A general enlistment is now carrying on here and rigorously executing, of all unmarried men _without exception_ from the age of 16 to 45. Men we can find in abundance, but where we can get the means of clothing, arming, and subsisting them, unless we receive very liberal aid from England, it is difficult for me to conceive; two days ago, notwithstanding every measure of economy that has been adopted and is adopting, there was not a dollar in the treasury. The Government had applied a few weeks ago to the _Junta_ of Cadiz for the loan of a million of dollars, to be repaid upon the arrival of the _Bulwark_ from Vera Cruz; this the _Junta_ had the scandalous indecency to refuse, except upon the condition that the regulation and collection of the customs of the port of Cadiz should be committed exclusively to their management, with other stipulations, the effect of which would have been to erect the _Junta_ into a little petty sovereignty. This proposition was rejected with indignation, and the conduct of the _Junta_, upon this occasion, has justly rendered them extremely unpopular. Yesterday morning, the Government, being absolutely without a dollar, made application to the _Consulado_, and a meeting of the most respectable merchants being called most of whom never had any concern with the _Junta_, a great many very patriotic speeches were made, the million of dollars was immediately granted, without interest or condition of any kind and to be repaid whenever it was convenient for the Government. The _Bulwark_ fortunately arrived in the evening, but has not brought so much money as was expected, only a million and a half dollars for the public treasury and about two millions private property. I am sure I must have now tired your Lordship completely with this long and uninteresting letter, to which I shall here put a close, and have the honour to be most truly, Your most obedt. Servt. R. CAMPBELL. INDEX (_The figures in italics refer to the notes only_) Abbot, Charles, Speaker (afterwards Lord Colchester), and Public Debtors Bill, ii. 89, 90, 94, 95 Abercorn, John James, 1st Marquess of, i. 201, 202, 257; ii. 56, 67, 68, 69, 70 Aboukir, battle of, ii. 31 Adair, Sir Robert, i. 263; ii. 270, 274 Adam, William, M.P., Attorney-General to Prince of Wales, ii. _229_, 273, 274, 283, 284 Adderley, Mr., i. _235_, 237, 243, 245, 252, 253, 254, 265, 266, 269, 271, 273, 274, 276, 279 Addington’s Administration, ii. 280 Addington, Henry (Viscount Sidmouth), ii. 132, 147, 202, _210_, 211; and Catholic Emancipation Bill, ii. 213–19, 221, 223 Addison, Joseph, ii. 64–5 Affleck, Sir Gilbert, i. 147; ii. 104