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cruelly disappointed. However, the enthusiastic pleasure
they displayed on the occasion is the finest panegyric of the
British Character, This display of generous participation
afforded bs a pleasure almost equivalent-to a confirmation
of the intelligence, because it *hewed in the most honour-
able point of view the hearts and understandings of Kw*.
lishmen. From the rapid increase of luxury and opulence,
there was reason to apprehend the effects of political in-
difference and moral profligacy, but. the heartfelt satisfac-
tion displayed in consequence of thiS report, leave; on
doubt of the prevalence of public over selfish feelings.
The foregoing report was, however, totally destroy('
by the arrival of Spanish Papers on Thursday last. The
most important article they contained, was an Official
Report from BLAKE. to the supreme Governing Junta, de-
tailing the operations of his army from the apt to the
Bth, which lie concludes in the following affecting lan-
guage :—" Our inimitable warriors have, ever since the
23d, endured with fortitude privations of every kind,
" and the intemperaturc of severe weather, without Vest
coats, in great part without clothes, without hats, and
absolutely barefoot ; what is more, without haAieg a
" morsel to cat for many days ; lending their services
" with ardour to extreme fatigue, and all along without
44 one murmur of complaint or disgust.—All I can per-
ceive in them is an unabated desire I.f washing the euem)'s
" guilt in his blood, at the hazard of their own lives."—
It would be almost superfluous to add a weed to
this simple and heart-rending narrative ; hut after such
sublime proofs of devotion to the cause of their Sovereirn
and country, it would be base and dastardly in cs, could
we indulge, even for a moment, in the pusillanimous or
despoutient anticipation, that such sacrifices, such patience
and heroic perseverance, should terminate in the subjuga-
tion of that magnanimous people. Our Readers will !in.!
hably believe is when we declare that it is not our opinion.
The ,Spaniards possess constitutional qualities of mind and
• body, which peculiarly qualify them for the most daring
enterprises, as well as the fatigues and privations of pro.
traded warfare, Their provinces may be over-run and
plundered ; their families dispersed, and the face of their
country fundamentally changed ; but their will remains in-
flexible, stud calamity will only tend to multiply their mo-
ral resources. They have lost of their primitive character
less than any other people in Eurove ; and the Pyrenees
served as a moral, as well as a political 'barrier against the
innovations of their neighbours. This is the basis of our
hopes in their favour ; and the fastidious pretensions to
superior penetration, on the part of cotemporary nriterc,
are not sufficient to overturn the scaffolding of our belief,
or to sacrifice to their cold, heartless speculations, our
ardent anticipation of their ultimate success. We do not
pretend to any infallibility of opinion ; but we would net,
for all the superiority of penetration these dogmatists
attribute to thetmelv es, renounce the favout4ble
senti-
ments we er,tertain in favour of a just and honourable
cause. Our opinitat in this respect. is subject to no fluctua-
tion it has imbibed a strong tincture from the character
of the people whose cause we advocate. It remains un-
alterable ; no reverses, which may still lie in the wend) of
time, will prevent us from crying out to oer coentv:,!nrup
to perseverie itutheir honourable and politic exertions.
5114114.11 papers and letters arrived yesterday.to the 27th
nit, by the Bowe Citoyntie, which sailed front Cortltul4
on Saturday last. :ioott aftpr she departed-ft-01 Corunna, she

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