Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-18

Bri;s. ards en- the I4h, AL gain on the
a5til If October, when they took i'ciisi-
ficn Of ali the cutter tyIis, ard Il was itip-
i 10 would hnsiiy faccced in reconqucr-
iug TIC lizard.
Fist Genera! DsG4sines was killed in
the astlok on S.. Marks, and thar ali
ts,eioIfsr Back g-rsras lad gone over,
and joined the Bnsan1s.
Ihss on tho sd OF Nov. General lie
Cisrc Brea,hs,l his ,aA THE next day his
body was cmhalmed, and put on boaiel
The Swittslrc, of n guns; and on tae
OH, failed for France, under mott tfe-
nsndous diieharse Of cannan fem he iaaps
Of war in par', coaiaiog OF Two % gpf'
Grips, Two 74's, three iigaies, two spf-
se,r,, and fevefsi Others.
That General Rochcrnbcau had iaeces'-
cd Le Cle.c, ard, When the Oliver came
OUT, Java "a beating ~ for the Cape
having the iucceilor OF Gen. lie Clerc on
board, and,
That from the 18th to The 3oth Of
Oaober, the .ieneh arifing from tic dea f.
bodies in the harbour Of the Cape vas IN.
conceiyab!y great, there having been hun
drei. of Blacks deffoYea by throwing
them into the Tea from Oh board OF yelIels.
Here lie. the reader paufc- and his ina
citation will rot REQUIRE the ala Of de
icription to give hin an IDEA Of the DIFF
treGed iisua,ion OF this Inflated llland
In addition 10 the above, we have been
favoured with lii IF vehels at Cape
Francois, which will be found in cur ma
rine department. The Embargo, which
had exiited for month, was taken CT;
but there was Aill difficulty in getting
away and it vas !uppolcd the embargo
would be renewed.
A private letter from Paris, dated the
4sh OF. flaws. g Aboa, ! week ago, Mr..
Livingston, the American Minittrr, gave
grand dinner, TO which Mr.. and Mrs.
Fsx, Mr.. Adair, Gen. Fitzpatrick, and
all the leaders of oppoi,ion at prefenr re-
Gaent in Paris, were insited. Cards of
Invitation we're likewile tent 10 Mont. and
Mad. Ialleyrand, Gen. Duroc ana lis
lady, and to Gen. Andreoili, The new Am
bafIador from the French republic to The
Britih Court. Seven O'clock was the AZ
pointed hour for dinner, bur rot ere Of
the French party had arrived at that hour.
The company were kept waiting upwards
of an hour, whcn none OF the dipl matte
gueas making their appearance, they at
leng,h Eat down to dinner; and it is an
abfolu,e fact, that tie evening paatd, ret
only without the Freneh gentlemen joiaing
them, bat even without their giving them
felves the trouble TO ftnd IN apology Ter
the difaPpoia;ment."
Capt. Baact, arrived at Newburyport,
the 9TH init. from surrinam, relaJes, That
on tie 18th ON. he was detained by his
Britannia Majeay's brig Guehapin, Capt.
M'Kenzic, in cogfsquenee Of his having
on board the produce Of the colony, and
was obliged to depart with a part of his
cargo, tor Maflgalante TO feek rc5seis
on his arrival there he was told by the
Commiaary, il was not pofible for him
TO obtain it there, ana was oriered BY kin
to get onder way imasaiaiely, or they
would fire on him from the fort. He dc
|cordingly did, and proeeeted to BaiiatcF:s
Road, where he was informed BY the
Commodore, who had arrived only TWO
days before him, that the articles lie had
on board were ccntEaoaad, End that he
would nor allow him 10 60 on hore, but
|osd.red aim 10 jtpa.i Immediately, which
he did.
TOFfICIAI]
His Catholic Majeity's Cunfu General, Che
Waller de Feranda. received lev days ara CHI
cill information from he Go cDor Of St Aupa,
Rine that the porfs in 'h:t province arc clsiei
againi. al! ncuyera yeGes-ae III ianle tine per
hitting the cisizens Of the Ulifcd sfa,e> to
trade in splniii. bottoms, axfe-Ab'e 20 IN: x Y
| al Order OF the 9Th June, 1923
l,,r f}rda. HAN y T0IIG II TON.