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• BUENOS 414 ES
EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE, -
FRIDAY, MAY 94, 1816,

IMPORTANT ACCOUNT'S FROM THE SQUADRON
OF COMMODORE BROWN.
" The approach of the 25th of this month nate:
rally led us to anticipate some agreeable intelligence.
It was a favourable omen ; for that day has already
been accompanied by events favourable. to the cause
of the country. The vanquisher& of the squadron of
Montevideo (the news of which reached this capital
about the 25th of May, 1814) have anew illustrated
their name in the Pacific Ocean, by enterprises not*
less important.
“ On the 28th February there was published at'
Lima a letter addressed to the Viceroy of that place*
by Don Juan Basco y Pasqua)). Governor of Guaya-
quil, dated the 10th of the same month. In this let.
ter the 'Governor states, that by letters from the
Judge of Puna, and the Commandant of the fort of
Punta de Piedras, received on the. Bth, at half-past
eleven at night, in which the former advised him of
his having observed seven sail of what appeared
enemy's vessels in the direction of the above place;
and the latter gave him advice of two, which were
the' oidy ones which had hitherto approached the
Punta : that the guard-boats of La Puna were ink
mediately dispatched with what appeared sufficient
ammonition, and a garrison to defend the Fort;
• but that, on the following day, the 9th, be had the
mortification to see the said auxiliary force return,
because the Fort had been already taken by the men
who landed from the vessels, and which vessels were
advancing with eztraordinary diligence towards the
city. That accordingly, by ten in the morning, one
• brig (the Trinidad) and a galliot had the temerity to
lay themselves abreast of a battery of four guns,
which had been hastily thrown up a mile and a half
in advance of the Fort of Punta de Piedras; that at
twelve on that day began a brisk fire, which lasted
on both sides till two in the afternoon, and that the
brig having run aground, in consequence of the sud-
den ebbing of the tide, it was compelled tostitrender.
On board of it was our distinguished Commodore,'
Brown, who, the Governor suits, from private in-
telligence which reached that Government three days
before, had made his appearance of Callan, and,.
with a view to this enterprise, had removed from his
frigate to the brig.
is During the action (these are his express words)
a terrible fire was kept up on the batteries, many of
the enema's balls reaching the extremity of the city,
to the buildings of which some damage was dose."
“ The letter states, that the squadron remained. at
anchor in the roads of La Puna, consisting of two
frigates or large corvettes of 24 guns each, two small
schooners, one of which was the vessel-that approach-
ed the fort with the brig, and found means to escape;
three captured vessels, viz. the Consequencia and
Gobernadora, of Cadiz, and the Candelaria, of Val.
petals*, together with two or three small vessels ,
more, which seemed to Lave been captured. The
letter concludes with begging the iceroy to send
him 50 quintals of gun-powder, of which be was
much in want, in consequence of the supplies which
were afforded to the army of Quito.
The following is a list of the armed vessels dis-
patched from Lima to beat those of Buenos Ayres
" The '(auk, of six Saar, Captain,Massehaca.
" The Palafoz, of lii pa% Captain Sonia.
" The Reyna de los Aside% of 20 guns. Captain Bandlul.
" The Minerva, of IS pot, Captain Claudio Vila.
" The Europa, of Mauna, Captain Lined°.
Their crews amounted to 1038 men, and they
mounted 128 pieces of artillery. Don Isidro Can.
seiro was Commodore.
ge From the Lima Gazette we learn the damage
which our squadron had done at Callao, Guayaquil,
and the intermediate ports. One of our corvettes
had entered the• former poet, and after fiting more
than 100 cannon shot, had sunk the Fuente Hermosa,
which was there at anchor; and another vessel had
nearly met a similar fate. This dash caused so much
enassion at Callao, that they began to unload the
ships Ithich were ready to depart for the Peninsula,
. with much money, and other valuable articles; and
so great was the precipitation, that many of the dol.
• lira were scattered on the wharfs.
ft The same Gazette states, that on our vessels
leaving Callao, they took the brig Consequencia, of
Cadiz, with more than 800,000 dollars, and after-
wards five other vessels ; all of which they armed
and manned with many insurgents, whom they got
from the neighbouring ports. 'rhe number of prizes
amounted to 50.
es After this glorious career, tech plXce the affair
at Guayaquil; but the people of that place were
soliciting to exchange Commodore Brown for a new
Governor, who was coming out to them, and, with
some other persons of rank, was a prisoner In our

