Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-13
From the Political and Commercial Register.
LUCIEN BONAPARTE.

When the information reached this conn-
fry, that Lucien 'Bonaparte had placed him.
self and his treasure under the protection OF
the British government, at Malta, We deem
ed it an improbable story: But the follow.
ing extract, which has been communicated
to US by a respectable gentleman, leaves no
doubt thathe embarked on board the ship
Hercules, ostensibly bound to Philadelphia.
But we think, with our correspondent, that
as three moaihs have elapsed since the Her.
cules is said to have sailed from Naples,
and no Luciep Bonaparte has arrived here,
unlesS 1NeoG. that he secretly engaged with
the captain to land him at Cadiz or Gibra-
tar, whence he proceeded to Malta, pre-.
ferring the safeguard of an enemy, to the
love aud protection of his imperial bro,hers
Private Correspondence ct the Register.
Extract Of a letter jram an american gen.
tleman at Naples to his friend here, dated
18th august, 1910.
last wrote you per ship Francis, capt.
Haskiil, a vessel which left this in Iune
last, and on board of which were many Of
our unfortunate countrymen who had lost
all their property BY the viiainy and peffdy
Of the Neapolitan government, Informed
you, by her, of the situation of my bust
ness, and OF the numerous and incredible
hardships and disapP ointments have met
with, in the transactions ut last VOYAGE
Since then they have b aen Increased BY some
new internal DEGREES OF the GorSican tyrdnt !;
but hope soon to have every d Ri,ulsy sst
aside, anc BIT able to hasten my way home.
Should [ succeed in saving some Of this
properly, it will be miracle worth record
ing. My vessel has been given up, and
has been so tar repaired as to leave this in
fernal hole of tyranny and oppression. |
only wait an order from Paris for the pay
ment OF one fourth of the proceeds q my
cargo, as agreed with by the captors and
approved by the emperor. | wish, my dear
sir, had some, Of the hot-heQded democrats
of our country, now here, under the Jack
screzvs of the emperor. III engage we
should be able to scfe1V all the Ege they
bear their dear friends The French, out of
them. You have no idea, on your side Of
the Vdtci, VI tiiC HOP EoIS SiluatlOil Ni IL
rope, Tyranny and oppression, is the or
der of the day, and it is contrary 10 nature.
A revolution must be tie consequence ere
long the card rs stretched as t,sht as it can
6e--it only 1Vants brfakmg. We are al q!
opinion here, that it already begins 10 crack.
The expedition against Sicily, from this
place, has failed, to the eternal disgrace of
the king, VINO has lost many men and all
his Aotilia Of boals. Il is the general OPT
Mon here that he will meet with the fate Of
Louis, king of Holland, and that his king
dom will be united to France very soon.
Lwien, tie emberoy'@ 5rother, sailed fran
this country he 6th inst on boera the Ame-
rican ship HercMes, j5r Philadelphia: He
is exiIed forever from Europe, for not as
sistins in its destruction
We had just inserted Inc preceding ar
ticle, when we were informed that passen
gers, by the ship Asia from Liverpool, had
arrived, bringing London papers TO the eth
of October, containing among other matter,
official informa,ion 10 the British govern
meut that Lucien Bonobarte ocith his Vhole
family had arrived at Natal