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I 1 1 thrs day is y1111.1311(.1, battasousely printed tn.d rots. en • Price tl. lbs. boards, T I/E HISTORY of tit.. !IELVETIC RE PUBLICS. By FRANCIS HARE NAYLOR, Ey. !Printed for J. lastentan, 22, Poultry. Of whom may be bad, just peibliabrd k The PRESENT STA r E of TURKEY ; or, A Desseip , too of this Civil,,pnd Religious Constitstion, Government, sod Laos, of the Ottoman Empire. ‘ By 'rho . 1101. Thornton, Esq. Second Edition, with curreetions and additions and illustrated by a Map of the Earl-lib Empire, sada Plan of Constantinople, bath beautifully and seen. rawly r iu graved on purpose fur the w o rk, m 2 Vols. ten. els. bowls. The HISTORY of BARB.IDOS, from the first Disco very of the Island, in the year ',boa, till t he Accession of Lord !004th, loos. * Avila Poyer. Neatly priuted in ene leer 'Pot a/o. 11. Lae. tits, boards. F' TO THE PROPRIETORS 01 EAST-INDIA STOCK. Laois AND GIN LLLLL T CANNOT, in terms adequate to trey feelings, express Illy sense of gratitude, for the distinguished ho *oar you were pleased to Confer upon me yesterday. Elected certainly by a very larm majority, although the serutioeers of the ballot, fm reasa:at unknown to me, have thought pro per to keep lorerct the number.; coatr.try to my wishes, I can but consider it the proudest ' illy of my life. end its tin , peeerion upon my mind will hest he manifested by the fideli ty cud zest with which 1 shall discharge in duty to the Com pany. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your devoted and obliged bumble Servant, DiEtter-sinemi, Oct. 19, 11109. JAMES DANIELL. ~~ 1 0 0 R EIG N IN TR LLIG ENC FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE AM) FOR TUGUERE PAPERS. TREVL. SEPT. 4. The unhappy inhabitants of Sarsgus,:4,.lhOlinve essvived the most dreadful siege, and the most de struitive epidemy, are now undergoing a treatment scarcely less hard than death itself. After sir rainy ealamitieo, the barbarous Sachet has levied upon them exorbitant contributing*. and allowed his sol diers to cut down the corn, before it was ripe, to feed their horses, without being moved by the tears of the unfortunate widows and orphan*. To 'this are added many other vexations, one of which is, that so name, upwards of 14 years old, can go about the street, without a permit fur that purpose, fur which he must pay. SETT. 5. The Commissioners of this Board sent iatelli rence. under yestefcluy's date, that the enemy oc cupy nearly the softie liositions they did previous to the relief of Gerona. notwithstanding which, their bre upon the fortress has considerably slackened.— fGoeerrusiesi (;asetie.) TARRAGONA, SEPT. 7. Le the greatest scarcity prevail. 11l Baict.lcnin, the French Government has directed reverts, laden with provi.iosis, to be held iu readiness iu all the baboons ou the coast between, Toulon and Cape Crew', which err to set mil fur Barcelona the mo ment they are ordered, under convoy of a French squadron from Toulon. The Eli A lith Admiral, Collingwood, who is block.. ailing the latter, has made the beNt Jispositimil for prey. 11 , 11 It: this operation ; to which end he has di vided hi. tiert iuto severs! ',quadrant. and sent a 74, the Cnniveror, Capt. Fellows, to rt 2 u.force amid take the conituaild of the blockade of Barcelona. CIUDAD &ODIUM). SEPT. 4. Tyra 11Icinbers of the Hoard of 61.1 Castile, .:60 are just arrived here, state, that there are 2000 Iran:Wien i 3 Duty*: but that in Karoo de Osma, Arunda, and the adjoining town!, they have only e few &rudiments of enralry and infantry. Ney'a dirilion is stationed tatocen Salausanca and Toro. SANTA CRT:: Di. Int ZAtZ.II. 5t.71% 6. AU the Freud' who were in Cuhnitisi, Chinchou, and Ar..asids, Live fulltn lintectlii Alcoala; in *146 duet:hint alintatr dit lemon is also proceeding, Whitt hss pluinirte&the towns and viihigr3 on the S.vo tit T6ielio.