Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-03-14 00:00:00, page 2

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THE PPBtItCK EeBGER.
havgdEfen mttve* hy Mat mph/t
«Mit, {<*1*4 »■« whirry** haw itti»nod place great
pontdenre in) tt ate,that ifo Britith internment jrn
, far. JfrbM't conduct and appoint
#4, Hr would immediately appoint, another minia
tar to tncraod him. ,We do moat ainc»yely hop* to
£nd thiainwlligenra her*tftrr confirmed.
W* **• nothing to -render this information 1m
yrohablt in substance. - Whatever m iy b* the opi
•i&a nT tha finitet*-eabinet a* t* the diapM* he
I itwttt Mr. Smith and Mr. Jackaon. aflat what hat
patted, no poasiMa advantage’ c«dl<l ha derived bar
hi*, remaining hers. Tha Britith government could
Only adopt opr of two' maainrat. nlW to decline
*11.further neijoriulion in thit ruuntrv. or to send
another minister. If {** wo have never doubted
aina mimMt), it m the wiah of the Britith govern
ment to maintain friendship »|lh thit country, the
grading another minister to replace the offensive
miniatar, taronrhsaive evidenre of that disposition.
H ia to maoh the ofOt'-at-Britain to he on
hiipdiy bftnt ~»th U tlTn ini State*, that wa ar>
par tipi dad the wilt not goto fear with' -it, if it ran be
•voided w|thn*il dishonour, or without surrender
in'K pritiriplw, tba rnaiottoanrt of wbirh, tht con.
|OB*id*-rs aa essential to bar tafety,
. |t ia howtver but rundid in ua to state, that
wh alevaflnVjrhe"ourwtehaa upon tht* occasion. wa
*ta inform* d from other sources, that deserve confi
Btwct,. tbaUakbough it tut* been daeidad to recall
Mr. Jarktdn, no successor had haen named, nor
wa* it probaMu that'any would he ahortly named.
We ihrline to think that the Britith government
intimalad to Mr. Pinkney its determination to tend
g anccastor to Mr. Jackson, which might not ha
ynblirkiy known in-England whan tha parket sail*
, *4 and which accounts for many letters received
, Vy tha packet/kaing silent opon that head.
~ §inr« tfc* •ta+r toM written we learn from a
tonrre that w* place th# otmost rnnfidnce in, the
fallowing particulars: After a cabinet council had
fern held, Mr. Pmluteyhadan interview with Mar.
quis Welpsleyr wtro without passing any comment
an Mr. Jarksou’s conduct, es-ured Mr. P.that he
Should heimmedrately recalled, and a successor of
high rank should be sent <>«» to this e»untry. The
’Marquis Assured Mr. Pinkney that his government
was sincerely disposed to rittHtiiitiun with tiie It*
tiled States, and Mr. P. had nndooht of the sin<e*
rity of those definition*.—Despatches whirh wi re
to leave London the 15th of January from Mr.
Pinkney, aro hourly expected; these despatches we
OXpert willi unlain many p.trtii ulars, satisfactory
to those who wish to see harmony and intercourse
pestered.
Uir.D—This morning, Mu. Koxeut of
Princess Ann, «*ft*r a tedious indisposition. O His
friends n4 aeqaaintanre are requeued to attend his
■Funeral ’fonwr*»w at ten o'clock, |r«m lint Dwel
fee ot Mr. Junes B. Warren, Main-street.
To Tut Editor or the Public* Ledge*.
TORPEDO WAR IMPROVED.
The aem'rahla* Fulton, with tha. nssittanre of
Ms**ts. P'ltnpMct I)u«m and Aurora, h.,s '‘atthe
«ptti» of hit own independent tortune" ferwar J»d
tha tHM of liimunit} by. hr invention to en-ihle
tha rathe effectual destruction ol mankind l>y whole
gate: nnd rnoaeqw fitly, rcv* Mail dealers in this
■way l<4i trouble about killing. Hr has offered hit
instruction*. it it Mid, to thr principal belligerent
of Europe, with experiments, on both side* of the
question t jmd, ullimalrly, to thr Congrats of bis
native country, who he bur generously proposed to
Itrt*MADth» nature and utility of Torpedoes.—
What * pity vt H that rarn born to inhrrit wisdom
t* Blotter of right; and (o disperse its influence from
the plongHltsil, should not have excr»ivod that lira
Wenly attribute withool Mating thr matter; when
tha only prufp**nr of that sctema on earth would
haw* condescended tn tvach them, to thr aula regie!
