The National Register.
London, England, 1808-10-09 00:00:00

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the Central Junta, are arrived at Madrid, where, according to ••
the commendation of the Comte de Florida Blanca, the Saloon
Of the Ambassadors in the Royal Palace is preparing for their
reception, as the most proper place for holding the.. Sessions.
Thi6 Assembly, considered in any point of view, will be the
Most respectable and august that Spain has ever seen. The Su-
preme Authority is concentrated in one point, and the whole na-
tion will hear with pleasure the voice of their Deputies, and
obey their orders. Far from us be dissentinn, the love of inte-
rest, honours, or commands ; for the love of our country requires
still greater sacrifices. Silent be those vain declaimers on pa-
triotism, who have had no other ohject but to satisfy their Own
ambition. Silent the writers of sl many insipid papers, and si-
lent the malevolent,. ho endeavour to enfeeble the energy of
the people.. .• Our eacinies are still in Spain' and new legions of
Vandals threaten to ti outate it. The tirst duty of the Supreme
Junin is to organists and maintain the armies, and the obligation
of all good Spaniards to =et ve their country in whatever station
or office they pay be calied to fill. l.et us then sacrifice our
passions, and give to the whole norld a proof, that whatever
glory we may claim from co4quering our enemies, we claim a
Ptill,gruater from subduing onrsel% es. But it' any body or indi-
vidual, considering its or his interest as distinct from that of the
whole nation, shall dare to foment discord or diuoliedience, and
Orectly or indirectly oppose the intimate union of Spain, let
him he brought to judgment without May, let him die igno-
miniously, and his ashes he deemed unworthy of Spanish grnund.
M N , A off. kuox a here for certain, that the
Austrian Consul in Carthagena has received. orders to coiled
all the manifestoes and proclamations issued in this country,
and all the reports of our victories, and authentic accounts of the
treachorous conduct of Napoleon, hitherto published. The ob-
ject of this order is to compare the above collection with the
intelligence communicated by Napoleon to-the 'Court of Vienna,
thatihis brother Joseph has been-crowned King ttf • Spain, and
uouttintouily acknowledged ns such by the Spanish Nation.,
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STANUAILUT OF THE FORCE OF THE SPANISH
PATRIOTS. • -
.13EN rat T. 11 r. tu es A RAI Y.-36,000 infantry ; 10,000 Astu-
Sims expected shortly to join ; three companies of artillery.
. (In ER AL CA STA IV 0 MOW 22,000 cavalry.
(last f; it. Ft. A5l A ti,Ol)Q Va lenciana .and • Murcia:is.
CeN ER 1 L Cu I:STA .-B,ooo'infator, and 1,500 cavalry.
PA LA E 0 x's Army and the Spaniards from the North not in-
eluded; besides a consitletable t'ort'e expected from Biscay.

FlO,ll I'll F. GOTrti :V R Q 4411 .:11.1 IL S.
'• SWEDEN. 7

KOVIGSSERG, Sere. ld.-011 Sunday or Monday next, the
Emperor Alexander, with•:his brother Constantine, and their
*tonal friend Catilmeourt, are expected here on their way to
}7rfurth. Where they are to !tarots meeting with Napoleon.
Gonstantine, it is said, goes thither. with a very ill-wilt, hut
site Emperor insisted (Ni it. All our politicians are at a Insi to
conjecture the result of the interview, tvhich may indeed be very
important; hut, at the same.timeg it appears extremely sitigu-
kit, that at a momeut when the Trench. party in Russia is' said
to he tottering, the chief support of it should quit the country,
add this at the desire of Bonaparte, who is most concerned.
the diplomatic affairs of the •French at St. Petershurgh, will,
es I he• mean time, be managed by the Chevalier• de Bray, an
emigrant, who is Bavarian Minister at the Itussiab Court, and
a!goat intriguer, which he gave roof of *hen Minister at
;The Emperor of Austria has also reeeiveC through
Duroe, who w: .s sent to Vienna for that purpose,:an invitation
to he of the party ; hut it is thought he will declinel as it is
Paid, through the influence of the Empress, who is represented
pi very big itspirited.

OCT. 9.

