The Quebec mercury, 5 janvier 1805, samedi 5 janvier 1805

[" THE QUEBE ERCURY.MoRII ET STUDU ET POPULOS ET P R Al LIA DlCAM.f'itg.Georg, iv, 5.VOL.I.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1805.[No.i, HE editor is thankful to hw nttme-rous and very respectable friends, who have done him the honor to come early forward, and give the support and weight of their names to this undcrtaktng.His acknowledgments are in a particu ar manner due to those who have, obligingly, assisted him with their suggestions.Though, hy their coming from opposite and various characters and interests, they are so multifarious, and some of them so contradictory, in their natures, that he is placed in a far worse predicament than the old man, his son, and his a!o wondeis ti>r original writing, criticism, tic.but, each depending on the industry ot the other, after one or two numbers, it fell off exceedingly, and, hardly lived to its sixth month.\\\\ hen it ceased to be published, a friend was observing what an extraordinary Hidden death it had.\u201c Not at all» Sir,\u201d says Goldsmith ; \u201c a very common ca^e ; it died of too many Doctors.\u201d 'The gentleman, who hud, mistakenly, conceived that the editor had been faulty in not using a capital, instead of a small letter, in a certain word, in the ptospectus ot this paper, will, it is hoped) pardon him, it, ui addition to his private answer, to him, lie veiutnes further to say, that while he does not enter the lists with that gentleman in politics, finance, trade, or the liighe; walks of science, he may, he trusts, without anv great prcMimpiion on hi*» part, or any great huniidtion on ih part of the gentleman, p u ne hi nselt >>n a superiority ot judgment in the hoicc between a capital and a smal :ctter.11 is mode ot using ihckc letters is no* the result of caprice or accident, but of principle and system, airing from study, superior example, and experience.Let it not be thought that he has passed all his duys at a state or counting-hcu>e d-sk.No, he has kept whole and long nights vigils, and those not a few, with scribblers, compilers, compositors, and printer\u2019s devils.T here-fore when the gentleman, in question, meddled in such matters, does he not think that he acted the part ot Alexander in ihe bla' ksmith s >hop ?Another gentleman, ot a veiy long standing, in ihr province, and of some importance in the «o iety, tailed on the editor to request him to publish the exports and imports.He is on\u2019y toiry that the \u2018«'.'gestion 0» tite fun gentleman was run ot a 1 kv import.It would certain-' ly, in that case, have met with more deference.With the gertlcman who, in a written note, declined stib>cnbing to this paper, alledging the gteit t xpc.net- he is already at, for cnglish, amen an, and other papers, the editor is far t o u tccl-mg any thing lik-: dusarisfacti n He acktiowledgez obligations to him.And, as a proof ot his conviction that h has hi^ gocxl wrhes, notwithstanding this last .small icm.ff, he t.skes the liberty thus publhkly, of requesting »ht*occa-si nal a^sistanie ot some ot /iis papers, Thi* gentleman w 11 exiu 1 him if h , at the same time, t.kes the tu .hi.r liberty to say, n answer to hi^ note, that as there ait but few in th.sm c predicament with him, his rea>ons can bs none with the pt.b ic.Th pi.bli* w iii t e always best served, and hoi lu hr?(best pleased with a coni, lirion in ^11 enterprize, whate\\er uy ue m n 1.re.If this paper be cn ivt i.edoCca'i ruily with any little p!ns, insurrections, frequent earthquakes, hurricanes, inundations, hangings, drownings, horrid murders, anil such accidents, is to be sure matter ot much lamentathn and regret, to an editor, who wishes to interest his readers, To fabricate both them and p ot disapprobation.Not satisfied with tbis trial, the next day he wai resolved to uv them in a dilfctent manner; and, exposing hi* picture as heroic, desired that every spec ator would mark ihofc beauties he approved or admi ed.1 he people complied, and the artist rctiirtti >g, found his picture covered w th the tna k* ot beauty : tVety stroke that had been )cstcrd.iy condimn-cd, now received tiie ilia.-acter of approbation.\u201c Well (crics the painter), l now find, that the best wav to plea e all the world, is to attempt pleasing one half of it.