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wow Te.rk ^ ro-14014M'VZ II IT.. T..PNESDAY, will be prhaigtedohe Avourite Barletta, from • braced Comedy of JOHN BULL ; Or, AN ENGLISHMAN'. FIRE-SIDE. Peresrine, Mr. fIUDDART, (from the Theatre Royal, Job Thontberry, Mr. MARTIN; • (Front the Theatre Royal, Haymarket). " i Lady Caroline Braymore, Mrs. COBHAM. • Mary Thornberry, Mrs:PRYCE. • • To which will be added, the much•admired Eturietta, from tb Musical Entertainment of THE. PADLOCK. Doors to be open at half-past five, and begin at half-past Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. Gail— Price half-past eight. • • vs' Iperior At nine in the mousing of the said day, , 4 Cortes assembled in 'one of the halli of the Episcopal Palace of this place, where the — Council of Regency were. From- the -palace they proceeded-to the cathedral sessis--...._ ,..... . church, escorted by the royal household troops, Where AMERICA. seats were prepared for the Deputies; and three chairs, - - ~?'', -t .4!e -— the first of which was occupied by the 'President of American papers to the Bth ult. have been brought the Cortes, the second by the President of the Re:, by, the Eliza, arrived at Cork. The following are gency, and the third by the Regent., The Deputies extracts from them : took their seats without distinction. After hearing . . OGDENBURG, ST. LAURENCE, 'AUGUST IS. mass, solemnly chauntingTr Drum, and receiving 'the sacrament, they again retUrned to else episcopal pa- About a fortnight since 18 boats passed up this : lace. The Ministers PlenipotentiariesofEngland.and fiver; on Sunday 15, and yesterday 17 more, with' Portugal, accompanied by many foreigners of dis- British troops on board. tinction, and officers of the allied army, aeompanied. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER S. - the Cortes and Council of Regency from the episcopal . • The Court of Inquiry, on the action between Ihe palace to church. The Council of Regency, accom- 1 . President and Little Bat, continues its Session. In ponied by the Grandees, and corps of guards, dis she course of the examination it proves that the fact missed the Congress, which separated in order to pass . } - of. the Little Belt having fired the first shot, is con. i n di v id ua lly an d w i t h out ceremon y to the saloon of firmed by the unequivocal and pointed evidence of every witness sworn, and we trust there are but few the Cortes, when the session being opened, the Presi dent spoke as follows a Americans who will not approve of the conduct of • she gallant Commodore, and support him in so nigh- 1 stoiart.) EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CHARLESTON,' TO A GEN- .. This day, Senor, great in future times to the i Spanish nation, by recording the beginning of its ie. seous a cause.—(Colu storation, will not ,be less so to your Majesty, when : posterity, free from cotemporary passions, shall re i . . VLEMAN IN THIS CITY, DATED AUGUST 27. I l ate w i t h aston i s h ment ' t h e h ero i c an d particular 1 " Our city .is all in confusion, owing to the rob- ; events from your gldlieus installation. I 111°17, and bery of the.Briinch Bank of the United States in this I am 'filled with all that vanity and pride. of which a city, on- the night of the 25th inst. to the amount of Spani - sh heart is capable, when I consider myself a 130 or 140,000 dollars in specie, principally gold.l w i tness o f t h em ; and when I reflect that they will Eleven blazes of gold, of 10,000 each, were taken out. not occupy the last place among the events of these .The robbery must have been effected with false keys, 1 tiaelve months. In them your Majesty has proved as all the doors, locks, fitc. are in the same order in i - -- - , elf superior to the reverses of failure, and. the • • *hish they were left. The specie was all counted -of the passions ; and that the only object in Comniittee ''v oft'. yourselt virulence ,u. . iy all your deliberations was tie-prosperity die nation, and the most strict principle of justice, solemnly sanctioning the principal basis of the constitution which must govern us, acknowledging' The National Debt, and declaring that what the Spanish Govern ment had contracted` will always be punctually paid, independent of the successes of peace or war. In this month, your Majesty has confounded the enemies of order; who, under the mask of real, spread reports against your authority, and their true sentiments, de claring the sovereignty of the nation, promulgating that its religion is and shall be