f
4
ft
t :,
tfr:r &raFnor reteafe th;m, tccordTn?
Is th ir value expire the cupidity- of the
; 1 his degrading irate ot our nareour,
as riestffsrily ra fed the prerryutri. of in-
'urance, y tjs Jrctng ad -futni
ron the ptickVt r of our. 'citizens has ad-
ans,i the price of'every cmrrrvJy,and
re red a diitrefling lUgnatio-n of out ex
ports ttr in: m:rcnaatsr mn receding
heir eooJ from abroad, are incapicttated
tfrarn"pvichifiijg the pr9itce of the coun
try,. ' JKinoai ihefe deplorable elicits ot
the Jefencelels and frummatiag condition
of oar commerce may be moreover enn-
meratedthe imtn'enfe lots of duties thofa
: I have re ved. your letter of the 214 .
incloUng the Memorial of the lhfuran.ee.
Company of which you are P(efidctii andv
,of the - Merchants, and. others, 7intereftc&
. r" . r j . i Wt i eonnrm the fcooa oomwwv which , we -enter--
: 'nRn.otiOTqmaaeacquameaYy ..uildJfhi-,nd.intely,.whichhe
inc,wiiecior oi ne uuoms, has 5lm father crta8d by taking 8000 of
circumrtances of the capture of the 1 wo eur troop5 inU) his py, an4J stipulating to
Friends, I loa no time in -Itating tt to the- I no treaty without our onsenU (Lord
JintibTiaTgarrrsottf onrtrpojato the amount
of 4400 men. The Paishwab', too, has not
been wanting in his proofs of attachment;
- and.the important ceision, in tjie Cu2eratK'
xt the coaslbetweenSurut ana vnara, to-
' gether with the province of Bundkcand, wust
WILMINGTON,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 180.
1;
on the hip'Two Friends alcinV.' being e.f-
tiiruted by the UoUettjrat 45,000 dollars.
Your Metnoralirts Hayettve be't reaioHi
for believing that 'his early fuccefc, ex
perwnad by thefe French privateers, will
immediately allure others in fwarms to
Our coalls and bar, to the total ruin of
priya e mercantile concerns, and the molt
tatai ditalcaVion of the public revenue :
YtAi ihemorialifls have w . Ms ground
lor apprehending that Britilh cruiters
availing thefnfelves-of 'the abfencc of dj
ineltic proiecVion, will, under the color of
.camelling,, the French, affume and occupy
their ground, and either retain us in the
fume degraded ftaleTharrafUng our veffcls
by fearches and detentions, or fuhjeft us
to the difgraceful and mortifying obliga
tions' of gratitude, for alien fuccour and
rYout TfemorTaVifts are the more alarm-.
cd at thefe depredations,, becaule mucK''
'valuable property ij 11 ill rxpe&ed this
famsncr from other quarters than London,
and confiderable importations will be
Loked tor in the fill, for our winter fup
jvlies; and (hould there not be an early
and effeclual check to thefe aggteflionl ;
fljould our fall importations be alfo inter.,
rupted, the calamities of the lail year pro
duced by 'the hurricane and other raufes,
in which this city has fo Urgly participa
ted, would be aggravated to iuch an exttnr,
;s to eventuate m gertcril ruin-and thefe
' ,ieat alarms and apprehenfions of your
oemorla'ilh are ht ightened by the well
Known ciroimfhnce of many of the crui
sers, which intcik our Ihores, be!ongiiig
to St. Jigo de Cuba and Buracoa, in
whkh receptacles our vcllels. and iheir
cargoes, with the knowledge of the Go
vernment of Cuba, are inltarjtly fold,
without even the formality of a, trial, or
tny coodemnation whatever, thereby pre
foiling every future probability of rr.ln f.
Your mcmorulifti avail themlclves of
thx occafion, to totice a late decift,n of
the dhhi4'ctnlr, within this (late, groand-
- ed on an aft of Congrefs, whereby the ter
ritorial jurifJiclion of the United States is
limitteJ to th fliort dittauce ot 3 mi'cs,
or a marine league, from the coalls or
(hores, which by the faid court is conltru.
