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period designated for their assemblage,’* which 1 is sufficient to induce the justice to whom the application is made, to commit for trial. You ask for farther proof of what ? Os that “'lnch you have already admitted to be proven sufficiently to induce a commitment. 1 he amount of your doctrine is, that legal presumptions are destroyed by the non-pro duction of positive proof. At one blow, you annihilate the whole doctrine of presumptive evidence. For. if the non-introduction of direct testimony destroys presumptive proof, how can it exist ? I know of no other kind of evidence, except positive and presumptive. The production of positive proof, certainly leaves no room for pre sumption, and according to your doctrine, its :ton-production destroys the very existence of that presumption. But, even could I admit the legality of this extraordinary doctrine, yet 1 shall shew, that in this case, the non-produc tior. of which you so much complain, ought trot even to have awakened the strength of the presumption arising out of Swartwout’s decla ration, and that “ your reasons were at least based upon an unwarrantable supposition, in consistent with facts known to the public, and which it is fair therefore to presume were with in your knowledge.” In my next, I undertake to shew, that you lra'.e exhibited a culpable partiality towards the accused ; and a shameless solicitude (in which you failed) to implicate the government of your courruy, as negligent of their duty—and that this imputation-of negligence, framed by your own ingenuity, was, a negligence, of doing v hat it was impossible to do ; while if the judge had, as was Iris duty, attended to the course of conduct pur sued by the executive, the diligence which was pursued ought to have extorted from a less malicious magistrate, sentiments more consistent w ith the dignity of the judicial cha racter, and more creditable to his liberality, instead of being reproachful to his head and heart. LUCIUS. ami - mrr KF.w-YfiRK, November 25. Tire British packet Lady Arabella, with the October mail, arrived at this port yesterday from Halifax. She left Falmouth on the 16th October, but brought no later London papers than have been previously received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser. A gentleman of this city lias favored us with a letter from a friend at Marblehead, who came out in the schooner Spring-Bird, from Kant/., which place she left about the 12th of October. This Setter states—that there was to be another levy of 200,000 men in France—that Bonaparte intended to march an army 0f70,000 men through Persia to India, and that the kihg of Persia was to furnish all the necessary supplies for the French army—that Russia and Germany were to be the mediators for a general peace—that the kingof Denmark had furnished men to man nine French ships cf war that were at Flushing. Washington City, November 30. We learn that our government received no letters from Mr. Monroe bv the British packet j.itelv arrived, it was before known, that on the 7th September Mr. Monroe addressed a note to Mr. Canning, in consequence of his in structions by the Revenge, complaining of the aggression on the Chesapeake, calling on that government tor reparation of the wrong, and for a final discussion, and understanding on their claim to take whatsoever they choose to call their seamen, wherever found; and assuring him at the same time, that he was authorised to concur in arguments liberally calculated to t ke away all ground for that practice. It is now rumored that the answer was, that by the president’s proclamation we had taken the bu siness of satisfaction for the aggression on the Chesapeake, so far, into our own hands; that still, however, the British government was ready to enter into a discussion of that act, if it could he done separately, leaving their general claim to future negotiations; but as Mr. Monroe considered himself unauthorised to settle th.s act separately, that government would enter with him into no explanations concerning it, but would send a minister to this place for that si ccial purpose. Whether this is a mere ma meuvre to avoid a settlement, and lose the sub ject altogether, in the endless maze of negccia tion, is to be judged of by the promptitude or the delay of this mission. In the mean time, cur peace is left at the mercy of their officers, whose .interest and wish is war with all man kind; and how can it be pretended, that tlm subjects have no connection? They claim a right to take those whom they call their sea men—(and under that cover, our’s also) where • icr they can find them, even without their own jurisdiction. And Ist. Their officers are in the daily practice of taking them from on board our merchant vessels, and with them many more of our’s than of theirs. 2d. They h ive repeatedly done the same in foreign ports and countries, particularly in Canton, in Lis bon, and now lately in Madeira, going ashore and seizing them in the streets and houses of the place. 