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REGENSBURG, May 8.
This day tic dircdional .minister the Iba
r: n of Albini, gave notke to the imperial
diet, that the prince dcrtor chancellor, -Ha
mailer, having reached the 63d year of his
age, judged expedient tochoofea coadjutor
and fucceflbr, and for which he requested
his holiness to appoint cardinal Fefth, uncle
to she French emperor, 10 which monarch,
as also to the fovertign of the German em
pire, notice of this choice had been giver.
[ T he little republic nf Lucca, has fallen
under the operation of Bonaparte's feda.
ratlve Jyfrm, governed now hy a branch
of the illujlrttus family of the Bonaparte's
or Bcauharnou', Ihe following decree
is for theJeiroure of the properly of the
churches and mcnnjler 'nsf\
LUCCA, April 15.
dhe following Decree has been jujl '
pnhijbcd here :
We, Felix lit. By the grace of God
ami the conflituiions, Prince cf Lucca and
Pombina, coufideting it to be cur duty to
affun.e the prompt execution of his imperial
majefly the emperor and king’s decice of
the 30th of March left, concerning our
principality, and the concordat formed be
tween the emperor Napolecn and Pope Pius
VIII, relative to the religions crtablifbtrents
cl Italy, which have become a fundamental
law of our fta?*.'.
I. Ourminiilcr having cognizance cf re.
jigicus woifhip, is hereby enjoined from
ai d after Sunday next, to affix Teals to the
atchives of all religious communities cf both
f«xrs, through the v.htlc piincipality.
11. That all the arts, regifiers, bonks
cf account, and cxperccs, libraries, and
every species of papers and bock?, belong
ir g (o thofo tomuiuniticn, be put jk.n<Kf
ftal.
111, That an exart inventory be made of
ail plate, furniture, linen and tfhrts, and
furniture of whatsoever nature, including
womy, which may be found therein, ex
eluding clothing, and the furniture belong
ing to individuals, with previfiors and
n oncy neceflary for daily expenditure.
IV, The minister cf public! woifhip is
Charged with the execution of thisdercee.
Given at Luce.-', 12th April, 1806.
{Signed) FELIX.
VIENNA, Mav 2;.
M. Van Oubril, formerly fecrefary to
the Ruffian legation, has arrived here from
Peterlhurgh, andconfiims the report of the
evacauticn of Cattaro by the Ruffians ; hy
which all the former reports are contradirt
ed and ftlanccd, M. Van Oubril, we are
assured, is at prrfent ready to go to Pans to
open negotiations for a general peace*
M. Rv ftin who was appointed to the enn
fulate at PeUt (burg, palled through Berlin
fiomSr. Pctcilburgh, the 318 May, as a
courier to Pali®. The cause of bis journey
was believed to be of a pacific nature.
PARIS, Juke 5,
Gen. Molitor, commander of tbe French
troops in Dalmatia, acquaints the viceroy of
Italy, that on the 20th of April, a Rv.ffi.tn
fliip of the line, and several brigs under the
command of Admisal Raily had m; de their
appearance in ihe rord of the iflandcf Ltfi
na, which place was commanded by captain
Guyardofthc 23d regiment with a half bat
talion.
On the 2q:hand jo;h, the fqusdron fired
on the town, and on ihc right of the ift May,
they proceeded to lard their troops, under
the protertion cl a heavy fire frem the vetfels*
and fcveral aimed boats. Caps, Guyatd who
had trade his difpcfmcrs, permitted the Bco
Ruffians to advance its fur rs the Greek
church of St. Vcncrai da, where he was en
trenched— >hen at the head cf his treopf, he
charged the Ruffians, drove them to the
water fide, r.nd forced them to re.embark
with the lof&ofifj killed, jo wounded, and
173 priioncrs—together with cnc armed
boat.
LONDON, June 2.
ENGL.iUD.4ND PRUSSIA.
