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DECISION.

• BUENOS AYRES, JUNE 8.-Where R; the rights of
the • authority exercised by the Sovereign Represen-
tation of Don Fetnando VII. our august-Monarch,
are completely secured by the oath which this Junta
took at the time of its installation, to obey such So-
vereign Representation as might exist, legitimately
constituted ;. and whereas the notorious fidelity of
the inleabitants of these provinces removes all the
dangers, which, under. other circumstances,- might .
give, cause to overstep the laws vv hich prescribe the
form of transaetions' so important, unless there
should be shown some necessity for engaging in pro-
Ceedings which might draw ns from the established -.
Conr;e—the Junta reserves the question of tickriow-
ledgment until the period of receiving the official -do-
cumeots which may legitimate it, and in the r*-an7,,
time will observe the same cenduta which was pur-
sued by the former Government, in concurrence with
the. Real Audiehcia, with •respe6t to the Supreme

Junta Of Seville, uniting our sentiments as then with
those of the other parts of the State, and redoubling,
our efforts to assist them in contributing every kind
of succour which may -solemnly demonstrate'the
fraternity of the proirinces of America and those of
Spain which remain free from the enemy, and our
constant adherence to the cause of the King, in spite
of all the. open projeas and secret intrigues of the
enemy.

CORNELIO DE SAAVEDRA. '
Dr. JUAN JOSE CASTELLI.
MANUEL lELGRANO.
MIGUEL DE.AZCUENAGA, &C.

,We extract the following passages from the pro-
clamation issued by the Viceroy of Mexico on the
24th of April last; on which day the proclamation
ad Tressed by Joseph Buonaparte to the Mexican,
and the instructions found in-the po,session of his
etnissfiries, were publicly committed to the flames
by the hands of the common executioner :
" The expedition which the tyrant, who is the
oppressor of 6ur king, was preparing against these
dominions, has actually arrived, and 'has already
been secured by,the zeal of your government. You,
have nothing further to fear, the userperut thrones
and kingdoms has failed in the only blow which
he could direct against your possessions and your
loyalty.
. .

• " Mark how the usurper Joseph addresses you in
his Proclamation of the 2d of October, ' Spaniards
of my possessions in AtneriO, your lawful Sovereign
exhorts you to submission, unless you are disposed
to incur 'the punishment which is reserved for sub-
dued rebels. If, contrary ,to my expe6tation,..you
per,ist in in your error chastise you as rebelsi
and the punishments I shad infliot \will be so seve,re
as to make the Most i nirepid tremble. If there sh.)uld
be traitors found atnyng you, I shall. know how to
punish them according to the nature of the cas:—
What do you think, noble and generous Spaniards,
of the mildness with WhiCh your new Sovereign
treats yon, and endeavobrs to win your atie'ctions

"In .another place he say l, that if *yen do not
i.im, you will be ruined'---and again, that the
finx.icisni of religion is a h%dra which he comes to
destroy, that-you are in a vote of degradation and
ignorance,:-that it is Igpo,:ritical nison which
keeps your in a state of error di.d.listlessries,, that he
expects the cwates and pastors will co-op-rate in his
designs, and not suffer vou to tratiress,—ttiat it is
full time you should • resume your ancient dignity,
inasmuch as egotism ke,p's you immersed in bruta-
lity-.' No more, no more. This is A specimen of
the proclamation addressed to you by this frantic and
-and a9uacious King, who is as ignorant of the reli-
gion be prole-ses, as of the real learning of your
priests and ecclesiastics. This is the detail of his
-udvanced guard. . . . .

