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~.~. '_ 1 >. ii , ~ .1r 111111.1...1 7 1.611 . 1111 ”. 1.1111 " 111.41 " 11 ', • lIMPIIW . 71 ._ - wmisieerrimmlgm 1, . I - • ' _ _ EAST INDIES. prophaned their territoriet A letter from the Deacon of the Council of Castile, ...,..._ FORT WILLIAM, MARCH is ' D. lose Colon, containing a Protest of the Bishop of The Vice President in Council has had under his Orense, which, he said, to prevent disorder, had not consideration the Proceedings of a Court cf Inquiry; been circulated ; adding, that the desire of the Royal which has been instituted for the purpose of investi- Council had been always to promote•good, and to gating the circumstances of a duel which occurred at disclose such sentiments only as were for the benefit Barratut, on the evening of the 27th of February last, of thenation. (Continued murmurs) between two Cadets attached to that Institution. - A long discussion ensued, after which the follow- It appearing most clearly, from the evidence that ing resolut i on w a s ag ree d to on the motion of the Mr. Robertson was M John the aggressor, an d s ' his of- Count of Toren° • fence having been peculiarly aggravated by the un. " That all the Members of the Royal Council be par Ilelcd solicitude which he evinced to take the suspended, with the exception of the three whose ac life of his opponent, even after he had. relinquished knowledgment of the supremacy of the Cortes had, his arms; 11 . :s ExCellency the Vice President in Court- at the present sitting, been declared, and to these eii, as a sten-al niack of the enormity of his crime, and three, with the assistance of the Officers attached as a salutary warning . to others, is pleased to direct, to the Royal Council, its entire functions were in-conformity to the Resolution of Government, un- committed."der date the 6th of May, 1809, on the subjeet of duels Sr. Caneja proposed, that the Count del Pinar should be arrested, and all his papers seized, as being ate Barrafut, that Mr. John Robertson be suspended frbm the service of the Honourable CoMpuny, until the principal mover of the business in the Council ; the ,pleasure of the Flonourable the Court of Directors but although the motion was loudly called for by the "hall be known, and that he be required to proceed to auditory without the bar, it was thought by the As- England on hoard of the Honourable Company's sembly a subject proper to be referred to the Court ship City of London.- - ' . which was to be formed the next day, toexamine the libel, and try the libeller. His xcelleur-the Commander in Chief is re- mom, • "7 - -"vg,"• , • - • 4 77'...7,1 - • . . _ • . . THE EVENING STAB. !Cy . questedtn take sua i —.Ares as he may deem expe dient, regarding the disposal of Mr. Robertson in the interim, arid td cause h;m to be cony , — on board I :eyed s _ _ • the Cif yof Lcincron At the proper period. resident 1 has In this instance the vice Pi ..tit in Council comidered it =Ter to lass over the offence tom „pitted by Mr. adet Kennedy, with reference to the IretY. Aggravated provocation given to - him by Mr. , jtobertsott. ••• ' " „RIENCII -PAPERS. , . . ,• PARIS,N,OVr-MBER 5. Excellency th'e Minister of Marine is just ar , .The Cl•es:crfifltl paCket is arrived at Cherburgh, after an actior, in which four Englishmen were badly Woui , ded. 'llis - vesstl was on ht r passage.from Wey srt uth. to CutrnseT, with cl;spaiches. She had 14 , paisengers, a Colonel, and two Oiticers of artillery. l'ite-leitne e from to .I..rndint, has been taken Quebec u, , , u.d brought into Cahis. VnvEstaErr 6:—The Empercr :lan granted 250,000 francs to the Depar.inent of ult. Mouths of the Scbeit 1 t: 160,000 Ire to go to the Town of Vere, to indemnify the inhabitants for their losses by the bom- OCTOBER IG. The Minister of Justice reported, th4t he had ob tained the original, and two copies of the work inti. " Spain Vindicated, sions cf the same. Sccl" with 500 impres- 'OCTOBER 17. Two letters were received from D. Jose Colon and D. Jose Navarro Vidal, which were sent by the Mi nister of Justice, who added, that the Royal Council was now reduced to the three Members designated. OCTOBER 18. . . A remonstrance was lead from the above three Members, in which they expressed their grief th it. their Colleagues had been removed from office, and prayed, that in consideration of their former services they might be restored.—Referied to the Court ap pointed to try them. ocroatn 20. A letter from D. Jose Colon, Deacon of the Royal Council rf Castille, kits read, in which, in his own, nanie,'and for himself only, he said, that as an indi --ts read ihroi - be tried the oy bardmenr. 'The Minister of the Interior is rettir-ed t • Paris. . The John, brund from Guernsey to London, and Ile Fame, from Cork to London, have been taken. • SPANISH PAPERS. • ITOCEEDINcs IN THE coßTit.s. pII4IIOIHQ THE LIBEI, OF THE Est-REGENT LARDIZABAL !" AND OtHEE.