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peel le._ yell; e*it• :be 'lmdiapaaritakseit; t gat, howcver viliyi_ t o , uretnotiotisiittit!drgrill tie" very torpid in 0414 tioirepi ordisat,e' gifarn.; soul that with soul* ef *tatibititY 4 4al l o 4 -riVY, salient are abundant, but words few.in smother.— You yourselves possess thii 'elitotieter; when) is so sualagoist to that of the Spaniards—ntnttiptwity of generous actions, few and well-guarded expressions. The wine on,ssina of " believe in deeds and not in words," is on this occasion the just criterion of your conduct. Let us thank yon, inasmuch as, silent with rtgard to what you have hitherto done, you are still doing, and intend to do more for the benefit of the gpeniardv. Yes, generous English ! much have you done, and much you will vet do. The moment you saw us labouring ender oppression, you turned your eyes towards us. You stretched forth a bene ficent hand, the instant we *milled to you ; and n^t mithstanding your being at open war with Spain, gnu offered us your alliance, and undertook our .I. 4 :eace with mare energy than that of the most friendly nation. You have given us peace; the pence which we so much wished for, a maritime pivire. You have opened to us the navigation of the seas ; you have opened to us your ports ; finally, you have placed all your means at our disposal. • You have 'applied us with implgments bf war, ammunition, provisions, and clothing; and, provided with these and other necessaries, you have restored - to their homes, for the purpose of their defending them, itad joining iu the common . _ cause, all the Spaniards who were prisoners among zoos: they have returned with consolation to their families, that had despaired of seeing them fo r a long period of time ; but, generous na tion, what has been hitherto unexampled, a subscription, we are informed, has been opened at Loudon, and is rapidly tilling up, for the relief of the widows and orphans of those Spaniards who may die gloriously in defence of their oppressed country•. Greet and generous action, which could only be lit rformed by a nation which is great in every thing ! But here let me break off and he silent ; fur your generosity transcends all my powers of expression." CORUNNA, JULY ile. merninz arrived here, a prize to a ve•LA, a French galliot from Martinique, leden with coffee, cotton, and other colonial pro- Auctions. PROM THE PARIS PAPERS. COPENHAt:TN, JVLY 7. On Aunstay last the English ships cruising on the coast of Sweden, struck their sails, which sig nifies the loss of an Officer of high rank. This day we learn that the death of Sir .1. Saumares was the cause. On the 4th and 6th of this month, another con t•oy of the enemy's, of nine -ve►sels, passed the Sound, without being attacked by our gun-beats, as they had a strong escort, and the wiud was favourable. Another convoy of snore than 20 ves sels likewise passed through the Belt on the 6th. It is said that the greater part of the heavy ar tillery, which had been sent towards the coasts of b °may, has returned to Gottenburglfro-(Afoxitease, July •_J.) itSINEUR, JV LT S. On the 5t.11 inst. there was an eugagetuent in the Sound, whieh lasted three hours, between several small English Aipis and our gun-boats. The Eng lish ships were coavo Mg some merchant vessels. Three of the latter, three (Swedish privateers) and a yacht, were driven 011 shore, bat the yacht was afterwards got oil: The English ship against which our gun-Coats maintained so hrinourable a combat, ender the orders of Lieutenant Svenson, in the bay of liioge, has been sufficiently repaired, and has arrived ut Cottenlinrgli with a number of sounded. She must also have lost many men in the engagement. INTON, Pt'. T;I. There arc now no ships at Random' but E , e,;11,1i end American ; thirteen of the former belong to the East India Company, the others are in number 6 av s. on the ad of . Dec. a trading ship from Chivas, lecliswgiwg to an English merchant, and Laudii,g for Bengal, took tire and burnt to the water's edge. The British ships of war have com mitted many hostilities near Macao. The English have killed an American Captain, who had twice refused theta permissiou to come on board to exa mine his ship. To justify this murder, they de clared that the Captain was a pirate, and, without any other form of process, carried away the ship, cwrgo, and crew. We well know, however, that tire American Captain never committed any act of pirary his name is Nicolls, he eoinnianded the ship 7topaz, truding to China, and appertaining to one of the first houses in Baltimore. W e shall see whet the Americans n ill say to this act or blu lence.