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DUTCH PAPERS. METZ, SEPT. 24. His Imp&ial and Royal Majesty arrived here this evening, at six o'clock, without the slightest intimation of his intentions—but as soon as the people were ap- prised of his arrival, they crouded frOm all quarters, and manifested their sense of the honour conferred upon them by loud acclamations of joy. Having alighted at the hotel of the Prefect, the Emperor gave audience to the Civil and Military Authorities. His departure is fixed for four o'clock to-morrow morning. MONTPELIER, SEPT. 15. On the 11th and 12th instant the town of Cetta was thrown into confusion, and kept in a state of alarm. Eleven of the enemy's boats, with 200 men, approached the shore, for the purpose of effecting a landing, cutting out a convoy lying in the harbour, and setting fire to the magazines. The Guard of Honour, together with the Gens d'Armerie and the Volunteers, headed by M. Bescelin, gave the boats such a warm reception, that they were forced to re turn to the frigates. BAYONNE, SEPT. 2. The Duke de Fias arrived at this place on the 29th ult. and set out next day for Paris, to assume the func tions of Ambassador from his Catholic Majesty, at the Court of France. The French army in Spain still maintains a strong and advantageous position. The Spanish insurgents are quite inactive. Marshal Moncey and his Staff have been for several days at Pampelu na. The.- object of his Excellency is said to be, to sanction, by his presence, the installation of M. Ni grette, as Governor of the province, and to inspect the fortifications,. which have been deficient in artillery. The courier which arrived here this morning does not bring any news. Anarchy still reigns in that infatu ated country. Our army is making great preparations to push forward, and wait only for reinforcements, which are hourly expected. They write from Mi randa that 1,500 French had been arrested in Madrid; but this rePbttie imworthy of credit. MILAN, SEPTEMBER 14. Yesterday a number of detachments of the Guards, who are proceeding to escort the Queen of Naples (Madame Murat), set out from this place at an early hour in the morning, with the General commanding the division at their head, in order to meet her Ma jesty at the entrance of the Department. It is ex pected that her Majesty will arrive here this morning. NAPLES, SEPT. 14. The following Decree has been published in this city : _ _ Joachim Napoleon, &c.— We havedecreed, and do decree as follows : The Provincial Councils are convoked for the 15th October next, for the Session of this year. TheSesslon will continue to the 26th of the same month. The Sessions of the District. Councils shall be divided into two parts, one to }:recede the Sitting of the Provincial Councils, and to continue five days, shall be assembled on the sth October; the other to follow the Provincial Session, shall also continue for five days, and shall close on the 31st. • His Majesty has given orders to pay up immedi ately the quarter's arrears due to the Officers who have pensions, and to the invalids of the provinces. His Majesty has also signified hii intention to assist the public charitable institutions. • SUNDAY, AT 9 o'cLocK.—lmmediately after the Levee, his Majesty received the oaths of t? Officers of the Crown, the Chamberlains, the Pref&ts, the Esquires, the Masters of the Ceremonies, the Captains of the Chace, and the Intendant of the Royal House hold. His Majesty afterwards repaired to the Chapel of the Court, where . he placed himself on the throne, and, surrounded by the Ministers, the Council of State, and the Grand Officers of the Crown, received the.oath of the Archbishops and Bishops at present in the Capital. The Archbishops were those of Reggio, Amalfi, and Conza ; the Bishops, those of Andria, Fondi, - .Aguela Ugeskto, Tivento,. Rola, Cotrona, Monte Pe s hze;Tropen, Casortu, Atri, and Pinna.—. His Eminence Cardinal Ferraro, Grand Almoner, presented them in succession, and they severalty pro nounced, with an audible voice, the following form : s. I swear and promise to GOD, on the Holy Gospel, to pre serve my obedience and fidelity to Joachim-Napoleon, my august and lawful Sovereign. I promise besides to hold no intelligence with the ,•nemits of the State, to assist at no council, to have no sort of connection with those who would disturb the public peace and tranquility, and if I shall come to the knowledge of any plot formeil in any diocese &her against his Majesty's person or against the State, I swear to make it known to the Government." This august and solemn ceremony produced the greatest sensation, and has made known the good disposition which animates the Clergy of the kingdom of Naples. His Majesty having heard mass, retired to his do. set, where he received the oath of the Marshal Perig non, as Governor of Naples.