perpetual, to the ex clusion of all sects, the only true, Apostolic, Catholic, and Roman; its Government monarchial' ; and pro claiming with the utmost solemnities our beloved Sovereign, Don Ferdinand VII.; principles, all of , which your Majesty has ratified this day by renewing the oaths formerly taken ; not that the. Deputies of the nation require such reminding to exactly fttl6l their sacred duties, but to shew t' the whole world, that alter having been together for a whole twelve month, we preserve the same principles,,and would rather spill Cte last drop of our blood than be want in to oar. religion, our beloved country, and our captive King. 44 I'congratulate you on these things; and hope they will be augmented by, triumph, and victories granted by the Gon of battles to our arms." . 'The D,e?iities afterwards took the oath in due form. The Conned of Regency then presented itself !twelve Deputies went to receive it), and laying their hands' upon the Evangelists, ackowledged the National SA. Vaveignty in the Deputies of the Cortes; and swore to maintain the Catholic Religion, Monarchical Go vernment, and contribute to the liberty and testora lion to the throne of Ferdinand VII. This concluded, the President of - the Regency de livered himself in the following terms : " A ycar has now expired since, in compliance with the last orders of our beloved Sovereign Ferdinand VII. the general and extraordinary Cortes, so anxi ously desired by the Spanish nation, were convoked,; they have usefully laboured in maintaining the na tional enthusiasm, alleviating the burthens of the people, adopting measures for the support of the armies, establishing new laws, and, above all, in forming a constitution worthy of the grand nation for whom it is destined. " The whole universe is lost in admiration, in co n- on Saturday, the .24th, by a .1 of Directors, and found correct ; on Monday it was missing." The public will recollect_that the Aurora newspaper, published in Philadelphia,stated, that Mr. Foster had displayed math insolence and arrogance in his inter views with the American Minister, at Washington, ilia that this statement was, at least, indirectly con tradicted in an article published in the National Intel li It now appears that the Aurora re.assested its statement , and, insisting on its accuracy, accused the National Inielligencer of deceiving the American people, in consequence of which merchants had sent • their shipS to sea only to be captured. In reply to this charge, we find the following arti cle in the National Intelligence, which must be consi dered important, as it appears inahe official paper of the American Government : . 4 4. It surely was not understood by any one, ,that we, by expressing.a doubt of the •official and personal . arrogance and insolence attributed by the Aurora to Mr. Foster, meant to discredit ourselves. True, we have not enlarged on this subject, nor on the recent atrociops cy .. induct of the British , cruizers on our coast. No illustration within the power of language van speak snore forcibly than the facts which daily occur. The gubject is too well understood by the American peo ple to need elucidation . ; atld they Al know and pro. pert) , appreciate the importance of the questions which will conic before the Conscript Fathers of the Repub lic when they meet. " Can it be possible that any man, knowing the State of the rel.itions between this country and Great Britain, with the. text of the British Orders in Conn oil; and the late comment of Sir William Scott be fore his 'eyes, would send his vessel to sea ‘vitlinut making a calculation of the risk, almost amounting to ceriais,:i of capture ?—Do not the recent captures of the Tamaamah, and other vessels on our coast—do not stubborn facts speak too loudly to be misunderstood? it is evident that they have 'truck dumb some of the most arenuoto Rritish advocates.".