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any persons in the shape series,' irlidtheitsril to'e'
tyrant covered with trimes and ripkiltsitiartli Nil-
ther would etch a, moil:taint* hove attnertiditityl
sentiment escept contempt and disgust, if the olv-
iret end intention oC it dtd.uot force Us to consider
it with more attention.' ft it obvious tlitt • the;
speech and the Reply are both Calculated Yo fact,
and to repress, the einitmui,of ipdigoutiou and of
abhorrence awakened throuabout Italy, by the de-
position gitlie•Pon:, cud the sacrilegious, nr
on-
prevoked seizure of the patrimony of the'Church.•
From this cause arise the sarcastic .reflrctious
thrown out by the usurper, itgai..st " Churehmen,
priests, and Ecclesiastical Gt.vernments;" from
whose sway, he observes, that " the decay of
It.tly is to be dated." Hence his hypocritical as-
surances " of raising again the altars in France and
Ital," as well as his feigned " sati?faclann with
his Clergy iu loth those countries, on account of
the veneration which they entertain tor ,Thronev,
whieli di:rive their origin from Cod. It is thus that
he sports with the feelings of men whom he has
outraged, But Italy, we trust, and we beht,re,
will, in due time, though not yet.• emulate the
a tr-
ample of Spain. NAPOLEON'S boar of ac-cnitnt
approaches, nor is he able to conctal it from him-
self.

After the mod patient and repeafel Remind
which we have be able to give to the extra,. tit.'
made from the ekiii.eh newspapers iu our posts it
eon, down to the 13th instant, we confest, that we
ftql1:1111 in a state of heti:taboo, if not of incroda-
bty, as to any decided military advantages ab-
tained,cteer the Spaniards. Who, indeed, can rea7
suitably suppose, thus, at a moment when some pro-
bable intelligence alga Biscay wai:,o much wanted;
and when the capture of the Isle of Capri, by Mo-
ser, furnishes such long details, the Noniteor
would be silent ou the victories asserted to have
been ginned on the Ebro, or over Rotuaua...or.
at Balboa Yet, on each of these events, it is
to the Argun, the l'a/dieiste, or the Juurmil lAA
Cowin de 'Empire, that the Mini Aerial paper
delegates • the pleasing task of conitnynicatitig.
such inforination to the public. Tinit
is long since re-occupied by the French, ir in=
deed certain. Nor could they well:vet-IWe to ad-
saner forward towards Vittoria and Miranda, with-
out drat sworn% and retaining the capital of Bis-
cay. There its, moreover, a neglect. or a studied
coateinpt, of all precision, as to the time and cir-
euinstaacei under which these udeitituges have
been obtained, which certainly detract from the de-
gree of reliance to he se posed en thew. Desultory.
unconoeeted, and hearsay evidence, is not calculate
ed tq F;roduce a complete conviction. We must
snit the arrival of vessels from St. Antler°, which.
a the winds areitow changed to the west; eatitot
be bug iii arriving; before we venture to form any
iu•za ut, efmcie.iou. • • • •• •
Pet kiei&Amus has eraismici.the.il4mama I That

ermireror of ►o inany states, who has given the law
to all the east of Europe, has actually eintred
Spain. We cuiifian that it. is impossible to eow- •
teinolate his thus sasua►ing the command or the'
French armies in person, a ithout serious and
snood awful reflections. Like Citsatt, when' he
landed at Dyrraelnuin, before his defeat of Post
PEI' • our- imaginations, half snhained, already anti-i.,
cipate hips presurn 4.1 triumphio over BLAKE and
Csarallos. We no longer fully confide in the
ways of S.iragussa, nor in the coura4e of the Arra-
gonese, nor in the im.iedintents to his expeditious
march. nor in the loyalty 'and patriotism of th►e
Sprmish nation.. Like MigiCalt, in Cato, we are
tea.ly to exclaim—
" Every tittle he's aimed,
Pharsidla rime to my I see
Th' insulting tyrant prandial o'er the hCht,
with sp•i citizen*, drench's! in slaughter ; '
His lisnor's bou.f. %C t with p itriatan blood!"

Such is, titique.tionably, the first impression
tirui,. on every mind, however cool, firm,. or col.
levied. by the eoinmanisation of this intelligence.
It is, nevertheless, certain that all those persons,
s;:o possess the best means of inforniath;u, and'
;61 have most thoroughly estimated DON APARTE'S
tilaract:r, have uniformly believed and asserted,
vcce his explicit Declardion made to the
Loire Body, that he *mild infallibly fulfil his pro-
mise, and put himself ut the head of' flag French
forces in SIAM. Nor do those persons doubt that
iv lett he thus commit, his glory, his person, and all
le fruits of nine years of victory and success-
ermine, to the arbitration of the sword in an
untintry, he has prepared and possesses
all the means to insure pruhable success' in his
lavawoit of Spain. It must be admitted, like-

it•ei that his peesenee, his energies, and his
'l"ll3.irceo, will be felt by every individual in his
triny, and mast produce an effect on the common
altog-ther inea!eulable. On the other
land, we Iptve, however, no reason to despond,
even though UONAPARTE IthqUill carry cotignest
with hiin to the gate* of Madrid. If the people of

I.r I Itiogary, and of Bohemia, had been
thim:ited by the same spirit as that ►ohich pervades
SiAi .:rh Peninsula, neither the victory of
tosterf•lg, nor the capture of Vienna, would have

iveith•tl the free of FRANCIS the SICOND. It is

tl,' nttcoopterable mind, and Frei:clones holy
t4u,e," that can alone protect a tuston against
lit' tricties, the urt• , and tire tenneeeudeut laletits
or the Corria ail Leoqueror.