Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-08-31

actually fgned with Portugal. We.sr
fill however OF oririon, that tic nrtt H.
,eIl;gerce o that event will be ccmnuni
cascd by the MoniteW.
he army Of obiersation is faid to have
begun us march to kcme. I ne depar-
tire OF the French ambaGador from Rome,
afforded US reafon to expect that iuch a
s:eafa:e would be immediately adopted.
Cffhe Aeseeiatian.
The ve.iei that hroush, tfeie Paris pa
pers brought alto difpa1ches to NJ. Ouo.
The intercourfe between TIE two govern
ments is extremely ac;iye, and TIE fate OF
the negotiation has, it is rumorcd, induc-
ed the French mini,;cr for foreign affairs to
delay his departure from Paris for lew
days.
The French funds are rather higher
they are az II.
A letter from an officer on board / In
mortalite, dated CT S,ea, Juac IS, fates
as follows -" We have been off this
p,a,e rear fix weeks, and tor7the greater
part Of the tine at anchor, wi,h!n about fix
miles Of the entrance of the harbor. When
we we got under weigh to look-in, they
gave US plenty Of ihot and iheiis. We
mad bit of fkirmiih the other day, fing-
ly.aad alone, with two Of their trigates,
La Furieuie and Syren, the hrf OF f3peri-
or force, the latter very little interior.
They were eloie under their Batteries, but
sne CO, up their rigging pretty well, not
withAanding and | make no doubt, could
we have got them from their hs.,ef, we
ihoald have at !eaf taken one, if not Doth.
We have not the ieait expectation OF being
relieved, or going into port, Till then fee,
come OFT, as we are futr..ec with beer,
water, sc. fem Plymouth.
45rni7'4l Of Leya Ae55x.
Admiral I'd Nv,lon arrived at the sd-
mirairy yelterday. After whiting the
hofpitsl at Yarmouth, where he arrived or
Monday in the Kite brig; he gave each
Of the nu.fes guinea for the care they
had taken of the wounded ieamen, his lori
ih.p went to Ncilon,s hotel, and partook
ot(ome reireihn"nts: he was there wait
ed on by the naval and military officers,
AMI the principal inhabitants ci The liace.
Who were all anxious to pay their reipee,s
20 the hero; after which his lordih.p iet
cut for tow, in a pot chaiie AID tour.
The hoi S ana chaiie were decorated with
~,uo,n's, were aho the. petitions, who
we're In failors' dreIes, the natter of the
hotel eff ia,i & as one of then.
Cap. Porte, G; THE z3d Qsgoons, and
lieut.. Ogoen, Of the Ign d. oon>, left
'ovn Oh Sunday evening ior plymouth, in
order 20 embark with The troops Tor Egypt.
Tie tormer gentleman voiuneers his Ter
vices.
L,e week, the men Of tie s6th regi-
ment Of loot, whole f-rvices w. re llm,;eIa
to Europe, Came forward IN handion>
manner to their e!pect,ve Officers, and vo-
Iune.red to ftrve in any part OF the globe.
Siorm.-Lvuyer..
Yeaerday, between two and three
o'clock, there was experienced in this me-
tropolis, and ITS neishborhooa, one OF the
mott violent forms of ,handu, accompa
MED with furious hurricane and torrents
of rain, that ever was known. The thun
der was very loud, and the Lightning vi
vid. The wind was NOT .enpeGuous,
AID the rain fell, not in crops, but in whole
fleets. | never was remembered that 70
much rain fell in the fame fpace. The
iewers could not carry off the waterio faft
as it fell. The itrand, in fome places, re-
i.mbled a, canal, and was almof navigable
from Gde to fde. The Court of Com
mon Pleas, Weitminlter, was thrown into
much contuton, during the shueder aorm
The wind drove the rain with zach violence
againit the iky-light, that it broke the
glafs: and torrent Of rain defended on
he wigs ard crava,s of the council; they
initantly iorfook their ieals in terror and
d;fmay. In vain did lord Alvanley en-
deayor 70 raliy the fyinp BARRIERS : all