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ft 4 V? iffy. 'iil- f? their ide by slonany firec) -pounder, the termlned jbs lioi ta vicld ever, hayansleraMy defeased Vis fljtnm cers m tms point, wtyanceo. a sccoi . u.v accompanied by a Switzerland a four.poUndfcr, rT cn.WVr. in o-ainiin? kiciH advanCC on the road, to enable him to bring his gun to beat .(Within -about three quarters oi . a gun; shot) on tbe'centre and the kit division,; T . Whilst these operations were carrying; on cgainst-om right and centre, the enemy ad vanced two very' strong' columns against the front of our left position; and at the same moment,1 a very numerous" corps f sharp shooters (vohigturs) advanced ader cover ef the h-jwitzer and lour poumJer, and got po. session of a wood whiuV ascended from th c road to within less than mus!;etvslvoCor the right" flank of t he left position. This obliged general Figuioa to throw back one or two ' battalions upon lvs'tight . to oppose the cne iny's light 'infantry Nothing could be more gallant or niore orderly . th an. the enemy 's at tack of this post i. hcdvanced in the greatest military regularity, pricier a most tremendous ' fjre.tThs gallant of the enemy's attack could only be tquAlIed-by the intrepidity of "thai defence made by the 1st divfctfom It is , : impossible for rfe to do justice to the soldior- iiko co.iduct tf tins n vision. AtiacKtu on very superior lorce, and occa- i by .the howitzer and four-' efended their post wjth de icy. 1 hey appeared resolved foot of c round. The enemvi . I. "t . 1 1 were equai: oKs-mair auu persevering, anci being enabl by their very superior numbers to nearly miundthe hill occtpied by this" gallant diYion gtneral luutoa felt himself called up to order a retreat which, was ef fected vy,a mijch. order as existing circum-, stancesrould admit of. VVhilstHhe 1st Vdivisioia3 thus engaged, the enemy"kept. tp a hvy fire of shot and shell, and sonie" musky (from tW. woods m our front) on the (tt'fc division and the reserve. -The guns f re,, supported by to very large co- Ar.uig could exceed the soldiex like stea dies with which the iourth division and re- I :... .i i .... reniviiiicu on uicir uosi unaer tnis nea- . . i i : this courage, will not be wondered at .-. T -v- i.nlinti ik tku a . , . . 1 1 it iiicuiiuii mm mc ,umuiany 1 1 ill CI. If I iself was-at the.head of the centre division. lUMiing the soldiers by his presence and sample. When .the Jirst 'shell bnt. there 'general Blake repaired- and placed his horse oa the very spot, displayed his division into twi lines, part ot ii.ie. reserve remaining m columns, HU? address to' the soldi cts was 'simple, and spoke to their' feelings " lie-. member you are Spaniards j be firm, soldiers.''; Never did the most veteran troops, or those most accustomed to cannon, j eraain more cool, steady, and determined. After an" ac tion of nearly nine hews: incessant tire, and it become evident that the enemy had receiv ed very .great reinforcements, and having beea enabled, by the ''assistance of his cannon (of lit," JliU' jlWlfl'lit A rolum of observation s more might be tVrittenpon this report,'tbis piciure of tnc distressed state , of Krance ; bar we strait coii- fine ourselves to two ', nire .remarks-rUona Darte begins flisra'm to talk of send'iBg'a large army to Boulosne, and tells us, that Vifljfind that aot one of thi promises Tielci out ihen-ave .ben fuI5Iled?,,: Ameliorations are always to take place and that they never do t: ke Tplace.-A yer has elapsed; timing wMch the tffectsof tnat commercial interdict Which Honpaite has:adbpted were to be se verely felt' by s -"But what has been the act i that .they - have . been felt alone by I ranee, aiid that our revenue and "our com merce iiavclnci eased during , that ptriod ! What a picture, we have said, of the stale of France does' this report draw ? 'Examine its lewtuies there is hot one that does not be truy the paleness, the wretchedness and th sniialor of noveilv.. 