The Quebec mercury, 9 janvier 1809, lundi 9 janvier 1809

[" THE QUEBEC MERCURY.MORII ST STUDIA ET PO PU LOA ET PR«LIA DlCAM.Pirg- Getrg.i v.5* VOL.V.] \u2022 of the King\u2014Rut th Kini; being absent, tin* Cortes cannot be Co v kvd } tor if the Provincial Juntis wrra to \u2022tteinpt to convoke them, no one w^uld ob-y theirautho'ity.\u2014Vloreover, it woul-l but by die establishment of a Supreme Go« vernment.Nothing is more evident than this truth* \u201c -\\nd whom shill the Supreme Junta elect P Mo'-t certainly individuals of their own body ; for they alone derive their power from the people, and it is in their constituent Members tint the people have reposed their w hole confidence.Should any other person be cHojcii, they would pos»es> nci-fher the confidence nor the consent of the peojfli, and all their act> would he null and void ; and from this want of confidence, the nation would be exposed to intestine divisi.ons, the last and greatest of all our calamities.\u201c Hence, if there be any province in which the military power has alone been retained, results the absolute NECESSI'l Y OP CONSTITUTING SUPREME JUNTAS IN\u2019 WHICH THE POWER OF 1HE PhOPLE SHALL RESIHE, AND BY WHICH T1H Y MAY ACT\u2014Whether they shall be constituted by die petty Cor tes or any other bodies, their appointment in some t rui or other is i:;dispcn»ible, in order to the concentration of t he L K GITI.MATE POWER OF THE PhOPLE, and the C'tabli.1» lent of a civil Goveinment, which sh ill inspire confidence into the pro.pie, il proce d to t!te choice of persons v ho rliill compose the Suprt^nc Govern- be a Sliming the dang-tous right of selec m nf*\t\"l\" ;\u2018 1 '\"'.TvA .1\u2014\t.i.~ .1.\t.(\u2022'>ot b* leni\u2019innte, CN KSS II HAS ting the ('ities who are to return, and th.Mcmbti who arc to eonii os- the Coi te»,\u2014 ut assumption whuhw mid be t.in\u2019.anioun' to the creation of a pur ly popular (iov'-rn ment, which» nation that invites ;.sK ig back must irrcA\u2019ocably renounce.No, thev s«v ; th* Ai'cmbly oftlie Cor its fu*ure composition, muim nothing to lal «»ur mo e zealously titan a;V' * JU \u2022, lirure c m'-iion.discontent nd disunion ntnongst tl»o several I\twutk ut jevo, id deliberation, an»! inim.ii cine.1 authoruv.Junt 1 and n ct\tcial The apolOof dUernd thro*'n tmcngtl thrm would have half completed the purpo e.of their Invader \u2014Internal rebellion would hav e taken pCc-of rciistance to the com mon en* my, and their Independence would The Juntyi theicfore, declare again t Convoking the C.ortrs at this season.But whom klv*ll they elect for their Iunt*'?~ Most certainly, say th,*y, inilividuals oi \u2019 b*e of lnenI change, hi rood th# nombihiv of thetrowa b *dy.\u2014But tl»e pawgn is si> pi-' stisareor 5» 1 reader, aruf to luck toiwaiU with wit b.* legitinnte, i r> ORIGIN IN l HE FREE CONSENT of \u2019hr people,\" Such i' our p\u2019-ess of Foreign intelligence tint ne h ve not \u2022-'«\u2022 n to extend ih.s aiti-c vis t.ii a we wished ; hut it must be mn-: »h tilit.mfion is invincible, which can deliberate and c\u2019 ;»> Spain docs.SI I UA HiJN ciF SPAIN.In (hr presriuci 11u.1l tuttat on »»f the Spa-1 h n «ton, it w *u .1 sure!