Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-19

hasfts In Nhish, they had Seen ehgsS
This oct was taken, ss I am informed, d! n
general report or ss9yestered cases, arnonnt.-
Ing 10 one hundred and sixty, and which, N
present prices, win yield upwards ef ene
hundrsdmilIi6ns Of francs, o sum whose mtg
nituds alone rsnders hopeless al attempts 9
saving II. Danes, Portuguese snd,Ameficans
win be the principal sufferers. III am right
in supposing that ths Emperor has definitely
taken his ground, cannot be'wrcng in cons
eluding THAT you VIII lnNEDrA rILT TiEs
YOURS" 2"
Spain'S5 PSttugah-The Sumeroas pie.
ELECTIONS of the immediate suhiugation' OF
these interesting sections of Europe have
not, thank heaven. vet become history
BY captsn Pratt we have received Lisbon
papers to the oath April, which state, That
the. French had not then executed their
threats 70 enter-Fortugal: That Csdiz had
not fallen: Tha, the Patriots had even Oh.
tanned some Observation-Disclosures of their
unsubdued condition-in several provinces:
That the French ygets had again been
compelled to Ay from the rich province of
Valencia: That a party Of Patriots had
taken advantage Of the absence of the ma
RAIDERS from CASTLE, and had advanced to
Arauiuez, within short distance of Ma
drid, and made some prisoners That they
were advancing their cohorts not armies
Upon; the besiegers of Cadiz, with which
city they had opened a COMMUNICATION -
That, IN short, in aIIiquarters dePreda.o-
ry warfare was carried on by small bodies
against the French forasiug parties, and
posts of COMMUNICATION and that the Pa.
triots were iu good spirits, and shad not
lost their confidence in eventual success
God grant the full fruitiou of their exPec"
tations. We know inn licit reliance cannot
be placed even in the best corrcborated &C
counts of Spanish and Portuguese aRAirs in
their papers: But the recent 'ardiness OF
the French in many provinces; the slow
progress of those hoveriag around Portu-
gal; the ssmbre style of some Of the latest
French Official letters from Andalusia; the
cessation of the sprigh'iy bulletins; tho
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acknowledged impoverished state OF the
provinces which have been overrun BY the
French and the continual arrival OF
fresh reinforcements oil the British army
in Portugal and Cadz-induce hope OF
the existence Of a stronger germ OF Spanish
opposition to the French myrmldons, or
greater resources, and moro obstacles 70
the entire subiugation of the peninsula,
than most of the accounts from thence have
indicated. It is possible the Patriots tho
they zurite well, may fight baaly. But 1t
any evidence of that spirit can be collected
from the addresses and essays in their ga
zetres, their inveteracy against, and their
determination never quietly 10 wear the
woke of French slavery, is Understandable.
II appears 10 those writings that the blood
Of myriads OF Spanish and Portuguese "a
,rio,s, shed in defence of their Children
affairs and fresides, against their lawless
inv aders, is continually ascending to Hea.
ven in fervent prayer; for the Illustration OF
the most cruel invasion and bloody despot.
ism which ever afflicted a people, or orot
down the vengeance of a just God on the
head of the ,yraus and usurper and that
their prayers are sometimes hsard.--6o't'a
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CONSULAR OFFICE OF SPAIN.
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