The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-07 00:00:00, page 4

TRIAL OF WILLIAM COBBETT.
This Case came on to be tried before tin
right Hon. Lonl Ellenborough at Weattniustei.
TL1I, at nine o'clock, on Friday morning.
The Attorney General stated, that the libel
having been published so long ago as July 1809,
non e reason would be expected lor tbe cause
having been ao long delayed. Mr. Cobbett liv
log at sucb a distance, and taking advantage ot
his just right of deferring his pleadings, the cause
was brought forward at the earliest petiftd that
the forms of the Court would admit: Threaten
ed with invasion, it was thought proper that a
certain portion of the population of England
should be trained to arms. In 1798 Lord Cas
tlereagh brought in his bill, Uy which the Lo
ral militia might be called out for 29 days.—
When tbe Cambridgeshire militia was called
out, some disaffected persons in the Isle of Ely
caused them to mutiny, and it was found neces
sary to call in the military in the neighborhood,
and five of the ringleaders were sentenced to
receive 500 lashes, part only of which they re
ceived —The German Legion, who were thus
called in, is composed of a body of brave men,
who, when Hanover was overrun, quitted the
country, and, entering into his majesty’s service,
have conducted themselves with bravery Mr.
Wardle, in a motion in the House of Commons,
had proposed to disband the German Legion a
gainst which Mr. Huskisson offered sufficient
reasons. A paragraph soon ifter appeared in
The Courier, which he would read.
“ The mutiny amongst the Local Militia,
Which broke nut at Ely, was fsrtunutely s ’ppres
sedon Wednesday, by the arrival of four squad
rons of the German Legioi. Cavalry fr<>m Uury.
tinder the command of General Ackland.——
Five ot the ringleaders were tried by a Court
Marshal, and sentenced to receive 500 lathes tach,
part ot which punishment they received on Wed
nesday, and a part was remitted. A steppage
.for their knapsacks was the ground of complaint
that excited tills mutinous spirit which occasion*
ed the men to surround their officers, and dr
tnand what they deemed their arrears. The first
division of the German Legion halted yestndav
at New Market, on their return to Bury”— '
• Courier (Ministerial J Newspaper, Soturda,, i
&utie 24, 1809
WitU this paragraph, as a text to a sermon,
had Mr. Cobbett headed bit paper.
The Attorney General then read the allcdged
libel, the chief point of which is as follows.
*' Well clone, Lord Casilereugh ! This is
Just what it was thought your plan would pro
duce Well said, Mr Huskisson! It really was
»ot without reason that you dwelt, with so
much earnestness, upon the great utility of the
flbreign troops, whom Mr. Wardle appeared to
think of no utility at all. He little imagined that
Alley might be made the means of compelling
IKrigliohmen to submit to that sort of discipline
which is so conducive to the producing in them
• disposition to defend the country, at the risk
©I their lives. Let Mr. Wardle say, whether
•he German soldiers are of no use—Five hundred
Jushes caeh A—Aye, that is right! Flog them—
Slug them—flog them ! They deserve it, and a
great deal more. They deserve a flogging at e
Wery meal time. *‘-Lash them daily, Usti them
duly ” What, shall the rascals dare to mutiny,
and that too, when the German Legion is so
•ear at hand I Lash^them—lash them—lash
•tern 1—They deserveit. O, yes ; they merit a
double tailed cat. Base dogs 1 What, mutiny
(br the s ike of the price of a knapsack / Lash
them!—Flog them ■ Base rascals! Mutiny for
Ihe price of a goats skin ; and then upon the ap.
Sea ranee of the German Sold it rs, they take a
ngging as quietly as so many trunks of trees !