* hr po!i icto place the m *» vaio 'lie obj-.v\u2019St.l hei Oopr ¦\\soi,< »«iu nioa, whch ate in ihur nature soaventi. 10 .\t»\tKv m.Vi!»# hi» «ieîirhi «B!» math\t7f»n»< u«arp»f »h of a\tRr-tdiT, .ti r \u2022 \u2022« «Ml\tuf natior.i on the hi.ti, .» t > r me a.fr.ci.a,y.and K»lr purpoie, I _\t-\t.A.\t.1 \u2014 w hr,e thetaie Dufc.ibili'» of »ucb an ^rn\" ** V\\V \u2018t- l{ .^.«ü ih*« the diaw >f nmea-» \u2022 e ip*tuf»\u201c*n.w uh »\u2022 f»Klr«itly thnr cernt :» «.onte np al'd.Hli» would be eftrf\\.*ti \" 'l' \"JlÀ {t+m -Zi wo.;n«,0 en^le the.fw^.Se ha.turd.i«MO.,w ce.dft to - e m , , » eo-™.«d the\toMbe whole world ,0 ir -r pom«I war, t .neac.1 of\ti»ar>-ii, wba the would no lor.i,ec exist where tue svwtai known.Above *H, the Spansh »h,.* of war, .v d the 7,.\u2018-7Vm\t, \u2022 »\tme wn*a.* w ooia .n .M s«cn ca^t « \u2022 f-t eu \u2022umbm employ a.\t' wy a y-axe» and ao iubm.t «Ky rd sh>i !d be taken by sur,lue, aryl te tie«t into ihr drtentuxi or Ju.reo 1er « f 'he n, b» bei*g place 1 in «be ctuel »«t.ia\u2019 »>,» of ho> ta^es on the approach cl t , » j a.un,» ani tau g-unary foe.port ot C-d J, U m^aocr, wo tWbeenita wed r J*\th.i.bu»- would he to lay n.ex orinctyie») t ¦ beaUofr hrr a Q-axrr and »o .xbm.t eatrrnte y.a the enemy\u2019» esumaMoo, ^ 'hf\th\t«uaf w the du.v pa d on j.tu a, y \u2022 .:- r.tut*., e.w .tr « » cx.probabi.tty o?rega rtn- h,» «bips, at d «uu ,\tt * ._|\t*fry well »« ttua, in.rreaied j'dwfaa r.a» «h - roper, wnn a banu el Uoxd* there woold be au aÔJ «i »o»J and poweif I mo- *.« w 1, »\u2022» ii»« »»-(ot I would tamer rum a «aerrd ,c't-.o.and »\t.d I ^wqurrur lo*.»of which wo Id be iorinatelv morr d.as frw ,namd«»al, than po am and ebr-t «hr wl-o.« belir.r ,r .\u2022* e\taZ« n*« a^ch tygrra ,\u2022 _______c.:.X.:.,M kc iw.-\t.t.o a w,\tn.» c.aa.on «o\tm.t., -.4 erei uti-«n,rr wa% >« «\"»*F l«k»of which WO Id be iorin.telv moer d.as\tf,w .^.duah oan f - am and cb-at «h* wro.*\tor\t-\tr«\te»>>o\u201c\tr.t.eci, l.y.U .1.1.11.a il if .pit.\u2019., .1 .mix «>f ton.» p.*l>c -f sc of .be dirrft, .¦ urn ol.tic ; .llac.unrm.no o.r .1 «j.l,.deted, not onlv as an imavotd .ble, but even a 'or \u2018>U', is but tcaaona I to » .p o»e.\tCl.\\A I r\\f neressry cv.l'i a«, t.l not e*,.t m otn.Tocnd avorto reclaur.bv no: »>e.,.g too se-\t51 N A TL S LUNbULTU VI.de-\u2019iee it tequ-tes no grc.t at.ctch or tho 'gh.'Cac to ftarity, ia becomt « i » 'a'.Mle .re 14 I he Wfvr C e.» turn 'eferred to in the or k tow led e o( human luluie to apprehend lu'vent ^ moiul» ma, tc Uto .ght .k to al »ve Addics, and « liKh t> in conformity with that w«ir e 'iiigl t cn.ite.\t«h pub f irint ide I the join.