ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced between the 20th of February and the 20th of March, extracted from the London Gazettes. fun, Weilclofe fquare (Rut Barlow Thomas, Strand, mercer. (Beetham, Bouverie freet Barnes James, New Malton, York, linen draper. (Lambert, Gray's inn, and Walker. Malton Barron Thomas, Great St. Thomas Apohle, warehouseman. (Foulkes, Longdill, and Beckitt, Huiboru court, Gray's inn Bear John, Sudbury, Suffolk, butcher. (Froft, Sudbury, and Faitbank, Ely place Bendy Simon, Bow Con.mon, Middlefex, foap-maker. (Smith and Henderfon, Leman treet, Goodman's heids Benues William, Ludworth, Derby, victualler. (Bad del y, Stockport, and Milne, and Parry, Temple Birch John, and Luer Luerfon, Hoxton, color-manufactu rers. (Buflen and son, Crown court, Aldersgate Atreet Bishop Jofeph, Jun. Shadwell, victualler. well (Hill, Shad. Brookes John, Whitchurch, Salop, fhoemaker, (BlackRock, St. Mildred's court, Poultry, and Watfon, Whitchurch Brown Thomas, Shoreditch, Blackman fr:et, Southwark, (Kibblewhite, Rowland, and Robinfon, mercer. Gray's inn Chapman Richard, Thatcham, Berks. fhop-keeper. (Biggs, Clipfon William. Lawrence lane. wine and fpirit mer. chant. (Allingham, St. John's fquare Elive Theophilus, and samuel Richardton, Tokeshoufe yard, merchants. (Palmer, 1 omiinfun, and Thumpfon, 1 hrogmorton freet Coe John, Shiere, near Guilford, tanner. church buildings, London (Booth, Fen Cooper Jofeph, Cheiter, wheelwright. (Orrod, Liver. pool, and Cooper and Lowe, Chancery lane Cowgill Jofeph. Henry Sandiford, and Johh Barlow, Mancheder, calicu printers. (Swale and Heelis, Staple's ian, and Nabb, Mancheffer Cox Villiam Charles, Nether Knutsford, Chefter, inn keeper. umvile, Knutsford, and Wright and Pickering, Temple Croudace John, Hull, cheefefactor. (Anderson, Hull, and Ellis, Curfitor treet Curtis Mary. Eat Coker, Somerset, twine fpinner. (Watts, Yeovil, and King, Bedford row, London Daniels Jofeph, Manchefter, and John. Liverpool, dealers in earthen ware. (Davies, Liverpool, and Meddowcroft. Gray's inn Davey, Edward William, Rotherhithe, hip joiner. (Shepherd, Southwark Davies Thomas, Tarvin, Cheshire, corn factor. ner, fn. Chefter, and Huxley, Temple Davies Thomas, Chester, glove:. and Huxley, Temple (Gar(Garner, Jun. Chester, Davis Juhn, Church lane, St. George's in the Eaft, horfe dealer. (Davies, Lothbury Davis John. Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan, Druggift. (Mey. rick, Merthyr Tydvil, and Jenkins, James and Abbott, New inn Davifon John, New Brentford, linen draper. (Tilfon, Chatham place, Blackfriars Dedwith Margaret, late of Lianabar, Merioneth, but now in Lancatter Cattle, merchant. (Humphryes, Chef. ter, and Blackrock, London Dove James, Wexham Houfe, Bucks, and Blandford @treet, Loodou, money ic.ivener and brick maker. (Mayhew, Chancery lane Dowing Jonathan, Harwich, grocer. (Reeve, Buy, and Taylor, Southampton buildings, Chancery lane Drakeford Arthur, Coleshill, Warwick, butcher. (Kin derley, Loug, and Ime, Gray's inn, or Paimer, Coleshill Edwards George, Wotton under Edge, Glocefter, hoe maker. (James, Gray's inn fquare Fleming John, Blackburn, ancashire, cotton-manufactu rer. (Milne, Sergeant, and Milne, Manchester, and Milne and Parry, Temple Fofer Robert, Eden Cottage, Kingfland road, filkman. (Gregory, Wax chandler's Hall, Matuen lane, Cheap fide Towler Thomas. Tiverton, hop keeper. (Rendell, Cafuey Michael, Lartiguol, coton merchant. (Raving Garnett John, and Chriftian Frederic Speyer, Hudders (Battye, Chancery lane, and held, merchants Barrye, Huddersfield Gayleard John Richmond, Surrey, fmith and farrier. (Emplon, Creat Suffolk freet, Southwark Grove James, Great May's buildings St. Martin's lane, dairy-man. (Cunningham, New North feet, Red Lion fquare Hall Richard, Liverpool, grocer. (Woods. Liverpool, Hafk William, Hampstead, haberdasher. (Cuppage, Herbert Williamn, jun. Llanidioes, Montgomeryshire, dra per. (Taylor, Manchefter