The Wilmington Gazette

              wilmington gazette volume ix published w*mly by jlllmand hahl tuesday june 25 1805 a r j 1,5 pleasefl graciously to o'daln that all vessel from the saidcily or other stttpected placet arriving into ant port of the kingdom 1 situa ted out of the sound or baltic s^d sli ill be ordered for th isund of ivan'.r situated one swedi&'i mile fruin the fortress of elfsborgi for the purpose of undergning a quarantine a provisional establishment of this kindbcini immadifttely to lake place there by his ma j ty command s and moreover his mu jesty desirous of enforcing such regulation uj have been adopted in denmark im baen pleased to ordain that no vessel coining from malaga or other suspected places and bound fur any swedish port orpl-ice in ths liakic shall be nilo%tt"'i to p:-*ss in the sound unless it can prove by a bill of health in due form granted/by the cornfniisioner or board of health eitublished ai chnstiansand in nor way that it has undergo ie tii quacaflttiie in laid place or been found by the said cn:n missioners to x lve ofall suspected conta iuus di-.isc ; otherwise svnli vessel or ves els ih ill !;«• ordered rk again to chris ttausand the royal college hereby apprizes you ji'th'tm royal order erijoining'you to com ni incite llie same not only to all masters o swedish vessels which may arrive within votu district but aiso to all foreign vessel artii vinij from malaga or other suspected places which may be bound for this kingdom cii v it stockholm i)ctober23d ijoi who had npprovtrdff lkeir tfoi;:inn , vn'if come fni*wi,i(l j lu inm.n'i.ir tl'urt f thrs bill vould he tx mist the us'mfci < f h iu l j the piice of all kinds ol butchers mist ' vmilc necessarily be ini'i-id mr v\t whic limns he chief ifi t nviiv ofibc ! oor v ul likewise he nu more expenr.ivei his lord&hip ri.ncludcd l.y rhovinjf iu n o fneiidment that forthevefd " now be tiib btituttd the words this cl»y si n onth " tlie chancelhor of i lit exchequer ribser ved tbut i!ie cihiiniittt'c in ilic report iith tlvy gave in some yt«is two nn<i vhi«li imd been ulluded toby the ln/blt loitl proccedi i . on the ground of rendering salt applicable to i many general ptirpof>el pmong which mi | even that of manure it was certainty tit ir j object to give l.u.ility to t*e circulation of ■ that article ihit ihe chief hirrderanre ton lice circulation wn the rextiltition which ilit t!»i j ty nvntitavily demanded and these upultt ' ti'tis would equally effect the circulntion 1 whether ihe duiy « mounted to 5 or 10 f>r 15 : shillings a huchd so t!iut the noble lord | ought not to be satisfied wiih ndvisjng a reject i ii":i <•!';» revenue of £ 500 ooo which the pro j posinl nddiiionul dufy would produce but ] ili'iiild ii<l vise tht inking oft ihe duty nnwexiv i tine which produced a revenue amounting to l double that sum the report had slept fur ji t ree yenr and the consideration of it was j now urged at a time than w'hii h none i conld be more iwvfit the noble lord had rm serteh that thit tnx pressed heavily nn the | pimr ii va inmost unplensant ilun for dim to be under the necessity of in v ii .■ ti s.-s which in any degrre effected il - \ v . i ci..s si-s i'mt he h«d :< saereil duly li pc • . i we were enriiged ina cop'.en forihs ' • t \ x>t'i of rich ird poor >■,:•■.."■;■■. i ' - : found nd no mode < i jism . then .■ t tt him so little lu'.mc u objection as tin ; sent " mr tfox tu-i-lnred timt so .. i ' tn out the long boat into which was pi>t a barrel of bread anil half barrel of pork the water being stowed between decks could tret none the ship continued gradually to settle from about 1 o'clock till 3 when she sunk md to tally disappeared the crew consisted of the captain two men ei^ht seamen steward and cook ; there was alto om passenger on bo::rd their names as follows samuel hi^by captain ; isaac snow l«t mate ; da vid riddl bd do john bmdley samuel pierce of beverly ; john peterson a cier m in ; antoine nelson a dane ; jacob john son a swede ; samuel webber of io james lewis of new-york : robert hibbert of do john davinhis n black man teaman and a mr william merchant cf nova scotia pa*mjn(5f(fr of the above the captain 1 mit 1 . j bivdky j gardner j lewis and s webbef were theonly persons who were s:\vrd : the remainder not luivinr embarked in the boat from n persuasion that the ship would not immediately sink un fortunately went clown wnli l.