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! ; I 1 TO BE •OLD BY AUCTION, At he Custom-house, Faversham, Kent, on Tuesday, the illth of AU gust, I MU, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, THE UNDERMENTIONED GOODS, viz. 65 Gallons Spirits of Brandy sd Gallons of Brandy of legal Strength for Dealers 3Sti Gall( os of Geneva for private Use 8 Cwt. of Cotten Wool, or thereabouts 13 Small Anchor!, and 4 Warps, Which may be viewed and tasted on ehe morning of the day of Saleo—A Deposit of el per Cent. will be required. AMERICAN PAPERS.. —... REI.EASE OF AMERICAN PROPERTY. BALTIMORE, JULY 17. Whilst with every good American, we are bound to •rejoice at even a remote appearance of the release i y property of our fellow-citizens held by Bona-- i lk in sequestration, we are sorry to find that the amount designated in the intelligence furnished by our coapporident at New-York, does not embrace a greate ass of French spoliatiuns. The cargoes not covered by licences, which arrived in Frlnce after the Ist of November last, consisted almost exclusively of fish and cotton, transported in small fast-sailing ves sels, which would not admit of stowage to any valua ble amount. Ail the property therefore, promised to be restored, does not amount probably to more than one hundred thousand dollars, certainly not to two hundred thou sana dollars ; for the release, should it ever be con vened from the promise of a faithless despot into a fact, is confined to such American vessels as arrived in France subsequent to the Ist of November, and which have been so fortunate as in the passage not to .have become obnoxious to the operations of the Ber lin, Milan, and Bayonne decrees. Nor does the pro mise include the restoration of what was seized under the Rambouiliet decree, amounting to more than forty millions of dollars ; it does not even contemplate c3mperisation for the many valuable vessels and car g Ts burnt and sunk under the orders of Bonaparte. blioulti, therefore, the full amount of what is now promised to be restored be really-extricated from the tyrant's gripe, it cannot be considered as any fair pledge of good, faith, but rather designed for sinister ptitpuses, to answer as the bait of farther delusion, aid to gain an opportunity of practising deceit upon . larger scale. I ut, let it be carefully remarked and remembered, i:.at no i flirtation or change in the French decrees is j• orriised or hinted at. They remain, the solemn and 1. pe.,ted engagements to the contrary notwithstand i• g, in full force against us, as the fundamental law of France, never to be changed till England makes concessions, which she never will, unless she becomes indifferent to her own safety, and ready to surrender her Government, her 'iberty, and every thing dear and inestimable to her inhabitants, into the hands of her revengeful and implacable enemy. We are disposed to consider this aspect towards a partial restoration of seized property as having two objects principally in view -Ist, to give colour ana l -countenanance 'to the co-operating acts of our Go vernment in the Continental system, to which we have become parties in form—and 2d, to confuse, obstruct, and, if possible, to prevent any settlement of our differences with Great Britain, to which the French Government was invited by the departure of Mr. Foster on his mission. A little time will verify these suggestions ; and, should even so inconsiderable an amount of property really return to the hands of its owners, it will be a cheap proof of Bonaparte's love, which will not fail to. swell the hopes and quicken the zeal of his numerous retainers in and out of the Government. In the most favourable point of view, it can be considered as but a very trifling acknowledgment for the condescension exercised towards him in confiscating both British and American property to a larger amount, under the retrospective act of the last Session, commonly called the Non-intercourse law. And so we have another ex ample of the cunning tyrant alternating his treatment - blind devotion to the schemes of Bon., easily be reconciled to the opinion of his I. rity. 44 It is , quite appatent that Mr. Smith does not en. joy the good opinion of our Chief. Boa/soy/log, as we ill do, the standard by which he estimates the merits of men that have from time to time been nd minated by him to the Senate for the most important and dignified offices, no considerate person can surely' attach any kind of importance to his good, or to his° bap( opinion of a Gentleman. h As Mr: Madison's advocate has taken the liberty of introducing what he has stated to be the opinions of others as to the qualifications of Mr. Smith for his late office, I, too, will take the liberty of exhibiting the opinions of certain people as to the qualifications of Mr. Madison for his office ; and this distinction will be perceived in our statements. In his there is nothing but a general assertion, without any designa tion of persons : in mine there is a precise reference. , Before the last Presidental election, the Heads of Department under the late Administration, the colleagues in o ffi ce of Mr. Madison, were all o f ? opi pion, from their intimate knowledge of him, that he was utterly unfit for the efficient duties of the Execu tive Department of our Government. This will not be contradicted by any one of them ; nay, not by those who hold their offices at his will and pleasure. To his election were also opposed all the prominent srepublican newspapers throughout the United States. These circumstances were well known at Washing ton, and greatly alarmed the Madisonians. At the then preceding Session of Congress, under a belief that the people, it left to themselves, would prefer another Gentleman, it was found to be eipedient to form a caucus for the purpose of nominating and re commending Mr. Madison. The immediate effect of this stratagem is well recollected. 44 Another view may be taken of this caucus. It was effected by the extraordinary exertions and per. sonal influence of certain gentlemen of Virginia, who thereby brought upon themselves the personal enmity of Mr. Monroe ; and, strange to tell, these very gen tlemen have since been cast off by Mr. Madison, and Mr. Monroe has, in their place, been taken to hisbosom. Amidst this strange revolution in political relations and private friendships, we have not seen Mr. Monroe making any kind of concession or recantation. On the contrary, we have seen him uniformly, consis t tently, and steadily, maintaining the principles and doctrines upon which the rupture took place between him and Mr. Madison. Manifest, then, is the infe rence from whom the concessions necessary to an ac commodation must have proceeded. According to the doctrine taught in the old Re publican School, this Government, in affairs of mo ment to the fieopk, could have no secrets that could, with propriety, be concealed or withheld from the people. But, from the principles of the new school at Washington, it now would seem that our Executive, from either corruption or infatuation, may pursue a course leading to the prostitution of our Government, and even to the surrender of its reins into the hands of a foreign potentate; and a member of the adminis tration for not favouring such a plot, may he put out of the way with the most indecent obloquy ; and yet ;he people of the United States are not entitled to re ceive any satisfactory information upon so interesting a subject. It was formerly, and I trust it is yet, the sentiment of the nation, that in a conjuncture so awful the duty which a citizen of the United States owes to the people is paramount to all otherconsiderations. gg The strange perversion of the people's rights, as urged by Mr. Madison's advocate, may be tolerated 1 in a country where the Government is the property of the Chief, but not in the United- States, where the Government is exclusively the property of the people, and where the President is nothing but their agent." July 4, 1811. SPANISH PAPERS. ---A. CADIZ, JULY it between chastisement and blandishments, in order Thismorning anchored in this port the Spanish more certainly to secure compliance with his will, but s hi p o f war El - Mino, from Vera Cruz and the Ha in both cases faking care to render the discipline costly vannah, having on board fruits, cloatiiing of different to us alone. descriptions, and 3,750,582 dollars. SMITR AGAINST MADISON. MADRID, JUNE It. The following, evidently from the pen of Mr. On the 7th, at night, the Minister,s met in the house Smith, is copied from the last Baltimore ilmerican: of Aranza, and remained there till two in the morn " The commencement of Mr. Madison's vindica- The principal object, it appears, was to consi tion. at least what may be considered as his vindica- in g* der how to procure sufficient funds for the mainte • _Lion, having been published in the National Intel& , nance cf the troops, for six months have received :enter of this day, the people of the United States n . will soon have before them what may be deemed hiso pay, notwithstanding the urgent applications of exposition as well as Mr. Smith's ; and will, therefore, the French Generals and Chiefs of Corps. Among other powerful reasons which they alledge, is that Of" thus be fully enabled to form for themselves a delibe. -tion, rate and satisfactory judgment. As to the angry de- dose s the and the disgust caused to all. damation and petulant invective in which this chain. On 7th arrived the Mail from France, by which pitm seems disposed to indulge, inasmuch as.they official intelligence was received of the attack and neither promote truth, nor contribute to the purposes loss of the convoy, two leagues from Vittoria, Mas- sena having remained in that city with the rear. of argument, they are, on so grave an occasion, as • guar. s has b fe by the unworthy the calm deliberation of the American peo- Frencd This ne French. We at ws present een hear noshing sensibly lt of military pie, as they are below the consideration of Mr. Smith.' operations. They write from Gerona that in that . • Glaring most be to every person the contrast between city there are 800 sick in the hospitals. Marshal Mac. the gentlemanly decorum and the temperate reason- donald has put to death Captain N. G. Mesuaa, Aid ing of the cne, and the coarse rudeness and the velie- . " cle-Camp to Baron D'Eroles, who was made prisoner, meat ranting of the other. 