Portland gazette, and Maine advertiser — Portland, Me., 1810-11-26 00:00:00, page 2

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'i'be f*ilb>- in * IXeree ms ik£(» pub
lifi)>Jil ht;t :
We Jcmme bGpolcmi, ftc. have
<)zi. .;*.d ami do decree.** fellow# :—
\ i l he C<;rM i; lion of this
;. »r for the State* of Hanover, which
finer the lit Mar»b Ins been united
to cur Kingdom, as well as f< r the
JXpa rments of the Lower E b* un
der o tr .whoritv, fi.all con fid of five
claiTe* Of p-rfonk born htwien the
ut |aiiUriiV| 17^5* **J1d *hc l id Dec.
I 7%c,
X. Certain peT for.*, upon, makiuy;
the pro pet* icprefont.rtioii to the Of
ficers appointed to execute tbio De
cree. thali br exempted, irom it, viz.
rhofc who are now eifewhere ferviug
23 volunteers, or perfons v.ho are
(.’tabled by bodily infirmities.
0. Bv a fubfequeut decree, we
{hdl declare what part of the force
thus to be railed will be employed in
the executive army, and wiiat part
asacorpfeof rtforte, compofed of
perfons from all the five claffes.
4, A lilt (hall be prepared of all
perfons capable of fervmg in this ar
hiy, who are now employed in our
marine, either in our navigation or
ccnilru&ion.
Our Miiiiflers arc charged with
the extcuiion ot this Decree.
Given at our Royal Palace of Na
poieoolhoke, this 12th of Sept. 1810.
'JEROME NAPOLEON.
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NANCY, SEPT. I 9.
Yefterday four divifions of troops
amv .d here, namely the 18th, 39th,
t /to, ard 3d of infanlry of the line.
1 heir defoliation is unknown, but
it is underftpod to be the North.
They come from the interior.
boston, &ov. 22.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
The Constellation, Capt. Teach, ar
rived at Bolton yefterday, in 29 days
from Lifbon, in which came paden
ger William Jarvis, Efq. and fami
ly. Mr. Jarvis informs us, that ail
Embargo took place on the 81I1 Oct.
on a!! (hipping j which were requir
ed to take a lour til of their cargoes,
as well as a fojith of the whdfe
number of paffengers, on account of
the government of that place, receiv
ing therefor a rcafonabl* compenfa
, tion. i ro.n this iourcc we learn,
that the relative pofitions of the two
armies 011 the 20th of lift, wc e
within from 10 to 20 miles cf lifbon.
The head quarters of the Englifh
were at Mafra (about 1 2 milesfrom
1 tfoon ) making a diagonal line from
the Tagut to the ocean. i he
French, on the other hand, were at
Villa Frank at (16 miles from Tifb-n,
and 8 from Mafra, in 3a Ik N. E.
direction.) of courfe a line drawn
fcetween thefe two places will rep re
lent the front of the refpectivc ar
n«ies. • In front of Msfra is a chain
of mountains, extending, with few
intervals, irom die river to the oc^an.
The movements of Mjffena to the
left of the Englifh, at the battle of
the bierra of iiufaco, on the 27th
Sept, obliged them to retire from the
heights with fo much precipitation,
t at they left behind them at Mar
/ jg'fti, iarge quantities of proviftons,
of which tire breech flood in parti
volar need ; Maflcn- followed up
this evolution with great prompti
tude, keeping dole to the Lnglilh in
the retreat \ jnd vVellington, with
equal fore-1hr.ughr and prudence, has
begin; to lorn.y his new pofhion,
having called n his out-pofts, and
concentrated 1 is whole army. His
line mull extend about 20 miles,
fie had been reinforced on the 5 Sth
Uclober, by 5000 men from England
and Ireland, and as many more from
Cadiz and biciiy t while the Mar
quis of domain, and General O’
Donnal from Spaniin Elba nadur*,
with ig.oco Spaniards, have eroded
the icicles ami joined the combined
army. 1 he whole force of Wcllim*
ton it would now be fair f*> eft inure
as follows ; after the capture of Al
mcidj, they were cltimated at about
2*«*£o Lngiiih, 20,000 Eortugaefe
rcgu'jl^v-^befiJcs militia* &c. fincc
winch an J oNji the panic of the
27th, they were r^iuiurced by 6,200
Eiighfn 5 their kdl^s irf tiiat engage
meut were hoc* but let j500 be
allowed j this won d reduce them to
40,000 — i!gii*n, and ly.joc 1’otiu
guefe- Their prcfenc” reinforce
ments being uuilcj, they probably
tuive equal to 5o x>© EngLih, and
► ^ C'O r.r*\ r.ric* —1 he Frercn r»r
::.v, .‘re c -mpuicd to be 70.0CC 1
1 L ^rorg i their politicos are laid to be •
h rtitjirg, 2nd are tolerably wed
iuprlied, excepting with bread, in
which tiny are deficient; and par- j
| (uuiarly lb in confequcnce of the
ikitiuction of grain by the Englifli f
in their retreat. About 20,coo pea
tantry retteaied along with the fhi
rifli in conff quence of Lord Vv ’» pro
clamati n; thefe people, though
j provided for by government, ate
laid to be in great diltiefs.