--kational Intelligencer. L. . • NORTH OF SPAIN. a • ST. !AGO, IN GALLICIA, SEPT. so. In consequence of the able and rapid movement made by Lord Wellington towards Badajoz, threat ening thereby that fortress, as well as the army of Marmont, Gallicia has been rescued, and the army of eneral Abadia probably saved,as in the last affair, Marmoni' '-- in . I .....it's superiority . - tactics completely over matched the courage of the Patriots: Lord Welling ton has, however, again pushed back with a large di. Vision for the southern banks of the Tagus; indeed, so rapid• are his, movements, that the French army; accustomed as they are to activity, are quite con founded. They have fallen, back beyond Astorga, leaving only a small post in that city. Onr Captain General Abaciia has just arrived here, .:cid he is ex- I citing the Junta of the town to furnish the necessary sapplies. When this arrangement takes place, he will visit Corunna, for the purpose, I understand, of ecunmunicating with the . English Brigaditi Sir 1 Howard Douglas, and the naval senior ()dicers, on the measures to be adopted for defensive operations, Should the enemy advance towards Corunna. We rely much on the talents and courage of Aballa, who, after MS late check, proved himself equal to talcs advantage of a mistake made by the enemy. He. is litglily. spoken of, and much esteemed ; but lie is, badly supplied with the necessaries for an army; and depots are seldom thought of. Winter is 4ppreaching, • and, unless they are arranged, the Gallician army, now 2j,000 strung, will .swindle and decay, from this very circumstance. It is understood some operations on the coast of Ca; ; tabria have been agitated, fbr effectual • diversion in aid of Lord Wellington's operations ' • but tfear the season is becoming tso uncertain . O W 'G4I- lician troops have good hearts, but bad 440dits4.Iitae: pay, but few wants beyond the mere necessaries oflife. Thee utultr templating, that in the midst Of the horrors of the most bloody war, and in view of the sanguinary hosts of the greatest of tyrants,. which have spread terror throughout all Europe, the undermentioned Repre sentatives of the Spanish nation of both hemispheres, are tranquilly occupied in such majestic objects; and the Council of Regency will have the greatest satis faction in contributing to the realization of sash wise determinations, without deviating from the lass pre-; scribed by the Supreme National Council." The President of the Cortes, in reply, stated hii• conviction, that, the Council of Regency would use all possible zeal, activity, and energy to realize the hopes of the nation.—(ltegeicy Gazette, S:pt. The Regency Gazette of the lst of October con tains a long article, containing a letter, supposed to have been written by General Contreras, Governor of Tarragona, stating, that Colonel Skerrett, with the British troops, refused to land, and imputing to I, this circumstance the loss of the place. It states, I, on the authority of official documents, addressed by the said Colonel to General Graham, that on the ar-1 rival of th4ritish troops, all the principal defencei . i of the place, ansi those around it, were occupied by the enemy, with a line of posts round it—that Su diet Was behind the city with 10 or 12,000 men, on the heights to the ;erg and that, upon the arrival ol Colonel Slcervittt,,there was but one point, which was flanke3 by the enemy, where a diseMbarkation could hee4t eifected. That notwithstanding all these . disensbarkatio4 v ‘ve taken place likely4e enure success. - That having obtainer:l ihe consent of deneral Contreras, to make a ally with 4000. men. it-shoutd • immediately take place upon the return:of Baron de . _ .. • • 1 'Eroles from the head-quarters of the army, where he Is. .cconq enee hilt-nao .i. 1.• I '........ lA , IC 7 U21 20 P Ph" .....i.L'A"-'6" 1.._ went to communicate it, by order of 'Contreras. In a conference .which the Colonel had with the Baron de Eroles, he was informed cf the concerted . plan, and promised toland with'his troops and join in the attack, upon Eroles making a sally—bat it not being possible to carry this into execution till the return of Eroles, he thought it right td have an interview With Campo Verde, and that by contrary winds he . was prevented from accomplishing this, accompanied by I Lieutenants Molle and Green, till twelve the follow r ing day—he then had a conference with CampoVerde, lEroles, Sarsfield, and another officer.--the first ap t peared to approve the plan, but there were altetca twits among the other Generals, and other plans were proposed and rejected—Colonel Skerrett obtained from the first instructions- in writing, to which the' other Generals acceded, and set out to give effect to the plan, alth ugh a very unaniinating One. It was the common opinion of all the Spanish Generals, as well u of General Doyle and the Commodore, that under actual circumstances, a disembarkation atTar ragisni would be attended with disastrous conseqnen• ces, as the defences of the place were reduced to a sin gle wall, acknowledged by every one to be incapable of resisting more than a few hours -of the enemy's fire—besides which, Generals Campo Verde and Contreras intended