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London, England, 1823-07-17 00:00:00

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pledge given .by FERDINAND VII. on his return
from French captivity,—and, that Spain had
not only not .given • offence to foreign stales,
but, that there was no apparent reason
even to apprehend offensive proceedings upon
her part, because,—she was in too enfeebled
a stale, (even if she had manifested hostile dis-
positions, which, however, she had not done), to
undertake offensive foreign operations 111 There
is DO man who can deny that this is a fair' repre-
sentat;on of the testimony given in favour of Con-
stitutional Spain by the English Ministry. There
is no man who will contend that that testi-
mony is not 'in itself sufficient to satisfy the
minds of all persons who place confidence in the
integrity and in the means of obtaining informa-
tion possessed by the English Cabinet, as to'the'
unprovoked and flagitious nature of the ag-
gression perpetrated by France against 'the
Peninsula. There is no man ,who will pretehd
to deny that that testimony, unimpeachable •
as it is as to the motives- in : which
_it
`spontaneously originated,—most respectable in
the weight of its character for 'authority. ,--,and
SUPPORTED and CONFIRMED as it is by the ad-
missions of France herself, and by public and
notorious facts,—there is no man, we say, who
can deny that such testimony and such evi-
dence is ABSOLUTE and CONCLUSIVE, and that
whatever may be the result of the conflict, the
unprincipled CondUct of France, and the injuries
endured by Spain, in its commencement and its
progress, will go down to posterity with all those
marks attending them which are necessary for
enabling the future historian to place the events
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of preCeding ages in their true colours. The
Peninsular scar of 1823, we may rest assured, in
whatever way it may terminate, will not form
one of brightest pages in the annals of the
French slouarchy, nor in those of the States
which have countenanced, or even merely per-
mitted, the perpetration of that foul enormity.
We bOW with submission to the decision of. our .:
own Government, and of our own Legislature,
in favour of a neutral policy, while a grievous
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have not been able to discern. --- But, if
anti there . may be others ew.oluarrcrhii neu-
trality,e.eethere are motives for neutrality, are there not
also most powerful and indeed :ttltnost irre-
sistible motives fur war'--It is unnecessary now
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throw, by foreign force, of a qovernment•whichte
rtehnallYthe present war is a war carried on for the oter-
usidered
ourselves still acknowledge to be legitimate ? It
is not a war for the settlement of a dispute
between two nations,—for the redress of real
or alleged grieyancesc-for the restitution.of vicPi.
lated rights or of :usurped territory,—but, we.
repeat it emphatically,— it •is a war for the
violent destruction of an independent and', legi-
timate Government!—lt is a new species of 8e...
volution, invented by 'the holy Alliance, and
may bedirected against any GOVERNMENT that,
falls under their displeasure !—We cannot con-

ceive how any Government like that of England
can continue calm spectators of the completiou
of the first experiment.

New York Papers to the 22(1 June, Baltimore
to the 21st, and Charleston to the 21st, arrived,
this morning.
.[ From the Charleston Papers.]

[Extract of a Letter from Havannah, June.B.l
—4 The confirmation of war gives additional
animation to business ; every thing -is quiet,
and I think promising, as regards our political
and commercial situation. • Some disagreeable
things have, however, occurred here, and as yet
the actors in them have not been .punisiiod.--'
Iturhide has loft Mexico in the British .1 r',l-
- for Naples : he is said to have 11:14i Car•
vied x'fith lain a numerous retinue, and much
treasure. The British armed vessel'Tamar:'s
just sailing for England : the Tamar is from
Vera Cruz, with some millions. -We have' had
heavy rains of late, and the fever. increases." •

(From the New York Paper of the 19th June.)
'We have seen a letter from an Officer of the
Cayane, dated St. Thomas, the 30th ult., which
gives the following melancholy ,particulars:—
" ft is with extreme regret that I have to inform
you of the death of Mr. John Dix, at Cape Me"
surado, on the 10th April. We have lost many
of our efficers and crew by fever—on the whole,
about 33 of the crew."

A letter from Curaeoa of the 31st ult. sayt---
" A vessel, arrived this morning from Coro, re-
ports that Morales has been obliged to abandon
Maracaibo, and is now leading his troop towards
Porto Cabello, but his intentions are to embark