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• V - X T Jt\hilmi;9. IA ike rtfvl K Qetifninkev
the 2§jh of Seetember,
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iflf' salt ibffivf.JtiAgffipfnef'. ‘f*he articles
^j|.'v: pfiit *Ubt ju^pet* vuw 'nfntte position*
r *f tl|i«K»ipfamjhere» the present wre must rest.
g'jm'. ^MC'itejhjiultill^tbs■ «g£uf ^plenuher from
Cadre, fp«ek of thirtgt/eniaining in tie same stale
Q/*>, t'oWarfiise^operatioD. We
Wpmt'the ftsuwof
K> . •.*!?» meeting «f tb&Cortes,in
ar'i *-vpiw»:»nt|vep>::wj|»b ha« b**m looked f|r wkh
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®bp'ttr*irflyliju d-IdtttrmCbundred and fifiv five mil*
l&hUfdou^a NAgp-’ * t
p%*e?s Wf which NigjWfenn has
^ Mb «f Greartotain^ r*
'vis wjneb is p»»- Ihled*
by nW^r^ .
r . paper, h«|fill require abWi SfjjO*.*j,l
': atKet his »nta){r.i»i»ts. « If
a v ^jlC mtnet$ai£|je»S« fine in they: fafwiir, Bis offi
Act,,'nflh® BrgisJ* have no
■iWyh tp fefrr. ffmlrtihg ships is an easy mailer,
_ n^«)[Ci!Wn*WiJeit|(are not fort&d i^tWcWts
fWci tilffpaciuative theorists. ;f ' . , .
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-'■itjPmMfefW* bndirstand t]|nt 3l/r. Doiffe, u
vJWItleiiWtn in the Ipwer walks of ennirdv, and pus
^V*mtiiR4De wKiiik ,17r. Smalley, a sint er
eminence, whrf^has been jf-’i forming for
i|il1fJ«nii“C<.venl Garden Theaire, km
j^'jK« J^r}irl>ltr patronage of Mr. John
KfniWii ivlind^ Miit CpokS Trow th» Drury L»ne
CtiifuMoy spatijen wellttasa performer, ami stand
F-?7JMk*«P»» • singer,’re-engaged for the-fNew
prkTbeirtri^arid (ailed from Liverpool onf the 6ih
oMfrfohtr, i#|bajs%Xojnmbm for New-York.
TogYfa|atT,he^Miilffffed».hoKriv. andWve may venture
tn tfiy wilt piftve a great acquisition tcf dur Thea
tre*!corps^-AT. JT. £r. Post. ‘ ,.|p: v
1 JP^'f .• 1 *■1 *1" v. . j
from $fre-. Rhode Island Americaul ^ *
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IfaWSE OF llRFRESKlfTATtVES. **
3. 1810. vV;.-~
»« fwbereas'ft'hiisbrrtf the usage in this slate from
fifat, seftlefnept thereof,, for his Exrellenry ijje
f:-:i Giivermfi* to urestHe 1n the oeneral uti.mMu
t^prHSfde lei the general assembly, «U„
■ iii grajiil corpmiiue, for the flection of officers, and
toJ****,«*«!*
nly in such election -And,
TIs^ ad ta cuaftniv I aswEjB cVu mw% A■«,,V, i a s
WN present si
WW|3l«t .
session nfghis Assembly, jo
tor in rniup-f* his excellency
'. jlheTjinieii of a se
It tjW^Ooiirrnof did
* ,e in the first instance, sod gpt
v'"^;pif|(»lnng v*
cer af-theprun'd committee : -
x-.- Resolved. 1
Vnrconsider the conduct of the
r‘gnyemtfr in voi
,, „ , . ^.a<fafpreaaiilt as s| ,unv%snr«Ma
f''J We^hssmnplii'n of powe* and subversive of the
'% njghis and privileges pf the general assaupbly.
