Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-17

.,an Army in great numbers, and re.
,nrp home tha, the women pass tnro
the Sa cdl,h Army to The Norwegian, and
seek their husbands and relatives, aud
invite them 10 re u-n hone, exhieHlhg
IN. Swedish Preclams,ions, promising
sac and projection to persons and pro-
merry. The connie, is likely to be
short one, and this is to be wished eS al
Who do mt desire az useless eHusion oi
human bioeJ. Norway 10 incapable OF
opposing sn sfftctual resistance to the
pp~er and resources Of Sweden.
The proportions ier the expedition
20 America still 60 forward with scti'
vi,y, as it respects the military part OF
i, but the Eat bo,tomed boats which were
pn, IN ship board, last week, were on
Monday re-landcd A strong party oil
the Staff Corps, and detachment OF
the Royal Ssppers and Miners, are a.
Cumberland Fo,t, in readiness 10 EN-
bark.-S,rong detschments OF the ioi'
lowing regimea;. embarked last week:
4th, 9th, S9th, 44th, 4sih, Ssth, list SYN
and lo3d. De,achments OF the follow
INV CORPS will also emSarS list, or
R.vsI Scots, Cd, 9th, 2lsL 2etn, syn
4,s,, s7,h SD, 10th 76th, SD, 18Th
| sa,b and Tooth, the whole amounting to
about 90 men, in the best order and
equipmsnt.
| August IS.
Another Hamburg mail arrived this
| morning. II has brought strange re.
por, from Rome, that the Duchies Of
| Parma, Modeua and Guss'ala, which
were coded to the Archduchess Mara
/ Lcuis,. are to he placed under the 60
/ yernment OF Bonspar,e himself who Is
IN fp.sre to reside upon the continent
| If we could give credit io this report.
which We 10 not. j! would Justify .ns
picion III It Austria meant to hold up
.8onapsr;e in fe,rorsm. AID to avoil her.
self Of his military tnlents to further he'
own ambition, projects. Blu. We re-
| pea, ,ha, We cannot give credit to the
| rumor.
The king Of Naples is said to be arm
ing his whole force against the Bsrba'y
pu.ers We do not believe this.
The government of France has pro-
posed to increase the duty upon ir n
| imported, in order 10 give employment
to the persons employed in the French
iron manufactures, whs to the number
Of 100000 are in danger Of b'ins thrown
out Of bread. The minister OF finance
in his report to the chamber ct depu J. $
stated, that the late war had prevented
the import of iron frnm the North that
in come luepce the F'epch iorges bad
considerably increased; but slll 'hai
the price OF iron remained so high III
France, tha. foreign iron, even after pay
jng the duty, could he introduced from
, England aud the North, and Id ira"
IS 70 50 per cent. cheaper Than ,hr
French iron He ascrioss this To tn
want of hands caused by the conscrip
lion, and the high Price OF waod by IN
destruction Of the forests. But the ell
feet was. that the sale of Fsench iro
was at stand. as 500 600 work were
in dcnger Of being thrown on, ci bread
i lie therefore proposes law Tor 'mpos
ING a duy on Iron in It's various stsgcs
VIZ. en- bar iron, francs per 100 ki'o
grams. on steel, 40 francs per ditto, an
iron wire, so francs per duo The pia
Of the law Vas order ed 10 be taken int
CONS liberation.
1 ROME, july IS.
| The report still prevails that Parma,
| Notena, and Guasralls. viii be ceded to
| Bopapar,e. aud tha, in future he ~illre
side On the continent The public prints
express the hope that this may be mcr
rumor. as
August 81.
| Letters from Naples assure us, thai
N. eneampment 20 900 men near The
capital il only Tor the instruction Of tn
younger part oil The soldiers, as is Gus
topary. THIS army being complete and
.uffic ,sntly nuTeroBs, we a. { inclined I"
d,sbcl,evc the reports Of the fresh ar
manents. All the measures OF the go
vernment arc directed towards national
prosperity, which the king has declared
| il ~ be his intention TO promote duliag
the general peace, by all possible means
The absurd reports of the German pa
pcrs of an understanding between the
King and Eonaparte are net only inpro
bsble, be, Impossible to be true. The
former has proved in e'rcums'an
ces more favorable, thst he was desircus
&c nothing SO much as Of throwing OH
the yoke Of The latter, and the latter ha.
treated the former too il! to inducs us to
believe in the irreconcileable hatred OF
Murs,, more particularly sinceNurat hs
adopted a system Of policy for The hap
pjness and independence OF The nation
he governs, very different from tha, fol.
lowed by Bonapar,c.