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crlnearry IMMO tO ta.l e litlllferetwe of the or entrunotions mow; reuse he extremely de ! already emistitutioual s of Magistrates fur that er hu protest solemnly chitihe to the Bill, ati4 nine on it, hhould it br ected to it, as tendir,;.; to rem to the Lord Ile was surpric••d to oohs would lie the most is ilueltim; any riot, slate being disembodied, they arms or collect to he- ie EXCUEQUEt admitted Baronet z and was happy pinion The present elat, t of the lull ; as the Hen, uld then be uo reason I, sent telause. lie repi Member, who acme: *se the military on th: em to return to their dut e Magistrates, in whom I by the principle of the , the consistency alluded coicastency of error and II might be bad, yet, be could not be argued a ii ild also added. This instance wherein the civil becn.united to the pre e should therefore oppose lofted the Bill and the by experience, the ...has. comitatus, for the sup. uud thought this a sini:l:.: led the, attentioa of au en, whether suult tch a time as a rider to tl.c ie strongest objectiou. it le right and the possibility of say such clause. As to equally strong objections. eratneot to unite the leg's bowies together, and make rs of troops. lle tion. ✓ also spoke against t 1 , and the House proceeded sweated for the clause, 34)......Maj0ri I y 67. NC found Mr. SIIIIRIDAN on nst the encroachment which ;istrates,_to call out the Lo must effect on the preroga. 'here RCN!, was such an tpted. It warred with the iitution, and was hostile te tatute haw. But the hou as this, that should a nut ay, the notice for meeting the Sunday, and on the .oval Militia was to be call- riotous assemblage which before. (A laugh I) It was row the I.lu:deer Act, the was purely voluntary to the considered the dense as in int merely acting upon the as to the volunteer for=e. wed up the observations of oiled ably on the evil conse , it clause was preemant. oved an amendment, to the Magii.trates calling out the d commissions or command rter some discussion, was me ion. 'NNE rose to object to the deficiency arising from the tut' penalties on the county is objection gas much modi next clause that it was to be sasessnient. Still, when the 'act persons within a certain ight it hard that even the rgaable with any deficiency rt-payment of the tines. lie g an lialealdlaellt, to provide which was negatived without lerk was then engaged for expunging and Introducing le a put the qneatiou that the e to state Lis objections t• (ill. He felt the neces,ity of ons within a narrow compass, ie proceedings of the last fire House had never before cii tunitv of understanding the ,ou. It certainly could now he peculiar dexterity of the t 1 to that pet of the buena- Parliament wbi.L had basis without the doors of that light witeessed, if not an in,- novelty in le;•, , islatioti,, 14.,1 red within the t4::tr.eryof euy to House. And it mi ght l i e ait measure, that it bad emit lapea, and liad presented great lee during its progress, since e Noble Lord. To introduce clauses, just at the moment rout to be rend a third time, tic of the Right Honourahlit who conceived y vil, and thought the Hausa ti trust better than by uet even without inquiry, %Lich 1 them. At fiat yrii , en{ let* protracted such vircutn felt it proper to Molt hit ob.* ass bye somber of parole, - would be very %nippy to c!,! n the first Owe, thi“ 'k q 'AC itself was to Vlair it understood, to explain it* true nature and li mits. The moment such an explanation took place, it was imp assihhe for any unbiassed person not to feel first its inacteartacy to went its proposed (Acct.; suet next the very great expense and injury wi,ich from its operation omit fall upon the imuntry. What did it produte to the country ti—Notliiiig but a certain descriptiou of personal service, which it • had before by the Training Bill. Thor* was this difference, that men were not locked up in a worse than useless iucorporation, nor was the comae, loaded with the monstrous expense attendant on the plan of the Noble Lord. With respect to the . advantage of discipline, it would not be great in either case; indeed it mieht he so little, that the value of the difirence must he considered eva nescent. But the species of force it gave the conn try for the expense was the consideration; suit for what object was this expense to be incurred ? Why fir nothing else but to have an hivoiporatitil force, off tiered by the topping men of the dis,trict, such as . Mr. Such-a-one, the general dealer, arid Mr. What-d'ye-call lino, the ettorney. It was 'idl e-alms to place any dependence on a spe cials of national defence so arranged. Would any man, who knew what had taken place oa the Continent of Europe, be so credulous as to believe suck men able to cope with the disciplined armies of France, which, if they should come at