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a member of the Town Council of Provi .
dence. publicly i ay in the naaiket place of
that town, that there were two hundred of
llttcher’* fiiei.ds in Providence, who de_
set—ed whipping ten times as much as he
did!’•
^ROSTKIPTION.
IN KOIIJI OF PATRONAGE.
Rlr. Wagner had abvuriily M-.se' cd that the
federalists were pt rsecuted here, as the
Catholics are proscribed under the Bi-itish
g"Vcrnmeiu; a writer in the “American’
has made some handsome fcomuients on
the assertion and published a list of »p_
point ments in the different departments at
\Va hiogton ; fiom which we take the li
perty ot extracting the following list of the j
proscribed !—Wh
Department of State.
Federalists—William Tnornton, Daniel
Brent, Richard Forest. Stephen Pleasanton.
ch'ks. In this department there are only
two republic a ns.
Treasury Department.
Fe dernlists — J >seph Nnurse, register
Hit hard Haiii->on. audit »r ; Mr. J nes, chief
tdctk to Mr. Gallatin ; I). Sheldon, *o the
same ; N. LuH'borough, chief cletk to Mr.
Duvall, the comptroller ; and n great tna
jnrity cf clerks in theTieasury Department
m e federalists, who can be named if neces
«iry.
Jt'ar Deportment.
Federalists—Win. Symoods, accountant,
and his clerks generally ; lltm kiali Rogers,
■wi'h a variety of others, constituting a ma
joriiy in tin- Department; which will bede
Xnoustraied it you require it.
j\ut'y Dt/lartment.
Federalists—Thomas Turner, account
ant, and his clei k generally; Cli W Golds
b " ugh, chief ciei k, 8tc. See. cotmuuiii g i
ZDnjanty.
General Post OJJice.
Federalists—Mr. Br.idk-y, first assistant;
D vd Shoemaker; Dt Bradley ; Mr Coxle.
and half a score, who for the present shall
be nameless
Now, getitjemcft. would you liavetmagin
fed that, with a thorough knowledge of
th ese facts, Jacob Wagner would have as
set ted hi the face of the public, that the fe
deralists were proscribed by the republican
administration ? Why, sirs I declare to
you upon my honor, and in the face of lira,
ven. that if 1 xvanttd a minor office tinder
th* government at this moment. J would pre
fit going to Washing'on to solicit one as a
federalist, rather than as a republican. In
several visits width I have made to the seat
of the general government, 1 have seen e
ncugh .o convn ce me that the federalists
sand the best change of success." (Ao. )
Ntw York. August 31 The Stesun
If. at arrived yesterdav afternoon from Alba
ny with upwards ot 90 passengers^ among
whom was the Lon. Francis James Jacksou,
aau suite.
A law lias recently been passed by the
Imperial Parliament of Great Britain for
• the better regulation of the army, by winch
it is enacted, that “ if any soldier, who
shall have been tried by a court martial for
desertion, and convicted thereof, shall be
again tried and convicted of desertion, the
Court may, if they shall so think fit, in ad
dition to any ether punishment it may award
for any such subst quent desertion, order that
such deserter may be mat keel on the left
side, two inches below the arm.pit, with
the letter D. and such letter not to be less
than half an inch in length, and to he mark,
ed upon the skin with some ink, or gun
powder, or some other p. ep .ration, so as to
be visible <>nd conspicuous, and uut to be
obliterated. '*
In :hc ship Baltic, Captain P.Lovell, went
as a passenger a Mr. Lambet;, an enter,
prising man. whose choice is to se Me, and
• cultivate the great I-land Ti istart de Cunha,
for the purpose of supplying all ships out.
