The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1808-08-19 00:00:00, page 2

Price or Stocks, This day at 1 o’clock.
—Reduced, 68 ^ 7-8—Omnium 3 J—India
Bonds put*.
Manchester-. Tune 16.
This morning, we are informed, 24 «>t the
persons taken into custody at Cheadie Moss,
were conveyed from Stockport to Chester
castle, to be tried on a charge of riotous pro
ceedings. '
^t Colne, Barnely, and many norther parts
•r Lancashire, uot the least disturbance has
occurred, nor any discontent been express
ed ; and notwithstanding so many exonerat
ed anti improbable stories, there has been
but one life lost during the whole of the dis
turbances.
i. uk n r , jum u.
Last night at eight o’clock, after post, a
schooner ran into the bay, under a very hea
vy press of canvass charged with dispatches,
it is* id, Ik givingan account that the French
fh et had escaped from Brest. The whole
of the fleet under admiral Lord Gambier,
got under way immediately, but I fear have
made little progress down the channel as
there is very little wind.
Captain Olcott, fr« in St. Pierres, Marti
nique informs, th.it previous to his sailing,
advices hud been received from the Spanish
Maine, stating th t an Embargo had been
laid O'i all vessels, in consequence of the
News of the late revolution in Spain.
ITALY.
Tyramj of Bonu/iartr at Rome.
Komk, April 23.
His Ho iness persists still in the same dls
pos.tion with respect to the concesssi- ns
which have been required of him. To
wards the end of the last month his holiness
addressed, through his secretary of state,
the following circular letters to all the car
dinals who had received orders to quit Rome,
conceived in these terms:
“ His Holiness, our Master has command
ed his secretary of state, cardinal Doria Pam
fila to make known to your eminence that
his heart has been penetrated with the most
poignant grief on being informed of the or
der given by the French general to so many
members of the Sacred C ollege to quit Rome
within 3 days. His Holiness, whocleavl. sees
that this measure tends to overthrow the em
pire of the church, since those members are
removed from him who are necessary to the
direction of his affairs, and at last Ins mini
ster, his vicar, cannot in conscience permit
this departure. He prohibits, therefore, e
very one upon his oath of obedience to re
move from Rome, unless absolutely compel
led by force ' and his Holiuess forsceing this
case that after having torn your eminence
from ids bosom, you might be ieu at a cer
tain distance from Rome, is of opinion that
you should not continue your journey, unless
compulsion should be used, to the place desig
nated to you ; in order that it may lie h mat
ter of public notoriety that your removal from
thehead of the church has not been volunta
ry, but from compulsion. The virtues of all
the individuals who have received the order
to depart, alone support the afflicted soul of
his Holiness, and are a pledge to him that,
according to his example, they will support
these persecutions with patience, and that
the sentiments of the sacred college, far
frnm ijeiug wcakt!’?d, will be strengthened.
Pan is, M-y20.
TRANSLATION nf a letttr vsritten in Span s'
by ling Char it t IV, to hi* sun, the J*rii.ce f As
turias.
Mv Sox,
The faithless councils of the men w ho sur
round you, have brought Spain into a most disper
sing situation. The country cannot now be sav
ed but by the emperor.
Sin- e the peace of Basle, I have been always
con need, that it was the first interest of mv peo
pl*. to preserve a good understanding with France,
and I have considered no sacrifice too great to
attain that object. Even when France was the
pieyof temporary governments, I determined to
r press my own inclination, and he guided only bv
a regard to sound policy and the welfare of my
subjects : But when the French emperor had
restored order in France, then apprehension was
in a great degree remov ed, so that 1 had then
new rousoHS for remaining faithful to my system
of alliance.
When England declared war against France.
I bad the good fortune to remain neutral, and
thereby to afford to my people the advantages of
peace. England, however, soon after captured
four of niy frigates, and made war upon me be
fore war was declared. Thus v\ is 1 compelled
t) repel force by force, and the evils of war were
extended to my subjects
op ill UCII1£ dllliuuiiuru l»> <11111 IJCIII^
indebted for her greatest prosperity to lu-r trans
marine possessions, sufi red in u-e i It n any otliei
country by the war. The interruption of trade,
and . “1 the evils connected with that state o af
fair , were txperic need iiy mv subjects, some of
■whom were uncandid enough to throw ;i|l tut
bl un<- on in • and im ministers. 1 had however,
ai !e .st the consolation that the eouiitrv vvass.d'
and had no re son to be ai irmed f r the preser
vation of my provinces. At tin* same time, 1 was
the oi Ij kingof hmope wiio lived in tui.s see nr -
tv, amidst 1 lie convulsions of these hitter tin es ;
and 1 should still liuve enjoyt il lianquility. had il
not been for the. advice which n.-s Inrin.-d y >n ..
s.de from tin path of duty. Y■ >u n . e men too
easily led aw.v In the hatretl which votir hi -
wife cherished against F.at. c, and _>ou h.vcpu
ticipated in her obstin: tc disl.ke to my ministers,
your molhci at ii mysc If. .
