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-. ' AMERICA. .." 7 ". UN"-- • PRIVATE I ETTER. " Mowrs-Vteso, Ivr,r Jr. " Matters are not by any means adjusted satisfac torily in this gtx ‘ og . , the world, but the present situa tion Of EnglaP •fire Spanish Government leads us to conclude, that British subjects will be allowed a right of residence and mercantile operations in those colonies, particularly as we have just received Intelli gence that our Cabinet has appointed Mr. Staples Consul General of Buenos Ay: ^s and its dependencies. The Buenos Ayres troops have in their .power all the extent of coast on the rivers Uraguay and Parana. — The Montevideans have the uncontrulable sway of the waters of those rivers, and of La Plata, and the fear entertained prevents any supplies being sent to either town. ' 4 it is impossible to convey to you an adequate • idea of the miseries at this moment existing in thhl, place, cooped up and hemmed in on all sides by besieging army without fresh meat, or vegetables, . baying little corn, and firing on salt beef and,biscuit. A few days ago the public mind was agreeably re ' lievectby the arrival of news, that the Duke del Parquet might be hourly expected to take upon him rtre-cotri turd of this province, in the lieu of the man who at present so unworthily exercises the Vice-Regal func tions ; also,.that the Portuguese troops to the trumber of 4000 were already actually on their march to assist this Governm.nt in defending the rights of Ferdinand VII. What effect this unexpected succour to the Mon tevideans may have in the Buenos Ayres Government I cannt yet determine." Extract of a letter received from Buenos Ayres, dated 6th of August, written by a public Officer at tached to the Revolutionary patty • 44 Monte Video is so hard pressed, and so powerful are the measures adopted against it by this Govern ment, that it is impossible it should hold out for a longer period than a month from the present time." PORTUGME SUFFERERS. 1110100J1MATION8 TO TAM COIWITTER FOR THE REPS/ OF Tint PORTUOLMAZ SUFFUIF.RS. FllO3l THE BISHOP OF LAMEGO. 4 Lamege, August 3, IBM • 44 I have already represented to you the greatness of the benefit which his Britannic Majesty and the. British nation, in giving prods of the most exalted humanity, have bestowed on the miserable Portu.! guese, who, being deprived of the very necessaries of' file by the French armies, would have been the vic-1 tiros of death without this succour, of which Lamego appeared to me deserving. " Although not so great sufferers as Pitibel, Guar ds, Leiria, Estremadura, &c. it was sufficient, that the greatest part of this diocese was trodden by the French, and its capital invaded, to form an idea that they had felt all the ravages and ruin which the enemy ever practise. " I n ,, w see that your Cernmittee have been pleas ed to favour this Bishopricic with the first sign of 600 mil-reas, which I shall order to be distributed agree ably to your instructions. 44 I will communicate to you the state of indigence of this diocese, and the distribution of this sum ; for which I now return you all possible thanks in the name of those assisted, assuring you at the same time of our and their prayers to Heaven, to reward those who have generously bestowed this charitable relief, and your Committee, who have made the distribution thereof. (Signed) TIIE BISHOP OF LAMEGO." _ . FROM Tita RISIIOP OF GUARDA. 1 ' The greatest praise, and the most fervent expres. sions of my gratitude, are due to the generosity with tvhicb the magnanimous British nation, the constant and faithful ally of this kingdom, has been pleased to put under my care the sum of 3600 mil-reas for the re lief of my unhappy diocesans (unhappy from the evils which they have suffered, and their results which they ;re now suffering ; and unhappily, because their Bi shop cannot, nor ever will be able to administer the necessary relief, from his being almost reduced to the same degree of indigence by the loss of his rents and' his furniture) : and I deem it my obligation to con . form implicitly in the distribution of this liberal suc cour, to the benevolent intentions of the generous be., nefactsas who have granted it. " 1 now beg leave to offer to their consideration, that there not being -any hoFpitals in the Bishoprick of Guarda, in which thousands, hundreds, or even dozens of persons can be received (in benefit of whom it would be proper to apply every thing in preference to the wants of those in health), and it being intrrac ticable, to assist with soup the - multitudes of poor, ' versed through this Bishoprick ; two modes present, themselves as the most prompt and efficacious for the distribution of the generous supply. The first is, to give each individual in want his proportion of the donation-which will come to-bim, in one general partition, by means of the respective parish Curates ; and the other, to propot tion the share to the necessities of the receivers ff For the approbation of one of these modes, or the ach-ption of any other which may appear better, I must observe, that the Bishoprick of . Guarda, five or six years ago, had in it 206 parishes, 156,000 souls of both sexes ; that in ,:11 probability, in consequence of known events, one fourth is deficient ; and that not a twentieth part, more or less, will be exempt from thel necessity of applying for relief, and therefore the per sons in want of assistance may amount to 70,000. It , is certain that few individuals of this Bishoprick are exempt from the ttecessiti of relief ; bnt it is equally certain, that in distributing the above sum in equal shares, each person would receive 53 reas, leaving an overp,us of 30 mil-reas. succour (4 . 