•" As to the instruMions furnished to. the, emissa,
fu.s appointed to seduce you, their contents are still
more absurd. He calls you an enslaved people,'
and says that his only wish is that you would open
dour ports to-a free trade with him ;, adding to his
emissaries; that for the present they should speak of
nothing else. Pet fidious wretch And when 'we
shoul,t have established a tree trade with you, and
accepted the aid of your troops, what did you. nieatt
to do with this people whom you denominate slaves,
and who are described by..you as being immersed in
ignorance and brutality I—No ! neither are we
slaves, nor are we inclined to become slaves to
you. No ! neither ate we so ignorant and brutal
as to believe you, nor can we be iliposed on by the
aggraAiseinent which you hold forth to
If you waiii only to trade with us, why do you style
yourself our King and laufd Sovereign? And why
do you threa eta us with severe punishments, if you
only want to assist us in aliaking off a yoke of which
we have never complained !

" He itimructs his satellites to represent to you,
'the advantages which your, agriculture, horn the
planting of. Olives and the cuitivation of flax and
hemp, would obtain under his protection. Happy
Mexicans, do you not: laugh at the ignorance of this
usurping protector; who knows not that :your fields
are covered with innumerable olive trees, the rich
and delicious produce of which he is unworthy to
taste, and •which. you are free to multiply to any
extsent, as well as your plantatiobs• of flax and
}will); in the cultivation,of wi.ich the Spanish go-
vtrurnent has, for many years, not only protected
you, but also made that. branch of indUstry obli-
,
gat,ory upon you ?
" He says, you will have established aiming you
all the differeht manufactures of Eutope. A mon-
strous absurdity, hich could only enter the cracked
brains of the liironapartes. With what commodity
would hp, in that case, trode to your ports ? With
what would the vessels of Napoleon come laden to
your harbours ? They would come, forsooth, to
traffic for the productions of your inanufamories,
and the fruits of -yo..r soil,' with the gold and silver
of the mines of France !

infamooi brother of Napoleon hag the

further audatity to direct his eriliSaliegH to make
domestics and other servants instruthenot in• poison-
ing the mina of all 'those who s.2et» hostile to his
pretensions. Its ! such, the monarch who wishes
• to seat himself in the benevolent and Catholic throne

of FerdinandVll ; such is the new ally of America;
.such the unworthy protector, who comes, uncalled,
to render happy those who have no cause to envy
the most . flattering state of happiness. These are
the arms with 'which he attempts to conquer Spanish
America. And with what tiultikers, with ten weak,
stui,id, and miserable SpaniardS, men unworthy of
• the name, whom he has sent to the kingdom of'
INlexico, with four sent to Guatimala„ six to I'eru,
/twee to Santa Ire, thirty dispersed dyer the islands
an . other points, which detachments are to be re-
inf rc• to the total of five hu nth ed all of them
even in their nati‘e country, and the
160octint of the virtuous, faithful, and
citaracter of t he. inhabitants of America, as'of
the rejig on of their ,ancestors„. and the obligations
iihposed upon them by heaven, and the soil which
gave them birth. , . 4
• " And do you still tremble, Mexicans, at the
sight )f so ridiculous and inexperienced an army ? On
• the contrary, I already see you eager to discover the
bunts of those .a retched emissaries ; already 1 see
you making a general search after the culprits kn the
towns and
‘ward,, and surreodei ing theM to'under-
go the punishment doe their icily, temerity,, and
abominable subserviency." •
Happy soil, destined never to be trodden, by the
accursed eagle which has filled Europe with dread !
Subjects of Ferdinand, thrice happy, inasmuch as you
are the only people that shall not be dragged away
• to serve in the advanced guards of those armies,
which the false friend of Russia is preparing to expel
from Europe the Emperors of St. Petersburgh and
Coostantinople. Thither, my belotLi Mexicans,
would ye have been forced to go, had you been so
credulous, barbarous, awl ignorant as the tyrant con-
ceives you to.he ; and such would be the regenera-
tion w hick he promises you."
The proclamation then goes on to impress the
Mexicans with the full extent of the wretched con-
dition to which They would be reduced by the tri-
umph or the French arms, by a description of the
atrocities committed in Spain ; and concludes with
a player to the Deity, to blast the 'designs of her
°pp, ssor, and an exhortation to the ASexican troops,
sh..old the enemy attempt en invasion, to imitate
the conduct of the renowned Maccabevs„ by sa-
Crifi.ing their lives I'm their God, their religion,
their King, and country.

