declaration, afferting upon his honour, that he never received any penfion from England, or any where elfe. With this declaration, the Grand Judge ventured to wait on Bonaparte, and to remonftrate. But his Confular Majefty flying into a paffion, difmiffed him with this reply, "When I give orders, I expect to be obeyed." Quand je donne des orders je veaux qu'on obesse-And obeyed he was, for the poor ex-noble was obliged to move.

One day on a hunting party, Bonaparte, offended at fome trifling circumftance, firuck with his whip at one of the guards de chassee, who, by the bye, are generally the fame that were employed in the days of Royalty-the chafleur very properly refented the infult, faying in a tone of reproach: Jamaisle ci de vant ne m'a traite comme cela," and clapping fpurs to his horfe, contemptuoufly rode paft the Conful. It is added, that the latter cooling foon after, rode up to the man and apologized. For the latter part I cannot youch.

The Conful is fo gloomy and diftruftful, that every one of his household dreads and hates him; while at Malmaifon aone of the guards or fervants could pafs or repafs within the houfe, without tickets; and Madam Bonaparte, who is good natured and obliging, was applied to for thofe cards. But often the fentinels difputed her authority. She is treated moft defpotically, and never interferes in politics, but the domef tics would go through fire and water for her.

FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER..

| ing fhort of crippling it for ever can fave
the world from its fury. The conteft is
begun; the combatants are now grappled;
and the civilized world is juft in the state
in which the author of Gil Blas defcribes
the Lady fitting in the coach while her
defenders and the gang of robbers are en-
gaged in the conflict on which her life, her
liberty, and her property depend. But it
may be hoped that the iffue now, will be
the very reverse of the iffue of that battle;
and, that the Captain ROLANDO of this
day, and his band, will be driven back to
their cave, and fall into the hands of Juf-
tice. If not, then all is over, liberty is
extinguished for ever, the world will
groan under one tyrant, and

Ruthless Rapine, with destroying scythe
Will sweep the works of glory from their base
Till Desolation o'er the grass grown street
Expands her raven wings. And up the walls
Where Senates now the gen'ral welfare plan
Will hiss the gliding snake through hoary weeds
That clasp the mould'ring columy.

FROM THE ULSTER GAZETTE.

Extract from a piece fpoken by Gilbert Livingston, Poughkeepfie, on the 4th Ju ly inft.

"The appeal was made from the earthly tribunal of force, to the fupreme court of heaven, (there to be determined by that judge who fetteth up one kingdom or nation and pulleth down another.) There our cause was tried, and there, we believe and truft, was the final decifion given, that the affailants be nonfuited with a heavy bill of cofts to pay ! ! !"

We must caution young lawyers, bowever, not to infer that a "nonfuit" is a final " termination" of a caufe. The fact is there was no nonfuit in the cafe at all. A verdict was given for the defendent-And the Conftitution is the beft record of the judgment.

FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM.

BEST METHOD TO PRESERVE SHEEP SKINS.

fun is very detrimental to it) till convenient to fend it to a tanner. This practice will render fheep-fkins of four times the value they now are, and fave thousands of pounds to the country in a fhort time.

VALUABLE MACHINE.

IN Bethlehem, a Moravian fettlement, in the State of Pennfylvania, there is at the lower part of the town a machine, of fimple conftruction, which raifes the water, from a fpring, into a refervior, to the height of one hundred feet; whence it is conducted by pipes into the several streets of the town.

COTTON MILLS IN ENGLAND.

IN a flatement published in the year 1788, it is declared that there were then one hundred and forty-three cotton-mills in operation in Great-Britain; nearly two thirds of which had been erected within the last five years that befides these, there were above twenty thousand five hundred

hand-mills, for fpinning the fhute for the twifled yarn, fpun by the water-mills: that from the year 1781, to the year 1787, including the fpinning of cotton and sheep's wool, had increased as a quantity more than four double: that, in the laft mentioned year (1787) twenty two million and fix thousand pounds were fpun; which yielded, to the labourers and owners of the mills and factories, the immenfe profit of five million two hundred and feventy thoufand pounds fterling.

Literary Intelligence.

FROM THE BOSTON CENTINEL.

NATURAL HISTORY LECTURES.