\u201d LATL&T FORFICS ISTELLIGESCL, £V;a Xoriolk.J London\u2019, 0.7.3.The Lisbon packet which ha* been permitted to sail, cart ies out a messenger from this government, with di patches to Mr.Frere, the secretary t f legation, who remains .it Madrid.These dispatches, it is understood, contain the points on which Mr.I rere i* instiuc.ted to obtain a definitive answer fiom the pa nish government, and if it be not Satisfactory, war will be immediately declared.A Spanish messenger likewise cames out dispatches from the chevalier d\u2019Aitguaga to his court.The sailing ef the Spanish and Portuguese convoy, however is detcrcd, Spanish vessels now in our ports, however, arc allowed to cleat out.Stocks have been on the decline for the last two days.The omnium was yesterday mor-ning 6 per cent, premium, and the 3 per cents.57.The (robibility ot an immediate w;.t with Spain, and the rumor th .t measuies will be taken by the french to cut ofi all c< inmu-nicitions between this cotmtry and Holland, .ire«tated to be the principal cause if the depreciation.DISPUTE H ITH SPAM.We have received the following letter from the chairman of the deputation of Spanish merchants ; St*, The substance and particulars of what paj, sed at the interview which took place it HJr(j Hartowby\u2019s office, on tuesdav last, the inst.b-tween his lordship and a committtcot Spanish merchants, who, by his desire, waited on him, having been very erroneously stated in the public newspapers, I have brer desired by the gentlemen ot that committee, to request you to insert in yourpaj ers, the sole commu.ideation his lordship ;made on the occasion, wlmh was in substance a* follow» ; \u2014 \u201c That his lordship had desired to see us, in order to acquaint us, that his nnjesty\u2019t mi.ni tcr\u2019s had icccived inrelligence, that con i, derable armament., were prrpai ingin the ports of Spain, of w hich no expf.ination w hatever had been receive !, nor did it appear likely t' ji any satid u toiy c\\pl (nation could he 1.ven;\u2014and his lord' I p added, that he thou, lit itpi- pcr to commtinn ate this inforuiiition to us, in order that the merchants concerned m trade w ith Spain, might then act in thcirc .n-tncrcial concerns, as they might judge expe-dient \u201d Lord Harrow by g v \u2022 no further information than the above on tl \u2022 ul j 'Ct in question ei.thcr at the first mccti ' , or at th-' one ot )cs« irrday, w hich w.is confined to a particular ap.plic.1t.0n, from the mcrclunts, for the coiivca niencc oi trade.I am, Sir, Yuur very obedient servant.JOHN 1 URN BULL, (\u2018hiitr\u2019njn oj the mri\\ bunts tra /ini* to\tand tbt Med tint an fan.Guilford-strerr, S,f>t.cq, iHos.From the above comnmim ation of Lord Hariowby, it appears that ministers do not exjicit .1 very satisfactory answer fromSp.iui, respecting the armaments in her ports, so that there seems but little chance ot avoiding a rupture, October 18.Advice» were received tl.i- diy, staii-g, that on the f5th inst.int, 1 squadron *rw is 1 is sell \u2022 was commanded hv a commodoic.The l.ivcly arrived yesterday evening at Portsmouth with La Fatna ; the other two, La Medea and F .a,CL a, aicli inly expected.The treasure on l>o.iru is csunuicU at tweaty millions oi dollars. 3 Cant.Moore, of the Indefatigable, was the Commanding officer on this occasion.\t\u2022 Tin-whole of the crew in the spamffi fn c te that « as blown np, amounting to about oooim n, w e arc sorry to say, perished.à The affairs of Spain, with regard to tin country, must soon take a decided turn Whittle c*i pcra'ed emperor may now difficult to s.y, but he has cer ta:nlv ex erienced a woeful disappointment in lodng ih- treasure which he has so on« been ex pectii g.and aticr the receipt ot w hich he would in all probability have plunged the unfortun.te country into all the miseries ot war.Notice of this important even» w as p u up at Lloyds.\t| a-.M d\u2019Oubnl, »hc Russian charge d altaires, has a» length, it is itaicd, nuit ted the ternto-ries offrante, alter several confctepccs with Talleyrand.with the idea of confiscating baitish produea, uid of checking the tiade with this countiy for the purpose of diverting their attention horn political subjects.He may mean to accompany the new changes in ihe constitution with soin encouraging commercial declarations, aud with assutancr that ihe alaimi of the dutch merchaltis aie unfounded, ami the dutch would then, we hav« ii.i doubt, receive the new change*, if not with joy, at least without dirapprobation.Wc balieve the dutch to be very little solicitous about any thing else bat commerce.