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4 i• 5',.. - rpr.rAtrNT 4 rrt Ile MAIM ID r; ;Zvi .t" Ai 2:1, 190.5. sit sumer* two*: IN SSA-Val r or Tilt POlllt DOW; AND .; ANS Of roe rue. OCRS Of Tilt V, wlio FELL I. INC 3a Dr. , CADIZ, ON TOIL /11•( nr tit:maga. Sr ts FELLow COVN r RYMA N. EnrAre had scarcely hewn to breathe, after an umitermitting and bloody -ontcst of ten years, and Spain, tinder the genial shade oh peace, w:s octo pi-A only in arranging the details of a wise Atli hap p7 system of AJmi .istraiion, %%hen al:nost at the %critical moment that her C.shinet received from that or Lon-len the mast flattering assurances that our neutrality should be respeCcd ; at that very in stant did the haughty Engli•h, unexpeCtedly and violently, declare against this Monarchy the most unjnst mars. 'Chat covetous thirst of gold, which the British Government could not satiate. but by the cones. cation of Spanish rrorerty ; their infernal policy of arrogating the supremacy of three parts of the globe, by an arbitrary dominion over the immense mean, their resentment in consiluence of heinepre vented from inopeti nuily inundating our soil with .heir maituranures, joined to their ardent avidity to get passes inn of our squadron, or to (istro) , our arscnals ; and, finally, their stupidity in listening to the woke of ni lineman) , interi-st, ii. preference to the dilates of reason. and the feeliogs of humanity— these were the sole motives which impelled tEeir ab sn• d and abominable political Administration, to plunge us into th., horrors of a t.ew war, notwith standing the integrity of our Ministry had, on their part, aff irsh:d no pretext ter so unexpeeed an ag grrilion. We have all of us witnessed the truly wonderful snceesses which ensiled, and the estianrdinary ac tivity with which, in the shortest space of time, our cqu adrons were sent forth to plough the seas—which suss mete oartimlarly an °Neel of admiration to all Vutore..ind of consternation to our enemies, as we were erroneously deemed incapable of such a &splay o energy. We have, all of us, SCPIII the 11.:TOIC de fenders of the coon try braving the most ittioini-nt dangers, and asserting, with heroic intrepidity, and by the sacrifice of their own lives, the security of the It lc, the splendour and digoity of the Crown, • and the safety of our persons and property, and every thing that is most -ar to us. In every quar ter hive been repelled, with rivets of blood, the de vAstatiov entrtprrse4, the injuries, the insults, and the hostilities, of our implacable enemies. to these painful sacrific-s have we been driven by the Nord and jealousy whic't the le:nglish cherish in their ho sonrs, forgetting that from this fire of incessant per. seeutiorn will shorn forth the devouring flame which will redo(' them to a state of total ruin. 0, beloved countrymen, who have survived the glorious catastrophe of the 21st of Oteloher ! to you flee nation commits tie task of redressing its wronot, and avenging the victims sacrificed in that dreadful combat. Your arms will be re-invigorated for new battles and new triumphs; your truly heroic souls will Derive fresh energy from the just rewards be stowed upon you by the bene6:ent hand of our au gust :sovereign. Enjoy the sati•faction ; that not only our CSIMMOII father and Monarch, and the nation at large, lavish upon you the most honoura ble eulogies for your loyalty stud patriotism, but that even from our natural enemies you will receive the most flattering testimonies of esteem for your valour. At this instant, London, and the whole of England, repeat, with enthusiasm, the immortal names of ail those gallant Spanish commanders, and loudly extol those individuals of the squadron, who vied with each o-her in mingling their blood with the waters of the ic •an, io the defence of their country. Of all those who exposed their lives in this ; wi r e r) , there is not a man who hat not entitled him self to universal esteem and veneration; not one of them, in necessitous circumstances, who is not a de aerving obj-ct of the pious benevolence of the na tion. The heroism of the Spanish Navy has been re warded by t!:e I Is real band of the Sovereign, extend ing itset to every rank, and mitigating the afllic ,tion of many families with succours so bount iful as almost to transgress the limits required by a regard ma other ohjeEts of indispensible attention in the maintenance of so just •a war. These traits of the Royal munificence have excited that feeling of na tional enthusiasm, which is characteristic of the ge neses Spaniard ! With what a pleasing sensation do we remark, that the commercial interest of the catii al of tl e kingdom—distinguished upon various f o rmer occasions by repeated aas of philanthropy and humanity, and cies% ified anew by a noble im ;olio. of nattiotisro and beneficence towards the po.n• families of