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Translated, forth* Alexandria Gazette.
letter from the mitdtter ofpolice to the Emperor.
u Hike,
Notwithstanding the pains 1 have
taken to contradict the rumors which
(lie enemies of government have circu
lated respecting the Bologne affair, I
have been iinnlilp to put a stop to the
idle conjectures and malicious sarcasm
of the Frisian fops, who, as your ma
jesty justly observes nrc a most ungo
vernable race. In vain I endeavoured
to turn public attention from the sub
ject, by making the Theatres more at
tractive: in vain I strove to excite riots
in public places in order to silence the
restless tattlers who have indulged
themselves since your majesty's ab
sence : because as your majesty’s visit
to the coast was a fact publicly known,
I could do nothing more than repri
mand most of the insolent, calumnia
tors, as the prisons are already filled
with those seemed most inclined to be-
helieve these false reports, or most ea
ger to circulate them. In fact I earied
my severity to such length that the
committee of the Senate appointed for
the preservation of personal liberty,
tho’t it their duty to send one of their
members to inquire whether I acted ou
my own responsibility, or under the
Emperors orders, “ If your conduct is
merely the result of your own impres
sions, [said the impertinent messenger]
we must inform you that there is no ne
cessity for exercising so much rigor: if
you act under the commands of the
Emperor, we know it is our duty to sub
mit in respectful silence.” I confess
that on being thus questioned by a fop
who thinks he possesses authority be
cause he has a title, I replied perhaps
with haughtiness, 44 1 am accountable,
to the Emperor alone for my conduct;
should In; find fault, I am wrong; but
if he approves of what I do, 1 am ac
quitted. Declamation,scandal and idols
are carried on in his absence; audit is
my duty to put, a stop to them.”
if any thing could increase the con
tempt which 1 feel for the Parisians, it
would he the silly maliciousness of
their conversation during your majes
ty’s ahseenee. As soon as the Bou-
longe affair was known here by pri
vate letters, the hatred of these vaga
bonds for your majesty’s government
manifested itself by the most hitter
raillery and the most treasonable ex
pressions. It was every where said
that the whole of your maritime force
had been frightened by an English fri
gate; and that the man who boasts of
having a regular army of eight hun
dred thousand men, and all the Euro
pean Continent under his controul,
was bullied and flogged by a hundred
end twenty English tailors. They
added, that it was not. your judgment
which prevented the destruction of the
whole flotilla [always excepting your
own imperial yutehj ami that if your
petulent order had been obeyed, the
prams, flat-bottomed boats, and bomb
vessels, would have been sunk by a
frigate which hud not as many men as
you had vessels; and that there would
liave been as complete a defeat as those
of Aboukir or Trafalgar. Further
they said that your mujesty forced
others to run risks which you yourself
was not willing to encounter; and that,
you would have rejoiced as much at
the destruction of your flotilla, as
Nero did at the burning of Rome. They
compared your projects to subdue En
gland to those against Spain; they
pretended that the foolhardiness with
which you pursue those two nations
will eventually overturn your throne ;
that from the one you have met with
nothing hut shameful defeats,and from
the other nothing but. disasterous vic
tories. Others carried their insolence
so far as to declare that the good geni
us of France, in inspiring you with n
fondness for maritime excursions,
would bring about your death which
you have hitherto escaped on land.
To all this, were added audacious ear
ricatnres. In one your flotilla was re
presented darting soap-bulls at. the
English who returned terrible broad
sides ; and your majesty was seen aug
menting the confusion and the danger
of vour seamen, by ordering them to
fire* from a redoubt on which you stood,
holding in your hand a standard bear
ing this inscription— 44 Commerce and
Colonies, Continental System, inva
sion of England.” In another carrica
ture your majesty was represented ly
ing oil the English shore, where you
had been vomited by a whale, like a
second Jonas, and at the bottom were
these words; ** The possibility of the
invasion demonstrate.” Another re-
presented your majesty surrounded by
v vour marine officers, kicking some,
th umping others, and abusing all.
