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FROM THE PORTUGUESE alibli"pliNlON PAPERS. • • the enemy's forces were diminished mere than two thirds, Joseph determined to proceed to this capital, persuaded, doubtless, that his presence would calm the general inquietude, and that the provinces would deliver themselves up to the yoke which he was about to impose upon them, with which object he caused himself to be proclaimed here on the 2.5da alt but he WAS so ill received, that, in spite of all his efforts and precautions, he found he had to undergo the mord& cation of being almost alone in all the places through which he passed, and even in his own palace, almost all the Grandees, Officers of rank, and numberless other persons, of all classes, estates, and conditions, having absented themselves from his Levees At last, having received on the £Bth, positive informal tiOn of the surrender of General Dupont, with 17,000 of the best troops of Franco, Joseph re solved to retire, or rather to fly from this capital. which he precipitately accomplished, with the remains of-his army, directing his course towards the frond and perpetrating in his course the moss excesses of robbery, violence, sacrilege, and tion, being shamefully followed (with the esc a el l = Don Pedro Cevallos) by the Ministers, D. Mariano, Luis de Urquigo, D. Minguel, Josef de Acanza, Gonzalo O'Farril, D. Josef Mazaredo, and the Conde de Cabarras. Up to that moment, all the Supreme Tribunals of the nation, which hold their residence this capital lived oppressed, without liberty of speed or action, under the severe yoke which perfidy and treason had imposed upon them t but from the :01.• mons when they were able again to utter the senti ment of their authorised fidelity, they have made haste to declare null, void, and of no effect, whatevet has been done by violence against the legitittiate rights of the House of Bourbon to the Crown oi Spain, binding in consequence all classes of the state to return do the free exercise of their duties, which are no other than those comprehended in the sole= oath taken to our august Sovereign, Ferdinand VII. being Prince of Asturias, acknowledging him for King of Spain and of the Indies, in case ofhis sum. sign thereto by the death or abdication of his august Caches, Charles IV. ---- Feappearing, notwithstanding the Notices repeat rui wit or made to the Parties entitled to Dividends of Mock payable at the Bank of England, South Sea House, and East wits House respectively, Who have not paid the Duty on abe same fee the years above-mssitioned, that payment has not ba y instances been made of the said Duty, whereby those p ar ties have locurred various Penalties, to be recovered by action soure g ar get and the Commissioners for the special purposes of the p r operty Act being wining to allow further time for such taiii „ men u, hereby give Notice , That the Duties parable on all k t i t ie of such Stock and Aenuities for those years, are di igdyla to be paid Into the Bank of England, and the Certificates of oc h payments beirg lodged at the Office of the Commissioners at the Old Stock. Exchange, the parties making payment thereof will be di an k arge d in the books of the respective Commissioners, ...w an d span the loth day Of October next ; but that all PersOns 1 7 0 o n o Meet to make such paythent on or before that day, • be prosecuted as tbe Law directs, and steps are now taking ▪ ', N i s ei all defaulters into charge for the double duty, who Ant we paid at Ditty for the years absivit-nientioned, on e" before the said lath day of October next, after Which day the allse of the Old Stock Exchange will be dosed. By Order of the Board, - . MATTRJW WINTER. ()pip, Ti,al Ara 1008. CAZETTI F.XTRAOIkDTkART, AUG. 19. Yesterday the following dispatches were received from D. Josef de Palafox y Meld, Captain-General of the Army rind Kingdom of Arragon :-- (1 I have the satisfaction to communicate to your Highness, that the French army, which, during two months, has besieged this city, pursuing a conduct the most abominable ever known, fled this morning, leav ing behind them vast quantities of provisions, ammu nition, and other effects. They a t te mpted slaa to make a fresh assault last night from the part of which they had already possession y but they were withstood by my troops with such firmness, that they fled pre- cipitately. Last night I dispatched a division of 4000 men (excellent troops),-to cut off the enemy's retreat to Navarre, where they will be joined by other troops, and the armed peasantry of that province. The 4000 men who arrived yesterday from Valencia, united to 4;J03 other troops of my army from Calatayud, are in pursuit of the enemy's rear, to chastise him, and to prevent his committing, as he is accustomed to do, new robberies, exactions, and atrocities, in the towns throtigh which he retreats. 