those who have fallen in this corn hat—has opened a voluntary subsetiption, the pro duce of which is to be applied to the relief of those widows and orphans who are in most necessitous ercumstances. Tnis Lei groserosity, which esiaally anirsoce. :he noble blsnaos vf the natives sit Biscay. :ALA:I of that patriotic affeetion which pervades eves y rank and every individual in the Country, alt of whom are warmed and in fluenced by similar sentiments of compassion ; for ail are aCluated wish the same reviation, to attain for us, a peace advantageous and permanent. In these respells, every heart is penetrated with patri otism ; all of as concur sr advancing the glory and prosperity of the Country, and all of us breathe but rine wish, which is, that we may, by unanimous and uniform exertions, mote aad more ine'ocrate the never-failing valour of our worthy defenders. I The Grvernmeot has, with this view, made dis po-itions which will ptove stir. mote formidable and astoniehing than the first revealable armaments ; mid that vie may all co-operate in the re equipment of a new and pose..rful naval force, nee n.g kw:m ing bat to give a proper diretlion to the energies of the wireile mass of the Spanish people.. In all pre tales rise Name groa:ness fit soul as that which refeCted so much credit on the inhabitants of Ai:, and the tow: s and villages on that part cif the coast. Sseiy yeast is warmed by the same c .in t whirls animate- the respecitablet individuals r t who !sere peornated tale subset-Tirol at Madrid. Let • revii•Tßi Wit.tt vemaine to be doe on use parts let Us. 03C and a 1. rent our elves to realize those pion ; Pa: -ours which a e,. in Its eathts.ias n stwested, as fc r ,„; ti Whit Is 04.001•1 6,/, with redoeoled fervour an co..avittence of our - 1 ) .4 11g apriri.ed of the sanguinary result of this eo ii,its combat. Let us contribute every ssistance in our p.ISSAT, AS an offering well-pleasing in the sight re the Croiti a himself, by being appropriated to the defense of a just cause. For this purpose, let al! dee:l4)oons of people, from the highest to the lowest, exert. their 'wind efferts ; let evt ry indivi dual yield to the conscirms impulse of enthusiasm, in teener of his Country ; and we shall speedily dis concert the devastating poi .cts of our enemies, who will ever find our defenders ready to confront them in the field of honour, and to shed the last drop of their blood, wherever they are called by the dangers of their country. This pi,!ture is not new in the history of this Nation. It has been handed down from :tee to age ; and the most remote posterity will look hack, witlr pleasing admiration, on that patriotism and celerity, wherewith, a few years after the destruction of the Gland Armada, fitted out by our Kiag D. Is; ilip 11, all good Spaniards contributed to the equipment of that forinidAble fleet, which covered the Spanish mariae with glory. at the battle of Lepanto. All was due to the alacrity and ardent zeal, with %hide anxious to re-conquer the natienal reanwn, and to repair the damage suse'ined be the Royal Navy, the worthy patriots of all r inks came forward to offer assistance in money, effects. or stores, in com pleting an armament destined tot the defence of Re ligion and the State. Gifts of the greatest and of the smallest denomination facilit eae the exertions of the Governments, and even the pr irest day la bourers presented, with pleasure, some of them hemp and timber, some of them tar, and other pie,. dultions of the sweat rat their brow. The an iaens deposited in the arsenals, ...ails; cordage. sails, aid all the other articles requisite for the equipment of the new Fleet. Every heart concurred in a harpy patriotic co-operation, and even the poorest was able to make some small offering, in order to invigorate the 'prior of the Comet:um Weal. Never did Spain glow with more ardent item . ports of patriotism than at this mommt. j to a man, are anxious to contribute to the common walleye, the national glory, Aed to frustrate the un just aggressions of icir enemies. Let there revive sum one and all of us, our immemorial an ! ing constancy in bearing up against unavoidable re verses; and speedily we shall see our efforts crowa . est with glory and success, against a people who are the destroyers of oar happiness. Every class of the , natioe feels an interest in it, and in cn-opereting in 1 every thing which can add to the vigour of our Royal name. Phis constitutes the sumo. of our Mercantile *mine on hrtth depend the prosper ity of commerce, nnd the increased circuleti , n of mo ney ; from these result the diminished interest of capital ; and, from the %shale combined, the preser vation and encouragameut of our transmarine pos secaons, the enrich:nem and general individual hap piuess of the great aod small proprietors, the in creased :ytheeevenues of ecclesiastical bodies, and other