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parin ? aiu munition , and exercising the troops . If the Persians are to make an irruption into India , the * conflict will he . *" yery diQciicut from that , which we have 'Jjfcecn accustomed to with the weak troops of India . The injury to India by slk h an invasion will be very great ; as the lutives w ; H be subject to ail the horrors of war , without , any prospect of
advantage ; for by the mildness of the com pa ny ' s < rovermncnt , they are now in a . hiippic -j suite than any -f their , neighbours . The accounts from Sweden are little to be depended upon . The king- has not as yet made war against us , but in -what state he is with respect to Rus-ia and France is uncertain . It is said , that
his subjects feel some disquiet at the losses their country has sustained , and there seems to be no probability , that Finland should throw off jthe Russian yoke . Among the conjectures that the north affords us , one is that the king of Prussia , who is on a visit to Petersburg !! ,
may receive a compensation for his losses , by an exchange of his present ill-fated dominions for Sweden . This N m ay be in the secret councils of the two great emperors : but neither kingdom will be a gainer by the exchange of monarctis Of Finland we know little , or how far its inhabitants are satisfied under
their new master . Their lot however is probably fixed , and there seems to be no chance of their re-union to Sweden . Little has occurred with respect to the re-t of Europe . Sicily is , still under its old king , but preparations are making by the king of Naples to bring it to an union with his government . If we cross the Atlantic , we find the
Americans firm in their attachment to the embargo , though this is not p leasing to the inhabitants of the sea-coast . 1 hey have elected a new president and vicepresident , but this does not seem likely to produce any change in their political re ! nt ions , with respect to Fin rope . Of fora in Mi America we know lictle , and
: hc disputes between the governor or Jamaica , and the island are not yet settled . hi the houses of parliament have ?) ecn : <> mc debates , but of no very ^ rcat consequence : the time and attention of the
i-ioust * of Commons nave been co : npUteiy absorbed in the question of IV ? is . Clark * : and ' "her royal * paramour . Mr . V / iirdle int : o « luced the subject in a very able speech > in which he represented " tli ; j duj ^ rjr to . the country from corrup-
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tion , his decided enmity to it ,-and hiv firm resolution to combat it in every * quarter , whether . high or low . H-e disclaimed all enmity to the Duke of York , and maintained , thit it was not a party question , but wlrat required the . concur ~ rence of all sides , that justice mi ^ ht be done to the country : he then laid down five cases , as the basis of / his charges against the Duke of York , an < £ moved that a committee sJvm'd be
appointed to take them into consideration , Great joy was ex pressed by several minifrters , that the charge .- ; were brotig ] t into a tangible shape , mid that the Duke would now be relieved from the load of obloquy , that had been circulated against him in various libels . They courted publicity , which they said , was also the
wish of the Duke , and paid him very high compliments for his conduct as the head of the army . They could riot believe , that upon enquiry , any things would attach to his royal highness . One member talked in a very hi ti strain , declaring it to be his opinion , that a
conspiracy existed to ruin the . royal family in the public estimation , aud by running , them down , to destroy the corrstitution * That it was carried on by jacobins , and that they abused the liberty of the press , a liberty which might be useful , but whose licentiousness was
extremely dangerous * Another talked of the great responsibility , that the mover of this question had incurred , that infamy must attach ' somewhere , and disgrace must fall to the share of either the accuser or the accused . This latter doctrine , as well as the insinua * tions against the liberty of the press ,
was properly combated by the independent members of the house , who declarc <{ it to be the duty of a member , who had just grounds to believe , that corruption existed in any department of the stale , to J ^ ring it before the house ; that t . hi- member , who brought forward such a question required and deserved
the support ox the hou ^ e ; that impartiality was to reign in the discussion , and every precaution should be used tliat the ends of justice might be obtained ; and that a servant of the state , huwcvrr high his dignity , was not to be s > . nxnecl from enquiry . After a
con-SKtct ahU' ili -cu ^' . rori , it was unanimously agreed , ihat ( lie question should be re > f ; : iT . " ( i to a . committee , and afterwards it war * d-tcrmUicd , that it should be a co-inn » : ttce of thr va hole house .
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106 Slate of Public Affair * .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1809, page 106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1733/page/50/
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