Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-07-26 00:00:00, page 2

.- ssAQIUBL SNOWDEN,
si , Navel-street, Alexandria,
& had Gazmg 6 Dpllar's per ammm.
' ruth Gathte. 5 Dodnrssi - -
sis ctsissjAsisi-ctalsisietsissqf his royal highnes, named 70- ss..
sictffictfsctssifficto Kfisisi'lmsidn, whO-shadzlivetl 12 or :
'ct-14- yeisiksie with-the-doke, concealed himself
siPal'ace, 'On the-night? of the 'SOth May, for --
dropptposeof asszsstssinating him. He was
' fpjdljwithsia' broad sword—and : razor, and
si-lY as; he could out ol bed. At- t'nit moment
a nKYEGLSAbrc was dropped upon the—ﬂoor,
and-he perceived the figure or a man ﬂying
int-{the yellow 'room, and escaping on to
wesitftls the .aparttneot in which Seillis slept.
Ilesisi'sitsivent down stairs, aroused his page and
gave the alerm through the house o! mur
denergss OnssssretuToiog ,up stairs, he found
tlaecsitirqrd which had been dropped, was his
Hesiaeemssslrom the ivounds recclved by
his royal highness', to have bcgsinn ina most,
savage' nisi-inner, to have cut' "at**his royal
highnesss in diﬀerent parts ; for the duke has'
theilfront of his leg eat, a wound in his arm,
one on'_ his forehead, and another on his"
chctcelt, supposed to have been done by the"
razor, after he had closed with the assassin.
He has also one of his little lingers-nearly '
cutctolf, It was some time, as the villain
out at him-. with such quickness, before he
could tendence-himself from the bed. A
-s=rjeant's guard immediately came to the
door, 'whith was opened quickly by the sisi
porter, and the gunrda- rushed up stair-s.
There they sound the duke saint with loss
otctblood, which was streaming from his
wounds. ssAl'ter-having conveyed him to his
bed, they went in search of "the assassin,
having taken care to prevent all possibility
thia escape. They searehed 'the ductke's
cssliarnbh' and the close,: without eﬀect. But
iþsioeems, as soon as he heard the duke open
the window and call for assistance, he-rc
tired to a water closet & cut his throat with
sin'ss traitor in such a manner as nearly to sever
hia "head from his body- "He was-"quite
dead. " si "
ss Messengers were instantly despatehed for
surgical aid, and to the( Prince of Wales--—
The princeteame immediately, and as we
have already said, is gone to Windsor.-—
His royal highnen has been attended by"
surgeon -Home and "surgeon 'Keate, who, !
mujnspecting the wounds, have declared \
<tbemsstobc by no means dangerous, & haw ;
issued the following bulleti'n :
zct' BULLE-T-lN.
si si'si' His royal highness is not-considered-siin
any (longer, and isas well as can be expect
essd 'W'the peculiar-circumstances of the
- Whioroyalsiliisigsihncu extricating himself
ct ._ th: Mck of the villain, and getting
\ w .: i ,
sang-p- ?sstsio vesnsiuew - His Regard-sign um ,
He '
tide;-sictsswbosi was in" a profound- sleep, from
whsshe wasctctroused horribly, by two vio
lehrsifilisiiwn on: the head, which were imme
diat-Zlffollowed by two others, accompani
ed by whiisictsihgxkind' of noise. There was
'a lajhp'siand taper burning in the chamber,
aﬂdfhysssilts light-; he perceived & letter which
lay upon his-table, completely covered-with
bloodi—ssctsssi-This immediately struck him with
the idea that there was a mordcrcr in the
"in asscwsec- in his bed room at Stfjames's .
!)sifdlsiþpers belonging to Seillis. Seillis was
one" of his own ealets, and-had man in
cusivred his displeasure, uorss could he ima
gine any motive likely to prompt him to this
extraordinary attempt. _ -
maid;,si & he adcordingly strugglcd as quick- :
"Virgin!-cum} aabre, and also found a pair
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sissf' Hermes ARTICLES.
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" The duke had dined with a party of
Blood! uGtecnwich, and had returned. to
"sowtﬂlto. ' _sisi - " !
