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    < s > aly to the regular Queen ' s troops , but to all the foreign auxiliaries who may have been induced to take up arms against them * British Ministers , apparently aware of the inadequacy of the Quadruple Treaty to fulfil the desired end , with a shuffling

    left-handed policy next suspended , by an order of Council for two years , the Foreign Enlistment Bill , for the purpose of authorising some ten thousand British subjects to enlist in the Queen ' s service . The Quadruple Treaty restricted British intervention to a naval co-operation ; but this Bill was jsuspended expressly to enable these newly-raised troops to inarch into the interior of the Provinces . Here , then , we have a

    direct intervention by sea with an indirect intervention by land , both under the authority of the same Government , which still reiterates the meek-mouthed cry of non-interference in the international affairs of Spain . If it be considered expedient to espouse the cause of the young Queen , why not do so openly and honestly ? Why levy a body of recruits for the purpose ? What is the use of our standing army ? Then again , why restrict the suspension of the Foreign Establishment Bill to so

    narrow a period as that of two years ? On the 10 th of next June the term for which the Legion was engaged will unequivocally expire , and some 4 , 500 British subjects , who are now in a high state of discipline , and well understand the use of the musket , will be at liberty to throw down their belts and knapsacks , and refuse further submission to any military authority .

    How are these men to be dealt with ? Already the reorganization of the Legion has been mooted at San Sebastian , upon the presumption that Ministers , in vindication of their past policy , will obtain another order of Council for the further suspension of the Foreign Enlistment Bill , in favour of such British subjects as may still be inclined to serve her Catholic Majesty ; but it would be well for Ministers to reflect seriously before they persist in persevering in a policy which has been

    already proved to be utterly inefficient . The British Auxiliary Legion landed during the months of June , July , and August , 1835 , partly at San Sebastian and partly at Santander . Its maximum strength never amounted to more than 8 , 600 men ; and certainly does not at present ( February 1837 ) exceed 4 , 500 effectives . Its arrival in the North of Spain was expected , in virtue of the victories which , in the old Peninsular war had thrown a glory over the

    name of Great Britain , to produce a signal moral effect on the insurgents . The Christino party circulated hand-bills throughout the Basque Provinces , announcing to the peasantry that it was useless tbeir disputing any further the sovereignty of , the Que ^ n , as Great Britain , as wqll as prance , had no \ y t ^ ken up

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 134, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/8/