Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-13

jos,Pl' minister o. ,lortien :f.aii,s :, ~
dfid. The Pe'usa'.t tbs lstitr vii; i 1 :,
press tvefy one OF Us $uh,m:,;n :" M
sh, ddiag much lilht rIen he -. 'tas
Spain, viii be red viii IN, ,,s, LIARS 4
PA''s, 10 hJupy, 1910, /
Most Excellent Sir,
tEE DAY before Yesterday lb,l
long convtasati- VIII rs sxct,[ 49,
duke dc Cadore (Chamragr,) n,p;., We
foreign affairs, WHO NOD Ia,>t,vsr hia
ed me that ne bad so!nv con num, ,,.72 ~
make 10 me BY command Ct tie mr. .'
| viii endra,or 70 give your exceu,n,'
detailed statt ment Ct his oorE, rene.
hrac'ns M" 6et ofdRcssm objsc,s .ps a." N
Of the M important. 9sB
The minister commenced By s,a,inc !. /
his imperial mai' sly could MOI $, nd ma
money INTO Spain, that in IONS, ou,n,s
would BE necessary in future, iha, The =, L
dom should provide :or the support q =.
armies employed in Spain Tia, his inn
rial majesty had alresdy done .ncurb i
having sent nearly 400 COO mrn into sn,,n
that ,l,u treasury OF Franc had Lttn,,
hausted, the emperor having ALREADY cen.
into Spain since The commencement ct n.
war, upwards o! 900 mliions of frances
that We had not made use Of the r, .ource,
which cur country afforded, in order n
raise revenue. He said that eorriburior,
might have been lrvit d IN AndaEusia, rar1i.
cularlv al Seville ond Malaga, and also ~
Murcia That his nl2jrsty had laid con-
tribution Of SIX millions on Lrrida fEwil
no, be positive wh:'hcr tbs was The ey,,s
sum he mentioned, or afser) The mi
mister urged that there ought 10 have been
confsca,on Of all British propertv,wherr.
yer found sat ii. / NJ. was nformrC,
tia, in Seville alone, it would amount to 40
millions TIA, thr plate belonging TO he
,hur cnes and converts, ouGh, 10 have been
seized. His exccliency ln8sled tha, in
Sppin ,nerr mist be IN circulation immtns.
sums o! motley, introduced BY the French
and British armies, as wei rs that imported
from South America i'hat in his former
wars, his imperial majesty had compelled
the countries hich he had conquered TO
supper, his armies without drawing upoa
the treasury OF France that hu, on account
Of the war in Spain, and being at peace with
the conlin, ~, he rould have disband'd .
large par, of his array, and thus nly: dnl'
nished his expenses.
The minister complained 20 NJ, that the
funds which we ha<! raised sad nog bern ~"
cl;ciously applied TO then proper Obj rcIs--
viz. to the payment Of the troops faplo' ed
in the snhjugation and pac;6cation OF inc
country that the pulllc funds had ben
expended in luxury and expenses, that
might and ough, 70 have BEN avoided :
That rewards ard gratiications, however
Justly merited, oushtto have been suspend,
ed until tiraes Of tranquility: That the nvI,
list was numerous and expensive, J:! on"
what was necessary.
His exceiicncy said that Spanish rebi'
ments had been formed, and others were
now forming thai after having put 'A0 ''"'o
TO great expensss, which could have oeeH
Better applied, these troops desert, an" H. 10,
crease the streng'h of the enemy, r'"a't
the minister complained 'hat NE king I'd"
treated with unmegted indulgence 'fo,5
who hadb opposed to hln, wt,'th 'o"''
rot fail 10 disgust those who had he'n AT
,aehed 70 his cause from The coH'meas''
mrnt. IL
These are the principal topics upon %''n
the minister dsscanted, and shall no" '$ =;
before your exceIlsncy my o5ssfva''o'S u
reply. - ,,, ;,1c.
mcnt, the emperor laid the Srr"t's' 81. =
on, was, that no more MONEY should DC s' a
from France to Spain, except me Two wv
lions Of francs r.onlh!y, already ne, - II
and mentioned in former despatch "a"
inc TO nv recoilectior, what n2d ocso' ~
= -. ~. i,vh.,, | was nllDtStSi NV