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PROCLAMATION REVOLUTION IN THE C.ARACCAL C: Or THE SUPREME JUNTft OF CUSIANA I ISSUa ON 28TH APRIL LAST. The Supreme Junta of Government, established in this Capital, in the-name of his Majesty Ferdinand the Seventh, (whom Goo preserve), to its inhabi • tants, and to those of the provincet of New An dalusia, and New Barcelona. • People of CuMANA—People of BARCELONA—IntI-a- I ness with which it acts, and which will always be in bitants who dwell on the so il of these provinces of I separable from their mode of Government; and of New Andalusia and New Barcelona ; loyal and be- their exertions and vigilance to promote the happiness loved oountrymen, listen and give ear to the reasons of the inhabitants of the district under their command. and causes from which has originated the form of Do not disapprove or censure prematurely the re- Government recently instituted—listen and attend to solutions of the Junta, because, at first sight, you may them, that if. by chance there should be among you condemn them, or because you do not comprehend any who, doubting of the existence of such serious cir- their views ; you may hear individuals describe or cumstances, disapprove, without sufficient reflection, propose plans which may appear preferable, but do Of the plan, or from too much timidity, think it im- not believe that such plans would have been disre practicable, or from want of information suppose the garded, had they been found advantageous. Beware respectable members who compose it not properly . of criticising the individual merits and talents of the authorised ; you may now come to the knowledge of Members who have been elected. We will assist each facts of which the whole universe is and has been other in carrying the burthen, observing the precepts witness; remain quiet in the hope, that harmony, ' of JESUS CHRIST, by exercising the duties of society unanimity, and all the social virtues being combined ; which PROVIDENCE has been pleased to confide to us, in the appointments which form the basis of tie edi- 1 and that every man be rewarded according . to his fice of our common security, we shall render our . merits. • And the better to confirm that union and. names immortal, and hand down to our posterity the;; tranquillity, so essential to the maintenance of peace enjoyment of peace and Noire felicity. . and harmony, we recommend and enjoin that the You must have heard, since our beloved Sovereign . ! Judges and Justices, as well Ecclesiastical as Secular, Don Ferdinand the Seventh was proclaimed King,l and the men of property under our government da l the state of confusion with which Spain has been I unite with us in patriotic zeal, to aid and assist, with overwhelmed for want of its lawful head ; you must their best endeavours, vigilance, and loyalty, the ac have also heard of the ruin and destruction caused to complishment of our good intentions, by sending an its inhabitants by the criminal and perfidious Godoy, individual from every Cabildo, town, or corporation, in intelligence with the Emperor of the French, assisted as a deputy to remain at the seat of Government, by some of its own unnatural children, who, second- with such instructions as may be thought conducive mg the view of that ferocious tyrant, did not stop to to the end proposed. sacrifice their country by every means in their power; And we hereby declare, that our pretentious are and finally, you are not ignorant that the Central no other than the preservation of the Throne of Fer- Junta of Government of the Kingdom of Spain, cret... dinand the Seventh, the safety of the country, the ted in the name of our Sovereign Lord, Ferdinand i triumph of religion, union with our neighbours, and the Seventh, has dissolved itself in consequence of the I destruction to the perfidious attempts of the tyrant. irruptions of the enemy, or what is yet more certain, By command - of the Supreme Junta of Government, by the unfortunate corruption and venality inherent (Signed) DIEGO DE VALLANILLA I sec, to the anterior despotic government. Cumana, 28th April, 1810. In this state of things, not being able to preserve the country without a chief to govern it, the pro vinces of America began to reflect on the best mode of constituting a Government to preserve themselves from the disorders attendant on anarchy, and the . invasion of the tyrant ; and finally, some of them • have established legal CONGRESSES, by means of the authority which, though vested by the people in their Kings, have, nevertheless, preserved in their CABILDOS a similar authority which might be brought into ac tion in all cases of emergency, and more especially, in such a crisis as the present. One of the first which has signalized itself on this occasion is the capital Of VENEZUELA (CARACCAS) ; which, well aware of the melancholy situation of affairs in Spain, and extinction of its authority, de termined, at once, on the wisest and properest mea sures to be adopted, by convoking the NOTABLES of