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. ,:<.s w.u. conmnitca to a comimt- 1
tvc. All these subjects, he said, he
« as willing to meet at a proper time,
hut he was not going to decide on a
motion of so much importance as
tli.it before the House, without due
i f>n si deration.
Mr. Macon said that both the gen
tlemen hum Virginia seemed to have
given him a left handed touch. In re*
ply to one (Mr. Randolph) he would
observe, that he never would allow
that the embargo was not a wise mea-
Bay, as not to be able to find lime to Public Defaulters in England. — i tie
satisfy my curiosity. I
my curiosity. I suspected
however, from what I saw, and have
indeed long suspflfctcd ; that we owe
many of the evils tiur criminals pro
duce to their heimr in a state of ex
treme ignorance Mnd as many well
meaning people here were found, at
the time we attenuated to establish
unrated
.Ail
It^^po
Lancaster’s school
tertain the direct!
and to think that that sort of educa
tion led to the increase of criminal
ristol, to en-
osite opinion
cure, Ik he was willing to discuss it o-^ctions, I have been desirous of a
ver Ik over again at ady time. 1 he o-vailing myself of your knowledge of
thtr gentleman (Mr. Eppes) had spo-,the characters and habits of the pri
ken ot the army. Mr. INI. said he did soners under your care, from obscrv
vOu* for the increase of the army, & in ing how intimately you seemed ac
a shnilar situation would do the saraequainted with the different interests,
a gat.', lie had believed that the attack and how kindly you endeavoured to
on the Chesapeake was as much warjaincliorate their condition as far as
•as the attack on Copenhagen. This had was compatible with the discipline
that secures their safe custody.
You will therefore greatly oblige
been his impression and this he had
stated at the time he had voted for
an army. He had believed at that
time that G. Britain meant to follow
up her blows, and he was prepared
to meet her. But, since that, an en-
luirgo had been laid and then substi
tuted by non-intercourse. If the sin
of embargo was on his head, he said
lie should die with it. He was wil
ling that this resolution should be
committed. News might come from
Europe which would make it neccs
t.liy to raise men. If so, said he,
let us do it when it comes ; let us do
what is right under existing circum
stances. As. to the army, I never
had a doubt of the right of this House
to enquire into the state of it. It be
longs to the nation and not to the
Executive.
Mr. Randolph wished to state
that he had given his friend from
North Carolina too many honest
right-handed touches, ever to give
him a left-handed one.
Mr. Eppes said he had no inten
tion to give the gentleman a wipe—
for it would have been at the the same
time to cast a reflection on himself. It
will be recollected, said he, that when
I voted for the army I took the
ground that the embargo must at
some time be raised, and when it was
that there must be war—and I de
clare that if I had foreseen that the
. establishment would be kept up year
after year, and that those who raised
the troops had not energy to use them,
I should not have voted for them.
I never have been for raising stand
ing troops ii\ time of peace, and I
fear not that it will be believed that I
am in favor of either a standing army
of navy in time of peace. Our de
fence depends on the people, but a
portion of troops were necessary for
garrison duty inwhich the militia|can
not be employed—and when the ad
ditioual troops were raised, they
Were considered sulflcient for that
object, and it was so stated at the
time. 1 voted for them for war and
not for peace ; and whenever .it
decided by the representatives of the
nation that tjhey will submit to the
decrees of G. Britain and France
wlicncver thev repeal the non-inter-
course, which whether feeble or
, strong, is the only measure between
us and sulMwission, I fur one will go
hand in hand with those who will re
duce the army and navy, and give to
the people all the advantages which
will result from what I shall deem a
surrender of their rights.
The question was then taken on Mr.
Randolphs motion to refer the resolu
tion to the same committee oj the whole
to whom was committed the billfor lay-
'■ ing additional duties, and carried.
me and some friends of mine ia this
city, by stating what is the average
number of the prisoners confined for
criminal cases who have had a de
cent education, and if the majority
arc even able to read, allowing me
to make public your reply, as nothing
can in my opinion, be of more im
portuncc to the community in the pre
sent moment, than the decision of
this momentous question.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
G. Cumberland.
Bristol, "fune 14, 1808.
From Sir Richard Philips to George
Cumberland, Esq
Dear Sir-~You do me justice in
upposing that I have not been in-
ittentive to the state of education a-
mong the numerous criminals
louoraUe George N lucis, pay nias
ter of the marines, is a defaulter to
the amount of 300,Of JO/ sterling. A
similar discovery is also said to have
>cen made, in the prize agency de
partment—amount not stated.
Another act of public delinquency,
or rather public robbery, is said to
have been discovered amounting
upwards of 250,000/.
to
A CURE FOR ULCERS.
