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About Georgia express. (Athens, Ga.) 1808-1809 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1809)
it is in di;t& ccntrHi&icn r < k ./relation of every principle cf •g!ifh liberty. It isa direft vio- X art''of Magna Charta and the fif 4trc confirmations of kin Parlia ytwirj and a bold defiance of all the ’ rlfHattical execrations againft the Nations of it. It is in dired vi tiation of ail their other ftatuter, • oills and petitions of right, as well as the Habeas Corpus adL It de f ntives free lubjedb of their Tiber tier, r Te;perty, and often of their lives, I -rkhout ailedging or pretending any tradition sgainft them of any crime t Davide. Ic deprives them of the trVhrbby jury and lutjeds them to f fcourges and death i by martial law kttand tiithe judgment of courts martial. Cu.vnd of civil war, made upon cut by. and unoffending fubjeds. has tl/aid that in a general imprtff mtnt, like that of Admiral Keppell, . it coft the nation, in cutters, lug gers, and it might be added, in Nannyhoufes and rendezvous of de bauchery and corruption, an hun dred pounds for every man they ob tained. The pradice is not avow ed or acknowledged by the nation. No Parliament ever dared to legiti mate or fandion it. No court cf law ever dared to give a judgement ’ in favor of it. No judge or lawyer that ever I heard of, till Fofcer, ever ventured to give a private o pir.ion to encourage it. (To be continued.) ——■O> i 000“O Extrabl cf a letter from Paris , dated March 18, 1805, received at this office of the Philadelphia Reefer, “You have, no doubt, already heared cf the lurprifing converffion of the emperor of China and his family to the Roman Catholic reli gion. (Some mention is made of it in the London Times of February 20th, As the principal Mandarins are imitating rhe examples of their lovereign, many perfons here exped that the mate pf the people will ha ften to adopt the creed of their fu periors, and that political innova tions will foon follow this religious alteration. Mflionaries, members of the Propaganda, inftituted by Napoteon in 1802, after the publication of the concordat, have been the inftruments, in the hand of Providence, of tffeding this conveifion. Already reports are circulating of his Chinefe majtfty having contented to admit into his empire French political as well as commercial agents, and that two principal Madarins aie on their p3ffagc to France in an American veffcl, to compliment Napoleon, and to effer homage in the name of thrir prince to the fovereign pon toff. As to our difference with Auftria, I tear battles alone can fet tle them. Ic is laid, that orers have already been given to occupy with our troops, Triefte, and thus prevent Auftria communicating with England. The feizurcofthc Pope’s territory and temporal pow er, and the expulfion of the Bour bons from Spain (a kingdom, to the fovereignty of which the houfe of Auftria has eminent pretentions) ■are faid to cor ftitute the chief com plaints of the cabinet of Vienna a gainft our government. “ Among the many reports here, is the very abiurd one of a wsr with Pruftia, as well as with Auftria,— Ruftia is faid to have determined to remain neutral in this continental war, and is now negociatVng a peace with Sweden, in which Denmark is to be included.” Duke cf Tori end Mrs, Clarke — Wm. Cobbetf, in his political Re gifter of February 18, makes the following remarks upon chis.fujb jedt : Now is the time fur the people to afk the reviewers of Sir Francis Bnrdett, whether he was fi very much to blame, when he told the eleclors of IVeft min ft er, that m good was to be expebled, till we could “ tear out the leaves of the accurted Red Book.” Colonel French, and colonel Knight, and captain Donavan, and capt. San der., and Mr. Dowler, and the reft of the numerous petticoat patronized crew, ere all to be found in that Red Book, the leaves of which he wifhed to tear out. His voice willy / truft , now be heard by thofe who were be fore misled •, if, indeed, there could be anyJucb. 