Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-05
London, Mareh 10.

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Of about so sail, Under conway OF SIX trI
gates. sailed from tie cove ct Cork, Or
the Sd inst,
There was report, on Saturday even
ING. that new proposition bad been made
20 the transports beard, tor the exchange
of prisoners. 1t is obvious that the empe
sror of the Freach earnestly desires 10 eb
tain the 5000 sean,en detained in this couu.
Etry. He has NJ fewer t.an twenty. seven
ships of war, all above fifty guns, on the
stocks. which will be- launchsd before mid.
summer; and il would be grsatl Thing for
him 10 obtain q lan,ping exchange at the
rate of FIVE for two, which Is the exact
proportion, as we haye.about1S 600 French
prisoners in England, sad there are only
Il, Geo English in France.
Several conisr.sces have taken .p!ae BE-
tvesn Mr. Monroe the american aalbas,
sador. and MS majesty's smnis;ers, relative
TO ulatters4in dispute between Grsa Britain
and the United States; and snerr is every
prospect %, a;speedy and aplicabsc adjusf.
men, of all differences. Twentv. Ave A nj.
fiean.seanen were discharged on.Friday,
at Portsmouth, from LaE.lle de- Mi!a
frigase, sir K. Laurie, lately re.nrned from
the Halifax station. An ofdsr,@we uadet
IS and, has beer received TO discharge al
Ameriean subjects frem our .hps.
The Paris papers contain 90 account Ct
the surrender of tbs cl,ie. Of Naples, Ca.
pua, Gaesa aad Peseara 70 the French al.
my. Bonapsr,e was at the theatre Fran
Gals, On the 24ih Iss,, when the dispa,ehe,
announcing these events, arrived: and b
his orders, the celebrated actor I aim,
communicated the intelligence to the aa
dienee. We announced, in former pa.
per, the arrival OF Joseph Baaapsrie upon
the Neapolitan froe,ier, a;tce head OF the
Freach army. In his progress slnte .ha.
kingdom, he divided his ann into three
corps. The sish, commanded by general
Reguier, marched by Terracina AID Gaesa,
the left. consisting Of The Italian corps,
made It's way by 1.ri; Rhiis he proceeded
himself in person with ihe centre, under
the Immediate command ofsnaarsbaf Mas
sena, by Cerma=1 and CaPHa. General
=! Z s-Ss;--.eT, upon his arrival at Gaeta, sum
moned the priace of Hssse who command
ed the place, to surrender. The prina
notified his intention EFF defending MS
pos. to the last extremity. 70 consequence
OF this answer, general Reguier ordered
an attack TO be made upon the -edoubt oil.
S.. Aaare, which he carried attsr a slight
resistance, in syairh she French general
Grigny was killed. On the 18th, the cen
ire summoned Capua, AID also met re-
fusal. Ga tbs t3a,, however, deRutissf
arrived from Naples and signeG the surren'
der OK Casta, >Capus, Pescara, Naples,
and me forts thas co@maad it.
The Freneh general parionaaus, iasms'
diasrly entered Naples, sad en- the 15lbE
Joseph Besaparte set cut trota Capus tor
The sane destination. On the Esd Of Tap.
4he king CT Naples embarked for Siciiy,I
Ieav'Bg his sami.y behind, OF whom the |
hereditary prince was Invested with unIi.l
mted powers to act in his absence. ap.5
II iSSN"i tHS hpEt SaStf oi tlG IfSuCH aIIBft8
shs prince sent his brother with propo,iti 1
ons to Joseph Booapa,se, which being req
jeelea, the hereditary priace pat himself at
She head OF the Lazzaroni and his bro,hetk
the prince Saint theodore, endeayored u I
raise the.people Of Abrazza. Their efforts
do nos aPFsasso have been seconded by The +
@NeaPollsans IN general; aud, indeed, the \
lAaris papers do no, hesitate 20 admit, thai (
the French hsdaa strong party both wihia :
and without The city OF Haples. Unde!
these circumstances ne cfectual resissanesf
could be made, ard the capitalization wa
sssned. AS farther evidence ofthe ,reachs
cry and cewardice of the Neapolisans, VIZ
aud that the Neapoiisaa officers had res
quas,ed liberty ID enter the French sers
vice. Joseph Henaparte had formed sevc.
raj n sapellsan corps. He entered Naples
On the 18th clri,ao. at 2 O'Clock ia the az
'erneon. He was waited on by the college