innumereble benefits, extending to every indi vidual, whether employed in agriculture, manufac tures, or any other branch of industi y ; not except ing r en the meanest cottage, the prosperity of every condition being comprised in that of the state, and the success of its arms. Our Government, in its wisdom, k alive to all these considerations. Penetrated with the convic tion, that Spain ought to be a power essentially ma tititne, it has issued fresh orders. and made the most effretual dispositions for equipping, with all pcssible expedition, a respeatAble naval force, which will continue to shew itself mere and more terrible to our enemies, until we have obtained the most glo rious and decided triumphs, by means of that valour which is charaeferistic of such heroic defenders, as have recently asserted the national honour, with the loss, it is true, of many lives, but with a much more copious effusion of the blood of our enemies, and in a battle mn:h more glorious to the Spa nierds than the English, who will have many occa sions of learning, ro their cost, whet our nation is capable of achieving, and that every Spaniard is an undaunted lion, who will brave every danger in gratifying the noble impulses of a just patriotic revenge. The satisfaction we shall feel in accomplishing this purpose, under Divine Providence, and that, perhaps, sonnet. than could have been expeCled, ought to alleviate the bitter sorrow produced by the individual losses sustained on this occasion Mothers, who have lost your husbands, sons, who have lost your fathers. recoiled that they resigned their lives in the bed of honour ; and let that thought serve to dry up your teers, and restore serenity to your bosoms. Thecountry at large confers upon them the praise. and displays towards them that grati tude to which they are justly entitled ; nay, more, the whole Country taken a pleasing interest in the fate of those familiei which have been plunged into mourning. The benevolent image of our loved Monarch predominates amidst all their regrets. His grateful name, and the accents of thanksgiving for sa many benefits conferred, intermingle, and check their tears AreFstifle their sighs. 0! how delightful the celestial aord of the feelings of nature, and the echoes of incessant benediftion, wherewith the grateful reply to the unexampled bounties of their benefaftor ! In order to give effeee to the patriotic wishes of the Commercial Board at Madrid, and those of all the other Corp orations and individuals in the King dom, in behalf of those poor families which have lost their supporters, it would, perhaps, be most proper, that these same patriots should take upon themselves the duty of procuring, by means of De legates of known public cliareEter, a domiciliary, patriotic, and voluntary contribution, instead of waiting for the seance of donations to any particular plaie7 'Phis idea possesses the advert . tage 'Of . being able to coiled even the smallest sums from snch individuals as are not in a condition to mike sacrifices of any considerable amount.— Ine Jrnettiens might be extended to every descrip tion of provisions and supplies necessary at sea ; to every kind of assistance requisite for the cure and consort of the sick and wounded ; and to naval stores, whether in tne raw material, or hi a manufac tured state. From the aggregate of all th. se pa triotic succours would result the mnre speedy equip ate I of the reseeflable naval force ordered to be got is readiness ; and with this objea at the same time would be combines two most interesting pur -1 p nee—the re ornntion of the Frosperity of the Staoe the relief et so weepy families reduced es pa erty. Every thing slay be achteved by an ardent love of country, not only in the cap , tal, but in all the other cities, towns, and villages of Spain. The Gran dees and Nobles. the illustrious Prelrtes,the Chapters, Religious Douses. Councils, and Tribunals, the Cot regidores, Alcald.rs, lnten tants, Adimui,trators, Governors, Proprietors, Consols, Corporations, Nlerchants, and all the other classes in the kingdom, may concur in a service so graretul both to God And Man. This universal display of patriotic bcneti• cence will furnish the best guarantee of the ultimate inviolability of Spain, and the most effeaual means ,f destroying the common enemy of the peace of the world! of more and more exciting the heraic eii terprize of our Defenders, and of obtaining a peace lasting, honourable, and advantageous, and all the benefits of an independent and flourishing Com merce. THE BRITISH PRESS. WNDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9. A Paper of yesterday inserted the following Pio claniation, as intelligence recently tcctived from the Continent. We have lately witnes.: I in the newspapers many efforts of Fancy to amuse itself in the coinage of articles under the name of t' Foreign Correspondence," aid upon every occasion where the exercise of this ba d 7v talent is confined to harm less macs, we are net di sed to censure it. But the present isnot one of those to aiiy-favoured cases. It proclaims to the wont!, that il.