1 in opposition to the opinion of the greater part of his " I his advocate would have us believe that many officers, and without allowing him time to be con persons, both in and out of Cong-..ess, thought that was : fessed. In retaliation, we are assured that J. A. Mr. Smith, from want of talents , and integrity Martinet, Governo of the Castle of San Fernando, quite unfit for the department of State, and that his ordered five of the six Officers made prisoners in the • appointment was the effect of an intrigue. Were : sally of the 14th inst. to be executed, and sent the re there any truth in this remark, it could not fail to ma Wing one to Macdonald with the information. ..' .F invince every person of the utter unfitness of Mr. • Madison himself for his office. It in plain English • PRIVATE LETTIIII. says, that from the officious persuasion of a few in- "CADIZ, JULY 29. trigueis; he had appointed to the most important and "General Blake sailed from hence on the 24th. with the higliesi statson in the Government, a person with . ll day an expedition of from 6 to 7000 men, and on the foowing all the artillerymen were embarked oti `out talents and without integrity : and this person, board a Spanish frigate, making in the whole about not a stranger, respecting whom he might have been 8000 men, destined l'br the Mediterranean, and ac mi but one who had been his colleague in office cording to Lie best information, will disembark at du the lung term of eight years, and of whose Almeria. To enable the Spanish Government to fit Am eof course had better means of judging than out this expedition, the Hon. Henry Wellesley, the any other person or persons whatever : nay more—to English Ambassador, advanced them the sum of this s. me person, without talents or integrity - , was 75,000 hard dollars '; hut the day after this advance offered, by Mr. Madison, not only the mission to was made, the Minn, a man of war, of .50 guns, ar. Russia, but the important Office of the Treasury de rived from Vera Cruz and the Havannah, with two partment. . - millions for Governehent, and .pearly the same sum " No practice is more common among illiberal on account of private individuals. It is said here men in public tile, than that of depreciating one also that Mr. Wellesley advanced the above sum with the deer's talents and integrity, when they entertain op advice and approbation of Lord Wellington, who. it posits opinions upon national subjects. • Those who is expected, will make sortie movements to prevent may think sign Mr. Madison in the cases enumera- th e French from sending reinforcements towards Ma. ted in Mr. Smith's address, may consider the ex-se- laB aor the neighbourhood oft , ada. c, etary *greatly deficient in talents ; and those who 1 • • • le General ...lio flee bef it r e .... .e 4 *in the Vice- believe that the jest duty of republicanism is # ' • - - . • . , • .- • , aoyshlp of the river Plate, by order of the Corps, and Geneml Vi octet appointed in his place. • " General Ymas; late Governor of 'Badajos, has not tilade his escape, as was first imagined ; he is still id his prison. " The Princess Carlota of the Brazils having a ,Istrong party here, one of the Members of the Legis •ate (Valcente, Member for Seville) proposed ber as, Regent in the absence of Ferdinand VII. but there is every reason to believe that those Members of the Legislative body, who seem to countenance her elec tion for the Regency of Spain, are not sincere ; for the policy of the measure is greatly questioned amongst the best informed parties, who say that even were she to be appointed, it is very doubtful whether she would or could come in the present limited and critical situation of the actual Government, and that in all probability the only use she would make .of the appointment would be to avail herself of it, in order to require submission to her authority alf along the coast of South America, and perhaps ultimately establish a Monarchy there, which would. greatly an noy the maritime powers of Europe, having within the reach of her power wherewith to construct a powerful navy, and safe ports for its security." • SOUTH AMERICA. EXTRACT OF A LETTIR FROM BUENOS ATM JUNE 7. 