Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-06
LONDON. Larch 8.

Cor .the removal Of the duke of York from
the command Of the army. This motion
was opposed BY Mr.. Burton and Mr.. Per-
cival. &C. OK E. who declared his intention
not only to oppose the motion but to move
an address highly approbatory of the con-
duct Of the noble duke as commander IN
chef and that his removal would be highly
injurious to The arn,v,@and pablo service.
Mr.. P. reprobated the connexion with Frs
C. No decision was had on the molten.
The Russians, we Learn, have marched a
bod Of troops on the ice across the Gull OF
Bothnia, captured the Swedish island o..
Aland, and were preparing ice boats tor an
expedition to Sweden proper. J he distance
from Aiand 10 the main IS about 80 mics !.
4llarch,t2
sNavxI A,rFa1Rs.-I'he Sazetee. con
+ains . letter from admiral Stopford, dated
on board 4he Caesar, near Belaii light house,
March Cd which states, that the. French
Rrfst feet then remained at the Isie i AK,
consisting Of ten sail OF the lire, foer r.
oates, and the Calcntta. The eleventh ship
Il the line was bilgsd On the shoai within
PIsle d'Aix-sSshe is The Warsaw, a new So.
OF the three French figates, which ran
under Stables d'Olonne, one was hligel! ana
abandoned and the other two up IN lniet
where they grounded every low water. 4
western swtll which was SGT in would de
stroy them.
Gttrch 10.
The Hope, slooP Of war, from Lisbon IS
arrived at Plymouth With dispatches, brings
nothing new, as the accounts by the last
packet are q later date on the 6thinst.
she fell in with the Suryeillante tri8ate, and
a feet from the Brazils, and were inform
ed that on the 1st inst. they saw SIX sail OF
French men CT war steering S. ". The
WaISinghan packet arrived from Lisbon,
saw on the 1st inst. inlat ~, six large ships
steering n. ".
Three French msn of war have slipt out
from L'Crient, and are destined On an i'm
portant expedition. They were seen on the
I'd inst. in lat. IS, long. "a, under press Of
sail, and it isbelieved that they have most
interesting object in view.
Our, Falmouth letter SAYS " The Survel-
ante, On tbe Sd N!arch, ID LAT. sc, SO, long.
10, IL, saw four sail Of toe !iae and three
frigates, lying 10, to lecward, and in the act
Of Burning brig; bat several large ships,
apparently Of the line, appearing to wind
ward, they crowded all sail, anc. stood to
the westward.
The first IS undoubtedly the L'orisllt
squadron the latter supposed 10 be a,lmi-
raj Duckwort in pursuit.
CFFIGIlfL .FROll Sl0dT<a...
On the 18th Fcb, the head quarters Of tie
Spanish army was at la Caroline, tsnder
pen. Jrb;nat-The duke dlntantad2 had
beer anforteaate, ard was removed. The
Supreme Junta remained at Seville. Gsn.
: Abidla had been arpointed2ninister otwar.
A Frguch army Of $1,000 was preparing to
enter E5tramadura. Gen .CuIa, with 10000
Spanish troops was at If~,vlla. At Ala
cantra there was 4 p portuguese ard British
division. amounting to a. COG. The French
had advanced to Cindad Rodrigo. Soutt
was at Betanzos, the sSth fan. Romano
had entered PORTUGAL. The 40sh and three
other British regiments were at Seville, On
the WY to join Urbina's army at La Caro- /
Ira, and to defend tie Sierra Moreno. The
Spanish army at La Mancila was looking
.their. enenly in the face.
Juarch II.
There is reason to believe, that the intel
ligence relative to Saragossa in one Of the
unofficial Paris papers, is not true and that
that noble city still holds Out. Letters have
been received from the immediate neigh
borhoodof Saragessa which state that on
the 25th alt. it was still in possession fthe
Patriots. The French papers had stated it
to have SURRENDERED Oh the 2fst.
The amount Of the excheqnerbilis pre-