The Delaware gazette — Wilmington [Del.], 1810-04-11 00:00:00, page 2

intelligence.
LATEST FROM EUROPE,
By the ship Portia, capt. Toil, from Plymouth,
at Norfolk.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF PEERS.
Tuesday, Jan, 23.
This day at J o'clock, the lords commission
for delivering his majesty's speech look
trs
their seats in the house of tords, and the com
mons being summoned, and appearing at the
bar, the king's most gracious speech was read
to the lords and commons.
The commissioners were, the arch.bishop
of Canterbury, the lord chancellor, lord Cam
den, lord Alesford and lord Dartmouth.
THE SPEECH.
The following was the speech as delivered
lord chancellor :—
* Aly lords and gentlemen ,
" His majesty commands us to express to
you his deep regret that the exertions of the
emperor of Austria against the ambition and
violence of France havr proved unavailing, and
that s imperial majesty has been compelled
to abandon the contest, and to conclude a dis
sdvantageous peace. Although the war was
undetaken by that monarch without encour
agement on the part of his majesty, every ef
fort was made for the assistance of Austria,
which his majesty deemed consistent with the
due support of his allies, anti with the welfare
and interest of his own dominions.
" An attack upon the naval armaments and
establishments in the Scheldt, afforded at once
the prospect of destroying a growing force,
which was daily becoming more formidable, to
the security of this country, and of diverting
the exertions of France, from the important
objects of reinforcing her armies on the Dan
ube, and of controuhng the spirit of resistance
in the North of Germany. These considera
tions determ net! his aiajesty to employ his
forces in an txpud tion to the Scheldt.
" Although the principal ends of this expe
dition have not been attained, his majesty con
fidently tropes that advan-a
materially atlcc
ting ti e security of his majesty's dominions,
in the further prosecution of the war, will be
found to result from the demolition of the
docks and arsenals of Flushing. This impor
tant object his majesty was enabled to accom
plish, in consequence of the reduction of the
island of Walciiercn, by the valor of his fleets
and armies.
" His majesty has given directions that such
majesty given
documents and ; .pris should he laid before
you, as h» trusts will afford satisfactory infor
mation upon the subject of this expedition.
" We have it in command to state to you
that hi; m -jestv had uniformly notified to Swe"
irtajus'; \ decided n;sli that in cleter
den
Tiutung upon the question of praetor war with
France and other continental powers, she
should be guided by consideration* resulting
from her own situation and interests ; while
his ninje-ly therefore laments that Sweden
should have found it necessary to purchase
peace by considerable sacrifices, his majesty
cannot compVm that she has concluded it with
out his majesty's participation. It is his ma
jesty's eat net wish that no event may occur to
occasion the interruption of those relations of
amity which it is the deair« of his majesty and
the in «rest of both countries to preserve.
" We have it further in command to
com
vmtnicate to you, that the efforts of his majes
ty lor the protection of Portugal have been
powerfully aid. d by the confidence which the
prince regent has reposed in his majesty, and
by the co-operation of the local government,
and of the people oT that country. The ex
puts on o! the French front Portugal, by his
majesty's frees under lieutenant-general lord
Viscount Wellington, and the glorious victory
obtained by him at Talavera, contributed to
check the progrès» of the French arms in the
Peni isttla during the late campaign.
he
" His majesty directs us to state that the
Spanish government, in the name and by the
authority of king Ferdinand the "th, has de
termined to assemble the general and extraor
dinary courts of the nation. His majesty
1
trusts that this measure will give ftesk anima
tion and vigour to the councils and the arms of
Spain, md successfully direct the energies and
spirit of the Spanish people to the maintenance
of their legitimate mon..rchy, and to the ulti
mate deliverance of then- country.
" The most important considerations of po
licy and of good faith, require that as long as
this great cause can be maintained with a pros
pect of success, it should be supported, accord
ing to the nature and circumstances of the con
tes., by the strenuous and continued assistance
el the power and resouices, of his majesty's
dominions: and ins majesty relies on the aid
o. his parliament in his anxious endeavours to
fiusi'ale the attempts ol France against the in
dependence of Spam and Portugal and against
the happiness and freedom of those loyal and
resolute nations.
" His m
ty commands us to ac
quaint you, Mint thu intercourse be
tween hi 1 « majesty's minister in Ame. ,
and the government of the U.
fl has bufu sudden. y and untx
pet.'rCoy interrupted. l.is majesty j
-truly regrets this event; he has,
however received the strongest nssu
ranees from the American minister
resident at this court, that the United
States are desirous of maintaining
friendly relations between the two
This desire will be met
countries.
by a corresponding disposition on the
part of his majesty.