—OCTOEER An Arguelles, after a short esordiam, desired that the publication should be read. • The inquisitor Perez, having observed that the • present, being i day of festival, was 'an improper eklp., for the business, was answered by the Count of Trq • rpm, that no day could be improper on which to do• justice. . • in the.sequel the publication was read,, when it ap. peared•to . he a compost of iniquity, a collection of - pernicious remarks, and of ideas the most opposed ter, order, and to the fit subordination to the legitimate a-Uthotitiet.. The paper having been coacluded, Sr. Arguelles, with great energy, exposed. the danger of the country, an,l tirge.,i the adoption of Wm% measures to he.irdown the ti.le of war, which since the 24th of September, of the last year, had rSsen against the Cartes, by the agency of those weak individuals who, in Bayonne, would have sacrificed their country. (Plaudit: from the people.) • Sr. Toreno Mecia spoke against this incendiary Eublication, and called down upon the author exem plary punishment.. Ar. Garcia Herreres insisted that the author ought • • try be immediately beb:.aded. . . ly . A turbuleist d i ehdte ensued, in Vthicli the spectators took a most lively interest, commending, in loud ev clamations, those who contended for the punishment of Lard:7.4lml and his accomplices. The sitting con clnded at Eve o'clock in the evening, when the fol lowing propositions were agreed upon : • 4 , That au order be given to the Council of ridual, he was r ,y to su+ ~it to _by Tribunal appcinteJ by the Cortgres3 to inquire into the conduct of the Menib!rs of t'!e Council, who ad- hered to the opinion an.rdecrre disapproved. That, although he WAS unacquainted with the Juiges no he LONDON. • NEXT TUESDAY, THE STATE 'LOTTERY WILL BE DRAWN. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16. PetICK OF STOCKS This DAY Al ONE n'el.ooK 3 per qt. Coss. for money 641—Ditto far account lei per Ct. Reduce , ' 84-4 per Cent. 79} Navy Sine CC.964 , 97—80nds 17.. 111. pre.—Omniain par Dublin Papers or Wednesday last have been re ceived. They contain the arguments of Counsel on the Demurrer pleaded by the Catholic Delegates: The Counsel on both sides finished their Pleadings On Tuesday, and the Judges were to have deity. red their opinions on Wednesday ; but at the meeting of the Court ? it wAs announced thafJudge.Downt.s wss indispcsed. The tout t accordingly adjourned sine die. Letters from St. Petetsburgh of the 7th inst. state, -that the politic. of the North are by •no means settled, and that BONAPA ItTE meant to prolpng his tour, in cx- prctation of an answer from the Emperor of RUSSIA, to his proposals relative to the settlement of t fie affairs of the Continent. It was als3 reported there, that the French troops were marching tow arts Memel. Bat if other accounts ate to be credited, BONAPARIE is likely vet y scon to find emplo)ment for no incouside i table part of his army in the opposite extremity of i Europe.—A new and unexpected enemy, it is confi dently stated, will shortly engage the attention of the Tyrant, and the shores of the Adriatic will probably again become the theatre of active warfare. • The letters from Hamburgh of the 2.5 th ult. state, that a number of Letters and Bills of Exchange had been intercepted coming from Holland to Hamburgh. The French Government there presented the Bills for payment, but the Merchants refused payment, which saved thcir pockets and lives. We understand " . We us._ that there is no truth in the report of an insurrection in Sicily. A vessel of Mr. CAMP.. [fut.'s, which had been condemned as -a priye, as mentioned in a former Paper, has been restorei by Proclamation; and the tl.c de minatid to compose the Court, yet could entettnin po doubt of their learning , disinterestedness, and im partiality ; y.t, in his situation as a public character, and as First Magistrate of the nation, he could not surrender his claim of leave to appeal to the Cortes, both for-himself, and in the name of his successors, in order to dem tnd, either of the present or the In- ture Cortes, tll,l `roper controul over the decision of the present Tribunal. A long and animated dtscussion followed the 'reading of‘ this communication, and it was, in the sequel, resolved— . • 4 , That through the medium of the Ceu cil of Re gency, the lett.r received should be returned to D. Jose Colon, in order that he may explain with more elearness . the grounds on which he dchiands an appeal to the present or ensuing Cortes, in his own name, and that of his successors. That, to preserve regn• la=ity, tie Council of Regency do transmit the An. seer of D. Jose Colon to the COTteS." OCTOBER 21. On the motion of Sr. Mes;a, it was ordered That the 500 impressi+ns which bad been se:l:d be returned to the author, with the exception of one of them, w; h the origins', which isto be depos :ed for the use of the Tribunal appointed to try Lardizabel." OCTOBER 22, D. Juiln Neclas de On,laveitia, one of the persons nominated as Judge on the trial of La:dizabal, sig nified his wish to decline the office on two grounds, Ithe one, not having sufficient legal knowledge for the duty ; and the other, being under obligations to some of the persons accused. After a short discussion, during which it was con -4 that the were not sufficient .