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SSiaULUBUMJ! ■11.'_-'■M - J- '-L'-1-"
n opposition to, anil condoling: j
tie best concerted schemes of the
• statesman. Tice • monarchists ‘ were
powerful by their talents, iheir riches,
end their connexions with'G. Britaio *
—The merchants were iu favor of
monarchy, and an intimate connection
with Great Britain., because from this
country they gsintjtl their crec^t and
riches.
Aram—“ As to those who had an
dertakin manufactures, they were gen
erally favorable to republican princi
ples ; but were equally zealous to
give greater powers to the general go
vernment ; hoping that such restric
tions would be laid on the importation
of for.-ign goods as to encourage their ,
infant undertakings, aud keep the spe
cie in that country.
Again—“The third class of selfish
men produced by the revolution were
those who directed their attention to
manufac uiing. It was‘supposed the
legislatures would make laws favoura
ble to their inTcrtsts, in order to
raise America from a nominal to a
real independence. This was an tn
t'rprize the mbst ruinous that could
ttrise to the interests of England, and
various were the schemes attempted by
©nr agents to strangle-the infant Her
cules in the cradle. It has been ac
complished equal to our moat sanguine
wishes.
44 Previous to the revoluVion, Ame
rica could not iramiracture n hob nail
for her own o«e ; this prohibition was
th«* effect of a British act ofparliam-nt
— nd the foH\ of Amrric:m projectors
his prolonged that prohibition which
• the oir.nipotencfc of our parliament at
tem ted in va n. Such is the almigh
ty power of sdent, ever wakeful Bri
tish influence. After America has
■spilt the blood Of her bravest men, in
a content of seven years to obtain in
dependence, it was rendered a mere
bubble by the intriguing genius of En
■ ^lishtnen and their friends dispersed
through the new states. The tones
have no talents for the field, but in the
cabinet their powers are wonderful.
The overthrow of these manufacturing
establishments must he considered as
a master piece; whether w»i regard
the mcaim by which it was accomplish
ed, or tlie grand end that was steadi
ly kept in yietv, viz. to-keep fa t hold
of the skirts ®f the garim. nt of Colum.
bia, and let her on no account go. As
to the means of destruction, it was as
various as the character of the owners,
the situation or nature of the estab
lishments, sometimes by fire ; but
must generally by inundating the mar
kets with goods of cl.v same manufac
foie from this country fend * liing them
below the prime cost, in order to drive
American manufacture* out of their
own market!”
The above extracts, (whith we are
happy to see published in the New
Hampshire Gazette, with some very
excellent observations, applying them
to tire proof ofihat eternal fs4W that
federalism i^ndrish poliev} afford
matter fcr rtGecrion and i n
provement. Wm:y explain the dark
fiicnoeuvr^s of-the da ke< ciats * f A
ircrcao history prove thr. l^»«ten>
ta.;le truth that the leaders of federal
ism, (fer among Cobbet’s most Zca
loon fiirnds and intimates, were the
cepartt cl Hamilton, the idol oi his par
ty, Oti* and Harprr and Dana ar.d
1 pnd a loner l:$t, which may
he culled over, wi hout the muster
roll) weie, and (why should we doubt?
now are) of opinion that a 44 hereditary
chief magistrate would quiet Anoeri
t.*, that an alliance offensive and de
f naive should be formed with Great
Britain,”—that this “vms Attempted
by ;.iarm and peiseculion”—that the
federalist^ are the English party—that
the republican institutions,44 by which
th' greater number of officers, .both in
ti:e militia and civil departments are
fjtctnd by the pe »pVe,” constitutes a
i . vstem which is eternally standing
jr \ position to, and centreing the
h^t ’ncerted schemes of” such atates
ireii as Oobbet and hi* friends that
n jpe ml chants arc in favor of mon-'
ar'l v a*. ^ an intimate connexion
wi ll Gre%.t because by that
conn rv thciy * gained their credit and
iich*«.” *\ .