—The Chiefs of the Tri bunals, the President of the Corporation of the City, the Intendants of Naples, Terra di Lavori, Abruzeo, Calabria, &c. and the Officers of the Marine Staff, also took the oath. By a decree of his Majesty, the sums produced by several renunciations, will be laid out in building a bridge over the Garigliano, to be begun the Ist of October, and continued without intermission. DANTZIC, SEPEEMBER 8. - • • - The greatest stagnation prevails in our port, which is a proof of the strict execution of the measures en joined against the commerce of England. Our forti fications, which suffered much in the last siege, are now replaced in a better condition than they were in before that event. The repairs were executed by the troops of the garrison. The limits of our territory are definitively fixed by an arrangement with Prussia. STUTGARD, SEPTEMBER 17. His Majesty returned to this city some days since. It is supposed he will make a new journey very soon —but nothing certain is yet known on that head. WIEMAR, SEPTEMBER 17. Ills Majesty tbikEmperor of Russia is expected here by the 29th of this month. —Every thing is prepared, ) for his reception. • HAMBURGH, SEPTEMBER 21. Letters from Petersburgh state, that the Mister for- Foreign Affairs, Count Romanzoff, has very un expectedly left that capital. tis said tat he hto by The way of Vienua, to Frankfort on h the Main. go SPAIN. J3ARCEI.,..ONA, AUGUST IS• DECLARATION OF THE GENERAL OF D I VISION Duman, GRAND OFFICER OF THE LEGIORr . C4 VONOUR AND COIL- 4 MANDER-IN-CHIEF OIWTHE FRENCH ARMY OF CATA LOAA. " His Excellency the Captain:General of Catalo nia, to the Intendant-General and the Members of the Junta of the city of Barcelona : " Most Excellent Seignors !—All communication between the city of Barcelona and the French Go vernment being cut off, the Commander-in-Chief of the French troops occupying this fortress and its de pendencies finds himself charged with the preserva tion of the said fortress for the King of Spain, and responsible for the safety of the troops and the tran quillity of the city to their Majesties the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, and the King of Spain, whom he here represents, constituting the Supreme Authority, until, by the re-establishment of the com munication, your Excellencies shall be enabled again to communicate with the Minister of his Majesty the King of Spain. " The intention of the General-in-Chief is not to use this supreme authority but for the general welfare, (1) and to alleviate, as much as possible, the incon veniences of the present temporary state of affairs.— . But the subsistence and maintenance of his army is the supreme law of a General-in-Chief, to which all other considerations must yield. If,- therefore, by any disaffection which is not to be expected from the Mem. bers of this illustrious Junta, he should not receive • those succours which it is his duty to dethand, he I would be under the necessity of providing himself for the subsistence and maintenance of his troops ; in the first instance, by forcibly causing to be brought into his magazines all the provisions to be found in the surrounding country, (2) which would occasion its being ravaged, make the peasants take to flight, and produce much inconvenience to the inhabitants of this city ; and in the next place, by getting into his hands, by means of domiciliary visits, all the stock of wheat and other provisions in the city (3), appoin ting a new Administration for the province, taking possession for the benefit of the army, of all the State and City property, compelling the Intendant to give an account of his past administration, and seizing the produce of the duties on the coining of the current money (4). In short, he will follow up these means with contributions on the most opulent, the taking of hostages, and other severe measures (5) resorted to in fortified places under circumstances of necessity.. But I trust, Seignors, that your patriotism will relieve me from the pain (6) of such measures ; and I pro -pose to leave every thing on its present footing, it being understood that your Excellencies will ap point a Special and Supreme Junta to provide for the subsistence of the army, whose authority shall extend over the whole province, and who will attend to the execution of the demands made upon them for this purpose. " The whole of the demand will be conkped to a supply of four months, consisting of the following particulars : " To deliver every ten days within the citadel, or to describe where they shall be found, 22,773 quintals of bread, estimating the ration at 28 ounces ; 34,000 fanegas, or 24,226 quarters of wheat; and 50 quintals of fire-wood " Every fortnight, 915 quintals of tire, and double that quan tity of peas, beans, &c.; 448 quintals of salt ; 48,000 pints. of wine, or 976 pipes % allowing one-third of a pint .for a ration ; 73,200 pints of vinegar, or 1461 pipes ; and 91,500 pints, or 183 pipes of brandy. Every week, 36,000 pesetas of subs pesetas for extraordinaries of ail kinds. " With regard to the pay of the army, that is pro vided for by the public Treasury of France ; and the necessary funds are prepared at Perpignan, not only for the future, but also for defraying the last 300,000 francs advanced by the Intendant in the month of June, and for which he will receive bills upon the Pay master at Perpignan. The letters of credit from the Minister of the Public Treasury to the Paymaster- General, which are herewith communicated to the Junta, secure the new advances which are required. A company shall, therefore, be formed from among the most opulent inhabitants, who shall