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This day wen published, in Three Thick Voltam', small thro. price One Guinea in boards, 'TRAVELS in AMERICA, performed in 1806, for the pease et exidoring the Rivers Allitsbarty, Monon gahela, Ohio mad Missisdpopi, and ascertaining the produce and social condition althek Banks and Vicinity. $y THOMAS ASHE, Esq. Late Captain in the York Rangers. psin td for RICIIARD Pntsu rs, No. 6, Bridge-street, London, and tette bad of al! Booksellers. _ _ _ Ofivissert may be had, JI7PHE MARSHALL'S LITZ of WAIT. sito7or, in five volumes, price 71. 17$. 6d. in quarto, or 31. in octavo. REVIEW OF THE SECOND REPORT OF THE FRENCH MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, RELATIVE TO SPAIN, DATED PARIS, 13T SEPTEMBER, 1808. We have already reviewed the Commentary of the French official Journal upon the STAR of August 8, and also the Report of the French Minister, antedated at Bayonne, the 21th of April. It is now our task to draw the attention of the world to another publica-. tion, done by the same hand. The Bayonne perfor mance was an exposition of the principle: of a new mo rality, suited to the Imperial condition of the French re public. What we have now to review is a descant on the practicability of these principles. It was not only dictated by the great NAPOLEON himself in private ; but. in the face of all the world, he bravely received it as worthy of his Imperial and Royal adoption. It commences thus : FatA r !—I have the honour to propose to your Majesty to communicate to the Senate the two Treaties which have placed the Crown of Spain in your hands —" Here the amiable modesty of the ei-ikvant Consul of the French republic is interestingly conspicuous. He has no inclination to give these treaties to his Se nate. Was there any thing in them of which he need ed to be ashamed ? Did he not come honestly by them, that his Minister should be obliged to make such a proposition to His Most Christian Majesty, as that his Majesty should communicate the two treaties which placed in his hands the crown of Spain ? It is possible, however, that NAPOLEON had better grounds for his scruples than his Minister had for his officious , tress, seeing in his hands, instead of a crown, only two pieces of foolscap paper ! But, supposing he really had in his hands the Crown of Spain—Who gave it to him ? The people to whom the crown belonged—for all crowns are the property of the people—deny the gift, have armed to defend their right, and have puni! - :led with death many of the house-breakers that attempted to deprive them of tl--tir inalienable heritage. Moniteur.—" And the Constitution, which, undt r your auspices, and enlightened by your advice, the Junta assembled at B.srisnne, after free and mature deliberation, have adopted for the glory of the Spanish name and the prosperity of that kingdom and its co lonies." The genius of the-French Government--" the ge nius of evil" is wonderfully expert in the manufacture of constitutions, fitted for all climates and habitudes. The first constitution of regenerated France was pro nounced by Mr. Fox to be " a stupenduous monument of human wisdom !" Can it be doubted then that the fabrication at Bayonne was superfine, when it is recol lected how much experience the French artificers have had in this traffic, and particularly when it is consi dered that NAPOLEON, the head of the concern, dis played the article, and held up the candle to shew the durability of his tissue.—Possessing such a profit able monopoly, it is easy to account for the indiffer ence, or rather contempt, which his Imperial and Royal Majesty, NAPOLEON, entertains for the canaille inarchanele, dealers in broad cloth, hard-ware, and fire arms, now among the other necessaries of life.—" A nation of shopkeepers" mark the grovelling distinc tion, is content to receive in exchange for its commo dities the superfluities of other nations, while the house of IVitrotioN et :es freres a Paris demand crowns for their kick shows (Tuclques chases). " The Junta assembled at Bayonne."—Courteous Reader, we pray thee to understand that " Junta" sig nifies a Board—as the Bank Directors—the India Directors, who themselves are under another Junta, the Board of Coutroul, which is also under the Junta a the Cabinet, a Junta of Parliament, the Junta of the nation. Now, Reader, what wouldst thou think if the Junta of Leadenhall-street, without the autho rity of its contronling Juntas, was to receive a code of laws, for the management of its affairs, from the Cham of Tartary ? Or what wouldst thou say, if, peradventure, the cabinet Junta, under the au:tires, and etilighkncel by the advice of NapoevoN, should, after FREE and mature deliberation, at Bayonne, or any where else, adopt, for their own ends, a new constitu tion for England!! Such a i ight as the British Cabinet Junta has to dispose of the British liberties, had the Junta at Bayonne to surrender the independency of the Spanish kings ems!