Fi.u.gw cit im*I: Examine the
di,closure* of v --obbeudisclosures
net made with a Jesuitical air of fan
cied importance, \ nd ending in 44 no
tail at all,” lik« soul e other attempted
disclosures;-but v «ntainin>; matter
of deep and serious consequence j
completely comparing vrith Dji r^s that
we know and have s’en ; and giving to
44 ’he ag|: and body” of thone times
st 'heir dorm and pressure.” And
when >oti have examined tiv.'m, wnen
yon have delilerately compared them,
with the present conduct r.nd language
of federalists, when yoVc have-found
•> cV e to federal apologies for Bri.
, . i, ooaage, federal opposition to do.
m-stic manufactures, and federal slan.
deroffhc leader* of the revolution j
ayaurseTvttt, cTF a truth, are these '
tuca”lricnda to their country?
Boston, JJo'emlier 23.
' The i%1p ’Allred, Captain Patch, arri.
vfd at Gloucester yesterday morning, in 31
days from Lisbon. Mr. John It ce a pas.
senger, has arrived in town, and obliging.
Iv favoured us with Lisbon papers to the
19ih of October, and a list of vessels left.
fwr Lisbon, October !2.
The movement of Romans, and every
thir.gr, indicates that the march of the alli
ed army to tbe west of the Peninsula, is
the result of a plan which has been -well
calculated.
October IS.
A despatch is arrived from Lord Wei.
liagton. dated at head quarters, Aiuda,
Oct. 13, He mentions the march of Ro_
mans to join hit army; that detachments
of troops under Col. Wilson and Col. Trant,
with the Inhabitants of the country Who
had risen, were annoying the rear of the
French army; that they had already en.
tered Busaco and Coimbra ; and that all
the north cf Portugal was tranquil.- I
October 19.
I The- Artylo.Portuguese army has been
i considerably re-inforced since the battle of
Uuaace. It has concentrated its forces and
formed entrenchments. It has been joined
| by the Spanish forces of F.squieda. On the
contrary, tbe army ofMassena is dlmin shing
every day, «nd his troops are discontented
in consequence qf the privations they are
obliged to endure. Every day renders his
situation more critical, and will soon re.
ducc him to the necessity of fighting un.
der great disadvantages, or of retreating.
— I
Ajuda, October fSi
Despatches have been received from
Gen. Miller at Coimbra. Thit city was
taken possession of on the 8th. The gar.
rison of the French, and the wounded, a.
mounted to 4000. The prisoners were sent
to Oporto, and dispositions are made for
the defance of the city. Col. Wilson, with
an advanced guard of cavalry, arrived on
the 10th at Condeixa. Massena is at the
foot ol the Sobral, extending his line to A.
Icoquer.
Madbid. September 18.
It has bteu ordered that In future no
Spanish officer or soldier shall be received
into the service of king Joseph. This has
been always the opTuion of Napoleon.
Ten thousand French troops intended
for Massena have arrived here. It is be.
lteved their destination is altered, and that
they will now be incorporated with the gar
rison of Madrid.
Sardinia, September 4.
When “Laden Bonaparte arrived here, he
called h'tnself Lorenao Fahricio, a Roman
merchant ; but he was soon known.- The
Russian minister wished him to land, but
the British minister succeeded and ha was
sent to Malta.
Boston, November
latest from Portugal.
The Constellatioo, captain L«*ach, arri.
ved at this port yesterday. In 29 days from
Lisbon, in wh-ch came passenger William
Jarvis, Esq. and family. Mr Jarvis in.
forms us. that an embargo took place on
the 8th of October, on>11 shipping; which
were required to take •* fourth of their
cargoes, as well ss a fourth of the whole
number of passengers, on accctmt of the go
vernment of that place, receiving therefor
a reasonable compensation. From this
* source we learn, that the relative positions
, of the two armies, on 'he 20»h Oct, were
wifhin from 12 to 20 miles of Lisbon. The
l bead-qaarters of the Enelish were at Ma.
j fra iabouf 12 m-les from Lisbon) making a
d ayonal line from Tagus to the ocean.
