CONTENTS. 



required Jbr complete Liformation on the Subject. — Debates on the 

 necessitij of Delay, — Sir Samuel Bomilli/'s Motion ivilhdraxun Jbr the 

 present. — Vexatious Arrests Bill. — Insolvent Debtors' Bill. — Scotch 

 Judicature Bill — State of the Slave Trade. — Address to His Majesty 

 Jbr his using his influence loith Foreign Powers, and the Execution of 

 the Laws in this Country Jor the effectual Abolition of that Commerce. 

 ^-Relief of the Poor Clergy in Scotland, and in England. — Motion 

 by the Marquis of Lansdown, relative to the Campaign in Spain. — 

 J^nd by Earl Grey on the State of the Nation 132 



CHAP. IX. 



Address of the Supreme Junta to the People of Spain after the Battle 

 of Ocana — Means used for the Defence of the Sierra Morena. — Pas- 

 sage of the French over this Chain of Mountains into Andalusia, — 

 General Sebastiani marches against Grenada. — Marshal Victor against 

 Cadiz. — The City and Province of Grenada reduced under the Power 

 of the French. — Manifesto of King Joseph Buonaparte to the Spanish 

 Nation. — Seville surrendered to the French without resistance. — Ad- 

 dress of King Joseph to his Soldiers. — The Supreme Junta retire to 

 the Isle of Leon. — Timid and treacherous Conduct of not a few Indi- 

 viduals of this Body. — Miserable Intrigues among the Junta. — Cha- 

 racter of the Junta. — They become Objects of general Hatred andCon- 

 tempt. — Forced to dissolve themselves. — Cadiz saved, even in defiance 

 of the Counteraction of the Junta, by the Patriotism and Military Con- 

 duct of the Duke of Albuquerque. — Patriotic Ardour and Exertions of 

 the People of Spain, particularly the Inhabitaiits of Cadiz. — Junta 

 appointedfor the Government, adinterim^ of Cadiz, — Selfish and paltry 

 Views of this Junta, and shameful Conduct towards the Dnke if Albu- 

 querque. — This Duke deprived of his Military Command in the Isle 

 of Leon, and sent Ambassador to England Recalled by the newly- 

 appointed Regency. — His Death Funeral in London. — and Eulo- 



giutn on his Character. — Blockade and Defence of Cadiz 152 



CHAP. X. 



The operations of the Spaniards and their English Allies not cotifined 

 to the Defence of Cadiz — The Mountaineers of Alpujarras excited 

 to Arms. — and supported — and also the Inhabitants rf the Moun- 

 tains which separate Murcia, Grenada, and Jaen. — These Moun- 

 taineers defeated and dispersed. — A combined Expedition from the 

 Port of Cadiz against Moguer — Successful — French Batteries and 

 Redoubts destroyed by English Gunboats. — A secret Expedition from 

 Gibraltar against Malaga— Unsuccessful. — Reduction, by the French, 



of the Town and Fortress of Hostalrich, in Catalonia Fruitless 



Attempt by General O'Donnel to raise the Siege of Hostalrich 



Effects ofihe reduction of Hostalrich — Reduction by the Frejich of 

 the strong Fortress of Mequinenza, in Catalonia.— The Siege of 

 Valencia raised by a Sally of the Spanish Garrison, under the 

 Command of Don Ventura Coro — Reduction of Tortosa, by the 

 French General Suchcty after an obstinate Resistance 171 



