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FROM ME FKR.VOII PAPERS. TALA VPM A, JULY 29. The p44iusa arm) *Nick was in Portugal ender General Wellesley, after having joined the inrargaisli inn*. (pasta, baJ marched against the first corm, hispittsg, with triple number., to beat in sneered its jispetiot2, with the troops under %Penile,. • • Already had the English flattered theerseives with getting to Madrid . ; but the events that have passed during the thrlie . days that bare elapsed; have a good deal deranged the plats of the cam. pin. His Majesty, after the pff.iir of the 28th, continued to pursue the enenag, who arrived oil - sloe position'of Tale vont, and" in trenched them selves. lilt disposition., announced an intention of inaloishaug himself to the last extremity ; yet,. • after having been viguroinsfy attacked by the •Irnmsch army, having Jost a part of his iniantry and a whole regiment of cavalry, he abandoned his position. In these eivtaifistanees the French have proved, as they have always done, that, whatever be the position and number of their ene mies, they ma overcome all obstacles. The and insurgents sustained great luss—ours is in eousiderable. General Latour hfaubourg's division catered Talavera this morning. We have received news from Marshal Sottlt ; he mareiteil on the '2sth in this direction of Pl.f. geolja.—((renelle did Madrid.) , PAWS, Aro. 12.—We have letters from Santa Pasta, of she .2811 i ult. at ten p. in. which men. Hun the new sictory.xained over the English, Por tuguese, and insurgents. The lost of the Engliah is enormous. We took 800 infantry prisoners. and a whole regiment of cavalry. This regiment was taken by one of ours, which opened its ranks to receive the charge, and then cut off their re. treat. The rest of do column, which constituted the whole Jerre of the enemy, is in full retreat. Viola :11unich of the 31st we hear, that the West sews from Bohemia announce, that on the White Mountain, near Prague, an ititreisched &amp is harming, to which the Austrian army w.II retire if peace be not signed. FRASSIORT, ALa. 4.--Gen. Funk, who or_ tired here ou the night of the has bruught, be. sides the news that on the With the bases of peace were established, a very gracious letter from the Emperor Napoleou to the Lag of Saxoay.—(Go. itite de France.) • Natt.zg, Judo 9-I:—.WIS Majesty bas issued the follawing Decree: • • e, ill these of Der Yaaplitan subjects who arc now fight ing antler the enemyty guerr, and nil' hereafter abandon thee, sit-VI be at 11.4t,ty either out to eater Lite service; or' if they w il l, they may hove the muse rank winch they ea jnyed weer the meths. They *al not he prosecuted for any past offence ; u.s the roatenty, all who shalt be pikes with aro• to their h ib 1, flunk peniabeil wiabitihoth." JULY t6.—The Eitgliskdestroyetrike fortifies. tient of Ischia and Procida before they evacuated those is:ands. 31ONICH, JULY 31....-Generall• Beaumont has collected - eight thuusand men at Stottprd, under the orders of General Lagrange. General Picard kas recOred orders to advairce beyond Kempten to Fussell. The Wurtcniberg troops are marching against Bergen's ; • but ire have received intelligence which induct* us to believe that the Voralberg will fol low the advice of Commissary-General Sehneider, and submit. COPENHAGEN, JULY 23.... At Cronstadt all measures have been taken necessary to arcrt any mischief which might arise from a bombardment by the English. MADRID, JULY 28.---liis Majesty the King b.tang informed that many persons who hareaban. Boned their residences, in order to go into pro. vlnces occupied by the insurgents, have deposited their Parers, lireporty, and rifeets in the hands of their re atious and friends, has passed the follow ing decree M All the depositories of property, paper% , and erects, to persons who have abandoned chow dwellary, t i t= repo t is OW 111196 fr lIK, elf ittl•ftig to the sup pressed a i assterito ri, easeetas, shall rennin Mosta the ad adoistraton Of priNl property, who.. shall i/re Ora a re titatfuorf I ss ar eri pr me oiseet . 