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press in the alarms which the Jesuits 
have excited, and have, consequently, 
opposed themselves to the intended 
Jesuitical prosecutions. How far this 
may avail in the present case is yet to 
be seen. 
“ Lord Cochrane left town in the latter 
end of August, after taking leave of the 
Greek agents. His lordship speaks in 
terms of the greatest confidence respecting 
the success of the cause. His plan of 
operations has been warmly approved of: 
and such was the importance attached td 
the acquisition of his unrivalled naval skill 
and undaunted courage, that as soon as 
the negociation between his lordship and 
the Greek agents was brought to a suc- 
cessful termination, a messenger was sent 
off to Greece with the satisfactory intel- 
ligence.”’ 
Such were the statements at the be- 
ginning of the month. It has since 
been said that Lord Cochrane returns to 
the Brazils to resume his command. 
The present prospect of affairs, how- 
ever, makes this unlikely, Lord C. will 
surely not return to fight the battles of 
the Emperor of Brazils against the 
South American Republics: still less 
to assist an imperial traitor to surrender 
against the independence of the Bra- 
zils to Portugal. 
The French papers concur in de- 
scribing the situation of Spain as fast 
approaching to a crisis, the existence 
of its present administration being ren- 
dered extremely precarious by the at- 
tacks of disaffection both on the side of 
the constitutionalists and the seryiles. 
At Seville, 300 persons of the former 
class are said to have been arrested for 
treasonable proceedings ; while, on the 
other hand, the servile leader Bessieres 
has met the doom of a traitor, for hav- 
ing taken the field, to deliver the king 
from the captivity in which he is. held 
by his ministers. This wretched and dis- 
tracted country unites the evils of des- 
potism with those of anarchy—suffering 
at once from the tyranny of government 
and the turbulence of factions, and expe- 
riencing all the miseries of civilized so- 
ciety exasperated by the crimes and cru- 
elties incident to a state of nature. Each 
province seems to shake off its connex- 
ions with the rest ; each class of the 
people lives in declared hostility to the 
other; and each partizan of opposing 
doctrines is armed with fury or fanati- 
cism. The friends of the king rebel 
against his government, on pretence of 
delivering his person from bondage. 
The zealots of monarchy endeavour to 
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dethrone the monarch in favour of his 
brother. The supporters of legitimacy 
take arms against the crown to. defend 
the church; the monk, the royalist 
volunteer, and the revolutionary pa- 
triot mingle in the fray. Yet in the 
midst of this general turmoil and con- 
fusion, while consigning to the exect- 
tioner their former friend Bessieres, and 
filling their prisons indiscriminately with 
liberals, carlists, monks and royalists, 
they are discussing in council the pro- 
priety of establishing the inquisition, 
and sending out a handful of disaffected 
soldiers to regain pessession of the New 
World. by 
The accounts up to the 24th affor 
fresh proof that the revolt of Bessieres 
has been followed by certain: intelli- 
gence of an insurrection in Valencia, 
headed by General Chambo, and one'in 
La Mancha excited by General Locho. 
Ortiguela in the province of Burgos, 
and another chief in the province of 
Grenada, have followed the example 
of Locho, and proclaimed Charles V. 
Great preparations are. described as 
going on at Presburg for the corona- 
tion of the Emperor, as King of Hun-_ 
gary. : 
The governor of Buenos Ayres, or 
g yres, 
more properly speaking, of “ the pro-_ 
vince of Rio de la Plata,” has always 
regarded the occupation of Monte Vide 
by the Portuguese and. the Brazilians, 
as an usurpation; and representations 
had been made on that subject by the 
Buenos Ayres minister to the court of 
Rio de Janeiro. On the 9th of May, 
the government addressed a message 
to the General Congress of the Rio de 
la Plata province, then sitting at Buenos 
Ayres, on the war in the Banda Orien- 
tal. It is stated, that the force of the 
insurgents has been greatly augmented 
by the junction of numbers of the in- 
habitants. In short, the Brazilians are 
said to be confined to the places they 
garrison, and that only one small im- 
perial division, moying on the banks 
of the Urgusy, ventures to keep. the 
field. The Brazilian admiral has de- 
manded, that the government of Buenos 
Ayres should give up all claim to the 
Banda Oriental. The answer of the 
Buenos Ayres general -was, that he 
must withdraw his forces from before 
the place, as a preliminary measure'to 
negociating. No doubt was entertained 
in Buenos Ayres, that the war with the 
Brazils was to be a common cause with 
all the South American republics. 
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