Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-10-25

Arrived, the Active, canta;n r,
| Jones. from London, left the Downs 'o (
LIST and Lands End the 10Th ul s, nc
/ in the Thames, the ship President. W. JH'
oftthis port, from the Cape Of Good Han ''
for Embden, sent in and detained bv
British ship ofwar. August 81, BEAN
into Margate Roads, was boarded from
Guard ship, just arrived from of stend
and informed that they saw he TROOPS ,n%
cavalry embarking en- board the run-bo,,.
al that place. Same t,.ywss boarded "a
Deal from the Guardship, the oS .yr. nf
which Informed that the tr9ons, &c. !,
Deal had beenugdrr arms al pigat,ia con
sequence ola continued AMI heavy drns
| Oft Boulogne, that one OF the lookout c,,'
tiers had been sunk by the batteries OF tha,
place and that many Of the boats were ont.
side Of the harbour with the troops d,
board. September $. ffthe Isle of Wiobt
spoke the ship N. York, King out ten DAYS
from Amsterdam for N. York 9Th olf,be
the Lizard, three American, briggs bound
up channel, at s p. nj spoke the ship I.v.
dia, TredwelI, thirty two DAYS from New
York for Hambro 25th spoke brig Perse.
verance, Williams % days from hmster.
dam for Boston. lar. 80, long as. Der. 5,
lat. 43 long As, spoke snip Milford, Sam.
son, of N,'iscasset, out 4odavs from Liver.
pool for Boston. 9TH fora hours had Sc.
we're hurricane from n. and N. N. w,
with very heavy sea, next day caugh,
many land birds, although distant TWO
hundred leagues from land. Saw ma.
ny vessels beasingin for the capes on Sa.
turday.
Eatract ffrom the lag 6ook of the 5rjg lNoag,
CAPT. Wheldin, in 80 Digs franz the S5o
nlsh Main.
September "a, lat. % 80, N. long 80 49,
w. spoke the ship Conception, capt Costa
of the HAVANA II days from St. Jago de
Cuba, bound to the Hayanna Passenger
on board capt. ] Sterling, of the brgMaria
Of Philadelphia; she having been taken u
the French & carried to St. Jago de Cuba,
but just in the mouth Of the harbour the
mate and two Of the people (being all ofahe
crew that was left on board) rose upon The
Frenchmen, and retook her, though thew
were much cut to pieces and were pro.
ceeding for Jamaica but the Spaniards
brought her too, from the for;, sent out
boats and brought her in again. Capt. Ster.
ling when saw him was going to the la.
wanna 70 the captain general TO try to re.
cover her.
October 90.
Yesterday arrived, schooner Americans,
Capt. Olipbant, IS days from Norfolk
On the 9th inst. he was within or Capes
when the NJ gale came on, which drove
linn TO sea, and obliged Kim to scud before
the wind, for forty eight hours in the
gle he lost his boats, had his boom
ii broke, and his sails tor
IL saw ON he eth within tne caF@a ssf.
raj ssnai vessels, among wich was ,as
sloop Commet, Daniel Johnson, from
Richmond, all of which he makes no
doubt were blown off and ii is feared are
lost. On the 12tb he fell in with The brig
Washington for New York and on the
l4th he spoke the Polly, Merrick of New
London, for Baltimore, all well; from both
of the above vessels capt. c. procured
supply, being then entirely out Of pr0vis'-
ons.
Same day arrived schr. RUDY, Nacsb
nineteen DAYS from Nantucket, Capt. MAJ
cey had made the capes of Delaware, when
he was suddenly struck on the GA, win
the n. Wester, which drove him about
100 leagues 10 sea when he got IN win
the land again, he ran into Hampton fo1as
where he landed severa! passengers On
Friday last he spoke me brig George rom
New York for Bordeaux, who sailed Oh
The 9Th and on the CAL, carried away NJ
1na;n1nast and raa 1hen- stanelinC i@r tae