Norfolk gazette and publick ledger (Norfolk [Va.]), 1808-05-27 00:00:00

From a late London Paper.
SWEDEN AND RUSSIA.
The following is the report of a Swedish nobleman, who arrived from Stockholm by a recent vessel:—"It may be relied on to a certainty that the general mass of Swedish inhabitants are prepared, and determined to a man to resist, to the last drop of their blood, the attacks of the combined enemy against their country, however formidable the powers leagued against them may seem to be: thus, if the able assistance they are led to expect from Great Britain be afforded in time, they have the most confident hopes of success. Give them but arms, ammunition and provisions, (of which latter means a vast supply will be requisite), and they will fight to the last; for their maxim now is—"it would be much better for them to be shot, than forsake their lawful sovereign to become the slaves of the northern Autocrat." This was the general cry of the people in Sweden, through which the last messenger passed, for nearly 400 miles, on his way to England, upon learning that Denmark and Russia had made also their hostile declarations.
The emperor of Russia's declaration in 1805, "that he would use his good offices to procure a remedy, if any thing contrary to justice was to be found in our maritime code," is far from justifying a surrender on our part of that code, or any portion thereof. It would puzzle a wiser set of ministers than any of the emperor Alexander has ever yet possessed, to point out in it any thing contrary to justice, or any thing that would not be for the general advantage of all the naval powers in the world, provided their respective naval equipments were in any degree equal. It is now almost exclusively beneficial to England, because England almost exclusively possesses a navy. Thus, any law which uphold the preservation, and gives a man the free use of his own property, may be very repugnant to the principles, and detrimental to the views of those who have no property to maintain; but it is not on that account a less just and equitable, because the wealthy only have an interest in the support of it. The maritime law of Europe, which is now generally, though objectionably, denominated the code of Great Britain, rests upon the solid basis of equal and unalterable justice. It is only owing to the vicissitudes of things that it has become peculiarly favourable to England. But being so favourable, and being so founded in right, it has become our essential interest as well as duty to maintain it unimpaired.
The Rights of Man is a very short and easy catechism, and soon learnt by heart; and when the emperor Alexander attempts to batter down the government of a rival sovereign by a weapon of this sort, he should have a care lest it be retorted upon himself. It is an instrument of subversion more powerful than any army. The word of command is sufficient to discipline an army of rebels, and the tactics of rebellion are soon got by heart. France, in none of her shapes, and least of all in her present, is congenial with the interest of Russia; and it was so well understood by the empress Catharine, that she separated her country from the contagion of French principles by the strictest line of circumvallation. The emperor Alexander should have pursued the same policy. He might have sheltered himself from contempt after his defeat by France, had he retreated with dignity into a wise and impenetrable neutrality. He was never so far defeated or reduced, but that he was safe at home; and it was not necessary to any contingent interest of his government, to become the meanest understrapper of French malevolence. He should have remembered the lesson that was handed down to him by his predecessors, who have filled the Russian throne. He should have remembered what a column of pure native granite was required, to form the pedestal of his statue, who had professed to emulate the example of Peter the great. His grandmother, though a foreigner born, made herself a Russian; his father, with the best intentions in the world, though born a Russian, ruined himself by becoming a foreigner in his own kingdom. Safe in his native glory, and the surrounding affections of his own subjects, he insinuated himself into all the intrigues of the French cabals, and was rewarded with their usual compensation—assassination and contempt. The emperor Alexander should have his eye fixed upon these examples; and not challenge (what we hope he never will experience) the same fate, by pursuing the same councils.
Of all places, at this time of the year, the northern parts of Finland are least suited to a campaign; and of all powers, Russia is the least adapted to make active movements out of winter quarters. Her system of warfare is purely barbarous; her tactics are those of a traitor horde—commissionaries and magazines are almost unknown to her army. Unless, therefore, her enemy feeds her, she is unable, when removed from her own country, to subsist herself.
Private letters by the last Gottenburgh mail, state, that a letter had been received by baron D'Armfeldt from the Russian minister count Romanzoff, offering him a bribe of a large sum of money, and an extensive principality, if he would betray his sovereign, and effect an insurrection in the neighbourhood of Stockholm in favour of the cause of Russia. It is added, that the baron, on receiving this letter, immediately laid it before the king, who has amply rewarded the loyalty and fidelity of his minister. This circumstance probably gave rise to the report which has been circulated for the two last days, of an insurrection having taken place at Stockholm, attended with serious consequences, but which we know to be utterly unfounded in fact. It should seem as if Russia and France relied more upon treason to work the subjugation of Sweden,
than upon open and manly fighting. We have already remarked upon the proclamations which the Russian government have addressed to the people of Finland and the Swedish soldiers—To these efforts to seduce the soldiery, Russia has added secret endeavours to corrupt the nobility. It will be in the recollection of all who are acquainted with Swedish history, that previously to the revolution, brought about in 1772, by the late king of Sweden, the government was in a great measure aristocratical. There were two parties in the diet, one attached to France, the other to Russia—the former were called the party of the Huss , the second, the party of the Caps . But the French party generally prevailed, in consequence of their intrigues, and of the subsidies or loans they gave to some of the leading members of the diet. The revolution in 1772, however, abolished these parties. The influence which France formerly had, she is now endeavouring to regain; or rather she is endeavouring, in concert with Russia, to establish the influence which the two parties possessed. Hence it is supposed that emissaries have been sent into Sweden, with large offers to some of the principal nobility. It was probably a discovery of some machinations of this sort having been put in practice by M. Alopeus, that induced his Swedish majesty to put him under arrest. Baron Arnfeldt is one of the principal noblemen in Sweden, and is much in the confidence and favour of the king—he is also beloved by the people; and he has lately been appointed the next in command to the king himself.—This nobleman, Russia has lately endeavoured to gain over to her views and interest.
But it is not, we suspect, the wish of Buonaparte that Sweden should be annihilated as an independent state, and that she should be merged in the vast territories of Russia.—He would be very glad to humble the king of Sweden, to reduce his power in the state, to make him as dependent upon the diet as his ancestors were before the revolution in 1772; he would be glad to revive the influence which France possessed before that event, but we do not believe that he would consent to Russia making herself mistress, if she could, of the Swedish territories.
We sincerely believe such to be the chivalrous disposition of the king of Sweden, that, "should the worst come to the worst," he will retire to the fastnesses of his kingdom, and fall in a manner becoming the descendant of the Great Gustavus. It has been the peculiar fortune of Sweden to have had a succession of truly illustrious princes. The father of the present king, so basely murdered by Ankerstrom, was at once a hero and a legislator; he recovered his empire from the anarchy of aristocracy, and wanted nothing but a longer life to have left behind him a reputation as glorious as that of Gustavus. The present king, though the youngest sovereign in Europe, is an example of every thing which befits the character of a monarch; and if his virtues were seconded by his power, by the resources of a greater kingdom, he would be the deliver of Europe.
PARIS, March 12, 1808.
Yesterday, the 11th of this month, at two o'clock, P. M. his serene highness, the prince, arch chancellor of the empire, repaired to the senate, in virtue of the orders of his majesty the emperor and king.
His serene highness was received with the usual honours, and after having read to that body the act designating him president thereof, he delivered the following speech:
GENTLEMEN!
The statutes which I lay before you at the request of his imperial and royal majesty, must give motion and life to the system created by the senatus consultum of the 14th August, 1806.
Publick opinion is not uncertain on the advantages of this system.
If there still remained any doubts to explain, I would have recourse to the history of ages, and to the authority of one of our greatest writers on publick law, who has considered the existence and support of HEREDITARY DISTINCTIONS, as entering in some sort, into the very essence of monarchy. The pre-eminent advantages which such an institution establishes, the ranks which it determines, the recollections which it transmits, are the food of honour; and this honour is at the same time the principle of the government under which the strength of the national character has brought us back. It was urgent then to fill this vacant space in our political organization.
But, you know, gentlemen, that the success of establishments to which the fate of empires is tied, depends on a concurrence of circumstances which the prudence of the legislator ought to lay hold of.
He finds motives of encouragement or of hesitation, in the genius, in the progress, in the relative importance of the people to whom his conceptions apply themselves.
Laws and institutions have, like plants, a soil—a season which suffers them to take the deepest root. It is in France above all, that the springs, directed by the love of glory, can be most successfully made to receive a proper impulsion; it is in times prolific in wonders that we can, for other ages, consecrate symbols which glory has made choice of.
Never shall these distinctions have a purer source; the titles which flow from it will only serve hereafter to mark out for publick gratitude, those who have already signalized themselves by their services—by their devotion to the prince and to the country. Europe, the witness of our political convulsions, admires the resources of the genius, who has led them to such an happy issue; she is covered with our trophies: and her esteem will affectionately embrace names to which the benevolence of our august sovereign will deign to add new lustre.
