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. t’ce of plundering, hv whi6h the af*
rt»ie» of the enemy have at all times
0 b$en animated, they have been pre
vented from deriving any advantage,
'^■ona the few resources which the in
uiaojtants of the country m^y have left,
V consequence of the impossibility of
bringing them oil*.
Nothing of importance has occur
red in the north, or in the provinces of
the South of Spain, since mv last dis
patch. My last letters from Cadiz,
are dated the 22d of Sept. I have the
honor to be, 8tc.
‘WELLINGTON.’
44 P» S. I have learnt that Generals
Graiobridge and Feix, both belonging
4 to the 2d corps, were wounded in the
action of the 27ih ult. It iaadded that
the former is since dead of his wounds.”
EXTRACT OF A LETTER
‘ Froi&uimer can gentleman of tetpec.abiUty
»* dated 8ih 0&, to his friend in this
city ;
I did not intend to write you by this
opportunity, which is a vessel I im dis
patching, but really I could not let her
go, without letting you know how
things go od—I am aware that you
' roust from the knowledge you have ol
Spain, be extremely anxious to learo
whether the Cortes, now established,
are likely to make themselves worthy
the name of Cortes, and it is with plea
sure I inform you that their .sessions
are conducted with the greatest deco
rum and propriety.—By the public
prints which I send you, you will be
ro:yde acquainted with their acts
Their first was to acknowledge Fer
dinand the 7th—their next was to di«
. * vide the legislative, executive and ju<
dicial powers—the latter is to be made
independent. The executive, let it b<
w!lp it may, is to be dependent on the
versally approved of.
The present regency are directed tc
continue in office pro tem. exercising
the executive powers j meantime a
commission has been appointed ta
bring in a list of such persons as it
would be proper to nominate.
The regency had sent for the duke
of Orleans, lately married to the king
ol Sicily’s daughter, and he was here
- come weeks past, intriguing, and had
a party ; but the moment the Cortes
were apprised of the circumstaoce,
they ordered him to leave the country
in 24 hours.—He presented himself,
but wa9 not even admitted to their pre
sence, and finally embarked.
\ ou will perceive thev -have de
stroyed thes- Consultas and Vias Re
cervadas of the Executive ; and they
seem to hove a great desire to abolish
the wjfd Ernpeno, by preventing any
oi their<body, or any of his relations,
holding an office, during the time of
their election, or for one year after.
But three grandees have been chosen
to the Cortes and none of them by the
people—two were appointed byjuata9,
and one pro tem for the Havanna.
Mr. Adair, the British minister to
Constantinople,on his way to England,
^Looped here ; I have the pleasure of
hifficquuintance, and he assures me,
he is astonished beyond expression, at
what he has witnessed, the session be
inrr m rwshli#* if U„ - ! _ ■ «r
r% I-•• UCW ilic IU
Spain, and you conceive what enthu*
sia^m pervades all classes.
Xhe only reason that a new regen
cy has n it already heen appointed, is,
that there are 37 representatives yet
detained at Caithagcna waiting the
first eaiterlv wind and they are the
memhjrs from Catalonii, Valencia,
Murcia. See. those that have assem
bled, wish ratner to wait a kill repre
sent \tion for so great an object.
r ie fortifications on this isUnd are
daily improving and are n >w in so
higa a state of defence, that you may
My on it, that Bonaparte, until he
has no other wars, and can turn his
w.iole attention to this pl.ice, and is
then determined to sacrifice one hun
Aired thousand men, cannot take it.
Idse French have now advanced
' VC1*’ batteries as far as they can on
opposite coast. Fro n that of the
iCaberzela, situated to the northward
Vf the fort Matagofda, they have been
Attempting to fire into the bay, ttuJ
it is tnje they h .ve thrown their shot
* further than v/as expected. Jiy tleva.
^tiog the r long ‘24 and 30 pounders, tr
an angle of 45, they can throw a red
Jb hot shot about 3 miles or near 3 1-4
w - miles. They have thrown 500 shot oi
" *^iore within these three days but with!
•ut oat single accident. The nscrchaai
/*/ 'i
‘tracts tan lay out of their reach, but
the men of war, who from their draft
of water, are obliged to lay very far
eut, may possibly lay within reach.