Wht, persdeentore he might have rendered them
adept*, put them oh a footing with the fighting*
jng-eneks over the water, and aettlrd the quarrels
af all nations promptly, hy a fair, eqeal, just and
sqmtable appeal to the tribunal of ingenuity.
I ronfeas that I discover one objection to the in
sdpodoction af a M> principle for the attainment of
tba end, or object propoaed ; and, in fairly discus
sing tha heat ingmiau* expedient. it would seem
matt that I should notice it: The old mode of
fighting a Welsh-main, with Eropemura, Kings,
■parliament and Congress-men, in ftrq of game fowl,
woald leave to few qiwrslsome folk* behind that, it
f* poftilile, the whole genius of warfare would ht
•nfrte axtmet; why then minee the matter, hy
4«troying onlv those liish volunteer* vrbo have tha
misfortune to ha pressed into the service of the sea f
Moreover, I remember to have beard it asset ted
by an-old fnd experienced general. whose veracity
Wa paver been, questioned, (hat since the fighting
intatfnurse of eivilisot/ nations had exercised tea*
padwp far as tn establish low* »f war, end laws of
bnnow, (be mitigating the miseries to which war
making monarch* exposed their subject*— pit-falU,
*pr>na*un% chants* traps, mines, explosions, and
Other secret devices, into which the unprepared and
fhnocent were at likely to fjll as tha guilty sold
4te/, we*e de*insHcxaardly, ahd disused; nor do I
Mr*He<i Hut' 'Napoleon himself hat given them
irt from surb Wwj
with
^-^'fBrncinged | ye*, lijW!bMions.
United States bua snia *«, and
operg mq Htrfusivs
tlair
sapturaliog tha
imwr, Ttetarrttorof «ln« end ttplutimit died
-U1M hsndredyeeMtgii, Ieevn»g the fiJIaWra >4hi*
»«*begd<afffeb*te »|Mwrtt*a4 wrong plaret trilk 0m
Hr. Fwltow.*MMMt MH.ut.ft fli tbit
inventor, awtde in the iMHPnf «■ improver ; him
It certoinU entitled to the mrrit and reward of »H
»hieh hetdng to Mowing thipe of the line to the de
vil, by meant of Torpertnet under water: (presume
be duet not pretend that Muting, and rxplndmg
wider Mltr^ii nrw.ni theory or in pi urtire, and I
tin lha more anxioos to premise a settlement of
tMit paint, tier ause’my purse it shorter than Mr.
F t, mid I ra-.y liHkit hy a tharr m thr loavrt and
fitbrt while they are going.—Now for my own
improvement, and loiprovin. nt upon improvement,
tor an inventive p*n>us ihinild «. rtunniodale hit
supplies to on n’Htme or. le in society, whether
f»r hit reputation or profits s*ke, ultlmt b he should
not te allow, d lo monnpoliie lit whole prrvmatic
force uf tleam andaunpimilrr, juit .is a put.iuee m
Black hriais road . I .nurd 111* whole pt.ll.itopl.j,
f ope 111 elem utary powers, thereby putting a atop
to all Inline progress nl g. nine.
Be it ther-lora known th..i, | P-fer Patent-Right,
desirns to -serve tiiy country (..no .nrirh my. I.)
