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• 30th of July gave an elegant entertainmenkto Wm. Pinkney, Esq. After dinner, Captain Lei/is Duvall, having felicitated Mr. Pinkney on his safe return, to his native country, Mr. Pinkney addresseel?tar com . pany in substance as follows : He thanked them for that evidence of their regard and esteem, which their conduct on that occasion ex hibited ; and said it was the more grateful to his feel ings because it was given in his native city, by many of those who had been the eye-witnesses and compa nions of his youth, and some of whom had been his fel low labourers in the public service. That he had by appointment of the Government of his country been engaged abroad, in the execution of a most arduous and difficult trust, and he sincerely regretted, without being able to accomplish those fair and honourable VIENNA, AUGUST 14. objects, the manifest justice and propriety of which, lit—. • . , e saie o f ecciesiastical and demesne property reason• would at all times be ready to acknowledge. goes on with a great deal of regularity, and coafor- He declared himself warmly and sincerely attached to mably to reulons h h neen made on the political conduct and principles of that great, the subject the . T h e sums ati ari w sin hic g fro m these sales catne good, and excellent m.m who now presides over the siderably surpass the valuation which was made of public affairs of this nation, and that his attachment the property There were some fears Iliac the churck to him was the more firmly fixed, because he had the lands would . not find purchasers, but on rho contrary, best possible opportunities of knowing the honesty ! they are much sought after. and purity of his motives—and that, aided, by the co-1 operation of his felloW-citizens, he had no doubt he I There was a great deal of property in Moldavia would firmly support the best interests of his country. : which belonged to our Government ; it is to be sold He said he had no conceahnrnti to practice, but wished like the rest. Baron de Batsch has been tent into his political principles to be publicly and generally ; Moldavia asAulic Commissary, to look after the sales. known-4e would avail himself of that ,occasionl A large extent of demesne land, situated in Gelli openly and explicitly to dechre, that it was his firm ,' cia, has just been marked out for sale. determination to support the administration of his Government, whilst it should be conducted upon these AUGSBURGH, AUGUST 101. democratic republican principles which had governed' We are informed from Belgrade, that the alarm w the political conduct of the present and late adminis- which was spread in that town and in all Servia, after trations—and that be should do this from an honest the retreat of the army of General Kutusow behind the Danube, was dissipated on its beiag known that conviction that it would eminently contribute to the troops forming the corps of General de Sass, of the promotion of the general welfare. For reasons, which he was well assured would be obvious to those which the greater part had retired into the Lesser present, he deemed it improper to enter more into de- Wallachia, had again concentrated themselves on the tail at the present moment—but having now become right bank of the Danube ; and that the accredited a private citizen, he should at all times give h is pe a . Russian Agent at Belgrade had, in the name of the General in. Chief Kutusow, given the Servian Senate tical opinions to those who should deem them of suf ficient importance to seek their discovery. a forme' assurance that he would employ all the CORONATION OF THE NEGRO KING OF HAY Tl. means in his powerto protect*Servia against any at- On Captain Douglas's arrival at Cape Henry, as tacks which the Ottoman army might in future at it is now called, lie found great preparations m ..king tempt. for the Coronation of their Majesties of Hayti, to It appears from other accounts, that the left wing take place on the following Sunday, previously to of the Russian army has never abandoned the ths which a number of his favourite Generals were enno- trict between Orsowa and Widdin, on the right of bled, some made Princes, some Dukes, some Counts, the Danube, which is of great importance to the some Barons, some Chevaliers: this new creation Russians, on account of their communications with could hot but astonish the gaping multitude, little Sei via. All the Russian troops posted betweee Pre used to such sights, by the splendour of their appro. gova and Negodin have advanced upon Tanock, priate dresses, some of purple, sonic of blue, some of from whence they can easily support the Servian white silk or satin richly ornamented ; whilst ehibroi- army assembled at the camp of Deligrade. Consi dered cloaks or mantles gracefuily flowed from their dereble convoys of Al tillery, ammuniti ei, and provi shoulders, and their heads covered with gold laced skins, have been sent front Belgrade to the camp at hats, turned up in front with a hutten and plume, Deligrade. The Servian army ie estimated at 18,000 exhibited a likeness of our ancient nobility, as they men. are represented in some of our old paintings. The previous