4 y el which say y ll' il lnv ill e r i u - se c - e E r. drill re els* ik reward in proportion to the ...hie 'of suse4nipartv. All true who basin such drew in their shill wet, within the tens iif ti 3 days from the rs=l:o of the he decree, deliver is a declaration of the sane. WWI he ',evenly polished. The produce of low Alerts roll Wing to the palate treasury." Montag, Jut.' 30.- -A Royal Edict has jest been published, ordering a loan to be raised in all the Provinces or the KingdM of Bavaria. Thu King states, that the following grovuds have 10. dacad h e to resort to this IllelSSAti:—. " We Lave bees obliged, his Majesty says, to make as- Maim cotillion is order to oppose the seamy s argosies with all OW Gime. The couroeeass.tsaae,aakewrrlitc sod Mau-b. neat el ear sehjects have been crawled with complete sow* trig. Tice eiemy has been iraveo out a f oar bloom, as thpaessistior h.lra signed, we may hope foe . 11bst Om seiner Co approach the cesoclissiso of Peace. the mom eight we to redouble our perseverance. 'The estraordioary Waalsof our army ate still the some and the !tarty and trass *Olney of toe kingdom must be maintained. The **dhow, reveler is the less *officas to meet these *envy charges. as on aceisont of Cie mat of ear having for some time been es tablished is ese kiatdous, manv distsicts bare not brea able to pay the meal tales. Unwilling to revert is these circum stances So ea esfraordiaary w.w tat, we lave thesight it ne gdelazu to mot to a Foetal him," &c.—( Morsiteser, 9t4 AlirreenAw, Aug. 3.—rfe appearance of the English off our coast hag produced a variety of false and contradictory reports, which we find duced to their just value, by the following obser vations inserted in oar Official Gazette of to-day: ani." Intelligence arrived here on the 30th of last month states, that a deet of about 130 sail of transports, escorted by some ships of war, ep. ra7dgthe preceding night off Dubang, in the e m o d eWalcheren. On the 30th, at night, the enemy's feet stood for Veer, and •hewed au in !ejition to attempt a lauding in the vicinity of Beak. There is reason to suppose that this pro_ jest has been carried into execution, because a eel, heavy cannonade was heard the whole even ing, as well as the following lamming, the sassy having occupied Schowen. No intelliipmee has of course been received front that point; what yen. den it probable that the English have ink good a landing in the Isilisill of Walcheren is tine. that signals of Seltowee and Walchertn do nu eureespontl. , Should the euemy suppose he .• Tif will be able to maintain himself in lathe islands, he *ill soon feel the necessity of relisPioishing that .roject, or be compelled to evacuate them by the force directed against him." The King arrived yesterday at his palace in Am. 4teril.im from Loci, which he left in the morning. •—(--alootteur, Aug: 0.)• • . . • 1 1 , 4 * FILM ES E GIMP. Tearterdifili lif it,e Mope, whittle . the Isontue of Canton addressed to the senior Commandor, Captains, ()dicers, petly.olfiters, and others, be. lousing tnt.lici English ships, at the port of Wham. poa, and which was delivered to the said senior Commander, Captain Milliken Craig, of the.k./- nhinsione, by the Mandarins, deputed_ by,, the Isnetoe, sender a campy of state, surrounded i k, Chinese Guards, under 4 arms, erected for ihe i p easion, on Freud' Islaltd, Oa the side of a in having a Chinese camp et oach side ; on hills, eac h elniut one mile dist:art, wad all in view from the van ships of the .llonourable Company's fleet, moored in line of battle, within gen-shut of the ramps. Other ramps were also in sight front the fleet, on the hills of more distant islands. Each camp WAS attended by a regular establishment of long coverid boats, for transporting the troops, with their tents, baggage, guns, ammunition, °ln vert, horses, the. &e. from one island to mitstber, at once. The country ships were towed &gird the river, clear of the Company's " I, the Mandarin Vic, by Lover of my Prince, Ismitoc of the two provinces