> 10 uol too he Mmisiei olWat\u2019» Report, is oi the tor* To suppose it 'obe peculiar 'o 'hi'country, \u2022\u2022 »\" telv *purn tt hr,t la h'.uiob-tt.ty an ignotamc, not on y ot h« mat.Toe,r\t,w,p\"w , .its nature generally, but of the histoty and manner,\t-T^jr ' ¦ ii »1\t^ of the universe, m J t.ol.In » 1 all inlmd town*, having little or no i tetcoi.i'C wtih iiiangei* i auduh rethcearr nomiltt.uy, tltc deviation ftom a conect de- low mg ten«\"»r i\u2014 Art.1.Tlu re .ue pl.tced at the di.;po\u2018.il Jot the Govern uem 80,000 con'criiua, wlto are ' msertbed in the cliae» to*\t1807, idoS, Pams, \"ept t*,.\u2014V lleidity thr Emperor «S-O; so.ooo foi e«tbyear, II.I'hesr 8 .o l\u2019jusriipt» may b: imme* h.tf V p lac s'ci in ac ive «ervice.inf Ki >: rcC'*'' eJ the S« nate a^ the Pa ice ot bt.Cloud, when the lollowuig Adore! , voted ponment, must be vety rare; p.trt»cu'atly m the Sit ti «g of the 5th, was picfentcd to lit.wheic the iolubitint» ate muted, from their Majcft) 111.I he Con»t npt> of the year 1806, 1807, and 1808, who are mat tied before the public- 7 12 \u2022tvybtd lif» off thii hazardous undertaking, fhr roof* and wall* of two ilwrlüng houies fell down, bur, nio.*< nmvideniiaüy, wwhout doin^ lire lr«*t personal ir.j irv to itoy one about the Notuiih tjoslmg thr cripis of the vears 8, t), to, if, which they havl at thia time to complet *.If is, 13, a^d 14, who have answered to th ir they liad gnt rhe State Lotrety, th v might Itavr conscription, atui .ie 1 >*t nrtirr ord*\u2018i f*i d'j go\u2019tc on by a continu-«nee of the 1 rarttçe ttibunon in the umy, h dî ! now fiCei)f»om \u2022 whkh ha Î put them\tin'o the t o r i.n f s* setv:ce ; .md fiom thte *\u2019a >c* 1:0 ne« le\\)\tmuch money be tore ;\thu* f ilmg in the our\t! fl n*e*\tcrept p)> the\tback prembei totheea.shall be rit'dc.\t»t eeulation, the o\u2019h'r b.-cim\" tob dan||e«ou* li^ot of five or iia Ikw*c*, doin^ i-arial drttna'e V.\tKighiy thotuan l ('onscripts from »h\" to b* pur«ueJ.ITicy had -n fe^* otned rogiee'jo eaCh as they pro'redr.l, unril they were Step, clawes of the yrar »Sio, ate likewise p'accd 1 up, but the ('»ty tied th.tn to t*'\"r CH*traet ped .it n*'g ie*i I iverv Stables in Castle, at the disposal i f th\" Government.\tThey\thad mad comidcra';\tle sscr;fi e» in o-Jet1 |,Itec.The fire destroyed,\ton :he o hfr side, \\'l.Thf'C (\u2019onici tpt* rhail be alto»fe t to the\t*0 iu>\ta n tlie ait\u2019ac: cit of\tih- < it\\ le) te»y that [the l\\c ) ArgcT »n ! C'rown\tp bîic ho'iK (Mr.fo'm.ttion of cotps foi the defener ot trrerau;\ti< to\tcome 1 Met lui!\t«1 clued the G \u2018a* Jonci'i,)the i:o'r> r of Lut|\tSt.M iitut's lane, but shall not be called out befott the l«t \u2022'{\tHotel, in v\u2018kiitr»t r.sireef,\tto t .'o th, in \u2022'uid the b* tf of M-\\ t ol\tman, con dealer, January next, unless Delete th.u pivkk! ome ot ze, 95,000).And f»'tr siitecnths of th t ,f d.nr, t.t^' iljrr with j small house in «liter Poster \u2018hill be to j st.rc t> s'*\u2022 with\tf.ututtate ticket bavin;* hern o'tl v Mr.H ih.\tS on cuttr\u2019\u2022\u2022rocn,\tb\tO\u2019C'ng to\t^ln.lit\ttier, Prance.In this ca>e tb-y may be imtu dtai-.h\tt1 u y an: hor^-d h:ni\tto p.»v their four share*\twho»»\tengaged at\tOr v*l«>e I\thratre.\t1 he called into act.al service.