Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-06
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state os affairs 10 the Msditerraneao, will
.vs Grove uain,ersssiog 20 our readers:
Gisrakar, Jan. sth. Fhis day Captain
Psarce arrived 10 the Haleysn, 50 8 days
from Falmouth, with accounts OF an ex.
psdiston for this place, under the coai
maod of geo. Spencer, beiog ready to SAIL.
Esd, Tnis noFniag rs transports ar.
rived here, with about 5000 men, part OF
geo. Speecer's farce. The report here Is,
that they are destined tor an attack on
Csnfa.
a5th. A gentleman of this place, who
had ssen pct miaed TO visit A!gesiras, for
the purpose Of marrying Spanish lady,
retnsued .h,s day. He states, that on the
arrival of he above transports. The major
Of ,hs Sssnish line was sen, Oft TO Ceuta.
% warn the governor that he might expect
an al. ack.
26th. By accounts from Csuts We learn
that the number of Spanish troops which
have gsos from Algasuas to that place
within the last rec eays, is about 5000, -
Two large polaeres with provisions have
al.o s,r,ysd ,here from Csdiz. About 40
pieces of cannon AID morsars have been
moun5ed IN sddliioo 10 shosc on The sea
line wall, on this side of the garrison
This day the Phoebe trigate arrived from
Falmouth with hsu,enaaa colonel Brown,
aid-ds-camp 20 the duke of York, BY the
Phoebe. accounts have beeo received that
,he Roehefort squadron has put TO sea.
e9rb All the gun boats here have been
ordered to be got ready for embaking
troops, We Relieve tor Centa.
Sist. The Phoebe sailed. Itis thcogh.
abe goes TO admisal Pusvis, TO recommend
a str,ct binckadr of Ceuta.
Feb. 18th. Oiher accounts have this day
bsen received from Ceu,a. Their rem,
fotcements amount DOW to about $500
men. Their whole force is from nine &c
ten ,hossand. The iuhabltan!t are Ike
wise armed. Even the convicss are, it IS
said. 10 be armed 10 case of an attack, with
: proni.e OF liberty if they behave well,
The whole number of all descriptions, ca.
psble of bearing arms al Cests, is es,iuaas.
ed 81 10000. Several mote vessels haze
arrived >shere with provisions, of which
the, have nov abont hss monhs supply.
Allowing fer some eSaes7sa'ions in the
-sbsssss ppsssils9la,s. i is the opioioo here
troops, and arc perfectly prepared for our
attack.
5M. The Phebe has again come 10.
In,eIlgencs has also beea received CT he
Rocbefors squadron having certaIply pass.
ed ,his on the nr9ht Of the 10th ul,. They
were seen of Cape de Gate steering to.
wards Carshagena. Iheic destination,
there is every reason 20 believe, is Sicily;
the Paebe therefore received orders
Immediately TO sail tor that leland, wi h
,hz troops in the bay. Bur a, night one
&C sne aess siolsot gales ever Witnessed
hsre caiae ca, bsfo-e they could sail.
he s,ossn coosiaued during the 9th 8 Yin
gsisA AgSAsfAi slo!ence Macy vessels have
becn spsatsy 0vecked, sod three of the
sTaasaorgs driven cat II the Gut.
oh Inis CAV the nissing transports
rssurosd from the westward With heWind.
sor Cas- le and some othes meu OF war
Ths NyiSspa srigase from off Lisbon has
also come I'D. among toe sesseis loAs, is
40 American valued ~ Is ,Oool Anosher
worth so COOL hes been much damaged,
aud protests have been ensered here by the
merchants concerned, whs mainsain that
she cnaid onlv have been detained by the
mask pervsrss interpretation of ,hs orders
in cou1cil, and shas they have a sighs to
recover damsgss from the governor.
lofh. General Spencer has not yet ar.
rived. Il was certainly int nded he should
ausck Ceu,a, bur The danger with which
Sicily IS ,hreatened, from the junction. Of
the Rachefors, CarshsgeuA and Toulou
squadrons, may perhaps induce him, when
he arrives 10 push on TO thai island m