The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1804-06-20 00:00:00, page 1

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l co'iipofc the Republican Ticket of 1iletters of
PrefJe.it and Vice Prefdent of Use United Stales,
tspvhlijhcd. The eleffion for the choice of Elec
tors will he holder m each county and coiporation
on thef rf Monday in November next.
Philip N. A ichol.i:, Chairman,
ycft.v H. Fovsar.a, Sec'y.
Richmond, May 25, 1804.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
Richard E. Lee,
John Goodrich,
Edward Peg ram,
Dr. Richard Field,
Thomas-Read,
Creed Taylor,
William II. Cabell,
George Penn,
George Wythe,
John Taylor,
Larkin Smith,
John Minor,
William EU/.ey,
William Dudley,
Mann Page,
John Taliaferro, jr.
Richard Brent,
Hugh Holmes,
James Dailey,
James Allen,
Archibald Stuart,
J unes MTarlanc,
Gen. John PrefVon,
William M‘Kinky,
> The Republican Printers throughout the
Jlate% are reqiiejled to infer t the above one month*
"spring goods'
WII.UAM TEMPLE
IT AS juft received, by the Jcclp Rebecca from
-L London and York/hi re from Liverpool,
AN ASSORTMENT OF
c o on s.
Su'dable to the feafon, vobicb he will difpofe of on
( the ttfual terms.
Richmond, May Oth. tf flj
j KLLIS fc? ALLAN,
Have received from London, Liverpool and Rriflol,
A NEAT Sc VALUABLE ASSORTMENTOF
SPRING GOODS.
I !\ London Review
nr Annals of Literature,"from the year 1791
tHl ! 903. hou.iil ii: boards, 39 vuls.—Anti 30 Numbers
of'- Ladies London Magazine."
June 13. ° (3w)
n-cchfa. "
At « S ifieri or Court of Chancery hoi dm at the
Capitol in the city of Richmond, 14th of
September, 1303—
R et ween
Mary Ruffin, executrix, and Herbert Claiborne,]
'Jams Ruffin and lVHUam Ruffin, executors off
Robert Ruffin deceafird, and the /aid Janet
Baffin, Robert Ruffin and Sterling Ruffin, pro
fee utirg in their own rights....Plaintifft.
sind
IVilliam Clack, and James Cargill Jones, and]
Richard Jones, infant! by Charles Bin ns
Jor.es, their guardian.Defendants.
1 fls'S enufe, abated as to the plaintiff's Alary
f Baffin and James Ruffin, by their deaths, arid !
fj art on the bill) nnffwerj ^ exhibits) a;idy cxnnti* j
nat.ons of witneffes, and argaetl by eounfil, the |
fourteenth day of September, in the y*ar of our \
Lord one thoufand eight hundred and three, the :
court direffetb one of the lommift oners to ffrteand
r oort the credits, to which th- drf ndeuts are,
if to vty they he, intitk-d, exc/tifnt • of the paper
Surrey tendered, and iufflt r.jetted in November,
of they nr one thoufand feven hundred eighty one,
fow.tr Is dife barging tie debt, for feeding
paint'tit of which, the mortgage propofed to be
fortclofid, was granted.
/I Copy—Teffr,
P. TINSl.F.V.
May 2Ztb, 1 RO 1. (w2m) fz)
On th - motion of the plaintiffs, by their eounfil,
John Jems is aligned guardian to the infant d -
J.ndants, to defend them in this fuit, in place of
Chari, s Bin ns Joth-s, who is dead.
d! Copy. p. TINSLEY.
CoMsnsstONru'yOfFtcx,
Richmond, May 2Gth, l £04.
THE parties concerned are dr ft red to take No
her, rbat r have appointed H'edncfday the iwen
^Z 'fth day of July next, ffr carrying into ejfctl
t/rr wt b n decree } upon which day tMr attend
tf.rr ,s required at my office, w'-to their papers
and accounts, readfor examination.
H as. Heir, At. C.
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IHk RUBSCKIBKKS,
(Living on Shockoc-Hill, near Mr. Daniel L.
Hylton and Mr. Benj. Mofby)
P ESPLC 1JULIA inform t heciiitens ofRich
*V mend and its vicinity, that tiny Lave
lately commenced the
CARPENTER & JOINER’s BUSINESS ;
and are nonv ready to undertake any buftnefs
in their line.—They trvfl, from their part me
tar attention, and faithful performance of every
thing they undertake, to merit public patronage
ITU. LI AM K. LEE*
JOHN S. JLEE.
