Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-12-03

aCqulNtlcnS OF Sfeat- Brita1n dno france
1T by the war-and I'd by the peace
BY THE WAR. !
Great Britain obtamea-Ceylon, the
Cage, all the Dutch and French poaeiions
in the Eaf, except Batavia and the Mau-
ritius Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Pierre
and Miquelon, Surinam, Demarars, Cur
rasoa, Miaorca, Malta and Egypt.
IF,anee-Belgium and the Limits of,he
Rhine, Savoy, Piedmont, the Milane!e,
the Genoefe, Tuftany, tie command of l.
tally, cloie alliance with Spain, tie fub-
jugaeion of Portugal, the Spanith part OF
ST. Domingo, the eiiabiilhn2ent of Repuh-
lies dependent upon her, the ieive,ic, Ba-
tavian, Ciialpine and Ligurian and the
erection of new monarchy depen'ant
upon her, called the kingdom OF Etruria.
1t may ieem to iome, thar England had
a right to demand the retention OF mott OF
her conquei}s, when we contider the i'm
menfe acquiGtion of territory and influence
obtained by France. Whas is the FACT,
and what does fhe gain
BY THE PEACE?
Great Britain gaixs-Cey ion, Trinda-
da, and the Cape is TO be free port.
France gams-Belgium, and the limits
of the Rhine, Savoy, the command of TIA
ly, Spanifh part of ST. Domingo, all the
conqueRs made from her in the EAT and
the Wet, Pondicherry, Rampore, &c.
Martinique, St. Lucia, Tobago, St. Pierre
and Miquelon, ihe eGablilhes and pre-
ierves her influence over the Helvetlc, Ba.
tavian, Cifalpine and Ligurian Republics,
lhe obtains the acknowledgment of the
new King of Etruria, fhe procures the cef-
Gon of the Dutch pcfiefions in the eaft, ex'
cept Ceylon, Minorca, Surrinam, Dema-
rara and Curacao.
Such is the relative fate Of the two
countries by the preliminarles OF peace.
The reaoration of Egypt to the Porte is a
boon granted by US; for we had atchiev-
ed the conqueit of that country before The
preliminaries were fgned. If it be faid
that the lurrenier of Alexandria was not
known to our miniiters at the time Of the
fgning Of the preliminaries, we anfwer,
that the utter impoaibiliiy of that place
h;rldiqg out much longer was known ; and
therefore the entire expuliion of the French
from EsyPt was CERTAIN.
From the above Abatement our readers
will fee that except with refpett to Trini-
dada and Ceylon, the Aa,us ante is eta
blilhed for Great Britain while France
keeps all that Che has conquered and all
the countries over which he has obtained
influence. The iipulation made in favor
of Rome and Naples cannot be coniidered
as any new advantages gained by this
country for either of thole two powers,
for it is known that they had already
been agreed to by France, and that they
were to he carried into execution at the
concluGon of the peace. Ancona was at
that period to be furrendered to the Pope,
and the French troop, were to evacuate
Otranto, BrindiG, and the other itations
which they poaened in the Metropolitan ter
ritories. With refpea to Turkey, we
cannot but confder the guarantee of the
integrity Of her dominions as mere null
lity. No guarantee OF ours can refcue her
from her prelent debility and her rapidly
approaching dMolu.ion, nor from the de-
dgns of Auitria and Ruilia, ihou!d they be
Inclined to take advantage Of her prefer,
onvulfed and diitraeied ftuation. We
have not yet heard what power is to be
the protector of Malta the general OPT
MON is, that it will be Ruaia; upon this
point we have expreaed our opinion.
It's far from our intention to underva-
lue Ceylou or Trinidad. Ceylon is a
mott fertile and productive illand !; of great
advantage to US in every point of view
Trinidada, though fruitful, is, we under
itend, by no means healthy; but is 1t
more valuable iland than Martinique or
is it equal in its produce to the spanhh
part of ST. Domingo?
We have NOT touched upon the deierti-
on of our German allies, nor upon the a
abandonment of the king of Sardinia, ru-
ined from his Junction with the coalition
againtt France. We relerve TIE dlicuillon
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