Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-12

rldlCule IN Tie comments made upon the
letter in the minor Paris papers and copied
into the Moniteur, in which the Austriars
are told, that if they are mad enough to
commence hostilities, such hostilities will
be the last they will provoke.
Bonaparte, before he set off to Join the
army, issued adecree, containing the three
following provisions II. All Frenchmen,
who have carried arms against France since
Sept. I, 1904, are declared to have incurred
the punishement of death; g. Frenchmen, in
the sevee OF any foreign power, are to quit
such service the instant hostilities arise be-
tween that power and France; s. All
Frenchmen recalled by this or former de-
crees, and continuing refractory and disc.
bedient, are declared to have suffered civil
death, and their estates and effects are to be
confscated.
Great preparations are making at Flush
ing for the reception of the king of Hol-
land, where he was expected to arrive on
Saturday. A general illumination was or
dered. The object of his Journey was to
visit the feet, which is considerable. and
completely prepared for sea. 1t is the OPT
Mon of competent persons, that this SQUAD
ron might be easily destroyed by an expedi-
tion of 5000 men and few ships of war.
Flushing was one OF the ports included in
the embargo.
Bonaparte, before he set out forStrasbureh.
summoned the Senate to hold an extraor1li.
nary sitting on the 18th inst. This was
supposed to be for the purpose OF laying be-
fore them the whole of the late correspond
ence between him and the emperor of Aus
tria. These important documents were ex.
pected to appear in the Moniteur of the
10Th.
SIN c.bfce, half past o'clock, P. NJ.
we stop the press TO state, that we have
just received an account from Dover, which
states, that there was a heavy firing on the
French coast on Friday night and Saturday
morning. Some OF our cruizers who were
on the opposite coast observed a general H.
Illumination, and some neutral vessels that
have arrived report that the firing and illu-
miaation we're i'll consequence of victory
obtained by the French over he Austrians.
The governor of Calais would not suffer
the flag OF truce that sailed from Dover last
week to enter that port, nor would he per-
nit the dispatches to be landed.
The departure of a messenger from Do
yer to Calais On Friday morning in a fac of
truce has given rise to variety of specu-
lations. He was certainly charged with the
new order in council, and dispatches from
MIR. Pnckney to gen. Armstrong, the A.
merican minister at Paris.
Nay 9.
Two vessels arrived at Yarmouth ycster-
day morning from Holland, the captains of
which state, that Bonaparte was endeavor-
ing to enforce the CONSUMPTION in Holland,
and IN that in many places the people had
manifested disposition to resist it by force.
We last night received Dutch and Ham
burg papers, the former to the Goth and
the latter to the Esd ut. They do not con-
tain any account of battle.
We feel great pleasure IN stating that e.
very fresh account from the north of Spain
confirms the hopes we entertain respecting
the ultimate success of the Spaniards. The
Fisguard, which is just arrived from the
north OF Spain, brings intelligence of the
complete failure of an attempt made BY the
French for the recovery Of Vigo. They
had collected force of about 1000 men,
with the intention Of attacking that import
ant place, but they were repulsed with very
considerable loss.
May 5.
Dutch papers to the 9th ult. were receiv-
ed yesterday, which, however, contain on
ly movements Of the French and Austrian
troops. The former appear to be falling
back, but whether in conse quence of find
ing the Austrian force superior, or in the
hope of drawing the Archduke into dis
advantageous position, cannot be determin-
ed from the scanty information which these
papers afford. Dayonst has addressed