The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-30 00:00:00

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In looking at the extent. and situation of Spain, it
was some years back v.:id to contain 150,763 square
miles, with 69 inh-,bitants on each, which gives a
total PoPolati°%, of 10,763,638. In such a country'
as Spain it no easy task to believe, that the French
(with 5C comparatively small a force) could in so
shoe a time as they did overrun, against the will of
.•
tile people, so many provinces, aided as they were by(
such powerful Allies as Great Britain and Portugal.
The truth must be, that the Spaniards themselves
were tired of the sight of inquisitorial tortures
and extortions; hence arises the apathy so
much complained of here and in Spain, and which
mast aecount for the trivial number of Spaniards that
fell 'in the contest at Salamanca. In reviewing the
dir.ferent motives that influent* the contending par-
ities in the Peninsula, it will appear to every thinking
mind, that in spite of the representations of our Mi-
nisters, the English are notoriously fighting for the
purpose of creating a diversion against the French,
and with a primary view to introduce their trade,
i commerce, and colonl produce on the Continent bf
Europe.
I Should they succeed, time will shew what great
benefit all this will be to the bulk of the Spanish
people. The Clergy of Spain, and the Grandees,
are exercising all their influence, in order to re.
gain their former authority and estates, and ulti-1
matety to restore all their antient arbitrary system
is its pristine state; the pastaafferiugs of their pea-
iikate will answer the enquiry, what the people at
large ore to. expect, should the Spanish Nobles'
finally; obtain, their ends ?. Experience has often
provtc4that it has long been the views and intentions
of the French Government to crumble into dust the ,
tottering remain of the old corrupt Governments of .
Europe, end their Incursions into Spain is only a part
•of their adopted policy. All those motives can have,
little
,oardet,, en the inclinations of , the "'Spaniards
at large. Disappointed from every quarter, in.
calving any permanent good ;MOM, o•44;.‘xt;
much weakened by the conduct Of theffewn
went tad their calamities, to make any effectual re:
sistanee,, they stand like men in despair, passively
looking on the 'struggles of the contending parties,
secretly wishing those mot siccessful, from whom
they have reason to expect to derive the greatest be-
nefit. The most 'artfeat Engtiali zealot in the
Spanisle cause ISt* acktAK 11n
nowi .0110,011aquisi-
tion of Spain le. a tribinaliin itselidisgraceful to!
111111Iiis itittritli t it ytt we 'an well- informed) if

