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London, England, 1823-01-30 00:00:00

Fearing lest means and variety of extermination iof the Despots tsha form the Holy Alliance are but
_know fail him, FirttntratiO.7iii...
‘establish-edihr ton--1.1.14 *teese at the present moment. Though they (or
to'Pres. , the gallows; the ctinfikatiOo-0 pfoperet,'llhit`i'mme of them: at leestjhildein do hour aslaagfit
all those engines of .tyrsomy
.Which the Corte*r hettiof need, promised RepretelitatlweCOnstitutionsts
abonsheJ. Sentence of death wiii*,-.4k4Fa..fttr.a.ls4:Pets, tO induce them* io
.tit forth their idtWire*
Do• /a which were deemed. crimes by
.es-.posifeao.. it! repressing the ambitious ',rejects of BottaikitiO
lags ; and Rome, during the reigns of Nato and they seem to have had no intention whatever toket
CLAIMIUS, did ROC
groan unriefa more detatiamo I their promise; or if,- tit the time, they believed . that.
„ninny than that. of ExaDtkymp. y.Uf frcca whom evasion would be impossible, and therefore did not
the King of FRANCE tells us theNttniali people can question their own sincerity, it is but too evident that;
apse receive institutions. . t when, by the overthrow of him whom they consi-
ouch is the alternative given to Spin. With what• dered as their chief adversary, they began again to
consider themselves in safety; they ceased any longer
threatl and will they notiletermino sooner to per.
indigoation must that heave people : hear such a
perish to Think redeeming the pledge they had given to
gt once, than be driven back intil such an abyss of 'their respective States. Vet where politital'refor-
tnation hail, under the sanction of Great f)ritain, been
horror? Let, then, every Spaniardadopt the answer
of the brave PALAFOX to the French, when asked to erected into an engine to aid in the overthrow of the
individual who had so long given law to the Conti-
offender Saragossa, .and let " War to the Knife" be
Conti-
their rallying cry.. .- ..._,,_., , vent of Europe, the boon was withdrawn, and the
The Speech tells us, that /00,000 men are about to people were again compelled to pass under the yoke
and of cruel and ungrateful masters.
march to Spain under the Duc D'Aiscortatz,
that bigot, on his name being mcntiooedvis said to In every part of their conduct these despots have
bare very theatrically placed his hanelon his sword. sliewn themselves to be miserably ignorant respecting
The Gob of St. Louts too is inrokel to sanction the real source and origin of those events which gave
this new massacre that the King of FRANCE mcdi- them so much uneasiness. In the suffering and hu-
ms, in order to restore the Inquisition. This appeal miliation which they experienced during the reign of
is as idle-to the French soldiers of this. day, as it is 'mixt ial France, they overlooked entirely, or perhaps
repugnant to true religion, andthey will laugh at it. never once thought of the events that intervened'
Their commander too is of all others the least'likely from the year 1789 till the period when the French
to be acceptable to the French military, who cannot overran Germany. Had they properly contemplated
have forgotten what an excellent. use he once made these past events, they might have seen cause to be-
of his sword, when he only drew it iu order.to sur- here that they themselves had contributed not a little
render it, and that to French soldiers too. to the production of all the revolutionary evils (as
Is it likely, then, that the force destined to at- these events were called) with which Europe had been
tack Spain, under such a 'Wet', should succeed afflicted for to many years, and. with which their
in conquering a country which even NAPOLEON, with States will again be visited ere long, if they shall still
three or four times the number, could not subdue; refuse to take warning from past experience. Many of
and that too, at a time when the Spanit.li people were our Readers are not old enough to recollect what fol-
destitute of everything— without a Government or a lowed the first breaking out of the French Revolution.
King, or' even constituted authorities—destitute of But let them look at the Circular of the Holy Allied
Mi ' the different Eur In

