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• - SPANISH PAPERS. ..• • CADIZ, JANUARY 16. Yesterday arrived the Spanish brig Catalina, in Si days from the Havannah. She brings e 22,000 dollars, and produce. Two Deputies from Puebla de los Angeles came by her. Also arrived the schooner Galatea . , which left the Havannah. in company with the Mino man of war, which had on board seven millions in specie and pro duce. The Galatea separated from the Mino in the Bahamx Channel. MADRID, JANUARY 16. Don Jose Rebolledo y Palafox, formerly Captain- General'of Arragon, and who conducted the defence of Saragossa, has arrived at Vich, from France, in a coach_ and four, escorted by 50 French carabineers. As soon as he arrived, he dispatched a courier extra ordinary to the Regency of the Kingdom. It is be lieved, that the object of his coming is the same with that of the Duke of San Catlos. The Corsican finds himself in great straits, and will leave no stone un turned to accomplish his sinister ends. We are assured that Tortosa, being in great want of provisions, has demanded a capitulation. This day the Regency went in great pomp to con gratulate the Cortes on the opening of their sittings , in the capital of the monarchy. The first session of the ordinary Cortes in Madrid took place yesterday. After the Deputies had as sembled, the President opened the Session in the fol lowing terms The public session is opened in the capital of the kingdom•this 15th of January, 1811.". The ,Act of the 29th November, 1813, having been read, the President pronounced a discourse, in which he sketched the principal events of our holy insurrection, the' first spark of which, he observed, caught fire. in this heroic population, Whence it spread to the other provinces. He apostrophised the inha bitants of this capital, exhorting them to continue the display of their civic virtues as they had hitherto, done; and congratulated the Congress on having at lait been able 'to fix their residence in the capital of the monarchy, after having surmounted the immense obstacles which the tyrant Bonaparte had opposed to the public felicity. A message was soon after. received from the Re gency, requesting the Cortes to appoint the day and hour when the Secretary of State might communicate to them an affair of importance. The President fixed one o'clock of the same day for that purpose. After some ordinary business had been transacted, the hour arrived, the Secretary of State for Foreign -Affairs was announced., and the Cortes remained in secret sitting. Don Thomas Moreno hasbeen appointed Secretary for the War Department, and Senor Odonnju has retired with the rank of Lieutenant-General. MADRID, JANUARY W. In the sitting of the Cortes of yesterday, General Villacampa, the Military Governor of this City, was introduced, accompanied by a "numerous suite of Officers of his Staff, and addressed the. President as follows : " SENOR—lntrusted by the Regency of Spain with the government of this capital, no duty more grateful to my-heart can present itself than that of offering, this day, my homage to the Fathers of the country, assembled in august Congress. Born in a province, whose ancestors always joined love and fidelity to their monarchs with the most vigilant zeal . for the Conservation of civil liberty ; and havin g had the honour of maintaining, in the mountains of Arra, goo, during the calamitous period of our memorable revolution, the sacred fire of patriotism, my soul only breathes for the perpetuation of the liberty and inde pendence of Spain ; and my sword shall only be em • ployed in combating for the precious rights of the people, which are inseparable from the interests of that throne on which we anxiously hope to see our Monarch, Ferdinand VII. again seated. Wretches, if there be any such, who wish to exalt themselves on the ruins of Spanish honour, might dare to 'attempt the dissolution of the national representation ; but let them be assured,. that they could only attain their object over the dead bodies of General Villacampa, and the brave men, who have so often accompanied him in the field of battle, shedding their blood that the country may never again be the prey of tyrants; or the frightful theatre of degradation and des potism." Thc President replied in substance as follows; 44 The noble sentiments manifested by General Villacampa, the Governor of this city, are worthy of a Spaniard who has known how to conquer by his valour and constancy the efforts-of the enemies of his country,; and the Cortes, who have heard such noble sentiments with peculiar pleasure, trust that he will continue to defend the national hianour, and contri bute to raise the character of this heroic nation to that degree of splendour to which it is entitled." The General then withdrew. In the sitting of the 19th the Regency acqtrainted the Cortes, that they. had received by the hands of Mr. Genotte, the Envoy from- Austria, a note (mai the Emperor of Austria, in which he communicates his lively wishes- for the re-establishment of the an cient relations between the two nations, with which view he had sent the s-aids Envoy, whom, the Regency had received with the usuaFformalities. OpERVATIONS ON THE TREATY BETWEEN KING . . rratorNaNn AND Tire CoRsIcAN. (From