Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-07-18 00:00:00, page 2

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THE PUBLick LEDGER.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1810.
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XHISPapir IS rVBr.ItHK^THRBfi T1MBS A trsir
SklCS TO SUSSCRISERt 57X OOIUKS ttn ANNUM, FATA
.»«•*' I* httyA MC«—■>! N 3 LK F^FKR 7TFEIWS 4Hp D!*A ttilf
es»M-^AnVI*T!SEMB1*IS A«|i:u»i>»TED-’'ii% THE RATE
o» »wrrc*wTf for tbs rnurf AwWtwtim wff cents
*
fbb Square for each svecss£m& insertion.
V we Publish the first number of the se
9enU volume of the Pvnucic Ledger/ The
-.fours® hdlirb the Editor hits pursued will be undevi
^ Rtin^ly continued, as the increased patronage whirl!
«ach year has brought to the Publieh Ledger, as
sures the Editor that his labours have berg approv
ed—It is tu*part of his practice to make profess/
ons, he wishes to. be judged by his actions und not
by professions.
The Edito^takes this occasion th njpind those
in arrears to his paper, tliat the amount of their re
spective balances will be very acceptable. Those
who reside at a distance, and where there is no a
geut for this paper, can transmit their balances by
mail in bank paper of any description. I; is not in
the power of the Editor to send ,to every person,
the expense and trouble wwuld exceed the object,
Consequently in many instances the debts must be
lost, if those who owe them, do not cause payment
Cio be nn^here.
The British packet has sailed for England direct,
k without railing at Halifax. The United States'
brig Hornet will sail for England in a few days.—
^oriectuies are afloat, but vr« shall «.f*Vr none.
‘' TgfcJNWg _wr» w» *vr rrm> ..
t: ¥DEATHS.-—Yesteid.iy Mas. Oli-sn, v.^'f m
4 1 Agin as GltttH'— East nighty Mk. Samuel
Smith.—At Portsmouth, Doctor Scuts,
Consular office of srain.
Philadelphia, July 13, IS 10. *
•#The government of therJUgcncy of Spain and
Indies, has especially charged its consuls residing
within the United States, to encourage, as lar as
may be in thei^ower, the exportation of Indian
Cora and F lo^ppto the ports 01 Galicia and to that
iu$f Cadiz, with an assurance, :has at present, »||
?luch specu]ati'*p|^promise considerable advantage,
^ inrll Knpniiatiillk^ nmtntca /•nt.ciel, .. .1.1 . __
and particularly in the ports of Galicia, were gieat
Scarcity of provisions prevails at tins moment.
The proceeds of ali such cargoes rn.iv le exported
in specie, at the option of ,thi concerned.
FOREIGN RELATIONS. ~#.s'
Accounts in several parts of hjjc paper state, that,
, in addition to his extensive r >'ih.-ne>, iluon-ipir e
has issued a derreee ordc'ing all Americans tqWe
pc France. VVe cannot hope that this hostile decree
i^ncludes the many seamen and others in French pri
sons I What will government say now? Will th< y
“ aait to hear from Eurpe ?” Rut if Bony has ha
nish-d all Americans from his dominions, and stol
en alUfejeir pr.o|erty, what further Van we hear?
" ^ Gazette.
• • y A CENSUS
Of the Th lath’fonts ;>f 'Jbxtndria, taken by order of
the Common Council, 18 10.
Total of White Inhabitants 4Q(aS
P >. of Free P. Ojde of Colour ' S(>S
Do. of Slaves
1383
Total number of Inhabitants 7019
Total number of Inhabitants in 1SCS, were 6.H3
Increase 676
• 'V
m ’ —
ADAM LYNN, c. c.
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TllOM THg TICKLER.
The True Patent Jaco!niche T.rtrider:
-Although there may he ibmt wi ll meaning peo
ple among the democrats,, yet a great proportion of
them ascend the ladder of Jacobinism, by grades
, Bonrfethtns! like the following—They were.
,y Timid u fiigt,. iu.il 77-'»> when danger whs nest*.
Furious u A’gt? in 178-, when danger was over.
V',> Greatful aW«u in 1?88, when France claimed
our independencies the pure of her services.
■^baytits in 1785’, when by srrittiotis and infl.im
«l"*y writings and speeches, insunectii.n against
the?*onstit^d authorities, was opealy preached by
them, and Rctuaily carried into practise in the
State ol Massachusetts.
