The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-13 00:00:00

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No. 514.—V0L. NI.

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SPAIN ANP.AMEIIICA. ' •

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is not a doubt, that the North AmMleans.
have invaded the Floridax.,- in open defiance off/is:tin.
This step mw lead to more serious and injurious
ecquenecs than the American government seems • to
have contemplated. If the :;overnment of Spain:
active and resolute in its retributive measures, the
capture of the trading vessels of America may he
enormous, and afford an equivalent for the loss of the.
Floritlas, as well as draw upon the government of the
United States the wrath and resentment of their coin-
inertial communities, vhwc interest is exposed ta
suinent risk. The fact of the irruption into the Flan.
das Was l‘nown ia this metrojadis u.weet a,,*rta.; and for.. I
warded to Spain without any loss-or titne
It does not appear from Madrid that any ehAnge of'
administration ikeapected. Don Jose Pizarro will C015....1
thine Prime Minister. The king. of Spain takes a very
active part in the political affairs of his kingdom
Curiosity is on tip-toe to ascertain the -course Which his
Majesty will pursue towards North America. There
must be a wrifice.of territory, or of national honour.
The old Castilian blood would never succumb to a
national insult ; but Spain is feeble, an the Spanish
character much altered. Fortin rly it was us notorious
For its generosity as for its valour, for enthusiasm and
heroism. An amalgamation with revolutionizes! France
unhappily introduced poverty and frivolity among them...
The liberality, honour, and pride of a Spaniard were
for ages proverbial ; these have been succeeded by
apathy and parsimony. This the Americans are aware .
of; but the sleeping lion may be roused, and dormant
virtues revived. " The race is not allays to the swift,.,
nor the battle to,the strong." Spain possesses the
means of making American commerce expiate the in.
suit offered. A war even with the Republic cf Mar-
garetta would be injurious to the American trade for
a time at least. What may be the result of a war with
Spain cannot be foreseen. Spain has no commerce to
lose. The Americans would have great difficulty in
preserving their communication with the rest of the
world. Their enemy may prove more powerful than
they imagine, and it may reiluire many years 'to re-
cover from the effects of a maritime war even of cis
months.

RCPORT ON THE COPYRIGHT Acr....-Tie Select-
Committee appointed to examine the Acts respectiho7.
copyright of books, have resolved-1. Thal, it Is,
desirable thatso much of the Copyright Act aaeretptires
the grutui!ous delivery of eleven copies, 111011141, the
repealed, except in so tar as relates to the British Mu.
set:in ; and that a fixed allowance shonhl be granted'
in lieu thereof, to such of the other public libraries as
may be thought expedieut.—t2. That if it should n:r
be thought expedient by the I louse to comply with :Lt
above rceammendation, it is desirable that the moiler
of libraries mailed to claim such delivery should he
restricted to the British Museum, and t!.e libraries Of
Oxiiird, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Dublin Univcr-
sit:cs.--3. That all books of prints, wherein the letter-
press shall not exceed a certain very small proportion
to each plate, shall be exempted from delivery, ex+
alit to the Museum, with an exception of all books
mathetuatics.-4 That all buoksin respect .9f whiclt
claim to copyright shall be expressly uml effectually
abandoned, M. also excaupted,-.5.. That the aiigutiim
imposed on printers to retain- one copy of each work.
printed by theta shall cease, and the copy of the.
Museum be made e‘ideime in.lieu of it.

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A Muil front Flanders contains some gratifying ac-
counts relative. to the harvest.—New barley had been
sold in the market of 8ri1N:40.4, and wagers were laid
that new tve would be brought to tf►e next market.
The fields from which she barley had been carried were
agsdn ploughed, and mom of them alreadyislanted with
potatoes. The fields of French Flanders,. Picardy.
and A►tois, have not for IMIIIV years agordeil the prospect
of so rids a harvest, and the vineyards of Champagne
and Burgundy premise wines equal in quelity to those
of 1802. and exe:.edisig in quautisy'thi• in:uducc Of two
conuuun yams.