Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-10

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French Journal, of nas'rg calu'ninatea
his grace. The appeal OF the Duke va
declared not receivable, and he was con
lemned in costs. :
The Courier of the asd December says
the Gazette of Saturday contains IS ad
dresses If coincidence TO the prince Ne
gent, and Z to Prince Leopold.
Mr.. Rush the American Minister, lei
Portsmouth the goth Dec.
London, Dec. 90.
This morning al additional parcel o.
Hamburg papers reached us, from whict
we extract The following:
Letters from VI. Las Casas.
I. TO LORD slpMoUTH.
"My LoTd,-I am extremely sory
that | have the honor to write to y'"r.
IorJship, and knowing for certain tn. !
shall not remain here long enough 20 re-
ceive ycur answer, which would. pernaps'
fulfil all my wishes. For these iour ua!s
have been in the hands Of your s'a,e
messenger, who, or his .'sie ahaih, had iS been en-
n Ds sealed M VIII the declaration
,h,t : m;sbt do with Ssm what l thought
proper. saw mo oore,.,,,v
,,,;,;ne and eyep encouraged me to do
W. m'' .nS waited eft until the very moment Of
50, anu al, m 70 take from me (as l was
". ue &c na;ai Of setting sally all my pa.
NO. eysS the most trihing, in your
"a ..Tii, is trap my lord, which can
-, sd it in my heart to ascribe to any
h.,str person than the man who laid it
fof me.
"This messenger understood nothing
but English. He had an assistant with
him who pretended to understand some
French, aud desired to read the papers
one after another, and has, nothwith.
standing, kept them all. He would have
had enough to do to read them al! in
week, and did not think that an indi-
vidual had such right over me.
EVERY thing has been taken from
me-letters, notes, my sons writing
books, deeds Of property, domestic Sc
crets, official documents of Sir Hudson
Lowe AMI lord Charles Somerset, my
journals, and even letter to the French
minister Of police, and another 10 my
wife, which, being here at leisure. l have
already directed. that it might be for
warded as sson as | landed at OstenJ.-
They have been taken from me, without
making any inventory Of them or NUM-
boring them; and they declared it was
done by your lcrdship's orders.
f" In the first moment of Indignation I
protested against such violence, and l
inquired for magistrate, that l might
make my complaint to him ! will not
here repeat the answer | received.
"As there is nothing | so much dislike
as to have my name mentioned in public
discussions, and considering that il was
that you could have prescri-
bed such conduct, which is opposed to
all the legal rules in the world, By which
public officers must guard themselves a.
gainst him, who, in such case, might
affirm that some papers had been taken
away or others substituted; considering
this, | cOntented myself, when recover
ed my temper, with trying, with all pos
sible means, and by all possible argu-
ments, to induce the messenger who dis
posed OF my fate to delay my voyage till
/ could Wi 20 your lordsbip, and re-
Ceive from you the confirmation Of his
rigorous order.
This man, nhO detained me three
days on the most trifling prete1t, was not
to be moved in respect to this affair,
though it was SO important. Notwi:h-
standing all my representations, that ]
had DOT the smallest objection to kave all
my papers looked over by confidential
persons appointed by yOHr lordship for
the purpose, and thar your lordship must
yourself desire thnt certain formalities
were observed in respect to me; that in
the examination Of my papers, my pre-
sence would be very useful, il not abso-
lutely necessary-to give explanations re-
speeting things that wOs!d not be under.
stood without me; that he sent me in
person to the Continent, and kept my
papers 10 London; that it was to be fear
ed that there was a Misunderstanding,
and that in "a hours all would be cleared
up, he answered NE coldly, that i need
not be uneasy respecting my return from
the Continent; il it should be necessary
you would pay all the expenses. Ts
what hands, my lord, have you delivered
NEE
"On another occasion, my lord, which
was certainly against your instructions,
l was obliged to impose silence upon the
man who guarded me. on account of his
gross abuse Of the august person whom
l honor above every thing in the werld.
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