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other term agreeable to the supreme gonment; upon the lapse of which period hould be incumbent on them to choose a erent person.--We have already remarkand it is unnecessary to repeat it, that supreme juntas should elect as depaties the supreme government such of their mbers as are most distinguished for their nts, their general knowledge of legisiaa, and all the branches of public welfare government, recollecting that they are be the depositaries of the hopes of the gdom. The supreme junta, in full rece upon the generous character of Spards, and their ardent attachment to the od of their country, assures itself that rigue, party, or personal interest or preections, will have no influence upon this sion,-The supreme juntas will, in the t instance, appoint the place, which shall the seat of the supreme government, who all afterwards adhere to or alter that ap intment, as they thirl. fit, according to a rality of votes. The seat of government, has been most wisely observed by the preme junta of Valencia, ought to be at listance from all the dangers of wat, and uld, as a claim to preference, possess er advantages of a local nature, Seville nceives herself to possess all these adva ges, but has no anxiety to be selected; she will most cordially sacrifice all her 11.115 to what the other saprenie juntas ad decide to be for the gene al prosperity the kingdom. The supreme juntas wili, erefore, make known their pleasure as to is point, when they notify the election of eir deputies. In the meantime we will kly state that La Mancha appears to us ost convenien: for the seat of government, id there we would paticularly name its rge cities of Ciudal Real or Almagro. But this subject we are nowise anxious; we ave it entirely to the free choice of the su ́eme juntas.—It remains only that we beak of this supreme junta of Seville, upon hich point we shall not say much. Cerin persons, either ignorant or malevo ent, ave endeavoured to spread the persuasion at we affected a superiority over the other rovinces. Any such thought has been far rom us, although the general good of the ation has been our guide, and as it were he soul of all our determinations. We Jossessed the only foundery for cannon in he kingdom, and arms and ammunition in certain degree of abundance. Various aptains general acknowledge us from the commencement, and veteran troops were nore numerous in our province than in other arts; and thus we formed an army in a

shorter time, and have harassed the enemy, who have surrendered prisoners of war, with their general, Dupout, and have capitulated for the divisions of generals Vedel and Gobert, who are to be conducted to France, amount ng, altogether, to 17,000 men, so that there does not remain a single French soldier in arms in the Andalusias ; a victory most glorious and singular, which has been effected without the effusion of much Spanish blood, in which it appears we stand alone. The local situation of the Andalusias presents also a more probable mode of defence against the arms of Napoleon, if he means to attack us; and, with this view, we have united with us the Portuguese provinces of Agarve and Alentexo, who have pliced themselves under our protection; and the Canary Isles have sent us a deputy for the same purpose.-The greater opulence and other peculiar circumstances of these provinces offer resources which the rest want; and we have thus been enabled to make provision for immense expence, without having received any money from any other part, or imposed any contributions.-The marine arsenal of the isle of Leon, perhaps toe most considerable of all, obeyed us from the beginning, and with it the Spanish squadron off Cadiz, whose force is the greatest, and has been since augmented by that of the French moored in that harbot, and surrendered to us at discretion.Gioialtar, the famous English fortress, is in our territory, and one of the most numerous squadrons of that nation kept our coast in a state of blockade. We immediately, therefore, opened a communication with Gibraltar, and with the English squadron, which has given us all the assistance that was in its power, sent us a resident minister at the very first, and conveyed our deputies to London, to request sub-idies, and settle a peace advantageous to the whole nation.Amidst so many serious cares, we have transmitted all the arms which it was possible to transmit to Granada. Estremadura has received a still greater number, and has experienced our protection, and so has Cordova and Jaen. We have offered arms to La Mancha, to Murcia, to Tarragon, to Gerona, who requested them of us, and we exerted ourselves to the utmost to fulfil the promises which we had made.--We have not forgot the rest of the European provinces and kingdoms, and we hope in me that the effects of our zeal and vigilance will be made clear and public.-The Americas claimed at the first a great share of our attention, in order to preserve that so principal part of the Spacish monarchy. We have

