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continuance in place of a corrupt, weak and
wicked administration.
8. ttf'xolved unanimously. That in the
years 1679 anil 1660 under the infamous
government of Charles II the citv of London,
and other parts of the country, petitioned
the king for redress of grievances and the sit_
ting of parliament.
That vari«His counter petitions were presen
ted to his majesty* expressive of their ahlior
ence of the said petitioning, as tumultuous &
seditious, and encroaching on the royal pre
rogatives.
That on the 21st of Oct. 1680, the parlia
ment met. and its first acts wete to expel
^ ahliorrers. and to pass a vote. •• That it is,
anil ever hath been, the undoubted right of
the subject to petition the king for calling of
parliaments, and redressing grievances ;
that to traduce such petitioning, as a viola
tion of duty, and to represent it to his majes
ty as tumultuous and seditious, is to betray
the lib'-rty of the subject, and to contribute
to the design of subverting the ancient legal
constitution of the kingdom ;** and they ap
pointed a commi'tee •* to inquire after all
those who had offended against those rights,
and accordingly expelled several of its mem
be's, and petitioned his majesty to remove
others from places of trust. ’*
That on the 29 h of October. 1680. the
commons voted—•* 'I hat sir F Withers, by
presenting to his majesty an address, expres
sing an abhorrence to petition his majes
ty for the calling and sitting of parliament,
hath betrayed the undoubted rights of the
subjects of England ; anal that the said sir F
W ithers be expelled the house for this high
crime ”
That for the exercise of the undoubted
right of petitioning, the City Chapters were
seired bv a quo warranto, and it was argued
for the citv by sir George Frehv, their Re
corder—“That the constitution and the law
cl the land had given to the subject the right
of petitioning, and of access to the Supreme
Governor, to represent to him their grit van
cts, and to pray a redress ot them ; and that
the same law gave them also a right to state
their petitions those facts and reasons
■which caused their grievances, provided
tlmse facts were Hue.” And further,
'•That as there was one part ot the constitu
tion which gave the king power to prorogue,
an there was another part of the constitution
xh t* gave the subject an original right to
pi tition for redress of grievances ; and that,
therefore, to punish a man f r shewing in his
petition hose grievances which he desires to
l>e redressed, and th»* causes of them, was
the same thing as to deny him the right of
petitioning ; and that such denial would infer
oppression and the most abject slavery ; for
■when subjects are misused, and grieved, and
are denied the liberty to complain, and pray
the king to redress those grievances or shall
be punished tor petitioning against them,
th*-> must necessarily he abject slaves ”
9. Ucaotvtd. That these arguments hnv
fi>g beennwer-ruled by venal judges, jmlg
mem was obtained against the city ; the ab
horrers for a time triumphed ; ’lie liberties
of tile people, with the right of petitioning,
was subverted ; und the succeeding mon
arch, in const qu< nee thereof driven from hi*
ghrone und dominion*
A- the revolution of 1633. in the Bill of
Rights. “ the undoubted right of the sub
jeer to petition,” was, among other things,
*• claimed, demanded, and insisted uY>_
on. ”
This right has been of late again invaded,
the people oppressed with unprecedented
grievances and calamities, have been deni
TTa veTiefcft ; jJjeir petitions
mons, and thei grievances remain unheard
anti unretlres-sed.
The exploded doctrine of passive obedi
ence has been revived in all its extrava
g nice, and «. new ratje of abhurrers have
npruug lip. who, like the abhorrers in the
days of Charles the Second, by the foulest
calumnies, by vilifying and traducing the
petitions of the people are, (in the emplu
tic language of the then House of Commons.)
“ betraying the liberties of the subject, and
■contributing to the design of subverting the
ancient legal constitution of tile kingdom.”
That as the corrupt participators in pub_
lie abuse, under the mask of loyalty, sub_
verted the liberties of the kingdom, and in”
volved James the Second in ruin, so die cor„
rupt and unprincipled of the present day”
under the same legal pretence, would tn_’
volve. the country and sovereign in snnilat”
difficulties, if suffered to persist. It there
fore becomes the imperious duly of every
real friend to the country to resist their mis
chievous designs by recurring to he genu
ine principles of the constitution, and by ul
sing every legal means for obtaining a full,
fair, and free representation of the people
in parliament.
iu jxeaoivea, i uai inseparably attached
'to < ur glorious constitution, wc admire, vrn
crate, and will support and defend our king,
our lords, and our commons, in their res
pective and collective capacities, widi all
their just prerogatives, rignts and privile,
ges ; but wc cat. never consent to gi ant se
parately to king, lords, or commons, a pow
er contrary to, and above the laws of the
land which are and must continue to he the
Jesuits of their collective wisdom and autho„
lity.