4 AUffsd<om from A he Jour^a I.'
# ?T»QS. BUllGESS, Clk.
wkjx%M& *'■■'#"•: ■'£; ->■ .•:■ —■ ■'
V^’i* 1**1 St Tammany paper of jgiis tnjrn.ionn
> 1- ;^ »f^li|f diteiples observe, that the Federal represen
.{pitves HR tha£2th congress have been " elected by
mtrtvlesn TWijoniietnsaMuld make fedlm^eiienih*nu
tbeinsehles.” >■ Wlisl /W—-riif conduct would they
v*-; :• rscnoimend to Jeremiah B. iTowell,(democrat) who
v V ‘waljaat y>e*k alerted Senatosun the eongresa of the
4^- Vritlpd Slates,- bysa m%»rity of oue, and thpt by
his.ftia* vote f Shoadd Air. lloweH's lean 'and self
.+. * jZT * * • »• » trus# unit srtj.
ill.majority npeiate so powerfully n|>Xn Wts feeling*
, as l</«ifttre him lo folWiw the advice of his lain
-’T-, y. ' T" ’ ' ,,,v ms 1 still1
% auaHyJiMhriiifi, w« Would befc leave, to suggest a tri
“ ration «a to the manner nf hit exit; ant
Si
iaiiei4ijg]f ivtfusgfteeStum<nn^mi% it would be nauri
^,|S|ifsfi;dMtt7rr, dn*$u*g himself
■ Co*tier *f Oetohtr 6.-.
«*t M-sSena after the fill tof
■ :• * /epidiiy of movement which he kind not
wnh? thefeVlyp^rtof the campaign, mnu
jifi ••• ua’tohrlifte that thpexplntion of ihemxgxaine
- " . w tfee ^%t ■ ef''ireeefaery, (tor' 1i,rd -Wellington
My* tn hil ilcpatrh wbteJi ■W intmed yesterday,
; thof the powder magazine am »i«mh pr»«tf), an<l
' eras the •**“ *k- •■ -• ■ ■
,IVJ , , lh« ihatM^dbeen
j*4n
foraM at Ci*h-n-.t«;proHuc^f'i(tee.r».Vl«n,aMacre of
## «£* Knsheh by person. uni'oriu*.
Kfeflpgl^^mtMHie,' which
^ *Jff* W$#*’ #« evident, expected ^ have
., ^ , %«de a loif|'|f§}st#nce; tor he say^that at >*!!>
w' • * fault I enter taiui'd hopes that it would have detain
U
sd lh» enemy utlavery J.ite 'pf*
fl Aitoflddr we ea^ hpvta fat
Istlea,
■>. f jy
% $ *° tMtfty on t<M»h)BMLwwin
.vn,r.;t»o forty
the plot which'wf*
r.V ' ■ * ucyni tin
ffOa^anspi^Mraf dnt1 hs vybiH«pj.vVn<off in«»
P^^-t»i>H»h-wf»ea,ea.W thdHfe.hi
‘ M ‘!? , Phdibe proclamations
••V1?!'■ f* w;<«pp^w/:fw;»qf prariaaiptiotis
^'li»h., 'tho harf pie
till >nrtlaf nidi rsarhat h'siY'fir^'~"» - i ■■ *' * :-T * i
■#* MW*#**'.'*
.^. A- *-F^?R«P peraeentore^jthj*; ™*wBu**f
'\rg*i 1*1 Idoae^oa llw p«>ulsci, &».. *;r
•- .< H*e*.H*aa ealcolutH woqld urfda** r.mater
■ -><!§*:*5$**W'Sty
.7^.i:^e:
V'F">i. , ’ V' *
t i"
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A- ■ ' '#:. ’■ *» f ?• Vl: '
th« gresfo^ifhoci
for persbnfond'
Fo*legalLvr«Oid
h.'W* hayesrfb',
1SBS?
i n^Liktiofl r on nixing,
l^nifulairf ^^uv* io (t,« plot - ^Pdrjff
sonvefuri
foiure wp§ made to ,
■ mwbiel jr»**aj' wtaUtt'
*«f »>•■.-- ^ ni£j:.fc,v . _ .