the Cones° of the 20th January, now transferred from Cadiz to !tfadrid Very curioas things are gridually coming so tight. There is now no. doubt that King Yerdinand arid the execrable Corsican have na.:e 4 treaty. It consists of 15 articles ; among which tire the acknowledg ment of the King of Spain, in the pc: son of Ferdi nand, by Bonaparte ; the evacuation of the Spanish. territory by the French troops within a definite period, to be fixed by another Convention ; the acknowledg rnent of the: independence end intetrity of the Spanish! dominiops 'by B inaparte—(Does he think he _here confers a favour?;—King Ferdinand %sit' make the Enzjish depart from Spain there :he Corsican dis c6oers the cloven foot—new diabolical projects to excite dist; use among Allies occupy his thoughts) : the mutual restitution of prisoners : Xing Ferdinand' binds himself to demand of England to rest• re to this infernal Corsican the prisoners ;alien in Spain : . an übiigatioii to observe the Treaty of Utrecht, as tai as respects maritime rights : the renewal of the old treaties of alliaaoe .between Spain lad France: the restitution of their property, revenues, dignities, an, ployments, pensions, sc. to all the Spaniards who ' declared against their country, by attaching them selves to the' blockhead Joseph and the atrocious Bonaparte, and who are now suffering in France part of Abell; punishment for the crime. of ` treason against their country ; so that the circumstance of their having been spurious and traitorous Spaniards, and most pernicious, to,their brethren, is not to cause them the least harm. _ _ Thus far as to the contents of this famous treaty, into which we shall not search further at present; but shall content ourselveswithsaying, Spaniards, be . _ upnn your guard ! By franc/ Bonaparte overcame us in 1808: by force of arms he could not subdue us in six years of contest; by fraud Bonaparte seeks to overcome us again. With' this view he means to avail himself of intrigue, seductioil, plots, passions, and all other infamous means suggested by his infer nal policy. Humbled so far as now to despair of conquering Spain, and to acknowledge the unfortu nate Ferdinand as King, he is obliged to look about him for other objects. We already see him endea vouring to embroil us with our allies the English ; and we shall soon see him (if we apply no remedy) introduce discord and disunion among ourselves. We shall see him send flattering proposals and offers : as he has already sent the two Spanish emissaries, the Duke of S. Carlos and Palafox, we shall perhaps see him send the Infant Don Antonio, or Ferdinand himself, perhaps also, Charles IV. and Maria Louisa!' The workings of fraud and intrigue are about to re commence it would not be at all extraordinary were he to send us King Ferdinand, the better to subdne us at his leisure ; surrounding him with persons under French influence, who may give him lessons of des potism, and lessons of arbitrary government. More vigilance is necessary now than ever ; more perspica city to free us from the snares which the insidious ty rant is laying for us ; more firmness in our resolu tions; and more policy to counteract that of the Cor- sic an. It must be observed, that this convention pre supposes, that the Corsican does not treat at the same time with Spain and with England. He will make the English evacuate Spain ; b binds himself to de mand of England the restoration of the French pri soners." Is it not their evident, that the Corsican thinks to treat only with us ? and can we disjoin our cause from, that of England ? and can King Ferdi nand have _consented to,: and signed such a treaty ? It appears incredible ; but we well know the vile arts which the Tyrant practised at Bayonne, and captivity accounts for it. There is not a good Spaniard who does not desire the return of the unfortunate Ferdinand ; but he wishes it for the good of his country, and not so to expose it to greater evils than those= it has already suffered. Ferdinand must return in the way in which Spaniards wish it, and not as Bonaparte means it.— He must come to make us happy, and not to be the cause (though the innocent one) of new calamities. Happy will be the day on which Ferdinand, restored to his loyal subjects, may be thus addressed :•-•(4 Here is your throne, preserved by the loyalty of your sub jects ; here is your crown, ransomed by the blood . of Spaniards ; here is your sceptre, which Spanish con stancy replaces in your . hands; here is your royal robe, tinged with the blood of thousands of victims, who have fallen that you might preserve it: read our history—inform yourself of all that Spaniards have done for you—and never forget that to the Spanish ' people you. owe every thing ! Never forget that you are come to be the Chief of a nation, the Monarch of subjects who have abolished the vestiges of despo tism : it is the law which orders—the King is the Executive Magistrate." But that such a day of ju bilee may arrive, King Ferdinand must return abso lutely free; neither influenced by the Tyrant of France, nor by Spaniards ignorant of the state of. Spain, or who view our institutions with repugnance. MADRID, JAN. IR. ON PEACE WITH BONAPARTE. • There is not a doubt that Bonaparte is making all