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POREIGiV LVtELLIGENCE;

fUNE 2 1 .—The tOlimving official -Docu-1
rnehts concerning the Spanish Junta, have now
been published -

GENERAL JUNTA.—Figsr'SivriilG.
On the loth of June, in the current year, i kioit, at
11,°°11, the first Assembly of the. Spanish Junta was
held in the City of Bayonne, in the Bishop's Palace,
J"ere a hall ;tad been prepared for that purpose, un-
eAr the presidency of his Excellency Don MIGULL
,wCSE D'AZANZA, Counsellor of State, Minister of.
Fininces, and Secretary of the Junta ; his Esc-•
Ct**ncy the Chevalier D'URGUJO, Honorary Coun-
sellor of State ?. and Don ANTONA) ROMANILLOS,
Member t)f the Council of Finances, and Secretary
of the King.
After the verification of their powers by the,Mem-
herb of the Junta, an Order of the Council of Castile
\qs read,-announcing the. Deciee of his Majesty the
tmpt-, or of the French, by which he' proclaimed
orot:;er,JosEPH NAPOLEON, formerly King of
Naples and Sicily, King of Spain and the Indies .
The I.llowing is the substance of the said Docu-
ment :

" Thisday, in full Council, the following Royal
Order and Decree was read, addresed to the Dean
of the Council :

111 OH AND WORTHY SIR,
" By the following Decree, which has been presented to
the Supreme junta of the Government by his Imperial and
Royal Hignness the G rand Duke of Berg, Lieutenant-General
of the Klogdoni, his Itlij-sty the Emperor of the French, &c.
has ncemed it good to proclaim his Serene jirother Joseph
Napoleon, now King of Naples and Sicily, King ot Spain and
the Inches: I, by the command of his Highness, and subse.
quern resolution of thF i unta, do preSent it to your Worship,
in order that the same may without delay be put into circu-
lation and executed.
" l'he Council will see in this Resolution of his Imperial
Majesty, the %%isdom of foresight, and the most obvious
proor of his ben: ficent intentions towards the Spanish nation.
" To proclaim him King is to say what is expected trom
his patertial cares; and to plaCe his Illustrious Brother on
the throne of Spain, is to unite forever the interest and glory
of France with the interest and glory of Spain.
" His I mperial Highness, together with the junta who so
well know that arnottg the qualities which especially occa-
sioned the elettion of this Sovereign, his love of justice and
beneficence are to be enumerated, add their hope that all
those benefits which he has in his Proclamation promised
will soon take effect, together with all those others which
His Majesty has dotibtless reserved to himself to announce
to his poop e wt,en he appears in his metropolis.
" In the Palace, iltil jUDC, 18.8.
(S,gned) " SEBASTIAN° DE PINUET.A."
the bnm of-the Council,"
tHere tollows the Imperial Decree, proclaiming•joseh
p
Xing of Spain and the Indies.]
ments
lhe Council, after the reading of these docu-
comniaods, that the Royal Mandate and De-
cree be printed, announced, and circulated with the
accilstornecl fuktalities.
" 1 impart this to your Excellency by command
of the Council. Be pleased to acknowledge the re
ceipt of it.