Great examples impose on future generations great obligations, and the effects which this debt will render necessary, will be for France a perennial spring of glory and prosperity. These considerations have determined his imperial and royal majesty not to determine any longer the blessings of an establishment , in which he has put all the nobility and greatness of his soul. The statutes which you will now hear read, present the consequences and development of the principle laid down in the Senatus Consultum. The principal motive which led to their provisions was, to give to the institution which they had in view a principle of utility and preservation; to dry up around it the springs of decay; to extirpate, by the creation of IMPERIAL TITLES the last roots of a tree which the hand of time has overthrown , and which cannot again take root under a prince, as great by his understanding as he is by his power.
Every thing that it was possible to foresee, has been anticipated.
The new order of things raises no barriers between the citizens.
The regular shadowing which it establishes, aims no blow at those rights which render all Frenchmen equal before the law; on the contrary, it confirms those rights, because it directs publick opinion which often goes astray for want of those landmarks, raised on honourable motives.
The career remains always open to virtue and useful talents; the advantages which it grants to tried merit will not injure merit yet unknown; they will be on the contrary, so many subjects of hope towards which a just and praiseworthy emulation will be directed.
The first statute specifies the titles, it assigns them to the great offices of state, or to those who form the elements of the body politic; it consolidates the last and increases their consideration.—Thus the electoral departmental colleges will acquire more stability and importance by the honours conferred on their chiefs—by those to which their members may attain. This decree does still more—it secures to those who shall have obtained those first evidences of the satisfaction of the sovereign, the power to hand them down; it authorizes the ministers of the established religion to transfer to one of their nephews the title which the others shall have left to their posterity; and this species of adoption will bind tighter the cords which ought always to tie the priesthood to the great family of the state.
The legion of honour cannot remain ignorant of the organization which is preparing. Particular qualifications makes the first degree in this illustrious hierarchy. The title which it confers, revered as it was formerly, appears to day to have acquired new dignity; it will become a glorious inheritance, which the children shall be emulous to increase, and make more splendid.
The second statute regulates every thing which concerns the formation and preservation of majorities, or body of property destined to serve as endowments to the titles.
The property ought to be of such a nature as never to alter in their substance—never to decrease, (if it is possible) in their income. It becomes inalienable. If just and pressing motives urge their exchange, this power can never be exercised except in the express and solemn condition of soon replacing it, by property of equal solidity.
All these precautions of wisdom, all these details of foresight are confined to a council destined to enlighten the religion of his majesty, and to maintain the execution of those forms, preservative as much of the interest of families as the establishment of majorities.
The kind of preliminary censure with which it is particularly charged, will incessantly proclaim to all classes of society, that a regular and honourable life is the only road which will lead merit and talents to their end.
You will see gentlemen, in the union of these two decrees, the depth of thought of the genius who consolidate by their co-ordination all the parts of his great work.
The Senate will pursue with zeal the profound means which multiplies the supports around that dynasty, consecrated as much by the homage of the universe as it is by the affections of all Frenchmen: it will acknowledge above all, that tender sentiment which wishes to fix the uncertainty of futurity, and to associate, if I may say so, the glory of France to its own immortality. This speech being finished, the Prince (Talleyrand) Arch Chancellor, directed one of his secretaries to read the two statutes to the assembled Senate.
FIRST STATUTE.
NAPOLEON, by the grace of God and the Constitution, emperor of the French, king of Italy and protector of the confederation of the Rhine—to all present and to come, health:
Seeing the Senatus Consultum of the 14th August, 1806.
Art. 1. The incumbents of the great dignities of the empire shall bear the title of PRINCE and most serene highness.
2. The oldest sons of the great dignities shall have of right, the title of DUKE OF THE EMPIRE, when their father shall have instituted in their favour a majority—producing an income of two hundred thousand francs—This title and the majority shall be transmissible to their descendants direct and legitimate, natural or adopted, from male to male, in order to be primogeniture.
3. The grand dignitaries may institute for their eldest and youngest sons, majorities, to which shall be attached the titles of COUNT or BARON, according to the conditions which follows.
4. Our ministers, senators, counsellors of state for life, presidents of the legislative bodies and archbishops, shall bear during life, the title of COUNT.
To this effect they shall have letters patent delivered to them, sealed with our great seal.
5. This title shall be transmissible to the descendant direct and legitimate from male to male, in order of primogeniture, of him who shall have been clothed therewith, and for the Archbishops, to him of their nephews whom they shall have chosen on presenting themselves before the prince, arch-chancellor of the empire, in order to obtain our letters patent, and moreover on the following conditions.
6. The incumbent shall establish, in the forms which we reserve to ourselves to determine, a clear revenue of thirty thousand francs, in property of the nature of that which must enter in the formation of majorities.—A third of the said property shall be mortgaged to the endowment of the title mentioned in the fourth article, and shall pass with it on all the heads where this title shall fix itself.
7. The incumbents mentioned in the fourth article shall be empowered to institute in favour of their elder or younger sons, a majority to which shall be attached the title of BARON, agreeably to the conditions hereafter stated.
8. The presidents of our departmental electoral colleges, the first president and the attorney general of our court of reversal, the first president and the attorney general of our court of accounts, the first presidents and the attorneys general of our courts of appeal, the bishops, mayors of thirty seven good cities, who have the right of assisting at our coronation, shall bear, during their lives, the title of BARON, to wit: the presidents of electoral colleges, after they shall have presided over the college during three sessions—the first presidents, attorneys general, and mayors, after they shall have been ten years in service, and shall have performed the duties of their office to our satisfaction.
9. The provisions of the 5th and 6th articles shall be applicable to those who may, during their lives, bear the title of BARON; nevertheless, they shall be bound to make appear, that from a revenue of 15,000 francs, the one third of which shall be mortgaged to the emoluments of their title, and shall pass with it on all the heads where this title fixes itself.
10. The members of our departmental electoral colleges who shall have assisted at three sessions of the colleges, and shall have there performed their functions to our satisfaction, may present themselves before the Arch-Chancellor of the empire to ask him if it shall please us to grant them the title of Baron; but this title cannot be transmissible to their descendants direct and legitimate, natural or adopted, from male to male, and in order of primogeniture, until they shall show a clear income of 15,000 francs, the third of which when they shall have obtained our letters patent shall remain mortgaged to their titles and pass with it on all the heads where it shall be placed.
11. The members of the legion of honour and those who for the future shall obtain that distinction, shall bear the title of Chevalier.
12. This title shall be transmissible to the descendants direct and legitimate, natural or adopted from male to male, in the order of primogeniture, and to him who shall be clothed therewith, in appearing before the arch chancellor of the empire, in order to this effect to obtain our letters patent, and in proving that he has rents to the amount of 3000 francs at least.
13. We reserve to ourselves the right to grant the titles which we shall judge expedient, to the generals, prefects, officers civil and military, and such others of our subjects as shall be distinguished by their services to the state.
14. Such of our subjects on whom we shall have conferred titles, cannot bear any other coat of arms, nor wear any other dress than those which shall be pointed out in their letters patents of creation.
15. We forbid all our subjects to arrogate to themselves any other titles and qualifications than those we shall have conferred, and to the civil officers of state, notaries and others to give them to them; renewing as far as may be necessary, against offenders the laws actually in force.
Given at our Imperial Palace of the Thuilleries 1st March, 1808.
(Signed) NAPOLEON. By the Emperor. The minister Secretary of State. (Signed) H. B. MARET.
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FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1808.
SENTENCE OF THE GENERAL COURT MARIAL IN THE CASE OF CAPTAIN CHARLES GORDON.
At a general court martial assembled on board the United States ship the Chesapeake in the harbour of Norfolk, and state of Virginia, on Monday the fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and continued by adjournment from day to day, until Tuesday the sixteenth day of February in the same year.
PRESENT.
Capt. John Rodgers, President. Captains William Bainbridge, Hugh G. Campbell, Stephen Decatur, Jun. and John Shaw, } Members. Masters Commandant, John Smith and David Porter, } Lieuts. Joseph Tarbell, Jacob Jones, James Lawrence, and Charles Ludlow. }
The court pursuant to an order from the honourable Robert Smith secretary of the navy of the United States to capt. John Rodgers directed, bearing date on the seventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven, proceeded (as therein they are directed) to try Charles Gordon, Esq. a master commandant in the navy of the United States, upon the charge for negligently performing the duty assigned him which is in the said warrant stated, and therein preferred against him: And having heard all the evidence, and the prisoner's defence and very maturely and thoroughly considered the same, gave the following
OPINION:
The charge stated in the warrant of the Hon. the Secretary of the Navy against the said Charles Gordon is in these words:
"For negligently performing the duty assigned him."