to abandon the fnrtress, to pre vent the garrison from being exterminated. The ene my were, no doubt, informed of the intentions of the allies, as they suddenly, and when least expected, gave the assault. General Contreras had distributed many orders among the soldiers ; one of which, it was snaposed, hod fallen into the hands of the enemy, and caused the sudden and unexpected attack. • The British troops went towards vat( Neuva, on the 28th, with an intention of dkembarking, to pro q& the inhabitants, and giving time to-communicate with -Campo Verde—but a corps of cavalry, and four thousand' French infantry appeared, and compelled Skerrett to sail farther along the coast, dui ing which he made continual feints of landing, to distract the attention of the French, and facilitate the communi cation with Campo Verde, but they remained statio nary in Villa Neuva, in order, no doubt, to cut off all communication. Skerrett finding he could 1..; of no , service, sailed for Minorca. From all these circumstances, extracted with the I most scrupulOus exactness from the original corns- Pondence of Colonel Skerrett, we clearly see the sin cerity and good disposition of the English troops de-' stined to succour Tarragona. They did every thing in their poser to fulfil their commission, without omitting any diligence to continue to merit the grati tuda with which the Spanish nation is penetrated for its generous Ally. , , 1 We should not forget, that the French papers are _those which have made public the letter attributed to General Contreras—and that this circumstance alone is suffecient to induce suspicion of its originality.— Those who recollect the sepposeel letter of General Taboada to Lord Wellington, which the French . 3 " Diaries inserted in August of last year, in the ..., arid swore official relation of their successes in Spain, will be -al, Monarchical Go to the liberty and iestora- convinced how little dependence can be placed upon of Spanish the letters Chiefs published in Bonaparte's ...‘e of Ferdinand VII. periodicals—more particularly when their contents ars concluded, the President of - th e Regency de- are calculated to weaken that mutual confidence and _..: livered himself in the following terms : friendship between the Spanish and English nations. ...i the most di A year has now expired since, in compliance with VALENCIA, AUGUST 26. ..., I ntelligencer. the last orders of our beloved Sovereign Ferdinand Ninety French prisoners, including an officer, have —.---- ....Alf OF SPAIN. VII. the general and extraordinary Cortes, so anxi- arrived in this city, who were sent in by Don Jose curly desired by the Spanish nation, were convoked,; , Duran, Commandant of the division of Soria ; 87 of they have usefully laboured in maintaining the na- i t h em were ta k en i n t ....:...:...ton-them skirmishes with the enemy, It rho of the ) on the 15th at Ariza, and on the 24th at Calatayud. ; In this last affair were also taken sixteen gendarmes, I with an officer and a drummer, all Spaniards ; who, 1 ,as being taken with arms in their hands against this 1 country, were all condemned to be shot, with the" ! exception of the drummer, who was exempted from i this punishment on account of his great youth. —.... FRENCH PAPERS. _ I . PARIS, SEPT. e. . . His Majesty left Antwerp on the 4th, at three in the morning ; he arrived at IVilliamstadt at eight Vehicle. After visiting the fortifications of the place 1 and the additional forts which have been erected ! there, his Majesty embarked, and descended the Meuse as far as Helvoet-slays, where he arrived at I two in the afternoon. He visited the citadel, the basin, and the maritime establishments of that impor tant port. Le Tromp, of 70 guns, had just arrived there from Rotterdam. His Majesty, after seeing . the flotilla on that station perform evolutions, passed the night in his yacht close to Goree. . ) On the sth, at day-break, his Majesty continued , his route ; he arrived at Dort at seven in the morn ing, without being expected there ; he made the tour; of the city, and visited the magazines. He also visi ted the floats of the Meuse and Rhine, consisting of several hundred thousands of cubic feet of timber, destined for the arsenal of Antwerp. On his return tin his yacht, his Majesty received there the Mayor, the Municipal Council, the .:cruncil of Commerce, land the other Authorities of Dort. At two in the afternoon his Majesty continued his 1 route in a boat and arrived at Gomm at three ' o'clock. The l rifts Arch-Treasemr, Governor- C eneral of H the Mar s h a l D u k e o f R egg i o , nd. General Molitoreend other principal Functionaries were in that town, for the purpose of receiving the Emperor.' . . . On atrial% at GOltillOs NS Majesty also visited ;the forti&cappnelaf die place. • ta • ***lig Wai enreuiefy saddled with all that he bad lei* /t+ the part et floOrnotiejoeh h e h es . • - . . . . , . • . .i. ' , - • . . • . , . • . . •-• . - = ~ _ . . T7'." _ health: • Caerosaa 9.