SPEAKING of the Defpotifm, by a great mifnomer called Government, which fucceeded the revolution of France, BURKE gives the following animated, fub. limely horrible defcription: "From out "of the tomb of the murdered monarchy "of France, has arifen a vaft, tremen"dous, unformed fpectre, in a far more terriffic guife than any which ever yet had overpowered the imagination, and SEVERAL gentlemen being difpofed " fubdued the fortitude of man. to encourage the Science of NATURAL Going "ftrait forward to its end, unappalled by HISTORY, especially Botany and Mineperil, unchecked by remorfe, defpifing ralogy, have deen devifing means how best "all common maxims and all common to carry faid defign into effect. A Botanic TANNED Sheep-Skins are in great Garden at Cambridge has been trequently "means, that hideous phantom overpow demand, for a variety of ufes; out for talked of. The idea originated with Mr. "ered those who could not believe it was want of proper attention in taking off the "poffible fhe could at all exift, except on Waterhouse who mentioned the plan in a wool, the fkin is many times fo far injur-letter to Sir Jofeph Banks, Prefident of the "the principles which habit had perfuad- ed, as fcarcely to be worth dreffing. The Royal Society of England, to Dr. Letifom, "them were neceffary to their own par- following method will be found beneficial: and to the celebrated Botanift, Mr. Curtis, "ticular modes of action." That phant--As foon as the fkin is taken off the om, or, to ufe the words of MILTON, in the year feventeen hundred and eighthat execrable fhape," grim and terrible ty feven. Sir Jofeph Banks was urgent that it fhould commence, and offered Dr. as it was then, has fince" grown tenfold 'more dreadful and deform," and "advanWaterhouse aid in the bufinefs. This ced its mifcreated front fo far" that nothwould doubtlefs have been obtained, had not Dr. Lettfom turned Dr. W's atten

Sheep's back, fpread it on a horfe or cow;
and in fix or eight hours, the wool will
come off better than in any other way.
After the wool is off fpread the fkin on a
pole, and let it hang in the fhade, fas the

The courfe of Lectures will occupy the month of September.

Bofton, July 25, 1803.

tions from the Botanic into the channel of || quoted.
quoted. "If you begin with a little, be-
Mineralogy. The worthy Dr. conceived, gin, and it will multiply. The greatest ob-
gin, and it will multiply. The greatest ob-
that in a new Country, like America, theject was once in embryo."
national order of things was to commence
with Minerals, and when this branch of
Natural history was established, then the
Botany would follow in its natural order.
Writing on this fubje&t to Dr. Waterhouse
he fays: "At a future period of wealth
"and luxury you may form hot-houses for
"tropical plants, but my advice is to com-
"mence your career with Minerals. I
"fhould be glad to hear that you have col-
"lected only a few flints to commence fo
"important a department of National Hif-
"tory and Medicine. If you begin with a
"little, begin, and it will multiply. The
"greatest object was once in embryo. I
"would advife a few gentlemen among

you to unite in a fociety to promote a Natural Hiftory. If fuch a fociety were formed, I would fubfcribe ten guineas a year to it, and more if you wish it. You want, I fear, energy. Your treasures hid in the earth are invaluable. Your "vegetable kingdom as ample and intereft"ting. Let me know that you have bold.

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ly entered thefe receffes of curiofity, "wealth and pleafure, and draw on me "for my quota."

Be it our weekly task,

To note the passing tidings of the times.

Hudson, September 6, 1803.

the number which have been coined we
have been induced to afcertain their a-

The Treafurer of the United States, in compliance with the law which required his late proclamation relative to the Copper Coins of this country, has ftated, "that more than fifty thousand dollars, in cents This advice was accompanied with a box of Minerals to begin with, which have been and half cents have been paid into the treafencreafed fince in number and value, foury." Believing that it would be fatisfacthat the Cabinet of Minerals at Cambridge tory to our readers to have a flatement of is thought by judges to be worth a thousand pounds fterling. Thus the introduction of Mineralogy fufpended for a time the ardor of the original purposes of a Botanic Gar. den. Dr. W's printed circular letter on the fubject of Mines and Minerals togeth-thousand dollars) have been iffued from the er with his lectures, have diffufed as great a portion of knowledge on that fubje&t through the State as the time and the circumftances would allow of.

mount, and have now the pleafure of fta-
ting, that upwards of fifteen millions of
Cents (equal to one hundred and fifty

Mint of the United States, and are now in
circulation.

[Poulfon's Philad. Pap.]

The expedition against England it is ftated is to be commanded by Bonaparte, Moreau, and Bournonville. It is to confist of 500,000 men in 5 divifions, of which it is calculated 200,000 will be de. ftroyed in the attempt, and the remaining 300,000 will be a force fufficient to conquer the ifland. However wild and impracticable this may appear to fome, it feems Great-Britain is not without her fears, for on the 12th July the Lord May. or of London brought in a Bill for railing an additional military force for the city.

