deducting those, and this surplus was for limited service.
This brought him to a consideration on which great stress was sometimes laid beyond what he thought it deserved. When we had two armies, one for home service, and the other for general service, it was contended that the men raised for the home service became more disposable according as they acquired military habits. This was a fallacy. It was true, that men got rid of their civil occupations, and took to a military life; but this was only for home service; and when their time, as substitutes, was expired, then they took on again in the same description of service. A great number having served their limit, abandoned the military life altogether. They set off home; having sown their wild oats, they said, "We have had enough of it."
Thus far he stated, generally, while he thought that the principle of compulsion, which applied well to other countries, applied ill to this; and conceiving it to be an error to say, that entering into the limited service, gave an inclination to the general service, when so many were disposed to stop short. Perhaps a militia may be useful; but there was this objection to it, that it created a great mass of limited force; it was useful, perhaps with a view to security, but this utility was coupled with various disadvantages. The ballotting system all agreed in condemning it. The plan now before the House may be generally described as a plan for recruiting by parish officers. One great mischief of this plan he considered to be that of carrying the bounty to the full extent, where the diminution of the bounty was a professional object. The parish officers having no interest, would in the first instance give all they were authorised to give; then came the apprehension of the fine, and here he asked, what was there to prevent the parish officers exceeding the prescribed bounty to save the fine? Thus the parishes had in the first instance a limit which they were told never to exceed, but which they would understand they need never be below, and then there was the fine which would induce the consideration of how much they need give to avoid paying it. And he could not help advertting to an extraordinary change of sentiment with respect to the ballot. About three weeks ago there was a general partiality to the ballotting system; nothing was thought right that was not conformable to it. He was not surprised at this, it was the general partiality of an author to his works. But the ballot was spoken of as coupled with a volunteer spirit; he wished it to be considered for a moment, that there was no man so unable to obtain any volunteer exertion, as a person who was struck with the ballot as if with a fit of the apoplexy ( a laugh ). What did this man do; he went moaning and lamenting through his parish in search of a substitute, telling his tale to every body, and exciting a great deal of pity; then he went to the next parish, where he was told there was a man who was disposed to go for a substitute, and so on to the next, like David Simple, in search of a true friend ( a laugh ). Thus he proceeded from place to place, leaving his own house or that of his neighbour, till he was at length recommended to one of those decried, but in this instance necessary persons, called crimps ( a laugh ), who in his turn recommended him to a person in whom various considerations produced the voluntary exertion which was so much commended. He found this employment of the parish officers would furnish much ground of oppression. If the parish wanted men to make up its quota, and any man refused to go to make up this quota, let such a man take care how he applied to the parish for relief.— A cry of hear! hear! It was then to be feared that men of a higher order than the parish officers would exert their influence in several ways little short of oppression, if the parish was short of a few men, and in danger of being reproached for want of zeal, as well as fined for deficiency. He was sure all this had escaped the observation of the hon. member, but it deserved his consideration. Making the parish officers recruiting officers, would be to set the whole system in motion by compulsion. The fine was a compulsion on the parish officers. Then, when the men were got, the use of the whole was to give them additional inducements to enter into general service; and by these means he did not doubt that in time many persons would be drawn into general service who would not otherwise enter into it.
Thus the whole of this plan, the benefits of which had been so much magnified by the elo-

quence of his Right Hon. Friend, after all those splendid descriptions which gave an air of novelty to what was not new, was nothing else, nor could he see anything else in it, than a mere army of reserve. Having used our many pumps to raise the men into this reservoir, it was found that the compulsion of this country could do no more, and then other machines were necessary to take them out, and render them more disposable.— (a laugh.)
The argument of the force of provincial spirit, and the idea of being under their own officers, which was so much insisted upon, was equally fallacious. If that regulation was intended to have any force, it should be put into a more positive form: it should be that men should go into that battalion, not that they should go into no other; for a prohibition could not produce any thing. He said this because he was sure men may have many motives to prefer other regiments to those attached to their counties or their battalions—A man says, "I do not like to go into that regiment because it is staying at home, I want to go abroad;" another argues in the reverse of this; one says, this regiment is going to a hot climate, I want to go to a cold; my first battalion is at Gibraltar, I want to go to Canada; I want to go in such a regiment, sergeant such a one belongs to it, he will make a corporal of me; there are such and such officers who will be kind to me; there is Peg such a one attached to such a regiment; I should like to be with her." (a laugh.) These were ridiculous considerations, but they were the real and serious motives of soldiers in such situations. As to the idea of men following officers whom they knew, that consideration had frequently the very opposite effect. "If I go there, captain such a one will follow me, or captain such a one is gone before me. I am running into his mouth, and I want to avoid him; he has a spite to me." (a laugh.) This was a language very familiar in the ranks.
