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ill ;v?tf ryAV yf m hx i w-N vf- wmmz? - .. JXu.jLnV.-I 1 H 1 J 1 tUJ.iliifr? ;' J i V;.',:.: - : v:s 'r' V .". r r r : . , Vnwarptf ttTpartr age ta IWe Kke Brother. . ' ; . . , .. . ! :. .. . , - . J'-.v- . , . - . . ( ' T:' ' " .- y ';. ; " : , - ? . , r . . ' . - f -rrrr;-;;,.'.'.. v--- --v J: s . . ..nY- o;vrv uv.-'h-vri YYY Y')!' ' :' " -r : V 1 . Y .Y ' ' '' I I - a 1 4 jlFtrttctofEurpjjeah.Vob'nients, CONCLUDED. the writer and M. de Chateaubriand 'on the receipt of 'r.jCanning's letter of Fe brorrS. (e Kot-.2S,' , . MdeChateauhnanoaotrptteo the con-. ttrueVn rnt ;upon the Kind's .sppeth by jtfr. Canning, corresponded with the doubts expressed at home about, it; ; A. de Chateaubriand does, not hesitate toad that, in order", to give stability tcvsnv modification of the present system ir Spain, & to afford sUflBcint assufancejo Frr.nre to jnstify her 'discontinning;herjvarlike preparation, the King of Spain must be a rarty, and consent to.such modification." The French government will not rnly be satisfied with the opening which any act (nch as the establishment of a second Chamber) may offer, to complete,"throug:, the intervention of Great Britain, the sys tem which is necessary for; the constitu- - tionaf government of Spain ;y but, without waiting for any further proofs, of the sin cerity of the iSpanish ' government,-they-will consider any such act as affording reasonable grounds for suspending their armaments, and replacing the relations between the two countries upon t!ie same footing usual in t'me of peace tho since be cannot suppose that we consider mere fair assurances to be sufficient, we mu nct be surprized if preparations for war 'sre. in the mean time, carried oh' without w - tut I uncWsVood him to refer to the pro ject of allowing the King the nennhation ei Counsellors of State,. and giving them a deliberative power, upon A similar prin ciple with that of the American Senate ; tn wr. ich mien, be added, a re culatmrt r..: ik. amrvim rf thp nit1 ifim t inn rp - i IIAHI lilt -' - - . cuired to render a candidate eliu ble to the second or representativt chamber, , No. Sir r!diAn; A'Court to Mry Canning, dated Madrid, Feb. 13. 7 An nouncing the receipt by the French. Mi nister at Madrid of his last despatches from France, directing, hiin to demand Ms passports, &c. Orie of ih se dts yaches stales that, afrer the fruitle-s ef forts made by tbe representatives f the crniinental power?, as well as by Sir Wil liam AToirrt and Lord Fitzroy Somer set, (the last of whom, it must be orerv td, had not left Paris seven days and was .not evtn arrived at Madrid ivhrn the Trench despatch has vritte7t) io engage the Spanish ' government to listen to the suggestion cf reason, and to adopt a line f greater modeation,Yno other ' course remains to the government of his most Christian Majesty, than that of recalling 'its Minister, from Madiid ;. and that this is the only tep left for the' maintenance ofpeace; that the l)uke of Angouleme isapen the ;o;nt of placing himsel! at the lead of 100,000 men uj'ou the frontirr : and that if: the King of Spain,, released . frcm his present thraldom, and placed ai the head of his army, shall be allowed to advance to t tic bank of tue Biftusoa, in crder to treat with him. a firm and dura ble peace may be e;btablislud be ween tht two countries; the ancient in timute con r.cxicn between France andispain ietor ; and the fleets, armies, and resources , cf France be placed from that moment -Entirely at the disposal of his Catholic Majesty; that France does not pretend to dictate to Spam the precise ruouihca tiens she ought to adopt in her c ristiiu- tw n ; but,1n order not to expose herself to the charge cf having intcnti nally left ftr wishes unexplained, she declares that te vtd not renew her relations of amity Mth this country until a system batsta . kU.td with the consent of, ana in concert U!i the A"i7.', assuring alike the liberties ' t the tvation and the just privileges of the , i'crarch; and untiia general -act of am -t -testy be passed in favor of every jndivi: 'ual persecuted for political offence, from e promulgation of the constitution, ia 3812, down to the present period." -No. SljiThe same to the same, dated Madrid, Feb 4. . This note announces the nctipt of the war speech oi tn French ir.g, which Sir W. A'Court reaa to Ai. J"e ban Miguel ; and some parts of it, by lis own desire, a second time -The spet cn Uing been concluded, he broke out into exclamations agaiust the French goveru TCCI t ; expressing hs conviction lhat'a ar was inevitable. He said that Spain ould heteradmit that, the Coustiiuiion tmauated: from the King, norrtccgnize tl,y other sovereignty than that ct the lM-e; that a mtuifesto was preparjug, w which his Majesty would speak his sen tn.enu to Kuiope, add that these senti cJtBts. would be found )n unisou with !the Hswvrwkicb.be bad lately deli end, to . t. e Ccites that Spain was prepared! to .ttpei force by loict andY tlit. Fraiice wwld hnd that the war. would be & much "oi c serious undertaking than ' she setm 'r t"ent to imagine it would be. ; , v ' an,c to the same dated pCtid.