MayJZ, ’04._ ,/ f5J
Jolt outing Six ffogtt/iecds of
TOBACCO,
now lying in Dymer's Ware Koufc, will be
lolcl according to l,aw :
1800, January loth—Judith Kelly,marked I. K.
No. 5, Grofs 1 i 1 1, Tare 114, Nett 927. 1901,
January 9th, do. do. do. No. io, Grofs 1190
fare ns, Nett 1077—January 23, William
Higgs, marked W. D. No. 17, Grbfs 1165,
Tarf }*°> N^tt 104—Do. Jo?.,, Brent,
marked I.B. No. 21, Grofs loss,Tare 137,
A.elt246—Jsnuary 30, George Brent mark
cti G. B. No. 25, Grofs 1179, Tare 146, Nett,
1033. March is, Spencer George, marked S.
G. No. 43, Grofs 1052, Tare lob, Nett, 916.
THOMAS HURST ) ,
Wm. MEREDITH. 5 InJP'8ori.
May 19.—iaw3m.
Richmond County, June 1803.
John Campbell, compl’t. 7,
AGAINST ( ^
William Morgan and Peter \
Northern defts. ^
[T^HC defendant Morgan not having entered
-» h:s appearance and given fecurity accord
1 ng to the d&. of Aflembly, and the rules of this
court, and :t appearing to the fatistatfion of the
court that he is not an inhabitant of this flatr ;
on motion of the complainant, bv his council,'
it is ordered that the faid defendant do appear
hereon the fir ft day of the next term, and an-'
fwer the lulls of the complainant, and that a
copy of this order be publilhed in feme neivf
paper printed in the city of Richmond, for
two months fucceflively, and a copy alfo poked
at t.ie front door of the couithoufe ; and it is
further ordered that the defendant Northern,
«> nay, convey away or fecrctc, the debts
and cflcdts in his hands, due and belonging to
tile faid Morgan, until the further order of the
court, in the premifes.
A copy Telle.
—_D. MCCARTY, c. r. c. !
AKOLIN E S PR) N G S.
subscriber Intends to open
... T"Al ERA at the Caroline Springs, on
the f, leaf ant ami healthy finPP.d:,
the Medicinal qualities of the waters, that it
will be a place of general refort.
The Springs are fnuated' about 5G miles from
Richmond, 18 from Port-Royal, 12 from the
Bowling-Green, and 14 from Fredericksburg.—
'The roads leading to them are remarkably (rood... I
the Y are furrounded by an agreeable and refpehl- 1
able neighbourhood.—There are out-boufes for
the accommodation of thofe who wijh to live fe
parate from the Tavern.
Thefnbfcriber flatters berfelf, that thefe in
ducements will not only operate on invalids,
who, in the f.ckly feafon, attend the Springs'.
\for the fake of having their health ref ored, but
w:ll alfo be felt by thofe nvhofe only object is the
enjoyment of company, as it may be J'afely fa id the
fociety will be equal to any in the country.
No exertion will be wanting to make every 1
thing perft Ply agreeable.
ANN GATEWOOD.
Frederick/burg, May 19. S \ffy.
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AND
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‘ SrmctitFTrbvs will be received at tie Of
fice bf the En^ihUp*.
The printers of NrwfpnperM in this Jljfg will
' oblige us by pub/ijhing our 1'ropofah.
rvfr \.And*>' “father er.aS'J, That cve
age. who fhall be bo
na fide footed of a freehold eftate in the town of ;\la
for the°r ° rai' haVt rClklcd in thc ‘own aforelaid
h>r the fpace of one ycr.r, and have been a hou<e
keeper there,n f„r the fpace of three months next
1 ending the day of the eleAion, and who lh.-ll have
bemwithm that time charged with any tax upon the
puhhc books, and fhall hare paid fuel. tax, fhall be qua
I.r.ed to vote for members to ferve in the r«m)Ln
lounc.i of the laid town, and no other perfon fhall ex
.ifCl ,‘r .1,e n£ht of luff-age ; and the perfonsqualified as
• orefa.d to vote fhall meet at fome convenient place ih
lnlk'V', ? ^ey relpedively refule, and ele<ft
’ ; , , I,crlons ft,r tJ‘e reprefimtatives of fuch
warclm the common council, out oft the free white
male c.t.zens who fhall have arrived at the age of
twenty one years, and fhall haverefided in the town
? v fardria 1 ,r,ee >’ears* and in the ward for which
mediately precctlmg tiie Ck'X'..ii;, t..:m-reover
he feizedof an eftate of freehold in die faid ward, of the
value of five hundred dollars, and he a houfe keeper
therein. And that the faid ele&ions fhall he held on
the firfl T uelday of March in every year, by three
commilfioners to he appointed in each ward lor that
purpofe, by the mayor and commonalty for the enfuing
eledion, and afterwards by the common council, which
appointment fhall be at leaft ten days before the day of
*‘iu'h election, except in regard to the firft eledtion to
he held under this ad. The election for the enfuing
y ear, fhall he held at fuel, place in each ward as fhall be
fixed on by the mayor and commonalty, and thereuf- !
