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_ EAST INDIA HOllBll, April 4, 1809. THE COURT of DIRECTORS rf the UNITED COMPANY" of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading S. tho EAST INDIES, do lured, give Notice, That a Copy of the Report of the Committee of the Honoura bllt the House of Commons, on East-India patronage, which was ordered by tilt General Court on the 29:h ultimo, to be printed for the use of the Proprietors, will be rt :sly to he delivered to them at this House, * ou Thursday the sth inNtant. WILL I.IM RiIIISAI, Set. A l a MEETING of thy DIRECTORS of the FAsT INDIA COMPANY, held on Tileatiay, the 4th of April, I 1409, Resolved Unanimously, That the Report of the Committee of the tiouw of C ,, rotrons who have lately particularly enquired into the disposal of the East-India Patrona g e, and have bad a great deal a evidence before them on that subject, is naturally entitled to the respect and confidence of the Members of the Cm.rt of Directors : • __ _ _ 'nut with regard to the case of Mr. Tbellusson, an Ex-Direc tor, on which the Committee of the House of Commons have decided, the Member; adopt the opinion which the Honourable Committee have expressed, of the Directors generally, " " ther e is nothing which traces any one of these corrupt or im " proper bargains to ;my Director, or induces a reasonable sus " picion that it was done with the privity or connivance of any " Member of that Court." But the Members of the Court think there appears to have been a degree of negligence and inattention on the part of Mr. Thellusson in the manner of bestowing his patronage, and as this is blameable in itself and injurious to the character of the Court, that it deserves to be more particularly examined as soon as it is in their power. But that until the Court have been able to obtain the detail of the evidence on which the Committee of the House of Commons formed their judgment, they are precluded from entering into this examination, and from forming any conclusion upon the point in question before the An nual Election, which is to take place on the 12th instant, for which Mr. Thellus!•on is a Candidate. That under these circumstances the name of Mr. Thellusson is included in the recommendation usually submitted to the Pro prietors, in favour of the re-election of the Ex-Directors; be cause it would be a manifest injustice to him to omit it, as that would imply an opinion to his prejudice which the Court do not entertain,and therefore be a condemnation, not only without evi dence, but against the opinion of the Committee of the House of Commons. TO THE PROPRIETOKS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE Election of Six Directors of the East India Company being appointed for Wednesday, the 12th instant, the favour of your Vote and Interest is requested for the follow ing Gentlemen, viz. Sir FRANCIS BA RING, Bart. Sir THOS. T. METCALFE, Bart. Sir HUGH INGLIS, 8.111. GEORGE MILLETT, Esq. JOHN MANSHIP, Esq. O. W. Fit Lux ssos, Esq. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most humble Servants, CHARLES MILLS, EDWARD PARRY, CAMPBELL MARJORIBANXI, CHARLES GRAN V. RICH. CHICHELET PLOWDEN, WILLIAM As r ELL, JAMES PA VTISON, WILLIAM BENSLEY, JOHN ROBERTS, JACOB BOSANQUET, ABRAHAM ROBARTS, JOHN 8188. TPOSIAS REID, J. ALEX. BANNERMAN, GEO. ABERCROMBIE ROBINSON, JOSEPH COTTON, GEORGE SMI'l K , WM. FUL..ELPHINSTONE, JOHN TRAVERS, JOHN HUDLESTON, ROBERT 'FIIORNTON, JOHN INGLIS, SWENY TOONE, JOHN JACKSON. East-India House, April 4, 1809. 'l'o I'HE MORRIE') ORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND Gi NTI.F MEN, HAVING the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company, as Candi -4lates tur the Direction to be chosen this year, we take the liberty of mt.:sting the favour of your Vote on the day of Election, the instant. We are, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient, and most humble Servants, FRANCIS BARING, HUGH INGLIS, JOHN MANSHIP, THOS. THEM'. METCALFE, GEORGE MILLETT, GLO. WOOD. 'fHELLUSSON. last House, April 4, Ibo 9. This day was publi , lied in I Vol. Svc). price 13s. in boards, T ATIN SYNONYMS, with their diff erent L fications and laumples taken from the best Latin Authors. By M. J. R. GARDIN DUMESNIL, Late Professor ~)f Rhetoric, in the College of Harcourt, and Prin cipal of the College of Lewis the Great, in the University of Pa: is. 