Herve Henry, Cheapfide, jewelier. land, and Robinfon, Gray's inn (Kebblewhite, Row Hewitt Gideon, Southmolton street, tailor. (Newcomb, Piccadilly Hewfon Robert, Robert Higgin, and Jofeph Ilett, Ifleworth, (Holmes and Lowden, Clement's calico-printers. Houlden Thomas, Spilsby, Lincoln, maltster. (Walker, Spilsby, and Amici, Sion College Gardens, Alder manhury Howel Parry, London road, Southwark, haberdasher. (Willis, Fairthorne, and Clarke, Throgmaiten freet Hudfou John Bannifter, Hackney Grove, and Old City Chambers, merchant. (Kearfey. Bishopfgate freet Ibberfon George, fen, and Jun. Huddersfield, ceufmens (Willis, Fairthorne, and Clarke, Warnford Court, and Wadfworth, Mill Bridge, near Leeds Jackfon William, Clayton West, Yorkshire, money fcrivener. (Scholey, Hurbury, and sykes, and Knowles, New inn Jackfon John Hardy, Selby, York, mafter mariner. Jones Inigo Charles, New Tothill treet, Weftminster, Lamb John, Shepton Mallet, dyer. and Miller, Shepton Mallet (Blandford, Temple, Leeds Solomon, Great Maffingham, Norfolk, miller. (Trenchard, Swaffham Lifford Wiluam. Shadwell high freet, rope maker. (Nind, Throgmorton âreet Lindiay Alexander, and James Irvine, Manchester, dealers in cotton goods. (Clough, Manchener, and Edge, King's Bench Walks, Temple Lye George, and Edmund Leigh L bath. common carriers. (Salmon, Devizes, and Blake and White, Ellex street, Strand Marshall Charles, Vinegar yard, Bermondfey, worfted ma(Morton, Gray's Inn fquare Marthall Christopher, Little Hermitage treet, fail maker. (Wilde, Jun. Cadle ftreet, Falcon fquare fon, and Thompson. Copthall court Payne Jaines, aurham, ilex, clothes fale man. (Coote, Autti friars Phillips wilam, Brighton, carper ter and builder. (Brooker and Colbatch. Brighton, anu Barber, Chancery lane Philips joh, Eaft stunchoute, Levon, maton. (Bout. flower, I evonshire treet Fondun Plimpton John, Willism Goddarn, and James Plimpton, Wood Areet, Cheapfice, warehousemen. (Pa. toil, Walbrook Pocock William, North Petherton, Somerfet, horfe dealer. (Boys, Bridgewater, and blake, Cook's court, Carey breet Powles Thomas, Hoarwithy, Herefordshire, fax drefier. Chilton, Lincoln's inn, and Okey, Glucefer Frict Rice, and William Crows, Brikul, merchants. Oak. ley, Caumon freet (Princ Prince Philip, Brewer rect, Golden fquare, jeweller. (Clarke and Richards, Chancery lane Ramfy Samuel, and Peter Aldrick, Bishop's Stortford, or Crutwell, Bath Richardfon James, and John Sanderfon, Tunbridge, farmers. (Stone, Tunbridge Wells, or Tourle and Palmer. Doughty freet Rigby Richard, Malchefter, victualler. Ellis, Chancery lane, and Johnfon and Bailey, Manchefter Roberts John, Tottenham Court road, baker. (Aubery, Curftor Greet, and Swannell, Rickerfmouth, Herts. Sanders Richard. Cruycon, cowkeeper. Guy, Croydon Seabrook Samuel, Bowling alley, Red Crofs treet, millwright. (Parton, Walbrook Seager George, Weft Bromwich, Stafford, timber dealer. (Johnfione. Inner Temple Shaw Wilbain, Long Acre, cheefemonger. Hatton Garden {Patten, Welchman John, Crewkerne, Scinerfet, linen-draper. (James, Gray's inn fquare, and Cooke, Brinol Whitehead James and Charles, Hanley, earthenware manufacturers. (Kirch. Foer, and Biflop, Hanley and Wills, Fairthorne and Clarke. Warnford court Wilfon Witham, Richmond, Surrey, bricklayer. (Edwards, Cable freet. Holborn Winniett, Berjamin, Margaret freet, Cavendish fquare, fuckbroker. (Jacobs, Holborn court, Gray's inn Wood Reory, Dragun yard, Holborn, coach fmith. (shearman, Hart freet, Bloomsbury Young Richard Willis, Walcot. Somerfet, flopfeller. (Sheppard and Adlington, Bedford row, London, and Sheppard, Bath DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED. Abell E. Old Ford, Middlefex, builder, April 10 Agar Motes, City Chambers, fhip owner and merchant, Altham William, Tekenhoute yard, broker, May 8 Be Richard Fadl Brent, Semmerier, mercer, April 10 Bowes William, Newport, Ifle of Wight, ironmonger, Bowles Anthony Thomas and Thomas