Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-18

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The opening Of The ports Ct B,n..
NEST important fact. Its eon,l 'el'snds
this has been doneb Eonapar;,es t tes !, d
Pose Of sprrlyirgfhe ccIen;es ot t =, 'hsp
and Martinique with provisions e VAC
neeessaries, Of which they are II tsa oft
est need. others conjecture that /, ne = ga
disturbances will break Out in per. leSss
thinks by opening The forts he shan NJ
ste the Dutch and keep them ou; ,a' ''s'a
ny rate the measure furnishes furb., NJ :,
Of the wisdom Of tie rclicy that " q pa'
our Orders in Council. OUaa'
Yesterday morning the Thunder, !,
guns, captain Taltot, was released
quarantine at Portsmouth. She sss S l'c
Palermo on the 27th July. On her NJ
to Gibraltar she spoke a Spanish boa s
told her that fourof her ships Of i bH S
we're at anchor to the eastward 4 y ,ae
.celona, and that they had DESTROYED, ~
voy going with troops from Touicn AN
celona. Dupont arrived at Csd;z ~
iath ,!t. On his arrival the mob ns,.
en- searching HIS baggcse, in which ~
found vast quantities of church p]ste
lie was Lady, wounded BY the nah y
Thunderer took from Palermo 10 cb,.,
ter, Prince Leopold, second sonclie pm,
Of Naples. Eeis sent by his father 10 ,',;11
the resencv Ell Spain as next heir ID N
crown O Spain. n
We mentioned q rumcr On SATURDAY. !,
culated On tie authority of letter horN]
porto, that there l.at! been another act;cn,i]
ter the glorious victory CT Vimicn, \
which the French general l.oison, With
thousand lnen, had been killed. Iunotal
Labordc prisoners, en- their way to Gem.
bra and Cporto. as the British gen. would
not ccncede to them any homes; that d
Wagons lotted with plander had been ull
en-; that re Russians, as soon IS Id
French left the capital, hois.ed PornsusI
cclors, are. TIA: there bad been nayl al
gagemsnt, in which the English DESTROYED
a French squadron, which was coHve.ng %
Portugal prince Eugene (oui Erg!) with
several thousand men 10 reinforce lupo,
No such inteil; gence has been reeeveda
government, and 10 credit is to he attached
to the runor.
Some letters from Holland, received Ct
Saturday, mention that manv members Q
the CONFEDERATION CT The Ehiue had mani
fested rcluctanee to assemble hsW QUOT
contormat,,y with tie spirit and sipulaiia'
Of the celebrated league. In WirtcmbwgA,
It is said, the inhabitants rose en- massc q
resist a conscripticl which the king had
recourse to Tor Furnishing bis contingent
Letters. from the British squadron al Tbs
Taeus mention, that dcputation from Lis
bon had conference witt sir {. Cotton O
the subject Of a general risids on tn
French, ard that he Gisslladed them nom
until tie British trocps should have landed
ard approached the ,own.
4. letter from Cati;z carislns tie foh9s
ing summary of,the plrnder taken oy Cd
armies f,cr' Dupont:
1900 s,ii:s Of nniiitary clothing; S''c'
mrskets pael:ed up 100 pieces OF cannon 10
IS morsars, .s6 coaches; s,coo excc'l y
horses !; eco ammunitlon carts; 6,roco,
Of hard dol,ars I'D tie military chest; a
the plate stolen at Cordoya, and the ou's'
PLACES ,llrcnqh which the French am
marched, had been melted into bars.
SeptemDrc'
The intelligence brought by the tra y, %,
which is arrived at PenzaDce from Wan
was not Official Intelligence brought tc 8
verrment. Ministers have rotrcceTeea.
accounts from SIR Arthur Wellesley, hn
than those contained in the Extraorc'n,L'
Gazette. But the Portuguese sn,ba'Sym'
is understood 10 have accounts, aa'en y, "
,vening of the 25,h, and the trans7o1r - :,
hfsafira on the 1eth. The landing q = y. !,
John TyIoore at llalfra, in the rear o. W.
French srmv, would quicken the sul's .. :,
# the enemy. The British army wa :. :,