(Signed)
" Madrid, lan lune, iScSet'
The foregoing documents having been- read, his
'Excellency M. D'AZA,NZA, President of the Junta,
delivered the following speech :
" GE.:NT LP.MEN—It is a most pleasing and honour-
ahte task to contribuie to the felicity Of one's Country,
and to labour tor ttie welfare of the present race, and
of posterity. Sucti'is in tact the great object which
unites us in this I etterable assembly, called to-
gether by the_ comulaud, and under the eye, of the
hero of our age, the invincible NAPOLEON, Em-
peror of the Fl-ench and King of Italy. 'Thanks
and immortal lathe to the extraordinary man
wile gives us again a Country which
-we had lost Since litany centuries we have been altogether re-
Moved from theGovernment,which has been entrusted
at one time to artful men, who hatrito other objett
than with dexterity to oppress the peopre, at ano-
ther time to weak Sovereigns without charaaer, who,
devoting. themselves to their pleasures, abandoned
the Government to their favourites. It is thus that
the Spanish nation has been sinking from the sum-
tint edits glory, to which it had raised itself in the
mb and 16th centuries, to. the abyssin which it was
plunged, ‘.vlien the last of our Kings resigned the right
of Government to a Prince who, for our happiness,
unites in himself all the qualities requisite to give
life to the nation, in the critical state in which it
was eted to him. The first use which he
entrustd of tittw power was, to impart it to his II-
lustrlous Brother JOSEPH NAPOLEON, a just and
beneficent Prince, who,' raised before t'e, the Throne
of Naples, had alruadi proved indisputably that his
jGo%tintnent was paternal, and had no other ob-
eet than the welfare of those who were happy •
enottgli to live under his laws._ He has resolved that
in the place where he resides, and even in his pre-
sence, the Deputies of the principal towns, and the
other authorities of our country, should assemble,
in order td confer on the evils under which we bare
lived, and to confirm the constitution which our
restorer himself will present to us, in order that it
rn;,y be the inviolable rule of our Governtnent.—
This is the noble and glorious end for which we are
assembled here. it is therefore necessary that we
should apply our whole 'attention, and, laying
aside all party spirit, 'and all prejudices of -pro-
vinces, classes, and ranks, devote ali
.our energies
-to the common welfare of Spain. No one can oow
have an interest distina from that of his country.
The ruetnbers of the same family must alike enjoy
the common benefit, and alike contribute to the
respedive charge of supporting the common splen-
dour. In the eye of the law, they who are less
favoured by fortune lose none of the respe6l they me-
rit, nor of their right to be protthed. Let every one
of us, as, .far as iiinself is concerned, sacrifice the
benefits we exclusively enjoy, and of which many
are imaginary. Let us offer them upon the altar of our
Country, in order to raise a si'mple and greaf
monument, in the place of the Gothic and tottering
strudure of our former Government. Let us ex-
amine it well, and we shall find that it is the Con,
stitution which best fits the whole of our Country,
bpon which our attention must be fixed, and by no
Means on what alone is to the advantage of particu..
Jar classes.

" BARTHOLOME MUNOZ."

" United here, Gentlemen, each of us apart may
do tni.ch .to appease the ferment and disorder which
disquiet.i various towns of the kingdom. Our remon-
strances ally make them perceive the misery into
which they are plunged by the seduaion of selfish
men, and warnings may force out of their hands
weapons whiCh can alone injure themselves. What
d 0 the.se men imagine? Do they think that they can
Lestore the Princes of the old dynasty to the throne ?
what means have they to contend .against a power
Which the greatest empires have not been able to

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resist ? The illusion of , soOle is men to iorkieht
1- height; 4bat in order td fix their elethon tipan the
! of Austria, they have
,determined that the
Archduke CnAttLEs shall be . King 'of Spahr: Ah
What catithe House of Austria do for us ? Can they
tely upon such distant.' support, and upon such slow
'Nevertheless they ata without plan, contord,
-or object. What inust be the result ? ' The ruin
and desolation of the country. As to ourselves, We
are convinced of the truth, but it is necessary to.pro-,
claim it to those who are in error. It Is thu,?that
. our labours may be of service, and that we May ex-
ecute the noble purposes Of the hero who has called
us together. If we do not lose sight of the enlight-
ened plinciples which I have slightly mentioned,
there is no doubt that Spain will enjoy her former
splesuour, and it will be joyful then to think that
wehave'contributed to it."

After having heard the Address of M.DAZANZA,
the Junta resolved that they would, body, tes-
tify their allegiance and homage- to his Majesty the
King of Spain, and present a suitable address, to
him, the adoption of which should take place. in the
preitmt sitting.(ploniteur, June 22).

