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the Ottoman empire , must soon be discovered ; and that seems to be the quarter , in w , hich the fury of the FrendK will spend itself . Russia does not seem to oppose any obstacle to present engagements ; and as to the idea of war with France , it does not seem to rest upon any foundation .
The fate , . of Spain , is not completely settled . . The junta is sovereign of a small district about Cadiz * but the rest of Andalusia is in possession of the French * They have even advanced so lar as to occupy the lines , lately held by the Spaniards , before Gibraltar . No rational hopes can now be entertained of effectual resistance . The
Spaniards equally tired of their Bourbons , their inquisition , their monks , will resign themselves to the dominion of a Buonaparte , and in a few years will find the advantage of the exchange . TJie junta and the English never offered any terms , which could rouse a people to the exertions which the nature of
the combat required . Great Britain obtains Ceuta , a small compensation for the lives and treasures expended , upon so fruitless an object ; and Portu-r gal cannot ht expected to resist long after Spain has submitted to its new master . But the English remain in Portugal , and a body of thirty thousand men are taken into our pay . — Vain efforts !
As we have taken Ceuta , and thus have the complete command of the entranee into the Mediterranean , we may , notwithstanding the French , are in possession of Spain , prevent them for some time , from making all the advantage , that such an acquisition is calculated to give them . We have also ,
by another conquest in the West Indies , taken from them the last of their sugar islands . Guadaloupe has surrendered to our arms , and this may be o £ consequence in our negociation with the Americans , who are not yet reconciled to us . Warm debates have taken place in their Congress . The French and
English have their respective parties ; but in the difficulties of their situation , it is probable that they will steer their course , as well aa circumstances permit , without coming to an open rupture with either . Of the Brasil government we hear little , and the state of the Spanish ' colonies will necessarily call in a short time for a declaration on their i > art nt independence . This becomes a
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measure that cannot suffer a fottg delay . If the Colonies should not pire * pare themselves for a fixed government , they may at the return of peace be easily reduced to the Gallo-Spanish yoke , and then the power of France will be increased by extensive dominion in both worlds .
The inquiry into the Waicheren expedition has occupied the chief attention of the House of Commons , and the reports of witnesses and extracts of papers make a very voluminous publication . The debates upon it already , have terminated in the defeat of the ministers , and a severe censure on one of them . This arose out of the memo .
rial on the expedition presented by Earl Chatham to the king , which gave occasion to Mr . Whitbread to make a motion upon the subject ; namely , that the earl had acted unconstitutionally . The Chancellor of the Exchequer in bttpbsine : the motion confessed , that had
he foreseen all that has happened , he should have objected to the appointment of a cabinet minister to the post of commander of the expedition . Many mem * bers spoke upon the occasion , but the delivery of the paper in question seemed to' be considered , even by the
favourer of the earl , as an injudicious ! rrtfeasurc . Mr . Canning modified Mr . Whitbread * s motion by an amendment , that conveyed the regrets of thejHouse , that such a paper should have been delivered , which was of pernicious consequences in itself and of evil example to future commanders . The
Chancellor moved the previous question , in which he was beat by a considerable majority . Mr . Canning ' s censure then passed without a division ; and on Mr . Whitbread ' s motion it was directed to be presented to the king . In the House of Lords the ministers were more
successful as to number of votes , but equally unsuccessful in debate . The question was the king ' s answer to the city of London , in which the ministers confessed , that all . agreed except the Earl o [ Chatham ; but the first Lord of the Admiralty declared , that when he concurred with the rest , he knew nothing of the circumstances in Lord Chatham $
paper , nor had he heard of any differences between the two commandeis , as their letters contained mutual panegy * rics . Thus , the ill-advised step , taken by Lord Chatham , ha * involved him in
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/50/
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