WEEKLY REGISTER:
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STATIST
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GRAPHICAL,
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INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
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73
ib
inr. ri;i\tn A and lord
pin
AV, i:
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'ieplllifu-:m.
nn. HiisM-1 aiul
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duke.ifCaiWe 208
..I VII
\'- . Ki^jijr.
I'inaiici sol'\ i,
Kentucky
County vhouls, approiiria-
Financial \ie\\s
i
nquiry, inth.
FirejitHi hiuonil
\ i-i ,' u.ul : " ' '':
of com. Rodgi-rs
i-'lorr, hi^h price ot in Eu-
-u.>
in l lie case of the Chi -,a-
ro] e
n isi
Foreign intdl!
New
indirmeiit ol'ttu- 228
Foreiijn i
.
C >\ 'It ni-li. eiqr. circular k:t-
our
t,T "f
report of the- commit-
ins at 17
Cr.'.\\lonl Dr. r-view of his
tee of
:.e k-
intnidiii-ory 1< ctuiv -105
Forejpu UK rcliaiuii/.e, con-
('riminals, iiumlHT of in the
SUIIIptioll (if
pl. ..i:l C.li-ColllU-
, iloi.iinions
l-u-.;er mr. on the or.
Ciui'jiiN iihenoiiH'iioii 286
council 155
Approprifttiote.
H.
on the- occupation of
nul'ac-
l);i\ie-,s <!. .1. H. tribute- to
Florida
390
on the affair of the
Lotion
Pn--,idei,t anil L. Belt 101
olfere.1 by the
..iilriil J7.i
on thi- Chi'iapi a!\e af-
fair
i )i. tsquire, appoint-
offering i-xplanati-
in .,f -107
ivmnrks on the cxpla-
461
l)i-.ith of sir-Tohn Moore -I'.K
natioi
Ame-
F-Mimir,' Jiarks
on
ol ' 1). ta-
r.can ' 12
l.meiit
l)ec' - u"ltion of i iirht s i>\' iht"-
u ad-
il)
17
"'reach i>iidi^.'t for 1811
ib
Deelaratiou of indeptai
Fiviicli . 110
J r
\ . f ;'.:'< >1 ilia 30H
In ilo.
" .0*
S. r. k , .nii'j
Declaration of the Ani(;r'.r:in
(.
K.l.mi;-, (1775) 92
mini r.;l sulwtuncea of
..,u
K. 3J5
Delaware, election in
thi- 14;
ib.
population of
F-fii-h language, decree con-
ib,
! M Iiii-f i^5
meeting of tiie legal*
tun- of
. literary property of 30
cerning tFie 149
Fivnch ileci'ii- o! August 23d
J
. paper money of i!)
" ranne
BartMwi- i )r .
further remarks on
French : into
7
i- :
!) strnctit'iioi't!*" Mai; '
i)i snlfi. 70
Spain
Fro^ found alive in th.
ib
district tonnage of the U.
die of;- ro'-k
riijht
runes Kn^lish, dev.-ription
58
n ; ,AM'i''t of Columbia, popu-
of tlie
!
Q of 288
G.
5"!
V,r of !<'
Dun) stic manufUctui
m.irksou 3
Gallatinmr. annual report of 22.-
Ciiilnslia ^':vi-ni.
30
>' . n oi'the
I'lirveyor'; htterron-
cerning ' 2>i
.vpl-t'Cll Of
0.-:i,T.';i'.-i nev
' export., stal
71
of
19
..iiloy 4
of Lixil.siana sketches
100 2-13
nenil
I lull of
-
, corri-'ipon-
(liTona. II
1^0
,.) do.
Gibbon !ii ut. melancholy f:.te
Dun Au.lr. ro<
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f .ih . hon. mr.
l ic L. "-' of ni
'old <'<jin. l.iv.
l
in K'.-l -md
ri (iciilmani'-
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55
al ol'N". \ irk
<;()(t'-nhur^!i, population of 12V*
;ular occur-
47
';idi'on,.s<|. 361
r n 15 3<*a
opuktionex-
22
lubcellaneous no!.
of 47 149
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fn>
il
198
300
306
from
.
86
the
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177
< .nr.
sun. . ISO
183
ill! -:.
tor
: ' inr.
ill to
27
47*
>--n 147
J. S.
14t!i, 184
301
in
Rich in
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ib
re-
inr.
lii<U.i .
ib
li-mv i , iar.
187
1
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ib
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ib
:
ill
190
I
iur.
407
: ;urc of at
t in
390
,oii IK>-
igefc
Charles and
118
400
l.-uii 5<>
' .l^M.o'""
al 103
nirr.il
> -if 1^0
47
2U
2
119
t
82
.'.siniliii:! 1-i!;
vs of 54
:cl ta-
"
blr '.f III.-
in 4C
new
p>n ol
447
V
trench trooj
into _ 3S7
iir of
32T
. i'jr of
.
hele-
137
,.confe<lerntionof 105
of Mr. I'oit. -von our
t in Si&
spet-ehi-f tie
Quarter
ofMr.Grundy on the
nor of
310
popul.v 26|J
of Mr. Randolph on
".ul of Frajn
it 37!
315
of Mr. Clay on the
155 177
bo\' of lo \ ear-> oid
same 332
of Mr. Wright on the
Virginia, popul 289
resolutions of thel':-
Randolph lion .raSi- Mr. 315 37(
353
gi--i:ii 297
55
I.Sl Of tlfj
of governor Harrison
i i'l Uic gov-
to
[note) 285
to the K-gMature 321
enior (vf
tlie uu
Regulars, number of in
of Mr. Shetfey on the
final.
.,r 32-1
couu-
iutioii 10
I' in France
ami Ki: ,'land 130
^atcmeiif of the 229
lleport ol' the committee of
foreign relations 252
bill 346
of Mr. Williams on
th- same 349
of Mr. Giles in the
S.-nate
vi'^lff Anderson in
( Jeef :
478
Viscnynas or Ra-jqtie girls 283
A'oiu in the \\iluerness 3!>1
Volunteers, bill for the ac-
ceptance of 380
.
on the Spanish Ame-
rican * 270
427
of governor Tomp-
Wabash, resolut j(ns of the
tcr>
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363
\y 3P-4
of conference on the
census bill ib.
OH ! -CO 294
of investigation at
Richmond 340
relating to themanu-
factun of cannon 342
to the. battle
kins to the legis-
lature 410
of the prince regent
to parliament 475
Spirits, domestic distillation
of 391
Stamp duties proposed 382
Statement ef French force
people on the.
battle on the 300
Wales, population of it
Waring Mr. extraonfinary
ol! Of 151
M'";;r -on.rit,ut.i w. motion
of Mr.M:.!i
^'nr, of G n tabu-
1
the \V abash 3fi3
in Spain and Portugal 88
lav vi, \v (,t 172
ot \\a\sand means 455
Statement of receipts and
^"ali'T t linietl '.Teen 47
F
i ' . Und
!m Moore 452
!t> presentation, ratiu of ia
206
pavmrMs a' the treasury 43ft
Statistics of Great Britain 22, 07
130 201
Wa\s Mni mi-ans. report of
271
ind, population of 265
Rhenish confederation, >ieW
of the Rhenish con-
fi<Ier::tion 2.4
Weaving impro\ it! machine
for
24
Richmond. robljeryof the
of AI 30 118
of the French eiii}':-
Wellesk-y lord, letters of 184
l')5 ^01, 2, 3, (1
271
treasury at J5i
calamitous fire at 329
American 63 79 32S
of \> \\-York 78
Wesfeni country, impor-
tance of tie ' 9
300
!'.!') at Savannah 237
of Sweden
W.>i t loi*iila, i't 'Solution
liobltery of tie Virginia
treasury 151
l<.odger commodore, official
of Rtis>ia ](i,i
Stockliolm. population of 129
Si- Gen 100
respecting 307
West Indies, table of mor-
tality 143
Ml 203
K-tter of 33
adiin -ssui to t!ie court
Strange things 102
S\\ii->.i- 150
Whirlpool, curious account
df a 280
390
ol t-iiiMiiry 36
Swit/.i-rland, recovery of
Wilkinson general 336 464 469
8
great la. inanity of 376
!-fnv-nu-;its of 4')
| land in 47
Sun-flower, oil made from
Williamson. Mi. I). R. 349
Witte Charles, a literary
73 89
the 407
prodiiry 10i
rantz count, letteri
T
Wood Johnein. 34
275 257
^ ool. information conceni-
Royal in 102
Hn-.li Dr. honor jviid to. by
.1 47
18.3 205
Table of appointments of
state and I'n..
TJ.V s. Mr. CJallatin on the
Mib| ' dl 382
45 100
Woolen manufactures 116 134
Wright hon. Mr. 353
163
S
tage '.!' ill*
1 or of
itatebauk of 272
X on the st,ite of represen-
tation in the Rritish par-
4-17
population of 35$
liament
Y
Savary
Terra d.-l lu<ro. \sr iehed-
:ives"f 53
Yeasaiui nny.v. wi the re-
port Of tf'C f'llll-
47
rj ol' Ne\v-l>r..
mitte of fon ii'.n
388
Scarci; 447
' . '.el pinush-
conv< utionof
if th. lormatifii
'1305
'iji the rniportion-
150
m-nt bill 2Q.5
\-'.^i
'f ihe lo-
th' 1 ol
on (he army lull :i44
on ili'- I'ni'it d States
2('il
, _
30
,iaila
4th. 10 i
militia bill
on the navy hill
1 I). ). 4'- 1 '
on the loan bill 480
Ve!!ov. 376
!r. 33 38
48 (2
oi at
148
Zarago/.a. description of the
citv.-f 285
heroism of tl
il-asoncur
9
1
Tnasurv of '];. u. Scales 22S
of lituryloiitl 2-12
of 287
Zealand, Expprimenti on
Uie llax of N-w- 4^
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i'lMOIU;
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secon J
nature. A :
ill <H1I-
i in in my j
it of senti
an an
or that
iii ; but
while so gi
ive pie
parati
In a first nnnr
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not par
<ent t he
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it di-
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'1'his number U to be regarded as a fair sai:
the paper a.-i
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>SPECTUS.
'I tocondu-
hallbe
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, <'RV shall
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ms, &.c. eml
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clal docum:
rn shall be diligently con
.ict or extract, ! of the
-.- so that a ;j;i)0'l understanding may be
Kid o! the country treat
;
id communications <>:
, with e* . or hints for their im-
ii-nt or en* ''it, shall be eagerlv
;'nd carel'ullv attended to.
(]. Under the general head of MISI I,I,I,A> N
>e inserted a variety of articles : enlightened sorne-
y the reflections of (he pious anu
of the scientific, and, at others, enlivened by the
Hashes of the witty ; always avoiding vviiatev-
jrovoke re/igioua controversy, or ' give a fear to
"nnocence."
7. A neat summary of the Ninvs of the prr<
week, and occasionally details of important events
broad and at home, legislative, ji
ivc commercial, military and in
'e inserted in every number so a:> to prcocnl a ge-
neral vi ; i- doin;; in ihc wui hi.
.* # * It may wejl be observed that the preceding
is very extensive ; but when the gre;it ()u;ui-
ity of matter the work will contain is con-.
here will appear room enough to attend to
part of it, as we progress with tii>- |<
ncai ly thep'.^n on which the W:
; F.U will be conducted as at present can be
( d. We think it pro mi es somethi
: id, as a BOOK OF
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a work oi much prob'.ble value. & \>
th (he
of cxp-
.
>rrn a reco
::ot to be obtained in any other publt..-
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER SPAIN.
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that he
:es her
: . .
ii mil ol
vied the anthois
.'v tiling it)
I
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U- ar-
;.d the
ver been clearly
imputed it to the ma-
UP.iz,
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liest power in ti)e
icnt to
imtry, that,
evised bv Bona-
.
. i document a^.nnst the
It have been raised
, 'he only ppoil-
i :
1 1 Torn the most p O v.
. who.e
the hi-t century, !,
at home. !im
.1 the
vhich
:."an Re-
ntions
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-..ivc UCIOIC Cllru , WCIC
pelled the prince to sign
nt. P ACCO
tef, vol. 4. Mate Paper,, p. 3. llies were deviaed by 7h,
Comparative*
Jon and all
u)se of
KI that
thr . knew
it won!' npt.
;ieai , tiie tl
nun their prnid;>h>, -d fi
iy, uit-y
:''s, till at 1 r prin-
|><trty
l!
..-eel in
vi.-.
us to all posterity, AS t>.
.-. had In- CM ho
Lev \vas.c
ti Ii n;ipdiie. They saw nothing to teai
principles ui hi.-, government; aud the acts of per-
sonitl atrocity which he committed did no:
cienily alarm them, 'i
with which the war wil'.i had com-
menced irritaicd them
tl.aL cuuiiLty, and
tiiis tentiment of indignation n-ituraily inclined
ihi-m toward- France. They seem to have con-
ihat the best means of obtaining rtiouri
\vould be by contracting a closer alli.,nee w
t^rench emperor, and, therefore, to have pcuj-cted,
:edto the plan of a marriage between their
prince Ferdinand and a princess of the h^
Thcr-e views would have lu-en reasonable,
if any ties could
rest.aine'i
in
bition of this blood huntet. For though it might
policy then to keep Spain i. vveak-
ierit dependenc", \ ei when his
own blood at^nn '! an i \ty of
that kingdom, il nii^l.t ia'n ly be ex[ecte<i that
. vviicii vveiC essential to its
, would be pi or, vably
.netted undei his . .\ccordiny; to Cevallos,
i was sn^est.-d 10 the prince by the Fiench.
' ' i(i, iiHl.uci.ed by his master,
ac^n.iinled witii his designs ;
>, persuaded h'un to write to
:<ior a;
the am!'
Bonaparte proposing such an allian* e. To this he
was in.luceci by hi- anxiety to a .old a rn
with a lady who had l ecu >.-!<(" ed tor him l.v the
pi ince o! i\ ace, ai\d who, "on that account al .UK-,"
*ny.n Cevallos, " was an olj> -
',ii- lc LIT n, occurred the
H'rcMt ol hi- jei.^on, and the decree which
n the subject, in the name of the kin.j;.
" .ni j. reasons lo believe, accoi -
the " .." th;tt the unknown hi
i conspiiacy was t'rn.'ti ,it*.-d, was
Foi ward the plan
had formed. The Sp-mmd.-. con-
whole as a calumny tabncated by
Ciodoy, to remove the only obstacle wluch impeded
.uund it Mocu'i c ary lo set the
ptince at liberty and to drop those proceedings
r -.tinted by his party. CevaHos
. letters from the prince which we
c before cited, were written by Godoy, who
them while he was in
to this writer, these
by the emperor, in order to
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with a plati-iible pii- 1
!-. plot and i
. and the perfidy of Charles
M' 1 prince of
;./. u-.iv. In
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ce. After many ine
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put in
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kne\v no*
They
..nty \vliic!, I .
on the contrary they
j'Yench
i
!n con-
i-ss or
,di\ \VeiC till OVVll
ists wan
I Gih of
d by a
; ier to
Wh.^n ti-
n .-., wdu !i..
.
.>tood lie
in a miii'ai'3' manner
i-e same '
Aboiit Id.C'iO French t'
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nid 1 iU-
'ut, the
to act up to
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<-. upon an act
' 1 have involved his country in a war
nccf.
nough
I
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'I'hose
; the tec!.-.
li.ivi.-ij; only lives and I'. 'k, (he
viU-ly ,|
until it chased ti
c];ifl, !
a cheering c..
of any no ! e in '6\:-
(he pa:
Svm ',.-rons,
of the
count; y
i o 1 1 , ( i
-vvever, sc
.il to f.ll (In
'I'hc
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tered t!
i! in an intention so
it would neither he in the
,-nct-jotti u'fiich such a measure
might excite among the inhabitants,* 1
THJ -1STKF. SPAIN.
It seems n
1
hed.
opolis ; ti|'
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..~ip- fo;
d Ue to
ness of
.
have
ree WM
tndca-
..j,le.
tich to
i'tus did r, ; the
ihe court ;
m the
. .
j*on Godoy,
They
i hnecl round ihe I to force
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to .-.
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KKLY REGISTER POLITICS.
abdication/ 1
Prince
kin
r
* As manv per?
I \\ \ 1 1
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. pi riiii -in _:
in order that 1 may not he huddled \vich the
bear) t it d rule to annex my
the initials of niv
of Liiis desciijilion I m;iv
ct-dure inav be thought
jrne, and (
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will not be
t or tittle t ; Cincin
i. \l \s
the fashion, to be sure, to attach threat name ; to
little pieces. I would reverse the practice, ;f I
ass was chieily despised lor pretending
to be a
The letter and spirit of the prospectus, shall, as
my better judgment can direct me, be strict
ly adhered -o far \vill 1 carry its spirit,
I myself shall advance opinions not generally
held as truly American, 1 will not onlv insert a
:j, but search for and select the
i articles I can find on the subject, in
'.ion. Let it not be inhered from this that I
..:; Me of withstanding all and any
^lon that TI;;.V possibly a:ise. I onlv IIH-JMI
mutter may be faiily argued, devoid ol p^r
es and indiscriminate cen Mires. [fa literary
ails me, 1 will .seek a match for him
If he proves me incorrect, rnv po:-ilion shall be
abandoned. Tin* is win: . I. -all a "broad, libeial
and independent rMsj> ; " and however strange the
-ir, 1 believe k practicable, seeiiu. 1 ,
1 have no particular object, as to this man or thai
man, t ; likely to produce
such contention ui:l rarely, if ever, be written and
}>; int a work useful to
all, iai. ts of a part.
-livery feeling oi
I vene
iciil ly to ad
mire 1 .;,-
tion. I be!i >o often
.
a fr<'ii>i. of In
hive the
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. ill do
.
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cannot stand. / .'
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in the
us to iltink en
uperior to our fell ra the tiun-
ment \->. d two pa; '
. they will . -.-.-Ltill rmui receive.- a new
heart; though, in
may controui th.
parties contain, 1st, The men who laboi', no
mutter at what business or profession 2nd, those
who do not, or desii e to live on the. latn>
r.- lir-i i.-> Struggling tor a rdiet oi
thens and cares tl i-- as anxious t
themselves as they are, or exalt theii
and hence perpetual war. Let :
mutter and (Htrselres, carefully, and see if it i^
and when we find a man "de-pai
republic," or, by vile insinuation, attempt.
undermine the faith the people put in it, probe him
to the quick ; he will he found seeking !oi
t.ii;i.; some post of honor, profit or emolument,
or degree of consideration among the people he
does not then possess. He belongs to the tt.'-<
tic party, though he may call himself by what
name he pleases. "I believe this the sti v
" government on earth, I believe it the onlv one
\vrt-i' every man at the call of the law, w<,
to (he standard of the law, and would mi.
" sions of the public order as his own \,(
concern. Sometimes it is said that :
be trusted with the government of him .elf. Can.
ue then betn;.>tcd uiL.i the -ovei nrnenl o! others ;
"or have we found angels HI the form of k;:
govern him ? Let hi.story answer the quct-C
il is true, that our great men, like the p'
have their satellites revolving round them moving
they move, and adopting all their opinions and
thus, perhaps, soaie really hone-t well meaning men
may believe a republican sv-dern of govemmt
compatible with the [)o\- 'I s own prr-
ervation. I pity the weakne. ^ 'l sm-hmt-u; their
will not think so. ()m lathers w<
cu-'omed tosp.-ako* kings and ' ' !s :
Ameiicans
to bi- ;u7ioi al-an-
ikind, 'ini The
I'.ommonpr," 11 n'/i mi I*tlt. v\ no ii .sunk into
d to call the
trad/e* A* and
there
' , , nit a body oi men as
. L "ei wii.it in. iv n..l!>e saici
..J accoui.i,"
pap. 3CJ.
Am. Reg. State
*Jcfi'c: address.
f iNicknained Lord Chatham.
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Again, it is said, "our country is too large for
republic." Why so* Is
three times as
large, more happily governed' Whence comes th
opinion' The Jioman commonwealth was
but not from the extent of its territory. ,.
';ing like our confederation in the constitut
her government a city, it may
to a I ,e:-e was no represenluti'm to
to a coinmon focus the feelings -ind niter
ibuted parts '.here were no ttute sotr-
rcignties to prjside over the local concerns of the
,-; were civil v.
army generally decided contested points b
her ambitious cit liberty was not destroy-
ed until thejealousy of herrulcr-
people of the use of arms and then, indeed,
tism had its full s.var. With us, every citizen is
constitutionally a soldier, and may the fate of Hu-
man be his who shall plot to deprive him of the in-
estimable privilege of bearing arms. Yet something
else is necessary a general diffusion of knowledge
in the establishment of schools.
It has for many years been a serious question in
.id, whether it is sound /
teach the poor to re.icl and write; and the mag;ia::i-
miftu emperor of France, improving upon ti
v II M'>t suffer a sufficient quantity of pi-esses in his
dominions to supply his people With mere
book*, though they work night and day.* It
in the United States were to attempt to reason sober
ly on the impropriety of general education in a po
litical point of view (or, indeed, in any other) we
would put him down for a madman or fool,
v ceremony. Hut in England, many j, r ra\x
truth being the needle of their compass, seiil. s ;-t
the proper point.
THUS, without expecting it, I have been led to a
long dissertation, and i:
.ns until an
N, say Great B
-liter, I \\ ill me-.
- governed by a w: u! [pol
anil tlit- latter b\ the TWO
; able ha- .
Mut th domestic
;'
.
Smith.
vlli 11 iivl|-ill!-:lt Is)
estitiiteof ihe slightest li.unclati'in i \ truth.
ot inte
'ke p:\rt in the squabbles ut' iiul^
hough principles
itference hi v
!
i gentlemen, holdinghighplac.es in tin
::stinguished for their talents
have ; gainst instructing the common peo
pic, le .:, become proud and no loujer snh
mit to : i tfiey patiently bear in ignorance.' '
:ientmust that be where such
, and, perhaps, found necessa-
;.-ope tlie state of thi;
i'lpurte declares, in the most public man-
ner, t'i -cts shall not possess information
'icy shall 'not be instructed; and, from a kitow-
lined through the experience of
, correct their own und<T*?anding, and lead to
r " their condition. He intends they
.sliall b : 1 t,, 1,,. -,-,,,/ -hives, tlfy must !)
I mie has been when a man tba
Hiai.tr-'
iinent."
in Knrope, (nay,
i ,on will be u'.-.c.'nntc-i!
the 1 T
'
)erfec'.l .;
milting 1 himself to he d-ctuted t
Iiarmoi;.
I believe that .Mr.
himself , right" to v'.r.d,-
fy himself "at the bar of the ;.
the manner ind fime^in which he did it, I i:
ways cx[iress<'d thj most unqualifi<
nor am I pleased \vii'n the tnutfer itself ,
being!, Mtionablo. In genera!, a* an indi-
vidual, I appivm- t!,e ., ;
things h:.\'e been done I conM not snpp
others may be cmnmitted I.^hall not sul
will attach n. .,it ii u -
l-i:oi>l.i:\ FAHTV, wh:>-c Wish is
tafety"
1 peace,
1SC(
>'fi who c'nn'!'
i res of
govern
"TIic Western Con:
Lori
I
ed the .'
.
i
the f>
.
.
through tin M
.
s -- - '
ly to no*.
'
-
fuur*," t :
from
I
.
r
10
TH1 vI/Y Ur.(il*TF.K- AMKK1CAN TROOPS.
into gross revent enn :.,rd tlu- 1 sippi and its tributary streams covered with huu
' /! >i.A/)/j/.o 'l"hi w-ni i nipnt- from tlic HO
-.ion, and obstruct the establish-
II , equent opportun
HJCIW-
<
;-:i-boats. The sentiment, from the no-
\travagant at tlic time,
mt from what h., . and daily coming to
:..!.! m:ty be verifie-
rs fullest extent, at a very short period. The wes-
is receiving; an unpix-cedev
.Itli nl nrmiklfitinn; rmd tlu~> unlive obstrilC-
fin- h 13
mm-, in mir
i. xvej . of little
b- thickly populated,
. of finding a vent for their
'. iDr.'.ly objects are distinctly
1 proof of his loyalty, if they
,g in f-vor of his discernment or love of
Ab , IJHVC elapsed since lord Sheifi-ld
thickly
pop ul > t much
veri'ul streams which inter-
sect that delightful country bore on the bosom of
their waters onK ~) canoe of the Indian,
stealing along their bunk in qn-.- ue
u )
f wealth and population; and the native obstruC-
ir>ns to ,^uc/i na Cation will be removed .s tiiki com-
nerceof the u.i^rsri^.-s to its ultimate importance.
We reserve to ourselves some more enlur;:
u tliis Subject, the preceding being intended
jniy to introduce the following interesting staU
^sville, (^"A'cn.J <Mu i j 21, 1811.
The following is an estimate of the boats -tnd
..clmg, which passed the falls of Ohio, from
r 5, 1S10, to May 5, 1811.
But
i taken, was found to contain
; is waters ..re* enlivened
by the
majestic ships, Ixjinid to t/iC sec;,- the
yell of the savage hud given place to the cheerfu
.' tlie sailor; while hundreds of large boats,
,; their adverse coursas, manifest the mugni
-.-jmmercc of the country, and assure <o
the husbandman u market t'ji- his productions, as
. ; ii supply of those articles of foreign pro
inch his want demands or luxury requires.
n since tiiCM-e x> \- re not. 100 white
Li the country now forming the state of Ohio
II an impenetrable: forest; lust yar its inha-
manuf'.cturcd two millions of jards of woolen,
otton cloth, more than one million of
v, upwards of thirteen millions of
A /h many other artir: .
:d to \\\\> miii.oris and
years ago the writer o.
: heard that r.i-1 .-"brated
-, give an opinion that
.) might sec th'_'
HOATS number
Flour bun-tla i:
HaCou pound.-! 6i/
Wl.ihkey imrrela 9,477
C, dcr ' ditto 2,513
Hoik ditto l.,56'2
Apples ditto 2,513
Oats bushels 4,020
Cora ditto 47,795
Merchandize #355,624
Cheese barrels 5,141
H<ans ditto 606
Plank feet 1,483,130
Huitcr pounds 24,691
Live hogs number 9iir
And a number of article
Older-royal barrels 1,350
Lard pounds 465,412
Onions barrels
Potatoes bushels 1,811
Hemp cu't. 630,562
Drv fruit barrels 263
&$*"*"*
Fowls number 1,207,338
Shoe thre d pounds 2,592
c ;:r' y }^ s >
Horses number 292
Heer barrels 277
Tobacco hhds. 2,311
:s too tedious to be cal-
ciliated.
A Mr. Bowman, a pilot at Jeffersonville, took 10G
boats over the falls of Ohio, during the aforesaid
period, of whose cargoes no notice is taken in the
above.
The foregoing is a return made by the regitliir \n-
lots, who all agree in stating that during the high
waver at least one-third as many more passed with-
out their assistance. This estimate, therefore, gives
the whole probable number of boats that passed the
Kills at 1200, wafting the rich produce oi the wes-
tern parts oi l j enns\lvania and Virginia, with those
of the state of Ohio and purl of Kentucky, to the
markets on the sea-board. "WHAT A ruosi'i.* i!
TOTAL EXPENSES,
,r Independence, with a Statement of all the troops in the Continental sewic (
REGULARS RAISED LY 'till. Yl-'.A US
1775.
1776.
1777.
177 i
1779.
1780.
1781.
1782.
1783.
j reusury puiiiucnts.
Ji
3,919
1,17.
1,2*3
1,01'4
1,017
f *
744
733
I'car.
Specie value
Kho.
.
1^37.^
630
6,287
507
915
3,732
464
4,423
481
4,370
17757
1776 i
20,064,666
1
6,39
4,<>1<-
3,544
3,133
2,420
1,73-2
1,740,
1777
2,194
2,256
2,179
1,17*
1,169
1778
16,438
1,276
1,U>5
675
1779
5'-'&
S,684
3,476
3,337
l,34o
1,*U
1,598
1780
SjO 1
1) I
317
325
164
235
1781
] ,'.):
2,0.5u
3,307
2,849
2, ;6.j
77(
1,B(
974
| 1782
3,631,r45
nia,
6,181
5,236
3,973
1,^25
1,204
629
! 1783
3,25
olina,
1,134
1,281
1,2H7
1,214
1,10-,
i 1784
548,525
11 'h'l i
2/J61
1 65"
<)/)(>
351
1,423
87
145
Total,
p2,4!
Total, ill pcw t
27,443
46,891
32,399
'27.HYJ
13,476
VVr;> ! '"-^ 1 ( '^ ^(^
Total, service- f
able in cam!> S
15,000
25,000
19/JCC
18,000
19,000
10,000
11,000
12,CO
j
THE WEEKLY REGISTER ENGLAND AND WALLS.
Population of En^' r 1801.
HOUSES.
-<>N;>.
OU l I'AH':\
d
COUXTIES.
i
2
1
J
4/ .
': Of
rl
~
i
*
fc
' M-.l,
1 1,HS3
18,766
13,816
Berk*,
109,
Huckingham,
25,083
-
16,139
312
44,081
; er,
l.i 18
98,992
Ivl.
.
',472
89,868
42.6S7
r.berUud,
21,573
872
nr
31,82'2
I,3o9
79,401
81,741
16:
.
57,955
3,235
157,210
I85,7ul
185,835
D >ret,
825
53.667
115,
I) n
1,171
74,770
81,741
104,146
160,
-*,
111,356
115,08!
226
ucester,
46,457
1,715
U7.18.-
250,809
-
17,003
89,191
-
17,681
491
49,514
: ill,
6,841
19,047
4,481
Kent,
51,585
1,413
307,
J-anc .
111,27.
318,712
-
63,943
55,334
130
Lincoln,
1,094
106,112
119,266
557
v, -
5,171
373,655
818,
i,
22,173
-
47,617
38,181
'.ton,
26,665
63,417
.11(1,
26,518
157,
-
68,558
Oxford,
53,786
Rlltl..!! 1,
87
8^78
,
-
48,040
146,823
';)lon, -
i 13,989
'"'I.
; 'Ik,
552
I ,1 I]
-1
SIM
46.i)72
1,514
.
-
.
.
I, .
-
1,127
,
1
'!,
, X. Iti lin^,
-
, \\
111,1 16
1,467,870
.3,987,935
1,606,530
- -
-
l .
.
.
35,878
'
i ; >
-
M
l .
-
.
.;,.-. n
184^90
189,062
266,573
541,546
cC.
.',i: ig. f c '
THE WEEKLY REGISTERPUBLIC PAPERS.
Public Papers.
ihe publication of state papers we
illy le<l t<> !;icli imnu
-. to the transformation of the "British colo-
.-.ca" into '> and
independent sta \v t J by the con-
, and a complete
titutions of the Jitter-
- the importance of these articles, as
. a loo manifest to demand a
-,!-k.
Lter from the speaker of
os of the "province of
d to the sp.-.ikers
f the other provinces, gave
.f this pro
>
representatives
.1 court,
ed to propose a meeting, a*
> :nmittee- from ;he house of
British
"lit, to consult together on
colonies, and the
difficii. i 0:1 they are, and must he reduced,
;f the acts of parliament fur lev\-
i the colonies; and to coasi-
i.l united, dii'iiul, loyal and hum-
i of their condition, to his majesty
and th . md to implore relief. T':C
a of this province have ,tls<>
, that such meeting be at the city
he provino'- of Nv-w-York, on the
October nex'; .nd have appointed
.,iitti-e of thr-e of their members 10 lU.end
ie other bouses of rcpre-
s, in the several colonies,
at to meet them. And the
see of the house of representatives of this
provm Tied to repair to said New-York,
on sai ; lay in October nex', accordingly.
If, therefore, \ our honorable house should agree
to this proposal, it wcndd be acceptable that as early
>f it as possible, might be transmitted to the
vince.
of the house of representatives of this pro-
.-quence of the preceding circular, a meeting
'fs from "Massachusetts-Bay, Connec-
ic-lsland, and Providence Plantations,
, Xew-.F<-rsey, Pennsylvania, the go-
i:eat of the counties of New-Castle, Kent and
-.re, the province of Miry-
lund and Soui.h-C.irolina, was held at New-York;
on the 19ih of October, 1765, they agreed to
mi "duchirali'tn of the. right of the CD-
^ fjf *-tiwricu" [The number of delegates
w-rc Duty twrnty-'-iglit. Virginia, Norlh-C;iro-
lina and Georgia V-T" prevented by their gover-
-g d'-;mti'/s to this congress; but
after '. petitions to the king, lords
imilar to those adopted by it.
Jlec'iirftli.n f the rights of the colonial a of America,
us <;. . ; ''ricati congress at New-
Y'jrl; Octfihfr 19, 1765.
Hi- members of this congress, sincerely devoted,
with th< its of alf'.-ction and duty,
to his majesty's person and govei nmr n ( inviolably
attached to tiie present Irppy establishment of tiie
'iccession; an.t with minds deeply im-
pressed by a sense of the pre.sent and impending
:mes of tiie Uriti&ii colonies on thus conti-
- . iving considered, as maturely as time will
, ihe circumstances of the said colonies, c;>-
uty to make the following
ions of our humble opinion, respecting the
most essential rights and liberties of the colonists,
and of the g under which they labor, by
reason of several late acts of parliament.
I. That his m;ji>ty's v:!\jt?cts in these colonies,
owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great
Britain that is owing from hi* subjects born within
i:n, and all due subordination to that august
body, the parliament of Great Britain.
II. That his m.j subjects in these CO-
ntitled to all the inherent rights and
liberties of his natural born subjects, within the
km^dftin of Great-Britain.
III. That it is inseparably essential to the freedom
!>|H, and the undoubted right of Englishmen,
lh:t no taxes be imposed on them but with their
o\rn consent, given personally or by their represen-
tatives.
IV. Th it the people of these colonies are not, and,
from their local circumstances, cannot be, repre-
sented in the house of commons in Great-Britain.
V. That the only representatives of the people of
these colonies are persons chosen therein by them-
selves; and that no tuxes ever have been, or can be
constitutionally imposed on them, but by their re-
spective legislatures.
VI. That ali supplies to the crown being free gifts
of the people, it is unreasonable and inconsistent
with the principles and spirit of the British consti-
tution, for the people of Great-Britain to grant to his
iijesty the property of these colonists.
VII. That the trial by jury, is the inherent and inva-
luable right of every British subject in these colonies.
VII. That the late act of parliament, entitled,
'.in act for granting and applying certain stamp
iuties, and other duties, in the British colonies and
plantations in America," &c. by imposing taxes on
the inhabitants of these colonies, and the said act,
and several other acts, by extending the jurisdiction
of the courts of admiralty beyond its ancient limits,
lave a manifest tendency to subvert the rights and
liberties of the colonists.
IX. That the duties imposed by several late acts
of parliament, from the peculiar circumstances of
these colonies, will be extremely burdensome and
grievous; and, from the scarcity of specie, the pay-
ment of them absolutely impracticable.
X. That as the profits of the trade of these colo-
nies ultimately centre in Great-Britain, to pay for
the manufactures which they are obliged to take
from thence, they eventually contribute very largely
to all supplies granted there to the crown.
XI. That the restrictions imposed by several late
ic f s of parliament, on the trade of these colonies,
will render them unable to purchase the manufac*
tures of Great-Britain.
XII. That the increase, prosperity and happi-
ness of these colonies, depend on the full and fice
enjoyment of their rights and liberties, and an inter-
course with Great-Britain, mutually affectionate and
a 'iv.oitageous.
XIII That it is the right of the British subjects
in these colonies to petition the king 1 , or either
house of parliament.
Lastly, That it is the indispensible duty of these
colonies, to the brst of sovereigns, to the mother
eountrv, and to themselves, to endeavor by a loyal
and dutiful address to his majesty, and humble
application to both houses of parliament, to procure
the n-peal of the act for granting and applying cer-
tain sturnp duties, of all clauses of any other act of
parliament, whereby the jurisdiction of the admi-
ralty is extended as aforesaid, and of the other late
acts for the restriction of American commerce.
THE WEEKLY REGISTER PUBLIC PAPERS.
13
After publish ing this declaration and petitioi
king, lords, and commons, separauh, fn- u rr-
dress of grievances, and transacting 1 " such other
general business as tlie exigencies of the num-i'M
appeared to demand, the first congress <.!;
ilself. The stamp net was repealed ; but a const. .1.-
disposition bei: .. v the colon ut
without the consent of their irmnedu. '
tative>," after a variety of incidents which nelong
te history of our country, a more general
;Mnf deputies from the sevrnl colonies met
i 774, con-u-
, s being
- cpt Gwtria, I'.ni wnimg but too
k to take part in : tf the umes. The
ctof this congi-r.-s M .,s to Approbate the op-
. " , *achu<,rtti to
... leci-mme
..bi!.ns of BosU>n,
and writii : remonstrmce to
t :-.. . inmander in chief, they
published the
'on of Rights.
The r ' r NVw-
I
I
.'.
Caroli i'h C-rolin ;,c arbi-
trary proceedings of the British P.trli n^nt and ad-
iiy elected deputies to
meet Miui sit in General Congress in the city of Phi-
ladelphia, -ml nose d^putu -> being ussem-
bled on the 5th diV of September, aftfr settling se-
.
their n MOU the best means (.{
obtaining the red; < . In the first phce,
'lishmcn, (;t;i-l .is their ancestors h lik(
n.ive UMtaJlydon , ? : and vimiic.it-
ing their rights and libertic % >,) H;XHHJ.,
'1'iiat the inhabitants of i. , Colonies in
North Anu-nca, by the im:; . >\ s of nature,
the principles of the English Constitution, and the
. Ciiartcis <n- Coinpuctb, have the following
nem. con. I. That they are entitled to
life, liberty, and pn.perty, and have never ceded,
to any ver, a ri^it to dispose
the time of ' : Cimn-
, .IK i nun. !
jrn subjects within the
reil:; ,.l.
i omigratinn, they
Hiiercd, nor lu;-t, ir. of those
rights.
I That the fsin:
.
I
c:l ; and as
I mid utli
cc9 t cannot proocily be u-;
ititU-d to
,, in thci.
Leginbturcs, where their nglit
can only be pres- . s of uxm
' only to tli'
used and ;.
'llC lllUlU..!
mntries, we rh-'crfulr.
of the tti.
bona fids restrained to the regulation of rur
extciiul commerce, for the purpose of securing the
c.'iinme,c;..l advantage* of tlie whole Empire to the
Mother-Cumin, and the commercial benefits of
Active members, excluding every idea of
.nation, internal or externd, nr raising a reve-
nue, on the subjects in America without their
vecl, n. c. 5. That the rrcpeetive Colonies
are mtiiled to the Common Law of Kngh.nd, and
more i - o the great and inestimable privi-
lege of being ried by tlR-ir p^ers ot the vicinage,
d:ng to the course of that law.
ved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit
of such of tlie English" Statutes as existed at the
time of their colonization, and which they have,
b) experience, respectively found to be applicable
to their several lor.. I and other circumstances.
r^d, 11. c. 7. That ih< jesty's Colo-
\vise entitled to all the immunities and
pri\ ilegts, granted and confirmed to them b\ Koyal
Charter, wr secured by their several codes of Pro-
v.iicial Laws.
Resolved, 71. c. 8. That they have a right peace-
ably to assemble, consider of tneir grievances,
and p.-ution the King: and that all prosecutions,
prohibitory proclamations, and commitments for
th" s-m e, are illegal.
ved, n. c. 9. That the keeping a standing
army in these Colonies, in time of pence, v
the consent of the legislature ot'that colony in which
Mtch army is kept, is against l:iw.
Resolved, n. c. 10. It is indispensibly necessary to
pood government, and rendered essential by the
English Constitution, that the constituent branches
of UK- legislature be independent of each other; that
then .-f:>:v, the exercise of legislative power, in
several Colonies, by a Council appointed during
pi<_:iMire by the Crown, is unconstitutional, dangi -
d destructive to the freedom of the American
it ion.
All MU] each of which, the afore? ,id Deputies, in
behalf of til and their const it uci,
claim, d^iii in, 1, and insist on, as tlit-ii- indubitable
>, which cannot be legally taken
iV->ni t! ! or abridged by any power What-
' .liout their own consent, by tlu-i;- represen-
tatives in their
lie-solved, :i. r. That the following Acts of Par-
litmeiit NI-C* infringements and violations of the
rights of th. C.ii mists: and that the rr]
. in ordc r to restore harmony
between Grea ami the American colonies,
viz.
I \ III. ch 15. nnd ch. 34-
1:1 cli Geo, HI ch. 5r~
-8 (Jco !!' whuli
-
...citnt In: \e the
se Ui#
-)le to,
|
. and are subversive o 1
. iinitlrd, "An act for
. maga-
zines, s
\es A-
.'iry of
: wiUi the committing anv .(iciicc dr
11
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MEXICO.
: of the re-dm, to be indicted and I
ir the same in any shire or country w.thin ,
passed in the last Session of
Purli.iiMi nt, for stopping t!u p. MI and blocking up
x/jor of P, .itrr'mg the rh.<;
i that which
. U V : : the better administration of
Session for
; cioi\ in the
~e of Quebec, abolishing the equitable sys-
. MIC! i- reel ing 1 a tyranny there,
per, from so total a dissimilarity of
. oud government, of the neighbor-
ly the assistance ol whose
:* the said country was conquered
from Fra:.
Also the Act passed in the same Session for the
nrovidi-ir MiitaMe quarters for officers :md
soldiers in hi^ V st's service in North-America.
. Thai this Congress do approve of the
opposition made by thf inhabitants of the M
, to the execution of the said late Acts
f Parli.imen f ; ar.d if the same shall be attempted
to be carried into execution by force, in such case,
all America ought to support them im their oppo-
-
Gcograpliy,
[The chief object in this department of our work
shall be to present our readers \viih f.iithful and
comprehensive abstracts of new and ap;
publications on this useful and interacting sub-
adapted to the wants of our readers, gene-
rally ; in all cases sufficient to give a correct idea
of the chief things treated of by the author und^r
consideration, and also detail as full a description
of the country as most persons require fur com-
mon use. Many considerations hive induced us to
commence with the Karon Hwnboldt's account of
Mexico or ..Vet:' .S'/rr.vi to wh->se relation, justly
celebrated ::s 'u is, we have iv/xeriheless added a
fe\v facts and remarks from several other au-
thors. These additions are made in the form of
notes, of enclosed in brackets.]
MEXICO, OR NEW SPAIN.
From the vast importance this country is daily
acquiring in the eyes of the politician, aiid from a
want of information as to its wealth, strength and
resources, the public, with uncommon avidity, re-
ceived an account of it from the pen of so celebrated
a traveller and nice observer of things, as the Baron
de
Humboldt. Of his work esi titled a "Political
Resolved, That the removal of the people ofjP bsa .y on the , Kingdom of New Spain," the follow-
* I mg is an analysis. It is by no means
Boston into the country, would be not only ex-
tremely difficult in the execution, but so important
i:i its consequences, as to require the utmost deli-
'. before it is adopted. Rut in case the
cial Meeting of that Colony shall judge it
v// necessary, it is the opinion of this Con-
gress, that all America ought to contribute towards
recompensing them for the injury they may thereby
our present in-
tention to go into a detail of the original disco\v:-\
and conquest of Mexico which would lead to a re*'
cital of cruelties and crimes disgraceful to human
nature; sufficient it is to say, it was made a province
of Spain by the during "intrepidity of Jfoimvrh
Cortex, very early in the 16th ccntvry, under the
reign of Charles V. Mexico, the capital of the em
p ire, was at that time a large, populous and power-
ful city, and had the state been governed by a prince
iless weak and pusillanimous than Monteziima, it
sustain.
'ved, That this Congress do recommend to
the inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay, to submit to I . . - * -
a suspension of the administration of justice, where j mi S ht have ^hstood n army of Spaniards twenty
it cannot be procured in a legal and peaceable man-l tl ltle b -' ntl Cortez
ie c
effe
by
rights are infringed, is known.
Resolved unanimously, That every person
jt cannot oe procured in a legni and peaceable man- , , . ,
the rules of the charter, and the lawsi? rou S ht & a >st it, though assisted as he w :s by
f >undcd thereon, until the effects of our application!^ 6 bof j ies " F alll , es > " !Ulve<5 of th e country, impa-
for ti,- . the Acts by which their charter- ; tient . un i ler the >' oke " f JheBmperor, and regard-
are' infrared, is known. I in ? r j hc Eu Pes a s Gods.f
o'vcd imanimouslr, That even- person who . h = country now called Mexico or JV
take, acc.-pt, or act under any commission or ' nchldcs ^ mucli greater extent of territory
rity, in anv wise derived from the act passed ;'^mer emp.rc.- ot Montezunn, which, acc
last Session of Parliament, changing the ; f he A . bl f &*&* ( native of the coun
^f ci~,. .w, f 0^,1 ,.;,U4: *K, L..? w ^r: bounded on the eastern coast by the riv
ing the Europeans as Gods.f
whoL Tlle countr .V now called Mexico or -Vctf Spafa.
'includes a much greater extent of territory than the
according to
country) was
form of Government, and violating the charter of i ou * eastern coast by the rivers Gi,a-
the Province of Massachusetts-Hay, ought to be|*" CMafco a " d " "-^n, And on the west by the plains of
h-l-1 \-\ deles' at ion. and considered as the wicked ' c "" co and the port ot Zacatula, including only
tool of tint despotism umch is preparing to destroy I Present '"tenancies of A era Cruz, Oax.ca, la
- v.-'nch G.-nl, nature and compact, hath >Ia ,
authori
in the
<) America.
.iv< "
y, Thnt the ]^ople of Boston
olid, the area of which is
estimated at about 5,00'J square leagues.
When we contemplate the situation, uncommon
av.l the province of Massachusetts-Bay. h- advised! V rll ); an ;. n minera prouctions o ts cxtr-n-
to conduct themselves peaceably towards his Kxcel> iv f and delightfu reg.on ot the ear!,,, we muv
lency General G^r, ar.d I-.is Maiesty's Hoops now] 10 be s '' r P'''zed that the bold and comprehensive
* J / 1 I VIAWBI f\f .1 ^.tiT/^ik ^\P *KA TT.>;*-^-1 C?t,,4,,.. !.,*..! !*.
stationed in tlie town of Hoston, as far as c.m pos
views of a citizen of the United States pointed
sibly consist with tiif-ir
sec 1 "
every
insult
,/^r> r ,>^lO Ml UIIO lltlw HI WJIJVII VIIV.V *X!-^- I IV/ >T ,. Pi"'
condttctin- tliemselves on the defensive. <inal WCCtti for the strength of Mexico is much
ioiveU, Ti.al the sei/ing, or attempting to g ter, and its means of defence far more ^werfi.l,
any person in America, in order to transport! lhan we have been accustomed to esteem it, as will
.such pci-son beyond the sea for trial of offences' fT|)e Creoles-Spanish Americans-i.'e. the de
jommilte-cwisiin the body o, a country in America, scc ! ntlants of Spaniards, born in the countrv, frc-
benig aga.nst law w.ll justify, and ought to meet , ivetllis j appttlla ; ion to Eun)pean Spaniards
with resistance and reprisal. | ; , h ^ contemp ' tj h . om tl , eip an ! og;uU a Mlup jr.
C Documents to, be continued. J \ lions And intolerable pride-
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MEXICO.
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be seen by the sequel. But the kingdom of. Merico f belongs to the temperate zone. The latter very
furnishes an extraordinary proof ot the wide differ- thinly inhabited, is generally called:
ence betvrecen the peaceful and humane policy of
the American republic, and that insatiable
which s"'-ins to be ihe great sjv.-.;'.^ of action in
monarchical government, especially in the colonial
depxrtmen'. The remark is made only to excite a
laudable fe-jli.ig, inprorrpting us to pa;.
ire our situation with that, of an;,
l.e world.
The name of .1/fTico, is of Indi.tn origin, and de-
scriptive of the ~ i iructer of the |> inliabi
t'u- "/m(rit(Uif>n of the Gitd of
itror." 'it kingdom -if' Mexico, or that
vast e uutry over which tin- v.ceroy of
. occupies all the southern extre-
mity of S'^rth America from the 38th to the 10th de-
provinces the former, JVoni the .
iry, three lit'ih <A the land, i
being tVmn 6'JUU to 8000 fctt :.bo\'
-
ng climate"; Indeed a large pan of the c
the survey of baron Jfnm-
:mt according to several other authorities,
and pei hips mo: v -peaking, from tlie 40th
tie south of the 9th degree; bounded on the
North i unexplored, on the soiuh by the
iathnv, , which divides the two continents;
i the gulf of .Mexico,
and o . 'hus forming
I ) miles Ion;;.
A'idth is From tli<- Kio Colorado, under
the partilel of the. 30th deg. to the western limits o
1 >;;th sea, which is
The distance of bread:!), however, must
Ate of an existing dis-i-
. Miuents of the united
ect ing th limit* of Louisiana,
lately purchased bv the former th*- OIK- ela-ming as
nth as the Kit llruro, and the other as far
north MS the Hio Mericano. The narrowest p-;-t ol
the co . M.uo:i Iliimti .
Tccountifirc, a port on th^I'.ir iir ,.r en, t.i I ,:-n Cm:
' ilf; but if we take the limits ol
. ;l down by o'h.r geojrr.ip'.
shall fi'id tin: ii .
top of a nii^hly r>
, on wiiich are
other mountains of prodigious h^
to the ot
-, not n.uch interrupt?-..
and ii .diy (bund in n. . coun-
tries. Tne region of;;
the heigl.ih of 1. In the vicinity of tJie
city of Mexico is a group of trenu
four greatest of which, Popocattnll, I
ct-hault, C;ta<eptl, and Nauhcampatepetl, are itr-
spt-ctively, 17,716, U.7CU, 17,^71 ami 13,414 feel
high, according to the n,
The ports along the coast .f\c\. 5 css a
warm climate like tliu West Indies, ami
to the l.ke diseases; some of t
.y,$ Acapnlco, is particularly so, u,
i emporium of a vast trade lo Asia, IVrii,
..-. The city of ^Tt-xic.. has a delightful cli-
nuie the mean lu-utufthc coKU-s
Fahrenheit, and of the w... The
general temperature of the "table land" !" M
is 6'* it produces wheat, corn and ,
, gre.it :.t>undance; while the land on the
.tilt? m c.-me, indigo, cocoa, cot'
he provinces call'-d a:ttrnus huV"
to the United 3ta1 The riches; .
situate from 5000 to 65UU feet ab-. 1 .
sea.
Mexico with .1!! , .TV few na-
vigable rivers, the chi<-fof which
ih ( liiu tlfl A'orte -irse of
dischargvt much \\ .
of the 9'. 1 1
the distance from sea to sea is not more th
x
, lor uniting
: !i<- \vofl 1 '
j'iiMin,, none
appea
>t^d by
I iiicli al
and merchants." the first of \vh < m t!u-
sea, bnl tra-.t-i scs a country very tlii;.'
and sir
both t<k their rise in the Cord IK-ra r.i.ui-r .
of latitude and dischau
can gulf II
and the l.itu-r uiuler tlie 2b NT. of latitude
inc.l by the 2
small
riveri '
: t.uic.ition lu-t.^
from
.
,,.'onof ti.
>!' m<
fappa
t, itii d-g
ices of
(nearl-,
.
1
'in 2000 ! (I the
.
m the p
!i of land.
'
I
the scorcl.
.
* du
.
'
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'
.th the
16
THE WEBKLY REGISTER CHRONICLE, <kc.
fng the prevalence of heavy rains, from sta to sea.
considerable
The lakes, and Mexico abounds with them, of
which we shall have occasion to speak In. i
"are merely t!ie remains of immense b:.sins ofwat, r ,
which appear to h.-<ve formerly existed on the high
and extensive plains of the Cordillera, and, for tile
most part, seem to be annually on the decline.
TO BK COXTISUED.
The Chronicle.
There has late-Jy occurred no important event in
Spain or Portugal; the French emperor is said to
be reinforcing his army; and H'fUington, with his
strong holds, appears able to make a formidable
resistance. The ultimate expulsion of the British
is a probable event, but whether Bonaparie will
shortly obtain quiet possession of these countrk-s,
is at least problematical he h.is t -night 'he people
to fight, and supposed to have lost in the bloody
contest not less than six hundred thonsnnd men. "Ye
Gods! what havoc doel ambition rr.-..ke."
Our accounts from England, to use the language
of consul O'Brien, are "sgually." The aft'iir of the
f resident frigate md the Little Hell has excited
much sensibility in England. A squadron of chips,
under the command of rear admiral sir Joseph Yorke,
consisting of four vessels of 74 guns and 2 frigates,
has been despatched for our coast, and may be daily
expected. Some of the London newspapers say the
admiral IMS orders to commence immediate hostilities
unless our government shall disavow the conduct
of comm >;lore RoJgers It also appears that soni^
important dispatches have been received from Eng-
land "a king's messenger" the first officially ac-
knowledged as such in the United States, passed
through this city on Wednesday last to the British
minister, Mr. Foster, at Washington. In the mean
time the British ships of war are making captures
on our coast. Important events may be expected,
but at present all is rumor and uncertainty.
From France our accounts are less gloomy than
heretofore; several American vessels have been re-
leased; rather effected, it would seem, by a whim
ef the government than in consequence of any ma-
terial change in its policy. But the present enor-
mous duties on American produce in France forbids
all hope of a profitable and extensive trade until they
are reduced, of which a prospect is held out.
Few domestic events of much note have reached
us during the week. At a meeting held at Vincen-
nes, Indiana territory, at which were present a large
number of very respectable gentlemen, it was agreed
among other resolves, as the opinion of the assembly,
" that the persons and property of this frontier can
never be secured, but by breaking up of the combi-
nation formed by the Shdwanoe prophet on the Wa-
bash." It is generally believed in the western
country that the outrages committed by the Indians
are brought ~bout by "British influence." A war,
however is not expected, the Indians fearing the
Americans too much to engage in it. The Spaniards,
August 7, still possessed the fort at Mobile; but
were completely surrounded by the American forces,
and had no further control over the navigation of
the river.
It is ascertained that the late election for electors
of a senate of Maryland, has eventuated in favor
of the republicans Tims the character of tiic state
for five years is established All the returns arc not
yet received.
The Editor's Department.
The public will oWrve from th^ quantity of mat*
tt-r contained in this numb-r and from the expecta-
tion held out that several r.ctru nuni'irrs will be ad-
ded to every volume, that our prospectus is not too
expanded for the means embraced in (he plan. But
it will take us s;>me time to get the business in its
lesired train many books and papers are yet to be
sought for and purchased or ot!u rwise obtained, and
various things done to complete the arrangement;
but so great is the public liberality* that we arc
encouraged to do all withhi the compass of our
power to meet it as we ought. Among many rare
and valuable articles already laid oil' for the RKGIS-
TKR, we inform its patrons with much satisfaction,
tint a gentleman of great distinction has kindly
proffered us the use of the Jovriml of the fitum/i-
ict Congress, which assembled at New-York in
1765, the copy in whose possession, we have rea-
son to believe, is, perlr.ps*, the only one extant
n the archives at Washington there is no recorct
jf the proceedings of that illustrious assembly.
Considering tables similar to those given in this
lumber (by way of specimen) as among the most
us.-ful and interesting articles we can possibly insert,
fFording easy reference to important facts, we
are preparing with much assiduity and care, a
great variety of them, for occasional publication.
Those relative to the United States will, generally,
be deferred until after the meeting of congress,
when, from the documents to be laid before that
.bod}-, we shall be able to render them more per-
fect. A new census is about to be taken in Eng-
land, which shall be duly noticed. In our
lext will be inserted a table of the population of
France.
"The history of the invasion of Spain by Bona-
parte," written by an associate, and commenced in
this number, will manifest that we do not intend to
come under "French influence." A history of the
war against Denmark, (~ Copenhagen! J designed
for the historic il department, will shew there is no
"British infill. MI ~c" among us and a narrative of
the war witli Tripoli, with our uniform conduct,
we trust, will prove us to be influenced only by
American feelings.
The department for News, denominated the
Chronicle, is by no means what weintend it to be.
It is expected to contain a histary of the times t and
so it shall but the arrangement therefor is not yer
accomplished. By the next publication we hope to
receive all the necessary papers, &c. to render it
tolerably complete. A concise price-current shall
occasionally be inserted, to gratify many patrons ir.
the country.
QCj* We hope to receive the indulgence of our
friends for any irregularities that may be committed
in the delivery or address of the WSZKI.I Itnois-
TEU, in the first instance for in this, as well as in
the other arrangements, it is not only impracticably
but morally IMI'OSSIHLK that we should, at once,
fall into that perfect system by which we hope to
mark our general concern. We request that no-
tice may be left at the office or transmitted to us, of
the errors or omissions made herein: they shall be
corrected or supplied.
"There are more than 1500 subscribers to the
KI:C;ISTU.
THE WEEKLY REGISTER.
BALTIMORE, SATURDAY, ->I:R 11, 1SI1.
No. 2
oublhhed bv H . i'er street, near the Merchants' CofiV, I
-j wi-h no ..'her herald
other speaker < -
" To keep mine honor from corruption
' But such an honest chronicler."
r MF.NRV VIII.
Public i'a^crs.
readers that the people of
rally, have taken up an idea
ire c-i^iib:-
t.iat M^e.-al oi" the iate Spanish pro-
,
vince* have cast oil their dt.-pcni.K- nee on ihe
mother-country, and assumed to thermeke-> a
* rank, and name ainun^ the nations o. the earth."
iciuela [or that tract of country
aid down in the old i,
' .10
'
. great atcnivcment ; and, more
furt . i he otticr colonies, accomplished
lless revolution.
.:;coimnon pic isurc \\ c prepared to REGISTER
And of Independence,
.t- from the several provinces
' re Kepub/tc, when
;h uainpcd by the appearance ol
t.'ie liberty of lit-
) observe, the Im^ci o:
tne pi -iestko uJ ; at all tunes, and in all
e csLtbtn/,- i-tj the inveterate
and truth. \Vc mu>i,
t ^i-cat allowances for tliis new
whom the .-elt- govern-
I'iered as more tnan a theo: v
t practic L niu-ii
.
t civil
i-edoin, and a-cu.-toined to ihink
.nen >l'
nU we:
have no doubt,
follow I 1
-/ Declaration of lii^iit*
Venezuela.
The supreme Co uel-i, in ii
lative session lui tieiiuvii'. ,KI'H /
into cuiiaiueraiion tial to tnc
ot the rights ot" man, which huv
ed, must be ascribed all lho>
,
I. Oa . . juirv,
-
'
|
which tr
pie has endured lor (hire c-niurie5 ; att an .
ated by the desire of re-establishing t
principle.- on a >uliil I..-
cnce to the general will, to declare, an
solemnly declare in Chi of the i r.
.
, may at all times compare the ..
v nuie. K with the jr.
that the ma^trau t h e
rules f>y which his conduct mu-; ,<^d _ and
that the legislator may in no c the ob-
jects of the truot conunitted to him.
SOVEREIGNTY OF THE P/:G;
ARTICLE THE 1 '
The sovereignty resides in liie people, and Ihft
the citizens, by the mrdn;m ot" the
Ight of suffrage and throueh the aj ,',er
i-uted.
2. Soveiei.i;nty i- t ec and nature
ii|)til)lr, unalienahlf and i.ulivi-i
3 A portion only of tin with tho
.1 oii-ht to pai
in tho lonn.tt'on of the body v. :. -ent
ii-i^n .uuho-ii r to
I with lull in. I ci, n t- liin-n \ 'i his
IMC. 411.1
ltd by i!,-
rim-ipi.
'
a'uiiu
5. Tiu- pii. . .
in l!u>.
.
impuni to bf-
: In ill
T Of;/ (j ni
30.
fur vUu liunor gf Cracaj, it
18
.vCAS.
ins will be
. i f , . I -. \\*
'
.
-
-
H ill.
- unto
any
i.
ihr mannei
to t c
icnt does
.o'.ul not be in
he ought cor.'o: in. T
L exact the saciifice of reason nor In-
. ,o do not -:-ii i.c
':en the
'} . oxvji in
vv, becau.- ; til io not equal
crv;Uio') of the staie, to the
. cl Ufa <).
: \V! hrv.lt i'..
L of suifrag?, avt-
;n the tei \\
, lie, and tiiey alone con
.1 v.
1 to the Jl^ut of suffrage are
;
t njov '.ho benefit.; of
.'ion in as ft. II a Measure a
. participating in the light o.
cased, arrested or con-
i out by hvv.
the formalities of I i tyrannical.
-ate v.-ho decrees or causes an ar
4i.i-iii.-d vu;i,
It. Thehwhll protect publ!- and individual
s innocent.
.. i shall have been proved culpuUj. If the
!ie purpose
Xo person -ed or pu-
wkiiout n le^-'il I law pronv
e. Any la'.v which pi
cMmo committed previous to it . j. iv
I. A ret. umed by the law,
is a
1 7. The law shall not decree any punishment not
-]y necessary ar. 1 Jint sli , artion
18. Security- consists in t' on afforded
hv?o'-ic'y to each <>'<' its member's, for the pr
t':oa of hi? person, his rights, and his property.
.
such
-ubsLi-
f portion of
n the
.1 '.niiici- t!]e
on. No ciinu ,
'ier.:l utiiitv. 1)\ ^ entitled !
B aiu
'a the medium of l-is
hment
rjbutions, to ^
a".d t^> i; ;;uii e an account oi'tln-. ^arue from til
Ig one's :i^!i! in tiieprc
! liie (h-ji
i itority, m
".liheld, noi-cunlhuJ Lo an
individual oppression \vurn or.e
! there is; 1 '
'' whatever nation he may
cceived and admitted into the *UU- of
i->
!'.'n of a number, when the Social i
-I. In these cases the laws are violated, and
; avc a right to demand tht observance
of lh-: ,' .
1 V citizen is an invi
A.' ope has a i i;_ht to enter it viul.mly,
ion, delude or aj p!ica-
..lu the same house: or for o'jects
o:' crltninal picceeciin^s in the cases, and with the
essentials determined by law, and under the ie. }.(,n-
nt the constituted anthoriiies wl-o ha\
ed th'e decree. Domiciliary vis its j and civil t. \ioi-
ijons. hhall t. ke place only in open day in virtue of
he law, and wilh 'expect lo the person and ol> ect
expressly pointed cut in tl-m act authoiising such
.'on and execution.
2.5. Kvcvy
) , shall be received
Venezi
2u. The pei'nons and properties of fo; .
enjoy tne same security as the native citizen?, pro-
. that they acknowledge Ih.-
Dfl independence) a;i d respect the cat'.iolic religion*
ie only one in this count:"/.
27. Tltc foreigners who reside in th" state of Ca-
racas, becomi ^g property
ihall enjoy all the lights of ciLi/;enh!ii^.
DUTIES OF MAN IN SOCIETY.
: ici,i: F! RST.
Tlie rights of others in rel iti v ulna/,
have thrir limit in the moral princi; 1" which deter-
mines their duties, the fulfiilment thereof is thf;
: y rfk-cL of I'nc
each of the iiv Thn'r k^isis thesi maxims:
to Olhersthe good u:/:ic!i yon woni
>id' ? ,;>.''! you. Do not \into another that which
be. done un'o you.