\t\u2019 at th-\u2022 a - tent Se*r«f*'i G»»sjr//v*»t «hall be ««>m * 5 f^j le liiittk is the hall value of th tramiruttcd by a uicstaj.c to the K.tii4*eri 1 a 1 ho'i*p.Kids.\th t th it ss h .h l;os tue * allé* trd them i in proc«l.Awl it t* d rected that keep r shill have change of reqoes'ernf or *,,tzed ptopeuv in every house to w lrch it may h>ve been icmoved, to ai lire ' »e con ervation of t?birets or moveablca trar:*-portod from roFal or public boitaes, fn oihers, a .rate of ctiCutnMances in wh ch discipline u for «he me or conretui-nce «:f iclt G n-r*!,! cvety th ng, ihe supertonty of number» isot; Adminiitruor, or o h:t «object* o.' *he Fiem-hj very little avail.\u2014Of what u-e wi* the Aut j A'tt v.\tI he e k.eper'will make the de.c »p : trian pra*Jn\u2019ry oppo'cd to the French vete ,tic.ut al vtubln wi h th- ram of u.e owner-, | ran* \u2019 \u2014 Of what tue were the million» o'Da |and be arcountable for wh ties'e> i* ihrio , .n tj ritis oppo'cd to the haniful of Mace onuns'thcv will be d-livered on.y on |* ;.:l pr.-of of which composed the army of A rxandc ?ioss nen>hip, to tl.c joic»Hrsof %uili aiticio s| Fhct oint of fact i*, that in rr^aLr'tiur-(ahove de>eiibei', wltu snil r* s.it to tin | f>re, in the aystero of battli* and lampaign*, jCommiltee a returo of what ea h in.y l ave t nothu g, absolutely nothing, t* to be eXj CCi.d Sis pos^fiiion ut the pri^pnts «iesi^iut d.And ot a people aso;'po*ed to .n army.\tJail person- iF.av with »f iv a- ply to thi»Tribun* The «triable w.ufare f \u2018r a p ople engaged |\t\u201c Weiht.kit irre s* v also, to m.d.e koown a-ai.'*t an yrmy it lire irregular hostility'O .to wh< m it bu coi i n , th*t aay pu ch.««e mad.fatady (ihc* i Mi* in the American wtr, L*-! jot urtie'et t k u bom 'he public sreiuh o the Spaniards f ;ht >» the Antc-icam* did, and stoics s i e th: 30 i of August.01 ssfiateve they will have the *ame succesauathe Am-, -hall on trial, be roved u It.ivc been ilic;-i;y ticams.Let them -eck «kir mi»h es and avoid sold or d < o-ed of at anytime ever prevu is battle*, lake tveiy uee a* a bubs ark, and to th-* 30th August, shi! be ndl and voi f, «hr every hedge as an encampm nt.Let them articlesart/ed .« id she per «.ns pur iusiug sub fire, ami rim; let them break in the ntonient tect to »hatever the law mas f .tthcr di cer, in \\\\ tuch the enemy can bring a reguLr eftarge \u201c'1 he Conimutee .« senjbled to icietvric to bear against them let them fly individually, clintauons, and t ied tate th-r stuoiioit of pro and each take care of lumielt ; let them reunite peny, hold it» sittings at the doue «4 ^r.An-upon occasion, and Id every man have hra mus- tun o Rudnguce de Olivciu, No.S, Car^o d.ket to shoot at his enemy from whatever tree Loretto.cr b rn he may p-i»*.But let them avoid pi\u2019ch d battle*, camps, and campaigns.| Such ute the arm», and such tlic waifare, > by w hich a people mint auccerd against an arjyv|, in which nutnbera ate alune ot avail, and > fh which discipline is tendered nttgatwry by tl^ shilling uaceitaioty of in object.