The ahot however are completely
spent at that distance, and though they
might >njure a merchant vessel* they
can do no injury to a man of war. We
know that they have already bilfrat two
guns out of five, by trying the expert*
raent of overloading them to ibfow the
shot a grea&r distance. In short it is
to be expected and must be calculated
oo, that we may be annoyed, but this
can have no effect on the safety of the
place. Rely on it* they have a differ
j ent neAple to deal with, from what they
hav^ueen accustomed to in the North
of Europe*and the enslaved Spaniards
will, I \hope give a lesson to the ty
rant of%Europe.
The church of St. Philip is fitting
up in this city fyr the Cortes, and I
expect to derive much pleasure from
visiting them during the winter, and I
really hope and flatter myself they
will progress as they have commenced.
Will it be possible that otur govern
ment will not now acknowledge these
people f I fear the consequences ; the
high tone the Cortes luve assumed,
the determination of raakiag them
selves respected, will, I fear, place us
in an awkward situation, provided our
government persist in the folly of re
fusing to ackhpwledgc them : Now
is the time that every thing could be
y made up, and our government oughfto
profit of it. I think at this moment the
most favorable arrangement could
. made.
CDA \Tfmci i »
Nsjw-York, Nov. 26.
Captain Wilson of the ship Charles*
and Harriet, informs us, that on the
, 18th of October at midnight, a Col.
I of the British forces arrived at Lisbon
, express, with di {patches from Lord
Wellington to Lord Wellesley, giving
‘ an account of the defeat of Massena’s
, army in Portugal about the 9th j in con
sequence of which Cadiz was all alive,
and on the 19th a general salute took
place, beginning at Isla, which is head,
quarters, & where the grand cones is
held, and so to Kunthal and the city of
CadiZi
Admiral Keats, in the Milford of
commands at Cadiz Bay, and
Gtae fSa Graham is at the head of the
British land forces.
Gaptaia Johnson of Philadelphia*
and Captain Smith of New York, had
just arrived at Cadiz from San Lucar
where their vessels and cargoes had
been condemned by the French.
[Mr. J arvis,the American consul who
has asrived at Boston, left Lisbon
on the 20th of October, at which
time it was cot publicly known that
accounts of any engagement had
been received there.j
Expe&infc in a f*w month* to leave Virginia,
oners for sale on very advantageous terms to
the purchaser, hi* stotk of
Rooks and Stationary*
ammiotmg to about 11,000 dollars, comprising
a col eiiu.Q which bo flatters himself is superior
Vi,r<mU- au* P*diaps equal to
!
II \
j Richmond, which with those % hand h^s de,
I Ye ^’*** *?U *l the *Rd«cVfricjC of 10,
I 1*» *nd 25 per rent from the muilisrM. York
and Philadelphia re ad prices. LaWvaaa will
be furnished with Libraries on better terms, ha
natters himself, than eise'where io America. He
hssjust received afresh supply of books, among
wnuh are 'he following Now Publications—
Eloquence of the British Ssnmte—Williams’*
History of Vermont—Parks Elements of Che.
Hening and Mnnford'* Reports—IJen^
ings New Virginia Justice, new edition—Also,
t»* Suacss, or M.stild* and Maiek Adhil a
Oru.aJe Htnmct from the Franco of A/ad^me
Cotttn, 4 voli in 2 price 2doits, and 2 50. Thi*
ceteora cd Romance, thtLakeof Eillarne*—the
Scottish Chiefs—Osma and At neria, Ella Re.
senburg—the Devil in Love—and mo-A of tha
l%*e Novels, he has added to his Ciacuae i'ino
l.iitA*r.
Richmovl, Dec 31, Mtfc _taw2w oaw
Vineyard Tickets
ADVANCING.
THE Ninth Day's Drawing of the Vineyard
** n,,w coflP’«te:,j »nd only the follow.
'^n^t'ZRs of magnlruds are yet drawn viz—
***• 7.iP2*J0 M>>* t|W, loOO dollars,
Ita.lfWf, lCKjflT^ars, whi/i were all sold at
. The ga^of tlieywhue! is very con*
sidcrJWe, and tickets!^ vftn dollars, hut will
be ittnccd to seven d JWfand lifey cents each,
on the last day of this intli, A few tickets
are yet for eale at J
G. & R. WAHTF/S
Lottery Cf txchvigJrjjfice, rkil t ielphtA
*t the present price ofAevta dol|*i.—Pna-s In
» the Puiladtlphia. Nsw.York or Htltimore Lot.
