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A SCHEDULE OF THE DUTIES OF CUSTOMS,
t
I’ay able from and alter the sth July, 1809, on the importation,
into Great Britain, of 'he following goods, produce of the United
States of America. The temporary or war duties arc to continue
in force duiing the present war, ar d for fix months after the rati
fication of a definitive titaiy of peace.
IN AMIMCaW I* *RITJ»« | '
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DEiCRIPTION VF COt OS. 3
C i;1 , ° *- to .
di ►. £« v ii c l
tE“- S 3 e w
Afhc. 054U 4 00480J6 tw.
l.ik. Quercitron -r- - - 008006005006
jj, e --«*.•», in n anu!a<9ured . * slh c> 2 •» t> a tfi o 2 a o
foi.Hi, I j 6a 17 4|« 16 it o 8 7 roolh.
undressed, - - - |006,u 006004 Skill
Fmur wt en the avmge pine rs ~i !
on importance is under >090,06 909006 9 Cwt.
( 3« \ M qi*a> 1 * 1 3 |
at or above 61* but under t6s pr. co o 1 o o 16! o 2 00 1 o
kt Os abt Vc b‘ t per tic. ,01401 o o l 4 O I o
F»* Seed, • • * - iOo4ooSoo 4|o o 3 Bullitl
lonian Corn, if the aj>gr<ga'e aver- \ \
age price of Darby at the oort of f|o 0 j 6 !lo o t 3 6 Quart >
import a. i< n, i* under 3t- 6it, per t
quarter, high duty per qua: tr r, M
~or*boveji*6d lut under J* 7 0 1 6 0 1 * 0 1 S o 1 3
per qr.firft f< w duty, tht qr. $
&r or above SJ* per qr. ftcond 7 _ _ . ! <, -
low duty the quarter, $ *
Indigo, - * * - 004003004i00S lb.
Pig Don, • - - * 01410H001480U0 Ton
Pitch, the tail of 11 bartela, eaeh7 . , . I _
barrel not uceediug 3I 1-1 gaIU.J * 0190 1 4 °|° -3 o Last
R<fin, 048036040.030 Cwt.
St. ves, nt t cxeeidirg 36 incf c» lorg 7 . . ~1.
3 inches thick, & 7 iirhea wde 5 j° 8 ® 0 1 °| ® 3
liem -6 1050 „ „ 37 „ 11 4 016 o « o t o)j 6
fi. mjo 60 „ „ 3 7 „ 1 8 4| 1 ■ j 17 4 : I o 6
from 60 70 .. » S 7 „ 11 4]| 11 o * 0 *! 1 lo 3
upwards rs 71 „ ~87 „ 4 8 O 116 o 2 J 8 114 3
As Haves imported fnmthc D. S.
do t.ottxccrd 11 -1 inehe* in thirk
nefs tl cy ate to be (barged with
one-tbi’d only ot the above duties.
Tar, the last of ■£ I artels each bar-3
rtl not -2 gallons. J 019 4 014 6 018 o o ,g 6 I.ast
Turpentine, conmon, - - , s . 1 .
Tobacco, may be deposited in -9 o a 9 Cwt.
kb p’s warchoulc will out p;sy-C I
n.int of duty, 3|
Timber, Pine, 3 in. fquarr or upwards ißßtt6i7<io6 Load
Oak 8„ „ „ | 1 74i»<b160 0 i96
Berch plank, 2 inches or upwaads, 1 2 o ;1 II 6 11 o 110
Oak 2 „ „ f 2 10 B|i Ig oj 9 0 116 9
Buell I "aids, uuder ? inches kini 7 „ _ . ■ ,
iitn cr 15 feet »n length, $ B > B * 2 *9 0 :J ** 4 216 6
l)o lj in length or upwards, ,7 I7 4 jlB o 710 8 s l3 0 no
t'alt boards, under 2 inches tbiik 7 ' ~
St unde tj ett in length, J I<J ll o 15 °j h o
bo. if 1J in length or u 1 ward*, 115148 ; n ,6 o 19 4 on l o
1 htl wt od under 5 feet in let gt-h, 2 2 8 , 12 o x , 0 , 10 9 Path’m
Do. J feet in length or upw ids, ,3 2 4 2 6 93 i o 2 5 9
Mheat, if tie average aggregatel' ,
piice is undi r 63». p» r quai ter, 3 ( 1 1 ' 1 * 0113 41 5 o Quar;
at or above bSs. but under 66s p qr. 034-0 16014006!
at or above 66 per. quarter, jOo8|oo6oo*oo6!
