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Wrfor the AUGUSTA HERALD.
WffMeJfrs. Randolph & Bunce,
[ UNPRECEDENTED asthetafk
[ P rmv be, of examining tnc political and
|! ' religious cieed of those w bofe situations en
■ able them to influence the public opinion;
[|| neither that confident ion, nor the falti
fj| tious charge of want of veracity in your
w Jaft paper, (lull ever deter me from “ hold-
K ing to public view” those whole lugubrious
B arrogance claims “ the peculiar good for
g tune of being born in a country the molt
Iff learned,” and consequently the most en
sj’. lightened and happy of any other in the
world.
Some there are, and such a one is the
! fvcophantic Zeno, who cringingly fonc
|fi tion absurdities without the trouble ol in
g; veftigation, if tliey have received the au
§j; thoritv of hereditary usage; and however
inconsistent the dogma if it flatters ambi
tion or promises dominion, it will have its
; votaries. It is a miichief ardently to be
f regretted, that while a man should be em
ployed in expoling the errors and reprov
j ing the vices of his lellow-creatures, he
Ilf actually reserves the fulije&s of a part ol
B the kingdom which gave him birth, from
I the odium ol being as illiterate as the rell
of mankind. This unprecedented depar
ture from what we expert to hear from the
clergyman, would not require to be noti
ced in this manner, was it not, as 1 before
observed, for the cullom of functioning
whatever falls from the pulpit. Far be it
from me to tarnifli the allies of the dead
» or harrow the feelings of the living; lar
5 too be it from me to approbate the funeral
it lecture, wherein the profnfion of eulogy
ill. .precludes the poflibility of greater prrfec-
P* jtion ; such an expreflion made by a Briton
K ' on his native foil would have been indeco-
I rous and unaimable, but coming from an
American divine becomes prepofteroux
li. and criminal.
Barren indeed mud be the fund for reli
gious difquilition, when the pulpit be
[ comes the theatre for glofling over and dif
guiliug all the real wretchedness of life,
and natures design is baffled, iu rendering
ustmgblc any longer, to draw wholesome
B'' Jeflbijs from those pafluges of furrow, which
so often occur in the great volu me of out
existence. LAYMAN.
LONDON, July 15.
Th eSPE AK ER’S SPE EC IT.
|, AddreJJcd to the King, luhrn on the throne on
Friday lajl.
“ Most Gracious Sovereign,
“ Lithe name of the commons of
If Great Britain, in parliament allembled, it
I is my duty humbly to render to your ma-
II jefly the bills by which their grants' are
; completed for the public service of the
year. The magnitude of the supply, and
the cheerfulnefc with \yhicli it has begp
■ giwi, combined with the flburilhing state
I vs commerce and of the revenue, and with
' tlu* manifeftatiuns of zeal and public spirit
; which univerfojlv prevail, may justly be
I conlidercd as indications, the most encou
■ raging and decisive, of the abundant and
unimpaired refourtes of the British empire
and of the utifliak.cn firmnels of your faith
| iul people. To your commons, it is a
1 Jubjefi of pruie and fatisfa<fT\on to reflect,
.that in providing for the exigency of the
present conjuncture, they have been ena
■ bled to adopt a measure which, though at
tended with f.icr'ficcs unprecedented in .
their amount, is eminently to
admimlter efFffftnal fopport to public cre
* «lit ; upon the depreciation and expelled
failnreof which, the enemy have longbeen
‘ induced to found the vain hope of deftrov
ing the liberties and independence of thele
kingdoms. The conduct, however, of
! your commons, has not been influence bv
a limited and partial view of the situation
and tire umihnoes of this country, and ol
I the cuiies which operate upon its welfare
Jj and feeuilry. They know that its inter
% efts 3re clofrlv connected with thole ol
I other states; and they have accordingly 1
■i conformed to the principles of a found and
j enlarged policy, for affording to your ma
jesty the most ample means of promoting.,
[1 ami afliftiug t.hr-exert ions of those powers;
who justly estimating the ddnger with
I i which thev ate threatened, are convinced
I I tint a fatal aggravation of it would be the
11 probable conlequctue of conipromile and
I I jupinenffs ; and that 10 be fuccebfully re-
I | filled it mn ft be opposed bv such efforts as
IS will be luilicient to prove to the cneniv
I I that their fvltem of ambition and conquest
ft 1 L equally nefarious apd extravagant, ami
»1 that its objefts are unfitailiable.
