Among various schemes for...
,,lor yarious sschemes for subjugating the separated rovinces of wlhat obce wass tlle Spanish Monarchy,.is said be tba:t`f despateaiiig certain BouRBioN Princes on ex- pedift g ;across the At18atic. Themissionary stated to be Ct-on & iie t forMexico is the Infante Don FRAN- I cTS<%5oiI1gest brothor:of FERDINAMD VII. Wc must sSu>it o follow, by some 1iafurSl l]&, thlat Royal per- n the hearts of mankind in the direct iatio' ,D rthey sre exposed to minute as wel ai generalob a; there are, it must be admitted, very high Au- ihor eseven.Inglanud whoseem to be swayed by an oppo *. e bel@; iiim tbe particular case of Princes so gifteW, e,d co inclined, as are notoriously those of the HOUSe-Of 190URBON, if there be niot some moTal gravitation likc that to which we havc alluded, and under wliihl7 in corrcspopdence with the laws of the miatta tractidiSetwee>gF,pee aNgtd ~op inceasegsp P as the;istaia' te~eerxlhe'i be&ies ae'ss it stAt 4ite ,cletr ti nslby vh;a-tEsdrt 1b ;reifoii &j4 u4,nssisltikt - f ID5U VANC15CO c AuLO could ir'ehotmintenid itse''@to' the couneils of-, the- aloV Aliiance. lVhat are Jhet qusm lities of this Prince? We have heard th'at' heis le;s imrperious tbhan-'bon CArRL'OS ani less' base in ever,y way than another 6f his relatives; buat is he a man of gen[us ? If so,: vil he be suffered to act on -his dki views of the real interests of- Mexico, andl of -the Spi- rit manifested to him by the ha1hitants on the spot ? If he be a man of parts without power, orof power unlimnt- ed, without the skill to'direct it-much mzore, if hebea Poor half-taught creature, sent out to execute the mere letter of 'instructions emanating 'from the Coumt of lfidrial-tlat Court from whose preceding couneils the Wvhole-mischief which it seeks to reiair through the agenicy of a' tool of Royal birth has arisen-ihen, most p'robably,- tlhe itineraiit -Infante ha(l better spare himself -the mortification of' the certain failure which awaits him. But Don FRaNDIsoc (loes not go alone: he takes with him officers; priests, andl bulls'of excommunication-papal arms, in use from the-9t' to the 16th century. The militariyStaff which attendt his Highness is to -lead the 'Mexieani - to 'the - fiel& the Stafi:ecclesiastical is to drive them.- MUch Might depen(d on the judicious employmnent of two such engines, if they were comp6sed'of- b6tt6r-LtufF:- but therc alreadoy abound in the counLry, Mexican Chiefs w1h1 will not be superseded by Spaniards in the edmmand ol native troops; and Mexican priesthood, who will nPt easil) suffer the monopoly they lOW enjoy 6f wealth antd iihluend* to be encroached upon by Spanish Friars. - Thus are neu foundatiolis of n1atiOnal j,,alousy laid in the vey. outfilto3 the' reported expedition; whose 'object it. ought to be tc remove, or-naTr6W the groaends. of thqse hXarbutiiihgt whichi alreadly exist. That .M1exico, or any other pmericAr province;'-vill e cr ngain tuafimit to the sordid' cbkWit6es anr cruel sacrifices imposed upon it by a Europpaii 9v'hernhente to the same extent as Spanish America has hitherto en- dlured them from the tyr4nny, of Spain, is to us, e own,, most improbable speculation. The - appfarance of. ode beaving the title of " Prince of the -Blood Royal," - sounding name in the cars ot many people, may, at first and for a short time, draw some idlers to. the- tandard oj the BouRnON Ambassador: hut the thing is not likely tc continlue: he cani give them nothing solid or satisfactory whiclh they (do not possess -without him and in spitcol hin. As for the splendour-whichi surrounlds a Royal per sonage, thlat, too, is of brief duration: it dazzles; like thai of a glow-worm, the inexperienced eye; but, like-the glow. worm, how mean, on examination, is the insect whichl il often accompanies l ;