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r STATE PAPER. SPAIN. taanalo, DEC. 14. The most excellent Signior Don Pedro Cevallos, [ • First Secret:try of State and of Dispatches, has com municated the Royal orders to all the Councils. of lik • ,i& the date of the day before yesterday. of nhich the • literal tenor is as follows: The Peace, which Europe beheld with in mach delight, ye-established at Amines, has, unfertinsately for the welfare of 'h e . natioes, proved but of short duration. The rejoicings with which this happy event was celebrated upon all sides were ecticely cone uded, wirer. the public satisfaNinn began to be eroulded, and the eilcaeteees of tire Peace to diaarpear. The Cabitieta of Lonrho. and Part; held Europe sespendel, and agi tated between its terrors Allll it. limier, seeing the event of the uegocietioirs every day become more Intaittiill, until the mo ment tint 31 . 03C00.1 arrived at such a height ae to kindle between them the flame of a war, which most naturally extend itself to other powers; since it was very difficult for Spain and Holland, who hail treated iointly with Frans at Amiens, and whose in terest. mi.' political relations ate so reciprocally canneSed, to avoid finally taking part in the grievances ansfoffences offered to ;heir A.le emistartees, his Nienty, supported by the met selei 1 r'rr.t.le. -if a wise policy, preferred peer3ol.3rt 413- trr.ll. , II) the ceereigew a( troops end ships with which he was It 0 1 'd to sense. Francs. in virtue of the treaty of Alliance, I:9ri: and ies well he means of hie Minister it London, as of the English Agri= it %I idled, he ig•ve the British C39l..riltuent to uederstatid, wi the most positive atlantic., his deeithd aid firm resulution In rernaiii 'noted dories; the sr:rt inakieg no doubt that he shneld quickly lime: the s esefeceett seeing that the.,. ingenuous aseurenees were well received by tae Court of Loudon. • " Heverthelsa.s ' that Cabinet, which mint hate nee'red in se•ence before-Bead, fur its earn lianiceler ends, upon re narration a( the wet with Strain, earl in hick it was alwai t able deelaie, not with the fess. trill relent or ince preseribtd by the LAS, of Natiees, but oy means M positive ague.: oars, which should turn to he ewe profit, sought the meet fried ^es pretexts to bring into doubt the clothe, of Stain, whieh e a, t , 'tea • teal, arid to sire desnomaratio.a, at the came timr, to rho dr. sires of His &maniac Mainly, to mew ire 'he peace, el; w ee the of ...non of ginning time, csie; eve the h Gas:ee l:sent, and holding in aeleertainty the. se e itiee •if tee teglieh ration upon its owe erciriedeattel fed utiles: desigee which could in no manner ho smeared by it. Thus it i•'. Celt in Loudon it anpeare.l artfully to accept vedette reelarnatioes'lmie Spanish lndiend,solt, which were addressed to it; while its agent* in Madrid maentfied the pacific intentions of their own Stivereign s But th:v never shelved themselves satirised well the (milkmen aril flieteiship with which all -their noes were answered, rath anxious for prineleitoing and inagnifveig ar mament; which had otriexietene, end paeeieling, c Henn to the most positive protests an the per of Spain, that the pecu miry ores given t.i Fro*. e urn etr art equivalent for tile troops aid %hips which were stipulated in the Treaty of gene, but an indefinite and immense stock, which did not per alit them to consider Sr min in any other light than as a prince. pal party in the war. • Moreover, as there was tent thee entirely to banish the illusion under whir' , thee hiheured, they exacted, as the pre en, condemns upon which they would consider Spain as neve trap, the ceserni of every at neinielit in her ports, and a prohibi ter° of the sele of mire, teetight mist,, thm. And, [reedit needing that both these ieeelitioris, although urged in a tone superlatively haughty, and umnitel in 'edifice! treseactions, we.e i eitediatelverenplied with, and relig - ously observed, they persietel, nevertheless, to niariee.t their want of confiikner, awl they quitted Madrid with eaeereen, immeiherele after re ceiving ditteatches from their Court, of which they del nett:ono menicate a particle of the coments. 