"SPECIFICATION."
1. "In that he had the command of the said frigate Chesapeake from the first day of May 1807, to the sixth day of June 1807, and during all that time he had not the guns of the said frigate exercised."
2. "In that he had not the guns of the said frigate exercised as often as he was in duty bound to do."
3. "In that the crew of the said frigate Chesapeake were not called to quarters more than three times prior to her sailing for sea."
4. "In that the crew of the said frigate Chesapeake were not called to quarters as often as the said Charles Gordon was in duty bound to call them."
5. "In that from the first day of May to the 6th day of June 1807, the crew of the said frigate were not quartered."
6. "In that the crew of the said frigate Chesapeake were quartered but a few days before she proceeded to sea."
7. "In that the crew of the said frigate were not quartered as early as the said Charles Gordon was in duty bound to quarter them."
8. "In that he did not see that the guns of the said frigate were securely fitted in their carriages."
9. "In that he did not take proper care to have the sponges and wads of the said frigate of the proper size."
10. "In that he did not take care to have the powder horns of the said frigate filled."
11. "In that he did not take care to have the matches of the said frigate primed."
12. "In that he did not take care to have the matches of the said frigate in their proper places."
13. "In that he did not take care to have the marines on board the said frigate supplied with enough cartridges."
14. "In that he did not take care that the cartridges which the marines on board the said frigate had, were of the proper size."
15. "In that he did not call upon the gunner of the said frigate for a regular report of the state and condition of the guns and all other matters in his department."
16. "In that he did not call upon the commanding officer of the marines on board the said frigate for a regular report of the state and condition of the marines and their arms and supplies of ammunition."
17. "In that notwithstanding some of the guns of the said frigate were not securely fitted in their carriages—or that notwithstanding some of the sponges and wads of the said frigate were too large—or that notwithstanding but few of the powder horns of the said frigate were filled—or that notwithstanding the matches of the said frigate were not primed—or that notwithstanding some of the matches of the said frigate were not in their proper places—or that notwithstanding the marines of the said frigate were not supplied with enough cartridges—or that notwithstanding the cartridges which the marines on board the said frigate had were not of the proper size, he the said Charles
Gordon did report to the said James Barron that the said frigate Chesapeake was ready for sea."
18. "In that the said Charles Gordon did report to the said James Barron that the said frigate Chesapeake was ready for sea when she was not ready for sea."
19. "In that he did not upon the said James Barron's going on board the said frigate report to him the exact and particular state and condition of the said frigate, but suffered the said James Barron to remain under the erroneous impressions excited by the report he had made to him that the said frigate was ready for sea."
20. "In that notwithstanding certain indications of a hostile intention exhibited towards the said frigate by the said ship Leopard, the said Charles Gordon did not report to the said James Barron the exact state and condition of the said frigate Chesapeake."
21. "In that the said Charles Gordon never did make to the said James Barron a true and faithful report of the state and condition of the said frigate Chesapeake."
In deciding upon this charge the court will make the following statements:
1st. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that he had the command of the said frigate Chesapeake, from the first day of May, 1807, to the sixth day of June, 1807, and that during all that time he had not the guns of the said frigate ever exercised. But it appears to the court by the evidence, that twelve only of this ship's guns were on board during this period; that the pilot did not think it safe to take all the guns on board of a ship so large as the Chesapeake, while descending the river from the navy yard, because of the want of sufficient depth of water in the Potowmack; that it is neither customary or necessary to exercise so few of a ship's guns as this number while in that river, and were it otherwise, that the situation of the Chesapeake during this interval was unavoidably such, as not to permit these guns to have been properly exercised; while therefore the court is of opinion that this first specification is fully proved, they cannot impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
2d. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that he had not the guns of the said frigate Chesapeake ever exercised before she proceeded to sea.—But it appears to the court by the evidence, that during the whole period between the sixth and twenty-second of June, (the day when the said frigate proceeded to sea) her crew were kept closely employed in performing other very necessary duties of the ship; that if the guns had been exercised, the performance of these duties must have been postponed, and the ship delayed in proceeding to sea; and that under the orders given to the said Charles Gordon by the said James Barron, his commanding officer, the said Charles Gordon would not have been justifiable to have so delayed the ship, even for this purpose. The court is therefore of opinion that under these orders it was not the duty of the said Charles Gordon to have exercised the guns of the said frigate, and that this second specification is not proved.
3d. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that the crew of the said frigate Chesapeake were not called to quarters more than three times prior to her sailing for sea; but it appears to the court by the evidence, that the crew were quartered on the 19th of June only; that the Chesapeake sailed for sea on the 22d of the same month, and in this interval of three days, they were called to quarters three times; this the court is of opinion was as often as it was proper for them to be called to quarters during this period. While, therefore, the court are of opinion that this third specification is fully proved, they cannot impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.—The fact of this ship's company not being quartered at an earlier date is the subject of another subsequent specification, and will be noticed hereafter.
4th. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, as is before stated, that the crew of the said frigate Chesapeake were not called to quarters more than three times prior to her sailing for sea; and the court have already stated, that the said Charles Gordon was not bound to call them to quarters oftener than this after they were quartered. The court are therefore of opinion, that this fourth specification is not proved, again repeating, that the fact of the ship's company not being quartered at an earlier date is the subject of another subsequent specification, and will be duly noticed when they come to speak of that.
5th. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that from the 1st day of May to the 6th day of June, 1807, the crew of the said frigate were not quartered. But it appears to the court by the evidence as is before stated, that during this period there were but twelve guns on board the Chesapeake. It moreover appears, that her complement of men was not complete, and various other circumstances also appear to the court, that they will notice hereafter, which the court are of opinion are sufficient to absolve the said Charles Gordon from all censure on this account. While, therefore, the court are of opinion that this fifth specification is fully proved, they cannot impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
6th. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that the crew of the said frigate Chesapeake were
quartered but a few days before she proceeded to sea. But it appears to the court by the evidence, that the crew of the Chesapeake as allowed by the government, was never completed even when she did proceed to sea; that in order to get her full complement of men, her rendezvous was kept open, and new recruits received almost daily, up to the period of her sailing; that her crew were uncommonly sickly, and that from the particular situation of the ship at that time, many desertions might have been expected, and actually did happen. Under such circumstances the court are of opinion, there was no obligation upon the said Charles Gordon to quarter his men earlier than he did. While, therefore, the court are of opinion that this sixth specification is fully proved, they do not impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
7. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, as has been before stated, that the crew of the said frigate were not quartered until the 19th day of June, three days before she sailed for sea. But under all the circumstances stated in the remarks of the court upon the preceding specification, the court are of opinion, that neither the regulations of the navy, or the usage in such case made it the duty of the said Charles Gordon to have quartered the crew more early, and therefore that this seventh specification is not proved.
8. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that he did not see that the guns of the said frigate were securely fitted in their carriages; but the court are far from acknowledging that it was the duty of a commander of a ship of war personally to see to things of this sort. It would be impossible for him to perform all such minute duties as this—The duty of a commander is to give the proper orders, to the proper officers, to perform such duties, who are to report to him, what they have done, and when done; it is the duty of the commander to visit and generally examine the manner of the execution. If there are defects, it is the duty of the particular officer, who has the work in charge to report them. The commander is not responsible for such neglect unless they are reported to him, or are of a nature which ought to be observed by a general superintendent. In this instance, some of the guns of the Chesapeake were not securely and properly fitted—but it appears to the court by the evidence, that the quarter deck guns were fitted after a plan devised at the navy yard, and adopted by the said James Barron, and that these guns were fitted under his own immediate inspection; of course the court cannot consider the said Charles Gordon as responsible for the defects in the plan of their fittings. The defects in the fitting of the main deck guns were of a nature which would not be observed by a visiting officer, without a minute examination. It appears to the court that the said Charles Gordon ordered them to be fitted by the gunner, whose particular duty it was to fit them; that these guns were fitted by that officer under the superintendence of the first lieutenant; that all of them had been fired before the ship proceeded to sea; that the crew had been called to quarters three times before she sailed; and that no defects in their fittings were then ever observed by any person, or ever reported to the said Charles Gordon. While, therefore, the court are of opinion, that this eighth specification is fully proved, they do not impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
9. It appears to the court, that the sponges of the frigate Chesapeake were originally too large; that this was discovered off Mount Vernon as the ship came down the Potowmack; and that the sponges were immediately reduced by order of the said Charles Gordon, and made of the proper size; that the wads, some few of them possibly were rather too large, but that these wads were made at the navy yard for the guns of the Chesapeake, and received on board by her gunner, who made no report of any deficiency to the said Charles Gordon (if any deficiency then existed); the court are therefore of opinion, that the said Charles Gordon did take proper care to have the sponges and wads of the said frigate of the proper size, and that this ninth specification is not proved.