—Such a right as GEORGE 111, the Prince of IVaers and his royal brothers have to surrender to the French Emperor the British crown, with all the laws and trophies of a great and noble people—and to surrender the people themselves—such a tight, and no other, had the despicable idiot, CIEARws IV. and his family, to sell, for a pension, the so"reignty, kingdoms and colonies of Spain ! _ _ "6 1 .4 0 ,-4. Though in the arrangements made by your Ma jesty, the security of Franev bas been your priecipal care, the in germ of Spain herself has however been dear." Can any thing be more evident than what is here avowed—that the arrangements were at the expence of Spain for the aggrandisement of France ? What r.4ht has France .to be benefited by entailing %Aar- ehy and miseries meaning of this rance u the paramount lihritter.—" Your " kidet of tIIC divided The impudenk His Imperial Majesty is and the Spaniard: are all divided! !—Not having yet been able to procure a copy of the new Political nomenclature par M. P Empereur, we have taken much pains to discover the French political meaning of the term Mediator, as here used. It seems to be somewhat analogous to a thief, who sets fire to his neighbour's house to enable him to practise his call- In the midst of the Spaniards." Oh that this mediator were in the midst of them! Monitntr.—" Why is it so easy to lead nations to their ruin, by letting Icow their passions ?" What are the passions of a nation ?—The ruin of nation's is here discoursed with much composure, and it is not surprising, considering how familiar the French Government is with such transactions. Moniumr.—" In a former Report I have made your Majesty acquainted with the influence which the English were acquiring in Spiin." It has for some time been the opinion of many sound and sober persons, that the French Government has long been mad. When an Emperor was prescribed, an ancient simple which other nations had found very effectual in cases where there was too great a deter mination of the vulgar humours of the body towards 1 the head, it was hoped that a lucid interval might be I obtained—a radical cure was not soon expected.— But it is gravely thought, that having taken a forced exotic instead of an indigenous production, the dis order has become more alarming. This opinion, on free and mature consideration, we are inclined to adopt ; for the patient, who had lone maintained, with some degree of consistency, that England had no influence on the Continent, is now tearing and raving about the con tinental influence of England, and exhibiting two bits of paper, calling them the Crowns of Spain and the Indies ! liPoitrate.—" The influence of the numerous tribe of Monks in Spain, who dreaded a reform, have, in this critical moment, occasioned the insurrection of several Spanish provinces." Monks ha . ve been so decidedly worse than useless, ever since the institution of their various orders, that it must afford some satisfaction to learn that for once they have made a common interest with the people. me , 7400.—.. Will your Majesty permit England to say Spain is one of my 7rcvinc , ..s. My flag, driven from the Baltic, the North Sea, the Levant, and even from the shores of Persia, waves iu the ports of francs." Will GEORGE 111. permit France to say—" Spain is one of my Provinces." Has NAPOLEON any better right to say this than his Majesty? But what is the right of either ? Spain belongs to the Spaniards, and should Elig:aad attempt to make her a province, may her armies meet the fate that has overtaken the hordes of French slaves employed to provincialise her ! The ports of France ! !' True—Stain is a French province! " The British flag driven from the shores of Persia." Pest( !--.1 From the Levant." Diable 1.--" The North Sea !" ilforbless !—" The Baltic ! Sacre ! Motitert —" Two millions of brave uteri [French' are ready to scale the PI tenets." A lie ! Moniteur—" Your Majesty must promptly inflict vengeance for the outrages committed against the French name." Committed by whom ? No disgrace can attach to the name of a nation hut what proceeds from the conduct of its own Government. On whom then should Frenchmen inflict their Vengeance ? Monit-ur—"What estimation, what consideration will the French Caine enjoy in Europe, if in : country so near us atrocities so in famous and so public remain unpunished ?" Reader, you have bech made acquainted with the atrocities so infamous and so public, committed in Spain, by Napoleonian craft—the new political morality ez-. ceeding in turpitude of its principles the famous satire on statesmen, published by MACIIIAVELp and far which he has long been traduced by the ignorant What must be the effrontery of the man who could pen such a sentence ? What estimation, indeed, will the French name enjoy, it France refuses reparation for the crimes of her government towards other countries ? The Minister goes on to tali about the wishes of all Europe—about France and Russia—of Denmark honourably supporting a contest !