-, '"V ft
f
By the rsti!it'P!eotorDun, fr4ra
Liverpool, from whence she sailed on the
- J2ih of May.
' ; tOMDOK, MAY 7.
The Minett 36 fa. Capt. Haw-
kins, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth,
'br-ttie Cbetapeake, with Sir. Foster.
ibe new ambassador to the U. States.
The Morning Papers announce ihc
arrival of Mr. Smith, an American gen
tlrmen,.who lauded at Dartmouth in a
:cartelfrom Morlatx and came-up to I
townwith t! ottnoxt expedition, m irc
hfWrtaktng Mr. Pnnfcr- K
.set put from town for the Me of Wight,
with. equal expedition, but unfortunate
ly, there is reaion 10 fear "that he will
not be bte toefftct Ms object, altbrugh,
there is still imrw chance df a stoppage
-in the Channel, which, by, Mr. Pinkncy
gtttinglntlrnation ofthcaxrivak'roay in
duce him to wait for Mr. Smith's com
ing to-frm. .
" Arrived yesterday, tn Dover Roads,
' the Hero cutter, fromthe&tteat,Vith
her mrat nearly thoC asunder, whjch
happened in an action on the 25th utt.
xth h yome Danish gun boats oCf the coast
6f Sweden.
Tht Swan, hired cutter, was taken in
the same action, but is supposed to have
1 been sunk before the enemy pot her into
-port, btinrobligtd from the damage the
: sustained to surrender.
mat 8.
THE KING. We are much con
cerned to fiod that the last night's intel
" lig-nce from Windsor did. not agree
with the bu'hfn, which, without the
least variation has of late so repeatedly
declared'hU majesty to be going on fa
vorably towards recovery.
' 'PLYMOUTH, MAT 7.
Last evening came down express from
Ldoo, a government messenger, with
di-f atcnesforthr Sr'ish Cortes at Ca
d ir ; be immediately embarked on board
the Goldfinch, 14, capt. Skinner, which
will sail the first fair. wind. The trans--pons,
with the 1 1th regiment of dra-t-gdons
on board, are still wind bound in
Cat water. 'J Marched into ship, bar
racks to embark for Portugal, part of
the 2d battalion of the I I'h regiment of
"foot ; they are going to jain their regi
ment in Portugal;
SEVILLE, APRIL V.
It is said ihsi Vktor his written to Sc-ult
"'heroine rrods, assuring him tha he is in
DPS OI SoTtl DCICg SD4C IO tDHiP iSCiVU
ot the Isle of iLeon. To n?hi although it
ra;ntf, Soult with an aid de-Camp and twelre
horsemen wer.t to view the works of the bat
tenes orCxnuj. St Jean's &e.
CADIZ, APRIL 19.
"We hiveiotell'geoce from the army of Mar
shal Deresford, dtvro to the Kth instant ; his
advsnced posts were in Santa Martha. Reg
nics divubo, belonging to Mute it army,
. -which it appears, attempt ctf to march twatls
Esttemadura. was comp'etrljr footed,' m the
v Cd instant at Sabual ( Rtgexcy Gazette. J
HELSINBURG, A PHIL 26.
Accordtrg to aecconrs received from the op
pome cm st. there hts been aserioos re neon,
tre betweec the Pruss;ans and Frei ch at Cot
berg. It aeems that the tatter wished to piss
through that place, with view to some ulte
rior operatKHis, bu probabJf with the iotn.
tionofoccopymg.it, when once in possesion.
Their,; ransit was thecrfcte refused by General
BIochec(the same who fbeght so desperately
at Lobec, when the French entered it after the
battle of Jena) i recourse was then had to
arms, ad the result: was 200 killed and 800
wxoodfdbo the side of the French ; the at
tempt to fefee m passage waa then given up
The loss cf the Prussianiis not mentioned.
-AH the French iroops, wfitch were in the en
vircnVcf Hamburg, k:.e received orders to
set oat for MagdcburgiimT,. Jately.