6'reat Britain has drawn a line ofciicumvallatioji around her, and Shut her out from commerce or r.nmrimnioitich with three fourths of the v.crld All our, the .Spaniards havingagain taken possession Ot navi'l relations are at . an end, our merchants,1 thit town! To render the public satisfactioa take the operations for whictj it was intended." His object, no doubt, is to frightejjus with the idea of invasion, that we may not send more troops abroad to the assistance of Spain' and Fortual.--C5?unVr, 9(h Abv 4 . v." '"'. : 'November 2 1. 1tie capital t yesterday was thrown into transports of joy by an account received from Plvmnnth of a hrilliant victorv having been - 1 - . - . j j , 1 . - .1 r.. . n:iu.. I s f I nramenover ins i renc-i near ijnooa, aiw m 1 4 v Mil v v Ill il L'lWllt 1U ICllWd tJlC IJUOllU iuii!uuwi munufritiuies, and consumers are exposed tg: comniele, it wasj added that Saracossa had dreadful sufferings sufferings which are now irtjuud another wreath round her brows and babitunl to them there is ro remedy but 'pa-'had again driven the French with disgrace lience and vesigpation 10 t liem." . This is tl e fr6rn hrr walls. The "following is the ac- suusiance, mey are aimosi uie r ery express!-, .count irom rly mouth i ons of the minister's report. 'Nothinj re- nluitis for industry to have recourse to bu agi iculture. But what will agriculture do for those who have no marked, vvho'canft expm t ? . The eutour3gement to sow must arise from the knowledge that the person who sows can sell. Bonaparte gives them no mar?" ket nq export traiie, and agriculture cannot be fk, ribbing. ,Jt is .evident that it is nof that it is in distress, A lure, however, is thrown out to thaiarmer ?he is promised " a project of, the greatest utility, which is indis pensably necessary to the prosperity of agti culture. and is closely -interwoven with nati onal prosperity." ThVpiojert is a' ".'..rural code." Y hat ! is this which is declared still w.'.ntinir ? conseouence' nri.m;u,i u MOods flankin? the rnrht of nnr' i. f, it was deemed advisable to retreat. Genenl to be so -vitally necessary, wanting to a nation that is depicted as Essentially agricultural ?"This is ever t!.e Waywitli lionaparte lie is always pro. mising tVdo such great things for the pros perity of France, but never performing This rural codevwoiild, we should hr.ve im agined, been the firt.tx.thjng thought of by a government that professed to rule over a na tion 11 essentially ariculturaland that had , dtprrairifd to cut oif all commerce what- ever.... But no, the rural code is yet tOcome, and riot a step has bee.n taken but-to call nppn different authoritiesln France 0 give tieir advice u.'iwi it I liiitcih priii pal improve ment of agriculture is arise out of a 14 reor ganization of the repositories for the breed of horses 1" What mockery and trifling ! the' principal improvemciU is to fi.l the farmer a market for his cmniodky oibvr .improve ments will follow of course. 1 j, Utit the state of conrHnerceJpurdrsof rnnnr.il. nmvoked bv ftona'jarte's decrees. X ti -r have Dot a final ston to it .Nothin? is doinrr . nothing pis .expect? V to be done. Give yourselves up to your miserable fate we' have mined you past recoyery rot and go to.des- iiaiie piacecniinnelt at the headof the fourth L division ami part of the reserve, and in person superintended U. directed tin-r.i.- retrea:Of his anny, winch was effected in o.aer, we enemy not appearing - inclined to mtdestj.our movements. By cloven o'clock on.Xln night of 30th October, the most part of .the troops arrived at Bilboa. -t- ifV the morning of the 1st '(yesterday T" geriral hl,e arriveAilhat. town with tfie Jpo-th division, and fost not a moment in pro- -ceeding to the great square, where he super intended in person the issue of bread and apiin to tne troops. IS'othing could esceed Uieir joy at .seiag) their general return to tnem, a Uilsceport having obtait. d that Hp au ucm cut-on in coverimr the rftrat lUSUce to tue p-ailantVv niwl a . cerajmdolcriers.of thts army in the action of 'S . r r .n?nvcr-l,c statemejit f,!4S'Whl 1 have ven' in a Piain iwvar tnshfcd.rnaiir, will give some idea of their brave i't.;!ujtv . ;' Notig canexceed the pawnee, and I may add, the' cheerfulness of the SpanisV soldiers, under diilkulties and privations of all sorts.1 " ' ,J, --'' ' ' The impression left on mv mind from the account of jestSrday, is decidedly