Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-17

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LONDON, july 17--24.
Yesterday Government received advice
from St. Andero, dated on Sunday last, by
the Cadmus sloop OF war, arrived at Ply
mouth, where the Betsey, Hooper, also ar
rived from Bilboa, with intelligence to the
14th inst. The substance of these accounts
were IN the afternoon communicated in the
Official circles by the following note
Downing STREET, Saturday evening.
Captain Winter of the Cadmus, who
reached the Admiralty this morning from
St. Andero has brought advices of the eva
cuation 81 that city by the French troops,
who fnilins themselves unequal to sustain
threatened attack from the patriotic for
ces under the direction of General Ponti
(who had advanced to Santillana )had, after
piunslsring the town OF a large sum Of money
and destroying all the arms in it, escaped
duringthe night OF the 18th towards Lier-
gaaes, On taeir rout to Bi!boa. Gen. Ponti,
aapristd of their movements, followed with
corps of soco Eight troops, mostly regu-
lars, au.i it was foped would overtakc them.
The accounts from Bilboa state, that
Joseph Bonaparte has at length entered
Spain-ae was crowned King AT ST. Sebas-
tian's on the eth. The American captain
st5,tcs, that tho most gloomy silence prevail
ed during the ceremony. From ST. Sebas-
tian's he proceeded to Toloza, and thence
BIZ Mudragon to Victoria, where he was a.
gain proclaimed ON the 10Th and intended
to have prosecuted MS route to Burgos adj
vices from marshal Bessieres had however
induced him to delay his departure, and lie
remained at Victoria on the 18th.
6 Marshal Bessicres had on the 18th as
sernbied body of about 1900 men, In
Guiding some Polish regiments, and was
stationed between Biiboa and Marquina.
The Asturian army amounted to $4,000
men, including the division Of gen. Ponti,
and had at the above date entered CASTLE,
for the purpose of giving battle to the enc
my"
In addition to the above we are enabled
by letters from Plymouth to state, that the
army of Leon moved in concert with the
Asturiaus, and at.er driving small French
force from Bcnsrcnto and Toro, had nrriv
ed At Modena del Rio Soco for the purpose
OF expeiiing from Vallodolid variety of
small corps which had united there. Gen.
Cuasta had occupied Placentia under gen.
Egieia with corps of 900, with view
to cut of their retreat to Burgos-his head
quarters were AZ Moro on the 10th, and it
WIS supposed he would attack the French
column at Bursos at the same time that the
7Asturians encounteredmarshal Bessieres.
Napoleon accompanied his brother Joseph
to Andaye, the latter was received at irun by
BODY Of Italian troops, who escorted him to
St Sebastian.
Captain Hooper says, when he left Blboa,
the different columns of French troops at Bill
boa, Rargois, PampeiSEa and Victoria were
stated to exceed so 900 men.
Preach camps bad been marched out near
Leuthen, lieguitz, and Brieg in Silesia, but
the troops which were to have occupied them,
have been ordered by forced marches to Spain.
Yesterday we were so fortunate as again tc
receive exclusively the Dutch Journals cfthe
10Th, and letter fromHeigoland of the 18th.
The intelligence is of some interest, and in a
material degree corroboratcs the state ents
brought by the Swedish mail of yesterday, Of
an approaching rupture between Russia and
Frapee.
Tho Nachrichted states, on the authority of
travellers from Poland, that numerous corps
of French troops are collecting on the Russi-
an frontiers, supposed to be intended tor the
expedition to India. !.
Flushing, although incorporated with France
is bv recent decree OF Bonaparte, to be con-
sidered in regard to its commercial intercourse
as foreign city, and allits imports and ex-
ports are subjected to the same regulations as
ifthey had foreign destination.
Letters from the Mein state, that great
! nur,bers of French and Italian troops continue