2. The dm ^ \ individual, with rcsf ect to
r ociety, arc: To i: Hie submission to the
y and re; pert the !e^-il acts of the con-
-l.itut^-1 authoi'itios ; to inai:-.!.-;in liberty and equaii-
To contribute to the public cxpcr^es. To serve
,iic country in all its exigencies ;<!)>!, ii i! becomes
: y, to rentier to it the sari'ince of property
.id life; in the exercise of these virtues consists
^nuinr paf.i iotisin.
3. Whoever does openly violence to the laws-^-
yboever endeavors to dude them declares himself
an enemy to society.
THE WEEKLY RF/TISTER
It:
4-. No one car
of worth unless he be a
.
: public viilut?.
-
Thv ':
-
i ot: MIC v
I
t the bounds ot" the
-nor when the ic^pon
l been
d< t'.iu 1.
> the uu'oi-
'
b
our soK-n muni
be pro >:i of aJl, i
Tnmcut ol
\v ; i.
)
It i
-
acas, Curnar.H, Bnri
til and cuiii .
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-
.
;pe had incrca c -
V hich we
.c means ut red
-
.
.
.he 01 1
fiii: ^on.
. fir?t wlio
te lta*t
Hod p.i.
.-i-.tthe authori"
!
ich he
All the I.- ho ^oncurrcl in tin
.
I
with tl.r
.
to thM.
to the n
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER CAH
Notwithstanding our moderation
caluiimv. ti>ey undertook to appoint dc!<
and ihe ^a;
..30i oar brethren in Kuupo, u
. hor>tili
; COIU!!: ::Ubl Ub ;
among u-> to excite icvoll and arm us again>t each
Other ; v .iduced
r upon us.
' submitting
our re .0 impaitial judgment of mankind
and d 'ineni but that ol
our e 'in all inter
>ur brethren ; and adding contempt to
fot
loutour consent, who were to a
their cone-, tiu- more effectually to di>po-e of our
person , and lender us subject to the
|
In 01 at the wholesome measures of our
! e-< m.itiur), when obliged to recognize
i .k. to reduce the ratio of our popu
-lilting the form of election to service
committee- acting at the disposal of arbitrary rulers
thn- iusultiag our inexperience an.l good f.iith, and
regardless of our political importance or our
re.
The S;>ani-h government ever deaf to the de
- oi justice, undertook to fustrate all ourlegili
mate rights, by cjndemniug as criminals and devot
ing to the infamy of the gibbet, or to confiscation
and hnni.-hrmnt, those Americans who at difteren
periods had employed their talents and services fo
the hapj.ine.s of their country,
Such were the cusses which at length IiaVe im
pelled us look to our own security, and to avert
those disorders and horrible calamities which we
could perceive were otherwise inevitable, and from
M'hich we shall ever keep aloof; by their fell policy
they have rendered our brethren insensible to our
misfortunes an i have armed them again&t us ; they
have effaced from their hearts the tender impression
hatsover, engaging that ail who shall co operate
vith O9 shall partake in lite, loitune, and opinion,
clariu ignizing not only these, but those
cverv nation, i: tn peace, friends,
brethren and fellow -citizens.
In consideration, therefore, of these solid, public
ind incontestible motives, which force uron u* the
necessity of re assuming our natural ri-hts, thus
estorcd to us b the
of human
of love and consanguinity,
converted into
enemies many members of our great family.
When, faithful to our promises, we were sacri
frii)^ our peace and dignity to support the cause
iimnd of Bourbon, we saw that to the bonds
of power bv which he united hi-> fate to that of the
emperor ot the French, he added the sacrifice ot
k'.udrcil and friends, and that on this account the ex
Spani.-.h rulers themselves have already resolv
<1 to acknowledge him only conditionally. In thr
painful state of perplexity, three years have elapsed
in ; ol tical irresolution, so dangerous, so fraught
il, that thi> alone would have authorised the
determination which the faith we had pledged and
other fraternal attachments had caused us to defer
till imperious necessity compels us to procee-1 fur-
ther than we had fi>t contemplated ; but pressed
by the ho-tile and unnatural rondo ct -f the Spanish
. we are at lenrb absolved from the condi
tional oath which we had taken, and now take noon
MI gust sovereignty which we are called here
to exercise.
Dut as our glory r-nn'3 ts in establishing pnnri
pies consistent with human hanr-mrss, fl nd no
"4 apirti-il ftlicitv on the misfortunes o< oui
fellow mortals, we hereby proclaim and declare
tVit we sha!' regard as fiiemJs ?nd
OMT- destiny and piriripj>tof of our happiness, al
those, who, unit'-d fy the relations of blood, ?.m
nn.l rel ; ?ion, have suffered oppression nmle
the anrient estshnVhmentS an ! who shall ;>s i ert thci
independence thereof, and of any foreign powe
and in virtue of the impresciiptable lights of eveiy
people, to dissolve every agreement, convention or
social compact, which doth not c--Uhli-h ihc purpo-
ses for which alone all governments are in&tituU-u,
we are convinced that we cannot and ought net any
longei to enduie the chains to which we were con-
nected with the government of Spain, ami we. lo
declare like every other independent people, that
we are free and determined to hold no iiej>'iulencc
on any potentate, power, or government, than we
ourselves establish ; and that we now take among
the sovereign nations of the earth the rai.k v. !
the Supreme Being and nature have assigned
and to which we have been called by thesuc'
of human events and by a regard for our own hap.
piness.
Although we foresee the difficulties which mny
attend our new situation, and the obligations v.hii h.
we contract by the rank which we are about to occu-
py in the political order of the world ; and above all,
the powerful influence of ancient forms and habits
by which (to our regret) we have hitherto ailected
yet we also know, that a shameful submission to
them, when it is in our power toshakethern ofi',wi i Id
prove more ignominious to ourselves, and more
tal to posterity, than our long and painful ?cr\i-
ude. H therefore becomes our indispensiMe duty
o provide for onr security, liberty, and haj-j
y an entire and essential subversion and reform of
)'ur ancient establishments.
Wherefore, believing, for all these reasons, that
w r e have complied with the respect which we owe
o the opinions of mankind, and to the dignity of
>ther nations, with whom we are about to rank,
nd of whose friendly intercourse we assure our-
elves,
We, the representatives of the confederated pro
'inces of Venezuela invoking the Most High, to
witness the justice of our cause, and the rectitude
of our intentions, imploi ing his divine assistance to
ratify, at the epoch our political birth, the dignity
to which His Providence has restored us, the a i rent
desire to live and die free, and in the belief, and the
defence, of the holy Catholic and apostolic religion
of Jes,us Christ, as the first of our duties.
We, therefore, in the name, by the will and un-
der the authority which we hold for the virtuous
inhi! i'nnts of Venezuela, do solemnly declare to the
world, that these united provinces are and ought to
he, from this day forth, in fact, and of ri-ht, ficr,
nrer( >^n and indcpr.nncnt Stales ; that ihev arc
1 fi 01 i nil aia' L .iai)re to the crown of Spain,
and of those who now call, or may hereafter call,
themselves it- representatives or agents ; and that as
free, sovereign nnd independent states, we bold tul!
power to adopt whatever orm o* government may
he deemed FiufahV to the general will of its inhabi-
tants ; to d' claie war. makepeace, form a^iaticcs,
make commercial alliances, establish commercial
ttraties, !ef;ne boundaries and regulate navigation ;
and to propose and execute all other arts, usually
ma-le and > f-ciit cij f-v reeand independent mf'on-;
and for the due fulfilment, validity and stability ci'
THE WEEKLY REGISTER CARACAS.
21
ihls, oar solemn declaration, we mutually and reci
id the provinces, toeich other,
our lives, :oi tunes, and the honor ol the nation.
| :ic at the Federal Pal.ice or the C
1 with our hands, and fealfl with the
seal of the provincial confederation,
and countersigned by the secretary to the
Con _!.:>> assembled, on ti. f July.
in t ie vear 1 Ml, and in the fir^t of our indie
^~ Dow'".
Rep.andpr.-
pr .in province 01 : .
the represents 1 .
1 nmana, Barcelona, Barinag,
da, Ti i:\ilK), asid Villa of Ara^uu
Barcelona.
: . s.)
IZNARDT. Secret:
Dccaec OP T r VE.
Jtdy,
\f t!ie conffcu-i .ti-.n oi
Vcne?. red, that the tboTedecl
.iblished, carried into effect,
M authority throughout the states and
M till- COf!'
. >:o>:al de M'ndciZ'i,
President pro tern.
ona,
Padron,
Secretary of State.
i i-and Chancellor.
Jo IP Tom '
^ec'r of forein affairs.
/A''; fsv, I'm:;: or c /;.>
OF THE LIBERTY OF THE
of Caracas convinced, that the
,1 to the communi
.1 light, and that the facility with
. publicity to their
is the . upon the ambition of their rulers,
mined the press, under the fullowin
-
1 individnnl persons of
int and
un political as .
.u-Uopr.Jiti
1 ul\- the f"ii-l !.
;
I
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ice.
tic in ordinary, shall insist on his
:he author may have i copy
of the work, to the government uho shall examine
it, and it found \voithy of publication, shall notilV
its approbation to the ordinal y. \\l,o jaiu leviMn^
: put a stop to all fur:
6. NVhen the am i shall not he present,
or at two ;;reat a distance to aiu-iui ihe -u!iMiH)n<, a.
of public character and of known cience
shall be appointed as the defendant, accor,.
! the ?th book.
- and printers shall be individually
. e of the t '
b. All wi i of the
government ti \"eneztiel.i,
its liberty and imi- domi-
nion beyond it-, trrt iturv, ami theaut'^;r- and print-
il hi- punished' according to the law a and
9. Deinrn-tory HMs, ralumnin . n'.ious
titin"". "f tlu -' infrin-in pu ;
<:ood murals, shr\!l hi* i ., iished
laws, and those which are pointed out.
v Yvcr *hall the character of nu.ral qu:."
: ils be attacked : poluicalopinions ai
a subject of ciiticism.
11. Authors (under t Judcd
the editor, or the pers.
shall not be - to the pub-
lications, althou?.') -j-ted on (h:-t acconnt
from their responsibility : for tl.is ellcci the
must substantiate the n?.jnc cf the ru:thor, :-, in
failure he will be himself Hullo tj Lhe punislimcnt'
of the unknown.
12. Anonymous publications, or s
signatures shall be permitted; but the T.I in -i must
indentify the author, w\ .-!) -hill not h
compelled to tii-^-lose, until the work he condemned
i.-il authority ; he is othcrv,
1.'.. Pi inters are obliged to si^'n (hi;; '
appellations, with the place and year of the imj'ns-
rion, in every prinr, of ! r or shape,
excepting only on invitation cards, k-ecr
mind, t:
Htall subject them toti .i.rnt M.itable
intention or malice intended.
14-. All bodii
<!K t,>l ihe use of presses u itli rrrpis-
sion of
!.">. IMinti-i ->. u i
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER BRITISH STATISTICS,
19. Authors, editors, c:
in arti'
., shall
incur tne same j.
.they have accus.u them.
:f impuUti un he iletri
i the author, 6.c. accoidiri'j; i-.j tin- lavvj
.
circv:
-c. of licentious writings, or o!
those c ::ioiali(y and pi.
, shall be puni^hrd for the ti
for tlu-
iVoni tru- . ^-ars.
^ ho shall*:.. their names,
I
the v.'orks themselves to i> dollars
third 30" from the province*
!'he -supreme t-v'cuuve power and t!u- high
court of justice, shall have j'ti i--!ict.ion (.ACT cA\
often; press, regulat-
ingthemse' .iready in torceand those
of this rc^
-CO X. YANES, President.
JOS PAUL, t'ice-Xrcrelary.
:..;, Tuesday, 6th August, 1811.
British Statistics.
f LTS COLLECTED FROM MANY
lORiTES.
^ It is our intention to insert a series of tables
minutely detailing the facts connected with these
. as well as to notice many things at pre-
omitted.
POPULATION-.
In Great Britain, including the army,
nav - and seamen in regis-
tered vessels, by the census of 1801,
there were, -^ersom
'land
I:i Wales
There were in Great Britain, under 15
years of age, persons
Males between 15 and CO years of age
Persons above 60 years of age
Volunteers in Great Britain and fre-
/ (1805)
Persons employed in agriculture (Eng-
land, 1805)
in trade and manufactures do.
In the army aii'i navy (iSul) men
Persons employed in agriculture in
Wales (1
Ditto in trade and manufactures
Paupers Ens/and and Wale-. : ~|
permanent 651,319
occu>ional relief, 3<;5,899 f
-~in the work houses 85,
Mendicants
Vagrant, gyp t >i"s, &.C.
Idle and immoral
Prostitutes
Vagabonds and criminals
Jn the friendly soriciies of Great Bri-
tain in 1803, there were
10.979,089
1,054,000
541,516
3,659,796
2,74 l v S-;7
819,357
700,000
1,524,227
I,;.s9,5.'}9
].S!),Or,2
50,00<
20,UO(
^
10U,00(
10U,00(
674,22
*The number employed in 1811 is probably abou
600,000. See folio 3 1,
pulttion of Ireland (1501)
:es only three arc found
\\itho,
hole po-
: > 11
'on, as ] to 28
lcui.il servants, ditto. a 1 to I i, iu
artt 1,575,923.
Uninhabited do. 56,308
687,618
Thinhabited ditto C*, 130
I cities and towns inCrraf
Britain with upwards of 5,000 inha*
each.
EXTENT, SURFACE, ;c.
v cos i ut Great Biitaia i
miles . 3,800
v contain,?9
nd
, acres oi uncultivated land 12,151 ,171
n Scotland there are, acres
n Wales dido
n the w/io'e Island ditto 50/1
n Ireland there *i-v( Irish acrcsj yards
to the rood) 12,001,20?
There arc 12 acres to every person in
Scotland nearly 10 acres to evtrv
person in Wales, ha-dly 4 acres to
every one in England. a.nd about the
same space, (in English, acres ) for
each pvson in Irc'and.
MONEV, STOCKS; &c.
Specie circulating unknown ; but dif-
licult to be had, and bearing a high
premium,
A r hole nominal public
debt, 1311 o3n, 893,082 $3004, l<
Sinking fund 196,546,775 t>r2,G;b.7l
Nominal public debt of
Ireland (about) 75,000.000 333,000,000
3ank of England notes hi circulation,
Jan 12, 1810
Of 5 and upwards. 14,668,640
Bank post bills 1.0
Under 5 5,854,170 $93,936.969.
Bank of Ireland notes (Oct. 1, 1803)
Of 5 and upwards 1,769,950 9
" der5 1,011,891 7
Nfotes of private bank-
ers in EnySand esti-
mated rpct. 1810 *84-,000,000 472,8CO,CC9
Sfotes of private bank-
ers in Ireland (Oct.
1810) 12.000,0(0 53,280,000
The whole public circulating /
medium in Great Br itain and lr^'
excluding the notes of private I '.ank-
ers in Scotland, of whose busim .,
we have no estimate, therefore H-
niounts to the '<ncv)ic.c:ntlle sum
of ^i.,5* v O,333,117
The rents of lands in
Great Britain are ,27,000,000 119,980,000
The whole, annual in-")
come of the people )
including re- !
venues, resources and f 243,000. CCO 1078,920,000
earning"? of individu-
als, of every dc:cr:p
tiun.
THE WEEXLY REGISTER BRITISH STATISTICS.
23
ic real
and per- on d proper-
.aiped and
lue of
5y Jame> II.
:ie
' I.
be-
gold :
The nett revenue, pay-
I
.f
.r the same
.
4
in do.
ch-
1 i^hop.-i
nil receipt
. ns thn
pared with
i ^-
tlic
On account of interest
of the nai
00,000
charge of m<.:
mcnt.
<:ed in
:">.099
of / the
:t i,v:
vea.r ending Jan. 5,
>9 10 . i,u51
1-2,311,119
d silver was
:T nf tcfiich ic:rc
For im< je of
management a:
the public
debt .... -H,301
-
Ordnance - -
.r.ccia services - 51,
COMMERCE AMD MANUFACT*
: 'iin
and here. land not includ-
i
ed, ton*. 2,226,000-
built in Great Britain, 1310, >t-
,
' Inns in the British
act.
kin. M-, )MO, 2,. r )'
We; : Hy mCn,
' h Manufactures
exported, 1509,
0,235,792 $:!ll,3.ii,G9:>
rahe*) '37 ^193,513,008
Total exports, same
$->9,
year, 30G,239,039
Inputs, sara ^,179 20t/
,,500,000 $28,800,000
Amount of impoi '^
do. 115,180,912 5il,403,C4r>
rrjy in Lng-
frr.iuid real value of
t ' 41,400,000
export,-,I; ish j;ro\vtb,
produce or manufac-
ture, ]> i:.:.;:.5i7 :
Ditto imports fahout) 1;V00,UGO
Iiritish manufactures
120,000
rare near-
for//o;w!r;. \G07,3GV 408.' I
H hole value of British
re cal 1
minn, -n an
hichlO?!
aren
10.
Heal value' of v.oolen
gooc!^
th th ,-<'
of in,
the \\ 17,000,000 75,430,00$
1 to 16
.
* There is nn of)
.
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\
1 1
The :
iv'f
j,. ivr f, : ;i ir .-,,,, n to believe the r#o/vlq (M it
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TUB WEEKLY REGISTER HIIEMSK
MlSCELLANT
Members of the house ot Commons
For En- land, 1 ;;d, 4.^
WuU-s, 21 Ireland, K,0 U.ul 058
number of the House of Lords
dilute ; the king cm ma>
many s he pleases.
e>timated that tuenty-
four millions of bushel.- of grain, va-
lued at three millions , were made
in. <tn. 4^-The
coi n lor tlii-^ purpose
nee th it period,
itu'.id for distillation.
The; i into lOngland for
. IbOo, 1804,
18,467,718
Of w'i.ii'h t'nert- came directly from
16,986,644
Annual aveia-e from 1801 to 1808 0,260,UOO
The value of the wool imported in
these years was ,5,560,000
Woolen clolh was never dye J and dress*
td iu England until the war I
The annual consumption of t i!k in the
various manufactures, which is chief-
ly imported from Italy ami India, has
been cslimat.-d at 11,400 bales of
HOlbs. each Ibs. 1,604,403
^-The stock ha.s latterly been short
the above estimate is for the year 1807.
The annual consumption of cotton is
about Ibs. perann. 65,000,000
>-Though a great deal of labor has been bestow-
ed on this table, and perhaps, 200 rcfcn-nces to
various publications and statements made to ren-
der it correct, it doubtless ha> many errors ; yet wc-
believe it may serve to ,ive a general idea ot the
things therein contained us accurately as any other
such table u.ma ly does. In the details, it is proba-
do \\v may detect some of its imperfections.
iT are prepared to publish a similar table rela-
,ive to France and designed it for the present num-
bei ,but have been compelled to defer it for our next.
General View.
Of the Confederation of the Rhine, exhibiting the extent, population and revenue of each
i nics of which it is composed, and also its contingent of troops.
STATES OF THE CONFEDERATION.
^.2 ^
r il!
5H,
a 7 .---
Population.
Reixnuc in
In tlars.
? ,V o
> w - ^ s
mi
> > ' ri
Dominion of the Prince Primate
>
1/.36
17 -.00.
3,231,580
l,183,0u(
2,085,4-76
2,27.",0:'0
2, 1 3 3
'..22,619
932,000
560,000
280,000
f 166. 000
" 105,000
14,000
3!V'0
37,000
18,000
42,000
60,000
6,000
5,000
180,000
110,000
4-0,000
33,000
60,000
35,200
30,000
52,000
70,500
20,500
328,636
70,000
18,000
25,000
18,000
18,000
56,000
58,000
48,000
160,000
605,35(
8,072,727
3,229,090
5,6*0,90;
3,2c9,(/9v
5.640,9u7
2,6^3ti35
2,220,000
1,291,035
908,628
$ 685,069
' 24,215
76,692
73,868
32,292
100,907
121,092
16,143
13,724
524,739
463,635
14-K272
160,513
161,456
1H, 271
121,096
177,6<;0
100,1)07
32,292
726,538
213,928
32,292
48,435
4 1,400
40,364
145,307
141,271
141,271
347,128
58,413,82*
968
30,000
12,000
20,000
30,000
25,000
8,000
5,000
4 ,000
2,000
j 1,680
97
193
{
291
379
40
211
1,1GC
80C
3GC
200
400
241
210
35 C
500
150
l,9tO
400
100
1 17
118
125
325
325
400
800
J4S.850
Do. Wurtemberg
330
723
1,851
717
275
310
206
96
C65
1*0
10
20
10
12
50
21-2
21-2
54-
36
18
11
J9
16
15
17
25
10
226
48
6
7
61-2
6
22
23
22
y?
Duchy of Warsaw ........
Grand Duchy oi' liaden .-_..-.
Outchv of Nassau Using ......
Do. Hohenzollern iieching
Do. Ilouenzollern Sigmaring
Do. Salm Kyrburg ......
Dutchy of Aremberg
Do. Leyen -
Do. Saxe Weimar
Do. Saxe-Meinungcn .....
Do. Saxe Hildburghauscn .....
Do. Saxe Cohurg -
Principality of AnhaluHernbnrg
Do. Anhalt-KocLhcn .....
Do. Atihalt Dessau
Do. Lip;>e Detmold
Do. Lippe Schaumburg
Dutchy of Merhlenburgh-Srhvvei iu ....
Principality of Rcuss-Klicrsdorf -
Do. Reuss (iraitz ......
Do. Sch\vartzbur-Rudolst:idt
Do. Schwartzbur^-Sonderhatisen
Do. Ilolstein-Oldenberg
TOTAL
7,0891-2
15177,31)
THE wi-:i-:?:r,Y RECISTEII SPAIN*.
Hi
. if.
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situation in which Fertlinu: ': >n his
.
< f the fc.id 4 ;i congvattr-
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n;ul it jt l.i t:i. tun.; livl u ill.
I
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hiii) with .
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i no u-iii
i >.- i-.ii
tit <
Aranj" ; ,j |,ev
the caplUl lomulit :-V the .
Sp.i'.n.
(if the
>:ich i.r.si]>
l''i iMiu-li ai:.
to him, he a;.;-!, (March -1) that
in > ,isin ot the
i .. lie had never participated ta ihc
nto
; ii iiii; man .-.
.incl lova] heart, and In- 1 him in his name;
whom the kin< r xvotilJ in like m inner, to
e him-elf. Tin- \\]
.eiU-u, and t'hr kini!
BoiMp.r
a 1 .1 I lie
i' i i/t-r.M in (he
most friuuliy .u:.l :ui,
suggest nu
] \' c m i 1 1 ^ i o t i 1 1-
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tit order
Cy the I
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,;iJ to t.ecr- , and to
snllk-ient, he a, > O r' (hire
to proceed 10 li.ivonr.e,
.'aiiclcc \N.'
mpliiui
.' I .< ' 1 1 1 . i .
woiL'u
such
n,;! v
Cm pen
'. ; and
Me .-.piv.ul tiii-i i"
. .-n f>r preparing * <u ihe
: him n.-
.i..l to (I,,
plM>ol|s U'lj.j n.lj l)i-ll
nic-ci con.-j)i
lied near !.
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3iili-toJ '.
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THK l,T KEGISTER SPAIN.
'o preserve the police, under the joint superint< ;ailv and of Spain, that he should acquiesce
dancuof a French officer and a !* -a by his own resenluient, nd per-
.No pcuj ' lumult ever con ii more by that of the qvicen, who t embled
her paramour, and, like an adui
trates and Llie law as the people oi Mad i id h he committed his last om-
duriiH- -ninating 1. protection to that
:>on whose < j.rti and
aped unhurt. re driven him to the resolution
in the pr ) -, of the abdicTtion was; of ahandonii..' i.e. and 51
"i with the Htm- -aid Duke of I.}.;
!1 known ; hi> i^ueen was unpopular for hci iiis cuMiiiii.---fiatn.Mi , he said lo his a gent, De Mou-
kriow;. ,d nothing coi: ; uis aiUiciion was the greater hee.iuM-
hatred is own son was the author of it. The revolution
as a thanksgiving I had been efiV-.ted by forgery and corruption; the
lor hi^ L, the monks and stu .prince, and Caballero, minister of ju.tice, h
dents are said tu xultation by been the principal actors in it, he w.i:> compi
he raa.ke; , e which Fer . ab.licate, lo s..ve l!.e lives of himself and the queen;
Ie of Godoy's treas>. ed the knowing that if he had refused, they would have
...ie of hi enlie^t measures! both been murdered. This conduct of the prince
p the arrears due to ' of Astmias was more shocking, the king saiti, inns-
WS on the pension list. much as. having pei'ctived his desire to \
A declar.i .rung the affair of the Escu- being himself near three s>core years of ag, he hud
MIC (March oO> for the purpose of agreed to surrender the crown to him on his mam
provin her his former preceptor, D. Juanjage with a French princess, an event which he, the
deEscoiquiz, nor the Duke del Jnfantado, nor any (king, ardently desired. This part of the con
other of his servants, who were implicated in the
accusation of conspiracy, had been guilty of mis-
conduct. A circumstance, however, appears in the
account, which affords some grounds for suspecting
that such an abdication as had been, effected now,
was intended in October. The prince, it there ap-
peared, had declared upon his examination, that he
had, in his own hand writing, eonuiiissioneu the
seems to prove that he had not only thought of
abdicating, but had even promised to a!
fixed the time. It is, however, not le-^s clo.n
the act when actually pei formed, was comj. ;
The prince, he added, had chosen Badajos for the
plce oi their retreat, though the part of the king-
dom was injurious to his health. This he had ie
presented, and entreated him that he might be per
duke del Fnfantado to assume the command oi thejmittedto choose another place; his wish being that
in New .Castile in case of his father's de- j he might obtain permission of the emperor to pur-
mise. The alleged reason was his fear lest Godoyj chase an estate in France, whe-e he n-.ight end his
should continue at such a time to make an irnpro jdays, and this had been refused. The cjut >
per use of his influence and power. A most fiimsyUhe had begged her son at least to po-
and ridiculous apology foi so ;vro:s an usurpation ! I journey. Her entreaties were in vain : to i-
T>'J * ' * .)' " i. i.i-
. there was no immediate apprehension o!
the demise of the king : and, in case of such an
event, Go'loy, who held his power only upon fa
voritism, would instantly have become the wretch
that this revolution made him. It could never have
been apprehended that he would dream of chang
ing the succestion.
Jn the deed of abdication, Charles called it his
own free and voluntary act ; and as such Cevallos
represents it. Nothing i- more probable than thai
the examples of Charles V. and Philip V. should
have occurred to him, and that the thought of imita-
ting them should have passed across his mind when
difficulties pressed upon him, and he was sick of
the cares of government ; cares which hehr.d never
felt till an a, n for his o'.vri pcrscn.il sec.u
rity routed them. It is probable, also, that the
prince's partv might not have formed the plan oi
sending him into; . unle .s they had known
li'unsell'Ii.nl i n. ti tainefi, however tr<.n->ient
ly, a wi.-h for relii.ng. To t,,!!;, even ainoi.
e n startling
Sound : hut, il \v
;
..e wanted i evolution to
effect :
i The
signs of li.-naoarte U. ' . rat. On
theon was enl by hin> to ..'; ,1 p:o
inst his deposit!., n. T ; >> \v -
in obtaining it from tl
.ui.oisory the act of abdication might
have been, it was now as ruuch Lia i;iiu~e=t a* tliu.5.
they were oidered, and theii journey was to
on the following Monday, AH Ihis
-There can have been no reason whv
suspicion?.
Ferdinand should not permit his father tochoo-c
his place of residence, and ir is h-ghly impr
that Charles should have thought of retiring into
France.
Having made these complaints, Charles delivered
into De Moutheon's hands, a leUer to the. empcior.
and a formal protest, declaring that the uicut-
wherein he renounced the crown in favor o! his son,
was a deed to which he was compelled, in order to
prevent a greater calamity, and spare the blood of
his beloved subjects. It was therefore to be cotni-
dered as of no authoiity. The letter was of a mo; e
abject character. "Sir, my brother," said he,
"\ou will not without sympathy, see a king v I o
has been compelled to resign his throne., t!iio*v
himself into the arms of a great monarch hia all
every thin
alone can fix hi- h
in the protection of him who,
nin-.s.-:, and that o!
and hi" f:i(hful and beloved peoj-le," &.c. i
'(in, which it not
I, w.-s eviftcnfly suggested by him, the kir-g
t his situation was most <! plor,.!;!e ; tl. y
Zed the ttiincc of peace, and would put him
IT crime than that of
ched to his sovereign.
There were no cf ^ he would T>ot have
i he life of his unhappy fiie:
the whole world was deaf to his cr.treatie : , ar-.d bent
aoce; and he. felt assured tha'. Godov's
.ic:.t'.i would liehi- own,f<.'. he -'a.-UKi not Mirvivchim.
These '-< rvc'tings w.-re concealed from
uand. Miiiat's intentions weie to fri^hlen him
THE WKEKLY KKCISTKB
27
into the toils ; an alarm that should hj
st*rt, 9 I ;,,;.eie-i
tils re
filial i.
iiroad ; f t e
oeror had
. lose no time in puui.
1
-
he omi
irers and tradesmen were ordered
e u> tht p' kmeii
themselve>
mi dO-
- at home, and the old a--
.jn of the FrcucU accorded
>i the govei nrnenl.
[TO BE CONTIM'KD.]
Geograph
MEXICO, <; SPAIN.
(Cot. i pa^e 10)
It is a rert n th^t the environs of the
be SUppll.'d With r with. It u
ed tliat :' would be a delicate compliment it don
.ext brother, would st-t ort' to!city or V
meet him on the \vy. His highness, M;.. ' present: i our author admits that the
could not fail to meet hi before he had proceeded ; cruelties of the S 'nisi m.my thousands
.e road. '1'his was readily ajMred ot Iadiinto an untimely giive, }<-t hi
ac, aecomj>anic.l hy tic Duke dt-'.'the hvi. :ditv tu trust to the fabulous ac-
'.jd upon i;
elf into t!
d at, .n. d i mark of at- 1794 an emr-
iw p!-ca--ed upon inn, -roy Hfrji -it not completed in the
md the wholekingdom.|aru! in OH- -,-i <1! ; M\ ircr
. .
ants of the conquerors oi
mijjct thrir own exp!
'A hat had I fact* connected vitl-. th-m. Tor their own ^K'n . la
.".j hesitated at this; it was more
lowing tahle was formed on this occa
g f-*
;iiired ; more lhan anally was en
o
;
t:'le 1 t he felt that it w:ia more
to perform. Cevallos
. him not to leave his capital until
re that Bonapai ic
f the inttndancitt and
gover iiment" in u- filch i
1)11 was coin.
had actually passed the ['yrenees and was approach-
,
Irid ; and even then he urged him to pro-
Mexico ....
.
i a wav, th.it it should not be necessary
t uebla -
tor him to sleep out of hi* capital more than . sin,,
night. This advice prevailed lor a lime against the ( . . |j ll S a ,. I
i Muriit and li.<- 01 ,
taraoU. k !- -.uric r xejswjr, therefore, to 1 ua " axiin . to . .
v actor in ' i'>le plot.
an JLitns rotosi
During the interval te this
"lid appe I ::ied ('eval!
Zacatecas ...
Durango ....
the emperor would be gratified if the sword of
.
him ; ai.d he
.'it be intimited to the new king. It
1 not merely
Netivo Mexico -
Tli* two California*
Yucatan ....
.
ever took tin
Total p
ic enumeia
15>)t it wa- I
lion
3,865,521)
do 11. -
intend
H. Ac-
;ly thistro;
of the gr in.l DiiKr
Intrt ")
/.at
oha-
hutU
lor hi> nn.i
"I ihr
K.n any o<
. i f .\ 1 1- -. . .
'
Military
. tor suppr-
should be sold after ci^ht in '.
ur author
' .-tJ.Mllt tl
situate in \c. y dittcrtnt parts of the
THE WKKKLY K ULSTER AIKXICO.
country, from which he obtained rcgu'
the births a : .ean term ,
'iei.il average of the \\ ;
e t i. '
.I'.Mii'.U ,1 (1- cadiul r.:v
'is have been
: n with the
"ti'i t. lined offradi
',-n'Mit^ o! i his lemed
inn y p.'u;-le an,
. .' hough ihey ii' v.-i- u. ,i,i ; . Iii ,,, i,,
Mi-xieo
'//. It
-.me analog*
hv the
hut .si.-!(l,?ni. -..me
ice in n crnturv ; but in 15 Jo
have died of it, i't-1 in
.iled t'.ir
. Tht bhck \o:nit, i< almo-t exclusive
e whites on the coasts, and seldom
ians.
'.-in seven races in the .Mexican pornili
ti;-n. a, in ;.ii the Spanish colonies. 1 Individual
h-irn in Mm ope; 2. Spanish Creoles, or whites o!
extraction, horn in America; :;. The
! tnta of whiles and Indims; 1. The
descendants of \vhitos and ne<M
t, descendants of negroes and Indians;
us, the indigenous face. 7. '{'lie Ahi-
tesides these there are manv indivi
fie <ri:;in, both O/r.rr vnA Malay*
Two mili-oM'- and a haKof the population are Indian.
I' 001 '' 'naxuato, Vallado-
' have, in all. 1 ,737.000 inha
.',000 are Indians, who have
a great vartry of l.ur_:i.iics, and appear to be "com-
roge-uo s elements." The num
exceed twenty, fourteen of
iiiriars and dictionaries tolerably
complete ; they are represented to " he as different
rh other as ;!u> Greek and the German, or
:nch and the IVillsh. The Mexican or Aizn-
most generally diffused ; it having be
lather^, ihe country, and been
>le for a lon^ series of year?.
'i rf-eniMarce to those
: '!, Florida, Peru and Brasil." _
horhood of the capital, wen
n tirhes. They live to an advanced a^c.nnH
il.Ie fcxrr'-ivp fatigue, as is fully proved hv
ous o! the Spaniards. Few of them arc
in ih.ir limSs. Martin Salmeion, tin-
M^-xiran tii.u-.f, was 7 jeeL 3 1-2 inches high
il <.{'l!it- Spaniards, th Mexican^
osidt-rahlo progress in the arts an
notice of the anticjmt v of the country
vvillshew. Some of their ternpl.-s nnd palaces werV
magnificent .-tr.irt.orrs f,r v.-,u,f| an( ) stone, and the--
'.vled^e of (he dura' ion o!'t he year.
which they divided in f o months. The converts to
the Christian religion practise in th-'ir devotions ma
ry remains of their ancient w.-r>!ii(..
The natives hive long been celebrated for the'tt
-te in gardening, and ur:i-ommon tt.achment
-d odoriferous
deuers
i* !> uiiil'iiiv urn. -ch l the.
:;i.i- k. '
of verdure." .'ful.
Tiit- Indians sectn to v-dingly de-
pressed bvth< 'iient. l'hi-y
n id a numeions ;.nd r..; -ljilit\ , win
. cendanU at. this <Uv, trn^u ,1 v, r.h a Sitllc " brief an-
' l.y the .*-). ;niai <.!_-., are more cruel and lyian-
nic'il than the .Si.ani.ird.-; themselves. Tlie en.
nobility and clcrgv posses>ed al! l.'.nds ;
and in some 'ill exists.
The conquest of the Spaniards, t!n'; . h productive
of many dreadful calamities, w?- not, (all '
considered ) so grievous -as has been generally sup-
posed. ; tf state of the Indians :
:.) their situation under tM^itlezuniti, the .)//-
rtt belli!/ abolished, and no person compelled to la-
bor in the mines, as lorim-i !v, except ot I..
free will ; for which he icceives >me of
i hi- Indian families are very wealthy, po.-^essing pio-
periies world fiom J i-.S (o !
I ,OUO,6f'0 )t livres) and enjoy great c<
nmong the tributary Indians, who;u-
po-'ir, wretched and nusfrab'e. They have some
times been led to insurrection, but, depressed by
servitude, appear to want coinage to persevere in
their plans.
The number of individuals of whom the white
race, is i oMit o'cu is estimated to be ],'JOr.Oi.o of
whom about 80,000 are said lo be nat'vrs ! ICuropc.
There are very few negro .sbive- in Mex'co. The ir.-
div 'idualfi of mixed blood are said to amount to
2,100,000. Malesre mote numerous than females.
There. i one a"c'o-hishop and seven Iti^hops in
Mexico. The revenue of the fust is .-stim
$ per annum; the bishop* receive from
100,000 as low as 6,000 thee eight persona t-njoy
-{.OLO^per annum. The infeiior cleryy
.ue numerous. The lands and other sources of pro-
fit. Jo lhe a'c: ;cal aider in rvew Spain, \- valued at a
capiu! of from GO to 70 m'lli'Mr-- oldo :
Mexico has hevn -cvcra! times divided into pro-
vinces, according to the dit't-rent vii-^'s of the .Spa-
ni h monarch* and their deputies : and the present
divisions, though e.-.t -.l.li-l.ei. l.i I. "76, wera generally
unknown till the travels of llunibu'dt appeared.
There are at iiii* time L\i< !vc intendrfMcicS, to
which must be added tbr^e otb-r districts denomi-
nated provinces, making in ail fifteen divisions as
follows : ,
the trjn?rarc. Zone the province of New
Mexico and intendancy of Am- /twini, with the
* *n France thcieare llobii:!-- <,
ii England 120 to 100 in Sweden, 130 to 100
in Finland, 150 to 100, in R;is-i:. gem-nlK-, K'.r, t,
.'i we<t P ussia, ISO to 100-in tn'e Un : ted
Stat.cs (state of New Jersey) 300 to luO. Uumboldt.
provinces of old and new Californi;>. and (lie inl.en-
(lai-.cies of Si/nra, and San Luis Pn'nsi. This sec-
tion of the country, contains 82,C'JO square leagues,
677 .000 inhabitants, or only eight persons to a square
l.'itiler 'ire t<. rr'irl Zone ire the intendancics of Za-
'itld.Tttni, (''ianrixittttn, I n//af/r>/id, Meai-
<"0, IXL I'nelila, I'cru (<r'i(Z. Oaxuca and Merida, con-
taining 3(;,5!0 square leagues, with a population of
souls, or 14-1 inhabitants to the square
Fiorn which it appears that nearly seven eighths
>i the. Inhabitants live under the torrid zone but
Tour fihhs of those who inhabit the equinoctial parts
i V5,.yj,.,, |iv,. r> n the ridge of the Cordillra, or ta-
l .>le hrd = , whose height above the pea i? from 5000
feet. The inequality of those divisions, as
vf-ll ;M lespect to extent of country a? population,
&.c. wiil appear from the following notices ot each,
THE Wr.F.KI.Y RKR1STKK MF.XICO.
29
Tf'if ' ve lake*, in the valley of Mexico ; the
i /.euro, neat which the city stands ;
' j--i, on thi '
i. need ;
*!i it ha i wui ks
^ to carry ofi tlv <?urf>
'
ter; in whicn,
opeidtioin
n, or cau-
odi^ious d
1 t: cm M;I. But the u U.
- " - -
contain*
that, instead ot
distance
Imittcd that Mexico teas
ot thi- lake-
,mt ot ;i,
ike,
scribed .t is "situ
to the
B, " then- are two leagues
to enter
j ; thev ,-ire nvide l>y t '
- Ofthe*treets "tOOM arc hall dry andfi.ill
'.i-d with well
The market
as that of Seville,
the joint labors ot the
c one of the most beautiful
t-iiii'- ii tlu- \- ;ne, vvitli
i Dtiier u; | nuiue-
i thou-
mts and t'
and the van es ot mt The
!u\s, and archbishop, the calhe-
chal, the churches and
f the wealthy, will !>v-ar a Com:
.
for the S./'nool of Mine- o..-t nc
nnnd altar
alonr < Tor comin*
co-l % v | ( >l 'iiu--ihf e -liver,
vilucd at j
the revenue of the caih
M;uiv of the chiircl'os are <;
mrntrd will) ;\ j)i .
al-. '1
)f (lu- lun-.l t-clel;! '
nohle institution \\ r. Thi: !)>
"i immen?'' i edifices and richlv endowed tin-
" arc-^ ill >rts of merchandize, eal |inatket -'I woi thy of notice, and ><* is ihi-ir
w ahles, DIM r, i6cc. / 'it-lft w.i- building fioni wliich have h^en j.iid,
tton - There .ire lines, foi -:iv- m
':^4. hiry, a oni more than equal t ; .H.ns.
. e. il;e head ai '
re drink i
l
l he iii.ii k
to det
duties u ,-i,t clM k-
;
' -d an I ron-t.inllv
'
indent
the empire
'
;nd huilt ;
ih^t the |
ll OCCU-
le.)
-
'
niastics are
rneina
'
re' . It hi
" i ! thrir
The rca
d- . .
39
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MISCELLANY.
Calves, 450 Sheep,
Kuis am 1
'
ies of mai.: . inented
ii'ink of the
people; theyan :i;e 4-1- mi!..
'iv.munu about 5S
cubit inches th ^uauti-
>J millions of
year.
Our author next gives H ! n^ narration of the
inund ;, and a -
account of the great dykes that are cut thro*
mountains to carry oft the surplus w.tU-rs. Sufiice
it to say, the cicy seem- now pretty well pi
it-s effected at an ei.
e of nea-ly six million . Tin
last inundation v.
were commenced to render it perfectly sale.
The great height of Mexico above the .se;i, forever
forbids the hope of posse sing a water cr.nununica
ti->n. It ).-> u,e emporium of an immense corn-
but every tlim transported to and
>i on the backs oi 'men and animals over the
mountains.
We cannot consider this account of Mexico
complete without noticing the floating gardens *ri$)
which the like* are fiiled, and from whence the
market derives its chiet supply of vegetables, roots,
They are tunned of reeds, rushes,
and branches of brushwood strongly united ; over
which the Indians cast a fine black mould, or mud
bottom of the lakes. They are
' in length, and from 16 to
ad", and are moved about at pleasure.
The o'ht-r c!.iof plao.es in the intendancy of Mex-
ico are 1'ezuro, which 'orrnerly possessed consi
a iTi inufactories-^czuWco, an excellent
ific ocean, and the great empo-
f the tr-jiie to Asia, Peru, Chili, &.c. is at
Me and unhealthy town, and has a habitual
population of on, , u ls chiefly people of
iebrated for the beauty of
refine edifices and rloth manufactures,
000 inhabitant*, of whom between 11 and 12
thousand are Indians.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Miscellaneous Intelligence.
i.h'tt'.fil. Literary, JWdual, fyc.
AUSTKIAN LITKK.ATI:KE. The periodical works
published in Austria continue increasing : and
among those which are now publishing are manv
a merit. Literary criticism is pursued with
-.access in the "Annals of Literature and
-V' '*y M (,!otz, councellor of the Protes
tant Consistory articles of statistics
aopear in the Patriotic Journal," of which M.
Hormayr tt the principal editor: as he is also of
the "Archives of Geogranhv, History, Statistics,
and Arms." There are some militarv
high repute. Several journals are devoted entirely
to the belles letters.
VIENNA. Finance. It is said that this government
proposed in the first months of this year, to put 20
millions of money into circulation. By these
means which the Austrian monarchy still possesses,
after so long and so unfortunate a war, and by tht
daily augmentation of their national industry,' they
hope to extricate themselves from the miserable
situation in which they have been placed bv theii
commercial operations with foreign countries.
It was under the consideration of government t
suppres
and to 1 .ma) to \\><
his prolVv in. The determination oi l!a> ^uebtiou
is not kru.w n.
Siati* ^umcration made,
for the purpose of th-j conscription, the
population of this capital amounts inha-
itilarUs, amcM. . nmeratc.d .
l -ilo fewer t' i ( Mu
texvt-r than ii tiian
.rti/iin.-i, \\orki irti.siS
; ore t!;an in '
since 1S05 is incre.vsed (U : si-:
1,4-11-. The number of families is tlimi:.
since 1S08. Notwithstanding this diminution,
ire much si
I SOS ; and the. piict; is doubled or ti
This .-caixiiy cannot te attributed to the nun.
n* f for tliat is diminished 6,863 sin<:i
In 17^r> a population ol ns occupied
only 5,6u? houses; in IMothe bouses occupied by
persons are 7U-1 of vv h ch several have
been heightened one or two stories. J.- (!.:ing is so
very dear and scarce that some cannot obtain it.
Three times have the populace broke the windows
of a rich proprietor of a house who demanded an
excessive price for the rents of it. The number of
horses in Vienna is 4,025 ; of Jogs nearly 30,000.
Education. The Emperor had commanded a
learned Jew, Mr. Hertz Hombourg, to compose a
book of morals, particularly appropriate to the
situation of the Jewish nation, and in which the
maxims of a sounu philosophy arc to be supported
by passages from n\\ the Old Testament. M. Hom-
bourg's book entitled Beni Zion, has been recently
approved by the Commissioners of studies, and will
be introduced into the Jewish schools. M. Hom-
bourg has received from the emperor a present of
1,000 florins, and he will also be entitled to the pay-
ment of two per cent, of the produce of the sale of
his bock.
BOHEMIA. The number of Births and Deal/is in
the kingdom of Bohemia, for one year, has been
131,031, of which liH,yuU were boys; and ('4,74-2
girl~. The number of deaths was 115,C>30; births
more, than deaths 19,021.
CHINA. 'Ike Pirates, who so long infes'ed the
S. VV. parts of the coast of China, have at length
surrendered themselves to the government of the
province of Canton. A general amnesty was grant-
ed them by the Viceroy; and upon their surrender
they were received with marks of favor and honor,
and taken into the employ of government !
DENMARK. The Paper Money of this government
is at this time at the rate of 5 for 1 ; for bills nego-
ciable in England.
FRANC v.. Literary Property. The Georgiquea
>f ;M. Ddille in the course of their sale dur
years, have made the fortunes of a whole family, and
have been circulated throughout the literary world
to the number of 200,000 copies. They have lately
L-I-H -old by auction to Messrs. Micbaud, printers
and booksellers, ,'or 25,CUO franc* (about 5000 dols.)
Sen Tyger. Tin-re is now exhibiting in Paris a
curious and rare fish, described by Button in bis
Natural History, vol. 26th, under the name of Sea,
Tijifer : it was cauht in the North Sea, on the
coast of Norway. It measures 5 feet in length, and
nearly 3 in circumference. It feed* on fi *-, knows
its master, and rises out of the water when com-
manded. [So say the Paris papers. It is probably
nothing more than a large specimen of the Seal, or
Phoca kind.]
THE WEf.KLT REGISTER AGRICULTURAL.
31
HOLLAS n. V '. ,'et fsr r,>, I Men.
.-ral diieclion of the police in Holland. " As
g been framed at Amsteidamand
many other towns -nd villages in the departments
land, in order to fun ,'cs tor such
be drawn by lot, his serene high-
ness and the prince governor general having been
informed of them, orders me to make known that
hecannot tolerate them, lie considers these asso-
il as speculations equally injurious to the
'
uose individuals. The
substitutes rnu^t, as in
be bv mutual c
the empire,
Astronomical.
THI: LIPSLD.
Extract of a tetter from 11' if Ham Lambfrt, Esq. dati<i
at 1 1 as/i itif ton cify, to a gent If man
. ;i will take place at Rich-
mond, on the l?th September, 181 1 : The Sun will
be iinituUiriij and very nearly central eclipsed bv th
Moon, at 2h 5 1 Jrn P. M. apparent or solar time.
What is meant by an annular eclipse, is, that HJ
apparent or visible diametre of the sun v
that day be la-ger thin the moon's, and a ri
without merely considering his in-
Thus, while each cmi )i} , ht w ;,, appcar round the dark bodv of thc moon
-ctuteaman (from which the name or designation is derivtd) at
'ranks oj Mr army, he a n F i acc3 where the ec ;i use wi n be , aear l y
O. In lat .57, J5, 44 and longitude . -.vest
of Gieenwich, which is very nearly the <
phical position of Richmond, I make the e '
be central, when the apparent time at Greenwi_H
will be 7h 15m P. M. The centre of the moon's
shadow will pa-is from the north wet to the south
east, and go oft" in the Atlantic ocean, near Ocr*-
cocke inlet, in North Carolina. If the leather
./rove favorable this eclipse
will afford one of the best means of ascertaining:
the longitude with precision indifferent parts of the
l-nited States. The beginning and end ought to be,
observed with the greatest possible accuracv
watch or clock beating or shewing seconds, and
the error of the watch for apparent or solar time,
should be carely ascertained by several sets of quad-
rants, the former being preferable. No opportunity
>{ i 'nil kind should he lost, whenever it happens,
for such means occur butseldom, and a nob;
more important use should be made of them, than
merely as an object of curiosity. Thecorrer
time of the beginning and end is all that is wanting
for the calculation, provided the latitude of the place
shall have been previously ascertained with sutli-
cient accurac\ ."
Tin: CI:C.V;AR SON -
[Poetry, the offspring of sensibility ,whrn
reguliteci '
merit . i m which ; the bo-
som of the rear 1 .
of tlv '.'}} \\ hum ' 'ian he
<* under h;- prru-.il, while
.
fion, d 1. v |
\
.
>n shall be thq consequence,
i.lahle hii intentions.
DUTERRAGE."
[The following ought to have been inserted among
-lie-," the omis-
i until too lite to put it in
:M' of the table which
i^ the whole paper;
1 1 whole number of arm-
1,042
-ion, ..... 719
..try and repairing, . . . 201
62
<ri are 150 of the line ;
; 104 fiigates ; 131
d yachts ; 4 bomb* and fire-
itters ; 78 gun
710
y are 65 of the line; II
ot 5
anH - bombs and fire-shij.s ; 48
vessels, . . . 261
of the line; 2 of 50's
.loops and yach . 6t
Agricultural.
I them-
selves iK.uiu-m country, that
\- the f irni."
much has r>~ whert-
oot of the f as no-
lo inform cvr i .
i in.- .,-1 (.. .
'i \vill m i!,
: ill the
IK
1 lanccf-iil'd.
rat,
we,
i they
I nodoubt,
THI '.Y UF.(i!STKR CHRONICLE.
The
- the above -,ner Globe,
.no, dry
.., :r ,._Th- eninlhelast ?|? dsai ! : iheship G
mills we have had horn I'.uiopL. Th<
contradict.-.: " uw :
";. an ** n \?* l "- lt American
.
irould not Iw limited bul i u,u-t
Pbe rm, :cd at
hours y aliment,, ! <'" d '"' Augu
for OIK ' ! ' "ere uml.-r marching orders K-i .Spani
m l.y forcing upon and Portugal. Fhe British are hreal
luingvvas d ' fM'gofa
I -veiled, impossibility ol u,g their goods an
war with the tuntinoni , (I,, itched.
le from a /" ' lilc U!l (>l Jtilv l Russians defeated the grand
...;i.Mew The Land, ail ar '"? of the Turks > consisting o lo'J.OOO men,
mmanded by the grand viz-.or. The
between the !l ^ r tal((1 ' had celebrated the return ol king J
v.Ui.tic to ime.cept the American \ Madrid, with gieat demonstrations ui joy. The
king oi Prnsfiia is enforcing the (( continental
The frigate John ^y soon be expected to
,. our agents in Fiance
\V r e hear that thiee American ve.s-
. i in France, on proof being
product that the property belonged a slated. //
\\, j.or. The ports oi i ho Le-
vant are bUiU-ii 10 i>e iiuimlated with l>riti.-!)
a nd llie croj^s of cotton to be very abinuLiit. The
king of England was alive the 2!);l. July; but alt
his family had been assembled in expectation of his
tnat muiy others will be immediately released
and that the Prench courts of ad
i tiie Merlin a:ul Milan decrees as
''.d, rendered null and void since the fjiit of
,:ccordmgly. We should like
. li-uuent was prorogued on the
.f August by a commission,
"actin ,< prince ivrgent o!i behalf of his
for the prince him
- delivered on this occa-
sion, - i)r terms of the prosperity of
-lie thanks parliament, lor its liberal
The accounts from Spain give us notice of many
skirmishes ; aud detail the marches and <.
marches of small bodies of troops, but meui.iou no
event oi importance.
Baltimore Prices Current.Sfyt. 11, 1811.
Bacon, ptr ib. 10 cents ; Butler, in ke^.
IS; best Coffee, 16; Cotton, Gro. up. 10 12,
Cheese, 1011; Flour, bbl. ,-> ; Flax
bu.\h. 80 ; Do. cleansed, cat!:, .v corn, 75
oO; wheat, 1-ij l.'iU ; vy
cloverseed, ^9 10; Hemp,//;. 7 11; II. <\
snppii. i prosecution of the war iu i^'ln di ied coin meal, Lhl. 150. Pfavai Ston
id congratulates them on ihr ^-32:5350 ; pitch, 350 ; turpentine, soil,
e Isle of France, the /u< r() 5i", ^75 ; spirits of tuipr mi ; wLukcy,
Colon\ .ny. Ti:e n>y.tl assent \v , ' pf- 46 ; blown sugai . .'oaf, 19
same value as^-Q/rf* 1^0; shot of all sizes, Ain. ctitrt. )2 .">u ; ToUu-co, >Jd.
an-1 ' miiitia of Kn;
to Ireland, and the militia ol Ireland to England, i w * i ,-,-- -.
Ihe better preservation of'orucr audluvv,' i the two i^- ] l ~ ^-: Wax, bees, 2530 : u-nol, full bio
/t 2J ; shot of all sizes, Am. rw(. ) 2 .">U ; Tol.-ucco, >Jd.
Kii'-land j no s "'<-s ; Virginia, fat, net. :"?,('(> 6.00 : Rappahun.
iun'd, for ' noi 'k 2,50 ; Kentucky, I.Uf 5,rU; Tallow, Am.
. Milton, ufter giving the notorious duke ol
. in tl,e hoiihe of c.ominoii.-,,
.c of ccnaiire on the conduct
o ihc Pi ince
.n.-iit of tint creature to the
iiul tiit- n.otion could nol
circulating for tiic removul
. 3 per cent. .reduced G3
rino,tb. ir>0 200; cro^^led, 75 100,
skinners 30.
Exchange on Lo//J<i 1(>^)('/' ceni.
^- The present number of the III
siiii.i-s something of the " body, form an
stance \vt- wi.sh it to possess ; though not arrived at
the flesirt-d k ia:n of the business, we hope to reach
it vv-i h ; little mote expeiiv n
The public [revolutionary j Capers were p<,
ed to m.ike loom fora rt'ic u't-r lai align of it
1 dcnce, &c. llu-ir pnnlicalion shall i<e resumed, and
Americana.-, very chef;
proposed series liesuielv completed.
Tiie i .;ii or i rou. -i - inii-i ri/.ii .on ol 'an V in '
| ty iu tiit: tiriivr i v or ti an- nn--i"ii oi r In.-, jjiipt-r, t h;<(,
it may he. remedied. Communications to him niti^t
> u ; <t " mile.
re in p.*i,anu o.fic.r.s daily arriving.
orders have be hy tin-
of t-xpenoe.
{>y ci' 'i. we hope to prove ourselves
increasing snppoi t the
rs, to h: iu^ in Tor
our increased ;nici
to pitfsrnl his ;.h:ii.ks to moi e th;in a
on Our I hundred new Sllh- i;,;m-(l >inrc Salnrcliiy
tlar ' r '- (bird oi ionilii nnmber .-bnll > rnb-
'i.-'hed an citrn ; if the pal i <.n;><- > of ilu- .'
Jose in B
of imp D to a., <ji I in- vVui iu ^i..
pcnin-ula sn.cc o Ji la
as it. !..;-> done, \\<- pi n extra
>'ilh. Subscribers may be iur-
iioai tiie beiunit.
THE Wl LY REGISTER.
BALT1.M'. * 21, 1811.
(No.
no other herald,
krr of mil /irii/p action*,
ion
" But such an honest chron
\-ipfnrt HRNRV viii.
Printed and published by H Nn.-
President and I/ittlc Belt
t! '' Si "
of the President .md /*/// 7>Y<7, app
sunif great importance in Lowland, W e have
thought proper to record the official p.ipr
I short jpeak
; oi the chase appea 1
h.iuu-i! litm-*
ccn thi period and the time of
so that, at once, our readers may see '
. _r Crf . '
dit where cred ,-,// io be <;
Copy of a letter mdorc RODGERS to the
U - NT,
1311.
our arriving at the po-ition, which I had orH.
!>c taken. At iU'.cen or twenty minut
lieing a little forward of her weather beam a
tit nt from seventy to a hundred yards, hailed
ship is thatr" lo \.\\\* eiujuiry no an.-wer was given,
but I w;i" h.iilfd l>v t.
what shipi^ th.r
", of course considered my.-rlf eruitled, hy the com
oel? l,ci,, g under the ,
'' -
^e 1 '"- -'-""> I'tnit uiiuci me lift '
-presenting -o you an event that occurred on P " ! ' e 1>I ! ! :rcen , or iwentv wcoiias, I rt
.St. 1,-tweenthe ship unde, I' 11 '' 1 '"I" 1 '? , f " , whal f hl l"' o fore I
had time to take th ^ as
answered by a shot, that cut off one of on
top backstays and went into our mainmast at th's
in-taut cjptain Caldwell (of mariri | stand.
ing vciv near me on lh<
" sir, she has tired a*, u .-^f. f O r
a moment, just as I was in Ihc ac' ef giving -in or-
der to fire a shot in return ; and before 1 had time
my comrr.ind and his Britannic
war the Li.'le Belt, commaiui'-d by captain Bin<^
ham : the icsult of w!>ich has ^iven'me much pain,
as well on account of the injury she sustained, as
isould have been compelled to the measure
of her inferior force.
ilow : On the IGihinst.
e minutes past meiiJian, in -seventeen
: J, V\*. dl tallt
n or fifteen k- a . il was discove-ed
from our mast head in ; ir ds us
under a prc- At half past one the sym-
Off her oppt) 'h were at this t;,
our deck) and her in
. b-r to he a m;in .f w.ir. At I
M hoisted our ensign *nd pen
i, si)c
.ouihwird. Being desirous
-nd of a^^.
ase ; and >
t. M. i
R
mins II P . s, bv
;
and c.i
vent n
;
to resume the repetition of the intended order, a
shot was actually nrrd from -
this ship, and was scarcely out of th<
it was answered from DC
others in quK k succession, and soon i
of his hioaii-ide and mu qui-Uy. When t!.
-h.it
In ed, t).
\i . ,;t, and
with. >ut tiie or.lers of Lh< ! dftcr-
mined at th<- moment to Tin shot ift
return, but th
unprovoked mitt i . h t the
and lhat '
ignorant of i.
insult v\ ;
ry being, at that time
"pporti:
ihe exp-
. the effect
'
n after hanl-d up I,,
accidental
;h fliejr
<tnd a
'
:
to modnrtrd j on the saoie
two
MOW that I
| o.den
34 THE WEEKLY REGISTER 1M" t AM) LIT'I LK B* LT.
for a r-
: .ilone had .
d.'\\n
I
Mild lilt <)!-
earn a-
I. uiii, [
ni;e took place,
t > ! \ . 'A i l 'j ; i
in, and a-ki ii
L mm-,
Mil OW
her than it hud done, I
ii M in r n ime.
or commander of the
I ^uvo orde.s to wear, run under
wind on the starboard t ick,
: jp ails and repair what little
Mined in our ri^ginj; ; which was
md we contiir..ccJ Iving too
on din AK|I a n timber of lights displayed,
r th.it our ''e.lter discern
our posLi.Mi an.i command GUI a:.- i.. Lance, incase
I <!!: I'";; l',u> nijjit. At day-
.'ii the ITth she was di -everal niile^
to lee\\ <:d. when I _ a bear up and run
- til ; af'.er h^'iirj; him t sent
\ itii iieuie n | on, t'> ]ea> i>
.if the ship rui-1 her commander, with di
iin the damn^es she h;id sustained,
n her commander how much I regret
ted th which had led to -such
' ; at the same time to offer all the
ist, the ship tinder my command afford
ed, in '>c damage h^ had sustained. Al
;Mt (Jrci^hton returned with in for
;is Britannic majesty's ship
;n ; who in t. polite man
vce.puiiice of any assistance ; say
.ne time, tint he had on board all the
1 'images sufficient
him to return to Halifax.
-..it the most unpleasant part
. ion itrnrenaiit
rnc-.l iiim, Ll.a:, in a.kiiiinn to
ini '!, ot-; \vei-n LO and 30
Mlled and wounded.
ri catist-d me was
-fM may be sure, ?.--, a man mi.^ht expect to
t ; j,rovc, without os-
lic as well as pi ivalc act, th:it
.'H-ioiis hc.irt; and
ih-it such ;
I
u.ler of tnv life, ha<i 1 n .t Hie
>! e.n itivc Ml m<-
arvi orte \\' ; ii''h Woul.i li'ive,
ter. namely, in h=-v re-maim-u a
'
ir, that how
'
.
licei h;:d any a-cncv in
To ' .ft'u-inipor
tancc ' -.-ed upon me
, therefore, from moLivee of delicacy, connect
a.:! considerations, solicit 'ha' yo<i will
n| to aulliot^e a
foi inal cinjniry to he instituteci into ail the i it cuni-
::iy co\iduct
connected with the >.une.
Tiie injiivv sustained hy the ?hip under my r>m-
tniinl, is \t-iv trifling, exrejit to the n re and niain-
v. hirh 1 before mentioned ; no person killed,
>nd but une (a ln-\ ) wounded.
For luiLii'i 'i ^, I refer you to captain
(' ildwell, who i> e liaised with the delivery of thi-;
commnnifation. I ii.v tin- hunoi to be, wit'ti
j'-rt, sir. vour obedient servant,
n^d'j JOHN ROD(a-;ns.
PAUL ll.\ MiL-roN,
Secretary of lite Aun/
I LONDON i ././//'/,////,- (]ffh-e^ J'i>y 16.
Copy of a letter imm rear admir-l Sawyct , com-
mander in chiei' ut'hi.s jn.ije>ty'.> .^hips and
on the const of North Airericn, to John \\
Crocket, esq. dated on board the Airica, at ler-
muda, the llth ot Jrne, Ibll.
SIR, Enclosed 1 transmit to you, for the .infor-
mation of the lords commissioners ol the admiralty,
a copy of a letter from capt. Arthur Bad liinjiham,
cunnnundcr ol \\\- majesty's sloop [jiltli. 1.
ccived this day from lord James To wnsuiid, c.auuin
<ji his majesty's ship Jiolui, and senior ofl'ieei at
Halifax; by which ti.eir lordships will perceive lie
w.is attacked on the. evening of the 16lh of May List,
when cruizing between Cape ilcniy and ('ape
ilatteras, hy the United States frigate the PiesiuVnt
of forty four guns, commanded >y commodore
Ko'jrpis ; and^ that alter a close action of three
qmrcers of an hour the American ship marie sail
rotn him.