the district, and electing, by suffrage, a certain num ber from the whole, to form a SUPREME JUNTA, and by suspending from their respective offices all those who held the principal employments under Govern men; either because the authority under which they were constituted having ceased to exist, or because their opinions being opposed to those which we die rish, they were considered hostile to the present order of things. This change has not been made by a tumultuous mole, but by a wise, prudent, and deliberate convo cation. Do not imagine that although the principal authorities have been deposed, others have not been appointed to fill their places :—No ! the Government has been changed as to INDIVIDUALS, but the LEGITI MATE AUIHORITIES have been re-established, and acknowledged in their successors. This important and urgent determination has been communicated by the wise JUNTA of CARACCAS, to the illustrious Cabildo of this city, (and not to the former Governor, Colonel Don EusErno Escuontto, who has been deposed), and enjoining the necessity of conspiring all to the same end, by coalescing to gether to work for the common cause. The CAIIILDO, no less prudent than penetrated by the natural impulsion which actuated the minds of those faithful people, immediately assembled to de cide an what was expedient to be done, in following so laudable an example ; and having met in congre gation, in the Town-hall, all the individuals who compose it, and many of the principal inhabitants of the City, they there celebrated a solemn Act, by which the following persons were elected to govern the province,, by the unanimous suffrage of the votes Of the whale Cabildo and a great part of the inhabi tants. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JUNE 25. The translation of a letter, written by a Turkish Chief to one of his friends, who has a command in Bosnia, has appeared in the German Papers. It is of the following tenor : ROUSTANBECK TO HIS FRIEND THE COMMANDER OF TILE FORTRESS OF CZETTIN. is Marshal Marmont attacked and beat me. His army is as numerous as the leaves in the forest; his infantry and cavalry are covered with armour. The French appear as if they were joined together, and nothing is to be seen but iron. Their cavalry is invin cible, and their foot run swifter than our horses. In fine, the balls of the Mussulmen do them no injury, while their's, on the contrary, kill a great numLer of our men. All my property is destroyed. You do not know the French. They are terrible in battle. I advise you, if you would avoid the greatest misfor. tunes, to restore to them their territory." Account of the event which took place in the Bay of Cadiz, on the ISth of May, 1810, at night, and on the day following, being the 16th. PRESIDENT, Don Francisco Xavier Mays, Acalde of the First Election. TICL-PRESIDENT, Don Francisco Yuan, Acalde of the Second Election. SEISIEZILII &LECTORS. Poo Joseph Itansiore; Dor. Girotunio Alartiuez bon 'Francisco Sanchez Poe Domingo Mal•z Don Don Pedro Modas, for the pea ple of Colour Doctor Don Mariano Cora, for the PLople Joie Jesus Akala Don Manuel Milian Lict nt iateDon Andre Nnejelt, for the Clergy 1)on Jose Samos Doll Juan Bermudez, for the Planters Don Juan Manuel Texada, for Captain Jose Fic;res, for the Mi litary Doctor Don Juan Martini*, A4sessor the Merchants I Don Diego Vallenilla s Secretary. In consequence whereof, this body corporate has as sumed all the faculttes and offices which were vested in, trid administered by the Colonel Don Eusebin Es cudero, to whom, nevertheless, gratitude and respect will always be manifested, as well for his laudable conduct, as for the spcntancous resignation he imme diately*made of his appointment. ..You have now heard concisely the motives upon which this change in Government has been founded ; nor can you be ignorant that the Cabildos are vested with faculties to take uron themselves the reins of Gov . ernment in such critical circumstances, and to adopt leg il means for the appointment of persons, through whom the public may both represent their opinionF, and be acquainted with the resolutions of * Government ; and, finally, you have now a national authority, with which you . may unite, in brotherly love, to aiti and assist one another reciprocally. We may ni•w exclaim, 'hat we are no loagerappre- Eensilie ing our city destroyed, by'h - eing divided pgaiiist 'We haye now the satisfaction to see The wind h.td been freshening for several days from the south-west. On the 14th and 15th it blew a gale, and hopes were begun to be conceived that the French prisoners who were on board the hulks might carry into execution the project which they had already tried in vain, viz. to cut the cables, and allow them selves to drift on the coast. They were favoured by several circumstances ; a strong wind from the south west, which, however, reached them only by gusts ; a high sea ; the distance of the English and Spanish squadrons, which hail been obliged to keep closer to Cadiz, to be under shelter from