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On the fetter subject it is same consolation to observe , that in one instance the Spaniards have redeemed their character . The Inquisition at Vailadolid was on fire ; the inhabitants , so far from
endeavouring to extinguish the flame , rejoiced at the destruction of the abominable building , and its horrible engines of torture * We cannot wish that the same 4 estruct i ° should take place in
every city , in which the wicked instruments of priestcraft have been used ; but we trust , that to the universal satisfaction of the country they will be converted-to honest purposes , to the reception of useful manufactures .
Portugal' is still free , and will probably rejoice at the idea of thirty thousand of its troops being taken into our service . As to their use in defending the country , time will discover their efficacy . The sea is open for their retreat to England , or the Brazils ; but , when the French have conquered Spain , it is not to £ e expected , that thirty , or forty
thousand Portuguese , with as many Jiiiglish , will be capable of making a very great resistance . We do not know what is the state of their present government ., or what advantages are held crut to the natives to fight for the present system , in preference to subjection to the French ; but , if the prejudices of
the old government are persisted in * if their priestcraft , and monkery , and Inquisition , remain in their ancient force , we may prognosticate very little energy in defence of the country , Buonaparte is not yet married . He
feas been employed in Paris in making arrangements for his troops , in sending numbers to Spain , and in completing bis Napoleon code . The system of laws which he is establishing , will have the merit of driving out and making superfluous an immense quantity of folios on their ancient laws , whose commentaries
were full as difficult to be understood as the text . All his great works are going on , and among them the uniting of part of Holland , to his empire , by which the Scheldt will be entirely within his dominions , and he will possess a naval arsenal , whence he may proceed to sea with as many ships as he pleases to build ? Uid can man , to encounter ur fleets in the Nforth Seas and the Downs . Let us
hope that the destructive spirit of warfare may not last for ever ; that nations which from their proximity are formed to atsbt each-other , may forget the bar-
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barous language of being natural enemies ; that they may consider to how great an advantage human industry might be applied , when it has for its object the happiness not the destruction of mankind .
The affairs of Holland are not com * pletely settled , and it is not known whether the whole or only a part will be enveloped in the French territories ; and the kieg of this unhappy country is at Paris not knowing by what title he may be hereafter called * Sweden is
tranquillizing- very fast : the heir acknowledged of the crown has made his entry into Stockholm , and the ancient league between France and that country is re « stored . Russia feels the effects of its new alliances by an improvement in several of its courts , and despotism is 1
earning , that by giving up some barbarous tenures , and modifying others , it may rule with greater advantage . lYirkey does not push forward its "victories : and Austria feels that its population is completely downcast and dispirited by the miserable system to which it has torso long a time been subjected .
In America commotions have broken out , as might be expected in the Spanish part ; but to what extent from this distance it is not easy to ascertain . The separation of Spain from their supposed beloved Ferdinand will drive them to
independence . We regret to add , that Jamaica has renewed its discontents , and the govern » r has dismissed the Assembly with asperity . The grounds of the disputes wiU probably be laid before parliament . The United States have had warm debates in their legislature on the affairs of England , but it is to be hoped that they will end without a rupture between the two countries . ; The news
from India is very satisfactory , and gives reason to expect a better management in military affairs . In the House of Commons , as was to be expected from the appearances of lait month and the state of things , the minis *
ter has been repeatedly in a minority , but the chief subject of public curiosity has been the inquiry into the calamities atWalchcren , and the plan and execution of that melancholy expedition . This has been carried on with doors shut ,
upon the motion made every night to this purpose by Mr , Yorke > whose conduct was upon this occasion made the subject of debate at a forum of discussion , and the paper announcing it was
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/52/
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