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F Ihi 1 ,) FRENCH PAPERS. BARB, OCTOBER 15. Madame, the Mother of the Emperor, is arrived at Paris. Ntre hear that the Marshal Duke of Tarentum (Macdonald), afflicted with a violent gout, has ob tained his Majesty's leave to return to France for his health. AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER IL Today we had the happiness to see their Majesties within our walls. The National Guard and Guard of Honour assembled early, and about half past two their Majesties made their solemn entry. The Mayor and his assistants had the honour to present their Ma jesties with the keys of the City, and pronounced a discourse analogous to the occasion, to which.their Majesties deigned to reply. Cannon were fired, and the bells rang. All the houses were ornamented with festoons. The .Ecclesiastical Authorities were ar ranged in costume before the gates of their Temples. Orchestras distributed from distance to distances ani mated the most interesting scene ever beheld in our city. The streets and windows were crowded, and 'the spectacle was most imposing. If any thing could! possibly have added to the solemnity of the day, it was the unanimity with which the new subjects of their Majesties manifested their joy. Acclamations of long life to the Emperor and Empress were heard from all quarters from the moment they entered the town. *Their Majesties testified, with that affability which is so natural to them, bow sensible they were of the universal proofs of love and admiration be stowed upon them. As soon as he arrived at the Palace, the Emperor ' deigned to receive the Ministers, Senators, and Coun sellors of state. After which his Serene Highness the Prince Governor-General had the honour to pre sent to his Majesty the superior Functionaries, Land and Sea Officers, the Authorities of the Devitt tment, the Tribunal of the First Order, the Chamber of Commere, the Mayor, the Imperial Council, the heads of the Guard of Honour and National Guard. At night the town was illuminated. COMMERCE. ZPELCH OF M. VON MtIOLTEN, PRESIDENT OF TIIE TM BUNAL OF THE FIRST ORDER. E SIRE.--..Deign to permit the Members or the Tri-: bunal of Amsterdam to have the honour of present ing to your Imperial and Royal Majesty their respect ful homage. Frenchmen in heart more than in con sequence of the union, the inhabitants of this great city feel all the honour of forming part of the Empire cif Charlemagne, restored by a Monarch who is supe rior to him in all respects : of being governed by a hero and legislator whose victories ensure the tran- 1 quillity of lus numerous subjects, and who alone of all Sovereigns enables them to enjoy an enlightened administration and wise and uniform laws. . 44 Sire, your Majesty has deigned to watch over the maintenance of these laws. Their perfection fa. cilitates their introduction and ensures their march. The difficulty that always attends a new order, yields to the happiness which is procured by thelaws of which your Malesty is the creator, and which are so well adapted to the present order of things. " We shall neglect nothing, Sire, to make this part of your subjects share in the happiness which your Majesty spreads over four vast Empire. The Kin of Rome guarantees the duration of these benefits, and the different people subject to your Majesty, amalga, mating more and more, will defeat the efforts of those who would disturb that happiness, and will realize that universal peace hitherto considered only as a sweet illusion. " May the august presence of your Majesty. Sire, be the happy omen, and may the remotest posterity bless thii moment and the name of your Majesty. May we, Sire, deserve the approbation of your Majesty and his paternal goodness, to which we re commend, most respectfully, our persons and our fa- SPEECH Of M. VAN, PRESIDENT 01 THE CHAMBER OF , g The Chamber of Commerce of your good city'of ' Amsterdam is too happy in being admitted to the ho nour of laying at the feet of your Majesty the homage of their profound respect, the assurance of their un bounded devotion, and their eagerness to answer the Wise and paternal view of your Majesty. M They knr,w that your Majesty, whose vast genius embraces and regulates in the twinkling of an eye the i 'different interests of so many nations , cannot stoop to the narrow calculations of some individuals : and they • would be as incompatible with your glory as with the seal interests of your empire. " We entreat you, Sire, to accept the most ardent wishes for the prosperity of your reign, and the pro longation of your life." MONTELEONE, (LOWER CALAIARIA) SEPT. en. • On the 15th, 11 