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FOREIGN NEWS.
By thf. OSAGE.
Nt w-Yc pk, Ju'y 6.
1 lie (hip Ofagr, capt. Duplex,
so long and so anxioufiy cxp<£Ud,
arrived at this port vcfterday after
noon in 48 days from Falmouth,
with dispatches for government
from nu flVs Armilrong and Pint k
ney, which are laid to be of a very
important nature.
Os the two mtCTcngers who were
dispatched to France and England
in the Osage, Mr. Lewis only has
returned ; mr. Nourle having fomc
commercial business to tranlaci, re
mains in England. The former
proceeds this morning to Wash
ington.
London papers to the 15th of
May, Lloyd’s lift to the 10th, and
a complete but anticipated lift of
American vdTels captured by the
two great belligerent powers, are
received at the office of the Mer
cantile Advertiser, I y the Otege.
The paffi-nge? s inform us that the
public opinion considerably prepc-n
----deruted in favor of an amicable aci
juihncot of our differences with
England; and that notwiihftanding
the conferences between tncflVs.
Pinckney & Canning were for the
prefect iufpendcd. Mr. Pinckney
was trea'ed with the nioft marked
attention and civility.
Several American vefiels which
had failed from England for Am
ferdain, were obliged to return,
2 iot being permitted to enter after
having cleared from an Englifli
port.
■ The news from Pans of the 10th
of May is of an extraordinary na
ture. M. de Moufion announces
In his report to the grand duke of
Berg, that he had visited the Caftie
of Aionjuez, where he law the
queen of Etruria, and the king and
queen of Spain; that don Carlos
had declared to him, that the con
duct of his son, the new king, was
of the moll attiocious nature, and
that his conduct was entirely actu
ated by a desire to connect himklf
with the imperial house of France.
His majesty mentioned that he had
written to the emperor Napoleon,
and that he wished to purchale a
farm in France, and there end his
Jays in peace. Ir is aifo added,
that the Prince of P ace had al
ways served him faithfully and had
uLa every endeavor to save his liie,
w hen his enemies were using every
exertion to destroy him.
London, May 15.
Ye ft erd ay we received Paris pa
pers to the 10th inst. The Moni
teur of the 4th contains the follow
ing important documents relative
to the Spanish revolution—
Report to his imperial highness the
grand duke of Berg % lieutenant of
- the emperor, commander cf his
forces in Spain.
“ Monfiegneur ! Agreeable to
the commands of your imperial
highness, I repaired with the letter
of your highness to the queen of
Ktruria, at Aranjuez. It was eight
o'clock in the morning, the queen
was still in bed—file rose immedi
ately, ard bade me enter. I deliv
ered your letter to her; file begged
me to wait a little, and said (he
would go and read it with the king
and queen. Half an hour after
• wards I saw the queen of Eutruria
enter vith the king and queen of
Spain. II is majesty faici that he
thanked your imperial highness for
tin* fl are y-Ht bad taken TR'ftfs af
fliction, which was the greater, ‘"as
bis own lon was the author of it
The king said that the revolution
had been ifhcLd ty forgeiy and
corruption, and that the principal
a£lui s were bis son, and M. Cabcl
kro, minister 1 1 justice ; that he
had hern compelled to abdicate the
throne, in order to have the lives r.f
himtelf and the queen ; that he
knows that but for this they would
have been murdered in the c urfe
of the 1 ight; that the coin uft of
the prince of Aftrurias was more
{hocking, feeing that Minted f (the
king) having perceived his defue
to teign, and being himitlf neaFy
lixty years cf age, had agreed to
surrender the crown to him, on his
marriage taking place with a French
prineds, which the King ardently
dt fired.—'i'he king and the qu< en
Ihould repair to Bajadc z, on the
frontiers of Portugal; th it he had
got means to inform him that the
climate there did not suit him ; that
be begged him to permit his choos
ing another place ; that he fought
to obtain pei mifiion of the emptror
to purchase an dhite in France,
where he might end his days, ‘i’he
queen t >id me file begged of her
son to postpone their journey to
Bajadoz, that file had not procured
this, and the journey was to take
place on the ensuing Monday. And
the moment I was departing from
their tnajefties, the king said to me
“ I have written to the emperor, in
whose liand I repoie my fate.” I
W’ifhed to fend my letter by a cour
ier, but l knew no surer means of
fending it than by your’s. The
king left me then in order to repair
to his cabinet. lie loon returned
with the following letters (No. 1
and 2) in his hand, which he gave
me, and added thtfe words, “ My
fituatioTi is molt deplorable ; they
have fvized the Prince de la P ;z,
and will put him to death—he has
committed no other crime than
that he has at all times been at
tached to me ” Kj added there
were nocfTo.ts which he would not
have attempted to save the life of
his unhappy friend, bur that he
had found the whole world deaf to
his entreat! s, and bent with ven
geance; th .t the death of the
Prince de la Paz would draw after
ir his own, and that he would not
lurvive him.
