A sobriquet of Henry V.
Alexander Newski, Order of.
A Russian order of knighthood, founded by Peter the Great in 1722.
Alien Act.
An act passed in 1793, to deal with the enormous influx of foreigners into England, due to the French Revolution. Aliens were required to state the object of their visit, to register their names, and to obtain passports for moving to and fro.
Alien and Sedition Laws.
A series of Acts of Congress passed in 1798, to deal with the situation caused by the residence in the United States of a large number of naturalized Frenchmen who sympathized with France in the difficulties then pending between the two countries. They gave the President the power to banish undesirable aliens. They were very unpopular, and were, in fact, never enforced with any stringency, but are noticeable as having led to the first declaration of States Rights, Kentucky and Virginia declaring them unconstitutional.
Aliwal North, First Treaty of.
A treaty, signed in 1858 between the Orange Free State and Moshesh, the Basuto chief, through the mediation of Sir George Grey. This treaty rectified the frontier somewhat in favour of the Basutos, and made other provisions tending to the maintenance of peace.