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London, England, 1808-07-22 00:00:00

'P 41'ISFI P_IPEI .

SANTIAGO, JULY 5.--,Copy of a Letter from Si'.
Pcoiatnz to all Spaniards, .written hope-
that, by some good fortune, it may come into the
hands of one true Spatii4ird.
"'SPANIARDS

" When I consider the peculiar situation of my
beloved Country, deprived of the presence of its.
honoured .King-and bis august family, and fostering
within its bosom the envenomed viper ; and when,
ou the other hand, I donsider with the most poignant
grief that. there is scarcely a . Spaniard who-does, not
believe me to-be the author of this fearful state, I
have thought it incumbent upon me not only to apo-
logise for the fatal, but well-intended counsel IS'have
given, but to expose before the face of an atten-
Live world the tortuosity and intrigue which \preced-
-ced the deformed abortion which' has been so long
nourished in France.

" I will proclaim it, and why should I lie silent ?
Why should I not draw forth the chain of the deepest
and darkest perfidy. with which the Hero of the
North (BUONAPARTE) has linked togethet for' the
purposes of his extravagant ambition ? Whiled em-
ploy myself in drawing aside the veil, you will clear-
ly discern the vast scheme of domination of the fu-
rious Emperor of the FRENCH, which he has known
how to conceal under the mask of honour and fidelity.
" I am anxious to discover to you, minutely, the
insult and tippression to which ,our beloved Mo-
narch, my dear foster child FERDINAND VII. has.
been exposed, recolleaing also, those dark' times in,
which the affairs of Spain were delivered up to the
blind impulse of one who had colleaed in his own,
person the most honourable distinctions of the king-
dom, I mean the monster of Badajos, who has be-
trayed his countrymen. It is idle to'repeat what is
notorious to all, the shameful degradation to which
our Sovereign was exposed, during which ,he has
on numerous occasions poured forth his soul
. Imo my bosom—poured forth all the sufferings
,his Royal and- generous heart. have- seen
lidit on various occasions, and in different places,
lift.up biS.ptire hands to Heaven, and ardently im-
plore his, Creator, that-he would open the sacred
volume of truth, and- bestow upon his venerable
father the inestimable:blessing of wisdom, to restore
happiness to his nation.- I 'have seen him offer:
himself a victim to appease the just anger of GOD for
Our impiety, that his people might be forgiven and
be' happy.

" j was aftliEted at seeing the bitterness of his
failferings : I observed that the mind of ,his Royal
Father was pre-occupied- by the artifices of flattery,
which raised a wall of separation between them. I
feared that this tender but fruitful vine should be
lopped by brutal hands, and I took, warningfrom
the immature death of the fair companion of his af-
fedions. So situated, my imagination could suggest,
no other means than what I proposed, to accommo-
date the interests and. promote the happiness of my
foster-child and his parents.
" Establish," said I to him, " your correspond-
ence with the Conqueror of the North ; tell hitti
that you are desirous of conneaing yourself with a
Princess ofhis nation; ask his protection for the se-
curity of your person, whicii I have no doubt will be,
conceded—for good faith is one of the brightest
jewels in the crown of heroism. In this manner
, form an alliance, which, rightly employed, will ad-
vance the welfare of both Kingdoms. Invite hiin,
Sir, hither, that you may receive iron] his hands
this Princess=and by such an expedient this dis-
jointed, Colossus may be hurled down—this public
destroyer of the Monarchy may become a heap of
ruins.

If, Spaniards, FEttbrNAND VII. shobld Mave
taken this step under the.impression that it would
he disapproved by GODOY, and consequently by his
parFnts, he was aware •that they would employ
ci'ery resource to oppose him, and especially by
obliging him to contra& another marriage, which
their ruinous• policy. :had projeted, ,and which
would have been destrUdive of this shameless Go-
Vern meat. •

" What could I not say of the various notes and
letters which .were put into the. hands of the Prince,
indicating such a profusion of affe6tion 'from this in-
famous impostor,. who . said, that .their friendship.
would remove every obstacle, when the time should
come when they could see .and embrace each other.
The Empress and .1; said he, .‘ shall receive you,
and fold you to our bosoms, and the expanded wings
of the Imperial Eagle Shall, encircle you, and give
you eternal proteetion."!

