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proposal t > f tKe king , and no opposition tfas made u > the measure . Berthier , it frsaid , is to be king of Prussia . These ga&erals fcave been his companions in frar , and they now ^ bme in for a share of the p lunder . Thus is the old game of war flayed over in the world , families are raised to , and families are
driveii from , thrones . They , whose Families Were in the dust a thousand years ago , are * etfalted ; and as to those who vte exalted now above their fellqw-crtattires , what will their families be a thousand years hence ! These changes perplex ... . the worldly mind ; but . they must take place as long as the human
passions are allowed to have so much greater a preponderance in the world than ? that reason , which . might have . guided us to better pursuitls , and that religion which poin ts out so much nobler Objects of ambition . To those who are looking forward to the glories of a future life , how trifling are the contentions of worldly policy I
The Russians and Turks have not settled their differeiices , but , on the contrary , both sides are making preparations for a most destructive warfare ; the forirler are preparing afl their
strength to : drive the ^ teler ' s army out of Bulgariaj and tdtonijid ^ ini to retire behiiitf Adrianoyi ^; should they succeed in * this effort ^ a m 6 st bfepd ^ battle will be fought in the Beginning of riext year , toxietetthme the fate of the Turkish
empine EthJt > pei Th&Ttirks foresee the probability , bf this event , and tliey arc cottettitig - alF their strength fbrjihe de > fentc © f the t&fiidY . The grahdSeignior hag called utfbn ail tne faithful to come forward ; and promises trf be himself at
their head , Ifr consequence , immense bodtef are pouring out of Asia , and he willhaVc an army at Uis command completely capable , if numbers could be depended btt , to assure his- safety ; but the state of warfare is changed , and the sons of Othmah are no longer an object' of terror . They have gone back
in tnihtary * <^ isc ? p Hhe , whilst the Russians have been improving . In the great coni&ct ^ tfic ^ Eh g iish can render their a % ho MjSilb'f ance , and it is hot umprjobiibl < £ 'that France * nd Austria will unite xv ith the ^ Russians tti - | Ke great Effort ; , and a ^ rtiti ^ n simflar ta tlikt of Polan ^ , ^ f , in ¦ && great leqgtE 6 t tinie , ea ^ er-Cl * he pcti of the historian . tFJUe Ortiek chutcb 'his . laiD prostrate w tony y ^^ , ; yit it ^ ftiimiiiation ^ ocs
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. ,. ^ - - l , ¦ : not seem ta have produced any change in its faith , nor to have brought it back to the holy scriptures . The siime puerilities remain that were its disgrace at and
the taking of (^ onst £ intinople ; they seem to hug them the more :, the more they are despised by their enemies . Yet , of late years , encouragement has been given to literature , and several translations have been made into modern
Greek , which may infu 6 e a better spirit into the degraded nation . ! Yet , should Russia succeed , we cannot entertain sanguine hopes of reformation - They are bigotted to the Greek church , and the patriarch of Constantinople , on to * covering his long lost dignity , may aim
more at external splendour , than at that refbrniation . which his country demands * At home , distresses in trade and the failures of country banks have produced much inquiry into the real state of the country , and particularly how far it has
been influenced by the change made in our system , when paper money was substituted for gold . A great difference of opinion prevails on this subject , and the press teems with publications of opposing natures and tendencies . On the one hand all our evils are attributed
to tke depreciation of bank notes ; on the other it is asserted , that all our prosperity arises from having a winged circulation But there is no on *; , we believe , who wpuld not be glad to hare the option of taking back guineas or paper from the bank , and this very circumstance must be convincing , that the alteration is not a benefit . To what
extent the evil has arisen , or what evil might arise from forcing the bank to fulfil its promise pf paying on demand * are different questions . The injury done to the country by paper money has
been very great ; but we must now take care , that the remedy is not worse than the disease . The latter subject may deservedly employ the thoughts of able men , and it wil ) become a jitter of strong ; discussion in Parliament .
No less so will another subject , which now comes forward with « ffpng claim * on the public attention . Tfte disorder * in tie , ' commercial world have been severely felt in Ireland , aj ^ d thece the evils they labour und ^ f are at # ril > itte 4 t < k : thp-Jiwon . it is natural for naen tp lp ^ k to ti ^ c causp pf dweon ^ ent for , th « e rp ^ iw diictibp oi . snqri ^ mi ^ fe ^ fr , tb » a 4 it . ha * really occasioned , and we shpM 44 b « illrclined to think , that too much baa been
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State of Public Affairs . 461
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 461, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/37/
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