Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-23
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER %.

Tuesday the j 5th instant, IN the House OF
..orxsestatiges, resolution were reported to
...r,,et the Senators and request the Repre-
.utatiges. of this state In Congres to use
|ss;r utmost endeayors TO effect the repeal Of
IA embargo laws, and to express the opinion
fthe legislature that no points Of etiquette
.cht 20 be permitted To operate as bar to
.,sngc n,cats which involve the peace and
scsperity of the country. After an animated
Late which continued until late hour last
'ssning, they passed By the following mao
s. ss.| tssS 1s.,s as as Majority g,
Boston csntinrl.
Al the October term Of the supreme
ui,,rt for the district Of Rapide, Orleans
|~nitory, the grand Jury returned two IN
d;,tmen.s for murder, two for horse steal
:. and two for sw;nllin Presented this
s IS; laws as nuisanc the parish judge
& impression and extortioa and three
s.t;;,ss 81 orace for misdemeanor in Office.
s. 7Farchea Gaz.
"a London paper of TIE 26ta September
contains the following paragraph
Saturday morning the Lavinia, captain
h Hansolk. arrived at Portsmouth, from
,slmiral Tho-nboreasaa's squadron Of Tou-
=. She IS under quarantine. She left the.
ston OFF Tptalon on the 9th uis. whereshe
q been cru:zing nearly &c weeks, as one
| e me iin-s!aorr squadron Of ffigates. She
80 The enenlv's feet at Tonlon, every day
twice. ADD Sometimes offsncr. They con-
s;st 81 Ten sail of the line two of which are
three dsesers) ana seven frigates, in every
,espccf ready for sea. Ganthu'ne COM
mands in chief, having under hur three
,ear adnnirals. Two Russian linsof battle
,Ah;;ns GOT in there from Porto Fisrura, in
a. island of Elba, some months since the
Lyiinia saw them go in. They were I'M
|m.diately reftted and made ready Tor sea ).
|Iut now, for some cause, they are dismant-
led and moved into the basin, They have
|bteIy launched at Toulon, two ships OF the
Inc, one Of 80 guns, and the other, called
he Austeriitz, Of 1eoe.suns. Adm. Inorn-
borough was crpizing about 10 leagues
,o.lsh Of Touion, with 1a sail Of the line I;
! line of battle ship was always kept, day
and NIGHT, advanced in shore, to, repeatthc
sends from the frigatcs. Lord CoAin3-
wood sailed from Gibraltar On the iss ult
.Orcsume the command OFF Torlon. 5.
The Lavinia spoke nothing on her pas
SAGE from Gibraltar, except on the sth inst,
the Myrtle sloop, captain lime, off Lisbon,
By which ship the Lavinia sent dispatches
for sir c. Cotton, at Lisbon, which she re-
seived from Lord Collingwood; and dis
patches from gen. Drunmon1, At ciibraltar,
br sir Hugh Dairylnplc. 'Ehe Myrtle left
ST. Ubes the morning the Lasiaia spoke hea,
The ravages and exactions of the French
insthat neighyorhood, even after the signing
Of tie convention, were very great. a
French general Of division had caused ex-
actions amounting TO 1900 pounds sterling
to be made, which so exasperated the por-
tuguese, that a Portuguese general, with
sooO men, had determined 10 a.task him
% the night the Myrtle sailed.
Manu- actures in Goanecticnt.--T hreepie-
ses super6ne Broadclo.h, manufactured at
Humphreyville, one of full-blooded Merlno
WOOL, grown IN this country, and the other
two pieces, Of the wool of the hasfebloodcd
Merinos, were exhibited 10 the general as
scmbly at its late session, 10 the high appro- :,
baton Of its members. Ihc first piece was
;iiuleed 10 BE equal in 6neness and goodness
81 8 c!oshs now sold at 10 or II dollars per
ward the others to those which are worth
sdollars per yard. We understand these
and some pieces of cotton cloth nom the
same factory have beensert to Philadelphia
where extraordinary encouragement tor the
sale 8. homcspun cloths is afforded by the