-ivb. r;i;he,nistVpurtoi this' ,?lliJs a i tquest for lurther instruc- ad the. Jitter part is tlc report of J4?" conversation th bau Miguel; ,'Vult dav VVc luust extract a 21 ; ! Y-:';' 'Vo 29 Char Stuart to M r. Can r?nr, 'dated Paris. F? bfry10. Thh let ... -1 the renoft.f ft cm vrrsafion between i i . . i " ' . i iatertT.ission., M. d'e l.hateaubqand did 7:0? enter into any detail respecting the raturecf the acts, to w.fch he alluded ; i M, San ;MVnel obseri'ed, that, with respect tn modifications, there wasni tyr man nor a party- in Spain (wer M'nstrytA be changed, a hundred times') who -ooM venture to propose tHrir arVprjor?; tilf the tirrve potnterl oiit by the constitution : and that, nVd rahy hope" Hn hetd, out to me of art opp)oste nature,' Vmight dppend tinon it ther, nevpr wou'd 7f TTljzrV!. M. ?an Mignis conversa- Von vs, nevertheless, less warlike thfn T ha? fotind- 't a day or two ago. Yf would not, be' said, Wnider all hone of f negnrntior at an end. but still relv for a 1 successful issue from the present difficul- j ts.'unon he Hendship and good offices ! cf Fngland, He was convinced that she t mirht, nd that she would, prevent a war. Y "Ttrld him that Fnrland had done, j and would continue to do, everv thing ?n her power to prevent matters from com 1 ?p$r to cnrh vextremitJes ; but rhy opinion was, tthat' wnr was inevitable, if Spain i wpre reallr determined to admit . no mo ; d.fication in her nrecent constitutional sys j tm. 1 A lonpr and desultory conversation vi followed, in the course of wh?cb, M. San j rjur very prommeniiv trwara, the evident acknowledgment ofthe intf tir ' tion to establ;sh a permanent frevch Interest in SPAIN, confined in certain passap-fs cf the King.of France's Speech to he tb ambers." . Xo. r3- Sir Charles Stuart to Mr. Can ning, fated Paris, F:-K. 21. Another con versa' ion with M. dCbateauhr'and. He thohtrht the subject rtf r.egnt?ation3 might yet b taken into conidera ion. jf the Spa nish negotiators should engage at a future period to mrVfV their constitution ; and jn the rn an while, prove their good faith (,bv restoring th King to hi physical li- bvrty, ,and allowing him to frequent the Sitioigt and o go to watering places ; by atgenrf-a4 amestv : by teiestahlishment c fws iJre'frvtote the press, and by a change of Ministry'; but that the milita ry preparations of the French govern me.t must. continue without intermission ; and that, their armies will be.readv take the field, if a change in the;aspect o.r affairs does not contribute to remove.' the nressnre and irritation which prevails on both sdfs, before the season for active op-rnfion shall arrive; . YNo. 34. Sir V;lHm A'Court to Mr. Canning, dated Madaid, F.b, 16. In this note it is said- there is but little hope H at any of those further concessions will be made, wh?ch would msure an amicable arrangement of the differences; that exist L't.i.Tvi.ii tin's iiruuii t mm 1 iaiilci ' 1 sides which, the putting, forward by France of so extravagant. a proposition, as that the King, restored to his full and absolute power,: shall- hinvelf grant a char.'er to the nation, has singularlyin creased the : difficulties of the question. The principle upon which thisfproposition ;s founded is one to which it is evident the ,Rrtsh government can never agree ; and consequently, if such be the sinr qua non of France, our intervention falls to the ground. . . No. 55. The same to the same, Feb. 18. Sir W. A'Court savs My hopes have j been grievously disappointed with respect to the vmesy ; 'which I was confidently assured, would embrace every political offence, and every political uffender. But neither bv.the committee nor in the Cor tes, has the slightest allusion been made 1 to so g neral a measure, notwithstanding the hopes that were held out. The am nesty voted is n -thing ioje. than an act of pardon for'any Yfctin"s" wno may lav (pwn their arms before the 1st of A pril ; without any retrospective opera tion in favor of those already in prison, or any allnsion.to those confined merely tor political opinions. . It i a nere act of po licy, and by no means an act of grace; nr-r can it be expected to produce that ta orable effect in France which might have been insured by a more general mea sure.. ... -:- Y v.