Star. — London, England, 1808-11-24 00:00:00

MO STATE PAPERS. ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. lust Memorial which the Representatives of the Royal• House of Spain, Donna CARLOTA JULQCINA DR BOURION, Princess of Formal and the Erazils, and Don PCDRO CARz.Os DC Bottasom BRACANZA, It1: . 11.t of Spain, address to his Royal Highness the PRINCE RrceNr of Portugal, that he may deign to attend to, protect, and preserve the sacred rights which their August House has to the Throne of Spain and the Indies, which Throne the Emperor of the French, by meats of an abdication or renuncia tion executed under the most atrocious and detestable violence, has recently torn from the hands of the King, Don CARLOS IV. and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of ASTURIAS, and the Infants Don CA stos and Don ANTONIO. " The melancholy accounts received from Spain, respecting the occupation of the capital and principal posts by the French, the declared enemies of the Crown of Portugal, and not less hostile in their con duct to that of Spain, deeply afflict us ; inasmuch as we, at this moment, foresee the slavery of the faith ful and generous Spanish nation, and the consequent ruin of the Throne of our ancestors. ."fhe irregular conduct of the Emperor of the l'rench, and the unjust proceedings of his• Generals and other Ministers, long since airorded us abundant motives to manifest those just feelings of resentment which, at the time, we thought proper to stifle in silence ; considering that the aid of our soice was not necessary to display the reason and justice of our cause, outraged by the despotism of an absolute and arbitrary power ; but now that we are apprised of the perfidy with which, under the pretext of a friendly conference, the King, the head of our House, and the branches of our family in Spain, were persuaded to trust their persons in the hands of him, who me naced their rights, ours, and those of all the subjectS the King of Spain—a perfidy by which they were forced to sign formal acts of abdication and renuncia tion, and individually canied out of the kingdom, to he confined in places already stained with the blood of other branches of our Royal Family—filled with horror at such proceedings, we think it our duty to implore the assistance of your Royal Highness, as cur immediate natural Guardian and Protector; in treating your assistance against the propagation of this system of usurpation, which swallows up all the States of Europe, one after another ; and soliciting. our Royal Highness's interposition in favour of our :douse, that by your power and influence you may', place us in a condition (as the nearest relatives of the King of Spain) to be able to preserve his rights, and stoutly to secure our own, by a junction of the Portuguese, Spanish, and English forces, in order to prevent the French from effecting, by means of their itrnies, the sante acts of violence and subversion which they have committed over almost the whole extent of Europe. Your Royal Highness, in consideration of the state and condition in which our august Father and uncle, with the rest of the farnily of our august Hence of Spain, cannot but approve of this our pro ceeding—a proceeding grounded on the fundamental principles and laws of the Spanish monatchy, from which we will never detach ourselves—a proceeding justified by the incontrovertible principles of divine and natural justice ; and as such we espect that it will merit the approbation of our beloved uncle the King of the Two Sicilies, that of his Royal Family, and that of all those personages who are chiefly interested Caerein. This proceeding we also consider Ss a mea sure expected by the members of our unhappy and unfortunate family, now in a state of constraint and oppression, removed from their kingdom, and, what is assuredly the most painful, torn from the bosom of their tenderly beloved subjects, the faithful, con stant, and generous Spaniards. " Such is the view of things which onr dearly-be loved cousins and uncle, the Prince of Asturias and' the Infants Don Carlos and Don Antonio, wished to eonvey to us, when, after describing the entrance of the French troops, and their superiority of numbers, they thus proceed : in this state of things, their Royal Highnesses, reflecting on the situation in which they stand, and / also the delicate circumstances wherein Spain is placed, considering that in a crisis of such difficulty, any attempt on the part of-the Spanish people, to estrieve their rights, would be pregnant rather with .iiin than advantage, and could have no other result than that of producing torrents of bloodshed, and occasioning the certain loss of at least a great part of their provinces, and the whole of their transmarine colonies.' 