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youTd Stive obtained a kind of success,
if, by a rash diversion, he had succeed
ed in causing our banners to fall
jfrorn the limits at which they have
been placed by victory. Let him know
that the course of the destinies of (
Fiance cannot he interrupted by vain
efforts! that even whew Europe is co
vered by our armies, a most warlike
I a lion is only waiting for the first
signal to offer more soldiers to the
oo.uitry.
M Thus, gentlemen, the fury of the
Ingiiih fy. constantly giving us notice
efour resources ; every Patternpt on
thi.ii part developed and confirms ihe
T(' procaJ sentiments of confidence
and love which unite the prince and the
nation. I am very certain, gentlemen,
that, in this conjuncture, the Senate
\i :•! ; c eager te justify hy their opinion
thai of the public which is already so
favu I, and will give a
freteh y of their zeal lor the
il person of our, august sovereign,
and for the glory ofthe French najria."
Hit. ex< 'el.cf.cy, tiie president of the
te, in the name of the assembly,
answered theprince atch-chancellor,
th. : Ihe senate had heard with the
1.';;,.:.t interrest lr;e communications
which had just been made lo them ;
that they considered them as an addi
tional proof ofthe wisdom of his serene
highness, and cf the zeal wilh which
be is constantly animated for tho wel
fare ofthe stite and for 1113 majesty's
service, that after having heard the
details which were going to be given
by the minister of war, they wouldtakc
these communicatior.3 into considera
tion.
I lis excellency, count Ilunebourg, ;
rainister-of war, having then demanded I
permission to speak, read the report I
which was*" announced m th.-*. speech off
the prince arch-chancellor:
. HE P O It T
his excellency Count liunenbourg j
(Clarke) minister of war, to the !
Council call dby his excellency the '
Prince Arch Chancellor of the em- !
fire, Duke of Parma, l?c. on the i
\4th August, 1809.
Monsrkinkuh,
When the immense warlike prepara
tions of Austria called the emperor to
C&ermany, his majesty had no occasion
to withdraw his troops from Spain in I
order to fight other enemies ; those,
which he hud wisely kept in Germany
lidded to part Of the fresh leyies which {
were ordered at that time end the;
troops ofthe confederation of the
Hhine, were sufficient for conquering]
Au*-;'i ia in ever memorable battles, and !
t' ' uluce that power io endeavor ....
find her safety in an ar---.:iaiice demand- '•
ed by her, and in the hopes of peace '
which thai {armistice has produced.
Before leaving France, the emperor, j
whose pat'ern -1 solicitude for his sub- j
jecia foresees 1 every thing, organized !
different corps of reserve upon several j
points of his empire. His majesty ;
disposed them in such a manner as to '
prevent the French territory from be* I
ing- insulted, and-so as to enable parti
ot the new levies which had been ex
ercised during several months, added
to the velerar.s, rapidly to repair to
the points of the empire which might
be menaced.
But scarcely wis th<i news of the
armistice, which was granted by the [
emperor to Austria, known in London, j
when England, who had been prepar-1
ing a considerable expedition, intend [
ed, no doubt, to augment her forces in j
Portugal and Spain, and to repair the j
losses which she had just suffered, j
suddenly determined to throw 1 this ex-1
pedition, not upon the French territo
ry, which she did not venture to at
tack, but upon the Dutch territory,
where the cowardice, or perhaps the
treason of a chief, a foreigner to tiiat
nation audio ours, reserved for him a
momentary success which, without
that circumstance, would have been,
as it were, impossible.
It cannot be doubted that the prin
cipal object of England was to oppose
by a diversion the continental peace of
which she stands in dread, and which
she has ao long prevented, and to en
deavor to destroy our maritime estab
lishments at Antwerp, our fleets in the
Scheldt, and the navy of our allies.
On the 29th of July, the English
expedition arfived off the islands of
Walcheren and Cadsand ; the troops,
after having sustained a very conside
rable loss from the attack of one of our
brigades upon their landing at the
north point of Walcheren, took pos
session of Middieburg, and of Ter
vcre, which made a defence of thirty
hours, and very soon afterwards, of the
island of South Beveland, in which
the important fort of Btiiz had been a
kandolicd three hours before the ene
my appeared.