IVellingtoi,"‘who in consequence no doobt felt the
here*«% of placing himself nearer Liiboo to be as
iinperhiaa a* that which Mat sens felt for adducing
ti> Awhon, after be bad been assured by the explo
sion at Almeida,that thlplot haft- been matured in
the Capital, and was ripe fur execution. The great
eafaecreay baa been observed A Lisbon Bfbre it has
been discovered; the Portuguese pap#rs have not
spokenuf tt; .-tqd at. i# possible that Massma may i
have advanced to the Criz (hia position at the date
of the last advices) without knowing that it |iad !
been detected. -J-t * • ■ ‘
Xa a battle is ihairitahle, it has in all probability
been fought erenow; it is better that it should be
fought as near Lisbon as possible—And this fornb
vious reasons—Lord We^inginn will be nearer his*
resources an ! reinforcements ; W has lately-beerf*
ijoitiecj by 7000 British troops, a sitpply which he
would iiibe been^witbout, had he been compelled to
risk an engagement at an earlier period.
Bflore we conclude this article we shall take a
vbw of the positi ns in which thg Ustadviies left
the respective armifest * .:
Our mum body oernpies the §i«na de Alrdhai
ttte Sierra^s a renglsaf mountains running d% north
^nd south almost from the, river Voup jo the Mon
(leg®.^ Between, this range and the coast is a road
parallel with.the Sieira, and running from Serda#
to Cnijirbra ; Burawo, the head quarters of lord
Wellington, tt tn front of this road, and a few
%<ti>tios north Cofuibra—But we rather believe
-IhWl oj|ihe 24ih, in the evening, lord Wellington
removed his head quarters to L'oiinbfb. General
Trent’s.hrigtde of Portuguese milill%nCrupies the
northern pnitft, Serdao. Gen. Spences'* corps of
10,000 men rommuQicatey with#il at Meqjjhuda !
tl e remainder of tbs army stretches southward11 to
G«n.i,ora. f *
- Otir ^anred guard is Shout sixjmAs in front of
I? fcii advanced ga»r#o#
•vwsjMi* «f the Cm.*But there is,Alt apprehend,
,»wn« iw«l<»W In Vji^t for the.course of theCrizij
f%*» liwth tiaSoulty where it falla into tf.^Mon
dcgo. * Wer.tther suppose t|iat tbeenerpy’sadvsnceH
guard is mb the western aide of iheCria. The main
hody ^f itiV*enein||s army ia onjhe ealtcrn hank,
rand o( cupii’S the space between that hank and Ton
. ra*2,f*.V i» »“id fo he a little to the mirth
ward* ( ftlondegu.a! P’fbheirasde Aaere. ILpforce
fis estimated at hiO.OOCfrnen. . ^
By this ik«tch ol Impositions of therespective
ariMtrs, jftwilltle set# that M<»adeg» iscthVtanft 4r
t^eir posy on*, ah inks ttiewight wing ofthe fln
twh, and tlie ft ft of the French positions. It 'my
be suspected tha^M issena will manceuvre' to get On
our right flank, anil to throw himself between u|
and L'sfmn. But if our readeis wil^l.mkat the map
an^tt^inuous course of t tie M^pdego, thej^will see,
that tn its course to the sea, it descends in a'S. \V.
dtreciion to Cyan bra. A4 we ary in po»ession Ihl
Coimbra, thf enemy, if be should cross the Mon
rtegb in his present position, could not cros#t with
sufficient rapidity to prevent our placing our army
between Inin and Lisbon^ We have no fear, there
fore, of his sofc.ydmg iq any*mana»ivre which’’
twglif bav* for its*object tfie cutting off our coui
(hnnicdlion with the capital. # ^V
The circumstance of a. Messenger having h*en»etu
t<» Mondega'dBay has given*rise to a report that the
trapsports at the mouth of the Vagus bavefeePh br
ewed round to that Bay, in order njiat our army
tnai^he rc-ernburked there. We believe there is npt
If if least foundation for the rumour—-The Messcn
get was directed to lapd there becunserit is‘nearer
Lisbon, an t because it was thought Lord Welling
ton might still be af’Coirabra watting the attack ol
aiie ensmv. si ' v";V'-,,,. -
*.rJFrom the coarse of ivlassena’s march, it is con
tlud|d b) one of our cutumpnraries, th#t he is ena
tied to occupy Oporto without any difficulty.
