Alexandria Daily Advertiser

Alexandria Daily Advertiser.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 14

The latest intelligence from Britain, by arrivals at New York and other ports, informs that the prospect of invasion assumes a more serious aspect. One account states that the horses, forage and heavy artillery of the enemy are embarked. The prospect however, by no means intimidates the British. They count upon it, that the day on which the French venture to approach her shores, will be to Britain a day of glory. In the House of Commons, Mr. Pitt's Defence Bill, notwithstanding the partial opposition which has appeared against him, has been carried. A letter, said to have been addressed to Pitt by Lord Grenville, in which his Lordship assigns his reasons for not joining the new administration, appears in a London paper. Speaking of himself and his political friends, he says, "No consideration of public ease or comfort; no apprehension of responsibility, nor reluctance to meet the real situation into which the country has been brought, have any weight in this decision; nor are we fettered by any engagements on the subject, either expressed or implied; we rest our determination solely on our strong sense of the impropriety of our becoming parties to a system of government, which is formed at such a moment as the present on a principle of exclusion.". His Majesty's health is by no means in a confirmed state. On this subject the London editors very prudently observe the greatest caution. A naval officer (Lord Ranelagh) of a noble family has been sentenced to death for having struck his superior in a fray. He has been so strongly recommended to mercy, however, that expectations of his pardon are entertained. Accounts from Paris to June 14, say, that the Emperor Napoleon and his brothers voted in the Council of State for pardoning all the late convicted "conspirators," but not a majority of the members were for their execution; and that Bonaparte left the Council with tears in his eyes, at the ill success of his merciful efforts. The Emperor of the French was preparing to visit his ports on the sea coast. A conspiracy is stated to have been lately discovered and frustrated, which had for its object the murder of Louis XVIII. A letter dated June 27, to a gentleman in Philadelphia, says: "Europe at this moment appears to be in a deplorable situation. A certain powerful man may thank this country for his exaltation on the theatre of the world. Mr. Pitt made him First Consul. Mr. Addington has made him an Emperor; and if we do not relinquish our political system it is probable the new Emperor and the King of Prussia will divide the German Empire. Stir if they dare--I see nothing to hinder the division. Nothing but the establishment of Peace, and that with an endeavour on all sides to make it a permanent Peace, can give repose to suffering Europe." Bonaparte's Civil List is to be augmented to 25 million of livres. Each of the French Princes is to have three millions, and each of the six superior officers of state one million yearly. The Admiral who succeeds in making a landing in England, will be made Grand Admiral.

London Paper.

Mr. Livingston would certainly have attended the Woburn Sheep-shearing, had he not received a hint to sheer off.