public resources, military or financial—her very .
pital occupied by a hostile army, in fact, to all ap
pearance, bound hand and foot by treacherous an-
ticipation ?
The power under which Spain lay thus prostrate
was that of a man, who, in a few months, and fewer
battles had shorn, and so shattered Prussia as to
hesitate whether he should not cast her altegether
out of the Society of Nations—who had de-poiled
Austria, and dictated to her, in her own capital—
who had given Sovereigns to Holland, Italy, Naples,
&c. and whose legions had been triumphant over the
whole Continent of Europe ; yet did Spain not Onlp
rise against the Oppressor, and maintain the en-
counter with such'suceess, in the first instance, un-
aided and alone, as to gain the admiration 'of the
only free people in Europe at the time, but, after
years campaigning, did arrive at a conausion which
covered.herself and her ally with gloiya.:,itls. a re-
markable trait in the history of nations, that, during
these six years of devastation and bloodshed, not a
single Spaniard talked of submission.
It Spain was enabled thus to triumph under cir-
cumstances so appalling and disadvantageous, what
may not be expected from her new ? for even the
tyranny of tbitioLlOW,WiS " perfect freedom," com-
pared tO ie'cOndition to Which Ft4nce now seeks to
drive her. She has a. cause which will 'sanctify her
exertions; and while everything is to be expected
from the well-known bravery and spirit of the Spa-
nish people, the bas much to hope from the quality
of her -assailants. .
A ear with Constitutional Spain is unpopular to
the French nation-41M yoke 'of the Botraisolcs is
odioni to the French military, who will scarcely suffer
she chance which sear affords them of getting rid of
it for ever. France invades Spain—let MINA reta-
. lime upin her ; andifhesentert France,- and hoists
the &gig and the tri-coloured cockade, he will rally,
amend hint seek a force as will at once effect a new
Revolution in France.
We are no advocates for war ; we seek not to. in-,
mire any nation in a revolution, however necessary
it may often become ; but if the BOURBONS do attack
Spain, we know no measure of retaliation which, so
far as they are concerned, can be too severe—and
every friend of humanity and of freedom must rejoice
at the overthrow of a family that could be guilty of
an act of such deliberate injustice and criminality.
There is nothing very remarkable in the KING'S
Speech, except so far as relates to Spain; for our
Readers can feel little interest respecting the conven-
tion with the Pope, or the new organization of a fac-
tious priesthood, who have had no inconsiderable
share in exciting war : and it is an act of daring im-
Piety to assert that such an organization of the French
Clergy can contribute to call down on France the bless-
ings of PROVIDENCE, at the time that she is about to
unsheath thesword in an unprovoked and iniquitous
. ear. The same impiety marks many other parts of the
sine Speech, and "DIVINE Jusucz" and the " Gon
of Sr. Lours" are invoked in terms which must make
all true Christians shudder. To the GOD of BATTLES
and to that DIVINE Justice which the KING pro-
pbanely invokes, must the cause now be left ; and,
knowing that the JUDO' of quick and dead cannot
do wrong, we await the issue with full confidence.
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"Peace or War ?" is a question which has,
some months, been in the mouth of almost every
person who takes the slightest interest in what is
passing in the world. Itc question seems at length.
•dcaded. Indeed it is obsiousvuUtrift thatthe iamb

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dom, we knew it to be impossible thai, in their cir-
cumstances, they Can reason correctly ; and, indeed;
Ire consider the. Ultateaoriditts in France as being
Iv cempletelt e..4,...gred#ocfn • ituto4i, that nothing,
that they can undertake, 'iiiinvicie4:'Ot4ittitt jibe •a i 1
eat of
_insanity, would. give as. in0,.T.',14.1tVitt.....,,,re,,,
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iiiid...thogoot, 1.,.ii, Cerialifly,possible that, the? may 4
micert.-isw t:siriging'. on '.; .Wl'ai -hit4een France god::
Spain:46.. tire 'great joy of the Autocrat of Ressis,,
1 *hoe/111;4R itotteettnence, haee to appteiliqd..le4 op"
positiOa to kis views of aggtnntlitement in the East of
Europe.
.Eut will hostilities, ~hen:; commencei, .j3i,
coeOned ter.gr.soce ittcl iteilin? 'No, 110 ! ' W hen a
s'd in
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fin: anfintenatelyytelumplace in e large city, there is 4
no' Saying licisiwidterisitavages may extend. Ida
'toe piisentedispoSititisVii the Holy Allies, they w. 1,11
not be able to:rjeitiatin'thetiiselverfrom taking-a part.
in the conflict. .Di itniggle will be between Des.
potism and Freedom—trefivOett gloomy night and'
dawning brightness*, utlrich must eventually burst
through all obstinctirins. '..
Will Great Britain, in the event of a war, be able,
to maintain her neutrality ? We fear not.* We might
have avoided-taking a part. in the last war, butin
this-it will be impossible:---But, from all that is suf.
fered to. transpire, we haire every reason to l)elieve
that we shall this time be found marshalling our
troops in favour of Freedom. We stand pledged
already to Portugal, and Portugal - stands or falls.
with Spain; and, independently of this tie, it can
hardly be doubted that a Treaty isoegociating with
Spain which directly or indirectly may involveos in
the conflict. Whether this should or should not be
deprecated we leave to others to determine; but cer-
tainly these are inducements which may operate with
many to hail the prospect as promising benefits,
rathei than injury, to this 'country.

