Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-22


State of France at the end OF The gin year,
he who runs NAV read, chat the true toun-
der of this msgnanimous iyitem OF policy,
was that great apoitle of religious and CT
vii liberty, cardinal Richelieu.
The great nation is liEcwie now ex-
erting herfelf 10 give fpecinicns of Ter
extreme generoity TO her ally, the King
of Spain. All this generoGty is of courie,
at the expence of others. No clafs of peo-
pie in the world is 70 noted for liberality,
as gentlemen of the road and the great
nation in adopting their habits is anxious
TO prove itlelf NOT dehi.ute of their viz
tues. BY her peace with Apitfia, France
aipulated thar the Grand Duchy OF rui'-
cany fhould be acceded 10 the Duke of
Parma, whom lhe had plundered fome
years ago but whom now, in ut OF
tondneE, fhc not only pro- ofed to COM
penfate, but TO eXalt upon a throne. he
Duke of Parma, however, being very
religious man, had fcruples OF confidence
againf accepting kiogdom mus ac9uir-
ed, and by convention between France
and Spain, the hereditary Prince Of Par
ma is fub!fiuted as The fovcieign Ct luf-
capy inGead of his father. He is OH his
way from Madrid 70 Paris.
At the fame time an army Of thirty
thouiand French troops IS marching
through Spain, to make in ncert with
Sparith army, the ccnGlelt OF PertngaL
The Spanilh Gov ernmeut has ienl its
uirimatum to the courr oi LI55n allow
ing them only twenty four hours for the
eXpuliion OF the Engl4lh from all their
yorts, and require item 70 receive Spaniih
and French garrifons. In cafe of refufal,
PdSfueal VIII be declared conitituent
part CT opGin under the guaranty OF
Frauee.--If the Portuguele nation were
capable Of uGng their means of defence,
the united force of France ard Spain
would not fuficc for the conqueit OF the
Countrywide their cauie is defpcrate-
There is an cxredient of which they have
ialked; and which they might with adj
yautage recur to. 1t is 20 remove their
leat of government to their pofeiions in
S0afb 4nerca, and abandon Poyfueal and
EArofeto its fate.--ButI think rhey have
rot the fpiris to carry through iuch a lnca-
iure.
80. The accounts reached London, cf
The landing and frR operations of the
Englilh troops in Egypt. They effected
their landing on the Sth Of March not
without Considerable lois.-On the 18th,
they were at acked by the garrifon of A.
lexandIia, and repullcd them. On tie
18th, the fort Of Aboukir furrendered to
them /; and on the eff, they were again
attacked by Gen. Menou, (who, imme-
diately upon hearing of their landing,
hattened from Cairo, with two thoufand
men, cavalry and again by the garrifor
OF Alexandrla.-This aHapIt they again
repulfed, and as the Englilh accounts fYom
Conitsn'inop!e FAY, the French loft in the
action, two thoufand men killed, and fivs
hundred priioners, NO French Official ac
counts have yet appeared. Several En-
giIth oihcers OF diitlnttion were wounded
IN this affair, and among the ref Gen.
AbeIcrcmbie himfelt who diea a day or
two afterwards of his wound. tn
command deyolved npon Gen. Hutchinfon
1.-The LaSlith continued 10 bcfeoe A
iexandFIa, but lheir fituationwas very du
blous. he French were in expectation
OF the reinforcement from France. fent
withtbe fquadron OF Admiral Gan,hcaume
his, however, it appears, will totally
fail them.--Gantheaume was obl;oed ~
return for the iecond tire to Toulon.wi,h
his ihips OF war, aud ient forward an hun
dred fail OF iranfporss, under the CONVOY
OF two trIgates. But before they could
reach the place of their oelinat;o7
they were intercepted by the fquadron q
lord Keith, and will have fupplied the oc.
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