Mr. Richard iValker has publish'
ed, in tllb Medical Journal, some ob-
servatiohs which demonstrate the ex-,
traordinary effects of carrots, in the
cure of sores and ulcers of every
species, by correcting their morbid
disposition. The method of prepar
ing the roots is as follows : The car
rots having been previously cleaned
by scraping and washing, are cut into
thin, transverse slices, and boiled
until they are quite tender ; after
which they are taken out of the wa
ter, and beaten in a mortar, to the
consistence of a soft pulp. This may
either be applied in portions with the
hand, and kept on with a cloth and
roller, or ; it may be spread upon a
cloth, and laid on like a common
poultice. It is best when fresh pre
pared, and should be changed twice a
day. This simple application, cor
rects the fetor of ill conditioned sores,
reduces them to a perfectly healthy,
or good conditioned state and thick
ness ; and diminishes the discharge.
suit oi our album with this countryj
and I think no one can judge the de
cisions of our government on theii
hearing of^he outrage committed or.
our property at St. Sebastians anc
Naples, which was as unexpected
here as the measure appears unjust!
The only explanation this govern
ment has given to our minister is
that “ it is a political measure.”
London Feb. 16.—By the Lilly
from Cadiz, we have a confirmation
of the advance of the French on Ca
diz ; and that the Spanish fleet had
moved down, and were anchored out-
Marcn 5.
It was determined on Saturday by
'the hoard of trade, after a conference
with a deputation ol the Merchants
trading to the Brazils, to grant licen
ses for the free exportation of Cotton
to all ports and places not declared
in a state of Blockade.
March 8.
The Earl of Chatham hayresigned
the post of Master General of the
Ordnance. In this he has acted with '
proper deference to the vote of the •'
House of commons. His Lordship’a
resignation was tendered to his ma-'
side our squadron. Castanos is a- i est X f the Levee vesterdayV.and
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From the London Monthly Magazine.
EDUC ATION OI THE POOR.
The following correspondence claims
the attention of every one who
feels an interest in the well-being
of Society, and will we trust lead
to some decisive and prompt mea
sures! for the general education of
the Children of the Poor.
fill the prisons of the metropolis. I
have always considered that the re
sult of such an investigation would
afford a certain criterion hv which to
decide finally on the question, Whe
ther the poor ought or ought not to
be educated P and I have therefor
bestowed a constant attention to this
subject since I have had the honor to
fill iny present office.
The first opportunity which pre
sented itself to me ot terming some
general conclusion was by means of
a memorial addressed to the sheriffs,
signed by 152 of the criminals in
Newgate ; of these 25 signed their
own names in a fair hand, 26 in a bad
and partly illegible hand, and the re
maining 101 were marksmen (per
sons who sign with a cross) having
never learned to write.
On another occasion having ap
plied to the various excellent institu
tions which exist in this metropolis
for a supply of Bibles, Testaments
and religious tracts, to circulate in the
various wards, and thereby to enable
criminals to take advantage of the
idle hours spent in a prison, I found,
on superintending myself the distri
bution of these books, an almost gen
eral indifference about the receipt o:
them. Upon inquiry it appeared
that as few of the prisoners could
read with facility, and as more than
half of them could not read at all, a
large majority were altogether insen
sible of the uses of such presents, and
were totaii'y ignorant ot the nature,
object, and end of religion itself!
I have often interrogated a groupe
of these persons as 1 have seen them
standing together in their yards and
wards, and I have found generally
that about three in ten unite the
qualifications of reading and writing,
and one or two others in the every
ten are able to read, but unable to
write. At the present time, of the
men in the condemned cells, under
Anecdote of Dr. Line—This noted
Irish physician, who died of the
small pox at the age of 85, built a
W1 ° house in a peculiar manner, so as to
have the full benefit of the circulation
of the air. Every window had ano
ther opposite to it, none of winch he
ever suffered to be shut or glazed.
The room in which he slept had four
open windows, two on each side of
his bed.—It was remarked that, for
fifty years together, nobody died out
of his house. He carried this doc
trine to such an excess as to contend,
that no house could be wholesome
where a dog could not get in under
the door, and a bird at the window.
Upon his death, his son had all the
windows glazed, soon after which
several persons were buried out of
the house.
FOREIGN.
gain at the head of the army
February 5.—The public will re
collect that sofrie days ago accounts
were received that American vessels
in the ports of Naples, and also in the
ports of Spain, were ordered to be
confiscated. The following notice of
the fact, from genuine authority, was
yesterday made known in the city
I have received intelligence from
France, on which I rely, that an or
der has been issued to bring to sale
the American ships and cargoes, cap
tured and brought into Naples, and
that another order had been issued
to seize and confiscate all such as
had arrived, or might arrive in those
of Spain.”
