Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-12
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Frem Dutch aa1t Eagl;sh papers received al
Ba!tsaserc.
LONDON March as.

on "Wednesday 0ighs, "a the ffouse OF
Lords. she reiterated attack upou the late
ooeos.sers for their order OF the 9Th OF 40.
wsichs,he presen, ministers stlIs insist occa
sicnsdtheir oeders ia counci!wasa gain made
by the lord Chancellor, who was answered
hv Lord Erskine, IN 2 Rost powerful and
u aacswe rable speech. at great lepgth.--
His gogdsa;p said, this charge repeatedly
made. reminded him Of Switl's Tale OF a
Tub. We produce, said lord Erskine. a
piece OF bread--we cat il IN their presence
-.,we briog sbr baker who baked is--every
body round agree it 20 be bread, but The
noble lords answer, shat it is net bread.
BAT the latest mutton thar ever came out
of Lcsde0hali market, and the oaly proof
1t.ey give Of the propesition is, that il any
man ventufed 10 assert the coatFary, shey
hoped that God might etesnas!y damn
him. Ford Erskiue said. shat ahese were
the wor SIS of the Rev. Dean Swift, and
nor his, and therefore the bishops muat
paedou ,he prof@aeuess. He said he had
90 doubs, that If il were convenient TO
establish ,hs, his lordship's black coat was
green color, 1t mighs easily be accom-.
piished. AS manv a, are of ,hae opinion,
say Ave-would give il any color IN the
raiubow. His iordship here adver,cd TO
the Bark Dill, which he had done two days
before He said, that Mr.. Barke, in one
of his immortal oraiioos, had alao gwen
immortality to the beaeyoieot Howard.
Speaking of that &. Eat man 10 his career
of humanily, he had said, g he has visited
ell Europe; not TO collect manuscripts, or
10 cola,e medals bur 10 dive insos,he depth
ofdunseoDs 10 pluage iuto:,he Infection OF
hospitals; 20 survey The mansions OF grief,
misery snd despair; 70 pi y the torsaken;
to remember the forgotten, and to collect
aud coliate the dis,resses of all msn Ia Al!
couatries., Il was circunnaVigsslon OF
charity. II was At, said lord T.. that this
circumnavieator of charity should have
received his being 10 that country which
had been the inatrumen, Of Providence Ia
her cikcumnavigas OF the earihi GOT
like the first di9covercr, carrying cFselty
aud death IN her train but collecting man
KIDD together under the dominion OF laws
and liberty" But what was the proposed
Clrcomoavigatioo of ministers? They at
this momrut, ike Howard, were TO visit
all Europe like him shey were 10 p!onge
into the infection of hospitals. but DOT,
like him, to remember the forsaken ADD
forgotten, bar to pluck the balm Of beaith,
or rather OF lise, OCT OF the mouths OF the
miserable. They we're 10 rob them
not of one medicine, which, as DC had
said formerly. might be substituted for
- he n
even as often as they repeated The Order CT
the 7th of Jan. that would subject Great
BRIAN TO the final everlasting curse
a." was sick aud We visited me DOT"
March 26.
Expedition to the Baliic.-We have al
ready stated thar the idea of sending troops
TO Sweden has been sbaudoned, Ii is how
ever ipteoded speedily to send strong ma.
val force TO the Baltic. Indeed the ships
are now ready, and nothing but the pre-
vailin9 easterly winds have prevented hem
from sailing before this time.
Admiral sir Samuel Hood, a tried aud
brave officer, who is TO have the command,
left town 90 Thursday and arrived ar Deal
the same evening. The Cen,aur is hourly
expected there from Por,smou,hto receive
his Aag. Sir James .Saumaeez IS also ex
pected 10 rake command in the same ex.
peditioo, who will hoist his flag on board
the Victory. on his arrival 10 the Downs.
GOttsnbur8h Nails. THIS morning We
received journals and letters from Gotten.
bufgh 20 the 21st INST. The king OF Deo-
mark, who had long been 10 such state
of mental debility as not to be able to per
form aEy of the executive functions, died
suddenly on the 18Th inst. The crown
prince (now Frederick lV) has succeeded