The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-22 00:00:00

LIBERTY OF TFIR PRESS.

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ARGUELLES said, that, without the iptcliti_m of
bringing the subject ecaapietely un'tlers

rr cod not do lest'
than call the attention of tilt!
o,,arci an object of the greatest importance,
rid w iuiked upon as a riecs.,ry ptelaut-
nary e salywitin of the country ; he meant the
POLITICAL LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. I 1
was trout wishing that•they shou.n immediately
pinceed.to determine on a pu;.nt of such lin,li interest
and material to' quetice; but that, 11
,hould inert ti,e apint,bation of the Assembly,
nit hi appoint a Cori i ittee, which, 'Acing
into consideration all that has already he-n written
on this important sohject, ought examine ituct in-
vestigate the qtre.ation, and submit to the Cortes the
result of their labours and their refiedions, and
paint out the manner in which it might appear to
them that the Political Liberty of the Press may be
fixed.
ZORRAQUIN and PEREZ DE CASTRO supported the
motion.ot Arguelles.
A Clerical-D:puty manifested some opposition.

TOR HERO., anthher eceesi:rstic, ascended the Di-
bane, and in a very an4nated manner pointed out
the evils which had already. been experienced from
the want of the Liberty of the Press, and the bene-
fits which would result to us from political free-
dom; He said that it was necessary the Cortes
slioukl proceed in the opposite course from that
which the Central Junta had taken, sub,titoting, for
the crintinal silence"and mysteriouS conduct of that
Government, tiw publicity of their sittings, and the
liberty of writing upon political subjects. The pro-
hibnion'ot that ti%:edom had discredi:el the Central
Junta froth. the first moment of its institution. The
...7PuWic, he ohserVed, had a right, and it was even
their duty to intere,t themselves in the condua of
their ReptesYntarives, and to warn them of the er-
rors which ttey might notice in their proceedings,
and Which warning could only be given through the
• tiiechu,!t of the Presk It was always necessary to
oAisult- Public ()pinion, WHOSE ECHO WAS THE
want of the Liberty of the Press was,
at. the. preseht ti,onieut, an imped•ment to the la-
• bour, of ,heComMit.ee Which ;IL! Cortes had ap-
- o,intede to•L•otbider certain quesions reLtße to the
a' gn.o du ies 01 the Exs'cutive Fewer.
41tuost all the MernherS voted for the motion,
a"d a COLIMA tee was appoipted, composed of tight
Aiembers, among whom were ArguLdes, Perez de
C—ou, Hermida.
The sitting concluded at half past eight in the
evening,. and the Cur es adjourned tor the tullowing
tailor ink i t ter. oclock-

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SoLaD4 QUIS DICIRL FALiUM AUDLAT ?

L IY.1) 0 Pi,

AIONDAY, QC,TOBER 22, 1810.

The more we consider the intelligence which we
cornitunicated 'to our 'Readers on Saturday, from
Portug il, the more we are inclined to indulge in
sanguine hopes that the campaign will terminate
Most brilliantly for t!.e Allied Army. The situation
f MAssENA is doubtless most critical. He is in the
heart of an enemy's country ; he has a gallant Army,
commanded by a most able General, strongly en-
trenched ,in his front ; the rains which have com-
menced have already injured the roads, so that he
can vt ith the utmost difficulty move his 'artillery ;
he must necessarily be straitened for provision, be-
cause the country through which he has passed has
been laid waste ; and the formidable force of Por-
tuguese Militia in' his rear renders it difficult, if not
impossible, fur him to receive any supplies. Such
are the circumstances of MASiEt:A'S situation, which
appear calculated to inspire the strongest hopes of tal-
timatt= success; but at the same .tinie we
.do not
think it right to be too confident, or to excite extra-
vagant exeeaations. That MASSENAis an officer of
great experience and skill there can be no doubt ;
and if he advanced ilito -his present position in obe-
dience to the didates of ills oWn judgment, it is ob-
vious that hesmust. have
.doac it with the hope of
success. He must have known the difficulties he
hadto 'encounter, and the battle of Busaco had en-
abled him to form a very accurate judgment of the
sort of troops of which the Allied Army- was com-
posed ; his crossing the Mondego and following
Lord NV.I..INGTON towards Torres Vedras, is a proof
that he expeded to be able to
.triumph over every
difficulty. it the result of ibis movement should be,
as we have very little doubt that it will, the defeat
Of the French Army, it will afford an incontestible
proof of the superior generalship of the British Com-
mander, who has, by a series of the most masterly
movements, placed the French General in this
dilemma, that he must either attack the Allied
Army in the strongest position in Portugal, or retreat
uoder the most disadvantageous circumstances:—
If MASSENA attempts to retreat either by Castel
Branco or by the route by which he advanCed, :he
Neill, as SOULT did when he tied before Lord WEL-
LINGTON out of Portugal into Gallicia, lose a very
'considerable portion of his army, and all his artillery.
\Ve are therefore inclined to think that he will.
make the attack upon our lines, even at the risque
of little less than total destru&Aion; if he should fail.
In another week we shall probably know the result
of this most awful confiia.

e account of the elliture of Clirribra; and 5000
Freilch prisoners, by Cul. TRANI', has not been
received uiicially, but there is no doubt whatever of
-the fad.

