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to roe, as far as it can promote yoer happiness, and the prosperity of my beloved country, is the smallest sacrifice I can matte in 'Tito.' for the many proofs of confidence and lore with which you have honoured me. Do nut doubt it, Arragonians ; my mind is not able to harbour crimes, nor to associate with those, who cherish and pro tect them. Some of the depositaries of the confidence of the Spanish Nation, they who hold the supreme power in their bands. are the first to work your ruin by every means which malice CAA rumen, auil to form traitorous minute- Mots with the enemies of our country. • Thirst of gold, • and the mistaken idea which they have perhaps conceived., to defile ORE destinies be their iniquitous iwoceedings, mikes theta view aim indiNerence the desiroction of their citatory. Although I hate strung grounds to believe it, yet I shall forbear to mafiosi names, lest I should render grief still snore poignant. At this time, being acquainted with your determination Alias of your neighbours. the i nha- Iwtuits of Valentia, and all the Proviuce l of Spain, where the same seutinsetsts are entertain-el, sonic of their leaders have perhaps . changed their determination. embraced the 'cause of justice, and CUSIERSOOfed ti) shake od the yoke, which tliey tried to impose on us, by means the must iniquitous and base. Should I be . mistaken in wit 01 ,,,,in, time will discover the truth. Fear tint, Arragoniant ; let us di fend the most just of causes, and we shall be invincible. The enemy's troops 'low in Spain, are not able to withstand our efforts.— Woe betide them, should they ever dare to repeat in any o t her Spanish town, what they did in Madrid on the 2il May, sacrificing without pity, and calling those seditious and assassins, of whom they had but very lately received honours and favours, which they did not deserve. Bay onne lies witnessed, and will remember the acts of vu. tenet, w bick, after a long series or treacheries and frauds, have been committed ; acts of violence. which clearly appear by the sulking contradictioas found in the papers published. where CHARLES IV. is charged with haying conspired with a M er, who is afterwards appointed a 'Omaha of the Council of Govaultient ; where the King. his vim, who was never married but once, is questioned about his brat wife. In consecoence thereof, it is my duty to declare, and 1 accordingly do ismeby declare what follows That the French Emperor, all the individuals of Ws isrhily, sad every French Gener.i sad • Knew, snail be pe - tonally terpensible fur _the safety I the King, and of his brother sod uncle. _ _ . 2. That in ease any viol net shosid be attempted against lives so valuable, in order that Spain slay a..t be oithout a King, the nation will make use of their elective richt 1.1 fa. moor of the Arclidake Charles, as nep!feer of Charles 111 in else that the 'Prince of Sicily, or the hint Don Fedi% and the other heirt should net be able to cnn*r. 3. That should the Vivien army e4insit ate robboriee, "yr- _ ~nation Shri as miler*, either in Ma'rid or any mbar woo, invaded by the French troops. C.ey shell hoieeneederod ai guiity of high trea,on, and no squatter "hall ho given tse-aer 9f Stew. F 4 . That all those transactions which Mee hitherto talccn place, shall be c..llo4lEfOri as tregal, asid, and *stated by VW' .hich is Au wn to be ractieni in both places. . . . _ b. That whatever rosy hereafter be done a t Savonne, shall alb he considered as null mat void; led at who shnutd sake a 3(11•0 pail in the like transactioi.s, shall be cleated traitors to their country. • 6. That alt daintier. of the French army who shall parent themselves, shell be adisitied in Arragen, arid treated woh that generosity, which forms a promin.ict feature of the Sda- Wish mit.onal charactet ; they shell be &garbed and conducted to this capital, where they tsar enlist in our 'more 7. AU ether provinces and kingdoms of Spain, not yet inva ded by the enemy, are hermit to meet by Deputies at or any other suirsble place, to r ominate a I.seinenanW;eilei al, whew orders Jull be obeyed by the particular Cht..f• of to: different kinedoms. 