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FRENCH AND DUTCH PAPERS. THIRTY-SECOND BULLETIN 'OF THE FRENCH AR MY OF SPAIN. " The Duke of Dalmatia being arrived before Ferrol, caused the place to be invested. Negociations were begun. The Civil Authorities, and the Military and Naval Officers, manifested a disposition to surrender ; but the people, fomented by the spies whom the English had left, resisted. " On the 24th, the Duke of Dalmatia received two Messen gers, one sent by Admiral Malgarejo, Commander of the Spa nish squadron, and the other, who came across the mountains, sent by the Military Commandant. These Couriers were both sent without the knowledge of the People. They stated, that the Authorities were under the yoke of a furious populace, excited and paid by the agoras of England; and that 8000 men, belonging to the city and its environs were in arms. 44 The Duke of Dalmatia had to resolve upon *opening the trenches ; but from the 24th to the 25th, various movements were manifest in the town. The 17th Regiment of Light Infan try bad repaired to Mugardos, the 51st Regiment of Light In fartry were at the Forts of La Palma and bt. Martin, and at La grata ; and as they blockaded the Fart St. Philip, the people be gan to fear the consequences of an assault, and to listen to men of sense. " On the 26th, three flags of truce, furnished with authority, and the annexed letter, arrived at the head-quarters, and signed the surrender of the place. " On the 17th, at seven o'clock in the morning, the Town was occupied by the Division of Mermet, and by a Brigade of Dragoons. " On the same day, the Garrison was disarmed ; the dis arm• ing also produced 5000 muskets. The people who do net belong to Ferrol have been remanded to their villages. The men who had stained themselves with blood during the insurrection have been arrested. " Admiral Obregon, whom the people bad arrested daring the insurrection, has been put at the head of the arsenal. " There have been found in the port three vessels of 11 t guns, two of 88, one of 74, two of 64, three frigates, and a consider able number of corvettes, brigs, and unarmed vessels, more than 1500 pieces of cannon, of every size, and ammunition of all kinds. ' " It is probable, that but for the precipitate retreat of the Eng lish, and the affair of the 16th, they would have occupied Ferrol, and seized this beautiful squadron. " The Military and Naval Officers have taken the oath to King Jefrph with the greatest enthusiasm. \ bat they relate pf their sufferings front the lowest clams of the people and the English is inconceivable. " Order reigns in Cornejo, and the authority of the King is re established in this province, one of the most considerable of the Spanish Monarchy. " General Laborde has found at Corunna, on the sea-shore, seven nieces of cannon which the English h..d buried on the 16th, not bang able to take them away. " La Romano, abandoned by the English and his own troops, has fled with 500 men, In order to throw himself into Anda lusia. " There remained at Lisbon only about 4 or 5000 Englishmen. All the hospitals and all the magazines were embarked, and the garrison were preparing to abandon this nation, as indignant at the perfidy of the English, as they are disgusted by the difference of manners and religion, by the continual and brutal intempe rance of the English troops, and that arrogance and ill-founded pride which render this nation odious to the Continent." PARIS, FEB. 14. The following letter has been reeeived : " Madrid, Feb. 3. His Majesty has ordered the Captain and Direc tor-General and Minister of the Marine, D. Joseph Mazaredo to repair to Ferrol and Corunna, in order to put the marine there into the most flourishing state. It is said, that he is invested with the power of in specting the established authoxities, and of suspend ing or removing the members who may have preva ricated in their functions ; in short, be le to take all measures which appear to him proper for establishing the best Administration and most perfect security in this province. 46 Official dispatches have been received from the Marshal Duke of Dalmatia. The division which occupies the fortress and the maritime department of Ferrol have found them untouched. Neither the ves sels nor the arsenals have sustained the slightest in. jury. Order and tranquillity reign in 'Ferrol as in every part of Gallicia. •6 His Majesty has nominated the Lieutenant-Ge neral of Marine, Don Pedro Obregon, Commandant- General of the department of Ferrol, and Field Mar shal Don Antonio Alcedo, Civil and Military Gover nor of Corunna. 