—(Ge6tahar Chronicle, Sept. 141 ) bLVILLL, svrr. 20. _ • . I he Supreme Bond of Cloverointot oi the king dom. witgimic the laws rilitive to the Press and to Newspapers to tie etiforee.l, has ordered the Su preme Council of Split] and the Indies to superin tend that depirtmeot, es it had ever done before ; and, aecurdiusly, the Couut.il Ora appointed D. Manuel de Loriersbet to take coguisattee of o hat ever relates to the Press. Decrees issued by the Ursa:per, from the 'Rd) tit the 23.1 of Aii;ust, both days inclusive: A decree, for suppress ng the relig.nns orders, duetting every intinher of these orders tie ',Aura to hie moire place, where he shall receive the al lussuce promised iu February. [nisi. .11vIvance, which was then limited to lei: mak, wa. shortly after curtailed to six, cud is probably reduced at presont to nought.] A decree, forbidding then to preach, or to hear confessions, until they hare n!.tuined fresh licenses; they may hold curatits„ prebends, &c. No poor saw/tot this. A slecree, authorising the Bishops to make use of the ennvents, if wanted, for divine vithrvliip. A decree. to iireser.t the vale of any part of the peoperty of loompit.ils or charitable institutions. A decree, abolishing the class of the Grandees, wail all titles. His &Ivicstv will create a new No bility, slid 'Mlle the stile of address ; the prevent *tuts/les will be allowed to make good their claims, by producing their aacitnt diplomas. A decree, altalishing all the Councils, except the Council of State. A decree. depriving all placeinen of their places. for which they will have to sue again. A decree, directing no porta' the public debt to be considered as inch but what shall have been proved and acknowledged within the terns of one mouth. This includes the Voles. which Orr to be stamped anew. A 'decree enacting, that the individuals employed in the It9yel Chapel are comprised in the number of thto•c who are to sue again for the places they bald at present. 'A decree, abolishiag the tat culled Vats de San tiago. A decree, establishing a central administration Of hospitals. A decree, soppresansg the present administration of t ine Yost-(Vice. ; Amt. Justly, • decree, suppressing, the Board of 'nude, Mini, •net Mirtr4. be:l an the: vocc..?azostis or SiA•ph; 0:0, in paint of thundering decrees, is certainly not bellisid hand with his worthy brother.—/Senile Courier.) TERNEL, stn.. 2. The Superior Jpnta of Arragori has received ad vice, dated the 20th ult. that 6eo French, with pieces of artillery, who weft on their march for the rich town of Caspe, were routed by the pedsaist4 and some volunteers, so that very few of thum le turned to their head-quarters at Alcaniz. On the Bth of the same mouth, 300 Arragones volunteers attacked, iis 117 French, who Were in that town. killed 93, and took from them all the plunder they had made in that town and its vicinity.—/Serilie Government Gazette, Sept. 16.) LEM DA, AUG. 30. A party of 50 men, of the volunteer; of this city, and another of 50 dragoons of Nauman., left Frays on the _bill, nod advanced to Alinoldit, distant 12 leagues front Saragossa, where they took a greet quantity of oats, which the enemy hail stored up there. Geri A reyzaga, yesterday, received advice that 60 French, who were on their march by Jaca, fur the valley of Roucal, were attacked by the Itoncaleze, who killed eight, and taut' prisoners the remainingfi fty-two.-( Lisbors Gaseize, Sept. JO.) • P GIBRALTAR MAIL. The most important article received by this con veyance, relates to the present •tote of THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT. Some time ago the Supreme Council of Spain and the Indies presented au address to the Supreme Junta, on the subject of a Regency, and of which we have received a copy from Gibraltar. This im portant document has not been suffered to be pub lished in Spain ; and we think its suppression ac counts in some measure fur the new restraints imposed upon the public press. Our Correspondent at Gibraltar informs us, that the utmost discontent aguitut the present wretched and imbecile C9Verrniellt of the Supreme Junta pervades the whole of the Spanish Provinces. He adds, that the people seem ripe for a new insur rection, not in favour of the French, hut against their present Rulers, who have shears a torpor. im becility, and indecision. but little adapted to the present crisis, and to the ruin with which Spain has been 60 long threateued.