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the splendid achievements of the Marquis of
WELLINGTON and his gallant followers should be
crowned with complete success, and the French
finally expelled from that kingdom, the burning
patriotic friends of Lord King Don Feeets.teo
the Sutton', does not intend to abrogate this
heinous law.—l am led to those reflect'
particularly reflections more
py observing an insinuation thrown
out in an answer to some person's add in address,
which it is stated, " that all descriptions of his
Ku ernes subjects have di.played such exult.,
ation, in coasequence of recent splendid events,
as fully manifests the importance attached, by
the people of this country, to A CAUSE WHICH EQUAL..
ES S United
joegvidsom and.'
Intender ' mir INVOLVES THE TNIMPLNUFNCE OF THE PENINSULAb
ANDTILEr 8
sTL Tof the
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considerationof thesufferings
heretics, it is to be hoped that the Councils of the
BRITANNIC REGENT do not seriously intend to en.
I able these most Catholic gentry to practise their Ad
mischief. 1r they do, it is a plan, not at all
likely to succeed, and the sooner there is an end pet
•to the scheme, the better.—British blood, British
treasure, and British valour, should never have been
spent in such a cause—it is a waste of them all fora
purpose so unwise in itself that it never can be
justified. The best interest of the United Kingdom
iis to husband its resources, to feed its famished mul.
titudes, to deliver oat the bread which the bounty of
Heaven has bestowed on the land, to satisfy the hun.
ger of the craving people—to give among them the
treasures which their industry has earned, in order to
satisfy the wants of the distressed—to ameliorate
:and soften the conditions of the people—to Re-
form the Parliament, to abolish sinecures, to be less
liberal in distributing their money and the horrors of
war among the poor inhabitants of unhappy Europa
--end to endeavour, by every laudable and praise.
worthy measure, to restore the blessings of peace
these, Weed, really are the best interests of the
United Kingdom.
Those who may have heard of the conduct of one
of the late Kings of Prqssia, of forcibly seizing and
distributing 12,000 Polish virgins, to satisfy the lust
of his soldiers, and people dominions, will not,
perhaps, wonder, that Providence, in its wisdom
should prevent the descendants of the House of Bran-
deeburgh from reigning over a country) raised to .a
kingdom by such infamous practices.
There are also yet alive those was can recollect
with horror the 22.4 of Decer:i'oer, 1790, when the
famous SUWAIIRPW Plan.ted the Russian standard on
the ramparts of Isre.,-.0, when, according to his own
account, his r,:erciless companions butchered, in cold
blood, 30.,"000 men, composing as brave a garrison
as ev'_r merited honour. On the 4th of the follow.
'og, November, when fortune carried him to these!)-
,
urbs of Warsaw, his habitual cruelty was again ex.
arcked on 5000 of the unfortunate Poles, who were
slaughtered by bis Inhuman army, though all resist-
ance on their part had ceased for more than two hours!!
At night (ten hours after the batiks ended) they set
fire to the town, reduced the suburbs to ashes, and
again the work of butchery commenced, else
thousand unarmed men, defenceless women, and
harmless infants perished in the flames, or by tie
sword; and In this memorable siege no less than
30,000 Polish lives were sacrificed !1! &IV/ARROW
has not survived to see \Vilna and Smolensk° In
flames ; but if any of the brutal soldiers, who as.
sifted in perpetrating the horrid outrages at Ismael
and Warsaw, have since witnessed these conflaew
lions, er the desolation of their own country, they
must acknowledge the unerring hand of Providence,
and the justice of Divine retribution.
Read this, ye admirers of the Congreve rockets;
ye applauders of burning Copenhagen; ye justifiers
of British cruelty in the East Indies ; ye disciples of
PITT ; ye orthodox politicians of that Heaven-born
Minister; and learn, Q learn, before it is too late)
the best interests of the United Kingdom !

We have this day inserted Mr. Warvanzte's Ad.
dress to the Independent Electors of Bedford, in
which, as a sound patriot, statesman, and politician,
he feelingly describes the present state of the nation,
and lays before his Constituents a faithful outline of
his own political integrity since the last time he ad.
dressed them. We sincerely wish that the New Par-
liament may be composed of men possessed of the
same independent principles, and actuated by the
same political virtue, as that which has uniformly cha-
racterised the conduct of Mr. WHITBREAD —the
country might then soon hope to see the Constitution
restored to its original purity, and peace, commerce,
and national prosperity, again re-animate the land.

The Gazelle of last night, as we predicted, pro•
claimed to the People of the United Kingdom the
death of the WAR MAJORITY—the PENSION, PLAcs.
and SinecnnE MAJORITY the PITT, the l'Es•
CEVAL, the C and
_ ASTLEREAGII MAJORITY—and WY'
they never, never, rise more, to oppress and subdue
iby their destructive measures, a BRAVE, isnuswori,
, and ISEYOTEO NATION.

The letters by the Argo, from the Mediterranean
were delivered yesterday and with them we Iwo
oue from Constantinople of the 16th July. It states,
that an alarm had been occasioned in the city by the
appearance of a fever, but it was not of a pestilential
character, and the fears of the public hail subsided.
Mr. Linos and M. ITALINSKI, the I.ussian Am
bassador, were on a footing of great intimacy, and
wore both treated with much respect by the Court.
They were at their country residences, but Woes
were fitting up for them at rera.