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Thei-jliovring is a paflagc in Mr. Sheri
d.ir<> speech on this quellion ; it will serve
to throw new light on the great economy
with which the heads of Departments in
CirsaNßritain, manage their affairs in
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tjh-r onun way... lt vail be a long time,
v e imagine, before the heads of .Bcpart-
Ditws in the United States, will prevail
cn themselves to follow this extravagant
example of the metier country ,
'S LONDON, May z.
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
MOTION FOR THANKING THE COMMISSI
ONERS OF NAVAL EN IRY •'
fti the firft report it was afeertained, that
in the offices in Jamaica, conneCicd with
the navy, the public,' through the negli
gence and fraud cf one of the officel4 sustain
ed a loft of about 36,000!. in bills, and up.
wards of ijjjcool. from lavlfh waste, and
Other causes a riling from the manner in
v hich bofinefs was conduficd. The ftcond
report referred to the mifnianagcmcnt of the
theft at Chatham, and difplayiid a feene of
the molt infamous peculation. The rewards
allotted our brave fcamce for their meritori
-oU‘j exertions in defence of all that is dear to
freemen, had becd found to have been molt
fkamcfully mifappliefl. In many cases the
harpies of agents had appropriated nearly
thirty-four per cent, of what was appropri
ated to 1 linage the Adhering of those who had
bhd »n rhecatifc of their Country. Theticcef
-11 ty ol unit ring an appearance obcc in three
years, even from Ireland, anti thpmolldiftant
parts of the ifiand, only toafeertain wheth
«r veterans and invalids bad grown younger,
V«* orderly exposed hy the commiiftoncrs,
and a fniubly remedy had been provided.
r j he ihifd report was cn the infamous over
charm in the Dock Yards, The house and
the public would form a pretty good idea on
the (übjell, when they weic given to un.
dcttbnd, that in one article there was a
charge cf «nc thoufahd and forty pounds,
when before the cammiffioocrs it was found
that thirty.four pounds was the fair price.
Thtfe evils had been ftfird to the bottom,
end thegrofs frauds of those who were fat
teners ol the public would now happily be
prevented. In the fifth repdJP the evils of
the Sixpenny office, so efiential to the prop
er provifiot! rr.;de for invalids in the .the na
vy, were fully exposed ; and the sixth very
clearly (hewed that vast sums were charged
for work done in the Dock Yards, not one
third of which was ever performed. The
cormniffioncrs Hated a sum of scarly right
hundred thousand pounds, one third of which
could not be accounted for in a fatisfallory
manner. In rtw; Cevcmh report a case was
fluted of the repairs of the Amaranthe, in
Woolwich Dock Yard, where the expence
had been carried as high as three thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three pounds, where
as pn examination, it appeared that fomc
what more than live hundred pounds was the
•cal amount. The ninth report related t«
the receipt of (lores in Plymouth Docks, and
though the matter was not fuffidently eluci
dated, enough was ttated to (hew that gross
frauds had existed. On the’ tenth, ir was
rcedkfs fur him to enlarge, as ir had fuffi
eicntly attrailed the attention of the house
and the public.
There (till remained the proceeding of the
n f ivy board, the victualling, the transport,
ahd the sick and hurt boards. Os the ne
cessity of invefligating this Isft board, no
doubt could cxift, after what an honorable
admiral, {Markham} had said, that of all
the boards hitherto unexplored, this was the
mod grtjfsly corrupt, The Dock Yards a
broad too, opened up a wide field for enqui
ry. He believed, in many cases, it wosld
be found that charges of nineteen (hillings a
ton were made, when four (hilligs and two
pence covered the whole cxpence. The or
dinance department, to*, would come ih
for its (hare of iavdligation. In many ca
ses gross frauds were committed, and there
was one case where fifty thousand (lands of
arms were purchased after furvayors, prop
erly appointed, had declared them unfit for
lervlce. These were the heads of the fub
jcbls which dill remained for investigation.
June 7.
Letters have been received from Paris,
which date, that Bonaparte has suggested
toforaecf the minifiers of the neutral powers
a plan o* a general pacification. We believe
that Bonaparte would w illingly make con
fidcrable facrifices for the present to induce
England, Russia and Sweden, to ac
knowledge Ins usurped title; but it would
be absurd, after what we have seen of his
conduft, and what we know of his plans;
to foppofc that he really entertains pacific
sentiments. It is however probable that
he may hold the language which is attributed
to him, with a view of preventing, or at
lead of delaying the treaties that are negocia
ting between England, Russia and Sweden.
