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iSevv-Yoj.k, August 21.
The following Information is from a gen.
tleman of respectability in Lisbon.
M Ciudad Rodrigo, which the
French are besieging, i# a frontier
town of Spain, about four leagues from
the Portuguese boundary line. On
the approach of the French, the Spani
ards ppli«*d to Lord Wellington lor
' a reinforcement, which he refused,
hut granted them a supply of powder
and shot ; but on the first appearance
of the French, and while they were at
such a distance that shot could not
take effect, they ber.no firing, and by
the time they were near chough to do
execution, their ammunition was near*
ly all expended ; they applied again
to Lord Wellington fur ammunition,
but it was said he had refused it. It is
reported his Lordship has resolved
Dot to advance an inch into Spain,
which was apparent by his looking
quietly ou the French before Ciudad
, Rodrigo. It appear# his expectations
are not sanguine in being able to de*
fend all Portugal; but hio plan# ap
pear . confined between the rivwrs
Douro nndTague. His poritions ere
said to be well chosen, & are so strong
ly fortified, that the inhabitants feel
themselves perfectly secure should
tli* French attack him; and it is con
fidently believed that he will not suf
fer himself to be drawn out of his
strong holds, having been taught a
severe lesson a* Talavera. The ar
mies under Lord Wellington are esti
mated to ama'int to 90,000 men, Eng
lish and Por uguese, and of which 10,
000 are cavalry. The English speak
we 11 cl those Portuguese soldiers who
have liritish officers, a;'d as fast as
ihc officers acquire the language
of the country they are put in
to Portuguese regiments to discipline
them, l’he principal strong Fmlds of
the cou:bioed armies are, Guards,
Almeida, Pinlial, Viasa, and Castle
brancy, all in the province of Bet* a,
• ami not very distant from the fronti
er.
L^ndcn, June 25.
General Ma-sena, who now com
iramls the Fn nch force opposed tc
Lord Wellington, on his taking the
command, issued the following Gen
era 1 Order* :—
ARMY OF PORTUGAL, 2d
CORPS.
“ Head-quarters, Valladolid,
May 12, 1310.
« ORDER OF THE DAY.
“ The 1st, 6th and 8th corps of the
arm\ are infoiimd that Marshal l\ias
sms, Duke ol Rivoli and Prince ci
Ealing nas taken the chief cohsmand
of,them, conformably io an Xu petial
Decree of the 17th April last ; the ar
my to be called the army of Purtu.
ghl.
“ The Prince has also the com
er and of the N rth*rn Provinces ol
Spain, viz. of Old Castile, of X.ecn.
the Astirriatt the Pr vi ices of 8t,
And* ro and Loria, of the Provinces
of Val;adc»hd ;*.nd Valencia, Toro, Zi«
mcra, Salmnao a, and Avila.
“ The Gen r..l t I Division Tregi
on ;s -ppoin cd Chief * f the S'aiF, ,ro
the G-rrt »l r«f Div.sion Ealc is to hav«
the command of the Artillery, pursy
ant to an imperial decree ol the 21s!
of he name- mea h.
“ i he head ourrttrs of the Prinr.t
| ofEdtng are pr; visioiially established
A at Vaiiadolid.
R Sipr.e/)
I “ TkidGK ,-N, Chief of the Stuff. &c.’!
■ ADDRESS TU THE ARMY.
| “ Soldier?,—II s M jesty the Em
I per r, tin confiding o m« the com
I irmnd of his army of Portugal, has
I been pleased to associate me iri the
I gh rv which you are about to acquire
1 Vn the new expedition to whi< h ycu art
I destined. You are well aware, Sol.
I dicisythat discipline and subordination
K are the fir^t pledge olvic.cn. Wbai
I obstacles shall be able tc resist )oui
I v-.do~ when rigid observance of di ei
I pin e sbvill have prepared \ our success
S V' u shall alwnys find in my conduct
■ and in *hat of my brother Otfic*rs,
■ ; .tie example of perseverance amids.l
■ * oufudt'.fH, fatigues, and privation0
H and -your dangers shsll he common t.
H ii*,m- w-.ll as ib.* glorious result whirl
H li.<i Majesty expects from the de>
■ vo: uu 0i his heroes Of the army cl
l of tig I. ^
■ “ 1 fi Marshal Duke of Rivoli
■ Prince of Evling, Commander in Chit
■ of tfce Army of Portugal.
■ (Signed)
■ MASSENA.
■ A true copy.
- Commander of the En
gine rs. “HRUC.EY.’
