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Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-07-27

Appointment of the Grand Duke OF befs
the high dignity Of lieutenant general o."
Kingdom.
To the Supreme 5oar4of G5vernmtH'
Having deemed it proper . give the s'4
direction to all the forces of my klnggdo
with a view to the security Of the proper.
individuals, and to lie maintenance OF q
guilty against botn intsrn.l and eyer
foes, | have thought it my duty, in oroal
attain that object to appo;ns lieutenant 50
raj Of the kingdom, our beloved bTosl
the Grand Duke of Berg, who, at the y
time, commands the troops of our any 1
emperor Of the French.
And therefore, we command cur supr
council of CASTLE, and other councils.
chanceries, audiences and justices o.
kingdom, the captains general, and goT}
ors of oar provinces and places, to BEAR
obedience, execute and enforce the el
ton Of his orders and dispositions, saep
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-07-27

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ness should dread the consequence 81 81
lar connection; some of my scatteroa
diers may be assassinated, but such exse,I
could only bring ruin upon SPAIN
Your royal higllness knows all the rscs,l
Of my heart; younay see that ] am aetl
ed by various ideas which want.to be Sj
You may be certain that, at all evenst, / y
deal with you as have done with n
royal father rely upon my wish to recoad
every thing, and to find opportunids
give you proofs of my affection ard M
regard. And so, | pray God may y
you, brother, under his holy and WORT
protection.
(SignedD NAPOLEON.
The royal council has subsequently,
ceiyed, under date Of the 9TH and sth i
following royal address, letter, royal den
and order:
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24
EUROPE.
NETWORK, March II.
HIS MAJESTY's SPEECH,
HOUSE OF LORDS,

THURSDAY, JANUARY 81.
At three o'clock, the Archbishop of Cam
terbury, the Lord Chancellor, and Lords
Dartsmouth and Aylesford, took their seats
immediately below the throne, as commits
sioners, and the commons being soon after in
attendance, the Lord Chancellor delivered
the following speech:
{" Ny Lords and Gentlemen,
WE have received His Males
tvs commands to assure you, that in calling
you together at this important conjuncture
OF affairs, he entertains the most perfect con-
Tiction, that he shall find in YOU the same de-
termination with which his Majesty himself
is animated, to uphold the honor of his crown,
and the just rights and interests of his peo-
pie.
We are commanded by his Majesty, to
inform you, that no sooner had the result of
the Negotiations at Tilst, confirmed the in
huence and control of France over the DOW
ers OF the continent, than his Majesty was
apprized OF the intentions of the enemy to
Combine hose pow ers into one general Con-
tedcracy, to be directed either to the entire
subjuSation of this Kingdom, or to the
imposing upon his Majesty an insecure and
lgnominious peace.
6 That for this purpose, it was dctermin-
ed to force into hostility against his Majesty.
states which had hitherto been allowed by
France to maintain or to purchase their neu-
trality and to bring to bear against different
points OF his Majesty's dominions, the whole
Of the naval force of Europe, and specifically
the fleets of Portugal and Denmark.
To place those fleets out of the power of
such c"ntederacy, became therefore the in
dispenslble duty Of his Majesty.
In the execution Of this duty, 50 far as re-
lated to the Danish fleet, his Majesty has
commanded us to assure you, that it was with
the deepest reluctance that fis Majesty found
himself compelled, after his earnest endea-
vors to open 4 negotiation with the Danish
Government had failed, to authorize his COM
manders to resort to the extremity of force.
hut ne has the greatest satisfaction in con
graduating You, upon the successful execu-
ticr Of this painful, but necessary service.
We are further commanded to acouains
you, that the course which his Maies.y had
to pursue with respect to PORTAGE, vas hap
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24

Porary revenue, receipt considerably larger
than that of the preceding year.
1.-The satisfaction which his Majesty feels
assured you will derive, in common with His
Majesty, from this proof of the solidity of
these resources, cannot be but greatly in
creased. if, as his Majesty confidently hopes,
it shall be found possible to raise the neces-
sary supplies for the present year without
any material addition to the public burdens u
'Afy Lords and Gentlemen,
1--WE are especially commanded to say to
you, in the name of His Majesty, that if ever
there was just and national war, it is that
which His Majesty is now compelled to pro-
secute. This war is in its principle, purely
defensive. His Majesty looks but to the at
tainment of a secure and honorable peace !;
but such peace can only be negotiated up
on footing of perfect equity.
The eyes of Europe and of the world; are
fixed upon the British Parliament. :,
Z" If as his majesty confidently trusts, you
display in this crisis of the fate of the coun-
try, the characteristic spirit of the British
nation, and face unaPpalled,' the unnatural
combination which is gathering around us,
His Majesty bids us to assure you of his firm
persuasion, that, under the blessing of Di-
vine Providence, the struggle will prove sue
cessful and glorious to Great Britain.
We are lastly commanded to assure YOU,
that in this awful and momentuous contest,
you may rely on the frmness of His Majesty,
who has no cause but that of his people &
that His Majesty reciprocally relics on the
wisdom, the constancy and the affectionate
support of his Parliament
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mo. 1O1.

