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with a corpj ofabout ICOO’Volunteers,
destined to fcm force the Finnish army.
His majesty expressed to them his ap
probation of their loyal arid faithful
conduct and desired th m to persevere
in it until the war should have been
brought to a-successful issue.
(Stockholm Gazette, ofdkth July.j
the Oporto Cczctte, of the SO th Ju’y- ]
Letters from Madrid received at
Qlcnce cn the 15th and 53t3th, state the
French had plundered several places .;
but they were between two Spanish
columns, which must necessarily de
stroy them. The account of Joseph
Bomp&rtc’s entrance to Madrid is con
tradicted. On the contrary, it is said,
llschevarta. to Madrid with-40
or 50,000 men.
St. /ago, June 30.—The supreme
j-;nta of this Principality hasten to com
fiiunicate to this kingdom the informa
tion they have received from our-De
puties in Great-Brrtain, whose Govern
ment offers a succour, net only'to thi-
Principality, but every other’ Principal
ity of this kingdom, r.s ; w;sl be seen by
the annexed Copy of the Letter of th
Eiiglish Minister to our Deputies.
HIS oRITANMC MAJESTY'S DECLAIATICS
.TO THE ENVOYS OF ASTURIAS.
My-Lords,
I have laid before my Sovereign -fhc”
letter which you were authorised b\
the Junta of the Principality of Austu
yiae to deliver to me, together'-with the
river entrusted to you by the Junta,
treating, in their name, his majesty’s
distance. -lais majesty has desired
‘to assure your Excellencies that h<
<he warmest interest in the reso-
T the Principality of A sturiar. f
ip gainst the atrocious Usurp.: i
contest in favour of iht
f the Span! h Monar
majesty is disposed to
-.f assistance to cffoits
and praiseworthy.
’ j, ordered
iat no time t hall be j
for the port oS Gijoii 1
■on require, as being
‘necessary ; hewii!,
“Vce capable of’
. h ‘ nr Ik: eg bust j
Y •/ i, . crxz.ltx. my. nw.ke,
and of introducing troops by sea into
the country. Kia majesty ‘will make
further efforts m support “of so just a
cause.
His majesty has further ordered rne
to declare to vetir excellencies, his
readiness to extend the same succours
to every other part of the Spanish mon
archy which may be animated .hy the
same spirit as the inhabitants of As'tti
rias, as well as his majesty’s sincere
desire to renew those ties of friendship 1
which subsisted so long- between the!
two nations, and to direct his united |
efforts against any power which mayj
evmce hostile intentions against Spain,
as well as Great Britain.
I recommend to your excellencies
to communicate, as soon as possible,
to the junta, the manner in which his
mujesty has received the proposal
transmitted by ycur excellencies. A
vessel has been got ready at Ports
mouth to carry any person you may
think proper to dispatch.
I beg your excellencies to accept
the assurances of my high considera
tion. GEO ft GE CANNING.
A circumstance lately took place at
Portsmouth which seldom occurs be.
yond the purlieus of London: Mr.
WH— t, an old gentleman of I’ortsea,
nearly 60 years of age, being on his
usual walk, was met by a genteel look
ing joung man, who addressed him
self to the old gentleman, expressing
the pleasure he always felt in conver
sing with old people. After walking
some little time, they drew near the
Uninprn gate, they observed a pocket
book lying in the road, which a gen
tleman, who was walking on befo c
them, it was supposed had dropped
The old gentleman attempted to pick
it up, when the young mail observed
!■!, UM , UIU, 33 J jvUl.u OI num-s,
share it between us.” They becom
ingly examined its contents, which
proved to be, apparently, a diamond,
xvaisf buckle, which was fastened to a
yellow ri'obon, and a piece of paper,
like a receipt, wrhten in a foreign lan
guage. A gentleman coming by (no
doubt the pe-son who was seen walk
ing before thuu)~the young man as
ked him to read it for him, as he did
not understand it. He acce.erugiy
told them it was a receipt for I7OL for
a diamond buckle. The gentleman
then passed cn without taking any fur
ther notice. The old gentleman, Mr,
W. and the young man, instantly re
paired to a public bouse-to decide up
on the way in which they should di
vide their prize. The young man
sold as 4 he was rather in want of imme
diate cash', Ihe old gentleman should
give him ten pound and he .slvouk
keep the buckle, and he M ould men
him at the Royal Oak, in Queen strew,
l’ortsea, the next day, to settle the resi
Mr. W. gave ten pounds -and, o
: course, the ydu.rg tnan did -not ir-c
: ti.r, at the Royal Oak, nor has lie so.
him, or the gentleman who.translate
he note, rincr. The buckle Lin
worth ten shillings.