66 This style of expression appears to offer evident proofs, first of the violence exercised towards the Princes to make them write, but without permitting them to write all that they might wish, in order to manifest their real sentiments ; secondly, that perhaps if Spain were not so circumstanced and occupied by a hostile army, they themselves would not think it use less in the inhabitants to make an attempt to recover their rights; thirdly, that if the,transmarine colonies were reduced to a similar. situation, they would be completely lost. And in these expressions we disco ver a tacit but very obvious insinuation, addressed by them to us and their mint faithful countrymen' still in a state of freedom, that we should all of us, with one consent, contribute to the defence and preservation of their right% 4 , We are, therefore, firmly persuaded, that this opinion will meet with the concurrence of our uncles in Sicily, and also that of all the other Members of cur Royal Family, and all our fellow-countrymen who are free and at a distance from each insults and oppressions. • 66 Rome, the depositary of our holy religion, is once more insulted and ;n subjection to this arbitrary Power, the co=coon disturber of Europe. In vain sloes his Holiness protest against the exile of the Most Eminent the Cardinals ; in vain does he enjoin them not to stir until they are compelled bj violence. He has no recourse but to complaints and lamentations, as we ,perceive from his note signed by the Most Emi nent the Cardinal Dcria, which says, that such pro ceedings are rnani;estly directed to the subversion and struction of the power of the Church.' ‘, We a:c happy in being on this side of the .At ..nt:ic. inasmuch as we are neither subjected nor in a c.lndition of being subjected, if, banishing from ut :: party-spirit, we cultivate that perfect union and .once, which, in proportion as they identify . our -lines, will also consolidate our' resources, which . sufficient for the formation of a respectableforce, y adequate of itself to resist and repel any lava .l, and to secure our interests, our liberty, and our ts, t.gainst the ar.:biLion of France. • gs We canna for an instant, entertain* doubt of the loyalty and affection, which, at, all Ogies, the inhabitants of the Americas have manifesteittiwardi our august House, and most particularly tOeraids our dearly-beloved Father, for whom they have so recently sacrificed their lives and properties, and given the highest proofs of their loyalty. " Under this impression, and convinced that the misfortunes of our family will afflict their hearts with grief, which have ever taken an interest in the pre servation of our rights, we trust, that by means of the influence and assistance of your Royal Highness, a perfect alliance may be effected with the American subjects of the King of Spain, by which we shall easily be enabled to secure ourselves from the attacks of the enemy ; while, by a measure so just and salu tary, we shall also destroy the seeds o f those family quarrels which incessantly arise between the subjects of .the two kingdoms, and which always produce consequences to be lamented. With a view to the realization of our just and salutaryjntcutiens, we are desirous of having a secure opportunity to communicate them to - the Governors, tribunals, and other personages, being the lawful de positaries of the authority cif our King and Master, which we in no respect wish to alter or abridge, but on the contrary are anxious to preserve and defend it against the power of the French. For this purpose, we trust, that your Royal .Highness will interest yourself.with the Admiral of our great and powerful Ally, the K'ng of Great Britain, that he may dispose of his force so, that, without impairing the defence' of your Royal Highness on the coast oithe Brazils, it may also contribute to that of the coasts .of the Ri ver Plate, and the other dominions of Spanish Ame rica, and that it may in no respect be proi..zdicial to the navigat:on and commerce, which tie inhabitants of those dominions can y on with this and the' other ports of this principality. This protection, we have no doubt, will be immediately afforded to us by the generosity and noble character of the King of Great ; Britain and his powerful nation. We conclude with entreating that your Royal Highness may be pleased to place at oar disposal ali the necessary means for communicating our intention to the Governors, Civil and Ecclesiastical Authorities, in whcm resides in full vigour and force the autho rity of our august King and Master, and to whose loyalty are consigned the rights of our Royal Howe ; which we are anxious to preserve inviolable during the continuance of the misfortunes with which French ambition has oppressed our Royal Family of SPain. " Palace of Rio Janeiro, Aug 19, 1508. (Signed) gg The Princess Dona Cautor;.. JUAQUINA de BOURBON. gg The Infant Don PEnno Cantos de BOURBON y BRAGANZA." RI:ELY OF HIS. ROYAL mortNrss THE PRINVF REGENT 01. Folell;GAL TO THE ABOVE MEMORIAL. Your Royal Highnesses do me justice in thinking me disposed to sustain your rights, and those of such Spaniards as are faithful to thew Crown and Country. In the manifesto which I published on my arrival on this Continent, in which I might.have expressed my just resentment for the conduct of the Spanish Go vernment, in allinvirg a passage to the French troops, and joining with them in the invasion of Portugal, ' I forbore doing so, and was rather solicitous to do justice to those sentiments of regret which all faithful I Spaniards must have necessarily felt, on seeing them selves compelled to execute a measure, so contrary to the interests of their Princes and their own