The important introduction of VACIN ATION engroffed, as the public well know, Dr. W's attention full four years. He has had the great happinefs of feeing the perfect triumph of that business and is now at liefure to attend to the no less favorite employ, Natural Hiftory. It has there. fore been thought advisable, by the friends of this important branch of human learning, that Dr. Waterhoufe give a compendious courfe of lectures on that fubject, in Bofton, that the public may be better able to judge of what has already been done at Cambridge, and what is further intended to be done. Dr. W. has acceded to the propofal, and has offered to give the prof. its arifing from fuch a courfe to the purpofe of purchafing Books on Natural Hifto-200,000, fterling, and was acquitted ry as the firft ftep towards founding a Li. brary for the ufe of ftudents at Cambridge, on that ufeful department of Science. The Dr. is encouraged to attempt the tafk by the fentiments of that good man already

Robert Aftlett, late affiftant to the prin-
cipal Cafhier of the Bank of England, had
his trial on the 8th for embezzling proper-
ty belonging to the Bank to the amount of

without examining the witneffes, on the
ground that the Exchequer Bills alledged
to have been stolen had not been formally
figned the authorities conflituted in the aft
by which they were iffued. He was, how-

ever, remanded to prifon for a civil debt.
due to the Bank of upwards of £100,000.
[Evening Poft.]

Extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dat.
ed the 18th June, 1803.
"Captain Efcamiche (a native of this
place in the Portuguese service) went off
Algiers a few days ago in a 74, manned in
Lisbon with about 300 volunteers and his
four fons, to endeavor to retake the 44 gun
frigate, captured laft lummer; clofe to laid
port he fell in with a 44 gun frigate, a brig
and a zebec, when it fell calm, which gave
an opportunity for boats coming to their al
fiftance from Algiers, and towing them in.
to port. The zebec he captured, took 100
and odd men out, and then funk the vellel.
He chased the others fo close in as to ex.
change fhot with the Mole batteries.-He
is now here on his way to Lifbon."

"On board the zebec, captured by capt. Efcamiche, there were 12 Neapoli. tans, who they were carrying to flavery."

Another, dated Gibralter, July 2, "The laft mails bring accounts of the French flag being hoifted at Leghorn, Ge noa, and most of the Italian ports; alfo, that Hanover, Hamburgh, Cuxhaven, and most of the Netherlands, have fallen into the hands of the French, who threaten the King of Spain with iminediate war unless he opens all his gates and lets them march into Portugal!"

FRENCH BILLS.

Extract of a letter from a Merchant in
London, to another in Salem, dated
July 4, 1803.

"I am forry to inform you, that your Bills on the French Government are not accepted, and probably will not be paid when due. In confequence of its being discovered that many Bills had been drawn at St. Domingo (particularly to the order of A. Lindo) for which they fay nothing has been furnished, the payment of them has been fufpended. My friends at Paris, to whom I fent your Bills to procure pay ment, informs me that the French gov ernment requires almost endless formalities for the Bills drawn at St Domingo. The bearers of them muft produce an authentic copy of the contract for the goods or fupplies furnished, for which the Bills were given, and a certificate of its execu tion to annex them to the Bills. They advise those in whole favour the Bills are drawn, to lend with the contract and cer tificate a power of attorney in blank. You may have the contract (le marche) but un der exifling circumstances you will not, L fear, readily obtain a certificate of its exc

cution."

PHILADELPHIA, AUG. 26.

caught the ftore of Mr. Dunlap, which al-
though confidered fire proof, was, with
its contents, entirely, with the other hou-
fes, reduced to afhes-Mr. Dunlap's lofs
is to a very great amount. The hofpital,
Mr. Stanfield's and Mr. Lefebvre's houfes
were on fire feveral times, but by the very
wonderful exertions of every denomina-
tion of perfons, they were faved-the lofs
to various individuals muft have been

very confiderable. It was by exertion on-
ly, that the whole Lower Town was fav-
ed from the mercilefs element. As vari-
ous reports had been circulated, and with
fome femblance of truth, that thefe recent
fires had not been accidental, detachments
of the militia have fince patrolled the
ftreets, but no certain difcovery has yet
been made.

