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f'n'e ' In a few days will be published, in Bvo. price Ts. SQUIBS and CRACKERS, Serious, Comical, and Tender.—By JASPER SMALL:MOT. London : Printed for J. Harding, 3f St. James's-street. This day was published, price 6s. or .ss. a Dozen, The Seventh Edition, of REMARKS on MODERN FEMALE MAN NERS, as distinguished by Indigerence fur Characters and Indecency of Dress. Sold by F. C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church-yard ; and J. Richardson, Royal Exchange ; also by Ileyler and Sou, Abbty Church-yard, Rath. This day was published, In denty Bvo. illustrated with Three Engravings, price 16s. bal. JOURNAL of a TOUR in ICELAND in the SUMMER of 1309. By WILLIAM JACKSON HOOKER, F. L. S. And Fellow of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh. Printed for William Miller, Albemarle-street; and Vernor, Hood any Sharpe, Poultry. DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH. This day was poblisked, price 7s. in boards, The Second Edition, with Additions, of PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on DISOR-, DERS of the STOMACH, including Flatulence, Spasm, Indigestion, Sm. with some new ideas relative to the Use of the Bile in promoting Digestion. _ By GEORGE REES, M.D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, Senior Phyitcian to the London Dispensary, Lecturer on the Practice of Physic, Scc. London : Printed for Allen and Co. No. 15, Paternoster-row. PORTUGUESE PAPERS. TRACT 97 A LETTER FROM GENERAL LORD WELLING- TOS TO DON M. P. FORJAZ, DATED H.E.AD-QUAItTEILS AT VIIENTE GVINALDO, SEPT: 18: • • Neither the army of Portugal, nor that of the North, has made any movement of importance since my last dispatch to your Excellency of the llth inst.; ktit they have both concentrated themselves more than they were before. The army of Portugal is at pre sent posted between Bejar and Placencia, having its advanced posts on this side, in Val de Fuentes; and the army of the North, in the low ground of the river Tonnes, and beiWeen it and the Douro. " Since I trar.ssnitted my last dispatch to your Ex cellency, I Lave heard that the army of Portugal has received a reinforcement of 4,000 men from Vallado lid, and %On; had recently arrived from France; be sides another, which antecedently formed a part of that army, consisting of convalescents, whose num- ' her Ononnted to between and 3,000 men, who had c4nne from Salamanca ; they have also received many Loiles, as - well for the remounting of the dragoons, a's fot the artillery service. • " In my opinion Ge n eral Abadia made his retreat to Molina Seca in good order, though It took place Under disadvantageous circtrinstancis, in consequence Of having been commenced very late. • • " Your Excellenq will have seen the accounts of the events in Murcia subsequent to the 9th of August. from these it will be seen that the army of Murcia lost its main communication between Lorca and . Mur: cia, in consequence of some error being committed; and, that the different divisions were separated, arid sustained i serious loss." • OVIEDO, AUGUST • ' Fcn► ecclesiastics, whom the enemy had carried as prisoners into France, lately arrived in this capital. They left Agen on the night of the 28th of June, bav: in been favoured by some (rf the natives of the place. Theo/ uniformly state the general discontent in France, aceount of the oppression and state of distrust in Which the people live ; and that the conscripts fly to the mountains, &c.. They are not ignorant in France of the advantages obtained by our arms, and • parti calarly by the Guerrillas ; and the names Of Mina, Longa, Sanchez, &c. are as fatuous among them as among us. spain is considered as the grave of the -French youth ; the sons of rich famillet• upon whom the conscription falls, can easily obtain inbstitutes if they are destined for the North; bqt if for Spain, it is very difficult and expensive to procure them. OAGLIARI (SARDINIA), AUGUST B. A person . worthy of credit, who has just arrived from Genoa, gives the following account relative to the person of the Holy Father. His Holiness was still in Savona, about the middle cf July; his gdatds were numerous, and admitted no person to see him; his Holiness came everyday to a window, in order to give his benediction to the people, who receiveclic with much respect. •But when the above . percon was setting out for Sardinia, eight days had elapsed since the windows of his habitation wire opened. The guard remained as usual ; but it was the general opinion that his Holiness had been removed to another place, and that the guard had been retained, to excite no• ', Suspicion in the people, who were penetrated with the' most profound veneration for his sacred person. • CADIZ, SEPTLAIBER 9. In the Gazette of the 13th of July, an account was given of a donation of 3,000 suits of clothing, and twice that number of shirts and shoes, given by the generous Eiitish Government, for the division of D. Juan Martin, the Empecinado. Subsequently, Mr. Peter Topper, his Britannic Majesty's Consul in the city of Valencia, has brought another donation