•>ni, and . lami »*, ttie fiitt and rightful imprnvrT
of'torpedo »,t ! Ftrtt, I have discovered and do
make known that, T..rp*uo*t may t.e applied to
'hrdrtiru' tton oi any v.vsel -, even under the giae
ot the khipy i>t*rr«d lo ill Mr. Dome’, exposition
ol this ari, or * oat* he t ty over so entail ; and
m >y bt user) ($in;'l nt • »np'>tm<!), hv evil disposed
navigators in minpeuto.q 1 t*r a trade ov on-’ .peru
iaior against ..iiotf .r msonu.i li lhai private war
s/trr* ,tn#y b« H ut t urrieo i n w ith inipun.lv, with
out reterme to o'H.oo, oi n ot nal expense;
this advantage n ay prove ol fcf.nl impottanre to
simtyglert, who m v dr p a p-.ir «>t Torpedoes in
■ thejr .sake when a revenue miter is m rhave.—
S'tnmd'y—According to ny no i bod. Torp.tlo.s
may be constructed iti various sh |ms and form*,
and SO redpred in aslope ron<e*|. d in a sni-tf
hox (Iifce Mari plot h’» oi. ») /<»»• it, tin idual invite.
In this r.ite the expense ol m,..* mrrv anri pistil
loc ks may he avoided; lor huh P 'rsiiiit.ru-. roll
tamed in fob. s ol plat., * ij . n jos> as well. ,no
«*r nifct*a r*v * i vt»r. |
who are disappointed by tl>» laws agan't du.-lhnt
may h< re find an ample substitute lor cooling their
passions; for my improved Torpedoes .ire * readily
dropped in themn-l as in the water. and n»..y, in
a few seconds, he hurled in the s.n-1. or d p.*si'*u
n a toot path, lo the total discomfiture of yonr
$e.!f, or your antagonist, letting vo«r s-mnos ,.!«<■
I them secretly.—I do mil mean, Mr. Editor, to
j, iile your paper far advertising them without paying
| lor the advertisement; hm, *g y»u will have my
custom when I am established in the trade, you
may just hint, it yon pl« ise, th.it my warthot>*e
will always contain a ready made assortment otun
I p 0 ed Torpedoes, f.ihricaled hy first rate aritsts
! of all » .rts andsiz"* ; soiled t" the orrasions ofin
| dividual' pun'll sent, or mami'actaicd to order, and
agtceally to pattern, either wholesale or retail.
It IS p rhjps meflle*s ti> ado (t| the Itw should
no; lay rodent hands on nay pint.ssi«n) that Athe
IS S »hn wm.M ilemollsh chtirc -es, spend thrifts
avoiding j "!h, ‘uuitiv>» ftoiu justice who would
defeat the slieriri, thieves a ho would stop their pur
Start., house (.trailers who would evade detection,
..nd the whale euros id gentlemen vagrants who in
cl n- t<> ussot i .'e in handitti. m ,y he ticroinmndat*
ed at a moment’- notice, with Portable Torpedoes,
mmutt Iv adjusted to tl eii various avocations, at
cheap rates.
Thu* »n, without roilung the improver of the
explosive system, or taking .way trom him any
part ul th.-se th oiks ot de.norr.cy which he is he
lieved to posses*. & '.has constontly minted. I trust
I maybe permute.) to come m tor my mvn tliat.
of an itiororeioeni upon his improvement ; nn-i
without excluMve indulgence Irmn Congress, or tlie
State legislatures.
I am air, your oh't s*rv nt,
PETER PATENTRIGHT.
From tub Aurora.
“ Th*htt d'Hci> nciet it t hr Unit* f State* treaiu
ry. in coma qvmce of the reduced ttate of our trade,
lial not t illrd tor *11 forth ull tn*-ir £|he !ed*-r.i!iMsJ
(thus*. T e occasion was too inviting |„ he n .
glect*d, and it would seem h« i I for anct th*p had
g,lined their point. A GENER-tL ACQUIES
CFNCF. >n their -topristicate.i :«io- tion*. SEEMS*
TO CONDEMN THE LAST AND PRESENT
ADMINISTRATIONS so completely.
THAT NO FRIEND DARK APPPEAK IN
THEIR DEFENCE. THE CHARGE STANDS
CONFESSED TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT.
“ The (act ik iii>Dl'tl*!t( true, that * great rirji
chcncy (compared with Hit prereitin- years) d‘n§
etint, and unlortuotWrh ther- it little appe*r,mr*
hi an early rhangt*. || it not (••■TRUE, that TAX
ES MC»T W1IOI.LT or in part supply the defici
KDCY. that g' \ciament may continue in operutiou,
and its creditors l.e»pun< toally satisfied.”
