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II CITY OF LONDON TAVERN, Dec. 13, 1808. THE COMMITTEE appointed on the 9th of De cember, by the MERCHANTS and INHABITANTS of LONDON, to attend to the Application of a General Subscrip tion In aid of the brave SPANISH PATRIOTS, now struggling In the Field to defend their Country from a foreign and cruel In vader, cannot discharge that duty without making an earnest Appeal to the attention of their generous Countrymen, of all ranks, in behalf of a Nation and a Cause so interesting to all the sympathies of Britons. A people contending for their independente, liberties, and se curity, from foreign tyranny and oppression—a nation, friendly tp its dispositions—honourable in all its national conduct and character—fitted, by political and commercial interests and rela tions, to be closely connected in alliance and friendship with Great Britain, and now struggling, with heroic fortitude, in a common cause, against a common and most formidable foe ; suf fering in the arduous conflict the greatest hardships, and endur ing the severest privations, has—surely, strong claims of every kind on every inhabitant of these islands ; and though the greatest exertions have, with the general approbation of tkis nation, been made by Government to afford the most extensive, speedy, and effectual aids of treasure, arms, ammunition, military stores, equipment., and clothing, for the maintenance and support of the Spanish troops, together with the succour of large bodies of Bri tish soldiers, it is still felt, that the generous manifestation of the popular sentiment, and such further aids, 'of various kinds, as a general and liberal Subscription may supply, cannot but have an effect animating and consoling to the Spanish soldier, and con vincing to the Spanish Government and people, of he perfect union in opinion and sentiment which on this suliect subsists throughout these islands. The Committee rely, with confidence, that the good example of the public Corporations and Companies, and of the Inhabitants of the Metropolis, will be followed by the principal Cities, Towns, and Districts of the United Kingdom, in order to form together an offering worthy of the great cause for which it is made—of the 'sigh character and affluence of the Empire which presents it, and it to be accepted by the gallant, disinterested, and high-spirited nation, to whose brave defenders it is offered. The/Right Hon. the E. Forster J.Maitland, M.Y. Lord Mayor P. Free M. M‘Donnell Lord Eirffley J. Garcia R. H. Martin A. Anderson W. Gordon,.M. P. A. Mundell J. Ansley, Alderman A. Goldsmid N. Newrtham, Ald. J. J. Angerstein J. L. Goldsmid E. Parry J. Atkins, Alderman H. Goodwin J. Pierce J. Bainbridge A. Glennie Sir C. Price, Bart. A. Baring, M. P. Sir R.C.Glynn,Bart. M. P. J. Blackburn, M. P. R. Harkey Sir J. Perring, Bart. R. Barclay J. Harman T. Rowcroft W. Bonham, M. P. T. Harrington J. M. Raikes J. Bosanqiiet —.— Harrison J. Russell C. Buller Q. Harris G. Sandeman C. Bosanquet C. Hanbury C. Scott E. Bolden. J. Inglis J. Shaw, Ald. M. P. D. Bayley J. Jacob R. Slade C. Brooke J. Jackson, M. P. Lieut. Scott Sir W. Curtis, Bart. J. Inns C. Smith, Alden. M. P. W. Knatcbbull E. Shaw H. Combo, M.P. P. Kensington R. Thornton, M.O. Alderman B. Long J. Tunno J. Cohen Sir J. Lubbock, C. Turner A. Chatfield Bart. M. P. Sir R .Wigram, Bart. J. Dennison, M. P. W.Mellish, M.P. J. Wilmot, jun. C. Enderby J.Marryatt, M.P. E. Waters Amount of Subscriptions before Advertised £23,101 13s. 6d. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Hon. East-India Corn- I Edmund Baker S S __ _, parry - 1000 0 Hon. Baron Dirnsdale, Barnard, Son, and Dimsdale - 105 0 Stephen Lushington 5 5 Alexander Rots 5 5 AT MESSRS. BIKES, Mrs. Duppa - 5 0 AT 111 IL. C. 0! W. Dalby and Co. SI 1 0 S. Curly (Camberwell) 52 10 Sike4, Snaith, and Co. 105 0 John Hansen 10 10 George Bailey S 5 . SNAITR, AND CO:S. The Gift of a Soldier's Daughter - LYNN, AND CO: S. I Sir F. M. Eden, Bart. 10 10 s Sangster, Atkinson, and Tayler . 