11 Resolved That notwithstanding the
rejection of our late petition, we still f. el it
our duty to give to the House of Commons
every opportunity of hearing and redressing
the grievances of the people, and that an
humble address, petition, and remonstrance
be presented to that honorable house.
12. Resolved. That the said petition be
fairly transcribed and signed by the Lord
Mayor, the Aldermen and ten Liverymen,
and presented to the House of Commons
b' H. C. Combe, Esq. one of their represen*
tati vrs.
1$. Resolved That the thanks of this
Common Hull hr given in the right honora
b r Lord Erskine Sir S.'iuucl Uomilly K.it.
M P and Samuel Whitbread. K q. M. P.
for their able. Constitutional and indepen
drnt conduct on all occasions, particular
ly for the stand they have lately made in
f?vny of the dominion of the law against
aibitrary discretion and undefined prive_
lege.
14. Resolved. That the thank of this Hall
be given to //. C. Combe. Esq Alderman,
and one of the representatives of this rity
in Pailiament for his support in the House
el Commons. of the right of the Lively to
petition the H use and for his general con
duct in the Hoiisr.
15. Resolved, That the thanks of this
H ill be given to the right hon. the Lord
Mayor, for his readiness in caMmg this
Had, And for his independent and honora
•jle conduct in discharging the duties of his
i-fTice.
16. Resolved, That the thanks of this Hall
he given to luunhesv Wood, E>q one of the
Sin : ifis of this city, tei the independent man
ner in which he has always discharged the 1
duties of his office.
WOOIJTHORPE.
Boston, Ju!j 6. *
From (lo'ienburg,
Mr G. L Uehlois, who came p«s»n;rr it.
the atop C 'es, arrived at this port trout G ittcn
burg, informs tle»t the Danes had made new
regulations fur pi v .leering, more favorable t«.
Americans than their former laws ; a copy >d
which lie understood had been sent to Philadel
nhia, hy the American Consul t tliat the lliniv
glin boats were out: and 4 of (hem had engi
ged the British sloop of war Rose j that she i .>t
ier miZen-tnast, but escaped from them t>v ».
hre> 1. • snringing up—'That the puts of Sweden
were shut against English vessels and proper'.* :
That Ameriean propi-rty was s.fe in Ituasi t and
Cottehburg :—and that the markets g«n 1 .lly in
the Bailie aiul at Gottenhurg were ghin« d
Fe/ienory
Cat) il, May 20.
News from the AT ingdt m—His cxcellenry Don
Nicholas Mahy, on ti>e I I h of A.p> il, ordered the
van guard, under the direction of Brigadier D«»n
J«*»e de Meucses, to advance for the purpose of
reconuuitering more closely the position of the c
n. my, who was beseiging Aslorga. O.i the sum
daythe troops quitted their positions ti lav l >:u 1
nigiit at Kiego, and its vicinity. On the ITU
they advamed as far as Fonc-badm, &. tiie hgnt
troops to H il tnal. La ‘’slirenga and Andimu
la. The marine Sharp Shooters drove hack i
party of French who were in ambuscade. On
the 15th they were attacked by 200 horsemen
»nd some infantry of the enemy, whose lice they
sustained with gdlmtry, causing them some
loss { but apprehensive of the approach of su
pel ior forces, they retired. The roads were
rendered imp .ssable l»v the snow, especially for
the artillery ; wherefore on the mm- day Gen
Meneses retired to Hi. go, and from llience to
his firmer position, in nidtr to pro* ure clo'iiing.
The Fifth Company of Kibero, with another of the
murine, had a skirmish wi'li the enemy at KoolVia
and Bilorcos. The scouting parties from Hi Peru
o » that day regaled themselves witli the French
men’s provisions, and afterwards set fire to their
huts
In the kingdom of Jaen, a great many compa
n.es have been formed, and ha; rasa the enemy
very much. Some of them have intercepted mu
ny w-ggou loads >f plate and brandy, an l seve
tal dinves of cattle
The French in C .talonia desert in siicl> num
bers, that scarcely a day passes but from GO to »
100of tliem j tin our forces, and each of t -in is
immediately rewarded with 200 reds of V lion
The defenders of Ciudad Rodrigo, resolving
not to be inferior in glory to the heroes of S u u
gossa and Gerona, u.u anxious only for opportu
•titlesof testifying theii p driotisin, and accom
plishing their wishes of exterminating the
French l gmns 1 i the sullies they made on the
30'h April and the 1st instant, against the forces
that appeared before that place, they succeeded
in dr'ving them before their walls, with ttie loss
o‘ 130 killed and wounded, taking at the same
time si me prisoners and many articles. It is ve
ry probable that m consequence of the move
ment of the Angl >-Lusitano army, the modern
V mduls have r* lmqt|u>hed the idea of laying
siege in form to Ciudad Rodrigo ; St that tlios e
have retired, as it is reported, with precipitation
t wo days aft.-r t heir entry into Astorga on the 22:1
••It. It is added that the garrison of that place
sur ceded in eflectingit- escape
Cf)c inquirer.
