Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-05-07
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LOA-DON, Mach IL.

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from one the government orators, n s
Segur. lie expresse lshr Emperor's III
| plete appreciation of {. h-ir conduct; dp.E
upon The imposing ceren Tony Of the corr,
| .icn, rendered more auen :, by the presenE
anei participation Of ,he Pop-; alluded +
che laws that had been pa 'sed duriag n
session; to The excellent s.s &c oflhe dn,,N
ces; to the new coDscriptioll, and % s
pscihc overture OF this country Upon III
conscrpt law he made the f.. ;iowlng Il
! marks:- Wits. amongst our ct Nc my ever,
thing is in state offcrmentatioa and ari,s
ton, yoa have proved by las upon tb,N
CONSUMPTION that we 20 not stand in need nj
fresh Efforts, and this new law dikFers OIL,
fron, the last. by a more just and modem
Distribution relative TO our coast and mar,
time departments. Upon the pacific over,
ture he said, I" 1t was at the moment !,
which warrior, almost always favoured
by fortune, might have promised himself
fresh fanrcis, that silrneing his passions
Napoiean modestly proposed peace to on,
encg,ics. If blood must flow upon the Garth
aad sex, his letter forever abso!yes US, and
shrcws al the responsibility upon that blind
government which would p.olong the egn.
sion Of it." 81. de Seaar proceeded to
STATE ghe emperor's constant endravours
wsre to glvs rcpose to his county, mos.
pcndsnce to the seas, and peace to tho
world.
ghe .Moniteur has not published any
further de,ails WITH respect 10 the cap.
ture of the Mediterranean convoy, and
1t does not appear that one Of the captured
ships has yet reached French port; in.
deed we know that the enemy exaggerated
the numbers, and our prediction, lna, ma.
ny would be fouud to have made their Is.
cape has been verified.
The anger manifested by the Monreur,
at the cool reception waich Bonapartes
taliacioas over,are Of peace experienced
IN this country, and the fear which it ez.-
presses, least Engliss subsidy should DO
accepted by any of The coatipental powcs,
airord the best possible, eAplana.ion Of the
state, and OF the views ofs,he French 60.
vernment. They are worth voamrs Of
idle reports from ll!.iatormet travellers.
lhey shew at once cha, France IS COM.
pletely baFisd in her visws OF su5;ugnlug
this country, add even more, that . Eng
land, sin g!e-handed," ismore than ma,ch
for her; they shew the changeable and
shifting politics Of the usurper. thai when
he e 5uld cot compass his end by open
force, he endesvoraso do il by fraud by
an f'atr ct peace, or rasher truce, which
should induce Us 20 dissra, and leave orr.
selves exposed 20 fresh naneuvrs,, Th4y
confirm the wisdom of the late ministry
in commencing the war before our enemy
had completed his prepsra,ons, and Of he
present, in declining 90 be du2ed hy pee
teuded pacific overture.
The Tonlon Fleet.
Of ise Touion fees, the Paris Official
paper states, that it sailed from that pore
the 18th January, 1906, with large body
Of troops under general Louriston. and
that after being at sea four days, was over-
taken BY . violent stor,a, and obliged 20
return INTO port. The account Of the cap.
'orc Of the brnsh s.oop of war Arrow,
and the Acheron bomb, With about TWEEN.
u sail Of the Malta homeward bound feet,
BY two !riSates which pared in the gale is
co rhrmed. The Arrow fought L'incur~
rnptible. CT IL gnos, an hour aad quar-
ter, had 81 r.ea killed AID wounded and
sum-, Immediately after the action. Her
vigorous resistance effected the escape Of
10 or 10 OF her convov. All the rest taken
were destroyed; and the English prisoners
landed at Carthagena. twas coniectured
he Eoulon ase. was bound to Egypt
Lord Nelson, who was crnzlng ca SarG..-
MIA. with IL sail Of the line, had imred.
ate Intelligence of the sailing of the Tosloa
feet !; and was in full pursuit, when it re.
turned to port.
March IS.
An American ship from the 'Esye!,
which had arriua1 IN nDye, y On js yaetsg