Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-30

estdtCity UI SsOCky from tue large Suyna r. i;
y bought up by the commissioners. hs,.
been assigoed as the only reasons 70, the
andiorasion.
Marshal BerEadotte had returned ove,
the Great Bel, previously TO tie 2sth u;..
sod presumed his functions in Il ,e.n ara
The adjoining dissrcls Of Gstme,y. And
It is certain that at that time 90. French
soldier had been isuded ca the islaad &C
4 ealand
Applications have bceo made to the .rea.
snry Tor permission to export rice aud q.
ths- provisions, hide uaed III this csuurr.
to Portugal, for the relief of iha, uufs,.
tomato couasry, pow lsborisg under the
dreadful effects Of scarcity.
Lave letters from Calcutta are syN Of
complaints respecting TIE unprotected asa:s
OF the trade 10 the oay CT Bensal.
Lord Melville returns 10 Scotland a,th.
recess, reinfscta He Says that hs came
up 70 London only ,o attend The Scots ID.
dicaJese bill. The Sco,s pson!e. he Al.
lodges, arc too mofGlsod c7nscicnGags la,
juymen. They would s:asve oac ano.ter
TO death rather ,haa agree 10 a verdict.
At1HI7.
There has been much Interesting mater
10 the house Of comp,ons durirg ,ar !sst
| week. The psw taxes haze bSen propos-
ed, and in our usosi poI,icsi article viii
| be found az exaaioasion OF some pas;s of
| the budget. Sons OF the new avraRge.
| rospt. ri ,fa(.,.u,,, I,,,i az aya >. -
| demned bot the new tax upon policies #
life Insurance is uowise aud oppressive 10
The extreme phc lax upon places ia pub.
TIC ofhcrs and andrr gevegD oen;, is a mere
trick-a ca.sh at popularity. Il comes wiA
an ind fesent grsce from ths prssca, mi.
| nisters.
Ths tax upon patents Ct pee'age an!
| ti.lss Of honor. is aEo ds, .iseratir c2,cs
| FOR applause--st meant 10 ca:ty shewthzs
all must contriosse equally, t;gh as ur'ias
los. Whss is TED or twenty additional
| pounds duty upon b:ing made Iora CT
barone.! Nothing at all. And what VII;
it produce in the year /? a mere Dothicg.
| VIVA, is it then BIZ. mere b.it hrowa Cut
for dsiusion. and for the purpose Of spuag.
| ing 90 the popular feeling: If, instead Of
( paying tea pounds for .tleir stars aod gsr'
tiers. thsir g.. Georges and fheir ;aisacs,
J -ileiI OF. hootS"~ taer S. pa14icks,
,aey were assessed !it,le wore equally GO
their income: il TIC scale Of taxation ross
! as j, s.esnded ead became aore craving
where It's obisc: became more sulii4leot
asd if II decreased 10 its downward Faio,
as it descended from the cur.a!l,ne OF coua,
forts 70 the sbridgemeat o! absolute ne.
cessi'ies, then indsed, and not Till hen,
might the high and low Of society BE- said
to contribute equally. Ga:wi,ass same.
less fallacy il Is 10 p'caead this, aadto Iaok
| at the income tax.
a convention has been signed betwesaDcn.
mark and France, by which 1900 Danish
| troops, are tc act with the French army de-
stined against Sweden. under tie command
! Of the French gcneral-alothcr Danish troop
! under the command ola Danish Officer, isto
be employed in the Swedish expedition, ard
is now asscmb.ingin Zealand Ths convex
tion,it is further stated, stipuIales that no
French OF Spanish troops are to DC CHARTERED
In Holsteln.
.Ahull8
Since our last, f2e Gottenburg mails nave
arrived, The first division OF our feet, under
Sir Samuel Hood, is arrived in the Sound.
previous 70 the arrival Of which the Dictator
OF "a guns, and several lri5ates and smaller
ships OF war, had reached The same desiifatloA
and those joined the sail Of the !iac and othcf
men Of war that virtcrct III The Baltic, COZ
sti,ute formidable naval fmce, the presence
Of which has e'is.use6 a general satisfaction e.
mo2g the S9edes, W 10 nov deem themselves
secure Srom &c threaten ca i;.,asion: Of the
French and lanes.
TIE ronlaiaing intel eenoe hroush BY these
mails, relate principally TO TIE concerns OF
Sweden and iicr enemies, and on the whoIelt