A.M. cannons were heard on the coast of Tropea. The telegraph made signal for a nu mesons convoy of merchantmen on their passage to the' Gulph of St. Euphemia. Marshal de Camp Baron • Aicovito sent several detachments of troops to some points of the coast of Biratea, Bivora and Pizzo. In the mean time M. Birbera, commanding a divi sion of gun-boats, stationed at Tropea, descried an enemy's flotilla of a xebec, three gun-boats, - and Eve other vessels : they gave chute to the merchantmen. M. Barbera fired several guns to warn the convoy of their danger, but in vain ; for a dead.calm prevented. the guns from being heard. Too unequal in force, M. Barbera remained upon the watch for some time ; but seeing the .enemy send off some light vessels to come up with the convoy, he determined to attack them with tbsee gun-boats. The . combat lasted five hours, during which our gun-boats performed prodigies of valoyr. During the action . the convoy neared the coast, and got under the pro tection of the batteries. y, which resided Imarous convoy, great flag. ••• This affair is glorious for our nav] superior kite, and saved a numero of vie.e Ulidcg tbe r muck I i" sorry AMERICA. and every thing of importance for preserving the ge neral liberty, or retarding the progress of the enemy. Its a postscript he adds, that it was a friar named Manuel Ascorro, acting as chaplain to the army, who produced the flight of the troops ; and begs, that this friar may, if possible, be removed from the army. BUIENOE-AYRES, JULY 25. The Junta of Government have received a com munication from the Provincial Junta of La Paz, which informs us of the reunion of the divisions of our army in the town of La Paz, and of the measures which are taking to repair the slight loss which they l'ad sustained. In that town there are assembled 500 troops of the line, besides the division of Cocharn [ln order to understand the following details, it is necessary to observe, that the Junta of Buenos Ayres had sent an army to the assistance of the Junta of Potosi, which they called the auxiliary army of Peru. The troops of Potosi were commanded by BALCARCE; and those of Buenos Ayres, by the Deputy CAS rELLt. The army which they had to oppose was commanded by one GAYONECHE ; and as our readers will observe, the united troops of Buenos Ayres and Potosi seem to have been completely dispersed.] BUENOS AYRES EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE, JULY 2f2. By a courier who arrived in this city on the night ham - ba ; and the inhabitants have recovered from the of the 19th, the Junta have received the follow i ng alarm i nto w hi c h the preceding disaster had thrown accounts of the action, which our army on the De- them. saguardero was compelled to fight on the 20 th of Ai o . I.—Farther dispatches and some private let- June last, six days before the armistice of forty days ters hare been received respecting the battle of the 1 , had expired. I Desaguedero. They state, that the enemy has re - ' The situation of our enemies must, indeed, be des- treated, full of terror, to his head-quarters, leaving I perate, when they break thtough all the laws and more than 1000 men dead en the field of battle ; and compacts which have been hitherto respected by the that only the unexpected cowardice of some officers, ' most barbarous nations, in order to take advantage who allowed themselves to be seized with a shameful of a surprise to obtain some superiority, though but panic in the critical moment for deciding the action, of short duration, over the decided energy of our could hare deprived us of a complete victory. troops. The Government submits with pleasure the The enemy began the attack with 8000 men, and original letters to the view of the inhabitants, that the fire lasted six hours. The contest was sustained they may all form a true notion of the event, and with vigour by the right and left divisions alone, and that all alarms may be dissipated; the public mind the artillery, under the command of D. Felipe Pe remaining tranquil with regard to the ultimate result reyra de Lucent-, the centre division having diverged of our enterprises, there being no ground for alarm very quickly, through the terror and flight of its offi on account of a slight misfortune, rather the effect cers. The brave laicena, Velez, and Bozo, were of surprize and treachery, than of the enemy's su- killed, and Villanueva, Corte, five artillerymen, and a periority. 