64 To-day public rejoicings have been held and to morrow Te Deem will be sung. 40 It is of great importance that a meeting of De puties from all the provinces of Spain should take place as soon as possible and I think it would be proper to fix a day, which might be the 10th of next September. I have given notice of this to the other Generals and Supreme Juntas throughout the king dom, and I give your Highness an intimation of rt, that it may be communicated to the Council. 4t GOD preserve year Highness many years." Hood Quarters of Saragossa, August 14, mos, JOSE! PALArox T MELO." " To bit Highness Den Arias Man y Velarde." MADRID. AUGUST 18. The invincible city of Saragossa, the honotur and glory of Spain, and the astonishment and terror of the French, seemed alone unfortunate, because from the other cities that were attacked and oppressed by the banditti, we received letters and official accounts of their glorious victories, but from Saragossa we re ceived so few, that they *Wild not occupy half a page of the Gazette. ORDNANCI °MCI, 4was to, moo. 4 erfla PRINCIPAL oPticßic of ills MA 3 MTh ORDNAP'CE, do kereiygive Mice, Tut proposals will be receivsd at their Offiec In Pail-Mall 6e or before Friday the lath of September nest, from each Per viously be Trilling to undertake the supply of FORAGE for., the Ordnance Horses stationed in the following Districtay via. .North fin. South Wee, includhog Pin e . rorbern. month, Isle of Wight, and l'arbitire. Christchurch. escht sive of Warier. 'Western. {lowborn, ad.:sive of Chat. Woolwich, & its Dependencies e tun. Wenley and Chatham. yes perl'A of sin Months, from the lit of October nest. forage to he furnished in rations, to consist as hereafter twist time to time be required, either of 10 lbs. of Oars, or of 'ribs. of Oats, 12151. of Hay, —1 4 Th.. of Hay, and and Albs . of Strew, a lbs. of Stew : Asdntast be delivered at the respective Station at the espersce Waletorrutor, who is also to furnish inch Horses with Oats or do. per Ration, as may be billeted within the District fo; itich he contracts. The Proposals may be delivered separately, or jointly for each *du; and it h expected that the Contraeter shall receive the Rabic Dung that (luting the period of his Contract may accumu- We, making an allowance for the same after the rate of per done per week. Farther pesticidal* may be known, open application to the Oaten eaennutading the Royal Artillery in each District ; and ohs at the Secretary's Office in Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day De tente the bum of tea and four o'clock, where the 'ProponU ate pide:inied : sealed up and endorsed " Proposals For the sup ply of forage.' but no Proposal can be admitted after the said lah day of September, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same clay; neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the party making it, * an agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Cider of the Board, .R. R. C R W. .1 stretary. The Council then goes on to declare the surrender of the throne to Napoleon, the proclamation of by: brother Joseph, an i all the acts consequent thereon. to be null and of no effect, as being acts dictated by oppression, and absurd and illegal. The proclama tion concludes with calling upon those Magistrates to whom it is addressed to maintain the public tranquil lity, amid to preserve their important authorities in due subjection and obedience to their lawful Sove reign, Ferdinand VIL Madrid, August a 2. J u EAST INDIA NOUSE, Sefthelowr 9, 1508. Me COMMITTEE of Burm of u UNIT ED ' PLOY MERCHAN7W q EMIL AND, tnedlhor hie EAST !MMES, de h;rriy toe Retire, That the Committee will be ready to reetlv'e Tenders, in L (weed up) on or before twelve o'clock, on Wednesday gh instant, for supplying the under-mentlhated Wbollen Cloths, viz. WHITE LIST, SALISBURY, STRIPE LIST, SUPER, woßstrEß, And SUPERFINE CLOTHS, Of the respective weights, widths, lengths, and qualities, of the standard Samples deposited in the Company's Cloth Warehouse is St. Helen's ; to which place Samples are to be sent on or hefore Friday the iSd instant ; the Tenders to eapren the number ins tended Lobe offered to each (mark which is not to emceed 264 — The Coarse Cloths to be delivered, half by the let of February, ad the remaining half by the lot of April. The Supers, Wor'sters ad Salisbury by the Ist of July. The Superents, ono-third by the In of April, and two-thirds by the Ist of July ; and the pay menu to he made in three and six Months after delivery: Any further information respecting the same may be obtained *application to Mr. JohoDavieon, Clerk to the said Committee. CORUNNA, AUG* L This Morning three transports strived here frog England, under' convoy of a frigate, the former had 600 Spanish prisoners on board, and the latter the remainder of the million of piastres offered by Great Britain. A packet arrived also with ISO bales of uni forms for pur trOopS the latter sails this day, at lor return to England. IPAUCCATALONIA) JULY 6. Yesterday sew-al officers arrived frost brume', with the agreeable intelligence that 5000 vs :ran sot. diets had embarked In that island