Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-07-08

neral peace. Tie Gepcseu ht''p a.1A 49,, :
/ have been sent into france, uAaer so
escort. Spain is to jolnthe cohleelerauu., : e.
rho Rh;ne. and to furnish a contingent O. ~
~ thousand men. Other sacrltces OF leItteo'
~. she will, no doubt, be called upon .
There Is no doubt, we believe, OF the GU
lon and Rochefort squadrons having got oaeh
20 Ioulon, without having effected any ooJee'
of much Importance .C.sey
A. American vessel is arrived at Guernsey
from French port, which she LETT Oh 'l,e ~.
A few hours previous to her sainng' q ie,,e'
had been received by express, INFORMING VIC
captain.s correspondent that an oraer faa ac-
t.allv' arrived at Rochcfort, from the minister
of marine, to lay AN embargo on ali American
vessels -,
S,ooe our last, information OF a later
date has been received from Sweden. Oar
brave ally il proceeding 10 the INVASION %
Norway, not without aee.ng resis'ancr'
bu, with prospect of ultimate success.
For the details, we refer 20 orr foreign ~
telllpence. We canuosin tri h attach gfe:as
importance to the conquest OF Norway a.
a military operation, though we are aware
cf the resources il would furnish Us WITH
in the supply Of timber, Sc. us only 70
one respec, that il IS o! moTe"t. nc
acquisition of thu, country csoEos 1a'' 20
have the most bsnsh fetal raert upon TIE
public mind IN Sweden. The Swesss afe
q people sepsib!e of national honor; they
are The ,uvr,e.a,e foes OF Deomart ard
the esercise of Iomiuion over one OF the
provinces Of their adversary will certainty
couoleracs the i'm preston arising tom the
probable corquesto Of F'nssnd. ne date
OF our last intelligence from that grand
duehy is Of The 9Th April. There is no
further account Of the asserted re'res. OF
the Russians. Il ia probable they may be
content to retsin,a military position wi'h,o
The feon,ier of the province. M astet!y &
admirable as has been The retreat Ut general
Khpg,por, il is no, 10 be expected that he
eau with al, his collected forces ACT 90 me
cif>nsises
niana,rhes were received or Saturday
moynicg ., the Admiralty fTonsir Samuel
Hood. ds,ed from the Baltic, The rs h A
ptsl. bu> shey bulg 10 news OF importance.
Ii " 80 oct 10 be expected that any eptcr-
prize woa!d be formed b. the tots-ruupers
Of oar expedition. Whsn ou' whoie force
sasll haze arrived VIZ may hook forward TO
ss.m- decisive oper aroE WHICH 'nsg relieve
Us fssm all apprehension ane b necessity
of providing sgsi1st the possibility u 40
a,tack from The North.
Zealand has been declared by cur 60.
ye,u men 10 s:1,e of blockade.
Accounts which may be relied upon,
con ainipg ,utellgeoce Of very lac da'e,
have been received fsam the french Co -.
The e,nb rgo laid upon all American yes
sells IN the French po,ss, is stated TO have
been a measure carried iato effect in con.
formi.y wih he Bayonae decree. Wtao-
derstaod. how-ver, that pains hsvs been
,akee 10 the drawing up The decree, sog've
i, he color aod arr IT a proceeding naach
less hostile 10 the Americans ;hap ar 6rs.
wss imagined l. is pretended shatih'sact
i. 20 be considered as an &C, OF KIDD consi.
de.s;ion towards America-a precautioo
fc. the benef Of hyr citizens, 10 p'evrn,
.heiy property being seised by he BRUSH |;
sioce it ia notorious they canoo, .en,urs
upon the h,gh sess, without encoue'efiog
the risk Of becoming the prey Of D,islsn
! cruzers.
We have received foreign journals up TO
9Th instant. They contain ht.ie OF 10y mo.
mens.
A vessel arrived 90 Sunday fpm the
eoas, Of Holland, with a numbsrof MAZE
passenger. 90 board. The cap ain states,
,ha, he had taken them. ,oge her VI hseme
fSmales. from a neutral port, win the in
tention Of landing ,hem 10 HoilA,d, their
oatiye country. bu 50 s'r;c. was nc Dutch
government, tina, ivy 'u!d permi no per.