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

BOnaDartc mas Iurn:sueO anot"ei So'A-
ment UPON the law Of nations, IN tn stop
mage and robbery Of Mr.. Wags;af, the
british messenger, on his way 10 terliu,
with dispatches. This act CT mghway
,ob,ery and f.iony w:s committed on the
istb, at poon-day, between Rhena and
Schwerin, by SIX French soldiers. one OF
whom was OF superior raDS 10 the rest,
w;,h,n cannon shot Of the out.pasts oi the
French army :u Hanover. Ihey ro5oed
Mr.. Wass,a.f and Hanovsrian courier
VINO was with him, of the dispatches and
made the ..rictest search lest ,hsy should
have omitted any OF ths otnc'a' papers,
The draSgei them both out OF the carri-
nc ana ueas them most unmerciiuliy.
the Tore their clothes, ransacked their
po,1.,,. ard robbed them OF their watch
e. money, and every ariel: except their
wearing ~ parrl. h-y tore 'ae insignia
from Hir. Wa8stads breast, ana then lisa
hilo 7uI the hanoveran 10 two separsts
,rcc5, ia an adjoining woods' After some
t.me Mr.. Wass,att ennsr'set 70 relsase
himself and the courier and imagining,
of course, that IT was perfectly uanseessais
~ for him 70 prooied to Berhn without
th- DISPATCHES, returned to London, where
he arrived Yesterdays Our readers. will
find a detailed account OF the transaction
in another part of our paper An article
from Hamburg notices the TRANSACTION Ia
the following manner
1850 HAsBule, Nov. 1e.
aOn the 18th ri Enylish courier from
London, by Husum, and Hanoverian
sourier, were stopped between Sehwerin
and Rhena, by some unknown persons,
who took from them their dispatches"
Inc dispatches. of which Mr.. Wasssaa
was the bearer, were fortunately of no
great conse quence--they contained mere
iy the remoassrances of our Court upon
the seizure Of sir George Run1sold,
No MAJ will hesitate one moment IN
pronoudclay this outrage to have been
conmi,,ed by the orders of Bonaparte.
A private letter from Paris, of the 29,h
ult. states. tia, Bonaparts ha, seldom been
seen in such violent rag, as when he re-
ceived the information Of the cap'are OF
the Spanish triga,es by our cruizers. lha
news was brought him from his Ambassa-
dor, Si-cavi.le, at the Hague, by coufi.
CT, who arrived at Paris, past eleven O'Clock
nj night, on the 2+th ull. and, late as It
Vas, he not only ordered ialityraad ina.
msdia,ely 10 ztten,!, out sent tor the Spa
nish aud Portuguese Ambassadors, whom
he treated In a ,aanuer as might DC expect.
ed from an- enrased disappointed despet.
They remsined with him sntil O'Clock
she nsxs morniug: aud, before they went
70 bed. sent oouriers to their respective
courts, as Talleyrand did to the French
charge d'ASairs at Madrid and Lisbon
Ar ten O'Clock in the toreaoon Of the 25th,
Bona,r.r,e conyoked the military section
Of the Council Of State, at which Generals
Berthier, Angrreau, Bournonv'ile, and
I.a,nes, were present. After IL had broken
NO, orders were sent to several corps In the
interior, TO march toward, the Spanish
frontiers. Il was therefore reported and
believed at Paris, that another Camp would
be formed near Bayonae, under the com.
mand Of Augereau or Lasaes. From the
almost daily conferences OF the Spanish
Ambassador with Tallsyrand since, to
which the Portuguese Ambassador has Of
ten been ipvi,ea, it is Supposed that Bona.
parte has threatened Spain and Portugal
with some new vioi.nt measures, or dc.
mauded some new exorbitart sacrifices.
Among the members of the French Di.
yloma,ic Corps in France, ir is rumourcd
that the French Charge dAhairs 10 Ties.
countries have been ordered to insist upon
an immediate declaration of war against
Enslaad, under threats, in case ofd,sobe'
dience, of seeing the Spanish aud Porsu'
suese ports sarrisoned BY French troops
aud the Spanish aud Portuguese provinces
ased as conquered countries BY numerous
French armies
Bands ef.he Main, Noc. =:
The celebrated traveller, Won Hum
Il