Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-16

from our Lonu9n papers we have Eha Il
ed the following, as the mott iruuo,,,,
ar icles:-
London Juse IL
Bonaparte has requcf.d that prav., 4
fhould be put up in all the Churche, L
France for the foccefs Of his arms.
We underfand the Batavian Nina, /
yefesday requ fled to hay c rhis psfspom' +
One ofthe fecretares belonging 10 Il, /
French embaGy was fent out OF this covp. !
Try on Saturday. He was accompaotI /
to Dover by meilenger, and embaik., /
on board the Exprcls packet.
His majcay was fpecially TENT for yt. |
aerday by Mr.. Arlington and Ioh
Hawksblry, in consequence of the ar. |
val of French meaengcr on SUNDAY,
No council was held, but Mr.. Addin,.
ton and Lord Hawkeibury, had audience,
Of his majehy for Comfortable tme.-
There can be no doubr bur but the dl.
patch related to the taking Of Hanowt
The Maria, Role from Cayenne, and
L'Amite, -, from St. Domingo, az
taken and tent into The Downs.
Ju e IS.
Mr.. Liaon's arrival In town, and NJ
acknowledgements, the Dutch Ambaaatu,
being on the point of returning to tt.
Hague, meGase from his majeay, v:
fuppofe, will be delivered TO both houf,
perhaps to day, informing them that be
has given orders for ii1uirg Letters Of
Marque and reprifal againa the Ba'avin
Republic. Government, however, has
has fent orders 10 Plymouth TO libsnn
the matters, mate. ard crews of the De.
tanned Batayian ilips, and they may r.
turn home Immediately. Mott of ltt
feamen, Jays oor Plymouth letter, enter on
board of inen Of war or privsteerS.
We received lat nighs the PaIi, pa.
pers Of the nth, they contain nothing
mofe than ltatiiica account Of Hanover,
from whence the French expect TO draw
large fupplies. What exattion can &C.
complifh, will we have no doubs, befuily
accomplihed by thelnvaders.
The lah article in the convention, dc.
tated to the Regency, has been nleIt'd
with view to induce a belief that Bona
parte is anxious to accept the msdlaronol
RuiIia for the purpofe of reRoring peace.
In the 6iit place, we have to oflsrv''
that long before any mediation could D;
effeetual, the Freneh viii have plundersa
and drained the Hanoverian territory Of
every thing that is valuable. When re-
quifition, another name for robbery, IS me
order of the day, The French KspuolH
does NOT let the gtafs grow under its iss''
10 the fccand place We entertain io'D'
doub,s whether il be any lnger coniits''
with the honor Of this county to accsf'
the mediation of Ruiiia. She no l5nSa
poaeGes that qaality OF importantly WIN
i. an indilpenfole Ingredient IN the eilAra''
ter of a mediator. She medlated 'n'
plan of indemnities which was TO hx ''s
fate and lccure the pace OF the e'l 10
She was bound to protect the in5ep".
dence of Hanover, and Che does not app'"
10 have taken one fep to top the sha'
cal expedition Of the French. -,
We deplore the fate of 'he Han0Se''s.
territories but, if they be the 'o0o''p IS
victima, we are the innocent cau'e : =
their mitesies ana let it be recollfSNu'
har it is only in this inaaaee that tns u,
on, in the fame augua Per(mage o, =" y.
office OF Electorate Of Hanover WIN ~,
dignity of King Of Great Britain, has 0 co.
injurious to Hanover hitherto Inc 40, u.
owed, in great degree to that union ,.d a..
prefsrva,ion Of the integrity ana i pono
pendence or her dominions, and a '0'S
continuance Of the bleiiings OF peace 4
/. / am master Of all the county ~ :,
Hanover, and particularly OF the n'ou -,
OF the Elbe and Wesef." such Az j,
words Of General Moruer, and such IS -,