[We cannot give thecoPy- Of the aboveletter, so
extraordinary. in .its expressions, without citing.,a
passage referring to it in the Corunna Journal of the,
9th of July, into which it is introduced, as well as
into the St. Jago Paper :—" If," says this Journal-
ist, " we have copied the Letter frotn the Sr. Es-
COICCUIZ, we must apprize our Readers, that we
much doubt its authenticity. It ,is, perhaps, a corp-
, position- by some ingenious and pat:ioCe person, to
expose to us the train which was laid for our
ruin."]

DISTRICT OF SANABRIA, JUNE r. 6 Th e mere
name of Sr. CUESTA is gratifying even to the remote
confines of his com.nand, but is nowhere listened to
with so much enthusiasm as in the centre of Castile.
The affair of the bridge at Cabezon was highly cre-ditable to him; and the orderly retreat which he
made without regular troops, without artillery, with-
out cavalry, condu6ting his small army to Benevente
by Rio Seco'and MaYorga, Without once losing sight
of the enemy, has been the subje& of encotiaiinii
with the most intelligent, as a bold expedient to de-;
tain the French in Valladolid, and to save the rest of
Castile, which, no doubt, would have suffered all
-those calamities which the people are 'accustomed'
to endure whenever these. intimate allies,- and kind,
friends, make their appearance. By the flight of
the,French from Valladolid,.and the ins'nrreaionin
-
Portugal, the cities of Castile had time to breathe,
which were threatened at the same moment by
BESSIERES, MURAT, and JuNciT. Cindad, Rodrigo,
=Salamanca, and Zamora, were thus relieved from
;I-heir difficulties. We have our enlistments ready;
and the principal part of our Volunteers-are.proceed-
itig to Benevente ; to which place, underthe orders
of the Sr.-CuEsTA, manyloads of ammunition, sere-'
ral pieces of light cannon, and tools and utensils
for a campaign, are advancing. We, haVe•alleady
here a 12-pounder, a 24 -pounder, and .we are, to
have eight more of equal calibre, with a formidable
train of culverinS, in consequence of the agreeable
intelligence received from Portugal.

POETRY.,

UN ES,

ON A ROMANCE, i:NTIII.F.b), " Fro Ult OF ictiAL."

NVI:IILN BY MRS. NERT, LAT& MISS WILKINSOtt.

Though the fair- Muse has chaug'd her mine,
Who frant'd the dread mysterious Eve*,
Her inagiu,porsi'ris still the same
The heat i to rouse, alarm, and grieve.

Nor is she less to morals true,
• Though Fancy fOrtird the mournful tale,
La h s;gh she wakes is Virtue's due,
And awful lustice holds the scale. ,

All hark a rich creative mind,
And,- while•our just applause she clan ,
NEIL' or WiLkINsoN, we find,
Is CENrhs under dill'rent names.

* The Evz Of SAN PIETRO.

• Dispatches were receivqd yesterday morning from
our Fleet iu the West Indies, announcing•.several
captures, the particulars of which will appear in
The Gazette of to-morrow.

Another instance has lately been 'discovered of the
vindictive spleen and cruel caution of BuoNATARTE:
It will be recolle&ed that in' his unnatural attempt
at the diiptay of clemency 'towards his rival Mo-
REAU, he refrained from confiscating his-property,
and Irti it at the disposal of that General's Lady. Not
long . however, MoasAtis estate was sold ; a
part dt the proceeds paid over to one, of his bitterest'
enerriies, a favo'urite General. of the Corsican ; and
the remainder placed in the French fun&, of which
he is-;allowed indeed the interest, but not the power
of withdrawing the capital. The Tyrant thus retain.
log the means of laying his ,rapacious hands en the
last Aiding of his ill-fated antagonist.