safety. " I entertained the greater confidence, that the time would at rive when we should be able to unite as allies, for the purprsc of mutual defence against such encrmcus and multiplied aggressions. " I concur with your Royal Highnesses, that the time has now arrived for entering into such an union, in order to act against the common enemy ; and I trust, that in concert with my Allies, anion; whom is to be reckoned Sicily, which must necessarcly consi der itself as such, we shall be able to oppose a barrier to the progress of the conquests which France may attempt to obniiii over us. At least I will, fur my part, do every thing in ray power to eriect this salu- • tary combination and alliance, which your Royal Highnesses have just proposed to me ; and I am anxious that the Americans, satisfied that we are agreed as to the urgent necessity of protecting them, should unite their means with our forces, in order to give full and entire effect to the wishes by which I am actuated, of securing to them that peace and prospe rity of which they are susceptible from their local situation. " Given at our Royal Psloce, in the River Janeiro, under our Royal Seal. " august 19, 1808." " PRINCE." [The above state papers have been extensively cir culated in the Spanish part of South America, ac companied with a manifesto in the Spanish language, from the protesting parties.] EUENOS AYRES.—PROCLAMATION. Don Santiago Linicrs y Bremond, Knight of the Order of St John, Chief of Squadron in the Royal Navy, Viceroy, Go vernor, and Provisional Captain-General of the Provinces of the Rio tie la Plata, &c. " Brave and Faithful Inhabitants of Buenos Ayres/ . - • - - - Since the arrival of the last vessel from Cadiz, bringing advices of the events which have occurred in our mother country, relative to the abdication of the Crown, executed by our beloved monarch Charles IV. and his. son Ferdinand VII. and the removal of the whole of the Royal Family to France, I consider you as anxious to fix your opinion upon a matter in which your loyalty is so deeply interested. This anxiety must have been greatly increased by the arri val of the French Agent who brought over various l dispatches for this Supreme Government. The cla mours of the unthinking have reduced your accredi ted enthusiasm to a state of irresolution. The not immediately declaring to you the object of his mit !ion, may, perhaps, have appeared to you a want of confidence very contrary to that which I place in you, tntl.which your patriotism has merited. But whilst SOU were employed in idle conjectures, the Fathers of e Country, your Magistrates, and the Chief who has repeatedly conducted you glorious to triumphs, were incessantly occupied in devising the best means 'tor I mailltaiiii;g your character, interest, and tranquillity: - " Vrern an examination of the Contents of all the dispatches, it appears, that the Emperor of the • French has been compelled to recognize the absolute P independence of the Spanish Monarchy, and alto that of all its transmarine possessions, without retraining or dismembering the minutest portion of its dominions, and to maintain the uniz.7 of religion, our properties, : • laws, and usages, which guarantee the future prespe-i rity d the nation ; and thongh the fate of the Mo narchy was not entirely decided, the Cortes were sum. moned to meet at Bayonne on the 15th of June last, whither the Deputies of Cities, and other persons of all ranks in Spain, were repairing, to the number of one hundred and fifty. " His Imperial and Royal Majesty, after applaud.. ing your triumphs and "constancy, exhorts you to maintain with energy the high opinion which . . you , have acquired by your valour and loyalty, offering you, at the same time, succours of every description; and I have not hesitated to assure him in reply, that the fidelity of this city to its lawful Sovereign, k the character which chiefly distinguishes it, and that I shall thankfully admit of every description of aid ? ' consisting of arms, ammunition, and Spanish troops. In times so calamitous, nothing can so Much contribute to your security as union and coincidence of senti ment on a point so interesting to the public happiness. Let us imitate the example of our ancestors in this happy land, who wisely escaped the disasters that afflicted Spain in the war of the Succession, by await ing the fate of the mother-country, to obey the legi timate authority which occupied the sovereignty. " Meanwhile not possessing orders sufficiently au thoritative, to countermand the Royal Cedulas of the Supreme Council of the Indies for proclaiming and taking the oaths to Don Ferdinand VII. as already announced in my Proclamation of the 31st July, I have resolved that those measures shall be proceeded in with the forms and solemnities already agreed upon, flattering myself that in the midst of the public re joicings and happiness, we shall prepare ourselves for new triumphs. " I communicate this by special couriers, to all the Heads of Provinces on this Continent, that, by adopt ing one uniform system, they may make the greater ' efforts to facilitate the suocours necessary to preserve the glory acquired by a city, which, from its local si tuation and its energy, has been, and