11 4 ` Tee contest which results f ro m a ll t hi s h..t w e e „ t h e con duct of the Cabinet. of London and Madrid, imist he sefficient to thew clearly to all Europe, the bad faith, and the se eet and perverse aims of the English Mriuistry; even if tlel het not niastifested them by the alio. ble crime of the surprise, bane, and capture of the four heenisli frigates, which, navi gating in the full *celerity which peace inspires, were Nadu . teethe attaeked, in eon ...queue, of order, feint the English Government, signed in the very moment in which it w-it faith !testy exacting conditions for the prointigation of the peace, in which every possible seceree was Fives, to it, and in which its own vessels were provided with ',envisions and refreshment. in the ports of Spain. " These y eer vessels, which were enjoying the next perfect .liospitahm, and ware exeeriencing the fidelity with which S l am was proving to England the g eel faith of her engagements, and how fits. her resolutions eere to attenuant her neutrality—rhos: very ships carried, caneeled in the bosom o.f thou Com =Andres, the entire orders of the Enelisli Cabinet for as ' faulting Spanish property on the matee-ini ptitour orders, and profueely cirruLne•l, nee,: al it: 'meets of war 011 the ICti America and Eurepe were Wrestle detaining and carrying its harbours as mane Spaniels needs es they met e'en, without respecting even the cargo?, nt eriin which were coming fur all tarts to succour a faithful same, in a year of tine greatest calamity. " Barbarsus ceders, sinre they deserve no other same, to , ink every Speen:lt ureee arm hart/red tans; to built those which they ((nand op @here oil the tots'; and to make pris i of, and retry is Malta, tnose only which exceeded an hundred tons. The matter of a lee:, of Valentina, of fifty-foist tons, has made this declaration, that heed - .cted his 11.3C.11/C iu his launch upon the 11th rut November. on the coast of Catalonia, when his yea-el was sank by an Euglisli vessel, whose Captain leek from him his peers and hi. fl•rt i and infenned him, that he had rereeved these expire-s instructintis from his Court. " In spite of such atue_leus actions, which proved to perf •re evidence the cote:toes and hostile views which the English Clhinet hid nierlitaexi, it was std! able to carry on further its perfiLiaus , y-test of Hireling the poblicopinion, alleging, for the. purpose, that the Spanish frigates had inn been carried auto the English port. in =satin ot 'nixes, but m brine detained until Spain should give the desited securities, that 111311 would observe the strictest neutrahte. " And what greater secutlties could es ought Spin to give! Whet civilised nation, until this hour, hes mad? use of means iti.jue and eOleet, ei exact seceritiesof another ! ehliough eire.arid should find, at last, any claim to exact from S in what manner reuld -he justify it, after a similar eir is ay : What sander-tin:l mold Ow ha able to give foe the lamentable destriream ell the frigate tfercerfer, with all its cargo, its crew, t and the greet needier of distinguished pewengers wh o have p-nshed, the innocent victims of a relic' so detestable! •• Siren wester not comely with whet she ewes to herself, leer think herself able - to maintain her wfii known lioneur and . dimity amongst the greatest Powers of Europe, were she adji Omer in chew herself triseesihle to such manifest nutrages, and did net take care me revene e ttwat with the noblenew and energy which helper to her ehaiecter. - . " Asi i met. d with these sentiments, the magnanimous breast .I; of the King, atter haying exhausted rin oder to prtecive the peace) all the res eaves enineetible with the dignity of his t7rowri, finds himself in the herd predicament of making war upon the King of Yeglind, upon he subject. slid pe oe le, I etnetirg the fernalities of style by a edema d claratioa cut ew mg t • tin Etigleh Cabetees luring begun and continued to make the war wit..eut declining it. " lit consemienee, after haying given enders for an enthuse, • by weir of reprisal, item' all English promely is hie domiiiions, and that the inter convenient instruction, both far his mau rie• fence, and the offe'ns'e of the Corms, should be circulated to ; I hie Viceroy., Captains-(nneral, and serer Offecert of the Ma tins, Hi. Miiede less cie-reyndel he Mr Meier in Louden to retire, with all the Seamen