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London, England, 1808-07-02 00:00:00

Imporrlint `SPASMIOXLIJI F.A T.

No. IV.
ADCUESS FROM THE 411OUNIt1, OF LEON 'IA
THE APANISII NATION.

Ca L•V AND /111.111,1/L SitS111011•111
When we behold the great and hu,te retest %nee, width to
et tibia moment oppuried try the provinces of (follicle and
Asteriita, to the intocets of the basest suil moat execrable of
tyrants, it is tiormesilde to believettat that they roost be ee-
-1 couded by nil, who, ;tke themselves, have • Sovereign to
avenge, tittered rights, and a rOUlitry iy defend. Still, should
my be ITlltrttlirt/ by fear ~ should any fail to cooeur in the
sentiment which cabs them to arms agniust so viaprineipled
• appreciator, it will &acct.:idly determine them, if we recall to
their memory whet Spain owes to the virtu. s, to the courage,
to the heroism of Yeller?, to the valuer and to the patri-
otism Or Ituclrigur Mere de Civar.
These two great men, our from the pirovieee of Asturias,
the other from that of Castile, were called forth at ditterent
goodies, but Mole equally difficult, each to promerve oar
• emotes from a foreitta yoke. To their diameters, and to
the endiumems of enthiniasin which they genet' in every
bremt, does Spain owe the alury sad the happiness which she
hes an long r05y...4 d
Shosld the Go. eminent of Asturias diseorer that any part
of the Miniboom. take tip arms coldly or iudifferently in de-
fence of the roorito, let it address to them those aentiments
which the irreworini Pelage addressed to the citizens' to hie
brtiveCOMlOttli•US in aims, wheu a formidable and croel enemy
'tithed to sabingate th. m to his power s--
" It is nu longer time to deliberate," raid this virtuous and
courageous Spaniard, milder einviostanees warty resesublang
the present, " the nature of our reuse, the situation of our
' affairs, sod those of the enemy, require promptitude and ac-
tiMr., and that we should not waste our time in useless itc-
liberstims, ein- arm to re-establish our WIT religion,
• our glories, tb' liberty of our children. uf our friends, of oar
country to itSaCta• i.i safety the honour aud chastity of nor
n. :eft torrid ourselves of the yoke of a COIttIUI roc. base as
'he is Mucl, who has covered himself with our spoils, and nu-
des whom dread dotolniou our lon, could not boast the secu-
rity or automata. If ever opiate t catty Oct UlTed to tempt a
most glorious enterprise that is the monad—this moment
in stitch we are usseintik.d,united, honed together b., a chain
of interest, utiict elnally concerns all ! lohalsitaitte of the
mousdasos, and ye of the venter l—hear our oh teriantation
to sent, nod join yourselves to us. Thum eve's, whom the
love of tranquillity bath hitherto deceived, mud still retained
mrnung'the Moors 1 slow behold ready to break their fetters,
lino join those iefiu hasten to accomplish the great purpose
of their etrti)(;le. The Meors, is short, are ocetipice with
great projects ; hot fur us, ueceisity shouhl pot au end to
tndeeisioa, we have taken the first step, there :a no louger
titer to retract : already they murk nenziest us; while we
lie :tete to pbtor ourselve is hilispositiou to delve the enemy
Gum our nansateina ; we shall be surrounded, we sushi have
sat cs....nre, sod sc are tuo ;pint in enainher to soloist atom
the stleii•st prodaceuf bare and iterit • smelts. Come an then
—Uod, wimse a low we support arihert the enemies of his
unuac, Bill tight for us, while we tight for him, and the hand
which has p,..tistied as, balmsc we have focgotteu hint, will
fart.fy us, as 30 a W. 4 itudertaLni for tie ZottUUCC of his
glory ! 1 its pat oar confidence is the inries dale si I eheth
of th:- Aluosltty ! 1 will lead yea to bottle; 1 will ever be
the drat, and eel require of Imo oothiag bet that of w Web
• will set you an example."
'This her tram, PO saitahle to the 1.17.01%10114 produced then
the same effect nail wilt Frodure teetlay. At the voice, of
Felage, all the Asterisms took up areas, each them per-
formed prodigies of valour,, Cantabris sad Gallinra severally
Saul deputies, praying to Pe admitted ioto toe Colll*rdern:iou
of Asturias; they were received, their warm united, antl the
Pin es wars mouldered.
houtired rod toirty-sitis years afterwards, Spain had
south. r defetider; this vas Ruch-igen !Mare tie Wear, a tierce
au.l mild, Castilian of :lie city of Bartow This torments ci-