These observations he intended as a kind of set off against the promising appearances which were held forth, that the House should not be deluded by them, and that it should be seen that the benefit to be derived from the plan, whether more or less, was not unmixed. It lost sight of the benefit most sought after, of giving a disposable force by creating a stationary force, which, whether under the description of militia or army of reserve, was not to serve out of it. Then it was certain that the bounty would be as high or higher, than the utmost the parishes were allowed by law to give, and certainly higher than which men could be provided for by other methods. It was in his memory that men formerly received no bounty, unless, perhaps, a guinea to buy them a pair of stockings and a pair of shoes, and yet men were then obtained without difficulty. This compulsion would be fatal to the diminution of the bounty which it was so much the object to retrench—The other point which he wished to impress was not less important in the general point of view, though less capable of proof. It was contended, that the effect of the volunteer system in this country, and of the army of reserve, had been to excite, a general military spirit.
But the most effectual way to make a country a military country, was not to make every man a soldier; where that was the case, the country was not a military country; the countries that had a militia, were universally not military countries. It was a great mistake to think that those who had not arms in their hands did nothing to keep the military spirit. Though the piece was performed by the actors, it was the audience, and the spectators who applauded, did more to make them perform well than the other performers who played with them. Some of those who did not take arms contributed most to the ardour of those who did, the women in particular (a laugh.) The females could contribute more, by giving or withdrawing their regard, than any other portion of the community to the publick exertion; and this had been decidedly shown in France. Every body knows, that military countries had no military bodies but their army. They had no subordinate military bodies sharing military titles and bages with those that were most military. He, therefore, condemned the idea of a home army, with titles as sounding, and regimentals as fine as any others, equal in respect to all those other trappings and distinctions which constituted the 'pride, pomp, and circumstances of glorious war,' if military insignia were so multiplied, that the regular army was surrounded and hid till it was entirely lost from view. If the influence of the army operated at all, it should be like the air, with a constant uniform and powerful effect. The whole of this plan was first to raise the men, and then to get them into a description of force, which it was not the object to raise. Then came the inquiry how the regular army could be best recruited—One person had one plan, another had another plan—he was for no plan at all! Why was all this machinery necessary to do a thing which would be done of itself? Let the obstacles be removed, as his Hon. Friend proposed to do in a great degree, and the thing would go on freely of itself. He wished all the impediments to be removed; vera invenit qui aliena regit , was a maxim which was as just in practice as in theory.
What was there in the present constitution of this country to prevent our recruiting our army as before? Our population was not diminished; was there any change in the disposition of the people? Let some change be made in the nature of the service to render it conformable to the disposition that prevailed. He would not have the pay of the men raised, for that had been done before, but he would change the time of service from life to a term of years, and he would make a proper addition to the pay of the officers. As to trade and manufactures, it was true they had increased; but it was also true that we had a poor rate of five millions in England and Wales. In Scotland the annual application of so many thousands did not prevent the emigration of a class of men who might naturally be expected to go into the army. If by this sort of grant we supposed ourselves giving them tools to provide for their own maintenance, if we were making one part of the country provide for the support of another, if this was intended as a sort of poor tax for the benefit of Scotland, he was sorry indeed for the occasion, but he could not look upon it as unfavourable to recruiting. Commerce and manufactures he considered favourable to recruiting, for trade fluctuated, deserting the old channels and forming new, and at each shift a number of persons were set loose, who would be disposed to enter into the army.
By these compulsory measures, when all others failed, we could have an army; for, like war, he regarded measures of this kind as a last resource. Cuacia prius tentanda. This measure now proposed would not give one man more, while it would have all the mischief of increasing the
bounty. It went to fill the country with a kind of half military force, which would totally eclipse our regular army; all this was to be done to induce men to go for one bounty into limited service, and then by another bounty into service more extensive, and thus obtaining the object of which we were in want, by a sort of double distillation (a laugh.) He saw no reason for recurring to the plan: he thought it would be better to resort to the plain simple system; but it seemed we were so fond of legislative measures, that we could do nothing without these plans, which were the same with others, that those who approved of them most, acknowledged ended in weakness. It was like the Lover in the Apprentice , who was so fond of his adventure, that he would not have his object without it. When he was told to go to the hall door, and take away his mistress by the passage, "Oh! no," says he, "that will not do, for what will then become of my ladder of ropes?" All this trouble was taken to raise a limited force by an enormous bounty, and to derive from this, when trained to a certain degree, some increase in the regular army. On these grounds he felt himself called upon to oppose the plan almost in limine .