B The I tiers received by th.s mail
B state, that General Maesctm has also
B issued a pr oclamation, a .drurd ti
B the Poruguese nation, in wf ich he
:^^MBBbnaclt “King
! catling on ihcm.to *{ chive out the per* |
J fidious English, and submit to his au
thority—threatening in case of non
compliance, that he will desolate the
country wi.h fire and sword.
Some of the letters state that he had
'also written a letter to Lord Welling
ton, offering to give him permission
to retire unmolested from Portugal, if
he would depart immediately, but
adding, that otherwise, he would drive
the British army into the sea in less
than three months.* and would hang
every British officer whom he found
in the Portuguese army. The French
are said to have 73,000 men between
Salamanca & Truxillo—10,000 at As
torga—10,000 at Ciudad Rodrigo—
bi sidea 18,000 in small detached pur
tie? ; and the 4th division tof the army
of Portugal issaid to have entered
Spain.
June 26.
Last night we received Paris Papers
to the 20th and Dutch to the 23d
instant.
The desertion of the French Gener
al Sarrazin, as might have been ex
pected, produced no small degree of
•tir at Boulogne. The countersign
was immediately changed along the
French coast; and measures adopted
to frustrate any attempts that might
be made by the English government,
in consequence of information deliver
ed by him.
The journals contain details of the
French operations in Catalonia. It
appears that Angereau has arrived in
Paris, and has brouerht thither the mili
tary detail* of the achievement* with
in the circuit of his “Own command in
the north-eastern districts of Spain,
I but which afford nothing new.
! Some of the troops intended for
Spain are said to have received ano
ther destination. They are ordered
' to the coast of Btitanny, where, ac*
I cording to rumor, a large force is to
; be collected. There is a great affecta
tion of mystery with respect to the ul
tima e destination of this army, but e
nough is suftered to transpire to indi
cate a project of invasion of some
! kind.
Letters from the cori3t of France to i
the 20th instant state, that no decree j
prohibiting the exportation of grain I
in general, has been published. R*e !
is the only species whicn is not per- |
mitted to be exported. These letters, ■
however, communicate a n*w fiscal
regulation; namely,the imposition of
a new duty of fifteen per cent, on all
wheat exported.
By letter* from Malta, dated seven
days subsequent to Brigadier-General
Oswald’s dispatches we learn that there
was great danger of our troops being
obliged to abandon their new posses
sions, to gallantly acquired in the A*
driatic Seas ; as our whole force a
mounted only to 10.000 effective men,
(against which the enemy were then
proceeding from Naples with an army
, art 40,000.
June 29.
In the Court of King’s Bench, this'
day, Mr. Attorney-General moved
for ■* Rule to shew cau<»£ why there
should not be a trial at Bar, in the
. r c:- t.’_d _ i_ _ .i
* * * M1IVIU MOI u - Uj T» ll(W .
Fail of AToi>a, and the Serjeant at j
Arms af the House of Commons.-;
The rule \v.*a granted—cause to be
shewn in Michaelmas Term. Iti the
act on aj;ain*t the Speaker, Sir Francis
Uurd. ti has demurred to the Defen
dant’s plea.
Paris, June 16.
A Copy of a report of M. Cavalier,
Custom-house officer at Etaples 4
u Captain, 1 inform you that Gen
i er;ti S.razzin has gone to England ;
: at one o’clock he vent on board au
j English br;g ; he compelled the crew
1 of the bo;it to steer for her, saying that
ne wa* going with a flag of truer_
H** assured them that he would bt
bide after tomorrow, 10 dineat Ma
dam Vrrgcnion’s,"*.t Etaples- i he
fi i trmm refused to go; but he and
hi t black servant clapping a pistol to
tb- ir heads, ar-d a dagger to their
threats, forced them to proceed.
ORDER of the DAY June 11.
“ The army has just witnessed an
other event the least to he expected,
>nd which mu*t have excited in ihem
the strongest indignation.
*4 General Saraeinhns proved him
, self a traitor to his country and hi* so
Vert ig«, who, by his numerous acts of
Ibenencence, is entitled to the grati
ltude and nil- ction of every Frenchman, j
j 1 uii General abandoned the peat con- j
•1 fed to him »o go ever to the- enemy.
By this ahum nzblc at tion he has cover
ed him«< ll with the greatest disgrace, &
neurred h-: ccntempt of all nations, e- 1
v n of that whose cause he has espous- !
eel. The army may rest assured tf at
• very precaution has been adopted to
(prevent any bad consequences from
this crime ; that all the plans tW
General Sarrazn has formed will be
easily trustrated, and that sham! alone
will remain to the criminal, who has
trampled under foot the mo^t sacred
duties, and has adopted sentiments
the most culpable, and worthy the se»
verest punishment.