--. Y -No.' S6. The same tohe same, Feb. 19, announcing the closing of the Extraordi nary Cortes, the resignation of Ministers, No. 57. The same to the same, Feb. 20, announcing the ' re appointment of the sa. ie. Ministry. . - ; No. 08. Charles Stuart to Mr. Can ning, dated Paris, March 6. He thinks the language of the French Cabinet more pacific, though they insist upon a direct negotiation between the Duke d'Angou leme, and a Spanish Prince. ri No. 39.' Sir William, A'Court to Mr. Canning, dated Madrid, Feb. 23. - The writer mentions his having read the des patch of Mr. Canning, dated Feb. 9t and Sir Charles Suaris of the day following (see Nos 2 & 9,) to San Miguel. VM. de San .Miguel listened with, the greatest attention ; but as soon as I nad concluded, observed, that the British go vernment was laboring under a delusion, in opposiBg any sort, of modification pos sible It would be;a-much easier thing to i)verarn the ,holc constitutional sys temi and to re-establbh absolute despot ism, than to concede even the most insig.' nificant; of the, points which, have bee.i pointed out as the most likely to concili ate." ; : Yr- ; " . i ': ' .-vi He . was fully aware that .England asked nd modifications on her Vwn av -countiTHe knew that we wished to pre serve to Spain her constitutional sv stem ; that our only object in trying to engage her. to vield imon certain nomts ' was the conviction that, if a war did break out, .we must be, sooner or later, involved in it ourselves. He knewvery ell that we should not declare in tavor of Spain at first ; but nobody coiild be so blind as riot to see, that if the war was protracted, and other powers took part in it, England a lone could not, remain a passive spectator of what might be its results.' ' So. 40. The same to the same, dated March 5. The writer savs--" A Spanish gentleman at Paris has writ teif from Paris to . that the French government has declared that it will suspend hostili ties if a general amnesty' be grartted, a verbal promise of modifications hereafter be given, a change of ministers take place,' and the King be permitted to go to the waters of Sacedon." This 'statement Sir V. says, had notibeen confided to him by any advic- from Sir Charles Stuart. No. 41: The same to the same, March 9. This note is not important. : No. 42. Relates toj the foregoing, and is likewise unimportant. He concludes by saying,, that whatever hopes have been excited; (by the last conversation with Miguel,) are now entirely at an end. No. 43. Mr. Canning to Sir Charles Stuart. This is a long and able letter, intended as .the summing up of the whole negotiations ; and, long as it is, it is too important to be abridged, o to be omit ted. We therefore give it entire. Mr. Secretary Canning to Str C. Stuart. , Foreign Office, March 31, 1823. . Sir : The hopes of an accommodation between France 5c Spain,whicbhis Majes tv has so long been encouraged to cherish, in despite of all unfavorable appearances, being now unhappily extinguished, I am commanded by his Majesty to address to your Excellency, for the purpose of being communicated to the French minister, the following explanation of the sentiments .of your government upon the present posture of affairs between those . two kingdoms. ! The King has exhausted his endeavors to preserve the peace of Europe. The question of an interference in the internal concerns of Spain, on account, of the troubles and distractions which have for some time prevailed in that kingdom, was not one on which his Majesty could, for himself entertain a moment's hesita tion. If his Majesty's. jilenipotentiary at Verona did hot decline taking part in the deliberations of the allied cabinets upon that question, it was because1 his Majesty owed to. his allies, upon that as soon as upon every other subject, a sincere de- claratisn of his opinions ; and because he hoped that a friendly and unreserved communication might tend to the preser- ;' k vation of general peace. The nature ot the apprehension which had induced the King of France to as- semble an army, within his own frontier, 1 tilnn flir Krtac C in!n It r 1 lirkAn i tV f ? ! cated, in the first instance, by the desig- ! nation of 44 Cordon Sanitaire." 