X do not know what sort of a place Ely is ; but I
really should like to know how the inhabitants
looked one another in the face, while this scene
was exhibiting in their town. 1 should like to
(lave been able to see their faces, and to hear
their observations to each cither at the time.—
This occurrence at home will, one would hope,
•each the loyal a little caution in speaking of ihe
means, which Napoleon employs (or rather
which they say he employs) in order to get to
gether and discipline his conscripts.” j
The jury would observe with how much re
proach Mr. Cobbett mentions the word “ loyal.”
He would not suffer it to be believed that Napo
leon would use such means to raise an army. - —
He not only rendered it a vehicle of attack on tills
country, but as a defence of the Einperor of
^France ; he would not permit the country to be- j
lieve the tyranny of Bonaparte- So that the au !
Hior meant to represent that the treatment of;
Ministers was as tyrannical as the chaining to- I
jjether the conscripts of France. Whatever the
author had to alledge, he would be patiently
heard. He had considered the paper attentively, 8c
oould give it no cb&ractai but that which he des
cribed it to be
Mr. Cobbett rose to address the Court and Ju
ry in his own defence. He would be as short in
cwhat be should say, as justice to himself would
allow him. The inquisitors of Spain, he said,
clothed those who were just going to the stake,
'with garments that made them look like so ma
ny devils, and painted them with hellish colors,
ao that the people might think them objects that
were not fit to live. As for himself, lie wished
•he Jury to put no other construction on his i
W >rds than what they fairly imported. The
question before them was of motive & intention ;
and if they believed them, they would believe
any tiling. But before he went further, he would
•otice one or two of the calumnies that had been
■ent forth against him. Th«y could not have
Walked the streets without observing placards
•n the walls, which described him to be exactly
the opposite to what he was. He was distinctly
charged by one person, who received a pension
of 2001 per annum, in some expressions at the
join ui a esrricaiure, ueir.g one oi h sci i pictures
designated as being illustrations of the life of
\Villiiitn Cobbett, with having accepted 40001.
as hia loyalty was established, to write and print
against reform, which it stated lie had received
from Lord Sidmouth.—On the 11th irist he
Wrote to Lord Sidmouth, to know if there were
any foundation for swell a charge, and his Lnrtl
•Inp returned for answer that “ it was wholly
groundless.” He held his lordship’s letter in
his hand. A set ofliars much similar to those
Co whom he had alluded, led hy way of prepara
tion for the present attack, pursued him in news
papers, placards, und in every msiinsr they could
suggest, to villify anil degrade him. The float
ing charges against him were of a vague and
loose nature. The information aisled turn to be
•n ill disponed and seditious person, and did
what he had done fioni hatred of his M.ijegty
i«nd Government. That was saying tba< the in
tention was evil : that he meant to injure his
country, He denied that he had availed himself
of the distance at which he lived from town to
jkeep oil the present trial, on the contrary, he
Wa* anxious dial it should come on with all pos
pihie dispatch —He had not made use ot the
wind ‘ Uyal,’ us a term of reproach ; and the Ju
ry, if they iiad been accustomed to read, must!
Jtnow the truth ot what he said, except when
Claimed as a suit of exclusive loyalty. Every
one must know his meaning to lie hy that word
mi ironical application to those hypoei ilcs who af
fected loyalty or any tiling cbe . The attorney
gi ieral knew the whole par graph to be satirical
i criticism on loin Castle icagh's bill, the mis
fdncf from which lie had in.ei •. ury forward in
anticipating. Hot oh, says Lord Castlerc agti, you
o.<Ain t mean me, yow mu»t mean the king ■ ■■
f jipr fckuig ol dogging, you cannot mean me."—
V li», by and by, ii *. minister were peited in the
•Peel w ih iiinil, v. should lie told the mutl was
thrown at the king, aiHi hot at the miiiisti r There
w. * nothing in the |>.pci to obstruct the King, or
to t xtilc ibslike against Cm; government. If the
loioriiiation had us’d lie hail intended to attack
Xuid C. kiercagii, ko snouid admit tbs latt.^p
The forced eoftatowtkm on (dl worfls Was obvf
oui. he wu ridiculing the measure, and in saying
4 flog t/um," he meant nothing more than a ridi
cule of Lord Cusllereagh. The use made of Bo
naparte’s treatment of his soldiers, was to make
the treatment of the Local Militia a warning to
Ministers to desist from that measure —Were wo
never to complain of soldiers being ill treated ?
