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F not a persoln who is not willing to assist ii cur:.,a- iug Ms religspit and country. Every malt is a vol der, nod ever! soldier is, no host its himself. . Such is the force of enthusListn. The inisfortuite is, that having a* many ern*, iie hare too officers to tlit.l:t them ; if there w6 , e, there is nothing winch we 4 raid not effect. ~ " As the vessels arc about to sail, I have mot now time to sitsseere o l usii•lluat I have seta, which np pears to me, in fact, like a dream. " On the ethic, fifty heroes of Austerlitz were brought here, who were wet to us from Coimbra, wain they were seized by the students and inha • To make sure of them, they bound thetas to other with coeds. i " the t 7th. another scene more itriking oc bert coiled. • Forty FreitCll, who resided here, were IVIPOVeyed from prison to a vessel, which carried them +iis. ta the Euglisla squadrou. TIMIS we got rid of the ranch i but whea shall we get rid of the rascals 'ere in their interest I • Lois ()briers was brought here front St. The .., *sere he was arrested, put into the common it, mud afterwards sent to the Castle of Fox with .; s uspected persons. - Thc-prrivinees of Atiaho, Tres dot Mantes. and /Mrs, follow our exatnple. We are anxious to .e.v what }sissies at Lisbon, with which our cam •-suissisication is cut off. .... " Two thansand the hiindred Frenchmen, cern manard by Goers( Loison, were advancing . to this place. Phis furious and sanguinary neu, it is reported, itateaded to make a dreadful example of the inhabitants of this city, on account of the joy manifested b 1 them when the Spauiards seized Questscr, the Freock Cointnandant. But en his arrival at Megas Frio from Almeida, being istform nil of what had taken place, he retreated to Larnego„ whae he vossmitted dreadful carmage." "JULY S. " Yesterday a plot of a counter-revolution was ai.cevered. ha it were coacerued two of those who *hewed themselves most zealous et first. Luis Pauline, who was also coticerued in it, or suspected of being so, was arrested to-day. A Junta of the Supreme Clovernmesit was held, and in all their acts the greatest dignity. zeal. and circumopection were uppercut. From Lisbon we hear nothing. Mace the cominunicatiou is entirely cut off. It is Reported that Janet is entrenching himself, but it is uartaia that the whole kingdom of Algiure has Oaken off the yoke wbich oppressed it. How differ ontistheappearmos of Oporto, joy beaming in every ilimateusuce, from what it was. a few days ago" " JOLT*. " Spain pee us the example, which was t imme- E y litleoved by the province of Tras dos Monter. mid aH the couutry between Douro end did sot delay long after. Beira imitated alto Milli Algarve did the same on St. John's Day. Am With they massacred all the French whom they iffy, sod their perfidious adherents. Lisbon ro iled/1a to be rc-conquered, where Junot still COM.. Mee& ; but his reign will be for a few dabs only, eessidering the pro:unity of the Spoiniah troops, who are advancing to beserge him. •We lied hardly shaken off the yoke which op timised as, when we were on the point of being de stewed. Some perverse spirits, who had sold themselves to iniquity, had formed a plot to plunge its inta the former chaos, and to reduce the town to ashes, in order to raise themselves upon its rules. They had planued to destroy the existing Govern. relent, which could not have heel' effected without much blood and slaughter. Pro v idence saved us. The conspiracy was discovered, the conspirators were arrested, mid their trials will commence im mediately. We are use yet acquainted with the it acesmidiers, 1 shall therefore not give you their shames. Luis Pauline, however, is one of them, if you recollect the name of such a fellow. hlsinuel Freer, Florin-ator of the city, was also arrested yesterday, osi account of his bad conduct, cud con -weed to prison amidst a tkeusaild insults of the ' 11A-women lied weds. • ' "Ish:s dov an Euglish brig of war entered the . . ewer, amid ..,nu.• up as far as the bridge, where there 4 - was already a Por‘tiguese sinned vessel to defend • the town. We have a regiment of Ecclesiastics, eith their colours, &toes. HIGCI Inoue. Friars anti Canons. intermixed. anis soldier., mount the Bi shop's guard. 'l pie Familiars of the Holy (Are are dressed io regimentals, with their Abbot at their head." " Jima 6. 