Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-29
pETERsBURGH, May Is.


H;s Excellency Count Lauriston, the
new Ambassador from France to the
-C,urt of Petersburgh, was presented ON
the nth of this month. On the same day
Lid Eyseliency the Duke de Ficencio, his
Predecessor, had his audience ofleave.
His Imperial Majesty was walking On
the 9Th of April. about i've o'clock IN the
afternoon, upon the English quay, when
workman belonging to the dock-yaiu'
named Iwanow, who was crossing the Ne
va upon the ice, the strength OF winch was
diminished by the thaw, sunk all al once
into the river. A door keeper named
PhiIlippow, who was then On the EnSiish
onav. together with apeasant from Arch
angel, named Pestow, and the carpenter
FroIow, ran to the assistance OIL tne uhior-
innate man, and saved his Lie. Ills I'M
perial Majesty, who witnessed TINS nooie
aot;o,. sent word to them by his adJutant,
the Colonel Count PotOcki, to come to the
palace, where they received present u
400 roubles each.
Admiral Spiridow, commandaht OF the
mort of Revel, has been appointed conn
naniant of that Of Archan5ei the vice.
Admiral of the Baltic fleet, Siniavin, re-
places him at Revel. :.
The following memorial has been pre-
sented to his Majesty:
J,asmreh as the measures taken by the
notice are not sufficient to watch the from
tiers of the empire, and to prevent deSer-
t;on. the expectation Of silver aad copper,
horses and cattle, and the entrance OF per-
sons without passports, the minister Oh
war long since directed his particular at
tention towards the formation OF good
frontier guard. More than once the
chiefs of the frontier governments nave
received orders to form these SuaraS; Dut
the principle of their organization not be-
ing sufficiently developed, and the chiefs
not having Shown equal activity In That
respect, scarcely any thing has hitherto
been doae. Experience has proven, tnai
the guard "a sse frontiers, eoniided TO the
Cossaess alone, was not sufficiently safe.
Comanerssaf stairs and the important
laws That relate 70 them, and are founded
upea public prosperity, now require paTtl-
enlar attention to organize in systematic
manner good frontier guard. The vigil
lance Of three custom-houses, established
nnon am extent Of fifteen hundred wersts,
will he without effect, if the intervals be
No, filed with troops constantly IN motion.
4. All the articles which fall into the
hands of those troops, whether they con
sist of merchandise which are attempted
to he introduced thro' bye roads. or OF Sill
YER and copper, horses and eat'ie. which
arc attempted to be exported, shall be con-
yerted to the beneiis OF those who shall
have discovered them, with the exception,
however. of merchandise the mportadOn
of which is prohibited, and which, by the
new regulation, are to be burHed; with
respect to those articles. a suitable reward
is to be paid TO these who shall have seiz-
ed them.
2. The same trC@ps are never to re-
main long in the same places, but are to
be kept inperpetual motion upon the Whole
extent of the frontier, in order that the
possibility of often fayoring contIaband
trade may not be more attractive to the
eupidity, SO natural to man, than the pros
pect of making from time to time lawful
seizures.
His Majesty approved this memorial by
signing it with his own hand.
BE it so, ALEXANDER.
st. Petersbargh, .aprit 81.
Yesterday the ice broke up and our ma