1 resorted t'» liie rights of a father and a ko.g,
and arrested yon, when 1 found among yn. r
pers proofs of your guilt —But at the t nd oi u
career, about to become the prt v of grief, 1 ten
for (lie tears of your nether ami forgave you.
Meanwhile, my subjc is were agitate d I t th<
false representations oi a fiction, at the he..d d
Which yotl placed y<.iir-eit‘ F in that inoniv.
the peace of my life was gene, and to the et
which bad befallen mj pe* pie, 1 I- d still to dd
tliat dislrt ss which the d sttnion cd rr y ! mily li .d
occasioned. Even im monsters were fl.imhued
to the emperor of the French, w ho, tnnikiug that
be perceived that Spain wished to depart 1 . in
her alliance, and .seeing the disp<>> tinn to disor
der even in n<y family, occupied, under various
pretexts, mv states with his tloops ; but so long
as they remained on the light side .f tin* L»m,
and up eared destine d to iiiaintaili vop.nninic.d im
v.iili Portugal, I hoped that lie would icitun to
tliose f. clings of r> spcct ..nil iViemLsh.p which lie
bad »l ways testified t<Jw.tids me-. While i learn
ed that his troops ad. need toward, my capital,
1 felt it necessary to assemble my aimy i.routici
m*, in order to e-irinbit n r-ieit to my illustrious
Idly in that state w hicli hco.nie the kinged Sp-m
Thus I expected his cl »>hts woul 1 Ik- removed,
and my own im crest adjusted. I recalled ir\
troops lro»n Portugal, and oidircd those in Via
drid to evhrusle HIM t ; it il, tout directed th.-iu
to assemble on fcetvrn! pools ot the nniti-ii by.
‘i Ins was imt done- (or t".e p. rjiose of i.bai'dpning
my subjects, but on tiie coni r.ii y, in on! rtom in*
lain n ou worthily tin g uv •>. t*. • < ri;v-n. Mi
1> g experience convinced me that the emperor
c f the Fi eneli, eoi.sialeii' ivill, his c v n u.te
i''c,ir., .•nd the* extended j-'if.to-al r-v s > in of the
continent, to .Id uiteU in ”0 wish p rj- sl:oial to
tny nou«e. Mitt in the mean tune, v.unt was your
conduct ? You threw niv whu.e p:.l*re into con
fusion. You instigated toy guat ds to turn against
me. Your father was your prisoner My print
minister, whom 1 had reared afid ado, ted tnt
my family, w.-s dragged bleeding from dungeon
to dungeon. You have disgraced my grt y hairs ;
you have bereft them of a crown worn with his
tre hv my ancestors, and which 1 had preserv- d
without a stain ; you have asaended my throne,
and put yourselfinlo tlie hands of the people 01
Madrid, who are instigated by the members oi l
ycmrpurtv, and of the foreign troops tli.it have
entered the city.
The conspirarv at the Escurial was accomplish
e’, and the acts of tny government were cott
s gned to public contempt. Old and loaded with
inHt tnities, 1 could not w itlistand this new mis
F ft tine, and fled to the i'lencli emperor, no lun
ger as a king at the heat! of his troops, slid sur
rounded with the lustre of the throne, hut as an
unfortunate and iban lotted prince. I iiuve found
jiiucc oi rriuprc am: pnuecu >n in uu: nrusi ui
Isis army. 1 snn indebted to him for my life, for
the life of my queen, and that of my prime mi
nister. 1 have followed you to Bay n ic You
have brought a flairs to such a state, that hence
forth even thingmust depend upon the arrange
meets and protection <>t‘ this great prince. To
ia\e recourse to insurrection of the people, to
plant the standard of faction, would he the ruin
f Spain, and would reduce yourself, niy king
<1 tut, my subjects, and my family to the greatest
wretchedness. I have opened my whole hcnrrfct
be emperor. He is acquaint* d with all the in
sults 1 itnvc received, and the usurpations impos
cd upon me. lie has declared t<> me that he will
never acknowledge you asking, and that the ene
my of his father can excite no coniidence in the
.aerst of a stranger. He tins, besides, shewn
me letters which contain proofs of your aversion
for France.