While, with her present hostile and un
principled disposition, France poffefles the
means of fuddcnly recruiting her navy, and
te-appearing immediately alter a peace as a
great maritime power, it is impoffihJe that
any pacification Ihould continue for more
than two or three years ; at the expiration
ot which Bonaparte would be ready again
to renew his vexatious plans ofalarm, intuit,
suspicion and defiance, with that war of
the Momteur , and of tin Cabinet, which
made the la# peace no more than an anxious
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an A unfavorable truce. The fafcty of Eng
land, and of Europe, lies exclusively in the
putting it cut of the power of France to
unite naval t# her continental pre
ponderance ; and it is to be hoped that our
representatives in foreign courts omit no
means nor opportunity to convince them of
the common interest and danger.
CAPTAItf CLARK’s
Or the Loss of the brig Lion. *
To the Editor ts the Mercantile Jdvcrtifer.
Sir,
Wcleft New-Yorkon the sth of June,
and nothing remarkable occurred to us tmtrl
the Bth, when it came on to blow a heavy
gale, and we were furrourided with squalls.
On the 10th, the weather moderated a
little, and the wind bailed from S. S. E.
to S. S. W. It notwithftasding blew
very hard ; but we flood on very well under
close reefed top fails and forefail, and for*
and aft mainsail, until about halfpafl twelve
in the evening, In lat 40, 21, long 61, 30,
the wind fliil blowing frelb, the vessel
feerned to carry too much of a weather helm,
and I ordered the mainsail to be hauled
down and the main topsail to be sett led to
the cap, when all at once I heard a reariftg
in the elements resembling the noise of
thunder, which proved to be a water-fpaut
accompanied by a whirlwind. The weather
was so thick that we could not perceive any
thing dittinftly. I called the mate and all
hands on deck; and, having taken the
helm, I ordered the topsails to be clewed'
and the forefail to be hauled up; bnt before
the watch could get n«t, the vessel waS so
knocked down with the whirlwind and* the
great body of water that fell into the fbfttOp.
fail and forefail, that her lower mast lay in
the water. She was so low that I expefted
she would have turned bottom upwards;
but as flic filled with water flie seemed to
flop for a few minutes. The weight of
water from the spout that f»ll into the fore
callle funk her bows under water; and the
boat breaking from her gripes, carried away
mainhatches and companion. She Ailed so
quick, that it was impossible for all the
palfcngers to get out' of the cabin ; four of
t hem escaped through the Iky light, and were
very fcverely cut by the glass; the re
maining four, and tuy apprentice boy,
were drowned.
The vessel was knocked down so quick,
that every perfoa on deck, except myfelf,
was thrown overboard: I hung by the
tiller ropes, for the vessel was so low it was
with great difficulty I could catch an j part
of the rigging. However, I was fortunate
enough to lay hold of the topping lift, and
hauling myfelf up by the other rigging, I
got on the weather gun wale. By that j
time the remainder of the people had escaped
in the fame manner.
We then cut away our weather rigging,
and both her mails breaking off by the
decks, the vessel came upon her bottom;
but her decks were under water, the cotton
camo out of her continually and our situation j
was rendered very alarming, from knowing
that when the cotton was all out of her
lha mull fink.
In this awful dilemma our attention was
diredled to the boat as our only resource,
and it was amongst the rigging and full of
water. We immediately set to, and with
great difficulty cleared her. We hauled her
upon our lee gunwale and some *f the water
ran out. One of the passengers observing
a bucket in the le* rigging he jumped over
ami got it, so that we were enabled to bail
cut the water. As the brig was finking
very fail we exerted ourselves to preserve
feme provisions for our fabfiftcnct, but
found nothing in the companion excepting
a Imall trunk which contained only a keg
of fwcetmeats and a few bottles of cordials.
There was no time to he loft ; we therefore
at 9 a, m. committed ourselves to the mercy
cf Providence, We fleered n, k, w. in
the hope of falling in with feme vessel, for
our number confided of twelve perfens, a
small boat, without the means of fubllftence,
and without a hat on our heads or a Ihoe to
our feet.
In this situation we remain for two days
—On the 16th (as God was pleased to order
it) the water became almost calm, and we
spied a fail to thecaftward cf us. We fell
to with our oars, and by great exertions
came up with her jutt as the wind "Was
coming up to blow a breeze. She proved
to be the fchconcr Nancy, capt. Ruraford,
ofHalilx, bound to Dominica, by whom
w« were refeued, and treated with a
tendemefs for w hich I can never fufficiently
express my gratitude. On the 14th, wc
fell in with the Ihip Eliza Ann, of. New.
Ysrk ; and as we were fearful of being Abort *
of water for all and
as our pallengtrs were defiroos cf proceeding
to Europe, wc put them on boafd her.
We arrived on the id Instant,
and wete treated by every perfen,
efpccially by Bollard, Hardie&Co.
who offered me every afliftancc.
Not meeting with anj earlier opportunity
wc took passage in the Hoop Atlantic, capt.
