Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-14
Foreign Articles.

rom London papers received al The Of.
fee Of the n. Y. Mercantile Advertiser
London. jane I7.-This morning wee.
ceiyed Paris papers OF sunday last. ARar.
ticIe from Madrid stiles, that sn eXpe!ilin
has at length sailed from Caiiz for South
Amcric,, but il c.rs.sts only OF 9 ,OO0Hen
and iiga;e. a force as LANCE We believes
tire present state oil Spain can aflor TO send,
but too contemplate 10 effect any imporaE
object on the vast continent OF South Ame.
RIGA. No notice is taken in these papeB
ofthe rImour we mentioned yesterday re.
latiye to The confederation OF the King o.
Portugal with the Independents in the Spa.
nish Provinces.
Corn Erc5Gpgs, June live had no
fresh arrivals his morning, and scarcely
any sales made indeed the trade Is so veT
dull we can only cutie the prices nominal.
" the same As on Monday.
Westminster.-Mr. Hunt, on his becO
ming candidate ior the representation q
Westminster, has made the following ali.
dayit before The Lord Mayor of London -
81, Henry Hunt, do hereby voluntarily
and sclemnly swear, that will never &C.
cept or take from the King, or his minis.
tiers. either directly or indirectly, for my.
self or any of my family, any place or pen.
sion, or emoluulent, grant, contract, title, |
or any other gratuiiy whatsoever. vii
never cease my endeayors to obtain ia |
every man above the age of 10 years. vois
for represent tive in the Commons house
OF Parliament. will never fail to eyrt
my most strenuous endeavors to repeal that
cruel, unjust and partial law, the starvation
act, commonly called the Corn Bill. IHll
keep the poll for the city of - estnlin.er
open till the last moment allowed by law
The North Pole Expedition. 1T appeas
from a letter received at Lloyd's, from Der.
wick, that the expedition 10 the North Pole,
arrived at the Shetland Islands on the sob
April and the first of May, and sailed agan
on the Sd and 10th of May.
.NoracGy and !Sceden.-A proposition has
been made TO the Diet of Norway 10 De.
moiish all the fortres.es of that Kingdom
These works having been constructed as
defence against the Swedes, it now he.
comes national concern TO save the eI'
pense OF their useless garrisons. The Swe.
dish Prince Royal, Oscar. is appontcdby
his father, Lieutenant-G General of the Nor.
wngian army. The Hamburger pager. al'
nounce the death Of Field Marshal Prime
Barclay de folly, one of the most disl.
guished officers in the Russian army
Field Marshal Prince Schartzenberg. tie
commander in Chief OF the allied armies,
on their first entrance into France, also lei
dangerously i'll at Vienna.
Jndia.-A supplementary gazette pub.
lished on the 10Th instant, contains large
body of dispatches from India. but rheg
relate entirely 10 transactions which have
already been mad pub ic in the papen
and letters from Bombay. The principal
military transactions are the defeat Of Hol'
kar by Sir I. Hislop, on the 2lsl OF LIST
Dec. and the p eeding, o. Gen. Doyeon
against the forces of the Raiah OF Bear,
which finally resulted in the subms ion Of
The whole country TO our arms-Calcuiti
Gazel,es 10 the Cd February present &C.
counts OF distinct series of successes o.
tanned by detachments of the British troops
over many of the Pindaree chieflains, 10
the northward of the river Nubuida.-
Headed III all directions, and almost sC'.
i'uhue" W tne cooperating dlVlsioH, VI
the Generals Donkin, Marshal Sir Wiiisn
keir, and col Adam. the pDdarees, with
the loss.o! much of their baggage. bs.uog
themselves towards HoIkar's camp, Lal
having irte i ence of the treaty NJ gocspt
by the leader with the British go, ernmcn'
they moved TO Rampoora. where, il is aid
they were attacked by Gen. Browa, ,al
dispersed without resistance. CEeeloOlas
most powerful of these plunderers, whsc
immediate followers had had priocird
share IN the former invasion VI the BFt,i,a
territories, was attacked by Sir Wm ksu
on The 9TH Jan. where he lost five gun. aal
a portion OF his baggage. The main boaya
The Plniarees were reported 10 have Del IA
fhe direction OF Ouleypoor. ChestSS
force ~sa reported TO have been beaten as4
Plundered near Shapoorah, where his ~
Their was taken prisoner, and he Eimsell'v
capped with only nine followers GeBe'sI
Smith had an action with Apagee, S'arsS
OF the Penenfal. The fort was carried. b.
escaiade, when Apagee with several oios'
0thcers were made Paisoners--aud 7og4tts.