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rsnuy. Spain *ill inevitably conquer in a caul
the most past that has ever taistd.' the deadly
weapon ulnae ; fur stiogglitis, not for the conoerus
of a day, but for the serinity and atippiness ell
ages; tint for an ingulated, privilege, but for sill
the rights actin:nen stature ; net fur temporal bles-
t:Ls, hut for eteruat happiness; not for tile be-
of one ustiou, but for all mankind, and even
itilFratice herself. Spiimarda, elevate your na-
tunl courage by such aesitiments ; :et every tyrant
of tf earth perish. rather than that you should
submit to despotisis and to impiety. To impiety !
Merciful God, I:2t not your faithful people be ex-
posed to suck dilignice and infamy !
Spaniards!—Let every honeat man arise in de-
Tenet of his country; your butt taul brass be
converted ihto thunderbolts of war : let all Spain
become a camp: let her, peptilation becouie• an
armed host; shave all, let our yoliths fly to the de-
fence of the State, fur the senaliouid fail, before the
futher appear in che ranks tirbuttfe ; and you, ten-
der mothers, arectiertate lilies; fair anatilens, de not
retain nithiu your etuhriseei the .sweut objects of
your love, wail, from victory ireturioal, they de-
serve your Illfrect:os. They withdraw from your
anus not to tight for a tyrant, but for their God.
for a Alonareli worthy me veneration of his people;
mid not only fur these, but for yourselves and for
your coil:114111011S. Instead of regretting their de-
parture, like the Spartan women, snug the song of
jubilee; and wiwu they return; comierrors, to your
urins, thou, end not till then, weave the laurel
crowu for their reception.
" The love or religion, of iodepeudentw, and of
glory, those noble passions, the preservers of great
empires, penetrate into our iiiinost moils. Let us
all swear, by the outrages suffered by our country,
by the victims sat, diced on the ..;i1 of May, by our
own swords, bathed in the pa...tit:Wel blood of the
ferocious Napoleon. that we will Millet eie punish-
ment decreed by the God of %vow sure.
" And yon, rich men. renderer. iwlfish, not pa-
triotic, by indulgence, do not continue iti ignoble
repose, but exert your menus, that pence may he se-
cured. If, debilitated bv inactivity, 3 oti are inca-
pable of enduring the fatigues of war, let your ;Iva-
sures supply the wants of the intlieeid, and the u.-
ce•sities of the defenders of their country. And
you, re venerable order, of reletaiin, tin um 3e
withheild the sums necessary for the support of the
common cause.

" hielt is most precious. the gold of the mine,
or the blood of man ? 11 your chic virtue should
not command the sacrifice, your mercenary interest
will extort it. Your incorporation, sanctified by
authority, yenr political existence, the possession
or' your property, your individual security, all de-
pend upon the success of this oar. Our hide-
pci.,lonee cannot he resi,,'nerl until thew illustrious
seminaries ofsanctity andesisdom are surrendered—
until these solid columns of rengion mist of the
state tumble to the earth—until the pidAie right
shall be annihilated, sad Spain itself subverted.
" Happy country ! this day you rcet ire from your
favourite Sons the most acceptable pmois of -their
ienderuess and love, of their affection and gratitude,
fur the protection they hare received Irons gm
through successive ages. To-day they return to you
the vitliestliey have received, for the splendour you
have conferred, for your pions generosit. tor your
ardent teal, in sustaining the religion and the cus-
toms at their ancesters—those customs originating
in the sublime morality of the Gospel. within
whew sowed vase is inclosed, and will be for ever
inclosed, the pre,eervntion of your engine and the
power of your usaimicliy. Rich men of every de-
scription! open your cotters. and discharge your
duty to your country, mid be confident that her
ungrateful children will receive her anathema, and
will not escape her venge:ince.