4 , An order has just been issued by the Vica-RoY to continue the blockade, but unfortunasely for him it only exists in name ; for as Monte Video is so closely pressed by the army of the Junta, all the vessels which formed the blockade of Buenos Ayres have been re called, and the sailors landed t 6 protect the town. A small body of 400 men, who had been sent out of Monte Video to oppose the troops of Buenos Ayres, composed of several valuable Officers of the Navy, with four pieces of cannon, had fallen into the hands of the Buenos Ayrians, and it is believed, that after this disaster, the town cannot hold nut long, being short of bread, meat, and water, and their means of procuring fresh supplies very precarious. Colonia was evacuated last week by the sailors who garrisoned it, and is now in the possession of the troops of the Junta. Paraguay has joined the Junta, after having driven the independents out of their territory. Ge neral CASTELLI is marching upon Lima, but as yet we have no official accounts from him." FRENCH PAPERS. •HAMBURGH, AUGUST ft. The Marshal Duke of Azerstadt, Prince of Eck muhl, Governor General of the Hanseatic Depart ments, in pursuance of the decrees of his Majesty the Emperor and King, which order every individpal with whom is deposited, in whatever way, any mer chandize, capitals, or funds in money, belonging to English commerce, to make declaration of the same to the Imperial Treasury ; considering the reports of the Commissary General of Police, which point out various depots of this kind in the possession of indivi duals in Hamburgh and the other cities of the three departments which term the 32d Military Division ;, considering also the necessity of reminding the inha bitants of the three departments of the obligation they are under to make declaration of all the funds or ca.l pitals belonging to the enemy's commerce, in order to avoid, by submission to the orders of his Majesty, the penalties and confiscations. incurred by the act of concealing such property from the Treasury, orders :1 " That every holder, under what title soever, of funds belonging to the enemy, do make declaration of the same before the 10th of August in Hamburgh, and before the 25th of August in ail other parts of the 32d Military Division. The, declarations shall be made before the Prefects and Mayors, and before the Commissary General and the Special Commissa ries of the High Police. " Every individual who, after the expiration of the above periods, shall be found to possess enemy's pro perty undeclared, shall, besides giving it rip, be hound to furnish a triple security for its value, in order to answer for the penalties he shall have incurred." The Director of the Customs at Hamburgh has informed the merchants, that 19 licences have been sent to him by the Count Collin de Sussy, Director- General of the Customs, to be distributed as follows : for Hamburgh, 10; for Bremen, 5 ; for the ports of Mecklenburgh, 4. PARIS, AUGUST 13. The Dukes of Elchingen and Reggio are on their .return to Paris. By a decree of the 4th August, there shall take place in the departments of the Mouths of the Elbe, Mouths of the Weser, and Upper Ems, a levy of 3500 conscripts of the class of 1810. The class of 1810 comprehends the young men born between the Ist of January and 31st of December, 1790. By a decree of the sth of August, the territories belonging to the Kingdom of Italy which are situa ted on the lett bank of the Enza are united to France. The territories belonging to the empire which are si tuated oa the right bank of the Enza are united to the Kingdom of Italy. The course of the river Enza, from its mouth to its source, shall therefore be the boundary between France and Italy. From the source of the Enza, the boundary shall proceed along the sum ' mit of theAppennincs to the present frontier of the Gar &iguana and of ancient Tuscany. The boundaries of alment Tuscany shall be preserved ; at the same time the territory of the ancient Imperial Fief of Vernio shall be united to France. The Captons of Gordinovo and Villafranca, depen dent upon the Kingdom of Italy, but inclosed within the French territory, ate united to France. The boundary between the Kingdom of Italy and the Il lyrian Provinces shall follow the course of the Isonzo, from its mouth to its source. From the source of the Isonzo towards the North, the boundary shall skirt the territory of Weissenfels and Tarvis, which shall belong to the Kingdom of Italy ; and shall then pro ceed by the summit of the Julian Alps, east and west, to the frontiers of the Tyrol. Commissaries from the empire and the Kingdom of Italy shall regulate the details of these new boundaries. A UGU3T 14.—Four columns of Spanish prisoners of war, Olds composed the garrison of Tarragona, after traversing Arragon, arrived in succession at Pau on the 16th, 18th, 41st, and 23d of July, from whence they were marched into the interior of the empire. The whole of the prisoners of war belong ing to the garrison of Tarragona, which on the 23d of - July had arrived at Pan, st4pcnotnd to 71§13 mob of whom 388 were Odkeri. TIIF, EVENING STAR. r LONDON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 23. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. I per Ct. COM. for money 6311—Ditto far account 43U S prr Cs. Reduced 63H-.