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Of Mr.. Pinkney's letter. whenever il takes
place, will be severe satire on the publ
cations in too many Of the public prints in
our cities. No change of system is to be
expected from the British Cabinet! John
Bulbs Orders cf Council and Blockades
have brought him into dilewma, iron,
which, II is very questionable. If he can
ever ex,ricate himself, but with the loss OF
both his horns"
.durora.
Erfros ola letter from an officer on board
the brig Hier, stationed at W Orleans.
to a gentleman in this tosun, dated 6h
March.
Z" The brig sails for HAVANA in two days
with dispatches The purport is only known
to the officers it respects some prisoners
taken at Mobile, place the Americans have
taken. There is no doubt in my mind but
what we shall take possession Of all that
part of Florida claimed by government
Fredericksburg Herald.
WAsRiNoroN, April q.
We understand that Mr.. Monroe, the
Secretary of State, is expected in the CITY
in the course of the present week.
M. Serru,1er, the French Minister, left
this city yesterday for Baltimore.
In our last we published the extract of a
letter from London. enclosing a copy of an Or
der TO stop proceedings of court in the case
or the American ship Fox, then pending in
the high court OF admiralty, which was
read in Court on the 29th OF January. This
vessel was captured, by d British cruizer
in November last. on her voyage from the
United States to Cherbourg and is perhaps
the hrst case which came under cognizance Of
the court under the edicts usually called the
orders 10 Council; subsequent to the I'd day
of November, the day on which the French
DEGREES ceased to have effect The suspen.
sion of proceedings III this case, therefore.
seems to indicate disposition in the Bri
tisn ministry to hesitate as to the policy of
continuing their orders in council. It is to-
be hoped, that, when they find that the
French DEGREES are actually revoked, CON
slderations of policy will influence Great
britain, as 1t has her rival. to concede to
her own interest what she refused to the
justice of our claims.
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CHARLESTON, March 2e.

VHHKLFSIUN, NJATCh y.
BY Captain YoUNG, Of the ship Naviga
tor, from Liverpool, we were yesterday fa-
vored with papers of that place, to the
18th. and London to the 18th OF February.
BY ex,tacts In this days Gazette, it will
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BosToN, March 90.
LATEST NEWS.

=
Capt: Harris: who arrived yesterday FROM
Leith favoured us with papers to Feb. IN
containing London News to he 10Th.
The Prince Of Wales was established ss
Regent on the 9th, and communicated bis
message 10 Parliament on the 18th Tha
speedy recovery ofthe King was confidently
expected, and it was therefore determined
70 be inexPedient TO make any change in the
Ministry.
The Ordersin Council had not been re,
peaied but fresh instructions had been gi
ven TO the Courts not to condemn updcSs
them and we learn, verbally, that wr.,
Pinkney, being about to embark for Amgri-
ca, Lord Wellesley requested him to remain
a few days longer. as he had an importaut
note 10 address to him.
Accounts in England from Hamburger wero
to Jan. ID, from Gottenburgh to the Goth. &.
from HegolaDd TO Feb. 8 -----PaRadiunr,
Parliament was opened by commission
from the Prince Of Wales on the 18th of Feb
and the speech delivered by Commissio.
ners.
The Regent in his speech says noshipp
respecting peace.
LONDON, Feb. 9.
His Majesty's Advocate, or Tuesday.
read in the admiralty court a letter which
he had received from Lord Wellesley. de.
string that all proceedings against the brig
For. and other vessels similarly circumstan5
ced, rnight be stayed, until his Majestys
pleasure can be taken respecting them.
sCafsHTed under tie Orders in Council
The failufesin Paris, according to the LAST
advices from tive French coast Vgh,ch alec
anaoFnec N~ferbQrgo IN ~ sh,hhing in
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The Prince Of Wales has at lengthenter-
ed upon his Office as Regent, and it his first
act in that Office, has not been universally
ineligible, 1t has on all hands been allowed
to be very surprising. The opposition, who
expected to rush at once to the head Of af
fairs, and thrust out the ministers with as
much forceful rapidity as one pellet expels
another from pop-gun, have found them
selves csrelessly dropped from the Princes
hand, and their stubborn adversaries fixed
~ tightly ss ever in place. Ifitis true that
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After short interval, during which the
Lords who were robsd, retired and unrob-
ed, the Lord Chancellor resumed the WOOL
sack, and again read his Royal Highness's
speech to the House.
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TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS REWARD

TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS REWARD
u Runaway from the subscriber, the
night of the 9th inst. A mulat.o man named
John, alias John White, lie is remarkable likely
-r---upwards of six feet high, about % to 90 old
Ibis hair inclined to be s,raigh,----he is very
sensible, can read and believe write--he for
snerly belonged to Mr.. Benjamin Drew of
Sm'thfield, and served him as house servant,
and was as lam informed An extraordinary good
one /: he carried with him--a drab surtott coat
better than half worn--with pockets at the sides
-~--a black close bodied do. one pair white
wooden pantaloons Of virginia cloth. One do
blue do-one do blue plsns--one vest striped
IN imitation ofswsns down. He no doubt will
attempt to pass Tor free man, & probably will
be lurking about Petersburg or its vicinity.
where arm told free woman lives with whom
ne had taken up some time pastor perhaps
gone to SrHithGeld. where his mother lives
All masters OF vessels and others are cautioned
against conveying away or IN any way harbour
ing the said fellow at their PERIL will give the
absve reward If secured in any goal in the state
so that get him sgsin--and forty dollars If ta-
Ken & secured out ef the state.
p. S. If brought home, all reasonable charges
will be paid in addition to the above reward
VIM. YOUNG.
Richmond, April Is. f
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RI virtue Of a deed Of Trust, from Andrew
Lewis, OF the county of Montgomery will
ne solo, by the subscriber, to the highest bidder
TOT ready money, at the Eagle Tavern in the ci
" OF Richmond, upon the goth day of June next
the following TRACTS OF AND, with their
apPurtenances, or so much thereof rs may be
necessary to pay certain debts in tile said deed
OF Trust mentioned, that is to saw,
One tract situated in the county of Montgom-
cry. containing 800 acres, being that Tract on
which the said Andrew Lewis now lives /: one
Other tract adjoining the last mentioned on the
ho''h, containing ten thousand acres one other
tract adjoining the first mentioned, being an in.
elusive survey, containing seven thousand seven
hundred acres one other tract adjoining the
iast mentioned at the west end, containing four
hundred and TOurteen acres one other tract
called The Chestnut Neck, containing 900 acres ;
one other tract called Seyenas tract on Bottom
creek, adjoining the first mentioned tract of 800
acres, and containing; $50 acres one other tract
also adjoining the. FIRST mentioned tract called
Prothnous Garden, containing 1913 acres one q.
ter tract adjoining the last mentioned, contain
ing i3o acres one other tract adjoining the ,i-
elusive survey OF seven Thousand seven hundred
acres above mentioned, containing 80 acres---
one other tract adjoising the same inclusive SUE
vey ana containing one hundred acres-one O.
tner tract lying on both sides of Little, River,
containing one hundred aud fifty acres on which
- situate HoPewell Forge-one other. tract ad
Joining thereto, containing one hundred and
forty acres-one other tract adjoining the same,
caiiedlthe Saw milltract, containing four hundred
q thirty eight acres-&, one other tract adjoining
the last mentioned tract, containing one hun.
oreo acres-which SAID several tracts of land
are situate in the county of Montgomery =
EDWARD JOHNSTON, T.
=, - .SurOiUinS Trustee.
NJ o. The above mentioned PROPERTY is situated
sn.dnd about suhat rs generally called the BENT
Mountains, and considered a Gerry paiua6ie estafe,
f0rficxlarlfo grazing Any one wishing for more
particular Information. may apply to Charles
JOHNSON residing in Campbell county, near Lynch
burg, or to Robert Pollard, George Pickett. or
GaHeso, Richard e. Co. TN che city of Richmond
Nay 10. tas
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II virtue of a deed of trust, executed BY
SPotswood Lipscombe & Elizabeth Smith
Lipscombe hiswife, TO the subscribed for the pur.
pose OF securing the paymenhto NJ B. Poi,ia,ix.
OF sundry sums OF money therein particularly ex.
pressed-l shall proceed to sell on the premi-
ses, tor cash to the highest bidder, on the 13t.,
Gay OF june next, 1t fair, otherwise on the next
fair day--Tbe two following pieces or parcels
OF ground lying in the City of Richmond, Viz
Two thirds off, half acre lot, numbered in the
plan ct the City t6s3) opposite John Murphy's
upper corner together with all improvements
Also one other lot of ground being the same
purchased by the said Lipscombe from Mrs
Fage' and adjoining DR. Lyon's-Likewise two
maze slaves named Dick and Simon or so much
OF ttS said property as will satisfy the dent 10,
which the deed was given g,ther with inter
est and all expenccs Of executing the same.
JOHN SATCRELL, 1yustee.
Nay 7. ,do
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~ Virtue of decree of the Court of han
~ Gerry, tor the Richmond District-Will be
soid to the highest bidder, for ready money ON
the premises, on Thursday, the 3Oih inst one
Tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
IN the County of Nottowsy, being the land
wherein Jenning Robertson lately resided, con.
tanning by estimation 42i acres, also all the other
property vat may be delivered to us, which " as
conveyed by mortgage, by David Hudson to q.
il1ah Hudson, for certain purposes therein ex-
pressed.
JOHN ROBERTSON, Sen,y.
ASA VAUGHAN. COHirs.
Msy7. uqvU
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LIND FOR S1L =