most fovour-' able to the Spanish soldier. ' - ; Ihe efFect.produced ou.'hcip ' hoso"ms from yesterday's defence, is a manlv vi ei,t:- ljke pride, arising from a self conviction of u.vu naving none their duty. irfonts ;i the weaving of cotton hut whn. can thsy et thjir, cotton" to wave ? V. oale ca i bp 'procured without our permission. I . -"i'-" - - - i-A.i. iimuc iv uiiiviifc cotton, btit it is evident that th?y have failed. And this distress is not con lined to the cotton ma nufacture ; it extendi o every other haricH ot commerce anci mamiluctures, for who will cultivate an 1 make what he cirmot sell ? Frr merly, whilst Germany was open to us, riancecoina se!i Her manufactures, .because me yermaus got rich by their coin:nerce vi a - us: lint- tiM tj-innais are struck with the same interdict as France, and hive no money to buy the conmotlities that France can selU .So nearly annroachin"-1 sf:n-v:t; , on are all the French manuftcttifers, that the g n'ernment have bn forced to dole out some small sums to the merchants who-" cannm ' C.ll u-- 1". ' w; i.;, . i- ovu kHQ-mixjuGe tney nave on liana (m 'L ,TZ fU'i' '' "t- tl belorg.ter PV.f .!, iuJrfV rrencfi gpvei nment are forced to give a kind ot purwrt paper, relict to their merchants and manufactitfers, to sive them fro'iiv vvanting a jt Mi uicuij a precious proor ot the prgs eriiy that has followed Bonaparte's adminis tration. From the state f commerce and agriculture, tfie report proceeds to a v iew, of tne hnancfs. Here the mmutcr. .i , . r -v., nnj uiii been so minute as to recount to us the esta blishment of a couple of tin iriaimfactorics, and of a .rcpositoiy or twt for the breed of 'h0,'?e!.v "looses himself in generalities and careimiy avcKls giving us any tact Btrtthe very boast he uses conveys to our minds ad ditiohar evidence of the distress in which the country' r- involved.-l)oan and paper money loua no part 01 tne rrcnen system.' Foi' Pi.vMftUTH. Nnv. 18. " The Black Joke lugger is arrived from. Cjon., in 63 hours, with dispatches for go vernment, which I understand contain -an ac count of the defeat of mr.rshal Ncy near Bil boa on the 7th of Nov. by general Blake, af ter a severe acdun, in Which the French lost 9000 menv kilMi wounded, and prisoners " It-is-also stated, that Saragossa had been attacked by the French, and tha enemy re pulsed with greajt loss. .The accounts which had arrived from Spam prevrousl;' f.o those which arrived yesterday, left affairs in such a situation, tlut a battle seemed inevitable ; the Spaniards being in full march towards the enemy, with whom they eagerly desired an encounter. It was on the afternoon of the"6th that those accounts wee dated, the army having, cleared the 'enemy from the heights .of Ontara,' and being in full mardh for 13i!boa. The knowledge of this fact gave an additional weight and credit to . the Fly mouth letters, which stated the battle to have taken place on the 7th, on whicrWay tt was probable that a battle would take phtce. The Black Joke left Oijoiv on the Hth, and was only 63 hours on her passage- --The Spae bish papers from, Corunna, are of a day later ---but as Corunna is about J 30 miles from . Cijon, there couhd not be a ny later, if so 1 ate jnteiftgejice. at Corunna on the 15th, as there was at 6tjji on the 14th. Of course, if a battle had taken place near Bilboa on the 7ih, it .would have, been known at Corunna On the ffkth. The silence therefore,' of tine Coruhna Daoers 'of that date was very risilv considw- 1 cd as a proof that the Gijoti accotrots of a ' vjctory, f9r such accounts were certainty in circulatian there ere untrue.. But It is to be remarked that the Cornnna ppjiers do not con tain a word of intelligence relative to the ope rations of the army, though it is next to irv. u ut iiii a' jiL iTPfp J. " " " " " f : . ' 1 Is the silence of the Corunna nnma kl accounted for by the circumstance, of their not havincr intelhVence of a "favonralilH h,t.,.. to communicate ? There- is a " rumour from Falmouth, that Blake has sustained' a check. The accounts from Falmouth and Pvmoutli whidh we received this morning, are directly -..'' In going over ourT late London Vper, We o initted the, following articb ; no intdligence had been received to the "date of our. last i,ar,: l( ziiuc or.connim- what 13 therein stated.) Londow, Nov. 18. important lntttigerxc from Sfiain. We have been favoured with iK" cni,.!.. I a ! Tlence in times of public dartper, toW all parties to exert themselvts mote the general wtlfareThtrtW 'Krstnl-vttL That it in ultl. .1 - ' 1 -- - ... 