“ I>. de Mouthign.”
“ Ararjucz, Maich 23, 1808.”
No. I.— Letter from king Carlos B r .
to the emperor i\apol on.
“ Sir my brother—Your majesty
will a(Turedly hear with pain of
the events which have taken place
at Aranjuez, and their contequen
ccs. You will not without iympa
thy, fee a king, who has been
compelled to rtfign his throne,
throw himfelf into the arms of a
great monarch, his ally, placing
every thing in his protection, who
alone can fix his happiness and that
of his whole family, and his trufiy
and beloved fubjc&s. Under the
preflure of the moment, and amid
the clashing of weapons and the
cries ol a rebellious guard, I found
that I had to choose between my
life and death, and that my death
would be followed by that of the
queen, I was compelled to abdi
cate the throne ; but to-day peace
is rtftored, and full cf confidence
in the genemfity and genius of the
great man who has at all times de
clared himfelf my friend, I have
taken my rdolution to tefign my
ftlf *i* hrnde, srd await vu.t ,
hr fi ali rtloive rn my fate, that of ,
rteequecn, and the Princedc la Paz. ‘
I addrtd’s myfelf to ycur majesty, ;
and proieft against the events which j
took place at Aranjuez, and again!! j
my dethronement. I rciy with (
confidence, and altogether upon
rhe cordiality and frienclftiip ol your
iiiaielty, praving that God may
have you in his holy kefpiPg —Sir, •
II y brother, your royal and impe- :
rial majesty’s afle&ionate brother & j
friend, Cari.os.
Aranjuez, March 25, 1808.
No. If. j
“ I protest and declare that my
decree of the 19th of March, in
which 1 renounce my crown in fa
vi.r of my son, is a deed to which
I was compelled, in order to pre
vein greater calamities, and fpaie
the blood of my beloved fubjedrs.
It is therefore to be confidtred as
of no authority.
(Signed) I, the king.
Accounts have been received,
stating that a treaty has -been sign
ed et B/.yonne, between Bi napaite
aed die new king of Spain. The
following is the fubftancc :
By the fi ft article, Bonaparte
recognizes the new king of Spain,
Ferdinand Yllth.
By the tea nd he confers upon
him the admininiftration ofPoitu
gal, til! a general peace.
Another article relates to the
IMnce ol Peace, who we hear, had
not been rdeafed from prison at the
date of the treaty, but who was to
be sent into France. The article
contains an acculation against him.
Another article declares that
4 Spain joins in the confederation of
the Rhine, and that her contingent
is to 50,000 men.
Another article cedes to France,
a part in Spanish America.
There are secret articles which
have not transpired.
Philadelphia, Julv 2.
Capt. Campbell of the lchooner
Jcfferlon, who has arrived at Lr.za
retto, in 30 days from Kingston,
informs, that June 16, off the Ma
nilla Reef was boarded by the B; it
iih man of war Fire-fiy, lieut. Boyd
formerly (he lchooner Antelope of
Philadelphia, and treated politely.