'JUNE 23.-011. the 17th inst. the. Spanish Junta
at Bayonne held their second sitting. On the 18th,
they were admitted in a body to an audience to his
Majesty King JOSEPH. His Excellency. Don M. J.
D'AZANZA delivered the following Address :
" Sire !—All the world knows for what momentou3
purpo;es we have been summoned into this city by
your illustrious Brother, the invincible NAPOLEON,
Emperor of the French and King of Italy. To lay
the foundation of the permanent felicity of our dear
Country is the glorious task imposed upon us. Is it
not our duty to testify first to our Kiug, the Chief ot,
the Spanish Nation, and the centre of all hope, the
becoming zeal and the unwearied eartieastness with
which, under the present memorable circumstances,
we ',hall 'devote ourselves to the office with which we
are charged ?

" We are, Sire, deeply afflitled at the divisions
and momentary disturbances which are shaking some
of-cur Provinces—disturbances which have been oc-
casioned ,by the errors of the people, who do not
thipk,, and who will merit your pity when they re-
turn tram their errors.

" We have done, Sire, and shall do all that de-
pends upon ourselves, in order to bring back peace
and good order, for that which is of the highest mo-
ment is, that no hindrance arise in the way of the
ben, ticent projeas of the incomparable hero who
will imprint immortal name on the grateful
brans of our latest, posterity. We are,, Sire, to con-
cur) •
in these projects, and we are to support your
Majesty with the integrity, the fidelity, the selt-de-
. votion, which certainty constitute duties. the most
precious to our hearts, since your Majesty has an-
nounced the glorious relution to.govern only for happiness of Spaniards ; a resolution worthy the
Monarch whose fatie is spread over the universe as
a model of gentleness and virtue, who constituted
the delight of the people he governed, and whore he
left in tears, because he went to bear away his vir-
tues into another land.

" Such, Sire, are the feelings which animate us,
and which we now come in a body to testify at the
feet of your Majesty."
To this his Majesty gave the following Answer :
" GENTLEMEN, DEPUTIES TO THE JUNTA,
" Z snare in your sentiments and in your•hopes.
The so clearly announced will of his Majesty the
Emperor of the FRENCH, our illustrious Brother, in
favour of the prosperity of Spain, is sufficiently
guaranteed by his glory.
". The co-operation of your zeal and your re-
sources will easily subdue the obstacles which private
interest may lay in the way 'of the whole nation ;
being founded in errot, they shall be expelled by
trat h. •

" As to ourselves, we wish not to know those er-
rors. Beyond the Pyrennees we find none. but Spa-
nish hearts. In leaving a people who rendered jus-
tice \to our Government, we have rikade the severest
of all sacrifices; but the love of that people is a prog-
nostic of that of the Spaniards : shall we do less for
the great 'nation whom Providence has entrusted to
our care ? Will they be less just towards us ?. We
know the full import of Castilian. faith—we 'shall
sit our Provinces—we shall bring the heart of a fa-
ther—we shall meet with none but the hearts of
children. . ,

". In the mean while the Enemies of the Conti-
nent seek.to separate the Colonies from the Mother
Country : they will impute to us the dissentious
which themselves -occasion ; since it is our duty to
repress these, we shall on no account spare the ma-
levolent, who are the accessaries or instruments of
the subtle hatred of our enemies.

" Continue your labours for the welfare of your
Country, and be assured of the blessings of the peo-
ple, and of our perted satisfaction."—(Moniteur,
June 23.)
From Bayonne .it is annonneed that the Grand
Duke of BERG is arrived in that City.
On the 11 tti inst. his Majesty the King of SPAIN'
appoinied
.the Grand Duke of BERG Lieutenant-Ge-
neral of Spain.
:TUNE 2.s.—The following is a short relation of
the 3d -Sitting of the Spanish Junta, holden at Bay-
onne on the 20th instant :

His Excellency M. D'AZANZA caused a sketch
Of the Constitutional Statute for Spain to be read
by M. ROMANILLOS, Counsellor of Finance ; pre-
sented by command of his 'Majesty the Emperor and,

Ii was resolved that this sketch should be printed;
that one copy should be given to each Member
of the Junta ; that three days afterwards each
Deputy should have the liberty of giving in his
sentiments in writing, without preventing oral dis-
cussions, which may be necessary in order to eluci-
date the questions to which the sketch may give
rise. The Assembly was then adjourned to the. fol-
lowing day.—(Moniteur, 26th June.)
JUNE 26.—The tollowing is an account of the 4th
Sitting

His Excellency the President invited the Mem-
bers to express their sentiments on the Constitu-
tion which hlicl been read to them at the last
pSitting.,,.