Captain Bin^ham's modest, but full and clear
statement, renders any comment from me unne-
,and 1 have only to admire the extraordinary
bravery and firmness with which hin.-elt, his offi-
cer., and ship's company, supported the honor of
the British (I :. \v!iei opposed to such an immense
peiiuiiiy of force. I have. however, (iceplyto lament
,ii.Vr of valuable B; itish otv.inen and
marine- who have been iither k'Mei 01 wour
Lhi ; . unexampled occasion : a list of whose names
Li;c!o::ed, tocher with a copy of my order
under which captain Binfchaai was ciuizing.
I liuve the honor to be, &r.
II. SAWYER, Hear-Admiral.
Ilii majfity'* strop Little Kelt. May 21 , 1811, /at. 3f.,
:>.i, A', fung. i\, i'J, n. (\i-^ Ckarlts, ieuni^ II
48 in
Sui 1 beg leave to acquaint you, that in
ance of your orders to join 11. M ship Gnerriere,
and bein's on my icturn from the Northward, not
having f.ilK-.n in'wkh her that about 1 1 A. M. May
lG;.h, saw a fctranue sail, to which 1 immediately
liave chase. A; 1 P. A ! ^ >e ' lo * K> a mari
oi war, ap;> ircntly a frigate, .-,La,.-.:ing to the e;.
who wi.en he in ide -is ini . d UJ, and
>el i.i.roy'U. lM.de the .-i^n.ii 275 ami ii,
not answered, concluded she was an An
frigate, as she had a commodore'* blue j,
fl . ins; at the main. Hoisted the colors and mace all
sai! south, the cour.,e I intemled st.ce:i.s round
ras; ti..- sn-an^i y, ld
nore mii. Ac :>
e, when 1 made a pri il, which was
Inotanswered. A'- 6. 30, fn. ined so con-
siderably on us as not to b,i able u :
Iduring the night, being within gun shot, and dearly
THi: WEKKLY RECJSTF.R PP.r.SI :>i:NT AND LITTLE BELT.
uce in
m>-iiii-d uiim*
ship in a
.
,1,
kilted and
, sir, in thi . I have
JI10I o! UK
'.up Jailing (.M, no ;Mir.
in-ar, ;md h.td i< 1 to keep her lo.>.
AH thr . not a brace
He hailed and a-keii wl,
' io!d him lit- thru a 3 k-u me it" / had
). and a^ked what
ship it I ifl i could understand (iie hav
at) he an-wered
cd no mo;
n for /itt iiioyt fi-
At day light in the mornii Lip to wind
u<^ unde 'iil well what we were,
hail, fully projian-d foi
Ahont * o'ri.., k he liailrd, and siid
; UM in; .id :
if 1
in
l>oa( accordingly iMrne witli
ijre Rodgers
Of the :l-rl
t(. ^av
1 hat c t '
To H
..iial ot the ;
.
.
t/t <in
Ki 1.1
Ben n r', e apt a in i :
(iieaves, c trpeif
Dinner's mate ; Geor-e Wii
heri. Liversa;;
;:ian ; Robert Howard, oidin.*
John I'ardec, private mariner-.
\Vn: i'niul Kilham, hndmap,
I
} ..man, (ii<-d tv^ rnt \ hou
.n ; .John Iv.in.i ill, ,i'
ol u M
he lamented much th" nc
termed it that had happened, and that Itud in-
o mur/i inferior tie u-fmld not
' me. \ asked i
it we fitfdt/.'
him," whic'. , iiivineil
(icularlv caie
ful, av r more thar. one man to be at a Skinners. laminiMi, dn ; \\
Mohahic ih i r vtUktK David Dwd f marine, d< . \\ illi.nn I '.
; i.inklin, '
;
fhaf 1 h.>'.l Nl-('a-kr|l, Caji aim.t I h n.a-l. cK- . \\
put in- rt of the United ScalM j wmch I t R, bo.i
lcl,i:
i < _ < i . c ' " !
m..-i
-
n Ix-ch.M
t) ; Thomas lv-s, able 1C
Skinners.
t hi \ fir l.n'l.-i, in will, a
ipiniun
i-, thar. hi. un ; round
vith every
-
1
.ed)
\\
.Hid <
:
Mill
tea in his n
i
and m
s
nd for
join hi .
36
THE WEF.KLY REGISTilH ' : NT AM) LITTLE EiLLT.
wa er will list, and then re
.
'
i i:i any ol
il.te.
;!;i I'.Hh ot
fcT SA\V\
1
. LI;.
'!,.. :r l:J.
"i enquiry on llic
in the action he
t tie tes
e on Thn:
ore o'ore stated. conMstcd of com
Ch.ule.-
liaunccy and the honorable
e .idvi.c'iie.
Jiis court on the
<>, we present flie lo!
B 01 tier it \va-. adduced
ie iJouhi i* irnpo-
- .nle, to make its own
<nn.
mined was
CHARLES LUDLOW,
and ,:cUi)g captain of the
n board the ship at the time of the ac
!l, on the uicUt of the Ifnb
Celt had lie, top-sail aback ,
he was uncertain wno fried Lie
"m the President,
^cii hy three cannon and
Belt,
ii 10 frelow and with round
.'- i a short paii",e the Be!: n-
id the Piesident 'i'lie Belt
rnable, ami lav bow on to
ent, when com El. observed that
happened to her, and
Her atf w tt down and her main
i 1 , and miren too, he think .
i i or 15 minutes, including
>.bing Ixit round and
...ed. or on deck on hoaid the P^H-nt.
'i'l't n any part of her, and
n. Anolhn broad
<"k the Little licit. Did
ve that any j.Mt of tiie commo
UC 'n inc..
ttttt.
f -un^on thetjp
k second
..i:e?> a sh-j' ua ... d, :i !.<. ',,
the Lit'.lc licit, no^un havi. prove
"lent. T! u ' nnii-i-
i- the eun- u,,...
.' A fir i i,., eiving the
Li tie i "'I'ht-
B*-'i. vv the president
The U.lt iMM-WL-.l I!,,- (,re. nnd conimo
ra re urned h, * r! ilenced hern
five minute. BoatdiDg the Belt the next morning,
commodore Rodders pent a friendly message c:
>i(U nt
.iu.u). 1'residc;. -n fire, and
,>:i>l iinl lit iiuind ;in
lln-1 hto.t,
i)i,,l..i.. Commodore's> state-
I men) >
\ n es Heard
the hai I, and jaw
the fiiit -ln)t proceed It oni I'.
- -aid " v. i:;. r is tluit r" and he answer-
ed, ".-ho h;t f'ued in o us." Oidcit, \\ ei e th>
en to file. Bill silt-ncid ill fivt ininut*
don- Hi (i'.'.cr- \\a* anxious to ."top his file, ;i!
|| icnev^ fd the arli< n, and in
seven minutes was silenced again, when c<
dore Kodgers was ar.xi, >'nt miscUief, and
stopt hi:- lire. No fire or sheering off. Con:mo-
dorv's account coniirniid.
Kuiituuf,'-/ 1! >'. J'l'rrif, junior, lientr/.
,Y-r NN'ason the qiiarter dtck, near ci'in-
n.odure Kidj;ers' eli-ow. Tie oominodoic hailed,
got no reply hailed a second time, and got none,
lleard a gun and was looking at the Belt, which
fired it, previous to any gun or provocation fiom
i he President. The Belt was silenced in live mi-
nu'e-,and orders were sent to eveiy dit i-ion o! guns
on hoard the President to cease. The lit- 1 1 - 1 em-wed
the fire, and the Pie-ident al-o. In six minutes the
B It ctur-u liiing again, and the commodore was
-..\iou> to stop the fire on board the President.
No' fne or sheering oil'. The iielt was in a very
oacgertiiis situation, and would prol.ahly have been
sunk bv another broadside. llca;u hailing from the
Belt, and understood they said tucir culoi
down, and >o re?>orted. Commodore Uodgeis hail-
ed. ' have you struck your colors?" ;i:d was an,
swei-ed, 4> I h've, and ;.in in | s." Lights
were up on hoard the Pesident during the night..
( <>inmoh;re".-. vtHft-n-rr't confii n:i-d.
ew L. K .MuiU'on. lieutenant of marines,
Wa* on the /jangwoy. Heard the commodore hail
first, then wait 15 or 18 seconds, time enough for
re--.lv, but got none, and hailed again ; when the
Ltili- BeK iii< d a j.ui. fiom her gai >-iw the
(ia -h and he.ird the report; no gun or prove,
had been o tiered bv commodore Rodgers. Jnt-ix
seconds a g>m wa.- i'red 1'iom the Pitsie'ent, when
instantly the Bolt in ed three guns, and then her
bro-id.Mde and musketry. Belt silenced in six or
seven minutes. Filing stopped in the President. In
two or thive minutes the Belt renewed the action,
and in four or five mim.U-s was again silenced, when
c mimodore Rodgers ordered his lire 10 cense, and
appeared anxious to pi event damage. No fue or
sheering off of the President. Commodore's re-
port confirmed.
('iijititin (\ild\i-cll confirmed the arrount of the
first and second g'is, and broadside, as given by
the other v.
J.,rnb ;!///. ruHing master- Was on the quartcr-
!e( k Commodore Rodgers hniU-d and gotno answer
i*ut " halloo." After sufficient time, hailed again,
and got no reply hut a shot, without provocation.
In thiee. or four seconds returned the shot, and got
I tne from the Little B-ll. Thought the
Kelt a heavy frigate until next day. Action con-
tinued fourteen 0r fifteen ininnt.s, including three
cr four minutes interval. Little Belt could tiothave
fred again, hut President could have sunk her.
Commodore's official account is true.
Leutfitftnt Creighton thought the Little Belt a fri-
gate (excepting her feeble defence) until next day
THE WEEKLY REGISTER PRESIDENT AND LITTLE BELT.
n Bin^ham told him the President** uted. Belt was in a
, cted the pendant. 1; portion fur fmntr, \<n>. anorher broadside
i by another wits. ,.uld prob-; .e Hell. Saw no colors
the P: took her tor a t;
i \ e-i-el. Thought t?, s
imnodoie Kod^e:s' account
nit or want of conduct
''-tp
n
nth divi-i,
ed.
'
: division of gun-.. it hail.
h.il, and no u-plv Little
-
i-n from lii-
'ncd, and ;ilter the |fa
a 1:1:11 iii :
i no dm <tti<.i) of the action, -r 'in g-'ner.i 1 orrie-
stated. The la ;i
.*> .is receive! hv three
i
Coiniuodorc
sta'.c:nent con
i' m . \\'.i 3 on the
. d'.-ck. i. .ids dis
lant. Heard Connn. ^nd the
hail then a gun. he think:-
from th in the Pre>iriei'
A broadside fro'ii the !>vl.
i
None but ro . >t ^ t-d in
and no fire or shcedn^ oti. A UII;IMM- IP-M ,-
would probably \> >e Bell. ( 'onmu-l-'Tr
ihe fifing. The
iLciiMMit C'Mitirmed
m. third divi-
i ! u'i hail, reply, second !
aion had b s none
moil iiitnodoie Rod
'! Was on the fore ras
M and heard the im from the Lit-
tie Belt, het'-i.e ,,ny n had been jivon
rit. Had not seen the Commo
'/ "on the fore
caMle and _' | .l^ris h u'lrd,
ids ; svcond
>1 by a shot. \V,i^
1
I
from Belt ensued
*s before. Round and grape onl) -
^heerinf; ofi'. Anothci '. have Mink
(\niinui, l,.n-
stop the firing. Coiuiuodoi i. ' iccount con-
tu nn-d.
Peter ' \\'A* on tm drok,
at sect".
felt n> : .1 the IV
' ;.e^un bet m from Commodore Kot!^
."iore K. gun from the ' :nt.
it's
r.v ofh-'i < i
on
d hail, i ej)ly, second h.u!
f;om
third divi>
and heard the lir^t ^-in trori. tr pro-
'i n' v en !-,
in 1're
nl',: in. d.
ii fi.rl
'
i id not swear, as he wa.- ' ' of any
'
John V < M the mizen
top. 1 1
i
/'.
M- '.' -I'-'iiu-H th.it t!i :d tl.e
re"ilei:'
'
v '
/''.
'
'
|
M she
1
in her
I, tue
i s.e.
/'
wer* by a
S8
THE WEEKLY REGISTER PRESIDENT AND LITTLE BELT.
John Jones (capt. absent) was at gin.
:ne.
ifies the same.
Trophtmut Daws, captau nei the
same.
aid, capla-.n .No. ^ s . tc-tifies the
same.
./ irnes Co :.\in No. '.'. says Little Belt
I, captain !
Belt, and saw and heard ihe fust gun cm;
her.
:rd Thompson, (captain absent) was at No 1 1 .
in, captain N >. 12. testifies the A* roe.
>n, captain Nu. lies the
. captain No. It, testifies the same.
< lares tlie same.
-, captain 1st gun kh diviaion,
:,ea -Jug the report and feeling no
i-'i the first shot came from tiie licit.
bar, 2(1 capt. (1st absent) 2<1 gun, Hh
is looking at the Little Belt and saw her
n-e ni ~t.
, 2d capt. (1st absent) 3d gun, 4th
'1 precisely the same.
//, capt. 1st gun 4th division quar-
tei - ;. cs the same.
, captain 2d Run, quarter-deck,
aw Little P,t!t fire 6 seconds first.
captain Ikl gun, quarter-deck, was
looking at t!ie Liule Belt and ?aw her fire nr?t.
pt;:in (1st absent) 1th divi-
T<leck, declare* iht- snme.
. 2u captain 1 1st absent) 5th gun,
r deck, saw the Little Belt fire 3 or 4 seconds
), captain Gth gun, quarter-deck,
e *ff rue.
Jo': . , captain 7th gun, quarter-deck de-
ime.
c/i, capt. 8th gun, quarter-deck, declares
the -an.e.
nrint Crfigh'on, testified further, that when
\ silenced the second time, she luffed up
orn'Hodore, instead of keening away,
d have done to fire at the President, and
lone if her rudder had been free. <',,;n
e (lodgers expressed much humanity and anx-
tiie firing.
i .led that the commodore displayed
7 at hea-d two reports, one the
lent'* i-M-a, and Ihe other the
i from the Belt.
uman, saw the Belt fire
">::', midshipman, saw the same.
., saw the same.
Lieu:- ' !>H to the oHo's .if
sistance from commodore Rodgers to the lielL tin-
next morning.
H re the examination closed, having as we un
r.d, embraced every deck well as
capUins of guns now on board the President, who
were present during; the action The hours wher
ihe chase and actions took place, with the COUrsi
steei"d. mid some technical sea terms, are omittef
a.* uncascutial to the n., cto of cu^uiry.
the aliove it appears that every particular of
commodoi > . ;mu % nt is strictly
't ; and, in gnu-ral that made i>v CapUUQ
!>e\vn to be tal.-e and MMixiaion^
:ion (Misin
Dt Iroin where he described it. Every
ofti'-rr on lio.dil the I', c<'.i!r><t was examiiit-d, and
ail di-c!aiLi upon i-uth that the Little fie if ford
tiif in>t i;ui). Had the captain suffered lor his
insolence instead oi hi><-r<-v\, ii \\niilJ h.ivc l.ii-u
hetter. \Vtthopethr will i-e no inm <
business; :MIO !> who r*.-hi-.rs to .upjoit t!ud-
d the honor of thr must
ha\e tcelin^s very ditiercnttiom those we [>
on the subject.
Li- liuut'ntthle that some amongst us (and persons
li standing too) wi-ie ui |jo.sod to give im-
plicit t-reiiit i<. IVinyJia.i.'s blatemciit, and deny
that made hy Rodger* in (ulo Rather to believe
an unknown im:>rriinent fellow, corrected tor
his insolence, and probable intoxication, thai) a
man born ot ourselves, oi known reputation and
unsullied char 4Cter f whose honor i.s a> uniinpeacU-
able a.s his courage is unquestioned. But the
host of testimony will not oveicome the preju-
dices of some, and the defence made by Kvdgers
will be construed into a crime !
Neither the government or its officer want justifi-
cation. If llodgers had not resisted, who would
not have, despised him "( Vv'ill any man say that
(*rfnl J'nitant would suffer our ships or hover on
her coasts, impress her seamen, murder her sub-
jects in the very mouths of her harbors, and cap-
ture her ships as they enter to leave her ports 1
CE K.TAINLY NOT. And, if commodore AY
hud received positive instructions to clear the
coasts of these overbearing " lonh of the ocean,' 9
the government would be supported in giving
them but it appears no such orders were issm<],
and that Bingham, entirely, brought on hims .If
the chastisement he deserved.
The ollowing extracts from late London papers
may shew the feelings of the ministerial party on
this event. The London Gazette is the official
organ of the government the Courier is under-
stood to be immediately controled by Percent f t
H'r'.'t ,,'ey & Co. The British regard with parti-
cular tenacity all things relating to thnr navy ;
ami the " aHaii" will probably form an important
item in the matters .submitted for negociation, if
negociation it, thought necessary.
"f^- We have now the word of honor of captain
[Jingham, that the firing was commenced by Rod-
gers ; and who will put the veracity of an American
captain in competition with that of an honorable
British officei !" {London Gazette.
The American government having made such
e to publish Kodgc :>' account of his action with
the Little r>elt, as ii they were anxious to shew their
desire to shut the door against all negociation, ex-
planation and adjustment, our government have
felt it their duty not to withhold taulain /iintrbuvi's
accoiint. It will be found that we published a cor-
rcct sketch of it in the Courier, of the 4th ii
an,! th^t the account given by tbe American is any
thing hut the true one. Captain Kinghnm- k>cw
her to be an American frigate by her colors ; Hod-
<fert, thertfore. must have known thatthe Little Belt
w:is hut a sloop, and as our colors w^rc hoisted,
that she was a I.'ulsh sloop. But he came down
upon us v ith ;in -v<ient hosf ik' inteiK'ion, attempt-
ing to lay his ship in a position to rake ouv's. He
diJ nut hail us first as he asserted, following up
THE WEEKLY REGISTER FttENCH STATISTICS.
39
that impudent falskood with a lectnie upon the
I of politeness." We hailed the fr
second time, receiving each time only a repetition
of our question. There was no single gun lired by
i<Ie. But the American, the mo-
ment after he had hailed the ,.,e, poured a
ul sloop, whicii of Coll.
. reiui m-<i, and
Minutes only, as the linear
but of tan hour lo lim.-
American ! And we never >truck om
l placed !>
lion *nd <
Ml -i boat on
: egret for the unt..
artaii," to te'll a direct lie that he did not Li.
inferior, and to follow it up with
iiood, t'nal we fired the first gun.
vs captain Bingham, " was positively
," and if we had not the sacied word
of a British officer, we still should have said how
wholly improbable it was that a sloop of war should
commence hostilities within pistol shot of a large
I ite.
one point of captain
in which we do not agree with him. He
bv the manner he apologised, it appeared to
that had he fallen in with a British
i cert.iiulv have brought her to
ii who could begin hos
by attack el of so interior forc
ink from a contest with a ship o
equal force. However, we hope he will "fall in
, and biing her to action."
nerican government having published
I approved of his conduct
rinding all negociation ; captain King
beyond a doubt, that th<
i the Amt-rk-an was unprovoked
and that Inter be-in ^ couplrd with admiral San-yer''.
' to give the least provocation
The Mood of oui
-frl t and WAR
f.ives U!
- idle, it ii"t \\-oi ^e
irirnnv eiiu-n
arrording to the Oppo
. have o'
-\ble arrange
.-/uj6/r ai.
have so often expressed our \
E MUST H i
r '
Drench language . . 27,916,000
talian ....
100,000
. 1.
OCNKRAL RESULTS,
KROM MANY AUTHORITIES.
The I
the
h or Dutch
jower Biittany
This comprehends the late
addition:-, and includes
i-e departments of
the Ktns to which add
l.man state Italian
42,124,000
IT? of the EMP1RK-
on thus :
-
36,060,104
1,8M
\ \i departments of
Trance .
Kingdom of Italy
lolUnd .
Total .
f to the mighty aggregate we add the
other tributary or dependent king-
doms and 5 ta:es, we may venture to
. wilh tolerable correctness,
th.it the "emperor of the Frtnch"
presides over not lesb than sixty Jive
millions of the human >
The militar establishment of France
*42,381,4r>
according to circumstances
it is believed there have been more
than a million of men under arms,
excluding the forces of her allies or
dependencies the present amount
of French troops, in round num-
bers, is about ..... 565,000
Say, of Infantry of the line 300,000
Light infantry . 140,000
Cavalry . . . 100,000
Artillery and Engineers 50,000
these there is an im-
perial guard whose num-
ber is .... 8,500
force at the ditposai of
> e, at the \
nit ii . 1,1
Ai pie-mi '-fi'lv infnrrm-d of the
power of i i statement
. shall, huwrver, he puMi-,hcd when we
. e.-^ui v to
' \rr MM n/ar.s, &c.
Ther-
, at the will of the em
i .m ex-
i!\(ion, as what he
. if .til <!
r and
fof what "
(H and tb-
1
Uie
anJ
40
THE WEEKLY REGISTER SPAIN.
Wti ' -.
gericr i : 10 miilu D
nd the
;
of the
redemption, and an , at this
i ol Iran cs per an-
rontained.
:
by them i-
reconi ''d cattle ;
t. of sail
dozen ot
wine to the
brandy
.ouO) , vine
, cider
ihe same . m pounds of bread ;
10r,(K of uai*, And 42,5i : ditto of bar-
i~tant from Rome, 810 miles ; Naples,
in. 012 ; \\-ni ' icnoa, 5 !-U ;
Milan. : in, 480; Con -tanti.
Ba0e, - -, 9uO ;
J6 ; Dresden, 636 ; Am-ter-
tholm, l'!2 ; Copenhagen, 720;
London, '270 ; Cadia, 1080 ; Lisbon, 1020 ; Madrid,
Among the cities of the French fwpire contain
ing m roe the following ;
',000; Venice, 200.duO ; Milan,
0; Himmifj;, 160,000; M.ir
. Lyons, 100,041 ; Bordeaux,
'(; Genoa, 75,sul ; Florence,
- . Brussels, ii,tw ; Tu.in,
',72*; Antwerp, 6i,025 ; Grand,
< Uient, 56,000; Leig-,
; Bologna, 74-000, and
-, -if whic ; i, ;s well as (ho-e as low as
AC may have occasion to publish a
complete list.
MI SO KM, AN" EOTS.
ti mated that France
2,007,761
The exports in the same year were ra-
ted ll
iict of the soil, /,r>ri:"M 1 ,472,000 ) A . .
j:,i 18,141,740
.1 improvements in France
are fnllv irate wit'-i
' her ruler ; we h:ive
- ription of
the - !-, whir h we intend
to pnMi.h for the present will only
i->r internal improve
men Luc emt t-ror in
^28,000,000
for the in'
> the value
ul I . ' .mcs ,050,000
T<> \vi-. wine ind bandy worth i'.'xj
mill. ' ; corn TOO ; cattle
400 : i and charcoal
1 .*>'> ; -ilk 25, and hemp
and flax 00 millions.
of Franr
nleuUtecl
liead> of tainili"^, >iul to -ivd :
annual val-u- o\ i> francs
The vineyards in Fiance are stated to
produce each year on an average,
.
France, (proper) contains square mile*
3ut with its additions >ince ihe revolu-
tion S 110
There are to each square mile in France
t is 1 '2
France (proper) contains
The ploughed lands arc estimated at
acres-
Vineyards a'o.
r(il inds
r.is'.ure lands do.
Hca'h, and uncultivated lands, rivers,
lake-, Xic about do.
The bank of France has notes in cir-
culation to the amount of 120 mil-
lions of francs.
$ /-The foregoing may suffice fora genera/ I'
we have spared no pains to make it as correct as
possible, by many references to the best authorities.
When we shall enter upon the detail*, as we
propose to do, we expect to present a great number
[>f interesting facts not commonly known ; and
bv which we shall be able to point out the material
errors, if any there should appear to be, in the
above.
* The franc is rated at 18 3-i cents.
0,0i
1 4,000,000
25,000,000
>0,000
History
Of the Invasion of Spain by Bonapm-lr.
ABRIDGED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES
CH \PTliR II.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 27.)
General Savary was now announced a* envoy
From the emperor and obtained an audience in that
capacity. He professed that he was sent merely to
compliment Feidinand, and to know whether his
sentiments with respect to France were conforma-
ble to those of the king his father ; if it were so, thft
emperor would forego all consideration of what had
passed ; would in no degree interfere with the inte-
rior corcerns of the kingdom ; and would immedi-
ately recogn.ze him as king of Spain and of the in-
dies. To this the most satisfactory answer was
given. It neither was nor could have been the in-
tention of the prince's party to ofTend Fiance ; the
only hope which I hey had hitherto entertained of
regenerating their government, had been by allying
themselves with Bonaparte, and availing (.hem-elves
of his power. One of the charges against Gudoy
which were current among the people, was that
of a secret understanding with the English, and
that he intended to deliver Cuesta into their hands,
and fly with all his treasuies under their protec-
tion. Nothing could be desired more flattering than
,uage of Savary during this audience ; and
he concluded it by averting that the emperor was
.il'-eady near Bayonne, and on his way to Madrid.
Imwv-r had this envoy left the audi-
ence chamber, than he began, as if in his individual
H-iicily, to execute the real object of his mission.
!i would be highly grateful and flattering to his im-
perial majesty, he said, if the Ling would meet him
on the road and he asserted, repeatedly, and in the
most positive tei mo, that his arrival might be expect-
ed every hour. So positive was he in usseitirig this
THE WEEKLY REGISTER SPAIN.
41
hoocl, and so urgent In
^ the ad-.
I, incapahi .1-- he nee..
voy of an
merely for the purpose of deceiv i
'
,e afraid to
required. It is mournful to transcribe ;
-. communicated this
^
possible not to see the weakness of his attachments.
and
error ! suchia our lot.
!
and if Aran-
.KIII U>
. v thc king) and to
. ofit and a
, during
.peeled fro;. .ind fid.]ii\
conducted them
, r, that tiiey Would
i ii.ii ino
lietn .mil l I .ild still
1 1 Id be
i iy I.M
I
..i of the
-aid, on
of the dis-
- endowed, to
> absence, in tins d
i'.urgos, evidently imply-
i intention at that time not. to o farther.
n the morning of the 1 1th of April,
)t>urney. Savary,
s attention,
d the honor of accompanying him ; he had
i, received information of the emperor'*
approach, and it wa-* not possible that they bhbuld
proceed farther than !' .re they met him.
', inaparte was not there,
>Z near.
Savary who had followed the young K
i him tu proceed to \
!i;it the same ilattcrics and
>ds on the pai t of the French e
same anxiety ami
to co:: At V'IL-
r
of this ad-
ilher the
before
.
by c
,
.
1
.jervened.
haads. I p:ay lioiJ Lli..t vt r :
It so. It \.
lir.d an\
ives tor the homage
ge of a !yi
he could not think, well of Inin
" How," said he,
" coul'i to tiiai
;<nd ij'ieeu m t
cess of
which mi^ht be J:
highness has no other ri^ht to it ihrv,
!rom your ;,
ft (.nor,
vr to weak ami perfidious council-. N
li^ht to try the Prince de la Paz ; his crimes, if any
are imputed to him, mcr^e in the prerogative of
the cioxvn. lie may IK :i, and
I may offer h.cn an asylum in Fiance."
i , will at uncr perceive the mcai
t he in l.i mo u? insinuation which U here r.
the legitimacy of Ferdinand ; and it will exc:
of a very solemi to reflect on the
.ion of feeling which could not tx
suspicion. In what li^ht soever the c;
ter of the prince may h.i
dubious vi.-tain which it has hitherto been coin
,
.1. That a man
m accusation
'i kinv;, should thus he i^
paabhrotal
of all
cuunliies woe-t, and f
In
.
>r. But !
the su-u .< I. and !
tnd to
-
n t
d if 1
I
THE WEEKLY REGISTER SPAIN.
'iione. When king Charle* infoi med me of lie eou.u n>jt for a moment conceal from himself
d an intentional disrespect. Be'orc he
; thi.-. ominous feeling whic'a such
n. You loned, Bonaparte, accompanied by
iiiy oi his general , p.n.l !.n;, .1 visit. I e: dinand
' went down to ;-nd
.ibraced with even token of friendship. The
i iterv'n ,;t, and lueielv complimentary ;
Bonaparte again embi r,..itin-;.
Ferdinand was i I to remain uncer-
tain of his fate. Bon.ip.ute, as if to pic.ve to the
world the callousness of h, s heart, < , e<l an
unnat.ual pleasure in aeiinu tin- p.nt of .t dectiv.-r,
invited him to dinner st-m in- < hi:u,
i to i eci-ive him-
iii by i-I. e li.md. 1'Yivli-
e;i you are
i he rights of
a i .iial."' This
.:HI'S letter related
the throne
That a aivoriled, in his
le, and he i e-
fu Inch would unite him
Nvhose conduct he had
e since he had ascended the
' eatabontthc consequences of any popu
^>n, Bonaparte assured the youn^ kinjj,
that h< uients of his
<s, he should
lie a.une manner
as he had done towards the KJ.^, hi.-> lather; and
eluded v\i.f ii form, - " my
i \ou into his high and
holy keep.
ii;ht wt-11 hav^ alarmed Ferdinand,
hue he had advanced too far to recede, and the
Kroner ' ." rifi^'ihornoofi ot Vif'r.a sur-
d him, ready, no doubt, to intercept his
should attempt it. Cevallos and his
. iilors, and ihe people of Vittoria, be
IHIII not to advance. On the other hand
.! Savary assured him, with the most vehe
r.^, that the emperor took the
i!' his \\elfare, and he olieied to
r,i li;e, 1 1 -,.:'. \\i'ii n a few minutes after his
. toj>ne, he woiiM he lecogni.-ed asking
I.H.iies. Tile emperor, he said, to
i lency, would bein by ^ivin^
.- <if highness ; but he Would present!)
'y, 6cc. in three days every
tjiin^wouUl he set led ; and he mi^bt immediately
i-n. Cor.!u--t-d, terrified, feeling him
the power of Bonaparte, the only ea.-:e he
iind was in yielding implicit belief to those
entations. 15 v those who will pardon him
ni t:n^ to the disgraceful imputations on his
bir'h. his credulity can bardly be condemned. The
.: licatfd, too monstrous, to be
Centuries had elapsed srnce any act of
. pe;fidv had stained the history ofEurope.
-nd ciossed the stream which
>.vo kingdoms. Scarcely had lie. set
h territory, hefore he remarked,
came to receive him; a neglect nioic
ve'led so far to meet the ern-
Ai S . .le.rti de. Lux. h,r.\e\er, the tnavo.
c.ime to the coach s.U
made, h li.e
to K'- i
of Ii
i. them, hf came to
th? ctf i srtlinand, ex pressing in
(he m jy he felt at having the
honor of being th< m to receivft.'a sovereign
the friend and ally of Fiance. Shortly
met by th<: grandee*, who Ipid h
compliment the emperor : their account was siifFi-
cientlv discouraging; but lie was now near l>ay-
te to turn back. The prince
sent to
en, I.: a red him and led
nand sat at the same U'oie wito him a.-, a friend, a
guest and an ally ; and no soonei had he returned
to his residence than general Sav.u-y, the same
man who by his peisuasi"ns an.l so!* mn protesta-
tions, h ui led him on fiuin M e to intoirn
him of the emperor's inevoea' le determination,
that the Bourbon dynasty should no longer reigtt
in Spain ; that it was to be ucceeded by the Bona-
partes ; and therefore F'erdinand xvas required in
his oxvn name, and that of all h;s family, to renounce
> ''ixsxvn of Sj'ain and o! the Itidies in their favor.
borne danger had undoubtedly been anticipated
by Cevallos, the duke del Infantado, and
when they protested so ur,;enll\ against his advanc-
ing from Vittoria ; and he himself could not have
been without misgivings. They ir.ight have appie-
hcndcd, that the abdication should not immediately
be acknowledued, or that il might have even been
set a>;de: pe:haps lhat a cession of territory might
be demanded. But their gloomy fo'.ebodings h.ul
never imagined any thing like this unrivalled vil-
l<iiny. Astonished as tticv were and completely at
the mercy of the tyrant, who, by such u
falsehoods, had decoyed them into hi., haiais, they
did not loose their couiage. And wlu-n C.-vallos,
on the following day, was summoned to the palace,
!o di . cuss the lei ms of the renunciation with M.
Cliampagny, the minister of foieign affairs, he
complained of the peifidv \v!iich had !,cen practised,
protested, in Ferdinand's name, against the violence
done to his person in not permitting .him to return
to Spain : and as a categorical and (in.il answer to
the emperor's demand, declared that the king nei-
ther could nor would renounce his crown ; he could
not do a prejudice to the individuals of his own
amily, who were called to the sueres-ion hv the
fundamental laws of the kingdom: and still less
eould he consent to the establishment of another
d\ nasty, it b/ing the riht of the Spanish nation to
elect another family, whenever the present should
become extinct.
M. C'h \in;,a!'riv replied to this bv insisting on
(the necessity <>f the. renunciation, sind contending
that the. abdication of Cha>les had not Veil volun-
tary. Ofthis assertion, xvriich was HS ilUimed as
it was irrelevant, Cevallos readily av:uled himseW,
expre.-sing his ; nrpMze that, while they condemned
the abdication of Charles, as not having been his
own free act, they, at the same tinv, were endea-
oring 4o extort a renunciation from Ferdinand.
T .T 1' . l-,i*I..l.. * ,-!*- . x-. * U. n -
lie then entered into details designed to prove that
no violence had been done to the father-king, either
by the people, the prince or any other person, and
that he had retired from government by his own.
of Neurchatel ( Bcrthier) and Duroc, the marshal of [unbiassed will. But Cevallos protes'ed against
tlie pilac", came out to mt-et him, and conduct him acknowledging the smallest authority in the empe-
to the place which had been appointed for his resi- for to intermeddle in matters which were purely
deuce a place so little suited to such a "ue^t that 'domestiCj and exclusively belonged to the Spanish
THK WEKKr.Y REISTER MKXICO.
>.
LVI. Ii
.
i
'cm ol
hich the whole conduct ol
i proof.
1 -jolicv induced .Spain lo in unUm a
that kingdom ar '
was to i-
of liberty ami pro;
nonnce 11 hi* own n.'.nic, an .
la ID i I v .
ipon him ascoTuing lo (lie S.iii
wtihoi.i : e emperor would car-
rv hi- j . t'unv V.
Pedro dc Labrador, h
in \vru e, with full
. in-tiuui:, 'lit them
i:h France, and there were .minister o , and to cK
hi* full power-., in r ' lio-
of les>
Mjurror. The mero-
iiu^l.t be communicated in an
i ; from O i him
v illos, we: .
jiv it king Ferdinand was at full li* >
it hi wero so, he would return to ln^
and the' ience to the plenipotentiary whom
:te : if he werr i:nt, ai!
e were nu^ator , ai; - other
i of ]>i<n i] '
n>re tbv whole world. Ferdinand he \^
^v i- i esol v ield to the em
principle, it" th-v sa\v
e and th
>st laithinl aitt
and the emj^or, by ^-hoois
rine, in
.oil him of hi> crown, \\\,nld have
. er he placed in t e iti
il'l he concluded by no
nl dcstruct on and ex
I
L'evr.!
ler, that no <iern:ind ; neither his own h
-ul-jerts permitting him. li- could n.> r . com-
pel then) to accept of th . much
aid he deprive them of t!. :> elect
family to the throne, when the >
>hoti!d he extinct. It u to his
eelings to accept of the throne of Ktni:
KMi-ation ; that country \va under theantl,.
of it^. lawful X
nlented with the kingdom
viaeuce had given him.
[TO i.
Geography .
MEXICO, OR M Vv 8PADI
( (\i>.
The intfn /
by that
out. He called thai mini-ter trai:
held under his father; he accti-ed him of having
with
::nand's n^ht to lh
I
he nee n XV |ili
I In; 1 1 .-tiii
:
v >(ll in,
I llj-"tl t
d
you oti'^ht to ad
'
Ml a no
I
I
^thers ihouKi po>e*$ the throne. The com
.
.
- ito contains 911 square
THE WEEKLY REGISTKR
1 517,300 ...ui.ictui i; : . (X). It has several
turaj .-
:u.iv be
e arc
"ace oi
oi
'Mine oi /I'M'
it j :m* the mten
.10, Ml)
t-.;gue.-> o! coaston
, cnjoving a mild and
tempe:
buc th. M.J mountain .f the- w,M i b
in th
^ __ I salubrious climate and vey fruitful soil. It
i-.a'n the level of '.he adjoining! bounded on the north by leru Cruz, on the east bv
... . lu_ l.: ; _r /-_i- "i , . *
i.k of the Rio <!e S,.n-
iL h:s
neti.e
An unhealthy place. The othvr
' remaik.
and arid trac
Q tort a!,ove the live!
me o: the best niincb of Now Spain
this in.rudanry. . ;i ,-,-iebratcd mining
11 salt lakes in its vi
The mine of ti
ibrcrc'c exhibits an cxr.mple of a seam
of ine rc.itest wealth yet discovered.
' On.i(tra has 531,800 inhabitants
n asi : ,**7
and is one of
,
fie most delightful com, e globe, }>.;
; ::it from any other
10. Our author reached its crater on the i'.; .
The- rising of this mountain
Co, ik'ii
rv. A beautiful plain in 'his d-stiirt, ron
i '
me kingdom of Gualimala, on ihe west by /'
and on the north by th; Pacific ocean. It ;
and mo'n.tamous land, abounding with the plains
hed. The inhabitants of this country
consider tiic Cc:vo de Senpu.iliepec, near \
cane and in.ii. ich both seas are vi-ible, as the. m<>
<nificiil means, and in tbe hi^!., il mountains. Vegetation is beautiful
o r.ikiv-aiion, has become desert. In Jur. " ijlit this inleudancy near the village of
subterraneous noises wete heard, und f: '-lur/a de.i 'Ju,e, there is a cypress tree 1 IS
ear'hqmkes succeeded each other for the space of K"* 1 * n circttmfjeftfi.ee. Ocuacd is iich in Indian
--became tranquil ; but j antiquities. In the ruins of Mitla there are six
50 O' then all ' hi
on the night between the 28th and 29th of September
the horrible subterranean nore i ('commenced the
Led Indians fled to the nioun'sins of A^u.i-
: ground, several miles in ex'ent.
h goo? by the name of Ma /pays, ro.-e up in
.^pe or a bladder*' all the concomitants of a
terrible volcano followed, and so it remains to thi-
-.nding plain for a great distance
unproductive and uninhabited from the ex
t heat which pivvniN. Our author's specu-
lations on these events are curious, but foreign to cur
ot.
deMtckoacon, the capital, enjoys a de
being seated 6,n(;0 feet above the
i. I' is the residence of a bishop, and is*
iicut water from the nci^i
,--tion is about 18,000. Pas-
Hnks of a picturesque lake of the
same; till venerated by the Indians, after
nd a half centuries, as contninin"-
the lamuus J'aico de Quirofru. the fir>t
-rs in their behalf
ful. t' 1 the celeb -, tty>
i. The population i
intendancy contains seveidl mines.
2Vp / / contain^ 9 612
8 q uar ' ' bound-
on d,,.
nth bv
.-'/>/, ar.d on the west by tin: ]
! '. r.v tin- Ki.-i H
n:n;:nicaf.e= with the lake of <
ore dav may become highly interesting for
n. The maritime regions abound
porphyiy cokimns, placed in the midst of a vast
null, to support the roof. Their height is equal to
six diameters the total height 16 eeA inches. The
i palaces, temples and sepulchres are nume-
In this department is gathered the major part of
the cochineal collected in Mexico. In it, also, is
ience of the family oi Corlcz, the chief of
iile of Marquis, has a patrimony with
17,700 inhabitants.
(\;<-;ira, the cipiial, by the census of 1792, was
found to 000 iuhahifnits. Tit/ui-oit'
ihe chivi pi.-rt ot the intemuincy >";/ .-luliinio de
/os Cetts \* a populous place and celeb: ated lor iis
remains of ancient Mexu-.-in fuilificutipns. There
are several mines
in Oatuca
The intendancy <// Meritta, ia 1803, had a popula-
tion of 465,600 .iou!s on a surface of 5,977 square
leagues, and comprehfiuls the gie;tt peninsula of
I'ucntan, situate beiwcen ihe l>ays of Ccnipt'cftr and
Honduras, This disnirt *< is one of" the w.im.-*t
ancl yet one of the he^ltiiie^-t of eq'iinocti.il Ameri-
ca ;" but on the whole n :i ( i put to be found one
(ring oi fresh water " ou the norfhein rn
e mouth o! the Rio l.<;aurit)<, l,3ti()t(-et from tfie
sl'.^if, s;, rings of fresh water shoot up from amidst
the -;ilf water."
This country was nevc'-nul jcrt to the ?.\
.-, ihe first conquerois loiiiid !
wil !i stoti:s cemented Wi'.h liinc, I'n -Id .- en closed with
1 f'dfM-s, and the people clothed and highly civilised.
Ti)r Indian Liibcs inhabiting the mountainous dis-
.stricts still preserve their indepemi^nre.
Kuropf-an grain does not grow in this province,
'he.Mitt^cc of the earth being too low for it ap-
pcats that tinder the torrid zone at. an elevation ot
with fine timber for ship building, but (he conn-: .n two feet, wheat, &c. will not flourish.
i- not heiithy. The interior enjoys a temperate cli (The chief trade from Merida is in Campechc wood,
mute. The agricultural productions of this inten Merida, the capital, about thirty miles from the
dancy (m 1802) were valued at ^2,600,0000 f its! sea coast, has 10,000 inhabitants. Campeche th^
THE WKKKI.Y HKG18TKR M AM'FACTUHES.
45
mporium i :oii ot ab :cs, and to have a popu.
.CM) inhabi
.rtuce ot 1 :
part of t!.'
Jjpain. iderthcbi:; topics,
and ihe plains are extreme!
n.ounUineus parts, w
ftetn.i!
Mth the i:
bacco, co-
ed in this p
of almost three millions and a halt of dull
arm
di-tiict appears to have suffered more than
anv o'her from the lava'jes of the Spanifcrdl many
of the most fruitful plains have become deserts fot
the want of an Indian population, the climate bein
J'aUl to the whr
In the northern part of the intendancv is a pvra
midal edirice of gre.it antiquity, situate in the mids
of a thick forest. It was unknown to the i.
querors of the country, bui.
i hunters about thlit,
4 it a-. \OT\Z a I'M-y could, as an
of veneration It is built of s;
i are of an -'/,e, covered -lh liiero
glvphics, among \vhichare serpents and crocodiles
are highly polished, aJid cemented to
gether with mortar The base is 82 feet i:i
and the height about 60 feet. This monument i
composed o. several stages ; six are still distinguish
ble. A great stair of 57 steps conduct
truncated top \vMeie human sac offerer
f era L'rnz, the capital, is the i t the in
tendant, and the centre of the coi
ilarly built, and the
lions i
'>f running water, on which th
i.v fron
r till Ap-
sand,
an<i
irons.
H,'J'JO. I' i sub-
1. The province , con-
itauL mule- ut" L'hdi i, Ri-
Ilje new kingdom ot
ic ^aniandcr. 4. The provinre
The province ^\ hich.
on Louisiana.
i;reat tract of country is spoken of as gene-
:id salubr ous ; but with tli
-, it is
.
i New
[YaveJlins; is uillicult liotn the want of Water and
lahitaii
-nee of th
\\ ily oi the tahle laiui
o tb.c west ot the
a population of 1200.
>ort, but will no f admit the r.. -eU drawing
.11 seviu tect water. In i of this
jlace the country i
of a deputation of thr
< i the richest mines in
:i:iu illy about t:,
>t doll i. ' 't a bishop in the
^niall kiu^MJ ,, and
i
naming.
i
.
Manufacture
i
of very ' .
In th-- litu ex[)fi imrnts fo procure hn'r.
M!>^ T'l tl:
i'u'. unperli-i-Ced and initrie
.
;
strong f
in thl
'
'
'
are the
"ibcs of |r is said
46
THI Y REGISTER MISCELLANY.
ids, in
the tcr
of thi" clearly av; ' num
her of our sheep are no:
! goods
made i ^ as fol-
'.!.\-l Kendall
cotton- . inches
terling,
tl b irks
Mme ^ js ;ind ('.
;o 6 quarters v.
\
>r plain,
-hilling-, pet
:hr pr u-.tle men ;it 2 shillings
ng per pound.
. ihit there is not the lea>t difficulty to
''.tindance of wool for the<e and ail other
Me aunv, n ivv and hospitals. But it is
1'iire a qialitv of wool inferior
* what our sheep produce. It his therefore ap-
peared to he a doty to bring the.-e ficts before the
public, in order that o' -nay consider the
propriety of h-eeding she?p, which are -; .-,,,' hfu.re.r*
ol, the longer part of which is ne
:-ig, and the shorter part of which
will make Kendalls. Kerseys, hocking haize, drape-
ry baize, Welch plains, and the best of this coarse
the kind IU for common point blankets. It
i well understood, that in making this la-t menti
oned important article, if the coar-e wool he too
he manufacturers in England c^op tf -a- it Ft an
^t it may he. the better raised by the card,
after the blankets have been wove.
<nown, that there are sufficient num
heavy fleeced sheep in the- country, for
. >ev outiht to be taken great care of and
lent stork of common woo!.
, they breed both kinds (besides Meii
i i'.o.-.k* r.'ie'ully sepa
It is to be observed, that the-e h<i>->.
he in weight, mure than double the light
efhey will sell wit'iin ten per cent, or, per-
ive per cent, in pi ice, ol the good common
wool.
The manufarture of the coarser hosiery and coat-
t. wool hats and carpets, require
cheip and heavy fleeces.
.veil krv>wn, that no m'ion ha? ever assisted
s and busine-s in gencial so effec
' '.ling animals suitable to
A^ we a re to hold
competition with them we mu^t do the same.
Believed, on repeated examination and con-
that these idea-, about ,'., ,
>1 are founded in ahsoluU* truth, and
rtant to our m^nnfti tui es of strong
*. a id t >i; j)ecially of a!
is this woo
:nn, neaHv all, he prepared ' /- not bi/ the
. ^halloons, raltinets, durants
tammies, cambists, marccus, \\ 1'Omha
zines, wnrt'r-l hosic v y, cap- ,is, and otlier
useful good?, can only be rn.. i IOM^ enouini
to be combed. The merino and other fine woo!
cannot be combed. It must, be carded, and is fit
only for woolen, not worsted goods.
Democratic Press.
is Intelligent*
Literary* Political, r/ii/o
ITALY. /). ." h X'in.ir M. '.
commui Turin,
> new i! n^ indigo from the jtlunlrf,
, - ;ii\d the ( ;
i l>y the r> ; the
' it are hoi'i i ih- t-rui bv filtia-
ion : this U i- ci'mj)-i--<l i.f a
i\ and ot the indi^-j. HIM t bi
ly washed with clear water, and at length dissolved
: ;. ! .ion of cau-tic pot ash, ihe whole la-ing
)o':!ed to^etlier. By a new filtration a very ob-i me
obtained, whi<:h conrenti ated and calnntd
- ii-i-ti t' the blood en
vd in making Prussian bine, yiel-is .( ;:jo^ i
non of the color. Afterwards a
great quantity of water mu^t be poured on to the
greenish matter which remains on the filtre. 'I'his
mattef is ihe indigo ; the presence of which is ma-
nifested !>v the edges becoming blue, mingled wi'h
the greenish matter and the wax. The action of the
lir completes the blue color of the whole. [The al-
u-ion o! I 5 - ussian blue in this proce-is, derived from
i rcgc/iib e substance, will appear interesting to those
who are acquainted with the theory of that color J
Ciil(ir<i'ion of Cotton. Turin, March lb
extraordinary rains of last autumn were the only
cause that hindered the cultivators of cotton liom
herinp; the fruits of their labors. It is noic at
.his season ol the year, proper to suppose that the
periodical return of the former temperature of the
departtnents beyond the ASps. will at length crown
the efforts of all those who see in the cultivation of
; plant an additional mean of prosperity for this
country. The cotton has become naturalized to the
limate ; and has vanquished in great part the ob-
t;)"!*-s presented by nature. It is therefore necessa-
ry to continue an undertaking of which the *ur-
e=;s, hitherto eventual, cannot tail of becoming c^r-
ti.'t, with the favorable influence of the . easons.
Government has sen!; a t>upplv of seed, which may
attained by all who are willing to extend this cul-
tivation.
Improvements. Rome, January 1 All the streets
leading out of the Piaza St. Pelri, will be cleared
down to the Tiber; by this improvement, that spa-
ci -us square, the finest in the world, hitherto com-
pletely concealed, will be seen from the bridge St.
Anglo, and all the banks of the Tiber. Antiyui-
tiev. Trevisa, February 18 A large building Oi na-
meuted with columns, has been recently discovered
at Pompeia ; it appears to have been a public place.
VS f ith the exception of a few vases it contained no-
thing rematkable.
The excavations at O^tia have been suspended for
sometime; when they are resumed, it is probable
that some important discoveries will reward the la-
bor, as Ostia, formerly a rich and extensive city,
\v;is suddenly ovewhelmed by an inundation of the
I he little of the ancient city which has been
discovered, shows that it was built in the same style
and manner as Pumj-eia. The Temple of Neptune
only, situated on a ri-ing ground, is ci'in:
of Mercury, in which
that divinity i' ; been with a purse in his hand, is on-
!v halt' cleaved. A beautiful Venus ha^ been found,
perfectly preserved, and entirely similar to that of
the capital.
PRUSSIA. Berlin, February 14-. KngK'h goods.
We daily &e< iiuv-. a great number of waggons laden
with English goods, seized at Konmgsburg and go-
ing to Mugdeburgh. The King bcin^ unable to
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MISCELLANY.
47
<-asn to France, remits the-e a- p^u The late duke of Queen*
of hb . i .^ey are estimated a'
ian crown
Madrid, Januar .
has lu:>t much ot it
red from :
->
.rd, or
. ie than chut : the .\uuau, sold at
per dozen, had been but a short lime pur-
at G guineas
cacy of a title.
.nee recent
: an allowance to be made the n
oJ all iv.
Alps o: b, eii'iiv-ilt-nt lo the d.
laised its Led 16 feet ird their ships. Aic
.;f ot t u-n eiimpam'o will have an allowance Ol
,c outlet of the -tnn : hrnrr ; pn annum, and o in proportion to regiments uuder
aro*e an augmentation of the waieis
it inundations >. :
btein a. , and the whole couiitiy
l>ecame extremely unwhole
-. -it Zuiich, a ttkbiaud n.im-ia!
icad of a coni]>anr, nndoit
, 1 has succeeded. 1 i
a a mule of rock stones, in 1-
1 a new canal fur tin- L::rh, in
feet, with roadway? on the sides ; and
ground from tl.
shaie- ot '
<.-, with % o
of ihi t red.
' ic, Feb.
i extraoidiu ices for
the en -uhmittcd to the diet.
It amounts to 11,606,OUU Saxon cu>\\n.-, : ami with
current m.iko>
millions of .
ore which may be re-
qui; cd to finish the loi'
The ukase (-t i or of Russia
n nlac lures,
ha-. hu;t our commerce. At ( s v were
1 number of
icib and Jews, who riiai.lt.- c ,.-n idctable
The Portuguese p^i
' 1 KM iin-d ot
that th
enceand if generally u->ed there would he \>
of potato-.
luce ol'
the port of
n March 16. Enunentchir..
i thi^ month ihr
;id .-ui^eons of this c-:
honor ol the professor in su: _
cclchiaie ihe iiuth year of his profession, and the
he has rendered his country. The opera-
l. on*, pei I.. i in. vl fty liiis me.-:
jlm- i siht tu nmre t han 900
The kin^ honored him wilJi a letter
uud piL.icnt on this o(.-r.i.-ii>n.
t a century. From Sultz in
the kii.^Jom of Wirtemburgh, we ha\-v
.
al the age of ~0 years to make, what .
Germany, " his apprcnticohip journey" [or tra-
vels from city to city, lor tin
improvement! in his art] h > urned alUr
> nc of one hundred year*. He was in good
health, but, as mijjht be expected, he lovin i
difficulty in explaining to whom h<
bringing hiuiaelf to the recollection of hi* towns-
men.
*+* If this man is capable of writing his history
. :nent,
!-l he ^|.K! to peruse his memoiis : tt.
quity ot some of hia remarks would t
novelty.
1 1 AMrrr.r.M. ' . and dc
lMu,anion;;lhe Lutheran in 1 ,
II. H I
'. oilier
mis enumeration. .
-md commodic-
in >r h.i N \\'
ipore,
I have to
.
10.
.
wine; I-
ii the am!
-
1
-kc.
'
do
away '
loads and Ixnicd, <-\ a|'j>licd Id i.
nui r.
is pre-
|
i.-C.
THh Y REGISTER CHRONICLE.
The Chronicle.
papers continue b.u nee.
I
the D
ions ruilU
i '(.HUT.
i. . edit
uinrd a
i them- hut
ilous of the Knglinh,
. tlOOp;
'I iv i- a
i, about the iOUi of August.
'. The electoral college ol
;>ulis'ur the purpo.-eofchoos-
luuuay last. The iullowmg gen
1 1- chosen :
vi 1 lullinsvvoi th ? Baltimore,
iiaUimure county ; John Williams,
ler, Dorchester ; Frede
' aiohne; Bdwatd Lloyd, Talbot ;
.n Hoi lings worth]
rd ; Upton Bs '.i
; Lloyd Doi-
bs, Washington; Tho
jn was visited by a dreadful
.lie 10th instant. It came on
point ot the city, overturning, destroy-
ogress many hou
'' outbuild . fences, &c. it is com
\a of this city is little short of that
eat tire in October last be-
'i.!)le lives were lo->t.
to have been about one hun
.ie city from
; :i^mi)-,L of the houses, cast
or literally prostrating
IVn persons are mentioned
;,r.re were several others
i a^rtat many hail their limbs bro-
', &c.
li'nl visitation, (says the writer of the
ton paper,) is more afllicting
en theiavagesof conflagration. Thetorna-
: through the city with
i 1 in an instant involved
1 death both the habitations and
she approaching danger
i.ip and humanity could
era, all wa* involved in
i by a momentary deceitful
ly tumbling noise,
ge rattling over a pave-
nient count in our next. J
i sued a proclama-
! intercourse with the city of Am
i of the prevalence
i! disease in that city.
;nor Harrison of the Indian territory, has
tent of the l.'nited States troops
: nd break up the association,
I from Kentucky were about
i em. It is to be regretted that the
Indians, in listening to the councils of the wretches
who have always deceived them, should provoke
nation, am., perhaps, rcn.Icr it ne-
. ; .-M' in Cana-
he humblest olli-
has been baae, iu-
'ine 29, is
;he following not:- "The punlic pa-
pers aiinouncf, :hut the holy lather has been c
'y order of Bonaparte, from Savu
jrt-ess of Piedmont. The coincidence of this oc-
c'lrrencc with the assenibling of the. Italian and
r'lvncii cardinals and Bishops at Paris, by order of
li napartc, gives occasion to many coi
In 6V. iJinmngo '* Henry 1. king oi ll.iyti," ap-
pears to have eatablishetl his power in the north part
of this island the south is divided betweeti the ri-
val chiefs Petion and Rigaud, by turns at war with
each other and the king.
The farm-; .i a ^ \ s general in
chief of the patriot armies of Caracas. On th
7th of August, he reduced New Valentia, a t<
trict of the new republic. The European
ids, loath to <j;ive up their supposed superiority and
Accustomed influence, have made many attempts to
provoke insurrection.
We learn from various sources, that Miranda is
;t-d oi aiming at supreme power, civil and
military and that he is closely watched by the peo-
ple, jealous of their new-born liberty.
to have published an extra K
TEiithii week, but which, at a late hour, we were
disappointed in doing, some articles intended for
this number, have been unavoidably omitted ; and
others, of necessity, inserted, we would rather have
deferred for our next. In the ensuing week the
design shall be accomplished, and every exertion
nade to keep pace with the increase of our pation-
ige.
As no important political discussion is at present
Before the people of the United States, we continue
silent ; but when the proper time arrives intend to
ultil our engagements, with impartiality.
The editor again has the pleasure to present his
thanks to more than one hundred new subscribers,
obtained during the tcrek, and is highly gratified to
earn the favorable reception the RKGISTKR has
generally received. He begs information as to in egu-
'aiities or omissions thatjthey may be rectified, \vt-ll
knowing that at the commencement of a work like
this, (when in the departments under his own im-
mediate control, he is unable, as yet, to arrange his
matters as he wishes them) it is almost impossible
that such things should not occur.
It is proper to observe that the account of the
proceedings of the court of enquiry inserted in
.his number, is not official : it is copied from the
New-York Columbian, but doubtless, substantially
correct- should it appear otherwise, the official
account will be published as soon as received. We
may also remark that captain Bingham's statement
las been confirmed by three or four persons on
board his ship. At the request of several gentle-
men, who wish to have all the facts before them at
one view, and to preserve them, we shall in a future
number insert the official papers connected with
the attack on the Chesapeake.
On hand, prepared for the press, an analytical
eview of the essay on the principle of population,
T. R. Malthus : and several other valuable ar-
icles, which, shall be disposed of as speedily as
THE WEEKLY REGISTER.
VOL. JL]
IIDAY. -.
erald,
keep mine honor IV, mi corruption
:
UK -
At th.-
ral pi m, we pro
.' Jd of June,
dill to
. i a hi.--
admit of.
<(ion of
ihe
v>ards substantiated by
WASHINGTON, June 26.
niiulic iheparticu-
:neric;tn rlag,
i \v- .ire cer
i we cannot,
,'>w not
indeed that this .savage outrage has a precedent in
tab.
U. S. frigate Chesapeake
iore there i
Hg of thrt-t
-cd this
one of the two
and went to sea
'
I the e of about three
h ul a
<
I
ioads, whci'k: she now 1 t-: . Mic re<
ml! txvi
.ily injured,
nd !.
or ii.
n.l lu.) !i..
.
s not '
ii-{ mi 1-hinman i
Noth :
nsolence of explain Uu
u M alter t
.eh trie other shps of tke squadron."
On the second day of Jtilv. (!i> o
! M-d the annexed
r.V TIlo.M.'.S JEFFE
PRESIUBNT OF Til ..RIC4,
. h, for some timf, h >
>f, the
United States of A
, !i:m in their
pearr, !
e of all :ht-ir n.itional and
hy every friendly *
to maintain tvi'hal) the be.
tomi'<! relation.-, u
, -
with g
.
:ic*s U us. In li
ah ;.
.
.
'
.
; -:' '.
.
.
Wt.KKLY KKCIETHl CMLSAf ' ATE.
suffer; :ieby enjoin and require all
and leaving hot
.
.-ml IMS
a mini
'i-rmily
.
ol tak-
,
!i'a. |
i]
I
.>anie, with fi i '.heir
respects
t>> the ,11 and every paic
'Vect.
I, that if any such ve^Fcl shall
be forced into th-: ha: 1 <
hr danger of this sea, or !iv the
pursuit of the em ill i-ntcr thi
t4nce might i with dispatches or b om the goveimnei
it h.ul h. en pic >hall he :i puh
< ami di-v patch iv, the commanding offi
.' B I! ;"u!m<; hi* vessel to the co!!e.:t,-)i of the d:
HIU^ the object or cause- o: entci m-.v 1 lu- naid har-
;hiu our j . i ktcrt, and ccnfoi ir.in^ him.-eJf to the re-
C3 cease> (<. latiou.s in thnt ca^e piesciiLcd uwrler the a;.
. shall be aTlowed the beiielit of such
regulations r rsprrlm 1 / su|i[ lies, Slav, iru<
and depariuie as siiaii be peimitted under the
authority.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the
the United States to be aftixeci to these presents and
;i^rned the same.
Given at the city of \Va>)iini'ton f this -
day of July, in the , i-ne
[SEAL.! thousand eu'.hl hundred and seven, and
o! tlie .sovei i i^nty and independence of
the United St.-.ics, the ti
TkOMAS JEFFERSON.
, .Mirh an<
d ii rita
, at ions.
Thee\- posed to the inter-
.>>tira?ices oi the usot-t (Viend-
u the
govern-
irt ol tlie British
i the ontrnge has been
c.->uiiiii;L .1 In i'iis liyiit the subject cnnot but
ment, and strengthen
honorable reparation of the \vionu;
1 ,1 c en tic! ol
i! cnmniantifTs, \vhich afone can ja.-tiiy the
" in U.e exercise of tho.re
; .v constrained to discontinue.
Lt tht> ,ii\d of
> :>.i;,or to i\' Mi.a'c iLs own poiirc.
dc for i.- pc.-.cc a. id in. lite -'.aft-tv of iu ci:i
, ;t*nflv to refuse the admission of
. I.s into it- harbors or waters, cither in
rripti'.>n-, as are incon
.-, or with 'lie nuiintcnanre if the
ty of tlie l;t\v-, 1 have ttiought proper, in
no* of i hi- -iiillv j^iven by law,
LA MAT1ON, hereby t-*quu-
is |;i- 1 in;r cortiinissions under the
in, now within 'ie har
ites, iiurnedi i u ely
\> d.-.ti ii L from the same, and
ill the .said harbors and
, and to all others
i >ns undar the authority of the
ernmenC.
'-= or any of them, shall fail
they or any Others, ^o
..ter the h.i- 1 i rs or \vu
teib aforesaid. I d bid ?li intercourse
with t '. ei i or crews.
<''> IV'jiii beiii fui
^ni.
;F any
l
iv such
i in thi.-
'ch vessel, or
'!J't.!l.-.^
of any kiiK'.
vessei-.
3n th' :
t-ion of the '
of a \ . i; !) puJ)
lie dis,
on or persons shall on conviction. suPV-r all tl,'-
pains and penal. iw by the laws pj-ovidcd fur such
MADI6ON, secretary nfyinle.
The British Mjiindron still coniiinu-d in our watcns,
and the citizens of i\ oilolk (as did the .(.* lu>lr In-ny
of the American people as tne nt\\> reached them )
having entered uro <oiit* sj.-ii ited re.>oltiiions ( u
the sulj.'ct, and i-ly seized theii arms,
among other things forbidding ail rmm.
tion with the hostile *hrp>, J. K. l>uu^!
British con.modore, in a lettei-i; -;d IIP.
Bellon;\, Hampton /rv/.-/,v, .lu'v 2, IcU?, atii
to the mayor of Norloik, insolently tin-..'''
thoi'j;h he would ob^tr-ict the whole t>ai!e ot thf.
Chesapeake bay and its wnter.-, unless soit.e >f
these iv:."!<:'ions were " inn.'irdmte.
