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On the night ^f Ch^tr tiu* fntTi in Hi. twenty* of Sunday the ioth infi »/^ tlic citizen The corrvmanarr- at liurhpgton is faid to have prepar¬ ed birM-J -saihers to be applied to \ » ^» iron U'.c CanaGrati Courant J. *iw U" J rm end put to the troubles m **bid* he had been involved for thcisEl thirty years, I£e firmly r-.r.d uniformly refuicd to eXjarefe contrition for hia crime, or for Mr. Perceval's fate* and he fteadi- . |y denied having any accompli¬ ces. penetrated, a i eport \vas broiignt, ____. t it Is not yet known from• What vernment, :- even cmpi,;}cd J;is quarter; to BrulHrk, a village a- foldicrs a. biesupon ^f^ bout two niik* from Annan, %/ ants, to vopeie ana detei them Mr. ftr*ta7 «S» 0* & # ^ » fr°ra *** ^ vc{li-e °f !rcedom' nh.appy war which the , rA *• i .tArtftH rrfneik United States has declared a- the in'H no .»n w'10 in Ail umc iptaiv . _ ^ , , , ^ . \ ; ' • .,. ^ \ *uJr*x Kamft Great Britain abforbs the diiiu^s.-, ojan..... attention of the large—the iltables: " Beware of entering the crowd : remember that 30 poor Creatures were preffed to death by crowd when Hollowly and Ha- arty were executed." Authenticated by J. Poynder. No tumult or accident occurred during the execution, or any -------- . ^ cxpreillon of the public fentiment, tory proof of its having exured at except that of pity for his delu- the time we have mentioned. We fion. the the Horfe of Co>a:iions, at the door or in the hbby of that Houfc ! ! ! This moil remarkable fact, the whole inhabitants of that village are rea¬ dy to attcfc, as the report quickly fpread, ana became on Monday, the univcrfai topic of conversation. The clergyman'to whbm we have alluded, and who allows us to make life of his name-, is Mr. Vorftoun, Miniftcr of Iloddam^ This gen¬ tleman, with a laudable zeal, went to the fpot, and carefully invefti- gatcd the rumor, with the view or tracing it to its fource, but has hi¬ therto been unfuccefsfui, although^ he has obtained the mod fatisfac/ jl inn T_ic> -»'.xv » ^ * i_ * ^ ~ -----— - • the iibeny 0f fpeech. He has aj- $0 reprimarded and iloppedin "excrcife of jflice the cuftom-houi ofllcer became he was too knient, & lenity every one can . SELLINGHAIM S WIF.E, Bcilingham married Miss Mary Ann Neville, daughter of Mr. John Neville, merchant and Hup broker, formerly of Newry, now of Dublin. When in London, he was in the habit of calling upon his wife's relations, Mr. Shaw's family, of the houfc or Fletcher, Shaw', and Company, Iriih Fac¬ tors. A Solicitor was lately em¬ ployed to draw up articles of fed¬ eration between him and his wife, but they afterwards made up their - - - - • - forbear to make any comments on this more wonderful circurnfiance; but ihould any thing further tran- fpire that may tend to throw light on it, we ihall not fail to give the public the carlieft information.>J From the Canadian Coinant. ciirtcrencc. In the week before latt, a piece of fiik goods was fent to him by his wife from Liver- ^ ool, to he returned to a fiik mer- chant in the city. Bellingham had lome difference with the merchant, whether the fiik ihould be fent for, or he ihould fend it to the v.arehoufe. On Saturday sc'n- r.ight, however, he brought it to the merchant, and took a molt particular receipt. * . ■ • J > v o PLRCEVAL. The day before Mr. Perceval met his death (Sunday,) he in- ciuired of his valet tirhat engaffe- ■H Z with O ments he had for that day r—Hcan- fwered none. Ci What not any one to dinner V1—No. "Then I am happy, for I fhall have a plefure I very feldom enjoy, of dinin^ my family alone." It fo happened, that all his children dined at home that day. In the evening he called for a Prayer-book, and read the fervicetohis whole family. At the ufual hour, Mrs. Perceval or¬ dered the children to bed, but he begged her to give them leave to ci I come to protect, not to injure you" Gen. Hull's proclamation. Ctfar inarched againit Pompey and conquered hini, as he