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on the 30th of June, at Zara Mayor; and„ by ad- I
rives received yester.la, we lenrii that they were
since at Placentia. General Cuesta burl sent a
--&-IL.iwral to the bate* •-

ment General Wellesley, and pt is probable) also
to confer upon the operations of die two arniiiW.
The army of Sebastiaiii had Wholly retired to the
right bank of the CUMII4IIIII4 His valiguaid was
posted in Consuegra, Madrilejosoind Vila 'Rubino,
and the heail-quarters at Toledo—the vanguard of
the Spanish army was ou the bridge of the Gua-
diana, supported by a division stationed at
Herta, and another at Daimiel—the Corps of Re-
serve was at Mattison:ors.
" CORBETT.
Mr. Cobhetes defence has appeared in the last
*umber of his Pslitical BrOster, and though, from
the manner of the author, many persons may be in-
clined to pronounce an acquittal, for confidence is
not unfrequeutly confounded with innocence ; we
are of opinion, that those who look to the mutter
and substance of the defence, *ill a nue to a far
different conclusion. lle sets out with ridiculing
the importance that has been attached to the
running awry of a curter buy from Ins service."
This is a very soft. ned and sophistical statement

of the case; we do not agree a itli Mr. Cobloot, that
it is in the least surpe.ing that such an interest
should have been excited, wheii the cause of his
running away, and the hire-tenets to be drawn
from it, stood below the public in such a light.
We consider his flight of importance, us we^
Poetld consider the illegal imposition of our
farshing of tatation important—not because there
was any thing of maguitiele iii the flight, any more
than in the farthitig, but because they involved
great cousideratimis, principlea, and consequences,
which must ultimately affect society. Now, not-
withstanding mil Mr. C,HIBETT'S ridicule, we do
not hesitate to uutiutaie that a circumstance winch
brings in question the siueerity of a great political
Cellar, which goes to contrast the conduct of a
notorious public character with its professions and
doctrines, is of importance to the public, should
awaken their curiosity and interest, and be folios-
e I with ail that buz awl hustle with which he is so
discontented to see it acconiiranied. A carter-boy
routing away from the service of Mr. Co/mete,
would probably excite as little attentiou as if he
ran away from the service Of any loiter man; but a
borne-boy mooing away from the tyranny of Mr.
Coaster is a very ditirreut matter, and no doubt
eatided to a very different reception from the
people of englatid.
He makes coither attempt to lessen the import-
astce of this queatton, by sit appeal to the verdict
of the Jury. The verdict, he says, was only for
• three pouuds, six shillings, and eight pence—one
third part of ten pounds." But, dial the verdict
only say you shall pay such a sum of tttttt wy, did
it pet also state the eatable fur which it was to be
paid ?—aa adriUary‘ illegal act ; an exercise of ty-
ranny and opprestiow lie appealed so tri-
umphantly to the verdict of the Jury, one would
have thought that the Ivory hail acquittedlnns ;
whereas the fact was, that it found hint guilty,
dwelt% with mlueed damages; but to spare his
pocket was nut to reinstate his character, and he
cutest to 'Jamie recollected, that there have been
sat* things as complete acquittals, accompanied
with a total too of reputation.
Mr. Constar seems to think it a very surpris-
ing thing, that the Ipoy,JESSE BURGEIIII, should run
away from his service, though he had been receiv-
ed too it upon wages as high as he had asked, and
was in bine to get even more than he had the face
to demand. If high wages alone were sufficient to
satisfy a person in tl etnployment of another, we
should agree with Mr. Canaan. 1111 Ida surprise;
but.as good treatineat is also, however presumptu-
Guilty, looked for by those *whom Providence has
placed under us, we can very easily imagine that
the posacssion of the one could not compensate for
the denial of the other. The boy does not appear to
have been actuated by any vicious motive in having
him; he elopes, not to associate with vicious com-
panions, not to enlist or go to sea, but to repair to
the home of his mother, and lire in poverty, rather
than in abused dependence. Call any one sit/1109e
that the poor woman took her child back, when,
instead of being an assiatance, he
den to her; truly for the pleatnre of looking at
bins; no, it was for the gratification of affording
hire a shelter from injury and insult ; if she did en-
courage, his return which we do not believe that slie
did, and this is not a crime that should be punished
with the los. of liberty or of country, with tinpriben.
mem or trate-1,00.6m. But Mr. COSSETS' says,
he had n public duty to perform in the punishment
of this boy; but line doe• hr proceed to perform it?
By comitimaticmg two Who's in the arrest of his
mother and. brother; he endear/onto to deprive the
relatives of the nteeder of their liberty, because
he stolen-is that they may hare aided his esexpe.
We say he coootenanceil the arrest; for cer-
tainly he took every menus, to avoid bring a
direct age.:t; he told them that he had nothing
at all to do with the matter; but, if they wrote;
bike the responaibility upon their own Ghoul-
de .s, he wmild vise them every astietance ; he
wroild a get e.. as the best advice he coedit." This
is reatly such a singular way of getting rid of the
slangs et uo yrtttsr` alienist the liberties of a poor