" Spaniards! we all defend one enmtnon
We. are all Isesse.sageta on boar.l the ship bule-
pendetice, which is already 11/malted, ant: must
either swim or sink, according re she is navigated
by tais. There is only one mean (Xs:ilea:ion fur us,
that is, that the whole tuition, artnetl, hasten to
4•..telt notate the banditti by whotn we ore ins stied,
to vanish them for their atroe.ties.. War-
eurs ! praseitt yourvelves is the field of glory. I
do not attempt to excite your valour; you are
Spaniards, and, therefore, you are brae and ho-
nourable ; but, innate respect,' may give you advice,
:slthough you are Spaniards. I reconnuend to you, its
the name of year country, the most severe dire Aline,
and the moat implicit obedience to your Corn mond-
et% Without discipline, you can neither have ass
army or victory. Vt'ithout discipline, valour is siot-
less, and numbers impotent. Discipline supplies
every thing, and without her evens thing must be
deficient. Appreciate her then nghtly, for, alas
if you are conquered, you will beeosne the con-
tempt of nations, moil the victims of tyranny. CM
you see that these tierce pretenders rush upeta us ?
Thee outrage. they lay waste, they destroy ; its.
thing can satiate their ferocity. lint if, in your
turn, you should become couyserors, let the mar-
tial spirit by which you are 211101%0U, he restrained
' within the limits of reason and justice. Let I a
nity, compassion, and ben. 'icetice be the device of
your ballasts; above all, let not the name of Spa-
niard be stained by that iniquity mid sacrilege
which you detest in your enemies; nod then your
grateful country will confer Isnot, t ou her abundant
benefits, and your names will be engraved on the
sublime edifice of Spanish independence. 1 may
tuldreas you as conquerors, although you have not
already ranquished. One province only, the cradle
of heroes, the moment war was declared, filled the
enemy with terror. Yes, Spaniards, frnnt that
happy instant the lion was attacked with a ft:s
from which he will never escape.
" The victory you are about to accomplish will
establish an enhance between Stalin and the most
powerful, the most wise, end the most polished na-
tion of the earth—with the only country a Itivh this
secowl Machiavel could not seduce--(:reat Britain.
The alliance that the infamous traitor broke for our
misery awl ruin ; that assassin of our station, that
devouring monster, vilio.e immense rapine poi Wed
an asylum for our enemy ; that alliance. Luuntry-
men, INIY been genereusty restored by idle only em-
pire which hits treo -able to maintien its honour
and iodependenee, and to which ii reserved tile
distraction of restoring enslaved Europe. Of
what consequence thin is the mooned power of
Nte,elven ? The world itself depends upon the
union or those two Vest stations.
F. P. C. D.C."

LONIJON,
TiODAY. AUCtisT 3.

We ariemmerued to state, that sevcral of the
transports of the Expeditiou ahich Enihd, Oil Sun-
day, fr•ai Portsmouth, received datouge in the late
squally weather. One, the Ralph, Capt. NI( 110L-
so N, has rettirued, to Portsmouth.

Can. AnsitoTnEa's division of the Expeanion,
which sailed on Sunday, and was obligtd to put
back to,Plpnouth, railed agaiu on tuesday, with
a fair wind. • •

The Tornshend Packet arrived on Tuesday nt
Ply mouth 'from Commis, with dispatches for Go-
sen►meut, with which a Met,fieliger arrived iti town
ou Wednesday night. Corunna Gazettes to the 31st
last are received by this conveyance, but the a-
counts from the several seats of war are not, for the
must ',art, of so late a date es these which, we gave
yexterday from The Oviedo Cozette. After having
eighed and reflected un the information received
from Sir THOMAS COYLII, and from Lord COL..
LIN cw 0 on. too her with the additional intelligence
in the Comma :azottes, we gee no ff.OSOII for re-
truc;ing an of tliose'opittions that we hazarded in
our paper or yesterday. On the contrary, they -
rive force horn the facts related en the concurring
authority of various public bodies, o► private
indi-
vidwi in dish reirt ports of Spain. If we hard not
any official commufficntions front Arragon, or from
Valenna. 'except such as may, hale found • their
wuy across the provinces occupied by the enetuys
to Oviedo, or to Senile, we are now at least in
no session of recent and direct advices from Gal-
icia, from Astoria, and from Andalusia. Let us
tadestvottr to j,utAtt of their rent tenor and com-
plexion, Ii i with Cie eastern portion of the
Spanish Nlonarchy.

. ,
IVhatever amplitieaCon may ha,e taken place
in the relation given of Vie events on the Ebro, or
in Videutia, it seems imposiiible to doubt that at-
tacks have been made on the cities of Saragossa,
and of i❑ Loth of a hilt the Fr.nch have
been repulsed wit:t loss au disgrace. Fern tl:e
Dutch Paper„ their eonfe.caion, or by
their silence, may be said to'confirm tide .silence.
Of Murcia and of Catalonia we know leas ; vet,
through the doubts that overhang the latter pro-
tinge, of which the capitol and other principal
places are in the hands of BON APARTr, we think
we may ventiire to believe, that all the
hearts and inclinations are Spanish. If that pciut
Lie ascertained, it is of little comparative con-
sequence whether Barcelona, "Alonjoi, nud Fi-
gutras, are, or are not yet secovered ant of the
lay:tiler's hand-. Ile cannot retain them in defi-
ance of a whole nation, mused to action, and im-
pelled by patriotic, as well as religions enthusiasm.
Disciplined valour, regulated by profound
and divested of all moral compunction or restmint,
inny subvert G ivernin ems, and revolutionize states;
lint it will iaterumb against the combined oper-
ations of popular indignation, loyalty, and pa-
triotism c which,
purls tt ties 'coma bipennibas,
fs owiis iv Algida,
N. r &via, per igees, al) ipso
Ducit opc4, euiroampie fem."