52 10 AT LLOYD ' S COYStt-HOUSE. T. Dickason (Enfield) 105 o John Rainier - .52 10 E.. Darby, Knott, and Co. 52 10 I Charles Page - 52 10 William Good 5 5 Hallett, Hardie, & May 10 10 Welbank and Petyt 50 0 Harding, Hill, & hood 10 10 Lees, Satterthwaite, and Joseph Nattali - 10 10 Brassy - 105 0 James Williamson 5 5 The Right Hon. Lord T. Lett and Seas 52 10 Viscount Bridport 105 0 John Brouncker - 2 2 Sir I. Heard, Garter 10 10 . John Burgon - 10 0 Subscriptions are received at the Mansion House, Lloyd's Coffee-house, and by all the Bankers in London and Westminster. The Bankers and others, who have received subscriptions, are respectfully requested to send the puticulars to the Committee, at the City of London Tavern. NEW SPAIN. REPRESENTATION OF THE MOST NOBLE CITY OF VER.A CRUZ, TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE VICEROY. 4' Town Hall of Vera Cruz, July 22, 1808. MOST EXCELLENT SEIGNOR " This Corporation, and all the inhabitants of this city have, ever since ie arrival of the Ventura, been plunged into the most inexpressible affliction. a They have seen in the Gazette, No. 59, of this capital, published yesterday, copies of the three Ma drid Gazettes of the 13th, 17th, and 20th of May, in serted, by order of your Excellency, for the informa tion of the whole of this kingdom ; and their conster nation has reached the highest pitch. a From the informalities to be remarked in the pro. test and its ratification, attributed to his Majesty Don Carlos IV. and in the letter of the Emperor of the French, said to have been addressed to Seignor D. Ferdinand the Seventh ; from the alarming con tents of all these instruments, and from the series of the succeeding events, there can be no doubt that the renunciations of cur unfortunate Princes, which, even if voluntary, would have been invalid, have been extorted by extreme violence, and dictated by the im perious and irresistible force of necessity. Oui mother-country, occupied by one hundred and sixty thousand men, ( who, received as allies and treated as friends, in return for this generous hospi a lity, have seized the fortresses, whence they hold out the alternative of slavery or death) actually surpriz ed, unprovided, and defenceless, cannot, at least at this moment, generally manifest her resolution, pu nish the outrages she has suffered, and combat the oppression under which she labours. 44 We conceive that New Spain, happy, loyal, brave, opulent, and the envy of the world, is under the in dispensible obligation of preserving for. its natural So vereigns or their lawful successors, under our existing reli:zion, laws, and customs, this precious inheritance of their august ancestors. ,_ " Vera Cruz, the first settlement on this Continent which swore allegiance to them-,-loyal, obedient, and • singularly at t ached to its Monarchs—is duly impres -;Kwirb the unalterable fidelity of your Ex'cellency, and all the Tribunals of the kingdom ; and its inha bitarts are ready t'n sacrifice their lives and property i n siippoyt of the most Sgnified and important un der,aking which has ever been presented to the chit racteristicallrfaithful hearts of Spaniards. 44 We have accordingly th is day, in our own nime, and in that of all the inhabitants, assures the Mi ii:,ary Governor, Don Pedro Alonzo, that he may confidently rely en our exertions as far as they may .I?athought necess4ry. for Ole said purpose ; and, mean while, *0 Clierlih the hop% that the hand of the AI- 'eam, the Special Protector of Catholic Kings, blessing the efforts of our patriotism, will deliver the most innocent Ferdinand from the bonds of captivity, by one of those means which limited human concep tion ought to adore, but is incapable of comprehend ing, and that he will be restored to his august throne, or that he will establish it in this important asylum of. • his misfortunes. 66 We feel the highest satisfaction in thinking that , your Excellency, animated with similar sentiments and wishes, will make all the exertions that are suited • your exalted functions and obligations, and by so doing, immortalize your name in the temple of fidelity. " This line of conduct, is, in our opinion, not only prescribed by the inmost sentiments of our ardent loy alty, but also by the interest of our captive country, since, should she deliver herself from the yoke, that oppresses her, she would be stripped of this valuable colony, were it in the mean time surrendered to the Government of the Usurper ; and such surrender might, perhaps, render abortive all the efforts for ber deliverance. Policy, patriotism, character, indignation, alike summon