The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-08-16

chg whom are 10 Americans was not .
yet decided, but j; was supposed, that al
would be transported for life, to the Por.
,uguese possessions on the coast of Afri>
ca.'
The estimation in which the govern
ment OF Portugal is held by some Of the
members Of the British Parliament, may
be known from the annexed remarks OF
DR.. Washington, in the house Of commons,
on the subject Of the African slave trade
In the course OF debaie the doctor took
notice of the capture OF Portuguese
slave ship by the Pheasant, about a year
and hall ogo and the murder ofthe Bri
fish seamen who had been put on board
OF the vessel. This horrible outrage
happened accidentally to be made known
to the captain OF the Morgiana; and be
hoped our government would take the
necessary steps to bring the perpetrators
of this murder to justice and that
they would take care to enforce tina. trea
" that had been entered into with the
Portuguese government, and effec,ually
prohibit the subjects OF Portugal from
pursuing the slave trade We had pur-
chased the right of search from that her.
fy government, and we are bound to en-.
force that right against its subjects, even
although it should be attended with the
shedding of blood. Were we to be
held in defiance by the Insignificant sub
jects Of Portugal? Not shilling more
should be paid as compensation Tor the
capture OF any Portuguese vessel, until
the abolition was completely insured.
FRANCE.
A London paper, We presume it to be
the Morning Chronicle from the tenor OF
its remarks, says
The state oil things in France leads ra.
| pidiy 10 another revolution the infatua-
ton OF Napoleon was united with the con.
6dence inspired by his genius and the be.
Deficence OF his institutions, the spiendor
| with which he surrounded his country
But the present rulers possess nothing
more than what Napoleon had created
and nothing Of the genius or the motive:
to love or admiration which were pro
duced by him; and have profted. moth
ing by the experience of the pas, the min
listers OF Louis XVIII. are ruling in tn,
same but more aggravated folly, as thos,
Of Louis XIV. and XVI. and the catastro
phe cannot be very dIssimiiaI nor remote
Woliel the quarter master, who per
formed the odious service OF winning th,
confidence in order to shed the blood O
BertoD, is TO be made commissioned of
ficer, and decorated with the ribbon OF tn,
legion of honor.
AwaIm discussion on the custom hons,
duties occupied the chamber OF deputie
tor some days. One party commended to
the system oil colonial monopoly Will,
the Other maintained the policy of liberia
ing commerce from the shackles of pro
tccting duties.
| The police had recently adopted an al
bitrary system OF search and espionage
Two persons coming out OF bookseller.
shop with some pamphlets, were seize {
by man IN coloured clothes, aided by ;
6 experimentation any warrant or auth.
hority, dragged to the prefecture of tn,
police, searched and dismissed with the
bare satisfaction OF being told that the a
! gent OF the police suspected them of hay.
ing prohibited enerasipgs. The studies
OF arts are SO runmaged BY the police for
| iikenesses or emblems of Napoleon anc
! his government.
The chamber of deputies we're as usua
violent and tumultuous. One of the mem
bers Ill abiding to the distresses in par,
OF the nation, broke forth into the follow
ing exclamation
"S'range fatality agriculturists, far
mers, proprietors, we are all reduced t.
perish in the midst of abundance, and to
bemoan the fertility Of the soil fecundateo
tby our labors and by our capital"
IRELAND.
The Dublin Morning Post of the s6th
June, contains the following account OF
the arrest OF fourteen persons at Armagh,
on charge OF high treason: