The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-11 00:00:00

To rag 4DITOR or TIMSTATESMAN.

the Proprietors and Managers of Co.
vein Garden Theatre ;re daily publishing, through
the medium of the Prints in their pay, accounts
of the cruelly with which they are treated by the
Public—l beg to trouble you with a stateinrot of
tic cruelty with which one of the Public has been
treated by their agents.
Oil Friday the 29th of geptl j went to Covent
Garden Theatre, accompanied toy it friend.
In the course of the evening dose weas weeurei
placards exhibited. I had one iu psy pocket, of
which the ((doming is a copy
No 11. t sin Deprivity.
Nu !'reach l)uplk*ty.
Nu l'iNate Buses.
Native Tideots—And
The 02 Pricer.

There were several disturbances in the coarse of
the evening, but I was not at any time near any
Box 1.4 :thick any disturbance or dispute occur..
red. About h.ilf-past ten o'clock, my &Minion
was attracted by a bustle in the lobby,' which, on
enquiry, I found proceeded from the confusioa
occasional by a lady having fainted. There was
nut•the smallest appearance of eves a dispute.
was then quietly leaving the House, and hail de-
scended several steps of the staircase. leading to
Bow-street door, when I was suddenly seized
irons behind by birsstwick, the Bow-stieet officer,
and before I could demand the cause, by two
others. By their united efforts, I was dragged
back, and in an instant hurried through a dour at
the top of the staircase, into a large room, in
which, although the only light was that era candl,
at a considerable distance, I observed several ar-
ticles of scenery. My arms were secured by an
Officer on each side, while the third held me Le.
hind by the collar. Lu this Silliaktinn 1 wac stand-
leg, when four or five workmen, epparently car-
penters and bricklayers, [(Jim rieir dress—having
aprons on—rushed into the room, arid
seised me iu minions direetioni; Asitiknigh I was at
that time in triu situation *trimly des,•sibed.
—Ciao of them, till ustilig hi, haini be.
tweets my neckcloth and my neck, shook
Ili* with all his force for several moments. My.
Ilmetersiele neolaelosksoon prem.*, under this dig.
Spline, and two under ones, which I had tAleittre
'flapped in the middle behind, thruugh every fold,
its If they had beim cat asunder. I was hauled.
about is every direction, and at length fell, when
the same man who bad seized use by eiy neek.
cloths, laid hold of the back part of my shirt colts.
Car, and hauled me up—l OAS almost strangled;
but at length the shirt collar split behind, soil
thus released me from that danger. While I nu
on the ground, one of my fingers was trod-
-1 den upon, and the nail being Split to the rout,
'it bled copiously. In this situation, and without
making the slightest resistance, I was dragged
across the room tia.the office of the Box-keeper.
In the way I received two violent blows en the
right shoulder, from a heavy suck, which, for
some days, deprived me, in a great measure, of the
use of erm—and just before I was dragged bibs
the office, a blow beneath* the ribs deprived
1 me of breath —I was for some moments
speechless. T*lnoinevit we entered the office,
the :workmen went behind met so that I could not
Isee their faces. Oni of the officers then seising
the side of my coat, tore it open—every buttuu
instantly gave way, as also did the greater part of
those in my waistcoat. Every pocket was rifled,
nor did my purse and pocket...book escape—uiese,
however, with some least pilloral were ClAMilled
In agile In a lam?.


