The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1808-08-16 00:00:00, page 2

.Extract* from the jtD D RP.SS of the State \
Committee of Correspondence, to the CV-! f
tizens of Pennsylvania. 11
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We cannot but deplore the infatuation that' *
could at this period, merge all the utonten- |1
tons concerns of a whole people, in the mise- ‘
ruble motives of personal resentment or dis- !
appointed selfishness.
. Yet it is at this time, and in the state of, \
Pennsylvania, that the cruel attempt has been j
made, first to dishonor the name of the vene
rable William Montgomery of Northumber- '
land, by publishing under that respectable
name, assertions destitute of truth ; and next,
to use that name to impose the same false
hoods upon the people of this commonwealth,
. and of the United States at large,
i Id an address and resolutions of a meeting,
licld at Sunbury, in Northumberland, on the
28th of June last, >ve find the followiug alle
gations.
“ Whereas it appears that our opponents, i
in principle, are attempting to divide and .
weaken our efforts by scattering the seeds;
of jealousy and distrust, among the republi- j
can citizens of this state, and of the United !
States, by reports that some of our republi- i
can electors will not be governed, by what is:
believed to be the general opinion of the par- •
ty, but will, when re-assembled in their
electoral college, vote for Janies Pladixon for j
president, in opposition to the general un
derstanding of the convention, held at Lan- j
caster, who put them in nomination :
AUU bllU-C IV b IU US U141 UICVUH-1
'vention, in their nomination of the electors, j
to elect a president and vice president of the j
United States ; proceeded with the under- j
standing that the electors when elected, j
should vote for George Clinton for president
and Jamru Monroe for vice president, as j
neither of those gentlemen are inhabitants of
this state, permit us to observe, &c.
Upon the perusal of these unfounded alle
gations or assumptions, we were naturally led ,
to examine from what source such deceptions
could have proceeded. On examining the
names of those delegates who were at the
Sunbury meeting, we can find only one name,
that of Mr. Abraham M' Kinney, who was a
member of the legislature and of the Lancas
ter convention ; as he was not a member of
the committee which brought forward, he
probably may not have seen, or road the above
allegations; because if he had, he must have
kuown that the allegations and assumptions
•vrepe untrue, and contradicted them : vve then
look to the committee appointed to draft the
proceedings, and we find that the venerable
IVUliam Montgomery, Samuel A facial/, and
a third person, composed the committee; and
in the detailed proceedings, we find the fol
lowing declaration, made by a member of
that committee:
“ We regret that our inability to gratify
•nr reader* with a full report of the senti
ments expressed by him, (Mr. Samuel Ma
klay !) hut this regret is diminished by the
address totlie citizens of this.eountv, in the
forming of which, as he •teas one of lhi com
mittee, it may fairly be considered as his sen
. /intents, and which address embraces a com
prehensive vie it of the subject before the
meeting.”
It is incumbent on this committee in dis
charge of the trust imposed on them, to do!
this act of public justice to the convention,
which honored them with their confidence,
and to-afford the venerably Mr. Montgomery
at the same time, this public testimony of our
respect by declaring that we beiicve him to1
have been imposed upoD, and incapable un
der any other circumstances, ol affixng his
name to a thing so dishonorable ; thisjnstice
*3 ala® rfoe citizens of Northumber
JWn-atwgt?; who have been insulted^ i
^posed on in the same way.
e think it incumbent on «♦»**,. up'
on the personal knowledge of six of the mem
bers of this committee, that the subject of a
candidate, or the name of ? candidate for the
presidency or vice-prcsidency of the United
States, was never brought before the con
vention at Lancaster, nor any question or to
pic touched or discussed during the whole
period of its sittings, in which the name of
Mr. Madison or Mr. Clinton, nor of any other
person was used or glanced at.
And we think it fit to allege in like manner,
that on the day after the convention had clos
ed its proceedings, vast numbers of the prin
ted copies of the protest of the seventeen was
received at Lancaster, and that, among those
who then remained, it excited the most open
iiylignatlon and disgust. On this subject the
state committee have spoken more at large
than was desirable, yet more at large
than was necessary ton fair and explicit dis
abuse of the public.