—Olunitcur, July -23.) rErcassuaca, .It4Nr. It is not certain that the Emperor will go to Finland ; frevh troops are wag day beginning their snatch for that prorir•.cel •vllllllrAi JIILT G. It is now determined that 116:11,ideis4tie1Zna /ireiiis shall be crowned Queen F:ret biir4i, in the beginning of September. woes nre ulreudy convened for the end of August. Hi, Majesty will hi. there with ills august souse probubly. some da).* before th ceremony of her THE PRESS. LONDON, 'SATURDAY, Austin 6. We hare received a series of the Illoxiteur, and of some other Paris papers, to the 24th hit. The met important of their contents have appeared in the Dutch pipers, and have been from them( copied into Ter lIRITIIH Patss—of course little of any interest resaiiiini to be given, and it will be found iu our preceding columns. Letters from Plymouth announce the disem barkation of Sir A attune 'WELLES PAY'S Expedition at Figueras, on the :28th last. The event is very probable, but the account, we apprehend, is premature. The detachments from the Marines of Sir C. CcerroN's squadron, which lauded at ;Nem, amounted to upwards of 1000 men. Sir A. WIttLESLEY, on landing, would therefore find himself at the head of nearly 12,000 of us well ap pointed troops as ever left this c Angry. It is iinposaiblo, after a full perusal of the recent ailvices from Spain, not to look with the greatest impatience and solicitude to . the next accounts from cievy portion of that country. On the Gua dalquivir, in the kingdom of Leon, and at Midrid, no less than on the Tagus, where, according to all appearances, Sir ARTHUR ‘VELLESLEY may have already landed, things are too critically situated, mot to produce most important results. If it were our province to indulge in conjecture and specu lation on the events which may he supposed to have taken place—or if we chose to assnnse, as a basis of reasoning, defeats of DUPONT and insurrections at Madrid, which have probably no foundation in fact, we could with ease fill up whole columns, like other prints. But we consider it to he more useful, though perhaps less amusing, to profit of the moment of silence and suspense which occurs to-day, in order to call the attention of our readers to the state of the continent. Unquestionably, none of the terrified and prostrate powers, from the Rhine to the Danube and the Neva, are inat tentive to the awful contest passing beyond the Pyrenees—a contest, in the event of which they are not less implicated even than the Spaniards themselves! Already, if we could know the emo tions excited by the opposition which the Corsican Emperor experiences. in Spain, we should witness the ill concealed joy of the unfortunate Princes on whom he tramples, and who are well aware that the @abjuration of the Spanish Monarchy is only the prelude to their own complete reduction under his yoke. But, with a policy no less savage and tyrannical than it is able and profound, he has in terdicted even a commerce of thought, or a com munication of ideas, between us and the Conti nental Courts, Ilia legions, like those of the Ro man CESARS, occupy all the shores, from Bilboa, round to the frontier* of Courland ; and from Bar celona, along the coast of the Mediterranean, to the borders of the Morea. We are therefore left to divine the wishes •r the projects of the Aus trian, Prussian, or Russian Cabinets. While Ats DREOASY menaces the Ministers •f FRANCIS at Vi enna, CAULINCOURT dictates to those of ALM. ANDER at Petersburgh ; towards FREDERICK WIL LIAM, NAPOLEON does nut observe even the forms usual between crowned heads. His Generals and his troops, encamped at Charlottenburg, only a few mile* from Berlin, and scattered over every pro viuce, nominally Subject to Prussia, execute law, and suppress even complaint. As if to anticipate his wishes and to manifest a determina tion of existing °Marty his clemency, the Austrian Government, we are assured, have ordered the . demolititin of the fortifications of Brannan, and those of Egra. Thus giving him an unimpeded entrance, on any future rupture, into Upper Austria, and into Bohemia. If these orders have really been issued, unless they originate in a desire to deceive the Corsican Tyrant, by an apparent confidence in his friendship, they must imply the most TreniTeatwwitrrithnten•to his "rift tie the most complete incapacity of