pY virtue ola Deed of Trust, execu.
~ TED to the subscribers, BY John Clarkson
aAd William Clsrkson, the 18th Dec 1907, and
recorded in the County Court Of Albemarie, to
secure the payment OF sundry debts due from
the said John snd VIM. Clarkson, to William
Brown, 4 Co. will be sold, for ready MONEY,
before Elijah Gsrth's Tavern door, in Char
lottesyille, on Monday the third day of June next,
II being Albemsrle Court day, one TRACT OF
LAND containing four hundred & thirty acres,
lying IN the county OF Albemarle, about eight
miles from Charlottesville, adjoining the lands
OF Mrs. Owens, George Twyman, Hudson
Barksdale, Ge. and now in the occupancy of
James Clafkson. Also one other tract contain
ing i've hundred and thirty two acres, be the
same more or less lying and being in the coun-
ty aforesaid adjoining the lands OF Richard Dun
nett, George Twyman, &c. and now in the pos
ession of the said John ClarksOn. Acting as
Trustees ~'Ili convey such title TO the purchaser
~ purchasers, only as is vested in us by virtue
bt said Trus. Deed
SAMUEL DYER, , r.
JOHN WArSONS .~T"S'eS
Wy IA Ftds
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coon as is convenient.
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thanks the Editor.
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HE Subscriber wanting to purchase fifteen
~ or twenty Shares in the Bank of Virginia.
'tor which cash will be given, he would be oblig.
cd to any person having bank shares to sell, TO
give Information Hereof, as soon as possible.
and state The terms on which ne is willing TO
sci. las shares, by letter addressed to the Sub
2'nber, directed to Concord post Office, Camp
esH County, which Information as soon as receiy.
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1 Published b, Tao.na. Richie. nearly Oh.
ro.ife she Globe Tasern, Richmond, Vreinio.
GC CONDITTONS:- Floe doIIaYs a year, to
y Paid annually in advance. TAose vho uish to
eonsidered az annual svbseyi6eys, ssust hereafter
desiSndse &c at the time Of subscribing, otherwise
aheir pdpeTs usH6e discontinued at the expiration
Of the first venr.
q ADVERTYSING- Non-yes;d.nt. of th;,
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sSents before they appear in this pneey--T The
price per square is, rs Gents for the first insertion,
csd so for ecery su6seguent sne.
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ITO BUILDERS-The Subscriber hayin
III just received samples of
SLdTE FOR POOFJMr

invites the attention of such gentlemen as may
feel it their interest to furnish themselves with
shat valuable article-I,s utility has been so uni
versally felt & acknowledged both as it respects
duration and being proof against fire, tina, to de
Gail its particular advantages over woodsroofs
would be unnecessary.
The folio wing are the sizes & prices ct which
st can be furnished.
30 & IL Inches length 8 per SQUARE Roof
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s O U If E RN AAfE RIGA.
BALTIMORE, May z.

