TREASURY DEPART ME NT, Wajh'mgton, September I\Jl, lßpo. Public Notice is hereby Given, }n pursuance of an aS of Congress, pajfid on the 23d day of April, one tboufand eight kindred, en' kled "An ad to cjiibt'.fh a General Stamp Office,'' THAT a Stamp-Office is now iftablifhed at the feat of government, in tne City of Washington, from whence there witl iiTue, from and after the date hereof, (upon the application of the Supervisors of the Revenue, undef tohofe management the colle&ion of the stamp duties is placed) any quantiti«B of paper, panchme-nt a»d vellum, marked or (tamped, and duly couuter-ttamp ed, with the following rates of duty which ■re tfemandable by law : for every lki» or pifce of vellum or parchmcrt.or iheet or piece of papur, Upotj which ihal be written or printed any or either of the inftru tnents or writing? following, to wit, A Doll,. C M. NY certificate of naturalisation 5 Any licence t'> pra&ice, or certificate of the adtiiifiion, enrollment or re gistry of juy counsellor, Solicitor Advocate attorney, or proerviror* of the Revtnue *0 ro.trfc or flrtfcp any tclluiii, pmol'iiient or t iiartjealili? w»i(h duly/ • ill rcjpc and detern nie from and after fx months I'roin thu o.llc fiereof, ta »it, on t!ic lift diy of Febiujry 180^. That, ifianjr persons '(hall, after the la-fl day i>l February ißoi, ii ;4 to notify (in cafe any getitl#- man in America fhoutc! want it) that the price of each Number will be fixpencr sterling, and that the cadi uiuft be received by me before the paper can be Cupplied.—As to themodeof conveyance, so frequent are the opportunities from London to New-York, that files may be forwarded t« the lat. tcr place once a fortnight upon an average—from N«v»-York they can be speedily conveyed to ev ery part of the Union. When files can fee, with out delay, Cent t-< other places diredt, it may be done ; when they cannot, tKy will all be fen: t« New-York, unlef* e.herwife ordered. $jT Porcupine s Works, Which have brei. sometime in the Prsfs, wil berompleted in February next, when the copies for in America will be forwarded to the Subfcribcrs. Any of my literary friends i'i America, who may be disposed to renew their corrcfponrfcnce with me; will plcafe o dire«sl to me at my print ing office, No. 3, Southampton Arret, Strand, or at my Bookseller's fbop, No. »8, Pall Mall. WILLIAM COBBETT. London, September t, I See. 50 IV. . LOST, Wanted to charter FOR EUROPE, A Vessel, o {: idkarckitfc Bticij Oil Cl'xk* Cos Fliau Also on Hand t , Checti sod 3ripa lotndillm, BritHniil, C»f fcrlllo., Brown R«l>» Uii, Btelefleld 6m Skirbr»g,, -LinntDi, DsvUi, kunoiti, OUliW«i,Coli;t Quill*. ninntici %> d»ot yw 30,000 lbs. beji heavy Black Pepper, FOP SALE BY , SAMUEL RHOADS, No. i, Pcnn Street. December I. { l homas Orr, No. 52, South Fkont i>Tns«T, HAS received by the la reft arrivals from Lon don, a well chosen aflbrtmect of the fol lowing article!: CALICOES and Cmntart, (a great variety) Furniture do. do. Corded Dimities for garment! and f'urutfure Durants, Joans and Calituancots B' mbazetts and Boinbjzeeiis Printed Linen and Cotton Hmdkerchiefs and Lawa bordered do. lacimet and Sook Mufiin handkerchiefs Shawls, Cotton and Chintz, a great yari-ty Do. Camel's Hair HoGery, Worsted aud Cotton nf all Baei Do China White and Black Silk Table Cloths, frorfi 5 4. to 10 by 16-4 with And without Napkin# Thread, Gauze, Lawns and Cimbricks Jaconet and Lapett Mvflinf, coloured and plain White and Black Lace, Lace Veils, Cloaks and Handkerchiefs Black Mode, Peelong6 and Satins White and printed Marfe'lles forvefts Swanfdown, firipedand plaid. Cotton Clitcks (five) 7-8, 4"*> n-8» ,n _d W Blsck and coloured Barcelona handkerchiefs India Bandanna do of superior quality White, Red and Yellow F:anoels Guernley Worfled Frocks A few dczen Iced elattic