—lt is still believed that their Males ties will arrive at Fontainbleau between the 15th and 20th instant . • ' A. :Loa The race for the grand prize of 4000 francs took !Aire yesteidsy in the thafrips de *Zs . ' between the horses which hatrwon prizes of 20b0 francs in the departments where racing is practised. The prize liras to be adjudged for the horse *Lich gaioed two out of three heats, each heatieensiesiag in going twice round the interior circumferato of the Champs de Mars (3600 mares). The stallion of M. Beansse won the ffrst heat in 4 minutes IS seconds; he alsb win the second, in 4 minutes 23 seconds. The prize of 4000 francs woo therefore adjudged to M. AtaUSSe e by M. the Prefect of the Department, who presided over the courielothe absence of the Minister for the Interior. The following are some of the rates of insurance at Marseilles:—to Algiers 20, Tunis 25, Naples IQ, Smyrna and Constantinople 55, Corsica 7. WARSAW, SEPT. 93. Prince Poniatowaki, and the General of Division Zayonzeck, received his Majesty at the head of 0.4 e troops; and coeducted him to the Castle, where he was complimented by the Senate anti the Mi n i s t er -. The city was illuminated yesterday. The King was present at Ti Drum in the Cathedral, and afterward' received the Authorities. FRANKFORT, OCT.,. Our fair has just closed. A considerable deal of business was done during the last 18 days. Money was by no means scarce. The retail dealers or Ger. many have made very great purchase. French Is. shionable articles had a very good sale. The specu lations of our merchants were principally directed to. wards articles of eative OCTQBlift C—The posts heretofore imperial of Ger. many formed a giand fief of the empire, which be. longed to the Princes of Latour Taxis. Those Princes resided at Retisbon, anti there all huainess of the administration of the pasts of the empire was carried on. The aspect of the empire being changed, - the residence of the Prince of Latour Taxis is with. out object at Ratisbon, ad he is preparing to fin ,Isimself; at Frankfort, in the centre of the Pnnces of .the Confederation, and near the Prince Primate. ; Some days ago there was a violent conflagration at Preuchtwangen, a pretty large town of th e h ere . 'Wore principality of Anspach, and row belonging to the King of Bavaria. Among other buildings which fell a prey to the flames, was the great totter of the town, which fell d o wn w ith a cras h. I ts ru i ns r crushed heath eight persons, besides iujuring many others. .The King of Wirtemberg has caused to be built at Stuttgardt a very fine church, which is to be mho sively appropriated to the Catholic worship. • VIENNA, SEPT. as. Theiast letters received from Turkey give us the following details with regard to the operations of the Turkish army under the command of the Grand Vizier ; It was the object of the Turks to effect the pass. age of the Danube at three different points at once; in the eovimns of Silistria, at Rudschuck, and at Widdin. The passage at Widdin succeeded beyond ex,sectation. On the 9:h, at day-break,.ls,ooo men attempted it, and got looting in Wallachia. While entrench. ing themselves and skirmishing with the Russians, a second corps of 15,000 'rinks crossed over to sup- port them ' so that, by evenin g , there were 5 0,000 Turks ea the left bank of the Danube. It is proper to observe, however, that they were favoured by di. vera circumstances. The waters of the Danube are very low, so that the branch which they had to cross was almost dry. The Russian General had sent a division of his forces into Lesser Wallachia, which also facilitated at Rudschuck the passage of the Terks. The Grand Vizier, without losing an in stant, set to work in forming considerable entrench mental he has also established tetes de-pont to secure a safe retreat to kis troops in the event of a check ; while he endeavour to gain ground, he at the same time neglects no precautionary measures. The thirds passage, near Silistria, has not yet been effected, from causes of which we are still ignorant. The Turks were, however, in pretty large force at that