. be recollected tL; : the first overt
.Ctef th treacherous tirpation of Spain,
was" the seizure of the fortress of Pampalona
by a French corps, ptetending to pass through
fetrfrrendly objea. A fret so forcibie an ex
svmple, an ocer of General Dlucbcr's ab Jity
C9u'd not fail to know his duty ; and he has
well instxined bis ormer exalted rfputauon tn
shewing tharhe had the spirit to execute what
n he knew to be right.
STOCKHOLM. APRIL 5.
; The prepirstions -for the defence of this
Vesideace cost.Isst year 214,860 nx dollars;
aod the capencea of the D.et, ak well as of
futntshiag the apsrtmeuts of the Prince Roy
al, amounted to 183,335 t-x dollars.
JLatest from Lisbon,
.J M -ro l'cri June 7.
Dy the tntp Amazon, capt. -Turner,
crrmd at this jort6n Saturday from
Iisbon,whtch port he left on 'he first of
May, welearn,that the French were en
tirely driven out of Portugal. He states
that Lord Wellington's Head quarters
ttere within 40 miles of Bad aj r, which
place was occupied by 3,000 French
trriopt, Capt. T. also memi'ms that
Lisbon bad been illuminated for 3 nigbu
on arcount of the successes of the com
bined armies ; and be adds that eve
r Bi'msh Regiments had just arrived
from Engtanu to reinforce Xht Army of
Lord Wellington. '(
Latest from Spain.
Latest fromEngland,
Saturday eyenmgtast arrived biig Fi
nancier, captain Robinson, 41 days from
Cadiz; by biro We learn that the siege
cf that place was still kept up by the
French, though they had not fired a shot
or bomVinto the .town, forisoroe 'time,
and row and then, a faint firing be ween
the French end the CasUe Matagorda
on the Spanish side, Kcrc the . cnlj
-
Symptoms of war. The inhabitants of i
Cadizaeemed as,casy abbut.waf,' as if.J
the enemy were '5Q mues offiand arelri
dailr peci8Vion of gcUipg ;of?the
bVsVeger.tis a letter Cfom thevFrench
commandant;, t6 his,- government had
been intercepted, in which be. saya that
be lt 3 000 of hij best troops, at the
battle of Barosaiand that he.raust have
20.000 more men, if they think it. ne-
pessary for him to keep ua tne siege oi
raOlTBttL't LONDON WZBKLY MESSK.VCEIU
General State of Europe.
The face of Europo begins again to
indicate that something important is at
hand. After the Austrian Peace in 1 800
the "French government flattered itself
that it had nothing further to dread ; tnat
it had thoroughly subdued its enemies.
and conquered for ltscli a peace, x ne
battle of Maida, and some other succes
ses orthe English, again inspirited the
nations of Europe, and, another Coulition
was formed agumst r ranee oeiore tne
stinulauons of the Treaty of Peace were
executed. Something-o: this kind U
now, to all appearances, again at hand
Austria, indeed, from an -enemy, has
passed into an associate and natural ally
of France ; but there is another power
of Europe, who, though once defeated
or rather, repulsed, still 'possesses an in
tegral strength, and still retains her for
mer interests anu reiauons
In any leview of the State of Europe,
France, not only from her magnitude,
but still more from her ambition, neccs
sarily obtrudes herself as the main ob
ject of the picture. The present aim
of the Emperor Napoleon is to render
France according to his own term and
. ... err it 1 .1
the original idea oi i aueyranu, ine cen
tre of a system of Public Law and Go
vernment : or, in other words, to occu
py the place amongst the European na
tions, which was formerly possessed by
the Emperors of Germany amongst the
Electoral States. The young Bonaparte
has thus been designated by the name of
King of the Romans, which was formerly
the title of the Prince appointed to suc
ceed the Emperor of Germany.
This new object of the Emperor Na
poleon has been taken upon the strength
of a compromise with the house of Aus
tria. The Emperor Trancis has been
persuaded to consider the family of Na
poleoo as his own, and therefore not to
'.consider his own grandeur so much
lost as transferred. The son of Napo
leon is the grandson of the Emperor
Francis, and therefore the splendid title
of The King of the Romans, and the ac
knowledged supremacy among the Eu
ropean States, is still attached to the
Austrian Family.