Mr. JOHNSTONE could not refrain from remarking as very extraordinary, that after the charges of ignorance and incapacity made on the last ministers, in which the right hon. gentleman had joined, the right hon. gentleman had now been in power a month, and he could bring forward nothing better than the plans of those very inefficient ministers. He thought it evident from the right hon. gentleman's own observations, that the amount of this force would at best be but 60,000 men instead of 74,000. He considered the recruiting by parish officers as ineffectual: it would be only the means of imposing a tax for the fines.
(To be Continued.)
TRIAL OF WILLIAM COBBET For Libels on the Government of Ireland. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, May 24. (CONCLUDED.)
Mr. ADAM rose to address the Court and Jury on behalf of the defendant. He said he had an anxious duty to discharge, which pressed the more heavily upon him, because he was not in the habit of being placed in a similar situation. The anxiety was not the less, from the ability with which the prosecution had been conducted, or from the character and situation of the party who had been charged with the heinous offence. The person whom he at this time represented, deserved the protection of the laws: he was a good husband, an excellent father, and a virtuous subject. In the political sphere in which he had moved, he had uniformly endeavoured to maintain the true principles of the Constitution of England as by law established. He had not been an idle and passive supporter, but he had stood forward, at the risk of his life, to defend the constitution abroad and at home, and he was peculiarly attached to the monarchical part of our mixed Government.—Thus circumstanced, he had entrusted to his Counsel the defence of himself and his family, and it was the first time he had been called upon to defend himself from a charge of this nature. Entertaining, as the learned Counsel did, the proper respect for the publick characters adverted to in the information, it became him to discuss the allegations respecting them with freedom, at the same time that he would do it with temper and decorum. This was not an information filed for the personal vindication of the individual, or for private retribution, but it was to justify the publick agents, in order to exonerate the government from the charges made or implied in this publication.—The question then for the jury to try, was this:—What was the intention, or quo animo was this publication made? The inquiry into the intention was for a long time excluded from the consideration of the jury; but since this jurisdiction was acknowledged by a declaratory act, the law has been clearly understood, and it occurs in the 32d Geo. III. entitled, "An Act to remove the doubts of the functions of Juries in cases of Libel." This statute enacts, that on every trial for this offence, the Jury may give a general verdict upon the whole matter, and shall not be required by the court or judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of publication, but may enter into the sense, the matter alleged to be libelous, may correctly bear. The Jury is, therefore, now invested with complete jurisdiction; and what would become of our rights and our constitution, if it were not restored to them? an investigation of the conduct of publick characters was the great and essential privilege of Englishmen? and so important did Mr. HUME regard it, that when he told us the right arose with the Revolution, he warned us that our liberties would be gone when we should be deprived of it. The production appeared posterior to the calamitous events of the 23d July, 1803; and it was under the painful feeling of those transactions that these letters originated; and they were intended to show the necessity of an effective government, to prevent the revival of those political misfortunes. The defendant has acted as a publick writer for a period of twelve years, in America and this country; and when the duty of his station are performed with a talent and integrity, such a person is among the most important and meritorious characters of the state.—Mr. Cobbet was the son of a farmer, and the grandson of a day-labourer. He had no education but what his father could give him during the winter evenings, and he left the house of his parents at the age of eighteen. He had then to inform himself in the grammar of his native tongue, which he not only acquired, but attained the extraordinary talent of composing with spirit and energy. In the direction of his abilities, he was guided by no party, but writes from the native impulse of his own mind. Mr. ADAM, after an eloquent exordium, discussed the particular parts of the letters which had been investigated by the Attorney-General. He said that the remarks on Mr. Justice Osborne were not in his judicial, but in his political character, which was open to publick inquiry. He said many of the strictures on Lord Hardwicke, instead of being libelous, were highly complimentary; and he had a right to assert, that this Nobleman, from the private virtues of his character, was more suited to sustain a domestic condition with enjoyment, than to support a publick station with dignity. He adverted to those parts of the publication which were intended to burlesque the members and measures of government, and said, that ridicule was a weapon which might be fairly and honourably employed; and that nick-names, be they pleasant or be they vulgar, were a sort of practice to which English-
men are peculiarly addicted. We had heard of Carlo Khan, the Great Dog of the India House, and the Colossus of the North, applied to a Peer of the Realm; but if every nick-name were to be considered a libel, our courts of justice would indeed have sufficient employment. Mr. ADAM next adverted, at considerable length, to the innuendoes, on which an indecent and aggravated construction had been imposed; and he concluded with repeating the disadvantages of the early education of the defendant, who, possessing a manly and energetic character, might have been tempted, in some degree, to transgress the bounds of delicacy and refinement, but, he trusted, had not passed, on any side, the limits of legal institution.