CHARLESTON. Sept, 1 (i„ London, lulv 16.
V< • • m m M ' Jk. J U
Liitc/lJrcvi England.
The fliip Jupiter, capt. Lib
by, arrived at this port yefter..
day in 4c days from Grecnoik.
The Jupiter fat lied on the sth
of Augult, hi t onr papers bv
her are only to the 19 of July.
C*pt. Libby confirms ihc
news received from Denmark
vta Baltimore, of the deltat of
the Aral duke Charles, bv the
French army under the com
mand of die Empcior Napole
on, the beginning oI July. The
lots of the Aultiians was dated
at 30.0c0 men ; an armiflicc
lot lixty days was afterwards a
greed upon betweett the two
commanders in chief, which it
was luppoled would lead to a
peace.
This victory over the Au
fiiians was confideted, in En
gland, of lo decifivc a nature,
a.s to leave tin 11. no other al
ternative, than a humiliating
peace*
1 he grand expedition was on
the point of failing when this
diaitrous news reached England,
and its depatture was in con
ference delajed for leveral
days. The ultimate citllination
ol the expedition was lliil un
known when captain L. failed,
but it was tl e general opinion
that one of its ofjetis would be
to deltroy thclhips ol w«i, &c.
in the ports of Anivvcip ai d
FliilbtngJ and pethaps to make
an attack up,on the ilfaiul u s
Zealand or \\ a'cheien. 11 e
mlt diviiions oi the t xpediiic n
leu Fng'and in the ti.uc l„u
Or.)soljuiy, at,d the 101 l ct
vihun Ltleu on ;hc h ii iU\ ol
Auguit.
uvtN <9 jl4 1 j 1 v/.
The embargo is enforced with
so much rigour, that not even
Berwick packets are fufiered
to la!e from the river. Aftei the
expedition, now pieparing, has
laded we (hall have a larger foicc
abtoad thafi any that ever pie •
ceded tt horn this country.
The expedition, 11 is now laid
will certainly fail on Tuel
day or Wednelday. Ail the
genet als have been ordered
to tepair to the ports wheie
their brigades are oidetrd to
embark, and the officers ol
every description atucired to the
cli 11c* ttit divthons are ordered
to be pielent at the various '
points of cmbai kation befoie 12
this night. Loid Chatham has
diued the molt ugorous or.
ders lor both officers and men
going lightly equipped, and
will on no account allow ol then
being incumbered with bag-
Grdets have been ifiued for
29 additional lire Ihips lo join
the exj edition, on the eve 01
departuie. An immense num
ber of gieen faggots have been
embarked, wh'cn are ptobablv
deltgued to lepair the roads loi
the conveyance of aitillei I)-
II this armament be intended to
act on tile exteniive plains be
tween the Lydet and iexcl,
thcie is icaieciy a vegetable
production to be ptoeuied 11.
that w hoie range ol counii v, a •
uapted lo that pupole.
C lascow’, July 18.
The Lo. ,uon Gtzciie ol this 1
lnoitiing, contains I.it outer in
council laying on a genetal cm- !
bsrgu upon ad linps «nd vclleis
»>i the L uhed Kiiigoom ul Cj
Aj.i.a.ti wire. i.cLnu, *u ecnlmui
until further orders excepting
u's majcily’s fit ip*and vefleL of
war&c. This ordrr is no doubt
a proof that the Grand Expe
dition will immediately lad- —
The London papers lav that it
was expeHed it would depart
on Toefdav (this day.) Ihe
embargo therefore Will not be
of Song continuance.
