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V t. We have, fur several weeks pest, constantly and invariably maintaintd, that rat n *PARTE, whatever Imply be the termination of his pn:.ent flagitious and imprudent attempt upon Split, has sapped tote foutalationo of his own greatneas, a..d arrested Uir own fiii•ther progress. Every thing confirms us in that opining. It is not because the tercets of ' ere day assail, the the French themselves have • Amu against this scourge of humanity, and will -me n ds war be made the vile instruments of his in . -1.; aimbitio:h or his crorinotis crimes; it is • I.;e. beenner concurring testimonies seem to render fir- babe the eleffeat of Durusr ; nor is it because has taught the flame of patriotic iusur . veetion, in ituitsetien or eintLutizia of the Spaniards : • • gl - Wese. fists and Assertions, whether true, or exact ' /ended 0- MI do not constitute the basis • )1, - of our reasoning, nor the foundation of our con v;ctioo. That sentiment rests on other gronads, which we shill eadeataar LI state with precision., It is indispensable, in order to prevent any self-de ception, that we rlinian exclude ell enthusiasm, •while we are cnntenieliradg the present positioti of Box aratirc, and iettemptim to calculate, or to predict, his faturu destiny. It seems to approach by furious strides, and to threaten a crisis of no ordinary n..tivc. After the acts which have taken place on both sirk. of tie Pyrenees, there appear to be only err.a• :nodes of extrication for Nateotaox,.from his pmstatt emharriumment; The first is, the snbjuga tion and rerlertiois of the Si l eanitirds to his complete • obedience, by militory force. But, we believe, that it is uaneves.ery to discuss this proposition. The Corsicau himself ,e nimbly regrets that he has ever attempted it : or rather he never expected to meet in Sonia with a resistance so unlike the submission or the indtflerelce with which the people of Hol - laid. Venice., Prussia, Piedmont, and Austria, be held the subversion of their Governments. He Las. indeed, maniirs'ed, from the beginning, a gross, sad, relative to himself, a fatal ignorance of the nature and character of the Spaniards. He usiiCit have governed no'l directed their energies, as he has dune, he consulting their prejudices, cud by respecting, at least ostensibly, their Monarchs. But his itersetion of every sacred or honourable tie, has awakened their indignaticru, and may pro duce his own fall. We think that event probable; say. per:saps, imminent—yet we know and we dread his capscity, of which Europe has received Ouch awful proof. If he fall, hr will not parish like NEIIO, or like Douertan—lie will exert, like ItICH itre ut Bosworth, or like CATILINIt in Rome, all tic ferocious energy of his faculties in the last moments of his existence. The conquest of Spain end of Portugal. for the fate of both is now hire parable, we are, however, convinced, exceeds his utmost pone?. And the longer that he persists iu so imoracticable an attempt, the more, in our opi nion, does ha accelerate his own ruin. He may, neverthet-sr, retain, by military force. fend or five provinces; sad, among them, New Cas tile, including Madrid ; and this is the second mode of his extrication. We admit that he may effect this object, though we are far from believing it. But, ores thee, what has he effected ? All the uncon quered provinces, including, we may safely a,sanie, two-thirds of the Monarchy, and fourAfths of the coast, aloag the Atlantic, as wall es the Mediterra nean. must unite in Arm alliance with us, in order to avoid passing under the tyrant's yoke. All the Islands, Garrisons, Colonies, and Poeiessions of the Spaiii..ll Monarchy, beyond sea, will be com pletely nut of his grasp. Their number, magni teal', and importance. in every !sortie:l of the Globe, exceed calculation, and may open new sources of commerce, equally immense. 'lle Ta gus. no less than the Ebro, the Guadiana, an 1 the Goadalquiver, will be open to us. but shut to him. If he should elen be alit: to maintain Josern on such a Throce, it must he not only a precarious, but a melancholy elevation, founded in violence. upheld by ter:e.., and liable to hourly subversion.