The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-22 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,
Sept. t 6,
THE PIUNCIPAL OFFICERS of His M. -
YESTY's ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that
Proposals will bi received at their Office, in Pall Mall, on or be-
fore Saturday, the Irt O(iobcr next,
.&m such Persons as may
be willing to undertake the supply of COPPER 1-100 PS for
service of this Department fo- a period of th#eeyears.

Furthei-Particulars, together -with the Terms and Conditisns of -
the .Contrao, may be known )(bin aptlication at the Secretary's
Offite, in Pall 'Mall, aforesaid, any day 'craven the hoiers of
"I en and Pour o'Clock, where the Proposals are to be delivered,
sesled up, and inclorse2l " Proposals for Copper Hoops ;'' but
no Proposal can be admitted after the said Day of oSober,•at,
Twelve o'clock at Noon of the same Day ; ?wither still'any Ten-,
der be noticed, unless the Party making it, cr an .eigerg; in his,
6444 shall attend.

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PROM THE SPAIVISII PAPERS.

WHAT HAS. SPAIN TO DO!
AN ADDRESS, EtY ONE THE
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SPANIARISSI—The akribus. enterprize iat which
You are now engaged fides the .attentionsof all Ea-
pee, and will, in the history of. the )9th century,
Ell mall pages piofitahle to pesterity, and which
the kiihole [world will peruse with admienion and
After having, during twenty years, suffered
under gn: exterminating tyrinny ,which oppressed.
the nation, ahrough the weakness of its Sovereigns,
and the stupidity and rapacity of a guilty supped;
after having seen the frontier-fortresses, and et en the
capital of the Kingdom, in the hands of the enemy, •
to whom were basely, delivered, by the Ministers
and publio servants, the military stores of our arse-
nala; after being deprived of the august person of
your young Monarch, vehoiegoodpess of heart, se-
vere sufferings, and lofty virtues, have rendered hire
the'oiaTeet ofailtea:'our hopes and your sincere affec-
tion; when the evils of Yourcoun try seemed ineurablL .
and mapy of your Grandees, Magistrates, and soldiers,
were seen assembled aal3ayonne, playing a vile farce,
which they called the Codes, and offering- ue in-
cense
.in an impure
,temple of,perfidy and lies ;—it
was then that you raised yourselves aloft. .The cry
of liberty and Spanish glory—the voice of your holy
religion, which wns threatened—rhe distant sighs of
your unfortunate FERDINAND. resounded in your
ears, with the tone and, power of a brazen truMpet,
imperiously, suanthoping you to war and vengeance.
Youdid_ riot listen to the timid suggestions of low-
tnial/21-11{,s. To arms ! to arms ! was the unit easel
cry in Spain. The 'rovinces,arrised themselves, and
full of assurance in the justest of Causes, prepared
with joy to break,the sceptre of a tyrant-covered with
crimes, whom Hell vomited fo'rth to oppress the civi-
lized world, assault
.our most holy religion, atel
wrest, if possible, from all mankind, he sweet com-
forts of peace, and the security of poperty and
berty.
" Astoria was the cradle of our redemption, and,
of all the Provinces, made the first offer of her gra-
neroua,exertions. Valencia, Murcia, Arragon, Can:,
tabria, Galicia, Estremadura, -part
,of the Cratiles;
Andalusia, and Catalonia, as if roused by the same
flash, or.the same eledric shock, rushed to aims,
declaring they would rather.' perish beneath the
ruins of their cities than yield the sacrilegious
obedience required by Napoleon, and the tribunals
which ad under compulsion from the enemies of
Spain. • ,
" No; it was not possible that a people so noble,
so full of honour, could form one family
,teith
banditti,. who, entering the Peninsula as guests, and
received with all , the courtesy and generosity4of the
Spanish character, in return for such favoU(s, deso-
lated the capital by the.horrid murders of the .2rla of
May. No; such a people could not stain the glory
of tacit; name by consenting to 'become the subjeds
of an Imperial Usurper, the assassin of the Duke of
I.:GlitEN—of him who lays :waste all Europe, for
no other end than's() enthrone the numerous tribe of
his brothers, soni, and cousins; natural or adopted—,
of him who rewards The condescension and favours
of his Holiness; by the robbery of all. his temporal
possessions—of him, WhO, without a pretence, strip.
ped an Infanta'of Spain of the throne of Etruria;
which our .Court had purchased a' few years before
by the cession of Louisiana, and other important sa-
crificesOf him, who, inviting to his-dominions the
unsuspicious FERDINTAND, to settle affairs which did
not concern him, caresses the King at his.entrance,
and then suddenly thrusts him intosaairisona where
the unhappy Prince, to save his life for the moment,
is first compelled to sign a renunciation of his Crown,
and then transported to a distant castle, where he is
probably destined to that tragic death which thaaya
rant many deem necessary for his security, and which
will so very Well correspond with the rest of his
evil deeds. No; never can the people of Split) per-
suade themselves that he purposes their felicity, who
begins' his Government by issuing the most scan.
dalnus writings. against that faintly- in whose re-
nunciation' his, rights are founded—who wrests
from public justice the wicked, and -base . fa-
vourite, 'whose treasons
.and rapacity,will be ever
held in horror in Spain, assigning him a, commodia
ous retreat, and with Scandalous pomp sending with
him his strumpet and the bastard fruits of his brutal
[asset—who, to re-establish the royal revenue, and
restore order to the finances, calls from banishment
'-and prison the principal agents of past dilapidations,
the vile instruments employed by Godoy to satiate,
that--had been possible, his insatiable avarice--who
prepares fetters and chains for our brave youth, that
they may be transported to the shores of the Danube,
to effed the destruction of the House of Austria,
and enslave the brave inhabitants of the ..Northera
artd Eastern parts of Europe.
" Nothing is sacred which opposes the mad am-
bition of this man. The lives of his fellows weigh
not a grain against his exterminating projects. Trea-
sons, lies, perjuries, .and assassinations, are noble and
approved means in the Code Kapoleonne of his sacria
legions Morality. He has sacked, and plundered,
and spread ruin and deaolation over Italy, Holland,
and Germany : he- has destroyed the ancient [dele'
vetic Cotistitution : he had converted the Goaern-
ment of France to a military despotism, leaving it
without basis and without guarantee he has ten-
dered it impossible that' the young men of, Frame
should learn the- useltil dnd- fine arts of peace, in-,
struZ.Aing them only in the art of war, fitting them
only to be the perpetrators of his iniquities : tie has,
put an end alike to public morals;, to the li.ghtS and
ornaments of learning, ensi the blessings of .sociais.
life-. This man is of no religiOn. 'ln Egypt a Musa ,
sulman, in. France a Catholfca. now' a
,defender of the
Catholic' faith, and now
"to
or-rel.itiouse
toleration ; . he has been seen to declare hinisell the.
protedor of Jaidaism,..in order'to" obtain' a subsidy',
fisoin some rich• infaibaants; convoke 'the Graeda
Saebedrici-; and it wanted but little of his being pro-%