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AMERICA. NEW-YORE, SEPTEMBER 1. We do not recollect a season for many years past, when the prospect has been so flattering to the farmer for reaping a rich reward for his toils. The early crops which are already in and secured, have been abundant ; and those which are gathering- and still to come in, from present appearances, bid fair to do equally well. What a melancholy picture to behold all this rich fruit of our soil, beyond our own con sumption, destined to perish on our hands by being locked up by the embargo, and the key carefully con cealed from every eye. After carrying this favou rite measure of Mr. JEFFERSON'S into the most rigo rous effect, it has done nothing more thati to teach foreign nations to do without us, with whom we for merly used to carry on a profitable traffick. But its effects at home have been vastly different. As one instance among thousands which might be mentioned of the ruin this measure has brought upon our own citizens, we copy the following from a Baltimore Paper . _ _ " Some days since, in Somerset county, on the F.astern shore, judgment was obtained, and execution sued out, against a respec table fanner, for the recovery of a small debt, which the pressure of the times disabled him from paying. Fifty acres of land, esti mated at 10 dollars per acre, were sold at Sheriff's sale to setisfy a small debt. It was knocked off to the highest bidder, at C.ll - cents per acre. At the same time a valuable slave, appraised at upwards of $OO dollars, told for twenty-five." MANLIUS (ONONDOGA), AUG. Ct. DISTURBANCE AT OSWEGO. We hear from Oswego, that on Thursday last ap plication was made to Mr. BURT, custom-house officer at that place,•to obtain a clearance for two boats for Sacket's harbour, which was refused. The owners of the boats assured Mr. B. that they should depart the first fair wind, and advised him to conduct accordingly. In the course of the following night, the weather permitting, they made sail. Muskets were discharged at the boats, and the fire returned. No damage, however, was sustained. When day light appeared a boat was dispatched with 18 or 19 armed men, to bring in these piratical vagrants : but when overtaken, they discovered such a disposition to defend themselves, (eight in number), that it was :udged prudent to let them proceed, and thus prevent the effusion of blood. On Sunday evening the lion. DAN. Bannt.rx re ceived a letter express from Mr. &KT, soliciting the aid of 50 militia, to enforce the embargo law—stat ing, that unless the required assistance could be had within four days, he should be obliged to quit his station, as he had been threatened, &ci TUE BLESSINGS 01' EMBARGO/M. We hear from Roxbury, that a few days since a fracas happened between twie . Magistrates of a neigh. bouring county. It originated, we are informed, in some observations respecting the beneficial results of Mr. JEFFERSON'S omnipotent Embargo. One of the combatants, who is also a conspicuous Member of the Congress, Chief Justice &c. &c. thinking his op. ponent a confirmed political heretic, endeavoured, as we are told, with the true spirit of democratic free dom and modern philanthropy, to correct the squea mish st imach of his antagonist, and force him, with fistycuffs, to digest this last strong dose of philosophi cal quackery. Although we believe this honourable pugilist took the most promiling means of making., his prescription palatable, as he ts well calculated by j nature for deducing those highly polite and .convin cing aAuments ;—,vet we understand his " honour's" proboscis bears trident marks of " oppuguation," and his ports of vision are now suffering under a distress ing, though partial Embargo.--(Bolton Castind.) SPAIN. ALE NCIA, SEPT. 57. • The condition of the unfortunate inhabitants of Bar celona becomes daily more calamitous. • The French have carried off the provisions; and particularly the biscuit, which they had in Monjui. In order to re plenish their magazines there, they have resorted to the barbarous system of domiciliary vi , its. They searched every house in which they e!pected there was any quantity ofprovisions, and carried away what ever they found, pretending, however, that they meant to pay for them. It is . almost - impossible to conceive the pitch to which those misereants carry their villainy. Among the houses which they entered for the purpose of seiz fag provisions, was that of a corn dealer, who had.a quantity of wheat to the value of 4000 piasters.