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SP AIX.
VIP following is an Estrin fro. a Spetaishinds-
licatiett cslled The Sentaxario Poiriutieth which.-
. of the reforms requisite to Spain
Nothing is to be feared from the tire of patriots,
when directed by a national. body such as we
a for; on the contrary, there is no other mode
heating us, without exposing us to violent con-
♦elsioaa. If this greiit miderteking is to he itCCOIII•
pleshed, let the snide nation act in concert ; then
will every difficulty. vawsli-•-tiobles, plebelaus, ec-
clesiastics, husiiandmeti, merchants, mechauic,,
all Gone. penetrated with the necessities of their
respective classes ; they will perceive how the wel-
tare.of ea •h depends tiion that ot• the nation they
repsossot ; they will reeogoise the benefits of the
matued wacritices which one must make to the
-; they will establish the pern►totitt basis of a
constitution, in whichthe laws being perfected,
loges and rights of the throne will appear un-
h•d, and the duties and rigiefe of the elation
supports it;' front thence will proceed, gra.
i 80,1 brnt6cially, improvements in our legit,-
i nod internal ailiiiiiiistration ; front thence, in
^aril faith amid rontitienee.the only guaraLtees
re prosperity of states.
perhaps we do Dot possess the talent
persesselitig you, but you cannot deny the pron.
al persuistois of example. Turn your eyes to-
wards England, to that nation, our Ally, whom
power. rtstoni•h Europe, whore character is the
• Morrier which the tyranny of Frame has hither..
encountered ; whit is the source of that
strength which she displays ?-.-Thit public spirit
„dt arises from a Parliament. equally respected
the People and the King ; it is the foinituin
riches of the kingdom, defending liberty cud
industry, its inexhaustible treasures ; it is the sold*
that rigid chanecter which ►nudes the nation
rhiencile to the internal attack* of despotism,
the eat ..-.rd ones of foreign INAVer ; it is that
giving to every Englishman a well-founded
, of belotiging to that nation, disposal hint to
sacrifice life rather Omit stain that mast worthy,
Ask an E3.4lislignaii why he glories in being
The moot obscure mechanic will reply with-
hesitating a eminent,. Because I enjoy my pro-
anal nun file; 1 have a King shout I love
enthusiasm's; soil I venerate I • the more, is
;now lie has not the power of doing us wrong; a
of ettizcos watch over our interest.; these
. not discussed tit dark secrecy; I know when and
what n►auuer they arealehated ; I speak alas my
itttout upon them ; and. al'hough it is worth
nn-
the liberty of• ef(yres,itig it gives to min, mill
'pity of Imo.'
on risking tt privaeges this gl►►rioe,
c.mfers on u., %Way ou tell Inc whit shall-we
?"