M The General in Chief positively,
commands all the Generals ^Officers
commanding on the coast to take the.
necessary measures for arresting Gen
eral Sarrazin in case he should re ap
pear under any pretence whatever, k
conduct him under a strong escort to
the head-quarters. This important
order is to be punctually executed.
(Signed)
« VAN DAMME.”
Oxford, June 29.
It is proposed to confer the honora
^wegree of D. C. L. on Tuesday next,
a the following Noblemen and Gen*
lemen :
Hikexcellency William Pinkney E<q.
envoy extraordinary from the U. S*
of A merica
His grace the duke of Somerset
The most noble the marquis of Dovro
ahire
The most nbhle 'the marquis of Ely
The right hon. the carl of Essex
The right hon. the earl of Jersey
The right hon: earl Foftescue
The fight hon. the earl of Carysfort
The right hon. earl Temple
The right hon. lord viscount Buike
ley
1 he right hon. lord Carrington
The right hon. sir John Newport, b&rt
The rieht hon. air Tahn Anatruther.
bart
The right hon. William WickhatA
The right hon. George Tierney
The right hoc. Richard Brinsley She
ridan
The right hon. William Elliot
Mr. Fagel, late Greffier of the United
Provinces. ,
Philadelphia, Aug. 20.
The advices from Europe make no
alteration in the state of the relations
of the U. States with either of the bel
ligerents Mr. Morier, who was :o
have passed on the British frigate Ve
nus,. to the United States, in the grand
charge dcs affairs, had proceeded from
London on his rout, when he iras sud
denly recalled, ana it w«3 s.iid to be in
consequence of Mt Pinkney communi.
eating his insiruc ions to Lord Welles
ley j what those instructions were is
not mentioned, whether they had a par
ticular or a general bearing ; some A_
raericans supposed it to be in conse
quence of Mr. Pinkney being recalled ;
but a* ne have not heard of that gen
tlAiaji’s recal, exerp'ing through the
conjectures of newspapers, we sha\l
have only to wait tor circumsttnces.;
if Mr. Morier should come to the U.
States, it is the opinion in London, that
it will be in a higher character than
charge des affaires, as the Brit sh gov
ernment have experienced in so many
ways the evidence cf Mr. P’s. attach
ment and u desire to quiet their jeal
ousies,” it is probable that rather than
nnrr IVlfH A merirun #w«
commodaling they may make ot Mr.
Morier a lord, and send him out with
the rank of plenipoicntiary.
It seems that it was through the ac
tivity and zeal of a gentleman of Phi
ladelphia, the British government were
induced to send out a frigate to inter
cept the American ship Madison,
whose despatches were seized some
time ago. Thu Philadelphia gentle
man rvsidtd at that time in Paris, but
where he now resides is uncertain.
Aurore.
The Philadelphia Gazette gives as a
hearsay the following articl '•
It is said, that Bonaparte has deter
mined to op-m four ports in France to
the trade of neutrals—-The ports de
signated, are Havre, Rochelle, L’»
Oricnt, and Mai sallies.
Who are the neutrals ? Where are
they ? Qrrat Britain has declared that
there shall be no neutrals/ she declar
ed it to Genoa in 1793 and to Denmark
in 1807 ; and by her blockading and
licensing system, and orders in coun
cil in the same year. While the Ram
boipUet decree is in force, that is, since
the 2fAh May 1309,no ves els can en
ter France but with dispatches, which
are not subject to confiscation, in re
taliation ot Mr. Gallatin's sweeping
law Of 1st March 18U9, repealing the
non-intercourse. The words are ve
ry pi'in, M all vessels navigating under
the Hag of the United States owned
the whole or part by citizens of the U.
States, which shall enter the ports of
the^French empire, or the colonies or
countries occupied hy the French ar
mies, shall be seized, and the produce
of their cargoes placed in the caiss d’
amortissement. #
44 Vessels charged with dispatches
only are excepted, but these shall not
carry merchandize!”
y This decree retoaiiu c* ni force on tile
12th of June, and whhout antf pros
pect of its being repealed ; alt the ef„
forts of general Armstrong to establish
• the credit of the government had been
destroyed by the policy of Mr. Galla.
tin at \Vashlngton, and of Mr. Pinkney
I at London, ot whose conduct the peo
! pie have yet to learn facts, which we
! do not wish to be the first to lay be
1 fore the public ; and which we should
! not now even hint at, were it not that
i some p-rson in Ntw York has been
1 endeavouring to bolster up excuses, on
| interim topics, but leaving points that
; are of even st more odious character,
.unaccountaed for. ib.
n """
PfllLADRLmiA, Aug. 36.