'Translated ;n:o En t with additions and corrections, by the Rcv. J. M. GO:)SET. So!,1 M• . Payne, Pall-Mall; J. Faulder, New Bond -street ;J. White, flcet-street ; Cuthell and Martin, Middle Row, I lolborn ; uthl .H. t upn, ti..ho--quare. SPAIN. FROM OVIEDO GAZETTES. The Cavalier Commissioner of the Supreme Junta of Asturias, Don Jesef Arguelles Quinones, has ad dressed to the Secretary of said Supreme Junta, Don Balbazar de Cienfuegos Jovellanos, the following dispatch, dated Buron, March 14 : " Yesterday, at four in the evening, there arrived an officer of the battalion of Sierro, with a serjeant of the party of Signior Diaz Porlier, who had been sent on to apprize me of the happy result of the enterprize resolved upon against Cerbera. As I was informed that there was reason to apprehend the arrival of the reinforcements expected ir. that town, and that the united force of the enemy would advance in pursuit of us, I formed the corps under my command, and remained in readiness to march as occasion should require, taking care, at the same time, to have carts in readiness fir the conveyance of the baggage. I also dispatched orders to General Lill to move to wards Tarna with the corps under his command, and to send advice to Colonel Cant as de Onis to cover or reinforce the points of Ventaniella, Beza, and Ace norio ; and also to the Commandant de Lill°, in the event of be:ng unable to form a junction with me at th:s pi...cc, to fall back to the po'itions in his rear ; but Sign .r Porlier, and Capt..;tt Marqttestan, having arrived here, fISSUIC(I me that there was no occasion to retreat. '11: oops under my command, there fore, made no Inovernt.ats. The only precaution taken was to send forward a strong advanced guard, much more nuni,a..tis the ofiletrs .I have men- dthot.ght •rs., try. The couri er di spatc h e d by i Signor lltaz c :his day, being charged with dispatches contawing particilars of the transactions at Cerbera, I hay . .., :...thing :0 a dd, except to recom rn end to your ( . or.s , .:er.ti;-... the m er i t o f t h at Comman d:.r, which distinguished on many oc c aad being not a little s i ngna li ze d b y this bold enterprize, I am induced t• - ) think that your Excel lencies will be phased to keep him in view to honour him with such dep.ree of rr ., motion as may be thought pr. rr. IL, like manner your Excellencies will be satisfied with the conduct of our troops, who, as their officers asst ae me, conducted themselves with the , reatt st bravery, with the exception of some soldiers v..ho wer from the party of the regiment of Sierro, that advanced from Pedrosa. The same good conduct was exhibited by the soldiers of my party of the regiment of Laredo, and those of the Signior Porlier, and particularly those under Serjeant Canton, who distinguished himself by his activity in the sur prise of Sahagun, being the first who entered the quarters of the Commandant. I am assured that Signior Porlier will be much pleased to find this brave fellow honoured with the rank of Cornet ; and also if the same promotion should be conferred on anther serjeant of cavalry, called Bartholomew—a man who, though he was ant in the action, because he was employed in covering a point by which the enemy might have cut off the troops that were at Cerbera, is a man of much merit, and has rendered, great services. Signior Porlier will also be much gratified if the French Commander made prisoner shall be treated respectfully. All the inhabitants of the town were highly satisfied with the good treat ment they experienced from this General, and the humanity he shewed towards them. This General has requested permission to write a letter to a friend, with a view to obtain a remittance of money ;—but though he read it to us, and gave it into our hands open, it did not appear to us regular to forward it of our own authority. I, therefore, send it to your Ex cellency, in order that if no inconvenience should ap pear to you to be likely to result, it may be forwarded to its address. This Commander will be sent for ward to-morrow, accompanied by a Magistrate of the same town, and an Advocate, who have been taken tip as suspected persons, and are detained and sent to be kept in custody while the necessary examinations are made into their conduct. 