resisting his power. %Vali out attempting to solve that problem, we may en deavour to form some opinion ma the probability of Russia interposing at the present moment. And in judging of that question, how are we to reason on the future, except from our knowledge of the past and the present ? That the reigning Emperor is a virtuous, honourable, and estimable Prince, ani mated by the best intentions, and rendered the in voluntary instrument of the vengeance, or of the policy of N•roi.aosr, no man will deny. That he would return to those political and commercial connections with this country, which he so long cultivated, and which are so essential to the pros perity and felicity of his wide-extended dominions if he were aide, it would be time lost to attempt to prove. But of what avail arc these impotent wishes, however unquestionable? Will he ven ture to order CALUNCOURT to quit Russia? or will he even presume to open any of his ports to the English ships ? is he capable of turning his arms against the loan who has compelled him to make whir on Swedeu, and who dictates, from Pari s or from Bayonne. theineasurcs and the very Minis terial Papers that issue from the office of ROMAIII zuw, or of BUDBEIIG canaot hope it. 11, alter the clod:at which he stiszAiacd at Fried- .y }. .• i„18), AVG/L/102n had, (ss his pritdec.ssstorlT* lid in 170)4 retired before the Frem h iovader, and taken refuge iii his immense deserts ; then. indeed, ve might leak to situi!a► energy or exerften from ;Um at the present ioutoeut. When CHARLES XII. car the lust century, hardly less terrible than BONA eAATE io in the times which we now witness, after overrunning all the kingdoms of the North, en tend :Muscovy, what part did PETER act ? Vid he ge to meet the Swedish conqueror on a raft, in the middle of a river, there to form connections with his mortal enemy, to abandon his :Lilies, to retract his engagements, to ►acritice the interests of his subjects, as well as the honour of his Crown ; and even to receive from the Usurper's bloody hands the plunder of his unfortunate as sociate and friend ? No ! the founder of the Rll4- ..ian entpire was cast in another mould. lie was neither terrified by CHARLES'S victories, nor de ceived by his caresses, nor duped by his promises. He retreated, but it was the retrc.at of the lion who turns upon his pursuers. If ALREANDER had manifested each resources in 1807, BONAPARTE, it is highly probable, would not be new, in 1808, engaged in placing his brother on the throne of Spain. Even in these events, nevertheless unfor tunate as they may have appeared to us at the time, those who speculate an human affairs may perhaps see cause for gratitude to Providence. It was not till NAPOLEON attacked a people, that his career seems to be arrested. We cannot too often repeat or itupreso this truth. lf, however, the great Continental Powers do not seem to possess the means or the inclination ; in other words, the courage, to assist in the extrieation of Europe, at least, av yet ; there are, nevertheless, smaller states, from a hom assistance might possibly arise. We shall endeavour soon to point them out, and to show from whence the Corsi...an may be suc cessfully us well us speedily assailed, if the contest beyond the Pyrenees should be prolonged. It is reported that his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoax has resigned his pretedaions to the com mand in chief of the expedition in support of the Spanish Patriots. One of the Treasury Jour nals of yesterday (the most accommodating of the set) notices this report in the following terms:— " The Chief Command of all the troops destin ed to act upon the coast of Spain and Portugal, having been for some time confided to Lieutenant- General Sir Hew D.►I.RYMPLE, we cannot too much reprobate the unfounded reports respecting an Illustrious Per.ouage, whieh seem to have been revived and promulgated, fur no other object than to grwily the malicious dispositions of those by whom they are so industriously circulated." The public will learn how to appreciate the can dour and delicacy of this coutradiction, if any thing so vague and indirect eau deserve that name, when they are assured that the Print alluded to repeated ly announced the appointment of his Royal High ness, and one of its ablest coadjutors absolutely asserted that the appointment took place at the so licitation of the Spanish Patriots, who were desir ous to have a Prince of the Blood at the head of the British force sent to their assistance. In