No papers were brought by Mr.
Jarvis ; previfions were very dear ;
•flour »9 dells—corn 2 dolls.—lice
! 3 dells.
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In the above account we have ta
!ccn the liberty to combine all our
I previous information, with the in
telligence politely furnilhed by Mr.
J arvis ; and have made out what we
suppoie to be, the relative Bate and
petitions of the two great Armies,
0:1 the 2uh October. It appears
clear that the two enemies highly
relpected each other ; having been
within fight for twenty-two days,
without an engagement. The great
talents of MafTeua, and the prefumed
ftrer.gth of his army, would lead us
to expect a general action at once,
if he is realty very fuperior in num
bers j as his fituation mull be fingu
larly diltrdfing. His convoys with
lupplies liarr tiled in the rear by a
body of 40,000 militia, under Gen.
bilvicra and Col. Trant; the great
extent of his land conveyance, both
of ammunition and provifions, (being
300 miles from lJaycutif9 and 220 from
Madrid) in an unfriendly country,
fur rounded with enemies ; thefe cir
cumitances, mult foon oblige the
French general either to give battle
upon terms advantageous to the En
glifh, or to retire for the purpofe of 1
additional reinforcements. Lord
Wellington, on the other hand, ,
ftrongly polled and abundantly l'up* ;
ptied, is in no hurry to ride a gener-1
al action, cotifcious that a Fabian po- j
licy, in the mountains and faltndfes
of Portuguese Ellramadura, is the
molt datru£tive warfare to be a
dopted againit the wiiey Hannibal,
of modern Europe, if Lord Well
ington attacks Maffena, tbe craft of
the latter may overcome the bravery
of the former j it he only lultains an
attack the chance is, that the bravery
of his army will render him fuccefT
tul ; in which cafe MaiTena’s want
ef provifions will force upon him a
precipitate retreat 5 fuch defperate
lighting as is without example on
the annals of modern warfare ; or
a capitulation of his whole army.
This latter idea, is however, a pre
fu rnption, only to be realized, in the I
event of a uecided victory on the
part of Wellington j and Maffcna’s
inability to retreat for want of fup
piits.
We have i'een a letter from Lif
bon, as late as the 2ill of O&ober,
which dates, that the French army
44 is daily diminUhing by defertions
and iiwknci^j and their refources for
provifions and recruits are cut ofT.”
It alio mentions the recapture of
CoiitBRA, probably by the Fortu
guele under tnlviera and Tram.
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RATH Eli SQUALLY IX THE
WEST.
Whilfl the public mind is aimed
wholly occupied at the prefent mo
meat with the convulied date of the
old world, the affairs of the new
is fiercely thought of. It appears
irom the la ted accounts from New’
Orleans, that the people of that
country are not as secure as they
would viilh. The troubles in old
Spain feem to have excited a fpiri:
in Spanifh America, wliich has gi
ven our citizens, who inhabit T e
j MTHfippi, fonie apprehentions
, their filety. tty an oiHcial order
jot the co.mtv.nder in chief of the
j MifTrippi Feritory, we find that a
j large portion of the militia, and two
companies of cavalry, are ordered to
hold themfe’ves in immediate readi
nefs, tD march at a moment's warn
ing. This order is to be fulfilled,
either by volunteers or by draft.
^ Fuik. the Governor of Pcnfacola,
j had been joined by two nations of
| Indiana, the Cho&awg nnd Fa’apou
tiics, and it was feared that our In
jc'ian neighbors, as well as the Flori
dians. would yet become troublefome
‘neighbors to our citizens of the wed.
j 1 he independence of Florida, and the
! taking of ttatoa Rouge, will be fub
jeets tor the heads of thi nation.