will continue to be, the impregnable bulwark of South America. But I cannot conclude without impressing upon you, and yourselves cannot but know it, that no force is con2b parable to union of opinion and feeling, nor any means more effective to preserve you invincible,' than reci procal confidence between you and the Constituted Authotities, who, attentive only to the public interest and benefit, will see with dissatisfaction and abhor. ience, every thing that opposes or separates itself from the general prosperity. (.Signed) 'SANTIAI3O Lmetts." nuenos acne, August 15, 1808.' AMERICA. NEW YORK, NOVENITF.It nfy. The briv; I-lolkar, arrived at this port en Saturday, has 1- rought late Papers from New Orleans. Gover nor Folch has issued a Proclamation to the. eople or, Florida, declaring in favour of Ferdinand VII. It is couched in the most energetic language, and breathes a spirit of the most determined hostility to Bonaparte. We observe, in all the Addresses to the Patriots, that religion forms a principal proportion of the contents. Letters from the Havannah, received at New York, stat; that the Consulado of that settlement had come to the resolution of shutting their ports against the American flag, unless the embargo was taken off in one month from the middle of August. The following is the copy of a letter transmitted to the King of Holland by Mr. JEF FERSON " GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND, " Having received your letter of 'September last, which notifies your accession to the Throne of Holland, I tender you. in behalf of the United States, my congratulations on this event. Connected with your ?nion by the earliest ties of friendship, and maintaining with her uni::terrupted relations of peace and commerce, no event which interests their welfare can be indiffaeut to us.—lt is therefore, with the greatest pleasure I receive the assurances of your Majesty, that you will continue to cherish those ancient relations ; and we shall, on our part, endeavour to strengthen your good will, by a faithful observance of justice, and bi 41 the good offices which occasion shall permit. " Distant as we are from the powers of Europe, and devoted to pursuits which separate us from their affairs, we still look with brotherly concern on what affects those nations, an 4 offer constaz.t prayers for their welfare. " With a friendly solicitude for your Majesty's person, I tr . , Goo that he will always have you, great and pod Fiflend, in :as holy keeping. " Written at the city of Washington, Feb. 4 28, 1937."—;4'•ast Mc Philadd i Mia Register.) TRIBTJTE.—a will be recollected that a few days since, a brig belonging to a democrat, arrived at Bil titiore from Rotterdam, with six pipes of gin on board. It will also be recollected that she was de tained in the British Channel, and had a duty of tight-pence a gallon imposed on the gin by the Bri tish Government. A little inquiry into the circum stances of the case may here be necessary.—When the Sophia, the vessel in question, sailed from Rotter. dam, the blockading Decrees of the British Govern ment were fully known. The master and merchant, who transacted the business of the voyage, knew they were only permitted to come out in ballast, and if they took in any gin, it would render them liable to capture or detention in the British Channel. But un willing to lose the opportunity of a trifling specula tion, they shipped on board six pipes, which subjected them to the penalty of the British laws. Let it be remembered that the Sophia is owned by a Democrat, and that vessels owned by Feekrafizo have arrived from the same place hi ballast. Immediately on the arrival of the vessel in America, and on the eve of an import ant election, an electioneering handle was made of the circumstance, and the hue and cry of Tribute re sounded far and near. The trick, in conjsiaction with others of the most bile and profligate nature, has succeeded in the city of Baltimore, to the, elevation of a crew of Jacobins, whose aim is to palsy the ' energies of the country, dry up our resources, batter down the constitution, and finally destroy the liberties of the people, by introducing French systems, French politics, and French rulers: Now that they have succeeded in Baltimore, they have determined to put a tail to their kite, by burning the six unfortunate pipes of gin on Gallows Hill Gallows Hillis thi place selected by the Democrats of Baltimore for burning six pipes of gin taxed by the British Government for a violation of their block ading Decrees ; and Gallows Hill was the very place selected by a distinguished Democrat ot, New York to barn the constitution of his country. We learn by a Gentleman who arrived' here in the ship Dispatch, front Li 'Vert Ahat the Corpo ration of Mexice has-oWered foutteett millions of dol lars as a present to the Patriots of Spain, to enable them the more effectually to carry on tne war against France.