RICHMOND, JULY 17 1810.
(FOR Till7. EN<iUuiui\ y
Extract at n letter from IVilhamahurg.
I have a particular pleasure in anunun ■
cing to you. that the anniversary of Ameri.
can Independence was obsei veil by our AL
nia Mater, the C >!lege of VVidiam tic Ma
ry. with all the t-:il and patriotism, which
has so long disti. guislied that Seminary._
It is upon that day, that she still calls
forth her young Orators to celebrate the most
important Revolution in the History of man,
to trace the causes which led to that great
event, and to evince the beneficial effects
which have, and will result, not only to iiiis
new world, but to the whole family of man
kind ; thus communicating to the rising ge :
iteration, an ardent, but rational love tor
(heir country, and for those political insti.
tutions, which only are worthy of In emeu
it is also upon that day, she invites genius to
the discussion of such literary subjects, as
must prove interesting to an enlightened
audience; and which serve, at the same
time, to evince the progress which her sons
have made in moral, political, or physical
science.
At half past 10 the President and Pro
fessors, together with the Students and Scho
lars, entered the church, in which a nuine.
rous assembly oi respectable citizens hud
already convened. An appropriate prayer
was delivered by the President This was
followed of agiceable music, from a Band
formed by young Gentlemen, who also gave
a select piece between each ora.ton.
Mr. YVilfiam Roane then delivered an
oration, in which, aftei congratulations upon
me uay, ne sneveu the transccrirtam. supe
riority ot tlie Republican form of Govern.,
mem, over that of any other; and evinc-d,
that the American Revolution, astonishing
as it must appear in it3 beginning, its pro
gress, and its accomplishr*,ent, still derived
its highest illustration from the political in
stitutions, which the wisdom ami the Patri
ot rn oi me worthies of that period, nave
transmit ed to us.
Mr. In nan Horner followed—He eonsi
dered whether there was not a bent in go
vernment; or, whether in pnlincs, as in eve
ry other science, there v. as not a theory,
founded in the nature of man, which ne
cussarily led to that mode of civil union, and
to those practical rnies by which govern
ment, in every rtgi 11 oi' the Globe, would
produce the greatest possible sum of public
and private felicity. lie endeavored to
show, that there was such a theory ; that
it led to a republican government, luimtled
on a social compact, 6c funu.hed practical
rules, from which there could he imdevirtti.
on. without subverting the whole social tdi.
fue.
Mr. Geovge Croghan snoke upon the right
of expatriation, lie endeavored to sin w,
that the t ight was natural, and imprescrip
lible; that it was guaranteed by the social
compact, End that .he cilia-n Could never
be deprived of it, but by his voluntary con
sent.
Mr. William Page 3pnke upon the trial
by jury. He took a view ot the origin ot
that institution, and exhibited its imp nance
in a free government, in a strong and brilii
ant light——He considered how far an uni
nimity in jurors should be required, p irticu
larly in civil cases ; and supported the opi
nion, that an alteration, in that respect,
would be a happv amelioration in the dis
tribution of justice He concluded with a
panegyrick upou the political iastuuwoiu ot;
Amprifca, and an exhortation to prese**'*,
n -ill iheir e dine n>>t only the prmci.
pies which had given them hit ih, hut slu«w.
• ‘I the expensive, haneficial consequences
which w« uhl result from the establ sho em
ot tlu: 4th «•} July, as the great national tvs
t'\al, which should annii • lly redintegtate
th >se p*ineipl“s so essential to the dignity
and happiness of man.