At this moment entered Mr. Brandon, to whom
remonstrated en the savage barbarity with
which I had been treated ; and, in particular, I
mentioned the blow I had received in the side t
ou this, one of the carpenters said, In a jeering
manner, " Lord, Sir, you had better feel (f yaa
4 have not last a rib," which was followed by a
Gorse I.ugli from the other workineo. This pro.
yoked me to exclaim, with great heat, against
their conduct, and produced an exclamation
" -* his eyes, if he is not civil, I'll knock him
" down, by ti--d!" At that moment, I was held
fast by three persons, as I have already stated ; my
clothes wore torn to rags ; I was bare to the
shoulder!, and toy finger bled very fast. To caret%
monstrance: and expostulations, Mr. Braadou slid
not deign to pay the slightest Manion; but, esa.
mining the placard which had been taken oat obey
pocket, addressed me with " Sel.S7r, Uwe are year
sentiments are they P" to which I replied, 4‘ they
are." c` Krell," pays lie, '6/ masa see the Mayo.
trate." In less than two minutes I was ordered
to the watch-house. An officer au each
ing my arms ; smother toy coat collar behind, ac.
coaspanied by sevcraj of the 'workmen—and a
party of Ike Guards, with/wed bayonets, accur-
dingly coodected me to the watch house, at which
we arrived, as the clock struck eleven. Here a
difficulty of no trilling importance occurred--ant
one of the party wyuld give charge of me. " I only
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11 took him," said Lembrick,. J' you must some of
you give charge." At last, after muck hesitation, a
man of the nsuie of " Juhu Denny," a cupen.
ter, vaid he had seen mb spring a rattle. t' Thai
you must give charge," said Linibriek. Ths
,charge vv..; accordingly so given, with the
tion of " being other wise riotous in the Thea-
tre." I passed the night at the watch-house is
'the company of two fellqw-suderers. Is the
morning I was taken before Mr. NAileas
whore Denny repealed his charge, and, to my
astonishment, one of the persons who refascd
to give charge at the Watch-house, new came
forward with a stronger deposition than even
that of Denny. (In this evidence I was ordered
to find bail. A Bill of Indictment was preferred
against me, and, I suppose, was emlearoural to
be supported by thr same sort of testimony, but
the Jury instantly threw it out.
I have thus stated toe circumstances of my case
...faithfully,and without exaggeration. Iliad here
guilty of on riot, no disturbance, and had net
even been invu'ived in a dispute with any one.
was quietly leaving the Theatre, and within a mi.
nute shoteltl have been in the street, when I was
seized. Now, Sir, with all these circumstemcm
before the public, ou *lsom will the people of
England fix the charge of cruelty P—lt is
not, I apprehend, difficult to conjecture
where that imputation will tall, Tht. Proprieters
and Managers—by their agents, Mr.t3t.iiid.n, the
Bow-street Crlcers, the Contaables, the Bruisers,
the Jews, the Carpenters, liiicklayere, Smithy,
and Labourers belonging to the Theatre, to Mr.
Copeland, and to the untiimigers, or Iron.
founders in Queee.street, wit supplied the House
with iron.e ut k—s/th the other reffiaits of every
description (empin*eil mid fur the mime;
ftwe)—hove comsnistfd more outrages, said in.
ewe Cr amity on thy persons of the
teats of this metropolis, than the Proprietors and
Managers mitt nuke atonement fur, by humiliating
themselves befor.: the insulted public, and devoting
the reusaietler of their lives to their respectful
service. jam Sir, it c.
1 1. C, GQUDAY.
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lATtf.I..LIGENCE.

p‘vrowns, Nov. 9.-rArrtred the Quebec frigate from
11,1sbon, wita dispatches. crime pter..e.leers le ber--Geoeral
fltuart. Sit Robert Wiboo, and sevemi tsilitary token. vllO
*reset off to town, It is reported that an sedan has taken
place lately in Spaiu, between a Spanish division of 16,0 JS
men, awl a French force of 10,00,1, wherein the latter was tip
feared; but when aad a here I have not been able to !ern.
—The Brisk snoop from a croize.—Beteral temaspotts free,
thrum. wltb sick nad wounded men.
Sailed the Gleaner ketch ,a the Itemising.

FA A.AFOUIti, Nto . S.—Arrived the Norton picket, Bllgbt.
will' mails trom Cadir, 10 days passage, no ems ; Sosaarribt
Thomas Jane, Lnney t owl Brotbers, !Jewett; Wll,
terrardi and Susannah, Boadell, frogs rxford.

Yesterday arrived the Cevate:b of Chic ever packer, Rol
Ants, with omit, &nen Jamaica, eight vic,:kb pa•tage; lost the
Male and six tree of the yellow fryer. Ide (:land *as very
sickly ; the rickuebs be. brought then by the 1. mach troop,
captured at St. Doinicco. The 4 (vaunt. by the packet an-
furtpateh the WM of hi. alitcrty's antes lark sad
oyinbinica iu the %Vert lodtes in a herriesne, slime time iiace ;
Alert, Cooke, from Ormo, with wine far tidy place, &c.
Yesterday 'ailed M ilesfylo bitg Shait.ta. Id gent, to
join the ost:war_t-troJad Illionitecranen.i ciboria) ;
ii. Ua-
j*sty's hired ship lilt siber, wits coavii) fir thc. Olin z•, and
Mama Plid ibeib Packet, with Mails fur Listioa o Oporto
Page. aad Poems, Davidson, for euernse3.
-"The vitt Werambtlef *par& IthetreNyir, Awe Loofa*.