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Hpresetited ItilitiPlrbefbre the Supreme Court -of Audience then
sitting in deliberation on Bonaparte's dispatches, and was re-
ceived with a general acclamation of applause by them, to the
discomfiture and Chagrin of the French Officers who were
present, urging a compliance to the mandate of their Ila.ster ;
that one of these Officers, using some intemperate threat, so ex-
asperated an Aide-de-Camp of the Spanish Commandant, that
be drew his sabre and'cut him down in the presence of the whole
Council; and that such was the general indignation against the
Frenchmen there, that had it not been for the interference of the
British Officers, they would ail have been sacrificed. To thi.
account the Trinidad Gee:tile of the :30111 ult. furnishes us with
the following :
" By a launch which arrived yesteiday evening from Barce-
lona, we learn that a French national brig (no doubt one of the
expresses mentioned itt Lord Coll ing ood's dispatches) had
arrived at La Guira, with a number of Officers on-board, civil
and military, bearing orders from Bonaparte, sanctieined by the
K lug, his prisoner, to supersede the present administration of
Government, and to establish the reign of the hew ityuasty in
that Province. The dispatches had been forwarded to l'arae-
cas ; but the Chiefs of that Province, nice of sound judgment
and approved fidelity, having been previously put iu pep•session
of the Baudo of the supreme Junta of sevilleudated aath alay
(which had been forwarded by this (iovernment), weighing well
in the scale of prudence the dangers of precipitation in a Willer
Of tO much import:time to the State, had called a General
senility of the !leads of Departments, to deliberate on the steps
to be taken in so difficult an emergency. The "Coutiell bail '-
cordingly assembled, and were sitting when the Acasid., dis-
patches arrived to confirm their opinion in the resistauteW Inch
it seems it was their determination to oppose to thtw attempts of
the Usurper. They were read with acclamations by the (un-
cil—the Cries of " They
el lON, viva nuestro Catholic° hlonarea,
Fernando Septimn, y so magnanimo aliedo el _Rey is to -Gran
Brclana," resounded in the Casa Capitukar, and were soon re-
echoed by the whole city--and the imperious Officers of his
imperial Majesty were committed to durance vile, in the Case-
matres of La Guira, and his Imperial brig made prize of Mud
sent to Porto Cavello. •
" The colours of the two nations were soon displayed on the
forts at La Gnira, under a general salute of all the heavy artil-
lery. The Acasta, at anchor in the road, repeated the signals
and tokens of alliance and festivity; and the Officers who landed
were received and treated with the greatest marks of respect
and attention."

STATE PAi'ER.

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PORTUGAL.

PROCLANATTOV fl Ills XXCET.LENCY VTElll%•GEtillfl 41.
SIR tiEiy ' Dtl LIIIIIIIPLE, iCOMBIA T 111: BRITISH

TOlttEs IN PORTVGALOI) ThE et:tart:MlT:se NATION.
The success with which it has pleased Almighty God to bless
the British Arms, has brought about -'the moment when it be-
comes my duty to address -the faithful and loyal inhabitants of
this Country. I seize the opportunity with eagerness, in order
to tranquilize the minds of the timid, to repress the designs of
the dkatfected *(if any such remain), and to assure the nation at
large, that the ciforts of the* British force' und'er my command
have no other object in view than to insuie the prosperity of the
inhabitants of Portugal, by the restoration of that Government
which has spicing and so gloriously pie-hled over then., and the
return of which will he welcomed, no.doubt, by the united voice
of a loyal people. .
The presence of an hostile army, in possession, of the capital,
and tnaster of the principal resources of the kingdom, bad An a
manner deprived the estimable and loyal subjects of Portugal
of the means of liberating their country. •Patriotic effort,. how-
ever, were made io spite of these disadvantages, and the na %nal
spirit was manifeitted in a manner at once must decided and must
honourable. •.
The alias which were made by several provinces of the
kingdom opened the road for the restondion of the Monarchy.
Notwithstanding, however, the energy displayed by these
Provinces in arraying and bringing forward an armed force for
the liberation of the capital, the aid of the ancient and faithful
Ally of.. Portugal was necessary to bring the contest to a bur-
cessful and speedy issue... The warm. interest which his Britan-
nic 34*.sty felt fur his Ally, and the energy which has ever
marked,* British character, soon krooght a powerful force to
the shores of Portugal.
That:part uf the Portagtlese army which local circumstance!