84 Noce yon left this place, a plot has bten de ftcred, ellsiAt was laid to eriect a complete counter revolution ; the primipale of which, Late Camiido, Brigadier of Engineers ; 7.laiincin Maris, Captain wf A, ti.a.r, ; sae Cadet of the Legion, and enoti.er ILicitetiaot of Artillery. have already been arrested ; awl in g.meral all the Artillerists have been dis mined. 'I'M plan of those traitors has not yet transpired ; thus h, however, is ktiowo, thse they had a seerct niiderstandmg with the French; and that, in orderto effect their purpose, the guts Jima of Almeida had been joined hv none mope AlltsLamego, and actually eidertirraTelew Who" from listaego, to the 1111113SCT of 4000 men, eifth td pieces cenoon, in their way In this city. Ilia *tiled, that all the Artillerists were bribed, and that otany of the first ;;er.tletnett of this city were ilitlvlicated iu the conspiracy. The btil of Jniy was she day appointed for its exploston, when a greet .teal of blood would have been spilt hen:, if an di...every had brei made. The people are greedy exasperated, and justly so. they call for vengeance. " A great many Firlidgos (or gentlemen; will have to insect' to prison, end we opect great and bonttninary scenes. " LUIZ Pouliot' wtts also arre•oed yesterday. feel lunch regret. tit itis tittfortuteste would Dave XOllO to %Co' them lull; eiut.r, if I 4 . 141 not tf Lit would lte veuturing tuu muk It fur the pw-seut, os the *milled suipielool lend. to notate dilate uniteistmtnott. 1 sh:111 taut: further inn ticto - lore iu my next." MOM TUE UC rcii TAPEAS cwFKpaae,l,•illlltt 26. It is at.erterl, that the rrw.‘on or the knismider stuacling which prevails beta ctli the lgoglis:i thy Swrsles, Rod which lies hitherto prevented tire lie - ding of the troops .arrived st Gotteolmrgh, that a demand ens made on the part of Eir.,irtnel to oacopy *lour two taxon places, nauteli, Cic.t.tu- burgh and 11arstrand, which Sweden hes hitherto 110 i conceded. • Six or our gun-boats. which sailed from Kinee Bay on the morniug 61 the 20th, were attacked by en English ship of war. After a pertly lung Call- , rionade the ship or the line sheered off. sad our hoots proceeded on their voyage. ann. JULY 4. All the letters received from Fuhoax and Jet laud, :peak in high terms of the discipline anti good order which prevails among . the Spanish troops, as well as of the good spirit with which they are animated. They have heard with great satisfaction of the accession of the King of Naples to the Throne of Spain. It is asserted, that they have seat an Address to their new Sovereign, and requested the Prince of Ponte Corvo to offer to him the homage of their fidelitii and attachment. The Officers of this army are already anticipating the return (under the Government of a Prince of the Imperial Family) of that gloantis era, which will reetore to the Spanish nation its aucieut lustre."— (iisatitarg Correspondent.) MATTA% JUNE 25. The following intelligence has been brought over from Sicily by a prisoner of war:—The force to which the defence of Sicily is entrusted, consists of 10,000 English troops, and 9,000 Italians ; mostly robbers on the highway, formed into regi ments ; but the misunderstanding between these different nations is so great that it resembles a civil war. Some Officers of King Fewdritand have been caned by the English troops on a certain occasion. The Court of Sicily being well convinced that the said force is pot sufficient to defend the Island, has called out a Lery-en-otasse, which has caused very great discontent among the Sicilians. In order to quell this discontent, and to organize the levy. the sons of the higher families in Sicily have been appointed Colonels, and the troops of the line are deprived of the few good Offi-. eery whom they hail. All this causes additional perplexity, which was prevalent every where, when the report was spread that Admiral Galitheatirue had unpaired in the Mediterranean ; in one. quar ter you would see hope, in another fear, and in a third uncertainty ; however. the Court did not ne glect to reinforce the capital, and at the same time to secure the proper means fur their intended es cape.