If we were to see a soldier flogged to death, was
no tongue, no pen, to move in his defence * The
object was to ridicule the measure so as to cause ,
the practice to be done away for the future. A |
young fellow, with a smock fr->ck, sentenced to
five hundred lashes for mutiny 1 But this was not i
a mutiny—a squabble about a marching guinea.
He had told lord Castlereagh; that by that mea
sure he had just made thes - men soldiers enough
to dislike labour, and yet not soldiers enough to
cease to be laborers.
The man who meant to excite dissatisfaction in
the army, would not have taken such open mea
sures as had been imputed to him ; he would have
proceeded more secretly and insidiously If eve
ry passage that is written were to admit of such
forced constructions as had been put upon ms pa
per, the press must be silent, or writers would
have to confine their columns to the praises of
men in power. The employment of the German
troops was that circumstance which had excited
his indignation ; to see those foreigners brought
to superirtend, or perhaps inflict punishment on
misled young men, who had been concerned in
the squabble at Ely, excited indignation in his bo j
som more than the punishment it self. Our an
cestors had always dislikid foreign troops; al-j
nv'st every body disliked them, and surely that'
dislike could not be construed into any thing Ja t
cobinical
There were no fewer than four or five German 1
Generals, who were of the British stall'; undone
of whom even commanded an Eugl sh General.
Since (beyear 1786, this force has increased fi-'-m
24. to 34 000 men. We bad 31 124 foreigners,
four generals, four lieutenant geue aU, and 19 co !
lnnets. There was also a Fren- liman, of the name ,
of Monislembert, on live staff ;n Su-sex, and two j
Frenchmen at a dock yard in Walts—that was
directly against law Botn the acts of Parliament
bv which German troops are allowed to be in En
gland, were, in truth, merely acts of indemnity,
tor the Declaration of Rights, and other statutes
had declared the holding places of trust hy fo
feigners, either civil or military, illegal There
are no less than 773 German officers in our ser
vice, and including foreigners of other nations,
there were 1509 foreign officers in our pay. Of
the number of foreign troops in our service, not
more than four oi five thousand men had been en
listed in this country—many of the 34,000 hud
been even enlisted m Spain—taken out of prison
there, having been in Dupont’s army ! Why then
were these men brought to superintend the lash
ing me backs of bis own countrymen t It had
been asserted that the German troops had beha
ved bravely at the battle of Talavera He knew
tile contrary to be the fact. He had a letter from
an officer of the H >rse Artillery, lieutenant Fre
derick Reed, an officer high in government, in
the office of Ordnance, in whish it was asserted
that from the cowardice of the German legion,
some English regiments would havefceen cut off,
if the 29lh had not come to their assistance.—
This was confirmed to him by several officers
who had slept at his house in Botley, after their
arrival in England. A. German officer of the
name of Landreth, had indeed aelaed a standard,'
and endeavored to tally hia countrymen, but it!
wma found impossible. With respect to their con- I
duct in quarters, he was himself able to form j
6ome estimate, as he lived in the neighborhood j
where they were quai tered. But he would first I
read a document, which would show what had '
been their conduct even in Germany.
(Mr. Cobbett thru read a letter/rom the arch-1
duke Charles to the duke of Brunswick Dels, |
reprobating the excesses committed by his corps
in Saxony.) j
i nese were me very men now in our pay. On
their landiug in England they quartered in the
Isle of Wight, where they committed every spe
cies of bruial excess—from whence they were
sent to Ireland on account of their enormities —
They hud even been accused of committing two
murders.
