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PROCUMATION 10 THE BISCATANS.

NnaLk BUICAYANS !—The bitter r grist which
oppressed your hearts, ut seeing, your lattice land
threatened with the odious yoke of Ihr mat cruel
shivery, has at length broken through the barriers
which the irresistible force of circumstances had
imposed upon you : yes, your surferings are now
at an end end ; and a generous youth, full of holy
ardour, are flocking with eagerness to their
manikin's.

,t You culled for Chiefs to command you; and
you wow see placed at your head, men celebrated
for their talents and military knowledge, who will
' conduct you as it were by the hand to victory.—
' The creation of a presiding Junta. to direct your
operations, has beau one of the principal objects of
your careful attention. Ilere you rases* it, ad-
dressing you in the language of truth.
o Inhabitants of Biscay ! cast your eyes hack on
the ages n bleb have,passed, and you will see your
ancestors at one tittle repulsing the Carthagipiaus;.

at another, destroying the hosts of Rime : at ens
"period was granted to them th e. honotbaole distine,
Linn of•serving in the sari of the ar.ity ; at another
die privilege of eitirens. Imitate the glbriouti el,
autples of your so worthy progenitors.
" Yet know that absolute sithordutait:ma to your
Chief, and severity of discipline, are the iirlt of
martial virtues, without which none can present
themselves with the hope of success US the plaius
of honour. The Junta promises itself that you
will possess them in an eminent deg-rev,
" Let. the.iiiikoly voice of party-passions for ever.
disappear from among you : and let the suggestions
of envy hold no' sway its your lxmoini. ; let g
perfect and indissoluble union reign among vuo.
Ythur interests are the same—the seliti•neirts
animate you, alike—and the cause which you dr.
fend, common. %VIII you, therefore, seek to tura
your force against your brethren earl conistrimen,
arid to give the victory to yonr enemies ?
so disgraceful an idea! I.et the liberty nod pro.
perty of individuals be most religiously respected,
and ler the province of Ibiscay preserve the parity
of its customs, even iu the midst of tlie din of arias.
" lliseayairs ! the religion of your futheri,
cOllllO to whose holy miesiuss you have toe,' edu-
cated—the country to which you • owe your exist-
ence—the Lord (or Sovereign) which the consti-
tution and the bias have prescribed to• you-these
are the important objects which claim. velar melt.
tion, and oblige you to march out to the glorious
conflict. Cm you bear to be the victims of unit
utan's ambition, who has cridiiimoured to enslave all
Europe? No ; ;you were nut bum for slurry,.
!fasten, then, to give the most urti‘ukted
proofs of yOtir valour add patriotism, and rely upon,
all the assistance which the Junta min afford yoo.
SliaryoUr temples he surrounded with, laurels of
ir:Zl?tey', Mid your Amine be inintortal in the sauals
of Brecky (. • • •
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' • l'Al:tor/r,terolB4l.l.kt PitOentoirth, sy4ndAr.
pc HOT without a blow, and of
' .4),,ciftiagjrviic ad et in the Tarps.—
ThliiasitVliiiirotaat*ailonipen• the alleged
tit,. of /4,;l3itetrictsint -yrrsgel, spoken a
' RikesToefee *di Or: dispatches cautainiu.4 this
ir ihvre bsi. any fouirtutien for thi.
that. neither the Rises cutter,
:Dar beedispatcheir, have nizede their appearance.
• -ItiltirPopT7 orPriday hi t, 'we mentioned a re.
Pores .04 Admiral 'frinaNsumoucia.had folleu is
wick a- French fleet, on i:s way to Barcelona, of
v'vhicli he captured some ships and sunk others.-••
The report was said to be prevalent at Cadiz, en
the 3nth of itily. upon the ulkzed authority of at:-
counts averiatul from Malaga. The Spanish
Papers, !naught by the Corunciallliil„ coil Luci .us
artiele upon the stihject„ from Grenada, dated the
i7th July, which says—
" The incite of Malaga has eflicially renounced
to the Goveriiiiielit here. that on the :44th a vessel
arrived that port, from tvichthe Masterof which
,I,..elares, that on the 14th installs', there arrived a
Peclictgiviug inteilizetiee of the arrival at Akuehia
of en y.,ijoid, frigate, which had eislfered severely
in * comlnit between a British &Auk& Freud' wises
dron uff Toulon, au7l flue latietif.afiieti had left
that port with "eleven pbiplt, containing )J,oor
troops, who were to be disembutect on the-Bat:la:tie
islands; or on the Foust td ((irtstosigi,,whis.4l rpm.'
drba isnikiAlierloisink taken by
the filglllll,lwo'liad titr9k liadfflifset were per.
sued." .

