Western Sun, Volume 1, Number 45, Vincennes, Knox County, 1 October 1808 — Page 1
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NORFOLK, July 27. , RP.VGLtJTION LVSPAIXi Thi3 intelligence which has reached us fe a viriety of uncertain and unofficial channels is now conGrnied This morning sn ofricer came UJ to town, from hit Britanic mjcdy'i brig Emulous, comma tided by lieut. Stupar, in 17 days from Rarbadors, hving difpitchcs frm the Britiih admiral of that ifland, for mr. Erfk;ne,the Britiih .miniftcr near this government. Subjoined, our readers will find 'fame notes on the prefent ftate of Spain, which will enable them to iorm a tolerable idea of the ftate of that country, with fomc other intcrefling matters. We lenni from letters (which we hare not room to infert) that this revolution has been produced by a variety of circumfHncrs. The Spaniards were perfuaded
that Bonaparte intended to place a king of
his own family on the throne af bpau;. He has got into his ponVlJiii at Biyonne. the old king, and his fon Ferdinand the r.ew king .Bonaparte th-n dethroned Ferdinand and reftored his father, who immeditely furrendered his crown to BonaparteThis information having reached Spain, the provinces formed themfelves into a kind nfp'ovifional government, which is tennrd the junto of each province, that of Seville i.as'taken the lead. Nothing ran evreed f i : r c
tile t-ntuuliaim ana unamumy ni uic o'"iatds. The French were aturked in all
parts of Jpain, without the means of com muuicatin with each other- At the kead of the nrefent crovernment is Ion Peur,
Spain' had .cenfed, and commifTioners for the concluiion of peace, and other objects, had failed from Cidiz for London. Many other particulars, cf which we had taken notes are omitted, that we might halen to lay this important intelligence before our readers. The flate of affairs in Portugal, will be
found detailed in the following extract ofj
a letter, which has been obligingly communicated to us. 11 Oporto is in pnfieflion of the people of Portugal, after making pnfoners 4000 French troops. The, port is open to the
Britifh and Spaniards.
General Junto and the French garrifon t Lifbon, are almoft in a flate of feige
all the French force now remaining in Portugal is 9000 men, of which 6000 are in the capital.
11 TheSpanifh troopi that Ind been feat
to ac"l in conjun&ion with the Frehch gsr
rifbn, had been difirined by general Junto,
conlifting cf about 6000 men, which .vas done by the treachery of their own com
manders, and by being placed in a fituation
where refinance was impoflible.
c An infptwtion of the Spjnilh troenr.
hd been ordered in the great fquare cf
LifufW 1 he French armv, were filentlv
0 p.rwler ariTi!s and polled with numerous
field artillery, in every avenue leading to.
the fquare, pnd m this lituatiiin they j
were ordered to by 'iewn their arms re-! fiOance was ineffSluaL and the order was
executed. Several of the oflicers made: their efcape, either to sgain or the BritiHi
fleet of the 1 agur. It is expecled that General Junto will lurrender to the fiprt. confequently the fall of the Ruffiiii ftpadron is certain." Extract of a letter from admiral Cochrane to his Britanic niajefly's coiiful at this pbce. " I have forwarded a copy ' this intelligence to tlie captain general at Caraccas. ar.d have flopped all hoftile procegdiwgs againfl the panifli provinces and colonies." The ofricer who came up to town informed m, that the Acaflo frigate went with the difpatches of Admiral Cochrane, and took with her all the Spanifh prifoners that were at BarbaJoes. 'CA DIZ, June I9. Extract of informal icn from Spain Not: 1. Every day circum(la?ces took place to confirm the friendly difpofition ot the Spar.ilh pecple, as well as the provilionl government towards Great Britain. At
Alfeairas, about the 1 5th June, a valuable Britiih merchant flrn, taken bv a French ptivatecr, was lent wjth pir? cretv into Aljeziras, hot ,,0 foner di.! Hie arrive in
port, tKir. t::e F'enchmer. were drove out cl her, iit'fifli faiiors were reVfe the
nreieru rovcrmurn.