This infamous print had for its motto,
‘ The Reward of Valor.” But 1 have
repeated enough of these blasphemies.
in fine, Sire, even the King of Rome
~as made ‘lie object of satire, lie
. u represented as in the arms of his
■at.’, who. instead of giving him the
breast offered him a beet, saying.
“ Fuck C my Baby, *tis Sugar.”
V.id a. the same time your majesty’s
it. trians Soa was shown as satisfying
the calls of nature in a cup of coffee
placed in a convenient direction, un
der whieh was written, 44 Coffee for
the Parisians.”
1 have thought murli on the letter
in which your majesty communicated
your thoughts respecting literary men
and newspaper editor*. Your majesty
will have perceived that they are
much more insipid than usual since
your departure. I have taken care,
in order to destroy the variety which
renders them so numerous, to have
the same political articles inserted in
them all; and no extracts are publish
ed from the English papers, except
such as are sent from the Police. I
trust, Hire, these arrangements will
meet with your approbation. I des
pise literature and literary men—l
hate the pen—the sword alone*l love!
by which nations are overthrown and
governed.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
Boston to his friend in New- fork,
who was acquainted with Count Cril
lion and Henry in England.
44 1 never thought the Count and
Henry would have made quite so much
noise in this country.
Henry I knew to be a disappointed
man, in his exdectations in London—
and have repeatedly said he was a sus
liicious character.—ln fact, 1 never
mew a man so totally destitute of eve
ry moral principle —l have no doubt he
touched the best part of the $ 100,000
—a greater set ot ninnies he could not
have found to work upon. Ilis friend
the Count has always been looked up
on as the spy of Nap's, or an impos
ter, neither of whieh 1 believe ; he is
not a man of talents sufficient for the
one—and if lie is not a man of rank,
he certaiuly made complete dupes of
the first, characters in England—that
he is attached to the present dynasty
of France is true although a Noble
man of the first rank under the reign
of the Bourbonc ; but liis property is
all in France, and his sister married
to a Nephew of Dacres, the Minister
of Marine, and first Lady or Honor to
the present Empress, under the title
of Countess de Montfort—he had a
brother who emigrated to Russia du
ring the revolution, and is now an aid
to the Emperor Alexander, to whom
the Count wrote a letter whieh was
intercepted. He was tried at Amster
dam by a Military Tribunal, condem
ned to be shot : killed the eentinel
when he was under arrest, travelled in
the disguise of a postillion to Copen
hagen, went over to Sweden—got on
board an English packet to England ;
and has now come here to wait until
he’can have permission to rntiirn to
his own country.”
BRITISH FLEET.
The, town was alive yesterday with
the report of a large English squad
ron it was said to have arrived off New-
York. Such like rumours are nothing
new inthe spring and fall, just proceed
ing the elections. For the last three
{'ears, all the old women and children
lave been, at suitable periods, set all
agog in the manner now witnessed at
the eve of the Massachusetts election.
But suppose a British fleet to have ac
tually arrived. What else butwar to be
expected ? It is true, two months ago
the belief was universal in the minis
terial circles at Washington, that the
orders in council would he repealed,
that England would yield if convinc
ed of the determination of the Ameri
can government to go war. But what
lias been done to induce that convic
tion ? Congress has been in session
five months, and in the place of an ar
my, a navy, maritime fortifications,
and a replenished treasury, we have
w itnessed only cow ardly menaces, blus
tering speeches, vaporing resolutions,
and hypocritical electioneering messa
ges. Why was England threatened
before we were prepared to strike ?
because no blow was meant to he
struck, and the nation has been studi
ously kept in a situation placing her
at the mercy of the enemy, whose for
bearance may prove our only protec
tion.
The federalists have at least never
been accused of a w ant of spirit and
enterprise and energy. They are rea
dy at any moment to rise in a body to
defend their country against any ene
my. But they look about them and
ask for the means of defence. Where
are the munitions of w ar, the army, the
navy or any of the means of protection.