What a most l.imentaMe, heart-rending and soul
appalling pietuie, ha* llir Aurora exhibited to th*
view of that administration which it professes to
vindicate. I* it therefore strange that the people
should ktioer these things as well as the Aurora ;
a fid knowing them, that they should withdraw their
confidence from the men who have brought (he
country to the verge of rain F
The reitiRiodei of the puce from which the above
extracts are taken, endeavours to vindicate the con
duct of the men in office, hot the reisomtig is so lame,
and futile that >1 only makes had worse.
Fret man l Journal.
Extract of a letter from Smyrna, Dee. 14, to a
merchant in Boston. *• Bv the Betsey S. via Phi
ladelphia, ^ad the Confounder brig, I wrote you un
der date of November 90.—The ship Weymouth
left the C*.■ tie or the 22d of Nov.
•• No events of a political nature have tak*n
place since my last, affecting the situation af this
coaptry, the SulUa.||ujkffiiad. positively assuring
Mr- Adair, the Bniish minister, that no llirests
whatever shall force him into a.war with England,
And nw/tht af the designs af the Prenrb, he shall rou
tings always fo regard the English as his friends,—
These assurances, however, I regard as (boss of a
pawsrfgwBlMtg to provoke hostilities with either
tntma,aad pretaring glare, ss unable to cany oa
a-INeith e*h*rpm orAh|«|heT. ■■■'.,■
. tJ"advices /roS Cairn, that tarn, iaega
French privateers i*the Straits af Babel fileodel,
have taken g ship belonging to tha . sheriff af,
l^wb^KdM BVWiadSi aa.
Mfe
m.
ftp foot Sntxt, Mntfufaml tint kaviitg
•ifinart i f» ciestin*tinn-in tli# Hed Sea, and he*
"Hlkwg out*" time, emt*Mt»n to suppost they
haw tharert the attar fate.
Mp Thr wnr* which have king ravaged Egyp, have
rPbstdrd and pear* it concluded between the viceroy
| -nd the government, and the Mamelut?». Thu
; fi've Wawm to suppose that commerce, which has
[l<ir »o long a period* hem annihilated, will mmn>
it* activity, in that unhappy country. Its ciop of
rite hat this year hern much more abundant than
Usual, owing to the shutting up of the canal of Me
noll, purposely to in- rease th«; inundation ol tlic Pe
lutlan ill-inch of the Nile, where the finest' crops
have alway been produced. 'I he quantity this year
has not Oeen as«erl-tiled, hut it is supposed will b
mount to about 25.350 tons. Its price at Rosetta
is about IS dollars lor 420 lbs.
“ I he pear* in bgvptwill reduce the price of
Mocua roti-e iu the Le vant, as its price ami risk ol
carriage will lie 'much lessened ; belore this, its ear
nuge aver land alone here .•mounted to 150 per
c»i»t, on its tiist n»si. It will «!,■> raise its value
at Mocha, as larger quantities than loruirrly will
he transported to pons of these seas.
“ Vessels m port—Br'g Drummond, of Balti
more, irnni L- mlon ; brig I lute pend nre nl Salem;
ship Java, < j Salem, Sold ’ lit little; ship Mtnrrvi,
ol Baltimore; hrig Reward, <>f Salem ; trig Ex
pertalinn, ol Philadelphia; srli’r M nlius, ol Belli
in-, re ; ship Argo, ol Salem; slop Caroline Ann,
•it Cnarlcton. A Baltimore schooner is at Con
stantinople.’* _
From the Hmt in Octet te.
OF SIMULATED PAPERS.
Mr. Madison. in hi* speeds after gently glmc
int over ti r »ion.» of F rancr unit I) nm irk, op. n
ly iy»ol»ci*.-s lor them, and give* i rm « just ground
tnlmspect and run emu our vtwrlt, by lulmming
* frauds liMvr Krun * 011* mlt' d oy Aiiie
r. aiif in mienng ihp port* ol thr Nmtbundei fie
ttciuus pper*.
In h Mill later r«gp, when a member of congress
nonrit tor inform.itlon as In the 11* golia'.iiiti mtn
I t nice, moli pi French member nuiv.d, that the evi
deuce, Be '•> iimiil .ipit .i pi*r», nt.gl t b» algo report
>rl. thereby intending t .«t the apofagt/ tor Frame
gtioulii i,cihiii, aos its crimination.