'I he Gazette contains ?Ko an
order in Council for regulating
the trade to Heligoland—and
an account of a gallant, fuc.
celsfttl and dafbing attack made
on a battery upon one of the
illands near Ilangohead, in the
Baltick, by the boats ofthe Bel
Ibrophon man of war, under
the command of Lieut. Pnch.
Ihe banery of four 24 poun
ders was defended by 103 Ruf
fians, who after an obitinaie
»t!itt«.nce retreated to boats
on ti e other heie of the is
land, when our biave tars
(piked the guns and dellroyed
the Magazine. Five Bruiln
were wounded.
The news from the Danube
comes down no la er th .u the
24th of la!t month, wnence it
lec uis fair to infer that no event
favorable to the French amis
had taken place for at leu(t ten
days alter that period. Intel
licence down to the 4th or 5 b
irritant ought, and would had
it been luvorable to rite enemy,
have been conveyed to us from
the feat of war through Fiance.
home a; tides lit the Get man
papers mention, that Bonaparte
is attempting to negotiate a
peace with the Auftnuns.
■f rom the Savannah Republican.
communicated.
It is peculiar!!’ painful to obstv t
the many instances of ciepravitv
that have occurred under die eui.
bargo—t measure which has pre
served our country nearly two
Vea»sfron. a war, and would have
been attended with still happiei
constqutnccs, had it not been lor
the opposition of ambitious off
ficejiunier.s, foreign partisans, ua.
puncipled speculators, and tetlows
who could tic no acquisition to any
country,unless to work at a tvhecl
bor>ow ou the pubic highway.
->uch 1> auds and deceptions h-*vi
b< cii practised on unvva r y bonds
men, and so little respect has been
paid by many to oattis at the tus
tom .house, that to request a neigh
bor 10 become suietv tor a vessel
leaving port now a clays, seems
l ke demanding of him so much
money, or Warning him to guard
his pockets. He who robs in one
way, is deterred from it m the oth •
er solely by tear ; lorsoaic people
aie kept honest by the laws, anu
others by principle. Although
the violator ol a custom-house oath
| may escape with his ears, and his
conduct be geiicially winked at,
iic is nevertheless guil yol one 01
he foulc climes in the wnole ca
talogue ; ai d although his piotlig*
acy may enable him to live m
splendor, if he possesses the ge
ucf .md sensibility ct a chrisiicn
he remorse which he cannot help
rxpniencing must haunt him out
o, had ol bin eitisii nee.
1 hese nil ctions ai e inter,tied
•o apply to no particular indivi
dual 1 hey occurred to ine, 1
may say sq ontaneoualy, on read.
* i"g the; following aifadavit, taken,
t understand ai the uisiaace of the
dioii ict a.toi nev, and put imo mi
nands by u friend who obtained a
{ copy of it, together with the inlor-
I illation anucXed, for his own satiH
' tact ou.
AIfIOAVIT or HENRY THOMAS.
Georgia Chatham ceunty —“ p Pr .
sonally appeared before me John
j Pctuboi e, one »! the juNtio of
the peace, lor the comity afore
-31(1, Henry I In,mas, mariner, oi
N. Miliorci, Ma-sactuisetts ; who,
being duly sworn on the Holy E '
vangciists of Almighty God, doth
j depose as f. Hows ;—;h.»t on or a
bout rue 14th of December, lyob,
ne shipped htr *ell * 4a ,| or 0 „’
boaid <>i die bug called the Sally 1
.kuti, by cue Caleb
i ,
Harrison, then Iving »n the pert of
New York, and bound for Sa
vannah —that late in the month
of December 1808, the said brig
arrived in Savannah, and was there
loaded with rice and cotton by a
I\lr. Eakin, of New Yoik, tbeo in
Savannah —that on in'* 2lat Jao.
