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utiQrtft tli/b'JtTv The war thf fupforr Is
difrflrnn? jia r them and ftiij in ir« fail force.
*TVe ijtfbptan ar'ny of the Engltflfin
not at pnTenf amount to 12,009
men, so great ai* the loiTcs it his sustain
ed.
The letters of M’ray is Wcllcl&y arc ex.
trroely curious, •sa.movv 4he tmbar
raSufcnt th; company nin,
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. From the London Monthly Magazine,
Observation) on /owe traeei of 'he ( ak/a A e
Mete amorg Pol-Jhed Nation*
By Dr, j. L. Mo'kcaw [eU id Sarthe.)
A MQN y C 'he curious fads and iru<-Tifing
refill(b found in ifk heft and travels,
the philofjpiih, - readn null! remark with sur
prise tbofc great difference* of civ ill AKi'n,
ihofe tomtaih cT lja.'fc;;rlf.n and a pdtlheJ
ft?:?, ondei- the lam,e degree, of latitude, in .
the faint empire, and fftmetimes in the fame .
province. In France, dreary heaths, lards
covc-cd with thorns and briars, extend to the
very gates cf Nantes, 06c pf its fineft'eitjes,
and at the fight of dm oppofuiwn, the be
holder is obliged to confefs, with Arthur
Young, that the ©pultn.e of the French
towns has npconrx/iiur. with the profpcjrity
of the countrv.
fO •
Vat inus tov.rij.cf the fame province pre
fect h flili n»ofc linking contrail; and their
inhabitants are as diffen-nt from thepeaf.mcs
cf Lower Hretagne as frfttn the Hottentots
or civilization, lo rl.£ country, in gene,
tal, the lower cla/Cs prefenc rathe eye of
the obfctvef fniall lialt-civilizcd tribes,
V’hi.clj tiiaiu a)molf ail the ciiliotr.s peculiar
to*the early 1 periods of fodal fife.
Every thing belonging •» the ordinary
ai’j.’')! exhibits, even ft ill more general
ly, ampler of tbefe great difference* in
the dfvclnpment o' perfect.bility m the fame
nation* Thus in almolt every part of the
cdja/rtry, the peafaut, though not poor, nei
ther knows how to feed nor clothe iiimtcli',
he does not even fully enjoy air and light ;
and his habitation, lame what more regular,
indeed, than the (bed of the Otahe-itan, is
a'moftas inconvenient as the Apcky hoc cf
the Laplander cr Samoycde.
litre men and all the domaftic animals.
are frequently crowded into the fame apart,
piftf, which teceivco light only by the door,
a; I observed in fevcral villages of Poitou
and Brtitagne ; and in general rural archi.
tt#urc has made so littlepregrefs in France,
that there is reason to wonder that epidemic
and contagious difeafcs arc not more fre
queut and dellruftivc.
Even in the towns, the benefits of civi_
Zattoii are coivfincd 10 the higher orders of
focicty, and reach the lower by viry flow
flops. At Paris, for inltance, there is a par
ticular Variety cf the human fpet ies, who
regard vaccination, lightning, rods, inocu
lation, and economical fauns, as audacious
innovations 1 and in many, middle as well
as lower, mothers, who never heard of
Roulfeau, continue, ; n spite cf the illumin
ntionand philosophy of the iqh century,
to (hack'e and ftiflt their children out of cx
ceflive tendc«>cfs, or without fear, without
remorse, and almost without motive, deli
ver them up to ihe care of hireling musts.