10. It appears to the court that before the said frigate Chesapeake sailed from Hampton Roads, the said Charles Gordon ordered the gunner of that ship to fill all her powder horns; it does not appear to the court what report was made to the said Charles Gordon of the manner of executing this order, and the death of the first lieutenant of the ship renders it impossible to establish the fact satisfactorily now. The court is of opinion, however, that giving this order was all which the said Charles Gordon, as commander of the ship was bound to do, to have this duty performed, unless a report that it had not been done had been made to him, and no such report as this being proved to have been made, the court are of opinion that this tenth specification is not proved.
11. It is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that the matches of the said frigate were not primed, or any care taken by him to prime them; but the court is well satisfied, that it is rarely the practice of naval commanders and never necessary to have matches primed. While, therefore, the court are of opinion, that this eleventh specification is fully proved, they do not impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
12. It appears to the court, that the matches of
the said frigate were ordered by the said Charles Gordon to be kept, and were actually kept in the gunner's store-room. This the court is of opinion is a place as proper as any, but not more proper than many others on board the Chesapeake for keeping matches; the court are therefore of opinion that this twelfth specification is not proved.
13. It appears to the court, that the said Charles Gordon did take care to have the marines on board the said frigate supplied with enough cartridges, by sending to the officer of that detachment a number of cartridges for his marines; and as no report of any deficiency appears to have been made to the said Charles Gordon, the court are of opinion that this thirteenth specification is not proved.
14. It appears to the court that the cartridges which the marines on board the said frigate had, altho' they did not exactly and tightly fit the calibre of their muskets, were nevertheless of a good and proper size. The court are therefore of opinion that this fourteenth specification is not proved.
15. It does not appear to the court, by the evidence, that the said Charles Gordon, did call upon the gunner of the said frigate, for a report of the state and condition of the guns, and all other matters in his department. Nor are the court satisfied, that he did not call for, and receive such report. This negative accusation requires no proof on the part of the prosecution to establish it, and the death of the first lieutenant renders it very difficult for the accused to disprove it. This report however, to have been regular, should have been in writing, and it is admitted by the said Charles Gordon, that no written report was ever made. The court are therefore of opinion that this fifteenth specification is proved.
16. It appears to the court, that the said Charles Gordon did receive daily reports from the commanding officer of the marines on board the said frigate Chesapeake, of the state and condition of the said marines; but it does not appear to the court, that the said Charles Gordon ever called upon the commanding officer of the said marines for, or ever received from him any report of the arms and supplies of ammunition of the said marines. The court are therefore of opinion that this sixteenth specification is proved in part.
17. It appears to the court that the said Charles Gordon did report in effect, altho' not in so many words, to the said James Barron, that the said frigate Chesapeake was ready for sea. The numerous circumstances which are stated in this specification the court have already noticed, and decided either to be not proved, or not to effect the accused. While therefore the court are of opinion that this seventeenth specification is proved in part, they do not attach any censure upon the said Charles Gordon on this account. Of the correctness of the report herein stated, the court will have occasion to decide in noticing the subsequent specifications.
18. It appears to the court that the said Charles Gordon did report to the said James Barron (in effect, altho' not in so many words) that the said frigate Chesapeake was ready for sea, when she was not ready for sea as a man of war ought to be. But the court are satisfied that the circumstances which then existed, and which made the said frigate not ready for sea as a man of war ought to be, were not known to the said Charles Gordon when this report was made (altho' he had taken the proper means to ascertain any defects) or if known were stated in terms sufficiently plain to be understood by the said James Barron. While therefore the court are of opinion that this eighteenth specification is fully proved, they do not impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
19. It appears to the court, that upon the said James Barron's going on board the said frigate Chesapeake, the said Charles Gordon did report to him that the guns of the said frigate had never been exercised, but made no other report of the particular state and condition of the said frigate. It appears to the court also, that the said James Barron was under erroneous impressions, excited by the several reports of the said Charles Gordon, to him, as to the discipline of the crew of the said frigate, which impressions the said Charles Gordon did not remove. But as the court are of opinion that it was the duty of the said Charles Gordon, after reporting as he had done to the said James Barron, to have reported to him only the defects, which he might know to exist, to prevent the said frigate from proceeding to sea; and as the court are satisfied, that altho' he had taken the proper means to ascertain it, the said Charles Gordon knew of no other defect, except the men not being trained to their guns, which he did report, the court cannot consider his failing to make any other report of the particular state and condition of the said frigate as improper. Altho' the court are satisfied by the testimony, that the said James Barron was under erroneous impressions, excited by the several reports of the said Charles Gordon to him, as to the discipline of the crew of the said frigate; yet the court are also satisfied that these reports of the said Charles Gordon to him, warranted no such impressions, but the reverse; and therefore that the said Charles Gordon is not responsible for the said James Barron's erroneous impressions, so improperly derived, or for not removing impressions which he had no reason to believe existed. In pronouncing this nineteenth specification therefore ful-

ly proved, the court do not impute any neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
20. It appears to the court that the said Charles Gordon never did report formally to the said James Barron, the exact state and condition of the said frigate Chesapeake. No such report was ever required by him, and the court are unapprized of any thing, which makes it the duty of a captain or commander, in such a situation, to report more to his superior officer than the defects he knows or believes to exist in his ship. This the said Charles Gordon appears to have done, and in this respect has done his duty. While the court decide therefore, that this twentieth specification is fully proved, they impute no neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
21. It appears to the court as they have before stated, that the said Charles Gordon did report to the said James Barron, (in effect although not in so many words) that the said frigate Chesapeake was ready for sea; that he afterwards reported when the station bills were completed, and that the guns had never been exercised. This, although not a true and faithful report of the state and condition of the said frigate, was a true report of her state and condition so far as that report extended, and was calculated to give the said James Barron all the information which the said Charles Gordon himself possessed, or which his duty required him to obtain, relative to the state and condition of the ship. While, therefore, the court are of opinion that this twenty-first specification is fully proved, they impute no neglect of duty to the said Charles Gordon on this account.
In deciding upon the several specifications annexed to this charge, the court have already pronounced their opinion, either that the same were not proved, or if proved, that they did not establish the charge of neglect of duty preferred against the accused, except in two instances; the one for not calling upon the gunner of the said frigate Chesapeake, for a regular written report of the state and condition of the guns, and all other matters in his department; the other for not calling upon the officer commanding the marines on board the said frigate, for a similar report of the state and condition of the marines, and of their arms and supplies of ammunition. For failing to perform these duties the court do agree that the said Charles Gordon is guilty under the charge here preferred against him, "for negligently performing the duty assigned him," and do further agree that the said Charles Gordon, being so guilty of this charge, falls under part of the twentieth article of the rules and regulations for the government of the navy of the United States, adopted by an act of the congress of the United States, passed on the twenty-third day of April, 1800, entitled, "An Act for the better government of the navy of the United States." The punishment directed by this law to be inflicted upon one guilty of the offence here described, is left discretionary with the court. And this court taking into consideration the nature of the omissions of which it has been proved the said Charles Gordon was guilty, the great probability that by the accidental circumstance of the death of the first lieutenant, he may have been deprived of the sole means of proving his innocence of a great part of one of these omissions; the state of things existing at the time of the Chesapeake's sailing; the general orders under which the accused was then acting; and above all, the circumstance that no evil resulted from any of the neglects of duty charged against him, do adjudge and SENTENCE the said Charles Gordon to be PRIVATELY REPRIMANDED by the honourable the secretary of the navy, or by such person as he may think proper to appoint for that purpose, and at such time and place, and in such manner as the said secretary shall choose or direct. In pronouncing this opinion the court will add, that believing the accused to be certainly guilty of some offence (although a very slight one) they have not considered themselves as possessed of any authority to pardon, and have therefore been compelled to adjudge him some punishment. They have selected this as the least which they could select, among those which are customary, but if a lesser had ever been resorted to in any instance whatever, that would have been preferred.
JOHN RODGERS, WM. BAINBRIDGE, HUGH G. CAMPBELL, STEPHEN DECATUR, Jun. JOHN SHAW, JOHN SMITH, D. PORTER, JOS. TARBELL, J. JONES, JAS. LAWRENCE, CHARLES LUDLOW. LITTN. W. TAZEWELL, Judge advocate.
MARRIED—On Saturday evening last at Center-ville, in Mathews County, by the Rev. A. Smith, Capt. MILES KING, of this Borough, to Mrs. R. L. SMITH, of that place.
[CIRCULAR.] Treasury Department, May 18, 1808. Sir, Finding that a much more rigid construction has been put in some of the districts than in others, on the part of the circular of the 6th inst. which re-
lates to the transportation of flour and other provisions, from one port of the Chesapeake to another port on the waters of the same bay; it is proper to state that it was not thereby intended to convey an opinion, that such transportation was without any exception whatever unnecessary and a sufficient cause of detention.