11 “ Your commons, (ire, are deeply fen-
K.ftf'hie of the importance of the flake for
Bl which your tmjefty is llill unavoidably
■ft Contending, and of the duties which they
Kl *re bound to ddcharge. It is, they are
BBprrt .n led. upon the wisdom and fertbufte
Hilof the British parliament, 'bit under the
B|ftfavor of uiyine piuvidence, mud chletb
* nt ’heir |#efcrvation ot whatever i>
■ Jtrulv v.ibnbie in civil focietv, and of all
the- bappinefs of private
Actuated by thete feutiments, and
xv.-.h pence! confidence upon the
jufticeand moderation trf your tmjefty
views, your commons have
to continue to your that cordial
and decided lupport in the grofecution ol
the which can alftfc juftify the
hope it by a foie and dura
ble peace.”
From the Baltimore Federal Gazette.
Ext> a/I of a letter from a gentleman in King
flon, (Jamaica) dated Augujl 1, 1799.
“ Although I knew when I left the U
nited States, that the Britifli cruisers were
capturing many American vefltls, yet my
cftimation of the extent of these depreda
tions was far Ihort of what palled under
my observation since I came here. I have
been here several weeks, and there has not
been one week of the time in which there
have not been brought in several fail of
Americans by his majesty’s velfels of war,
under one pretext or another.
“ Within the 90 days paid, there have
been 53 American vtfl'els captured, or, to
use the model! language of thele lords ol
the lea, “ detained.” I take the number
from the marine register in the cofFe-houfe.
but I know they are not all entered there,
and the aftual number is greater. Tne
detention which the American vellids un
dergo, proves generally fatal to velTrls or
cargo, or both; in almost every case one
or both arc condemned in the Court ol
Admiralty.
“ I have not taken pains to enquire in
to the cases of all the velTels which have
been condemned; they are various, but
tiie greater number have been under the
following circumstances:
“ Bound to the United States from Spa
nifli ports in Cuba, and on the Main, oth
er than the Havannah and New-Urleans:
“ From the United States to said ports:
“ From the United States, fufpedted of
going for St Domingo :
“ From St. Domingo, for the United
States.
“ The value of those condemned, I am
perfetftly convinced, average each 30,000
dollars; much the greatell number have
been in the Spanifli trade.
“ All cargoes in American velTels, bound
to or from the Spanilh colonies, other than
the ports of New Orleans and the Havan
nali, are condemned on a suspicion that
the property is owned by Spaniards. I be
lieve, that in no case lias toere been a tittle
of evidence, (I know in many cases there
is none) that the property was otlur than
American. There has been a Spaniard at
tnis (dace who has sworn that there is none
ol those ports to which a neutral velLf
can go with neutral property. This is
coufidered by the Court here as a proof
pofirive, that if any American vdTel goes
for or from any of thele ports, the cargo is
Spanilh., s. T would suppose a faift of this
native not capable of proof by the deposi
tion of a person in that wity. " The Spani
ard is lent to England, his expences paid,
and whether a douceur or not I do not
know He is to meet the appeals in the
court of Great-Britain. He was an officer
in the cultom-houfe department, at La
Vera Cruz. It is novv kqown that his
particular duty was to detect il
licit trade, and that it was difeovered that
he was concerned in lmuggling, and obli
ged to fly the country ; yet the c&urt has
received this man’s teftimonv as I have
stated, and thence deduce the inference,
H that*very cargo in American velTels, for
«r thofe ports, is Spanilh, and con
demn thtm accordingly, requiring no-oth
er teftimonv. Every merchant in Ame
rica, acquainted with the trade of the
Spanilh colonies, knows, and it is well
known here, that an American, velLland
cargo, may now often go to many of those
Spanilh ports in the colonies, which are
not generally open to Americans, and by
effedimg dillrefs, and sometimes without
any pretext, or device, obtain permiflion
to fell his cargo and purchase another;
sometimes he will not succeed, and be
obliged to depart; yet by this court such
a cargo would be held to be Spanilh, and!
so condemned. If it were certain, that
by the laws of Spain, there is an absolute
prohibition of this trade at those ports, Hill
if -an American vdTel were to fail for one
of them, with'an intention of lmuggling
a cargif, I cannot fee whence the Britilh
government would derive the right of con
demning that cario.