Williams, Kent Atreet, Southwark, grocers. May sa Brooke Robert Vaughan, Kidderminfter, Worcester, paper. manufacturer, March za Carter Thomas, and Evan Gwilliam, Brown's buildings, St. Mary Axe, merchants, April S Chadwick Charles Robert, Grofvenor Mews, Bond Greet, iron-plate worker, April 3 Chapman John. Yarmouth, linen draper, April to Clay Major, South Shields. Durham. liuen draper, March 14 Croft william. Leeds, York, and James Manks, Munilet, me chants, March 31 Crofs William, Lombard freet, banker, March 6 Cuftihs Samuci Themas, Bishopfgate ftreet, glover, March 10 Dinele William Exeter, flour inerchant, March 16 Etam Richard, Church row, Newington Butts, carpenter, March 27 Fisher Wadam, Cambridge, woollen draper, March 27 Fogg R. and T. Cantreli, Mancheiter, cotton manufactu rers, April 9 Garden William, Newent, Glocefter, baker and maltiler, April a Giben J. Newcable upon Tyre, woollen draper, April Hall Heury, Gutter lane, warehouseman, May :6 Horn Nicholas, St. Martin's lane, merchant, March 17 Humphreys Thomas, St. George's fields, horfe dealer, April 3 Hutter 1. Weston Colville, Cambride, farmer, April 3 Hutchinf n John Hay, Poland freet, victualler, March 17 James Charles, Cateaton Atreet, ribbon manufacturer, April 14 Jardine John, Maryport, Cumberland, dealer and chapman, March 17 Joel Mofes, High Areet, Shoreditch, dealer in glass and earthen wre. March 31 Jo es Jane, Doiyddbyrrion, Carnarvon, tanner. April 7 King Jofeph, King freet, Covent Garden, filk mercer, March 27 Knight E. Harflydown lane, lighterman, April 1 Knowles James, Gwyndu Bodwro, Ang elta, innkeeper, Lane Jen, Thomas Frazer, and Thomas Boyìftone, Nicholas lane, merchants, March 31 Lloyd Thermas Hughes, Poultry and Walworth Common, flate merchant, March 3 Luciam Jofeph, Stoke Bruern, Northampton, victualler and coal merchant, March 31 Mackenzi Roderick, King Arms yard, merchant, March 10 Manley William, Chesterfield, Derby, money fcrivener, Mark William, Plymouth dock, linen draper, April 7 Matthews Thomas, Brydges freet, Covent garden, linen draper. March 10 McCarthy George Packer, and Robert Walter Vaughan, Briful, tailors, March 22 M'Ciellen John Law, Hymouth, paper maker, April 2 M'Donald W. York Arect, Covent Garcen, fhoemaker, April 8 Miller Jeremiah, Brighton, bricklayer, March 27 Mills James, and Jenn Wood, Saddleworth, York, mercoans and dyers, April & Milward C. S. Bromley, Middlefex, miller, April 10 Newill John and Sampion, Stokes, Stafford, carriers, Pain John, Peckham, bricklayer. March 17 Perry J. Angel court. Thrognaorton Preet, broker April y Phillips William, Wrapby, Lincoln, fhopkeeper, April 3. Pope William, Wefbury upon Severn, Glocester, dealer in pigs. April 21 Powley Will ain, Penrith. Cumberland, ironmongers April Purne Cyrus Lympham. Some fet, coal merebant Aprili Raymond John, Fowey, Cornwall, fat! maker, March 5 Robertion David, Finsbury iquare, wine merchant. May 12 Robinion Robert, Manchetter, cotton twit and wefte neater, March 27 Rofcos john, Liverpool, Brocer, April 11 Rofe William, Kentinston brever March 3 Kutter Richard, Blackburn, Lanesthire, currier, March 21 Sargeant Edward, jun. Minories, dopfeller, March 27 Satterthwaite The mas, Kendal, ta ner, March 14 Schneider John Henry, How lane, merchant, May 12 Sibbald A. Wapping feet, flop-feller, April 3 Sinton John, jun. Newcale upon Tyne, miller, March 14 Smith john, North Warnborough, Hants, fack maker, March 22 Smith Jobs, Liverpool, merchant, April 13 Southcombe George, Britol, cheese and butter factor, Stephens John, Yeovil, Somerfet, pardener, April 9 March 24 Teague James, Wombridge, Salop, huckiter, April 6 Wade Searles, Albion place, brewer. May 8 Wakeling Edivaro, Clare, Sufle, brewer. March 27 Wells W. Button. Lincoln, grocer. April Wettmacott Richard, fen. Mount street. fculptor. March 17 Wihams Chipitow, Monmouth, ocaler. April 10 Woodman Charles. Chesham. Bucks. wine merchant. March 74 Woodroffe E. Woolla@ton, Glocefter. iron manufacturer. April to Woodward P. King Street, Cheapfide. warehoufemifə April 1 Wriphic Ben). Birmingham. factor. April 13 Young Wilitum. Ardwies, Mancheter, ocalar and chap STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN MARCH. Containing official Papers and authentic Documents. HANOVERIANS!