-.r gardner lewi uml we •)••!• were put on board t sch'rj mm of murblelmadi which has no pet an ived on th third tiny of u\y i c . o'l f^r^r coins excepting sp-_ni«.b dollars i:>d parts of dollars cei'sixl to be a le^ai tender for the payment of debts in the united states as the act of p s rottkin l-'reiich sp-i ni.fi and portuguese u ld coins an french rtowns a f-ivi expired on the suit third day of vi ly procl m vtiom by drii gen william ctrl yon kiv'hrs commanding histnujes y's !.>::! forces in ihe colony of surinawj tiid lieui governor yt the name c jo - .. c whereas the time limited n the proclama tion oi vs excellency nnjor sir charles csrecn dated the tih day of de cember last for regulating tlie trade to an iv tii tliis col i;iy in neutral vespers t'i expire on'the s'jth of this present month of april an.l his m.iji'siy'i fu-.'ihvr pleasure havinp been since signified w t'l.u heaj whereby 1 am inhiru<:ied not lo op»n ih ■ p«>rl ► of the settlement ov r which i preside a>r the ndniistion ofa'riicles from tr vmerican stales wliii i ire i'i't al|o<ved hy law except iw case^i ji real a:tj very ffi'mt necessity : and whereas tt appsarinr to me that there does at present c:<i,t a vital and -^ •? i^re.it hrres«ity fjr the admission uiiiu « limited period of the articles lierthf after enumera t i ; 1 do by virtue of the pov/er iind author ' ■" wtie vesteel publish ii my pi'oi'lama lion herrhy declarins iliat it uhull and ms '•■. uwtul from nnd after uiec3,h of cis pr lent month of ptil u:>..l during the term i l>'ir months to import into tlii hettle mfnt in am«;ricun or other neutral ui>in ' i!'mi i l iiv to k subjects of any power in :\ m.'v v il i hit innjestvi tobacco pitch tar lurprntine utavtfs lie.idin boards timber «'■"!. >' : n iihi lumber of anr s«)rt muffs cat tit sheep hogs poultry and live sun k of any bort bread biscuit tlour pea.4 beans pota toer wheat rice outs bttsiey ami rain of inv sort from the american dominions of a h neutral powers aforesaid : rih it is hem by declared lii ii wlmll and mi y !«■ lawful ij permit ths exportation of r>im p.nd inplas'ses '.< s'irfi amer/cin orotlier neutffll vessels to lie full ralije of their imported cargoes ind tliul a lnty of four per ctffit upon expirtm as well upon the comipodities lidein before ipecified as upon such m-ohall hereafter be found necessary tnallo to he imported w exported in neutral bottoms upon emergency or otherwise shall be levied and collected accprdingto the regularions now exis'in on that hfbd furthermore that if any other articles than timse before enunierated and pecified ure attempted to be introduced from ttt 1 l':iitr stat-es of america in american or other neutral bottoms measures vill be t>iken for the forfeiture of the sliip or vessel importing tlieiamr and of thr floods sd im ported in contravention of the laws bt'navi i;at ion done at paramaribo in tin rolony of sur inam thi'i 24th day april 1805 and in the till year of u majesty's rt if-i wu carlyon hughrs bri on and lieut ciov by the lieut governor's command r ross secretary british tax on salt we make the following extract from the debate in the british house of commons on the 4th march relative to the proposed tax on salt subsequent accounts state that this tar has passed by a large majority " the chancellor of the exchequer mr pitt having moved that the additional salt dufy bill be n'nr read a second time ii lord vv kum«i expressed his opinion that this tax would materially