to that iport still more considerable. It consists of 2000 muskets with bayonets; 100,000 ball•cartridges ; 500 cavalry sabres; 400 pairs of pistols ; 40,000 car tridges for the same ; • six pieces of mouutain-artillery, with their carriages complete ; 2400 rounds of ball and cliain-shot ; besides medicines and surgical in 'struments, in chests, for the regiments. There were also 400 saddles, purchased by the produce of a sub scription in Englan . d, for mounting the cavalry of Brigadier Kartip.. . •MADVD, AUGUST so. The Junta appointed*to consider of the convocation of the tortes,' (ippninted by Pepe) consists of the State Counsellors, Arnao, Joven de Salas, Cambro tier°, and Aranza. It is probable that such a meet ing will take place I for, Joseph ' being unable to allege any other right to entitle himself king but that which was given . him •by the evidently tutile renun iiattni at . 4ayoiine, wishes some other more insp , .sing title : and being impOssible to assemble thes':: Cortes either according to their alicimt form, or asiequired by the constitution, - from the present state of the Pe innsula, he is desiroUs of getting up a farce, in order to cover his usurpation. It was first suggested by Vrquijo ;' who thinks, by this measure, • to mike Eu rope hielieVein the independence' of Spain. ' It would `teem that the Cortes will meet in the late Ccinvent! of Pt. Francis; frozri the preparatiops whi c h are aviikk p g eg* to all as, ir - • •: , ••-••.,:•,• .: • • 4: -: :, 64 , 1, .;1 i li 0414•• • • Ili .l sMNJSN ?APZRS. ',ROM THE MARIO DE LAS CORTES. On the occasion of entering upon the discussion of the plan of the Constitution, the PRESIDENT delivered the following Address : " Senor—The day has at last fortunately arrived, on which we are about to employ ourselves on the great and principal object of our mission. This day we begin to discuss the plan drawn up for die regu lation and improvement of the political Constitution of the Spanish nation, and to lay The first stone of that magnificent edifice which is to afford shelter to our afflicted country, and to constitute the felicity of the Spanish nation, by opening to us a new course of ' glory. It has therefore appeared to me becoming the station I occupy so much beyond my merits, to intreat you to bring to this discussion all your won ted attention, profound knowledge, and wisdom, and at the same time, all that dignity and knowledge which belongs to the Spanish character, and which befits the object under examination. Far be from us all little personalities, and academic disputes, which are foreign to an object so august ! Let our discussions be a model to posterity, and let us begin this great work, by shewing to the whole world that it was re served for Spaniards alone to improve and regulate their Constitution, while the Cortes were in a corner of the Peninsula, amidst the din of hostile arms, and while combating the greatest of all tyrant F, who mist be more humbled by this step than by the destruc tion of his armies. I trust, at the same time, that the public who listen to our debates, and whose hap piness and tharof their children is the subject of dis cussion, will observe the most profound silence, and will abstain from all murmurs, and other acts unbe coming this sacied precinct, as contrary to the re spect which is due to the Cortes ; for it would be very painful for me to be compelled to exercise the authority which I have to repress any indecency of this sort." The following is part of the discussion which took place on the 3d Art►cle of the Constitution 1 Ater. 3. " The Sovereignty resides essentially in the nation ; and therefore the right belongs to it ex elusively of establishing its fundamental laws, and of adopting the fornt of Government which itjudges most suitable." Senor AVER objected to the latter clause of this article, as unnecessary. " The Spanish nation," he observed, " was neither disposed to change the form ' of its government, nor, politically speaking, was any other form suitable to it than that which the whole na tion and the Cortes had solemnly recogni zed, proclaim ed, and sworn to. This part of the article having therefore only a prospective object, what necessity was there for laying down a principle, the conse quences and effects of which had only a remote ob ject in view ? Besides, this clause had a tendency to render the Government precaridus and vacillating, which in every view was prejudicial to a nation:— The . .ttability of a Government gave it vigour and energy, and deprived of all hopes that fickleness of tcmper and impetuosity of passion, which, under the pretext of apparent convenience, .would transform and revolutionize a Government, which extraordi. nary events alone, and the acknowledged welfare Of ; t h e ; N seople, ought to alter, on the principle of talus supremo • If, in consequence of the muta tions introduced by time and the instability of hu man instfiutions, a necessity should arise fez making changes in the form of government, then the save reign.people, consulting their true interests, Rnd in virtue of the rights which belong to them, will adopt