ter fhall he held at fut h place as fhall he appointed by
the common council, of which public notice (halt be gi- I
veil.
Sec. 3. And Lett further enacted. That the
members of the common council, elected as aforefaid,
c rany twelve of them, fhall within feven days after
their clcdion, in each year afTemhlc thctr.felves at the
court houfe,or any other place which fhall he hereafter
fixed for their meeting, and fhall choofe one of their bo- j
dy to hr prefident of the faid common council to whom
fhall he adminiftcred by any jultice of the peace in thc
county of Alexandria, an oath or affirmation for the j
faithful difeharge of the duties of his office ; whereup- j
on the prefident of the faid common council fhall adn.i- i
nifter the oath of office to the other members of the
faid council, and fh.-.ll have while the council is in feffi
on and the power which is at prefei.t exerdfed by the i
mayor upon thc like occafion, and he fhall convene the j
council whenever in the opinion of four of the members
exprefied to him in writing, or whenever in his opinion
the good of tlic town may require it : and the authori
ty of the faid c ommon council ihull continue one year '
from the day of their election, and until others are i ho- 1
fen and qualified in their (lead, and no longer,_That i
the common council fo eleCled, and thofe thereafter to
he elected, and their fucccflbm, fhali be and hereby are
made a body politic and corporate, by the name of the
common council of Alexandria; and by-the faid name'
(bail have perpetual fucceflionwitli capacity topurchafe, i
pcflels and enjoy lands and tenements, and goods and,
chattels either in fee or letter eflate therein, and the j
fame to give, grant, let, fell, aflign or transfer; and to
plead and to be impleaded, profecute, and defend all
caul'es, complaints, aCtiouVre.il, perfonal or mixed, and '
to have one common fexi, and perpetual fticceffi-.n.'
And ail the eflate, rights and credit now veiled in the j
mayor and commonalty of the town of Alexandria I
(hnl! lie veiled in tlm find common council when e'eCl
‘ d, and may be recovered in their name for the life of
the faid town ; and in like manner all claims and de
mands againft the mayor and commonalty of Alexan
dria, prior to the operation of the prrfcnt aft, may he
profecutcd and recovered againft the aforefaid common
council, and procefs ferved upon the prciidcht of the
common council lhail be deemed fuflicienf.
See. 4. Art! he it further i-nnfleJ, That thepi
rifdidiiv.i of the faid common council fhali extend to
the limits heretofore preferibed bylaw, and excrcifed
by the mayor and commonalty. The concurrence
of a majority of the whole number of members eleCled
in*o t be common council, (hall be neccflary for the paf- '
ling of any law, order, or refnlufion, or for repealing,!
altering, or revolting the fame.
Mf';. 5. Sind be it further enacted., That the
faid common council find! have power to er-cl and re
pair work-houfes, houles of comet ion, and other pub
lic buildings, for the benefit of the faid town ; to pave,
make and repair the flretts and highways; to make
all laws which they Until conceive requifue for the pre
fervation of the health of the inhabitant*, and for the
regulation of the morals and police of t!.e faid town,
and to enforce the obfcrv.mrr of tJnbr laid law*, l«y re t
ronahle penalties and forfeitures, to h- levied upon the
goods and chattels of the ofl.-ndtlr ; and they Ihali have
power to raife money by taxes, f ir the ufe and benefit
of the faid town:—Pnoviorn, That fttch laws rtv.iil
not be rcpugtiunt to,or incor.fiftent with the laws and
ronftituti./ii of the 1 United States.—1’I he J..id common
council flt.iH, v. henever they deem it proper, have
power toopen, extend,regulx't!, ptve.and improve the
dreets, within the limit* of the Ibid town:—Pnovio
ro, they make to fhe'perUm or perfons who may he in
jured by Inch extentien, juft and adeoanU (Vmpeoi «;i
an out ol the fund* of tii* corporation,to be afeu uuicd
nr AUTHORITY.
[LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.]
AN ACT
To amend the charter of Alexandria.
T)E it mailed by the Senate and Houfe of Re
1' prefmtcti'ves of the United States of Ameri
ca tn Cot nr rtfs affetnbled., That the town of A
ifxatidna (hall be, and is hereby divided into two dif
tritts. by a line running call and weft at an tnjual dif
tanee between King and Prince-ftrects, beginning at
the river Potomac and extending to the wcftem boun
dary of faid town, and all that of the town which is
fituated north of the faid dividing line, Ihall be
called the not hem diflritf, and all that p^t of the
town which i* fituated fouth of the faid dividing line,
fn ill js called the fouthern diftridt of the town of A
lexandria, and where ar.y houfe or lot find! be fituated
partly in pen diftrnft, it lhn.il be confideredas lying in
tb-t diftrnft: whet e the greater part of the laid lioule or
, ls./\cuate a,*d lhall be a 11 efifed accordingly, each of
the ddlricfts sferehtid lhall be divided into two electo
ral wards, by a line palling from north to femh through
the rn.ddle of Pitt-ftreet, to be called the fu-ft, feconJ
tJuru and fourth ward, none of the taxes on the valua
tion cf real property, which lhall hereafter be colic-died
in the northern diftrnft lhall be expended in the reguh
tMg,cr tilling up, or paving, or repairing of tlie ftrccts,
or l.nking of *.veL», or building of bridges ir. the fontft
em diftrnft, nor lhall the taxes on the valuation of real
property, winch lhall hereafter be collected in the fou
thtrn dil.ricl, be expended in the regulating cr filling
up, or paving, or repairing the ftreets, or finking of
weU.orbuildcg o1 bridges in the northern d.ftritft.
Hut all the monies to be expended upon t!ie aforefaid
improvements in either difirieft, thaft hr raifed by af
I nent on the valuation of real pi . pet ty in each dif
tnc-refpedl.vely at the times and in the manner the
laid common council lhall order and <lin.<ft. |t ‘hall be
the duty of the alfell'ors and other public officers to
keep the . ccounts of each diftrid feparate and diftimft
m to the aflcfliiients for the aforefaid local pur
!a5feVThidl arc !,f"v ihall here
• er l.e afi. fled or levied upon the vtduation of real
property or other fubje^ts together with the fines and
o tiie rents lffumg from theproprrty belonging to the
corporation and all their other * rrftmrces, lhsil con
“be=pl’roprh“J ,
!. r, he lt father enafled, That the
jnr 1'iK‘lu.n of the faid common council ihall extend o
; ver the harbor of Alexandria, and over the refills of
every.Ieicnption which may arrive and he in the har
bor, or he at anchor in ary p.rt of the river Potomac
f sarfmi s Ifiand, and within the diftriift of Co
lumbia, for the purpofe of preventing and reinovingall
nui lances, and luch other lubjects or things being on
boardany f.sch veflel, as may he prejudicial to’the
health of the town, and for no other purpofe. And al
*'J* tneir jurisdiction ihall extend over the town, for the
accommodation of the poor and others, and over the
; t en acres of ground thereto belonging, and over alfper
A.r;s who may be tint or placed there by the co,Tent or
authority ofthe common council, and on their wav to
Ppovn": ?*n?n,e’until thl7 bc regularly difeharged :
he cC f 1 ,au pa.:’re? and otI,cr PL'rfnn* fhall not
the mnitre?ashav!n8rt,lereby «ainei1 a refidencc in
; ,_<-ount). f° as to become chargeable thereto.
bec‘ 7. And ie it further enaded, That the
common council find! annually at their firfl Vneedng-£
e. their own elc then, and qualification, choofe byLl- I
tfter direTe *b‘e,lnan havi,,S t,ie qualifications herein
fi-l[hd *T’i bc mdy°r of tbe t°wn, which choice
memhe«ori|,yr“.majl,rity °f l5,e whoIe number of
numW rf ht'.ra‘' rm,n0" counc‘hunlef* the whole
number of member, be equally divided between two
pron. m which cafe, one of thole two Z.
