Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-04

Some letters from the North continue to
mention the probability of war between
Russia and France. AS it will be a wal OF
Bonaparte's own seeking, he will chuse his
own time for beginning. Such an event is
subject of rejoicing and congratulation.
March Is.
Capt. Hope, Abide Campto Gen. Ora
ham, arrived at ~ o'clock last night, at
the Office of the Earl of Liverpool, from
Cadiz, With dispatches, dated Isle dc Lee
on, the 9th inst.
The follo1oing is the official comnrlnica-
zion to the city:
Downing street, March "a, midnight.
My LoRD-Capt. Hope, aid-de-canlp to
lieut.. gen. Graham, is Just ar''red 7cith
the account of the glorious issue Of an ac-
ton fought ON the 9Th instant, by the dtri-
sion a,nder his command, against the army
of .uarshal T;ctor, composed OF the too
dirisions of Rufen and Lcfat. General
Graham's diriSion marched from PacJa
ON the s5th alt. and on the 5tt instant,
after nights march Of Is hours, they ar
,;iped at the bridge Of Harrosa, about four
miles to the southzcGrd Of the st. Peter M
1,er :. -, enn..i..e.sd attack ON tie rear
of the enemy's line, near st. SCI, % ..
rangnard Of the Spanish army, lsader &C.
merat Lardisabel. had opened a co,Hn'Hai-
cation 1cith the isle Of Leon.
General Graham ha0ing receired the d.
rections Of the Spanish commander in
chief, to more dozen from the position Of
Barosa to that Of Tore de BarriaSe, re-
ceived notice on the march, int the sne1ny
had appeared IN force on the plum, cad
1cas advancing tozeards the heights Of
Barrosa. In this position q most despsr-
ate action took place, IN 1chich the enemy
zcas completely repuLSed, aoith the loss Of
an eugls ana sia pieces Of cannon. The
general Of division R'yfen, aud the se''e.
raj Of brigade Rosseaa, 'ce''e 7ooNnded ana
taken. The chiy Of ike stuff, general
Be!gurde, an aid-de-camp Of SeHeras p'e-
tor, one colonel, nine captcins ind about
4so RAM; and. file, zosse made prisohe''s.--
The field zUas covered zcith dead bodies Of
the euenlu, and it 1ods supposed that their
loss amounted to about 5CCG in Killed ant
zcoundsd. The loss on The part Of the Bri-
fish troops amounts to captains. ensigns,
and about 400 rank and tte, Killed; tiDe
lieutenant colonies, one ieGjor, fourteen
cuptains, t1oenty Sic lieute,.sllts, eight en-
signs, md uto.It $40 raa,s md il s vo.tnd-
ed. 1t appears that the enemy had adoMt
eight Thousand men ensased, and that the
British roth the Spaniards attacied to
them, amounted to 5000.
Lieut.. gen. Graham ucith the troops uri-
der his command, had crossed the st. Pc
ter River, and re-entsred the isle Of Leon.
LIVERfO0L.
The Prince Regent has appointed .Mr.
Liston, minister TO COWstantinopts. The
king remained as Uell as he had BEEN for
the p ecedins ten days.
accounts from hence to s1st February,
had been receiped, and by the English prin.
tsrs remarks ICE are considered s. quietly
dropping into the continental syste M"
The hon. Major General Stewart, Major
General Arson, and Brigadier General Craw-
ford, will take their Passage to Lisbon In the
Elizabeth, capt. Leveson Cover, to JOIN the
army. The Elizabeth sails from Portsmouth
Tomorrow.
The Hampshire Telegraph, received this
morning has the following paragraph, which
comedies with intelligence ON the same sub
iect received from other quarters 80.
. Admiral Reynolds was, this afternoon,
Saturday, very unexpectedly ordered to pro-
coed to St Helen's in the ST. George, with all
the line ofbAtle ships ready for sea- VIZ. Marl'
borough, Conquestadore, MeRarch, and Poic-
tiers. 1t is said, as the reason Tor this sudden
order, that the enemy's fleet W the Sche)dt has
manifested the intention ofputting to sea"
Co7yes JIlr CHI 20.
Arrived the American frigate Eesex, from
Plymouth, supposed for the purpose OF taxing
out Mi. Pinkley.
Maried---On Thursday evening, by the
Rev. Mr.. GIBsoN, Mr.. ALEXANDER SUTER.
Merchant of Georgetown, to Miss MARIA
FLgrcHEK, Of this town.
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