This point of view, however, is mere
ly calculated to satisfy the Emperor
Francis ; it cannot be equally pleasing
to the remainder of the Austrian fami
ly. It forever excludes the Archdukt s
from all hopes of the Imperial th roots
It tends, in fact, to extinguish the great
ness and sovereignty of the House of
Austria, and most effectually to merge
it in that of the House of Bmaparte.
This con si d i ra ion, theiefore, leads to
vey important conclusion. The con
neciion of Bonaparte with the House of
Austria is merely with the Emperor
Francis. If any accident, whether of
nature or fortune, should happen to thr
Emperor Francis, the family alliance
would certainly not be held in much re
pect by the Archdukes who are all dis
contented with the insignificance to
which th'cir Huse is teduced. Hence
the report that one of the Archdukes is
about to retire to England : And hence
the anxiety of the Court of Fiance to
conciliate the Princes of this family, be
cause in the present state of things their
seeming friendship and concurrence are
essentially necessary to the purposes of
the Emperor Isapolcon.
Such is the relative state of France
and Austria, the alliance between them
being 'rather between the Emperors
Francis 'and Napoleon than between the
two famine, The Emperor Francis, if
uicniaucr occonsiuereu in a mere sen
ish i point of view, loses very little and
gins much, that is to say, he gains a
splendid establishment for his daughter
and b'e puts himself into a stale of se
curity by winning cryer-his enemy. On
the other hand, the loss falls on the
Archdukes who are supplanted by the !
lamiiy ui uonaparte.
It is naturJ, therefore, that such' of
the states of Europe as from their natu
ral interests arc' the enemies of France,
should kep a steady eye upon this
principle of weakness in the Fpench and
Austn.n Alliance. The court oi PeH
tersburgh can never forget thaAhe al
liance of France and Austria is necessa
rily an alliance against Russia, as the
common object and purpose of Austria
aod Russia must neccssarihrjbe to ag
grandize themselves at theexpence of
Tuikey. Turkey, as we have repeat
ed1y( had occasion to observe, is the
natural fund from which both Austria
and Russia rnnst spek the accession of
dominion, each power naturally looking
towarus me airamment oi tnat district
or province wbich immediately borders
on itself, and which they see incapable
of defending itself. According! jrFrarice,
as thson and ally of Austria, must ne
cessarily assist the Emperor Francis in
these objects cf hij ambitiori, and therc-
br tiocel
view, of ;Uussia; ;l;here is no boperor
noasrhilitir of an ebmpromisef 'Trance
havlng.anotherlmofive to assist thede?;
signs ofAustria, inasmuch; as -'any ac
cession ,ot dominion or-strengtho the
Russian Empire, would bey so mucn ao
dedto the actual power of an eimy of
France.' v' . 'tV'
u tni Hnnthr ktnedom wnicn
haf 'of late'mssuroed aspect by no
means inenoiy,to int;iM'MB---of
France.'" Btrnadotte had no sooner
been appointed regent of Sweden, than
an attempt has been made to assassi-
! , i; Vinn Thev wili 1
ed to Effect his destruction, . they wmi
not long want the's means and opportu
nity. The Swedes bear a very strong f
resemblance to the English. They are
very obstinate, and passionate lovers
of what they judge to be liberties.5 The
greater part of them have seen the ex
pulsion of Gustavus with real sorrow.
They have forgotten all the errors for
which his-youth provided a sufficient ex
cuse. '
When ive connect this state of things
with the recent depaiture of Gustavus
from England, it-veiy forcible suggests
itself; rhat some strong confederacy is
already in operation, and that before a
few weeks shall h tve passed over our
heads, Sweden witl present a4 very dif-;
ferent scene than that of cowardly -and,
tranquil submission.
WTiih repect to Naple, Murat has
sufficient employment in keeping him
self upon his throne ; and has yet been
totally unable to contribute any- thing
towards the support of the imperial mo
narchy of 'France. -He has made two
or three nt'empts upon Sicily,'the re- j
?ult of which has been the augmenta- J
tirn of the gbry of the "English arms,
i i
Domestic.