DON I'EDRO DE Israi, Deputy from the Merchants
of Burgoso-ead a speech of great ability, in which he
gave great praise, assigning the reasons in detail, to
the Constitution which the Spanish peo:)le are to
receive: he Alen proceeded to some observations
on the customs at Burgos, and the exportation 'of

wool. Atte!' the dieiisiion of corns mitinte ,iiiai-
tera, the Meeting adjourned.--:(Moniteur, June 27.)

•
i'vtADAto, JUNE to.--;The nomination of King
.I:9,Ef.ft to fill the Sparaith Throne has been n -
‘l.loiinced to she public', in the following pfelimi-
, nary article

`-` His Imperial and Royal Majesty having corn-
. plied.with the desire-expresse;l by the Junta of the
Government, the Council 'ot. Castile, the City of
Madrid, and. various Civil and Military Bodies in the
State, that he would chooSe his illustrious brother
iTosErrt NAPOLEON, the King of Naples, to be King of
Spain; intbrmation has beeri given of this to his
• Majesty King JOSEPH, who ha arrived at Bayonne.
His Highness the Lieutenani;General'of the King-
dom, baying given the requisite - orders concerning
the journey of our Monarch into' this capital, we
have reason to believe that we shall soon enjoy the
presence of his Majesty."
JUNE 14.—The tidings of the happy renovation
which our Monarchy is about to undergo have been
forwarded to the American Colonies with so much
celerity, and by so many different ways, that we are
sure 'of their arriving., even at the remotest dis-
tances before the English will. have had time to sow
the seeds of discord. Besides, the Spaniards in
A`rneriCa are so much on their guard against the
Engl:sh, that the repofts they may spread will be
credited by no one.
All Spaniards of discernment are convinced that
the American Colonies, in the change of dynast,'
which bits taken place, will find reasonable grounds '
of hdpe, for the future; and those great events will
but attDch. them more and more to their Mother
Country. As strongly.as religion, language, man-
ners, and interest attach the Colonies to Spain, so
strongly do all these considerations detach them from
England..
_ _

At Mexico, Lima, and Buenos Ayres, nothing
niore is desired than to be united to Spain ; but at
the same time the Colonies require to be governed
with more justice and• wisdom than at present. It is
required that the career of military glory and mer-
cantile industry be opened to the Spaniards of Athe-
rica. The new Dynasty has begun its Government
by expressing their good-will towards the Colonies;
their Deputies are Members of the General junta ;.
they cannot but profit by the changes which have
taken place. We may soon hope that the extensive
kingdoms of Mexico and Peru, instead of present-
ing to the English a coast almost neutral, or contri-
buting very inconsiderably to the War, will hence-
forth oppose a formidable band of hostile warriors,
ready to resist them ton•every part of their shores.
BELGRADE, JUNE s.—Within.these few days the
greatest aaivity has been evinced in strengthening
this fortress, and that' of Semendria : both are fur-
nished with all kindS of provisions. These measures
are taken, in case the Servian army, if beaten by
the Turks, should, be forced to retire.

From the other side of the -Dardanelles a-great
number of troops are arriving, and, after a few days
repose, cOntinue.,;beir march to Adrianople, in order
to anise with the army of the Grand Vizier, which,
last autumn, scarcely amounted to 6,000 men, and
now, in consequence of themandatesgiVen to all the
Paqhas, consist of 1 00,000 men. - The Pachas
of Macedonia ,and Romelia' have also repaired to
AdrianOple ; the Agai of Bulgaria are co11(.-.itling their
troop: otantscuuck_ and- Nissa._.- firman of the
Grand Signor nominates •the Grand Vizier Corn-
':
rnander in Chief of the Great. Army which encamp
:near-AdrianOple, and is destined to' dal against the
Russians, in case hostilities should be renewed.—
NIUSTAPHA BARACTAR is to lead the army against
tie Servians. • . .