Nieutens, we venture to avert, already ap-
pieeiat.s this veld truth, of which he bed not any
apprehension, when, rendered too codfident by
uta..tirrupted sncee,s, and deceived by his ca-
per...nee in Austria. in Holland, in Prussia, and
in Denmark, he rashly inferred that the Spaniards
possessed no natiodal character, no pride, and no
sense of independence. From the first appearance
of the spark of resistance among the rocks of As.
tucia, up to the present moment, we have ee.
pressed our opinion, Cud the Corsican Tyrant hall
reached his highest elevation, and we have never
doulecd of his further progress being arrested in
But we respect too much those astonish-
ing talents, which have brou3lit Europe to the edge
of total subversion tlrat regulated, impassive,
systemetic ability, a Inch clisiractnires NAPOLICOV•
even when he ovule appnrently most under the in-
fluence of passion, not to expect that he will exert gi-
ga iitic efforts to susteiw himself in hissictual elevation.
Those who emeicire that the emancipation of Spain
will be speedily or easily accomplished, must lasew
little of the mean., the energies, and the resources
of the extraordinary man with whom they and we
are contending. But to return—
The prey peat in the southern and in the central
provinces of Spun is by no means so exhilirating
as upon the Ebro, end the Guarlidaviar : Dv pox;
appears to hold out at Anduj.ir ; nor does it seem
that we can repose an}• absolute confidence in the
assertions of pretended letters from La Msnrha,
received by way of Madrid, and transmitted to
Oviedo. cootaining accounts of the defeat of
DEL, and the innisility of Fast* to'effect a junc-
tion with Dt:eotiT. We must wait for the next
dispati lies from Sys ille and from CASTANOS, before
ce indulge too itauguisse espretations from that
quarter.

It is in Leon that, the affairs or the Patriots np-
pear to assume the. most aerifius cid discouraging
aspect. Without supposing that any rlitiereswes
have taken Ogee betas:ea Genenes Ci. saw ami

BLAKE. we reed Milt look at the present secie el
action, in order to be. caurinced. that the event of
,the engagement the lith or July, at alio Sem,
• was very disastrous. llEssiraxt, who, after
teuding a degree of protecting to JOSLPH, while oit
his way to filadrill, seems now to hare assumed i:h
principal ootumaud of the • forces
is evidently pushing the insurgents towards'. the
confines of Gallicia mid Astoria. We must-itk he
,urprised, if the nest adviers inform us den.
have been dri'veis from Astorga to the neitithour.
hood or Oviedo. Indeed, ex conslderable degree,;
terror incoutistibly pervaded that latter city,
Sir TaostAs Dreg left it to return to Engloral.—
• if it were possible to doubt the I:U:4 we Minnie! sw,
the fullest confirwatiou of it iu
of the :gith of July, asidiessed to to Asturian.
A panic-terror had seized on thl
caused, no doubt, by the expectation of seei4;
BE4SILR:S nr LASALLKS at their gtite.. fur eis
we milect, without some uneasiness, that Astorr
at no very considerable distance from the from:
tiers of Portugal, e citeurnstanco, of which, i
the present distracted condition of Slain. Sir Ate
Tann WELLESLEY may peeling' not be mantel):
apprized. Under these appearances, it is impti-a.
Lk nut to look to the next accou uts from Got. o::h
considerable impatience, as well as anxiety.
It reniainS to cast a look towardi Madrid ; if
svPs really arrived in that metropolis, on the .• ,
of July, as pretended, he moot have accelriit:ti
Iris journey. Ile could nut, we coureive, hos
vlsited either Valladolid, or &loon; but, tor
good reasons, too doubt, he proceeded thither by
the strait road, through Leima, Arandu de Deere,
and liisitrn3o: liis arrival ip the capital t.f the
Spanish Monarchy. if it has taken place, will of r,
a new scene, either decisively favourable or :a-
verse to the two Corsican brothers, Jesuit, sr..c
on the Throne of FEEDIxIxo the SkIV[WTH.
NAPOL[O24 is on that of Louts Me. EIHUTEEN7:4
must now begin to exert acts of effective i•stsr
reiguty over his new subjects., It is difficult to
conceive, that, in 'MO perilous an eminence, eon-
roned with dainge.w and difficulties, NAPOLI:4a
will abandem and' leave Bayonne. Yet, au.
questionably, his presence is waisted elsesske7c,
iii the coitre mind east of Europe. To-morrow as
rrw le-r',11!) take a view of the actual state of the
Continent.