It r*.iy therefore, be slferrcd, in a gene
ral, manlier, that the common people partici
pate but very ilowly in the progrtfs and ad
vantages of the development oi perfcftibflity
that they Jong rttiin numerous vefliges es
ancient hatlarifin, end that they are many
ages behind the more fortunate and more en
lightened dalles in civilization and intelli
gcnce. Theft differences arc always more
linking in remote provinces, and small ter
ritories bounded and rdlriftcd in their com
munications by phyficai and moral causes,
A great number of small countries which
are in th.s predicament, m*ght be mention
ed j and it may be pro\ eci, that even in
Europe, and in the audit of the moftpolilh
ed empires, there cxift countries whole in
habitants are Uili in a kind of fecial Infancy
or who, preserving their ancient habits, may
be conhdercd as living monuments, the
observation of which affords information not
Jess important to hiltory than thole derived
from the most celebrated ruins and antiqui
ties. Ti)us the inhabitants of Lower Brc
„ tagne have fcarccly changed for fcveral cen
turies, and Itill retain the language and
customs of the litrle colony which left the
dutchy cf Cornwall, and took ref uge on the
coafls of France. Their ancient manners and
idiom keep them insulated, and have hith
erto proved an fufurmountsble obftacie to
all improvement and to ail communication.
A ptafant of Lower Bretagne, placed all at
once in the midfl cf one of the great towns
of France, would be as much attonilhed and
embarrafl'td as a Huron or an Iroqnois.—A
Angular inftanc; cf the truth of this afler
tion occurred a few years ago, A young
peasant of Lower Bretagne was carried off
by font adventurers, who exhibited ihim at
Paris as a man of the woods. He was treat
- ed very ill, and made to faft a long time,
that he might devour raw meat with the
more avkHty, and the better aft the part
of a fa vage.—Some officer* from the fame part
of the country happened to recognife the un
fortunate youth, restored him to liberty,
and procured the punishment of his unprinci
pled keepers.
1 have b«en informed that in the vicinity
of Hamp, on the fuounit of the Vofgcs, there
cxifts in the midst of a fortfi. a fma!l focietv,
the individuals of which arc uncommonly *
handfpme, ard are the genuine defendants
of the Gauls. They live perfectly iniuia
ted, and scarcely knew, a few years finer,
that any revolution had taken place in
Frartce.
'The articles. Manners, Marriage, and
Medicine, in the btarifticsl Account of the
Department cf Deux .Sevres, by M. Dupin,
might easily be taken far chapters of travels
m-diftunt regions. In which are defetibed
the manners of men scarcely arrived at the
’cdmnV:ncur-ent of civiiix.itirm. :
■ (To he (Continued.)
From the Timtl,
. TH Epr in: ipaj fa<sTs ft a ted in the following
extract from my journal, in the brig
Onthge, haw, accompanied by proper
vouchers, been for vardfed for the infpeftjcn
ot our government ; but conceiveing it my
duty to make them as public as possible,
I mnft nqutft you to give it a place in
yonr paper : w •■ v " »,
“ Satuiday, April ry. 1805, arrived
in the harbour of Pan. Royal, Jamaica ;
was immediately boarded by a boat from
one of His Biitumic Majesty’s armedveficls,
the officer and crew of wkch made an ex
amination of the liiilois ol the brig, but not
finding any one so, unfortunate as to be a
native of Great-Britain, they laid their
'hands upon the cook; (a Spaniard) and
immediately departed, taking him with
them.
“Saturday, April the 24th, Kingston
Early in the morning, a boat from the
fame foip % which had taken the Spanifocook,
appeared along fide ; two officers, wirh
fcvural man, came on board ; made another
enquiry into r’ne protections of the crew,
and demanded the Spaniard’s pay and
clothes. In reply, I informed them., that
an application would be made to the admi
ral, sot his rcleafc, who I was confident
would not retain him; at the fame time
i-eprefented the inhumanity of forcing him
into a service, where fie must fight opposed
to his countrymen, paffihly with am! against
his brothers j and taken, would be certain
of a gibbet, '1 o all this I received no
other an Twer, than a torrent ofabufe, which
being {pent, they, much to ray fatisfacticn,
left me —they however fo<*m returned, de
claring that the Spaniard had entered, and
again demanded his wages; to this 1 stated,
that i haa not brought fufficient money with
me, and it being Sunday, could not be
(applied by the merchant who managed my
Ouuncfs. On inis, oruered their men to
unbend and carry away one of the brig’s
fails ;, this I interdicted in the rsoft fericus
manner, declaring that it they attempted so
entire a violation of my rights, that it
(hould «oft th?mmore than they had any
idea of. Another torrent of abuse than
ilfued, which like the former, being violent,
was soon spent; they then daparted, taking
with them u Ruffian Tailor, duly protected
*jy certificates from his government.