us to resistance and an heroic defence ; and posterity, impelled by heartfelt gratitude, will consecrate the most splendid monuments to the me mory of your Excellency, and all the happy and loyal inhabitants ofNew Spain, whose sentiments, we flatter ourselves with the most just confidence, are all equally unanimous, as your Excellency will - be able to con vince yourself, if you will be pleased to assemble and consult their representatives. " Those of this most faithful city flatter themselves that your Excellency will receive, with approbation, this small proof of their ardent zeal, and that, you will be pleased to communicate to them such instruc tions and commands as shall secure the attainment of their object, and admit them to the greatest possible share of the glory of attracting the admiration of the Universe, to the extent of the loyalty of the successors of the immortal Cortes, and the attachment of the Americans to their Sovereigns, the more ardent in consequence .of their being encompassed by misfor tunes, and separated from their subjects and domi nions.—May GOD preserve your Excellency many years I" IFROCLAMATION OF THE VICEROY OBNEW SPAIN. 66 INHABITANTS OF MEXICO ! " The General Junta held on the 9th inst. have determined that your expectations should be gratified, as to informing you of the result of their deliberations. This I am now about to do, and to this you have a just claim : for the loyal sentiments which you have displayed towards the King and the mother country have been most generous and energetic. • 66 Penetrated with the same sentiments, that re spectable Assembly over which I preside, impelled by the warmest and noblest transports, pronounced with acclamations the name of the young Monarch of Spain, Seignor Don Ferdinand VII. They continued to re peat these acclamations, in the solemn acj of taking the oaths to his Majesty, to whom they immediately swore allegiance, proclaiming him King of Spain and the Indies. They have sworn to acknowledge him only as Sovereign, and op his demise, his lawful Suc cessors of the Royal race of Bourbon. 13y the same sacred engagement, they have bound themselves not to yield obedience to any order proceeding from the nation which oppressively detains them in captivity, through whatever channel they may be addressed, and to resist every attempt to execute them by force, and all treaties or coalitions entered into for that purpose, until your wishes are completely satisfied. 44 Inhabitants of these dominions, your security is certain. Repose yourselves on the bosom of your country. It is my duty to watch over her safety. The precious task of her defence, confided to me by the hand of the Monarch himself, will be discharged to the utmost of my abilities and energies. Though not unaware of the havoc and carnage aticompanying• military operations, I will constantly cal/ upon the GOD of hosts to arm my heart with that valour which alone is derived from his power for the defence of his altars, justice, and innocence. The magazine of Mars contains not weapons more potent. Your offers are accepted, and all the Members of the General Junta have.engaged to realize them. This is considered as a social and sacred obligation, to be resorted to only in case of necessity. 4 , Meanwhile, the tranquillity of the kingdom is secured ; the constituted authorities are legitimate, and continue, without any change, in the exercise of the duties prescribed to them by the laws of their country,. and their respective offices and dignities. 46 With respect to the external concerns of the kingdom, I have assured you, that force will be resis ted by force, and your valour will then have an op portunity of acting,' the noble impulse which animates it being under due regulation, for military virtue can have no place amidst unorganized operations. • 6' The capital of these kingdoms, on the first intel ligence of the calamities of Spain, and when the risk was the greatest, applied to me, and earnestly solicit ed-that I would take their all into my disposal, in or der to the preservation and defence of these domi nions, for their Sovereign. The public papers have already made known the sentiments and subscriptions of the Municipalities, Corporations, Prelates,. Nobility, and Commonalty ; and you are convinced, I have no doubt, that all are animated with similar sentiments. " Concentrated in ourselves, we have nothing to expect from any other Power than the lawful autho rity of our Catholic Monarch Seignor D. Ferdinand VII. and whatever Supreme Juntas may be establish ed for the kingdoms in either hemisphere, they shall not be obeyed, unless they have been instituted, cre ated, or formed, by his Majesty or his Representa tives, legally and authentically appointed ; but to those so constituted we will pay the obedience due to the commands of our King and natural Sovereign, in the form and manner respectively established by the laws, royal ordinances, and cedulas. 