.in.-U nf Ferdinand, bv whom he w?si
uri- r-rlnr when tint ill advltVd nrincc!hip returned hem and Tent co GiU-J.Ur
(Vt ,it fnr Kivonne. He was the firQ to, rd every hoftility between Gieat
reliQ Murat, who it was fiid ii a nenP-mer of Madrid. Among the Hrfl rbjeAs of the provincial 2ovcrnnlfnt P3,n a good underrtanding with the Britifh cominanders was deemed efTential that was footi eflfbded, and alTurances of co-operi-tion, when required, were infUntly given. The French fi"et, confiding of 5 fall of the line and 2 frigates at Cdiz, were fummoned to furrender to the new govern-
inent. but refufed ; in confequence cf
which they were bombarded lour hours, when they furrendered. All holliiitlcs between England and
Bi stain and the Spanifh nation had ceafed, aud was fucceeded witlr the moft friendly interccurfe. The opanifb Meet of fix f.il of the line in Minorca, had made arrangements with lord CoUingwoVd to remain there until they Ihou d receive orders from the Jnto of Seville. Xttt 2. OntVc advnnce cf Central Duport with a detachment of the French army near Madrid towards Ciit, to fupport the
caufeol Hanparte there, fufpicions aroie
imonrfl tle people of (Vadir. that th.e cap
tain general c fAnJckiua, the marquis Cz
Solano, and alfo governor of Cadiz, was in the ihtereft of Bonaparte the corrtf pondence between im and'the duke oi Berg ws finally intercepted ; the people of Cadiz fui rounded his houfcj and having got the marquis into their hands, tore him to pieces his houfe was levelled, to the ground and comolettly deflroyed. i Cadiz a
provifional Junto was immediately formed,
utpendant on, .the Junto at SaviiU, and don Thomas Morlan wes tntruflcd with
the government at Cadiz, in the room of
Solano. , . ;
At Barcrlcna, Don Pdro Trdsillio was
at the fame time deflroyed by ;the people
at Barcelonia, for tiding the French g,r eralin that place, ?.nd the people difcover
ing tfisc he was incorrcfpondcnce with
the grand tukc of Eerg.
Nrte 3. When the royaf family of Spam
went to Bayonne, they were elcorted by ?
regiment of carbineen, confining, of 800
men, that had done duty as the royl guards.
On the fate of the royal fiimily of being
made public, fome dilhirbance was apprebended by Bonaparte amongtt the Spanifh
nobility and foloiery The .commanding officer of the Spanifh regiment of carbin
eers was ordered to parade his mm the
fame evening, for the purpofe of their be-
iuj difumed. 'J'his order he evaded, un.
der a promife of executing it the fo'Iow-
ing morning : however, on alTembling his men on their uftnl pirade,all mounted, he informed them of the orders he had receiv
ed, told them if-they would follow him he would lead them into Spun ; they at once
greed to the prspof!, and following their
commander, took tne roan tor their wn
country, and notwithftanding every at
tempt to overtake them, they made good
their retreat
Note 4 Certain nrccunts had arrived at
Cadiz of the death f the duke cf de L'ln-
f.mtado at Bayonne--Iu fome dilVnfiion
with Bonaparte, relative to the fate of thr
royal family of Spam, the princ it is faid renaonHrted in the fevercft ninr.er ?gainn the conduct of Bonaparte ; and at hft drew
his fword, or on attempting to drw it, wt?
cut down by Bcnapart's guards, in his pre
fence. The French fay, that befjre he
was deftroyed, Bonaparte received a wound
in the arm.
Tne intention cf Bonaparte was, to place
his brother Jofeph on the throne of Spain, ard the duke of Berg on that of Naples;
there was no doupt that f ofepli Bonaparte luil left Spain ; and it w is currently repor
ted, though not officially confirmed, on the
1 9th of June, that on his way to Madrid,
he and all his attendant? were deOroyed by
the armed peafantry cf the country through
winch he attempted to pits.