I«?*V wil* *** w*wn 1° r»*yment for the a'ove
ticke s, or cash advanced for prizes as Soon at
drawn.
November 21, 1810.
fL *3* A few tickets, [warranted un
Tarawa] for sale at the Argu» Oiice.
! Richmond,
RICHMOND,
Tuesday, DKc&kBxtt 4, tsio.
LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA, *
House of delegates.
Monday, December 3.
I This day, being the day appointed by law
fbr the meeting ot the General Assembly,
auch of the memberi of the House of Dele,
gates as appeared, having taken the oaths
prescribed by laww took their eeats in the
| House; and a majority of the whole num.
her being present, Col. lames Barbour of
Orange, tus appointed Speaker, and Jas.
ft. Clerk.
aA mpiio^was made by Mr Mallory to
aUUlBthf office of Sergeant at Arms, and
a reWIutmn to that effect laid on the table.
William Drinkard, Anthony Davis Hen
ry Southall, jr. and —r Stubblefield, were
appointed door-keepers*
Writs of election were issued to several
counties to supply vacancies occasioned by
death. 1
Adjourned till to-morrow 13 o’clock.
We moat sincerely hope, that the
meeting of the legislative body at
Washington may be distinguished b>
an ^ftion of sentiment, which may give
additio.-'-'l lustre and strength to the
repub’.*,..; party. It is Union alone,
that, in such a government as ours,
can inspire legislative councils with
wisdom and energy. Whatever is fac
tious, however ferocious it may appear,
is essentially feeble ; and, when Con
gress is broken into a dozen little par
** ucbUlIICI lactlOUS,
and loses all its vigor. Two great pat
ties, honorably conducted, are salutary
to lreedom and serviceable in legisla
tion. An opposition checks, by its vi
gilance and even by its hypercriticism,
the excesses which a dominant party
is apt to run into. But when each
dcchtimer strives to make a little cabal
to himself, anarchy succeeds to regu
lar and rational opposition, Congress
losses its dignity of character, and is li
able to contempt. Mr. Randolph has
endeavored for fou^ears to debase
the national ^prifcrby this sort of an
archy; and lt&t session he was more
thancommonly successful, Mr. Ran
•^Wlfd old Mr Pitt; and, as mon
contagious, other ambiti
ous^pd<$ri -us spirits, aped Mr. Ran
dolph ; so that there was very little
concert of operation. John is now
pretty well understood, however, and
he will not, we think, be able to deceive
any body hereafter.
Extract from Washington City.
November 27:h, 1810.
“Two mails are due from Rich
mond, and two from Nety-York. The
floods must have been dreadful. It is
feared that the weather will prevent y
quorum ot Congress being formed on
Monday next.”
communication;
THE writer who has assumed the
name of "Oak,” in the Patriot, has
chosen his weapon with great judgment.
No reasoning could possibly induce a
nv human being to believe the various
calumnies he utters ; and therefore, the
public is to be cudgelled into credulity.
This new mode ot logic has not, how
ever, the merit of ncvetly, for it has
been resorted to by the vulgar in all a„
fff »• “ Numaf it seems, has touched
the honorable Mr. Randolph to the
quick, for the honorable Mr. ffaridolph
roars; and what is better still, the fe
deralists roar for him. The merit of
“ Numa" was to state facts in plain lan
guage, so :hat every man miirht nn.
C them. Why are tho^e facts
MM^fiked ? The answer is easy : they
*R incfctrovertible. But something
must be done to counteract the influ
ence of these facta ; and, at all events,
“ Numa” must be destroyed. It is,
therefore, that we see the “ Oak” bela
boring the brain# of it* readers with
numerous libels, the fruits of a deprav
ed imagination. It is not true that the
secretary of state was privy to the writ*
ing of “ Numa ■** and that writer is not
habit of consulting any man’s
Adding but his own. “ Xuma7*
to utter, in any situation, what
no: think ; and he wiii praise
ure accoding to his judgment,
• consequence lie what it may.
