Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-07
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! isaig bss az 49,. the knowledgs OF the forces
iala.s Boaaparte had carried with nun l.' 20
hlS' , p render this measure a prudent
s3ai''' = @I 10 such preparations were made
OK loag time is REQUIRED i o. t fnInm ' hi
to0Ps r n,1ont and Junot. But one TACT is
fac o. III nv had nat, they could not have
esriaa'' from the armies later than the
y! pS 4 Mr.. Scolley in the paper OF last
lIu'l ds.ea the 5th OF December. They
Htt 81 - have had any intelligence from.
sas ;iIa,.y than the 2sth OF N !
sia "a ,l,,s there exists a Madrid paper at
VIZ Nh 5eriod no apprehensions OF capture
eSs The second piece of intelligence
~ rerrce!rd, is from an Antigua jour
:, "a tbe gath Of january, the news in
M I'm depends on two pieces of intelligence.
wa s.. Kits paper of the 18th January,
\ I'm states, an arrival at Barbados Of .
Sn .I from Lisbon, bringing news from
:, nl,ct to the 10Th Dec. the amount OF
4 .b,lb is $ that a Preach force entered Ma
Sr1 early il December, and that general
sooe. with 5000 men was 1oithin one
dcys march. /.
4bjs is the only precise intelligence of
1 ,ha lacs-Itrsts wholly on the rumor IN
Il III ST. Kits paper.
4 Asamst this we have letters from Cadiz,
q fine s.h anu 6th OF Dec. and a Madrid
Il C,zct.e Of the goth OF Nov. in which no
fars are expressed.
n The same Antigua Journal, mentions
sbsouent arrival from Martinique, Civ
4 inc a rumor OF the arrival of dispatches
from Spain to admiral Cochrane, cooRrn-
ing ,hs iaet, Of Madrid having been pos
Es.sssd By French force, but denyiae' ex-
\ srsssly the defeat Of the Spaniards, in any
serious battle. Tides net confrad;cf tie fact
If SIR TSte 13o2rs's l!a9i,lg atfvanced Ia the
srimty d l,'4r'4.
All the rest OF the news from Antigua,
fmmposlpg two-thirds of the whole article,
consists 81 the sP citations aud reflections
4 b tic editor OF the Antigua Gazette, and
bslltled to no more cred'c than this rca-
aiming Of ours, except inasnuch as the read
Gs may discover more talent in it.
The third fact, and an important one it
ks, that pass Gger now actually in New
York, declares, that on the 26,h January,
8@O days after the Antigua paper which
&lgiyss this intelligence, dispatches were re-
1sved at Antigua, (from which place he
&ame nom admiral Co:hrane, stating that
Ear John Moore had alta, ked the French ar
my, IN the nelghbo,hood of Madrid, and
sifer an obstinate battle, completely routed
Entm with great slaughter. ifany credit is
result.
Isl. That dispatches were received by
ad. COchrane.
2dE. That the first account of these dis
PacntS, published in the Antigua paper, re-
'rcaved BY The Gree, was merely serial.
'0y' mat If the passenger in N. York,
~, a,1ap o' :, credit and intelligence dispatches
&N St actually received there, of batrIe, in
slNa The British were victorious, and the
$aRr. :" '"''i' S'oou i'N VI
~ now Tar the late rumor from Newfound-
go, ~ may Dc thought to corroborate this ac-
H., r, ;. As y contained many particulars, we
W. W 70 o'hsrs to determine.
&our "'eanq0t however help remarking that
<,r.d Fvs''Vt news from Cadiz is so late. so
i : intelligence from Madrid
}oa. inquest enable, that we have some
NRlgls, "'@'.alI these rumors are founded ON
\, NC : qs'eats. The West Indie. have ne
stordpa' proved the most correct sources of in
If,n ms cannot dismiss this subject, without
fsnS lang, that for ourselves we never have
80 0' We do not yet doubt the quiet,
kor fl l.. 9 Possession OF Madrid and Lis
Ets SS,. french troops, but If, as we believe,
i. 'r |. are united, and resolved to be
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