A landlord who had refused them liquor, bad
been attacked by them with swords, in uis own
bar, in the most ferocious manner s and the ter
ror of the inhabitants ot Newport exceeded any
•hing that had been seen in this country.—At
Guadaloupe, the 60th regiment we were told had
runaway. The depot of that regiment was a.
Lyrniugiun, and was filled up principally with
foreigners, and vagabonds taken from our gaols,
whence they were shipped off to the 60di regi
ment in the West-Indies, where they had an op
portHnity of shewing their bravery—by running
away.
Under these impressions he had written the ar
tide in question, anti he trusted that the jury
would see that it could arise from no evil intenti
on, but from die irritation of his feelings alone.
He wrote the aiticle from no bad motives. Eve
ry advantage he possesses was prospective—all
his prospects, his property, his publication, even
the very trees he planted depended on the conli
nuance of his majesty’s government. His pros
pects denied the assertion. He Could not bo so
stupid, so senseless, or so absurd, as to desire the
overthrow of the government under which he li I
ved. He called on the jury to make lus case dieir
own, and if they did that he was sure they would
acquit him.
The Attorney General thought Mr. Cobbett
would have better consulted his interest, if, in
stead of the defence lie had made, he had admit
ted, as the other defendants had, that he had pub
lished a libel, instead of adding to it by the scan
dal he had uttered in Uis defence. He was not a
conttant reader of Mr. Cobbett’s Register ; but
it had not fallen in Ins way to see many publicali
ons which should lead him to believe that Mr.
Cobbett was a man “ more tinning than tinned a
gainst.
Mr. Cobbett in defending himself had disprai
sed the taste and style of the allcdged libel. But
as to the Cvil intentions imput-d to him for that
publication, he treated that as a mere trifle—as to ,
auy wickedness of intention that was qu.ta out of:
sight. It would be of no consequence to any one
ot s/hat opinion Mr. Cobbett might be ; but lie, the
attorney general, would ask the jury, had Mr j
Cobbett merely offered an opinion on this sub- I
ject i He would a->k tlie jury, was there any tiling
like di*cu4tion in the paper ? Did Mr Cobbett in
that paper, seem to think there was any wiser
course than that adopted by the Legislature—did
he think it would he the wiser course to wail,
the arrival ot the enemy, ere the people should
he trained to arms 1 or dul lie wish to prevent the
people from submitting to any measure of that
sort! It must be remembered that this paperap
pea red alter a legislative measure bail been pass
ed by which a military force lied Ireen embodied,
and after a mutiny had taken place, fur which pun
ithincnt had been awarded, although a part ot that
punishment had been remitted : the object then
of Mr. Cobbett must have bt en, again to light up
the fl ime of uiscord, by holding out that the Gcr
man legion was brought for the purpose ot flog
ging our soldiers, who wereforctd into the aimy
by measures more tyrannical than louse ot Bona
parte.
(The attorney general read several passages
from the libvl, on which he commented with very
great acrimony )
What could Mr Cobbett mean but to reproach
and taunt the Local Mditia for having submitted
| to l>e flogged t Did he not mean to ridicule l!*em
| for being so dastardly ! Surety he (lid, ami meant
| also to excite the people of &lv, to rescue the
soldiers from the punishment of the law. Could
any man of common sense doubt that lie m«-autto
reproach the people of k.Iy lor having patiently
witnessed that scene ’ One word he must say
on the fCandal Which Mr Cobbett had ra*t on the
gaUsat Cwctnan Usgiqu, lUat amopg l^OWrti^n,
some might have misconducted themselves, he
w.ould not deny ; but he could maintain there ne
ver was a military corps in this kingdom of whom
there was so little coinplaint, ur so little cause of
complaint.
The question before the court and jury was not,
however, on the merits or demerits of the Ger
man Legion ; the question for the jury to decide
was, whether that inischievoas p»pcr which had
been trad had it not in view to hold up these
brave men to obloquy & contempt, and to excite
m tile minda of the military disobedience and re
sistance, and in those of the people at lsrg~ of
tnis country, a disposition to discontent and disaf.
fecti'wi.