“)yal ; a.._ QuEEN, snee parture of Lord WILLIAM 13rsErmat, has been greatly distressel=She did not credit him, when he intima ted that he saw itnecessary to return for instructions. It was said that her MAJESTY had had a fit of apo plexy, but was recovered; the general cpinion, how t Art r, was, that she would not live long. We have heard that the mortality at-Cartbagena is still very great, and that Cadiz has become cf late sickly. Sir JAMES FELLOWS is about to proceed thither in.taediately. He has been lately in attendance on Lord CIIOLP4OPDE4.Y. The following private letter from Cartha g ena, dated the 18th ult. says, 44 The coast from henie to the Ebro is visited at this moment by every calamity that can afßict an op pressed and &voted country—war, pestilcnce, and famine. Such& is before Valencia with 18,000 men ; but the precautions and admirable dispositions of Blake are likely to render abortive the plans of the lenemy. at least for this time, or until he shall be rein forced. On Cie 28th of last month, and on the Bth of this, the French attacked Murviedro, the ancient. Saguutum, by assault, and were repulsed each time with considerable loss. Upon the pre-ervation of this advanced work, the safety of Valencia in a great de gree, if not entirely, depends. The force Blake com mands amounts to about 26,000 regulars as they are called.—Major-General Roche is at Alicant with his ~~, tended , „ motives signed sm._ it, since the love of his country and of justice ought to be paramount to everyother consideration in the mind of Sr. Ondaveitia, the application was declared to be ineffectual. VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA, OCTOBER 10 Jose Pedr.tzuela, a native of Brume, and late a brigade, consisting of five battalions of infantry, a re giment of cavalry, and three troops of horse artillery ; besides all this, the whole population of the province are in arms. The issue is most important, and must be decisive of the fate of these province," gi, Acgency for the arrest and conveyance to Cadiz of the-author of the libel '; that eve; y copy of it, if possible, be seiz. ed ; that all present at the time of the arrest of the author be engaged as witnesses. The Minister charged with the execution of this order, is to fulfil it punctu ally on his own person 4 responsibility." ocrontA 15. A letter was read from the Ex• Regent, nio de Escono, in which he expres , ed his surprise at the publication of L z ardir.abal, which he described:a: n dark and inflammatory libel, and frankly avowed his•own conviction of the supremacy of the Cortes. —lt was ordered that dtis letter be printeditad resident at Madrid, was yesterday executed, for having arrogated the office of Royal Commissioner, and condemned thirteen persons to barbarous deaths, without authority or trial. His wife, a native of-Ma drid, also suffered the punishment of strangulation, as an accomplice inthe horriUe crimes of her husband. The trial of these criminals, which took place on the 7th, excited a great deal of interest in the inhabitants of this city. At nke in the morning a Court Mar tial, appointed by the General in Chief of the Fifth Army, was held in the Town-hall, which was also attend:d by concourse of the principal people of this kingdom. The crimes proved against Pedrazuela His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, we are concerned to state, was not well enough to come to town yesterday, At the party given hy the Duchess of YORE, at Oatlands, on Wednesday evening, the Duchess made arrangement for a Ball. The PRINCE RI:GENT agreed to lead off the dance with his daughter, the Princess Cirant.orry., for his partner. Whilst his Royal Highness was leading the Princess briskly along, ins right foot came in - contact with the, leg pi a chair or sofa which gave his leg a twist, and sprained his ancle. Royal Highness took but little notice of it that night but in the morning he found it worse thin' (ed. Duke of Y oust . . 