advance to the Paymaster-General the necessary funds for the pay of the army, to the amount of 100,000 francs, upon bills of exchange drawn on the Paymaster at Perpignan. These advances shall in no case exceed 100,000 francs ; and it is expected that each sum will successively be paid off at Perpignan, by the time the next demand is made. The General-in-Chief will permit the free departure of persons of both sexes and of all ages, with the exception of the principal pro prietors, all those holding public offices, and all the commercial personshavingfactoriesor counting-houses in Barcelona. The General-in-Chief informs the pub lic, that all those who have left, or shall clandestinely leave Barcelona, will be subjected to an extraordinary contribution, to indemnify the losses sustained by the army ; and that their property, moveable and immove able, their town and country houses, will be answer able for the amount, should their relatives or agents refuse payment. (Signed) " The General-in-Chief Dutusatz." ~ and 50,000 f NOTES. (1) Could any man of common decency tell so impudent a lie? Can this miscreant still assert, that he would not use his au thority but for the general welfare? Robbery, pillage, aarmina tion—horrors which make human nature shudder: these are the particulars of the general welfare which have been conferred upon Spain by the vile Napoleon, his infamous satellites, and their wicked partisans. Implacable hatred to the whole of them! (2) It is to be observed, that the extortion and violence which he here threatens, he bad been in the habit of committing a long time before. (3) It should also be stated, that he had violently taken a great quantity of provisions from the shops and repositories of indi viduals ! (4) What he means by duties on the coining of the current money, we do not understand; nor is it possible to comprehend it without seeing the original. But we may, without any risk of mistake, assure ourselves that it is some new method of robbery ; an art in which Napoleon's scholars are very great proficients— " Like Master like Man." - - - - (5) The pretence of taking hostages, with which lie glosses over his spoliations, will always be a mint for coining money, and a method of inflicting civil death on the wealthy; for it is suffi ciently known to the public, that those of that class who were carried to the Castle or Monjuich, recovered their liberty only by nieans of large disbursements. This is the reward which those infamous guests give the poor Barcelonese for the many attentions paid them. • But we cannot be surprized that they should follow the example of their Master, the most barbarous of men, who most treacherously took prisoner his best friend and ally, in order to rob him of his kingdom. (6) How grateful ought they to be for M. Duhesme's compas sion, since he requests That they should voluntarily give him that which force cannot procure, considering the Lintentable state of indigence to which the Barcelonese have been already reduced. COMM/I.A, OCTOBER 1. Birgos was evacuated on the 22d ulthno by the Trench, after spiking their artillery and destroying theiipoirder. The next operation will be directed . against St. Sebastian. Frolfa• the situation of affairs, a great battle must soon take place, unless the French, retire altogether. Reinforcements are pouring in upon Blake's•army every day. ' To-morrow ,we expect 30,000 troops, pArt of which are English: and some from Portugal are on their way to join him. 'The Archbishop of To ledo (Don Louis de Bonbon;. nephew to Charles IV. and cousin to Ferdinand VII.) will, it is thought, be elected Regent of the Kingdoin. The Conde de Florida Blanca, who has been chosen President ad interim, is a man greatly attached to the English. The . Spanish troops under the Marquis de la Romasia ar rived off this harbour last night, and•have been or dered for Santandar and Bilboa. CADIZ,. SEPT. 20. * - On Saturday, the 17th inst. arrived here the Eng lish frigate the Phebe, Capt. Oswald, in two days, from_Lisbon, having on board Lord Wm. Bentinck, who landed, and the next day set out express for Ma drid, via Seville, on a special mission to the Central Junta. This day arrived a Seville brig, with the French General Bedell, and other officers of his division on board, all of whom have been placed in the castle of St. Sebastian, where they will remain till they embark for France—altogether they amount to seventy. MADRID, SEPT.I7. General Cuesta it named Commander in Chief of the army of Arragon and Castile, at the request of General Palafoz. Major-General „Lord William Ben tinck arrived here the day before yesterday. To-day arrived here the division of General Reding, which, it is sail, is on its march for Somo-sierra, to join the army of Old Castile. - The General will go to Grenada to organize the 20,000 men who have been enrolled there, and are now cloathed and equip ped. These, we are assured, will embark at Malaga for Catalonia, where it appears they have not:more than 5000 regular troops, the Iniqueletes not being such ; and that principality, besides,is deficient in ca valry. The•divisions of the Seignor Coupigni have marched for Arragon. The houses -and remaining effects ortliose who went away with Joseph Napoleon, and