1809, the said bug proceeded 10
sea, having created out for the port
of Boston—that ihe said brig had
on board— alcb Harrison, mas
ter ; G urge StratiJ, ist. mate ;
Edwatd Barnett, 2d. maie ; 1 ho’*
Wecks. carpenter; HenryTbomas
(this deponent) J osiah Mason,
Michael de Sdvier, (a Fortuguse)
and Nathan Baiiey, John Babti ,c,
u boy i and another boy, name not
recollected—that when wi.hin 3
or four hours sail of Martha’s
Vineyard, the course of the said
bng was altered, which first occa
stoned suspicion!} in this deponent
of the real destination of the vcy
ay-—that on thv fnst blu-h of his
suspicions he proposed to his ship
mates to carry the brig by force
into Boston or New York, hut not
finding h'inself seconded, he vv«s
fenced in silence to submit—that
n f ie>- a passage of 26 days the said
brig arrived io Liverpool, under
the iv-inie he sir pus (from N. Pro
1 id.ncr) —that the su'd fi r st mate,
G«orgc Strand, then changed his
nunit' to Ihoxvn —that at the insti
I tVtdnn * t rj. t captain, the said
Harrison, ona of die aforesaid ma»
riners, v z. Jos tail Mason, of AI.
exandriu, Virginia, was impressed
ou board of ihe Britisti guard-hip
ihc Princess and that after 1} ing
in po’t about five weeks the* sa;d
brig was put under die Portuguese
colors and former this deponent
saya h not, except that the cargo
Ot die said b Jg Was delivered to
•he care of Messrs. Martin, Hope
and 1 homly iu me uluresaid port
of Lrvcr pool.
HENRY THOMAS.
Sworn to before me, t/us VMh day
of hept. | ad y.
John Pottibone j. p.
Respecting the impressment of
JosHh Masoo, Mr. f homas in
forms that he shipped on board the
brig Sally-Ann, in New-Yoik, on
the assurance ot her being a regu
lar [>2ck<d between (hat port &. this
—dial on his arrival in Liverpool
he surd captain Harrison for dam
ages to the amount of 40/. ; and
diat Hariison to avoid payment to
Mason, and further trouble from
him, yot the press.gang to seize
him. On being fi st seized he
applied to Mr. Maury, the Ameri
can rounsul, and was liberated ;
but Harrison had him way’ laid
and taken a s< cuud time by the
press gang, who conveyed him
ouborad the guard-ship mentioned
in the deposition.
Mr. 'i homas likewise informs,
that a short time after ‘arriving
in Liverpool, the brig L iza and
Mary Half, and the schooner Ri
sing States, atriwd there
from 1 his port, '1 he.e vessel clear
ed out for New York and Boston
last January. 1 lie crew of the
Rising States a few days after lea
ving put mt- captain bh; w. and
one man into 4 boat, ofthe iluut
ng Islands, tod tu* ned . theui a
drill j and the owner of the Eliza
iM Mary an Englishman of the name
of liuit.inson, *as airesied soon
‘tier h-r sailing, & confined to gaol
limits until about a mou'h ago,
when hr: ran oft ia the night, & has
net been heard of since. Both
the above vessels wc understand,
, cn tea. n ng Liverpool, adopted
captain ilan Ron's plan, changing
‘heir names & hoisiiug the Fortu
guesc flag.
CAPTAIN BARCLAY.
This gentleman yelkrday com.
pleted his arduous pedestrian
undertaking to walk a thousand
miles in a thou land luccdlive
hour?, at the rate of a mile in
each and every hour. He had
until 4 o’clock p. m. to finifh his
task, but be perfoimed his la It
a “ e ,n llie quarter of an hour
alter three, with per fed eale and
gieat ipmt, a mid It an itnmenle
concoutle of ijiectators. Capt.
Ba.clav had 16,000/. Doling ,
j depending upon Ins unueruk- f
fug. the aggregate ofihe bets |
u ,u P:>olcu lo be 1 oCjCCC*. Ucr- 1
% ■London per |
i
Fromthe National Intelligencer.
lias Great Britain bound by ih e
act of Mr. Erskinc Z
An ambassador is a person sent
in a pubbek manner from one** V*
vertigo power to an other, ami hwi
i< tlx lawful representative of the
party who sends him.
are of tv. o descriptions : l. Special
envoys who art ministers sent by the,
government of'one' train* o to ih at
of another, in orritr to settle soine
{.'articular all lir, or to regulate
seme particular business, sucli as
'lie making a tres* y, or the like.
