Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-11-29
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1.-THE Speedy packet has arrived afg,i
lmopth from Corunna, in two day,,rd
Ihals. The accounts thus furnshsS 4
tire total failure Of the expedition ~ '
!; Aspond with those previously received
Iabd, together with the particulars oTps,
Hers fate, ars sabjoined. IIa,insbe.1
|arrested by The svbaIterns of his own 4
lmy orfhis march against Santiago..s ",
lconveyed to Corunpa, where he ".
lhung the cd inst. without tIial. Abor'
200 officers we're ander arrest. and A.
troops Dispersed. Gen. Romani,f srt
lin command under Gen. Porlier) and Is
| id-de-camp escaped, and have cope !.
|yerin the Speedy. They represents
country to be in state Of great csufes
lon.
The late Gen. Porkerieit orders inn
Testament, that he should be put ina
chest locked with a key, and that rs
should be given to his wife, with ahaM.
|kerchief stepped In his last tears. and
that when circumstances should permit,
he should be placed in a pantheon, with
the following inscription.
" Here repose the ashes Of DOn lrSn
Diez Porlier, General Of the Spanish se.
mics, who was fortunate IN what he un.
de,took against the enemies afAis coun.
try, and died victim Of eiyd dissend.
ions. So
z Feeling souls, respect file ashed
Ian unfortanate.-Cctober 8, 1852
Gen. SIR George Prer0a-Ihe} &|-
lowing are the Charges which are to no
preferred against Gen. Sir Gesrss PIE.
yost, and which, it is said, have been
served on.him preparatory to their beng
investigated bya General Ceurt Mar'a;
First Charge-For having. on Or about
the 18th ofSept. 1914, by holding atas
expectation of co.oper&tion ofthesaF
under his command, induced Capt. Dsv.
ME, late of his Majesty's slip Consarfe
to attack the American squadron ou lake
'Champlain. when it was highly imprp-
dent to make such attack, withcrt the
cooperation from the Land Forces, and
for not having'aforded that co-oneraton'
Second Charge-For not having storm
ed the American works eli shore atnear-
Iy the same time that the nayai action
began, as he had given Capt. l)ovnlf
reason to expect.
Third Charge having disregard
the signal for cooperation which had
previously been agreed upon.
Fourth Charge-for not haTng at
tackled the enemy on shore, either DUR
ing the said naval action or after it va;
ended, whereby his majesty's naval
squadron under the command OF captain
Downie mightl,ave been saved.
Tobacco has risen within the course o.
a few days sd per pound on an arer rag
The assigned cause for this extrasrdln "a
ry advance. is the comparatively smal
stock in the market, but it IS more Pr.
babIe to be traced to the speculatl0os ?! "
few great capitalists, who have conlin ,.
ed to get nearly the whole OF the ar's''
in their own hands. :.
MuRAT.-The accounts from sor'.s
state, that Murat is organizing lOrI %,
dable insurection in that island. Nc
appears to be well supplied with none.
and the troops in the Island are s'rOpS'
ly attached to him.
From a file Of Londan Papers, W.
tober 10th. 80,
FALMOUTH, Oct, 1s-Saileo. '.'
American ship Powhattan, Tor NO. q
terdam aud ship Kennard, i0' .
Carolina. ua,
Ger. 7--Arrived the Hebe. "" y,
lis, from London. Sailed the s'Sp''
ton, for Baltimore. r.,
DEAL, Oct. 15--Sailed, I'VE 10 !,
fherine and edward, for Pbliau''
pbia. ,;se,
Oct. 1s.--Came down the f'"'
the Vittoria, for New YORK. :sod
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. SAM
the Aspect from philadelphia y,,k,
The ship Amazon of New i ;.er,
from New Orleans, arrived o. ~ Cato.
pool via Cork, on the i'm %
Der. ..,s from
The British brig Augustus .o %
New York, arrived at LiyestO0'
the 18th Of Oct.
Extracts from, Lirerpoo' r es,si,r. !
October 10th, tothe 2lst oe'0'' =.
Lrvrrsoor, Oct. le.- ,a.rrFsld. AID
liza. Pitcher; Augustus, MVa ,rleans,
IS. .L;nn+an Hill. from Now NV ..ooal,