Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-24
NEW YORK, March 20.
!: Very late, and very Important,

1t is SO long since we received intelligence
direct from England, tina. many Of our Ct.
tisens began to entertain serious apprehen.
sions of an embargo. The arrival at this
port last night of the fast sailing and regu.
lar trading ship Oliver Ellsworth, captain
Bennett, in 40 days from Liverpool, has
dissipated these fears, and put US in pos.
session of London papers to the evening of
the slst of January and Lloyd'5 Lists TO
the 2Sth, more than 40 days later than any
previous advices from the European con.
tinen,.
We are enabled, from these papers, to
inform the readers of the Mercantile AID.
vertiserthar peace was concluded bstweeu
France and Austria on the Goth OF Decem.
Der, and on the succeeding day, was raIi6.
ed BY the emperor Napoleon. We shall
give copy oft in our pexs.
The British Imperial Parliament was
opened on the 21sr of December, and Mr..
Pitt, the celebrated premier died on the day
following. In consequence Of MS death,
and the disastrous situation OF affairs on
the continent, new administration was
forming, to comprize men OF the highest
political talents, (including Mr.. Fox and
the most eminent OF hi. party) aud this
measure was regarded as the sheet anchor
On which depends the salvation OF the coun'
try.
A2greas mass of intelligence is beioreus'
We can now notice only the leading articles
Tomorrow we shall proceed with some de-
gree of regularity, and continue our ex'
tracts, until the stock on hand shall be sx'
hausted.
Captain Bennett is the bearer OF dispatch
es from Mr.. Monroe, our ambassador az
the court of London, to the secretary OF
state.
LONDON, January Is.
1t is with unfeigned concern we state,
that the Right Hon. William Pitt breatheo
his last at half past four O'Clock on thurs.
day morning, a, his house at Pusney. MS
loss, at this particular period, will De Sc
vereIy fels by the nation, and, we bssye
is sincerely lamented by all parties. MS
most determined political opponents a, al
times, bore testimony to his distinguished
talents, and unbIemished integrity; ana
were no less willing to admit that the errors
of his long administration were more 10 DC
ascribed to the unprecedented dlthcu!sies
of the time, he had to encounter, and which
he seemed determined to surmount, WIN,
out having recourse TO the necessary a'o o.
contemporary talent, than to his want o.
foresight in anticipating the magnltude o.
the undertaking, or readiness OF comP's
hension in planning means 10 meet 'nos'
difficulties but the task OF sxecu"0p'
which might have been rendered more ca
sy by an union Of energies, was too muei'
for those of an Individual, and he suhk un'
der it, the paralised victim OF too MUCH
confidence in his own strength.
The illness of Mr.. Pitt originated IN e1'
cessive anxiety, and unwearied attention 20
business. His whole nervous system was
so deranged. that, for weeks together, nc
was unable to sleep, and this privat!on o.
rest led to general breaking up OF MS coz
s.itu,ion. An hereditary govt completes
the whole, producing according to i' OK.
binary effect on debilitated SYSTEM wa's'
in the chest, and such weakness OF 'O
mach, that he could neither admit moi ]"
tain any sustenanca. E