for this principa lity, and to-day we are assured that 500 of thKa al eady arrived. GRANADA, AUGUST 10. It is with the greatest eatidaction we learn that til l Canary Islands are animated by the same sentiments as the whole of the Spanish nation s and are resolvalt not to bend to the French yoke. In those islands is Supreme Junta has been created, which is taking the most vigorous measures for putting the islands in to* state of defence, and mains a respectable army. A Deputy from that Junta has been sent to that of S. ville, in order to treat concerning the interests of the country. OVLEDO, AUGUST eL THE next Meeting of the Trustees for putting in execution the several Acts of Parliament for repairing the Highways between Tyburn and Uxbridge, in the County of Tkulenelex, and for amending the Road leading from Brent Bridge *et Banwell Heath, through the Parishes of Hartwell, New bentford, and Biding, to the Greet Western Road in the said Cerny, and for other purposes, will be held at the house of Jonas res,, the Old Hat, in the Parish of Ealing, on Saturday the 10th IN of September, 1808. C. HILL, Clerk. k 9 WANTED, at Portsmouth, a Young Man, ter Cocking HATS, ind keeping Shop. Enquire of Mr. R. Wakes, Hatter, Portsmouth. a la LIFE ANNUITIES. Tbis day was published, price Is. sd. A N ABSTRACT and EXPLANATION of the ACT (pest in the last Session of Parliament) for enabling tie Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to Mkt LIFE ANNUITIES, by the transfer of Funded Property. London: Printed for W. Reed, Law bookseller, Bell-yard, Teeple-Yard. This day was published, price 25. 6d. Recommended to the serious consideration of ail Military Men* THE TRIAL 9f MAJOR CAMPBELL for the WILFUL MURDER of CAPTAIN BOYD, in which is detailed the Evidence, together wit► the important Charge of the Judge, doscriminating between Manslaughter and Murder in the Cases of Duelling. To which are added Details of the deport ment of the Major in the Interval of his sentence and execution, and of his last moments. Published by H. a Symonds, Pate:timer-tow; and to be had of all Booksellers. This day were published, by Authority, I. xx. LTLES and STANDING ORDERS o f the HOUSE of COMMONS, relative to the application kr, and passing PRIVATE BILLS; including the last Orders Sipecting Tu. opike Roads. Price Three Shillings. I Abstract and Explanation of the ACT (passed la the hit fasten of Parliament) for enabling the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to stpnt LIFE ANNUITIES, I I the transfer of Funded Property. Price One Shilling. Printed aid Sold by Luke Hansard and Sons, Printers to the Honourable House of CAN:onions t sold also by T. Payne Pall ; Cada and Davies Strand; W. Reed, La w Bookseller be.yard, Temple-Bar; aid Willey aad Pariate, "toga/ do: Ng Mow* lia" At length the day has arrived when their continu ed and signal victories would require a large volume, and an able pen to give them their proper dignity.— We are not to wonder at this extraordinary delay, when ste consider that this city was invested by the enemy's army for two months. We know, notwith standing, that the valiant Arragoaese, full of intre pidity and courage, have defeated the fierce French in two general engagements, and can count as many victories as battles, and as many battles as days. On the 17th the long-wished-for news arrived, that the French had retreated from that city; and in an official account from General Palafox, published yesterday in an Extraerdinary Gazette, notwithstan ding the Conqueror and the Hero of Europe, the proud Napoleon, had counted on taking the capital of Arrag•on ; but the young, intrepid, illustrious Pa lafox, has undeceived this presumptuous Emperor, and shewn hiin that the valour, loyalty, and constan cy of an Anigonese General, are far superior to the subtlety and craft of the perfidious Corsican • and that the insurgent: and rebel: of Arragon are the heroic defenders of their country; who know how to con. quer and destroy the cuirassiers find Poles that were represented torus as invincible. We are in daily expectation of circumstantial de tails of the glorifies satceases at Saragossa, that we may satisfy the impatient curiosity of the public, who so justly interest themselves in the fate of that noble city, whose glory has obscured those of Nu manta and Saguntum. Though it was ten o'clock at night when General Palafox's account arrived, yet an extraordinary Ga zette was published, and the joy was so great, that the persons errtployed in the printing office illuminated their house; the people crowding around, and in formed of the cause, tried out Long five the Virgin of Me Pillar i Long live Palafox I Long live Arragon ! They will live for ever in the page of history. The following Decree has been issued in full Coun cil :-.