—A ruin which has only been averted by the temporary employment which has been given to the arias of Napoleon in Germany, by a set of men as ill qualified to oppose him with effect, as even the Supreme Junta itself appears to be. The following is the Address alluded to. •Of the introductory part we have only teceived an abridg ment. We give it as we have received it:— .... The Sup - reme COMlleil of Spoils and the fm its which are . 110% united threat of Castile, the Indies, Orders, and Finances, has addressed a most encr getic representation to the Supreme Junta, upon the expediency, nay, the absolute ssecetasity, of es tablishing a Regency, composed of dove or live Mcmhers. is. , oseal:ly to the laws of the kingdom.- , - The C it begins by reminding the Board of the Order issued by Ferdinand, at Bayonne, for the immediate convocation of the Cortes. ' 'nits order was unfortunately kept secret from the Council, which would certasuly have eufteced it. execution, in spite of every obstacle ;add in this ciremnstunce nri:tinited theaaarchy which folluwrd, on the assumption of the supre:ne power by the particular Jumbos of the different provinces; su autarchy which paved the, way for the progress of the French arniirs and would probably have ended in the complete subjugation of the kingdom, if the remnants of the Spatted' troops, collected in the moat *lntent provimus, the toitleken loyalty of the natives, acid the enemy's wo't of confidence in the dispositions of the capital end of the provinces which they occupied, had not checked their impe tuous career, and prevented the full attainment of their guilty :•tids. Thu., unacquainted with the Soverei gn 's sill, but strongly impre,sed with the cal•urnitur, with which the kiisgdoitit WWI afflicted, YUd tlir still greater ottre with which it was threat ened, the emoted repeate:lly addressed the Pro vincial Juntas, and rowed upon them the urg.ticy of establishing a legal Government. Ja represent ation*, hoc ever, were disregarded ; and the Coun cil, sensible, that, noisier such extraordinary cir cumstances, prudence recommended. and the ne cessity of providing for the safety of the country, justified, a deviation from the rule proposed, that the Juntas should exercise a power which the law had not given them, and themselves appoint • Government, ad interim, this proposal was ac quiesced in, and the Central Junta met at Aran jues. This* far slid the wish of preventing still greater evils carry the Council ; but, ever mindful of its duties. as the guardian and depository of the laws of the Itlonarchy, scarcely was the new Go vernment organised, when it called the attention of ies members to the necessity of speedily subetitut lug, to forms unknown to the institutions of the country, and diametrically opposite to those of the monerchical . government, a-Regency. composed of the number of individu a l s p rescr ib e d b y the law de pegrida, in cases of minority, or of the Sovereign'. inability to discharge the highs ditties of his dig nity:" [To these observations no answer was returned ; and the Council could not but see, in the silence of the Central Junta, a fresh proof of its wisdom. as their adoption, at that time, would probably hare been attended with great inconveniences, and it was, in some manner, necessary to conform to the opinions of the provinces —In the mean time, ex perience has evinced. that the apprehensions of the. Council were well founded; that its sucgestions were proper and correct ; and that, whatever Go yerumeist had been established, it ought not to Isere deviated from the letter of the law.) The Address continues : •' It is hut a short time since we obtained victo ries which held out the prospect of a speedy deli verance, and of the restoration of happiness to our Capital and to the Monarchy; but, today. we are covered with mourning and have to lament the loss of soapy of the gallant sous and defender's of the country. '• Oar tunnel were at the este. of the capital ; and. to-day, we see them beaten, mostly dispersed, and compelled to fall back nearly