An ill-sounded jealousy is reported to
him. been the came of the valetsss con
duct-. si
.sisiCkoWdI Of. the DOblllty axe-ed". hour.
lysiunhssonctgmnelrelative to his wys high
ss 'ct'ljxi'siss'ssg sii'si \ --;ss- ss__-.*..'si—.— loss ; o
Received-w the, chlmxond from ."Brzstal
ctsssiss-ctss-ss theDPLC of Cumbcrlmzd. ;
? THQBSDJ Yctct, JU'LY 25.
ctined'quiesst till a quarter before three,
ctk, when he sicansit to' the duke's bed -si
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si-siisslct'ondonssabtts to'sssijlm'z
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sictNie'ale, who waactjsleeping in an adjoiniing
,:oomsitfgotsiupssingtantly; and the 'duke m
si'formed ' him (if-sithe particulars, and said,_ss
his royalhighness proceeded along-the ,pas- "
"Sage ; when Neale stepped up'on'sit-h'e sword '
--with-whieh--thesi duke had been attacked;
Which was onectof the dsinke's, and had been ss
ss house. i'ssThe h0u3ekeeper was the'first siwho.
'"what was said, viz, that " Seillisfithc— duke—
= razor formerly " belonged to the duke,=but'
wounds" are numerous and severe, amount
ing to eight or nine, considerable apprehen
s-ions ol seVer are of toursc' entertained.
Stand, of that name, who married the duch
ces of Roxburgh. He soon, however, re
turned to his royal highness : service, aisiid
became so great a favorite of his master,
that he and his family were accommodated
with lodging-3. over the gate way, leading
into the kitchen- court from CleVeland; row ,
from which there was a communication with
the duke s suite of apartments. ctHere they
Wekc_ supplied with coals, candles, &c.-from
cthis royal highness'ss s estahlishment. His
royal highness had also so !ar critended his
savors to this man, as to condescend to be
come sponsor to one of his children, on
"which occasion he prevailed on-one of his
royal sisters 'to stand with him. sisifin'conse
quence" Seillis became in some sort an ob
ject of particular attention to'all the branch
es cf the" royal si'samily, .trom Whom he and
slept for the last four nights in the room
which he occupied when in waiting, altho
it was not his turn of duty, and his wife's
apartments were contigubus. This devia
tion lrom his usual practice having been
mentioned to him, he excused himself by
saying that some of the children were ill.
He was seen in the duke s bed- -rsioom at 11
0 clock with some linen in his hand,-'- "altho,
he had "no business there, it not being, as
we before obserVed, his turn to attend. in
a closct in the roam, there was also found a
pair of slippers, whichsiwere known to be
Seillis's; from which circumstsiance'itsiis'in
ferre'd that he' had concealed himself'there
for the purpose of esse-ming this-horrid 'de-ct
sign. ct _ -
No reason—has beensictassigned sufficient to
account in' the smallest degree for this ac
cumulation of crime and ingratitude. it is
said that the deceased had been in a dlspute
, with one Of hisufellow-srrvants, and that it
was left to the determination of'his roval
-'hi'g'.hn'ess, Who decided against him. - '
' 'conclctudedsshe was detected, as he was heard
"opcmnga drawersi, in which was the razor!
iMiSCEIsiLANF-OUS ARTTCLES. ]
The possession of fort Martagorda, we
arecthappy to state, is not likely to produce
that effect in 'accderating the sun-ender os
Cadiz, Which- the inhabitants seemed dis
posed to- apprehend, and—the enemy reckon
ed upon. siFrom-a survey made'by the prin
cipal engineer at -'Cadiz, it appears that the
enemysicannot take 'upNa position on that,
point from which the'town can be bombard
ed with effect. The disrance between-Ma
mgorda and the nearest bastion- of the, forci
t'rfications ofsii-Cﬂ'dizy is 'si33f83 yards. nearly
me English miles. 'Very small'shelsilsis, dis
charged from 24 pound-e rs, will barely reach
the town. The inhabitants,'however,' are
noczunder much apprehension of {being an- ss
'noyed-ssfrom so'distant a position. siCadi'z
is plentifully sopplicd with water and prp- 3
viaions; and -unlesa the movemc-mSctof (he
enemy be iavorable, and aupported by trai
torous co-opersiation from within, she siege
is likely to'ssbec-ome an enterpriZe of great
" difficulty. ' "
French paper: to the '27th ult. amounce
the arrival of the emperor and empress at
Lisle on the 22d. It was their intention to
proceed to Boulogﬂe, at which place they
were expected on ches-With. They were exm
"had been 'g'iVen to Seillissilatelyss
years, but-had once left him and lived with
his children received many little present-s ct
and marks of-sinotice.