- 19 every event, i,e Tyratit's progress will be ars r ee. 2 o, an d a fp, ' seers V/ ill open to Mankind. The third alternative that remains to the Conti. earl, is the remite4ation of his rash project ; ter giversation, nod • . ;:atria of the Feople whom he has outragei and . I tempted to oppress, as well as to subject to the kite coottrotil of another Conklin, his !mother. fluni Ainting as this measure must be to a mail rendered intractable, ant! almost furious, by prosperity ; a•titogerems as it most he fur an Usnrper, whose Throne stands in Wood. and is only sustained by usiistasy force; yet we fear that Na-, istuct, a 'mem adopt it. as his hest, or his only ethanee of salty. But, even their—lie is 'fallen from inst.:tn.—lie must humble himself before tke SFauish stat i on. in order to obtain their forgive ness. Like 84344, he most swallow other modi fications, betiefei fare F oing " the pound of human ti s!1." i nns mast re;eisse and restore the captive ifriecos, whorn he fins so iieltenuoily and perfleli na-ly Ile mu .t even tellOttilee all fn- Urn int-a:kroner: in tile ii!;iies of Sj'aio. He must his own Mitre ambition, tyranny, atnl elevation. 1-ht will he no bobre the Narustott ;" but a beaten, disgraced , covered with crimes and shame, foiled in attempts, and abhorred even by the slaver styli retains in his fetters. shame and his disgraces, we venture to predict, a ill not stop there. The Spaniards will compel him, after restorkg to than Fea- DtNAND the SIiVENTH, their King, to replace the Head of the Catholic Faith and Church, whom he has deposed and degraded, as fur as he could de grade such a character, with equal barbarity and folly. we could far a moment doubt of the feel ings and conduct of the Spaniards on this t delicate subject, we have only to look at the man ner sod language in which the " Proclamation is sued by the Scrams': JUNTA, at Seville, ou the 54.1 of Live," stigmatizes this impious act, so re pugnant to the principles of a religious and ortho dox nation. We have'stlways considered that mea sure as having struck at the root of. Nsremeom's greatness, though we could not foresee how soon it would operate to produce his fall. Other degradations may follow these. The Spaniards cannot, its a generous nation, easily make peace with un Usurper; who withholds Naples from the Brother of CHARLES the Fouterit, and the Cluck of rERDINIAND the SCVENTH. They will not lightly acquiesce in his brow', as well as unpro voked expul►ion of the Dan . ..;hter of CHARLES, and the. Stater of F Elio, NAND, from Tuscany, follow ed by her imprisonment. It is not easy to guess what restitutions may be exacted f oin the Ty rant, when Duce his sceptre it broken. Various letters, received in town from English officers who hail joined Genera: CASTANOS army, in the vicinity of Seville, concur in stating that it was that Commander's deter .iinatiou to attack DUPOINT before he could receive reinforcements. According to all calect.ition, if CASTANOS did exe cute his intt;ition, it v ou4l have been about the time , :hen the actio:i is stilted to have happened, in the letteN received from Vigo. We may there fore hope that the vi .ory asserted to have been gained by the Patriots, is not an imaginary one. But we must wait for further information from that quarter of Europe, before we venture to pronounce positively upoa it. . Letters, received in London, three days since, dated from Rome and fiont Ostia, assert a most curious fact, if implic:t reliance may be given to it. They say, that after the deposition of his llolineoa the Pops, the violent extioction'of his spiritual power, and the arbitrary seizure of his temporal authority, by BONAPARTE. the Papal functions being thus extinguished in the permn of Pies the Vlltb, as Sovereign Pontiff, the Cardinals were ordered by General 111101.1. ts to quit Rome in two days. The deprivation and confiscation of all their property was to follow their non-compli ance. In the short interval, however, allowed them to retire to their respective diocese, or abodes, it is pretended that they met, and having formed a conclave, instantly proceeded to fill up the va cancy of the Holy See. Their choice, if we may believe these accounts, fell on the Cardinal Arch bishop of Psutamo, in Sicily, who is out of the reach of the Corsican's power. lie, therefore, may, it is presumed, Lance against this Usurper and Tyrant, from that secure retreat, the thunders of the Vatican, excommunicating him, and declare him the common enemy of God anti man. Nor should those censures be despised, however little we have been accustomed to respect the Papal In terdicts in these latter times. In the present state of the human mind throughout Europe, particu lar,: in Austria, in Italy, in Portugal, and in Spain, NaroLeos tatty not find such a weapon to be, like the spear of Pause—" Muni imbelle tine ictu." We do not, however, guarantee the authenticity of the anecdote