nil, must Caine flushed with conquest? He. at least, who was a voltieteer officer. and un unmilitary marl, taut be allowed to apprehend great danger in depend* npon such adescription of force, and of locking tip in it suCa. • portion of your population, within the aces of eighteen and thirty. and this at au chymous expense, an expense al most exceeding the belief of most men, anti which went unt to purchase strength, but actual weak ness. Does the Noble Lord think, that by such a force he will frighten Bonaparte, and strike terror into the invading armies? Whitt is it then' that the army clothier could produce? If their being . stuck iota regimentals will produce this surprising effect on the enemy, it was a won der that the Noble Lord would not follow up the rii • isaire, and render them more formideFle by en couraging the growth of whiskers. ( 4 general hush). if the [louse should feel willing to accede to the principle of this measure, and to rest its hopes upon a tumuli uary farce, or upon the refuse of an army,let it at least profit by the experience which the fate of other countries must have aftorded. if i the country is to employ and pay for dirt, let it be English dirt. ( -1 bad laugh). Let it employ its stout athletic colliers and cowl-heavers. Let it nay its aspiring chim (ey-sweepers for their exertions.-e They can in their own e by annoy the enemy ; and when pursued, can Climb the trees with the facility of squirrels. ( Repeated laughter). But the Noble Lord was friendly to the bustle of the thing. Ile liked to see men marching out of this village in order to be drilled in the contiguous one. He con ceived the public would be struck with its efficacy and execution, for the Noble Lord might be assured that it would take great effect. The number of the undone mould be euusiderablc, and at least amongst the poor persons riiiiicd by its operation, he would be tumbled to furnish a large Gazette of killed and wounded. He concluded by observing, that the arguments of the Noble Lord accorded with the arguments of the vulgar, that what was most ex peutive was best ; it reminded him of the story of the countryman who came to town to 'have his tooth drawn, who astonished at the little pain with which the operation was performed, refused paying the operator hat fei-gainea, saving, that in the coun try he could have the jolt dime for half-a-crown, and be dragged round the romw into the bargain. Sir FRANCIS BLIRDZTT said, as it was the last time he should have an opportunity of delivering his sentiments en this measure, he was under the necessity of claiming the attention of the House, for a few minutes. He felt it a duty incumbent on him to express his sentiments. The bill iti all its parts breathed nothing but the oppression of the subject, without meaning in' the least the military farce. Tisis beiug his opinion, he could not give u silent vote. An Honourable Gentleman, at the beginning of the Session. had vouched that the !Wile lard would bring forward a measure that would put this couutry in a state that she , miaht defy the powers of the world. How far did the present measure come up with the promise of the Honourable Gentleman ? it ought, in the first place, to be called a bill of pain end penalty. Instead of mooing the exigencies of the country, it went to enforce the measure by mew 'penalties, transportation. im prisonment, fine, ike. Was this the way to con ciliate the people of the mutiny. or was it a system to he opposed to Bonaparte, with au army under his command, ear-ading the population of this country, hiclading men, women, and children ? The present plait was wholly inadequate to its ob- 'act. He would wish to propose to the House the erasing of the people en 'nesse. in case of invasion. They enuld trot depend on a standing array. Ile Maul( would not; as standing armies failed in all lie kingdoms on the Continent. Despotism had the cause of their downfall ; and when lie hewed the host of tomes, earl the present Bill, he ould ask if there were people in a more distressing ituation thus the people of this country? The ill went to take every anon by forer e and snakebite 'able to be Bogged. He had an abhorrence to this ail of discipline in oar armies, and lie theaght it as more detrimental to it, than am other chemise . nee. He had a pr ece d en t f or his opinion on this bject, is the trench army, where such a thing as orporeal punitihment was not known. In a late in ee at Madrid, where tome soldiers had allowed einselvey to be disarmed by the populace. what the punishment inflicted ? That they should veer oa pu.snle with sticks instead of swords. nil whet was the remark of the General on this orcasion ? They were young soldiers, and they i.7mlri have an opp o r tuni t y o f retrial ing their tuaracter ; hut if they had been old soldiere, they est have bens dismissed. This