declar- cd, for the expfefs purpoie of pre* ferving the Republic, and afterwards cftablilhcd an abfolute Govern¬ ment on the ruins of the Repub¬ lic. Bonaparte has fubciucd and 1 enflaved feveral countries for the. avowed purpoie of prcferving their rights, redrefling their grievances, and fecuring to them independence. —Although thefe tricks are Italc, 1 * the Government of the U. States with its minions, have commen¬ ced in the practice of the fame fraud with as much aflurancc. and thus far with as much fuccefs, as if hiftory both faered and profane, had never cxpofed the iniquity of I misht her O to enumerate the many artifices they have practiced to fecure the afcendancy to povrer, the hypocra- cy they have made vih of to cheat the people into a belief that their mcafures tended to the public good, and lhow that they have ftep by flep and in rapid fuccefiion ftolen upon their rights and liber¬ ties and fo corrupted their preju¬ dices that it is now generally i'up- pofed that the majority of then will become the willing tools ocma^ocn-ies; c 2:0 on m of <-*o flay up a little longer, as he fo fel- dom had the enjoyment of their company altogether.—When the time was expired,he killed them all, and gave them his blefling very remarkably. A Sunday palled in this manner mufl be remembered by his rdlct with fluisfaclion, thrragh tinged with the fevcreft forrcw. JL:.lrad from /he Dumfries and Gal- loivay Courier, of May io. _ .. r..ftkl --,-., , r ^ , J - y moit reipcctablc indrviduaLs for One dark and myfterious cir daring to queftion the falibilirv of cumltance, connected with the af" the men adminiftering the Gov- the adrnini'ilration, and execute ev¬ ery arbitrary command that may tend to oppofe the career of their leaders. But a recurrence to a few exirting facls is enough with¬ out recapitulating their whole hif¬ tory, to lead every honed unprej¬ udiced perfon to deteft their arti¬ fice an 1 dread their influence. In Baltimore, one of the fir ft towns in the United States, as has been fhewn, private property has been deftroyed, and the .moft bru¬ tal murders committed upon the moft refpccrablc individuals r of whojG e -judge when informed that he is the fame cutom-cfticcr that order¬ ed a man (hot for attempting to draggle a few buftiels of Salt. Wherever we look, an equal difcufc is eicircd by the overbear- 0 v incr tyrann7 of democracy it has the afcendancy in the States. Yet the Government which en- couraffes tlefe mcafures, has an- thorifed Governor Hull to invade Canada, arJ, like the demagogues above mcn.ioned, proclaim upro- fa <r hts. :clion iopevons.propertyand n6 io a people living under the moft mild, peaceable and frccft forms of Government that there is in the world. With all the hypocracy of Eonapaite, Governor Hull tells us, " / come to protect, not to injure pu."—Is il reafonable for any in¬ dividual in the Province to expeel greater prcteclion from the Unit¬ ed States than is Q-ranted to its own people ? Will a Government that does not caufe to be refpect- ed cither t .e lives, liberty or pro¬ perty of its own citizens, " come to proteel, not 0 injure you" I believe not—-The protection of the Prov¬ inces is in better hands, and fliould it come to ^ho. vrotd, fe lv :.-..-- ants have got only to be true to thc-,rfclvcs,"and they will retain for (hemfclves and their poi).:r\xy6 the enviable blefilncrs of happineis anc prosperity- community at events cf the 'war as might naturally be expected, raifc or deprefs the public feelings in proportion as they arc profpe- rous or advene. The capture of General Hull and his array, and the repoffeffipn of our ancient and important pofts of Michilimackin* ac and Detroit,' diffufed a fpirit of joy in every loyal heart.