Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-02

May mail She brings no news. WA
Capt. Smith, of the schooner NJ,
bic, in 10 days from Martinique, coat
I the accounts before received of.,bs
ing of the French and Spanish fleets !
that place.
! Capt. Smith, on the 10Th inst,
boarded by the Cambrian British fri,"
on cruize; and received the foGoss,
information.
! The ship Huntress, of Wiscasse, e.,
the City Of Washington, bound to the
and Of Malta, with stores for the AM
] can navy, was captured June list, ia {
! 81, long. ~, toby the Spanish scbr
! ner Mary, Anthony Laurie, master :,
| rying guns and so men. The ship !,
captured on pretence of her being bound,
| an n E glish port with naval stores. IT,
put the whole OF the ships crew on bosi
| the privateer, leaving onIythe captain Al
boy, and intended to keep BY the ship hi
carry her into Porto Rico. On the ID
June SIZE fell in with the Charles Cars
from Wilmington, N. c. bound to IA
mouth, Eng. and made prize ofbu
and took out most Of her crew. On M
eth June at a. M. in sight of Benu /
das, fell in with three armed ships, Mpl
posed to be English letters Of maqa.
two of them bore down upon the pr.
ships, and recar:ured tenn the othsr ih
ed on the prwateer, and chased her shu,
time, but could not overhaulher, and gaI
up the chase. The privateer had then q
American seamen on board, which nua
Der was quite sufficient to have taker he,
but they were all, except two or the
confined in the hold. She kept away d
Porto Rico, intending to make prizes
every thing that came in her way. Ont|
18Th of June, ir lat. 80, 9, long. g., q
saw the English frigate Cambrian, an]
sloop of war Driver, to the leeward; til
privateer supposing them to be Engf'i
Guineamen immediately bore down ID
them, and came nearly within gun shs
of the Driver before she was aware Of hi
mistake. 1t being then nearly calm, lh
privateer took to her sweeps in order
make off the frigate and the Driver e'
deavored to pursue her, and hove sewers
shots over her, but could not overtakes
They then hoisted out their boats, i0s
in number and full of men well s4uipt, 40
rowed up to the pr:gateer, and after SsT
action of half an hour, took possession
her, with the loss Of two brave men an
two or three wounded. The Amene'
| seamen were put on board the Cambria
and the privaseer and Spanish prisons
I were sent into Bermudas with the IN
! yer.
Yesterday afternoon, the ship MississI
pi, capt. Skidmere, arrived here thrOu!
the sound, in 80 days from Nants, havr
on board Mr.. Livington (and suiie) Ia
American Minister Plenipotentiary
France when arepubEe, and lately at
| court of his Imperial Majesty the Emper
! OF Francs, ard King Of Italy.
BY this arrival, the editors Of the Ne
York Gazette have received Paris Pape
to the 21st of May, from which they Ia !,
given few translations. The Brest Hs
had tot sailed and it was not known
France, except to his Imperial Malt'
/ where the Toulon feet bad gone. >.
Mr.. Livingston is the bearer OF o. o.
drawn By the American Minister at RAJ
on the treasury of the United States, =.
der he treaty Of Louisiana and l'a0 !
francs is also reserved in this ship from y ,
Emperor of France, for the relief Of :.
distressed French subjects in Ams'''
This sum is in bills on the French nc"
~. I
We are verbally informed. Madame
rome Bonaparte, had arrived at ANS
dam from Lisbon acme days previous
the sailing of the Mississippi; but no :. :,
nun,catien was suffered between lie' :
The shore, and the ship being ordered A.,
was obliged to sal! but for what Po"