Now, how it can be said, that he, who is further
from Oporto than Loid VV|>lington, and whose*
whole attention isengiossed by L >rd Wellington, is
enabled to occupy Ophrlo, we are at a loss to guess.
If he has sent junot, that ft another thing—llui
Oporto is, in the present state of affairs, an mfefior
Consulrratidh.
The occupation or Oporto will be decidgd by the
result of tht) operations between Lord Wellington
and Massena. If we defeat bint, Junot**will not
remain iu Oporto, supposing him even to have
.taken it, of which we have no information* If, un
fortunately, w> should not be able to defeat Musse
na, orto keep Lisbon, we shall not be able to re
JLten Oporto. !
™n»e following are leters of. the'latest date frcaji
Lisbon: t ,
Lisbon, Sept. 25#
1* I had littledoybi in my wind that Almeida was
blpwo up by design. J am cunfir|ped in that opini
on by the events which have taken place here t|>is
week. A few nights suite the poblick guard arrest
ed upwards of J 00 persons. 1,'hey were secured at
(ff*e dead of night, and those of Tank taken off in c*p
lishes to Fort &. Julian. One of them is the f rand
sun of the late Marquis de Rbmbal. Several others
-qf-lha Hidalgos have sHared the same fate. The
arrests continue (every .mcLtiahd the prisoners are
instantly puton hoard a. Portuguese frigate. Sii#
ladies uf distinction have been sent into ccfo
ffecinent mvonytirts, an&imilaf arrests have ta
ken place in »H»P» great ifewus of the country.—
Wb*t the plot is I cannot inform ypuf it js tin
known icf the poblick ; Jiut the discovery was m
cnnscquenrp of intercepted correspondence. Sttme
thing very alarming must have crime to the kSiow
ledge of this hj|herffli nii(d government to route
to these lifting measures. The common peo
Ipfo are^vcry where violent against the French i
aod tie cry nfj A Frenchman f of ‘ A Jaenbin T
«W Smfi almost as bad a* « ptilptta to hit
?reDch Planners, even. under*
fthtfo* ineultedl in 4 most disgraceful way;
-tKrt thf condact of the french when here, to the
fewer classes, merits threecasperatrd return."
'.p-'- • i; « “ ldSWC,
* w Opthe g4lb inat,mir head quartan weir*
hmved tn.Counbra, aMthf enemy’s in thp it*igh
rtVw to Co > mli fit a Ami th# in iK*
J^wbood oTVrkev, the ri^cdri d» IhW retreat
S*<«ma ta bs t« prevent the enemy from «
:in/ia
fV r««r, that* two days wa have
wuq n
X ' , V', 3
r.v '' c-. t::*
rf* defeat *n4 victory, 4»«* wStfrt* ef
th^ajJSaecany foundation. ■ *;.%■£.
Frifft^ frHigj&rpjbaij of cwIry at
-«VSf»w^4^l^jijpSp(Kj)SrtifS -are about six mje.
. olCflileifcri*' Theto,j*«|!iali oukt a aland;
and, a a't na |x 'ti tiufti# t fryiiffiTod'Bifetitfdifcfeliat
ile aiill euioip. a* tie Freueb will out risk at *h*it
fnrtt of .tbe French oni their Mf ground is
tint known, but before our army tjiytud the neigh
l«>orh«od of Cna, the enemy das reckoned to be
60,000 strong. All the operations on our part have
; been admirably conducted.
# “ Kegojerhas 20(000 men on the Tagus. The
deaerlinns continue, but fewer than before, as Mas
sen* has mostly Frenchmen with him.
► t "1..V _■ -r-- ■ ■ ■
from a Land: n fuper, of - October 8.
The Moniteurof the 14ih trlt.’gconuios Kguiri
ous article on Ihe conduct of the English inVpain
and Portugal. We will not tak'e upon us exactly to
say that it wax written by Bonaparte himself, fur
it is deficient in tliaf terseness and piquancy of styh
for which he is remarkable; hut there is litib
doubt, we apprehend, that it was composed und-i
his inspection, .and not admitted into the offici i
journal until it had',j>een submitted4u his revision.
