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Wilson , which had penetrated almost to the walls of Madrid ; wa £ compelled , of course , to retreat , and , in its progress , it cut its "way , Jjut -with great loss , through Marshal Soult ' s army . Thus
ths French have all the middle of Spam under their controul ; The Junta still holds the command at Seville ; and it does not appear that the French , have made arrangements as yet for the conquest of Andalusia
At Seville the Junta resides , and there we have our ambassador , the Marquis Welle&Iey . Changes ^ it is said , are to take place in the Government ; and the Archbishop of Toledo is talked of as the Regent . At this town our ambassador has been drinking the health of the Pope ; but the Gallo-spanish king shews
Jktle regard for such a spiritual authority . He continues his purpose of reforming the church , and destroying the Ttionasteries . He has abolished many feudal rights , and his part of the country is likely to be much better governed than that under the regency of an Archbishop . In other parts of Spain , we
read of successes on the part of the Spaniards , but there is so much of the braggadocio in their accounts , that we know jiot what credit is to be given to them . The apathy of the Spaniards is easily to Be accounted for : and . if we drink the health of the Pope , and little encouragement is held out by the governing
powers under Ferdinand , to expect a reform in church and state , we can neither entertain any hopes for the independence of the country , nor indeed be very solicitous for the attainment of such an object . Spiritual tyranny must be abolished . It has brought Spain to its
present degraded state , and that country cannot raise its head till a complete change has been made in the system . We may regret the influence acquired by France , but the future historian of Spain would trace its revival to its true benefactors .
Our ambassador has been drinking the health of the Pope , and the Pope Jias fulminated his censures against Buonaparte , who seems to laugh at the o \ d man ' s threats . But it is saitf , that a change is to take place in JIms destiny , a » 4 that he Is no longer to reside at Rome ,
the ancient scat of his an ti « Christian tyranny . W ? is to be transferred to a place in which his predecessors fbrmcrly Resided , for the greater part of a century . Still he is to retain the obttoxkros name
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The great point remain ^ unsettled , the peace between the two emperors . Negociations continue , and Buonaparte remains in Austria . Great changes will assuredly be made , and little hopes xan be entertained of Austria being ever able again to cope with France . Saxony also may undergo some change ; for it is
reported , that its king is affected , by ^ hc papal censures . He is a superstitious , catholic , and a remarkable instance of the changes that may take place in the religious opinions of princes . His ancestors
were the first supporters of the Lutheran leformation . Motives of policy , th (? hopes of obtaining the kingdom of Vq $ land , introduced popery into the family . They obtained their object at different times ; and now the king of Saxony is
a papist 9 and all his subjects are protests ants . It is riot of such great qonse ^ qiience as is imagined , what the religious sentiments of the prince are ; and perr haps it is better that he should jnot be of the established religion . Being : a dhf senter himself , he is the more likely to afford protection to persons of a different persuasion .
In Italy the French are still triumphant . An unsuccessful attempt has been made by our troops frbnj Sicily , on the coasts of the Neapolitan dominions * Sweden is looking forward to peace , reconciling itself to the loss of Finland *
Russia continues its war with the Tvrkfy making but little progress . Every thing seems to depend on the termination of the negotiations between France ano Austria ,, and the active mind of Bupna f pant will prepare new scenes for tfao
-wonder of Europp . Intelligence from the East Indies if partly favourable , partly unfavourably On the former side , it seems tfeat $ e Company has been victorious in its conflicts with the natives . 0 n the othef * great dissatisfaction prevails in its ~ anhyt . and the civil and military powers cannot agree so well together as their tntrfuw interest requires . Tlic singularity sm
the governntjsnt bf ^ Ii ^ dia partoking ij » great nieasure of tJbe delects 4 rf w
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/52/
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