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LONDON, November 1?.
The following letter contains some interesting
particulars collected from passengers who ar
rived from Lisbon in the Townsend pn ket :
Falmouth, Nov. 8—“ The Townsend is the
last regular packet of which 1 shall have to an
nounce the arrival from Lisbon, a vessel having
been ordered to cruize off the bar to prevent
any British shipping from entering the Tagus,
after the departure of the Townsend outlie “Ist
ultimo. It was expected however at Lisbon,
that some light vessels would be allowed to lie
in Cascases Ray (outside the Tagus,) and have
communication with the capital, particularly as
there were a great number of English who could
not possibly get a passage on board the convoy,
and who having given up their houses, Stc. in ex
pectation of being accommodated on board the
fleet, were in the greatest distress. No French
or Spanish troops had approached the nothern
frontier oflPoVtugal ; but considerable detached
corps of Spanish troops had assembled on the
southern frontier and threatened invasion, in
case she did not shut her ports against the En
glish, or in case the court attempted to embark
for the Brazils. Notwithstanding these threats,
the prince regent had publicly notified the de
parture of his eldest son, the Principe de Beira,
it an £4 gun ship, for that settlement ; and, as
six sail of the line besides, with several frigates,
pm-brigs, &c. were ready for a start, it was su;>-
p sed he intended to depart himself also, in case
of t.-eing driven to extremities. The situation of
Lisbon at the time the Townsend quitted, parti
cularly after the convoy under the Lively had
sailed, was extremely distressing. All com
merce and confidence were annihilated. The
Portuguese eyed every foreigner with, jealousy,
nor could they trust each other.”
Gibraltar, October 3.—According to the
latest accounts from Madrid, a rupture between
France and Portugal is now considered asuiia
veklabie. Upwards of 33,000 men are already
assembled in the environs of Bayonne, and they
are expected to enter Spain without further de
lay. On the doth, under convoy of his majesty’s
ship Imperious, captain lord Cochrane, a fleet
of English-vessels arrived in 17 days from Ports
mouth, with provisions for the army and navy,
gunpowder sugar, and coffee, tobacco, sundry
merchandize, cvc. for this place and the Medi
terranean.
October B,—Yesterday the Hindustan arrh ed
from Malta, with-the convoy from that place for
England under her charge, after a passage c-f
twenty-four days. By they last accounts from
F-gypt, our troops were all healthy there, and
plentifully supplied with provisions of every
’ kind by the Arabs. All communication be
tween ti\e garrison and Spain was this day un
expectedly cut off, in consequence of positive or
ders sent express from, Madrid for that’ pur
pose. This step has been taken, in consequence
of a representation from the French ambassa
dor to the court of Spain, that we might not re
ceive any intelligence of the movements cf the
different French armies which are, advancing
into Spain.
October 16.—0n the 13th the Carteret packet
arrived from Sicily and Malta, with the mails
for this place and England, in Iff days p tssage.
When the Carteret left -Messina, the French
L.d assembled a 1 ,-rge army in the neighbor
hood of the castle Sc; 11a, and were only waiting
for their battering train to commence the siege.
Tiie army from Egypt was soon expected in bi
cilv, orders having been sent for the evacuation
pf th it country. All communication between
this place and Spain is now rigidly cut off; and
tiie Spaniards have doubled the guards in their
lines ; and it is said that a large French army is
m ‘.veiling towards this place for the purpose of
besieging the garrison. The greatest discon
tent and alarm prevails in Spain at the entrance
oJ the French armies into that country, and send
ing their troops into Germany ; which is univer
sal!. believed to be a preparatory measure to
the subversion of the government by Bonaparte.
Tweo.tr thousand of the nest Spanish troops arc
a sofrii their march to Portugal, to co-oper .to
with the French army destined for that country,
front the Live >■ final Price Current, ATov. 11.