Suspenders. I*: Iras Alio Just Received, a well affortrd Invoice of India Muslins, CONSISTING OF Berbkoom Gurr»hi | PatiM Baftas AUhabad Emerties I Do. Gurrahs Company (Juzzapora I Janna Mamooditi- Cuflas. | By the Bale or Piece. OftnherfS. diw'jawtf. French School, FOR YOU NO LADIES. N. GoUrtf DUFLEF, profeffor of the French langtiig", will on Turf4»y, the Qth of De cember, at Mrs. Beck's Academy, in Fifth ftieet, oppofitc the garden, a morning /chool 01 youngladies,froTui elevcniill one e'clack (every other day.) Parents or gfinriians are dtfir«d to make early application, that the fcl.olars may have the mutual advantage of beginning at osce. N ■ O, has the honor to inform th em that he is the auiher of a courfc of praflical lec tures and conferences 011 the in oft essential parts of the French langaajje, hy means of which, the lear ner is feon initiated in the mott approved pratflice of this polite and filhictab'.e language. Ananalyfisof nis p an of tu : t:on, and of his work having p ee n given at length in tha public paper*, ihey arc refurat to the Gazette of the United States and the Aurorsi for .September lad. For ter">s and other pirticmlars apply at No 5, fomh Fifth Greet, or at Mrs. Beet's on the dajrs and hours of tuition afortfaid. December ». ooiit 1 N OTIC E. Bank of the United States, Novkmbpr 17, IXOO. rHH Stockholders of ttoe Bank of che United States arc informed, that aecsri'irxf Jto the statute of ivcoi poration, a General Election tor twenty five Directors, will he held at the Batik ot the Uniteii .States, in the city of Philadelphia, on Mon'.ay the sth of January next, at tell o'clock in »he forenoon. And pursuant to theeleven'h fiSlinn of the bye laws, the (WkhoMers ef the said Bark arealfo no tified to afTemble in general meeting, at the i'tnie place, on Tttelday the 6;! i of jaiiuary xuxti-at fix o'clock in the cuenifcg. G. SIMPSON, Calhier. Second Fundamental Article. Not more than three fourths ot the Directors ii> office cxcl»sve of the President shall be eligible for rhc next year, hut the Dire&or wKo (ball be President at the tim» of an Elcfli-.r. may always be re eUSei tu fjjv Infuranct Company of North America. Cj THE STOCKHOLDERS are hereby informed, that a flatid Meeting of the Com pany will be held it tieir Office, on the .'3th day of Junujry rext, (being the second Thurs day in the Month) for the Eldtftion of twenty five Direflors f r the enfaing yeir. CHARLES PET'i 11', President. December ic- f&tU3thj Bank of North America. Notice is hereby given to the Stockholders of ttie Bank of North Amer ica, that on the second Monday, the ijth day ot January next, an Ele&ion of twelve Direc torj fur ilis enf'jii'g year, will be hel«l at the Pjfk at 10 of the clock in the f- renoon. li DRINKER, j*nr. Cafti.r. Diymber9. «a#i*4idlli]. _ V JuJl Received by A. Dickens ; Opposite Christ Church, Desultory Reflexions, i ON THE Political Aspect of t PUBLIC AFFAIRS v In the United States of America. \ Part 11. " And I lacked, and beheld a pale horse : and " his Hams that fat on him was Death, and e " Hell followed with him " (Price a 5 Cent! ) p also r CARMEN SECULARE \ for the year i 800. By Henrjr James Page P.L. Superbly printed in 41a (Price 7J Cents.) 1 December 10. § PROPOSALS 1 Fot publishing bt suascnii Tion, The Works OF THE Hon. James Wilson, Esq. L. L. .D Late one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and Projessor at Law in the College and Academy of Philadelphia. From the original mamJcript, in the polTefTton of Bird Wilson, Esq. CONDITIONS. Theft w*ki ffivll !<• ■iagioi'y printed in two filnnvAm, apd 4tli«mln IkMccibei 11 five dcilan. 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FOR SALE, OLD Long Prime-, Small Pica on Fta 3*dy, Rnglllb, Chafes, ( omnofing Sticks, and a -rc.i variety of articles nec