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London, England, 1808-10-16 00:00:00

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sumplon, ignorance, and love of singularity, which pro-
duced their unceasing cries on the expediency of a Peace
may occasion their interference on subfects equally mo.
mentuous; it is by no means irrelevant to expose the im.
moral !culprit: of their doctrines, and the impolicy of
their suggestions.
There

_ ~wean►ng we cannot reconcile or eompreheui►
whoa wa examine the Usurper's conduct relative to Spain.'
Whilst he displayed the most Sovereign contempt, the,
most brutal disregard for every thing that is considered as
indispensable and sacred even by men who are least eon-,;
srientious in the means they employ he seemed to show a,
degree of confidence, or, rather, credulity, not very usual,
in his character. Tbc permission he gave Cevallos to re-41
turn with the Duke del Infaintado, and other members cull`
the Bayonne Junta, whose inflexible integrity rendered a
distrust in their co-operation, or subserviency
.justitiable,
can he accounted for in no Other manner, than by attri-
buting it to that disbelief which tyrants entertain of the
existence of virtue ; or to the detestable conviction they
have that avarice is the great mobile of human actions.
However, this apparent inconsistency is perfectly recoil-
tillable with the character of a consnn►nate villain ; and the
seine principle which induced him to make Spain one scene
of devastation and ►murder, encouraged him to believe,
that no man is proof against corruption. Thii extreme
depravation, and this profligate contempt of others, have
caused an appearance of unsuspecting candour on the one
side, and a tissue of treachery,- prevarication, falsehood,
and deception on the other. Whilst he feels the exeruciat..
lag conviction that virtue is no chimera, he still not
neglect turning thu unpropitious discovery, as much as
possible to his advantage, by imputing the effects of un-
bounded proilicacy to the generous, unsuspicious turn hf
his disposition, Whatever way we examine his conduct
en tbu occasion, the inure we admire the total degrade..
tion of principle, which could produce a result favourable
to litunauity t and were it consistent with our religious
notions to think that Sovereign wisdom should have
chosen a little Corsican upstart as the agent of his ineont-
prehensible decrees, we would believe that this fellow was
incited to his nefarious undertaking, in order to rouse the
dormant energies of a brave and distinguished people.
However, without entering further into a species of specu-
lation rather extraneous to a political disquisition, every
honest man cannot fail to exult at seeing the utmost re-
finement of villainy holding out a prospect of advantage
to those whose happiness it conspired to subvert.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.


FROM TUE FRENCII .IND DUTCH PIPERS.
FRANCE.
VAR/S, OCT. S.--Letters from Bayonne, of September 21,
tOntain the following intelligence:---
" Troops and artillery daily arrive here. The passage of the
army will continue through this place during the whole month
of October. We have this instant received information, that
the Spanish General, Blake, has come from the Asturias with a
division of 8000 men, and is marching upon Bilhon. Letters
received this morning from Vittoria state, that Marshal Bes-
sieres, who • had removed his head-quarters to }largos, had,
upon receiving intelligence of the movement of the Spaniards,
Starched at the head of a division, with the intention of cutting
them offs nod it was even said tbat he had already arrived at
Laredo. it was most probabk that Blake's

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