Darling, for New. York, where we arrived
on Saturday last. lam fir, &c.
„ , Wm. CLARK.
New. Teri, July 28, igoj.
Extrafls from the 3d Volume of the Far*
mei*s Magazine, »
* On fattening animals, particularly calves.
“ All animals, when fattening ought to
be excluded from light as much as possible,
as the best and fafeft mode of keeping them
quiet. Exclusion from light is practiced by
thofc who fatten poultry, for the London
market* with much fuccefs.’'
In fattening calves, the Magazine fays,
** Asfoon as the calf is dropped, it is put
into a box made of caarfe boards, tour and
an half or fire feet long, and 4or 4 r-2 fcec
high, and about 2 f»ec wide, according to
the fizc of the calf; The boards'arc not
put so close but that a fufficient quantity of
air is admitted : light is, however, careful.
\y excluded ; and the box has a cover for
that purpose. The b®x (lands ®n four feet,
which, at one end, are four inches high,
but at the other, only two inches, and as
there are holes at the bottom, all wetness is
drained off. The bottom is also covered
with draw or hay, which is changed twice
a week.
Forfeven weight days milk is but cau
ticully given ; for unless a calf is fed mo
derately at firft, it is apt to take a loath
( ing to its food. It fliould be bled in about
i ten days, and afterwards as much milk giv
en it, firefh from the cow, either twice or
thrice a day, as it will taka. The bleed
ing should be repeated once a week; and at
all times when a calf loadis its milk, and
docs not feed well, bleeding ought to be re
peated.—Theie frequent bleeding prevent
diseases from plethora, to which calves are
fubjeft, even when «ot fed so high, and still
more so, when they are.
A large piece of chalk (hould be hung op
in the box, which the calf will lick occasi
onally ; this contributes nothing to whit
nefsof the veal ; but itamufes the animal,
and corrects that acidity, in the stomach
which might otherwise be injured, by and I
which certainly often takes place.
By this mode of treatment, calves are
kept clean, quite warm, and dry j the veal
they furnifh is excellent and they are soon
ready for market,”
Frem the Lonbon Monthly Magazine.
The French have admired the immenfo
labors perfomed by the Englifti, during
the twelve years they have been eftablifli
ed in Port Jackson ; and the fplendour
and opulence of this colony, formed near
our antipodes, which is the fruit of a large
navy, by which they can easily unite the
extremities of the universe, and which will
Jong be wanted to the prosperity of France,
Thefobfervations offßernierat New-Hoiland,
from the 27th of May* 1802. are indicated
in the Moniteur of August 15, 1803. The
examination of the wtioie flsuebern coast,
which is ©wing entirely to France, has been
completed.
Capt. Hamelin set out from Port Jackson
on the 19th of November, 1802. On the
9th of December he feperated from captain
Daudin to return to France, with a colled
i ion of natural hiftorv and curious animals,
an account of which has been given to the
Institution by M. Lacepede. This philo
sopher is of opinion, that there rauft be in
thomidft of this immense country a sea like
theCafpian; but no information has yet
been obtained in regard to the interior parts
of it. v
MILAN, May 12.
Many persons think that Bonaparte is
much diffatisded with the emperor of Ger
many, and with the king of Naples, and
that the French troops collefled in the
country are not merely for a (how. Accor
ding to the best information 25,000 French
men are encampad near Marengo, under
Lafnes ; 32,000 occupy Lombardy and
Mantua, under Jourdan; Menou com
mands 12,000 in Piedmont; and St, Cyr
16,000 in the kingdom of Naples. Round
the coast of Genoa and Tuscany, and in
the Papal territory are quartered 20,000
men ; and the regular Italian troops amount
to 15000. On the other hand, Austria
has a cordon of troops in Tyro!, and in
the ci-devant Venetian states, supposed to
amount to 60,000 men, daily augmenting
) by the arrivals of new corps from the
Hereditary ftatos; and the Ruffian and
Englilh forces in the Mediterranean are
calculated upwards of 20,#00 men. The
vicinity of so many and numerous armies
cause alarms and fpcculation cot favourable
to the desires of wiftiers for peace, though
the general opinion is, that this year will
pass over before any blows are (truck on
the continent.
’ NEW.YORK, July 3 0.
The United States Gun Boat No, 3
commanded by a lieutenant, and having
men on board, from New. York, was
attacked in the Gut of Gibraltar, by thre*
Spaniffi privateers, and after a smart engage
ment, boarded and took poffieffion «f her
and carried her into Algcliras; where in
confcquence of the rcmonftrances of the
• American officers, (he was (hortly after
liberated. The day previous to her capture
three Gun Boats, and two other United
States vcdels, schooners, failed from the
harbor of Gibraltar to the eastward.
Augujl 3.
