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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.