Richard Kvcrs Lee, Ivo,. the mayor, a:;
him as he deserved but the brave corumor'or"
did not carry his threat:; into execution, t
he spidered hi^ people, at times to anii t-
selves by firing at some of our v< >Khiri(T
a few ol }iers. Shortly alter (July '> tne pi
of the United S;aies> issued liis ordt-
vernors of ihc sevi-ial states lor th<
and organization of I'l'i.^o miliiia. The
sition was almost irumi dUtely r. .11... lie-.! .
a greater number ot c\'\x n- v.dur.ie !en tii^>i-
services th;m the quotas of n><
alinvv.-d. The ardor of the people was ii;de-i;ti-
: the r-a:icor of party , which, though it em-
bitters social inLci course, maybe mcchsary Co
the existence ol' a republican gove:nmei!.
i lo-f in tiie L'j'-nff'.il de-ire to av<
')>. wrori;. " Ai ''< ' ;ti i ofiti^ la
i .M.r-i round (he standard of th<> law, arui .
in common rfSorts for the connnon p.ood. 1
;vi,i>w.irris bfian t( -; aj;d
final'y, a few o|.-n!v -fit .t'jit'i J S;e British admiral,
tboutjh the act wa^ f>uruW by /ti> t>ti>u goveia-
m.-nt !
In a JT^Iifax paper of June 7, were jMil-lisht-d the
fo'lowiutr orders of Admiral Kerkifhein those
utuicr whi':h cu^
THE WEEKLY REGISTER ' ''K FRIGATE.
the honorable * Of the other
1
'
oers, i
:.ic m*
.j;l.ii,li
equired
- ship lor the
ned ships, and to
proce ; and if a
nude by tii -i, he is to be
rh for any deserters from their
c and an.,
each <
,nd at Halifax, Nova-"
G C r,i
To thr .!i.l ( .)iuniari(!.-i-,
.1 liie
Three of the four pi i ^ off is deserters
n .a c
'. J.:hn J.i '
'
as slated,
1 c sam
Ki*t ).
Che st -
.
.
nuidcranii
UMllt W
'Mtlfd, thr
atoned t .. ii
.
i:i.;
irilv. A vc
! the lei lit n
rtd thr
i
.
.
the k
\t a court ol ' fiuji'
ed S ates ship (
toll; aul M.tc of \'i _
t Smith, . :
i day
. the tiah day o
.mil \\'tiinebday the Kin:
Taptain A
,
1 ,,i, c roMit, lh.it .n
V
by the A
uort in '
, hd Mil' k
It .t|.
.
t-ntcicd the
h rc-
i
THE vrr.r.KLY *' \
-is fot
:
.
C uiml (
:i, and
,15 hap-
vi to the
; .it after this the wind
il ;id that
I
'1 attei
her.
l :in the Leopard
ke an otlicer was
r;iptain
: , to
ie latter did noLnor could not
i v cut i cully concluded io he a
nv't and could not
v<i, would be entbrc
:--le.
. >e court, that although such was
in and impression of commodore ]'.;:; on
-till order his ship
to be : > action, although ample time was
J for that purpose, the Uiiti^h oflici-r bum
i don board the Chesapeake from 35 to 4.3
.> pears to the court, that after the British offi
ipeake, heai ing a positive re
<lie Uarron to the demand whicl
v captain Humphries, and altu
in was himself satisfied that an
o \,\- .-hip vvyuld he made, he did no!
y, and efficient means to pre
ip ior battle. That hi* first order was
'i deck, and the second after
. was to gtt his iiken to quar
'MO,. l beat ofdium ; although will
: 'in hoard, and in such a silu
.ipthen was, it was not to he expert.'. (
,'d he effectually accomplished
it P' the court, the conduct of com
.luring the attack of the Leopard
, and a disposition to
. thin a determination hiavdy t<
t lie repeatedly hailed, tht
Attack upon him. That h
.if,, i", om th-ir guns to lowering down
(! I'niied
milled
imcnt of the navy oj'
the I'm;.
'
:>--.tke i'
::ot in a
he time of the attack rr t.er to h;:-.
' gallant a ;'
of her gum \v; rurely
itu-d in thrii carriages, t-nme o! '
.U'hcs were not ptin 1
s weic not in their proper places," the ina-
;:-'iiher supplied will. ,1 car-
ol were those which they h;d of the i
tave influended commodore j:nnn in .-rrik
i.ecau&e they were not known to him at the
.ime.
Malthus on Population.
of t/,r " /,'i-j.YY'/ on the pr,
jj Population, by T. /t. !\ln!c
An
i ernarks more particular hj a
iblejuture slate ol l/ie l.'nil-
No subject can more deservedly ihe at-
tention of the statistical or p(diti t or be
more deeply interesting to the philosopher, than
t!-.at which embraces Liu: first principle of the lise
and fall of nations which opens to his view the
causes of emigration, revolutions, wai*, n.'
tion.s, &c. and which kads to a clear judgment of
the form of government best calculated to socuri*
the happiness of mankd, and thereby conduce
to the great end of crtMiion.
Vat ions writers in different a^es of the world,
n.-vr fumed their studies and attention to this im-
i subject; amongst the most celebrated of
whom may be reckc sir
Stewart, the count dc liiifibn,
8tC. ;
. < h.i'mers,
>< the lc:>rnrd an-
. lior 1.1 -a elr:ir and per.
spicuons svsieni. For, though hi 1 has modestly
entitled his work an "Kssny," it will be found to
contain so many important facts, introduced with
aforceofrc. [y conclusive M to
ng our ii" 'insan-
ces. lie sets out upon a : which may
a pluce
without scruple be admitted, that ail living nature
is constantly tending t<> but iti
different ratios; otherwise the ca'th ut the i
n-,oinont would have been insufficient to have con-
tained it* animate in! In a very early
attacking ship and j epoch of the world, philosophers found it P-.
It lieutenant from his quarter!.
rry a menage, on board the
d, at that time firing upon him.
to the couit, that commodore Barron
i the colors of i t o bebtruck,
y were st: . j,,,,, o f
tfl fired from her; and thai s.'t the time
.
. would have enabled the return of
irne.
pinion, that the Che
', at a time
id when
-ifher on the ship i
Icr then necessary; and
commodore Earron fails t ruler 'a j>art
ry to direct their enquiries to the means ol check-
ing this excessive incicase of the human species
beyond those other portions of ci cation upon which
they subsisted ; and to this end, in many countries
whole families were barbarously put to ck-ath, while
M-c.anie exiles fiom home, in .-'..tih of a pre-
cariou- elsewhere. T this tendency in
animal life to increase beyond the nsr:ms provided
for its nourishment may be justly attributed a con-
ic portion of the vice and misery of man-
kind ; how interesting then to the philanthropist
the enquiry into the most effectual nr
correcting oramcliorating those unhappy efi-
y step to Ibis enquiry, our author
endeavors to ascertain what would be the r
Se of population, ii' itiL tu exert itsett' with.
THE WEEKLY REGISTER VOPUI.ATION.
other words, to
.
mean of tfuppoft ; anil
* inh under the i:
i -^:u - d t > ll:i- i"i
.
1
I
of the
of doublin
t iri ten
years.* l-'.umtl' ':ich at different
. it will
n, thit t ,-ice
tMeir popnla
* T\ t \-3 therefore
i any obseiver has
t- of population, and .
in the truth, our author h.t-> (ixe-1 upon as
<-, aim piu:
n douMin".
e years or irn ,
ratio."
cct to the productions of the ea4li, or
:e population, it has not hren
: he tertiiit , il to In-
and the melio
; ii\ it .it i '
ratio as the increase of population, which, willi the
ort it, Would ;jo on to i
in the same pr. <./>>////. In oidrr,
pi o|. ! ,.( >
-
is studied wvh the :
[irodnc
'
of the nature ot la- n. \i
.
'
'
,M*t III
as it i
volun
s reason, i> v ccnsicleralions
to avoid the
in an early
.
hori or
.
ul or '
indiil-
with t!) too> fi e< ;
met \\\ ii, it i
'i'lu- positive ri:<
.
,
! .
.
ntive anj ; .11 rc-
vhcn taken i ^ mirnediaU'
ingnishedfrom the u/i
ne, or the want of food. T.
'leiablv it.
i rail v lie.i'
.
-cts of
>upuUl: re ron-tai:'
lon-i..: tlj '
of the po-
uiation, the j>i eveiitive ai .
: pif-
.1.1 IliO-
eath will continue to opM.itcli;
)!' '. IlC (
.ud t'ne -
i n nix \
'.(finer i
1 vil with j v
(ioVMJ till'
necessaril.
moan*
.
ill i c>oS -Hue into ruo
-
1
l.)n of the '
.i Jiav
THfc WEEKLY UKCISTET. POPULATION,
been sometimes found upon the -
wretched state o- ,i,ilanls
:.inU are in a v nation
,>:ni<.d lints, or ni-r unfrequently in the &arr
have ci . il,< v have
i hose alrc.; ' U HI
: which ev
ilier known ani-
d what di
:;dition
.. wretched,
i.e child I
. ! '
:/ir.i; upon a
under such circumstances ; a whole tribe M
cnni< ! -:.;!e man ;
fiuitful
ourcf ' ilation might be supposed to leave.
ins of support in abundance lo the surviving
it would be . i mer- (inhabitants, but di n.l
.-(Mi in u-iU ii-. that ^o: agi it .uli 'ire, and havin;;, since the in-
i
.\i ot her ;
beating her to silenre
..cr on the ground over
i he reaches hi own party,
rene ensue
i
lion of IMC ai:i:- among Vhem, consid<
reduced t!ie !: LI . and game upon
which they sul^i.- 1, uoJind the population Still in
p.opottion to the food. At the pie=ent day this
perhaps by ai.
'
ir children, iind those who do, ex-
Ii faculties in icar-
- n.'ll portion arrives at the ag<
:'-.lieu \vh ' ' u " * u L:i '
, always
grave v.-'.th the mother!
lose their mothers while
ulive in the same
{'..-ides these, causes of
equilibrium maybe
c;iu->e ; the Indians luring driven from their !
.and-., hv the more powerful whites, to a i.
extent of territory, have been *l>li^ed to learn fii.m
ti.'i-ir conquerors something of agriculture, which
to tiieni those means of -nppori winch they
had been accustomed to look for in a wider ran ^e of
uncul'iv-itod fore?t^. Tiiij progress towards civili-
za'ion would naturally give a spur to procreation
which, it mi<;ht he inferred, would soon produce
;!a(ion, th- md bloody wars among [an excess of population ; buta counter balance may
ve all a fatal epidemic, re
,11 pox, which somelimes rages
ition, tend lo keep
i a level with the very scanty
, Mai and vegetable productions oi
>o*n Indians, like mo'-t other savages,
i altogetcr by Ii H
he found in the introduction of inebriating liquors
among tht-.m, o{ wlu'cli thev are extravagantly fond,
and hy the enervating effects of wli'.ch, va^t num-
bcis ol' them annually perish. Thus is the average
population of the Ainei jean Indians kept upon a
level with the average means of .uib.sistance.7
Amon^ the i-hnds of t'ne. South Sea, particularly
in New- Caledonia, the New Hebrides, and New-
le of living necessarily Zealand, we meet with a savage race of beings who
\!rnt ot territory to supply their liv- <ilmi>.st who'iy upon fish, which are to be ob
je appears to entertain high no |Uim-<i only at certain seasons of the year, and who
f r.:iin ; infringements oiVt-e engaged in perpetual warfare among them-
patties, are always followed (selves ; in New-Zealand, more e-.pecially, neither
hv the .v an i revengeful wars. These man nor woman ever walks unarmed ; they are itt-
cessamly on (lie watch for opportunities to iur-
niiut take place
- of aLiilie inciease beyond
. inch the t^i ri'.ory ;.]loti.ed to
-;!! of co-ir-e encroach upon
prise and destroy each other. So strongly does
this jealousy and revengeful di-position appear, that 1
if the humanity of Cook had not deterred him froia
1 their neighbors, and either be repulsed listening to the solicitation of the different
lo-^s, or by destroying the propric I or hamlets,, he mi^ht easily have exterminated the
;.;!, secure to themselves the j whole race, as each village by turns, invited him
to assist in the destruction of some other. 8 The
s o u gh I .
e, for thf>. most part, treated more
iin;in <; calures like
i.o perform ths nio-t
like h<
!-
i!l the laborious drudge-
inhabitants are savage in the extreme, and for the
mo-,t part addicted to cannibalism, to which it ap-
pears they are instigated as much by inclination
as by the imperious call of hunger. They devour
'ic economy. The men ha . -h vor;-i-ious fury the enemies s)-un in battle, and
ivcllcis as naturally void of it i< not. uncommon for some of theii chiefs to kill a
all am ;u:is ; but the dissolu^- -!,u-t- everv moon to gratify his savage appetite.
1 "ou.e. of thetiibes, and lhe;Capta n Cook relates that th.ey ate with considerable
lies, would seem to con. I greediness the train oil fr^rn some seal blubber
tradic* ' the women at*/, by i which hi- men were engaged in r-repaiing on the
IMS prolific, having aeldom more than two or shore : hesays, "they relished the very skimmings
three ch:l:Jrn,a:v -ilarepui the keltlt% and tlregs of the casks ; but a little of
who a:-e. bo::i \\ MI, which will . ' he pure stinking oil was a delicious feast. "
accou: 'i-ni Irorri defori: v ah such powerful and constantly operating
amoi. j by most
i-.e'culiar inodc of iiMn-^ing their | 7 '"onsult Robertson's America- the Abbe Ray-
*. The people of a t:ioc generally reside toge- Jnal, and .l.-fl'crson's notes on the state of Virginia,
(he,-, i-ili.'T if, -j.i ill vill.iges, composed of a few ill |' n a " f which are to be found strong arguments in
1 support of our author's position.
Vancouver's voyage, and Syrne'a embassy Vid. Narrative of captain Cook's voyage to
'" AM. | the Pacific ocean.
Vi.l. Collins' account of New South Walf?s~ | Voyage to the Pacific ocean by captains Cook,
appendix. jClcrke and Gore, Vol. 1, page 130.
THL V.T.KKLY REGISTER SP.Utf.
55
oFdepopnlaUrfn, it is not wnndeitnl :
peo-'ledonu precarious motie
On the beautiful and fertile shores of O
where theu
tion, we meet \vilh a scene
thing seems to conspire I
us of population. Thr j Delation
;, that thr very locks a:e
!i hills towards the #ea, and the
.
. .ttici at
>i mind ' the ; .M'.h the idea,
on earth < t'ii-, in the
;:> \Vete there
;ul checks lo the pop
n little nun i- ;
t to!'
X
-
hoth s . the indivi
hnt far
Id and
:i to form a mutual con-
s proitituuon :
iiu trim of onr nation
tvofwri -tvlM ^ '.it-. ;
in h.)tfi H i .IK h ;i jollii. ?
*nd I'll ^ive up llie (M
Ilistc'
- Iiivasi ' ^ in by Bonaparte.
A i; R I DU L> I K O M T II K >!
ClI\rTL!l 11.
(CONTINUED PROM PAGF
i-aJor presented his power?, ni) re-
iv'rm in return, M. C'i^inpagny
these things were mere matt(
and vvli. ...iccted with the essential
mined I J the form >f a \olun-
II, itiii he and hid niii.
dered all cih
proceeded to talk of the ptopo^itions. Li-
declured he could discuss no ., liii
the previous foinialities ij.d heen : ; and
a-kc<l. J' the l-.iii- ;vei c i
. -;iid he, he should
r.l to his kii.tidom ; but M. Ch \mpxgny
replied, that, win tetuin lo ^
: under-
.: with the rn,['i . .n .
letter. Already I : h-id sufficient .
lo led him-rlf a p- e WJ
as could leave no doubt. In
tlie whole might he apparent ami
('eval)os (April 2<S) addre^ed a note to
minister of state, s: \m^. th.u the kin^ had I'ft
Madrid with the intent on ot mei-tii-^ itu- - i
at Burgos, on the assui ano:s which the grand
duke of Berg, the amb.issaclor,
c
uiy Jiad j;iven of his approach
: days are thus spent in promi-c- ons inter
i n v r : 1 1 i n
s and lii,iti Ifchil in consequence of th public
trnit i-i mii,d in Spain, if ible to answer longer
.!ity of the people, e-
were appri/.ed that their ki:n; had :.*.
lii- l.ad ir; t!.e n.oit solon'.n
manner, ptomi-rd ihrin on l,.i ;
'I'lu's, '
about to di ; and ! nowtnide knou
tions, tl.
peror,
are innnediateJv
riuinner. It cani.ot !,
v justly t'lj
ure lo ' pie
' .
. i iiM.n.il
and pc: ',ned u> thr
.
'
'd the
\s lo brook
. aud thr
1
:
I
lost di
-
1 ...
'3c round the world, c. II
, which it
THi r,Y REGISTER SPAIN.
*as his purpose to avoid till the whole of tl
family wei e in 1 i 'his f.t
I during hi*
; -.-plied, that ho i
people to publish the result of .1
xvhich the honor of r 'in! (he
. h'.s ot the i i 'i '.vii d< j
^nout the
?mall,
which had '. inU to the throne
V'. li MJ'011 I
In- iD\,il
. ( iodo\
?>hotild be rundc.imicd to death, he would remit tli.u
, -.once of (he cmpi'i 01 "> in-
fl . i \ rdinand returned
uapuite, he received advici
the junta of government that Murat had required
them to release Godov : threatening, ii i
that he would deliver him by fuice. They were
.^d in reply, of the answer which had been
Sent to Ba;. onne, and in>,ti noted lo tell the Grand
enewed his applications, that the buai-
hetweeM the two sovereigns, and
that the result depended exclusively on the decision
h have at ;;'! times had as little public
other nation in Europe ; hut whether
rrhy, their democracy, or
:e..;{>otu;m, they have elJectu
ally prott-< ,rd thi -'-.id paitizans in other
v had been the creature of France
and B ->lved to save him : hetreated,
therefore thr K-td-r cf Ferdinand with contempt;
to direct falsehood, sent in-
, at, that the prince of Asturias
had |. .ner entirely at his disposal, and
ordered him to demand and obtain the surrender oi
A note was accordingly delivered to
in Murat's name, by general Bellaird,
'ing the prison'--! 1 (Ap.il '20. ) This he said,
i'v a new proof of the. interest felt by the em-
Spain ; for his imperial ma-
lixe .is king any other than
,ig i. hi; prince de la Paz
to a '.: '! to deprive malevolence it-
>e, belief, that that monarch would
e him to confidence nnd power. One
member of the government, d-jn Francisco Gil,
mist yielding to the tyrant, because it
*d by Ferdinand their kinjj : the
i\ by the threats of Murat,
the marquis de Castellar, to whose
u committed, to deliver him
up. '! reluctantly obeyed; and he
night, under a strong guard to
-.his wretch, Bonaparte
the tiaie, than of
; of protection to-
as policy die
unexpectedly
impeded !>v the fi Miand and his
'3 that Godoy
be u^ci'ii! ; and wl.i-" rrived at
i -lie. the favorite was re&t*>red to him, and
: i;;ht, by a last act
:! com
estrnction !' '.'.;;; dv:insty which had
rai.-ed him ar>d the country wliic.h hnd f.'ivcn hira
birth. XViii'iit 1 ; to be revenged on Ferdinand, and
now al?o hating Spain, Godoy, who had hitherto
seconded the projects of Bonaparte, because he
now
r the. sake
nice, k was m ; 'onM
Mcd to 1 1 e .1 hi
uidati. that \\hile hr punislu'd him as
such, for i' ; 'trd bis at'dicatiani, he should
\ ti suit Iv for the p'irji
n-rr
unprovok
s he him^t-lf, but a fvw v
:eii:pted to (! r-i, abandoning hi ; king-
dom. To this 1 ' rous ns It
theunhappj king was broughl
that he ' o it ; it is mui e
'hat (lie ascendency of the favorite w ^ sufficient to
make him f.-uic^ it \va^ his own ad and deed. Fear
might have extorted the renunciation, but the man-
ner in which he per-.onal!y treated his
evidently from his own feelings exasperated \>\
doy.
Ferdinand had now only to choose between de-
gradation and destruction. lie made, however,
one effort in behalf of himself and of Spain, and
addressed his father in a letter not less dignified lhan
respectful, in which he at the same time asserted
his right to the crown and his readiness to restore
it. (May 1.) The king, he said, had admitted
that the proceedings at Aranjuez were in no de-
gree influenced by him, and had told him, that
the abdication had been volrtntary, and that it
was the happiest act of his life. He still d-
that it was an act of his own free will, but pro-
ed that it had been made with the mental reser-
vation of a right to resume the throne whenever
he thought proper, and now he reclaimed it, avow-
ing at the same time that he would neither reinni
to the throne nor to Spain. The f 11
hws of the kingdom conferred the crown upon
himself, he said, upon his father's free re-igna-
tion of it. His father had freely resigned ; and
yet now reclaimed the crown, without any intention
of retaining it. Here, then, he required an act of
duty which the son could not perform, without
violating the duty which he owed to his subjects.
But both might bereconciled ;and Ferdinand would
willingly return the crown to his father, on condi-
tion, 1. That they both return to Madrid. 2. That
a Cortei should be assembled there; or, if Charles
objected to so numerous a body, that all the tiibu-
na!s and deputies oi the kingdom should be con-
voked. 3. That the renunciation should be execut-
ed in due form, in the presence of the council, and
the motives stated which induced him to make it ;
these, Ferdinand said, were the love which he !>
to his subjects, and his anxiety to secure their trnn-
quility, and >avrihi-m from the horrors of a civil
war. "4. That the king should not be accorap
by individuals who had justly excited the hai'
the whole nation . '). That, if the king persisted in
his present intention neither to reign in person nor
to return to bpiin, Ferdinand should govern in his
name. There is no one, said he, who can have a
claim to be preferred before me. I am summoned
(hereto bv the laws, the wishes and the love of my
people, and no one can take more zealous and
botmden interest in their welfare.
In the answer to the letter, the style as well as the
purposes of Bonaparte, are apparent. (May 2.)
Charles began by declaring that Spain could be
saved by the Emperor alone. From the peace ot
Basle, he had seen that the essential interests of his
people were inseperably connected with the preser-
vati .,n of a good understanding with France, and
he had spared no sacrifices to preserve it. Forwi
THK \Vi ! KI.Y REGISTER SPAIN.
by tht " :! into th-
had suffered more by it ihan any other :<tate, and
the consequent calamities h <d been unjustly ;iltri
billed to his minister- ; neve- -ind the hap
.;i, and
^ the Icings of Kurt';
amid ihc
i - tranquility Ferdinand had dht
by the ave!-u>:i ol In- :.
France, he ,n ;l,c pin"
dices which pie
"1: i
1
; -
f niiul
is vour papers, the proof of your crime.
m the scaffold of
. and from that r,
mpelled to adtl to the di-ti e>-e-> I felt for the
-uhjects, liu- .tliiinion.-, occasioned
bv th<. y own farirlv .''
.<\rt which followed nvi^t h.we been design-
ed by Bonaparte to conceal the manifest proofs of
rich appear in the re? t
i < M-re sa.d, K
that th' : nouiiee hi->
<1 in the
:-.:-h pro\ iii'
:nder various pretences. While thev
occupi . .t bank of the Kbro, and appeared
int
e communication \\ith
l alarmed ; but when
they a -, tlic capiial, then he felt it
to collect Uii army round his person
that he might p;. .1 in inner becom-
s rank, before his august ally all whose
> he shotlld l>.ive inn
ops were Portugal I
drid, nit that h uuion hi*
that he nu : Kn.n
'
I'pi
had aUo ronvinced
-t him and : -vis, that they had
I .
in his leitci
,d yet, one ler^oM bv
i ot the crowr, is his hati
There needs no reasoning to detect so i<
land's answer (May *,) to this extraordi-
nary paper, \s like hia former lettt
niind-
-
,
he KM; -u-ly of opinion,
could opinion have been obi.i.
wholly wkSiout u. liner..
virtually r. Tlic i.
,ied bv tbr it a fo-
reign fixer i lit he be f
<'ai in need i
iieiuN and ai!ir<. lie ^.-l(^ that hi?
\--anju z to support the jjlory f
tie ; mi^ht he l\
orders for a journ
to keep open th.i
intention of e:;
;nanifestas it was, thit (he i
to the coa-t of Andaln>ia ; and it was iin> ui;
belief which i the icnn:
In tho->e tumults, the k
no other partthan by k
hom the people the obj
i to be the prop
eir.peror in a letter to Fe:d;r >aid his mo-
to induce the \.
.
The u;
duced
him that the - i ^Ui enter
tain wjshrs c> icular iir .
othcpnlir ; the roniinr nt,
I by i-'i
nhle lo withstand thi.->
'V : herej
'
I
!.
en
|
tb-
?ui
he iiopcd tu tfiect it. The onlv *ct of
'
\ .injii<
DC of ihr
monstf^itions of j(^
sions of On 1
count t
>,,n i.i .! o t!,.n, :
Mi | I to comment upon the chn
-
.
1
.
iiii! Soi t!i' -.-If, on
58
,Y KECI8TKH SPAIN.
the fjith uf H minating Mur.il lieutenant-general o^
of ihf
The rca .; wa.s, th
and \> U'll him that
.
:.oul;l he acknov. king
I'i 1 1 1 1 e
iipei'oi *> hancl.s, he c-m'i
ne iiaii iu-v t i
l'i' tner proposals.
10 ' '! urn'''
> 01 ', when should
!. when the c mn
enabled
not !H-C .u-e I thought this wa \ to give
.i
iid injurious nov.-!ri--s, whicn fre
divisions ami contentions, and to
attended to which respected vou:
-, and the tianquilitv of the
It VOIP m tj. My should not choose to reign
in person, 1 n in yuur royal name, or in
a ; for nobody but myself can ivprr-eut your
I do, in my o^ n favor, tne
a of the laws, and the will of the people ; nor
r person have so much interest in their
.
.V af;er this letter w*as written, (May 5;
1 1. id an ho". ; '.ce with Charles;
>f which Ferdinand was called in
i the presence of the emperor
and of tne qu<'p^, expressions,! says Cevallos, so
irniliiiing, that 1 do not da: e to
IK-III \V'n!e all tiie rest was seated, he was
;n ling, au;i his father ordered him to make
.lute renunciation of the ciown, unflr pain
of being tieai.-.i, wiih all h s household, as an usur-
. onsfiirator against the lives of his pa
ik^ o! h:s adherents, he submi'ted
6) and delivered a renunciation, couched in
it. once to imply compulsion, arid
condition of his father's return to Spain.
*' iii- iimciation," he said, " he had be
If bound to modify by such cotuliaons
'-.My required by the i expect due to the
lity of his dominions, and the j>re
MI o; bio own honor.
istoni.
;i:ne di .ill .in- im
;n order to maintain t v df piopi-r-
ly, and puhlic tranquility, a^ain- 1 em-n.ii-s, ,1^ v\cll
exterior as interior. A proclamntion to the peo; !e.
accompanied this edict, 'I'l;
kin- was occupied in <
emperor, all that concerned tln-ir w-!t.-\u-, a:
were warned against listening to perfidious u.i-n,
'"glt to arm (h-
i'-h against them. All thoje w ho spoke
a^.iinst F> am c, werr-^aii! to he nun, who tl ;
for the blood of the .Sp'inianLs, Ma-mie> 01 tir.t na-
tion, (*i a^enl.-j of Bugland, who.se intrigues would
the loss of the colonies, the separation ol the
provinces, ami a sern-s of vr.trs ol calamity for the
country. " Trust to my ex;
moHith.piece, and obey tha' authority wnii h 1 hold
uom (ij'i i::d my family. Follow mv rx i:nj.l<- and
think tnat in your present .situation, their i-> no>-
ity or safety for the Spaniards, but in the
.Tip of the iiteat emperor, our ally.''
the same day Charles addres>ed a letter to the su-
preme council of Castile and the coincil of ii:
lion, informing them, that having resolved, in the
exu aordinary circumstances, to tive a new
difications,
bad excited indignation
. who, without any other grounds, had
. , in the pre-ence of Bonaparte and
i with the most humi- throne of Spain and the Indies, having only had in
proof o' affection towards his beloved suhjecL-. he
had abdicated all rlairns u->on the Spanish king-
doms, in favor of his friend and allv, the empeior
of the French. The treaty of resignation, he s^id,
stipulated for the integrity and independence of
those kingdoms and the preservation of popery,
lot only as the predominant, but :is t! <
md exclusive religion in Spain. - The councils
were ordered to make every ex-ition in support of
the emperor, and, above all, with their utmost care
to preserve the country from insurrection and tu-
mulU.
The preamble to the treaty of resignation (May f>)
states, that the ob-ect of the two contracting pi ii.ces
was to save Spain from the convulsions of civil
and foreign war, and to place it in the sole po
which, under its present extraordinary circumstah-
ces, could maintain its integrity, guarantee i.s colo-
nies, and enable it to unite all its means to "'
France, to obtain a maritime peace. There is
thing like madness in Bonaparte's feelings r<
ing the maratime strength of England ; it haunts
By the
to 'ne
him every where, and breaks out in
hatred upon the most irrelevant occasions.
fir^t article, Charles ceded all hi
1 to require from him an up.
Condition \l >n, on pain of brm-^ i.--ate(i,
iririi, likr a traitor. f.'n-lcr
id he. I rnak" the renuncia
commands, that you may re-
--ain, in the ?ame state,
le the voluntary abdication in mv
1
not awTre, when he executed thi-,
' 'icr was no longer
receive it. Ho:, id not waited
uiork ne^o
d puppet, ;id
.,reme juni
limiria-v '
Tlii^ wiet'-h
J a?) evlict on the 4-th, to ?he s
f [t was rumored about, tins time, in unofficial
, that (be queeu had declared Ferdinand to
be illegitimate. LJo.iattutf, it will h ( - i -m.-mKered,
1 ':h' to the crown'
thm what lt dot iv fed i'.oiuhis mother.
view, he said, during hi-i whole life, the happi:
his subjects, and ronstan'ly adhering to the princi-
ple, that all the acts ol the sovereign ought solely to
attend to that object. This ce sion \va- repie-ent-
e.d as the only rm-ans which could re establish oider.
It was .stipulated that the integrity of the kingdom
'hould be miinta.nrd ; that the prince whom his
y the empero
hould
^e proper to be >lic-
the throne of Spain, should be independent,
and the limits of the country should undergo no ,!-
i. In icturn for this cession, he promi <>d
;;n a?;\ lurn in France tothe kin^ and queen, and (he
prince de la Pa/,, the full enjoyment ol tbrir rai-k,
and a splendid revenue fiorn ris treasury. This
conven'ion WHS sigrn-d hv g'-ne'a! Duroc, grand
m irshal of the pal.-.cc. on the [jart of Bonaparte, and
"n the part o'' Charles, bv Godoy, r.ndei his tit
Spanish a-.d Povtttgue.se. of prince de la P.z
connt nf Kvor > monte. Thus did thi
and
and worst of that succession of favoiiUo woo have
Till: WF.KKLY R
59
been the rur-e of Spain, consnmn...
. .unity ; <
''
f
Gr \v.
ou M;\\
,
[U length i c -s, but
^
I ' .
then !
I
.'.ill.
-ht of
: only. A failher
.n : it w.i- n
cc with h-m upo
i
I
.ui.ly he
bt-tvi, rn the lfi.1
Their are reel) ry one city,
.
" , .
.
I
line t'lt
Client. In
; i
new tiial tin j)t|.
Hid, in li,!
, IK--, in it- i
>.
if-Cdit tiiin lo an
', HUM
.,m to u-i.;n'.
Nmrfoi
tiu ' '" n, and
''; hut
ncharmi
u-l mi-
. poi>u-
!' a i <;v , n-.r \vii-v
.>,/// ./.- rei li-nn- ci th<
'it" I iic mil if-, IM-
AH old
/ the
"inni. h.n
feted
thin
ii.tiiii.ii>
MI (!.<
'- little krio '.in. Pure
kri nt> in , but in nu
'hr n.it r.iuvi- t|tian(u
-
'
the in
d
i space of g
I
and '
indered
"
,
hi
1
;
.
i
Lion of
'
' car-
[TO BE . ihu pro*
60
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MEXICO.
trince we find nothing intere-
The
accou,
n on*
:e is a
n the Indians and
is very thinly in
; ed by ai. <
-ki-n hv uin-c
t Indies.
be .in nluiid, and was hi
fantly serene, and
i a moment at the seltiug of the
-es ui violi:t.
barren and
Mie soii i>
rtinou'i. Some of the vallie.-..
..'e-jiiits made many at
i y, and
: .provcmcnts, hut vverv. expel
leu in ,-d ihem, a:id
e* nmeni oft .e country, aided
T'ieie are no towns
and St. Juan are the princi
of VPU." Cat fornla had, in 1803,
nt in t-qti;tit>. l
ith .^ca. This country
>ikeiy to become important
Lion in !."'. including Indians attached
' thei; fields.
!5,.>o2. Tiit state of agricul
nc. In 1802
tlie live stock of tiie people vvt-
e beeves, (',7,792, sheep, 107,172 ; hos, l.Olu,
.,2. 167; mule-, 877. The Indians manufac
ture eoaia-? wool' n niifts, and are peaceable, iii
du ' ' io>i> -too oe.u volent. AH -orts oi g.4me is pica
of the st.ags are said to have ho 1 ns \i\.\,
feet long, and to rest them on their backs when
ruining.
Tueie are several villages in this district. 8au
iiue poit, with 820 inhabitants, it.
ed as the capital of the country.
i bus closely pursued our author
) ail ihe intend;ncies, and noted every thin^
nch we have deemed interesting
a 'dti u.'.ithean.iclehasalreadye.xtendedfoaicfK'.ih
..Ution when we commenced, to rendc.r
..;>leie, wesnall follow him as briefly as possi
ble inrongh hi ..marks.]
of country situated as it is
o great elevations of land, must p.
y of climate its production.^ of cuuise
MIC plants and tropic--, I ft-
found in i' m of new Spain (which it
rvc in this place, as described
bv // 'nprises all the country generally
Liid d >v\ :i in the maps under the names' oi'' Mexico
and N<-w Mexico.) The Banann is, fortheinhabi
tants of the low countries, what wheat, rvc, barley
&,c. is to those who inhabit the table hinds or high
: of uliich our author says, " j ,|, ;i !tif there
;s another plant on the globe which on so small a
space can p.oduce so considerable a mass of nutri
which is made a nutritive bread. Thesc'con^tit-ite-
the chief diet of the people. In the more eu
:ej;ioiis, European giain, maize, ^c. are principally
and abundantly cultivated. The common people
depend ctm-Hy on the mai/.e, and its common ciop
i from 130 to 170 foid. It (<GCS not. flourish on
'.'v.itcd nio e t ;i .< -i. The ai
Mexicans m .'Iks. Ti.e whole
of thi^ aitiele in Mexi
>ne year with another, to amount to 1,755 1
ions of pounds, which, rating a bu.shelat 50 Ibs. is
35J30,000 bushels. A:" ieultural producl is much
assisted by artificial r : on, for certain mon
the year (from Ji:: -xreedingly
dry. In this speck of labor the indins are pccu-
iarly expert. VVheatis corsMiered as a good crop
A hen it > iolds IS ior one. though soim: lands pro-
deal more. The consumption of this
;rain in the whole kingdom is e.-tin;
billions of Ibs. equal t.- bushels of 50 Ibs.
Some wheate.-i Hour is exported 10 ttie Ha-
vana, &.c. The general p, ice of labor is very low in
Mexico 15 ceuLsi in the temperate regions
and 2 1-2 rfats in the h.>t countries, are i
laboring agriculturalists. The potatoe i.' c>;l
in the highest and coluest p.uts of the Andes, and
ptiuiuces abundantly ; th^.v are tlo l:irg*.->t an
perhaps, in the wo>id. The Mexicans posses,.-. :il! '. i:s
garden stuff and fruit n< "P e > ar) d alt,o cul-
tivate, many inciip-no'i. plan! > F.o:ii the juice of a
vegetable, cal'eci m(tg.:<rij o: mc.tt, thev pioduce a .s pi-
liquor, w! chief drink of the inha-
Hve. fiah^tance." The cultivation is easy, the
> raj;i !, and the fruit abundant. Jn tl
pro
i>f the capital. The jiiicc is obtained by
*pping the plant, vvnich ll',i>4 \'-\ no!, move than five
.1, will yield, in the season. 375 cubic inches
per day ; but in this tapping, greul judgment ii
required, or the plant perishes. The liquor thus
gathered, undergoes a fei mentation ; ii is considered
as a good stomachic and strengthenei , as well as
wholesome The amount, of fiu.ies paid on this
liquor in the three cities oi fu'e.nrn, 'foluco, and
Ptieb/a, amounted, in 1703, to 817,739 dollars. By
distillation they form a very strong brandy fiom
the juice of tlii.- vegetable, which to the inhabitant^
also supplies the place of hemp&nd ptnu/rus. The
paper on which the ancient M< -< <!C n~> wrote or
pointed their hieroglyph cal ii-nrt>, \v.i made of the
lib' e:- of its leaver, macerated in water and disposed
in layers From the policy which Co-fez pursued in
the conquest of the country, and which in the eye
of the moralist must greatly detract f:om his merits
as a hero, very sm ill remains of Indian antiquities
are to be found in any of tbo-e places over which he
led his c nelly victorious army. Tiie mins of the
Azlecdvkcsand aqueducts are however still to be
seen ; the .--.(. llo^sal statue of the goddess Teoyaomi-
t, j.laced in one of the galleries of the university;
:<dalions of the u;!ace oi the kings Alcolhua-
can ; the remains of the two pyramids of San Juan
ile Toolihuacan, called the houses of the Sun and
Moon, which are supposed to have been construct-
ed in the. eighth or ninth century all evince the
genius and science of a people whom the t&oilized
Kuiopean looks upon as scarce pertaining to the
human race. "The pyramid or teocalli of Choln'a
is nine feet eight inches ivgher than the Myceri-
nus, or the third of the great Egyptian pyramids
of the group of Ghize" it was evidently higher
than at present, though it? elevation is 177 feet
the "horizontal breadth of the base is 439 metres"
(1433 feet) and it covers a surface of 45,208 .^jnare
feet. It appears to be built of al'ernate strata of
re;- >'i is a!-,o r. .!t;\ -ted a valuable plant, the root bi icks and'clay. In the midst of it is a church,
Of which affords the Hour ofmunioc, or mugnoc, of! where a priest of Indian extraction, celebrates mass
THE WEEKLY REGISTER LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
61
every morning his usual abode is cm the summit
of the men'.:
Hand silver mines in Mexico,
to he 1000 in numherj and too num<
pirtic 1 : v have mines of copper, tin, lead,
iron, sulphcr, quick ilvcr, allum, viiiu>!.
various precious stones. From the researches of
the botanist it a; c are more
plants, chiefly medical.
e
led by those of any country, whether we look to
iiiK-nt, or those
delightful embellishments which give splciuiur to
titty.
The only caramnl defect in the education .
. an uiulue
i> of time to the ac< <
accom ; >
decorate the eail\ >t lite, km;
!i no durable advant
Copal, ' i.tic Gurn, all articles of pointing, of music, of dancing, are exp< i
f " , , taught in our schoi !-
omare they practiced after d.
have reached the greatest pro-
ciency.
can not, however, to detract from th
f personal accomplishments they are on tin
.
heme of liberal and polite- education
here are otru 10 which, \ve think.
>ught to he subordinate, an r thai they
never he allowed to enrrmch on the more
commerce. The trade of (*n<irura in cjchinoal
tnde of the chief places in
1 br Humholdt.
/.. fr.
21
>T xiro
!ro
> .xuato
lolid
Catnpcache
..aba
' T
Put-hU
V.ilhdolid
15
> 4* 6"
98 11 52 18
15
103
JJ 1
50 45
23 50 00
wmr rf t 'ie in&t rem .
c t/te level
- fi-cti;.?ir.
i.
- 7,tro
8,818
. 7
There ;ne many o'her moantains and c\ \r s about
1 e, but these arc pte?.umc(
aufficcnt for our put pose.
^^- < .
I >itcrarv Jiitclligcncc.
1 to findtha' tlic "American
[)!OV'f
i (he publication of tl
o exhil)its purity of" wliat i
better, purity ot 'principles: ami tin- p<>
.
it and assiduou* care \viil
Sestow
cd on the r ! To enli'
sourc-
are im
I'-
.
mned.
mpnrtant cultivation of the intellectual power
c tnin-1, w<-
Vrntl'- utility and female !, --- with an
ntellect invigorated bv discipline, and prr.pciljr
mbued with the 1
source? on w'nrh s>h- in > . aw in every
mermen ry or vi- ne.
jcconrnhed, ih< cs bet-
A
,
i to di-cK-
complicated, and inl lent to her
condition, and the pil,;
)-M><K-rc(i not -y, but di.
and useful.
Convinced* therefore, of the impcrtancr ol en-
l.lhood, a;
uialuic jt: MI iho
.
< \\ rk which he tru*to 'ill be tounH
I*,
'he one now
of the
wi>dom in i nu'
life.
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER TORNAIU).
Dreadful Calamity e much damaged One of two
J trated on lie. Atu-i
Beau fain street, the houses bei
/', om the t 11.
It !> aj;ain our painful dut
; <t dreadful upon our ill I ited city.
ugh it, can \ ing death
anH >.'
(lit* wind, which had
;.t and vat i iie, sin ted to the
east, and blowing viiv li,--'.i through the
i ue-<{ v rimming
lence, and dining the
whole time from Sunday evening, there vv..-
tninierrupted fall uf rain. About ten o'clock
Atu-i leaving
rt!y
Pa- mai ks of its i . not so ri:
Iv to be traced, though il appears to have !
i.hin of its vi n IIOUSP. of the ho-
norable Jud. \ lolently a
and suffered very cons;dt;i ably ; one of the
'is thrown down ; and a part of the family,
who wei e at the time in an upper room o! the house
ue.r niecipitated with the fulling bricks through
the two tioors into the kitchen, rrovidi-ntially no
lives were lost, excepting that of a negio u.iil.
veral other houses in the outer skirts ot the
we.ie either unroofed or much injured : and '.\
forenoon of Tuesday, the wind shitted to understand that nwch injury has been sustained i
clock, a tomo- thc vllla S e ol Is ! n gl n hut u>e uvre unable, last
here in its extent and eflecto, ! ev ei)in S' to obtain a, !} further part.cui
.-lion of our citv. It rirst took effect at i The most painful part of our duty sull remains
tuated on the south east point of the 't is to record the deaths which have been o
,u p issini from thence in a north we;>t di.eo
-L-d the town in a direct line to the pond
on the north side of Cannon's Bridge; how far it ha^
the country we have not
i :it. In its progress it overtu i ncd and com
ed by this dreadful disaster
come, to our knowledge, a-
; they are, so far as has
follows: Mi-
Cozens, aged 21 years, killed in a house adjoining
fort Mechanic.
Dr. Conton, a native of France, a worthy man
destroyed a great number of houses and out kllled bv the fillhn g of his honse in Beanfam-street
buildings, unroofed other?, and prostrated trees, Mr. Peterson, a native o! Germany, grocer, at the
and almost every thing coming in contact corner of Magazine and Mazyck streets.
with it. It is computed from a ha tv view of the A free mulatto man, in Church street
>f devastation, that the loss of the city will full
tperienced bv the cala
lire in October !
Bui, in addition to this
lo-,-; of property, \ve have, on this occasion, to
:it the Joss of several valuable lives.
tornado appp-r> to have been about one
li-ind^ yards in width after it had nro-^ratcd the
t Mechanic, unroofed the house
'he enclosure of th-t fort, thrown down th*
^h;)p c.iiiti.i.i')-.!-, to it, and unroofed all
the houses imm.i'. 'mint* the fort, it crossed
i ].' nch's lane, where it unroofed .several
. n thence it proceeded across Church
Mtied to Mee'. ing-street, where several
u're unroof ;1. particularly the new brick
of Benjamin Ilu'^c!!, es(j. whose IO K S jn fur-
cannot amrtnnt to less than 20.000 dol-
f^rs , from "-T t i', crc's ed to 'IVadd street,
a large, three story wooden house on the
treet continued.
A French mulatto girl in King street.
Two mulatto children either killed or drowned by
she falling of a small wooden hou*e which was blown
down into the mill pond of Cannon's bridge.
A negro man, belonging to Mr. Denar, Mazyck-
We have also heard of two or three other ne-
groes killed, but did not hear to whom they belong-
ed.
Besi.Tes which, a gre?.t number of persons have
either had their limbs broken, or been very much
bruised ; and we fear that others have perished whose
bodies have not yet been discovered.
This dreadful visitation is more afflictting than
even the ravages of a conflagration. The tornado
struck suddenly ; passed through the city with the
rapidity of lightning, ar.d. in an instant, involved in
destruction and death both the habitation and the in-
habitants ; no notice of the approaching danger was
given, and before friendship and humanity could Hy
Lt half way between Meeting and | to the re li c f of the sufferers all was involved in
wa- blown over, which crushed two
ji'j')ii) : . -; in it fall ; and most of the
(he stieetto the. coiner of
'reet were unroofed or much shattered. It
ip King street n .a: Iv to Broad-street, un
-: and sh if-feriii<: several houses in its pro
' ; here, the house
iat :] at the corner oi'
It was preceded by a momentary deceitful calm, and
was attended by a steady rumbling noise, rot unlike
that of a carriag- rattling over a pavement.
La-t evening the wind shifted to the south east,
and although it continued to blow with some vio-
lence, we 'mst the storm has spent its force.
Wedidnot gain any intelligence from Sullivan's
i land buta; ; ihe title did not rise so high as on for-
.1, and the venerable mansion of the late mer Occasion8j we hope that the citizens at present
Dr. Chandler, on he oppo<iU corner, were very
roughly handled; the hitter being old and weak, was
completely wrenched to pieces : on the opposite
side of Broad street, the premises lately purchased
bvthe St. Andrew's Society, and occupied by Mr.
Henrv In'Je-by ; the mansion of the late general
IMacpherson, and some other buildings, were either
unroofed or much damaged; passing through
Vaux Hill Garden, it crossed over Quern street
n*ar to the corner of Friend s'reet, and shattered
sev. i :\1 ho'i-6-3 in its pro^re^s, it went on the corner
kV' Magazine and 7\Iazvrk streets ; two or three
fronting on the former of these. c treet?, were
U[on the island have escaped without injury.
What effect this severe storm may have had upon
the crops, remains to be seen we think the damage
sustained nni t be considerable.
We trust that our sea faring brethren upon the
const,, luive hi-eil en.ible.,1 to weather the stoi in the
shipping in theharbor have svistaiued but little inju-
ry ; a few small craft have been sunk by the wharves.
From ike Courier of September 1 2.
In addition to the particulars furnished in ycster.
day's Courier, of the dreadful devastation occasion-
id by this awful visitation to our city, manv other
blown down ; and in the ; nro'/ress of the tornndoj particulars have come to our knowledge. We shall
jp Mazyck street, several houses were unrooted or 1 not attempt to particularize the numerous sufferers
THK WEEKLY REGISTER AMERICAN STATISTICS. &C.
n this melancholy occasion, convinced that it
e a correc.
.r opinion of the gieai
ii has bee.i
more < M in we had at first apj>u i
number of ho'i-es whi'.h were not
<
'in t h c f i ' i
iminedi:-
- and tile
, are to ti-
ed in i . % and ir>
. ht i m-, , <
found
ach bad
!i.ii-f>, h ive jnce been discovered
nU ot other buildings, at the
il hundred yard*. The more we
reflect upon the awtul subject, the more we are a-
toni-.hed, that, compai a'.ivcly, so few have pei i.-h-d
under the ruins. In addition to the death.- of hue
M enumerated in our la=>t, Mi
tT, about 1 1 years old, ha-> -ii,
v the i.i lini; ot a house in
1
.uda. The nu inner ot de;U!i> allo
gclher will not, prut.< uit of twenty.
:iy instances of divine pi.
on tin.-. a\\ liil oc<M-n'M, I !:e toll >ain^ \\ ,i-> parlicillar-
l : A hdv, tar advanced in pregnun
, \vi?h her ^ibter on her bed in an
, when the tornado reached the
Jirmed a nej^io \i\ in wait
in.i th ;-, nil u-i PL- It i-d on
of chimney*
u tre-nendou-i vio
lence tfiat it fell on the roof and forced i
if m'Mirid, preci.nt iin^ the
Boor*,
butth'- ,1 v\ ud
girl beneath the bed,
I
injury had lie.
iched t.-xvn .
that
r T\J impossible to
1
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(< 14 tree* and
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:ICA.
Total c<'nsumption of all t!.< .:ierchanrfize
from icts and from estimates on th
r 'I-.- l.i-f ti . rated at the
-old to the con-:
/.e, du
.
Tf m a
Hemp
.
1 J 1 J i , . . i
Geneva
per cenlum '5,00(
^pikes
l^cad anJ rn.uuif.tc
Peas
358
Coffee
&.C.
36
. and porter
-es
t, British 6c
Cotton
Dutch
43.000
Pepper
20t ,000
Boots and shoes
Indigo
Pimento
K im arifl i
.".)(
All other?
articles 5
i- f ooo,ooo
I'.i,!.
Although the tma! consumption it the ou-.t to th
imers may an. .nearly
'JO per centum of llii" MJMJ \\ ,*- ie.iii/-i in
by our trading citizeHi. The net' ods, or
the sun) paid for them in Europe, was not more
00 dollars ; Kir M more than
10 dollan a lie. id for our population, then amount-
uerson^, the dme.i require we
should think ot the best mode to save as much of
t!i- -,um in 'u'nre as we can, and by the earliest and
most salutary mode in our power.
TIN A \IXTICUT.
\T.
To the General A *. My in M . of the
Funds of i
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1 of the I*. States ?
y
of ]
(> AQ g|
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which ' .
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THE \VFKKI,Y RF.CISTER CKROMCLE.
are many reasons to believe he is about to
peace with / u-!.ich sccjas con-id-
auiamount to a declaration of war against /'/ ance.
On '.he 27th ot September a batlle as important
pinion of i ifAuslcrlitz
lena or Wiigrain, is to l>e fought near Donca-
England, between the fninous bruisers, Crib and
Tiie latte r i> a negro,
Betting, at present equal.
a native ot Ame-
A sum e<jnal o
ice, fort:.- objectofir The emperor of Russia, it is said in a London
land, has been .aid to be ; enihled three hues 01 tio.
serable cwn ; .ue right to the rivei Pwuiaon
i-d a decree forbidding a; . comprUin;; u;ju 'Ait-Omen. Thie
young woiHan v.
! This out-
rage tU .Jits ot sorii-
ty, sh._ /. ot the despotism pr
...-e punishment ot
: detection, is to be in
flicted on any peiton found guif-y ot con esponding
,, or in negooianu^,
exchange.
i' presents a choice pic-
ture ot u wonder that men can
'. ;c fools :
_i~iative body was dissolved on the
The pir.ident addressed the sncmbeis
: -c!i,ot which the following is an article :
" GeritK men The deputation which \ou corn-
: cd to carry to the king ot Home the, homage
of the legislative body, repaired this morning to St.
Cloud; none of us could behold without a lively in-
terest, this august infant, upon whom L-O many des-
tinies repose, and whose age inspires the rno^t ten-
der sentiments. We have borne to him all your sen-
timents, gentlemen, mixing with them'those wbhes
which the love of our children is calculated to in-
spiie. Madame, the governess, received them, and
thanked us in the name of the young prince ; doubt
1 the same time, regretting that he wa> unable
to join hi* personal -entirnents in those which
expressed to the legislative body." Applauses from
all pans ot the hall !
Lucien Bonaparte's daughter (with her father
now in England) is about to be married to a young
gentleman of Shropshire, named Charlton. The
Prince Regent of Portugal has settled a pension 01
crowns j)gr annum on lord Wellington ol
10,00l) on general Bert-sibrd, and 5, QUO on colone
Trant. The king of En -liud wa.^ alive ou the 13th
;u5t, but his dissolution still hou. ly looked for
The exportation of gun powder, ai ins, It-ad, 6tc
is prohibited in England even coastwise ; btttlat'gi
quantities have lately been shipped by express orde
of the government supposed to Russia ; between
whom and England there seems a good understand
ing is about to take place. Considerable numbers of
British troops are still embarking tor Portugal.
We are yet without any important news from that
country or from Spain. Bonaparte is making the] be enabled to give it new "piping hot, "as ike nay-
^250,000 i^ already said to be betted ou the i.-
this contest !
As, according to the British doctrine of blockade,
, is 1 able for a breach of it 3000 mill *
the port declared to be so between the dan.
capture on our own coast, on the high seas, and
the coasts of France, vessels from the latter coun-
ry for the United States are as completely running
the gauntlet as though \ve were actually at war. We
have a list of forty -four American vessels lately coif-
demned in England, on various pretences. It is
possible the captain of the brig Alert may be tried
for piracy (as resistance to the will of the British on,
the ocean is piracy or war] for he gallantly recap-
tured his vessel, sent part of the prize master's crew
adrift in the jollv boat,and secured four others in the
hold. But immediately after being overhauled by
another British frigate, was captured and sent into
Portsmouth.
A contest between the French and Prussian
troops garrisoning Dantzic, lately took place, in
which nearly 100 were killed. Great animosity
seems to prevail between the troops of these na-
tions.
The Editor's Department.
With this number we present a supplement of
eight pages not because of any late events which
rendered the exertion necessary, but merely as an
evidence of grat-.tude. We intend, however, to re-
serve the greater portion of our strength in this re-
spect until the meeting of Congress ; when we
shall not only have much interesting matter before
s, but, from the arrangements we expect to make,
most arbitrary and extraordinary efforts in all parts
of his empire to furn^h his ships with seamen. On
the 25th July an American ship sailed from Ports-
mouth, (Eng.) with 80 masters of vessels and sea
men belonging to American ships condemned at
that port.
A court of Enquiry on captain Bingham, of the
Little Beit, has approved of his conduct.
Private letters from France inform us that large
bodies of troops are entering Spain ; and strong
hone- ue entertained of bringing the long and bloo
dy conflict to a conclusion. A report is ciiculated
that Bonaparte will, himself'take the command.
C.mntde Seur,one of his ministers, in a late speech
to the legislative body, said
' The emperor wishes for peace, and the liberty
of the s<:as ; h.e has 800,OOU men under arms ; the
Princes of Europe are his allies ; his whole empire
enjoys profound tranquililv ; without loans, with
out anticipations, 954 millions (fi ancs) raised with
facility, secure ihe free execution of his noble plans
and his majesty commissions us to address you
Only in the language of satisfaction and hope."
ing ?'v, to our friends ; as it is our particular desire to
)i d contemporaneous matters ; and endeavor
first to give them to the public with order and har-
mony, and in ample form. In the interim we shall
proceed to Register such things of former transac-
tion as are deemed generally interesting.
The tables furnished in this work are not calcu-
lated for present or immediate use ; but to afford re-
ference tor interesting and important facts as they
are wanted.
We have the pleasure this week to offer our thanks
to nearly two httndrednew subscribers received since
the last number went to press. Such evidence of
,,ublic opinion in our favor, we trust, will not be
lost. There are now 1893 subscribers to the WEEK-
LY REGISTER.
New subscribers will be furnished from thebegin-
ing ; we have yet some extra copies leit. Notices
of irregularities or omissions are requested to be
transmitted to the office.
In the next number, we intend to devote several
pages to manufactures, agriculture, &C T
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sri*
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jj.iit u! the time*.
| ,,1UJ vKl.JllClit
. n up l.y lh
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gosi
'.e Colo
. 'he CDUUtiCr
(
of thc^' !-ave dt-|;uti-d u- to r<
this our h
v. Ionics,
the co:
;it has been employed lo in
force t l
lilcf and un-
der hi:: 'i me ol
.uider in
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The ch ir^e< .:
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hrejk
ttt, 3, >
.
vil '*' ari ' .nil their an-
e c;nt Imii:--, ,,.u from us
without our
civil (<
>:mcrs
from owners, bcfote thrj ait
and in c<
tenij.- 1 . IP to infor-
n the /tc?
with co
. may be ii
n r.nv .-huo or COMD'. -.
.iKibitantj of lh.
m ]! i\
111 ti
t'J.lij I"
- ; nd a fi
' Hem.
minis
ns of sedj-
TUB WEEKLY I', i K ri ' V.U? I'Al
t'tOUS ;
liut -
be M-n-if'ie of t!
ii jii
in a !
.1 ii.ihit.
\ ' d our
.UK! rai
.rl, ii, nil tfl
e to the |n
Co rc-
lO .in v l)i, c
i I MI \\ . in n }, , in tji:ii t , tin in-
he I il.mri It-. I i.' I.v oui luii '-Id at
Uil- I HIM h i\ r i.ri II |..
- : i tin one Id lu!l\ cinpiovi-u in r. uinui i,
n.ilioii limn rv le timotiy of < Mid <A
the |. . <! spoti- in ::KI
: lideill,
he <-iou u i* tnn-
: of ycni [Tuple lu
t.ui yotn toyal wi-dom mnsl
<) linn
i;
\\c fin,
i,i',t!,i'u]
Divine -n-e, and therehv to p ,
'impact, whi.-h elevated the
/ to the iirpuial di^ni-
-CS.
Apprehension ot ' into a state pi
servitude, from the p. iank of .
freemen, while our minds re 1 ; lo\<-o!
.
: 1011^ ill OKI
'ihoujji \\ i e.m.iol, dr.-.r : ':
i not W'IM. 1 IVelin
in the maniK-i
ML' t hi.i
.i. all in oui p. >v.. i to promote U
,!Hy of your
.-iiejit, tnd the welfare of your people.
LI .1 for the. i"
; our posterity, the pi irnaiy
md society, command u* to
vour royal attention ; and as yoin n
distinction o, i , i-.nii,^ over free-
nd the lair emen cannot
^' ( , ni s oval indignation, we hope,
vrill ia:!i -r tail ou those designing and dai
nicn, . ini; themselves between
11 .mi! your faithful subject!, and for
, incessantly employed to dis-olve
' liu-^inj; your maje. tvV
rity, mi- : '; ubjects,
and p "id i
u hy '
Me, to diitu: !, you; i:
i-nrr,tli.,M to t he t '- .' . fl'OOl which '.'.rd/iive
But thoo-h !;
i <t in al SC( lv ;i con .
\ith th it nation, m \\ !" p > <"
inpoit.ni at'.i'p> \\ h.ivr hitherto, wiih fili,/
i ,iti dei ive
"'ton in our pi'.'sjMil unhappy ;nd p
t, (h- p'liity <^ oor int-M'iof), and the
;'u<", will
ribuhal, h. fore which all mankind mu-t snhmi; to
u lament.
];I:T HHi PEACJE, MP.KiiTV.
Al' % l"rV'. We wi h TIO' a HiiTcnuiitn of
. e, n*. i <
.eu ri^l.t in our fav
, and our ciM)!i:-'-ti"i> with (l>t"ii I
\\y and zealously en
to Mippo. t ..nd maintain.
IMi-d with sentiments of cln(y to yrur n
andof affection to oiir parent state, d;e|)!y i:-
ed hy our ecluci'tion, ar (I stron: l\ confp med hy our
IB (O evince the .sinc.eii'y ol
disposition-, wi
edress of i ',.
:. ol Jt'tn^
a-iopted since the c!o-e (jl ' l n- late var,
n^' a u venue in
of <>int> f>t atimi a iralty-
j, persons in f,'ift! l.'n
uiini'lrd il
L 1 the ;ovi" ;
and extending the. limits o! Qnel.cc : \>\ tl-
(ion of winch systiru, the !: ween Cirnt
liritttin and iheM-. colonies, so ru-c-.s- ;iry to t'
pinc.^s of hot.h, and so ^rdenlly desired by ''e l.tt ,
and the usual intercourse will I einnneH.
In the magnanimity and justice ol \oi;i .
for a n h
that when il,
ou: feline <-oi,<l.:'-t
iMji c willingly v n 'if--' \ '
', ii.ivr \v- f
i. 1 - fif, " !
ui.d iccurity o the clonie.*' l> leave to
flirl \>
ill
'
tv and p.-.rh.-iit'cnt, \vv
grievances,
are
will prove us not unworthy (;fth- regard, v.
.1, our ha]
ly the iini 1-, o!' hi
t.ha' cm ': IM ''' !>v no
MO
; an.!
' i
iiutionally
:!d 1 ' fully s-.|]k'
and v. ill-ni:,
to
1
happv,
.ninions tiiHMirne-1
,g father
v. '
connected by the tame bonus of law, loyally, faith
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER BRITISH STATISTICS.
ordinary and e\traorui
,300-
.land
^jllanes and allowances - :> 6
Counties ... (2 11
;,I84 10 6
i] government of
86,918 13
-ienU in fltj
of exchequer rcrnpts,
as bounties, pensions,
- 6 10,000 14 7
7. The navy - - 1
ordnance -
9. The ain.y - - - 10, II
Extraordinary services,
(including remittances,
as subsidies to foreign
powers) 6,261,386 10 2
10. Loans, remittances, and
advances to other coun-
tries to Ireland - 3,211,06210
ci'llaneous services
at home - -2 i . f>
abroad 279,636 8 51-2
nd Total - 14 ivi 1*
11 1 :
. , 9 3-4
J7,1>5.3M. 18 7
. 31-2
958.000
,lu->iice -
-6 10 6
Allowances to the royal
fair.- 4 l-Z
'criain
inland, at well as of Great Britain,
at more distant period*, a* shewn in (he annexed table
, that in considering it we ought to take
depreciated value of money. Time //uv
in c'Z was suldjur Is. Gd. Alore of this
i cr.
\r,S. ster.
the Conqueror - - 400.000
lufus .... 35(>,0!,o
Total public expen. 1805, 70.58S.547 4 03-4
ditto - 18011, 71 010,718 16 9 1-4
ditto - - 1SI'7, 71,989,390 4 10
ditto - 1 .'1,345 15 2 34
ditto - - 1809, 83,099,186
[These years, as in the case of the revenues receiv-
ed as above, end on the 5th of January of the
years following those stated as for instance, the
expenditures for the year 1809 reaches to the 5th
of January, 1810.]
Expenditure of Ireland for the year ending
Jannary 5, IN
1. Interest of debt - 2,372,035 2 2
C i&Tgc of managtmeitt, >''>, 996 11 3-4
Reduction ^ of national debt 954,015 8 13-4
hupiien 250,000
llrnrv II. 200,000
trd 1 ...... 150 000
Henry III 80000
dvard 1. 150,000
If. . - - ' 100,000
III, - - - - . 15I-.139
* ,3,359.077 1 4 1-2
Richard 11. 130,000
2. Interest on exchequer
bills - - - - 9,890 8 2
3. Issues on put poses ap-
poinU-d by the Parlia-
ment of Ireland prior to
the union. . - 17,190 5 3 1-2
4. Issues from appropriated
funds for local purposes - 15,110 2
5 Civil list - - - M9/4 > 3
Pensions .... 89,639 6 2 1-2
Other permanent charges 188,692 18 11 3-4
6. Payments in anticipation
of exchequer receipts,
as bounties, &c. 204,171 6 334
7. Ordnance - - - 519,184 4 6 1-2
J8. Army - - - 3,410.694 14 712
9. Miscellaneous services 512.197 1
10. Vote of credit - 90,455 6 53-4
100,000
V. 76,643
VI. 64,976
ard IV.")
V. > 100,000
ird III.)
Henrv VII - - - - 400000
VIII - - - - $00 000
Fdsvird VI - ... 4()0 GflO
M.MV 450,000
;ieth 5oo,oOO
: 895,819
Commonwealth - - - 1.
Charles 11 - - - - - 1 800 OuO
,im III. 3.895.205
Anne, at the union - - - 5,
Total expenditure 8,566,165 11 1 34
' 11. 8.522.5 tO
III. (1788) - - - 1..
(!?91) - - . 21,434,000
(1798) - - - 34,207,906
(1800) - - - 37,000,000
Expenditure of Ireland for
the vear ending January
5, 1809 - - - 9,536295 7
f From this, it is presumed, is excluded ihe pay-
ments of interest on account of the linking fund,
A certain Mr. John Bristed has lately published
work entitled The resources of the British empire
which forms a part of the nominal public debt.
t By exchequer bills, we are given to understand 'prevent content with France." From this hook a
a certain part of the national debt not funded. The taken the items of which thepreceeding tables a
Amount of which is not told us. composed : we give them as we found them, with,
^ That is, the princes and prinCSSes r ***** arlrlUinn nnlv nf the note-J.
together with a view of the probable result of the
Fiom this hook are
are
'the addition only qf the notes.
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. stage in the old is by words of three
r -pell.
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like the Inta to wilting The
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deed, i
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vhich v" 1
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OJ the iniiui t.f ,i chil-1 u n.
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70
THE WEEKLY REGISTER DESULTORY REMARKS.
Ten for the station which h C n, and his
whole faculties are Directed to it ; and c
or pleasure s in the
>! his innocent. i
mily.
I shall no* 1 :na!ion is i:
of the business. The
lollies
\V,'.!i l l , .1. and
tl .entiwn
"f tlie chil
'. treatment.
immer,
\-. inter; and tiic-ir propensities to
fullest
n to unfold their faculties.
Mondty it.
'i i"; oMi B >Ston, 8OI
; , and from different ;
chi- genticm.in you mention think
I, I will ;;ivo him everv aid in tnv
on me ; and I can say tVoin expc
. ih.uhe never \vill repent it, nor have any
(ii to fear for the happiness any more than the
intellectual acquirements ot his child. 'I
>rKil'v, hot, what is not vo.ry
< hey a; e all eajcr to get back to school again
- n i-. so little interesting to them. Tin-, is a
iintso far as it goo.-, but il is far short
of the reality.
Remarks.
, iiV; F, n;ro ii.
I conli no f ox;- son to be pleased with
1 my plan If F succeeded in Diving t;e
.ti f c ion to 'he pat MKIS of hie ivK^.i SVKU, i!
How rieniy 1 have a rivrd
It point of Utility I desired the work to attain,
'.v the matter is before the public,
and '.; judged.
objections have been made that appear extra
ry I would )>: notice them except I believe
v m nu'cs mijhi b MI-I f ,l!v spent in 11
thr;n : mn i-ti<>n Ire- l)een expressed by
three or four persons at our de-ij.n to in ;eit in the.
j'ER, a s!,o r t series of revolutionary st-itc
, on t is p'< a "THEY OUGHT TO B K FOR
enth-men appeared sor-
ry 1 o i< <rn I ws about to obtain a copy of th % e
Jonrn il of th xtamp url rv^/jr/rv.*, I76V>, and pub
li.~.h it; for their proceedings were almost obliter
and it would excite old animosities to revive
them !
f c mnot a&;ree with these gentlemen. Most of
the actors on I hi' great scenes of tho-e tim-s I);MT
ted; a new g.-neration supplies their ph<-, v
who, to val-n- tlifii freedom n.s the ou^ht, should
be ncqnaint-d wi'h the events connected to its
achievement. They should see and admire that
noble spirit of f.hHr ancestors that sufi'erin;; virtue
^c.l, petitioned, remonstrated; and, when
all \v,is unavailing, indignantly s-honk off the yoke
oi a tyrant, bv a solemn ;ip; , to mankind
at largp, and themselves individually. Our youth
should be tauyhtto emulate the r fathers ar"aceof
men whose actions will shine more resplendent in
hi->torv than aright, that Greece or Rome can boast
* Mr. NVef, in his public notice, states the middle
of last month.
of. T. 1 ,. are a monument of their glorv ;
of their paii.-iK-i- ; ii, . tluir COUJ
., n;o e than all, of their di--
votion to liberty. Let the American lay his hand
k him -elf. ./ be lor -
tid could not
Hold myself gnillu-?^, .-i.uuird ;-> I am, were I to r e-
up e \ampie.i >o whole-
some to p.i'. ronnl rv.
It 13 true, these p:tp'.-. ,- of H
. ;md will n . < uirs of them
are becoming scai ce ; not one in fifty ot the ;
generation have had u it opportunity to
lead them. 1 would place tin-m in the h.mds of eve-
ry one, and r e-iK-ctniiiy Mig-e.,-,1 to the hr,.d.- of fa-
1 jMMMtmg them out to their
children the young mind will aidrv'lv r<
llieai, and impressions may be leit that sU.'ll never
be effaced.
The petition to the king inserted in this n-smber,
as a mere IU( :c.ion, is an honor '
coiiruiy ; and, while it .->hc.w.s the firmness a;
niiy oi the oiu congr ess, iiKiuiu's!.> Lliei: love oi
uul the virtues. A celebrated JiritMi hi
[ i>:"shum ; thus speaks ol it " The address u
to the king, is penned with extraoi <
'force and animation,!!) mi'.nv pints rising to a very
" high strain of eloquence. It is difficult to
' conceive how this address would be read \\ ,
* exciting in the breasts otthe most obdurate, sit on g
' emotions of compunction and remorse."
la England though every man boasts of his
ir eJoj.i derived from the I\la^na C/iarta a par-
iieakir reference to that memorable instrument is
accounted a species of jacobinism ! In /
the emperor, we are told, was elected by the people
of their own free will but if a man were noiv to re-
pent him o his vote, and express a desire that he
.,;u! he.'jii rejected, would he not be considered as
almost guilty of tn\ i .ja ' In the ihiited Stutes, aM
profess t.o love independence shall it IK- esteemed
title, to bring into view the causes
which led to ii JIKAVI;.\ i/ o i; r. i u !
We shili, therefore, 1. i.-.niely, proceed in our
pl-ui, and, when not priori i bv other matte;
ccssively present,//^ de<-i(nuiion nf ('01,^1 ca^ ..cH.j.-g
for' /t t/i'.- vn;i"i"i(ind iicrrw'y of tukntg up arms; the
d.:c.!ai-(ii:a;i f/' independence , (and the count-i
radon of dc^cuueticc, by the lories at Aru- / i>t /,- )
.he urlic'et of roj/l'd/i'i-nfiott and 'niton agree(i upon
in 1778 ; ami do e the whole with trend at It'aft/inirr-
(ox'f c.iic.ithir ie.tvr to I he governors of the several
states, arid an account of the resivnatmn of tits com-
mand into the hand* oftho^e i r :fto gave it, the most
glorious event of his memorable life.
Again it is thought as though I did not speak of
kings and nobles with sufficient respect and reve-
rence. As an American I am a constitutional ene-
my of these men ; I believe the whole business of
/r<>/!>OY///, a horrid knavery, and that the present
kings and princes of Europe are among the most
" rascally members of creation." A reference to
facts an observance of their proceedings, will shew
what they are; and, when I have occasion to speak
of them, I will endeavor to press upon others the
sovereign contempt 1 have for them.
The common mind is !oo easily ltd to a veneration
of monarchy and aristocracy ; and, unfortunately,
too many of our books (written by British authors,)
are calculated to cast false lights upon them. I can-
not any more believe that a man is born royal or no*
tde (in'the true meaning of the words) because his
pposed father is called a king or a lord, than that
a ;iiaa must be a horse if the place of hi* birth wert
THE WEEKLY REGISTER AMUSING AM) 1 NG SCRAPS. 71
a stable. The talk about "divine i ..cimate
with which too in .my in the Unit-
ed States endeavor to inMe.ui the public mind, is
n a^ain-t hu:n:i:iil\ -
,,ers" power alone <
all other prettri>ion is a h
no commisseration lor then .
t!ie herids of the peo;
not exceed one fortieth part of the
: ,cd."
Though t' l is not of late date, it
unt of the
:i from be-
-Anived at
-.
.
o hcif'i
priesthood t\\; ible
iiemie* and crime-.
Aiu UK! Interesting Scraps.
Lii'f! * -I 1 , Wheat,
3. 10</ <; ;>. 1 . perCO.'ta.
1 keley
.itlaiifs
.1 roil Ills excellency
nine the
. 1! i wed bv
w!ii. li uei .
r, J the late in is. l"p
'1 OUt ot
.
i into the ^r.ive, and iturnecutely after
uly the size ot t!ie t
me Mah- .
lilt thr
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\ to ihe fifteenth of An
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o r fl ur. : iiecom-
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Mill
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She is 100 I sloop
fi.J.i >n, ami
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following stateme;t of the wholenurDD<
sular and IIM
and 3
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Lunar ....
unl Lunar
3'JO
'11 be total,
but of t :;ot more than c
: i- central, and {e: h:ipa that may not be total.
The irritation n l'.n-!and on account of the at-
tack ofth Litt/e licit un our frigate th< "
in which the form ill con-
tinue- ; and a (.hou-.md t.iMioods are publishing in
(he minUteritl newspapers abou;
It is stated in a German piper
f some merchants \\ho I
t om Ch Jia, lhat UT> adventurer
n-iiiiid ! . num-
The le-
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72 THE WEEKLY HEGIST: '.IISINC AM) INTL11EST1NC SCRAPS.
The following account ol liie unfortun.'i
counter be'
manding at i \ in the Indiana tu
and Ltiilenu. . " "'";-, " :
2Uh June last, which tcr in mated in the tieuli <!
irnved from
Vinccnnes, -> ..illowiug p.uticu-
lar.s.
*' For some time previous to the riay on which
lieutenant Jenninu- .'ell. he appeal.- lo 1...
.
ed ,t vic>lnt aninjo.-ily towards captain 1'o-ey, winch
"induced him U- IIHKI]J.C, when nut in
of the captain, in > -proach ai,
iHieiu determination U
'
tribes of Indian;. It hi
ject ot su: pri>e to lh,>.~e not ac<
i it. that .x handful of t
should seek their own il
indignation ;ind rc.-a-uimt.-ni of then 1:1
i-, no. lib
. hut for t!.,
of l fie i fi oiuier. 1 i il
the htlrr i .g them '. >
a;; tin- t the I
power, '
ever intermitted th
ond
in t!,.
OJ chief, having received
Fort Maiden hi.s annual donation o
d hy I 1 ', iicott, (ne British i ent :
'l if no other m-.-.ins ottered tie would ceiuin " keep ypui CJ es fixed on me my (nmu/t. u /
)y take the captain's lite.
captain und
These threats appear lo," be you i e :<i v -but do not strike until 1 gi\ .
I induced him to be upon " l/ie AV.:, 15 1808 an ^ent irmn
tlternpt to take his life ; some
eutenant Jenn
, June, 10 get into
* onii men him in the opinion
that the lieutenant's tin eats ailudfd lo a clandestine
attempt to lake him off. Acoordmjjly it appears
me more circumspect and guarded,
and he determined, if possible, not to be taken by
mi-prize. Tins the captain imp uteri to some oi his
. at the same time deprecating the intentions
of lieuttintnt Jennings, in seeking a clandestine
irtoiie of satisfaction as unbecoming an officer in
the army.
;ie evening of the 2ith June last, about a
]uarter of an hour previous to the fatal rencounter
in winch lieutenant Jennings fell, Squire Purcell,
.man living in the neighborhood, came to the
fort and receiving information from some of the sol-
diers that captain Posey was not in his quarters, and
seeing his door ^hut, he passed on and entered the
quarters oflieuteiiant Jennings. The lieutenant was
,;uiuii,and Mr. M'Call, the deputy
;l.ng !.v also reading. Mr. M'Cajl
,> a bottle and walked off, and immediately
the
ing ago as 18Gb an ^gent
provinces arrived uL the piophet'a to\v:.
.
out leaving Purcell alone,
ir conduct altogether polite,
i out a lew pnces upon the pajade; just :it
that moment he heard a noi.-^e in captain ) > o.-ey'.s
rr;.)in ic-emhling the shoving or pushing about oi
chairs or tables ; but Mr. M'Call coming up with the
bottle iu his hand, invited him to walk in. They re-
turned into the room they had just left, and took a
.fgrog; scarcely had they set down their
glasses when they heard a sharp noise hut could not
tell what: Mr. M'dill stepped to the window,
and at that instant they heard the report of a pistol ;
M'Call observed the lieutenant is killed. Purcell
and M'Call hurried to the captain's quarters, where
thcv fuund lieutenant Jennings Iving at the door,
am! c -v standing within the door the
captain's clothes were much torn abaut the bosom.
,\
g i
of u
and delivered a nics^agc, t!ie suh.stance of which
was to urge the prophet to unite ro many ti ;
he could against the United State.-, but not to com
mence hostilities until they gave the
belt has lately been sent ioisn
on our northern fro:it ; er, i'oi the
them in a confederacy, the ohjec: of which \
we are currently advised, " to confine th- gt
ti'.r and prevent it from overflowing them."
belt, since its return, was shown a p; omir.ent !
agent in that country, who danced lo:
that so many tribes had joined against the 1
States. Every account we receive from that co n:-
try confirms the belief, that BritUh agents among
the Indians excite them against us, and furnish
them with muskets, powder, ball, provisions, 6cc.
These (acts exhibit so profligate a destitution of
humanity and principle in the authors of the scheme,
that we have been unwilling l-j place much confi-
eeuce in them ; but they are now confirmed by such
a mass o evidence a.s cannot be with tood If the
actors in this drama had no repaid for 'heir c wn
honor, no feeling for their own i erutation, to deter
them Irom this crjui.^c of po'ic 1 ., rnigbt
liave shielded the Indians from these detestal
tngucs of the British c::ii->s iries, which will we fear,
devote these deluded natives to destruction, unlc?s
the exercise of their natural good sens-e
snatch them from the precipice on the brink of
which they hover.
Mean while let us one and all look out for " the.
%; ; a/" which is to be given when the Indians are
Lo strike. |/Y/. Intel.
From a speech delivered in the British hn
Peers, June 13, it appears in lu' 7, there vvt
ployed in British commerce, only J-2,000 B'iti^h
seamen and 43,000 foreign' seamen and in 180!>,
2'.;. ooo
British
Bri i i.
and J..i,000 foreign; nnd in 1S10,
')(JO foreign the foreigners
;nv denominated " foreig \m seamen."
ey ordered his seijeant to lay t.. , );ed ];iU . ]v at S:udini r ; r , ()r Emanutl, kin? of
tenant's head straight, draw Ins boot, and have himi S ; rilv (M ^ ncws ers , )nve jt< h ,, t we |Jlt:sl i mc
.T.!!! 01 ' H'lrdinlu) full of year, and overwhelm^ with
;ows. He wrv a subdi.irv of !vrj.! : :nd Victor
Emanurl, kin^; ol Sardinia, mounted the throne in
upon the rc.-.5i;:in!.;on of liis brother, and
Purccll invited ih'-m into his room, ob--j-vin^ that^
;'-enant had fiii.-n i.v iii-: hands. One ball en-
ind ranged towards the mid
:ion against Frnnre, w
file of tin- hack, { or 5 inchc- ju-^t under the skin.
The other entered just below the l .;,:throiM-d of all his oontinr-ntal -
ing through the luriffs.diaphraf/nt, ,< came oi I .nesting o f Savov, Pie, . now form-
theleftaide of the spine j^t below Lhhort ribs." i ng certain d of the Kmpis-c.
July 1-kh, 1811.
Indian host'ilites. Our
readers have doubtless
perused with interest the various account.'! given
at different times, of the hostile attitude of different
A great number of v/o; kmc-i are employed in (he
port* of the Adriatic, in building ship;, of wa> lor
the emperor of Fiance. Several of the line have
been launched at Venice, &.c.
WEEKLY REGISTER.
VOL. l.j
BALTIMORE, SATI a 5, 1M1.
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Print- l iv II. \n -, near the Merchants' Co!'..
-1 wish no other herald
" No other speaker of my
" To keep mine honor from corruption
" liut such an honest chronic!*
are HEKRY TIII.
Public Papers
is immediately connected with the " affair of the
i jticed in our last, and to br
recollec'.ijii many i;:iporiant thin^- which ou<;ht
:cn, we are induced to i .
the correspondence between Mr. Mudison, then
secret irv of aUte, and Mr. Koif, the British
lordinary, ?ent out (as ve understood)
, lor the attack on that
h tlie Anu-i'uan will rec .
: ami
ihe m.t-tcr hand ol in-
tint tlie history ia humiliating.
/ioftf'j reply ?hall have place in our next.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. MADISON AND
MR. ROSE.
Washington, January 26, 1808.
SIR Having had the honour to state to you,
that 1 \oluded by my instruction*,
j;ociation for the adjust-
ment of the difference- nn the encounter
calculated as they are to iiiMiie an honor.-
it of the important point in qur
remove the impression
fcrenccs may have excited in the ;
tion, that I am authorised IP .
that they an- ill enable .ninate
Lhe ne^ociation amicably an ;
ig learnt fi
ion tin* pro\ MOM-, ol
ship '
the L": .e, as long as the
proclamation of the president of the I
| shall be in
leave to oi r explo.
of the nature of that condition, as appears
to me calculated to place tlv
d to me thus to bring it forward,
trumcnt was issued, it
i productive
i riudice to
.irul to
'
of
ttion "i
.ch as iU
after the ku
I
rocras
F
tination on the part of his majesty's i:<
on the contrary, its anxiety to tennina
tiously as possible the discus: ion ot & i.
leresting to both r-.atijus, !.
cominunications niado
to Mr. Monroe, before that mizustcr of tUe ',
States was even in formed of tiu : , and
now by the proiupiitude with which ii 1
ed a special luis^iun to ilii.-> COUIUIA , lor tiut i
pu p>
1 can h.ive no difficulty in you,
-oect to the
nation nfbrced,
:i . '
must persuade :
i;
n this transaction, will remove as \\t-l!
n \\hich that c
ind the more ^^>, as i:
notoriety, that t!ie oii
empt <
I may add, that if hi
>fiui-r int. i :
nlaint, st.t;
rnconnifi of tin- I
er, so :
'
THE AVKELY REGISTKR FUr-LIC P- '
:Tects, and not permit a belligerehj
neutra
-
not an
>ly with hi-> own honor, or
. .f the ren,
3 oo<l understanding between the
, t!ic intv.
. .itc.
e the honor to b, with the h ;
To lini.-ih the sc^ue, tl
as to declare, in an otnchl It-tier,
plenipotentiary or
him co
-
>i k ah having dominion Touii>] her, wilhin
the distance of her
All
-
., your most obedient and mo-t humble j \verc tiul\ n
G. II. ROSE.
/Signed)
rv.
rh J, 1805.
v\-e had the honor tu :iid lay
nt, your \: h Janua
i state that you arc "expressly
: instructions from enter Jug upon
. rences
';ittt-i of his Britannic majes-
!, .mil the f.i-citcor the UuiU-d
ie proclama-
tion of the pr<"-iu<Mit of the 2d of July, 1S07, shall
continue in force."
-ir, might ju?lly suggest the sim-
i e the proclamation of the
nt couM become a subject of consideration,
'.ion!:! be made to:- the acknowledged
h preceded it. This is evidently
of time, to the order of rea-
'd" if it ma* . !.o the order of usage,
, . Di ilain, \ . i aji
'..-.a been the complaining party.
. v
to tlie preliminary
lain explanations, with a view doubtless
it will best accord with
: of the president, to meet them v.ith
\v of the whole subject, as will present
which he regards such a demand
.:h the occurrences from which
the
n of July 2d, resulted. These are in
. ; red to, by the instrument itself.
A more particular notice of the most important of
them will here be in place.
ig over then, the hahitual but minor irregu-
of hi-; ]V--iUnnic. majesty's ships of war, in
_ the hospitalities ot our ports subservient to
thtannoyance oi our trade, 'ooth inward and out wan},
a pracik-enot only contrary to the principles of pub
<:ontr:iry to British ordinan-
ces c; ' iriiime wars, to which, she
; i arn constrained, unwel-
nur attention to the fol-
re prominent instance?.
t: summer of t!" -, the Rrilish fri
r'.te, the Cambrian, u ill. otne r cruizer?. in company?
' i>r of New York. Tlie c.oinnjah-
In violr>.(ion of tiie poit laws,
--used a mer-
'.vithin
United
."dcd hy per-. -us uir.ler ! .
Ticers of the port,
. their functions, actually im-
;1 and car: f seamen and
:er^ into the service of Lite s'uips of war. On
an a; >cct to the. iv.vs,
f/i'-tice, and
finally repe;!e<l the officer charged with the
r this purpose.
This procedure w;i; nor o^ly a fj.-'^rant insult to
the scvcrcj^nty of the nation, but an infraction on
i xpectatipn o! h:jnoj .
ever been orlcred. Captain l' :
ced from his rigate to the conanand ol a ship of
the line.
subsequent period, sc
inder thj '.vtiiii.and of car)t:ii:: \Vhi*'
Lcander, pursuing the practKv '.v \f,
ivard and outward trade of o
for that purpose ahuul the rntr.iiu'.e of.'..
York, closed a ^c
lempt to arrest a coasting vessel, on boird o.
an American citizen was killed by a cannon ball
which entered the. vessel, whilst lying within less
than a mile from the shore.
The blood of a citizen thus murdered, in a trade
from one to another port of his own ce
within the sanctuary ot" its territorial ji.t- -Diction,
coulvl ;iiit fail to arouse tue sensibiii
and to make a solemn appeal to the justice
iiritibh government. The case was presented more-
over to that government bythi.i, in t .i>: accent which
it rr.qnired ; and with due confidence that *
lender would receive the exemplary punishment
which he deserved. That there nu.,ht be no failure
of legal proot of a fact sufficiently netori.^s oi it-
self, unexceptionable witnesses to establish r \ver^
sent to Great Britain at the expense of the United
States.
Captain Wlntby was, notwithstanding, ho-
acquitted; no animadversion took place o
other officer belonging to the squadron , n
any apology or explanation bee::
trial was over, as a conciliatory oii~erin_
appointment of this country at such a result.
A case of another character occurred in the month
of September 180G. The Impeteux, a Frcnr
of 74- guns, when aground wilhin a few hu
.-'the shore of North Carolina, ;u
visibly within the territorial jurisdic^-m and hospi-
table protection of the United States, w;>
upon, boarded and burnt, from three British ships
of war, under the command of captain Douglas.
Having completed this outrage on tlir. sovc;
and neutrality of the Uni h com-
mander felt no scruple in proceeding thence, into
(he wafers near Norfolk, nor in the midst of the
hospitalities enjoyed by him, lo a -i h id
. a refusal to discharge from h'.
citi/cns of 'he United Suu-s, not deiiied to
bc> such ; on th'.' pica, tliat the ; ' of the
dtosurre;;
of admii-al Herkely, c.eiii<in
r>riti-,I'
stood,'- 'linent declaims any n
,-fluous to (iw/11 on t
lures which marked this jtg;ravtod !unlt.
must be permitted to remind yor, th;it ir:
the destiuctioii of
of PovUi/ral V.v a Ilrici--.h squadro.-.
,,f' Admiral Boscawan, regard
couitof Great UrUaui, tha.n.u;: :
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? y WAS dispatch ? !
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ii hospitalr
. Q
'i-w b\
"lamntion of J 1
'
.iml unco;
iat had
'ion on
peake, nor controk-1 Ian- of
nation
i
.
. ivn-Mt mil
'
1 ;u iadi
:t actn
in tii- .
jnired an i
'-i;-!HiuU> >
, ? er,a pi
.
-ni of :n:iking salt, having i
with th nob detac ,
o \ihichT
was alled^ed to be an appurtsrmnce, the I,
.
i
that the ;
\
settlor^
\vhi.-li
.
:
,
the oc
bnr: an at
Tti
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cer at FalkUn Vs Islands, which it was a Hedged, gave
ps liken by the Sp-i
I'ljiiatment by mutual
; m the ordinary form.
i of his Bii
tanuic limited hi i to the
small-.--' M accrnl for the injury
done, nothi: I '"it the mode
of c*n "i into cxe
and to be obtained by any stipulation whatever from
n injured.
ii-h government yielded.
The violent
procee . ufTicers were disavowed. The
; every tiling else were agreed to
he irv: the precise .situation
.rbed; and duplicates of or
ie piirposc to the >;>.uiish officers,
: cd iri r o the hands of one of the British
-tate. Here again it is to be
remarked, that satisfaction having been made for
the forcible dispossession, the i>land.s lost their
importance in the eyes of the British government,
:n a short time finally evacuated, and Port
at remiins with every other part of them in
the hands of Spain.
! stronger pledges have been given than
are here found, than an honorable and instant re-
paration would be made, differing no otherwise
from tnosc recited, than as it furnished to the same
monarch of a great nation, an opportunity to
'hat adhering always to the same immutable
principle, he was as ready to do right to others, as
to require it for himself.
Returning to the instructions given to the minis-
ter plenipotentiary of the United States at London,
I am to observe, that the President thoughtit just
and expedient to insert, as a necessary ingredient
in the adjustment of the outrage CQJKW&tad p resign
::n frigate, a security against ihfl'luTuVe
practice of British naval commanders, in impres-
sing from merchant vessels of the United States on
h s-i.--, such of thc:r crews as they might
undertime to denominate British subjects.
To this association of the two subjects the presi-
dent was determined, 1st, by his regarding both as
renting on kindred principles, immunity of private
ships, with the known exception made by the law
of nations, being so well established as that of
ship 1 ,, and there being no pretext for includ
n g in these exceptions the impressment (if it could
he freed from its enormous and notorious abuses;
cis of a belligerent by the officers of that
rent. Tiie rights of a belligerent, against
itral nation, acciue merely from
the relation of the neutral to the other belligerent,
as i-i ( tr. i-ving to h\<r> contraband of war, or in
supplying a blockaded port.
The claim of a belligerent to search for and seize
nn '-oard neutral vessels on the high seas, persons
under his allegiance, docs not therefore rest on
any belligerent right under the laws of nation?, but
on -t prerogative derived from municipal law ; and
es the extravagant supposition, that one na
tion has a right to execute at times and in all case
its municipal laws and regulations, on board the
shins of another nation, not being within its terri
t">rial limit*.
Tiic p r TP ; 'lcn' was len to the same determination
ire of converting a particular inci
into an occasion for removing another am
;norc extensive source of danger to the harmony o
i'.- two countries ; and 3dly, by his persuasion
i ; .*t the liberality of the propositions authorised
with this view would not fail to induce the r'.
concurrence of his Britannic majesty ; and that the
more extrusive source of ; :;>-d perplexity
being removed a satisfactory adjustment of the par-
ticular incident would be less difficult. The pre-
1 still thinks that such would have been the
tendency of the mode for which he had
and cannot therefore but regret that the do<
shut against the experiment, by the preremptorv re-
fusal of Mr. Canning to adroit it into uiscu
even in the most informal manner, aa suggested by
Mr. Munroe.
The president felt the greater regret as the stop
he had taken towards a more t n! u grd and I.
accommodation became thus a bar to tin- adjustment
of the particular and recent aggression that had b-eu
committed against the United Stales. He
houevt.-: an alleviation, in the signified purpose of
his Britannic majesty, to charge with this adjust-
ment a special mission to the United States, which
restricted asit was, seemed to indicate a disj<
from which a liberal and conciliatory arrangement
of one great object, at least, might be confident!/
expected.
In this confidence, your arrival wasawaitr
very friendly solicitude; and our first inU-rvievv
having opened the way, by an acquiescence in the
separation of the two cases insisted on by his liij-
tannic majesty, notwithstanding the strong ground
on which they had been united by the president, it
was not to be doubted that a tender of the satisfac-
tion claimed by the United States, fora distinguish-
ed and acknowledged insult, by one of his officers,
\vould immediately follow.
It was not, therefore, without a very painful sur-
prise, that the error of this expectation was disco-
vered. Instead of the satisfaction due from the ori-
ginal aggressor, it was announced that the first
step towards the adjustment must proceed from the
>arty injured ; and your letter now before me, for-
nally repeats, that as long as the proclamation of
he jpresident, which issued on the 2d July, ]8<7,
hall be in force, it will be an insuperable obstacle
o a negociation, even en the subject of the aggres-
sion which precluded it ; in other words, that the
proclamation must be put out of force, before an.
adjustment of the aggression can be taken into dis-
cussion.
In explaining the grounds of this extraordinary
demand, it is alledged to be supported by the con-
sideration that the proceeding and pretension of the
offending officer has been disavowed ; that general
assurances arc giving of a disposition and intention
n his Britannic majesty to make satisfaction ; that
a special minister was dispatched with promptitude
for the purpose of carrying into effect this disposi-
tion ; and that you have A personal conviction that
the particu'ar terms, which you are not at W>orfy
previously to disclose, will be deemed by the United
atisfactory.
With respect to the disavowal, it would be unjust
not to regard it as a proof of candor and amity
towards the United States, and as some presage of
the voluntary reparation which it implied to be due.
But the disavowal can be the less confounded with
the reparation itself; since it was sufficiently requir-
ed by the respect which Great Britain owtd to her
own honour : it being impossible that an emi
ed government, had hostility been meditated, would
have commenced it in such a manner, and in the
rnidst of existing professions of peace and friendship.
She owed it also to consistency with a disavowal on
a former occasion, in which the pretension had been
enforced by a British squadon, against the sloop Of
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war Baltimore, belonging to the Ui
ami fm iliv to the intei ' ircat Britain has
tno-.'c tnan ;my other nation, in di
>ich would expose her supeii..r mimber of
t war, to so many indignities from inferior
\n the general assurances that rrpara-
i return which could
; !v follow the actual reparation only. Thev
1'iiount to moio than a a, or at
' do what the aggressor mi .
1 '. prove
i to do what ma\
irtv, who cannot have less than an equal
> decide on the
i special minister for the purpose
ice, the United S
:1! the pi\
mnic majesty, of his pacific
i- iht-m, and of hi, respect for their
whilst they could not, under anv
- miT.Mire nioi e t!i in .
>n in :ui honorable reparation, it
is to b .! tint (! -ml primary
uute for t;
the United States,
tv ; mid you well know, sir,
nowful :-, accomplished.
to the personal conviction which
::is which you dc
;M"ct.ory to the United
,'ic'irnh'Mi; vo. that with
; .nd<;ment,and the most
in^rparable
to the acceptance of a
'n, in pi >cc of a
! cinhle this government to
>\vn judgment in a case aflot
s honor a:. -. Such a course
he without example
there r *iat one will never
>re can
;ich re
iif to do.
inron
r I rnu^t lir
I
.iti >ns t i
tu nation.
>ns can
i such
The :
'
w!l a* for tli is particular
repetitions of them, And as no s 1
dress has be. -.ndin^
the lapse of time which has taken place, nor any
such 6C< : the future, noluiih
contmuaaoe of UM uon would be ^
-nl with the entire discontinuance of one <.
the occurrences from which it pro
is not nc> ivail the ar^r.rnentof
this view of the case, although of itself entirely con-
1 1 id the proclamation been founded on
. the Chesapeake,
i.i milled tlia: the discontinuance of that
>on merely, ;;ave a claim to the di rontinu-
.nice of tiie prod .
has not been discontinued. It has never c\
cxi-t ; and is in existence at
Need i remind ycu, sir, that the seizure and as-
portation of the sutr.c.. - to the crew 01"
Che Chesapeake, ottered into the very essence of
that aggression ; tl ; o f the vic-
tim to a trial, forbiidcn by the rno-t solcnMi
derations, a-
author, the seanu
spect, is, by that ;
If tli- n taken of tlie -
have the ju>tne<s w.ich th.>v <-;.tini, tli.-y \M!! I M \C
shewn that on no gruiiul whatever can
mi-nt of the proolamtion of July J,| he rea<:on.ihly
required as a prelimnary to the nr^ociation
which you are charpd. * On the c
, from a re urrence to the causes and ob-
;hc proclamatan, that.
ted, the stn:: , npr .
'. th> demand, that prcvioi:? to the
'.on, due
tin United y:.iles ; I .
tion of f imatict to tl
ar so,
repxrat
'
Tilt, R AMERICAN STATISTICS.
I -
::moda
'ut t.hc
I
red to ; iictions
I m :
under which
the ci
nect,
ant,
JAM':S MADISON.
:. ROSE, ESQ.
, Q-c. $*c. 3fc.
k Statistics.
'l.itiualofthe
''Oodenow .
YORK PAPER.)
, informs us, he
is ovn use, comprises
,^11 compass, nore topographical
ting this state,
r -hrco appeared. The
.ovs. The 15 counties
!i their
' . ' , bays,
;nds, mountains,
. i, clerks (,
i;om Albany, &.C.
-i ^fatory reiriarks,
<>!' this valuable
view of the im
resources of our
' 10 counties and onlv
coTinties and 163,338
;ui J: cou n lies and
'^mi 340, 120
. .) ..Se.s, 305 towns
-.iiabitants. Now
' the state contain; about 00 villages, of
from 30 or 40, to 600
iig 4 cities ;) 45 coun-
inhabit^tti ; giving an
.id 374,000
'. ! And t.hc militia of
ularlv enrolld amounted to 102,008 in
1809.
Thear.nnil amosint of]-he mar. "f this
published in our
' bushels of
in 1800
>ufflcient data to calculi?
i^r, Hour, 6cc. made,
-'P, Hce^, pork, &c
n cf curp:
orland^. But a- rne d for LV
were .* - my 31,312'
Onom! -and Jcfi.
conclude, judging fro;n tlie popu
of New York county) that the whole sta
county)
tains 1,280,000 Dutches* contains
stair
14,341 horses
There arc now made aj
in Onondaga 453,840
54,000 : . HCO;
and Ontario aboc
total valut- at works $147,000. In Cayu'.
skeins of silk. To !! v,-!.5ch may be
':.; value ottrtkles anauaily made by
convicts in the state j>
which (N. York omitted)
robabiy 360,000 horses, and 1,000,000 neat
catile as the true amount in the whole
Tho provisions made for /
sides the nun i- .nui l,:id --^s authorised to
ye laid out, made and built, at. the ri-k of indivi-
duals or expense of the counties, the state, or the
lands benefited thtveby are 3<> bridge companies
with 509,000 stock, and 135 turnpike companies-
:,653,OPO stock, extending ll)eir roads over
i length of 4500 Hiii, about onc-ilard of which is
completed.
The capital stock, of the several incorporated
banks is $ 11,690,000. The fund set apart by the
state for the benefit of Common schools now
amounts to $ 483,326 : 2D the last ye.\r%, ivvtnue
of which was $36,427 : 64 besides 'which 3]
acre? of unsold land still belong to this fund.
The revenue and expenditures of the state are, in
he abstract, as follows : Lands, about 1,000,000
icresunsold ;amlstatefunds$ 4,191 ,803: 23 (in 1SOO
about $2,900,000) the annual revenue of which is
now $278,489: 96 besides which, the rec.
the treasury from various other sources were, 'for
the year 1S]"0, 626,042 : 88 (for 1791, $127,648; for
1801, $192,028: 71; and during the same Liii,
were paid out
jS : 22 (in 1791 $143,417 : 64 ;
and in 1801 $-.10 1,765 ; 03.) Estimated expenses
'or 1811, f 208,365 : 22. Debts which the state owes,
besides some small unliquidated demands, $880.000
(in 1810, 3340,234 : 89.) Which (exclusive of the
school fund and land, and of the 1 ,000,000 acres pub-
lic lands above named) gives about $30,000, annual
excess of revenue over expenditures. and a permanent
fund exceeding the public debt $3,311,803 : 25.
There are established in this state two college
and upwards of 40 academies : Also, 364 post of-
fices. being more than l-7(.h of the whole ;2440) in
the United States, and sixty different news-papers,
and in all about 90 printing establishments. The
shipping owned in this state, in 1809, was 251.525
tons, (besides that on the three lakes,) bein^ 1.5th
of the whole owned in the United States. Amount
of exports in 1807, $2r>,.,57 W3 ; and revenue on
imports, &,c. more than 1 4th of the whole paid in
the United Stales (IVovi 1 ith to I .'id of which two
last items is however derived from the trade of other
stales.)
In addition to the goodness of our soil and the
excellence of our timber, we have plenty of iron-
ore, slate, plaster of Paris, and inexhaustible salt
springs, the most valuable in the world. There
have uLo been fuund cv.>al, copper, lead, sulphur,
zinc, marble i- : ng -glass, and some silver. Our
territory f containing 55.000 square rriles, of which
') are water,) stretches from the Atlantic the
whole length of New-England, and spreads along
the St. Lawrence and three great navigable lakes.
Embracing the head waters of the Ohio, and two
other large rivers which pass southerly through
other states -- the whole course of the best
SHE \VEr.KLY REG1STKR AMERICAN STATISTICS.
9
United States and perhaps in the world-
together with tv -Me by
the United Si-'
I
i or any
my and
-!y state, too, (except at the
Is across
; ritory ; and
::tic and t'.
i. This peculiar
.:cs, rcndcis this
^hly interesting to t: man o'
ler. V\
^ood roari
i
in Europe, an*.
> ie\vs and ol
confines the greatest natu-
.1 ; a coi:: perse. 1
,an fifleen lakes, from ten to forty no
.aimcrous smaller ones, exhibiting as
Scenery as all ihe.
(i
Statisrtical T
FROM BUODGET'S ECOKOMICA.
t:vi;.\ r>, viz.
IN 1,
! '->0 1 .
IN
IN l w
. the United States*
Acre*.
(3tO,C '^
.
Persons.
5,610,000
.
Do.
:is of color
Do.
147,
.
Do.
!.">>
S9(
-
Do.
149,000
; opulation
Do.
3,250,000
6,000,000
6,9'
-e, yearly
Do
96,000
180,000
':le -
Do.
3
6
. mses ...
650,000
1,190,000
.0,000
1,375,00(
-
1
.
S 36
56
mds
Acres.
0,000
38,950,000
39,'.'
40,9r>0,00'i
-
I) of tun.
6
il state -
Cent*.
35
I
600,000
1.100,000
0,000
.
; 3,000
-
(i
.- -
8
la
.
/
2,050,000
1,200,000
-
ne.
i -
.
-
107.'
.
-.riles
1
Do,
.
-
Dn.
10,000,00"
-
86
-
1JO.
,
i
-
cS -
D<
80
THE WEEKLY REGISTER AMERICAN STATISTICS.
TABLE, presenting at one view ma>. ^ the appointment, $-c. tf Stale an&
> -it/tot itif.-i.
EXECUTIVE.
I JUDiCi
Chief Magistrate
Qualifications and
appointed
STATES.
and
How rerr.
^ 2
elected by
*
eligibility
tenure of office
New Hampshire
jns pay in
1
tvefclSence/J vears ;ai;e
v niut. or oa
30 ; property 500
cil, good beha
adaiess of Legis-
freehold
viour
lature to the Gov.
173'*
Citizens, worth
1
Property .1000, free
(iovernor&coun
Impeach. or bv ;ov
60
hold ; residence, seven
cil good bcha
iK.coun.on addrcb-a
years, a c/trisliun
viour
of legislature
Rhode-Island,
166^
Citizens
1
A citizen
lature, 1 yr
Impeachment
Connecticut,
106.
Citizens of 1
1
A freehold of 40
Legiblat. one yr.
Impeachment
freehold
and re-eligible
New-York,
177;
Citizens of 10
3
A freehold
Gov. and council.
Impeach. disqual-
_
freehold
good behavioui
ifieclailei t(
New- Jersey,
Vni
fry Legislature
1
Citizenship
Assembly &.coun
Impeached b\ As-
joint ballot
Sup. court 7 yrs
sembly and tried
Com. Pleas 5 yrs.
by Council
Pennsylvania,
17%
Citizens paying
3
Residence 7 years ; age
Governor, gooc
Impeachmt. orre^
tax
30 ; incapable of hold
behaviour
moved by Gov.on
ingtheofficemorethan
address from 2-3
9 in any term of 12 yrs.
of both houses
Delaware,
1792
Citizens paying
3
Residence in the state 6
Governor, good
[mpcach. by 11. of
tax
years ; citizen of the
behaviour
Representatives,
U. States 12 ; age 30
or remov'd by the
cannot serve more than
Governor on ad-
one term in succession
dress
Maryland,,
177i5
5y Legislature,
1
lesidence, 5 years ;age
Governor&coun-
tmpeachmt. or by
joint ballot
25 ; real and persona
cil good beha-
the goveinorafter
property to the value oi
viour
conviction on in-
1000; rc-el. 3 yrs. suc-
dictment, with
cessively, &, not again
concurrence of
until the exp. of 4 years
both Houses
Virginia,
770
5y Legislature,
1
lesidence &. freehold
Legislature, good
impeach, by lower
joint ballot
eligible as in Maryland
behaviour
1 1. Judges of (icu.
Court, tiied by
Court o( Appeals
and so vice versa
North-Carolina,
776
By Legislature,
1
lesidence 5 yrs. free
Legisht. on nom-
mj'cach't. by As-
joint ballot
hold, the value of1000;
ination by Gov-
sembly. Indict. by
eligible 3 years in any
ernor, good be
gr. jurv&t tried by
term of 6 years
haviour
a special court
.Carolina,
790
5y Legislature,
2
lesidence 10 years ; age
Legislature, good
mpeached by the
joint ballot
30 ; a "settled estate"
behaviour
Assembly & tried
m>rth150Qff; may not
by Senate
ic re-elected until the
expiration of 4 years
Georgia,
798
3y Legislature,
rt
Citizen of the U. S. 12
LiCgislat. 3 years
mpeached by the
joint ballot
yrs ; resid.Gys.age30ys
and re -eligible
Assembly &, tried
500 acres land &. other
by senate
property worth $4000
Vermont,
793
Jitizens
1
Citizenship
Coun. & Assem
Impeach. by A? w era
hly annually
tried by ;;ov &co.
Kentucky,
799
"ree white
4
Citizen of the U. S. 35
Tiov. and Senate.
Impeachment or
malfs
ve.'irs of age and G years
good behaviour
by the joint ;id
vsid. not re eligible
dress of2-3ofboth
intil expira. of7yeaib
Houses
Tennessee.
796
Jitizens
2
nee 4 years ; age
jegislature, good
Impeached by the
2.3; freehold, 500 acres,
heh.-.viour
Assembly &. tried
not eligible more than
by the Senate
">, in anv term of 8 yrs
Ohio,
$02
Citizens
2
:itizenofU. S. 12 ; re
legislature, se-
As in Tennessee
-'uience 4 yrs ; age 30 ;
ven years
payment of tax eligi-
United States,"]
in Tennessee
. ' i
commenced o- (
787
"cuera! electors
t
\ natural born citizen.
\om. by Pres'n*
mpeacVd by H.of
poration Mar. f
or a citizen at adoption
app'd by SenaU] RepresentativfS&
4, 1789. j
of conslitutiGa. Ag'<335
o;ocd behaviour] tried by Senate
tflE WKSKLT HECJ5TKR AMERICAN STATISTICS.
TABLE, shelving at ont view many ? ten - >
.si-:x.\ rolls.
rivi-:.
ENTATl
CA
1
H
%.
S5
w
:</ by
j
^
L.'ccicdl'j \]
OMCjtottM
3
1
Citlzt
i
zens pay-
ux
Hold
. i i > vv r : s . '
r^ard to thei
<tion
propi.
^50 freehold
W.
Citizens worth
l
Residence cer.stvortl
.in N. Uamp
property cJou freehold
ihiri
di'-t. 5't<'p, .t lu l.lu
or f 600 perxttaJ
>onal
ft. F.
1
Citizenship
Citizens
J v town*
C'ilizt
.S fr. h
i
'hcl.l Ciiizi-iH. fr; h
,
ily tow n a
Citizens of
t
FioehiilJ nOO. Clergy Citizens ; free
]
By counties a
A freehold
/100 fin
ihly to pop
:in-rfivfroiii otFice or renting pn
ulalion
I'CMv the val
i. pd tx
.J.
Ciiize;.
i.
Ke^Jdenrein the foifn-
Citizens vconh
1
By counties a
vesid>nre in co. 7
ty 1 year , a free".
^reeably to pop-
vi wi:!i ^.
(
ulation
A
or real 6t pi'.
Penn.
Citizens pay-
t
ile->idence . v Citizens pay-
-."> ; p:iymei:L i)l"t.ix 1114 tx
1
>y conntif-^ .1
ihly to pop
|
i
.* pay-
1:13 ux
J
.iei'deuce3 vears ; age Citizens pay-
reehold or other in* taX
I
out regard t<
a freehold
property worth .'1000
populdliuH
2J*ry*
M L'CtOr >
5
Citizens
1
>v count
:i-r in thecr<
sen f
25; propei ty^l-
>' r - !
ti'orn the western 6c
O ^CpJ<.
.lit-
< icll Ct
i -hore
luded from
or council
Vir.
% free
i
nee ii. fre
Citizens, free
1
3y co'i tr
tf. C.
1
irs of age
l t countv
' hold
Citi/.i-ns pav-
,
;:i thj
1 -
tax
fr.C.
i > . free
2
:TC in t!i
Citizen, free
,
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' ,fifu;*:e
to submit to Bonaparte's
I at Bay o
i tut '
a! i
via ion of the provincial
,'rad. '1 fir'tf
eded in dis-io--.
.'n in. .'Jo
i>:e in Paris
'.'.i this country, 1
. to k-) -v
ac of conversation, that
.ironed in that i- .
stead, 'i'hi:-.
iti.-d hv a prophe
! fail of A
l } when both nations were in
vent -!,.
>, W!l0 \vr,r
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. who h;ul r - >:--. until ',,, C cl hv
Jipanied them to
:Mrf.e. a:;
: ,ns oi
the Preach Government. Phi'ad.
f Don Petito was bcrn J .
i ->. In hi.- character as an ally he had 56
"!/ed th c'c
( luiia and olt:'iuetl po.ss..-ssion of
Tne train oi pfrficiy lv which
lie h.id thus far a'-romp i-hcd \>>
nipi
wliole t.
ie, tinniingled
tenuatod and equally lieitstabk* in iL- niot'u
ad ils end.
The emperor had now displayed himself in hit
true ehivacter. For the -.IKW, x.-lfish, vu!_
un, of ' ing his own fairily he had
committed an a< i !' u iui i ation, a ir,),:i)liiir. as it
was iimjuito: "' ally
liy for
LJona-
t^ef anuirs \WM- in >>.i-> srivlre
:MH! lit on the H-'ltic; her t'-nsure-* w
':'tt-ly as it" Chaih-s h^d t
Ce tlieu could Jiaiu i:.
this change of d\ m^tv ; ^ndt'-. .ill the
d vantages which she C.c- ivcd f>f" ; Ante-
lica was hazarded hv it, even if Spain
should pasi-M-'^v submit t-o the iosr-lcn! intrusion of
a s!.'-a;: ''',ly n-.e'it vns thnt he w^s the
hrother of Napoleon Bonar-arte, and vifllciently
n:vTJvi;-!od, mean and cruel to be his tool and
cxeru' i
The .liMTjcesi hv which he had tlius fnr accom-
1::-^ puspo-e w'v'ie of the h.; c e c t kind. >
NCVIT, p .. I; ;;i .-, was any plot r.f peifidious anshi-
i n so co.rsf-T p':r)ned. 'J'be tc 'in of poliiy
c-iunot he a;:;.Vied to it ; even cnnln. \iiii} ':-.
exrrtion of talent than was displayed in this whc.Je
i^n. Nolhin required thftn'to
emnlov falsehood and violenc* equally without re-
-no'-re; to repeat pvoiess-ions and protestations
enotv.h to deceive the prince: and to c hed blood
enough to intimidate the people. The fonr.
1 ; and Murat, pt- eiivi'i- a
?pirit of ;.atiioiiam in the Sparnav.' neither
he nor his master had expected, v as ciger to give
the word for slaughter. He see ins as soon as he en-
tered Madiid. resolved to make them feel that
'.hey were no lonser an independent nation h
clu-v must le%rn -obedience to a military yoke.
; April 14) A Fre.u-h governor of tl;c city had l-.een
appointed ; a t'j -!'.nch pali;ic established ; o notice
was oiven that as tl-c gre.^t coats for the French
troons had not arrived, tlie heads of the poh'ce weie
at every house to receive a cor.ti i! 01
-. titles. After the clcpartnrc of Ferdinand
from Madiid, the a\iv : ation of the peo-
nlc- hourly increased ; rhcy knc\v that he h .u
! to meet J'"M ip-iric nt F>'r"0>; and the
th-it he ha;l cro: '! ' Froi tier, nnd pvo-
r-h-d lo IjrjyonMe, excited in them as :
Au ex'! a<iu'i!,ary C'ur.icr arrived
.enlng from ti.at city ; tlie intelligence
which he hi never puhii hcd in the -ja-
'-(-. I-tel as extr ; .ivile^cor*
counts ron-i-ted
dils (.!" th-- i:ouo:5 ^ith v,nic l i Fc-rdi-
nreceive^by :'. c-rr.peror. Su'tscquent
t!-.an the la: t ;
iis vvcre civf-nou* thnt nil i oingo^well;
and the ititentions of the emperor became in re
rl nioi-e flcvfloped, til' It could no long'-r he
i that Feiuinand was to be deprived o his
The ronrior, who was expected on Saturday, the
II, did not arrive ; he vras still expect-
erl on the following ovening, and great
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troops to M -o a mi'
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f>ody or otherwise, to hold a c;
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ri'.-h, and wiiei-- ami i; vv il -<noiil<i
1 endeavor to pie
the en ranee uf more : i oops into
Ami, t. Whether
I
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ged to ouncil. If the cortes were to be
asked likewise, what subject it
. proceed to di.-<-
le to believe that a delihei a-
-'ild act with so much absurdity, and we
ru-l'ide that their conduct was
At the time when every hour
i-incc, they dispatched a i
i, to ask Ferdinand's opinion
. one of which he would have
'ul he been in Madrid; all whicii
i Me to determine than he could be ;
i, in fact, he required that information
i only be possessed on the spot.
i I replied that he was not in a state of
: lore incapable of taking
v-s, cither for his own p-eservaion or
i chy. he invested them with full
, to any place that might he most
and exercise, in his name, as the re-
, atives of his person, all the functions of
i Mity : that they should commence hos-
tile moment they knew that he was proceed-
ing iii' .1 ilie. interior of France, which he should
not do, unless compelled by violence; and they
: pi event in 'he best manner they could the
i:i> reduction of more troops into the f.enin ula.
la another decree which accompanied this, he
- should he i -en. led in such
>pear most convenient ; that thev
'Mem-elves at first exclusively in
levies and subsidies necessary for
of the kingdom; and that the sittings
! manent, This decree reached Madrid
i was delivered into the hands of one of
: but he made no use of it, and did not
..inicate it to that bod,- ; and Before they
! indeed the insurrection lr 1 taken place;
president of the government ; and these
; ministers had sanctioned with their authority
the murder o r
tribunal, and
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jy mvaucd. In addiiioii to ihi.i I.KMI> cxiioi lalioQ.
:.>en, ami .subjec-
tion, iionor and * to all that are in ao-
ijjuril "" horn the holy coi!'-_c. a procUmatioi)
i;ed, \\ith the names ot Ferdinand, bis brother
don Carlos and toe intantj don Antonio alli.xeil.,
condemning the. sjiii i: wiiich had
ihown itseif, absolving tlie peoj.le iiorn all duties
loxvirds them, and recommending ohedience to
their countrymen by the military
MO subsequent measures disarming
i (laving the country.
i also, that accursed tribunal,
e di'-grace and the bane
-v ro-in'i v in s.-h"ich it has b^cn e tal li
1 Coward * the degradation and de-
. Fo:jr day<? after the insurrection, a cir
cul.ir letter, 'vis n<\ 'ressed bv the inquisit-or-ge-
e !, in the name of the supre;ne council, to all
o'nlimto tribunals. That iu^.nvr'ion, the
anniversary of which, however hopelessly it bc^an.
a i 1 '! iro'Hv it terminated, will be celebrated
tier by Spain, as one of the most solemn day?
in her calendar, a dav of proud and i>io<is r.orn
ition, was hqre styled a disgraceful in
rr.-il', o^cisioncd by the evil intentions or igno-
;=f thoughtless men, who under the mask of
patriotism and lovalty, were preparing the way for
revolutionary disorders. These infamous hypo-
C rites, who feared nothing but the loss of tbei-
temporahae*, audaciously invoked (he aid of spiri
tual doctrine^ to enforce the f'"!v o'' bo^pitalitv
cU a nailitary horde acd tran^rilitj anjoc^ th>
France. Tne peo[)le were here inlormed by Ter-
iiinand that his sense o< filial duty determined him
;o :;ive hack th; throne tp his lather the instant he
heard of the pt'otest against his occupation of it :
that the kin hi-s father in his own name and in that
of all his race, abdicated it in favor ot the emperor
of the French., in order that the emperor, consulting
he good of the nation, should determine the per-
son and race which should hereafter occ 1 .;
that the emperor had engaged to maintain) co-
he independence and integrity of the Spanish mo-
narchy and its transmarine colonies, without retain-
ing the smallest of its dominions for himself: that
he engaged to maintain the unity of the Catholic
religion but it is idle labor and waste of paper to
repeat what probably never was promised, or, if
promised, was never designe i to be performed.
May J3 To prepare the way for Joseph and to
spin more closely the web in which the minds of t.ho
Spaniards were to be entangled, Murat intimated to
the junta, the intention of placing him upon the
throne, and procured an address from that ignoble
body to the emperor. '* Oh ! that there were no
Pyrenees !" exclaimed these sycophants and slaves
in this document o! their disgrace.
This was
the constant wish of good Spaniards ; because
there could be no Pyrenees, whenever the wants
of each should be the same, when confidence
should be returned again, and each of the two
nations have received, in the same degree, the re-
spect due to their independence and worth. Thcj
interval which yet seperates us from this happy
moment cannot now be long. Your imperial
majesty, who foresees every thing, and executes
them still more swiftly, has chosen for the provm-
ri-'l government of Spain, a prince educated for
t:he art of government in the grer.t echool of your
majesty. lie has succeeded in stilling the boldest
stoiins by the moderation and wisdom of his mea-
sures. What have we not, therefore, to hope
from his deeds, no-,v that all Spaniards unite to
devote to him that admiration to which he ha- ?,o
many el tirns. and a?si>t him in those labors which
he applies to our service ; The Spanish monarchy
shall resume the rank which belongs to U among
the powers of Europe, as soon as it is united b}' a
new family compact to its natural ally, whose
power i ' Whoever the prince maybe,
whom your rn-jesty destines fur us, chosen fromj
vour illustrious family, he wiM biing that security
we so much need ; but Sp.'iin can urge a pica
which none of the othrr countries connected with
v can dispute. The Spanish throne
a greater height. The consequences aris-
ing from it ; relations to France are of an impor-
'ance commensurate with the extent of its posses-
-ions. It seems therefore that the throne ilsrlf calls
for your majesty's eldest brother to govern it. On.
the other side, it is a happy presage that this
Arrangement, which nature has confirmed, so
well corresponds with the sentiments of rcvcrenca
^nd admiration with which the actions of this
11 ince,
and the wisdom of his government had
inspired us. Tho council of Castile, whose
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'jmmancled their giving all the support toi
. :i thv-ir power.
with the w:a i of the 'up. erne junta. M-<
grant prosp' ml royal in
M i '.
framed in the name of " the l.'ity of .Mad i id to his
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I
inform
crown of S f the
c-nperor, and that the supreme junta of the
le, have
notitkd to his imperial and ru\ v their
for the \v i-'
.-. n upon the
hed of his illustrious brother, Josepii Nap !<,. n,
.
pushed for its love of, n-nce to its sove-
-f the people
. cannot c ; its hotn r^e
r emc jun. < .o\ IM i.tiu-ut,
and of the < 'ir highness
M ni y [
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June 6 Shortly after the date of this proclnmc^
tion he crour . n, king of Spaiu
imt the 1m.,, .; tr. him the indepeu-
lence and iiu> -.es in Europe, Africa,
.-a.
been as base a->
"vernment, they
-rly tran?terrcd, like*
herd of lie -i.-l*. fro trr to another,
would have ' 'v like l!olland .
after y- . '.!i would h >i ted out by
Bonapi -ii|ti.-n. n;-rl nii-flicd off to bo
M herrver nrw pro-
r ; burtheu
after burthen would have hern imposed upon tho
u-dcountiv onld only have
new oppression ; ai"I, fimMv. tr\ir>- -wr^p-
4 decree would have deprived it of it?
.teandot il > a nation.
" -iptcd pi-f>p!e. Thp
1 the tra
ontio, were nosoon^r kn.i<- n. th.in thrv fl<*d t
the whoJc
100, as then
i the fiir?
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PROCESS FOR HOTTING 1!
Thl folio win <.:; artio' id in a
a by one oi" the hi-?t <
. .v opinion, of too much value :
to perish as a mere m 1 have,
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En the habit of n < v -npami
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required, I do not think I cui justly be ar
to think, tn.it I am quail, u-'i
^e of the adrant ^ . which
ion ol' a particular pro-
cess in ing of cither Hemp i;
hew inodeof existence and n< 'ulne-s.
JOHN (;-:o;u;K i; \XTER.
. ' .-Ipiil 21, 1808. 3
In September, 1303, the French government
g of some improvements in the stt-
Hemp, made hy a .M. Bralie, o.' Amiens sent for
him 1 1 Paris, and directed a set of experiments to be
made on the new method of M. B.alle, under the
direction of M. Molrd, administrator of the con
5ervatory of arts and man The c.xperi-
.vere made in January. February and March.,
1804- : and Conauarte directed the result to be pub
lishcd for genera! information.
In the old method for treating: Hemp, it is laid
down on the grass and exposed to the dews and
rains, for a :n:n!h or six weeks, being turned two
-.vcck. This facilitates the -epcra
tion of rni"np"j from the stalk: but this
procc-- 'V so much from the string of the
tow jhempj that government will not buy hem
manufactured.
An other method is, to steep bin dies of hemp in
. or ponds, or ditches, from ten to twentv
ing to the state of tV wei her : the tow
' is thu* rendered seperablc from the hemp
cS this method is liable to loss, and
in pond-; or ditches the mud and dirt hurts f he co!;;;-
jf the tow [hemp.] To say no'-hv:ig of
t'.iC in'Vetioiis nature of the air generated from this
i^ substance in the heat of summer.
M. i bbod is as follows :
T or brass ves-;el (iron will proba
bly stain the tow) Jhcmp] allowing rather better
tlian one gallon and a half (wine measure) in con-
.of hemp, thus, to work on fifty pound -
of hem]), U 'ould hold about eighty gal-
it should b~ in shape cylindrical, for the
hemp to lay len_: ' :iif itc;ui be set on end
(vertir- - .till better. Tin? <|!;;;nlitv of
hemp will requMe one pound or om> pound and a
quarter at the uti, ;rcen soap, )
soft soap, well made, and not confining a
abundance of Jve, as our common family made
soft soup in the back c> boiled
till it has taken H.;> v of f;-t ; that
kind of soft soap in fact, that vviil not chop the
hands. Pat this soap to as much A'ater as wiih the
hemp to be put in afterwaids will nearly fill the
* By some error, the word tow lias, in several
places, been printed in place of the word hemp. I
have put the word [hemp) in brackets directly after
the word tow, where this last \vord is used instead
ot" tho word hcntp.
r and the soap to a boiling
h'-n it i little under a !
';no meter) put in I he
iu-mp, cover the v . dr.iw out the fire and
^ the : 'I\ike it out at the
end of that time ; cover il overw'nh straw t
day; i UM ii--aw ro!!i . ra! times, which
- the pnrpn
{her wet or dry. \Vi.i-n ;
jheni[>j on the gr
If the hem;) to he sfipned. not \
. e;tl the l;.-mn -talk itself on tl.
that length ol time to bleach it.
It will not ;n-wi-r to put t!,. hemp in the cold
soap and wal.T This process mav pt-rlnp.-,
Tluib I sup;- I'Hnt of one
'.tv gallons, and three cvlin
. tubs or Panels near it. I v !!l the'
\- puuiid> \\.-i-4lit o! hemp e.irh. Kii! tiie
toiler with water, and one pound and aqua-
) , \\hcnir boils Jet it run off bvacor-k into
one of the barn 1^ of hemp placed below. Cover
it un, and while this is steeping, fill the bo'Jer for
the second barrel. In less than an hour vou cab
make the second eighty gallons b--il ; ti^rn it into
the second barrel of hemp. Then boil a third por-
tion ol soap and water, and by the time it boil, v,>n
will be ready to empty the barrel of hemp f>
ed, and thus in a summer's day one person cam
manage wi;.h easf7nO weight of iic-mo. ifanotlier be
employed in taking it out and spreading it. Con-i-
cier ; war may ensue ; and whether for our own
consumption or for sale to others, is there an article
of culture so profitable a^ hemp ?
Tne advantages of this process are;
1st. It saves time.
2dly. The hemp is stronger, whiter, softer and
cleaner.
3dly. It can be carried on at all times of the ycir.
. The produce is greater : b the old process
SCO pounds of hemp stalks produced when stoepeJ,
pulled and beaicn, ].>(.) pounds of pure tow [hemp]
by M. Bralle's procet.s the vl,.ld is >( () pounds.
T.ie new method i'^ beyond all comparison
more iieaUny than the old one, to which in this
countty there wo 'Id be seriotts objections in point
f health. We sui;er eno;ig!i as it is from t!ie un^
happy atmosphere of putri'Ving vegetables on a
moist soil, exposed to the he-it- o<" an autumnal sun.
('tiily. Whereas the old method of treating hemp
requires the vicinity of creeks, ditches, rive's or
ponds, in this method anv well can furnish water-
enough, and the manipulation c;;fi ie carried off
any where. In France they make their steepi
copper. Yours/ &.c. T. C.
Northumberland.
Patent Machine.
Account of a patent, granted in France (;
d'lnventioii) for an improvement in weaving to
the -Mriir 1 .U-.-ipiau, Manufacturer at Condon, Ja-
nuary 5, i
The invention renders it unnecessary for the
workmen to throw the sh;i!t}i- v. i ( h his 'hand, ac-
cording to the o;-:. 1 :>od. The following is
the mode of pro. The weaver, when he
sets his foot on t'n- trerulK- to o- cu ti..^ warp, at the
same time moves two spiings, placed on each side
of the loom, by which the shuttle is thrown at the
moment when the frame is removed back as far as
it ought to be. $iis hands therefore remam at
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, and he can pull hick :!.?
.vith one or the other o.
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a weave;
; e cotton si
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a four e'i
1!> at most by the oitli
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The Britibh have on lake OnU:
Georu< >i Moira, !
guns , Duke ot Kent, (3 guns , Duke ol
6 guns, and Teranto, fined. Tti-
juntin
ii twenty-four pound eairoi.
