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BRITISH REVIEW.

We Some time since mentioned with -great plea...
sure, a. new periodical work, entitled Tut: CiU A tt.•
TERLY rtariEw, which appeared to have heeninsii-
! toted fur the 'purpose of counteracting the rms-
chievous tendency of a northeenpOlication of a s
.tuilar nature, that.has been Principally indebted for
its success to an linnrecedpated degreeofself.coneeit;
4„.
acrimony and sarcastic cbmem:n of every thing tha!
came within the circle of its notice. The publicaz

tion alluded to professed, indeed, to aft upon a prin.
cip)e of seleaion but it chiefly selected works cal-
culated to suppult its own licentious pojitics,• unless,
in men,. Wantonness of asperity, oT the s'ike of
nity, it thought proper to autiliadvert on productions
not initne•liately of a, political description. Tice
third nunibcr of. Tuq: QUARTERLY RE,v12,1.y fully •
confirms the auspictuo promise the toriuer two)
and is ; i.ongliout conduaed with vigouroiArit, taste,
,nl varied knowledge. It is .isoanbrii-nd by
the g.ti.,l Tiric of loyalty, anti a ±..-rm attar:hale!
to 11] B: kish Constitution. We ex; rad the tollom«
pass.:ges its account of a " •Narrative of the
Cawln' ;.1 of t ne.Brinsh Army in Sp.tin, comnisuded
by his e.xcellency Sir John Moore, K. 8.. tic. &c.
autnenticated by otticiAl papers, and original fetter.,
by James Moore, Esc]." Other publications on the
same subject are occasionally touched un in the ar-
ticle of THE QUARTERLY. REVIEW to' which we re,
ter, and the who of the observations appear to be
direaed by a zeal for truth, arid- a spirit ut impar-
tiality. After sonic candid remarks on the
or rather Situatn3n.of Sir John Moore in Spain, ~nd
pertinent contmems on the paSsages rota fits
Journal, the RevieWer gives the tutlowing...sketo_oC
the arguments wfrio have been urged on b,.;Utt, sides
of the question':

" On one side it is stated, that• the itntroariong
sent out to Sir J. Moore in Sel;l,c:inner, were Maw()
up with a view tot.tuide his condurt iuller eiteum-
stances widely different from those v.nien ;, iudify
presented themselves, They allowed .to t'ne COni-
wander a specific degree of lain uue lIS to the
assembling his army ; but to assemote it sutneiviiere,
and to
.prescrve from. hcing destroyed to deidill„
was Ovionsly necessary.. To direct its combmed
etl-brts, when assembled,, o Some usettil purpust , etas
a subsequent duty. But thete did not exist, at tins
moment, one substantial atiny in Spain ; one C.,,q)3.
1401:git juiocd by the whoie B.itiah force,
cOUld opi)Ose any serious reistance to the invader.--:.
Even it the .Central Government, -whose" rash•
nets and inenxp.aience ..kere so conspicuous; &wild be
expetted to exert in future more, c.tution atid sviS-
(loin.; if thu provineeS which, atter havin;:,4ppothted
drat Govertnneta,.. seemed to consicterAlie:lL v
hiS-
tmn as cetopkte, should reoune their former entlio7
siastn, there was not time to re-:issentbie an army
and prepare it for serrfice; any Where within reacit
of our troops, in the face of an alert and.vielotiuns
enemy...

