The Delaware gazette., 1810-01-31

Was Introduced into i!r f;aDss oP peet-.
se"'a'''rs Yesterday; and WE have also i,-.
'o'e Us Dill ior a new nude Of taxation, or
rather tor imposing additional and uneaoa!
our'hens Oil Newcastle county.o
Donr, Dan. 23.
he militia law, after having occupied
the House of Representatives for three
days, has this afternoon been postponed ill
tins next sesslon.--The session will close
this week."
The late contests in Spain spnear to take
more correct form, but we have such on.
positc accounts of the actions, as to oblirs
us to refuse anv consent but to the circnm.
stances that indicate the state Of the Span
l'h nation. 1t is agteee that the English
nave ceased to CO opc ate with the Span-
ards. Ina: the Spaniards after the late en-
gagement with the French dis, .rsed 10 va
sious direcsioos, and that he French arr
continually gaining upon the country Ii is
agreed that the French have entered Valen
ia. and have taken possession Of part If
the coast upon the Mediterranean I. is
agreed that the council have admitted an
executive department in which the supreme
power is lodged, and that i, has been delb-
Grated in what manner the council may re-
treat, in the final reduction of Spain, and
Ceuta has been nal ed as pace of safety.
II is believed that fleet Of empty transports
had reached Lisbon. towards winch The
English were moving, and it is reported
that an English naval force was assembling
| near Cadiz, to wait the event and to take
| advantage of the condition Of that civ,
| should 1T be obliged to surrender to the
| French. From ali these circumstances we
are led to expect no successful resistance to
the French in Spain and Portugal.
F,on the North we hear that the Swedss
were alarmed by the naval iorce the Eu-
| glish had upon their sfores,and were prepa-
ring 70 resist anv attempts upon the navy in
their ports. This unhappy reoplt who
have lost the most valuable portion of their
country, by engaging in an alliance with
England, are now anDrehensve OF the las,
efforts Of British power. |, is however a
consolation that whatever juries Sweden
has received from her alliance with Eng.
land, and whatever she NAV expscI from
the policy OF British naval power, sht ha-
known that national mt asures arc not the
sure test OF national character. and some
OF the greatest private ills that Sweden has
felt, have been removed by the penerois
virtue which yet lives in the hearts Of Free
Britons.
he reports from Enrope respecting
Walcheren continue to be the same. That
the island will be evacuated, and the plea
continues from the morality of the troops
But at the same time We are told that the
British have an expedition against the Spa.
nish islands at the entrance of the Medeter
ranean Sea, and LAYING between Spain and
africa. The presumption then is that the
situation of Walcherin requires a more
powerful defence than the present use Of i
may demand. II IS now said the Engtist
have already landed upon several Of the A
driatic islands, which the Russians receivet
from the English and which they transferred
to their French allies. We have alreatl,
received accounts that the English ministe
had attempted to prepare for that event, b,
a pretended Turkish minister which resid
ed in the Seven Islands. We are 70, infor
med that the English have succeeded a
gainsl Corfu, the seat Of Government, !,u
against those Islands which could be capa
Bic Of no powerful resistance. The pos
session of Cerigo between the Morea ant
Gambia, must prevent an easy commnnica
tion with the French while the Turks hols
the Morea, Cephalonia and Zaute lay a
the entrance of the gulf of Lepan,o, bu
Ithica, through Of less consideration in it.
SELF, is nearest to the seat Of the French
government, and to TIE parts with which
the French have most frequent intercourse
Cephalonia has not good anchorage fol
large ships. Zau,e has good port. thougl
much exposed to the n. l.. wind, the sou
thern harbour not being SO good. Cerigc