The vouog orators inet with merited ap
plause
Aher the first oration, the Degree of Ha'
chelor of Arts was conferred (th«, venerable
governor r?f Virginia, and several other visi
tors assisting ) .n,on
iV/tsi,/ #. Francin Gilmati,
*1lcxr Cun:/.bell,
Jit mar: Horner,
William lay/nr,
(ienrgi Crvghan. and
Dabney /!>■• war ;
and the Degree of H ,trli-h.r .| Law up m
,K(u;fg i unu rruttri
To you, <ny dear Sir, who know well lie
value ol a t ight education, both to the indi
vidual & to society, I cannot repress the feel
ings s.t grateful to a real American, v.mch
these literary exhibitions on the 4 h of Juty,
huve never failed to excite The great ot>„
ject of instruction is to prepare f r active
and contemplative life : the cduc ttion ot the
youtu ought to be preparatory to the pur
suits ulibe man ; ami. he will be the best edu
cated, who is best enabled fro n a distinct
and comprehensive view of the objects
fore him, justly to appreciate thu*<* which
are most worthy ot Ins choice. Hence, it
has always appeared to be, eui honorable
testimony ot the wisdom and patriotism of
dm College, that, to the sciences of I’hy
sicks, of E.liics, the L iws of Nature and Na
tions, Aiatheinaticks, and Political -.cono.iiy,
there is added those correct, elementary
principles of government, which identify the
citizen witli that form which his country
has adopted ; which, instead of rendering
suspected, it not ou ous to tiie rising genera
tion, governments established on the sacred
basis of equal riglm, cause them to admire
and to love such Institutions with all their
hearts, with all their minds, ,»ud with all
their souls; which, in short, instead of the
wicked tolly and absurdity of educating A
merican Youth with a kindot mistrust, if not.
Contempt, tor republican governments, teach
them t ightly to estimate tlieir incalculable
superiority in every re»pect. I is thus only,
that the sons of America, when they enter
upon the great l'h eat re of public interests,
will leel, that to be a Republican, honest,
sincere, aiul strenuous, is a part of their very
nature, the unseen bui constant spring of
their entire social conduct. Society and
Government are thus in unison with each
odier ; the principles and affections of the
citizen are concentered in the same focal
point, and glow with red rnbled lustre ; he is
not blindly and servilely bowing down to some
foreign Uaal, but, S tartan-like, is ready, at
all tunes, to devote himself tor the glory and
prosperity of Uti own beloved Country.
(FOR THE E .si l R E It )
MOOT-COURT
Practice ii.lvtka i .g precept.
Jto the students or law, tii oughoot
the state OF V1UG1.ua.
The necessity ofsoin-c public establishment'
calculated to aSsi.'I i!k- s udeut of 11 w, i » iiis |iur
Suita, lias fora long time, been f<*lt and ucU.now
i of Virginia The
| ptaiifc in relation to tnis subj -ct, •.vnicn imve hi
tlii-rto been acted upon Have either entirely tail
| « d m their object, or have been attended with
only a pa liai success Tile Causes of these fai
lures cannot be lound in thedffi ulties 01 the ub
ject itself, nor in any want *>l . rgy or talen s
on ttie p.rloi those to whose direction and go
vci nance, tile institutions h ive been sever-diy
.- •• ‘‘"u 4tiw!iuwic(ij;ca res
pectabihiy, men not less distinguished I <r their
talents lban dim* virtues, have occasionally un
dertaken tlie difficult task. ol levelling toe i n <■
ged obstructions in the patn.of the stu lent. T.?e
notorious and unfortunate fact that their exer
tions have in no instance, been ciowned with .If*
success expected f cm iliem, unpells us to look
lor the ciimet oft lieu- f.iure in tin hind am nt. •
errors ol me system iiem.e e . I’ e*e ar . ma
nys & various ; nut the great & tiling evil coom t»
m ihe mode generally adopted, of convey.ng n
struction. t\ science intricate, em'i.ruoeJ
and multiplex ; a science in itself so difficult and
on* ure, as to requue in its attainment, ne in >sl
umvmilli-d exertion of all the energies of the
mind, and which a whole hie of toil and study
cannot entirely embrace, can be bui slightly
touch, d by occasional advice or the passing m
structioiis ol « public lecture. Hence it.r«quern
ly happens, that the student, disappointed ,n his
anticipations ol rapid and iin nediate proficiency,
throws by bis books in d.sgust, and concludes
the onjecl to be unat .in the, because ueti.id*
it more difficult th in he > x.iec if ; or even if ne
is inclined to persevere i.ihis laoois, it n q.iir 8
Out little time to convince him Inal they iii.gm
b. much more profitably exerted in ins own ci .