Cotton, G” • —Upland bowed, 11 l-2d a
Is 3 I ; ci< iv.” ■ red. Is 4d a Is 5d ; sea is
] ;..l. fit.e 2s 1 ! a 2, 33 ; good and middling,
.Is 10:t a 2 •. inferior, Is 4d a Is 9d ; bowed,
Is 5,1 •> Is 7,1 From the mi die of last month
urht’i-.e present time, there has been a brisk
. den: ax', y- upland cottons at the annexed quo
tations : some small parcels of an extia fine
q ialily have been bought at 16.1 ; bill, the
by.k of the sales have been made from 12d to
12- f-2:i per lb. At the latter prices there is
vet a, good demand for them, from both the
regular dealers and speculators ; but it ought
to be kept in mind', that the present demand is
not occasioned by any improvement id the cot
ton trade.or its prospects but from the consi
deration, that the pi ices are now low, and in
the hope that some unforeseen event will take
place, thatovnl cause them to be higher. For
sea islands there is scarcely any demand, and
some parcels which have been withheld from
sale for tlm last three years are now brought
forward, and offered at lower prices ttian have
been current during the whole of that time.
For the best qualities of New-Orleans and
Tennessee cottons then e is a good demand, but
there are large stocks of the inferior qnali'ies
in the market, which it is scarcely possible to
sell at comparatively lower prices. Thete
have lately been but few importations of Ame
rican cottons nor ate they expected to arrive
in the early part of he year in the usual quan
tities, but the quantiv in the market is cot,si
de ruble,and no apprehensions are entertained
of a scarcity of them.
Died, latelv in London, at an advanced age.
Sir Brook Watson', bart. alderman of cord
■wainct’s ward, and for several sessions mem
ber of parliament for the city of London. Hs
sc ved as commissary to the British army in
America, dming neatly the whole cf the revo
lirionary war, arid like rise accompanied the
army under the duke of York to Holland, in
Lie *nu capacity.
FROM T!!£ BALTIMORE WHIG.
To Mr. Quincy, a member of Congress.
Sir—The wt iter of this letter to your honor,
has been informed by a gentleman of veracity,
who has underwritten largely in Baltimore ;
that the amount of British captures—of Ame
rican ships that have been condemned and li
belled in British prize courts, since the 22d of
June last, from this city alone, is nearly equal
to two miiicns cf dollar .s—neatly half of these
have been captured on the borders ofotir own
coast, and within our own waters 1
Would it not therefore be very properly
within the vocation of a gentleman, who is so
fond o f asking for information, especially, if he
thinks it can embarras the administration, to
call on the President oi the United States, re
questing him to instruct the Secretary of the
Treasury, to endeavor to ascertain the value of
property so captured for three years , past. A
considerable clue to such information could be
furnished by the insurance companies through
out the United States. Such an attempt would
we think better comport with an American
member of congress, than cause efforts to pro
duce a diversion in favor of Britain—especially
at this crisis. No Tory,
Alexandria, December “.
The editor of the Daily Advertiser, will con
fer a singular favor upon an injured fellow-ci
tizen, by inserting the following facts in his
respectable paper, viz :
On the 14th June last I sailed in the ship
Royal Sovereign, of £2 guns, and 75 men,
bound from Charleston to New-Providence and
St. Domingo; nothing material occurred un
til the 17th July following, when vve Were
boarded from his Britannic majesty’s ship
Chichester, of 54 guns, bound for the island
Cuba, who immediately impressed all the
Royal Sovereign’s officers (the surgeon, gun
ner and steward exempted) together with tvveh
tvvo seamen, chiefly Americans, and myself,
although.not in the cap. city of a seaman, not
giving us time to proeme the smallest .aticlc
more than vve hail on—in this situation they
hurried us on bo aid the 54 and made sail for
’ Baracoa, ill .the said island of Cuba, against
which place they were ordered with a detach
ment from the 53th. Tipperary regiment of
infantry-—-me Spaniards thetein, as vve bore
up to attack the port and batteries, opened with
a heavy fire of lnngrage and grape from the
different points, which so disabled the ship both
in hull and tigging, that after four hours unsuc
cessful efforts to regain the soldiery vve had
landed, vve were oompeiledto retreat and bear
away lor New-Providence, with both chain
pumps constantly going—we watered at Pro
vidence and made all Sail for Jamaica, the ship
wanting immediate repairs. Having arrived at
the king’s dock-yard on the 20th August, in
Port-Royal, the people were placed under sen
tinels night and day ; but fortunately on Sun -
day-night, 25th of October last, I found means
of making my escape from British oppression,
and arrived safe at Kingston, where I was re
ceived with every mark of hospitality and dis
interested friendship, by captain E. Luckett, of
the Alert, bound to Alexandria, and through
whose unexampled goodness, I have been once
more safe landed in America,
I cannot on this occasion express my senti
ments of gratitude sufficiently, for the manly
and polite conduct of captain L and also of
captain M‘Cobb, of the Helen, who behaved to
me with the greatest marks of friendship.
