Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-28

DECLARED Rasspt. II asib rs tIIas sas,s
appaiutsd tor eist{ing tllenrA Preside IL & 4
die I,snla IL MAS supp tha, At sfou,
gVslieslty wou.d defrr his rtt.lrps untit i,e
issue ofsthis great political CRISIS was knows.
NovealJry IL. q
II, tie sfssrrnt ofices ofgovernmea;, i,
wasssaiid, yesterday afternoon, that .,,ss. !.
chant In the city of the Dans OF Hos!ia,
had eceived a 4 Moniteur, ssa.ing that 81,
French line Sof battle ships had been d-sto,
ed in aSlate action in the Mediterranean
and four English. Asthe Moniteur, how
ever, has 40. ben sent 70 his naajessy's nj,
snisters, which of course il would have been
had It contained that intelligence, We doa.,,
Rwhr,hsr anysuth Pap+r hiss been received.
But ne ar! notat. Al wsaauned in our belief
that az, action has 18th On place, aiii avct0ys
been gained. The article from N'stu.s, ID
the Rotterdam Couran, fthe 9:h, is drsi.
svc in our minds asto the fact Ut two all; s
softhe line having been driven on score anl
blewa up. But, We trust, thar this is net
the sole loss sustained By the eneny- TIA
thvss two ships will prove 70 have been The
Two which ,a,temntedto make their escape
af,er',he defra. Of the French feet, and were
run ashore TO prevent their falling Into our
hands. And this be!iefwr are I'd to Indulge
with some confidence by othsr .accoaas
which have been received, and which sat.
that the enemy lost SIX sail OF the line i, tic
action. The Seville Diary of October IA, 3
stated, that there had bren an obstinate ac.
, tom Oh the coast OF AI1seillcs, between The
F.enrh A ct from Tou!on, and lbe Easha
ll,-el under Lord Col,ingwood that the loss !,
Of the French was six SHIPS, and thar o!lh.
English four but thar the whole OF tn. i
French convoy had been taken. TIE SAN.
PAPER Of the 17,h, states that the French
cyn, o. bad b. en- carried in % Mai ira.
S.me letters from Caen of the 7th, men.
ton The attonin general terms, md say thai
the French were defeated, but give no par.
ticuIars. II the French papers acknow.
ledge the act on, they will of course attempt
10 make a SGT oil agains, any loss th: y have
sust i ell, by declaring that our loss W.
nearly as grcaf. Af;er tn victories OF the
1si Of June, Of Aboukir, anil Trafalgar,
they said, in speaking ofthst Of Aboukir,
tha, they had one ship blown up. VITA re.
sptct to the battle Of Trafalgar, they ac,us.
ly published bulletins in different par, Of
France, claiming the victory, and asserting
that we had lost 10 or IL sail of the line
Wepe,f, ely well remember thar some Bri.
sio,.--.r,-., .h,, $3.50 prioen.r. o. war At
tie time in France, did not know the result
of the battle till they retaraed home.
squal'y false wasthr acc ,unt h yfpub ishsa
OF the result OF the battle of .hc 1st June-
but there was something ludicrous in the
Ie--for they actually declared that part Of
their feet THAT which We had either taken,
sunk, or destroyed was left block aiding the
British feet in Porismou h harbor.
Yesterday afternoon cabinet counciIw:s
held s., the foreign ofice, switch was attend.
ed by the following members the lord
Chancellor, earls Bathurst, Camden, CHIT.
ham, Liverpool, and narrowly lord
Mulgravc, and Chancellor of til: exchc.
quer. 7a
We are sorry to hear that earl CANDIDA
is very severely ind;sposcd, at his aoa,s in
Ariingtoh-street.
Yesterday several ladies', who have been
ihhumanly dstained in France daring the
war, arrived in town, in consequence Of the
order which has at length been given for
the release OF the mn. A. gent sn,an
also contrived TO make his e;cape, an | cam;
over in the same vessel, an American. He
left Paris on the 18th inst. They all con.
firm the account Of Bonaparte's epilepsy
and say that he continues at FontainhleaI
for the purpose of recruiting his health.-
But his mind is as active, as ever. lie i,
if possible, more rancorous in his enmig
10 ENGLAND. All. the endrayoi that his