^ ttue, tlie student may b> a long course
ol private application, collect together a vast
number of (acts and perh ips of principles. Hut 1
it should he recollected that it is not the nature |
ot liic Imnuii vnuui to remain passive j nor cun
he ever expect to be either useful or great, who
contents himself with being only a recipient —
These facts and principles, ums laboriously col
lected, can alter all, be considered only as so
m.my ornaments of the mind, affording indeed
rnu3*' dehgid m mi possession, hut incapable of
any app.'cation to useful purposes To illustrate
t'n.s point. I need only call your attention to th«
numerous and distressing enibarrasrnc nls which
always attend Ibe c»tr«n< e ol the efoset siudi nt
upon ihe practice nl the bar. Ignorant of i uic. ,
unacquainted with f rms, confused in Ins recol
lection o' principles and utterly incapable of up
ph ing them to ad* am age, he stumbles mi in bis1
m dmght way, and c it. lies only here unci there, a
glimmering of light through mist and Confusion
I , ,»m this circum.lance, result two importante
vils. On the one hand, the modest ami v disable
talentslofthe country, frequently retire in d.s
go it, from u tlr aire of contest, where from an
e.»i ly error of education, they are constantly
llabile to be buffi, d by coxcombs in science j and
on tli j other, the burs tlirougnoii. the states, arc
inlesud with shoals of those epiiemeral upstarts
WHO, with ml any pretension to public favors,
push themselves by impudence and cunning
mtb public notice, ami whose acquaintance with
the science they pretend to practice, is as limit
' , “»d confused .»» their oratory is blundering
uul crippled 1 hese facts winch, no, doubt,
have come umh-r the observation ol every one of
you, have. of course, been mule the subject of
. me animadversions. I inenti >n them here, only
tint I may lr«v<* an opportunity of pointing ou
their remedy It is t<> be found in an institution
lately establish-.! in this city, the plaiiofwhict
1 will concist ly de ad to you. 1 invite you to par
Fite invt lotion a 11 tided to 19 a inort lourt,? s
taMta.icd by the recommendation ami cnmlu ted
tt di.-rth. iinrnedide auiiei imendamte •( tin
tlotHir..ble Creed I’aylor 'The high &*ok.i»*l
<u d standing of On* gentlemsn hot It amil «
r *nd a m Ht, aliorda a aufli ltnt evidence of hi*
nci'Hutinn and ability to • n-.liict the institution
U)-un Lu-. moil uawtui; imcijilcs, and (>r«M;nU
^strong additional inducement to the youth of
industry 2t mnbilion.torulist'indcr his uu«p:c<*«.
I'.a* court is invested by its institution, with all
the various jurisdictions ot *he several courts of
this eotnniiut wealth t but Mr Ti«\ * ir ;.l way* sit*,
ts judge. According to the nature ofthe action
is the jurisdiction uf the e<»urt, and this mu't
Iways lieu :lernuiu-<i hy the party who institot* s
the suit The re#deuce is altogether of the writ
tin kind and is ofiouise fictitious hht there i*
no difficulty in forming it in Mich a manner as to
involve the discussion efpoints ot law "i lie tin
t es «»f*magistrate, sh* riff Sec are alternately dis
ch*rg<-d l*y the meinhcrs of the association, hut,
still reset ving to them under these characters,
the right to practice as attorneys. All the vari
oils actions usu illy tv urrintf in ti t- nurse ofprae
ti e. are In re instituted, and eonduett d with the
rnstomtry formalities, through nil their various
stages fn>m the issuing of the writ to theeve^ii
(ion of the judgment.—Thus it will appear that
hy Mils course of practice, the student has not on.
Iv tit" best opportunity of becoming acquainted
wth his own duties aso mnst 1, 'nit hi* •endcr
cd f. tnihur wit It those of the tliff rent offic**-s of
the c ourt ; an advantage no' to he I gin ly esti
mated Hy a tigitl Hilhereucc to all the f irrnsli
lies of practice, he is rendered wiry and eh*,
c imspeet ; his vigilance is kapt c* nstantly on the
alert, 8t with the s one ease that he guauls him
self he is enabled ts profit by a want of rant! -i
in his adversary In a word, all that useful and
utd sp,*ns .bh* knowledge which years are s.i of.
t n co s ■•rned in atta n ng is ,1 ere, easily, ami ex
peditiously acquired The practice s imbibed
along v.ith tin- theory, they are seated together
111 uic rni'ri ui'i me pmip'pie'3 scarcity iiiscrr
n (I sep.i.rste from its application. The advantst |
ges thus acquired arc incalculable ; 1 leave it for
yours- Ives to es'im «te them
These observations, gentlemen, have been
prompted by a desire to promote the success of
an institution which, 1 have no doubt, will e're
long he as c* Limited as it is now useful Its
founder has generously disclaimed all pecuniary
consideration*, ..nd ac*s from no ntber impulse
than a desire to be useful. irsol>j”ct is iauda
ble, bis system is judicious and practicable, ami
ought to be encouraged. Any farther obseiva
ti.'.ns oti the subject would be unnecessary and
supet flu >us The advantaged of so valuable an
institut on will be eagerly embraced by all those,
who do not prefer a benighted and boggling
course to the distinct and pleasant gnSd etceof
practical science. A STUDENT.
vJ J* Should not the Proft ssors of Lutvs resort
to tiiis instilinion of A"ho* Cuun*, to einlioily and
illustrate the principles >f their Lectures ?
