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SOUTH dfM.ERICA. ;01:RNAL 01 tHE OCCUHRENCES WHICH TOOICPLAcE}N SANTIAGO OE CHILE. WEENESDAY ) JULY 11, 1810. At ten this morning the Cabildo, accomp a nied by the greater part if the people; went to the Palace to T.:quir horn. the President the suspens'on of the order, -for embailcing the prisoners, Don Joan Antonio Don Jose Antonio Roxas, and Dcctor Vern, ::cussed of having spoken aga inst the State - ; the whole o f them ans w ering f or the security of their persons, obsZence to their-Sovereign,. and pro - biking-. egainst the accusations, declaring that they weela be aeswerable with their persons, properties, and employsticuts,. the President answered they must have been _deceived ; that the order - which he ' , int the evening hisfere by Captain Burns to Valise re.:izo, was their restoration to Santiago ; but that aheve ell he weold listen to them no longer, and , . that if he chose not one of them 'should quit the Pa lace. s They repiisd that they would open a passage, as they had IQ,COO men for that purpose. 'The Pre. ;dent said that he had .20 s 000 men, which so much eiespersited them, that they demanded justice from - the Tribunal of the Ausliencia, when about 300 of the first persons of the city entered, with the Cabildo be fore them, and the square fell of the lower order of the ftnple, making a 'great remise; at which Senor A rginnedo, as I' s votary- General of the illustrious Ayureamierao, cane forward and demanded, that ahe order Fhoilld be revoked which was issued by the • Captain-General the day before, for the embarking of Litt. prisr.r. rs ; that they should be - conducted to • th:s cosy, and placed in the barracks of San - Pablo, in order that Om:) , might be examined, and, if innocent,. discharged ; and• that the Attorney-General Campos, his. Secretary Re,•rs, and Menezes, Law Agent of Covernment, sheold be suspended. The Regent, who sees at the Meeting. came instantly forward, and being informed of their demand, answered," This il lusi•riens Tribunal has for its motto Justice; therefore Le oot the least uneasy, for the Audiencia will •pro toe: reason. We are informed of your demands; tout in a place like this we cannot understand each other; nor i , it natural that our determipations should be stn. de in this place. much less with so many present; therefore it is necessary we should consult in Council to determine svh it ought to be done, not continuing our deliberations more than a quarter of an hour. A . ---- Leery one agreed to the proposition, answering, that it was just, and the Audiencia, calling the President, desired the people to listen to what was decreed, for Ishich purpose the; entered the Sala del Acoterdo.— At eleven o'clock, it Was declared, that the Pres:dent was blameable ire not• •granting to the people what they demanded, in saying that if they wanted any, thing more he had troops to oppose them ; that they agreed that the Csovesnor of Valaarezido should sus. pend the order he had received for embarking the Otte prisoners, and if the Vessel had sailed with tnem, another should be dispatched immediately to over take her ; thataliesthree persons they named should be suspended,. and that the Senior Judge, Don Jose S.,e;;; o so C:ootelia, was named Attorney-General. This ereer was read to the people, who answered they were satisfied and contented ; the President on _ their departure, said to them, ye have gained your wishes. In the night a report .was spread that the President was - collecting a Force outside of •the city, to Seize the ringleaaers, which caused a general alarm • all the shop; and doors of th e hous es we r e c l o sed, t he streets evere full of the principal inhabitants, armed, and looming -at the house of the Alcalde Ysaguirre, and that of peutenant-Colonel .Don Manuel Capasos ; 200 men esere put under arms at the barracks of the artillery, their Commander Reyna, directing them to march outside, and stand guard there, as he had force to protect the interior. • • Another considerable body of cavalry Went to the barrack.. of San Pablo, where the arms of theinfan ,try and the cavalry of th; frontiers were deposited, informing the officers that they had nothing to fear. The streets presented nothing but groups of people, and certainly it was a dreadful night for the robbers. FI:IDAY 3 JULY is. • It was said that theet were some movements dur- Leg the night, but all was as quiet as on Thursday. At twelve .o'clock is the