Lord EHenborough observed, that the question
was, whether the publication put lud been read,
was oF the noxious tendency imputed to it The
defendant had stated that he labored under great
column-.--whether that was the fact he knew
not ; but tin. jury, he was sure, would consider
the detend.mi as a man whose character or situ t
tion was totally unknown to them. The del"’n
dant had stated, that this, ia his opinion, was a
mere squabble about a marching guinea, but bow
that could be otbcrwi.se considered than as an net
of mutiny, his lordship Was at a total loss to dis
cover. The defendant had laid hit claim to da
cuss the utility or propriety of employing foreign
troops. Every individual had a right in tempe
rate terms to oiler his opinion of the policy or ex
pedieucy of any public measure- And no pers m
could, or would have questioned a temperate an l 1
qualified discussion of that subject. No person I
in the situation ho filled, could have o^ject^d to
that discussion—'Jut it was the intention that
was principally to be looked at. and how was it to
be collected ?^by a fair consideration bf the im
port of the publication which if it imported inis
chief, must be intended to mean mischief His
lordship read a paragraph of what Mr. Cobbett
had said in his defence, respecting that subject,
tint seemed to convey an idea that the employ
ment of the foreign troops had been with a view
to punish the British army. It it had been doubt
ful whether those observations were intended to
have been the meaning, they might take his own
words—" I should not have said so much of the
German Legion if they had not been brought to
flog the backs of mv own countrymen." What
was the probable effect of such a publication f
Had it not a tendency to loosen all the links and
ties of military subordination ? Must he not have
been understood to have intended tliat ? Another
passag went to this : “As many cruelties are
commuted by you here, as by Bonaparte.” This
was the scope of the publibalion ; and it rested
with the jury to say, whether the publication
was that of a man whose zeal bad overstepped
his discretion, or whether it was not calculated to
loosen those bonds of society t>y which the coun
try was held together, and to excite animosity, so
that it should come under Hie well merited des
cription of a seditious libel His lordship, for his
own part, had no hesitation in stating it, with full
confidence, his decided opinion, that the paper
was a most seditious libel.
The. jury consulting together, shortly returned
a verdict, without going out of court, finding tbe
defendant—GUIL 1 Y.«— Heirs Weekly Messenger
The London papers state, that several of
the Princes art extremely angry with Mr
Cobbett, ia conseqhcnce of his harsh Hni>
madversions on the German troops. The
profi.s of Cobbetr’s Register, they say, net
him clear £ 4 000 sterling per anuum
equal to g 17 760
Died — at Adders?) Lodge, near Stoke
Goldmgton, Bucks, on Saturday the 9 n in-.t
at an advanced age. Colonel Philip Skene, j
formerly of Skenesborough, Lieut. Guver j
nor of Crown Point and Ticouderoga. and
Surveyor of his Majesty’s Woods and Fo. I
rests bordering on Lake Champlain, in the I
state of New York, whose loyalty can only I
be equalled by his singular bravery, having |
served as an officer in the Bntisn army from
the year 1739 to the close of the American
war in 178il : during which period he was
ei*gaged in some of the severest conflicts re
corded in die British annals, and often woun
ded. Besides many' actions of inferior no.c,
he was at the taking and destroying of Car
thigenaand Porto Bello, at tne battle of
Cu-loden and afterwards at Fontenoy, La.
fcldt, &c. under his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cumberland; from thence he went,
in 1756, to America, was engaged under
Lord Howe, at the unfortunate attack at
Ticonderoga, afterwards under Lad Am
herst.at its capture, with that of Crown
Point, 6cc. ami from thence went to the at*
tack of Martinique and the H&vannah, un
der Lord Albemarle, and was one of the tirsl
who entered the breach at storming me
Mura Castle. In the late American war,
after being exchanged ns a prisonei. he ser
ved a short time unuer Sir W n. H.>we, at
New York, and then volunteered his servi
ces unler General Burgoyne ; during tha
arduous campaign he had his horse twice
shot under him, and suffered the fate of
that army by being a second time made
prisoner. Af er the close of the American
war, in which from his well known loyalty,
he lost an ample fortune, he lived in seem'
ded retirement to the time of his death.