Tod r these circurastanres, it is evidently my
right, ami still more evidently my duty, to spare
the blood ef my subjects, and not at the cud of my
days to ad pta course which would < xuose Spain
to tuc and sword, and reduce the country to a
most wretched condition. Assuredly you ought,
1. itl l. 1 to year duty, and to the feelings of nature.
;<» have rejected the traitor ms counsels given
you. Had you constantly appeared by my side,
r . dy for my defence, and had waited till the u
sti d course of nature had raised you to the. throne,
then the political interests of Spain might have
been brought to coincide with tne interests of all
Doubtless for those six months circumstances
rive been very critical ; but such as they were,
i should not have feared to meet them, support
e 1 by the good conduct of my subjects, and even
inv own feeble ofibrts, but above all, w itli the tnc
r.d power wide h 1 should have possessed in pre
posing to my ally an arrangement calculated ti
reconcile the interests of my subjects and iny fa
mily. In depriving me of my crown, you hare
broken your own in pieces; you have stripped it
»f all that vis illustrious, of all that renders it
sacred in the eyes of men.
But your con Uict towards mo, and your inter
cepted letters, have erected a brazen wall be
tween you and the throne of Spain. I am a king
m ttie right of my ancestors. My abdication was
•" ";>ns; qvicncc m coinpuisioii I iuivc, therefore,
nothing to receive from you. 1 can consent o
>° meeting—1 will consent to nothing that may
occasion a civil vv.r, or insur cctinn. Kveiy
tilingought to bed.me for the people, but nothing
by tin m, and to forget thin principle is to make
ourselves guilty of all the consequences which its
neglect occasions 1 have, through my whole life,
sacrificed myself for my people, and at the years
at which I. m arrived, I shall never do any act re
pugnant to llieir religion, their tranquility, and
their prosperity. But all my sacrifices will br
forgotten whenever 1 am informed that the reli
gion of Spain, the inviolability of my provinces,
and their privileges and independence are seem
ed : 1 shall then lie rl own in rnv <**••:»*'*,
you all the sorrow which in my latter years you
have occasioned me.
CHARLES.
Done at Bayonne, in tlic Imperial Palace, call
ed the government, May 2, 1808.
[TRANSLATED FOR THE N. Y. EVENING POST.]
AURORA EXTRA.
. IIavanna, 22d July, 1808.
Cadiz, June 3.
The Supreme Council (Junta) of Govern
ment has communicated to the Council of this
city the following proclamation:
SPANIARDS,
Seville could not resist the impulses of its he
roic loyalty, of which it lias given an exam
ple in all ages. The king to whom it had
sworn allegiance, and whdm it had received
with unprecedented joy, has been carried off.
1 he fundamental laws of the monarchy hav e
been trampled upon ; the wealth, the customs,
the females, and every tiling dear to the na
tion are threatened, our holy religion, our on
ly hope, is about to perish, or he reduced to a
vain formality, and is without support or pro
tection, and all this is the work of a foreign
power, not effected by the force of arms, but
by deceit, by perfidy, making instruments of
ourselves, and perpetr. :ing these atrocities
b. the means of those very persons who arc*
called heads of our government, and who have
not scrupled, either from depravity, from
vile fear, or pci haps fi om other causes which
time and justice v\ 11 d scover, to sacrifice
their country. It was then become indispen
sahly necessary to break those strong tics
'' Inch impeded the Spaniards from arising
& displaying that generous ardor with which
in ;11 ages they ha e covered themselves with,
glory, and defended the honor of the n dion,
their Laws, their Monarchs, and their Kc;i
ginn.
The inhabitants of Seville then assembled
"i- -Tiii May, and with the assistance of
ali the magistrates and persons in authont
convened, and of the most respectable persons
of V 1 , la ses, created this Supreme Council
(Jmr ) of government, invested it with ail
i tiie.r powers, and ordered it todefend vel’gi
I' " *ht it tiion, the ’aws ani\ the king. We
accept s< »acred a trust, we swear to perforin
it. and ve reiv upon the efforts of the whole
nation. \\ e b van by again proclaiming S<
■ v.' r ug !*T* g; ,ncc to our king Don Fernan
do V I and vowing to die in his defence, and
i >is v. as riie shout of joy and of union Sc will
be so throughout Spain
A Council of (lovern nent scarcely formed
v.hen it violated the most sacred laws of the
monarchy : a President appojn’td without an
thor.tv, and who, il he once hail a right, has
tened to lose it, besides his foreign birth which
according to the laws, was an obstacle to his
bring President, a conduct always versatile,
and which tended to destroy the monarchs
themselves from whom he received his au
thority, and the laws which u!«nc could give
him pow er, could not nor ought obbge us to
repress our loyalty, still less to break the sa
cred obligations which we have contracted as
Spaniards as subjects, as Christians, as men
free and independent of all foreign authori
ty.