day the post 'arrived from Valparedizo, with an account of the sailing of the ieeSs.Cl with the prisoners, except Don Vera, who re s. mained sick, We are informed, that.on the morning the priso ners were embarl:ed, a:person of the name of Da titian riot hinitelf at the mole with 900 men, to hinder inl• one from Passing until the vessel set sail. This covisluct surprised the Governor, who sent for him, • when. he informed li'm that !'r acted by order of the Ciptstin-General, which order he could not sherd, as it was verbal and secret, but he was sent to prison double ironed. StNDAY,' ii - rx 15. dothing else in order to plunder the rich inhabitaoliapil and kill indiscrintinitely everyAparson. It his Confessor as Follow! :—That he wished' es unite j with the Nobility and act 'with then aceov4Wy. ITbis.inslier might' b*ve quieted the piopk, biii it had a different effect. They said. that he who' de. eeived them once would do so over and over again, and the wealthy inhabitance came to a determination -to join_ all their people on the NV- - xlnesday following. The news was revived of the order having been sent to N alparedizo to put Damian at liberty, but the Go vernor placed him in still closer custody. JULY 16 .--The determination of the people being made known, an act was immediately passed at the house of the Regent, by which it Was determined to go to the Palace and oblige the President to submit. At ten o'clock in the morning, a messenger acquain ted the people, that the Senor President wished to see the Juuta ; on which the above decree was suspended, and deputies were sent to the Palace. After a short I interview, the President being satisfied that any for ! they resistance to the wishes of the people would be j useiess, be sent for the Chiefs of the different carps to comult with them, all of wham counselled and sup + plicated him to resign his authority, without preju. I dine to his rank, pay, and establishment in the Pa. I lace. He accepted this offer, and the Junta, agree ably to their last decree, appointed for President the senior officer of rank in he province, Brigadier Count I de la Conquista, one of the Members of the Junta, who 'upon being named retired to his own house amidst' .ithe universal acclamations and Veen of the people. JULY 18.--The wealthy inhabitants were ordered tc dismiss their people, who amounted to about i 4000 men, and the Royal University waited upon the Captain General to pay their respects to him. • A Proclamation was issued this morning, under pain of death, to any one who attempted to molest the person of senor Carasco, prohibiting the use of fire , arms in the streets, and exhorting the people to con : duct themselves in a peaceable and quiet manner. ICaptain Burnes was put under arrest in the Bar ! racks, and a Captain with his company marched to .iValparedizo to bring Damian to this city, lest he should be liberated from prison by his friends ; but ; i their being no foundation whatsoever for this suspicion, Ithe troops returned to their quarters in the evening. At night there was great rejoicings, and Seaor 11 Reyes and Doctor Campos left tu x retiring to their ; I country seat!. Extract of a letter dated Canhagena, Sept. 15. , 4 I have to mention that a dreadful scene of blood has tah.en place at Quito. This province being much oppressed, tried last year what the Caraccas effected in the present, but the neighbouring provinces not being ripe yet to join them, they were induced again to acknowledge the atul , . , rity of the vice-king of Santa Fe, who had not only promised them to forget ' their opposition, but also that they should retain a i Provincial Junta. But the vice-king, again reinstated, kept no promise, had them all imprisoned, and many condemned to death. On the 2d August, some of the prisoners rose against their guards ; a bloody con flict ensued—a battalion of troops from Lima, which had been at Quito since last year, 'was let loose upon the people, and they have murdered, of men, women, and children, about four ,thousand, and plundered the stoles of the Quitaman merchants. Oa the sth Sep- Itember, one thousand armed volunteers set off for the assistance of Quito, and an equal number had gone from the intermediate provinces between Sant* Fe and Quito, viz. Popayan and Pastor. Three days of public mourning were observed at Santa Fe, and the same will take place here, for their brethren destroyed at Quito. The vice-king of Santa Fe, and several of his Council are at present