: The French, on the other hand were at
Villa Fronca (16 miles from Lisbon and 8 j
[from Mafra, In an E N. E. direction) of i
course a line drawn between these two pla- 1
1 c..w will re.present the fronts of the re. ;
spective arm es. In front of.Mafra is a
chain of mountains extending, with few in.
i tervals, from the riv r to ihe oce.-rn. The
fret frka I • ffr ik.
English, at the b-utie of the Siera of Bu.
*aco, on the 27ih of -September pbliged
them to retire from the heights with so
much precipitation, that 'h'y left behind
them at Martavjoa large quantities ot pro.
visions, of which the Frevch stood in p -cu.
liar m«d$ Massena foil wed np »his i-vp'u
tion wiih jgreat promptitude, keeping close
to the English in the retreat} and Welling."
ton, -with equal forethought and prudence,
having happily begun to fortify bis new
positirn, having called in his -out-pos's, and
concentrated his whole army,* His line
extended alumt 20 rules [Id,] He had
brcm reinforced on 'be 13th October, by
5000 men frotn England, Ireland, and as
J manv more from Cadix and R clly » whilst
'he Marquis of Humana, ant! f-iren. O'Don. J
| nel, from Spanish Kstrefii«dura, with 10,> ;
000 Spaniards, have crossed the Tagus,
and joined the com'dried army. The whole
force of Wellington, it wofcld now be
i fair to estimate as follows ; after thr cap.
ture of Almeida, they were estimated at a.
bout 35 O'X) English 20 000 Portuguese re.
gulars, besides milit-n, kc. smee which,
Hud before the battle of ihe 27th, they
| were reinforced by 6200 English i their j
lossrs in that engag-ment were 1100 ; ^at j
let 1500 hr allowed this wonhl Teduce them
! to 4o 000 English and 19 5r0 Portugnese. j
I Their present reinforcements be ng added,!
I they probably have equal »o 50,000 En. |
1 glish, 30,000 auxiliaries. The French i»r.
j my are <?vn|fci»ed to be 70,000 sinnji
j their position* are said to be fortify mg, and
J are tolerably well supplied excepting with
bread, in wnich'they are' efficient; and
j particularly so, in Consequent of the de.j
sliuc.ii n m grain by the English in thejflj
retreat. About 20,000 peasantry retreated
al ing w th the British^ in co*neqoetlc», of
Lord W’s proclamation < these people, tho*
firnvided for by government, are said to be
n great distress.
No papers were br> ngbt by -Mr Jarvis ;
provisions were very dear. Flour 2 19,
corn 3, rice 8.
lu ttie above account wc have taken the
I'-erty to fombin* *11 (Mr previous
nat on, with the intelligence politely fur_
liahed us by Mr Jarvis, and have made out
what we suppose to be, the relative state
snd[■ positions Of Hh« two armies, on the
20*.h October, ‘It appears clear, that the
two enemies highly respected each other r
having been within sight for 22 d ys with,
out an engagement. The great talents of
Massens, and the presumed strength of his
army, would lead us to expect a general
action at once, if he is really very superior
in numbers t as bis situation must be sin*
gtiharly distressing fiis convoys with sup*
plies harrassed ip the rear by a b dy of
40,000 militia under general Sdvtera and
Cot. Trant; the great extent of his land
conveyance both *tf mmunrion ard prov -
sions (being 300 miles from Bayn.ne, and
220 miles Iroin Madrid) in an unfriendly
country, surrounded with enemies/ these
circumstances must soon oblige the French
general either to give ba tie upon terms
advantageous to the English, or to retire,
for the purpose of additional reinforcements.
Lord We lington, on the-other hand, strong
ly posted and abuudantly supplied, is in no
hurry to risk a gdnera action, conscious
that a Fabian policy in the mountains and
fastnesses of Portuguese Estranndura, is
the most destructive warfare to be adopted
against the wiky ll.«nnibal, of modern Eu
rope. If Lord Wellington attacks Masse*
na, the craft of the latter may overcome
the bravery of the former j if he only sus.
tarns an attack, the chance is, that the bra.
very of his army will render him success*
ful*—in which case Masscna’s want of pro
-vuions will force upon him a precipitate
retreat: such desperate fighting as s with*
out example cfn tne annals of modern war.
farettor a capitulation of his whole army.