^Still less could the authority of the firs’
! i 'huntil of the nation, the Council <f • s
ti e, detain us. Its weakness has been wade
apparent by the tarot tain and inconsistent
i.'.e sit res vdrch it h • t ik^n hi this jan (in
tii( most important to the nation th u h <s e
* roccurred,and in tvlyich ii oujjht to have
tdtewn the heroic firmness to which a thou
u-tr.d niotim and honor itself invited it. lu
weakness, and perhaps its inUmv was exhi- •
bited in ordering the act of rentfociati n> of
Uic monarchy in favor of a foreign prince to
be circulated and obeyed; an act nuisi evi
dently illegal and void for want of power in
him who made it, since.the nnmatvh. wa<- 'it
his, not-is Spain composed of creatu e * sub
ject to the arbitrary will of him woo govern
ed us, and haH come to his throne S the right
of blood as he himself acknowledge . an t >v
the fundamental law’s ot them m.-i ii which
prescribe invariably hei-edit.tr. succt si ,
and over which the Council lias no • "« ,
but is under a sacred * bl gat', i t de n .
: their clwservance. Void, bee imc the state
of violence and oppression in which i- s
made, greater and more evident th. o th t t >
which he attributes his abdtc n inn. V d, be
cause the renunciations which have itcc-n
published of the king Fc-.d'.ur. tl'aic w.i : h,
anti of his uncle and brn tier, siipp* .->ing ’em
to be genuine, art- made in the same s* e of
violence, and were < > e < :>s the ret unci
ations themselves express! dec> ire. Y id
because many of the ro. a family who have
a claim to the ruouavcbv a.we i-eir limed it.
and to preserve it cntii —A ' led ■ 1 this
the horrible perfidy wh < i U s been mafic
use of, and vviiii whir-i dm Sn "i' ll nation
has been mocked. To our a’.iiu ce and sa
crifices that uniim owes t* 1 i:s v muted tri
umphs: It has obrii' ed < iv valliant troops
Conducted them to the m *st distant countries,
causes them to fight fn* her interests, with
out necessity as is well known, and for the
purpose ofweaki nlng us and depriving tisof
those forces. Her armies then enter Spain,
always protesting their object to be ou»* hap
piness under the prrt.ex* undertakings a
gailist the enemy, of which they no longer
speak. The people, with a generous spirit,
oppose the departure of their king will which
that nation ought to have been pleased, and
far from this, preserves a haughty silence res
pecting that departure, ik still more, make,
it a reason to oppress us. She -opposes divi
sions in the hation, and there is, n n* has there
ever been any so united in loving and defen
ding their king. She entices the* latte - by
deceitful language to her territory ; with a
generosity of which perhaps there is no ex
ample, the King believes them, throws him
self into their arms, and with a perfidy of
which no nation has any vestige in its annals,
si c makes him a prisoner, treats him di res
pectfully, and compels him tnc mi mt errn* s
which all Europe has seen with consternati
on, and every Spaniard with the greatft
grief; by the same treachery she occasions
his royal parents to enter her domin’ ns. an ’
obliges them to perform actions illegal, un
just, and which dishonor their august names,
both at present and to the latest posterity.
She makes prisoners of the other royal per
sons, even of those whose tender age would
have been an inviolable protection even a
mone the most barbarous nations
The Emperor convokes the nation to his
presence: lie chuses such deputies as he
thinks proper: he arbitrarily designates the
mode of electing others to treat in a foreign
country respecting the most sacred concerns
ut tne nation, when lie himself lias publicly
censured as criminal and contrary to the
rights of sovereignty, a private and respect
un irucr wrmen 10 mm ny rerninana >ii.
when he was Prince, to w«-itc which he was
perliaps instigated by the foreigner who now
pretends to impute it to him as a crime—It
is iu fact a crime and an act of rebellion in
an independent nation to obey a foreign Prince
and to rib cuss in bis presence amt under his
controul her most important interests, and
Seville, nor no Spaniard will ever be so lost
to shame and so destitute ht lnyalt\ itstocom
init suc'n manifest and atrocious rebellion ;
even slaves would not be capable of staining
themselves bv conduct so vile and infamous.
lie lias taken a thousand unworthy means
to deceive us ; he daiiy disseminates sediti
ous libels to mislead public opinion, in which
professing respect to the laws and religion,
he tramples upon, ridicules, and insults both ;
he omits no means however infamous to place
upon our nccksan iron yoke and make us his
slaves; his audacity and falsehood have ri
sen to such a degree as even to publish in one
of his journals that lie is united with and
favored bv the Supreme Pontiff and V icar of
Jesus Christ, when it is notorious and Eu
rope and even barbarous nations who have
respected his dignity, know, that he holds
him iu a state of the most heavy oppression ;
he has despoiled him of his estates; helms
caused h:s cardinals to leave him, as the Pope
himself states by violence alone, and for the
purpose of preventing him from exercising
the direction and government of the whole
j church, which the Pope possesses bv author
ity and command of our Divine Saviour Jesus
Christ.