of (Fong. tong and Quangsi, Member or the Tribunal of War, &c. direct this letter to the Captains, 015. cers, passettgers,and others belonging to the Kug. Hob ships, to warn you, that being' rertsin that your had kingdom is situated on an ivland of the! sea, and that you originally employed yourselves in making matches, to enable you to p 9 your tuxes; afterwards, by the especial anti profound goodness of our great Emperor, Who was desirous of benefiting you, he granted yna permission to come to this empire to trade. •BAlurd what exalted and profound virtue belong to him! ! I Notwithstanding this, the Admiral of your king. (torn, regardless of ,fills laws, has brought here, fur the first time, foreign soldiers, and without leave introduced them into Macant 'hod jtsur Chief Supercargo uniting with theta. tberfire, with one accord, making disturbances.:' being the case, jinformed the Emperor, Trons''whoin I have just received a decree, in virtue of which, I again send Mandarins deputed to lorfortn there, • ! that if they persist in detaioing the soldiers, .a great many troops shall be itmnediately • dis ' patched to destroy and extinguish them, and to terminate this affair, for the consequences of which, the - Admiral and Chief Superesegb will be responsible. But you, Captains, Officers, Passengers, and other people of the ilrilrs, shall be free front all responsibility, if you remain quietly in the observance of the laws, and after the sol diers of your nation shall be entirely withdrawn, I shall feel it my duty to inform the Emperor, praying him to have the goodness to permit you to carry on your trade u formerly. But if you, giving ear to, and obeying thu Admiral and Chief Supercargo, unite yourselves to them to create disturbances, when afterwards our Innumerable suldicrs shall arrive, who shall destroy _and born, even if you arc as bard as stone or jasper ; I shall then be 'unable to use you with any in. dulgence, or to free you from the net Sf Me laze iii which you will be ensnared. And in order that you may be obedient and discreet, I direct. this Chop to you. 44 In the 13th year of the Emperor_ Kia King, on the 17th day of the 10th moon (3d Dacembee t 1808.") • Meer. Reeeivea on the 4th Dec. illOB,. k.” 11.04 bands of the Mandarins delegated by the tic, who were the Military Brigadier Mandarimaillag, and the Quangchuu.foo (Governor of the City of Canton) Fa. • TO RIB EXCELCENCT THE TIetROY OF THE - FRO. •VICES Or QV ANO4TuNG AND 90A11011,1 IN TUE CIIINTSC MPHIL . " May it please your Excellency, " We, the undersigned Como:Tinders of the lion. English 'East India Company's ships at Wham ' poa, - for ourselves, our officers, and our con awn, have the exalted hoover to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency's most •greciuus fetter, delivered to us in French Island, no the 4th December, 1808, by the two MendaAins, *horn wo are informed it was your conoleacmod. ing pleasure to send : for thlt purpose. Our. nb. jest of visiting this country is pnrely fur comfier. , vial purposes, to continue in the tame manger that friendly and useful intercoorse which has existed for centuries, and now become, from it; magnitude, of the very first importance to both our vast empires. 66 We are Magid is our own eonatry, that obe dience to our Ines is the first essential to the well-being of the state ; the same must apply tut all couutries ; and we are, therefore, %ordered, and endeavour to venerate and obey poem s han ged' is the nature of our own laws and commits. lion, that we dare not, even iii a foreign °Gentry, depart from allegiance to our own country, nor to those who are dignified with its most exalted re. presentation. 