— They *Moved the grain, and paid him for it in ready money ; but two or three days atter, they imposed a general contribution, and rated the corn dealer at tiooo piasters ; so that he lost the whole of his wheat . and 2000 piasters.. This is a specimen of the happi.' mess which the French troops dispense in the name of their master, to every nation that has the misfortune to admit those benevolent pests.' We are assured that General Ezpeleta and the In tendant are prisoners in the citadel of Barcelona. The cause of their confinement is not known ; but it is supposed to have arisen from the French General having demanded supplies, which it was totally im possible for them to furnish. At a period when all the movements ar.d disposi tions of the French armies that infest our peninsula seem to indicate a retreat, or rather a d , rgraceftil eight, it may not be improper that we should point out the different roads by which they may effect that purpose, should they escape the vigilance of our ex perienced Generals. The first and most practicable road leading from France to Madrid, runs about 22 leagues through the Pyrennees, before it descends to the plains, be tween Mondragon and Vittoria. In this intermedi ate space, an army is exposed to attack at every step they can take, The second entrance into Spain leads from Perpig nan to Barcelona, passing through Bellegarde, Jun .and the well known passes of Figueras and Gerona. This read rune upwards of fifty milts through the Pyrennees, and there are many passes on it, where cue hundred peasants could stop a whole army, From Belkarde, to Gerona, neither provi sions ncr carriages are to be met with. The third road leads from Bayonne to Navarm, throoph San Juan del Pie del Puerto and Pampelura. This is a dangeroqs and almost impr.c t4clible road, running chit* among steep and rugged mountains, which are not iu any way passable, n cept from May to October. There is a fourth road leading from Tarbes in the province of Baygorri, to Saragossa, over the moun tainous ridgei which separate that province from Armgon. But this is more properly a foot path for the dry season than a road for the passage of an army.. In winter it is totally impassable. LERIDA, SEPT. 24. A person of respectability in Gerona writes, that on the 7th, in the evening, sixty Italians deserted from the French army to the corps commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Clams - that on the Bth th ere came in fifty-seven more, wit h their drums beating ; on the 9th forty-eight ; and on the 10th and 11th, 177. On the Bth the Captain of Miquelets, Masot, wait ed on the Junta of Government there with three more !Lilian deserters, and informed them that he had left 32 others at the village of Darnius. It ap pears prom this, that in four days no less than 378 have come over to our standard. He further men tions, that it was positively stated there that our al lies the English had captured and carried into Rosas a brig that was on her way from Barcelona to France with a great quantity of plate, gold, and jewels, va lued at four million of reals; which had been put on board by Duhesme and Lecchi. Colonel D. Francisco Milans, Commandant of the Camp at S. Geronimo de la Murtra, addressed the following dispatch on the 19th inst. to the Junta of Manressa: ss Yesterday morning my miquelets went out to meet the banditti. The enemy had sent a detach ment at daybreak to occupy Santa Coloma. By a sudden flood which came down from the upper coun try about nine o'clock, they found their retreat cut off. I was informed of their situation, and also that they consisted of 100 infantry and 30 cavalry. I im mediately marched and attacked them, leaving them no resource but that of throwing themselves into the Basos, which they accordingly did ; and we saw about twelve or thirteen of them, with several horses, carried along by the torrent. Their compa nions on the other side of the rivet opened a brisk tire upon us with ball and grape-shot. I conclude that they have had several killed at Santa Coloma, for their retreat was conducted with their usual pre cipitation. All my Miquelets and officers have con ducted themselves with distinguished gallantry." The Junta of Gerona has received, by a vessel dis patched from the English squadron, the most valu able supply of 2000 muskets. HAVANNAH, JULY 1!1. The following address has been presented to the Governor by the Franciscan Friars : " Seignor President, Governor and Captain-General of this City and the Isl And of Cuba—. " The precautions which you have just adopted to guard against an attack on the part of France assure us of the truth of , the reports which are in circulation, of the unexampled perfidy with which the Emperor of the French, abusing the frar•.kness and good faith of our ever-loved Ferdinand VII. has detained him in France, and subjected his kingdom to all the horrors of war, respecting neither age, sex, tier rank, and even stretching forth his sacrilegious hand towards the sanctuary. We should think ourselves guilty of the highest crime, did we suffer to pass unnoticed ro barbarous a proceeding. We are Spaniards, and there runs iu our veins not only the blood of throe heroes who have