66 May GOD preserve, &C. DISPATCH 0? LIEUTENANT•COLONEL DON JUAN DIAt PORLIZR, DIRECTED TO THE SAME SECRETARY, REPRESENTING THE SUPREME JUNTA• " Having concerted necessary measures with Ca valier Arguelles, Deputy of the Supreme Junta, and with the Captain of the regiment of Sierro, Don An tonio Marquesta, upon the intelligence which we re ceived of there being in Cerbera de Pisuerga, 150 French troops employed in exacting contributions from the whole of that neighbourhood, we resolved unani mously to surprise them, in the night of • the 11th, with 130 Asturian of the Aid regiment, and 200 of my party. We commenced our march on the night of the 10th, with silence and caution, and arrived by the following night at St. Martin de los Herreros, which is a league and a halt from Cerbera : but hav ing received information, that the number of the ene my collected there was little short of seven hundred, and that they were very vigilant, keeping double sen tinels, and observing other precautions ; but that on the 12th, at ten o'clock, they intended to entertain the people with a solemn Te Deum in the principal church, for the supposed surrender of Saragossa, we formed immediately the resolution to attack them, in the midst of this mockery of religion. The attack was accordingly carried into effect in the following man ner —I caused to be placed, at certain regular inter vals, persons well acquainted with the localities of the place, one of whom was Feliciano Oandano, chief corporal of my party, a well conducted man, and a native of that town. 'Him I ordered to introduce himself into the town, and to observe quietly, with his accustomed discretion and zeal, the position and movements of the enemy, sending me information by the emissaries I had posted at intervals on the road —all which instructions he fulfilled exactly. At the same time, I dispatched a dragoon, with two foot soldiers, to the vicinity of St. Salvador, distant two leagues from Cerbera, on the side of Potes, as videttes, in consequence of having received information that there were in that quarter 200 Frenchmen, who might at a critical moment advance and annoy us. I sent, at the same time, another advanced party of the same force on the road of Aguillar, where I was told that there was a French party with two pieces of artillery. Having thus cut off all communication with the neighbourhood, and having, as the last precaution, placed three parties of 20 men each ; one on the road of St. Salvador, another on the-bridge which leads to Aguillar, and a third at a ford by which a messen ger might pass to these points—having taken all these precautions, I divided the rest of my troops into two bodies ; one of these, consisting of 50 men, I commit ted to Capt. Marquesta, with instructions to take pos session of the gate of the Augustinian Convent, in which we supposed the enemy kept their arms, with a view of cutting off the enemy from'them, if fortu nately their troops should be at the time in the church without arms. With the other body I introduced myself into the town at a moment when unfortunately some of the officers of the new order of things were making their rounds. They were all armed, and 4,s soon as they perceived my party, many of them ran to the convent, where they barricadoed themselves before Marquesta could come up. Others remained I in the square, and in the streets, in which they co l- 1 lected in several bodies, with a view to defend them-! selves. Under these circumstances, my plan could' no t be carried into effect ; but every thing considered, the situation of the enemy, and the superiority of his force, it seemed best to me to leave small parties to skirmish with them, and with the remainder of my party to , form a junction with Marquesta, and then to I fortify ourselves in a grove near the convent, and also I to take possession of the end of the next street to the convent, with the view of securing ourselves on both flanks, from the constant destructive fire kept up from loop-holes and windows. The building which we seized upon is of stone, and therefore well calcu lated to afford an opportunity of injuring the enemy, without being injured by them • but preferring an open action, and circumstances favouring the irresis tible impression made by the valour of our brave I though little army, I had the satisfaction to obtain a decided advantage, and to maintain my ground from eleven in the morning to the same hour at flight, at which time, the ammunition falling short, I made a feint attack, in order to withdraw the companies, which was effected without any other annoyance than that of a slight skirmish, and that of short duration. I cannot particularly enumerate the lossthe enemy sus tained in the convent, but a great number of dead bodies were seen, and according to information subse quently received, they dispatched no less than thirty cars of wounded in the direction of Aguillar. I can, however, assure your Excellency that I saw, myself, 6to French soldiers and four officers lying dead in- the town, while our loss consists of only 12 killed, and 13 wounded, none of them dangerously. I have, be sides, th e t r i ump h o f h av i ng ma d e pr i soner , M. Mg, net, Major General of the Guard of Paris, Comman dant of