1 1 . .... ful concern that we review the JJ An crn4afgo on all vessel's, and oJhV tatioh of, the valuable .products of 0'' try by land has been in full operation"' Wen explicitly 'acknowledged by the fa tV'ta measure in C!oiVotis tl-oi l ' ..'- --- r: - " 11 nJSrjr, is wejl known that it; has occasionc, ihen.se waste of property to our own cj. In soma parts of our count .:,' presidential instructions, unauthoiise such icuii,.i.iuij nave ueeiurnnosed coasting tratie as have produced tj distressing effects. But it is with 4v ineilt; that we have seeh that a bill h"f introduced into Congress by the the administration and. Passed the Sen-' House of Representatives, which, in' on, contains provisions repugnant i' Constitution and incompatible witjjiL principles of Civil Liberty, liy that b" instructions of the President ixm t0 j,,'" force of law. Those instructions a given to agents. sokiy appointed byp! "fhe powers thusnyiven are to be . a mariner in which no law never mJ votaress naa pecn nereioiore exetsutj a military force jilaced at the buck of presidential agents, acting altogether presidtntio,l instructions, whojly. j. dent of the civil maistute. Vhci,.. responsible for any act, however attfej oe 1 ore any triounai wnatever. The trial oy jury in sucn cases is expresli away.---These trefnendous nowcre exei-cised for the purjwe of enfnrri,. tern of measures notoriouJy ;uinoust own nation, and pefccily harmless 'to A system approved ty 'Bjnafjarte, mj garde d with indifference by Great 1! halved, ihat we . highly apprcec! cemduct of the Legislature of this Co; wealth in llc chuh;e of electors of Pj and Vice-President, and of their doin proceedings at IheiV. last session n. our differences with Great Britain, m. laws faying an embargo That v,e!?J tiulest conhdence in their wUdoiu Jmii qjss" in taking all sucj meawtres iafc as in their power to .relieve from ;he generally felt by the. citizens, and nod verejy bypur brethren in-the casino of the Commopweaith, add to avert th; efFfrts orilifi4 U'lth ivtiirn viu niu . ... Ull.il "V UiVlll ! f d- .Thnt Wf !rvrt- to. Ti k.. provision be made to secure and proitc mnaiMtants otthe fommonwealtli in ift joyment. of those invaluable privilet Cd by the 01 I ot ne-hlsi-and biiavsntfn f the r ederal Constitution) .among itliid, now as most important, the, -Subofdinau; Tr ? X?rpc riJ v..M,wu om genaal and Mfortiw search, andahe riuht of seekrno. a t sure and speedy redress , for all irjuriJ ' "'7'! .1H" we .-view wjth astcf mtfttnd alarm theev'trtiim,,,. ; , mditary lo.ee m the United States, hifci aommiirauon dtUine giving m the any information of ' the object toerilotce the .embargo at the poii.lof bayonet. - ' ... 1 Afs Ant sacredly,- to reward the laws. -auJ rt acJ nance an lorciole opposition to thenj is d I Y'ii !ot4. e 10 me nimost oti an,mT, loexcrte the attention ft of theJrw eports of the'' late action in- 10 1,1 e cm of their impcr ...ir uuwf as electors, and especially. n . . -'V -v.uuil', UJ iscay, as transmitted to the StiamsTr vertiment. Thev estaklU v,. tact, namely, that irenenJ- Btak. tne enemy on the 5th jnstant nn,l k . t. - , ...... wlc tn-, as has been stated. ivu urcm. Jt4 ne extern: of hts- vicfory was iiw ascciwincg, as mere art no iniaay.M...' ""u iinu Aiian 01 tne morning of". -the 6tb h:T"c" "c .puvine wnoie ot hrs army in motion THE STATE OF FRANCE. -15 fceljr possible for the mind ttftoftw c-eive a more wretched State of afTairs than that in which- France is, according to the re VfiptylwcU , minister,, of thW mtertour 7nilF .Q'-rm?" crouches " at" the fcet " of J ranee ; while .Kussra is in her tods, and ' su' resmoi .use a linger in hostility a gamst h while .Ifely owns her yoke, and .Switzerland expects every foment the death warrant for tlje execution ; wryie all seem bril: ljont .witlout, every