The frequent marching ot" troops, an.l tiie forma
lion of several new military posts, induces a belie
that the governor of C' i-.iad* expects a war \vi :
- lies. I', .t i.!a:;.idA iMiu.iins, in itsei.
ion whciu- '-v-; tiie U;,i
d Stales bhail give the woi J. \Ve mean in the
lit*, as well as the dissatisfici,
French descendants. But Quebec and some other
place* would make a formidable defence.
following >t;-.teMU'nt of the French force
:'.ciea Sniiuaiui l\);tug..l from the year ISOr
Co January 1, 1^11, U copied from the London
.er.
nent of the French force which entered Spain
frum 18l'7, to January I, 1811.
In ItO: Infantry - . 4-7,500
Cavalry . . . 7,120
In 1308 Infantry . - 209,500
Cavalry * . - 36,200
In 1809 Infantry , . 41,950
Cavalry . . . 4,302
In 1810 Infantry , . 124,300
Cavalry - 25,731
'total in four years :
Infantry > 426,200
Cavalry ... 73,355
mp!oyedj|in the civil line * 7,650
Guides, ficc. - 7,530
Grand total - . . 514,796 !
Pieces of artillery - - - 820
Vim the 1st of January, 1811, to the 28th th -re
Lad only entered Spain by Bayoanc, GJO infa iirv
AJi'l 130 horse.
Down to the 26th February, 1811, there ht
marched into Fiance by way of Irun, 42,228 Spa
oiards, Portuguese, &.c. prisoners.
From 1807 to 1811 not more than 53,000 of the
French troops returned to France.
Statement of the French force which entered Portugal.
Before the siege of Cuidad Ilodi iy;o the grand total
was 105,000 men, deducting 8000 sick.
They lost in the siege of Rodrigo 6 or 7000 men.
on i t-ntered Portugal with 70,000 men, to
which is to be added the 9th corps, which raised
bis force to 83,000 men.
The presc;rt French force in Spain and Portugal,
ife estimated at nearly 121,000 men which bcinp,
i'j the number said to have returned to France,
leaves a grand total loss of about six hundred thou-
sand men !
The present disposable force of the " allies"
British, Spanish and Portu'Mie^e, including the late
reinforcements may be estimated at 160,000 men,
besides partizan corps, very destructive to the
French. ^
Bonaparte sems determined to extirpate the use
of foreign sugars in his dominions. The same dis
position prevails in Austria. 32,000 acres of hnd
I'm Fiance) are planted or planting with BMKT.S
pursuant to a decree Tor that purpose. Bv calcula-
tion, it appeals, that 300 acres will produce 133,20(
kilogrammes (2<">6 100 American pounds) of crudi
siig-ir, which will not lose more than one eighth in
refining. His stated that the importation of sugai
TVili be entirely prohibited aftjr January 1812.
T;ie e.\;,oii.ition of gold coin to France froca
to l'c carri- : extent, iti
:..ent ot the
ttor; who, Jieverilu'lcbbs, have lalol\ ;nU.;.ti-d *
. (rim kh: . \ \\\\\
inish the tneteil t: , ..ion, perhaps, in their
nvn domin;
V_ERMOT. I8J IFrom the most correct infor-
mation we have l>een ad a, vs e ln-li.
political parties in our next legislature will stand a^
Rep. Fed.
9 5
20 5
8 i;i
18
Counties.
Beniiington
Rutland,
Windham -
Windsor
Adduon -
Orange
Chrttenden
Caledonia:
Grand Isle
Orleans
Essex -
Franklin
Jefferson -
Majoiity in the house
Lieutenant gov. and council
15
15
7
10
6
6
4
10
129
77
13
65
8
5
9
3
12
3
^
77
Majority in joint ballot
A vessel has arrived at Philadelphia in 37 days'
From Liverpool, brin^in^: London dates to the 21 si
of August. George the third still lived; but arf
hopes of his recovery was at an end. One of his
sons called the duke oT Sussex is dangerously ill.
The Bclliqueux of 6i guns which came hom^
t week as escort of th^ China fiVe!, luin^.s inicl-
ence that th-e Durch, alter !i-:vin^ destroyed all
the loitifications had evacuated B:i(a\ ia ar.d retired 1
o Murrack a strotrg position in the strei^hts of
Sunda. (London, Aug. 18.
Pi ice of stocks this dav at 1 o'clock, 3 per cent.
63 I 2 983 per C. R. 63 1-2 7-8 3-1 5^84 per C.-
80 3-85 per C. 91 3 i 5-8 7-S Omnium 11356
dis.
Lied lately in England, Richard Pe,,t>, in the
76th year of his age. He was se< ond in leiii; 1 ! clt -.
scent from the illustiious founder uf Pennsylvania*
The Editor's Department.
Disappointed in the receipt of an expected com-
munication on manufacture^^ the intention express^
ed in our last has not been complied with.
At the request oi several gentlemen we have in-
serted MV. B lodge.;'* genera] table of the Unitri
States we rather considered h premature to do so,
as a knowledge of many facts, to Le communicated
to congress, will remove conjecture. The aclua<
population of the UnitedStates in 1810 was 7/238,421
souls.
As an evidence of the opinion held of the WF.EX-
i.y REGISTER, the editor again (with ptule ond
nleasure) offej'S hi^ thanks to more (han o> ,< /.
new subscribers since the last ]ail>M<-,);'< t,
New subsciiber^ a: e mnuhei fron, the 1 eg'nnng
notices of inegul.n itie-, or omissions are request-
ed 1 2 be trans out ted to the cfticc;
THE WEEKLY
BALTIM R!>AY
ion
" But such an hi
. VIM.
M
-fteing deeply i with the l<
v . that full >uld be
deration, hy
which his conduct ha ,i.u-.l thv.
. and of th<* di>.<[>
lu- would learn the
ii'in i 1 have
felt ii ' upon rne, on i of the
i did me t!:o honor t
mew to t i
Ml. It
t-t. thu
I ut tlif
I ll.l 1
i ill mv
'., .ind \vl,
elude i tig to the condition ii
lutely pr.. -
upon m. ah thr
. much
ofth
transaction v
is n:ade.
. manr
of them hi-
ly and lYuiilt
>f the
were on boai
ned
on the higli
IHJ .ill
r. D (.!!.' ,i i,
KT. \\ i'.liDUt In i
t id j)i
and of
.', nnj .1 j>i
he United S
f <n i tai i
I ; ii
I .
I
> rnbirr.i
V LEKLY REGISTER I'l LLiC PAPERS
>n ; and it was considered a? haiJIv i ^i.ilv 1 understand, you define it to be a mei-
t!*al it ahobld not ha\ ;.- , i ci aulion.
It, when a wrong is committed, retaliation is
.i) uiithoii-. orted to by the injured paity, the door
tion to be ca :. under an inter
iven il ju.-'.itMbie in the lii -t moment ot
.|iisiment is closed, and tae means of
tec..iiit:ilia.iou precluded. The ri^iht to demand re-
putation is incompatible with the assumption ol it..
the declare \N heii ; ' mutuil hostility, they
MI- tin a foot'ii^,, and as sue it they n.ay treat :
a party disclaiming every U.
tion, t i
i ded, that in the
h an act of power,
refused or unduly pict
with the puipu nee of
t ii a demand ol
i.nel; but si'c.h h;-ve IK en his ma
\vs that this :>r'Mnnenl has not
w be more
^eminent ol
the nr-t sensible thai
t-ven h . n medit ued hy the JLiiitish go
i
and giving, unequivocal
ot an amicable
siiion, cannot be expected to treat w.
whose conduct towards it has the dii ect effect of
actual humility. Ii then, the enforcement of the
od unation. up to the present in
i~uie of sfll-a: .sinned it i> directly
repugnant to the .spirit a:ul tact of amicable r.
aiion ; if it is a measure to compel reparation, it is
equally so; utid hy the perseverance ii
Britain ! wi'h the dut\ o! proffering re
dress. But il it is a measure ot precaution, in or-
vernn.ent, it would not have comm-.-nced in such ! del to secure reparation, or in older to compel it,
a manner. Rut the exception taken, is to the en
forccment continued iv to the pusent time, of
measur: in their tendency, per-
sisted in, net only after the disavowal in question ;
the promise of the pr offer of suitable reparation,
ued as: nrinr.es of his majesty's amica-
\ins, but, after security has been given
in a public instrument bearing dale of the 16th of
7, that the clnim to th seizures of de
from the national ships of other powers,
rai.not ag-i.n he brought forward by his majesty's
officers, it is unnecessary to dwell upon the
injury and indignity to which his majesty's service
;sed both as touching the freedom and seen
con ts
f his agents and accredited
the United States, or as resulting from
i ich in time of war, excludes the whole
;-, all their ports; which ports are
completely open to the fleets of his enemies. It
\vill be .sufficient to observe, that even where exemp
Lions from it are granted, they are made subject to
such conditions, that of the three last British ships
of war, which have entered these ports upon public
hu<in'--s, two of them, his majesty's ship Statira,
having on board a minister sent out for the adjust-
ment of the present differences, aud a schooner
_; despatches, in consequence of their inabili
; rocure pilots, were obliged to enter their
without such ;i Mid were exposed
to considerable danger. Great Biitain, by the forms
established, could repair the wrongs committed,
even to the satisfaction of the United States, no
otherwise than by the channel of negociation : yet
she avowed distinctly that a wrong was committed.
and that she iva-, ready to make reparation for it; it
c.annoi therefore he contended, that :heunav
delay of actual reparation, MIUJC< tid her to tht
imputation < ,j lin , \vhich
was disclaimed from- the fust ; if this is tine, how-
ever much she will regret any impediment in the
adjustment ol a difference, m which the feelings ol
this nation are so materially i;r m ^hc
consistently with a due care of her own hon<u and
interests, allow it to be concluded on her part unde>
an adherence to a conduct which has a decided cha
ract<M ot enmity in t'ne proceedings held towards
her b theothe
J know not in what view the perseverance in the
president's proclamation, up to this moment, can be
coTr-idered, but in that of a measure of retaliation ;
or of sell assumed repaialion ; or a measure intend-
ed to compel reparation; unless it be that which,
it falls under the objections 1 have tinted. Ifitisa
precaution adopted as a guard against acts of violence
apprehended on the part of his majesty's naval offi-
cers, it surely cannot he considered as being as ef-
fectoal a security as that arising from the renewed
assurances of his majesty's friendly disposition,
which imply a due observance o! the righ'.s of na-
tions, with which Great Britain is in amity ; hy ait
persons holdingauthoiity under hio majesty's go-
vernment, fronv%ie disavowal of the pretension of
the search of national ships ; and from the further
assurance of that disavowal, given in his m
proclamation of the 16th of Octobei List : neither un-
der these concurrent circumstances can the plea of
necessity be maintained, and if such a proceeding
has not the plea of necessity, it assumes the charac-
ter of aiiMreasion. If these concurrent securities
against such an apprehension have any value, the
necessity no longer exists ; if they have no value,
negociation cannot be attempted, as the basis upon
which it rests, the mutual confidence of thtt two
parties, would be wholly wanting.
From the moment after the unfortunate affair of
the Chesapeake, that his majesty's naval command-
ers, in these waters, had asceituiried that they were
safe from the effervescences of that popular fury,
under which the most glaring outrages were com-
mitted, and by which they were naturally led to the
supposition that they wrre objects of particular
hostility, and that a state of war against them, re-
quiring precautions on their part, had commenced,
no conduct has been imputed to them, which
could vindicate the necessity of maintaining in
force the president's proclamation.
Since that
time such of tho^e officers a have been necessiated
bv the. citcurnstances of the war to remain in these
waters, have held no communication with the shore,
except in an instance too trifling to dwell upon, and
instantly disavowed by the commanding officer ;
and they have acquiesced quietly in various priva
Lion.-, highly prejudicial to the service thev were
J'*-U'l
upon, and in consequence 01 an interdict, which,
had they been regardle s of their duty tow
ri amity with their sovereign, and had they
not carefu ly repressed the feelings its tone and '.art
gnage had a direct tendency to provoke in them,
would have rather excited than averted the evils it
vd tobe intended to prevent; were they re
ul of these duties, it was unnecessary. Had
they felt themselves obliged completely to evacuate
the waters of the United Slates especially while
an enemy's squadron was harbored in them* they
THE WEEKL? BECI3TER PUBLIC PAPERS.
?ould have clone it ; ruit under the admission of uos-
tife compulsion, and under such < n.cnri-
t-.d into full elicit, his iiMJe-iv could not have di?-
1 *d the fXtttlit ul KM' I!,
In th'
tain reqiiir.I ( .-rt.iifi
.ia' i
entering into ne^ocialion. she
ty the same principle* io w
a.id refu.ru. whi'e no h 'iln ; on her
part, to tr-at w.th powers,
noted it toward her ; aarl
ri'ht in wh i
riurnthe cor. idcr.ition
II in the ne~oriation; and a? little could it
-ted to pas* it OV.M, when on the raiin; r oi
i. v-uii .Mi M iiivn , it clirec' -.-d H tpe
o Le sent to the Uniu-d States. I had
.
. that fj: ill -.cnt of
Mon-
) Mr. Cai,
thus afforded,
'
i adit lion tu the demand I havt
la-it, had
\\iih respect to
C, that it \\a-
lo rising .
v
> wi
M i
am 1 .
it art, \vhic v -
.
.!.e other.
:
leit ^s
,.-i :
couM
not ton.-i-tcni'v
the subsequent month ; so i.,
^lv and
i \\ilh the just . ; v m-
irect 01- e:i -n matteis.
1 with that of ti tke. ; and
The - -csented to von, ^ir, in thejitu-v Col ' r : older
to i :! or dilteu-i, !.-> <>t Mich a
ie moie con-{
the minister chat . \\iih BUch ofiires,
ictcd to the
d. \Vih r
-> of complaint, :I\K,:
t which it \vs natural th.it it
iueif Co his nit
t Toc-l.nn iion to re:'
. and most: . >.pon tne a:t k m*d<
adduced .< !n 'hi
appreh
yon inform rrr that the
p t proclamation
docitmen:
rests, 1 cann - b< fufcii-ihed
me ;it wiii<-!), and the ' blin ^ me ei'h-r
Mer which if -\ u i--ovd, and l.y ' tutements ol grievance torei^n to the attack Opon
ii- whole context : and the mote so as the impulse] that ship contained in your letter; or autho-
-wn up ;i: -he mallei:- il.un J\e- i -hili her-iforc
'en as to have precluded -i nttiation
M-d in it
And here 1 . .<: h -.t v, ith repect
.uin-nt. it
not allow ir> r such commeti 1
sonal knowledge of some o!' those
< -(. to me, ai'J.i u-h i
t hr-.h 'he marked maun. .
\ ed, and tl.i
i>n the part of hi.-; r-
v*ith ihe opi'iion^ you
have a: thus appeal d lo, and
iiiakini: r e for the init.ition of the
'Mhle the irprizt-
n, that the ^oveinmeuL
UJIIL' !'
:
diiecti;
to wh-i'
would
othn
.
-
ty's gov-!nmcntiu dct- cjndutt
li^ht iti win.- --resen-
ted te have U '-inj; tiu-m.
I am '' to t!i- pei 'nat my go
veiniiH-iit will he the moic ea-.
,'n iuiMilpahon lv tin
' .
.
.
i my
TH1E WEEKLY KE(JI8TEIl PU15L1C
tiiis purpose might have been effected wiimml the
in our
in.tkf-
'
you that the | United
i aliun of the two
exposition which I added
t, it is obvious that far from
the fir -.i step towards an arrange
i v, to the verbal
.' the "Vo'.iud;. oi
purpoit, and
it was CL i h as to
.mention
r, or calculate i to wound
id that
red with the
unequivocal demon-l rations
and anxiety, that this
10 an ainicable ter-
mination, *\ < ven prior to anv
or by order of this gi-
cs which 1 fek
in that letter, in illustration
Uon on the part of the king,
\vcrc b from the conviction 1 enter
tained ' ;.e of ,i nature to be salisfac-
this government, and therefore such as it
::iy duty to enforce, but not with
a view to rest upon them the right, to advance the
claim which I hive stated.
?re
ing that
ment or ken by the United
it Britain has already made them openly
and distinctly ; they are indubitable testimonies to
the respect t>-. i ne and decidedly marked by Great
i - of amity subsisting between the
and of her cordial desire to maintain
unimpaired, nad as such alone they were
v would have derived sincere ?atis
faction from the evidence of cot responding feelings
on the part of ihr. United States, so it would be the
gainful to me \.<> dwell upon a series of in
ml menace-;, which without any provoca
: ition on the part of Great
n for months accumulated upon
her through the United States, and but too fre-
c authority necessarily
immanded attention. "
to apologise for adverting to an
iciei -km in your letter, if I did not
think it right to remove any ambiguity respecting
> th- claim which Great Britain main-
iiit-n, native citizens of the realm,
who have deserted from Her service to that of other
they shall be dis
;uentlv they shall
!y be freed fi oir. their newly contracted obli-
ter, allow me to state to you,
Sir, that i have felt it my duty to transmit to his
overnmeut, the e\p, 'ained in
your ! ;ter cf the 5th instant, of th
<^n the honor and good faith of Great Britain,
on xv'.ii'-h the complaint i^ made, t!i
r any denial or such ,
i ed on her pai t a. to render it nc-
or )M tit: ililr, (' in an edict,
i. .* , \ t .
11 , and \\liether. on the re-
ult of th '. ' ion-, tin- }'i I'-eut i'
tion can be resumed on thep-irl c>l lii- n
a due regard for hi- IMVII lionoi , or with a ] i
ot a ni Uil terminatibn.
1 hive the honor tj? be, wilh llic highest e"ii-i<lft-
ration, sir, your m\5t obedient, nn-l
seivant. (Signed.) < II.
Revolutioiiarv Public P:iw' :
Till: DECLARATION
By THE i.: i'E
COLONIES or NORTH AMKRICA,
Now r?:.
1 the causes and necessity nj their taking up una*.
July Gi'//, J > '<";>.
It it was possible for mm who ex^i
reason to believe, that the Divine Author ol our
existence intended a part of the human race '
an absolute piopnty in, and an unbounded ;
over others, marked out by his infinite gouciness
jind wisdom, as the objects of a legal domination
never rightfully resistable, however severe and op-
pressive, the inhabitants of these colonies might at
least require from the parliament ol drcat Britain
some evidence, that this dreadful authority over
them has been granted to that body. But a reve-
rence for our great Creator, principle:) ot humanity,
and the dictates of common sense, must convince
all those who reflect upon the subject, that govern-
ment was instituted to promote the weliareot man-
kind*, and ought to be administered for the attain-
ment of that end. The legislatuie of Great J!/ liutn,
however, stimulated' by an inordinate passion lor a
power not only unjustifiable, but which t\hey know
to be peculiarly reprobated bv the very constitution
ol that kingdom, and desperate of success in any
mode of contest where regard should be iiad to
truth, law, or right, have at length, de.-ertiiii^ those,
attempted to effect their cruel and impolitic purpose
of enslaving these colonies by violence, and Invc
thereby rendered it necessary for us to done with
their last appeal from reason to anus. Yet, how-
ever blinded that assemhly in ty be, ny I
pcrate rage for unlimited domination, so to
justice and the opinion o: man kind, we esteem our-
'
elves bound by obligations oi'
to th-
been afforded to the United , c .
conjointly with the affair of the Chesapeake.
you inform me that the proclamation of the pre.*i
dent of the United States of the 2d July, lfc-07, is
founded. It will b- for his majesty's government
to determine, on the part of Great B; itain, wl,
any and what obligations remain to be fulfilled by
ine world, to make known t:.
Our foretatiiers, inhabitants of the i.- land of
Great Jjritiiin, Irl't their native land, '
theie shores a residence for civil and te!i^<"'* ''ee-
dom. At the expense of thrir blooJ, at the haxaid
of their fortunes, without the least rh.irge to the
country Irora \vhich they removed, by "''
labour and unconquerable bpitit, the.y eiTeqted
settlements in the distant and inli-
. ith numerous arid warlike
America, tn.
. or governments,
t legislatures, were formed under
chaiiers from t'ne crown, and an harmonious inter-
course was esiabiir-hed between the colonies and the
:-) from which they derived their OM
, .s cf this union beca;,
time so extraordinary, as to excite astonishment.
It is universally confessed, that the amazing in-
c'-ea^e oi the wealth, strength, and navigation oi the
realm, arose from this source ; and the minister,
who so wisely and successfully directed the mea-
THE WKKKI.r REGISTER -MIMIC P.il'KIlS
sure? in the late war. pub
'
crer her i ; -
i
.
.
be in
such a
id ail tin
i itcn iip r .t-u if."
,1 behaviour hum tl.
;n, their uulifui, zc-.
inaii-
y pa:
Of c
_
, "dilated
the pernicious project, and
such <i
concerning lh eflfct;, of acquiescence under it.
money
\ercised
proper
r.ilty beyond their an-
'.omed and inestirn-ib. ot t.iai
by jui i [.MI[)-MV .
..MI; the K'j;i-!iture of one ot t :
all commerce to the
of another ; and lor altering lurri imentally the
Ublirhed by chartvi ,
cured by act >lcmn!y con
. hy the cr.>u n . t n
to om
'
the co!
'ed.
'
they art- ail of i
Of ftUCh
.ild and
Admit
els aod armies to ei.
. how vain \\as th .o hope ot iindiu;; :i
(ion in otirt-i
r^l threatening expr-
-
.
huddled into both ho-.
ct.-d. The
in theit address, in the month
. ,
; :1 that tbose concerned in
countenanced atiil i-n*
.J engdgeuients, t-titored into bv his
tuci the. t-fure ihi
would uke the ni"
cdience to the laws and auth
suprenu
s, with i'..i
i d with ench olbci , \\a^ cut li
! of them \\-trc
entiirly pro! u, the seaf.
a \\lii-Ji they
!ut th -ir sustenance ; and I
;.ii tioups weie iiniuedi.aely
..ere all the iuti i
t !c|i,M,rf of .in iihisn .
|
|
..,.1 b,.l .-
1 <
THE WEEKLY REGISTER POPULATION.
r of persons, some cf whom were officers/ Divine favor towards us, that his providence
and so! Jiers of that detachment, murdered tight of n. called into this sevece con
fiabttants, a:ul v\ , until we were grown up to our
thenc> i wullke array to h'ad been previously exercised in warlikcope;
the town o! v\ IUM e they srt upon anolhei land possessed the means of defending ourselves.
: the iiiha e province, killing \Viili hearts fortified by these animating reflet
several and wounding more, until compelled to
treat by the country people suddenly a.^tmMed to
repel this o Hostilities, thus com- [powers, which our l.ciielirient < 'it-. .tor h.ith graci-
nienc> t have been since prose- 1 ously betowed upon us, the aims we ha\ .
ird to faith or reputation. | compelled by our enenne- i<. .1 - .., m c, we will, ia
g confined within , defiance ot every hazard, with uinhatirig firmness
controver-
resent >ti
we mo.it solemn! v, In-fore Kod and the
i>i( i. ARK, ihtt,* tertingtheatmo*t enei
s-n !.y tht- . ernor, and havin
in order to ;
. uUted that thr
habUai ;rcdtheir arms with iheirmvu
: and perseverance, employ for the preservation of
oiir liberties ; being with one inind resolved to die
freemen rathrr than to live si i
i\-e liberty to depart,
L-st this declaration should disquiet the minds of
friends and fellow-subjects' in any f.ast
with them r I'hey ace them that we mean not to dis-
up their arms, but i:, .Ire that union which >:; ;ud >o liapp '
v-f the obligation of treaties,
which _i- nations c-
or ordered the arms deposited a aforesaid, that
night be }> >r their owners, to be
seized by a body of*oldiers ; detained the greatest
part of the inhabitant- in the town, and compelled
the few who were permitted to retire, to leave their
valuable effects behind.
By this perfidy, wives arc separated from their
husb -nds, children from their patents, the aged and
the sick from their relations and friends, who wish
to attend and comfort them ; and those who have
been u^ed to live in plenty and even elegance, arc
reduced to deplorable distress.
The general, further emulating his ministerial
misters, by a proclamation bearing date on the I2th
day of June, after venting the grossest falsehood.,
and calumnies against the good people of these
- t proceeds to "declare them all either by
name or description, to be rebels and traitors, to
supercede the course of the common law, and
instead thereof to publish and order the use and
exercise of the law martial." His troops have
butchered our countrymen, have wantonly burnt
, be: ides a considerable numberof house*
in other places ; our ships and vessels are seized ;
the necessary supplies of provisions are intercepted,
and he is exerting his utmost power to spread de-
struction and devastation around him.
We have received certain intelligence, that gene-
ral Carllon the governor of Canada, is instigating
the people of that province and the Indians to fall
upon us ; and we have but too much reason to
apprehend that schemes have been formed to excite
domestic enemies against us. In brief, a part of
these colonies now feel, and all of them are sure oi
feeling, as far as the vengeance of administration
can mllict them, the complicated calamities' of fire,
sword and famine. We are reduced to the alterna-
tive of choj;;;ng an unconditional submission to
the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by
force. The lattei is our choice. WE HAVE COUNT
l.D THE COST OF THIS CONTEST, AND FIND
. Til ING SO DREADFUL AS VOLUNTARY SLAVERY.
I ionor,jusUceand humanity foi bid us tamely to sur-
idt-r that freedom wHrh we received from our j^al
lant ancestors,and which our innocent posterity have
a right to receive i:om us \Ve cannot endure the in-
fuiiiy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations
?o that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them,
:f we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them
Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our
internal resources are great, and, if necessary, fo-
reign assManc*-. i? undoubtedly attainable. We
gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the
subsisted between us, and which \
' . tnn-d. Nect-.s-.ity h - iKit \ tt drr.cn us
into that desperate measure or riuhict.d us to ex-
cite anv other nation to war against them. \V
not raised armies with ambitious designs u! sepa-
rating from Great Britain, and establishing inde-
pendent states. We 'fight not for glory or for con-
quest. We exhibit to mankind the remarkable
spectacle of a people attacked by unprovoked ene-
mies, without any imputation or even suspicion of
offence. They boast of their privileges and civili-
zation, and yet proffer no milder condition than ser-
vitude or death.
In our own native land, in defence of the free-
dom that is our birth right, and which we ever en-
joyed till the late violation of it for Lhe protection
of our property, acquired solely by the hone, t in-
dustry of our forefathers and oursclve-, against vio-
lence actually offered, we have taken up arms.
We shall lay them down when hostilities shall
cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger
of their being renewed shall be removed, and not
before.
With an humble confidence in the mercies of the
supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the
universe, we most devoutly implore his Divine
goodness to protect us happily through this great
conflict to dispose our adversaries to ; : conciliation
on reasonable terms, and thereby to relieve the
empire from the calamities of civil war.
Malthus on Population.
An .inahjlical review of (fir " Es<soy on the principle
of Population, Ay T. H. Mahhus, .'/. /I/ "' with some
remarks mort particularly upplicubn- to the present
and probable future alatc of t lit United State*.
[ C O N T I N V 1. I) 1 HO M I 1 .\ C. i: .").") j
Our author next adverts to the state of the am i
ent inhabitants of the North of Europe, but we
deem it unnecessary to pursue him closely through
the long detail of' historical facts, by which he
arrives at the proofs of (lie proposition upon which
he set out: namely, that there is a constant tenden-
cy in population to increase beyond the means of
subsistence. To this tendency, i.- >(>' -ou.dy tube
traced, the long and bloody wars which rontimu-d
for so many centuries, to ravage all the fairest parts
of the earth, and which finally caused the overthrow
and complete destruction of the Ilonitw) empire.
The laws and customs of the ancient German na-
tions, of which Tacitus('3) has left us an entertain
ing as well as a very learned account, were emi
( l3 ) In his book Do moribus Germanornm.
THE WEEKLY REGISTER BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
95
ralculatcd to profnotclhe the5pirit utprocrea-
i le women ' \ with the mo-
ed attention .td regaid, and ir.dtcd ever :
ion, for they were
and past recovery." ( J 5) From the prevalence of th
induced lobelieve that ibos
who arc unable u> purchase wives, do iH't on lhai-
t lead a life of chastity ; promi*
with a foieoight of future events, and as b
I'ivinc will. T orar.le to p^i u atu-n there
ried their women with them to the Ijeld of bait .ictdiiiim to wars and famine, this i
where their presence v to obtain a wile, lieen
.1 ardor, and often to tuin tl.e I. 1:J tn e diseases i nC M
when i which keep the
ftieii ^el
md matrin. ri to be
nial in; of increa
debaueheda woman "Was obliged either to mart j ;nd lu be MilVirieni! . to keep up the
,r death: and i ">n under ; jus impediments.
; ortation i - at all times acted as a
cure able drain to the population of Africa, and
tQ
how unlike the <
.
imo, and en
lown upon the viituoiia
:..
It u .iily conceived that in a state ot
>.ion would increase rapidly,
mt of agriculture,
.isiderable degree,
'1 he necessary for them to ''esort to arm c ,
>ry, or force to them
Countries. Th.
-
enticing tifld lor i t .it tor many
ieJ thev were unable ti> r<- ,i>t the valor of
as one host
ids of bar
of the
-h darkness
and terrors as th
,'h obscured the nk tin-
:i world in ' V'e can beatnu
r the checks to population among a
lendanl
i t down
any means of subsistence.
in
ime, tin- rhe.
Ulkhli has observed, it would be di!-
t:cr,!t to find the gap made by an hundred years
exportation .| half
America. Like the . nerica,
the people subsist chii-t. ; ng snd h
and mu.->t, of course, during some seas.>:
ir, suffer ftre..tly from want; and
divided into nurneroui petty 5ta , ndenr
and jealous of ca
ginate from trifiin . and are <
DH wi'h tne nn-
be met with among th
cii < . ou
is inclined to attribute chiefly to the heat of the.
climate : arriving sooner at maturity, he supposes,
they must natuiully perish sooner than the inhahi
tauts of colder countries But we do not find this
to he the case in other hot climates. In tin
Indies, in South America, and in some of the
-
.'ictnc old age. \Vc
. some years ago in the I land of St.
(.'hii>tophei's a woman who had attained her one
hundred and twentieth \ear, and who p;-s>essed the
:!! her faculties unimpaired. 1'
The
10 little under the
i themselves up to e-, .
-
kind, ].
a in it
in all <
fantj i.
populali . being
tish
1
of
r.
THE WKEK.LY REGISTER lilUTlMl 1'ARLUAIEtfT.
-nines thr her of parliament and
n hold any (.'I; !ilong-
id the church excelled.
life. The
having the dignity ol
ica! prdi'i
The House of before the union with
l i- led, or up
ounties send to
v none) 50
n, Uambury, t
.;,)iith one each >
iu-, and their
dependencies, Rye, Win
chel-ea, and Seaford I
two each
WALES.
counties
12 boroughs (Pembroke two, 7
Merioneth none) jj~
SCOTLAND.
.ires
cities and boroughs
IRELAND.
t that body. A m.t.
i member aim have employment in .'
Scotia. T. m.-rn-
pailiamen'. with the British armies at this
.inn- in .Spain and Portugal.
Fun' -\- the nature of the
j representation ol the people in the liiili-h p.ulia-
1 1) barons.
-fitx.
12 burgesses.
30 I,,
15
553 members.
nties 6*
rid boroughs one each 33
1 city, (Dublin)
1 c<' 1
GRAND TOTAL,
6r>8 MEMBERS.
Of the 056 members it rarely happens chat, iUO
attend. The most numerous assemblages known
lor many years, took place when the notorious
the Duke of York's "dear angel' 'J was
examined as a witness at the bar, touching certain
appointments she had made in the. church and army !
at dm time more than 50U members were generally
present ; but the average number does not amount to
jjt'.ss than lUO members often decide ihe mo^t
important questions.
neinb(,rs of parliament do not receive any
n, bv law, for their services ; but it t'i
.it some of them contrive, by selling (Hje.i and
carry on a pretty profitable commerce. Per-
.vo thirds of them are placeman or j-cxiwni'rx,
kind or another at least a majority of the
..-rnber* arc calculated to be so. It is
well known th.it seats in the iiriti-h ho ise of com-
mons are disposed of with as little ceremony ;s bags
1 , and that the ministers dictate to the elec-
tors, as well as the elected, in many cases. Proofs
of these things, and of plain, ilpable bribe
ry, have been frequen-. : to be laid h> lore
the hou.-e, hut ah\ & witr.on' = i.
It is possible a majority of the members }<
i i i_
' on all such subjects, anil would not
' lish a precedent that might biing iheixisclves
:wto diflicultv !
ment, lei in pursue the
The c-ju;:t\ of (\)r>ticu// (sec the table page 11) in
69 inliabitants.
-..mpieiu-nding the city, with H
.d what is call , k t &.c. ti.
year contain .iiantb
\urk-Jttre (win. : into three disti ,
tiu- table p:i<:e 1 1 < .," the san
had a population ol
rs to par!
.- for the comuy 2 ; and two for t-ach o the
following boroughs: Bodinyn, Bossine) , Calling-
ton, Camelford, East Looe, Fowey. St. Germans,
Giampound, Heilestone, St. Ives, Launceston,
L- skeard, Lestwithiel, St. Mawes, St. Michael,
Newport, Penryn, Salash, Tregony, Truro, West
Looe 44.
London (as above) sends eight members to wit :
the city (proper) 4 ; for Westminter, 2 ; for South-
wark (a borough ) 2 ; total 8.
Yorkshi) e sends sixteen members to parliament ;
to wit : for the county 2 ; for the city of York, 2 ;
and two for each of the following boroughs , Aid-
borough, Beverly, Botoughbridge, Heydon, Kings-
ton upon Hull, Knareaborbugh, Malton, Northal-
lerton, Richmond, Ripon, Scarborough, Thirsk
total 16.
ThetownofMancliester,withlOO,OOOinhabitants,
does not send one member. The borough of Old
Sarum, consisting of the ruins of one old house,
standing on a private estate, and uninhabited,* sends
two members !
Mr. Briigh ives a list of 28 boroughs in which
the majority ot the electors i.^ b-Lnv 20 these bo-
roughs send 56 members to parliament.
According to his statement, and there is ercry
reason to believe it correct, 354 members are return-
ed by 5,722 voters.
* For seven years but the king, or rather his
ministers, diswlresit at will. This is always done
the members are troublesome.
Has only 1 i voters Rye has but six
one of the boroughs, was a royal ma-
nor of William the conqueror ; he gave it to one of
his favorites provided he should find litter and straw
for the king's bed chamber, and furnish him with
three eels in the winter, and two green geese in the
summer, whenever his majesty came into the neigh-
borhood. For these supplies, though we hvi- not
heard of their bein; latterly demanded, one person
bus the right of sending two members to par liament.
It is the practice, when a member becomes trou-
blesome to the ministry for his tit lent.;, to attempt to
corrupt his virtue. Thf i HUOIIM l^hniniil Iurkc at-
niemorable nu.tanre- of this but it is n^elrsr,
to particular i 'bey are "as plenty MS black-
berries." A '"' la>t of the Bri-
tish representative v his constituents
he li\ '"id wau a man ot
The mini tcr of the day
(the Dukeoi le) if my memory serves me.
* Except on the day ol election when the own-
er, wilh jMeat gravity, takes possession; appoint?
himself judge o-' insf.ector of the voters ; puts his
own solitary ballot into his hat, and solemnly de-
uch and Mich prisons to be representatives
<>f the pcnple in parliament!
WM.KLYKFr.ISTER BRITISH PARLIAMENT,
97
I .pposrd hy Mr. W. Smith
-
.
I her
K ot m:u:
.
'
tv, he shall have
v other
v
.
ruption,Ch<
ui.l \ ir
1 condemnation,
-
.My an. I |,
iii all
k tor the no<l of the
oes not 1 ...
i forth th.- ;
r or his m
' propose; or .
.
alls ol
dhoniin . c, the
union !
The speaker. The honorable member will do
well ti
which it
in speah
, ll.-.ir, fir ir, h<
elf. la
fer the expi
Here the ci i
became loud,
: conforming to the 01
t:u in ever\
. t;t it, I
willing ;
be not t!
and un,:
.
my po"
I
I
m In
nefi.
98
THE WEEKLY REGISTER THE MAMLUKEir
Canals of France.
< tral canal extends GO rniks,an<J ;
/es a mountain lor the space of about MOOyaids.
In a late work we find a list of all the ca with the V , , m by the
\\ithabrielii- none, with the Atlantic by the Loire, wkh the
the following is an abstrat laiuu-l hy i sometimes call.
menced ent empc or, are among the
gre.v of the kind i:> .
now nearly completed from this e:iutn<
with a good map of th;' count iv l>rfoie him, the
reader will be e imp-ntant
con> when he d< .in the
of that mijitv and powerful empire. It
hew the prodigious efforts
Bonaparte has made and uinlei
t the external ttaliic of his sub-
jects sustained by the naval preponderance of
hi* i .nd.
ly P.\ris with \va
ter, from the river Omcq. It forms a coimmmic -
tion from P .ucn. without the
. ;ig up the Siene, which is nut safe
at all i
2. The canal of tlie Ardennes. This canal con-
nects the Meuse and Aine, by means of the river
Bar. The Rhine thus communicates with the
. Bar, Aine, Obe and Seine ; which greatly
facilities the exportation of Dutch merchandize,
as well as wood from the extensive forests of Ar-
denu
3. The canal from Le Fere to Landrecies, and
from Maubeuge to Brussels-it has several branches.
4. The canal of iS'ievre joins the Higher Loire
with the Seine.
5. The canal of Provins joins the Vonzie with the
Seine intended chiefly to supply Paris with pro-
visions.
G. The canal from the Rhine to the mouths of
the Rhone. This is the most important work ol
the kind yet planned in France, as it connects the
passing
ed the " canal >( the li
The canal of the Gold < o;.-t, or Burgundy
canal, is 150 miles long. It cm'.ri:ts the Saone
with the Vonne,
S. Tlie canal o! in the department of
the mouths of the l\hon-. k is not navigable, hut
turns a vast number of mills and fei tilizes the coun-
try
9 The canal of Douay to Lisle and Lens ; several
improvements are intended to be made to this cant!
which will greatly promote its uselulness. Among
them it ft proposed to unite the Scheldt with the
Summe, hv means of a subterranean passage.
JO. The canal of Lou vain to Maline is 12 miles
long, GO feet wide and 11 deep.
1 1. The canal of Givors connects the Rhone and
the Loire.
12 The canal of Luc. on extends from Lnc.on to
the sea it is only <3 miles long.
13. The canal of Lune communicates with the
sea.
1 t. The canal from the Meuse to the Rhine.
15. The Southern canal, formerly called the
canal of Languedoc. This connects the Atlantic
with the Mediterranean, and is F/.3 miles long. The
basin is at Norouse, the highest spot between the
seas and is 400 yards long and 300 wide hut in
order always to retain a sufiicient supply of water,
there is a reservoir at St. Ferol 24'KJ yards long and
1000 yards wide and 60 deep its shape is triangular
and is enclosed by two mountains and a very strong
bank.
rouse.
German Sea with the Mediterranean,
through a great extent of rich country.
7. The canal from the Rhine to the Seine, al.so
a very important work, with respect to commercial
fcitercourse between theheart of the French empire
nnd Germany.
8. The canal of St. Quintin, with five branches
It communicates with the Sea by the Somme, with
the river Seine, with the Oise, the Meuse, the
Sambre and the Scheldt a mighty and most im
port ant wo: k.
8. The Canal of La Censee is considered as a
iiWanch of the canal of St. Quintin. It establishes
communication between Calais, Dunkirk, Lisle,
(.lOuay, and Pa:i-.
above have all been commenced since Bona-
..artt- w is appointed first consul. Some of them
n<re not yet finished. The following were fully com
tffteted and in use in 1807 some of them are an
-cient works.
l.The canal called Des Alpines, connects the
Durance with the Rhone. It has two blanches.
,inal de Bourdignon is small it connects
, with the Rhone, in the depart.
went oFC
ire, i? 60 miles long. an<! has 42
sluices By means of this work the Loin;:, is
rendered navigable as far as the Seine, a liitle below
4-. Canal of H nick, in the department of the Low
or Rhine, is \Z miles lone commences at Mol-
sheun?nd ends at Strasbourg.
5 The canal from Brussels to Antwerp, forms a
communication between the Seine and the Scheldt,
by m^ans ot the Rupel.
From hence there is an acqueduct to No-
This can.il is the greatest work of its
in Europe it is cut through mountains and carri-
ed over vallies. A full description of it wou!d Jill a
small volume.
16. The canal du Morbihan, connects the Ran-
nes with the sea, and is only about 4- miles long.
17. The canal of Orleans^or du Loiret, connects
the Loire with the Seine it is 5 1 miles long, and
has 30 sluices.
18. Tlie canal of Montargis was constructed in
consequence of the river Lomg not being naviga-
ble from Montargis to the Seine.
19. The canal from Ostend to Burges. There.
are three canals which serve to open a communica-
ion from Burges to the sea, one of which has water
enough for ships of 400 tons burthen. The Basins
are capable of containing 100 vessels. Many rivers
and places are united by these canals.
20. The canal de la Robine, or de PAnde joins
the Southern canal passes through Narbonne,.
and throws itself into the Mediterranean at Nou-
velle.
2 l.The canal de la Rudelle, communicating
with the Rhone and the sea.
Tlie Marnluk.cs of Eg
COMPILED FROM VARIOUS AUTHORITIES
The origin of this celebrated people is given as
follows : in the year 1227, the Tartars residing OR
the shores of the Caspian sea, under the famous
Djenkiz kan, spread desolation and death through
the regions of Asia, as far as the Tigris. Weary
of slaughter, they brought back
great, number of young pu-p
whom they exposed and sold
with them
of both bexes,
as slaves. The
Till-, WKF.KLY REGISTER THE MAMLl'KES.
99
reigning sultan of T-ypt, of th - have a shirt
race, in I2.K>, p.. f the hir.
of the yu
td in miliiary
oblumed the finest body o!
at the
sentlv
put hi
O\CI ill.
li. m.i'ii- like tin- fuimcr, except;
.
tote pan
body in
up and
were conquered
hm, who t
Selin. ; , did not exterminate the
-:hle thai it' lie
rs as the Pachas of
that the di
hi
rev(
ia and chiefs of : Military
corps. Th v.-iit the M
thetrir, The lutu-t t, >ei ve as acheck upon
him, having the ri ct his decrees, and even
to depo ml! turlher to #n.- : cvolt.
he divided E^vpl into twenty-lour pu
Mainlukc a-, the bey, or
or. Thcii ...d balances"
which r ,ecured the sovereignty ot the country for
vrars. The ->ultan aU. 1 tlie ti ihule,
>opa should lway 3 he
; < ice.
exctedingly
the crnpii
^ atii>ii->
i- them-
little defere,, -l.c Dr. -u,
obey.
"If the f;: .mlukes was
the ."..H/
whole I
the appearance of a long
* b.ire net-k an
t 1 with a turban." The n,
cylindrical shape, made of yellow muslin
the Icet they wear socks of \ er, and lip-
hoiit quartets, nlwiy-i liable t
the mud." But the most bin^ulat p i- 1
the mud." But the most singular part 01 tnar ore
or trows,
m to their chin, and so wide that eac;
reach up to their chin, and so wide that eacl
ictive vi
! would not, on any account, ma'K
tion in it. They nrvei but
der tlu i i Bey they were i
:>idet! that that place
thle which could not be taken on hoi-e-
Their hor<<- ->'fnti are as bad
as their own dress. The saddle is a clumsy frame,
vjth wood, leather and it I nich a
behind, c
ahove the hips of the horsemen. T:
from tour to live inche-. T:
t-d, hut they put woolen c!
t.i I -it tt.i whole with a cirt.
.
rn nine to twelve poi:
1 iU of coj
I
se-
cond dcicent. /.
nuance o! '
are slaves,
w.
til
.
'
'
-
1
-
mAtin
dc on:
j cut a
.c apiece of butUr,"
100
THE WEEKLY REGISTER SHEET 8 WOOL,
The art of Usu,.
arm* .-
-ed every n.
vh then
equent
ire killed, for they
; intakes
ijn. " Their
iot their battles,
jvSbery ami plun
'iem total! \
inized cavalry o\
tht-i: v. h >k- live> ha-
; ..nienam-.e ot each
ii.-. pation, KM an
ii , their luxury is exccosivc,
>1 by tluji- masters, as
;< frequently cost
; ic he-it O
. t inkers and jne-
-. Tneir women are al-o giaumd with
j Articles of finery.
The manners of ihe Mamlukes are
reprehended. They commit deliberate
.: jut apparent remo.'se, and are corrupt
-i' deh.uirhery. M. Volnev
-.' of the most horrible pollu
f;arer.:s, and g<:O2r..l!y without
all they regard '* the past
iiave nothing
fuluie." They are cunning, deceifhjl
and i.i cruel, vindictive, and opp:
ii line, so desperately wicked, that none but a
:kecan compare with a Mamluke. Such art
.rn L.i\ pt. Their whole number
xcced 800U yet they so manage tlieii
to keep under check nearly three mil
iion- of people, though always in diead of the dag
gror poisoned cup of each oilier.
Geography.
'i Breckenridge't sketches of Louisiana.
GKNKVIKVE Is at present the principal
of the mine la IMotte, the mine
laggings, the mined on Big river,
others; and is the store house, fiom
..,-Ked in working the mines are
!. a variety of articles. This town was
l).e yeai 1771.
ut one rnile from the Mississippi,
'-.-inches uf a stream called the
"ii a fiat of about one hundred
.,iierth:m the river bottom. Tiiere
ban this, up
wit wSuchihi-i'jvvn begins at present to extend, this is
-u however, and bounded hv a third
Imuk, 'e the level of the river; there are
- e up each bi'atich
irie. VVe;t of the town, and north of
e, the country i.s high and sonicv/K i;
.! is a yellow cl.ty ; in places strew-
ed with horn stone, but produces good corn and
whc.it The timber Ivi.s been in a ^rert measure
,-ifatrnvf >j t-.r t h u&e of the town In front of the
oil (he IVftssissippi there i-, a fine botrorji coiii
ciug from the Gabourie, and extending t ight or
miles alon^the river ; the greater part of th-
cjsUnpe. three miles in width. The common field
under feqce contains about seven thousaiul
-;ixtQeicar t u!e stores, atjd in the course
of the pi- | year about one hundred and fifty
iliii-.ui(i dollar's worth of mei'c.liandi'/.e and pro-
. it for sale. Si. < ienevicve is
i number of buildings have
been en - I nis, and jn
tions a:- i Ii'iiMiii;; .1 r'!iub'-i mon-
course of ihe HL-.V There are t\v<>
yaijs. A vei'y handsome edifice ha> iu-en t
of limestone, on the hill, or third bank, that 1 have
mentioned, and commanding an elegant j-
of the river and the A m, and the
bluff' 1 ' OTI the other bide of Ku^kaskia. This build-
ing i> intendt-d for an academy, and di"
nor to the public spirit of those
were en p j,:iu,vd in M> l.iudabli- an undertaking,
are at pi L'.-'.MU aL a loss for a te tc.her of t:
ni'l dolhrs per annum il
i.'ei) !> thi> ha >
wantcil, and .St. Genevieve is a good sii
Tiit-ie are. two > chools in this town; one i
and tin 1 oihei Kngli<.,h.
The population of this town, ai- ;nbon,
in inr >n-.i(Ic.rah!e villago '>n the. blul)
!vnk.t\vo n. ili..-, below it, amounts to 1,450. There
is about '!>* .-..line proportion of
i he number of Americans is about the
The-e was formerly a village of Pioiia.% below the.
town, but hey left it a few years ago.
, -n.-vieve was formerly built irnmedntoly on
ifii, but the washing a\vay of the hank,
:ind the grvat flood wliich happened about twenty
-0, and is called Panne -des eaux, caused the
inhabitants to elmo-ea higher situ
The principal employment of the inhabitants wns
agriculture, but. there are very few who h:'
also, been engaged in the mine business. This
being a fttld of industry and enterprise open to eve-
ry one, it is h^re that the young men generally
make their dcb'.it on comrneiu-i'i^ bu .iuess fot them-
selves. A number of inhabitants, however, are
chiefly employed as boatmen, or for the purpose of
conducting voyages. There is some Indian tiade,
from the neighboring Shawnanese, Pioiias, and
Dela .vares.
There are a number of wealthy and respectable
fuuilies, and the soti :tv, as in those villages gener-
ally, is pleasant and ag: eeablc. Tlu-re ,n e but few
mechanics; and to those 'hat are industrious and
ingenious this place would give encouragement.
Sheep's Wool.
FROM THE PKMOCRATIC 1'H 1
A CLOT111HII- N<>. i.
TO TO IJ A ( CO I't.AM l.l'-> AM> S H K i; i 1 1KEEER5.
It will he found in Mr. Arthur Voim..
,:ih<rc." in Knglami, lh.it the whole
land in that coiinty is l,bl." having on
iheni nerp of two ft('<i. . ' reedy,
producing :.M ,<>10.(<Ll> pounds of wool, selling at
one sixth of a dollar (m- iii'ren pence sterling) per
pound. The whole value of unmanufactured wool
is ci'SlU.UUO sterling; equal to 3, tX)0,000 dollars.
Thi i, i' our '. \ ),!, would be equal in value
I.) all ihe Anuii< an rof m tbt- I niit-il
," or .s uiillii-ns of dollars.
Tin- <v,-i.,hi' ul t'iM - th-:M the weight
of all the sheep wool vet made in the United iJtutt-3
in an v } ''ir.
When it is ron'-id-red, that the (juantity of l".nd
in f/ineolnshire ',(.. B.) is not u.oi*-. Lha
the land ia P-nn.-y!vani;j, or in New-
York, a tenth of South Carolina, or one twellth of,
THE WEKKLT RECISTEB SHLUP S WOOL.
10!
:e can be no doubt -md which Mr. Ar'.lmr Young's Knglis
to produce 'i.
v applied to
1
: .ihborhoods
our . .iined swamps woulu
states
of the
Lft US i:
care c omit to kill any iambs or
.irs old, and uc shall have
- and all Attend *
,ir with
fill that, the profits on sheep
i in the
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could be employed ad\ i
The
could be made hv littlr ch : cheir
r.d produce great qu i
ir and broken grounds : a good e
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ill tlie
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leather gloves CMI be h:
.el|)hia to: 5 |'0iini
ltd ot met ne cloth.
111. (Jn lh< ' I'.ng
, that
n.'Hi k i
rd ! The-e ptoduce ( ut. five i a rine r
more, per pun,
' Joil!r to / _
(-./ Wool, I llOU'.
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boy, or p.
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u-iling Ir: -mtl Jt>
pound '
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are all
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hand in I, uni
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THE WEEKLY REGISTER SCRAPS AND CHRONICLE.
Tut: ' LMrdayse'n-
-I't, Mr. | .ive a
Amflfigy. The it-: ublic experiment of I v of his method of
Strange thi
extracted liom t; of last
May, under the hc^d i
ha : GL ~'0.
For these eight months we ha' 'ng the
studenls of our u i boy who is ten yeais
and a half o! <. il phenoiTV'nor. The
name of this young scavant is < ' i! \KLES \N
He un. lie languages, history, geograph) ,
and literature, as well ancient a . at the
age ot t W his mot he t
U.ngu- f -d 1 -.1
,f perftction, that he c-u!d
not only li.>. rently, the Encid 01
and tt^ H.uner, but could I.e.- ides speak,
**ilh an asU.ni ? hing lacility, all the living language-
.isl mentioned. Of tins, he, Ut
year, gave such .s.tti-Uctory prools, in a public
examination, which he underwent at the L'niver-
: .it that body honored him with a
;;ia.
Till his arrival at Gottingen
this child had no
other instructor than his father, the cleigyman
ills maje ty the king ol Westphalia, desi
.Id continue to direct the studies
jn to their determination, has granted him a
pension which has enabled him to quit his pastoral
functions, and to accompany his pupil to our uni-
^ . The young Witte is now studying philo
sophv ; he is engaged in a course of mathematics,
and metaphysics, and shows the must hap-
py 'disposition for all the sciences.
' The Mathematical phenomenon. Ilearingsomuch
aaid about this child, the editor sent for him in or-
der to form some opinion for himself, and for the
purpose of giving some particulars to the public, it
any tt.ing should appear worthy public patronage.
Th child appears to be not more than six or seven
years oil, and in nothing, except his power in
..it kable for a child of that age either as
nd or manners. He could not write nor
to enumerate; 1 then put to him
Bothers, the. following questions : a gentle-
man |neseiit having first ascertained the result with
; < n.
Question 1. Suppose 39 apple trees, 13 limbs
!70 apples on a limb, how many apples
in all ^ H-J screwed up bis brows a little, and in 1 i
seconds by a stop watch, gave the answer, .%,190.
Q. 2. What numbers, multiplied by themselves
-^iii j ( , >J'J '<. He said in two seconds there
- which so multiplied, would give
that rfiilt. The gentleman present re examined
md asserted there was. The child in
Btantly replic-i, no, and desired him to try onc<
on this fii-1 he found he had multiple
varied th quv.s'.iuii and asked bin
< iltiplied b> themselves would ;>ro
I'he boy answered, us if by instinct
Jit.
<l. ,J. How many seconds are there in GO years
In halt a minute he answered, 1,K'J -',!<> i,<>'
hillion. eighth and red and ninety tv\o million;,, one.
hundred and .-.ixty thousand.
..us were asked with 'irnilai
-. an.-! uueriy to my astonishment; but I
h^ve not room for them here. When we .
:h? unhr;.rd of powers of thb child, and the taiid.i
hie purj.o-f to \vhich the proceeds ol
are to l.c appropiiated, we cannot but hope i.na,t a
ufagement will be expeikncfed.
[A'. 1 Evening Post.
The managers
t the in.- litiilmn, iu con.iiqucnre of the application
I (.he committee of liLeia: u;e tud -. ieri';--, u,rant*;d
on lor tbij public outplay of the art, with-
ut, however, making tlum-ilves re^poti.siblt- ior
ts characier. The exhibition Look pl.>
assemblage of several hundred ladies and gentle-
Tien, who were astonished and delighted w> h the
esult of the experiment. Four children, two buys
and two girls, all undei fourteen y . bid
>een put under Mr. Feinaigle's care but :
hree days before; he had one o'. the girl., but an
lour and an hall ; and the longest tuition that any
them had lercived was but four hours and a half.
One of them repeated Goldsmith's Hermit bark-
ward and forward, and stated the stanza, the line,
and theorderofany remarkable woid required of him.
One little girl answered to questions in the
nology of the Roman emperors : another multiplied
without slate or paper, two sums ot eight figures,
>y eight, and declared that she had not previously
heen taught arithmetic.
A boy determined the geographical situation in
he degree and minutes, of fifty dillerent cities ;
ind on a planisphere chalked out on a board, mark-
ed down the true situation of places named to him.
Mr. Finchcr, of the institution, also recited the
Mineralogical Tables o Hany, the second part of
which he had taught himself on Mr. Feinaigle's
ystem ; together with the first part of Brisson's
Ornithologic system, and he declared, from his
experience, that the principles of Mr. Feinaigle'3
art, were equally calculated to give facility in the
acquisition and certainty in the retention of the ta-
jles of any other science a fact which was con-
firmed by several gentlemen present, who have
attended the private courses of the professor.
The examinations were carried on by Mr. Disney,
chairman of the literary and scientific committee,
and for a great part of the time, Mr. Feinaigle retired
rom the lecture room. Nothing could be more satis-
artoiy than the result of the experiment : and the
company returned Mr. F. their thanks. [Low. pap.
The Chronicle.
Baltimore, October 12, 1811.
Maryland election for delegates. The election
held in this state on Monday last, for delegates to
the General Assembly, failed to excite its usual
sensibility, from the confidence of one party in its
strength, and the assurance to the other of its
weakness as demonstrated in the late choice of
of Senate. By our next publication, we
expect to receive all the returns, when a lull record
of the gentlemen elected, as also of the number of
vot".,&c. shall be made. The republican majority
in (.be houvr \vill he al.out as large as usual.
The Couit Martial at Frederick-town are slowly
uoing on with the evidence in the case of general
Wtlkhixnn. The te :i imou y i-, very voluminous ; it
is supjio.ed it will be three month-, at least, before
tbcv will be able to j>et tlm-u^h the business.
(lulonel flushing and Major Pike have been sum-
; ;<r tti e<jue-t ot'thf accused.
The Pre; ide-nt of" the United States, under his
l(>ir-rs patent and the grett seal of the 'said states,
hs acknowledged and recognized Monsieur J^es-
catfier, " as consul genei.i) ot his Imperial and roy-
al majesty the F.mperor of the French and king of
Italy, to the United States of America."
THE WEEKLT REGISTER CHRONICLE.
103
A considerable body of Ameri i <rd the
fourth of July, with ^reat glee, at MOM
Canada. Among the toasts drank on that occasion
tue following are wot thy of remark :
Our country May she never doubt the fidelity
of her absent sons in the hour of danger.
Your children be^t know your
r. home d '.earing spirits.
.ericans May you all be ready at
your c ill.
Brother Jonathan* May his great "tin be loaded
with true American principles, >i irai
uited at the enemies of li
by the British, that they are noticed in the
.> mere at i dligence, arising from
.re of tttings ' the uhjlc seabelon.,
v."
i that a great deal of
mana-
r.uiopr, \v
troops,
United States. They
the business to a science ; and r
- . law, by putting
.ill armed
.
uiklin never b. ,plr are d. raud-
1; and our own manufacturers dbappoir.
. ts there it my c
>ne (e pluubus unum) the motto of the
The American Constitution The greatest pforr
of human in^cn afe^uard of our union,
and l\t?
have a speedy and
KCC doodle More powerful than the shouts
of ram hich brought down the walls ol
t Jericho.
Th British merchants trading to the United
i the "Aim-tic. rnerch int->' -
have t.
i revoke the orders in council on
ed that the French decrees have
ect. It ap a Kite Lon-
i >*t they applied to Lord Kuthut
?nient of the board oi trade; and, on In- affecting
to doubt whether said decrees were revoked, they
lute ka
their calrul.-
Kinj; Ji.>-'i'h Ijas i-^ued a decree convoking the
Cortes of all Spain to 1
Castile. They are r t in the j>rv
The congress of the new rqnil.lic of Ven
mher-i, dfi the several
ti ,-m <
M<i id Margarita 1 ;
Total
tful conflagration. Two thirds of the city
Smyrna was destroyed by fire between t!
and 1 Uh of June last. The
mnse magazines of goods, particularly of cott-n,
fell a prey to the flames; and, in consequence *
jreat rise of the productions of the Levantt .
ken place in Europe.
.i city of Natolia, or .\-\a. Minor, is
-paciousbay oi the Med terranean, and
has one of the most commodious harbours in the
The city has been several times nearly de-
. licinj; the common t .
that part of the world, and
that,
but one ot the dquita 1
ship a
ihe itatc oj the. ,
'
ic greater pa
u?</A f lie tame fjfcct.
press, from Oporto, arrived at
PhiKvi-
and robbed of 1500 do
ofot', ist.
I
tree* and her!
It was
the whole town
The :
.
'or?, or
:!d br incrrdil'V.
tion f
and d
epith-
unini-
m thr
deserts, and <
-
a at ran.'
grrat .\
rpose Tho?e I
10-1
THE WEEKLY UF/JISTEB CHKOM-
he people : ind n
of them, i
-
nia --
i every iiuin
ihe .
'i-oni the "Time
punted ai " St. I'r.ui
.illed. The
I ii'g the 01
r re in
\ been claim
iin.
; '//7>;*7?f%
OUI.K.VNS,
t'ltncL I M.I Tit
\\~\\ Llic legislature of the
y of Orlean-, pa^-ed tin the 21th day o!
ot this present year, 1MI. tire. biennial elec
ilivt'j to the general assembly, is
ike p\3Lce t .otithefirM .UuWai/ in October
(wo following <Jai{* ; 1 do, therefore,
.!.-> my proclamation, hereby requiring that
,j aforemtdf be holdtn in the >tver.u
ountu-s of this tei r, lory, and that there shall be
-i from the county of Oi leans, six repre
.. the ;;etieially aasemhly ; t'i om German
tw . ; A<M:lii, two; La Fourchc, two;
i", two, Aitakapas, two; Opeloiis.is, two;
: wo ; Kdpide, two; Concordia,
ill a, one ; Natchitoche.s, one ; and from
icianaynv; rcjm-^-nuitice,.^ of which
lined lhn\- iioin the parishes of
i<l ieliciana; one from the
i -lena and St. Tammany, and one
from the parishes of Siloxy and Pac;:;. :
And i do further direct and requite, that due
he ^ivenot the times and places of election,
.a i he several counties and parishes aforesaid, and
'.iiit the same be, under the direction of the parish
iij'1 other oUicern, conducted in the manner
pointed out by " An act prescribing the formalities
to be observed in the election of repi e*ent;tive.a of
;iie territory of Orleans," pas*<-d on the 4th of June,
-ni " An act supplementary" to the last men-
. passed on the 1 Uh April, J807.
u under my hand, and the se-ilof the territo-
ry, at New.'Oi leans, on the first of August,
eighteen hundred and eleven, an.'l iu the 3Glh
year of the independence of the United States
. .
WILLIAM C. C. CL A I BORNE.
person ii eligible or qualified to
i representative, unless he .-hall have been a
iti::en of the United Slates three years, and be a
t in the distiictor tenitory ; or u<;,
shall have resided in the distiict thiv.'. year-j ; and in
either cose shall likewUe hold in hi* own li^ht, in
t 1 \\\'\ within tne-<n>.- "
> man is entitled to fhc n^hl
.e shall po-ssess a. freehold in 50 auie^ of ! in !
District or territoiy, having been a citizen of
one of the states, am! : . ;nt in the d
or the like freehold, and two yea;-j a resident in the
By an act of the legislature, it is made the duty
Ot the judges or com ,n, "to
raiwe the title of property of the voter to be exhi-
bited, or in defect ut such title, to administer to
11 swear that he
! ind in tnetetiilfi:
1 '//
.'t' ti\e.
rouncil at l ! -iii.-, liad l)ei-n resui i'- was
-uppo-- .n.ui^'-iufiit would at lcn_
agreed t})tin i>y Napul^on and tlir :
Monitetus of tin- liMh, and otli- ,.ers of
h, were received tliis niornui';. The .Mointi-ur
.it the I'.Hh contains th% following declaration made
by Ijonaparte, in reply to an address from a deputa-
tion of the Ionian
" 1 will never abandon the i-lamls which the
siipeiiority of the eiiemv has placed in their power.
iiniia,in America, in the Meilitei ranea
;(/ onel/iu> n u W h i<. lf.cn I'rcuch dm 1 1 always be so.
Conqueied by the enemy, by the vicissitudes of war,
they shall return into the empire by the other events
of the war, or by the stipulations of peace. 1 should
always consider it as an eternal blot upon my reign,
it I ever sanctioned the abandonment of a single
Frenchman,"
The king of England was alive on the 2'Jth Aug.