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II e rutitted, united itself with the British, whilst the rein:theirs"'
•-ed a powerful diversion. Measures were taken in concert
: z defeat of the common eneuty. The steps of that force
hay- been marked by victory, and the, expulsion of the enemy
has opened the way to the restoration of the Portuguese Mo-
narchy, hie most gratifying duty which could be imposed by his
S'ovefeig.l on a British Commander.
No views of national interest or aggrandizement can be traced
in tile li:ierot policy of Britain; but. true to the principles of
honour and stud laid], that have ever directed her conduct, she
in ttn'• eyeing now p;;s ing in Portugal, only• the happy
means of re-esiablishirg order, and restoling to the Sovereign
:Ltd the people t,.eir jos! right.
In the exei.utiot: ctt i.:,ese views as Commander of the British
Forces, I shell best fulfil tile intentions of the King my Master,
and most effectual!) becure the interests of Portugal, by placing
in the exercise of authority, that Nat, to which Lis Royal nigh-
tie,- the Prince Regent thought fit to delegate the Sovereign
Power, w hen he Withdrew the Royal dignity from the insults of
an t.aphicable enem j, and preserved the Sovereignty of his do-
minions beyond the Atlantic.
One re-pectable Nobleman, a member of the body thus left
in power Itv his Royal Highness, has unfortunately been re-
moved from his country, by the authority or arts of its enemy',
by hick at this critical period it is deprived of his services,
hilt route of the members, haviughipearcd to unite themselves
vvith lb French inti.rest, have rendered their re-establishment
it: the 6overament at this moment impossible.
Therefore the distinguished persons undermentioned, the re-
Members of the Regency appointed by his Royal nigh-.
ti-,s the Prince Regent, and who have incurred no such disahi- •
lity, are called upon to repair to Lisbon to take upon themselves
the function- of the Government, until such time as the will of
his Royal flightiest.; the Prince Regent shall be more fully
known, viz.—
The Count De Castro Marini, Monteiro Mor of the Kingdom,
and Member of the Councils of his Royal Highness.
Dom Francisco Xavier de Noronha, Member of the Councils
of his Royal Highness, and Grao Cruz da Ordem de Sant-Ingo,
President of the Board of Conscience, and Lieutenant-General
in the \nl Armies.
Francisco de Cunha e Menezes, Member of the Councils of
his ILoyal Highness, and Lieutenant-General in the Royal
Armies.
Joao Antonio Salter de Mendonca, Desembargador do Paco,
aid Procurador of the Crown.

Don Miguel Pereira Forjaz Coutinho, Member of the Coun-
cils of his Royal II i;:,liness, and Brigadier in the Royal Armies.
To this tiovernment the inferior Jurisdictions and Tribunals,
the Constituted and Legal A tithoriti6 of the Kingdom, and all
persons of every description are required to Pay all deference •
and submission.
As Commander of the British forces, [ shall hold it to be my
first and most orgvot duty to maintain the authority of the Go-
Nernment thus established, to insure the tranquillity and subsist-
ence of thf, capital, and to encourage the re establishment of the
former prosperity of the kingdom.
When these &tic( ts are attained, and the attainment of them
cm only be delayed Its intrigue or disaffection, the interference
ot a miliiary force will cease to be necessary, hut until these
ends are accomplished, the most vigorous and decided measures
is ill be taken for maintaining the peace and gor.d order of the
(min ry, and all offences against the tranquillity of any part of
tit"''Kingdom, still be proceeded against with the utmost seve-
rity.

Given at the Tlemi-quarters of the British Army at Prayas,
this ISth clay of September, 1803.
(Sigued) LIE/r LitY 31 PI E,
Lient.-General ar.d Cu:maunder of the
Wilish Po •ces in Portugal.