Sw4t .batialion of foi3r hundred met,/ inclUditig
nine Offters.

The principal conditions on which they surren-
dered w.tre,. that they shotild be concluded to. Co-
,runna, t) be conveyed to their own couutty the first
opportuLay. and not to serve again against either 61
the three allied natifins.

LETTER FROM MARSHAL BERESFORD.
LISBON, AUG. 17.

MIST EXCELLENT SIR7—It is with, the greatest
ple.isure I communicate to yourExCellctry, forrthe_
intotimation of their Excellencies the GovernorS of
the, Kingdom, the surrender of a Swiss battalion
that occupied the Castle of ,Puebla de Senabi ia, to
the troops commanded by-Major-General F. de Sil7.
veira Pinto de Fonseca, as appears by the annexed'
terms. Their Excellencies will see that the condi-
tions. are, that the Prisoners are to be sent to co-,
runna, not to serve against the allied powers. I can-
not but fully approve. what Major-Genei al 'Silveira
has done in . this res Peal. To us exactly the
same thing as if they had remained prisoners of war,
or surrendered at. discretion, and his situation-was
critical The enemy advanced in supetior force Wi-
der General Serrai, and 'was in sight of our advanced
posts. The cooddct of Major-General. Silveira de-
serves the highest praise, as well on account of the
-skill and boldness with which he began the enter-
prise, as of the prudence with Which he pursued
and terminated it, falling back in good order, and
taking his prizes with him. Their Excellencies
will find the success of this enterpi ize ma> •prove
productive of the most fortunate consequences on
the part of the Peninsula. By a subsequent leiter
of the 11th inst. Major-General Silveira informs me
that 'the garrison of the Castle of Puebla de Senabria
was. a Swiss hattalion of 400 men, including nine
Otlicers, and that the torce which General Serrai
was on the point of opposing to them was 5000
Men; 800 of whom mere cavalry. :The I\ilejor-
General adds, that besides the above garrison be
has sent to Oporto 60 deserters, who c"atne over to
him from the enemy's army. God preserve your
ExCellency. • -

" W. C. BERiSFORD;
" Marshal-Cuannander in Chief."
" Lageosa, Aug. 14, zgici.".

The Badojoz Diary states, that the French force
which Ballesteros and Cartra,etigaged .consisted or
9000 men, one-third of whom were either killed or
made prisoners: - That the action took place is cer-
tam, but we have not yet received any authentic ac-
count of the particulars.

EXTRACT FROM AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION OF

LORD WELLINGTON, ADDRESSED TO HIS,EXCEL-
LENCY DON M. FERJUZ. AND DATED HEAD-
QUARTERS, CELERICQ, AUG. 110. 1810.

" The enemy has not made any movement of im-
portance in front of this army since my last of the
Ist -inst. fie continues to maintain his positions near
Almeida, small corps is posted on the banks of the
Coa, and the main body occupies a position in the
vicinity of Almeida, be ween the Con and Aguidar,
and passed the night in Saifta Martha."
AVG. 13 —Some letters which have to-di ar-
rived from the Spanish army say, that i3allesteros
and Carera dele2ted the French on the- 11th inst.
between (arcia and Lerma, and took 500 prisoners,
awl killed-and wounded a still greater number. This
intelligence, however, has not COI3C Officially to the
Junta.

