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    not to fix too strongly the affections on any thing in this world , but to keep % the eye on that fcture world , to which the king and the peasant are equally hastening-Two changes of dominion have taken place since our last . In one case , the

    king has quitted his subjects ; in the other , the subjects have thrown off their allegiance to tnek prince , and separated themselves from the mother country . The latter change we have long expected , and the only thing that could surprise us , is , that it should not have taken place long before ; but our

    knowledge of . Spanish America is very con fined , and the ignorance and superstition of its inhabitants have probably very much retarded so salutary a measure . In consequence of the quarrels in the royal family of Spain , the invasion of the country , the placing of a Corsican instead of the descendant of a

    Frenchman on the throne , a variety of questions must have forced themselves on the Spanish Americans . Their allegiance was shaken by not knowing on whom to fix it , whether on the father ^ or son ; their connection with the mother country was subject to great interruptions ^ and having no access to the sovereign ^ they

    , could not ascertain what dependance was to be placed oa the inferior juntas . They were compelled , in fact , to think for themselves : they were compelled to use that faculty which in Europe , as well as in America , so many are happy in resigning to others , and in lowering themselves to the condition of brutes .

    The use they will make of their reasoning faculties may be matter of speculation . A wide field is open to them . An extensive tenitory will be under the same government ; and we would hope , that the new sovereignty 01 sovereignties will be established without effusion of

    blood . The Caraccas , it seems , have set the example , and in a very spirited manifesto have declared their in dependence . Peru is prepared , we believe , to follow it , as in that country efforts have been ' making to enlighten . the public mind , and the { productions of the

    press have been far from contemptible . The change of the temporal government is of little consequence . We shall be iriore rejoiced to heur that they have thrown off their spiritual yoke , and determined that every one shall worship G 6 d without fear of his fellow creature . The situation of the pope and of the

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    mother country is very friendly to their deliverance from their spiritual cne- * mies The holy juggles which were annually shipped off for the Spanish main , cannot easily be procured t their bishops and archbishops cannot get the blessings of his pretended holiness ; they will now find that they can set up for themselves . Various extensive dominions may be

    formed from the Spanish possessions in America . Buenos Ayies seems to be calculated for the capital of a great country , extending from the borders of Peru to the southern cape , Peru will be a great empire . Mexico "will have the pre-eminence in the northern states . New kingdoms and republics may arise . The various interests of the old

    inhabitants , the descendants of the Spanish settlers , and the native Spaniards , will give rise to various competitions and combinations . The European world is too much embarrassed with its own follies to give much disquiet to the new

    states , and , with prudence , on the part of Great Britain , a very extensive field is open for its commerce . What part the king of the Brasils will take in this new arrangement , time must develope . He has sufficient scope for employment in his own territories , without interfering in the affairs of his neighbours .

    Holland presents to us a very different scene . It had just accommodated itself to regal government , and began to form an attachment to its , prir . ee . The brother of Buonaparte , it seems , was also

    endued with some good qualities , and wished to render his subjects happy . The counsels of Versailles were not calculated for this object , and he felt that , though a king , he was under their superior influence . What was he then to

    do f He found himself labouring under the displeasure of his imperial brother , and too weak to protect himself or his subjects from its effects . He had the spirit to forego the pleasures of royalty , and to abdicate his throne . To what place he has retired it is not known . He must remain concealed or bear the marks

    of his brother ' s resentment . The country he left under a regency , to preserve it for his eldest son , according to the constitution ; but of what use is a constitution against a superior force ? In a short time after , the constitution w ^ s disannulled , and Holland is no longer a kingdom . . The abdication and flight of tfre king of Holland were no sooner known at

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    372 State of Public Afairs .

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• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 372, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/52/