Aw" 5. The intelligence that reached Loudon f on ? B !tie in the beginning
of Tue inflamed, that the Snnifh trrops
!eni by ISonaoarte to the rtottn ot 1. in ope weie 2t Lubeck and A'tona, the gi eater part at Lubeck a'wout tj,000 men ; it was intended by the Britifh povrrnment, i! thef- trop5 willed ro return to Spain, to afford them meat"? oi'trafcfpor! in the Bah tic that were rmp!.ycd to carry the army tr Sweden, would greatly faciitute this nie-" lure. At Cadiz it was underncod that jen. ApccsTo, ard the cormiTioners fent v London by the unt cf -Saville, hud it
rharge to rcquen the aid of the Britifh go
vernment to the return cf thefc troops to
Spain.
AVfe f,. By the htef intelligence that reached Cadiz en the 1 9th cf June f' Portugal, gen. Comez was en I113 march
with an, army of 30,000 men. to attack the French gen. Junto iu Lifbon ; this army was cqmpefed partly f Spaniards and partly of Portuguese. The Portuguefe required the aflinance of the Britifli forces under general Spencer, then Aympti .and the fieet- off the Tagui. It wai underftood that on the furrender of Gn. Dupont,'. with the French army at Cardbva, thaC gen. Spencer would move towards Lifben for that purpofe. , The trocps remained on the 19th of June on board the tranfports Kote 7. Tofecure Cadiz for.' the. intereft of Bonaparte, general Dupont was detached from Madrid with 1 2.000 men ; .but he. had only reached Cordota, when he found that the French fleet in 'Cadiz bar. hour, confining of 5 fliips of the line and two frigates iad furrendered, 5nd the officers and crews made prifoners of war, to the Spanifh Junto at Cadiz ; to return to .Madrid was impoffible the armed peafantry had already feized the paiTcs in the mountains through which the road went; and 4 large force lay between him and Cadiz In facl the French army found themfclvea in a flate of fiege. On thtf 18th of June a courier arrived at Cadiz to inform the
7untoi that general Cordoza, who commanded the anifh army near Cordova
had' been joined by 9000 troops of the line from Algeflras, which mzde hit force
amount to 20,0C0 troops of the line, in
dependent of the volunteers and peafantry
armec wiui pikes, i fie Trench army, by deaths and defcrtton was reduced to 9700
men. On the 19th of June, a courier arrived early in the-rooming, informing that the tw o armies were engaged ; and on the afternoon of the fame day a ferond courier arrived to inform the Junto ef Cdiz, that Gen Dupont and his whole force had furrendered prifoners of war to gen. Cordoza. It was underftoedthat the victorious army would immcdiatfly rnarcb towards Madrid to aft in conjunction with the arrniej marclung from Bifcay, an other parts of Spa'ni to befiege the French ih Madrid. To the honor of the Spanifh' nation it has been found that fince the Jeclara'ion of hoftilities againft France, by the prvifio"nal government, in r.o inrtanee has a Spaniard been induced to carrv letters
from the French cnieers to the other ports ; by this means every communication be
tween the commanders of the French ar
mies has been cut off.
Accsunts from London to the 4th Tune
had reached Barbadoes, which ttated that the Swedes had been fuccefsful againft the Ruffians, and that the latter in one battla had loft 5000 men.
NORFOLK, July 93. Yetterdy moiT.invr arrived here an effi
cer from hi? Britannic miefiy,s brier Km-
ulcu lieutenant Stgpor, which anchored on Tuefdiy evejjing off Old-Point Iighthoufe, in lVvriiteen days from Barbadoes,
with c tip if he frcm Athr.iral Cochrane to rol. Hmihon and mr. Fflkine, the Brit
ifli mimfter. 7o the 4ttmtion and politerefsrf Col. H. we ar- indebted for copitf of the fr.llowig very iTportan: letters. SMIX IX AX UPPCAR! !XtraI of - letter frrBi Lord CfdlingwoorJ to Admiral Cochrane, dated Oil Cadiz. June 16, 1303. The Fyinr Fifli having joined mn cn her
Jway to Brbidari, I avail myf-lf of the
-jportumty to put you in pofieffion of fuch events as have ocrurrid ir. ipain; and come to my kncwlcdgcv