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submission to his will (bat which we hope the vir-
tue and spirit of that People will enable them suc-
cessfully to resist), it is impossible to look on the
condu& of the several States of Europe without won-.
der as well as contempt. That they should all tame-
ly resign themselves to the controul of a low-born
Usurper, who has not one virtue to recommend him
'to their esteem and admiration, but whose extraor-
dinary rise has been owing to a fortunate conjunc-
tion of events, fortunate for him, but the reverse for
all mankind, and the wretched imbecility of his
opponents, is astonishing as well-as deplorable...-.
Posterity will hardly believe it possible that these
States should, one after another, fill under the
tyranny of such a man, and when a crisis, has
arrived, which might enable them effeectually to
throw off the yoke he has imposed upon them,
calmly see him proceed in the infamous attempt to
add Spain to the number of his vassal Kingdoms. To
increase the wonder and the disgrace of this torpor,
they see him too pull down the Head of that Church
which most of those States consider as vested with
divine infallibility, and annihilate all its temporal
power and possessions ! ! Surely the noble example
of Portugal and Spain will have a suitable influence
upon the other States of Europe, and the iutrepid
sincerity with which they have described the charac-
ter of the common Tyrant of mankind, and exposed
his nefarious designs, must prompt them all to unite
in resisting the career of his iniquitous ambition.
The only plea of the tyrant in his pretensions upon
Spain is, that the Kingdom and all its dependen-
cies was resigned to him by the Members of the
Royal Family,. whom he ensnared into his power.
Could Europe admit 'of such a plea, even if there
had seen nothing compulsory in the mode of ob-
taining it ? COmmon sense and every human right
revolt against such an absurd and impudent pre-
tension ! The Tyrant himself recognized a popular
will, when he presumed to come forward with the
intention of being exalted to the Itpperial dig-
nity ; and registers were opened to manifest some-
thing like a national choice, though it was a mere
mockey, and none dared to signify their dis-
sent, but a single individual, who. has escaped by
something like a miracle from the Tyrant's ven-
geance. But in Spain he treats all the wishes and
feelings of the People with contempt, and upon the
authority of a forced consent' from parties !who had
no right to give such consent, under any circumstan-
ces, he is endeavouring to butcher the People into
submission !.--But thanks to their own patriotism,
and the prompt and generous assistance of this
Country, we have reason to hope that the Ty-
rauea view. seen Lid aticaLea ; that, ho will know
What it is to contend with a People who feel
their own rights, and are determined to maintain
them. Nor will we yet despair of the virtue and
spirit of the Continental States whO 'have so long
smarted under his despotism, his rapacity,
and hi
insults, and wise must, if they have any thing like
common sense remaining, see that if they neglect
the present 4wftil crisis, they will have no hope
during the life of this Tyrant, of regaining their in-
dependence, and re-assuming their proper rank in
the scale of European Nations. At all events, Great
Britain will do her part, and set a proud example to
the present, and to all future ages, in maintaining
her own dignity, and in dire ling all her energies to
the assistance of those who are willing to assert their
rights and to secure their independence.

The leading Opposition Paper of this day, con-
tains a violent attack upon Government, for having
published the account transmitted by Sir THOMAS
respecting the repulse sustained by General
CuesrA's Army, and asserts that the Spanish
Deputies complain loudly of the Bulletin which
was issued upon that occasion. It would, per-
haps, be too much to exped that the Paper in
question should speak with candour upon the con-
dua of Os° event Administration, but we should
be glad to ajlt any impartial person in what respect
Ministers are to blame upon this subject ? An Offi-
cer was sent over to accompany the Spanish Army,
and, we presume to transmit intelligence of the
events that occurred. A 'Letter is received from
that Officer, containing an account of an a&ion, in
which the Spanish Troops, after lighting most gal-
lantly, were compelled to retreat, and Government
published the substance of that Letter. These are
the simple fads of the case, and upon these grounds
it is that Ministers are attacked. Sir THOMAS DYER'S
Letter is dated from Benevento ; he states, that
General CURSTA'S Army had retreated to that place.
He was an eye-witness to the fads he related, and
unless we are to suppose (which will hardly be con-
tended) that he wilfully gave an erroneous account
of the affair, we see no possible reason for doubting
his statement. But it is said that the Spanish De-
puties received accounts that General CUESTA hind
afierWardS advanced, and had compelled the French
to seek for safety in flight.. This may be true,
and there is strong reason to believe that it
is, because cunsiLlttrable reinforcements were on their

March tel,join him ; but surely that tends rather to
confirm than to contradict Sir THOMAS DYER'S ac-
count.
.It is a little singular that when Govern-
ment publish favourable accounts respecting the
Spaniards, they are accused of giving exaggerated
statements to mislead the Public; and when they
publish an account from a British Officer, they are
censured for giving inaccurate information, and de-
pressing the public spirit.

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY
arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor. At
two o'clock His MAJESTY held a private Levee,
which was attended by—
The Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the
First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the three Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the
Admiralty, the Master.Ceneral of the Ordnance, the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, the Recorder of London, Lord;
Heathfield and Wentworth, Sir S. Cotterel, and Gen. Sher-
brook.

