Those who have the misfor...
The Times, 1824-08-24T00:00:00

T'hose who have the m'isfortutne to be afFtcted in their interests by the unniatual t COndHitiO of Spanish finallce, conlinlue, we are toldl to agitate thiemselves with sp.ccla- tions oil a change in its immlnediate prospects. A new loani is still th4e d aily talk. Onie of the Commnissioners for liqui- datinig the claims of Britisli sulljects on the Government of Spain, having, accordling to yesterday's ruimour, been asRe(l by a nLercliait who ia(l succeeded in establishinig the validity of his own clai:ns, holw the dbt e vas to be satisfied, answered that Lie Commnoi 4sioncrs had no ntlu?i,, h,ill that the Spanish GovcrnilDet expeeted crc long to concltiult a contract for a new loan, by the bmnds of whVich) loa;n the unilicky c tilditor.. of that bankrupt Powver were to be pro- videl for. 'Io any participation in a contract for l,'ird- ing n oney to so dishoncst anti degraded a diebtor as the `I ,svurv of FiaRmNxANo VII., we tha,yc already stalOd (lilr ol jecions without rcsorve. Nothlimg ran ex- cccl the' immorality of Iurnishing stidC assislanie to Fuel (; oventiene t, b,ut its ii urneasitrable Colly. puhe pose tor which King FFPRDIXANi x walnts these three, tour, or five inillionrs of En i;h specie, if one whih , if it qihould succeel, wili inevitably rib tihe fellow-subjects of the I Ci lCt^' Of' I nol e than all e(iqal sU: nov dutie to tdiin by an- otlher class of borrowers. The nAilions lent to IE11nlNAXNO go at onic for an enterprise, the direct and( exclusive aim of whiicic is to de>troy thle ndeeidcnce of' Spanish Ailne- rica. anl ther,by t's wipe oWt at one stroke of t're sp migc everv larthi:g, principal a!1(l imtircst, oni which s ) ninmy thousai l E uglivll, iUeii, woneo, ai I chillireni, reckoit for their snlbsistence from tiihe ( .overnir,reits of tde ntw Ropub- ics It ii id.ed sklf'- vi;lent, that for evtry I Oi. noiw lntit to Spain, s:ie ought tu binild hertelf to pay anotlher MI m. to thie hoLlvrs olf Mexie,n arid South Akierican Stuck. until the wiaole ot' tliei' (riciii a ils ulpn di te quiOildam e'::o- iaies shall I ave been liquidla:cie-thdi t is, we ie oml, pro- vidle(d shescceeds iii hfr attack; oth:rwise, we hive a pretty strong pro)t; ill the treatmnent experienced by the crelilors of Constitutional Spinii herself, what fate is in reservc for those who lIave advanced( nnmley to the Ameri- cans. It, on the other hanit, time Sipanish Governmrment slouldl iail iin this exp-edition, we ask any man of coinmmo seiie to jitform us, what is tt e value, per million sterlini, of aily n, WodS tO b ; by Fi tD Ii } ANI), on the secuirity of his E!rop, an crown, or-still worse-of Iiis personal pro- mis. ? Will he inortgace Amnerica to his Eniglish er(editors iln case of thie subjugation of that coltitemiit by his arins: Ile ni,a, we doubt inot, swvear to any thing; bilt sup- pose hli otnee more Autocrat of the new worLI- will he not exviaia i that it is beneatlhi his dignitv to ftHfil a pl( Ie whicht his Itoval ineSssities have wrung froi,i hin) ? XVill lie, at all evelts, moortgaige the domanms o4 the SPal)sli chitirchi I 'le dnd SO before; anid-lO()i ran hi; knuckles througli the parchinent: what is. mnore, if hle hail ms?tt..staes.. .VoXaks rnwtiv2d, l?;\tP,,lflvai.s^w:(l t2ko.a, mco .AbdI.st,l hiave let, loose uporn tile Penilsula. It is, on tile wlhole, al- together ritlictilous to sulppose, that any one respectable capittlist in Europe will lei(il lis assistance to) reward th1e rogues of Spain for ticir unheard-of prof-igacy. Woo tire parties are tshat ofMfr theminelves for so iilustrious an undidr- taking, nobo(dy can yet declare. Are tlhey in coninexioni wi:il the i1\. OUvnAItD who so distinguisheil himself about six inoirtlis ago by a sihilar attempt ? Ini aiiy case now supposable, we dlo riot lesitate to pro- nostmicc, that a British stmbject buying up irew bOnds fro1n FERStINAoNi, IS guilty, tig-ratively speaking, of miurder, or of' suicid e. If' he seecures him.pself, it mist be at the ex- pzilse of his ft-low-sttbjects, who hold the obligatioas of Anirrica: if lie cannot succeed in sacrificing l is fellow- tsbUject, h1e ifailiildv destroys hiiniselt'.