Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-12

ness OF a friend In Salem, the London Cou-
-rier to the 27th. of Oct. seventeen days lat
erthan any former accounts from, that quar- s'r:
ter.
CRISIS IN S?.IN. .I
Bythis we do not mean that the eventual
fate of that nation is about to be decided,
but that a sanguinarY contest has probably
taken place. 80
For some time precious to the 9th of
Oct. it was supposed from the accounts from rom
Spain, that about 10000 French troops who
had taken possession of Bilboa, under mar
shall hey, were cut off from retreat. But
on that day, says the Courier, intelligence
arrived, which proved that this was not the,
case. A vessel which left Corunna on the
aOehs announces that 80 900 fresh troops had
passed the Pyrenees and joined Ney, whose
whole force now amounts 70 between 70 and
1000, concentrated between Hilboa and
Vittoria.
This e;nforcoasentdid not appear to have
altered the position OF the Spanish armies,
which described nearly circle, beginning
at Valnaseda and ending at Roncsvalios.
The marquis dc Portage was at, ,Valmase-
da-Blake on the mountains near Bilboa--
Castanos at Logrono--ana Palatox at Ron
cevallcs. Il is stated that the Spaniards
were in high spirits and not difhdent OF sue
cess in case of a general encounter.
JUNOTpS ARMY.
The first division had been dispersed BY
a tempest, with some loss, but were work
ing up into Quiberoon bay. The second
were expected to arrive at Rochelle about
the Goth. It was. reported that the third,
on. sailing from Lisbon, was ordered to re-
turn, by dispatches from England, . wait
at Lisbon, until it was asccrtalned that the
transports which carried the former were
suffered to return from France.
EMPERORS B0NAPARTE AsD. AI-EX-
ANDER.
The eraperors. OF Trance and Russia met
At Erfurth towards the end Of Sept. After
three weeks of & fearful and tremendous
plotting" as the English editor conjcctares,
Joint dispatches were transmitted IN the ut.
most haste to the British governments. En-.
fnrth being but 100 miles from Bologne, the
messengers were supposed to have left Err
fursh on the 10th of October, and they ar
rived in .she Downs on the 21st The ila-
port of their dispatches had not been asccr-
taincd, but tie report was that they consist
ed of two letters, from Chappagny, the
French and Romanzow, the Russian MI
mister of foreign affairs, proposing
A MARITIME PEACE.
between ali the contending powers, and that
Observation-Disclosures should be Immediately
named. 1t is pscsumsdI in ADMINISTERED pa
per the reply was, that his Britannia majes5y
would consult the king of Sweden, the
prince regent of Portugal, the Supreme
Tunta5in Spain, governing m the name OF
Ferdinand VII.
RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.
The campaign in Finland is at an end
The Films suffered asevere defeat on the
2oth Of September. This was followed by
a proposal on the part of the Russians tor an
arlnistice, which was acceptedsa and signed
bv the king Of Sweden. It is Supposed the
emperor Of, Russia intends to bring his
troops to the service Of BonaParte to gafri-
son Germany; as German troops are to be
introduced into France for its protection;
while his armies are. gone to Spain.
The British forces with, or soon to be
v-.ss,,l the Spanish patriots amount to 10000.
Set them against $4,000 French-will not
the Spaniards be able to cope with the re-
naming $4,000
b Ferdinand vi and his uncle were at Pa
IS.
Sir Hugh Dalrynple arrived in England
or the 18th OF October.
Nothing had beeneionc in the Baltic.
{ The Supreme IJnnta had been regularly
installed had assembled in Madrid, and
TIE nation was occupied in religious rites,
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