here in prison. No blood I has been shied either here or at Santa Fe." AMERICA. • 141/W YORK, OCTOBER 20. At"ni.ght, the principal inhabitants, with the Al- caltle, *and the .Head of the Cabildo, proposed a R es olui;n a in the Mansion House, 'that the people' should by main tnrce- deprive the President' of his authority, a.nd form a Junco upon the same foot ing as that of Buenos Ayres; which, after some deliberatioo„ was'r.jec . ted, es tending to 'the ruin of the conntry........l)nring this meeting, an old, Of ficer of. rank 'antih Regidor, and told him, upon his word of Inan'Our, and as a secret, that at nine o'clock that right .100 men were to enter the City, arid eater the houses, of different persons. at the same time. lipon this it was al.errnined that the Al calde= should take the necessary precauti , ns, and at hall-past eight the-whole city was armed and in move ment, calling oat to each other what news it there ? The artillery was ordered to beseet:: . ed.a.ad spies in the barracks, all the avenues v ere guarded, and Amt. the rounds, put on. It was agreed that the Assessor Should }to to the President, and inif.rm him of the ituation of the cite, ::rd the. information th...y had received; td wl , lclibe answered that it was C...lse, butt the el?ple would not belleve . hisn, as .he had deceived tINAI before, and being now uniied,• they consulted lecessity of deprivh:g him cf the command, /e rise to fresh opinions upon other subjects, lemma, the 2'. c untamiento seeing that mat utg unfayourabie turn, sent-the Presi ,:age by the :'...'ather Confessor, Cano, re that he would 4ive tip his atitln...ity, which the pnbliC mind, and prevent great t - te. lower class ; of rope wished for 4... A Here follows a proclamation from Don Carlos Montufar, to the people of• Quito, iu which be calls upon them to rise, and says : " Terror and death have been the measures resorted to by II cruel and destroying Government ; let terror and death be too our device. Chains and dungeons have been the means they have used to stifle the groans df humanity, cr)ing for redress;—let chains and dungeons then be the fate of our oppressors ! " A whole country lies eto your aid, It burns with tlk fire of liberty. Heroes sprung up in our streets ' and already a tyrant exists not in the north of our Continent. The bloody names of a Morales a Quiroga, and a Salinas, poiot to their wounds, and cry aloud for vengeance r Let us avenge ourselves. May the polluted blood of those who haVe precipitated them to the tomb, glut the soil stained with their enmities and crimes ! . ~ •; ,* The foregoing is di copy of the dispatch from Papayan, by Don Carlo Montusar, the 20th August past. (Dated) " TORRES, PRNERES, Rtvxm.o, Secretaries.". The Natchez Chronicle says--« Just as our paper Was going to press, we were informed, by a Gentle man direct from the town of Washington, that his Er cellency David Holmes, Governor of this territory, had received intelligence by an express, that Colonel James Collier, of Washington county, with a p-.•y of 40 or 50 men, had taken possion of the garrison and Spanish settlement on the Mobille. We gi-e this as we received it; we cannot vouch its authenticity." We yesterday received by express, from our Corres pondent in West Florida, the following highly inte- Testing communication, which welose no time in laying before our Readers : *EST FLORIDA DKCLAILV INDEPENDENT. . (Froqi the Natchez Weekly ckrtuticle, West Florida.) " Headjuarreys, Fort at Hawn Rouse, loptember 24. "Sta—in obedience to the order Of the Convention, bearing date the 22d init. I directed Major Johnson to amenable such of ' the cavalry as might be ready at hind, and march immediately for Fort Baton Rouge ; 1 then proceeded to Spring-field, where I found forty-four of the grenadiers company, commanded by Co lonel Ballangar, waiting the orders of the Convention. At ooe o'clock In the morning of the 23d, we joined Major !ethnics and Captain Griffith, with 21 of Eayoe'Sara cavalry, and five or six other patriotic gentlemen joined W on our march ;--at four o'clock the same morning we made the attack. My orders were not to flrc till we received a shot from the garrison, and cry set, in French and English, ground. your arms, and you shall not be hurt. Tills order was strictly attended to by the volunteers, till we received a discharge of musketry front the guard-hotue,wbere the Governor was, which was briskly returned by the volunteers. We received no damage on oar part. Of