Star. — London, England, 1808-07-14 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 14, PRICE OF S'I'OCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIt: I Cons. money, 70f—for July 70tritecluced 694=- Ostiniurn 31 preen . —Excheq. B 65. to Ss. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTEPDAY. S per C. Red Ann. 601 691 Ontnium, 391 3 ptem. 3 per Cent Cons. 66111 lndia floods 41. ss. prem. 4 per Cent. 85- il Eieheq. Bills, 61. Bs. pre. 3 per Cent. Navy 991 99{ Lottery Ticietsy t2l. es. i.e gA. 11 15-16 . India for am. 191 i Islip. 9 per eat. 68} Consols for arc. 701 imp.'Aml. 71 The Lady Nepean packet, arrived at tiatwich from Cottenbuvgh, passed through the Transports under Sir JoliN MOORE off the Dogger Bank on their way to this country. In the greater part of yesterday's impression, we give the following statement—“ That an Officer -Who had come hone in the BITTERN had brought ac counts that before he left Vigo on the 2d instant, in , telligence had been received to the following effect : —That.D,PON T, with 14,000 men, after passing the Sierra Morena, had stationed hirnself at Cordova. There the patriots, 10,000 in number, attacked him. The battle was sharp, and the patriots fought gal lantly, but they_ were worsted, and lost about 1000 men. They returned with undihninished courage, and with augmented force, between thirty and forty thousand .men, and made a second attack upon Du- PONT, who was very strongly entrenched. The battle was most sanguinary, and no quarter was given on either side. The slaughter was consequently great; 1 9000 fell the side cf the patriots , but they were ' finally victorious ; and the account states that the whole French force were annihilated I" The defeat orate Patriots in tbefirst action alluded to above occasioned the following Publications by the Supreme Junta : - - • NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 3 'For the satisfaction of the public, and that all may know the extent of the kind Of misfortune which has befallen cur trccps at Cordova, and that it entirely :arose from this circumstances • that the troops, com posed- of ishabhants, did not fight so bravely as they ought to havedone : since, had;they acquitted them selves properly, theFrenchariny would have been ccm pleteiy destroyed; and that-the pePple may thereby be excited to wipe of this trifling blot from their scut therm, by their ardour surd steadiness in the field, the supreme Board of duvernment orders the publication of the two following letters, cane of which is from the officer commanding the van, confidently ex pecting ar.d enjeynipg every one for the safety of the country, to display, in such' *dons as mat be' fought for t'c.e future, the discipline, vigour, and steadiness, which have ever been characteristic bi ttue Spaniards, and which ate so necessary under the tsisting critical cir cumstances, when they become iniMperious duty. " MOST &mane Sta-- , The Rev. Anthony CebrerOs, a Cie mman who Lad at Cerslova the management of the Telegraph, which bas just been destroyed, presents himself before this Board, at three in the morning, and relat es, that at two in the afternoon, the French began to batter ar.d force the New Gate of the said town, and that the action commenced about four in the morning. All the Olfacers agreeing that if the armed inhabitants had kept their ground, though for ever so short a time, no vestiges would have been left of the French. The troops of the line have distin- gnished theniselves, and more especially the provincial Grenadiers and their Commandant, D. Juan Maria de Morales ; the Staffs? with a considerable fart of the army under Echavarri, remained at three, in Mango Negro, with a great quantity of ammunition and ordnacce, one piece ekeannon excepted, which is said to have bean left behind, in consequence of the carriage being bro ken. Which account, signed by the said Clergyman, is thus laid before your Highness, for the corresponding purposes. May G..", &c. " Carmora, June 8,180 E—halfE—half past three in the morning. 