-Navy S per Cent. Phi 4 per Cent. 30H—Boods 16s. 17s. prent.—Omnium f4dl.. Rich. Bills (3d.) Is. dis. to Is. pre.—Ditto (Sid) 4s. S.. prem. A Lisbon mail arrived this morning bringing letters and papers to the 4th inst. -Our readers will perceive from the extracts which we have given that no move. xnents of any consequence have taken place ist the two armies. LISBON, AUGUST 4. Our army has again moved—it is now out of the marshy, unhealthy Alenteijo, except the corps on. der General Hill. Head-quarters moved to Cal. cello Branco. =TRACT of AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM HIS EXCEL- LENCY LORD VIWDLINT ro 4DATED HEAD- QUARTIFt3, PORTALSOM 2.5Til JULY. " The encmt's cavalry left Merida on the maul ing of the 17th inst. Since that time the enemy has continued his march for Almeida, and on the 20th, a division of infantry arrived at Placentia, in which 'city, it is supposed, the most advanced part of the enemy's cantonments will remain on the right bank of the Tejn. " On the same day Marshal Marmont was in Al meida, and other divisions had m itched from Trux. inn in a direction tor the same point. " According to the last accounts a division of . Pantry and some cavalry still remained in 'Fru:Mo.' The fifth corps has defiled from Estremadura, and , marched towards Seville. " I have reason for believing that the French troopt were repulsed iti an attack which they matte upon a Spanish detachment belonging to the army of Gal. Itcia. This attack took place in Puente de Orvigo, on the 24th of last month. 1 have heard nothing new from the North excepting that on the 10th inst. King Joseph was in ValadOlid, and on the 12th con. tinted his journey in the direction of Madrid." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BAZA, JULY 17. Sebastiani held a Council of Generals in Grena. nada, at which the Governor-General Juncal present ed a plan of defence which was not adopted. Sebas tiani returned to Gunder, where the enemy still re main in fear: they reinforced with 2 piecei of and lery and 2000 men Aladin, to which place Conde de Montigo was approximating. Our position at 'Datil becomes every day more respectable. In a short time the want of provisions will oblige i the enemy to come to premature actions, the result of which are not usually fortunate, and every one knows that in circumstances of penury it is difficult to preserve discipline. CORUNNA, JULY 19. The Bulletin of the Caro, which contains informa. tion up to the 9th inst. says, in continuation, that on the 2d inst. Hegrete arrived at Valladolid for the purpose of proceeding to Burgos, and there waiting for the intrusive King conformably to instructions re. ceiced from Bessieres by the Governor ot Salamanca, that on the filth the enemy was on the line of Grit°, making feigned marches in order to hide his forces ; that General of Brigade, Jeanin, had succeeded to the command of the troops of Orbigo, in the room of General Valleattux, who was killed in the action of Cocorderos the 23d June, and that the General of Division, Bonet, had gone to Leon to observe the forces which on that side claimed his attention. In the morning of the 9th the enemy's troops in Orbigo retroceded towards Leon, and on the I Ith, in the morning, a fire was heard on the side of the said city, which General Silveira communicated to the Commander•in.Chief, who advanced with his forces. It likewise states various measures adopted to im• prove the troops in discipline, moral, patriotic, and military virtues. These prise worthy intentions do great credit to Santocildes, and his Staff, who assist him.—The enemy have again occupied Orbigo. ASTORGA, JULY it The French do not M thekast desibt from the bar barous proceedings which have hitherto characterised them. On the 6th inst. they burned a place called Villa Cedre, the people whom they found in it, and three persons from Rioga, and carried off 20 mules laden with coffee and sugar. MORNBLANCH, JUNE !l. Baron de Eroles has taken, in the neighbourhood of Falcet, 500 mules, belonging I to a large convoy which the enemy was conducting to the camp of Tar. ragona ; the rest were, with their escort, dispersed. 13AZA, JUNE ss. The French have been guilty of the cruelty and villainy of shooting the valiant partisan D. Pedro Alc.ildi, knowing that an expedition had been pre. pared to deliver him from the prison in which he was confined. RECUENCO, JULY 5. The French Generals Laheussaye and Hugo, with their moveable columns from Tarancon and Guada lasara, and the 12th regiment of Dragoons from To ledo, in all 4400 men, with eight pieces of artillery, parched with the intention of seizing the celebrated Empecinado, but they did not dare to pass from Al eoer, after suffering much lou in the plains through which they passed. On the 29th ult. entered in Segueaza, General the Marquis de Zayas, with Brigadier Don J. Marten (el Empeciaado), and all their troops; they were re• . .