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concur in representing that the Constitutional troops are enthusiastically devoted to the cause in which they are embarked. There seems to be no •dispositiot► on the part of the Cortes to submit; and the French, therefore, will pro bably soon find that they have been grievously mistaken, if in their arrogance they hale as sumed that the conquest of the Peninsula Is al ready effected. FRENCH FiJNII3.-JUNE 7. Five per Cents. :Oened - 83 f. sc. Highest Lowest B7 f. 90 c. Closed at BB f. c. Bank Stock Neapolitan Stock .. 761. • • Exchange on London—Ohe Month... 25 f. 85 c. Three Months 25 f. 65 c. We regret exceedingly to observe, from recent proceedings in Parliament, that the new and spurious theories in Political conomy are making daily progress. We made some remarks the other day on the unwise determination which seems to have been formed for getting rid of the Spitalfields Act, instead of extending the operation of that Act over the whole of the Silk Manufac. tare, and, if required, over every branch of industry in the kingdom. SinCe then, the " Reciprocity qf Duties Bill" has gone through a Committee of the House of Commons, with every appearance of being speedily passed into a law, almost without opposition. As far as we can understand from the debate respecting it (for we have not yet seen the Bill itself), it would seem that it is intended to place not only the ship ping, but the manufactures also, of this and other countries on the same footing ! Last night, again, the motion for granting a Committee to examine the case of the Spitalfields Weavers, was negatived by a majority of GS to 60, and the Bill for repealing the Spitalfields Act was appointed to be read a third time on Wednesday. We would earnestly implore the House to pause even yet, before it accom plishes a measure which is most assuredly not less fallacious in principle, notwithstanding the confidence with which the contrary has been maintained, than it will be found to be pernicious in practice. We trust that the third reading of the. Bill will be vigorously opposed, and either that it will be thrown out for the present Ses sion, or that a Committee will still be obtained for hearing evidence. As it is on principle that the advocates of the Repeal Bill object to a Committee, we can tell them that the Weavers are prepared to prove, if reasonable time .be allowed them, that the principle of the existing law is correct,. and that on all sound principles which will really bear investigation, the present law ought to be continued. The spurious reasonings of the fashionable Econo mists me really so weak and absurd, that we are astonished that they impose for a single day on Parliament or the country. Mr. Ri cAuno, for instance, says, us a sufficient answer to the weavers, and as an incon f trovertible proof of the soundness of his prin ciple, that, " no man has a right to come be , tween the manufacturer and the labourer in order to put an artificial price on labour."—Now, in the first place, a price for labour is altogether altogether the creature of zation.—There is no NATURAL price for labour. There is a natural 'reward for labour ; but that consists of the whole of the amount pro, duced .by labour. Secondly, if we say to the labourers that the legislature has no right to in terpose between them and their employers, thtf labourers may retort, that in that case the legise lature can have no right to interpose between them and the possession . of the land ! Mr. Rt c.tano will reply, that no principle can be more sound than this, That property is entitled to the protection of law 44 Very well," rejoins the labourer, 44 my industry is my property,—is my sole possession: —thee interests of myself fad of my family,—our very existencey—demand that I shall be fairly remunerated for the exertion of my strength. On' your owns principle, I demand that the protection of law be extended over my property, of which, from the circumstances of society, in the absence of such protection, it is possible for other persons to deprive me without the return of a just equivalent." Here, then, we find that the principle of Mr. RICARDO is directly subversive of the rights and laws of property, while the prin ciple of the poor weavers is precisely the same with that on which the laws for the protection of property are founded! THE KING 7.). JOGLIFFE.-ThiS important case came on'yesterday for argument in the Court of King's Bench. The principal points were, Whe. ther the Steward of the Court Leet, who is the Judge of the Court, can legally nominate the Leet Jury ? and, secondly, Whether, having so nominated them, he can legally remain with them during their deliberations, to assist and direct them in forming their presentments ? and the Court decided, that though the general prac tice was for the Bailiff of the Leet to nominate and summon the Jury, the mem which had been proved to exist in the Borough of Peters 4ek tor the last twenty years sanctioned a de viation from it, and authorized the Steward, who is appointed by the Lord of the Manor, to exer- Oise this privilege, which involves the power, of nominating the` Returning Officer at the election of Members of Parliament for the Borough. - As it is a question of very general importance, and similar qtiestions In other boroughs depended upon the issue of this case, we shall In the coarse of a few days present our Readers with a full report of the arguments; at present we abstain from observation on the effect of the decision, either in a legal or constitutional point of view, hut refer our Readers