O
FRENCH FRIGATE.
Capture of La Pied.noritrJte, French frigate, ~Zy;
■ his majesty s Jhip St. Flureiizo.
(i On Fridav th- 4*h March,. 18cS
his majeflv’s ship flx-r-enzo, c pta
‘ ijmiinge. failed fro :> Point dr Gall
Grylon. On the 6h, et (even A. s
she paff.*d three Indunr.en, the Met
calf. Devon {hire. -and Chariton, am
ioon after few a irig-i-te -bearing notti,
call.
44 The 3t. FiorrPzo immediate lj
hmiVd her wind in iTiorr, ar.d ma r
all fall, bHng-at that ttmein 1 *. 7, 2
N. and 7.7, 58 E. She made the pn
vate signal which was not anfwctrri.
and at five (hewed-her color?, which
the stranger took no nonce of ; at 1
4 P. M. ranged along fide of him on
the larboard tack and received his
broadiide.
M After enpeging ten minutes with
in a cable’s length, the enemy made all
fail a head, cut ol the range of the bt.
p un rs*n \f\ s. £W*>t
and made all fail after him, continuing
to come up with him till day-light,
when, finding he could not avoid in
action, he wore, as did the St. Fiorcn
zo, and at twentv five minutes pall
fix re commenced the engagement, at
the difiance of half a mile, gramially
doling with him to a quarter of a mile.
Jhe fire was conftan and well direc
ted on both fidcs, though that of ihr
enemy {lacked towards the latter part
of the attson At 8 15 A. M. the
er*<-my made all fail.
Ihe Si. Fiorenzo’s main topfai!
yard being fh<*t through, the main rov
al mail, both nruin top-mall (lays, the
main spring-slay, and molt of bo h
{landing and running rigging and tUils
cut to pieces, and cartridges fired
away, flieceafcd bring and employed
all hinds in repairing the damages., and
fitting her again for attion.
“ I hey kept fight of the enemy
during the night, and t 9 A. M. cn
Bth, being perfeftly prepared for ac
tion, she bore down on him, under all
fail ; hr did not endeavor to avoid
the St. Ftorenzo until Ihe hauled a
thwart his stern, to gam the weathar
gAge, ar.d bring him to clofc fight,
when the enemy hauled up also and
made all fit! : but perceiving the Si.
Fiorcnzo coming up fall with him,
and that a battle was unavoidable, ht
tacked, and at 3 P. M. they palled
each other onoppofite tacks, and com
menced 8&ion within a quartet of
cifile’s length, when the enemy wa
abaft the St. Ftorcnzo’s beam, h
wore, and aber an hour and twenty
minutes clof* aflion struck his colors
44 She proved to be I.a Piedmon
twfr French frigate, commanded b\
Monsieur Epron, capitaine dr Va:s
lcan ; she mounted 50 guns, long 18
pounders cn her main-deck, and 3d
ucv Pw.
She had 336 Frenchmen o>
board, and near 200 Lafcars. Sb
failed from the Mauritius on the 30:
of December, In die aflion she ban
48 men killed and ita wounded ;
the -St. Fiorenzo
25 wounded—among the ionner her
commander who unfortunately f*d by
a grape fiiot, the Icccud broadiide in
she lafl aflion.
41 1 ‘eutsnant H G. MafTay wa.-
badly wounded jtill before the enemy
firuck. Moreau, the ftcond captain
of La Pii-draontaife, was feverdy
wounded in ;h.e third aflion, and ei ; hei
threw, hunfelf, or ceufed himfdf to
be thrown overboard.