This latter idea, however, a picsamption
only to be realictdin the eveat of * deci.
ded victory on the part ot Wellington ; and
Massena’s inability to retreat for want of
We have seen a letter from Lisbon, «•
late as the 91st October, which states, that
the French army ‘‘is dally dtram.shing by
desertions and sickness and their resources
for -provisions and recrui s are cut off.'*
It also mentions the recapture of Coimbra,
probably by the-Portuguese uuditr Silvers
and Trant.
The emperor Napoleon is turning his at
tention to the French Navy in all parts of
the domains under his influence. By a de
cree passed Sept. 27} two Naval Schools
are to be established at Brest and Toaton
the nuaberof scholars in each are limited
to 300.
NeW-York, NdV. 24.
LATEST FROM LISBON*
We are indebted to the Editors of
the N.York Gazette for -the following
late news from Portugal, which they
yesterday received from their Boston
Correspondent, in anticipation of the
mail:
Boston Exchange CofTea House B ok%, •
Wednesday N^v. 21. i
This niorning arrived brig ConsteL
lation, capt. Leeds, 29 days from Lis
bon, having on board Wm. Jarvis,esq.
American Consul and family.—-Mr.
J. has politely handed ua the follow*
ing.
That an embargo took place on the
8th October, on all shipping which
were required to take a fourth of their J
cargo and one fourth of the Whole num-1
ber df passengers on account of Govern
ment, receiving a compensation. That
the position of the armies remained
nearly as it did on the 7th Oct. except
ing that the English had called in all
their out posts, which brought the
French within about 5 leagues of Lis
bon, (i. e. to Villa Franca) on the mar
gin ol the Tagus, 7 leagues on the side
of the ocean, near Mape, a line be
tween which was drawn by each ar
my.
It was understood, that the French
were fortifying their position. The
English had received about the 16:h
Ort. a reinforcement of 5000 troops
Irom England, Ireland, and besides a
bout the same number a few days be
fore from Cadaiz and Sicily. The
French army w s computed at about
76/>00 effective men ; the English at
about 35,000, and the Portuguese at
25,000, besides a bod y of about the lat
ter number of militia.—The English
bad beer, joined about the 18th Oct.
by a body ctf Spantfrds of 10.000 men,
under General O'Donnell 8t the Mar
quis of Roman*; the same which had
by those Generals been employed in
Spanish Eatrarnttrlurn.—.’Vearly 90,000
peasantry had retired with the British
*r.«y in consequence of a rrociamari*
on of Lord Wellington prior to his re
treat, which (although provided for by
the Government) caused much distress
to those poor people.
It was the opinion of a Gentle man
high in office at Lisbon, that no hope
could be entertained respecting the e„
ventual success of the French and no
thing but their being short of provisi.
ons would prevent their entering Lis
bon, in a short time ; that the French
army was said to be better supplied in
taagfiv respects than the British, though
understood they were short of
mread—that the inhabitants of Lisbon,
hoping for the best, were however pre
paring for the w'brst—that all the hea
vy baggage of the English Officers
were daily embarking and the British
factory at Lisboa were utput moving
aii their effects.^
Summary -Transition* from paper* j«tr -
• the F'msh from L‘Orient.
Naples. Sept. 37, 18l(£ \
Anorrlerof the day has been pub- 11
1’shed at the Royal C-tmp, of Piale,
dated 33d inst. informing the Army,
by order of H. M. King of the two
Siciliesy that evety vessel loaded with
C"tbn!$l produce from whatever source
they come, whe-her-they arrive in
American or Otomatt vessels, or un
der any other col -’ur whatever, should
be seized, confiscated and declared
good priz s, every paper being forged,
Sc belonging to the English commerce
—and that the certificates of origin arc
falseqand fabricated.—
itig'Majesty consequently Orders all
conwnandaqts of the Provinces See. to
see the. above executed.
•Signed
Count Gkenizk.
Kingdom of Westphalia.
> Casskl, Oct. 7.