“ Monday, April 15. ...On application
to Admiral Deeres, procured an immediate
order for the release of the Ruffian, which I
carried on board the Diligence, where he
was confined; was received by capt, Gor
don, the commanding officer, with civility
w’hich might be expeded from a gentleman,
who feels power, hut at the fame time does
not forget right; from this time the visits
of these prc(s boats were very frequent and
vexatious, examining and re-examining the
protections of the crew, until Wednesday
morning, May ill; when, X being on Chore
an officer, with feverai men, from the Thc
feus 74., came on hoard, and as usual, made
fcarch, when finding, lying fiek in his birth,
an American Teaman, named William Ma
thews, whole certificate of protedion they
hjd feverai times before examined and com
pared, ordered him to tarn out immediately ;
swore he was only drunk, or “ foaming A
braham but the poor fellow, too ill to
attend to their threats, made no reply ; they
then attempted to haul him out, but
finding he could not be roafed, they quit 1
him, and raking with them an American
Teaman, and an apprentice boy, departed.
At this moment I came on board ; was in
formed by Mr. Moore (the mate) of the
procedure; 1 immediately went below,
found the unhappy man lying on his breast,
his head and one hand hanging over the head
hoard ot his birth, and apparently in the ag
onies of death. | immediately called tor
assistance to lay him in a mors easy posture,
which was just accomplifoed, when he ex.
pired. '
On the foregoing I (hall make no aomment
—and only express ray regret, in not being
able to hand you the names of the authors
of these repeated outrages ; tor confident I
am, that a large proportion of the officers
ot the Britilh navy, would feel for them that
indignation and contempt which 1 find it
impossible to express,
__ CHARLES PELHAM.
1 HAGUE, May 10.
Mr. Buranger. ci-devant commiflary
general of the Batavian government at Suri
nam, was arrefied last Wednesday, by
* order of the high military court. It is
presumed he will be confronted, before this
tribunal, with the commandant Batenburg,
who capitulated with the enemy for the
. farrendcr of the colony ts Surrinam, Mr.
Sautfer,. ct-deyaht gov e, nor of Curracoa,
who delivtried up that colony by captulaticn
to the enemy in 1797, tock the oath of
allegiance to his Britannic majtfty, and
remained in his fcrvicc in the quality of
govenor of the fame colony, is also arrived,
and Is to he triced before the high military
court.
May 19. 1
We. have been looking with impatience
for the arrival of the Er.glifh papers, to
know what was the important motion for
wliich Mir." Pitt held an extraordinary con
.vocation of his friends. We now find that
his objedi was to make a motion for the re
cftahliflamcnt of order in the War and Navy
Offices. This motion of the Minister
comes, however; rather late, when the
Parliament has already convifted Lord
Melville of connivance and other mal-prac
tices. This Minister is well known to
have fpe-ulated for the Queen, who has
canted dllTenrions in her family, by de
claring herfelf (he enemy of heir eldest Ton,
and Lid up treasures for the period, when
her hulband (hall yield to old age or to the
disorder he is affixed with. She it is who
is the principal caofe of the present deadly
war, arid of the curies heaped upou the
French, which will infallibly fall upon
England, This inconsiderate Princess, like
all women who meddle with politics, is igno
rant of the confluences of a deadly war.
Events will teach them to her; (lie will
then weep, but her bitter lamentations will
not restore to the country over which her
huOnnd has reigned, a fplcrdor and pros
perity that are now over.— Jiurnal.de
Fans,
MADRID, April 18.
