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placid, and plainly indicate the 

 utmost satisfaction at the termina- 

 tion of a terrible war, and tlie 

 frightful tyranny of the Junta. 

 At the time when the troops of 

 his majesty entered Andalusia, 

 they were holding their assem- 

 blies for appointing deputies to 

 the Cortes. Some of these depu- 

 ties, particularly those from Gre- 

 nada, hud already gone to the Isle 

 of Leon ; but on the arrival of the 

 French army, ihey began to come 

 back. They were baliotting for 

 men to serve in the armies, to the 

 amount of one- fourth part of the 

 population ; but all this is at an 

 end. The king is every where 

 received with enthusiastic joy. In 

 short, froi.i what is seen in Anda- 

 lusia, it appears that the whole 

 natinn is sick — tired of their suf- 

 ferings, and desirous of submit- 

 ting to government." It has been 

 alleged, that the Andalusians, 

 with the exception of the citizens 

 of Cadiz, have not shewn such a 

 determined and resolute spirit of 

 resistance of French usurpation as 

 the inhabitants of the north and 

 east of Spain : but it is to be re- 

 collected, that it was the usual 

 policy of Buonaparte, in all his 

 official statements, to make such 

 representations of things as had a 

 tendency to excite distrust among 

 the provinces of Spain, and to 

 subject the whole to the contempt 

 of the world. Extenuations and 

 exaggerations in such statements 

 have at all times been common, 

 and at all times suspected ; but 

 never before had recourse been 

 had to the artillery of such bare- 



faced fabrications and downright 

 lies as those which are manifest in 

 the papers published by the autho- 

 rity, and under the direction of 

 Buonaparte. So penetrating a ge- 

 nius must have been sensible that 

 the operation of this machinery 

 could not last very long. But if 

 it served hispurpose, which he cal- 

 culated, it would seem, might be 

 effected in a short time, he proba- 

 bly thought it sufficient. 



At Cordova, January 29, king 

 Joseph Buonaparte issued a mani- 

 festo to the Spanish nation, in 

 which he told them, that men of 

 understanding and reflection were 

 sensible, that for more tlian a cen- 

 tury, the progress of events*which 

 governs al' things, had determined 

 that Spain should be the friend and 

 all)' of France. When an extraor- 

 dinary revolution precipitated from 

 the throne the family that reigned 

 in France, die Spanish branch of 

 the Bourbons ou;^ht either to have 

 supported the elder, or to have ex- 

 pected and reconciled themselves 

 to the idea of falling with it. The 

 princes of the house of Bourbon, 

 not daring to appeal to arms, had 

 renounced the crown, and stipu- 

 lated for their particular interests. 

 The grandees of Spain, the gene- 

 rals, the chief men of the nation 

 had taken an oath of allegiance to 

 him at Madrid. The battle at 

 Baylen and the aid of the English, 

 turned weak heads and timid 

 hearts, though the contest now 

 decided, was never doubtful. But 

 still the most enlightened and con- 

 scientious men retained their alle- 

 giance to him. If internal peace 



• La force de choses— Fate. — Joseph, as well as Napoleon, appears to b« a fa- 

 talist. But, in truth, this piece appears to have been composed by Napoleoiu 



