The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-12-27
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"A mail from Jamaica arrived On Friday
morning with papers and lettersto the 10th
September. Before our troops left St. Do
mingo, an agreement to the following effect
was entered into between Major General Car
michael and Don Juan Sanchcs Ramirez, the
Spanish Governour So
al. That all vessels bearing the flag of
Great Britain, and navigated according to law,
shall have free access and admission into all
the ports under the Spanish government, and
shall pay the same duties and imposts as those
of Spanish vessels; enjoying the rights, lib
critics, and privileges in navigation and COM
merce equally with the latter.
90. That the persons and property of all
British subjects iii the Spanish dominions Of
Santo Domingo, shall be under the safeguard
and protection of government"
The determination to evacuate Walcheren
is at length officially announced, and the ne
cessary arrangements for Withdrawing the
wreck Of our brave army from that horrid pest
house are ordered 1t was full time for be-
sides the dreadful mortality that prevailed a.
mong the troops insubordiha,ion and licen-
tiousness had reached height that threaten
ed the total subversion of all discipline. I'm
der the strange circumstances in which the
island has been held for some time, ii was
impossible that military discipline should not
have been excessively relaxed. In the hour
OF wide wasting pestilence, when hundreds
daily 60 to the grave, as well as in that OF to-
tai rout and defeat, the words " command"
and "obey" lose their force. The authority
Of the officer, and the subordination of the
soldier are forgotten in the calamitics that a.
wait both. Continual robbcries and deprc-
dations were committed, cvento the assault
of the mayor and magistrates, by the soldiers,
officers as well as men,
Private letters were yesterday received
from Spain, but with the exception of re-
port of intelligence having reached Cadiz,
just as the packet was about to sail, of Gero-
ma having at length been compelled to surren-
der, they contain no intelligence Of impor-
tance. 4ss.st.t-
1t was rumoured yesterday that MoniteRr
had reached town, containing report of an
action said to have taken place in the Medi-
terraDean. According to this, supposed re-
port, four British and six French sail of the
line were dcstroyeds We have reason to be-
lieve no such paper has been received.
sa - etl
According to an authentick account, lately
published, the dominions which belonged to
the French empire, at the end of last year
contained l6,7s4 leagues and 39,34y 1897
souls, which makes 2544 for every square
league. The publick revenue amounted 10
2o,o0o,ooo Of francs; the army consisted Of
569,S3O men, and feet Of 40 sail of the
line and 80 frigatcs.
BY an account which he's Jus. been publish-
cd the ccssions made by the treaty of Vienna,
amounted TO 100000 souls.f. 81.
Ertrues Of Letter, dated Gibraltar, Oct. a..
The Cartcrct Packet arrived the day be-
fore yesterday, in 90 days from Malta. The
Formidable and convoy for This place and
England, sailed two days before the packet,
and arrived here this morning.
A large expedition sailed from Sicily on
the Esd Of September, whose destinations was
unknown. The Jealous and Triumph arriy-
ed here on the goth from Lisbon, in their way
to Lord Collngrood's fleet of. Toulcn. We
expect every day to hear Of the Toulon fleet
being at sea, as Is sail of the line, lo frig-
atcs, and a number Of transports crowded
with troops, were lying in, the outer road at
single anchor about afortnight since"
!" The Marquis Wellesley will embark on
board the Dunegal at Cadiz, ON his return to
England, in the course of this week"
~ HsH ~ PARIS, NOV. l.
Letters of the Goth Oct. from Vienna, con-
tain the following news Yesterday, at the
moment we were announcing that the En-
press Of Austria was dangerously i'll at Pest,
her Majesty had already breathed her last.
We have also been informed that the Arch.
duchess Caroline, the Emperour's second
daughter is. dead. kss x 70