r. 1) t- F P sa.ll.sti n u %Voting:sag frown Portgotonfa
for Coiliz, io the :ilh:orra sloop of ear, accotoFe.
uird by the Champiui frigate, with 100,003 Solna
oA board fur st:;vort of the S: snit volute.

The accounts received on Ni edneeday from Call:,
we smelt:wand, state, that Sir H tiw 1.41.at-assiss I
swot an (Hiker of merit and experience to be tie,:
the artily of General CasTaxos, and his report
Du Fa es situation is, that the roads are all tAkea
up, and rendered iuspaisable inbi,t rear, and Out
he is in the adenoid distress.

It w anted, on % r ednesday.that a .enact En.
eace line taken place 'between General Cui..rs
and Cienend BLAKE, in consequence of which
Vie force under those Officers separated. Cct:i.
'(A, with the body attached to him, mart. 4
to &hangmen for reinforcements, and ki.m.E,
with 1..• adherents, took another direction. 1
hare heard aid' deep mg:et tf this appearsaa
of discord aintniz the Consbabondcrs of the SpasisS
P.itriots. COLS/A and Ft use are both /nen of
talent and reputation. Thee. isouctioo is esit
to have originuted in a of °flown
the battle in which General BULKS'S divieivu ktiot
van) was worsted.
BOLTON WALLER. Esq. of Bushy-Leland, in
the comitv of Limerick, is appointed Collector
Limerick Port, iu the room alit:tbs.:A )lAu %sat-.
Esq. slab hap resigned.
Another valiusteering from the Irish 'Militia Imo
the Line, will commence on the .23.1 Au4libt.
We understand that Major4:tueral die B.s:.t
HOD. Lord Ct.stuat• is appointed to a commui.l,ll
the West Indies.

The letters brougiit by the Gettenbstralt
were deliverea It tavola .ed
some of thole from Stockhol nis, of tit date of the
ult. that positive intormatiois Lad been recc- .c
there, that the French wee evaeuntinF See,. •
Pomerania, raid ntarihiog towards 3ileaa. Ps.:
had removed all the ammunition from the ditfercut
fortresses which they cr..cupied, and it mos espe.tc.l
that orders could be issued to dismantle them.—
This intelligence is rather probable. It is us st-
art that LIost•PAITC hes taken fleecier at the
which Austria has oflate assnined ; and is come-.
Rant with his nstit.l policy, to prepare his mean+ el
attack, ref. ire Le re►orts to that dec:sire spec • t
remonstrance, libido fest., if any. of the Co ttiuec:a
Cal:wets, we fear, will hour without trembling.
We are so:-r, to learn, fres° route letters rec.;'•c•i
onlVedisestley from St. llicersburgli. t tat the pia_
has broken mit in the Sonthero pro% ince, of Ru.••
that it has already committed 'limit:fill dcesitati
awl was rapidly spreading. They also taeu:u••
that au iliideinic disorder, but ti It mutely r.••t
o iiiiilievant a nature, has eltewn :felt in Lib
rourluud, and carried ofif a li4llll rofti n•

Extract of a letter from Capt. Bxows. of t
Rea, from Jamaica, for Loudon. dated Comm: •
30th July, 1801:--" en the 14th lust. iu bit. .N •
N. lost. 52, 90. West, 1 fell in n'tb a Spanish P'
tatter; after excimoging a fen *Lots, 11,e a
light, she put out her sweeps. tad inset eta& •
stun Kc!cs, a►►d not teeing able to br.
tun to bear, wen obliged to strike my r r,loorsi
was carried into Cmarinos au the iftth'„liire ;

my coshing lase I:applied to the British 11::.a
Sir J AIM% STF•A'AGT, who ioforms me, that it aiu•:
he settled by arbitration. 1, have appoiate.; !, •
Ntee2.v.ica. 2:4;eut for the 11:itidi Pnsonera t.
tie eti the molt resiaictiab!: mer 1
here, eu the ship's behalf : nianding vot: of rve"
eve: tiaa so my pal t beat* wised doe the siaip.a:ele"'•