Legeti aeon Hie Majesty does not doubt, that all his suirj.ets, inda.ned with that just in t dagnation with which the violent ',acceding. of Eugene! must inspire them, will not omit any of all those means to which their valour skill prompt them, of co-oeeratleg with His Men testy towards the moo complete vengeance for the in • stilt offered to the Spin - eh flag. Fur this purpose, be invitee t. I thento arm conairs against Great SAWN rod So proem themselves, it themselves, with resoletio, of her ships and eropertv, by every possatile meson; Ills Majesty premising time C., great . s it peualvtiturit, and col my ha the atiptdiestion of to..r , moon the sole prof of tli•er being Erigish inertly ; seel el • ty wepresay renouncing, ia rimer of the Caeters, e • v e t part attic vatic of the hid, upon outer ar e.ons, reserved to hi moll, erthAt they she!! etre/ theta an their fall galas, whine d the ;Tallest discount. " And His Majesty has resolved, that what is coe.• mimed in the printern, elan he interval ia the esibite peen, ~~ that it may come to the knowledge o ; and also, that it shall be transmitted to the Ain bassadors Ind :Ministers of the King, in Fo,,igit Courts, in order that all the Powers shall be info•ired of Oleic art., and take interest in a cause so just; Faring that Divine Providence will bless the Spanish arms, so that they may obtain a just and convenient satisfaction for the morLa they have recAved." THE BRITISH PRESS. WN DON, WEDNESDAY, JAse,►av 9. The Folksiest* lugger arrived on Monday, at Portsmouth, from of Dieppe, with the loss of eleven men killed, including her Commander, Lientenant Miitc AST cs, and eleven wounded, in an attempt to cut a French privateer nut of that harbour. The attack was made by a boat of the FoLtstone, of which the above formed part of the crew, and a boat from the Rattler sloop, of which the Lieu tenant, who was the Commander, was also killed in the anion. The attack was made at two o'clock on Thursday; but, u the boats had to row for five hours before they could reach the French privaceer, the latter was probably apprised of their approach, as the resistance was so formidable and well con ceited, that the boats were obliged to retire. The extent of our loss has not been yet ascertained, but we have heard, that besides the above, there were ten missing. We have received New York Papers to the 29th of November. Their contents are area in a subse- quent column. The substance ttf the Spanish Manifesto, given in this paper yesterday. was perfectly corral. ex cept in one point, as may be seen by reference to the official copy, which we this day inert. It is. perhaps, as feeble a State Paper as has ever been published upon a similar eccasio•. In some parts, the charges are vague ; in others, contradiaory ; and, where we have not the suppression of a truth, it frequently presents the assertion of a fitlsehood. A few observations will shew, that this charac, ter is neither unjast uor uncandid. The Ma nifesto sets out with stating, that It was very difficult for Spain and Holland, who had treated jointly with France at Amiens, and whose intcrests and rlitic4l relations are so reciprocally ronnaid, to avuai finally taking part in the g►ievanert and ofehcer offered to their Ally." The Advocates for war with Spain have con tended, that her pretended neutrality was hol low and delusive, and that she was, in spirit and feeling, the friend of France, and the enemy of Great Britain. Need we ask any other proof of the charge, than this first paragraph of the Manif:stn ? Can Spain, after this confession from her own lips, be called a neutral nation in re spell of England ? She not only avows a commu nity of interests with France, but condemns the con dua of England with tape& to that power, by branding it with the epithets of " 114.1 Vrit'll anrci." If there be that reciprocity of interests between the two countries, surely Spain is a sufferer by those injuries and grievances inflined by this country upon France. Here, then, we hare Spain complaioing of our condua from the first commencement of the present war.