efould dismssrb his rsso'yal highness. As his"
Clev'ela'nd Ram-and- the immediate vi-'
cinity of the palace, accessibie to carriages,;_
was coversiEd with straw, and every pose ble
precaution .taken to prevent any noise that
Mr. Manners, the gentleman, we under
she murderers were in his bed-room-si Neal'e
ctﬂsmedhimself'witcth a polcer,=and he and
sharpened with-in these few days. ' ss
His royal .hssighneas, supported ctbj-VNCWU
(it being -necessary,si-si-sctromsi_-the-copiousis dis- ]
charge 'of'blOQd) proceed'ﬄ' 10 alarm-"the.
with which he cut—his own throat. *- The
out of his bede;-dom, he exclaimed alpusidsiss
murdered the duke ;" as hesiwas heard' mak—
ing a noise ; ' and— it was then supposed he 4
has been murder-ed," for i" Seillis, you have
came-out. * The duke'andsisiNeale,'si-withoui"
the least suspicion; knocked at the assassin
(Serlhs's) door,-'who it is supposed, miatdok
To his valesst, insiss-Waiting. repeasstedlyss" Neck;"
Neck; I am Murdercd ! , I- am murderod!"
Seillis had lived with the duke about 10'
lt has been since ascertained thatSeillis -
_.-—.._.. .—-—-—- .. . ..
{ peeted to reiurn to Paris :sisitbsiout the Both of
Ma 1 si
Fzrdinand's court is pretty well kept—
he begins the de} with hearing mass; he
(hen breaklasts, then hear-s mass again ;'
rides out, and returns to dinner ; thereis
sometimes a third mass. There are sc'rme
sitimes conce'rts, billiards, and other similar
gamcs, serve to fill up the vacancies of a
life, which he complain: is very tiresome,
and by no means suitable to him. Charles
l'.ss'V has recovered perlesictly from his late
indisposition. . He amuses himsell in the
viciniry' of MarsEilles'" with his former fa
; vorite pursuits of fish-ing, shooting, &c.-—
l His 'queen, Maria Ld'uisa , his daughter,,
"the lure queen of Etrur-ia, her son, fand the :
prince of Peace, live with him. The pen
sions gttaranteed 'by- the treaty of f'Ba) onne, {si
are very irregularly paid , and they suﬀer :
(n'uch inconvenience *in consequence.
Z'Tlre board of trade has granted some in
dulgeneies in regard to certain parts of
'Spain under French administration. 'In the
range of harbors from Dijon to Stlsi Sebasti
an, is alIOWed that neutral ships, laden with '
Spanish produce, may take their departure
Without mtrlestation. "
lt Was Stattd by Mr.- Pessrcivalctsiin a'late'
debate, that the British orders in council
had had the eﬀtct nl reducing the receipts ,
of the customs in France from 11',OO0,000
dnllars to 2 ,200 ,000 duilars, about 4- Jtlrs of
the whole anrount.
--mendment in'tctavor otsssuchct persons' as are:
connected with his niajes-siyfsss person, pasS'Ed
ss105 to 95. _ _ '
Another resolu'tion'siþaSsed " the: it'issiex
"pedient to reduce all offices executed by de
puty, to the salarg paid. by the actual service,
and to require seccturity for the-due*pertorm
'ance." _ '
si The other resoiiutions 'oF the sinn'nce earn
mittee were postponed. Thus the parlia
ct Y'RALElC-H, (N. C.) ﬀuiy' 12. .