—Colonel Skene’s Grandfather, John Skene,
of Halyards, in Fifeshire, Scotland, was
married to Elizabeth, daugner of Sir Tho
mas Wallace, of Craigie, in Ayrshire, the
nearest collateral descendant of the celebra
ted but unfortunate Wiilia n Wallace Co
lonel Skene has left a son and two daughters
to lament his death.
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are to be in operation on the first day of Junuaiy
next, and continue until the 3Uth of September
1811, and for the remaining routes to be in ope
-. at ion at the same time and continue until March
31, 1813.
GIDEON GR ANGER.
Vast matter Uenentl.
General Post-office,
Washington City, July 10, 18lu.
August 17 lawGw
BY virtue of a deed of trust, bearing dale the
8th day of August 1807, and recorded in
toe General Court; Will be sold for ready mo
ney, on Tlnirsd . Mu* ’2th of July next, the
LO'IS & HOUSES,
Near Bel ride it, now in the occupancy of Mrs.
Price. The sale will take place on the premi
ses, at llo’clo'k, A M.
A b VENABLE. } _
SAMUEL McCRAW, 5 Trustees
June 8 wtl2Juiy
The sale of the above mentioned property has
been postponed, until Saturday ih 8.n day of
September, when it will positively take place
at the Eagle Tavern.
It consists of a well improved squire of Lott
1 under good enclosures, a Dwelling house (built
of the most durable materials,) with live looms
on one floor and two good ou.-s in the basement
■ Story, a brick kitchen, carriage house uml sta*
1 ble, and a good smoke house. The situation is
liealtny &t heaulilui, and would be rendered ve
| ry convenient for a person in business below the
■ Capitol lull, by putting a bridge otcr the Canal
near Mr. Rutherford's mills.
A. B V.
S. McC.
August 3. Pt w(8S.
BY virtue of h deed of trust, executed to ti-e
subscribers, by IVm. Mayo, deceased, Lite
of the comity of Powhatan, mix) of record in the
court of tlie said county : Will be offered for rule,
j for cash, on the 17th day of October next, at the
j court lintue ol said county—one certain tract or
parcel of UANI), situate, lying and being in tlie
i county aibresaid, and containing by survey, 2tl0
' acres, it biiug that part of the tract containing
the improvements, on which the said Mayo for
merly resided For the purpose of indemnifying
Jirett Randolph and Setii l.igon, who were se*
I Curilies for the said vVm Mayo and his son Du
j oiel Mayo, against the payment of a certain sum
1 ol money, recovered against them in the aforesaid
| court, tor the benefit of tne distributees of 1 iios.
i 1”. Swann, deo’d.
The Utlo vested in us as trustees only will be
conveyed to the ptircli »ser.
JOHN LIGCJN. }
JAMES POINDEXTER, j 1 rutteet
jtily 17- _ w3m
NO i ICE.—Wanted a youth Irom sixteen to
seventeen years of age, to abend in a store,
one that writes a good hand and of a good moral
character ; as ia»ne others need make »p|>li> ation,
one of this description in ay apply at tins olfi e.
September 4 3t
IMPORT j AT.
JOSEPH HUM-, who •viis a revolutionary
Officer, or hu rtprerentativet, by ad,It r tsing r.
hue to i'noiOiS Norvdi, city of Richmond, men
ti ming hit or thci> plate of residence, Cre. will hear
of somethin? very all Jantn.^ono,
A,opus: 2 -. lawlufl
VIRGINIA, to «»/.-«—At a ®h*neeiy fl'mtrajj.