Among those exceptions may be reckoned the following:  1. The usual intercourse on the same river, though that river may include several districts, should not be interrupted.  2. Towns and districts which have usually received their supplies of certain articles of provisions, from other districts on the waters of the bay, should continue to receive their usual supplies.  3. Flour, &c. purchased by persons residing in another district, previous to the receipt of the above-mentioned circular, may be taken to the district where it is owned.  4. Planters and others should be permitted to send their produce to that city or district which has been their usual market, or to which they have usually sent it as a remittance. 
I am very respectfully, Sir, your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. LARKIN SMITH, Esq. Collector, Norfolk.
ALBANY, May 16. Result of the Election, so far as our information at present extends.     MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY.   Federal. Democratick.    Albany, 6  Rensselaer, 4  Columbia, 4  Montgomery, 5  Schoharie, 2  Oneida, 5  Ulster, 4  Greene, 2  Westchester, 3  Kings, 1  Queens, 3  Madison, 3  Dutchess, 2  Cayuga, 1  E-sex, 1  New-York, 11  Richmond, 1  Suffolk, 3  Herkkier, 3  Orange, 4  Saratoga, 4  Washington, 5  Otsago, 4  Ontario, 5  Onondaga, 3  Cienango, 3  Delaware, 2  Rockland, 1  St. Lawrence, 1  Lewis, 1  Jefferson, 2  Clinton, Franklin, 1  Broome, Tioga, Steuben, Allegany, Niagara, Genesee, and Seneca, we have no accounts from.  
From the New-York Gazette.
Messrs. LANG & TURNER, People who talk of a three years embargo, do not seem to have compared the resources of Great-Britain with her necessities. It will be granted that England may conduct her manufactures many years, without the help of Swedish or Russian iron of which she works up forty thousand tons every year. Her own iron, though not so good, may serve the purpose. Hemp may be imported from the Brazils and the East Indies, and so may cotton, though neither of them in great abundance. But Tar and Pitch cannot be obtained except from the United States. Perhaps it will be said that tar may be had from Sweden. This however cannot happen, even if Sweden should continue her alliance with England. Swedish tar is prepared to the eastward of the gulf of Bothnia, and in no other part of the kingdom to any amount; but that part of Sweden is doubtless in possession of the Russians before this time. It follows that tar is only to be expected from the United States. The annual consumption of tar in England is somewhat above two hundred and twenty-three thousand barrels, beside fifteen thousand barrels of pitch. England has never taken more than sixty-four thousand barrels of American tar in one year and frequently not above thirty thousand barrels, but we know that by raising the price she might obtain all she needed from the southern states.
By the last advices from England we learn that American tar was sold at 9 dollars per barrel. Is it not clear that our fellow citizens to the southward should bestir themselves in preparing tar-kilns and making barrels, as the time cannot be very far distant when there will be an urgent call for tar, pitch, and turpentine? The navy yards in England are usually supplied with hemp, tar and pitch for one year in advance, but this is not the case with merchants by whom the trading ships are supplied. They seldom import more than supplies for the current year. But trading ships must have a supply of tar and pitch as well as ships of war. It follows that England will certainly concede to the United States all that we are said to have asked. I am aware that many of her rulers would much rather go to war with us. But her wants or necessities cannot be supplied by war. She could not acquire a single barrel of tar by fighting. It follows that she must and will change her measures, and the embargo will be raised; for England might as well protect herself without powder as without naval stores. I am aware that there seems to be a constant leaning in our national councils towards the French nation, and a strong desire to see Great Britain crushed; yet I think better of our executive than to conceive that when they shall have got all they asked, they would set up new demands for the sole purpose of continuing the embargo. It is hardly to be supposed that they would continue to distress every citizen of the United States for the sole purpose of helping France to destroy England.
I would observe in a few words, that England cannot possibly continue the war without a supply of naval stores; that tar and turpentine, essential articles, are only to be got from the United States: it follows that she will certainly terminate her disputes with us in a few months. In that case our fellow-citizens in the southern states will be fully compensated for their present sufferings.
MERCATOR. From the Bombay Courier of Sept. 9, 1807.
PRIZE COURT.
Minerva—FREDERICK HUSSEY, master. On Friday the 11th inst. sir James Mackintosh gave judgment in this cause.
This was a cause of an American ship taken on the 3d of December, 1806, going from Manila to Batavia. The ship left Providence (R. I.) in August, 1805, had touched at the Isle of France, from which place she sailed to Batavia, thence she went to Tegal and Manila, and on her voyage from this last place back again to Batavia she was detained. Her cargo consisted chiefly of indigo and dollars.
It appeared that she was under the direction of a supercargo on board, as to her employment in trade, both in respect of the cargoes and the intermediate ports to which she was to trade, previously to her return to Providence, or some other port in America, where her voyage was to end.
For the captors, it was contended that she was trading between enemies colonies, and therefore acting in direct violation of the letter and spirit of his majesty's instructions of June, 1803, which command the commanders of ships of war and privateers not to seize any neutral vessel which should be carrying on trade directly between the colonies of the enemy and the neutral country to which the vessel belonged.
For the claimants it was insisted, that neither Manila nor Batavia nor the Isle of France were enemies colonies of such a nature, as to render the trading thereto by a neutral in time of war illegal; inasmuch as the trade to those places was open to foreigners in time of peace.
The court on a former day had directed commissions to be sent to Bengal and Madras to ascertain whether the ports of Batavia and Manila were, during the last peace, open to any foreigners from the ports of India, Europe, or America, and if open, whether any and what restrictions; and also to inquire into the state of those ports in these respects before the war which broke out between G. Britain and Spain in 1796.
These commissions being in part returned, and it appearing that ports were opened to all foreigners during the last peace, without any restrictions except as to opium and spice, at the port of Batavia, sir James Mackintosh pronounced judgment of restitution.
The captors he said were fully justified in detaining this vessel, because in so doing they were acting in obedience to the letter of the instructions of June, 1803. Batavia and Manila were certainly colonies of the enemy, and this vessel was certainly not trading directly between America and such colonies. But tho' the officers in his majesty's service were bound to obey these instructions, he did not conceive himself sitting as a judge of prize, in a court whose decisions were to be regulated by the law of nations, as bound to conclude by them. He believed, indeed, that he was the first and only judge who had ventured to pronounce such a doctrine. In every prize court in every country, by all writers on the subject, and all administrations of the law, the instructions of the sovereign were regarded as a law to the judge. But he considered the law of nations as paramount to such instructions; and the king as having indeed a right to extend it. As far therefore as any of his majesty's instructions were a relaxation to the law of nations in favour of neutrals, he should consider himself bound by them; but if he saw in such constructions any attempt to extend the law to the prejudice of neutrals, he should not obey them, but regulate his decisions according to the known and recognized law of nations.
In the present case, after a great deliberation and minute inquiry, he felt himself bound to say, that neither Batavia nor Manila were such colonies as to render any trading by neutral nations in time of war illegal.
It is not their being called colonies that will render such a trading unlawful, notwithstanding the letter of the instructions of 1803; something farther is necessary, and that is that the trade to and with these colonies was prohibited to such neutrals in time of peace.
LANDING From on board the Swedish Sloop African, captain Portelly, from St. Bartholomews, 2800 HIDES, Spanish, 10 tierces fine Green Margayale COFFEE, 15 serous Flotant INDIGO—For Sale by Wilson, Cunningham, & Co. IN STORE, 10,000 wt. good COFFEE, 15 hogsheads good 2d quality SUGAR, 10 do. N. E. RUM. May 27.
LABOURERS WANTING.
The President and Directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company want to hire for the ensuing season, a number of Hands to work on the Canal; they will be provided with good wholesome food, and the usual quantity of whiskey per diem—liberal wages will be given, and their wages paid at the end of every month. Apply to Richard Blow, William Cammack, or Samuel Proctor, Overseer. May 6.
FOR RENT, The HOUSE at Cedar Grove, during the Race Week. Apply to William Cammack. May 25.
FOR NEW-ORLEANS, The new Brig LOUISIANA PACKET, Richard Hurst, master, will sail directly for that port the first of June. For freight or passage, having excellent accommodations, as she is intended for a regular packet, apply to Jennings & Roddey. May 1.
Astonishing Female Artists!!
The Ladies and Gentlemen of Norfolk and its vicinity, are respectfully informed, that two more regular and surprising instances of the wonderful productions of nature were perhaps never so apparently demonstrated as in the case of Miss Sarah Rodgers and Miss Martha A. Honeywell, two young Ladies who have just arrived in Norfolk, and are the solicitors of a number of respectable families, have been induced to stay a few days. They now reside at Mrs. Taylor's Boarding-House, No. 35, Catharine-Street, where they will perform during their stay in Norfolk.
