Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-11-20

I the civil and military officers from holding
any communication with the French Charge
d'Affaires, who in consequence left Stock
holm on tire 10Th inst.
/, " The reason Of the aforementioned
proceedings seems tobe sufficiently explain
ed by fact stated in private letters, re-
seeived by the LAST Hambargh mail. These
letters state, that Bonaparte's emissaries in
Sweden are busiIy Employed in distributing
translations in the Swedish language of his
late Official libel in the Moniteur against
the king of Sweden"
Orders were received on Friday at Ply
mouth for all the frigates to get ready for
sea as soon as possible.
Dispatches were received on Saturday
from oar feet off Brest, which was left all
well on Wednesday. The enemy remain-
ed at single anchor, but their van division
has been lately painted, and the ships have
had all their yards, tops, and bends new
" vanished. Several small parties 81 SOL
diers have deserted lately il open boats
from Brest, and Camaret Point battery,
TO the frigales of our ii shore squadron
They say, that the troops are discontentcd
with their inactivity; bat that the fleets in
the outer road have troops on beard, and
have positive orders TO endeavoui to push
out the hrsc opportunity that offers.
A letter from an officer of one OF our IN
shore cruizers of Flushing, states, tha,
on Tuesday last, at II a. M. turning up
towards Flushing, they saw seventeen sail
of schooners and iuggers running down IN
der Dutch colours; at A. M. they an.
chored in Ostend Roads, from whence
they were joined by ten other schooners
and forty sail Of scuyts with troops on
board. Seven satl of schooners remained
in Ostend Roads, the rest ran for Dunkrk.
On Thursday, they all went into Dnnkirk
harbour, where they Judged there might
be about one hundred sail Of the same sort
of vessels, and three pramms. The cut
ter boarded three neutral vessels which
came out of Ostend; they informed him,
that there had been an embargo there for
two months but that it was taken off when
the hotilla had sailed, and that only one
irigate was left behind at Flushing to sarye
as a guard ship, &c. all the rest of the TO
tilla had sailed of every description. The
troops are represented to be Siscontented
with their state Of inactivi,y; they had hop
cd before this to have shared the wealth of
this proud island of shop-keepers."
1t is supposed, from the freqaent obser
vations which have been made by Lord
Keith and Sir Home Popham, on the state
of the enemy's Notifications on the oppo,
site coast, that some attempt is to be made
to destroy the 2otillas collected in the har-
bours of Calais and Boulognc. The lat
teris SO perfectly protected by the com
nanding helgats which form the harbour,
as TO render any enterprise of the kind
on the sea side absolutely mpracticabIe.
The same advantages secure it against
bombardment.
Extract Of letter from the Med,erra-
mean, brought bv the Agincourt.-.-" There
are II sail OF the line off Toulon, with Lord
Nelson and the French have sail of the
| line, in perfect readiness for sea; which
occasionally come out, when our ships are
at distance off the shore. The inhrm
state Of bis lordship's health, it is conf
IDENTIFY believed in the feet, will cause
him to return 10 England Immediately, in
the Medusa frigate, Captain CERT. The
! Russians, 1t is suspected: intend TO send
force into Naples. Genoa is so closely
blockaded by the English, that no vessel
can come out without being captured. We
keep ship Of the line in Naples Bay to
| watch the movements of the French, who
are not far distant from that neig hborhood.
| The straits of Messina and that coast, are
guarded BY five frigates, under the COM
nand Of captain Calcraft of the Arson, to.
prevent the. French taking possession Of ST.
! ely"
! According to letters which are stated to