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iexeitfe an apprehension of insincerity : yet peace is so delightful a sound , that the very naming o ^ it affords joyful expectations . What will post ^ pty think of these long and bloody wars , in an age pretending to be enlightened ! Could the prince give peace ori a solid foundation , what an honour to the regency !
Spain -has been doomed to present , besides the various acts of marauding parties , two splendid achievements In the one , the French ; in the other , the English , were victorious . The latter took a town , the fbrmer subdued a kingdom . Valencia is one of the most
beautiful and fertile provinces m Spam . Its independence rested on the preservation of its capital , but the defeat of the Spanish army , under Blake , left it without any other resource , but what Was within its own walls . No army arrivingto relieve the place , it was compelled to capitulate , and the French obtain etl there an
immense booty , arid took a vast number of prisoners . Such an acquisition gives them incalculable advantages , which are feebly balanced by the prowess of the British UQops , in the taking by storm of the city of Rodrigo . By all accounts , this was a most gallant action ; but its effects on the war cannot be great ,
unless Lord iVcllington could , from that quarter , force * n entrance into Spain . The capture of the place has , ^ however , added new digni ^ cs to the general . By the- English Regent he has been created an Earl , and by the Spanish Regency a Grandee ' of Spain , and Duke of the city of Rodrigo .
A change has taken place in Cadiz , and a new regency has been appointed , in which the Puke of Infantado , the ambassador here , has a place . It has addressed the nation with great energv ; but its language will not be heard in many places . TJie common people do not seem to require much addressing .
but the Cortex has not yet shewn men by whom a falling country may be preserved . If we 4 iad seen a manly edict , declaring the fall of the Inquisition , some hopes might be entertained of them 9 but it is a melancholy reflection , that our arms may be a means of restoring that iniquitous power , which , wherever the French appear , ceases to exist . . In Portugal also , the edict mn censorship
grges little encouragement to expect , that oux intercourse with that unhappy nation has tended to introduce the manly
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sentiments of freedom , for which our country has been distinguished . In Sicily , the British interest has prevailed , and discoveries have been made , which will prevent the island from ' falling into the hands of the Frqnch , and secure such an authority to the country party a * ensures a much better government for the future . The Turks and
Russians carry on the war more languidly . French troops are increasing in the North of Europe , and rumours continue on float of a rupture between France and Russia , bur the foundation on which they rest grows more and more precarious . In the United Stdtes , as far as words go , the aspect of affairs
is not pleasant ; but still an absolute state of war is remote , though apprehensions of rupture increase ! How Happy would it be for tjie world , if , in the' ncgociations of states , the maxim of dojng to each other as they would wish to be done by , ^ rou ld be more generally appnecL In the Spanish Colonies every
thing-wears more and more th « appearance of independence . We do not speak this of one , but of all : and Mexico , in which thc ^ pwer of the mother country is the strongest , will probably , before the cn $ of the summer , shew itself far from having been subdued by the late defeats of the' insurgents .
In Parliament , the chief debate was on the subject of Ireland , which occupied several days , and gave opportunities for a declaration of sentiments in both houses . In the upper house , a division in the cabinet was pcuceived by the avowal of Marquis Wellcsley of favour to the catholics , and , in the other house ,
the general current of opinion ran on their side , Tfreir opponents supported themselves by yery feeble zpgumentsp . and every thing" wears an appearance of increased toleration ; an 4 , if it is truc ^ as recently reported , that it is no longer to be a cabinet question , we cannot doubt , that reli g ious differences .. will cause less confusion , in future ,- in the
united kingdom . The minister , triumphed completely , in all liis arrange * ments for the regency , and Has found nd difficulty in those relative to finance . The disturbances at Nottingham occasioned some debates , in which , notwithstanding % \ i $ severity ,, of the measures proposed , on accq | in £ of tjic urgency of the case , the arguments used by Sir Samuel RomiUy on the . necessity of improve-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 135, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/71/
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