lie applauded Randolph whilst he was
a patriot ; he condemn'* him now he
is an apostate. “ Numa” will assert in
society the importance to which his
t^ents justly entitle him. He willal
wks be able to triumph over the in
tUStii and cabals, which may be or
^Ijlted to crush him. Whenever the
hireling vermin dare creep into day
light witly^ir accusations, they will
be mRa^bunished. And where is
the crime, If Numa” has pourTrayed
!h^!r**'dent and Secretary of State
irmforable colors ? Can a writer on.
ly |e sincere when he reviles t If men
are condemned for their bad qualities,
Jou^k they no* to be praised for their
* - •
1
V
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"ood on*5? Hnl stnr-r! r
alse fact, &ud had the error been point*
ed out, he would most cheerfully have
corrected it B.«t no such error has been
indicat d. M Numa11 is not conscious
of any vice that can deprive hir» of the
character of a gentleman: He haa the
vanity to believe that he has fewer than
most young men of his age and situa
tion. He has had the misfortune^like
many others, to have his Rciinns mis
represented by envious persons j and
the only singularity in it is, that the
most honorable and benevolent con*
cems of his life have been designated
as the most CTirnirtal. He will at any
time satisfy the doubts of a friend on
moral points: he will readily contest
before a jury cf hiB conntrymen the
same points if his enemies desire it,
and will utter themselves with suffici*
®'* distinctness to be laid hold of. This
is the manner in which« Num*n re*
plies to his adversaries.
New York, Nov. 2f.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
T he fast-sailing ship Canton, Brown,
arrived at this port yesterday from
Lisbon, which port she left on the 2d
of November. The verbal intelligence
received by her, is, that Mr.’ Jarvis
had appointed Mr. Green to be his
■ericaa consul at Lis
sail of line of battle
frigates^ and sloops
t at Lisbon, and five
expected ; that seve
d gun-brigs were lay
y miles up the Ta
town of Vila*Franca,
lesnion r,f the French :
’ere daily taking place
ich and a nartv of tn
gush sailors who when on shore occu
py the town of Alcandra, about a mile
from Villa-Franca* that the French
general Marsenic was killed and about
the 25th of October by a shot from
one of the gun-boats; that the French
and English piquets were within hail
of each other ; that General Rotnaua
has joined the Earl of Bosacco (late
Lord Wellington) with an arniy of
10,000 men; that Col. Trant has re
taken Coimbra and made 5000 French
prisoners, many of whom were woun
ded in the late battle at Bosacco, and
some of them had arrived at Lisbon
and were to be sent to England. 500
British transports were lying in Lis
bon Roads.
Captain Brown informs us that on
the day he sailed it was reported that
Bwere retreating, and that
: at Lisbon.—.Mer. Adv.
e.—A West Indian who
kable fiery nose, having
in his chair, a negro boy,
waiting, observed a mus
g round his face. Qua
shi eyed the insect very attentively, at
last he saw him alight on his master's
nose, and immedidtely fly off.—“ Ah,
hi ass your heart (exclaimed the negro)
me right glad to see you burn your
f liter arFVotice.
ft Arnew edition of the *• History of
ttheTlj khnerichn Revolution,” by David]
Ramsay, ISw. D. revised and corrected!
by .the jgpfltor, is now ready for the
prefrs and speedily will be published,
la it much new matter will be intro
duced, and a considerable part of the
old will be presented in a new light.
To it will be prefixed, an introduction,
containing the history of the colonics
whujhjaow form the United States of
j Anjf?rt\a, from the year 1607 to the
period of their independence, and there
! will be also subjoined the post-revolu..
[ donarlL history of the United States,
| from The treaty ol peace, in 1783,
rlnurn t»• rv, a ma..L! *
- -- r-..Ill
the whole, a complete history of the
(Juited States from their first settle
ment, as English colonies, till the 33d
year of their independence.