On the question of the Presilential elec
tion, it is our duty to address you, as well as
on tlu* important election of governor, which
the pr ceedings in Northumberland appear
ed at first to endanger, and would endanger,
if the people of that county were not true to ;
their old principles.
Jt is flow tor the people of Pennsylvania to
determine upon questions involving the clear
est ami most sacred duties of ruen and citi
zens. The good of (he whole ! is the first
•onsideration. The means of securing that
good most effectually, is the next.—How has
this been done hitherto?
Thus the last question becomes the first,
because if the means heretofore have been suf
ficient. and above all, if thev are the only
means by which you can now act, there is
no alternative, but in acting at Republican*
hitherto have done with effect, or abandoning
the /irhicffilee and cause together : it is iti
vain tq make pretences or professions, when
they arc contradicted by acts and deeds : to
the simple and eloquent 'exposition made by
the people of Adams county, we refer you fur
the only course of proceeding within your
power: it is in vain that men profess whodo
not act as republicans; for if you abandon in
practice, your profession# are all that remain,
ami you are in open opposition to the princi
ple's of the republic.
For the venerable George Clinton, this
committee, and we believe the whole People
of Pennsylvania, entertain that just reverence
and inspect, which his early servicesand his
yvirtne# inspire ; from Republicans this tribute
is due ; and is ns cheerfully given ; hut we
now submit to the nomination of Mr. Madison
In preference to Mr. ClintoA; bemuse the
choice has been made in the usual manner, ft
because the rh -ice itself is good, liecau.se
not to accord with that choice would l e to
subject us totlie reproach of being veering ho- 1
llticians and faithless to our country and our
principles. •
In like uanimr, the virtues, services, and
character of Mr. Monroe, we hold hi the most
re .pectfnl and sincere estimation; and for I
the *amc teasons *ve do not prefer him to
Oeoret * lintoti as vVe-presideiit; and more
©tor bee*n-e we cannot suppose that cither
of*hc«n will wiPivg’v hectar e it 'truu ent* t fl
d» isitin and divlracti -n—o: at '.his M«£iod
Hayonnk, May 2.
Our newspapers contain the following par
ticulars respecting the journey and Arrival of
the Prince of Peace :_
I he Prince of Peace was, on his arrival,
n< companied by col. Maries, aid-de-camp of
his imperial highness the (brand Duke of
Hcrg; lie appears to have suffered much
during his imprisonment. Not A day passed
by during w inch persons did not come to his
dungeon, and tell him lie would soon he led
fo the,scaffold- When he was taken from
prison, in order to be delivered over to the
officer who was to take him to ftayonne, he
had a long beard; during a whole month lie
had no clean shirt; he had no person to wait
upon him.
v)n the road lie had the consolation of re
ceiving a letter from king Charles IV, and
thi^fjucen, foil of testimonie s of their affecti
J151, :i*id that on receiving the king’s
i*st.ei, there Were the. marks of his tears.-—
\\ hen the prince received this he said, *8ec
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indanger that union of national sentiment, l
which is so requisite to deter foregn enemies i
runt using our divisions to our utter destruc- 1
Ion.
Besides these motives arising .out of the
fundamental principles of popular represent
ative government, and which alone would
outweigh all other considerations ; we have
motives cogent, rational, and .irrefragable.
Mr. Madison, beside being the candidate re
gularly selected, has displayed a vigor of mind
worthy of the nation and the station for which
he is proposed, in the very recent transacti
ons with foreign nations.
Mr. Monroe by common consent, is out of
the question as president; and the conside
rations for the people to make, are now re
duced to the question of /iriuci/i(r> as it re
gards the choice made in the usual way
from which we cannot deviate without vio
lating our principles. • f
The state of the world at th* present time,:
requires, not only great previous knowledge
of political relations, but facilities ripe and '
quick to act upon events that may arise ; we J
very much question if any man coining new- '
oy into this chair of state, at this period, |
could with the best and most perfect facul- J
ties of mind, in a short time completely pos
sess himself of the necessary knowledge for
the station which Mr. Madison already pos
sesses ; and we believe no other man so like
ly to pursue that wise and virtuous policy'
which Mr. Jefferson has pursued, and in
which Mr. Madison has so honorably and
ably anticipated. As to the injurious asper
sions thrown out against Mr. Madison, they
merit no good man’s attention; the like
have been for years reiterated against Mr.