Our couit hascaufed the orders to capture
end deflroy all pruflian vtfl'tls, which had
been for some time fufperded, to be definite
ly ilTard, and in.ftrurtiens to that effort have
been franfiniuecl f;om the admirrlfy to the
commanders cf his M. jelly's ihips Sc velTels
on the different stations, . Thus we have a
gain to loc k,forward to a widely extended
f> Beni of warfare, in w Inch Ri ffia, Sweden,
Britain, and probably the Porte, will be en
gaged with France and Pfuffia.
June 4.
Orders were iffiied on Saturday morning
from the admiralty, to fit cut eleven (hips of
the line, cut of these in ordinary, at the fe
vcral ports, with all poffihle expedition.
- , JtXN* 7.
A cartel has arrived from France, bringing
over lords Elgmand Yarmouth, The cartel
is said to have brought difpatchcs for gov
ernment; but nothing has transpired on the
fubjert.
Letters frem Lifbcrftste, that nn the iqth
of April, a treaty, by which the neutrality
cf Portugal was guaranteed, was signed at
Madrid between the plenipotentiaries of
France and Portugal.
OF HOLLAND.
Intelligence from Holland, brought by a
neutral vcffel arrived in the Downs cn Satur
day, confirms cur former statements itfpec.
ting tha new constitution sheet to be iir
pofed by Bonaparte cn the Dutch nation.
Prir.cc Louis is to be K'ng of Holland ; the
.-' Wf .
dignity to be hereditary ; there la io be a
Legiflitive Body and a Council of State;
ti»e language, religion. See. to be retained ;
but there is to be no appeal to the people For
their approbation of the new ccnftitution,
which will exhibit a strong refcmblance of
the despotic government of France, andmuft
be peculiarly disgusting to a people who
have been distinguished for their F ug and
ardent attachment to rational freedom.
INDIA AFFAIRS.
Notwithttandlng the late very decided
rote of the Court of Direftcrs, who rcfolved,
by a majority of eighteen to four againfi
the reeol of Sir George Barlow, and agairji
the appointment of Lord Lauderdale to be
Governor General of Bengal in his reom,
we are forty to fa/ his Ma jetty has been
advised to appoint the Noble Lord, by the
exertion of the Royal authority. This vio
lent proceeding of government has excited
universal difeontent and indignation at the
India Honfe, and among ail the proprietors
of Eaft-Indii/ftoc!;.
FRAUDS ON GOVERNMENT,
The abuses committed in the Weft-Indies
appear to exceed every thing that was ever
dated in romance. When the proper time
shall come for the publication of the reports
made to thcTreafury by the Commifficncrs
sent out under the Aft, It will aftontfh, the
world that the country Ihould have so long
been kept in ignorance of the injuries it was
fuffering.—They difeavered that forged
bills ami receipts for articles never purchas
ed, and drawing bills on government, in
dorfed under falfe and fiftious names, were
common and notorious. They found a
rnoft base collusion between the officers of
government and the merchants, and con.
trsftors, by which (tie laiici
to charge (lores at a much higher rate than
they might have been obtained for in the
ma;kct.—ln one inftancc it was difeovered
that, to cover this iniquity, a bribe of
SjiCool. had been given; in another, a
bribe of 35,000 M
Fcveral of the ancients have given farciful
definitions of Mart. Plato defines him to be
a reafouing animal ; Diogenes the hoarding
animal ; and Arittotle, an animal •with lava
legs and no fealhtrs t which last would have
applied to a goefe in the market, A Lon.
don debating fooicty has gore farther, A
question was some time since darted in one
of them, what is mart t One of the speakers
brought forth a new definition. Matt (lays
ht) is a tax paying animal. And he so well
convinced his audience, that he received a
unanimous rote of thanks,
I
BOSTON, July 15.
Mr. Fox, in a very spirited fpeecb, has
declared the disposition of his ra jetty’s
ministers to be pacific; but that no pro
pofuiors would be seceded to, but such
as were fair and honorable to Great. Britain
and her allies.
T*he Trafalgar garters are much worn
by the belles. The motto is well known
—“ England expefts every man to do his
duty."
new.yorkTJ ILV 12.
According to advices frem Hamburgh,
of the nth, the Swedes had begun the
blockade of the Oder, and the Englirt were
going to close the mouths of the Vistula, the
Pugu!, and the ManeJ. A body of English
trdops was expeft<d at Stralfimd under com
mand of general Moore, who is to aft un
der the orders of the king of Sweden,
July 1 £.