cJ to mean three miles-from the land:
confequently the middle channel of our
bar being more than three miles diilant
from. the reared land, is pronounced by
judicial authority, to be without the j(i
trfifidion of the United States! The very
entrance of our harbor, in full tight of the
ci't, where ve&lt are obliged to anchor
whi e w aiting for a tide, an t wi'h a pilot
ou hoard, iu, by our own tribunals, ac
kunwlcded to be wiihuut the protection;
vl o ir government 1 1
Yuur mcmuiialiils refrain from com
muting on the pernicious effVcU of a fyf-
, tern ot policy fo pregnant with dilhoii'tr
iljtjjLro;the t rda n 1 m vigai iou of the
union at largf, but.,inrreptticuhTty ro
thufe of Chjileiloftr from the geography
ot whufe lh )rcs, and peculiar local fiiua
tio 1 or whofe bar and harbor, every vcifcl
In her iagrefs anl egrefi, is ihoi l'ibj:cUJ
10 Icarch, detention or tenure. We con
tent ouiftltcs with a bite Datemcnt of
the above gtUvjncc, fuprradJed tofo ma
ry othrtt, not tliubtinv that the Prcfident
will uke the fame iiv.o coufiJeration, and
ineduly imprctteJ with the necedty ot
; fime early remedial irrangemmt, either
(t a Irgilh'Ue or diplomatic nature, will
ttcnr to lucn at may. appear mud condu
cive to the dr filed en I,
Your menmrialifts havrng thus eahtbi
tc.i out art impcriea view r tneir ruinous,
.'. unprotected, and degraded fituation, rc!r
rwtih confi lence on trie prompt interpnfi
tfjii ot hc Prcfident, o obtain, by repre
fnaii.ni t the miniUcr of Frincc, and
ot Sp4i, (in iheevent p ihe Two F.icndi,
tei'ig caiifptl i o 1 Spiniih port) rcflim.
timl ihr f.id lh'p and cargo, add tocaufe
a il j to he put to finlir fprd'a r int.
And your ntr-nuriliUi turihtr mofleimrd.
ly loluir fu ne iinmcdute anl efrVOual
Davl protf!lionl irour hirhour and ihore,
ic hr wnt fiuh other meiforri as tbe
finl'jnil cmincilt In 'licit vjfd.Kn'inxr
ilii'tt riu licn, ai well for prevention of
the renewal f ih?nutraprt we havc.f.tf.
laio.d, at tor iht permanent (afety and
pirtufti tn .f vnr vnuncftiil snd navies.'
lii'i.' tii anl tnirctlt. ,
Cbtltfltnt (S C.J June aa, i3 15.
' COPY. 7
French Minifter. who has replied-that
the communication- made to hicw refpect
ing this aifairrby the commiflary "of his
nation at Charleftqnr had enabled htm to
antio'paie my defiresi by requeuing the
Ostains General of the French colonies
10 all of hoar he had written rcfpecling
it, to obtain famfaclion for this violation
of the convention between France anl the
United States.
The observations contained tr the M e
morial refptfling th local fituation, and ,
the protectipn nectflary for the port of.
'Charlefton.and .the adjacent ;Coa(t;. have
been weighed by the PrtfiJc it, and in con
nection with other information, wi.'l pro
mote fuch mea fares as tho nature of his
functions, theexiiling laws, and the pub
lic good, may be thought to admit aud re
quire. . . . . .' ,
I hive the honor to be, Sir.
. f Very r fpcclfully, ,,
Your mofl obedient fnrrt.
JAMES MADISON.
Thomas Corbktt, Efq.
From the Edinburgh Review of " Tennant's In
' dian Recreations."
From these docunienta it appears clearly, !
that during th four years ending in '1801,
the company have been adding to tlicir debt
at the rate ( one million one hundred thousand,
pounds per annum to enable tbvm -tv d0"
the expences of goverumtnt, and io4ranrait
the usuid invcstuieiils to thu country i tliat
the private and neutral trad;- has increased in
the same period from 1,978,1901. to no lcisv
AhSij'3,i3,),l03i. . whilc'tliB kale-, ui the com-
Jr . .1:.. ;....!' .1 c r 1 . 1 ...
pan uiiiiiiiisiitu iroiu o,jj,uoui. iu v,t
0281. and that the debt owing by the compa
ny has inureascd from 9,600 0001. to 23,000J
0001. between the years 1787 and 1803, e
ven without reckoning the sums due to go-v
vernment in th form of public participation,
which have never been paid bince 1794, and
mukt now amount to at least: 4,50o'uoul.
From the latest accounts, which bring those
statements down to the year 1802 3nPaili-.
amcntat-y Debates, 1803, Vol. VII. p.