Jefferson, and the world has seen with
whnt contrary effect—his virtue* have tri
umphed in the triumphs of his country over
enmity and calumny—as we entertaiu a con
fident hope those of Mr. Madison also will.
rngned,
Michael Leib,
James Engle,
Robert M 'Mullen,
iWm. Duane.
I From Marblehead—On Monday night
capt. 'I'vevert, in the sch’r Sulan coming out
of Boston, anchored below the Isle—About
midnight a sloop came alongside—the watch
' (a lad) on deck was asked if they were rea
| d\ ?—not understanding this language, the
! lad asked who they were, ar.d what they
i wanted?—they said they only wanted to
know whether the sch’r was English or
American, and pushed i ff
Next day a sloop coming into Marblehead,
was spoken in the Bay by a sch’r which ap
peared to he cruising—made some enquiry,
and appeared to be disappointed—no name
on her stern.
Here appears to have been some derange
ment alias confusion.
Captain Trevert thinks that had he been
on deck himseii when ike sioop came aiong
side, and had he answered as he might, he
should presently have his deck loaded with
flour.Salem IIeg.
Remdyal by the President.
Edward Pope, Collector and Inspector
of the port of New Bedford in Massachusetts,
j lor not using due diligence in the execution
of the embargo laws.
Isaiah Weston is appointed iif his room.
Quebec, July 21.
Arrived on Tuesday. H. M. shin Amelia,
the hon. Frederick Paul Irby, captain.—^Sail
ed from Falmouth with the convoy the 13th
May.
Passengers in the frigate, the lord bishop
of Quebec, his family and attendants: ma
jor general “*‘u -,ul,rT- '
Port of Boston, August 5.
A RIUVED,
English ship Minerva, Harker, 51 days
from Liverpool, salt and iron. Sailed 12th
June. Left about 14 sail of American vessels,
uames unknown.
E Hit OPE. ~
Continuation of jYcvjs by late arrivals.
London, May 20.
Dispatches have been received from'Hin
dc Janeiro, of the date of 14th of March.
\\ e are informed that the following is the
arrangement ol the new ministry :
Don Fernando de Portugal, Ministry of the
Treasury.
lion Juan D’AImeida, for the interior.
Don Kourigo de Souz Coutinho, for thy
War and Foreign Affairs.
1 he Viscount of Anada, for the navy.
Marquis of Bellas, Chief of the Justice.
Antonod’Araujo obtained leave to resign
his office ot Minister of State, and remains
Counsellor of the Privy Council.
. 1 he Prince is endeavoring by every means'
in his power to evince his gratitude towards L
those who have followed his fortunes, and ma- !
infested an attachment to his person. He1
had instituted an Order of Fidelity, and pi e-!
sented Commodore Moore, captain Walker,
ot the Bedford, and the other British officers!•
with the insignia of this order. The Survci-1
lante frigate, rapt. Collier, arrived at Rio'
Jam iro on the 11th of March. Tlve Survci 1- 1
hm*e took out Mr. Hill the British secreta
TY r‘f legation. Mr. Chftimberlayne, and a
gcntjcrm.it.of the natne of Morgan. These*
gentlemen on landing, met with the most flat- I
tering and friendly reception, but from the .
smallness of the town, and the recent arrival,
ot the court, they were with difficulty enabled !
to hud a house in which they could be accom
modated. Some letters received from these
gentlemen are written in the highest spirits,
uni give the most pleasing accounts of the
state of the country, and the hospitality of
the people.
J. Dorsey,
Michael Bright,
Thomas Leiper,
jr 4T1 ! 1>
here, the only consolation I have had this .