lifiabsilid be littinifTstrif in; iair power to
conarin. the alsoie intelqeheel,, Thee dispatches
frost Lord owocio same *aim Ail tlic 30th
tait,:wiiti tit filasktilmawaccaupts of -say save' so.
rrAchl4;h6 Lord.
/I.4clttM.Assitimase; tan {reap reeeiteit fm®
t, r** ?ritty line a tie Al
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ing• b i "
tome soosarimpiaarasiv;sisitig.aff cedar; which
.144 t§! 11"1"*
that anKs-aunt t.Pie shays had reached
Gittraltiff,*? It iertainb. not iiiiiirwlilohle.that the
French nissisdil atteiapt to semi aurs;.' force to
Mi norea or. to B reel ono, iu the hope 'of getting
potwessiort of the. Carthaginian squadroo, or of re-
. lieviug the garriinu of Llareekitnr; bat if an se-
tion had been fought so long ago, it is singula-
that.no regular account of it should have reaciied
.England.

iVe yesterday gave the leading- featnree of the
Spanish Journals received by the nu►il from Co-
vomits, con4istitig of JOSEPH BOHAPAILTE'S
from Madrid, as far as Vittoria, and the retrent of
the French armies from liadrid to Burgos, with
the revolt of the Polish troops in the service of the
French army in SPain. 11 a now submit the details,
with some public docutnents of consids•r:iide
terest. It is not easy to review and fully to digest
the multifarious subjects of reflection which they
present to the mind. AVe shall endeavour to select
the most prominent, beginning with 1145drij.
JOSEPH'S precipitate retreat from that capital, aftes
a reign of eleven days, is fully confirmed. Put'
Tofer's surrender, and that of Wt:oi.L, seem to have
been the signal farl►is evacuation of a place *here
kis person was no longer 'Safe, and where his autho-
rity was extioct. Though we do not know that he
had contistuesl his flight to sayi•ur:e•, vet as this
Naylor seetus to posseWi'no !wirier, that

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render his presence with the French army

, useful or necessary, stud nu his sacred per-
nii4lit be au object of peculiar iiloinsrreisce to
'sets, it is highly puii.able that he way.

Jght abetter in France, as the Dutch
avvert. There he will 'ink into oblivion, un-
ison:ass can recover the aseeadaat which vo
defoate have compro uived. aad which oust
no ordinary exerlioue oil the part of AA-

nevertheless apparent iti.tiost to dem onstra-
nothing is farther from I:oNAP.titi'L's
iu-
than to withdraw his forees from the Etist-
Nardscrn portisa of the Spanish Monarchy.
as be is to subject the whole of the pe-
, and expelled as he has already been flow
the central, as well as from the Southern provinces,
he. may still retain the 'sift that extends from 'the
centre of Old Castile, including Burgos, to Bar-
crlooa. If can maintain himself there against the
whole power of the insurgents, throughout the ap-
proaching winter, he would unquestionably be en-
abled to resume offensive operations at his pleasure,
and perhaps under more favourable ausoiees. Con-
ruption, *eduction, jealousy, end all the arts or teen pt-

ations by which he assails the huntais mind, luny open
a way to his arms in Spain, a.; it has done 1.1 ether
countries. While he rttains t'ampc!una, Barce-
lona, Figueiras, and St. Sebastian in his hoods, the
emancipation of Spain is by no means effected.
This truth is indeed too obvious to require proof.
On thetSth EgIIDINAND ITU Wits to he forinn4
proclaimed King or SPAIN at Madrid awl Toledo;
and the Junta of Castile have proposed the este-
blislimeut of a Supreme Itmta, for the govern-
ment of the Kingdom, ad ifraterim, to consist of
Deputies from all thy Julius of the diderent pre-
♦iuccs.