squadron. -
" Persons of credit assert, that the Lima arms-1
meat has been destroyed by Brown's squadron, be.
. came. besides the circumstance of no action having
been beard of for to long a time, eirniglrboth mutt
have in all probability met, the Buenos Ayres ves-
sels bad returned upon the Coast of Chili.
“ At the.departure of the express by which these
accouatiwere received, two large vessels of Brown's
squadron were blockading and threatening Valpa-
raiso, and two also Coquimbo: In consequence of
• *es:events, all Chili was in contusion and alarm."
The latest letters from Madrid, reaching down to
the Sd of August, state that the Counsellor of State,
i•aanszaw., who was lately Universal Minister of
the Indies, and who bad a great share in recent
Iniquities, has been banished from Court. General
Awls*, charged with organizing the expeditions
against America, has also been disgraced.

•An iaganioas writer observes; as to Duelling, that
none light with true spirit who an overloaded with
cash and be gives this instance :Re-A man, who
bad been fortunate at cards, was applied to, to act as
a second in a duel, at a 0.654 vibes the seconds en.
gazed as heartily as the principals. 8' I am not,"
Aid he, " die man for your purpose just at present,
but go aad, apply to hint from whom I won a thou-
sand guineas • last night, and I warrant you ha will
fight Like aay devil I " In corroboration of tbii
Writer's sentiment, it has been remarked by some
General Officers, that there have been most duels in'
their regiments, whea the Officers' pay was in snub

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STATlll.oo4o4ills
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In our Palliated° of Fridayi the 16th, MB;
muoicated extrsetstrout two Whirs from Cadet and
Madrid,, statist; that the Padiots confined at Ceuta
had best suddenly put on board a übcc, destined, it
was supposed, to convey them to the desolatolsland
of Cabrera, near Majorca. This intelligence is con-
firmed is mbetaace by a paragraph which we this
day give from the French Papers, under the head
of Madrid, and which mentions, in general terms,
that 4, the Under tonfmed at Ceuta had received
another destilation, which war still nakertain."—
The following is another Letter on the State of the
Peninsula :
RONDA, JULY 30.
The machine must absolutely soon stand still :
according to all appearances things cannot 1:41 0# a,
therare. The- troops, naked and hungry, begin *ow
to take an Retire part in the business, and raise their
voice against 'the governing party. Officers and
soldiers are constantly murmuring. thar.tbe King
thinks of nothing but of fattening the Monks and
.Canons like hogs, while the military am suffered to
perish. Their clamours have reached-eves Ferdinand,
and have occasioned sumach alarm, as to extort from
him the following Royal Order, which has bees Cir-
culated among the corps of the army
K The Secretary of State and Dispatches, and of Maria*, Ins
aemmiated the King our Lard, that the department of 14434
it Ligament of the .Navy, Don Joie lAbradoress hell Peddled
of hunger and confirmed want, sad also that the Captain Of*
frigate, Dos Puke herein, dud another Oilker, have had gbe
same fate • Moreover, that a ship Captain of the due, two of
frigates ;Commissary, and many others of different ranks, were
at the ;obit of death ; on which account he has set forth to the
King, We vrifila of this unfortunate situation of the wad
deserving. loyal, and worthy Whit:teals et the marine senile,
was the inequality with which the small or large sums at.ihe
disposal of the Royal Treastny have been partitiooed by the
eistriboton of the said funds. And his Majesty's mind kw*
been, to the highest degree, affected by the statements and reflec-
tions of his said Secretary, he has been pleased to direct that hie
Royal Orders be rigorously observed,.. relative is the aridly of
the pay of persons in the marine service with that of all other
public dicers, in such manner that if to this mwitedous deli
there can only be given ntotthly a half, a third, or a fourth of
their pay, no other public °Seer shall absolutely receive mow,
whether be belong to the Royal Exchequer, the Military service,
the Civil's, Ecclesiastical. And this l communicate by Royal
Order." Signed by the Sweeny of the Treasury.