the 32d regiment of the line, and Knight oft the Legion of Honour, with 12 French soldiers, 'whom I send to you. " We had taken some more, but . they' died of their wounds this evening. It would be doing injus tice to M. Monet, not to mention that all the inhabi tants of Cerbera commend him, as having conducted himself in a mild and benevolent manner in that neighbourhood, and that in the act of surrendering himself, he shewed the goodness of his disposition, and used his influence to engage therest of the French men to lay down their arms, which certainly they would have done if those who had secured themselves in the convent had not induced them to hold out, with the assurances of reinforcements, which, in fact, arrived during the action. It would be the greatest injustice, if I did not point out to your Excellency the good conduct of the troops who were engaged, who are deserving of the highest rewards and distinc tions that can be bestowed on them, a notice which I recommend, in order that these brave warriors may lin their future enterprizes redouble their exertions for the defence of their country and holy religion. It is a source of the greatest satisfaction to me, to consi- I der, that not being half so numerous, and being defi cient in all the experience in war, which the French ' possess, every one of them was equal to two of the enemy, as was fully proved by the result of this bloody conflict. " What firmness and what enthusiasm was dis ' played by our brave Asturians, whose character was not before sufficiently known to me—What activity, intrepidity, and boldness were shewn by . the Leonese l and Castilians, whom I had the honour to command on this glorious occasion—What discretion and punc tuality were evinced by all the officers whose advice and assistance supported my feeble exertions—All exceeded the limits of my expectations, and the dis-, tinguished instances are so numerous, that it will re , quire some time to enable me to make out a detailed account ; but I cannot pass over in silence the extra ordinary skill and valour of my brother officer Senior Marquesta—the firmness, bravery, and heroic con ; tempt of life, with which the Captain Don Vincent Rodrigues Carbajal always assisted at my side—the intrepidity and judicious conduct of the Sub-Lieute nant Don Joaquim Diaz Baredlo, an officer very young in years, but formed for war, who being woun-' ded in one arm, remained in action till he was ex hausted by the loss of blood—the courage and con ' duct of Don Manuel Calleja—the promptitude, calm , ness, and bravery of my Ensign Don Antonio Gar cia—how can I omit the distinguished zeal, fidelity, and valour of Serjeant Francis Canton, who, assisted only by two soldiers, of whose names I am ignorant, ' encountered a shower of balls poured on them by the French who were assembled in the square—how can I, in fine, forget, that all this success is in reality the effect of timer) , aid and counsel, for which I am in debted to the Junta and its representative, the Cava lier Arguelles Quinones. I consider myself particu larly favoured in all this business, though nothing has been done in which duty has not deprived me of merit. 46 Oh ! if we had but a couple of pieces of light artillery, to batter the gates of the convent, or 150 sabres, with some more fire-arms ! But, considering all circumstances, I am convinced that what has been done can never be surpassed. I will take care to make out the details of every thing as soon as possible. At present I am not able to mention by name many in dividuals who have distinguished themselves, and particularly of those who fell. I hope your Excel ; lency will excuse this delay, and accept the faithful account I give of all I know. May GOD our Lord preserve," &c. The General of Division of the West, of our army, by'clispatches from his head-quarters of Tarramundi, dated the 12th of March, informs his Excellency Don Josef Cienfuegos Jovellanos, General of the Interior of this Province, that an attack took place in the man ner and form as he had before advised him, as follows : " At four in the morning we attacked the enemy, who were posted in Villanueva de Lorenzana, with a considerable force of infantry, and 300 horse. I dis tributed my force into three columns, the first com manded by Lieut. Colonel Don Pedro Linares, which occupied Cabarcos, composed of 1200 men, with the view of coming upon the enemy by the road that communicates between Rivaen and the town of Lo: renzana. The second, under the command of Don Josef Garcia Orozco, 1000 strong ; and a third, of the same strength, under Lieut. Colonel Don Mariano Roxo ; so that while