It was expected that the Bi kish parliament would
assemble in October for the chief purpose of invest-
ing the prince of Wales with foil jjowri
ces from off Flushing it was undei stood in Kr
that the French rleet, consisting of 17 sail of the
ne and rnanv frigates, had exhibited some appear-
ance of putting to sea. The French h-ive. also 3
ships of the line at Goree, and 5 in the, Tex-
part of the Meet at Toulon ventured fiom (he port
in the beginning of August, but returner) on the
appearance of a British squadron, which exchang-
ed some shots with the batteries :
The king it seems was not expected to survive
many days. All th*i ceremoni-'h u-etl in the. pro-
clamation of a new sovereign had been prr[:u ><! and
arranged, and the principal officers in the College
o ( Arms and other departments concerned, frud re
ceived notice accordingly. | A !' paper-
Another Account says "the king still lives, and
many people think he may continue in his present
itate for many years."
The Editor's Department.
\VY h-ive prepared for the press a translation of a
" ma if> $to by tn confederation of Icnvzuela, to the
whole world" :in article of much interest, and well
worthy of record but its great length and the pre-
occupancy of our pages, prevent its insertion in
this number.
The//i'</on/ of-Vpain, from circumstances beyond
our con' roul.is not continued in the present number,
11 be resumed in our next.
Tin' .-(iitor tenders hi> thinks to gentlemen at a
distance who have interested themselves in obtain-
i.ig subscribers to the WKKKLV REGISTER andof
ind all others wtTi di-uobed towards him or
iii.i work, reqi'.e^rs infotmation of irregulatilies or
h yet there are. He will be
thankful top (.0 give him notice of whatso-
v promote the speedy or safe conveyance of
to its places of destination. They are
packed up with uncommon care, and ougktto reach
subscribers without being injured.
Among other good things'* we have the plea-
c u: e to Register the names of 140 subscribers since
the last week, present number 2111.
THE WEEKLY REGISTER.
TOL. I.]
BALTIMOR] ilPAY. OCTOBER 19. Ksll.
I and pub -feet, ne^ ehattts'Cbffi H
p.o other herald
Otis',
41 To keep mine hon : motion
But
C HV.NRY VIII.
A
.1 /,ucla, in South
h iujlut:nced t/iem in (he for
I _ >. j,ii-cr
up a ID be published by ihe. gcnd
:c United 1'
than three ccnturi-
if nt i-'
tiie political . without the
i lu-ipatiun in her grandeur,
of i-veiits in
. ;tim of the contusion, corruption and
have disoranize the nation,
if an in^tin. \vn security
; to the AHUM i cans, that the
had
. m
v should lulmr to re-M) the
re hundred years of inactivity and pa-
If th' . N \\ \Vnrld was one of
to mankind, t!
Deration of tin- s n:.-- world which h.i^ \>-
v'li ;uid sei viliuic, \\ II
-ing through
)ie poi:
. ha\ ii)^
iu t i;i.| li.iin<;, will, in it-, tin n.
i without invading or en>Ij\
.
b -le hiituan race, whrii COIUltltated
ot the ri-hta which linked the s'.
iu.\ni\ ul ihe palace, the nr.
iriomph "i ifice, .nd the oj . ue : n>
I
i'.ed by it, UK- x
-oil ne\v and
a bebeficeut iliiit..u', t!-.,-
ui i
<!
.^r,
I
MI, ail, all act-
every evil, and unuori..
principles of ^uci-
Irom her chains, that -lie mi-ht ily to ii ,
i us of evil and u:
'-i-ntful pride oreupied thr
cion and prudence : arnhitiun triumphr '.
raUty : and, substituting iV^ud and pci :',
\eiy aim- by which, in tlu
our attachment. * h.ul ( :i
u"-iirt and tiiuir.ph over lu
banner-
wit h no nt! i I:c i t( lc
.
pom uj'on !
fraternil
to di-">
tl ueii..ip
'
, astro
'
of an
i
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lOG
Till. WEtKLY UEGISTKU- -MAMlI.SfO OF CARACAS.
is no^v ' : th< F< ility ot the nth. i Kiiih. There was no c> i
iTn peninsula ouuUl oppu-c th
nation, j ad verse to the j>,
and e* ' iio--t)litH->. against which could iavor tlii.- .j uee-
. but they have ahe.K. '.nud f'm f -\ . Tin- ,,
hi'-ag'.in.-t ticti of tin- ,,-ial t.. t!i- fcU
. oin -dignity than there was ID 1;.\\ IMI- \\ill in <
;..ill oppo~- is the inicu c| .ting and opening the papers add
which, )."th of Julv. 1808, have drawn
;:ie l'.':h of April, 1MO,
I 1 . uhich three epochs
by don IVlio (iun/.ali.-, Ortega tu the nnual jun-
ta : tlu> earrylng our cili/en- out of I In ^.- j
and confining them at Cadiz and P-M'O Kn-<
:i are in our di-gracc, and seek to take
.i.-puU 1 , hear and judge ; and le*
-olcnin act oi' our just,
.!!. tnoi'-.-t emancipation.
i...l>it of obedience, the apathy which
'-tied, -.ind the fidelity and good
faith ol 'vcre for the moment superior to
i : and even after the despatches
,t Murat had hcon received, the
is coMiii>in.d faithful, \vithoutforc-
he evil- to wbicb such generous and nolA
M'l expose t!\eii). Influenced only by
of honor, Venezuela, refused to follow the
voic*.- of tlic nobles of Spain, when, in support oi
of tbe kingdom, they
knowledgment of tbe new
declaring and pub
>i fnc
exacted irom us the
id the oth'-r -rtf
that Spain had commenced a new existence
;:oniciit of the cession of the Bourbons
a. id tiie iiuiodiiclion of ;uio:her dynasty, giving ar
example tiu-n-uv to America for the recovery o
.
J in the records of i : and condemning to public labor a great i,
> the impartial pencil of hi ciii/.ens, dragged ! >me-. nnuer
the political exist- 1 Various pretext^, wi'hout even the form of a judg-
'- ! '
. in our manifestoes and pub
:.ll ou: and all the just and honorable
.:ploved to carry them int
it. will su!:ice to ni.ike an ex i.'t and impartial com
of our conduct, with that of the govern-
in more recent times ; to ju-tifv
teration, our measured of security,
our incie;i'.':uK-ncc, but even the declaration of an
irreconcilable enmity against those who have di
or indirectly contributed to the unnatural
. adopted against us. Let those, who have
ncnt: i evoking ami Mi^|,eiu!l;;u, ilic det<
of the audience, whenever they were not conlorm-
il.K: to their caprice and will; ^ppoi'i
contrary to the will of the council ; <MU ing
their ofiieer.-, to be. received without titles or amho-
iving iiniiieron, :;1 di-jnites with
theaudienceandthecounc.il: and then t'oirnint; a
reconciliation with the ; d th it
these despots might with the greater impunity car-
ry on their project against ;i> . *
Under these auspices, the defeats and misfortunes
of the army in Spain were concealed ; pompous ac-
count.-, of' their triumphs over the Fiench in (he pen-
insula and on the Danube, were forge-d and promul-
gated ; the streets wen- iliuinia;:.
made ; the bell> were rung, and n II p-o-'-
tituted by singing Te Drum, as if to insult Provi-
dence and render our evils perpetual. Tint no Lu^e
might he left us to reflect upon our situation and
discover the snares which surrounded us, coi
cies were formed, parties and factions were ie
French squadrons and emissaries were said tio
our seas, and on our shores ; our intercourse. \\\\\\
the neighboring Colonies was restrained and limited ;
our commerce was destroyed; all with a view to
keep us in perpetual agitation, and divert our atten-
tion from our true Interests.
Our patience now alarmed, and our vigilance
awakened, we began to mistrust the government of
Spain and their agents : informed of their intrigues
and machinations, we discovered ail the honor of
our situation : the genius of truth raised above the
thin atmosphere of oppression and calumny, point-
ed out to us with the finger of impartiality, the true
her lifK'rly and independence ;* but a-, .-.oon as the j state of the peninsula, the disorder oi the goveni-
i junla saw that we were determined to pro-, ment, the exertion of the inhabitants, (.he furinida-
vide tor our o\vn safety, they beg.'ii to vary their, ble power of their enemies, and the small hope
.\Vitv; they perfidiously held out j of their salvation. Shut up in our houses, sur-
tan of our fidelity : the simple | rounded with spies, threatened wilh infamy and
transportation, s-aree could we lament our situa-
tion, or do more than murmur in nst our
vigilant and crafty enemies. The con.-onaiiee. ot
vf.il T'l-'ijcct of Caracas to follow
at of Spain. 4 was with deeeiJ'nl
led \-.\ '.' I/:: i;i : and a nvw kind of des-
n to be estaldi.-Iud by those who usurp-
ty.
rnoi.f and judges, instructed to
our sighs, breathed in bitterness and oppression,
created an uniformity of sentiment, and united our
opinions : enclosed by the. four walls of his house,
an. 'I support a n -. linst Amei ica according land allowed no external communication; thecitizen
;n>iicy Of the other hemisphere, were scnl out of Caracas could do no less than think that the mo-
iLhc surp;i-.e which our unexpect- j ment was coine when hr sho'ihi !< lorrvei' free, or
f\ generosity hud caused to f.lic C'-ntral junta. Am-'givc his irrevocable sanction to a new and hon i'.lc
; cunning were all the resources of their
i": ail a..l::iir.'. the umpire expos-
: ;:\ithoritv depending- upon that of
their con^titiie.its, they -thought of nothing but to
support each oiher under the shelter of our delusion
B several papers which were published in the
i uocment of the revolution in Spain.
7 The project oT the year 1808 to form a conser
votive junta as in Spain.
servitude.
1-A-ery thing conspired to shew the nullity of the.
transactions a.Bayonne,tbe invalidation ot'ti-e rights
of Fernando ,and of alltheBourbons who had roncur-
red in certain illegal stij)nialions : the ignominy with
which those who had placed them on the throne in
3 A receiver of lin^s and confiscations.
* Of all this we have authentic tejlimony in our
archicves.
THE WEEKLY REGIS! ! D Or CAR.4C
t j the pretensions of thehon n ui' manki:; i, \v~> thi d.iy
.
tica, to
'
MS, ar
> army
. impi to.siou w lich Lhc
(>0li Li.L-
tak* I'
->"aill, til"-.
Venezuela, t)
and tv i
\Viio would h >
irii li^hl
Milli! lh<
,onl of
i to
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in the testimony of our j;
ami tli-.- moderation of pur j i hoped
i he rea-Oi .-.ncy of
the necesjily ot ou 1 ' resolution were ;
. t the nolile
di>po.Mti.>n which not to become the
*!!( mie- oi'uur oppre-r-.-ed ami untu. ti;n.ue biethreii ;
fl i.-hcd not lo con
tint 1 ti, ; iiing. ami the un-
i,"/. no la
. to the
! round of in-i
ho tih mil of generosity,
moderation, ami patience, on her own. This is
the IP. i.'ig epoch in the history of our
much as its events furnish a con-
to our cause th.it we must hop
judgment of r
. ive no
.
cmr political trail
tion u ..-11 into our hands new motives to
in. In every ihip which arrived from
a-.il lu'W agents funii-hed with
i-ti uchi-tv-, to support the cause of ambition
and eriiily : v. ith the. same view, pernjission was
id other Europeans to relui'n
.1 din;, in the voracious hands of
inent the. public funds which might seive in a tinivi
ses of the nation,
but they apj cul- d to the generosity and sensibility
lit the people, by publishing in their guzette.i, the
plaintive manifesto of i which ihc
nation wa- i 'cprc>enled a> in the last extremity.
The deputies, < t tlie regency for Q.uito, St. Fe, am?
PKIU, were hospitably receivi
and their pecuniary wants satisfactorily supplied.
But we waste too much time in analysing the daik
ami suspicious conduct of our enemies, though all
their efforts have been insufficient to destroy the
triumphant influence ol ours.
The haughty masters of our territory were not
the only ones who were authorised to support the
Me plot of their constituents : the agents uf
.(.is and of the regency inundated America,
and bound in u maduavehun compact of political
freemasonry, mutually aided and a
other in thair combinations against the ha;
and political existence of the New World The
island of Porto Rico was soon made the den of the
hellish agents of the regency ; the rendezvous of all
their expeditions ; the head-quarters of all the anti-
American forces ; the workshop of all the impos-
peii .iuti. () to join in the war] tines, calumnies and threats of the regents; the
refuge of the infamous, and the harbor of a new
:u;h: Orders were issued, under
cting war, which deprived the
cry piivilegc. 6
ve tilled with triumphs, victories,
-and ,u '. Meats farced from those who were
MI resolution; and under these
vcrest thieaL- p<>Jifir;.il inquisition with all its hor-
1 those who held, receiv-
ed, or read a-iy other writing'*, whether Spanish
e, than those which immediately pro
fru;n the regency: w th the most scanda-
lutt- in .!i.'cku'ed void a dec: ee \\liich
encour '.;r i our commerce and agriculture, and
iie authors and promoters of it ; at the
same time that Lh'-y exacted supplies from ail class-
mallest account oi their ap
plication ; in c <iil--;npt of public faith they c.iut-ed
the whole correspondence of the country to be
opened \yn ;.iion, an outrage proceeding
; e despotism o^ Godoy, and adopted only to
rentier still -nore tyranuic'il their despicable, system
company of freebooters, that none of the calamities
of the sixteenth century might be wanting to the
new conquest of America ui the nineteenth. The
Americana oi' Porto Ilico, overpowered by the bayo-
nets, cannons, chains and fetters which emcv:-
passed them, were compelled to add to their o\v \
evils and misfortunes the painful necessity of con-
tributing to ours. Such was the condition of the
Americans condemned, not only to be accessary to,
but to assist in the destruction oi" each other.
The conduct which Spain observed towards
America appeal's much more harsh and insulting
when compared with what it was in respect to
Fiance. It is notorious that that pot tion of the
country which resisted the new dynasty had many
decided paitizans among those who were distin-
guished for ihv-.ir rank, employment* and enlighten-
ed under-.tandiiig ;1 yet, notwithstanding, there
was not one to be found, among them, anxious a,s
they were for the libe-ty, ::;.:. pi-ndence, and rege-
.iu.-.t America. In a word, they ueration of the peninsula, willing to excuse the
in experimental knowledge of the {conduct of the American provinces; who actuated
, ihev had adopted to perpetuate our slavery, j bv the same principles of iidclUy and national in-
lime W.nc.>,uela become her own ; tegritv, sought only to preserve themselves from a
in tin-
mistress, thought nut of imitating ' he. <leU-st<ibie dependence on those illegitimate, imbecile, and
conduct of the n-geucy and th-ir a^ei^s ; content ' turbulent governments formed alU-ma 'ely by the
ier fate against the ambition ' agents of the king or representatives of the nation.
te government, and' An ostentatious liberality and pretended patriotism
of >n it;:r s;w. and iilegitima
place-i t .of the teach of thoir
dark and-\vi;h respect
the exhausted, disorganized, and
. sr'.itrncs, she endcavoied to pro'"C ' almost conquered country of Spain, and parsimony,
by h.-. '..e for peace, friendship and sust jcion, piejudice and pride in regaid to the
intv course wiih nci I'.mopean brethren. Those noble, generous and faithful Americans, character-
who u- i ;tmoi)^ n^ were treated as such, ised the conduct of the cofHes. The treasons, in-
aml ' the politica], civil, and military I trigues, commotions and distarhances in the T'evo-
employmen^s either remained or were placed in the I lutioo of S;>,Vm, \ve: \- passed over as unavoidable
hands uf Europeans, \\ith a frankness and c-ndour
but too fatal to our interest : cur coL'ers were gc-
n erou.-.ly O|>ened to supply the luxury and extrava-
gance of our tyrants : the commanders of their
ships we.:e received in our harbors, and aided in
^he execution of their respfftivi- commissions ; th-
^{Tencos of one of them were even submitu-d to the
judgment of the Spanish government. The gov-
' junta of Caracas assigned their reasons for
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ciicumstances ; but none of the provinces which
ie>U(! contejitod under the Frencli dominion weru
V < ne/.nela : their conduct was scrutinised
and judged according; to the motives and en rum-
stances which dictated it, and conformably to the
P.Jcs of war ; hnt m-ne of them have yet bcew de-
clared traitors and rebels, and for none of them bus
a public commission of diplomatic incendiaries
? Morla, Azanza, Osirill, Urquijo, Mazarrcdo.,
and many others of all classes and professions.
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created, to arm Spaniard
' civil war, and devote to dl
would not. bj'.v to the name of Ferdinand VII.
.lemaed tu
example*! mi->e:
that the independence
P iiiry in Spain ll.ai,
t
[ lin^t it : the IKI
council of Inu'ia
ould not ivthilv emploved than in the
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^ol ini'[U"
>nd .a! t 1 . of conquest
i: under tin-, name we d with
ho had abandoned
i- name they Nought to
.i-h il-.>npr:ion in Am
! phenomenon even in
the da. 01 the
.11 am Uw he made to hind u-> to
i the torrei
,fm-i-lv e- hi-- representativi
i ii* in lii^ n uii'
. .irkriowl<
duct, the name u! all con-
( and respect amon^ '
>ntent with
c.ilutn
: i h:- voluntary
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Dfl which the new
in haxl ah led from the re-
li\^ (. rni:i>
enily t- i '->\ the bonor of haying faithfully
. u inch had
hoard the .id Vil.
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( :d that no insu! .r;^, he
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of our ruinous and urn of generosi-
every
iif n- -i.il forced '
t.i the declui.: .c l.">th JuK .
horrid
transactions at Quit.). IVM-.iiui i t I*.,/. : :,:,d.
I
liui, M iiimala at.
t": om I!n ,!.n .1 : unil
((> our i a.. : ' .1 and
or.i cond
; il nun in Knrope ; am!
h of our princip!
;n! h run ^
waited hut to endure i
t'ie p tiniul le-oiution of breaking oil' uur i.
tion forever with our brethren.
.\inii done no more than imitate many
u, and e\eici-e
iad l)-en eeied to il in eoiniHon with all
f he .-ounrtl o! i:avin_
ii.'d n.. oiiui dr-i-n than what t me Uw
B, and relieve the i
labour of uitendh
it) w. r: without having broke our uni'.
.-.il intent ify wifli Spain : without having d.
e miiiht ani ou^ht to have iloi.e, l!.,
rights of Ferdinand : without i!ei-nn
ou)' demands and i eijui-itiuns to tin- \
nation, we were declared in .1 ftUfa >-i HI
nounetil as tr;iito4's and leln-ls ; ;ind licprivi-d ot
our commerce and communication with [.
-.vhich
malinitv of In ait eonld dictate, and vucha^ wouKl
. .1 the dt-situts of Inili
and an: 1,01 i-ed. .is wHIap]
September, IMti ; ami,
\ii:h tl.- : i
eator w;i >rnt out, w !
than t! . i funiid. i -
f)lace. p.^u-vl himself .it .
:n ihr name of .
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Tiu- mission of Cdrtabarria in llu
centui ;
t. demonstrates how blindly am
leads on tho^e w -iuiL tl.e
.nv the
fountain of all authorit
the memory of Cortes : 1 the name*
of Montezuma and Atahualpa, involuntarily pre
i when we
uiiliv uhich had
uni" 'minion and
had promised to continue
tion of the interior of the empire u*a> shackled ;
the productions of the departments of its centr*
could only reach the sea, bv pa\ii;g t.il.ute to fo-
reiga power-,. '1. i-..\e disap-
peared Tiie maritime ai serial of the
Sciieldt, on which such gi cut. hopes .- e fomu'ed.
ived in this m.tuner all the extension it
might to po^ess. The mouths of the Ems, of tlie
all
Germany furnishes. The fron-
tiers of the entire le m o'n the Baltic, and thus
r, and of the Elbe, place in our possession
the timber which Germany famishes. The fr
'-uMii. > >n than being free, tha * direct communication with the north, it
lave:- u-h the m.-iit of fidelity. J will be easy for us to draw from it the spars, the
:up, the copper, and other nav:il stores which we
y ; and that, howe
..lit.-! \\l:u h the
may liave OCCasiott tor. We now command all the
materials nece^saiy in the constructing of ships,
.ild not be i many and Italy.
T.'u- Simj Ion having become French, secures to
.id toe titles jus a new communication xvith Italy.
,;,btii.i, could have! The reunion of Rome has caused to di
the inconvenient intermediary spice which existed
betwuen our armies of the north of It.tlv an
of the south; and has given us on the' Mediterra-
nean new and useful c.oa-ts, necessary to Toulon,
no ot!u of coMqiu.-t which
- t<. the crown. Inde-
'epopulation of the territory, (he
n of the natives, and the. 'munition
thefury of conquest was I aa those of the Adriatic ate to Venice. The re-
d : the continen- 'union canies also with it, the double advantage,
;m declared in favor of Spain : the feudal that the popes are no longer sovereigns, and sti aug-
ment from the reign of the Bourbons in ers to France. We have only to examine history
;iyed and annihilated: and all right to discover the evils which the confusion of the
which had not its origin in theconceesigns or edicts I temporal and spiiitual powers have occasioned to
.f the prince being annulled, the original conquer-
rs of course were suspended from theirs. If the
invalidity of the right which the Bourbons arro-
vvn, the tiJe by which the descendants
r>( the conqueroi - <1 the country must be
religion. The popes have incessantly sacrificed
holy things to those of a temporal nature.
It was not the divorce of Henry VIII. that separa-
ted England from the church of Rome ; it was the.
rn.ir.uTi: to St. Peter. If it is advantageous to the
O
i : net in ti: of i.!ie original proprlo- state and to religion, (hot the pope should no longer
tor?, but to rentier equal the enjoyment ot liberty, be sovereign, it is equally advantageous to the ern-
property and independence, with greater right than } ire, that the bishop of Rome, tlie chi^f of our
the Bourbons or any other to whom they have ceded church, should not be a stranger to us, and that he
t, wilhout tlie consent of the natural lords should unite to tlie love of religion, that of the
country, which characterises elevated minds. This
is, besides, the only way to render compatible. tl\e
just influence which the pope is to have over spiru.
tual matters, with the principle? f tho empire,,
which do not permit that anv foreign bishop may
or do exercise any influence in it.
RELIGION. The emperor is satisfied with the
spirit that animate* all his clergy.
The attention of the administration has been di-
rected to the wants of the diocese. The establish,
ment of secondary ecclesiastical schools, cormnoi.lv
c:i'!ed a malt seminaries: the foundation of a g-c.;t
many large seminaries of the most advanced *tu
dies; the re-establishment of the churches wherevir
they have been destroyed, and the coupletement
of several great metropolitan sees, the building of
which had been interrupted on account of the
revolution, are manifest proofs of the zeal that the
government bestows on the splendor of worship and
prosperity of religion.
Religious dissentions, the consequence of our po-
litical troubles, have entirely disappeared ; tbe.ieasc
no longer- in France but priest* in communion with
i heir bishops, and united in llieir re.iis; iou.s princi-
ples as they are in their attachment to their go-
vernment.
Twenty-seven bishoprics having been vacant
for a long time, and the pope having refused at
two different epochs from ISO.") to 1807, and from
1808 to the present time, to execute the clauses of
the concordate which obliges him to institute the
bishops nominated by the emperor, this refusal had
rendered the concordate void ; it no longer exists.
The emperor has therefore been obliged to coil-
America does not belong to the Spanish
territory is a principle of natural law and equity.
None oithe tule^ wiu^h exi.st of its slavery whether
]iist or unjust, can appiv to the Spaniards of Europe ;
iuid all trie liber.iiity of Alexander VI. coulii do no
more, than declare the Austrian kit)j,s promoters oi"
the faith in making them.->eh'es masters of America.
Xeither the title of metropolis, nor mother count/ y,
ran grve the right of signiory to the peninsula of
Spain : the lirst was lost from the moment the
s acknowledged by the Americans,
Iril it aud renounced his rights ; and the second
... ridinilous abuse of terms, just as con-
sistent as that of liling our slavery, fe/icih/, the
of India, i\i u!t'rt>-r.'i, and the Americans,
without either right or civil dignity, sons.
[TO UK CONTINUED.]
French Empire.
Paris,
1811.
EXTRACTS FROM THE FKE.NCIi EXi'OSB
Of the si'tiatioti oCthe I'lenra empire, ])resent( < d to
the
body, in k.s .sitting of the 29lh of
June, by his, excellency the comte de Montaiivet,
minister of the interior :
GENTLEMEN, Since your la.it session, the em
piic has been increased by the addition of sixteen
<ic-tMitments, five millions of population, a territory
ing a revenue of one hundred millions, nine
hundred miles of coaiit, with all its maritime re
sources. The mouths of the Rhine, the Aieiise,
and of the Scheldt, were not French ; the circula-
THE WEEKLY REGISTER FRENCH EMPIRE.
Ill
'.I the bishops of the empire, that the at their prosperity. T! . have been
.cans of providing tor tin ry where ; it i a that thev
antl ot" i ominatin to , should i ere kept letter at any time.
be
. ::cant. in confo
1 .! in .ill the
centuries that preceded the concordat
I, and Leo. X. lor it i-
:-. not to he ahle to dispense with the i:
and iiiL-sion of bishops.
Tim- hat famor.-
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the mi
contended, and which Kd t ;
noil of s>tat .<_'unt yearly
;iS.
aim tt. attend th<
The in-ention ot H. M ia thai
sisters : \tiairs, under the civ
of their !one have the j <
in 1 >1 ll.iir dio-
and m : ii;t the k<i. uh.u-
and po r wh.it
: ioi th it is to the
. : is tlvtt the slate
i'ii \\iii have so much influence
MI that of r :ied.
i, nor ought to be, exempt from tin
ion.
v been erected in $:\
they arc ahea!y in i \ , ihiit\-
\iwo ; and it
W.uit \ t L
further im;>n i a.s woi ;.
may then
es.
: e and the.
{'ranee.. Th.
ie emperor and
pope, as the chief of religion, aiid
has been sepcrated from
.-rimes
pointed out by (lie p<
The la' i united
civil and CM imperil!
of pursuir
a: nuil them with the necessary
force to c.ui-e th. mainte
ntalion
1 1 id new
In n , II. M. has
-f the former
-nil knowledge qualified
LI tin impel iai i-oui I?. , l.e lias
'hem to it 'tm^ ivin^ .1
constant d
:nd lini^li to Llend t!u ;
oi" their f i of the
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to i\?k
of Holland, that .
M >hius of the line.
We hav
. Division < line, more or
less strong, lie in o>:r ditiercnt poits, ami
ships in the docks of Antwerp.
! to each year ai;;e:it m:i:
ships of war to our fkvt of the Scheldt. Two >l,i|,s
of the 1
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-. before the close of the \
L'Oii.nt,
, Toulon, has docks
!> are bui
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of mcr. tinate watspsUin France
[oninsiih of S;
oar lavor and Enghnd i* plireJ be'Wfen the ruin
ot' herpopu: \ maintain'.
war, 01
so conspicuous a
France his eight hundred thousand men under
and when new forces new armies, march
t.iwai' : -H-mie-,
four h . 'iid ritty II.
ravalrv, "ill remain in our inU i ; >-r, on our coasts,
and cm irch f oi the di
!1 he threatened. T:ie
K'.UJ- i- deela-.-ing that, in a fc<
ternative will he left lint that of bankruptcy. This
observation i^ everv day made by di-cei ning men ;
at caeh campaign it will become yet mote .-Inking
to all the capital;
\VY are in the fourth year of the Spanish war :
and though it should la>t a few
nmi'e cam]'
Spain shall he suhdued and the English diivr
it. What are ale*. > con^olidat* tin
empire, and to secnv tin- tranquility of our chil
dren ? It is not that the government is n
. but il cannot he made, so 1 ag
>l England are greeted hymen who have <i
contin - kept up mthtne g-Tai 'iieir determination of carrying on a perpetual war :
pdennining the basis of the 'and what would such a peace be to Fiance, without
tinanc :iui. Alrc.uiy !> _uarantee ? Ui two y.ew the English fleets would!
rent. ; In ' outlet-' *ot
their p P'li'i ot" t,\
\\ is but
ju>t in '. If continued for ton years, it
would aio '. I ') Jj ' )'
|{ i rev fell Mnidn' on the prodiue of
'iat of the commerce of the world.
Even MOW lie; factories are half clo.-ed. In vain do
'^lish hope from procrastination, and the
i-xcited by her intrigues, that outlets will be
'. to her commerce. As to France, the conh-
nen'al sv.stem has not altered in the least her posi-
tion we have been for ten yen > w t'lout maritime
commerce, and we shall continue without it.
prohibition of English goods on the conti-
nent has opened a market to our manufactures ;
should even that failthem, the consumption of the
empire presents a reasonable support. It belongs
to our manufactures to regulate themselves upon the
of si.xty millions of consumers.
The prosperity of the imperial treasury is riot
founded on the commerce of the universe. More
than nine hundted millions that are necessary to
meet the expcnces of the empire, are the result o<
natural direct or indirect impost. England requires
usand millions to defray her expences, and
her own revenut
than one third.
would not be able to furnish more
We shall believe that England can
in as long as we, this struggle, when she
shall have subsisted many years without loans, with-
out consolidating the exchequer bills, and when her
payments shall he made in specie, or at least in pa-
per exchangeable at pleasure.
Any reasonable man mu^t be persuaded that
! may remain ten years in her present state
without experiencing other embarrassments than
those she has experienced for these ten ye rs, with-
out augmenting her debt and meeting all her expen
:id H obliged every venr daring the war.
to borrow eight hundred millions, which in ten
ars would make.
thousand millions. How
is it possible to conn-ivi- that she can succeed in
supporting an ii ; contributions of four
hundred millions tc un-cl the interest of her loans,
when she can only now provide for her expences hv
borrowing eight hundred millions yearly? The ac-
tual system of English finances can onlv be (bund-
ed on a peace establishment. Indeed, all syslrms of
grounded on loans, are pacific in their na
in-e borrowing is calling the resources of
!'ut:irily to tin. ivliri' of present wants. Notwith-
standing, however, the actual administration of Eng-
land has proclaimed the principle o!" p;-)p"!ua] war,
chi-> is, a 1 - ii' the chancellor of the exchequer had
,iiced thai he woukl propose in a lew
bill of national bankruptcy. Ii i
tically demonstrated, iha* to wish to provide (or
the cxpcaces \viih tijjht liuadrcd millions of actual
eize our vessels and ruin our -itie- of Bordeaux,
Nantz, Marseilles, Amsterdam, (irnoa, Leghorn,
Venice, Naple>, Triest, and Hamburg, as ihcv
have ht'rctofoiedone ; such a peace would o>
-nare laid for our commerce: It would only be use-
ful to England, who would find a vent for her mer-
chandise, which would change the continental >ys-
tem, The pledge of peace is in the existence of our
navy, and our maritime power.
\Vc >hall be able to make peace with safely, when
we shall have aft hundred and fifty, ships of the line
and notwithstanding the obstructions of war, ^ncli
the situation of the empire, that we shall shortly
have this number of ships. Thus the guarantee
o! our fleet, and that of an English administration,
founded on principles different from those of the
present cabinet, can alone give peace to theuniver e
It would be useful to us without doubt, and it
would be desirable in another point ot view : we
will say further, the continent, the whole world call
tori ; but we have a consolation, which is, that it
is rnuch more desirable for bur enemies, than for
c'drselves ; arid whatever efforts the English minis-
try may make to stun that nation by a crowd of
pamphlets, nnd by everything that can keep in agi-
tation a populace anxious for hews, it cannot con-
ceal from the world, how milch peace becomes eve-
ry day indispensable to England.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
History
Of the Invasion of Spain by Bonapa
ABRIDGED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES
CM A FT Ell IH
(CONTINUED FROM FAoft 85.)
Asturias and Gallacia were the first province?
that raised the standard ; but the rest of Spain pur-
sued the same course so rapidly, as to show tlhat
the people acted, not from the influence of example,
but from one common feeling, acting co- in.it ant a-
neo'i-lv over the whole kingdom. In every pro
vince a juntaor genei al government was immediately
who, acting undor the name o! Ferdinand,
take measnres for the general defence, and
for the recovery of the country. Their first mea
sure was to issue proclamations, calling upon the
people to revenge their brethren who had been mas-
sacred ; to remember their fathers ; to defend their
inters ; and to transmit their inhe-
rit, nice of independence to their children. They
reminded them how P<:!ayo, with the moun*
1 u'neci s of Asturias, laid the foundation ot the
Spanish monarchy, and began that war against the'
Moors which his posterity continued tor ;'()() years,
iill tiK-y had rioted out the last of the invaders.
Thcv reminded them of the Cid, Rcydier de Bivar,
a fierce and nobU Ci?ti!';m of the city of Burgos*,
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tfcJw, when the eraperor, Henry H. cl.iime :
iity >ve.r Spain, and a council, where the king o'
e him'-rlf presided, discussed hi-, pit
fu-ed to deliberate on such a demand,
'dependence of Spain \va^
that no true Si^hinrd \VouM
!'. to be brought in questi., should
be upheld with their lives ; and
rnerny of mv man who should advi-e
-'.e in one point from the honor of
t .int.v! They reminded them
-nelly \vhich they
. senced from that proi'.d
- ad they, to himself the title of
' lie h.tb succeeded in
ench nation, v. 'lectin^
rt.il. and that he only ho ib
> him for our chastisement.
II i<l he not. under the i.iith of tre ties, dr.wn
iicir soldiers to the Baltic ? Had he not, in
the character of a friend and ally, marched his
him-eh
then robt'
ii kini and the ivhole of their royal family,
:;,er.t ;- Wn.i' if thev
us ? " It is
.' said they, "to di.- in -!. lence of your
religion an ! independence. am 1 upon your own
than to he le-d bound to slaughter^ and
i for the ag^randizeine?i'
anihitiun. 'i'he French C"rnc, ij-ti,.n comprise^
: do not -
Mi in the
nothing; fur, even >hould \ve fail, we shill M,i\t-
rn tFif intol-
r, yoke. What worse
perpetrate;!.
MS of thin tyrant ha\ e
med our temples the-
. n they have
MOO of the people o:
J had been o t)<tt
1 hUu.fl
(I their
IMS no
ix-n \v t
'
'
:
:
I
French before th-
'
i
when '
'
ourselves odious to mankind, but
your countrymen, u, u-.-cue your kii g
c.tptivity : to lestoie to your goverimient lit.t-:
e: -;y and viuor ; to mi own live- ar.d'those
. en ; to maintain the
ofenjo\in^ and c: <l tour propei t\ '.
the indef : Spain. 1
o-jme ; i/it nation hu* rtt.tmcdtite suveif.^
finances,
l^et us be worthy of om ;-<.% I--*. L ' -is perpetuate
the renown ut uur fatliei> It -he ien ani> tiiin
and constant, Spain \\.l.tiiumph. A wno .
is mote poweilul thsn disciplined arm
wiio unite to maintain the in <-j n.;eii':- '
Country, mu->t triumph By; 8
inevitably. cdnquefe 1 in a c.iu^e the nio^t ust that
has ever raised thede.id!\- W.-TJ-OI^ of war ; foi she
fights, net for the concerns of a dav, bu: for the
ecuri^y and happi- : for an iu :
|)iivi!e_e, u':( k-i' a!) the i i^hts Ol human nan. re;
not for temporal I
ness ; notforthc benefit of one nation,
be new of all mankind, anu (
ill. iliniidiiiitv does P . !der at the
sound ol WAI, the frlow and inttrnii;
veiy are i thousand times mon- to i <
a kind of f ! th-m tl.e
battle, drenched witli blood, .u.d .stieu.d \\iih the
bodies of the
opolis ol Spain is held l,v th- emin\. I i.e
Bpectablc < to the
CC of thr ba-e^l ft f IK ii ' i.i"l,.'ii ; .1'
.step he hs^ 'o mi
eved wi'h the '.li.'.dain o! the cmujueroi tow .1
conquered. The inhabitant* of Madiid, st;an^r*
it \\-ic, ami by in their own 1.
cannot enjoy one moment's t Tlie j>ub-
dried a^ prrt '.'tiin, 2nd thrc '
1
. .:;. ; !\ 1 ii'in lui, i to tiuip t 1
ii\ i un In a: m-, ', i
'
.M.uliri
t.ike pl<-asurr in U
i Illl til-
'
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rulor or .
ml in
>nrh line's air indilu i -nl . ,, \\,.;
I
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I:KKLY REGISTER
you whom : imittedas;
r native land 1 '. ...n or timidity, or pe. ..
wi.
:r huiv
.,elul love \vil
be r I p. ,n ei 8 wil
1 - ; uie.-cies
.ions, and g? .in
yo . ALL . v 5i'Ai.N ii r
A c.;
of the state., lor t.'i
; appears in the
mothers, alli-cti 'U
, do not retain within yom
a love, until, from vie
. ve yuiir attectioii. i" \
i i*:;L to ti^lil tur a tyrant, but
. \\ort by the veil era
tion ot his p*- M k* ; k>: .. n<] !'>r \ our com
their departure,
: women, Mug ye the song of jubi-
m it runs. Uie delicate maidens,
I in t!,is h;l cause
npns, must take
let them send up their
on for the .success of our uuder-
. and
iu lacir domestic economy,
..ke song and brethren.
Til..-.. ''-a as well .t> linn pan iotiMii was
lore the aid 01 the
'.-ptiun, of SanliagOj so often the
, md companion in victovv ot their ancesiors ;
of our lady ot battles, whose iuuiae is worshipped
:il temple ul Cuvadonga, and who
'. ed Peiayo in the first
rs. The fire
er for this holy oil iorsupersti'ion ;
was kindled by a noble pride, and brave
... , by the. remembrance o
iiad been, and the thought oi
illdivn were >.<> \-\ Win!-;- these' lead
13 eloquently availed themselves of chi-
on the clergy for tho^ e s
. LUC circiim.>ta.nces of L\J coun::-\- \\-i\-
- u v.- -' Venerable orders of religion,"
v, " withhold not the supplies which are re-
; 'port of the common cause. Ii'your
i not impel you voluutaiily to
o.Ver i .re, youi 1 interest would e.xtjit it;
for your incorporation sanctified bv authority, _
; >litical exigence. th- possession of your
individual security, all depend
~ue of this war. But Spain this day
n those herfayonte sons, proofs of their
ismlc, for the riches she hashes
.)!. ndor she has conferred, for her
ositv, :n.(! her ai ,!ent zeal, in sustaining
t.oms of theii S,,MHMS," And
no men exerted them
lv in the common cause ;
a condii<; ;ii>- more praiseworthy, after the, eubmw
3 part which
on had tak;u. Th" Ijishop.-; of Ovicdo
and Jjantaiv'- . ii-hed themselves by their
zcui an;l activity in A:-turi -is nnd Hi-r,v ; and the
Lie bishop of Orense, \vhcn sumrnomrd to
attend Murat's assembly of notal)les at Liayonne,
replied to the junta in a letter of mild and dignified
remonstrance, which had scarcely less effect than
the most animated military proclamation. In Na-
, he said, Spain saw, or she thinks she sees
the oppressor of her princes and of herself. She
1' >k< upon herself as enchained and enslaved, when
hapniness is offered to her. More than is worked
by artifice, is done by violence, and by an army
duke of Ik'i-g i'u-tue.i.,;:
1> it not an appointment n
of his vas-als, but who is in in.- ha. d> >!' :
^i,
ained O'- er his heart, am; ihv- 1.)
which he i sul)j>
-.ion to name for lieutm mt gene, al of tnis k:.
nu ui f, of an a; mv which i;
and
tcly
Charles IV. wish
to abdicate the
to return to the
crown . Did
i
lo . ike ii f'o;n lu".> son ? And was il neces
name a lieutenant, \\hoby i.i am
miiitai v force wo. Id impede every em rt
might l>e made to avoid tne co:i-umiuation oi
' !iis nature. 1 doubt whether.
S; ain, but in all Europe, ihere can
cere person who would not cry out in ni^ ucart
against such cxtiaordinary, and, to say no more,
such suspicious acts."
This letter from a venerable prelat- iu his sevewty-
third year, could not be read without shume by those
who stiil hoped or aflcted to hope, for any anu-h-j
ration in the state of Spain from
the bishop, addressed th
Bonaparte
if he
really possessed tho^e taknts f or le. i-- iati..
that" philosophy and benevolenqe, to v.-i.icii ho lays
claim, represented to him how impossible il was to
do good for a nation by en Living it ; how st
all .is proceedings towaru* ii 1" i
usurpation and violence ; and he besought him,
whatever might be I he disorders of Spam, not to
persist in cpp lying remeciie-. to her in fetters, as she
was not mad.
ng ' ' / j'-crsons who had accompanied IVidj-
nand to ii?.yonne was DON Jcscra PALAKOX, thc-
/oungest of three broliiei-s, oi on<
inguishedfaniilies in A.iagon. ilewasaboui
'our years of age, had been all his li:e ia tl:e r
guards, without ever i. & actual sei
and at Madrid, where his time li.d puncipa',;
);>st, was distinguished for the. splendor and i
jf his appearance At the levol.iti no: Aranjuez,
ic was selected to be second in command,
he Marquis de Castellar, to whcse c
i'riuce de la Paz was committed : ar.d h;ul I'^lafox
>een present when that wretch was rescued from,
-lie justice of his country, ii is probable he uould
iot tamely have submitted to resign him. From
Ijayonne lie escaped in the d: ' peasant to
lis country seat near /.a; a^;,a. The captain-ge-
neral of Arragort, GpUHamah, wa.s atiaito:
altcmpted to disarm the people ; d him
md threw him into prison ; and the inh ,bi
/'aragoza, and of the neighbofin 1 . 1 , Ni!la;_es, eon-
erred the goveinment, by a'-cl imalion, upon Pa la-
ox. The neighboring provinces of Navarre aud
Jatalouiaw- i by the French, the \
>f the Pyrenex- directly into Arn-.gon, were
>pen, and Marat, with the main body of the Fren !i
n my, was on the other side ;( Madrid. Thus stir-
onuded by the runny, ami in a deiVin
he walls and gates o ZaragOZa, being mcieiy for
he purpose of levy ing the customs. Paiafox d.-cl -red
var against the French. The regular troops which
je, mustered amounted only to two hundred and
wenty men, and the public treasury coulu iunn>h
fun with more than two thousand reals, a sum
lot equal to twenty English guineas. The procla-
mation which he issued (May 31) was distinguished
THE WEEKLY REGISTER LORD SHEFFIELD.
11 a.
V leckred " the French emjx- *i France-, in the name of Ferdlnand^and
I the indi . his family, an-i
, persdnalK
uncle : : :irh army
: nmrders, enln r in Ma
.
it, and t <
.
-hmild
oftht-ii
>ke Charles
,11. in <;.t-e the othei
!" to concur." This proch
for the propUttic
: some of t'
v-ontided, and \:
roiii
:<.-iiuc
. j,h i\ \\v, pi hap-, wiien
n of the pc
chan;v
>ke oil' the yoke -.vhi^l
f upon Lh
iniijuitous. " Should I be
time will discover the
trulfi. ; the A IT. .
ily be of
it cm pi
all the Spanish nstior, pu
voulil not hy down th-ii- aims till i vor
cstorcd to ilicm the whole ot tiu-ir ro\
.
uiiiuii \\hM-ti he had violati iiJ
,-d-
,i>h j)copK-. I-- ' irs-
ion, tlu-v Miudt it IvnovMi ih.it t'.<\v
in si r , and thai
(TO LL CCNTtNfi:i>.)
Lord Shcilid;!.
If any
f the An;
iniiic his pi-uiintt'.V,-.-;, sr.tjpo. i:
t.j the future and then cxisiii..
countiy, without lau;hinj; out' .>ii-
ies. he inuhLj-" >il poi lion, inilo .
vj.ii it (it ' The Look %v.i< made '
>:c \\\ itish i.
a pension. But on reading it. si
made u> de(,cnd,'iil (nn-
up'.n !,. far al-
' e--i' i-s 01 I
. I \\ns ncthtr surprised thtl
iot include (obvcco, c!(.'.taCi and / iinon^
fotever c>-iu:niu- t l-e
most every ati'ici-- our
.M\
ie to harbor tr- trh-ry, nor to as-
;t "
uossession of
'o sup-
!>l nn .,
ment
I
their
I
al>!<
.
.
bod]
h in
]
.lie things we should he compelled to it
England, " at least for many a^e !" to ;.
rms.
On the 2t"th of July 1 '-t, at the " pr.
n Leeds," his Un(Nh ; ;
nial rejjor* si .- v^ :
.
<hire and Gl '
. on Mu- ii,|. !s.
f.-ei fine
e iictuallv
'I'n U the !>
ed to 1
the
'
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-,>il.i hi-
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nil rvi
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WEEKLY REGISTER NEWSPAPERS.
Ili^ lordship goes on, a;.
*' 1 tear !>o>ne oi these detail- will appear super
fiuous, but tliey are iv and explai,,
that I mean to drawlr- -m them :
tat liie demand lor woolen^ for the home
is not diminished, but probably much in
1. and that the export of them is much in-
al^o.
l That, comparafivelv, withthe whole amount oi
the manufacture, the ih-MMiul for fo,eii;n countries
witli \vhicli we are now at war, was not considera-
ble.
' That it i.- not the decay of the manufacture, or
it of demand for it, but uitlio.ulties i e-pect
nev and tin- -M e-it -tock oi wool in hand, that
1-i-ment i:i pi ice.
jus in foreign wools, and the ex-
.tit va i itions of price, have deranged the
.,ul m iinuacture of that article; but those
Wools being now reduced to their former pi ice, and
the manufacture of them being principally for the
home market, there i-> little doubt of its being re
to its former >taie.
" 1'hat the scarcity of gold is not to be attributed
u> the v.-ir, to the particular conduct of the
encniv, nor to the hostile and unfriendly conduct
ol the American states, but in a great degree to bad
jn li v in our interior management.
" Tnat through the want of a due encouragement
iculture and the cultivation of waste lands,
intry has paid during the last 15 years, con-
:.lv more than lO.OOo, 000 .sterling yearly, tor
nd wool, \vhich might have been raised in
the uni'.ed kingdom.
" Thatthe great import of iirain in 17%, occasion-
ed a d.ain of u.old, much more than foreign subsidies,
and in a great degree brought on the bank restric
tion in 179<~. and that the value of grain imported
in the years 1SCU and 1SOI, amount, to 19,000,000
ste:ling.
' 'That large quantities of gold coin are not ne
v to commerce, as appears from the exam
plo particularly of Ho,' land and Scotland, which
countne" had a very small quantity of coin in theii
mo -t flourish ng state.
" Tt>at the restoration of confidence is more
wanted than any other circumstance to promote
tlie woolen manufacture."
Trie meeting appeared very much satisfied with
the report.
The w >ol buyers acknowledged the fairness anr
co rec ness of the statement; THEY SAID THEY
HAD SUKKF.RKD SO MUCH, THAT THE TRADE
C0i:i.l> NOT AFFORD EVEN THE REDUCED PRICES
VROPOSED BY H19 LORDSHIP. AND THEY ALLUD
ED TO THE NON IMPORTATION LAW OF THE
AMERICAN STATES. LOT d SHEFFIELD jtisi tec
'that tlie home consumption, and the export trade
beinc: both inn e-'iscd, there was r.o ground for a
redu-'tion of the price given of late years for the
South fJau-n wool, except that of the market being
overstocked with foreign wool. That he wa^ satis/jet
that if a n'>n-5nterrourse with the American states
should continue -or a lime thrmtgb a partiality foi
France, or the wrongheadtdntss of ft party in (//
Jwriean states, it will not be geneial. The. pe.opl
' country w II not go naked through their of
fci 'ion to the French, or enmity to this country. }
docs not ap ear, he said, that they can get e/othhn
.ny othi'r country at present, nor will it he j-o
'/>/'' /or th*m t for a long time, to manufacture tuff
Mntly for themselves ; and thi? *v most certain, thu
get payment for their produce or mcr
jet
.ze but through t/ii-i country, and thai t/n
d kingdom can get every article of the Jntericun
fates' produce or merchandize fail as good and
heav,fn>m other count
Tnough In^ lordship's tine theories and positive
ssei tions are cut up by tlie rooN bv tlie. >imp!e oh-
eiv tion of the wool buyers t we are content to let
hem pass for what they are wott/i, without any
omment. But we regret to see such miserable
tuff re-published in an Amfnc^n paper with strong
marks of approbation, and recommended to the
erusal of our members of congie:-s ! It is noto-
ious that Sheffield is among the most raneoious
nemies we have in Europe ; understood a hostile
us in every particular ; and eagerly embracing
very occasion to speak falsely of us and our coun-
iv, ifi j.v s.'ieiL-n in a/I hit works. He never will
01 give us our '* rebellion" would fetter our trade
y every means in his power ; and seems as though
e would move heaven and earth tc check our
irospciity.
Newspapers.
Thomas' " Histqry of Printing" gives a list of
he newspapers published in the United States, in
commencement of the year 1810. Of these,
V Hampshire has
Massachusetts
\hode-Ibland
Connecticut
Vermont
Vew York
J ennsylvauia
Delaware
Maryland
Jersey
)ist. of Columbia
12 Virginia
38 North Carolina
South Carolina
11
71
21
Georgia
14 Kentucky
66 T-nnes>ee
Ohio*
Indiana Territory
Mississippi Territory
24
10
10
13
17
6
1-4
1
1
10
1
8 Oi le ins Territory
4 Louisiana Territory
In all 364 ! ! Of these, 19 are duplicates (being
country papers ;) 9 were published before the revo-
ution : 25 are daily ; 16 thrice weekly ; 33 semi-
weekly ; 262 weekly ; 8 are printed in German ;
5 in French ; 2 in Spanish ; 158 Republican ; 157
Federal, and the rest neutc\
We venture to say, that no country in the world
^resents such a number and variety of public prints.
This is the fruit of that free and elective govern-
rnent which distinguishes the United States.
The number of newspapers pr nted in England
> also very great. It is collected from the records
f the stamp office, which must give rather above
lhan below the real extent of the circulation. From
this source it appears that
In 1700, there were published, 14,035,659
1791, 11,794,1
1792, 15,005,760
fn the year 1808, there were published in London^
Daily morning papers,
Daily evening papers ,
Three tiroes a week, 9
On Sundays,
Once a week, on other days, 19 6
Country papers in England
Papers in Ireland 35
Papers in Scotland, 19
Total in England, Ireland and Scotland 2*3
We have formed the succeeding estimate of the
newspapers annually published in the United States,
for the purpose of contrasting it with the statement
f the number published in Eugland.
178S,
I he Jirst settlement in this state was about (he year
! iicltO ....
;.;:5 do.
lallap ....
Mt do.
|
..ood (Campcachy)
75,000
er
do.
5,'i'jf do.
n
1
uieal ....
, ) Arroba5
,3
. la, or Svlvt'-ter
839,200
(principally Havana) .
1,191.9.>6 idem
t
arillrx .
1- do.
6
lu.ii.o ,chiel!v Fbtant)
30 Ibs.
.
do.
r
Jr-,iiit*> bark . . .
do.
3,43
Pimento .
do.
i!
Cocoa (Caracas)
9, ') '
!>>. ^Gu.iva-uil, Peru )
Molb?
1 x '
25,:.
Do.forsoals .
7..
, .
Do. tanned ....
*d on rt\i>onable
vc the number
es, eve;
Do. horse .
Horn tips ....
Horns ....
00
-
ind eiti
are liable to the
; but not taken
Guanaco wool
HrlK-bori Pultis (Ilclebore) .
Vienna wool
... > bales about"
4/ f 300 lb a .
27
. 1."
states there arc
lite | ] cvulalion
Brit.in
rom the /iinen
Tortoise shell ....
Gum Copal
Achiote, the seed of a treeing
..> box-
jj f 100 Ibd
.311 do.
CO
THE WEEKLY REGISTER SOUTH- AMERICA CONGRESS. 117
laity" papers, averaging 1000
each, puhlisiiedSll dav in each
.r, deducting Sundays and
Christina* and the fourth of July,
j;ive per o
iy " >iit}>'icate*," generally pabfi&hed
three time* in a werk, i>-unl
thr the duly papeis, will
av, each, pub;
;n ihe year
16 * ' averaged
1500 each, published upon
.it 1000 each, for
at 750 each for 5'2
Grand total
The. proceeding ivlcula: ion is forme
data and i^ i.i'lu-: under than abo 1
Ms j.iinuil 1:1 tii.' United Slat
i. to .titl ll
nfjt/t i
computed
It te-ull-, that in i
oan pie^-, mikin mce for suypifnie.tl'i and
imnllv i>Mied, at least, Uventv-s'ix
- ; from the English pres-
-for, though the calculation
wi thr , '-', there
amon'i them, chiefly.
, and thr in
the people to obtain a livelihood) that
th n w. e ot ncivspapers printed in England ha-
:.u-d since t
\V. n. sometime since, an
estima- printed in France, and !iou,'.!
. IP-X i' hut that estimate w.i> formed
-thic de-en
id would bo unapt to the present tia<c.->.
Soutii Ai;
i
o nd th :
,
>ed,
I
Sail beef .... ' barrel*
Setrais, in sugar boxes equal
.oltheoHimaryJ
Snuft in idem
Do. in parchment , .1 b:ilr? ]
The above imports hai imatcd at a value?
of more than twenty millions of dollars
which, 1 at the <
house, in >-peeio ; making a ^ra:id totil <>t
fifty millions to thi -hould ho
[t-eic and ^oods, rl.^ndestr
cei\ itl bv individuals.
.
Coagn
':cr in thr /
.
.
.
.
H k,
4
31
l.i
118
THE WEEKLY REGISTER AUSTRTAN STATISTICS,
The British Parliament.
A-im -::helast
nurr
of the durations of t. -.in the
. -
ditto -
ditto
in 179'.'
ditto
1607
Austria;) ' cs.
Anterior to the famous treaty of /'.
Uat countiy
Txit titioned among the roval con
'. ae dominions of the
! as follows :
1. 1
. containing
the arrluh.M
of Sty-
na, Carin
ola, the Tyrol and Vo
rjil!ung, Fried, tne ter
ritory of Tiiest, Saltz-
u;:d some Other
! a tea
2. Tue kingdom of
Bohcrrrii
3. The marquisate of
via
1. The kingdom of
Hun
5. Austrian Si'
6. Do. Netru- 1 Mid
7. Lombardy [Italvj
8. Illyria, with Istria
&.C.
9. Transylvania
10. The IJuckowine
11. Gallicia and Lodo
nicria [Poland]
12. S
roatia St Dalmitia
incipality ofSwabia
44,528
,200,000
7,163000
15,376
,806,490
6,216,000
6,33i ; -
,256,241
1,9*3,600
59,53<
7,504
3,072
-.,300,000
250,000
-\0uu,0.;
,sa,OvA>
9,002,1*6
278,601
!, 592,067
1,45 ,563
12,92*
16,800
2,9CO
1 ,.330,001
l,25u,0i'.
130,001
1,200,000
1,970,000
200,000
37,001
10,00u
i 8,00i
a 1,60C
.3,903,297
25u,00i
770,001
200,00i
6,000.000
600,0ot
350,OOC
22687
26970031
4S,24400
I. Part of upper Aus
2. Tlic Netherlands
'i>. Lombardy
I. Illvria with I tii.i
&c.
5. The. Bnckov
llicia and .Lodo-
7. Croatia and Dal
matia.
S. jJaltzburgandBer-
iW'en
9. Trie Biisgiu, &c.
arint&ifrf
ll.^Carhlt
12. The Tyrol, Vo
raribcrg
Totals
Square
37,001
8,0()d
3,772
832
3,100
3,5 1>
6,961
Popula-
tion.
3,9U3,29;
770,001
450,000
3UO,OOC
400,001
6 JO, 000
i 1,551, uo;
dollars.
GOO COD
'.'07
.
6,000,000.
600,000
.000
130,000
1,1'J3,I42
1,044,976
Total
Besides tho?e enumerated there were somesmal
states or territories which are generally included in
mates to which they seemed most proper!}
>,>ng.
It was well observed
by a late writer that the
of Germany is the most perpi
;ion in the globe." After a whole day's
hard labor, \vc are tempted to cast our work under
fjot ; so contradictory and confused were th
various statements to which we referred, though
some of them are of late date, and apparent!
worthy of cred't. In several instances we h;iv<
taken 'he liberty to judge for ourselves ; and form
cd estimates from the circumstances and facts a
they appear before us : and, on the whole, ar
tempted to conclude that the preceding schedule i.s
perhaps, as correct as any other.
Iv the several wars with France, Austria has los
the Following-countries being severally annexed to
If these statements may be depended upon, thi-ic
remains to Austria, 131- ,710 eijuare miles, J3,519,0~.>
ihabitants; and a revenue of 31,999,573.
Since the first war against Fiance, the former
Venetian territory east of the Adige, with the capital
liv, was ceded to Austria by Fiance, in exchai;,
nt, as it has since been lost to her, no notice is*
aken of it. ^^^^^^^
Miscellaneous.
A NOVEL PR.OCKSSICX. At the Bcrkx/i'trf cattle
how in Pittsfield, (Mass.) a procession was formed
n the public square, and proceeded through the
rincipal streets in the following order:
Sixty yoke of prime oxen, connected by chains,
and drawing a plough held by Charles Goodrich,
q. and Mr. Nathaniel Fail-field, being the two.
most aged farmers present.
Fanners of the country carrying a flag, repre-
enting a sheai' of wheat on one side and a plough
on the other.
A large staje drawn by osen, carrying on it a.
targe broad cloth loom, with a flying shuttle and a
spinning jenny of 40 spindles both of these ma-
chines in artual operation by skilful workmen.
Mechanics of the country carrying a Hag, repre-
tin^ a ram on one side, and a shuttle on the other.
A large stage drawn by horses, carrying on it
various specimens of Ueik<-hire manufacture^,
among which were a number o;' rolls of broad cloth,
rolls of sail duck, handsome rose blankets, mus-
kets, &.c. with the flags of the United States and of
this ronmiunw*-:ilth, <;i>phycd on it.
Officers and members of the Berkshire Agri-
cult urn 1 Society, with heads of wheat (being the
badge of the sorirty) in their hats.
The whole was attended an ' regulated by the
marshal of the day on horseback (Mr. SherifYLar-.
ned) together with lour deputy marshal.;, all mount-
ed on white horses, and carrying the badges of
their ofi'icc. The men HUTS of the Piftsfidd band of
music accompanied and rnlivem-d the procession.
A number of premiums were awarded by the
Berkshire Agricultural Society, according to pre-
the French empii'e or attached to some of the new
made kingdoms of Jiani, Bavaria, /Saxnxiii Mc,/-
j>hdlia 9 Wsrtemlnirg : the grand duc/ty of I'
cc. as weshall attempt more particularly to describe
Ti .some future occasion when speaking of
states.
\ ious regulations.
fThe revenue stated to be received from these coun-
tries appears too great for the population compared
with the others districts. It is true, they contain
in'uu-' al productions of great value, which materially
affect it, and may produce the given aggregates.
WEEKLY K ..I5CKLI.
119
cloths, to be trxnibiled in Januaiy tiexi.
A TUITI.
.', whose di-
ken under the
s
-truck wit'.
i and
nuclei (wtoite,
a nativ uul the fii
1 le \ .
but was purchased for Scidder's mu
our c
Feet Inches
8
2
5
8
7 1-2
h from the extremity of the snout
7
:i of the buckl' 'he neck
5
a of the he 8
Kl
l>o. do 3
Do. do. f"; ^
Do. do. fore ft nut the joint, 2
3
the neck and head from the
1
u the extreme tips of the
8
>r, 3
iin, I i
i me tips of
1
tail in the middle, 1
. buckler 4
10
to the lo
c.x' on the mouth
91
v have also resolve. ..-itaini Conu : ^rth ; they
premium^ u^on hou>ehuld m.uuifacluiej
which blinds them
'o hib
i about
.
.
.
from t!:.
ish as
. from the sun, and i,
The comet that app*v --0. in its n
ot the - it whien
sun on the comet i
than rr
.
! at this tin
-
late that this comet is
on its wa;. . till it
/hall arrive to thi : 1 .
lions of miles b ;\ :' the pia;.
rrive in th
it luded 1 1
> i:ian\ hi i!- {. tor:,
know not hut i
habitations i '. creatures suited t
climes.
What an ati^n-ft idea docs it give of
'*-t if mtr sun with r.ll '. to the
to be annihiUted, th.
. A !.y an .
I
cry out "JJ fml is man, that ihouu: :
>
BISSIPPI.
ot the
1
-arc the qua
-
I
.
i
520
>.Y Hl.u I STER CITRON TCLfc
thousand feet, to t'.e western shore ; hence the
.iil.iled \v.itci:> seek an equiii!.! iuin by a retro-
#ide cut ivnt in a wide semicircular basin on the
The eddy on th fhlc, and ^circely
perceptible. The line between t' rents i-
Ui-tiiict.lv marked by the perpetual ebullition of the
oonrlicting waters. The ba.-in isMventcen fathoms
deep, is covered with innumerable small vortices,
and has a \ ; one mile and one and a halt
an hour, which is greasy increa>ed by the swell
of the river. In the Grand Gulph, however, there
is nothing but the name formidable to the navigator.
The blnfl i-> hfe two hundred and sixte n !cet
he direct channel is forty four and a half fa-
vlevp, and the whole bed of the river of solid
rock. \Vhi!e ' : opi iViefore is every
perpetually receding from one bed and
forming another, it hasprobably flowed on the same
here for ages and will tor ages to come.
The Chronicle.
Michael Keppele, Esq. is elected mayor of Phila-
delphia, v>ce Robert \Vhai ton, Esq. declined.
Lisbon is really stuffed with American produce,
.tracts of letters" are to be believed. On the
7th of September last, there were at that port, for
barrels of flour ; 720,000 bushels of
com ; 3(x/,0i)0 bushels of oats ; 800,000 bushels of
barley; 30,0im barrels of rye meal ; 25,OUO barrels
corn meal, with ^rekt quantities of biscuit, beet,
pork, 4'C.
We have no intelligence, since our last, from the
armies in Spain and Portugal. Wellington's hfad
quarters were at Fuentes Guinaldo in Spain rein
fot cements are constantly arriving from England.
It i -;>id that John Qnincy Adams has declined to
accept his appointment to the bench of the supreme
court of the United States.
We learn that the Spanish cemmandant of Mo-
bile has received positive orders from the captain-
general of Cuba to refuse a passage to armed vessels,
or powder belonging to the United States. If the
attempt is made, as we claim a right to the free na-
i of the Mobile ilver, it may justly be pre-
sumed the Spaniards -will be expelled rom the tcr
-
vroad is to be opened by the United States
troops on the S. W. trontier, from Baton Rouge to
Yuri Stoddart. The distance from Tort Stoddaitto
Tennessee, is 2SO miles ; to Fort Hawkins, 359
mile-, to Millcdgcville, Geo. 360 miles.
The commissioners appointed by the legislature,
at their last session, to view the northern and south
ern turnpike routes from Harrisburgh to Pitts-
burgh, on the 4t!< instant, deposited their report,
\vith a correct draft accompanying the same, in the
office of the secretary of the commonwealth, by
which they have unanimously established the wut/t
crn route. \Phil.pap.
The distances arc: l\H/("s Per.