--(Moitireur.) . GIBRALTAR PAPERS. GIBRALTAR, JUI.T 2. IN TIM ISLAND or MAJORCA- D. VERDINAVD VII. MHO Or SPAIX ♦SD ADJACENT 11114.11 D, •ID, IV ■ti DOTAL HAVE, HIS VI CILLISICT VIZ OF HIS AUNT MID !NO NO I sake it hewn to the Mattel and loyal ieleahltanto of this gilaied, that het eight I easrened, ie my palace, a meet in. composed of all the Constituted Authorities, to lay be forethem t►e coarse which. ought to he pursued wider the eighties eiresioistanets, is which both my loyalty, and the unanimous wish of the people require, that we should con fines to acknowledge Ferdinand VII. as our lawful Soya- Nita, in consequence whereof it was unanimously agreed erre, that three Weeds shall einitiatte faithful to Hie Ma jeaty Ferdinand VII. To which end, end that we may have the beeefit of the fell exercise of t►e right of Seveviripty, in his name, as far as mislead, a Board wee appointed, w►ich will be'ls t►is evening to sacrum the same, and pub► lish what may be deemed conducive to the preeparky of this island. ATe DISIM stall be sung, and t►aa shall be a Levee, Royal Seigle, aaJ Illainieatioa. (Signed) D. JUAN MICUF.L DE VIVEI. By Command of His Escelleisey, and as Secretary autho rised by the Board . (Rivard) BARLOTOMI JOCIAS. Royal Castle of Palms, %fay 30, time. The Supreme Bourd has sent me the following letter : Mo•T trans Stn—D. Diestioio Capes, Mesaber et this Board, and an Essig* in the Navy, accompanied by t►e Portuguese Captain, M. Sehastiens Marlines, is going, in the name of t hie Hoard, to infiam y our Moat herrn, irbseve of the oreurreeeee Inch hare lately taken place; and as they are thought important, it has been deemed requisite that be should give you a verbal account of the shine, that you may take the resolution and 'lend us the saisistance tibia' we stated is used et May God, Ste. &e. (.tigneti) MARQUIS DE CARRIAN. Aysmuate, June 90. The purport of thi+ verbal information is, that I the French have been driven from the forts on the right bank of the Guidiena, opposite to iti) aisionte; the inhabitants of the left, assisted by tie few Re gulars who were there, and a handful of armed Portuguese, have beaten the French troops, by which they were garrisoned, and hoisted the Spanish flag in every one of them. The low of the enemy ainonets to 91 prisoners, and a number killed. The whole of the kingdom of Algarve lain a state of insurrection, Villa Real, and Cashornasin, as well es the batteries of Caitaaquera, and St. AMOR, -inssieisoost-taken possession 05.—The rebel Mallet has been hands:Laded, and let down into a dry well, with 26 other individuals. The remainder of the French troops have gled to the mountains. Faoirii, Faro, and Aillon, are up in arms, end the military chests of the Irene h hive been wised; the few Spanish troops above mentioned, consisted of Cata lonians, Provincials, and a small number of Mur- A Portngitese Captain is come to inform the Board, that Alpirvit and the whole kingdom wish to he under its protection, in the muscat Ferdinand vll. PARTICULAR' OF THE ACTION BETWEEN TWE FRF.NCH SQUADRON AND THE BATTERIES AT CADIZ. (Flom Tht Cbra"isle) ROYAL. &ALE OF LION, JOSE 10. At a quarter past three iti the e►ening of the 9th instant, the batteries on the channel ski Trovadero openul upon the French s q uearoit, commisitiug of three ships of the line and the arsenal of the Cornea, of the store-houses. and na:tgriine‘ situated at the point of the Crinterg, followed iatu}edistt:) ; and acre supported by the flotilla Aatio.tedin the bald arsenal.and i,y thft on the Cadiz station, wine/tam:lmm! opposite Furze Luis, while the French ships themselves lay in die can.! of the arsenal, in such a position; that they were out of the reach of the cannon of the amities, as well as of oar own ftquutfron. The French ship of the line, Algeciras, finding herself greatly an- - islyeti by the mortar buttery of the Canters, di rected the whole other tire a g ainst it, and succeed ad in die.mounting its ordnance, but without killing any of the men. The gain-boat. No. 17, com manded by Ensign (of frigid,) Valdres, and Escu lent's Alistico were sunk, but nu lives lost, as, dur ing the whole of the engie;einetit we had but three or four killed, and as tautly *minded. With respect tot he eiteiny, we are unacquainted with the extent of their loss. Their ships have suffered iu their bulb, but not in their masts, the Algeciras alone having lost her fore-top-mast and cross-jack-yard. A few shot from the enemy's frigate fell into the arsenal, one of which killed one of the slaves ; three reached the storrm, but did use harm; IA the magazines which were empty ; and others, va rious other places. Oue of the enemy's gun-boo:e blew up, and three boots were lowered from the stern of one of thi it hoe-of-battle ships; but whe ther with people in then, not known. Toe firing on both sides coasted at tight o'clock; and during the remand of the night, our beaches continued to throw iiWiv uhelb., and the French did the saute, so that it did tint appear to be an action, but rather minute-gulls fired