Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-12-01
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particulars COMPREHEND IA - I'm. ne sbOye
'iopof the treaty. snel sondl
e is not sras tl,at C,,s;.
Kirk are to be occupied h. ~ aau Dun.
g snss .' aas works at cher6ourg a. s 3
fhe payment Of the eont.;t,,.s.s.
% millions sterling Is what i :; 'ss se 4
" most yex and distress the t,
lhe goysspa'eotis beginning IL .Ipsa'h,
n examples and praises to el,eoa, 81 Ass
people Immediately to nav tbs;s :, is tk b
this import. paslsd
October IA
BY late sccounts received from ~.
we learn that some new ,Ispatss nm "
arisen at Canton, between the IL; ~
and the British. p''s
OF the fnrtresses celed ent,,.,,
France, Landau is the stronpest. I.
10 the department Of tie Lover H.
200 miles IRON Paris, un the river q ''ae
and contains absut 1000 inhah xsSsa
France acquired it by the treaty 4 p!
den exactly I0l years ago. -
Saafe Louis ism the Departments nm
Moselles about 80 miles from Ment, !,
il q commanding frontier posidas '' Y
the rivcr satres Philippyille lisa fs y
~ n IN.
fed town in the Ardennes, abmt ~, !,
miles from Paris, and not far from M
II was formerly called Corbieny. "
ilenherg IS IN the same department. Is
about 70 miles from Charlsmont. 7 'A'
Versoix isa covering fortifcat;o, !
Switzerland, situated near the lsla !,
Geneva. Nalsnciennes, q CITY il AS
land, with 10000 inhabitants. and md ~. !,
the celebrated works Of yaoban. Js.;.
XIV. took it BY storm in 1877. And !.
was left with France as a conoue.s |.
the treaty of Nimeguen. The 'Duss Z
York took itin 1898.
Mauleuge, also acquired by che tr,n
ty Of Nimeguen, and fortified By L,o,.
XIV. tits situated on the sambri.
I.anlrecy on the same River, and onI,
100 miles from Paris, celebrated for M.
ny seiges, and a very strong place. 4
lie Quesnoy, a smaller, but also n
markedly strong fortress. Ii s.pas
miles from ValeneieHnes on he rirsr
Ronelle. Owing 70 its situation % e.
ry wide plain, It is very difficult 10 A..
preach it hostilely. Cainbray, the work,
about it are Of considerable force, and
it Is also within 100 miles Of the capit,.
Givet and Charlemoat, close toseasr@
the Meuse, protected by the works & 4,
Vauban.
Mezsires, also in the Ardennes, and
on the same river, twelve miles frem Sc.
dan, the birth place Of Tu,renne, ces
brated for its strong castle, its arscnsk
its cannon-ioundery, and it's mauaGe.
lures.
Rocroy, another of the fortressaaae
Ardennes, about twelve miles from Ne
.ieres, and being situated on a Elainna
.asy to be approached.
Montimedi is on the Cher, and asp
pears from the resistance it has offered
10 the Prussians, a very strong, though
not very large place.
Avesnes, not far from Cambfat o
he department Of the north, and we'll
ortiied.
Longuey is also in the Mosssllc De.
,artment, and seated on the eishtsbat
IS miles from Luzemburgh. Gen. Chr
ait took it in 1892, and It was in W
same year retaken by the French.
Bitche, notorious for the imprlson'
nent of eur countrymenund the tyrsn-
~ of Bonaparte, it is on the same ds.
partment with the above, and about "
miles from Strasburgh.
Fourt Louis bri1ge-head. work O
equal Importance to France and Os'
many as a cautionary place conel'as'
his catalogue. . 80.
The manner in which the King, ,N@
,peech to the chamber, spoke d INC
:reaty with the allied powers, has Prs,
Iuced considerable gloom and alarm
Paris. The funds fell, as of course uei
must have been expected to do, IN coa ~
sequence Of the contributions to Depi''
o the Allied Powers. a.
It is determined to put a stop % w. y.
iotous conduct Of the seamen Id "
North. The Thrasher sloop OF war sI y,
d from the Downs on Friday last, u
shields, full eftroeps, and other A'ns
hips, with troops, are expected lnn''