'The change of that designation to that of an J 44 Army of Observation," (which took place in the month of September last) did not appear to his Majesty to imply more, than that the defensive system", originally opposed to the contagion of physical dis eases, would be continued against the possible inconvehiencies, moral or politi cal, which might arise to France, from a civy contest raging, in a country separat ed from the French- territory only by a conventional line of demarcation. The dangers naturally incident' to; ah unre strained intercourse between two coun tries 9 situated towards each ol her : the dangers of political intrigue, or of occasi onal violation .of territory might suffici ently justify preparations of military de fence. -. :. I - ' , v Such was the state of things between France and Spain at the opening of the Congress .at. Verona. ' The propositions brought forward by the French plenipo tentiary in the .conferences of the Allied Cabinets, were" founded Aonlthis state of things. Those propositions did not re late to any ' prSject of carrying attack in to the heart of the' Spanish monarchy, but, were in the nature of inquiries :lst, what countenance France might expect tot receive from the Allies, if she should find herself under the necessity of break ing off diplomatic intercourse with the Court of Madrid ? And 2dly, what assist ance, in supposed cases of outrage to be committed, or of violence to be.mehaced, by Spain ? These cases-were all contin gent and precautionary. The answers of the three continental Powers were , of a correspondent character. . . : The result of the discussions a,t Verona was, a determination of his Majesty's Al lies, the Emperors of Austria and Rus sia, and i the King of Prussia, 1st. To make known toithe Cabinet of Madrid through-, their, respective ministers at thar Court, their sentiments upon thexnecessi ty' of a chiihge in the present system of the Spanish government ; and, in, the event' of an uiiiaisfactoi y answer to that com munication, to recal their respective Mi nisters, and. to. break off all diplomatic intef course with Spain. 2dly, to make' common causeVitb France againspain in certain specified cases ; cases, -as has been already observed, altogether cbntin gent and precautionary. V V- v Hb Majesty's Plenipotentiary declined corifcurfine in these measures, not only be cause He- was unauthorised to pledge the faith of his government to any hypothetical engagemehti but because ; wrament, had,.from .the month, of April 1820, uni forcnlv rprnrri to ended to the' Dowers of tht alliance to abstairi from' all interfer ence in the internal affairs "ofSpain; (and because; having been, from the same pe riod, entirely unacquainted" with r what ever transactions might have taken pUce between France 5 and Spain; his govern ment could not judge on what ! grounds the Cabinet of the Tuilleries meditated a j possible discontinuance of diplomatic re- lationsiWiui me vounw mauiiu, uj. uu what grounds they apprehended anj oc currence apparently so improbable, as a commencement 5o hostilities against France. by Spain. Y . Y; h ' i ''-l- -Y No proof was produced to; his Majes ty's Plenipotentiary of the existence of any , design on the . part of the Spanish Government to invade the territory of iFrance, of any attempt to introduce dis-. affection among her. soldiery, orj of) any project to undermine her political insti tutions; and so long as 'the struggles! and disturbances of Spain should be confined within the circle of her own territory, theyk could not be admitted by. the'BVitish government to afford any plea fori foreign interference. If the end of the list, and the beginning of the present century , saw all Europe combined against France,: it was not on account of the internal changes which France thought necessary. fop her own political and civil reformation, but because she attempted to propagate, first her principles, and afterwards her domi nion,, by the sword. Y "T M;. , Impossible as it was for his Majesty to be party i to the measures concerted . at Verona, with respect to Spain, his Majes ty's Plenipotentiary , declared, that the British Government could only ende4vor throueh his Maiestv's Minister at the Court of the Catholic King, 4 to allay the ferment which those measures might oc casion at Madrid, and to do all the good j in his power.' Y , U--'' U Up to this period, no commumcation had taken place between his Majesty; and Pat : 1 ; i L ? -1 . tne ourtoi iviaana, as to tne aiscussious