A few days before the sailing of the Spa
nish schooner Creole, arrived Yesterday
from ST. Barts, vessel arrived there with
information that a revolution had taken
place at the City of ST. Domingo; that part
OF the European Spaniartls had been kill
ed aud part sent off the island.
Coffee House Books.
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fGEIAN FOUNTAINS and Richmond
L Mineral Water Warehouse, at the Re.
servor, Capitol Hill
Inc Public are respectfully informed that they
may now be supplied with the celebrated Arti-
hcial Mineral Waters, either from the fonn,.;n q
or in Bottles.
ne Water will also be delivered at the Store
OF Messrs. Paif & Rogers, (Man-street, nearly
opposite the Bell Tavern) with whom the pro-
iprletor OF the original Establishment has 6rme ed
Tonne xion, and who will conduct the Branch
extended to this City under the firm of Cohen
& Co.
b. For the accommodation of ladies', (who
may honor the fountains with their yisits) sep.
arate apartment is appropriated, the entrance to
which is at the North EAST corner of the Build.
ing.
The strictest attention will he paid 20 all mr.
ders they may be favored with, either for home
consumption or exploration.
Richmond, april 90. ep1mvtf
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NGARsHALs sALE-By virtue ola deere

M ARSHAL's SALE--By virtue ola decree
AVA of the Court Of the u, S. for the fifth Cir.
cnit, Virginia District, pronounced on the TWEEN
ty second day of June, one thousand eight hun
dred and nine, in the name OF John Ingram,
Sames Lyle & Alexander Mccall, surviving part
ners of George Kippin and Company Plaintiffs,
against William X, Fleming, Defendant
Will be sold for ready money at Rock Castle,
an Coochland County, on the 18th day Of May
next, if fair. if not the next fair day, the Tract
ofLAND conveyed by the Indenture of mort.
gage of the 22d day Of November, one thousand
seven hundred and ninety nine.
WILLIAM MANN, D. a.
ANDREW MOORE, Il. w. d.
April16 ids
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QUPERFINE CLOTHS The Subscribers
~ have just received by the Ahacreon from
London, on consignment, two Bales best DUAL.
ny, which they win sell low by the b de or Piece
efbr Cash
VIZ: coLoUHoUN, & Co.
April 9, 1911. n
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Pntchrun, est 6ene/acere ReihubHcn. ea-
am 6ened,cerc baud absurduni est
IL is honorable to do good to The retu6
&c euen to sfieuk weH Of ii is nor IN.
pleasant.
sALLUsr.
The reign of tyranny has ceased, & that
OF liberty commences. Despousm is expi-
ring. and ignorance is yielding to the infiu-
ence OF justice and reason. After a lapse
OF SO many years of continued SUITE ring af-
ter having groaned for so long period un-
der the pressure of the iron sceptre of the
most offensive despotism and still labor
ing under the evils oCcasioned bv the late
system, what shall we utter but truths terri
ole and painful. Now that the liberty of
the press has constituted every individual
defender OF his country's rights, and enloin-
ed on him as duty the assertion of hisown
lprerogatives and laws, who shall refuse its
sacred infiuences Can it be expected that
ismartDg from the abuses of constitution
cemented in the most horrd perversion of
justice and OF law, truth shall be phrased
over, or silence preserved! Such be the
conduct OF the slaves of Asiatic despotism.
While they groan beneath the execrable
yoke OF tanaticisR and power, let US, free
beings, assert our rights, and resist every
system ulSBTaCeiuI OF Illuminating to the ma
ture OF man; let us proclaim truths destruc-
tive to agonizing tyranny. and cry out against
the evils that Cypress US 10 feign a want
of feeling, would be a tscit appreciation of
their continuance and not 10 insit on cenes
raj reform. would be dereIicton of princ,-.
II pie worthy Of our oppression The myste-
rous curtain is already drawn that wells the
public administration; add the people have
entered the sanctuary of truth, to pry into
its secrets, and take upon them Ives its
administration Let them without dread
instruct themselves in the abuses which
have existed, and which, existing still, have
occasoned the loss of public confidence &
let the most efficacious remedies DE had re =
course to for their final abrogation. Letthe
dark iBtricacies. to which despotism has
recourse IN its operations. disappear at our
bidding Let the whole be displayed to TN
leyes OF the nation, and the public voice be
heard in the expression OF It's will---I.et il
be understood that no longer in its former
Itramniels, It's confds nce can no longer b.
abused; that it has recovered itsrighfs and
its supremacy. Vain otherwise. would be the
aniluncIation Of beneficial events; it would be
the delusive representation OF hatterihs
prospect.
Men are n, longer to be governed by alb
urd principles they 7ViH be led by tn
reins OF justice, equality and reason. |
lthsss laws arc neglected, cqnvglsons th
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-14
ToMpKzyMs ay AgUBBhy

a RE just receiving by the Ship sAnacreon,
EsA from London, large supply of SPRING
= GOODS.
Also, few Tierces Of Hibbert's best Brown.
? Stout and Porter.
April 2. On
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l EFT at the Bell Tavern about 4 months
e since, IN a rasin box--A Drab colored
FKOCK COAT.
Nay 10. Or
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=. OSposise fhe Eagle Tavern.
He has also received and is continually receiy-
Sng additions 10 his stock Of Books and Station
airy. -. .
= 'Bookbinding as usual.
April Is. ,ep12t
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STRIKING VlCIssIrUDEs