Court, ii< Id at the former Capitol, m the e?k
ty of Williamsburg, the iJ2d day of July, IblO
John Laird,
Ac-A I NST
Carter Mir hell, exerutorof Robert Mitchell,
Priscilla Mitchell, John Y. Chism and S«r-«h hill
■aif*-, Tasker Carter Qniiitan, an infant ; John W.
I iletlieUl, und Frances f Ins wife, Mamet Peck,
; dnrriet Lucy Mutind, John C Peck und Emanuel
| Peck, infants j Spencer Ball und Betty L h'*d
wife, Sophia Carter, Robert Berkley anti Jut, -\
his wife, Thomas Ap Jonos, Surah J J mes, Eli-'
/.abeth Jones and June Jones, infants, and G'-orge
Curler, Deft*.
ON the motion of the plaintiff', by his counsel
Carter MitcheM is assigned guardian to the infant
defendants, Tusker Carter Quintan, John C Peck
o.d Emanuel Peck, und Walter Jones, to the in
fant defendants, Sarah J Jones, Elizabeth Jones
and Jane Jones, to defend them in this su t, und .
the defendui * Sophia Carter, not having entered
her appearance and given security according to
•die acts of assembly, and the rules of this court,
and it appearing to tile satisfaction of the court
that she is not an inhabitant of this country : On
the further motion of the plaintiff*, It is ordered,
that the said defendants do appear here on tilt* 1st
day of April term next, and answer th* bill of
he plaintiff, & that u copy of Una order be f<frth
with inserted ;n some news p'ij>er of the city of
Richmond, tor two months successively, und [h»s
led at the front door of the former capital in Hu*
city.
J Copt.
ANT'V ROBIN CON, C C.
Jtdv 27. v,3.v
VIRGINIA, to ioit — Ai n chancery Disuri t
Court, liMtl at the lui iQitr capitol, in the.
city of Williamsburg, the ibiiicculii day of Apt it,
iaio.
J *mes Elliott, Pit'ff.
Ar.AiNvr
Richard ii Lee, administrator with the will
annexed ot Richard Lee, Willoughby Newton
and Sally bis wife, who was the widow of the
said Richard Lee, Thom ts Jones and Mary his
wife, John Smith and Letuiu his wile, and KtCar
da Lee an infant, wtiicti Mary, Lelilia and Kicar*
da are children of the said Richard Lee, Drf’ts
ON the motion of the plaintiff, by his counsel,
the defendant Willoughby Newton, is assigned
guardian to the infant defendant Ricarda Lee, to
defend her in this suit, and the defendants John
Smith and Lelitia It’s wile, not having entered
their appearance, and given security according to
the acts of assi mbly and the rules of this court,
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court,
that tiny are not inhabitants of ibis country : On
tiie motion of the plaintiff, by his counsel, It it
ordered, That the said defendants do appear here
on ttie first day of tii next term, and answer the
bill of the plaint fF, and that a copy of this order
be forthwith inserted m one ot tiie Richmond
news papers, for two month* successively, and
posted at the front dour of the formur capitol iu
this city
A Copy.
A NTT CO HINSON, C C..
July 27. v\8w
IN CHANCERY —Tapp iiittmionk, Essex In
tervening Court, continued and Held on me
2Um dayot June, lSl'J.
John Jo ies, Cjmpl't.
Against
Andrew Allen anil John E Craw, Drf'ts.
CAME the complainant, by his attorney, and.
it appearing to the s itisfaclii.n of tiie com l, that
the defendant Andrew Alien is not hii inhabitant
of this state : On the motion of the complainant,
it is ordered, That he appear here on the first day
of September court next, and answer the com
plainant’s bill, and that a copy of this order be in
serted in some public news paper, printed in the
city of Richmond, for two months successively,
und that another copy hereof be posted at tire
hunt door of this court house.