armay
is anxious to establish your civil go
vernment upon the same footing in which it
was left by your beloved prince, when, as
sisted by the constant friends of his person
and his throne, he escaped from his most
insidious enemies. Without losing a mo
ment, we are endeavouring to effect täs
measure, and to substitute a civil govern
ment to the military; to accomplish which,
however, some days will be requisite. la
order, then, that the evil disposed (if nch
there be) may not convert true liberty ita
unbridled licentiousness, and in order to
avoid, in the present crisis, the terrible conse
quences of such disorder, it belongs to t
commander-in-chief, and to those to whom
he has immediately delegated the superia
tendance of the public tranquillity of this
city, to watch with all vigilance over its
peace and quiet, and to give security to the
persons and property of its loyal and worthy
inhabitants. To obtain this desirable end
will be necessary, for a short time, to main
tain strong guards, piquets, and patroles, in
various directions, in order to seize and take
into custody every person who shall attempt
to disturb the public peace.-You may re
joice, inhabitants of Lisbon! You have
great cause for gladness; and your English
friends, participating in your sentiments
rejoice equally with you. Never let it be
permitted, however, that the evil disposed
should thereby have an opportunity of pros
moting insurrection or confusion! But let
them beware of such a design! The must
vigorous and effective means are prepared
for suppressing any altempt of this nature,
and all who may be guilty shall be punished
according to military law, in the most prompt,
rigirous and exemplary manner; and for
the purpose of removing every temptation
to interrupt the peace of the city, I prohibit,
under the present circumstances, the enter

sent envoys and commissaries thither and to Asia, in order that they may unite themselves to us, which we could not do without qualifying ourselves as the supreme junta for the government of Spain and the Indies, and we trust that this title and our cares will not be found useless. So many labours, surrounded by so many dangers, will, we trust, deserve some consideration of our country, for the love and defence of which only we have done and suffered so much.With all this, we repeat that we neither af fect nor desire any superiority. Whatever we have done, we owed to our country: it was an indispensable obligation upon us. Our only object is, that Spain may preserve its integrity and independence, for our lord and king, Ferdinand VII; and for that object we joyfully sacrifice our lives. May God, who has so clearly and marvellously shewn his protection of Spain, grant a safe return to its king Ferdinand VI!! And then with the supreme government, he will determine what may be his royal will, either commanding an union of the cortes, or by such other means as his prudence may suggest, and will facilitate the reform of abuses and the general happiness of the kingdom, securing it upon such foundations as are firm, and subject to no change.-If these hopes are vain, in which the clemency of God leads us to indulge; then the existing su preme government will itself determine what is most conducive to the interest of the kingdom, conforming itself to the fundamental laws thereof, defending it against the fury and malice of our enemies, and preserving this monarchy, in which itself, the liberty of nations, and the Catholic church, the beloved spouse of our Lord Jesus Christ, is so deeply interested -Given at the royal palace of Seville, this 3d day of August, 1808.-FRANCIS SAAVEDRA, Archbishop of Laodicea; the Dean of the Chap-ing the city with arms, and the wearing them ter of the Holy Church; FRANCIS XAVIER CIENFUFGOS; VINCENT HORE; FRANCIS DIAZ BERMUDO: MANUEL GIL, C. M.; Father JOSEPH RAMIREZ; JUAN FERNANDO AGUIRE; Count TILLY; Marquis de la GRANINA; Marquis de TORRES, and eleven others.

REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.-Proclamation ly Lieutenant General Hope, commanding the Troops of his Britannic Majesty, for the immediate Security and Tranquillity of Lisbon.

Inhabitants of Lisbon ;-Your country is rescued, and you are restored to freedom your national flag is flying in every quarter of the kingdom, and his excel. ency the general-in-chief of the British

in the public streets. All inns and taveras, where wine or spirituous liquors are sold in small quantities, are, for the same reason, required to be shut up at six in the evening, and not to open before sun-rise, under the pain of imprisonment to the dealers, and forfeiture of their liquors.--Finally, I in vite all persons, who possess any authority or influence whatever, and whether included or not in the body of the magistracy, and more particularly the holy ministers of religion, to assist the military power in preserving the tranquillity of the capital, unul the much wished for object of seeing the con stituted civil authorities in the exercise of their functions be obtained.-God save tha Prince Regent ! Viva! Viva !-J Hort, lieutenant-general.

