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purity of Miranda's intentions ; but subse- 

 quent events proved that he entertained dif- 

 ferent opinions respecting the establishment 

 of a constitution, from those held or de- 

 clared by other chiefs of the Independents. 



Unfortunately, too, the permission w^hjch 

 he had received to recruit in the Islands of 

 Trinidad and Barbadoes, w^as at this period 

 revoked, in consequence of instructions sent 

 from England ; according to which the as- 

 sistance to be rendered to him was limited 

 to protection from the naval force of the 

 enemy, — to the preventing of succours from 

 being landed, — and to the securing of his 

 re-embarkation in the event of his being 

 obliged to depart. 



These causes, more or less combined^ 

 operated to render unsuccessful the expe- 

 dition of Miranda in 1806. He returned to 

 England when the administration of Mr. 



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