46 The series and character of the future events, which may result from the heroic efforts of the Spa. nish nation, or the attempts and machinations of the enemy, will doubtless exact ulterior deliberations and precautions, which will be projected and executed with the utmost prudence and decorum. In virtue of my ViCe-Regal authority, I inform you of these circumstances ; for I love a people so faithful and loyal, and have ever, as they must have perceived, thought them worthy of, and entitled to, thesetninu nicauen of all intelligence not, in its very nature, requiring to be kept secret. 0 _ Cetera 7t the Royal Palm of Mexico, the LIU' August, lam" EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Consols, for Jan. 66W_Reduced 6541 66—Omplum 3 1 din. 1 Exchequer Bills, 4s. 6s. prem. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stork 256 Imp. S per Cent. 6443 S per C. Red. 63143 Ercheq. Bills, Is. 65. pr. 4r Cent. 81ii Omnium II "I dis. Long Ann. 18 Lottery Tickets 221. 19s. India Bonds, 4s. ss. pr. Consols for arc. 6611 67 Soon after the STAR was put to press yesterday, the contents of Dispatches received by Government in the forenoon were suffered to transpire, and diffused no small degree of joy throughout this capital. We inserted the intelligence in nearly the whole of our impression ; but a small part having been printed off, we insert again the Bulletin that was put in circu lation : BULLETIN. " ship f war has arrived with 'dispatches from Coruna, which she left on the 9th instant. Accounts are brought by it that the greatest enthusiasm had burst forth at Madrid, and that the people were determined to make every effort to defend the capital General Hors had joined Sir Joss Moots, at Salamanca, and Sir DAVID BAIRD Wag at Villa Franca on the 7th, and had sus pended his retreat. " BONAPARTE was at Aranda de Douro: his advanced corps bad made itself master of Soma Sierra, and a French corps had reached Segovia." ANOTHER BULLETIN. " It appears by letters received from Salamanca, dated Deeeaa► her sth, that Sir Jou N MOORZ Was still at that place, and deter mined not to proceed in his retreat till he should have ascertained whether there was not still a hope of that general enthusiastic . . opposition to the invaders, from which alone a succeuful issue of the contest could be expected; and in which the British COM. wanders and soldiers, in conformity with the wishes of their So vereign and their Government, had the most ardent desire to co-operate. Of this spirit, the want of which had been made the subject of great complaints by the British Commanders before, strong and general symptoms have now begun to ap pear. The most vigorous measum were adopted by the Go vernment to arm the people en masse, and to occupy and defend all the strong posts. The inhabitants of Madrid bad all taken arms, and were incessantly employed in barricading their streets, and in making every preparation for a desperate defence. " Saragossa, provided with a garrison of fifteen thousand men, would oppose an obstacle to the enemy's progress much more formidable than any he had yet encountered. The Armies of An dalusia and Arragon, which are composed of the prime troops of Spain, had suffered very little in the late engagements, the loss falling principally on the corps of Valencia and Marcia, which consisted of new levies. The general aspect of affairs was much more favourable; and the result was, a determination in both the British Commanders, to remain in their positions, in order to take an active part, if the resistance about to be made should prove as firm as it appeared animated. The retreat of Sir DAVID BAIRD, is of course suspended, as well as that of Sir lone