I ana with respect, your fellow citizen, &c.
Jambs Cooke.
It is well worthy of observation, consideration
and remembrance, that Gieai-Bntain Lis ne
ver adopted nr pursued the practice on the
“ocean, of impressing or taking her own subjects
i on board of any neutral merchant vessel, but
tlufsc of the United States.—Press.
* Colonel Toussard’s excellent work entitled
The American Artillerist’s Companion, just pub
lished, merits the attention of every A i.crlcan
at this time, and indeed at ail times; the plates
to it, are executed ill an excellent style, and
the matter is of the first merit, both as to sci
ence and utility—aor is the price above the
value of the bock, which, if made proper use of,
r is indeed invaluable.—Aurora.
j Longevity.—A moat singular and remark
able instance of this has occurred lately in the
county of Spotsylvania. Mr. John Wiiscn died
■ in October last, at the advanced age of 104
years. He was born in 1703, and was, during
the earlier part of his life, a hard working and
laboring man. IJe was inclined to be fat, and.
for about twenty-live years before his death he
was bed-ridden from extreme corpulency. He
weighed about 300 weight, and to the last re
tained his appetite and spirits. In the month
of November follow.bg, his wife also died, at the
> age oi 94 years. The had lived together 76
years, and saw a large and rising progeny to the
■ fourth and fifth generation—\ xrg- Herald-
We are credibly informed that Bonaparte, on
■ receiving the account of the treacherous attack
• on the Chesapeake, said to Mr. Armstrong,
, “ This attack on the Chesapeake bv the British,
. is an abominable affiir.” “ Yes,” said Air. A.
|“it is bad enough”—to which the e nperor re
plied, ” they will make it up, as the. DARE not
goto war with you.”— Cash. Expositor.
I.OVE AND HOPE.
”
; In infancy, Love, then an innocent child,
Far, far from hit home was by son row beguil’d ;
Kmd Hope met ‘he vagrant, and ’eiidedy pr-dt’d
Th- poo’ weeping hoy to her grief-frothing b-taff.
That, thus ’tis in love that forever we find,
Eth sorrow and hope fv.ay alternate the mind;
For on ar.guifh can hope ; ern the bofis n remove,
And a tear est befpinglci the roies f love.
■ “• -Savannah,
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1807.
In the house of Delegates of Virginia, on the
10th instant, Mr. Gltclson inUodv.ccd the follow
ing resol.iti< us, which were referred to a com
mittee oi the whole house, on Monday the 21st
instant:—
Resolv ed, That the senators in congress from
this state be instructed, and the representatives
therefrom requested, to use their best endeav
ors in procuring the following amendments to
the constitution of the United States, to wit;
Ist. That the judges of the supreme, district,
and inferior courts of the United States, and
their territories, may be removed from office
by the vote of the house of representatives and
the senate of the United States in congress as
sembled ; two-thirds t f the members present of
each house concurring therein.
2d. That the senators in the congress of the
United States ma\ fie removed from office In
the vote of two-thirds of all the members pre
sent of the respectiv e state legislatures,by which
the said senators have been of may be appointed.