with a %satiable cares fur Satin*. Mil captured otf
tai the fth instant, by u Erenehp.irateer. of one gee and 60
Elea. The F'reucl. prise-ui..ver boost Liver If asaawot the
Recite of Still) Island on Sunday otoruity„ oat promiood
Captain 1.. that if be would con-low tie ship fewei Wm pe-
rilous rituatiotr, ho aoattid h .ye his liberty. 6aptaisi L did

res, wad the gue him up the chip's bust.% wbial
himself, Ms wife, und anather perrou teethed iluisues Bay.

Yanalux'', Zcov. IJ.—Arrised kit Majesty's shtpi
Vang,uard awl Plantar,enet, from the Baltic.

SaiLd the V 1104 rd, fur Cot lure.
The Aun, Jena Robert•, Matter, is arrived frost Waletter's

The Plantagenet man of ant, which arrived at Yarmouth
Sheilah imuma, sailed from Catlscrona the 6th alt. with id,
trade ass..a.bled at tlint purL Toe Mermen jobsed off tar
harbour • ith the trade fur Stuckhoba, and Wm joined at the
meth entrance of the Great Belt, ea the lith, y a cadre,
of bl wit, wader cativo, of the Tartar,—altogether 3.56 mil
They got out sae Set, league, wood the Scaw, when a gale
of wind, at Wcst-nur.li-wist, sad a very thick fog dispetved
them into the differed Swedish ports between Gatteuhuigit
nod ()must. Oi. the 314, lid sal get into Gotteubwrgh .itch
the Plautagenet, add sait.d ad the Id last. Forty-owe mil
were collected between ;lad port and the Naze. About 00
or it) sail. bound to flail and Leith, parted nn the 30.
k illy soil ut lire likes erre wen tinder roitymy of the Mercu-
rius. Ab.mt Kt sail parted from the Plantagenet, od Yar-
mouth ; some arrived wins the Chauttele r.
Tim Vaugsard arrived ..t Yarmouth the 81b; parted with
several of thetleet of that port, and the Cabers; arrived at
Yarmouth the6th, with pall of the deet.
The Tartar mid the Lyn: were left by the Plastarest eg
• tbh Dogger Btu*, jo Look tmt for aWaggicts.

SPILNISIIA.VD PORTUGUESE PAPERS.

Saatta.a, .QCT. 11.--The Fvench having at..
tempteif to cross the Cinea, a large division was
amirly surronntiol,'oblig d 'tts Fe!.unite with the
test, and to repass the river With igoonsiity, by the
fs'of that dieriet, and particularly these of
slam and Estaifilla.
The eitemrs division, which on the "Igth att.
eihnoched fionaljahnnociin the direction (if Dtcoca,
consisting • of IWO infantry, teliscavalry, •Irith
tsar pieces of C3llllOll, and font animen)tien
g oils, and, as, usual, committed a thousand et.'
tbilitraa'attil strocatiet• of all kindi, wide ,fis.;
moment towards Saragossa add the low country,
of Annon;witts the viow,as appears, of rePlicitag
other tro.opa,.which have received orders to return
to Fratice....l34 agreeably to the manoeuvres of.
our enemies; It appears more probable that the
march of the Frrech corps in Arragon hos. been
occasioned by the isisnrrection of the Biscay.*
provinces, nod.. of (ho Rioja, which every oar
with more energy refusetb submit to the iron.acep.
tee'of. the tyrant.
In .Castile, the, enlistment of the young men of
the*cond levy has been almost completed, and
all 'the parts of our armament, which were dis-
persed, hard been re-united. The company of the
fo.nonni Don .boisa.:Xisretio woottisfie*telnirif-t XX,
h ort, an:l continues to' distinguish its valour..--
Its t3Se ienconcre was with 300 French, between
thne vilLitics 31arenainalo and Fontaine, in which
amitio' tiro enigny was. so r”ugialy handled, as to I
.treat tt ith the loss of 80 killed, and many
wounded.

ritoisolh the same channdl by whit h We Weft'
intnraird of I.u) sailing. or the Toulon fleet fur the
tylief tat Berridinsa, uto assured that there has
been an obstinate senor) on the Marseilles coast,
between it anit tins Fingtieli, commanded by Ad mi.
eel Cattintwond. On tioticsitit-; the loss has been
etinsiderable; :Miter the French is calculated at
sia And that of thP English .it fo•ir ; bit the
isiterlave taken the whole convoy. %VI, hope
fur the ,confirniatiun of this interesting news.--.
Maris ale Se-illat.