—’IheTrtirle professes to bejin analysis of tfcecon
tire peninsula. Sir John Moore httsusually been
very respectfully treated in the Momteur;—but on
this occasion, he is centred for not having march*
cdfto M drid, and risk'd his army against four
tiqiss tfccir nuni'lfr. We have no wish to fight
Sir. John Mooreijp campaign over again ; hut we
conceive his conduct in the unfortunate campaign
•which cost him his life, to have been such as to
stamp his character, as a military man, with iin
perishable honor, and to entitle hmMko the lasting
gratitude of his country, fi le did not niaVrh to the
relief of Madrid! 1 ’IVue !*Don Quixote himself
could scarcely h.-jve been guilty of such insanity,
in the faye of the superior forces that menaced him
^but, by Ins advice from Salamanca, he saved the
south of Spain, for thA time at least, from the in
terruption of the^n'emy with which it was then so
imminently *Jireaf?ned, and when it would have
been found in so defenceless a state, that Cadiz with
the whole Spanish fleet, must inevitably have fal
len uneasy prey to the enemy# Moore, it Ts said,
did not sustain rffi* Spanish armies. Spain *d no
armies ho sustain, lor, invaded by the 4fmie%,of a
p’fiwer with whom she was at perfert peace, and in
*#h intimate alliance, fier troops of the jjne defend#
mg the cause of that poweggn distant parts of Eu
rope; she hud nothing to oppose to the u^rineipled
and treacherous invadejbjy raw levies, collected by
no legal authoyty, 'Bit coming forward on the im
pulse of the occasion, antmatedWnly by their patri
olism; wilboif t"|rreptffciUon, without discipline,
and i* many instances, without arms, to encounter
jwfhapji the hast equipped and nqjpt skilfully disci
plined troops in Ejyppe. ,
What Sir Johp'TOoore did was'fjerfertly proper.
11s made up advance into Spain, in the character
& ail auxiliary, as far as prudence would allow, with
the nandful of inen'entrusled to his command ; hut
it wm^l have been madness in him to have advanced
further,Tir the teeth of four armies supermur to hi,
own. A person reading the article in the Momteur,
ignorant of the events which have occurred in Ihe
space of the last three years, would imagine that we
bad propelled the Spaniards into the unhappy war
In which they are engaged ; whereas It is notorious,
whatever be the issue of the present contest in the
peninsula, that we had as much 'ifo. do with the
coflh‘^enremeiit of it^is we Save with the affairs of
theanoon. *
Lord Wellington’s campaign, which ended with
Ajie battle of Palavers, i^called the second epoch of
the English war iu Spain ; and the retreat of that
noble Commander is stigmatized with a great deal
of asperity. Let the battle of Talavera have been
til or well advised as a militkry measure, connected
with the general nsult of the campaign, there is hut
one opinion, we believe, as to tht merit of the action
itself, and'that is, that it placed in an incontcstibk
point of view the super nirity of British over French
soldiers. Mr. Windham, with his characteristic
Reeling for the British arm^ speaking of the battle
of Talavera, »aid “ Though they have retreated, this
ts worth an Archipelago of sugar islands.” Lord
Wellington went into Spain hut as an auxiliary;
yet, at every turn, theFreirrh Editor labours to prove
that we are principals.—The fart is completely the
reverse.— England is undoubtedly deeply interested
.in the fate of the peninsula: and, enjoying a high
degree of freedom herself, is unwilling to suffer aoy
nation to he absorbed' in a military despotism, to
which the very name of freedom is obnoxious; but
the aid which we haveafford.d the Spaniards from
the first, has been that of an auxiliary only, and
.uever of a principal. The Spaniards, at first, it is
' Kotoriofis, felt some jealousy at receiving any assis
tance from us in men ; and it was not until thev had
Sustained.some great reverses that Sir John Moor*
was invutu 10 warm inio spam.