In orrlpr to judge ,«>f ihp pair.i.t sm of this ron
diot, 11 ia well to examine* lm|p prohmnily this
qmilHin nt fic'tfiuttspapr-s, mil turn tar Mr, Mali
<1 sun, or ,ti p t'linoiiiH’It- treneh men Iter, deserve
pi^ikp 'or ibeir wish to thru* suspit lou 00 the A*
nnrip. n iraop.
I'.in lim e tr >-or.j|tia of navigation, merchants
beh.iiging’o b inherent nations tlnvp adopted UiP
precaution ol using ihp tmn»» 01 neutrals as a <•»
Ter totfeir property, aim neutrals 111 pveiy war have
•nor* 01 less loan rj thpir names to rovpr thp pm
prrty »l the Sellifeeieiii9, particularly ol the weaker
one 9.
I iiia is 90 particol 1 rfy understood, that thp prin
ftplpi iittpn ing aiirh a pr.n tirp, and ttip IrpaiinpDt
1 bp neutrals shall r»rp|vp, are perfectly settled t,v
fhe writers on the law of 11a'ions.
Ah every belligerent pn. urea it in his turn, it is
agreed that the only penalty lor lalse papers shall he
coufisration of ttte property attempted tu be cover
ed by Hem.
Nof ivihze.l n .Hon has inflicted any personal, <*r
gia.it«r ponuhiiipnloii the neutral ; nor has it been
lowed at a moralJtami, (a term I use in contra
dietlmt i« legal tr n l) nor w it it pvpt nude a sub
ji.Ti of national complaint, except by straitening
the examination ol neutrals.
It, then, ti e belligerent is justified in entering
bin property from the punoy in what consists thi
impropriety ot a neatrai's covering his men pro
pritf wbrne< er 1 e inju-t te of one of the : ellit -
r nts romp. Is him to retort to *ui h a measure ,or
pi ..ter turn, ft t:.e belligerent treats me as an
0'iny, i must treat btm as su. h ; I must pIm.Ip bis
vigilance and injustice, it my ruuntiy refuses lore
• III.
I'o apply these principles to cases which hay.
occurred during the present war—Frame .mo Ho!
lawrl have hern driven from tneoie.,n; it becann
n cess.iry lor them to rover their property, which
they have always done to a great- r or less extent,
under the American aili Danish Hags. At one
time (though i«e practice 1* now d.ininisiied) th< r.
wasn regular pruimm nt 5 per rent, mi mu trail*
ng s cargo. A! p rsoi.s who know «tnv thing a
• out the concerns ol a gie..t house n P ri» in 1793.
1794, and 5, who'aie ag nit of the governin'nl ol
Frame, kuow, that millions of dollars were coper*
ed tor account of the Frerv h government, t.y Aine
ricun '-itir ns. Mr. Ma.) 19011 may inquiie of his
friend Mi. Fenwu K, of b.irdeaux, then consul uflhe
Untied Stall*.
in idler tunes. (ivine«*d this very year) who is ig
•Want that gencialSimth, senator of <1* U. Slat*-*,
had a ship in the s< rvne ill’ the Dutch East India
Company, whn li *.<S utilised to a iil under Dut. b,
or fctiduus papers t But we stall be told that this
ias tut llaud, because it only cheated theemprrour
ol Japan. I do not know that he is not as kouesi u
*». and us much enuthd to our reopvrt, as ano
ther t mprrour, Ins brother, ol Franre.
In fact, all nations have prntivru these rovers,
and it has never been forbidden y the tnu.iicipaf taut
of any cumttry ; hot on the rotiUary, it is Hiin|>te<i
as a maxim, that you are not to discourse it (tat or
*m*ggH*g trade with another mutiny with whom
you ire ut amity. The Spaniards hxhid all trade
with other eolonirt, and yet a large part oi that
trade if earned on by foreigners, nhder Upanuti
*<»•*(*, and nobody had the extreme delicacy to ted
odrodsd at mo h a practice, till Mr. M ollsoti s mo
rality was thodttd ! J We shall tee presently the
cause of this II
When we were at war with Algiers there was a
regular pries for f orged M'dtlerranean |iass< s, but
did any body pretend th <t our ntisens ought rather
to yield up theyr bodies to the lashes of a brutish
Mussulman, than deceive a savage plunderer ? Yet
the dry of Algiers is moral end moderate, com
pared to Mr. Madison’s friend, Che Emperour of
Franre.