The following Royal Decree, dated
at N*poleonshoche, Sept. 26, has just
been pubUahed
Jerome Napoleon, &o* Our De
crees of the 14th March and 17 Sept,
last, establishing a line of Custom,
houses, between the Rhine and the
Weser, and extending this line along
the borders of the Elbe from the Sax
on frontiers to Hamburg—upon the re
port of our ir.inister of finances and
commerce, we have decreed, and d >
decree. Art. 1, that all merchandize
of English Manufa'c ure, and all colo
nial produce,shall be seizi d and con.
fiscated on touching the fsontiers of
our Kingdom, under whatever colour
if h. imnn.’.rl An <9
sold at auction by Trench officers,!
.'eing accompanied by proper ctrtifi
c x a. [The Yemaining tight arti
cles of this decfee merely relate to the
manner of salr, division of the pro
perty, payment,
Kingdom of NapTfet
Naples, Oct. 6.
His majesty arrived here this morn
ing. Before he left the army, he pub
lished the following order of the day,
dated at the head .quarters, Sciila,Sept,
26, 1810. j
“ Soldiers / The expedition of S:et
ly is adjourned. The object that ihe
Emp< rc>r proposed to himself menac
ing this island is fulfilled, and the ef
fect of the attitude which he has held
duringfbur months with so much dig
nity upon the S rad, has surpassed
every expectation. You will noyr re
turn*o your wi. ter quarters, and you
also, brave mariners, are go*ng to re
visit your families. You have done
more than your duty ; you have sup
ported, with a courage ‘hove all praise,
more than fifty combats against trexie
forces, and the success which vou have
constantly obtained, shew what you
would have done against equal forces.
resolved a grand
proved, that the
inot stop the pas
sage of the Strait from simple coasters,
and that Sicily will be conquered when
evt r we •■eriously chuse to do it. Re
ceive the expression of my satisfacti
on. I express it also to the land for
ces who have powerfully seconded the
view. The eagerness which you have
shewn upon the first call, is a sure gua
rantee to your k’mg of that which may
be expected whenever called upon for
the good of his service and that of the
country.
(Signed)
JOAQUIM NAPOLEON.
Mercantile articles from the French
papers by the Sally, t® Oct. 9, 1810_
The duty on co'.ton was fixed at fifty
cents per pound, besides the war duty
of 10 per cent.
On the 15tlf Sept. Georgia long sta
ple cotton sold for ond dollar, (5 francs)
per pound.
Cocoa, one dollar to 105 cents per
pound —coffee from 80 to 94 cents per
pound—Indigo five to six dollars per
pound—Pot ashes 340 per ion.
On the 12th, some sale of cotton
Georgia long staple at Bordeaux, pro
duced at the rate of lfiO cts per pound.
Havanna Sugar 75 cents per pound.
'The prices fluctuated daily.
An article from Home, in the Jour
nal du Commerce mentions, that the
attempts to raise cotton therfc had not
been successful.
The French ship Eugene had arriv
ed at Bordeaux, with a rich cargo from
the Isle of France ; but in consequence
of produce not rising in proportion to
the exorbitant duties, would sink all
expected profiu.
From Papers received at the Office of
the Norfolk Publick Ledger by the
Ship Georgians, Captain Chamber
lain, in 28 days from Bristol, (Eng);
Londom, Oct. 24.
The expected intelligence from lord j
Wellington is not yet arrived, ami the ]
! publick anxiety is wound up to the ut* J
v '■ > * \> ,4 .
(no*t possible pitch $ for ne^"r. Oh
lover perhaps did armies, at least
llu'maparir's army, play for s'> Urge a
(take. To us it f-eems as if no less de
pended upon it than the shaking, pos
sibly the destroying hit power, should
his army experience a total defeat.
Such an event at once rescues Portu
gal : anti Spain feeling its vast and
beneficial efl'ct, will see the French
retiring precipitately from before Ca^
diz, too happy to be able to measure
back their steps in safety to their owa
frontier.
