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

the great ioref Of Soignes; tn. tinnbs, is
10 be Zen, to Brett, Havre, .Dunkirk, and
L'Orient. Il was from this forelt thar
the Dutch ufed, when the Netherlands
were io thepoife.ion OF Auaria, to obtain
great fapplies for their navy.
March II.
We communicate, without any COM
ments, the following article, which we
have copied from Por,fmouth paper:
s. A cifcum9ance has lately come to
light, that is no lcis matter of lurpsife
than of concern TO US. 1t appears, by
the papers of an officer in the Briti(h fer
vice, who died few day hnee that he has
maintained correspondence with Bona
parte, which was brought down nearly 10
the time Of his death. What the exaa
nature Of this correspondence wss we
have not been able to learn. Tie dlico-
very was coniequent on the death of the
perion alluded to. His papers have been
put into the hands Of Government.
[Portmoxtb Gax
March II.
Some Of the papers have treated lightly
the intelligence we communicated yeitcr-
day of the yefcl Riauded off Soreham.
They alferted that fhe wzs French ma
tional brig called lie Volcan. bound from
Dunknk to New Orleans, with arms on
board that he was franded 70 long ago
as the 18th Of December, nearly three
months, and that the crew had remained
on board ever lince. We muf remark,
tina, it ieems ffrange for vetlel 10 have
been 70 long aranded for crew to have
remained 60 long on board without any at
tempt TO get her off, or even, IS ii lhould
ieem, TO tighten her cargo.
Tha, the fhip might in her papers and
invoices appear TIC be bound 10 New Or
leans is by TO means improbable. If her
deRinatisn were really for Ireland, her
papers would net Of eourfe be permitted
TO difclofe that fad. 1t ha, been ALERT
ed alto, that the colors were only fuch as
Che was warranted in keeping On board.
Notwithstanding tbeie sftitions, we ad-
here to the account we gave yeaerdsy,
which will be found in mof OF the ma
terial points 10 be correct.
Ii did certainly appear extraordinary
to us, that vsfci bound 10 Ireland fhould
fail from Dnkhk, infead OF Brea, Roch-
fort, or L'Ogient. But perhaps Dun-
kirk was preferred, from the knowledge
that no fufpicion would be entertained OF
any thing hottie being intended from that
port againlf Ireland,
That the nip hst fands Of aims on
hoard TO large amount, has been ad
mi;,ed. But the colour. are the mott
material.
Before the crew deter.ed the veael,
which We und.rasnd they didas {soa as
they were informed Of the preparations
making by this country, they threw
large box overheard, which TO their grea.
disappointment, did not fink, bu. Aoa,ed
on florc near 5horcliam, and was convey
to the Admiralty. II was found TO con-
tain colours rot the ulbal fhips colours,
nor the tfi couloured Standards to be diff
played on the forts Of Lsuifana, or New
Orleans, but colour. Of Green, with the
words, T" Union-France and ireland, /"
in the centre.
AS the crew VIXEN they deferted the
yeGeI, made their efcape on hore, it h S
been fuipeeted that they were not French
failors, but Irifh or Engliih traitors who
expected to e,ade punilhment by the diff
fculty of their Detection after their land.
ing. What ground, there are for this fuf-
picion, we know not.
Upon the whole, the circumRance is a
mott extraordinary one. An intelligent
Morning. paper hints, that nothing is more
likely thanthat Bonaparte would iend
yeHel with arms, &c. apparently for the
Irilh rebels. but really defined to fall in-
to our hands to create alarm, and have