February 13.—The government
of Quito have invited their hiethren
of Old Spain to emigrate to Ameri
ca, rather than submit to France.
Baric, fan. 7.—The Confiance
privateer burnt on the 18th ult. the
American brig John, which was on
her passage from London to St. Ma
ry’s, one of the Azores—The same
privateer has sent into Brest the Cal
pe, of Petersburgh, captain Moore
from Lisbon for Liverpool, with to
bacco, pitch and pipe staves—The
prize had 13 Americans and a pas
senger on board.
It is not thought that Napoleon
will depart for Spain till the latter
end of March, or perhaps, the mid
die of April, and that he will then
have only to congratulate his armies
on the ceasing from all their labours
for the troops in that country arc ex
pected to strike a decisive blow long
before that time arrives. It is an
nounced, to their great satisfaction
that no.conscription will be wanted
this year ; from which we infer that
the government considers the troops
already sufficient for every purpose
:pted. The E arl of Harrington has;
been talked of as his Lordship’s sue-!
cessor; but we must confess that in
arrangement to which Lord'
• BOSTON, April 7.
By the Sally Capt. Sutton, which ar
rived here yesterday from London,
we have received London papers to
the 16th of February.
In the debate in the English Par
liament, we have not found.any thing
on American affairs. The ministers
appear determined neither to go to
war nor relax their orders in coun
ted. The papers which passed in all
the late negociations with the. United
States, have been laid before Parlia
ment and, published. Mr. Pinkney
and his lady were unusually constant
in their attendance on the royal le
vees and drawingrooms j and a min
isterial paper in noticing the ambas
sadors present at the Queen’s draw
ing room, the 8th Feb. thus aranges
them—American, Hessian, Persian,
Portuguese, Spanish, &c.
The Horn Mr. Wellesley had sail
ed from England, on a mission to
Cadiz. He will probably follow the
Junta to South America.
The reports of a treaty between
France and America, and of the re
laxation, of Bonaparte’s decrees, had
aentence of death, five can neither^vaporated. American vessels con-
and the three wo- tinued to be captured and sent into
same sentence^he ports of France and her colonies.
or iNaj>olcon had not set off for Spain
iThe Dutch official Gazette had an-
read nor write
men now under tile
can neither of them cither
write.
read
I have thus answered
your ques-nounced ithaving been settled, that
tions, and I have no doubt but, on the future bride of the French empe
average the same state of igno-| ror would be Catharine Paulina, sis
Gi-oigt Cumberland Eiq. to Sir Richard,' rance be found to exist in other ( ter to the emperor of Russia who is
Phltpi •*eo/theSbetifi oj Londet. .'prisons now, and in Newgate at all in her 31st year; and that a French
SIR—When on my late visit tojother times. I shall forbear to spe-
Lc.odDn,' you surprised me with
view of the prison of Newgate in a
state of cleanliness that would have
revived the departing spirit of a How
ard, I asked you some questions re
lative to the state of the literary ac-
ouircnu nts of the generality of the.
nijxoners, and il it was common to
find amongst those of the lower or-
c r- a knowledge of reading, writing
: r.d accounts .' At that time you
v ere so much engaged in taking the
mount oi.jhe poor women’s plcdg-
> dirtrihuting clothes, and noticing
the d> sires ot such as wished to take
:• .r .. v ith them to Botany
officer had been sent to St. Peters-
city the conclusions which canuot fait burgh to escort the Russiau princess
to be drawn from these facts, but i
should hope they will tend to shake
the confidence of those who oppose
plans for the general education of the
pour, and in due time be the means
of diminishing the number of uufor
tunutc persons who commit crimes
in perfect ignorance of the laws and
obligations of society, and in the.tota
absence ot all moral and religious feei
mg.
I am, Dear Sir, faithfully, yoin
obedient servant.
H. Philips.
Bridge-Street 29, 1808.
to Fans.
It Was reported the .Toulon fleet
had put to sea; and that lord CoL
lingNvood was in persuit of it
We find no mention made in the
London papers of sending a new mi
lister to the United States, or of re
:aUing Mr. Jackson.
The ex-vice president Burr was
aid to be in Paris, plotting inischiei.
’ xtact of a letter from an American
gentleman in Paris, dated Januan
21.
“ All will depend on the final re
for which they may be required.’
February 13.
Mr. Powell, the gentleman whom
Mr. Pinkney sent some time ago to
Paris, arrived at Dover on Sunday
on his return. Intelligence was re
ceived by the vessel that brought
him over, that an embargo was order
ed to be laid on all the French ports
Other prints furnish the following
additional articles.