The third epoch of the Monitor embrace* the
prrtlent campaigns Lord Wellington i* soundly ra
ted for having abandoned the lorlresses of Ciudad
Redrigo and Almeida to their fate. There is a great
deal, of nonsense about Lord Wellington’s having
produced letters from his majesty, when urged by
the Spanish and Portuguese generals to hazard an
engagement rather than suffer the two place* to
JSjl, wliirh is utterly unworthy of comment. A Ge
neral in Lord Wellington's situation can only have
^discretionary orders, or if he ha* others, he must
disoli|jr them at the risk of his responsibility. \|V
regrer the fall of Ciudad and Almeida; but our
hopes lead us to think they will not be productive
jpf anymaWittl'eoDSfcq'iencet with regard to the ul
timate issue of the campaign.
The conclusion of the article upon which we have
jwen commenting’ i* truly ludicrous. “aVben,”
^ays the writer, “ France shall be mistretsof ^
aeai, the generosity of hef character will he felt.
:c--Th* liberaljty &*er. (Rgmitn* principle* will
be thei same as those upon land; and the meirhanu
thill not be made prisoner*, if they are not
Irmed ; eveijr ship shall be protected by jf* flag "
^-France, f»i*tfe»s'I| tbf «ea«! Fallen, iadeedi
Wnuld bc therrest of England, should that day even
arriw. Bur' when wa» Franco ever mistress of. the
•eu* f or *h«i docs Fronca hope to be mistress*
jd^ereof t ii» Jbo event <*£ Tier rising queen of the
T. «f, her character wiU be
felt* ‘ Tti*liberality of h^'mantiiBe principles «jU
be fho s-unr >* those upoo laod.*' /pho vefiest Qfr
^ >» tk* tamo
. ’■>$&.
• • . . ' •». * • 'W!* i - . .• / - > ... - .. ...... • ’•
gtalatelaws, 'and tell oa ailinfj
meat* if theyyrerejqgfelato
he French led os,
«f «h«y awy1 ms^rthey ■
adopt the ism*
pein^gWia hyiaawhith the?
'have* practised by
Mi<wMpfaiw, churches we
V8
•niwwFthe vessels for wikill"
Jpp artillery.'; yet ’’
these have been Seizrd upon ... .
f>n ti tr a Wif, wfcers-c
Frenchmen hare been a Me lo pendtate. - VVh.
mein aTe nut soldiers, wrl haw ever women beert
spared or treated »hMh« jjjtigsies doe to their
sex, wherever the French bt^JKpferrd as rotique*
r<mrs? As for property hi general, it u-wholly but"
of the queatiou to speak of it ; witness fffe whidfBaU
confiscattoo*, which have taken plitee from tube id’
time,gjn the various counties which have gmaihk'’
under Buonaparte’s dominion. The day Is for fluffy /
lunt, however,1 before we shall be so degenerate that
l*uouH|rtJJte’s threatened dominion over the Sea cat!1
#e realized ; and as for the tyranny which be im* ■'
Wiles to us from onr exerckie of it, it is perfectly
cTear, from the nature of nRt .ime superiority, that,
under Urn worst rirr urns lances, it mn W dcge
ii ratemn such an abntninatde desp^|^ii|S8 iaw|jl'
ercised by a military chief by laua.
Philadelphia, Nov. 15,?: >
m important. .<* A
Extract of a letter from Hamburg dated \2lh Sep- ,,
temicr. 1810, from an American gentleman at
that place. ■ .* ■ W ^
“ 1 b*ve just now learned that a new orde*
out from the kin* ol Denmark. The pnauh*
states, that it is made to remedy tbl«tj>justir*
suffered by neutrals. It requires thai a vessel de
tained shall be examined by the prize n^ lh %
6 days; and 6 days allowed, ior the raptors lode-'
ter nine their appeal, they are obliged to prosecute’!
(o a final derision. - t
" They are rut off from romprornisfc, by this *
regulation, and it is but reasonable to calctdktA ^
that when the r«ths clear in the first instAnc*,4
no appeal will he made. Our commerce now re- -
vises n»tj|e Baltic.” e ■
: ■ ‘%'r
From the .tame, 15th Sept.. ■ .....
“ The ports u# Denmark are at last shot to alt 3*,
vessels bringing colonial product—the orders i* -
datejj Sept. 8.”