This, which it was thought would calm the troops,,
has only exasperated them the more; for it has only
served to declare to them their rights, without secur-
ing their being properly paid. Accordingly, the
garrison of Malaga broke out into mutiny, and
attacked the Bishop's palate, throwing stones at, and
breaking the windows, Sm. Against the Bishop
(Father Carted°, a famous comrade of Ostolaza is
the Cones) they uttered dreadful threats; and shd
affair would have had leffolll6 consequences had not
some conciliatory persons interposed, and the Bishop
brought forth a bag of dollars to pacify the mutineers.

DUTCH MAIL.

BRUSSELS. AUGUST IT.

We expect that Field Marshal the Prince of
Waterloo wit pass a part of the winter in this dlr.
The fonikations on the southern frontiers we proms'
cured with vigour t these between Maestricht and
Namur will not be undertaken befog seaway.
The French Government is not only increasing 61
National Army, but also the Swiss regiments in the
French sers►ice are augmenting to their tull comple-
ment, as well as the several foreign regiments under
the Prince of Hohenlohe. The strength of these corps
is not fixed, but it seems that it is intended to make
them as strong as possible. The body of this corps
is formed Out of the skeletons of the four German
regiments which formerly served under Bonrparte.
For some time past there has been some desertions
from several corps of our Army, and it appears that
many deserters have taken refuge on the French tvr-
ritory. A few days ago a man was taken at Ath who
wanted to seduce some soldiers.
HAGUE, AUGUST re.

After the Second Chamber had deliberated today
till two o'clock, with closed doors, a message from
his Majesty was read in the public sitting, accompa-1
stied by a new Project of Law respecting the plan to
be introduced for the indirect contributions, in which
his Majesty announces that he has maturely consi-
dered all the objections of their High Mightinesses ;
and has, for the most part, endeavoured to meet them.
As for the objections made by some of the Provi-
sional Assemblies, his Majesty says that this must
have happened from a misconception of the (soda-
mental law, because the branch of taxes belongs ex-
clusively to the King and the States-Clenefal, and is
entirely out of the resort et the Provisional SUNS.
The President hoped, that in a fortnight he should
be able to bring ups general mid final Report, it'
being settled that the deliberations should commence
the day after the Report was brought up. The Pro-
ject of Law respecting the p ngs when MI Ad-
dress of congratulation is to be presented to the Sing,
was approved by a majority of 70 votes to 13. '

HAGUE, AUGUST se.
-A report having been circulated, by several News:,
papers, that a great many foreign Officers Obis had'
latcly emigrated to the United States of North
America, -tad been placed in the military service of
that country, we have received trim an authentic
source a request seriously to contradict this error,
and to add, for the hem* sof all such as may bo in•-
terested in it, that not one of the above-mentioned
foreign officers has obtained any ;Lind of situation in
the American service,. and all vacancies that may
happen will be filled by natives of she cowry, and
' probably by officers lately discharged.
STOCKHOLM, AUGUST I.'
His Royal Highness the ClVin Pine left this.
city on the 3d, to proceed to the southern provinces
of the kingdom. Since the V& of las month we
have bad almost daily rain.
ittiantatnt., AUG*T to.
The Crown Prince of Sweden and Prism Omar
have left Anmboa to visit Calumny &c. •

HANOVER, AUGUST IS.
The day before yesterday the . Prussiaul. Alllbassa;
dor, Baron Grote, arrived hem On the 9th wa.had
a dreadful storm in this neighbotubood. Tire light-
ning ark a solitary house la the countrt in weal
places the roof took fire t a ion of the family was
struck, and remained lune • for some lime;
dangly* lost for a time light, speech: eat britiqk
;The *Wes fell in many ether plane.

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• LONDON.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1816.
ST. naaTIOLONIEW.....adieIy ate Bank Ezabeiser, 11114
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Private Bargalaao—Cous. for ace. iraf co—Rowed toll.