mlnlshed respect and attachment so much
ms due to do our duty, my Lords, in imita-
ZION OF him, who through long, arduons.
but glorious reign, has SO conspiculously
done his. . e,
His Lordship concluded by moving an adj
Dress to his Majesty, which, as usual, re-
echoed the sentiments of the Speech.
Mr. Canning,gin the House Of Commons
concluded long and able speech with the
following remarks, on the same day:
With respect to the differences with Anne
rica 1t had been thought right frankly and
voluntarily to disavow the unauthorized act
OF hostility towards the Chesapeake The
Provocation the officer who had committed
that act had received, went far to excuse
nm but the right of searching ships of
war had never been acted upon long or tn a.
ny extent, and in late tihhes'it had not been
acted upon at al. 1t was, therefore, thought
right to abandon this unfounded pretens;on
unequivocally but in doing so, his Maiesty's
ministers were determined not to conccte n
point OF whatthe strict and established right
OF Britain, and the usage of nations justified,
and required the British government to sup
port. With respect to the late Orders of
council, retaliating the restrictions Of the
french government upon our commerce. he
maintained Our right to goas far as France.
and making France feel the effects of her
own injustice, that we could hope to bring
her to more reasonable conduct The vieoI-
OF the British navy when put forth with de.
termination. which the moderate spirit ofthe
government had hitherto restrained, would
prove equal to cope with the power that
france had established on land. 1t would
appear that II France combined all the DOW
ers OF the continent to Cypress us, the effect
was but TO increase our strength and ener-.
gv, and to make us triumph under orpres-
sion.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24
THE con- afISSI0NEPS apno;n,e ed ,,I,Ie

NE C0MMISSI9NERS appointed urde r
u the act ut the Congress ftIc United States,
" Authorizing the Erection of BRIDGE over
the River PoToHAc, within the District Of CO.
lurnba," to receive subscriptions for erecting the
same, hereby give notice that the Books OF Sub
Ecrjpton, will be opened at Stcllc's Hotel in the
City Of Washington, on tile Ist Monday in Anrl
next, between the hours Of - at noon and P n
Robert Brert, Tenab THOMPSON,
Daniel Carroll, s.siafian Swift.
Of Daddng,on. 7henaas VoqysN,
Thomds Mnnroe, Cath6e,t Po.,tX.
Tanles ID. Barr, Elisha Tanney
Ffederick May, Charles Alexa,i,t
Samuel III Smith,
The act of Congress autborises the substitution
Of IEso Thousand Shares, and REQUIRES The paw
7nent OF ten dollars each share ut the time Of
subscription The residue to be paid in install.
ments Of ten dollars AZ such times as the Gonna
ny shall fix
Form 2f PRISE, re?dred 1ozr those Syho make use
Of an Ggsnt
empower ------------- to subscribs for me
IN my name, for - shares of Potomac Bridge
stock, under the g Act a'rthorising the erection
ot bridge over the river Potomac, within the
District of Columbia"
March a. tep%x)
TOR SALE for cash, approved paper, or cx.
a change for Kegroes-rwo Tracts ~ prime
Military LANDS of 1000 acres each, in the ST &c
Of Ohio, upon tho waters of { s.sar's Greek These
t'pcts of Land were surveyed for the Hon fudge
Marshall on 25tI Nov 1794, and granted 20 b m
10 Gc.Eo cpTFNtiotyP9
mareh ~ 6<wl
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CASH PRIZE s.

