Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-01-20

- laid b.rs-. p.r'iansat' :, Rus Ia..
.n- }se,, 10 b,ing i02,o sh., Of lane the
f.id; ana s.;pr $4,000; and the money
l+;i, 70 o| ,re in proportion, yiz.--to
;absl-i ,.s's SIS and to Prs., sss,
h Rus b ''si which the Fedsratlve
fSsl .."O,r.ntecd by all the three pow
popsf 80 y ~ millions sterling, OF wh,ch
81 . > millions are to DC sii. %hsrs !; a
' Jy this country. mere s1 IS a
eb'Lsso Convention of the 9Th OF 1aiy'
spa 80 .;,g the Russian German Legion
i"f 'a"", - into British pay. These
f Pro- go troops of coarse are only to be
. i.-.'i'Ia,cording to theirsffeetive strength.
pAupELUNA IS TAKEN.
The kew Of n. and w. Span, was de-
"a on the slst Oct. into the hands
'r,5c Hero Of vimeira, &c.
This mos, grateful intelligence was
,.c,qbt By Lord Arthur Hiii.
-. - report, ,ba, the coming ofage,
,,so campletioo of her 18th year OF the
pr;rssSs Charlotte, on the 9Th OF Janua-
NV nsv, will be celebrated in the navy
y 49, mast extensive promotion OF all
IL tia, has eseryet taken place.
<~,,,gmqcEe. Oct. IS, Sicily NNE. dis
lance 70 leagues.
Ne Lord-As the day opened on the
s,3 INST. the ARd-omache gave chase to
;.ir,,e under jury masts, in the Me-
rpsrtcr about 4 P M.'she opened
s,c On Us from her stern guns, which
v,s not returned uGtIla position was TAX
81, ON her weather quarter, when, after
feeble resistance of about l5inlrules,
che struck her colours; indeed such was
~. disabled state of her masts Previ-
ousgy 70 OR meeting, that any further
resistance would have been the extreme
Of ,ssbnsss--She is La Trave, OF %
French IS FOUNDERS SS sixteen lS pound
csrronades, only 9 months old, with
crew Of S22 men, (nearly all Dutch,) |
O: ahom was killed. and her commander
J,cob Van Maren, Captain De Va!sseu,
and Member of the Imperial Order OF
Reunion, the Cd Lieutenant, midship-
men, Zone Of them since dead, and "a
seameR wounded.
|. The Andromache has received no in.
iary in her bull, nor aeght to mention
in her sails OF rigging; while | lamen:
to say, that MIR. Dickinson the lst Lieu,
tcu.at is severely wounded, and one sea-
nan slightly.
have the honor to be, sc.
G. TOBIN, Captain.
To A4pral Lord Keith, X B. &c;
p.S. 1t seems that La Traye had two
men wounded BY an Eng. brig of war, on
tie l9th.
The Telegraph sch. Of IA guns, has
captured a French National Corvette,
commanded ny ,nember OF tho Legion
Ct Honor She mounted sixteen 50 ID.
carronu6cs. two ocg 9ss, ans = brass 4
3Tcunders end loo men. The action
took place on the 9Th ult. close in shore,
in sight Of the contendiug armies, after
$ close action Of ain haur, the enemy took
TO their boats and got on shore, having
3freriOusiy set her on fire, and when the
Telegraph's crew bearded, il was fast
approaching the magazine, and were
therefarc Obliged to abandon her imme-
tiately; aud she soon after blow up with
4 number of the wounded enemy, hay
iGg been cruelty deserted by their COM
4lSEiCns.
The Weser, French frigate, ~ guns,
as arrived at Plymouth, prize to the
hppon, "A, and Royaliss * Scylla sloops
# var.
We believe that there are more ofthe
hen'y's frigate, at sea, Two we have
'poured, but we believe that two more
tIed from the Texel, and three from
ISchsfort.
Eeporied Great .Naoal Tietsry!