Mr. Liston was then called. He was Minister in America, from 1796 to 1800; was acquainted with the defendant during that time, and deposed to his loyalty and attachment to the British Constitution, in which his character was eminently excellent.—Being asked by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL if the defendant was one of the last men to publish a libel against the government under which he lived, the witness said, he was not an unlikely man to do so out of his own country.
Lord Henry Stewart, Mr. Windham, Lord Minto, Mr. Yorke, and Mr. Reeves, severally deposed to their personal knowledge of the defendant, and to their opinion of him as a zealous supporter of the Monarchy, and a firm friend to the British Constitution.
Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL now rose in reply, when he commented on the several parts of the speech of his learned friend Mr. ADAM, and asserted his zeal for the liberty of the press, and his endeavour to restrain licentiousness, in order to protect inviolable that liberty. He applied the classical allusion of 'Spargere voces in vulgum ambiguas,' in order to repel the strictures of Mr. ADAM, on the more obscure passages of the libel.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH—"The evidence on both sides being terminated, you and I, Gentlemen, have yet our respective duties to perform. I never doubted that an English Jury had the right of judging in these cases, not only of the fact of publication, but of the nature and construction of the thing published, and the Noble Lord whom I succeed, with such inadequate powers, entertained the same sentiment. The late act which has been quoted, is merely declaratory, and had it not passed, I should have submitted the whole case to your decision. On three points you have to exercise your judgments:—1. The preliminary allegations and innuendoes. 2. The fact of publication. 3. The quality and sense of the thing published. Before I enter on the question, I shall observe to you, that by the law of the land, there is no immunity to a person publishing what is injurious to the feelings and happiness of an individual, or what is prejudicial to the general interests of the state. The law of England is a law of liberty, and consistently with this liberty, we have no imprimatur and no licence. This precaution is not necessary, but if a man publish a paper, he is exposed to the penial consequences, as he is in every other act, if it be illegal or injurious to the comfort of others. The question then, as applied to this publication, is, if it be privately or publickly injurious, or if it be pernicious in both these respects? It is no new doctrine, that if a publication be destructive of the well being of government, by bringing it into disrepute, whether the expedient for this purpose be by ridicule or obloquy, the person so conducting himself is exposed to the inflictions of the law. The case of the King v. Souchett, decided in the time of Lord Chief Justice Holt, has removed all ambiguity from this question; and although at the period when that was decided there existed great political contention, the matter was not again brought before the Judges of the Court by any application for a new trial. Not only in publications, but if the peace and welfare of individuals, or of society, be interrupted, or even exposed by types and figures, the act by the law of England, is a libel." His Lordship then entered into the particulars charged as libelous matter, into the testimony on both sides, and into the principles on which the defence had been conducted; and he concluded with observing, that if the Jury were of opinion that the publications were hurtful to the individual, or to the government, they would find the defendant guilty; if, on the contrary, they considered them neither destructive of the peace of the one, or of the other, they would acquit him of the charges under this information.
The Jury after a pause of about ten minutes, delivered their verdict— Guilty.
Gazette Marine Memoranda.