•
Thus it dofcs appear, that Mr. Jtlflr
fon’i itring of territory, whit h coil
the nation fifteen millions ol doll its,
will yet prove an unprofitable bar
gain — *Y. T. Even.
T lie Conspiracy at Lisbon.
Ex.tuct of a Liter from Li* ben t Se/'it'i
ber 15.
A most atrocious conspiracy has jest
been detected on shore, the object of
which was 10 assassinate the Regency,}
the Magistracy, and all who are sus-’
peeled to be attached to ’hv British in
terest. In the house ot Ration were
found 3000 uniforms, corresponding
with those of British regiments which
are now, or recently were,in Lisbon,’
and an eqiu I number of arms, chiefly
side arms. Tne conspirators were to
perpetrate their horrid purpute in the
cloths, they had provided in order to*
fix the guile upon the English, and to*
excite the popular vengeance against}
them On accomplishing their object!
in the capital, expresses were to be sent
to the army, and to the principal towns,1
announcing the assassination, in the
hope of instigating the Portuguese
throughout the country to the perpetra
tion of similar atrocities. The Anglo
Portuguese soldiery, it was expected )
by the conspirators, would instantly)
murder their officers, and attack Lord
Wellington’s army, and thar Masse- !
na, who was no stranger to the plot,
would assist in completing the carnage.
The whole plan of operations has,’how
ever, been providentially discovered,
and the principal conspirators arres-,
ted.” |
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Extract of a letter from, a gentleman, a
passenger in the ship Sally, from
Bourdeaux.
“ fhe French Government made
Gen. Armstrong some assurances,
the purport of which appears to be,
“ that the Decrees of the 23d of March
is repealed ; that American vessels,
arriving before the 1st of Nov. would
be subject to the Berlin and Milan De
crees only ! That the sequestered A
mericun property (meaning that at
St. Sebastians, See. and not that in Italy i
and Holland) would be restored on the
Arnei lean Government's passing a law
to restore the French property seized
under the Non-Intercoul se Act; that,
w/xtn such law was passed, American
v essels would be received, with the pro
duce of their own country, freely, Sec.
Gen. Armstroxg gives his opinion,
that no property can be sent in safety
to France, unless our Government pass
the law in question,”
Extract of a letter from an American
gentleman at Buuplcauxio a respec
table Mercantile House in Boston, da
ted Oct. 8.
“ Gen. Armstrong is now here, and
embarks to morrow.* It was not in his 1
power, it appears, to .prevent the sales ;
of American property in the different
ports of the Empire. The amount of!
the sales of that at Cayenne must, I ‘
think, be upwards of thirty miliona of
franks, a considerable portion of which ’
belongs to subjects ot his majesty, but j
no exception was made in the decrees
ofthe 23d of March, and none has been i
made in us execution, and his majesty
reserves to himself the right of dis
crimination when he shall think pro
per. 1 He lute communication made
by the Duke ot Cadore to Gen. A. goes,
1 understand, to a declaration, that all
the American property which had been
sold upon his retaliating principle on
the non intercourse law, will be restor
ed, when Congress shall pass a Lw to
restore the French property sequester
ed under that act. I fear, however,
the original property will not Very soon
be reimbursed, arid if it ever should be,
it will be subjected to such deductions
in duties and charges, as to amount to
a trifling sum. 1 fear very much that
liis majesty will adhere to his present
system ot having no neutral commerce,
or if any that it shall l>e regulated by
special licences from him. He believes
mat without them the English will al-1
ways have a greater or less share in it,
and to which he will not consent. In
the i. an time the manufactures, in !
the Lmpire, arc increasing. SufficK-.t.
lobacrn is raised not only for its sup
ply but iur exportation to bjtain. Rome
and its environs we are told, will short
ly produce Cotton superior to that of
New Orleans, and in large quantities.
I* tom the juice of grapes, bugarcan
be made equal in quality to that of the
colonies. A plant, neglected for more
than two centuries, aiul which is pe
culiar to trance^ v. ill produce Indigo.
