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HAMlitlftGH RAPERS.
17-tiIIORGII, NOV. 29. P.
Fiveßussian frigates in e Black Sea have had
a very gallant action with a Turkish squadroo, and
retnrutd iu salty.
The Rasaan produce, here and at- Rigadpill
rises in prier. The course of exchange is cal ig:
it was yesterday on our exchange lit florins bunco,
on Hamburgh. Dutch ducats are worth nine rat.
'' / bles in bank paper.
. , The winter has set in with severe cold. The
: plea for removing the merchantmen in Croustadt,
t loaded fur neutral ports, has, on account of the
. difficulty of the execution, been given up. The
A Russian frigate, Putties, has been wrecked in a storm
..4
ri off Sweaborg.
The harvest in theGoverinuent of Petersborgli
has been more productive than fur these many
yeors past.
The following mi'itary details are published in a
supplement to Me court Gazette :
•• When the Commaiitler-in-Chief was informed,
on the gth of October, by Gen. Platow, that the
Turkish troops, detached by the Grand Virr, tin-
der the command of the Pacha of Aleppo, a Pacha
of three tails, were approaching our camp, he iin-
' mediately proceeded towards them, having pre-
viously ordered nine battalions of infantry to ad-
vance, with all ex tetlition, in the same direction.
I " The enemy were posted in the villages about
Tartariza, situated in a valley on the bank of the
Danube, and defended by batteries and entrench
merits. The Commander-in Chief resolved to at-
tack the enemy early in the morning of the lath.
" The action commenced by a cannonade in the
centre, %hid] lasted five hours. The Commander-
In-Chief then ordered the sharp-shooters, who
formed squaws of infantry, accompanying the
cavalry, to advance. The Turks upon this soon
, began to fall back a little, and Major-Cr:feral Bach-
, tactile, by a bold movement, and a severe attack
with his square, forced the enemy to betake to ti
teal retreat. At the same tune the Regiment of
IVhite Hussars, under this command of Colonel
Laaskoi, and the Hetinau's Regiment of the Doti
Corps, under the command of Major-Gen. Count
btraganow, rushed teeth from the centre with the
greatest rapidity and courage, on the enemy, and
drove them from the heights, of which they had
possessiosi. The infantry tout the enemy's batteries.
"Ia the mean tone a considerable part or the
sutiny's fora atliaoced through woods upon
our left 1141ilt, and attacked the square under
the command of Adjutant-General Prince Trnbez-
kui. The Counnauder-in-Chief ordered the square,
ander the cosissoatid of Cul. Thrushnikow, to pro.

ceed to this quarter, but before it arrived, Prince
Trubetkoi';. yagers, assisted b the cavalry under
the commuted of Major-General I 'olden, h..d already
Mad the grand fortune to repo)... the enemy. In
this moaner were the Turk.. compelled to retreat to
their entrenchments, siftes the) hail lost 600 men
21,10 pririOtittf. and 16 inau.lards. Our lota
was about 0 ki11.4 and goo wounded.
" I. de 06 etc pii.sing near the village of T.,.
tarisa, the Turks, to the somber of 3.000 corn, iu
utol cavalry, made a sortie Gain the %illage
of They Imola au attack on two squadrons
of Oloiopolish Hastert, and a battalion of the Pe-
tersburg,' Dragoons, which were posted on the

heights. and . which were I

supported by a battalion

of the 13th lagers and a battalion of the Fanagorieli
artnadirrs. Ins detachmen►, which wa■ under the
command of 1114jor-General Count Monteurel,
drew up in order of battle, and drove back the
Turks, by sending out the sharpshooters and flank-

