Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-06

and got peienion OF all the wealth IN t's
| country. Other changes, advantageous t.
agriculture and commerce, will ALTO b.
made.
From Holland they fate, tina, the in.
demnity to be given to the Prince o
Orange has, at length, been arranged BE-
tween the Dutch and Pruiian govern.
ments and that the circamtance is ex.
retted to be made public before the conclu'
iion of the prelent month. =.
Troops are tending from Holland 70!
St. Domingo aad hence we hnd the vait
Importance which BuonaPar,e attaches &c
that expedition. Every po:r under has
con.rosl, from Toulon to the Iexel, IS
| preparing to embark folders to Inc W.
| Indies. 1t is aid their nunrI will a.
mount to 50, 900 men; and that Touiiain''s
ion, who has been for fome tine edu-
| eating az Paris, will acco npzny the COM
| mander in chief gen. Lec!erc.
The differences alluded to by Sir VIM.
Pul,eney as between the government and
EAT India Company, relate principally
to the propriety OF laying the trade with
India more open, by which i:oivlduals
may remit their fortunes home mitt great.
er facility; and a!lo to the buiia!os OF
(hips in India of the teak of that country,
which is much oppofsd on this ide OF 'hc
water. The board Of coatToul, unJe
Mr.. Dlndas's direction, had completely
adopted all the regulations recommends
b. tie Marquis of Wslleiley TT laying
the trade more open; Dat the prelen,
commiilioners, it is fad, are difpoicd &c
feer between the opinions OF the noble
Marquis and the court OF directors.
There are other inferior points upon
which the EAT India Company differ ma
terislly from the Marquis or "eIlsilcy
They by no means approve OF The encr-
NOUS expences to which fome OF his regu-
lations have fu jested the company and
they regard the eRabliihment of rhe new
college in Bengal as unneceaary.
1t will be recol.ected tina, the eifate Ct
Crofne, near Paris, was awarded to the
Able Sieyes as recompenee for the ihaie
which he had in the revolution OF the 9th
of November, and his labors in framing
the new contribution; but thar the title
of the proprietors being found i'll every
relpea legal, the Able was obliged to
delft from his claim. Government, how
ever, gave him the choice OF an equiya>
lent, or another eta,e. He accordingly
with the permiGion of the proprietor, va
lued the houfe and dsmeinrs of Crofne,
and the return made BY him to the mi
niaer of the amount, is fuppoled to have
very comfortably exceeded their value.
This ftatement produced iome litigation
between the Me.aphy dcian and the firf
Conful; but their difference was loon ad-
julted by the ingenuity ofthe former, who
diicovered tha, the houGe and farm Of the
Royal Menagerie at Versailles had elcap-
ed the rapacity and venality of the revo-
luton, and was at that moment unoccu.
pied. The bargain was foon truck, and
the Able put in poaefion of the ci-devant
rehdence of the wild BEATS. There he
remains at prefent in complete retirement,
and comfort. himfelf with arranging his
contributions in dens inRead Of pigeon.
holes.
November a..
Rumours of new minilterial arrange.
ments are aaat, even among thofe who
hold official Gtuations. The ordnance, il
is fad, has been offered to Earl Moira,
but it is added, he decline. fitting in the
cabinet with the Duke of Portland. A
new fra Lord Of the Admiralty is ALTO
talked of: it will be long, however, be.
fore ore of equal abilities to Earl St.
Vincent can be found to fill the dsuation
and we are iure, were we going into a
war inAead Of coming out OF one, the re-
moval of 70 meritorious ard experienced a
head of the Admiralty, would be conf
dered As a national calamity. We fin.
:erely hope that favorable change in his
io,dihip's health will render any change
unneceiIary. Perhaps, indeed there is no
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