Spaniards: all this imperiously calls up
on us to unite and prevent such atrocious at
tempts. There is no revolution in Spain.—
We declare wav against dm one. aid we on
ly endeavour to defend wliat is most sacred
against him, who under the pretext of alli
ance and friendship lias snatched it from us,
and who unless we contend with iii n, we have
reason to fear will deprive os of laws, of
monarchs, and of Religion. Let us then sa
crifice every th ug in so just a cause, and if
we ?trust lose every thing, let it be in battle
and 'ike generous men.
Lot us then all unite : the people through -
(uit Spain arc ready to take no arms; let tin
iii«»st inlellig.-iit i»u.n i>l all the |><oviiici‘K be
convened, that public oplrion mas he preser
ved, and t > refute tho e libels repleie with
inso’rnce and atrocious falsehoods, Let us
all light, each one in his own way, and let
t' e f hurch of Sp ii » incessantlv implore the
(if»d of Armies, wh - c protection the evident
justice of our cause insures.
And what have you to fear? There is not
in Spain a sufficient number of the enemy’s
troops to intimidate u- What troops there
are, are composed of different nati ns, oblig
ed by force to serve, and who ardently de
sire to break the chains w hicli have been im
posed on them — l iic situations which they
h ive taken are those m st suitable to conquer
and destroy them They are besides weak
and disma , ed, because the consciousness of
liisown wickedness makes the most valiant
man a cowan;.
All Kuiope will applaud our efforts with
the hi«ht t satisfaction and will hasten toas
■ist us. Italy* (Germany, the whole North
winch suffers under the iron despotism of that
nation, wi I eagerly improve the fortunate
opportunity which Spain prevents to emanci
pate themselves and recover their litx rtv,
their laws, their monarchs, and every thing
of which the hand of violence has deprived
'hem. I’ranec Istive.f will hasten to avoid
the infamy which would covgr her, should
-.lie he f aced to be the iuHtrumc ot f»f such
horrible perfidies. No, she will not spill her
• no:l in so \i’e a c tire. Siic has suffered e
Uongh in the expectation of a pc- ce and hap
piness which v ill never an ive, until she
shall be under the ca.pireof Ucas n, of Hc
ligi.in, I f:he lavs, and until the rights of o
tnci nations siiall be inspected ; nd preserved.
Spaniards: »our Country, vrnh nil thtt
you , v your laws, your liberty, yijur.
Xt \ ur li >ly Ueligioo, and the I.«>)'«•<* or
eternal • fe which that Kelt.pan alone p>vt
•tv ,< saiitl can sefeureto voa and your iVtci
■1 • are in manifest, in near and imminent
d u.grr
. kvili.k, C9th May, 1808.
i y order of the Supreme Council of Govern
ment,
Don Juan Bautista SfTRt.u: i».
Fit st Sect e’ are.
Don Juan Pardo,
Second Sec ret ary.
Don Gonzalo df. Aram kndi. Fit >t Soc’w
Don Alfonso Maria Xii.f.nkz.Scc. Se’y.
P. HITTSH 1\!E I.L1MEAT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, Ji-kk 1J.
HPjtl.X.
Air. Sheridan ri ~c, and addressed the
IT use, “ No; idistanding the latcne-s of
the hour to which the late discussion lias
continued, i feel ui'sclf called on to prose
cute the subject to which 1 have*, on a former
occasion, attracted the attention of the House.