53 reas to each single persc - rclp procure a piece of bread to satisl would ,scarec _ hunger for tact. It is true, and I repeat it, that the 70,000 contemplated, not one would IN in a state above receiving succour • but in consideration that the proportion from its smallness, would bp a poor rxredy.and so little vrould the want he felt by each when *silted of it, it would be better to give to the tick a greater propoction, as also to the fathers of fain !its 4urthencti by children,, useleso from ibeir tender ate and we:llc state of health, epogigh to buy half- or 4 whoio alciticir of Tye or Indian coin, 14 fog otwshie two mit-i-ea,7, although far thesputpaise of the•-• b!N T01P.141 a 4 the fg* vf ? , f=agly • ,< -- 411a7oLT MAIL. VALINCIA6VALCAN CARA, SEPT. 9. Truxillo no lOnger exists but in name. The enery left it in a state to cause.everlasting horror. Those monsters are now in Placentia, Almaraz, &c. on the other side of the Tajo. General D. CArlos Hispena writes from his head. quarters, near Ledisraa, that i.e had taken above 30 Frenchmen, which he had placed at the dispositku of Lord Wellington. FRONTIERS OF HUNGARY, SEPTEMBER 17. The General in Chief, Count Kutosow, has not yet arrived at Bucharest, although he is daily expected. A courier, dispatched by B.tron nobsch, arrived some time ago at Bucharest, from Constantinople. , We learn, that on his return he was conducted from Sistow to the camp of the Grand Vizier. We are ignorant whether he will be permitted to continue his journey. HAMBURGH, SEPTEMBER SO. with an alq.itir of seed t 0 or 40 persons should be c. prived of their ploportion . of 53 reas each. " Under these circumstances, by this or either of the modes which may meet the apptobation of our gene. rous benefactors, shall the distribution be made with the Most scrupulous punctuality. Goo preserve you many years. (Signed) " VIE BISHOP OF GUARDA." /ROM THE BISHOP OF CASTELLO BRANCO. " Gastullo Branca, June 55,1511. OR the 23d inst. I received your letter of the 18th, in which you confide to me the distribution of the succours the generous British nation transmits for the assistance of the unfortunate, who suffered from the French invasion. t ought to acquaint you, that I, with difficulty, undertake the distribution of these succours amongst the places belonging to my Bishopric, since the extent thereof from east to west is 26 league ,arti from north to south, 10 leagues ; there are 811Arishes, which in 1801 contained 18,114 families, composed of G9,12' souls. Into almost the whole, the enemy entered ; and in those which they did not visit, the inhabitants suffered much from be ing Obliged to quit their homes, and take refuge in the mountains; thus exposing themselves to the nick. mency of the weather, which produced epidemic dis eases : these yet increase. • 64 I request you will inform me if the places not invaded are to be contemplated in the above-men tioned subsidy. I delivered the letter you transmitted me ; the money is ready, and I shall receive it in proportion as applications are made; and in proper time I shall transmit to you the lists of the names, duly signed by me. The object encourages exertion; and the English nation, as far as I am interested, has every title to my thanks and gratitude. GOD pre serve you, &c. (Signed) 44 THE BISIIOI' OF CASTELLO BRANCO." • FROM TILE BISHOP OF GUARDA. " Guanla, July 3, ISt I t 44 I had the honour of presenting you with the in closed report, drawn up in consequence of a verbal Communication of arrangements being made for the immediate disttibution, by the intervention of the Bishops, of the relief which the magnanimous British nation has been pleased to bestow on the urgent ne cessities of the inhabitants and the provinces of this kingdom, invaded and laid waste by the enemy ; and I now see, by your letter of the 18th of June, that the said report may be re-examined : it goes, however, without any alteration, from my having said that it should so return to you. 44 In this report, 1 declare, that there are in my diocese 206 parishes, all more or less poor ; and that many parishioners labour under severe and even con tagious distempers, proceeding from hunger, poverty, and privation of any kind of wholesome food, and want of change of linen ; and that, should an equal distribution take place