From Uie National Intelligencer.
Of the late Naval Engagemtnt on our
coast, we at length have received the
following British account from Nova
Scotia. Although, from a very-natural
wish to make the best of a bad business,
or from whatsoever -other motive, the
facts are totally perverted as 4o the
mode in which the engagement com
menced, yet where the story makes a
gainst themselves we 'may safely credit
it ; and there is thus one-important fact
disclosed in the Halifax article, 'z that
it was certainly known -to Capt. Bing
ham that the vessel he attacked was an
American vessel, because u the stars in
the frigate's pendant were perfectly vi
sible." After this open avowal, the se
venty of the chastisement the Little
Belt received almost ceases to be a mat
ter of regret. Accompanying the sub
joined extract were several quotations
from New-York federal papers, contain
ing statements since proved to be false,
which are published by the British prints
in Canada as a sort of left handed justifi
cation of Captain Bingham's conduct.
A frigatfc has been dispatched from Ha
lifax to England with an account of the
affair : '
& TfaRax, JV. 51 May 27, 1811.
. Arrired yesterday, His Majesty' sloop of
war Utile Belt, Captain Bingham, from a
iiuisc. i lie Jjtmc jjcit lias Lfccil V,IU13II1 tm
the American coast : From a conversation
with several officers, we have derived the fol
lowing interesting information :
M At 4 1 o'clock in the forenoon of the 16th
mst. when about 100 miles to the eastward
oftho Chesapeake, a sail was observed, and
chace immediately given. At one, it wag
discovered to be a frigate, steering li with
a Commodore's blue pendant at the main,
and the conclusion drawn, that it was an A
merican ship. The Little lielt then altered
ber course to the southward, and in about
two hours afterwards the frigate, under a
press of sail, was seen standing fur her It
was soon noticed that she gained upon the
Little Helt, and at half past 5 the latter hove
to when, guarding against a surprize, the
usual preparations were nWde for actioni at
which time the Stars in the frigate's pendant
were perfectly visible :At about eight, she
came within bail, and was twice asked from
the sloop of war what ship it was. rhe an
swer to the first enquiry was a repetition of
the question to the second, a broadside of
round and grape shot, which we immediately
returned, and an action commenced, .which
continued full three quarters;of an hour
when the frigate ceased firing, Jilted her sails,
sheered off, and hauVd the lattle Belt,(which
just at that time had also ceased firing), ask
ed what ship was told her name, and then
enquired if she had struck her colors, And
was answered in the, negative. The name of
the frigate was then asked, and an answer
reiurneu, tnai ix was tue unitea states' ship
President. She afterwards stood off under
easy sail and both ships lay to the remain
der of the night, repairing their damages.
In the morning the frigate bore d6n upon
the Litlle.tielt, and coming within hail, -asked
permission to send' a boat to her, which was
granted, and an officer came on board with a
message from Commodore Rodgers, saying
he lamented the transaction, did not think
she was so much inferior in force to the Pre
sident oi "torry the Little Melt tiad jired firtt
would willingly redder her every assistance
in hts power and advised that she should go
into an American port to repair. The officer
then took his departure, returned to the Pre
sident tvliich made, sail, and was soon out of
sight, leaving the Little Belt almost a corn.
plcJc,W?.kT8iU and "ffffinff cutto pie
ces 11 killed, 21 wounded and yithoiil ex
planation of their extraordinary conduct " )
Before we heard of the arrival of the
Little Belt t Halifax, we were rather
apprehensayethat ahe had 'gone' to the
bottom, 8,irieaa so much injured, and
a heavy alewindcame on the eve
ning after. the sijction. Vv.
Neither the British Statement, nor
the scurrilous remarks which accompa
cu Ami tueiauxax paper, give us the
I least intimation as to the caasft,pstfte..