Nothing can be more natural, under the present
distressed circumstances in which the country finds

itself, than that every person, except the receivers,
should cry out for economy and retrenchment ; nor
could any conduct be more prudent or salutary on
the part of Ministers than to meet the wishes—nay,
*the necessities of the Empire, by the suppression of
every useless, not to say injorions kind of expeoditore.
Our Readers will recollect that, towards the close of
last Session of Parliament, a Treasury Committee was
appointed to examine whether any or what retrench-
ments could be effected ? We are sow told that
Ministers hive not since been idle, but have been,'
is 'without noise, clamour, or boasting," adopting a
regular system of retrenchment, of which the follow-
ing is given as evidence:

Thy have already, since th. adjournment et Masson, out-
do cod the army ten thousand men.

The Ordnance expenditure larednoml from four anoint° one-
The Commissariat Department is estreenely reduced.
is the Barrack Department two of tie emendesieners have
been Mead, and the abet part et the Istabiblunent hat been
also reduced.

The Transport Department is entirety abolished.
The Cannella. :ha Establishment has ban reduced.
About eau-third of the inspectors-Gummi, Inspectors, Ind
Serveyers et Taxes, are to be iodated.

Ile Wootintris
tbm. •

are tab, Mood from five to

The Medical Board Is to hir reduced to ties Masher.
The Land:lie Registry Oise Is to be reduced.
And Investigations for the purpose of other reductions see stir
la% on.

But are these Retrenchments ?" What Ministry
inios time of Pears could continue all the Offices and
Appointments of a dais of Warfare When any per-
ms employs an arthitect, masons, and labouren, to
paU down or to build a house for him, he pays them
their wages, and, when the work is finished, be sends
them about their business. Were these people to tell
him that, having once needed them and employed
them, he must continue to pay these, though he can-
not give them employment ; and were he to submit
to the imposition, it would furnish a good ground for
the Heir at Law to pray that a Statute of Lunacy
might be issued against him. The greater part of
the foregoing items are precisely of the same descrip,
don. The Offices naturally dropped of themselves.
To say they bare ceased, is only to tell us, in other
-words, that war has ceased—that we are now.in a
state of peace.

Had such a list of savings originated in an Op-
position print we should have considered it as a hoax,
but to see it gravely brought forward as a matter of
praise really surprises us.
We shall only add, zeal manifested in this way is,
to say the least of it, very injudicious. These cannot
be the objects to which the Committee alluded to
have turned their attention ; and the public may look
with confidence to more important labours from that
body. The cry of the public aims at the reduction,
not of expenses which naturally cease of themselves
with a change of circumstances—the public are not
so stupid—but at the reduction of sinecures and ex-
cessive salaries, which existed before the war, were
created during the war, and some of which are at
tempted to be grafted even with the peace: Ministers
know this. To these have they directed their atten-
tion ? If they have not, it is time they should ; for
the Nation is impatient of taxation for such unreasonable
expenditure, at a period too when the neceuary ex-
penses of the Government press with such unexampled
severity upon all the industrious classes of the com-
munity.

We have received the Paris Papers of Wednesday.
They inform us that another mock trial has taken
place at Paris. The two brothers LALLEUAND, who
plotted the seizure of the magazines at Laon for Bo-
MAPARTL in March, 1815, have been condemned to
death. They are safe in America. We are almost
leaked to think that these trials are not held for the
ends of justice, but to swell the fees of her Ministers :

PMUS, AUGUST 21:

The latest intelligence from Contantinople is dated
July 10, and states, that three of the six Corsairs
which escaped from Tunis at the time of the late in-
surrection, and which spread alarm throughout the
Archipelago and Mediterranean, have been taken.
Two' ere taken near St. Jean d'Acre, and the third
in the port of Modan, in the Morea. •The crew of
*the first two, consisting of about 400 men, saved
themselves in the interior of the country around Da.
mascus, either with a view to offer their services to
the Pasha, or to join a troop of brigands who infest
those coubthei. A fourth pirate vessel is watching
the trade of,Smyrna and Mitylene. The French fri-
gate which took the Ambassador to Constantinople
was waiting for orders to cruise against the pirates;
but by the last intelligence ftom Smyrna, it appears
the Pirates are friendly to French commerce.
At the distribution of the prises of the Acute:4,
on Monday, the beautiftil English Anthem of " GOD
save the Ur was struck up by the orchestra; but
before the first verse was finished, some young I?reneh-
,4lNa interrupted itt by shouting-. 4.! A French tuts a ,