Gentlemen of the house of commons,
«
<< His tnnjcsty has directed us to inform you
that he has ordered the estimation for the cur
rent year to be laid before you ; his majesty
has directed them to be formed with all tire at
tention to economy which the support oi his
allies and the security of his dominions will
permit. And his majesty relies upon your real
and loyalty to afford him such supplies as may
be necessary for those essential objects.
" He commands us to express how deeply
he regrets the pressure upon his subjects,
hich the protracted continuance of the war
w
renders inevitable.
" My lords and gentlemen,
** We are commanded by his majesty to ex
press his hope that yon will resume the consid
eration of the state of the inferior clergy, and
adopt juch further measures upon this inter
esting subject as may appear to you to be pro
per.
" We have it further in command to state to
you that the accounts which will be laid before
you of the trade and revenue of the country,
will he found highly satisfactory.
" Whatever tunrpoiary and partial inconve
nience may have resulted from the measures
which were directed by France against tho«e
great sources of our prosperity and strength,
those measures have wholly failed of produ
cing any permanent or general effect.
« The inveterate hostility of our enemy
continues to be directed against the country
with unabated animosity and violence. To
gnard the security of Ins majesty's dominions,
and to defeat tho designs which are meditated
against us and our allies, will require the utmost
efforts of vigilance, fortitude, and perseverance.
" In every, difficulty and danger his majesty
confidently trusts that he shall derive the most
effectual support, under the blessings of divine
providence, from the wisdom of his parliament,
tne valor of his forces, and the spiiit and deter
mination of his people."
By the Fortin we have received the Star,
a London print of the 25th of Jan. the la
test, probably ,in the country. But 39 mem
bers attended in the House of Commons
and
on the 24th Jan. which was adjourned bv
the Speaker for the wan* of a quorum. A.
two
merican
:c haU he
n,t<? Iligcn
coivcd to
ging
the 21st of Dec
The resolutions offered
by Mr. Macon on the 15th Dec. together
with the most important of the proceedings
of the House of Representative* of the 19th
taken from the National Intelligencer, con
taining an abstract of the provisions of the
hill reported by Mr. Macon, are given.—
An article from Constantinople states that
after the battle of Siltstria the Russians ap.
plied for an armistice for two months,which
on
was refused by the victorious Turks. The
ex-king anti queen of Sweden had arrived
at Stralsund, on their way to Switzerland.
French papers had been received at Lon
don to the 19th of January. The Star say*
" VVe mentioned on Tue»day the arrival
so
of an American gentleman from Calais
with dispatches for Mr.Pinkney. His name
the
is Caiwell, and the rumor in the political
circles is, that that he has brought intelli
ed
gence that the French Emperor has order
ed the confiscation and sale of all American
to
property in the ports of Spain, Italy and
France; that General Armstrong was in
m
great alarm in consequence of the »täte of
its
affairs ; besides which, report adds, that an
order has been issued to prevent any Ame
in
ricans from quitting France.
" Th« gentleman alluded to state*, that
he had been very ill used at Calais by the
officers of the government, who took from
h:m all his private letters, and
were ev«n
proceeding to seize his dtspathes, which he
saved only by saying, that they must first
1 make him prisoner.
n
Nat. Intel.
Baltimore, April 9.
We a're indebted to the politeness of the
Editor ot the Wine; lor the following A
sialic Intelligence furnished him by capt.
Russel, of the brig Dolly, arrived yester
day, from Madras, viy. Ceylon and Cape
of Good Hone . ' .dyai",
!
The Dolly left Ceylon the last of Nov
and the Cape of Good Hope the last ol J
an
Two days before thejdeparture of the Dol
ly from Ceylon, the governor received of
ficial advice of the capture of Tappaloony,
to
a port on the W. coast of Sumatra, belong
ing to the British, hy a French squadron,
from Batavia, which had coasted up the
Straits, of Malacca and along tha coast of
Sumatra, win r« they had captured
a vast
number of prizes and earned them into
Tappaloony, Among these were 13 A
me
, . . , , ,, , . , ,
U. " ea ' w J th dallars wh)ch ' k he >. had n ,°V imc
The French had landed a considerable
j force at Tappaloony, which they weret x
has, j ptdttiously fortilying, having resolved to
account of its
establish themselves there on
rood harbour and advantageous position
l aWS to the suirounding couu
They gave
trv.
'While at the Cap- of Good Hope, a
French pr.ze brig arrived, captured on her
isle of France, which she
voyage from the
Capt. Mix, of
left Jan. 5, for Bordeaux.
on board the
New.York, a passenger
piize, informed tant. K. that the British
stid kept up a vigorous blockade on that
Suite adjacent islanfl notwithstanding which
Flour sold tor 558 per barrel, and Beef, glO
The Gov. of the isles of France and Bour
bon (general Duelling) has, during the last
veur put an enure stop to the cultivation of
coffee thereon,giving every encouragement
to the planters, to cultivate wheat and o
ther produce necessary to the support oi
the inhabitants. It was calculated there
was wheat enough ou the islands, for three
years consuinpuuD.