matters being arranged, the ceremo- 1 , ny that next took place was the consecration of the national standard or colours, which was performed ! - with peat pomp by the Archbishop, who, they say, i CORUNNA, AUGUST 22. is a German, and a man of some erudition. But the Some travellers from Biscay positively inform us, grand business of all was the Coronation of their that reinforcements to a large extent have lately en- Majesties, which took place on Sunday, the second of tered . hain So T e number they state is 40,000, but i June,- in a large square called the Champ de Mars, is • t doubtless an ex iggeretion. where temporary canopies and coverings were erected for that purpose. Porlier, with 5000 men, lately entered Ssntemteva, the French having previously quitted it. A few days About seven o'clock their Majesties in their state carriage, drawn by eight white horses, attended by afterwards he marched out again, in consequence, it is supposed, of the advance of the French in great Madame Dessalines in her carriage and six, and the other nobility in such carriages as they could pro.' force. f I cure, brilliantly attired, proceeded to the Champ de . The army of Gallicia is in a very respectable state: Mars, where his Royal Majesty, with the Queen, left W. have heard of a proposition made by Lord Wel. , lingtrin to our Junta, for a coeipera•ien, but I am their carriage, and ascended a temporary throne, afraid it will never be effectual. The British Govern. richly ornamented ; bete the King, having previously put a crown of gold, richly furnished with precious . ment is to be called upon for arms and ammunition. stones, upon his head, now took it off, and delivered i Mina and Longa, and a Priest named Gonzelez e it, with another for the Queen, into the hands of the ! are extremely active with their Guerrillas, but gene- Archbithop, who crowned their Haytian Majesties, rally speaking, the p.m iiitic cause languishes. It is with all the pomp and ceremonies used on such great 'reported, however, that Joseph Bonaparte has thought occasions. Thus graced by the diadem, to which it prudent to leave Madrid, the garrison not being . NEW YORK, AUGUST s.. also they added grace, this august pair retired into sufficient to maintain subordination. •We copy the following front the Baltimore Whig, to the royal tent, with the Archbishop and some of the . The Rhine frigate would sail within a week for spew to our readers what base fabrications and bare. great Officers of State, and there received the holy England. fated falsehoods are invented and circulated to inflame sacraments, which being finished, their Majesties de- 1 the public mind against Great Britain. scended, and, having taken their carriage, attended i [FROM •1 its BALTIMORE Will; OF JULY 31.] in the same manner, returned to the Palace, where . Rose, Erskine, Jwison, eclipsed ::y Foster. they held a levee, and received the congratulations of • gi We hear from a source deemed perfectly authen- the nobility and gentry on the auspicious occasion, tic, that Much insolence was displayed by Mr. Foster and also the compliments of Captain Douglas and itt his last interview with Mr. Monroe—(we believe Captain O'Grady, of the British Navy, whose ships on-Thursday last.) I were seen at anchor in the port. _aa Being pressed to explain himself ha relation to the ! After the Levee, at about two o'clock, their Ma haterlerence of the United States to procure such a re- jesties and the Nobility, in the same order of proces vonetion of French Edicts, Btc. as should restore corn- sion, repaired to another square, where, under the melee to its former state, Mr. Foster declared th:tt shade of the entwined boughs, well arranged for the we must insist on obtaining permission to carry Bri- purpose, a repast, cot4isting of Ghat covers, WA3 pre- P fish goods to France and other nations on the Conti- pared, to which all the English and American mer nent ! Being told that such a demand was unrea- chants were invited, and where Captains Douglas soneble, bey and our power to enforce and our right ' and O'Grady had the first places of honour. to ask, and wenld net be acceded to; Mr. Foster ex- , At this eotertainmeht, the King, rising from his pressed the intentions of his Government in warm and seat, gave the following toast,—" My Brother, the menacing terms, 40J s,:id, that if America persisted King of Great Britain," which was drank with three in her present attitude and claims, Britain} would inn- times three ; to which lie added, " May he prosper mediately dispatch such a mar ine force to cur coast, rte, and continue the and be successful against Bonaparte, as would ann.hilate not only our foreign but our coast- barrier between that tyrant and this kingdom." The ing trade—thus menacing war, instead of promising next toast was given by the Archbishop, 6 6 the king ilaEllEv. of Hayti," which wits also drank with three times • "We conceive there 4no impropriety in publishing ' three. After this, their Majesties returned in the the foregoing, as it reached us in no confidential shape same order to the Palace, before which a great body —without injunction. If incorrect, it will doubtless of troops, to the number of nearly 