■Jbili-federalists, in 1788, w hen the federal con
) Stitiuinn, (ffndcr which we have prospered so muck,)
was opposed j|Hd denounced by them as “ the calm
P af; disposition" h “ monarchy in disguise,” Ac. v
Genitives, ill 17^4, when they violate d our inde
pendence and neutrality, by fitting out ships, cum
'nnssioi^g officers. and miming mm fur Genet,
io the vcF^/ace of government and laws.
IPMsketfjfoi/s, in Gilt*, when they mse in arms
•gainst the nnld and prudent administration ' of
>y’n8h)ngt«#||piself; when Madison’s French par
tmht’.es were itt'.l known, when “ Jefferson retired
to avoid mahfojg «. figure," “these pre
tended pates*
“ Cithrvs,” fid SansCuiattes,iu^7<)j,»ad ITjG,
when Frenc-h^pacoUnirk soirtetie* were fumed
throughout, §|p United States, tn liquidate the
government; when they placed Cl.eiFVejn h cock
ades tm the standard of tlieir rpliitiii regiment^;)
when the Fr< neh cockades was puMickTy worn by
. ■ them, and when they declared that insurrection
. * was a holy thing, and the first duty of a free nep
r f1--. ■■■%*: |
ltiwk insurgents, in 171)% when they carried the
holy doctrine of insurrection into practise in the
State of- Pennsylvania.
Republicans, in 17bi)< when they threw off those
Y »u>ne>, which had become so justly ohna.vtom, ; 1 uv,
retaining the same principles, under the sacred,
1/ tunic of republicans, advocated the payment of c
■ tribute and douceur to Tullejrand, ft Co. and sent
® special envoy to negn'ieie for themselves a trea
ty of submission and ali. giauce with France, ftr
fcf. ftr. ' ' xt -v
fetsoninu.hi 1800, when they employed. Pt>
au5' Cnljsnder, Sec. to advocate the cause of Prance,
to’scandalize the character ofWashington, llatnil
toil and theii friends, and writ* down the govern-,
and ^evate Jefferson, tie undeviating friend
men
of Prince.
■grrjQjtit.h 1801, 4 802, andl!80.3, utfien by a
‘ tfulitifal j^olcrunre, us despotic as wieltw,’ most
ofthe ree^bigi of 1775,officers of the revolution
«ry army, tnd dear friends • uf^VVashington%' were
urled from tlieir offices and deprited of their bread
and living.
:3J"7iatt/iis(s, in (804 and 1S05, when they open
ly r-joice’d in the success of Buonaparte, in the des
truction of peaceable repubtieh( and furnished him
with |fteen millions uj dollars, to assist him in his
strides to universal monarchy. »
F.inbargoroons, in 180S, when non intercourse
and embargo laws were invented, to make us weak
and defenceless, that we might fall an easiei prey to’
the destroyer of mankind—Arid they will he
I/>yrM trench subjects, in 18—, when Buonaparte
Shall huge crushed Spain, ‘ and conquered the liber
ty of the seas.’ Huzza lor Jacobinism !
** SP1NOSUS.
* RRITlSI 1 NAVY. #
TI'<* following extract ol a,, letter addressed to Mr
Peireva! by Lord Mrlville, on the estabhsnini lit
ol a naval arsenal at North fleet. presents with
in a small compass, a striking view ol the pro
grpssiv.. increase of the Uritish navy :
“ I he following short statement will remind you
of the establishment of the different ’Royal Dock
Yards now existing in the kingdom. They are six
in number, Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Slieer
t’ess, Portsmouth and Plymouth.*
“ l^eptford was built in the reign of Henry tin
VIII. t.riii-r whose .sway, history tells us, this
country possessed toe first lieet compo-ed .it ship
of war, belonging to the king ; although I have
tteard that some archives, recently discovered in
t!ie Tower, prove tin existence of a fleet of that
n.! in tire ruga of the preceding monarch, lien
My \ If.
! " Molwicli \ ard was formed under the auspices
of the Santa monarch.
“ Chatham was founded by Queen Elizabeth,
where the gun-wharf now is, and where there was
only one small dork; but that being too ronfin.
a spot, it was removed about the year 1022 to its
present situation.