As soon us this news reached me, I
dispatched, agreeably to what had been i
prescribed to me by the emperor be
fore his departure, all the necessary
erders for the arrival of reinforcements
at the points which were menaced by
the enemy ; in less than three days :
upwards of twenty thousand men un
der the orders of the senator general
JRampon, were drawn up an thut pertef
the Scheldt which separates Holland
from the French empire, whilst the
senator general St. Sus-mnc was nt
Boulogne, menaced in vain, and pre
pared to repel the enemy.
I Since which, these forces have in
creased and are daily increasing. '
The garrison of Flushing advanced
oui of the fortress ; they defended and
they continue todefend the approaches
to it; t hey received a reinforcement of
several thousand men, who boldly
crossed the Scheldt within sight ofthe
enemy, and even passed through his
licet, without his being able to obstruct
their passage.
The imperial battery ofthc island
of Cadsand, that of Napoleon carried
destruction among the English ships
which bad presumed to attempt the
passage of the Scheldt between Flush
i. ! HrcsKcns, forced the enemy
to respect that passage and to seek a
nother on the side of Zealand.
Tho forts of Lillo and of Lief
kenslvocck, which cross their fire'on
the Scheldt before Antwerp, defend
the approaches to the port and to the
dock of that important city,
which has long excited the jealousy of
the English. The means of defence
of those forts has been augmented.
The van guard of the army cf the
north has arrived at the Scheldt ; its J
forces are already considerable, and
even exceed in number those which
it is supposed the enemy has. On
the sido of Bargen-op-ZoOro, our ]
troops tiro joining the array, which is i
commanded by his majesty the king
of Holland-in person, whilst on die
left they are assembling along the
Scheldt, from Antwerp to the island
of Cadsand, and thus are coy
I our Northern frontier. The English
j have not yet set their foot upon the
French territory.
Cut new convoys of vessels coming- I
from the ports of England, announce |
' that the enemy is assembling in the
! Eastern Scheldt all the force which
!he has been able to collect, in order
!to vanquish, by his obstinacy and by ;
fresh efforts, the obstacles which have J
kept him in check in the islands of
Zealand.
! It might be asked what the English
| hope to obtain from their efforts ? Will
they take Flushing ? That fortress is j
jin a good * tale of defence ; will they j
I seize upon the squadron ? The dis
| positions skilfully executed by ihe ad
j miral who command the fleet, have
| allowed him to take a position before j
J Antwerpt, which unites the means of I
! the land and the son for the delence of
iof that town ; but if the English had
j any successes, they might retard
pe-i.ee, violate our torvi'.>ry, ov.l eseen-
I tially hurt our allies, whose cause is
l our own.
i His majesty the emperor and
king is persuaded that after having
i made his arms be respected in ail parts
iof the world, the French will not let
themselves be insulted in their own
| country, during his absence, by 25 or
30,000 Englishmen.
Under these circumstances, the
Emperor has confided to the marshal
prince of Ponte-Corvo (Berhad< tt.)
the command of the new army ofthe
North; and he has confided that of
the two crops of observation which are
j at this moment forming at Wesel and
\ at Lisle to the marshal duke of Vainly
I (Kclierman) and to the marshal duke
of Corncgliano (Bessiera.)
This situation of things too nearly in
! terest3 the national honor not to lay up
j onus the obligation of repairing ami ;
I momentarily calling into the ranks
of the army ofthe North numerous
corps of the grenadiers and rangers
of the national guards of some de
partments, to co-operate in repelling
far from iho French territory and in
driving from Holland the enemy's '
bands.
Several departments are naturally
called upon to take part in this expe
dition, although the nearest to the fron
tiers, such as the departments of tho.
North, of the Pas-de-Calaisand of the
Lys, have seimed to claim this bon
er for themselves alone, if" we may
judge from the extreme eagerness
which they have displayed in organis
ing the cohorts of their national guards
and in conveying them to the menac- I
ed frontier.
Tiie department of the North has
already sent to the banks ofthe Scheld
several thousand grenadiers and ran
gers of the national guards, and com
panies of volunteer cannoniers who I
heretofore so gloriously defended the
fortress of Lisle against the impotent i
efforts ofthc enemy. The department ]
of the Pas-de*Calais Sc that of the Lys
have done the same.
The enemy will no doubt shudder
when he sees so many troops come
from different points of the empire,
i ready to fight him with determined re
: solution, and to surround him if he
should dare ta net his foot upon the
; French territory ; the eagerness of the k
, whole nation against their eternal cue- I
:my will doubtless for ever wrest from ;
the English ihe hope of succeeding in j
sue.ii enterprises, and will perhaps put
a curb upon their hatred against the
'French people, by the impossibility of
their ever satisfying it.