affect the la borins classes of the community the pro tection of whom he r as sorry to say the ri^ht hoi gentleman teemed to h v abandoned he hud been in lioprs thai the report of the committee on this subject would have suffi cienily shewn the inconvrnienrt nnd opprev | lion of the ux lie now hoped that thojc who j urged tbt institution of the committee and • j thlnvmg tliis un unobjectionable tax he in . r 1 1 knew one mire objectionable in every point f view l!e perfectly assented to th repot t of the committee in is'01 f i instead of the situation in which we now arc ' we were iii p«;are lie should certaiplyrnovefop the total annihilation of the suit duty , " bui snys the riglvt hon gt-ntlemnu y n singular mode of argument similar to one 1 thut was used t!.e other evening on the slave : trtule " if you do not repeal the old tax it is ' of no use to reject the new one w hat ui j die nih^rritudc of the tax then of no contfl ) qtiencc ? we maj hesiiatt to relinquish a , liiiye revenue although but imperfectly ■» ji tinfied with th n»eun by which it is rh'nin i f(j but io say tlirtt we should therefore in | cfe.ise it by an ex'.fnbion of those means was more than nbsind an evil might ist , which in certain circumstances we rnighl not . bt a!>lf to ret)iovr but re h(>uttl m k'ast r.ot ■ render it more difficult to abolish it and ic w:is well known that the increase of produce i must be accomplished by an increase ofdiffi ui'y it lirt'l been snid that t!,e fisheries r/ould not suffer by this additionnl luty as ! thf shii used in them was rxempt fnir it j but it was objectionable to have n very lar|.e tax on which very lar^e drawbucks n.ust hr made — the calculations which the right hc-n | gentleman had entered into were materially ! erroneous it was a principle in taxation to abstain fiom laying uny impost on those articles that principally formed itrc food of man such as wheat bre;.d and butchers meat ; and yet the right lion gentleman pro posed to lay an the last a most oppressive tho 1 an indirect tax he suppose that it will ff.ll lightly on the poor when ihey were able to procure any animal food which wus generally snlttd meat ; it was evident that this was a tax on the peculiar food of the poor and not on that of the rich the no ill — since erecting and establishing •\ c i iimiiunu ground on »;»•_; island of ivansq i on tli const of goueohurg his majesty liai i j aciouslj been pleased lo command by let j terofthe 7ih '■•*.. ■'.<.■ n.ivr last past acldrcs i s*.i 10 the royal coiicrq of tr.ide urn com \ m rce thai du in the contimian col such i qiuirniiiiiu 1 , the sai<l | ■■" shall in ■• !/ il niti<t ' all vcn ■• is a '.:•.,'- !,'!■ i ; . v tvl'3 voill c.7nta'j;i(iii ; n w itch llv m.ti ■ ci ! : :■.•- i arc lierehv trjini to . ' v r iii • •■ i.ilbi matioil id l't;r^r n - \- .;•'.••■;•-. .: :■•_• same time his nvijeit ivis j .,.•■'!■.■ ' i :•«• s^.ir . lint till mister of ves*c i from sweden and ; iu lri>v.t,il*in'ics who may he in l*oreip;ii ports ■ ahull receive order thmtig.i th commercial i aq;snts nbruirl to pi-n ide theit.iolvt wilha ! bi [■• ; 1 1 ;, anl hoi*t tile same dti approach , i t.x l!ia swedish coast \> lienevcv they niiiy t • i cvni'i ; from irifi?cied or u»p c ted places ; this h,»,j heinj intetnl usu variting tn pilot | mid other concerned i'c f-c st xhi'ijlm , december 1 0 1 804 i r x *' •— v!»eruas h'ts nrij^iy has oft"a ciousiy ordaiusd under djte ih 2 1st ir»w ! i hat it s!ic hcv^ceforwai'd he the du y of all i sv.-l'.liiii cotnmc.'cial agents und conrnin^n i 1 i rfmiliii nin'ond whenever a raiua^'oir dticase break out cc nuar their places o 1 . resi»len':e iin'n^tlitiislv to report the sam j ii >\. i*n!y to tht 1 iy.il college ol trxde i ! j comrtierouj u s direct ib the rjtteruniine jl ci)-.iirni^s:nne;*)i ot hoard of hiiatih rtt got | lenbur tind itinreover to transmit i ii 1 . <,\ < hitch \ ssds us may thi-n lie in port and e i loading lof sweden and p'h't in tlie i'.iltic ■ i nnw ihereforui the rovnl i allege i?och her«hy i ii".i!ii iii'iivi '.') v.'i hi maj'.'nty pjimciom ; command fur your faithf.il oustrvaiici te 8»c ! t stccmio'fii dct;ml>tr-27 1^04 ; a tonrp'frncy nayi a lont'.nn pipt r han | benn d'unovercd in -«.!.