ARRIVED. British Brig Sally, Rawton, 10 weeks from Guernsey, Ballast, A. Maclure. Ship Alfred, Patch, of Newburyport, 4 days from Boston.—Stores for the U. S. Navy, in the Mediterranean. Ship Ship-Carpenter, hence for London, was spoken, July 24, out 11 days. Ship Reward of Newburyport, hence for Falmouth, was spoken, August 7, out 5 days. Ship Yorkshire, hence for Dunkirk, was spoken, July 13, in lat. 49, 42. Ship Olive-Branch, Chase, hence, was spoken July 16, in lat. 43, 33 out 22 days. Brig Catherine, Seward, of Charleston, S. C. hence for Liverpool, was spoken July 30, lat. 36 long. 73. out 3 days, all well. Schooner Hope, Hamilton, from Alexandria, for Boston, via this port, was at New-York August 9. Ship Paragon, Byron, of this port, was at Hull June 16. Endymion, Miller, from Clyde to Virginia, has been taken by a French privateer and burnt. United States, Finlay, of Virginia, was at Liverpool June 15. Brig Edward and Charles, Portengill, of Bath, was to sail from the Downs for Norfolk, July 14. The British Brig Syren of 18 Guns, was spoken off the Capes of Virginia, 13th instant, on a cruise. Two days before, she had chased a French Privateer schooner for 32 hours. July 27, lat. 42. 19. Capt. Smith of the Resolution arrived at Philadelphia. I saw the Hull of a Brig, bottom up; could not read her name. The ship Eagle arrived at New-York from Amsterdam, reports, that on the 23d July, lat. 41: she spoke a ship from Virginia, capt. Jones, out 7 days for London, very short of water.—July 23, in same latitude, spoke a brig from Virginia, bound to Europe, out 8 days—short of water and firewood.—This is so careless a manner of noticing matters of such moment that we cannot avoid censuring it. If these vessels were
thus short of the essential article of water, at so early a period of their voyage, it is presumed that they were supplied from the Eagle, and if so the captain might have known their names. It would be desirable to know who they are that would send or conduct ships to sea under circumstances of such culpable negligence.
L'Echo du Commerce , Bourdeaux, advertises the following American vessels.
June 12. For Norfolk, Julia, Calvert, to sail the 19th.—Brig Jesse, Ferly, to sail in a few days.
June 14. For Philadelphia, Ship America, Swain, to sail the 19th.
June 15. For Norfolk, Ship Sheffield, Cowper, to sail in 20 days.
June 16. For Baltimore, Ship Lion, Weaver, to sail the 19th.
June 17. For Philadelphia, Ship Zulema, Af-tan, loaded, and to sail the 20th.—For New-York, Ship Five Husbands, Bennet, to sail immediately; and Ship Columbia, Hughes, 3rd. July.
The Cornelia , Towers, of Baltimore, from Martinique, via Baltimore, entered at the Custom House, Bourdeaux, June 1.
The New-York, Piles, of New-York, June 13. The Experiment of New-York, from Senegal, June 16.
   METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL, from 1st to 15th August, 1804.   Days. Week. Weather. Winds. Velocity. Barometer. Thermometer.     Wednesday. 1 Cloudy. NW 1 30.20 73   Thursday. 2 Cloudy. NW 2 30.20 73   Friday. 3 Fair. NW 2 30.21 71   Saturday. 4 Fair. NW 2 30.18 70   Sunday. 5 Fair. NW 2 30.18 74   Monday. 6 Fair. NW 2 30.09 75   Tuesday. 7 Fair. NW 2 30.09 75   Wednesday. 8 Fair. NW 2 30.05 76   Thursday. 9 Fair. NW 2 30.04 77   Friday. 10 Fair. NW 2 30.04 77   Saturday. 11 Fair. NW 2 29.96 76   Sunday. 12 Fair. NW 2 29.96 76   Monday. 13 Fair. NW 2 30.25 74   Tuesday. 14 Cloudy. NW 2 30.30 74   Wednesday. 15 Cloudy. NW 2 30.18 73  
EXPLANATION.—This Journal is marked at sun rise and at 3 o'clock.—The velocity of the wind is graduated from ten degrees down.
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FOR SALE OR CHARTER, The American Ship ELIZA, John Evans, Master. Burthen 450 hogheads of tobacco, now ready to receive a cargo.—ALSO,
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Who wishes to Sell, Freight or Charter, The above Brig ANN ELIZABETH, Burthen 1300 Barrels. She is complete and ready for a cargo in two weeks.
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Apply to Stephen Harris. July 17. tf 8
WE HAVE FOR SALE,
100 Hhds. Richmond and Petersburg Tobacco. 300 barrels superfine Flour, fresh. 20 puncheons Jamaica and Windward Island Rum. 600 barrels Pork, in shipping order. 200 pieces Nankeens, first quality. 50 barrels and half barrels Alexandria Crackers. A few cases of Noyeau, and two new Cables.
