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London, England, 1808-07-15 00:00:00

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[Plir *.E SIX PEN(

lodging the first abdication Of CEARLE:'. IV. will not
allow Nation_ to into t .‘ notives
which have induct:4 CHARLES IV. FERDI N.; AND, .111 d

the whole of the BOURBON Family, to re ;gn. He
will not acknowledge the-, abdication of a 'father in
favour of. his lawful successor ; and be wild have
us acknowledge. the resignation. made by b,th in fa-
'our of a lot eitt Prince, in Whose power they and
part .of their kingdoin Were. He asserts th:tt every
applica:ionfrom a hereditary Prince toanot her Sove-
reign is' a crime.. 0 FER,DINAND L Werc you then to
give up yodr sacred rights to an ambitions favourite,
who aimed at supplanting you ! It was not even
lawful for you to ,intreat,..in your own behalf, the
mediation of 'him whom yoU deemed the great, the
generous NA.FoLzoN. This war a crime. But it is
no crime in him ((la-Vail himself of your situation for.
oppressing you, and tearing yt,u for ever from the
aric,s GI your heliNed subj-as. For ever ! 9 con-
tumelipUs usa_e ! end wilt •you'bear I.vitir.it, brave
Spaniards ! The PRINCE of Pk.:.:Acz no. longer has
any friends; nor would your Eitizlmess have any left
if ioit;ine shoUld forsake- you. Experience has be
lied thiS prophecy of the Emperor's., 0 FERDI-.
NAND ! you are nill'ortaime-, and eleven millions of
sparliafth. are laiuenting yOur. fate,
.and shall avenge
Vou. Yon. find a support in me if factions

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should ciiw.irb the peace cat your -reigo: I ask it

Sininifirds, was it a t'ation, .or (he itresjslible
will of the whole-nation, that overturned the power

or t'h'e 7 fa-von rite ?
• The-Ertiperor 'appears 05 be appre`;ensi/e lest the
abdiCatina of Citt.xLss IV. in favour ,of -his son,
should.be imputed to 'the influence of, ihe French
~Bt-it to what will Europe -aticfposterity
the,resignatiou of theetights of the, House of
Bourbon, made'at Bayonne? in I,,your of the very
Emperor, in- whose :lauds the. Royal Family. hap,
pelted in.be;? • . ;
What toOns of redress are, th• n, left us.? All
The rights of nations and royalty equally trampled.
upon by force and utachi Neiisin, we have only to
appeal to tie justice f. eite teltnighty, who rules
over and energy of the nation al-
ready disp i,tyed in the titan); provinces, N 4 hich have
espoesed our cause.
Prettlotis to concluding this analysis, I ought to
. make -a few observations upon other articles the
letter, in which not only the Spanish people, but all
natioos are concerned The peo; le lay hold of every
opportunity to make themselves amends for the re-
sped they sliew us, The people,• therefore, are
not- societies of coizeu-s living' under the protettion of
:laws and kings, bat gangs at slaves, ready to rise
upon their waster whenever r.in opportonity occurs.
Are these right notions 'of the law of nations ? Is
the morality of the. throne? -Unhappy the na-
tiou which ner Sovereign views i.t that liget J.-tied*
thousand times more unhappy the monarch who en-
tertains such odious..notions: of, his people ! The
crimes of the Prince of PEAcc ought to be buriedyn
I the rights of the Throne. eThe impuniit of Mi-
nisters is !then one of the prerogatives of
Whet becomes, then, of that •so much vaunted
principle, of the French Constitution, and of all li-
beral Governments, that the person of the King is
in-violable, but that his IVlinisters ought to answer to
the nation for their operations ? 0 France ! 0 Eu-
rope ! You were deceived, cruelly deceived, when
you were told that your regeneration was COITIIIICDO.
ing ; your blood, your treasures are. sought after;
not your felicity. I, therefore, conclude ibis al,
ready too long analysis, with .the following in-
ferences
1. Spain has lawfully acknowledged FERDINAND
VII. as her King,. and the reasons assigned by the
Einperor of the Faatscalor refusing to acknowledge
him, are pretences of no weight. •
Q. A whole nation calls for her Monarch; and
the Emperor of the FRENCH, who appears to have
beiin 'raised to the throne by the suffrage of his peo-
ple, will not acknowledge the rights of the Spa-
niards, and wants to reign over them by virtue of
resignations made in his presence, and in his do-
hambits:
'a. The political principles adopted by the'French
Constitution are_ openly wounded, -
Let, then, Spain awake from her lethargy. If she
is-to have a King, let him be the one whom she has
proclaimed; if she is to have a Government, let it
be that which she prefers; as she is to have a
Dynasty, let it be the Dynasty which site
Spaniards ! force is against you ; but justice is on
your - Unite elle the Emperor of the FRENCH
said, speaking to the Poles, " that a nation that
has resolved _to be iudependent, cannot be cow.
quered." • •

*f he proceedings of the Patriots at Seville are so
much the inbre important, as that is considered the
second city in Spain, and; according to the ancient
constitution andarrangement.of the Cortes, it is to
be regarded as the metropolis whenever Madrid
'occupied by a foreign enemy. The following Pro-
claination from the Supreme Junta at, Seville will
therefore be read with interest ; •
" All the inhabitants of this city are now con-
vincedthat the results of the occurrence of yesterday
morning was their presenting themselves in an attn,..d
force to the Hall
_of. the Ayuntainiento, and, rc-
.quiring by their voices the Constituted Authorities,
Ecclesiastical, State,. Secular, and Regular, body of
•Nobi,lity and general-Officers, to appoint a 8-Apreme
Board of Govermaient, who, resuming the jurisdi-
thin and sovereign power, should rule; govern, and
dire& whatever migrit occur, mail they obtain what
they propose to, themselves in or4er to defend 0.. r
; .religion and our, country, to which end they have
sudiciencauthority, according to the faculties the
said insabitants deem sthetnselves endued with by
rich ; and- said appointment having been fulfilled,
aid the Board having already taken some prelimi-
nary,-steps, has thooiu convenient to fnatnfest than
to the 'inkblic, who being now assured whom and