ing corps against them.
When the action began, the right wing of Ge-
neral Bulatow's corps had already arrived. The
'Finks brought forward a piece of artillery, and
even began to tire with it, but they were quickly
driven back with it. At last General Bulatow or-
dered the yagers to udrance upon the left, and the
Uhlans upon the right flanks of the enemy ; the
sharpshooters and &ulcers threw themselves into
the gardeur, and not only dislodged the enemy
from the woods avid the marshes, but drove them
with great loss into the town. Thus terminated
this ihetion, winch lasted eight hours, and disap-
pointed the views of the enemy. During the whole
of the action, there was on one side only two
privates killed, and one officer and .O privates
wounded."
. • FROM THR MAYN, DEC. 2.
The Frankfort Papers assert, that a splendid ce-
. moony Guy be expected to take plate there.
DEF. 9.
is reported that a Prince of the Rhenish Can-
fraieracy bag resolved in resign the Government of
Ibis States, and to pass the remainder of his lite in
philosophic retirement.
Lxons, any. 23.
According to fetters from Cette, the French ship
of the line, which pat in there on the attack of the
English feet, sailed afterwards, with a favourable
wind, for Toulon, and luckily reached that port.—
Tits inhabitants of Cette rejoice at this event, as
they were, at first afraid lest the English should
bombard the town.
meninx, DEC. 2.
Mr. Bathurst, the English Minister, who has left
Ofen, Lie prosecuted his journey by the way of
---•-rritrin Vienna state, Obit the Emigrants,

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remove.
?AIM. Orn.l•
" In the night between the 16th and 17th o De-
'Caliber, 40 ships, bound to the Southward, sailed
from Brest. Next night, from 40 to 50 more stood
towards the coast of liritauny. On the 29th, the
whole convoy, 0 about 80 b hip* strung, directed its

course to the Southward. Since the 20th, the
passage of the Isle of Aix has been blockaded,
as formerly, by the enqinyo—(ll.l4l,argh Curre.
spoudentea.)
TOTEM, NOV. 23.
Most of the rockets which the English have '
thrown at us, full iii the sea. These infernal ma-
'blues are formed of tin tubes, about.two feet long,
and three inches thick, tilled with combustibles and
balls. They cannot be approached without the
greatest danger.
The cold has, within these few days, set in with
great severity ; and, as we can have no communica•
tion ou the sea side, good fire-wood has risen from
100 to 130 guilders the k/V?ert. We have, there-
fore, the prospect of a dreadful winter before us.
Nov. 26.
Ou the entrance of the French intothis toxin all
Colonial produce has been sequestrated. It is now,
along with all the English property, removed to
Venice. We are therefore now placed in the sin-
gular situation of looking to other quarters of the
Continent for sugar and coffee to supply the watits
of this town. uov. 27.
The English still cruise in sight of Trieste; they
are six or eight sail strong. They have not. how-
ever, repeated their cruel attempt to set fire to our
unfortunate town, by the infernal Cougreve's roc-
kets. It was between eight and nine in the evening
of the 2tl, when about 200 of these hellish ma-
chines were directed against Trieste. Most of them,
'however, fell in the sea, and only five or six reached
the most advanced houses of the town, where they
did no material damage. Some persons were slight-
ly wounded; but the terror was general, as it was
not at first easy to conjecture how the terribie acetic
would cud. It was remarked, that most of the
rockets apneared tobe directed against the Russian
ships at anchor in the inner harbour ; they, how-
aver, did not reach these vestelv. The French at.
Mier), kept up a tremendous fire of 24 and 3G-
pounders from the castle, and the batteries un the
Mole, and doubtless prevented the English limn
approaching nearer to the WWII.
1111110 V Flt. arc. 9.
It. is said that one of the principal Sovereigns of
she Rhenish Confederacy is to obtain the title of
Grand Chancellor of the Empire, and that other
Kiugs of the Confederacy will receive similar titles.

IVIIIA.

Private accounts, received by the bite arrivals
from Bombay, communicate intelligence of a moat
unpleasant nal use ; these not only confirm the pre-
vious information, of the existence of a serious mis•
understanding between the Civil Government of
one of the Lichen Presidencies and the military,
but add a particular, not generally known in this
country, that one of the Compaii)'s regiments had
forcibly possessed itkelf of the fort of Mom Nudism.
The Commanding Officer of the regiment is said to
have heen previously placed under arrest by the
soldiery. The accounts do not state, whether the
fort had been subsequently surrendered by the mu•
tineers, though ,uention is made, that, after • vain
attempt to divide the regiment, by ordering small
detachments from it, Colonel Malcolm had been
sent to the northward, with conciliatory proposals,
and had returned to Madras, without effecting the
purport of his mission.
. .