L,cV0 do. TO consist OF machines foro-
penng of-cast worsted 8:
open wrought woollen cle-
thing into woool, valued
at one hundred dolls. each,
-. 4 (Patent right included) 10o, 900
1000 do To consist of rights for
manufacturing ornament
al mouldings for dwelling
houses and shipping, valu-
ed at fifty dollars each $4,000
.:'ts !! -. s 100000
Subject tc deduction of fifteen per cent.
The most uaiua6le Cash P,ses from 200 dollars
and upsrarss, 10 be determined as foiLosus:
First drawn number on the FIRST ten days drawing,
each S 300
Ditto ditto en the succeeding ten days,
each 500
Ditto ditto on the succeeding five days',
each LOCO
Ditto ditto On the succeeding two days,
each 5000
Ditto ditto on the last DAYS drawing 10, coo
This Lottery will positively commence draw
ing on the twenty third day of February next, and
will be completed in % days at intervals, under
the superintcndance of Gentlemen appointed by
the Governor, to whom approved security has
been given, for the faithful dra wing of the Lotto
ry agreeably to the scheme. The numbering for
the wheels has so far progressed, under the dree-
ton OF Mr. James Oellers, as TO justify fixing the
day of drawing. The cash prizes will be paid at
the bank in thirty days after the conclusion Of the
drawing, the Machines and Composition rights
delivered to order, on payment of the deduction
as above. .AH prizes must be demanded in one
year after the drawing, or they will be considered
as forfeited after that time. Sc, ,
TICKETS at TWO DOLLARS each to- be had
of VIM. Pritchnd and FitzWhylsonn and Pot
ter. .... .u a..
The price Of Tickets VIII advance as the draw
ing progresses. :. ". . - VI, -,
Nofe-The purchaser or holder Of every ticket,
will be entitled 10 valuable patent right for ma
nutact;lring Sage, Starch, and Hair-Powder, from
Potatoes, by process entirely new, besides =
chance of the many valuable cash prizes.
Jan. Ia. (oawtf)
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24

TTNO THE FREEaoLpERs AND HousE-KEEP-
Frs OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND autho-
fised to vote for common councilmen, take no.
sicc that the election will take place on Wed
Acsday the first day Of April next, the poll will
be opened at ten o'clock at the following places
j. Jcfrrsorward at tho Court House, in Madi-
sonward At the RaYie-Tavcrn, in Monroeward
1t Mr.. Thomas Whites new Brick House.
.S.-s JOHN F. PRICE,
-. Ss-grans Of the City Of Richmond.
March fl Tcpt1stVA1
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24
n edmond TILE MANuFAcToRY-

% edmond TILE MANuFACToRY-
N The subscriber having procured the ,eHclu-
sve right to manufacture in this and several ether
states Harwood's much imprcvct. Patent Tile for
covering houses, and at eonsiderabic expense
erected the necessary buildings, DC for carry
ing on that useful business extensively, now Of
fers to supply at short rot'cr any quantity that
inay be required, Mt the moderate price of thirty
foe dollars per sho1.n-d. delivered at his Factory
He can with confidence, founded on actual ex-
pertinent, in the covering Of about % houses in
This city, assert, that houses can be covered with
this tile as cheap in the first INSTANCE, as with
ahinglcs Of the FIRST quality, and:whcn the secu-
fity against FIRE, the difference cf insurance, the
durability and particular conseruction of those
tile TO resist the most penetrating, rains and SHOWS
nre considered, he cannot doubt OF meeting with
considerable encouragement. 1t requires only
tho examination Of 4 we'll covered roof to con-
tinee the most preioaiced mind of their superio-
r;ty to any other tile heretofore made. or to the
best Of slate, and will cost less than the latter,
after paving the expense Of water carriage to al
most any part Of this continent. -,
Particular attention will be paid to orders from
other towns, and in all cases where they are
shipped, he will deliver them whole and sound,
along side the vessels, at the expense Of carriage
only tn the purchasers. AM person skilled in
the art Of thing, viii put thosc tile with great
facility, but where they cannot be procured, he
can engage a few here who have had some ex-
pcrience, and will 60 moderate distance, if: the
5obis Insufficient magnitude and their travelling
expenses paid. BENJAMIN DUyAL.
Richmond, March %. Cep2w&1awtfl
n. B. wish 70 sell Patent Rights in several
ether States. d. ID.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24

GRAND LOTTERY
Highest Prize 10000 dollars. Authorised
By an act Of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, for
the encouragement Of USEFUL ARTS.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24

A. 1OUNG MIN, ,rho &c single. thar Under
n stands tie management Of Negroes, and can
real and write, tpith Gerry ittle knowledge If f.
and sobrie, n, ~ hear IF employment by aep!ica-
sion 70 the Editor Of this Paper.
Mareh 10. ~ (IJ
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-24