'number of soldiers, were wounded ; and, notwith- LETTER PROM SON JUAN casTennt TO THE JUNTA. standing their fire of musketry, the enemy did not yen " Macha, June U. to advance one step. 44 Most Excellent Senor—ln consequence of an The enemy's loss exceeded 900 men ; and ours is attack by a large division of the enemy upon an ad- I ascertained to have been no more than those of the vanced post of our camp of Huaqui, I advanced suc- above-mentioned officers, 40 or 50 soldiers killed and cessively two divisions of the army, commanded by wounded of the division of Viamont, and as many Colonels Viamont and Diaz Velez, on the 18th and others of that of Diaz Velez. The enemy then pos 19th ; the third division, under the command of Lieu- teased himself of our camp without pursuing us ; but tenant-Colonel Bolanos, remaining ready to march. soon after quitted it precipitately on the appearance 44 On the morning of the 20th I received informs- : of Rivero, who, with 4000 cavalry, presented himself tion from Colonel Viamont, that he was attacked by on one side, as if with the intention of cutting off their four numerous columns ; upon which the generale was rear-gazed. He had the satisfaction of forcing them beat, and Brigadier Balcarce marched off the third back 17 leagues, and then returned, leaving an ad division, which was posted in the centre. We had vanced guard, which also rejoined him on the 24th, already formed line with part of our divisions, when I with information that there was no likelihood of the the enemy opened their fire of artillery, the first balls enemy's re-appearance. Our army in this state is as. of which passed over my head ; and our cannon re- gambling in La PAS and Oruro, and is to be reinfota turned their fire with firmness. ced by 12,000 Cochabambinos. " The third division was comp-sed of the regiment [The above is followed by Lists of the OZaery tent fleil t eiffie of Patricians of la Paz, and of three companies of the and Wounded, Etc.] fusileers of Cochambaba. Before the fire of musketry commenced, we already observed that the la I'az CORRESPONDENCE irrwSteN CAPTAIN HEYWcOO, or Hts regiment was wavering ; and, without firing at all, I BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIP NERVY% AND HIS EXCEL they wete dropping our of the line, their officers being LENCY DON F. X. ELIO, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR OF the first to do so. They chewed themselves still MONTE VIDEO, ETC. ETC.; AND CAPTAIN HAYWOOD'S greater cowards when the tire of musketry comment- LETTERS TO THE Inttrisat MERCHANTS AT licsMOS ed ; and all our efforts, persuasion, and even the last AYREs. severity to induce them to make a stand, were una vailing. Under pretext that they did not like the business, or that they had no cartridges (which I my self saw some of them throw away and conceal), or that their gun-locks were out of order, they would not fight " The enemy made a charge, and some of the companies went over to them, and even fired upon us ; while others began ,their retreat, or rather a shameful and disorderly flight' ; the reserve could not keep them to their duty, for they had the audacity to march between their files. The artillery of their di vision was thus lost ; and the two advanced divisions of Viamont and Diaz Velez, after sustaining a vigo rous attack for four hours, retreated to the camp at ?dacha, having sustained some loss, of which I can not yet give you the details. At this moment Gen Rivero, who commanded the reserve of the cavalry, observing the signals of attack, came up to the point of action, and was enabled to cover the reunion of the divisions, and to oblige the enemy to ietire to their camp. The latter suffered a JOSS so considerable, that, according to all accounts, it was at least triple our own. We are collecting the dispersed by the routes of Potosi, Plata, and Despoblado ; after which we shall retire to head-quarters, for the parpo4ol reinforcing the army, and of acting according to circumstances. • " This reverse, though it has weakened our force, has increased 'enthusiasm ; so that we may look for ward to better success in future over an atrocious, faithless, and arrogant enemy, who are anxious to re- I duce the people to servitude, and to unite their fate with that of the mother-country. (Signed) " JUAN JOSE CASTELLI." Then follows a letter from Don Antonio Balcarce, who commanded this army, to the Provisional Junta of Potosi, in which he ascribes the misfortunes of the day to the panic with which the division of the patri cians of La Paz were seized at the moment of enter ing into action. - He estimates his loss at only 400 men ;. while That of the enemy, who had aot advan ced from their old position, was double that number. He says, that he will make every exertion to collect the dispersed, and then will withdraw his army to the lower provinces. This