Month; every one abandoned me except the
ting; the ungrateful whdtu l iiuu loaded
with benefits, vlidnot da re to raise a voice in
my. favor. Thet»#nlcs du Cm-ys who Sold
their king, will sell lus son alsc? i 'have no
other ambition now, than to find an asylum
in France, ami to have my children with
me.* The officer who accompanied him,
shewed him on the .way the newspapers
which affirmed that he possessed a fortune
of Spo million^ 'Fhe prince answered,—
* Showier will never ceUse to stain my acti
ons ; tot I dare challenge my bitterest ene
mies today any thing to irty charge in this
respectX Nothing further could be found by
me than Vie si\mstieoessary to discharge the
daily expends ol',y. ho se tike mine. I p.*.-,
scss no tunVs in md .nn, France or Genoa,
and I can \ppeul\\to tlic testimony of the
merchants of* lmsc munuies. 1 have employ
ed the benefactions Which I have received
from my shvergign in puiViiastngr estates in
Spain, which every i\ie lanow which
have novy been t,aken front mein injustice
and arbitrary powtr. Having nowbwitnessed
the horrid deeds which \ forfeit)’.dT 1 wish now
for "nothing but peace and rmjose. The ao
probaiion and frlenddiiiw r>f Charles the IV.
are enouvh for myr consc.iiyice'”
The f< . ing limportmit document has
been published hole: • \ . •< _ „
“ i'V authority, travellers, and the public
are inf*, lied, that;.!! passports and other
instruments issued hy ’he Spanish govern
ment in tin- name of Ferdinand.the Seventh,
since the 29th ult. will not be acknowledged
by French civil and military officers.”
Jbrom a London Pa/ier.
Paris, May 11.
1 Uq Moniteur of this day contains a long
article* dated Bayonne, May 6, communica
ting intelligence which is said to have been
written from Madrid on the evening of the
2d of that month. The account begins with
stating, that ever since the events at Aran
jeus, the people of Madrid had been in a dis
turbed state, and that offence was daily giv
en to the French ; that for two dnvs there
had been numerous assemblies, which ap
peared to have some certain object in view.
The cool and prudent part of the French and
Spanish saw that a crisis was approaching,
and wished to bring the multitude to reason.
The queen of Etruria and Don Francisco,
wished to go to Bayonne. The grand duke
of Berg-attempted to rescue them. HE was
SU UUOIJNDKD .as he was going to the
PALACE, and defended himself long, but
was on the point of falling when ten grena
diers arrived to his relief. At the same mo
ment a second othcer was wounded by ano
ther crowd. The great street of Alcala, the
Sun Gate, and the Great Square were crowd
e l. The grand duke gave the alarm, and
tlew tohispost; and a battalion oi the French
|ITiarcliCu tO tliC palace, V/ith CaTiiiill,
the disturbers hud assembled. A firing took
place from two ranks, and in a short time
the multitude were dispersed, Gen. Grou
chy was ordered to disperse the crowds in
the streets of Alcala ; 30 pieces of cannon
with grape shot, and a charge of cavalry,
cleared all the street's. Yet the^nsurgents,
though theyHed from the streets into the hou
ses, fired from them upon the French soldi
ers. Generals Guillot and Daubrin broke
open the doors, and all who were found with
arms in tkeir hands, were put to death.—
General Damc&ml made two charges with
cavalry in :he square, and had two horses
killed umi;,r him. The insurgents made for
the arsenal, to seize the arms and cannon ;
they broke in, but general Lefraon arrived
in tr.ne to save the arms. All who were in
the arsenal w'ere put to death. The French
this affair. \\ hen the firing of Criuuon wns
beard in the camps outside the city, the.
troops nun died immediately. ,
When the Emperor received the. tidings of
the above business, he went to king Charles,
and met him coming from the Empress’s,
where he hud dined, and on telling him the'
news, the king said, ** I have foreseen this
c\ il—those who set the populace on, think
they can restrain them.” The king instant
ly resolved to appoint the grand duke of Berg
lieutenant general of the kingdom, and at
the same time sent patents to the councils
of castile and war. The king afterwards
called the prince of Asturias to him, and
read the grand dukfc of Berg’s letter. He
observed to him the result of his criminal
conduct in flattering the prejudices of the
people, and. forgetting the sacred respect he
otyed to the throne and the lawful authori
ties. Popular commotions were like fire,
easny; excited, but it required another arm
than nis to extinguish them.