•“ La I'iedmomatfe had her rigging
cut to pieces, tnd her mafL and bow
sprit To wounded, that they went by
he beard during the night.
Lieutenant Dawson fueceedcd cop
i in Hardinge, and brought the St.
Ftoirhzo and La Piedtmmiaise (her
prize) into Colutnbo on the rath ol
'au h.
The capture of the Picdmontavfr
‘V a (hip lo much her inferior, will
re read by every gallant youth cn
• ‘3rd ike former Eafi India fire;
At th re 2 the ns that muff be obvious.
Yet ve heard the-art in biiterncfs of
” art regret her escape, alter having
had her in the tr.td'l of their fleet (con
hffing ol ei. hi Indiameo nd a frigate)
f>r many hobrs. It was ertainly, in
modem U 1 9 n efcapc that could
have be a-.- cxpeein, and wllith
t French thernff lvcs ccrifiderrd as
p culiarly lucky. Ihe Picdmontatf*
mounted
58 I’S pdn-idcrs on'the main deck.
10 36 cairoimdes ~)
2 IS loop o"it!s v. cn the quarter deck.
4 18 carronades J
2 30 diro
2 18 ditto k on tire fvrecakle.
2 howitzers i
—SO
lia i when the ‘.vent into a&ion s comple-
Kent of Sl6 French.
216 Lafcars.
* —0.532
Os whom were killed 48
Wounded 112
The St. Fiorenzo had only S6£>
| men, and loft in killed, : 3 —wound
jed, 25
j She 14 Voted at 28. bus treum.
’gun 5.
i Another account fays, the Picdmon
taife hed been out from (he if],- .of
France about ten week', and had
made a great trany prizes, but none of
much value. Moreau the lecond tap
tam, who was {lightly wounded, when
: he found fhr hed struck. conlcious of
‘his infamous conduct in manv inftan—
c-s", but particularly in dabbing cap
tain Larkins, of the Warren Hastings,
after she had struck, and aware of the
1 punilhment that awaited him, jumped
■ ov< rboard and was drowned.
V hen the St. Fiorenzo fitft difeo
veredthe La Pietlmontaife, (he was
bearing down to attack the Devon
shire and Chariton, on their wav to
jotn the fleet at Point de Galle, who
were, however, ail well prepared, and!
would no doubt, have given a good!
account ot her had she dared to attack t
them.
■ ■—™ mTZStfSttsxrr-?- nl
NOTICE.
ALL perform having any demands agaieft the
eOat’ of GEORGE CUI HBERT, Mrs. ANNE
CU I HBfcß T or Dr. JAMHB CU l HBERT, will
fendiatheir accounts to CHARLES HARRIS,Efq.of
Savannah, on or before the Ijth day of July next, a*
it i propufed then to devide the Eilatt and obtain
letters d-lmiiloiy.
WILLIAM MEIN,
John m*queen,
Esccutore of the Efiate Ir. Jas. Cuthbert.
April i5- 2
NOTICE.
A LL perfori’ indebttd to the Eflare ofWtT LIAM
* MAXWI LI, senior, Uie Bryan County
deesafed arc requeued to m?ke immediate payment.
I hose who have demands again!! the fan! eflate, arr
requtikd to render tltcm in properly atu-ited, to ’
JOHN J. MAXWELL. :
C°*‘ diii v-ecutor.
Bryaa County, January 1}
STILL LATER ,
RECEIVED VIA BOSTQtf.
BOSTON, O&cfccr 41
On Saturday the ship Mary Fosdiek, arrived
in thi* port in 43 days from London, bringing
papers to the 13 of Auguit ; and on tl>-
day the ship Sally Hastings, SC, day, f rom
laga, ar.d 48 from Gibraltar ; bringing Gibral
tar papers Irkewife to the 13th of A ugu lt.
The information received through thele chan
nels is very important, but as the detached arti
cles contain unnecessary repetitions we ihal! con
fine oui Dves to a digefied account of the lead
ing events.