MISS RODGERS is a native of New-Hampshire; she was born without the use of either hands or feet, but the amends made in the exercise of her other faculties, surpasses all human belief. Without the use of her limbs, and with her mouth only, she will Paint elegant Flowers and Landscapes, mix colours, write, thread a needle, cut paper or cloth with the scissors held in her mouth, &c. &c.
MISS HONEYWELL is a native of New-York; she was born without hands, and with only three toes on one foot. She is not so much a subject of wonder and admiration for her great ingenuity and elegance in embroidering Flowers, for framing, and in cutting with rich variety and taste Gentlemen's Watch Papers, as for the peculiar felicity of her disposition, diffusing gaiety all around her. Indeed their sportively engaging aspects at once dispel those painful sensations, which the deprivation of their limbs excites in the most felicitous impressions, resulting in an admiration of the good sense and cheerful resignation of these young Ladies to their peculiar lot, which they have rendered by their persevering industry, spirit, and wisdom, a happiness to themselves, and a very instructive and consolatory example to the world in general, and to their own sex particularly.
Admission Fifty Cents—Children half price. Hours of admittance every day from 9 o'clock in the morning till 2, and from 3 till 7 in the afternoon. May 25.
Dr. Tissot's celebrated Gout and Rheumatic Drops.
The Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, and the various disorders of the same nature, are so exquisitely painful, so difficult to be cured, that they have justly excited the attention of the medical profession. Some professional gentlemen have excelled in one department of the sciences; others in another. Dr. Tissot particularly has long been renowned for the superiority of his prescriptions in chronic diseases, and the length of time which elapsed during his sole attention to the nature and effects and cure of these afflictions, render the medicines which he recommended of invaluable importance. The beneficial effects of these drops, have been so often experienced, and their extraordinary efficacy has been attested by witnesses so numerous and so unimpeachably credible, that incredulity itself cannot doubt the virtues of Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops. Large quantities have already been vendred, and the Gout is now become so general, and their certainty in curing the disorders of a chronic nature is so completely ascertained, that certificates of their unbounded utility are now unnecessary. Testimonies of their value, and a volume of attested cases performed by them, may be seen upon application at T. W. Dyott's genuine Drug and Patent Medicine Warehouse, No. 37, South Second-Street, Philadelphia.
The price of Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops, is only two dollars per bottle, with copious directions. Generous allowances made to those who buy by fell again. Of the many respectable testimonies of the effects of the above Drops, which have been received by the proprietor, we beg leave to annex the following:
Certificate of General Ridgely of Hampton. I certify that having received a blow on my knee, which induced severe pain and swelling, I was advised to apply to Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops, and on bathing the part with them only a few times, agreeably to the directions, they effected a perfect cure. Another time my wrist was affected with rheumatism to such a degree, as to render my hand for the time useless, when on application of the same remedy in like manner, the disorder in the course of twenty-four hours was entirely removed.
I therefore, from the experience I have had of the efficacy of said medicine, consider it a beneficent act to recommend it in similar cases to others. (Signed) C. RIDGELY, of Hampton.
Certificate of John Gibson, Esq. one of the Directors of the Farmers' Bank of Maryland. I certify that about a year since, my foot received an injury by a fall; in a few hours after it was affected with a most excruciating pain, so that I was unable to walk, with crutches. I was apprehensive that this accident would induce a severe fit of the gout, with which I had been frequently attacked. In this situation one of my friends highly recommended and earnestly advised me to apply to Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops; I immediately procured them and made the application; in less than three hours the pain entirely abated, which had been so severe, as to deprive me of sleep for several nights. By a few further applications, a perfect cure succeeded. I have frequently since in other cases, both used them myself, and recommended them to others with invariable success.
(Signed) JOHN GIBSON. Certificate of Mrs. Mary Taylor. I, Mary Taylor, No. 135, Plumb Street, Philadelphia, aged upwards of seventy years, having been affected with very violent rheumatic pains for more than eight years, being recommended to apply to Dr. Tissot's Gout and Rheumatic Drops, on only using half a bottle every rheumatic affection was completely removed, and I have continued free from all pain ever since; as witness my hand. MARY TAYLOR The above drops are sold wholesale and retail only by BONSAL, CONRAD, & Co. N. 30th.
DR. ROBERTSON'S Patent Stomachick Wine Bitters.
Celebrated and well known for their superior qualities in restoring weak constitutions, depleting WORMS, cleansing and strengthening, giving a proper tone to the Stomach, and increasing the appetite—a frequent use of them is a certain preventative against those complaints so common in the spring and fall. Such as intermitting fevers, agues, autumnal fevers, dysenteries, &c. &c. They are particularly serviceable to those who make long sea voyages, and are exposed to unhealthy climates, as a powerful preservative against contagious disorders.
PRO BONO PUBLICO. Patent Water-Proof Brunswick Blacking.
ing, prepared with oil, which softens, preserves, and beautifies the leather. Words cannot set forth its just praise, nor can its transcendent qualities be truly known, but by experience; it is especially calculated for, and particularly recommended to sportsmen and gentlemen who are much exposed to the wet—Also for cleaning Harness, as it will effectually prevent the water from penetrating, preserve the leather from cracking, and render it supple and pleasant to the very last, giving it also a beautiful jet black gloss, a proof of which may be seen at the warehouse. The above Blacking is prepared and sold only by T. W. DYOTT, at his Medical Warehouse, No. 11, North Second Street, Philadelphia; sold also by his appointment, at BONSAL, CONRAD, & Co's Book-Store, Norfolk; and at SOMERVELL & CONRAD'S, Petersburg. Where also may be had, The IMPERIAL WASH, And new invented LIQUID, For taking out stains, and preserving the quality and colour of saddles, and tops of boots. May 20. tav 1y
British Consul's Office, 23d May, 1808.
About six weeks ago, a gentleman was so obliging as to call at this office, and to mention that he had at his Store in the Market-Square, a PACKAGE, addressed to the Consul, which had been brought by a vessel (perhaps the schooner Helen) from Philadelphia, and for which the Consul promised to send, without asking the name of the gentleman, with whose person he thought he was acquainted. In this, however, he was mistaken; and having since made many enquiries for the Package before-mentioned without success, the Consul will take it as a particular favour if the gentleman in question will be so kind as to give him his address, that he may send for the package, and pay the freight with any charges.

York County Court, April 18, 1808. Ordered, That Thomas Griffin, Gaw- in L. Corbin, and Peyton Southall, gentlemen, be appointed Commissioners to let to the lowest bidder, at the expense of this County, the building of a CLERK'S OFFICE as soon as possible, for the use of the said County, on the publick square in the town of York, on the plan and of the dimensions following, viz—The House to be of brick and covered with slate or tile, 20 by 12 feet in the clear, 10 feet pitch in the clear, a chimney, a brick floor, and a passage at the entry; two and an half bricks thick to the water table, and two bricks thick above—the wood work whereof to be neatly painted; bond with approved security for the due and faithful performance of this work of the indent ker is to be taken, and returned by the said Commissioners to this Court. Copy, Attest.
S. Shields, Jun. C. Y. C. The Commissioners above named are anxious to proceed in the execution of the above order, as early as possible, and will be glad to receive proposals for the erection of the building mentioned in the preceding order immediately. Thomas Griffin, } Com'r's. Gavin L. Corbin, } Peyton Southall, } York Town, 9th May, 1808. 3w
RICHARD & JOHN TAYLOR. Have received by the Ship, Rolla, Captain Garet, from London, A few Packages of GOODS, suitable for the season. They have also on Hand,
Cambric; common and furniture Calicoes; plain and striped Dimities, White and coloured Jeans; Irish Linens, Sheeting and Cotton Shirting; London superfine Cloths and Cassimeres, 4-4 and 6-4 Cambric Muslins; Ginghams, Silk and Cotton Chambrays, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Gloves and Hosiery, of all kinds, Sacking, Osnaburgs, and Brown Rolls, Pipes by the box, and Copper by the barrel, And an assortment of
HARDWARE, NAILS, &c. all of which they will sell low for Cash, or undoubted Paper at Sixty Days—Also for Sale, 150 barrels NEW PORK, 50 kegs Lard; Old Jamaica Rum and Sugar. May 6. 1m
A STRAY COW. Came to my place near Fort Norfolk, about 12 months ago, a large RED COW; she has lately had a Calf, and may now be of some use to the owner, who is required to prove his property, pay expenses, and take her away. Francis S. Taylor. May 6. 3w
TIMBER. The following Timber is wanted for the Navy Yard at Gosport—Persons disposed to furnish it will be pleased to make immediate application to Theo. Armistead, N. A.
