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tnj | de £ i | j <> & (!» ha to ? the territory of France . By every account the French force in that quarter is so completely broken , that its power cannot be revived till llie emperor is at bis ease from his northern campaign , and , in the mean time 4 the passes of tbe Py ~ rennts beii > g seized by the confederates his future warfare will be rendered more difficult tban ever .
The , success of Lord Wellington leaves nothing desirr . ble in a military point of view , as far as bis army is concerned ; but unfortunately , in another quarter , a damp bas been cast upon it by a transaction similar to those which late years bave exhibited to an admiring world at Buenos Ay res , Walclieren , and the Helder . Sir John HJurray went with an army to the east
of Spain to occupy the attention of Suchet , and to animate the Spaniards in that quarter . He landed , took a fort , began the siege of a town , and hearing-Qf Sachet ' s march towards him , when this commander was at a considerable
distance from him , lie ran away , leav . ipgr behind his artillery , and re-em . barked his army . The account of this disgrace was first detailed by the French general , in dispatches to his country , i » which he boasts of having frighteued away tbe British general by the x terror merely of his name , and these gasconades were afterwards too
completely verified by tbe dispatch of Sir John Murray , whose letter is a complete comment upon that of the French general , and far too much in favour of the latter . Most probably this will lead to a motion in parliament for an inquiry , and it may be an inquiry ; but the fact is , that a good opportunity has been lost .
Though Suchet ' s army remains unimpaired by this attack , the victory of Lord Wellington places him in such a situation , that he can scarcely hope to preserve his power . The Spaniards will be animated by tbe victory , and the French general cannot expect
supplies from any quarter , nor can he retreat into France . Lord Wellington will probably soon attack him , and the army of Sir John Murray , now released from this unskilful commander , may have still an opportunity of sharing with their countrymen in military glory . Thus Spain may , before the end of the summer , be , under British influence , capable of raising it * crest a grain : and
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ranking itself ^ n ^ g | he ^ oi ^ r ^ # « te of Europe . It is not wliat if was : ' ana that a new spirit is among tbe people is manifest from the new ideas of the liberty of thti p-rgss . ^ Soqae free expressions had been used , it seems , relative to Lord Wellington .. jn his political capacity , as grandee of Spain * and commander of the armies , which were
construed by some persons into what hi England is called a libel . A prosecution was therefore called for against the pafter , but the censors repJieti , that they had examined the charges with the articles in the constitution relative to free inquiry and could not find any ground for molesting the authors or publishers on this account . As little , in for mei-times ,
would have satisfied a censor in Spain ; as has done , in certain times , an attor * ney-general in England : but we liavc now a proof that Spain no longer bold * out to the' "world , that she is detefi $ iin « 4 to repress every discussion 6 n rei * gi 6 t »
and political subjects .. > > — , * America bad scarcely promtilgated her president's message to lfttr ^ oagressj when an ^ ict of Engl ish 'braV ^ ry ^ in the capture of ail Aniericatrfrigat 6 | : ddnfaiei tbe boasts of thene ^ r Odnfin ^ rit &t &iA
superior prowess of tfteir AiaStfbi . ' Tm message talks of the expertse $ oFthe war and the borrowing of nSdnej ^ ti&b eyilt from which our Brethren * oirah ^ otftet side of the Atlantic raiTghfr ^ r ^ 4 i ttft patience , have been pr& dhired ^^ still persist in their endeayotirs j&tgaitist our Canadian colonies ; ibair ^ l > e € n * stic& cessful in their attacks triJrxrtir cdmrticirlc : ^
and their little squadron , tinder-Ooinnip * doxe Rogers , has crossed the AilaAtic * and been seen on the coasts © P Norwa /* In South A * ner ca the b # DfVei-n 4 ietit of Buenos Ayres meets ^ irfth ^ eit istiCceMi and its inhabitants are opening a trade
with this country , wKicnJ $ riH 3 e tm beneficial to both pa rti e * . Ati 4 » evita ^ fe consequence of the Eiirbpean wat is tn ^ opening of the trade- of Anteri < fa to . fbft world . The Bla ^ iJs iriHJitfip , a < gtf * cJrA * ment independent of tl ^ Eujtop ^ a ^ , « W it is our fault if the intercourse 'tietweeici
Britain and South America is -jmt ' . -irpf up . The congress in Eqro ^ c ciri ' ^ f ^{ restore to Spain its Wonted dottmuM over its colonies ; and if tttcft "wtfe wfst u there arc demands enoiigh * olrf ^ ut ^^ industry to einploy ^ , > &&& ? ' ¦¦ ¦^ Mm 'to useful purposes , instead o £ i ^« 'biwctrji < of awurUcring ea ^ h orftcr . -- ' - ? ^ 4
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488 State of Public Jfairs .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1813, page 488, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2430/page/64/
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