The Supreme Court which comm'eflc'Cd
ssitssssession on the lst inst. adjourned yester
day. ssBhere' were 125 catues on the doclt
et ;= 75 have been decided—the remainder
either continued-at the instance of counsel,
or underss consider-litio'n "Many-- important
' decisions' have been" made": That onct'the ex
' ception taken to "the hill of in'di'ctmenr upon
"which John 'Owcn 'was at the last term at
"the Superior Court soond guilty Ofshe mur
' der of—Patricsik Conw—ay, was the most siim
siportant. _ , '
T he exceptio'ns taken to the bill'of in
digtsiment, it will be remembered, were,
** That the mortal wounds alledged to have
\ occasmned the death, were not pasz'tively
alleged to have been given by the prisoner,
but could only be understood by'intendment
or implz'cation, and that the dimensions of
the alleged mortal-"wounds were not describ
ed and Set: forth."
The question wasargued the—greater part
Seawell in support of the reasons in arrest
of iudgme'nt, and Mr. Potter for the state
ss and against the motion.
! On Tues'day last the opinion of the court
ss was given. 'The-first cxception was over
} ruled by the unanimous Opinion-of the judg
ssl es. The construction of the siissndictment
! was scanne'd with much critical acumen at
; considerable length.
,: With respect to the second exception the
' judges disagreed in opinion. judges Hall,
Lowrie, and Henderson declared the in
ss dictmenc to be materially and fatally defec
si tive. Every amhority, all books and pre
t cetlenta, and cvssery decision !!!!ng had been
'vvents havcte'done away all'prob'nbilitcty of its
eﬀecting any thing in the present war, 'that
the seamen at'Brest have not received'any
pay for the last twelve months, and'that
brought by Sls Francis Burdett against the
Speaker and Serjeant of the HouSe of Com
mons, moved by their counsel to amcndt/zeir
Pleats.
Three resolutions were passed against the
ministers by a majority of 10, in the House
of Communs, on the lec of May. The lst
resolution was in savor of all practical sire
trcsinchments in the financia] department,and
passed nc m. con. -"-she seco'nd was for—Me
.abclztion of all -senz'curca, and, with an 'a
they are as little 'att'e'nded'to" in other rcv'
siYoung 'Betty, the boy accor, that So long
mnvulsed the metropolis with his theatrical
decept'rons, hus'side'csslined taking 'dkdtctsst as
he'firsist intended, 'and PUsChBStd a pair of
colors in a m'arching regiment. "He "took
'no degree 'a't Cambridge, where, indeed, he
discovered neither tale'nts or disposition on
which which to toand-a hope'that he:-"might
become a scholar.
it is said, will be finished before: the" lOth of
June.
spcctssi.
tnrntary rr—[o'rmists havesibegun their work..
vernmentsipay to its marine, Since recent'e-'
of two days—Messrs. Brown, Cameron andz
— Sdsslittle attentionssdoes'ssss-the- French ssgo
All thes-Irish business before {parliamenh ss
Friday night the desendants in the acsit'ibn '
H'A'si
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zss ]u'dgc Tayldr had been induced to'chan'ge
anopinion which'hc had originaliyshimrd,
by a consideration osthe cases" reported by
West. ' theretfzersi'the wound is iiisisiltiid
with such an instrument as must necessari
ly bruise'assi wellfas' wonnd, as by & filth-{it
.ctproduces :such an injury as is expressed by
sithe'wurd plagam in its' Comprehensive sense
'very diﬀerent horn a'tv'mind produced by:
sharp instrument ; and'as in "this case the
natur'e'sio the Womid is 'e-xPlain'ed by ihein
) strument need,-and as it is not tiect-ssaryto
' state the dimdnsions'of' a bi'uise,' this case
*exPresses all [withinssthe compass of'lhc
word pldgam kind 'heeds' no' description.—
7--Of the: same opiniorf wasjudgc Loch
j The opinion of" the court was then given,
" That the bill o'siudictm'mt is insufficient,
and that sentence osssdca'th cannot be passed
'on the "prisoner."