upon the sane point's whence the enemy tlitesitentel us about the latter and of Mareh. " Supported by, the seal of the nation, and at the eapenqe of the ingst painful uteri& es of our youth to the lave of oar reut.try, or h a d sace t ed e d iu • organising, training, and increasing our army, con siderably reduced by former losses; and, to-thy, we see the hopes of that country disappointed, and the skill, merit. and untini,ity of its most %orthy Commanders, exposed to obloquy a nd wounded. " Two large national armies iiiw;ored us with the must Bettering hopes; and ‘re expected, that, united with the numerous and brilliant army of ("heat Britain, they would soon accomplish enemy's destruction, and drive them beyond thoi lolly Pyrenees; and, to-day, we are ow the point.. 4 beinu abendoned by our generous benefactors, our warlike aline. " Such was the faithful picture of our situation a short time ago; and what is it at present f Alt ! the armies which defend us, and the people who are fully acquainted with it, conkd describe it for better than the Council ; and, it' possible, a still more correct represeutation might be given by the wretched inhabitants of Estretnadura, la Man cha, and Madrid, who are already made to pay for their premature exultation, by a fresh plunder of their property, and the ignominious kind of death they suffer on ivrafhilds. " This cruel change we see, wonder at, and mourn fur ; but we do not feel the effects of it at permit, and, from our contemplating it at a distance, arises our incredulity. These unexpected strokes not only depress the minds of the people, but damp their patriotic zeal, which, if once extinguished, woe to us, to our religion, and to our existence ! "The People are iudulgiag ia unrestrained cum plainte, and make them known by libellous mud in flammatory placards. Their daily conversaiiwei, in places of the greatest sesort, suiSposie different parties, views and Interest* among their Governors, and threaten some, whilst they insult others. for getful of the respect mute to the supreme authority, and regardless of the consequences to the public peace end union. • " The Council shudders upon contemplating the danger iu which it sees the country, because it can. sot foresee the possible results of this ferinini, which, while it meets with its utmost disapprobation, as contrary to the law, at the same time excites its apprehensions on account of the opposite ante• rests of the Juntas, and of the variety it observes in their opi,tions ; and also because it is generally known, that the law, in cases like this, directs thit the Covernment be entrusted to one, three, or tire individuals. The Supreme Junta is, there fore, bound by the most sacred duty to lay these truths before your Majesty, in order to ward off the dangers by which we ere threatened, syd to present the excesses of a people, who think their defence and protection nuatteaded to. I! to sour Majesty resides the Sovereign power— the remedy is iu your own hands. A genernut self-denial will perpetuate the raemorv•of the 4. 1.- rivet' of the Supreme • Junta, and ininioralize its Members. May it please your Majesty to restore to the law its authonty ; and there will be au end of the uneasiness to which we are a prev, mid which will be succeeded by trunquillity and applause. " The imintalinte appointment of a provisional Government will pacify the people; the nation will indulge iii the mutt (Littering hopes; and thr supreme will of Ferdinand Seventh, who requires it, cud who sutlers most, will he fully complied with. " The whole nation will applaud the measure ; and it is the opinion of the Council, that, in order to rouse its spirit, depressed by the present load of evils, it would be proper to establish a legal Government. with a Bourbon at its bead. Aud, the perfidy of our infamous enemy having left in Spain none but the most Reverend Cardinal Arch bishop of Toledo and Seville, it seems as if Hea ven hint preserved him to support the nation under her calamities. and Optionally to call to our missile the beloved Sovereign for whom we are fighting. " Policy points out the urgent► of