Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-07


JUAN DE CASAS.
Caracas, 5M 5sps. 1908.
IAUTO.)
s lnthe city Of Caracas, the first day Q
Sept. OF the year 1908. His excellency do
Jaan de Casas, knight oftae Order of San
tiago, Colonel in the ROYAL army, King
Lieutenant, Subaltern Chief, Commandant
General in second, and actual President, Go
3 vernon, Captain General, and Vice Patrol
ROYAL of this Province declared That al
ways attentive to promote by every possible
means the prosperity of the country, as vel
with respect to the extension OF It's com
! merce, in the manner most profitable and a
MALICIOUS to its constitution, as to cementthe
{ friendship and intelligence that rsioa wit!
the British nation, which has united with
our provinces OF Europe, and made a com
mon cause to ezterminate the. enemy Q. cul
government the perhdious Napoleon. and
having recently received an authentic docu.
inent which expressly declares the good will
OF his Britannia Majesty il favor OF Spain,
as communicated to parliament assembled
Wy t1lS Illus ACCOMPLISHMENTS la titC tOilOW-
ing gracions speech Here is inserted at
fulllensth his Iajesty's speech Of the 18th
Of July as delivered by the lords comnissi-
oners. to both houses OF Parliament, begin
ming with $ the recent transactions inSpain
and ITALY," and then concludes as folIows] !:
Whereof have thought proper to de-
clare and do hereby accordingly declare, sI,at
the commerce permitted with the island of
Curacao, by an act of the 5oth of july last,
Shall, and is hereby extended to all he colo
MES of his Britannia majesty, and $50 to
his dominions IN Europe, in honor of the
friendship and alliance which his majesty.
PROCESSES for preserving the integrity Of the
Spanish m monarchy, and FOR the prosperity
and happiness e all the faithfal subjec.f CT
our lord and king Ferdinand the seventh.
"And thus his exceliency, with the ad-
vice of the honorable don fuan jurado Of
lis maiesty's council, honorary oidor IF the
royal audience, lieutenant soye.nor, audit
or &c guerra and assessor general OF this
government: aud captain genecalship, order
Cd, commanded, and signed, which the
SCflVCncr atCeSl.
Juan DE CAsAs. JuAK JuRApo.
Before me, pABLe CAsTRILlo,
Senior Public Scriycner of Governments.
Which in compliance With the request of
his excelIency as stated in his letter ard in
discharge Of my duty TO hiS majesty. I
accordingly proclaim in this public manner,
that all his maiesty's subjects may know it
and avail themselves of so distinguished a
marx Of The favor and confidence of the
Spanish nation spontaneously granted IN
honor Of the amitv that new happily sub
sists between the two nations.
Given under my hand and seal and couhter-
sign of NY secretary, at Government
house, Trinidad, the 28sh Sept. Ammo
Donini 1908, of his present lnajesty's
reign the forty-eighth.
BY his Excellency's command,
THOMAS HISLOP.
THomAs WALKER, Secretary.
n. B. Ports open BY this proclamation.
St. Thomas at Gaayana, Margaietta, Gu
mana Barcelona, La Guira, Porto CaveNo,
Cora and Maracaeto.
Extract eta letter from capt. Robert C0Hax,
juu. At the ship Octavia, from Charleston
bound to Lonaon, to lis father in the state
efNezv Jersey, dated L0nasn, .July Goth,
1903.
We were captured the 9th Of January
last off Dover at II o'clock at night, and at
2 o'clock next morning, were landedin Ca
Iais prison. where we remained a number OF
DAYS before we were released; the snip and
CARGO are detained under the imperial de-
crees; we were kept five months on prison
ers allowance, and not cent to help our
selves with, having been robbed by the PR
vateer's men Of all our money, clothes and
in fact every article they could lay their ra-
,,ac;nns hands on. I made every possible