Star. — London, England, 1808-04-26 00:00:00

re tu :h. we e a u classes of citizens, withont adequate. ,;on of the reason of that call:—when I the deceptive g losses with which the mis - MAD RI D , MARCH 19. °P... i....,e - 4 7,, o f the Embargo are attempted tube palliated ; There have passed within the last few days , e vents Pr or events adduced as reasons to justify that have shaken the throne of our Masiers. One rL - ;or e • when I know that the risks of coati- party accuses the Prince of the Peace of being in con their'commercial pursuits against all known ong esn and will become more accurately calcu- the other, that the Prince of Asturias was at the he ad 'q:by our merchants than by our Government ; o f a party to dethrone his father. They say that he any new dangers to commerce were impen- received this advice originally from his wife. Solemn of which our merchants were uninformed, but councils, and long proceedings, followed by acts of i ,hich 4 the Government obtained the knowledge banishment, and proclamations, Instead of relieving •„,„,h i ts Minister at Paris, or elsewhere, it was the public mind, inflamed it the more. 7— t io n je the duty of the Executive to make those dan- The French troops, though on the borders of the ;,.., known to Congress and the Nation : and since Ebre, and at a distance of more than 40 leagues from de known, the merchants and the seafaring our capital, were in a situation of 'taw quo, which the ' ma IA d for their own interests and safety,•have great numbers of couriers that succeeded each other at a ta eo• s weld t othe precautions to guard against . them ; aod as every instant, and the important negociations which nears certain that the embargo was not ne- seemed to be on foot, did not serve to explain. Our kW° apps to die safety of" our seamen, our vessel s, or our troops had been recalled from Portug al, and advanced rechalidize;"wilen, Sir, I see and consider thesethings, by forced marches to the capital. The Court appeared their evil tendency; in a word, when I - observe a divided,. and without plan : that which was ordered o d of proceeding which - to me appears calculated one day, was contradicted the next. There was nei rs-twead the public mind to public ruin, I cannot ther arrangement nor unity of power. lo * Regardless, thesefores of persona l conse- In this .st a te . of things; on the 15th March the re o I have undertaken to communicate these port was, that, the King, who was at Aranjuez, was Cl i tu n e it l , ces' ai to my constitu ents cor r ect information ; to had been held at the Palace, had so decided it, but th a view to d issi p at e dan g erous illesions ; about to retire to Seville ; that a great Council, which , r ,.. ?Ku4. • and to rouse that vig ilant j ealous y that the o p inions on the subject were not agreed ; that p. . , a characteristic of Republicans, and essential the Queen Mad the Prince - of the Peace wished to go, othepreservation of their rights, their liberties, and but that the -Prince of Asturias, and his brother, odependerice. I hare the honour...lo be, very. Floret- wished to stay. (J r , sir, your obedient Servant; • We were speedily informed, that the troops which (Signed) TIMOTHY wicenefen. were cantoned in Madrid, had orders to quit the city. Alarm was in every breast, when a proclamation from CONGRES:.—WASHINGTON, FEB. 26. the King was published on the 16th, which in some The president this lay communicated the following - deface restored calm. portanthlessage to Congress : the 17th, it was underitood that the S p anish " TO TEE O VATE AND HOUSE OT REPRZSIENTATITIS OF Guards were to march to Aran j uez, and that the two THE UNITED STATES. regiments of• Swiss were alone to remain here. Th ese The dangers to 'oar c ou n tr y , arising from the contests of . m e o w and the urgency of making preparations b orn. hat- r!giments have not for some time been popular in this etet •. ~,,,,,oti might affect our relations with them, have een inn- city. All the world on this news hurried to the road -iizi o lorceeding Messages to Congress. To secure ourselves leading to Aranjuez. " Spaniards," every one cried Ilea mentions, an augmentation of our military force, as weir to the soldiers, " will you abandon .your coun. s ees of volunteer militia, seems to be expedient. The re does/est of that augmentation cannot as yet be satisfactorily try ? will you protect the flight of a Prince who sa me am that no time maybe ige, and especially at a season cnfices his. subjects, and