The minister of war,
Count of Iluncbourg.
( Tij be Continued.)
WASHINGTON CITY.
FRToAY, NOVEMEEH 10.
The following article, from the
Boston Repertory, a decidedly federal
print, manifests much candor, and
presents a dispassionate view of a to
pic, which has only in a few instances
excited the violence of partizaris. If
we can judge from the tone of me fe
deral prints oti this point, it may not
be going too far to say that the conduct
ofthe Executive in respect to Mr.
Onis has met wilh the approbation of
a majority of the federal parly. 1!
this is saying too much, it may at
least, be safely effirmed, that the
most enlightened and reflecting men
of that description consider the sub
ject as involved in great difficulty.
It has been reserved For two or thre
ofthc most inflammatory papers to as
cribe lo the President motives v
worthy of a virtuous man or an Ame
rican.
FHOM THE RKPERTORY.
I
The question of the reception of
Mr. Onis as representative of the
Spanish provisional government, ;-,p
---! pears to us really to be attended
with perplexing circumstances.
We must confess that we cannot
see the arguments in favor of his
being recognised by our govern
ment in so strong a light, as some of
| our friends. While there was any
probability that Spain could or would j
I maintain her independence against!
I the usurper, we owed, belli on I
\ tho r-:caie of gratitude and as a nation j
| concerned in the greet cause of the j
freedom of nations, all the aid & counts- j
I ancc we could bestow. But it it is moral-1
ily certain tiie government from which
' Mr. Onis derives his official charac*
ill soon be swept away, do what
j you please in its favor, what can be
the great advantage of forming con
! nections which must be but momenta
ry ? It is said the comnies of Spain,
which will disdain to submit toih; ty
rant, will Consider ihe refusal to re
Mr. Onis as an affront, and thut our
property within their jurisdiction may
,be endangered. We cannot pretend
•; to predict as to their measures ; but
•'we do not see, under the < xi;- ing
prospects of the mother country, that
such uctiertHcaniairiy be insist
ed upon. The colonies it is cci tain may,
if they"chote, remain perfectly inde
pendent of Bonaparte. If Ihcy declare
independence, or attach themselves
to any other government, and we re
cognise them in the character they
may choose, what more can they re
quire ?
But as we have already observed,
this is a question of a complicated na
ture. We do not venture to offer a
decided opinion as to the course that:
ought to be pursued ; nor do we see \
the conclusiveness of the reasons
which have been offered in favor of
recognizing a minister from the Seville
Junta.
The above was in type for last Fri
day's Repertory, belore we knew
what policy Mr. Madison would adopt ;
and we cannot yet see that his de
clining to receive Mr. Oris is unjusti >
fiable, or that the Spanish colonies j
can, with propriety, consider it a j
cause of offence. It is pot improba
ble that were Mr. Onis now to cm
. bark for .Spain be would find the \ r o- i
vcrnment by which he was commis
sioned destroyed. The most active
I| in the struggle, if any have conducted
so as to deserve that character, will un
doubtedly emigrate to South America,
which in ail probability will declare
, itself independent, and may remain, so
. in spite of the conqueror and despot of
Europe. If South America, we mean
Spanish South America, should send
a minister to the government ef tho
United States, we trust an acknowlcge
ment of their independence,.a recogni
tion of their representative, and a dis
position to establish a friendly ia
tercoursc would be the consequence.
If during, the American revolution,
the patriots of the confederated stales
had manifested a general apathy to
the cans*; of independence, or but a
tew sections displayed the zeal and
I valor of men determined to conquer
or die ; if we had left the French to
!to sustain the brunt of the battle, and
suffered them to starve or embark
For Europe and leave us to our fate—
it by such conduct we had rendered
our cause, to ail human appearance,
forlorn and hopeless, would Spain,
Holland or any other European power
have thought it politic, or incumbent on
them, to receive ministers from us ?
believe not.