Chemists have found a substitute for
Gum, Potashes and Dye-woods, aud
in short, from present appearances, ev
ery things will be shortly piodticcd in
the bosom of the Empire. Whether
these events will take place or not, is
perhaps, uncertain ; bm, what h» n«*t,
L the belief of liis majesty, that it is
practicable, and, until he is convinced
to the contrary it is much to be feared
that he wV pursue his present system
of having k neutral commerce during
tile vrut.” *
- t©yrojT, err. ••
The DifhU starts hip, which a; ri
vet! at Plymouth on Monday, has
1 brought f. oui Lisbon n Swiss regiment,
together with their officers, who have
been in the Prencii service upwards ol
two years, dining which lime t**t)
have not received any pay, am! at units
but faintly supplied with provisions;
these piivations, and other distressing
cvctiJs, was the cause of their abandon
in r the 1 rench standard, and conse
quently flying to the British army lor
protection.
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Extract from the French Official
Report of the siege of Almeida.
u Aug. 26, about eight in the even
ing, one of our bombs fell into the cus
tie upon a cuixson which they had till
ed before the gaics of the general mag
azine, setit on fire, and the fire w<ts
communicated to 150,000 weight ot j
gun powder. It was the eruption of a j
volcano. It was believed the whole J
tiiu.eehad ex/doded. It was followed*
by a violent fire, which extended itself
and lasted during the night. A great
quantity of rubbish fell upon our tren
ches.
M At break of day, on the 27th, I re
paired to the trendies, and the ravage
caused by the explosion might then lie
judged of. The castle the cu'hcdral and
all the neighbouring hab:tations} hud dis
appeared
French troops for Sweden.
In consequence of the persevering in
tercessions of the agents of the French
Emperor, the Danes had conceded so
far to their importunity, that 500 of
their troops were to be admitted into
Zealand progressively, until the whole
force intended to be conveyed to Swe
den, should have passed through the
island ; and, it is added, that, under
no pretence whatever, more than the
500 specific should, at any time, re
main in the territory.
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From the Baltimore Evening Post,
We have, in the French language, a
u general order’* and proclamation by
Christophe, announcing the reduction
of the Mole ; the garrison of which he
states, was compelled to surrender at
discretion. The prisoners “ having
abjured their errors” are incorporated
with his troops.-lie further makes
known the complete subjugation of that
quarter of the island, invites all the peo
ple of Hay ti to union—proposes a gen
eral amnesty, and oidevs las troops in
to their respective garrisons, and canto
nements, promising to reward them in
a most liberal manner. With the ma
rine he expresses himself well satisfied,
or the courage and s’dl they displayed
in blockading the port, i>c.
Queries, as to our commerce with Ping'
land and France.
Will our exportation to France, con
sist more in the produce of his coun
try than our exportation to Engl hd ?
Will our importation, from France,
consist more in useful articles than our
importation from England ?
Will it be better lor ov.r ve->s*ds to
be compelled to take cargoes to brinr,
from France, than to be left at their op
tion in England l
Some of the staple commodities of
the southern States will not be much
benefited by a renewed trade to France.
Tobacco is prohibited, Flour and wheat
are cheaper than in America, and Cot
ton the French arc endeavouring to
produce in Europe,
Some ol the British Editors suspect
Lucian Bonaparte’s einigiation to the
United Stales is connected with some
I't ench designs on South America ; o*
thers avow the stioftgest confidence in
his being hostile to the despotism and
ambition of his libertiucd brother.
_ The conflicted and distracted situa
tion ol most ol the European powers,
calls for the sympathy of the philan
thropist. It should serve as a beacon
to all those nations cf.tho earth yet
free from the fangs of the great L)t~ 1
vourer of nations, to warn them to
guard against uhd avoid th t deceptive
current which forces them impercepti
bly «nd inevitably into the jaws ofdes
t ruction—-foreign influence !
I French ^fiologiata.—The Concord
| Patriot of the 6th instant has half a col
! unin of editorial remutks headed kk Bo-1
naparte, in wiiicli, although he is not
altogether considered t; a model ot per
lection,” yet that in reality, he is not
(juiie to bad as many have reported_
thin his proposal lor revoking ins de
ci ecs i.j ‘ certai.ily honorable”---that
«.e * has never manifested any inten
tion of extending his conquests to An.
erica*’—that undoubtedly he is inclined
to foster out indcpendenc.—thatthere
lore k‘ we have nothing to appreuend
il£m lhe K'l-i di’ic power of N apoieon"
mat he Coii’; hurt usifhe would;
•f hence it i-t folly view hi n with
stu/itti>n that he can do us no good ** t
long as he is disposed to do us justke,
and to rr fleet us as a gr.ut and imie*
pendent nation”—that the it suiting bn
giiage in Cliampigny '* letter werun
u e arc told that we have less indepen
dence than the Pailiament of Jamaica,
“ was in a degree judi/inl hy the pio*
ceeding* of Congriss**—yes our demo
cratic Congress—and finally that “/at
RELATION TO AMERICA, FOR THE MOST
PAR Z\ run CO A i) Tc 1 OP JIO A A
PARTE HAS ft era open in.
