The constitutionalist — Exeter, N.H., 1810-09-03 00:00:00, page 1

MASSA CH USETTS.
BOSTON, AUG. 25, 1810.
The accounts from Cadiz, via Phila
delphia, are down to the 17th July.—
In addition to the above particulars we
learn, from late Spanish papers, That
the French were waiting for mortars
of a new construction from the famous
foundery at Seville, to.enable them to
bombard Cadiz.—[^ If shells
thrown from 24 ar 32 pounders can
not reach Cadiz, the French will in
zain attempt to effect it by mortars
of cn 9 calibre.] —That the fortress of
Lerida, in Catalonia, was surrendered
to the French by treachery, and the
Spanish traitor was made Governor of
Valentia.—The garrison ^Consisted of
5000 men, with a year's provisions.
[^ The Junta of Catalonia, in their
late address, denounce with much bit
terness this act of treachery ] —That
Tarragona was threatened with a seige :
—That the combined expedition from
Cadiz and Gibraltar, for the relief of
Malaga, had failed.—The English, un
der Gen. Bowles, had returned to Gib
raltar, and the Spanish, under Gen.
Laci, remained at Ronda, in the moun
tains of Grenada.— [This expedition
was sometime since mentioned as be
ing destined for the attack of the rear
'of'" French besiegers of Cadiz.] —
That the invasion of Sicily was threat
ened by the King of Naples from Ca
labria, with 50,000 men.—(^ If he
can pass the Streight of Messina with
two thirds of this number, he will ea
sily,conquer that Kingdom ; but the
English have a strong naval force
therg, which has already destroyed
a number of the boats built, for the
expedition. j— — That the fortress of
Aostalrich, in Catalonia, possessed by
the French, had been evacuated by the
Capt. Roberts has arrived here in
30 days from Cadiz.—He brings ac
counts to the 17th July. The Brit
ish have from 7000 to 10,000 troops
on the Island of Leon, with one
Portuguese regiment, who occupy the
most advanced posts.—The piquets are
composed of Highlanders, whom the
French, ever since the affairs of Egypt
and Calabria, have evidenced no great
desire to engage without fearful odds.
The battery which crosses the cause
way leading from the outer-walls of
Cadiz, to what is called /he island, was
nearly compleated, and would mount
from 70 to 80 twenty-four and 32-
pound cannon. Other batteries were
erecting in different parts of the island.
The French force in the vicinity of
Cadiz was estimated at about 15,000
men.
It was reported and credited at Cadiz,
that the advanced corps of the British
army in Portugal, under Brigadier-
General Crawford, consisting of 6000
men had been attacked by the division
of the Duke of Dalmatia, [Soult] con
sisting of 15,000 men, and after ades
perate resistance the British were com
pelled to retreat, with the loss of 4000
men. The General, and 2000 men,
reached the British Head-Quarters.
Gen.Suchet has defeated Gen. Blake's
army in Catalonia. (^ This is an
old story.—Gen Blake has been
some time in Cadiz.
That Bonaparte meant to propose
terms of peace to England.
On these topics there was much
speculation ; some pronouncing it im
possible that Bonaparte could or would
degrade his brother Joseph to raise a
Bourbon in his stead; others arguing
the contrary, from the circumstance
of the monument decreed to Louis the
sixteenth ; that, if the young Empress
and her family had obtained Bona #
parte's consent to that measure, they
might carry their influence farther.
MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, AUG, 18, 1810.
The despatches lately brought from
Mr. Pinkney, in the Tamaahmaah, have
been forwarded to the Secretary of
State „but they are quite unimportant:
—They state,
That accounts are received from Par
is of the intercession of the Emperor
of Austria with Bonaparte in favor of
Ferdinand VII. and that the Emperor
would give him his second daughter in
marriage, provided Napoleon would
restore him to the throne of Spain, or
otherwise provide for him.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILAD. AUG.. 20, 1810.
Very late from Cadiz.
Vol. I.]
IB? the sail%
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AGAINST THE INSIDIOUS WILES OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE, THEJEALOUSY OF A FREE PEOPLE, OUGHT TO BE CONSTANTLY AWAKE ...Washington.
At the public dinner at Montreal,
Mr. Jackson gave as a toast-—" Pros
perity to the United States of America."
Great Fire.—On the 20th April
last, about 8090 houses were consum
ed by fire in Constantinople, and
30,000 inhabitants (nearly the popu
lation of Boston) driven houseless to
the fields. T ;
From the Salem Gazette, of Aug. 24.
Revolution at Buenos Ayres.