upon the death of a General Offi cer, until nine this morning, when the enygerneut was reuewed, with greeter activity on both sides, to three o'clock in the afternoon, at which time the hero, Rosilly's flag-ship, hoisted a Spanish Ong on the fore. On this the Prince, one of our ships of the line, hoisted a flag of truer, tired one gun, and sent off her barge. She was an hour and a quarter upon this mission ; and, on her retorts to the Prince, she was observed going to Cadiz. Our General was afterwards summoned to that city, and is not yet come back (half-past nine), so that the re sult is not known. The firing, of mune. had dis continued ever since the said hour of three. This evening they are erecting a battery of 8 twenty-four pounders, close to the bridge of the new town, which, in case matters should not be ad justed, will he ready to-morrow morning, and from its advantageous situation, may annoy the enemy very much. The Argonauts (a ship of the line formerly be longing to the French. who exchanged her for one of ours) also wept out of the Carmen, this even ing, for the purpose of taking up a favourable po sition to fire upon them, together with a large mer chantman. within half a copilot shot. The latter is a little below Puntales, and provided with artil lery ; and it is said that there are, in loth, furnaces for heating red-lot bails. The French kept up a very heavy fire during the afternoon, particularly the head-ship cad the fri gate. CADIZ, 3UWI 14. Last night it was notified to the French squadron. that a new battery of thirty 36-pounders, and eight 34-pounders, was ready to open upon it, within half a cannon-shot, in case it should not surrender. This looming, at seven, no answer having been re= turned, the signal for general action was made on board the Prince; upon which the French surren dered at eight. The Officers wanted to fight to the last, but the crews revolted against thew, and com pelled them to strike. The General of our squadron immediately repaired, in his barge, on board the French Admiral's ship, and returned to his twit with the French General. The many vessels which were in readiness, either to give assistance in case of shipwreck, or to remove the crews, in ease they surrendered, went alongside the ships of the line, and, in the course of the clay, the latter were moa ned by our sailors, all the French basin; beet pre viously removed. The seamen have been conduct ed to the four towers in the Carraca, the marines to Pantiles, and the otfieers on board a ship in the Bay, which has been fitted out for that purpose, and is called Positiin.—(Sewilk GaTette.l Mere finless the Official Note of the frets % Adviral to Hid Captaia-Geueral of Cadiz, st the time of on summits it bas bass given is Tut MISTIII3I PAW.] maw, (rostuaAL,) J11)111 10. Positive intelligeoce has* been received from Li.- bon, that almost all the French troops are moving to different points, and that the remainder, with Gen. Junot, are fortifying themselves in St. George's Cas de, where they have collected provisions and ammu nition. Whatever was in the arsenals, they have removed to the forts ; and it is even added, that they inteed to enter into articles of capitulation with the nation. The few troopi which were in Evora, filed otttowardeßeyra, and were very near being attacked by the people, in conseqamice of the threats of the French Commander, who war under the necessity of departing without the• 401..0.i -dits which he had demanded. Vl e art inforine(l, that in 113cia all the inhabitants are up in arms, only waiting for tile signal to attack, and for somebody to ht.-ad them. SEVILLE, JUN& 18. We learn. by several Official l'apero, that the Grand Duke of Berg has, at the request of the Board of Government at Madrid, writeuded the march of the French troops to the province, which have proclaimed Ferditiaucl VII. I). Manuel &mantra, Lieutenant of the Pavia Drarons, who left Madrid on the 9th instant, and joined ont atm:: on the 15th, has communicated the following p4rtieulars : The French garrison in "Madrid does not amount to three thonsand men. The Duke of Berg con tinued in the Mo . !.elova, whence he intended to re move to the Retire, as soon as it sh3uld be Corti ricd. Moncey's division, comoisting of fo ar or fivetbousaud men, had to3rehed out of Madrid, making inqui. ries respec.ing the roads which lead to several pro vinces, so that its destin.ttion is not known. The division, formerly quartered in the Escurial, which had proceeded against Segovia, and was six thou sand