11 (Signed) ANTHONY Centimes, and D. Josteu MARIA ROMERA i Secretary to his Most Serete Highness - the President and Sul - rune Board of Seville:: " MosT Selene Ste—ln conformity to-Isis instructions which, at the tr.ornant that I was leaving Cordova, Major Alvear brought me from your Highness; and, collecting all the troops that I found dispersed on my way, I came back to this town, at half past eleven at night, to wait for your further orders. "1 he action, which had been doubful for upwards of .two hours, was decided in favour of the enemy, by the precipi tire flight of the armed inhabitants whom I foul.:1 it impossible to keep in the ranks. The pass of the bridge of Akolea was glori- Ously defended, both by our artillery and by the brave I.asale, who had under his orders one hundred volunteers of Cernpo Mayor, and Provincial Grenadiers. I can assure your Highness, t:lat ti is pass coat the enemy upwards of 200 killed or wounded, and that they last nearly as many in the reneounter with oer tvalry. For our part, I will send positive intelligence to your H ghness, as soon as I receive the returns from the respective Co-antantlan.s of Corps : in the mean while, front these in "ay bands, a:.d from what I ha• e seen, I am convinced that the num ber of b ,:h will nut amount to thirty. May GOD, &e: " ji, June 8, 1808. (Signed) " PETER AUSTIN DE ECHAVARIII. 4 , To his Most Serene Highness Fracas de Saavedra, and the Supreme Board of Seville. ss Ly order of the Supreme &lard, (Signed) " JUAN BAUTI/TA PARDO, and " MANUCL MARSA AGUILAR, Secretaries." The subjoined letters from Plymouth, and from a Gentleman on board • the HYPERION, will put our Rea : in possession of other particulars respecting the intelligence brought home by the Brrrznx. • ‘• PLYMOUTH, JULY 12. His Majesty's ship BITTERN arrived here last evening, having on board a Turkish Ambassador with an oder of Peace from that ccnntry. It is.a enricus nircum:tance that the BITTERN fell in with the frigate on bcrard of which was Mr. ADAIR, who wasgoing on a mission -tel•Ttrrkey. He met the Ambassador, 0p...A.(1 his own credemials, and has seat-back his e- notary with the TUrkish Ambassador. - Ambassador was saluted with 17 guns on his Me.- the Perreaw." ANOTHER LETT/R....SAME DATE. • " Late last evening arrived here the Birrmur sloop of war, of 18 guns, Capt. Usittn, froth Malta, Gib-:, raltar, and Vigo, witli - dispatches of very great an. portance for Government t after the usual quainntine precautions,' the dispatches were landed, as alio the persons who were charged with them, Viz. their Excel lencies &DRY EFFMIDI t andDskinitzusDuc, tvroTur lush Ambassadors ; Capt. Avouch of the 91st regi ment ; A. S. J. BAKER, Esq. Secretor/ to Mr. ADAII, and Capt. Unite, of the. &wrests, who are gone off for London. They sailed from Malta seven weeks iince, and the Ambassadors are said to be in posses sion of Preliminaries from the Turkish Coart, for :Peace with this country. It so fortimately happened, i'as the BITTERN came through the Bay of Biscay, that she fell in with the H.TrEltiON, of 32 gusts, on her outward voyage to Malta, on board which was Mr. - Anent and his suite, who is on an embassy to Tur :key ; and after the Ambassadors had explained to each other the nature of their mission, Mr. ADAIR considered it of importance to send back his Secre tary by the BITTERN, for further instructions front his Government, and he proceeded on his voyage to Malta : when the Ambassadors s'ese landed, a salute of ? 7 guis were fired frOrif the BITTERN. She called off Cadiz about three weeks since, and brings a con firmation of the French men of war in that harbour being in possession of the Spaniards, and it is said that the Fyench Admiral was badly wounded before he struck his colours, and since dead of his wounds. " They also bring a confirmation of the suceess of the Patriots in their several actions against the French intruders; and that the corps under the command of Generals Dupont, Monsey, and Lefevre, have Mott cut to pieces. The Spaniards are described as being wrought up to a pitch of phrenzy ; and that such is their indignation and hatred of the French, that the women, as well as men, are armed against them. " It is also reported, that the Russian fleet in the Tagus have given themselves up to the Portuguese." " OFF CAPE FINISTERRE, JULY 5, 1808. " You will no doubt be surprised to bear of me from this lad. tide; but, when I inform you, that being bound to the Mediter 4wagan, with Mr. ADAIR the British Minister,and the late Turkish Charge d'Affaires Seoul , Err ens', your surprise will cease. " We this day fell in with the BITTERN, which has another Turkish Minister on board, going to England, in order to treat for • race. By this conveyance I send you this hasty letter. Nite lean , from the Bittern that the French troops have been defeated and driven from abnost every post they occupied in Sl,ain. They have list 80,000 men. Their ships in Cadiz have been taken power elan of by the Spaniards; and off which port Lord Coeusowoos Aim IF. , " Oporto has been given up to the inhabitants, Alithe French 'lrstapa are withdrawn from the Portuguese dosniMons, eseceptat ' %kb.