to the discussions on Scotch Juries, which were alluded to by the de fendant's Counsel in justification of the practice at Petersfield. We pretend not to say how far the cases are analogous, but as some analogy be tween them has been discovered, we trust that when the system which has been so much com plained of in Scotland, and which has been in-. troductory of so many inconveniences and gross absurdities, comes under the review of the Legis lature, it will not be forgotten that it extends. to English Boroughs, and is there used as the principal means for obstructing the fair and legi timate exercise of the elective franchise. In the mean time, we hope, and indeed we have no doubt, that the present case will be carried into the House of Lords, that the important questions which it involves may be decided by the highest Tribunal in the Country. LORD COCHRANE'S FAREWELL- LE'T'TER TO TUE CAPTAINS AND OFFICERS Ot:;,TliE NAVY OP ( A bs (ra et, ) GENTLEMEN—As I am now about to take my leave Or you, at least for a time, I cannot refrain from expressing my satis. faction at the cheerful manner hi. illicit the service has been carried on, the unanimity which has prevailed, and the zeal which on all trying occasions you have shewn. These have compensated me for the difficulties which I have had to con tend with, and which, I am confident, have been such as never presented themselves in any other service. Your patience and perseverance under privations of all kinds are such as Chili had no right to expect, and such as no other country experiences, even from its own subjects. In all maritime states the strictest attention to the necessities of officers and men, regularity. of pay, and adequate rewards for services, are deemed neces sary as incitements to perseverance and the achievement of effective heroic exploits ; but your exertions and performances have been independent of all these inducements. Gentlemen,, by our united exertions, the naval power of the enemy in thde seas, though superior to our own, has been annihilated ! and the commerce of the Pacific is every where carried on under the protection of the Independent flag. To me it is highly gratifying to reflect that those services have not been sullied by an act of illegality or impropriety on our part t and that, while you have asserted the rights of Chili, and maintained and confirmed her Independence, you have so conducted yourselves as uniformly to preserve the stricte.st harmony and goO44.llow ship with officers of the ships tit war of all neutraratates. The services which you have rendered to Chili will,lloW6ver, be better appreciated at a future period, when the passions which now actuate individuals shall cease to influence, and when your honourable motives shall no longer be felt as a reproach by those whose selfishness has withheld the rewards of your fidelity, and whose jealousy has denied you even the official expression of public approbation. In taking my leave of you and them, I have only to add, that if I have not been able to evince my gratitude so fully as I plight, it has not been owing to any deficiency of zeal, but to circtunstances over which I had no con troul. Valparaiso, Jan. 10, 1023. COCIIRANE. THE KlNG.—(Windsor, June 9.)-111S JESTY, attended by Sir WILLIAM KNIGHTON, arrived at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park, at a quarter before eight o'clock on Satur day evening ; and, we are happy to state, in much better health than could have been anticipated from such a ride after so serious an indisposition. The KING'S arrival was celebrated in Windsor, Egham, &c. by the ringing of the bells and illu minations. His Majesty's yachts the Royal George and Prince Regent, Captains CAPEL and Sir MzcitA EL SEYMOUR, are ordered to be fitted at Portsmouth for sea.service. The Princess AUGUSTA is now on her return to England by way of Homburgh and Ludwigs burg. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE accompanies her to Gottingen. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of YORK left town for Frogmore, the residence of her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA, where his !Loyal Highness will remain during the Ascot Races, and will entertain a numerous party of friends, the same as his Royal Highness was in the habit of doing at Oatlandr. Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock, Prince LEOPOLD, accompanied by Sir ltonEwr GARDINER and Sir HENRY SETON, left town for Claremont. DEATH of JUDGE FLETcima.—The venerable Judge FLETCHER died ut his house in Merrion square, Dublin , at six o'clock on Friday last. It is thought Sergeant TORRENS will be his succes sor. Sergeant LLOYD IS also spoken of. Judge 14%mi-um was elevated to the Bench in the year 1806, by the Duke of BEDFORD I who was then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. ARGYLL Rooms.—Mr. PISTRUCCI last night repeated the exhibition of his extraordinary power of Improvisation. His subjects were well chosen, and his transitions from one to another were so rapid, and yet so well arranged, that no description would do justice to his judgment, talents, and taste. He allowed live or six persons each to select a subject, and to write according to his dictation. When ail were prepared he commenced his theme, in which he contrived to interweave all the different subjects, and when the whole was finished, each part per se formed a complete theme. The final effort was an admirable Impromptu on Sympathy.