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THE S:PANISH E'MBASS'Y 'BEttE.lti.r~jc.ti,qaè$;;pas8MlOintbèni hy those nearesf at band to judge, ifdet~*l.edjwouldaff0rdm:àtter far more inviting to maIicious curiosity thantp.'îmatufe reflection, save asa subjectof avoidance. That labour topt:ove the perf(:lc'i'rectitude and infaUibility of ourownjudgement, inaU our opinionsandad.options .howevec minute and inconseqnentia);tht) total disinterestedness ()f ourarduotisand laborious exertionsÎn,the:a.ffairs where others are ecmcernedasweU as. we; our geGel'(i){Js disregardof time, trouble., andexpense; and the unmitigated erroneous.,.uèss.of those we negotiate.with, hàve this unfortunate consequence con...necterl wirh tllem, tllat the mQoo triumphantly we succeed in our arguf8~nt,the further we areofffromour object. A.nd in the ·contest ofnegotiation;here, he it obser\~ed, a consirler.a,ble deposit is madt) a pre­Hwinary,al1 which,is fO;rfeited in. case of failure•. Iadeed, th(:lmos't,adroitdiplomatistmustfeelihim~(:llf in a difficulty,· where no' tenurepr.esents itselfforhim to ding to, national or personal.The iobjec.t of tbe Spanish mission DOW here was bostility to England.It was pl'Obably denived frem French suggestion.. The mode in which·:t,he 'boit wasshot, was in form of an application foranexc1usive tradeta Tangier.. In re~urn for this, they o.ffered the choice of any threepoirts in Spain., to be duty-free to the subjectsof Mor9cco: a propos3:1eertaicnly. highly beneticial to the èountry at large, hecause any ope.uiqg.of acomme.)leial.na,ture lllustbeso. But itwa.s made to