foils fhall be m.im dutely, by the vote of the prdi
dem of the council eUcAed. The mayor final 1 hold hi.
imril af“r OPt7ear’ the time of his ck-flicc and
fuccefler is chofen and qualified in his fteacL
At the expiration of which period, he may be re-cket
• r!S ttercafter m fucceffion, and no longer,
until he fhall have been out ofoff.ee for one ye ,r. HeLil
hemre he enters upon the duties of his office, take in!1
onth or affirmation, in the prefence of the council, kith
1 t . rTter S luid ofiice* whlch ^ recorded
1- ws of th°°k i prOCtedl",gS' He fhal* fee that the
non the n "Krat,l’n ht. **7 fcxccuted, and fiiall re
..eg.:ge::cc cr mikonducr of any officer to the
common council, who on fatisfadory proof thereof
2 'TOVe fr?m ,,HiCe the AJJ delinquent, or take
kl ir^n ,l,reS £hereul’°n’a* !hal! juft and law
coundl whel ' a-VCpOV trt° convtne the common
council, when in ms opinion, tr.e good of the commu
hv™ fa’M
proper, w. ufe peace within the faid town, and fhall
• ^ -* Tnr his fervices, annually, a juft and reasonable
compeiilation, to be allowed and fixed by die common
council, which fhall not be increased or dimifhed dur
ing the pt riod for which he fhall have been elclk-d.
Any nerfon fhall he eligible to the ofliceof mayor, who
is a white male citizen of the United States, who ihall
have attained to the age of thirty years, and who fhall
be the bona fide owner of a freehold eftate in the fuiJ
town,and fiiall have been a rciident in the town of A
kxandria five years immediately preceding his tlecfti
on, and no other perfon fiiall be eligible to the faid of
fice.
Sec. 8. ylnd be it further enabled, That in
cafe of die refufal of any perfon to accept die office of
mayor upon h:s election thereto or hisdeath, rcfignati
011, inability, or removal, the common council Ihnll e
lecd another in liis place to ferve the remainder of
the year. The common council fhall have power to
fupply vacancies in their own body, by cauftng electi
ons to be made in manner herein before directed out of
the citizens qualified to fill the faid office ir. the next
ward in which fuch vacancies Ibail have happened ;
and may in the abfence of the prefident, elect a preli
dent pro tempore. In cafe of the temporary inability
or abfence of the mayor, the prefident ol the common
council Ihali perform all the duties of the mayor, that
may be required to be performed during his abfence
or inability, and in cafe of vacancy, in the faid office
he fhall perform the duties thereof until a new election ]
lhall he made.
See. 9. j4i:H hr it further mnfled, That the !
of the common council fliall he figned by the pre- 1
fident of the common council and fliall be prcfciitcd to
the mayor for bis approbation, who, if he object there- j
to, fh.i'l within three days after it fliall he prefented to
h:m for his aflentrcturfi it to the common council with i
his objections in writing, and if a majority of the whole
council fliall be of opinion that the law ought tobe paf- j
fed, it fhall notwithlfaiidina the objections of the may- i
or» become a law and he fliall flgn the fame ; hut h the !
mayor fhall not return his objections to the fame with- 1
inthreedaystothefaidcouncil.it fhall become a law!
and fliall be figned by him. Hie clerk of the council !
fluid record in a book to be kept by him for that pur
pole, all the laws, orders and refutation* which fhall j
he palled as aforefaid, and deliver a copy of them to the
public printer to be printed for the information of the
people.
See*. JO. shut hr it further cunh'd, That the
com.r.iffioticrs to fuperintend tfie eleCtion in each ward
fhall before they receive any vote, take fovcrally the
following or.tlior affirmation, to be adminiftereJ by the
mayor or any juflire of the peace, u I A. IJ. do folemn
')• fwe "- oraffirm (as the cafe may be) that I will truly
& faithfully receive A return the votes of fuch perfons
as arc by law entitlad to vote for members for council
in Ward No. and that f will not know
I tagly receive or return the vote of any who is not le
, gaily entitled to the fame, fobelp me Oo(f the faid (
I cledi ion fliall be rlofed on the day it is begun, and the 1
poll fliall he kept open until ftinfet and no lortrer,_
Tin faid commiflioners in each ward or a majority of
♦hem fh.di, on the next day after the el* dion, m ike a
lid of all the votes received at laid e\e& ion ; and the
four perfons having the greatelt number of votes, fhall
he duly elided ; and in all cafes of an equality of vote*
the coinmlflioners fliall decide, and fhall make a return
of thept rfoTis fo eleCled, undertheir hands & foals tothe
mayor, who fhall catife the lame to lie pubiiflied in tlit
newf-papers of the town ; the faid commifTiontrs fhall
alfo fend a duplicate return, under the hand* and l, als
of the perfons eleded.to the clerk of * he common
council, who fhall preferve and record th. fame; the
faid common council fhall judge <• the legality of the
election of any perfonwho fliall he returned as r.tnem
btT thereof, and (hull have full power to pr.fs all law*
to enable them to come to a juft decifion upon a ron
tefled eleiS ion. They fliall hr ve power to compel the
ai tendance of the nictiiber.s of the council* hy reafena
bta penalties,and topafs all laws for the orA .y and
regular coedud of bofincf*. They may . any
meitfber for d.(orderly behaviotjr, and with ronfent rf
three-fourths of the whole council eypel a mem
ber.