imaginable efforts to avoid the dreadful tempest which threatens him-,-unable to make head at all the points where he sees himself attacked, and foreseeing his total ruin if he does not ward off the mortal blow which is aimed at him, he wishes to avail himself of negotiations, in order to stop the Allies in their rapid career. In his critical situation he can only escape ruin by acceding to a peace ; to preserve the Crown of France is now his only object: an i should he suc ceed so far, his projects for the future will then deve lope themselves. With this view Bonaparte would cheerfully make peace, even though at the expence of humiliations which he would gloss over with honourable terms, to deceive the ignorant. Bat, for our parts, it ap pears hardly credible, that the Allies, after having well nigh overturned the Colossus, should stop short in their progress, and consent that this monster should preserve his existence, and much more his political existence. Peace with Bonaparte k a chimera f and in any peace with France the head of the tyrant ought to be required as a preliminary basis. It is with the Se nate alone, composed of such men as, though weak, may still have heen able to preserve some remains of virtue and probity, that peace can be adjusted. To make it with Bonaparte is really to labour for the destruction of Europe, which, indeed, might in that case enjoy repose for a few months ; but this deli; cious calm would bp succeeded by 4 most horrible storm, and the Continent would again see itself in undated with torrent) of blood, shed for the ambition, of the Tyrant. ihe'Allies leave the Usurper of the Throne of France in the rank of a potentate, Bonaparte will have risked nothing in the game ; he will have gained much, when he had in effect lost all ; and he will mock them to scam ! The confederation of the Mo narchs of Europe give hitii the crown of France I Most extraordinary would it be, should legitimate Sovereigns, wlso have seen Bonaparte make sport of the dynasties of Europe, dethroning Kings and Princes at his pleasure, and placing their crowns on the heads of his upstart relatives—most extraordinary would it be, should Sovereigns allied to avenge the 'iniquities and infamies of this monster, consent to give the Throne of France to such an Usurper,- at a tirrie when they could give it to its legitimate King, and when this adventurer cannot even maintain him , self on the throne without their assistance. The Allies, perhaps, hope . the conversion of 80. napaFie - Vain expectation! As soon may the pir ilivorous vulture be cransfumod into iArgeptle dntat. They believe, perhaps, that reverses have abated his pride Extravagant credulity ! Therhelieve, per haps, that, Bonaparte will content himself with the kingdom of France Unpardonable self-deception ! To make peace with Bonaparte would, in fact, be to give him a military force with which to take ven geance. -It would restore him three hundred thou sand prisoners, and he would then have five hundred thousand warlike troops. Thus he would be much stronger than all the States bordering on France : and the .more humiliating the conditions of peace weve,•so much the less would he, thirsting after vengeance, observe them. With the formidable army which the return of the prisoners would give him, and especially that of the Officers and Generals whom he so greatly wants, he would soon be in a situation to inundate Italy and Germany anew, when the other powers,- and parti cularly Russia, had disarmed. It is a manifest self-deception to think of confining the torrent of Bonaparte's ambition. The Allies wish for peace, the whole world desires it ; but it ought not to be founded on the basis of the sai poviddir, or on that of the :tau, qua prier to the present war ; much less on the treaty of Fresburg,or of Luneville it should be built on the ,flatus quo anterior to the Re. volution, both in point of territory and policy : by Consequence, the criminal dynasty of Bonaparte must return to its original nothing. Without this princi ple, which we regard as indispensable, Europe will in a short time suffer new horrors ; and the Cabinets which do not now avail themselves of this favourable - opportunity for dethroning the tyrant, will have to deplore their irresolution, when it is too late to save themselves from becoming its victims, The Houses of Baden, Wurtemberg, and particu larly that of Austria, connected by marriage with the new dynasty of France, may perhaps be some obsta de to the dethronement of Bonaparte ; but only by its co-operation in this, can the House of Lorraine wipe out the stain, which, according to its own de claration, it saw itself compelled to incur, either from overwhelming circumstances, or to give repose to Europe. And will not the House of Lorraine prefer the peace of the world to the private interests of a part of its family ? The same motive of giving re pose to Europe, which induced the Emperor to give his daughter to the Oppressor of the Continent, should now induce him to assist in the Tyrant's de thronement, because in no other way can that object be attained. • HALIFAX PAPERS. ST. ALBANS, DECEMBER 12. General Hampton's army is in winter-quarters at Platzburic, and Wilkinson's at French Mills. Our fleet is still at Platzburg, where it will remain until that of the enemy shall have beeii confined to his own quarters by the ice. Captain Bissel commands a forcr of 1500 men at the Four Corners, which secures the transport of provisions from Platzburg to Wilkin son's army. FROM • THE ONTARIA MESSENGER, PRINTED AT CANAN., DA;GiItS ) DECEMBER 14. • We stop the press to announce to our readep the important tntelli ~ ► ence Just received from FortGleorge. Colonel Dobbia informs us, that on the 10th instant General M'Clure received information that the British army, that had been at Burlington, had moved down as far as Twelve-mile Creek, to attack Fort George, where the militia had been principally discharged.