47 .7V"'"73 -7- - 35-7 "'• • ; r THE LING. I am ___ _ ... _ freereree . The The distributed. . were thirteen assassinations, perpetrated by him un- I had ordered his horses to be ready at ten o'clock on v On die motion Of Sr. Calatrava, two Committees der the assumed tide of Royal Commissioner from I Thursday to bring hint to town, but the Niece de. %Isere appointed, the one to collect the opinion of the our Qeivernmeut. Scarcely had. he announced him , tained him till past twelve. The Princess CHAR-. Royal Council on the puelic 'don, and the other to self in that character, in the town of Ladeada, when Lorre left- Oa:lands about the same time. The try the libeller. The Governor of Cadiz was also he was blindly obeyed by the guerilla parties of the - PRINCE at that time found that his sprain was so ordered to inquire of M. Bosch, printer, if he had district, and by its inhabitants. He began his flute- I much worse, that he deemed it imprudent to travel printed, or was engaged in printing a work, intituled tions by condemning the first three prisoners that were wi!h it in that state to London, and one of his Royal "Spain vindicated in her Government and Hierar- brought before him without a hearing, without exa- Highness's f otmen wasin consequence sent. off ex chy." At the same time, of the printer, was to be minetion, er cogeizanee of their climes. These had I press to town, for Mr. Hosea, who at the time he re required the surrender of tile manuscript, and the their throats cot with a razor ; and the rest, except ceived the communication, was delivering a lecture, name of the author. One who was shot, were knocked on the head with but immediately set' off with all poisible speed in a Sse)sequently a Committee of five, it was agreed, r the but-end of a musket. These barbarous scenes carriage and four for Oatlends, where he remained should the succeeding day propose ten persons, from were perpetrated at night ; and though the execu- all night. His Royal Highness was expected in whom five should be elected to form a Court of In. tieners alive were witnesses, yet they excited more tovn yesterday, but 'a footman arrived about twelve -teliry on this delicate affait. general terror thi.mn any legitimate pbnishrnents. It 2 o'clock, with a conimunicationto his attendants, that Having proceeded thus far, the first Committee was commonly reported, that Pedraztiela had sacti- bhe was not well enough to travel. • above-mentioned reported prog ress , which was fol. fired mere than 60 victims in this way, during a pe. A letter was sent to the Loan MAYOR on Thursday lowed by the second. The litter presented some do- rind of 0 ree months; and the inhabi ants endangered evening,by one of the Puneea's Secretaries, informing diments, among which was the ezplanatory'declara. their lives by breathing even a whisper against 'the • his Lordship that the Patna . could not receive ' tion of the Minister Ibar Navarre, in which he ac. deipetic wall of the Royal Commissary. ibis man yesterday, as he intended, in consequence - knowledged the legitimacy of the Cortes, the justice figured like a lirde sovereign ; and under the mask of cideot. • 01 its decrees, and the fit 4 i.tribution of its powers, patriotism, concealed designs which the sword elk's.. -About three o"tlocie e__ supporting his allegations by the laws of the king. tice has cut short in their oiigin. His wife partierpe-' tar 'left town for Oadands. dom, by the Constitutions of Navarre and Arragen, ted in all his brutal atrocities : and some of the wit- . The accounts last , and by other establishments equally venerable. nesses represented her as even more hateful than her to learn, was, that chi Quilez Talon and Nayarro Vidal, in like manner husband. The sentence of the, Court was, that Pc- put his foot to the are. disavowed the sentiments in the libel, which they drazuda should be hanged, drawn, and quartered; Colouel sthosurra L D sayg was calculated to promote disorder, and .to ac-- and' that his wife should be strangled. consequence of the Ist •. . . • - . • - ' 'T The accounts (rem Windsor with'n Ulm few day. hare been of a varied description. In the c rinse Cal yesterday, it was stated that his MAISITT appear'. mate composed in the morning than for some timp .pasts hat in the evening an express arrives', with en account that a great change for the worse had tab* place sit , ce the morning. This morn . ng we learn &bat his MAJKSTY ii snmel hing better; and we are happy te learn that he occasionally enjoys lucid intervals of an hour's contittuance. .