point. Hitherto, on the left bank of the Danube, there have been only skirmishes at the advanced posts; but a general engagement is daily expected. The two Genera's in Clue are collecting their know. The Turks, cost .what it will, mean to reconquer Wallachia and Moldavia, and the object of the Ruse sians is to preserve these provinces, which have been declared by an ukasoto be united to the empire. utrribIANTINOPLE, AUGUST 24. All eyes are fixed on the enterprizes of the Grand Vizier. From dispatches which arrived here on the 10th, it appears that Ismail Bey, with a chosen ccrps of 15,000 men, made himself master of the isles situ. .ated between Widdin and CaWar, which were occu. pied by the enemy ' • and, alto- a vigorous resistance on the part pf the Russians, established himself cm the left bank of the Danube. Isinail Bey then tr( the entrenched position of Cilafat, from which he can powerfully aid the operations of the grand army. The Russian squadron at Sebastopol. taking ad. vantage of the rinds which prevail at this season in the Mack Sea, and which keep the Turkish fket in, the Straits, has taken two Turkish corvettes near He. raclea in Bithynia. These corvettes had been sent to Her-Acka, to.chastise Aly Moths, one of the sedi• tiootJaniaaries who had there raised the standard of inattrresetion. - The. Grind Seignior has, however, renewed his orders to Caiasechaa Pa c h a w get rid oi this rebel, whatever it stay cost. Oa the 15th instant. M. Latour Maubonrg. the Preach Charge &Alfas. ce *boated the Fete of his Saventiga at Ilksjacdete t itt the POW of * law LaPfaxl.. • y„ 1 pn, 1,6 n a... ~5 6.. y. um. 1v... au. sn a.ic amaoceardis sup (n. IM J. nanseu ny Inc ancsoy, 'WHVI e 3 wwirioarrull alo COWL' The Guerillas, under Longa, Mina, and Julian , suer hale been effected. That notwithstanding all these unccmrnouly stout men, and brove as lion ; twlt' eliffscidties, a disembarkation would bare taken place lad, and though abut irregular as to o h*rea.bun- had net the Governor wished them to-eo-riperate with dime of money, as they adopt c* Oen .rif the the army of Campo Verde, upon which he placed all, eiemy, and levy contributions, ansitbeisisiettylargely, his !Wires— besides he considered the gartison suffi- pn the partisans of the French. Those under Cam- dent. and'expressedgrio determination to Abandon the polio and . Pastor are more irrego4Cistdress, Os well pito; as soon as the .: enemy opened their trenches, is manners. - 'Oman parties fronstsck biMslarolybeen teed beg to batter in breach, tonsideritsg tke pre- ' hele tarerit* gran* onsi.seassissisitoitbe, Cap- pit-AO* of Vii . 7000 valiant'sbldiers as of more con- . —they nee deadly foes to the French. - tlegoenco tino tae minim of Tartigcnot t *4 in two • - . . • . , • - - • nmsoi6mmit SPAWN PAPNRS. ' hours they would have been able to epEn a breach-- sited. A millio4 has been expended this year six; rerry, el2f o _ a t.•Codrington found\ OiserinetOckg int- the fortifications of Willianistadt aid Goree, to place. ,-,,N ad. ' t ry PIT-BAAL t,X"." . !,' _e. .. .. ble for the first days, • • Wsitt Gen t D?ifle these important points in a respectable stale of de- Octobqr 16; • • CADIZt §EP Ti M BER w r . '!,.. `,- - 4:". ..., ii . • ideitiy' of opt *on, , • ' '-, coiltiageirciiet-. fence. Helvoetsluys is very strung, and will not re from ' thr cat- * :1211 die 14411 lust. ,thie:anidvetsarY or ',.„„k„...,0 -'l' .s a disembar '' n *no(loitneful, bet quire any new expenditure. tion of the general aactletraofdinary 4 0:117 " ... ably attendeck • .ii •.• • - FeT., 0, , The Empress, after having slept at Bred 1, arrived Spanish bfunatchy, walveleli,Called s the recol DE. • • • . account of the diffiktiliy • : . - . • ~. • -if,/ at G omm at s i x i n t h e eaeninG ,. b ...Their Majesties, notwithstaridiag thofiltigua l R oya l, D e mo. 10 praiseworthy ad" event, With. salutes of artille so! On the 27th Colonel Skpteet :Delta:l,loe Eroles, - . ••• 11 1/Nowirit.r. and TriagWort" '4"l"4"!"4"'ed sr re " Who came froni - the army , of CreopdA r tiliitiitit - J-Ds vey good health: • -ate 7., cet). . newal of the oath taken by the Represeptatives of-the• utecior.theY,'tdretber;with General Doyle and the Ocrnstut 9.—lt is still believed that their Males. 1 AM. People, and the superior Authorities of the grate. ,Comtnodore, fixed upon the only plan likely-so emote . ties will arrive at Fontaioble bet the 15th d au ,orees e an 'imp,. f the -At nine in the morainic of the said day, the Cortes Commodore. -That havinv obtained the consent ofdeneral I