Last evening arrived here the faft failing
ship Francis Henrietta, capt. Skinner, in 5 1
days from Rotterdam.
A paper of the 7th r une contains Schim
mclpennick’s formal resignation. The rea.
fors he gives, are, the want of eye fight and
old age. He is fuccccded by Vos Van Steen
wyck, till the arrival of prince Louis Bon
aparte, who with his princess was expected
at the Hague the r4th June.
BALTIMORE,' July. 17;
The commercial house of Boyle, French,
Borrows and Canning, (lopped payment in
London on the id of May.
NORFOLK, July 18.
A Mercantile friend has handed us the
following important extraft of a letter from
Charlcfton, received by latt-niglu's mail:—
“ We have accounts via New Providence,
** of not the moll plenfing complexion,—
<c Piivste letters affirm that Mr, Fex, in
a fpcech in the House ot Commons on the
{< asd of May, declared that the Country
“ was at war with neatly all the,world,’
“ and that it was a matter op indiffer
“ EXCB WHETHER AMERICA WAS thrown
** INTO THE SCALE OR NOT."
CHARLESTON, July 16.
By a recent Imperial decree, the uniform
of the French soldiers is again changed from
the republican blue, to the ancient royal
white,
•
“ In every part of Prance, the inhabitants
are emulous in propagating such articles as
tend to their amelioration and the cncrcafe
of the territorial productions.
“ cultivator of the department of
Vtuclufe, A/. Cataglmi, has introduced in
his parish, the culture of Indigo, and has
completely fuccccded,
“ Mr. Dnpcy t an inhabitant cf Sr.
Domingo, now collcftor of the revenue at
Dix, hat introduced tht Cotton,
Trom the iY. T. Daily Ad-Vertijer,
Monday, July 14.
MARQUIS DE CASA YRUJO.
[The ensuing letters, which were handed us
last evening, have a strong claim to the
attention, not only of mir readers, but
every citizen of the United States. Not
withstanding the dilhonorable treatment
which Major Jackson experienced, is
frefh in our recol’eflion, and the numerous
little intrigues with which the public prints
have charged the representative of the king
of Spain, we did not imagine that the
Marquis de Cafa Ynijo could be To desti
tute of eVery sense of honor,
as to be capable of making a
propofol so infamous as that contain
ed in his letter to Col. Smith's friend.
The reply of Col. S. is such as might
have been expedkd from a gentleman
whefe high sense of honor is paramount to
every other ccnlideration.j
To the tiditpr of the Daily Adverti/er «
The following is a letter received from a
valuable friend, with my answer thereto,
which you will be good enough to give a
place in your paper.
W. S. SMITH.
Philadelphia, 28th June 1806.
SIR— -1 have just received from Carraccas
a lift of the names of the Americans taken
by the Spaniards on board of Miranda's
fehooners. The name of Smith is twice found
in if, I fufpelt, the last to be the Ton of Col.
Smith, and grand Ton of Mr. Adams, Al
though 1 had fomc political differences with
him »h» n h * wasprefident, this circumftancc
has not deprived me or Tit-.* particular re
gard and tefpeft towards such a diltinguilh
ed chtrader, and particular consideration for
his family. Not the leart doubt exists but
the greatest part of the prisoners will be put
to death as pirates, and 1 would be very
happy to be able, by a timely and immedi.
ate interference, 10 lave (he life cf the un
fortunate youth, grandson to the venerable
Mr. Adams and his worthy spouse. But,
to render my intercefiion effftual, I would
require as the only condition, that Colonel
Smith would difclofc to me, through you,
on his word of honor, all the knowledge he
has of Miranda's plans, of his intended points
of attack, of the persons with whom he had
connexion in Carracas, and of the Spaniard
in this country, who Iharcd in this scheme
and expedition : in sass, all the material in.
formation he may beqjoffdTed of, the know
ledge of which may be ufeful to try govern
ment, and for the preservation and the tran
quility pf the provinces Miranda had ia view
to revolutionise.
