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tlR G I N IA ARGUS.
XV i UTii yeah.]
-• ^ •’ - * FR£K PREaS *AI*TAI*i THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PCOFLE.
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For Cash !
T> Y virtue of a deed of trust executed to
by John Wells, of the county of
Powhatan, and of record in the cotut of
said county, will be offered for *«!<» JSkh,
16tb day of next month, on the
one certain TENEMENT OR LqdEDF
GROUND, with its appurtenances, WKre.
on the said Wells now resides, adjoining
the town ofScotlville on the north, tor the
purpose of satisfying the balance of a debt
due the estate of Seth Li 500, dec. as men
tioned in the said deed.
» MS.POIN LEXTER, Trustee,
rowbatun, May 19, 1810. | 3wp
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed
to the subscriber by Robert and Geo.
.Turner and Aim the wife of the said
George, bearing date the 11th day of Oc
tober, 1607, and admitted to record, will
Lc acid, at public auction^ for ready mo.
iityj before tuo door of tae Bell Tavern,
in Hit city of Richmond, on the 13th day
ot Juue next, all that LOT or PARCEL
GF GROUND, situate on the east side of
the cross street in said city leading from
the Bell Tavern to the river, formerly un.
tier lease to Russell and Wallace, aud
subject to a pound row of 10 poun ’
annum, ferever, er so much tueret
Le sufficient to raise the sum of G
and Ufa. expenses attending the e
ol tbe trust.
I shall also by virtue of another deed of j
trust .rum the same parties to tne subscri. I
ber, under same date, proceed to sell, at
the same time and piace, auj.hcr LOT cr
P1ELE of GROUND, situate on tee south
side ot the main street 10 g«iu city, coa.
taming 38 feet front ou the cro^s* street
(nearly opposite the Bell Tavern) dowu
to Cnuch s line, on tl.o east corner oi «
sixteen Get alley, and adjoining a lot for
merly leased to Kobe. Means, or much
thereat as will oe sufficient to At.$e tne
sum o. UGO dollars and the e^Rmses 01
salej Uc. The sale will also be for ««»b
ANDREW STEVENSON, Trustee.
May 18, ltsio. .ds
GUN POV/DErt.
TKli Proprietor* of the MlflHMffrrn
l'OWDLK MILLS, offer torSHFby
the keg or larger quantity, ff and V'FJbUN
KJVvDiiR, glazed and uugUaed t\gfar.%
ranted equ:d to any imported and on re*. j
tonablu terms.
Retailer* at liberty to return the powder j
if Dot approved Ap.dy tu JAb. aiiUVVTf, ;
Jr. or L>. J. bLitrt.
Ktchmcnd, Slat May, 1310. 2w wtf
1 N pursuance of an Ordinance to amend
the Otdiuance to prevent Dog* from go.
big at large in the eny of Ricniw|l, no.
t:ee is hereby given that no dofsJwiil be
permitted to ruu at largo iu the jiui city
between the first day of next mouth and
the fifteenth day of bepteniber next.
N. &Hfc.PPAKD, Clk. Co. Iiall.
May XPth, laio u*J.
BY virtue of a deed of trust duly I
executed and recorded,
Will be Sold,
At. Beckinglmm courthouse, on the second 1
Mon tiny in August next (being court day)
Twenty or 'Xinry valuable fc.LAVLb.tt
merg wimra ate several Tradet-m<* l*uch
as rough Curpen ers, Shoeniakeft/Wca.
vei»; 5*c. sciuis oi sate, one ItJhca3h,
the other n ote y payable the fir* day oi
January f-Mowing ; boiid with appiovtd
at cunt y vs ill be rcquntd for ihe la*, pay.
n.oui. At tiie sail>e (im« and place will
be offered 400 ACKLb oi LANL^ lying
a-.ou; stv.n or eight miles above the said
Courthouse / term* the tame as lor the
Slaves, by
The Trustee3.
May Id J.
BOOKS
JOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS* PRIST.
, 1NG OFFICE ;
PLAYS.
