Note 323 — PRELIMINARY REMARKS.320 Condition of Europe after the battle of Waterloo.—Necessity for peace.
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In 1813, England gave to Portugal one million sterling—two to Spain—one to Sweden. To other powers, she gave five millions—and 400,000l. to Sicily. Half a million of muskets were sent to the Peninsula—and nearly as many more to different parts of the continent, with two million pounds of powder, and forty-eight millions of cartridges!!