Why, then, is the President's nee stimulated, a
gainst any person who eludes the ty/aMukal decreet
if France t
Was- be not silent at 01 the fr-tnds practised to co
ver FVsnrb property? Wirhb is the mott Honour uLte?
To row French properly against lawful Capture,
against the rights which the law of- nations give.to
belligerents—to Great Britain tot seite the property
of her eneaty—or lor-an A met icon to ttir rM§» fci*
Mat eftat* frogs a decree ackawwitdgad oa all sides
tobeuujustt
ifi> ; . „ r‘ " **
BtsMrf, shall we itirrrndertn Great Britain t!.»
wljoftr Irjde of lb* world/ Shall slip ssnd up itg
Baltirk C200 ship*, under th* mnst 'flimsy covers,
sprrpt^r v inked at by Rdisia, and shall our eifizMis
he denmircedfar com ealipgtfceir place of depaAui* f
Yes. Ail ikit aid ip. Vrfc must permit Fremh
property lo be coveredby as, ttrsusr the wears it;
ami we must forbid our roetrhi.nts from going fioin
Great Britain, because Ft ActJutMs it. TbVs it
is Frame who rules us, nof.Mr. Madison. But ••
shall he told that this is an injury to the fair trader
and infinitely more so to puhlirk morals. Grant it.
But »p are to ask how it originated f VVliy is «n A*
merirati obliged to deny his having bfto ;n a Bri«
tish port? Because the tyrant of the continent,’ a
gainst I is own agreement with us, has lorLnldPn us
to enter any port of the continent after torn bmp Hr
Great Britain. We are to ask'again, how will you
remedy the danger to the ditecl tradtt f Can you
prevmi the British ineirhants from procuring anil
using fictitious papers; from counterfeiting. Auieri.
ran signatures? Certainly not. . Apply t*i her go.
Teraturnt, it you ran have the e#roiitry |b ask fa»
voursol her, and they will laugh at you. Th«y will
tell you that if France interdicts her trade wittl ths
roniin nt, they shall not tend thtir aid in enforcing
the prohibition. They will t. II you, that you'have
n» concern in the affair; that it'is a question be.
tween their euhjertsaiid their government, in whirls
you are not coniproniilted, and that if you wish to
convime Fr<-n>e that you have Do hand in itc shs
has no objection to your declaration ot it.
7 he prartice would still continue, and suspicion
Would still attach Itself to oar flag.
But one good lesson we learn from it, that aH the
ptoj-i ts of Boon ip irte nd Jetlrrs. n, to dam up the
occ./i tide of commerce, art vain; that merchants
will clone the most ptuifnt | ,WS) as soon us therat*
i»t pre-itam is once fixed, and ihe nature of the Carer
asor named.
Cmcr there will he, and the etpemt and degree of
i' will d»|»< nd upon the vigilance andsiortriiy with
whirl: the piohibnirms are enforced.
A patriot will bawl against evasions of the laws,
and s. nd tbeir cargoes to kht. Jean do Leu*. to be
siting tied into Frinre. .nd will insure at a reasons*
iV pilike evasions of others.
U»r government are at hist sensible of this truth;
and, partly irom conviction and partly overawed by
th - firm tone ot Massachusetts, are a) out. in ua~
shackle rmntnerre.
