Star.
London, England, 1808-10-21 00:00:00

SPAIN•

• MADRID, OCTOBER 1.
ANSWZR SAID TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL
OF CASTILE TO THE PROCLAMATION OF THEiEMPEREIR
01 THI FRISCH, FROM BAYONNE, MAY 25, 1808.
ale Council of Castile, in the nameoithe Spa-
nish nation, tenders to his Imperial and Royal Ma-
jesty, Napoleon, its most respectful acknowledgments
for-the disposition he has shewn to make the Spanish
people-happy, availing himself for this purpose of the
sovereignty over the country he has derived by the
cession of King Charles IV. and .of the rest of the
Royal Family under the treaties of the sth and lOth
of May, 1808. . ,
gg The Council, whose determieations nanst be re;
gulated by the established laws of the Monarchy, re-
specting, as it ought, the annunciation of the will of
your Imperial and Royal Majesty, deems it its duty
to inform you, that to fulfil its own obligations, it is
necessary that the whole of those treaties should he
imparted to it, to ascertain if the renunciation of the
crown there stated, be a valid or a nugatory act.
66 The Council is firmly persuaded of the truth of
the general principle, that..nobody can resign what is
not his own ; that the government is a magistracy-
sanctioned by the law of the kingdom ; and that the
reigning authority can only surrender that• portion
which is in his personal and actual possession, and
not what appertains to his successors.
04 The Council would likewise remark, that the
renunciations stated are in-valid, because they were
not made within the boundary of Spain, and because
they were exacted by constraint and violence.
If your Imperial and Royal Majesty sincerely
desires, as you profess, to learn the wishes of the Spa.
nish nation, it hopes that you would be pleased to see
at liberty the Prince of Asturas, who has been pro-
claimed throughout the realm the legitimate successor
to the Crown ; and if, in this state of perfect treedorte,
and within the limits of his territories, he should sign
such a renunciation, the Spanish nation will consider
all difficulties and legal obstacles removed, and will
feel itself authorized to acknowledge that Monarch as
its Supreme Ruler, which the benevolence and affec-
tion of your Imperial and Royal Majesty should no-
minate for it.
ts The Council signifies its profound respect for the
Grand Duke of Berg, and begs of him to receive this
humble representation, and to procure its delivery into'
the hands of his Imperial and Royal Majesty, that
when he shall please to take it into his lofty content-'
plation, the nation may receive from him that solace,
which it expects from his acknowledged generosity.
" Molricl, May 30, 1808.
[Signed by ail the Members of the Council, the
Fiscals being in attendance.]
The Supreme Government at Aranjuez have or-
dered Lieutenant-General Urbina, Governor of Se-
govia, to bring before them, from the State Prison
in the Tower of that place, his prisoner Valdes, Coun-
sellor of State, and Deputy of the Province of Leon.
They have, at the same time ordered General Cuesta
to leave his army, and come to give an account of his
motives for arresting General Valdes. They have
further declared Valdes the legal Representative for
Leon, and have rejected the man chosen by Cuesta.
In consequence of Cuesta's violent conduct to one of
the Representatives of the Nation, Mr. Stuart has re-
fused to give him any part of the money sent to As-
turias and-Leon, by the British Government. This
proceeding of Mr. Stuart has given great satisfaction
to the Spanish Government. Cuesta, however,
marched a detachment of his army to Robles, a small
town near to Leon, and seized 250,000 dollars be-
longing to the British Government.
General Castanos is appointed Commander in Chief
of the Armies of Andalusia, Castile, Valencia, and
Estramadura. These trdops compose the central
array • the effective numbers of which are as follow :
ArLiatesia 25,000 troop of the line.
Valentia 16,000
Castile 12,000 mostly Peasantry.
Estramadura - . 12,000

Total 65,000
Of the army of Andalusia one division is still at
Madrid, and one at Ocana. Orders were sent this
day to the army of Estramadura to begin its march
to Burjo del Osma. •
The Marquis de la Romina is appointed to the.
command of the Northern Army, at present under
General Blake. The present strength of this army,.)
exclusive of the Marquis de la Romana's corps, is
30,000 men, of which more than one half ai*.trOops
of the line. When the army of the Mafquis shall
have arrived, there will be 40,000, two-thirds of the
line, to which may be added 10,000 Asturiattat
The army of Arragon will continue, to tie Coal-
minded by General Palafox : but as he has 'been
dered to detach 10,000 men to Catalonia, including
the division of the army of Valencia then at Saragossa.
his remaining force would be but 15,000 men, a consi-
derable portion of which would be peasantry.
General Vives is to command the army at Cam-
lonia, which will be reinforced immediately by-10,000
men from Grenada, under General Reding. • A Mi-
litary Junta, composed of seven Generals," his been
established by order of the Government. Omer*
Castanos is the President, but this will not prevent his
taking the field forthwith. - • •
General Blake's army at preset*: be pies
His appearance in this quarter appears to have ;lat-,
riled the French as to the piacticabHity of a -safe re-
treat. They must either beat General Blake, or
throw back their right as far as St. Sebastian, resting
their left on Pampeluna ; but still their position
would be bad, fdr it would be easy to come on their
rear through Sanguera, while the, main body may at-
tack their left at Pampeluna, and Blake could me-
nace their extended front in positions chosen at his
pleatute. But thii plan- requires a Commander in
Chitf: and the junta, probably from a respect to the
or the Generals of the different armies, has
ferred a Council.
In Navarre, Gotland Palafox has pushed on a' di-.
ion to Sasiguers. In Catalonia, Lamas occupies
,xji and. Taragona. Pena has two divisions of the
Idalusian army •at Loria ; but Ms light troops,
rich are most excellent, have advanced as far as
)grono, and driven the French out-posts across the
,ro. Cuesta is on the left of Pena. The French
Ave abandoned Milagro, Peratta, and the other small
posts they occupied on the left bank of the Ebro.—
r lrey have directed their march towards Vittoria,
•„b,bly with the intention of bringing Blake to an