Proclamation, by the British and French Commissioners, for seeing carried into Efect the Convention agreed upon between the respective Commanders-in-Chief. Dated Lisbon, 10th Sept. 1808.

For the fulfilment of the stipulation made the Convention agreed upon for the evacation of Portugal by the French army, at property of every kind confiscated, or eized, from the subje. ts, or other persons esiding in Portugal, whether of the royal alace, royal and public libraries, and munms, and from individuals that are still xisting in Portugal, should be restored :We, the commissioners for seeing carried to execution the said treaty, as his excelency the commander of the French army as already notified to his army, think it So right to make public the same for the formation of all concerned, and for facitating the restitution, or the receiving back ch property, we have judged expedient to ppoint a committee of three persons, iz. lieut.-colonel Trant, O. Sr. Antonio, odrigues de Oliviera, and Mr. Dubliur, ommissaire des guerres, to meet at No. 8, Cargo de Loretto, who are appointed to eceive, inquire into, and judge of all remations on this head, and whose orders or the restitution of property, to whomsover addressed, are to be obeyed. And it directed that keepers shall have charge of equestrated or seized property in every use to which it may have been removed, assure the conservation of objects or hoveables transported from royal or public ouses, or others, for the use or convenince of such general, administrator, or ther subject of the French army. These eepers will make the description of all eubles with the name of the owners, and e accountable for whatever is therein, and hey will be delivered only on legal proof of wnership, to the possessors of such articles s above described, who will transmit to his committee a return of what each may ave in his possession of the property desigrated. And all persons may with safety pply to this tribunal.-We think it ne essary also, to make known to whom it way concern, that any purchase made of rticles taken from the public arsenals or tures since the 30th of August, or whatver shail on trial, be proved to have been llegally sold or disposed of at any time, even previous to the 30th August, shall be null and void, the articles seized and the persous purchasing subject to what the aw may further direct.-The committee sembled to receive reclamations, and faci

litate the restitution of property, hold its sittings at the houseof Sr. Antonio Rodriguez de Oliviera, No. 8, Cargo de Loretto.W. C. BERESFORD, Maj. General, PRORY, Lieutenant-Colonel, British commissioners." -Le Général KELLERMAN, Le commissaire Français pour l'exétation de la Convention, du 30 Août.

Address of the Officers of the British Army, to Sir Arthur Wellesley, on presenting him a Piece of Plate.-Camp at St. Aatonio de Tugal, Sept. 6, 1808.

SIR-The commanding officers of corps, and field officers, who have had the honour of serving in the army under your command, anxiously desirous of expressing the high opinion they entertain of the order, activity, and judgment, with which the whole of that force was so ably. and successfully directed, from the time of landing, to the termination of your command in the action of Vimeira, request you will accept from them a piece of plate, as a testimony of that sincere esteem and respect which your talents and conduct have so justly inspired. (Signed) W. W. Blake, major 20th light dragoons, Wm. Robe, lieut. colonel commanding royal artillery, James Viney, major royal artillery, H. Elphintone, captain commanding royal engineers, Edward Gopson, major 5th regiment, and lieut. colonel Thomas Eames, major 5th regi-. ment, Henry Bird, captain 5th regiment, and major, Thomas Carnu, major 6th regiment, Arthur Miller, major 6th regiment, J. Cameron, lieut. colonel commanding 1st bat. 9th foot, II. Craufurd, major 1st bat. 9th foot, and lieut. colonel, D. White, major, 29th regiment, foot, and lieut. colonel, G. Way, major 29th regiment, Thomas Egerton, captain 29th regiment, and major, Andrew Creagh, captain 29th regiment, and major, Samuel Hinde, lieut. colonel commanding 32d regiment, H. Johnson, major, 32d regiment, John Wood, majors 32d regiment, Robert Coote, captain 32d regiment, and major, Robert Burne, col. commanding the 30th regiment, Lewis Davis, major 38th regiment, J. Grevell,, lieut. col, commanding 38th regiment, J.. W. Deane, major 38th regiment, and lieut. col. E. Miles, major 38th regiment, David Ross, captain 38th regiment, and major, James Kemmis, lieut. col. commanding 40th regiment, and colonel, Henry Thornton, major 40th regiment, Richard Archdull, major 40th regiment, Edward Hull, major 2d battalion 43d, Daniel Heane, major 43d, William Greard, It. col. commanding 45th regiment, Andrew Pattan, major 45th regi