kind of pde& tan excited an emulation, rind brought the French any torts present suneniority. He felt sorry that .:r an °erasion shonlii hare occurred. that obliged in to com;:are the discipline of an English army Mb that of a French one. The Noble Lord seemed i !Live converted the good principle of his Hoin i• end. 417. Windham. into a bad one. His .e. isu jr.tion to tide measure was its iaeflicienea,"l net next the cruet situation in which it placed the people of • the country, when it went Pt take the countryman, the peartant, from his family, leave them a charge on the paride, and mike liable to have the flesh stripped from his bones by corporeal punishment. Ihe Bill w e nt to chew the ialcupecity of its author; for, after all the attention the Noble Lord had paid to it, he found it now so incomplete, that he hoped it would defeat its own object ; for one clause, where it goes to the exaction of fines, says, "at the discretion of the Magistrates, the haw shall not exceed 20 shillings, nor be lets than 51." It was well for the people of England to know that the framer of the present Bill was the same delicate hand that administered the chalice of poison to the people of Ireland. (dear ! litar !I— nte same when speaking of the measure he had pursued towards Ireland, gave it the delicate name of a coercive measure, esitsed by neczmity. tie zolicludeal lav observing, it was his duty to warn the people of England against their danger, and to warn the Hon. Lord to keep his delicate hands off of the h ac k s Of Eaiglishatien. . . Mr.Pu&rairi.vsupported the bill, and ten:ended that diecipline was uscessive. Mr. Win ow A X spuke in explanation. The lion. Mr. R•ttintos contended that there was rot 'any army in which discipline was kept up, where punish ments were more lenient than in oars • that altho' carmsrecl punishment was not made use ut In the French army, yet they supplied the deficiency by making a plentiful use of the stick. Mr. W. W. Weser sepported the Bill, but he would hr.ve approved of the measure much more if it only applied to runes of the age trout IS to 20. argument then took place on discipline, and its nature, between Mr. Wit. SMITII, Mr. KORINSOII, Gen. M. M. 4 - TkSW, Mr. M. A. T4YLOII, Sir JAMES Haut., and General &TRW* lIT. Wheo the House dirtdel, there appeared fog the Bill pass igup—Ayes Noes. gei Ilajarity The other Orden of the Day were then (hawk/Jut, and the Heats adjutiested at HALF PAST THREE O'CLOCK. TREATY Of Alliance and Subsidy betweee His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britaia and !relied, 4: Ili* Majesty the. King of the Two Sicilics.--Sigeol rt Palermo on the 30th of March, Dios: Hie Majesty the Kin. , . she United Kingdom of Gera t Britain and Ireland, and Ilia Majesty e King of the Two Siveliee, being egad'', animated by sincere desire of strengthening more sac: the to-. . endship and good understanding aril , : It so hiepin'y set mist intact.° them, It ins judged that notheag cuald cootribute a: we efficaciously to that salutary end. than the conelosion of . Treaty of Alliance and Subsidy :—For this purpose their said Majesties have named their rcopective renipotert. r.es, Ills Brit cone Majesty, the Right Hououra'ale IVillisin Drummond, one of His Ma jesty's Moat Honourahle oriel Caused, and his En voy Extraordinary ant Minister Pireipoteminry nt the Court of His said Median Majesty ; and His Majesty the King of the Two Sidles, the Right illustrious and Right Excellent Thomas de Somme, Marquis of (heel", his Gentleman of the Chamber, Field-Marshal of his amines, Knight of his Royal Order of St. Janearius, his Cluutwoi.or of State, Secretary of State fur the Deportment of Foreign Affair'', and SuperiotenelantiGeneral of the P , ,ts ; who, after having commuoicatial their tespective full powers, have agreed upon the following Articles: Article I. There shall be a centiusance of the 'Meers and constant friendship between Hu Britannic !Majesty nod Ills Majesty the King of the Two Birdies, theii ! min mid enecessors, which has always subsisted, up to tae rie • seat time. IJ, The two high contracting parties shall afford to each etW, during the present war wills FROM, every I.necolit and assistance, in proportine to their respective felon, and shall posnint, by amain consent, every tiling the* to ewes them erosible or detriment. His Majesty the Kum of the Two Sicilia* engages to grant to the troops of His &Jimmie Majesty, ;tattooed In the fortresses of Sicily, and to all British ships of war, an eaeniption from all duties belonging to him, upon every thing of which the British squadrons is the Meditentitess, said the troops of that nation, may eland in sued, est which the emaietry can faruesh, in provisions, food, and in mitttury and naval st as es. IV. His Sicilian Majesty, being desire's of giving an ad. di 'Moat proof of the