Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-24
] TIE LAST MAIL.
BOSTON, Oct. 10.
FROM EAGLdND.

~, Lon papers to Aug. aSSsa and On, Sun
:. mig the brig Constance, IS days
y liverpool, By witch we nave recciv-
y ,,ondoa papers oitse 18th, 18th. s 10Th
sS,t. a Liverpool paper of The 18th and
q s.rji's list Of the 1851.
IN n. accounts by the brig Constance, state
5, Ne French and English were nearly e.
LIN the battle near Lisbon that after
s. 5. DAYS diminishing thsy met in close
a. the third, and the contest was chiefly
:,stFe haysget regiment TO regiment the
rs W. = exc driven from the fed Of battle
: 81 oseat loss. The Easiish also lost In
IA and wounded from to 1000. The
,rt;e,lar returns were Published ia the
.rl;sh papers early IN September, and the
..~rs cf the regiments and o:.aoers given,
~ Frvr.eh ard English, bur uniortanate
\ ase papers have not coiae IN the vessel.
/, Arthur Wellesley, demanded an ancon-
St;c3al surrender, bat vale this WAS dis
nssir,g. Gen. DaEymple arrived 10 take
de go;nnand in CHIEF, and he lowered the
arms. which gave such disgust to Well@s-
r. tfat he .yss about TO return to ENGLAND
snl ts- r s.l;t gave universal dissa.3sisc.ioa
ia England.
An offaia1 account of the surrender Ct
Imot and rs arn,y to the British and Por-
sn,esc tcrcrs, as prisoners CT var has been
rbIishsd in the london papers likewise
1.-THE surrender OF the Russian feet TO adm.
r CHARLEs CogTox. These events are
c.sidercd IN England rs Of great moment
bopea the conditions do not meet tie ex-
locations Of the people.
Nj me date Of the last accounts, the
Fasi. army which hadretreated from Ma
|dil, were at BHrgos. Accounts from Spain
10 the 9Th September state; th1at they had
|retatrd TO Pampelona, near 80 miles tar
her north, and but about 40 miles from St,
Sebastians. That they bad there been at
lacked by Gen. PALAFoX, who III asuccess-
I'll engagement had killed 5000 and taken
1000 prisoners. That the Spanish patriots
were fastening to that place to complete
heir extirpation. The French troops stati-
@d at Tadsla city On the river Ebro, a.
lmS3 miles south o. Paulpe,ona, mad eva
GATED that place, and joined the main eody
ssampeleRa, previous to tne, attack OF Pa
IaFox.
We have waited witt, so!icitude to hear
Of some decisive step by austria. She has
vet done nothing but prepare. fror-1 this
We cannot inter that Austria is reconclled to
her AFFECT state, or that she wants either
disposition or spirit to throw of ta7 French
yoke. But while French influence predo-
inmates in the Russian cabinet, any hostile
movement o. the Germans towards france
would leave them exposed to the forces OF
Napoleon on the south; and Russia on the
North worl,d Of course be their enemy
Under such circumstances, Austria must
from policy refrain from war, until she can
.eilher secare the aid of Russia, or at least
that Russia will not act against her. What
henist the prospect of a change IN the poll
v Of the Russian government !! Tho her
land operations have been carried on against
Sweden with little zeal, she is said to have
snt affect from ,Cronstadt Of IS sail OF the
&e, with an equal number OF irisates, te
Willard. The British are collecting their
BITS ia the Baltic to attack them. his
escindes the prospect of an iminediate ac-
sommodation between Russia aud England
but nay very possibly be the means OF :
change in the poiisies of the former, not la
dlssa,,t. IF the Russian Reetsmeet the bri'
alsa as.sea, and it is mentioned in a London
paper Of the 18th Of September, tnat they
We're IA sight of each other on the depart
ars vessel from admiral Saumarez witt
dispatches, their discontinue may be. ex
Pseted. Such an event would render TN
tzpedsnce of peace with England NOR
Pressing than ever, and Gas Russia is AREA
ny sulsering for the want other accustomed
s0mlnsrce1 would probably be more than
counter balance for the influence OF Napo
Non, IN the court. The suspension OF tn