-The emperor, my exalted brother, has transferred to me by a convention concluded at Paris on the 14th January of this year, all his rights and claims on your country, and incorporated it with my kingdom. His deputies have delivered it to me, and I this day take possession of it. You are henceforth to enjoy the invaluable advantage of being relieved from the painful state of uncertainty in which you have hitherto lingered, and for ever united with a state, which for the future will secure you against all attacks of continental powers, and which will also know how to protect you from insults which might be attempted in the course of a maritime war; the misery and wretchedness to which you have hitherto been exposed, cannot but render you more thankful for the happinees and tranquillity which you are now to enjoy. Your loyalty and your good sentiments are known. I depend on your attachment; the esteem and regard which your king will ever entertain for you, are the surest pledges of his unwearied solicitude to promote your prosperity and welfare, by every means which he has in his power. I entertain the pleasing hope, that you, on your part, will never frustrate the confidence which I place in you, nor destroy the brilliant prospect which now opens to your view. Given in our Royal Palace, in Cassel, the 1st March, 1810. JEROME NAPOLEON, HOLLAND. Letter from the King to the Legislative Body. GENTLEMEN.I have been disappointed in my expectation of being enabled to return before the 1st of January. From the annexed documents, contained in the Moniteur of yes. terday (the 31st of January), you will perceive that the result of our affairs is connected with the conduct of the English govern ment. The regret which I have felt has been considerably increased upon reading the unjust accusation made against us, of having betrayed the cause of the Continent, that is, of having been unfaithful to our engagements; and I write this letter to you, to diminish the impression which so unjust and astonishing an accusation must make upon your hearts, as well as upon the heart of every true Hol. lander. Whilst, during the four years that have elapsed since the commencement of my reign, the nation, and you in particular, called to watch over her interests, have borne with so much difficulty and distress, but, at the same of the imposts, so considerable an augnientatime with so much resignation, the doubling tion of the public dest, and armaments so great and so disproportionate to the popula tion and means of the kingdom; we little thought that we should have been accused of having violated our engagements, and of not having done enough, at a moment when the state of maritime affairs operates upon us with a greater pressure than upon all other countries collectively, and when, to complete our misfortunes, we are besides compelled to sustain a blockade upon the continent. It is the heartfelt consciousness of these considerations, gentlemen, which should lead us to the exercise of patience, until the moment when the justice of his majesty the emperor, my brother, shall make reparation for a charge which we have so little deserved. I cannot ascertain how long I may yet be prevented from gratifying the first and most anxious of my wishes, namely, that of returning to my capital, and seeing myself in the midst of you at this didicult and critical juncture. But however distant that period may be, be assured that nothing can alter my affection for the nation, and my attachment to her interests, nor lessen you in my esteem and confidence. LOUIS. Paris, February 1, 1810. In a letter from the duke de Cadore (Champagny), the French minister