. . .- -rI vj .('irrAfoa rnHTttiw 1 1
on our coasts and maltreating qurftoasfe
?SS?i!SL S KVwftiithk
of our meX ul: vf
TO JAMES MADISONi
PrtsidcntoftU United States of 'America
Th,e petition cf me inhabitants of the town of
V NewHaven, Jn Connecticut, in legal town-
meeimguuciwjuiy . ;, j
Rctpectfulty Sbcvjttb- ,
That yonr petitioners are in general either
directlv eri?aeed In mercantile pursuits, or in
1 the occupations connected with thera ; in those
1 pursuiti they have, embarked their fortunes,
PJ"J , nAt nnr derived a
and from them they have not only
subsistence for themselves and families, but
have furnished empkiymerit'for great numbers
j of persons 16 the mechanic they have open
led a market for the ftroductioni of his labor
tand skill j to the farmer for the products of
his fields j and arthe same time they have
j essentially ded the public revenue by duties
; paid on their importation. - . '
j The foreign commerce invvhich your peti
Itioners are engaged is principally with the
) Bntish VVest lndiaisrandy. In conformity to
i the laws of theie country by which trade was
! sanctioned, anoNvtthout any suspicion! ibat.it
! would suddenly be prohibited, thej .shipped
during the last summer and autumn, as they
i have always been accustomed to do, numerous
cargoes which have been sold on credit in the
! islands, on an engagement to receive pay
i ment in produce when the the crops come ini
which they Usually do in the months ot March
and April. ,-The property thus received, thev
have been in consequence of the non-importa.
tion law prevented from bringing home ; and
your petitioners have row from this air.d, ctler
causes a large amount of property in;the Bri.
tish West.Tr.dia islands, which must remain
there greatly to their loss and pisadvaotage un
til that law is repealed ; in the meantime their
vessels willbe dseless to them, theirj seamen
unemployed, and a commerce once profitable
ind flourishmg, abandoned.
Yur petitioners, while engaged in; a layful
commerce, have thus suddenly wwhbut time
being allowed them to escape, been overtaken
by these calamities. TJnder such circumstan
ces of suffering, they very naturally inquire
from whence they proceeded, and, whether
they were inflicted by a constitutional autho
ty. In making this inquiry they cannot for
get that; one important grievance complained
of in the declaration of independence was
cutting off our trade," and that to " esta-
' Wish commerce" was one of the great objects
proposed in that memorable instrument Jicr
can they bring themselves ta btlkve that in
the national compact, lyy the power c.io re-
. gulate commerce" the states intended to gram
' a power to destroy it. ;
J Yourj petitioners ate far from injmtmg tc
the general legislature any but the most ccr
rect motives in passing the non-iroportation
i law ; but the consequences of that law, are pe
, culiarly destructive to their i;terests ; it p!a-
ces them xn z state of uncommon- embanass.
; ment, it rums their property, it dries tip the
sources of their prosperity ; and they perceive
bo relief except from fts repeal,
i If the operation of the non-importation law,
j thus severe and oppressive not only to your
petitioners, but to all persons concerned tn fo
reign commerce does not piesent one of those
' extraordinary occasions" which authorises
the president to convene UongresSj your pe
titioriers respectfully suggest,, that such oc
cas'ion may be four.d in the change which has 1
taken place in our foreign relations. The
President's proclamatien and the law in ques
tion, was founded on an engagement of tl e
j French government tojevok; the jBerlin ai d
Milan decrees. Those decrees, it now appear?,
have is fact not been revak. d. That power
has not ceased to inofaie ourneutral rights.;
She sequesters our prcpert'jrin her ports ; she
burns or sinks our vessels orl khe ocean and,
what is still more difficult to comprel.eiid, af
ter such actithe authors of these injur es and
insults recerve by law a hospitable reception in
our harbors. ' . ..-'V
i Your petitioners, therefore, respectfully so
licit the President ofhe U. States to convene
Congress as his powera will constituttonall
allow, in order to enable them to tale the sub
ject of this petition into consideration, and of
granting to your petitioners such relief as the
nature of the case requires 1
And your petitioners, as in duty bound, &.c,
PKESIDENT's ANSWER
2V the Inhabitants of llie Towrt of JVew Haven.