AfcGULAiTTNSANITY. f '*
TWe unhappy man committed y»
Bridewell on Saturday upon his owft
confession, for poisoning his mother
and brother, is in that particular com*
pletely beside himself, and exhibits a
singular instance of mental derange
rncnt. Rational in other respects, the
ide|r#f^ccasioning the death of those
two persons, though destitute of the
least sVilow of foundation, has seized
and had possession of his mind tor
some tirfe past ; and it is only now,
after suffering and pining with frenetic
re.none, that he is io prison, with thj
imaginary pmspecyf a certain aijfl
spee^uonenSritlPr his crimes upfi
the g^y^rs, thannis remarkable hypl
chon^ff appej^\ontented and con*
paratively handy. trla£>nnexions arc
respectable. Ad propw care will be
taken of hi inT
_New-YorV Comlumbian.
and DELIVERY BONDS
for sale at this office%
-Oo Friday last in thi$
City, M'jof JOSEPH SCOTT, M»r
ihal ot the Virginia District; a distin
guished Revolutionary Officer ; and
a man of sterling worth ant! the grea
test integrity. Wa expect a biogra
phical sketch for our next pap«r.
OF PRIZ -.S IN TiiK
Lottery
Drawing.
drawing.
dollars—No. 4015
No. 1U07
—Nos. 1669 3186
7910 9867 12963
-Nos. 2283 4151
9093 14757 17369
prizes of g 6
gained this day 318 dollars.
8am . 3738 do.
A*, P*,son» who d«r ve title to their
£ x. lands from patents issued under the Rerid
uosucce^Vf'- hVe. *n numberka» ***t»nces becu
““‘ cc**,ful ,n ‘h«ir »pp!ioxt on« at bis office to
obum the evidence of their title,, owing to ,h«
n'd**V }° ,be rec°rd t*00** that period being
lmai,ated at»«|, but incorreft_It
V.rH . V-f0r*r ** imP<*tan* to the interests of
n i .. .L"[°rmed’JthV th.e GENERAL IN (
*jr c «iui.(eu • num*|
Mr ot Patentsathese omissions are no* suppli.
f* al*V,°ch persons as have been hitherto un.
raaJji now probably find what was the
%>je& of their Jtarch.
The buinesfof this office having been for a
nnmber of years heretofore in arrear, by reason
of which parsons who had returned t heir surveys,
have been delayed in getting .heir Grants W
after the period allowed by law for issuing tUein
—it may be pleasing to those interested also to
be informed, that grants have issued on «il sur
veys returned to this office, which could issue ac.
cordug to law, and are now ready v> be deliver.
«d to the proprietor*.
Plv s fir r*m nr • __ __
Land Office, > 4
Dec 41^ 1810. ^tawSar oaw2w
rHE Sabic
Edmund
Comfort, abau
ty t bags leav
prepared with
ficient for then
plenty of provi
of about 50 ac
calve horiei at
j lings for every
lee cause to fav
deoJnd on the
’ thp horaes in a
;#i,(Ahu
iDe^dT 1810
vroncK
iN the cata
j *"Sham c rw»*l with
I
A GREEABLY to the laat Will and Tes a.
/TX ment jf John Fairing late of Cheater.
he.d county, wtu aaaoLO, to the highest bid.
der, on the premise., on he Slit of Januar# /a
next, if fair, if not the next fklr day^ - ~
A Tract of Tandy /
in the county of Powhatan, on Fighting CrelL
■cres, be the game more or iJs >
ie landifU' Benj amin WarXia i
? ‘he ^Hhich i he said FdEi M
!cr?i^^Th<> ttriog .fie •
°f|^By raid
13JT Xdeei
« the paynseur okjffi* land* and
roved securir;yj* bear in(Lest
nil be required^but the intSesc
win be remitted if the principal is pun&uadv
paid. THOMAS FRIEND, Ex’r/
November 20. 1810. *
CHRISTOPHER V AIL, Hat for gale at hi.
store on Shockoe H.ll, two doors North
from Beiujah Thomas’*! on the Mam Street
via. J
- Antigua Rum,
f Conrniic Brandy,
IM oil and Gan,
anJ MaJ*£*
I Jld|r><ao<y> Ga|n ,wder and
▼ 3000*Y^iVJci over
lO.QOO^Tlhec.c,
20 Boxes Soap,
18 Bbls. Apple Brandy,
Blown Salt in Sacks j
Coffee, Kanins an J Siarcb,
- Grockery. Chin* and Glass Ware, fcd
Richmond Die. 4 1810. tf
HOT PREsSiSD
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re •
Hills of Exchan sitingtiaok Stock
Hills of f ,r ;!iTC<mnt.
Negotiable Bank Che*!i**
Seamen’s Manifests,
an- fate Sxc.
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usr publiIhed,
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