The John Adams frigate passed
Dover Feb. 14, from Holland lor the
U. S. At Dover she undoubtedly re
ceived on board despatches from
Mr. Pinkney.
The John Adams arrived safe
Amsterdam, where she had landed
her money, and was to sail again as
soon as possible for England.
According to a report presented to
Parliament, the British exports du
ring the year 1808 were 25 miilions
and in 1809 thirty-nine millions.
LONDON, March 1.
FRENCH DECREE.
The following is the decree lately
issued by the French government, on
the subject of the export commerce of
that country.—
“ Palace of the Thuilleris, Feb. 16.
Napoleon, Emperor of the French,
8tc. “ We have decreed, and do de
cree as follows :—
“ Art I. No vessel, with a'license,
shall henceforth be permitted to clear
out from our ports unless half her
cargo consist of Wine and Brandy.
Art II. Licensed vessels which
shall have already begun to take in
their freight, are excepted from this
regulation.
The Ministers of finance, 8cc. art
required, &c.”
March 2.
The Roman territory is to be divi
ded into two departments, which art
to send Deputies to the Legislative
Assembly.—It is also to give title to
he Hereditary Imperial Prince, who
vill be denominated king oi llome.
Provision is at the same time made
or the support of the future Popes—
' ho, however,-will possess no tempo
cal uuthorit\.
any
Chatham’s resignation will give rise,
we should be glad to find the returni'
to power of Lord Melville, of Mr.
Canning, and of Mr. Huskinson, in
cluded. The union of such men
with Mr. Perceval, with the Marqui3
of Wellesly, and other members of the
present Cabinet, would be hailed with
the greatest pleasure by all classes of
his majesty’s subjects.—Courier.
March 8.
We last night received a series of
minor Paris Journals to the 2d inst;
in which there is much to gratify the
public curiosity, and something to ini
terest the public sensibility. The
grand secret is at last divulged, and
the drama of the war of Austria hai
terminated, like other exhibitions, in.
the marriage of one of the nv.il Prin
ces into the family of his competitoW
The Archduches Maria Louisa, we
are told, in an article from Vienna, ft
the destined bride of Napoieon ; antt
it is added, that the contract is signed,
by tlie parties concerned. We have
also inserted a most extraordinary do
cument, from the French to the Dutch
Minister of Foreign Affairs, in which
some new ideas of authority are in
troduced ; better suited to the prin
ciples of the modern logicians fcf
France, than to the maxims of the
jurists of the last century. ; The offi
cial note to General Armstrong, on
the proposed relations between
France and America! IS another spe
cimen of dialecticks, of- which our
readers will admire the ingenuity, if
they do not assent to the doctrine.
In the former of these documents
the fact is officially announced of the
recal, as it is quaintly termed, of
Louis from Holland, or, in other
words, of a sentence of deprivation,
of his kingly dignity having been
passed upon him, he not. being a suf
ficiently convenient instrument to ad
minister the hatred of Napoleon to
wards this country. Holland again
is to be taken possession of by French
troops, and to be fast linked in the
Continental system.
In addition to the important arti
cles to which we have already allu
ded, there is a note to the Americhs.
Minister, Mr. Armstrong without
any date. In this note the Frepfch.
minister represents the Berlin ah4
Milan decrees as having been the
consequences of our Orders in Coun
cil, though every one knows that.our
Orders in Council were issued after
the Berlin decree. The act by whith.
France is excluded from American
ports afrwellas Great-Britain, isedb-
sidered as unjust against France,
u the United States not having any
ground of complaint against her!’*
The French Minister concludes by
saying, that if “ the Minister of A-
merica is prepared to engage, that
the American vessels shall not sub
mit to the English Orders of No
vember 1807, nor to any decree of
blockade, unless that blockade be jre-
al, he will conclude any description
of convention tending to renew the
treaty of commerce with America,
and comprehending all the measures
to consolidate the commerce & pros
perity of America.”
There is every reason, however,
to believe, that America will not fall
into the snare France wishes to lay
tor her ; but that acting upon her
true interest, she will see that her
security and honor will best be con
sulted by making peace with Grcat-
Britain.
A communication we .received
yesterday from Lisbon speaks in
more melancholy terms pf the pros
pect in Portugal than some of our Oh
ther letters.
Yesterday morning at 9 o’clock, ®
messenger was despatched from the
house of the American minister, with
bis Excellency’s answer to the ..last
lespatclies from his government.
Lord Somerville's Spring Shon\
Alter the business of’ the day or.