Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-14

1 for 1000 tons O. shipping Tor the tanS
port service. The object ofthls order IS
OF course kept a profound secret.
W. are happy to- announce the arrival OF
! Portsmouth, Yesterday of the OPorto hons
ward bouad fleet, consisting Of between Sc
anu 90 sail
October 10.
/ Should the enemy succeed in eftcting a
/ landing on our shores, il is reported that
i the King will hoist the royal standard, s
/; exhibit himself TO his people at the head OF
J his army. Should it ever come to this,
the hand Of every man in the country will
! be with his maiesty--their hearts he has
already-Few will be left at home except
our aged, our infrn, Cur women and our
children.
/ The Ainsiey privateer Of Liverpool has
capsuredtwo valuable prizes, one from the
! isle Of France valued at 1900 pounds ster-
ling,
The most Of the homeward bound feet
from Jamaica, had arrived Ia England and
! Scotland.
October 49,:
It is with great pleasure we can state,
that Notwithstanding every obstacle offered
to British commerce, the trade OF this coun-
try with the continent continues to hou-
rish through many channe..ss which the in
genuity of foreigners has opened to US -
British goods by Tonningen, by Lubec.
Dantzic, and seyeralother ports get access
to all the northern part Of Germany, and
even to France. By Trieste and Venice
they reach Switzerland and the southern
| part OF France, in DISCUSSES, which are ei-
ther not detected, or winked at, by the cor
don OF Custon-siouse officers. The great
profit made upon the transit and sale Of
them induces the traders ofevery country
to encourage their reception. Thesentries
Of goods for expectation, last week, at the
Custom-house Of London, were almost as
great as in any week during the peace.
Extract .efa letter dated on board the In
mortdl;te Frigate.
Downs, Monday, Oct. II.
On Thursday, being of Boulogne, we
had complete view of the fotilIa. They
saluted US with SIX shells; one went over
us, and the second fell short; the remand
er were badly directed, as they burst East
and West of us nearly half a mile. We
could distinctly count eighty-si1 gun boats,
and perceive an immense hurry and hustle
on shore, and in the harior. The camps
on the hills make a very formidable appear
ance and, from their extent, we suppose
must contain sc, 600 men at least. Their
security, however, would be of very short
duration, were it not for their batteries,
which are not only numerous, but placed
in every direction that can bear on an as
sailable point, and protect the shipping
We shall, Notwithstanding, Try their me-
tai very shortly, as have been informed
this morning, an attack on the pier head at
Boulogne will take place in the course ola
few days. You may, therefore, expect to
hear Of a smart work before the week e.
lapses, and, trust, a complete disconf-
ture Of the enemy.
During our visits to the French coasts,
we very frequently perceive the soldierv on
the shores employed in gathering muscles,
or fishing; and have not been little enter
tanned with their manevres, as our ships
approached the land. When they imagine
we can reach them with our guns, they take
to their heels like heroes, and either pop
down behind the sand hills, or fly into the
interior Of the country. Along the French
coast the inhabitants seem TO have deser-
ted their dwellings, especially those situa-
ted near the sea. Their fears. are unneces-
saIy, as we never modest them.
Private adviccs from Paris state, that
the utmost distrust prevails Throughout the
whole Of the moneyed circles there; and
that not more than Ave banking houses are
able to answer the demands upop them.