Alexandria Daily Advertiser

The St. Christopher's Chronicle of the 7th June, received by the schr. Dolphin, contains the following articles relative to the alarming aspect of affairs in the British islands.

The decided superiority of the enemy in these seas, has, in a great measure cut off our communication entirely with the mother country. This is too fatally evinced in the recent capture of the second April packet, about one hundred miles to the windward of Barbadoes, after an hour and an half's obstinate resistance, by a French privateer schr. of fourteen guns, and ninety two men. One of the passengers by the packet, Mr. D. Owen, has arrived at Montserrat from Guadaloupe and informs "That the Algiers, admiral C. major, and Achilles, both of seventy-four guns, part of the expected reinforcement, had arrived at that island, landed about seven hundred men there, and sailed from thence on Sunday evening." He further adds "that the ship Eliza from London to Barbadoes, laden with dry goods one of a London fleet which sailed the 19th of April last, was captured by the above squadron and carried into Guadaloupe. By the same vessel which brought the list of the combined fleet, advices were received at St. Bartholomews, that intelligence had reached Martinique of a British fleet of 17 sail of the line, and 7 frigates, having arrived at Barbadoes, under the command of sir Richard Bickerton. As we have had some vessels from the British islands, without any news of the like auspicious nature having been received there, we have too much reason to doubt the authenticity of the account. Two squadrons from Ferrol and Carthagena, consisting of about 16 more sail of the line, are momently expected by the combined fleets at Martinique. We also learn, that not meeting Missiesi's Fleet there, an express had been sent after him, requiring his immediate return. Wednesday morning the government schooner Richard, captain Tax, arrived express from Montserrat: By her we learned, that an alarm had been fired the preceding afternoon, in consequence of 21 sail having been seen to the eastward, and 7 more to the southward of that island the former supposed to be bound for Antigua. On Friday the 24th ult. the sloop Apollo from New York for Jamaica, with a valuable cargo of 5 or 500 bbis. flour, 100 bbls: bread, 50 bbls. tar, besides staves, hams, &c. was sent in the same island by a French schooner privateer Perseverance.