of the 8600 mil-reas, each would receive something more than 17 reas. This. calculation, however, will :idmit of some alteration, in case of a smaller parish with a smaller number of sick and indigent, for the purpose or increasing the relief to others more populous, or containing a greatfr number of sick. With this sum, twelve poor of eagh .parish, sick, or fathers of families, burthened with unfit for - 'ice from their - might f- By a Decree of the Commission of Government, dated the 27th inst. all proprietors of ships, of what ever description, are ordered to furnish, within a spe cified time, to Government, a declaration of such ships, their description, tonnage, the port to which ' they belong, and the place where they are at present. The ships, the proprietors of which have not com plied with these formalities, shall be placed under se . questration until their condemnation be pronounced . \(PRIVAT It LETTER.)- gg OPORTO, ogr. lff. " Colonel Trant left this place a few Jays ago, to organize a new regiment of militia, in the interior, Which has been supplied with arms, and will be ready for service in a very short time. " Accounts from headquarters, up to the 111 h, say that the British army was rather sickly. The number of the sick •in the Anglo-Portuguese farces amounts to 15,000 men, but.it will decrease as the season advances. Neither army is preparing to do any thing at present, zpd the head. quarters remain in the same situation. " Letters from Gallicia state, that Abadia has had many skirmishes with the advanced posts of the ene my, but not any engagement of consequence. He has several times driven, them back, but they return upon him with increased force, and it is expected that he will, until further strengtLened, withdraw from the immediate neighbourhood of Astoria." FRENCH PAPERS. • • - ST. PETERSBURGH, SEPTEMBER st. According to letters from Odessa, dated the 15th, commerce, both by sea and land, becomes there every day more flourishing. On the suggestion of the Duke de Richelieu, Government is taking measures for rss.. moving the obstacles which have hitherto incommod: ed the navigation of the Dneister and the Bog. By this means the export of the produce of the fertile Podolia has become more easy, as well as the com munication with Lemberg and Brody. Several new silk and woollen manufactures have this year been established at Odessa. The improved breeds of sheep t.outhr inces of the Empire furnish wool clrildren _ age, assisted with one four-tenths :vas: but f will not - con, ceal, that the poverty of the greater part of my dio. ccsans is beyond all expression ; and, if what I have' heard from a person of my bishoprick, on whose tre.., racity Y can depend, be true, it is a proof of consume mate misery ; many of the greatest invalids are fed with soup, made from ale water in which baealhao (salt-fish) has been boiled, when they can get this wretched food. . • 66 These people in the happy state of health and peace, under the protection of the laws of our most 'august Sovereign, were poor, but eontented with .gamin:e_, a moderate subsistence of bread and green/ 1 / 2 ' and a light blanket, by their labour in the fields, and by working up - wool or flax in small quantities, and had little more than was necessary for the use of the:, family. Teis employment has almost entirely ceaseds l and not being able to work the ground for want of cattle, seed, and bands, in consequence of the many deaths, and the greater part of the most industrious having entered the army. as soldiers of the line, or mi- I litia, or conductors of baggage-waggons, every thing remains in the greatest poverty ; even persons who lived in decency and affluence from the produce of , their farms, which now produce nothing. 46 I judge that by the above I have complied with your wishes, and shall continue so to comply ; and, therefore, I have only to say, that you will do me a particular favcur to receive my just acknowledg ments, as a tribute due to you for the part you have taken in this business, in which I am so deeply jute reste 1, I ecause it concerns my diocesans, children, and fellow-countrymen ; and to transmit to the bene factors equal expressions of my gratitude ; to the ge nerous British nation, also the protestations of my sin cere affection, attachment, and respect. (Signed) 64 Th. BISHOP OF suatena." _ FROU LORD WELLINGTON. " Puente Gulualdo, Sept. 16. U Stn—l have had the honour of receiving your let ter of the 12th instant, regarding the assistance to be given to The poor inhabitants of Portugal who are sick, item the funds arising from the bounty of the British Parliament, or.the charity of individuals in England. The knowledge I have of this country induces me to request, that you will suggest to the Gentlemen ap pointed to manage and distribute these funds, the ex pediency of attending to the districts on the banks of the Gen, from its source at least as far as Pinhel. " These districts were the seat of the war during the rtlsantios of July, August, and