-- Indeed, we know not a more pnwerful motive to induce one country to determine to stand or fall with another, than that reciprocity of interests which s4e admits to sn'isist between her and France. What is ale next step? " In !Itee circumstances," it says, " His islaJs.sy v, supported by the most solid principles of a wise policy, preferred pecuniary subsidies to the contingent of troops and ships a ith which he was bound to assist France, in virtue of the Trea:y of Alliance of Ilgti t and gave the Brit ish Government to understand, in the most positive manner, his *tided and firm resthdias E. remain . 'astral daring she seer." _ _ . It is in the natareof 111A11 to side with justice against violence and oppression. How then His C•TIIOLIC; MAJESTY could entertain a purely neutral feeling towards a country that was heaping i'jssries and g rieraners upon his ally ; an ally with whom he was connected by the strongest tie that binds one nation to another, a reciprocity of interests. we leave to the casuists to reconcile. Bat what are the proofs of this neutral conduit ? Spain was charged with famishing pecuniary subsidies to an amount ex ceeding the sum stipulated by her treaty with France, and she complains that England did not rest satis fied with an iinsatisfaftory answer, but, taki.lg alarm at the evasion, had demanded further pledges of her sincerity. The terms of the Maniftsto admit no other construdion. The phrase, "there seas not time entirely to banish the illusion under which Eng. land laboured," necessarily implies that the explan ation ziven was not satisfadory. The pledges de manded, it says, were " the cessation of every ar mament in the Spanish ports, and a prohibition of the sale of prizes brought into them, with both of which His CATHuLt4 MAJISTY immediately complied," This is a most important admission, upon the very hinge on which the merits of the gees tion turn. In another part of the Manifesto, it charges England with magnifying armaments which had no esistenee ; and here it takes credit for making them immediately to reasr. You cannot magnify a non-entit), nor, while the axiom et minis nil fit holds good, can you make that to cease which never had a being ? This passage then can be considered in no other sense but as a full con fession, that Spain was arming ; and, if so, how is her condud to be reconciled with "her de cided and firm resolution to remain neutral during the war ?" Shc was arming—arming for what ? Was it against France, her injured and aggrieved Ally, with whom she is so intimately connefled in inter rests ? The depositions of all the Captains of our Fleets could not be so ~ atisfaflory 1 this great point as this admission under the hand of t:ee king of ST AIN. So far England is the coniplainant, but of the extent of her complaints we can only judge from the answers, and these satisfactorily prove the hostile intent of Spain. These points being established, the question then is, were we not under such cir cumstances justifiable in detaining the four fri :t atcs off Cape St. Mary, until she should give some pledge of her neutrality, for as such only the Manifesto ad mits we keep them ? This is the first strong proceed ing charged against England, and. as we stated yesterday, constitutes the leading feature of the Manifesto. But that event took place on the sth of Ofloher, and was followed by a diplomatic corre spondence upon the subjeft, which was not broken off until the 14th of November, when Mr. FRU": left Madrid ; nor was the declaration of war made until the 12. th of December. It was not, there fore, an alt which. in its nature, must of necessity have determined Spain to commence hostilities in Urns. That proceeding was only delayed until all her means of evasion were exhausted, and England would suffer herself to he no longer deluded by a thew of neutrality. These appear to be the prise cipal points in this State Paper that deserve notice. It would be a tedious task to paint out all its ar feds and inconsisteacies. In one part, the English Government is charged with using "fi iruloa , pre tests to gain lime, and elide Spain :" in another, with eagerness to produce a rupture. In one place it is charged with affected generosity and justice, in entertaining the claims of Spanish subjeas : in another, with speaking " in a tone sverlatioe(o nais..4l, and anso.nal in political transaaions.7— In candour, however, we must admit thit Lord Nittsom is charged in the Manifesto with very severe proceedings against the ships of Spain is the Medi terranean ; but, as the charge rests upon the solitary authority of the master of a vessel from dentin of ,fry faun tons, we must defer our observations upon that point until it comes forward in a muse authemic shape. The certainty of a Spanish wsv MA' yesterday, a very slight effeet upon the fursds. It depressed them scarcely a half per cunt. This is the more extraordinary, as the news was unexpected, and speculation had run generally in favour of peace. It is not supposed that the funds will he much .iffeeled, unless by the amount of the ensuing loan, of which no idea has been yet formed.