2; Ministers resident and p/enipj
tertiary, who are sent from onena.
lion to attend constantly upon tho
courts of another nation not to car
ry on any particular purpose but to
manage its business generally in
those courts and to observe what
passes there.*
Mr. Er.skme wa» minister resident
& plenipotentiary near the United
Slates for Great Britain. The
word “ plenipotentiary is rio
r veil Irom the trench subsiant’.ve
p/enipotentiaire winch has its origin
troiu the Latin adjective p'enus
(hill,) and the noun potentia , (pow
'■<) ; signifying that me person
who hasthe tuienf uinmic. plenipo
tentiary bu» full power bom the
nation of which he is ihe represen. I
ativ«*, to transact a.I sons, of busi*
•ies* will) the nation to which he is I
in’ without any hindrance or re* |
servution whatsoever.
i u uiuiice nations to whicli am- f
bass pilots are sent to place the tie. I
cessary confidence in them, those 1
atiib tssadors arc furnished vvnh I
certificates of appointment from tlx I
governments by w hom they are de. I
puted, winch certificates are cal. I
led letters of a edence. These ere- I
deiuuis arc drawn up in the name I
of ihe sovereign, are signed by E
him, and must be delivered lo the I
government near which the ambas. I
sador is to reside ; before he will I
be received and acknowledged as I
ihe authorised minister of ins na- I
non. Loiter* of credence contain |
a specification of the powers vested I
in the embassador. If foe is a spe* I
cial envoy, lie is restncied to the I
negocutlon of the particular bu- I
siness upon whicli he is delegated j I
but it he is a minister plenipolen. I
tiary, his powers are full, and I
there is no restriction at alt. These I
credentials aiso comprise an ex-1
hortation to ihe government to I
whom they are addressed, in be-|
halt of the ambassador who pre*l
sents them, beseeching it “to pi ve I
Juliet edence to what he shall nay.”!
A minister plenipotentiary,■
therefore, combines in his utliciall
character, and for the sphere ini
which he acts all the powers of thc|
sovcieiguty which lie represents.--I
What he ilocsjor Ins nation is done!
by Ins nation. I
1 o tins doctrine only one t*x*B
1 ception is auussible. The thing]
to which an ambassador hinds his]
gove. nuicnt in».si oe probable and I
just i otherwise the nation would]
not be dtlmiiively bound by the]
pledge of us representative ; a id]
it would be ihe loily of the govern*]
m< nt treating with the ambussa*]
u ' ,r > to place any confidence ia]
stipulations not likely to happen '.]
not conformable to justice. ]
A complete illustration of the]
character ol a minister plenipoten]
uary irnm one government to ar<]
other, may be lound in the faun]
liar in stance of a nit niber of
uress. A delegate in the House o]
of Kepresentatives, is an
dor lor one portion ol the peop t]
to consult with the delegates o]
anuassadors 0 { other portions o]
the people in the National Legii]
lature ; foi s certificate of election ]
Ills leitt) of credence which he de:]
livers to the Speaker, (as a
plenipotentiary delivers his lettei]
of credence to the Executive) t-]
lore tie is acknowledged ; when,
is accredited there is no longer any]
question as to his authority ; hi]
votes are invariably considered va]
lid ; and his act* conclusively bin]
the people whose representative h]
is. A minister may make a ba]
bargain, and ameinbero! Vv gre>]
may sanction a bad law but to]
the* sovereign of the tirst to v.oia]
( the one, or for the people to refus]
to obey the oilier, I* rebellion *]
I l he jurisprudence ami cu<]
I lulil3 of nations in tne monarch, an]
1 agui;i»t tij e fundamental principle]
j u * M) ciety in the citizen*. 'I ue ou]
* Grotius, I