so nobly ad:aered to their Sovereign, but also that of those who have fallen, mut a t e this moment are falling victims to the le rocity of Murat and the furies who accompany him. Though, from our profession, we may not appear qualified for any other ' , tag. than that of directing the spiritual concerns of our brethren, and supplicating GOD between the porch and the altar to look down with an eye of compassion on his people ; nevertheless while we are not unmindful of that duty, and will constantly discharge it, we earnestly entreat that you will call upon us, and allow us to be among the first to be employed .in any service, however difficult and laborious, even that of carrying arms, in ease of necessity, in the defence of our country, We will meet death with pleasure, and give an exemplary poor to those who survive isa, that we have acknowledged no other religion than that of JESUS CURis r, as it is professed in the Catholic Apostolic Roman Church, no other King than Ferdinand VII. and no inte rests but those of Spain. May Goo, &e. SIGUENZA, SEPTEMPER 18. I The army of Arragon had plaeted themselves in the most desirable posts in the neighbourhood of Sa ragossa, having abandoned Tudela, on being informed that the French had been considerably reinforced,and intended to attack it. The French entered Tudela, but finding it without troops or inhabitants, they fell back again to Navarre, occupying a place called Mi lagro, and its neighbourhood, but no action of im portance has taken place. We have remained here since the 6th, administering every possible assistance to' the armies of Valencia. and Murcia, under the command of General Llamas, whose army amounts to 22,000 men: 11,000 passed through this city,amongst winim we observed the General in Chief, the Generals of Divisions, the Marshals of Camp, their Aides du Camp, and a number of other officers. The other 1 11,000 passed through Jadrague , Atienza, &c. and atrived at Agreda the 14th and .15th. The division which yesterday passed Jadrague and Atienza, corn-1 manded by Senor Penna, was the first of the army of Andalusia, whereof Senor Castanos is General in thief. The second division, under General Coupigni, yester day entered Aran juez. We computed at the head quar ters 84,000 men, with their corresponding train of artillery and warlike stores. The army of Arragon, which has returned from Tudela, amounts to 30,000 men, which when united will amopnt to 64,000 victo rious warriors. General Reding has embarked with 20,000 men from Malaga to Barcelona, to assist the Catalonians, who had suffered the utmost distress ' from the severity of the enemy. The Catalonians have entered France, and destroyed thirty. towns.— His Excellency General Cuesta, or Provincial Gene ral, went on the 13th for Arevalo, where'his head quarters are, which.is eight leagues fro* Agreda .— We expect that the General of the Galician army' . will attack the French from Burgos,sand co-operate with the arm yfof Asturias. We have now good reason to hope that Joseph Bonaparte will shortly find his army surrounded and utterly routed, and-we be freed from the dominion of the Napoleons, and restored to cur legitimate Monarch, Ferdinand VII. whom GOD preserve. MADRID, OCTOBER 7. The following is the address of the Captain-Ge neral of Arragon to the people of Madrid, who have contributed to relieve the necessities of his troops with money, clothing, and other effects : « T call myself, a thOl46Wl times, fortunate in witnessing the activity with which the benevolent citizens of Madrid press forward to give aid to thy beloved Arragonese. Nothing can be more 4oble, nothirtg more worthy of • • • LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consoh for money 871—for account 674.—Omniva► 1i dia. Excheti. Bins, 44. 7s. prem. Our Cabinet have finally determined upon the An swer which they ought to give to the Proposition received from the Emperor of RUSSIA, and from Bo- NAPARTE I and have this morning dispatched Mr. SHAW, one of the King's Messengers, to Deal, with the ultimatum of the British Government, whence he will sail in a flag of truce, to Boulogne, and proceed to Erfurth with his dispatches. The rumour that the French at Bilboa, under Ge neral NEY, had received a considerable reinforcement, proves, as we expected it would, entirely unfounded. At seven o'clock, last night, an Officer arrived with dispatches from Spain. He left St. Andero on the 22d instant, in the GLEANER, and was landed at Falmouth. At the period of his departure the divi sions of General BLAKE'S army had again advanced to Bilboa, from whence the French had retreated without attempting any serious resistance. This moraing we received farther accounts from Corunna, brought by the LADY PELLEVI I arrived at Falmouth in four days. The Spanish papers and let ters received by this vessel come down to the 23d in stant, and bring several interesting particulars.. According to our Falmouth letter, an obstinate battle took place before the evacuation of Bilboa by the French, but this appears to be a mistake. Neither the dispatches, received by Government, nor the ac counts from Corunna, give it any countenance. On the contrary, the French do not appear to have been in sufficient force to encourage them to hazard a battle with the Patriots. Their whole force in that quarter of Spain, notwithstanding 'all we have been told about he reinforcements they have received,. does not appear to exceed 43,000 men.