School i>r Oiutors
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Kiting no Murder
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An uiortikuit of e?e»
Rant Family hii.it*
\V ajali’b iiiWtai.Ule
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Peuice'* Memoir*
1'areiH’a Areiuiuii, by
M»»< Lilgiwoith
Kau U'h Magazine
\\ uiKitfing l’inianthi'O.
put
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lit. volution
P_J nuoarrifniotn received toj ,H£1'»IaIG’S
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fiouL*
Fiugal Housewife
Coc|*r’» h istory ef bt..
"id South America
Spirit cl taagonry
Gu/iiey'e auoguland
striuiig '-’T
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Rescue’. life of Leo
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Bro * r,'« Dictionary oL
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IFe.gusou’e Homan Re.
pubiw
Katie ot Erin it
- ’arriotT. struggle*
Tbe p,inee o< Ligne
Letters of
MjOMliuaef Udolpir*
Mi*. Opie'o aim >ie
Tule*
Fit M Sutelr* of Virgin.'
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f Evrltna—a Nov«l
foreign.
Received via New York.
Loxdok, Murch 31.
Letters from Cadiz men'ion, that the
French have ordered an enrolment to t:<ke
pla«e immediately in Xerea, Port St. Ma
fYt San Lucar, Rota, and the adjacent
towns, of all men capable of becring arms,
who are to be ready at a moment's notice.
It is added, that in .consequence of this
order^ 1IC0 young men belonging to the
town of Xeres fled From it, and went to,
the Sierra of Rondaj to join the armed'
Fat riots, who are constantly cutting off
supplies destined for the enemy’s camp.
Letters from Oporto, of the 20th inst.
have also been received* They slate there
was then no apprehension of an immedi.
ate visit from th* enemy s but contain no
news, except that the ravaging effefls of
the late hurricane hod been felt there as
well as at Lisbon and Cadiz
At the departure of the post from Do
rev on Thursday a vessel was in sight
supposed to be a flag of truce from France
with sonw further dispatches relative to
the pending r.cgocizuoa fer au cxcoange
of pi issuers,
Several safl of the line are assembled
at Yarmouth end are to be joine# by a
fleet ot transport*, with treops, destined
upon a secret expedition.
. April 5*
^ We yesterday received additional sets
of foreign papers, bat their contents arc
unimportant. Their principal feature*
continue to be the details of the journey
of ihe new Empress of vraocc. At Strai
buigh, where slut arrived on ihe 2SJ, she
ever/ where shewed li*,**!' m
pi*. and is sided to have been much ad
mired ; and t o ihe following morning
she preceded on htr journey to Com
peigotfj af wh.cli city [says Brrthier] she
was vary a x ou*> to arrive A: that place
Ehs wb» tuceivrd by Bonaparte; on the
30:h they wer: f- arrive at 3t C: aid; St
the 31 st was the day appein ed for the
lormal solemnization of the impend nup
tiaia * Ilia cv&m, our readers already
know, tsas announced by a general Brio*
alor.g the coost a few days since—By t
ncuiiai vuasel arrived a Harwich, wc
learn that great rejciciaga have also u\en
place m Huiiand on the samt occasion, the
oppressed people of tba: country indul.
ging in the fond hope tbmhs event m»>
lead to 3 general peace*
*p. April 6.
rne proceedings of the House of Com.
mens last n.gbt, on Sir Francis Burden’s
custtj cannot Uii toba read with consul,
crabie interest by portent of every des
cription, whatever m*y be their political
opinions.
At the early hour often o’clock, yester
duy morning ail the avenue* to the House
wtre blocked up by crowds a? peopleea
ger fur admission. Ca the doors being o
poned 4t the usual hour, the gallery was
instantly crowded- almost te suffocation.
A he press was the most excessive w»
buye ever wituesacdj but ve art happy to
add that no accident happened. The lob
bies remained crowded during the whole
of the night.
A;» extraordinary number of constablss
were on duty to preserve order; aud. if1
we are rightly informed, the Horse guards
| bad received orders to hold thsouelvi it*
ieodii.es* to be called out in case ot any
i necessity, '
i he debate lasted till past 7 oMock
this morning, in the course of the
debated Fork Fulkstonc concluded a
speech in opposition to the resoluti.1
ous, by moving that the House do
proceed to the other orders of tits day,
alter a long, and in some respacts a
very animated discussion. This inc
»iou was negatived, on a division of
*71 to 80. 1 he resolutions were then
udoptod after which Sir iiobett Salus*
bury moved, 44 I'hat Sir Francis Bur
den bo committed to the Tower.”