3d. In the instance now in question, they have extended it to the taking them by forte from our national armed ships. And 4th. The next step may be to patrol, by their press gang:;, the streets t*’ New-York and Norfolk, and Like from thence, all those who may suit them ; their principle evidently goes to,this ex tent. Is it then sufficient to receive satisfac tion for an act done under one particular branch of this abuse, without any assurance that it will not be repeated the next day under the others? Certain it is, there never can be friendship, nor even a continuance of peace with England, so long as no American citizen cam leave his own shores without danger of being seized by the first British officer he meets, and made to serve as a common seaman on board their ships cf war; and equally so, that if the general question is not settled now, we may give it up f rever, and let our citizens understand, that they are abandoned by their country, to the u bridled power of every British naval com mander. —National Intelligencer. The Hazard arrived at Philadelphia, brings Bristol news to the 19th October, and London to the 16th. On the l-lth, the Revenge was at ! Cowes, whence she was to ball the next Uy fob Brest. The London prints say, instructions had been sent to India, to impose an additional duty of 10 per cent, on all neutral vessels trad ing to British ports. No mention is made of the departure of Sir. Monroe. Extract of a letter from captain Ciemson of the United States army , to a gent!'man in Pitts burg, dated Cantonment , Missouri, October 17, 1807. “ 1 have it now in my power, from this ob scure corner of the world, to give you a little news—The Mandan Chief, whom I presume you have seen, (the same that accompanied captain Lewis to Washington) left this place last April, escorted by ensign Prior, of the United States army, and a detachment of from 15 to 20 soldiers, interpreters, huntsmen, &c. for his nation. In company with Mr. Prior’s boat, there was a Mr. Chateau, with two trad ing boats, and upwards of SO men. They pro ceeded w ithout interruption or molestation from the savages, until they got 1600 miles up the Missouri, and within 150 or 200 miles of the Mandan nation, where they were attacked by the Riccari nation of Indians, defeated and dri ven back. They arrived at this place on Tues day last, the 13th inst. Their loss was 4 killed, and from Bto 10 wounded: the latter, in part, are now in this Cantonment, and it is hoped in a few months will all recover from their wounds. “ The account Mr. Prior gives is, that the Riccari’s and Mandan’s are at war, and that their intention was to kill the Mandan Chief; that the number of warriors collected, and made the attack, were 700, generally with fire arms; that his and Mr. Chateau’s boats had landed at their village, and some of the boatmen had in termixed v ith the Indians, and the first warn ing they had of the attack, was a general live from the whole body; that they returned the fire three times before they put off, anti supposes that they killed upwards of 20 of their antago nists : lie further adds, that they were pursued with the Indian yell, and the continued fire of this band, for 6 or 8 miles down the river. “ Mr. Prior also informs, that there is, from the best information he could obtain, about 300 Spanish troops with the Indians high up the Mis souri, and that a great many more are expect ed ; it is presumed they are establishing costs amongst them.” The sum allowed by the federal court to the district attorney, George Hay, esquire, for his , extra serv ices during the trial of Burr and his accomplices, is two thousand dollars ; and not three thousand, as erroneously stated in the northern papers.—V irgixia Argus. Basdadoes, September 15. Accustomed as the West-Indies are, at this period of the year, to be visited by stormy and tempestuous weather, there has seldom per haps occurred in tins island a more tremendous and severe one of thunder and lightning, than that which prevailed from between one and two o’clock this morning, until near mid-night. The lightning was truly awful, and often so quick in succession, that it seemed to be the same flash which diffused its flaming light around the whole horizon, for some minutes continuation. 