to convey to the field officers of the army the assurance that I shall not lose the recol lection of their services; that I am fully sensible of their kindness towards me; ar that I value highly their good opinion.-I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. ARTHU WELLESLEY.-Colonel Kemmis, 10th Regi

ment.

AMERICA-Mr. Jefferson's Ansiver to the
Inhabitants of Boston, who prayed
Repeal of the Embargo. Dated Augu
26, 1808.

Your representation and request were re ceived on the 22d instant, and have bee considered with the attention due to ever expression of the sentiments and feelings of so respectable a body of my fellow-citizens No person has seen, with more concern tha

ment, Wm. Gwynn, major 45th regiment, D. Lecky, brevet-major 45th regiment, A. Coghlan, brevet-major 4th regiment, G. J. Walker, col. commanding 50th regiment, J. Ross, lieut. col, corimanu.ng 2d battalion of 524 reg.ment, H. Redwo d, major 52d regiment, W G. Davy, m jo. 5th bat talion Goth regiment, W. Woodse e, major 5th battalion 96th regimant, John Gafe, brevet-major 60th regiment, D. Pack, lieut. col., commanding 71st regiment, D. Cañipbell, major 71st regimen, Harry Eyre, major, commanding 82d regiment, Chichester M'Donall, major 82d regiment, J. Robinson, lieut. col., commanding1st regiment, J. Douglas, major 91st regiment, B II Otley, major 91st regiment, and heut colonel, D. M Donnell, captain 91st regiment, and major, Robert Travers, majo, com.nanding 95th regiment. -STAFF: Henry Tor-myself, the inconvenience brought on car rens, lieut. col. and military secretary. Geo Tucker, lieut. col. and deputy adjutant ge neral, Thomas Arbuthnot, major and deputy assistant-general Andrew Pattan, do. do. do., Wm. Gunn, do. do. do., D. Leeky, do. do. do., A. Coghlan, do. do. do., James Bathurst, lient. col. and deputy quarter-mastergeneral, J Painy, assistant deputy quartermaster-general.--To which, by their par ticular request, are added the names of lieutenant-col. Walsh, and the field officers of the 2d battalion of the 9th regiment, which arrived previous to the 21st of August and served in that action.

Camp at St. Anna, near Lisbon, Sept. 18, 1809.-Sir, It has happily fallen to my lot as the eldest field officer in your army, to have the honour of presenting the inclosed address, from the commanding officers of corps, and field-officers serving in it; we have but one sentiment on the occasion, admiration of your talents and confidence in your abilities.-James Kemmis, lieut. col 40th and colonel.-To the right hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, K. B. &c. &c. &c.

September 18, 1809.-Sir,-I have had the honour of receiving your letter of this day's date, in which you have transmitted an address, from the officers commanding corps, and the field officers who served under my command in the late operations in Portugal. I have had more than one occasion of expressing the satisfaction which I had derived, from the state of discipline and order in which we were employed; and my sense of the assistance which I had derived from the officers belonging to the different departments of the army. These advantages rendered our operations easy and certain; and we were enabled to meet the enemy on fair terms in the field of battle.--I beg you

coun rv in general, by the circustances of the times in which we happen to live; times to which the history of nations presents co parallel. For years we have been looking as spectators on our brethren of Europe, affected with all those evils which necessarily to low an abandonment of the moral rules which bind men and nations ogether. Cnnects with them in friendship and commerce, w have happily so far kept aloof from the calamitous conflicts, and by a steady observance of justice towards ali, by much ferbearance and multipned sacrifices. length, however, all regard to the rights of others having been thrown aside, the bellige rent powers have beset the highway of commercial intercourse with ecicts, which, taken together, expo-e our con merce and mariners under almost every destination, a prey te their fleets and armies. Each party indea! would ad nit our comnirce with themselves, 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. 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 independence-to resist them by arms was war, without consulting the state of things or the choice of the nation. The alternative preferred by the legislature of suspending a commerce placed under such unexampled difficulties, besides saving to our citizens their property, and our nari