■ward bound to the C'a >e ot Good H >pe. and
i. Indies. l lie pos tun of the I-land i*
excellent and die soil and climate likel)
to afford any animal or vegetable pr-»duc
tion wl*;ch the Western Islands, or Azores.
or M-ideira now produce.-The Island
(to be called the Island of Refreshment,)
are well wooded and watered.—The roads
f< r anchoring, perhaps as g o«l as Madeira,
and the landing gen* rally be< er. It is to
be hi ped such a laudable undertaking wili
be encouraged by all vessels needing sup
plies-where no time w'l! be lost, nor
chatges incuried as at fable Bay.—— Bos
ton paper.
Aorfolk, August 29.
{fcy'* The following was handed us bij ihe
dilate of the sch'r. D.-.sh. JVe give it
as we receive it.
A Lis: of American seamen detained in
Cr,ristophe’s service against their will hy
Cafit. HPALJJIACr* who shipfied us at
Jtahimore, on board the brig Louisa for
Jlurruccoa, but instead of which heaunnt to
Cope Francois, where he sold the brig to
C'hristophc, and immediately entered as
Captain ; and iifion our refusing to enter ihe
service, we were thrown in. o goal and near
ly s'arved : after being kip', there some
time we w re token out inidt r a guard uj
black soldiers, and forced on board ihe brig
when Spalding promised to discharge us
at the expiration of three months {after the
time was ou we asked him if he would he
no kit d us to perform Ins protrase, when
he d reedy seized those who spoke ufi and
gave eurh f them a round d zen on the
buri bark and threatened them with the
fore yard for the next offence, us he cal
led it,
IVe, whose names are subscribed. hope the
fi nds if their country will tuke our deplo
ruble, situation into consideration, untl libe
rate us from a service whirr we are forced
to assist in cap uring our fcllow-citiXeps.
{There are 15 subscribers to this paper,
whose names we omit on their account .fur
an cure as Mustei Spal ling sees their com
plurts as ceitain would he have tin fh tuck
cd up ]
* Tins same Spalding has been a rcsi_
dent in 1*or<smooth for a length ofimt,
and sailed out of this port for many years.
——fie.aid.
Washington, Scp'ember 3.
y. \YY OF 1HK UNI I'K»D STATES.
W understand th,tf the following is the
employment oi our public vessels ot war at
tin . 'ime :
The trign'.e President Commodore Ho
s. stationed a New York ; 'he Con.
Cap ain Hull, in ’.lie J>eiawnre
bay ; tuc bug Argus at Boston ; and the
■ —withorders to make short cruizes and
return occasionally to their respective sta
tions.
The frigate United States. Commodore
I)»-CHtur, and the frigate 1'asi x, Captain
Smith, are stationed at Il unptnrt Hoads ;
• he John Adams Capt. Dent, at St Mary’s ;
'hr ship Wasp, Capt. Jones, and the inig
Ferret, Li. Gadsden, at Charleston, S. Ca_
rolina; the brig Siren, Capt. Tuibell at
Savannah ; the brig Nautilus at Willing,
ton. N. C with similar orders.
The brig H>rnet, Capt. Hunt, is on foreign
service ; and the brig Vixen, Lt. Baiubridge
and the schooner Enterpt is-, L . Head, are
s aliened at New.O leans, where there are
about SO gun boats also stationed ,
The frigate U .ited States, the Wasp, the
Siren, and the Ferret, are iiowciutsing near
our Southern extremity. All the British
armed veistls lately about Amelia Island
have disappeai ed and gone, it is believed, to
U uifax-Auf. Jut.
We have received no return from *the
Rocking'mm district, but have no doubt
James Cochran is elected. The following
will then be the Members from this state in
| the 12' h Congress :
Kichatu Stnntoru,
Nathaniel Macoo,
Willis Alston,
Thomas lili mnt,
Lemuel Sawyer,
Wm. IMacklet'.g-,
\Lj au republicans except Mr. rearsbn
and Mr. M’Biyde.h'altigh Hegix.er.
KentOcsy .Anthony New, bv a ma.
jonty of ab u 2000 over the apostate L> on.