the Governor's troops, Lieutenant Louis Grand Pre was mortally wounded ; one private was killed, and four badly wounded. We took 21 prisoners, amens whom are Colonel Delassus ; the rest of the garrison have been reported to you by James Neilson, Esq., who was appointed ,for that purpose. The various and complicated duties devolving on me from the passing circumstances of the moment forbid a more minute detail. The firmness and moderation of the volun teers, wits made the attack, was fully equal ►o the best disciphned troops. Whole companies are daily flocking to our standard, and the harmony and patriotism prevailing in the garrison must be highly gratifying to every friend of his country. Accept for your self ad your body assurances of my high esteem and regard. (Signed) " PHI LEMON Tactless, " Commander in Chief of the Fort of Baton Rouge, and its Depeadencles. u The Hon. Jaen Rhea, President of the Convention of West Florida." IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS. A OICLARATION BY TME REPRESENTATIVES OF THE rEoper OF W 1 %T FLORIDA. (Signed) " Tours, Secretary:! EXTRACT OF A LF.ITEA FROM CARTHAGENA, bEPT. 15. From P.mayen, A w n le. " At half-past 'one in the evening of Thursday, the 2d of Augut ' about 40 or 50 'nen imprisoned in the city gaol of Quito, under sentence of death, far having borne arms in the revolution of the 10th of .August last, like lions seized upon . the keeper end guards of the prison, they wound and Slay mar t y,l and taking possession of their arms, clothe themseliesl in the dresses of the slain, then coming to the bar:' racks, attack the guards, who were but few (being dinner hour), are killed ; they seize upon their arms and in a short space of time enter the interior, where they killed t.% . iptain Simend, Don Nicolas Galup, and Don Joaquim Villaspesa, Captain of the Battalion, and many Of the soldiers. But as these brave youths were not seconded, they were at length overcome and killed. 1 has the undertaking remained unaccom, piished. The order had previously been given for ' the execution of every prisonet:withotit exception, and indeed was effected on the 20th. Amonwhom wcre r lion Jaan Salininas, Don Juan de Dios Morales, Don Manuel Quiroga, Don Juan Posto Arenas, D on Ri ; ofrico, Dun Jose XavierAscusubi, Don Nicolas I lera, Don Juan de Lane, &c. The patroles imrne diatcly sallying forth, composed of the Liminean sol: diets, on horse and foot, put to death every one they ; met, mcn, women, and children. • a In this' confusion the Bishop.; and Priests came out, endeavouring to appease the tumult, which was now rising beyond contronl. The people being , insi midated, the town was given up to be sacked by th e f soldiers ; when ssoves, warehouses and dwellings were emptied. Itl the house of Don Louis Cities tes, they obtained IZOOO dollars, '.The well-assorted store of Don Maouel.Bonitra was entirely destroyed, as well as thole of ;luny others, to the *amount of 95,90 t) lats. 'Thesttents took place the same evening. , The city 1) . 64 44trisotted by the artillery and troops ht. the oigbt, no occturence took plates ut.474;t the mot: letvin& daywas Published{ by,loat . weU .1 . - rtqcz Of nOglid THIS DAY AT OM O'CLOCI .• • sperms 44ms; eatiiiii, dil-,-ase:thi. ' s' • 1,51--, pre.Ceet. 424: . . . .Wivy d re!. cast. 1014—Ofitnly_i_011 die. -. • . . PdPigii Billgi ' 4o t # 0 .10. 133 ii 3 .9114 4 igh 40. rwik .r • • • • .i , • !*. • itrrltEAT OF MASSENA. to testraie the excesses of the yea* frhotatill sand., r 111124,, riot ismaidata, wed 41"LtAftaid otitrars i ' ...- ! ' • ofi • - • • scadiPtY saCtinErr# l4 4 l fitYYllii Id o f ettotice, that. ni Ike .aid - ers were the ori gin • MONDAY. i) ECEMIIttI. ' dFtlais disorder, they should purified' ofith every • . . exertion to bring them to justice.. The - people; ha*. '. • ever, continued to a, Ay to arms !to arms !" and the i. The intelligence received from B • p iste ! i s . country.for five miles round rising es MUM the .GO. , ruin . ...... . vernor thought proper to form a Junta of the c, caeca- . eu. butte our Last a Mail has • Lisbon, with accounts to the 4 351 instant, arrtred f astical and secular Cabildas, with the assistance of. hit Excellency the Bishop. In that Junta was resolved . 