The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-03 00:00:00

' STATE OF SPINY.

(FRoM A COR R ESPON DENT.)
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SEPT. 7:-.JAVitlfoilt farther preamble, I
of"ll " Proceed to giVe you the usual monthly portrait
Peninsuln
St'
has been a. solemn service in the church of
v." `4yetanO, on account of King Pepe's .(a name
Ziven derision to Joseph BUonaparte) having per-
stillittea that church be opened, which had, been
intit ever since the taking of Madrid. The Clergy-
,,-"?ni who preached by order of Jose (King Joseph)
)-ntnnienced. with an eulogiutn upon his employer,
dit irnmediatelr the women began to go out, then •
• 111,, flint], and .at last a IVianolo, who was clbse by
•Pnlpit, tired with hearing this monotonous
panegyric, bawled out to the preacher, 64- Have
ti °l'; You rascally hypocrite, for there is nobody to
hear You—and if I only remain, it is to treat you as
vohave deserved." Upon this the French endea-
tn! t-v seize him, but, protected by the people, he
tie his escape.
Deputies
14 Mancha they have effected the eleCtioes of
erinuties for the Cortes in the midst of the French ;
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this is a fad which deserves to be recorded
among the greatest deeds in the his:cryof our holy
surrection. Several parties having assembled, at
e head of whom was the Intendant Herro (a phi-.
proceeded
and man of letters well known in Spain);
successively to the said eledions, attack-
lg the Freud' in some towns in order to make
trtil afterwards, and in others defending them,-
against the enemy when their elections were
cennlPlishing,, and obtaining in all the desired ola-
)eet. The same thing has been done in Guadalaxara ;
but as the elections have been completed through-
eyt the whole province of La Mancha, without
Inen exceptiog.a single village,•it'is. covered with .so
mu' h the.greater glory. Reguisa has received the
arks of, the Junta of the province, for having
ecnted and .concluded in this manner the nomination
Titheir deputies, who•are .shortly expeded here,—
e necessary number of deputies, however, have
ti"n.t yet arrived to commence, the Cortes, but they
will be here in a few days. Seventy are detained in
c 4lthagena, who, along with those from Mexico,
;and other places of America, that are on their war ,
tith a quantity of specie, on board the Bulwark,
is)" of La Mancha, Galicia, the Asturias, Catalo-
L,'ar and the others from those places that have not
'et been able to nominate, will form a represeuta-
hoot truly national, and. froril whom every thing is
gth loped.—ln Asturias the inhabitants still fight
the bravery against the French. In Arragott
can French only occupy Oviedo and Gijon, and Villa
tit RIPa is there with his division, driving theni to
to, vPrY gates of Zarattoza, and promises shortly
th ueliVer that capital. In Catalonia, it may he said,
lat Since the two gallant sallies from Tortosa, and
thethi last blow that Campo Verde gave them in Felis,
th,.er have raised the siege of that place, which was •
ta-t. Only object, and Suchet has gone to meet
tiUK with whose division he has bad a slight ac-
that terminated favourably for the latter. On
14. °' her hand, Caro's flying parties attack and sur-
, tier 'se defachments and convoys of 'the French at the
IserY gazes of Barcelona, and on the frontiers of
14rPignan the Catalonians make perpetual inroads..
di avarre Mina avenges his nephew nobly. His
tbvais,!°°. consisting of about 8000 men, maintains
b 0.7 blockade, and exacts contributions from Pam-
, iii,,v4ta, and as far as the Frontiers of France, by
• a ;It- On the one hand, they attack and destroy
an:lnuln of 800 French, with a convoy of arms I
ea, ammunition ; while their brave coinpanions of
4,:t"e destroy another of WO in Nievas, sLizing
ggnns, knapsacks, and abundance of booty ; they '
eater Valladolid, killing all the Gavachos (French)
kr! meet with ; they harass the flanks of Massena's
haterr and, sent by the EMpeCitligiO, fOlit two
ich corps in Sacedon and Trillo.
In
ire Andalasia, where :there' is less energy, there
"Weyer many parties's that' pursue and harass
the
Prench ; one of which, by the confession of 1
breach themselves in intercepted letters, con-
! of not less than 1000 men, commanded by a
Atrk, and bears the name of the British Army.—
," that part of the Province of Estepa .has risen en
arasse •the people of which, as they are smugglers,,
'alco
warlike; and the mountainous parts of Ron-
Condado de Niebla,' and part of Cordova and
", are likewise in arms. Thus, after two years
44d a ranthalf of destructive war, after costing the Ty-
his of the world a loss of not less than 300,000 of
rtoo
ps for the momentary acquisition of some
sti,t,ted towns, and some ravaged Provinces, he has
t v." a greater number of patriots to encounter than
iiitchr• and more are at this moment disputing every
9f ground from the Pyrennees to the Pillars of
and from the-city of Cart hagena to Cape
211sterrer•than have ever been engaged before, and
i"tl7.,_determined to fight, till they secure to our tra-
wq,,nlo and much loved country an independence
v"teh other nations have not known how, nor been
tirthy to obtain, in spite of that despotism which
(ikti°;e very nations now aid and assist, themselves
otisaved, and those yet mere perfidious brothers of
4,l?"'n, who abandon their mother, when most
/,,p'n'e and most oppressed, to follow, under the
tioeci°os name of emancipation, 'the banners of fac
fo.n ; but if Spain cannot obtain so desirable an end
nether own happiness, and that of the whole uni-
se.. she will enjoy, in the bosom of a glorious
annihilation a mome delightful repose than is coat-
withth the tumultuous discord of a perfidious
-ocracy- in the new is oild, or the rattling of the
‘4l
atos which the old must wear.

of A. tradesman of the name of W--
zo, e'rencester, who, by his inflammatory expressions
'demeanour, aitenipiecl to excite the solcheis,
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b;artered in that city, to mutiny and rebellion, has,
Vistiirlak;ng a public acknowledgment of his crime,
CI in the newspapers, and by reading it himselt at
head of the regiment, escaped prosecution and
e Punishmeut of death.
.155 SS?ITH, the celebrated aaress, had lately a
rY narrow escape, as she was tiding ;n the environs
e, e'rk. She was thrown from her horse, and the
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1,,1w1:11a1 lramp:ed upon her arm, which, though for-
t-atelY not broken, was much bruised and lace-
.ated.