I have received, Fellow-Citizens,, the peti
tiop which you have addressed to ;me, repre
senting the inconveniences experienced from
I the existing non-importation law, and solicit
ing that the National Legislature may be
speedily convened. ' ' '
It 19 known to all, that the Commerce of
the U. States has, for a considerable period,
?been crreatlv abridced and annoved bv edicts
of the belligerent powers each prolessing
retaliation only on the.other ; but bothviolat-
ing the clearest rights of tire U. Statesas a:
neutral nation. In this extraordinary state
of things, the Legislature, willing; to avoid &
resort to war, more especially during the
concurrent aggressions of two great powerf
themselves at -war, the one with the other
and determined on the other hand against an
unqualified acquiescence?: have endeavored
by successive and varied regulations affect
ing the commerce of the parties, I to make it
their interest to be just. I ' - J-
ln the act of,' Congress out of1 which the
existing non-importatidn has rroxvii, the state
oi commerce was no tberwiie qiialified than
by a prdvision, that in case either of the bel
ligerents should revoke Mts-tmlawful Edicts.
and the other thould fail to do the same, bur
ports should be shut to the vessels and mer
chandize of the latter. This provision, which
like all our hrevious offers, repelled the very
pretext set up byach, that its edicts against
our trade with the other, was requhed bv
an acquiescence m like edicts of the oilier.
was equally presented to tht attention of
both. In consequence of the communication,
the French governmcnt'declared that its de
crees were Tevoked f As the British govern
ment had expressed reluctance in issuing its
orders, and repeatedly signified a wish to
find in the. example t;itaadversari', an oc
casion for putting an end to them, the expec
tation walhe, more confident, that tbeoc
casibh would be promptly; emhracedThis
was not dope and the period allowed for the
purpose having elapsed, v qur ports became
shutto British ships and iuj:rcbalia Wire
tier the copduct ofithe French government
has been, and wHl be such as . W satisfy the
authorised expectations of the U. States 5 or
whether the British goteument may have o
peneu or will open the way fori the execu-
ot the restrictions on VJ. '
tumUnited State
contiftues in ks potter to do, by revoff,11
?wn yaI restrictions i our
r " icu-iciions on our nn,,.t
wivii ,wi ucxeceivea and emploved k r
executive, with toaUtrictintv
has been Invanablv mainta;,! H
two ; belligerent 'i- - ' v" WWi
ri, Whatever may betfiV
- o
suiting in the' mean time from the non '
tation acfj it was noUo have been 8,w
that whilst it falls within th-S? A"PP4
er aocT practiceof recrulatmo. ... .
cial ihtercdurse ;with1.oreig;i0 counS
cording to; circumstances, tfie act woi
- v U 1' WUX fTihv
regarded as not warranted bv th- -
tjonf ir.that rtil;tit;V'pani
freedom of our. c,ommerce, by libirat "
it from foreign restrictions unlawfujiy
sed it could be'; viewed as destroy
merce ; and least of alVt j?at a likeness C?
be; seen etween a law enacted byaheJ
sentatives of the! country, ;with a view fft
interest of the coiiritWiaiMi arte
ment in whicJi the countrv u oD
sented, framed with a view to th ;.epre
another rnitnlrv." at'th Ptnon,.
If appeals to the justice of the r,
r"Z "TI'.IL . tins.
rents, through their interests. inviA"
tions on our part also ; it ought t h n
lected. that this is an effen ;c 1 r"01-
every resort wlnh one nation can r2
itself against the inj ustice of others
1 f sacrifices made for the sake of the &?
result more o sortie than t o otnev distv" t
or descriptions of citizens, this siso ac
feet which though always to be tegvet.'ew
can never be entirely avoided. Whether fre
appeal be to the sword," or to interruptions o
modifications of ctistomary interooersei an
equal opera tion on every .part of the comrau
nityxcan never happen. Nor would n un!
qualified acquiescence .in belligerent restrict
tions on our commerce, if that could be ti
conciled with what the natioji owts to itself
be less unequal in its effect "on ; different Lcj
situations and interests.
