Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-14

and arrived ca Ts;po!i The sy'h, where
we tfaid three days, asd then left il fol
Tunis Bay; where we arrived on the 9Th
September, and lent our boat on board a
French man Of war, lying in the bay,
With a letter for our coniul; capt. Muir
ray not wlhiog TO have any communica-
ton with the thore, for fear of beiag qua
rantlned at tie nextrort he went to.
/" On the "Wednesday following, we
again food into the Bays ard fent our boat
on beard the French fhir, and lkewife an
American, where our officers law the con-
ful; who Informed, that few days pre-
.vious TO our arrival, he had received an
foficial letter from the Dannh conlui at
TRIPODS, informing him of our having Iii
led the Bahaw's iavor;te general, when
fanding next the Balhaw, by one Of the
ihot which few on lhore the ed July,
when We had the GS,rmith with the gun
hoa.s-that we had dehroyed two gun
boats, and Killed ard wounded many men
~ hat lhe Bey of Tuns had demanded a
SO gun tligate from The United States,
and was quite impatient at not receiving
it,"
The fame letter contains the following
paragraph: " Ronsparte has banifhed &C.
neral TouGaint TO the iiland OF E,ba, III
chains
Extraa of letter from an officer of the
Adams, Gated Gibraltar Bay, Decem-
Der 10.
Malaga as yet is tie extent Of cur
cruize in thcle feas, ror lhall We fee more
Of the Mediterranean, unlefs tie Tripoli-
tan nnip ihould leave this place, aro lie
Emperor Of Morocco ccntinue iliendly dif-
pofed towards US, which at rrlent is the
cafe; but his whimioal conduct free onF
arrival here, with bis long ard late tl!ence
on fubiea that the voice Of majeRy is
required, leaves room for conjecture rot
the met favorable. Be snured they are
Aippery politicians, & require coed Look
ing after either in peace or IN war. The
Swedes have a truce with Trlpoli, which
will, no doubt, terminate in peace; one
hundred ard fifty ,houfand dollars is the
price terms that by many politicians here
are thought favorable fol- Sweden, when
we conhder that ore hundred and thirty
Swedes are in captivity we are more
fortunate with that power, tie Franklin
as yet is tie only vefel of ours that has
fallen into their hands, ard of her crew
but four remain in captivity. TIE Brl-
tin appear determined to hold Malta.
Egypt is yet in their pohefion, which, it
is thought, will foon be evacuated, and
the troops thrown into the former place.
Ii is reported thar the French are aiming
at Toulon, and other ports, the object OF
Which is yet unknown. The Britiih have
feet of obierya,icn about Sicily and the
neiehbouring waters, under the command
Of Sir Richard Bickerton. We daily fee
French or Enslith hips Of war paaing the
rock.
!" The Spaniards have a peace with
Alo;ers for the confederation of 100, 900
cobbs per annum."
A letter from an officer ofthe Conicl-
lation, dated Malaga, Dec. 9, 1901,
mentions g We found on examination,
that the foremaf of cur thip was not
fpfung as vas fnppofed; it was little
rotten ard weakened in leve,al places BY
lhot holes. We this evening got our
foretop gallsnt-matt an end, and ihall be
ready for fea as foon as til: John Adams
brings Us proyihons from Gibraltar,
which we hourly expect.
81 believe we hall 60 TO Malta"
We have been favoured by his excel
lency Governor Garrard, fays the Ken
lucky Palladium, with fght OF the ad-
;utant. generals return of the militia OF