. We know by the dedsration of a French Ser-
jeant-Majur, whey en the 284 ult. cattle over to
us, and presented himself. 'to Cdtook.l D. Juan
Claros, tbat en the' preceding day General St.
Cyr oas severely woonJed, and conducted to the
easole 4,1 Flutarei. We are at the same time as.
surettiatit a considerable number of Pules 2 West.
phallanit Gentians, and Neapolitans, were re..
sulied to &liver themselves at discretion to Gen.
filskr.o-414id. _ _ .

5a111.1.1, OCT-15.*-• By -dispatches from feleii!.."
Colonel Don Jutef deObacnilltes to the Superior
Junta of tho Principality of Catalonia,' dated the.
28th ult. it appears that the • Enemy presented
tliem4ettei,its the. town, acid upon • the bridge, of
Matins de R^y, amounting to .ketwean 700 and
800 iefats try, '4O or 30 leorsemet4 • a hu.sitzer,
and an eitht.pounder, aassi with a pan of that
force attacked the position of Sierra Pelada,
from which :they went repelled, an& oblized
to. fotsoot. *pipit 'Cc diracted
a brisk Aro of artil!cr/ and they played
tattoo oar poaltions but the courage awl intrepi..,
dily of our eavaliy of 'it. Jago, supimited by
slime infantry and Sonsateues, put th.... 411 t,a a dig.
graceful Sight almost •as soou as they advanced,
and see troops marching rapidly, drove the one.
sny's forces beyond Saint Zelin witk such courage
and entitusissan, that many of their horses were
ki11.41 in their retreat. In another astion, the
Samatenea, under the command of the Captains
D. Francisco Alborns and D. Joseph Antnnio
Guinovar, in two divisions, and at the same time,
attacked the eneity, and charging them with the
bayonet, forced them. to retreat, and followed
them with a tontinoal fire Of musketry, until they
reached the said faint Felin. In these two at.
tacks the enemy hire met with considerable loss,
but ours was much inferior.
SivtLts, Ocr. 18.—We know for certain, that
on the 24th of lut July, his Majesty's ship San
Leaadre sailed from Yen Cruz for Spain, bring.`
ing Itur millions of hard dollars ; and the Cadiz
letters of the 12th instant say, that this vessel was
in sight.
There is reason to believe, that the army of
Senor Ballestero', and the division of the Prince
of Anglona, hare been wilted to the army of the
Dukedel Parise. This news, if conurmed, must
prove very interesting, since we could then, in
Castile" want upon an united force of 30,000 in.
fantry, and 3000 cavalry, all fit for action.
There has been ao equinoctial gale of such eta
knee is the Gulf of Mexico, that thirty venidis
have been lust.
OCT. 17.--Tho regiments of cavalry which
have gone from Valencia to increase the army at.
Catalonia, were at Reus on the 7th instant, and
the infantry proceeding with expedition.
By a Captain Salo arrived front Majorca on. the
6th ult. at Tarragona, this Goverument has re.
mired the agreeable intelligence of the English'
having brought- to that port the French convoy
destined for the relief of Barceloha....Diatio d.
Sevilla.