By the Coruna* nail, whielcarriveil on MondaF,
dispatches were received by Government, which
state, that the French having beard. of .the. iiisnr-
rretion of the province of Biastay, marched ow the
16th an anay of 8000 men from 'Vittoria against
Etilbda. The Spaniardxsustained the attack with!,
the indict bravery ; brit not having had tirise to
'Tromp andelently Organized, and being totally
un-
eappdatedl &clops; they were forced to stir-
tender thetkon be ca?iltilatirin: The ter's* they ob-
tinned wereliiit,lils favoui•dbk• ; bet the periidiovis ene-
icy no *Mara rut pia :cation of thr. place, that', lost
to every sense of honour,
,justice, and humanity,
they violated the coati itiolis, and actually plundered
the- town of every thing valuable that it continued.
It is profitable that the t\flack awl capture of Bilbna,
on the 16th lost. was more a measure of punishment
to the Biscay:His for their hlainfesto and jtmction
with the Patriot proviaces, as well as for the sake of
pillage, than undertaken with any view of retaining
the place. It is, indeed, completely out of the line
requisite for the French to occupy, in order to keep
open their coat muutiestien with Burgos and OM
Castile. The two provinces of Gnipuscoa and ot•
Alava, are Indispensable for that purpose ; sad of ,
these, in which Vittoria as well as St. Sebastian are
situate. BEiSIERES is in possession. We know,
however, that the French evacuated Bilboa on
the 17th instant, after iiiondering it, and losing
shove fourteen •. bundled men, in cesidering
themselves masters of the city. Coo dearly do
they paretiwe• every advantage beyond the Pyre-
lutes; and 1113 • unlike is the defence ma le by the
81muiarolas t* that exhibited, by the Prussians or
the Austrians!! Mazlebutrg, and Custrin, and the
Silesian fortresses, on which every effort of modern
art had been exhausted, o;tened their gates ; while
the cities of Arroyos, of Valenti*, and of Biscay,
survousided with Moor.sh or Gothic ramparts; and
defended by their own citizens, either repulse the
enemy, or oppose to him the most determined, re.
iistanee.

A Meeting of the Freeholders of the County of
Middlesex was held, yesterday, pursuant to public
notice, at the Mermaid, at Hackney. A faithful
Report of the Proceedings is given an our subse-
quent columns. Tho following are the Resolutions
agreed to by the Meeting
That thr aniing. tLe Apanish Patriots the King la en-
titled to the gratitude of maukiad.

filly, Tim; • people wins will fight fur tbeir liberties, are
Cone moray 411 Ihe frienctrlaip urn &cc nation.
silly, That kshanir funs.] such allies is an crest peculiarly
gratifying.

eddy, That we ardently desire to see re-estahlished in
Spain the aneket Goveniment isf a King, aud an independent
Cortez, ea balanced as to secure their national liberties.
fithly, That hi the grand example of Spain is seen how a
viatica is to be defended, and how Europe is to be delivered.
dtbly, That what has been kst to the sacred muse of hu-
man librrty, by the levity, the vices, and excesses of France,
glace from that she departed, we trust may be regal* ed by
the gravity, the virtues, and the moderation of Spain.
The 7th resolution, which cause.' the debate,
and consequent aiijourninent, was us follows
That Spain being separated from France merely by
a line of hills, and Rugiand ins-rely by ■ channel, neither
nation caa hope for safety or repose, unless by menus of ma-
norial liberty, and national arms, the sole preservatives of
which are the reality of representation in the leslatares
and a permanent oaganisation of the males who are al..ie to
bear aims.

watomsrmimist
The accounts of the harbafities committed b
the French at. Rio Seco, as detailed iii the Spanish
foyers, are shocking beyond all description. at we
also those of their cruelties and rapine in their re-
treat from Madrid.

One of thwillZrid articles btatea, on whit so-
thority is not nientionell, that the Emperor of
Resica has acknowledged FUDINAMD VII. as
King 9f Spain.

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