Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-05-09
LONDON, March 10.

! "S Aeet TOT tno Weet+Inoleo, CON"
sisting OF about $50 sail, under convoy
OF six trigases, sailed from the Cove Of
Cork on the Sd instant.
! There was report, on Saturday E.
veHing, that new proposition had been
made to the Transport Board, for the
Exchange Of prisoners. j Is obvious
! that the Emperor OF the Freneh earnest
~ desires to obtaih the 5000 ssamen,
detained IN this country. He has no
fewer than twenty seven ships Of war.
all above so guns, on the stocks, which
! will be launched before, Midsummers
and It would be great thing for him to
obtain humping exehanse. of about Eve
for two, which 10 the exact proportion.
o. We have shout ., 600 French prison.
ers 10 England, and there are only 1000
English in France. ..
Several conferences have taken place
between Mr.. Munros the American
Ambassador, and bis Msiesey's Minis
tiers, relative to the matters In dispute
between Great Britain and the United
States; and there 10 every prospect of
sPeedyand amicable adjustment Of all
differences. Twenty. Eve Am. riean sea.
men were discharged on Friday, at
Portsmouth, from La Vile de Milan fri.
gate, Sir X. Laurie, lately re turned from
the HALIFAX station. An order, we I'm.
derstand, has been received, to dis.
charge al American subject. from our
ships. -
I The Paris papers contain an aceoun,
OF the surrender Of the cities of Maple.
Cnpua, Caeta, and Pescara to the
French army. Bonapar,e was a, the
Theatre Franchise, on the a4.h ultimo.
when the dispatches, announcing these
events, arrived and BY his orders, the
celebrated actor, Talma, communicated
the intelligence to the audience. We
announced in former paper the arrival
OF Joseph Bonaparte upon the Neapoli.
tan frontier, at the head Of the French
army. In his PpOgress into that king.
dom he divided HE arm. into three corps.
The right commanded By General Reg
nier, marched BY Tertacina, and the left
consisting Of the Italian corps, made its
way by I,ri: while he proceeded in per.
son with the centre. under the imnedi-
ate command Of Marshal Massena, BY
Gormano and Capua. Gen. Resnier, up
on his arrival At Gaeta, summoned
the Prince Of Hesse, who commanded
the place, to surrender. The Prince
notified his intention Of defending hi.
! post 70 the last extremity. Ia eease.
quenee of Ibis answer. Gen. Regnier
ordered an alta, to be made upon the
redoubt OF St. A nslre, which he carried
after slight rrsis,4nee, 10 which the
French General Grigny was l,ed. On
the 18th the centre sum monsd Capua,
and also met a refusal. o. the sth
however, deputies arrived from Naples
and signed the sure nder Of Gaeta, Ca
Pua, Psseara, Naples, and the forts that
command it.
The French general Partonnaux i'm
mediately entered Naples, and on the
1sth, Joseph Bonaparte set out for Ca
qua for the same destination. On the
a3d Of January, the King of Naples en-
barked for Sicily, leaving HE family be-
hind, Of whom the hereditary Prince
was invested with unlimited powers To
act in his absence. Apprised Of the
approach ofthe French army, the Prince
sent his brother with propositions to To-
seph Bonsparte,z which being rejected
the hereditary prince put himself avthe-
head Of the Lazzaroni and his brother.
the prince Saint Theodore, 1epdeavour.
| cd to raise the people Of Abrazza.-s
Their efforts do not appear 10 have been
! SC @onlei BY the Neapoitans in general;
,n,i, indeed, the Paris papers do no.
hesitate to admit, that French had,
strong party. both within aud without
tn= city of Naples. Under=thess cir
cumstances no eGectual resistance 'couii
nc made. and the capi.uls.ioa was sign.
I'd. As farther evidence of the treach.
cry and enwardiee Of the Neapolitans
We end tina, the Neapolitan officers had
| reouested liberty In enter the French