the necessary measures for that purpose; but what necessity is there tp announce a miteiple, which ex-. traordinary events alone, and a long series of 'years, are likely to render possiblg Lastly, the honour of the Cones appears to require that this clause should be suppressed. Your Majesty has had many enemies, who, since yotfr installation, have not ceased to charge us with following principles entirely demo erotical ; and to assert, tnat our object was to form a republic. Let us remove all occasion for such charges. The interpretation also which foreign na tions may put upon this principle deserves attention. —lt is fit that, in our establishment of fundamental laws, we should consider the relations which we may have with foreign powers, avoiding every thing that might induce them to draw back trom co-operating with us in the deliverance of the Continent, under the pretence of distrust. On all these grounds, I move that the last clause of the article be suppressed. Senor A.RGLT.LLES defended the views of the Com mittee of which he was a member, in framing this article ; while, at the same time, he did not mean to oppose the judicious reasonings of Senor Aner. 44 The Committee," he observed, 44 were aware that endeavcurs would be made to render their labours suspected. The clause, in itself, was useful and harmless ; but bad faith, by giving it a forced mean ing, really promoted the accursed designs of Napo. leon, who had endeavoured to deceive the unwary, by a ridiculous attempt to depict the Congress as composed of revolted and revolutionary men. Un fortunately, he has succeeded in deceiving some by so gross an imposture ; but the slightest consideration is sufficient for its detection. Those who, in Spain, wish for no reform, nor any constitution, and whom that system only pleases under which they ordered every thing according to their pleasure, and without any responsibility, will; no doubt, pronounce the ar ticle insidious and fallacious, and will endeavour to excite mistrust and suspicion in the public mind; but the Committee were perfectly aware of the existence of this class of enemies, and submit their labours to the good sense and sound judgment of the Spanish people. " How could it enter into the contemplation of any man, that the Committee were hostile to kingly authority ? Spain has in all ages been governed by a monarchy ; and the Committee were fully impressed that the solemn manifestation made by the Spanish nation in May, 1808, in all parts of the monarchy, at the same moment, in the same mode, and without previous deliberation, proclaiming freely and sponta neously Ferdinand Vii. as their only lawfial King, must have afforded the surest proof to all the nations of Europe of their constancy and irrevocable "resolu tion.' This alone is superior to all elapses and writ ten documents. How, turn, could the Congress, who represent the Spanish people, depart in the smallest from their sovereign mandate " "' The Committee were also aware how far they ought to be actuated by consiclerations with regard to foreigu powers; but 13.30i5h ARtioll is free and • . independent; and the Committee would have ems-, promised those invaluable rights, had they proceeded in their labours with servility. The law of nations had long established and consecrated this great prin ciple—that no nation had a right to interfere under any pretence in the internal and domestic regulations of another. Spain has always been most scrupulous in the observance of this salutary maxim. Her faithful ally can bear witness to this truth ; for, in the most calamitous times of her revolutions, this principle was respected by us and by all Europe : and at the , most remarkable periods of her history, it may be seen with how much independence she acted during the protectorate of Cromwell, in the restoration of monarchy, and after the abdication of James 11. iss placing William 111. on the throne of England, Un.. der such limitations as she deemed proper : Lions which she might have carried as far as she pleased, without any other nation of Europe daring to contradict her. The dissolution of all laws, and of all rights, by the French Revolution; was that alone which introduced the pernicious example of disregarding a policy so wise and so useful. The Committee, in their plan., have not introduced any of those subversive principles which could cause alarm or disquietude to other nations : but, at the same time, they could not forget, that Spain, which has been at all times the victim of the influence of foreign go. v.rnments, ought now to destroy the very 'seeds of the many wars and dissentions which such foreign influence produced." In the farther progress of the debate, the following interesting account is given of the political Constitn. Lion of the provit4e of Navarre, antecedent to the Revoluticin The Senor PRIMIDUNT observed, that Ferdinand VII. had recognized and sworn to the sovereignty of the nation, with the greatest solemnity ; and to this it was owing that the province with regard to which he took the oath, had neither, in respect to its autho rities or its people, submitted to the