Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-26

laa Sand r Of the expedition, with detach-
e0 weut in pursuit OF the Dutch go
psa" or whom they found among the Hot
ssln o,. n the interior of the country; ne
'ess ..d 20 surrender, either himself or the
..ionv, but upon such terms as ne should
sO'. .os. which after some time the British
P,O part agreed TO. On the 1Sshthey ac-
pssesd TO terms of capitalization for the
9u...oder of the colony, which is very
"n.h IN favor OF the Ouch, and highly 70
- honor of governor Jansen. II is sti.
U VI in one of the articles of capilula-
IN thar in consideration of the gallant
.onduct of the Dutch, the troops shall be
.u,barked and sent straight to Holland, at
=. expence of the British government,
and shall not be considered as prisoners OF
war. ;.
The commander in chief of the expedi-
INN is sir David Beard, who's at present
ooverpor of the colony the second in
Command are generals Beresford and Fer
guson. The squadron consists Of the
fDiadem of 81 gus Commodore sir Home
pophsm) captain King; the Reasonable,
Of 81 guns, captain Rowley third ship
Of the line, name not knwn; the Narcissua
friqate, captain Donally the Dianede, of
Of so guns, captain Elmonds; and a gun
brig Of is guns, commanded by sir George
Keith.
Governor Janssen with the, Dutch troops
embarked the 4th, and sailed the 9Th of
March for Amsterdam. Immediately af-
ter the capture of the Cape, an embargo
was laid upon all neutral vessels, which
continued two months. This step was ia
ken TO prevent the intelligence of the cap
iure of,he Cape being carried out of the
colony, as they were daily in expectation OF
the arrival of the French captain Leenvoce,
who, under the impression of the place be"
log 10 the possession of the former owners,
had sent in two British prizes, that he
had captured off the Cape. The squad
ron alternately stretched out to sea, send.
ing in vessels of every description that
they met with. In the. beginning OF
March they chased in French frigate
she La Volantiere this caused great
CONSERVATION among the inhabitants, anc
a terrible uneasiuess with the English,
the batteries and forti6cations were all
manned, the officers riding ito and fro,
in their private dresses, lestthe French
men should discover the brilliancy of
sheir red coats,J and ,efecting every pre-
cautionary measure against the attack OF
a feet. The: frigate shortly came to an
Choir iu she Bay, and instantly surrender.
ed to the boarding boats. This ftigate
sailed from Brest with eleven line of
battle ships /; they fell in with some Epg-
iish ships, captured Them and sent. 200
prisoners In the La Volinsiere to the
Cape Ethey were landed in amise.
Table state, most of them having the
seuryy. This frlgate with five ships of
the line, parted company with the eleven
sail off the island of Madeira, and were
destined to the eastward of the Cape of
Good Hope. The information excited the
attention of the English wi,hno small por-
ton OF confusiony they began to raise en-
ueucnAenes along the shore issuing. pros
Carnations, prohibiting the farmers upon
pam OF death, from suffering provisions,
or any other kin6 of supplies, voluntarily
OF accidentally falling into the hands of the
expected enemy. The sailing Of the
transports was suspended for Two days;
uncertain whether it would be more 10 their
AaTantase for the enemy to be acquainted
W WIN the situation of the Cape or not
many American vessels put in this place
IOr refreshments, when they perceived
themselves completely entrapped in an
emoargo.-PetItions for release were
HAnoeo to the governor repeatedly, but
were alwas replied to in vague & indistipct
-~rms' The present state of affairs induced
,ns@ to renew their request, when luckily
- "a vessels bound to the westward had
.,Oet'y to depart, and most Of them sailed