DECREASE OF OWR MARATIME
COMMERCE.
'From the very m ntent that Gr.eat
Britain assumed the principle of tight* to
regulate and circumscribe the commerce
of foreign nations so as to subserve he
own particular in erests or necessities,
(which she did on (he 16th of May *806,
by declaring upon paper the whole coast
ot the continent of Europe, from the
Elbe to Ostend, in a state of blockade^
K without having the force stationed be
are those harbors required by the law of
nations to constitute an investment) it
was perfectly evident to every man who
knew any thing of the political circum.
stances of Great Britain, that it was vain
for any other nation to hope for the con.
‘inuance of a free commerce without con.
testing for it, and the only question with
wise statesmen was or av least ought to
have been, the manner and nature of I he
contest—and how it might be conduced
l. a_ • * . . .
>t i»>i 111JU17 iu wicir own country
a< d with most effefl on their adversary
—Whether by retaliating wi h reprisal
and capturing citizen for cVizen, ship for
ship., and property for property—Or by
the more pacific system of stagnating her
commerce in return for her hating
shackled ours*
Thfftople cf the United States may
mske vjp^lheir minds ’hnt they must ei.
thei||pn up their commerce (o the con
trol of Great Britain or contest ibe point
with her, in one or other of the above
modes—and the sooner they fotm their
resolu ion the belter it will be both for
themselves and their'children. If wu
willing again to come under the govern*
m.ent 01 England, let us do it at once, and
the lories, whn sre now distraOing and
keeping the nation in a fermcn’, will be
quiet. But if wa leaily vr.sh to be an
independent nation, ii is quite time that
• hat we should »ske some messures to be
so. At present we arc carrying on a
most disadvantageous commerce; winch
wilhmpoverish the nation and deprive us
o! the means of resistance.
Our disputes with Great Britain are of
a nature that neither require iwr indetd
admit of a wetk’* discussion. She de
clares that we shall trade wnh no ooutu
try without her permission- If we admit
this pretension i f right for a day we sub
| mil—but if v?e do not adm t it, and Gres*
1 Britaiu insists on it, the matter is at is.
sue, and there can be no greater folly,
nor any scene more ridiculous, than our
sending a minister to London, to tell
Marquis Wellesley that the American
govc nment will not admit a principle
which we have, by submitting to it fer
four years, clfe&ually admitted. It would
tnizt.e ev n Mr. Pinkney, and his lord.
shift, to infer any virtual difie: er.ee of
meaning in this cat-e, Ijhw.sen the woida
admit and submit. P
Another poifl|. in ^cispute with Great
Biitain is the inJtaolsment of our sea*
men. Our gorcrSKent is piodged to
protect the liberujp^Lour citizens, whr
thfltOorn in tluftoflkry or naturalized,
opt B'iiainfPrrprB^s them, and o.
buj|es them ft fight *her ships of war,
awT insists bn continuing to do so, whilst
wf* insult ihe unfortunate s»uficrers by
telling them that we do not admit the
right of Great Britaiti to put them in
chains, though we submit io it.
It is really high time that the Ameri.
can people opened their eyes to the real
situation of the nation, t hey have bean led
away from their tree policy in the remo
val of 'he embargo, by a handful of trai
tors, whose designs might have hren
easily frustrated, had the people been
moie on th ir watch. A most unfortu.
naie and unaccountable apathy has too
long pervaded all ranks of the communi
ty, arid the consequence is the loss of our
commerce, and the loss of our charac
ter, C.
Aurora.
August 2S.
The British ministers are determined
to reward Mr. Pinkney for hit zeal in
their service—he is to be made a dc&or
of laws in ore of their un versifies—it is
not said which of his preclusions has
gained him the honors of the university,
the address written at Baltimore in which
the rights of neutrals was maintained
with great ability—or his literary pow.
1 ers in the correspondence with marquis
Wellesley concerning the blockades of
the Elbe and Weser. ib.
T|e English papers again intimate that
Mr.vMovier is about to proceed to the
| Undid States in the Venus Trigs'e, hut
! it is m t yrt *aid that he has any addin
1 onal title to that of chage <)e* sfi'iires.
i Perhaps in the end it msy appear that H
I i* de'erminetl to cooler the honor where
I ms due, and fe# men have aatn-.d Bril
w
fc
ish honors more dearly than Mi. Pi' k
ney. * ib.