Among the number of passengers on
board the prize at the Cape, was captain
White, late of the brig Mohawk, ol this
port, who had sold his vessel and cargo at
the isle of France.
Lat. 3 40 S. long. 34 W. spoke English
ship Alexander, Hughes, front Liverpool
to Pernambuco, capt. H. informed, that
notwithstanding the non intercourse law,
he never »aw the harbor of Liverpool
crowded so much with American shipping
at one time as at present, most of whom
had evaded our interdicting laws,
T heir
crews were mostly turned ashore to seek
their bread, and the vessels advertised tor
sale, which overstocked ih.u | ort with A
merican seamen— >t the Ah sand i 's crew,
17 in number, 16 wt re Am icaus, only a
few months from the U. S.
March 21, lat. u6 öl N. I rg. AS 45 W.
spoke brig Phœuix, Iront N. -i . cn, for St.
Barts, 3 days out*
April 3d. lat. 36 40 N. lor..-. f. > 30 W.
was boarded by a lieutenant (i -ir: u F- itisll
frigate, who overhauled am; -'.rie v a i m
ined the Dolly's papers. IT.' t / i'. was
one of four from Bermuda t - -
i.t ■
were to cruise off the capes of Vug -i.t ■
two off the capes ol D. 1 avate.
On the 14th Feb.tin Ueets-ff F lion ai
I
Christophe, the two black chi L of
) L
roitigo, consisting of 2 ship« am. 7 ot 8 hugs
and sch'rs each, met and had .t In
which Christophe lost a brig, a-'d hud hi
two ships very ninth mauled, and their rin
ging cut to pieces.
AIM»<H I 1 I »II « «I»^
Congrefttonal iUgifor.
House of Representatives.
•
.
Tuesday, April 3.
nf
GENERAL WILKINSON
Mr. Pearson called for the considérât! -
on ot the resolution offered bv him <mtm
on
time ago, relative to an enquiry into the
conduct of Bt ig. Gen, James Wilkinson.
pe
The House agreed now to consider the
resolution, Yeas 81, Nay* 13.
A division of 'he question was culled for V
to take the qn-stion distinctly on
in
so as
each clause. The first question was on
the first clause, in the following words :
Resolved, That a committee be appoint
ed to enquire into the conduct of btiga
dier general James Wilkinson, in relation
to his having at any time whilst in the
service of the U. S. corruptly received
oney from the government of Spain or
m
its agents,or in relation to his having during
the time aforesaid, been an accomplice or
any way concerned in theagen y of any
in
foreign power or with Aaron Burr in a
project against the dominions of the king
of Spain, or to dismember these U. S.
This part, as well as the proposition ge
nerally, was supported by Messrs Pearson,
Pitkin, Key, Sheffey, Lyon, and Macon,
and opposed by Messrs. Rhea, Holland,
M' Kim, Smilie, 'Taylor, and Findley.
The debate turned principally on the right
of the House of Representatives to insti
enquiry into the conduct of the
tute an
commander in chief or of any officer of the
army of the U. States. The debate will
be given hereafter.
A motion was made by Mr. Bibb, un
der the impression that it was too late in
the session to act on the subject, to post
pone the further consideration ot the pro
positition indefinitely. The motion was
negatived, 79 to 33.
The question was then taken on the first
clause of the proposition, when there ap
peared to be a maj.otity of upwards of for
ty votes in favour of rt T before however the
of
result of the votes vas declared, a mem.
her who voted with the majority, observed
that he had intended to vote in the negative,
and wished his name to he so enteted by
the Clerk. The Speaker having directed
the Clerk so to rectify the vote, this course
was objected to, and a discussion arose on
x
the point of order, which occupied the
to
Adjourned.
House till five o' clock
IChe d 5 a 3 Ctfe.
Wilmington , April n, 1810.
(tPTake Notice.
The Stockholders in the Bank of
Wilmington anti Brankywine are re
quested to meet at the Town-Hall,
on
Friday evening, the 13th inst. at six
o'clock, for the purpose of forming a
Ticket of nine Directors, to be voted
for on Saturday, the 14th inst.
A number if Stockholders .
Wilmington, April 11.
SITUATION OF SPAIN.