who goes to carry disorder to / d eed favourable to the object, I submit to the wisdom of the , our colonies ? have we then as little spirit as the inha tostine,whetber they will authorise a commencement of this : bitants of Lisbon ?" meintiorary work by a present provision . ( or raising and or- 1 Several of the Ministers who were not favourable to Fine; some addit ional &see ; reserving to themselves to decide I t s ki mate extent, on such views of our situation as I may be the departure, circulated hand bills in the surround eabled to present at a f uture da y of the Sescion. ing villages, stating what was going on, and the int .if an increase of force be nct.t.• orprovrd, I submit to their minent danger in which the country was placed. On e seatration the outlines of a plan proposed in the inclosed letter een the Secreta. - y of Wa r . I the 18th the peasants hurried in crowds to Aranju ez ; .1 /commend to the attention of Congress the term at which relays were already stationed on the road to Seville ; &And April Is, 1808, concerning the Militia, wiU expire, the town was filled with troo p s, and the baggage of the oddrefect of that expiration. (Si g ned), 'Court was packed up in all the apartments. The Fett.ls,lBo B . " TH. JEFFERSON." l i night between the 17th and 18th was a night of tu- The accompanying,documents consist of a letter mult. The house of the Prince of the Peace was defen from the Secretary of War to the President, with i ded by his guards, who had a particular w atch-word ; two detailed statements. The letter follows : those at the castle had another. " War Department, Feb. 2 4 , 1808 . At four in the morning the people rushed in crowds “ TO TEL PRESIDENT, &e. •Mr-liske the liberty of suggnting, whether under existing to the Palace of the Prince of the Peace, but were re. esseeres„ it would not be advisable, to propose to Congress pulsed by his guards. The life guards took part with waspomison of our regular troops, as soon as practicable ; and the people, and fell upon the Prince's guards. The lb* einagiug and orginizing of 24,000 volunteers, on the *nt have ILA the honour of proposing for your cons id e ra., gates were forced, the furniture broken, and the apart babe general outlines of which are contained in the Paper merits desolated. The Princess of the Peace ran to Wei no. i. the staircase :she was conducted to the King's Palace, "'llls tuipber of regular troops I would propose being raised with all the respect due to her birth and rank. The Mediately, is six thousand, Lo be composed of suitable propor- Pri nce o f th e P e ace net of infantry, artillery, cavalry, and riflemen, and organized as 1 doted in the enclosed paper marked No. 2. his brother, Comma ndant of the Life Guards, was ar , "It may be presumed that previous to the close of the present rested by his own sold iers. cession, Congress will be possessed of such farther information in I The King and Queen sat up the whole night be lived to our former relations , as will be necessary for forming an , skim - tate opinion on the expediency or ineipediency of a greater ;tw een the 17th and . 18th. The French Ambassador augmentation of one army than is now proposed ; and in the i arrived from Madrid, at five in the morning, and inl et= time meastres may be taken for the recruiting service in mediately waited on their Majesties. different parts of the United States. On the 18th, a Proclamation by the King dismissed " In the event of war, it will, I presume, be considered neces ary to arrange cur military force into separate depaaments, and the Pr ince of the Peace from his employments, and de e have A commander to each department, and of course, to have awed that he would take upon himself the command sena °Meer as a commander in chief; and until a larger army iof his armies. This was published at Aranjuez, and tall be raised than is now proposed, it may not be advisable to at Madrid. luy officers above the rank of Brigadier-General;—of that On the recei pt of this intelligenc e, the people of may be proper to have four or five, as soon as a suitable " peetion of the troops Is raised. With sen timents, &c. Madrid rushed in crowds to the house of the Prince (Signed) " H. DEARBORN. of the Peace, and to those of several of the Ministers. CFROId THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.I lln all of them the furniture and the windows were -4 Supplemental Journal of such proceedings as, dur-; broken. There was nu one to oppose this