Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-10

fsrnch' - It burgess, and 5 or 4ttoo
rsneh had a'sad e that town some
afssr beng ~ French continued in posses
sssA', ai.dr;d when the Arcturus sailed,
''a I'll 5 d ValadoLd, burgos, +, slo aoal;
y w. ,,- s and St. Sebastians; put q consl-
|PanP'ol ssov from Galicia and Andalusla,
dsfa6's: $ Z, = Be marching towards Madrid.
vas s s.a King, prince Murat' had re-
hsDssu' s's,,r and had left gen. Savary
saosd The new created king, Joseph
|in hls ss 'ss with most OF the Spanish gran
Bcn'pa aa he delegates with the new constl,
dees anu s 81 Of which has been received
|tutl0a' |. citrus, had set out for Madrid )
p !,s - !, s. Sebastians on the ssh JulywnsIe
we're : srnt;on was as cool as itpossibly
Their l = Not a shout or cry in favor OF
|collo - l;;cr Nothing was done but what
ths n .',so a were obligssl 20 do. It was
nc ' sus,Y whether he would reach Madrid,
d9'lOa .ach unfayorable aspects. Most OF
rndsl su u;sb orandscs did not hesitate to de-
tas ap : tbeir friends, that what they had
car ,S -. forced on them that they si1orld,
a : +. FIRST occasion, join the patriots WITH
= ~; r; ncrsons and property.
a5 n,, 6 the commander of the Spanish
as which took up arms against the
T T.'sg,b. IS unmarried, about 50 years OF
!, asl, Youngest OF t,ree sons Of a marquis OF
as \ 5. ssIne a fa.a;ly distinguished IN ne
'a4l i, s1 e spa;n,; he was a brigadier in the
s aan'.' S . guard, and went with the young
s sS'y Ferdinand the seventh to Bayonne,
'.ssye forssesilng what vas TO pass, escaped
sI Sa,,,yossa ia Arragon, his native town,
nd put himself ct their head. =.
Although the citadel OF barcelona IS IN
,os.es,;on of the French the province OF
rfa,slonia is mostly under arms, aud have
Id several successful sSirmishes.
4 There appears great mortality at Madrid
,r,onrthe French soldiers, Is well as deser-
, to the Spanish side. The French OH
~, have on various occasions expressed
,b,;r dislike and regret to march against the
Standards, in SO unjust cause. Almost
i If he French troops, now in Spain and
Portugal, supposed 10000 are young, aud
Il The last csnscriptions, and let the issue
b what il may, many cannot in all calcula-
lion return, or escape from slaughter. Al
he French at Oporto have, with the gene
ralwho is in the castle at Ferrol, surrender
ii to the Portuguese but general Junot
ras al Lisbon at the last dates. All the
proelamations of the provinces are warm &
spirited, declaring that Spaniards war not
sgaipst the French people, but against the
7yrant and Usurper.
Some DAYS cut from St. Sebastians, pass
ed convoy of IS sail from Cork, with
10000 troops on board, under gen. Weles-
ev-was boarded and informed they were
cund to Join the Spaniards and Portuguese
sainst gen. Junot.
It appears from the latest accounts that
&c Spanish war is exceedingly unpopular II
rance that sl,e Spanish royal family had
cen cent into the interior OF France that
le troops lately sent into Spain BY Bona
arte's orders, were principally new and
eartliess conscripts that Murat WAS still
Bayonne, and much indisposed; that the
Grset road from Bayonae to Madrid was IN
Of the French but was the only
they had between the two
Milan DECREE .EAIFORCED.-W'
nave received By the Arcturus, three OF ths
iss condemnations BY the council OF Prlz
s at Paris, Of American vessels and car
3oes, taken under the MILAN decree Of TIT
18th Dec. The first on the Sth June, (th'
lFst sitting> is the brig George, Of Newbu
, : captain Bray, late captain Hale
irc1a Labrador, TO Biisoa, with fish ane
sons oil, papers endorsed by the British
md beng far north, and in want of Provi
SONS }, ms and water, put into Falmouth Ter sup
ly, where the British government, seeing
Inc unlustness of the endorsement, grantee
pass for the original destination, and Iron