Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-08
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Foreign Intelligence.
Received By !ate arrivals at Boston.
LONDON. May II.


M. Sastres, Royal Council in Lon
don 49,
/. SRA law Of the realm makes liza
BILE to seizure and confiscation ali ship.
and vessels, which under any pretext
whatever, shall arrive IN the ports there
Of, being either entirely or partly loaded
with salt, tobacco, gunpowder, nitro, and
playing cards of al-sorts, unless before
the Introduction of those articles the
shippers or captnins enter into a bono
with the general administration Of III
direct duties, which is alone authorized
|by government, to sanction the purchase
or consumption OF the before mentioned
articles. / convey this information t,
you by command OF his majesty, for your
government, and that of the commerce
Iof your city, in order that there may be
mo allegation Of ignorance thereof, in
case of contravening the same.
(signed)
The Marquis Of CIRCELLO."
!! A letter from Paris, of the 9th inst
|gives the following particulars ofthe con
|spiracy said shave been recently dis.
covered -
$ Some of the agents of the Military
Police, forming part of the nocturnal pa.
|troles, had remarked an individual ap.
|parently of the inferior class, returning
ito his house in the Rue de la Harpe at
fsur O'Clock in the morning. lie was
traced at O'Clock in the evening to al,
obscure hotel in Rue de la Rochechoyard
where he regularly passed the night. tie
was seized at the end of fortnight, a.
we'll as all the persons assembled there.
The greater part were disSanded officer,
men already signalized by the Police.
Their examination led to farther disco
veries !; press, and several seditious
were seized, rather, am
informed. tending to subvert the present.
government, than in favor of the Usurp-
e., or any other pretender. 1t is assert
ed that the apprehension of Benoit, Ma
rats Secretary, in Switzerland, of the
Chevaier st. Aignon, have thrown new
and unexpected light upon the subject
This is now believed to be subordinate
ramification of deep laid plan, whict
embraces in its actien Fouche al Dresden.
Carnot of Warsaw, Excelmans in he
Netherlands, and soult at Dusse!-
dorf."
The following very singular occur
rance is asserted to have taken place at
Amiens -
A person having sounded the political
sentiments OF the Attorney General of
that district, the latter. anxious to disco.
YER what secret project there might
be on foot, pretended to acquiesce
ia the sentiments of his companion, ana
at length consented to accompany hiu
blindfold to meeting where those pro-
jects we're to be developed, He was :
cordingly leu by his conductor through
n'any turning and wirdings. but las he
strongly suspected) without ever being
taken cut of'the town of Amiens. At
length his eyes were unbound, and be
found himself IN the midst of a number
OF persons, mal.y of whom he well knew
They flrst swore secresy, and then ex
posed to him their plan. the ultimate
object of which was, that with which,
the revolution first besan-namely, a
change OF dynasty by he elevation Of
the branch ofOrIeans to the throne. AT.
ter having, as they thought, fully enlisted
him in this scheme. he was driven home
with the same Caution as he was brought
to the meeting; but the first use he made
of his liberty was to inform the Project.
and through him the government, of
what had happened. Orders were in
consequence issued for apprepending all
the conspirators that were known to this
gentlemen, and for institutins a strict
search after the rest.
LONDON, May 10.
Brussels papers to the 9Th Inst. arrived
this morning. A letter from Vienna
states. that Prince Kauntiz, the Austrian
ambassador at the Court of Madrid, is
soon expected to return, as he has not
been able to obtain audience of Ferdinand
VII. who protests against the possession
of Parma by the Archduchess Maria
Louisa.
Itappears that orders have been issu-
ed by the Court of Baden, to prepare
for the passage Of numerous corps of
Austrian troops, which are going in a
short time to relieve those now in
France.
May Is.
Commercial Report.-The prices of
grain have experienced very sudden
advance since my last. The stock On