Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-10-13
BosroN, October 3.
FROM NAPLES.

| FROM NAPLES.
| E.rfracr Of a letter from Commercial
| House liz Naples, to a Gentleman in thi,
| roSon, dated .HRgust 10.
| =" 1T isa long time since circumstances
| have been such as to induce us to address
| you oar Commercial advices indeed could
We even have supposed them interesting &c
you, such has been the state of Politics that
it would have been difficult to find means
for their conveyance. We now profit of a
! dir CT opportunity in the sohr. Kite. capt.
| Tn 'npson, bound to Baltimore, to acquaint
| you with the s,tu .tios ot our port rs it re.
spects our commerce with the u States.
You will pro lably have he ar6 OF tine arri-
walls we have had here since the rising o
the embargo. They are the schr. Kite,
Thompson, rom Baltimore, with MART.
| nique coffee; 'ch Liberty. Atk nS from Cha
than with codfish schr. II amiiton, Brown,
from N. Y. * | unis with lava Coffee schr.
Joanna, Hasslm, from Salem, with pepper
| and a few hnds. rum and tobacco brig
Caroline, Drew, from Boston, and schr.
Shadow, Matthews, from Philadelphia,
both with assorted cargoes If colonial pro-
duce. All excepting the Joanna, to our
consignment.
The four first came here voluntarily !;
the two others were brought IN by a French
bound to Messi "a The Kite w IS boa ride /
on entering the harbor, aud taken p0sscssi-
on OF by one of he Kings gunboats. Our
government q FIRST hesitated 70 admit
theee vessels t, Tree entry, ,and to the re-
monstr ances we made on the subject, we re-.
ceIved for ans yer that II. NJ had M com !.
Tnanlcations either from the government of
the v. States or that OF France, rel alive
to the navigation of Americ ans, he reserv-
ed to himself to consult with the emperor
before he decided on the subject. III due
course Of time the Kite was set at liberty,
and IL. NJ. determined a. the same time as
general measure, that all americans CONS
ing 7o:M direct cIearGaces, 7Uith2ut haui,ip
bee" boarded bg Brftioh cruizerS, and
bringing regular certificates of the frsend-
~ origin Of their cdrgoeS SHOULD be tree.
~ admitted into the ports of tn kingdom.
Pursuant TINS resolution the other YES.
sells have also been permJtcd to transact
their business with the exception of the
caroline and Shadow, whose fate must be-
decided at Paris.
1t must be considered that produce
cannot be imported from hence into the
French Empire AID that there was every
reason to expect further arrivals Very
PROBABLY an English exDcdit ton which has
been off the coast, aud mad taken pussessi-
on of Two of our Islands at the entrance Of
the bay, which however, have since be u
again ev ecu tell nay have turned away
m my vessels that were coming here Pri-
ces have, in consequence, sustained, though
a report when existed for some time that
a treaty had already been signed between
France aud the UU'ed states, kept things
in a calm.
All It once they now write from Par
= 81 4,
even that general Armstrong has deman-
ded his passports.
4" we know not what degree Of credit
this iE 'ormatio1 deserves. Certain il is
however, thar 'dsrs IA ave, in consequence
come on to buy up an the produce ia the
place, which has, Of course, tused an al
vance, as you will perceive by the inci1sed
price current. Appearances are from one
day &c another so contradictory, that It is
impossible to hazard an opinion what we
are TO look for.
a. The above resolution ofhis NeapolitaD
Majesty continues Al pr sent in force here !;
but we must in all prob tbiity, expect our
situation TO be more or less affected by
what will be the actuafresuli of the uego.
Citations between your gov rnment and
france
" We have just dispatched the Aneri.
can brig Fitzwiliam, Wilson, from Call.
poll, with a cargo of oil. She 1T frst ex-
perienced obstacles 70 her loading owing
10 the Custon-house OK cling bonds to the
am unit OF the cargo, 70 produce certificates
of its being landed at the ports cleared for
We had IN consequence 10 recur TO the
King, and after much trouble, oh aimed a
general Decree by watch these bonds are
20 be no longer exacted--and vessels NAV
thus load freely with destination for friend.
y port"
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