Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-13

FRIDAY, SErrEMBER rs.
IAfpaprAMT NEWS.
Captain Robarts, from Cadiz, furnishe

IMPORTANT. NEWS.
CAPTAIN Roberts, from Cadiz, furnishe'
the editors of the n. York Gazette, witt
Itile following under date Of
g CADIT, July "a.
"A priyateer, called the Congress. com
mandeti bys a man called Armada, belong
Ing to Baltimore, under the insurgents
|Har. has been offhere for % or SO days.
and has, BY report, made "a prizes, valu-
al at from one to three millions of col
lars. amongst which were, a xcbec, with
600 boxes Of sugar /; brig ST. Aidera, with
il60obo brig, Diomento, with 500
shin Catalan. with 1900 /; ship Leona-
with $4,000 dollars, $500 boxes sugar,
Land so ceroons cochimeal: and shll
with sugar and specie. all from. Havana
hor Cadiz. She had detained tie ship
Bloo.niny Rose FIVE koufs, and put pr
|soness on board her. The Dioment'
WAS gwen up, with prisoners also put Oh
board.
son the osd instant or 6 privateers
lappearea oil here and one OF them al
Iiler naphrodite brig. attacked ship bound
|heFe ID sight of hescity. and after recelv,
Iiusg one bsoad eile. sheered off. The shY
had 8 killed ard 6. wounded; among the
former was Lieut.. Colonel Of Artillery
a pas seneer from navasa. When Killed
he was III the act OF putting fire TO Ms
|gun. It's supposed the privateel lost ma
my men, as she received a broadside IN
1.-The act OF boarding, and Immediately
|sheered of. The ship was the San Juan,
Iffo,n Fayara, and had 16 twelves and SO
Imen. There was another ship ia sight
There are eight ships OF the feet from
Havana missing.
s. There are. now off here one "A twn
|fcigates, anu brig cruzing for the p:iva-
Iteers.
|" MFR Eryin, the American Eavoy, has
ARRIVED at Ma,irid, but has had no inter.
view with the king, as lie has gone to the
Baths abnpt 90 miles from Madrid, for the
benefit of his health.
| Son Monday last, 1000 troops entered
this CITY, anil ii the night, began toim
press for TIE army, and got 500 men
.I'I'hey arriyed under saaied orders, to b.
.goocned at Is o'clnck on Monday; and i
Suppressed that similar ofsfers have beel
forwarded To all other parts of the king
dom. There are mary conjcctu"es rela
itiva to he destination Of these troops. |
lis said the Emperor of Austria has declal
1 ed in favor Of Charles the Fourth. AM
,lthat he is determined toput him on til
Throne If Spain.
4 {. A few DAYS since, there was an I'm
press for seamen, when kspn 5 TO 500 me-
IWeie obtained"
/ The London g Times" Of July 2s
isises sombre picture OF the Situation 0
England. 1t appears that a dcEalcatio
Hin the revenue is among the new subject
,,lof regret.
! The eldest son OF Sir Francis Rurdet
has accepted commission i'll the 10th re
lgilnent of Hussars,
i Denmark has sold to Sweden the mel
Iof war it had in the p9rls. Of, Norway a
It6e time Of It's session.
| 1t is Stated that in the Netharland,
within six months SO churches have beer
.Ifabbeti, aud thirty seven suicides com
hnit,ed.
/ Two T4's, frigate and a sloop If war
have been recently launched in Russia.
Fl By English papers it appears, that iore
byron has written poem Which contain
'lsonethiug so offoasive to the politics q
I 1.-The times IN England, as to be rejected
by the Londen booksellers, and we IN
,.lderstand that it is now on the route t
! America TO be printed. 1t is sonethin;
lstrange that we should have two writer's
LCobbett and Byron, avaiins themselve
4 of the press in, this eorntry one lay
|man, aud the other lord.
! On an investigation OF the Affairs OF tn
banking house of Bruce and co. the fra
has been considered able to pay all de
sImands If time be allowed. Mr.. Bruce. !
Jiather to the gentleman of that name
luho assisted i.asalette. On hearing o
| he failure, the French government offer
led 10 release him, bat be chose foreman
lin prison the allo-~l term.
BY one packet from India. the BRITISH
Government has received three tons o
9aespatches.
The number Of beggars, and other pool
supported BY aims III the Roman states.
land particularly at Rome, IS stated to a
mount to S7,0I8 natives, and 1880 to-
reigaers. e.