Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-09
NEW-YORK, July 8.

Gazette, is received by an arrival at hi,
port from Cad;z. II is written by a zen.
tleman who has opportunities Of know.
ing the real situation Of Spain AID u;s
narrative may be deemed correct.
Dear SirS,
As your useful Gazette has always 80.
reared to take an interest in tic sn.ces,
Of the people OF this country, i'll their pa.
triotic efforts against French tyranny:
very different from your government and
lis ser.ile editors, i with pleasure for.
ward You statement Of the present coz.
dition Of Spain. Generally speakia; the
prospect Of success to the good cause an.
pears greater than at any period since tie
revolution, and | think that the issue Of
the contest will give another prooftO man.
kind, that ten or twelve millions CT PEG.
pie, who are determined to DC governed
OIL their own plan, cannot be subjected 10
a foreign power.
The retreat OF Massena, with The ar.
cumstanccs Of which yoIE are no donht ac-
quainted. liberated Portugal. and has az.
f..ded fresh opportunities to GaIl:cia aaa
Asturias to raise and organise ar:aies.-
We have ne late accounts from that
quarter, but from the part which lord
Wellington and the English goveullneut
take in their concerns, and considering
the talents and bravery OF the officers,
who have lately been sent there, it may be
expected that they will be strong bull.
wark for the defence Of Spain. A division
ofabout Fifteen thousand English and Por.
tuguese with Ecrcsl0rd 1T their head, has
occupied great part of Estremadura.-
The head quarters Of the Freneb, by OR
last accounts, were at IAlaveriila. In
;he same province are also five thousand
men, the remnant Of Rom:so's troops,
under Yfne,7.l CastanOs. $500 men I'M
der Baliester0s. at st. AIalla, and from
four to Ave Thousand sent from hence I'm
der the Regent Blake, now in Monaste-
rio. Compomayo is evacuated by the
French. Oliverisa taken by the English,
and Badajos besieged. On the 9th inst.
the trenches were opened against it, and
the surrender is expected in few days;
after which the above mentioned corps
are to unite and make 4 movement to
drive the French from the siege of Ca.
dix. In the kingdom Of Niurria, the
Spanish army called ofthe Center, seems
rather inactive, and only observing the
French, who are concentrating themselves
in Granada, having evacuated Almeira,
and left oHlya small party in Baza.-
Gems Villa Campo and Martin (calIed the
Empecinado) are united in the province
ofCuenca. and are harrassing the French
divisions in CASTLE, in every direction.
In Navarro, the famous Epoz v Nina,
has brought the French to acknowledge,
that his men are not rebels, but defenders
Of their country, and they Now give quar-
ter mutually.
The taking by surprize the Castle of
st. Fernando de Figueras in Catalonia, is
considered one of the most favorable e.
vents since the war began. The strength
Of that fortress (Which when before the
war the French got it by brii,ing the 20.
Nernment, they boosted Of as the third in
Europc) and the Importance of its situa-
ton, are such that its acquisition is efthe
greatest advantage. The mere so. as It
was the great depot of provisions. arms
and booty of the French army. But the
chief benefit resulting from this event, is
its opening large tract for the cxertioas
OF the patriots m Catalonia, and giving
them safe retreat when necessary. The
French have in consequence left Hostal-
rich and Corona. which cost them so ma
ny lives. Several batteries on the coast
Of Catalonia have been DESTROYED by an
English squadron, and Rosas, it is ex-
pected will fall to them. Even Barcelona
and Mac Donald in it are in great danger.
In the interior numberiess bands Of patri-
OTIS are waylaying any small bodies Of the
French who are crossing the country, and
so so near Madrid that the traitors there
are flying. Joseph Napoleon left Ma
drid on the Esd April, after appointing
regency. His course was not known, but