\u2014Wc ilull be | \u201cW.C BFRÜSFORD, Maj General, *' FROU,t , Liettienaat.Colonel, British Com01 isltotiers.\" Le General KELLERMAN, Le Coinr.nisairc Funcau pour 1\u2019execu iondt la Convention, da 30 Août.\u2019\u2019 *\u2022 Luh», iQth itteS.\" FROM SPANISH PAPERS.MAN*EaA,Auc.11.\u2014By different letren from Ampnrd;.n, dated the 7th and 8th ina.we learn, that on the 6'h, the Cotnmandant of that place, Don Juan Clato, took port in the plain of Cato, in ronlcquence of informatioa that a column of from 700 to 1000 French were to paf* that way, having under their ef.cort to waggons loaded with wounded men, and proceeding from Soria, near Gerona, to Per-pigiian.He attacked and defeated them with the u:tnofi intrepidity, and purfued them, with-out giving them a moment's time to rally, aa ftr as Junquera.They fled thither with all f^eed, expecting to find an ufylam, but they met on\u2019y with deflructioo ; and not more than 1150 of them effected their efcape to Oellrgar.de.Tfte Geneial\u2019s AiJ-de-C.tmp entered a houfe in that place, and frantic with vexation u hi* defeat, he attempted to fhb h mfc» wiib a fword ; and the weapon being wrefted from him, he threw himfclf from a balcony, ex* claiming that he mull inevitably be Out.\u2014 Some of our brave ch impious who obfcivcd him, fltot h m dead before he came to the ground.Madrid, Sfpt, 7 \u2014At Tudela there were o30o of our troops and 16,000 a^ntfd peat mts.w hen the Chiefs of Arra^oo received notice from the Alcalde Mayor or Scria, that 20,000 hrcneh were advancing, under tfte command of Moncey, againfl 'hat king-Gm.Our force was under the necellity of retreating to Sara* gofTa, where, agre ably o advice rtc< ve they were fully prepared for a iv w fiegc.i fie gate of S .na Lngr c .1 o ily h iving been demO-li.'hed.ûiiuice i fo'ne ground of anxietv.It wa«, however, repaired an i forlified with the \u2022um 11 promp u itir, wa* atfo Monte Torrrro.1 he force, uf Arragon weie v.tthin three lea-E'ie ¦ frurn S a,u.ij; the vangmrd of the firn h it (,»\u2019/\u2019.\u2022\u2022ir, ftv.n league* tiom that '¦\u2022ty.'V c wen under foir.e alarm rel'pe^in;.; \u201c** emoi I .iw uk .il hesorfm, whea yef.ierdiy evening the A\u2019d »lc-C mp of General i i.: x isut .» irlicvrd u* with the tid ngs 'ii .ttl.' i .en.b Ind reueated 10 Tudela The l one .«n ice* »t j, that in Sat:iROSsa they feel 'ont.-i t ven aguuut doitb c that nuniber of th* .-tny.C\\ -i/., ait., try \u2014Bv ;« IctfC' recM/eJ in ia.ca, d.ir I at c otiivro Ma\\t.f, J .y the 3 !h, 11 i?11 lcd, tint G nc:?l Junut sent a lie j., niej.a,;':» » ilte R ta:i Admi ai in he port of L»v 'o 1, inviting hi a tu dine wiih bi; 1 at his nlace, and vpcn l ih* cvem g, in ^idcrtov nte« wi It him on bii-ii.e*» of mo-rnrni ; to which he answered, that when on ervice hr *\u2022«> w » ,t to take Ins nte.ls in his uwocaliin, and t w ik his own de; »c otvy.