TARRAGONA) ,p CT. 2.--In order to augment
the number of the auxiliary troops of Gerona,
the Superior Junta of that principality have•ic.
sued the following decree :--All thee who are
in possession of muskets, or fire-arms of any
description, are desired,. within the space of 24
hours from the psthlication of this edict, to pre-
Lot them to the :proper officers, accoreing to
their respective places or residence., who wi!l trans-
mit them immediate), to MI head of the depart-'
meet, where, at flag inementof their receipt, tour
dolars will be gives for 'each musket that shill
be found in a state fit ftii.serviec. Whot•vet shaU
any w here conceal, or ttegltct fu deliver op
such lire-arms, iltal Incur a penalty of 50!.
(librai) ; and, if 'out alde te.-pay this sum, shall
he imprisoned fifteen Jays.' The Peputics of the
Superior Junta of the Principality shall visit the
elitkrcut departments, to see this panishmcnt car-
ried into strict execution; anti to chastise such pub-
licauthoritles usslisll not contribute n iter becoming •
seat to the carrying of Alai decree into ctiect.
ThooEls it is accessary that these arms he_kat into

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vernesint- eireestlk de ices that individuals of
'etery.aeseription will endeavuur. i Arm them.
:aelves with fowling.pieces, or such ,ruts as arc
nut considered military, as, in the unprecedented
and glorious war in which we arc engaged, all
ought 19 arm in the comptun defence, and every
citizen tobeeetne.a soldier of his,conntry.
GRammaitler. 6.--. The following intelligence
' is extracted frets a paper printed at Rubielos, by
ordet‘ortheSuperior Junta of Arraghn and pail'
7of Castile, undef date the 42d of September.
• I'hienikingof Sigueosa has been attended with
41te astiltt liftititOus cruelty, and continned-deribg
4‘hdiiti;ir)ile in the vicinity of that ittifortinate
die; self L.nnexampled atrocities h4to bees
eve.&erti rijiinittcd., A t Mandagona they butn t
4? and hinged a man in the public Ignore,
isfewollisillittagOil him for some time at the tail
• shinnishuti parties occupy variout points
saf the Ortiiinee, am! continually harass the enmity .
Vito .Mattinis of Atalaguelas is at Sacedon with
1100.01eti: Don Jon Martin, otherwise know,
b) theappellitiukofEmpecirado is with hirparty
at the gierra do Alto and Antonio Pilleti
Rey,
Hltas s !Mitt of 400 men it, A rragon. . .
"Thijidistitigukhed Commander, a Corder ilfdt
aea CionankArLOA9Ytvloh itroxtfithilitCiftget
li oratee-eel-n-4e referee at YladtWer:frairheativ.
the equittry, extorting grain,,•ltari and ether'
contributions, he met the detachment m. 11044 'Kt
Trajinas, and succeeded in taking" the
them pri,oners, with their arms and horinN witAT
out firing a siugle shot. t.
- Its Siguenza a letter has been intercepted rreu.
it French Officer, which speaks of the grwat_slaa'
f.mt experienced by their army in the beti‘lei qt
Talavera and Almonacid. Hiss regiment lost, lip
the two first engagements, 35 officers, and. in
that of Almonacid, more than the one half wit/
left in the field,
From Castilla Viejethey write that Joseph 80.
ntpartehas irrivedet*Geanja, sod Gen. Belliard
at' Segovia.,. with. 1000 alma. .
It Is lately reported that iparty of the eisehil's
cavalry,-'which ideaneed as. far as Bibs*, Yu
retired 'with • precApitatinn to GinulelaTitrs tient.
which itsefeel fur Madrid, Which efluiPte the
greeter-part of the French division hu followed,
leavidg there only *small detachment.
Brigadier Don I'e4ro.Villacempa writes the.fol.
lotiing on the Slot —" I have just received in.
formution by my scouts and advanced guard, that
the enemy bad formed ajunction this morning at
D.,raco, for the purpose, no doubt, of retiring."
CIuDAD it° Dillee, OCT. 20.—General Bel.
*lnterim aae expected:last night with his corps at
the head quarters of Gen. TeManies. . The battle
of -the day before yinterdaywas vury gallant, and
World have been-meek more ao, had it bixte sap.
posed that the nation would have- 'taken place
the.day. Hermit affirmed with .certainty,
.that Marshal Net will be obliged. to announce to
hi% liolietka! Master the real state of Simi)).