at Verona. But, about the; time of the arrival of his Majesty s Plenipotentiary, on, his return from Verona, at Paris, Spain expressed a desire for the 44 frienclly in terposition" of his Majesty, to avert the calamities of war. Spain distinctly limit led this desire to the employment of ucti 1 44 good offices" on the fiart of Great: Bri : tain, as would not be inconsistent with : the most strictly conceived system of neti- trality."1 Nor has any period occurred. throughout the whole of the intercourse of the British government withiSpain at (which the Spanish' government; has been jfor one moment led, by that of Great Britain, to believe, that the policv of his Majesty, in a contest between France and C"1 . - ! 11 I i I. k K II.! Spain;1' would be other than neutral. In pursuance of this request, and of his previous declaration at Veronal, his Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary - received instruc tions at Paris to make ohe French, go vernment the offer of his MajestyVmedi ation. , In making this offer; the British government deprecated, from motives of expeajency as wen asirom consuierauous of justice, the employment towards Spain of a language of reproach or of , intimida tion. They represented as matter of no light moment the first breach, by what ever power, of that general pacific -set tlement which had been so recently es-J tabhshed, and at the cost of so many, suf ferings and sacrifices to all nations. Nor did they disguise from the French govern ment the anxiety with which they looked forward to all the possible issues of a new war in Europe, if once begun. S , Y-1 In addition to suggestions such as these, the British government endeavored 'to learn from the Cabinet of the Tuilleries the nature and amount, of the specific grievances of which his inost j Christian Majesty com plained against Spain . and of such specific, measures of redress 'or conciliation on the part of Spain, as rould arrest the progress of his most .Christian Majesty's warlike preparations, v , Y The French government declined the formaf mediation of; bis Majesty ; Alleg ing, in substance that the necessity of its warlilfe preparations" was founded r6t so rtiuch upon any direct cause of complaint against Spain which might be susceptible of accurate specification and of practica ble adjustment, as-upon the general posi tion m which the two kingdoms; round f tiiemseives placed towards eacn otner ; upon the effect which al that was pass ing, and had been for some time passing in .Spain, - produced upon, the peace: and tranquillity tof his most Christian Majes ty's dominions ; upon the burdensomeness 6f th at defensi v e armament which France had thought herself obliged to establish on her frontier towards Spain,-and. which it was alike inconvenient for her to main tain, or without some change of circum stances, which would justify such change of counsel to with draw ; upon ;'a state of things, in short, which it was easier to understand than; to - define ; but whVch, taken altogether, w as W intoJerHble tp France, that .open hostilityJswould be far preferable; to ic Warbutdt )east, have a tendency tosorde ' conclusion ; whereas the existing state of the relations betwoen yranee aod Spain might coaria- ue fbr'an lndeCnite time; increasing eyeriY - ' day thi difficiiltfes of Spa?h and propagat, Y ' ing disquietude and jarjnrii thoughout the, Yr.Y French Army and .bation'O'.V.;' 'W.,.: , "Bot, although ftis'Mo.st "Christtari, Maf : i jesty's Oovernment .'. declined - on these Y " grounds a formal niediat il i . theV profess ' : Y ed an earnest 4Aer foT Cm; 7 ." Cepted his Majesty's 'good yofficesVitii - V Spain for that object. : ' ' T ' ' Y-:Y v fContemplating failthe mischiefs wicV yY war njight inflict upon Fraoce.and thrbughj !r V Francfe ultimately perhaps upon ;-Jurope; t -Y-.-f-Y Y and which it must inflict,!; more,jiromedi-Y . ately and inevitably, upoii 'Spajnjw-hBse Y' , internal animosities and agitations a " for-' ' ( . eign war could not but; exasperate and ; Y Y prolong, the British government was' deep- v ' i Y ' ly impressed with the necessity of peace' , f - for both kingdoms; and resolved, therp-Yh. ' , fore, whether ; invested or -n5t Yvnth thp ; M formal character of mediator,- to maka .every effort, to avail itself of chance for; . the prevention of hostilities. Tbe ques- , Y was now becoming aiquesticn siroply-ancl , j;: ' en t irely between Spain, ami France ;y, and the only practical oint of enquiry was Yy -not so much how thle relations of those ? two