Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-01

Barbados, With dispatches from adn,,.,
Cochrane to colonel Hamilton and Mr.. %
skine, the British minister. 70 the po;,
ness and attention ct colonel II. we are
debtcd for copies Of the following very IN
portant letters.
SPAIN IN AN UPROAR!
Extract Of letter fronu lord Colingwcod +
admiral Gocarane, Gated
Orr CAD1z, June 1s, 1904
@The Flying Fish having joined me .,
her way to Barbados, | avail myself .fA.
opportunity to put you in possession of sue,
events, as have occurred III Spain, and com,
to my knowledge.
:. You will doubtless have been inform,
of the resignation of the crown of Spainbs
CharIes ". to his son of the dismissal i
the Prince OF Peace, and seizure of his .,
tates; Of the accession Of Ferdinand WI
that Bonapalte had inveigled both tins.
princes, and the rest Of the royal family r.
meet him at Bayonne; that he made then
all prisoners having obliged Ferdinand to
retnrn the crown to his father, and induced
the old King TO lay it athisfeet, to be dispo..
ed of as ne might direct.
g Soon after Ferdinand's quitting Madtd
to proceed to Bayonne, the Grand Duke :;
Berg assumed to himself the Temporal,
command of the government of the countrs
by the title Of lieutenant general of the kim
dcnl--this usurpation, the Spanish nation
has resisted almost to man. The spirit to
oppose French tyranny, the adherence q
the acts which have been rractised againu
the royal family and the state, and the una
nilllity and enthusiasm manifested, to re-
store the nation to its independence, was
perhaps, never surpassed in any country Or
in any cause even in the parts where III.
French are in force, Gas at Madrid and Bar.
ceIona this spirit IS sad to exist in its hn
extent, though the aTowal of it is punish.
ed.
1t Caiiz on the sth and sttl inst. III.
Fri nch squadron ct FIVE sail Of the line and
a frigate, which at tie hcginningof this re. /
volution, had mc;Ted up near the Carra,a
we're bombarded and after the suspension
OF Che attack FOR four days, on the n,c.niue i
OF the nth, they struck their coIors, aud
were taken possession of by the Spaniards
AS a prosincia. government each 0io.
vince has established, JUETo Of several /
persons, Of the gseatest influence; to which
the people are obedient, and the most zeal. /
Gus in its cause: this. of Andelssia. is n.
enc with which the English have had most
COMMUNICATION. It's army is commanded
by general Cartanos, and for its state, &c.
beg to refer YOU to the enclosed copy @! s
letter from captain Bradford, an officer al
the English forces, who has been with it I
some time. The saasse OF the province Of
Valencia, and Of Asturias,is equally nunler. 5
our and that Of tie former, aided bysome
regulars, is said to be On the way to Madrid s
TO drive the French out Of it in shors, sir,
the whole population Of the country is in
arms, and whenever the French meet a Spe
nia,ri, they find an inyeterate enemy.
:. To the English nation the Spaniara ::
look, as thai CT which they depend for sup
port, and security against tie comncn enc
nly and soT1le districts have declared Their
selrssa at peace with ,,gear- Britain, witho5 &
waiting for the usual forms; but as cor
nissionsrs deputed from the supreme cour e
Gil at Seville, have to-day gone 20 Engiand
IN the Revenge, to treat with his plaiesty.@
governments, Il make no doubt the wish Of
the Spanish nation will soon be Sratided By
q regular convention.
"Ihe French are making considerable Il
exertlons to get large army into SPAN &
but the spirit CT the nation is SO fully roused b
that, if her councils are judicious, and thsf
leaders act with ability and frmnsss, thg
IS ample means to resist them, and al maj
end we'll. 81
" His TaajesN's government has direetdE
in this crisis that every assistance snail
afforded. ! have supplied them with pow y
der from the ships; and about 5000 ma ].