46 His Majesty honoured the theatre of the Canos del Petal with his presence. A comedy by Calderon, a farce and opera were performed, with interludes of national dances. The city of Madrid had offered this festival to his Majesty, and taken the greatest pains in tee decoration of the interior of the hall, all the boxes being lined with silk, and the whole being illuminated ith wax-lights. The entrance to the theatre was atis, and the throng of spectators was so g teat that the avenues were crowded." ZXTRACT OF A LETTER._ ,4 Vienna, Feb. S. . 4 His Highness the Archduke Ferninand is expec ted at Prape. " In spite of the military preparations which have taken place throughout the whole extent of the Mo narchy, we believe it is certain that all the Emperor's ft clings are for the maintenance of peace. The public indignation has been so strongly excited against those vho desire war, that it seems they hold now a less confident language." MADRID, JAN. W. The public entry of the King our Sovereign into this city, was announced yesterday, the 22d, at the break of day, by a salute of a hundred cannons. At r; ht in the morning a part of the garrison of Ma drid, under arms, was ranged in a linefrom the gate of Mocha to the gate of .the church of St. Isidore, , and from thence to the Palace ; whilst another part was placed in large detachments at different places. Th e guard was posted close to the said church at., oineO r clock ; the cavalry marched to receive his Ma irsty, and halted at the Place de las Delicias. As soon as the King appeared, it advanced before him, i edv ing only a single squadron to follow his Majes y,s auatd. At the Place de las Delicias, the King mounted on h( reeback, amidq the acclamations of the people ; sind t h e cavalcade marched in the following order : the cavalry of the garrison ; a squadron of the guards; 114 Majesty's Guard of Honour, the Aids-de-Camp, the Secretaries of the Cabinet, the Major domos, the Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber , the Equerries, the Superintendant General, the Giand Master of the Ceremonies and the Grand Chamberlain, the Grand Major Domo, and the Grand Master of the Hounds; ,the King our Sovereign ; the Captain General of the Guards de Service ; his Aid-de-Camp, the Equerry de Service : the Ministers ; the Grandees of Spain, who are not Gentlemen of the Bed-chamber (all those persons accompanied his Majesty on horseback in, their state dresses); a squadron of the Horse-guards, the Councillors of State, the Council of War, that of Marine, that of Navarre, of the Indies, of the Orders of Commerce ; the Minister of Alcaldes, with ano ther Alcalde representing the tribunal ; and a squa dron of the Garrison Cavalry closed the procession. The Governor of the place, with the Etar Major, were ready at the gate of Atocha, to present to his Majesty the keys of the city. After that ceremony, the Governor put himself at ,the head of the cavalry of the garrison ; and the Mu nicipal Council fell in behind the Royal Guard, and before the Body Guard of his Majesty. The entrance of his Majesty into Madrid was an nounced by another discharge of a hundred cannons, and by the ringing of all the bells, which was fre quently repeated during the day. His Majesty, entering by the gate of Atocha, tra versed the Prado, proceeded through the street of Al cala, the gate of the Sun, the street of Las Carretas, of Atocha, and of Toledo, to the church of St. Isidore. The crowd was immense throughout, and manifested its joy by continual acclamations. The Suffragan Bishop, in his pontifical habits, the Canons, Vicars, and Rectors, the Vicars-General, and Prelates of religious orders, received his Majesty at the gate, and six of the most ancient Canons conduct ed him to the Throne. The Suffragan Bishop addressed his Majesty in an excellent discourse, worthy of his character, and pro per for the day, the place, and the event. His Majesty spoke in these words : " Before rendering tianks to the SneseMi ARSITER of Des- TIN] rs, for my return to the capital of this kingdom entrusted to my care, I wish to relily to the affectionate reception of its bitanu, by declaring my secret thoughts in the presence of the living GOD, who has just received your oath of fidelity to my person. " I protest then, before GOD, who knows the hearts of all, that it is my duty and