On Wednesday arrived here the
brig Venus, Capt. Tunison, from
Buenos Ayres. Mr. Nathan Cook,
the supercargo informs us, that a rev
olution had taken place there, similar
to that in Caraccas: the authorities
emanating from the Supreme Junta of
Old Spain had been put down, and a
new provisional government set up,
with professed loyalty to Ferdinand
VII, and to continue only till his re#
Spaniards who made good their retreat
with; small loss :• —That many of the
American vessels confiscated at Naples,
; were fitting out as privateers ;—and
Ithat peace had been concluded be
tween Portugal and Algieres.
fCen^.
The Paris obituary of 1809 mentions
the deaths of " a Marshal of the Em
pire, 16 Generals; 3 officers of a lower
grade, 18 civil Magistrates, 3 Ecclesi
astics, 23 learned Men, 24 Artists, 27
distinguished Foreigners—3 persons of
120 years, 1 of 114, 2 of 110, 1 of
109, 2 of 106, 3 of 105, 1 of 104, 1
of 103, 6 of 102 and 100."—
Phila. Hemisphere.
lit was reported in Cadiz, from Por
tugal, that Gen. Crawford, command
ing a 6ody of 6000 English having ad
vanced too far, had been intercepted by
Marshal Soult, with 15,000 then ;
through whom the British General was
compelled, after two days desparate
fighting, to cut his way ;—^which he
affected with the loss of about 4000 of
his troops. 4 —[O The above Cadiz
date is a very recent one, and we have
nothing in point of time which mili
tates with the truth of this report.
Our last Lisbon dates is 3d July ; then
no accouet of a battle had been receiv
ed there. Former accounts from
Soult left him employed in the siege
of Cadiz.—He gave the official ac
count of the evacuation of Matagor
da.—The ^English officer who com
manded nighest to Soult whs General
Hill.—We have no recollection at
what point Crawford commanded, if
at any.—On the slight view of the
ground therefore, we are of opinion
the report is not true as related, and
it partakes something of the marvel
lous, that a similar report, though
with a different result, was inserted in
the London papers of the last of June.
If the above report is founded, it
must have travelled to Cadiz landwise,
through the French army : andthere
fore did not probably lose any p'art of
its French ingredients.]—ibid.
Grerit preparations were making in
the Neapolitan dominions at the last
dates, avowedly for an attack on Sici
ly. King Joachim, said he would be
at Palermo by the 23d of June. It
was said he had 60,000 disposable
troops. The British had 12000 at
Sicily, and reinforcements were on their
way. There are also Sicilian troops,
and a strong British squadron. The
British had destroyed about 20 gun
boats which Were to have been employ
ed in the expedition. The London
Editors suspect the expedition is in
tended against Greece.
Gen. Sarrazin, who lately fled from
France to England, it is saidis to come
to the United States.
" The June Packet arrived this day
from Falmouth, whence she sailed July
1, and brought London papers to the
28th of June.
Lucien Bonaparte, it is reported,
intends to emigrate to America.
" It is reported, Government have
informed Mr. Pinkney, that they de
cline sending another Ambassador to
America at present; but that Mr.
Morier is to go out as charge des Af
faires."
Extract of a letter from Halifax, dat-
Reported Battle in Portugal.
EXETER, (N. H.) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER $ 1810.
ed August 15.
/
Mr. Cook has favoured us with
minutes he made of the revolutionary
events while he was at Buenos Ayres,
from which we have taken the follow
ing extracts.
" On Tuesday morning the 15th of
May the long expected explosion burst
forth. A deputation from the several
/military commandants waited on the
Viceroy, and demanded categorically
his intentions, in the event of a confir
mation of the intelligence from. Europe,
by a vessel just arrived at Monte
Video, announcing the actual removal
of the old Supreme Junta, the appoint
ment of a provisional one, the suc
cess of the French, and their approach
towards Cadiz, and the preparatory
arrangements to remove the seat of
government to the island of Leon.
Two hours were given for a reply.
However, there was nothing decisive
till Saturday the 19tli, when tho post
from Monte Video brought a confir
mation of the above particulars. A
second deputation then waited on the
Viceroy, and demanded an immediate
and public declaration of his inten
tions ; which he promised to make.
Sunday morning the Cabildo notified
the Viceroy that it was indispensable
that he should resign his command, as
the authority from which it proceeded
no longer existed, and that he must
send the staff of office to them in ses
sion. In the interim he issued a proc
lamation to the people of the viceroy
alty ; in which he took a cursory view
of the disastrous events in Spain, and
the efforts making to restore confi
dence, &c. &c. This address did not
satisfy the people, as it left on their
minds the impression, that he would
maintain his authority as long as he
could. Several of the commandants
entered the palace in the evening at
9 o'clock, and demanded a resignation
then, or a promise of it in the morn
ing—hinting in very plain terms that
his refusal would occasion an immedi
ate recurrence to force. He finally
consented to surrender his authority
at 11 o'clock the ensuing day. Patrols
paraded the streets, and the troops
were all under arms in the barracks
during the night.