8. The foregoing Manifesto shall be printed and lite , lnhOtl In the whole Itiogrhina of Ariaacin, sod it shall also be carcu fated in the capitals and principal places of all the pi,ivinces anti kingdoms "(Spain. Given in the Head-quarters at Saragowa, thirst May, 1668. I'ALA FOX, Governor and Captain-General of the Kingdoms of Arragon. GOTTENBCRGII EXTRA GOTTENSURGH, JCNE His Royal Majesty hay received the following Report from \lajo. Peterseu, Commauder of the Freya frigate:— The list of May I was of Sirens to reemsnoitre the ! I port of Fredesicsa and obtain remain intelligence of the effective stresgth of the enemy's flotilla, bat in consequence ' of the wind mecum road I atom/out loses again, and was bead at by some armed ships, but could not &merit whether they were gun-brats or other irtmeis. The Lid of Slay, when wi..d and weather became more teem' , able, I stood in again with the land; • geo-boat put MI, and hied ou the femstr, but oil bout doing any injury. find. in that the wind w m dytag foot Away, I Munn sof with every sail act, but was foliimeil by fume gun-boats, which came out from the port of Frederickswaro, mid joined thuse whir b Lad lsee,i lying among the Swedish cliffs; on their warm; the frigate, they howled the line of battle, and a breeze springing up. I availed nijseif of it, and stood fir the euerny's gun boats, iu order to cut ud their etreat. At three tieback, tame up with them, sad gave them a ti ri ma a ide, w in c h the effect that they roade all sad to avmd ail eugavisent S o'clock 3 other gun-boats put off from the fortrem, the farmer, and the cautioned"' recomm te enced altuut my being able to bring thee leaver action, and they foam, si must advisable to put Mt Lock into port, " Year Raj al Majesty's frigate Freya, at anchor in Kasten herboui, the esth May, term, H. O. PET E.KSK.2i. (Gertadarry Ovum, Jane et.) According to certain intelligence received from Finland, a very considerable powder magazine blew up on the id instant, near Siseaborg, and the ex plosion destroyed the barracks and several private houses, the dock-yard sustuined considerable da mage. and several armed vessels of the flotilla were either burnt or considerably damaged; many lives were lost; and the tire was net yet ...ot under iu the fortress, the 4th June, in the morning. His Royal Majesty has received • report from Field Marshal baron Toll, dated the nth instant, whereby it aprears, that ou the 9th, is the after noon, a coavoy, consisting of be sail, escorted by an English bomb ketch, and three erased brig, got under weigh from Malinoe-read,vrith a fresh billeClß from N.W. At nine o'clock the nazt morning the wind changed to N.E. and blew so hard that the Swedish gun-boots ware obliged to haul into port, and were not able to work out again until half past six o'clock in the evening, a hen the wind became mare moderate. In the Ismail time the Danes at tacked this convoy with a very considerable force, consisting of upwards of lo gun-hoists, besides cut ters, red other small armed vessels, and captured several merchantmen, the number of winch l have net yet been able to ascertain ; hut four of sho o acre burnt by the enemy. One Euglish bee ea also taken, after having made a long and Nowt gallant resistauce. The rest of the convoy cleared Falsterbro' reef as early as to o'clock en hue morn- The Swedish gun-boats witues.+ed'the action net about one mile distance. hi* Maje.ty hos ordered a Court Martial to inquiry iuto this transaction, and to investione the circumstances which prevented them from thing share in the id/cite actiou.—(.ickharn Ca sette,June 18.) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE ,or LORDS—Tossm, Ass as. ROVIIIRGII PEERAGE.. Mr. Enterer Pais a:sin hinted us the part of Coaittol Ker, and fir linos eel Itosailly, in irthallof Sir Jaws Iniwo, hero. a Committee Privileges. They both curb:tided that the word " estate" mentioned lu the deed of 1041, it:Chid/A di:- Phies as wcU m real property, that the saute term, Mother times aad esuutries, war of &general nature, and that pas ooze in Dryden was referred to, where these words are intro timeed—" Fallen from his high estate." The Lotto 4.: II A C LIAM., before the Committee, stated that it was extremely importuid some determination should be come to in respect to this einue which had been sa agitated, and with such cons..lerahae expense. Hr had heat all the powers aids bud; sod inoad to the nitwite of the case, and he would out venture to state how far the Hoase would afterwards bud itself competent to decide epos ■ su'iject of @web great magnitude. On the our hand there wag property of the atiniukconsideration, sod on the other, 1b.., war still a more deterininii 011 to