Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-22
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NETWORK, Auy,st Is.
The brig Stephen, captain Barker, ar,
ed at this port last evening in Fifty d,
from Falmouth, having left there on the u
| of lure. Captain B. has politely furnish
! the editor of the MERcANTn.E Anv.Er
SER, with a file of London papers to the lqs
of. June, but only one day later thaaor
previous advices; from which we esnaa
the following articles:
LONDON, Jyse le.
Yesterday large bag ofletters was rccer. /
ed at the post-ofice from our feet oaa c.
dig, Gibraltar, and from the former, wem.
[. isrstand, down to the 1st instant Wela.
seen some OF these letters, and although II.
communication BY them is OF less decisy.
characts, than We had expected:it encourac
es hope that the next advicss Will eofs
more important nature. We know that
ministers are s:seg,ine in their expectatas
Of good accounts IRON Spain, and are COAT.
deat that the patriotism and power Of ii:
people are equal to the vas, struggle inwhiA
they are engaged. Such knowledge of thcu
sentiments represses those fears to whichae
might otherwise give way, and to their BIZ.
ter information we conhde our hopes.
The report Of the failure of AID. Purybi
negotiation for the occupation of the WORKS
at St. Leon, and the P untals, was renewed
Yesterday at the Stock Exchange /; i VS.
further stated, that large body Of the Span
ish patriots had been cut to pieces at Sar
terra, and that Bonaparte had arrived vim
considerable reinforcements at Pampeluns,
and was directing his reut, by forced march
es into Asturias. These statements, al
though wholly unsupported by any certain
communication, had the effect to lower The
Funds nearly one PEI cent, below the coz
Guiding prices Of the preceding day ; be-
fore the close of the market, however, they
recovered in some degree, and lett off about
quarter per cent worse than they opened
The instruction in the Nothern Provin.
ces was not known at Cadiz at the date Ct
the accounts from thence, and to that cir
cumstance we may fairly ascribe the con-
fict which the Spanish commandant appear
to have sustained between his inclnatlca
and his fears. No accounts from Madrid
subsequent to the 9TH, had reached Cadlz
on the s6th, the recent proceedings at Bay.
onne were unknown there, as well as The
consequent risings IN Asturias, GalIacia, &c.
and it is not too much to suppose, that
the people Of Cadiz were inclined to res'S
the French in the absence Of such inforna..
ton, that when they become informedof
those events, they viii Join in the glorious,
enterprize OF shaking off the domination o.
France.
The arrangements for succouring the
Spaniartls are continued with activity
Ths artillery embarked at Plymouth, was
to sail yesterday for Cork, from whence tie
troops under the orders of Sir A. WeNes, A
Icy VII. be ready 10 sail about the close ei|
the ensuing week. The artillery TO be en-
barhed at Portsmouth, and three regirnsn'
now under orders for embarkation at Dover
&c. will, it is stated, follow early in the en-
suing week.
Government are purchasing large guar
titles OF oats, supposed to be intended CT
ther for the supply Of our cavalry in S1s'
den, or Tor the Use Of the patriots il SPAN.
Parliament, it is reported, will ao)ou,dp
about the 10th of July; and, 1t is ado'D'
viii re-assemble in October.
The manufacturers at Leeds, BradioSsS''
and uuddershela, are stated to have recep1
ed, Outing the last week, numerous a.i
extensive orders part for the army az
navy, and large portion for the Amern -.
markets, under an expectation Of our in's.
course with that country being shorty =
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