A division of the French was at Burgos, waste-
ceiving daily reinforcements, • was. covered by a
numerous cavalry with Which it levied Contributions
at pleasure, and concealed, all its operations ; and
might houily be .expeqed, to push forward, and to
,occupy in-force the whole country, between Sala-
manca and A.storda. Since there:lot:e we.weie_nenlier
styoug,enough to advance, nor to resist,, in our actual
posittpns, thegrowing:torte of the enewy, there re-
mained no niches ol.safetybut a retreat on Portugal,
would at, least be possible tic Unite our own.'
tortes, and 1 rorn w.heuce we might, on' the tirst.symp-
Com Of' reviving entbuSiaSm, return to Spain.
" To adopt such a measure was, indeed, distress-
ing ;:paitionlarly; as l'orlogal• itself, being hide.-
fensibjle against an • enemy once' po:i,essed. (if
Spain, could afford us only a temporary retuge : hut
fife preservation or the aruty'nlu't stiperse,.e
other consideration. Such are site opinions a;.7.1
„
argunientscontamen in the letters of Sir Jolity
Muor,-. and Sir -D: Baird, and, as we are told, ac;..
quiesLed in i?y- Cieneral HOpe.
On the other 'hand it is contended, that this de-
.
scriptiun of the state of things was in every part
muchexaeterated. Tile 'rational hope of estabiisiting
the 'independence of Spain might yet be entertained.
':'lie undisciplined Spanish sroops had indeed been
'found unable to contend at once with cold and
'famine, and with the superior skill and numbers of
the French,- and had been foiled and defeated, and
dispersed ; but not annihilated.
" The Govet nment, whilst yet in its infancy, and
Ignorant of the extent, and unexperienced iu 'the
exercise of its own own powers, had committed
numerous errors; the results of which at such a mu.-
mem. must be highly mischievous,bul,not
The enthusiasm of the nation had apparently abatd,
trom the cessation of causes which had 'first ex-
cited it ;but was in none of the Provinces totally ex-
tirignished. The fugitives from those battles to
I,v/itch they had been so unwisely and cruelly hurried,
were daily re-assembling round their standards.
The Central Junta still continued to issue its
crees, and was still .obeyed. The people,' though
they had not hailod our arrival with songs and giatu-
lations, had evinced-towards us a friendly disposition,
at least proportionate -to the exertions whiCh .we had
hitherto made in their defence.

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and Obstructions n the Urinary. Passages in either sex • its ;
operation is byurine and insensible perspiration. A •sltglit i . .. regard to (Air own situ3tion; though.,Fer-
case is generally cured in a few days, anti a confirmed ',ties L Ohl!), critical and perilous, it was by no rneabs des-
in a short tune. Inveterate Scurvy, Pistola, Dropsies, p,:rate. The French, however alert and enterpri,Ltig,
lilieumatisms, t: ravels, Weaknesses, and Obstructions, are
dil not possess tne attribute 01 übiquity. POvt:l4,
speedily removed by these safe and salutary drops. They ,
require nothnig to work them Mr, no restraint of. diet, .sr . atter the battles of Reytx)sa and-Burg*, ditei.ted Lite
hinderauce from business., Those who tal:e them ili ,y dc:- mais of their lurces tovtartls Arrag-..n and Madrid,
pend on a sound and-perfect cure, without the knowleage of .- ,IA _ot juouedia,.. t, ,ir ,ti r s -. .
any person .whatever, They cause nu sickness, ant; the pt. they c(,l''' " Lciyturn tit, Lo t agave,L
tient maY no about his or her business without the cast 0411. ' us. Ot their sit ength at Burgos, and cl the raptifty
ger. Tlie large quantities that are daily sold for exportation i with whicti•their reiniorcements Might arfiv-c, Lir,-
and domestic use,-prove,their efficacy to surpass every other
medicine in tite:t.nown world. Sold by appointment ot Dr. thing :vas ytt. known ; but [heir present ina;:liun
Freeman at Mr, Bullet's, N0..4, Cheapsidc, corner of Pa"- . proved theft- actual insufficiency to attack us,.::tai ~,
ternoster.row; tin,i retail by one or more Medicine Vet)
, de rs o instead ot cntenylating witheprophetic tieNp oik Lidel.:y
in every town, 'in bottllti at .IS. 9d. and 45. 6d. each, with
ample directions. • . their future IntiltnrS,, Utlf C9iDarancier would :kas,..al
.