Congress. —On the I7th inst. the house of
representatives, 78 to 54, declared that the dut\
on salt should expire or. the 31st inst. The
Mediterranean fund is to be continued—on the
question for its continuance, the yeas v ere 107
t” 14. Nothing official lias transpired relative
to the dispatches by the Revenge.
MASONIC.
(com ME Kit; A TED.)
On Monday last, die ancient and honorable
Society of rice and Accepted Masons celebrat
ed their annual festival, hit. John's day. The
different lodges in this city, having joined the
Grand Lodge, proceeded to church, where a
“well digested discourse was delivered, by the
reverend brother Cloud, from these words—
“ -Now the end of the commandment is, charity
ou of a pure heart, and of a good conscii nee, and
oi,faith unfeigned"—lst epistle of St. Paul to
Timothy. Ist chapter, sth verse. Perhaps little
more could be said, so appropriate to the occa
sion, or more enforcing the principles of the
text. The reverend brother very properly and
strongly urged the duties of unfeigned, genuine
and pure religion, with a zeal that shewed lie
felt the justice of his observations ; and appli
ed his doctrine with such a fervency of expres
sion, as to merit the approbation of . his bre
thren, after passing the remainder of the day
in the duties of this ancient societ|, and the
brotherhood taking refreshment, prepared in a
ne.it and plentiful stile by brother stewards
Stewart and Penny, the lodges retired, under
their emblem—'• May brotherly love continue,
without political cavil, or discussion of faith.”
On Wednesday the 9th instant, the follow
ing preamble and resolution were introduced
iulo the house of representatives of this state,
by Ebcnczer H. Cummins, esq. a member from
the county of Wilkes.
Whereas, the experience of ages has
strongly evinced the good policy of holding up
to public view, for the sake ot example, the
conduct ct those men who have distinguished
themselves by the rectitude of their prit u lies,
and a correct application of their talents ; es
pecially in those countries where ail public
promotion is expected and derived from the
people: the representatives of the cit’zens of
Georgia deem it their duty to express senti
ments of approbation for the great energy and
vigUanqe which h .ve been exerted and dis
played by those gentlemen selected by tbe
president, and to whom vvasenttusted the very
important and responsible task of conducting
tht; indictments of Aaron Burr and bis princi
pal associates, lately engaged in a conspiracy
which threatened a convulsion of the western
states, and a separation ofthe union.
Be it therefore resolved, That George Ilay,
Alexander M‘Rae and William Wirt, esqis.
of the state of Virginia, and lam counsel on the
part of the United States in tire great cause of
the people against Aarpn Burr and others, are
entitled to the approbation and respectful gra
titude ol iheir fellow-citizens, for their zealous
and intelligent endeavors to convict the accu
sed. and to submit them to the sentence of the
lav/, against which they were supposed to have
Offended.
Mr. Hutchinson moved the following as an
amendment:
And be it further resolved, That the thanks
of this legislature be given to brigadier-general
James Wilkinson, for his patriotic exertions in
bringing the said Aaron Burr to trial.
\V liich being read wei e agreed to—the ques
tion was then taken on the whole as amended,
and resolved in the affirmative ; and the yeas
and nays being requited ate—Yeas29, Nays 9.
FORT OF SAVANNAH.
ARRIVED.
Ship Debbv, Fossct, IfiVrhaffoes
Brig Amazon, Copp, New-York
Sciir. Nassau, Latham, ditto
CLEARED,
‘ hip Union, Tillingiiast, Kingston, ‘Jam.)
Brig Canton, Gold, Jamaica
Schr. Maria, Jeffries, ditto
——- Two Brothers, Leslie, Charleston
THEATRE
Picturesque & Meehanique.
The Publ'O are respectfully informed, that
Ik's novel and interesting species of amusement
has ju*t arrived from Ctririeston, and will be
ready tor exhibition in the course of,the present
week. December 29.
iiills- ou New-York,
At a short sight, for sale by
. Janies William Magee.