4 6 We understand that our Admiral, who is an officer of high rank, at the request tif thoPortio. gum, landed some troops at Alamo, to help' ' them to defend it splint attacks from the Fredelt. This wicked natio*, ever show they merdeied their Sovereign, have, waged war upon all nation, within their reach, and, we understand,-:ars e now marching, by laud, to make war upotrothe celestial empire, as the British navy prevents then by see. 66 We of course wish to have no concern with any disturbances in the celestial empire, and we therefore most humbly implore yottr Excellency to order the trade to be opened,,' that we may find employment in the quiet habits el iadnstry, which • The name of nay ()hawse olitutt document. + T►e lliitesis properly at stake. in the first instance. was at knot lye millions sterns* in Canton. and aS much wire afloat a< W hanspott. la ((sauces Commutes ships, soil if 94 ships belnaging sts the mots of *With the gig WV , I S'T'ATESMAN. ' • • wo conceive would present bur oerviato being re. quired fur other purposes, but which, if called fur, our laws and our honour would compel us to obey, whatever might be the consequences. " With sentiments of the most profound-vene ration, and prayers fur your Excellency'i wel firelee beg leave to subscrike our names : " M. Cft A 1“. Senior Oliver. CHAR !XS PRESCOTT. WII.I.IAIS MOPFAT. HENRY MELO WY. JOHN LOLK E. WILLtAW DUNSFORD. -R. 11. DROWN. JAMI J. WILLIAMSON. • CHARLES-R. - LUKE 900I)5 First °Seer for W. A. MONT kGVE. First Oliver far It. IS ES 13.ETT. JIM LOC ILLIA M PA TI "jlon. Conspany's Shlit Elphlintone, Whninpors, Bee. 7, ft,tv." " I , Ironton, &c. in reply to your letter, have to inform you, that I.first thought that you, like . your merchants, came to carry on trade, and that you would not have joined with your superiors, I mean the Admiral mad Chief, to create disorders. Under this idea I sent you a Chop. But saving now that yon do not think proper to alter your way of thinking, using *a a pretence the protcc. tion of The Portuguese, I plainly know, that you have joined your opinions with those of the above superiors, remaining in the same vain hope. I, the Isontoc, have repeatedly sent my Chops, de claring, that as long as - there remained a single soldier at Nemo, and you would not obey any orders, / absolutely will not consent to your con. tinning to carry on your trade. if you do nut wish to trade, you may take away your ships as you think proper; but if you are de•irous of pursuing your mercantile negociations, it is neces sary to remain peveable, awl to obey the laws, relying,' with certainty, that after your troops shall have entirely evacuated Macao, that your trule shall be gratated to pan, as formerly.. As your letter declares that ran most, of courts, bey the laws of the imperial dynasty, this sheave that you have respect and veneration f.ir them, therefore, I have directed to you this Chop, with aili the efficacy possible, to open jet a way for yUu, tut after this dispatch, if your Admiral and you all will not change your sentiments, and if you send may more letters, I have given orders that they shall not be received. " In the 13th year of Kia King, 21st day of the 10th moon (7th Dec: 1808). (Received on the 9th Dec. 1808.) - t. . _ - - . - 'PROTEST A GAINS VONAPARTE. PHIS VII. PONTIFF. The dark designs, conceived by the enemies of the Apostolic See, hare at leitph . been accom. Wished. After the violent and unjust spoliation of the faireit and most considerable portion of our demi aims, we bebop' ourselves, under unworthy pre texts, and with so much the greater injustice, en.. tirely stripped of our temporal Sovereig.ity, to which Our spiritual independence is intimately, united. In the midst of this cruel. persecution we I arc comforted by the renection, that st e encounter such a heavy misfortune, but for any offence given to the Emperor or to France, which has always been the object of our affectionste• paternal solici i tude, nor from any intrigue of worldly but from An unwillingness to betray oar-duties.. To please men and to dispitiise God is not al. lowed to any one professing the'Catliolic iteligloh, I . atiti much less can it be permitted to its Head. and Promulgator. As we,. besides, owe it to God s andthe Church, to hand down our rights uninjortil and untouched, we protest against this new violent spoliation, and declare it voii4 and null. We reject, with the dement