Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-28

| OF EdWard loppan and Others, after under
going consideration IN committee of the.
| whole, was withous amendment, ordered
TO be engrossed Tor third reading tomor-
row.
The house concurred in the report OF
the commi,teeof claims on the petition of
the late crew of,he frigs,e Philsdelphia,
which Is adverse TO il.
"A letter from Nanfz, of the last of Oct.
received at Boston, says that business was
dull, 10 the expectation that the success of
the French arms would produce speedy.
peace. A And captain March arrived at
! Newburyport from Amsterdam, says it
was the opinion that the northern coalition,
would be brokenup, and every power come.
toa reconciliation on as good terms as pos
sible /; as by the last accounts the Russian
army had not formed a Junction with any
part ofthe Austrlans.
By gentleman passenger in the Martha
Crawley, we are favored with the follow
ing information: That Josiah Biskely, esq.
iare American consul at ST. jsgo, had been
persecuted 70 such a degree by the Spanish
government, as to have been obliged 20
embark from that place, In consequence Of
asentence lately passed at Havana against
him, which threatened him with imprlson-
ment.
This gentteugan also Informs Us, that
most of The French privatcers in Cuba,
had assumed the Spanish flag, in conse
quence OF the persecution they had recently
experienced from the more efecipal mea-
sures lately manifested by the Spanish go.
vernment, to suppress and punish their
plracies; and that, in consequence OF the
representations of our government, the
late French agents at St. Jago, from Qua
dalouPe and Santo Domingo, had been
superseded, and commissioners sent to ex-
anime into their transactions, as relates to
American captures. When this gentleman
left HAVANA, there were four American
vessels taken by Spanish privateers and
sent into different ports, the west end of
the island, under adjudication at HAVANA.
| But there had been no captures in that
quarter OF the island by French privateers
since the month of May last.
He describes the Spaniards as in a state
OF the utmost inquietude and anxiety, fear.
ing war between the United States and
Spain: and that their sole dependence, IN
that island, being on the American COM
merce, he is of opinion, from the prevail
ing sentiments of the planters, in case of
such an event, they would willingly place
! themselves under the protection OF the u
States. [Laarlesten Tines.
The ship America. Bunker, IS days
from Baltimore, bound to Trinidad, in
Cuba, was stranded on the N. E. Reef Of
Turks Island, onthe night of the Goth No.
vember. Part of the crew have arrived at
Charleston. (GAarleston G5ariev.J ).
On Friday last. on the edge of the Gulf
Stream, capt. Walters was chased Is hours.
by a French priyafeer, when he was
brought to by shot through his sails, and
detained all night he got out his boat and
sent his mate on board the privateer with
his papers but this would not satisfy them,
he must come on board himself. While
capt. w. was ON board the privateer, they
dispatched part of their crew on board The
ship, when they FELL TO pInndering her OF
every thing which they could take away,
| consisting of sails, rigging, cabin stores,
&c. SIC. When they brought their plunder
on board the privateer, they asked capt
w. how much it was worth, and at the
same time observing, that as they bad cha
3 sed the ship FOR Is hours, they would Offset
their chasing charge against his sails, rig.
eiag, &c. and then handing him his papers,
!, they ordered him toproceeG on his voyage.
The privaseer mounted one large is ponnd
| brass gun, and six smaller ones.
FRoMLONDoN,-JJOct. 15-25.