-:-.Theibilovring is our Falmouth letter ; though incorrect as to the re ported action at Bilboa, it presents other details which are highly interesting. " LktLMOUTH, OCTOBER 26. " Arrived this day the ketch GoaNatrse, 14 guns, with dispatches from the Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Forces in Biscay to Lord CASTLEREAGH, with which the Captain of the ketch went off in a chaise and four for London. It is reported, that after a dreadful battle, which was most obstinately con tended, and in which both Spaniards and French lost an enormous number of men, Bilboa was retaken by the Spaniards. The GLA.Nra:se left St. Andero on the 22d instant. She was previously from Lisbon, having on board two Aides-de-Camp of JONOT for France ; but, owing to a gale, put into St. Andero, where she intended to have landed them ; but the mob, being enraged, prevented their landing ; and the Captain was obliged to put them on board his Majesty's ship PLANT.. atmer.' Our Readers may be assured that no general action has yet taken place, and that there were only a few partial. skirmishes " before Nay evacuated Bilboa, which was on the 13th, when it was immediately taken possession, of by General BLAKE. It is now, however, very' probable that we shall soon hear of a great hattle ; far, before the GLEANER and Lady Pellew sailed, the whole body of Spanish troops ex tricated, from . Holstein and the Island of Funen by the dexterity of their gallant commander the Marquis de ROMANA and the aid of a British squadron, had arribed safe at St. Andero. The Marquis, ac companied by Mr. Fnaaa, arrived at Corunna on the 19th in the Snuaamis, where they were received with enthusiasm,—On the arrival of these troops 3000 of them were immediately sent as a reinforcement to General CASTANOS ; and dispatches ha 4 been re ceived from the Supreme Junta, containing instruc tions for the landing of the British troops under Sir DAVID BAIRD.,--For other particulars, we refer PUT Readers to the foll Owing articles CORPFNA, OCTOBER 22, 14 The Messenger has arrived from Madrid with an answer from the Junta, authorising the landiiig of the troops; the disembarkation will commence to morrow. Sir John Moore's army commenced its march fwm Lisbon ois the sth inst. " The eractutim of &Mee by the FreAch is con- coasttvsys for g bar th i e a & Lb: above, 11 1 n h o a t v, Patrktinn tro e le d a . gu Th es o ey n ar this "trea side o t f in S g t. Sebastian's. arab than the display of such trite in (avow' of these, as valiant as honourable, children formed d g P• S th . a S t in th e e e wri dismi tin Ferdinand. Their state of destitution called for compassion of generous breasts-so much the Mdre, even when engaged in contests, I never heard ~ „ till Monday, and then only partially." . utter a word of complaint. What actions have seen them perform even when in want of clOthingi (kronen 19.—Yesterday arrived here an nd what shall I not now see them perform, a r s e dinary courier from the army of the aids which the worthy inhabitants of Madrid 'B . way, providing for them. You who are in the centre of interesting intelligence that the Fren c h h a d this vast monarchy have not suffered less than we ;_. Bilboa..and that our head-quarter s w ere t h ere qtr well knew that Arragon would be the theatre of next number we will state at full length th e , ;the war, and thus your beneficent efforts have been Letters from Lisbon state that the English, in num. stances which have occurred. directed to it from the commencement. Oh ,bo . sv e ber 14,000, with 4000 Spanish troops which weet is beneficence, and how much it eagages tn } gratitude of those who receive its gifts ! Thus Ma. we e arid, thus, worthy capital of Spain, thus, ye brave there. have embarked for Catalonia to assist the brav e v ery Imen of the 2cl of May, the hearts of Arragon shall Catalonians, with which reinfor ce m ents i t i s become your rampart and defence; though they probable they have expelled the F renc h rabble, whits have conquered, there yet remains much to conquer, the struggle is yetfar from being at anend, and we still under the command of their leader, L ec hi, h as so Itat fail to perceive in our capital the best of Kings, Fel,. oppressed the capital of that principality. dinand, who is still a prisoner. Follow up, noble OCTOBER 20.