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by Spaniards. This abomination will 
make us be abhorred beyond all nations of 
the earth. Let us vie with each other in 
combating the usurpers of our soil; and 
let us forget the differences which agi- 
tated us, and preserve our lives, our 
spouses, our sons, and our honour, 
In the name of my country, which 
cannot disapprove of this means, dictated 
by reason, I offer and grant a total obli- 
vion of all the errors which have preci- 
‘pitated so many men, seduced by the 
wickedness of others.—Those who are 
guilty of no other crime than having 
joined a faction, shall be exempted from 
the punishment due to it, excepting such 
as are already tried and sentenced, pro- 
vided they take solemnly, and in the 
hands of a priest, an vath, not to make 
any sort of war against Spaniards. This 
amnesty, this benefit, unhoped for by 
those who, having committed the fatal 
crime of converting themselves into crael 
enemies of their brethren, are now suffer- 
ing the privation of their liberty, induces 
me to believe, that, moved by gratitude, 
and interested for their own good, they 
will eagerly embrace the occasion for 
joining the ranks of the Defenders of 
Independence. But, if in this just war 
any one shall hereafter dare to take up 
arms in favour of the French army, and 
against the cause of the Spanish nation, 
he shal] be put to death immediately upon 
being taken. 
Our common mother demands our union. 
Sacrifices, valour, and constancy, are 
exacted by the state in which we are. 
War, war, against the French. This is 
demanded and hoped for from all his 
fellow-citizens, by ANTONIO QuIROGA. 
Incidents in and near London. 
fAug. 1; 
PORTUGAL. aint 
The plans of the legitimates have 
succeeded better in Portugal. The 
Queen, who for refusing to take the 
oath to the Constitution was ordered 
to leave the kingdom, nevertheless was 
permitted to remain ; and having, by 
means of her son Miguel, corrupted a 
regiment of Guards, and treason fol- 
lowing treason, a counter-revolution 
has been effected, the Constitution 
adopted from Spain has been set aside, 
and the priests and their ignorant 
adherents have again set up the Abso- 
lute King. In the mean time, the 
King himself,.ashamed of his own 
party, has wisely declined the abso- 
lute power which these wretches pro- 
posed to confer on him, and has 
referred the arrangement of a consti- 
tutional system to a. Commission 
which he has nominated for the pur- 
pose. If the Commission is wise and 
honest, Portugal may be settled; but, 
if the servile party prevail, then the 
retreat of the foreign banditti from 
Spain will be the signal for renewed 
troubles. We fear that the men who 
have placed themselves at the head of 
the new governments in Naples, 
Spain, and Portugal, have relied too 
much on their. own good principles, 
and have neglected to avail them- 
selves sufficiently of that muscular 
strength in the ignorant multitude 
which their enemies have adroitly 
arrayed against them. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, anp DEATHS, 1N anp neak LONDON; 
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters recently deceased. 
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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
jane 25.—A petition signed by 2000 
Catholics presented by Mr. Brougham 
to the Honse of Commons, complaining of 
the mal-administration of justice in Ireland. 
—— 30.—The parish of St. Pancras pe- 
titiened the House of Commons, com-,. 
plaining of wlite slavery under the bo- 
rough system, and praying for a radical 
reform. 
——-.——Thie householders of the parish 
of St. Anne, Westminster, petitioned the 
House of Commons for a total repeal of the 
assessed taxes. . 
Jury 3.—At the Old Bailey ten pri- 
soners sentenced to death, three to trans- 
ortation for life, six for fourteen, and 
fifteen for seven years, and many others to 
various minor punishments. 
— 4,—A splendid entertainment given 
at Covent Garden Theatre to assist the Spa- 
nish cause : 1500 tickets were disposed of. 
Numerous distinguished characters at- 
tended. A respectable surplus was left. 
The subscription at present exceeds 
20,0000. 
——- 10.—A petition from 150 mecha- 
nics of London presented to the House of 
- Commons, praying for the adoption of Mr. 
Owen’s plan. 
—- 19.—Parliament prorogned. 
—— 21,—A boy of 17 for uttering 
forged notes, executed before Newgate to 
the great horror of the public. 
28.—A splendid public dinner 
given to the Marquis of Hastings in com- 
pliment to his services in India. 
Several inquests held within the month 
at the Penitentiary, Milbank. No less 
than 400 unhappy persons have recently 
been in the infirmary, under the effects of 
disease, ‘This subject has excited a lively 
4 attention, 
