Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-03-06

control or influence extended, altho'
to fatisly the repeated fluctuations Of
Spain he has cohfented under certain
conditions to permit the expectation
O. grain from certain ports of France !;
yet, fuch we're the feRrietiens, that it
would be folly to fuppoie that any will
come forward from thence. The We
ry day ofthe prociamaaionthe price ro(e
fifteen per cent. abcvc the Price at 1Shleh
It uyas lamtnl to expert !; which is a
itrong proof they have not too much
for themGelvcs, and the arbitrary mea
fures of the Government Of France
make it dangerous thing to purchafe
any quantity for exporting. Under
fuil view Of thefe facts, and which |
have taken pains to inform myfeif of,
] am firmly of opinion that fhipmsnts
of -four from America mutt yield a
handfome profit.
"The Britilh government have CIV
en- aGurances that this port fhall be
blockaded and that free ingrefs and
regrets lhall be permitted to neutrals.
This comes from the Britlih Conlul
here. MIR. Duff, an aged and relPeeta-,
BILE man. Indced it would be the great
Ell inhumani,y, confdcring the imPo-
verified fate Of this people, to do O.
therwife. Whole towns III the lnterl--
or have been abandoned convlcts for.
life have been fct free to prevent liar,
ystion more are laid to have perllhed
BY famine than by the fever, OF which
latter a6,7So have perlihed IN Malaga
only, and near 5000 IN Cadlz, whefe
!, has not altogether lubhded. -
C. Flour has been fold on ihore tins
day at aa dollars Per barrel.
Inst evening arrived at this port, the u
ni,ed States ,f-1gate John Adams, capt ain
CLANCY. from the Mediterranean, ha-
ving on bosrd commodore Prsble, late
sommanderot the American squadron, his
the secretaryr& Mr.N. Morris, an ofhcerin
navy. Commodore Preble proceeds imme-
dIately to Washington. The Joha Adams
sailed from Napfasr on the twen1y'th'rd OF
December, and from Gibraltar On tho ,ensh
Of January. Mr.. Morris has politely IA
sored as with copy 'of the subsequent iet'
ter, which he wrote YESTERDAY morntas
20 his friend in Boston, and wnlch may be
said TO be
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
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)" Unites States frisate john ADAMS ff-
bruary ss, 1895.
We were at Naples sixteen days antece.
dent 10 the esd Dec. The inhabitants OF
tina, city were in daily expectation OF the
French, who already infess great part OF
the kingdom. The king having secured
a retreat on the nearer approach OF danger,
waits the event (apparently with calm IN
difference. Every measure OF government
is strongly marked wi:h tina. duplicity and
Caprice, tina, results from the administ-a-
zion of weak and undetermined prince.
The ministerial interest appears to be at the
sole direction of the English. while the
people, Impoverished BY the French me-
thod of substituting, and discouraged by
series Of other innovations, seem no long.
or sensib!s to national dignity or feeling.
Their policy tends no farther than.o aver,
{if POSSIBILITY the rigoWr of that destiny
which awaits them, by conciliating the le.
nitv of their oppressors. Hence it is, that
at present all confidence is at an end; and,
among the macy suaerances, attendant on
such a state, that which awaits our COM
mercial Interests is not the least.
There is bur little question bat the
destination Of the French aeet ia Toulon
was Sicily the conquest of which is con.
sidsred accessory prelude to their ope-
ra,ions against Malta; but ewing to the RE.
porous blockade of Lord Nelson, they
seem to have determined on another mode
of invasion. After investing Naples. it 10
conjec,ured tina, they will enter their forces
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