he made upua the. claim of the Peerage. If it could postild) he accomplished that this subject could he decided in the present Season of Pattie meat, it would beat the utmost consideration to the pianist interested. At nay rate, if their Lordships dhl out, upon future occasions, give their attendance so far as to meld* the cause to he prureCiled in beforethe Committee, it might he. coine necessary to postpone the case altogether. till the west Session of Parlianemt. Bat this would depend upou their Lordships' own ifetrmisiation ' whether they shield deem It expedient to cause to o speedy decision upoa the au Meer. The fuillor proceedings were postpaued till Thursday, at eat o'clock. Upson the motion hen agreed to that Lord Walsioehain leave the chair, The LORD CHANCELLOR again addreeved the House upon the question of the Roxburgh Peereie. He stated that as objeetiou bad been taken in regard to the righeof Mr. telt:Jen Kee appearing before the Committee of Privileges. hod also it had beep suggested I at Menden% no neemiyity for she al/peas:vice of Lady Essex tier lt was ac quired therefore uo the part of the Hower, that come i..st rue thni be given to the Committee in respect to the appearance of these persons. As to Mr. Ilekuden her, be bad die ammo! soy right to the Peerage; he inerele claimed the estate ur prop. rty lltstritatcd, by a certain clause of the deed of Hies. Rut he also claimed to be be.srd before the Com m tare of Privileges, on this ground, that if their Lordships should decide, by • repurt or that Comm utter, the eliteee re specting the estate also corneyed with it the title, It might be detrimental to bis interest respecting the claim of the es tate. 116 Lordship rentemied this was nut according to the maxims of courts of Me, particularly in this part of the island, which would authorise a party to be heard is a ease where the decision might have some ieduence open a tense afore:46ls to be deterott.ied ip respect or a ease :mate diattly affecting that party. It was well known that hi ewe of • devise of several puts of an estate lying in different eimaties,ulerre twenty suds Might arise between those seve ral parties, and that nineteen, oar after another, were iu Ear way of trial, all of which might, ifhc were peramted to use the term, prejudice the trial of the twentieth ' • yet the par ties oldies bet would nut, on that aceoust,„ h ave any right Is hatter to be ',cordon soy one tithe 19 precedent. Nor did the right contended fur by Mr. Beleudea Ker accord o ith the practice of that House upon former ocessiens, es in the Anelesca can.. At the same time ' it would always he far their Lordships to use their soused discretion, wher , aay material informatioa was to be attaiat.l. but in the present ease, whatever might be desirable would certainly be et tended to 1,, the Attorney-General,' and the Lord Advocate of 1i otlauJ, who appeared en the part of His Majesty— And further, when the Committee lIIHMIR canal to soother part of the claim, it *cold still be competent to hear Mr. Belenden Ker, if it should become necessary. Ora these grounds Le did out see that Mr. Behnke Key bad any ri;!,t to he heard, but in respect to Lady 'Lassa 'leer, the reason was widely different. Her Ladyship hail stated by bcr (hiunsel that she conceived atm bed • greater right to claim the Peerage, than thi tee. .4enttemen oho had already been heard, bet she had not petition, .1 Ili. Ma jr...ty on the subject, and therefore be thought that she ass retitled to he heard before the Cenomittre His Lerd shop then moved, " That there he an Instruction to the Committee of Privileges, that Mr. Retook& her was not entitled to be beard, but that Lady Eases Ker had • right to be bend where than." This 'Lemons was egiesel to unsuitnueuily. The LORD CM NCCLLOR also requested their Lordships to take late eousiderstion the iinportatice of this cause, sad give, if possible, their attendance on Tbamday, at ate o'clock. Tee Endo( Sur FOUL stroagly urged the necessity of their Lordahipe attesdance ' and thought it higtfy important to the parties. It had bae • statele hoer o'clock this dry before seven Pars ativided, the number required to furs a Com mittee; and it *wild also 16 recollected, that the partial bail been in attendance, and that It cost them, us he was icl fornacol, the cuonsous sem of use thousatid pounds every y a l . be Coffee Customs Bill, sod the Spirit Doly sa4 were. read a third time; the Bnisit