On Monday the inhabitants were in
anxious suspence—the military and
partisans of the revolution were all
in motion—and the troops to the num
ber of 8000, as it was said, were un
der arms. The alarm beat in the
morning—the hats of the patriots were
decorated - with the portrait of Ferdi
nand VII, under which, and to the
button diole of the coat, was tied a
white ribband, signifying, as they said,
union among themselves, and fidelity
to Ferdinand in the even t of his restora
tion to the throne. At one o'clock a
number of persons attended in the
square, and after, some difficulty on
the part of the Viceroy, lie made his
resignation.
The Cribildo summoned a meeting of
500 for the next day, the 22d. It took
place at 10 in the evening at the Curial,
(none being admitted into the square
but the persons who had been sum
moned to the meeting, and who were
furnished with tickets.) The debates
ran high on the subject of deposing
the Viceroy until correct information
should be received of the fate of Spain.
The principal opposer of the new or
der of things was the Bishop. He
was answered by a Dr. Castillos, a
leading character in the revolution, a
native lawyer, possessed of consider
able talents and a daring intrepidity of
spirit. Repeated plaudits announced
the favorable reception his sentiments
met with, and the impressing his orato
ry had made. He concluded a speech
replete with eloquence, and with such
strength of argument in favor of the
change of government, as astonished
the audience (which chiefly consisted
of Old Spaniards who had been almost
ty a, man previously opposed to any
storation to his throne, but actually,
no doubt, with a vie* to complete a
permanent independence. Mr. Cook
was in confidents! relations with some
of the leaders, who informed him,
that they contemplated a government
as nearly like that of the United States
as the genius and habits of the people
would admit of, but were aware that
those were not such as to enable them
to enjoy the same degree of political
freedom with-us. —Thus, while the
ambition of Bonaparte is overturning
the old establishments, and shutting up
the usual channels of commerce, in
Europe, new states are rising, and new
paths to commerce opening, in the
western world. *
Mr. Maeon, the Est-Speaker of
Congress, and one of the denounced"
'' submission men," has been elected
to the 12th Congress. We wish a
better man had succeeded. The Balti,
more " submission" democrats, Moore
and M'Kim, are to be opposed by
Commodore Barney and another.
We learn, that the Hon. Board of
Overseers of Harvard University, on
Thursday confirmed the appointment
of the Rev. JOHN THORNTON
KIRKLAND, D. D. as President of
that venerable Institution. At the
same time, we learn, that the degree of
Doctor of Laws was unanimously con
ferred on the Hon Timothy Picker
ing, and his Excellency Governor
Gerry.—-We understand that Dr.
Kirkland had 30 of 34 votes./
Even the great Napoleon is com
pelled to submit to necessity ! His
Commissary of Marine has been de
tected in using forged papers to four
teen vessels employed in bringing masts
and timber into France from northern
ports. Certainly humble individuals
may be allowed to manoeuvre a little,
when such a superemiACTit personage
sets the example,
Another meeting on the 233. was
held, in order to confirm by signature
the vote of the preceding day. Pro
clamation was made, that the Cabildo
should exercise the powers of the Vice
roy, and proceed to the choice of a
Provisional Junta, until delegates from
the interior provinces conkl meet,
with Whom they would form a perma
nent government.
The 24th, the Cabildo issued a pro
clamation, announcing the deposing of
the Viceroy. They assembled again
at 4P. AL—the guns announced the
appointment of a Junta, and the May
or proclaimed the names of those of
whom it was composed, viz. the late
Viceroy as president and six others.
Immediate discontent was manifested,
principally on account of the Viceroy's
having any share in th6 government;
and the result was, that a new election
was made on the morning of thh 25th,
and the Viceroy was excluded. Pro
vision was immediately made for send
ing deputations to the interior, to in
vite delegates fron. the Gabildo's of the
provinces, rind to treat with them re
specting a proper form of government.
On the 26th a proclamation was is
sued in the name.of Provisional Junta
of the capital of the River Plate. The
commandants and officers waited on
them, and swore allegiance in the name
of Ferdinand VII.
change that would place the power in
the hinds of the people) and induced
a vote for deposing the Viceroy, 169
to 65.
On the 27th, at three P. M. the
troops assembled in front of the Curi
al, formed a hollow square and were
addressed by th the President of the
Junta (their commander,)and the Bish
op bestowed his benediction on the
people. The president's address was
answered by the troops with repeated
shouts, and a salute from artillery and
musketry; the people showed every
mark of joy.