1 truft that now, the ve nal dec!aimers aoout “ Jaccbinifm ,” will no longer be able to blind the un derftandu.g of ary man however fimple that man may be. The man, who now a (jiffs to believe , that a deep noted fyftem of corruption does not prevail, rnuft be an arrant knave \ and cf courfe, none but an arrant knave will ajf'ebl to believe, that a re form cf that fyftem, and a fpeedy one too, is not only neceffary to the pre fervation of the throne , as well as of the remaining liberties of the people. — But, in the mean time, and, indeed as neccffarily conducive to this reform, let the people bear in mind, that it is their money that has been f ported with j that it was not colonel French's money, nor Mr. Bowler's money, that the Duke cf York's kept miftrefs took , and that was expended upon her footmen, chariots, muftciansfingers, players, dancers , parafites, pimps , and bawds, but in the end the money c. f the peo ple. This is the important truth for them to keep in view. Let every fa ther of a family confider how much lefts , from this caufe , he will have to bequeath his children. When thofe, who formerly lived in affluence from the rent of their eftates, reflect boiv they have been obliged to difinifs fer vant after fervant j jell horje after borfe j abridge pot after pot of the ale that formerly gladdened the heart cf the comer ; aye, and to cut down tree after tree, and to fell acre after acre ; let all fuib per fens, when , with ach ing heart , they fo refieti, think of Mrs. Clarke, ar.d the fir vices of plate, and the wine glafses , at a gui nea apiece , and the rattling carria ges, and the laced footmen , and the muftcians , and the finging boys, and the players, and the dancers, and the pimps, and the bawds in Gloucejter place i and let every mind in the kingdom be fixed upon the feene de ferred by Mijs Taylor, every tongue repeat, and every ear tingle at the words , “ How does French be have to Darling ? Darling ! How many a widowed mother has had to pronounce that word over a child, dri ven from beneath her roof by the pe nury produced by thefe and fimilar corruptions ! Look into families, once refpetlable in point cf fortune, and yon find them conftfting cf a crowd of helplefs females, unable to work and afoamed to beg the fins all forced away, for want of the means pcjfejffed by their father, to fiek a fubfiftence from patronage, to get back again fome fmall portion of what their fa ther had paid in taxes, and, in order to fuccted , creeping to thofe whom that father would have defpifid ; nay, per haps the iaft ftake of the family is converted into a bribe for a w — e, while a fcorc of hreafts are filled with anxiety left the fum Jhould not beJuf ficitnt. Thus has the nation been de graded ; its fpirit fubdued ; its heart broken \ and its property rendered a prey tc the infamous reptiles, who, at left, ft and exp fed tc its execrations , and who, I truft, are at no great df t ana from the hour of feeling the ej jdls of its vengeance. 1 mean not the vengeance cf a mob, but thefteady, fiber, and deliberate vengeance of the law.** [ Such is the notice by William Cobbett; of the disgraceful profli gacy and hopes of Bririfh royalty.— Good heaven ! how the fieiii creeps and the foul fickens at the crimes of this royal fcoundrel. But that he ftiould be fcourged by Porcupine for his mifdeeds, is next to a mi racle !] — N. Y. Aurora. SUMMARY. Of the charges againft the duke of York, containing, the evidence taken in the Britifh houfe of com mons : Among the charges brought for ward in parliament during the exam ination of the condud of the duke of York, it appears that in the year 1804, he was negotiating* to obtain the Dan cf 70,000 pounds to be paid bv wav of annuity. One Ken neit was employed in this negocia t 01, and the duke, as reward, for his tervices, was to procure him a ficua tion under government. This fum was to be redeemed in 3 years. Ic appears that this loan was not effect ed—nor did Kennett gee a fituation. He was charged with preventing cols. Knight and Brooks from ex changing regiments—and, after war. s permitting them at the requeft of Mrs. Clarke—and thatihe receiv ed from col. Krdght’s relations 200 pounds fteriirg for accomplifhing t)’ bnfinefs. That at the requeft of f ; rs. Clarke, the duke of York made u:a of his influence to procure a pia e for Mr. Doyle under Sir Brook Wat ion ; for which Mr. Doyle gave Mrs. Clarke, at one time, 800 pounds, and at another 200 pounds fterling. Mrs. Clarke slfo received a carriage from Mr. Doyle, which Ihe never paid for in minify ! It appears alfo from Mr. Dunna von’s examination, tnat when he applied to Mrs. Chke for her influ ence to obtain places under govern ment, it was fubiequent to her iepa rafior* from the duke of York 3 and that (he never faid to Mr. Dunavon, that fhe had any influence over the duke, but laid fhe had influence with the duke of Portland, and feveral other diftinguifhable perfon ages. During this examination, it ap pears that ccl. Wardie, (who ori ginally brought on the examination of the conduit cf the duke of York) had, hi in fe If, ufed his influ ence to obtain a place in the cuftom boufe for a friend, for which Mrs. Clarke received a compenfation.- Icfurcher appears, dat col. Wardie was extremely intim'te with Mrs. Clarke, and often rode ou: with her in her carriage. Mrs* Clarke acknowledges that fhe had given to the duke of York feveral lifts of perfens who were anxious for fituations and that fhe received compenfadon for fo do ing- It was proved by a miniature paitner, in the employ of Mrs. Clarke, that fhe often boafttd in his pretence, cf having frequently counterfeited the duke of Yorft’s ftgnature, and that fhe ihewed him him the duke’s writing and her imi tation, in which he laid he could difeover no difference. There was no doubt in the minds of every member of parliament, that Mrs, Clarke’s conduct had been extremely loofe and exceptionable —that on being afksd what gentle men were at her heute on n ctrtain o.cTion, i.vjz replied, tcac i \ flu W 35 to name ail the perfons who were there that evening, no decent men ‘ would, in future, viflt her houfe! (A loud laugh / Sir Arther Wellfley and teveral other diftinguiihcd general * facers, 1 proved, that man yof the accufatioijs 5 brought forward agamft the dukt by Mrs. Clarke* were falfc and *\j groundless. A London paper remarks—that it is a dangerous thiug to have any connexion with a woman of loofe character—no greater proof of this 1 need be afforded, than the wicked and moft wanton conduct of Mrs,, f Clarke, in the cate of the duke of York. It is fortunate however, for our country, that no roore credit is given to her ftatement, than is due fromfuch afoul quarter. Plymouth Dock, March 9. Sailed the Dotterel gun brig, lieut. Abdy, for the coaft of France, j with a captain in the French army, j who has violated the laws of his country, by fighting a dud with his general, whom he killed j when he • fled from Paris, he took his wife and children, and proceeded to Quibcrcn Bay, where he tleaped on board the Dotterel gun brig, which arrived here on Sunday laft. Ap plication was accordingly made tor . per million to land, which was re fufed by government, and he is- to be tent back to France. Extra Ft from the Proceedings of the P reft dent an l Profefftors of V/illiam and Mary College, (Virginia) April lAfth, 1809. Refolved , That JOHN S. BAR BOUR be, and here by is, forever expelled from this college, forgiv ing a challenge to fight a duel, and otner conduct contrary to the rules for the maintenance of good order* (Signed) J. MADISON, Prefidento [Argus. Office of the Freeman's Journal, Phi ladelphia, Saturday noon, May 8. “ Mr. William Davy, a mer chant of this city, now on a viflt to Wafhington, has written to his ten here, that Gen. Tukrfau rs re called, and that another Minifter is coming over from France, with, full power to fettle all matters in dfi pute between the two countries !'* iiiMTi-r n -m-wthi w * ■■■■■ -! tmmmnnntM NOTICE. There will be Sold on the firft Saturday in July nexr, being the fir ft day of the month at MatiUbn* Morgan County, a number of Town Lots, Some of which are handfome ly ficuated and worth the attention of thofe who wifh to purchate^ ALSO / Several Lots lying adjacent, to, and within the limits of ihe Town of a large fize and elegibly Situa ted for private Settlements By the Coeuniftioners. Juie 3d, 1809. 54 — FOR SALE. 350 Acres of land, about thirty 2cres which is cleared, Seventy acres of low ground of the firft quali ty, lying within five miles of Athens. —Terms of hud land may be fully known bv applying to NATHANIEL DEANE. June 3d, 1809. 54 — SINGING SCHOOL. Mr.-Hall, refpectfully informs the Citizens of Athens and its vicin ity, that he intends opening a Sing ing School, in faid town on the 3d day or June, terms will be caidfc kzown on tfca: day.