In the most interesting affairs of man
every where attract our eye, and raise our
wonder in this most eventiul age. Occur
FENCES which none but prophet could
nave foreseen few years or months back ;
occurrences. which Nothing Gt might be
supposedly but a miracle could produce,
display themselves to our wondering view
the natural result of causes now visible to
all. Who could have supposed year or
two ago, that free fress should by this
time be introduced inSo Spanish America
WHO could have imagined that. when
BonaPare declared. "nothing in THIS cen.
fury should resemble the last"-his tyranny
and perhdy in one hemisphere would lead
to independence in another, That while
Bonaparte INDUCED in every sort of arro-
gance and tyranny himself, he should be-
come the unconscious instrument of wreak-
ing vengeance on Ubiquitous kings-of brea-
king the chains of religious intolerance, &
of burying the Ratchet OF religious. super
stition !-While this man, seeming irre-
sistible, before whom monarchs turn pale,
extinguishes the light of the press in Eu-
rope through FEAR of It's iniluence--it sud-
denly breaks forth to Spanish America
This, truly, may be styled "mirabilis an
NUS" for whilst in England. protesting
herself free. the friends of freedom are
cruelty incarcerated for daring to speak
tue tiutn Oi puouC men OF meaSui eS and
whilst, in France. they are Prevented from
speaking, or writing, or printing, the bright
starof Liberty rises in the West--at the
very threshold of the inquisition Scarce
ly has it smiled above the horizon, when
Slaves with rapture recognize themselves
a. nen--treemen whose will and power
lnstitate free government, and whose well
tare is its object. Truth and Liber,y ext
led from the old world, find an asylum in
the new.
:, These cursory remarks are exacted by
the recent changes in the Spanish settle
ments in America; among which none is
more surprising than the establishment of a
tree press at Havana! The following is
the introductory address of its editor the
sentiments and the style do him honor.
Mig.
The following is a translation OF the first
or introductory number of the American
Patriot, printed at Havana by Den Nichol-
sa Palmer. The publisher promises that as
soon as the type shall be received from the
U. >. which is momen,ly expected, it will
be published in three sheets every Monday,
at IL reals per annum, until which it will
be issued on single sheet--one peso to
be paid on the delivery of the second No.
american
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LATEST FROM CzRTH.aGEx6

:, ny the arrival of the schooner FejI's
foint. Harrison, IN 90 days from Cartha.
gena' we learn that complete revolutiof,
had taken place there on the 4th Februarv
last, oy which the last vastige If the old GO
Vernment was destroyed. The Enrnneo,
ofhcers who had before maintained their in
hne"ce, were undergoing their trials whets
TINS vessel came, away. The revolution Of
STA re had also been complicated, and two
deputies had left Carthagena for the rene
RAJ congress at Sta. Fe for the purpose of
olsamZlng the new government of the dig
trict. Two members of the Junta and q
merchant of great influence had taken pas
sage for New-York in the schooh, r Argue
which sailed in company with the Fen' .
Po'nt, tor New York, who are thought r..
possess instructions 70 form some kind of in
.eLoSuFse with the government of the Uni,.
ted States. The Press has bees dscIsr.z
gion.
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GAIT AND EARTHERN WARE
- 800 sacks salt, Liverpool filed.
% crates we'll assorted earthern ware-for sale
by
y ALEXANDER BELL.
April 10. - 81
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CASH STORE.

NJ LILLIAN PATTERSON & Co. have
~ just received and are now opening al
their Store, doors below the Bell-Isyern and
next door 70 Mr. Samuel Peasants Book Store
large and elegant assortment of SPRYN1
GOODSi comprising East India, German
French aud British manufactures, and win cont
nue. to receive regular supplies which they are
disposed to sell very low for cash, only.
Nay z. w4wg