The Dike of Parcitto ratatteeted .iieinelf with
',torch itreveiy, and spread _dismay and death
throne) di,. rinks of the enemy.
Tntritt.t.o, Ocr. 44.---General Esti& has his
head-quarters at Santa Helena. They 'say that
this Alargais de ltornatto is Alua,cha.
litqCo39 OCT. Vl. We have this moment seen,
an authentic letter front Cititlod 11ntlrigo of the
llitth instant, -which brings us the fulletting agree-.
able intelligence
" Yesterday, at one o'clock, the Spanish army
was attacked by 10,000 infantry, 120 t) cavalry;
and nine pieces of artillery. Atunit lone in the
evening, honever, the enemy was compelted to
make a shameful retreat, with tie loss of more
than 1000 men in killed and woonded, a it.
pounder, a stand of colours, a nuinba of utuskep,
and several military chests-"

The French army was commanded •by Gitteral
:Marchand,, and the Spanish by the gallarti'Dielke
de Parque. The enemy was pursued as fir as
Sattehon, two leagues from Tamamnes. The
Spanish army remained during the night In their
original positions, while the French continued fit
retreat by the way of Salamauca, where it' halted.
• . JUBILEE.
Lisamr, 06.:17.—Welnesdny the 45Th inst.
was the anniversary of the elevation to the theme
of Great Britain of the immortal Geolige
He has grow held for 50 years the reins of that
government, equally respectable for his wisdnis,
his power, and his resources. He is the third mo.
uerch who, in that country, hes reached the 50th
year of his reign. Providence has, without
doeht, granted him so extended and long h reign,
to check and overcome the Chiefs of a Revolu-
tion, the most atrocious and most formidable re.
corded in the page •of history ; Chiefs who, by
their perfidy, audacity, and crimes, have sub..
vertcd the greater part 'of the geveraineuts, and
have threatebed to do dm sages to the °Um -is.
tinns of Europe.
With respect to thn' mat *prisleet, however,
they have deceived thenteetiosi thiriks to the te.
Wary angel of Great Britain) &auks to the his*,
mortal George tho Third, wholiy his powerful ar.
mios, his vast iesoureas, arid those extensive means
.he possesses, has caliediortb the gratitude and vei.
noration of the nations. the 'bat inetriured against_
the lawless and itsfaMoirs attompis of France. ••
.The plopitions„ the brilliant day, was celebrated
in this capital by a White (torn the castles and aN.
.the ships of wsr io the harbour, 'which _far (bat,
purpose were decked with' their variqus colours
and streamers. Their .Exitetlancies t.le,Gover.l
ners, and the Secrets. tit thi Government of
this kingdom, their •Excelleacies the. Marshals
.Wellesley and ilcresford, and other persons of
distinction, dined at the house of his Excellency
Mr. Villiers, Minister PicniputontiarY of. his Bri-
tannic Majesty, who has so endeailed himself to
the Portuguese by his irrobity, his talents, mid by ,
his peculiar attachment to ournatibit.
lei the evening they all repiirid to the 'fiteatre
of S. Carlos, where a splendid eitlegium e-as pro-
nounced on his Britauriti Siaji:sty, an,l4the bat-
tle of Viiniera,. represented in ballet. Yhey
wards repaired to the National Theatre, where,
among other things, was recited, with the great:
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of " Cud Save the King," d translate istttlior-
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tugnese.
Portegal,l and all Europe, offer ep their vows
that this anniversary may return for many years
to come, for our satisfaction cud happiness.
On the same day, at fifty-six minetes after nine
in the evening, a stiaterraneous noise was heard,
Which was followed by two successive shocks of
an earthquake, which lasted two sr three seconds,
and appeared to proceed in the direction from
Wat to East.

DECLARATION OF MAR BY SPAIN AOHNST DEN.