Joseph Bonaparte left St. Sebafiians, as w 3
dated feme time fincc, on the 9th of July.
the 12th he was at Vittoria, the capital of Alavg
155 miles N. of Madrid, atid issued a moil gra
cious proclamation to his rate ruled Objects. On
the 1 fill he passed through Miranda in the
morning, and arrived is the evening at Burgos
>ll7 miles from Madrid. He made a short ibv
| at that place and proceeded to Madrid, which
ho entered on the 20th.
After the unf uccessful attack upon the French
at Rio Seco, by General Cuefta on the lith
aad h;s retreat to Benevente, it appears that
Cueft-a received information of King Joieoh’s
approaches to Madrid, and taking with him 1 hia
cavalry, lie Jet out pod hade to intercept him
in his rout. Finding himfelf too late by a few
hours to prevent his reaching Madrid, he imme
diately returned to his army, which moved to
wards the north, with a view to cut off the com
munication between Bessicres who had taken
possession of Benevente and Leon. In the me-nr
time newt reached Madrid of the marching levies
towards that city from fever el province's, 0 viz—
Andalusiads 50.000; Valencia™ 45,000; Mur
ciai.s 20,000-; Efiramadurans 20,000; total
135,000, besides the . fturians and Gallician
armies. \\ ith nothing but a prospect of cer
| tain destruction if he remained in Madrid, King
I Joseph abandoned his capital, cn the h'Sih
plundering and carrying off with him the plate
c.f the churches, and the furniture of the palace.
1 he exafperaied Spaniards puvfued the lean of
his army, and had retaken feme of the plunder,
iheai my toenc a direction towards Burgos, to
which place Bessietes was also haffening with
j hi3 tioops. General Ponte “with a division of
tye Aflurian patriots, had made an incursion on
the road towards Burgos, and taken a French
convey with eight waggon lends ofthefpoil.
Moft of the bparnsh noblemen,'who h: cl cr.— o
from Bayonne with Joseph, cn their arrival’a
Madrid, declared tor the patriots.
Ihe fit-all remnantof-klfonery‘s army which
deeped hem Valencia, arrived at Id-.idrid on
the 2/.n July, and ccilif ofed a part of the liv
ing Kiug‘B guard, * ‘ J
. *^ e Emperor Bonaparte had returned to Fa.
ris, convoked his senate, and ordered a levy of
n s subjects cn mass from the age c f 16 to 4b,
:or the Ted art ton of Spain,
j General iveLdey, who commanded the firff
, civtson oi the Finish expedition, consiftirm of
; 1 0, COO men, to the continent, landed zt the ri-
I ! V 7 )ollt G 0 ,niles :!0 h of Lisbon,
on the 2g of July.
Yesterday arrived in this port the
ship united A totes 9 captain Hardin??
tdio le!i Cadiz the 23d of Auguft’
j&nd hrnvgf tne Seville Gazette to the
! 19th, which contains a confirmation
jof the account thai JOSEPH 80.
I N A P ARTE, with the French aim),
haijled from Me rid towards France,
Gxthsftothof fuly ! t apiain H. adds,
ost it was generally believed in Ca
diz, from the various accounts which
had bem received theie, that
was entirely cleared of French troops,
cr rather that there was not a French,
man ip. arras in Spain f General Du
pont and all his army were priioners
til and near Cadiz, and transports
were preparing to carry them to
France. - General Dupont had been
put in doff confinement} in conse
quence of his having been dctef.ed in
attempting to excite an effort among
the French to rife, to tamper with the
loyalty of the Spaniards, and to ad as
a spy, as it refpeded the state or the
country. To pi event any difturban
ccs > ‘he governor had ordered the in
habitants to take their arms home to
their houses.
It was reported, as fad, that Aus
itia and Italy had declared against
France, and that feme adions had ta
ken ptace between them and the
French.
1 oru Collingwood with five fail of
the line and several frigates, was off
Cadiz, but was bound up the Medi
terranean, as soon as he should !ear:i
die rcfult of the landing of the 3ritifit
in Portugal.
Letters were received in Cadiz, . n
the 40th, from Mr. Irving; and cap
tain Harding brings dispatches from
him for goveranuatj laid to (a; ig.
jportam.