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

& I.nosvilIe and the independence Of .
peatral state
Bv rendering herself master OF the
,,rc,,sbs Of the EIbe and the Wessr. 49,
Rance iuagincs she has cut us OFT en-.
,;r,lv from the Continent, and that we axe
nav ! really toto divois arne Bfitannos.--
Weak calculator She supposes that
che coptnenr trades with US solely for
sur benefit, and she seems not to know
that cur trade with the Continent IS as
beneficial to the different nations of Eu-
rope as it is 80 Us.
We are sorry to find that the discount
mon the loan increases. The discount
beaan at | ! this morning; itincreascd to
3. and was q discount at twelve o'clock.
The 6sst payment of 10 per cent. upon
the loan is on Friday.
Our feet is keeping sharp look out
for about 80 sail Of Dutch Greenland
ships, which are expected very soon in the
oorts of Holland.
The Hamburger merchants had a meet
Ing Yesterday. The Communication with
the continent will be kept up through
/ DANISH port.
Capt. Page, who commands the Caro-
line, has captured and sent into Cove, on
the 7th inst. the French snow Bonnie
Mere, from Port au Prince bound to Bor-
deaux, laden with sugar, coffee, cotton,
cocoa and Campeachy wood.
The Hamburg merchants have applied
70 Government for convoy TO be APP
pointed to proceed to Ha burgh. for the
purpose Of conveying from thence the yes
sells bound to the different ports of Eng
land and the Baltic. Their request has
Been compiled with.
The Moniteur contains alstatistical ac-
count OF Hanover. The whole extent of
the territory is 100 square leagues
French measure, and the population 900
to the square. The revenues amount to
four 4rillions Of rix dollars. The peace
establishments, including militia, is $4,000
troops, forming ten regiments Of cavalry,
aud $ Of infantry.
Pa,u, 7m< 10.
CIRCULATION OF HANOVER.
Edward Marti<r, Lieuteaant General
commanding IL ebisffo The miaja<r at
1uay.
(" Head Quarters at Niewbourgh,
June A.
&c Citizen Mimfer,
g / had the honor to inform you, by
my letter of the 18th ult of the march of
the French army towards Hanover. AT
Ter march excessively fatiguiDg across
ard sands and marshy heaths, took a
position on the 3lsr before Wechte. /
was assured that the enemy guarded the
line af the Hunte. Gen. Hammersham,
commanding the advanced guard of the
King of England, occupied Diepholtz
with the second and sixth regiments of
Infantry, two regiments of cavalry and a
DIVISION OF artillery. mace my alsposl-
tions to dislodge him on the following
morning. The second division command
ed by general Schiner, that of cavalry un-
der the orders of gen. Nansouty, received
orders to post themselves on Goldenstedt,
TO torce the passage of the Hunte, and to
direct themselves upon Sublingon. that
they might cut off every thing they might
Ind between that place and Diepholtz
which the division Of Gen. Montr,chard
had orders briskly to attack. The enemy
seeing that by this movement he was tusn-
cd on his right, retired during the night
to Berstin.
SO On the lst inst. the advanced guard,
commanded by gen. Drouet, had warm
sS'rmlsh before Bauven, with the rear
guard ofthe enemy.
On the I'd the army united before
Suolingen; the advanced guard moved
towards Bersten it here fell in with the
enemy, and notwithstanding the SUPERIOR
tyof numbers, and the extreme fatigue