September, 1810, when the harvest of that year was reaped, the whole of which was consumed by the enemy; and again in the begin ning of April of this year, when the little they had sown began to appear above ground, and was consumed. The inhabitants of these villages are reduced to in the ICTII prov r _- - _ of the greatest fi neness ; the raw silk is brought from Peasia, and the Russian Governments en the borders of the Black Sea and the Caspian. The navigation of the former of these seas has been secure all the summer ; the flotilla stationed at Sebastopol has pro. tected it. from the enemy's ships of war. At the be ginning of this snontli, they had heard nothing of the sailing of die Turkish fleet, or of the great expedition which the Capstan Paella was to have attempted against the Crimea ; they were besides completely tranquillised by the measures which the Duke de Ri chelieu had taken against every event., CASSEL (WESTPHALIA), OCTOBER 2. His Majesty has issued a decree, ordering that the regiment of light horse of his guard shall be armed with lances, and shall take the name of the Light horse Lanciers of the Guards; and also that the first regiment of Light-horse of the line shall be similarly armed, and take the name of the First Regiment of Light-horse Lanciers. TOULON, OCTOBER 2. General Lariboissiere, Inspector-General of Artil lery, has beta in our city for a month past. He has caused batteries to be erected on the isles of Porque. Porterus, ancklligan, and at the point of Bre gascon, on the peninsula of Gien, and at several other points of the main land, mounted with artillery of a new invention. In consequence of these batteries, whatever anchorage ground off the Hyeres Isles the enemy may choose to take, he will find himself reached on all sides. An English ship has just made _the experiment. This ship having entered Hyeres Roads, and anchored where the English squadron had been accustomed to come to an anchor without being reached, was immediately fired at and hit. She ' at once cot her cables, . and made off, keeping the .. middle of the passage between the isles of Porque rolles and Porteros. It was unfortunate that fifteen pieces of artillery, destined fot the defence of this passage, could not be fired off, on account of the thickness of the Weather ; this ship would not have otherwise got off so well. VIENNA. OCTOBER 3. His Royal Highness Prince Antony of Saxony, and the Archduchess, his wife, after passing 3 days iii this capital, have returned to Shlossof. Yesterday morning, at 50 minutes past 9. a slight shock of an earthquake was felt at the Observatory of the University, which lasted three seconds. The motion of pendulums was not stopped ; but a lantern suspended in the Observatory Hall was slightly shaken. This phenomenon was felt at the same time in other parts of this capita. The hope of seeing the improvement of our course of exchanr - was realised yesterday. It was then at subsist npon a small quantity of millet, which t hey _ . _, .. ..ge s y -/. 2:37; and we expect soon to see it at 200. . . _ have contrived tp save ; but . th e food is not of a de- It is believed that the revenues of the Archbishop. scription, nor is the quantity sudicient, to subsist them i rick of Olmutz will be considerably diminished ; but thmugh the winter. Money distributed in those vil. a fine property will still remain attached to it. Ihe laws would enable them to procure some food from Count de Trautmansdoi f, at present bishop of Ice- Spain; and if the British army should canton for any tiigsgratz, is named as successor to this See, since the time in these districts, the inhabitants will gain some- Archduke Rodoiph has declined accepting it. thing by the services they will render the army. “ But the distressed state of these people deserves AMSTERDAM t OCTOBER 14. the attention of the managers o f t h ese cares. * charities. Yesterday tlse Emperor gave Audience to the Court . I' I have the bottatit to be, Ike. - of Accounts, to the Heads of religious worship, to' (PP") .I ° e r g"lgli"*t" ' the Instituts of lielligid, to the ?rofessots ef-dte r: A ^' i Athereorn, to the Cuawdsioners of etc B well as to a numbeeof distingnMed persons of tbia city. Ilia Majesty condescended to receive at the sante time all the Functionaries who have already had the honour of being presented to him. UTRECKT, OCTOBER I. The-march of events had brought Holland to the situation of being no longer an independent nation, but a simple commercial factory between England and the Continent. —France, forced to exclude her blind and implacable enemies from the Continent. ;was, of necessity, obliged to change the destinies of Holland. If this country had remained shut up be tween the sea on one side, and the line of French enstotn-houses on the other, she would have had but a precarious iade e, accompanied with the total ruin of individuar:trd c even with a general famine. r United to the great empire, Holland suffers, undoubt edly, aU that a commercial house