Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-02-05

Rio de Il Plata. a'tt's ~ 5Tgss 80,
1t Will, however, be sufheien. .jussi6-
cation, not, only 10 the present day, but
with .oosserity, that Ia such q war as that
10 Which we are Involved. spd wisA such a
ssserassens as ,has. of Francs. II would ne
downright folly and madness NO, TO take
advantage of the many opportunities which
the injustice and perhdy OF the enemy may
afford to our naval power, OF obtaining
signx! retributiou. ,y .,ss...-
These are considerations wiltshire think
viii strike the minds Of oil our readers /;
hut TO easer into the subject mose a, large
would Do superb peas, afterlthr var,oos OBJ
.eryations we have submitted TO the pub
lie. 80. es,f b +.
In the mean time we cannottoo strong
ly express our .urprise, thu, .. a srts's SO
mamen.ous,, the meeting ct Parilament
sh.ulJ. by. the decision OF tbs Council held
on Thursday last, be further deferred from
the Sd to the 18th Of January. Ministers
will, no doubt, give satisfactory reasons
for this new prorogatisn: but every EnS.
iishmaa who loves Ais country andshis CON.
stitution, must fee! increased confidence
in the hour Of danger or alarm. whsGhe
sees the grand council of the nation acts.
ally engaged in the discussion OF his dear;
est interests. sc.,.,
a considerable quantity of, grain has
been bought, up on the Continent tor the
use of TINS county, The harvest on the
Continent has been unusually p!entifuhex.
eept in Spain, Austria. aud the nor,htrn
provinces Of France. ,., In Italy, @Sslahia,
Russia. Pruss,r Portland., Sweden aud
Denmark, As we'll as in tfe sau,nefn parts
of France, they have not for nine years ga
thered such An harvest. Even in Egypt
and the Crimcs, il is stated, thar they have
housed more grain this year, than is requir.
ed for the consumption of the inhabitants
in four. isa'
Sir George Rumbola's arripal in London.
Il will agreeably surprise our readers TO
learn that Sir George Rumbold, our late
minister at Hamburg, arrived in town yes
terday. In a former paper we stated, that
this respectable minister was carried d.
rectlv tc Paris, under an escort of gems
d'armes, and confined in the Templs..-.
Upon his arrest in the dead of the night at
his country sea, IN the vicinity of Hamburg
the first care of The bandltti was to seize his
person and papers. That object being OBJ.
tanned, they proceeded to plumber the house
of every valuable article which it contain.
ed. Nor many minutes were allowed to
Sir Georg: to prepare for his departure,
nor any hin, given Of his ultimate destina.
ton. As srea, indulgence he was allow.
ed to pack ~ few shirts. These, with
the cloaths upon their backs, were all that
were allowed to he Carried away b. the
Raroncs, and the servant whom they per-
mi:ed to accompany him. Thus surpris-
Cd, aud tsus provided for lony journey,
Sir George and his servant were hurried
into a strong, Involvement, and uneasy car
riage, in which they were locked up. anal
travelled das and N sht, escoHsd by body
1T h1y horsehen. The tatgues OF such
ajodrney mightbe considered rs too great
for the most robust constitutions: bat they
>wer. not all that Sir George Rumboid had
10 bear. He was trea.ed'on the way by
his guard withsev-rr species of insuit and
rudepess. His distress and his person
were made the suhjres Of low and vulgar I
risicnle. His l,st particularly attracted
their attention.. they said It WAS dsslcise
en- miRiaire, and accordingly vented their
rage upon it. They took il of SirGeorge's
head and cuti. IN pieces. In this sitaa-
ton tn. Bsronst tied MS NIGHT cap upon !
his head with hia handkerchief over it, aud
with hi. head bound up IKE. SICK or
wounded mar, arrived after most painful
and f4tisuing Journey, a. Paris fhe guard
had orders from the minister of police, to !
carry him 10 toe temple, and to that abode +
of misery and death, he and bis servant
were directly conveyed. The appar.mea,
destined for their reception was q miscra. I
bic cold, and gloomy room, wre:ctledly
furnished, and with scarcely spark Of
fir. Upon their entrance into the room
nm . of En-. zoe orra siuS ta anil aflf4yrgsi,.o