‘ SIGA'S OF TIIE TIMES.
Ts"" “ Let me have the making cf the
national SONGS ” sivs some wruer, “and
you may mike .heir laws ”
! Toasts, though ilit y d<> not materialh af
feet, do exfiresti, in a degree, the sknti
mints uf a nation. They ate the tes s. be
cause they are the efTusions, of principle or
| of feeling. Many a man, who floats most fre_
queinly upon theenps of ttie people, is with
a tew exceptions uppermost in their thoughts
And those maxims which ft »urish at the
convivial hoard are generally in our hearts,
bet ne thev mount to the lips.
Ii is under these impressions that we have
carefully scaintd the toasts which were
drunk by the Republicans on the 4 ii of Ju
I ly The examination has been a pleasing
(one: foi{ here are certain tuaits generally
stamped upon them, which inspire us with
'new animation, because they prove, that
jhowever the Representative s ITmy have
flown from tukih duties, the people are
yer untainted and sound and true to them
selves
Besides those themes which are usual
ly ouched on such an occasion ; themes,
which so strongly add ess themse.ves toeve'
ry generous mind, and which have never
been more generally touched than on there
ceil' festival ; themes, wnicit spring out of
tne Independence of oui country, and o that
g>a irude which is due to the heroes of the
Rcvoluiion ; tliere are some sentiments,
fl -Viiig from the occurences of he times!
wlucii may be easily collected from these
les ivals
ins. sentiments are. 1st a resolution to
guard our independence ai every risk ; 2nd
an unshrinking .spirit, on the part of the
pe. pie to gu.ii d their rights against marL
time oppression ; 3rd; a confidence in tne
firmness and virtues ol the Executive ;
4 a. a corittnip. of the imbecii< y shown by
tne IQiii anti 11th Congresses and a hope
that the people will choose proper ie.
preseniatives. and that a new spiuit
will animate the next Cungrtmt ; 5 n. a
mistrust oi the speeciinymg ,netp shearer,
our minister at London; 6m. ajusi com.,
menda jon of the firaiuess ..nd '.alt.tits, with
which our minister in France lias resisted
her unwarrantable conduc *
'Vnd this sentiment, which has been echo
ed and re echoed with enthusiasm, proves,
bj the bye h'jvt much the Itepuohcans ate
no .er tne influence of France.— Wouid,
that we could sa. as mticii ot tne Fedeia
toasts—and ul die testimonies, which they
ought to furnish, of the weakness of Bri
tish iuHueuce in this Country. But verydif
fereut is the result—and indeed so strong is
the attachment ol theFcdeialistsof the East
to the cause of Bik.uii. that Thomas T.
I aine, a soil ot F -et Lauieat to tue Ev-ex
Junto, in the Ode prepared lor this oct.vsn n,
tails not to cilaunt a melancholy dirge o
Ver the few smuggling Americans who are
caged up in the prisons ot France, whilst lie
forgets to breathe a single murmur ovei the
thousands of American Seamen now impres
sed hi the ships of Britain 1
‘Such. St Kb, ant THE StGNS OF THE
Times!
It is understood, that at one of the imperial
audiences at I'uris, the Emperor address- d min 1
sell to count Drinoutier, & reqmf <1 him t > hold
liimself in leadiness tossil I l.u. Umu-d Mates •
in u week or ten <| -ys, wiilmui his t .inily_but
that iri a short time, tne count was found engaged
us a commissioner in the neg-iciaiion wi n die
fli-itir.il, lor the exchange of prisom rs. Whether
die missi m is merely suspended or st->pt aliogi -
ther, is yet to he ascertained, it is believed, Ui*»
the count was to have come out as t, iv<»y Lnu
ordinary—not to supersede gen. Trnreau.
i Fhc Ramhoui ilet Decree forbid* ut to en
ter the fj'jrts oj France, Crc— Hut its ass urn d
Kt tuti.it .neyune. t ne act of hr M.ircn, 18<jy
has « unshed —Thus, all the retirictions chur^
cd against us, in the preamble, ure no more!
