The National Register.
London, England, 1812-03-01 00:00:00

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servants .; :which prejudices' were conveyed to them in an
open. fr.ink, and therefore consolatory manner. Yet at
the cod of the limited Regency, such an eq,erience had
he had of those servants—So advantageous to his coun-
try did he perceive these measures to be—So productive
of glory, of honour, and benefit that he had the magna-
nimity to avow the change which had taken place in his
mind respecting them, and to signify his pleasure, that
they should continue to ad;ninister the affairs of the Coun-
try." If we look at the chief events that have occurred
during the restricted Regency, we shall find that the mea- ,
sures of Government have really been productive of glory, ,
cf honour,- and benefit. To their wise management of
the war in the Peninsula we are indebted for the triumphs
which our armies have won. Had they, as the Opposi-
tion wished it, contented themselves with sending a limited
force to act as allies, and not as principals in Portu-
gal, would that kingdom be now completely redeemed ;
from the yoke of the enemy ? Should not the boasts of
the French Emperor have, ere now, been realized, and
our soldiers driven into the sea ? If our ComMander, de-
riving strength from the vigour of his genius, should
have maintained himself in possession of some part of the
Portuguese territol y, would he have been able to
produce any serious diversion in behalf of the Spaniards ?
Would the glories of Busaco, Fueme d'Onor, Albuera, .
Ciudad Rodrigo, beam round the brows of our warriors, a
I:eacon to lead our allies to victory, and to strike our foes
ith terror and defeat ? If we turn our eyes from the Pe-
oinsula to the shores of the Atlantic, shall we not find, not-
withstanding all the clamours of the discontented at home,
utd the democratic rabble abroad, that the honour of the
British name has been worthily snpperted ? Unawed by all
the threats f American hostility into undue concessions,
shall we not acknowledge the propriety of that firm system
of policy. adopted tossoirds the United Slates, which neither
invites nor shrinks from proffered war ? If we glance at
the East and at the West, shall we not perceive the almost
boundless extentiou of our Empire ? Shall, we not see all
the colonies of our enemy and of his allies tomishing tin-
der oi* sway ? If we hok at the Continent, we behold a
world in arms, exhausted by its hostility against us, and
whilst it acknowledges our power unconquerable, longing
shat:, the blessings of Creedom and prosperity which we,
alone amidst the nations, continue to enjoy. That mea-
sures which have produced such effects should be approved,
and that men.who have produced such measures should be
retained at the helm of the State, will in future, we trust,.
require no explanation.
By a vessel arrived from St. Lucar, with a cargo of
v.ines, we learn, that Sourer licensed the cargo. A pas-
s ”iger, who.came over-in the. vessel, states, that &mei.
applied to the new Regency, offering to allow any quan-
tity of wine to be exported from St. Lucar, provided the
ilkvalue should be rettirned in grain and flour, a portion of
which would be distributed amongst the inhabitants of St.
Lucar and Seville. No answer had been. returned at the
t me of this gentleman's departure.
TWO large American. ships laden with flour and grain,
bound for Cadiz, had been captured by the French, and
carried into St. Lucar, where the ships and cargoes were
condemned, and the crews committed to prison.
Amer by the Louisa, ar-
t ived at 'hence she sailed on
the •1411 i ; lie*, or important,
but arc \toms of hostility to
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