337,) it appears that the whole concern is
woi fce fur that labt year and the preceding,,'
by 1,272,8301. although it had been said that,
during that year, the company would batri
a condiiion to appropriate a whole million
as a sinking fund for the extinction of tlieir.-
debu . "w .
Desperate, however as the condition of
the company appear to be, there i no dan
ger of it kpcedity toniiviiiiiiig an act oi bank
ruptcy; and though it will continue to add
largely to its debts, it will still find money e
nough to burrow. It is most important to
inquire in what manner this is brought a
bout, and to consider to v.lut consequences
it ullinially leads. By laying before prlia
ment, yearly, the accounts reUtive to the
East-India company, and certain resolution
of approbation and acquiescence being con
statu ly passed, the legislature, in fact, ius
held out the credit of the country as the se
curity to which the creditors of the company
are to look forward in case of it failure. The ,
aiseti Ii debts of llit company pass unnoticed;
they nevercnteriutotheconsidcration of those
who are desirous of lending money to the di
rectors. There is not a mutt indeed in Eng- .
land, who doubt that if the company should
fail, the country would adopt the debt of S3.
-nulUoiii a, in owruarnl thcreis tivt a nun
who would hesitate to recommend that mea
mire. Is it not better, therefore, that the .
country should adopt the debt now, when il
is comparatively smalt, than permit it to go
ou accumulating under the bad management
of the company, having no contruU over its
increase, and in fact, incurring a lurire debt
which i oorrowcu lormc advantage 01 indi
vidual met chants, not for the expenre of go
rernmentj always recollecting that the ef
fect of the present system of monopoly is to
diminish and destroy the resources of that
country from which the interest of the debt
ought to come in tUc same ratio as the debt
itself increases I - -
The posses-lion or Influence of the company
reaches fromlat. 10, north total.SSs for such
Is themanitudcorthcirciTipire, thtmi!etare
too small a compass to compute it ly. The
breadth of these possesions cannot be toes
sily determined; tut the whole peninsula
of India is now subjected to, their power.
To our former possessions of rtvngal, iUhar,
and Benares, the present Kovcrnnient c In
dia has added the country lyinjf between the
Ganges and the Jumna, with the Holulcunil;
Oudc, remslns more than ever front Its wcW
tiess, an appendige of this presidency.
From the Nizam has been taken Wis share of
the siwirs ot Tippoo t the Camatkk and Tan.
we hive be fh added to our dominie. j sod
tne Choice ef piime minister for the 'UsjMt
Tavancore, the ohfy circumstance, inr
Inters me trituiary, wanting to subject that
ouutry aUo to our power. PosMsaing, thcrt.
frethc My lor, we enjoy In full iovcrtlnty
a.l the pctiinstda down la the south cf the rt
ter Toamhrndda. Uut besides this the Ni
aim has been so fond of the Fetish r
smce the French wtre dismiiscd his senicr,
vbt he 4(iUias iu Lis capital, Ilydialnd, au
Wfcfc&lev's Notes.
. The only powers in that part of the world,
who seem to have been- insensible to our
kindness, are the Mahrattas, but they will no
doubt speedily open their eyes to the force of
reason and of arms.y The descendant of the
Moguls, when restored to the throne of his
fathers,' will require the assistance? pf a com
pany of English traders, in the government
of his provinces, and in the collection of his
revenues, which cannot possibly be in kind
ness refused him.' This, with the addition
of the province of Cuttack, and some impor
tant acquisitions in tne GuzeraV and. the
countries between the u&ngeb andthe Jumna,
'w.liich are just united to our crrrpirevplaccs)
me wuoie bcmufiuia unuet' our ooiiimion.
The population of this vast estipire is far
from-being accurately known. The author
of the Indian Recitations has copied from
the same unpublished ptinted.woik, (Asiat.
An Reg. 1802, Misc. Tr. 41,) a computa
tion of the number of Inhabitants in Bengal,
Sec. It scarcely need to be observed, that,
no dependence can be placed on these com
putations, as they assume, as facts, what we
have no reason to believe to be sot The re
sult makes the population of Bengal, Bahar,
and Benares, 3u millions ; and according to
the ideas . of tlw author,-the population ot the
Lngitbh empire in India, including the coun
try of the Nizam and Oudc, will amount to
between 60 and 70 nuMlions ot souls. ' '
The resources of the commerce of this em-
,pire Ai'e bytno nKiHU prfipunioued to its po
pulation, llw nature ot the government de
s troys every principle of industry and action.