[From Bell’s Weekly Messenger, May 30.]
THF, SITUATION OF SPAIN.
There lias been perhaps no scene in that
melancholy drama, which has so long agita
ted the curiosity of Europe, fraught with
«uore incidents of real calamity and substan
tial regret, than that which lias lately been
rehearsed in the kingdom of Spain.
When a nation is subdued by conquest,
or passed submissively under a fn»>urn yoke;
the spectators may feel, as the ctfgi-stances
of the case give a quality to the «t, /, mix
ture either of sorrow or contempt, intt when !
wo behold a Crown wrested from an ancient j
of princes by « course of sltaiaKcni and -
fraud the most foul and unnatural—and a I
nation swindled out of her independence, by
contrivances which have not even the ordi
nary splendor ot the crimes of a Conqueror, &
which, hue for their abounding cruelty; we
should assign to the lowest class of mankind,
there is a complication of feeling in every [
generous bosom, which we know not how to
express.
1 he crimes of the French emperor and
liis councillors, whatever are real and impu- f
ted, fade away before the enormity of his !
present guilt towards Spain.
If not worthy the name ol an ally, Spain
bas been to France a faithful vassal. She
»ias neither grudged nor disputed her servi
tude. Neither in the prosperous nor adverse i
ortune of France was there any vacillation in |
ler conduct: she had chained herself to the !
lar, and flowi ddov/n with the stream. One !
tyould have thought that the steadiness of I
his adherence would have procured for her
infety if not respect. Hut no!—As she has
*ccn more submissive, so has her fate
»een more cruel, her fall more degrading,
ban that of any other of the jiowers con
|uered by France. Austria wa> suffered to 1
ollect and recompose the scattered atoms '
>f broken force. There was tie deposing an ‘
ivreditan prince; nnrtreaaon batched in his 1
>ahce ; no instirrec tlon fostered among his i
mbjects. Hr was left indeed, in a mournful '
md shattered dignity, but lie was -eft re- \
ipectable and safe. Prussia, who was most
juted by France, as she well deserved, was ,
[MjOMted but not destroyed. Her king (her I i
" <*'E ." v’ W' v.
greatest misfortune perhaps) was stll eov.v
tutvil to her! amt the queen, her Heroine,
w as left in security. Russia was dismissed
back. ti*l*|hariam. ridiculous lUKVctneinp
tihle, but entire. She hart Bkrujred her ho
nor, but was suffered to keep her territory,
lint tovj.fdcjipain no mevey has been shew n.
i*he means employed to destroy her were
most signally ungntteYnl and cruel. Treason
and parricide'jjyere the auxiliary crimes put
in motion ag imst her sovereign ; rebellion
and .insurrection were enebnraged amongst
his people, and the road, to her final subju
gation has been cut through the carnage1 and
massacre of the most Toyul of his subject.*.
Having withdrawn herjbest treops, ‘and
immured them in some distant fortresses oF
Germany ; having encouraryd a cowardly
sycophant against the heir apparent, and
made him equally master of the person rf
the qaeeii, and the power of the king, Napo
leon, persuaded of his affection to his own in
terest, which must Necessarily cease with
the existence of Spain as an independent na
tion, changes, his instruments, and pulls down
his once davored upstart by means of his for
mer rival.
Having destroyed the prince of peace, he
excites the heir apparent to rebel against
his father; and when this rebellion becomes
successful and popular, he changes sides,
ami supports the cause of the rightful mon
arch.
. Thus alternately favoring and disgracing
every party, and cutting up the roots of
nll?pubiic confidence in any, he throws the
kingdom into such an unnatural ferirtfcnt,
that his army seizes the pretext for rnaich
ing into the capita!: and *hen he fears re
sistance from the old castillun loyalty and
valor, he plans an insurrection to put it down
by a massacre.