On the 30th, divine service was per
formed at the cathedral, by order of
the Junta; the Bishop officiated ; and
a political discourse was delivered by
one of the Priests. Splendid illumina
tions took place in the evening.
'Notwithstanding the apparent tran
quillity, there was still a dissatisfied
party at B. Ayres. Monte Video
was wavering as to a concurrence
with Buenos Ayres, as a report was
spread, that Spain was not so far con
quered as had been represented.
The accounts from these next-door
neighbors of the United States are riot
very consistent. —It appeared, howev
er, that their movements were towards
a Revolution, if not Independence.—
The district of New Felecina had nam
ed Captains John Johnson, William
Barrow, and Messrs. John Ray and
John Mills, fall English or American
names, the latter probably a Bostoni
an] to be Delegates to a General Con
vention of Safety ; —to the meeting of
which Governor lAssuShad consented.
The convention was to have assembled
in July. Neither the Emperor Nap.
nor King Jo. have many friends (ex
cepting their spies) in the Floradas.
Cent.
THE FLORIDAS.
Administration mifst have learned
from Vatter, whose works, in refer-,
ence to the profound learning of our
present Secretary of State, as display
ed in his correspondence with Mr,
Jackson, a representative from Con
necticut (Mr, Pitkin) sarcastically call
ed" a sort of text book" for our
government, that it is one thing for ar
nation to be obliged by treaty to furn
ish certain auxiliaries to another nation,
And quite a different thing for a nations
to " makeri common cause" with an
other, and enter into a society er
war, especially with a action which'
" the whole world knows" to have
no will of its own, and to be in fact
though not in name a province of fat
LETTERS UPON FRENCH INA
FLUENCE.
No. X.
To the People of the United States.
The National Intelligencer, the
great political organ of the adminis
tration of Jefferson and Madison, has
manifested great apprehension in con
sequence of the publication of No.VII.
of these letters, and has attempted 1
formal refutation of it. In point of
style too pure for the pen of Jefferson,
too elevated to have been written by
the common paragraphists of Wash
ington City, and indicating, when it is
considered that it is an attack which
we confess was a very severe one,
much more of the manner ^hich nat
urally results from the spirit of a gen
tleman, than any other democratin the
United States would be likely to dis
play, it is natural to ascribe this per
formance to the present President of
the United States. But whether it be
the production of Mr. Jefferson, of
Mr. Madison, of Mr. Secretary
Smith, of Mr. Granger, or of Mr.
Smith, the Editor of the Intelligencer^
is quite immaterial, as it is presented
to the public with all the " form and
pressure" of an official vindication of
the last arid present administrations,
now well kriown to be completely am^
algamated and indentifted, in res pect
to our foreign relations against the
charge of French Influence. Although
the writer of these letters can never
defend to notice the miserable inseefit
which sometimes buzz about his ears,
yet he can with credit enter into art
argument with The Administration,
and will at once take up the gauntlet
which it has thrown to him.
Admitting, with much candour, the
perfect correctness of every fact which
was stated in No. VII, Administration
contends that it could only be crimi
nated by one of those facts, & that one
it attempts to explain away. This ex
planation is attempted in the following
manner.
" Who is there so ignorant as not
to know that in the treaty of alliance
between France and Spain, then ex
isting, there was contained at article,
precisely applicable to this case ? The
whole world knew that in that treaty,
after speaking of the relative good of
fices to be performed by each natiort
to the other, there was the following
article:
" The required power shall likewise
furnish, on the demand of the requir
ing power, within the term 'of three
months from the requisition, eighteen
thousand infantry arid six thousand
cavalry, with a proportionable train
of artillery, to be employed solely in
Europe, or in defence of the colonies
which the contracting powers possess
in the Gulf of Mexico."
" This is an extract from the treaty;
Under the circumstances, the question
said to have been risked by general
Armstrong was (if asked) a superflu
ons one; but, having been asked, nor
other ans wer could have been returned
by Talleyrand consistently with truth,
that if we went to war with Spain,
France(agrecably to her treaty) "could
neither doubt nor hesitate." She
could not but have taken part witfe
Spain, Qr have violated a most solemn
treaty." ,
What does administration manty
the whole world 2 Will ft say that
five hundred persons in the Unitedl
States knew that such an article existed,
as it has here (undoubtedly) extracted
from a copy which has long been locked
up in one of its own secret bureaux ?
The writer of these letters certainly
knew of this treaty, and contemplated
it as a proper subject of remark in the
course of his labours. And he is by
no meaiw sorry that Administration
has drawn his attention to it thus
early.
From the Freeman's Jocrnal/
[No. 16.