Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-23
THURSDAY MORNING, .N4r %.

THURSDAY MORNING, 4N4r25
4 dreadful Fire broke out it Ncw-York on
Sunday morning last. " In about three hours
(says the account) upwards of one hundred
houses were laid in ashes, and many poor fa-
miles were deprived of their effects" The
Cause OF it is not mentioned.
The Baltimore Federal Republican, of
Tuesday, contains a variety of structures on
the constitutionality and policy of the orders
said to have been issued by Mr. Madison to
commodore Rogers. 20 throw additional!
light upon the subject, and to shew that such
orders are repugnant to the doctrines former
ly maintained by the administration, the fcl-
lowing documents are rcpuelishcd
E,ctrcct Of q letter from W.. Ms.nroe 10 1n.
Madison, dated London, august 4, 1907.
"He Mr. Canning asked, if the men in
question taken from the Chesapeake were
American citizens or British subjects re-
piled that was point, which could noe come
into view IL the present case that it was ono,
which, according as the fact might be, would
make the case more or less popular in either
country, but could not affect the principle !;
that Oh PRINCIPLE ship IF 4yar trotected Ill
hectIe OF toura, and could not be entered TO
be searched for desertcrs, Of; for ann PURPOSE,
70il:loa' rio!atng tie souersiSaty q the nutioa
l9hose flag she 60re.'
From N..r. Canning to .iEr. 1h,aroe, dated Esd
September, 1907.
UnJ subtedly the attack upon national
slip Of war, IS an act Of hostility, and the ve-
~ essence OF this charge against admiral
berkciy, as YOU represent 1t, Is having taken
up1a himself TO commit iii act OF hostility,
without the pceyiccs authority OF hts govern
ment."
s'he sa,ne paper says, {; It is to-day report
, ed that the man whose ;inpcessment called
forth the warikc order, IS actually set at Ii
berty, and that information to that effect has
been received here
The following account Of some Of the places
mentioned III the LITE dispatches of Lord
Wellington, is extracted from Brooks Ca
2et er:
Saniarem, a town Of Portugal, III E.stren,a-
dura, seated on mouita:n near the river
| Taio in country fertile III wheat, wine and
OIL 1t was taken from the Ntoors in LAT,
ard is IS miles n. +. OF Lisbon. Long. IS,
, S, w. lat. SO, 9, n.
[ e Y cf
I ira, with a BISHOPS see, and an university.
The cathedral and the fountains are maglii.
cent 1t stands ON q mountain, by the side of
the river Mondego, 100 miles n. E, OF l.ls-
bon, in a very pleasant country, Astounding
in vineyards, olre-trces and fruits. Long. 8,
II, w. lat. 10, u, n.
Toma- Tspelt ILomar in the dispatches
town of Pcrtuga. in Esrenaadura, seated on
the river Naboan, at the foot Of the noun
ta;is, where there is castle belonging to the
Knights of Christ 1t is 40 miles S. +. OF
Coimbra, and IS n. Z. of Lisbon. Long. z,
IS, w. lat. 3, 80, n.
Eadajoz, which lord Wellington says was
haseiy surrendered to the French a town OF
Spain, capital of Estremsdura, and bishops
see. 1t is seated in fertile territory on the
Guadiana, over which there is famous
bridge built by the Romans On this bridge
the Portuguese were defeated by Don John OF
Austria in 1901. 1t is rs miles s. by W. OF
Madrid. Long {, 50, w. lat. So, 80, y.
Eiras, strong frontier town of Portugal,
in Alentejo, with castle and bishops see.
The streets are handsome and the houses well
built. Here is cistern so large, that 1t VIII
hold water enough for the town for SIX months
1t is brought by magnificent aqueduct three
miles in length, which, in some places, IS
supported by four or five arches, oae upon
another On the side CT it is a forest Of olive !
trees three nites Ill length atnors which are
walks and fine fountains. Elias s;os 5om6ard- !
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