A 6 Gurdur Beams —47—10 by 12 B 40 Joists —36— 3 12 C 40 do. —18— 3 12 D 7 Gurdurs —30—12 12 E 7 do. —20—12 12 F 7 do. —38—12 12 G 7 do. —48—12 12 H 20 do. —40—12 14 I 20 do. —28—12 14 K 30 do. —36— 3 12 L 35 do. —33— 4 12 M 76 Principal Rafters —30— 4 10 & 4 by 6 N 38 Collar Beams —28— 4 9 O 46 Peas —33— 4 5 P 40 do. —24— 4 5 R 186 Jack Rafters —30— 3 5 S 186 do. —20— 3 5 T 186 do. —24— 3 6 W 16 do. KP —16— 4 10 Y 35 Plats —33— 4 12 The above Timber must be of Heart Pine or Poplar. April 29. tf
At the Old CUT-NAIL Manufactory, corner of Main and Church-streets, the subscriber keeps on hand constant supply, and can furnish at short notice, any quantity of
Nails, Flooring Brads and Sprigs, At the following reduced prices, by the Keg—for cash only, viz— 8, 10, 12, and 20d Nails and Brads at 7 1/2¢ lb. 6d Nails, 9 1/2¢ 4d do 2s. 9d m. or 11¢ 3d do 2s. 3d. or 10¢ Sheathing, do. 7 1/2¢ 6d Sprigs, 4s 6d per M. 8d do 2s 9d 2d. and 3d. do. 2s. 3d. He offers also for cash only— HOOP IRON ASSORTED. Thos. Seaman.
At Private Sale, By S. MARKS, Jun. Corner of Commerce and Water-street, 10 hhds. Antigua, 12 do. N. E. 50 barrels do RUM, 80 hhds and 20 barrels Sugar; 10 pipes Country Gin, 8 pipes Cogniac Brandy; 150 boxes Mould Candles, 6 boxes Spermaceti Candles; 4 boxes Stamped Blankets, 3 boxes Blue Duffles; 1 do. fine Cloths; 2 do. blue Plains, 2 do. Rugs; 1 do. Check Shirts, 54 do. Ticklenburgs and Osnaburgs; 2 do. Heffians, 1 trunk Matlas Handkerchiefs. October 24. tf
BANK STOCK LOST. LOST, Certificates for Ten Shares of VIRGINIA BANK STOCK, standing in the name of Ann and Rebecca Begg—Any person who has, or may find the said certificates, will please to deliver them to the subscriber. Wm. G. Camp. April 13. 1w/w
PHOENIX FIRE OFFICE. The Subscriber, Agent to the PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, of London, for the State of Virginia, begs leave to inform the publick, that he is now fully empowered to subscribe Policies of Insurance for property against Fire throughout the United States of America, in conformity to the Proposals heretofore submitted. N B FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS can be insured in one risk on Buildings and their contents, and also on Ships and their Cargoes on board, in the First Class, but in all cases where Ten Thousand Dollars are exceeded, a special agreement must be made with the Agent, and an increase of premium added to those mentioned in the proposals, of not less than one eighth per cent. on the whole sum insured. Richard Taylor. September 8. tf 127
A NEGRO WOMAN for Sale. She is an excellent Cook and House Servant—Price 300 dollars, Cash. Apply at the Ledger Office. May 13. tf
Just landed from on board the Schooner Ploughboy, Capt. Hall, from Charleston, 50 tierces fresh RICE, 15 Bales Upland COTTON—For Sale by GEORGE RAINCOCK. May 11. 1m
WOOD & HASTINGS, Have just received from Baltimore and Philadelphia, abundant assortment of SPRING GOODS, which with their goods on hand, comprise a large and general assortment, and they will be sold at very reduced prices for Cash only. May 9. tf
WHITE JEANS, &c. Just Received A few pieces very fine White JEANS, Real Patent NANKINS, Best NAVY CLOTHS, and fashionable BUTTONS. For Sale by WOOD & HASTINGS. May 9. tf
NORFOLK RACES, Over the New Bridge Course, will commence on MONDAY the 14th of June, free for any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, (except those owned by Burwell Wilkes, of Brunswick County, Virginia, or in which he may be interested in the running, of agreeable to the weights of the New-Market Course, and the rules of the course.
FIRST DAY. A Post Sweepstakes for 3 and 4 year Colts—weight for age—one mile heats—50 Dollars entrance. SECOND DAY. A Purse of 400 Dollars—four mile heats—30 Dollars entrance—weight for age. THIRD DAY. A Purse of 100 Dollars—one mile heats—the best three in five, with catch weights—10 dollars entrance. FOURTH DAY. A Purse of 200 Dollars—two mile heats—20 Dollars entrance—weight for age. A SADDLE and BRIDLE will be run for every afternoon during the Races. Proof of the Horses ages will be required—Entrance made with Col. Kempe, at the Exchange, by 8 o'Clock, P. M. each day. The Course is well enclosed with a high fence, and so ditched as to secure its being in good order. R. H. COCKE, & CO. tdr
FOR RENT, The STORE-HOUSE on Main-Street, lately occupied by Hunter & Gatewood, immediate possession may be had. Apply to John Nivison. May 6. 6
NOTICE. The partnership of Ellis & Sprigg, of Hampton, is this day by mutual consent dissolved—all persons indebted to the said firm are requested most earnestly to come forward and pay their respective balances to Mr. C. Sprigg; and all those who have claims against said firm, to produce them to said C. Sprigg for settlement. Samuel Ellis, Per his attorney in fact, Robert Gibson, Corbin Sprigg. Hampton, February 17. tf
NOTICE. The Copartnership of RICHARD POWDEN, & Co. having expired, Richard Drummond is authorised to receive and pay the debts of said concern. Moses Myers, Richard Bowden, Richard Drummond. February 2. tf
FOR SALE, 73 punche. choice Antigua RUM, 30 do. Grenada do. 500 bushels CORN, 80,000 drawn White and Red Oak STAVES, 60 barrels Pork. George Wilson. November 4. tf
NOTICE. The Subscribers have removed to the Warehouse, No. 6, on Newton's wharf, formerly occupied by Messrs. John D. Haldane, & Co. JENNINGS & RODDEY. January 8. tf
FOR RENT, That convenient Dwelling-House, on Brewer Street, the property of Mr. John Davidson, at present occupied by Mr. Stephen Harris. Also, That convenient House, where Mr. Cornelius Calvert formerly lived, they have very fine gardens and all convenient out-houses—possession may be had on the first day of May next, on application to James Tucker. April 13. tf
STOLEN from a House in this Borough, about the 15th or 16th instant, TWO TABLE SPOONS, both marked T. M. G. in a cypher. Any person that will inform the Editor of this paper where the Spoons can be obtained, shall be well rewarded. N. B. Silversmiths and others are requested to stop them if offered for sale. April 25. tf
On Hand, A few qr. casks of choice Teneriffe WINE, And a few kegs fresh Dutch HERRINGS—For sale by the Subscriber. Moses Myers. April 25. tf
STOLEN, A SILVER CANDLESTICK, Stamped on the base J. Lownes. The negro woman who it suspected took it about a fortnight since, may have offered it for sale or pawn for rum, of which she is very fond—FIVE DOLLARS will be given to the person who may bring it to the Office of the Ledger. April 22. tf
Military LANDS for Sale. 1100 acres of LAND lying in the State of Ohio, on the waters of the Little Miami, in two different surveys—The subscriber having seen the Land, can affirm that there is no Land in that State superior to it in point of fertility, situation or climate. Any person wishing to purchase the above Land will know the terms by applying to CHARLES SNEAD, living in Northampton, Eastern-Shore, Virginia. May 2. 8e
ENGLISH GOODS. Appleton & Co. By the John Adams, St. Johns, from Liverpool, No. 16, Calvert-Street, Baltimore, have received their regular supply of GOODS, calculated for the present and approaching season.