A FATAL ACCIDENT .
As a chair was driving oct or Wednesday
to the races at Ha?;lcro, the horse fudderjy
turned off' the road towards a 2 t
which it is supposed he was in the habit 0 f
stopping, and running against a fence over,
turned the chair, by which Mr. Allen
M'Kenzie, of Georgia, was killed cn the
fp*t. Mr. M*Kenzie and family h a< j
come to this city on a visit a fortnight f iKve
on account of his health and to pais a ft-,/
weeks with his relations. Ke has left an
amiable widow and two young children to
lament his death.
PHILADELPHIA, July 3r.
Much has been said on the dedenfion of
the Commerce of the Port of Philadelphia
--this has proceeded in a great measure
from a comparative view of the number cf
vclfels belonging to the Several ports of the
United States, without reference either to
their tonnage, or the Trade in which they
are engaged, or the capital employed...
But when it is known that thirty-five {hips
and five brigantines, from rjo to 600 tons
each, are employed in tire trade from Phila
delphia to Ports east of the Cape ©f Good
Hope, and that a large capital is embarkfd
in this valuable trade, the idea of oar com
merce having declined is not only done
away--but it is believed that the balance
both ©f capital and prefit, on a general
comparison with any other Port in the
Unio», will be found in favor of Philadel
phia. -
WASHINGTON CITY, Jily 3 r. A
A Treaty has been concluded in the ftatc
of Ohio with several Indian tribes, by which
one million two hundred thoafand acres have
been ceded to the United States for an annu
ity ®f eight hundred and twenty-fix dollars.
We understand that advices have been re
ceived from Tangiers, as late as May 18,
which do not countenance the intelligence
recently received of a war with Morocco.
CHARLESTON, August 10.
In the account publilhed in the Times
of yesterday, relative to the wreck of the
Ihip fallen in with by capt. Lark, es the
fchconcr Sally, a very matarial error occur
red, which it is of confequcnce immediately
to correct.—lt was stated that the letters
cut upon the spar picked up were “ Elen,
ham, G. R," hut upon h close examination
we find them to be “ BLANCH, M. G,
R.” The spar also appears to be about the
fizeof the reizen royal yard of a frigate,
Capt, Lark further Rates, that he plainly
distinguished the Britiih ensign, but so
entangled with the rigging, that he could
not get at it,
A few day before capt. Lark left Martini
co, a Spanilh and a French frigate failed
from Port Royal, and two days after two
French frigates, a Hoop of war, and a cuttetf
brig, also failed. These vessels were left
behind when the combined fleet failed from
Martinico---their destination was not
known, but supposed for Europe.
We think it not improbable, that one
of the above squadrons have fallen in with
and engaged a Britifli king's ship, which
has unfortunately been blown up in the
aftion. This is rendered the more likely,
from the circumstance of her colours being
hoisted at the tima of the explosion in this
event, we hope a great part of her crew
may have been saved.
August 13.
Capt. Riley, from Madeira informs, that
the day before he failed a Britifti brig arri
ved there, the captain of which reported
that he had seen a French fleet conufting of 2$
fail, o» the Bth of July, in lat. 38. long. 40,
An American brig which was in company
spoke the fleet, and afterwards informed
him that it was the French fleet from the
Weft-Indies,
GREAT NEWS !!!
Juft as this paper was put to press,
arrived capt. Haynes, in the schooner Pa
ragon, ry days frtmt St. Bartholomews,
from whom we learn the fallowing parti
culars—That the day before he failed, in
formation was received at St. Bartholomews
fr#ra Barbadoes, which advised that a frigate
had arrived at that island after a short
paflage from England, with difpatchcs,
which stated, that the Brest fleet had pat
to sea, and that an engagement had taken
place between it and the Britifli channel
fleet, in which 6 (hips of the line of the
French were taken, 3 funk, and the re
mainder returned to Brcft in a very fhatterei
condition. Ntrfolk Ledger, Auguji 3,
Mr, William Tilghmatt, formerly a
judge of the circuit court of the United
States, whose office was vacated by the re
peal of the judiciary law, is appointed
president of the court of common pleas, in
this diftrifi, by the governor of this com
monwealth, in the room of Mr. ff. D.
Csxe, who fomc time ago resigned. Aurora*
Mr. J. Madison, secretary of Bate of
the U. States, as we are informed arrived
in this city, with his lady, who we on
dcrftaßd is in such a Hate of health as to
require medical aid which is the objeft of
their visit. Ibid.
The Drought continues in this trait of the
country, and in Vermont and EaftwsrJ,
w here the heat of from five '0 fev«n weeks
has destroyed corn, eats, flax. See. to a
great* extent. In this country vegetation
is so parched that feme farmers have been
obliged to fodder their cattle to keep them
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