— The audience testified the warmest applause, which was but a due tribute to the merit of this surprising Performer. Hoantacc OUTRAGC—Last night an armed party attacked the house of litcuAan Cnorrs, Esq. (father of the Sheriff elect of this city) si tuated near Ballybeg Glyn, and on the high Mail-Ccach Road between Mallow and Butte vent. Mr. CROFTS, not having any arms, was obliged to admit them, and, on their demanding 101. in money, which he refused to give, alleging that he had it not, one of the ruffians fired at him, the shot took effect, and we deeply regret to kat*, that he was con;idered in imminent danger at the time the messenger left him. He was a most respectable gentleman, of mild and amiable manners, and, we have heard, remark ably popular among' the lower classes.—Who then can reckon himself safe in this crusade against life and property ?—Cork Mercantile Chronicle ) June • . A.IxPEAt, TO THE `PEOPLE OF GREAT - - - -- • I haVe arrived from Spain, and I come only to plead, the cause of my country before a great and generous .. people, among whom liberty and independence have always found and always will find a fi rm support. Not that this sacred cause can have avowed en em i es i n E ng l an d ; n ot that the Eng lish People can be cold spectators` of the contest in which we are engaged ; but in the midst of that interest *which the cause of Spain, nspirea amongst Englishmen, it may, perhaps, still be demonatrated to them how important to themselves and to the general - Collie of liberty, at the head of which they are placed, are the questions enveloped in the great question of the day, Perhaps they are not sufficiently aware of the danger with 'Which they themselves ire menaced. Notwithstanding the solidity of their Constitution, and .the immense pros perity which tlsey enjoy, perhaps the eftbrts of the French police to distort facts, to weaken the interest which our situation inspires, and to alienate the minds of others from us, may at length be crown e d w i t h som e succ e s s in England. 'Dins we :may have enemies that neither Mina, Morino, nor Ballasteros can combat, and so much. the more dangerous be cause their progress is more tortuous, and their conduct more perfidious. Let us endeavour to beat down these obstacles which prevent the frank, energetic, and active cOoperation of the people of Great Britain in the cause of the. Peninsula--a cooperation which that people oWe to their glory- r to the rank which they occupy amongst civilized nations, and to the basis on which Is founded their own immortal Constitution I It is not the restitution of :Ferdinand to a throne, - on which he cannot maintain himself, but by the excesses of despotism And the . phantoms of superstition —it is not the defence of reli gion, which the Spaniards have not ceased to revere—it is not the repelling an attack trade upon them withOtit any just ground, which have excited against the Spanish people the sanguinary fnry of the monarchs of Europe. It is the re•esta blianent of the great principle of the sovereignty of the people ---a principle to which they o e their crowns, preserved to them by the Spaniards in 1814, bu a principle which they regard as a most horrible attack upm their -chimerical legitimacy, and which has put in motion so limy Congresses, so many notes, so many diplomatic intrigue which has setin action $0 many passions, and the destructionv of which is nevi regarded in the Cafiinets as the rise quo noniof royalty In this so much strength, so much happiness, they see nothing but the general rising of the weak against the strong, the .universal conspiracy of general interesttagainst, the interests of a small , number of families, the approaching ruin of a power which I can only be sustained .through the blindness of large masses of people, the termination of . all the abuses on which the two Colossi of -absolute power and fiinatieism are founded, and the 'restitution of nations:ollldr ancient dignity, which is utterly. incompatible with 7that false dignity with which it is wished r 4 enviroq thrones, and the high ranks that .surround them. They endeaVOured not only to put in motion all the passions, but to sustain them out of the substance of . the people. These passions'ivere simultaneously awakened in those resorts of degraded linings which are called 'Courts.— They wafted every where the spirit of' vengeance, and lifted fire axe of the executioner. Fear magnified in the eyes of thOSe ,Whose interests were menaced—the objects of their indignation. "They fulminated an anathema against all nations, because all had wrongs to a ven ge and rights to defend—they saw every where secret understandings, mysterious correspondence, poig tiaras raised against the hearts ',of the powerful—they decided to lay the axe . to the root, and the destruction of Sp a i n was sanctioned by the unanimous consent of the oppressors of man. l ' kind. By diplomatic transactions, of which they scarcely took the trouble to veil the odious character, they pretended to con vert this . immense conspiracy into a private quarrel bet ween a foreign King and an inoffensive Nation. Spain was to he sa crificed in hecatothb before the throne of Louis XVIII., whilst the real idol extended from the banks of the Tiber to the vici nage of the Pole. It was undoubtedly a heavy load of prosti. tution and of vice to lay upqn so execrable a Ministry ; but there was an abundance of dualities that Were all a Monarch could desire. Now that the most infamous perfidy has been exhausted to give to this aggression a colour of justice and necessity, now that foreign armies have invaded the territory of an innocent nation, now that all the train Of despotism is in motion to strike that blow on which it stakes its existence