Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-23

st. Mary'S, tnCy experience Similar diicuri
in their intercourse. They have hot in Ard
lusia more than twenty-five Thousand mrn
Twelve or fifteen thousand of these are VIZ,
Victor opposite here. The Remainder a."
under Mortier and Giiard G,a.a !, ,rS
about Seville, and the Sierra hloreia. Ior
strongest proof Of the weakness OF their -.
mics on this side of the peninsula Is, that Mo-
withstanding tie gallant Romano has VII
drawn himself and twenty thousand men ,,om
Badaoz, the French have not advanced ,osu1.
port Massena; OH the contrary Gen. BaiIa,.
teros has pushed his posts to Monas,ero
within fifty miles from Seville. He has SIX.
teen hundred Portuguese cavalry with LIN
under Gen. MAIDEN, in excellent order Herr
then is an disqualification Of what the Frcpcn
force really is in Andaiusia, Estramaou.a
Portugal and Grenada. Its paper amour,
was last spring said to be one hundred and
f;ftv thousand. Of these, more than sevcuty
or eighty thousand are Lot now visible.
Of what is going on in Portugal, the Lis
bon Gazette, which contains the same report
from Lord w. that he sends home viii inform
YOU. | Can only SAY that my confidence in
him remains the same. To:hose who ask the
question, why he does not attack an ;nter.oi
force, l would reply, that the state in vito,
he now keeps the French army, is as distress.
ing to them, as on attack could b., and Lis A.,
my remains IN the same st.tc. lie has lcduc
ed Massena's army from IS or $4,000 10 I, or
$4,000, and has aetnaNy not placed Of his own
army more than fifteen hundred hers dc ccp.
bar, This is fact. / &c not by any meals
wish to colceal his CASUAL sick list, which is
now numerous, perhaps FIVE or six thousand
men. Should the Campaign be retarded for
six or eight weeks more, he will bring nine,
tenths of these into the iclG. and will be able
to shew thirtv-fve thousand British n.uskt,s
The Portuguese and British regular army
is not less than sixty thousand. For three
months, (liter the 10 months drill) have their
militia Dee1 in constant service, AID have Of
course become steady and disciplined So
that with the Spal,iarCs he will hare, in me
spring, should ms instructions permit IlilG 10
threaten Madrid, thrty-fve THOUSAND British.
sixty thousand Portuguese, twenty thousand
militia, twenty thousand Spaniards, making
one hundred and thilty-nve thors.rd Thcse
troops vii exert themselves. We have ac-
counts this day that division Of rnperi.I
guards, eight or t.n thousand, which were
marching from Cuidad Rodrigo 10 AID s,,assc-
na, have received orders to STAY IN .hc neig.,-
borhood otthat city. 1he cause Of this is sid
to be q ter OF Gen. Hi. al d the troops .ro..
Abrantcs cutting them OFF. ], is advisable ttx,
the attention or ,he French should be called
to the two points ot Cadiz and lisbon. ter
abies the Guerct'u parties 70 rallv They take
daily advantage eff the circumstance. The
brave O'Donrcl Is also showing them what's
to be done by good Officer in Cata!cna.
s They carry on the petty warfare and with
Uniform success e the very gates cfthc towus
where the French have garrisons. Should BE-
nsparte be obliged to give up his object OF
this side OF the peninsula, he will, I think,
endeavor to make stand the other side of.he
Ebro. 1hls, however do not think would
succeed. He must fail and from circumstsn-
ces beyond his, or any human control
The public mind is here wonderfully ST.
mulated. The newspapers VII. prove ire
fact; and the circumstance is DO erfuJ. The
cortes have determined to take possession Of
the estates Of the clergy. This is a step tc-
wards emancipation. Catholicism is destined
soon to fall i'll Spain! Take away its extcr-
mails and it will be found to be no more than
mortar and wood pile, which the frst breath
OF popular opinion Will annihiste. 1t will be
well IT the other extreme, th.t Of phi!os5-
phism and nhdeity, do not as in France,
succeed it. 1t is, think, much, very much,
to be dreaded
am anxious 70 hear frorn the L. Stars.
Should the treaty talked Of between Spain AID
Great-Brltain Lc settled, ii will make F!c:i1z
more difficult than ever TO be obtained The
advantages Spanish possession will enjoy un-
der that Instrument, will make the inhabitants
more attached to tie mother country. II win
not, apprehend, add much to the comforts
OF New-Orlea..s, as thew will not be able 10
forget, how much better they would be stu
ated if they were under the Spanish donui>
on. This is, however, but of little conse-
quence to the United States They know no
more of Spain than that there is contest
therein for government Spain knows thet
there Is such government as that Of the I.
States, for she pays very strict attention 70
their conduct Perhaps she may take the L
berry of calling them before !" the bar of req
SON. making Mr.. Jefferson the crier, ard
putting the question to old fashioned Justice