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blue-manufacturers. at eleven, at Guildhall.
Oct. 1. John Sparks, Leaden/WM-street, tea-dealer, at eleven,
at Guildhall.
Oct. el. William Williams, Lad-lane, victualler, at twelve
at Guildhall.
Sept. 17. John Aynsley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, at
elevest, at Shakspeare Tavern, Newcastle-upou-Tvne.
Sept. 25. James Parish, Thomas Parish, James Stafford, and
Thomas Hardwick, Holloway's-End, Staffordshire, Vass-nut-
nufacturers, at twelve, at the Jerningham-Arms, Ski , Salop.
Sept. 20. Christopher Shaw, Joseph Graham, and.
Southampton, wine-merchants, at ten, at Guildhall; ;,,.
CERTIFICATE, San. IT. •;$ v.. t
Garret Andrews, Mark-lane, ship-broker.
ETU Gazette contains a Letter from Admiral Russell, giving
an account of Capt. Cochrane, of his Majesty's ship Alexandria,
and Lieut. Sir George Mount Keith, of the Redbreast gun-ves-
sel, having captured in the rivers Jade and Weser, the kiosk'
Danish privateer, of one 4-pounder, and eleven men ; and a
Dutch gun-boat, No. 206, carrying one long 18-pounder and two
4-pounders, with a complement of 20 men, commanded by Lieut.
Henry Meyer, of the Dutch Navy.
A Letter from Capt. Sanders, of the Bellete sloop, also states
the rapture of the French privateer Jalouse, of four guns, and 75
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that
the Province of Biscay is in a state of complete insorrec.
Lion against the French. If the bravery, the characteris-
tic independent spirit of the Biscayans, the geograpincal
position of the country, their inaccessible mountains, the
circumstance of its commanding the principal roads lead-
Mg from France to Spain and Portugal, and its hardy and
numerous population be taken into consideration, it must
be acknowledged that its influence on the result of the Spa-
nish contest will be decisive. Whilst this account gives us
the cheering conviction that every kind of pi ovincial jea-
lousy and prejudice has yielded to the abhorrence they feel
in common with the mass of their countrymen, against the
ruffian and his satellites, who aimed at their debasement
and subjugation, it allows us to draw the satisfactory con-
clusion, that the force which the Tyrant stilt mainta..l4,ia
that country is small ; that its danger is imminent, and that
his means of reinforcement and subjugation, are much
smaller than has been hitherto supposed, as his Generals
have.been obliged to withdraw a:considerable part of the
force, which kept that important Province in awe, Should
the Expedition under Sir D4viD &slap, at ('ork, joined
with any of the Expeditions preparing at present iii•
country, be able to sail immediately for that Province ;
and should Sir ARTHUR Wer,Leszcv succeed in reducing
JuNOT, and, after that event, sail for the same destination,
the fate
.nf the greater part of'the French force in `;pain
would be soon decided. \ Whilst the intrepid CAirAxos,
the Arragonese, and the army under General BL%FiE, ate
hastening to attack the remnant'of the French armies col•
lected in Old Castile, so powerful a diversion ia, their rear,
seconded by the intrepid Biscayans, would render the r r -
treat in the highest degree difficult, .f not im:racticahle.
In consequence of this important intelligence, we are now
strongly inclined to believe that BONAPARTE will order his
army to fall back into Navarre, probably as far as Pampe-
luna. Should the efforts of our Government in Bisray, be
commensurate to the exigency of the service, we may ex-
pect that the whole peninsula, before the commencement
of the rainy season, which is extremely violent in the
Northern Provinces, will be scoured of the French. That
loyal and magnanimous band which has so nobly declared
for the sacred cause their country is engaged in, and %hid!,
through the well-concerted measures. of our Government,
has been liberated from Fuhncn and Jurand, no.ild pro-
duce an incalculable effect, if landed in Biscay. We seize
this opportunity, with all the heartfelt pleasure and sym-
pathy of freemen, who know to appreciate every cuort
made in the divine cause of liberty, to bestow our tribute
of admiration and applause on that small army of heroes,
which, under their gallant and patriotic General, so nobly
effected their deliverance from the tramels of the perfilli-
ons wretch, who bad crinsped them from their country.