sentitneute by which be is animated, also engages to exempt from all duties belonging to hien upon such provisions as may he requisite for the British ships of war at Malta, so well as all military slopes which are to be Amend in the country, em coaditiou, hones sr, that each vessel or vessels of war be furnished with s requisition from the Governor of the said island, which shall specify the article' , and the qe.tatity required. V. His Sicilian Majesty further engages, iu virtue of the prmeut Treaty, sever to allow the enemies of Great Britain to bring into any of his parts, dieing the present war, auy British ships taken by the gunnies of Great Britain. VI. Hu, Sicilian Majcidy also engages to open the ports of the Two &cities, during the present war, to British squad rons, as well as to all net chant and other ships belonging to British subjects, without any restriction whatever, referring to the Third Article, with respect to exemption from duties. VII. Ris Britannic Majesty Perigee, iii return, to defend, during the present war, the fortresses of MCSsma and Au gusta, owl to menet:tin there, for that purpose, at his charge and exposer, a body of troops, which, iii the present war, si all consist of tea thousand men, and to augment their number, if theme shall require it. The disposition of which troop*, in the said fortresses, shall be in saris manner and pro pennon as the (outstanding Odircr, to whom every requisite utility shall be gives, shall judge expedient and His Bei tussle Majesty stipulates, that the said General Officers shall have the power of exercising martial law in the above-men tioned garriaoy with respect to their British troops, in the same meaner, and according tothe same rules, as are ob served is otiose English gar-isous.--eduarters for the said troops shall be provided in the aloixe-tneutioacil fortresses by His Sicilian Majesty. VIII. His Mit:teen's Majesty further engages to pay to Ills Sicilian !Majesty, Juno; the cont Meant! of the presto t war, an anemaktial....iih; of three hundred thousand ponatis sterling, to coiunieurei from the loth of Septenthey, tetra, when the British and Reesian troops landed ill dr. Neepoli ten tetritory, payable at the rate of twenty-five thousand pounds *tering, per month ; which payment tee II always he made onomoulls m sierative, computing from the rh.te of the signature on the present Treaty. His Sicilian Majesty rat pawing to employ the said Subsidies for these/ of his marine, sad of hie land fiwees, dull inutile the distribution of them in suck pr ipoi tier as these too services may require, fur the dad:actor his States, sad for operations naiad the common enemy ; auJ au account dull be given every three months to the British Government, of the manner in which His Sicilian Majesty shall have employed the Subsidies paid to him by ' Great Britain.. IX. The tea high contiecting Parties, desiring to strengthen more mid more the ties whittle suite the two na tints, -and to extend their mutual relations, will employ theai s elres, as so on as vonntle, in concluding a Treaty of Commerce, the .Irticlo of which shall be equally &dean. tageons to the baker ts of bath States X. ills Sit Mau Majesty engages not to conclude with ' France a Peace separate from England, sad His Britannic Majesty on his part also engages nut to make a Peace with France, without compreheuding and saviug in it the interests of Hie !bellies Majesty. XI. The present Treaty of Alliance and of Subsidy shall be ratified by the two high contracting Parties, WWI the Ha , titication shall he esclennod in des form Lodon, within the space of four alumni*, from the dale of its signature. or *nutter if possitie. la +MOM whereof, We, the Undersigned. fognished with THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY. Joss 11. Mr. CANNING, last night, announred a Treaty of Suhidy owl Alliance thetweeu this Coun'ry and lb* Alaje,ty the King of the Two (....I.ct LIES, com monly called the King of N.tenns, a title usurped t . :y BON APARTI:s brattier JOIM.VH, and not ae• kilowledged by Great Britain. A Copy of the Treaty is given in our preev:ling columns. Gibraltar. as affording a point' of contact with Spain, such as .Tolllltia did in 170 with Franey, becomes, at the *resent critical juncture, of infinite tonsequences In fact, it opens un immediate passage to Seville, Cadiz, and Grenada, as nell as to every part of the extensive province of. Anda lusia. Mr. Dyer. who Willi, dn?ing a great number of years, our Consul at Cudiz, and whose probity, as well as benevolence, and many excellent quali ties, live greatly endeared him to the Spanish na tion, is on his way to Gibraltar. He is dispatched by Government, in order to sound the Spaniards, and, if possible, to impel them to resist their in vaders. No man is better qualified for the task, from his intimate knowledge