In these davs of negocintion, it is not ivon
dcrful. a proposition should he made to post
pone the present consideration. 'Fhr propo
sal has come from a most respectable quar
ter, a .-id has been supported by some most
plausible arguments of my right lion, friend
[Mr. Cannhig had invited the Spanish No
bleman, hitciv arrived, to dine with him] :
namely, that as those who now represented
thv independence of Spain were partaking
of his hospitality, it would be better to per
mit them to pass their evening in Ivs sor.io
tv, :>nrl under hisimivtc -i ite care, th in com
pel him to desert them at the ho*nitable
board. This certainlv had some e-FL-ct or.
me when I first heard it.h.it as I have since
found my right hon. friend hard spatch'ed ;.
gall.mt General, (Sir A. Wellesley.) to sU
periutend the duties of the household, with
his usual urbanity, I feel no longer am lies;
tatio.i In proving a temporary intv hveniencc*
to my Right Hon. 1 .-lend by calling the at
tention of this H- ise to the most important of
all subjects at prevent for this count- v and for
Europe collectively; hoping the gall *.nt Ge
m*r*l will be equally successful in acco-n
pl'siting the objects of 'nis present mission as
he may here aft r, lu in t’nc completion of j
an enter: ri/.e for which his peculiar and ex-]
tra-ad'.nary talen's sccai ir t on] - to have
marked hint out, but to which th ■ urgency
o the times in which we live, and the judi
rd'-us t rangi uients of Ministers, have call
cfi n .it. When detached on that expedition,
w licit is to p rie the enthusiasm n:td the
spirit of the British Government and British
nation 1 have no d nbt h;s success will he
no ie-s conspicuous than that of his convivial
talents among the guests of ivy Right Hen
Friend. Let me assure the Home, that I
have pioi come down this evening intending
to lecture or advise the Government of thi
country on the measures they may resort to
for effecting their purpose ; far from it ; mv
province lies in a very short and confined
compass. 1 have before stated that 1 h»d
already consulted with my Right Hon. Frier d
on most of the topics w hich would necessa
rily commit themselves with the present
consideration, and lo re I must confess 1
.think it rather odd a Right lion. Gentleman
I should be altogether sn suspicious of thena
; tore of my motion, as to Ue apprehensive
notwithstanding the priiitv of my Right
Hon. friend, tlmt iln-jv mh-ht lj*> vorrtethi;:!'*
cl mgerous lurking beneath it. On the other
• hand, I wish to apprise t!:w House there ex
ists no intention on nty part to introduce a
specific motion on this subject, in such a
torm as shall exonerate Ministers from all
! responsibility for the consequences of that
line of conduct they m.-y hereafter oc indue
cd to pursue. I admit, uiul with gratificati
on and heartfelt pleasure. there is nothing in
my Right Hon Friend that is not amiable
in his private life, and energetic and perfect
in his public career, still J must say there
is no man inclined to act upon his own esn
viccion, and stand aloof from the opinions of
others; perhaps his only fault is, that whi.e
lie pursues his own determination with the
most inflexible pertinacity, lie is by no means
inclined to g-ant equal tolerance to the nc
tions or opinions < f others. It must then ap
pearl have been twice mistaken ; and lie-ice
placed in a most unpleasant dilemm i ; !>,- a
member of the Ministry, as bringing fi>r
j ward a motion of mischievous tendency, |>y
j my honorable friend (Mr. Wbitbrrad) as en
[ deavouring to cover the Ministry from the
scrutiny of the public hereafter. It is the
extreme of injustice on the pat; of mv Right
Hon. Friend to deny to any person differing
with hint in opinion, that tolerance which
the worth and energ oi his own fee ings not
! unfrequently make it necessary lie should
demand at the hands of others. Nor can I
express sufficiently my regret that any ex
pectation should be excite !, that 1 should
so far prove myself dest tu e of either pru
; donee or decorum, as to avoive ilv g’ ve n »
tree of an intended lecture to his M ijesty’s
government, on the expediency or propriety
j of their acqicsccnce in any specific recoln
mntdation of mine. Mv intention is simple.