—of Sweden aban doned by England ! !—of the Spanish insurgents, bequests of civil war, anarchy, and cruel scourges; and of the beneficence of his Majesty the Emperor NAPOLF,ON !—He then tells that Emperor that the Court of Vienna has testified amicable intentions to him, and placed herself in a state of hostility with England ; and that his Majesty has been giving simi lar testimonials—But the aim of the whole is to advise his Majesty to execute his long projected de , signs on Austria! !—Turkey and America are also named; but only by way of giving his Majesty NarotEosr some information in compassion for his ignorance.—Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Hol land, are all waiting for a maritime peace.. This. Minister says, that England is the enemy of the world ; that the French nation, and all Europe, knows the efforts made by the Emperor NaPot.zo.,r to obtain peace ; that his enterprizes are the imme diate result of the attempts he has made to obtain it ; that , the devotion of the French people to their Em peror is bcuadless ; that his Majesty is preparing for them a harvest of glory and honour; and that this maa himself is w:th respect, &c."—All this official rub bish is as contemptible, as the expectation that any part of it willhe credited. .tempt province of Gallicia. It had been _ a General Junta, and to name a Captain-General for the kingdom ; but no agreement could be come to with regard to the previous conditions. The leaders of the insurgents are also of various descriptions.— In one place the military men have put themselves at their head, in another the civil authorities have taken the lead ; in many towns the monks and some of the dregs of society, have been acknowledged as chiefs. They have besides attempted to raise all the males, from the age of 16 to 45, but a want of arms and ammunition prevails. SEPTEMEKR '2B.—Talma, Damas, Mademoiselles Raucourt, Duchesnois, and other principal actors and actresses of the French Theatre, have, by older of the Government, set out for Germany, for the pur pose of performing some of the masterpieces of the French Stage before the Emperor of Russia, during the residence of his Imperial Majesty in that country. The Princess of Ponte Corvo has left Paris on a jour ney to Hamburgh. We learn from Marseilles, that General Marescot, who had arrived there from Algcsiras, has been ar rested by order of the Emperor. I.EYDEN, SEPT. 2s. We have not received the Hamburgh papers, but German letters, received through France and other % ise, state in substance as follows : " On thel4th, a regiment of the Grand Duke of Berg's troops arrived at Hamburgh, and after halting one day there, proceeded to Dusseldorf. The 2d bat talion of the 6th Dutch regiment has entered Bremen, and is to garrison the mouth of the Weser. On the 16th, the Turkish courier Soliman passed through Sttitgard, with dispatches from Constantinople for Paris which are said to be of great importance.— Within these few days, several French couriers have passed through the same town, destined for Vienna, Munich, &c. The Emperor of Russia was expected at Koningsberg on the 16th, whence he was to pro ceed by way of Leipsic to Weimar. Marshal Lannes is to wait for his Imperial Majesty at Bromberg, and accompany hint. " It appears certain, that the Princes of the Con federation of the Rhine will meet at Erfurth, during the residence of the Emperor Napoleon at that place. It is reported that M. Carlshausen, formerly the Hes sian War Counsellor, has been arrested on his estate in the. Weiterau, and carried to Mentz." HAGUE, SEPT. 24. Though the Paris Papers of the 21st state that the Emperor, on the preceding day, presided at a meet ing of the Council of State, several German papers pretend that his Majesty had before that time began his journey to meet the Emperor of Russia. Accor dine to statements in the same papers, his Imperial Majesty will return from his German journey to Bay onne, by the 18th of October. About that time all the French columns, and all the heavy artillery des tined for Spain, will have arrived on the frontiers of that country, and the campaign will be formally commenced. It is added, that his Majesty will com mand the Grand Army in person, and that Marshal Massena will command a separate corpscflB,ooo men. The German Papers also state; that the meeting of the two Emperors is to take place between