•-14 aPA ac already considers as easy Ivey, a tuined country, that must accept the Most iiiisgr acdul conditions which he may tiiink fit to utter. What ! while the viEtary of Fra /Agar still echoes in his ears, and before the great and glorious Lord NELSON islaid in his grave, can B3OaPARTE suppose Europe so besotted, as to be lieve that he can dilate terms of peace to England ? It may answer the purpose of treacherous friends, to re,iresent him a vain, extravagant man, intoxicated with his extraordinary success; but febrizations of this kind can do no good to England.—We know they do her a great deal cf harm. They let down the public spill:. They make idt..l3 familiar to the mind, that ought never to have been entettained for a moment. This fabricated Proclamation says, that for a nominal peace of a few days,we must give up the kingdom of Mysore, Ceylon, Jamaica, Malta and Gibraltar. Let theca terms only come fir a few days into pubic discussion, and the sun render of Malta will appear a mere trifle. Surely it is only to give up one of die many points which Bon •issi a rr demands. " Frenchmen-.. Your Emperor has conquered Austria, humbled Russia, silenced Prussia, and commanded the admiray a i l don of the world, by his ge.tarNd# and inediration, as much an by his valour and achievements. England Gill dares to resist; bet her resistance is the struggle of the agony Of dna, Site is breathing her lust. If she desire • few years longer existence, instead of immediate destruction, she mast, in the Lan, re- establish the kingdom of Mysore, such as it was to 1754: re store Ceylon to Holland, and renoence tier aio.iopuly in ioduan c.immodities and trade. In the West, she must give up Jamaica, as a security fin her assistance to Ds, to destroy the anarchy of the blacks iu St Domingo. She mint evacuate the Meditetra. Heim, give •p Malta to its Grand Master, and Gibraltar to its lawful mid territorial S , ,yereln N. whore more inimical ports will be declared in blockade, or the flags of Neutrals be molested, insulted, and pillaged. The sea shall he as seas as the earth ; and, without the permission of the E.mperor of the French, a vessel shall no more dare to sail, than a fort be built, or a cannon fired. Frenchmen ! yea are already, thanks so your heroic Emperor, the most powerful of pisop'es•-a little mare pans y re will also be the most happy, and the most wealthy. (Signed) " Prefect of Police. (Countersigned) " PIeS, Secretary." " Paris, Dec. 17, ;3,-15.- The Hme frigate, C.tpt. Cocci:AlN, with the Marquis IVELtast EY, and Suite, on him-J. arrived at Portsmouth on the 7th instant ; sailed from St. Helena the 19th of November. We understand that the Marquis Wittrstast had not made any permanent arrangement with Sc:sota and the Rajah of URA!, before he left India. On the arrival of Marquis Coassvat Lis at Bengal, it WAS repotted that SCINDIA had detained the English Resident at his Court. The Maaqu is, therefore, proceeded immediately f.- , r the army, in the Impeof settling and adjusting all disputes with the Mahratta Chieftains, as the rainy ce.w.n pre vetted the army from :thing with any effect. The following is an extraft from The Xvf fie, dated June IC, 1803 :—.• On Saturday kat, anchored in the harbour, the ship .1/rrt, Capt. R. W. Loasir, from Mocha, frcm whence she sail• ed on the 4th ult. In company with the Hon. Com pany's cruiser Prouos AN:tetta, as fir as Maculla.b.iy, from whence that vessel returned to Mocha. with Mr. Paitsucc, who had accompanied them thither. —The 44rt left ridieg in Mocha Road, the Hon. Company's criiistr Paieber, with Viiicnunt VALLS.. TI A on hoard, three American ships, and some country vessels. It was reported at Mociia, that the Wallabies, either were, or it was daily expefted would be, in possession of Juddalt. Paim.r.ge , per n S. S•ark•. In a Sop,iiement of Tkc Madrid Gvelte of the 2!ith of November; given in our preceding columns, is 011.1LO:cif an Address to the People, entitled An l'....hrittation in behalf of the Poor Widows and Orphans of the Defenders of the Cuntry, who fell in the Bay of Cadiz, on the 21st of o:tober." It is signed by a Fellow Country. mar.; but from the Piper in which it appears, as well as from the matter it contains, there can be no doubt of its official charafter. It exhibits, on the part of the Spanish Government, a remarkable con. fes.ion of their want of resources, and penury. While it pretends to solicit contributions from the people for the relief of those who suf.:zed in the battle of Trafalgar, or their relatives, it appears to have for its real objedt, the raising, throughout Spain, a spirit of emulation for