Moo's. General Hors has lately joined Sir Joan Moons at Salamanca with his whole brigade. " Letters of various dates, from the 13th to the 30th ult. in clusiveAwith details of the various engagements of Gen. BLAKE'S army, have been received from that meritorious Officer Colonel CAIIIOI, for whose safety apprehensions were entertained, from the long interruption of his communications, from that known ar dour, so honourably mentioned in the &patches of Gen. BLAZI to the Central Junta, which always led him to the post of danger. The last letters from this gallant Officer are dated from Reynosa." ANOTHER BULLrlitl. " Dispatches have been received at the Admiralty, from Ad miral Lord CottiNcwoon, which contain accounts if the com plete failure of the attempt of the French upon Rosas. " The exertions of the gallant garrison were materially aided by his Majesty's ship Excellent, which was fortunately enabled to approach near enough to the shore to bring her grape shot to bear upon the enemy, with which she did great execntien. A party of Marines was also landed, and contributed very Mal.. daily to the defence of the place. _ _ " The precise lost of the French is not stated, but it must have been very great." Such were the accounts suffered to transpire froth the Public Offices, and it must be allowed that they were of a complexion calculated to cheer the public mind, and to inspire no small degree of hope, that at length an effectual barrier would be opposed to the farther advances of the enemy in Spain. On enquiry we find that the dispatches from Lord Comaucwooi), mentioned in the last of the above Bulletins, are of a date anterior to that of the regu lar siege announced in the French Bulletins.—As to the other accounts, it is with no small degree of pains we have now to announce, that the grounds on which they were founded appear to have been so highly illusory, as to make it difficult to be conceived through what medium the facts respecting the relative cir-' cumstances of the contending parties could have been viewed by those who transmitted the details which furnished the materials of the above Bulletins. From accounts that have reached us this day, by different channels, it appears plain to us that there could have been no reasonable ground whatever for the accounts which inspired so much hope respecting the determined resolution of the population of MaJrid to devote themselves entirely for • the success of the cause in which they were embarked—the salvation of their country I—Nor ought we now to pass in silence the accounts transmitted some days ago from General MOORE, through the medium of Sir DAVID BAIRD, the publication of which gave so much offence to those who never wish to be informed of any thing but good news. It is plain, from the facts which we shall im mediately lay before our Readers, that that able General had taken a correct view of the affairs of the Spaniards, and fortied a proper estimate of the sum of resistance likely to be opposed by the Patriots, to the armies that were pouring into Spain; and for op. posing which, it is now proved, no adequate pre paration had been made by the Spaniards, though they had to many months previous warning. On this we we shall only add ; that Minhters, though cen- sured for making public the accounts to which w e have last alluded, would have been mote highly a n d justly censured, now that the truth is better kno wn . had they withheld them from the public. THE FRENCH ARE NOW IN MADRID. This intelligence hae been received by the Ihi on, Capt. GIRDOSI, which arrived at Plymouth on 'n un . day afternoon. from. L'Orient. She left L'Orie nt Monday last,.in ballast, charged with dispatches f a , the American Minister in London•; and brings a t . counts that NAPOLEON, accompanied with his bin:4 er JOSEPH, entered Madrid on the 2d instant! The day named for the entrance of the French i nto Madrid in the accounts brought by the Union is is. correct ; but in every other respect this unple ust intelligence is confirmed by Mr. SHAW, the M ts . senger, who was landed yesterday at Dover, by a Flag of Truce from Boulogne, and reached tow a late hour last night,—According to the accoun ts brought over by Mr. SHAW, it was tot on the 24,b nt on the 4th instant, that. Madrid, which surrender e d by capitulation, was occupied by the French troop s . By the Flag of Truce that brought over M t . SUAW, and,which terminates entirely, for the prese nt , the delusive' intercourse between the two countries, we have received FRENCH JOURNALS, to the date of the 15th instant, which, we are griev e d to state, confirm the disastrous intelligence brought by the Union. We shall not detain our Readers with comments. The following are their principal contents: PARIS, DECEMBER 13. Camp at Madrid, Dec. 4, 1806. The town of Madrid has capitulated. Our troops entered it so-day at noon :—this intelligence is con• ,tained in the Masiteurs of the 13th and 14th instant. 