Pubtag; Bill, tli'e Iriab mod Scotch Spirit Countervailing Duty it,ll, awl Use Assessed 'Fairs Collection hill, pans:A through Cineututteee, and were reported without ouy amen:Janie. The this./ reading of the Assessed Taxes Coliseum Bill was Axed f r Thursday. TOE COAL COASTWISE BILL. _ Lord WALSINGHAIII presented a petition from Mr. Robert Hope Lee, kc. of Liverpool, complain ing oldie above Bill, that it diminished the duties en coals curried coastwise on the Welch coast., to the detriment of the coal iu parts igijaceut to the rincipality of Wales. The Earl of Ltmciticu opposed the petition, in this stage of the Bill, being laid upon the table. Lord Ilawriesauar, Viscount SIDIWIUTII, and the LOAD CHANCELLOR, contended for the pro priety of admitting the petition; which, after a few words from Lord RCLICLUtT s was permitted to be laid on the table. The Bill %AS appointed to be read a third time to- anrrow ; but Counsel were not to be heard for the Petitioners, upou the motion of the LOAD CIiANCLLLOIL %hen The Earl of LAUDILIDALZ observed, that it ap pmreg to him as if the Pioble and Learned Lord, having been accustomed to eoals from his infancy, had coneluiled there was noa, since his removal from the bar, no Counsel competent to speak upon that subject. (d Laugh.) CLERGY• _ . _ I.ord HARROWIT rote to make his promised mo tion, in regard to those incumbents whose bene fices were so small as to render it worthy the con sideration of the Legislature. lu the reign of Queen Anne, it had been estimated that there were upwards of 5,000 livings in this kingdom under .501. a-year. This return had been made at the titne, and might now be resorted to, but it would require another return to be made to judge properly of their situation at this day. He sheaved that the right existed whereby .the Bishops might order a return to be made of all the livings in their dio ceses generally. He thought that some assistance mialit lit afforded poor beneficed Clergymen, at,d after the return made. it might be proper to run. :;der how far the Legislature could extend the slc t-ired relief. He then moved. •• That an address be presented to His Majesty, praying hon to put its execution the 45th of the prrteut rca l tu, wiioreby the (litho:* may be directed to make a retort) of all Lriu3.. and specifying theoi uotitr 1.101: per Ttie bul of Bucuxesuitsniae, thc LONDON, WEDNESDAY. in se• 21 Spain. at the present moment, enTroteies the I public attention. Our relations with Sweden and America are absorbed in the glorioas struggle which that ancient kingdom is making against the invaders. We this day present a mass of intelli gence upon this iatoresting and important sui t pct, It consists of two sets of state papers. coining from opposite extreines—fmui the pure loyal spirit of the Spanish nation, and from the fraud and force of Box Ar MIT& The former develupe the dispo sition of the provinces of Gallicia, Arragon, and Asturias. The province of Arragon declares its determination to make the members of the Box A• TARTE family, and the French Generals, personally reapon.ible for the safety of the KING, and his im mediate relatives ; that in case any violence should be practised against their lives, it will exercise its elective franchise in favour of the ♦rchduke C lIA ate*, nephew of CHARLES the Third ; and that if the French army shall commit any robberies ♦r murder., they shall receive so gassier.— The populatiou of Spain is estimated at nine million., prolmbly including 1,500,000 mea cape ble of heonng ariiri. Let them be potted and steady in these resolutions, sad the armies of BONAPARTE. however numerous, Inuit moulder away in Spam ; every day ileilvt thin their ra!,k-, and every ditch in the country become the grave of a Frraehmon. Thw other cla.s of State Papery, reirst,ti-ezSiiwin. to which we hate 'Owlet, is ex? freat tiac French Nat'utel G.izette, the Mueiieur. Ou of t:ia aloe. tl..e Proclamation Fl ate Sorevine Junta of le Government.