Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-04-26

ID 600 horses brought into fOrtugat tncy
had scarcely 600 fit for service that the
loss to them of men, cavalry and equipsge
had been great.
Prices at Lisbon. Flour IS dollars, no
sale and falling Rice dollars and very
fluctuating; best southern corn dollars;
Connecticut round do. higher; Beef IL
dollars.
March IS.
1t is said that there is little or no doubt,
of war between Russia and France. To
this is to be attributed Bonaparte's Senatus
Consultum for calling out fresh conscriP-
ton of 10000 men. Troops have tor
some time been filing off from the depart
ments contiguous to the Rhine into GeIma'
ny. The troops that were on the Eibe,
and seemed to mediate an attack upon
Holsteiu, have marched to the Prussian
frontier, where a large force is already as
sembled. Caulncourt is recalled, but not
wishing to announce his intentions imme.
diately, Bonaparte has appointed Lauriston
TO succeed him. Immediately after the ap-
pointment he sends Laurlston on another
mission into Italy. Oldenburgh, whose
Sovereign is the brother-in-iaw OF the en-
peror Alexander, has been seizd b.
France, and is to follow the fate OF Ham
burg, Lubbock, &c. circumstance which
cannot fail, and which no doubt is meant,
to widen the breach between the two EN-.
pires. The demand of the restoration OF
Finland to Sweden is done with the same
view. II is said to be a war Of Bonaparte's
own seeking. This may surprise some,
who think he has work enough on his
hands already in Spain and Portugal, and
who imagined that Russia had conceived
this to be favorable opportunity for shak-
ing off his baleful influence. But it will be
recoilected, that he was equally at war
with Spain, when he sought the last cause
of quarrel with Austria He was then aid
ed by this very Russia whom now he medi
tates an attack upon he will now be assis.
ted by the emperor of Austria, whom Rus
STA helped him to beat down! The great
cause of dispute is the kingdom Of Poland
Bonaparte insists upon establishing that
kingdom at the expense of the Polish ter
ritories of Russia. He accompanies that
demand with the alrronting seizure of the
territories of thu Emperor Alexander's
brotherin.law, and with requiring the re-
storation of Finland, which he had guaran-
teed to Russia. Drained by the war with
Turkey, impoverished by the war with
England, this, in the opinion OF Bonaparte,
may be the favourable rnornens for attacking
Russia. AS far as relates to US, the war
will open the Baltic to us, and we shall of
course send powerful feet to take advan.
r,F "A that That
there is any hope of connecting Sweden
with Russia we do not believe. Spain and
Portugal will be afforded another opportu-
nifty, another breathing time, of which, we
trust, they will make use to organize, dis
cipline, and increase their armies. The
war with Russia, should that even take
place, will be turned to better account, by
the Patriots, we hope than the war with
Austria was.
We have seen letter from respectable
mercantile gentlemen at Lisbon, to his cor
respondent in this city, from which we have
been permitted to make the following ex.
tract.
LISBON, March 12, 1911.
Our last advices left Massena with the
French army in full retreat from Santarem,
and we have to add that the allied armies
are following them in three divisions, the
centre commanded by Lord Wellington fol-
lowing in the direction of Thomar, the left
towards Sierra, and the right under Mar
shall Berresford has crossed the Tagus at
Abrantes, to cut off the retreat upon Cas-
tello Branio. In consequence of which the
French have been obliged to recross the RI
yer Zezere, and take the road which leads
to Coimbra: However, not without con-
siderable loss of time. A number of strag
lers and deserters have been taken from
them; skirmish took place on ,hs 9Th inst.
wherein the enemy lost 700 prisoners, and
from two to three hundred killed and
wounded, and pieces of artillery; and
from ths aearness cfour advanced guard to