— At the same time, however, we must observe, that some very eminent houses did business yesterday fur (iovernment, at an eighth under the market price. It is thought that the Letters of Marque against Spain have been delayed only in order to give His AJESi v's frigates, &c. the start in the race for prizes. _ _ _ Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, the Russia' AMRAISA• noa waited upon Mr. PITT, and remained with the Minister till nue ; his Excellency afterwards went to Lord Hasa owav's (Mice, and remained there till three. _ . Yesterday, Earl eIItIDCN transalted business at Lord II ARROWS v's Ogee. Yesterday, a Cainet Council was held it Lotd ilassoryav's Office. Yesterday, the Dividends on the Public Funds commenced paying at the Bank, tn.the •rchants; and, I'o-morrow, they will be paid so the Public. A Court oli Dire ors was yesterday held at the India House, which adjourned at siz o'clocli, till this day. A ballet was yesterday taken at the Last•lndiA House, far the determination of the following im portant gut stint, viz. "Mg • C..ort eothirm me Res ,holee uf the 4.4mM CoUttathe 19th approvng tae .rrengemeni propos,i tai the Court of Directors, fur the Grve:forteet d Prore4 of Wakes hiand." The ballot commenced at eleven o'clock, and was very nueserously and respe6tably attended. At ►ic o'clock the glasses were finally closed, and delivered to the. scrutineers; and, at eight, Messrs. GIORGI JOHNSTONE, Jests LAYTON. and JUsr►N Maim, who had been appointed scrutineers, deli- vered in their report that the numbers were, is the Questeve. 413 Vile*. Agate* the Qtletteel 92) Mojemity in favour of the Quolnn SS The CHAIRMAN then declared she question to be carried in the affirmative; ou which the Court adjourned. The Naiad frigate, cammaudel by Captain I)^a- DAs, has sent into Plymouth a Spanish ship, laden with 200,000 dollars, gold and silver in ingots, co chineal, indigo, and a very valuable cargo, from Vera, Crua. -~ THE:II7ES. [LNG's TIIEATS C . Last night Mrs..Bit.mwnTos reimmed her.pto feuinnal labours in the Grand Serious Opera of Ii Trionfu del Amer Fraterno, and was received with the loudest plaudits. She lo.lked exttenith well, and never was in finer voice. All her songs were encored, and the Opera went of with great eclat. The house was more elegant than crowded. DRU!! Y-L A N Last night, the lively Comedy of ; Husband was revived at this Theatre. It combilwd the first appearance of Mr. t:.l.,sT')N in RO , i and Miss DUNCAN in Clarinda, wh:ch is a chi_ rafter most happily adapted to her powers._ The possession of that indescribable something which we can all feel, but not define, and without which no perfeet portrait of a woman of haat ra n can be given, is not necessary to delineate the e a . rinsla of the author. Vivacity, archness, gond h.:- moor, and good sense, are her prominent traits ; and Miss DUNCAN being in conipleie possession 4 these, we should have been disappoints:!, had die displayed less excc'irnce. Her scene with Al St. , icklund and Jaeasusa in the second aft was by_ pay given t and the scene with Ruager in t:za fourth called forth the most unbounded applaui.:. Mr. Et tirrow's Ranger, throughout, wa , . an 4.1. a.. rable performance. ,Alr. liA•totv mole was taie l ill, and Mr. Waouranson performed the part 4 Franll:v. Mrs. lIA IL LOW L, in .laaintbv, was iiVely and interesting ; and, iu the list scene, inimitable.