intrusive Oovern , mot, nor obeyed and circulated its orders, and what was called the Constitution of llayonne, as was done in other parts of Spain. " Your Majesty will perceive (said the President) that I here speak of the kingdom of Navarre, which I can never cease to recollect without emotion. In the General Cortes of that kingdom in 1795, which ac knowiledged Ferdinand VIL as hereditary Prince, he swore on the"! Ith of January, as did also the King his father as his tutor—' to observe and maintain all the laws, ordinarces, customs, and usages of that 'kingdom ;' not to coin money without the will and consent of the Cortes ; not. to make laws but upon their proposition ; and the oath concluded with the following remarkable words Should I act con trary to what I have sworn, either in whole er in part, then you, the three estates and people of Na varre, are not bound to yield obedience in any way ; but the whole shall be null, void, and of no effect:— Such was the form of . due oath taken by our Kings in Navarre, as ancient as the iirigin of the Monarchy, and which has been hollowed without interruption down to our days, its Cortes being held with a full attendance of Members, their List meeting having been in the year 1800. In its Constitution, the word Sovereign' is not to be found, but that. of King 6 vassals ' are never spoken of, but subjects ;" and, in fine, the Kings engage to maintain, observe, and guard the laws, privileges, customs, and usages ; in Joins which, they recognise the sovereignty of those lylio made those laws, 44 Let us now shortly consider what effects these privileges produced oponthe public authorities, and the people of that kingsto:n. When orders were cir culated in Castile for the acknowledgment of the in truder Joseph—when the public authorities there 1 yielded in a cowardly and disgraceful manner to the orders of the tyrant Napoleon ; the Council of Na. l Sarre, and the deputies from that kingdom, though doey were in Pampeluna, of which a strong French purism] was in possession, notwithstanding, replied, daat they would not execute such commands ; for the choice of a Sovereign, and the establishment of laws, were points that belonged to the General Corte; alone ; that is, to the nation. It is now three years, since the Council of Navarre, to which I had the ho. nour to belon3, sustained this terrible attack, which compelled us to abandon our homes and families to save our lives, in consequence of having persisted in our refusal ; and as fiscal and defender of our laws and Constitutions, I found myself compelled solemnly I to protest against every infraction of them. The only shield and support which the Council and Deputation, of Navarre then had, was a conviction that all in that kingdom, even the very women, knew their privi- 1 leges and their rights ; and they shewed that they did so at the time. Such are the effects of a clear ands well-established Constitution." After a very long discussion, the first clause of this article was carried by 123 votes against 24. The latter clause, 46 and of adopting the form of Government which it judges most suitable," was re- ° I jected by 86 votes against 63. GENERAL ORDER OF THE FIFTH ARMY, IPROM THE 14111 TO THE 15TH SEPTEMBER. The brave soldiers of the sixth army have covered themselves with glory, as well by the valour with which they have fought, as by the order with which they have manoeuvred. On the 25th ult. a French army presented them. selves to attack ours, with a view of rallying and dispersing them ; but our troops, commanded by General Abada, manoeuvred in presence of the enemy, and by rapid and precise marches brought him to the position in which he wished to fight, and there awaited him with a confidence which announced victory. The enemy, accustomed to owe their triumphs to t h e i r 1 boldness, tried to force the position, but meeting with! brave opponents, were vigorously repulsed, after suf fering a very considerable loss, reckoning among their 1 dead a General and a Colonel, and among their wounded three of the latter. 1 The battalion of infantry of Rivera has distinguish-1 ed itself particularly, defending a position four hours against the attacks of four battalions of the Imperial Guard ; among which they made a considerable slaughter. The enemy having suffered this carnage, made a precipitate retreat, leaving in our hands many of their wounded, and provisions enough to maintain the army three days. The division of General Porlier, of the seventh army, took possession; on the 14th ult. of the city and forts of Santander, after a long and obstinate battle, 41 which our troopsdisplayed an extraordinary courage. ' , The enemy sustained a loss of 5 or 600 saw s jaded. ing 100 prisoners, besides three chiefs and 14 officers The forts which defended Santander against us were demolished ; the action was carried on with the bay. onet in the streets, Ind the enemy could in no pan resist the impetuosity of our soldiers fighing with thi► weapon. The greatest order in their attacks, and the greatest precision in their movements, which renclore4 them invincible, presided over this glorious combat. The General in Chief, who has just reason to hope, when occasioi shall require it, for not less order or intrepidity in the :.oldiers of the fifth army, makes this known for their satiifaction. (Signed) GIRON'. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. Mr Owing to the late hoar at which the Sorrier:tent to the Rat rate was published yesterday, a few Copies of our impression did not contain Lord WELLINGTON'S Dispatches. We ban repeated them, therefore, in goriest page of this day. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per 'Ct. Coos. for mem 6S —Ditto for seaman 65't S per Ct. Reduced sit. ex. div.--4 per Con. ez. dsv. Navy Spec Ct. 951—Bonds 141.155. pre.—Ossunum I to i Sit Lteh. Lids (31) pu tots. Ch.—Ditto (Sid.) es. to Ss. pre.. An Anbolt Mail arrived this morning, brought to Yarmouth by the Lady Duncan packet. The pas sengers report that, a variety of ronflicticg repor:s prevail on the Continent, on the subject of the ex petted war. The Nllowing are exttacts from tho Papers brought by the above Mail : lIERMANSTHDT, AUGUST 11'2. All letters from Wallachia agree in stating, that at soon as the Emperor Alexander was informed !II: the Russians had retreated to the right bank c: 11 Danube, he sent to the head quarters, his Aide.d_ Camp, General Uwaroff,- furnished with full f. we!:, to draw from their cantonments all the reinfov,:, mentsconsidered necessary for the army of the Danube This General on his arrival at Bucharest, had a long conference with General Kutosow. After this conference officers were sent to Moldavia, Podolia, the Ukraine, and the other neighbouring circles, car rying orders for all the troops in them to immediately march for Moldavia. The number of these troops are estimated at about 60,000 men—they form five divisions of infantry, and several corps of cavalry.—. We are informed that two divisions have already ar rived at Bucharest. It appears the Russian Cour: is more decided than ever to keep the o.7ee province* conquered on this side the Danube ; and as the Turks make the greateit efforts to re-conquer them, the Rase sians are determined to do every thing in their power to preserve them. It has been announced to General Kutosow that, in addition to the Large reinforcement: senthim, a camp of reserve is about to be formed r 7; the frontiers of Moldavia, which will he ready to zcs as circ..anstanees may require. STRASBURG, SIPTEMUIt 44. General Count Nansonty. frinCipal Master of the Horse to his Majesty the gmperar and King, has. accordin'T : , to our G.lzette, arrived here. He is mak ing a journey of inspection. The Duke of Placenw, General of Brigade and Adjutant to his M i j 'esty, ;$ still in this city, and employed in organ4ing the cLn. , scripts. part until Sc Hors these I jtTAPLES, SEPTEMBER s. The day before yesterday his Majesty arrived in the most strict incognito from Villa Real de C4po da Monte. His Majesty immediately went to v;,:t children, and afterwards inspected the embellishments which are carrying in throughout all parts of this capital ;he appeared satisfied with them. Atter re tnaining some time in Naples incognito, his Majesty fetumed to Villa Real. BLANKENBERG, SEPT. S. On the 4th, inst. three ships of the line, a frigate, *and a corvette, belonging to the Scheldt squadron, ' one of which carried the flag of Vice. Admiral siessy, sailed to the outer entrances of the river, to chase away an English frigate and some corvettes, cruizing on the Oast. The enemy's division was se parated from ours by a narrow bank, and we taw the whOle of their ships fire upon the most advanced of our ships, which replied by a volley that made them put before the wind. Admiral Missiessy havirg doubled all the banks pursued the enemy till evening. HELDER, SErTEMBEP. 7. Four ships of the squadron of the Tezel, the Prince tie Zaitman, Brabant, Rotterdam, Jean de Witt, and the corvette Venus, sailed on the fifth of this month under the orders of Admiral de Winter, Commander• in Chief of the fleet. This division after manceureng all the day, and perfoi ming various evolutions, an chored in the evening in Buswyd, between the Sculpe Gat, and the Zuide Wester Gat. The enemy's mi. zers, consisting of 6 ships, 1 frigate, and 2 brigs, were in sight. Immediately that they perceived`the move ment of the imperial squadron, they came with an sails set . cowards Zuide Wester Gat. and dispatched the brig, which we lost sight of in a Westerly dire:• t►on. The next mosning at break of day, only three of the enemy's ships. two frigates, and a brig, were . to be seen ; the French squadron again sailed an 4 passed all the day in manceuvring. ANTWERP, SEPTEMBER 16. This morning Arrived here several detachments of the Grenadier Corps, and of the ?ohm Lancemen, belonging to the Imperial Guards. hundred horse, belonging to the Emperor's household and Equipages, are also Arrived here. Those of the horse.guArds and equipage, depart toinorrow for Hollaacl, Ia ewer! the a of se city. ceivi his h has i in tli take para his in J then T the 1 plea 'laid T tun thei 141 list whc dal tht to sh fr thi gni t.N wi bu CI •c to Si T le u ri I i f S .1` L