Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-17

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;asyitable. The writer also requests
We :. ~ Goods he had ordered might not be
W. $, him. as their price would be effected
= the continental war.
vgsterday a messenger arrived from
..tsnburc. with dispatches from Stock
LIN. The contents nave not transplred,
80 one fact is stated on the messengers au-
\ which is Of importance, at least, as
y :ra,;nc the state of the pu5lic mind at
Is petersburg. The disust which has
ssn felt at the conduct ofthe grand duke
Soostantine, has at length oecasionea an at
mptupon his life. The accounts are not
v,rIlv consistent the in mode of the attack.
some saw that the duke was shot at, and
,s,ttbr ball passed over his head, and killed
s a;d-de-camr. Others that a plot was
,,rued to Kill him in his bed, and that ms
.eom keing mistaken, his aid-de-camp was
md inhis place; but all accounts agree
nat the aid-ds-camp lost his life contlr1aryto
~ mention o. the .onspirators. In con
sscasnce OF this attempt, the emperor It Is
I'D. offered a reward Of 100000 roubles
: d. discovery Of the offender. Ibis was
announced by placards on the walls u the
,,y. The following day an advertisement
Vas posted about tlse streets, Offering tour
lnndrsd thousand Foua9s 10 any qts Ashe
.houla assasssaase Constantine.
Isbruary 81.
On Sunday evening the admiralty receir-
ida Geographic COMMUNICATION, annopnc--
Jog the SAILING of the Ersss feet. The Ly-
,alooked into Bres,la last Tuesday, and found
,he enemy had petto sea She sailed I'M
nsdia;ely for Plymouth, and of the Liz
sdfcll III With the channel feet, to .Mhich
she CONFERENCE.-The r information. Lord
Gambisf viii ofcoufse proceed immediate
Eafxr them, and ne uust will CONC up.
WITH them. 1.-The should, another victory,
Will Of course. adom oar naval annals
Lord Gambler force isas follow Gale
doaia1lo, admiral lord Gambler captain sir
II. Rnrrard Neale, Captain eli the heet,)
captain Bedford ROYAL George 400, vice
admiral sir JohnThomas .Duckworth, cap
ian Dunn ST. George %, rear admiral
Elab Harvey, captain IIllyar; Dread
pought9S {, rearadmiral Soheby, captaiaSalt;
Tsmeraire 9S, sir c. Hamilton Achilles
"a, sir Richard King Impsteux "a. cap.
tan Laaford Christian With, caFt4in.
Hancock, acting ,Warspits "a, hon. capt.
Blackwood. The Hero n, captain Naw-
man, lookedi into Torbay on w ednesday,
and then proceeded for the station off u
saant, to join h~isiordship. The Brest lest
sbeieyed to consiss ofnine Oh. ten. sail o.
the line and some frisatss. {
SPAIN.
We aludedo on Saturday to an action be
lore SaraBossa, in which the French werr
defeated. The Spanish papers to the 18th,
contain the official accounts of it-te took
pace on the s1st Of January. The enemy
arc stated 10 have advanced with seven 0
lanns OF infantry, a large body of cavalry,
nd considerable train of artillery to IN
Nstshe suburb on the other side OF the r.
su' Alter a hard fought action, which
Assd i've hours, the.main bodySot the enc
nyial back, and the reserve advanced with
Ueas lmpetuosity. The Spanish troops
sss Tor a short time thrown into disorder,
W soon recovered themselves, and finally
U,saled the ervEly, who left under the
ssus anc IN front ct the batteries4,o o0 men
slsG' and as many wounded. The loss of
W Spanlards is not mentioned. On the
sane Gay, an attack was Iaade by about
GU frenchmen on. the foytress of San To-
~ out they were also put to Fight. Sc
VA, sknmishes toe. place on the ed, 23d
,s'h, IN the environs Of San Josef, in
INl lhs Spaniards were equally success
= PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 2S. :
IKE iileernian and Vile dc Paris, OF
guns each, sailed esterday for tae,
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