reliant Officer gives the fol lowing singular account of his own conduct on the day of battle : •f Having remained upon t 1; e heights on the day ' of the attack, without receiving any accounts from the officers who commanded the divisions on my left, and a report spread by thefugitives soon arriving, that they had been 'completely routed, I set out on niy retreat to Oruro, which I conceived to be the best point for reassembling the troops, which I observed were marching in a dispersed state ; but an ecclesi astic of the province of La Paz, who had been ba nished thither, and other enemies of our cause, sound ed such an alarm among the people, that had I not off with precipitation accompanied•by the Senor gone (Castelli), we should have been victims of their fury ; and as under those circumstances we had not a single soldier to reckon upon, nor had the least knowledge of the army, we were compelled to make the must painful marches that can be imagined, without horses, or any assistance, or sleeping a single night, with the view of reaching some sale point from whence we might take the measures dictated by necessity." He concludes with saying, that on his arrival at the army, for which he would set out as speedily as his unfortunate situation permitted, lie would give the Junta exact information with regard to its state, [COPT] SIR—We, the undersigned British merchants, resident at Buenos Ayres, beg permission respectfully to address your Es cellency upon the subject of commercial intercourse subsisting between the mercha-ts of Great Britain and the provinces of the Rio de la Plata. We are the more confident, that the objects which we have to lay before your Excellency will engage your attention from the sense that an enlightened and liberal system has actuated the Government In their eanduct so manifestly hos pitable towards individuals of the British nation ; and that the British merchants at Buenos Ayres, with a feeliag of gratitude towards the Government and inhabitants with whom they reside, are anxious to promote so interesting an association of commer cial interests and amity between both nations, as may lead to their establishmeht upon a permanent basis, and for the utility of both. - - With that view, we have to refer to the Act of the Govern ment of these provinces of the 6th of Ntvember, 1609, which permits a provisional trade to British vessels in the Rio de la Plya, for the iatroductioa of merchandize, under certain limita tions as ar e expressed in the said Act. Many valuable cargoes have in consetrience been introduced at Buenos Ayres, which have produced a considerable revenue to the country, and have ' promoted the means of exporting, on an extensive scale, the pro , duce of these provinces; the fruits of the industry of its irlsw blunts. that in your wi.dom, stela a line of policy will he adopted ar .411 combine, under the present circumstances, the promotion of .he revenues of the country, with those advantages which the mer chant,. hope to experience from the favousgbig diiiegittus and well-known liberality of your Excellency. We have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, year Excellency's mos obedient aad bumble servant, (Signed) [Here follow the signatures of thirty-four Merchants.: To the Mud 'Excellent the President and Provls.unal Junta of Government of Buena Apts. (COPY ) His Majesty's strip Nereus, off Buenes-Ayres, June SS, 1811. Stet—At the request of the British merchants re siding in Buenos Ayres, I do myself the honour of laying before your Excellency an Address, they have drawn up on the subject of the Comme: cell' Intercourse, permitted at 'present to subsist be. tween the Merchants of Great Britain and the . ..: provinces. • The publicly professed motive of the Government existing here in 1809, which first permitted provisio. nally, and pre teisilisre, British property to be im. ported into the Rio de la Plata, was not such as one would have expected from a Viceroy, full, perhaps, (as far as 1 know) of the high, dignified blood of the most honourable and ancient Grandees of Spain. From its avowed political selfishness, it was by ao Means calculated to produce, in the minds ot my countrymen, either that respect or that sense of obli gation and gratitude which they profess (and I ain cerely believe do L because they ought) to feel towards the present Government, and the hospitable inhabl. tants of Buenos Ayres. Fully disposed, too, as I am, from having also ex perienced attentions, marked by civility and good. will, to acquiesce in the sentiments of my country. men here, and, convinced as I am, from my own ob. servations since my arrival, that