Erfurth and Weimar; that the Emperor Napoleon will re side in the former town, and the Emperor Alexander in the Latter. It is likewise said, that the Emperor of Austria will be present at this meeting. But it is easy to perceive that all these reports require con firmation. , sists of front twenty to twenty4ve men for es et efom palsy ; and were even all the furloughs called i n , t h e would be se far from being complete, twat of t hem would be from six to eight hundred men , The artillery corps is not at all in a state fit for marching. Nothing new is here known 4:o f the political relations of Prussia; and it app ears much more likely that Prussia will remain i n t h e same situation as she has hitherto been. NAPLES, SEPTEMBER 20. Our new Sovereign King- JOACHIM NAPOLZON, Sr . rived here on the 6ds, and was received with g enera l rejoicings. Yesterday even ing also amved the Princes and Princesses, their Majesties children. in order that th e gao l er may The day ifter his hetiesty's arrival, a de cree was published, order;ng that in all the prisons of t h e kingdom all ma limes b registere ablel kept, make t a repert of e ac h pri. , soner, and shew the order on which he had be en a , rested. The register must also contain the name a n d place of abode of the Agent of Police, by w h ose order the arrest took place. Every person who brings a citizen to prison, and does not shew the order of arrest to the gaoler, must, as well as the prisoner, be detained till the gaoler shall have acquainted the magistrate of the place, and he than have decided upon the fate of b SPANISH PAPERS. CORtJNNA EXTRAORDINARY CA zErrp. The Government of this kingdom has just recei ved, by express, the following official reports from the Commander in Chief of the Army of Gallicia:— " MOST &UNE. Loan—Having thought it expe d:ent to occupy the city of Frias and the convent of Ona, our advanced posts arc at a very short distance from those of the enemy. In consequence thereof, and as the enemy was desirous of ascertaining our position, a detachment of 150 men advanced as far as Frias, which fell in with our detached parties, much inferior in number, and was defeated without much hard fighting, leaving 12 of their men dead on the field of battle. " This morning the enemy advmced again for the tme pt:rpose, 1000 in number : he was likewise de. fated, and fell back with the loss of six m_•n killed. Before Ona appeared also about MO men, who, 'according to intelligence received, intended to sack the town, and commit their usual devastations ; but they were r: pulse.'. " Gob preserve your Highness many years. (Signed) • " JOACHIM BLAKE. " Head-quarters, Traspaderne, the 21st Sept. 1808." _ series Uri - .4stisef nations ? Thift a llahe • . bIiTCH PAPEAS. . sists of from tw dtsu7::•--=..k pan? , ; and we this avowal is, thht the ad : iiiiikiffn of PAW. I 1 ,,,;"' - . ; r egiments wou e paramount interest of the world f- . iiis k sseertained, that 'on i i nlisistillo;l several of they ' Your Majesty Interfered as a Medial& it tlwr e we i i iirth e different c o r m ,of Is iorrectio ill men deficient. vetted Spaniards." Spain. The inhabitants of the Spinishlrnaritittiepr 3- state fit for m: adence of this sentence is truly facetious. .winces of Andalusia and Valentin betray great des' of the political it Majesty is represented as a mrdiator ! I trust and contempt for the insurgents of the northern much snore 1 ~ , •_, J, I ?r,.. t...,.:.... e.. province of Gallicia. It had been proposed ro form same situatior VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 2. The two Chambers of the States cf Hungary had their first sitting on the 31st of August, which was opened in the Chamber of the Magnates, by an elo quent oration from the Archduke Palatine, while M. Von Atzel fulfilled the same office in the Cham. her of the Orders. The Archbishop of Erlaw in the former, and the Baron Von Fischer in the second, replied in the name of the States. Afterwards there -was read a letter, directed by his Majesty to the Archduke Palatine, containing regulations respecting the entrance of his Imperial Majesty, the opening of the Diet, and the crowning of her Majesty. The two Chambers appointed ten deputies to go and welcome the arrival of his Majesty, to acquaint him with the wants of the Diet, and to communicate to their Ma jesties the homage of their respect. The sitting being ended, the Archduke Palatine, accompanied by the Barons, Magistrates, and Counsellors, went in pre cession to St. Saviour's Church, where they were re ceived at the door by the Spirituality, and when they had taken their seats, the Archduke Primate chanted the reni Creator! which was followed by High Mass. It is supposed that in the first sittings of the Diet, both the future levying of the Hungarians, and the other demands on the part of the Emperor, will be I acceded to. SEPTEMCFR 10.