11* jdud he it further enafirdf Thai
whenever taxes upon reui property or other claim
charged upon real property within the town Ih .11 hr 1
hy the verdict of an impartial jury, in like manner as
has been ul'ual in other cafes where private properts
has been condemned to public ufe. ‘ 'I hey (hall‘have
power to hold and keep w ithin the laid town, market
days in every week, and from time to time to appoint
a clerk of the market who (hull do and perform a!i
things belonging to the office of clerk of rhe market
withill the (aid town, according to the rules :m.t
point a lupermtendant of police, conimiffioner*, and
(urveyors of the Arrets, conllahles, colledors of the
taxes, and all otiier officers who tray lie deemed necef
l^ry lor the execution of tiieir fcrvices, a rcafonab! •
coinpenfauon, and whofe duties and powers Atall be
pi Hcrihed in luch manner as the common council At?.!!
i.eem fit, for carrying into execution the powers hert-hv
granted. '
NATHl. MACON.
Speaker of the limfc of Rcprcfatati-vcr.
JESSE FRANKLIN,
February 2°ftL‘
Approved,
_ TH : JEFFERSON.
1- orcigu Jnteliigctice.
(Continuation cf EtTfMndia .V«wt ^ccivoa
at Ne^u-Tork.J
. Calci’Tta, Tan.
i rorn authentic accounts from Cevlon we
hear that a perfon had arrived from Kandi at
Commbo, fometime in tlw beginning of laft
S ’ WJ>“ fiw capt. Humphreys and captain
Rumlej at Hangarcene Kettle, the prtfent refi
ll nhfrn 1 If °f TCandi 5 tl tT were fo flridt
: S c*f ’ that this man could have nocon
vcrfa.ion, much Ids deliver a letter to ran tain w
vymen tie was entrufled with. Major Davie bad
died of a Ryfciitary fome time ago.
A Sub-Afiiftant Surgeon who had efcaped
from Kanm at the attack on Hangvveille, ha3
tint a^ th nKrrati-vc °£ l!'-e whole tran faction j
?t tbe begmmg of tbe mafTacrc being near
captain Ilumprcys, lie feized hold of capt. IK.
?OT.t.RHd, jrontrjved to roll down to the pdee
tor, going, as his cuftorhTTrfVtfWQ ; there they
ous meal, was difeovered by a Mala' yiiafc , tTiC
Corporal of which he had formerly been ac
quainted with, when in the fervice of the Dutch:
the Corporal aflurf.d him of protection and of
fered hirn fomc refrefliment; this he readily ac
cepted and f lid there was an Englifh captain
who would be glad to partake of it likewife ;
tliey were then brought before the King who
ordered them to be feparately confined:—the
Ialt fupply lent to capt. Humpreys from Colom
bo were by four Coolies, vv bo fafely delivered
the articles, hut, on their return were attacked
by the Candians, who feized a box which had
been committed to their charge directed to one
of his friends containing as was fuppofed, his
filoft valuable papers.
A le tter from capt. Humphreys dated the
18th of June mentions warlike preparations of
the Candians, and a likelihood ot hoftilities foon
commencing—this was the lr.fl letter received
from this officer.
If fuch ir.tercourfe can be carried on, and
communications made with our unfortunate
Countrymen, the beft hopes may we think be
entertained either ot their ultimate elcape or
refeue from the hand of tliefe barbarians.
Fort William, Jan. s.
Advices have been received thisdayby His Ex
cellency the molt noble the Governor General
in Council, from the Governor of Fort St.