• THE ARMY. The very large outward bound fleet is still debased at Cowes, where nearly 300 ships almost bk:k up the Middle passage. The towns of Cowes and New. port, in the hie of Wight, are quite enlivened, and ti.eir streets thronged with Officers of almost every regiment in the service. It is very desirable that this fleet, which has been so ',try long detained, could sails as it convey. to Pertugal, Cadiz, and the Mediterra nean, various st area, of which our armies in thtise quarters are in great want. The North Devon, which his arrives at P r - mouth, is a crack regiment, and commairdA by Ct... lonel Haves when they left Plymouth. Ceneral ENGLAND passed the highest encomiums on the men and officers, for their exert'ons during three years , that they were under his command. Thursday last the Inverness Hiahland Militia, commanded by Major TILLOCD, quartered at Gosport. gyve a very elegant entertainment to the North Cock Militia, to which many of the Officers of the Dahlia and Limerick regiments were invited, with:General PottTER and suite, Sir JAMES GARDNza, he. Lately, the City of Dublin Militia gave a most sumptuous and elegant entertainment to General PonTaa and the Officers of the Inverness, Wiltshire, and Cork regiments, when all vied in cordiality and good hurnonr. • - The Peace transport, No. 144, arrived yesterday at Harwich, having on board Irish Militiamen e. and the IMaisters transport, No. 18, has sailed for Yarmouth Roads to join convoy. The badness of the weather bits prevented the landing of the North Devon Militia, who are on board transports at Spithead ? from Plymouth. When the Roscommon and King's County Regi, ments were reviewed at Piymouth tin Monday, Ge neral Teomas was so struck with the spirited manner in which they advanced to the charge of bayonets, in double quick time, that he requested their Officers to put them again through the movement. declaring that he had never.seen any thing to equal it ! Friday se'nnight two transports 4vith the remainder of the Tipperary regiment Militia, about 500, ar rived at Chatham. They embarked on the tlst of Set:itemiser, ever since which they have been hurried about, or delayed by contrary winds. • Saturday evening a private belonging to the Tip, i perary Militia, fell out of a transport near the Float ing bridge at the' end of Chatham Dock-yard, and was unfortunately drowned. A route arrived at Plymouth, en Wednesday, for the King's County regiment of Militia, recently ar rived from Ireland ; and the first division of them will commence their march on Monday next, for Maidstone, in Kent.—ln consequence of this arrange ment, the Somerset regiment is to remain in that district. The Hertford regiment of Militia is on the marsh for Plymouth gannet'. The depot of the 85th Regiment is removed from Silver Hill to Brabourne LeeE. AU the Meiical Staff that can he spared from the Home Service, are ordered to hold themselves in rea diness to embark for Portugal. The inference drawn from this is, that sickness is very prevalent in our Sling, some accounts state the number as high as '17,000, man y of these are however slight cases,arising from change of tood and climate, part►cularly as it re gards the reinforcements lately sent out. Report says, that Sir Home PoPuAM will start for Portsmouth at the next election. The great abilities of Sir Hosts are known to the navy, army, and to the country at large. Tuesiay morning, seven French prisoners were taken from the Glory prison-ship in the Medway, and carried Isk fore the Mayor of Rochester, and commit. ted to prison, on A charge of forging Bank of Eng land notes. '• • E A RTIIQUA XL —A letter from Vienna, dated Otto ber 9, sa)s—" The shock of the earthquake on the 4th in st. was much more strong in Upper Styria and the neighbourhood of Schunberg, thaa at Vienna. It caused much damage at Kruglach, and particularly zaluzsustilag, upon the grand road from Carinthia to Vimna. A. great number of chinmies were da maged, and others thrown down ; the walls of the houses were much injured, and the church bells set a ringing. The shock was not so great r.o the north of the defile of Simmering, whilst at Gutenstein the greater part of the inhabitants, seized with terror, fled into the country. There is reason for supposing that this earth quake has beets felt throughout all Styria, Carinthia. land Hungary." Aeecuore or MR. KEMELE.—When it was under : stood that Sir .1. LOWTHER, afterwards Lord Loss- DALE, was Co be elevated to the peerage, as a reward for offering to furnish Govcrument with a 74 gun- Vip completely equipped at is own expence, a Lady to Mr. Krstsut--" Dear me, what a whimsical It title they can they call - replied— be called have pur. given £500• and ante. inake their ie Pattqw could not receive him . thing this seems altogether ! I wonder what :nded, in consequence of his ac- can give him for supplying a ship; what can . • him. Air.-KEsear.a?" To which he happily' ck, yesterday the Paiwca's Secre- “ Why, Madam, I should think he will Wands. , I Lord-r/4." • night !ram Oatlands, we regret 1 The Yl=agers of Covent-GardenTheatre the Asatarvas scarcely able to chased an detkaat, for which they have g iv round. - - `Six Lascars are engaged for his training su La arrivei in town last night, in dance, and it is expected they will shortly a 'aeon'* occident. ' .; appearance its a new spectacle !