—Last Wednesday her Majesty the Empress was crowned at Presburg, as Queen of Hungary, in the presence of 700 deputies, of whom twenty were of the spiritual order. The Emperor witnessed the solemnity at the church, and when af terwards their Majestie::, at table, drank the health of the Hungarian nation, this was replied to by in cessant shouts of v:vett ! On Saturday there was a public procession of the Court, on which occasion the newly crowned Queen of Hungary was on horse back. Both their Majesties are expected back this day, and already the French Ambassador, with his Secretary of Legation, who were present at the so lemnity at Presburg, have returned. According to letters from Trieste of the 2d inst. there prevails there a general stoppage of payment, and almost bank ruptcy, in consequence of which the discount has risen to three or four months. The Russian ships which lay at Venice have not yet sailed, though they had taken in provisions for six weeks. • KONNIGSBURGH, SEPTEMBER 9. Yesterday Count Romanzoff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived here on his journey through this city. The Prince of SaxeWeimar is also expected here. A letter from this city, in the Berlin Courant, says, that the Prussian army is to be put in motion. Of that there has not been here the least idea, The force on this station scarcely con- (4 Mosr SERENE I olu›—By a private letter which I have just received Iron Major-General Marquis dc Portazgo, written yesterday in Bilboa, the said Ge. neral advises me of his having entered that town the same morning, after an engagement which lasted three hours, and our loss in which was very trifling. He bestows much praise on the conduct of his diri. sions, and promises to send me, as speedily as possi ble, the particulars of the operations. 4 , The inhabitants received the Spanish poops with peculiar joy, and proceeded immediately to proclaim Ferdinand VII. " I think it right to communicate to you the above intelligence, although I am not yet able to give a de tailed account, which I am expecting every moment. " Goo preserve your Highness many years. (Signed) " JOACHIM =ma. " liead-quarter , , Traspaderne, Sept. SI, 1•95." CORUNNA, SEPT. 21. Yesterday arrived in this port his Majesty's brig El Descoubrilor, which, three months ago, sailed from hence with Lieutenant-Colonel 'Don Manuel Torrado, sent by the Government of this Kingdom, on a very important mission to the Kingdom and Provinces in the South and Las:. This officer having discharged his trust with the utmost 'and universal ap probation, returned here on board the same vessel which sailed from Algesiras on the '2d of this present month.—Corunra Diary, Sept. 93. The Diary of this d:iy conning an ode addressed to, his Excellency Sir Arthur Wellesley, in celebration 'of the glorious victories by which he compelled Junot and his army to evacuate Lisbon and Portugal—it concludes as follows : •' And all Europe, seeing this glorious exploit, is ready to express, that the people of Great Britain, equally valiant by ea and land, conquer and defeat all who dare to war against them." Intelligence has been received of the glorious action maintained by the 4th division of the army of Gal. licia, commanded by the Marquis del Portazgn, and Don Manuel Fabro, which, after a contest of time hours, ended by rendering us masters of Bilboa, and gaining other advantages, the particulars of which the General could not then send, but will transmit them as soon as possible.—Diar;o de la Corzama, Sept. 28. CANALTCAS, StPT. n. The French are passing through eve:y part of the Rioja, carrying with them destruction and dm- . lation. The main body of their army, which r. : sists of more than 30,000 men, is in the 6t... of Naxera. In Burgos there are about 800, and ryller fewer in BribieFca. In the whole they are more than 40,000, and occupy the whole bank of the Ebro.— Diario de la Corionno, Sept. 28. REYNOSA, SEPT. 26. On the 17th, a Commissioner from the Army which is at this town repaired to Santander, to re ceive five millions of reals, brought by the English to that port, and placed at the disposal of the General of the army of Gallicia. The fourth division of this army was yesterday to attack Bilboa, since they halted yesterday at Balmaseder. We know net yet the success of this attack, ai there were there 1600 French. On the road to Bilboa they fell in with a party of thirty-six of the enemy's cavalry, whom they made prisoners. The troops of the battalion of Vit toria, on another side, towards Burgos, made pri soners a party of above 100 French, who were going to levy a contribution of bread on a village. Tte corps de reserve follows the fourth division, the van i ~ I~