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actions but the **nifty:fey:Mrs hint asich, being en-
u'emely mountainous. •
, The present strength-of the French army is, *cow.
ding to the lowest computation, 40,000*Men, but •
supposed to be-46,000. The 20,000
rande
Rochefort from Portugal, may reach
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frontier of Biscay in 15 days. Other reinforcements
ire expected by the enemy. But, With the aid of 20
or 30,000 British troops, no doubt could remain of the
successful issue of the war. It is a gross error, that
the Spaniards have expressed or felt any reluctance
:to receive this aid. On the contrary, they are most
anxious for its arrival, and every individual, military
as well as civil ; the Generals .and the army, from
Castanos downward ; the Government and the peo-
ple, have expressed the greatest eagerness for its ar-
rivals and the most heartfelt gratitude for the offer of
so important and seasonable assistance. It is parti-
cularly to be desired, that a part of the intended suc-
cours should be landed/in Catalonia, about the bay
of Roses, as it is thought the French will enter that
province in coesiderable•fince from Italy.

AMERICA.

• BOSTON, SEPTEMBER E.
THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWER TO THE BOSTON PETITION.
The following Answer to the Petition of the Inha-
bitants of this town, from the President of the United
States, was received on Tuesday by the Select Men, and
is now presented to the public by their order.
(Signed) Wm. COOPER, Town Clerk.
el Sift, August 26, IEOE.
I beg leave to communicate, through you, the inclosed An-
swer to the Representation which came to me under cover from
you, an 4 to add the assurances of my respect.
(Signed) " Tu. is." it
w Charles Bullfinch, Esq: for the Select Men of Boston." •

TO THE INIIABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN

LEGAL TOWN MEETING ASSEMBLED.
" Your representation and request were received on
the 22d instant, and have been considered with the
attention due to every expression of the sentiments and
feelings of so respectable a body of ml Fellow Citizens.
" No person has seen with more concern than my-
self the inconveniences brought on our country in ge-

nervl-by the circuinstances of the times in which we
happen to live ; times to whith the history of nations
presents no patine!. For years we have been look-
ing as:spectators ,9p ouo)Vethrtn of Europe, afflicted
with all those evils-whicl necessarily follow an aban-
donment bf the metal rules which bind men and Oa-

tions together. Connected With them in friendship
and commerce, we have happily so far kept aloof
from their caLimitons Conflicts, by a steady obser-

vane of justice towards all, by much forbearance,
and multiplied sacrifices. At length, however, all
regard to the rights of others having been thrown
aside, the belligerent pOwers have beset the highway
of commercial intercourse with edicts, which, taken
together, expose our commerce and mariners, under
almost every destination, a prey to their fleets and
armies. Each party, indeed, would admit our com-
merce with them selves, with the view of associating

us in their war against the other. But we have
wished war with neither. Under these circumstances
were passed the laws of which you complain, by those
delegated to exercise the power of legislation for
you, with every sympathy of a common interest in
•
exercising them faithfully. I
se In reviewing these measures, therefore, we
should advert to the difficulties out of which a choice
was of necessity to be made. To have submitted
our rightful commerce to • prohibitions and tributary
exactions from others, would have been to surrender
our indepeeence. To resist them by arms was war, 1
without consulting the state of things, or the choice
of the nation. The alternati+e preferred by the Le-1
itslature, of suspending a commerce placed under
such unexampled difficolties, besides saving to our
citizetis their property, and our mariners to their
country, has the peculiar advantage of giving time'
to the belligerent nations to revise a condact as con-1
purrs) their interests as it is to our rights.
In the event of such peace, or suspension of hos-
tilities, toetween the belligerent Powers of Europe,
Pt of such:a:doge ip tbeir measures affecting nentra
stunimitrop as may reader that of the United States
sidficiently safe, in thejudgment of the President, .he
is.authori%ed so suspena die embargo. Bet no peace
or suspension 'of hoitilitles—no change affecting neu-
tral commerce, is.,knoik to Inive talien,place. The
Orders of England, and the Decrees of France and
Spain, existing at the date of those laws, are still
uisepealed, as far as we know. In Spain, indeed,
a contest for the Government appears to have arisen;
14:451 its ciirrseTer prOspeCti we have no information
as 'Aid) prudence mrpnicl undertake a hasty. change
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oilier-policy, even vrore the authority of the Execu-
tive 'competent to suila decision.
66 You desire, that in this defect of power, Con-
gress may be specially convened. • It is‘watiecessary.
to examine the evidence, or the character of thefacts
which are supposed to dictate such..a call; because
you will be sensible, on an attention to dates, that
the legal period of their meeting is as early as, in this
extensive country, they could be fully convened by
special call. t

K I should with great willingness have executed.
the wishes of the Inhabitants of the town of Boni
had peace, or a repeal of the obnoxious Edic*or
other changes, produced the case in which alone' ft*
laws have given me that authority ; and so SHHHY•:
motives of justice and interest lead to such changeek
that we ought continually to expect them.
these Edicts remain, the Legislature alone, can prei,
scribe the course to be pursued. (Signed)
.Auguit 26, 1800 • 44 THOMAS JE.FFERsON,"

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