10,000, paraded be set right—but if true, we trust Congress may be for a long time, every company piec..ded by its band conveind at an earlier day than the 4th of Nova of music, which, together with the incessant firing of " We long since thought that England would im- guns, ringing of bells, and rude shouts of the popu pel us to hostilities, sooner or later—and her increased lace, almost stupificd the senses. The Royal cavai- Outreges and repeated insults confirm the opinion. To cade then took a ride about the town, and scattered us may be reserved the glory of levelling the tyranny money in great profusion among the people; and the . we were the first to shake." , busin e ss of this great day was at length concluded We know, than a correct source, that there is not with splendid illuminations, and an opera at the thea one word of truth in the above assertions. On the tre. On Monday, the ad of June, high mass was contrary, we ate well assured, that every interview celebrated, and the "Te Deum" sung at the Cattle, which has taken place between Mr. Foster and our dral: after which their Majesties had a Levee, and Government, has been conducted w ith the greatest received the compliments of the nobility and gentry, c rdiality, and terminated satisfactorily to both par. and the evening was concluded with illuminations -, .—E. P. and a comedy at the Theatre. Different porcy must be pursued toward us, or it Or. Tuesday, the 4th of June, anniversary of the will be seen that there is fire in the wig warn. It is birth of our good old King, a royal salute was fired known that Mr. Madison's Proclamation grows out by the Reindeer and Sappho, which was returned by i of the stele ot our &reign relations, and that he was the forts and shipping in his Haytian Majesty, who ; g et ' disappeined io the mission of Mr. Foster. ga v e a b a ll at hi s p a l ace i n honour of the day, at most mss._ . .saw. Thomson I, [FROM THE EAlantiolli neeseionn which Capt. Douglas, Capt. O'Grady, and Mr. Mor- The Democratic Republicans of Annap o lis, on the ris had the honour of dancing. also an American ID u. . ea . . - _• . . ... - .. . . . . . . ISLE OF FRANCE, JANUARY 2. TRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUGUST SS. Her Majesty the Empress yesterday at one o'clock received, on the occasion of her iete, the felicitations of the Princesses of Spain, of the Ladies of the PA lace, of the Princes Grand Dignitaries, of the Ladies of the Ministers and Great Officers, of his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador, &c. PROCLAMATION. In the tame of Ma 11I4jeety, George 111. King of the United Kt Own of Great Britain and Ireland. _ _ The proclamation in the name of his liritatin . ic Testy of the sth of December, 1810, having announ ced that by a future proclamation, the inhabitants of the Isle of France should be forthwith informed of the way in whi.:h the Administration of this island would IN...established; it is in consequence decreed, as, at the Isle of Bourhon, as follows : ART. I All the ecclesiastical establishments, and those who fill religious offices, shall be preserved un- , der the British Government, under the same laws and regulations which existed in the island before its sur render. 2. All establishments, as well judicial as those of the police, shall be alike preserved and continued. Soarer bent plarito, under the British Government, on the same basis and rules as before ithe surrender, ex cept with respect to the following regulations :-Ist, All sentences shall be in the name of George 111. King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, instead of being entitled as heretofore. 2d. All the Decrees of the Court of Appeal established in the island, against which persons might formerly appeal before the superior Court of the Government . in France, shall be, until further orders, preserited' (provided the parties who consider themselves so ag., Irieved shall he so disposed) to the Governor of these slands, who will decide, after he shall have submit ted them to the Judge and Magistrate of the Colony, for his advice and opinion ; nevertheless, in all cases where the parties may wish to appeal to his Britannic Majesty in Councl, that right is permitted as it for merly existed with respect to the Court of Appeal in France. In no case shall any cause be referred to his Britannic Majesty, where the judgment shall not ex ceed the sum of four million pieces of eight. 3. John Shaw, Esq. Bachelor of Laws, Licen tiate and Advo - cate, has been appointed and commis sioned Judge and Magistrate for this Island and its dependencies. 4.—An complaints, except for military offences, which can be [nought against subjects of his Britan nic Majesty, not already submitted to the laws of the colony, shad, till farther orders, be submitted by the complainants without farther delay, to the Judge and . Magistrate, who will hear and examine the complaint, and make his report to the Governor, who will deter mine on its merits. ANTWERP, AUCUST co. Since the 17th instant there have entered this p.irt nineteen ships, laden with tobacco, sugar, pepper cof fee, cassia lignea, indigo, cotton wool, and timber for s hip building. the inhabitants of this island may and will enjoy the same privileges in respect to commerce, as are and shall be legally:enjoyed by his Britannic Ma jesty's other subjects; all persons desiriaz it shall be informed of the Rules, R.gulations, and Restrictions which exist retitive to Commerce, as well as those which 411:411 be, to this end, addressed to the Tribu nals, and deposited in the Custom-houses which are or shall be est.iblished in the Colony. SPANISH PAPERS. 