of the country. Bo- NAPARTU, who is well aware of the importance of Gibraltar, fronk its opening a way into the interior of Spain, has already destined a corps of troops, aided by Wo (Accra of Engineers, to invest Gib raltar. But if the Spaniards really meditate resist j:lCC to this foreign Usurper, hu may, in the present state of that country, be unable to carry this pro ject into execution. Wla . do we have felt it our duty to warn the people of this country against forming too sanguine expectations of the emancipation of Spain from the tyranny of BoXAVAXTC, we have sieve: theless been always deeply impressed with a conviction, that if the rapid progress of that most formidable usurper can be checked by way coutinentalnation, it is by Spain. He knows that truth, and &aria° further op position to his views of:mien-sal monarchy, if he can teri:' or 1,, rsuade the Spaniards tamely to submit to t. tricsaffer of their crown to MURAT, or rather to hnliself. But the Spaniards beer no resemblance to the other continental nations. They are an un mixed, insulated, original, and unbroken people.-- Spuio, from its very position and formation, cannot deeply mix with tie other European states. It is a peninsula, connected indeed with France, but only by a narrow portion of country, completely barred by the Pyrenean mountains, which of themselves oppose incredible obstacles to an invading enemy. The province. of Leon, E►tremadura, and Arra gon, are, for the most part, still in a state of primeval seclusion and simplicity. Those of Gal licia, Asturias, and Biscay, preserve inviolate, even under a nominal absolute Monarch, all the spirit of a free people. If they re:ist BnIkrAPAILTE, they never can be conquered, though they may be over run or subjugated for a tune. But, by their situa tion, their harbours, and ports, we can pour in effectual aid, and render their resistance inter minable. We are not to judge of the Spanish people, should they rise against their invaders, from a sense of national indignation and abhorrence, by what we hare witnessed of their troops, when opposed to the French in 1793 and 1794, at the bai -1 ginning of the revolution. If the Spaniards now resist, it is not the feeble co-operation of a divided or corrupt Administration to which we shall look for aid. It is to the awakened energies of a great people, animated by every principle that can operate on the human mind or on the human heart. Such an ally may yet, it is possible, impose iiwits to the insatiable and las le.s ambition of N•I%)I.LON. All these considerations, which proceed on the suppodtion that Spain is indignant at the perfidious and strocione treatment of Boptarawra ; derive the greatest force from a comparison of that cams try, with those which the Corsican has already conquered Sr humbled. Ths Austrian Muwarchy is iota Nation. Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Transylvania, aid many other lag provinces, torn at different ',periods of time from Germany, Poland, and Turk , 2y, arc, it is true, subjected to one Sove reign, who resides in a city of Lower Austria, on the Danube. But, so far from being animated by any common or general principle of political action, they ere, on the canonry, governed by different laws, and have different constitutions, religion, usages, and languages tie army was de feated, the State fell, end the contest was at an end. Its Prussia, all these truths are much more strik ing and more prominent. The Pres.:ion Monarchy, vulgarly to termed, was only a piece of mosaic RIFF wort, formed from twenty different tries, many Ili which were dissevslre4 stock ; but which, the plastic hand of Fr.tucatc, eider: by circumstances, in , of a long reign, moulded and formed kmgdoni. It chisolved et the first possesses scarcely any internal pooh or of resuscitation. Even Russia is ► to o gree, precizmly in the came predicament. venture to predict, that if Spain succumbs, Cardinent et Piirope fall m ate me flut!!..zr resistance. But if, on the contrary, that should iudigbausly scorn to submit to the Corsican's vast empire witty yet be . To sustain NIVRAT, to prevent the English landing on the coasts, and to quell the instil-gents, at the same time, he must North and East of Europe from his gripe mast remain stationary near the scene for he dares net to remove from Bayonne, Spain is in a state of insurrection. His therefore, whenever it takes place, will be considers the contest beyond the Pyre. at an end. Never, since the commencement present war, has the state of Europe been cal as at this moment. Same more troops embarked on Thursday, Dover, and sailed for the Downs, to join - there ; and dispatchei were sent off yesterday the Ad!niralty to Cork, to expedite the the transports with troops collected in that It is now supposed el:is Expedition wilt Gibraltar, there to watt Is a favourable