“ Sheemesg was formed in the reign of Charles
the If. 6
“ Portsmouth by Ilenry VIII. being the third
Dock Yard founded by him.
“ Plymouth by William 111. about the year 1(194,
and in Ib.98 money was voted by the bouse of
commons for completing it.
“ Hie progress've advance of our navy, will ap
pear by attending to the billowing recital of its
touring-at different periods, from the teign ofllen
ry V 111. to tiie present time.
IV/r
Tons about
At the death of Henry VIII. 1547
12,400
Edward VI
1553
1 1,000
.,i.c Alary
1558
7,000
„ Elizabeth
1003
17,100
James I.
1095*
12.400
Rebellion
1(U l
22.400
Charles I.
1719
uncertain
At the restoration
16’6'0
57.400
Death of Charles II.
Hi 8 5
103,558
jy. Abdication ol Jas. II.
1688
101.900
Death ol William HI;
1/02
159.000
Anne
16'7,170
1714
George I.
1727
170,81)0
Geoige II.
1769
321,200
On 31st December, 1788
115.000
-. - 18 Of)
770',000
1S0<)
800.000
“ I bus it appears that notwithstanding the va;
inrre ,st6if our navy, not a single dock yard hi
be-n added to it smre the reign of William III. i
Glut one hundred and nineteen years ago, at whir
time the tonnage of the naval force of this king
dom amounted to near 100,000 tons; it is now im,
I 800,000 tons, or about five limes as large.
“ The following is the amount of the Britis
Naval force to the first day of May, 1810 : At se
91 ships of the line, 14 from 50 to 44 guns, 12
frigates, 109 sloops and yachts, 6 bombs and tii
ships, 139 brigs, 24 rotters, 70 schooners, gut:
1 vessels, luggers, &c.—total
“ 1,1 P()n «»'i doing—23 of the liri“, 4 frigate!
50 to 44 guns; 38 frigates, 35 sloops, &c. 5 bomb!
&c. 56 brigs, 7 cutters, 25 schooners,&r.—toU
193. Guard ships, ,hospital ships, prison ship;
c• 3/ of the line, 7 from 50 to 44 guns, 9 fri
fates, 7 sloops, &c. 1 bomb, 1 cutter, 2 schooner
— total 64. In ordinary and repairing—6'3 of th
line, 1 l from 50 to 44 guns, 70 frigates, 34 sloop;
iSvc. 4 bombs, Cvr. 24 bngs, 4 cutters, 6' schoc
uers, —total 210 — Building—42 of the lim
13 frigates, 4 sloops, &c.—total 04.—Grand ti
tal 1,113.
&
Baltimore, July 13.
A ropy of a letter received in this city from
Messrs. Fleetwood, Arquibel (t Co. of Cadiz,
dated May 2'j, 1810.
“ We (eel it our duly to make you acquainted
with the present stale ami prospect of our market
lor product Iron) your quarter : In consequence we
suppose of an unfounded (ear of the insecurity of
this place, the late arrivals of flour have been very
Ultima, which together with the increased popula
tion ol mil city, has produced a scarcity of this ar
ticle, and the price has advanced to ?0 dollars per
barrel on hoard—the airivals must he very consul."
ruble to lower the price materially, and w*f*an con
fidently recommend the present moment as partiru
mriy favourable forspendation in this commodity.
} ^Ml1 is nioch required and high prices paid
| flic*, III.lull iu request, the first arrivals of this ar
ticle will obtain gfrp*» lOOlb. on hoard—Indian
| Corn, Peas and Bean* are wanted, also.J^eSTwid
i i in»l>t*r. . '.
L In rase of venture to tliis plac<*we would earnest
lv rerommend the least possible delay, as being
. mast likely to conduce to the ultimate advantage ol
| the concerned.”.
Savannah, July 5, 1810.
Lx'rnct qf a hi ter from the him. Paul Hamilton, at
f' u’hit'gton, to a gentleman in thin citu, dated
Jut", ill, 1610.
--•V' ^ ni*y he a satisfaction to voa, and the other
£nnd from of your city, to be informed that Com-i
podora DECATUR, is now UNDER SAILING
ORDERS, with a sovAbros o* otra'sii#*, to
cruize trom Hampton Roads Southwardly, which
will lend, I hope, to tfd our coast of the JHSvateipfj
which have been infesting it lor 3ome time past.-1
Pit i L a m;L^srja July 12. •
v . ja PjBtt
Yesterday drived bn^S..„.