1 llf* thumic i', in *?mmUy incessant Ucivch tened the terror which Christian fortitude sought to dispel; the impression, as of the aw ful presence of an offended God! still remains. Happily it does not appear, as we can at present learn, that any injury has been done, at least in the town. KEEP AN EYE TO WINDWARD. Halifax, October 20 —At the desire of his excellency the lieutenant governor, a meeting of the principal inhabitants of the town, was held at the court-house, on Friday afternoon last, to consider of a request made by major general Hunter, to his excellency, for 100 mi litia men, daily, to assist in repairing the forti fications. As soon as the object of the meeting was explained, the artillery, grenadiers and vo lunteer companies, tendered their services for immediate duty, until an arrangement could be made tor drafting, proportionally, from the se veral militia companies, the number of men re quired. The Russian sloop of war Diana, eapt. Goli vin, (says a late London paper) arrived at Spit head on the 29th Sept, from St. Petersburgh, fitted for a voyage of discoveries in the North ern Pacific Ocean. She is to touch at the Bra j zils, from whence she will proceed round Cape I Horn to the Sea of Kamtschatka. The object ! is to explore that coast and sea more to the I southward than capt. Cook went; where the i Russians have lately established several ports. ] A Poem has bem lately published in Paris, j intitled Virgil in Prance, or The jVew y'Enrid ; 1 an heroic comic poem, in the Franco-Gothic I style : in which the /Eneid of Virgil is traves J tied into a history of the French revolution, by 1 M Leplat du Temple. In this work, vEolus : is the king of England ; the Trojans, the 1 Fiench; Priam,LouisXVl.; the Harpies, the Monks of Belgium, See. An accident of a singular nature took place about a week ago, between the city and cove of Cork. As Mr. Jeremiah Murphy, a merchant of that city, was driving in a post-chaise, toge ther with a lady and child, near the small vil lage called Passage, the horses suddenly took fright, and ran towards the cliff, near Giant’s Stairs. The post-boy was saved by throwing himself suddenly on the ground. At that in stant, the horses and chaise, together with the company in it, were precipitated to a depth of at least two hundred feet perpendicular to the bed of the river. It happened to be low water, and the carriage, by striking in its fall against the mast of a stnall vessel, which was then aground close in shore, was dashed in pieces. It is most surprising to relate, that after this severe shock, the lady and gentleman escaped with only a slight personal injury, and the child entirely unhurt. — Lon.pap. l Savannah, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1807. Wednesday last being the anniversary of the Savannah Association of Mechanics, the mem bers met at Gunn’s coffee-house, and elected Christian Gugel, President; Francis Roma, Vice-Piesldent ; Henu.y W. Williams, Treasurer; John F. Evebi tt, Secretary ; Norman M'L.ean, ? , ~ k Stewards. Frederick I f.tzeb, 5 At three o’clock the association sat down to an exoelhnt dinner, provided for the occasion at Mrs. Scrimcger’s, and ended the day in the utmost harmony. A letter from a gentleman of the firfet res pectability to the editors of the Baltimore Even ing Post, dated Washington, Nov. 23, says— “ The account received, (stating that Bona parte had determined to inflict the rigor of his decree against America) does not meet with lull credit. It is doubted, because a letter lias been received from genet id Armstrong, in which he informs our government, that, imme diately on the return of the emperor to Paris, he addressed a note to the prime minister, complaining that Spain had executed this de cree against American ships. In answer, lie was told, that a letter should immediately be sent to the French minister at Madrid, direct ing him to explain the decree to the Spanish government, and to press them to desist from executing the decree against the Americans.” TRANSLATION. Copy of a letter written by the senior minis ter of police, dated 10th September, 1807, to his excellency the minister plenipotentiary ot the United States at Paris. “ I received the sundry letters written by your excellency in behalf of Mr. Kennedy, ail American captain* imprisoned at Ncutz, at. be ing accused of having received on board his ves sel, without a previous declaration, a Mr. I’el letan of Rochelle, and of having thereby favor ed the escape of that fraudulent debtor. “ I should certainly have hastened t.o order Mr. Kennedy to be set at liberty, had the dc- ! positions produced in support of his own decla ration, defeated, or even counterbalanced, with i greater weight, other testimonies absolutely op posite, and from which it was natural to charge the aforesaid captain with a formal and very culpable contravention. However, 1 have thought proper, on this delicate occasion, to consult their excellencies the ministers of ma rine and foreign relations, and entertain tin hope of soon collecting all the information and advicenecessarv on the subject. 