Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-08-12
Na10 York, August 8.

from a cr,ize in the GUlph of Mexico.
She sailed from N. Orleans 18TH ult.
The commerce Of the Gulph has been
nearly uninterrupted for some time past
since John i.aftre abandoned and des-
troyed Galveston. tie sailed from
thence on the 9TH of May. with an arm
cd brig and two schooners, his avowed
intention was to join Aury. at Old Pro-
violence. The LYNX re-captured at
Gal, eston on the 26th Of June, a Span.
ish flucca with ya'u BIZ cargo prize
to Il e ASintrya, nne Ct Ldftte s scho0-
~ RS. Five of the M'nrva'S Crew, found
on board have teen committed at New
Orleans to be tried for piracy. The
schooner Es, .eranza, or Little Boy,
captured by the Lynx, Off Campeachy,
IN the esd May, has been condemned
in The Louisiana District court for lille
galIy fitting out and aiming the officers
and crew, % in number, we're senten-
ced to e months Imprisonment and
fine of $50 each.
The cruizers ut Aury, rarely enter
the Gnlph but generally cruise OF he
south side Of Cuba; the merchantmen.
are frequently boarded by them. An
English ship was plundered by one OF
them about the 18th Of jelly. eff Cape
20 ientiS. There were bat 6 or men
al Gal es on when the Lynx was there
they employed themselves in hunting
&c. The Lynx met Gen. Long. in a
small sloop of the Sabine. on the lst of
July, bound to Galveston. accompanied
by 25 officers and men. Being unarm-
ed. they were allowed to proceed. New
Orleans was said TO be very healthy.
The Lynx was there but days. She
has on board l2n, 900 dollars in specie.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The July packet ship James Monroe
capt. Rogers arrived last evening from
Liverpool, bring papers to the lst of
the month, and London papers to the
evening Of the 29lh of June; which we
have received.
The ships Nimrod, and Comet, had
arrived at Havre from this port. They
carried out the news of the passage of
the bill LAYING tonnage duty on Frcnch
vessels.
In the French Chambers on the esd
jane, +" NJ. Cassimir Perricr annourc-
ed tic receipt of intelligence, which
seemed TO obtain credit, that the u.
States had just imposed tonnage duty
Of 100 francs per ton on the entry Of
French vessels in the ports Of the Re
public. NJ. be. Wilde doubted the
truth nf this statement. which the Mi
mister for Foreign Affairs said was not
officially confirmed; but it was declared
that such tax, If imposed ON French
shipping would amount TO positive
prohibition Of commerce with North A.
merica."
Ard on the cath, we find ''Mr. Gal
latin. the American Ambassador at Pa
ris. had long conference with N. Pas
quier. the French Minister Of Foreign
Affair.""
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4 Liverpool paper furnishes the fol-
loving summary Of the proceedings re.
latlye to the Queen:
MIR. Wilberforce's motion Of the e2d,
undertaken, as it appears, without the
concurrence of ministers, was Chiefly
meant to induce her maiesty to give
up the question Of the liturgy (which is
now, it seems the great point Of con
tcntion. 1t was hoped that the solemn
address of the Rnuse of Commons,
with distinct acknowledgment that no
imputationS Of fear or consciousness,
or dislonor, were to be implicated in
her majesty's compliance would have
shaken her determination on this lead
ing article. Bat the Queen was i'm
mo, cable. Her answer, which was
couchcd in terms the most dccorous q
respectful, intimated with sufficient
tirmness that it was not the part of con-
scious integrity to retract its prcteniion.
Such are the narrow limits of contest
which disturbs tie tranquility of great
nation, and interrupts its public bust.
ness at season OF peculiar difficulty.
IL seems to resemble too much those
matrimonial quarreIs in private life,
which are often protracted to the ruin
Of domestic peace; because neither par
ty will be the first to yield. In such
cases it is commonly remarked, that
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