As 1 remember your attachment for Mr,
Adams, I take the liberty to make this sug
gestion to you, who no doubt will employ
all the means to relieve from atHiflion a wor
thy and difeonfobte family. At all events I
expeftfiom you a prompt and decisive answer
on this head. I remain, fir, with particular
regard and consideration, your fumble fer
vaut. ''
(Signed)
MARQUIS DE CASA YRUJO.
* ~ *
New-York, June 30, 1806.
Dear Sir— Accept of my warmest ac
knowledgement for your very interfiling
communication of this date, presented by
your Ton, accompanied with the letter ad
dressed to you from the Marquis De Cafa
Yrujo, which after maturely confidcring, 1
return agreeable to your request,
I am sure I (hall do just ice to the feelings
of Mr. and Mrs. Adams, if in their name,
I thank the Marquis for his very polite ar.
; tendons in a case, no doubt, near, interest
ing and affecting. I am sure, v/hen I do
him the justice to communicate his tender
foliettudes for the protection of their grand
son, it will not fail of exciting ihofc sensi
bilities and acknowledgement, which from
them tha Marquis is highly entitled to.
For myfelf, not having the honor cf his
acquaintance, 1 had no fight to expelt any
other attention to feelings or dijjpsty oftha
raXer, than what would naturally spring
from his own mind, when making so inte
rfiling a communication.
informs you, he has just received from
Csrracrs, a lift of the names of Americans
taken by the Spaniards ca board of Miran
da's fehooners, and that the name of Smith
is twice found in it ; he fofpelis the last to
be my for , and grandson to Mr. Adams, &
fays, thathelhould be very happy, by a
timely and immediate inteiference, to save
the life ot the unfortunate youth, grandson
to the venerable Mr. Adams and his wor
thy spouse; he having no doubt but the
greatest part of the Americans uvill be put
to death,- Hut, to render this intcrceffion
effectual, he requires as the only condition,
that I difolof; to him, through you, on my
word of honor all the knowledge I have cf
Miranda’s plans, of his intended points of
attack, of the persons with wham he has
connexions in Carracas, and the name of a
Spaniard in this country who (hared in his
schemes and expedition; in fac'd, ail the ma
terial information 1 may be ooiTctTcdof, the
knowledge of which may be ufeful to the
Spanish governmeat, for the preservation and
tranquility ct the province Miranda had in
view to revolutionize.
When the Marquis De Cafa Yrnjo takes
a difpalHonate view of the circumilances con
ncXed with general Miranda's visit to Waft),
ing-ton, his subsequent conduit here, and
clearly afeertains that the persons accompany.
| fog him in the Leandv, were rt:t informed
A ;!
of his projefts ird pbns, lie will pcruut lij
benevolence to expand and (hclvei all thou
taken in the fcbconers, from ha:lh treatment
and unmerited punifhrricnt ; he will induce
the government cf bis country to view the
qucftton in other lights than those 'which
may tend to expose it to more fcverc cnimad,
versions than have hitherto been mede, or to
the rousing of that spirit of indignation ard
resentment, which if once permitted to lurft
forth, cannot fail cf being attttrded with
strong maiks of just revenge.
With refptft to my for, he was not made
acqualred with the plans ct general Milan
da, he went with him as a young compan
ion, to (hare his fortunes ard his fare ; he
was accompanied by some of his friends ca
pable of deeds cf hardihood and valour
worthy their leader—worthy his canfe.
Whatever may be the filtration and fareef
the persons taken on board the fi (teeners, I
can never tacitly fznftion the laflt of tyranny
on his aflbeiate, and (hatch my fen from a
participation in their fate, whatever it may
be. Nothing of the Marquis's want of
acquaintance with me, can plead in excufc
for the indelicacy of his propofitiors. Do
me the favour my friend, to ;-ffureh:m, that
were I in my fen's situation 1 would not com.
ply with hispropcfals tofave myfclf, and I
would not traft so great an indignity upon my
son, my family, and myfclf as to (belter
him under thcfhield ofinfamy and di/grarr,
1 have no doubt the Marquis will give
advice to the Governor of Carracas, and
make ftch a ftaTement to his King, (by whom
I may have the honor to be peifonally recol
lefted) as will induce them not to tarnish, the
dignified character of the Spanilh nation, by
any afts of paffioa and barbarity, connected
with the present case,
I am, dear Sir,
With great reject,
Your obedient friepd, and
Humble fervanr.
