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

Il Is net ts leass gallirr Of X. AZ
70 which these dispatches have s;,ss ''pss
that the conqucror of Vemiers ssaa .a us.
signed the arn,istice on the ed =: mas
basis upoxwhich the succeeding Co.'s. M TIC
were grounded. In this armist;cs ;. !.
visionslly agreed, |" That the PrensL RI. p.o'
shall not IN any case be considered - ing
soners of war /; that all the ind;y;dv.,s = or
compose it shall be transported to Tr. nao
with their arms ard baggage, and the vhoIa'
of their private property, from which ~ I
thing shall be expected.
T he neutrality of the port Of Lishon1
shall be recognized for the Russian feet
That is to say, that when the English armr,
or fleet shall be in possessionof lie cit, AMI
port, the said Russian feet shall not BE- die
turbed during its stay, nor stopped when +
wishes to sail, FOR pursued when itsh,N
sail until after the time fixed by the ,as;s.
time law"
In reading the first of these articles Of,
readers We fear will not be immcdiatelrd Dis
posed to compare it with the very djf,r,n
result Of the operations of the Spanish a. [
my against Dupont. Dupont's was a lsrgo
army than Junot's, and the army Of Cass
ros was an army composed almost of raw
{ leyies.; yet these levies fc,eed Dupont to an
unconditional, surrender, and to dischare,
all the pIunder they had acquired. Cu:s
was an army composed of regular ard dis.
ciplined troops, that had proved thenssye.
able to beat superior force brought against
them yet this enemy SO beaten is to retain
its plumber, is aaot even to be considered as
priacnc,. Of var; bet is 10 return to Franc.
s1nme diateiy, ar.ei is to be at liberty to serv.
against us tic moment it reaches lis native
.and-and We ere to furnish the means c!
conveyance /! and British ships are to be
the carriers ct a force, which may be SUIT,
Will be Immediately crp!cyed against Grca.
Britain CT her allies Are not these hu.
initiating, heart breaking fasts Blu, Noud
tEset the catalogue ended here Cur enc.
my's feet was to remain unmolested in Al
pert which he had just Liberated! And with
squadron before that port, manned BY
British officers ard seamen, who looked 10
the capture Of the Russian squadron as I'll:
reward Of their long watching and block
sGe with such squadron, we were not by
the articles of the arlnistice to modest tho
Russians during their continuance in tie
Tagns, nor obstruct them when leaving i'll
FOR :o4iow them after they had LETT it, BE-
fore tie expiration Of the time PRESCRIBED
by maritime law! This hun,iliatior, Ehi5 I
II ould have broken the hearts OF our sea.
men, they were, thank God, spared. EssI
Subsequent convention between SIR c. Coz
ton End admiral S;;E:av;n, gives UP the Rus s
sisn feet to orr admiral, though it $50 I'll
ret.uDea 20 Russia within six ,aonths attu S
thu conclusion e peace. We skal ncs 81
tiraush Tie o,i;el articl,s OF these conrs'
items.
It viii naturally be asked by our readers,
after they have recovered from their frs;
shock aud surprise, what circumstances
rendered It necessary for eur commande''
10 agree to such terms? Imperlous indttd|
must have been the necessity-Ard here Et|
are desidered to give insertion to inc lol-
,lowing statement:
:. The pulic seem much disappo.atedI
that the :erms ofc api;ulation granted juno
and HE force. havebeen Sc disadvantages
to our interests, andperh.'ps justly, Ner 4
not that there might have been some secret
motives, and very s.ropg ones: sup?osin5,
for instance, Jaaot had possession ofastroDGE
post, and it was eouhtt,!l if he might ret
have defended it for a fortnight, threcI
weeks or month, or perhaps much longer,
was it 10 object to gain that time in the 81
tuation that Spain is, with reinforcemen'
pouring down from all quarters of France
to strengthen the enemy III Biscay ard Aa'l
varre, and to have disposable force
large as that which would otherw.l and 1
employed in Portugal, to throw int ,All..ae I.