opportunity of assisting the Spanish loyalists. Sir 1 WELLESLLY, who is appointed to Command it, in the House of Commons last night. An account has beau Lid before the , Commons, of the value of all Jlerei►audise exported from the port of London to Foreign Countries, front which it appears, that the value of British P .. sind :Manufactures, exported in the quarter ._. the Sth April, 1807, was 2,586,6361.; and in corresponding quarter, in 1809, 2,367,6631.; that ' , the value of all Foreign and ColOnial Produce, ex ported in the quarter ending the Stli April, 1807 ) was 1,357,1531. and in the corresponding quar ter, in 1503, 923,3161. The above decrease itt the exportation of British Produce, the Report attiibutes almost wholly to the United Stater( America; and it adds, that the falling off in cos lonia! produce arises principally •n the article of coffee to Europe. Here, then, May be seen the operation of our Orders in Council, combined with BOXAPAILTiA Decrees, upon our commerce,— The statement, of which this is the substance, is exclusive of exports to the East Indies and China,_ _ , states m' mite• .•rest from the I of tl* Great in the course rined into one rst touch, and edr es prior iple . • to o certain de- rent. We may sirccumbs, the utt?...•zr etrecturd 7, that country it to the yoke, t be olnertururt!. e English from Al the Spnaish mast release the gripe ; and he • wane of actior, Eayonne, while His departurc, , will chew that • the Pyrenees as encentent of the e been so criti- c Thursday, at to join couvoy 'yesterday from • te the sailing of in that harbour. will proceed te the opportunity Sir ART/11.1 DrltallUid it, wall ht. e the House of ..1: . folt potartirou il*r.reepeCi•to Soon ,;gitt, him sips pastel rostli wok how thetuseps *Shied thr sea' of oar Ana. Mau nt Palrma, dais 3oth day of M.rrb. 18011 ; W. DE1;11314;1E0, TIRMIAS DE Su 31)14. ( 1 -; 1 0 (Lti.) . luarterly periodr._ Admiral GARDNER, son of Lord G canteen, is to lime a Flux, which he will hoist immediately, and sail on a secret expedition. It is now said that Doctor Teases, of Pease broke-Hall, will be the new Bishop. Our Correspondent, in his litter dated Manches ter, the Bth instant, says, .‘ All is perfectly trawled here, here, and has been so these last twelve days ; but stone disturbances have taken place in the neigh bouring towns. Many prisoners have beedbroloiht to the New Bailey Prison since Saturday twit.— The 89th regiment (laie.(leneral WiIITELOCK the 45th, Lead the Ist Dragoon Guards, have arriv ed here, in the course of the last four days, arat more arc expected, but for what reason we km w not, as every thing is peaceable. Ten thousand men, it is said, will be statioued in this town and neighbourhood, under the command of a General Officer." The letters and papers by the Jamaica Mail, which were delivered on Thursday, contain intelli gence 011ie arrival of the Duke of MANCHESTER at Kingston, on the 48th of March, in Le Cverrier frigate, Captain Suite, after a passage of 47 days from Portsmouth. They also "(intern on account of the loss of Le Repose brig, Lieut. Vloxurr, off the Rosario Islands, ucar Carthagena, on the it;th of February. Whilst bearing up to attack five sail of small vessels, she struck on a shoal rot marked in the charts, and every effort to get her off proving ineffectual, Lieutenant Vrotierr got the crew safely out, and blew up the vessel. They went made prisoners, and taken to Carthiroaa, but were subsequently released, and arrived at Kingston, in the Tweed sloop of war, on the Ist of April. The First Lieutenant, one of the Surgeons, and 60 men, belonging to the Mares frigate of 22 guns, Captain DUET. also arrived on the the 2.2.1 April, in a vessel from New Providence. The Maras was lost in ring into Bays Honda, a few leagues to leeward of the. Havaimah, having run a-shore in attenwt ins to outer, for• the purpose of destroying the batteries. All eyes are naturally directed towards Spain at the present moment; and it is certain that Govern ment here entertain the most sanguine expecta tions from that quarter. If our Ministers were competent to direct the operatioas of that great nation, much might indeed be reasonably expected. But what is to be looked for from the de;iberations of a Ca!:inet, eonetituted like ours. of which tl:e Duke of PORTLAND is •Mt Head, and Mr. CAW... XING is the Ifend To the Continent of Enrol,/, and in particular to the kingdom of Spain, tiey are as much strangers, es to the Continent of Africa. With the single exception of Lod HAMM IVRY, not one of them has erer visits! soy portion of Europe. or is even acquainted with s principal languages. It is much to be reer , :ter that in times such as these, when every 6 ire t make, men so ill qualiGed to conduct or direr' our Councils. sheiild have been selected to al pea* sr,. enemy, such a Na.rowtox.