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London, England, 1808-11-13 00:00:00

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13.

POLITIC/1. ATKA-I%N up TrlK WEEK.
A Gottenburgh Mail arrived yesterday. It brought the
important intelligence, that the Armistice in Finland was
broken by the Atussiatis on the 27th ult. A severe en-
gii.rement is said to have been fought, the result of which
was'not know u ; bUt we entertain very strong apprehcn-
siou that the Swedes were defeated. The King had re-
taritedto:SiOeithelati.; and whatever, the. final result of this '
campaign may be; the bonourahleadlicrence of his my CMS
Mx.iiirri to the eligigetnents be solemnly contracted, and
!iis perseveranCe teause, which offers him, at presmt,
no other prOSPite)litstthe consciousness and the honour of;
having sacredly perfsirmed hi% duty ; and of resisting etre-
;moody; feeble as are his means, the eneroachnimits and
;euxforality of the present time, must ensure him the vene-
ration and gratitude of every man, who has su far escaped,
the contagion of modern selfishness, as to feel a red.
.pert for. Attie though in distress, and to refuse doing
homage to successful villainy. When the calamities
and wrongs of the present day have left no either
trace, but the abhorrence of their existence, a more im-
partial and independent generation will do. justice to his
conduct and.principies. Now that the very basis of moral
right and public justice has been daringly undermined ;
and the frequency of acts of injustice has blunted the feel-
ings of NO Waal; !dative to honour and equity, it will be
easily accounted foc that they should.consider as quixotism,
his exertions M intiport.of the rights of his crown and the
honour of his :ciliary. It it a revolting mark of levity
and ingratitude on the part of Englishmen at least, should
they attempt tollepreciate the merit of a Sovereign who is
contending, with a; far greater risk, and consequently with
more honour,, for the maintenance of those principles,
they have alwais avowed themselves, and• for which
they have made and continue to make so many sacrifices.
If our conduct be 'right, in standing forward, as we do at
present, in defente.of those barriers which the wisdom of
other Limes had erected against the encroachments of am-
bition t it is a new mode of reasoning to assert that the con-
duct of Gems %%ifs, for adhering to the same principles,
is•erroneous. We would deservedly incur a part of fire
Wave' attsched to the ' tii;sra rrantable censure of a few
cntemperary wrilds, who seevottor court an occasion of.
sheaving the acuteness of their
.wit ftt the expence, as far as
lit.% in their power, of what was formerly considered honour-
able and just. But new times firdtinVe'neW amen and nevi
sentiments ; and what our forefathers and the most enlight:;*
ened and reveredof our Statcs;nca, t A hout it disgracefol to
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&Nl:4e from, • • et!
is:considered in.our days as a marls, of- folk,
to aditere to. We hays frequently-had came to tegrgt
that the philanthropy and tolerant svbitit of these gentlettiek
overlook their file. lade AiF;teightfecirs, and shoulstlxter

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Only to, the enemies of their country; and' tiaise of "ideal
prder. Efforts are daily made to extenuate the weakness,
and infatuation of those princes, who have sacrificed their
independence and dignity in order to acquire a precarious
security, subject to the discretion of a capricious and unprin-
cipled despot ; whilst those Sovereigns, who have too much.
spirit, and dignity to barter honour for interest, and
their engagements for the degrading protection of an Usur-
per, are accused of exaltation and extravagance. Gustavas
and Alexander of Itussia—The former, as long as men •
continue to estimate actions according to their moral
tendency, cannot fail to rank high among the worthiest
asserters of order and public right ; whilst the Hussian
Monarch, whatever his private character may be, will he
held out as an example of an unthinking Prince, and a
perfidious relative and Ally.

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Some Spanish Papers were received yesterday to the 28th
nit. but as intelligence down to .the 31st had been pre-
viously received, brought by the Windsor Castle, they con-
tained nothing relative to the operations of Gen. BLAKE'S
army, that had not been anticipated. We must therefore
remain in suspense, relative to the is'sue of the grand en-
;gagement which was to be fought the day after the sailing
lot' the Windsor Castle. A letter from Cork mentions, that
a vessel put into Cove, the Captain of which had met with
an armed brig at sea, bound from Spain for Englane, by
which he was informed that a general actioil had beenfought
between the Spanish and French armies ; in which the lat-
ter were totally 'defeated ; and that General &situ was
l'.left in pursuit of the enemy:' Ai no intelligence subsequent
I.to•the Slit has been rAeived, •we annot take upon us to
contradict this report forMally, ; but we think that an ac-
count of such impottade would 'long' since have been offi-
cially received ; and it is well khoWn; that'very little credit
ought to be attached to the ieporli of 'Captains of ships,
Ai hen they are not corroboittedltsinne other testimony.
I—The Spanish Papers to the ttAth, though three days prior
to this rumoured engagement, speak very confidently of
the intention of &Act to attlia the artily under Nay, who
are represented as very much straitened in their positions
by the Spaniards. We ire hippy also to observe in these
papers nothing which seems to betray any apprehension of
the tremendous force BONAPAIiTE is preparing to pour into
Spain ; on the contrnry they speak, with a tone of con&
knee, bordering almost on contempt, of the enemy, and
evince no litle. hope Of seeing them speedily expelled beyond
the frontiers. These papers contain a very spirited address
from Lieut.-Col. CARKOI., one of the British Officers at-
tached to the army of General BLAKE) to the inhabitants of
"Biscay. 'This addiess breathes the same cOnfidence we have
noticed in the Spinish Newipapets, that the enemy will not
`be long able to'keep his present footingin Spain.
We are happy to perceive thailhe atiounls from Cata.
lonia are fir more satisfactory than were . generally ex-
pected. The enemy arc almost entirely shut up in Laree- .
Join; and dare not venture a league from that fortress. Sk ir. • ;
ilmislies occurred almost daily under the very walls, in which •.
i ihetatalans- Were uniformly Victorious. Considerable re..
intOtcenients had already arrivet,-and more were expected.
I.tit the date of the latest accounts from that province, no
accession of force to the Fretia had passed the Eastern
Pyrennees. 'A corps of 16;0.00 mopi; tiosfriped to penetrate -
troinihnisillini into Spain',' httd fiwle
.ii`refrograde, move-
, 'went,. on finding the important pOst of Juntiuera occupied
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