—it reverts to be the la - riguage and sentiments of aa Assembly of the first Magistrates of the Nation, but is in fact the laiiguage the luveder. In this Proclamation the brave and loyal ,Spaniards, who are in iumirrection against him, are described we ‘, persons led away by an inconsiderate seal, and by the anxieties of a mistaken loyalty.": They are assured that the Corte* will he re-established, more powerful hind better constituted than they had ever been—the yearly expenditure of the Royal establishment shall be limited—the Rowan Ca tholic Religion shall be exclusively that of Spain —the personal contributions le#ied during the present war Will be considerably diniiiiished useful reforms will be gradually made in all the departments—public credit shall be reebrved—the debt shall he fixed, end paid off in a few years —the administration of itisti:e shall be made certain—the Sovereign authority shall not bcper 'pitted to influence its court-agricaltnet will be encouraged, commerce animated, and popula tion increased—the arnsy and navy will resume their ancient lustre, and all the mean' csiculated to secure general prosperi.y will be put in motion: Having thus detailed all the Messier tebe derived from subjection to the will of a foreign despot, it then proceeds to pronounce the curie and pitS , sishinent that await the refractory and Ninneromi -Crouch annieskAiey are told, are crossing the frontiers. The provinces which do not immediately rewrn to their duty sill be occupied by the rime') troops, and treat ed with all the setenty of martial-law, and the I,ieutenant.Cieneral ban already gibes or dens for several divisions to advaucc-aud punish the rebellions. Unwilling as we should be to indulge ourselves, and still more so to mislead our readers, by inns. gallery or exaggerated representations, we confers that every account tranttuitted from Spain con firms our hopes of the happy consequesico. to be anticipated from the glorious struggle there cons. enticed. Nor do we by any means form these ex pectations, or found these conjectures, on the Pro clamations and Addresses of the insurgent pro. vitices. Encouraging as those are, they constitute the least solid grounds of substantial reliance. It is iu the State Papers and Gazettes of the Corsican Tyrant himself, in his reluctant admissioos, his daring ati.renresentations, his dark and• gloomy menaces, finally, in the hurry and precipitation which evidently pervade his counsels ; it is in these 'clattered features that we trace his esubarra -titteuts and angmenting difficulties. Every act of his administration eloquently pone. trays Ins secret dread of the Spanish natioti. 1 hat awful monitor. conscience, .though it may not appal him by any reproaches on his prettily and atrocity toward* the Royal Family whom be Ins dethroned, yet must inform him. that while men remains capable of diacrimiutiti.ib; good from every indivotual-ahrongbont Europe intuit execrate his detestable conduct.- HeMait b• youswaitisis. that though a deba-ed assembly of Nonles, sur rounded by the bayonets of MURAT at Madrid, or lay the swords of his own soldiery at Eta ; ~:itte„ may issue addresses suitable to Ins purposes ; iet that every Spaniard. in whom hountir, courage, loyalty, or a sense of national independence, are not extinct, must abhor his flagitious proceedings.— 1 le cannot be ignorant that force only can sUppretia such sentiments, or compel any people to he traus leered by one ruffian to another, like animals un worthy of the rights of human nature. He ninet isavoluatarily tremble, lest even distant nations, and remote people, should be animated with honest rage against the common scourge and nppremor of the civilised earth. His acute mind will represent to him. that he is become, like a CaLioota, or lake CAItaCSILLA, a Ratite devoted to eternal infamy, which no conquests can efface or ol.hterate. He may despise the insfortuaate Sovereigns who no• mintilly reign at Vienna, or at St. Petersburgh.— He knows that he can at pleasure dethrone them, or again vanquish their armies in the field. but be has still en account to settle "situ the peoik of Europe. Before that Tribunal, we trait dad believe. lie is about to appear. lu fact, can the Dane, the Russian, the Bavarian, or talc Norse. giam any longer contend under the same Wooer, and in the mme cause, with a monster, whose am bition respects neither the lass of nature, or of nations t Has not BORAPARTS justified the exr perlition against Copenhagen, on which alone is founded the ostensible war now existing in the North? Will ALEXANDER, Or will FERDIRAND the V lib. venture to face the moral contlemitatem, alchoreace, and contempt of their own people, by I tiger acting as the Lieutenants of a ruthless Cor sican. who !ramples on all restraint ? If they do, the ret ibution that awaits them, we venture to pro• ute• nee. though it may not be tosusedlrete, call be certain and exemplary. Bom• FARTa will himself 'furnish the means of his own self-siesta action. Tone s alone wanting to mature the weapons, and to di rect their operations. ornuioc, 'DAV perils Le considered as only fine-span moral .1, uncf:u,.... but every Ma- Toilette, every act of Nitrotr um, robe" haw dater. 