December 17—141
Savannah Theatre.
BV PERMISSION OF the citv couxcit.
The cntrrt ijijmems will take place TO
MORROW K\ USING, with ora! NEW
L Lit FORM ANCFS, and a beautiful VIEW
c: the EXCHANGE..
Dcccmucr 31.
Public Sale.
• -JTjNv The staunch brig
BOSTON,’
Will be offered at public sale at
J. Caig &R. Mitcrel's wharf, on LUES I
DAY next, at 11 o’clock.
This vessel is completely fitted for sea, is 1-1-4
tons burthen, per register, and has now on board
20,090 Shingles, and 20,597 feet of Boards and
Scantling, which w ill be sold at the same time.
G. V,\ Nichols, Aui't'r ,
Dcctffhbcr 31 —a— E17
Public Sale.
, The schooner
MERCATOR,
Will be sold at J. Car: 5c R.
Mitciiel’s wharf, on TUESDAY next at U
o’clock.
This vessel is 105 tons burthen, per register.
Best n bn nt and wed to and. Previous to the sale,
application may be made to captain M'Cobb on
board, who will give Any further information
wanted.
At same time, will be sold,
GO puncheons St. Kill’s RUM,
high third proof, and well flavored.
G. \Y. Nichols, Auct'r.
December 51 —a — 1 17
Just received and for sale,
BY J. T. LAW RAN CT.,
A Plain Pale,
Supported by Authentic Documents, fustlf* !hjt
the character pf
General James Wilkinson.
A LSO,
Memoirs of Wm. Sampson i
_ Including particulars of his adventures in va
rious parts oi Europe, h.s conlincnu.nt in the
dungeons of the Inquisition, in Lisbon, Sit. fee.
Several OriAnai Letters,
Beuig he. corn -.pondence with the Ministers of
fit ate in Grcut-Brituin and Portugal;
Vsliort sketch ofthe history oflrelancl,
A N D,
A lew observations on the s'ate of man
ners, &.c. in America.
December 31—m—:47
Notice.
I forworn all persons giving itny credit or. r.v/
account, without my written order.
John Harrison.
December 51—M7
• * TAXES.
Defaulters arc Notified, that the di
gest for 1807 is placed in my olliee,
where returns will be received until
the 15th day of January next.
JOP, T. BOU.ES, Clerk.
Chatham county, Dec, £, 1807—136
W. J. Sc A.’ Weyman,
Hate received per the ship Dartmouth and brig
Lovely Lass,
A large and fresh supply of the most fashionably
C LOATHING,
Which will be disposed of very cheap.
December 2C-- ■*—ids
Sugars.
44 hogsheads prime SI ‘GARS, landing from
schooner Messina, for sale by
S. &. C. Howard.
December 19—M—142
C* lIo^T
WATCII AND CLOCK MAKITf,
Respectfully informs his friends and the pu'>-
iic in gei.cr.il, that i.C has left Mrs. Rice, and
commenced buGneso mi his own account, t vo
loots v.est of Mrs. Rice and next dc ,r to Mi
Gilfcrt’s, in the Mu; ket square, ami ti- a his
:.per race, both in France and England, he
flatters himscU to repair Wntche . and Cfi -,s
of all dcscNptloiis, with the great .1. care u.ci
accuracy, and warrant to perform lbr one , 1 •
uni afterwards for one dollar per year t. those
lilies and gentlemen that will honor him wait
■.heir custom, mu! will be executed with pune
■ iiidity and dispatch.
December 26—14 J
Wanted to Hire,
FIELD HANDS, for whom liheral wage;:
will be pane’- tally paid'. Apply to
.[o:->cj)li iiuLorshum.
December 15—140
House want (id.
Wanted to Lcrf, for a term of years, \
HOUSE, of about five reon ■ to be in good .
wiir, with suitable out buildings, and to la in
i centrical part of thee it-.. lor such a h o
good price will in: allowed. Application to !)•
n irje at the office ■,{ the Key rbiiLaii,’
December S—JOE