reso!ution, any al. lowancc which the Emperor of the French may intend to assign us, and to the individuals compo. sing our College. We, should all cover ourselves with ignominy in the face of the church, if we suffered our sub sistence to depend on the poster of bin who usurps her authority. We commit ourselves entirely to Providence, and to the affection of the faithful, and we shall be contented piously to terminate the bitter career of our sorrowffil days. We adore with profound hUmility God'sinscru. table decrees; we invoke his conamiseralion tepee our gond subjects, who ,ball ever be our joy and our crown ; and after.luaviug in ass hardest or trials done what our duties required of us, we cx. kart them to preserve always untouched the Jima and the faith, and to unite themselves to us e for the purpose of conjuring with sighs and tears, both by the cluset and before 'the altar, the Sis.. preme Father of Light, that he may vouchsafe lel ' change the base designs of our persecutors. Given at our Apostolic Palace, del Quirinale, this 10th of June, 1800. (Lec. Si,ai.) PIUS PAPA VII E Oltb MI/UN/CATION OP BONAPIRTE. plus VII . . PONTIFF. fly the authority of God Almighty, and of St. Paul angSt.. Peter, we declare you, and all your eo-opoiatiois in this acts of violence which you are executing,' to have incurred the same excummuni cation,whick we, in our apostolic letters, contem poraneously tatting In the usual places pf this city, declare to have been incurred. by all• thoic who, on the violent invasion of this city on the second of February of last year, were guilty of the acts of violence, against which we liAve pro. tested, as well really in so many declarations, that by our order, have been ironed by our succes. site Secretaries ofState, u also in two consistoyial collocations of tht lath of March, and the 11th July, tiloll, - ht , / mlli uon with all their agents, abettors, advisfrt aad whoever else have been ac cessary to, or hituelf been engaged in, the ezecu. lion of those attelipts. Given at Roan Santa Maria Maggiore, June 10th, in the 10th r ear of our Pon tiOcate. (Lac. 1 14 41 • X PicS PAPA IEPTI II r • 1 .. • •• o. w r PROVINCE Or ZE4L4ND. The following concise serpent of that province o f JloBand called Zealand, against which our Bs. pedition is directed, may prove acceptable to u m , readers, as furnishing an outline of the scene of operations : ZEALAND, a province of Holland, consists of islands formed by the outlets of the Scheldt. Ja the whole province are 121 towns and villages, sonic of whioh are very Irrge. The islanda of Walcheren and Schowen, on tho western' coast, are defended against the viotekee of the sot downs or saad.billsrerfd on the other sides, like the rest of the islands, by vast dykes, which at bottom have a breadth of 25 German elk, and at the top are so wide that two carriages may pass abreast ; the height is proportioned to the thick. ness. The left branch of the Scheldt, called the West Scheldt, coatains five islands—Walcheren, South Bevcland, North Bevelaitil, Wolfersdyk, and St. Joustland. The East Scheldt Conte= four islands—Schowen, Duyclaad, Tolen, and St. Philip's land. WALCHEREM is the most westerly island, about 13 miles from N. to S. and 8 from E. to W. Ji is separated from N. and S. Revelers(' by a narrow channel, and from Dutch Flanders by the mouth of the Scheldt, being surrounded on the other sides by the German Ocean. The capital of the island, and the whole province, is Middleburg, which is in tho centre of the island. The fortifications are *iron and regular. They have eight gates and twelve bastions to defend the ramparts, with large ditches filled with water, besides which its situ*. 