thingfwMi;i's in the' greatest misery and dislress her port with out activity, her manufactures idoy, her, merchants ruiaed.TpIn pi-oofcf this, j , yv, ryi - v;oiibiienng the awhrl and ever ve.y good reason, because their credit is not j glesnow making in Europe, on th sound enough to raise money by loans, or to piurccircuiaiion . Dr Dapcr monev. Nnn but "countries of irreat wealth, of indisnnah!. credit, can raise money by loans, or circulate paper money. Ask a merchant whether his inability to raise loans br'ofet -Miis bills taknT KaL proof of his credit ? This lioast of the raei&h trovernment is about as strong a nrnnf r f Tvr2 sT -mm r ft t. a 1, f--.. A r ft " 1 jiwjiur, me utntKiiNJi anoriieu, wno. ...t. i r i . , . fi ... .."l. vueu ne louna nooody wonio tend him a shil ling or take his note, cried Oht V thank f ha ven I have done With borrowintr monev and issuingbiHs."'--While - the 'French eovern- . . ,.,i 'u L , uuasi uirii mey uojioi nuvr recourse 'to e licet not hnvff rivjnr: tH. tti ' . j. u t.u:" ; , ',,v wan or pap r money,, that is that they can- 7 , r V l T . ,. v V'U tne. .con- government w?Yrts money every one is ready fe,on of . he Frendh numsterof the interior :: to lend it m ,nr J u, l rre have it fromJc French government it- j per cnt interestaml th3tll persons are as j Sell. - lt 9lH' nn. nml1PA fk r ....n... I , " . .... 4 - - - i , .. .v wuvnwn . n-i'unna 1 reaay to taKC cur At a very numerous and respectable meeiine ...n, 4i.uumnij ui .ui innereni towns in the county of Hampshire, (Mass;) convened pursuant to public 'notise, C the Court .1 loose in Northampton, on Thursxlay "the1 ui January, iso.9, to take into coh sideranon the presentalafmrog condition of the Untied States, and of this Common, wealth, the following. Kcsoiutions were passed : Considering the awftrl anA Lintr in Eoronr:. nn th i, ! to suojugate. ami enslave an innocent and unoffending nation, and on the other to resist the-efforts of a cruel an?l rek-ntresstyranni---. Pstinggjg which the history of aVfewrs past demonstrates may be deeply bterestinsr , copieoi inevnitea states 1 hafoUr common country as been a d still is sufer. ing unusual and extraordinary burthens frtim ic incisures recently adopted afid pnued by the .national, government That w Uhin our owfr commonwealth its treasured Vhave been squandered and applfed to private ase, punciple's and practices deliberately ami offi-; cmlly-aj-owed and advocated, totally incon sistent with the nresvrvation nfniif. ,v.r.M: can form of -government That causes are coin inuaUy-occur ling which tend" to produce almost calamitous event a DisWwion of the- """jf "mi u is .vine ntrnc end firm snppqrl of the . -goverhftitnt of our Cemnionweultlu . That the. foregoing resshitior. srgned by the chairman nnd ( i, ,1 : r r Ii&hed in the several newspapers in tbc Col -' JOSTlNF.Lr,"f ; " v" , " N wburyfort, .Tjii 15, this town, assembled yesterday to take, i consideration the, calamitous siinatrnn d country,' and to adent U.. . f. I . 'i. utujuugni t-xpecitent tor tle relief of our sent . SUireimcS. 'The lartrest- rnnrAuiw DfcOpIe USSCmhl'Sfl that notion. . ju. .l1 to n meetfiig since the town Jiras inmrnnia: After choosing JViUlam Banlct, Esq ianus dllU a himatile nrr KinfV iitfiU ll5li ,P: .'1,' a cofnmitite vas e oirji iivcciidre SUlta birr KrIi.t ..v...m of the sense of lfc tire LcgiIature'of th!s"t5nmmnr,vrf-J h. mat v-vii iuicuerei.ee to obtani a redress' grievances winVnVs-ftr' " retumed, and rtp.md the saiiie for accr; ance. Some d Hesolutions and Petition. indecon;us;observatiotis were made by w ieeoie opposition. It was Elaily carricH,' most unanimously only ten .voting in ''the r gativej tbosa principaHy oflkersf tttt nient or expectants "oToffiees".' rjapcrmteey as t takespc. duty of those who love ther cSuntry, aOTe . ; j ?ire to perptitiate its liberty' and indepen- ." a scnseSFthis town,: that U.p?0ple of these United .fits! have awived at a crisis, distressing and unions, beyond parallel ; andcallinrr on every citizennxiously to explore v.urc anu us remedies That we censidcr tlya acts of Congress " - - -' - ,' -.' .,'. ' , " j...1' i -L
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