for foreign affairs, to the Dutch mister, announcing the resolutions of Buonaparte concerning the annexation of Holland to France, the writer observes: If these determinations are contrary to the views of the people of Holland, the emperor is certainly sorry for it, and has adopted this course with great regret. But the unrelenting destiny which presides over the affairs of this world, and which chooses that men should be governed by events, obliges his majesty to follow up with firmness those measures of which the necessity has been demonstrated to him, without suffering himself to be turned aside by secondary considerations. The duke then takes a review of the public events of the last two years; excuses the conduct of his master, in issuing the Berlin and Milan decrees, as having been called for by the tyranny of England on the seas; oeserves, that this measure, which compelied the shutting of the Dutch ports against English commerce, was so contrary to the ancient habits of the people, as to create an opposition between Holland and France. During the subsequent period, all the measures adopted by the emperor, the success of which depended more upon their execution in Holland than in any other country, were rendered nugatory by the clandestine intercourse carried on between Holland and this country. That his master's determination has been quickened by reflecting, that she is without marine, without the means for carrying on offensive or defensive warfare; that during the late expedition, the important position of Veere, and the fort of Bathz, had been abandoned before the enemy appeared and that in fine, "without army, without revenue, it might almost be said with out friends and without allies, the Dutch are a society animated only by a regard to their commercial interests, and forming a rich, useful, and respectable company, but not a nation." The duke then declares, that he is charged to make known to the Dutch ministry and nation, that the present, situation of Holland is incompatible with the circumstances or the situation in which the new principles adopted by England have placed the affairs of the empire and the continent. In consequence his imperial majesty proposes 1. To recal home the prince of his blood whom he had placed on the throne of Holland. The first duty of a French prince placed in the line of heraditary succession to the imperial throne is towards that throne. When in opposition to that, all others must give way; the first duty of every Frenchman, in whatever situation destiny may place him, is towards his country. 2. To occupy all the mouths of the rivers in Holland, and all its ports, by French troops, as they were from the conquest made by France in 1794 to the moment when his imperial majesty hoped to conciliate every one by establishing the throne of Holland. 3. To employ every means, and without being stopped by any consideration, to make Hoiland enter into the continental system, and to wrest definitively its ports and coasts from the administration which has rendered the ports of Holland the principal entreports, and the great part of the Dutch merchants the brokers, and the commercial agents, of Eogland. FRANCE. Paris, Feb. 17.-At two o'clock this day, the senate assembled, under the presidency of the Prince Arch-chancellor of the empire, and adopted the following Senatus-consultum: Extract from the Records of the Conservative Senate of Feb. 17. The Conservative Senate, assembled in the number of members prescribed by article xc. of the constitutional act of the 13th Dec. 1799, has considered the project of the Organic Senatus Consultum, drawn up in the form prescribed by article ivii. the constitutional act of the 4th of August, 1802, after having heard the orators of the council of state, and the report of the special commission appointed in the sitting of the 14th of this month, the adoption being voted by the number of votes prescribed in article Ivi, of the constitutional act of the 4th of August 1802, it is decreed as follows: TITLE FIRST.Of the Union of the Roman States to the Empire Art. 1. The state of Rome is united to the French empire, and forms an integral part thereof. 