Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-27
I7atract Of another letter.


which We have been inundated for the last
three DAYS, is Of a contradictory nature
| The Black Joke luggei., lieutenant Canady,
which arrived here yesterday, in 4 days
rom Giicn, states, that a few hours prior
TO her sailing, a report was prevalent, and
generally accredited THAT agreat battle had
been fought between the French and Spa
nish armies, in which the former were to-
tally routed and defeated, with the loss OF
1000 men. The Spaniards are represented
to have been busilv employed IN burylng
and clearing away the vanqaished SIAM
"FALMoUTH, N00. f6.
C Yesterday arrived the Cheerful cutter,
IL guns. lieut.. Carpenter, from CoruEna,
with dispatches, aftertwo days passage
1t is reported that she has brought an &C
count that the SEaniards under gen. Blake
had met with a check, but nothing certain
is known here. The dispatches are sent up
by express.
Extrast IT another htser.
The Cqeerfl! cutter, lieut.. Carpenter,
arrived at Falmouth on Thursday night
with news of a gloomy complexion, in "a
hours from Corunna. Last Tuesday morn
ing (rhe 18th inst. previous to lieut.. Car
penterieayingthat p arumor had reach
ed it, that Blake had suffered a partial de-
feat, and that he himself was wounded "
Est ret eta litter from a bers0n at St. IN
de,,o. dated NoOembfr7.
take this opportunity OF giving you
the earliest account Of the state OF affairs
here. The French army is within ten
miles of Andero they have had brush
with the Spaniards, and came, eft with the
loss Of 1000 men. The loss on the side OF
the Spaniards are computed at about 5000.
besides one regiment called the Catalonlan,
which was DESTROYED to man, by the
French undermining them with powder
Fifteen thousand English troops in good
health and spirits, marched within SIX miles
of this place on their way to Join the grand
army. As soon as their artillery gets up
with them, we may expect to hear OF ter
rible battle"
Since wiring the above, we are able to
state that government have. not received a
ny intelligence CT importance by the Black
Joke or Nonparell, which are arrived from
Spain.
Gen. Baird and his suit set out from Co
runna on the 14th for the army; but the ca
VARY had not then commenced theli march.
Private acc SUITS, however, inform us, that
the latter were Immediately to proceed to-
wards the scene OF action. The Prince OF
Wales fine regiment arrived on the 18th,
and were to accompany the other troops
The list regiment passed through Badaor
on the 9th ult. and were received by the
people with expressions of the utmost graft
tude and JOY. The foreign troops IN the
French army who were made prisoners Ia
the battle of Baylen, have enlisted IN one
of the Walloon regiments OF Span.
Dutc,. papers have been received to the
18th. Fhey contain an account OF an attack
upon the Danish fortress of Christlansand,
on the a4th ult. by an English squadron, Of
which we had not heard before. They bonn
balded the place for four hours, and did
considerable damage to the buildings in the
fort and the ships nthe harbor. Our OBJ
iect according to the Danish papers was to
burn the. town and the ships.
The Danish court Gazette IS tull OF spleen
at the circumstance of such immense con-
VOWS TO and from G. Britain passing almost
daily in sight OF Copenhagen. Il was easy
to conceive, says the Gazette, thar these
conveys could not be destined Tor swedish
ports. But how we are able to carry to the
ports in the Baltic our commodities, and to
receive others in return,the Danish govern
mcns were long unable to find out. 1t IS