Cambric and Common Calicoes, Plain and striped Dimities; Printed Marseilles Vesting, White Jeans; Furniture Chintz; do. Dimities, London Superfine Broad Cloths; do. do. Cassimeres, Yorkshire fine Cloths and Cassimeres; patent Nankeens, Cords; Grandurells; Cotton Cassimeres, 6-4 and 4-4 Cambric Muslins, Japan, Haricord, and Check do. plain and figured Mull do. Leno, Victory, and Riddle Muslin; coloured do. do. do. 4-4 plain Book do.; Ginghams; Silk do. Satins, Persians, and Sarsnets; Bonnet Silks; Silk Gloves, Silk Handkerchiefs; Fancy Shawls, Cotton Umbrellas, do. Brace, do. Laces and Footings, do. Quiltings, English Kid Gloves, Cotton Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Fringe and Bed Lace, Cotton and Linen Checks; Buttons; Birmingham Ware In Store, a few dozen gentlemen's best Beaver Hats, from Marseilles. These goods will be sold low for cash, or undoubted paper at 60 days. April 15. 10
For SALE, 4000 bushels Ground Allum SALT, And a few well assorted crates of EARTHENWARE. George Murray, & Co. December 7. tf
For CASH or approved Discountable Paper, 20 bales best Russia CANVAS, 1 do. Ravens Duck; 1 do. Mattress Ticking, 65 packages German Linen—For Sale by Niemeyer & Von Kapff. February 26. tf
Just got to Hand. 22 chests Hyson TEA, will be sold low for cash. George Wilson. Nov. 18. tf
SAMUEL COLEMAN, Market-Street, westward of the Market, has established A Boot and Shoe MANUFACTORY For this purpose he has employed the journeyman who were lately in the service of Mr. Walker—as those are said to be the best workmen in the place, and as he is determined to spare no expense in getting the best materials, it is probable that those will be well served who choose to promote an institution so favourable to the interests of Norfolk, inasmuch as that it will give employment to a considerable number of people, and it will be made extensive in proportion to the encouragement given to it.
New SHOES from New-York, as usual for Sale—such as have been generally sold in retail at 9s and 8s. 3d for 7s. 6d; those at 10s for 13s 6d except of Morocco leather; Ladies' Morocco Slippers at 8s. 3d for 7s. 6d and in nearly the same ratio for every other kind of Shoes, where the former prices will bear reduction.
VERNON'S BOOTS, which are no doubt the most elegant made in the United States. Having on hand nearly 200 pair of Boots, he believes there are very gentlemen who cannot be fitted. A few hundred bushels of ground Allum Salt; India Cottons; Brown Sugar, &c. &c. as low as they can be sold for a profit, for Cash. April 20. tf
Richard Jeffrey & Co. No 66, Main-street, corner of Bank-Street, have just received from London, per the Ship Planter, An assortment of MEDICINES, of the first quality. Also a few hundred weight refined Salt-Petre, Haussman's Snuff, No 9, and 37, in 1-2 and 1-4 pound canisters, Violet, Benzoin, Windsor and Shaving Soap, Evan's Bell Crown Lancets, Tooth Brushes of superior kind, Refined Liquorice, &c. They have on hand, and are in daily expectation of receiving from Amsterdam, all kinds of GLASS WARE, suitable to Apothecaries. MEDICINE CHESTS for ships and family use, with printed directions, put up as usual. October 5. tf
COW-POCK. The Subscriber informs those who wish to be vaccinated, that a parcel of fresh matter lately received from Philadelphia, has succeeded, and is now fit to inoculate from. George Balfour. 1m April 20. tf
For SALE at my Brew-House, Strong, Table, and Ship BEER, by the hogshead, barrel, and half barrel—and a constant supply of bottled PORTER in packages and by the dozen. And in Store, Wines, Liquors, and Groceries, wholesale and retail. Joseph Hayes. Feb. 13. tf
Mackinder & White, Have just received from on board the Schooner Liberty, Capt Lewis, from Philadelphia, 150 boxes fresh Imperial and Hyson TEAS, of superior quality. ALSO, A fresh supply of Hollands GIN, Ticklenburgs, superfine Cloths, Gentlemen's Silk Hats, Parasols, &c.—Which they offer for Sale on the lowest terms, for cash or approved notes. N. B. A few barrels of prime Smithfield MESS PORK. April 15. tf
For SALE, An elegant and fine toned HARP, made in Paris, and lately imported, with spare strings, and a large collection of MUSICK; the price 250 dollars. Apply at the Ledger Office. May 6. tf
ADVERTISEMENT. A good Price will be given for the First Vol. of the History of France, BY GIFFORD. This Book was sent to the late Mr. Mirk to be bound, and sold at Auction with the rest. Apply at the Ledger Office. April 29. tf
1500 sacks SALT, Liverpool filled, 6000 bushels do. loose, and 30 crates Earthenware—For Sale on board the Ship Sachem, by A. Maclure. May 6. tf
VIRGINIA, to wit: At a Chancery District Court held in the City of Williamsburg, the 26th day of April 1808. Robert, John, and Frances Howard, infants under the age of twenty one years, by Henry Howard their father and next friend, Plaintiffs. Against Mary Sclater, widow and devisee for life of John Sclater, deceased, Richard and William S. Sclater, sons and devisees of the said John Sclater, deceased, Edmund Tabb, Frances Tabb an infant under the age of twenty one years, Frances Powell, Elizabeth Smith, and Miles Cary, executor of John Sclater, deceased, and as executor of the said John, who was executor of Richard Sclater, deceased, Defendants. On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, Sarah Tabb is assigned guardian to the infant defendant Frances Tabb, to defend her in this suit, and the defendant Edmund Tabb not having entered his appearance and given security according to the Act of Assembly, and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this county: It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Newspapers published in the Borough of Norfolk, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the former capitol in this city. A Copy, Anthony Robinson, C. C.
For SALE, On board the ship Dammascotta, Robert Duckendorff, master, at Commerce-Street Wharf, Coarse Liverpool SALT, St Vincent's RUM and MOLASSES. Moses Myers. April 15. tf
FOR RENT. The STORE in Market-Square, now occupied by the subscriber. For terms apply at his office. Thomas Blanchard. April 7. tf
The Subscriber having resumed his former Business of Commissioner and Broker, will buy or sell Goods on Commission, post Books, adjust Accounts, and procure Money on good paper or merchandise, at the shortest notice. James Maurice, No. 44, Church-Street. May 30. tf
CASH for Warwick STAVES. Moses Myers. April 20. tf
6000 bushels Stoved SALT, 50 crates well assorted Earthenware—For Sale on board the ship Sally, by A. Maclure. March 2. tf
AT PRIVATE SALE, BY S. MARKS, JUN. 60 hogsheads St. Kitt's RUM. March 2. tf
Leather, Cordage, and Loaf Sugar. The subscriber will hereafter expose for Sale at his Warehouse on Campbell's wharf the above Articles, of the manufacture of Norfolk, at reduced prices for Cash, or on short credits only. Theo. Armistead. He will sell or lease for a term of years, the STORES at the end of Marsden's and Rothery's wharves. Feb. 20. tf
Fresh Imperial TEA. Just received 17 boxes fresh Imperial TEA, of the present year's Importation—Also on Hand, 25 tons assorted BAR IRON, 80 barrels and a few hogsheads Muscovado Sugar, 40 barrels bag Green Coffee; 25 hhds. old Antigua Rum, 20 hhds. Molasses; 8 pipes French Brandy, 10 crates assorted Queen's Ware, A few quarter casks of Sherry and Teneriffe Wine, Whiskey in barrels; Loaf Sugar, New York prime Pork and Beef; 30 casks Cheese, A few barrels Mackarel; Soap; Candles; Demijohns, &c. For Sale by Jennings & Roddey. February 26. tf
A Cargo of Liverpool Stoved SALT, For Sale on board the ship Mars. Moses Myers. April 18. tf
NORFOLK, April 25, 1808. MR. GEORGE REID, Sir—Take notice that I shall take the deposition of Matthew Hubbard, senior, at the office of Robert B. Taylor, attorney at law, in Norfolk, between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon of Friday the 27th day of May next, to be used in a suit depending in the Borough Court of Norfolk, wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendant. This notice is given in this mode, as you do not reside within the State of Virginia, and have no known agent or attorney within the state to whom notice can be given. I am, your obedient servant, TILDSLEY GRAHAM. 1m
For RENT, The Store, Compting-Room & Cellar, at present occupied by Mess. Wood & Hastings, no. 90, Main-street. Apply to Thomas Willock. August 24. tf
For SALE, 2 elegant Bay Horses, a complete match, 2 do. grey do. do. 1 remarkable fine bay, and one very excellent grey Horse—For which, Notes of the Bank of Northern and Cape-Fear, or Proc. Money will be taken in payment—Apply at the Office of the Publick Ledger. Sept. 25. tf
The following prices will be given in Cash for 500 or 600 cords of BARK, deliverable at my Tan Yard, Spanish Oak, $ 6 per cord, Willow or Water do. 5 Red do. 4 Young White do. 3 50 Beach Bark, 3 50 With a view to prevent disappointment to those who procure this article, arising from the uncertainty of the quantity which may be brought to market, I will receive all which may be delivered at my landing before the first day of June, provided it be well cured and in good order. Theoderick Armistead. April 4. 2m
NORFOLK: PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A-WEEK, BY WILLIAM DAVIS, FOR THE PROPRIETOR, Opposite the Exchange Coffee-House. Price Six Dollars yearly, in advance.