strong, was beaten by the Segovians, on the 661, with a -loss of three thousand men. One morning, a party of volunUers of Spain, who were in Madrid, having given their bait of cora to their horses, the Serjeant ordered the saddle and middle-hags to be ;mt on, and the party to form on tits Barley-square. lie next mustered them, and ordered them to mottat, draw their swords, and sound a march through Toledo-Port -street. The French guard at the gate immediately fell in, and paid them the military honours. The Serjestit returned the usual salute, and the party deserted, nor hare they been heard of siuce. Of the letters, by the Ivie Bayonne Mail, which reached Madrid previous to the above-rnentiene4 o. 4 .icer's departure, Muni had not allowed a single oue to be delivered. without excepting even those which were directed to individualsur hia own anny. A French courier, from Manzaneres to Madrid, had been intercepted at Matirilrjos. At were three hundred French men, who, having set out upon their march to Du. pont's army, were attacked in Val del Pettit, by the inhabitauts. After an action, which lasted tao hours, and in which they lost one hundred and fifty me.i. and destroyed almost all the hor.es, they withdrew to Manzanares, where they have it WA been captured. The Puerto del Rey is guarded by about three thousand men, and two pieces of ordnance are con ducting to that point. • BAYONNE. WAY 42. We tiiintit oar duty to give a short account of what has happened to our August Sovereign, Fer dinand VII. ever since he arrived at this town. Hetwocited it nu the 20th of 'April, at two in the afternoon. In order the better to deceive him, the Prince of Neufchatel. aed the Grand hinter of the Palace, Duvoc, atten !ad by several Generals and Aids-de-Camp, had gone to inect him. and waited on hint to his house. r Napoleon, pursuing his artful system,. mud with a view the better tp sor priee him, shewed'hina great attentionveand was ha vish of dernonstratiens of friendship and eietetity. giving Min a numerous guard of honour, dining withhim, and professing a great regard for his per son. But what must have been the astonishment of our beloved Sovereign, when, in the very first sitting, be propoied, that he should abdicate ti,e Throne. of Spain, ascend that of Etruria, and ' marry his niece ? Although thunderstruck at what he was hearing, our young Monarch Answered with the dignity by which he is distinguished, positively rejectibg so degrading a proposal; and the ter, Ceballos. upon this aud other occasions, meted with a firmness and honesty which render La commendable. Four days after our Sovereign's arrival, his reti nue and guard were take. from hitn, the Jews of the National Guard being left alone to do duty 'shout his person. Frequent conferences took place ; Charles IV. his Queen, and Godoy, were hourly expected ; but, in the mean time, rcapo leon had notified to the Grandees, in our Sovereign's suite, that they would answer with their heads for the person of their Prince. To Ferdinand himself he gave to understand. that he had resolved upon the extinction of the Bourdon llynality, as the COW. bivatioas of the Empire were iucompatible with those of that House ; . and 3 et. that, as a proof of his excessive moderation, be insisted upon his ac cepting the Throne of Etruria. At the sa.ne time he desired the Grandees to persuade him to ac cept this otter, and indeed there were a few elle suggested the propriety of complying; but the young Prince auswered, Vitt nature, and the suf frages of his subjects, had given him the theme of Spain ; and that he would prefer death sweetest his Spaniards, before universal Monarchy, rather out of gratitude, than actuate) by a wish tv reito ; thus making a suitable return to the n:any pr. , Is they had given him of their attachment and loa'- ty. He rebuked Napoleon, with a degree cf energy, for so vile a deceit, and for the perfidy wits which be bad enticed him from , among his side jectsi bat Napoleon answered very coolly, thet i the business had not been managed so prudeatly Murat and Ilessieres had orders to secure hi Person, and lniug him to France. On the sth May, the meeting was presided by Napoleon and Charles IV. and attended by th Queen, the Prince of Peace, and all the men note of both nations and parties. This sittin lasted lice hours and a lu,lf, when, among all shameful things, which cvslit to be buried in letter, the Queen 4(ldt-es ed her son Ferdmaiel the following purpert. :—" Treacherous son, have been, fur sesetisl yArs, plotung tleatG