. edmond TURNPIKE COMPANY
IA At meeting of the directors of the said
company on Tuesday the 10Th February, ] 500.
Reserved, That cali ofivc dollars on each share
tie made CT, the Stock holders in the said compa-
nv, and that they pay the same To their Treasurer
on or before tie fifteenth of April next
copy. N. SHEPPARD, CLERK.
CJ The stock holders must not expect me
90 cal. them for the money, as the law does not
require it,, nor does the duty which have under
taken to perform for the COMPANY, impose it on
me. N. SHEPPARD.
February 10. fiji
on RUNDRFD REWARD-
~ Runaway abou the LIST instant from the SER
vice Of Mr.. William Rawleigli Ito whom he was
hired) black man named JACKSON, n house
carpenter by profession, of thin constructive ap
pearance, about forty years of age, FIVE feet eight
or nine inches high. From circumstances attend.
ing his elopement, it is believed he intends max
ing his way to one of the eastern states and has
been provided with false papers of freedom. If
taken within the state and delivered me here or
secured that get bin, will give fifty dollars,
or if taken out of the state, ono hundred dollars
ROBERT GAMBLE, Jun
Richmond, Dec 2o feptE1
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Il 4 me LANDS FOR S.iLE-Thc snbscri.
1S1 Der will sell Tract of LAND containing
2791 acres, lying in Hampshire county, within
90 miles Of Winchester, on caeaphon, branch
OF Potomac. This Land contains large body
ofiron Of an excellent quality, which has been
worked on. a small scales bit discontinued for
want Of funds and WOULD be to any person able
10 carry it on, a very valuable acquisition. 80.
ALso-A tract in said county on the waters of
MIL Creek under the South Branch Mountain,
containing 25S acres--1oZ acres on Efiil Creek,
within IL miles OF Rornncy-4oo acres on the
waters Of Cacaphor-l00o acres on the falls OF
Green River in the state of Kentucky, and loco
acres On the waters of Ohio i'll Kentucky. q,
Undisputcti titles will be given; and terri
made known by applying to Mr.. Harry Heth at
the Coal Pitts or the subscriber at Curlcs, on
James River, IS miles below Richmond.
WILL. NJ. HETH.
Marel, IS. ------- Eep12tG1
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VFHE MILLING BUSINESS which has here
4 tofore becn carried on under the firm of
I.Apps & WEBSTER, was dissolved on the first
instant. THOMAS & AMOS LADD,
~. ISAAC WEBSTER
March 13 FIJI go
The Wheeling repository. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1807-1808, 1808-03-24
ANECDoTE.

A gentleman took into service
young scion G from the land Of PARA
toes.' He sent him one day, to get
change for a guinea. Paddy had ne
YER seen monkey. On entering
shop, one of these animals was the only
living creature present. Surprising him
10 be master of the shop, Paddy re-
quested him in very polite language, to
give him change for guinea. His
monkey-ship took the money, and dropt
it in the drawer, without returning the
change. Patrick entreated, and even
threatened, in vain. At length he re-
turned to his master, and related the
circumstance. The gentleman imme-
diately went to the place, accompanied
b. his servant. BY this time the young
man who attended the shop, had arrived,
and the monkey had disappeared. An
explanation concerning the guinea was
demanded; the young man protested
he knew nothing about it. Paddy was
called and asked if that was the gentle
man to whom he gave the guinea
lie replied, " Oh no, sir, it was not him
it was wee bit of an owldish kind of
Gentleman. He appears to be the father
of this gang j0ntleman."
The Wheeling repository. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1807-1808, 1808-03-24
Far the Wheeling Repository.
The CoURT-HoUsE.

IN general, it is improper to crowd
the columns Of newspap per with the
local concerns Of the place where it is
printed: bat when local subject is of
vital interest to the majority Of the pa
tT2ns of newspaper, conceive its pages
may with propricty be devoted to a fair
discussion of that subject. The project
now in agitation, 70 remove the seat Of
justice in this county, is Of very great
importance to the town Of Wheeling
and as l believe that at least half the
Subscribers to the Repository are deep
" interested in this removal, I,ofFer
few reflections upon that subject, for
publication.
When, in 1904, Mr.. Doddridge was
elected to the Senate Of Virginia, he
pledged himself to oppose a removal of
Che seat Of justice from Wheeling. No
application was made until last session,
when, to the astonishment Of the citi-
The Wheeling repository. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1807-1808, 1808-03-24