The following bad the honour of being presented
to His MAJESTY :
Major-General Sherbrook, on his return from, and com-
mand in Sicily, and on his being appointed Colonel of the
Sicilian Regiment.

The ARCHBISHOP of Duzuzi took leave of His
MAJESTY previous to his departure for Dublin.
His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, and gave
audience to the Cabinet Ministers.

The RECORDER made his Report before His MA-
JESTY of the'canviets capitally convialed, at the last
Sessions in the Old Bailey, when His MAJEsTy
-was pleased to respite them all during his Royal
pleasure,
Transports, to the amount of 5000 tons, are to as-
semble in the Downs, and proceed to Cork without
delay, where another embarkation of troops is to
tale place.

.Dispatches for Sir HARRY BURftARD were last
night sent from Lord CASTLEREAGII'S Ofhee.
The following are the positions of the French in
Spain, as far as they can be ascertained from the va-
rious documents and rumours which have reached
us. There were two strong divisions in and near
Pampeluna ; BESSIERES' force, about 18,000 men,
was on the frontiers of Biscay; it was this force
which the Bishop of ST. ANIDZIIO was marching
against with the Asturian levies. LASSOLES was at
Valladolid ; a French force was near Saragossa; an-
other occupied Barcelona MuaAT's division was at
or near Aladrid ; DUPONT was shut, up at Andujar ;
and General MONCEY was in Valentia. These seve-
ral Corps, and the force with which JUNOT occupies
Lisbon, composed the whole of the French army
beyond the Pyrennees, at the commencement of this
rilOrtibf _

\Ve understand a strong battalion is about to be
formed from the different divisions of the Royal
Mariiies, which is destined for Spain. Wherever
this highly diqinguiphed Corps has been employed
they have always borne a conspicuous part. At
Belleisle, Bunker's Hill, Egypt, and Acre, they co-
vered themselveS with glory; and we consider them
as a force peculiarly adapted for the present service
in Spain, as, froul their being stationed at the can-
non on board ship, they could be occasionally em-
ployed as artillery, either to ad with the Patriotic
Army, or to defend the passes.
Tuesday evening the Duke of Nor,TIl UMBERLAN D
arrived at Windsor to review the Royal Horse
Guards (Blues), of which he is Colonel. A troop
dismounted, attended his arrival at the Castle Inn,
with their colours, saluted him as he got out of his
!• carriage, and two centinels were immediately placed
at the door of the Castle Inn. Yesterday morning,
the Duchess, Earl PERCY, and the Ladies PERCY,
with their suite, arrived at Windsor, and, after par-
taking of some refreshment, attended the Duke to
Winkfield Plain, where his Grace reviewed the Re-
giment. His Grace, after the review, gave a sump.
tuous dinner to the superior Officers at the Castle
Inn, likewise a dinner to the interior Officers at the
White 'Hart Inn, and the privates were regaled at
the Riding-house with roast beef and strong beer.
The bells rung the whole of the day, and the town's-
people saluted their Graces and Family wherever
they passed through the town.
The Dinner which the Merchants and Bankers of
the City of London intend giving,.on Thursday next,
to the Spanish Deputies, promises to be one of the
most magnificent entertainments that has ever been
displayed by the taste and liberality of the Metropo-
lis. The leading inett of all parties will be indiscri-
minately invited; tor, in this great cause of freedom,
;ustice, and humanity, there can be no room for the
'littleness of selfish or party views. The success of
Spain, in the present glorious struggle, involves the
security of Great Britain, and the independence,
perhaps, of the cit ilised world. Such a triumph must
be as uselnl to mankind as it will be glorious to the
Spanish Patriots.

We have seen a letter from Berlin, dated May
30, which contains the hollowing paragraphs :
" Never was the table of the Wolf and the Lamb
more strikingly verified, than by the conduct of
France to the POPE, whom BooNAPARTE threatens
to dethrone—under what pretext ? Because his
Holiness refuses to declare war against the English !
" The pretext to which he has just had recourse,
in order to evade the fulfilment of his engagement to
evacuate Prussia with his troops, is, if possible still
more curious. This pretext is the prolongation of
the. Baron JACOBI'S stay in England beyond the term,
agreed on. But, at the same time that this new griev-
ance was brought forward, the• London newspapers
informed us that the Baron JACOBI, 'alter having, for
a long time, waited the arrival of his passportslrom-
Paris, had been driven from Calais with his flag of
truce by the Governor o► the place, who declared to
him that his Imperial Majesty had actually given or-
ders to permit him to land; but that these orders
had been recalled.

It is evident that the recall of the orders had no
other object than to provide a tence to evade the
fulfilment of- the engagement, so frequently renewed
and always eluded, to withdraw from this Country
that army which is now reducing its whole popula-
tion to misery and despair."
It would certainly be difficult to find any thing in
the annals of the most despicable awl
to match this instance of miserable chicane.
The Commissioners, with the Sriuish Patriots,
are three in number, namely, Sir T. DYER, Captaitl
PATRICA, and nijor Routs,