The National Register. — London, England, 1809-11-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Such is the situation of Spain at this moment. The , active inexorable tyrant, who has thought fit to rouse, by unparalleled injuries, a people sunk,for two centuries in indo lence; who did not start back at the horror of makiqg their peaceable mansions, a theatre for his cruel, savage acti vity,—has not lost sight of a prey, he had already pounced ; and as the alarm is over, which made him quit his hold, there is reason to suppose he will return, with new fury, and a more voracious appetite, to the approaching attack. We do not, however, despond ; and we thank ileaven ! that the faculty of hope, in this awful crisis, has not abandoned us. He will have many an obstinate bat tle, or all our feelings bctiay us, before he can stride over the reclined necks and broken hearts of the Spaniards. The Usurper CIESAR fought for life, and not for victory, at Thoth:. It was the last battle for the liberties of the world. The modern C a may find, on those very plains, the goal of his restless sanguinary carter. The well-di ected steel of a Spaniard 1113 V reach the heart of the ruffian ; and pro claim, with his last convulsive sigh, ernaecipation to man kind. It is iinposOfle to dive into the recesses of futurity. It is madness to despond before the evil is incurable. It is impious to think that the progress of villainy cannot be re s! rained. If we find in the annals of nations If equeiit ex amples to exercise our faith, we can discover‘in those sery records, legible and distinct marks of a protecting provi dence;—the avenger of innocence, and the scourge of op pression. • The Spanish Papers contain very favourable accounts of the siatatiom and numbers of the several Spanish armies. Tire army of Gallicia is estimated at forty thousand men. and aootner numerous army is forming in that province. The Duke of Parqoe, with twelve thousand men, had joined army of 30,000 between Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo ; the army •of La Mancha was estimated at be rween 40 and 70,000 men, and that of F,stremadura at up wards of. ::0,000 ; the latter had its head-quarters at Trux. ilk ; the army of Catalonia consisted of 30,000; and the t h o l e avo &set ibed as forming a circle round the French , in ,the rent re of Spain. Besides these, Gen. Blake is slated Q) be A orth 13,000 men at Oct, where he was preparing to al!ark the Fri:licit in that quartea. Soult was at Talavera 10,000 men, and Victor at Toledo with 12,000.; but the main body 01 the French army was at Ocana and Aran• juez. The positions of the several armies are we believe correeily described, and happy shall we be to find that the nunitiers of those of Spain are not exaggerated. In the accounts before us, they are estimated at upwards of 200,000 eirective men. General Sebasiiani is said to have been tired at lately in the streets of Madrid, bat not killed.— , Lard ‘Vellington continued at Lisbon on the 23d ult. The two 'lvroleaus who have been deputed by their gal lant country men to solicit assistance from our Government, appeared on. the Exchange on Frid a y a t half p ast three o'clock. They are both extremely Weil-looking; men, and were dressed in the uniform of the Tyrolese Patriots. They afterwards ascended to the Subscription Hoorn at Lloyd's, where they were received with repeated cheers. Cr aloes 110 s x.—The neighbourhood of Bedford-street, s.,:t.Gardea, was the scene of much confusion %ester da).. some wa4 had taken the trouble of going to differ ent tradespeople, and ordered various articles of furniture, aid of other descriptions, to be sent to the house of Mr. Gridith, an apothecary in that, street,. At an early hour in the morning, carpets, boxes of candle*, articles of household furniture, &c. were sent. The family being out. of town, and no person but the maid servant at home, she of course refused to receive, them ; the consequence was, tteat the porters were obliged to take up their loads and walk home again, amidst the jeers of an immense eon , course of people, aasembkd to witnewi this curious hoax. Fiusii arrivals in the course of the day induced the crowd still to rem.iin; among these arrivals were a patent mang_le, au