“ I can attribute their proceedings to
nothing but a policy, which compnfes a
determination to destroy our trade with the
Spanilh colonies, and to suppress a com
petition of the Americans with a very lu
crative and extensive trade that fubfift's be
tween this place and those colonies, under
the authority of this government.
velTels in the Spanilh trade have entereu
and cleared here since lail October, and a
proportion at the other ports of this island.
“ V itli regard to American vtfl'els for
or from bt. Domingo, it is true, that by
the laws of the United States, the trade is
interdicted ; but 1 am not able to difeorer
by what right the Britilh government can
make piize of such velTels. They ha.vs
not had revourfc to the expcJteut of dt
daring the island in a fate of blockade,
for they are th#mielves carrying on trade
inder the authority of government with
that I (land. I understand that the court,
conscious that they cannot legaily condemn
inch velfels as in trade not permitted by
the laws of the United States, pronounce
lenience of condemnation on suspicion of
being enemy’s property.
“ It is curious to observe, that the fate
of vclfel and cargo depends much on the
value. If it is valuable it is strong proof
that the trade is illegal. If it is a little
worth, there is a chance of getting clear.
If very valuable, the case is desperate.
“ It appears to me that these depreda
tions are part of a fvftem uniformly adher
ed to by the Britilh government, to op
press American commerce. To order at
the fame time, the lhips on every station
in the Well-Indies to take all American
velfels, would be too flagrant an outrage
of the amity and friendlhip profclfed for
the United States. To direct the armed
v.flels on one fation to seize our velfels a s
one time ; to cause them to desist, and to
let them loose on us at another time on a
noiher fation ; and sometimes to desist at
a‘l these fations, for fltort intervals, suits
better, because these violences may be
nearly as injurious, and the administration
at home may be Iheltered under the pre
>e ition that thev proceed from mifappre*
henfion of inftru&ions, or mifcondmft in
foe officers of several departments where
they are committed. In conformity to
'his fvftem, when the British nad poflef
li >n of part of St. Domingo, and we had
a lucrative trade to that lfland, American
property of immense value, was taken in
to and condemned at Cape Nichola Mole;
at another time, from the Islands of Mar
tinico, Montferatt, St Kits, and Tortola;
swarms ot armed velfels iffiied out again!!
us, when the velfels from this island treat
ed us with some degree of refpe<st. For
some time pal! our commerce has promis
ed to be lucrative and extensive with the
Spanilh colonies in Cuba, and on the
main. This is the time to suspend hosti
lities at the wind.ward island, and redou
ble their exeriions here and at New-Provi
dence. If this treatment of American
commerce, is not the result of the poli
cy of the government, how is it that
the inftruftions to the velfels on one
ltation are so different at one time from
thole at another time ? Why are the in
ftru&ions at the fame time at the dif
ferent llations so variant. It is expefted
that we will have the credulity to believe,
that if the Britilh government were firm
m a difpofirion to protect our lawful com
merce, uniform orders would not be giv
en to the several commanders, such that
they would not dare to commit such pira
cies? Or if the judiciary establishment in
these islands, were not subservient to the
policy of the min’ftrv, can it be credited
that in their decisions, the principles of
law, which we are taught to believe go
vern British courts of justice, would be so
openly abandoned—My conjeftures I
know will be controverted—perhaps they
are wrong. But if the Britilh govern
ment is disposed to refpeft us as a neutral
nation, and fuflvr us to enjoy a fair com
merce, why do they fuffer their lhips of
war thus to plunder us ? Are not their of
ficers in this part of the empire amenable
to the orders from home? They well know
how to give ptrfpicuous and effectual in
ftru&ions in points in which their own
interel! is concerned.
“ The portion of American seamen in
the fquadronon this fation, is incredible,
and their treatment too Blocking to /elate.
The following narrative I give of one Wil
liams, a seaman from Baltimore, in the
words of his melfmate : We were impref
fed into his majesty’s service at the Mole,
two years and a half ago. Williams re
fufed to sign the ihip’s articles. He was
put jn the hold. Sometime after
he was brought .upon deck, and again alk
ed to sign the articles, which he refufed..