4 appears twat on the night of the 13th, M on, the decree, absolving all those inculpated, as well right wing commenced a re:reat, and his left c m follciwin- , clap, When Lore. Wata,tuurox cry for thelOth August of the last xpar, as for the pre ; 7 7--. L - I.LL to auvance ! . .41.4 ail the boats any sent assault; and ordering the tslops.to retire to Li.. _L ;L _, T _' . _ _ • _,____: _ . , , .., ma. ..But this last order was net complied with T. gus for on the following day the troops wore still conabat. craft went up the a . ing the people. i . It is said, that on the 17th Lord WELLINCTON LQND ON. advanced as far as Alanguer, and likew:s, that , SENA bad taken up a new position; he had ti . .n , s,, bridge over, the Zciere, and passed over from f... - five ainu %Ind men, and that Ohe current uf t::, had carried away the bridge. 1 : MASSENA had then possesiion of Santarem, asii principal force was in the rear of that place. r On the lo:h, General 13rta., with 1 1 4000 nu; two hours, crossed the Tagus in our boats; a , forturixe cireumltance, as had he not acc, , it as be did, the weatkr hav since beep s o • ; „ 1 ,1, ' be could not have passed it. On the 18th the British head-quarters w ere i Wished at Carraxo. During this operation nearly 1 of the enemy fell into our hands. Our army was , iCartaso on the 21st, was well impplied, and i spirits. The following abstract of the Dispatzhes Admiral BICRIKELEY was this morning issued at Admiralty : s" It is known to all the world with how much fi delity the good people of this territory have professed and maintained alliance to the legitimate Sovereign, while any hope remained of receiving from him pro tection for their property and lives. Without making any unneces , :ary innovation in the established princi ples of Government, we had voluntarily adopted cer tain regulations in concert with our first Magistrate, for the express purpose of preserving this territory, and shewing our attachment to the Government which has heretofore protected us. This compact which was entered into with good faith on our part, will for ever remain an honourable testimony of our upright inten tions, and inviolable fidelity to our King and parent country, while so much as a shadow of legitimate authority remained to be exercised over us. We sought only a speedy remedy for such evils as seemed to en danger our existence and prosperity, and were encou raged by our Governor with solemn promises of as sistance and co-vpqration. But those measures which were intended for our preservation, he has endeavour ed to pervert into an engine of destruction, by encou raging in the most pe r fidio us m anner , t h e violation of ordinances sanctioaed and established by himself as the law of the.land. " Being thus left without any hope of protection from the parent - country, by being betrayed by a Ma i gistrate, whose duty it was to have provided for the safety and tranquillity of the people and Government committed to his charge, and exposed to all :h.: evils 1 Of a state of anarchy which we have so long endea -1 voured to avert; it becomes our duty to provide for our own security, as a free and independent state, ab solved from all allegiance to a Government which no longer protects us. di We, therefore, the representatives aforesaid, ap t pealing to the Supreme Ruler o f th e world . for the rectitude of our intentions, do folemnly publish and I - declare, the several districts, composing the territory j of West Florida, to be a Free and independent State, and that they have a right to institute for themselves such form of Government as they may think condu cive to their safety and happiness—to form treaties— to establish commerce—to provide for the common defence of all acts which may of right be done by a Sovereign and independent nation. At the same time declaring all acts within the same territory of West Florida, after this date, by any tribunal or au thorities not deriving their power . from the people, agreeable to the provisions of this Convention, to be Jun and void, and calling upon all foreign nations to respect this our Declaration, acknowledging our In: dependence, and giving us such :aid as may be con sistent with the laws and usages of nations. " This declaration, made in Convention at the town I of Baton Rouge, on the '26th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1810, we, the Representwives, in the name and on behalf of our constituents, do hereby solemnly pledge ourselves to support it with our lives and fortunes. 1 ' (Signed) " roe"; Ro t a, President, and nine others. "ANDREW STrettiSecretary." 