and its pre. servation, it remains to fix the point where this criminal en terprise shall be stopped. Lo4king to ourselves we know to what we shall be led ; we knew perfectly well the fate 'which awaits us, should we be capable of retrograding , in the , ioad,of honour. The Inquisition, with all the refinements of ila'barbarous cruelty, privileges with all the depredations which accompany then), absolute power, with all dm ragkof its recriminations, and all. the absurdity of its caprices, the degradation of slavery, the inevitable blind ilsnorance of a Jesuitical and lijgotted o,zeatian, the infernal al. liance of -French Ultraiint with otir""ehrtating Monarchism, executions for the most innocent thought, espionage, de nunciations; such is doubtless the civil and political existence destined for us. But shall we be the only objects of the frehzied vengeance of the Bourbons of France ? W ill they return the sword to its scabbard, after they have torn the pact which con. netts together .all our interests, and in which our existenc e as a nation is based ? N o , they will still go o n, they are opp ose d not only to the Spanish Constitution; but to all Constitutions, because every Constitution suPPoaes, if not the generaliwill, at least a certain respect for the general interests, whilst they look to no other interests than those of their decrepid dynasty, and those of absolute p ower , w i t h which the exist. ence of that dynasty is identifi e d. Wherever in the pro gress of human reason, the germs of independence, and of Elm love of country have been developed, the Bourbons of France would find eneinies whose destruction would be in- sought to be established, th e dispentible to their preservation wherever the truth was Bourbons of France would hasten to extinguish its light i n torrents o f h u man blood ; —wherever there was hatr e d of Jesuits, the Bourbons of France would fly to the aid of their allies ; wherever the words justice, truth, and economy were -p ronou nced with respect, the Bourbons of France would gorge the scaffolds, and regard such nations as associations Of criminals ' or as the resorts of wild beasts. And this abhorred dogma of the sovereignty of the people, what will they not do to efface it from the remembrance at ? The abolition of all th e acts w hi c h emanate from it, hostility against all the ideas resu l t i ng f rom it, such are the means which must be carried into operation to assuage the anger excited in the upholders of despotism by this principle of the common law lumPe, whi c h i s no thing in itself but a Very simple rule of sound reas on . Th e Constitutions of Ger many and the Netherlands w ou ld di sa ppear, without leav ing the least trace of their existence. France would drink to the last dregs that cu f g of ignominy and degradation, of which it is now ng large draughts , under the illusory regime of a violated ch arter ; a nd you, also, English. men, you whose arms and tre asure have replaced on their throne that race, which, happily for mankind, is about to be extinguished in obsurity and debasement, you alsowould be..come the objects of its fury, and o f all it vengeance. Amongst you the principle of th e sovereigmty of the people has been sanctioned in an unassailable manner. , --by the results of yew. glorious Revolution—by the choice of the Dynasty to whom you have confided the reins of Gevernment—by the tin. mense prosperity which you enjoy—by the solidity of your rights—and by the moral influence which you exercise over all the nations of the world. q'his Is therefore a crime for which you will never be pardoned in the .t.tr Chamber of the Pay villon Menu, and no effort will be spared to make you pay, dear for the triumph of a political theory to which yon owe such a mass of happiness. Undoubtedly your maritime and territorial powers place you beyond the reach of any attack. Undoubtedly a breath would suffice you to reduce that throne which you erected against the general opinion of the civilized world ; but do you believe that the enemies of liberty have no other arms than.swords and cannon ? Do you believe that they would combat fate to face that Colossus of power which you have founded upon liberal ideas? No, the persecutors of liberty are also the corruptors of public morals. They knew how to dissever, by means of seduction, ties which they dare not break. Their influence is a subtle poison which introduces itself every where, which corrupts all, and against which it is impossible to guard. You have morals, you have a firm Government, you have Representatives who watch over your interests and your happiness ; but are these obstacles to that which respects no barrier; and the whole of the morality of which lies in individual expediency P Let them destroy , liberty on the Continent, and they would then destroy your influence, which is so much the more energetic, in proportion us the na tions with whom you are allied are more free and more en lightened. Let them annihilate the doctrine of the sovereignty • of the people, and they would soon not acknowledge you as a sovereign people, who have freed yourselves from unworthy tutelage, and placed on the throne a dynasty of yOur choice. Let them exterminate liberty of conscience and the freedom of the press, and they would regards nur island where th ese va luable guarantees would be prnal as an imme nse f ocus of revolution and of anarchy. Let them destroy the Cram. stitution of Spain, and the other .Constitutions, or 'mita tions of Constitutions, which exist in Europe t • th e y wou ld soon think it very astonishing that you sho u ld h