Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-10

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/ have the honor to be, Sc.
COCHRANE.

a eiit hon. lord LolIrngzvoof,
Srousman1er ia caie7f, sc.
ii captain, | lieutenant, 2 ssfgeants, s corr
rais, wounded gunneis, 2 kiiaed)
I'd So soldiers total 2 4.
u cannon, 80 muskets, SO bayonets, SO
rtouches, 500 cannon balls, IS barrels OF
wdrr and cartridges, &C.
!. -jSeyeral Russian sloops Of war have been
Z IN, bv the Swedish fotilsa, off Sweaborg,
ks have been sent By the combined fleet,
q Ira tuay converted into 6reships -four
sa<s whibh Law waiting for a talr Wind, 10 oe
ssx, Il, among the .sassiSn beet.
.liyase letters from Lisbon, dated toe
toeh rltino, received On thursday evening
sfats. that the generals and calcers serving
,,,,tier sir Artaar Wellesley, in the battles
.,,e Sic nth ana 2ist August, have resolved
10 present to him piece Of plate, value
1oooguineas with an approp pirate criptIon,
s. 4 marx Of their high admiration Of his
!, ailitsry skill and galiantry on those days,
8 uell as For having protested against tue
3d., s,iliasing convention which vas alter
tfls concluded. faais maiifests their
$3.50 of shs victories which he 50 molly
caips 4 and we rejoice to see, that as to
fbe j saracter Of those victories, there Is no
.liifaS;es4 nee of opinion any where. .
LIZ srs nc understand, were received
YESTERDAY evening from Holland, dated so
late as. Friday last, which seated, that IN
trIlirrnce had been received that morning
! from KaningsbsrSS, that the projected meet !
ING between the emperors OF Rassia aasls
France would not take place, IN eonse- /
qncnec of arevolution at St. Pstersbargh, I
produced BY the agents Of England, AUS
tria add Prussia. he empress (whether
the rei8nissg, or mother, is not seated)is re-
ported 10 be at the head OF the insurrection.
The Emperor Alexander, is said to Be ar
rested.
We give this information as it has reach
ed Us, p!cdging ourselves no farther for It's
authenticity, than that such report pre-
vailed at holland at the time We have stat
ed. It's not Improbable that some of the {
Russian mobiles may have demonstrated a.
gainst the emperor's putting himself into
the hands Of Bonaparte, and that their re
presentations mar have determined him to
relinquish his design OF proceeding 10 Err
furth.
There IS no oths- article of Intelligence
derived from the same authority, which We
can advance witk more confidence. Mea-
sures of sxtraordin,ary. rigor. arc daily ex-
pectea 10 take place IN Holland. The In
tercoaase between that coilntrv and this,
will It's supposed, Be interdictet on pain
OF death. Ii was understood that a COM
nland to this sifsct was colninunicated from
the Emperor Of the French at the: period
TIE following Decree prohibiting the INTRO
cuetion OF Coleaial Produce was trals-
mitted.
if0is'5ltlsa against the intro a1ct;on Of Golo-
s,iGi Prodttcs.
Extract irornsthe minutes OF ss,ic esice OF the
Secretary of State.
Palace ofSt. Cloudi Sept. IS.
Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King
of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation
ofthe Rhine.
on the report Of our minister. Of finance,
our council of state have been heard, we
have decrreds and do decree as. follows -
Art 4. Ihcsinsrod9ction Of all colonial
produce coming from Holland and Spain
INTO france IS prohibited until further or
Art. 2. All vessels freiglssed With such
articles, which shall enter the EIbe, The
WISER, or the Jade, shall be seizsd and
conGscatesl.:
>. ihe present decreS is not to contra
Sehe that Of the 9Th of June, by. which we
ssssfved to ourselves the right TO allow the
importation OF cotton wool, under certain
circumstances.
a. Cur minister Of F;nnr,ee2 =; ..,,,.... !,