In estimating the particular measure whicij
has been adopted by the national CouTiciU,it
may be reasonably expected, therefore, 1
the candor of enlightened citizens, that, vift
the peculiarity of the public situation, the
will be impressed also with the ditiiculu of
selecting the course most satisfactory
best, suited to diminish' its evils 6r shorten
their duration ; thafthey will keep in miia
that a resort to war must involve nccessatj
restrictions on commerce, and that weao
measures whatever opposed .to the lllige.
rent "acts against, our commerce, it vo;i)i
not only remain under tle severe restrictions
now imposed by foreign hands,- hut new kg.
tives would be given, for p longing and in.
vigorating them. v
These observations are not meant to anti..
cipate lhe policy: which the Legislatuit may
henceforward ind best adapted to - support
the lionor or promote the interest of thenj,
tion; or to prejudge questions relative to
particular. changes, -..which, may be pointed
out by experience or be called for by .the
state of our foreign relations. Neither it)
they imply any predetermination as to tie
measure of convening the Legislature, uhs
it will be a duty to adopt or decline, ; as our
national affairs may appear to require.
The view of our situation presented toyour
patriotic reflections, has been suggested by
that contained incuir address ; and it will
have its desired effect if it recalls your at
teniion' to the peculiar embarrassments vith
which the, national councils have had to con
tend ; and enforces the importance of mani
festing that union of ' all, in supporting the
measures of the constituted authorities uh.ilst
actually in force, which is as necessary la
their effect at home and abroad, as "it is con
sistent with the right, and with, the legiti
mate modes, of seeking a revisal of thtm.
In the mode which the town of New Haven
hts employed, 1 witness with satisfaction,
that in exercising" the right ot freemen, the
obligation of citizens has not beenforgoVtn;
and that it affords a pledge and aniexample
which I am far from undervaluing.
I tender1 you nry respects and mv friendly
wkhes, JAMES MAD150K.
Washington, May 54, 1811. s
GREAT WESTERN TURNPIKE ROAD. ,
The Virginia Housevof Delegates at their
last session passed two.Kesolutions: 1
The one appointing commissioners to
view the upper part of James, Green
brier and New rivers to the great falls
of Kenawha ; and the commissioners
'were instructed to- rakethe irelauve
height of Dun lop's creek, and; that of
the nearest part thereto of Greenbrier
river, with a I view to Connect both, if
possible, by a canaL :
. The other resolution also appointed
commissioners to view and make out,
thefnearest and best way for a Turnpike
Road from Hunter's on the main Rich
mond road through Lynchburg,ttedford
county, Fincastle, '.'the" Sweet Springs
and to Lewisburg, or Greenbrier Court
House., v't4' v
On WednesrJay last a .surveyor, b'y
the direction of one of the Commission
ers, f rom a gi ven station at the tipper end
of Lynohburg, marked out the course
between the PeaSeslof Otter towards
Fin-tlf . snrl inn Fiidav morning
having taken departure from the iwar-p.
ket-house through the main street iv
station mentioned, the survey wps convj.
nienced and will be complcatcd in th
course of a week; ": , '. j .' J,
Monday last, was the dav appoint
by tfie resolution of the Legislature lef
the Commissioners to meet at ibis placej
and enter on t lie performance of the du
ties assigned to thenxand from the j2 1
racter and capacity of those with whenf
we are acquaintetwMoubt rem
but that the businesjlM be pccuteci
with fiddity and bintyhp unden
taking and esecuiftfiiS: pln is-J
infinite.imporrctb jfe prosp:Jf;
honor, comfort, and convenience, ln e:
very point of viewy of the wMole bm
Of Virginia j atkli it is, in an spe;
manner, interestbg to all those vast ar
growing; sections ofcleligbtful countrji
that bordeifon the contemplated M.bsaj
-TuBfNptKfi: It will connect convenienv
ly and ihotssolubly the extremes ot .
Ltate. "Tiie nroducts of that &h$hW
- tivewnoTal of'the restri
COlTiniprr.ft until "Vl. Ttv!. i
I.