\u2014 On th follow 1 ig day he ad iie*»rd him again, leqitCsiing tltat he vou\u2019d s; .re him 1,000 men from his squadrati, in 01 Jer t.his unifKig them with his ttoops.I he aoswet was, that with* out otders from !tii Sovereign he could rot part with one m-n Jur.ot next cm a thitd message, mtimiting ihat he would pis» ou board to vi-it lb Aumiral, and i.a\\e the pleasure ot viewing his squadion ; to whci the Admiral replie I, that \\vho:ver ha,l C: foot on board lus sh p must remain there* Ihis 14 third itpulfc dirpteafed Junot hichly *, hi» vet ation wj» incmfcd lothc hiphcQ pitch, v/hr\"1 hf, on the following moroiiH; faw the Ru(l»n fquadron for tard in battle anay, with the ^un» pointed a^amfl the City, ami tn an attitude of attacking it ot defending thrmfelves in cafr an attempt again!) them we«e mde ; trout *h»ch it jtuy be argued that Ruflia and trance art n longer on term» of amity.City Sr.Damingo giv'* *p W tkr Rrvi\\k.N »W Y O a K, DEC, I J.A gentleman who arrived at SirtoiN.o > Saturday se\u2019nn ght, in n daya from Cape rran-co»*, informa, that an câpre*» had arrived af the Cape, bringing information, tli»t t»eneral Ferraod had atmend red the c *y of St to the Britiih, and that it «a» gamtoned troops of tii*( naiion.$una»s% it w** «''O »atd, wit taken by the Sparnirda.1 he *\"t render of 'he former wa» a voluntai y oflcc on the part ol General Ferand.Martinique lurrttdtrttlM (^r\t^ The Inland ot Martmico, it t» *a\u2018d, ha* tur-rcndeied to the British tot ce».We learn, from a respectable source, ihnt the troops under the command of Geneial Frc-voat, are going agatntt Cayenne, u here.»t it said, there arc 24,000 bale» ofcoMon, ready to be (hipped to France.Should thi» oe true, the p'obtbtiiiy u, that the ccmoq will h id ano ther market.About .50,000 tack» of flour have been Istelv received at Havanna from Vera Crua\u2014sever ai British vessels trem PaMsmaqunddy, Augustine, &C.have also arrived with fl >uf\u2014in con'C- Îuence of which that article bad fallen to 8v' oiiars per barrel.In the Lydia arrived at Philadelphia, came dispatches of the sadi of Oc\u2019ober, horn our minister at London, which ate forwaidcd on to Washington.The English have captured 55 Danish ship' in Trieste, an Austrian port at the bead of the Adriatic.Mos?ot our readers lecollect that an explo Sion of gun powder some time since demo 1 h d a great part of Leyden.A gentleman irom Holland inform os, that after that melamhol) event, subscription pa ets woe sent in va-n u' parts of Europe, for ibe reli< f of ifie suf} rers.When the subscript on moocy arrived in Holland, Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland, or dered the money to be paid into the roy al cof ten, and left tlx utiVnng inliabiiants, for wHmc relief it was intend d, in b-ggiry and wretchedness !