Upon this motion Mr Sheridan mo*
v«J, as an amendment, 44That the
/louse do now adjourn,” but, on a di
vision, the amendment was lost, and
the motion lor the commitment was
carried, the numbers being 190 to
152.
Sir Francis, who was at his house in
1 iccadilly, was immediately informed
ot the decision by nis brother, Mr.
Jones Burdett, who had been in the
Gallery dur.ug the whole of the de
bate, 1 he Sargeaot at Arms arrived
a: Piccadilly with the Speaker’s War
,1am nearly at the aim? time with the
, baronsA Brother, ahd, proceeded to
ibe l ower, after Sir Francis had taken
ieave of his family, he and his bro
ther left the house with the Saraeam
| tC Ann.;. 6
B> account from Cadiz, the Frencl
| naVc made cou»uierrfjle progress ii
•heir advances against the city. Some
°rthe private letters state that a con.
itant firing is kept up between the
French and Spanish batteries. Such
is represented to be the strength of the
enemy’s batteries, thatnone of the ship*
ot war have been able to bear upon
them with any effect, except one of the
Spanish 64*3 manned with an English
crew.
Thc Portuguese papers assert, that
Malaga has been evacuated by the e
nemy.
Accounts from Badajoz mention,
that 15 deserters from a Hanoverian
regiment ot horse in the French str_
vice, had come in. They stated, that
great discontents prevail in the French
army, and thet nothing prevents the
soldiers, (especially those that are fo
reigners) from deserting in great num.
bers, but the fear of not being recei
ved by the Spaniards and Portuguese.
The 15 requested to be allowed to en
ter the British service.
^An official dispatch signed by Gen.
O’Donnel, commanding the 2d divi
sion ol the Spanish army of the left,
states, that on the morning of the 4th
ult. kc drove the French Ircm the town
of Caveres, and chased them for about
two leagues and a half.
Other skirmishes, magnified into
important battles, are alluded to in
these papers, but the details are so
extremely defective as to destroy
their intcres*, and much of their cre
dibility. —u
Cadis, March 20.
* The accounts which we daily re
ceive of thc state ol the insurrection
the inhabitants of Andclusia. are of
the most; flattering nature. The Coun
cil ot Regcaqy published, on the 17th
inst. an extraordinary Gazette, sta
ting that Rando has been evacunted
by the French, and occupied by our
troops, under the command of Briga
dier General F. Gonzalez.
Price of stocks at London, April 6.
—3 per cent cons. 63 S-8, 5-8.—Cca
sols lor 68 C-8. 78.
Prico ef fcao flour at Marklane 90s.
Lon»om) February 2-*.
House of Commons, February 21.
EREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr Yerke moved the order of the
day, for bringing Mr John Gale Jones
to the bar.
Mr. Jones being brought accord
ingly, the speaker addressed him as
follows
# 4i J°ha Gale Jones, a complaint ha
ving boon made to this h#use of the
publication of a scandalous and libel
lous hand-bill, reflecting cn the procee
dings of this honorable house, and the
| conduct of certain of its members ; and
j the printer of the said hand-bill, having
been called to the bar of this house, to
[answer for the said publication, alled
leed that you are the author thereof.'
> What huv« vou to in vn..* k~u..ir I
Mr Jones answered, “I acknowJ
ledge, sir, that I was the author of that I
paper j and I am extremely sorry the
printer has experienced any incoave.,1
nience on my account.”
Mr. Speaker—“ Repeat what you'
have said.”
Mr Jones complied.
Air Speaker.—Have you any thing
more to say in your behalf?”
Mr Jones—“I sincerely lament
that I should have incurred the dis
pleasure of this honorable house •, & 1
trust they will not consider that, in what
I have done, I was actuated by ac>
sense of dbroapect toils privileges,or
the persons of any ofits members indi.
vi dually j or that I had any other mo
tive in mentioning the names of the
two honorable members alluded to,
save that they happened to be connect
ed with a subject of public discussion.
