Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-21

X,cix @! II saiti;SIaaN-
lace, thar III. people for more than
) econds, expected every moment 10 Be
S,;e.l uaaes tie ruins OF their houies.
..sral houi.s have heen damaged, am
a Of the houles rent. A village hA
zone. from Algiers, containing Two
led s.oufcs, vas dedroyed, and III The
ohsbi.ao;s per:Gisd. Two Engliih th'Ps
q CHE liae tel, she fhctk in yiolenl DC.
-. ar the diaance Of thirty miles from
A,Coafantipople, only few hoa!es 10
h f,barbs OF Pare hsve b.eninj lred.
q Militia, it appears, is till 10 oe retained
H. the Englilh. Ii is faid hat oooo
,,oocs will be ftationcd al thar place.
n I'hsd been cufosn, for ali fhiPs pafl'ng
i RE Elbe, 10 lalute The Daniii battery
Spf Glucaadt RcnaYarte had fod3eoly IL
xC,.s his mandate 10 his French Mniiier,
~ 69nify 10 his Danih Majeey, !" That
s,,non : coniuIriug all fulfilling treaties and
Z,recsdsnls of every e csiptlon, il aPrear-
"a that the Elbe is free river, and that
III Dsnlh flag ccald net, in eoniequsuee,
|txsa from any natisn, ticie marks Of no.
image or ia,r,c, to which it fnPpoied itieli
h Be entitled that the French would, IN
Erouftouence of thcie considerations, PATS up
and down the Elbe as before, "ishout fl
sIutiug. and that Denmark would of.ccure
not denard faluta,ion even from the fmall-
ID STATES Of Europe in snity with The
grench people. +" The expence of enlarg
;og and fortifying the fortrefs of Glue
EGadt, has colt the Danes two millions OF
browns.
i Al article from Berne of the z3d Dec.
mentions, that The Senate had received
Important intelligence from Paris, rela-
hive 20 the audience which the Helvetic
Deputies had with tke Firf Conful. At
*that audience Bonsparse explained the fyf-
kfeln which ihould frrse as the BATS of
2the future organization of Switzerland.
$Amcng other things he mentioned the
following /" If Switzerland mould en-
Sioy per Ell Independence, as TO her dcuaef.
tic affairs, it is net exactly The fame as TO
Shsr relations with the French people
&Eagiasd 6as aot, and oagbf nef, 10 bac'e
ssny ,ria,,on qvitb Szuitxerlaxd; Ter dan
&ssrsas sm0aries caruol Be f9lerated IL that
&nunty." Again, Switzerland has
zone mode Of aipiring al certain greatness
this would be by her incorporation with
France, of which ihe would form but two
departments but 1ie' has been feparated
from that country by nature, who has
.heIfelf fixed its limits. She may enjoy
perfect iecurity if fhe remains t-anqnii. if
:hc preieryes her manners, her uiages, her
Jaws, in fhor,, her neutrality. She would
ghave, bsiides, nobody capable, by his au-
Ethority and by his confederation, or by
great Ieryices 70 his country, of being
placed at the head of affairs. Nothing
'but federal government, adapted to the
Eancient contribution, but without inequa
pity, without fubjees, without privileges,
Aer patricians, can luit Switzerland.
General Berthier is fiated TO hane paG-
Isd through Bruatls on his way to be
Eague. 1t would ieem that lome objeti
lot comfortable importance was in difeuf-
8foo between the hI& Conful and the Ba-
|tavian Republic.
The iosereignty of Saltzburg is to be
Eceaed to the Grand Duke OF Tufcany.
A Convention to2thalI ttfea having been
Ngned Il Vienna.
4 The equipment of vefels in the French
ports ls'catried on with the greatea atti-
witty.
A private letter from Paris mentions,
THAT a new expedition of no, 4eis than
10000 men is about TO be TENT from
france TO ST. Domingo. Another letter
Ensutlons, that 1000 folders, Of the ncf
abandoned detcrip,ion, are ordered TO en-
bark at Havrefor ST. Domingo. Which
slnpliss that the regular troops are not
willing 70 go on the fersice, or the 60