The National Register.
London, England, 1812-02-23 00:00:00

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band they will see the PRINCE on' the eve ('f in,suming
the awful duty imposed upon him, attempting to recon-
cile men of all parties, for the general welfare of the •
Empire. Condescending even to appeal, in order to
attain that desirable object, to those motives personal
friendship so often, so loudly professed by " those per-
sons with whom the early habits ef his public life had
been formed. He has no predilection to indulge—no
xesentment to gratify.—No objects to attain, but such as
were common to the whole Empire; and if such was his
conduct, he flattered himself he should meet with the
support of Parliament, and of a candid and enlightened na..
tion." We trust that such an appeal will 410 t be made in vain.
We trust that Parliament and the Nation will show the
sense they entertain of tile arrogant pretensions of an Ari-
stocratical Junta, the members of which -pretending to
exclusive talents, and exclusive patriotism, deny their
services to their country, in a moment of the utmost dan-
ger ; who were ready to barter their talents, whatever they
snaybe,for political inflaence,require a pledge before hand,
from their PRINCE, for wheat], but ten short days ago, they
professed the most unbounded devotion ; who, stepping
between the PRINCE and a large portion of his Royal
Father's subjects, assumed beforehand the sole merit of
the indulgences which it may be thought proper to grant
beFeafter to the Roman Catholics. Tlnne are their clients,
fotoooth ! and from being unlicensed vdvocates, they strut
between Parliament and the Patecn on the one band, and
the Roman Catholics •n the other, as mediators, armed
-with full powers, to enforce bedience. We might carry
this subject to almost any length ; we Inslc Lord
GRENVILLE what be thinks now of those mutual con-
cessions, &c. which he so pompously maintained were
absolutely necessary ? Did the Irish Roman Catholics, by.
open defiance to the law, render those concessions unne-
cessary on their side ? But we want room to atgne with I
those prof and politi, inns, and we only w ast to induce the
people at large to reflect on their conclu:a.
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SPAIN i_til) PGRTVGAL.

letter which we received yesterday from a distin-
guished Officer in our army, dared Fuenies d'Onore,
on, the Mit ult. says, ,4 1,,1ARW),.-r was at Saiamanca
when we took Ciudad Rodrigo—linding lie wr...; too late,
and that to fight us after we had get it might make bad
worse, he retired again t*,wards Valladolid. We shall
remain here a few days, to ascertain that he is too far off
to return again, and our division will Ilion march oil' to
.A.brantes. Our DCXI operation wilt be the siege of Ba-
dajoz. I am just going to Gallegos, to attend the sale 01
poor General Cli-M.3I;I:D'S effects, who (Led five days
ago._ Major NAPIER is doing well."
A Cadiz Mail arrived on Wednesday, \yid' letters and
papers .from that city to the 4.11 instant.
`We learn from the Li,,;bon Parers, that Earl WI:JIANG.
TON had b. en created a Grandee of Spain of the first Or-
der, with the title of Duke of CIUDAD RODIt !It°. At the
date of the dispatch, the .29th January, his Lordship had
his head-quarters pt Gallegos.; but it WAS said that he
rne4tr to proceed immediately to the scuth, with a divi-
sion of his army to -reduce Badajos, the garrison of