MADE DURING A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PENINSULA In 1819. London : Printed by George Smallfield Hackney . 1819....

There are in Spain, according to Antillon’s [3a] calculations, two hundred thousand ecclesiastics.  They possess immense revenues and an incalculable influence over the mass of the people; though it is certain that influence is diminishing, notwithstanding the countenance and co-operation of a government deeply interested in preserving their authority. It would be great injustice to the regular clergy of Spain to class them with the immense hordes of monks and friars, scattered over the face of