The battle will be fought with cer
tainly as much equality in point of
numbers as possible. Of the positions
occupied by our troops our readers \
are already informed. They have a
triple line of redoubts, and Massena,
with no decisive superiority in nume
rical strength, must penetrate them
all before ne can reach Lisbon. Oa
the left of oui' position, the whole
coast from Vimicra to the mouth of
the Tagus is studded with forts, which
have been mounted with heavy artille
ry. On our right, the banks of the
Tagus are flanked by our armed boats $
ev*-n sloo .s have been sent up the ri
ver. We trust the measu<e of lan
dmg our seamen.and marines from the
fleet will be adopted, even it our aj>
my be equal to the - nemy ; a fortiori
if they^re nut. The seamen would
man v»e batteries and work the can
Q Jfc* J>e marines would serve in line
with our troops. We would make
** assurance dc.uble surf'”—for so vast
is the prize, that everv expedient should
be, and, with the confidence we h-ive
in lord Wellington’* tal*nts, we have
rm rlrvnht t.os od
-- -—-V VV,
The ba;tie of B.isaco has been act
excellent pr-parativr 10 this mightier
conflict. It hut given us, not a con-*
viction of our own discipline and au
ptri ritr, f. r that we did not want, but
a reliance u^on t -e steadiness of the
Portuguese troops., And if we may
j'ldge from ’Its Gazette account of me
battle, the French soldiers want that
ardour and animation, when brought
against us, «hich fhey had against
Aus r intis, and Prussians and Russian',
Fo»-among >he prs4mi* t.<kcn at Bu
saco we obs rv* only 250 privates,
and about 40 officers. The great pro*
portiod ot cue latter shews that the
French troo;>s :ti mi dated, and
th »t 'he officers w'-~Pe-obliged to risk
themselves is order-&*lcad them on;
Surely ;»s the wind ha£'been invaria
bly lair, many h^ura will uot ela'pse
befotcjn,t receive the expected des
of Stocks this day at Twelve.
—3 perCent Coni. C5 5 8 3-4— Do.
tor Nov. 6b 7 8 Reduced 65 3 S—Om
nium 5 3 4 4-8 dis.
PORTUGAL.
Official dispatch from Lord Welling
ton, to his Excellency Don Miguel
Pereira Forjaz.
“ Head quarters, Alcabaca, Oct, 5.
“ Most £x"clltni S nor-.-The ene
my having moved forward in force, his
advanced guard m front of Coi-nbra,
on Ae afternoon of the 30ih ulu and
morning of the 1st instant, I conceive
it tfee to withdraw the advanced guard
of tW allied army to this side ot the
river Mondego, on the 4th inst. and
to continue to withdraw the main body
of the army.
“In the retreat of the British caval
ry from Fornos, Capt. Kraukenburgh
of the first regiment of hussuars, and
Capt. Cocks of the 16th light dragoons,
attacked and charged the enemy. In
this skirmish Capt. Kraukenburgh was
wounded, but I am happy to say bub
“3* continued to withdraw this part
of tftw army by the roads of Soute an l
Pombal, for Leiria, near which tow*
it all arrived on the 3d, and halted dur
ing yesterday, the advanced posts bas
ing at Pombal. General Hill retire t
with his corps, by the road ol Espinhal,
upon I'homar, where he arrived )ea
terdav.
‘‘ The advanced guard of the en£my
arri£d yesterday at Bcdinha, causing
oi^^itquets to retire from^Jitfmbal lo
evening. I haveHruceived in
formation that their 8th corps was at
Comieixa, and their other troops on
this aide of the Mondego.
“ I have, in consequence, continued
to withdraw, and our advanced guard
will to day be on this side of Leirra.
** With few exceptions the troops
have continued to conduct themselves
with great regularity, and have notsuf
fere dhfatigue.
“yie army is now at no great dis
tancf Irom the po .it ion where 1 propo :o
to reWive the enemy; and continues
animated with the best dispositions.
“ By all the information l have re
ceived, the enemy sulTers the greatest
distress. The inhabitants of the to wns
and villages have universally abau J|i.
ed their homes; carrying with
all they could transport,and that might
he useful to the enemy; and by this *
means, in spite of the habits and prac