Stephen Ormsby-majority 66 over Mr
Quiuton.
| SENATE.
The terms of service of the following
members of the National Senate, wi<l ex
pin- with the 11th Congress, March 3, 1«10
viz —
t Nicholas Gilman. New.Hampshire.——
* 1 iinnthy Pickering. Massachusetts. Eii
>ha Ma thewson, Rhode Island J >hn C n
dr , New Jersey. * J mies A. Raya-ii,
1 iware William B G les, Vngmia. James
l in ner. North Carolina Thou as Sumpter,
S-utli Carolina. William H Crawford.
Georgia* Henry Clay, Kentucky.
t I he Legislature of New_Hampshire
have re elected Mr. Gilman for another
term.
* Federalists.
Norfolk Aug 31 —The U. S Frigate
President < om. H 'grrs, anch i ed at Study
Hi.ok the 23d inst, from a cruize, and las;
from Hampton Hoads.
Hu- United States’corvette J -hn Adams,
arrriveil here yesterday from Washington
city.
New Orleans, August 6.
rnOM THE LOUISIANA CAaETTE.
WEST FLORIDA.
The Convention tha: met at Buller's I
Plains, previous to their entering on any bu
siness, each member took and subscribed an j
oath ot allegiance to Ferdinand the seventh, I
then their budgets of grievances were open '
ed, and on examination it was found tnat
the greatest grievance complained of w is
the want of -a judiciary system and a judge.
The members composing this genera! con
vention were piety unanimous in their opi
nion of clinging close to the Spanish govern
inetit as long as there was any hope of their
access, and in the mean tune to apply to
the Goveruot General of Havanna for redress
oi grievances, particularly to send them a
man learned in »hel w to hold the scales of
justice Should the Governur General send
such a man, it would be a prop • piecaution
to establish a salary tor him that will place
him above corruption. .
A committee ot said convention have been I
named to draft an address to the Governor
General of Havanna; the members are John ,
H Johnston. John Mills Philip Hickey, John
W. Leonard and Joseph Thomas, lusquires, ;
and Dr Steele, secretary Tue convention
is to meet in the latter part of this month
to ex-iniine the address and give it the fin
ishing touch.
Governor Fi lch has arrived at Pensacola,
front the Havanna, and will, it is said, honor
he grand convention by his attendance at
their in xt meeting; whether he intends to
approbate or disupprobate, is not known—
some suv, that he is to take 500 men with
him by the way of an escort.
F.
.SJOUitj'ltmrnfa.
Natchez, August 6.
WEST FLORIDA.
We have received the subjoined address
from on. correspondent in West Florida, as
the result of the fiist mte ing of the Con-,
ventioo Fro u this addieas it will appear
that West Florida still acknowledges depen
dence on tlie government of Spun, and is
fiim in her allegiance to Ferdinand VII. It
will also appear that there is to lie a second
meeting of the Convention, on Monday the .
13 h inst. which it is believed will be much
mure interesting than the last. What will •
be the result ot the deliberatiouaot ihishon ,
oruble body, is yet impossible to divine.
1 lowever, as far as we arecapub.c of judging, ,
their proceedings augur well. A degree of j
j prudential wisdom maiks the first meeting, j
that clows honor to the deputies and we sm_ i
cercly hope that nothing may occur to dis '
turb the tranquility or endanger the peace
and prosperity of the people.
Sr John's Plains, July 27, 1810.
To ftiu excellency Urn Carlo* Dthault
Dr latum ft, Col. of the /Inyat urnitnt and
Governor, Civil and Military, of the
Jilace and jurisdiction if JJaton J\ourc,
*c.
SIK,
Thk Delegates representing the inha
bitants ut thesoveral districts of the juris*
diction under y<>ur command, in Convention,
assembled at this place, respectfully repre
sent to your excellency, that in entering
upon thedischatge of the duties enjoined
upon us by Our constituents, we derive great
satisfaction ft nm the consideration that our
meeting is sanctioned by your approbation.
u*d consider it one of our first duties to
thank your excellency in (he name of all
the good j»enple ot this jurisdiction, for your
attention to (lie wishes of tlie inhabitants,
uuil for your generous tUorts to preserve the
William K King.