1 think 1 can promise to your excellency a speedy decision therco.n “ 1 am, See. the senior minister if the police. “ Fouc HE.” * Master of the ship Missouri, of Philadelphia. By a letter received at New-York, from New-Orleans, da’eel October 16, it appears, that a large amount in cotton and other pro duce has been shipped from thence to William Lees, of Liverpool, which had not arrived at the last advices from him; and on the arrival of which, it is presumed, lie would have suffi cient to pay all demands against him—so that no person cun possibly suffer from his failure. PORT OF SAVANNAH. CLEARED, Ship Manchester Packet, Coffin, Liverpool Brig Dean, Edgar, New-York —— Prudence, Croker, Bordeaux Schooner Eliza & Katy, Iledwcll, Philadelphia Jane, Latham, Now-Y'ork Sloop Argo, Chalker, St. Mary’s New-York, November 28. The ship Clyde, from Charleston, and the schooner Resolution, of Tiverton, from Sa vannah, were driven on Gunny-island in the gale yesterday aftc-i noon. The Clyde, wc un derstand, is high and dry on the beach, and has sustained but little other damage than the loss of her rudder. By St. Kitts papers to the 30th of October, we notice that in consequence of a report that war had been declared between the United States and Great Britain, that all American vessels had been seized. The report was con tradicted in a few days, and the vessels put in to possession of their masters again. ~~ taxes! Defaulters are Notified, that the di gest for 1807 is placed in rny office, where returns will be received until the 15th day of January next. JOB T. BOLLES, Clerk. Chatham county, Dec. 5, 1807—136 Bills on New-York, At a short sight, for sale by James & William Magee. December 17—141 Exchange on Boston, At short sight, for sale by Henry W. Hills. December 12—139 J. Caig & R. Mitchel, HAVE ON HAND, M \DF.IR A WINE, in pipes and quarter casks, three years imported, and of an excellen’ qualitv. HIBBERT’S PORTER, in casks of 6 1-2 dozer. each. Sixty bags of prime COFFEE. December 8—137 • Savannah tiif.atrei DY PERMISSION OF THF. CITY COUNCIL; To-Morrow Evening*,Dec. 18, WILL nr EXHIBITED BY ■Messrs. FANNIE k BERRY, A Uo\ el and extraordinary display of VA HI OUS PERFOIIM AN C ES. In addition to which, will be presented that ex cellent farce, called, *1 he Ducks and Green Peas ; OR, THE NEWCASTLE RIDER, To which will be added, The Cobler going to London. Particulars will be expressed in the bills of the day. N. P. Messrs. Rai.nii- and Berry have engag ed two Comedians, who are daily expected from Charleston to join them. 3/’ Doors to be opened at C o’clock, and the curtain to rise at seven. Tickets to be had at the office cf the Thehtiv. Smoaking Segars *.n the Theatre is prohibited. SAVANNAH Anacreontic Society. There will be- a C.ONCF.RT given In the Long-Room of the Exchange, TO-MORROW EVENING. The music will commence at 7 o’clock r. m. Alexander 2?. Hoc, Treasurer and Sec’ry By a resolution of the original members, ’ no member of this society shall receive his ticket of admission, or he admitted to the concert, without producing a certificate from the Trea surer, that all Ins arrearages are paid. All notes now due, unpaid by the 12th of January, 1808, will be put in suit. Extract from tile Minutes. Alexander S. Roc, December 17—M0 Treasurer ik Sec’ry To Rent, Tile Y ELLOW STORE now occupied by F. D. Petit 1)f. Villers, Factor, on Dr. George Jones’ wharf. Enquire on the premises. December 15—0—141 A Wet Nurse Wanted; For whom liberal wages and punctual pay ment, by the week or month, may be expected. Apply to the printers. December 17—r—141 ] Georgia, J By I homas Boutko, clerk ,! L rof lu-coun rs Ordinary, tm-the c'-iu-i -----• Th : Bourke. J ) T Chatham, in the Hate aforefaid. IWHER >•. , Archibald fi-uiih, has made applies lion forle ters of adnnniftration on the cflate and t&eQ.z oi George H. Burr ugh.dece led : These are therefore to cue and admonish, all and lingular the kindred and ci ditors of the f id ileceaf ed, to t'de their obieftions. if any tbev have, in . my ofhee, on or before the 17th day . f January 1808, otherwise letters will be granted lvm Given under ntv hand and Veal, this t 7 th day j of December, in the year of our ‘ord one th'ufaiul eight hundred and seven, and in the j 3:d year of American independence. (>4l) j Nolice. j All persons having any demands against the Estate of YVili.iam Wji.sox, deceased, are desired to render them in ; and tiiose indebted, to make payment to Mr. Joel Bridge. Ebenezer Stalk, Ex'r. December 10—138 Wanted to Hire, I I ELD HANDS, for whom liberal wages will be punctually paid. Apply to Joseph llabersham. December 15—110 For Sale, A HOUSE, on th.* South-Common, formerly occupied by Mr. William Wilson, deceased— Terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser. FAcnezcr Stark, Ex'r. December 10—188 Rice Straw for sale, At a low price, at the plantation of the late gen, Jackson, one and a half miles from Savannah. November 26—cm—132 G. & f7 penny,.., “ HAVE FOR SALE. ‘ ‘ A handsome and well selected assortment of Fancy and Windsor CHAIRS Hair, t line and Windsor SOFAS, £tc. Just received by the ship Liverpool Packet, captain Parsons, from New-York. AND, ON CONSIGNMENT, Twenty-one casks assorted NAILS, November 26 182 Just Received, Per brig Prudef.ee and sloop Sally, 1000 pair SHOES, assorted 200 bushels Irish POTA'I OES .50 barrels do. do. in good order 200 lbs. SHOE- I HREAD 15 kegs excellent BO I I ER, and A few barrels MIN T CORDIAL All of which will be sold cheap, by Roberts k Brant; December 1—134 Telfair’s wharf; Loaf Sugar. Ferty hagfheads fir 4 quality I.OAF StJOAR, r<?-< crived on consignment, per (hip Eliza, from Liverpool and for sale by Taylor &. Scarbrough* October Q? II