\tft'Jh.Fed We learn, via Ha*anna, that 'he following property, belong ng to the Viceroy ot Mexico has been reixed by 'he Pat.ioi» : found in bis psl«ce 55,085 dollars 1 money ; in plate and jewels 250,000 dollar ; silver in bar«40,000 dollars; in the mi.ir 400,00-J «lollars; depo.n-cd to diücirflt limites 200,oco, and 500,000 dollm hid been depoiited irt several mioes io 1 he name of hi* wife.7//£ PLOT THICKENS.A company of unmounted light D agoons under Captaiu Lisvck arrived hereon bun lay, and h >ve taken up their quarters at Fort or unarmed ship» or treasel* belonging to Great Britain\u2014or France\u2014or to any other of the helligeient powers, having in fotce order* or decrees violating the l«wfui connnerce and neu-tral rights of the l?ui«ed Sts'e*\u2014and alto the mfsortation of any goods, wares ormerchm.Independence.A thousand times 0 day it is d.ae, the growth, pioduce or manufacture of a k.d ** what in nature have these troops been «he dominion-, of any of thenid power*, or sent here for 1\u201d Most undoubijdly for the imported from any place in the |K>ttet»on of time purpose that Binapatte sent ttoop* into eitner, In*Son ; ro pievrnt commerce atvl awe ihei W is taken, and CARRIF.D, Ltgk\u2019y Jour LKople.A member ot Congres* has »a\td if\tta\tThirty.\\*i m water will not amwer, we itpui have a\tThe last\tResolution\tof the\tReport, for little biood drawn.\t(Ü\tf aftr.placing the cootwrv in a more co np-eic «tate of CIRCUITOUS RUMOUR.\tdefence, pii'ed UNANIMOUSLY.Capltir Collins, ftom Jamaica, *ptke on Coaini'treei were ordered i> import bill», ylt.the British sloop Ilcmy, Cspt.I>s»M At 40 minutes before oie, on Sanaay morning who intormed him that a few days be tne House adjourned, tore he spoke a S; anish sloop ol war, L a short\t-===5\u2014 i>a»s*ge from Cadil bound »oIl»vani», with Gottimhukoh, Sept, iq.\u2014There is a dispatches, ihe purport of which wa>, that\ttlx-olt| ^\tdated Gialsbv, the ijth British to the amount of ao.ooo liad joined\tth\tSent-mhrr,\titarng\tthe\tcaprire\tof a R istian Syaiuards; that several engagement» w th the\tpierced\tfor eight guos, but mounting French had t*k-n place m which the conjoint onjN to ir, and jo men, by one of the cruize-1 iiinv was vu «0110.*, havii g totally ext rf-atcJ from 1 he blockading H.ers ; alu» of ihe «.apture the French a*mie» in Spain, ejuepnng alnsu u| fdur olber vessels 0.1 their passage with ij 000 who hsd got into Biscay, wiicieihey ,nVI| .imet fiom Narva to R*vel : I rii^r, were Com, letcly sut \u2022 o-md d.\t^\tI'h't in conjo-iction wuh Adin-r-l Niuckiri, * CNa\u2018Joik Herald, Not.jj Adnuial Saumaret had proposed 10 the R-i»-(dt we hot* éi:cn*tijr '*Ctrai,4 *t i*tt ot the ink », m» to Jm ontmuc houiliiies agti it Hal x Oiteher, ue i.n.uù tkn rçundakét neui u\"* if p >r^ on coli4,t on \u201ef half of .h* fleet Ixiig ,T\u201ct d\t\u2014».*¦\tIgiveo up to the ComS ei k eet ; there t ol the Ru»>ian» ro he allowed to re u n q cctly to Cron>tadt.The R i*s>an A»l niral replied, 'hat he would sooner burn rhe who'eofhis Heei, ib -n tunc-der an* par' ilie.eof ; b-t CONGRESSIONAL.SENATE, Fnday, D,e.16, 1808.ITie additional Eutt-argo bi 1, N-s.5, wa rr;o»ied with mime ou» au-endment».Oir ,1,^, ))r\tbe co ild »-nrute 10 enter ino the motion, that the b,|| dopai .a post j>ot>e« an enaa.,emeut to dis.iimilr hi» \u2022hi,»» i-iBihtc lent wat requested, that tune might be allow rd tn consider ihe amend ucnii.Tbi.waiop Port, o-i ro idi'mn l a p-o iu>c I om the e»m-biceil fire» to ce*»-hii'tilifie».lit» propo al posed by Mr.Gi!c*.The Senate divided on of H -nnikoff* was however, tejccicd ; and on »he q'iesuon to pos»: oee the bill unt-l to-m-r the dcpai mre of the (0ocrs, an-oi.g\tw cm 1» one obc-r 1 tx first ya to tj ; the second\t«>7 to 24 ,\tthe ihs;d\t* »«lhgeru nsao ei\tin with ht alia k ws ,-lm- 76 to 26.