tizen soil gollaut saraur, burning with desire to 'retire the
liberty of be; country, dei riot hesitate to remonstrate with
intimation, ju a Commit win re the hisg of triumvir
press: a. He said be was ',shamed to deliberate twiny the
pretensmas of the Luiperor Henry 11.; that the indepeadetwe
of ilptai was estahlished above all titles! the ham kraniards
.blow ...odd admit of its being mitimiote'-cd that it should
be upheld retie at the . up. use of hie ; *oil Ilya lie would &-
gime Lanett:lf the variety of that titan who should advise the
lingt tarnish C. lustre!
.1f the Prince of time Unarm, iostead of betraying his Save-
r' -.Viand his Coo do, had had the foresight, the loyalty, or.
the ererey, of the ton greet ono we hare Just cited, the pea-
'unmoral or nunapartr, ',Le those of Homy, would have boom
reecie.il wulr iudt nit ton. As the Moues ware, on
su the french ....odd bloc heea espolled, and Spam senslN
have loom tt line has hot hitherto lege doar, may yet
be edit. v. d . hot for tint pat ;mac there lined be Wm:smokey
amount; prieripals, and a teatime, wisely goosbiutd. of sit
hirers' stall of all tier warn.nWithoutWhout this courtim ..ea in retain our country's welfare.
without the moat r..,01u1e courage to drive C. her baste
cruel and I...elicitor., rit2ltrys I):Uple, we shall
hoe our than, onr arm rich ~Or amity will he di,,louided or
s. .1 into lied loam, ont 41 aerated, our clergy des-
poiled :old de.trovril, our diuretic. pills;ted, our altars pro-
tam il, tier l•inols ni our grandees euittitettud, our rommerce
ruin's, our pr.ie c osa beyond sea uo longer hr lteisitig to
oar capital; the kitigdma dratted by roorniota: coati-dot-
tiest* ; steno, in short, happy ;ten free ruder her hinge, will
• be eviler:a to the meet frightful davey.
To avoid endatuities es dreadfnl, one only resource remains
to mt. It is 13 tally retool the standard which the pro-
vinces of Galtielb and of Astoria have raised, hi defence of
eclaeion. ofjn-t lee, hail of honour. Children of our country,
we will worthy Motto., lees; let us perpetuate the glory
with which inc an-eirtnis are covered ; greet, like them:let
os thud. no sooritier too much, w hen we Wee war ilbertiti4o
.presirve, the me .sere iif our parenta, or Our friends, to re-
• wit... on.) our clod:hest to defend. If, to the
etc-Ineof the fspaelah Nation, there have been Silva! nun,
each enemies to tie ne.eh•es and to their country' se. te. Mitten
to the fret of the t)ritil, mud prombelie
ve hint their 41X-
batence sad their rights, let as tievertlich se tam., that the
Chiefs of the Spanish Lert.,•nae, will not, like lh laze, here to
guard a„raiiiet omegas sorb as those of the .trchlosliop of Se-
ville, w home base eermigh to betray hie faith, his God, Ins,
king, and has Country. Let nit endeavour to believe, that
the great and land:dile exempta which the liishops of Oviedo.
oud of Conipost et la home afferiled, shall he hallowed, but folly-
! I.y ail those in th, kingdom, but like woe, by every member of
oar respectable (Array, reenter end molar, who ar....mike in-
terested es the minister' of religion, sod ea goo,' eitizello, to
ponish crime, to .test krate the triumph dewiest, gel to pre-
sieve broil from the dotg.see cud oppeesoloanfoftweign yoke
Signed le. the MEM IS t:!:h of the COUNCIL at Leon,
May 1,, lime.

!'()REIGN lATELLIGENCE.

DUTCH AND HAMBURG!! PAPERS.

MADRID, 'SAY 31.

An Extraordinary Omit Gazette eoniaine the &f-
-ilming intelligence His Serene -Highness the
(;rand Duke of lierg has decreed, in order to set tint
public "mind in repose, on .account of certain un-
founded reports, which the malevolent delight in
spreading, that the various official anti very satis-
factory re;:orts from the different Province shell he
published in an filreeeditmeht Gazette. These re-
eriyed (nun I;:streutlidura, Oviedo, Va-
leta, -is, atc...are uniform iu stating, that in thetirt
co-tortes She greatest repose and the best state of
Lind piOall.
V?

1.141P)N. It Vlr IL

At Ake head of the ;Treat State Depittatiuti, a hick
had siss audience of the Duke of Abrante,,, the
Count of Ease maths,' 'speaker for the Nelnlity
e. Portaged," he said, 'among other things in hid
discourse, .e has ant forgotten that she Is ihreedy
iudeli:ed to France for kings. Prince *Airy, •
Frenchman by birth, was the investor if twelve
worthy Monarchs. We envy Italy the honour of
Liaa; governed by Napoleon the Great. Weshould