Bat the puldic morals have rrrctveda sh.>rlfro?w
these liws, w'hu b thev will n>>t soon rerover. Th#
inisrhi.f >s, howev r. tobe atiril uiedl» Buonaparte,
aided faithfully l y J. Hi rsen, on whose head will rest
the guilt Ol having held out rules nod temptations,
wbith it was scarcely possible to resist.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
Napoleon the III cal, IS without doubr OH of tb»
grp«»r»t romancer» that ever existed. Ha conquer*
a» much it mil more by hw f .lse I ulletins nui
[.i-bFn aticrs, than by the bayonet. The bulletin
pu dished m Madrid, and the fetter written hy th#
duke of Dalmatia to the minister of war in P»ii*,
are positive proofs of this assertion ; their id jwj
was to make an impression «n the mind* of th Spa
oi»h American* and induce them to believe that
t'leir brave brothers in arms in the mother country
had lost their last hopes, an 1 that no other rtioir*
^v.19 left them but passive submission t« the aU
minhij conqueror. However, this time, Ins end
has heen delPHted. for fortunately a true arruiuit of
Ihe GREAT'BATTLE ill Ocana, hasheen previ.
otnlv r ceiied iu the Spanish colonies, and will
therefore counteract every effoit of his iufatiiou*
oUhllra'ions,
[TranifttUtf for the Freeman’s Jnurncl ]
Extrai i ill a lett r from a gentleman in the Ha*
vanna, to his fneud 10 Uus city, dated 13ih Fa*
hruan. 1810.
“ Tne arrival of a government I rig from Cadi*
has relea*eri us Irnm thf ureat anxiety which we |«*
oureil under for some lime p«si, owing tijteth* ey.
I ulation of Slime la Is reports by some ucciffi Fien'-h
agent*, respecting the hattles in Spain which look
pl ice in Novemi.fr last, which they depict as dici,
s>ve, and fixing ti e fate of Spain. However, t y this
arrival, we i ave received letters ft- m Seville to th*
3Ut December, and irom Cadis to the Sri Janu rv,
which has totally d'ssipat. d the gloom occasion^
\v these false reports, and we ate convinced thafe
oui noble and just couse p far from being despo
rate.
“ Thfthattle of Oruna, which took place on tin
13th, wits by no means as destructive to our mu*
as to those ot the Fr.-nrh. The commander
chief reports from the head qu .rtersofthe armv hf
La Mancha, under date ol the 14th ot December,
that the different corps form on h>s armv, has re*
cssemblfd to the amoi.nl ol 47.000 me* twenty*
lour hours altir his arm,.I at Santa Crus de Mu.
riela, and that theretore thr number mlss’ng, incli.d.
tng the dead, dul not exceed 3000 men, some of
which were prisoners, and others probably still dis.
persed, un i that some stragglers were daily joining
their colours Our army bad evidently the advan.
t 'ge on the first onset of the battle, until unfortu.
fiiiely one regiment ..f Spannh cavalry gavF way,
and carried contusion in their light: a\ that veiy
moment an account was received that a consider*.
’! ‘ body of French troops under Virtu* the marsh <|
duke of Bellunu, was advancing hy forced m.ti< h-n
to get in the rear of our army, in order ni lake pos.
session of the p.sses oi Surra ftlorena. whi lf he
supposed h .d been left weakly defended, wher dpon
our general ordered a retreat, which was effected
with as much ori er us was possible on thr pi rfcsio*
and by different uoutrs, and the next day the Spiy.
nish army occupied the position of S.uiia Ctui dp
Mudeln. Our loss on the field of ball la is istiiust*
ed at about 2000 nion ; that of the enemy :w.<«
more considerable, Vd they dhrcd not pursue its
our retreat. Our army is ogam preparing to adv Am ei
and actually had their advanced guard on the tytfr
Dec. at Daymiel and Villara.
“ The affair of the Duke dtl Parqtte, nt Alb* d«
Formes, has proved honourable to himself arid hip -
troops ; they have covered themselves with glory,
having effected the object of his wish.*, who b wap
to forma junction with the army of the- Duka da
Alhurquerque; ibis he had to effect in the preaepr*
of the enemy who was.continually figbtmg a»i4.har.
raising his rear hot the Puke d<-l Parc'pie over.
Came every difficulty, continually r. puls A '.he rpe.
my, mmle several prisrnce,, ond .-nierei! K*tr«pi*.
dimnn spue-nf eifcry efion to the codtc,.rjr on ike
ph'tof theenemy. ' •
“ TV iinuinntfjjen ua h-ldobfop ,ihe l?th
December—gjjiiek* was marching tu r*iap u* purge