Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-19

j. CsIphIa tor chs PorI, VIC ne Is4"esseSNS
.,s,r, tina, she lay at Reedy Island ON the
9Th insrspt, waiting for a fair wind.
Es.ract of0 letter from No.tsA, to gene
..... flrman in this ioron. 2
have received letters from Martinique
and ST. Croix up to the 25th nscembeS.
The expedition ha, gone againstC GUADALUPE
that previous thereto two French fri.
gate, and . corvette had arrived at an out
port, and had just time to land 700 men,
when adm,ral Cochran attacked them aud
,t. battery, destroyed frigate and three
coryet,es. The Melampus frigate had
cau,srsd another corvette. On the French
frigates passage out they fell il with II.
u. M. frigase Juno, captain Shorthand, who
engaged them and a corvette for three
hours. Captain Shorthand was killcd, and
The Juno obliged to strike, being just ready
to .,nk. She was immediately burnt by the
French"
Oar reader, are invited an attentiveperu-
sal OF the following article from the London
Courier ct the 18th November the Cou'
rier, our reader. will understand, is mini
sterial paper.
It appears that the mission Of Mr.. Adams
had no, escaped notice in England. Our
negotiations with the French government
arc noticed with more ,t:an usual attention.
The public mipd in Great Britain will be
prepared Cor the dismissal of their minister.
That cireumstance corresponding with the
expectations formed by French statesmen,
may, with the negotiations with Russia and
France. induce an expectation in England,
that this country is determined against any
accommodation. We forbest % express all
our approximations, but we fear that q very
few months viii pass away bsfore our coun-
sry will be found in a situation, for which
we see no effective measures of prepa: alton
mo precaution to secure the Immense pro"
perry daily leaving our rorss.-l Norfolk
LeGser.9
"Is SCENE to be expected By Bonaparte
that America will be drawn within the vor-
tex OF his policy against this country, or as
it is called the continental systcm, the sys-
tem By VII ich the continent is 10 be ruined,
in the hopes that the British empire may
BE- ruined also. Grn. Armstrong, who was
to have left France in the beginning OF Oc-
sober, but who remains sill at Paris, is said
10 have been among the first TO carry TO
Fontainbleau, the homage of his congratu-
lations Gt the successful issue Of the contest
against Austria. The general was most
ITorably received, Ne was honored with
private conference, and a vessel was irnme.
Giasely ordered TO be got ready to carry 6es'
patches to the American government. 6y
some i is said thas the French government
has pres en,ed general Armstrong with the
Project Of a treaty between the two coun-
tres, BY others it is asserted, that the invita-
tion made 70 America is, to form an alliance
with France, Russia, Sweden and Ds,mark,
10 be called, if she acceties to it, the GUM
iuple alliance, for the purpose of atchisvng
what BonapaIte styles "the freedom OF the
seas" The expectation that she will &C.
cede 10 it has been for some time strongly
circulated 10 Paris, and indeed il should
seem as If the negotiation between the
American government and M. Champagny
had been renewed before Bonararee 8 return
to Paris. However that may be, il is GER
tain that the expectation to which We have
alluded. has been held ons in publications
known to be official. About week ago we
selected passage on that subject, from a
york under. the direction of the Senator
Francois de Neufchateau. As the passage
is now, from recent intelligence received
from Paris, become OF the Envre interest, we
sepuhlish it, =.
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