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ROYAL DECREE.' • •
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Don lerdinead VI I, by the GAN. Of 'GO
Kiiig of Spain, &c. &c. and, in Sea
preinitentrel,Governing J mak offipaits
to my Coirnsellors of War, Vicetojti6 dast
Calitains Galorel of my Armies Unit: Ptisihteii,
and oiler Officers of my Army Wry; jts:
tendivitilGuveseon, and Aleaides tirrhyvniiisi(t.
Fortiesseay and other persons, of . whatdiee.
class, estate, or condition they may be, Wal
the Cities,.Towns, and Villages of tiredly
'Kingdoms of Spain and the Indies,`, 'tersilioet
the contents of this my Royal Decree that of
imams, ,that oa. the ISile,at Sept .0644,4
1141/C seat to the President of tnyllupreme
Of War, the followi6g Decree: . •
Spain, elevated in one 114:10 the summit 411
glory, which her-valour se
her, cannot now, without cOthprothising bee bots.
nour, observe mach longer with indifference the I
aggravated mid hostile acts of the Danish Govern-
merit, for which that Government cannot plead in
justification or excuse to the Court of Spain, the
loss of liberty, and the'oppressiou suffered on tie
part of France. •
. One of the means by which the French ql.lllllll.
meat took advantage to forwarditsdesignay.wse to
#tid from Spain a part of theSpanisharmy, Lit to
:Haimburgh, and then to Denmark, hi which it site
trident to the Sovereign of that kingdom, and Its
the. French themselves, in the war in which they
were engaged, that thu services which sit Europe
has seen (and which were to have been expected
from the discipline and valour of the Spanish
troops), and which were performed with so much
glory, became an injury to themselves, of which the
loss of so many men in distant regions is a manifest
proof.
The moment that part of the Spanish army
which was in Denmark, gut intelligence of the
noble resolution of their compatriots throwing off
the yoke and declaring war against France, they
the noble plan, examples of which are
very rare in history, and abandoned Denmark,
embarking themselves to unite with their fellow
citizens in their own country; toff to IleCcouT
tht;ir brethren, fearkss of danger, end to partake
in the glory which thu others had acquired—a me-
morable *,nstanee of the unanimity and cordiality
of sentiment srliiih reigned among Spaniards,onsall
ishen divided ty so insuiense a distaiice.. The,
Marquis of Romana, who coinniaaded that costa,'
I not, doubting of Cie valour, the constancy, and
patriotism of hii. soldiers, assisted by the 'zeal Of
the Officers and the common sentiment, respired
to withdraw With the greater part of his troops,
reuniting them its the island of Langeland, from
they were to embark for Spain, by means
of khe efficacious assistance which was rendered'
them by the lihvglish usu. atatioucd in those seas.
The delicate proceeding of the Marquis of Ro.
Inan, and his care in *folding every thing which
could be considered as an act of hostility towards
the Government of Denmark, and in maintaining
on his pat., that good harmony which has sub.
slated heiween that Court and his own, declined
the indispensable seizure of some Danish *eels to
'..l:arry his troops to the fortress of Nyburgh,
which might have protected their escape, and he
requested the English Admiral to carry them
across.
If Denmark had remained neutral during these
events, and had not opposed their flight, our user
Agee to retain that p?rtioa of troops, Spain, coot
, giant in her system of delicacy and setupoloutiness;.l
wouW,not now hairs had recourse to strong mea-
sures towards Denmark, nor would have broken
the tits Of good harmony and amity which have
existed for time immemorial between the tpe.we.
tious ; but the succeeding events fully prove.* '
active part whir* the King of Denmark, *Wither
spontaneously or by force, has taken, and cond.
nnes to take, in the war between Spain and
• France.
Denmark opposed the retreat of the Spanish
troops. from her territories, and if hhe did not
seemed in detaining them, it ought to be, &Uri-
,(blitod 'Mere to the bad wails taken to oppose
klein, or to the exertions of the Spanish trim"
;than rettte wilt of the Danish Court, -whicksirt.:
'lrereit in*.iti system of coalition with France, and
• tilieys the orderi•which sit dictate' to I
'by dim Emperor of Franco.
One chiar proof of this is the teasel to retches
it Ifesociator from Spain in Copenhagen, a-id thei
declaration of Count Bernstorf, that circumstances)
ilienotpeemit him to maintain any correspondence
with 'Shiw. D. Edmund Bourke, the, Minister
of Denteark, wax at this .time tranquil and- va.
apected ki_ldadrid, and only departed from amt.
Ishittitiondiog his employments, to rotto*
flied Fressih its the month of July, 1.008 ; which
-proem, Ity.the mast obvious evidence, his attack.
neat to France, and his reritnincing all curruipon.•
italics with Spain. •
.i .11u1seoneludes with the usual Order to the Ships;
ac.tellellptidll,* la
to attack those hi Denmark.

FRIBURG, OCT. 20.—His Eicelleney the LlM-
asuman has again addiessefl a eirculp letter to the
rantsbual (Government, announcing to them 'that.
particular reasons obliged hint again to
principal attention to the said and eaportatinn of
gunpowder; that this object was of the higtitok
importanse Tar the procreation oT .the Hettetiin
neutrality ; and that the essential duty of the
frontier Cantons, as also those io which manufae.
lodes of gunpowder are established, was to pro.