Thanks also, unfeigned thanks to the administration which
assisted them in the generous work of deliverance, and
without enterin" into a disgusting examination, whether
this object was effected soon enough, we will abandon our-
selves to the gratifying sensations we feel on its tuccegs.
We will leave to The fine* the gratilication,X it can coo-
Rider it as such, of vaunting
.the.degree of merit it had in
recommending this subject to the notice of Government!
If we possessed the same degree of self-sufficiency, and had
the selfishness, to see, in the contemplation of so pleasin,o.
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an object, only a convenient source fur the gratification
vanity, we could also lay our claims to the humble iner;.t
of having early suggested the expedinney of the m easiir
rood the means of putting it its execution. We will lett%e

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Sept. 11. Thomas Hamilton Ked4l4. Charles-street, West- POLITICI4 lifr'SNl'S 04 'RNA, NW
'Oyster' Sadler`Sadler`at twelve, at Guildhall.
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AUGUST 48,

The axes to this self-indulgence, and resume
This insurrection of the Outman, will now ,
most incredulous; that lite military and financial resources
of BolgerAnse are eatirely incompetent for his plan of
ambition and sublugat►on. Spain he cannot abandon. and
his means are inadequate for its conquest. He will be,
therefore, reduced to the fatal necessity of a defensive War
on his own frontiers. What an circa this will have on the
unfortunate and degraded people he now tyrannizes over,
can scarce he appreciated, when they see th'eir own country
participating of the misery and devastation which his law-
less ambition and perfidy have so profusely spread over
tither nations. These v►le instruments of his rapacity,
when they see armies of Spaniards rushing towards that
very city where the Tyrant announced to some of their de-
ge:ierate Grandees. his promise of extending to their coun-
try the blessings of his empire, will perhaps awake *them
from their shameful apathy. The keen sense of their
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•of thin,
misery and degradati( was somewhat mollified by
the victories
~of their countrymen on the Vistula, in
,•saxony and Moravia. They seemed to overlook, in
this splendid series of conquests and successful battles.
the misery they suffered from the usurpation of a stran-
ger. But when they begin to suffer themselves, without
yen the miserable compensation of seeing the armies of
their Tyrant victorious, they will feel in all its poig-
nancy how deplorable their present situation is. Whilst
the South-West of Europe presents this cheering prospect,
the affairs of the North and the East portend as happy a
change. Russia begins at last to rouse from her lethargy.
lier conduct, since the peace of Tilsit, has been the most
(thaineful anti unjustifiable, we believe, a powerful nation
had been ever guilty of. But could she still continue, after
the outrage offered to the Royal. Family cf Spain, to 'pur-
sue the same disgraceful system of politics, her govern-
ment would have been the most worthless and imbecile
that ever dishonoured a nation. Every account from the
continent corroborates the intelligence of the Emperor
Avaxsanea having bestowed the most unqualified disap-
probation on the Corsican's perfidy. All these accounts
coincide, at the same time, in stating that the harmony
existing between the Courtsof.Vienna and Petersburgh has
been never greater. A considerable Russian army has as-
sembled in Poland; and, it is universally believed on the
Continent,—wild co-operate with Austria, for the pur-
)ose of liberating Germany from the oppression of the
Frelich. The strong works the French are throwing up in
the suburbs of Warsaw, give a great appearance of proba-
bility to this rumour. The greater part of the Prussian
territory has been already evacuated by them; and their
soldiers are hastening in all directions towards the Austrian
ltontiers. The latter are not remiss in their exertions to
repel the attack. Their army is stated to be much more
numerous than it ever had been in any former period.
Their Ambassador at the Hague has positively quitted
Holland, and even stated that Count METTERNICK has been
recalled from Paris. Though the latter report may be
p,reinature, there is every cause to expect this event daily..
Ihe Court of Vienna has lately given unequivocal proofs
tit a hostile spirit towards the French. Whilst it gave the
Russian government permission to draw very considerable
supplies of corn fetid; Galicia, for the use of its army in
Poland, not a bushel was allowed to pass the frontiers of
Bohemia fur the use of the French in Silesia, though re-
Prated applications had been made to that purpose. An-
other circumstance worthy of notice is the assembling of
he main body of the French army from Silesia to Warsaw.