Archibald M’Brydey
Meshack Franklin,
J-'seph Pearson,
•James Cochran j
Israel Pickens
puouc tranquility, in a time of general anx
iety and alarm. We have c< nsid»-red it as
the immediate object of our deliberat ions, to
promote the safety, honor and happiness of
• ur beloved Ling. Ferdinand the seventh, to
guard against his enemies foreign ami do
nit siic, to punish wrongs and correct abuses
dangerous to the existence and prosperity
of the province, and trust that the mea
sures that may be adopted will he recei
ved with indulgence by your Excellency,
and meet with your approbation and con
cilia enc.e*
In taking into consideration the existing
grievances, and the danger to which the
people and tneir property are exposed, a
variety of subj- cts have been suggested as
evils which lequire redress, by» we think
it unnecessary to tioub'e vour Excellency
wuh a detail of our proceedings or the resul
of our deliberations on these subjects, in all
which the greatest unanimity prevailed, as
i> is our intention to wait upon your Excel
lency in a body, so soon as the subjects shall
be arranged in such a form as may be pm.,
per to submit for your Consideration. One
of our resolutions, however, wc think it our
duty at this early stage of out* meeting to
communicate as it stands recorded on our
journal, in the following words :
Hesolx<ed, That it is the unanimous wish
of this Convention to proceed in all our de.
liberations for the public welfare with the
enure approbation of his Excellency Chas
Deha'ult Delassus, our present Governor. &
that we become responsible with him to the
superior authoiities for the expediency of
the measures which may be adopted with
his concurrence ; that we engage to support j
him as our Governor; with the emoluments
appertaining to his present t.ftir.e, and to give
him all the aid in our power »h the execu
tion of the duties thereof.
It is proper to inform vour Excellency,
that h iving entrusted to a select c mmittee
to form a plan for the redress of the cxis
ting grievances, and for the defence and
safety of the country we propose to adjourn
the convention until the second Monday in
August next, when it is intended to ineei
again at this place to receive the report of
the said committee, and to proceed in the
di: charge of the other duties enjoined by our
constituents. In the mean time the said
commit1 ee consisting of Messrs. J .lin H.
J -h. -on Thomas Lilley. J >nn \V. L-onard,
Philip Hickv and John Mills, remaining in
session at this place, will receive any com
munications which your Excellency may be
pleased to make
Wt have appointed three of our members,
M ssrs Philip Hickv, Manuel L pez and
Joseph Thomas a committee to wait on you
wuh this address
p ay goa 10 preserve your £.xccl.
lency many yeurs
Beavivcd, That this convention created
by the whole body of the people of the go
vemment ot Baton Rouge and by the previ
us consent of the governor, is therefore le_
gali\ constituted to act in all cases of nati_
onulconcern which relate to this province,
to provide for the public safety, to create a
revenue, and with the consent of the Gover
nor, to create tribunals, civil and criminal,
and define their own powers relating to other
concerns of the government, when to adjourn,
when to meet agtin and how long to cooti
uue their sessions.
Correct lis' of the Florida Con-Oention.
For new Fcitriana-William Barrow,
John H. J ih s■•!», J uni Mills, John Rhea.
Baton ftougc—Pailip H.cky, Thomas
Liiley, M uiuti L. pez Edmund liause, John
Moi gan
St. Helena——Joseph Thomas, John W.
Leonard, William SpiUer, Benjamin O.
Williams.
1'anch/paho—William Cooper*
BUENOS AYRES.