I have always considered it the privi
lege of every Englishman to animad
vert on public measures and the con-1
duct of public men ; but on looking o
ver the paper in question again, I find
that I have erred; l beg to express
.ny contrition, and I throw myself on
theincrcy of this honorable house -r
this house of commons, which, as an
important branch of the constitution,
has always had my unfeigned respect.”
i he speaker then addressed the nouit
and pul the question ;
\ ** ^ hat Joan Gale Jones, having
now acknowledged himself to be tht
author of the paper in (*ucsUon, was
guilty of a gross violation of the pri
vilecrrs of that house.
i "r question was carried nem. cop
TvTr \ orke then rose Sc said, that after
che vote just passed he thought it im
possible the house should not foil' w
it up by some further resolution, which
should mark its own sense of the in.
dignity offered to its high authority,
•>y the person now at the bar, and by
making a proper example, warn such
I persons from taking upon them to com
ment in such a way upon the proceed
uigs of that house, and the parliamen
tary conduct of its members. Ht
therefore moved, that John Gale Jones,
for his offence, be committed to his
majesty’s goal of Newgate.
Shortly afterwards, Mr Yorke ap
peared prepared to offer Mr Dean's
petition, and presented it to the house.
The petition having been read,
Mr Dean, the printer, was then cal
led to the bar, and the speaker having
recapitulated to him the nature and
circumstances of his offence, told him,
that in consideration of his demea
nor yesterday, and the peculiar cir
cumstances of his case, it was ch-:
pleasure of the house that he should
be discharged without fees; and ha was
discharged accordingly.
[On the 12th March, Sir Francit.
Burdett, after denying the right th
house of commmons had to commit
Mr Jones, moved that he be discharg
ed—but his motion was negatived, b\
a majority of 139.]
From Ccbbett's Register of March 14.
Sir Francis Burdett to his constitu
ents : Denying the power of the
house of Commons to impri
son the people of En
gland.
Ge^tlemcw,
The house of commons having
passed a vote, which amounts to a de
claration, that an order of theirs is tc
be of nacre weight than magna Charts
and the laws of the land, I think it m\
duty to lay my sentiments thereon be
fore my constituents, whose character
as treemen, and even whose persona,
safety, depend in so great a degree,
upon the decision of this question—a
question of no less importance thn:
this : whether our liberty be still to be
secured by the laws of our forefathers,
or be to lie at the absolute mercy of a
part of our fellow subjects collected
together by means which it is not ue
cessasary for me to describe.
In order to give to this subject all
the attention to which it is eutitlcd, 8c
to avoid the danger to be apprehended
from partial views and personal feeling,
it will be adviseable to argue the quca
tion on its ovrn merits, putting the in
dividual (however we may deplore his
present sufferings) out of view; though,
at the same time, every mau ought t.
consider the case his ow ; because,
should the principle on which the gen
tlemen of the house of Commons nave
thought proper to act in this instance,
be once admitted, it is imp .ssible toi
anv one to coniermr* in..I
h!ms~lt may be summoned from his
dwelling, and be hurried, without tri
al, and without oath made again jt him
from the bosom of his family into the
clutches of a jailor. It is, therefore,
uow the time to resist the doctrine up-i
on which IMr Jones has been sent to
Newgate ; or, it is high time to cease
all pretensions to these liberties, which
were acquired by our forefathers, al
ter so many struggles, and so many
sacrifices.