conscience only which induce me to mount the Throne, and not my own private inclination. lam willing to L sacrifice my own happiness, because I think you have need of me for the establishment of yours. " The unity of our holy religion, the independence of the Mo narchy, the integrity of its territory, and the liberty of its citi zens, are the conditions of the oath which I have taken on receiv , ilg t h e Crown. It will not be disgraced upon my head; and if, as I have no doubt, the desires of the nation support the efforts of its King, I :hall soon be the mest happy of all, because you through me will all be happy." These words created in the hearts of all the most sensible emotion, which was manifested on all sides. His Majesty being seated on the throne, the caval cade was ranged in the following order :—On the right of the King, upon the third step from the throne, stood the Captain General of the Guards de service, the . Grand Chamberlain, and behind him the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber. On the right of the Lord Chamberlain, the Ministers ; and on their right, the Councillors of State in two rows. On the left of the throne, the Grand Major-Domo and the Grand Equerry ; on the left of him the Cap tain-General of the Guard not de service, and the Major-General having on his left the Superintendant- General. Behind the Captain-General of the Guard not de service were his Majesty's Aides-de-Camp.-- Behind the Grand Major-Douro, the Major-Domos. Behind the Grand Equerry, the Equerries. In front of the throne, on the last step, was placed the Grand Master of the Ceremonies. The Chaplains of Honour, and all the Chapel Royal, assisted in the mass, which was celebrated with the customary ceremonies. In the nave of the church were disposed two rows of banqueting tables ; those on the right occupied by the Members of the Council belonging to the Palace, according to the order of precedence ; those on the 'left by the Members of the City Council, with other titled persons of distinction. The Governor of Ma drid, the General Officers, and heads of the Etat- Major of the army, and of the garrison, who were actually in employment, ranged themselves in front of the throne ; the other Officers were placed below the Magistrates of the city, among the titled and die-, Coguished persons. . 1 After the Mass a Te Donn was solemnly sung, after which the six Canons conducted his Majesty to the door of the church. The Chapter and the Clergy were placed as before ; and the procession attended his Majesty by the street of Toledo, the street of Al mudena, the arch of the Palace, till he arrived at the Hall of Ambassadors, where his Majesty received the Court ; and another salute of a hundred guns an nounced his entrance into the Palace. All the private houses and edifices along the line of the procession which his Majesty took, were ornamented with rich. and splendid tapestry. From place ru place, the most excellent bands of music played appropriate, airs.. From the entrance of Madrid, where his Majesty got out of his carriage to mount his horse, to the Palace, there was in none of the streets a single window or balcony, which was not crowded with persons of both sexes and all con ditions, who broke forth in expressions of the joy which they felt in at last possessing in their capital, a Monarch, sent by PROVIDENCE to heal our public ma ladies, and restore to Spaia the prosperity and splen dour which heretofore rendered its name illustrious. At night there was a general illumination, which was repeated on the two following nights. MADRID, JAN. 24. CIRCULAR LETTER ADDRESSED BE THE KING OUR MASTER TO THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF HIS KINGDOM. s Don Joseph iqapeleon, by the grace of God, and the Consti tutions of the State, King of Spain and the Indies. " In returning to this Capital, our first care, as well as first du lly, has been to prostrate ourselves at the feet of that GOD who `disposes of Crowns. We have offered him the homage of our exist ence for thr felicity of the brave nation whom he has entrusted to our car;.. It is with this end only, in conformity with our dearest thoughts, that we have addressed to him our hanble prayers. - 46 What is an individual in the immense population of the earth? What is he in the eyei of the ET taNA L, who alone penetrates the Intentions of men, and according to them determines their eleva tion ? who sincerely wishes the welfare of his Mows, Berea Gen; and