Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-21
FROM LONDON PAPERS
Received at the Cfi,ee OF the hsgistuesrl..a
p, The Rozla, 9rriUed al ~ YORK.
THE PRESENT CONTEST.
70 xhe( Elder efthr Morning Post.

A general blockade of all The coasts OF
| France ADD her allie, having lately become
the srbiect Of much aiscussion, few CD,
aerv ayiors are here offered, for the enter.
sainment ard iptotma,ion Of such amongst
your rraders, WHO may col have had coca.
sion 10 become acquainted with he irue
merits efshIs essenusl and imporsan' msa'
sure of policy. SAID TO be COW in she COZ
sempls,ioa of his nsjesFy's ministers.
Such measure ON he par. OF cur 60.
vwrnmept, who are now more ban ever
possessed of ample mesue, 10 carry il iulo
complete effrc,, mus,, 10 short time re.
duce the continen, ST Europe tea stase Of
upexanp pied prisaiion aas distress onless
the willy Corsicsn can so.taf con- maud she
devotion Of his slaves rs 10 prevail upon
them 10 adopt the garment and fruga-
lny Of The kindred goat ferss in his napva
Isle. The measure 10 question win ID lie
Consequences prove the ksenest shaft thar
has We, been aimed az she blood ssaired
,hrone of the asurp'ng 'yrsnt. II is him
SELF who in his phrensy has ,hrowp he
gauntlet, & sksll Britcas hseSais or shrink
from he challenged But to illustrate The
tes,.
/, has beer asserted tina, by enforcing a
genera bios b d., We shsllbeneh 81 the Fseect,
msnnfsc nres 10 The de,rlment Of our owu,
in nscessitadpg fhem TO provide every
thing for themselves; but the casulss
here fofgess thar manufactures canno DC
put 10 mo,iou without raw ma:erisIs 49,
Ftance j, is true may be supplied with silk
from Italy aud with wooltirom Spain. BY
inland csrtisge bun lhatis aH her soiIp
egres none Of Tie rrlaBIff lEs5e ssaries IL al
arc requisite iD the manirulasioa.ot these,
aud Other articles of the 6rst necessary ,,tie;yr.
are all inported TO her by sea and she csa,
and does ,bfap them only with our leave
and iorbeatsuce.
! She esruo, ger iron, faS hemp. saliow
&c. from Russia; nor can she fufeish The
Uorth OF Europe from the coast of ,hs Ne,
| Ciserranean with her wines and braudics by
land carrlege!
Tea Thousand tons oil oil are anuually
hrongh 10 .Marseilles from The coas,s OF
Calsbrla, Sicily and Bsrbary. for ,he So of
the extera;ys soap manUfsc'ories Of .bs
place, who supply not onl, h INFERIOR of
France and great part Of Europe hus also
her transatlantic colonies.
Sulphur snd pos ashesare ,mpor;ed from
Sicily aud the coass Of Spain.
The Levans furnishes ABUNDANCE Of coz.
ton, sheep and goass wool, copper. uisre,
81 Hwoe,, gums. rice, wax, &c Trieste
ard otheg parts Of the Adriatfc proyidr
steel, itad qnieksilyer, lipcns, hemp,glsss
ware. &c,
Tbs COST Of Isafbasy yields vhsaf, wool
oil, bses Vac, sc. aud France exports thu
woollen "Reminiscences Of Lspguadoc, &r.
TO The Legans,
This coasfing trade wishis thc .Meai
terraoesa, IN the eschsnge Of pselul and
Indispensable coten,odssies has hitherto been
carried 90 u snanlamised extent, s. without
ssois sSssics by the Imperial The Ragnssp
and he Ottoman fiags.
GIt still greater Importance. however, To.
France aad her allies, Is she:r extensive
and aourlshing commerce with the II. S
OF America. and through TIA, channel with
their cwn colonies commerce not onl9
e9uisasrnt go all their wan,s bu, being
subjected 10 charges considerably under
those attending the British trade, Rsin-
tain them IN a stase of active reciprocal
intercourse aud prosperity. Its tfis con.
sietou alone that has induced Bonepari-
70 proclaim ard enforce with conadynce,
his measures of exclusion with regard 20
Great Britain for whast .hs ports Of
France and her allies are open to neu,sals,
experience has acknowledged 20 him, thai
! they don waatonr assistance. This nv
psshesis is felly rorroboratedbv he ,anid
1 ADD prod'gious extension of the A mericue
commerce since the cosamencemen, Of he
presept " ar and (accnrdinn 10 ID n.