Ma riru. On the 3Ui»» ult at Av» nhill, J f
fjrson < ouniy, hy the H v’d Mr 11.11,1)r Churl s
(.ocke of Amelia, to liie lovely mil muon admu-ed
4is» Sarah W Taylor of Southampton
Luna i ic H<-spita*.,
Il'illiiitnsburg, yulv 5th, »810
NrOTICE!—i lip fell* >n i!i« m<«/« :i(»»r((Ti( n
now full of patient*, none other* cun
w fecfitpil, until tiierc nuy Sc vacan ich, o
which tlie public wnl »e no tilled
By order oj the Court of l Ur ret on,
Win. ldfS5ELL, Clerk
July 17.
St
T N CHANCERY. Louisa county, June Coup:
$ laiu.
J 'Ini Lewie and Siumnni his wife, * uniuel lles
»er, Barbara Bridgewater, Owen Burton Si P tiv
tiis wile. Valentint* cCut-hcn. admitii-.tr turof
'on M« Cutchen, deceased. bis late • de, H< i ri
rtt;« bivtnwi'od) and Benjamin U Pulliam, le
ijal ri pkesenuitives ot Ann Pulliam d. lease'.
. Plaintiff*.
Acaijut
.Sani’l <)v»*t ton,jr.adn.’r with tin* willan»< xeil
of Sani’l It n'l (lau'»>nl, Win Cooke, J tines
Nelson. Junes Mirhie, Win O. Poindexter, . x
ecut-.r nl' W nmer H Hrnaddu*. iiece..s d. Ov. i
ton Ha. ns, Edward Kaghunl. Elizabeth L U
rence, administratrix ot Win Laurence, dec VI.
T bo mas 11oltuii.a<v, I tmii ti.ii Cibscii, Nirliolini
Meriwether and b.u ell Moore, Uef’tt.
THE d fend an is, Samu^t Overton, jnnr ad
mii’isiiaior as aforesaid, Nicholas Meriwether
and liai.iett Moore, hot havn £ emered their ;,r\.
t**-;»r!tnce and given set unty accorui ig to the act
ot Assembly and the rules of this court, audit
appearing to the satistaction of the court that
they are not inhabitants of this s*.a»e ; on the mo
tion id the plaintiff*, by their const 1, if ,s cr.
ifenil, That the said defendants, S muel Ovcitou
jnnr olmmstiator with the \\ ill ritinexed in Sa
mtud U.gi imi, dec'll Nu liolas Meriwetlier and
Barnett M<» re do f.j>peai line on tlie second
M nid • v in —■-next, a id answer toe
plaintiffs* bill, and that a copy ot this Older bo
forthwith ins ‘fled in one of the n^wspapeis prin
t'll in the e.iiy of itiebmond, for eight weeks
successively, and publ.s ed at the font door of
tbecouit house of this county, on some court day.
A Cop,- Trst,
JjHN POINDEXTER, Cl'k.
julv 17.
w 8\v
IN C H \ M CEl<Y-Louisa
County, June
court, 13 !0
Thomas NuckoUls,
picff.
Samuel Overton, jr. Richard Morris, James
M chie, Wm Cooke. J wn s Nelson, Wi'li.tm U.
Poindexter, executor of Warner II tiroaddos
deceased, Overton Harris, Edward llightid)
John White, Elizabeth Lawrence, adinin.stra
tnxol William Lawrence, deceased, Thomas
Holla lay. Thornton Gibson, Nicholas Meriwe
ther ami Barnett Moore, Dej'ts
THE defendants, Samuel Overton jr Nicho
las Meriwether and B irnetl Moore, not having
cnlert *1 their appearance and given security ac
cording to the act of Assembly and the rut s of
this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of
the court that they are not inhabitants of this
•t : On Mi- motion of the plaintiff, by his conn
s I, It is ordered. That the s lid d. fend.ints. Sa
muel Overton, jr Nicholas Meriwether 8c It ,r
i>ell Moore, do <ppear here on tiie second Mm.
d vin-next, ami answer the plaint-fPs
bill, and that . • opy of this order be forthwith
inserted m one of the newspapers printed in the
city of R chm ni l for eight weeks successively
and published at the front door of the court house
of this com t\,on som- court day.
A Cofjy T- at.
JO IIS POINDEXTER, Cl'I.
j||,,v w8.v
BANK-NOTES LOST—On the 29 h | ,„t
month was |jiit into the post > (fi e in lli &
place, directed to Wm Wood, Buck Island Al
in mat !e county, 11 m!: Notes to the amount f
| three hundred and thirty d-.liars, as described
h low ; which have not been received by -.-dd
Wood. The necessary st-ps to stop the pay.
incut of the notes at the B .ok, have been I k- n y
as the letter which covered those notes. m,> h., &
j been missent, it is :< quested that it be sent to
tb Milton Post O/H e.
