Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-03

ing.
The following is said-to be passaes
lin certain letter OF replication, which IS
m uch commented upon at this moment
g Itgiyes me serious concern. that you
have acted so incautiously and thus de-
prived me of your valuable services for
the present -
Lord Hawkesbury, we understand, has
been appointed first lord of the admiralty.
~and is expected to be succeeded in the home
Department BY Lord narrowly.
A cartel is arrived from Morlaix, with
the first prisoner from France that has been
regularly exchanged since the commence
me ut Of the war. We suppose that Cap
tain Puget will now be suferedt to proceed
10 Paris.
The Acasta has on board million of
dollars for the West-India merchants.
Aprilao.
A Russian general is said to have arri.
we'd with dispatches from Petersburg, of
great importance. They have not yettrans-
pired. but are believed to be extremely "a.
vorable.
NAVAL OPERATION.
Dispatches were yesterday from
Admiral Lord Gardner off Brest, which
state, that the enemy had made some move
Inents that indicated an intention of ven
turing to sea the first favorable opportuni-
".
AT Ferrol similar disposition appears
70 be manifested BY the French and Spa
nisarsquadrons. The following intelligence
is contained in a letter from on board his
maiesty's ship Indefatiga bic, dated of Fer
rol, April 8:
Every opportunity that occurs. we
make it oar business to sail in and off the
harbor's mouth of Ferrol, to reconnoitre
the French and Spanish squadrons LAYING
there. They consist of 6 sail Of the line,
2 frigates, two sloops and brig Spanish.
Ar Corrnna, there is one French frigate,
making altogether fourteen sail of the line,
two frigates, two sloops and one brig.
The French are already manned, and
have great number of troops on board
and are expected to sail hourly. The
Spaniards are not sufficiently manned yet.
Yesterday we boarded an American ship
that had just come out from Ferrol, and
the captain assured US that the French
would in a few days put to sea, and that
they were supposed to be destined for the
West Indies.
EXTRAORDINARY ANECDOTE.
A respectable morning paper has pub.
lished the following intelligence which was
communicated to the editor in letter
written by gentleman at Yarmouth, and
dated the 18th inst:
!" Jean De St. Faust, who commanded
and was taken on board, L'Honneur
schooner, by his majesty's sloop of war,
the scorpion, Carteret, relates the follow.
ing, which he declared to have taken place
few evenings prior TO his quitting Paris.
!" Bonaparthe had commanded play at
the Theatre Francois, and in the usual
style OF sovereigns, he appeared there with
brilliant retinue, and very numerous
guard. The house overlooked in every
part lie was seated in his box and the
curtain about to rise, when an Orange ap.
par:n,ly artificial, was thrown upon the
stage: several voices exclaimed aOuv.
re2H, Orange" (oben the Oyange!) The i
cry was repeated and re-echoed in every
part of the house.
A principal actor came forward and in
compliance with the universal wish opened |
the Orange, wherein he found a PAPER con.
tanning so-livre piece Of gold coin. Sc: |
veral voices exclaimed, 8 Lisez R bobiey.
L'sez le PAPER :" Read the paper. Read
the paper. TWAS again repeated with like /
earnestness and enthusiasm as before, the
house resounding in many parts with the
sumultuous outcfy. But before he COM
ptled the cautious actor looked towards the
imperial Box, when Bonapaste fancyiog it
might be some adul..ory compliment to
himself, nodded assent. The house was