inmiediately filling lip that seat, until the wished-fur return of our Monarch. " lln Eminence's elevated character leaves no room for competition, andvilences all possible pre tensioni of either natives orioreipers. Spain and the Indies will obey him with enthusiastic devo tion ; all rivalry will be at au end ; and the Spa niards will see in his ExCellvuey a branch of the family of the King, whom they so passionately lore. " The better to insure the success of his admi nistration, and also to ease him of part of the bur den, four adjuncts ought to be given him, of dif ferent ranks and profeseions, provisionally to com pose the (lover sssss ent. astil the next Ult etiou of the Cortes. Whatever matter comes under discussion. every question should he decided by a majority of votes ; and they should swear to observe our laws, which are not to be altered without the concur= retire of the Cortes, which the Government should convene. as anon as circumstances permit. " Upon this subject, the Supreme Council of Spain and the Indies will prepare its observations, and lay them before the Government as usual. It is just and requisite that our American settlements should have a principal share in this national body. as they derive such strong titles to our regard. from their fidelity. loyal services. donations, at. tachment to the King, patriotic arid, and great im portance. This Styrifine Trammel reserves to itself to give its opinion upon the justice of their inter veution, which it will du after the most mature de liberation. " It is supposed, that the four individuals he be appointed by the Supreme Junta, until the tweeting of die National Congress, will bear a high charac ter fur probity, religion, loyalty, skill in their re spective professions, impartiality, end di:intervened nese. The Supreme Junta itself, which they ate to succeed in the exercise of the Sovereignty, will se• cure the opinion of the public. and provide for its own safety, by appointing individuals endued with these qualities ; fur, if the persons elected should not rank high in the public opinion. G"vernment would scarcely succeed in suppressing the present popular complimits and suspicions. By so doing, no doubt will remain is the minds of the people about the upright intentions of the Supreme Junta; the superior ones will cease to exercise their powers —they will obtain the applanse of the whole Mo narchy--and posterity will ever be grateful for their services. May it plen•e your Majesty to lenal a gracious hearing to this Representation, which ha.; no other °hie& than your Majesty's glory, and the'exter untiation of it... T 3 rant by whoa we ars oppressed." "' Ursine, August itn, lu." THE BRITISH PRESS. LONLA,N, • FRIO %V, 0, ro3ra 2'. The, nib of Decen46er. we tinti. 'is the diy to which Parii.urreitt. is to be pr,krogued. We are hence the more inch - PHA to in. t.mr s that it wiil not meet u:itil after Christui..s. We noticed, in a fernier paper, theta seinad r o i , is fitting oat, for the - Steditermaeaa, at Ports mouth. It is understood to be - destined for tile Mick Sea, to en-opi rate with the Turks agsittst the Hilssimis.—The folluw•iug MCC stuoug the An; mentioned to proceed on this m•rvicr:- 96; I►eat, 73; Repulic,74; Iran:pile. i; ire, Victorious, Danmark, Affivd, um, frigate. By the Cyane stoop of war, arrired wt Mob,. mouth, from the Mediternmeal, ; La Agog'lt, and Defender, arrived at the sant:: port,. fro m Lisbon ; we have received Gibraltar Chronicles to the 30th of Septetnbcr, and Spanish and Portu guese-Papers to the let of October.—Barcehm a is said to be greatly distressed by want of pro visions, and hopes are entertained, that if the French squadron from Toulon should proceed to re lieve it, the attempt would lead to au action with Lord Cows GIVOOD. His Lordship had made the necessary dispositions, in contemplation of that event. Lord IVCI.I.IatiTON, whose illness we tam tioued sometime ago, was expected lit Lisbon. The pause in the . military operations. Once the retreat of the. British army across the Tagus, still combine , . The Freach will probably remain upon the dekie.o e until BON APATITE returns with en overwhelm..., force to the Pyrenees. Under the head of Sreil;., gist September, will be Nand a list of Hecteos issued by King Jostrn, retqwctia,n; the en!! economy of the kingdom.