\tIbid The departure of the Russian chargé d'affaires M, D'Ouhril, ftom Mcntz, is a sufficient refutation of the rumor at I\u2019aris that the differences baiween Russia and France were likely to be adjusted.M.D\u2019Oubril was kept at Menu as a prisoner, or hostage for the french minister at I\u2019cteribourg ; and Bonaparte, with the insolence th it formi a prominent feature ot his ck iracter, wished io have it supposed that the person of his own minister would have been inssciuc had he not detained the Russian minister ; thus treating the Russian government and nxtion, as a people against whom it was necessary 10 adopt the same prec lotions as against tubes and hordes of savages and barbarians Icon do not seem fo bavr befn known at Paiis, for it is doubted whether he was to return down the Rhine and through Flanders to Boulogne, or was to proceed to Paris to the coronation.As he left Mentzonthe ad, and travels with rapidity, he may cisily take .mother view of the Hot lia at Boulogne ptevions to the coronation for which the Parisians are in-king very great preparations.The Pope, according to some accounts, had fallen ill and could not piocccd?'/ Pari* to attend.Other Sellers say lie was to e»-oti on ns.a6th or ty'h tut.If his hoii-ne»s f igns illness, Bonaparte may \u2018end him hit ph> sicianl The General Seignior also is Mik, and cannot salute Bonaparte a.a revolutionary hmperor.Kven the new Kmperor of Austria appears to have met with some difficulty, and his revolutionary inauguration lus been a second time postponed.Dkai., Oct.4.Sever il ships of war from the B logne station h.iS juft arrived in the Dow ns, and by .\t; them wc are hap, y to learn that the expe- ,,\t\" *!dition againfl the french gun-boats, ha- Com- \\N t have been lavored with the following plcte|y succet>ded.\u2014There were about extract of a letter from .1 naval oliiier on board the Foundroyant, a lmir.il Sir Thomas Graves, off Brest, m a n ival officer at Dun dee, dated 7th September last.\u201c I have im lo>ed a li»r \u2022 of the enemv\u2019s fleet in the our ti enert soutiers came on ma » j mell, but a d.eaiful luvock wa> ma .e lliey b longed to the 4«h brigade 01 »».a.i.iC| t|u.jn ;iil# j, lS ^ ,1, ,t upward, ot t, .mlleiy Oneisa ver) «OU li.grnt\tvCî>S( .,s w CTC dc>t| d an , , feed and had b en one ot the noble e.I he ou;.|nea VVCl(.k,ilcd and u.,, 0.lly OcroauR iS.We have seen 1 letter from Dublin of the 1\u2019,ih.cciiiaining the following information, which we hope will prove exaggerated:\u2014 Dublin, Oc.tyb.u /^t thi^ very moment, 3 o\u2019clock, a lettei lias been put in® ms hand* fiom Lcighlin-hiidgt in the county of KiUiatc, s*hich comes from a pern with vshoin I am s'cll acijuainteil, him whofe veracity I never had reason to d ubt.The letter Mates that thev wcic all in consternât:- n at Lcighlin bridge, in conjt-qucnae of luvin ' diiCoverrd a hoirtble l lot.One o the con'-nir.itors h ^s made a discovery, and r,»- dr.elated th 1 the number of person* organized is very conMdeiable, jO.ooo, but ihat numb.1 i* pioba! lv much cxaggeiated.r \u201c The letter adds, what wc have certa n'y no knowledge of hne, that a committee of ;o ot the rn.di ider< ha been sitting in Dublin I he per* n who ha* made the ducovet y ha \u2022 po nred out a w-(K>d which wa* to be rut down, to b-snanufactur d into juke*.I he intrll gettee from Leighlin budgc ha> been transmiued io govern- ntent, wh>> are not ignorant *>f the patMcuiart,\t1\t.but who do not participue in the alarms which \u2022 COjrie SIUI b,Utf l otl1 0,K,' \u2022 cm to h ive occup ed the minds of the pat m by whom the account of the plot wa* sent.Such 1 thy substance of th \u2022 Iciter 1h.11 ha.been received fiom Dublin.W.must believe that the account ha been giratly «xaggciat d At anv rate, as gov rinent are -ti p>>»« »-'on ot she imilligence, this will ot cour e take cv«s\\ Mrp tc mevi nt any treawinable attemf 1 th \u2022! mas be made.