Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-03
From late London hsfers.

A vessel, arrived in the Clyde, has
brought American papers TO the 5th
March. Among tier conteEts We Ind
message Of the most violent charactc?
from Mr.. Madison to &c Cengs ess. In
this message the President most lavishl'
abuses an order in councii OF the British
government, allowing the importation OF
provisions aud wood for common par,
poses (csilsd tumber) which hAd bcra u
sualiy- imported iato the West India
islands in American y, sseis
This Commerce. yielded TO tic -A>merl
cans profit Of sixteen u..iinns o. dol
lars yearly. The advantages wsre thus
reciprocal, and 1t is not easy to discover
tho e,sons Of Mr. Madi,on'a anger on
the principles of coo,nson policy but
there is a fnrthcr rcascn ttsl the mefe
matter al profit and less. tph p'lr''
lege oil importation IS confined by tic
British government to the EASTERN ports
The Pomone, captain piitip Cateret,
will sail !rom? Portsmouth for Lisbon with
thu detachment of guards aud others,
which have lately embarked, under Coz
voy, the momcnt the wind is iair. &c
ne:als sir Thomas Graham, Clinloa,
Payne, Oswald and Pack, and aids-de-
camp go out in the convoy. GeoeFai
Oswald and family take their passa9e
in the prince regent transport; the other
generals with eleven aides-de-camp' VIII
proceed as passengers 10 the Pomons
The pomone also takes OFT 100, O0ol. IN
euineas Ga new coinasc) tor.the use OF
the army.
The king OF Prussia has issued
a nyoclamatian, in which he declares.
that no prsniotion shall i'll future De
granted 10 any o:tieer who s'Ia'i rot
have serveasasainst the enemy one
year from the present time.
The following is correct copy OF the
pstpioa OF the Catholics Of Enslsnd,
which was prevented by Earl Grey, to
the house of lords, signed by near eleven
thousand persons. including the lords
Shrewsbury, Newbnreh, Fauconberg,
Stourton, Pctrs, Arundel, Dormef$ aud
Clifford, and aupmGrous body OF gentle
men Of ancient descent, and large land
cd possessions.
To the Right Hon, the Lerds Spiritual
aud Tstaporsl Of Great B'itnin and
Ireland, IN Parliament assembled.
We whose names are under"rl tten,
Roman Catholics OF England, humbly
beg leave TO represent 70 your rlght non
orablc house
Thatin the fourth session OF the last
parliament, the Roman Catholics st Eng-
land presented petition TO your right
hon. house, stating the principal srleV"
snces-under which they labor /; ana num-
bly, praying relief. :,
That your lordships' petitioners feel
them.elve. called upon, in Justice to
their families and themselves, again to
solicit your attention 70 the many penal
and disabling laws to which the Roman
Catholics are subject, fer sdher'sg Ia
tenet. purely religious; while they cali
confidently assert, without fear ct con-
tradic,ion from any part of their conduct,
that in loyalty and fidelity to their sose'
reign, in attachment to the constitution
and obedience to the laws OF their coun-
try, they yield to no class whatever OF
hi. maiesty's most loyal subjects.
That yeur lordships' petitioners, ID
thus again approaching your right no.
nerabls house, beg leave to repeat thai
hey are actuated net more by sense o.
the hardships & disabilities under which