—Yesterday afternoon arrived 1:-‘, souls, your praiseworthy deeds ; and should I fall in his Britannic Majesty's ship the Semi ra mi s , h avhl defence of your friends, and of our common country, on board the Marquis de la Romano, and M. Frer t , I shall die invoking blessings on your beneficent l, he latter is invested with the character of Ambas. hands, and pray Heaven to render them always happy. (Signed) PALAPDX. sador from the English Government to the Suprem e Central Junta. This morning their Excellezei ee landed under a salute from the batteries atil ships i n the harbour—they were greeted with viva: by a e . merous populace, who took the mules from th e car . riage and drew it, amidst the greatest acclams t k v, to the Government-House. it it thought that Mr. Frere will set out in a day or two for Madrid. ' The Semiramis also brings a million of dollars fcr the supply of the army.--A general illumination is to take place this evening, in honour of these illustrious guests. ST. ANDERO, OCTOBER 6. According to advices which have been received here, it appears that the French have quitted Bilboa a second time, leaving a garrison of from sto 600 men. The French army, notwithstanding the exag. gerated reinforcements which are said to have arrived. does not exceed 45,000 men. Great part of these have fallen back towards Pampeluna and Vittoria. In Estelle there are 1000, which are the advanced guard of those in Pampeluna.—(Oviedo Cazette,Ottokr 15). OCTOBER 10.—The Bishop has received an ex. press with the agreeable intelligence that our brave Spanish troops have entered Vittoria, with a mini. derable loss indeed, but they have entered it. Tar morrow or next day there will be a solemn Te Dew, to which General Leith and his Staff are invited. r Cnit ar i a. re been in. do Ttake place $ll6 beg In eztraar. with tie 110 evacuated • I 111 !re ; in the be circuna. ARANIVEZ, OCTOBER 12. In consideration of the eminent services rendered to the country by Don Joseph Palafoz y Melii in the siege and blockade of the city of Saragossa, which he so gloriously defended, to our honour and the disgrace of our enemies, and of the general vote of the inhabitants who proclOmed him Captain-Genenil of the kingdom of Arragon, the Supreme Central and Governing Junta has agreed to promote him to the rank of Major-General in the Royal armies, con. firming him in the command as Captain-General of the said kingdom, and President of its Audience. BILBOA, OCTOBER 13. His Excellency Den Joaquin Blake reports from this town, and under this day's date, to the Council of the Kingdom, that General Merlin, fearful on as count of the movements made by our army, preci. pitately evacuated Bilboa; our advanced guard took 20 prisoners. The most expedient measures had been adopted to cut off the retreat of the said General with his corps, 5000 strong, and to make them pri. soners ; and this operation was on the point of being carried into effect, had not the enemy, informed of our movements, retreated at break of day, earryiug off 114 artillery by the way of Mondragon, and leay. ing in the tows► a small corps which brought up his rear, and fell back as our army advanced. One Of& cer, a Serjeant; and 18 men, were taken prisoners, and some killed. DECLARATION OP A FRENCH OFFICER TAKEN PRISONER ON THE P2TH OF OCTOBER, WHEN URSERAL MERLIN EVACUATED EILBOA. Querier—Your name ? Francis Joseph Escalier.—. Your age ? Tw•cntythree years old.—Your native .place ? Strasburgh ?—Who is General of your difi sion ? Merlin.—What is the name of your regiment' The third Legion of Reserve. What is the strength of your division ? From 4 to 5000 men, all infantry. with the exception of 80 horsesTo what army does Merlin's division belong ? Merlin's division forms part of the army commanded by Marshal Ney.— What service has that division performed since it evacuated Bilboa the first time ? The 20th of Sep tember' it left Bilboa. compelled by the Spanish troops, and retreated to Durengo ; its advanced. posts were first at Guardiasho, and on the 24th in Mondragon, where on the 24th and 25th reinforce ments of 8000 men arrived. On the.27th, the troops left Durengo, under the orders of Marshal Ney, and returned to Bilboa ; they immediately occupied the heights of Morro and Achurri with 850 men, while the rest took post on the left of the high road, and the light troops, gre- nadiers, horse chasseurs, and the Neapolitan Guards and dragoons, directed their march to the town.—On the 28th Marshal Ney detached a strong body of horse to observe the movements of the Spanish army the French remaining in the same position. On the 29th, Geo Oral Merlin marched with two hundred men to occupy the heights of Mtrabalies and Llodio, where he remained till the first of October, by order of Marsha; Ney, who marched to Vittoria with 5000