Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-11

B r rs Tseus and Of Lisbon, and not
q q t' s..sofy-one miles distant from i.
tsn had already been summoned
TS4E |'nv nesrd to capitulate upon condl-
I'D II general Laborde would not
s' Ts DO not believe. Sir Arthur
,ssi'o' s,mnon him till he got near g
'e pr, an attack upon him
ID s Oortueuese were joining SIR ar
az s.t numbers is correct. Before
4 s.sd his landing, they had march
Cambria and driven the French
2 AN Before them from Pom5al and
gsSse trsops would of course join
~ ..'r We,iesley-hnt we are Ignorant
nlp arce; us said that they amount
a1p s,t.sil;;ons, about 5000 men. The
ada Loosen w1re taking the road
.. s,m. from whence they would IN
- s,5,;ty be conveyed in feluccas to
CT IuGot's force and movements
81 mo very accurate or recent accounts
/ rIsr,es Cotton states him to be only
~ srong-5ut we suspect that he IS
His army has been estimated at
Eas,. hut these are distributed IN differ
!. s,.:,,ns-i5o0 men At Cascaeis-50o
| 's division at the Old Town
:. so.hsr az fort Bugio---besis.es the
[.:m s,a,ioRed IN Lisbon to keep
|..,nIe down. He is said to have re-
4 hrded the Russian sailors, about
' 4 10 garrison the fortresses. O.
! counts ssasc that the Russians have
IA nd arr throwing up works opposite
|. I.ka. with the view O, covering their
4 ,sbuld the French make any attempt
rark them. But this seems not very
hbe. III O. has enough to do without
nr to the number of his enemies t y at
ipr the Russians. It IS reported that
IS nlarchsd cur of fort ST. Julien with
Omen, this does not seem credible fort
Iulen is fort OF immense consc-
he to him, and he would hardly
: It with a small force IN it, unless
horght himself strong enough to
rout his army and risk a battle with
English. Al article from Lisbon, in
Coimhra paper, speaks of his being IN
xat:oa Of reinforcement Oh 10000
but With a snesr, it adds, that "as
,ch passports are not SO current lii Spain
hey were, it is probable they may not ar
milne to assist at the Tragedy OF Pro-
on, in which its authors are SO soon a
to make their appearance"
wing speculated upon the probable a
1t OF Iunot's force, which, rating it at
CHEST, Cannot bemore than II, 900 men,
ssee what sin Arthur Wellesley has
1him-
His own force is 10000
Gen. Spencer's about $500
supposed th"t general Anstruther's d.
on may reach the Taeus time enough to
him. It is about 5000 men--the ma
shom sir Charles Cotton's feet, are at
lW0-the whole British force would
Be between 90 and $1,000 lnen-the
lguese force would swelit to upwards
600. As Sir Arthur began his march
DIS Lisbon on the 1st, it is probable he
ibe near enough to commence his ope-
IS BY the 7th or 9Th. Figueirai is about
lllss from Lisbon. The next accounts
Portugal viii probably announce Sir
ms arrival In the environs of the capt.
u the eventual success OF his opera
we have no doubt; but it is scarcely to
qtcted that Junot viii surrender with
. obstinate resistance.
ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
Z Lords of the Committee of council
rade and Foreign Plantations, having
fsed us to make public the following
rs to certain questions proposed by us
u Lordships, we publish them for the
nation of all whom they may concern
THOS. Barring,
Is. GLENNIE,
THOS. MULLETT.
cpn15th Aug.
QUESTION.