A Cotoy. Test,
Win E. MATTHEWS, d. c.
Tor
JOHN P LEE, a. e. c o.
July 27. v.8w
JAMES SEABROOJd, being about to remn ve
to the &.>r^h ward, has given up his shop, to
Mr fo/in Slade, who will carry on the taylors*
business, in it’s various branches, and whom J,.s.
Se ibrookbrgs leave to recoin mend to his frieiuW
and former customers, as a good workman, and a
punctual, honest mao.
August 24._w4*
RE.MOVAL. ■■-The subset- ib r h.is removed.
from the store opposite the Post OHi'-e, to
the house lately occupied by Messrs. Duiismore
& Turner, s few doors below the street leading
to Mayo’s Bridge, where he ba->on hand, and ,n
tenhs ke ping, :i cum, lest assortment of GKO
CKKIES, among which are—Madeira, Port,
Sherry, Sicily and Lisbon Wines. London Porter,
and Brown Stout, Gun P wilt: T« •, in small ca
nisters and boxes, and Imperial, Young Hyson do*.
Colie , loaf ,nd brown Sugar, of first quality,
cut gliss, and . large assortment of Bar iron, ill
of which wilVbe sold on moderate terms, hy
HAKkY TOMPKISS.
OT/* A ft-vv barrels Pml d-lpina Sununi r Ale .
N. B The subscriber also avails himself of this
opportunity to r^q li st tli .se of his customers,
who have tong st uuiing accounts, to come for
ward and scul the same, lie will continue to do
business on commission. H T.
August 24. u4w
v i'E I'll iON will oe pn-seined to Hie next
General Assembly of Virginia, for a town
in lli 8 county, near Appomattox River,, on ilia:
Lands of tne subscribers
Willuim Trior, Char/et Balloto,
William Wallace, Samuel Wallace,
Hezckian lord,
Cumtv .luid. August 24 w3 >U
rsm ca’S J'ATjb.jvi’ SHUiZ 'K
I^IIE subscribers, (ueing appointed Agent®
in tiiis city, for Ll»e Manufacturers in Pni*»
ladelphia) have now on hand for sale, Ten tons,
of Patent Shot, assorted : and will hereafter bo
fiimshed, from the Manufactory, with a supply
sufficient to meet any demand at this Market.
M Cr B. MTKRS.
August 17 ep6w
L’OR HALE—* valuable MERCHANT and
X/ S \ VV MILL ; situated in the county of'
Loudon on Goose creek $ of a mile from where;
it empties in the Potomac 4 miles from I.eesbui
35 from Alexandria and about the same distance,
from George Town ; in the midst ot the finest,
wheat country of Virginia. The main road frorga
Leesburg to Alexandria, passes within one m4e;
of the mill, and the boals that navigate the Poto
mac come up to the Mill, which affiirds great
opportunity of procuring wheat, l>y means' ot ibe
river, at all seasons, and a great facility ol sending
flour to market by wafer to George Town aim
Alexandria The Mill-House is built of stone 5ft
feet by 34, two stories and f rnr floors, and works
two pair of stones. The machinery, which is of
the most approved construction, is in good repair.
The saw-mill, is of the odinary size & works 1 saw
— \Vith the Mill, if suitable to the purchaser, may
be had 10 or 20 acr< s of I.and, on the side ot tne
creek on which the mill stands, and on the oppo
site a tract of Land, containing about 230 or 3()ft
n;res, of good quality and well limbered Thei
excellence of the stream of Gimse creek, st this
place s the abundance of wheat giuwu in the- vi
cmity ; the facilities of water navigation ; and too
general and rapid improve menis of this part of
the state hold out great inducements to a person
of activity and spirit, inclined to vest hi* money
in property of this description. F »r further p- -
ticulars apply to VVM BREN 1’. Jr.
A’- v Aj’iia t"'» t Office, Virginia.
July 31. ep2 in,