'THIRTEENTH BULLETIN. " St. Martin, near Madrid, Dec, r, Ads 46 On the 29th ult. the head-quarters of the Em. peror wore removed to the village of Bouzeallas. pa the SOth, at break of day, the Duke of Bellune pm. sented himself at the foot of the Samo Sierra. A division of thirteen thousand men, of the Spanish army of reserve, defended the passage of the moan. tains. The enemy thought themselves unaitactable in that position. They had entrenched the narrow passage called Puerto with 16 pieces of cannon._ The 9th light infantry marched upon the right, the 96th upon the causeway, and the 24th followed by the side of the heights. On the left, General Senar mont, with six pieces of artillery, advanced by the causeway : the action commenced by the firing of musquetry and cannon. " A charge made by the Ceneral Montbrun at the head of the Polish light horse, decided the affair; it was a most brilliant one, and the regiment covered itself with glory, and proved it was worthy wtotm a part of the Imperial guard. Cannons, flags, min quets, soldiers, all were taken or cut to pieces. Eight Polish light horse were killed upon the cannon, and 16 have been wounded. Among the last is Captain Dzievanoski, who was dangerously wound• ed, and lies almost without hopes of recovery.— Major Segur, marshal of the Emperor's household, charged among the Polish troops, and received many wounds, one of which is very severe. Sixteen pieces of cannon, ten flags, twenty covered chests, no hundred waggons laden with all kinds of baggage, military chests of the regiments, are the fruits of this brilliant affair. Among the prisoners, who are my numerous, are all the Colonels, Lieutenant.Colonel4 of the corps of the Spanish division. " All the soldiers would have been taken, if they had not thrown away their arms, and dispersed is the mountains. It al Tar the " On the Ist of December the head quarters of& Emperor were at Saint Augustin, and on the 24 thel Duke of Istria, with the cavalry - heights of Madrid. The infantry could not arrive The intelligence which we hitherto to think that this town is suffering disorders, and that the doors weather is very fine." Div Vie _ 7 Tra Per: bad the but tion Viz 1 an 04 go 1 !!11 of En ow TURKE' Every thing that relates highly important at the present duty to lay before our readers suffered to transpire respectini dium of the French Papers. of this deicription ; and thou] burgh, must be considered as PRESBURGH, NOVEMBER They write from Constantinople ' racies successively formed against Vizier by the partizans of the Janissaries, has induced Mustapha with greater severity than he against his enemies. Executions have greatly increased six or eight weeks at Constant justice is very expeditious, no these arrests : it is impossible facts which serve as the basis Besides, they abstain at the present, care, from speaking at Constantinople rent events, so that•they remain most profound secrecy. W the confidence which Mustapha in several persons, has been umausip au. _ avalry, commanded de 1 arrive before the SI- OSP sitherto received, led a Tar Fering under all kinds' rive rs are barricaded. ne 1 EY. del ; to this Empire a, ient crisis, it becomes n ms such intelligence asi :ting it, through thetheme ve t The following article ough dated from ' • t of Parisian manufac • a n i )VEMBER 26. riP still* that the co. ekt gainst the actual tho the late Sultan and fi lo [ustapha Bairacter to he has heretofore .. increased during the • c antinople, but as crimin no publicity is given ' le to learn the details an' basis for condemns:" present, with the grea' - ' stantinople of these remain enveloped to ' Ve are only assured , • ,pha Bairactar had . cruelly abused, wbi'