6.—A1l the Public Functionaries formerly em pl •yed to make reports, will contin.te to do so, from tune to time, to the heads of their Departments, who, when they submit to the Governor, will takecaretobe well acquainted with the situation of the Colony, as was the custom under the French Government. 7.—Whenever in other parts of the administration, not hitherto mentioned, Government shall please to make the necessary appointments, it will be invariably determined in its choice of persons whose morals, ta lints and fidelity shall be particularly known. 8.---The Governor will receive at all times, either in writing, or in person, such just complaints as the inhabitants may have to make, in order to redress them. Lastly, from the publication of these presents, all persons shall he bound to obey them. Port !Auk, tale of France, 28th of December, 1810. The Governor of the tales of France, Bourbon, and their d.pendenc ice, R. T. FARQUHAR. By Order: The Chief Secretary to Governmeut, A. IBARRT. AMERICA. • SOUTH AMERICA. BUENOS AYRES. JULT 1. (Private Letter.) " At last the Portuguese, to the numler of 6,0C0 men, are com;ng to succour Monte Video. The Pre sident (1 the Junta has informed me that At troops have embarked at Rio Janeiro for this object, which has occasioned the hasty departure of fifteen handfed men for the opsosite side of the river, the whole of whom are to be commanded by Ferrada. I consider, that whenever this occurs, the Portuguese will be able to take possession of the whole of the noposius side of the River Plate, which is what they have so long contemplated and wished for. " Monte Video is so closely blockaded by our arm?, that it is competed to subsist upon whatwever provi sions they have in the town. Elio is determined to hold out to thelast, and AS some of our-bombs have fallen in the town, he says, that if our army does net decamp immediately, he will give orders that the blockading squadron shall fire bombs into Buenos Ayres. Tomorrow an expedition of 1500 melt will rail to reinforce our army on the other side of the Iriver, and oppose, if possible, the Portuguese who are destined to succour the town. The Army of Peru is in sight of Goyeneche ; as yet we have no account of any engagement, but the news of a dread, ful battle is hourly expected." OFFICIAL DISPATCH ruow THE JUNTA Of trot eree• DOSS Of CHILI, TO THAT OF ISCIESIOS ATEA& Excellent Sir—The means of moderation adopted by this Government, have not been sufficient to gala the hearts of the disaffected to the actual system cf Government. Ever given to their personal in. terests, and tenacious in their caprices, they have en deavoured to compromise the public tranquillity and fidelity of the kingdom, substituting, in their places, disorder, and, what is worse, despotism. The instant when this Junta and illustrious Council, in union with the noNe people, named their represeettnives to the Congress, was the day fixed upon by the ill-disposed to attack the instituted authorities, and at the same time sacrifice the principal of the nobility. abandon ing them to the ferocity of the soldiery. Thomas di Figueras, Commander of the frontier battalion of in fantry, pursuing the career of his former and (Ivor. mous crimes, which, from the lowest situatioo in Ma drid, had conducted him to the presidency of Valdivia, had - rhe audacity to seduce from their duty a coiti derable plrt of the corps of dragoons which woe in !his capital, under the crders of Lieutenant-Col. nel Join, in Benavente. Ht immediately presented li self before the Ministers of J istice, who were sitting s and placing at their disposition the tons le com manded, protested he wished to support the rights of the nation, which no longer ec'sted, against the inno. vatprs and disturb?rs of public tranquillity. At the sight of a movement so unforeseen, the Junta had scarcely time to unite the faithful-troops, ano cnncen trate in the square the new battalion of Grenadiers and their brave Officers. The traitor Figueras, who &A not reckon upon the promptitude of this meastio., itorionely attacked them before they had time to funs ; but SAIII newly formed Grenadiers sustained, siith bingol tr firmness, the at tack, and at the fi.