Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-08
NEW YORK. April 4.

r,;, Henry, from C9rA, al ~ 20
na6,ee has turniihed us with irregular
tiles 81 Enslih and Irith papers to the HFH
&c March, ~ DAYS later than had bee"
oreyiouly received. Our Loadon ffscsS
.Cnrgent are to the a6,h Feb.
Several petitions, praying for repeal
Of the duties on the Importation OF COTTON
and wool, were pteParing IN diheiea'
parts. of 6. Britain.
TIE faie Of purified and common lat,
bv Wholesale ana retail is p'ohlnied
throughout the italian Repnbiie' and per-
mittel only toperfons authorized oy 80
sernnenr. w
Orders have been iflued from the War
Odice in London to ;ncieafe the bountles
for recruiting, ard to take men TWO inches
below the ufual fsndard.
The free navigation Of the Black Sea
has been granted TO the Spanih, NePoli-
tan, and Baravian trade, at the ntercehi
on Of the Emperor Alexander, in order to
increale the RuaIan commerce in thatiea.
10 return for this privilege, the Ottoman
vefels arc to enjoy in the ports OF theie
powers the rights Of the moif favored ma
tions. Britain and France are, however,
10 poieis executive privileges: and, IN
particular, that OF effabl'fhing Genius IN
the Turkiih ports of the Euxine'
The law Rejecting the tranfs ct certain
foreign manufactures through holland
and the prohibition of others, is likely I"
he fepeaied, or at leaf to be fuipended TIL
the Batsvian Governments fhall have re-
eeiyed satisfactory calculation on TIE
iabjeSt.
4 Court of Enquiry has been la'e.y or
dered TO be held for the pu5poie OF invei-
ticating the conduct of feyeral Recruiting
Officers, who are lulpetted of reculaiion
in Ireland. :.
The Emperor of Germany has IL
faed decree declaring Venice free
porr.
The recommendation TO mercy OF the
iury who convicted Colonel Detpsrd, the
mediation Of Lord Melton, and the pTi-
/. louc,'s own written application, have been
without effect: His execution was juds-
| ed necehary IRON motives of State Sol'-
!. cy and, accordingly, The ientence OF fS ~
tx Of his aaocia,es on the 21A Feb. In nt'y
met their fate with fortitude. Colonc!
Dslpard having aked and obtained per-
niilIon, addreiled the fpctfators in the fol-
| lowing manncr =" Fellow citizens,
| GENE here, as you fee, after having ferred
| my country faithfully, hoaorsbly and ufe.
fully, ferved it for thirty years and up
wards, TO fuher death upon (caGoId for a
crime Of which I protect l an no, guilty.
I folennly declare tia, | am no more
guilty Of It than any Of you who may be
now hearing ne. But though his Ma
jelfy's miniRe,'s know as we'll as do that
am not guilty, yet they avail them
lclves of legal pTetext TO defroy man
hecaule he has been friend to truth, to
liberty and to juaice-becaufc he has been
friend TO the poor and the oppreGcd.-
Bur, citizens, I hope and traf, notwith
Ganding my fate, and the fate Of thoie
who no doubt will foon follow me, that
the principles of freedom, of humanity,
and of jufice, will finally triumph over
fa!tehood, tyranny, and deluGon, and G.
very principle bottle 70 the intereifs of the
human race. And now having faid this,
| have little more 10 add, except to with
you all health, happiness & freedom, which
have endeavored, as far as was in my
power to procure for you, and for man.
kind in general"
The fame day on which Colonel Def
pard was executed, Mr.. Peltier, the Edi-
tor of a paper printed in London called
l. Ambigu, was tried at the infance of the
Br:tiih Government, and convicted CT pub. |
iifhing libe! on i}orapa.te.
PHILADELPHIA, April 4.