' The pridonerct w'as "thenss'CO'rnmitt-Ed tojasi si
until the next October tesirm of the superiq
c'Ourt, siwhere i'tisssc-x'pected another bill ct
findictmc'nt'will'be preferred and "another
tjrial'cnsue. _ , _ ss _ _
'Thougb it may be bsieiicved that Owtnssit
'g'uutysiofthc murder: yct'wc trust all will
satisfied with the decision :ofsithc court. si
this land which is- governed by laws and
hot byfmenmo shamhmfet'cr- guilty, willþt
Suﬀer but by the strict'i'qses'of law. 'lf "3
fules are relaXed to punish the gui'hyi she"
"is no longer'hny security i'ok'the innocent.
PsiW-ss' GEOR—CE siYOUNGS, sit!
_sp'e&sully 'acqu'aints' his'sriends and
the 'cititenssisi ofthe T'0wn and Coumy
of Alexandsizssia, that" he regularly prac
'tice,s the law in'the City "Com't; sisict
to all such business as'may be cntrull
ed' to his care, he "gives the most [30
'fitive assurance, shallsi'be attendedw
most promptly and ctparticularly.
ijuneﬂzg.
NOTXCE is hereby given, that an apml'l
: Meeting of the Stockholdch "1"?
held according to law, at Brooks's taverm "
Alexandria. on Monday the 6th day of AUGW
next; when the proceeding-s of the BOﬄd.s
Directors, With the Treasurcrs account (}sdf'
'bursc'mentssisince last annual meetingaﬄ"
ubmitted to their inspection.
By order'of the Prcsident and .Dlscsilosi'
'RAN KWAY, on the 4th of last mOPsi
from the subscriber, living in Prince Willz'
tounty, near Dumfries, 'V'xrginin, a .
man, named 'JEFFRRY, 29 or 30 ycas"
about 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high—he is a! .
niaker'by trade, has "got a remarkable scas
hn forehead occasioned by the kick
horse, which was trepanned—he was 8"?
few weeks ago on the road about two ""
from Hayf-Market. \Vhoever secures th".
fellow so that I get him again, shall me
the above reward.
June 24-27. _ detlawct'
Mr. MsiIntire, ofLeesburgz and
Thompson, of Frederick-Town, are "4 ef'
ed to insert the above advertisemcnf "
time: in their respective papers, an
Mix PCFP "me tq this office for paymesist
reported in the becks, rtquind lbﬂtiffi
dictments sor mwder charged to barely"
committed by giving a Wound, the hat-,]:
and dimensisions of the wound shcuid bssct'
scsiribed and set forth. The": Were eke;
tions, as is a head or a limh was stricsiss
o'ﬀ; off-the bojdy perforated throughtssvctsi
sword 'sior other weapon— these wm'n.
suscctpgjble of.?) more Fompiete (it-Scrimjss
than the simple mention of the {acsiw
was a description of bruiscs required1 si,
the dimensions of these could not be ass".
tained. siTh'ey co'uld see no good m.,
why this mintitecdescription was requirctct
inwounds, nor was it necessary toils";
that any existed—it Was with them tojud,
of the law as they found it, and nottojss
gisiate. _ . *
The only authority rehed on to supper:
--.the sufficiency of the indicunent (letten-in
consideration, was West, who wrote in Lsi,
'tin some centuries ago, and who gave indsi.
vidual opinions and not solemn adjud'tcsi.
tions. 'ﬀln 'lWO of his precedems he;-(], the
wounds weresict'not described—He used (be
Word "plagam," which might mean either
" wound" or " bfu'I'Se." If the signification
"'of the word was limited to ** voundﬂ}Þ
,scription would be necessary, but ssitcom.
prehetids sialsd " bsiruise," English authori.
ties do not require it. "! his indictmcnt
uses. the single word uboziizd which all Eng.
lish anthorities require should de describ
ed. _
]os. Carletom
, Treasurer Potomac ComPsisil'
"George Town, July 10. (12) 605
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Twenty Dollztrs Remrd
sisiPotomac Company.
'_'*'-**-*— ——
Luke Cannﬂﬂ
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