disorder, tag the time they were depending, were ordered Ithe Captain Genfral had lost the command. The - to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunc- ; Swiss regiments remained : cantoned in their quarters. Lien of secrecy was afterwards removed 1 • • ARANJUEZ, MARCH 91. FEBRUARY 26. From the 16th to the 20th, Madrid and Aranjuez A Confidential message in writing was received feet the President of the United States by Mr. Coles, ' have . been the theatre of different tumults, in which hi Secretary, as followeth : the nouses of the Prince of the Peace, of the Minister Soler, of the Director of the Espicoosa Consolidation, * TO TIE SENATE AND HOU6t OF REPRESENTATIVES Or - and other Ministers, and of many of the relatives Of Tilt UNITED STATES, 4 I enclose, for the information of Congress, letters recently i the Prince of the Peace, have been plundered, and the teedvol from our Miahters at Paris and London conununicathag their representations • . against the late decrees and Orde ,' furniture burnt on the public squares. The Prince of *Wheat il l co transmitted to Congress . rs I cl hese Fran d c .: the Peace has been arrested in the garret of his own gloats will contribute to the information of Congress as to the I house, where he had hidden himself during 36, hours. eatpcsitions of these powers, and the probable course of their pro- 1 The 16th, the King Issued the subjoined Proclarna !ee4ings towards neutral ,.; and will doubtless have their due , lion , No. L—[ See the STAR of April 12.3 triumts in ad-ptieg the measures of the Legislature to the antral 1 The 17th, the King made known by another Pro criss. " Although nothing forbids the general matter of these letters I claniation, No. 11. that he had dismissed the Prince f "r a 'king spoken of without restive; yet, as the publication of of peace from , his employments, and that he took Pero of this description would restrain injuriously the free- upon himself the command of his army.—[Seethe t a aof our for e i g n eorresptar d e nee, they are communicated , so STAR of April 12.] Nthintion t o itl b lland with a request, that after being read to the i 1 0 , The tumult continued in creasin g , the Kin g thought Houses, they =ay be returned. 'February 26, IF b 1" " TH. JEFFERSON." .I.oper on the 19th, in the evening , to i ssue the The s ai d Message, and Papers accompanying the ! Decrees subjoined, Nos. 111 . and IV, same, being mad, ' The 20th, the subjoined pr ocla m ations took place, , A motion was made by Mr. Quincey and seconded, ' Nos. V. and VI. that the House do co me to the following resolution :1 The head-quarters of the Grand Duke of Berg P"'nhed. that previous to a return of the Papers accompanying were at Aranda • the 19th at Somosierra, the 20th m e Menage of the President of the United States, this day wet " . at Brut. , o, and ;he 21st at Aldevanda. He had with L ag° T edl i the C le r k of the House take and retain copies thereof. I him the corps of Marshal Moncey and of General . " 1 on t he question, that the House do now pro- ,D upont ( led W take the said proposed resolution into consi- ~. ; his arrival seemed to be generally wished &ration, it passed in the negative. for. The mass of the people at Madrid have been Another motion was made by Mr. Quocer, and ' c m ' al and tranquil • and, as usually happens in such no disorders have been committed, except by sec°nd e d, that the House do come to the following i cases ' it small number of individuals. resolution: ' Resolved, That the President of the united States berequested No.III.—ROYA.t. DECREE. I. .. la y before this House, such letter s recentl y received from the My habßual infirmities not permitting me to support any longer American Minister at Paris, as accompanied thesaid Minister's re. ' t h e i m portant burden of the Government of my Kingdom, and it ?Incitation against the late decrees and orders a France, corn- b e ing requisite for the re-establishment of my health,that ;should leae Xated to Congress in his Message of this day, under suc h re. enjoy in a more tempers t e climate a private life, I have determined , nons Si in his opinion the public interest may require. after mature deliberation, to abdicate my Crown, in favour of my And on the question, that the House do now pro- heir, my dearly beloved son the , P ri nc e e o hs turias. teed to take the said motion into consideration, it IMY Royal will therefore is, sd be recognized and i obeyed, as King and natural Lord of all my Kingdoms and Stave . P u ' s ed in the negative--Ayes 60—Nays 62. • . i reignties, and in order that this Royal Decree of my free and spon . Another motion was then made by Mr. Quincey, 1 igneous abdication, may be exalttly and duly fulfilled, you Will and seconded, " That the injunction of sec rec y , so ! communicate R to the Council and to all otherswhom it may iOll - Lir up on ' as relates to the proceedings of the House . cern. I, THE KING. the foregoing Message of the President of the United Done at Aranjuez, the 19th March, 1808. • 1 o Don Pedro Cowan. 