The prosperity oT so lare a portion Jbf our
dominions, U undotibtedly an object Of con
cern of no meat; importance, and the conside
r.uion ofnbw question must derive additional
interest from us having been declared in par
liament, by the highest authority, that no man
'would be bold enough to ask for a renewal of
the charter on the footing on which it at pre
sent stands. The liberties crranted to the
private trader will be the first step towards
the proper colonization of that country ; and
as it is obviou that the one cannot be grunt
ed without leading to the other, it will be
much better to look to it steadily, and consi
der seriously what is the best means to regu
late and direct the change From the iru-i
proved system of government in the elder
provinces of the empire, few can now hope
xo m ake a .fortune and return to this country
again, as was formcrl) the case. Those who'
no out must now leave this country with ve
ry lLtle prospect of ever seeing it arain ; and
not having. European fc mules to adom and
improve their society, they contribute to the
production of an intermediate class of inhabi
tants, who have neither the education f vir
tues of their European parents, nor the in
offenkive and submissive talents of their Asi
atic brethren. The coloiiizVftion of India, as
we have before said, is going on.silvntly and
progressively, in a way equally detrimental
to the interests of England and hostile -to the
welfare of India. ,
According to thelst accounts, the num
bcrof the company's civil servants in India
were 702 ; olHcers 214; ditto of the marine
122 ; jnd of European inhabitants not in the
company's service 2,3 18; in all 3,161. To
this is to be added the numbers 01 l.oropcan
soldiers 24,0o0f making a total of 29,161, 10
govern a people whose numbers amount to
70 millions I The inadequacy of tlia system
when opposed by rebellion aided by Europe-
an intrigues, mu't be apparent to every man,
while the numbers artrsufiicierrtio producea -race
that will eventually ttXi us from our ,
eastern empire.
Furihir returns J the tli fiio cf msmlirr '
' ! tf tkt Statt Legijloiure
; Camdev, Arthur OWs, --Joseph Mor ' '
gan and Caleb Perkins, C.
pAsqifbTANK, Thrad. Freshwater, 5. F
E. Sawyer and Marmaduke Scott, C
CuRRiTuci, Samuel Ferebee, S. Willis
Simmons and Willooghby Dozier, C.
Hertford, Robert Montgomery .Jat
Jones and Wm. Murfree, C. . -
Bertie, Joseph Jordan, 5,-Wra. Cherry
and Joseph H. Bryan, C.
Chowan, Thomas Brownrig, S. Stephen
waoarrus and Benj. Cofhcld, c
Town of Edentok, VilliamSlade.'
Martin, John Stewatt, 5. -James Bur-
rowghs and Solomon Williams, C.
PfiRQU imons, Joseph White, iS.ThOmat
Nicholson and William Uiddick, C.
Wasbinoton, Daniel Davenport, S.-.Le-ven'
Uoazman anf 'Jas.ChrUt6phe C. rT 1 ! '
i An son, Jamas MarshaUci-Joseph Pick
ett snd William Lanier, C. '
. VRo'sKsoMtBenjamin Lee, S. Z. Jordan
and M'Neill, C. - .
Mooke, Thomas Tyson, Francis Bui-.
lork and John M'Lellan, C,
CabaShus, Wm. Alexander, 5. John Al
lison and John Phiferr C,
Montcomert, J. Sanders, iJ.-John Mask
and Wm. Allen, & .
Mecklenburg, George Graham, 5". Sa
muel Lowrie and George Smart, C.
Lincoln, Ephraim Perkins, Sr-Johrs
Moore and Peter Hoyle, C. '
Iredell, John Hugins, 5. G. L.Da"
vidson and William Ydang, C.
, Rowan, Matthew Brandon, 5. Daa. Hunt
and Daniel Leatherman, C
, Town of Sausburt, Joseph Pearson.
' Subry, Jesse Franklin, 5. Nicholas Horn
and David Davis, 6'. '
Rockincham, Alex. Martin, .--Alexander
Sneed and Sampson Lanier, C.
Wilkks, James Welborn, 5.- Edmund
Jones and William Holme, C.