ave a Constitution, and they would direct against you th at h a _ tied which you would find not More inveterate than ex tensive. The general blockade, the Continental plan would then he carried into effect, not by bayonets, or the diplomacy of Napoleon, but by spies and inquisitors, by Monks an d executioners. They would make upon you a war of fanati cism and intolerance; t hey would direct against y ou t h e h atred of superstition ' , and the dark machinations of the polite. You would have to combat against a new age of barbaris ni-ragainet the interests of all the social supenonties—against the thun ders of Rome, launched by the hands of Cossack -etegainst the invisible action of an inquisitoriel diplomacy—sagainst Europe, combined under the yoke of, despotism, degraded by Slavery, led astray by fanatical ideas, and made to avenge the wrongs of its iniquitous oppressors, It is with Spain that this anti social system has conimeneed. Ni'ho shall say where it will terminate—who Can mark out the line Where its influence Wilt' be stopped ? The cause:of Spain is, therefore, the cause of all nations, which have not renounced all sense of their dignity— . -it j still shore the cantle of England, which naturally places it:lel?, both by its priority in the road of liberty, and by the empire which it exercises, founded in liberal ideas, at the head of all nations, Who Jovethem, anti who expect through their menus a long career of prosperity. It iv not, therefore, as a humble mendicant, Englishmen, that Spain presents herself befbre you, to implore your benevo lence, but as a sister wh o spews to you her wounds, inflicted on her by an enemy who is also your's, and as a friend who claims your co-operation in defence - of rights similar to your own. hlie,itnot abandoned and left without resource; she has on her side her love for liberty, her invincible courage, her vir tues-but youi decision in her favour twist sanction the dis. avowal which you have made of the oppression of which it is sought to render her th e v i ct i m ; and you must let the whole world see that her Cause is no other than your's—the enemies of liberty must reco g ni ze i n you i ts a d vance d posts, its most jealous defenders, its most ardent friends. Liberty is one ; the blows aimed at it on the Banks of the Tagus will be felt on the Banks of the Thames. Repel these base attacks—pronounce from the height of your power a terrible anathema—strike at those ridiculous individuals who, perhaps, reckon upon your silence andyour inactivity. let them see that you know how to act and to conduct yourselves, when you find compromised the general interests of humanity—demonstrate to them that they cannot attack with impunity the sacred soil upon which you have founded that vast edifice of your prosperity, your morals, and your laws. Your silence under these circumstances would be the t ienach of aristocratical principles which the Bourbons of Fraoce and their protectors, the tyrants of the North, would erect in the place of that public reason, which repels the ideas of feudal tyranny and oppression. Your silence would encourage all the enterprises which may henceforth be directed against the poll. deal existence of nations. Youir silence would afflict, and fill with apprehension all free and virtuous men. Your silence, in fillort, would be a tacit abdication of the superiority which you exercise over the political state of Europe. For this influence, of Which you are justly proud, because it is the result of your wise Constitution,—this influence, which your wealth, your industry, and your maritime power gi ve yqu—is a blessing for all mankind, if it serve as a barrier to the ambitious views of the despots, and to their sanguinary vengeance ; but it becomes a scourge, and a public calamity, if at aban dons itself to a criminal repose, *lien all the foundations of morality are shaken, when social existence is about to be merged in the depth of despotism, when the nations which have shared danger and glory with you, are exposed to the attacks of a ferocious violence, which is preparing for them chains more degrading than those which at another period excited your in dignation, and impelled you to take arms with a noble enthu_ siasm which will ever reflect honour on the generosity of year sentiments. The oppressors regard you still more attentively than the oppressed i they study your Movements; they wateh your conduct. Remain tranquil; be mute spectators of the struggle in the Peninsula, and you will see what in fernal joy will appear in their writings and their language. But if .proud of your name and of the recollections connected with yoUr history, you take the only attitude which be comes you; if 'the names of Talavera and Vittdria are not effaced irons your nunnory ; if public opinion, of which the in fluence is so powerful in your country, 'wires that noble cou rage which has already been crowned with samany laurels in my native land, then you will witness the destruction of that ins. menso machinery which has been elevated without your parti. ciliation, to erect the tomb of liberty; then you will make those tyrants tremble on their thrones, who never believe them 'trolly established, but when they ere connected by slavery anti carnage i then hymns of gratitude will be addressed to you from all quarters of the earth, by all whose feelings are not de graded by a debasing eubjection. But if we must descend from these high considerations to others which are intimately con nected with your interests, it , would be easy to demonstrate how much those interests arc endangered, hciw much the