Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-10
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Of the interchangeable irigate, ' es,, 'oS afrI
Plymouth, on Tuesday ,nnt r' Hodt
Landed two officers there, " ao ~, !, rS
l,ia5ely with dispatches Tor L,on Dra ct Inn
this occasion, it WAS runoygd I 'L U2o
mouth, that Romano, Bard. '" "na b,
had effected junction of ,bs ;.l S't,
mics. This junction, Our read@ n 'Afc a
be told, would OF itself be IN rr 'a ne
pite importance; but we do No.
this ruoaor alone as sufficient ev;J t
the fact-though ii deserves to y asa
as corioborEtiye Of what follows, = "0''i,j
lhe next arrival, IS that Of ,.,.,
Wednesday, in St. Austell Bay. fro, r'i .
a gentleman landed, whose iasslI;o n saa
been handed about thst neigbJo55 5',S
substance as folio 5; Tia, a gr.n. I
had been fought in Spain, which : t e', Dad:
Cd IN the defeat OF the enemy; and ',.'
British regiment OF infantry was 'r n Oh
which was said to have bad op,v wa "raa
osh@FS say ~ men Ieit. Ibis We coS$J'
as but another echo Of what will c roI,.'
become more tangible as We proceed o,I1''
lbe Niars cutter, letter Of msron.
rived at Falmouth on Thursday FROM w. T. =
bon. In ner came passenger, canon w.. -,
M'Geaci.y, of the 18th regimen F or 6. A
charged with dispatches from MoIiJ IVY
cd the 27th ui1. and which We're rpce;, =,
Lisbon on the 5,h inst. We did NO. :.
this officer, Int correspondent, At Fl
mouth, who has very seldom mjsl.d :,
writes, that 6 the news brought by hi, os,
tleman, is Of a most favorable rs.r,.
deed it IS said, that affairs in Span ,,,.
taken a a~,,den turn, decidedly fsvcr@Ir
and that the Span;ards had rallied ,pce,r.
defeat of Castanos, and have cut OF 2joo
men Of the French. Such is the su5,na.
Of the news from Madrid, via Lisbon ,d
it serves to establish The important fact, Ibg
RcnaparTe had not arrived thcreonthe ,7a.
SO much for the rumor in the London
prints, that he vas at EIadrid on the s.p.
ty-fourth!
Bot let US proceed. The Cheerful cut.
ter, lieut.. Carpenter, reached the Nouns
Bay Gil Wednesday last, in days from6
runna, and landed dispatches, which rrs
forwarded by pest Office express throoa
Truro for London. This cutter got rog1l
10 Falmouth on Thursday and several rl.
vate letters were received at Falmouth from
Corunna by this conveyance. These ls1D
agree in saying also, that affairs hag: taken
very favoraDIe turn in the north Of Span.
&c was understood at Corunna, that afar
the defeat Of Castanos, which was gIovd
TO be a severe one, the army OF Ararr,
under Palafox, These are the brave icL~s
who gave proof of their metal bytheirds
perate and successful defence of Sarago@a
that the army OF Arvagon had jo!n=dta
army 81 Castanos, and (asour corresponds.
expresses iO " had gained much 8roto,'
Cne thing Che adds is certain, that ST d
vid Bai.7. lad again adoGnce4, and al "'''
of hi army embarking, were given o0.
OF this TACT too zoe are certain, from al
other source, confidential one, OF ra2l.'
tionabIe respectability. This change lo:a
in the army Of sir David Baird, tro'l Il
treating to advancing, is Itself an nf2a'.
tible proof, that the French have ez2o,
cnccd an important cheek; at the 81.
time that it affords the strongest prs'o,,3
ton Of the truth CT toe accounts IRON ~
drid and from Corunna, which accG-.
agree also in stating that the SPanrd' '~ ~
rallied under Palafox and Casta7o', :,
beat back the enemy. That this conIa~
have been Effected but with great siauo''"
must be evident. ,c
Ia the mean timewe have also to am ''D ~,
the arrival at Falmouth on 1hussa'.., !, y =,
vessel from Malaga. Our readers % s',, \,
collect that French army has been '1u, > !
in Barcelona ever since the surren1s 1T.
Dupont. The accounts by this vessel ' 'S,r
that the enemy was closely besel5eo N nd
by a Spanish army Of 10000 men; anu ear "a,
beng reduced to a state OF absolute Il 10
walton, it was expected that they cou,T r i
nn