The Fire fly was 36 hours from
New-Providence. Lieut Boyd in
formed capt. Campbell, that previ
ous to his failing, official accounts
had been received at New.Provi
dence of a naval adion up the
Mediterranean, between a British
l squadron of 8 fail of the line, and
| 13 French; that (he latter were
completely beaten, having three ta
ken and two funk ; and that the
British admiral, fir Richard Stra
chan was killed and loft two finps.
Norfolk, July 6.
Advices are received by the Eli
za, capt. Brown, from IJavanna,
w hich date, that by intelligence re
ceived from Spain to the firft cf
May, the Prince of Peace was act
ually beheaded, and his estates con.
fiicated. The tonnage cf sixty
cents per ton, on vessels arriving at
Havanna, with a duty of three ptr
cent, had been abolifiiei.
The monies arising thefe im
positions were exclusively appro
priated for the Prince of Peace.
WRITING-PAPER,
FOR SALE,
at this Office, •
M 0 K I T O R.
Saturday, July 30.
We feel a pleafuic in announc
ing, (hat a inacli ne for caruinu.
O 7 m , Or
f])ir ni..g, and weaving cotton-bag*
“in?, and cloths of hmilar texture,
is now in cor.nderable fiate of h r
wardnefs in this city, and is expect
ed to be ready for operation in less
than two months. The gentleman
having the direction of it, is from
Manchester, (England) where he
had been engaged in the ccnfltufb.
ion of machinery of this kind, for
nearly thirty years. Some patriotic
indiviouals, we are told, have ten
dered pecuniary aflifiance to the
artist, ar..d no doubt many others
will follow the example if need
la 1 y. Savannah Rep übliccin .
N 1 w- York, June 22.
The appearance o! an b nglifh
velfel (F 16 guns, on the coast,
has excited con fid arable attention,
owing to the novel mode of pro
cedure they have adopted. They
pay a good price for the articles
they take Irom our vcfllis, but use
force, if refufed. There are a
great many in the crafting trade
who no doubt, would be wrv well
pleated with inch violence being u
ftd, particularly ii they have hour
or other articles of ptoauee on
board.
July 9.
Intelligence has been received in
this city from a refpi&able com
mercial house in Madeira, under
date of May 26th, stating, that the
Spaniards had risen, attacked, and
beaten the French army in Spain ;
and that the British squadron, off
Cadiz, was expected to co-operate
with the Spanish fleet in conveying
Charles IV. and the royal family ro
South America. It was a report
current in the British fleet off Lis
bon, that the Portugucfe squadron
on its voyage to Rio Janeiro, had
captured four Spanish frigates, hav
ing on board forty millions of dot
lars.
Charleston, July 12.
Capt. Curtis informs us, that
provisions w ere very pier ty at St.
Thomas’s, owing to a number -of
arrivals from the United States—
-1 cue lchooner with 800 barrels of
provisions, From New York, and
another from Sr. Mary’s with 200
barrels, arrived a few days before
; he failed. Letters had been recei
ved at St. I homas’s, via Trinidad,
from Gibraltar, dated about the
middle of May, stating that in con
tequdnee of a number of French
! troops having been massacred by
the Spaniards, in the vicinity of
Madrid, Bonaparte had ordered his
troops to enter that city and put
the inhabitants indiscriminately to the
sword. When this news reached
Cadiz, the Spaniards immediately
hoisted the British flag on the forts
and arienals at that place, and tent
an express to admiral Purvis, who
commanded the British blockading
squadron. inviting him to come in
and take possession of the ships of
war in that port; which he had
done, and that they ameundng to
upwards of ten sail of ike line and
frigates , kc. ‘] his news was vt y
generally believed in the Weft In
dies. Our dates from Gibraltar
ate to the 14th May, and from the
fuuation of Spain at the last dans,
v/4 ftxuld t.ct be afki.ukeu ifloiuw*