sources of your prosperity arc compromised if Continental. Despotism can indulge without restraint in all its rash desires. And if we turn our eyes towards Portugal, and' title of Its future condition, if the French armies should triumph in the rest of the Penin .sula, do you imagine that the Bourbons of Fiance would respect the assurances of peace and godd.will they have lavished towards the Cabinet of Lisbon ? Del you believe that this Cabinet would obtain a secure and independent existence e as a come' pensation for the inconceivable apathy with which it regards the cause of Spain ? Do you believe, in short, that you would be permitted to exercise over Portugal that unbounned influ ence, which his been for ages one of the essential foundations of your policy ? Know better the serpents, which you have generously warmed in your bosom. Once masters of Spain, the Bourbons would recompence, by the subjection of Portugal, by the total abolition of their new institutions, the unaccount able deference which they have °fit:tined from the present Mi nisters at Lisbon. ,Enemitis of the English name, and of F.ng. lish commerce, would fill th e poets and towns: They would persecute in English influence, and in all the relations with England the dissemination of enlightened and liberal ideas: This conjecture is not chimerical. Comiider the spring which sets in motion the force of France. Look at Russia, half civi lized, Russia, without finances, without soy inherent than that Which a Banker of London len& her ; see her working in secret to • obeein fresh aggrandieetnent; view her effort*: to ex tend lice powev to those southern regions from which the first sparks of liberal ideas burst forth, and say if you believe her to be so discreet in her views, so moderate in her plane as to re nounce the advantages which she might derive from time triumph of the French Armies in die Peninsula. For who can be ignorant that the present Government of Franc .1 is only a blind Instru. ment of the policy of the Cabinet of' St Peterehurgh ? And where will the seal of the Valdes and the Chateaubriands stop, when they see themselves supported and emboldened by a power which makes slavery the essential basis of its existence Now, all these ideas of passive obedience, of blind devotion to those who rule, are diametrically opposed to, and absolutely ineom. patible with the liberal spirit of your institutions, with which your civil and commercial relations are impregnated. Russia and France will never think their system consolidated as long as a corner of Continental Europe shall remain under the in. fluence of England. In 1814 your Ministry required from Fer dinand that the blood of the Liberals should not be spilt; and do you believe that the Bourbons would wish to see themselves exposed to receive a similar invitation, so contrary to their diameter and to their views ? And do you believe that they will not make every imaginable effort to put it out of your power to do so ? And see how they labour already to discourage the public spirit in England with reference to the cause of Spain. Their ridiculous lies, their false reports,. circulate every day, In your public jouenals, while wh o l e mont h s e l apse w i t h out any intelli gence from Spain appearing in theni. At length these daily impressions influence the general opinion, and for my. own part I can assuro you that nothing equalled my surprise on landing in England, to obs ave the false notions which prevail in many of your political circles, with respect to the situation of Spain. I have heard of discouragement, of failure of. resources, of I know not what dispositions on the part of the new Ministers and of the Cortes to subunit to the views of Franee. Permit me to pause a little on there Important points, and to subMit some facts to you, insteiulof those vague ideas with which the chinion of the people of England is poisoned. Spain presents at Present many points of resistance and of attack. Catalonia is de• fended by the heroic Mina at the head of 22,001 Y veterans, the number of which he has not chosen to augment; in his rear the battalions of the brave Cantina's, well disciplined, excellent marksmen, and jealous as they el says have been of their in dependence, occupy the mountains, and make incursions in the pietas, intercepting every where the convoys anti communica tions and continually barrissing the detached corps of the enemy. All those operations are made in unison with the brave Ballasteros, who occupies. the ancient kingdom of Va. lentia, a country fruitful in resources of every kind, where he is organizing the army which is to fall on' the left wing of the French, if they should advance towards .Andalusia. The strong places of time Northern province a:e in our possession, and are to be considered as so many strong points Warp:a to the Guerillas that occupy these provinces. Galicia conies next with her inaccessible mountains ; with her ierious, devoted, and warlike population. There Morello yrepares those bold strokes, those unexpected movements, Which have placed him at the head of the best Generals of modern times.— On his right, in the beautiful forest Eetreinatiura, are the can tonments of the army of Abisbal, an army which, whatever may become of its Chief, will never abandon the cause of Liberty,. for the troops which compose it have signaliied more than once their courage anti their enthusiasm, which the French them selves have been compelled to admit, when desirous of stating as certain the defection of that Chief, Which is not yet ascer tained, they declared that he. was abandoned by his troops.