It may be our view of this subject
is incorrect ; but it appears to us,
while we keep up a friendly commer
cial intercourse with the free part of
'Spain, and inthiiway do them all i
the positive good in ©ur power, that i
under their present circumsta
j they can insist on no more ; and that
the non-reception of Mr. Oni-, offers
no barrier to ;• good end friendly un
derstanding with the future indepe i i
dent empires oi S{anii<sh South An
ca, Cuba, or Mexico, as soon as they i
assume that i
The followi g from the
Philadelphia Fn -man's Journal. In
republishing it, we by no means vouch
for its authentic!:.j :
" Mrs» Jerome Patterson of Balti
more (first wife of Jerome Bi
has been created a duchess ef
house of Napoleon, with a salary of
50,000 crowns ptr annum. Flet
is created a prince of the Fr*»ijch
pire. It is also said, Colonel Tot-sard,
late of the Am- 'c, n Rc\
Army, is appointed his governor,
the rank of General, and a
salary. Baltimore is to be the I
rial and Royal residence for the pre- I
sent."
The Philadelphia Gazette Btal
rumor to the same effect,, ad<
this measure has been tidtei. by ■
Jerome Bonaparte.
On the 2d in-t John Coxdit, was
elected a Sen;- \j led States ,
from the state of New Jersey, by the
joint meeting ofthe Legislature
Mr Bartholomew Frere- is appoint
ed Envoi I vllle,
in the room oi Marquis Wellesley,
who is recalled.
nt'iM a lonOon print".
Monthly report Jor August.
The wheat harvest has nearly closed
in all but the most Northern districts,
j and, we /regret to add, with no favo*
J ruble prospect ao to its average pro
j duce. Jhe blight and mil
! much injured the ear in ihe Las
| tern distiict, and in the home •
lies the grain in general has suf.
fered severely from the incle
cy of the weather. Oats and
beans prove the best crops. Barleys
are generally thin . The potatoes have
been benefited by the late rains* and
arc expected to yield abundantly.—
The hut sown turriips have planted
we'll, and BO has the rape, intc: d( d
for si cd. Clover seed is not ex
pected to rise well, from the too sue
culcnt state of them on tree grow
ing lands. Though the er ;s of hay
have been short in mot con; iea, the
defect is in a considerable measure
compensated by the great cor]
lattermath grass that havesuccei
The hop plantations ia X nt at d Sus
sex, though clc.insed by the heavy
rains, arenot expected to grow
than half a crop; the year's dw.y
la not laid at more than 55,000/
The meat markets continue c onsi
derable. Lean stock on the advance,
particularly for store Horses
of most kinds are cheaper. The
wool market keeps steady at last
month's prices.
From Bell's (London) Meekly
Messenger.
is every reason to believe that
peace has either actually been signed
between Austria and France, or that
all the articles have been so far pro
ceeded upon, that nothing remains but
ro arrange some minor point?;, which
| arc consequential upon the do.
j meditated. Nothing is in fact so ab
surd as tbe speculations of some of
the daily papers upon the apparent de
lay of this definitive treaty, t.s if half
tor nearly three parts cf the Austrian
monarchy could be ceded, and what
remains take a new form, in a day or
a week. The mail points we may
rest assured arc agreed upon, or Bo
naparte would not have hung off, when
every thing is in his power ; nor would
the Austrtans have executed the arti ,
. clcsof the armistice, and have evacu
ated Gratz, if they were meditating
the renewal of hostilities. So far
therefore may be depended upon—that
in the course of a very short time we j
shall receive the definitive treaty, and !
that its effect will be to render Austria
one of the secondary powers of Eu- ;
rope. Tbe emperor may yet be al- I
lowed to wear the shadow of a crown; i
but if Bonaparte live, Europe will be '
filled with his family of kings.
The war under the auspices of Fan;
land, assumed a character which Bo
naparte will not easily forget or for
give ; it vas rendered personal to him
self ; Ihe cause of legitimate kings, as
tkey are called, against an usurper.
The emperor of Austria will now have
reason to rue this folly ; Bonaparte has
hence adopted it as a maxim, that his
best security is to have no kings on
the continent but those of his own
creation*. Jerome, Joseph, the duke
of this and the duke of that, arc not ,
made kings merely upon their own ac- i
count ; they arc part of the system of \
Bonaparte, according to which hG is
about to hedge and encircle France by j
feudatories of his own Family, in this
manner afl Europe is cemented into
one system, and every ; aen
interest to defend him, who In
supports them ?,!!.
