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    to withdraw irho * might stilt be desirous of sei % ihg the Que ^ n of Spain , It i « f trufe tha € wheri the ' &rd % r in cdiiiiml w # s Grigtgtiiajly pn ^ til ^ ate ^ an ¦ air dt Mat was g ^ f ? tti ¦ # % Ah ^ Io ^ - S ^ AislrEiJr ^ ditioii , which H woiM hot otheriviie hkvfe assumed ; th 9 mci ^ th of the Wap wiasth ^ n gilded , and money and flattering prpniise ^ gained a Danaean shower on the heads of her Maj es ^

    ty £ elated auxiliaries : but no sooner had they crossed the Bay <^ jf JJifccay ^ than the delusion began to dissipate ,- * -and now the wtpteh& 4 nature of the service is so notorious that we doubt whether the most miserable mendicant shivering on the highway Would ? * be * induced to enter it . The men who went out to Spain

    as b ^ gg ^ tfe ^ rlftftte ( fcfter und ergoing hardships and privtttions # hte 1 i' aiefy ^ % geration ) returned to their native country as beggars ; the sufferings they have endured are at this moment the fire-side ^ talk of alttiost ^ every village hearth in the kingdom ; that the the order

    Bfid ^ do ^ Mini « ter ^ expeGt renewal of in coun < - cil will induce men still to enlist irt the service ? No . They may test assured that the business of recruiting is at an end ; the j ^ rwe df the Queen of Spain has ceased to be even a refuge for the destitute . Had the motion of Sir Henry Haiv tKflgfe been carried , it might , by implication , have reflected « t

    censure on ihe foreign policy of his Majesty ' s Ministers ^ bul ; nothifcg ifttoe * and it ^ rejection is not a matter of the slightest importance . in the innocent debates which have recently taken place , nine-tenths of the discussion Was composed of matter which was fotel&vktit i and the remaining tenth consisted for the most

    part of "vtfy tcontipadictoty assertions as to matters of fact , whieli Wey ^ ad ^ anced in a ton e and spirit that might almost have % duce 4 an indifferent spectator to siippdfte that the fate of the jpi ^ sfcnt Administration , rather than the welfare < rf Spain , waia the 8 ubjfeet of contention ! But be the princi ^ le ^ of Lord Palrne 4 » st < M Whatever they may , in speaking of the natives

    of the Basque pttwinces , he certainly betrayed an ignorance and incotifeistency ; fts the Secretary of State for Foireign Affairs , which * 4 a alin ^ st ^ ttconeew ^ ble . ^ If he was rightly informed ^ mid he , ' nh& Bdsq uc 6 i ^ ete now kn tired of the wttr as men coilld be of ^ nj ^ iriflimion from which they eou ld not escape ( hea * , bMr ^) . 1 The ^ ttfirhy < tf © ori CaTiols consisted of { mien tiot of ince ¦ Such soldiers bia arm

    thft n % tiV ^ i 3 ^ <* se proV «; of v afe were natives 6 f th ^ i B ^ que prciviticies were ! prevented tmm qiiittitfg * therrattfts * by th 6 "* knowledge that their ^ vive «^ thpit < &i ! dren , tfi ^ ir fArtlfH te ^ tmd thei ^ ' friend »!> W * tk itix tfcfe ftfufattf thi ^ ferociiau ^ usurper ; ( cheers fVo m the { Ministerial bdnebe ^);; tyid t 6 mafe tHait knowledge apenU attbn ^ y on thfci ^ foefaa ^ tfley hud been told that if they deserted Urn itemd * 4 MM'MH ^ Mta ^ d deafest fri ^ nda should be made to pay the * fofft&Af

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    innvcbU Debdttis oil Spain , 313

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1837, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1831/page/56/