— Andalusia, that vast focus of patriotism and love of liberty, la- . vishet her resources on the brave Villactunpa, charged with the honourable task of defending to thelitst extremitythe asylurn of the King and of the National Congress,' In , the interior of Spain, the ancient Chiefs of the Guerillas have eciumed Omir influence and their . positicirise The Empecinado acts Old Castile, and Chalicom La Mancha. Numerous armed Anti wella disciplined bands have gone forth from Madrid and other an. portant towns. ,Among them we see a considerable number of men who have declared openly for the cause- of Liberty, • and who will not forfeit their principles, and remain at luime exposed to the rage of the factious. Eighty thousand raw re cruits, discouraged by the prospect of a national ware —eighty thousand men commanded by a Prince, and by Generals with out talents, have been rashly thrown into the midst of these numerous elements of destruction: And yet we are told of the discouragement of those who see themselves so superior ! And iris attempted to persuade us that thoie who have resisted all the power of Europe, will yield to a handful of slaves ! The Cetus, who have frustrated the plani or inteige.rs by their retreat in Andalusia; the Cones, who shortly before their deparuire for Madrid, declared in so ndble and energetic a manner their firm attachment to the Contitution ; the tortes, who see thernselveS surrounded by an Cnithusiarttic population, by a brave and numerous army ; the Cones are to sully their glorious Career by a 'mite desertion of those principles which they have promulenited in the face of all Europe ! The Cortes, who see the Spanish arms triumphant in every part of the Pen insula; are gratuitously to go and offer an Ignominious homage to the foreigners whom they . see ready to be Oterwhelined by the explosion of the patriotism of the nation and the army ! Men do not act in this way ; such conduct is contrary to all that we know of the human heart. It is never the conqueror who submits to the conditions of the Conquered ; it is never • the stronger who listenes to the imperious dictates of their weaker antagonists. • With respect to the new Ministry, it i s enough'io merge' Cae tmva and Tantliola, to be assured that men whirefteate suffered long and cruel perse,cutidn' for the Constitution, cannot be disposed to throw it away, merely becaue& it so pleases a Go vernment, which can only maintain Welt by the terror of arms; and the infamies of its police. Thus vanish the chimeras with which it is attempted to delude , . the people of England, to paralyse the noble enrhusiasni o f their generosity' and to disincline thein more anti More front a cause which they ought to regard as their own, an d to d e f en d as they would d e f en d the basis ef their own political exist'. ence. In vain is it attempted to give a ludicrous aspect to the interest which you take in our catuie, and to compare your,aid and succour to that which it affbrded to mendicants. One of Those .Journals which disgrace the press by their prostitution tO, power, has attempted this unworthy cipedition to. Check you', zeal, and arrest your activity. Hitt under this appearance of ridicule is concealed i'real fear of seeing yoii stretch a friend towards us ; of seeing you come to our aid and defence,; for they well know that there i§ no moral force in the world cont.: pitiable to that which the people of England eiereise, not only ovtr their own GoVernment, MA over all the civilized nations of Europe, and they well know, too, And the nation s in genera l do not yield td t h e li m i t ed V i eWi of a gloomy policy—to the puerile intrigues of Cribineesto die ineitlions nuteceuvree of diplomacy ; that great moral ideas, the general interests of humanity, and the crimes Of ambition can aldne put them in motion ; and that when once roused from their hahithal apathy by these powerful levers e every thing yields to their just wrath. Ihe power of conquerors eatushei like a breath of wind; and the assuming dexterity of negociations and congresses stems only the impotent efibrt of a puerile ambition. You have proved these truths by an example ever memorable -.-when, by a general and spontaneous movement, you flew to our aid ; you were prodial of blood and your tr easure wLen the policy of Napo leon would have subjected you to his vittorious car. You t h en saw not hi ng b ut the enormity of the crime, and you.• knew that it belonged to you to punish it anal at env. the .offence cduanitted against all the nations of the earth. And can we compere the war in 1088 with that of the pie sent period ? Then, at least, the Gothicism of our institu: tionl- - --the absurd arbitrary power Which weighed Upon out heads—the dissensions in the Royal Family, gave tome spe cious pretexts to the astonishing man who mine to restore public tranquility and cement social happiness ip a neigh's bouring nation; but what do the Bourbons of Franc: seek, except to plunge us into barbarism, and establish amongst us that fantastic divine eightthat inconceivable legitimacy, under the shadow of which they think that every thing is per.. witted to them, and that every thing belongs to them. Under what pretext can it be sought to destroy the institutions of 'a people who seek to create them by the force of their will end by the unanimous consent of all individual's ? anti bow can a Government meddle in the affairs of a neighbouring people, when it htis violated all the pacts entered into with that which it governs--when it hash drawn upon it more and more their execration; and when it only rules by