Apply to C. & F. Whittle. July 17, 1804. tf 16
FOR SALE,
New-York BEEF and PORK.
ALSO,
200 barrels Smithfield PORK.
Apply to 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.
SLATE.
A quantity of Slate, shortly expected from New-York.
July 17. 22
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
Persons acquainted with any branches of COACH-MAKING, to whom the most liberal wages, with constant employ, will be given.
Two YOUTHS of respectable connexions will be taken as apprentices to the above business. Apply to
S. W. Quarrier, near the Methodist Meeting-House, Cumberland-street. July 17. tf 5
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 Puddy or Purdy .
July 17. tf 15
TO RENT or LEASE,
That Large and Commodious Dwelling House where I now live. It has four rooms on a floor, excellent cellars, and an out kitchen. In point of situation, health and view, there can be no objection. It can be had with furniture, and several house servants, if required. For particulars, apply to
William Leigh. Portsmouth, July 21. 33
PRINTING in all its variety and in the neatest manner, executed at the office of the Publick Ledger , near the corner of Main, Commerce Street.
STRATTON & COLE,
HAVE FOR SALE, A LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
GROCERIES;
CONSISTING OF
  Antigua, } Jamaica, } Wd. Island, } New England, } French, } Peach, } Apple, } Holland, } Country, } Sherry, } Malaga, } Imperial, } Hyson, } Young Hyson, } Loaf, } Brown, } Molasses, } Vinegar, } Nutmegs, } Allspice, } Pepper, } Cinnamon, } Ginger, } Chewing Tobacco, } Spanish, } American, } Powder & Shot, } Allum, } Blown, } Superfine, } Fine, } Coffee, } Chocolate, }  RUM. BRANDY. GIN. WINE. TEA. SUGAR. SEGARS. SALT. FLOUR.  Nests Wooden Ware. Wool Cards. Bacon. Pork. Mariners Compasses. Quadrants. Spy Glasses. Hour, } 1-2 Minute } 1-4 do. } GLASSES White Lead, } Venetian Red, } Yellow, } Spanish Brown, } Blue, } Tar, } Turpentine, } White, } Red, } Blue, } Small, } Deep Sea, } Bed Cords, } Seine Twine, } Wrapping do. } Indigo, } Blueing, } Window Glass, } Knives and Forks, } Pump Tacks, } An assortment of Castings, } Earthen Ware assorted.  
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
SHAKSPEARE.
Time, which is continually washing away the dissoluble Fabricks of other Poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Sakspeare.
Dr. Johnson's Preface.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN AMERICA, FROM THE TEXT OF THE BEST EDITORS OF SHAKSPEARE.
Hugh Maxwell & Thomas S. Manning,
Propose to publish, as speedily as possible, VOLUME I.
OF THE Plays of William Shakspeare, With the corrections and illustrations of VARIOUS COMMENTATORS.
To which are added,
NOTES,
By SAMUEL JOHNSON & GEORGE STEEVENS. From the fifth and latest London edition, published in 1803—Revised and augmented
By ISAAC REED.
With A GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
Sweet SWAN of Avon, what a sight it were, To see thee in our waters yet appear, With all those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza and King James! But stay;—I see thee in our hemisphere Advanc'd, and made a constellation here:— Shine forth, thou STAR OF POETS, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping Stage.
Ben Johnson.
TERMS.
The first complete edition, in America, of Shakspeare will be contained in 16 volumes, duodecimo.
It will be printed in a style eminently beautiful, on a fine cream-coloured woven paper, with a type entirely new, and cast for the purpose by Messrs. Binny & Ronaldson.
The Proprietors pledge themselves, that it shall surpass the London edition in neatness of mechanical execution, and rival it in fidelity and correctness.
It will be printed under the immediate direction and superintendence of an Editor, assisted by several Men of Letters.
The Price, to Subscribers, will be 1 Dollar 50 Cents per vol. in boards; to non Subscribers, 1 Dollar 75 Cents.
The inferior copy of the last London edition, in 21 vols. boards, sells for FIFTY-ONE DOLLARS; more than double the price of the proposed edition, which the proprietors have resolved shall, from its cheapness, as well as elegance, deserve the notice of the Public.