caw. ow u s large rocking horse, three waggon load of coals, &c. At length, to complete the joke, at the dinirig hour arrived eight post-che.:es, from different parts of the country, with some of the most intimat' friends of Mr. Griffith, all anxious, haiing received cards of invitation for that purpose, to taste his poultry and game, but the populace made game of them, and disappointment being the order of the day, the horses heads were turned and the guests departed, amidst the loud cheers of the spec tators. The arrivals of goods continued till a late hour in the evening. Among ihe number intended to be hoaxed at Grif fiths's, in Bedtord-street, was Mr. Thoina4 the butcher, at Charing-criiss, who received orders to attend Dr. Grif fiths, to enter into a contract for supply inn Eton College with meat. In our last Paper we gave a sketch of the rejoicinizs, which took place in London, Wind.or, and Frogm:w , on the occasion of the Jubilee ; and we are happy to had that ' Joy a:1,1 happnicss were ditlosed throughout ev-ry pari of t;le IMited Kingdom. Eery city, tovtn, and village, boast 'of ifs processions, climers, donations, and s:b6cript ions, on that. wemoz . :l)ie ; but it is impossible to do atlequate jostice to ihe general joy, festivity, and logfty, by this ever-to-he rememtiered event. has been distin - To enter into particulars of the !iberaiity of the . diiTcrent towns, &c. in making their poor happy an.l coutfonabie, feasting • the different Schools, liberatiog Prisoners for l)cbt,&c. &c. would be utterly impossible in the compass of many Newspapers. We understand the Hey, J. Fonthan, Vicar of Leigh, near Tunbridge, in honour of the Jubilee, presented to the poor of his small parish two bulocks, and one hon. died gallons of ale, allowing 'co each in family a pound of meat and a pot of ale. The widows were eutttled to a double pertion. 111 E COURT, Wednesday, about twelve o'clock, his Majesty arrived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was receiNed. by the Dukes of York, Kent, and Cumberland. At twenty minutes after two o'clock, the Corporation of the City of London arrived at the Queen's Palace, with their Address to his Majesty, upon his catering the 50th year of his reign, They were all most graciously received, and had the honour to kiss his Majesty's hand. His Majesty then held a private Levee, at which the fol lowing, Noblemen and Gentlemen had the honour of being presented to his Majesty. The Right llononrable the Lord Mayor, Alderman Plomer, Captain James Athol Wood, of the Royal Navy, Mr. Johnson, . and Mr. Justice Marnaughton, on taking leave of his Majesty, previous to his leaving England fur Madras, who bad all the honour of Knighthood conferred on them, Major-General Sir Brent Spencer, on his being appointed Colonel of the 2d bat talion of the 95th Regiment ; Rear-Admiral Murray, on his promotion; Lieutenant,General Sir Charles Green, on his pro inotior ; Mr. Robert pundits Saunders, on his being Appoiutcd President of the Board of Conroul, in the room of Earl Harrow by ; Brigadier-General Campbell, on Lis being appointed Groom of his Majesty's Bedchamber; Lord / 11 u+grave, on -his promotion ; the Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Townsend, of the Ist Regiment of !.'out Guards, on his promotion; Sir Thomas B. Thomson, Comptroller of the Navy, on his being prompt • ed to be a Rear- Admiral ; Lieutenant-Colonel Winyard, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, on his promotion ; Colonel Wheatley, of the Ist Regiment of Guards, on his pro -moil- n; Mr. Ryder, on his being appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department ; Colonel Sir Thomas Dyer, on his promotion; Mr. Hamilton, on his being appointed Under Se cretary of ,State ; Lieut.-Col. Bromhead, of the rlth regiment ' , ,on his promotion and return from Portugal; Colonel Rebrow, on his promotion; Brigadier-General Fane, on his return from Spain; VLICOUrd Palmerston, on. his being appointed Secretary at War, in the room of Lord Levison Gower; Mr. Manners Sutton, on his being appointed Judge Advocate, iv the room of Mr. Ryder, by his father, the Archbishop of Canterbury ; Mr. Mellish ) late his 11fijesty's Charge d'Affaires at the Court of NOV. 5. .0.1 1 . 0 . 1 .... 1