Al the tint

which led to

this extraordinary measure, are not very accurately
explained, we forbear to notice them ; but we think
it right to advert thus generally to the report in
circulation, in the expectation. that the proper au-
thorities in this country, who have very recent ac-
counts from India, may give such particulars as are
in their possession, in respect to this unfortunate
transactiuu, slid relieve the minds of individuate
from great anxiety.
The obnoxious officers, who were supposed to
have taken an active share in the circulation of me-
morial* within their respective commands„ and who,
according to foreguing a-counts, had been, in con-
.equenee, ordered to the Presidency, for the pur-
pose of taking their passage to F:iirope, had arrived
at Madras ; awl one of them, au officer of dis-
tinction and faintly, had been sent, in close arrest,
to Poonainallce, the dept of the It each and Dutch
p►isoners.
We are ignorant of the cause of this ►eemingly
iuta•nre; but it certainly does not appear
calealated to allay the ferment in the army, nor
very consistent with the policy adopted iu the pre-
ceding instance.
The Governor-General had deemed it necessary.
in the state of things, to address a detached order
to the coast tinny. consisting of sixty.eight manu-
script pages, conveying his sense of the late echo(
that body, in very energetic language. As this
paper professed not to be dictated by any concilia-
tory spirit, it is not to be wondertd that it was un-
attended by any conciliatory effect.
Some relents affected to entertain an apprehen-
sion, that tlotkar and Sdiindesh, taking advantage
of the present temper of the military, might make
a tedticii irruption into the Compaq's territories.

would

firm I
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' of the Company's officers may conceive themselves
, •
aggrieved by certain regulations, in respect to their
raTowances and economy, we are satisfied that they
would exert every nerve to retain the
..country
'Oust the efforts of foreign or domestic enemies.
- If we have any fear at this season, it ariaes from the
possible effect of these unfortunate differences on
• the minds of the native troops, and the examples
they would seem, to hold out ; for it must not be
forgotten, that to them we must principally look
for the defence of our Indian paiessions. •
Letters from Bombay also mention, that the
pirates in the Persian Gulph, owing' to the supine-
ness of the local government in that quarter, had
increased to a most formidable body, and had car-
ried on their depredatory warfare, with unusiFil
success, and more than usual barbarity. The
Mi-
nerve. Hopwood, had been recently captured, stud
her passenger* and crew most inhumanly treated.
The list of captures was so extensive, as to force
the consideration of the subject out the attention
of the Bombay Governineut. A naval and wilt-
}wary Gorse Iwd in consequence been ordered to pro-
' teed to the Gulph. Three frigates, with flume-
t retie transports, and a part of the 65th regiment,
with a detachment of Sepoys and artillery, had
been destined to this service. But tl a arrange-
ments for the dispatch of this force to the proposed
scene of action, were so slowly prosecuted, that the
monsoon set in More the k xpiatitinal sailed from
the harbour, so that the trail-puns were likely to
remain in demurrage for more than two months.
This delay, however, will give the Government
time to cousider of the adequacy of the force, in-
tended to have been employed, to the object in
view, and may possibly lead them to enlarge the
scale of the artnatosit. The piisitcs are stated, in
roiled numbers, at 12,000

SPANISH COLONIES.
ITAV•SIIAH, SEPT. 1909.
MESSRS. LAMS AND TURNER.—In order re seer
Many of ous countrymen from suffering heavy
losses, I forward to you herewith a deny of a new
order, of the ttith lust. also a clpy of the Royal
t elide, to which it refers.
You will see by this C'edida, that no vessel can
enter without new Negroes ; and es there are rot
any to be had at this tune in the United Slate,:„
vessels must proceed to foreign ports to get thew.
On their arrival here, the entry must be made so
*the custom-house ;—consepieutly their entry, or, a
transcript thereof. will be sufficient to produce
against thesis in the United States, to ccn%ict, pro-
vided any evil-disposed person should iuluriu, or
prosecute them, after their return from this city.
I em, Gentlemen.A.c. F. C.
EXTRACT FROM THE ROTA*. ORDER, RESPECTING

