The monitor. (Washington, Ga.) 1800-1815, July 30, 1808, Image 2

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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*