We learn from Algiers, that on the zBfh
ult. the Dcy, about ten o’clock in the
morning being seated on a stone near l the
fortification, about two miles from the city,
and quite alone, was attacked by four well
armed Turks. He was fired upon twiefe,
and received ten wounds from their fabres,
by which he loft two fingers off his left
hand. The affaffinshave been apprehended.
The Dey was conveyed to his palace. He
is at present out of danger. One of the
balls fortunately fell upon a purfc which
the Dey had in a packet covering his left
'bread. The’atietnpt to murder the D*y
is aferibed to the dcarnefs of all forts of
provisions, and which he had negle&ed to
remedy.
LONDON, May r x
' Ytflerday, in the House of Commons,
Sir William Rawlings, a«d Mr. Albion
Cox, Ikeritts of London, were put to bar,
for the purpose of being reprimanded and dif
chjfged. The speaker addressed them, and
observed, that they had undergone an igno
minous punifluhent, in consequence of their
mifcotrduft on the Middlcfcx eleftion, of
which they were Returning Officers. He
then recited that part of the report of the fe
led committee which charged them with
corruptly giving a colorable majority to
Sir F. Burdett. He observed that they had
been confined in a prison the receptacle
for common malefaftors, over which they
had control. Thus they had furniffied a
memorable example t« others, not to be
guilty of fimiiar mifeonduft. They were
now humbled, and in consequence of the
prayer of their petition, and Paewing con
trition for their offence they were dischar
ged on paying their fees. They then reti
red.
May fg.
The complete defeat ot the Ottoman ar
ray in Egypt has been communicated in of
ficial dispatches of heb. transmitted to
Conltantinoplc, The immediate conlequen
ces of the victory was a capitulation, fign
cd by Hourfchid Pacha, the Tuikilk Go
vernor of Egvpt, farrer.dering to the Beys
the possession of Cairo,
' Freemasonry is again in full vogue at Pa
ris. Almott all the princes of the Imperial
Family at the Marftuls of the Empire, have
bsen admitted into the Lodges of that Me
tropolis,
The remains of Fenelon, have been dis.
covered in a vault, which escaped injury
during the ftorra of the revolution. A lub
fcription has been entered into for crofting
a monument worthy of the author of Tel£
raachus, *
May z 1 ,
According to the latest advices from Ca
diz, Gen. Moreau embarked there on the
33th ult. in a French corvette for America.
Jerome Bonaparte-has left Madrid, under
the affamed name «f Mr. Albert, Merchant,
of New;. York, on his way to France. Or
ders, however, hav* been given to the Pre
fers of Bayonne and Perpignan to detain
him ihould he enter cither- of thofc towns
• until they (hall receive further infoimation
from the French Government. The Spanish
troops in the intrcnchment of St. Roch
now amount t* 28,000. An attack upon
Gibraltar is still confidently talked of at
Cadiz.
May ts.
There was a report very current in town
yesterday, that a revolt had taken place in
Sweden under the influence of France. It
was even said, chat the person of the King
had been put under confinement.
The marriage of Jerome Bon spy te, ac
cording to private letters from Paris, has i
been annulled by the Pope, upon the double !
motive ci the hu&and being a minor, and j
the wife a heretic.
The Amflcrdara Gazette, nr.dcr the
head of Paris, flares, t hat Lucicn ficnapar
wll be appointed Viceroy of Italy. 7;, “
fefldence of the king of Italy will, i t j s
said, he fixed at Rome, and the Papal See
be removed from Rome to Avignon.*
A splendid Ruffian R nr, bally to Chir.*
confiding of fcveral thousand perfonr, is t 0
set oot from Petcrflbargh on the 24th
The Emperor of China has intimated j,;,
intension to give a mod graceful reception.
Yesterday the name of Earl St. Vincent
was withdrawn from the Navy Club, by
command of his Lordihip.
