Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-08-21
PIRATES DEFEATED.

PIRATES DEFEATED.
BALTIMORE, Aug. is.-6l ne brig DC.
tayHs, captain Baker, arrived at this port
yesterday in IL days ron Kingston, ia.
msica, we learn that he u S. scboone,s
Beagle T. Greyhoun arrived there on the
26th July from a cru re on the south side Of
Cuba. On the aist July, near Cape Cruz,
In recommending the shore, they. were fred
at by q party Of Pirates, about 40 in nun
Der. The boats re- rested TO the vessels
and warped them in sufficiently neal 10
cover their landing in which they succeed
ed and took the pirate battery, on which
were mounted three pieces Of cannOn.-
They also took eight large boats, four OF
which they destroyed. None Of the pi-
rates were taken, as the mangrove bushes
afforded them a secure retreat. 1t is sup.
sed,seser OF them were killed and
wounded. lS1hnericdn.
PERU.
A letter from Valparaiso. OF May II,
received by the ship Lion at Edgartown,
savs:-'The President Col. Riva Aguera,
of The government OF Peru, is very popu-
lar, and is makiog great e1ertions 10 de-
fend Lima, should the Royal troops ad.
vance. The Royallst Iorces. under the
command OF Gen Can,eract, are estima.
ted at TOO men, aud within 40 leagues
OF the capital. The Patriots have .G0U0
troops, besides TOO just arrived from Boil
var: Bolivar has ordered 5000 men TO
be embarked tor Cailao, 800 of which
sailed the l7tn OF March, and TOO OF them
arrived in Cailao between the lst and lith
of April. The government have invited
Gen. Bolivar to take command of the whole
forces of Peru, it IS expected he will &C.
cept OF il. The Peruvian squadron, I'm.
der command of Admiral Guise, sailed a.
bout the 25th March for AREA, TO block.
AIDE the coast li6.
PORTUGAL.
The brig Texel, captain Hill, at Salem
from St. U6es, brings Lisbon papers to
the 3Olh June. They are said to be filled
with Testimonies of favor to the King, and
congratulatory addresses on the return to
the old order Of things, ''all uniting (says
one of them) in preterrIng the govern
ment OF a just, pious and Catholic King
TO the vain theories Of a system, lnplOus,
violent and revolutionary"
The papers afford nothing new relative
10 Spanish Affairs. Capt. Hill states that
since the fall OF tie Constitutional party,
no correct intelligence could be obtained
of the movements in Spain, except through
the Engl.-h papers. RejoIceings continu-
ed at ST. L bes for The return Of Despot-
ism, but they were confined principally to
the lower orders, who know not the dit
terence between Liberty and Slavery -
The most rigorous tyranny was exercised,
and il was death to proclaim the Constitu.
ton. There was no hope for Portugal,
but in the success OF the cause OF Liberty
in Spain. Id.
Capt. Hayes Of the ship Tontine, ar.
rived at Pbiladelphia from MaIseilles, was
boarded July I'd, by a French brig Of war,
and treated politely-she had an engage
ment a few days previous with a Spanish
privateer, and lost n officer killed, and
Two wounded. July 7, passed through a
French feet of Is sail, snder convoy Of a
frigate and gun brig. July llth, in the
Bay of Gibraltar, spoke an English schI.
Just from the anchorage. The captain IN.
formed him, that there bad been a severe
engagement, about l2 miles from St.
ROGUE, between the French and Spanish
forces, in which the French bad lost 500
men. Capt. Hayes was chased out OF the
Straights of Gibraltar by 3 small priva-
teers. July IL, 80 Leagues west OF the
Slraigh.s Of Gibraltar, was brought too
and spoken by a Colombian brig Of war,
Aug 3, was brought too and boarded By
the Colombian sloop Of war Orsnoca, capt.
Gi!lerno .Watla, and treated in the most
polite manner; had made 40 captures
- lib.
The forces Of Napoleon under marshal
Victor. appeared before Cadiz in April,
1910. On the 23d OF April they obtained
possession Of Fort Matagorda, which was
in a d~eienceiess state. Their attack upon
the city was confined for many month, 10 a
bombsrdment iron Ma,agorda and its ad-
Joining shores. The difference (inCaIcula.
BILE in IFS ~results) between the state OF things
then and al our last accounts from the same
quarter, is, that in The former case, the
sea was open 10 the besleged, under The
projection of a i:r,tsh feet, which assisted
in the defence; whereas now the blockade
is complete by land and wafer: Moreover,
the strength and attention OF Victor were
called OF frequently by the hostile DISPOSE
ton and operations Of The inhabitants, who
surrounded him on all sides. Sill the for
ti6catIons are very strong. and il the gar
rison has the necessary supplies, the de.
fence NAV be prolracted indefinitely. On
the former occasion, the French abandoned
all their works before Cadiz only on the
s5th August, 1919. (Wdlsh Gazette.
Sketches ofan .4rragonese G~uerilla.--R
was wounded in the leg, AID of course for
a time incapable OF service. The circuIn.
stances OF bis situation, the fate OF his Ia