Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-10-08

flied C4rifbtooke Caale, rendered anous
by having been the prifon Of Charles
!. during the civil wars of his time, and
where his e!deit daughter died AFTER he
was beheaded. TO ary one fond Of con-
templatiog the remains CT antiquity, this
is an extremely intereiting place. The
citadel was built about the year 600 by
the Saxons, confequently aboutl 100 ears
ago. The other parts was built by Eitz
Ctborn, in William the Corque5or's tine,
100 years ago. The whole is il a fate
OF hi3n preiefvation, and great care is Ia
ken Of it. he prelent Govencr, Lord
Bolton reGdes there. The well for iup-
plying the cattle with water, is truly a
gleat cpriofty, being 900 ises deep, abonr
z5o Of which is perforated II rough fold
rock. Our guide let a lamp dew 2co
feet, till it relied in the water. The wa
ter is drawnup by an ais. The animal
who lad performed this duty for45 years
died lately. The village OF Carriiorooke
is cloiely Under the Cattle, and about a
mile f,cm Newport. he cattle Aands
on a very high bill, ard fation on the
citadel, which ID gained by mounting a
a;ght OF u feps on Inc outGde, gives d
commanding view Of the whole iland.
On returning from Newport, we had
view OF the new Barracks, built for the
accommodation OF ten thouland men.
10 be fenfmuea.
With refpeA to the right OF Bopaparte's
naming his iucceior, the debates IL the
French Council Of SAFE, ran very high,
whenhe prit In torle, rofe and faid, with
great midnels and ioiemnty-" Citizens,
| l.bow to the viii of the CourciI but The
privilege Of nan,:ng fucceGor, is one Of
lhole which mott tends to the tranquility Of
the fate, by preventing re'rattions. All
fhall defge, 10 iuch a cafe, is, the rot
being compelled TO publih my choice
every on- woaId then be difpofed to pro-
mote the public welfare, as the factions
could make 10 party. There is NOT or,c
amoagf yen, Citizens Counieliors, who
might no., With rropricty, iuppofe your
feitmy choice, and CT ccuTle, that in aim
ing at the general PROPERTY, you mi2hs
ultimately enjoy perionslly, every thing
that would be great anl glorious. -
Thefe were nearly his words.
From the French papers received at NJ
York; !efs information is 20 be obtained
concerning the fate Of French politics.
than from Ensliih prints. The nation &C
large appears to acquefce, with the usmoit
[zng f-o,a. in every dictate Of its prelene
rulers incapable Of living tranquil under
any modification OF free form Of gov
ernment and exhaufed by the eternal cei,
fafion Of revolutionary contributions, it &C
length, repofes in the fullen calm of mill
tarv deipotifm, for f1ch in faa, noswith-
fanding all the proviion Of the late or
diaances, relPetting the prolongation ct
The authority of the frA Conful, is the,
potitiec Rsse Of France.
Pubic feteS and procemnns or clFIl or
religious nature aill amule the populace|
of Paris, and Paris gives the tone TO the
ref of France, which appears to forget, in
the pomp and parade OF Bonaparte's Mill
tary ettabl:fhnent, the once impoGng Ell
auette and ceremonies of the old court.
What has often been pre,iicated feems fully
verified, that tae French nation is doomed
to defposifm.
'Phs nation is, now, apparently happy,
and however dicordant with our IDEAS,
enjoys and cherifhes the energetic govern
ment OF Bonapar,e, whole administration, !,
it mue be confeaed, is evidently directed
TO the aggrandizement OF France, not only
by extending its empire but by foiterlng
the arts of peace: the whole energies OF