6 '-ates, be removed, and the same be published." I . An d o. IV. — DEGREE a debate arising thereon, an adjournment was r ' Sr. Son Pedro Cevallos informs me, in a communication of this ... calle d for ;on which, the several Orders of the Day date, the King has been pleased to address to him the follow . wcre farther postponed until to-morrow. , ing Royal Dente. : l And ten the House adjourned until to-morrow. ;.la by the abdication which my revered Father has made REVOLUTION IN SPAIN. • • in my favour of his Royal Crown, the Secretaries of , Sate, Doi Pedro Cevallos, the Marquis Caballero Don Antonio Olagu •r Petits, Don Francisco Gil, Commander o f Order of Malta, and Don Miguel Cayetano Soler, are out of office, and a nomination by me therefore becoming necessary, I have determined to confirm each in the office with which be was formerly entrusted, in con sideration of the talents which they possess. You will consida this as sufficient notification, and you will communicate it to those whom it may concern. " At Aranjucz, March 19, 1808. " To 1). Pedro Cevallos." I transmit to you, by command of his Majesty, this Decree, in order that it may be carried into effect, in so far as regards you. May God preserve you many year.. Arsnjuez, March 19, 1808. R r ~ -~...-, • . •4- ake-ImIC 46 - • THE EXPEDITION. • HARWICH, APRIL 2S. "Thirty-two s iil of transports relying hereto .k in troops for the expedition. The embarkation ham not yet commenced at this place. We under that the 92d regiment will be the first to embark. It is expected here on Wednesday, and tin , r •e;i ments, for which transports are assembling here, in quick succession." " RAMSGA'i F, APRIL 25. " Yesterday five hundred of the German Legicn Rifle Corps embarked ort board three ship tran6 t OrlA, which left the harbour this morning for the Downs. " This afternoon five hundred of the above corps embarked on board the following transports, vir, KH. Charles; lE. Edward ; DB. William and John ; JC. Juno ; DC. Fanny ; and JI. Industry ; which remain in the harbour, And Are expected to sa l to-morrow morning's tide. The above troops miived from Deal this day, and at the time of their em. markation appeared in very excellent spirits. The second battalion of the .52d are now at this place, in expectation of embarkation. A number of trans ports have come into this harbour from the Downs this tide, and many have got every thing in readiness to receive infantry and cavalry." " CANTERBURY, APRIL 48. gi The preparations for the Expedition cc tinue with unabated activity. On Saturday, Sunday, and yesterday, the Ist and 2d Light Battalions, and Ist Battalion of the Line of the German Legion, ha - . e successively arrived in Canterbury, and contina , -3 their march on the following days for embarkation at Ramsgate—the 2d, ,sth, and 7th Battalions of the Line of the same Legion follow this day, to-morrow, and Thursday, and it is expected -will all be embarked by Friday. After which the Ist Battalion of :he 52d Light Infantry will march from Canterbury for the same purpose ; and, last of all, the 3d Light Dra. goons of the Legion, the only Regiment of Cavalry as yet under orders in this district, and now stationed at Ramsgate, Stonar, and in its vicinity.. The other British regiments destined for this service, viz. the 4th, 28th, 79th, 92d, of the Line, and four Companies of the 95th Rifle Corps, are drawn from the Eastern dis trict, and are on their march to embark at Harwich. " Besides the above, three Brigades of Artillery are to accompany the Expedition, .two of which go from Woolwich, and are embarking in the River, the other will be taken from this district. Seventy horses, be• longing to this brigade, marched from Canterbury yesterday to be shipped at Northfleet--.the guns and men are to be embarked at Ramsgate. One troop of the Royal Waggon Train, under tie command of Captain TURNER, is also under orders for a similar destination, to embark also at Ramsgate, and to con sist wholly of spring waggons." No. V.