--t discharge obliged him and his followers to seek safety in flight. The traitor took refuge in the St. Domingo's con vent, from which be would have been drawn and torn into a thousand pieces. had not the Magistrates pro tected his infamous life, in order that be might be I tried by a legal form. At two at night he received sentence, and at four in the morning it was executed. NIIMORIAL OP THa BRITISH lIISCIIANTS. AaINUINHID TO CAPTAIN staysvonn. Or THI smarm Bumps Ares, Use sit, " Sra,—The British merchants at Buenos Ayres are informed by Captain *Fart one, Master of the brig Justinian, of his having lett the port of Monte Video, where he had been sent by a written order of the Commandant of the Spanish Lrig of war Casilda, in cons-quence of the distressed state of that place, and the impossibility of his procuring any of the ne cessaries of ore to supply thetrgent wants of his The Masters of other British vessels in that port, an CADIZ, AUGUST S. compe.led to go in, were in the same predicamen., linable to procure any bread, water, or other pr , vi. The Rebuff' gun-brig lately chaced a small pri si,ins of any kind, while the town was inv este d by vateer, which ran ashore under the batteries of St. Lucar, and judging it practicable to bring her off, a land by the army of Buenos Ayres, wh o h a d corn mencect to bombard the place. Captain M.F a rl ai ai boat, with a midshipman and 14 men, was dispatch ed from the Rebuff for that purpose. They landed reports, that an English brig and schoo n e r , wh ic h were coming up to Buenos Ayres, had lik e wise been at about gun-shot distance from her ; and leaving o James Thomson, the coxswain, and two others of ordered into Monte Video. That town bein g ntw h tel. so , the crow, to keep the boat afloat until their return, closely invested and bomb ar ded, an d t h e i i tants reduced to great distress tor want f prov,sions, the remainder proceeded to attack the privateer. The moment the party were gone, the two men (whp the British vessels already in the port, and those that were Americans), with the intention of deserting, may be compelled to go in, will be subjected to the and carrying the boat into a French harbour, rose on same calamities and the same depriv a t i ons ; an d if u IV - Thomson, who had refused to join in their plan, and they are ordered out of the river, after a tells Ration from Europe. very great inconven;encios, and by a most furious attack, endeavoured to dispatch him. Being a stout determined young fellow, he incalculable injuries, will arise to them and to their immediately grappled with them both, and, after a proprietors. In the probable event of an assault and severe contest, got one of them under, and twisting capture of the town by the assailants, ail the British a pistol out of his hand, shot the other, who was at i property there will be exposed to the u s u a l t a t e of hostile military operations. Theref re this state of that moment in the act of levelling a musket at him. things at Monte Video appears to change the charac- The first (a strong American black) again attacked ter cat the blockade, inasmuch AS by the compulsory Thomson, and, with maniac fury, wounded him se manner of ordering British vessels into the port of a verely in several places with a cutlass ; they then besieged town, bombarded, the property of his Ma. closed, and Thomson succeeded in throwing him jetty's subjects is exposed to total liss, and driving overboard. The black regained the boat, foaming with rage, again struggled, and was again driven them to a state of hunger and distress. overboard. Thomson now endeavoured to keep him We annex, for your information, copies and trans under water : but was so exhausted. from loss of lations of the peremptory orders writt en on t h e p a pers blood, that he had not strength sufficient for the pur- of the Justinian, by Don Juan del B us t o , co m ma . i der pose, and must inevitably have fallen under - his too of the Spanish brig of war Casilda. powerful antagonist, who was again in the bo a t, and " The British merchants beg l eave t o requ est you closed upon him with a cutlass, had he not suddenly will he pleased to adopt such e ar ly m e a ns as may disengaged himself, and snatching a pistol, s hot the seem to your judgment most prope r i n or d er to selre black through the shoulder joint, wnich completely lieve those vas s which are now at Monte-Video, and to prevent others from b e ing ma d e v i c ti ms to disarmed him from all further resist a n c e. Th e tiring similar dangers and evident misery and distress: in the boat alarmed the enemy, and obliged the party " The agreeable experience we have had already to retire, who had already gallantly carried the pri of your kind dispositions to promote the commercial vateer, and were in the act of launching her off ; and who must, had it not been for the intrepid resistance interests of his Majesty's subjects, leaves no doubt on of Thompson, the coxswain, been left on the beach, our minds that you will be pleased o n thi s occas i o n to act for our succour with the most effntual means In exposed to the mercy of the enemy. B o th are on board the Druid ; the coxswain will recover, but your power according to your own judgeneut, in there is little hope of the black, who is i n a ver y d an - which we place the must implicit confid ence . gerous state. The black is, without exception, the (Signed) IL ALIGANDaa IVIACKINNON, most muscular and handsome looking fellow I ever Chairman of the British Merchants at Bu e n o s A saw. Thomson is likewise a noble looking fellow. He T o ao l t; . Coos Hri man w°°d d:r 0 1 1 4 1;is C hta afit j a est in y' ll . dar N. is also an American, but an old English seaman. Nereus, .e foam Ayros„ its. ace.