his om"ipotent goodness protests him. " We desire, that bt conformity with these &spondees, you &net die peepers of tee faithful, whom Paoviontcr has en trusted to you. Ltt us all ask a GOD, that he deign to let fall upon us nis spirit of peace and wisdom: let us abjure every pas sion, that we may be occupied alone by such send:hew as ought to animate us, and which the general interests of this monarchy 1 inspires! let the exercise of religion, tranquillity, and happiness succeed to the discords to which we have been a prey : let us re turn thanks to GOD for the success which he has been pleased t o grant to the arms of our August Brother and powerful Ally the Emperor of the French, who has had no other end to supporting our rights by his power, than to procure to Spain a long peace, founded on her independence. " The French army will evacuate the Spanish provinces as tranquillity shall be spread, and as they shall unite around our throne. " Our will is that you order each of the Curates of your dio cese to sing a solemn Ts Deus, the first Sunday after the receipt of this letter. _ _ K Given at our Palace of Madrid, the i4th of January, 1809. (Signed) " I, TUC KINGS. " The Minister Secretary of State of his Majesty. (Signed) " IS•RIANO LOUIS D'URQUINO." JANUARY 28.—The King went yesterday to visit the Botanic Garden. An immense &mid, which were on the beautiful. walk of the Prado, instantly came to the gates of the garden in order to see the King. This attention of his Majesty had a great effect upon the people, who entered immediately into the garden, and surrounded his Majesty with accla. , mations of joy. The King appeared pleased with this reception. The city of Santiago, capital of the kingdom of Gallicia, has taken the oath of fidelity to the King our master. JAN. So.—A deputation from the city of Zamora, had the honour of being presented to the King this day. In the speech delivered on this occasion, the Deputies have presented to his Majesty the assurance that the inhabitants of this city had always been ani mated by the best sentiments ; that having earnestly desired for an opportunity to manifest these senti ments, they had been deprived of it by notorious events,.which had of their homage from ar• riving at the foot of the throne ; that they are this day happy to enjoy the liberty of assuring his Majestz, that none of his subjects will ever surpass the inhabi tants of Zamora in affection for his pet son, fidelity, and obedience. His Majesty received these Deputies with the affability which is natural to him. On the same day the Minister of War, and Colonel Clermont Tonnere, Aid-di-Camp of the King, r7om rnander of the regiment of Ireland, presented the Officers of that corps to his Majesty. PARIS, JAN. SO. Letttrs from Bayonne say, that the 12,000 priso ners taken by the Duke de Bellune at Cuenca were to enter Madrid the 17th of January. These priso ners compose the wreck of the Walloon Guards, the Grenadiers of Andalusia, the Regiments of Tolosa, Burgos, Murcia, Castile, and Africa, the Volunteers of Catalonia, the Regiments of Ireland and of the Queen. • The Cavalry was composed of the Regiments of the Queen, of Bourbon, and Lusitania. FEB. 2.—lt has been published in Germany, that some Nobles, domiciliated at Potsdam, have been ar rested, for having loudly expressed their discontent at the suppression of vassalage, and the feudal rights l appertaining thereto. According to other reports, the arrests which have taken place at Potsdam are the consequence of a conspiracy carried on in the town by some Officers out of employ. What renders this account probable is the positive information that five veteran officers of the King's regiment have been transferred to Spandau in the course of last week. FEBRUARY 3.—His Majesty the King of Prussia, before his departure for Russia, addressed a circular letter to all his Ministers at foreign Courts, in which he states, that notwithstanding his desire to return speedily to Berlin, he could not, after the reiterated entreaties of the Emperor Alexander, abstain from a journey, to which every kind of motive ought to de-1 terMine him, the actual diminution of the distant* between them, the. convenience of travelling in win ter, and, above all, a perfect conformity of system, - ] which has just acquired fresh force-,on one side through the interview of the two Emperors at Er furth, and on the other, through the definitive arran ments with France. This letter terminates thus : " contrary to all expectation, this voyage should be in terpreted amiss at the Court at which you reside, and if possibly a political object or foreign views should be ascribed to it, you will be careful to explain it, conformably with this letter, and state it to be what it simply is, a mere journey of politeness, attention, and friendship, at which no one can or ought to take umbrage." FEBRUARY 9.