Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-08-07

the addition OF Genoa. has furnished SO,
600 men and will unite with the Aus
trians in the invasioa OF the 5. OF
France.
French Imperial Armies.
Paris yl;ay %.
Our regular forces are estimated at
100000, exclusive of National Guards.
.Is!s;et,.
The Emperor Will sci cut On the 10Th
for Laon, where he will establish bis I'm
perial H. Q. Marshal sou!t has proceed
ed thither. Count Lobau's corps is
there. Consisting q four divisions of in
fantry and four of cavalry amounting
/ to $4,000 men: of which 10000 are ma
tionai guards.
The II. @. of the army Of. the North,
! are at Avesnes. General Vandamme
has a corps d'armee at Mezietes, Sedan,
and Givet. 1t communicates with the
CORPS of $4,000 late from Valenciennes,
Tie n. .. of the army of the Moselle
are at Sarbruck. There are $50 cannon
with hrs army.
The II. Q. OF tie army of tie Rhine
are at At'rich, under Gen. hacourb. The
Du',e Of Ireviso (biortier, is at Metz.
Gen. Rapp has command in this guar
ter.
Marshal Suchet is at Lyons, &c. with
JC.O0O men-Of which $4,000 are to-
wards Chamber; and 10000 between
Laon and Geneva.
General ClauseI, of the Giironde army,
has his head quarters at Bouraeaux, with
$4,000 men.
Ten thousand national guards occupy
the forest Of Orsane.
> The army OF Var has its head quarters
at Antilles.
The minister of war has given renew
ed orders respecting the destruction OF
bridges.
Fro1. the london Courier, .7Iay &c.
A najcrity of s39 members decided
in the House Of Commons last night, that
we should be faithful to ourselves and
our allies, aad that war with Eonaparte
was dictated, not more by wise policy,
than by real regard to the permanent
happiness, freedom and security OF the
world.
an amendment was moved similar TO
that moved in the House Of Peers, butt
was most feehly supported in point Of ar
eument, and tie luminous exposition, the
laciaas orao, the powerful reasoning, the
torrent Of, facts with which Lord castle
reash overwhelmed the party, added to
the detection of Mr.. Grattan and Mr..
pIunkett, raraIysed all their efforts.
They we're quite melancholy, quite chop
fallen. They could lot stand the gal
| linz FIRE of Mr.. Grattan. Even Mr.
Whlt3reaG, could not rally, and for the
| hrst time we believe in the history OF
Parliamentary discussion. debate con-
tinued till. half past three o'clock in the
| morning, without that gentleman having
once spoken.
Every thing tended to the discontinue
of TIE party. they were debarred even
of tat nibbling objection which they
would have made had not the Austrian
ratification arrived. Unfortunately for
them, it was received by his msjesty's
ministers yesterday morning, and all that
little fabric of doubts and suspicious.
hints and inuendoes, against Austria,
which, they had contrived for fhe occa-
sion, was blown up at once into the air.
However, if the arguments they had to
advance were but few, and those few
feeble if the facts brought forward by
ministers were SO damnIng, that nothing
could be urged against them if they
lost the support of Lord GrenyiiIe in one
House, and cf Mr.. Grattan and Mr..
Plunkett, and the Grenville party in the
other, they were not without one Access
sion--' Misery acquaints a man with
strange bed -ielows''-they we're Joined
by Sir Francis Burdett!! Whether lie
| is to be tie Ia'ineuto aud they the Gait
bans; or he the Catidc'l aud they the
Irineplos !; whether he is to $: creep UNI
der their gabardine,'' or they under his.
is question which we leave to be settled
among themselves, only wishing them
all imaginable joy upon this new alliance.
They will pardon us, however, per-
haps, for saying, that none of their adj
herents ever appear to such advantage
as they do after quitting their ranks,
There is heavy .duiIness in the consti-
tut;on of their cogoaact--t,eir p,.inc,nlas