Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-10

!. s.,,a.v arrived at Boston she regular trad |
" sa GaItn, captain r. Hinckley. She lctt
ing splp ne 3 eth August and the Lands End p
loaos s,b.r. The papers received BY this arrival
Ssps,v ,be 18th Aug. which is one day later
afs ! a.. received by the Cabsta but they con-
tA'n : .s additional intelligence Of any moment.
LoNDoS. ing. rs.
n,,eh and Hamburger mail arrived yesser 4
r r., v;thout bringing any very impoftant1
t''0Sl !..n,.. JUDGED the German papers are
a."a ,b,n usually de6sient in the reports OF
nor .;s,oos in the Cabinet, or movements among
Osss s',sss Of any ST the Northern Powers. No,
'as.. all IS said of the Russian feet, or of any
p. s,;on gifts leaving the Baltic. Indeed We
~. onfor My thought thar the speculations IN
ps country respecting the aid of Russia against
r.,or. was over sanguine
I'll. rb. ,epor, of .he Royal STANDARD being about
t.~;sed in the Western departments Of France,
the French Princes, or their officers, gains
W. Md II is said that Plchegru, as well as Du-
S'ony.r. has been consulted by the Princes OF
France. ~. u, r.,
Idwas mcntloneu yc>eSsu"f1 saee 80 ~
ICON. in garrison at Dunkirk, and Boulogne, and
.,b.r oarts in the North; have shewn symptoms
e aversion to Bcpaparte's government.
On the ssd August Mr.. Harding. an eminent
..o,.r and bookseller OF Liverpool, possessed OF
s ooo. in bank property, cut his throat, ender
tsoochondriac terfors, as was asserted, OF the
,bIrstcned invasion Of England.
1S.terS ne the Qd instant
mention that the Danish Court, Is but TOO well
.oDrized of the further ambitious views OF the
Freocb Government, and has taken It's measures
with the Court of Pe;erShurgh, TO repel by force
-, fo,rber encroachments. 1heFresch had pro-
missed 20 the Nothern Powers. not to transfer the
the theatre of war 10 the Right Bank OF the t'be;
vet they did so, by disarmmg the Hanoverisn ar.
nv and .eizing She Dachy Of Lawenburg. By
this unprincplrd conduct theyhave penetrated to
the frontiers of Macklenbucg and Holstein, whose
soveregns enjoy the most special friendship OF the
Emperor Of Russia. His majesty the emperor OF
Russia has, it is said solemny guaranteed the
German possessions of his Danish majesty, and
promised, in case of an attempt made by the
French to interrupt the navigation OF the Sound
or Baltic TO assls, him with all his forces by land
and sea. Respectable private letters from Berlin
Of The I'd inst. state what follows g Our court
despairs at last of preserving It's neu,rality-The
flames of war vii! most likely break OUT IN Nor.
thren Germany, as it is reported that our prlvy
counsellor, NJ. Lombard, whom the king sent TO
Bonapsrte with propolals to quit Rotacbuttle, the
banks Of the Elbe, and certain parts OF Weser,
has not succeeded in bis mission. On THIS &C.
count courier has been sent to France from the
Court of Prussia, and on the answer which is ex-
peGfed here the latter end of this month, the III
ture tranquility of the North entirely depends"
An the letters from Hanover contain daily &C
counts Of fresh taxes laid en- by the French for
the support Of their army, which is now nearly
new cloathed and armed a. the exrence ofrhe eiec-
.oate. There, as in some parts of the country
invaded by them last war, the system of plumber
is carried on methodically, and without any kind
Of hustle, to an extent hardiylcredble.
A late Paris paper contains letter received
from Citizen Gregoire, mneralosist, dated Bssll's
Sseighs, Kings Island, Dec. z. 1902, in which
he gives the following account of the English set
tlem.nt in New Holland.
After leaving Van Diemen's Land, our next
halt was at Port Jackson. That rising colony is
the first from which the natives have no right Of
complaint against Europeans. They have been
treated with every attention; but still resist all
attempts to ciyilize them. Though living for
these 6f,ess years with the English, they have
dOpted no English custom. Clothes TO them are
still su, erauity. They rarely wear any thing to
protect them from cold; never a garment 70 hide
their nakedaess. Their language has however,
by this intercourse, undergone some alterations.
"The English, during the fifteen years since
their settlement here, have already carried their
agriculture to a surprislng extent. The forests
have given place 10 corn fields of wonderful fsra,
hty. Here are already towns and villages afford
ing every accommodation of European lhxury.-
The population amounts to 5000 souls, lone OF
whom are slaves. / send yau sample of the
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