here stated, though we consider it to be entitled to some credit. Reports of insurrections in the interior of FrdiIICC have been accompanied by others, stating that TALLETRA Nln Prince of Benevento, has been put under arrest at Paris, by order of his litn.c- CORSICAN MAJESTY. The discontents ■nd mutiny of the Conscripts in the Duchies of Berg and La Marek, as well as at Dusseldorff, are reluctantly acknowledged in the French newspapers, The Tyrol«, likewise asserted to be lit a state of in surrection against the Elector King of BAVARIA. In Calabria, and along the shore of the Terra di Lavori, in which Naples stands, symptoms of revolt against JOSSINN have likt wise openly manifested them selves. That' Most Catholic' King may find it dif ficult to secure either of his two sovereignties. The Continent is cvideutly in a state of fermentation in many parts; but we know so little of its real state that time aloe can disclose the truth or the fulse, hood of these various r ••.oats. We have received Latch Papers to the eth inst. fro", which we have made some extracts. They indirectly admit that the insurrection against the French is general in Spain. The districts of Se l;oTi+t, Valladolid, Placentia, Arragon. and Navarre, are acknowledged to have been in a nee of comino tion, by the very assertion which states that they have been rostorcd to tranquillity. The French tuition is furth._tr comforted with an assurance that the mast pefislred part of the Spanish people die- illialli f i llir lillillill."1"°1111.111"151111111M-- - 14 --C--- , ---•—. Kt litUlt3 tri .... 1 he Kin; 3 Premative is ear .I. I i projects of : invincible I THE BRITISH PRESS. u.urper, , --------- -......______. his attempi k , Li )N Di ) N, whom he st a e " SATC:3I.)AY, .: WE 16. Fait, lits 1 1 1 I r t Il 1/. f. 4 tit Cu Play the best sentiments. By the I»li►ked pert, we are to iiiiderstiind, some supple courtiers, some corrupt play...men mid pensioners, who would sacrifice llm. it country in the hopes of retaining their places mid their pensions. This polished part, boa cver, can bear but a salad: proportion to the great masse of the population o, time country. We do not envy the French thi. polished part, the spirit of which is so congenial with their own, while they give to the canseof liberty the masse of this population, while they give us th► rough soldier and the hardy peasant tbroughou• Spain. The people of France must be surely sup posed to have forgot the lessons of their revolution, when the Child and Champion of Jaeobinistn %woks if. his journals with contempt of the common people of Spain, and congratulates himself on pos sessing the good will of the polished part of the nation. But where has this boasted tranquillity been restored ? Why in that part of Arragon and Navarre on the right bank of the Ebro, a part of Spfain immediately on the confines of France, and nailer the impression of the French armies; and in winch. so far as respects Navarre. we could not have hoped that the people would have strength and spirit to rise. flow small this tranquil spot is, compared with the disturbed part of Spain, a glance at the map will chew, cad even this little tranquillity may be well doubted. It is, perhaps, such tranquillity as that which prevails at Cadiz. where the French and Spanish fleets are upon the best terms. Nor is this all ; although only the 4. com mon people''arragaiitat the French, und tranquillity is said to have been restored in parts of Amon and Navarre, all the French troops in Spain, aided by .‘ the polii.lied part" are not sufficient to preserve the peace of the country. Strong reinforcements are marching to the fron tiers of Spain, which is the best proof of the serious liKht in which the insurrection is viewed. Con siderable discontents have broken out among the French troops in Germany, particularly the Con scripts, who are with difficulty retained in subjec tion. This may be gat'►ered even from some statements in the papers, but private letters leave no doubt of the fact. The Russian Gazette, we perceive, i 4 forced to confess, that an " unfortunate accident" had hap pened to their forcer iii Sweden, having " been taken by surprise by the Swedes." A Messenger left town, la.st night, with dispatches from the Foreign Office awl the Admiralty for Deal. We understand thnt they were intended for Sir JOHN Moons, iu the event of his arrival id s the Down,. Yestenlay, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council wns held at the Foreign Office, which sat till half .past four. Nearly 5000 Spanish prisoners. who