Jiiail, from (.’»•
diz, which beteli 29th May, ^..
inform#* that the
trench efe erecting batteries and advicing their
Works at Matagorda; but had not opened them
when he sailed, neither had there
n any rent opn
ter or sallie on either side for so
time pr^ious
to.his sailing. On the tf tb a»d tffth of Muf', two
ol the prison ships tan on shore in gales of wind,
hy which (i or 7.QQ french prisoners wj-pe released,
tne hosts oi the™iiiisli men of war atiempfefl to
huaid them, whi!e.diilting,'.and talys out the prison
ers, Inn the lretichmtnj having got arms in their
bonds kept them offainfkillcd 16 or 17m the K.ng
l.sh ; froni which it is supposed that the one on the
'2 j’.h,- havitig 4 or 500 prisoners, taking the advan
tage ot the gal^t had rose ol, their guards,S%piztu1
their arms, cut the cables and let filer rtrift on shore
the I nncbtinn delended her til! they were^iill
landed, vvi en the British set her on lire,
Capt. Quail iniorms thft|pOn the 20th of May
t’oe Spanish mountaineers Hrmed only with knives,
oHgopis and cutlasses, poured down on the toWn oi
Chicus,.(about 16 miles from* the isle of Leon)
garrisoned by a body of the Flench, whom they
routed and tut to pieces, barifty leaving a man to
tell their misfortunes.
Captimi Q. heard nothing of the battle in, Por
tugal, or the evacuation of Madrid, as reported yes
terday via Charleston.
.m Juiv in.
t.xtract <>J a letter dated “ Rio JancirW, .’Ifcty 15th,
1810.”
“ On the 13th of the present month the Spanish
l rince Don Pi-:l>ro (the only Bourbon Prince, who
is out nt the imo*. nl Buonaparte) will he married
to the Prioress ltoy.il o('dS?prtugal, niece to his C’a
tnoiu-k Miijf-sty Ferd.n iferJVflth. fe
1 bis alliance will cement the interest of Spain
-■cud Portugal m the Western Wot id.”
* Nf.w-York, July 11. "
LA TP ST PROM CADIZ, tee.
\\ e Irani by the schooner W<*viumit|),capt. IIow
I ind, in 30 days from 'leneritle, toat a lew davs l-e
me her departure, two Spanish and two English
74s, with a ttansport ship having *>n board S00
French prisoners, arrived at Jj.mta Crtiz Irom Ca»
diz, which place they h-lt about the 1st of June,
i iiej, stated that the Marquis de la llujnana, with
80,000 troops were on tin jr march in the rear of
the French army towards Cadiz ; and that the in
habitants ot that place were in high spirits, and
under no apprehension of being obliged to surren
der to the French.
We fm(her learn, that the Seven Canary Islands
were immediately to he placed under the vne loyal
ly of the duke riel PaKjne, who, with a number ut
troops, were hourly expected at Santa Cruz.
It is further added by our inlnritiant, that so
much were the inhabitants incenstd against the
I reach prisoners at Port Oialaviu, and the upper
town, that they had embodied and threatened to
massacre all they could find {/and that two respect
able ^.French ffohahitants ot the place had bten put
to death by the populace. About 100 of the regu
lar troops came over from Santa Cruz and quelled
the rioters.
Extract of a letter from a commercial house of the
Jir.it leaptctatiUiti/, da!at Liverpool, May- 25,
1810.
We are informed that Mr. Pinkney is at length
ill possession of the Fieiuh decree, by whirl) all
American property is sequester.d, as likewise the
imperative order for all ( itiz' ns oi the United States
to quit the French territories without delay, under
pain til imprisonment—i his ileci-e was passed as
far hack as tile 15th March, but not published until
the 8th ot Mays It is transmitted lo ,11 the nor
thern powers lor their adoption.”— E. fust.
July 13.
The Hiitish sloop of war Avon, of 18 guns, rapt.