Yefterday morning about 4 o'clock, the inhabitants of Philadelphia were alarmed by the cry of fire. It proceeded from a building occupied by Mr. Phineas Daniel, as a lead fhot manufactory, fituate in Water between Market and Chefnut-ftreets. The citizens affembled on this occafion, have a ftrong evidence of the utility and ufefulness of the hydrants and hofe. For although the fituation of the building prevented the effectual approach of many of the engines, the fire was extinguifhed before 4 o'clock: after having confumed the building in which it originated, and injuring the roots of two adjoining houfes. The wind which had blown from the north east for the previous 24 hours, changed previously to a light air from the fouth weft, and to this we Since the above was prepared for prefs, may, in fome measure, attribute the prewe lament that we have occafion to inform fervation of the adjacent property. We our readers, that about 3 o'clock yesterday have not been able to obtain a fatisfactory afternoon, another fire broke out oppofite account of the caufe of the fire. Whatev. to the Recollet barracks, in an out house, er may be the lofs of property, it can be acwhich, with feveral others and two dwelcounted nought when compared to the per-ling houfes were confumed; feveral other fonal injury received on this occafion-At dwelling and outhoufes were pulled down the time the fire was nearly extinguished, by and effeftually prevented the extenfive the fall of a chimney, three perfons were conflagration, which from the peculiar ftricken dead on the ground on which they fituation of the place where the fire was ftood, and fix or feven leverely wounded." firft difcovered, and its vicinity to the powder magazine, gave every reafon to apprehend.

FIRES AT MONTREAL

MONTREAL, AUGUST 8.

WE are forry again to announce to our readers the devaftation made during the laft week in this city by that devouring element, fire; on Monday morning laft a little after one o'clock, the houfe of Mr. Langley the hatter, was perceived to be on fire, and notwithstanding very great exertions were made to prevent the conflagration's fpreading, that houfe, with his neighbour's, Dr. Selby, were entirely confumed-The former being abfent from home, the greateft part of his effects were burnt-The following day at 6 o'clock, A. M. a fire broke out of Mr. Lagan's ftable, fuppofed to have been caufed from fome iparks that might have lodged there from the fire the preceding day; it being fortunately in the day time, and affiflance ready, the building being pulled down and every combuftable removed by the uncommon exertions of every individual, the fire was extinguifhed without extending any farther, although much damage was occafioned, by the fudden removal of ef fects, &c. &c. Agitated as the public mind naturally was, the alarm of fire again the fucceedingday did not ferve to appeafe it-On Wednesday morning about ten o'clock another fire was difcovered in a house occupied by Mr. Hagar, which communicated to the houfe of Mr. Breckenridge, and although the houfe adjoining was pulled down, the flames very foon

LONDON, JULY 11.

In the event of invafion, the King, it is flated, will take the field in perfon, and will be aflifted in the conduct of the war by a Military council. His majefty certainly will, in the courfe of the autumn, review the various camps near London.

JULY 12.

The Bruffels Paper contains fome important intelligence from Hanover and the Elbe. It feems that the French feem determined to crofs that River, which the Hanoverians feen as determined to oppofe. The oftenfible object for the advance of the French army across the Elbe, is to difarm the Hanoverian Army, in fulfilment of the treaty of Sublingen; but we prefume they muft have more important objects in view, as they meditate the croffing at three different places. The next accounts from that quarter will be interesting.

A letter from Amfterdam, of the 4th inft. fays, "We are informed that the French Government has demanded in the moft precife manner, that fimilat meafures to thofe adopted in France fhould be taken in this Republic to prevent every kind of communication, direct, or indirect, with England. It is expected that the exportation of every kind of provifion will be feverely prohibited; orders are already given for the examination of veffels at

We decline publishing "CATO," because we think that the object on which he has very liberally bestowed the lash, is unworthy of so much notice. We consider it as a part of our duty to expose the falshoods of the Bee, and the baseness of its edi. ter; but in doing this, we choose to employ as small a share of our paper as possible. We know that Holt's treatment of "Cato" was base and disingenuous. We are sensible that it deserves the contempt and detestation" of the public. And we also find, as far as our observation extends, that the

people are not blind to its merits. They look upon the Bee as a poor prostituted thing, wholly desti ture of cander, honor or honesty- a paper under the absolute controul of a junto of designing men, to whom truth is more terrible than the rearing of a lion, and to whom free investigation is rank poison. They must be fully aware that no reliance can be placed on such a paper; and that, for correct information, they ought to seek elsewhere.

A communication from Chatham, containing an account of a tremendous hail-ctc:m, received come weeks since, has been mislaid and consequently neg lected. It is now too old to be interesting.

AT the Aurora office, a very curious transparency of the head of Duane, the fkull entirely of paper, borne on a pole. In the diftant perspective a fhadow of a breakfast, with Sir John Shore. [Ibid.]