1 my wishes are centered in the promotion if
the public g-'od. I propose to move a pro
p tioi. in this home, for thepnrp vc- of en
Raging England heartily in the cause of the i
cult raged nan insulted Spaniards. 1 wish
however to eng.gc this c unti v in any wile'
or marl specnl:«ting scheme fJr their inter
ests. 1’nt this I must say, since the pci iod 01
the breaking out of the- Fren'di revolution,
there lias been no such opportunity afforded
to this c. >untry to rlic ck tiie portentous
growth ol the empire and .strength of France,
as at the present moment. Since the enthu
siasm uf Spain seems to have been excited a
gainst the iinwc.rthv ti catirient they h >ve re
ceived, from one professing himself the: r ally
and protector; since in Asturias the brave
inrtigena of the sc.il have armed in defence of
their independence and national character;
the in >st happy result is to be expected from
their resistance/, should it !>c supported by a
similar dir,piny of patri.rism through Foain,
and the co-operation of Fmglaud. \Vc know
well what the brave \ turians have done,
andean again do.—1’very thing is to be ex
pected fi oin the concur; c nee of propitu use ir
cumst.nccs.—It has l> •m demanded, to w hat
purpose has the presen inquire l«*en insti
tuted in Parliament f If it was mv intention
to assist and co-operate with ministers, v hr
not have been cc.itentcd with making my,
representations to the executive government, I
and communicating with them in private f :
My plain answer is, that it is < f the last im
portance* t« Fp .in, to this c ountry, and tne
world, aat the rinients of the nation
should be mnd- kn wn nii 'Hig'i its reprcxr.o
t r.ives in this luaisc. It must Imvc its el,u
weight with tdl parties concerned I will
■> ) that 1 rose disposed to give mv Right
Hon. Friend all c nfidence io this as in other
concerns. For c>ne tiling I must, ir *•mninn
rtlcatiiig my :^i,fim?»fe.s, itipyia'e, t •/, Ih it
there be no no sina'l p 7 measures
:vconcd to. which n.-.t r, : .• .»Vav ike
>\£c«tkru*y>a»ri:m- * tr; a o{ i!,.-pt-rs j’sc
r*vr> '!;*««« ‘ffvc * .ties. .’/...a. * ut
v.h'.sc counci ls tlu v pveshV; jotb dN:e
P'*ft if not into contempt., h.-s a ntfclauchvV
tr.itli, tlv.t there lias 'in Figi-md, fra
consider.!! lc tune, no t!;'i)’,nv; wltkli lv.-.ii,.
tainiid vuh unv degree *'* consis.o.ncv ntiv c e
sol d ' nil. tor the r mini >n good. While we
I’.’-’ e talked laidiv of vindicating the liber-y
of Euro; the balance i f p >v. c •••, :t.i 1 th'1 * »
neval good, we have always b—-n detected in
some n irro-v sc.hf me <*f sel.'sli police. Jr.
S-C.:d of si ri!;ing at the heart of the evil, we
a*e rubbing at tlu- rhi.-ul. Nor has a dila-.i
ent conduct ever E--,n recommended to toe
c uti'rv, uaic. 1 < \ccpt in the ii-.vtance of
my Eight Hon. I iv'i .l on m\ r"gh*. f we vip
Air. \\ indium} and ih1.- i'lir trieus Mr.
Uii' ki‘. W .ifii we c il 1 on F.uropc to :»s
scri iiei" rights against French usurpation,
we f u get our principle, an 1 w • re fyuml
' n liing a a- i sng.i i— island, in the West In
vites. \t itli these principles of weak police,
1 am avowedly a' war. 'Fiiev a--e too flim
scy not to I-e seen through !>v the weakest
iutc.lccts. i wisli this c >untry should now
•act in a !) dd and dignified manner, or alto
get her desist from entering into the lists.
No wish to effect our own purpose of natural
advantage should interfere in the great
question otthe deliverance of F.urope. lam
not, I repeat it. a friend to an - romantic.
scheme. We should, 1 udrtrt, fee* and prove
die disposition of Spain. If the p -pn! u-feel
ing be alive to thei • oppres ion andd.sgi-i.ee
— d an enthusiastic glo.v in tiie cause of li
berty a d national gre ’tness and indepen
d. -or .* prevail, then it should most undoubt
ed')’be met by diet Ihitain with ardour
and promptitude. B n ipartc lias run a most
victorious rare, b .t he h >s hi her o harl to
c >'-.te>. 1 vv h 1* i’ -es desti. ute of abilif, and
.Ministers dev d fall integrity— i'h peo
ple win had bat jus' cause to wish for a rc
vol ition. H - has vet to feel what it is to
contend with an unani n >'i« -Mid injured peo
ple—C/fear/ //car / J W ,e .eve • his Ma
j st\’s servants shill be inclined to come
ward their rcli -f n thi b i1 1 and man
ly --ay I shall be os h -poy ‘o render th'-m
o’’ weak vcrv'ceinnir p ever, as ••••( — that
best and most unr'ght >.l .Statesmen (I.I F ix)
•low ut tnc uuirl til.iirs i is not rnvun,
1 trust, this discission sh n’d Imic taken
pi ire in Parliament—O r wc knes.< and
v •< illation have :n u!c an unfivorab'e im
prcsst. n against us abroad. The sanction
of parliamentary interference will arouse the
slumbering confidence of Spain, it will ener
gise her drooping frame, and to call for U
tnc patriots of the nation with firmness in
ner defence. It they seek to strike a blow
against the tell tyranny that oppresses them,
it is of the utmost consequence that the sen
timents of the public of Great Britain sho i:d
* f* nv tub fllt* rloplnuoil In »1w. T- 1/
- - - • - ' •••; »• V.. lit »*«W iuov OI iiU/Oj^U
1 regret it should for a moment be'-opposed,
1 should be a party ag- i >st them in anv p ib
lic project of utility. I am above such a line
of conduct; 1 cannot descend to d. dge or
watch them, in order to p< unce ' n then*
when involved in intricnc.. or difficulties,
through a zeal far the public service.—
Hear? Ilea"? The poor Asturians have
certainly claims to out regard and admi
ration, il not to our inflection and mp
port, by their late conduct and generous a
vnwal of their resentment and hostility to
nr enslaver of their country. If it should
b • found unsafe to enter into vhec Mit -st t»rr
.onally—if Spain should not rise in a con
gregated host to oppose the insidious iisur
I per—these brave defenders ofvheir country
mu-tsmk into that grave which ii isalre idy
swallowed their liberty. If the s »ir-tof re
sistance and enthusiasm d > no. extend like
wild fire, ’tis all in vain. Spain m ist fall.
