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 this we never saw any Effect; not so much, probably thro' the want of concern to risque these injured People, whom we had drawn into this Misfortune, as the want of Power to obtain the least Favour from those very Courts, which we had so manifestly served and befriended. On the Death of the late Queen, we find however, That it was one of the first Things the Regency thought on, when they ordered the English Resident at the Court of France to make a Representation in favour of the Catalans. ' That his most Christian Majesty having pro- ' mised to interpose his good Offices with the ' King of Spain, in Favour of the Catalans, they ' were surprised to find, that instead thereof, his ' Most Christian majesty had sent his Troops to ' assist those of his Grandson in the Reduction of ' Barcelona; and that their Excellencies hoped, ' his Most Christian Majesty would make good his ' Promises, and consider the ill Consequences of ' his suffering Forces to Act against a People who ' were under the Protection of the Crown of Great ' Britain, to which the Resident received Answer. ' That the Most Christian King. had already made ' good his Engagements in behalf of the Catalans; ' That their Obstinacy was the Cause of all the ' Misfortunes that might befall them, and that his ' Glory would not saffer him to recall his Troops ' from before Barcelona. So that it seems their Misfortunes were owing to his Majesy's Glory; he could not recal his Troops; but overlooks the Reason why he feut them thither, the Chief Article of all. In short, all Interposition was vain on that Side, they had been too much used to lend a Deaf Ear to any Thing that came from Britain. We shall therefore now pass on to the