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troops , as the Spanish Government required ; and tfr&t she should also render her Majesty every assistance by the co-operation of a naval force . " Furthermore , that Portugal should cooperate by all the means in her power , if her assistance became necessary . The stipulation that Great Britain should furnish arms and warlike stores to one domestic party in another
nation , in order that it might be enabled to vanquish the Other domestic party , both being engaged in a purely international dispute , appears to us a gross violation of ope of the most ^ universally recognised laws of nations ; besides which , the authority of Government for a British naval force to co-operate against the Cariists , without a declaration of war against them ,
is a political anomaly that is perhaps unparalleled in the history pf Europe . And after all this Sphynx-like policy , if the Quadruple Treaty were fulfilled to the very letter , it would be inadequate to terminate the civil contest . This is npt a mere surmise . It has been in operation for nearly three years , ? 8 pd the war has not drawn in the slightest degree nearer to a conclusion . It is true that the siege of Bilbao has been twice
raised , and there can be no doubt but that on both occasions the town was saved by the co-operation of the British force When Lord John Hay arrived at Bilbao in 1835 , the authorities , in full council , were in the act of deliberating on the surrender of the town ; and by his judicious an 4 energetic
directions only was the enemy repulsed . In 1836 , on the 24 tji of December last , Espartero would not have entered into option had it not been for the advice—we should rather say , the remonstrances—of Colonel Wylde , Colonel Cplquhpun , $ nd other British officers . " Thank those brave feilows , " said he
to the inhabitants of Bilbao , pointing to our blue jackets , " had it not been for their gallant conduct , we should neyer have got here / ' Our naval co-operation therefore , on these occasions , rendered her Catholic Majesty a certain degree of assistance ; but the advantages gained have beep absurdly
exaggerated . It amounted only to this , that the besiegers l ^ vijig failed to take the town , retired back on £ heir former positjpjis ; Hay , six weeks after the last siege was raised the Carlists ] r £ - taiped possession of the heights surrounding Bilbao , and $ ie inhabitants cpuld not move a league beyond its walls . J ) urjng the last two years , Lord John Hay has had some five or sjjt
vessels belonging to his Majesty's squadron , with iipy ^ rc ^ pf 1 , QQQ marines under Jus command ; but it is a Jpflg extent pf coast to project . In vs ^ in have the Reina Gpbernadora and I § f S WJ t ! t $ l& If * war steers ip the pjuysh mvfce , bgpn p #$ > g along the coast . The Carlists yet hold possession of several « SF *« ftw ^ druBte Twfry im ^ lM to Uptyb W 9 * 4 p « : * I i $ Wi % wpp !« - m « nUry stipulations—superseding the original—in August , pf ( he lame vgar .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/6/
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