ers to their country, has the peculiar adntage of giving time to the belligerent naons to revise a conduct as contrary to their terests as it is to our rights - In the event such peace, or suspension of hostilities etween the belligerent powers of Eurone, such change in their measures affecting eutral commerce, as may render that of the nited States sufficiently safe in the judg sent of the president, he is authorised to spend the embargo. But no peace or susension of hostilities, no change of meares affecting neutral commerce, is known have taken place; the orders of England, nd the decrees of France and Spain, existng at the date of these laws, and still unrealed, as far as we know. In Spain, ined, a contest for the government appears O have arisen; but of its course or prospects, we have no information, on which prudence could undertake a hasty change in our poliy, even were the authority of the executive ompetent to such decision.-You desire hat, in this defect of power, congress may Se specially convened. It is unnecessary to examine the evidence, or the character of he facts, which are supposed to dictate such call; because you will be sensible on an tention to dates, that the legal period of heir meeting is as early as, in this extenive country, they could be fally convened y a special call.-I should, with great wilingness, have executed the wishes of the nhabitants of Boston, had peace, or a reeal of the obnoxious edicts, or other hanges, produced the case in which alone he laws have given me that authority; and o many motives of justice and interest lead 9 such changes, that we ought continually O expect them. But while these edicts remain, the legislature alone can prescribe the ourse to be pursued.-THOS. JEFFERSON.

The President Jefferson's Answer to the Dissent of the Republicans from the Proceedings of the Town of Boston, relative to the Embargo.

I have duly received the address of that ortion of the citizens of Boston who have declared their approbation of the present susJension of our commerce, and their dissent rom the representation of those of the same lace who wished its removal. A division of sentiment was not unexpected; on no question can a perfect unaniinity be hoped, certainly it would have been between war and embargo, the only alternatives presented 10 our choice; for the general capture of Our vessels would have been war upon one ide, which reason and interest would repel y war and reprisal on our part.-Of the

several interests comprising those of the United States, that of manufactures would of course prefer to war a state of non-intercourse so favourable to their rapid growth and prosperity.-Agriculture, although sensibly fong the loss of market for its produce, wid find many aggravations in a state of war.-Commerce and navigation, or that portion which is foreign, in the inactivity to which they are reduced by the present state of things, certainly experience their full share in the general inconvenience; but whether war would be to them a preferable alternative, is a question their patriotism would never hastily propose. It is to be regretted, however, that overlooking the real sources of sufferings, the British and French edicts, which constitute the actual blockade of our foreign commerce and navigation, they have, with too little reflection, imputed them to laws which have preserved them from greater, and have saved for our own use, our vessels, property, and seamen, instead of adding them to the strength of those with whom we might eventually have to contend.-The embargo, giving time to the belligerent powers to revise their unjust proceedings, and to listen to the dictates of justice, or interest and reputation, which equally urge the correction of their wrongs, has availed our country of this only honourable expedient of avoiding war; and should a repeal of these edicts supersede the cause for it, our commercial brethren will become sensible, that it has consulted their interest, however against their own will. It will be unfortunate for their country, if in the meantime these their expressions of impatience should have the effect of prolonging the very sufferings which have produced them, by exciting a fallacious hope that we may, under any pressure, relinquish our equal rights of navigating the ocean, go to such ports as others may prescribe, and there pay the tributary exactions they may impose; an abandonment of national independence and essential rights revolting to every manly sentiment. While these edicts are in force, no American can ever consent to a return of peaceable intercourse with those who maintain them. I am in the approach of the period when the feelings and the wisdom of the nation will be collected in their representatives assembled together. To them are committed our rights, to them our wrongs are known, and they will pronounce the remedy they call for; and I hear with pleasure from all, as well those who approve as those who disapprove of the present measûres, assurances of an implicit acquiescence in the annunciation of the general will. I

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