tit it eel be Sippused tlTictth; treater of a satins coe.
a is gaottug it kieV CT ell I fris anal they may appear
hrsreidlit, nor in forme% a cuitstitetiun digeetcd in the
ss mostly 01 • Seas- to Nothing a 'more rosy than to
..,,satitatiews„ most perfect in theory; the great
re ntrietis in given lace ..filed to the chamolee, mon.
act ooktiolas of a brae peltle ; it nut beaux iu the
power of IMO to ripen vhii It time only brio; tit
perfodien owl lottority; they 'tumid emir'', theoretics-
- sewing theeeediwtileh art to prodder dices; let their
Seam a ZS AMU.' body; let there he Caries +MA
=&terve that oust, cud they will bent this Cowen-
wr irou, better dos if Lucke hisose,f should rise
loin to make it ; it is nut requisite to lie • philosephcr
Mgr tam of uric, own interest the condition required is,
dedlOYlnoso(Strett)
-• calmed, came Gone 61111'v. o um an American
an accsrunt pf a duel, .tated to have been
. iu the neiglikrourhood of Phtladelplita, bit-
s ta Sir tar.ustOd MAeicLly, a netiVe of Irelends
on his travels, snot a gem's-snail whom he unit'
enfrt-moon, in Cont.rqUenCe of the !at.
. heving,stsoken espectfully of hie Itoyai
/Ma the Prince of tl'Attst ; iu this rescontre, the
ifhirnitrt was st ,ted to have received a mortal wonted.
By a geutlemen, however, recently arrived fruits
America, and who resided on the spot s here the en--
(*enter is said to have taken place, we learu, that
the whole was a fabrication: No duel took pluce.nor
there, at the time, in Philadelphia, any intlivi-
-1 recognised by the title of Sir fixonor Nice[.
Many of the iiihubituutt. of Philadelphia
imbiesest, is csinswqueuee of the specious Hata.
, which appeared to the American Papers. •
the scene of the supposed combat.
• iiiislerstand that ('apt .in A laV COMpagy if
. Artillery, (Which was quartered at Dover pro.
to the embarkation) udfin•ularly distinguideol
'at Flushing.
t melancholy iteeislent lately happened at
'orthing. Ac Lady Elliot was walking on the high
' north of the town. she was !net by a groom on
ive horse ; in licr .darn Oise ran towurds a stone
the unruly animal kicking and plutwill4,
that direction, knocked her down, fractured
;ell, and so horribly disfigured her head, thlt
a feature remained visible. In this dreadful
ilisterl condition, still alive. she was conveyed
home, where she lay four does in a state of insensi-'
bu its she never spoke. and then expired.
On Thursday se'onsght, a melancholy accidents
and most distressing to the human feelings, occur-
red between Wattomferry atid Landguard-fort:
soldier belonging to the ‘restmorland alilltia had
been with some friends to take refreshment at
tie ferry-house, after which hr was about to re-
turn hmne ; uu his way to the Garri,son, there were
three small creeks to pass, the first of which his '
friends put Imo rs_•tor.s ; the others had hard way.
.trey theirs, which he sand be knew ; on that they re-
turned, and lie pursued his way to the second creek,
Hail endeavoured to Oast on the hard way, hot
nnisaed it, and got Into the mud ; the tide was flow-
ing, and he cosiltl not eaten-site himself; in this
awful suspense lie nimaieed tell the tide flowed over
him, mot he- was ilrowned ; lie was found, next
morning, standing upright, and fast in the mud.—
The persons at the ferry-house heard a voi..e
one, hat thought it cause from the soldiers et
the Garrison. •
Tti Merino sheep have at length been removed
from Selemes's Park.
At ..tfelten I.stnls Fair, me llonday se'nnight,
the folllwing were some of the prices obtained
The Mtiqess of Ileethird's halfdired Sonth Down
wethene, 32,'. Ail. Mr. Bates's, of Eyke, ditto, 21s.
tit. Mr. (Lsrrod's, of Sutton, half-hreds, 2oa.
Mr. NVolton's, of Eyke, 'Norfolk wcthers, g2s.
(7sithu's ditto, ills. Mr. T. Waller's half-
bred, .225. The Earl of Rochferd's crones, 955.
--Wool, ds. 3.i. to -2.. hd. per 11,.

WatHEREM
Mt/caret OF A Patvallt Larne, liven ,
BURG, At G. 9.4.
st At length I have had un opportunity of
the 'Crete of our bombardment upon Flashing,
to which it had been, for some days, rather difficult
'to find admission, and a more melancholy spec-
tacle it is scarcely possible to imagine. The mail-
' Bled bodies of men, %worm and children, are daily
extracting from the wreck of their former habita-
ennui ; nearly one-third of the town is in toms.—
Of the Stadt-House, which has been long the ad-
miration of travellers, which, in fact, was one of
the most splendid buildings in the Dutch terri-
tories, the outer walls alone remain ; two churches
have been burnt to the groom!, one of which
was in the vicinity of the arsenal ; the latter had
a most miraculous escape, it received between forty
and fifty shots, and was on lire three different -times,
but owing to the extraordinary precautions taken
by the enemy, It was gat under. lu woe instance
the tire appears to have reached within a yard of
the magazine, which contained nearly six hundred
barrels of powder. Had this caught fire, what a
tremendous effect, most 'probably not a vestige of
the town would have been left standing. But
mischief enough has been done to this unfortunate
town. Not a house have I seen which has not
been perforated in various places. Although this
assemblage of cAlamity must naturally excite
compassion in favour of the sofferers, still it
must dispose one to acknowledge the skill of our
artillery., of which it presents an undeniable testi-
mony. Indeed the ability di-play eft by this corps
was most completions. the batteries weredisposied
with great joilgittant. Their principal force was
on the right of the lines, cad in the centre. There
were thirteen 24-pounders, and six 10-inch 'nor-
, tars at the former, -ten 24-pounders, cud two MUl-
tar.batteries, the one of six 10-inch, and the other
of four 10-inch at the latter! , The guns on the
right bore directly ou the enemy's left, and en-
filaded the sea-defences to the westward of the
town ; the guMi in the centre elifilioled those of the
enemy's left, and took their sea-defences in reverse;
between the right and centre there wits a battery of
six ._4-pounders, mantled by the seamen, and also
some to-inch ;amours, which enfiladed part of the
enemy's defences. On the left was a battery of
three twenty-four pounders, and four 10-inch
unto tars, which bore oil the right of the town.
—Such was the destructive operation of these
batteries and the shipping, that it is supposed, if
their lire hail not been suspended on Sunday even-
ing, during the interval produced by thi summons
sent to the garrison, the wlitile mon would hare
in Haines on Sumlay night. AI; 1111111Ctille
loom of tire and awoke enveloped the town about
one o'clock on Monday. It would be difficult to
say which of the batteries did most execution. I
have heard tt stated, that the inortar.batteries, in
the centre, were peculiarly effective ; to a shell
from otte of these mortars the firing of the Stadt-
house is attributed. These mortars were coin-
missimalided by Captains Adye, Macartitry, and
Fyers. The ten-gun battery, in the centre, under
Captains Moore aiiii Scott, is also the subject of
sßltch panegyric. The five batteries on the right,
4ider the command of Captain Smyth. were most
judiciously directed. Fortunately for the shippers,
a shot from one of these batteries completely de.
inolished the furnace fur heating *lna, at the very
outset Or the bombardment, berme, indeed, the
shipping had come entirely within the range of the
town.

