Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-23
LONDON. Tulu 4.

LONDON, July 4.
We have this u,orning received Spanish
papers to the 18th June, Lisbon to the 18th,
and German to the 24th. We have given
considerable extracts from these, The La.
land Gazette states, that a privateer having
been taken off Bornsolsn, by two English
sr;gaees, the Enelist, BANGED the captain Of
the privateey. We imagine this intelligence
must be unfounded.
Letters by the Gottenburgh mail OF yes
terday state, that accounts of general en-
pagemeut between the Russians and Turks
had been received at Stockholm. lhe
former were stated to have been defeated,
with the loss OF 10000 men 10 killed,
wounded, and prisoners. The same report
is mentioned in some German papers re-
ceiyed this day :; but no credit As given TO II
in these papers.
A gentleman arrived yesterday in town
from Paris, in the space Of seventy hours /;
he brings no intelligence OF importance.-
Respecting Spain, the chief object OF inter-
est at psesrat, bus little is known in France :
all private letters being destroyed which
contain any personal complaints of hard
ships sustained. or general statements OF
distractions 10 the subjugation OF the eonn-
.ry. This intentional concea!aaeus strength.
ened the prevalent suspicion, that matters
were not there SO favorable for The French
cause as might be wished F.; and the final re-
suit was even held to be matter of doubt.
The Woolwich store.ship. which IS arFiv-
ed at Plymouth from Malta and Gibraltar,
brings an account of very severe action
in the cdi,crransan, between the English
trigvte, the Spartan, snd frlgate, corvette,
some briggs, and several gnu-boats OF the
enemy. The captain Of the Spartan was
severely wounded, and between 20 and 80
of her men were killed or wounded. The
enemy, it is supposed, suffered still! more
heavily, and we should conclude the Eng
lish fsigate succeeded in driving the emf
my's fo,ia off, a. she captured one brig
and sank another. Thu is probably the
same action as that spoken Of SO con'asedly
in the French papers, and in which The enc
my, as usual, ekaisas victory. The &C
count, however, received By The Woolwich,
is not sufficiently precise,
Letters to the 2qth ult. from Eeligoland,
state that trade is completely at a stand in
that quarter. The French douaners are 50
vigllant, that not me nost srItlng article o.
merchandise can be introduced into that
part of the continen: adjacent, by any of
the great rivers.
On Monday his royal highness tie duke
of Cumberland underwent the operation Of
having one ofthe wounds of his head open
ed, from whence a fracture from the skull
was taken; it was about an inah in !easth,
and g quarter Ola inch wide. The opera
ton was perforated by Mr.. Home,
Orders have been SEM to Portsmouth, TO
fit out four sAips Of the line, and SIX fri
gates, to sail for Sicily, with some troop
ships, carrying out reinfarcements for that
island.
A detachment Of the royal Wagon train,
consisting Of 90 men and horses, and 90
Wagons, embarked on Thursday, at Fal-
mouth, supposed for Portugal.
Several entertainments have been given
in honor of the marriage of Bonaparte, at
which the empress danced. Garnerin, the
Aeronaut, attempted to carry the news OF
one of the fetes to Vienna in balloon, but
he mistook the Moselc for the Rhine, and
descended out of his course.
PHILADELPHIA, August 20.