gQvemmepts had , been brought inVY T their present awkward complication, as y "' ; hcrw that complication could, be -solved ;n without recoHrse to arms, and an arnica- ' ' bleadjustment pl'bduced. through mutual Y explanation and cpneesson. : Y 1 ; ;v Y Nothing could have .induced fis MajesJr -ty to suggest to the Spanish nation ajevv y : siohof its political institutions, as the price v r of his majesty 's friendship. . But, Spam ardai 4 of all parlies and! descriptions admitted Y : some modifications of, theconstitution . of , 1812, to lie indispensiblyY necessary ; and Y if in such a crises as that in which Spalol , y. r now ' found herself; distracted at once b ; the miseries of civil war, and by, the ftp;? prehension of foreign invasion, the adop-Y Y tion of modifications so admitted to bede--, . sirable in themselves might affordajrps r pect for composing her internal dissentiona , ahd might at th same time, furnish to, ' the French government e a motive . for .; Y withdrawinc: from the menacing position Y which it had assmed towards Spain, the,; ' British government felt that ho scruple or, delicacy, or fear.of miscohstructioh ought ? to restrain them, from avowing an earnest ; wish that the Spaniards could.pre vail upooy themselves to consider oF such raodifica; tions, tr, at least to declare their disposi-'. . tion"tb consider of them ereafrerv v-x Y :T It is useless now to discuss what naight . . ' have ben the result of his Majesty's nx- , , ious endeavors to. bring about . an accomr.'. ; .; modation between France, and Spain, ; it ' , nothing had occurred to interrupt .their ' , progress, wnaiever mignt oe me inais-f . position of the Spanish government to take ,v the first step towards such an a'ceommo' i ' datton, it cannot be disguised, ' that i tlie Y principle avowed : and -the pretension3,Y ; forward by the French government, inrY ; , - the speech from .the th' rone at the open-" ihg of the4Chambers at Paris, created new obstacles to the success of friendly' inter r , j venticlru; The communication pf '-that -; ,r speech to the British" government was ac-- ; Com panied, indeed; witi renewed aur-Y J ances of the pacificispositton otFranCe; , ' and the French Minister adopted a .con j; structipn of jthe passage, ,most ; li kely ; top create no favorable impressions in .Spain which, stripped it of a part of its objec tionable characteriY.Biit all the attempts' . of the British governmehf to give effect at Madrid to sudh assurancer-andexplana. .' , '. tions prpved unavailing. The. hopes or Y success became -( gradually fainter and; have now vanished altogether. ,$f ;;'5 ; " Y; It only remains to describe the conduct which it is his Majesty 's desire arid ihteu - f Y tion to observe,; in a conflict between twoY nations,-to each of whom his Majesty i ; bouud by the ties of amity and alliance.' Y? The repeated disavowal, by his 'AlostK v Christian Majesty s government, bair?:,. views of ambition and aggrandisehlent,0, ' forbids the suspicion of aoy design on the v f part France to estabiisria permaueot? ' milatary. occupation in Spain ; or to force Y v his. Catholic Majesty, into ajiy'.easores;; :Y-, derogatory v. to the j independence. of hi Crown, to his existing relations with dtberr . .pbwer,s.y.ruY;--Y HTherepeated assurances which hiMa Y Jesty has received of the determination of : ' France to respect)thedomimon of hiV Y Y most Fthful M j ty from any appjrebenslohs of being called -upon to falfil the obijgatiorrs of tliat- jnti-Y Y mate defensive connectioh" which has ' long subsisted between; the troAvns df GY ' " : Britain and Pprtugall "'Vv Y1.. : AVith respect, to the provinces in! Arae- ' Hca which have. thrown 'off , theJr allegi- i ' ance to the crown 6f Spalni Uie and the course of events appear ;o have substan; tially decided thW separatioirYiromYlhe ; mother cuuntiValthougheform '. cognition of those proridCes2a; indepen- . denr states; by hb Majesty may be hast- ened or retardedby various externai . cix ' cumstance's "well by;Hbe ?mdre otf less satisfactory progressin each states , s:j' towards a regular and settled form of gq-Y yernment': ; Spain has long been apprised -.y oi nis majesiy s ppmionsr upon suojeck . ; . Disclaiming, in the most solemiVrnaimer,;vYY -any intention of appropriating i6 himself ; . Y' , the smiillest portion of j the .late Spanish : possessions in America, hts Majesty is sa-', V tiified thai no attempt VFcluld bti ntade by ' r ranee to onsg traaer ner uooiiowa utri .s- - y. --. : -. . : " Hh'l .4. ! i i - V :,' it:-