—By a decree of his Majesty King Joseph, of the 24th of January, there will be formed in every town in which there is a Spanish garrison, a Special Military Tribunal, ordered to try all recruiters, and all who shall enter into the enemy's service. Every military deserter or recruiter shall be shot. Every civil recruiter, or who shall enrol himself under the enemy's colours, shall be hanged. By another decree of the same date, his Majesty declares, that every title, civil or military, every de coration or decree conferred by the insurgent Juntas, are regarded as null, and forbids every one to make use of them, unless especially authorised by a decree of his Majesty. Marshal Jourdan has taken the command of 4 corps in the army of Spain, and Marshal Lannes (Duke'of Montebello) is Commander in Chief before Saragossa. VIENNA, lAN. 26. The Court Gazette contains the following intelli gence from Turkey :—There has not been, it is true, till the end of December, any violent proceedings in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, but there has pre vailed among the Janissaries a secret fermentation, occasioned principally by the assembly on the borders of the Black Sea of the principal partizans of the late Grand Vizier Mustapha Bairactar, who have not been pursued by the Porte. In consequence, Seyd Ali Pacha, re-established inthe post of Captain Pasha, has been nominated Seraskier, and clothed with the ordinary attribute of this dignity, which is the sable skin. He has been ordered to proceed in the seizure and punishing all the fugitives who have been de clared traitors. Several corps of Janissaries have been at the same time commanded to repair from Constantinople to Romelia. We are still uncertain how the last revolution will be considered by those Pachas and Ben who have • • ••• A, • engasest themselves by an oath to pursue with re, l ► the execution of those grand projects. In the mean while, the Pachas of Janina, Scutari, and Seres, hov e declared for the patalitt * state of things, and for th e maintenance of tratiqUaty. The Turkish Pleoipoten‘iaries are, we are assured, already Set out to assemble at Bucharest, in a co n . gress of pattication with Russia. Interpreters hav e followed. FEBRUARY 3.-b.4%. report is spiittd that violent dis putes have arisenlietween the Coneteendants of the Austrian and Servialk frontiers, on Ottasion of soma Hungarians and CersOttns, who, in Mier that they ' znight not be enrolled let the Militia, had tr,, ss ,a th e Danube, and demanded protection from the Aus.trian Recruiting Officers who pursued them. FEBRUARY 4.—The last letters from Tut keg nounce that Constantinople is tranquil, but the there is much disorder in the provinces. Ismael Bey, P.Nrhe of Seres, in Macedonia, has declared in favour the Seymans, who have the ascendancy in severer parts of the Ottoman empire, after having been crush ed in the capital. The conduct of this Pacha is tilt more surprising, as he began by applauding loudly the revolution of the 14th November. The Ex-Captain-Pacha and Cadi-Pacha are not yet arrested, notwithstanding the pains taken to ascertain their actual abode. Intelligence from Seid Ali i s expected with impatience, who, as is known, wa; placed at the head of a body which went in search of them, and in order to attack them wherever they could be met. BERLIN, FEBRUARY 1. There lately passed through this place a Freed! Courier, with dispatches from the Emperor Napoleo n for the King of-Prussia. It is understood that these dispatches are of the greatest importance. We are assured that the Queen of Prussia, before her departure for St. Petersburgh, received from the Emperor Napoleon, while he was in Spain, pre sents of raisins and other rare fruits. LEIPSIC, FEBRUARY S. It is announced from Berlin, that in the midst preparations which are making for th.return of the King . of Prussia into his capital, it is observed with surprise, that persons attached to the Court have even caused Ileir effects and furniture to be removed from Berlin to Konigsberg. PARLMMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORES, WEDNF