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London, England, 1809-07-14 00:00:00

SPANISH PAPERS.

INTERCEFTED COItRESPONDE.NCE.

(FROM TOR SRMINARIO PATRIOTIC°, IST J0N11,18094
Intercepted Dispatch, directed to Joseph Napoleon,
from Valladolid, by M. Gamier, his agent, under date
of the 14th of April :7
" From Valladolid to Zamora by Toro, and to Salamanca by
Medina del Campo, the utmost tranquillity has prevailed ; but it
is true, that 15 days ago on both roads, some infamous charac-
ters have stated falsehoods to the French of their Kiag. Almost
all the Spanish Authot ities, countenanced by the Natives, in those
districts, are feeble characters, irresolute in their proceedings,
and treacherous: The idle conversation, and the incendiary writ-
ings, are dangerous among a people, as irritable as they are hypia,
critical and rebellions, and these ought to be the object of conti-
nual, but secret, attention and punishment. The greater part of
the Friars and Clergycantribute to give tp the public Mind. a
pernicious direction. The eventotbe most trifling, and measures
the most natural and just, give occasion to-this sort of influence,
which is supported by false representations and ridiculous stories.
On the whole, his Catholic Majesty will, from these particulars,
i infer that he will not find among the Spaniards compliance more
obsequious, or affectit.n more sincere, than he receives from the
hearts of Frenchmen around him. Our utter ignorance of the
situation of his Excellency Marshal Souft, on account of thetiffi.
culties of communication, make* the Si., nierda think, or rattier
assert, that he is surrounded by insuperable difficulties."
FROM THE ABOVE PAPER, DATED JUNE 8.
Among the various expedients which patriotism
has contrived to wage war with the French, few have !
had more promptitude, been more useful, or inore
general in the'r effects, than the method of spreading
through the whole kingdom small armed parties, which
press upon their straggling detachments, and inter-
cept their dispatches. We have already mentioned
the loud complaints they make of this new species of
persecution : we shall now see how nearly they affect
Joseph Napoleon himself. The two letters which
follow disclose to us the secrets of the Cabinet of Ma-
drid ; discover to us the errors into which that mi-
serable Court has fallen ; and the desperate situation
which has led even the partizans of our enemies to
the discovery of their genuine interests. The first of
.these documents is from Don Francisco Amoros,
Counselor of State, Royal Commissary of Guepu-
zcoa, and Chief Magistrate of the Police of Madrid.
;'1'1,% circumstance os its being directed to King Jo-
Sr. ph, and giving an account of th..t execution of a
.
conimission, which a person, so highly favoured
by his Sovereign, has employed his zeal and talents,
gives a sort of authority and veresimilitude to the com-
position, which the productions of a Gallo-Spaniard
can seldom acquire,. But as the intelligence would
nut have been very agreeable to this royal puppet,
his good fortune has relieved him from the disgust it
would have occasioned, and has conveyed it into our
possession, where assuredly tile same mortification
will not be excited by it.
" SIRE—By the Ministers of Police ad of War, I con•rrittni-
I rate to your Majesty the ellgerval i• Ws I -ir!ve mad., and the ire-
cautions I have taken, In ,Iris city (St Sebastian). acknowledge
that f did not expect to find here such vile !sr os it ions, or to hare
much business to arrarge, or such difficulties t °vet c.orae ; and
it is very singular that even the religious orders in these districts
are more manageable than the lard prof rtetors a..ci uu icaants.--
A Dominican Friar has already preacl!. tl in tavour of your Ma-
, jetsty, and others will follow his ex:in:ply (..7). 'i he' attachment
these people have to dide privilege, the ancient prejudices they
indulge, the multitude of soldiers families pees! i^g tor want of
pay and pensions, and continually clamouring against government, '
these, Sire, are the causes of disloyal. These people cannot
subsist; the province gives allowances to some, and it will be
racemes" to fit the precise donations to all the rest, that they
may have no cause of complaint, and that if afterwards: they
murmor, they may he duly punished ).
" The Deputation has applied to me to satisfy these urgent
demands from your Majesty i treasury, but as your resources are
more artificial than real, I have refused. I know that there pi r-
yaiis great disorder in the adminis: rat ion of the public svealth, and
I hire directed inquiry to be made, in order to prevent it. About
six or seven tan dies, who always act with despotic authority, and
always will act so, hold the principal posts in this empire, thus
di.,organized by an atsc;en: and tyrannical ariatocracy.
"6 Although by the Minister of War I send copies of cosnmu•
nieatiers respecting t! e coast of Biscay, and of the determination
I have formed for the plait of defence, arranged with Ceneral
Tntivcont, yet I think fit to send a dnplicate to your Majesty, that
if you ledge proper you may depesit it in the bands of Marshal
Jourdan. The persoral attendance of the officers of the aunty who
have procured themselves willingly for the discharge of this duty,
I and who will command at their respective stations, will secure
the happy effects of this military arrangement.
" I have reqwerted arms for these pnrposes, for in Biscay they
had only two hundred muskets, and the inagaziaes of tins place
are emrty.
" 'they will want some pieces of artillery to replace the bat-
-1 teries en the coast, for there are only those of the royal =tunic-
! tory of Cahada, for the English have destroyed almost all the bat.,
teries, and have thrown the cannon into the sea. Some ma'
be recovered, but others are lost, 1 will apply to the Count of
Montarco for such as may be required (c).
" We have no account of any attempts of the English to land
since the last affair of Deba, and that is a ion time alb ; but we
understand that they have applied to their country for sniall tea.
eels, in order to repeat their efforts. Con preserve the valuable
life of year Mak sty. tie. (Signed) " ra.tiseisco astortas."
" St. Sebastian, .qpril 14."