- electorate of ktem ll b-ri the number of p rsnn arrested irr i cot.ii.leraliic th objuct of the cunspin y i w<is to curry of > ii „•!■ c.;n ■•-•*, nce»i rovi | of v.w mi and a nupibur of ntlnsr pfi^inn j in hij?h credit k'm the court a special c commitition i appointed to examine the pri • loners most oi ilicwi kave brcu cunfincd in l a citadel f the following irrfiiiii of l!n lf>«-.s cf t'no ! ship s,.l!y of hmnpclen captain ii i j y , is ta : kfii from " protest niii!c at snlem on liii i 30'h ulr bv capt 13'i^ij 1 , his 2d mate wa i john htadiev -\ suini.ni who arrived there i af'ei being fortunately picked up at f;.i ■ " beit known ecc thai on the loih of april ij'j5 they united in scrl s!ii v i!!y from charleston s <'. bound for creenock iohcu i td principally with cotton that tliu ihip was i then staunch and uound and that nothing re markahlv happened n the voyage until ihe i 2ith apri bcins then in lat 42 30 long 52 the weather fo|»,»y and ?. fresh breeze front the n vv wheuubout 10 o'clock in the eve ning the captain being then on dock called to the watch to keep h good look-out — the answered — and in about two n»i nutes utter the ltip struck an island of ice and we put her before the wind — the pumps were then rigged and in about 10 minutes sifter she struck were set to work — ihert were then 3 or 4 feet water in her hold the captain immediately rave orders to clear the bales of cotton t discover the leak — they soon found t,it ship's bows were bent in the stem and event of the timber started j they however endeavoured to cl.ctk the leak by muffing in cotton | but after two hours inef fectual labour were driven awuy by the iian j tityofwatcrwhicli entered and finding all ■ means to save the ship rcre fruitless they j prepared for the preservation of their lives i and accordingly about 1 o'clock in the morn | ing thej cut away their roiientnasti and g.>t j amount would indeed to a poor man be c ioi niniift he ha<l made enquiry and he found that for inl'm a ho of twenty s<ore a bushel end a half of salt was required and when the animal was smaller the salt used wn more than the cine proportion 1 he retailer on the presumption of this bill being passed h&tl already cdvsnced lt ix i shilling a bushel so that fora hop of twenty score the prior cottager would have to pay nine shilling fur salt and for one little morrf than a hundred weight four shillings tki six pence making an increase in the price of ment of on halt penny in the pound it was true that were his bill rejected it would require a tax produring a very considtmble sum to i'eplace it but he could not conceive any possible one more opt>rci>sive aiu mort objectionable than the present and he should therefore give his more heaity concurrence to the amendment proposit by his noble friend *' sir william pult ncy in a concise speech strongly reprobntid the tax 41 mr johnston vindicated the statements of sir william pultenty he argued that the miialint if the revenue productj by the i tar in scoltand was only a proof of the j kirst quantities smup-yled in that e ( nnf ry ; ! which the prrsint adt i ion to the tax wciild ai;»in end to increase " thi house divided-afains'.ihcmoticnof lord w kussel 93 — for it r,0 . majority for the second reading 33 philadelphia jane «. extract of a letter received by a^aerchsnt in this city dued at tortola lftthtofmay " all american vessels met with roinsy " from an enemy's port to any othemeutiul 11 port th:ui that to which thef belong will ** be condemned if brought in here and there " are now five british cruizers in those se.ts •* the juj'e striotly adheres o his britannic " majesty's order in council of the 