There are men in abundance, in whose
bosoms beat hearts as brave and as
loyal as any quarter es the globe can
produce, but without the sinews of war,
and rulers capable and w illing to in
spire them with lofty and patriotic
feelings and to sot them examples wor
thy the ministers of a great nation, no
thing but ruin, disaster and disgrace
can result from the crisis whish may
be at hand. Mr. Madison and his
rump parliament can offer no satisfac
tory excuse to the people for not pre
paring the nation to meet the crisis,
whieh he has done eveey thine; to ac
celerate aud reuder more terrible, tho’
hi* “ imbecile, miserable and unfortu
nate policy ” was adopted with far dif
ferent intentions. He confidently cal
culated upon intimidating, bullying the
enemy he chose, and now that enemy
is prepared to retaliate, he is without
the ordinary means of defense against
the most contemptible opponent that
could assail us. Nothing ean be more
certain than that if any calamity be
fal the country through the incapacity,
weakness, duplicity or treachery of ad
ministration, the people will redress
their wrongs in the manner illustrated
by all former experience in the history
of nations. .Since the world began,
the annals of all time can scarcely
furnish a parallel to the madness anil
infatuation w hich has marked the con
duct of administration from the issu
ing of the false proclamation, down to
the present day. All that is dear and
valuable to the people has been made
to yield to the purposes of low intrigue
and despicable electioneering artifices.
The interests, the lionor, the safety of
the country have been wholly disre
garded, and no other object kept iu
view but that of paving the way for
the continuance in office, and Hie per
sonal aggrandizement of men, known
to be utterly incompetent to the sta
tions they aspire to, and to whom ex
clusively is attributable the degraded
and ignominious condition of the union.
Let there be a declaration of war
against both belligerents, and the na
tion will rise in all its majesty of
strength—but there ean he neither un
ion and security at home, nor respect
abroad, while there are at the head of
the government a set of men who do
nothing, literally nothing but plan how
they can best advance their own per
sonal interest, and who take as the ba
sis of their operations subserviency to
one belligerent and a system of unvary
ing provocation agaiust the other.
[Halt. Fed. Rep.
A gentleman arrived in this City
yesterday, who left Amelia on the 10th
instant, informs us, that the Governor
of Augustine was determined not to sur
render the place till he was compelled
by superior force, and that the taking
it should cost the Patriots and their
adherents dear—the force in the place
was not known—the Patriots force w as
from 400 to 460.
Our informant left Amelia in compa
ny with the following vessels—the brig
Betsey, of Bermuda, w ho struck on the
Bar, and is supposed will be lost—
Ships Amazon, Turner, United States,
G ii rdon, Good Friend s, Thompson, with
Dry Goods, to the amount of upwards
of 1,000,000 dollrrs, all bound to Phi
ladelphia—eight other ships bound to
Europe, and two Gun Boats, to St. Au-
Museum*
Lord Wellington has been created
earl, and has been granted an addition
al annuity of 42,000 for his services in
Portugal—Gen Crawford lias died of
his wounds at Ciudad Rodrigo Admi
ral Sir Charles Cotton suddently died
February 3.
Benjamin Walsh, a member of the
British Parliament on conviction of fe
lony, has been pardoned by the Prince
Regent.
Private accounts from various parts
of the North of Europe, concur in stat
ing that General Oudinot is at the head
of a powerful army on the frontiers of
Poland, which is almost constantly re
ceiving reinforcements; and that, when
the whole shall have assembled, Bona
parte will himself join and take the
command of it.
Letters from Gibralter state, that
the British ship of War Conqueror, of
74 guns, had been becalmed under the
guns of a battery near Toulon, and
could not be towed out of great perilous
situation until 170 of her men were
killed, and a proportionate number
wounded.
The French have only one ship of
the line ready for sea in the harbor of
Breast—and this solitary vessel is vi
gilantly watched by the Tonnant Sir
George Gore.— London paper.
RED-LION HOTEL,
N >• 200, -Market-Street, -within four doors rs
Sixth Street, on the South side, and in the
centre of the Principal Importers, £Jc.
GEORGE YOKE,
HAVING considerably enlarged
this concern, to which, by an
addition to the building, he has added
a number of Chambers, a large Dining,
room and extensive Stabling-— lnforms
Merchants and Travellers, that he has
it in his power to accommodate them
with a well served up table, good wines
liquors, — moderate charges, and the
most unremitting attention; in short,
with every convenience, which he flat
ters himself, will give satisfaction to
his Friends and the Publie.