GENUGUS AM) MANLY, AM)
AS SUCH MERl I S OUR APPRO
BATION.” i ! 1 Keene Sentinel.
What will be thought of the irnpir
ti .lity, prudence and discretion of Mr.
Madison, since the arrival of the Hor
net ? His prod aviation is only a iLy or
two old, when by the turbulent Mid nn- *
manageable conduct of Bonaparte, the *
impostor is exposed. Will he recall
it ? We think hb ought to resign his I
office by Hie same act The insincere
and dangerous scheme of politics he
had adopted) lias become visible toall
but the wilfully blind. The nation be
gins to feel indignant; he stands upon
a precipice from-which he will soon be
hurled by the general voice.— Let him
retreat whilst lie piay, before the senti
ment of disapprobation enci eases to
rage and buiies him in ruin. He is a
lost statesman, because he has been fee
ble, timid, prevaricating, and because
private ambition has buried bis talents
and smothered his patriotism, if ever
he nad any. Fed. Pub.
The Emperor Napoleon is turning
his attention to the French Navj it* all
parts of the domains under his influ
ence. By a decree passed Sept, 2T,
two Auval School* are to be established
at Brest and Toulon; the number of
scholars in each are limited to 30
CQXMtRClAL.
Fire sequestered cargoes, consisting
of cotton, potashes, dye-wood, sugar,
coffee tobacco, See. were advertised to
be sold at Mtrseiiles between the 10th
and 25lh October ! Dots this look like
the restoration of American firujierty ?
A letter from New*Brunswick, Jer
sey, says, we are all in confusion here,
the town being completely inundated
with water, andtUc inhabitants passing
from house to house in boats. Three
houses floated down the river yester
day, and the numerous fragments
evince great havoc in the* neighbor
hood. . '
Another Monmouth Cheese—There is
now on board a North river sloop, at
Exchange slip, in this city, a cheese,
made by the same people who present
ed the Mamroouth cheese to the Mam*
mouth sage of Momicello. This
creese weighs 1522 pounds—is five
teet and a hall in diameter, and 15 in
ches thick. Whether this cheese is to
be presented to Mr. Madison or not
we have not learnt,—A*. Y, fu/i.
Frerraturity rf Intellect._The
Washingtonian give:; a circumstum ial
detail ol the astonishing powers of a
boy, named Zerah Colburn, six year®
old. lie is a native of Cabot, in Ver
mont, and r.ever had the advantages
ofa school more than six or seven
weeks. * YYithoni being taught any
thing more tnun to count 20 or 30, he
will solve, quicker titan the most ex
pert arithmetician, any question put ta
him in multiplication, provided the
two sums to be multiplied together, aie
each less than U-O'J.” ]{: is rather
clumsily built, has light blue eyes;
but his mind is remarkably active. He
has twelve toes, and one extra finger
on each hand. When asked how he
learnt to answer such questions, he says
he don’t know. 44 How do you know it
is as)ou say ? “Why, (he replies) I
know it is so, because it is so ; that’s
ail the way 1 know it."
In a late number of the Washington
ian, there was given some account of"
Zeuah Col bury, (aged 6 years) and
I his wonderful powers of arithmetical
calculation. 1 he Bov, we understand*
has been now some days at Dartmouth
( oljege, wfacie he has undergone a ri
gid examination by t'rofcisQr Adams—
much to his saiishusiion, as wdU as to
1 is surprise.
» he piospect of accumulating gains,*
and, in a way too to Hatter, (as in thi*
t case it undoubtedly will) parental vani
ty, i* certainly a temptation, which a
poor, though honest man, will not easi
ly resist. Yet we cannot hut express
our regret, that the Child should
Spoilt, as he probably w ill be, in t
way. For the her.or of Y'ermont, 1
deem it our duly to state, that the/**.
fence for hi* traveling is rwt tiler *v...
cun*e.• The object is to get /. n:y.
! he Hon. Judge p.vi.s i *:«, of Mtf!
bm v, has offered to take the Boy, :• ’
to give him an cducuiLii.— Mr*Mn± . ..