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is cossequenee of this .wistatlcultajott, had Limo t9.draw
together hi at • tered forces from the extrcniitien
► ope, and pour them into thcir country, before their means
of defeuce wore completed. But fliat very ere.it his oc-
curred, which we anticipated ; for the exertiooa of a peo-
tlei in a popular cause, become proportionate to the dim--
Kers that arena= ii. if prosperity tends to relax, aflvorsity,
by maiutaining a constant irritation, and converting what
was before only a keen sense of injury into abhorrence and
the most deadly hate, makes every citizen a soldier, and
transforms the simplest tout into an instrument of death.
%%e have been invariably tenacious iu support of this
opinion, and no did not retract a single iota from it, when
accounts must unfavourable: to its solidity and justice
were received. It still continues inalterable;and, not-
withstanding the iusolence, the flippancy, and the confi-
dence of the French Bulletins; notwithstanding the defeat
of Blake, of Castanos, and the array of Extremadura ; not-
witiistaudaig the entrance of the enemy into Madrid,
the retreat of our own troops, and the unwarrant•
able despondency of Ministers ; notwithstanding the
errors we have committed in our military arrange-
niculs, the insiitliciencv of our assistance, and the lament-
able tardiness oi. uai co-operation, after all these dis-
couraging appearances, we still confidently believe that
the Spaniard:i will ultimately triumph. We do not give
this opinion from a tenacious adherence to support what
we olive advanced, or from pretensions to saper:or penetra-
tioe, or from an affectation of singularity, but from the
strung conviction we feel, that the Spaniards have display-
ed, and continue to display eiter,4ies tat sepertor even to
the formidable meaus the invader can bring agiainst then,.
This opiaion is far flora be‘a-zf, a mere :yet:dative one, un-
corroborated by experience and correspondin facts ; the
examples of America, Iloitand, autt ;!‘‘‘itzerrland, where
the people a!so took up-m theirsolves their own defence,
justify the most sanguine wishes in l'avear of the Spaniards.
We will not wait for any objections that may. be made us,
but will anticipate theta ; and, in acknowledging, in
compliance with the obstinate admirers of the means
and abilities of tke corsican, the superiority of his
resources and perseverance over those of the
iecotl, and his excellency as a General when compared to
the Duke of Parma, (which, by the bye, we do not be-
lieve) it must also be recoll2cted that the means of the
ipattiards are much greater, their antipathy more pro.:
found, their motivt.s for resistance more urgent, than eveu
t livse of the Dutch had been at that ti

We are happy to pecceive that the persons, best capable
of appreciating the :•-panisii character, of knowing their
resources, and who are :uost interested in the issue of this
great coutlict, little despondency as we do;
and any man, who has read the oath taken by the Mem-
bers of the Supreme Junta, when the enemy was approach-
ing the capital; and saw the resolution they adopted after
their worthy President received a letter from those abomin-
able traitors, who prefer to their country and Sovereign
the countenance of a Bonaparte; any man we say, who care
still despond, and communicate to his family, relatives.
and acquaintance, his base fears, and thus tend to weaken
*in, hopes and efforts of the community, we neither np-
p.m.; of his principles, nor do we envy him his feelings.
The cause we love, we trust in ; aad the individual, what-
ever be his rank, who is continually coming forward, on
every reverse of our allies, with a triumphant sneer. we
have no difficulty in pronouncing kiln, no friend to his
country, or to civi;
As no one has yet dared to dispute, however averse
lie may he to the success of the Spaniards, the vast advan-
tages that event would secure to this country ; and as the
opinion is as universal, that their subjugation would con-
siderably increase the resources of the enemy, and conse-
ly the difficulties tied dangers of our own situation,
ave every motive, which an enlightened sense of our
e44ts dictates, exclusive of the svmpathy strut.
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virtue inspirer, and aualillorreuee el villain; *gamin,

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TRH *ATICIRA I,tqlsrr_Eit.

FIFTH TiUI.LETII.

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to encourage us not only to preserve in the co-k
promised, hut to act m a manner as if our e
connected indissolubly with theirs. By aduptii
lotion, we have a certainty of success; 10!
country to display its full strength, its pressun
down any effortt which the enemy can make
tlyrcnees : Whereas if we confine ourselves t,
Lions, the contest becomes not only doubtful
are able to maintain it, will be spurt uu to
time.

We have frequently alluded to the exaggerl
of the enemy's force, which' our own Govern's
won with others, seems most unacconntabiy
or otherwise they would have endeavoured
sufficient force in Spain, to overwhelm the inv
they are able to reinforce their present numbi
of the conscription, or by draining their arini,
ny. A single vigorous exertion, ;me grand it
tional strength, would not only place Hie lest'
beyond the effect of accident, but raise our ow
the summit of grandeur and veneration. A int
policy as well as bliMlinity recommends, sh,
slightly rejected ; and if we had a particle
would have, before the end of next month,
90,000 men on the peninsula. It is certainly
hazardous stake ; but let us recollect, that n,
is acquired in our world, without risking mucl
hazardonv game was, on any one occasion,
urgent, it is, undoubtedly, on the presen!
should not be afraid of risking their
against the fortuacs of Encope; and if
the character of the: r country it.eu, they wouli
signal reverse sustained by our army, wm
tritional character to exaltation, and furnish
with resources store than•adequate to avenge
the disaster. If rois!aken religious zeal
-Myriads to Palestine to rescue the liolv C
pollution of Infidels ; how much more powerful
crusade in defence of the Spaniards, do honou
offer the present generation. It is honourabl.
such a came ; and death in support of justice
cence cannot be a calamity. Government shr
below the feelings of the public; and we '114)1
future energy will make up for the momentai
Lion they bad the weakness to betray.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENC

FIZOM TILE FRENCU P.IPER

Dena(' t, Nov. 16.—The fate of the Army of
has been decided on the plains of Burgos. The (:al
beaten in the battles of Durango, Gam's, and V
been dispersed in the battle of Epinosa. This Ai
posed of the ancient Spanish troops which wer
and Gallicia, and which quitted Porto towards the
the militia of fda!Hein, Asturias, and old Castile
nish prisoners, which the English had cloathed
their expenee,nntl disembarked at St. Acdero ; of
of Gallicia, of regiments of artillery, and of the
the traitor Roman had carried away from the
Army had the presumption to attempt cutting otf
cation with Biscay. For ten days it was driven
post : at last, on the 10th of November, it arrived
where in order to save its artillery, magazines, ,fir
order of battle, as it believed itself in a situati
forced.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, Marshal Bell
front of the enemy. General Pacthod was order
small battery occupied by the troops of the tra,
This position was excellent, and defended by thoi
but General Pactinai, with his corps, fell upon
who had abused our confilience, and violated thei
au instant they were broken and precipitated do,
pkeeti, Tice Prince's regiment was destroyed. Till
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