'on, Aovcmber 5,
fiend-<\'n.i:'icrs, Boston, (•
The cotttmandet i i i*»
cannot refrain from exp ; ex~*»
Heme regret at the occasion that has
called for th~ services of any portion
of the eighth division > diiia,
would do great injustice to his orfn
feelings, as well as to the merits of*
ive titter.-': ■! i
the civtl . did he fail to no
tice : he eutert.aiisof the
promptitude and triad ' ■> yed by
the majoi
the requesi i I
trates of t
detaching a r
tance of the Sheriff, t
prch -ion to the course
of justice and a di
la-vs ; and also of the prom
ence
; cers - rs, ucej,
\ metvency.
The Major Gene
soldi'
if their duty, wi
ccpt the thanks of I
i duel lor ihe patriotic ci m,)y
ed by them pn this occasion, both an
citizens
C. GOR B, < awl
Commander in (
By order of hi* I£x< i Go
vernor oral C
Wm . nON NIS ON, ./,)'. (ren.
At a m c d pvu »v t
, lie notice by
citizensof the U. x
j ship- and property c'apti
i condemned bj
vermneni of D mark r *ii h res
as the sense of this meeting
| Tlvu.it will be proper :to
. the President of the U. States,
out delay, ali the in erfl
, i.ig the same, of wHtich th<
nary be pa n order thai he may
be thereby enabled te judge whether
, any end what measures at<.
; by the dignity of 'he nation
[ rights cf the citizens,
j Audit is therefore reco-mm
. to all concerned to transom to the ->c
} cretary of State accurate tMe
. of their respective cases, -~
] documents for verifying the Sams as
\ are it, their p6wer to procure ; and all
rtiC'i facts relating to the subject, as
may have come (o their kiiowled
T. H. PERKINS, CA
. Boston November I, 1809
; Aczy York. Aoy. 6.
j Capt Kimm, in 14 day fro n Ila
f varna, i.ih.ims that th- 2 British t'i i
, gates and 2 Spanish 74's from L
Cruz, (before reported) sail d from
, Ilavanna to Cadiz, about the IS
; Oct. having on board 17,OU",000 of
j dollars ar.d other valuable property.
We learn frther, . 0 f
flavanna was opened for the adm
(of lumber on the 15tb ult. and it
, supposed farfhei rejsxattuns
. rake place ; :-. favor- cf Amei
t Another account Mates, that no ves
sels wo Id be admitted I
arrived afcer the SOth October ;
vessr.ls lhat arrived previou
dare would he atlmitti d. M
t dull, though Hour was §20 pe. I
j pork 13, beef 16.
t Baltimore, Art*. 8.
Tbe Fair American, Hob
t arrived, 2G days from 1.
( news—British anu Spabish armies as
5 by last accounts. A letter from a Bri
. tish colonel, dated Badajoz, Si
[ bet- 19, speaks with some confidence
. of the ultimate success of the p
r —provided the war of Germany con
, linues until permanent art i
t arc completed for supplyin,*- the
, troops. The combined aril
, receiving reinforcements :j>
j the Portuguese divisions, tfsua <
, of small duu.chmeats daily arriving
I from almost every town ir. Portugal.
The French were not advancing..ihe
. British head-quarters continued at Ba
. dajoz—troops extending towards Me
! rida.
■ j QUINA, C>...'SS. y QJPAEN'S ft.IHE.
I | A. L, JONCHFRE2
INFORMS hw Priends and the Public,
tli. tho has again r 1 j s now
j opening-, _a very handsome and extensive
j supply of Goons in his Line, which, with
what he Lately received f.-om B.himore,
i makes his assortment as complete >.ml as
extensive as any one in the district on this
side ofthe river.
He h.is Twenty Orattss, handsomely
assorted, which he will sell to retailers at a
■ very low advance for Cash or good Paper.
It. '
.Martinique Cordials, assorted, in boxes,
Claret, warranted goed and ..Id, iti boaaft
Low priced Bonnets.
November 10—vvt.lan
BY Virtue of all order ironi the ..'li's
Court of St. . Hartfs county, w ill be Sold
tt Pb»m.o .Sale »t the honse of '<■
Cole ct said -'H'oty, dt.o'T ed, •;, V,
day the Sixth December next,
Horses, Cattle, Sheep, lloitsiiolcTand
chenFurni
of Joiners and Carpenters toon—twelve,
in(inUi9*crediton nil sums c
5820 and under must be c
approved security wit!
Ile, to . ommence .it. i t ***,
THOMAS COL
near the <
November 20— -