Spanish papers of a late dare arrived yesterday,
but they contain nothing of an extraordinary nature.
The spirit of the country, however, seemed to be
fiery aCtiv e, and excites strong ho; es of eventual
success. The Gazette of the Regency contains a
long decree, d:ted Alicant, trztli of Sepieinber, from
the Bishop of Calabel ia, a refugee from his diocese to
,that place, anaihernatizing the üburping Bishop ap-
pointed by JosEPH, and excommunicating all who
may recognize tiffs pretended auvhority.
An article dated Atienza, August 31, gives an ac-
count of .a spirited aelion by the !roops under the
Spanish General MATTIN, aginst a body of 400
French, with 60 cavalry, who had vi,ited Caracena,
fur the purpose of levying -contrihutions, Eut they
Here driven away with loss on their part. All the
accounts that have been received Irons Madrid state,
that the affairs of the French seem to be in a very
unprosperous situation. The Regency Gazette, of
the 29th September, contains the following

INTERCEPTED LETTER PROM JoSEPH BUONAPARTE

TO 1119 %Virg.

" MY DEAR FRIEND,

Madrid, Aug. 113, 18 to.

" I have received none of your letters to-day, my
health is good, my situation always deplorable. I
embrace you and my children."
(Signed) "LE Rot."
" To her Maj.?sty the Queen .f Spain, at Paris." •

We have great satistaation in-laving it in our
power to state, that the Lords ot the Ajmiralty have
thought it fur the good ot his Majesty's service, to
primuote all the Commanders, to the end of 1802,
inchisive, who are employed in actual service afloat
to be Post-Captains; and twenty of the senior
.Lieutenants of the fleet, who are actually First
Lieutenants of effective ships of the line, or
have- particu:arly distinguished themselves in • the
command of small vessels, to be Commanders.
The Commissions to have date the 21st inst. ;
and it will be obserket, • we are confient,
with general satisfaaion, both by the pubie•
and our own Naval Service, that this promotion has
marked the Anniversary of the glorious and ever-
memo:able victory of Trafalgar.
We shall give a List of the names to-morrow.

We this day received Jamaica Papers to the 18th
ult, but they contain nothing important or interest-
ing.

This morning we received American Papers to the
th ult. They contain no news. The Democratic
or French party there-have begun to abuse Mr. Mo-
RIER, the .British Minister, with as much vehe-
mence and scurrility as they did Mr. JACKSON.
Since writing the above, we have received the fol-
lowing Letter from Baltimore :
BALTimotte, SEPT. 14.—1 t having been ascer-
tained that among the seamen on board the Bri-
tish brig Netley, now lying in our river, there 1
wa3 a native of Maryland involuntarily ' de-
tained, the people of Fell's Peint prepared
themselves to release him. All things being in readi-
ness, two gentlemen waited upon Lieut. JACKSON
last evening, and,demanded the man. The Lieutenant
made some hesitation as to complying with the requi-
sition, .
but was given to understand that only one
hour was allowed him to deliberate. The sailor
was sent on shore within the limited time, ;,,id the
brig has since moved farther down rhe river."—
Baltimore Evening Post.

We're credibly inforMed, that the seanian, af-
tempted to be rescued from the Ne!ley, was obtained
from a French prison in the West Indies by exchange
fur a Frenchman, and (bailor this purpose he had
claimed the rights of a subject of Great Britain, ami •
voluntarily entered her service afte-r his release.

" After his:discharge, repeated attest s wet e made
by the democrats to induce him to give,a false state-
ment of the conduct at sea of the Corntnauder of the
Atetley towards an American Captain, of a nature to
instigate the mob to attack .her. The 'sailor., how-
ever, via.; content IA ith his-liberty, and refused to be
suborned."—katimore Fed. Rep.

The Messenger in attendance arrived at the Se-
cretary or State's Office at 1111 f past one, and reports
that the Princess AMELIA had some broken rest in
the night,-and continues much the same as yester-
day.

The Princess MARY, ever since her sister has been.
declared to be in such a dangerous state,. has never
left her; and sends every morning a written account
of the state of her affliated sister. - Her Royal High-
ness Princess MARY is slightly indisposed, in con-
sequence of her close confinement and anxiety of
mind : her looks prove her indisposition. The
QUEEN visits the Princess two or three times a. day;
her first % isit is generally about twelve o'clock. The
KING goes to Augusta Lodge. regularly at three
o'clock. .