Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-05-03

Ios tIas t. ssi. It was laid sh,, X.
French courier, Chsxal, had brought y., >.
favorable intelligence-tha, the bas..s
OF Malta had heen ,a,icsbly sliaard.
The French slnbsgaior goiae 10 cou,.
was confdcred as favorable circumfa,c.
OF courfe as long as he relns;na in Enc.
land he will go 70 Court. But it wouIs
be abfurd to dfaw from fuch an event !.
Inference that all the difputes between thu
two counties have been fcs,led. /, has
been iug2sacd that Bonaparte does 10,
find this The proper moment sos going I.
war, and thar he will poapope his dc.
fgns.
Cord, ct e'm'ax' axe a,x 4str.rsr.
pin.
But it IS rot merely by the expre!ioe
Of pacific dilpoGsion on the par, Of
France that we laall beiatisEed. All the
points in difpute muls be satisfactorily and
fubRantislly arranged. We mutt no, de-.
fer this fettlenest TO future opportunity.
Bouaparte will Of couSie wifh to put Us 70
the expenee Of arming and diiarming every
three moths. But fhall We be CIV
enough TO permit him so crafty ,has
wiihs
In the mean time, ACTIVITY and vigu
are fill the order of the day.
March 10.
The content. OF the dlfpatche, brought
by Mr.. Courvoiiier have not tranlpired
bur IT'S faid, that they are not Of ,leci.
FIVE nature. Private accounts enable %
TO fate the eaeet which our preparation,
have made upon the Chief Confrl. They
ieem to have entirely deprived him of hi,
accufoned caution and refersc and 70
have infamed him to degree of irdtabi.
lily and anger, which he cannot cons
ceal.
When he entered The audience chamber
on Sunday LAT, lis features were r.spac.
ing, and his whole frame feemed violently
sgisated. Lord Whitworth was at the
audience. The Fira Confal addreaed him
immediately upon his entrance ; oblervei
with warmth, that war had now defo.
lated Europe for fifteen years, and afked
whether il was now to be renewed Add.
ing, that if it was, it might again lae for
as long period. To which Lord Whit.
worth calmly replied, ,har if it was re.
newed, it would no, be the fault of G.
Britain. Bonaparte then went in amongs
The ladies, bat foon returned TO Lori
Whi,worth, and vehemently declared that
the ornaments, now preparing in the ports
of France were defined only TOR the CO.
sonics, in the pyeieryation Of which Eng.
land was as much intereaed as he could
be. To this no anfwer was made. He
foon afterwards Quilted the room, calling
or God and man TO witnefs, that ne hop
cd vengeance would be inflicted on that
power, which, by violation of treaty,
lhould caufe the renewa! of hofilties.
! All accounts agree that his countenancs
was throughout almof dishgured by paiils
on and his tone was 70 loud and veh:.
ment, tina, at leaf half the company pre-.
fent mutt have heard all that pzaed %
this extraordinary occafion.
The conduit Of Lord Whitworth al.
forded frikihg contrat to the deneanOf
of the Chief Conlul--it was firm bur
sempe,ate--dignidcd, without being
naughty, and moderate without being iuo'
miGivs.
Yefeldsy was full ofrumour,. II wa
iaid, that M. Taileyrand had been DIT.
miGed from the pot Of Miniltsr tor TO-
reign Affairs, and that he had been fac
ceeded by M. Quo. Another fumonf
was, that NJ. Taileyrand had polionfs
ti.nfelf Immediately after his dlimliiai.
We need fcarcely fate that both iheis
rumours are unfounded. A third report
was, that the prefs warrants had bses
called in; we noticed and contradie'ea
this report yeaerday. Il was altered
ALTO, that the difference with bfanes