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soon after completelY iWutoinated by tires on every adjacent hill.
This artifice, we are sorry to say, had the desired effect, for
althiingb Major Ponsonby and his party remained nut during the
night, they were unable to apprehend any of the banditti' who
disturb that neighbourhood.
Ltm coma, Seer. 517.—The house of Mr. Gerald Fitz
Gibbon, at Kiloton•, in the county of Limerick, was after much
resistance broken into, at an early hour, on the morning of
Monday se'ennight, by upwards of twenty %Mains, who after at-
tempting his life by rep►•ated wounds indicted with guns and
other weapons, and tendering an oath, took from him a pistol,
the only arm, in his posses•ion.
On Thursday night at eleven o'clock, the house in which
William Kelly, htir&mati to Dennis O'Brien, Esq. on the lands
of Newcastle, near the city of Limerick, was attacked by nine
fellows armed with muskets, who took him from his bed, and
most thimercifully flogged and beat him; they then gave notice
if he did not quit the employment of Mr. ');Brie':, to prepare
his coffin, as they would pay another visit, when his life
Would be the forfeit.

• PROS INCLII.S.
as.-- •
Cur:yin-h. Buren or SHE .11'.--in the beginning of last
month there was a meetiog held, near Jedhorgh, of the Society
for the llnprovenient!, of the Cheviot Breed of Sweep, in regard
to fleece and carcase, Sir John Sinclair in the chair, to w t;set
lung attention to this breed their improvement is con,iderably
indebted; Sir George Douglas, Bart. ( tmliinti Rutherford, Al. P.
Mr. Morton, Mr. Colley, &c. attended upon the ()evasion. It
appeared that the wool had doubled its value by the Sot iety's
exertions. The quantity of coarse wool is much ditnitiished.
and the tine proportionably increased. The improvements of
the carcase was proportionably conspicuous, and the shape of
the sheep in every respect altered for the better. In regard to
the tendency to thtten, it appears from experiments Leith the
sheep bred by the Society, and fed by Mr. Thomas Simith of
Woodhalt, that they have been killed at one }Tar and a half
old weighing upwards of 21 lb. per quartet, and at tr years at
from 25 to 28th. per quarter. Bearded wheat has also been
found to answer uncommonly well in this neighbourhood, and
more especially seems less liable than any other sort of wheat to
the mildew.
There is at young
woman, in Lancashire a very pretty faced youn
woman, of the haute of Bvfield, who was born without leg- so
arms. She is, as it may be termed, in the possession of a man
who says that he bought her ih an infant state from her parents.
lie supports himself, his wife and children, by the ex!!ibition ()
the extraordinary powers of this wonderful little treature, at
Faits and Market places. She writes a fume hand, holding her
pen between the stump of her arm and her cheek ; she works
tambour in the same manner, and draws most excellent minis
tures. She was considered to be such a prodigy, that the Eari
of Morton mentioned her extraordinary ability, labouriog notice
such natural deficiency as she did, to the king. His Majesty
could hardly credit the fact, until he saw tile likeness of the
Noble Earl, which was performed in the most correct style by
this phenomenon. His Majesty then promised to give her his
patronage, it' she should be brought to London. Lord Morton
employed the son of an eminent artist, and a confidential female
to go down to Manchester, where site then was, to make pro.
pose's to that effect to her. With the Most delicate sense of ho-
nour, however, she declared that she owed ewer' comfort she
possessed to the man who brought her up ; that it would he the
ruin of him and his family if she were to leave him. and there-
fore she would not separAte front him upon any terms that
could be offered her.
Cuniors INVENTION IN CLOcK-mANINCL—Mr. Crebel,
watch-maker, at Paris, has obtained a patent for a discovery
which may become of general utility. lie has invented a pen-
dulum which has no weight, and which has entirely the forum of
a hall: the dial is transparent, and by the means of a redeetirg
lamp, and a current of air, shows the hoer at a great distance.
In consequence of a peculiar contrivance, nether the hands,
the pivot on 14 hick they tore, not the balance, cast any shadow.
A eonsidc ruble degree of light may he given to it; which if ne-
cessary, may he diminished to the simple gleam of a tat-blight,
thus forming a most convenient appendage to the chambers of
the sick ; will al::9 prove very advantageous to all clascs of so.
riety, as it may be adaptN: to public ; and while it ren•
der, the hour distinguishable at every moment of the night, will,
at the saute time, prove an excellent r•verberating lamp.
Gut unmarried female, at Deultam. in Suffolk, last week d"-
. livered herself u!' a child, and immediately after eta off its bead