order to complete the 2d battalions of those regiments in Ireland that are deficient of men, an immediate volunteering from the Irish Militia is to take place. This measure will add ut least six thousand men to our regular forces. The latest adrices from Lisbon represent the si tuation of the inhabitants as truly deplorable. M. DA AORTA MACHADO, a man of most respectable character, who formerly v. as Minister from the Por tuguese Government to the Court of St. Patera- WO, was 'hot, a few darts ago, in the great square, by order of Jo nor, for having in his possession a letter from Oporto, detailing the proceedings which took place in that city on the loth of June, and the subseq went days. }'mat the very high and unprecedented price of the tickets for the dimmer given in honour of the Spanish Patriots. at the New London Tavern, in Ilishopegate-street, on Thursday, man; people conceived that it was intended to make one-half of the coinpany pay for the whole, and that at least one-half of the tables would be tilled with gra t miasmas adwiasiees► The eonaequence was, a large pone of the lacqueys, the scribes, and the para sites of the Ministry, the treasury runners. &c. did not provide themselves with tickets, being quite confident that the Committee could net do less than to present such hungry and loyal souls with a free admission. Woeful, however, was the disappointment ; no free admission came; and many of them were obligesl to take their stations among the servants and waiters, to catch a glimpse of the festive scene, that they might be able to boast they had honoured it with their presence. This is a pretty, but a fair sample of these artful and im posing gentry. A thousand times have they vowed to spend the last drop of their blood in the support of the Spanish cause, but the moment you tench their pockets, unless to fill them. they are off in a tangent.—Their dreams and their reveries their revenge and their rhapsodies, vanish, and all the loyalty and luxury of the dinner may go to the d-1, if it must be purchased by 31. 3.. The meeting of the Staffordshire Agricultural Society, at Litchfield, an Tuesday week, was the fullest ever known. The match between Lord Talbot's Herefordshire, and Mr. Dyott's long horned Ox, was decided in favour of the latter gentleman. The match between Mr. Meek, and M►. Moore, of a Shearhog Rain, was decided in favour of Mr. Meek. The pi.. .enjoin for Rams was adjudgcd to Mr. Meek, and that for the two best Theavea to Mr. Dyott. The Jotters- were. M r . Astley mi n i Mr. Thomas Stone. Tie. p. v. c.... m e TAI INA is appointed President, and Lord Es ailford, Vice-President for uest year. -- • ° T.trITVV".... w THE TIP OF THE ELBOW. T:tirty years since the elbow was the part of a five MOlllift she won Met tenacious to conceal and protect from pubite view; it was first cordred with • cambric sleeve, s ta t 1 0 311e1, and a wristband and lace ruffle ; then three 1 , 013 or f10wn...1 of embossed muslin or rich lace ; them three falls of rich brocade or said, oricienented with rich fringe, covered them; add, to complete the stress, and protect the tip of the elbow, a piece of lend, large enough to make • dozen lets, hunt pendent ; and there was nothing more (reque s t, in the annals of chivalry-, than for the favoured lover hi steal his mistress's lead to blow out the brains, Vd e s c d mv, of his tient. Floury..., of course, led the f a i r wearer iato.ft variety of unpleasant ; 'nth as, in the eatery having wen • critical game at whist, wkirking the eauslk stick, which stood at her elbow, into the lap of her fed neighbour; setting fire to the e'.errnix de J;:r.e that formed a rampart round her bosuns, and throwing the whole as sembly into confusion ;or sweeping the coffee-cup and its • commits uo the white satin roall-clather of a hi rthday Rut %hat were those to the mischances at dinner fowl was to be carved, and, by the time it was eonipletid, the elbow appendages had absorbed the plate of soup, to which the fair wearer had beau helped, mid she was obliged is submit to the run-titiention of having her flounces wrapped iu a napkin, and the whole economy of bcr dress destroyed fur the evening. After a variety of such misfortunes, deep raffles and flou.icra, were exploded, with the exception of a Court dress. Belt the protection of the elbow was still at tended to. Long sleeves were introduced for undress, and the puckered cuff, lined with buckram, berated three inches below the elbow, fur full dress; however, the buekriun lining was such an enemy to beading the area *rah grace, that the ruff shortened, until it just covered the elbow ; wheal a ittabl:c mourning taking place, it was discovered that a round fat elbow looked very pretty through a black crape transparency ; and the mourning over, a few selhfed belles braved the storm of envy, by aliening the tip of their elbows ; and persevered in doing so, in despight of the remarks of their fair friends.