the fire of our batte ries ; the capture of Matagorda ; and, in fine, the protection which the prisoners might expect from the batteries on the coast, and particularly from that of 'rrocadero. On the 15th, in the evening, the Marshal Duke of Belluno had sent for Captain Grivel, of the Marines, in the Imperial Guards, who, in the first gale, of the 6th March last, had given proofs of great intrepidity and zeal, in order to learn from him whether, with a good vessel and a picked crew, he could not, during the night, cut the cables of the hulks employed in the road as prisons or hospitals, and which bad French prisoners on board. Mr. Griffin was then on the coast for the service of the army, and did not return till night. The manner in which the hulks were anchored was not every where favourable for their getting towards the coast, when the cables should be cpt. Those which were at anchor in the channel which separates the little from the great bay, were only $OO fathoms from our batteries, and were guarded by only a few gun-boats. Those at anchor to the north of the than nt.l were nearer to the squadron, and covered by some English and Spanish ships; PS to the latter, fears ware entertained, that if they were allowed to drive, they might run on one of those ships, cr be sunk by their fire. The Castile hulk was in this case, and she is, notwithstanding, the one, which, on the 14th, at three o'clock in the morning, had run aground 400 fathoms from the shore to the north-west of the fort of Matagorda. The officers on board this hulk had, by a sponta neous movement, come p) a resolution to attempt their escape. The conduct of this expedition was in trusted to the naval officers on board, and they justi. fled the confidence which was placed in them. Some preparations were made pa the 17th, in the after noon ; onlhhowever, as far as prudence allowed, not to be discovered by the guards. At eight o'clock in the evening, the wind was still fiom, the S. W. but it had considerably fallen.; it was, however, time to cut the caisles, in order to take advant age o f t h e t id e . Some hesitation took place respecting the conduct to be adopted, when, under the order of some young Sub-Lieutenants, two cuirassiers cut the cables with. rAtchets. Every one then lent a hand. The naval officers directed the steering of the hulk. The offi cers of the army overpowered the guards, whom they put in the hold, and kept guar4 on the deck with the muskets'of the vanquished ; and with these arms, to gether with balls and pieces of iron, which they LONDON. • . . stand, have received no dispatches from Lord W u . morkitof a later date than the 9th ult. m o i sten, it is affirmed, have received advice: that NAPOUCIN is collecting an immense force in the Adriatic, both of ships and , troops. The point of intended attack it probably Egypt, . from which he may most succesc fully annoy our possessions in the East; and it is probable that the threatened attack on Sicily is in. tended to co-operate with this principal object. The Master of a neutral vessel just arrived from Nantz, state, that neither there nor on any other part of the French coast in that direction, is there any assemblement of troops ; and if this information be correct, it follows, of course, that the reports in the foreign journals of the formation of an army there to menace the shores of Britain, is a mere stratagem o f the enemy to excite alarm among us, and pr event any further reinforcements being sent to our armies in Spain and Portugal. Since our last, Paris papers one day later thm those received on Saturday have reached us, alto a few German papers. From the former we have in serted the French account of the seizure of the hulk in Cadiz harbour, by the prisoners. The Southern - part of the Tyrol has been formally incorporated with the kingdom of Italy, a circumstance which de. stfols evety 'hope of the future independence of Olds country. • MONDAY, JULY 2. PRICE OF STOCKS TI-US DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK s 3 per Cent Cons. shut—for opg. 71 1 41. 9 per Cent. Reduced 6913-4 per Cent. 84* SS. Exch. Bills, is. to 4s. pee.—Bonds 18s. to 191. pr.—Onts. pr.. PRJCE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. 3 per C. Red. Ann. 69if India Bonds 16..181. pre. 4 per Cent. 84i4i Exc. Bills, par 2 prem. Lung Amt. 1 tti 7-i2 I.ottery Tickets £22. ISs. Omnium 4 j prem. Cons, for opg. A Gentleman, who has just arrived from Rotter. dam in a fishing vessel, which was repeatedly fired at by the French guard, says that NAPOLEON is endea. vouring to transfer the whole export of the produce of the country to the city of Antwerp, where licences are obtained without difficulty for a pecuniarycompliment, The only force in Amsterdam was the Royal Guards of Louts, consisting of 6000 men. At Rotterdam there were 1000 French, and, in different stations along the shores of the Maese about 19,000 more. For the in. suit to which the French troops were lately exposed at Rotterdam, the Dutchmen in that city have been