The Royal Jennerian Society yeflerday
held its univerfary feftival at the London
Tavern, the earl of Bcrkcly in the chair,
' We were rejoiced to hear, by the report
which was made by the Trustees, tliat this
, mod benevolent inflimtion, under the au
fpiecs of their Majesties. has conqured t» a
great degree all the prejudices of the igno,
rant, and has cflahliGied itfelf on a rock
which cannot be ffiaken. It is mod ex.
traordinary that, though this happy art of
preventing the ravages of the Small Pu*
took its n(e in England, it has made a much
more rapid progress in every othor country
of the wot id. In Paris 60,000 perftns were
vaccinated by the Society in three months.
In London not more than 12.91 1 have been
in jcukfed by the Society in three years J
but If England has been more {low in adopt- I
ing the beneficent pradice than other conn,
tries, owing prehaps to its jreflefting charac
ter yet now that the art has manifetied its
preference, there Is no doubt of its superseding
the variolous practice. As a proof of its
general adoption, four fifths of the company
at the London Tavern yesterday were medi
cal praftitioners, who from confiientious
motive? and experience, all concur in giving
countenance to the invention. The day
' was fpem with high conviviality, and
very confderable additions were made to
the funds of the Society.
ALEXANDRIA, July ra.
Arrived yesterday, febooner Henrietta,
John Gilpin, mailer, fourteen days from
Barbadoes....Captain Gilpin, flares that it
was reported at Barb«does that the Briiiih
government there, had demanded of the
Americans t« arm ; and in ede of the island
being attacked, to rdift the French. The
Americans had it Teems declared themfeivas
willing to go into the garrison and defend
their own property, provided the Eriiifli
would fapply them with arms, and permit
than to choose their own officers.
/ DETROIT IN ASHES.
Canandaigua, June 2s,
A letter from a gentleman of refpeifabili
ty at Buffalos Creek, dated the aorhinft,
to his friend in this town, contains the fol
lowing diftrefiing intelligence:
“ By the schooner Charlotte, Capt. Ni
hen, who arrived at Fort Eric yesterday,
we are informed that the whole town of De
troit, is totally confamed by fire, not a
single house in town left (landing! .
(i The fire, it is said, firft made its ap
pearance in a liable near the centre of the town
about 9 o’clock in the morning, and such
was the rapidity of irs ravages tha; at 12
o’clock not one house remained The Citsdel,
which’ was rather detached, and in which
were the Barracks, Officers* charters and
9 A
contractors’ (tores, was entirely confamtsL'*
Note. Detroit is th*feat of Government
of the Michigan Territory, and contained
upwards of three hundred homes, built of
wood, in a compact manner, and above 2000
inhabitants,
RALEIGH, (n. c.) July 22.
A refpeftable correspondent of Wayne
county, has sent us the following melan
choly and alarming account of the corduft
of the Negroes in that quarter, and the pro
ceedings lately had against them. The
statement is pubiithed in the gentleman'#
own words.
t( Way nejb trough, July 15.
t{ Dear Sir,
“ I take the liberty from a sense of the
danger which the white people of this State
are in, to communicate to you oncofthe
mod (hocking plots by the Blacks imagina
ble, If you think it worthy of a place in
your paper, it might serve to pat people on
th«ir guard.
“ We have been engaged in this county
in the trying of Negroes for poisoning the
Whites, ever since Monday last. One (of
fered death at the (take (was burnt aleve)
on Saturday last, for poifonirg their master,
mill refs, and two others: two more are
under sentence of death, and arc to be barg
ed on WedotfiJay next. Thirteen ary im
prisoned under guard, a part of whom,
from the evidence, I expefl will foffier death,
and we are daily making new difeoveries.
Some have Ueq brought from Satnpfon, 0-
thers from Johafton, so that the plot ap
pears to have been a general one. It is Laid
by fomc of the pri (oners, that the bead men
arc to be poisoned (rest, and tho rest are to
befubdued, and after detaining a fufficicnf
number in slavery, ths balance, if xefaftw/
are to be pur to death.
u We proceed this morning with the
trials, and God only knows what the event
i will be. Six or eight Light Hcrfrom are
continually co duty to bring op charged
i negroes, beftdes a strong guard of Infant*/