Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-01-02
LONDON, Oc,eter 81.


,crcourse between this country and ii"i-
land may be constituted as closed, several
q. our merchants having received aouce to
ship no more for the Dutch ports, as a
general declaration has been issued, that
all vessels and their cargaes will be con-
flscated, whieh nave not been cleared out
from ncu,aai port: and furnished with
certificates from the French consul resi-
dent there.
November 1.
This morning disvat ches were received
troHl Admiral thorn5oreesh, on board
his mnies,y's snip Eagle, of the Iexel,
s.a,,sg HI. iiaviny sens an Oacer IN boat
to look close into TIC Iexel, to discover
the state oil the forces OF the esemy, when
i: was found they had wing there, FIVE sail
Of the line, eight iriSaies, and about 100
small craf,s, al ready tor sea. Should
they attempt 10 come on, there IS every
reason 10 believe they viii meet with a
war~ recspsiea and safe convoy to one ct
our ports.
Our Correspondent at Rotterdam ia
form. us thar disturbances have broken
out on the borders of Switzerland Of very
formidable description.
November2.
Sir George Rumbvld, the British Resi-,
dent at Hamburgh, with his papers, has
been seize d BY party OF zoo French in.
iantry, vino surprized him a, his house,
a,ou, mile from the city and carried him
off. The senate Of Hamburg. the day at.
ter this outrage, sent to the French Resi-
dent to enquire ,hs cause OF it, and to de-
mand hls Liberation The minister said re
was ignorant of the cause, but supposed
it 10 be suit Of Mr.. brakes affair.
1t is said that Mr.. Nichols our consul
at Hambugh has taken refuge in the house
OF Mr.. Forbes, tho American Resident.
If the French wished 70, srise HIM too,
they would not respect that asylum.
Curriers' announcing h= outrage have
been sent to all the principal courts. We
sh,;uld think that :his repetition of the
:candalous violation Of the Gerrnanic Ter.
RI ory at Ettenheim will at last extort from
the con.ine ntai powers some measures tor
the protection of the most sacred inter-
course of nations. IF Fouchs. the French
minister OF pol &c, is to issue his mandates
Ct arrest against individuals, nay anbassa-
doris in a neutral territory, he may send
his archcrsio ,,,ze HI, prey IN shs . OF
tue emreror of Austria or the bing OF Prus-
STA. Others may not feel the effects of Boz
napartss lawle.s violence, bit their turn
may come if they hare not the courage to
dcfsnd the common law OF nations.
The French Commercial agent, who
We, resides at Gottenburgh, has received
an order from his government 10 quit Swe-
den Immediately.
We have received some accounts from
our squadron off Fcrrol. all of which agree
in stat,rg, that no /" maner's were prspar-
,nsin tia, port, and for this good reason,
thai, the naval ar.xnals were totally unpro.
vid.d with the means Of furnishing one up
OH the most limited scale.
Nv a, counts from Valencia, dated early
in October, we have been favoured with
some farther particulars Of the Spanish in.
surrection.
All lu0 DSk iDbiuS VIZ tdot uiopShS oGtWCCn
three and four Thousand Of the kings
troops entered the province of Blscay,
wrthou, any opposition from tina insur-
gents. Admiral Massaredo, and general
Orqullla, who are SAID to have been the
ringisaders in that. revolt, were arrested
and sent to Burgos. Upwards of two
hundred of the most important persons
cont ytned in the instruction are said 10
have fled il consequence Of tho nnfasora.
bic answer received from Bonaparte, to
whom it is reported the B,scayan. offered
to bsco mt vsssals, to the French govern.
Eaent.
His Imperial Majesty is stated to have
recommended to them to continue in sab-
lection to their own Sovereign, to whose
assistance, in case it were necessary, be
would send an army oftwo hundred thor
sand men. The business was, notwith-
s,s6ding, con1iderea ne iar from being set
lied. -