The National Register.
London, England, 1809-11-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Such is the situation of Spain at this moment. The
, active inexorable tyrant, who has thought fit to rouse, by
unparalleled injuries, a people sunk,for two centuries in indo-
lence; who did not start back at the horror of makiqg their
peaceable mansions, a theatre for his cruel, savage acti-
vity,—has not lost sight of a prey, he had already pounced ;
and as the alarm is over, which made him quit his hold,
there is reason to suppose he will return, with new
fury, and a more voracious appetite, to the approaching
attack. We do not, however, despond ; and we thank
ileaven ! that the faculty of hope, in this awful crisis, has
not abandoned us. He will have many an obstinate bat-
tle, or all our feelings bctiay us, before he can stride over
the reclined necks and broken hearts of the Spaniards. The
Usurper CIESAR fought for life, and not for victory, at
Thoth:. It was the last battle for the liberties of the world.
The modern C a may find, on those very plains, the goal
of his restless sanguinary carter. The well-di ected steel of a
Spaniard 1113 V reach the heart of the ruffian ; and pro-
claim, with his last convulsive sigh, ernaecipation to man-
kind. It is iinposOfle to dive into the recesses of futurity.
It is madness to despond before the evil is incurable. It is
impious to think that the progress of villainy cannot be re-
s! rained. If we find in the annals of nations If equeiit ex-
amples to exercise our faith, we can discover‘in those sery
records, legible and distinct marks of a protecting provi-
dence;—the avenger of innocence, and the scourge of op-
pression.
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The Spanish Papers contain very favourable accounts of
the siatatiom and numbers of the several Spanish armies.
Tire army of Gallicia is estimated at forty thousand men.
and aootner numerous army is forming in that province.
The Duke of Parqoe, with twelve thousand men, had
joined army of 30,000 between Salamanca and Ciudad
Rodrigo ; the army •of La Mancha was estimated at be-
rween 40 and 70,000 men, and that of F,stremadura at up-
wards of. ::0,000 ; the latter had its head-quarters at Trux.
ilk ; the army of Catalonia consisted of 30,000; and the
t hole avo &set ibed as forming a circle round the French ,
in ,the rent re of Spain. Besides these, Gen. Blake is slated
Q) be A orth 13,000 men at Oct, where he was preparing to
al!ark the Fri:licit in that quartea. Soult was at Talavera
10,000 men, and Victor at Toledo with 12,000.; but
the main body 01 the French army was at Ocana and Aran•
juez. The positions of the several armies are we believe
correeily described, and happy shall we be to find that the
nunitiers of those of Spain are not exaggerated. In the
accounts before us, they are estimated at upwards of 200,000
eirective men. General Sebasiiani is said to have been
tired at lately in the streets of Madrid, bat not killed.— ,
Lard ‘Vellington continued at Lisbon on the 23d ult.
The two 'lvroleaus who have been deputed by their gal-
lant country men to solicit assistance from our Government,
appeared on. the Exchange on Friday at half past three
o'clock. They are both extremely Weil-looking; men, and
were dressed in the uniform of the Tyrolese Patriots. They
afterwards ascended to the Subscription Hoorn at Lloyd's,
where they were received with repeated cheers.
Cr aloes 110 s x.—The neighbourhood of Bedford-street,
s.,:t.Gardea, was the scene of much confusion %ester-
da).. some wa4 had taken the trouble of going to differ-
ent tradespeople, and ordered various articles of furniture,
aid of other descriptions, to be sent to the house of Mr.
Gridith, an apothecary in that, street,. At an early hour
in the morning, carpets, boxes of candle*, articles of
household furniture, &c. were sent. The family being out.
of town, and no person but the maid servant at home, she
of course refused to receive, them ; the consequence was,
tteat the porters were obliged to take up their loads and
walk home again, amidst the jeers of an immense eon-
,
course of people, aasembkd to witnewi this curious hoax.
Fiusii arrivals in the course of the day induced the crowd still
to rem.iin; among these arrivals were a patent mang_le, au
caw. ow us large rocking horse, three waggon load of coals,

&c. At length, to complete the joke, at the dinirig hour
arrived eight post-che.:es, from different parts of the
country, with some of the most intimat' friends of Mr.
Griffith, all anxious, haiing received cards of invitation
for that purpose, to taste his poultry and game, but the
populace made game of them, and disappointment being
the order of the day, the horses heads were turned and
the guests departed, amidst the loud cheers of the spec-
tators. The arrivals of goods continued till a late hour in
the evening.
Among ihe number intended to be hoaxed at Grif-
fiths's, in Bedtord-street, was Mr. Thoina4 the butcher,
at Charing-criiss, who received orders to attend Dr. Grif-
fiths, to enter into a contract for supply inn Eton College
with meat.

In our last Paper we gave a sketch of the rejoicinizs,
which took place in London, Wind.or, and Frogm:w , on
the occasion of the Jubilee ; and we are happy to had that
' Joy a:1,1 happnicss were ditlosed throughout ev-ry pari of
t;le IMited Kingdom. Eery city, tovtn, and village, boast
'of ifs processions, climers, donations, and s:b6cript ions, on
that. wemoz.:l)ie ; but it is impossible to do atlequate
jostice to ihe general joy, festivity, and logfty, by
this ever-to-he rememtiered event. has been distin-
To enter into particulars of the !iberaiity of the .diiTcrent
towns, &c. in making their poor happy an.l coutfonabie,
feasting • the different Schools, liberatiog Prisoners for
l)cbt,&c. &c. would be utterly impossible in the compass
of many Newspapers.
We understand the Hey, J. Fonthan, Vicar of Leigh,
near Tunbridge, in honour of the Jubilee, presented to
the poor of his small parish two bulocks, and one hon.
died gallons of ale, allowing 'co each in family a pound of
meat and a pot of ale. The widows were eutttled to a
double pertion.