obliged to pay 100,000 guilders, and they have since shewn no disposition to give the same offence, and in. cur the like penalty. There was a rumour current yesterday in the higher circles, which, if it be well founded, implies a total change of plan in the operations of our army in Portugal. It was said, that Lord WELLINGTOS I with the whole, or greater part of the British army, was to embark at Lisbon, for the purp4 of proceeding to St. Lucar, and afterwards cooperating with the gat. rison at Cadiz, to rake the siege of that city, and expel the enemy from Andalusia. The defence of Portugal was in the mean time to be committed to the Portuguese and Spanish troops, under the command of Marshal BettEsronD and the Marquis Romalta. Yesterday morning His Majesty, Princesses Air GC ST A, and SOPU IA , and Princess CUARLOTTE OE WALES attended divine service at St. George's Cha pel, Windsor. The Princes AUELIA t we understand, is much better. Wswau KENRICK, Esq. has been returned *em ber of Parliament for the Borough of Blechingly. Friday, the election of a Member of Parliament, in the room of GABRIEL TUCKER STEWARD, Esq. took place at Weymouth, wken Sir JOHN LOWTHER JOHNS. Toss, Bart. of Wester Hall, was returned for 64 Borough. Sir Jolts was opposed by Governor A&. BUTIINOT, who declined the poll shortly after its coo• mencement. His Excellency the Persian Ambassador wept yes terday to Coomb Wood, where he breakfasted with the Earl of LivitaPoor., and afterwards proceeded to Windsor, where he had an audience with his buns- Ty. After viewing the Castle, he will proceed to Portsmouth, to see the launch of the Boyne to.mor. row. His Excellency will then return to town, and proceed on his return to Persia, about Sunday next, accompanied by Sir WILLIAM and Sir Goss Ot.Ts. LEY. The baggage of the latter has left town for embarkment at Portsmouth. Their Excellencies will have their audience of leave at the Court at St. James's on Wednesday. • PROMENADE.—The fashionable promenade yester day was distinguished for elegance and variety of costume. Kensington Gardens wale the grand ren dezvous. Those pleasing walks were adorned by groupes of females, displaying the most fascinating charms. The natural grace and dignity of the vim. tors of rank was increased by the richness and splen dour of their attire. The mantles, tippits, and head dresses, as usual, varied in colour and texture, and we did not notice much novelty in these articles. — Mach bustle prevailed among the carriages and horsemen, and a few drops of rain, about four o'clock, threw the fashionable troops into great confusion. Among the company were, Hu Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Persian Ambassa dor. the Dukes of Beaufort and Argyle ; tie Earls of Westinor• land, Chatham, Winch - rhea, Jersey, and Stair ; Lords Leceson Gower, Merpeth, Hampden, Spencer, Nruee, and Cranky ; Sit halin and Lady Lade, S.; Gilbert and Lady Heathcote. Yesterday morning the LEVERET sloop of war at.' rived at Yarmouth, and landed AUGUSTUS Forma. Esq. late British Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Stockholm. Mr. FOSTER was landed under a salute, and set off immediately for Town. Mr. FISHER, the Messenger, also landed from the LEVERET, at the same time with Mr. Form'. By a vessel which passed the port of Dover yes. terday, from Dieppe, accounts have been received that a report was in circulation at that place, on her departure, and generally credited, that an ernbarg,. would be laid on all the ports in France on the Ist .•1 July (yesterday), and continue in force for six months. in conseggence of which all vessels were preparing to get away, whether loaded, or in ballast. It is also reported from the opposite coast, that the French hive sustained a great loss of n en, by the springing of a mine bef.,re Cadiz, but no date is mentioned for this event. Government, we tinder. • Tunbridge W ells boasts a numerous corpsof fashion• able visitors --amongst them are The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle, Lord and Lady Gran* sham, Lord and Lily F. Osborne lewd and Lady Mulgrate. Lord and Lady llarrowby, Lord Lid . Lady Teignmoutb, Lad and Lady Clor.brock, Colonel Greville,&c. Rwna.—This fashionable place is filling very fart, with company of the first rank. Amongst the Lite arrivals are Earl and Countess Spencer and family, Mr. and lady Carol ine Barham, Lady Carter and family, J. P L ar ki n s, Esq. and WWI, Rev. M. Lancaster and family, Mr. Goodlad and family, hr. Saturday Lord ELLENBOROUGH, sat by adionni* ment at Nui Prism, at Guildhall, at nine o'clocks xhere he disposed of three undefended causes. Tbe Court afterwards sat at Westminster. but nothing d any interest occurred. and the Court rose at au eatif hour. Saturday was yent a in the Common Pleas, in cial arguments. that we beat a share in proninting the welfare of our iountry, which, hitherto, we were always deprived of, s an exclusive privilege of foreigners ; we therefore ope that reciprocal harmony will hencefort4revail, and that you