A teutleman arrived from Port-au-Prince, via .la 4
maica, states; that in May the Northern and Southern
arm ies in flayti, under 'the respe&ive commands of
the rival, Chiefs, were engaged far four days, near
'Gro.Morn, in the department over which CHRIS-
TOPHE exercises authority. The result was, that
Jou or CLIRISTOPHE'S party were killed, and 600
taken prisoners, and President PETION, at the head
oft 6,000 men; was marching from Cape Francois.
CAR'ISTOHE had made his escape from the field of
battle, and was supposed to be at Fort Milo, a dis-
tance of five leagues from the Cape. President Pz-
TroN, in April, sent Mr. TAICNEL, adcompanied by
his. Secretary, with full powers to make some coin-
mercial arrangements with our Government. Mr.
TatcxELtook his‘paasage on board the Trusty.
. HOLMAN has long been in the esteem of the Dub-
lin audience, but some anonymous Enemy has lately
assailed him with what is probably thought waggeryi
but has been' the subje& of much uneasiness to that
performer., and his friends. The way in which
this•secret foe has vented his 'malice, has been the
circulation of fictitious play-bills, calculated to
deceive the public, and bring ridicule on the Per-
former.

. Mr. COL MAN is the author of the new Play which
is announced at the Haymarket Theatre. According
to report it will be equal to the best of his serio-
comic procithions, excelletitaS they are, and to give
it-a strong recommendation to the prevailing taste of
the tiITIOS, it is to be, brought forward; it seems,
with the utmost splendour,.. beauty, and variety of
scenery; as tt ell as with the full'•strength of his
•
company.

Cuprous ANTicurriEs.—Ort the I ith, 12th, and
13th. inst. ,Mr. _Cannington opened various barrows
in the neighbourhood of Stonehenge, under the di-
ri!aiOn of Sir Rich:.?d 'Hoare, Bart, with the aid
and assistance of .A. B. Lambert, Esq. and found a
number of curious remains of Celtic ornarnents,such
as beads, buckles, and brooches in amber, wood, and
gold; one. of which; for its elegance and appropri-
ate form, is at once a proof of 'the nobility of the
person for whom the barrow was raised, and the
elegance-of the arty at-tbe-period of the interment,
about 3000 years 'from the priisent .period. The
shape of this curious article is conical, and the exact
form' of the. barrow-itself, which , it- was most pro-
bably intended'to figure. Conc.-Ave. a piece of Wood,
imbricated in layers; one the other,. to the kirts-
mit of the cone, and covered with thin plates of
.pnre'gatij, and adorned with circles round the Mid-
dle and'tielif-the bottoM, with a triangular' festoon
abont tbelawer edge,,in which are two holes for a
'thread or wire to suspend it, •
Oil Saturday evening, as some. Gentlemen were
alkitfg on the Hoe, Plymouth, curiosity led them
to see a• remarkable vein of fine sand, which has
been disc.overed,in the midst pf the immense body
of litnestone rock which composes that eminence;
the sand is at least 50 feet above high water mark,
and surrounded by the- stone. 'One of the company
thrUsting his cane down -to ascertain the depth of
the stratum of sand, -found it struck against some
hard body, which, on taking up, proved to be
oita side of the jaw of some non-descript animal ;
the teeth, of which there is a double row, are
each nearly two inches long, and the jaw about LB
inchesi-and evidently carniverous. On searching
farther, a joint of the back bone was discovered of
an amazing size, being in diameter nine inches-and
a quarter by four and a half deep. There is no per-
pendicular hole for the -spine, but three boles pass
horizontally through the centre. Several other
bones were found near the spot, all of which pre-
clude the idea of its being of a marine genus. The
above'are in possession of a Medical Gentleman. at
Plymotsth.