George, announcing the capture of L’Efpitgle
French Privateer by his Majefty’s flop Dadaig
neufe, Capt. Heywood, off Cochin, on the Hth
of December, 1 BOB. The Privateer failed from
the Hit of Trance about the 8th of November,
and had rot taken any Prizes.
The Prifoncrs captured in L’Efpiegle dated
to Capt. Heywoood, that Six other Privateer*
were nearly ready for fta, and propofed to fail
for India, loon after the departure of L'Efpie
gle from the Ille of France. Two of thefe vef
fels are brigs, and two others arc (aid to carry
twenty guns each ; it was undcrflood to be the
intention of the Commanders to cruize in the
Bay of Bengal.
Copy of a letter from the Officers of the Eritljh
army in Inala,
To his Excellency General Gerard Lake.
Commander in Chief.
Sir,
We the officers of the Britifh Indian Army,
who have had the honour of ferving under your
Excellency’s perfonal command during the pre
fent campaign, imprefled with fentiim ntH of
hieli refpeft towards your Excellency, and ad
miration ofthofe exalted talent ’by which we
have been led to a fvries of brilliant victories,
confirming the fuperiority of the Britifh arms ill
this remote quarter of the globe, and yielding to
usafoldier’s be ft reward, the approbation of
government ; beg leave to rcquefl your Exccl
hncv’b acceptance of a fcrvice of plate of tl r
value of four thouf u»d pounds, in tcltimony of
our attachment and eflcem.
Zealoufly devoted to our kirtp, our country,
and the government under which we have the
honour to feme, it only remains for us to n
prefv our fmeerc and ardent hope, th it we may
long enjoy the ad uitage ofb-lttg ph tl( under
your Excellency’s guidanc a> d command, an {
wherever the interefls of the /late ma- renui-r
| our frrvices, infpirtd by yow animating t :;.jrr.
pie, and cberiffied bv your applr.ufc, we m y
i continue to follow you to vi^toi y and re
nown.
We have the honour to fubferioe ouvfclvct, ‘
(on behalf of the army,)
Your Excellency’s very
Faithful, obedient a*--!
Devoted fcwants, ^
iHcrtfolhyil/t ja* !urrji 1
bee. 1<j. And hr it further maEed, That lb
I n. f 1 ° dl'Y "'^•or *dsol the yenrral aTembly of Vir
riAUt'SWSJi:‘!lhe P«rvi«w of this ad lhall be
not! ’ C umV- lf ^crtpy repeikd: Provided, That
contained Ih-Jl be confined to impair
or deftroy any right or remedy w hirl, the mayor and
commonalty of Alexandria now pofllfs or enjoy to or
concerning any debts, claims or demand, r./Jaft aur
perl on or perfons whatever, or to repeal any of the
he fd ll na,r''S’ Cf f!u‘ 'lu>'or aPf1 commonalty of
I s ad *° f°rtC’"hich arc not btcor.hftent with
due, and owing to the* common Council, end the pro
prietor fhaM fail to ddcharge the 'am-, the f.dd com
mon con:—, aim, gtvmg the part , readable notieg
'• heu he ,elides in tile towu.fixty day* tn>ti a v/|.t.r
relides out ol town and in the I. nited State*, ahd af
ter hx month* publication in the tiewlpnpm wl ■ ,
he relates out of -he United States, (hall be emVower
court 3'IT A fjId . ... ‘W,U’ b> n>««'ion i:, the
court of Alexardm "-miry : A::o ,>rov,dl d, ir lh .ll
appear to the late.action of the court that fuch t ,>e?
or clam,sure iuRly due. judgment fhr.ll be Kr=nted
and an exe, ut,on (hall illue thereupon, with the cods
of Juit, agamll the goods and chattels of the defaulter
If any car, he found within the town ; if not that the
vvho.e propertyupon which the trot ordain, is du4
lu..! by order of the court, be leafed out at public a- •
1,011 lor the Ibo, tell term of years that nr.*- bo rf).r
aChC°rdhi0n that the It,iei‘ ?••)' thean-ciragesaud
i -ut'-rc taxes accruing during *},e term, and be
ihenv to remove all his improvement., ,t the exi.i
ra.ion of the.elite: Provided ai.wavs, That the
- omn on council may profecute any other remedy by
adjonfortiie recovery offaid tuxes and claims which
is now pofle.led cr r Mowed.