Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-24

LONDON, June 2s. -
Last night we received Paris papers to the
ooh and Dutch to the Esd instant, from
which We have given some interesting ex-
tracts.
The dese,tion of the French general Sar'
rain, as might have been expected, prodnc-
ed no small degree OF stir at Bousoene. lhe
countersign was Immediately changed along
the Preach coast, and measures adopted TO
Illustrate any attempts that nigh, be made
by the English government, IN consequence
of any information derived from him.
These Journals contain details OF the
French operations in Catalonia. 1t appears
that Augereau has arrived ia Paris, and has
brought lhither the military details OF the
achievements within the circuit OF his own
command in the north eastern districts OF,
Spain, but which afford nothing new.
Some of the troops intended Tor Spain are
said to have received another destination.
They are ordered to the coast of Brittany,
where, according to rumor, large force is
to be collected. There is a great attectaton
of mystery with respec, to the ult'mat. des.
tna,ion of this army, but enough is suffered
to transpre to indicate project OF invasion
of some kind.
BY letters from Malta, dated seven days
subsequeu. TO hrigadier general Oswad's
dispatches, we learn that there was grea;
danger of our troops being obliged 10 aban
don their new posse ssions, SO gallantly &C
quired in the Adriatic Seas; as our whole
force amounted only to 10000 effective
men, against which the enemy were then
proceeding from Naples, with An army Of
10000.
1une 81.
1t is confidently rumored in the circles
connected with government, that ministers
have resolved ,mme dis,ely to Withdraw the
British army from Portugal. Whether this
resolution has been adopted in conse quence
of the increase OF the French army being
such as to leave US little hope of ultimate
success from a prolongatiCu of the struggle,
or from what other motive, we know not
but we have reason to believe the present
determination oi ministers to be as We have
stated.
We have this morning received an influx
of continental papers. They consist of
French to the 21st, Dutch to the 24th, and
German to the 2O,h inst. The most i'm
portant article they contain is that in which
We are informed that, by treaty of alliance
between France and Austria, the latter pow
er is bound to furnish a contingency of
10000 troops, to cooperate with the
French in the vast projects which still re-
main to be executed by Napoleon.
June %.
The following singular circumstance has
occurred at Plymouth: On Monday even
ing the Union hoy was sent from the maya.
zine at that port, with $50 barrels of gun
powder, and 100 barrels OF ball cartridges,
to the Defiance OF "a guns, in Cawsand
Bay but, as she could not then take it on
board, the hoy returned up the harbor with
an intention of proceeding down early the
next morning; but, about two O'Clock, IA
French prisoners, who had made their es-
cape from one of the ships in the harbor,
got on board the pow der vessel, secured the
man who was watching her, (named Gin
and stood out of the harbor unmolested :;
nor was she missed till her crew went TO
the spot where they moored her, TO take
her down into the bay. The Waterman at
the magazine saw the vessel unmoored, but
he thought it was by her own crew. The
Cleaner ketch & Gambler cutter have sail
ed in pursuit OF ner but, as the wind was d.
reclly tar at the time, and has continued so
ever SINCE it is probable she has long ere
this reached the French coast,
An article from Hamburger states that
the scheme of marrying Ferdinand the 7th
to the daughter of >tueien Ronaparte, has
been abandoned, and that her and her "a
Their had returned to Italy.
Anne rlcan papers to the ooh .n1..- hama