'There is every reason' to believe that an attack on the
Austrian provinces from that side is much mote difficult ,
flan if it were made from the side of Bavaria; it would be
north while to examine the cause of this deviation from
former wars against' that state. By adopting, this mode,
they !cent to have principally in view, to recruit their ar-
mies in Poland, to retain possession of Prussia, and thus
prevent the Prussian Monarch from taking an efficacious
inn in the contest, but pariicillirly on •account of the •

present
paign, they appear to hate adopted a system of ope-
ration which is tar better qualified for • defensive than
an offensive war. What was formerly most admitted
in BONAPARTE'S operations was, his collectio, 'l6O
whole force into one great mass, and thus overwhelming
the enemy by its irres.stible weight. If that mode was
admirable, wily does he seem to abandon it at present?
These ditierent armies must have different Generals. IN
can himsolf only regulate the operations of one, at the
considerable distance they remain from one another. None
of his Generals at present in Italy, in Poland, or in Germany,
nas ever had any other but a secondary command, except
alassena alone. Davourr is a distinguished officer, so is
NEIC ; but they never yet had a separate and principal
command of a numerous army. Why will BONAPARTM
try the dangerous experiment at present ? Is he afraid
of risking his reputation in another general engagement I
Or does he fear the genius and expeiienee of the Archduke
CHARLES, who commands the Austrian armies in Bohemia
and Moravia? This departure from his usuil mode of war
gives matter for various speculation. His• confidence, his
audacity, his promptitude, seem to abandon him, with hie
fortune, at the other side of the Pyrenees. That his
difft-
eulties are great, and much greater than was hitherto
supposed, may, however, be fail ty presumed; and his oe a
arrangements prove, that be looks to a very tedious contest.
We must also give him a prospect of employment is
Hanover and in Italy. Could Denmark be retrieved from
her infatuation, and prevailed on to return to her former
lucrative neutrality, which would soon heal all her wounds,
BONAPARTE would be obliged to keep near 60,000 mat
°for the defence of the country lying between the Elbe and
Rhine; but as long as Denmark retains her hostile spirit,
he can withdraw Hie greater part of his troops from that
quarter, and confide a part of the service to the Danes.
Her conduct, however, will be greatly regulated by that of
Russia; and that the mission of Count MATTEROSA, on the
part of the Spanish Patriots, to that Court, will be attended
with the desired effect, we sincerely !cols to. The follow-
ing Extract of a letter from Konigsberg will throw wine
light over the affairs of the North :
" An extraordinary activity has appeared at our little Court,
since two weeks. Count Mutt v LE)? has arrived here some days
ago, on his way to Petershurgh, whither he is going as Extraordi-
nary Ambassador from the Court of Vienna. lie has every day
conferences with the K t No, which sometimes last several hours.
The only Minister who is admitted on these occasions, is the
Minister Von Boas; who enjoys at present the greatest con•
ficlence of his MAJ nsT v. Prince DoLeoltoucxy arrived here
the day before yesterday, and lodges in the Palace. lie is said
to be going to Dresden, and afterwards to Copenhagen. fir
was present yesterday at the conferences held in consequence of
the arrival of Count !quay ELD-r. The Russian army is ia.
creasing considerably on our frontiers; and it is said to amount
already to more than 60,000. Prince Do cco ctottcstir and the
Austrian Ambassador have sent yesterday Couriers to their
respective Governments. The several Regiments of oar little
army have made some movements within these ten days; and
the whole is now collected between this place and Memel. This.
concentration of the remains of a powerful army, once the terror,
and admiration of Europe, now reduced to about 27,000, ball
been occasioned by an account our Government is said to have
received, of a plan forayed by Marshal DA VOUST to disarm sr,
part of it. However, if he entertained such a project, it is now
too late : they are out of his reach. Our distress here is every
day increasing. Not ship enters our harbour, in conseg ~we
of the severe vigilance of the French Consul. Our pot i Kiva,
whom misfortune has rendered doubly dear to ns, does every
thing to alleviate the general misery. His table is not emtlier
than that of the simplest citizen: no more than three dishes are

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our subject. great number of tortresses which may cover their
now convince the eetreat in case of discomfiture. Their former confidence
financial resources tlien has considerably abated. In their present cam-