THE TRADE OF NEGROES, DATED ARANJIIEZ, 221)
&NUL, 1804. •
" I declare, for the benefit of my subjects, that
the return freight of negroes, which. from their great
scarcity, or for other just cause, they have made
from foreign ports, consisting of Implements of
husbandry, machines, and utensils for plantations,
expressed in the third Article of the Royal Order
of the year 1794. as well as boards for sugsr-boxes,
staves, hoops, aid shooks,, shall he free from all
duty. The seine is alto to be understood, when
imported by strangers. together with new Negroes,
but not alone.
" Inasmuch as I do hereby prohibit the entrance
of foreign vessels into my ports. even with cargoes,
unless at the ume time they carry new Negroes.
" But it is not 'permitted, either to Spaniards or
foreigners. to import iron or steel, even of the pro-
duce of Spain, under the pretext of their being ne-
cessary to repair said implements or menials.
" The Governor. Captain-General and intendant
of the Royal Hacienda of this Island. yesteiday, in
Council, decreed :—That the foreign vein Is stow
lyiug at the anchoring place. called Rimer, in this
port, and those to whom entrance has been grailud
on occomit of distress, be permitted' to discliary
such article. as are expressed in the Royal Order cf
the 10th April, 1804. In cousequence of which.
the consignees will deliver in a manifest of all their
cargoes, or the dispatch of such articles is are mei,-
tingled in that indulgence, which will expire on tl e
tioth April, 1810. (Signed) Ists."
"11avoupub, October to. iseg "
1 OCT. 21.
It would be difficult to cooreive the agitated
state of my toilet. I have long been deepmidiug
for the fate of our unhappy mother country ; fur,
since the battle of Wagr,iiii, I have looked upon it
as devoted to destruction. and as destined for ano-
ther victim to the usurper. I have little doubt
that, before this, Spain has been overrun by his
myrmidons; and my thoughts, therefore, naturally
tern towards the 'tribne', and to this island parti-
cularly, where first I drew %ivy breath. I have for
some time past observed, that the seeds of discord
have been sown, and are now sir ingiug np : that
the minds of the people are agitated by dittertut
seiiiiineets and factious.
Some are inclined to assert one independence.
under the protection of the British; others,' prin-
cipally the natives of Old Spain. are for adhering
to the mother country, under any dynasty that
may govern her ; others are desirous of a British
Legislation; and some few are perfectly French in
their principles and wishes. In this conflict of opi-
nion. what lint anarchy and revolutions can await
tot, unless a timely itaterierence of the British should
prevent it t
A letter wits received here yesterday from Cadiz,
dated August 2.3 d, which says, " an empress has
this moment arrived from the Marquis Wellesley,
the British Ambassador in Seville, to the British
Consul liere,orilaring him to put on board a vessel,
and immediately stud off for Ragland, dispatches,
containing the sexount of the erection of a Re-
gency, instead of the Central Supreme Junta; and

Toledo, nephew of Charles the IVdt. Regent ;
toiniris end Jove Hanoi. Coadjutors ; and Corafins.
Saavedra, and Gen. Csiesta, PrivY Couusc
Should this prove ti be ti ilk of which I him)
no douht, you iney tiePeihrialatui it th'slit has
brought oboat by the Mastitis %Vellinday. The
aarquis, foryseeing the Spain, his termed
th tiegeucy in tune, with. the,stew of it; b iug
taken oat to Mexico by' tlielarilish fleet, for the
'-inifety and protection of our 'Colonies; who Wilt,
with open antis, mei% e and odsnit the gooerninesit
.of a Ilimrbail, and perhaps nu ether, protected, by,
*and isktecti,rula,.Eisgltit,tl; in which case we shall,
once more, become a sate and happy people. lu
the couree of ale week*, 1 expect to see entering. our
harbour's combined Spanish and fyitisli fleet, carry-
ing the royal standard of Ferdinara the Seventh.
God send that my expectations may be realised !
You are already informed of the shutting of the
ports of this island against all foreign flags ; to-shut
we laiiderstmid that neutrals, 'ltringing Negroes,
sugar utensils, and lumber, rill he admitted, but
no ether articles.—God preserve you. &v.

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