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ing a nomination, stintainlng a penalty to b^ pa;,l to
the East India Company, upon proof being mAde, :it
any subsequent period, that any valuable con, idera.
don was given for such appointment ; that species of
proof being deemed sufficient to levy the penalty,
upon which the Court of Directors may think them.
selves authorised to vacate the appointment.

The practices which are developed in the present
Report, and other transactions which this House I,as
recently had under its cognizance, are sufficient b;
demonstrate, that patronage of various descriptions
has, in several instances, become an article of tragic;
that an opinion of the generality of such practices has
been prev,tlent to a still greher extent ; and that frail.
dulent agents have availed themselves of this belief,
to the injury of the credulous and unwary, and to tl:e
discredit of those in whose hands the disposition Gf
offices is lodged. It will depend upon the steps which
may be taken in consequence of these inquiries, wile.
they such abuses shall receive a permanent check,
a virtual encouragement.

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Journals and letters ftdin Serille and t'agz to
10th, and frcim*Gijon to the.22d init. 11.t..e been

ceived.

A report had got into circulation at -Cadiz that
powerful French force was-approaching that city, br
it was unfounded, and probably arose from the ci
cumstance of the French and Spanish ships Davin;
been removed into the outer bay, as a measure
precaution, conformably to the first additional articl
in the late tre.tty. A very different account is no.

given of the late corommotion in Cadix, from thai

which was at first communicated. is now di-

scribed not as a proper interference on the part
the people, in consequence of rational suspicions
of the fidelity of their Rulers, but as an insurrec,
tion of the lowest orders of the community, for the .
purposes of lawless violence and phinder ; and

consistently with this character of the parties, seventy
of the ringleaders have been confined in the Castle,
and with them a great number of disorderly women,
who were very active during the disturbance.,
According to the particulars we have received of the
affair, we cannot avoid thinking, that the populace
had serious grounds of alarm on the introduction of
foreign prisoners, deserters, and mercenaries into the
garrison of Cadiz ; especially after the repeated ex-
amples of perfidy is; their Chiefs, to which, perhar,
all their misfortunes. are to be attributed, We are
informed that extraordinary tribunals are to be form.
ed for the trial of these persons selected as the princi-
pal delinquents ; but we hope that we shell not, at
Cadiz, under FERDINAND VI!, have to deplore the
repetition of the same scenes which have RO lately die.
graced the capital under JOSEPH I,
The letters from Gijon state, that in the kingdom
of Asturias the spirit of patriotism,is in great vigour,
The regular force of the Asturians is stated at 50,000
men, but they are much in want of muskets. Two.
thirds of that number were, however, well armed,
and clothed in uniforms : the rest have also muskets,
but are dressed in the common raiment of the ceun-
•try. About 40,000 pikes had also been delivered out
to the peasantry, who arc all zealous to resist the
enemy. The Asturians not content with arming to
defend their own province, have entered Gallicia from
the side of Ribadeo, and penetrated to Mendonedc•
The presence of the enemy in Gallicia has, c(eourse,
checked a like display of patriotism is that less fortu.
nate kingdom. Nevertheless, 6000 Gallicians have •
united, and the spirit of revolt is widely and generally
spread in the North West corner of Spain,
We have already alluded to the Order of the Su-
preme Junta at Seville, directing the Spanish armies
to give no quarter to French troops, in certain cases.
The following is a copy Of the Decree, containing
the grounds on which this extraordinary measure is
resorted to :

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