-" We declare null, void, and of no effect, the decrees of abdication and cession of the Crown of Spain, signed in France by the Kings Ferdinand VII. and Charles IV. the deeds, with their consequences in relation to tke monareby, to the Emperor of the French, and his brottter Joseph, including the Con-' stitution framed at Bayonne en the 7th June, which was sent to the Tribunals, Corregidores, and Justices of the kingdom; copies at the same time being remit-' ted to the Council, in order to take the necessary steps. In like manner we declare null and void the treaties that were made in France by Charles IV. Ferdinand VII. the Infants Don Carlos and Antonio, and every thing that was executed by the Government intruded upon these kingdoms, as much on account of the vio lence attending them, as for want of legal authority to conclude them ; and, that all may know this, cir cular lettets shall be sent, in which also it shall be ordered that this decree shall be copied into the books °iciest amiento, erasing the proclamation of Joseph I. in all the towns where it wa. executed, and all the decrees inserted by the Government intruded upon us." (Signed) " LICENCIAIDO ZoRIRAQUIIif.' The Supreme Council of Castile has decreed as follows : . i a Ferdinand VII. by the grace ot ,Gtat, ice. i r th i the Corregidores; Justice:, and Alekldet Mayoies, all cities, tovins, and villages, &C. Be it knOtits, ' in a full Council held on the 9th instant,. we have ' thought proper to. appear that., should, be cele ' brated on the 24t h instant, in Madetd,and Teledo• a solemn Act of Preelareat:ion fOr riasing.tO the throne ' our Royal liefscilli 6'16'4 e:oidl i iiillikurAii to ..4 'I made to the cities, towns; ats_ . 4%4llldgew when e-asie Royal p l ioclialeithi Iliiend lsW celebrated. (Tim • . decree then goee on to Order the issuing of paper money In the non* of Ferdinand VIT.)" The Royal Supreme Council of the Indies has issued the Mllowing circular letter . " The DIVINE Pnovieosies, which, on so many oc casions, has manifested the singular protection which it dispenses to the Spanish nation and its Indies, his just given a lively proof of the continuance of that favour, in the precipitate flight from this city of its perfidious oppressors. " On the 10th of April last, a Royal Decree was issued to these dominions, in which were inserted the decrees of the 19th and 20th of March of the same year ; the first from the old King Charles IV. in which he freely and spontaneously abdicates the Crown to his son Don Ferdinand, Prince of .Asturias, and the second from the present Sovereign, accepting it, and commanding that it should flopublished and proclaimed with the accustomed solemnity in all the provinces of India. " About this time, by dint of treason. deceit, and perfidy, the principal footeemps of the kingdom were occupied by the veterau tiSaps of France, and the environs otthe capital by 60,000 soldiers of the same nation, which city also they very soon occupied, en der the feigned pretence of marching to the ports of Me South. From this moment the unhappy Ferdi nand was deprived of liberty, and was actually a pri soner; but the repeated and deceitful peotexts of the Emperor of the French, with the continued false in sinuations of his desire to come and see our Sieve. reign, his intimate Ally, to treat about the happiness of the two nations, even to send his attendants for the purpose of preparing lodgings for him, and ay pointing a day to enter this capital, took by surprise the unsuspecting good faith of his Majesty, who, desirous to pay him respect, ordered his august bro ther, the Infieto Don CarlOs, to set out for Victoria to receive him. The deceitful guest was not found in that city; end; with the same, bad faith, or by some new perfidious insinuation of his, the Infante, was removed to beaten:le, to return with him in his compane. Nipoleon Continued his deceit in that city, pretending occupations, and promising From day to day to realize his journey. The King, who desired with anxiety to dissipate the doubts which presented themselves M him, and free himself as sooei as possible from tlin'oPprestion of the troops, desirous of facilitating the interview, went to Burgos, and from thence to Vittoria, persuaded, and almost sure, that in some of these places the Emperor would pre sent himself without interposing any excuses, and with more facility than in the capital of the kingdom —but all his hopes were vain, for he did not even re move to the environs of Irun, from whence he had treacherously invited him, nor moved from Bayonne, where he was determiued to surprise him, lii effect, pretending business, and the greater facility there was in that city to settle the interesting points which re quired the meeting of both Monarchs, he allured the King by the most solemn assurances, but with the greatest perfidy and deceit to pass to ayonne, which his Majesty complied with, relying on the honour and good faith which characterize him, and with a desire to put a period to so many evils, having before-hand from Vittoria, from pure comptaisanee to the Wishes which the Emperormanifested, given ordrrsfur the de livery to the French troops of the person of Codoy, the principal author of so many