\to-'>*\u2022 H-ghiKts\u2019s ; aitiCulai atiCntton «au mast luitcn, via\tgracious apt iwhstion.** Reaolved, That it it expedient to prohi bn by lxwt the admission into the port* of the United Suie» of all public or private, armed BARON CEDERisTROM, Genua- to Chief ol i.» es-ern ** Head quarurt, 6, I, nhu».th.i\" on fc 1\t1 chc.i-'I » .mu»t have been oatthf side *»f theluttvei, who wne from the vieiniw'of the»/ B Jtr.tcks they ar *t home ai ci SccuMomed to the »uo .i.ntitoij.oc.ju.», be unva.ini.hfd To corqufT me.m their o.vn Continue to enctcA e : U>ur of their enVtnes nmnir At Gown P titins, Shawl?va*it.*v ot 6th.r article».^ j,»e wiii be^in at o N E o'dtx k \u2022 QtirhcC, 9'|t Jan.9, «8^9 BY AUCJION > WILL be SOI D, on Wedi.e.day the^Stih Inuam, ar Jtlivf.S A WHITE*» Aucijttn Room Pipe» Li>t-on Win* ot s\u2019Ciuetior quality, onchron» Jait*Ca Spun*, j (\u2019»«*\u2022 rerrar.kable fine Havaiuua Sugar, 7 Barrel» Mutcovaeto Sugar, »5 C\u2019aik» f:?»h Hatou», CVrue, rnbacco.LiAewi»e, a car.cl of elcgaot ,;«;ü üroachc» ar.d Lai Rirgk, Ltfdic* Moi'vccu Shu-», Cloth*, Can cue*, Ln.cti*, and a satiny of uthei ante c*.^ rr^r N v 1 4 ^ Utile impoit On Fiiday morning, »bout four o'clock, a th# buildings destroyed, I Jive suifned.* Quebec, Saluiduy, January 7, 1809.Quebec, 91b Jao 1809.JAMES GRAY. 16 THE HOHTB MEnvy\u2019S A&&HESS TO HIS SWORD.BCLOV'D Champion of my mart'*! km!n My Iruuy frinnd 1 to t» Hum I owf the lilf, And what ia tnorr, ih« ficrdom 1 *njoy A«a»o I draw tberfrom the p^acrfal ihfaih, Whrrr tale, with holy kiaa md grairfu: Iwari» I bad \u2022 - tfn\u2019d the«, in ib< pirating bopr Thou wooklu ha*» aUimho\u2019d long, in quirt calf, And that my truu HOR ¦»£>, tut ycif» btuke tn tor the CViU^MF Saua'e A< SO \u2014 a number of other elegmt H >nr,.rt for ti c Saddle o C»friar,e.FOR SALR VFKW 1 !:* of vt oo»cu Cloth, au aiiort-rpentef Mups, &ciffe^pbiicct:Dg, b.gguig, Tarrd Cotda*\u2019e and taWe Rope of v*rio.\u2019i i.zes, a second hand twitch Cable, flat, square a d found F r^lii^^cr., window Giat-, 40 lexen of brown stcot jr»d a fe* gfoce of B cr and wine Bottles, Vem.icclii, S go, Salop.FV*rl Barley, I *ptoca, Arm*» i^oof, N't nw a Mace, > < ve*, Almond»,At.At FOR SALE, P.N 1R of hand rr,# ^r* v I'ORSFS, well 1 mitched, each uung five >ca*s.Apply o the Edi'or.HENRY BLACK.Quebec, 19th September, 1808.IRVIN 1 MACNAUGHT 4 Co.HAVE t r r*!r, veiv nn>- Old Fo»t 'V ix r, in pat k ee* ot re do*en eaihy Quebec, 7th November, iRo8.^a r* VOX FOR PRINTED AND PUBLIC MFD THOMAS CARY, X*.j, St.Lituu ttrtft.AT TUF MCW'\u2022PUNTING OtFlCI N 0 19, Boadf-ttrtfi* "]