* where there are 6000 French and 9000 Germans. It le . undnitatri that the Rest are going into Lisbon on the *Mind of troops from Gibraltar, which were on their passage. And that in Lisbon there are 15,000 Spanish and Portuguese ready* I.) operate with our army in the attack meditated against it. • " We sailed from Spithend sit days ego, and have now* Ilia breeze. We take the Ministers to Palermo, after stopOliag at Gibraltar; then we go to Malta. ..The Turkish Minister, now bound t o En g land, is nephew to the Emperor of Morocco. Our passenger, the Turkish Minister, returns to England in the Byrr raw, with the other one." EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER ON BOARD THE BRITISH FLEET. Cascayei Bay, off the Tagus, 25:h June. " We have been for some days in high expectation of great events taking place here. Yesterday General Spin cza, with two of his Officers, came up from the Southward in the Scout, and re turned a g ain in the evening. " Report says, that the Council held by Sir Cnaatts Gwynn!, RearAcitssiral OrwAV, and the Captains of the fleet, vith Gene; rat &renege, bed decided that.his forc e (5000), which he left off St. Vincent's, was too small to make any impression here, and that he returned with them to Cadiz. The spreading of this repott may be a ruse de gtierre, because Oporto is open, and would re ceive him with open arms; nay, such is said to he the state of things everywhere in Portugal, from the influence of the Spanish patriotism, that on the adoption of this system, evesshis anal! force would soon multiply itself tenfold, and, .by directing the spirit of , the country, overwhelm J u trbr, who, since making prisoners of the Spanish troops (6000 in number), is incessantly employed in strengtheping his positions, and concentrating his force, which, f rom the hest accounts we can collect, is said to be 10,000 French, two regiments . of them well appointed horse-artillery, and 9560 Hanoverian and Italians. His detachments in the neighbourhood make a total of 16,000 mcn." The following letter from a -naval Officer was re ceived in Gloucester last Saturday : " Royal Sovereign, off Minorca, June 2,1908. " The Spaniards in the islands of Minorca and Majorca are excir_dlrgly discOntented. A French General arrived in the for mer island last week, in order to ascertain the ;nib& feeling with respect to the new state of things in Spain; but his visit perated the people to such a degree, that he thought it prndointo make a hasty retreat to the Continent. Soon afterwards 'ln tgt• ceived a letter from the CaptaimGeneral of Malorra, expensing a wish to place the two islands, garrisons, and the fleet in Port Mahon• under the protection of Great Britain. We Immediately dispatched a frigate with our reply, which was in substance, that we felt most ready to enter into any arrangements the Captain- General might make for putting the islands, garrisons, and fleet► under our protection, in tyre name of the King of Spain, until a general peace. We haie not yet had a farther communication. Lord COLLIN GWOOD is just arrived with two sail of the line." • The Spanish fleet in this port consists of six sail of the line The garrisons are very strong. The following letter, received by a Gentleman in the City, shews in how favourable a light the cause of the Portuguese is viewed by the merchants of Oporto: oPowro, JUNE 20. **We have the pleasure to acquaint you that a complete revo- ludon took place here yesterday, by the people rising et must, sod' psttirg all Frenchmen in prison ; and this city a Council for the City has been nominated by the people. A proclamation was mule, ordering every thing to be transacted in the name of the Prince Regent of Portugal, and all laws and regulations to pos so sorrow sway the tivin... and commerce. if, as is hat 1 . 