evils, and whorl:this Majes ty had saved from the fury of thopeople, who had it already in their power to assassinate him, offering to punish him according to the crimes which should-ap pear upon his trial, for which purpose he would be kept in propercustody. Napoleon thus became mas ter of the sacred person of the King, and that of his august brother, through the means of Prince Murat, who also conveyed to Bayonne their royal parents, under the specious pretext of composing and arran .eng the differences which subsisted between them and his Majesty ; and, finally, he caused to be conducted to the same residence all the other royal persons torn from the bosom of the nation, in order to secure the detestable purpose which he had in view. Being thus all prisoners, in consequence of the most detes. table violence, he forced King Ferdinand to renounce that crown to his father, which had been freely re► signed, and Charles IV. in succession to votounee it in favour of the same Napoleon, obliging the Princes Don Carlos and Don Antonio to an absolute cession of their respective rights. Having thus acquired the Crown of Spain and of the Indies by such detestable 'grans, he ceded it to his bsother Joseph, King of Naples, investing him with the title of Sovereign of this vast MonarChy • and, finally, he obliged a multi tittle of persons, of all classes and estates, to come to Bayonne, under the pretence of arranging a new Con stitution, which he had antecedently formed, having left nothing for therm to do but to sign it by compul , got. But prior to these last occurrences, this loyal people, seeing themselves deprived, on the one hand, of their beloved Sovereign and the other royal personages, and, on the other head, oppressed by the vexations and insolence of the French troops who domineered Over them, raised the cry of fidelity, and, on the 2d of May, enraged it a bloody combat. in which fell litany honothiliktnd meritoriotts Spaniatds, but be and comparison a , ter number of the wicked French oppressors. The barbarous inhuttanity dis played on the e night, and the following days, in putting a mukit u of innocent people to dea th in cold bleed, eriiiii a still greater sensattoh. The sa mournful iiekiii of thii cruelty flew in a moment throuigh all the prov;neig of the kingdom, who una nimously a common eaute; thee declared war against ramepand pposored with tiere*le celerity to Ails off the yoke which eopreeeed *no Astu rias, Leon. CallOia, Soiitander, Arra/ion Valencia, Catalonia, the Atitrainifil; Lol;iiitehi. Murcia, Cas tile, Fosttemadnea, and Catthar see; firmed numerous armies, ass tools such precautions and measures, that in the sliertwee of two months they deranged ajl the ideas of tear tureoiles.concosseirig andputtl i them to . • :I J • the root on *llifeeer pentes they . lvere attic ed. In loiter sir ants fedisrdiiAt Ml*l4 ilattirktit tab Colonel de Vega has reported to his Excel. lency General Acevedo, under date of the 6th instant, that on the preceding day he roarche4 from port San Ysidro with a detachment of the troop. stationed there, and marched to Leon, in order to ob tain intelligence of the enemy, and procure a supply of wheat. As soon as he had entered the town, h• proceeded to the market-place, in order to maintain the public tranquillity, and ordered all the proclasna. tions and edicts posted up in the name of Joseph Bcpc naparte to be torn down. Soon after the Marquis de Portadgo entered likewise the town with an escort of cavalry and 100 infantry of the- aro? of Galicia, when our August Monarch Ferdinand Vila was immediately proclaimed, with the ceremonies► usual on similar occasions. At the requisition of the English Commissioner* in this Province s Major-General Francisco Ballestera4 marched on the 13th inst. at the head of 5,006 men, to St. Andero, to reinforce the posts of Lcudo mai Reynosa. The French entered Bilboa on the 16th ult. but not without obstinate resistance. The town offered a con. tribution of eight millions of reals ; and it is expected the French will evacuate it in a few days. Coloilsi Doyle is with the army of General Blake, the head quarters of which are at Astorga. O' the day the French entered Bilboa, Captain Towers, of the Iris, landed ken, spiked 43 pieced of cannon, and destroyed SPIO barrels of Powd4r but he had scarcely left the batteries, vettes chit French entered the town, and he with difficulty got away. On tie 4th OIL Lefebvre made a freak au 44 Mearam, an 4 entered the dry- w i t h 1 4401 -bdt after a most cloguinany crestikt aiw z driven out again, with thelou of from 4 to 5 his troops. Th e .prenth garrison. in BA:4w 14. a* it NO pcstasitto calutabitito ARMY. BE SOLD, considerably under the regulated rico, a Cornstoy in a favourite regiment of Light Dragoons, =near Town, which there is every prospect of speedy n, there bel4 In only sue Cornet in the Regiment. Litters, post paid, addressed to Captain Z. Mr. Place's, 'ray * Charing Cross, will be attended to. Olt the W 4 ... ... wl ei _ : L7•4.