SDAY, MARCH 1. In the Writ of Error cause, Pemberton v. Oakes,' a question having arisen, whether the House could take cognizance of the Writ of Error from the Exchequer Chamber, the Writ of Error in that Court from the Court of Exchequer, having been ■on-jrci. red. Mr. Dauacey was heard for the Plaintiffs in Error, and Mr. Abbott for the Defendants in Error. After some observation; from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Case was ordered .stand over. The Irish Militia EnlLuneat Bill passed *womb a Committl and wa reported. Lord MULGRAVE presented Aa Account of the Tonnage Transporrs employed in conveying Troops, Arms, Stores, Ste. Spain and Portugal, which was ordered to lie on tho Table, to be printed.—Adjourned till tomorrow (this day.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Alderman COMBE moved that the Committee to cent der of establishing a Sunday Toll on Blaskfriars-bridge, be • vived.—Ordered. The House went Into * Committee on Cregsan's Divorce . Mr. Gazaley and Mr. Gerrow, the lawyers, attended and ex, mined the evidence, as to the criminal intercourse between Mrs. Gregson and the coachman; and also between ter and Mr. M'T; pet. Report to-morrow. The Irish Bank Notes Bill was read a third time and pasted. Mr. GRAHAM moved for leave to bring in a Bill for tlittilitt of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland. Mr. FOSTER brought in a Bill to grant a Bounty on Flax importid from Great Britain into Ireland, and for amending iii altering the laws respecting the Linen Mentifa;ture.—eßeadi first time. Mr. FOSTER moved ibr ma Account at the quantity of Colt exported from pnd Imported into Iri*ad t IA the year ending 1809, distinguishing the Pcats, tot.."-04f1e4 A Bill was brought in fqr Mrs &Jaunt, of Pled* at between his Majesty and M. Whkbeeld.wittead a first time ordered to be read a second Ude on Mobilkat. LoriWASTLEREAGH presented the beeteepondents between himself and Sir Thomas Dyer.4prderad 0 lle on the table. I • Mr. FOSTER moved for an 4.ccotilit if bke quantity of Corn 1 which bail been ground In Irellind, * chi &tune of last year, COMMITTER- op aura& On the Motion of Mr. HUOKISSON, thit, noun Mashed s into a Committee of Supply, and the Aci**tits rupee* o, standing Elchequer Bills, lied the Loyalty Lim. weed Wend to the Committee. On the motion af Mr. HUSXISSON, k titartatiabludi le- Ze w tandin 5,000,0001. be granted to pay off Fatchequet tt-m 2d. That 47,65 0 1. 7.. 9d. be granted to pp finfoln Annui ties under toe Loyalty Loan, without fee it .. Report to-morrow. - 441 * , Mr. HUSICISSON Ina Committee tif Walk ( 3 that 5,000,0001. be granted by Extbetoor Mid, to 20,000,0001. voted or the War Tiflis for ifini- t om ' Report to-morrow. DISTILLERY. ' Mr. PERCEVAL moved the third resat of the Prohibidon Bill. After a few ponds from Sir J. HALL and M. D. t►e Bill was read a third time and passed. BANKRUPT LAWS. Sir S. ROMILLY rose, pursuaut to notice, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and autend the Bankrupt Laws. In bringing this subject before the House, he rested not merely upon the notice wl he had given ' • but also upon what he had stated the House three years ago. He then said, that he proposed to do was, to render the system less festive, and not to free it from all objection. repeated the same thing now—some indeed had so struck with the many glaring defects of the sy: that they thought it ought to be abolished, and a one substituted in its place. But he confessed that had not sufficient confidence in himself to underta such an Herculean labour, and all he could do was, attempt to reform some of the most obvious deli of the system. • The first defect to which he would call the atten , tion of the House was this—that a trader, after - ing up all he possessed in the world to his credi was still liable for many debts, the proof of wi could not be received undeithe commission. was the case, in direct opposition to the principles these laws, which was, that a trader having given all his effects, ought to be free from all claims tracted before the period of that bankruptcy. most numerous class of debts of this kind cons!: of those for which some one else was liable as . tity. These surety debts did not legally arise till ter the commission. The consequence was, could not be proved under the commission, and =sequence of that again was, that the bankrupt still liable. 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