Fraser, sailed from the Cap'S of Delaware on the
tilli iast. lor the island ot Jamaica, She put the
money for the Spanish minister on board of a vessel
at sea on that day. We understand that the cap
tain would not wait longer tor permission expected
Irom Washington, to land the money in tlie United
Slates, which arrived atteF the brighad gone down
#e nver- This is the brig which llUly had an ac
tion of nearly un hour with a Fienrh Irigale, which
treated her rather roughly, in her hull and rigging,
and killed several off) her men. The action was
fought within musket shot. The French frigate
sheered off. We also understand, that three Ame
rican seamen were delivered Irout prison on the
Spanish Mam to the captain of the Avon, and were
given up by him to the American consul at Havana.
Boston, July 10.
FROM THE BR\Zli,S.
Intelligence from Km Janeiro is 10 May 2S._
There had been great rejoicings m consequence of a
marriage in tlie royal family. The Portuguese
princess, wlm has i.een united to the Spanish family,
is about l(i years ol age, and of great personal,ac
complishments. The officers of every American
vessel which arrives are immediately conducted to
the palace, and introduced to the prince regent_
members of his faintly being (nquemly present._
He is Iriendly to our countrymen—was gratified by
bearing the appointment of the ambassadntir, and
was impatient lor his arrival, lie had become
more contented with his situation ; but the general
hatnd of Buonaparte was as great as ever.
Married, at Rio de Janeiro, May 13, His Most
Setene Highness Don Pedro Carlos de Bourbone
Bragancit, JufaMe ol Spain, to the princess da B. i
ba Donna Maria Theresa, daughter of the Prince
Regent «f Portugal. The city and shipping weie
illuminated lor tluee night-. A grand, display ol
direworks took place, 25,000 rockets were disc bulg
ed at onre. 6
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* -V-. AIa^BLVHP.AD, July g,
Saturday «rrived at this poit t.rig Cato, Capt.
Lpwis CJirdler, fiom Corunna and Isle of May, 35,
days from the latter, where he tarried only one day
—says a f-ver raged there with the greatest vio
h nee, supposed to proceed from want of lain, a<f
. they had not expfiienred any for four years—Could
not itll what number had died, but victims to it
were falling every day. One of the inhabitants in
formed hiui he had lost g sons, and another 3, m a <
. *■ ■:> '
wry tfiorl ipaceof time. The island confalfliV U
bout 800 inhabitants. ; v ‘
The Corunna paper** by tkpt. Girrfler nr* frVhe#:
^th of May. Their corkents indicate a ioM art
fioabated spirit; «f resistance in the SpStftards to
llfeir invader*. "They mention tbe'fall .if Astorca, *
*)u*lot ^ii> ^,e lee** despondency j and the reon- * v
qjip they say cost the Fjfench 4000 men. Junot
dsreeitjlthe siege. The Spaniards oltai&d a n.ost
honourable capitulation, w#cfi. they rbrug? thV$*
rifn( h w||h alniiist#ftm»di8tel)' violritin«. ' Frurri V
the ohstiniicy with which tfiis and other places h.ns - .
been defended, it is evident the seige oi Ca<:u j* »
li.e whole work the Trench bava rian their bunds ‘
in Spain. ■ # . ,• #
/:- ’
( hi om the London Morning (Ojbronivte.
Quest inn as to the practise exercised* 7y the fvo hour
«.'■« of parliament o/Tomti uing liM mto contempt,
and punishing it their ovn order. * “ : '
In considering whether a 111*1 can be that sort of. '
obstruction which would justify either a court (if
la* or a house of parliament to exercise the power
with which they are invested for the protection"of
their jurisdiction, it must be admitted that thtrtf
may he cases of outrage by printed placards, (hat
do tend, clearly and manifestly, to interrupt thur
proceedings; but the case ought to ■ be flagrant ?