Ashe, Nathan H or ton, 5. Richard Wil
liams and John Koons, C,
Bobxe, John.II. Stevelie; 5. John Casotl
and Brice Collins C,
Buncombe, James Bnttaln, S. Thoroa
It is a fact extremely worthy cf atten.
tion, that the office r who have disciplined
and led on to action the troops of Scindia, un
der the direction and after the desertion of
the foreign .!T.f 1 r during the present bloody
contest, are the natural children ot Lrtgluh
men, who, I
covernmeht
! ' 1 nation under the compant , Wilt it be said
that no danger arises from the increase ot
such a population, if not counteracted by a
more effective one from Europe.
t This is the number stated by Lord Cast
lercvgh. In fact, however, there ire not
much more than half that number cf Euro
pean troops in India.
JUST RECEIVED
Itj iht irr AmaZiH, Captain Lmtj from
Xev'jurjpsrl, JJftr salt Ij iht mbstrilxrt
Nd. Hum, jn barrels,
Coai fe and fine Shoct,
If. is.
Choce Reiilint; Mvlaffci, and luruliy
, ,.otur ariuui. , ; .
'T.N.GAUTIER.
, Wilmington, Auguft 20, 1805
I VJ THE iQbscribrrs totlie IJfc f rr '
Nl.ltAI. WAHHINGTON, arc Informed
that the lit, 2d. and Jd Vcfurois artrcccU
ved, and ready fof delivery agreeably to the
terms cf subscription. Apply to ,
JOHN I.OND0N.
W.lmit'tlon, A guMJ7, 1105.
Lcve and Jacob Bvler. C.
Halifax, Gideon A I Hon, J. Wil
lijtn Williams and Matthew C. Whit
aker, C.
Town of Halifax, A. Gilchvift .
Northampton, 'John M Benford
5. Grtea Turncf and Samucl Tar
vev, C. .
Granville, Tnornn Pcifon, S. ;
John WaDiii:gton and Hcnrv anccy C.
Orange, Junatlun Lin dlcy,5 Da
vid Mebanc and John Tnompfon, C.
To Wt O F'-H lJLSBO KOL'G H, " Cat let 1 1
Campbell ,
Caswill, Azariah Graves, S.
Hornhticl.!c and John M1 Mullen, C.
Pan son, George Lea, S. James Coch
ran ami William Mitchell, C.
Chatham, Wlilum BrantlejTi
John Fanan and William O'Kellcy, C
Stokis, Got.ick Shobcr, Ifaac
Dohor and Iirnry B. Dot fori, 67.
tT In our J",lt from misinformation, we
stated Benjah While elected for Lenoir couiw
ty Instead of Laiarus Pearce.
We '' h'ava obtained returns from all th
couaties in the State, except Carteret, Gates,
Hyd,Tyrrel, Rutherford and Brunswick.
The election does not take place in the latter
county till October. Raleigh Register,
A Utter from Tangier, dated 22d June,
mentions that the gun-boat captured by th
two Spanish vessels in the Strcighta of Gih
- ralur and sent laAlgeiirai, watinstacUy.fi-.
berated by General Ca:unos on her arrival
at the latter place.
A Court Martial has he en convened atVew-
Oilcans for ihe trial of Col. Butler, for diso
bedience vf orders.
IViUiam Lnttimve, a decided republicsn, la
re-elected a dclemte to rrnrrsent. the Missis- . .
y the constitution rf our Indian IJ sippi Territory in the Congressof the Uni'.ed
, irt presented holding any si- States. He had 10 totes, Cato West 3, and
jonn tun 1. .
ftMft.
Vft do not think the report, tinder ll
NewYoik head, respecting a tcU of the Se
nate, entitled to any credit W 'ax A. Fed.
We are informed from Washington, that
the frigates United States and Boston, are
ordarcd to be put in icsdir.cis for immediate
scrvKt.
A late Utter from Cadlt siyi, A Spa
nish boat lately took an American trig, cipt
Bayley, with a valuable cargo from New
York for Kiplci 1 under pretext thit ihe had
no Spanish Consul's certificate. She it now
under trial.
By the arrival of the ilu'p Silly, captain
Webb, at Newbury port, in 40 days Lorn Li
verpool, we learn that on the Cth Jolr, In 1st,
43, ZO, long. 32, io, she fell io with the com
bincd French and Spanish Ceels. They put
on board the ship Silly, the Lady of tb Go
vernor of Mont writ, and Messrs. Pry'sdale
and Cwk, late supercirgoei of two ef tkc
English merchantmen csptured off Antigua,
and burnt by id Vrnrk A.-i. n.fl..ii
were but 700 miles west of Ferrol4; and steer
ln a dire i.t nunc for that port, to Out their
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