W. S. SMITH.
-^-wensranniw
Prorft the American Citi z t x.
United States, i s. Col Smith. —On Won.
day the 14th ioft. the diflrift court, for the
didrift of New York was held pursuant to
adjournment; prefenf Judges Patrerfon and
Tallmadge, Judge Patrerfon having de|j.
‘ vered an excellent charge to the grand jury,
the court proceeded to the trial "of the de.
fendant.
Connftlfor the prosecution .
_ Mr. Sanford, diftrift Attorney, anti Mr.
Picrpoirtt Edwards,
For the defendant,
Mr. Karrifcn, Mr, Hcffman, Mr. Em
met, Mr, Golden and Mr. W, Morton,
After the jurors were called, hut before
they were sworn in to try the defendant, a
lift of the witness were read, on which
were the names of James Madison, fee re fa ry
of state, H. Dearb rn, fccrctary of the navy,
G, Grainger post matter, gen. Jacob Wag
ner, chief clcild in the department of (late,
Wm, Thorn ten, an officer in on? of tkc
departments of government, George Clinton
jun. a member cf the houfc of ReprtTenta
tives, and S. R. Bradley, of the Senate of
the United States. All there witntffts
were abfcr.fi
Thedillrift attorney, Mr, Sanford, mov
ed the court to proceed to the trial cf the
defendant.
Judge Pattcrfbn observed that he had re.
ceived a letter from Mr, Madison, Mr,
Dearborn, and Mr. Smith, which he read,
and of which the following is an exact cop}',
“ 'To the honorable the judges of the circuit
court for tkc diJirlEl of Neve York,
,f We have been summoned to ?pprar, no
the 14th day of this month, before a fpccbl
circuit court of the Unite! States for the I
diftrift of New Yoik, to teftify cm the part I
of Wm, S. Smith* ard Samuel G. Ogden, I
severally, rn certain iiTues of traverse be. I
the TJnircd States and the said Wm. I
S. Smith, and Samuel G. Ogden, Senfibls M
of all the attention. due to ;K tvri.j of fut v - I
poena issued in these cates, it is with regret '
wc have to state to the court that thePnE.
tiDENT of the United States, taking into 1
) view the ftatc of our public affairs, has ffpe. *
ciady llgniftcd to us that cur official duties .
cannot, confidently therewith, bent this
junftnre dispensed with. The cciut, wc
ttuft, will he pleased to accept this as a Cc
tisfaftory explanation of oar failure to giv"
the peiTonal attendance required. And a
it mud be uncertain whether, at any fubfc
quent period, the absence of heads of depart
mrnts, at fitch a uiftancc from the fcenc c
their official duties, may not equally happe
to interfere with them, we relpcftfully sub
mit, whether the objeft of the parties in th
case may not be reconciled wiih public cor
((derations by a commission ifiiied, wiih'h
confcnt of their £ounfel alid that cf the dii>
trift attorney of the United States, for ’hs /
purpefe of taking in that mode cur rtfpedf- j
1 ivc testimonies, /
“ We have the honor to be, /
“ With the greatest refpeft, {J ,
“ Your raoft oht. ferv'ts. t
“ JAMES MAD ISO' r M
“ 11. DEARBORN I
“R. SMITH. ‘\ J
City of Washington, % h of fu/y, iSoS
Judge Pattwfoi said, that from the
vit cf the defendant, it did nor apre-r t flg
him that the teftimany of Mr. Msdiion
material. The crime of the ch fcr.dsrf, fid H|
the Judge, if h; be. guilty of a crime, w
committed in the city of New Yen!:,
Mr. was at Waihingnm.
fpedal matter is presented, we will cc •;
it. The jurors were Ji'charge-f cn%! *'■
marrow,
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