mutt suffer which loses her ancient relations ; but, at least, ste does r ec. suffer without hope. She must foresee that a power so formidable as France, cannot, in the end, be deprised of the benefit of a safe and hononrable maritime peace —a peace which, thence forward, will guarautee to the Dutch a new sphere of activity, not less extensive .tad meth less precarious, than that of which they sere masters in the lest century. Situated at the mouth of the Rhine, the finest Jiver of France and Germany, Holland is the natural port and the ecru mon market of those vast and rich countries that are watered by so many rivers, the tributaries of theßh;ne —the Alps of Switzerland—the vineyards and cert. fields washed by the Moselle and the Meuse, the Necker and the Mein—the woods and mines of the Vosges, the Ardennes, the Black Forest, and . Odenwald—the manufactures of Appenzell, Wirtemburgh, Frankfort, Henan, Llcc. Such art the objects to which the speculating spirit of the Dutch become Frenchmen will be directed. They will be the agents of all the northern part of the great Ern , pire. .The Dutch, who are the most attached to t'..e old commercial reputation of their country, fccl thee: oaths, proiess and circulate them amonva the least enlightened classes. The Dutch seamen feel, with some pride, that they form One of the most essential branches of the French Empire; and it is partly on their talents, zeal, and courage, that the Continent relies for the arrival of the happy epoch of the freedom of the seas. - The Fle mish, German, and Danish seamen, speaking aktskost the same language as the .Dutch, having the tame manners, fraternise, on board the Scheldt fleet, with the countrymen of Ruyter and Tromp. Moreover, the Emperor is visiting our cities, ports, and dykes—he enquires into our wants, studies our resources, and will leave here, as every wi.ereclae. sernorable oath of 114 vizi!. . - THE EVENINU STAR. . _ LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER SIC PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE (TU.O= 3 per Ct. Cons. for money 63if —Ditto for account ft s per Ct. Reduced 6211 , —1 per Cent. 'NO Nary Spa Ct. 96f—bonds 1 13s. pTe.—Otnniusst H eke, Lit.b. BIM (341.) Is. to 2s. pre.—bitso (4.1) 41. to Ss. 'pm DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH BY GENER&I. BALLASTEROS. • • STAR-OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. We have just received the following imporuut lets ter from Portsmouth : " PORT SMOU TH, o:Tosta 23. 44 Arrived the ship Henry, Dozovms Master, in eight days from Cadiz : she pissed by this port this morning ; she is a running ship. By her we learn that the French were, at her departure, firing on the Garrison, but with little effect. BALI.ASTEROS had engaged the French updeT General Gounmor, on the 27th and 29th ultirne.. in both of which actions he had been successful, tAing above 400 prisoners. The French under the above General were .5000. " Some Spanish Gentlemen, whom we have sass, have landed here from the Henry, they say that BLAICI has been successful in an attack made by him on the French in Valencia." MimMINIMMI The Princess Amelia packet, Ciptain Mnott•nw, has arrived at Falmouth, with Mails from the Medi terranean and Gibraltar; left Messina on the firs: of September, Malta on the 11th, Girgenti on the lf,ch, Cagliari en the 24th, and Gibraltar on the loth Oc tober. On the 10th Septembet, the Ann packet let Malta for Girgenti ; the Lapwing 'packet had also arrived safe at Malta. His Majesty's ship Caunrua, with the TuaonostA schooner, left Malta for Admiral BOuE. had hoisted his flag on board the TRIDENT. The packet left at Gibraltar his Majesty's ships SAN JUAN, WHOPS. and RICHMOND gun-br.g. On the 7th inst. a fleet for England was standing out; of the Bay, His Majesty's ships l'Awta and Clara were cruizing in the Gut. The Norton packet, Gap• taro Navvia, is also arrived, but having left G bral. tar two days before the Amelia, btings no later teliigence. It was reported at Gibraltar that an surrection bad broken 011 t at Naples, but coul cm be traced to any authentic squire. The Noetno ►lr k: his Majesty's brig l'Erota on the 4th Septembet, near the 11.ubary shore, with a fleet, bound to Malts. Tha intelligence from Sicily by the above Mail s states, that all is tranquil. Among other commuai cations from that Island, we have received the fd• lowing " PALERMO, AUGUST IC 14. The news from Naples represent that city anJ kingdom in a most wretched state.—ltaly is fast ap proaching that barbarity of the dark ages, to which Bonaparte threatened to reduce aU Europe.—Tiot landed proprietors pay upwards of £l6O per cent. of the produce of their estates to the Government.—The large Palaces of the nubility she rapidly falling to ruin-4—the streets unpaved—every appearance of a city 444,4 by its enemies ' go of 611 the brilliancy I ti ~ . li~ i~ .. d a •.~ ti di M • le ij ti a - a it 4 111 is a 4 b A • al lb ~~ '~a i 411 c a Po ii sl C si 8 J 1 i t 1 I I J 1 1 - i . 1 . I F