supplying, according to the re. spetlive means of public bodies and individuals, • either money or materiali for the formation and equipment of a new fleet. No intelligence has been received from the Con tinent since Saturday. Rumeor, Lowever, was busy yesterday. it was reported, that His Pauss,•r; MA JESTY had taken 114nover under his protalio. ; that the British troops wete partly emba►ked ; and that a considerable subsidy was to be imme diately sent to the Continent. Others assert, upon the alleged authority of private letters, from our army on the Continent, that the advanced posts of th" French and British troops are contiguous to each - other, and that it was thought the French wooll make a speedy attack. We do not know ;;hat credit is due to any of these runtours. Yesterday, soon after one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Lord MULGA Alfa% Office, which was attended by Earls CH ITNAP4 and CAMDEN, Lords Hawk esaurtv, Mul GRAVE, and CASTI AREAOIII. The Council sat till near four o'clock. The ReSSIA 24 Akr riAssAooa attended at tke Office from one till three o'clock, and hadifte quent conferences with Lord MULORAVI. Yesterday morning, Prince,tes AvctsrA, So. 1.141 A, And AMELIA, attended by the (lon. 'Ors. EcnitTos, took an airing, on horseback, i• 1 Windsor Greda Park. On Tuesday morning. the RUSSIAN ASS! ‘SSADoa had a consultation with Lord bilkiLGit ASE, from one till three o'clock. Yesterday a Court of Urea( rs was held at the East India when the andtr-mentinned Com manders took t:av:r leave of the Ccurt, pre vious to departing for tacit jt celive destinations ; vie.-- _ _ _ Caps. W Durrel,r4. 'ere*, itinitiay and China ; and W. fa:riax. Hugh Inth . Mas. ea Lea Bengal. Capt. Luke Dodds W 25 gown into the Walmer Cattle, come. eigiied to soin*ty and China. The Court adjourned, at six, till Tnesday next. Yesterday a Ballot was taken at the East-India House, for the elation of a Director in the room of Ps us Le Mesmer', Esq. deceased. On summing up the votes, there appeared 5 , 56 in favour of Capt. G. Mtr. Lire. who being she only candidate, was declared duly eleeed. The indhpensidie. whaler, sailed from St. Helena the 20th of November ; and the Iris, whaler, arriv ed there the 1!)th. The frantic and unprincipled ambition of the Gallic Usurper. it is now notorio:11, would, in the event of -ompiele swast, caitely disorganise and overthrow the whole system of the German Empire, and annihilate the poser and independence of the House of At:sr lila, by depriving it of the Tyrol. the kingdom of Hungary, and the remnant of its Italian dominions; and by s...tfttig up a Rog,/ Auto maton, of leis own creation, m the South of Ger many, who would, is fart, prove an instrumental governor, for himself, over Bavaria and the Tyrol; but who, at the same time, with his efrawal crea tures, in the West, would prove a balance and set off against the Crowned Head (Prussia), in the North of Germany. One of the mushroom Princes of the *paws house cf BONAPARTE, would, in all probability, be . fneed upon the Magnates of Hun gary, as a Sovereign; and Switzerland become an iotegrol parr of France, and camp.se two or more of its departments. Thus much, at lease, it is crat from the condue and declarations of the . 1'; rant, would be perpetrates' in the above contingency. And do not, we ask, intentions so swaafort, amply :Ind incontestihly justify the Allied Powers, in am-apnea tototz the Usurper of the French 1 hrone, for at temp-s, in future, to disturb the traoquillity, and undernibie the independence of Europe ? And, if Prussia, boldly and manfully comes totward, this can be done ! Should Ili , MAJCiT Y. as has been stated, deter mine upon -stablisliing a Sew Order of Knight hood, for the reward of military and naval merit. m,re will be dnne is that way, during the resent reign, than in those of all the rtec eJi g Kings of England ; .t., c: dependent of the in: oration intro duced in the Ancient and primary Order of the Gaiter, in 1716, by which the original numt.er .-1 twenty-Svc Knights Companions, as ordained by Enw AID II!. were to be exclusive of such issue the reigning SOVEI:EIGI4 as may be invested with the Order : the original Institution of the Iri►h Ol der of St. Patrick. and the projefted one of Military mod Naval Merit, are the measures of His Present laJr.sre. Those instituted by preceding Sove reigns mere only the Garter and Beth. The Stets Order of St. Andrew, or the Thistle, was an wi ginal institution of the former Kings cf that country. Yesterday and the day bef-re* rumber of Pollee Officers were employed at Radcliffe Highway, is cohering Lastars to be sent on board bLi e bound Flory baJ bosun to secrete themselves. to avoid re:stain to their •,an country. Snale of them rettued the authority of the coniumbles t hut they Mete at lest almost all rzeu-ed, and *taut oa board their respective -hips.