Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-09-21

nand, for the present, Of an English Object,
(the Earl Of Cork under sealed order, to
be opened at sea when, II is conjectured.
the noble lords services will be withdrawn.
The Rev. MIR. Bldg is appointed
Chaplain TO the forces, and birth has been
provided for him under the table.
The object Of the expedition remains
profound secret. l.&otesmar.
A letter frum Constantinop!e, dated the
Ith off une, published at Genoa. states ttllt
Turkish lady, young widow, named
Zelda Almedia, daughter OF the late bra
him Assid, being overcome with sanui, a.
Trescisonde. to which she had retired, was
DESTROYS Of joining an Italian colonel a.
Constantinople, under whose protection
she intended to make tour in Europe, Ia.
king with her all her wealth. Her conf
danis IN this project were the Cadi Sheriff
Hassan. the Bostsgis Achmet and Elmo.
van, and her three farorite slayes-all Of
whom, on lis being discovered. unfortu.
nately lost their heads. The lady herself
was condemned 10 imprisonment for life
The Italian colonel, at the date OF the
letter, had not arrived al Consian,nope,
hu. orders bad been issued for his arrest,
in case ofhs making lis appearance there.
So intense was tie heat at Southampton
on Wednesday last, that a carpet, lying
under skylisht, IN a st0re-room Of a ca
binet maker OF that Town, was nearly burnt
before il was discovered.
( We lately noticed the circumstance Of
the Leicester packet, having on her pas.
sage from Waterford 10 Milford, between
.he Sal;ces and the Smalls, struck upon
something supposed TO be a whaIe--and
we have since learnt that she was al the
time sailing at the rate Of eight knots an
hour.-Upon coming in contac, with this
huge nhabitant of the deep, the vessel was
greatly mpeded in her coursc--a tremu-
lous motion ensued. and on the man at the
helm locking astern. he perceived the tail
of what he considered 10 he whale, one
moment abou, twenty feet above water,
and the peyi iuriously lashing the waves
apparently from the agony occasiored BY
/ the before mentioned conclusion.
1t will be perceived by such Of our res-
ders as have read the decree OF the Judge
{ of the Admiralty in the case of the Nahby,
American fishing vessel, tina; il does mol al.
feet the pretensions advanced by the Cit.
zens of the United States, claiming the RICH,
! to take fish on the Grand Bank Of New
toundland, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and
all other places in the sea as she was con.
demned for 4 violation Of the laws made for
the regulation of trade and navigation. He
observed, however, that the intention Of the
British government at the time (178S) was
10 acknowledge an absolute right to take
fish in those places; but he stated tha, the
Court was not called upon in this case 10
determine that point As far as relates to
that part Of the original treaty which gave
the Americans liberty TO fish on the coasts.
bays and creeks ofbis Majesty's dominions,
and to cure fish OH their shores, most IN.
doubleday, that privilege ceased when the
American government violated the treaty
by its subsequent declaration of war; and
the Judge said he felt himself bound 10 de.
clare that 1.-The treaty of 1888 and all the
privileges depending thereon had csas-
ed" Tree Press.