— In pursuance of orders from the Secretary of War, the General finding it impossible, with his reduced force, to defend the fort, ordered the village of Newark to be destroyed, and Fort George to be razed to its foundations. Most of the guns in the fort, and all public property, were removed to Fort Niagara. MONTREAL, DECEMBER 11. Letters are in town from Forty Mile Creek, dated (we believe) the 2d inst. They report that the, gale which did so much injury to the American fleet on Lake Ontario, has proved more disastrous tb that on Lake Erie. Ten vessels are said to have been stran ded or totally lost. Some time after the storm had subsided, two of them are said to have gone .down the falls of Niagara. We think nothing is more probable. , QUEBEC, DECEMBER H. _ Private letters from Upper Canada, dated at York, the 2d of December, mention the loss of part of the enemy's squadron on lake Ontario. One large vessel is said to be on shore at Grier's Farm-yard, with her sides knocked in ; one large vessel wrecked off the light-house at Niagara, supposed to be the Madison, with her rigging above water ; one missing, said . to be sunk, with General Harrison and some troops on board. The schosaer,Lasly of the Lake is stranded between the Ten and Twelve Mile Creek, on our side of the Lake ; one other vessel ashore below the Ame rican Fort. The loss of the Madison and the Lady of the Lake are mentioned as beyond a:doubt. NARRATIVE OF THE LOSS OF THE PERSIAN SLOOP OF WAR, CAPTAIN C. BERTRAM. WRITTIN NY A iltaliON ON BOARD. “ We sailed from Port au Prince, St. Domingo, whither we had been with a convoy, on the 15th of June, 1813, and after passing through the Bahama passage, and making a stretch for Barbadoes, struck on the rocky shoal, so well known by the name of the Silver Keys, on the 26th, at ten minutes past five p. m. the water at the time being quite smooth. The man at the mast head had just called out •” rocks ahead," but before any precaution could be taken this ship was stuck fast. •, The Silver Keys must be laid down in the Charts too far to the southward, or a very strong current, must have been running to that point with which we were not acquainted ; for at mid-day we were, by good observation, 40 miles to,the southward of them and to the eastward of them by the reckoning. and also by good lunar observations taken two days be fore. The sloop. at the time she struck, had not run more than from five to six leagues at S.E. by S. at the rate of three or four knots. Great exertions were made to get of the rock by starting the water, throwing the guns overboard, and cutting the anchors away from the bows, which succeeded, but in floating off, her stern ran on ano therthi rock and stuck fast- In or d er to li g h ten e vess4 in this alarming state, the boats were got ont r the spars on the booms, sweeps, and every other movable that could be got it, were. thrown over- 1 board, Four pumps were kept doing, and men with ht4et, employed i 4 bai in y g at the fore hatchway, and fore scuttle, all at the sometime, but without effect, as the water increased on us very fast. Night coming on, and the water appearing dirty (a symp tom of bad weather) we made preparations for the worst by making a strong raft to save the ship's corms piny on, and the first necessaries. About seven o'clock the sloop gradually settled by the stern, and the carpenter reporting five feet water in the WA. the Captain ordered into the two cutters and jolly boat, as many of the ship's company as could stow. One cutter was placed under the direction of Mr. Morris, second Lieutenant; the other under Mr. Ni cholls, the Master, and the jolly boat directed by Mr. Woolvin, the Gunner. They were ordered tia remain close to the vessel, to be ready to come oil board should any favourable circumstance occur. sAt half-past nine finding her stilt going ouwn at the stem, Captain Bertram directed Lieut. IY‘c take the remainder of the ship's company, twenty-Eve* • in number, on the raft, and to veer it by a hawser to the leeward of the sloop, till morning. At forty mi nutes after one on the 27th, the Captain ordered hilt gig alongside, to take him in, having lost all hope of saving the vessel. She went down at fifteen minutes after two, and shortly after fell over on the larboard side, having slipped off the rock, and sunk in about seven fathoms water. '" The raft during the niglit having carried away the hawser and drifted far to leeward, the jolly-boat was ordered to attend it. At- daylight the two cut ters and gig bore up for* the raft, leaving the sloop with her tops above water. On joining, Lieut. Price informed the Captain that all its lashings were r.carle cut through by being among the rocks, that several of the men had nearly been washed off during the eight, and that it was insufficient to carry them. " As the only alternative, either to save part or :1:e whole of the ship's company, should the weather re main moderate, the Captain directed the cutters aad ;oily-boat to take the men off the raft in equal pro portions, and at the same time he received four addls tiorial men into the gig. 