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tjuetted an inquiry into hi * conduct , Vhich they firmly believe to have been innocent . A diet is summoned for the election of a successor to the throne , and two princes , one of the Danish house , and the other of a petty house in Germany , are talked of as candidates . The diet is like our parliament , and nroduces specimens .-of eloquence not inferior to those in either of our houses . The
benefits of the new constitution is seen in the failure of a measure on the resignation of a minister , who refused to give it his sanction . The responsibility of a minister for every act to which he signs his name , is a great improvement in the art of government .
Spain continues to present us sights of blood , and every day rumour . was on float with the surmises of an engagement between the troops under Lord Wellington and those under Massena . The dreadful battle has by this time probably been fought . Ciudad Rodrigo was strongly besieged ,: and not expected to
fcold out much longer . Its fall would enable Massena to march forward , and more is to be dreaded from hi > superior skill than the number or prowess of his troops . Cadiz has sent us home , not an account of distress or of sallies , but of races on its plains . This does not make us less anxious for the safety of the place ,
nor eo we expect to hear of the Cortez being assembled in the isle of Leon , to which place it has been summoned . This measure is , we fear , too late for the preservation of the country , and in its fall Portugal will participate . A hope
remains , that o « r army will be enabled to effect a retreat to Lisbon , if it does not defeat the French army ; but the odds against which British valour has to contend , is great ; and the assistance to be derived from Spaniards , or Portuguese is too problematical .
Jn looking at home , the first subject that strikes us is of a melancholy nature ; but in cases of this kind , we would hope that the evils have been exaggerated , and that , on cool reflection , they will be found to be much less than we anticipated . jFailure ^ in trade to a
considerable amount have taken place , which have drawn along with them considerable houses in the country , and rumour excited runs upon others , „ which have stood the shock , and by meeting it with composure have regained the public confidence . In a country , carrying on such extensive concerns , these evils cannot be
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prevented : and , when the failures are to a . great amount , the sum is considered without a due reflection on the small proportion it bears to the capital engaged in the various pursuits of speculation . Advantage is taken of the alarm to create a prejudice again&t the paper money , by wnich all operations in trade have been so much improved , though care
has not been taken to keep the issuing of it withiri proper bounds . We shall hope , that the good old custom of making paper money speak the truth will be restored ; and that the bank , in promising to pay a sum , shall on demand pay that sum according to promise . Until that is done , we must expect much inconvenience to arise ; and , in fact , there
is no telling to what extent paper may run , unless it is kept within due bounds by the necessity of money payments . In this , as in all other cases , the advantage of truth over falsehood must ultimately be seen , and it is difficult to conceive on what principles the first measure with respect to the bank could be justified . The release of Sir F . Burdett from the
tower had its due portion of popular attention , and his friends and enemies made different remarks on the propriety of his conduct upon this occasion . His friends were divided upon the subject . They who were eager to show their hero in triumph , were mortified at not being
indulged in this assuredly very justifiable wish ; but they did not sufficiently reflect in what a particular situation he stood , and how much it became him to prevent his enemies from the triumph they would have enjoyed if the military had been called in , and scattered woe
and dismay upon innumerable families . The great body of his friends , however , and in particular those who lived in the country , approved highly of his conduct . They gave him the credit due to him upon such a measure , which they were convinced he could not have adopted , but on the maturest reflection , and on
balancing all the advantages and disadvantages of a different line of conduct * He could not possibly wish to disoblige his friends ; but , if serious evils were to "be apprehended to the public cause by the gratification of perhaps a laudable
vanity , he was to be commended for preferring the public good to any private enjoyment . As to his enemies , they could not bring themselves to applaud him for any thing ; they had prepared every species 6 f calumny , on the suppo-
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874 State of Public Affairs *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/54/
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