Either the house of commons is au
thorised to dispense with the laws ol
the land, or it is not. If rte constitu
tion be of so delicate a texture, so
weak a frame, so fragile a substance,
that it is tube only spoken of in terms
ol admiration, a«>d tobu viewed mere
ly as a piece of curious but unprofita
ble workmanship ; ii ;nagna charta and
all the wholesome laws of England, he
a dead letter} in that case, the affir
mative of the proposition may be ad-1
inittcd; but if the constitution lives,
and is applicable to its end, namely,
the happiness ol the community, the
pci feet security of the life, liberty, and
property of each member, and all the
members of the society, then the affir
mative of the proposition can never bt
admitted} better security, no mor«
powerful protection, for our rights and
Uber«ie3v than trie laws ar.i constituti
on#
We at k tor, aud we need sxek 1 r
othing mow ; we ask for o n on tt»3«»
what our forelathers insisted upori a*
'her own; we ask for au r.-oxe
vhat they bequeath d unto u ; v/c ask
ror no more han what they in :n-r t •la
ment which tomeofthcuih,d ~ altd,t»
whiebthe rest of th u. wexe xeady tostxu
with *he;r bio d, expressly daclafe'd
“ to he bir<h-right o t.;e r-copU of
England,” ne arly, *?thc l.r/s of Eng
land.” Ta these laws we n*v* a r<ghc
to look with ccnfidentc fur *ecuxi.yj
to these laws the individu.l, now im
prisoned, has, through me, applied
lor redress in vain. Those whobavu »
imprisoned him, have reiu*ed to lietcu
to my voice, weakly exoresaiug the
[strong principles 01 the laws, th: un
deniable claims of this Englishman’s
“ birth-right.” Your voice may tome
with mert lorce, may command great
er respect; and I a.n nut without
hope, that it may pr -vc irresistabie, *S
•t proclaim to tnis houss of cuxnuiuus,
in the same tone a* the tongue* of uu
anceators proclai md to the king* of
ol }, “ Nolumus Leges Anglic ivTuu
ri or in our own more clear and not
lens forcible language, * i'.nc Jaws of
England -ihall nut be changed.”
The principle, fellow,citizen*, for
which w« are how conxtuding, is
the same principle fir which >h« peo
ple of England h .ve oo *te ded from
the earliest ag^-s, and their glorious
success in which contests are n ity up
on record in the gn a: ch .rt*r of o ir
rights and liberties, and in diver* oth
er subsequent statutes of scarcely less
MiportHDcc, It was this aa»ne great
principle, which was again attacked by
Charles the First, in the measure of
nhip money, when again the people of
England, and an uncorrupted house
of commons, renewed the contest ;
a contest which ended in the impri
sonment, aiid trial, the condc ••nation,
and the execution of that ill advised
king. The self same principle it vya*
vh-tt was so daringly violated Ly hi a
to« James the Second j for which vio
lation he was co.npelledrto f|_*e from
'.he just indignation of the people, v/h >
not only stript him of his crown, but
who prevented that crown from U..
scending to his family. In all those
contests, the courage, perseverance, Sc
fortitude ot our ancestor*, eoaspicu*
ous as they were, were not more so than
their wisdom , for, talk *s long as w*
will about rights, libsrties, fauebisns,
privileges, immunities, of w.in av-it
ars any, or fall of ihese togrrher, if wur
psrs.. 's can at the sole will and com
mand ot any nun or set of men, be
seized ou, thrown mto pria.ju, ani
there kept during the pleasure ul that
nan, > r set ot men? It <.v«ry one of
you be liable, ai any tirw^. to bw sea: to'
jail without trial & wi hoat oath made
against you, St there to ne *etamed as
.ong as it pleases the p .rtiessenJing you
here (peihaps to the end of vour lift)
without any court to appeal to', without
ary me«ns of redress : if thu he the
u.-ac, 3U1II we Bull uoast of the laws
aud of thr liberties of England ? Vo
lumes have been written by foreigner*
as well as b) our own countrymen in
praise of that pari of our law, which
in so admirable a manner provides for
our personal safety against any attacks
of men in power. This has, iucleed.
been, in all ages, the pride of our coun
try; and it <a the maintenance of this
principle which enabled us to escape
that bondage in which all the states
and kingdoms iw Europe were enthral
led by abandoning and yielding, it up j
and, we may be assured, that if we
now abandon it, the bright days of En
gland's glory will set m the night of
her disgrace.
But l would fun believe that such
is not to be our fate, our forcfalhars
made stern grimvisaged, preroguivt
tune his head; they broke in piece*,
lus sharp and massy sword. And shall
we, their sons, be afraid to enter thu
with undebn *d privilege,
tng trie powers of Prerogative ?
I shall be told, perhaps, that there
"i n u much danger of this power hr*
•ng very frequently exercised, 'i ho
»ame apology may be made ior the ex
ercise ot any power whatever. I do
iiot suppose that the geutluna-u of chu
house of commons will send >uy otyou
•o jail* when you do i.ot • isplva-e
them. Mr korkc md not move fop
he sending of .Mr Jones to j ii, un d
Mr Jones dicploaxea him -t bir. it i*a, #i
4 v«.»y greju com: luncqt to pa, to aay