Lest it the stamp of precedent acquire.
STAND to your darling rights be wisely
brave
The wretch who shrinks-deserves to be
slave SYLvAEUs.
The Wheeling repository. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1807-1808, 1808-03-24
{ 346 }

| pose passed the House of Delegates.
This bill was opposed in the Senate by
MIR. Doddridge, and defeated; but to
every unprejudiced mind, the principles
upon which he opposed the removal,
must appear more hostile to the interest
OF Wheeling, than the removal itself.
The opposition made by Mr.. bod
bridge to the bill for removing the seat
OF justice to Grave creek, was 6ottomed
upon the hypothesis, that removal was
necessary; but that a removal to Grave
creek was not far enough down the ri
yer. lie maintained that the seat of ius-
tee tor Ohio county ought to be re-
moved to Fishing creek or Ezekiel
town; the Brooke county line extended
to include Wheeling in Brooke county,
SO as to prevent any future application
10 erect new county out Of part of O.
hlo, Harrison, and Wood. Not content
with advancing these arguments in the
Senate, he maintained the same opinions
out OF doors and when in this place,
since his return, he openly avowed that
such arrangement must soon take place;
that no rational calculation could be
maze upon defeating 1T.
When we hear Mr.. Doddridqe con-
tlnually promulgating these opinions,
think we ought to consider the bearing
they must necessarily have upon our
interest. We ought also to examine
whether these opinions, and his areu-
ments in the Senate, fairly comport
with his promise to oppose removal of
the scat Of justice; or whether they are
not kind ofjuggle, by which he keeps
his promise to the ear, and breaks it TO
the sense.
Is it fact, that for the convenience
and accommodation of the citizens of
Ohio county, in a generalvie the seat Of
justice should be removed from Wheel
ing? Let this enquiry be answere d bv
an examination of the geographical ST.
tuatlon and population of the COUNTY
1t is nine miles from Wheeling to the
upper boundary. j. is, say sixty, to the
lower boundary. Draw a line due east
from the river, nine miles below Wheel
ing, and | believe the country above
Will be found to contain near two thirds
OF the population Of the county. OF
these two thirds, a considerable major
ity Will be found in the town of Wheel
The Wheeling repository. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1807-1808, 1808-03-24

removal will bring it nearer to them.
Below Grave creek, the country, back
from the river is broken, barren, and
generally uninhabited, except on the wa
ter courses and those who are acauaint-
ed with it, assert that it is not capable
OF cultivation. If, then, the seat of JUS
tice is taken to Fishing creek or Eze-
kiel-town, who will it accommodated?
Aboutflfty or sixty families upon Mid
de Island, and few families along the
river and other water courses, not ex-
ceeding one fifth of the present popula-
ton OF the county; whilst the inhabitants
OF Grave creek and its waters, would
have to travel much further than they
now do, 1t the seat of Justice is re-
moved to Grave creek, who will it &C.
commodate A few families Just in the
nelghbourhood will be benefited. The
people from below, will have court 12
miles nearer to them, but would have
to travel to Wheeling TO transact all
their other concerns for no man can
suppose that Elizabeth can be-
come place of business. On the other
hand, the great mass of the population
OF the county, would have to attend
court at place where they could have
no other business.
This consider proper view Of the
subject; and it is in this view, | conceive,
Mr.. Doddridge should have considered
it in the Senate. Had he done this,
whatever might have been the rcsult,wc
would have had 10 cause to complain
Of him. But it is said that nothing but
the plan adopted, and the arguments adj
vanced by Doddridge, could have ar
rested the progress of the bill in the
Senate. Be it so. Let it be conceded
that this was mere stroke Of policy, to
defeat the measure at that time, that we
might meet it on better ground hereaf-
ter: where exists the necessity for him
still to persevere in the same course,
and maintain the same opinions He
now declares openly, that a removal
must take place sooner or later. He
spares no labour to discourage us. He
tells us that Madison's map exhibits the
extreme length and smallness of the
county. He tells us of the impressions
made at Richmond upon the subject,
from view Of the county upon this
map and although he laboured to con-
vince the road Commissioners, that the
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-06-14

for Mr.. Rose, and also the Eurydice fri
gate, not Euryalus, as stated in the papers
Of yesterday. During the eight days the
ships remained in the Chesapeake, the
corld get no supplies, and found the Anne
ricans hostile 10 This country. 1t is the
opinion OF many of the officers ofihe squa-
dron, that war with America IS inevitable.
II seems point entirely undecided whe-
Their the Rochelort squadron is in the Me.
ditcrranean or in the West Indies.
Government it is nov asserted, believe
that The squadron seen on the 7th Of March
by the Mullet schooner, was Sir John
Duckworth's, aud not an enemy's squad-
ron !; otherwise, it is presumed, it must
have fallen into the hands of Sir John.
Price of Stocks on Monday.
per cent. Consois, for moneys6 Ia.
Do. for May 66 IL.