Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-02
From the baltimore Patriot.
F2ENCH PAPERS.

rNENSh
A respected friend, who has often g.
ven value and responsibility to our CO.
lumns by his contributions, has favored
Us with the following transiations, which,
though they may not be deemed impor-
tant, will be perused with interest Ex-
tracts follow -
1t appears BY an official statement, that
from the lst of January to the lst Of July
1917, there were killed, in the sc dc.
partments Of France, 2,4l6 Wolves, 4
Bears, and l Tiger. The Tiger Was
killed in the Department Of Ande, the
only one tor 25 years past.
The cops of officers of the Marine Of
France, in full pay, has recently been
fiYed at the following number: s admi-
rails IL rear admlrals GO captains Of
men Of war; 30 captains Of frieates: 500
lieu enauts Of men OF war 400 enSigns
of do; 500 midshipmer, (or e!eves.)
The present population If st. Peters
burg is stated at 27O,5OO inhabitants ~
Guiding the glrrison-lhc pr0Dortica of
foreigners is estimated at | S,h thereof
In point Of numbers that capital ranks the
fifth city in Europe.
The population Of the city If Rome in
1917 has been computed at 13l,556 in.
habitInts-In 1916 it was l29,997.
Count Archsmband Joseph de Tallcy.
rand Perigord, (bro'hcr OF the famou,
Charles Maurice de TalIeyrand Porisord,
p ince de TaIIeyrand) has been created
tv the king ot France, Duke de TalIey-
rard. The Cardinal de TaIIeyraud (who
is likewise duke aud peer is named
Alexandra hngeliqne de Talleyrand Pc.
rigOrd.
A London paper of the 18th October
stated that the Royal Wales (paper mo.
ney) of Spain were at discount of "a
per cent. notwithstanding the new plan
Of finance and the fequent deliberations
ct the councils of ways and means.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF HOME MASUFAc-
TURES.
the following passage, contained, in
the articles Of association of Society at
rournay, formed Tor the encouragement
of national industry, pourtrays o. pa
triatIc and independent spirit OF The in
habitants 0f the Netherlands
=" 4 welcome admission Of the products
Of Tie people that receive ours: but an
anathcma against The manufactures Of
tho.e nations who, actuated by a blind
aud sordid se'6 :hntss, would make US
tributary to them, and not take any VI
ours in exchange. An anathema, in re
talation, against the manufactures o!
those nations, until they retarn to mea-
sures Of equity, which are likewise re-
commended by their personal interest.
Let US reps, the maxim 81 our pro-
vincial states: {. 10 prohibit against
these Who 10 prohibit; but let US only
prohibit in oraer to e,iectuatc tie repeal
Of prohib.,i ms.
" The English prohibit all our products
without any concession; she therefore
authorizes us to prohibit hers without 4
nv concession.
"In the interval, the genius Of our
will vie with emulation to
furnish the substitutes for fo.eigh pro.
ducts: at tae same time will the interests
OF our manufactures and our consumers
be benefited"
Patriotic societies on the same princi-
pies arc organizing in the various towns
of Belgium, at Client, Brussels, Sc
They rep esent to their government the
wisdom aud the necessity OF adopting a
tariff similar to those which are in force
in Enc and and in France. The mem.
berS OF those numerous societies have re-
solved to clothe themselves exclusively
with the manufactures Of their own coun-
try. -
Norfolk, Dec. 20.
Arrived in Hampton Roads Oh Friday
evening last the United States frigate
Constellation, commodore Shaw, in pas
sage Of Al days from Gibraltar. The A.
merican squadron. consisting of the
"a, commodore Chaurcey,
rriga'e United States, captain Crane,
,loop of war Peacock, captain Rogers,
and brig Shark, cap,oIn Nicholson, re-
NAMED at Gibr altar when the ConsteIla-
ten sailed; the sloop Of war Erie, cap
tain Gamble, sailed for Marseilles few
DAYS before,
Captain Creis hton, lieutenants Watson
and Nicholson. Of the navy, and captains
Hall and Breckenridge, late Of the marine
corps, came passengers III the CunsielIa-
ion. The Constellation has also brought