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spoken of id vicious ways, lint' Cannot particu-
larly answer to the Orders in Council, becaUse' I.
hare not made .them my study at • all ;- I declined-
in a great measute.exporting, except, to l'oftno
al
aril the Brazils, partlyJ.n consectueriCe" of the O'r-
de'r,s in Council, and partly the difficulties of doing
business ; and I. went into the Scotch tFacie, ana
that makes me. -very little acquainted with the ope-
ration of them.
Do you know thatthe lietlin or Milan Decrees.
were aimed-as a-blow at the trade and resources.
of this country ; did you ever bear of -chat, or do
you think 5o ?—I conceived it was so, that 'they-
were inttmied so.
Ire- exported no goods to the Continent after
the beginning of the yeat 1807, the trade 'raving
fallen off immediately after the Bei-lin and Milan
,Decrees were issued.

(To be continued.)

MURDER OF CAPTAIN 'FRIGHT.

The following is from the notes to a Satire
lately published by the Rev. C. Colton, A. M.
I shall relate two stories, of which I am re-
minded by this melancholy subject ; 'I have, great
reason to- thilik them true, and as. when connected
they throw a glimmering light on a very dark
affair, I shall make. no apology for their iriser-
tion. _ _

An English‘Gentleman,, who has been resident
for many years in a very respectable, situation at
raersburgh, wind has married al Russian lady,
and who now resides in that capital, told me. as
follows :—Soine little time before the condemna-
tion, or rather judicial assassinrstion of Palm the
bookseller, at Nuremberg, a French gentleman
suddenly arrived at Petersburgn. It was observ-
ed that he-made anvious -inquiries if there was any
vOsel'in the Neva, about to sail.to Eagland ; and

that he had heard .c.vith visihle marks Of conster-
nation; that it was probable many days would
elapse before a vessel bound to England Ayould
skil. Before that e'4ent took place; this gentle-
man disappeared in as sudden a miumer be 'ar-
rived. It. Was confidently reported at Petersburgh
that the Frenda Government had, got "possession

of his person, and that he. was re-conducted, un-
der a ,Strong escort, to Paris. He has not since
been 'heard of. The account he gave of himself
to' one or-two confidential persons in Petersburgh
was this :-- '

He said he *as a Notary Public at Parise that
he was walking home one evening, when the
waiter of a certain hotel begged-him instantly to
' attend one of his guests, who at the.phint of
death. He- followed,:and was ushereid info a room
where sat ,a gentleman • in the rgreateSt ,apprent
agony of mind and'body ; who, after the waiter
had retired, thus addressed-, him—pointing to a
bag 'of money on the table.: `z That" said he,
" i 3 yo is t" it is the price of blood e but trans-
cribe faithfully what Ishail relate to you, and
ma'ae it 'public the:Juana' ent you are out df the
power of Ffediee. I. am a physician, and I -re-
ceived' yes'terlay, ;an bider (signed Talleyrana) to
repair immediately to the:prison of the : Temple
I obeyed-Jleyed—l ;Vas then conthicied into one of the
dungeons of that prison,. toariperintersi the in 7
iliction of torture on one Of the prisoners: I have
neither strength nor time to-detail the partieulars
of that horrid sight ; stace. it to: say, that the
prisoner bore his.. safferine;s With the ino4t un-
shaken fortitude,- He twice began to speak when
1 was' hurried-into another apartment. it ap-
peared that his communications were not salispc-
tory, , as I'WAS re-conducted into the dungeon; and
the tortures were resumed. , Twice I interfered,
and announced to them. that the sufferer could
bear _ no more ; the second time I was attended
to, and the torture was -suspended. I took a
slight refreshment, received a hint to be silent,
and was ordered to attend again to-day, exactly
at the -saute hour. This day the prisoner was, if
possible,: more firm ; not a word escaped his lips;
and notwithstanding my remonstrances, the tor-
ture was parried to such a length that I suspect
the prisoner ha` not long to live. lam convinc-
ed from his air, manner, and appearance, that
the prisoner was an Englishman. After this the
sum of money. on the table was put into my hands,
and I was interrogated closely if the transactions
of yesterday had` been suffered:to escape my lips.
I partook Of some refreshment again, in the re,
rectory, and in leSs than One , hour afetrwards, I
felt that 1 had takes; poison." Here the physiCian's
strength and voice began to fail him ; and he- ex-
pirtd in the'Course of.the night. But the NOtary
continued his narration, by adding, that- he, by
'no means found himself at - ease in the. possession
of, so dangerous -a secret, and that his fears were
. not diminished by discovering - that the pollee of-
.ficers had been at his house, awl that it was known
that he attended an the last mot:heists of the play=
sician. Oa this he fled to Nuremberg, and corn-
misnicated the whole affair to Palm. Not think-
/ thinking himself safe at Nureinherg, ofter the com-
mencement of the prosecution of Palm', he fled to
the capital of Russia, intending as soon as pos-
sible to -sail fOr England. Unfortunately the last
" part of his plan he was not able to carry into cxe-
.chtiOn. There is every reason to believe the poor
Notary was shortly after Wards obliged to perform,
-a much longer journey.
This circumstance will account for the seliure.
of Palm's-papers, and also for the precipitancy
with which his trial and execution sere con-
ducted. .
• 'What follows will corroborate what has been
advanced' above, and I. have reason to think there
is no doubt of its truth. When Captain Wright
was, taken prisoner, two young English Gentle-
men were taken with him ; - one of them was a
Mr. Maniel, a son of the Bishop of Bristol. These
two gentlemen were confined for along period to-
gether in the same apartment of the prison, but a
room immediately over -them, and insulated from
theirs, was allotted to Captain Wright. How-
ever 'with great difficulty, a small perforation
through the solid flooring was effected ; by means
of which, a conversation might at times be car-
ried on between Capt. Wright -and his two com-
panions in captivity.
Captain W. had always used the language of
hope and consolation ; but one morning he in-
formed mein that he now.- perceived that he was.

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Published by WILLIAM CC.t.IPPS, Sonih Multoi
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