other persons devoted to the French, have been seized on by order of the Government. • .:.i. • SAN SEBASTIAN, SEPTA. The day before yesterday a Spaniard arrived here, who left Paris nine days ago ,- .they .say there are no other troops in that city than ' the•Cquards of Honour, which he saw reviewed by Napoleons .and that in his whole paisap from that •capitabto Bayonne, he did not meet with .more than 7 or 800 men ; yet, the French papers, lying, as usual, say that 200,000 men, conveyed in ten thousand carriages, are on their way to Spain. •• REYNOSA, SEPT, 2. ' We have received intelligence that the 4th division of our army, under the command of the Marquis of Portazgo, had entered Bilboa, after a strongly con tested action of three hours against two thousand French, of whom a number were killed, and the rest escaped to Vittoria. On our side we had some wounded. We have taken the greater part of the baggage of Mazarredo, who was with that division of the French, and made his escape with them. To morrow we expect the particulars. We have been assured, that our vanguard made itself masters of Pancorvo, distant three leagues from Trespaderne, where were the head-quarters. It is said the enemy made an obstinate resistance. We wait the confirmation of that report. Another letter of the same date, adds, that we took at Pancorvo four pieces of cannon ; but as there are letters from Trespaderne, fourteen leagues from Reynosa, which say nothing of the taking of Pancorvo; we cannot warrant it. PAI.ENCIA, SEPT. 2.5. On the 22d, at five in the evening, the French eva cuated Burgos, leaving seven cannons nailed up, their carriages cut to pieces, and a quantity of powder ren dered useless. From the SEMANARIO PATRITICO DE MADRID I f Se p t. 22. " An Officer of our army has communicated to us the f ollowing estimate of the position and numbers of the French troops in Spain on the 24th of last month, from a statement which a French Offi cer left behind him, in one of the precipitate retreats of the enemy. —Total of the troops; 39,120 men, including 6000 cavalry.— In Pampeluna, 1200 infantry and 300 cavalry.--In Burgos, 400 cavalry and some light troops. The rest of the forces were can toned in the Rioja. The line of the enemy's army extended from Cientruenigo to Miranda de Ebro. a The bead'-quarters of the Spanish army, cenunanded by Ge neral Blake, were, on the 13th inst. at Quintanilla ; those of the combined a rmies of Arragon and Valencia, at Sas ; and those of General Llamas, at • Agreda. The army of Castile has put itself in motion, directing Its march towards Aranda and Burgos de Osma. eserters who have come into General Blake, say, the greatest confusion and' discontent prevails in the enemy's army; and that deserters woup be very numerous, particularly from the foreign troops, if they did not fear to be ill-treated by the peasants. Many of the French soldiers have also deserted, and endeavoured to regain their own country; &heartened and in despair."—Diario de la Commit, Oct. 1. CORUNNA, SEPT. 15. We have -learnt with surprise that his Excellency D. Antonia Valdes has been ,arrested by General Cuesta, on his way from Luego.!.to join the Central Junta. For the satisfaction of all, it has, however, been published, that his person has been reclaimed by M. Castanos, which has been notified by a Cabinet Courier of this Government. LETTER FROM DON FRANCISCO MILANA, TO THE JUNTA HERE, DATED SEPT. 12. 44 At day-break on the 7th. instant we were sur rounded by eight columns.or divisions of the French robbers, all who could be collected from Barcelona and the other points, with a large train of artillery. Our brave troops made a noble stand ; but owing to the great rain our cartridges were spoiled, and our muskets would not fire. From St. Pedro Martir pother division attacked' us, who were driven bac k by my 200 men ; it 'war ' the good fortune of the enemy, that ° our ammunition was spoiled by the water. 44 Our loss consisted.of four killed, three wounded, and one prisoner. The enemy's, we are assureci,,Was great. 44 To-morrow morning I shall take possesion of , the same, or other heights equally advanta•*eous for attacking the enemy. f 4 I am expecting artillery, in order to give them battle en Tuesday, &c." VALLADOLID, SEPT. s 4. Letters received to-day by the post from brine the pleasing intelligence that all the Fr precipitately left that city. SANTANDER, SEPT. es. Five thousand Spanish troops from the army 4 General Blake have taken Bilboa, and obliged th French who were there, to fly, leaving behind - a gnu part of their baggage. BAN BOY (CATALONIA), SEPT. 4. (Dispatches from the Count de CaMagian), " A short time before day-break, the day b e f ore yesterday, the enemy advanced and attacked ou r forces at Llobregat, on the whole line formed from St. Boy to the bridge of Molins de Rey. They began the attack on the points of St. Boy, and the centre, and shortly extended it to hiolins de Rey. They attacked St. Boy with two pieces of cannon, and a consider able body of infantry and cavalry, much strong* than the body which was garrisoned there, and they advanced to the attack with more intrepidity th an usual. " The fire was kept up for a long time by both parties ; and the enemy, though his