The fears and tender
yearnings of the federalists
and other friends of monarchy in this country, towards
Spain, are now about to be realized,
All their hopes
of a restoration of the
veak and imbecile Ferdinand
justly forfeited by him through inde
to the throne,
cision and
vam of energy ; all their confidence in the'
happy re-organization of the rack and inquisition, and.
of the bountiful spoils which would fall to the share
of their British friends—all, all, have vanished into
thin air. From
every rational conclusion, we think
the fate of Spam is now decided ; that the city of Ca
dix must fall, and
ith it the Junta,.the last and only
hope of the deluded Spaniards. We say deluded, for
although the love of country is
certainly the noblest
of passions ; yet, when through the profligacy of the
Prince of Peace, the impotenev of the monarch, the
corruption of the court, and the persecution and ava
rice of the priests, the s tuation of the government of
Spain, in the reiative connection of the
people was
rendered like the fortune of a desperate man—so bad,
that any change must have a tendency to the better;
it was the height of madness and delusion, for a smalt
portion of the people to endeavor to re-establish a mo
n rch already in the safe keeping of his powerful cue.
my. a successful man,
hose will is law, who uniform
I y admits no other right than po
; and who, in the
- full tide of successful experiment," has almost the
audacity to exclaim with Jove, ,
." If I but strtlch till« h
and,
1 heave the gods, the Ocean anti the land."
By our latest accounts frotn Sj-ni
(via Fhi.'adcl
■Ilia, per the Caladonia) we find that the French, af.
ni -■ passage of the Siéra Henna, a pass in which
Spaniards placed all their hopes of successful rc
c. ha,l taken Savillc and driven, en masse, all
r untry before them into Cadiz.
i . ■■
The Junta,
■ir faithful attendants, and a number of He.
-ink!
ltd, ll»U IbUon M|
»..—I of Ca.
su *1! town called IUta. The French had
di
themselves of Port Maria (or St. Mary's)
> i . ao.jut ten miles from Cadiz, wheie they
"I P'--- '
. . mug tnemcelves, and all along the coast,
• -^aidless • the tires of the British, from a two deck
. t aod tjrty gun»bnats From the sudden migration
.*ctcd i.umbcr from Saville and the
nf
cb an tin
I ; provisions were very scarce, and the
ecu
;■■■ bcjr .t to feel the sufferings incidental
all
o ( a supply of water. AH business was at
on tile want
and, and notwithstanding the determination ef the
and a well
pe -pie to hold • -it to t!
hu:
supplied and succe- sfu! eue;;
presented but slight
'.hetinate pern
f suceurs
iterance, Th*
hope.
.•cm
mmoned then
nch bave r?gula v !/
V
a to surrender,
in the name c.f kin J'
in , but the Junta rirm'y re
td no othrr sovereign than
plied, that th-r'->g
ill
•rdinmd
sietir
>a-.ci, i. Ha tuai has obtained in mo
It is a very
Li:: invulnerable to the assaults of
dem d tv . rha
n our its want of a natural supply
an
in* A'est staminas of a siege) from
of
i.l'
:vly 100 000 inhabitants ami being
its
«•
irren peninsulas assailed by an ene
sit I
-.n of the main land, ami a full
nv. hav . % p
•.varermg plat e, what prospects cau
•.he
con trou, v :
I pit city of resistance? Where there
he held .1 ■ r
V rv.r.i
• there is no boy's play/*
is a vie
■!' <-f tbe interposition of a miracle,
ami not hi", g
which all the u
. • r.c-ial priests in the Junta cannot
effet
n these days < »•. possibly enab e it to make even
ort period.
a resriu c si and but F c 1
In 151/6 Catliz was 1 v:quered by the British, unde*
the command the earl of Essex and gâterai How
ard , and was, a short time after, most disgraceful')*
abandoned. In 1702 another enterprise was planned
against it, to prevent its falling into the hands of the
Bombons i but was relinquished owing to a misunder
standirg between the British commanders.
The citv of Cadiz is situated at the head of two
vilhin the other; and is built on a body nf
bays, one
rocks which iiregularly rise in clusters above the sur
face of the water, at the extremity of a sandy spit of
earth, often covered with water, supposed to be the alt
luvion of several small rivers which disembogue them -
iili
The city is surrounded by
selves into the bays.
vorks, but not sufficiently and ski'fu'ly manned ;
tary
the resistance which the French may find from these
ill admit of but small calculation» ii
fortification*
of the Spaniards, when \vc take into view the
fav<
battle of Talavera, in which 40 000 French baffled 30»
000 British, aided by 60,000 Spaniards ; the march
from the Danube to Isonzo, to the Vistula, to Vienna
or to Tilsit : the taking of Morena, and all the other
of the French troops wheiever they have
successes
made a determined assult upon the Spaniards, wheth
a? ho, aFi
• cly or aided by their British allies,
er sep
ter three unsuccessful campaigns, must v.ow begm it
— sing small.