a policy snore wise, generous, liberal, and enlightened, actuates the Coun cils of your Excellency, when men of extended views are met to plan for future public good as well as present, I must feel confident that this Address will be received tavourably, and be etamined with atten. don and candour. As a rough, unlettered seaman, whose life, from my youth up until now, has been spent in the naval set. vice of my King and country, in every quarter of the globe, I confess my ignorance cf mercantile affaSrs ; and it therefore would but ill become me to m tee any sort of comment on the matter ot this Address, or to pretend to judge of its merits. I may be allowed, however, to observe, that it principally tends to endeavour to point out to tenet,; Excellency some disabilities which the British met chants here labour under, particularly the obliga tion laid on them by a former Government of em ploying Spanish consignees—the unequal rates of duties on sui.di y articles of goods, (the hardship of which, it appears, was represented to rue Excel lency some time ago), and the ex.essive and uncer tain veluation of .ethers. Advantages, th ey say, would result to individuals and the State, by the establish ment of a duty in transit; and finally praying, that your Excellency will be pleased to apply such reme dies, as the British merchants seem to be assured must prove greatly advantageous to the Revenues of this Government, as well as to the individuals engaged in this commerce. There is, as far as I can judge, truth, honesty and fairness in the statements of this Address ; and led fully assured, Mat it cannot be committed to better hands for a final opinion as to the justice, propriety, and good policy of granting what these Gentlemee solicit, than into those of your Excellency. In the mean time, I look forward with a well. grounded hope, that soon a Consul will become a better advocate here for my countrymen than I can hope to be ; and that all commercial interests will s ere long, be well understood, and naturally, volun tarily, and liberally mix and combine, to promote the incorporated good of the merchants of Great Britain and these Americans. I have the honour to be, your Excellency's most humble and obedient servant, That these advantages have not been equally participated by I (Signed) P. nEIiN 00D. the British merchants, has arisen from different causes, partly To Lis Eicelkncy the President of the Junta of Pro occasioned by too extensive enterprise in the origin, the intro- i ; vistoual Gaverioneut,ftc. Buenos Ayres. Election of various articles little known, or unsuitable to the wants of the country; but more materially felt by the unequal (COPY.) sates of duties established in the Arancel. Their onerous opera- His Majesty's ship Nt.reus. off Bnenia Ayres, thin upon particular woollens, and a variety of articles where the July tri, tali. valuations have been out of all proportion to goods of similar I GINTLIM/X—By way of reply to letters which I have been classes and valve ; and also anicks of cotton manufacture, and ' favoured with from several Gentlemen resident in this city, stairs others that were formerly classed as illicit, for the,want of a due tbt detention of British ships and vessels in the harbour of Monte regulation of their true value, have been liable to different and Video, by Don P. X. Etto, the Viceroy, I beg leave to enclose indefinite valuations at the Casiom-house, of which numerous • for general information a copy o f a letter I have sumo time ago cases can be adduced. The general want of information which sent to his Excellency on skis subject. the Bntiah laboured under upon these matters for a length of , I take this opportunity likewise of acquainting the subjects of time, owing to that complicated mode of levying the duties, has his Britannic Majesty, that it has been officially intimated to me, been the occasion of much loss to individuals, who have been de. by his Excellency the Viceroy, by letter, 13,-46;4 date tho ilath prived of the benefit of re-embarking their property under a mis- 1 ult. that it is his determination to bombard Buenos Ayres. dente transit duty. I have the honour to be, &c. e. *Brains. The particular hardship of the operation of the duties on cer- To the British Merchants residing at and near tain articles was represented to your Excellency in behalf of the to Buenos Ayres. British merchants by Lieutenant Ramsay, of his Majesty's ship (COPY.) Misletoe, on the 10th ot July, 1810; at which period your Ex- His Majesty's ship Nereus, off Buenos Ayres, celkncy assured him, that au enquiry would be instituted to the Sla , 24th June, fill . effect of ascertaining