I ucuum:, m uiu t'.imaib ui uisio
ry, has a more atrocious hypocricy been ex
posed, nor fouler play -practised for any o
ther than this—His purport and final aim
are obvious to the most short1 sighted—Ha
ving destroyed all respect ard reverence for
every public character in Spain that could
aim at government, he paves the way for
the entrance of a Spanish sceptre.
Spain will soon become politically extinct,
and no longer exist as an appendage of
France. .If not governed by the same mo
narch, she will pass into the same family,
and a Bonaparte will reign on both sides of
! llie Pyrenees.
; The tall of Spain, however to be regretted,
j affords us yet one lesson of reasonable com
fort—It is, that the enemies of France, as
j they are more respectable, so are they more
; secure than her friends—War then"—war
! with such a Power? Eternal,inextinguisha
| hie war, befove we.submit to the contempt
! and danger of her hollow friendship.—The
; Sword alone can cut us out a Treaty worth
having: the pen, in the present state of things,
is the most fatal instrument we can employ
——Jt iWAnlil Un n rnni ooitmro _ •> H \ 11 r, f Co In
of every thing the most precious and valua
, blc that is left u.s—This wt are glad to see
• is now the popular sentiment, more confirm
' eel than ever by the recent example and
bleeding image of SiVapi.
WAR then with France, thoHgh Com
! merce and Colonies should both fail us in the
j stiugglc: enough, if upon the ruin of this
accumulated wreck, we can climb to the le
vel of our towering enemy,and save the Cu
1 fiitoli Immobile Sajcum of the British Con
i stitution.
S P A I N.
l/l’he following articles arc extracted from the
' Havann.ih Ga/.etie of 23d July, received ut the
( office of the Philadelphia Register.]
Seviu.e, June 4, 1808.
. According to information recejwed bv tin- Su
; prenie junta irorn tits excellency lV6n Eusebi i
j A. de Herrarra, the people of Eebrisa, Xcrec
Pucnto de Santa Maria, Pto Real, and Ysl i de
Lecn, have proclaimed Ferdinand Vllth, as their
legitimate sovereign.
j 1 inhabitants of Cadiz have elected den
l 1 hotnas Morla, for their chief, who adopted im
, mediate measures to check some disturbances in
that city. 1 his general has given assurances that
lie will strictly conform to all the measures and
instructions of the supreme of the Supreme Jun
ta ; in compliance with which, he has ordered
the regiments of Numancia, Pavia and Fumeirio,
to repair to this capital, and they will be immedi
ately followed by the remainder of the ini'aiitrv.
The whole force consists of 18,935 infantry and
17 squadrons of horse.
The commissioners appointed to t ike posse si
on ofthe arms and ammunition l>elonging to thr
Frencli fleet, had found 8000 nnisquets, which
were immediately sent bv way of St. Lucar and
Barrameda, to this cupitaY
General Castanos has issued a proclamation,
directing the cities within his command, to ac
knowledge the authority of the Supreme Junta.
Intelligence received by the Supreme Junta,
dated Fuentes de Centos, June 1, states the sur
render of 6000 French troops at Yelve to the Por
tuguesa.
From the Baltimore North American.
Extract of a I.etter from Havanna, dated July 19,
1898, to a gentleman in Baltimore.
*' When 1 last wrote you, affairs here wore a
different aspect from what they do this dav, in
consequence of the calamitous events which have
taken place in Spam. The change, which lias
taken place in Spain, will, 1 have mi doubt, turn
t ie current of public opinion against that faithless
nation, who now only exist* on the plunders she
carries off from other nations. Her last act of
prrlidity outstrips any preceding act of the tv
rant wlm fho nation *» V -e, \ , 4 .