—Gaadfc. THE EVENING LONDON. TIIURSDAY, /40Vi PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY Al b. Cor-sols for money 66M-..for account 6 , 84 — PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDA Bank Stock '... , 36i I India Stock 1824 3 per Cent. Red. 51 4 - i 1 India Bonds, Cc. 3 per C. Cons. 66fif I Imp. 3 per Cm; 4 per Cent. 81 11 1 Lx. Bills Cs. 9s • 5 pa Cent. Navy 04 100 State battery Til... Long Ann.lB 17 15-16 18 , Cons. for ace. 6Ci: .Her Royal Highness. the Pruverss of arrived at Portsmouth from Malta. Shi Majesty's ship TotsrotsE, after eleven days pa sar from Gibraltar. •• By the Princess Elizabeth Packet, the arrival e i which from Lisbon we announced yesterday, th e f o l . lowing persons came home passengers marchioness of raoNr earA,Ladr Fa Ent rticK ,Lady and Lady Littll3A, her three cisters, four servant{, and child, • Mr.;ANTIIONT M. PEDRO. Mr. JAMES ARAN TIS• • Mr. I. F. LOUDIGE. Lieutenant-Col. LLOYD, of the York Rangers, and his smut Hon. Baron LACK. Rev. SAMITTL CORBUISALLY and Mr. ibin; Moor. It appears that the greater part of the Briti s h Troops have ileft Lisbon for Spain, and the frontier towns of Portugal. Sir JOHN MOORE followed th e army about eighteen days since. There yet remain at "I.isbon about 4000 of the French troops, embarked on board transports, which 'are detained in the Tagus, until they hear of the transports that sailed with the first and second diri. Sions having returned from France. Sir CHARLES Col;rom, with five sail of the line, was left in the Tages.—The following is an Extract of Letter received by this coonveyance " LISBON, NOVEMBER IS, "'About 6000 British troops yet remain in this neigh. hourhood, and between twenty and thirty transport' having French troops on board ; these are fed from the common Mock, and we do not observe thou; preparations are'inaking for their sailing. The art of affairs begins gradually_to brighten,' and credit i 5 reviving, but the people are dissatisfied with the .gency. About 1800 of the principal merchants have received invitations to assemble in one of the great squares on Sunday next, when it . is supposed a pro. position will be tuade to them by the Gov:ll . ..meteor • a loan." ly ,STAR. r e f qt se i34367: , lM.t .t lOpr:sfeE7" : lNlr:sk e ßn ry ::::'l ;°11:r 1 ;: i ls.p. 1 1 27 24 ; c1.7. r- 2 t 1. 1 14 1.1 di di for acc. 6Ci L 1M scrss of Oitt.E.ANslus lta. She came in his SOUTH AMERICA. We have inserted in another celumn a Pre clam. tion by Lixieas, dated lssh August. He appears at first to have been disposed to yield obedience to the instructions sent from Bayonne after Narotr.oN bad kidnapped the Spanish Royal Family ; but it appall.; by subsequent accounts that he has, or at last the Colonists have, espoused the cause of the mother country : “ BUENOS AYRES7, ALTGUST !C, it A French brig arrived here afew days since from Bayonne, in France, which place she left on the Ist day of June. The news she brings, though not par. ticuiarly known, has altered the countenances of all our wise politicians. It is no longer a crime to speak English : or if it is a crime, it it equally so to speak French. The public conversation is vc:7 loud again: Napoleon Bonaparte. To-morrow will be a pet slay with us. The unfortunate Ferdinand VII. ham :l some .;.:ys before the arrival of the brig from Frana, been sicelared King, is to receive the oath or Edeliq Irwin his subjects here. The Env"v of Bonaparte, and crew of the brig, arc under arrest. AU is quiet as yet." Our Readers will please to recollect that the u• counts which we published yesterday, of the Rive Plate Ise:.ng open to British and Portuguese ships, ao later than the above. The Governors of Florida aid Mexico have isol energetic Pc.xl.Arnations in favour of FERDINAND VII. The Corporation of the latter have voted 14,0000 dollars for the aid of the Patriots.—This money, which has been brought to England by the Lord Hobe packet, we take to be the same which some of the North American papers have modestly called are' sent from the United States Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, their MAJEtto and the Princesses arrived at the Queen's Palace 1T Windsor, where they were received by the Dukes CI YORK, KK.NT and CutiesEletAND. In a short time her MAJESTY and the Princesses honoured Lady CHAP LOTTE FINCH with a visit, at her apartments 111 James's Palace. At half past three o'clock her MAJESTY, the POII , cesses, the princess CHARLOTTE of WALES, the Dukes Of YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBERLAND, and St o.' dined with the Duke of CAntsamoe, at his apartmen:s in St. James's Palace. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee t the Queen's Palace ; at Which the following had the honour of being presented to his MAJESTY : Colonel WALataK,of the 50th Regiment, upon his mantras Portugal. Viscount Theitiavarr, upon his being appointed Lord Lino mat of the County of Worcester. • Captain Boy its, Royal Navy, upon his being appointed* Or lonel of Marines.. Dr. DAmennt did homage before his MAsEsm uP on his being translated from the Bishoprick of Re chester to Ely. His MAJESTY held.a Privy Council, at which ilk' count D ESA/Wilt r was Introduced, and took the oaths as Lord I.;i4utenant of the County of-Worcester. His MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of POST' LAND, and .the rest of the Ministers present : also Mr' RYDER, the Judge Advocate. whowh o.laid kefere MAJESTY the proceedings of some Courts-Marti AL Soon after five o'clock the ROYAL FAUILY left too for Windsor. Cl u P li