He was forward to the-'je&fig
wav, where he received 39 tallies, anuwas
sent on board another lUip ; and was fluff
ed from one to another, until at lafthe was"
put on board Le Hermione frigate, and
was on board at the time the crew rose on
the officers and took the velfel into one of
the Spanilh ports; from there he went to
America, and again fliipped on board an
American veflel which was taken and
brought into Kingston ; he was again im
pelled and put on board the Abergavan
ny, where he was recognized by one ofthe
officers and put in irons, was tried by a
court martial, and without any evidence
that he was concerned inthe mutiny, con
demned as a mutineer, hung in gibbets,
and continues a horrid fpeftacle for his
countrymen to behold, as they pass and
repafs a finall island at the entrance of the
harbor.
u There is a circumstance which, per
haps, may prove interesting to the United
States: The famous general Bowles, who
here styles himfelf governor and comman
der in chief of all the Indians fouth of the
Ohio, is now here, and to be conduced
with along retinue of military men, in one
of his majesty's ships. to one of the mof*
convenient places on the Florida coast f '
his return to the Indians. He is *
from England, anti is supported by the Brf
tifh government—there can be no doubt
that their views in this are poh'tica! • b.
fays the Cherokees have been impofed'uD
on in the late treaty with the United States
held in Tennessee. He has long been eon*
fidered as a man of influence amongst
Indians, and I apprehend the hj s
I'.refent expedition is unfavorable to th«
harmony which has lately subsisted between
js and the southern Indians.
“ There is another circumfiance which
I think it proper to notice—ls I recoiled
rightly, in the treaty negotiated by Mr.
Jay, it is stipulated that all arm ies of com
merce admitted to the British Weft Indies
from the United States, in British veftels
(hall also be admitted in American veftels*
at least in those of certain burthen the
government here admits British veftels to
bring from America, tar, tobacco, pitch
roftn, fpermaceti candles, oil, &c. which
are not permitted to be brought here in
American vefltls—not having the new ar
t ele of the treaty by me, I am not pofi.
cive as to its stipulations.
“ Americans are treated with great in
dignity—they speak of the United States
■ontemptuoufty, and fay, sarcastically,
that Porcupine is the pivot on which the
American government turns.”
By Yesterday’s Northern Mail.'
BOSTON, September 26.
FROM EUROPE.
Capt. Trott, in the sh p Packet, arrived
here vefterday from Liverpool in 40 davs.
‘The London papers received by this veflel
are to August 12, which, although seven
teen davs later than before received, fur
n sh us with no events of “ great pith and
moment.” Os the grand fleets recently
from the Mediterranean, beyond what we
have before received in America, but one
article is traced, that the combined fleets
were seen on the ift August, at the en
trance of the Bay of Bifcav : and that the
Engiifli fleet under lord Keith, was Hill
augmenting and pursuing them.
A decisive victory has been gained over
Tippoo in the Eaft-Indics.—Further offi
cial confirmation of the flight of Buona
parte from before Acre have beeift-eceived,
stating that he attacked the place n times
over the dead bodies of his unfortunate
countrymen, in the last of which he was
badly wounded—Lord Nelfbn’s fleet, with
12,000 troops on board, was off Genoa —■
Naples in pofleffion of the royal troops —•
Mantua and Alefiandria clwfely
with such immense bodies o,* troops as to
I promise the capitulation of both places in
a short time—Genoa on the point of be
ing besieged—The Auflrian forces in
Switzerland, under the arch duke Charles,
being much inferior in numbers to the re
publicans under gen. Maflena, had retro
gaded a few leagues towards the Rhine,
but had not been followed; he was wait
ing for the reinforcement of Auftro-Ruf
fians on the march to join him. In
France, the diredlory, the elders, the coun
cil of five hundred, and the club at the
Menage, assume, alternately, the privilege
of dictating public opinion, each is afraid
of the other, they all deceive and are de
ceived—so stands the blefll*d republic,
though its administration talk of raising
conferipts to the amount of 500,000 men.
The secret expedition from England was
on the eve of its commencement —an em
bargo was laid on all veftels in the channel
on the 7th August, to continue till the fail
ing of the armament, which will consist,
besides the 35,000 Engiifli troops, of
45,000 Ruffians, and 12,000 Germans;
the British officers are, field marfhall duke
of York, generals Knox, Moore, Cooley,
Doyley, lord Paget, and duke of Somerset.
The British commenced the reinforce
ment of their channel fleet, on the news
of the failing of the fleets of France and
Spain from Cadiz.
Mr. Adams, the American minister has
left Berlin and proceeded to Dresden, Sax
“•otiy.* * *
Died, lord Howe, admiral of the Chan
nel fleet; he is succeeded by fir Peter
Parker.
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