'ln order to lighten the bags, the little the people had saved was thrown overboard. with part of the bread and water. gg We were now 25 leagues from the nearest part of St. Domingo, the worst passage in the West Ir., dies, through the Mona passage, with a Cross sea and the wind freshing from the Eastward: The two cut. -tors had on board 87 men, the jolly boat Si 2, and the - gig 14, in all 123 persons, and i‘strong sea running, we commenced ow voyage tinder very unpromising circumstances ; indeed we were in so much danger on the afternoon of this day that we were obliged to throw overboard the remaining part of our brad and water. These-circuMStances are scarcely credible to any but eye-witnesses or those whoSe misfortune it has been to tike part in similar' scenes The saving of the ship's company is to be attributed to the calm state of the weather, and the great exert ohs of the officers and men, in keeping the boats free of water Shipped, and in steering before the sea. Every man behaved with a regularity not always to be found on such occasions, for when the little cl ahea they nad saved, and their only subsistence, the bread and w der, ' were ordered to be thrown overboard, they did it without a murmur, and each vied with the other to cbcy the command. rr. Before dark we had a glimpse of the land, but not aufficient to make it out ; in consequence we hove the heads of the boats to sea all nig ht, which paved stormy, with a quantity of rain._ In the morning of the 28th, we made the land, and put into a little.bay between Old Cape Francaise and Cape Cabroon. where nothing could be procured but brakish water, found.in the holes of the rocks, and a few lirapetaon them. The people were in a bad state from having been two days and two nights without refreshments, and sitting in the boats without the power of stretch. ing out their legs or arms for want of room. A fire was kindled to keep off the insects, before which we dried our clothes, and went to sleep. In the =tiling of the '29th, wept across the bay to a house ealle4 Margante, were well received, and the Captain pur chased for us some beef and plantain*. Here We were informed that we possibly might procure ships at Porto Plata to carry us to St. Thomas's, whither Captain Bertram purposed going., " We set off fur this place under a pilot on the 30th, and in order to 'Hitt n the boats, the Captain walked along shore with a party of the ship's corn. pany ; but afterthaving walked about SO miles :sod swam across several ravers, they were worn out, and the boats hauled up in a i t mal hay called Scotts bay, an awning formed of the sails of the boats, and the whole went to rest. We here found five large turtles that had been turned asp by the inhabitants, one of which messed the ant:At ship's company, At day s light next morning we resumed ut*r journey in similar manner to the preceding day, and arrived at Porto Plata about eleven o'clock, where we found good accommodation. There were no vessels here fit to take us to our destination, and Lieut. Price, with a few men,- was dispatched in a small boat Sor Turk's Island, to procure some there. 44 On the 10th July he returned again.with the Go► vernmeut schooner' Swift, and - a sloop which he had hired. After having laid in a stock of wood and water, we all sailed in those vessels on the 13th in the evening. The sloop arrived at -St. Tnomas'a on the '23d, having parted company floor the Swift l lbe day before. The men on board the. hornier were in a sickly state ; the Surgeon died soon after the anther was cast, and had toe vessel reinaincd at sea tS hours longer many more must shared a similar fate. The Swift did not arrive until three days alter, the people oa board her atso eery sickly. The whole ship's company were, as they arrived, sent on board his Majesty's ship Vautour; and from di-ice to the hospital, where the gunner and three men died, criL: on board the Vautour, on her p.tssage to the Sainte!, arid several others afterwards in the hospital at Antigua." • .SPIRITED VOLUNTEERING FOR CANADA.-911 Sa turday night a bit *as scut off . 'rim) Plym.)iith Yard to the Admiralty, of the thipwri .hts who have volunteered for Canada. The wishes of.Governmenc had no sooner been madelnown to the artificers than numbers pressed forward, to give in their nameh . and tate list forwarded on Saturday night Contains thi nail** of 930 young men, none 4,f them exceeding Su years of 'age, and the flower of the workmen of Plymouth Yard. It is said that Government have determined on sending 1000 shipwrights, for the pur posini building, such iillUMba Ot V epelS On t he Isles as aball cleciiiely secure to us &eh:sovereignty. 1 • 1, • t .0 OT .12 it :r ii xl , h hi il it • • E I