Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-29

ence, and resolved to convene again to
vindicate lis honor and dignity against the
imputa;ions OF the commander in chief
The court did meet and resolution was
unanimously passed to that effect, but the
squadron being ordered to sail, noting
further was done in it until its arrival at
Gibraltar. when the court was convened by
signal from the Press"en to act upon the
resolution, which was accordingly done
| when il was sent to the commodore.
. He (the commodore) considers this
aci OF the members of the Court as declared
in language hIgniy d!srespeciiul to him as
their superior oIicer-lnsultIng TO his rank
and authority, and subversi'e OF his pow
er-that the court was no longer IN being
he having, as he had an undoubled righ to
do, annulled its proceedings anu dlschar-
ged the prIsoner.-Ihat signal made
(while ne was presently ordering the court
to NEE; was a contempt OF his power, and
the meeting OF the officers tor that object,
an usurpation of authority TO erect them
selves into tribunal contrary to law, and
for no other purpose than to bring him into
contempt anu to violate the fundamental
rules enacted for the subordInation and
discipline OF the service.
/" | he members of the court disayow
such an intention, and offer their tribute of
respect to the person anu character OF the
commander IN CHIEF, but sustain the OPT
Mon OF their corpordte rights and the reso-
luton founded thereon. he commander
in Chief declares the meeting ~ have been
unlawful, the language dlsrespecttui and
insulting, suspends tue officers from CON
mand, ana Pre- .ers his charges, &c. &c"
Extract OF a letter from Gibraltar, politely
communicated by lrlenu oI the L. IIOr,
daled GtGrattur, Jug 70.
" Every thing continues miserably Gull
anu Without egy, promise of improvement.
Flour I ~ dollars ; new Crop Kentucky
tobacco, alO, according To qua,lty ; old
crop l2 anu 4 (; rice ana cotton IN no de-
maud coffee % dollars per cnt. Otner
coionIais IN no request.
tluIl promises to be abundant this sea-
son anu lU 10 pet cent lower than last
year. l nose who send Tor cargoes must
senu bills Or credits on London sales OF
produce cannot b. depended upon.
" Tue Franklln, "a, is here the Guer-
rier gone 10 Lesnom; Erie, Ii. Stockton,
and Spark, Lieut.. Weaver, IN pursuit Of
The pirate that robbed the brig Raj alb, Lo-
vett, master, from oumatra, arrived here.
" 29th.-N otning about the treaty from
Madrid, and all is conjecture as to the iste
OF it. 1t is still saiu the Marquis D'Yryjo
Was banIshed in consequence OF the part he
acted in bring ing il about which LOOKS as
il it Was not IN favor OF the king While Oh
the other nand, 1t is asserted that Don ems
IS intended TO be bis successor IN the stale
department. lie has no doubro this time
arrived in Madrid.
"Oi the 90, 900 men raised in Cadiz io-
South America, after two years labor, tlsen-
W.fue hundred only have been embarked
for Caracas. The rest Will Hol go, nor is
il in the power Of the government to COM
pei them. The 10000 who laid down
their arms have not been molested. The
officers are in confinement in Cadiz, but ii
is believed that the government is afraid 10
adopt any rigorous measures against them.
They all cry ou' against O'Donnell as the
trescherous instigator of the plot. He ha'
been promoted for his virtues! from ma
jor TO Lieutenant general.
g The piratcal brig which the Erie and
Spark are in quest OF, was formerly the
Express" OF Baltimore.
[NorfoM Herald.