1 1.1 01 : 14 t b ^ 4 Lisbon, and the Spaniuds maintain their adgentb. .10 *end, it will be saleable to mmill leak to this burr .at. All the English goods which remained in fbe Custowitouse last October, are still there." of Another . letter from' Oporto states the force the Poinitro Patriots at 100,000 men ; that all ihe Clergy . are. salad and that a number of them. 'had jollintihe troops attack the French. • contains, a 'ho Madrid Gazette, dated Jona q 7, • of theinilitary force organized in Galicia, . , ansonsting al, 20 Men ! , They are ill six divisiP and some of the_ mimeos are commondP ; 'Officers. . . . • FARTH ACCOUNTS. • The de leery of the. tty;thiabilikilitar MO. • ere the foltwitig interesting acibunts,: • " GIBRALTAR, JUNE 17. Ttseiniparrection against the French In Spain goes= fully. The French armies are completely insulated, from all commu nication with ends Other. their courieis have b e en intercepted by the peasantly, and their dispatches taken , oa& give the molt melancholy accounts of their situation. strong convoy of a tEousand mule* aid cars, with amino shim and provisions, going from Madrid to join General Du sent at Cordova, has been taken by the Spaniards in the passes of the Sierra Morena, sad the whoielhcortaf 400 men cm off to a man. The strong fortification et the Tigneras, which cotn mends the Ealltt4ll pile of 460 Us- also been takes, and the garrison, to the mega' el GOD, fit off the SPaniards. The French us still in possession st but the Spaniards were preparing to besiege its in'. MO* most soc n compel them to surrender." --- -.- - It,lie nal I s , I _ I " GIBRALTAR., swiss w.k " Accounts have been received of another-convoy, wider an escort of SCO French, having been out off at Carolina, in that. way se Cordova. General Doront's army are new completely surrounded, and their retreat cut off --all the passes in the Sierra mi l vaia having been broken up and . de!troyed. " All the tr ansports in the lig OM to sail to day, to bring down tVEPaehlt Garrisons from galermtaff MinorciErCiaai; to join the Grand Army under GenaniCetinnes, assembling near Seville." • • FROM MI SEVILLE GAzErrr, JUNE 8, 1804. Comments upon the letter of his Majesty tbf.Ern. petor of the French, Sing of Italy, to our LcuflgAg Ferdinand . VlL:in which he acknowledges hint ally as Prince of Asturias. In these Comments, my intention is to MaliOnhaina , the opinion of all Spain upon the ptesiiitt -Oetit..oraf fairs. A nation, entitled to the highest raid -ity her loyalty and valour, after suffering, under theidninie stration of an inept and. vile favourite, all the bowers of an age of tyranny, apprehensive lest the Crown should be transferred to him, the lawful and beloved heir being excluded, is exerting herself to break,,hcr fetters, and to secure the succession to her Prinee„.by putting the reins of Government into his hands.— Charles IV. then resigns the Crown in favour,of his But our neighbour and ally, whose troops hap 'pen to occupy Portugal and Spain, lays hold of th:‘ i opportunity; and, under colour of preventing llopt lilt commotion., affects toss:tertian the legitimacy it thistbdicatien of CharlerlV. draws Ferdinand into hisOWn States, causes his troops to mate themselves masters of the favourite who bud been confined and delivered up to the rigour of the laws, collects the whole Royal Family at Bayonne, and restoresCbarles to the Throne, next to compel him to give it up by fresh resignation, not only in his name, 'but also is that of his sons and brother ; which resignation is note' made in favour of any of 1112 Members . of the Royal House of Bourbon, but in behalf of the tery as, ho held them its his power. Such are the fauns. I have brought them together,i that the Readier may easily compare them, and, from; this comparison, sicduce the following obvious cost sequence: the Emperor of the French kw resolved wpm outfit hinitelf master of Spain ; for which parpote, he has degraded and oppressed our Government. The Letter, which we are going to analyse, was a powerful means to entice FERDINAND to Bayonne. He concludes it, by mentioning the inward ,trit_ggl . of his various ideas, which want to k fined, ailikhlawid, to reconcile every thing. At all event:, says W`% ear; deal