34ih of " june iso3 order alluded to additional instructions to commanders nf our ships of war c he in consideration of the present atltte of commerce we are pleased hereby to dirt-ct the commanders of our sbii>s of war mid p:'i ratccrs not to seize any neutral vessel which s'ull l»e carrying on trade directly between the colony of the enemy am the neutral coun trv to which the vessel lor>^s and laden with the property of such neutral cotmtrv provided that such neutral vessel shall not be supplying nor on the otttytird voyatjea supplied the enemy with s*nv article contrn ban.lofwir ami shall not be trading with any blockaded ports lty hit majesty's nomrrtand circular 1 ) to the members of the philadelphia ~\ dicsl society throughout the united stales sin at a vne'ilinpr nf lie philadelphia mei'iica'i society held on the 3d of february 1805 it is unnnimoiuly resolved " that « committee consisting of three honorary members be invested with fr.ll powers to solicit and receive donations for the purpose ol enabling ths lociety to pnr chasc n convenient situation for their future meetings in the city of philadelphia the undersigned were elected members o the committee and will continue to receive such donations as their fellow members in different parts of the united suits may be disposed to forward john syvcv dorsf.v m d james hutch1ns0n m d john redman coxk m d philadelphia may 1st u05 imperial compliment we are informed that tlie i'mprro nipo jeon hns presented to mr rr>l>eri livingston late amciican minister at the court of france an elegant snuffbox on the cover of which \* •■» portrait of his fn^-prvial majesty art with i'uniondi the value of it h estimated at a bnve 8.000 dollars it was accompanied by ■» complimentary letter from t.h kmperor mr livini'itoti i'ice i\\e close of his minii tc-inl function hps m:\t vith iis family the tour of it;ilv ; and on liis return to paris r eeiveiri the above elegtint prudent hra arri val here it daily expected in.'vork x c'u the printers throughnm die l t ni':-'l st«ttp arc j i i t ie'i <•) publish f<ir the information rf merchants and others concerned thefol lowing exiracts and tranalattoni of nfticial letters received fiom the uoysw o!lo^e of commerce nt stockhrtltn by richard s rodf.p.stroi.i i'ih swedish majesty's com mercial agent near the l nited slate so j letter to cotrnne-rif.l ogent re siding iu ihe united states of north n-.e hcn although from official reports respecting the contagious dinease which raised la»t au tumn in malaga occasioning so much devas tation the royal college has likewise been informed that the said contagion had erased in tha month of december next following so s to ie:»ve no apprehension of its spreading any further and that consequently all men mires f precaution hitherto enforced had been discontinued in spain since the month in march last ; yet as iliis epidemic mh'i li in ill probability was a species el yellow i'l vcr lias already wii!;in a few year repeat • my renewed its symptoms in the said king dom ; and vrherens on account of its nu-r i i'i'i relations with america it u ever to be fenivd that the contagion may be ay communicated especially because the him hiir r guarding against it may 1 less gene rally known ov not strictly enforced ; now therefore this royal college thinks fit hereby t<i apprize you of tlie necessity of taking par i'uiur notice that upon every occasion of swedish vet scl bound to or from your dis ti i t or foreign rcsnelt being bound for swc den a correct knowledge niay be o'.duined respucting the state of health and soundness o 1 .' ihr cre'.r and whenever there is any ground for apprehending contagion then to certify the same on the pass and immediate ly to report the s.imc to the royal college s*c c stockholm july 16 iso i c ii — his mijesty for the purpose of i luring the kingdom ngainst the rtging epi which has apiin broke out in malaga hi hy royaj letter of the lotbinst been