The leading people of this part of South
America appear to entertain more rational
ideas of independence than those of the
Carraccas ; the example of the U. States
appears to be their guide, and .heir resolu
tion has been so far conducted by the wea_
pons of reason instead of force. We have
been favored with a journal of the transac
tions ar that place, from tlje 21st of May to
the 10.h of June.—durora:
Buenos Ayres-, May 2G.
News have reached town to day, that a
vessel has armed at Montevideo, bringing a
Spanish envoy, with proposals that ti e In
fanre Charlote (It Brazil, sister of Ferdi
nand Vil be acknowledged as queen or re
gent ofSmth America. We shall sec
what t fleet this news will produce.
Should they prove true, this princuss un
doubtedly has a great party in the country,
and it is possible that she may succeed, or
if not, that there will be a great deal ol blood
spilt.
May 50.
i nr jnnra, accompanied uy aittne magis
trate’ &. lie troop*. attended a solemn high
mass,in uct of grace, hir the happy revolution
which has taki.i place without blond.shed.
This day.^being also die feast of St. Fenian
do. there* has been an illumination gu is
firing. 8cc. The news of the arrival ot a
P ortuguese ambassador has proved tals ,
every thing goes on very quietly, and theie
i«not the leas', doubt that every tiling wiil
turn out according to the wishes of the lie
publican Creoles —that is to say, that in
the course of two months, 'his pari of Arne
rica will be declared an independent repub
tic, and that in a very short time hence, all
the other vice kingdoms will follow the ex
ample. Never was such an extraordinary
revolution perhaps tflVced in so mild u
manner, and Certainly history will record it
as a proof of the mildness of die temper of
the Creoles. In the course of a few days,
the Junta will give a specimen’ of the liberal
and patriotic as well as political spirit by
which it is animated, by reducing tlie enor_
mons duties laid on commeice by the old
government,
8ih June.—An order of tiie popular Junta
is published, announcing the reduction ot the
duties of 50 per cent, on hides, tallow, flee.
—There was commenced and published
yesterday a new Gazette, through which
the Junta intend to inform the jitople of
every thing which concerns their inte.
rests, and of the measures of this govern
ment.
The Marquis de Vrn/n, who is at Brazil,
has informed the government here, that the
Spanish minister in the United States, had
advised him that there were many enussa
ries of king Jost ph in Baltimore, endeavor,
mg to come to this country ; this malicious
information will subject the American ves
sets coming here to unpleasant search and
detention.
New*has reached M'»ntevideo, of the e
suvblislimcnt of acouneil of regency in Lot n,
that city toad acKnawiertgM the regency, aou ;
refused to have any thing to do with the po
pular junta established heie.
9th—The junta has been sitting all the
day, and has declared th*t they will not ac
knowledge the regency. The aud encia, (nr
Counsellors ot the king and judges) want* d
to issnr a proclamation, to invite the people
to acknowiege the regieucia. and the ju.ua,
without ceremony, have ordered that the
printing office should be shut up.
10.h.—The junta has published irsenr.
respoudener with the audieucia. bv which it I
appears that they have refused to nc
knowlege life council of regency until they
are officially informed of its legality. Lust
night a number of the audieucia was shot at
and wounded.
From Belt's Weekly Messenger uj Juiy i,
1810.
sc arc i rv.
\\ e have taken all possible pains to ascer
tain whe ter the prediction of an imminent
scarcity had any foundation in the appear
ance of the growing crops, or in the propor
tion of the stork on hand, mtl our necessa
ry Conclusions are, that sc-rcrv is re.illv to
be apprehended, that the. stock on hand is
very insufficient, and the growing crop- will,
according to all present appearances, be de
ficient one third. How is this deficiency to
be m ?de up ? Corn is so great a proportion
of the food of the country, that a question
upim a deficiency of corn is a question for
providing against a famine.
\\ here tile usual portion of food is want
ing. there are b it two possible remedies_
the first, is, by a diminished consumption_
the second is by finding substi'utes in ano
tlier Kind of food tor tliat part of our ordina
ry food which is deficient.