and the necessity f..r the exercise „f the pow er ma-’
nilest on the face ol it. VVe enn imagine many
siich cases, 'placards of Lord George Gordon,
• hen 10,000 men went down in rank and file to the
house to countenance and support their petition, was
clearly an instance where the house ought to have
exerted all its powers to remove the obstruction.—
But here was something more than libel—here there
was open and undisguised intimidation. We ovTnj'
however,, that a contempt may be’Committed by a
it,el only. I’ .r instance, suppose that a person in
high authority over a number of followers, as tl>« *
commander of a regiment, or th'ie commander in'
cl.ici, should issue, in rrdire to bis battalion or to
the army, a menace against the house of comihotfi,
on the occasion of a bilffn its progress ; it cannbt
be questioned that llie bouse ought to have the pow
erol summary attachment, to pievent, if possible,
the consrquenees of such a horror. Ji-tt it is ,?n
ly upon occasions like these, which would not1
merely interiupt the proceedings and viojafe the se-';i
mi ity of parliament, but would Overtl'row all ]a«r,
and S|t at nought the ordinary courts, that ought tc*
prevail on the two houses to resort to a course
which, consistently with the spirit of the constitu
tion, cun only be applicable to extraordinary limes
and to dangerous breaches, of the peace. We begY
leave to give the able option of lord Erskine, on the
right ol summary attachment even by the courts
"l_ It was an opinioft'fgiven so long back as
1780, on the occasion of an attachmest issued by
the Court ol King’s Bunch of Ireland, against tbs ‘
Mug strates of Leitrim, for being engaged in hold
ing a meeting lor a reform in the representation of
the people in parliament. It was published in this
paper in 1/98, as being applicable to our cass then, 5
and it is applicable In the case of Mr. Gale Jones
now ; because the proceeding against him is for no
act that might clearly, safely; and aftertuaffy havs
been brou$*ht before the ordinary courts of law.
Mr. Ersl hie s npin Inn of the proceedings of the court
of King s Hatch in Ireland, by Attachment, uni
te/: to <1 gentleman of high reputation at the Bur
tn Dublin. k
Bath, January i%, 178.5.
MR—1 I eel myself very much honoured by your
application to me, on an occasion so important to
the public freedom; and I only lament that neither *
mj^age nor exp. lienee are such as to give my opi
nion any authority with the court in winch you
pfac lice ; but Wherever I have no doubt, I am al
ways ready to say v.hat I think, and you are there.
i"ie very welcome to my most public sentiments, if
any use ran t>e made of them. - 1 “ ,1
\ <» have very pij$er!y confined your question t.>*•
the particular case, luroished me by the affidavit
which you have transmiUed^o me ; and my an
swers therefore need invoke in them u<> grnerahdjs
cussion. upon the principles ol civil govCrnnfnt, ” '
winch in the mere abstract are not oft-eft useful nor
always intelligible. The prop«®ions, to which my *■
answers are meant stijctly to apply, are,
First, jjVlielhiT the facts charged hy the affidavit,
011 whicli your court of king’s bcm/fi is •proceeding
against the magistrates of L. i'rim, are sufficient W
v. ri ant am, criminal prosecution for a misdemeanor
u h jf soever ?
be. midly, Whether #feppUsing tht:px*n%ifift 'to
warrant a prostration by information or indictment, *
the court lias any jurisdiction to proreed by at- ' ' ’■
TAC11MENT? * * ■ * t
As ym» are pushed in point of time, I can ren- ^
ture to answer both (Jiese questions at Bath, with
out tne assistance of my books, because they would
throw no light upon tiie first from its singularity,
ami the last is much too dear to require any from
them. ► v,
As to the first—the farts charged by the afiich.
vil do of thtmsehts neither establish nor exclude
guilt in the (Jelemlants. In one state of society
such proceedings might be highly criminal; and,in
another, truly virtuous and legal. •
Jo create a national delegation amongst a fie#
people, already governed by representation, ran ne
ver be, under a!l circumstances, a crime ; the ob
jects ol such delegation, and the purposes of iliosd
who seek to etlect ir, ran alone determine the quali
ty oi the art, and the guilt or innocence of the ac
tors.
If'it points (no mutter upon what necessity) to
“iiperrede oi to rnntroul the existing government
ills sell evident, that it Cannot be tolerated by its
laws. It may he a glorious revolution, but it is
re ml lion against the government which it changes.
If, on the other hand, it extends no furthcrlhan* f
to speak with certainty, the united voice of the nal
tmn toit* rcprec-ntattvcs, withoof any derogation ,
ot their legislative authority and discretion ; it is a’"
lead proceeding, which ought not indeed tobelioht
- ,,ntert<‘ii"‘d, but which ninny national conjunc
tures may render Wise and necessary,
i 1 »Uorney feneral might, undoubtedly, con
vert tlu* facta, contained in the affidavit, into a le
gal charge of a high misdemeanor ; which, when
properly put into the form of an information, th#
defendants could not demur to : but he could not
accomplish this, without putting upon the record -
ava marts of their ciimirtal pm poses and intent inns ;
the truth ol which averments ar« facts whiih he