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been ordered to Newry; Ad ijor ritentit.th is td 'command . t ...
Dawnpatack.' Ohe compitily -of the 25th Foot has lambed' . ,
from Befffit telfilibbrntnth,•to he stationed there.
Deraelnneats d:the desk ahati)sh Regiments embarked ai'
'Cones on,Binalay- for Pustamorst . to be reedy for i.tribaskation.
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The Brother* from Maranliant id LitePpdol Which war .01.
shore at, 061yhead, hal been got off and tiniest into hathour.
Cargo will be landed there: ... . . . .
The -.testy, of L'ortsoy, froth, Wale to. Lynn, was Vitally .
*rocked upon rear& Island. 15th inst. crew'saved. It is feared
that au English brig was lost on that boast, as several piecet et
wreck, and the stern of a boat marked 0 Adventure," hate
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drifted oniltore. • •
The Bridges arrived at Portsmouth 21st lest. front the Smith
Seas, spoke on 21st October, a schooner, bound to Sierra Lanni
with 155 slaves, prize to his Majesty's ship Baths ;
.which eta:
sel had alao captured a Portugue‘w.periatiek with 238 slaves on
board. The Bridges spoke in tat: 34 N.. 10ng..26. R. the Har.
riet, of Guernsey, from Rio Janeiro for Gibralter. , •
Dem, Jaw. 20.—Wind S. S. NV,--- Arrived to day and wiled
for the Him, the. Ittiyal Getsige; Pa Wei**, ' from the Cape of
Giotad Hope; Bridget, J;nt;iiirts,:frodi the South Sees; Nautilus
TULLY, from St. John's (N. B.) ; Louisa, Lowar,from Charente;
Juno, UllQUitiltr, from Cadiat. (;harms, Lour, front the South
Seas ; and revere' more, particulars unknown. The Risme,
.--, from 13altituore to liamburgh, struck on the Goodwin
Sands this morning, damaged her 'rudder, and proceeded for
liamsgate. The Indian; Gases, has brought up in the Guilt;
no other ontward.boundvessel has made her appearance today.
Poe/mantra!, JAK..29.--Wind NV. S.W.—Arrived the Vie*
Maria, Masacca, front Bordeaux for Amsterdam; Hope, Rae.
DA LI, from SC. Michael's, with loss of redder; Linmaro,Van-
rare, from Messina 'for Antwerp, with damage.
Ptrisooe*,•Jae. 28.--. Arrived the schooner Charlotte,--f
thirty-six days front Messina—under quarantine ; also, this oar
ing, the Nautilus,—, from Prince EdWard's Island; and seve-
ral brigs
.and scooners, with whom no ecommication has been
made—it Is-blowing a heavy gale from the S. with much rain.
The Shipley got under weigh this morning,, to proceed, but the
wind was so strong she could not beat out, and is again anchored
in the Sound, with the Susan (Edit Incframin) and several up-
ward-bound vessels. Since night if bat been reported that a
vessel is on shore at the back' (south side) of the Breakwater, but
nobody appears to tnow who she is; if correct she will, doubt-
less, go to pieces. ,
FALMOUTH, JAN. 28.—Wind a—Arrived the Dutch schooner
Constance, Tuirza, from Meisitta for Antwerp, with part of
her cargo thriiwn overboard, and Much damaged, having ,been
on shore on the Overs.
Cusrost-House, Jan, 29.—Ships Entered Inwards: Thinnas,
from Palermo; Aid, from Naples; 'Waterloo, from Campeacby.
Cleared `inwards : Shakspeare, for Lima; Rio Packet, for
Rio Janeiro.

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