Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-08

heen often successful. hele are about oOO
French in Corunna, 1900 in St. Jago, 800
In Padrin, 1000 In Pontevedra, and their
main body, consisting of about 10000, was
between Tuy and Orence. Romana's army
was beyond Montinez, on the borders Of.
Portugal.
But against these favorable symptoms
must be set an event more disastrous to
Spain than the loss Of a battle or a province.
He who was an army in himself, whose
name was tower of strength, Palafox, is
said to have departed this lifea few days
after the surrender of Saragossa. He died
too soon for his country's happiness, tho
not too soon for his own glory. The me-
lancholy intelligence is announced in the.
Paris papers, and the mind Immediately
suspects, that he who did not shrink from
shedding the blood Of a prince of the house
of Condo, of British officer his prisoner,
of general whose fame he envied, has not
hesitated to blacken his soul with another
murder, and to add another victim to the
long list of those who are now pleading a
gainst.flim at the bar of heaven.
SWEDEN.
u We communicated yesterday the intell-
gence of an instruction in Sweden. 1t is
said that several thousand peasants have ris-
en- in the province OF NVeirmiland, and were
proceeding from Carlstadtto to the capital.
We have heard that a general officer has
put himself at the head Of body Of mill
tary, and taken possession ot~Stockholm,
whence the king had retired under the pro-
lection of about three thousand troops, who
have remained faithful to his person. A
declaration has been Published by them
surgents containing a statement Of their
grievances, arraigning the war as the cause
OF them, and insisting upon the e-establish-
ment Of peace as the only means by which
they can obtain either alienation sor re
dress.
Aboutsthe time the French were march
ing against3sIiest the AustriaEs entered
Bavaria, on the frontiers Of which an action
is said to have taken place, were the French
were worsted, abs the Austsians pursued
their march with adj possible speed into. the.
heaitof Bavaria. btss disabling the treach-
erous- nloaarch OF tllats ountry from uniting
his troops with those CT France, will be Of
great advantage to the h1natrian cause.Act-
ing, too, IN another quartef.With that vlgor
and promptitude whicha are neM in the histo-
" Of the military novementsRf Austria.
at least III the history Of her movements OF
late years, she Is said to have sent diy-
sion Of her amy into Saxony, which has
taken possessioll~oi Si9resder,. This opera
ton is rumortd 10 hayeetaken place witfthc
concurrence Of the king of Saxony. II it
be truce it would afford us reasonable ground
for believing that the court Of Petersburg
was not untavoraAly, disposed to the court
OF Vienna. Che possession OF Dresden by
Austria would isolate the French divisions
in Custrin, Dantzc and other places, from
the main body Of the Freuch, army and the
king OF Prussia may yet have force enough
to act with effect against those divisions.
Such are the contents Of the private let
ters from Holland. For or own parts we
should have been more inclined to suppose
thatth trea;h moillG have been the,Grst to
occupy Dresden; and with respect to the
king of Saxony having consented to give
the Austrisus possession of his capital, we
must hesitate in giving credit to it. 1We
shall be glad, however, tos6nd our doubts
untounded.
The emperor Of Russia has determined
foreman neutral determination which
has given much offence to Bonaparte, VINO
filed Europe with such boasting assuranc-
es that the emperor Alexander,was to CO.
operate with him with his whole force Ii.
any project whethe- for peace or war.
There is no doubt OF hostilities having
commenced upon the continent, and this in