The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-02-11


REeEsr's SrEEcH On the colh Of Nov.
the new Parliament, which had before met
Ger the purpose OF swearing It's memhers,
Choosing speaker. sc. had its proceedings
opened by the Regent, who delivered TO il n
Speech, upon which propose to offer some
remarks. II was difficult 70 foresee what
this speech would contain |; wha, hopes i,
would hold out TO the nation and yet,wc tnI
the language o. the Regent as cheerful AS
ever was the Language Of his father. even in
those only prosperous years of his reign,
while Eng had q commercial ueaiy with
Fnnce. This speech, shall. of course,
ccnside: as the speech of ihr ministers, aud
shall make no sciuple in freely delivering my
opInion upon il, inserting lhe several pats oi
'.af proceed
30 Lorcs and Coafsn,en.
" IL j. with the ueepss. concern that sm obliged
a. annuunes to you. Il the opening OF 'he present
p4rhment, the continuance of The .ancntcd md s.o-
son Of bis majesty. and the dmnuiion oi the iopcs
Ihsve anxlo9sy .nert,incd 81 h,s majesty re-
cov,ry The ssfuanOn oj ps6bc cfasrs mas induced
me Ia take the eafii,s. olppftumty OF meeting Sou
after the fate election. am persuaded you will par
ticipa,e ia the s0nsfacnon fesiat the improvement
OF our prospsets during The year Th. zeai and M
trepid'ty dspyed hy the forces Of his esy and o!
his allies in lie T. nlns s.'rso mpny oasons, AID
the consummste skill and Judgement ith whicn che
operations hsse been conducted by the marquis of
Wellington, have led 10 co.'s ,qa' u.Ss of The ptmcsf
Importance 10 The common cauae IA thai qu.rier.
In this onset OF the speech there appears
TO be an incongruliyi TO, who would no, have
supposed that it was some difficulty In the
circum s,ances of the county that had induc-
| I'd the Prince 20 call tue Parliament toge.he,
IL IN Al.
here see, that the P,ince has no.hng bat his
satisfaction to express upon the situation Of
affairs, and that, really, Goes not seem TO
form any very good ground for rather has'y
meeting Of The Parliament. However, W.
shall by and by see something which may
better account for the measure.
BY transferring the war into the interior, and by
the glorious victory OF Salamanca, the enemy has been
compelled raise the siege ofCsdiz, andthe south
| .rn provinces Of Spain have been delivered Gsm Me
arms of France although cannot but rex~. that
the efforts OF the enemy have rendered 1t necessary
10 wi hdraw nom the siege OF Burgos, and evscuats
Madrid These efforts, tDeiess u ve oeen at
| tended with important sacrifices en Their part watch
materially contribute ." eltend The resources an
facilitate Me ererf,ons Of the Apanish nancn I'm
conidsn, lmay rel, on your a1orny eae,y asssfGncs
support of the great contest wich has hfst give
10 t,,e copt'rept OF EurQps the example ot pSrse,
lng and successful resistance 10 lie power of +
md which not oniy the independence fths nisons
Qfthe peninsula. bus the beat interests OF has majesty
| domiGlons essentially depend
So far am | from believing that any advan-
| tages nsve been gained ln the Peninsula, that
| am petty certain that The Cause oil England
in those countries has, du'ing the last year, ,
] iost ground. /, is tue, that, by the valor oi
our counirymen, victories have been gained,
| and glorious victories they were, because
! they were gained over valiant armies. Com
a.ended by skillu aud brave ecneias. II il
tue, that our arny has penetrated into the
| heart OF Spain, and That il even took posses
| SION Of the capital but, il is not less true,
| that our army hss Subsequently been compel.
| led 10 retreat that II has been driven no,
| only out of the capital os Spain, but great
| distance backwards towards Portugal. Now
! am Of opinion, that the Cause la. suffered
| by TINS and | am persuaded. thar, with the
| exception OF the prince regent and his minis.
tcrs, there is scarcely any one who viii no.
| agree with me, that, unless we could have
kept Madrid. it would have been better no
1 TO take il. VINO has not observed, in almost
every week Of his life, that 10 succeed in {
small degrce, and to be able to hold youI
ground is Tar preferable TO succeeding 10 8
| very great extent, II you are compelled to q
bandon my very considerable portion of what
i you have oU,sincd. The maa VINO is gaming
| fortune is in better heart, aud - looked up.
on No oeing more prosperous, when he mas
secured the first thousand pounds, than he
would be If he had g,ined band cd thou.
sand and lost fifty of IL and there can Dc it'
tic doubt, that the people of Spain have, a,
this moment, less hope of in,I success
I from the efforts of Lord Wellington,
tIian they had before he moved forward
from the walls OF The cry of Rodrigo -
They now see, snd. OF course, hey will nov
| ssy, tina, though VaIo' my put hir IN pos
session Of apart of Spain, he hss not, an:
| we are not able 10 give nim, sufficient force
o nainisi that pos,es-Ion.---ln snswce.t TO ali
| hose who shall tell them that the English
army will come 20 their assistance, IL will al