artillery was o f larger calibre than ours, lost a great number of me n; but they cannot be counted, as it is known they butt; their dead. The French endeavoured to possess themselves of the bridge of Molins de Rey, the position I corn. manded ; and though his cavalry attempted to p ens . trate in every part, they were always driven back. I 'confess that it was the continued and welldirected fire of my artillery which arrested the progress of the enemy, who made an attack upon this post aler t with 2000 infantry, picked men, 200 cavalry and at . tillery, of a larger calibre than ours, which, amt. ding to all our information, was commanded by D i . hesme himself. It is certain that I was attacked with 'vigour, and was obliged to draw back on my right ; but at three in the afternoon, the enemy was not dis. posed to pursue the attack, and retired as usual, exer. cising the usual acts of devastation, burning, in re. venge, the few houses they passed ; but I am sure that his loss Much exceeded ours." . . PORTUGAL. OPORTO, SEPTEMBER 7. The wounded and sick Eng:ish Officers-and sol. diers have been received here by the Nobility, Clergy, and all other persons of distinction, with all the attention due to our generous allies. They were. landed from on board several transports on the 30th and 31st of last month. The common soldiers were • conducted to the R oyal Military Hospital, establishesi _ _ . . in the Benedictine Convent in this city, and the Oft. cers provided with decent lodgings. His Excellency the most Reverend Bishop, President and Governor, visited the hospital in person, and administered even pecuniary relief to those who stood in need of it. On the 4th inst. appeared in sight of this port, Z English ships under convoy of the Pluto frigate,- which sent on shore eight chests with money, con. 4 signed to private individuals of this place. SEPrEstIiER 3.—We have received the following account of the operations of the Combined Army subsequent to the battle of Vimiera : " On the 22d August we marched from Obidos for Lourinha, the enemy being on our left, and sve saw some of the piquets and viaettes, who seemed to observe our march. Our General , sent Lieutenant-Colonel Sarmento to the English General in Chief, to inform him of our approach ; and the latter returned for answer, that he expected every moment to be attacked by the French, and that we were to form the rear guard, as there was reason to apprehend that the enemy would endeavour to prevent our junction with the British army and attack us; we halted, and tormed in line of battle, in order to ascertain the enemy's viedrs.— saving remained in this situation about an hour and a half, and finding that the enemy did not make his appearance, we put ourselves in motion on the road to Vimiera, where the English head-quarters were established. our-rnarch to that place we learned., that the French - General Kellerman had arrived there to pro. pose terms of capitulation ; we accordingly encamped at a spot some distance from Vimiera, and our army may now be considered as having formed a )'unctiot► with the British troops, and to form with them one combined army." LISBON, SEPTEMBER 19. After the terms of capitulation had been agreed upon, the French came • from all their out-stations, and prepared for their departure; the English ad/ vanced, and lay in different places near the town; where they suffered innumerable hardships until the expiration of the 25 days ; and as many of them had not their camp equipage, they slept in the open fields like so many sheep. The division under General Spencer came up, and lay more than a week in an open plain, a few miles from the town. The morning after their halt, I rose while it was dark, and taking with me a German friend, we went out to meet them. In the front were 800 Riflemen, in fine dark-green uniforms. About a quarter of a mile further, on the ght, lay the 79th regiment (Cameronian Highlan ders )—a body of men, I conceive, not inferior to any in existence : they were then nearly all asleep on the grass. They were about 1200 strong after the bat- tie ; and these were the men the French so much dreaded the sight of ; and I do not wonder at it, for even when asleep they made my friend, the German, tremble. To be sure, they had not been under cover for some weeks, and heir grim faces and hairy knees are well calculated to excite fear. In the centre of the ground was another regiment of Highlanders : most of the other troops were Irish. Generals Spen cer and Cameron had the use of two small tents ; all the rest, without distinction, lay on the ground. I 'When the Officers awoke, I gave them all the infor ; xtation I could respecting Lisbon, &c. They took possession of a square in the suburbs until the morn mg of the 15th, when they entered the city, and caused the happiest day Lisbon ever saw. As the English came in, the French retir 1, leav ing their. tents standing, to impose upon the people, arid prevent commotions. When at the river side, they were surrounded by the British horse and toot. The air rung with acclamations of joy, in welcoming the red coats. Many of the French Officers who had straggled from *the town were mal-treated and some lost their lives. I saw a French surgeon killed by a . ~~