Excerpt from The Naval Chronicle, Vol. 22: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom With a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects
The destruction of the French ships and transports by Admiral G. Martin, under the orders of Lord Collingwood, as given in our Letters on Service (page 500) must have proved a severe blow to the enemy, and have given renewed spirit to the exertions of the Spanish patriots, whose cause, however desperate, still preserves a prolonged character of determined resistance, which but ill agrees with the vaunting threats of the Corsican. Nor docs the defeat of the ai:my of La Mancha, under General Areizaga, however great his loss, tend to destroy the hopes we have so long cherished, that the cause of liberty will eventually triumph in the noblest part of Continental Europe.
The protests of the Princess of the Brazils, and of her cousin, the Spanish Prince, with the Declaration of Don Pedro Carlos de Bourbon y Braganza, the Portuguese Great Admiral, are inserted (page 34 - 42) and are interesting documents: to our worthy Correspondent that transmitted them, and was at the trouble of translating the same, we are under particular obligations.
The death of the Duke of Portland during the period this Volume embraces, has certainly been a great loss to the country: he was a nobleman of upright integrity, and of a most amiable character. The disputes which have agitated the cabinet for so many months, as detailed in Mr. Canning"s letter in the public prints, must have been viewed with exultation at Paris, and given the wily Usurper a mean idea of our wisdom and patriotism. In the mean time the Marquis Wellesley has arrived in the Donnegal, and succeeded Mr. Canning; and Lord Grenville has followed the Duke of Portland in the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford. We think the political horizon looks black and dirty, and expect to hear of violent squalls and hurricanes during the winter from the St. Stephen"s State Vessel. Whilst Buonaparte continues to pursue one undeviating line of policy, our state dissensions and cabals continually check and interrupt whatever system had been adopted by our cabinet, and inevitably give considerable advantages to our enemies.
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