W ih respect to the first, in an opulent
community, and in times of abundance, there
is always a great portion of waste ; as much
almost is wash’d as is eaten, and mure eat
en ihan is necessniy. There is another spe
cies of waste, moreover, which amounts *o I
nearly one third of the whole substance ; j
tli s is, hat of using a finer kind, and there. '
by wasting or at least not employing in hu
man final what is sifted front it. Now, m
these two beads of waste, tliat of ihc quan
tity, and that of the kind, there is certninlv
room for a- great saving; a saving perhaps,
which, if properly and universally ex ,cted
and attended to, would not tall much short
ot the dt ficiency
I here is a third head of general saving,
the benefit of which was much experienced
during the last scarcity. This is, tha. o»
prohibiting the bakers, under a severe pen
-»Uy, from selling bread till after it had been ,
drawn 24 hours. The difference under tin*
head is astonishing. If a family, for exam
pie, are in the habit of using twenty loaves
in the Week, taken in as they usually are by
servants—half of them new, half baked the
precedii g day ; if this family were to take
the whole quantity in the beginning ol the
week, they would find a full saving of one
third—Fourteen loaves would perform the
same service as twenty.
Pastry ot every kind is pure waste
It is made of the finest flour ; so, that more
is consumed than is used, and it is absolute
ly ol no service to satisfy hunger. A hua_
gry man does not dine on pas'ry. There
aie wo kinds of economy, public and private.
Very little is to be expected of the pu lie,
or by any public regulation. The law*.can
not enter into every private house to r gn_
late th quan ity or distribution »f private i
diet It is the first liberty of an English
man 'hat everyone is master in hisownu.m
ity. It piiva.e folly or extravagance are
resolved to waste in the teem of famine it.
is impossible for any laws to prevent them.
Economy necessarily belongs to individuals
and to the privacy of .he dwelling h u^e.
—The public, as a bod), cm. do little or no
thing.
As to committees, and public societies for
prosecu.il.g monopolists, mey will do more
harm than go.*d l he -bes friends f die
Community would b. about h,ti> a tl zv>
score ot these monopolis s who sh uld buy
up the corn at present and hoard i .gains
a higner price, that is, a great' r scarcity.
Was it not for this kind ot mo. op |y evr y
year almost would be a year ot Lmio <• _
1 hi plenty of the fiist par would x-iaus
the whole store 1 is these monopolists who
carry the surplus of <me year to account .
the next; and therefore balance the wan ol
one*year by the plenty of another. l'lu
laws against monopolists orig na>e(l in times
when commerce and agricuituie were ill un
derstood. Barning the-mills, and hang.ng
the monopolists, will have no other iff c
but to withhold what corn there is from , he
mill, and what flour there is from the mar
ket.
i Is nothing then, it may lie asked, to he
expected of ministers/ Very little. Peace
they will not m..k<- ..r, perhaps they cannot
make ; though peace, at present, and for
these s veral years past, would have been
another name for plenty The harvests of
France and Poland have been so abundant,
that the farmers cannot in any way, sell
their surplus. I'he ministers certainly may
have corn if they lake wine* ; but it is a p 111
ol the plan of the war that we are to attack
the enemy through his Commerce. Wc
have repeatedly expressed our opinion that
this was very senseless : the plan has been
adopted, and will not now be laid aside.
VVitli respect to America it is said that
the American harvest was likewise dtfici
ent. Tins, however, we do not altogether
believe; fcculthough the harvest of last'year
mighibe deficient, the harves1 of the current
year may In abundant—England, therefore,
might certainly be supplied from America,
but here again the plan of the war stands in
I the way—Very little, therefore, as we have
said, is lobe expected from ministers; it ts a
! part of their plan ot warfare to cut off all
j neutral commerce, and it is a necessary con
I sequence of this system, mat in any scarci
! ty of their own they must not look for sup
I ply from others.
lveiy viimg mere ore nepcna< upon tcon
omy, and this economy, as we. befoie said,
must be private economy—Every master
of a family must endeavor to • ive in the pro
portion of one third of iiis usual consuinpxL
; on. In the greater families, d >mestics must
be put upon their quo*a, and waste and con
tumacy punished by dismissal.