with you, at I have done with your Father. Were not these expressions calculated to rake great hopes in our King ? Could the candid, the honest FERDI NAND believe, that his Ally's ideas would fix upon taking possession of Spain ? Could he persuade hire. self, that the only means of. reconciliation between father and son was to depose them both, and the whole of the Royal Family ? Did any trait of, the Emperor's former conduct afforif room to suspect, him of such double dealing ? But, what right had our ally 130 set up for a judge of our differences ? It is, perchance, tly.alhapae and contiguity of two countries, which authorise hini•to • make himself master 'of a Kingdom, lestits commit?: dons should disturb the peace of France ? - Let hied - then proclaim the jnstice and. propriety of the division of Poland , which Austria, Russia and Prussia effected under the same pretence. And besides, who Will belieVe that Spain, loyil Spain, has been, or is likely to be, exposed to a revolutionary crisis, under the ea gerly wished-for sway of. the beloved Ferdinand, the delight of the Nation ? Why is the meaning of words altered P Can the term of commotion be applied to as general-eryof a Nation which calls for the fall of &favourite who ruined the country, and for the ad vancement of a lawful ?dime to the Government of the same But perhaps did he become a competent judge by virtue of the protest of Charles IV. after his firsts ab dication. How so ? Is it in the power of a Mo natch who has abdicated, to put the fate of his coun try at the disposal of a Foreign Prince ? What be comes of the Rights of Nations ? Those Rights which have cost so much blood, and are so little regarded? The Spanish Nation acknowledges as her King, Fer. dinand VII. who was given her by his own and the Spanish Nation shall have no other. she swears it by the manes of the brave men RA the war of the succession. , The public opinion, to which the Emperor rjeaCh wished the Prince of Peace to be sacrificed s sanie.nuhlic , opinion is the woke of all - aids, which calls Ferdinand to the Throne. Lastly, perhaps do the reforms Ai/Anted in • • 'on, - authorize the Emperor, as a humanity, to make himsalP Master of Spain, purposeof making her happy. Ah I what ha is there withisut independence'? If our Roy Al 1 if our primordial rights be taken from us, wle can we etpect from the French institutions I same that has accrued to Italy and Germany,: - r a r dostmed -into provinces of the French empire, , -;cltotbe Proconsuls of the Grass M'.,arch, as he io 4 by one of his flatterers, sway the sceptre, under ree of Kings. then, Force the EnZt only right to Spai n ? .1 a dreadful word ! eve also force on our : that force which kiaditsi the pyres , of Numantia i Saguntum ; that yriiiele, ned ' with blood th e loins of Tolosa and the of the Salado; the .•'orce of the Alonzo's andf ' nds who created this country for us ; that inesiltible force which justice, I patruniuni - • and a wish to recover their independence, shall give' to the iharacter of the Spaniards. We heve proved, tbitt.tite Emperor of the F renc h had no right whatever Wake the settlement of our iisirs upon himself. Put, after all. he 'as done 80. If the conferences at Bayonne had produced the re/ conciliation of the son sweat the father, Some salutary reforms On the Public AdminOstralion, and die etn . solid ationnf the House of Bourbon, the ally of France, apes the Throne Of Spain, we might perhaps have forgot, in favour of such happy results, that coe rights had been infringed - upon by thus settling our affairs in a foreigniskritiiy, and before an incrm.pe. tent Judge.- But tie) tie Emperor of the Froac 1, sot, thought yi, diq do inqu ire into the occurrences at jranjusa, fi r cats to. his ae nowkelging the first obdita.. tali of Charles IV., will not allow the SPanish. Nation to iiseaire into the motives which have induced Charles , IV., Ferdinand, and the whole of the Bourbon Fa- Cady, to resin. He will not acknowledg e the andi. c ation of a Father in favour of his lawful Successor; and he -would have us acknowledge the resignation_ made-byboth in favour of a Foreign prioce, in whoie i iower they anciPirtiir their kir.gilom were. He asserts, that every apfilkation from. an hereditary Prince to assothesSiroeressw, Li a crime. 