Philadelphia, Nov. 2, 1811. 1
WANTED. ~
One or two Y ou*g LADS, as AP
PRENTICES to the Printing Busi-<
ness, from Fourteen to Fifteen Years
of Age, of Good Morals,
Enquire at this OFFICE.
LONDON PHOENIX FIRE OF
FICE, SAVANNAH.
THE doubts expressed by persons
who have been in the habit of doing
their INSURANCES in this office, of
their security in the event of w ar w ith
Great Britain, have induced the agents
to publish the following extract from
the answer of the Company’s Secreta
ry in London to their special letter on
that subject.
44 With regard to the apprehensions
of insecurity to parties insured in this
Office, in case of hostilities between
the two countries, 1 beg to say that
the common Law of England does not
throw any impediment in the way of
an alien enemy’s recovering under a
Fire Insurance Police, whether the
contract he signed prior or posterior to
a declaration of hostilities. With
Marine Insurance it is otherwise.
During the late war with France,
indeed, an Act was passed, disabling
persons from paying or remitting mo
ney to the enemy, hut this Act ceased
with the war, and has not been renew
ed. Indeed, during its continuance
the Board always considered their ob
ligations the same, and paid from
time to time, considerable sums to per
sons residing in a hostile country.
This explanation will, 1 trust, relieve
your friends from any doubts upon the
subject, and prevent any interruption
to your concern.”
April 14 1
FOR PHILADELPHIA ,
UK The Paeket AMERICA,
SLiJUat Capt. John Bockiub, will sail
the 20th inst, and has Elegant Accom
modations, for Freight or Passage ap
ply to JACOB IDLER, & Cos.
Who have Just Received and Offer
fur Sale
SO Bhls. Philadelphia Sup. FLOUR,
14 Pipes GIN,
23 Bbls. BEER,
5 Bills. BEEF and PORK,
3 Bbls. BREAD.
April 14 • 1
For BOSTON, ‘The SLOOP JANE
Capt. BOLLES, w ill sail THIS
DAY at 2 o’clock. For freight
of 40 bales COTTON or passage, ap
ply to the master or J. BATTELLB.
Who has now landing from brig AME
RICA.
75 bbls. Philadelphia FLOUR.
IN STORE,
36 quarter and half quarter casks
MADEIRA WINE, received per brig
Venus. ALSO, a consignment of 14
eases Men’s fine and coarse and Child
ren’s Morocco HATS.
April 14 1
FOR SALE ON LOW TERM*
eon Mags Coffee,
20 Hhds. do.
50 Coils Cordage,
20 Hhds. Sugar,
50 Bbls. do.
10 Bolts Russian Duck,
10 Cwt. Shot,
150 Kegs Gunpowder,
10 Cases American Manufactured
Hats.
1 Trunk Muslins,
1 Case Irish Diapers,
By R. RICHARDSON, & Cos
April 14 l
Joseph Carruthers,
OFFERS FOR SALE,
St Übe’s SALT and
MOLASSES in Hhds.
April 14. i
Fourth Proof Rum.
Just Received, and for Sale, by
CHRISTOPHER R. GREENE,
Rice's Wharf.
Eight pucheons fourth proof
RUM, of excellent quality and flavor,
on favorable terms.
ALSO,
An assortment of Domestic manufac
tured COTTON GOODS.
April 14 3t 1
Just Received,
At OLIVER If. TAFLORS,
market-square.
Per ship Charles from New -York, in
addition to former large and elegant
assortments of BOOTS and SHOES,
TWO Trunks Philadelphia
Suwarrow BOOTS,’ Ladies SLIPS,
and Gentlemen’s dress SHOES, Mo
rocco PUMPS, &e. Whieh are offer
ed for sale, at the lowest prices, for
Cash only. B. J. SCRIBNER.
April 14. 1
MEMOIRS OF
Mrs. RAMSAY.
A few Copies, for sale by
HARRAL 4‘ COPPEE, Bolton s
Centre Building, and at this Office.
