Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-06-25
LONDON, April IT,.

J. 81
at the India House, with the pleasing intel
ligence of another great, important, and
decisive victory having been obtained by
General Wellesley, and Colonel Stephen
son. on the goth November over the Berar
Raiah, whose army is completely defeated,
with very little loss on our side--no oiilcer
killed.
I, was rumoured lastnight that dispatches
had been received from admiral Cornwall
lis, announcing that the Brest heet had put
to sea. We can assure our readers that
there is no truth in this report. It's true m
deed, that dispatches were yesterday recelv-
ed from that mertorlous commander, but
they only announced that no particular
movement had taken place in the harbor OF
Byest. and that the feet under his command
was in high state of health and spirits.
Its with Infinite pleasure we refer our
readers to the answer given by the minister
last night in the House OF commons, 10 a
question put to him BY lord Morpeth, res
pecting the alledged spondence OF tfg
Drake with the abandoned French spy,
Mahee de la Touche. The opinion we
have uniformly expressed on this subject is
fully justified, by the unequivocal deciara-
ton of his maiesty's Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer, that the British government have
neither directly nor indirectly, sanctioned a.
ny proceeding contrary to the usage of
civilized states, OR inconsistent with the
laws of nations, so long established and re-
cognized by the different powers Of Eu-
rope.
Itappears that Mr.. Drake is not the on
" British Envoy whom the French III the
fairy Of their invcterate hatred against this
country, enaeavoured to calumniate. The
Gazette de France, of April 8, contains the
following article, said to be dated from
Carlsruhe.
g 1t is perhaps, not matter of lndlffer-
ence to france to keep perry watchtul
eye on Sir Spencer Smith, 1--WE believe the
gentleman alluded to is only Mr.. Smith,
the English Envoy at Safeguard. This
minister daily receives foreigners, who
come FROM the banks of the Rhine, and a.
gain dispatches them Into different coun.
tries. We are assured that he has very
large sums at his disposal, with which he
pays secret agents, whom he sends to ira
vel, varionsly disguised along the banks of
the Rhine, and who even pass that river
in the night time to enter France, where
these proaigates can be employed only in
Matching plots. The inhabitants of France
will learn with pleasure, that the English
ministers and their known agents, are look
ed upon with very unfavorable eye by AL
honest men in Germany, and that they be-
Gin to shun their company"
Who that has seen the ar icle we former.
" gave from the French journals charging
this country with sending to the Levant
for pestiferous cotton to be thrown on the
shores of France, to disseminate the plague
il that country, will in future be found
credulous enough to listen to the French
calumnies, against the British name and
character?
The Captain ofa Hamburg vessel which
left Morlaix on Thursday last and arrived
at Plymouth, OH Saturday, states that be-
fore he sailed, report prevailed there,
supposed to have so4ar foundation, OF ac-
counts having been received from Paris,
Of an Instruction there having taken place
and that the mob much exssperated at the
murder of the Duke d Gnghem, had selz-
ed and massacred Boaaparte. --lhe
Captain who is a respectable man, says,
sutn was the report at Merlaix when he
LETT it, and he gives il as he received it
without voueblag fer its authenticity. We
Shall only add that it is hardly possible the
report can be true. The news of such An
event had it takenrplace, could have reach
ed I,ondon by some more direct channel
two or three days ago.
The journey of Madame Bonaparte,