1 '• ADMMAUMOPIPTCIE, DEC.S. " Dispatches have this morning been recei• this OtEte from Admiral the Hon. Geoaoz Lay, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships the Tagus, dated the 16th, 20th, and 2'2d ultimo. " In tLe former of these dispatches the states, that he had, at the request of Lord row, formed a brigade of seamen and marines, sieting of 500 of each, for the occup3tion of the from which the troops may be wititdrawn, the mand of which he had siren to Captain of the ImPrreux. " In the dispatch of the 20th, Admiral Bk LET states, that on the 15th the retreat of the my was announced to him by telegrap'.l from ships up the river : that with a view of sui the flank of General I WA., who had advanced, had ordered Lifutenant gettxrcar, with the of gun-boats to proceed up the river ; and Rea, mind Sir Tuoxas 'Vten.mists, With all boats pontons, to superintend the passing of *our across, if necessary, having proiidecr flying ' and every thing for that purpose. • , g In his dispatch of the rild (the last the Admiral states, hat die eaemy having bake.' Santarem, and taken up that strong p*, .the B , and edrobined forces are assembling, and Within a leatyue of it ; and the flotilla and beats Sir Tivisvo WILLIAms are abreast the miry Valada, u:lete they had passed over General division to the South side of the Tagus, and FANEN division is stated to have already Abrantes." The following details, are from our Port-_ and from extracts of r. insed Journals bi ought by Mail • upon the nec which p;:we s • This-dilem 1 • ttett were .taic, dent quotting that . - would quiet fikcjO i rst ?-s h: ff ' lk4 • . is :tired f sof from •• .• • , MAszs A : left on • ter crdcrei Abs $ and Nu cod an ttxerol 1 Jo! that I.l ‘ Ad , _ t from f.• I t:•.e ti rein, a n d ace. ,000 mss, 'DU; a Ice, ropi• 1 . 1 1 so , am rs were e . It nearly I , ty was rail , g , and is hi • latzhcs issued at re! CIE, DEC.& . d a receited . . owe BEM , rty's ships ultimo. the A , .• rd Wr.uts • mimes, cod L of thc w• nt, the in LA °I nind Bea lt 01 tlu ip'.l from • Df sup. •• , advanced, ith the Rao ind Rett.• thj: boats of *our Ding b •• • tst rescind ring •halte.' st, .the , and re.. d beats utkin the en , my at eneral , and Geaerd ready reached r Portdetters; a ought by the BEIt t. nstant aresed :hat port, this PINMODTH DOCK, DECEMBER 1. ge Five, P.M.—An express .has this instant arr:rea from Falmouth, stating the arrival at that port, this morning, of an English sloop bf war, from Lisbon, with the important information that IifISSUA having syliked his pm:, and left his heavy baggqs, was an full mesas front tinctugal, clam& pursued by Lori frEILINc• avor! There can be no doubt of the general truth of this information, though perhaps not to the fa extent stated. It has been sent to the Port-Admialt and the telegraph has been - working ; bat, I appre hend, too late in the day to reach town, it bring nearly dark." LLOYD'S, DECEMBER s, 11EXTRAVr aF A ixtrzit FROM FA1.3101;11 1 , NOS• 93. " Arrived his Majesty's ship Jaime, from Lisboa in seven days; she brings news highly important. — The French army, owing to extreme want of rori. sions (not having had bread for six daya)commentnd axetreat on the 15th, spiking all their cannon, 0 1 leaving behind them all their heavy luggage. DPI algaib Halted on the 17,th, but as Lord WeGuNGT O4 With '70;000 troaps, alLin fresh condition, was devil - 1410iving the. enemy, a battle was , considered as it etitaftte; unless the French again retreated. His fila jestfil:fbip ZliNolUA was lying aceingle anchor in dt Taps, in readiness to start with the first news,* that knfp;:ntatiOn of the greatest importance maybe `hourly expected. The deserticms from the well have lien . immense. Ws Majesty's ship Dam° , with 35 sail of traileports, having on board dowers from the French army, sailed for England the day previous to the jAklllit iretving. MASSINA/S brad' quarters were at Santarem, per the last accounts. ! CORNWALL GAZETTE, TRURO, DEC. 1. " His Majesty's , brig JASPER, of JO guns, arrived yesterday at FAmouth with a Mail and Dispatches, in only seven days from Li, o. Our accounts If her state that the French army, having been Be ira to the greatest extremity of want, (one letter tarsi , that they had been:without bread for sir clan) 31A ; haviiii:boeit detaching small bodies for some lig° 1 before , broke up ou the 15th, after rftitiagollikeir keg! cavult!no emiiCh they kft Mad ) , Itedhek •;&i *1;0 0 °' ragtO of um #agger aid . osisi f and eammeneei 'their tetreat 'upon. Santarem... Lad Wgiug atif 'ii!inws-1411/Pbroko llPpaadadligeol, Ito! iikasir'