Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-14

aO0s .sd for this statement, IS gentleman
qno :'.d here from Bordeaux, which he LETT
ann ,hs 18th. 1t was generally believed IN
On y. -. nlace, that the preiiminaries had been
'na, sppooed at Vienna, anil that Bonaparte
eas >. actually at Paris on the 18th. The ar
wac Wa, # NAPOLEON at Bordeaux was certainly
'N s.eted before the end of the present.
sa 9Th on his way to Spain and the pre-
NV - e the department had issued orders
~, o,,ard of honor to hold itself in readi-
'ua % escort him to the frontiers. The
49, r..ance from Bordeaux to Paris is about
u aso miles. Ofthe existence of the opinion
~ bordeaux, of the conclusion of peace, and
y. consequent return OF Bonaparte to Pa
y rnd his Journey to Spain, no doubt can
:. entertained but we do not learn that q
official communications of the fact had
s,.ch,d that city. Had the peace been con-
.n1ed even no recently as the goth, an e.
IN, Of such importance wonld have been
..rbrated before this time throughout
T,.ncr and consequently illuminations and
frup along the French coast would have
taken place. ;.
/, IS confidently stated that official dis,
MATCHES Of great Importance have been re-
f,,ed from the earl of Chatham, and that
,be attachment of all the Interior and more
;muur,ans objects Of the expedition is now
considered impracticable. For this state
men, We cannot vouch. It's certain, how
ever, which tend to support the opinion
,hst the capture of the enemy's squadron is
unlikely TO take place. II would be absurd
10 suppode that the enemy have not, during
the time which has elapsed since the appear
ance ST cur expedition, collected a stropg
force il Holland AID Brabaut, to oppose a.
py operations which isl undertaken by our
rny en- land with regard to the Scheldt-
nrious means we understand have been as
,doptsd to obstruct its navigation. Al, the
guns have been taken out Of the French
ships and mounted on the batteries newly e.
rectsd, in addition to those which before
covered the banks of tina Scheldt, between
fort Lilo and Antwerp; and the ships then
lghtened. have been aoated up to co1s'-
drrablr distance above Antwerp.
August 81,
Yesterday, the honorable captain Stan
hope, aid de-camp to lord Wellington, ar
rived ar the secretary of states office, with
Dispatches from that general, dated at De
ktoisa on the 8th inst. They state, that as
soon as the British army had recovered the
fatigue Of the battles OF the 9th and 28yh
ul,. lord Wellington proposed to march a
saust Soult and Ney, who were advancing
with the Intention of getting in his rear
His lordship accordingly broke up from
Talavera for that purpose, leaving general
cuesta to defend that position, and about
1sCo British sick and wounded. General
Cuesta, however, having received intei!l-
gsnce that Ney s Soul, had collected such
asorce as would, in his opiniou, MAKE them
an ovsr,match for the British army, he I'M
fortunately Quilted Talavera, for the pur-
pose of reinforcing lord Wellington. Inns
movement enabled Victor to advance and
take possession of Talavera, and OF course,
NW eiIk dhu GputlCS0 ASA INV 1'" '">A~S'
The advance of Victor entirely disconcers-
ed Wellington's plan of operations, because
The continued his march he would be piac
ed between two armies, each superior to
his own. He therefore effected his retreat
to Deleitosa, where he has taken aposltlon
nwhich he considered himself as perfectly
secure.
The French had collected their forces
rom every part of SPAN, in he-hope OF
oSerwhslming the British army.
Hamburg and Altoona papers to the 18th
August arrived yesterday. The following
Setheir contents:
"Banks ofthe EBe, august is.
We have no news from Austria that
ewes any certainty Of war or peace, and
IN general opinion is, that the affairs OF
Turkey will also be decided by the Austri-
an congress of peace, if it should really
take place. The arehduke Charles does not