To consult the economy of the taste of different Purchasers, an edition will be printed in a compressed, cheap, and portable, form, without the notes, in 8 vols. 12mo. price 1 dollar per vol. in boards.
It is contemplated to print one volume every month, from the time of commencement, until the work be completed.
A correct Alphabetical List of the Subscribers, will be given with the last volume.
The Proprietors sanguinely hope that the liberality of the publick will be conspicuous in the support of a work of singular magnitude, to which intense labour and great expense are necessarily incident.
N. B. The first volume of the above work is now at press.
Subscriptions will be received by Bonsal, Conrad & Co. Booksellers; and by George L. Gray, at the office of the Publick Ledger , Norfolk, Philadelphia, July 1. tf 4
FRESH TEAS.
Just received and for sale by the Subscribers,
IMPERIAL, } HYSON, } YOUNG HYSON, } TEAS, 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 Kgs 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.
Fish & 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 28 and 14lb. Kgs, 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
TRAVELS IN GREECE.
PROPOSALS,
FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION,
THE TRAVELS OF
Anacharsis the Younger,
IN GREECE:
During the middle of the fourth Century, before the Christian Era,
With copious Notes and References.
BY
THE ABBE BARTHELEMY,
Keeper of the Medals in the Cabinet of the King of France, and Member of the the Royal Academy of Inscrip- tions and Belles Lettres.
Translated from the French.
First American, from the fourth London edition.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
THE work now offered to the American reader exhibits a complete view of the antiquities, manners, customs, religious ceremonies, laws, arts, and literature, of ancient Greece, at the period of its greatest splendour. A knowledge of these has hitherto been only attainable by a laborious perusal of writers who have been little solicitous to join entertainment with instruction. The Travels of Anacharsis, on the contrary, are so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and fancy; till his eye glances to the bottom of the page, when he perceives there is scarcely a sentence, and not a single fact or circumstance, but is supported by the authority of some ancient author. The amazing number of these quotations, may, perhaps, at first sight, seem to have been unnecessary, and to have more the appearance of a parade of erudition, than to be of any real utility: but it is to be remembered that, at the same time that they must be highly acceptable to the man of real learning, by enabling him to refer immediately to the original author, they are extremely useful, nay we may say, absolutely necessary, even to such readers as can never be supposed to have any intention to consult the authorities quoted; as they clearly shew that such an idea, or such a circumstance, is not merely a decoration, or the offspring of the fancy of the author, but immediately taken from some ancient writer; and, therefore, perfectly accordant to the general scope and plan of the work.
TERMS.
I. The first Edition in America of Anacharsis's Travels, will be comprised in four Vols. octavo.
II. It shall be printed on handsome wove paper and a new type now casting for the purpose. Each Volume will contain about 400 pages.
III. The price to Subscribers, per Vol. bound and lettered, will be 2 dollars; in boards, 1 dollar and 75 cents, to be paid on the delivery of each Volume.
The European edition sells at 12 dollars per set.
IV. There shall be a handsome Map of Greece given with the first Volume, to be executed by one of the best Engravers.
V. Those who obtain ten Subscribers, and become responsible for the payment of the same, shall receive one copy gratis. The work is now at Press, and shall be finished with all possible dispatch.
** Subscriptions to the above work received by George L. Gray, at the office of the PUBLICK LEDGER .
July 17, 1804. tf 23
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, Gotterburg 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.
d3m1aw3m 43
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 Almira , 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 CRESTS made up as usual.
Also, a few elegant Mahogany Chests of the newest construction, with furniture complete.
PERRY'S ANTI-BILLIOUS PILLS.
Frederick Heermann & Son.
July 17. 2aw 12m. 1
Jamaica Rum, Molasses, &c. &c.
New landing, from the schooner Rebecca , John Drysdale, Master, from Jamaica.
117 Puncheons Rum.
8 Hhds. Molasses.
For sale by
Donaldson, Thorburn & Co.
WHO HAVE IN STORE,
150 Puncheons of Antigua and Grenada Rum, of fine flavour—and
A few Hogheads and Barrels of Sugar.
July 28. 6 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. 50.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
Absconded about two months ago, a negro man named MANUEL, belonging to Mrs. Wilson, of Portsmouth, a Calker by trade, and about 45 years of age, walks lame; he is supposed to be in or about Smithfield. The above reward will be given, for delivering him in Norfolk.
Thomas Warren.
July 24. tf 33
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