Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-08-26

Unable and Superb, being completed wit!
Iproyisians, &c. went into the Sound Oh
Thursday last.
| The Belzebub bomb is also completes
land took in her moftars last Thursday
The largest Of these is Of the following
dimensions, and may give orr distant
READERS some ideas OF its extraordinary
blowers 10 do mischief:
Length of the mortar, U
ECaiibre, :
Extreme breadth at the mrzale, 2 II
For charging mortar 24bs. gunFow.ser
On Thursday an order was receised a.
|Plvmouth for all the ships to receive i.
IRON cables, and have bits fitted fore and
|att, for fastening sprinssto them, IL
ease it should be necessary tolie breadsidc
to the emy'sbat:eries. The launches
and boats are TO carry small ,nortars and
Icafronades.
Marine artillery from WoolWich and
a company Of the Rocket Corps will at :,
tend the expedition.
The Queen Charlotte, 10 guns bearing
Lord Exmouth's Tag. Captain Jane,
Brisbane, and the Mintien -, Captain
Patterson, went cut Of Portsmouth, ha,bo
an Thursday. aid the Promotions, cap
tain Dashwood, sailed on thai day wild
'dispatchcs for Rear Admiral Icnrose. a
Malta. The Albioh, Captain Coode, fit
ted for the aag Of Sir G. Penrose, ha
been added to the feet, making sever
sail Of the lire.
Eeon the arrival fihc Madagascar at
Spithea,l, Which IS hourly expected. hci
crew will be drafted into the Queen Char
Iotte. Giinden, and Leander, The bomb
vessels ia tie I,iyer, should they not soon
obtain sufficient number OF new raised
men, viii BE conpl~ted from the crews of
orher peace home slGHs
II IS sail thaf tie Dutch feet will CO.
operate viii. o'rs.
London July u.
We received this morning. Madras pa
pers TO thu 24th February, inclusive Vel
hal preyjousiy had Bombay papers to a late
date tie former therefore could rot be
expected to bring such late information.
The a,Ivices from Lord ;ioira state, that
Sciud:a was at Gwalior with his army ::
The Madras army, $1,000 strong was in
Tue Dekkin al E'icApoor, AMI the MANS
lnd the Pei shwa.s Subsidiary troops att;
Jaalna. The BCa bay arihy Is ready to
mcye. Al. these circums aEce seem toll
announce war upon d very extensive
scale.
The captive emily of Candy has land
ot. at ..iGdfas from Cvlpmb0, and beenl
sent to Feliore.
A Nail from Flanders arrived this|
morning. aud ore article brought by ii
corlobarates TIE statement we made a
day or two ago Of the pacific intentions
of the Emperor Alexsnder. He has late
Iy ordered his ambarsa dor to deliver 10
the Diyan a note expressive of his pacific
wishes declaring that lie has no other de-
sire than to see Europe al peace after helI
violent agitat!ohs.
BRUSSELS July 6.
The Dnke Of Wellington is expected
at his headquarters at Cambray in a
fortnight, on lis return from England. |.
Yis Grace will then GO 10 Sonan. the
Head quarters Of the Prussian army, and +
+hence TO Colaar, the Headquarters OFF,
the Austrisns.
VIENNA, June "a.
We learn from ContsaGt;ncp|e, that Z
the Russian Ambassador, Count itaIinsky ID
is recalled. and is going to Rome on ain
mission from lis Ccurt. He is succeed
ed by Mr. StregunoG.. Before he left S
Constantincple, Mr.. d'l,alinsky delivered tp
TO TIC D;yan az official note to assure them ii
Df tic pacific intentions OF the Cabinet o!Et
St. Petersburg The Minister says il 10
his note, that the Empcro. his master has l.
no other wish than to see Europe at peace lc
after The violent asitations which il has 70
suffered. This declaration has givcnl;t
very great satisfaction to he Sublime
Porte
shpip York. kUc. GO. l.,