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sffikli potts , into tvhich quick- ^ ailine ; ( ira ft , laden with rmlteff stt > fr § s , every iibtir arid then enter . The foattefy of Lequeitio still salutes our friend , the James Watt steamer , with roiirid shot a * She ploughs her ti ^ ay past it ; and hot m&ny months ago a vessel laden with Carlist arms and ammunition put into Bermeb . Much has befeh said against France for not having fulfilled
liiore vigorously her share of the Quadruple Treaty , for it i& toell knowh that from Bayonne , both by land and by se £ > thfc C&Hists have been furnished both with arms and ammunition . HotygVefr , she has recently shown an inclination to fulfil naofe Strictly her share of the contract , for an ordinance has at length bfeeh isfcued forbidding the transit of provisions or stores of any description into the Carlist territory . But
bbtwitfiitahditig the reinforcement of the Custom House officers arid the army of observation , when we look at the open and extensive eh&rabter of the Pyrenean frontier , the task of cutting dff the Carlist supplies is not so easy of execution ; and with the cofittabdndistas and peasantry , almost to a man , in their favotir , the utitibst vigilance will hardly effect it . In the very infancy of the struggle the Carlists contrived to equip themselves aitnost entirely with the spoils takeri from the Christino fchetiiy
Whb feu under the Guerilla system of fighting , and in their moire fcbinbiiifed and effective state the plundering system of Zutnalacarregtty can surely be again had recourse to . It is stated by Mir Hefihingson that , among the muskets of the Carlists , rfcany of those in theft possession , which were taken from theeheiiiy , hate not otily the Tower stamp upon thetn , but marks bf
Fterifeh thahufactoriea , significant of their having been made in tiitute of the Holy Alliance . Not long ago Don Carlos id Said tb have ( expressed himself much gratified at the Qufeeii' 6 troops being supplied with drms from the Towfef ; for , expecting that thfcy frbiild soon fall into his possession , he added , that on ifccoiint of this bronzed barrel he should prefer them to tne bright Shining muskets in use among his own soldiery . Even
allowing the Carlists to be subjected , as they already hate b ^ h . to inconvehience—nay , embarrassed- —for the waiit of ftrtaa ahd ammunition , that will only prbtr&ct , not terminate tKe War ; Th 6 very pblicy of Don Carlos is prdfcrastinatioh . He fettti , &s his t ^ soutctes ^ ertnit , either advancfe on a tbwn ^ bedifege it , and if repulsed , tfetrfeat into the mountains ; or , frttm the tbpbgrAphifefiii strength of his bositibtlfe , ckn always act oft the 8 efetifeiv £ , or even afford * b teniboraty fiuspensioh of active
tfiilitaty operations ; The artillery of the British ahd the ttfotrihe ftHftfc under Lord John Hay , ttiay agaih arid agctin MfeVe Bilbab and drive the insurgents frbhl the baiikd of the * N (^ r-Vidft ; biit they billy rfettfeat a ftw lek&fei Mb thb itilferibirof the motif ) «« F atld » hbiiting Vii ) d CMVi / 1 bid dfefiniiefe , tlot
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/7/
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