two columns were destined for an attack in front, pursuing the road from Mondo nedo to the town of Lorenzana, occupied by the enemy, the three columns would surround them, and come upon them at the same time, so that a complete result may be expected. " But the enemy having, in the night, called in his detachments from Trebada, and the places in its vi= cinity, evacuated the town of Lorenzana, and re turned to the heights between that place and Mondo nedo. On his march he was attacked by the columns of: Orozco and Roxo, whose fire was so warm and so well supported, that I promised myself it would throw the enemy into confusion, and cause him to fall back upon the column of Linares, which was upon his flank, and would complete his destruction. But, from a con fusion among the cavalry, theeneniy was enabled to ex tricate himself from the terrible situation in which he was, yet not without considerable loss. Upon this I tur ned all my attention to the re-union of my troops, and to repulse the enemy, by whom they were annoyed in several quarters. I succeeded nt collecting the se veral corps at Linden, and the vicinity of that place, whence I resolved to return, and re-occupy the posts I had left in this line. The regiment of Salas, which I had left in Mondonedo to secure the conveyance of stores or provisions, was attacked in that town during our retreat but by the skill and energy of its Com mander, and its other officers, the enemy met so vi, gorous a resistance, that they allowed them to retire in good order, by which means our retreat also was much facilitated. This object was no less facilitated by Captain Don Isidor la Uria, who was stationed with a detachment to cover the height of Linden.— The bravery of this officer maintained, with the loss of only two men, a position, which, if the enemy had gained it, would have aunoyed us not a little. I can not, till I receive the returns, detail to your Eicel lency the loss of the enemy or our own, which last was, however, not considerable. All that I commu nicate to your Excelleney is for the information of the Supreme Junta ' through row Excellency from me." OBSERVATIONS OP ANAUSYRIAN PATRIOT UPON VARIOUS ARTICLES • INSERTED IN THE FOREIGN GAZETTES. A Paper bearing the above title is now in circulation in Tss upon the Continent. At Hamburgh, it is considered as ado i. - official production of the Austrian Cabinet : we therefore lay following translation of it before our Readers.] The novel style which has been suddenly adopted in some foreign gazettes has justly excited astonish ment ; for hostility of language commonly preced e; that of arms. By this, intentions are sufficiently mad.- known ; and when newspapers are allowed to irritate, insult, and threaten, it is evident that there is no d sire to have recourse to official explanations. Wh it _ ever this language may be, it is a species of cyph er which requires to be developed ; and in the p resc „ t instance, the public have either misunderstood er have drawn from it consequences too extensive. It is acknowledged in these gazettes that the Ern. peror of Austria, altogether occupied by the care, of a paternal government, is strongly attached to pepc, by all his feelings, his conscience, and his went (! i . His wisdom and his integrity are admitted, and many Princes of his house are personally esteemed (b). These first confessions deserve notice ; for it is an express acknowledgment that the Empire of Austiia does not desire war. But it is' added, that " there are, however, intrigues in the Court ; that young men may be misled at Vienna as they were misled at Berlin ; that even among the brothers of the Empress there were persons who were not alarmed at tli= warning fate of Prince Lewis Ferdinand of Prussia, and that if those Princes are not withe'at pride, they are without power and without credit (c) ; that it is even suspected that there are certain young noble men of Vienna, who are desirous to return azain upon the theatre of the battle of Ulm, in order t , t r y whether they cannot play a more splendid part th an it 1805 ; that these young Lords already point ou from a distance the fine positions which the Austrian-, ought to take (d) ; that with a painful feelin g enquire who are the mad authors of so many extra':7 l . dinar) , measures, of those levies of the those insurrections so likely to throw all Furope ;i tc) confusion (e) ; •finally, that two or three ar:•;,;ti , .. 