Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-07
NWAsR1 Notion, JenuarY !.

~ ~ st'S FuIStuooiotir "a EthC bCSOtutiou Oi-
fsred by Mr.. Randolph on Thursday last,
(; Ia relation to gen. Wilkinson
The qass,icn at the last consideration
was on IFS rtfereEce. 1t had been then
moved TO referit ia a select committee,
aoith bo5Oer.fo send far persons, papers. SIC.
aud q .motion made To asnSud sl1is mo:,rn
BY e.r,king out -lhe words 10 llsiic wss
then undrr consideration ard OF course
was !1ss, taken INFO consideration this day.
The motion for striking out thase sords
was supported By Mrssfs. Lyon. Camp
ben, NIiiaor, HaIlaad, Sloan, Dsua, Fisk
AID Ala,on, and opposed by Msssrs. Stan
fords Gardvnier. ant Eliot; and was car.
ried By asand nays, 70 to So.
The qnsssion was then taxed on the re-
ference Of the resolution, and enegatived,
anlv one or Two rising 70 favor of il.
aherqaession shet recurring CT the orr
ginal res olution. Messrs. Busweil, Tsoup
and Quincy supported, and Niessrs. Black.
ledge, Milnor, Campbell, aud Gardeaies
opposet! il; when
4Hr. Eib5 said it was now late hoar
4 half pa,. tour) and several genilemra VINO
would wish TO esf-ess their opinions had
90, ys,hsd an opportunity; he therefore
moved TO adjourn. Carried, so to. 4s.
The Orion, arrived at New-Yerk, was de-
tanned at Falmouth from the 18th Of Septcin-
Der TO the lth of November, and was paid by
the captors, the costs. of court, new cable
,,,>,, ~, lac bo,
gnineas per day, during thc.detention.
Ertrae, ofa istter ses.ted No,faA Jan. 1.
Mr.. Rose the Ene'ish m'o,s.er arrived
in The S,atira on The. s6!h ult, still con,i-
auesia Hanp'en rasds. Il is said and Sc.
ueralsy believed ha, there arrived in Lya
hasea bay Z ffigafes CT ships of the line
Yesterday. probably to give weight TO his
negotiations. There seems to be more
thee asss,spssk OF warm ssar Horizon.
The; Hfi,ish ship L'Africain, Of 20 guns,
IS IS cap&ursJ by tro French privateers. af.
teraaa action of two hours, on her passage.
f,ons Lesion to por, All Prince, with a
cargo iavoiaed al E4o,coo aud carried
ssto 81, 5sGe Cube.
A gentleman Of distinguished talents in this
city, declared several years ago, speaking of
Honaparte, that he would wash one foot in the
Mediterranean, and the sotA1@in the Baltic
and BEING sometime afterwards reminded of
the completion ofhis remark, added, that s0e
should be fortunately if he did not bend over,
j 4l IL ,ac ptM
nacrica.
The following interesting extract of. a
letter was received by gentleman in Nor.
folk from hiss correspondent 10 Lisbon,
dated $751; Oct,
=" Yesterday g courier arrived from
France, bringing she disagfeeable insel!i.
gcnce, that our ambassador had left Paris
the middle oil this nonth, The count de
Ega, our ambassador TO Spain, has also
lief. NJ cid. twenty-five thousand men
are ou their march sgains,th:s couosry The
advance, guard of which was expected to
arrive at Basgos yesterday. 90 the 10Th
st November the Spanish and French ar.
aes are 10 Hsrch from Salamanca, the
place OF I1dezvous- General Juno,, late
1iois,sTA tPpr,ugal, is appointed general
in CHIEF; Lahorde and Clement, jun. are
gerefals of division. The reqaisisiop Of
soldiers and seameo is e1 elised with the
usa,oss sssiclpess and erkrgy. The pro-
yinces are uiihoot sroeSs, most Of which
are drawn towards thecapi,d. Ihsajieu-
teuant generals Comes, F3i1es marquis
d'Alorna and Fraacss dssGnnba. are ap.
ry:a,ed the gensralsto command ,betroops
sot Porsugsk- Anthony de ArsNbAzeve.
DO, uain,sser for foreign affairs, left .his
place YESTERDAY for Madrid, 70 regociase
witt. general junes.
The packet from Falmouth arrived this
day and lsf,the mail, as thry mus. hereaf.
ter do, without the bar. Twelve sail OF