—
The Frrnch papers contain a regular
and minute daily journal of the progress
of the French who surround Cadiz—
they are building floating batteries
intended »o carry very heavy artillery—,
and enormous brass, mortars have betn
cast at the grent national lounrfery at be.
villa, for the siege of Carl's The army
of Portugal is to-consist of four cotp-e
d’armia—taking them at 30,000 men e»c
they would amount to 80,000 men—.
the corps already on the Por ugues * Iro i.
tiers were the first, si^h, and eighth of
the army of Spain, under Soule. Mouecy
and Junot.
The army of the east coast of Spain
was to be commanded by Marsha! Mac.
donah! j Augoreau's s’ate of health hav.
mg incapacitated bun from the necessary
activity of a sc vet e service in Cataiona
and Valencia*
The ship of the line which appears to
have been burnt in March, by the rad
hot shot of tba French batteries; was a
Spanish 74 guo ship, called the St. Anne.
ib.
Gen. Sarazin, who lately deserted from
France, is not an old man ; he has been
distinguished on many signal occasions of
arduous service / he was with Hoche on
the Rhine, he accompanied Hoche on the
espcdiiion to Ireland, whichfa.led through
a storm / he was with gen. Le Clerc, at
St. Domingo / * and remained ia Phila
delphia several week* on his reltfTo to
Europe. He has frequency e&ed in sta.
tions which dtm< nstrate his achi.owlegd
talents, having bten several limes chief ~
of the staff. * ;h
From the N. T. Mercantile Advertiser.
arsf authorised, by a gentleman.
4f c'g^, bearing due respect lor
t%ith amLpor Mr. Pinkney our minis
tet at the court of London, to contra
dict moat positively a pa*ag?aph in th©.
Aurora of Tuesday*a* extracted from
the Lex ng on ltepurtcr, stating that
Mr. Pinkney atm Mr. joy ia an oifi
cial capacity to Copenhagrn.* H’he fact
is, that Mr. Joy, holding a co suh.r
appointment lor Rotterdam from t ie
government oi the United State*, was
considered a suit) bie person, and ac
cordingly sent by Revcral mer-'hari’s
of London' in the trade o* this couritrv,
j to claim some American property in a
j state of sequestration at Copenhagen,
I without any document? to that ett-ct
I from Mr Pinkney, whose ideas of
(propriety are too well founded to
' grant any sueh while resident at a court
in violent hostility to Denmark.
[This contradiction most positively,
we undertake most.posaitrveiy to con
tradict, not only upon better than th©
anonymous authority of a gentleman
of New York, but upon as good autho
rity as that of M.. Pinkney himself.}
, Aurora.
It was reported in London on the
7th of July, that Bonaparte bad issued
an order for imprisoning all the A*
merienns ia France, and sequestering
their property. It was not known
whether this measure had been actu..
ally adopted; but it was certain that
several citizens ol the United States
had lately arrived in England from
France in consequence of an appre
hension that some violent proceeding
; would be resorted to agaiust them.
. An A i~.nV1.vnnr. ... V. n I
i . ; o .'"“"i
rived in three days from Paris, and
was on ’Change on the 6th, stated 'hat
he left the French capital to avoid that
detention which was about to be im
posed on all his countrymen who rej
mained in France.
N. Y, Mer. Adv.
Front the American Mercury.
MR. GALLATIN'S LETTER.’
The federalists having exerted them
selves in v$in to ruin republicanism,
arc now on the strife to ruin federalism.
Their remaining strength and numbers
are Jiardly equal even to this inconsi
de**>le object.
^rhst could induce federal editors
to publish Mr. Rrskine’a letters and
Mr. Gallatin's reply? They have
been denying that they, the federalists,
constituted a British party in this coun
try ; but what is the burden of Mr/
Kvskine’s letters? He was in concert
with the federalists, trying to see what
strength New England federalism
could muster, in favor of Britain. He
was raising up a party of Secretaries
agamst Mr. Jefferson, & making Mr.
Galla'in say what he did not say, in or.
der to prove what Was not true, and
then to gain credit with his court.
He had swallowed all which our
British Pickerings could furnish res*
peeling the divisions between the eas
tern and southern states. He raysf%
“the consequences o! such divisions
would inevitably tend to a di*s lotion
of the union, which has b en for some
time talked of, and has of late been sc*
rioosly eomtemplated by many of the
leading people in the eastern 'divisi
on”