the facts; and that such measures would be It has been represented to me, that a cruizer of his taken as should combine the advantages of the merchant, the re. most Catholic Majesty, s:aiioned by your Exceltaicy ceipts of the Treasury, and the respect due to the laws. The experience of eighteen months, in which British metes to blockade the port of BuenosAyres, has commanded ~ chants hive bee engaged in the provisional trade of Sueswe a British merchant vessel to go into the port of Monte Ayres, has demonstrated hitherto, that It is, in its effects, an so- , Video, as appears by notations made on his papers profitable pursuit. The disabilities attached to British indivi• by Don Juan de Bust°, her commander. I take fir duals by that part of the Act of the 6th of November, 1609, granted, of course, that your Excellency could not which imposes the necessity, that cargoes are only to be intro. , •• , • doted by a Spanish consignee, and produce to be exported in the have given to Captain Busto any instructions so coa same manner, by adding this expence to their specuiationt, and trary to the law ot nations and the established rule, with the other circumstances already referred 'to now that they of blockade ; but that this officer has exceeded his are generally known abroad, have produced the ;Feet of nearly power through ignorance' in this particular. I there a total stagnation of British importations to the river Plate, . it necessary only to acquaint your Excel which is very obvious by the circumstance of vessels of late Sr. !ore thine riving ptincipally in ballast; and the general tendency of our cor- lency with the fact, that your Excellency may have respondence being of so discouraging a nature as to afford but the opportunity of informing the officers command small prospect of trade once commenced, which is literally dis• ing the naval forces of his Most Catholic /0 ajtity to countenanced under its actual form, to the manifest injury of the the Rio de la Plata, that British vessels, after being revenues of these provinces, arising frontßritish trade, as it is to . the individuals engaged in it. legally warned of the blockade of Buenos Ayres, are The transit duty has been found, by long experience in the not to be compelled to go into :any port whatsoever, most enlightened countries, to produce a very ostasiderable in- but more especially that of a town in a state of siege crease to the revenue. 'To Buenos Ayres the system of trans.t and bombardment, where they may be liable to great to the Provinces without the limit of this government would be inconvenience, and incalculable lois and in yto of incalculable benefit. It would secure to this port an emporium, from which the Continent of South America could be supplied themselves tnd proprietors.—Therefore, under the either by land-carriage or by sea; and it would be the means of presetit state of things at Monte Video, it becomes my calling into activity a greater numb e r of the kshoo r j rl class ; and duty to interkre in behalf of vessels belonging du the by facilitating the deposit of a variety of the productions of the subjects Of his Britannic Majesty, now at ancten is country, create new branches of trade, still in their infant' or little known. that harbour, that there may be r.o restraint laid ler The unequal rates of duties on many articles, as established in your Excellency on their desires and inelinatitas 10 the Arancel; the excessive and uncertain valuations of marry quit it ; and that such of them as have partly Laded others, particularly of cotton goods, and those that formerly were their cargoes may, if unsold, be allowed to ',Ake the not admitted to entry ; the advantages that would result to the State, and to individuals, from the establishment of a transit duty; same on board again, if they wish it, subject of course to the legal customary port charges ; lot, in the pus the disadvantages to the British merchants from the disabahches u to nd i e u r tguit whic t h v tha they commk now lab our ; m of ar y q ou Po r in uct ta which ikacy , w ial e iter are ae lado wes ced , Bible (though perhaps improbable) event of an asent:. . . capture of Kate Video by assailants, all lkitlh REGENCY THEATRE, TOTIZNHAM-STRILET, TOTTI.NHAy-CeURT-R•AD. THIS EVENING and TO-MORROW, 'lva' be presented, the favourite Lyric Drama., from the celebrated Play of THE MOUNTAINEERS. Octavian, Mr. HUIDDART, (from the Theatre Royal, Dublin). Fleranthe, Mrs. PRYCE; Agnes, Mrs. SARBAT ; Zorayda, Mrs. MARDEN. To which will be added, the much-admired Barletta, from the Farce of THE DEVIL TO PAY. Tears to be open at halt'-past five, and begin at half-past six. I