Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-01

would afford the Russians an or,,,. 4.
bringing down cannon, and ere r,. lug Of
rary batteries for the defence Of tls; U'arfo-
The following is an extrsct Of Jalps.
from Gottenburg, September ! -, .r,'sr
cuiated that the Russians have lost 20 q o ca,
men since the commencement Ct n. wy.
Finland. A want.of provisions and ,b @' N
tense cold, have been particularly fs,sl n. ;.
them. / can assure you from good Anti, an Y
rity that in Aland, Gothland, and F;0l. ,s !,
the Swedes have collected and taken .ba
1900 stand Of arms from the Russ;,ss 0S'
1nong which there is not one single pn,s; {
musket, all of them being part the twsa ,s
thousand stand furnished two years aco T.
the Swedes to Russia, at the request Of 6
Britain. The troops encsinped in the rs;,S
borhood OF Riga are said TO be nearly dss,..
tutc OF arms.
September %.
Dutch papers to the 18th were receir,
yesterday, which contain some articles u,
tive to the arrangements made for forv,rj
ing the French troops on their march It'll
Saxony, and the frontiers Of Russia towarI
Spain. They were expected to halt i
NJ entz in order to afford time for suppyi,
provisions for their route through Framed
This is some explanation OF the di(TcplJ
which Bonaparte has in collecting troo,, y
act against the Spanish patriots. He brr.
theirs with perfect indifference every FOREIGN
country over which he has extended his con.
troll, but he seems afraid to extor sinibl
sacrifices from France. Private le,tr !
from Paris state, that Bonaparte was j
set out for Stratsburgh in the middle Of LsS
week.
The Flushing squadron, consisting Of Mn,
sail of the Inc, it appears, are ready to paS
to sea. Rear admiral Gardner in The 3. /.
lerophon, and SIX other sail OF the line, had
sailed from the Downs, TO give a GOOD acI
count OF the enemy, if they should y,nnsy
cut Of port.
September %. 4
1t vas reported Yesterday that orders hal
been dispatched BY governments for tn: I'M
mediate REGAL OF SIR Hugh Dalrympie an
si1, Harry Burrard. Thearny in that couqss
try will then be placed under the command
Of sir I. Moore. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Il
is said, has marched WITH 5000 msn to tn 1
support Of tie Spanish patriots. The Ii;
counter gun brig has arrived at Plymouta
from Spain; but, rs she came direct froIq
off Catliz, she could BRING no recent 'nteil;
cence from the immediate scene of hcstill
ties. She has, however, brought dispatch:
es for government and the Spanish dePy
ties.
The transports with the first division I
the Spanish troops On board, arrived q
Yarmouth on Tuesday. On the sane IL
the troops embarked at I1Iarwich, vhlcasEs
to form a part Of lie expedition coilec'nS
at falmouth, sailed, ard yesterday arTlvet
in the Downs. The Spanish aoo?s V \
probably accompany tbs expedition.
1t was YESTERDAY very currently rerorteS
in tie city that or feet had succeeded N 4
attack On the Russians il Rogcrswick bat
and THAI seven sal Of the enemy,s line III
been captured. Letters from Leith, an
other northern ports, were said 20 aia'e TIL!
fact. The Edinburgh papers, reocl''t
Yesterday, contained, however, no Such u;
telligencc, and no accounts have yet reachef
the admiralty from the Bake.