To prevent any def ilcation on our part is
fie i.bject of my proposition, and happy will
ii be tor us, for Spain, and the came ol sd
most hopeless Europe, if liis evening’s dis
cii-sion shall have that effect. 1 snail con
clude, sir, with moving “ Tlia. an humble
address be pres** .v-d to bis \I j ;«.t., reviv
ing t hut topics ®f all proc'am at ns, whe
i tlier published by the '.Spanish g.vciommt,
th French c »iim-*.ndcr, or those acting > .,w
f *r the imlepend nt provinces of Sp -;-a sin e
die arnv il of the French troops*at .Madrid,
be laid l*ef >rc the bouse.
(Debate to be continued )
DOMESTIC.
PktKI’.siiur;;, Aiijjiist 1 fi.
<'n Saturday last, a y u g man belo: g'ng
tn oc Post-Office in thi-> t .wu, w .s arrested
oi suspicion of having uroke i open letters,
old taken therefr > u Bank n ;e-s to a con.-d
h-i' tb e amount, jr i er Irivitig undergone
a ; exa ninatir i hetn's* the civil authority,
ami being unable to pr cue bail f r his fu
t ire appear-ncc lie was c omitted to pri
se — tis trial w»!' come on before the Fede
r d court for the Virginia district, tube lieltl
a Kidimond in November next—Notes,
chiefly of the U iiteil States’ b ink, t-> the a
oi nut of about S irfcO. were found in his pos-*
session — \mi>.ig other circumstances of a
r.i v s spin i'h na ure, was toe discovery
0 t te hull'd of fur is tes, without the re
u. t a ng ports t correspond wit.r the sum®
—th- i noun, of two of toe halves was not
p’V«.' *f1 » p fan f*rr nr t Is « »*« t * * !lt '.VO
tc.l'rf hlbi cn h— nd a Dos’ JV.te of ihe
dmt t.l tin* listed Sr tte ., date;) lath Jun-*,
1'0‘>i ter S loo, in favor of Junes Steien
-cn, and iiiad.. pa\able b him to William
!• u Icon o ly, o his order. —\ »o her indor*
mentapj c rs on the hack . f he n tc.
1 hn; e perso istu the north ward nd south*
ward of Petersburg, who may have had th ir
letters opened and tlie inclosurcs purloined,
>n \y do well to forward a lift of their n >tes,
with a description of the same to the Post
Master at ton place, that they may he com
pared with those found in the possession of
this y 'lug man, and v li>.h arc now in the
htntUof the Mayor Jn< el.
MRF.TIOU IS BO ST OX.
Agr< c bly to public f: tre. a mcct'ng has
been held in Boston, “ t o take in’o cons Ica
tlon the opportunity th ,t is now presented
1 r -em n in r in some degree the emb i'ras*
i louts and restrictions on the to nn rrce *f
i he I' .i r i St ites, by a renewal of ti n !<• with
the Kit .1 win of S/ia n and Pcrtugjl, and
their provinces and colonies.’’
The result it as follows—
BOSTON, August 10.
The citizens of Bust on, in pursuance of no
t’Ce front the Selectmen, assembled vr-ter
«i iv for the purpose of investigating the ex
pediency of presenting a respectful ad b ess
to t'o* President of the United Srjt-s, rp
nuesdr.g h’.n to suspend the act laying an
ismlnrg >.
I he object of the rncit‘n;r wan supported
by V • (Jure, O; -, » ul :P\rgr.-<.*—and
opprsed by Messrs. Ida' c. Jnr'is, and Aus
tin. At i l«t j hour a c nnuilftcc was aj *