2. It shall be divided into two departments: the department of Rome, and the department of Trasimene. 3. The department of Rome shall send seven deputies to the legislative body. The department of Trasimene shall send four. 4. The department of Rome shall be classed in the first series-the department of Trasimene in the second. 5. A senatory shall be established in the departments of Rome and Trasimene. 6. The city of Rome is the second city of the empire. The mayor of Rome is to be present when the emperor takes the oaths on his accession. He is to rank, as are also all deputations from the city of Rome, on all occasions, immediately after the mayors or deputations of the city of Paris, 7. The prince imperial is to assume the title, and receive the honours, of king of Rome. 8. A prince of the blood, or a grand dignitary of the empire, shall reside at Rome, who shall hold the emperor's court. 9. The property which composes the endowments of the imperial crown shall be regulated by a special senatus consuitum. 10. After having been crowned in the church of Notre Dame at Paris, the emperors shall, previous to the tenth year of their reign, be crowned in the church of St. Peter. 11. The city of Rome shall enjoy parti cular privileges and immunities, which shall be determined by the emperor Napoleon. TITLE II. Of the Independance of the Im perial Throne of all authority on Earth. 12. Every foreign sovereign is incompatible with the exercise of any spiritual authority within the territory of the empire. 13. The popes shall, at their elevation, take an oath never to act contrary to the four propositions of the Gallician church, adopted in an assembly of the clergy in 1682. 14. The four propositions of the Catholic church are declared common to all the Catholic churches of the empire. TITLE III. Of the temporal Existence of the Popes. 15. Palaces shall be prepared for the pope in the different parts of the empire in which he may wish to reside. He shall necessarily have one at Paris and another at Rome. 16. Two millions in rural property, free of all impositions, and lying in different parts of the empire, shall be assigned to the pope. 17. The expenses of the sacred college, and of the propaganda, shall be declared imperial. 18. The present organic senatus consul tum shall be transmitted by a message to his majesty the emperor and king. (Signed) CAMBACERES, Prince Arch-chancellor of the Empire, FRANCOIS, JANCOURT, CORNET, Secretaries. COUNT LAPLACE, Chancellor of the Senate. The senate met on the 27th of February at half-past one o'clock. The Prince Arch-chancellor, who presided on the occasion, read the following message from his majesty: SENATORS. We have dispatched to Vienna, as our ambassador extraordinary, our cousin the prince of Neufchatel, to solicit the hand of the archduchess Maria Louisa, daughter of the emperor of Austria. We have given orders to our minister of foreign relations to lay before you the articles of the treaty of marriage between us and the archduchess Maria Louisa, which has been concluded, signed, and ratified. We have been desirous of eminently contributing to the happiness of the present g neration. The enemies of the continent have founded their prosperity upon its dissentions and divisions. They can no longer nourish war, by imputing to us projects incompatible with the ties and duties of affinity, which we haye just contracted with the imperial house reigning in Austria, The brilliant qualities which distinguish the archduchess Maria Louisa, have acquired her the love of the people of Austria. They have fixed our regards. Our people will love this princess from their love for us, until, being witnesses of all the virtues which have given her so high a