21 young men ought to be kept down, whose extr,lv speeches and actions are sufficient to keep the Aust:l4:l Monarchy in alarm U)." This language is to be thus explained : They a:e desirous to make France and Europe believe that it :i Austria which desires War ; but since they d.tre t give the lie to the assurances which the Emperor 1.:; incessantly given of his pacific intention, it is suppcs. ed, with as much injustice as falsehood, that inn i2,iics are able to subdue the will of the Emperor and policy of the state. It is intended by this - to anse various purposes ; in France to prepare tic mind for the afflicting prospect of a new war; irn • pute it to us, and cause it to be believed that it is v e who provoke it ; and to divide the public opin;or. among ourselves, by perfidiously suggesting that till; diVision exists already. Now all these allegations are false, and many of therri are calumnies and insults ; but unhappily it has often occurred that an host he aggression has followed closely upon language of this description. It is, however, a consolation for us tl be coniinced that if, as ;s said, Europe is alarmed. the cause of W A will never be found in the armament , . of Austria. 2. After having endeavoured to make us appear a state of aggression in these Gazettes, they wi,ll t represent us as unable to can-y on war. " Peace," i is said, "is so much the more certain, as Auetria ;la! no motive to make war. The peace of Presburg h.ks left her without, a single cannon, without muskets and ammunition, and it is not with paper money that she has been able to replenish her arsenals.. Her veteran soldiers no longer exist ; new soldiers must be forn'ed, but Austrians must be in training two years, in order to mount, turn to the right and left, and load a gun. Beyond a doubt, say they, the French have taken et;:. artillery ; and a long period is requisite in order to work *lines, raise buildings, and constrict machine, in order to produce cannon. That for want of Ir.-r,es it is men who do their work in our fields ; that the bones of our farmer cavalry still whiten our soil ; and that unless we have recourse to magic, we can not form a cavalry within fifteen years. As to the insurrections and levies en male, they are, it is said, wretched instruments for the defence of a state. And from all this it is inferred, that good Austrians will congratulate themselves on the absolute incapacity of making war, which unites with the wisdom of rhe.ir Sovereign to assure them of the continuance of peace." There is probably exaggeration in this article. though in general it is very true that the attacked are reduced to the necessity of not estimating their strength, while aggression always calculates its ow!i. Nevertheleis, if our impotence is such as is describe,), one evident co*sequence results from it, which is that we cannot inspire fear, distrust, or uneasiness to any one. We see clearly that the gazette-writers, having opposite ends to answer, could not avoid c6ll - Desirous to attribute to us the design of making war, they suppose our preparations alsrm Europe ; and on the other hand, in "o! der to alarm us, and convince us that a war against us woeid be an easy enterprize, they imagine us to be absolutely without power, unable to make any resistance. Ne vertheless, we hope to shew that if we have not made all the preparations which an aggressor would make, we have not neglected those which the instinct of na ture and honour provokes'in a warlike nation, which may every instant be called upon to defend its ex istence. If we were certain of peace, we might indeed con gratulate ourselves on our incapacity to make war; but where is" this certainty of peace? Assuredly it does not consist in impotence or weakness. S. These same gazette-writers next turn to another object, useful to all aggressors, which is, to alarm those upon whom they make war. They say then, that " independently of the great army, they arc 150,000 French troops in Germany, 130,000 men in Italy, and 100,000 men of the confederation of the Rhine ; that the instance of the Spanish insurgents, dispersed as soon as attacked, ought to serve a; a lesson to the Austrian and Hungarian levies en maa • ; but that there are some heedless young men here, who have already forgotten that the French troops (a) Gazette de France,. Jan. 29, 1909 (6) Journal de t Empin, !an. 41. (c) Gleams de France, ha. 20. _(//) 1611. (e) Jeuraal de Empire, Jan. 21. (f) PulWicirk, lan. 42. hIIIIIIIMNm Es A's tL: ?ted rich- cdc; tati!, d.. plier er e,ot ea (!). laLy is an 'snit there Aing NJ at 3res the issia, they lat it zain -. try , ou: ran-, i.tC) •• • ;214:1 ate t it 1.; r 1.:, pos. 2,Lics Lsw-ir i;t:- isvc t is are uhs ; ;stqc f this us C') mi], neat, t a hat h s and tt she t eran erdur gun. n U;;;. er t‘i I , :nes t the 1 ; _ said, And its' of ace."