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:ST..MALO, JUNI 15.-un the 12th inst. five Eng-
Hilt Pinnaces, dispatched and covered by three cor-
vettes, endeavoured to make themselves masters ,of.
a French Vessel, which the Corvettes had Comtielled
to run ashore 'near the harbour of Roteneut ; but,.
the Custom-house officers, the Bens-d'arines, and
other military, maintained a continued fire against
the enemy, and obliged them to retire. •

Accounts from Batavia of the I Gth of February,
received by the Ship Tropic, arrived at Boston,
state, that after Sir E. PELLew had destroyed.the
Dutch Ships in Griesse and SoUsi Bays, he di-
vided his Squadron, part sairing to the westward
and the 'rest to the eastward, supposed for the
Moluccas.—Three Danish Indiamen, viz. the Crown
Prince, the Maderkddists, and the Two Gosberts,
all for Copenhagen, with valuable cargoes, were
lying at Batavitt on the tech of February,. but the
time of their depafture was uncertain.—One of
them (the Moderlandists) bad lost most 'of her
Officers 'and crew by an infection caught 'at

A trotting-match took place yesterday against
time, on the Hampton-cc-art Road ; a mare, the
property of Mr. Nooks, of , Holborn, having been
backed to perform four miles •in 15 minutes, for
fifty. The match. was a very clOse bne, and lost
only by a few seconds. Before starting bettings
were in favour of the performance:
Bow-STREET.—Yesterday Samuel Hyaena, a very
genteel dressed Jew, wa, brought before Mr. READ,
charged with picking the pocket of • Mr. Ridgway,
the bookseller, of Piccadilly, who stated, that yes=
terday morning, about It o'clock, as he was passing
through Fleet-street, towards the Strand, the pri-
soner and two other, men grata against him, and he
had'no doubt but they did it by design ; he turned
round and looked at them—he then went on towards
the Strand, and they followed him till he got into
the Strand, when the prisoner ran against him
again ; he instantly turned about, and saw his
pocket-book in the prisner's hand; he seized him,
and at the same instant one of the•prisoner's gang
ran off with the pocket-book, which contained a 21.
and two 11. notes, and a bill of exchange. The pri-
soner was fully committed.
We observe with pleasure, that the Microcosm
of London, by ACKERMANN, so far maintains its
claim to public approbatiOn, as to admit the price
being raised, after the i st August next, 50 per cent.
to Non-subscribers. We were always of opinion
the price was inadequate to its merit. The exertions
of the Proprietor have at least kept pace with the
public approbation. In some ,instances they have
gone beyond it, not only in the Plates, but the in-
teresting Letter-press of the later Numbers; we need
only refer to the Account of the College of Physi-
cians, and the legal History of the ConStitution
which precedes the Account of the Hopse of Com-
mons and Courts of Law, to support us in this as-
sertion. •

bßsii!viirlokS

ON it REMARKS ON VIE PROPOSAL, hi ten TO 3 EAT
SEITAIN FOR OPENING NEGOTTATI.,N4 F( I'..sACS
IN THE YEAR 1807. BY W. ROP';')E; E,l/41."

(Continued from THE. SUN of 23.)

WE cone now to the discussions between Lord
GRENVILLE LEVEgON add the Russian Minister at s;‘;
Petersburgh. The first Paper which 'appears is a
,Note from Geneial BUtiBERG, announcing the tati-
fication of the Arrdistice between FranCe and Russia.
Important as the General COnfeises the'knoWledge
of it to be to this CountrY, it seems to have been
wrung from him by the importunity of LOrd,La-
VESON GOWER, who was justly suspicious of the
event,, and laudably solicitous for its alithenti
communication. Here is the first proof of the ill
will,of Russia. This communication is followed by
an excellent letter of his Lordship to the General,
eXpressing an ardent hope for a General Peace, and
declaring the readiness of Great Brit3iii to Coricut• in
it.

