Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-14

fuch men as may be the objetf Of this mca-
rure TO e(cape, we feel ourieiyes reieaied
from iurther reltraiDt.
On Welneiuay evening Mr.. Vanhttart,
one Of the iecretarics of the treaiury, wait
ed on the lord mayor from the chancellor
Of the exchequer to repreient that His Ma
j5fy's Misifers sFULLY EXPECTED
the French 1yauld attempt ar l MMEDI-
ATE DESCENT on tbis lizard !; that
many icafaring men, whole fervices at this
crihs would be invaluable, had taken re-.
fugs in the city TO avoid being preHcd ),
and to requef that the lord mayor would
permit pre1gang, under any circumftan-
ces of modification which the city nagif-
trates could fuggef. iThe lord mayor
iaid he could not give an anfwer till he took
the opinion Of his brother magistrates !;
and for this purpofe he Gumlnoned courr
OF Aldermen to meet early next forenoon,
prior to theconrt Of common council. The
court, in confederation of the impending
danger, and the handfome manner in which
the application had been made, rather as a
requeit to tbs city magiRrates for aid in
defence OF the country, than mean, exer-
cife of influence over an individual, who
might bow to power, begged of the lord
mayor to back the warrants for month,
upon the express condition that peace Of
fcer ihonld attend every party, and tina,
freemen and houfholders should NOT be
taken away without the content of the lord
mayor. The lord mayor and aldermen
pledged themfe!ves to each other not "a
diicloie their proceedings, as publicity
would defeat the very object miniiters had
In view.
So greatly do m:niaers find themfelvcs
in want of men, that they have ordered
one hundred petitioners from the Royal
Hoipital at Greenwich to be drafted on
board the different fhips which are to be
tationed as floating batteries along the
coat. 1t is with much fatisfattion we
perceived, by our Deal letter, thar a con-
fiderable feet of hre-ihips and gun boats
has arrived there from the Baltic, are they
are peculiarly calculated to fruArate the
enemy's deGgns. Very great movements
OF troops are making towards the coats,
particularly in Kent and Ehex.
While an intention is manifefed of in
vading the eaitern coat of England, Mi
| nifers have ftrong fufpicions thar the ac-
tual point of attack is Ireland, and thar
the threats againf the Metropolis are
| made only TO divert our attention from
the real OBJECT. We are allured thar
Talleyrand, who writes and ipeaks pood
Engliih, while he has been conduetinq 4
gociation with this country, has alto
been managing the traitorous correfpon.
dence with difafeeted Britifh fnbieefs.-
This has been his particular department
and It has proved buGnefs of coniiaerable
activity. He has retired from it, NOT n
diigrace, as it has been reported, but real.
ly on account of i'll health. Before his
retreat, however, government intercepted
diipatches from him in cypher, bringing
over In fmcggling velIel, and a large re-
ward was offered in certain quarters 70
decypher them, but without effect. We
are aaured that the Jacobin faction in
particular urges the invaGon of England !:
ana that Bonaparte, conlcious of the ha.
zard OF the enterprife, liRens 60 them
with apprehension. Carnot has the moft
weight with him, and Angereau is the
ioudeit IN calling for the expedition.
Should it be attempted, thar general will
no doubt have a command. He is the
mott remarkable officer in the iervice Of
France, Tor an attachment to fplendid pa
rade, TO luxury and extravaganza, and he
may be weak enough to hope, that he will
DC able to indulge his paGions by the plum
der OF London for he is as fhallow
Drained as he is oflentatious. -MiniAers
nave very good information Of the deGpns
and PROCEEDINGS nf the Erenrh go