(E7* This work comes particularly
recommended to the pious, from its
interestiug materials, adorned by the
elegant pen of the celebrated Dr
Ramsay.
April 14 i
EZEKIEL YARNELL,
AT the Stote lately occupied
by Messrs. Gray & Pinder, corner 0 f
Bull Street and Hay I>ae, offers for sale ver,
low, for Cash, a good assortment of Dry
Goods, among which are the following
tides.
Cambric Dimities
Furniture and common de.
Cotton Shirting*,
Do. Cambric,
Do. Huckabacks,
Do. J Diapers,
Fine Irish Linens,
Linen Sheeting,
German Rolls,
Brown Linens,
Flaxen Diapers,
Linen Checks,
Leno and Seeded Muslins,
Imitation Muslins & Mantles,
Furniture and common Calicoes,
Fine white Jean,
Colored Marseils,
Real Madrass Handkerchiefs.
Mock do. & Pocket do.
Flag Silk, do.
Hunthums,
, Blue do.
Cotton Stockings,
Mens fine and common Bearer
Olovfs,
Lady’s extra long w hite Kid do.
Black & colored Canton Crapes,
Silk and Cotton Suspenders,
White and yellow Flannels,
Cotton Bedticks,
Northern Homespuns,
Sew ing Silks,
Best gilt Coat Buttons,
Tlireads, Tapes and Needles*
Cotton Umbrellas,
■0 Peices Seersuckers,
1000 yds. Tow Cloth,
JILSO,
Fresh Hyson Tea,
Coffee,
Loaf Sugar,
Chocolate by the box or pound,
April 14 * 121. l.
The Subscribers
HAVE oti hand, and are now
opening, [at their new r Store, south
side of Johnston’s square] an exten
sive assortment of EUROPEAN, IN
DIA and DOMESTIC GOODS;—
well calculated for the present and
approaching season, which w ill be dis
posed of at their usual low priees for
CASH, COTTON, or undoubted town
acceptances.
ANDREW LOW, &, Cos.
April 14. i
Augusta Candles.
600 BOXES of Best Quality and as
sorted Sizes,
For Sale by
ft. kicharusun; &. Cos.
April 14 ts. i
SHOES & BOOTS,
Selling off at EMBARGO prices,
rpilE SUBSCRIBERS, intending
A to relinquish their present line of
business, offer for SALE at very reduc
ed prices their WHOLES ALE STOCK
IN TRADE, conprising a general and
very extensive assortment of
Boots atal Shoes,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Purchasers for the country trade are
respectfully invited to call. Great
bargains w ill be offered, as the concern
must be closed bv the 16th of June next,
and until that time, SHOES &e. will
be 3old at retail much less than the
usual prices. They have received large
additions to their former stock, bv re
cent arrivals from New-York and lios
ton—among which are the following i
3000 pair Ladies MORROCCO SLIP
PERS, all colors aud qualities
1600 do do Leather do
2500 Mens SHOES different qualities,
Gentlemen’s fine Morroeco and Leather
Pumps [w ith and Without buckles] La
dies Kid Slips, do. Morocco Boots,
Nankeen Boots, Grecian Sandies, Mis*
ses and Childs Morocco and Leather
Bootees and Slippers, Boys fine Shoes
and Pumps, Morocco and Leather—
-3 trunks New-York BOOTS, and two
do. Boston do.—A quantity of Negro
Shoes.
ALSO.
2 eases Straw Bonnets, Humhums,
India Checks, Gilla Hdkfs. 100 Reams
Writing Paper, Blank Books, playing
Cards. Morocco Skins. 1000 yard*
Tow Cloth, Morroeco, Travelling and
House Trunks, &c. &c.
BARNS & EVELETH.
April 14 6w—l Gibbons’ Buildings.
GENEVA.
THE SUBSCRIBER has just re
ceived from Baltimore, per sloop
ORLANDO, six puncheons GUN, [sup
posed to be of superior quality to that
of Pierpont’s] which he offers for sale
on very reasonable terms.
Should the quality of this GIN be
approved [of wJiich lie has little doubt]
he will be constantly supplied with it
from the Distillery.
JOHN MOOREHEAD.
April 14 at l