Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-12-29

thori,v Of Gr@s' Britain, with tI,- s.:s<,s
ard soldiers Of 'ks pIoy;pf il! ..aops, s.,s
ing in ,ss war a:or,ssid, ior efau, -
lands ether assn trco1rc.s,1 a'-als IA II, j.
entering ir,c III. .,rs,ts ~ as Z; coa,ty;.A.
i'm fer services. HI that 'hr te:s..a,;a.,
have been able 10 f"d On TX srbitts, g
proc!ara,ion Of The i;"e e Great 55,i..n
Of the 7!h Of October 1903, {a(tfr ,h.s
closing Of the war and fiss,apdng Of s..s
,roops) and is in shc following words:
!" Ind zv1iereas, we are des:roas ama
all occasions, to testify our royal s,as, 90
apprt baton of ,l4r condnct aud hravrry nf
the officers and soldiers al oar nr,ns, aa4
80 reward tbs came, VIC do her. oy <s,1,4
mand and empower our governors IF nus
seyrra! provinces ON the c"n,lnene Of N.r.h
america, to grant wi:hous fee or s~wa,d, 10
such r. duesd thcets rs hare sertsG 10
tIor,h America during the late war, aud are
ac,Hally residing ,here, and shall pss4e.,a|Iy
-apptr for ;fhe sa.ne, the ioi!pwog q..ahsi.
lies of laud, suhie-. at the EXPIRATION of ,eo
,'.A.a. 20 the same quiG rents as other lands
are subject so, in she province wi,hia
which they are granted, as also sui,irct TO
the same conditions OF cultivation and Ia.
provemr MS, VIZ.
ITO every person having the rank ofa
field Office, t.ye shoussrd acres.
f" To tysry captain, ;hsss thousaod a.
ores.
! TO every suhaItern OF staff ofEcer, awe
thousand six hundred acres.
ITO every non commissioned oGicrT ,we
huntlrre acres.
10 every private mar fifty ACRES.
81 We DO likewise au:ho,ise and ;, cuiae
the governors anei commanders IN ehisf IS
all our said colonies, upoG she ccnsiuens os
North America, 80 srans the Ike qu mi.
ties of land, and upon the said cnr1,stcns.
to such reduced officers OF npg na7y Of Ike
rank, ss served GA board ors slips c: way.
in North America, at ;h= inc &! ne gsa
ducton o! Louisbourg add 1Ssa=b=c> in me
late war, and who shall personally apDIv to
our respective governors FOR 5ucs. qY;sn.r."
In lhio state paper. the coaaunit.ec caa
perceive no tous:dasion gsl,&tev~..- 10: the
present claim upon she United c:a.rc. &c
stead Of q cantJcc5 with fhe eJSrtrs arr SCI
diers jar hnas tt2e p'cc!apa"t'en cfs;ta;ns :.
mrre Istyuc5i>n 10 the provincial eovrynora
~-an instruction ernanating f.oua th. uat,a:-
hcence OF the sovereign and foc cysf.9einss
a gratuity, nos ISSUED For the as;issacsiesn Of
any previous c!sis'1 or demand urog. 90,
vsrnmen.. That the gram iseraded By Che
above proclamarion wac rather : srstiraap7
of respect and appreciation, .haa acnaii4,j
ofvalte, appears from tise prescribed :eT.n9
on which It was 20 ks made, ch-y i,eiwe .he
same on which lands we're Granted "a oghera
in the provinces, viii the exception. Ina:
the military grants were to be made sc=,. c.
office fees, and exee,pg f-"na sayv.ecs %
g,it-renss for ten zpars. Had aDnt:cas;af.
been made to the land cfEces Of gi,e r.t.yic.
cial governments, IS wac ,ihr dlssp c.c IL
the claimants, there eau &c 40 :nai,. s,us
that grants would have bees, -eao:iy .asGs.
to the full extent of the bounty ;nysrs.ra sv
the proclamation, subirct. hcye3ss. 20 tho
usual condition for sestlen.en. and .ao-ovso
mcut. forty se0en years have ro,s slsrse&
since the foregoing Proclaalaslo2, iG.,wE
winch period the abevs ciaii.3e have lain
dormant, and the committee &c conee!ves
that, H','on fair aud Jjuss pyincipssa, slssse
claims would have hesn considered Al2cics
and a6andoned, had she govesrsn- ut, sanase
whIth they arose, continued; he; 60 sdnis
them against the Ua;ted States, placed al
shsy new are, under goyernmens s.sssssIs
ed on revolution, which has iatesy, 7edo
is required by no principle es iustics. apd
would, ia the opinion Of the cosa ssietee, DC
an unauthorized disposition and iGs= og
the public property Of the q. S. On n0 .
priociple of national law, or By any srv,'y
or convention betwec, the H. s. and Or,