—EDICT. DON ARIAS ANTONIO MOR ET VELARDE DEAN GOVERNOR PAR INTERIM OF THk COUNCIL. The. King, our Master Ferdinand Vllth, has communicated to me by divers orders, which I have received, that his Majesty has come to the determination of immediately confiscating all the i goods, effects, actions, and estates of Don Emanuel Godoy, wherever they may he found, and that for this purpose his Ma jesty has taken every suitable measure, the said effects belonging immediately to him ; that he Las also comerto the detereitiation of shortly coming to this city to be proclaimed; but, he wishes, that previously the people of Madrhl, so devoted and attached il- to his Royal Person, will give hina pisath of calmness and tranqu lity ; assuring them, that be ties given orders against Don Ema nuel Godoy, his goods and revenues, which no longer belong to him ; that he will think very seriou sly of repairing the wrongs done to his loving subjects who have suffered in his cause; and lastly, that he will constantly keep in view the adoption of all those measures which are calculated to ensure their happiness. His Majesty also informs me that he has appointed the Duc 1 d'lnfaritado Colonel of his Spanish Guards, conferring on him at 1 the same time the Presidency of Castile. The King, my Master, wishes that those'persons who have been confined in conrcrence of the events at St. Laurent, will return to his Majesty s pre sence. In order that this may be known to all, and that the loyal people of Madrid may know how much the King, our Master, labours for his happiness and their welfare, be has ordered me to communicate it to you, which I do by these presents. Madrid, the 20th March, 180 e. DON ARIAS MOR. No. VI. THE COUNCIL TO THE PEOPLE OF MADRID. Nothing ought to disturb the public tranquillity in the happy moment of the elevation to the Throne of Spain of the King Ferdinand Vllth. His faithful subjects have given in that hap py hour to his Majesty proofs of their devotion and their affec tion. They ought not to doubt the affection which his Majesty has for them, and that be will employ himself in acts for the public happiness and for the accomplishment of the defires of the people of Madrid. But what is most important to the success of the elevated views of his Majesty is public order, and that this should be ensured, the Council flatters itself that all the inhabitants of this faithful City will retire to their homes, and that they will remain in the most perfect tranquillity , per suaded that they will then give to his Majesty, in the first moments of his reign, the best testimony of the sincerity of their sentiments and of those acclamation s of fidelity which have been recently heard. (A true Copy.) Certified by BARTHOLOMEW MUNOZ Di TOWS, Secre tug to his Majesty's Council, Etc. MUNOZ DE TORRES. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 26. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC. Consols, for money, 6611 —for account, 67t—Reduced Exchequer Bills, 61. to 7s. prem. This day we lay before our Readers some interest ing details relative to the important change that has taken place in the Spanish Court, partly copied from the Indicateur of Bourdeaux, partly from the Gibral tar Cl.ronicle. We cannot learn from these accounts whether BEAIIIARNOIS, the French Minister; had any influence in directh e, these events, but his presence seems rather to have accelerated measures which probably he would have endeavoured to avert. On the 19th of March, the day of the Revolution, the French troops were about fifty miles distant from Madrid, but advancing rapidly, so that there was not a moment to be lost in forming a Government that should be capable of negociating for the safety of the State, and around which the people would rally. It is impossible, from the information we have,, to speak decisively ; but the character of the persons appointed to the highest stations gives a most favour able impression of the event. The Duke DEL INFANTADO is a noble minded, pa triotic, and spirited young Nobleman. He raised a re gimen t entirely at his own expence at the beginning of the Revolutionary War, when Spain was engaged against France, and was severely wounded fighting bravely at its head. The employment of President of the Council of Castile, to which he is appointed, is one of so great authority and influence that it has not been entrusted to any one since Count AttANnA held it, from twenty to