From all that it*e sec and hear, our deci.
(U d opinion is, that without this economy
the year will end in misery and famine.—
There Isa general failure, ct wheat, barley,
ohib, peas and beans ; potatoes alone seem
j plentiful, and that is ct-itaiuly sooiv lung —
But economy is the br.it ; it cos's least,
and is most in our o*n power. The bar
vesi wili not be deficient, il t,.c public will
persuade tnemselves to save about one third.
Cut off fresh bread and pastry, the waste ot
domestics, and the use of bread unci v« g«».
tables at the same time, and there wo* ;>e
no scarcity. Neglect all these precautions
and there will be a (amine.
f'rom Gibraltar papers to the 21ir/' ult, re
ceived at Huston.
Gibraltar, July 21. A person just ar
rived from > hr en\ irons of Seville, slates, that
H tiles' pro’s and Copon*s divisions had at
tacked the French, from the 1st to the 6;h,
in the neighborhood of Seville, between Al
g iba and Santipence ; that he had seen up
wards of n 100 wounded come into Seville
every day. dunr.gthat time, and that, on the
6 h, when he left that neighborhood, the
bri ig of cannon and musketry still continu
Intelligence Jrum Hi sc ay down to the 9 ih
of June.
On the 8*h of May marched into I run a
t ( giment of Voltigeurs, 1000 strong, between
800 and 900 of them being Spaniards who
had sworn allegiance. The moment they set
'heir footmn the Spanish Territoty, they kil
led a French gen. d’arme, in the very town
of Irun. and many effected their escape.
Extract from intercepted letnrs.
Madrid, June' It. Joseph has dimissed
the 60 Spaniards whom he had admitted in.
to In horse g iards, directing them to pro.,
cecd to their houses, wlienee they will be
allowed to apply lor other situations : atul
has done the same with the whole «.f the
guild of honor from Granada, who accom•
paoi* d him mi his return. It has been ie..
por-ed that he thought of going to Valencia,
and had given it up for fear of tiie light par
tics; bui with what army he intended to set
out upon that expedition, is not known, as we
have scarcrlv 5000 men here
On tile X5th many officers of the Dutch
b’ igade arrived from La Mancha, in conse.
cjuence of almost the whole of their mvjj
hating deserted: and they are accordingly
very earnest in their applications for have
to go home. It is known, that the number
ol deserters from the Frence armies increase
even day. *
* ahkauoka. June 19 —It is alre?dy
s >mt time since the public voice hud tie
u 'unci cl an unexampled crime committed ny
F enen perfidy upon the person of he in
it ) tal governor ot Gerona, 1) n Mari ino
Alva* ez Kveryday the report obtains ni. re
errdit. which spread several months ago,
that that rop ctahle offie.r i . 'tie pride iif
his conn rv anil • puti rn of military virtue,'
ht' been poisoned a* F guetas an \ that the
* fleet- of ihe poison wore >>0 violent and st>
conspicuous -hat there was no concealing
tnem whatever means were used for that
purp 'se, and whatever haste was made to
bui y the cm p e in the dark of n'ght It was
also said, that Bonaparte had first ordered
him to be executed like a malefactor, on»he
pnbl.c square of Gerona, that the theatre of
his glory might be that of his punishment :
hut, from an apprehension of the effects such
a spectacle might produce, poison was pre
ferred.-— Urgency Gazette.
Cadiz, July 6. The American brig Ma
ry, which sailed yesterday in ballast tor St.