overburdening than with onerous taxes—by destroying, the natural representation, anti covering the unfortunate soil with scaffolds and dentin.; ciators ? Such is the dreadful state of circumstances, caused by Princes imbued with f a t a l max i ms , w h o will t i n ts pre cipitate their *nasty from that Throne M which they Were restored by A deplorable policy ; and such is the per.: spective which they oiler to that noble and generous Spain. who has signalised in all ages, and by so many striking amplest her love for hidependenEe. No, such a scandal will not be afforded in this age of intelligence, and when we see fizure at the head of European policy a magnanimoui .people, whose wise institutions are founded precisely upon principlesincompatible with the sacrilegio us p o l ic y o f the French Govern ment. No, England will not tranquilly witness this sane guinery contest, in which her cause is attacked and her into= tests nienatied. The impulse has been given in the capital ; is will be followed throughout the English territories. It is by this splendid act Of your will and your power that you will put down at a single blow the rash and melancholy' system of the Monarchs of the North—aft is, thus thiti 1-6 ti will felegate to dui ice of the Pole the base slavery with which all the nations of the Continent are menaced—it is thus that you will preserve your superiority, anti that you will enlarge the sphere of your Influence, accompanying it by all the bitsain gi which arc the necessary consequence o f toleration, pinlosephy, liberty, knowledge, and independence.. JOSEPH JOACIIIM DE 1110 BA. London, June 8, 1823. IVIDRCANTILE SUNNING. . . PORTM SOIITYL, JUNE 0.-I.aglii airs from the Westward.._.. Sailed the Southworth, Latighton, for Rotterdam; and Cathe-' rine Stewart Forbeti, Chapman, for liOrnbay. FALMO TIT, .1 tr Wind W.—Arrived the Ann, Flem ming, from Plymouth for Prince Edward's Island, Sailed the Manchester packet, Tilly, for the Brazils; and lilartin:a of Queensberry packet, for America. • DEAL, JUNE N.W.—Passed at the back of th, Goodwin Sands the Old Alaid, Tully; from liava . inih. A rived the American ship HottgamY, Nash, from Ilamttirgli t;)r. Canton, anti remains wtth the rest of the outward bound. / •o' arrived arid proceeded up the River the Willing Alaid, FoWler, front Cadiz. Sailed the Eclair Sloop of war, ter Partsumuth ; and Frances, Bunt, for the South Seas. ALMEIRA, MAY 16.—The Swedish brig Europe, Sogestron, arrived here a few days ago from Marseilles„ with a cargo con. signed to a French house here: on entering this port, the Au thorities of the city went on b oar d, and landed the property, to' prove whether it is French or not. FASHIONABLE ARBIVALS. Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. and Captain line, at Hodgson' Hotel, Dover -street, from Paris; Colonel and 31r. Tennison, at ditto, from Ireland; Hon. Capt. Forbes, of. the Guards, as ditto, fr o m ; Scotland Genera l Brown, at ditto, from Bath ; John Steel, Esq. indfamily, at ditt6, tioM Berkshire ; Lo r d and Lady Alison, at Blake 's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Statibrdsinre; Colonel and Mrs. Steward, and family 4 at ditto, from a tour. rinTune&LSir Thema and Lady Lethbridge, for their swat, Sandhal Park, Sornertietshire; Sir B. Taylor, from Blake's* Hotel, tot Oxford. h iO astihn se:0o : 11:1,hr brno r fe cntolt e ttie,lip.rir ti taec a:tisog6t t colsir yiffii T haolii, n O t 14 0 f .-- h ! r o e , t t t r y Privy Hight, C o o n u d n o c i t l i ulo r t question nce of Y: c o'clock. law, ek. )7l t l h i e b ceecuemtejt tried cvslailt .ti:nisaiadAlieratoisstnrbnniniLotao.Ylooyoftnotiifiatklin;t4D.:(ggeolli:lbietiol,attt,tu)fCloma:l?),lDo,reicibrlisias:ouino:;isteigi:tntgtageottilittlrliii:::.doeacs'eonnls,ivfiettheoliSon.rtailebt::chrtehteduuitislrorinill(ltfel:cl)diElsueYte.asctk:eli. succeeded,ion by the judgment of the House of Lords, in 17'ort, t claim was opposed by his Grace the Duke of Hamilton, and C °ll laim th a is tit ° s e . his .)lajesty's Visit to Sept. land Loid Douglas again made the claim, petition to' the King in Council, to carry tl c c rown at Royal Pracessons in Scotland. No ti ne being then permitted to investigate the master, his Majesty appointed the. Puke of Hamilton to carry the crown, ;which .'he did, bt t that wts grunted with claimr to the claim made bv Doutdas, which will now t be . nve: tigated. L Ind ogi is n ihrsins that the Crown was always carried by the Earl:. wr Angus ; and he having % by the judgment of the House of Lords, siteceecied the heritable estates, that right descends, as patrimonial, wi It the titles of the territorial property. The I.louke of Hatuti ton oppoSes him, and denies that this is ;he case, bteittik the hOnours and privileges were personal, and conferred on the Earls a Angus and heifs male only., independent of the territory or estate. Because it is impossible to conceive that females could in. herit, as they could not perform such duties, anti Lord boogior saceeetled through a female. They did not puss by the titles relied on by Lord DOuglas, They were not annexed to the Il;n it i k t e t i t : l b o P f e r l 6 7 l t P a a t t t r n ed t i Y lt u t o:t i i i iv b r e i l l ' i l i n cl : l t i L a n ; :r:4 l : l l:::f i g h tl i l a t: D t a t k l is: t o t i f ty l; as t n e e:- . to :a ' t ie : t i i v e e e n r o n 7:t e i li " e v :i f ts l sinitigrl Anus to tf:lnowdutsiteinlohne imply other :o t t l i c i g e a l r r :s: ,ro , 7l" l: r4 ;i l4 ; e :g:t nt n i t t;: c t b h , i ii p ti rl . : s i t t t i t lt t l bt arc the OcCebieh. , ..l%iforning Pc,a.t.„Y