, “ * ^ ^ ••••«•'#••• v>»* tiiv if ui iitsUtiit)
a new intvndant genartd arrived here in 35 days
from Cadiz ; who brought the accounts of the
Situation of Spain, and the declaration of war a
gamst France, which was proclaimed in the usu
al manner throughout this city on that evening ;
a id on the following day, the 18th, peace was
proclaimed with England in the same style and
form. 1 his day the coronation ceremony is to
take place, and all officers, military and civil, are
to take the oath usual on such occasions. The
ceremony will take place in the Champ de Mars,
and will, I expect, be awful and interesting._
J lie Captam General has put all the strong pla
ces in the best possible state of defence, and ta
ken care, by keeping up strong pal roles nigh* and
day, tosave the French from being massacred, by
way of retaliation for their pcrlidy at Madrid h
Barcelona*
* Many families have here lost tl»< ir relations
and frn nils ifit Madrid and Barcelona, and arc so
enraged, that it will be a difficult matter for go
vernment to restrain them. Not one dare .pp™r
in the street by night, and but few in the day,
'•uch as are known to be either American eiti
zens or Spanish subjects. This gitesihc finish
mg stroke to piracy in these seas, and 1 hope that
all the pirates in the different ports to windward,
with their prizes and.privateers, will he caught!
fourthey get information of tin* acts ofthis go-’
rertnucnt. Dispatches have been sent oft by gov
•rntnent to every port in the island directing all tin.
ruizen to be seized and detained, with their pri
Set, and to mai-e the trews prist airs. Tins port
tas already been opened to the British trade : wt
nay then fbiV soon expect to ate it fill, d with
•easels from the wind waul and leeward islands,
1 i "locked with dry gooda/wnilst von are lot k
d up in the waters of the Che;-p**lo, l>v lh,
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T,R AN S I. A*T IOK S fRO.TTHK Si'AMtiH PA
y rtR.s PfBUSKKD at hava::nA.
Seville.
TO THE PORTUGUESE.
“ Y<mr iatc has been perhaps mure severe
than has been suffered by any people on
earrti. * '
“Your kings forced to fly from you, and
the same which has happened to Spain is an
irrefragable proof of the absolute necessity
under which they (the Kings) dal it. You
have been ordered not to defend yourselves,
aud you have not defended. Jimot nffrrcd
to make you happy, and your happiness has
been, to be treated,with mare cruelty than
the most ferociousc.iiii;ucrors have used peo
ple whom they have subdued by force of arms,
andafupr a most obstinate resistance.
“Toil have be.-’n deprived of vour kings,
your lands, usages, customs, goods, liberty,
of life itself, and of that holy religion which
your enemies have never respected, but
which according to their custom, they have
promised to protect, and have even feigned
to practice themselves. Your nobility bus
been annihilated, your goods have been con
fiscated, as a punishment for your fidelity &
loyalty. •
“ You have been dragged vilely to foreign
regions, and you have been forced to become
prostrate at the feet or that which has caused
you so many evils, which by the most terri
ble perfidy has usurped your empire, and
rules you with an iron sceptre. Already
your troops have passed your borders, and go
chained to die in defence of that which ha*
oppressed you, of that which follows a spirit
profoundly wicked to destroy those winch
ought to be your strength, ttiid make them
starve with their lives, to their triumphs, and
to that ferocious glory to which thev aspire.
Spain has seen, between grief and desperati
on, vour servitude, air.' all the horrible evils
which have followed it. Ye are her brothers,
and punt to fly to our succour. 'But some
chiefs, a government, either weak or corrup
ted, has arrested it, and prepared the means
by which the ruin of our king, of our laws,
our independence, cut liberty, our lives, the
same holy religion which unites us, that all
should accompany your own destruction ;
and by which tlmt barbarous people might
accomplish a triumph, and the slaverj of the
rest of Europe. Our loyalty,, our generosity,
cur justice, could not suffer a wickedness so
atrocious ; they have broken the restraint.
Let us go to fight. VVe have armies, and
chiefs, and there is but one cry throughout
Spam—7o die all in def nee of the convlvut
but also to make those vile enemies loJull with
us.
“ t onne then, generous Portuguese, tounite
j yourselves to Spain, to d’.e for ;he cpui.tr>-—
| Its standards expects \ ;>u, and will receive
I you wiih gladness as brothers infamously op
j pressed. The cause of Portugal and of Spain
I is the same. Do not fear our troops; their
! desires are the same as your own—and with
their arms and forces, you may reckon upon
security.