\tCwur On Saturday next, we have been givi 11 io un eifr'taiul, th.new form of govruiuirnt winch llolland is to assume, is 10 be p.b ickly declared PrcpataioJy to that event, ihe fiench iroops base been imraased upon the duicb f oittici, foi th.purpo e a.has been vat^d, ol adopting me.» ute \\* un respect to engl di ntnehandize, but nalU perhaps foi th\u201c purpos\"\u2018>f checking any di-.ce't-J L-e Limart, tent or dittutbancc which might take pla^e inj Noie o* .n.\u2014 , winds) 1h Irmch charge d\u2019air.ii e, at Sto khatm is Yetin th^ pr.'*e 1 i.irs t the public miiul nlhaving\tbeen tor fume time\tcomr.iry ;\tbut\t|to quit Sto holm,\t.1* well a* all tn\tt- .'ch\tin Holland, we d< net rX|fet that anv auemM I !\u2022.nc.t\tJournal» te» tu 7th.\tand Dutch\tpa\tSseea n.It 1.even\tsaid they ha.e\trerris d\t»>r- will be mad to rust the tyranny of thefrmch pers t.\tthe tj'lt, h.»v.come\tte» hind.\tde:» to that i-flrci.Tcihapi Botiapattc may luve aUtuicd the dutch! The\tintonUcd motions cf i.mpuor Nape»-1 A hcitch couitcr\thas been scat to\tPcuuoutgh outside of Bologne.The night was very dark, and every tiling favorable.\u2014A new- invented machine floating under water, conducted by a fin di boat ort the furtavc j the ,\t, macine containing four tons of (lone.sand f Somc hte ihips w,.rP then tood tn so close, th **elwd the oleaweol fen| m them< The km.butt ries, .\\c.emg s .luted I tom Fo.lt sides oi the entran- ^ bri klv ,,il{ wUhonl ^ect, as.hcnght ,c Wt-l, shot and Shells.A few days ago W4$ daik j he each sent out boat* full ot* tour french soldiers came off ,n a ^1 mcll>\t(1,, a :ful havo» k wami.a .e among of tite at m ne , KJ l VU.li.vt.» V, V\t.tv V.Ul.U .» .VI, V/tliy WOUIl\u2014 trencit sol 1ms have only 3d per diem, and\tJ year*.Fiance.Bread and wme is vet y r I.OTTR PB 0 K E r.Cunt.I LeVrnpeui izittcau | I.e W.rigid, in three uear in Cunt 74 or I'smir»!,\t*3° 1\tLe Brave,\tU Le Republic am,\t10\tl.r Bitavr,\t74 L\u2018 In* 11 eifsie,\t1 lO\tL\u2019l.t informed that dispatches from L( t.don, subsequent in date to the 18th -etober, In vc been received by the Titos.Wilson, .tirived at Norfolk, and they are said to contirm the intelligence ol the capture of the Sj .midi to .ates.\u2014/\u2019/tcrs, her fortune svas only about 200I.Sir Hugh Massy, die father of the plaintiff, possesses an estate of ot me learneu 1 lorcmon\",\tj.ihuv.¦¦¦» , .* ¦\t-\t- a m in t«ot only of inoffenfive manners, and of in-1 by every polite and hospitable attention in his notent life, but a man whofc virtuescorrcfpon- ; power, to render his temporary stay in th.scoun- wh hi* fuuation in focir.y, and odorn the pm m no.nnplrawnt ;o him,\tf\"fr< Voooi\" a'ye\u201car.\u201d'The'pia;n.i,il, has an elder bro- f.-fTon hr has ado, ted \u2014in the year 1796, Mr , first creatcu .!, \u2022 breast of .he P 'u ,!i \u2019 \" '\t' h\u2019 '\tu ho h,sPon|y unc child, a daugl.-s Mss V became attached to M.f* KossUwn.Mr.; p,con, but conv ycd an riumaudn, that .be Mar- ncr ma .\t, ^\t^ SQn b hij wiK.JHu Afany, beii\u2019g a fécond fon, and ¦ ot independent j qui.of H.a.IJori was too attentive to Mrs.AL^.^ \u2022\tHisslewin w s a love-match., .if\u2019 1 , ,fv , y hi.U1.CI pi fleffed then a li- loo confident m the virtue of h;s wife, too gene-,,aKc ,in \u2018 1 VA- ' ying but 1.1 *< ®l.a year.Sir'Hugh Massr.lns fa-1 .ou.to credit informations so conveyed, and yet\tServant to the plain.ifT, saw ther, difapproved a match which had 1 ot fortune ua.prudent wholly to overlook or d.sregaid it, |he (k(i.n(hmt a, D0,utsc thc time he took Mrs.to fuppoit.l.c claim of beauty, and had therefore | Mr.Slsssy prolnbitcdhis wifes yssm to Lt,\u201d'\u201d^ «O not ,tli ll the p.îl the ptc^ctbclwcof thncwbo .bo, .O- rtcomtncndetk to Co!?grev.s, an amelioration It is however The peopl - of the States ch.vge the hngli h with ign irancc, bc-can>e th v lo not kn w the names «>f the a.nerican S ate-ofliccrs and th.ir rclat ves, as udl i* the A nciicans know the title of our king and the names of his sons PfC_ porterons ! it is likening mutation to per man noy; antphetmron to an eagle-giH.boat N0i.to ihc RoyJ Geo ge.* It i« worthy of remark that the a me.ncan states, huVc, c, ntr.oy to their treaty, establi h.d, in th ir newly ae-quireil territory of Lsm :anat the same form of government as existed in this contrary, p ior to the pa sing of th« act of the 31st year