U >es, ami which being captured by a French
privateer, got aground with her near the
fort of Ciudid vii-ja, was at night re-Cap
tured and carried into the bay by some of
the gullies The privateer, as soon as she
fi >au-d. set sail with a fair w ind and succee
dti-d hi entering port St, Mary.
Alicakt June 20 —Meguincnza surren
dered to tin- Fr -rich on tlu 9 h They h ive
also occupied M irella. 1000 French prison
e s aie daily employed on die fortifications
of \ ir. nt
I akkagona June 9. —A.igereau’s suc
cess r Al’i) in'lln, h,.s aimed in Catalonia,
i'ne d.«y bet uv yesterday 68 deserters came
in from the F •• nch. ves'erday 36
Corunna. J me 15.-—Our pati iotic troops
press upon our cruel i-.vade s. T is report
ed we nave le'.aktn Leon, and summoned
\ s', oiga.
Paris, June 18 —- The arrival of Lord
(St J ) S luinuez ut ihe ljads f Go ,en
burgh gives rise to a 'multiplicity of ru_
nc i s i.i Germany, among which we remark
s uiie that bear the character of absu-dity
which is peculiar to tlie news of Engl sh
manufacture, and that have beUp ha k^d
ib »M by he ineon igible adversaries of .he
(•mmim cause d the Europ. an c 'ntin’ent.
I is i i iliis point of view we m s? r? g. (1
al; th if has been rumored as to 'be bluster
ing cf Adniiral Samrna cz who is said o
li ive (In. a'ened, that be would take p s-.es
s:on ol bt-Swedisu tk et; as if the port of
'./irigc.iona which is regularly fori fi d,
.co Id !>.■_ taken by a s >rt of couft de mam,
similar to that which threw into the hands
of the lv g.ish the fi "et of Copenhagen, that
had b en imprudently left in a city sur^
rounded by a bad rampart, and encumber.,
ed with 100,000 inhabitants. Expeditions
of that description are not susceptible of re
petition. Sweden is prepared against an
attack; and since Admiral Stmmarcz has
not even ventured to seize the fortress ot
Ny Kifsb..rg, it may be presumed that he
will ri fleet seriously before he undertakes
arr, thing against Carlsc.rona, which it should
be observed, is upwards of 100 leagues from
he roads ot Gotte burg, wlieie thr E iglish
fleet lias for 3 week* been making a useless
parade.
Admiral . Saumarez has only got 4 000
land i ro pa on b >ard his fleet ; but if lie
brought 40,000 the largest amount which
r.ngtand has '*f disposable force, we in; y
rest assured that 10 000 Daleca. Iians w old
drive tliem into the sea. 'I he real object
of the presence of admiral Saumarez c< .n&
to relate to the plots so fortunate!) d. tc • d,
and at the head of which were, it is said,
two noblemen of Scanio, counts Ruth ;■ d
Delagardie -We can conceive, that En,
g'and would wish to see Sweden a prey t*
the agitations inseparable from a minority.
Happily this project of a few'ambitious in,
dividual*, completely failed ; and the Diet
then sitting, rejected the very idea of such
a plan with iudignatin i. The melancholy
event which has just deprivtd Sweden of
a Prince, eminent for talent and courage,
will doubtless render it necessary tocmmke,
in a constitutional manner, an t x'l aordina,
ry Diet, but can have no n.fl leuce whatsoever
upon the ex ernal policy ot the kingdom;
for it is already t .reseen, that the suit ages
of the Swedes can only be divided between
Princes who are rq.#-t|iy attach d U ttie
cause ot the continent. '1 he competitors
will ptohubly be a prince of Oldetibnigh,
and the king of Denmark, whom ihe p o..
vnc.es of D decarlia and J.imtland tScstri cl
i ( preference to the decia < d Prince of Au
gus'tmburgh. 'I he English have, at ,.il
imes. been alarmed at ne uni m of all th*
| strength of Scandinavia, in one poli'ica! -\s
j 'em. They art aware lUai the »hu uag id