thirty years ago. In its place a Governor presided in the Council, who was always a person of secondary rank, and a creature of the Minister. It is rumoured that Count FLORIDA BLANCA, and Mi. AZANZA, were appointed principal Secretaries of State, and Mr. SAAVEDRA and Mr. JOVILLANOS, also called to other departments--they are all able men ; the last is hardly to be equalled in any country ; he was long confined in a Convent in Majorca, because he resisted the PtuNcE of the PEACE. The Prince of ASTURIAS was married to his cousin, a daughter of the King of NAPLES ; she was a young woman of spirit and understanding, and was so much restrained by the (:! . uuen, that her husband and her, self sheaved a discontent unusual in that slavish Court —this of course caused projects to be imputed to her, of N\ hich the public thought her husband himself incapable. She died a year or two ago, and it was rumoured that she was poisoned by the influence of the QUEEN and the Pjt of the PEACE. The three provinces which offered to raise and maintain 150,000 men for the support of the throne, are Arragon, Valencia, and Catalonia. The new King has assumed the title of FERDINAND the Vllth. 1 - lis baptismal name was CimaLas FERDINAND. NAUTICAL IVTELLICENCS. TORBAY, APRIL 24. Sailed his Majesty's ships NEMESIS and FLYini. mu, with a fleet under convoy, for Quebec, BM. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 15. Arrived his Majesty's ships AMEVA, STEADY, and DEFENDER, with a fleet under convoy from the DowAso ind N. W.. DEAL, APRIL 2.5. The SKYLARK sloop has this morning arrived . the Downs from a cruize, with a re-captured sloop, marked in the stern ~ Rose, of D ar tmouth."—A"r. rived the BLAZER gun-brig, from Portsmouth ; PIERCER gun-brig, from Hoseley Bay ; and THRFSHEA gun-brig, with twenty-four sail of trans ports, from Portsmouth.--Sailed the ENCOUNTER, with a convoy, for Plymouth ; and the DEFENDER* TURBULENT, and INTELLIGENT gun-brigs, to westward. Remain in the Downs--His Majesty's ships Trusty, Ma, Andadous Tigre, Triumph, Minotaur Polyphemus, Clyde, Speedy, leangaroo, Skylark, Hound, PrOselyte, Zebra, Minx, Fearless, D espera te, Piercer, Bluer, Thresher Flamer, Rich:. mond, Bloodhound, Prote ctor, Encounter, and Agee*. HARWICH, APRIL 25. Yesterday arrived the Auckland, Captain Gro. DEANE • and this day the Auckland , Capta in BRIDGE and the Lord Duncan, Captain HAMILTON, all with mails and passengers from Gottenburgh. Mr. SILVES TER, the Messenger, came over with Captain BRIDGE, and set off for London this morning. By the above arrivals we learn, that two of the fishing smacks be longing to this port have been captured by a Danish privateer in the North Sea : the one is carried into Christiansand, and the other has been recaptured, anti has arrived at Gottenburgh. We also learn that the Unity extra boat, captured in Noyember last, pn her passage to Gottenburgh, with the mails from this FM* has been fitted out as a privateer, and has made seve ral captures. The Diana, Captain M'DowouGH, with the mails of Saturday, is detained by contrary winds. YARMOUTH, APRIL 25, Sailed his Majesty's ships BRUIZER, HAVOCIINIZEN2 and Sxm.mat, on a cruize. Arrived his Majesty's ships ROYALIST and PINCHER, from a cruize a'id remain in the Roads, with the ROEBUCK ? M I LTESTIC ]'AMIABLE, VESTAL, ARCHER, ROSAMOND, 45104 RESTER.--Wind N.W. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. G RAVESEN D, APRIL, 25.—rmed by the rho Peri CatuPbells from Belfast ; Union, Seeker, from Ro s s ; Tagus, Moire, and B a l so na, Stevens, from *e gaails. Sailed the Crosby, Shipley, for Dublin. - . A General Court of Proprietors was bell yesterday at the East-India House, when a Petition as one, nimcissly agreed to, and ordered to be presented to the House of Commons, praying n loan of €2,40P,0001. It was, however, strongly asserted, that the Cops. pany's effects were not only sufficient to defr_ty tlieir debts, but would lave a largip surplus, B R EAM—To -day (noCourt of Ald,emset wa v e r h 4 l4ll the LORD WV*, after inSPeCtiq the MUM? the prseut prices to rentala, It was yesterday reported at the Stock Exchange, ' that Mr. ARMSTRONG, the American Amhassador to Faris, had left that capital, and that Mr. Novasn had arrived in England. This rumour had the tempo , rary effect of raising the funds about an half per cent, i We could not trace it to its source. • T Pf re ker try of 1 of ilar on- and , w 4 4. ed in loop, —Ar- ; the the trans. Ivrea, NDER, o the , mars, Clyde, ~ 1