“ V\ ilhin yourselves you have an object
for your vengeance. Do not cbev the authors
! of your calamities: Attack them. They arc
la handful of dismayed v. r- cues, and alrea
, dy vanquished by the very perfidies andcru
; cities which they h«ye committed; and in the
I eyes of Eur pe, and of the whole world, they
j arc covered with disgrace,
j “ Jt.se in a mass!—Avoid to stain y -c
. ..i-ip.es \ :t.i .my tame; bat gw to
nglil igan.it it, and destroy'it. Our forces
re-a.mii.ed, w ill put an end to this perfidious
enemy—and P ■ vtug.il, Spain, ali Europe*. a
g; in will breathe—or will die free, and as
men.
“ Portuguese! yourcountrv is net ret lost
—unless that it has been only delayed,_U
, nite, and fl> “to re (establish &iosavc it!”
j “Seville, SOth May, lfcos.”
EXTRACTS.
. Seville, Jure 4.
j r rom letters dated Sl.st M.iy from Ca
diz, we learn the following:—Ac 9 o'clock
a. M. of that date the chi. for;,) uad ,i, Do,,’
hurique M Donnel, an i Don Ptdro Crenx,
■ went to hold a truce with the admiral of tne
i British squadron which ' l. ckaded that port,
’ in order to establish conferences, and
I eight in the evening returned with the satis
j factory accounts that the British forces con
i f°rmed themselves :o the disnositions of the
j supreme council, offering all the assistanc e
j that might be wanted, among the ?csl 5 CiX)
men, that they hat' prepared f r Gibraltar;
and in consequence, they ordered thu deten
tion i t the convoy which conducted them,
and l a at on the day following an c.dicer was
landed in order to determine upon what might
be judged expedient.
“ I'nun advices received by the supreme
council, it is known that there had entered in
to Yelves a corps of 6 000 French, to the
Portuguese ; and the speedy di iganization
ot the whole 1 lencli army in Portugal w as
expected.”
Seville, June s.
“ 1 he supreme council received by express
this morning, the following advice :
“ Lisbon, June 2.—For three days have
been seen fr. n hence vt the mouth of this
bar, a formidable English squadron. Yester
day I myself counted 18 ships ot war ncar
y within cannon shot, with 40 wt.ii of trans
ports without reckoning (ft'iici-s which appeal'
more distant upon the.horizon.
It is asserted that part of said squadron
comes from the Mediterranean, where it oc
troyed in sight of Majorca the united French
squadron which had got out of Brest ami
Rochefort, reunited wi h that of Toulon and
five Russian ships which had joined them_
It appears that there have been brought in
tow nine vessels out of this defeat, and which
are now with the squadron at the entrance
of this port. French troops have marched for
different places in Spain. . Those of Spain
have defiled off for that quarter, seme by
orders and others of tfitrir own accord.”
SPANISH ROY,•> L FAMILY.
When Charles III. died, the crown fell
Dec. 13, 1188, on Charles IV. born Nov. 1J*
1748, married Sept. 4,17r,o,to Louisa-Maria
Theresa, a daughter of the Duke of Parma,
who was born Dec. 9, 17.51.
A brother to Charles IV. (I’Tnfantado of
Spain and third son of Charles III.) Ferdi
nand-Antoine, born Jan. 12, 1751, was pro
j!:V™C(1 ki,’S of both the Sicilies, Oct. 6,
( hildren of Charles IV.
1 Charlotte Joachim-Thcijfsn. bom April*
25, 1777, married the 9iU*>fJan. 1790, to
Johan-Maria Joseph, ParjMEi of Brazil, who
took the reign of tlir. kkmtnm of Portugal
Inly 15,1799. < . IT * ’
2 Maria Lou j , bovh July G,
i-^2, married tfcmpad, 1/9.5, to Ludwig,
l Int.uu oi Sp. in, cBoSCvi he 27th of Mat