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    YFTathtpf Buonaparte . The fiat of the emperor of the French has gone Forth , and the patrimony of the churcl > , as it has been called , is concerted into three departments or provinces of the kingdom of Italy . Should this decree stah 4 good , a great point is gained to the Christian world * but the news is too

    good for us to be too confident of its permanence . The Romish see has freq uently been in danger , and has revived . The imposture may be continued , though Rome js not the . head of it ; and it is . confidently reported , that steps have been taken to resist the

    intentions of Buonaparte , and to prevent his measures , if he was really resolved to put down popery , from having their desired effect . Conscious of his weakness , and fearing that farther violence might be offered to his person , th £ pope , before the decree was executed of dismissing his

    cardinals , called tjkem together in conclave . He there represented to them the dangers of the church , and the only means he saw of preserving it in these difficulties . What he proposed was his immediate abdication of the popedom , and the election of a newpoj > e . The cor clave convinced of the propriety of this step , assented to it unanimously ;

    accepted his abdication , and immediately went through the usual forms , and elected unanimously cardinal Pignatalli , archbishop of Palermo . Pignatelli at this time was , and is now out of th , e reach of the French . He is in Sicily , and may there , under " the protection of the Sicilian monarch . and the English

    forces , exercise his spiritual powers . But , supposing the election to be fairl y mad ^ , it wIU be , some time before the new $ of it can spread through the deluded world which acknowledges a vicar of Christ on earth ; and the neipv vicar will certainly fall very short of

    * h £ splendour and dignity of his predecessors . It may happen , that the new pretended holiness , rri&y be compelled to fake refuge in England , and whatever abhorrence we ^ ieel far his doctrines ^ we should certainly entertain no aversion to flis person / H [ e may find in this kiu ^ - ^ om ministers , ' as attached to unscriptural

    traditions , as he is to his pretended " infallibility . ] ' f The policy o | this measure of the French emperor } ias bee , n mSch called Jn question , and his usual sagacity is fawl to have failed hiuu in this critical

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    time , in which he must exert every effort to retain his power . Biit' ^ h ^ catholic cabinets of Europe are no longer swayed by popish principles : the Iri ^ h has been completely fpliiid out , and t # e Spaniards and the PorHlgtie ^ e are the oajy nations , completely under this wretched infatuation . Sf / ain exhibit ^ at tjie present moment a wohderfur sigHt . A nation is in arms to . recover its

    liberties . It has drawn tjie sword and thrown aside the scaBbard ; After the French emperor had su-cceeded in getting into' his possession the two last kings , die father and the son , and hid published their abdication of the crown in his favour , and' called together a

    junta , or general 'assemfyjy of the grandees of Spairi at Jta ^ orrne , naming his brother to be the new king nothing was felt in " Spain but the' strongest indignation ^ juntas or committees ; were held hi different provinces and districts : pro * clamations were issued for th < 8 arniirrg of the inhabitants ; and in an instaiit

    the whole population of the country by the sea-t , ide seemed w be animated byone spirit , and the utter extirpation of the French appeared to be inevitable . 'The $ rr ; t ^; raiid exploit was at Cadi ^ , where wa > lying a ileet ' oF French men of war . Our squadron was at the bnouith

    of tlie Jiarbour , proffering its assistance for the seizure of the French sfii p ^ , whic h , was refused ky the Spaniards , who'jn a few days , obtained thejr ends , seized the bhips , and ' convei ^ the crews abhore as prisoners , * Peace wa # cibc ^ lared with JEnglaiid , and war with

    'Buonaparte . Engagement ^ haye taken place . In one the Spaniards Were com ' - ' pelle 4 to retreat , b » tft afterwards got the better of the enemy , and at this moment the news is expected with impatience , that Dupont at the head of a large army has either surrendered or been cut to pieces .

    Nothing , it should seem , can prevent the § nal success of the Spaniards . They have issued a paper called Precautions , in which the wisest plan is laid dowfi £ pr the rescuing pf the coruiitry from foreign yoke . Ever . y district of two thousand inhabitants is to enrol l its

    armed force and to be prepared to act under the order * of a higher district , and tjo oh . A general engagement is to be avoided , and every step is to b £ taken to harrass the euemy , by cutting off his supplies , and ha , ngjng on his ar >» my , whenever be nitvtch . es , Genc . ra&

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1808, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2394/page/41/