Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-10

and concc!ion to the real nccen..e.
u,;l;t;es of affairs. He has looked deeper
into hnm,n nature. With him negocia-
t;on would not be fruffratea by any pc
dant;c Alteration OF old Roman itufneis
and pride. -,
II France be Gncere in the propoials
towards Cancellation, if Ge expects to
fr;ehten Us by menaces of renewed attack
into abieSt f,bmiilion, nothing can more
eff tua!ly tendsto oyerawe and enfeeoie
her ambitious hcilility, than the tearleis-
nef, with which her threats OF -inyation
are heard in this eountry---the vigour
andyigilance with which we prepare to
meet hem the iinpatience with WHICH
we await 70 try our lrength, pro aris e.
foeis, asainft the mott powerful expedition
:has France can find out from her ports.
Two letters have been received In town
for, Admiral Blanket, dated iron, ouez,
70 that no doubt can be entertained OF his
having reached that place.
II IS faid thar Admiral Sir Hyde Par
ker lately applied TO the Lords Commit
tioners of the Admiralty, requeffing a
Court Martial to, invefigate his conduct.
from the time of the battle off Copenhagen,
until he reGgned the command Of his Ma
;ehy's Feet in the Baltic. When their
-Lordfhips refufed to accede to Sir Hyde's
Fluctuations.
Letters received from officers. Of rank
in the channel feet, dated the z&th init.
Fate, rhat about 8 days ince, the French
pilct of one of our frigates had contrived
to get on hore at Brett, and remained
there 1ome time. He vihted feveralca-
barets, where he heard it reported that
there were to be elnbarked,in fewdays, a
very large body OF troops on board the
heet, great proportion Of whom are ar
tillery fnen. He gottafe off by means OF
a~hfhing boat, an was On board the Fiji
gard till he joined his own fhip.
C:tizen Talleyrand, we are informed,
has quilted his office to take the waters.
Whether his iadylpsGtioai is political, or Boz
Oily, CT mental, there is no affirmation !;
but it feems hardly probable that the ex-
biihop would take to the SKATERS if he
were not onf NJ. Lpisits.
FRANCE and NATIONAL CREDIT.
The perpetual attacks made on the fate
of the finances Of this country have more
than any other circumstance contributed to
inculcAtc into the minds of the French an
idea that we are approaching to a bank
rnprcy, which mutt overturn the govern
ment, and throw all into confuGon.
England has all along been reprefented
as lift were beieged city, which having
ttock Of provifions for a limited time on
ly. nay be taken with certainty, on FIX
edday, by a blockade. AS fuch the French
rulers have confdered the ruin of this
kingdom as certain, provided the war can
bat be continued Till the expenfes Of the
national deot become too great for the
lntereit TO be paid, or the price OF flock.
even lone people will be afraid TO lend
one or both Of which events the French
have been taught to expect from year to
year.
The Taft debate, however, has adjourned
The tulhlment Of this malignant prophecy
Jfns die, as ii was clearly proved, that our
financial condition was ameliorated Gnce
the establishment OF the income tax; that
is to fay, that although our expenies have
increafed, our means ofpaying them have
increaied ALTO in greater proportion: a
want Of capacity to pay is therefore not ar,
oojcet any longer to be calculated upon.
On the other hand, fdli of ftocks and the
diminution of national credit are more un-
likely than ever becaufe; during the
three laft years. they have been rifng, and
confidence increasing. In Alort it is now
proved, beyond difpute or contradiction,
that the energy, refources and confidence
OF this nation are fuch, that rhofc who
calculate upon it as or a blockaded city
are quite miffaken, for If it is to be COM