0 Fainoixasial Were you, then, to give up your sacred rights to aii ambitieusfavourite, who aimed at SW. ()Luting yes' .it was not even lawful for you to entreat, in your owl ,ehalf, the mediation of him whom yeti deemed the ;rest, the generous NAT-01.10N. 'This was a crime- Jut it is no crime •in him to, avail li• mself ot your -ituation for e ppressing you, and tearing ycu forever :rem the arms of your beloved subjects. Fore r? ') contumelious usage ! and' *ill you beOr with it, have Spaniards ? The Prinie of Peace no longer has any Friends ; nor itr mauls, i oar lithates haw any left, .if fortune should for. he . Experience ha; belied this prophecy of the Ein 's. .• 0 Fet,dlitiand) you are unfortunate; and eleven millions of SpaerdS ire lamenting low lata r nad-shanaassige you.-- , : nu 41a/flarda Annum Issas, - I Faelieme should edit. curillaltivt.of your reign. I ask it again, Spaniards, Was..ku baton, or the irresistible will of the whole odd* that 'overturned t h e rover of the favourite? . 'Faso.En4ieror ay pclas to bls apprehe.. ,ive lest the beof Charles IV. W a vOurof his sir . ; hould d to the influence of the French armies. — . But to what Will Europe and Posterity ascribe the ree. signation of-the rights of the House of BesiOnai made at Bayonne, in favour of the vcry . Emperor, in Those hands the Royal Family happened to or. What means of redress are, then, heft us ? the flight* of Nations and Royalty equally trampled upoa by-foree and machiavelism, we have only to appeal to the jUstlee °ldle ALMIOUTy who rules over the woild, and t o the energy of the Nation already die: played : in the - many provinces which have espoused our cause. • ht to Previous to eincluding thicateilysis, I oug Mahe a few c bservations upon other articles of the leti ter. in Which not only t . Spanish People, but all Nations are concerned :l/w People' lily fieldof retry *lraq sr sitek the* :closes amendr . fir the restert they flf. The people, therefore, are not socsisies of citizens living together under the protection of law; and kings, but gangs of slaves, ready to rise *on their master, whenever an opportunity occurs. Aresthnse right notions of thi law of =Ow ? Is this ttie morality of the throne] Unhappy the nation wh eh her Sovereign View; is that light I and a thousand times more unhappy the monarch, who entertains such odious notions of kb people I ' 77se crimes of the Prince of Frau ought to be luia 4 ;11. the rights of the Throne. T'ae impu sty of Minister; is then one of the prerogetiv , :s of Kings. WWI* comes then of that so much vaunted principle of* French Constitution, and of all liberal Govenucta% 'that the person of the Kag it inroSeable, but that hit A n,'steri ought to answer to the Na.ionfr their opera6oa2 0 France ! 0 Enrope! You were deceived, clout deceived, when you were told, that your regeriermkt was commencing : your blond, your treasures 0 sought after,..not your felicity. _.— I, therefore, conclude this alrasty too long :mit. "cis, with the following inferences : I. Spain has Ir v ' , fully acknowledged Ferdinand VII. as her KMe: aii the reasons assigned by the Emperor of the French for, refusing to acknowle• ge him, are pretences of p ° weight. 2. A whole nation calls for her Monarch ; and Ike Emperor of the French, who appears t i have bey ) , raised to the Throne by the suffrage of his peelliel, will not acknowledge the tights of the Spaniards, oaa wants to reign over them by virtue of resignain# made in his presence, and in his dominions. S. The political Principles, adopted by th' Freed Constitution, are openly wounded. • Let, then, Spoil: awake fri in her lehargy. If sheis 'to have a king, let him be the one whom she has pot i claimed • if she is to have a Government, let it be ti nt which she' prefers ; is she is to have a D n asty, let a be the I ynasty which she loves. span Ards! Folve• is against you ; but Justice is- on your side: Unite all :th mpernr of the French said, speaking to the ' Pole , , that a illation which has resolved to be indelenehnti MEW hr c onquered. ibir• apd , eve e firm 1 vni she Go *ll • . trc -r •i 1 (' ..1 • ~. ~. I { ,- r:: ri r. fat y l-.er es ; who fell or of the from rifked ; May, e. the Spa - 0 60 n our Ad. 'ir w friend to send Lin, for the The [happiness was PA Family, Abw what good The 11 ! ny, already Pool, empire, is tth