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 men, began a very long march towards Mexico: but as the country through which he proceeded was tolerably well cultivated, and having the advantage of conveying his artillery, &c. by several noble rivers, he soon entered the Spanish colonies; where the weakness of their government was very visible; he met with no resistance, but proceeding on his march, he arrived at the opulent city of Mexico. It surrendered on the first summons, and in three months he conquered the whole country, together with the isthmus across from La Vera Cruz, to Acapulco: nothing could be more fatal to the Spaniards than the loss of these immense regions: the trade of them was a great and valuable increase to that of Great-Britain; but these operations were performed in concert with another in the East Indies.—The end of Admiral Clinton's expedition was the conquest of the Philippine Islands. This