—But it is our duty always to be neither too much elated with profperity or dejected by adverfity ; for th events of war are very uncertain and changeable-—Many people ap¬ pear to be mortified and depreffed by the lois of the Guerriere frigate, and can with difficulty be brought to credit it—from where dees this pint of incredulity arife, but from depreciting the means of our ene¬ my to injure us—no doubt this was one of the great faults of Gen¬ eral Hull—and every man who reads fits proclamation, will readily perceive it. and contlcicratc, ourielves to be dcccivcd'by a talfe dKffl'ation of theiirength or weak- enemy. • Great and important errors have arifen from fuch inconSdcrate' opinions, and in the loft of the frigate Guerriere many will conndcr the national and our naval honor injured hy it—rhev never reflect upon" the great disparity of force—ttevrti- has often been on board tfc in iize fiie i> r. i We ought to be calm and never fuffcr nefs of our ir* j-at e G onitit'u tion From the Uoited otatv.•ti, Gazette. ppears from the late CenftiSj thai* . Free Citizens. Mafachufetta contains Nc v-IIamplliir Vennont Rhodc-Ifland Connecticut Ncv-York Nev-Jerfey Pernfylvania;, Dekware 700*745 214^460 217,895 76,323 261,632 944, 234,711 809,296 68,497 tour pounders, and on her upper or (par deck, as they term it, for. ty-two pounders—-and her com¬ plement of men four hundred and f1fty_<vhich no doubt fte had,.as American feamen arc deftituteof employment by reafon of the war, and muft enter on board the Na' tional fliips for fupport.—Captain Hull is undoubtedly a good officer and fo was Captain Dacres--Let Captain Hull lay himfelf along fide of a Britiili feventy-four and no doubt he will fhare the fate of Captain Dacres—the difparityof force would be more favorable to lunmatxon of the Prime Minifter* we cannot omit to. mention, as* however ftrangc and unaccoun:a- bleit may appear, we can fafely pichc our own edit, and wc are ernment.—In Vermont, it is faid the rights of the freeman is tramp¬ led down with impunity by an un- difciplinccl foldiery, wl\o are fcr.ee- ned from the civil and not even Total All the other States (including Orleans) contain 2,419.587 free citizens 5 io that tiie nine flates firfi mentioned contain a free pop¬ ulation exceeding that of the oth¬ ers by 1,108,504. But thefe laft mentioned flates contain,befides freemen, 1,134,185 flaves, three-fifths of whom are re- prcfented in Congrcfs, and in the election-of Prefident and Vice-Pref- identof the U. States. The whole number of eiccroral votes at the eniuing election of the Prefident and Vice-Preiident of the United States, will be 216—no therefore will be a majority. rrew-Hampfhirc, Mai'fachuietts, Comneclicut, Rhode-Ifland, Ver- Ncw-York, New- feriey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, will give 1 17 votes, Mary had will give ! 1 votes, ;mk! as fhe chufes elect¬ ors by diftrirls the advocates for war, heavy taxes, ard coniequent- lyuFrench alliance, wi fail in ob- tai/iing a unanimous . - from Captain Hull than it was to Capt. Dacres—in this action the Britiflt l-s^S 001 honor has not been tarnifhed. monf ^t awliuriacd likewlie to pledge the qucftioncd by the military author- Maryfind, (ir We are e vic.iv 0i a mxiA retocm and high, ity for their m.fcondurt towards ' « FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.. Progrefs of the Britijb in Spain. CADIZ, JULY 9, l8 I 2. Official information has been received from Mr. Stuart, dated lafbon, July 4th, 181 2, announc¬ ing the evacuation of Afturias by the French General Bonnet, with lofs, among which was Gen. Gau- truer killed:—The advance of the "panifh army of Gallicia to St« Catalina, and the commencement of the fiegc of Aftorga, in Leon; and the concentration of the gue¬ rilla force in Leon. He adds, cc The forts of Salamanca hav¬ ing refitted the attacks of the 23d in v. Inch General Rcwes was kill¬ ed, the artilcry began to throw red hot fhot on the evening of the 26th, againit the principal con¬ vent ;—the edifice was in a few hours fct on f:rc and the comman¬ der offered to capitulate. " Notwithitandin;-; various dif¬ ficulties having arifen, the fipalkr ^>rt, caFcd St. Cavctano wa-; tab ■ • ..'.-•• ?p.rf »h othcr&r-