FROM CADIZ, Sept. 2
11 former letters will have given yoii an ac- ’’
count of the grgpt progress the French have made
with t heir batteries notwithstanding the opposition
andj.eflorts of the Spaniards and Lnglish ; to day »
for the first time they direrted their pieces against
the rity, and have thrown thrle 82lh trails -iritii it '
and not fifty yards from the market plare or plaire ’.
de Si. Juan Dedeos, these three are all that have |
been thrown, whirli f snppo-e were done with « de- W
sign of ascertaining the distance they could rast*,
ball. I am sorry to'add that IHMi St. Cathai^nen : <
few days p-.st they threv# ashot under the admiral* |
bnv*!jfi»id 1 am informed by the officers of the Allas;
thaflKhell hurst in the air which would have been
onward of her buf for that rirrumslanre.
“ I also regret to state,, that the French are
strongly fortified at the Tro. hodera, and they have j,
a strong battery behind Matagorda, of abqut 70 ~
pieces? which, when opened upon Fort Puntah-s,
will render it untenable in two hours ■
will he ahle to sweep the beach. ; sir'1'
“ It is reported that the French have CAstnior-.’1
tars at,Seville, that will throw 2000 toiscs, and it :
is but 1800 to the city from Matagoida.” v |
Another letter, dated September 28.
“ I Send
u two ol the latest papers, one you will '
observe h
a declaration of the Cortes, and that
they continue the regency, as we say, pro tem.—^ *
Yesterday the French threw some shot into the ri- '
1 ft °f'ng the first they had dirergd at us, as they
have been roustanily engaged in erecting their bai*^
teries, and have hardly returned the fire mat haiP
been kept upon them. T^hey have also thrown. ;
shotas far as the fleet-—but us yet have done niv
injury.” . ■>,. ..V^/ • ,,
— '. , >>'«*;,;■/»;v$
LATF.ST FROM CADIZ.
[Trenslated f. r the Philadelphia Gazette.]
Extract from the Mercantile Diary of Cadiz, dated
. the 26th 4- 27th Stpt. ult. : u . > A,
THE CORTES,
■ f > ' -.......
Sept. 24.—This august«ongress, in exercise ofita
sovereign powers, has provisionally delegated the
Executive power to the Council of Regency and \’>
confirmed the tribunals of. justice and the magis-‘
trates. It has acknowledged and proclaimed anew.
Ferdinand the 7lh as King of Spain and the Indies, ~
and has declared at the same time as null and void l *
and of no effect, the act ol cession nl those domini
ons which is said to have been made by that print* j
to the Emperor Napoleon, not only for the. violent*
practised upon that occasion, but particuJ«rl|j§n -
account of iu being contrary to the will of tb* t
Spanish natmwexpressed in the most energetic lan-4
guage. This Congress has declared the persons ul&
its members to be inviolable.
k*-i-i-i »
Sept. 25—The congress proceeded tb
|*y fai
the election of a vice president and vice rtk,,,,
which appointments devolved on Messrs. Don Ra
mon de Power and Don Manuel Luxap. Congress
have decreed that the regency exetcuinglhe fxete."'*
tive powers and all the superior tribunals, shall
have the title of “ Highness” reserving to tbelp
selves that of “ Majesty.” They ha* eteci<.
committee for the management of tba affairs of tb*’ '
interior department of the kingdom, anothe#to
derstand and arrange *11 matters relative to the powV*
ers of the deputies, and another to determine tba *
niauner and form to be observed in making come f
munications of the royal orders to the Americas.
The city of Cadi* represented by a depwUtloP
from its junta of government, wailed on thb so**.
reign congress to congratulate them on their hasib* %
installation. *>•'* •>
Sept. 25—The Spanish man of war Sen Pedro ^
Alcantra, from Lima, which Tinehorediftthis bay <
jester,day, has on hoard £ 3,925,854, on account
of the king and merchants, she ha* also * earao aL'■
C^l*, block tin, Jesuits hark, Scfri ■%;>. .i
■ j, ;nhscellaneous extracts
h M officer of tie brig &ornet. t
■. $:. *, *1 trench marshals,• •$.
i “ ** ®°* haaard\ag too much to assert, that nin*
tenth* of the Officers in the Freacli arinv have
sprang from lh« rank*, Educated i* distant camps,
know n® o^er *«mU7f aod, babiteatMf by
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