The Editors of the Seminario next give some account
of the attempts of the English, alluded to in the sequel
of the preceding letter, which we riss over, as we
have received authentic information on the subject
from other quarters.—They then proceed as follows--;
After this circumstantial intelligence of the parti-
culars of attacks made by the English, of the evil con.
sequences of these to the enemy, and of the patriotic
and arti.gallican spirit which Pervades in the Biscayen
provinces, let us look to the ct mmunication of such
events given in the Gazette of Madrid under date of
the Vith of April, and let the credulous, the timid,
and the faithless, witness the impudence with which
that pantomimic Court spreads lies on the interior
~tate of the kingdom, as Nipcleo' propagates the like
falsehoods through the rest of Europe, describing in

(z) Exalted triumph, Mr. Cozunissary. Is this all the consols.
tion you Lave to give to the Sovereign of Spain and the Indies ?
(,) Ought they not to complain and to lift up their Voice to
Heaven ? Can there be exhibited a more terrible picture of the
miserable devastation caused by this Vandal Government ?• And
have they the cruelty to denominate disloyalty the just demands
of a people who are attached to their privileges, who wish to live
under thvit established laws (called here ancient prejudices)—who
refuse to support a yoke of iron, beneath which a muhitude of
families perish, and after having honourably served their country,
see thensselves reduced to beggary by these oppressors. " These
people cannot subsist, it will be necessary to fix the precise dons-
tions.”—Asr what purpose, " that if afterwards they murmur,
they may be duly punished."—Who is capable of refraining from
tears of mingled compassion and anger, on hearing this language
of refined,hirbarism ? Why is it " necessary to fix the precise
donations ?" Because they have been first robbed, and this hypo•
critical humanity is to give colour to the punishment afterwards.
(c) Such is the condition of the Frekch. Their battles and
their violence have answered no purpose to than. he war
which they meet on all sides, the continual sacrifice of their
men, the want 'of communication, add the impossibility of re-
establishing it,leave them without concert, and therefore without
judgment. The most agreeable circumstance to be learnt from
this letter is this to true Spaniards, that* leaves us 2° doubt, but
that in the provlndes which have been constantly wider the Preach
yoke, thorn hate gained nothing who hive sought to twisted the
people, mid that tithe midst of the most opreesism,
the heartt of the habitant/int aD our Rom. ' •