Virginia, Richmond, O'
C .149 Simon Hunter 14 Jan. 1807 aP
Ho do C 14.1 H.-nry Ellis. 17 Mar. I8u6 50
Do do A 4\>2 W I .ii Allen 19 Jan 1807 50
Do do C 2'8() Edwin Novel l K-b. IrtlO.
Da do ,\ 358 Simon Hunter 14 Jan Iti’i/ 50
Du do C 522 Phil Rogers 6 Mar 18,>7 ,(>
Do do I> 3394 James East 25 Nov. 1897 10
Do. Norfolk.
A 1376 Itich’d E Lee 2 Myy 1805 20
RICHARD ANDERSON
July 17.
ALUAHLE HKOPEit ,Y-FOR SALE —
V ■*' r»iiraii .uceof ad< :rce of the circuit court
ott .ie U Stales, fur the Virginia district, pro*
nonneed at llie Nov 1309 session of that court
In tween Wm Kunkall U Co plaintiffs, against
l Immas ivi IV ane and others, defendants, and.
bet ween Soribia Scrophalt and bUrnian, ph’Hr,
utul the same defendants : 1 .
Will be exposed to sale, at auction, at Cr, Ira
in .he county of Cumberland, on Monday, the
"*?' I,,at v'*,u*We MER—
f HAN / MU.L usually called the Ca I- M Ms
Tobacco Ware House, l ave,,, and other I. ts of
Ground at that place Also, all the LANDS a6
or i ear Ca Ira, consisting f)f 2000 acres and up.
wnr.ls. which belonged 1.» James Deane, Thom *
M Deane ami Francis B Deane, or to either of
thorn, on the 20th <i-yoi Ma ch, 1801 Terms .£
sale, <en per cent, on the purch .«es to he p .id in
casli-A credit of one, two and three ye ms ' ,r
t le residue of the purcliasc money, to bear imcr
est (rom the d .y of s de—lh« purchaser or pup.
chase*s giving bonds, with security, to be aiw
p"ove.l by the undersigned commissioners, ,,r
tli'one that may act, and also executing a de. d
Ot tni.t upon the property so purchased, for se.
curing the payment thereof, at the periods af......
said Previous to the .Lyot sale, the land w.ll
be divided into convenient lots to suit purchasers
C COPLAND )
If C WILLIAM? t bomVj*
inly 17. ^ td*
f>V virtue of a deed of trust, executed to tho
subscribers, by Wm Mayo, deceased, 1 o
ol the county of Powhatan, and of record in tie
court <>f the said minlv : Will be offered for
tor Cash, on the 17'h d y ot October next, at ti e
court house of s aid county—one certain tract or
р. tv.el of LAND situate, lying and being in the
county aforesaid, and containing by survey 2u(J
a'-rcs, it being that part ot the tract containing
the improvements, on which the said Mayo f„r
m.-rl. rem.led For tl.c purpose of indcmiofyii.g*
brcti Randolph and Seth I.igon, who were se
c11.’.I i.*s for the s .id Wm M .yo and hi* son Da
vi ,yo, against the payment of a certain sum
ot rn . i. y. recovered .gainst them in the af... esaiil
с. iiin, tor th« |„ n< fir „f tl,e distributees of T».o«.
i Swann, dec’d ”
I i>e t >l" vested in us ns trustees only will be
c mveyed to tn^ frir^b i^tr.
yO MS L1G0N >
y l MLS POINDEXTER, < T-ustete.
July 17
m 3m
l/OUR'l EKN thousand e gh hund. d and s 0
a Verily
ACRES OF LAND,
For sale oni ihe waters of Seneca creek, in the
county of Pendl-t.,n
On the■ «ighteenth day of next month, |,v vir
tueof a de <1 in trust, executed by Robert Bar
•.liv, to secure the pn merit of... sum therein
men.1 •ncd.lo Richard Gun.'-1 shall, 1,ef,rc
toe . . or of the Eagle l avern, in tor city of Ri h
.n.M,d. proceed to sell, to the l.ig'.est bidder, f.u.
c si. all or such part of thi s.i.l Lnd, as maV
os sufficient to di.idurg the » .1 deed 1
, , 11 CAINE s', T- u r fee.
Mly 17 . .
14 v>K SA L, h NtTiaU TI< ACT Ob' I.AS D
( «-•>»» fininK '"’Iwen ih.-ec unci (our Inin ,{
; K "* Eilwc*r«l county, »rf,ot»,r.fr
’ tr*fl"n w ’ 1 The terms w,I\
•' made known by the sub'rriber.
PJirTQH a AN DO J. rt
4ulf tr.
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