Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-28

No Change nad taken Pt"Cc III taS OF
quystrred property al BaJcnn
Capt. Minugh has favored the editors OF
the Mercantile Advertiser with French pa
pers TO the 2s,h OF Oct. which are barren
ot news.
Capt. NJ. has brought dispatches for the
secretary OF state.
Translated fran Paris Papers to the 10Th
iii. receivedby ths sch'r rash, fran LO.
yient.
PARIS, October 81.
General Drouet, commanding the ninth
corps Of The army OF Spain, writes on the
lo,h, that a courier who had just arrived
from Valladoiid, brings him the following
+, intelligence:
Ga the 3oth Of Sept. the prince of Es-
ling (Mnssena) arrived al Colmbra, one OF
the greatest cites Of Portugal, situate about
half way between Ameida and Lisbon !;
the French army had already marched up.
wards of 40 leagues since lis departure
| from Almeida; its van aud flank had had
J several affairs with the militia and Portn-
| puese repimehs. On The 9Th OF Sept. 1t
had an engagement with the English army,
which believed itself impreenable IN a
strong position, about days march from
/ Coimbra. The English were attacked,
turned, and briskly pursued; they aban-
| doned part OF their sick and OF their ma
! pazines. The result OF the affair OF the
27th, was seven hundred r,isonefs aud of
whom 400 are EEglisa. and Two pieces OF
English artillery. Bat what was more im-
| porlant, the French had gained by that at
fair the superb positions of nlondego, and
the city Of Colmbra, which Oilers great re-
/ sources.
The army was in good health and abun-
! dainty supplied with provisions. They had
srnt The wounded to the hospital OF VlsSu,
the greatest part OF whom received their
rounds in the affair of the 27til; they a
mounted 10 scarce 500 men, sick included.
+ En-. Past.
Extract Of letter fran, most respectable
character, dated Paris, 2Oth Sept. 1910,
to his friend
AS far as / can judge, there is some
change N the temper Of this goyernmen,
towards the US. This may arise in part
from new views with regard to South Anne
TO corr t. follow the fortune
of OLD Spain--and are desiroas to promote
their Independence, as the only means OF
diminishing English influence in that quar-
ter. To protect and encourage the neutral
intercourse of the y. S. ana in hopes, will
be considered the best means of attaining
this object"
Extract Q f another letter, dated Paris, 27M
September.
" This government will restore to the
owners the balance (aftcr deductiug duties
and charges) Of the American cargoes which
had been seGuestered, on Congress passing
law, directing the refunding to French
subjects any property OF theirs condemned
under the non intercourse law"
Extract ofa letter from one of the basssn
gers Of the BRIG Cathorine Ran, dated
from L'Orisnt, 2Oth Oct 1910.
We had passage of So days, but very
boisterous eight days after leaving New
York we had violent gale or hurricane, in
which we were obliged to cut away our
foremost, and were on the point Of putting
back to re6t; but Providence who had in
his Infinite mercy so singuarIy preserved
US in the gale, made us the happy instrus
ments of rescuing from watery grave the
crew of the British ship Duke of Kent. and
bound from Port-au. Prince to London :
which we spoke the day after the gale in a I
most distressing situation, being completely
water logged & upon the point of founder
ing From this vessel we saved such masts.