—" Mira B. is a pretty girl, but her bare climes give her au' h a bold appearance." " Did you observe 3lns. M. —bow vulgar---just escaped from a wa-h-tub." But imperative fashion issued her fine, and old and young, fat and lean, have not only sheen their el• boas, hut their arras ; and when se 'effect that the estimate of the tip of the Duchess of Rutland's shoulder, sad r masquerade guise, act the city of Dublin mice in a flanw, bow can we wonder, iu this age of naked fashions, that the torch of Cress. C 0.,. should be so often lighted—from the op of every part of a beautiful woman—from the tip of the Sa ges to the arm-Flt ? . _ . &READ MIRLOW. nl r 'CkS, AUGUST 1. This taarninz a iarge iv of Nobility west by water fr Sir Wm. C.:Lasto:4's, at Harley ford. Amongst the Nubility were, Lord and Lady BOST3N Mnd family. This grand party dined at hleilinua Abbey. 'this aidiyua building lies be tween Marlow and Henley, by die Throes side. Water parties, this summer, have been much the anstiaement of the Nobility round this country, which is certainly very plesoint. On VeJuesday morning Her MAJerry and the Pat NCESSES. With their attendants, dined at Clebton Spring. Lord and Lady liiisTint attends Her MAJESTY at the Spring. This is a beautiful place, under the woods by the Thames. Thi■ Spring is frequently visited by the Nubility in the summer season. Arrived here this morning, his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT. The Stafford band played while the Royal visitors were at the Spring. Yesterday, Earl CAMDEN left town for the Wil derness, Kent. His Lordship will attend the As sizes for the county, as Lord Lieutenant, for the first time since his appointment. Yesterday morning Flis MAJESTY, the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Princesses SOPHIA, AEI:MITA, and AMELI A, accompanied by Lady ISABELLA THYSTEE, Generals CARTWRIGHT and I ITZROY, and Colonel TAY Lon, took an airing, on horseback, in the Great Park, and returned at twelve. Thursday evening Their Mw.ftwezza wallod oa the Terrace, with the Pattrcums. The bands of the Royal Horse Guards, Blues, and Stafford Mi litia, attended. A very genteel asseinblap of pet eons were present. The ltr . v. and lion. T. DUNDAS is arrived ii town, to it( COMpany Lady DL NILO, his a mi.bl mother, early next week. to Cheltenham. Mr. ELLISTOM was to dose his engagement st the Liierpool Theatre, on Wednesday lust, in tLe part of Leon, to Mr. I:twts's Copper Captain. The noble House of WENTWORTII are In the mngt joyful expectatim of an heir, Viecountassi Mitaus tanß announced again iu the family way. The Earl of Yartmotyrn and a large party of Fashionables have been fur soma days at the York Hotel, Dover, from whence they have made several excursions through that delightful neigh bourhood. The city of London was greatly agitated last night by the throwing ofshelle.—lt war the first 'light of oystrrx. BONAPARTI; is charged with forbearing to pro pagate her in lus favourite Paper, the Mena/cur, on the affairs of Spain.—lt would he labour in vain.— The Ovirdu Gazette, and some of the Lando Treasury print., are hard at woo k for him. Miss buse.yrr made a vcry short visit to Chel tenham ; she has been performing at Worcester; and was mud' admired in Jethalta. in the comedy of 77,c Honey-Moan. Miss Macao( closes her engagement there, this week, with her own benefit. Mr. Et.urroa ia engaged .at the lloyouttket Theatre, for neat mason. Mr. lias %tuna commenced his enpagenseat at the Glasgow Theatre. on Triesdny last, in the Fort of Sheets, in Mr. Cultaant.strt's comedy of The Jew, and Lmatire, in the farce of The Priv. Mr. Josts's ir:taelit, at thilsgow Theatre, rn Thursday last, was a rich trent for the lovers of the drama. POWSLI. arid Mr. BANNIMR •botit eve their assistance. Mrs. Pow w. played Jul a, Mr. BANNISTER Acres. and Mr. Jorge, Cekfas'i illisalate, in Mr. Stir artrAn's rocuady of 77,e 1ti , 01%. Mr. Jos was to perform Drlaval, is *Sr. hi ? tales musical opera of Illatriator,•• End 3 . r. H t - ststra, Tristram Fickle, la The Ircathtre-t.... 1