1811]. >: 
_shot in the street by a volunteer, because 
he refused to surrender, himself, and 
wefied any one to come near him, by 
menacing them with his knife ;-on being 
told that if he did not yield he must take 
the consequences, he composedly folded 
his arms in derision, and ordered the man 
to fire: he levelled his piece, and the 
poor fellow instantly felldead. Another 
was stabbed while drinking at a wine- 
shop, because he refused to join in a 
“ Viva!’ to Ferdinand. But the most re- 
markable individual punishment that a 
Frenchman has undergone, is in the 
case of one who was generally noticed 
and respected by several genteel fami- 
lies; but who, unluckily for him, con- 
ceiving he was insulted by a boy who 
seemed to siog @ Spanish national air 
purposely to deride, him, was so impru- 
dent as to strike this boy in the street ; 
the consequence was, that he was obliged 
to fly; a hve and cry was immediately 
raised against him; a mob assembled, 
they sought him, and heard that he had 
goneto a friend’s for protection; this 
friend ‘was threatened with the forfeiture 
of his life if he did not discover him; the 
Frenchman was taken, the governor in- 
terfered, and the man was sent to prison, 
and ignominiously flogged several times ; 
he was not allowed to see his family, and 
was nearly starved. The mob ina body 
could not forget the outrage ; they wanted 
his life ; and it was with difficulty that the 
prison could be guarded against ther, 
This man had a wife and children, de- 
pendant on his success in teaching his 
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native Janguage; they. became great! 
distressed, and his friends have sl 
somely, contributed to their relief; bus 
it, was with much caution that they ven< 
tured to assist the husband. The affair 
has nosy nearly dwindled away, but it i 
not generally known what is hecome of 
the man... That such a trivial affaiz 
should have agitated the city for dayg 
may, appear strange ; and it will the more 
astonish you when [ relate that this 
young singer is only a beggar boy, and 
the most deformed and ugly wretch that 
canbe seen, The mother mingled pa 
rental affection with ber vengeance, and 
exclaimed, at the head of the mob, 
that “ her child should not be disgraced 
by a blow from a-Frenchinan without’ 
her avenging it 1” - i 
Caricatures, placards, &c. are now 
exhibited in every direction, in ridicule 
of the French: the Spanish. lion is made 
destroying the French eagle. Joseple 
Bonaparte is represented on his throne 
in the character of a drunkard, (whichs 
by the bye, is. the worst of-any in the 
eyes of a Spaniard, as intoxication. is 
avoided and despised fram the highest ta 
the lowest) and in his flight trom Madrid, 
he is on a restive berse, in the act of 
throwing him, while his crown falls from 
his head, and he exclaims, ‘Oh, Spain 
has forsaken me because of my cursed 
misdeeds |” 
‘Among an innumerable quantity of 
squibs, is one which. whimsically de- 
scribes a military and political barometer 
and thermometer as follows: 
The whole nation of Spanish ? The spirit at these degrees has burst the tube, and will not 
valour and heroism = - 
Wickedness, fraud, and deceit, of the pre- 
sumptuous Emperor of the French * 
This 
The fortune of Bonaparte } 
graduate at any point, pa 2 
One hundred degrees above 0.” ies 
chad rapidly risen to the highest degree, and) begins to 
fall equally rapidly, and it is expected to disappear withoug 
fixing at any degree. 4 
“SCARCE TRACTS, WITH EXTRACTS AND 
SCARCE BOOKS. 
ANALYSES OF 
It is proposed in. future to devote a few Pages of the Monthly Magazine, to the 
insertion. of such Scarce Tracts as are of an interesting Nature, with the Use 
of which we may be favoured by our Correspondents; and under the same Head ta 
_ introduce also the Analyses of Scarce and Curious Books, Pike : 
LLIAM PENN, and the vRiaL by surx. 
pe great, singular, and, intrepid,. 
Englishman, whom it is here pro- 
posed to exhibit in a new. point.of view, 
was born in London in the year 1644. 
His father, who was an.adimiral of some 
note, not only assisted in the capturg of 
a. 
Jamaica, during the protectorate of 
Cromwell, but also served with applause, 
under the Duke of York, Having dise 
tinguished himself in a sea-fight with the 
Dutch, he was knighted, ata sduntlet 
into favour, notwithstanding his zeal 
duriig the usurpation, 5; 
> “Young 