—Pritate account) titter, that the Angina W1.1.1.141.1a has presented strong remoustra:tce to the Supreme Junta, the inefficient state of the Spanish Armies, and tile general want of due exertion fur the deliverance of the country. 111r.'IC y„ the fueasen K er, has arrived with itn portant dispatehea frinn ?dr. ADAI R, I s :$1 GsT Anthsssistder at the Snhlitne Porte. !le came 1., 1118,/tnauth as the Intelligent gun-b ig, kit front klist!.o anti Gitstaltar. 111 r. DIELLIaH, Ilia 51A s r v's late C:liarge des Affairs/ et I'41( two,. vestige house io the omit vva-ri• The disp itches from the Mediterranean bring in telligence • that the British Expedition,' under Sir JOHN STUART. is returned to Sicily. Letters horn the Co"viers,. schooner, Of Mr mouth, dieted Ceiba, the 7th lust. state, that she was arrived.there with a cargo of fish; this contra dicts a rumour that she had been t a k en by a Fri t(rh privateer.. and carried into Bayonne, which report occasioned great distress 'mon; the friends sod re lations of the of and ship's company. The charge made by theist Battalion 48th Re giment, on the right of the bill, in the battle of Talavera, drove the enemy's advancing column with Brent alaughter into their own lines—this closed the • business of the iatfs. On returning from the charge, the Commander-in-Chief sent a Staff Officer to de sire that Major MIDDLEIIOIIII (Colonel DOari.AN *itki previously wounded) Would return his thanks to the regiment for their steudv and gallant conduct, The Men received the thanks of their Commander with three cheers, and exclaimed, that, on .the strength of it, they would give them another charge, but norm t unately they had not another opportunity, the French having retreated. After the meniorrilde hattk of Talavera, the French standard, taken by the epth regiment din ing the heat of action, was presented to Sir At:- Trine WILLESI.6Ir. Next day it was returned. with the following handsome letter front the Atli , - tant-General, addressed to the Commanding Ori:• cer : Talmera,July 10. 171.9 "St R—l bare prevented the French standard taken by the tgtkregimeid, oft the !nth just. to the Commuider id the F. tees, and I am directed by hie Excellency to return it to you, that it may reptant au posseraiou of the 99th reiimeet, a teetimosial albeit gallant conduct. " I have the honour to be,Sir, " Your obedient wryest, " CHARLES STEWART, AA. ) -Gra The Parliament is prorogued from the *I day of November to the Mb of December. The Prod a• motion for this purpose is expected to appear ill to morrow night's Gazette. All the siva! stations and martello towers oa the bash cries% from Wexfort to Addeo, have: I) , 0.. i dismantled, and the hturem, instrusuenth, &c. laws taining thereto, have been receutly bald, by order ~/ Uoverisnient. We understand, that there is no truth in thr ri - port, that Mr. Youn has enrsented to accept ti,, Seals of the Tar Deptirtincit. The Reverend Dr. Jactsutt, Dean of Clir..i Church, ha. sent in hie resignation, and is suci.et is ) thu Rev. Dr. HA Lt. The. Reverend Dr. Pansuris, Vint - I .11 of College, Oxford, It is said, is to be tt.: of Bristol. On Thursday, Colonel ALLAN, in”rnber for Ber wick, arrived there from London. and began a can vass, io expectation of a dissolution of parliami.m. In consequence of the unfortunate differeilv.÷ subsisting between the army on the Metdras e=ta tilishrnent and the Civil Government of that Pi esi.• dency, it has been determined, we understand, P. remove all the refractory regiments, and to tote others. The regiments of the line will t‘t brought to Europe. The vestrymen of St. James's parish delerm tits' yesterday that no Miniver - lotions %hull be it, !heir parish on the tub inst.; but that the money neces sary for that puriwsse shall he distributed to the de serving poor, who are likewise to be supplied, ..pt of the fund to be collected ter that purpose. r coals, at a cheep rate, during the ensuing