MADRID, JULY 18.—They write frOm Toruque-
nada, that 200 carts full of woundt.'d mid sick had
an ived there from the alloy of MASSENA, and that
more were expected. Fifteen more carts lull of the .
saute arrived there on the :sth, which entered by
the gate of Toledo. On' the 13th the•Einpeanado
entered the Casa' del Campo, surprised and put to
death a detachment which was on guard there, but
anf,rtunately failed in capturing Joseph, which ap-
pears to have been the object ot the,expeditian.
BADAJOZ, AUG. is confidently asserted
that our head-quarters have been removed to Zafra,
the enemy's division haviiig made a retreating' in the
direttion of the road to La Plata, some divisions of
our troops having occupied different positions on the •
high road to Seville. \ •
CADIZ, Ano. 3.—We go on here in 'the same
manner as we have done these five months, a time
sufficient to undeceive the enemy with respett to
the fruitlessness 'of his attempts at conquest. The
'Members of the Cortes are arriving, and we expect '
with anxiety the commencement of their salutary
Sessions. According to the accounts lately receiv-
ed, the Asturias are almost entirely evacuated ;
Biscay and Navarre flame with noble insurre6tions;
Murcia is arming en masse; Valencia is now tree
from invasion, and active as ever; Gallicia prepared
for every event; Catalonia re-animated by its oat ibnal -
‘igour, and brought to a perfect state of organiza- ,
tion by its Chief O'Donnell ; La Mancha inundated
with, Patriots ; Sirrania enthusiastic, and this pro-
vince of Estremadura, possessing a brave and well-
disciplined army, which will rush to chastise, the
rashness of Mortier, ahotald he again dare to set a I
toot within' it. We may hope, therefore, that our
deliverance will be speedy, and the confasion. of
the Tyrant certain.
BADAJOZ, AUG. 11.—The French, .after.l.t.ving
colleeted in Z itra and its vicinity, began to retreat
on the Bth by Lerena. The army ot the Martinis
Romana made a movement in front, and occupied
Burquellos, Zafra, Los Santos, Feria, and La -Parra;
where yesterday the head-.quarters arrived. A part
of the division of O'Ponnel has marched to join
this army ; he has, not yet opened' the trenches be-
fore Almeida. We have not as yet received any
intelligence on which 1 can rely, that he is Making
Lisaort, AUG. lg.—The head-quarters are at Ce- any preparations for the siege of ,Altneida. Reg-
lerice ; the cavalry advanced beyond Alverca,w here nier's corps i\vlnch at first appeared in Navas Friar,
ColonA Wyndham was taken prisoner, a few days and afterwards in Salvateria, has from thence sent a
aao, while reconnoitring. Oar other corps are detachment of infantry and cavalry across the moon-
qaartereds at Pentrias, Marnenta, Guardia, &c. tains,to Peramacor. This happened on the 31st of
strong body of Portuguese are at' Carla, and Fun- July, when at the same time they occupied Ze-
dao, and General Hill's division near Castello breiza. General Hill has reported to me under the
Branco. The desertions are full forty each day to date. of the Ist instant, that the seven regiments
'us. Silveira, wi h his Militia, in Tras. as Moines, of Portuguese tavaky commanded by Col. C, da
has .attacked the enemy in that quarter, and killed, Casta, attacked a party of horse of the said French
or take, 400, and driven the rest into Spain. The detachment, and pursued them to the environs of
Supplement Extraordinary to the Lisbon Gazette, Penmacor, killed 12 and took 18 prisoners. Reg-
of the i7,th August, contains aletter from Marshal- nier had sent a detachment across the Tagus, pro-
Beresford, stating the surrender of the Castle of bably with the intention to secure boats found in
Puebla de S4'llabrill, which was garrisoned by a that river, si hich detachrinent occupied a fortified

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post on point where the liver Mottle joins
Tagus. This post was attacked and carried by
Brigadier Don de Elespanha ; the enemye. loss on
that occasion consisted of t 50 [nen killed,. Wounded,
and prisonefs. ' •

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER "4, 1810.