will acknowledge the Representative Authority, temporarily established as your protec tors. By waiting patiently the result which must ensue, from precautions so wise, you and your chil dren will be happy. You will be convinced more by future experience, than by any promise, we may at present make of the utility of the Junta ; of the mild- threw •at the enemy's boats that were approaching, *they succeeded in keeping them off, after having broken several of the assailants legs and arms. Dur ing this time, the vessel was still driving, sometimes in a contrary course, when the weather became more calm ; but the sails which had been skilfullyprepared with hammocks and_ blankets, enabled her to stem the current, and she at last ran aground. When the hulk was descried to be aground by the troops at the Trocadero, they immediately prepared to give them assistance. The Marshal got notice of this event at four o'clock in the morning. His Ex cellency took the necessary Measures for sending speedy succours to these unfortunate prisoners. Their situ ation was critical; they were receiving, within a quarter of a reach of cannon shot, the fire from Poft tales, that of all the batteries on the coast between that fort and Cadiz, and also that of about twenty gun-boats, and as many bomb•ketches. On account of the high sea, no boat could sail from the Rio- Guadalete or San-Pedro ; but by the attention of the chief of the general staff, and of Admiral Salcedo, several were brolght on carts at full gallop, to the Trocadero, and sent off. The landing had already begun under the direction of Generals Laval, Rulsen, and d'Aboville. At eight o'clock . in the morning, 400 men from the hulk were already landed, and at noon, the vessel was cleared. The operation lasted seven hours ; it was carried on under a very heavy fire of artillery. It was a very affecting sight, and it is difficult to describe the ardour shown by all the general officers, subaltern officers, lightermen, sailors, cannoniers, and infantry, in saving these prisoners; some swimming, others up to the shoulders in water and mud, and some in boats; in short, every one was eager to be of some asssistance. During eight hours two thousand individuals, both officers and privates, belonging to the first corps, kept in the water, and were exposed to the fire of a hun dred and fifty pieces of cannon, to save their country men. The batteries of Point St. Louis, those of the rangers and of the road, were fired with their usual skill ; they succeeded in several times silencing the fire of Puntales. Three shells fell in the middle of that fort. General Aboville, of the artillery, having re marked that the enemy's gun-boats and bomb-ketches avoided the fire of the batteries, by taking a station, behind the hulk which was aground, ordered several pieces of cannon to be placed on the strand, which were served by the flying artillery-men, and soon caused the enemy to stand out t sea. M. Marmont, chief of battalion, belonging to the staff, and Captain Harion, were killed on board the hulk. Messrs. Lerisson, Captain in the 6th, and Barthez, Liectenant in the 4th, were drowned. Four or five others, whose names have not yet reached us, were also drowned. The enemy had succeeded with bombs and howitzer shells to set fire to the hulk, and it was three times extinguished by those who remained on board. After it was completely cleared, a bomb-shell fell on the deck, and it was soon consumed. By the arrival of the Castile hulk, 600 officers and 900 privates have recovered their liberty. (Signed) SEAMUS.. Head-quarters at Puerto de Santa Maria, May 12, 1810. General, Caron of the Empire, Chief of the Staff of the Ist corps. TRIESTE, JUNE 9. The 16 gunboats which are at Porte-Re, and which were ceded in the late Treaty of Vienna to France by Austria, are completely fitted-out. France will therefore soon have in the Adriatic Sea a respectable navy, capable of protecting our commerce. The Turkish vessel Sanspiridione, Captain Mastro ganopolo, has been declared a legal prize at Fiume, because the Enzlish had on the 9th visited it in sight of the port. is cargo consists of raisins, tobacco, and cotton. The Enterprize galley, of 20 guns and 120 men, has received orders to put to sea. TRENT, JUNE 11. Yesterday, Mr. Sinancini, Counsellor of State, of the Kingdom of Italy, took, with the greatest solem nity, possession, in the name of his Majesty the King of Italy, of the Italian Tyrol, which was ceded by the King of Bavaria, and which, by virtue of the decree of the 28th of May, takes the name of the de partment of the Upper Adige. The arms of the Kingdom of Italy were immediately affixed to all the public buildings, in the midst of the ringing of bells and the noise of artillery. A general illumination, and acclamations on all sides shewed, how much the inhabitants of the Tyrol appreciate their happiness in belonging to a government whose wisdom secures their internal prosperity, and whose force secures them from any external attack. TIIE EVENING STAN.