Titi3, Mr. Rosccia, with his usual regard to
ustice, passes Over in profound silence. c; I wait
with impatience," continues his Lordship, "far the
summons of your Excellency to attend his Imperial
Ma jest) 3'` and he concludes with, expressing a
wish to knoW the bash do Which the' Proposed No;
gotiations were to be founded, and
,reminding the
Russian Government of the open and liberal con=
duet of this Country, on a similar occasion.; App,
p. The Answer to this friendly NOte is an angry
expoSttilation, couched in the severest terms, and
containing a most bitter; and, we are truly sorry
to add, a most just reproach di the supinentfss,
ignorance, 'and selfishness of the last Adinipistrwion
.
an -Adininistration to *Melt' ft..i&ity will advert
with contempt, and
,which will never cease to be
the:.aversion of that Europe which it consigned
without a struggle, nay, with unfeelieg compla-
cency, to perpetual desolation and despair. Ta
add, after' this, that the Administration from which
these evils-and the fatal conseqUence of them (the
Peace of Tilsit), as
,the Ernpefor of Rtissia truly
declares, prOceeded, is honoured, with the approba-
tion and applauge of the " impartial" Mr. Ruscug,
is superftous; but it may not, perhaps, be alto-
gether so, to subjoin that this damning document
is passed over as
,if it had never existed ; and that,
while it stares him full in the face, he has the por,
tentous assurance to declare, that, until the sur-
render of Copenhagen, no ill will had been mani•
fested by Russia, qnd that " the British Ministry.
had met with nothing but attention and rePpea
from her ;" p. 35. 03 tliis our Readers will to
their own comments.; we shall content ourselves
With remarking, that, of all impudeitee, that of by.
pocrisy is the greatest ; and, of all profligacy, that
of affeaed delicacy and candour !
Omitting what we have quoted; as well as that
part of the correspondence between M. ALokeus
and Mr. CANNING, which contains two most strikes
ing proofs of the serious wishes of this Government
for Peace, which it did• not suit Mr.. RosCOE's
signs to notice, he comes at once to the conference
of Lord LEVEsON GOWER with General
on TueSdaY the Ist of September, 1807.

In the interval which had taken place since the
former correspondence between these two public
charaaers, great events had happened. The Armi=,
stice,which then existed, had terminated. in alreaty,
which had thrown the Emperor of Russia inio the
arms of BUONAPARTE, and, amidst the anger and
disgust whioh the base derelietion of Mr. ROSCOh'S
friends had created in • his mind, and the alternate
terror and flattery most adroitly dire&ed to his
agitated feelings by the tools of the Tyrant, won
him over to be the ready instrument of all his ne-
farious designs against this Country, and the willing
betrayer of the independence of Europe.
Never," says the Emperor Of RiltiSi3 with some
degree of pathos, in the document which Mr.
Roscoe has found it expedient to overlook,

" never

would I have thought of deviating troin that system
which I have hitherto pursued, it I had been sup-
ported by England ;" App. p. 11,—and he pro-
geeds to give instances of the basest desertion of
his cause by those idols of Mr. Roscoe, whose evi-
dent aim it seemed to be to alienate, the whole of
the Continent from Great Britain, and thus compel
her to a Peace, no matter of what kind, on which
they had madly set their minds.

With this expression of concern, expired all that
was great and good, all that was just and maghani-
mous in the Emperor ALEXANDER. The folly of
" All the Talents," had now urged him within the
sphere of fascination. 'of
.that envenomed reptile,
BUONAPARTE i and shuddering with terror, yet
hopeless of escape, he drew nearer and nearer,, till
he fell into, his horrible embrace ! . .

The Tyrant proceeded 'with his usual system
(for there never was a wretch more devoid of in-
vention, more dull and uniform in his coyrse of
villainy than BUONAPARTE); he first invoked hiS vic-
tim in a thOusand folds, and then publicly disgraced
him. Prussia, which had for the first time aeted
nobly, and, shewn, in her misfortunes, a spirit and
integrity of which she was believed incapable in her

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