The Letters and Papers by the Cadiz and
Gibraltar Mails 'were not tlelivered till a late hour
this morning. We insert from ,theM the following
extraas

MESSINA, JUNE 13.-4)n Saturday the 9th of
June: advice' was received by the telegraph, at Mes-.
sina, that 50 large boats were corning from Cape
Vaticano. A few divisions of the Biitish and Sici-
lian flotilla immediaiely,went to sea for the purpose
of attacking them,. and descrivd them early in the
Morning of the Loth 'close to Btagnara. • The sig-
nal for a chase was immediately given, and upon
nearing the coast it was tound that the enemy had
drawn up eight large,gun-boats in a line of battle to
cover the remaining ones, which were tur:hLr pro-
teaed by the troops, and batteries op shore.
But fouling could damp the "tirdour of our 'owq
boats, -they advanced without firing a shut and re_
ceiJed the enemy's fire with three cheers, until they
were within grape "shot when they opened 4upon
them, and in 20 minutes their eight gun boats went
to the botiont.

Another division of the enemy's flotilla which
was, yet at sea was taken it'consisted of three
gun-
boats carrying 18 `.posinders, one scorridor,, and ten
boats more, laden with field pieces and..v.-a dike stores,
the whole of which ate now at anchor here.

While this was taking pike in Bragnara, another.
&vision of boats was descried coming round Cape
Vaticano, but the billows ran so high, -and it bleW
so hard from the South, that our flotilla was obliged
to pht back for fear of being driven, on the enemy
- I
coast. •

We cannot sufficiently praise the, gallantry and
good conduct Of the crews of the two flotillas, both
Officers and men, upOn this occal.ion. • •
We last but one, scorridor, which was sunk by
the enemy, (the whole of the crew saved),
.and a
Sicilian gun boat which fell into their hands. We
have learned from the pri-oners, that the French
had 20 divisions of boats, each „59 strong, convoyed
by five pr six guni7boats.

EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.

" PALERMO, JUN F. 23.-4xclusive of that pert of
the.enemy's flotilla which was attacked and so sa-
tisfa&orily disposed of by the English and Sicilian
gun-boats, on, the 10th ipst. a second divisioniof
the same, consisting of 46 vessels, was attacked on
the 14th by- the English frigate: Success, and brig
Cepi'udus, near Cairaro, when .30. were captsted,
and the remainder destroyed,; and a 'third one also,
of 40 sail, was attacked on the 18th, off SquillaCe,
by the British . frigate Resistance, which took and
burned" 17, ;rnd.disi-,ergedthe ierriainder."

CADIZ EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE,

AUGUST 1 1.

The General in Chief of the army_of Catalonia
Don H. O'DoNNELL, has transmitted to the Mini-
ster at War the following report, (Ltd Tarragona,

July 22, 1810
" Most Excellent Sir,

" The enemy's army tri. Arragon, composed, _
cording to authentiC accounts, of 12,000 foot and
1000 horse; continue in its positions on both
banks of the" Ebro, within gun-shot of the
fortress of Tortosa. There is but a small force
of infantry' on the kit bank, and in the vici-
nity of the place ; the main. body occupying this
, bank *and the environs Of Tibisa, in order to cover
the transport of their artillery. and provisions, and
to oppose a diVision of their army- consisting of
4000 infantry and 200 cavalry, posted in'the town
of Falost, for the purpose of observing the enemy's
force in Tibisa, and intercepting its cornmuncition.

"On the l t tit 1,500 men of this division, com-
manded by Brigadier General Don, P. GARvILE NA-
VARRo, attacked the enemY'sgorps, superior in force,
which occupied the environs of
,Tebisa,-:completely
defeated and pursued. it to the Blanks of the Ebto,
where,the enemy had construEted a considerble en-
trenchtrient, which served him for shelter. His loss
. _
in - k died and' wounded was greater, than ours.

" On the 13th the enemy attacked the aforesaid
corps cf Brigadier-Gtneral NAVARRO with a very su-
perior force of infantry, - 3 pieces of. ordnance, and
300 horse. 'Our troops fought for four hours with