Northern route, i.' 1 t 60
Southern do. by Chambersburg, 193 25
Middle do. 188 '22
The Boston Patriot mentions tbat a genleman,
a few dav.-> since, in pnyin^ bis first instalment to the
F?a observed, "that the money (gold; bad
been in hi* possession ever since the siege" [of
iJo-tcm !j
It is said, that the country at present forming the
territory ot Orleans, lately authorised bv congro~s
to be erected into a state, is to by called WASKIXG
TON.
Republn- .
Harford !
alists.
Montgomery
4
Baltimore (city)
IVincc George's
4
county 4
Calvert
4
Anne Arundle 4
Chai Icb
4
Annapolis v city)
,St. Mary's
4
Frederick 4
Kent
4
Washington 4-
Somerset
4
Cecil 4
Worcester
4
Queen Ann^3 4
Dorset
1
Talbot 4
Alleghany
o
Caroline 4-
, ^
Dorset 3
-'36
Allegheny 1
44
Belawirf election. The legislature of this
sta
A 1
Maryland election The following Is the state o/
parties in the House of Delegates, lately elected.
composed, as usual, of .-iv. federalists and threfc
epublicans in the senate, and 14- federalists and 7
republicans in the house of representatives. At
the late election the average majority for the federal
ticket, in
Kent codnty, was .---...- 122
Sussex -- (i!5
Rep. maj. in New Castle
737
697
Fed. maj. in the state - - - - 40
election. From a general statement
it appears that the republican majority in the legis-
'ature is greater than it was last year.
George Washington Campbell, Esq. is elected at
senator of the United States, from Tennessee, vice
J. Whitesides, Esq. resigned.
A ship of 450 tons has lately been launched in
the Scioto river ! The steam boat of Ohio is to carry
400 tons ! !
The Editor's Department.
^- There if still a complete dearth of politics and
it's-.
That portion of the manifesto of Caracas which
appears in this number, is rather tedious and unin-
teresting yet it is one of those maters which on ;hf.
to be registered : the latter part is full of animal ion
and spirit; and details some important things. The
rj-one of the French empire is an article coming
immediately within our plan, that, though some
parts of it have already been published in many of
the newspapers, we could not refrain from inserting
1 document so necessary to direct our judgment as
to the state of that country.
We have occasion to present our thanks fo the
ut. number of new subscribers received during
the last week. The continued accession to our list
has induced us to commence re -printing the first
numbers, though we have yet a few complete, setts
which will be sent to new . subscribers. Gentlemen
designing to use the perfect, liberty altowed them,
by the terms of the prospectus, and relinquish the
vork, on or before the publication of the 13th num-
ber, are respectfully informed that a very libe;al
price will be allowed for the numbers received by
thrm, it sent to the office, (in good order) within
two weeks of this date. We hope, and arc flattered
to believe, however, tbat feW will quit us so soon,
though We do not expect to please e<-t'i-n iixftnduul.
!S$ome Communications will be noticed in our nc.-.t;
THE WEEKLY REGISTER.
VOL. l.j
:ORE, s. KMI.
[No. 8.
Mhed by 1 1 ,lreet, near the Merchants* Coi'\
no other herald
'*
ttut such an :.
C HENRY VIII.
A /
Ity f /...- . :.t/uela, j'/J Sou! 1 .
/h'uw
.
: icd by tfa CjuerM Con-
gtt
: I 1 ACE 110.)
The siiu[ *ance of men passing from
intry to people another, can give nu
exposed tlr the fatigues and dai,
to the Phanicians, or the
Cmhi :i tiic-ir d- ; and all the
. '. irope would change prujn ietors accord-
arid caprice of man. The
il chaiartei dssunifd bv > regard
. abuse of moral right :
11 known that, in the order i>f nature, it he-
comes the duty of the lather to emancipate
t of his minority, hois enable 1
to pfocur.- a
it ; and that it becomes the
j faculties when-
ever the crttfity or im ;nent of the
,i coinpromiL or expose
, the nullity of the one, i
parable I'.orn the warn ol fovce in t!.r
.
no less so to break
c ; .ety. The natural law which obliges u- I
our pron.ises, and the Divine law which f-i;
to call upon the naiucui Ciod in vain, tl<> not o
of both laws which ai
neous, that the in
an infraction of the other ; for or:
: rial justice
and supreme will
made, to bear witneo to our pro:.
our full 1-tli^l
\Vith these princijjlo it becon
the conditional oath by whi-.-h tl
grcss r l
mute, rijiht ot - : ..ut at r ribu
the contract anything more thai
'
oath be< <
itscli', and th
V\\- have at length seen, that, at the
*uct pursued by the government
irrived at the knov !
anniliilialio!!
>n of the .
ircd Uiih the t! '^^'
. ilnd k atBayonne;
ii- mother, if
i:n to be proved that we at e vet minors.
.my other d
..it the oath, \\\\
ditional link, null
nl was all that Can
\vas n
d void.
. they
.
.
J
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122
THE WEEKLY RECISTKR- MANIFKSTO OF CARACAS.
the Bourbons of then
u'MUl law.s ,.f the Spanish
i] >n in this coun: |; i-l,
>urt of Spain-* In violation ot
them ' . ceded the irl.ind of St. Domingo
iiid tranfurcd the allegiance
nation ; i ialous infrac
v fur tin- AHUM ifan--, and for
!:ole posterity of the Ci>lum<'ian people, to
AC.k the oath of obedience which they had
ouh L-ut to the croun o'" < they .-till ie-
iii>t the imminent
i the monar-
"id .Mini-lion m French
e 'C.HII nev ti. r, iv
1, nodou'' uf the Bour-
the nation 'il ^jverei
favor of some intrvul. traitor ; but
\ve have pro-
we shall return to the justiii
f7,are known
.u MUIK- perhaps ignorant ol
I .iii intention to enquire into
cord which was introduced into the house and
family of Charles IV. ; it has been attributed by
o Hngland and France, and both governments
-ci-s and defenders ; as little is it our
?se to speak of the match made up between
-.ml and the daughter-in-law of Bonaparte:
:e of Til-it : the conferences at Ei fuhrt : the
ireaty of St. Cloud : or tlie emigration ol
the house of Bragan/.a to Brazil. Our present ob-
he journey of the Escurial, by which Ferdi-
nand VII. was declared traitor to his father, Charles
hundred pens and a hundred presses, publish-
:r.e time in both worlds, his perfidy and
the pa i don which hi.-; father granted to his prayers;
but this pardon, as an attribute of sovereignty and of
ii auih ority, re l|evedthes<m fro in corporal pun
ishment only ; the king his father had not the pow-
er to dispense the infamy, and the disability which
the constitutional laws of Spain impose upon the
. not only from obtaining the regal dignity,
11 the meanest civil employment. Ferdinand
never h king of Spain, nor of the Indies.
The heir of the crown was reduced to this con-
. till thfc month of March, 18C8, when the
:u-t at Aranjuez, and the frustrated project
rial, was commuted by the partisans of
. Hid to insurrection and mutiny. The public
atiou against the minister Godoy, served as a
to IVu.'inanf!'., faction, indirectly to convert
idrantageof the intion what was, no doubt,
d with very different views. The having
his father : the not having
; his pardon : the having excited
) mutiny, and collected them in front
palace for tlie p-.irposu of surprising it, ;i r.
restin. cr and forcing the king to abciii-air
the crown, far from givinjc him a right to it, has ( ,n!v
s.-ivcd to augment hi.; i "lavatehis trcar.on,
a-ul confirm his di-.- t !^!ity to mount a throne vacated
by violence, perfidy and facticm. Cliarles IV. out-
raged, inviilte'i, and thrfMtened with force, had no
other part to take . }iis i c\ t-nv.fand IK-IK, r,
th .n. to fly to France to irr: .rotfcliun o!
Bonaparte, in favor of hi.i oiTt-ndi'd royalty. L'ti-
dcr the nullity of this renuneiati.on at A'I -;:i ji 1 ;:'-, ali
tirhons collected at Eayonnc, contrary to the
wishes of the people, to whose safety ihey preferred
5 The treaty of JSasle, the 15Lh July, 1795.
their own private rc*entmcnts : the emperor of the
French took advant:*-'- >f them, and w!u-n he had
gnr un.i.-r hi- anus a ?id iiis iniluencc a'l the family
ot Ferdinand with Sj ani.-h uoldes, he caus-
td t!u- i.on to restore the cro\\n:
the latter to leiioiincc it in favor of hiin^t-lf, ihut it
might be given in <//<' keeping to his brother Joseph,
Venezuela was ignorant of all this when the
cmi-saiie-; of the new l;in;-, arii-. cd at Carac.is. Tlie
innocence of Ferdinand in rompa.i.->un witliiiie in-
solence and despotism of the favori:
motive of their conduct and the rule 1.
ildi-tiKiii,)'" autl.ui i,i-'S of the 15th oi' .
u the altcrnaii . ,-
i -elves up tu a luivi-n pouer, or of be-
ing faithful to a king who appealed unfortun."
led. i'j,ni'i ', e true in''.
country triumphed, and Ferdinand was acknow-
ledged, under a persuasion that by this n.e>.
unity of the nation might be main'ained, tnat it
might be secured from the oppiession which threat-
ened it, and that a king of whose viiu;e>, \vi^doma!id
rights \ve \verc erroneously impressed, miglit be
redeemed. Ferdinand, unable to come ;>t the
incapable of governing America, and under the
chains and influence of a hostile power. !
from that moment a lawful but unfortunate ]
it was thought a duty to acknowledge him, in
and delegates as they had the audacity to c-ill them-
selves, returned, and pi oniing by the fideli' -..
Spaniards in both worlds, the intrusivr govern-
ments that had usurped the sovereignty, began to
tyrannize anew over the people in the name of a
chimerical king ; while the mercantile Junta of Ca-
diz sought to exercise dominion over America.
Such were the antecedents and the consequences
of an oath which, given under the pure die 1
a generous sensibility, was ngw cast in our
to perpetuate the evils which a dear-bought expe-
rience of three years, had shown us were inseparable
from this fatal and ruinous compromise. Instruct-
ed, as we were, by the long scries of insult.^,
tions and ingratitude we had suffered from the 1 ;VJi
July, 1808, to the 5th July, 1811, it was time to
abandon a talisman, which continued to heap upon
us all the evils of doubt, suspicion, and discord.
The rights of Ferdinand and their lawful repre^en-
t;!(i(.n on the part of tlu; intrusive government of
Spain : fidelity and the obligation to compassion
and gratitude on ours, were the two favorite re-
sorts alternately employed to keep up our illusion,
devour our 'substance, prolong our dra;rad.li<,ii f
multiply our evils, and prepare ;is passively and
gnominously to receive the fate which was <].
r or \\s. Ferdinand VII. was the watch-word of ty-
anny in Spain and Amciica.
The distrustful vigilance, v.-hich (he \\\>-
tcncies, aits and falsehoods of those government?
that so rapidly sm-rceded each oil-iv in Spa'...
the Junta of Seville, pro''n<vd am.. ii-.vjMi
rent the veil which concealed from our ey
snares laid for us. in t!:i- ex< i e;j:i: - ti:e cortcs
"c-ie tiiimiJtuoiisly and hastily a.':svi;;blrd to stop
the torrent of liberty and i: '
ing H-M.uRh all the barriers af cppresO
the New- Wo i ;
that the babit of obedlmce and d-ri,-n<:
' Vu: | lf1 ;' 1 u, the want of confidence wl, ; di
ble by what i.t,>! -. . at t t- c , part
of the nation beyond the ocean, !.. :, die
Tropics, had acquired a constitution for slavery in-
THE WEEKLY REGISTER i:ST(, or CARACAS.
,: to the efforts <: him from the satel'ities c; -
'.ed prejudice Spain, perhup.;, woe
the rank of r
h irs to attain that rank would not have
in re
.-
-o their
and Hicks were . !".,r the-
bes, convinced that the con iinand,
' -.oh, and
;ill the
i- re now under his protection, had I..
ll un.-
illC it to the
to th' .iplica-
- ritlen
ueric.i on the <th Jar
'. under the brilliancy :.'! blockaded
find
-ould ami*
'
; drew to his
pseud i.
and llu: slivery i<!
cd, seduced and i to the <i
'i of the i whom
of liberty which
-. ndied on the continent. "
of our
of the manifesto in qu
I
ition, or :
; to rcco\ ,
iv not
:iu-cted
"then:
>i gain*-:
. dropped that t "
I
..n in voli;;.
lie invest.
10 ail ti
said of t!'o pli-i.i,'
llian any '
tfio rrri>: (' ' ,>m.
tlirt the di
engendered, ,
observa
is since thi-
ujder-
hv i:
il
th it a in -w and bloody con^p;
and orgat.
emissary peifiduously introduced into
bosom -
the decree that the political unity of om
has been interrupted 1-v tin- suggestions of ;
mptcd,
dilioua
I
I
~ I c<
s of
Tins n
* Th
ice our &
121
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MANIFESTO OF CARACAS.
what we have alledged are sufficient tofkin^s did the Israc'Krs exercise tke riglit ni
e to wliieh f.n " com-
pelled them ; against thu-v whom God hiinself h id
.iiven them from within their o\vn country and fami-
ly, we find them cla : m this imj i
whenever their liberty, or the s. in via* >s ol' those
bonds by which God had subjected ihem to those
whom he cfJose to rule over them, required it.
David obtained the acknowledgment of the He-
. the necessity and utility of our
resolution, upon w .''j.orl au>r..
examples with which we shall seal the judgment o
independence.
The ; f the slavery cf t'n? New World
nvist proscribe or falsify history, that unalterable
monument ol the us of man, to
;i that America could nut !>e suKj.Tt to the
w of oth or tn had the rights of
i-. been in^ute .tiMc, and the oath
luced to nothing, been indestruc
ti"'le, the IP
l)y which it
would have sufficed to render
it null and void, the moment it was found to be ad-
;-, subversive of our right?, pre-
. .Hid fatal to our tranquil ity.
Such : the oath ; r ,i\'n to conquer-
ors or to th-ir heir.', while they hold the people
the oppression which conquest puts into
In no other manner co-ild Spain
have recovered her li',-. rearing submission
brews to his dynasty, .ind his son Solomon
it in favor of his posterity ; hut scarce was this king
dead, who had oppressed his vassils vilh tnhv.tcs
and contributions to support the pomp of hm
and feed the sumptuous lu.xt.rv of his plrr.sures,
when his son Rehoboam was acknowledged only hy
the tribes of Jiuiea and CenJTtr.in ; the other ten,
exercising their vi trod their political in-
dependence ; ahd gave their sovereignty into the
hands of Jeroboam, son of Nebat. The momenta.
rv hirshness of Solomon's rei^n was enough to set
aide the obedience of the Hebrews to his dynasty,
induce them to place another on the throne
to the Cartha^cnims, Ko-ivins, &.<:.&.c. and above (without regarding what God had told them, that
., at the same tir.ie that she refused
.owledge the right of America to indepen-
dence. It would be superfluous to remind our
enemie^ of w'iat they must know, and upon what
they themselves have founded the sacred right of
their own liberty and independence, which, surely j
- not to be tarnished with the slavery of the
of the nation, situated on the other side
of the ocean ; but,- to oar misfortune, they are not
the only ones whom we are compelled to convince,
iMe examples, of the justice and common
Unce of our independence to that of every
nation who has once lost and again recovered it :
the slavery of the Americans being kept up and
maintained by the most criminal abuse of religion,
which was given for the liberty, the happiness and
the salvation of the people ; it becomes necessary
to remove the pious apathy engendered in the soli-
tude of their dungeons, that the people may know
:overnments neither hold, have held, or can
ny other duration than their utility and the
,! man ; that Jdn^s are not of a privileged
, nor of a superior order to other wen, that
dhariiy emanates from the people, under (he di-
rcft'on and support of the Providtrict of Godj who
ir actions to the yodancz i a free will ; that
ji'is Omnipotence docs not interfere in \avor of this or
m nf trovernment ; that religion does not, nor
cnn iff jit/utma'izr the efforts of a nation to
I? independent in a political sense, and in a moral and
religious wmc dependent only on God.
The choien people of God, who were directed by
miracles and prodigies, which will, perhaps, never
be repeated, offer a proof of the right of insurrec-
tion in the people, which can leave nothing for the
of public order and orthodox piety to desire.
I -brews, subject to Pharaoh, and kept under
}. is obedience by force, repaired to Moses, and un-
direction. triumphed over their enemies, and
vrnvered their independence, without subjecting
t'icir conduct to anv malediction or anathema from
God or his chief priest and legislator Moses ; sub-
dued afterwards by the po\ver of Nebuchadnezar,
under the direction of Holophcrnes the same God
brought them to Judea, that the independence o
his neoplem-ght be redeemed. Under Antiochus
Mat hi as and his sons raised the stnnd
ard of independence; and God blessed and aider
their efforts even to the obtaining the perfect libcrt\
of his people against the oppression of this impious
king and his successors. Not only against foreign
heir fate depended not upon the kings of .ludea,
upon the ministers, priests, and chiefs of Solo-
mon. And shall the Christian people of Venezuela
i a worse condition, though declared free by the
overnment of Spain, not to be suffered to do tint,
vhich the. God of Israel whom they adore, permit -
ed heretofore to his people without the manifesta-
on of his indignation or wrath ? This Divine will is
he guide of our conduct, and to his eternal judg-
rient we submit our resolution.
If the independence of the Hebrew people was
lot a sin against the written laws ; neither can that
>f the Christian people be against the law of grace-.
The apostolic see has excommunicated no nation
or rising against the tyranny of kings or govern-
ments that violated the social compact. The Swiss,
he Hollanders, the French and the North Ame-
icans proclaimed their independence, overturned
heir constitutions, and varied the forms of their
governments, without having incurred other ccn-
ures than these which tho church may have fulmi-
nated against their encroachments upon the dog-
mas and discipline of religion. The Swiss were
>ound fnj oath to Germany, as were the Hollanders
o Spain, the French to Louis XVI. and the Ame-
icans to George III. Neither they nor other pow-
ers .who favored their independence were excom-
municated by the pope. The grandfather of Fer-
dinand VII. one of the most pious and catholic
cings who ever sat on the throne of Spain, with
lis nephew Louis XVI. assisted in the indepen-
dence of North America ; without fearing cc-
,ical censures, or the anger of heaven ; and now. that
he order of events offer it with more, justice l.o
South America, those who call themselves the re-
presentatives of his grand-son, seek to abuse the
eligion which Charles III. so much respected, to
continue the most atrocious and unexampled usur-
pations .Tust and Omnipotent God ! Mow long
shall fanaticism dispute the empire of the holy rc-
igion which thou hast given us for thy glory and
our happiness ?
The succession of events in Europe were, without
doubt, intended in the high designs of Providence,
o terminate the slavery of America. Two thon-
and leagues across the ocean, we have for three
years which have elapsed since we ought to have
been free and independent, only suffered a painful
series of conspiracie?, insults, hostilities and de-
predations from the very people with whom we
greed to participate the' benefits of our regenera-
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tlon, and for whose felicity we were anxious to
ont-n i. of the new world, enslaved by
communication vvitii the ul.I, ]/ nd laid
wa^te hv war, l.t'tiim- ami ur^olation. Three di*
tinct oligarchies declared war upon
our claims, stirred up our brethren
i:ie seeds of di-trust and rancor a:n<
|
our lii, ! our commerce, di^c
icukiire, a-pt- r-scd our conduct
I
leir aid in opi>'- e Hag,
the sn: nd thr
;i<le*l liberty
'. idin.md the d- . - fought
linand t!i- ; anil if we had
niinous both
i virtue, Aim-iir.-! would at Usi
v means which served for the in
>pain.
;ch nature have been thc imperious events
French Empire.
. KXPOSF,
( ( ''
PtT.I.ie INSTRUCTION. T
Some l)i:i-iims \\<-r.- !.-ullv constituted :
religion, t:
!on as of all morals, were rc:nm\ '! c.r werV
::irtised. The grand master and liio council
iiiiversity liive remedied the pi <
Thore remain ho^-.
lo be done to realize the hopes and the view:- of the
emperor in tin's
Family cd;:cation is that which clcscrw
encourages. :
. ;o confide their children to colleges orinsii-
of the emperor is, that the
ation of tl rxtcml to all
cges and ii.
end tli; n m.iy no
or a branch of commenv.
views of pecuniary inte-
grate her destiny is one of the noble-. . fa family
u:t! - l |*ced or one of the principal ends of nati
tent ol being either, Thp nmn h cr of ivo.eiims an ,i th 1t O f r( , mn)una l r ,,|.
brethren, w M.-ntod.nn
liberty at the expense of Incnd institutions will be
:.^ to impede the means of m
liitim. \Wightyand substantial rea-
sons, sacred intr ua rcrlection=, ])rofound
.rate discussions and debates, im
:rgent dangers, and a loudly pro
nounced public opinion were the data which pre
'enin declaration, made by the
i on the 5th of July. '>' rh<-
> rrof thi^ part of South America :
an independence desired and applauded by thc peo-
ple of the capital, 'auctioned by the power of the
1 by thc representative;
of the .inizetl and approved by thc
nelan c.bnrcli. and suppoitcd will;
C3, the fortunes, and the honor of all the
citizens.
inions of our fa f e ! ve who have
from fear or hope,
virtue-
diminished, u:.
moment when they an shall
.Ml public education i
discipline, and not by civil or erclr-i.^t ic:il
The habit of military discipline i-^ the i
since in all the chs^es of life the c
of being able to del* nd thc.r property r.gair.
rior or exterior cncmu 6 .
Ten years arc yet requisite in ill the
good that his majesty e\ ecLs from t;
should be realised, and ioniplishvd'*
nul great advantages have
and \vl-.it now exists is preferable to any ti,i:
For the primary iri-trnclinn of children
he cle-ire- the diffusion of them.
Independrnt of \.\\r boiies of
itrv.
- ARTS. The .
i
I
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.
I'Uf which had m '
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ploved in them under the old monarchy, in one think that France is menaced with an approaching
invasion. I shall not have occasion to lay !>
J, to contrast with that idea, the situation of all
genera
FOSTI.-TCATIONS. A
great part of th
penseshasforits-
' encfit,
in order to iv th* empire.
A p' '" *he
he mouth of
the Z will be able
to inai '"al months. Antwerp,
Bresk .ulsand VVilhehn-
de Ghent are already
formiri r: Flushing, surrounded by forts
h of bombs, covered with regular
:;ous works, is hence-
weltered from any attempt.
i 1, more than eight millions huve
.e places of the Scheldt; it was
.at works on a point which
e object of the jealousy and fears
ilt at Ostend ; there was
4 an enclosure, but it was of little considera-
tion. Great works have also been begun in Boa
Havre and Cherbourg. The Havre had
;ilt by Vauban ; a few years before the revo
under vain pretences it had been contrived
roy its fortifications. That city, the key of
the Seine and which may be called the port of Paris,
had been left dismantled and opened. Considerable
works ire executed in it ; the place is already closed
and able to itiainta'm a siege.
The establishment of the port of Cherbourg re-
?.tions ; and about the end of this
year that city will be enabled to maintain a siege.
The plans adopted are upon a large scale ; this will
he a place of the first rank.
The works of Dunkirk, Montreuil and Abbeville,
which had been neglected, have been resumed since
last year. Those bi:l\va> l;s are re-establishing upon
the best footing. The defence of Brest is completed
p.,1'1 icnaired. A new system of fortifications is
established for L'Orient and Rochefort.
The works of the islands of St. Marcouf, Belle
d Isle D'Aix, arc continued. New works
are added to the fortifications ef Toulon, others are
b-iil'ling in the islands D'Hyeres, Genoa and Spez-
zia. They have been and still arc at work in en-
larging, considerably, on the land side, the import-
ant fortifications of Porto Ferrajo.
At Corfu, a place already very strong, great forti
fications have been building for these four years
New schemes have been adopted, and that
the Adrhtie is kept by 12,000 troops, having
;.MIS for t\vo years and a numerous artillery,
provided for a siege of the longest duration.
Fort Napoleon is rising on the left bank of the
Rhine, in front of VVesel, the ancient defences of
which are corrected and improved. Venloo and
Juliers are placed in the best state. Cassel ai>'d
ire created: the works begun since 1807,
"ready a satisfactory result ; and the import
ant bridges of V* v z and Stra-s burgh, are
covered on both banks by as many places of the first
order Alexandria, wh.ch is the formidable centre
of our magazines and our support beyond the Alps,
has been for these ten years the object of an annual
expence of three millions of francs.
They are working in the kingdom of Italy with
the same ardor in the fortifications of Pal ma Nova
and Osopy, as also to increase the works of Ancona,
Venice and Mantua.
At seeing the activity that has pervaded for eight
years the works upon our frontiers, one would
TUT neighbor* who art- our allies and who arc re-
in, to I to our syst-m and the preponderance that
campaigns has given us ; but I shall only
remark, that whrn in the like circumstances more
ban one hundred millions have been sacrificed in a
ew year; for a defence which interest.; only the
uture ; we must give thanks to the govei n'rm-nt
which, not content with securing the happiness of
the present generation, wishes also to guarantee the
tranquility of posterity, and controls thus even the
most remote chances of fortune.
HARBORS. The same activity is displayed in
the works of our harbors. At Antwerp th,
of the basin was taken away about the end of last
year. Eighteen ships of ihe line, even three-deckers^
may he received and depart from it entirely armed.
In the beginning of this year, two '6Q gun ship.5 have
been coppered and fitted there. The. improve
are continued with ardor. Before the end <
ternber next, the basin tvill be able to contain thirty
The ships of the line could only enter the basin
of Flushing when disarmed. Its sluice has- been dried
up and insulated. People are employed to lower
'is road, so that twenty ships may enter the basin
eatirely armed. The keys that 'the English had
overthrown, are re established. Men are at work
to rebuild the general magazine, and are placed
out of the reach of the bombs.
The first funds have been provided for the basin
of Terneuse; its foundation is laying. Twenty
ships of the line entirely armed will he able to de-
part from the basin in one single tide. It will be
capable of containing more than forty.
The sluice tide of Ostend has terminated ; it has
done the greatest good to the harbor : that of Dun-
kirk will be in play at the end of the year; great
advantages are expected from it for the digging of
the pass. The sluice of Havre is completed ; H has
happy effects.
At Cherbourg, the expences of the road are of
two kinds. The object is, 1st to raise the dyke
above the level of low tides ; this end will be attain-
ed this year : 2d. to establish forts at the extremities
of the dvkes, so as to defend the road. The fort oi
the centre has just been completed. The road be-
ing thus secured, there remained a harbor to be dug
this great undertaking is almost completed; thirty
ships of the line will be safely accommodated in.
the basin and outer harbor. Already one ship which
had been damaged by a sea accident has been able
to enter the basin, and has refitted in it. The outer
harbor and the basin will be finished in 1812; the
ship yards and frames exist already. The works of
Cherbourg alone require more than three millions
a year.
All the ports of the second and third order are the
object of more or less works : all are improved with
great rapidity.
CANALS. The canal of St. Quintin is completed
from the beginning of this year it has been enli-
vened with much navigation : it already influences
the price of fuel and coal in the capital.
The canal of the north which unites the Rhine
and the Scheldt, was one third executed, but the
re-union of Holland having rendered it useless, that
work has been suspended.
The canal Napoleon, which joins the Rhine to
the, Saone, will be finished in four years. Three
millions a year are appropriated to it. The canal of
, which joins the Saone to the Seine, is
THE WEEKLY REGISTER GOVERNOR BLOUNT's SPEECH. 127
'\n
thousand
briskly. One million and five hundred
will }>e spent on it this year. The
canal of Arle% which is to connect the Khu
the port of Bone, is one third executed ; that which
the peninsula of BritUny by joining the
to the Vilaine, is ex
. which joins Napoleonvi!'..
which will one day stretch from N .illc to
is almost completed -
importance are cither terminated or in great
he road* distances are
shortened.
proximatcd to Pa
four hours for ; of Mount
the new road -
rienn/ treed the esUblighment of a
new road fi . Tour-
. avoiding the mountains, will be
in will have been
tv four hours,
mak- *"ce.
the road of
\ more thai "ch, in com
causeway
Is of the In m Bordeaux
communications or concur to the embc.
ital.
. is fmitliing ; they are pulling down
rnher of houses that lie !
Louvre and the Thuillcries. A second galK
c two palaces.
Jnntfr of the president to the minis-,
and t -d to present
a have presented
-i niation of the empi
of all that the govermne:
[ -. for the safet-.
glory of the
admire! at once capable to found
empire e it. the arts and laws \.
make it flourish ; but a r.e.v spectacle
self before us ; we see ancient c:
which o]
The interior co:.
those o'
wealth
ful, and the real of f, ' \\ill be
anticipate the wauls of ;'..
of the m<
in futu; >ns, and th
.: and Gkrmair n approximated c d only 1
rommnvr fi eed from the un.
lies of ' -:il its fortime become ll
from tl .. conn*
tiy which compti , mnny
irMi
: na-
;mds of
Mcntr -'C near
a d from V.
e the end ol
to.id will be
-i. Amsterdam will likewise beapproximnted
n
its num
:'l find in its bosom ti
san ami
I that so n, x arc forn >
:tn. on which n><
Marina; encctoja]
>a.
; of the departments ar
'
k ; aix'
.* it nnd^
.
Po f a
our age and of
I
1
as r<
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128 THE WELKLY REGISTER GOVERNOR GUISVvOLD S SPEECH.
be better the condition of nation* appears to n place, since the last
ion of the
under which
the belligerent p i find them-
'. to act one to'.vaicls the other;
;>pears to l>c sue I to re-
quire I the Supit
n, or to put their
towards the
ch has uni-
fied and i nfiunil
which under e
idfd to promote the. welfare of
iclieahlc .
disposition of our
'it- in amity with tin nations
., on trims which woul'l ho honorable
the neutral course o'o-
. a wanted
.11 the <]; of the United Slates
commander of a British ara .which
Mod in a becoming manner by the
.mod ore Rodders, whose highly praise
worthy conduct lit captain Bingham to
know his error and feel his inferiority. 1 lee! a per-
fect confidence in tlu- patriotism, independence,
firmnc ility of the administrators of the
general government, and entertain a thorough be-
.t they will administer it so as best to promote
neral welfare at home, and so as to inspire
.! nations who duly ap-
i liberty and who are attached
te pure rep< cmmrnt, so pre-eminently
-t. interests of mankind.
. mbt is entertained but that your attention
will be such, as to produce such a
: for the better regulation of that most valua-
'. useful class of citizens, as to cause each to
vie with the other in a laudable performance of duty,
The relaxation of the fenerul plan of depredation,
which has b'jen oi. on (he part
of one of the belligei en n at-
tended with a general rcstor.it ion of American pro-
perty sequestered in violatio n of our rights,
frank and explicit revocation of the. denccs, uiulrr
which the great mass of sei / b made.
The same course of depredation appears al.io to be
continued, and little hope can be entertained, that
our rights will be respected in future. Nor can we
any change in the disposition of the other
belligerent power lowr.rd the United States. The
capture and condemnation of our property by that
power, appears to increase with the opportunities
uling their unjust orders. Whilst our trade
id so extensively plundered by foreign nations, it
would have afforded great satisfaction to reflect that
no part of our commercial embarassmctit
arisen from the measures of our own government.
But we have to regret that the restrictive laws of
the Union still remain in force, and without
tially affecting foreign nations, arc aggravating the
evils which their injustice has produced, and arc
felt with peculiar severity by the commercial and
other important interests of this state. It i^ howe<
ver, to be presumed that the advocates of tin
tern must before this time, have become >ati>ii<-<l
that the measure originated from mistaken view> of
the public interest, and that the national legisla-
ture will abandon it, at the approaching session of
congress.
Intelligent men, however, will perceive that our
public concerns require something more than a
repeal of particular obnoxious laws. It has been
our misfortune to pursue a policy which has ren-
dered us contemptible in the view of foreign nations,
and we are treated as a people, who are reawy to
submit to every indignity, which interest or caprice
;i'.ib'u: them to be prepared to act prompt j impose upon us. It cannot, however, be too late t^
ipport of the rights of freemen on all proper! retrieve the national honor, and we ought to expect
occasions that description of citizens who are that our public councils will find, that a manly,
iered to be the; strength of the govern- i impartial and decided course of measures ha* now
1 L l -\ i i' 1 i . ' i 'i* 11 1 . .1-11 ,,-
and the protectors and defenders or' our best
:md dearest rights, at all times feel disposed to do
.vir country rightfully may require, and eve
i!>le exertion should be made to enable them
.\-\\ of their country in the execution of
ust reposed in them.
| The governor then adverts to many local objects,
shews lils attention to the interest of the
cient general interest to
in the RF.GISTK K. Among other
ture, that Messrs. Fnl
a proposed to bring a steam-bout
into ii .vaters of that state and suggests
the propri the la-.vs calculated to
credit of bank Holes issued by banks
A wag
te be ope". ie river Tennessee
' Fort Stoddart, on the Mobile
n is at,
in use between
-lir,' 1 works, situ
a'.e in the territory of i ! ' : to be made.]
State of Connecticut.
' Vh ins!.
H.
, ami
(cnticmeu <>i <'/;
No important change in the political or
cUl relations of the United bUtcs \vii
foreigr,
become indispensable Mich a course as shall sa-
tisfy foreign nations, that whilst we desire peace,
we have the means and the spirit to repel aggt
The interests of the United States undoubtedly re-
quire a secure and honorable peace; but the only
guarantee which ought, or can with safety be relied
on for this object is a .sufficient organized force
and a spirit to use it with effect when no other ho-
norable means of redress can be resorted to. The
extensive resources, aided by the geographical situ-
ation of our country, hare furnished every neces-
sary means for defending our territory and our com-
merce and we are false to ourselves when either i*
invaded with impunity. To the general i
ment however belongs the care, of these important
concern*, ;ind it is not lor the state Authorities to
encroach on th
of the union.
is important for every state to know and to '
condition of our general concerns, and to
parcel to co-operate with the nation in those mea-
sures which the public honor and safety demand
No information regarding the treasury has
received by me particularly deserving your
iion ; (lie regularity and success with which tb-e
9 of tb;it department has been long conduct-
too well kti'iv.-n to require an explanation.
The present condition of the school, fund, with
the improvements in its security, where that was
practicable, and the new arian^rrru nts for a more
punctual nnyment of iuterest, fully proves the judg-
THE WEEKLY REGISTER SWEDISH STATISTICS.
129
r.d activity of the gentlemen, to whom the
legislature has confided the management of that
I'iie nominal amount of the
fund. a-> ic ! ood in the books of ihe treasury ow the
15.
This gross sum consists of the following items ;
Debts \vcll secured, and on intr
..ikcn in piymciu of
U and contracts which may be
. in l.imU
,ly secured
lia-J ii<
.
101,190 56
IS 1
6 66
Fro: .mount if
. I, .ul
'5 66
the
sale of hnds actually
rccei\ .\lnch
in r be re-
iated at
ent.
tod
:o 63
M 03
Amounting to
If.l.r.DO 32
There will remain
:.165 74
i junt ultimately to be relied on as the
productive school fund.
.- not hi-cn able to attend any review
imn, but I have the most
proved in discipline and appearance since the
year. The situation of our md the crisis
which ; > approaching, certainly demands
your particular attention to thib object ; an^
:re to consider, whether it i- n.-i
pruden which may
be contemplated for improx discipline, to
. of field artillery, and
miliUi \ I :niy be l-a>t liable to d.->
general idea of the present >tate of the country, and
serve for common reference ;aptivc
is the c
neir <. den
_,eneral e, called by bis Kite master, the
\ and appon <
'a short time a.
\\itii imr ecil.ty, mi:.
it
.ml improdedt t wait un i
. ertakea u .
!! men of enter;
. has in mj>t government
ed a code
.
to re-
vise t!: attempt
i wbich '. ul.ued
!:it I
jbcrscssK
kin-i,
descend to t
Beiore her late wars with Russia at ,1 Fiance,
Sweden
i, IV j \Mlll 1,1 U'
mile.-, and 1 k'.O'JU inhabitant--, ur:d the \
of Lapland, not taken into the account, and ofliule
By Russia she has lost all thut part of . c
u.ite ca-i of the gulf of Bothinn, caiU-d J
,ng about 50,000 square i
iit-xed b\ '
in of Wft'ph.'il-
therefore, at pu^ent. j>c
mill-, \vith I'M- very thin population of 2,353,355
-not !."> to a >iuare mile.
The following items aie calculated on tf t
in liie
general re-i, !y to the kingdom us it
The revenue ot m rents of
crown lands, capitation
mated at 6,43S,OUO per annum. The e\p< nces
have generally exceeded the income, ;nd the r:a-
lebt lately amounted ..
The / it>r,:y dot-s r.ot amount to>
more than ir>,OCK ni-n- but what are called the
"' national troops," being in truth, nothing more.
than an exceedingly well 1*1 X-IM< e-i mil. 1 .
cjuently exes .'. a mommi , i \<] v tc
ble aL the cull ol the government, amount t. '
iU.UOU men, ol whom I
naval / - 9 '.ot very grc.u. i
the ships being old and unlit t
bi-wever. IK,J-L ol' ai.^.ut J."> -bips of the line, and j'J
Is.
fn com u
contains 72,000 inb ,-if i.-
j rcimlabir iiir<tittition,
with a Capital of a'nout two M iili >?.> of dt i
(*d(/'tf>.'> , : ', <>r ( ! !--!iburg, is (be second
'
In (be
t'HinHorirs,
'
.
t'l |Ua titu
obtained, though the r
' of tar per win*,
130
THE WEEKLY REGISTER BRITISH STATISTICS.
sides pitch -Jane quantities of timber have L
pjrte i - iad.
al of corn and meal
r the consumption
of .10. people.
harreb of hernng.a year on
Jon one of
them " Baltic \\ith t ; - - -ii has
; cks the passed over is 11..'
vessel HJ8 rix dollars
.at number of soHierfl
i'- all thetim-
ber ai. ^o complete it.
. . &. Si
ids of iron ; .~>1J:) do. copper and
an els pitch and tar
"-in the s . re exported,
i do. fine
- herrings ;
, mitt <iu m-.'-s ; 12,308 ells of linen :
: ii hj sail duck ; with some smok
. i if, pitch and window glass, and
quantity of boards. Imported among other
the same year, 53,303 bbls. salt 118,19*
do grain.
export* of Gejle and Abo are iron, a little
and a great deal of timber and, from the
some pitch and tur.
0, ihc aamber of merchant vessels
(.'., burthen 63,534- tons.
: men. Of these ships Stock-
-ed2'H: Calmar43; Gothenburgli 1(>S;
Carlscrona 33 ; Carlshamm 40; Mai
ddevalla 24 ; Abo 16.
, 9J4 tons 62,935, navigated by
;!i^n. In 1302, ytG vessels, 62,23i tons';
->eamen.
The > v.'di :i exports amount ta about ^6,250, 000
perann-i:n in ports $ 4,560,000 balance in favor
i ,090,000.
The whole kiiud.;rn contains only 1 10 towns,
s and 1250 estates of nobility. The
mi i i \cept of iron and copper are incon-
: oduee of broad cloth manufactur
ed, air.jun'.s to about 500,000 rix dollars per annum.
h !. Diet, in 1786, consisted of 49
is 183 k gentlemen
..escntatives of the cities, and
. from the peasantry. The diet, or as-
ie st.tiea, possesses some important privi-
;i the government may fairly be called a
' i-m.
-ind mca-.ure.r.\ t l runstucks make
1 -Ijiilings 1 r;x dollar, equal t
itjarecln in rix dollars/ichillrnga
.nstucks. r dollar u 1 1 cents and
The dmv Here are several other
coins and monies used in some of the provinces. In
c.<lcMliting duties, the United States value the rix
d -llai as -vn Ameiic;>n dollar.
75 Ib (of Iron weigh* ii 5'> Ib. En^li'-h. 60 Ib.
British Statistics.
THE ClirKCH ESTABLISHMENT.
PRELIMINARV REMARKS. In monarchic
verninents, the cfiurcft |as ii i.-, called) forms too im-
portant an item ot their i>uiiitcat. economy to be pas-
sed over slightly.
Unfortunately, for true religion and the comfort
and ease of the people, it happens, that khi,.
piously affecting a. liglitfioni God to enslave and
. and nui'-derand ile-trny tiu-ii tellow beings,
havt- found it necessary to boater thtir claims ly a
.d pt -ieathood : hence what are. teimed cz-
, the chosen cur^e of mankind;
the true box of Paiidtfru, ;.s pi tenant with evil, as
though every fuilen spint, jconjuretl HI* and named
by Milton ,\ had commin^U-d m l,i\nitc crime and
!ailinjf vice to form the horrid congiegation : tne
grand agent of khaverv ; the choice engine oi ty
rants ; and of ali delusions the most base and un-
pardonable, as it would render the great duty tl.ai
man owes his creator of adoiation and homage, the
neuium ol his own aebusement antl servitude. In
England, though at this time they do not occasion-
ally ' roast women .and children lot the sake of
Christiatuty t " as they used to do, and have done in
other Countries, the church is not ;mong the le^st of
he impositions on the good people of that nation
but it is not our intention to go into a minute de-
tail of its demerts ; from what follows the reader
may draw a conclusion for himself
France like England [and, indeed, most of the
countries of Europe] has her tstabfahed religion
Turkey as well as the rest, and on more liberal prin-
ciples than several of them. Perhaps they are just
as necessary .to monarchies as dark lanthorns are te
midnight thieves.
Bonaparte, though possessed of greater resource*
of mind than all the kings of Europe united, and
enjoying mo r e personal influence over the will and
destinies of man that has ever fallen to the lot of a
individual in that quarter of the globe, has notwith-
tanding found it convenient to employ this engine
on many occasions. Before he went to Egypt K
was an atheist or deist, as was the fashion of the
lime In Egypt he was a mussulman, and in the
common language of the Turks and Arabians, ciied
out, <' there v; nv God but God, and MAHOMET is hi*
prophet." Since his return from that country, he
has become a most zealous Roman Cathelic ; and so
conscientiously scrupulous was he, that he re mart led
Josephine, the pope himseli performing the cere-
mony, who also solemnly crowned them emperor
and empress of France, and king and queen of Italy.
In the holy farce, pope Pius was an unwilling actor;
but Bonaparte thought it necessary so to cheat the
people, and there was no resisting his will.*
Since then the emperor of the French has insti-
tuted priests and parishes and like the infamous
Henry Vlllth of England, been styled the"?.
'on :"when, in fact, he has only restored the
ministers: who, tine to their pensions, Balttriegftad
[MM (jui-itis, de^eiil-uliim to the people as thcimmc-
liate agent of heaven, called to accomplish its pur.
poses! teaching them the most abject obedience to
Ins decrees, and extolling hi.-, .schemes of ambition .
(vjr.tualu as'..n'lard weight,' i-- .-qi::.! to .">r, Ib. E <-
glish. 20 l'. is a Impound 20 lispotind a .v,'./'^ poud
7 1-2 ship-pounds [iron weight) an Kn'j;]ish ton ;
C s.iip pounds [victualuj a ton. A />/ is 12 &hip
pounds.
Fifty seven Swedish ells are equal to 3T yards
English; it is, therefore nearly 23 1-2 inches long.
* It is, howover, an act of common justice to say,
that no man is persecuted in France for his religious
opinions. A protestant is as readily appointed to
office as a catholic no distinction is made between
i hem. This is not the case in free and enligh'enrri
Britain. The French priests at 2 supported by go-
vernmcnt*
THE WEEKLY REGISTER BRITISH STATISTICS.
131
In Prussia, among; other regulation
td, that tl, . when
i in line, >houM be alK.vy.J .some precise
d , Jia v. They
notified of its commen ; termination
of drum ; but :
ond, prayed !o tlie/au
-
d him 01 ad taught iam to
^iou.s in af
'liken b'amr Alhh, calif of
further ; he
: r.d men
icknowled&ing that he was
.
ofiv .\initv
but his odshi:> was killed in a tumult ; some to
; ed and fled to the muun'
Lebanon in -
known by
part 01
'pinions.
l' lh we hare nolliin^ of tl,
tii.jii
it of intolle
ranee d
. 'I'iie inrrea-eut tlv.l liberality
a!y promu'
'ad the
-, we trust, will speedily de-
i . without _^ him of any
r enjoys, on that arc
of \vc
>h>p of Sodor and Man, conse-
crated by the archbishop oi
dcred a suH'ra^p.n. A- ihe see
tl.c house ot 'peers his lee.
r annum.
hops have al-o a rich
uhich
is held . :
s appeal :
\\L- add abonl one-half of'll,.
ed to tl'
)e Hue .v.
-
amount of .".
"
five
nearly twice as mucl
The amount of /. '
, f pounds
as the whui
L'niteil S
ii, a thou-
of tlie (
'enth of all the pr.
earth, which thefa:ir.
tiie ba)
.I it, and put it up in
the jv
.ith heap, :,
-
om his own
is with ,
t
) ecclesia
wiih JI suflra
I.ind. Thearch-
-is \-.
Archhi
and produ< i -ol.f
tiFlfll
ion for a
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THE WEEKLY UIXISTER SPAIX.
Wo close tnis article by u!
among tne clergy of a!'.
are ir. it pie.lv and vi,
virtue
other-
romipt of mankind.
iticular n
ot DOOO
of tilings, rat hi
'ild now mi n
if dc-iicd. It i- so, and naturally will
ie w.nld. whet e pre eminence
' . i-il !>y any ;
! Suites
: for that benefi-
i toleration wliicu recognizes no other
. ''ir, the
.tu, the
!1 other sects, to meet in
id purlin hrot'io lv iovc, kindly hoping
-aly believi 1 may arrive at the con-
i h.ap;>iness, though travelling towards
: r mds. SUCH A STATE OF THINGS
DOES NOT EXIST IN AN'V OTHER COUNTRY.
History
e Fnvasi'iH of Spain by Bonaparte.
ABRIDGED FROM THS MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES
CHAPTER IH.
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 115.)
An from the junta was sent
I id.: " Seville," said they,
'I with con ternation and surprise your
dreadful catastrophe of the 2d of May ; the weak-
ernment, wnich did nothing; in our fa-
rdercd arms to be directed against you,
-acrificcs. Blessed he ye, and your
11 shine immemorial in the annals of our
She has se.m \\ ith ho-nor, that the "author
Misfortunes, and of ours, has published a
iiati .1:, in which he di-torted evcrv fact, and
pretended, th it you g^ve the first provocation, while
i ) provoked you. T!se government was
w-'k enough to sanction and order that proclama-
bo c-rcul ited, and saw, with perfect coinpo
rs of you put to death, for a pretended
n of laws Which did not exist. The French
>! i. <'iV ui'uf l;rn tt'c-n, that French blood
luainrd in it, the precursor t.\ other :,
it*t-ll'and ot the n s.uis and fatal tendency.
It was said that tin- uuinber of tin- nn-niy's troops
was not so great as the Fiend, stated, to intimidate
them ; and that the positions wnich they had taken
weiv exaclly tliose in which they could he conquer-
ed and defeated in thv r.i^u>t ni.uitu-r." Whale-.
momentary advantages might lie hoped for by thus
deceiving the prt.plt- ;:s to the ex't-nt ot th- .
ger, \\ .> sine to he r.M!i ;l :-H>:ihri<-eil, ten-fold,
whenever '.hey were undeceived, as inevitably they
v, ould be.
!:], wa^ crying out for vengeance ! And
Mood, does not it cry out for vengeance?
,M!I hlood. shed bv an army which hesi-
;ttr.c!; i disarmed and defenceless pco-
pl", li v their 1 iws and their king, and a-
gainst \vere committed which shake
the human frame with horror. We, all Spain,
exclaim the Soani^h Mood bed in Madrid cries
JiJ.Mid for revenge! Corniott yourselves, we are
nthren : \\ > will ti-V like you, until we pe
ri-i'i in defending o;ir king and country. Assist us
with your good wi.-hc.-. .1,1-! your continual prayers
offered up to the M-.t I *i .!, whom we adore, and
who cannot forsake us because he never forsakes a
;ti-t rinse. Should any favorable opportunity oiler.
exert yourselves as valiant Spaniards, to shake oft
the ignominious yoke imposed on you with thf
slaughter of so many of your innocent fellow citi
zens, and with a perfidv horrid beyond example."
The proclamation to the people of Spain, was
y of it c cati'-reandohject higher praise cannot
nr. bestowed and of that praise this admirable ad-
Uress is fully worthy.
Excellent as this address v/as, one grievous fault
in his manifesto, had invited deserters
trom the French aunv to enlist under him. Many
of the provincial proclamations, in like manner,
distinguished bei, \\een Konaparle and the people
over whom he governed, calling the French an
enlightened, a generous, an honorable nation ; and
raying, that they, as well as the Spaniards, were
ea^er to see the destruction of the tyrant who op-
pressed and disgraced them. They expressed a.
hone, that the success of Spain might induce
French people to ofiJer him up as a victim for their
ownsakes, for the sake of universal justice, and
to expiate the shame which his perfidy and cru-
elty had brought upon France. " Do not/' said
they, " believe that all Frenchmen are acromj
ees in these iniquities. Kven among those who
compose the armies of this barbarian, we know
that there are some unhappy individuals, who
amidst all the evils with which they arc surrounded,
still cherish in their hearts the seeds of virtue."
The junta of Seville addressed a proclamation
pressly to the French armies : Frenchmen,'*
said they, " you possess no longer laws or liberty.
You have shed streams of your own blood only to
reduce Europe under the tyranny of a Corsican.
Spain has been your true and faithful ally, nnd in
many ways contributed to your triumph :" yet she
ha--, been despoiled by your tyrant, of her laws, Iier
monarchs, and her freedom, rot by gallantry and
valor, but by treachery anl fraud, in which you
are forced to co-operate. Your arms are defiled,
and you arc ma.de to assist, in deeds of infamy in-
consistent with your generous character, and with
the name of the great nation which you have ac-
q ired. We invite you to withdraw from banners
which arc destined to enslave all nations, and to
enlist under ours, raised for the best of causes, to
defend our laws and our king, whereof we have
been robbed, not by force oi' aims, but by fraud,
treachery and ingratitude of the deepest dye.
Wipe off the stain which otherwise will indclihly
disgrace your nation ! The Spaniards tender you
the just reward of such an action ; with opt-n arms
w 11 they receive you, and fight by your side ; and,
when the wr>r shall be terminated \vjtb that suc
which they have every reason to expect, laud i-hall
be given you, which you may cultivate unmolested,
and pass your remaining days amidst a nation
vvhich loves and respects you, and where impartial
justice shall incorruplibJy protect all your fair en-
joyments.
'" Italians, Germans of all the provinces of that
g eat country, Tolander?, Swiss, and all ye
who compose the armies called French, will ye
fight for him who oppressed and despoiled you of
what you held most sacred ? For him who dragged
you from your families and homes, robbed you of
your property, your wives?, your children, yonr
nn-tive land, which he has enslaved ? will you fight
against a nation, which it is intended to subdue and
enclave, finder the cloak of alliance and friendship,
by fraudulent treachery, detestiblc and horrid be-
THE WEEKLY REGISTER NON-IMPORTATION LAW.
yond any precedent in history, even among barba-
te to u ;, and you sh ill in
aid true honor. We tender the
> the French ; and we
a and your posterity will enjoy them in
')? wisdom of the Seville jun-
, MIS than in the prec.i
: in the
jH-udeni.
>f their lo
'' s-iid tli-
. nor -et foot in our ten il
i her, not by
W made her l:ii
mule the nation rem'.le.
Is ; .Hid France, and
1 i hull >ee th i- we have not
'. ere also
French
ilailv lho-e which the ha^e-
nent ^ti!l \< be pub-
H e the
I freed themr]
.uil. led,
American would be refused in_
the ronitnandei * ot !(..
made good
is the true ci t of the order
viatcd dor..
had great t.i -hanu-
fie in t . rf law
when t'.i'-y h ive sn.u-^led to theamonnt of mil:
ElllOpe, ill uel'i.ilH'e <! the i IV
Tiie policv 01 propriety of this law
to <!> wuh the (j'i hall not al
to di-ciiss it but, while it is a law it should be
maintained : unfortunately, there are too many in
the United States who regard i: inci ',;<.:
. ernmcnt, and ; , their smug.
;n f O the
United States to a prodigious amount.
iirand centre point cl tl,,- !m^iiir>- in Arierica. liko
j-e. h,i^ >ryoii'(
example by it: '>nd, \\\^ r\ < -i \
of the l"nit''i -ntities ar
dured in defiance of law ; to the detriment
revenue, the demoralization of the people, .
a'!is injury of the honc-t trader. Ti.
iine and experience nl!^ht die dnced to* system m
Ute J "Thin the prcat re'servior I,
lowhowtodo, and which Is there no remedy W tin
any laws to become dead letters i
lie Fiench should rorne to in- [ S:tf ,,>c, One hundi t u
land appointed, \\-re put into coniini-
- for our h.ij'jiiui-s-, for guarding the con-t and tin
to \ tf Green mountain l< <i l,)ok toward*
ire contii.
ur .vomen, to i-
^ of our lioeity, our 1... w^, ind cur kin;; :
f at and <! i..n, as they
. . which
lutions and
oi their
TO i
i Importation i
'
I fn look toward*
rlhs of the amount, aml.ipt.,
urth to defray the i
-would n^t
he -upported ? \\Y thi:)'^
'
.f the - ! put all to
j) I 1 ,!-!
FIRST H
M thr rno^t v
1
'i tlir
.
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rounti,
. ,r rup.-
134
THE WEEKLY REGJSTEH SHEEP BREEDING, XC.
fey care and attention to preserve the breed pure, the
merino mav reach the .
And it is certain th
A a all his enterprising purchases from the late
importations of Spanish sheep, has m-\ i-r met with
any equal in aj^.earan< of fleece or length
f pile, to those of his own raisins; from his original
flock. About one hundred lambs have been the
e of this year, nearly all of which have been
: \\iihont accident or distemper. Re-
duced as Sp:tin is, beyond all hopes of immediate
reinstatement, and, indeed, with the moral certain-
ty of further dev <-ut off, as we are, by
England from French supplies of cloths, and re-
:ht to be, ourselves, not to import
from England, whilst - on monopolizing
'ket, the accession of merino wool, to the
stock of American staples, is a matter of the highest
gratification. In a few yens we may undoubtedly
iurnish our own consumption, and, perhaps, ex-
port fine wool in large quantities, as we have cotton.
The factory of Messrs. D; pont & Bauduy, near
Wilmington, Del. is already well advanced in its
operations, on an extensive scale, and will before
the expiration of this year, turn out superfine cloths
of the finest and most durable fabric ; and the zeal
which animates almost every portion of the commu
aity, for atchieving this great measure of American
independence is the sure pledge of its early and com-
plete success.
After visiting the various accommodations which
Mr. Caldwell has arranged for the preservation and
comfort of his fine flock, the company sat down be-
tween three and four o'clock, to an elegant dinner,
spread in the genuine American exuberance, and
passed the remainder of the afternoon in social and
The Leceister breed of sheep in England yield!
in Lincolnshire f> 1 2 to '.' 1 ~ pounds of wool. It is
finer than that of the Lincoln breed. Ti-.r carcase
is not so heavy ; but so good lands are not required
for this breed.
The Herefordshire, English sheep, yield very fin*
wool ; but only 2 to 3 pounds to the licerc. The
merino sheep yield finer and much more wool, and
ur dry climate particularly well suits this valuable.
breed. \De\
rational festivity.
[Aurora.
A CLOTIHER-No. V.
HEAVY FLEECED SHEEP. Itiss'atedin "4rthur
Youngs Lincolnshire," that Mr. Graves, of that
county, had a true Lincoln sheep, which clipped
twenty-three pounds of wool, the first year, and
within half a pound of that weight, the second year,
and was sold in the London market the following
Christmas, weighing forty pounds the quarter.
This gentleman, Mr. Graves, sold in 1796, no
less than 3568 tods of wool, weighing each 28 Ibs.
They feed often on oil cakes, often on turnips,
and sometimes on a plant called the Saw thi t'e,
which grows on rich lands. Nothing makes woo"
grow so fast as oil cake.
It is also stated, that the sheep around Boston
in Lincolnshire, Great Britain, yield, on an ave
rage, 14 pounds of wool per annum, fit for ker
lankets, carpets, shalloons, &.c.
A lady of Spuliing, in the same county, spun
one pound of this wool into 168,000 yards, or 95
miles of yarn. The apprentices spin it to the
length of 13,440 yards to the pound, or S miles.
Hence we may learn the profits this country can
make on the long wooled or heavy fleeced sheep, by
combing the wool and making "wortffd" stuffs,
such as shalloons, durants, moreens, bombazets,&.c
They use a machine, to comb wool called " a Big
Ben."
The price of a fat Lincolnshire sheep, after the
third shearing is 38*. to 72?. sterling ; or eight dol
Jars and forty four cents to 16 dollars for the sheep
The Lincoln sheep are preferred to any other by
theEnglish marsh graziers for hardiness and forpmjif
Heavy sheep have been found to eat less in pro
portion to weight, on some experiments, than light-
er sheep.
Miscellaneous.
BLESSINGS OF ROYALTY.
Of one of Bonaparte's v, ivc the ex-mistress of
Sarras and present discarded Josephine, we had
he following account a U-w yr;u s ago, extracted
rom a French work, published in October, 1803.
" MadameNapoleon never puts on any plain gown
:wice, and she changes her dress lour or six times*
everyday. In the summer she makes use of fouc
dozen of silk stockings, and three dozen of gloves
and shoes ; and in the winter she uses three dozer*,
of the best English cotton stockings, and two do-
zen of French silk stockings every week. She
never wears any washed stockings nor puts on.
wice the same pair of gloves and shoes. All her
chemises are of the finest cambrick, with borders of
lace that cost ten louis d'ors each: six dozen of
chemises, with lace, are made up for every month.
Every three months she changes her diamonds
and jewels, or has them newly set according to the
prevalence of fashion. Four times in the year her
plate, china, furniture, tapestry, hangings, carpets,
See. are changed according to the seasons. She
has ordered as her regular establishment, two new
carriages and twelve different horses every month ;
and of the thirty six horses in her private stable, the
master of the horses has a power to dispose of twelve
every three decades, to be replaced by twelve others
o fashionable color. Twelve times in the year, all
persons belonging to her household receive new ao
coutrements or liveries. Her own wardrobe is divided
everv thirty days, between her maids of honor.
"Madame Napoleon has four distinct established
wardrobes, different diamonds, &c. for travelling,
for the Thuilleries, for St. Cloud and Malmaison;
and though she cannot reside but in one place at the
same time, in the Thuilleries as well as at St. Cloud
and Malmaison, four changes of furniture, &<. are
always ordered for the same period. At St. Cloud
she has at the expence of thousands of louis d'ors,
improved the bathing cabinet of the late unfortunate
queen. By touching certain springs, she can conv
mand what perfumes her capric demands to mix
with the water, the reservoir always containing for
fifty louis d'ors, the finest odours and best perfumed
waters ; by handling other springs, she commands
the appearance of drawings, or other pictures, ele-
gant or voluptuous, <ray or libertine, as her fancy
desires. When she wishes to leave the bath, at the
signal of a beli, she is. by a mechanical invention,
lifted without moving herself from the bathing ma-
chine, into an elegant, moderately warm, and perfu*
med bed, where she is dried in two minutes ; and
from which she is again lifted and laid down upon a
splendid elastic sofa, moved without her stirring, by
another piece of mechanism, into an adjoining cnbi.
net for her toilet, of which the furniture and deco-
rations cost 100,000 livres. For the improvements
onlv of her luxurious, though less expensive bath-
ing cabinets, at the Thuilleries and at Malmaison,
the French republic has paid 2,000,000 livres."
THE WEEKLY REGISTER MISCELLANEOUS,
I S3
THE BALTIC TRAP
we have just reason to complain of the
depredations committed on our liwt'ul trade by
the continental powers of Europe, they have
rea?un to be di satisfied with us forneglect
T adopt a certain pi IP. our property
mi^ht be more surely identified than it i-i. It is.
an unquestionable fact, that rnany of the condom
nations and seizures of American propr
\orth of Europe, for several years past, have
been directly or indirectly brought about by the
-prostitution of our fi.*g by the British. It i
nous that all sorts of American shipping papers
are manufactured in London- re pub-
Dutch in 13i*S f who gave it the name of Mauritius
in honor of the prince of Oian-e. About
began to form settlements upon
but a: :ning of the ia^t century the colony
..and the Ficnch took possession,
and held it until its late subjugation by the Bn
i .1 Bertie. In the hands o oh,
;h the British, it was a place of the
noitance ; being the great rendezvous for
<md
fitted out to harrn?s the 1'iiii-h vessels trading to
sal f,
for the name of the v
and left in braVik
cc. Hence it
India, many of whom, with
will easily be perceived, our trade must continue
liable to the most grievous vexations while the
practice continues. The following extract from a
London, paper is strictly correct, and deserves
lo be remembered.
Ft-nm, a Istndon Paper.
<( When we hear the accusation of treacherous
neutrals daily made American nation,
\ve ought at least to enquire whether it
lence, If, however, we a
; this character, and reap the advantages
of the prostitution of her flag, we ought to I
^It is an undoubted fact, and well known to all
concerned in the Baltic trade, that most of the En
ips which have gone to the north. of Europe
for two years past, have assumed the American flag
fcnd tikcn simulated papers, by which they have
been permitted to anentiy. The general prevalence
i.roduccJ a seizure of all the ships
under American colours, so that, in many instances
the neutral American merchant suffered. It was a
subject of remonstrance by llu^->ia, Denmark am
Ariieiican rnn>uK there, that theii
thus mil"-. < d by one o
In these ii therefore, we
have no right to charge the Ainciicans with bac
f<iith, .s were commenced and con
English merch IT.' md."
ISLE OF FRAN
in thr lii. Ii. 111 oroan
lie Abbe d-
more t ,.it 1 1 in
arid r in widtli
carg. 'p'ured and brought m here. 1*
v called Port Napoleon, is an excellent
arbr J foi titled.
BOURBON, is nearly of an oval form and 150
ii!es in circumference. It is healthy, pleasant and
ertilc, producing all the n. n 45
vhcat, corn, ice. with sugar, cotton, tobacco, coffee,
arious kinds of gums, oranges, cinnamon, fitc. in
reat abundance, yielding two crops in a
nely watered and well stocked with horned cattle,
ogs, &,c. coffee is the chief article tor export, and
dticed oiiginally from Mocha.
The island was discovered by the Portugue
rst settled by the French in 1
:.!-. >' I' ll's, M lUn .
ort Dauphin. The whole population
JO.OOp, of whom 21 th negro bl,r
."i, 52, S. long. 55, 30, E.
From the Gcor<ria Journal.
CHARACTER OF AN INDIAN CHIEF.
:y prt'sriit-s few instances of greater valor
;tianunity, than are di ; the charac-
cr of Opechanchanough, an Ind
irtful, insinuating ; skilled in dissimulation and in -
}, for many years kept the early set'
'p^in'n in a state of continual alarm, and
han once menaced them with . \, Al-
hough so d a^e as to he unable to walk,
he commanded in person, an<? directed froi
litter on which he was borne, the onset and
his warriors at the dreadful massacre o;
which alino- AJ -; - !
.
wreck
In i hi-.
MCC, and 
