Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-29

require tie Full exersion Of ahe Law, aoa
The CO. ope ration Of every honest and loyal
man 10 .nnpre.s them. eGectually- 10 tue
coup.ie, If Galway and Waterford some
a,,.ot olarinc u,sconducs aud irreeaiarlsy
have taken Place. -. =.
% Monday week, inssigated y 'nl
very high price Of provisions, nanoe' :.
people sembled at Belfast, ia someWasa
Of a di,orderly manner, and seemed CTS,
no.ed 20 exercise those acts Of folly aao,
violence which the ioconsiderate and un'
refIec,ing too requensly suppose VIII re-
NEEDY the distress complained OF, ous
which ipfsllibly add 10 the evil aud ITS con, !.
sequences. The interposi.ion OF the chief
magistrate, aided by other respe ctabls gen.
,lemcn of the town, succeeded 10 pur-
suadicg the people TO pesceable conducs
after lille time; and, although strong
body Of the military were ready 20 acs, Il
called upon, Ills gratifying circumstance
to know ,hat good order was te established
by the milder remedy OF perauasion, aud
that no harsh measures were necessary.
Some rioters Who had assumed the name
Of I hrashers, have recommended, within
few nights, their meetings, and comm't.
ted some acts Of violence 10 the county OF
Roscom mon. % Friday last they held
mee,iog, near the residence OF sir Edward
Crofson, who, on being apPr'sed OF tho
circumstance, lost 90 iime IN preparing to
eudeaver to bring The offenders to jas''ce-
Though laboring uoder some sewers per
sonal in6rmity, sir Edward put himself at
the head of his Servants and tenaots, aud
about II O'Clock at nigks came up with !
large body of Thrashers at the ford OF NJ.
,oom, who, on perceiviog his approach,
made dispositions for giving resistance.
A cosaic, took place 10 which sniee OF those
deluded wre,ches lost their lives, and seven
were taken prisoners.
CorTENBuRoK, dp-H 27.
A brisk cauno osding was heard here The
whole Of the night OF Monday last winch
prove. to have beeo an attack made by he
Daphne, an English slooP, and two Others,
upon Fslslrand 10 Ju,land, out OF wh'en
thew Gu, ,eo vessels laden WIKI, corn spd
provisions, de.uuel for Norway, aud this
sfisrnoon arrived with their prizes here.
april 90.
Our accounts from Norway to.day 10
form Us, that the Swedish army has so'
vance6 as far as Kongvinger. which 70 8
within 10 Swedish, or 20 Eoglish miles OF
Chastiani, ard that they have possessed
themselves, by s,orm, of two essential
forts ia ihs, ne'ghborhood, 10 which hey
took 500 prisoners with very little loss Oh
their side.
Some travellers have arrived wiih'o
these few days from Hamburger, who
bring uews down to the l5;h: they say
tina, 1000 French troops have entered Al.
,ooa and tha, hey are 10 fal' possession OF
Hols,sin, bat that none OF them have yet
come over from Zealand, A report pre-
vailed, when the travellers left che c'her
side, tina, great par, of the Danish To-
,ilia and transports had been destroyed by
the English ships 10 the Bette. but OF this
We rather doub', as no Official sceount has
yei1eached us. zETg. Hpr12l.
According - reports circulated 10 Spain,
the following sta'emens Of sums placed
by the prioce of peace, as well 10 England
as 10 Spain aud other countries, ha. been
found among his papers In England
forty millions of piasters. Ia France, 10
the hands OF private PERSONS, ten mill'ous.
AT Genos. thirty nn,i,ious. At Corunoa
aud Ferrol, ten milliops. destined for
England. 10 the hands Of the inquisitor
general, one million and half 10 the
hands OF madame Tudo, one half million.
10 the hands of Eapinosa. eigh. hundred
innusand In. The nnhiic exchenner sis