have been released, soiled from Plymouth on Wednesday. As they embarked, they poured forth the warmest wishes for the happiness of this country. Many of them look up the sand from the heath, kissed it with reverence and affection, as the sand of a free nation, and put it in their pockas, to exhibit it to their countrymen upon their return. A report prevailed nt Plymouth, ou Wednesday, that Bo T E had set off from Bayonne fur Paris in great haste, and that the Southern pro vinces of France had deelarcl their inability to comply with a Decree fur calling Hut the Conscrip tion for the year 1810. We did not know that any such Decree had been passed. By the Mails from Malta and Gibraltar, which arrived on Thursday. we have received Letters and Papers from Gibraltar to the 19th, but we were pre viously in possession of more recent intelligence. The particulars which they contain of an action between Duroar and the Spanish Patriots, evi dently relate to the first action on the Bth, in which the French were successful, but from later advises from Vigo, brought by Lieutenant LEACH, which we have mentioned in a former paper, there i, little doubt of a second action, in which the Patriots were triumphant. We are informed that Sir IL DALRYMPLE, the Deputy-Governor of Gibral'ar, when the tinit ap plication was made to him by the Patriots of Spain, instantly supplied them with 10,000 muskets, 3000 barrels of gunpowder, a variety of entrenching tools, and 100,000 dollars iii money, without waitiii i ; fur the orders of Government. It is confidently statedlthat Lord Me LVI r.t.a is to have's sent in the Cabinet. He Caine to town, it is said, in consequence of an express sent for him to Scotland, and immediately after his arrival waited on His MAJESTY at Windsor. His MaJeerv's ship President, with the feet tinder convoy, from Portsmouth, for the Brazils, is arrived at Madeira. His MAJESTY'S ♦hip Leopard, with the fleet for the East Indies, .which sailed from Portsmouth, on the 6th May. arrived at Madeira un 30th Noy, and sailed on Ist June. IVe hear that Government intend, in the course of a few weeks, to order another volunteering from the Militia regiments in this kingdom, to complete the regiments of the line.—(C'ork Mercantile Chet:. pair•/e./ On Wednesday a heavy Ilring was heard at Do ver, which shook the houses of that town very much. The wind being Easterly, some apprehended that the sound came from Flushing, and notwith•taaM. ing the {rest distance, thirty 'eagutti, mitlntained their opinion on the ground that the firing was }ward at Dover during the bombardment of Valen. ciennes. Others feared that it was a rejoicing on the French coast foe some important success. The cause, however, has been expleiiied in the most Pa thiartary 111711111er, hy the arrival, o . Tlinnidav, at I)over, of • I)iitch sehnyt, prize to the Clioliererr gun-brig. The schuyt was chased along the French shore, under the hattecips nese Csisis, • lien she got aground, mud thessiew ofthe Chiftenvh vo !ante...mei their werricias in rot her nut, three boats were immedintele w:•ut in, and inonglit het off in triuinidt, without ar.y kiss. C'dERMARTHEN THE 4 IC4 LS. Cherry's Company have performed at Curtains thin some time with considerable eclat. Neither exertion nor expense have been spared in flttii R up a temporary theatre, the average reeripto of which have been respectable. lama credit is due to !lie Manager for his judicious selection of pieces, as :11. so of performers to the comic, tragic, awl ;tvsirol departments : and it is presumed, that tele , ..:!s a: .d exertions, such as are uniformly evinced b:, Ill -it self, Mrs. and Miss C. and the majority of the company, s ill he duly appreciated, and expe:it.:Le adequate support. Yesterday morning His MtJewry, Pri crw i AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, aCCOMpar;erl Uy Lords Witicumsk• Mid ST. HELEN's, Lady ELY, Generals C•RTWlttlarf and Frrzguy, and Gi,sul TATI.OI:, took an airing in Windsor Great-paik, and returned at twelve. The QUCIEN and Princess Er.rzasETH tea a:: airing to Frogmore Lodge and Gardcus, and turned at one o'clock. Yesterday Earl CAMDEN, after attending the Ca. billet Council, set off for his seat, WiLerness, The Countess of BATU died very suddenly, ou Thursday evening, at Brighton. Au aurrcts ar rival at two o'clock, yesterday, at .Sir JAMI.4I Pub. TauEy's, with the intilligeuce, who instantly set stf for that 'dace. The story of Criras and illyrrha is said to hare been acted in a great house ut the west end of the town. But the Itlyrrha of the