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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. 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