7,ress•it nuJertaltaag to, he, 4t hr 1.4 s e,• r yet attempted. It antic he 41) , 0 in tii> 9',1 IV Ot) 1.1.! vs e0.,t.0n.0i in Isis rim mode aductiag :Litt dirvtlcyn of CAIIITIROORT. Eari MOIAA. mad 1.0141 SAW. KEtiBIIAT. spoke seveislly iu favour of the motion, and considered it a part of a gloat system wigeh might eventually tend to the peace ■nd happiness of society, by loon :citing the interests of Iteti‘ion. ERIN - WITS AND IMPORTS. The Earl of LAUDVILDALL wished to inquire if any information could t,r given hint by the Noble Secretary, respecting a motion formerly made by u Noble Friend of Ins (Auckland) respecting the amount of Exyorts and liniurts for the last year? Lord iIIIWIEESSURY said,that he should the first opportunity give the Noble Earl every and the fullest information is his power. On Ins own acs count he felt anxious to give every satisfactiott on this question.._. CURATES' STIPENDIARY BILL. VISCOUIIt SIDMOUTII prOpalled that MS instruc tie., be given to the Committee for the insertion of a claim winch 'night exteml the provisions of the Bill to Curates, under lad-impropriators. Lord It mutownv opposed tibia clause, as inter fering with what had not been altered by the Le gislut re for a great many centuries. This motion war negatived without a division. Viscount Si onnuTit, in •the Committee, also pro posed an alteration, an far. as to restrict Bishops from auv iuterfe•eace, mail the incumbent had m imed to do his duty, which was also negatived. Various other clauses were then 'proposed and Agreed to. On the clause for sin powering Curates to take possession of the vicarage houses of non resident•, Earl AOl OIRA proposed, as an amendment, that they should b made resspotitilble for such dtapi- Mansur as they had, by their own acts, primmer& •l'hes amendment wa.. opposed by Lord IiAWK aunt , . the Logo CHANcELLoit, and the Arch ',shop of CA NTEIUIVILY. The Duke of NuoroLo did not resist the prin ciple ot• the amendment, but considered it muse msary, inasmuch as the emulsion law of the laud prevented such property from being dilapidated with imptinity. The Committee divided on the amendment, and the 'soothers were— Ayes, 4—Moe+, ita—Majority acticsit it, 17. Upoii the clause for authonsing sii appeal from the decision of the Bishops to the King in Council, The Archbishop of C•NT¢aat7KY protested iseinst such a clause, as it innovated on the ori ginal consiitution of the church. It was true, that His Majesty, as the Head of that Church, was en titled to an appeal, but in extending the power to the civil authority of the Privy Council, be saw such a deviation from the church seccuity as he must ever oppose. The LORD CHANCELLOR felt as anxious as any Peer in that House to protect from invasion the ; privileges and interests of the EstahlisLeri Church. , But as an English lawyer, he would Mill assert, tilt.t a. the present Bill, for very wise and salutary pur. tinted, invested the Reverend Bench with 'silvers, to which nri4iiiallv they had no claim, it behoved the Legislature to appoint some superintending au thority for the purpose of ascertaining whether such . means as it had granted were properly exercised. On that viand, and by no swans imputing-wag, improper bias to the Reverend Prelates, he Calla.' tiered it his duty to support the clause as it then stood. The Bi.hop of CARLISLE, declared, that he had heretofore abstained from giving soy opinion ou the principle of shisaiLl.but from attending to its rovi. si Ins he was convinced, that imperialist its being a measure of peace, it would, from its progresZee' operation, in the various gradations of the Church, defeatits avowed object, and produce nothing but discord and litigation. He woul.l attend moo. at. tentively to its remaining provisions, reserving to hiusself the power of o i :posing the principle altogks ther in some future stage. The Committee Own divided on the clause— Par it I ti Against It lalsierity is its favour A number of other clati.es were then a4reed to, under the understanding that some of them will he discumed 03 the report, which wits ordered to be brought up to-morrow. After which the House adjourned. THE BRITISH PRESS.