" The canoe of Congreve's Rockets has not been
improved by their effect in tin■ bombardment.
They are stated to have all fallen short of the
town. Colonel Congreve entertain au opinion
that his rockets are capable of a mach larger rouge
than shot or shells, and therefore he does not think
it necessary to take au equally-advanced position
fur throwing them ; but this opinion is, by the Ar-
tillery-Officers, almost unanimously pronounced
erroneous, and certainly the experience of the, late
bombardment does seem to Justify their idea of
the subject.
" It is but candid towards the Engineers to stake
the reasons alleged, to save them train the censure
so generally attached to the delay that took place
in the construe:boo of the works. It is stated that,
in consequence of the resistance made by Terveer,
winch prevented the ordnance traitsportaf• land-
ing their stoves, &c. until Wednesday evening, the
entrenching tool,, &c. necessary for the construc-
tion of the works, must he waited for until they were
brought to the lines by the roads through Middle-
burg. When tnese necessaries arrived, it is assert-
ed that the Engineers immediately commenced their
ols•rations. ft is not pretended that any delay what-
ever took piece in the conveyance of these 'seem's-
ries. Such a pretence indeed could not be alleged,
for no department of the service has been con-
ducted with such judgmeilt, or executed with such
dispatch, as that committed to the Marine Brigade,
under the direction of Lord A. Beeuc•lerk, *hose
activity and attention bave been most exemplary
ever since our army landed. The progress of the
works was also retarded by the inuodetion, and the
galling fire of the garrison. This tire was such
that each of our working-parties hail two men per-
petually on the watch for its pi 'Arctic'''. rue
liminess of these men was to keep their eyes On
the enemy's guns directed towards them, and,
whenever they observed a dash, to cry out • Mbell r
upon which cry the party were immediately pros-
trate, and so remained till the shell burst ; they
then rose naafi and resumed their labour. It is
not to be expected that men working under such
circumstances could make much progress, and I
have int•self seen • party thus proceelliug.
'• The instances of personal courage. ■nd en.
dormice of toil, which this siege has presented, are
highly honourable to the charucter.of our force ;
but every day some extraordinary anecdote was to
lie heard relative to our seamen composing the
Marine Brigade. These men, in fort, submitted to
every description of labour with alacrity, and seemed
to seek danger with eagerness. I inn endenvouring
to collect the names of those soldiers and seamen
who distinguished themselves. Though 71te (.a-
:me never condescends to notices such persons..
their examples would tend, perhaps, mo►e to dd.-
rose a martial spirit in the crinutry, if made known,
than that of Officers of Rank.
" The army are inactive in South Beveland.---
The troops which have gone front hence have an t

disembarked. The whole are supposed to wait fa
fresh advice* from &stood. It is alleged that a
large army is collectid at Antwerp.
" A report prevails, that a peace has been coo-
eluded between Austria and France.
" A larKe depot of public property, of the vllue
of one million, liar been found at Middleburg."

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