'ion is such, that the country about it can be laid under water at ',leisure. Number of inhabitants, 28,000. Flushing lies at the south side of the 'slim!, and is said to be the key of the islands of Zealand. The port lip between two moles that I break the waves of the sea, which enters t..e 'gat% by two canals, farming two Ins ions, an that loaded vessels may sail into the town. Amu) lett is a strung sea.porl on the east side of the island —one Wipe from Middleburg!), and two from Flushing. Sunni Bsyszkrito is 24 miles long and 7 broad. —lts principal tow a is Gees, which is strongly fortified ; it has six gates, thrt next tha wow fuss tilted with two bastions : 10 miles from flushing. The island contains besides several villages. NORTH BEVELAND, is a small island, beim 6 miles long and 4 br oa d. N. E. of Walcheren. WOLFROOTK is still smaller, and lies betvreea the islands of N. and S. Beveland. Sr. JOOSTLAND contains only one village, and is separated from IValcheren by a narrow channel. Scilositis is the northernmost of the islands at the month . of the Scheldt; 14 miles from east to west, and about five from north to south. Ulric. see, the capital, is very ancient, having been built and surrounded with walls in 859; it is large and populous. Brewers Heaven is a sea.port on the north of the island. &merle is another sea-port, one league -E. of the former. DuYTRLAND is separated from the S. F. part of .Schowen by a narrow passage; it is 9 miles long, and 6 broad. ToLE,t is separated from the main land of Bra., bant by a canal ; about 10 miles long, and four broad. It contains two towns, Tolen and St. Martin's Dyck, and several villages. Tuleu, the capital, is a very strong And handsom e t ow n. Sr. Pump's Larva, a small island wWI only one village, and is separated from the east end of 'Schouten by a narrow channel. ' C i tosayu is in Dutch Flanders, and the south. ernmost of the'islands at the mouth of the Scheldt. 1: is preserved, like the others, by lofty dykes from the inunilalions of the sea, Cassaudria is the chief town. ,Gann is'a small island ne ar the mouth of the Meuse, ten miles in circumference, 2 ntiles N. of Schoiven: OiEnrt..sxci, fin island In' 'the Meuse, of which Sominerifyek is the capital, 2 miles E. of G aree. VUOAN is an island at the union of the Wahl and the Meuse,*of which Brie', situated ou the N. side, is the capital —it leas a good harbour. !mucosais an island it* the blouse, opposite Rotterdam. ICKLA MD Is an island in the Meuse, 4 leagues W. Duet. The city of Antwerp, which is supposed to be the altinsate object of the Expedition, foram se part of the former territories of Holland. This celebrated city is situated in a large plain about 40 miles S. E. from Flushing, on the E. side of the Scheldt, which is here of sufficient depth and uidth to admit vessels of great burden close to the quay. The commerce of this city, rather more than two centuries ago, was superior to any other state in Europe, 2500 merchant vessels arriving in its port in one year. In Ihso, the value of the merchandise imported that year amounted to 133 millions. But when the United Provinces threw off the Spanish yoke, haring gut possession of the entrance of the Scheldt, they sunk obstmsetions ' in (be channel to prevent a free navigation. The town is qurroutided hy a wall and regular fortifies. buns. Toe 113 . 1 igatiou of use river was deducd free in August 1791. We air glad to learn that the Fri:Heti Govern. meat have so far relaxed from their severity to. wards the British subjects, whom the chance of . war has throwto into their hands, as to release a number of women and children ht'longit►g to sol diets, sixty-two persons of these de•c►ii , 'ioes having just arrived in the Hercule French cart►•! at Uartinouth. While, however, we ha►e the sails. . faction to make this communication, we arc con. cerued to b:• obliged to add (which we do from au thority) that these wretched women and children were embarked at Morlais on Sunday week last about three o'clock, and were landed at Dart.. mouth on Tuesday evening at seven o'clock, dur ing w b:ch time they had ►wt been supplied on hoard the cartel with sustenance srf any hind whatever, although it has been tha custom vs( the British Go. vernment to provides free conveyance, with pro. visions, to French women and children of a siwi. tar descrfpOon, alio hare beets sent from time to time from this country', . • l' ..!