place in our thoughts, they shall love her for herself. Given at our palace of the Thuilleries, this 27th of February, 1810. NAPOLEON. After the message was read, the duke de Cadore communicated to the senate the articles of the marriage treaty, which are in the usual form. SPAIN. On the 6th instant the French made their appearance on that part of the coast opposite Cadiz, and immediately summoned the city to surrender. A flag of truce, with the summons, was sent from Port St. Mary, and received by the junta on the afternoon of the 6th. It expresses Joseph Bonaparte's willingness to forget and forgive all provocation, and requests that persons may be deputed from Cadiz to treat for the security of the squadron and arsenal. The junta immediarely returned for answer, that the city of Cadiz, faithful to its principles, renounced every other king except don Ferdinand VII. A letter from the duke of Dalmatia, dated from Seville, Feb. 2, gives an official account of the entrance of the French into that city. The Duke of Belluno had previously pro mised, in answer to two flags of truce, that the inhabitants should be protected; that those in arms should be allowed to serve in the troops of king Joseph, or retire, and live peaceably on delivering up their arms. The inhabitants then submitted, and the French entered the city, where they found 263 pieces of cannon, and a large quantity of arms, ammunition, and provisions. Letter to Major-General the Prince of Neufchatel. In my last dispatch, I had the honour to bastiani was on his march to Malaga. That inform your serene highness that general Segeneral has reported, that while at Grenada, he was informed that after a fresh commotion at Malaga, a man of the name of Abeillo, chief authority; that he had put under arrest, formerly the a colonel, had assumed and sent off by sea, the old civil and military administration, general Cuesta, and the principal inhabitants; and that, supported by a ing up a crusade against us, he had succeeded number of priests and monks, who were preachin arming the inhabitants of the mountains lieutenant general; two others, field-marshals; and the city. A capuchin had been appointed monks were colonels and officers; in a word, this new insurrection already put on an alarmadvanced to the defile of the mountains, and ing appearance. A corps of 6000 men had Bosche de Lasno. The inhabitants of Afhaprepared to defend the passage of the Col storm that city to obtain possession of it. The English, who were at Malaga, were exciting the people to anarchy, at the same time that they were preparing to take themselves to their vessels on the approach of danger. ma had risen in arms, and it was necessary to General Sebastiani had received orders to march upon Malaga. Being informed of his movement. what was going on in that city, he accelerated On the 5th he marched from Antequera with his advanced guard, drove in without difficulty the enemy's posts that defended the passes, though the road was broke up in several places, and followed them up, fighting all the way, as far as in front of Malaga, where they rallied, and joined an immense mass of insurgents, having with them a numerous train of artillery, and a detachment of cavalry. It was now four o'clock in the afternoon; the infantry were still at a distance, and general Sebastiani, anxious to spare those wretched people, sent them three flags of truce to summon them to lay down their arms; but instead of making a proper return to his generous proceeding, their mass put itself in motion, and advanced to attack the column, at the same time that they commenced a very brisk fire or artillery and musketry. General Sebastiani seized this critical moment, and ordered a charge of cavalry, which carried every thing before it; 1500 insurgents, including a number of priests and monks, were killed on the spot, and the troops entered the city intermingled with the fugitives. The firing was kept up in the city |