iire.eiit day only the step-daughter of the Cyairar. The Marquis of TAVISTOCL is to be married to Lady ANNA MANIA STANHOPE, ill tell days from this time. The 18th Regiment of Light Dragoons are to he seviewed, the beginning of next week, at Reinferd, preparatory to their enibark ing for foreign service. The Cawserbury Races, which cowmen e on Tuesday next, will no doubt assertible many of the sporting world in that place ; as the number of horses entered will in all probability creme great sport. The principal part of the litcl 4 - ingo is id ready taken by the neighbouring gentry, and a large assemblage of company is expected ; which will render it a scene of fashionable bustle during the week. Mr. KENNET'S play of The World in performing at Liverpool. Mrs. SIDDONS ploys Lady £Lc .n. field; Mr. REA, of the Haymarket Theatre, Ee/ro; and Miss BOLTON, of Covent-Garden, lumi/jr Bercloy. The Edinburgh Courant. of Monday last, says, 4. We understand that Mrs. MOONTAIN, in grins. tude for the crowded benefit she had on Saturday, has agreed to play once more berme she leaves this city, therefore, this evening, she is to perform Clan., in The Deanne. 1i a find, too, twat the Manager has been luny enough to procure the assistance of Mr. Jones, of Covent-Garden Thea tre, now the first genteel comedian of the day, who makes his first appearance in Goldfinch on Wednesday. We hear he will oleo play in the se veral pieces with Mr. BANNINTLE, who makes Lill entre on Saturday." A melancholy instance of the uncertainty of ha. mail life occurred on Thursday in the family of Sn- FREDERIC K EDEN, Bart. His son came home Last week from bserding-school, ill with the scar!et fever, and through the maternal attention aid, anxiety of Lady EDEN, who had only lain in a week, she, sad to relate, caught the infection, mid to the inexpressible grief of all her acquaintaia e, cried on Thursday morning . There have been t wo Portraits of Cement( brought forward in London ; of the originals we cannot say much, but the sitting, by the Artier L is- TON and Faweer, is allowed to be a chef 4 1 . a erre. The Dublin Papers announce a third in the folic:init. : : parograph:—..There has been latelybrought nut in London aforee, culled The Portrait of Cerranics. i 1 e understand a gentleman of this city has written a needy on the sumo subject. The absence of 'tr. Junes preveuted his ofiCring it to the Crow-street Theatre for stork business ; he, howeser, until" a tender of it to Mr. CORDON fer his benefit; but the rules of the Theatre prevented his acceptmce of it. Under these circumstances, if it lins merit, and we are assured that it is excellent, we think, as the work of native genius, it should be preferred to the London production; and the Manager wood but do justice to the Author, nod, indeed, study his own interest, in bringing it out on the ojieriii.g of the next season." A foot race, for ten pl . :peas, diatance forte rod+ , took place on Th urs d a y, i n t h e D ean Jo in Field. Canterbury, between Mr. Joni! CHAPMAN and Mr. MANN ENGLHAN, was won with eay.t by the hitter, although CHAPMAN was to give hie antagonist me rod and a half at corning in. The foot nice between BitNJAMIN COLIMAN.ar Canterbury, and t LOATE., of M aidsto tie,* ai ilecided on Saturday evening in &roar of CoLs- NM!, who bent his antagonist very eally. Last week a Jew found a gold coiny,oi noble of HENRI IV. date•l39H. It was first reported to have been discovered at South.Shiehls, but there is reason to believe that it was picked up fr. amongst the rubbi s h o f . an o ld •Saltars mdnsiou herise,now pulling down in North Shields Market place. It it of very pure gold, the irnptemion per fect, and weighs go grains. About four o'clock. on Satinday morning last, dpring • trersendont storm of thunder and light ning, the electric fluid struck the rain, a Gothic pile in Mount Edgeumbe. Park; Devon, a consi derable portion of which was destroyed.—. The dorm raged with unusual vio!ence for upwards of en hour; hut we have not heard of any other damage oeca.ioned by it in that nrightvitihood. Fourth-day of drowingr-No. v.t . 09, a Prize of 20.0001. was void by KIcMA Ninon. GoODI.IICIL son Co. in Two Quarters and Eight Si ‘teenth Shiites who also sold the first-drawn i'rixe of 20,0001. in the present Stre Lritt*.ry, No. loom, in • Qi11••••• ter, an Eighth, al. l Ten Sotteenth Shares. Ur - drawn Tickets and Share" cantinnv on sale a their nlel (Acts, Er sk-:ani:dings,COttib;ll; iihdCharing- Cross. ',...1 . ; • '.. , .. . , 4, •MI -.41 , 111 , 'INN ......"". 4 11. • ir.' ''‘ • ii , A