— Her appearance was highly prepossessing. Tie Comedy excited great interest. As Miss DUNCAN was leaving the sedan chair, the chairmen let down the top too soon, and she received a violent blow on the head, which procitici:d considerable uneasiness in the audience, and they greeted her must ci)roially front all parts on her re-appearance. In the Entortliornent of N. Song No Supper, Mr. BANNIsrEII, in the chara6ter of Arlin, made a happy allusion to the Spanish war, that called down thun ders of applause. . Yesterday morning, soon sifter ten o'clock, His Maies.rs - , accompanied by the Duke of CAM. BRIDOR, and, attended by Lord WA LS/bIGH AM, arse Generals SPENCE/. and C•It1 wittom r, rode to As. cot Heath, and there met Earl SAN OW tCH. and a number of gentlemen sportsmen. ricsis after HIS MAJZSTY'S arrival, the Royal Deer was turned out for the day's diversion. Her MAJ 'sr v and the raimcesses took an airirg to Frotrnsore. Amvals at Clifton, The Earl of Selkirk, Lady Elisaheth 11.,u0a4, Re Dr. and Mn. Austin, Mr. Si t. and Mr.. C1'21414..1, Mr. and Ma. Manley, Mr. and Mrs. Galina. Arrivals at Hotwells, Sir Sidney Smith, fio i Cnl Gres, Co: Cook, Lieut Salve der., Lady Shunt, Re.. Doan of Rec. Mi . Pima% Mr. WilMot, Mrs. Csin. Miu Price, Miss Keimick, Mr. and Miss Chetwood l'he Earl of Castcutsx ex, we are concernci to state, lies extremely ill at his seat at Stanmer, is Sussex. His Lordship has. for some days past, he'll confined to his bed, under a debility, gr tdually brought on by the infirmities of age, that ,afrutis net the smallest prosped of relief from the power of medicine. The Lewes Theatre was on Thursday Last de noured with the presence of the Doke of Ide v rol Earl Csayss, Lords EDWARD, ARTHUR, and Fiu. ■ox SOMEII4I.T. ACC. &C. to see the Comedy of Tht Wunder ! and Die rawphe Gale, bespoke by EAli Caries:N. There will be a grand ball at Warwick next week. Madame LAPORIE, we have the pleasure of stat ing. was Mid) better last night. The Earl of Urtaainoc and family are expeCted in a few days from hi Lordship's seat, Plasnewydd Anglesea, Wales, to his house in Old Burlington street, for the season. Count ST. MARTIN DC FRONT ' the Sardinian Ambassador, has purchased an elegant house u Thayer-street, Manchester-square. Lord Diressmx teturned to town yesterday front Ireland, to his house in Pottalall-uluare . Earl and Countess of DARNLEY return this day to their house in Berkeley-square, from Cobham Hall, Kent. GEORGE OSBORNE, Esq. M. P. reterned to town yesterday, from OaLli;;:n, iN Rutlandshire, where he had been on a visit to the Estrl of Wt fir lAEA. Lord BROOKS set off yesterday, from Jermyn street, on a visit to his father at Warwick Castle. Count 'SC./A . .IOCA'. left town yesterday. on visit to the Duke of Os rams at Twickenham. Major and Captain M4Gwras, from Dublin, ay rived yesterday' at the British Hotel. Archdeacon Fowctit and family set off yes:et day, from MILLAR'S Hotel, for Bath. In consequence of the arrival of Mr. I.v Messenger, from Spain. JOlll4 HOC/KHAN Fax:.. Esq. arrived in town early on. Monday morning from South-hill, the seat of Mr. CANNINO. Some of the Jacobin Confeftioners have substi tuted 4. the Entrrtir and Eazalcss of France Wawa of King and Queen, urn their 'Pweltils Cakes. Lewis Bums!. e, Esq. is expe.Cled in . lowa la kw days, from his seat. Roegate, Frierstield, Hano. The Earl and COMM:CU Of 11V KW IC K and Minty are expeCted in town before the Quern's Birth-day. The lion. GRORGt CANNINO ts expeded in tu.ca this day horn South It is somewhat orrvistous that the Ifipoires French privateer should he one of the first prizes taken since the coronation. A new Play in Five A3s, called NI. Cave, will he performed ,at the Hull l'heatre ,‘a uekt, for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs• CAR . ' it is ushered into public, as Mr. Caea's first Dra - mole bantling. Monday night, roireg Ito.cirs the Sec.ind perform eJ the arduous char aCter of Richard the Third, at Gosport Theatre ; report speaks in high terms of him. A most superb service of chin.t has been seat from this country to France for BON ArA RT L'S Cora nation : 1.5001. has been paid for it. A noble Duchess, who heard of its beauty, and seeing the pattern, ordered a service to be made, if pns• sible., with more workmanship and gilding ; which was delivered last week, and yesterday. her Grace gave a dinner to a selea party, when this magoi ficent china was used. It is said to have cost 004 more than BOK AP•ftTes SerViCe. Ms will quit Lord of tw t% req. the Mr of ;