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• would issue in a torrent like that of 1790. The in evitable consequence would have been new wars, the duration and the issue of which it was impossible to foresee: nay, the Peninsula might have joined Revo lutionary France, and thus the East of Europe have been engaged in a contest with Ate West. which, wou ld probably have made Germany the theatre o f desolation and bloodshed." If this is intended as a vindication of the war in sp i l l s, it is a most unfortunate one; for Spain is at tacked on the mere ground, that if the Revolution which threatens, had taken place, she atip,ht have joined in it. The writer still dwells on the state of France, where he says it the elements cf Revolution were spread, not only among the citizens, but even in the army, which should be the free support of the throne or the security of the French nation." The efforts of the King of France to make his children h a ppy, were ineffectual ; for " hostile winds brought from the West, principles and inaxims which only served to kindle the fire on this side of the Pyrennees ; they even possessed the minds of persons who were called into the Great Council of France to co-operate', for its real happiness." The proceedings at Verona are next noticed ; and it is said, that " proceeding on the fundamental prin ciples of the Holy Alliance, to uphold with a strong hand the restored order of things, and the happiness of nations, the whole Diplomatic Assembly at Verona clearly saw that.it was high time to stop the sources which threatened, fr om the West of Europe, to de luge the world with new sufferings." The writer forgets, however, that the representa tite'of one of the most important Powers in Europe, that'of Great Britain, did not see either the danger or the necessity for interference which is here as cribed to the whole of the Diplomatic Body.— The tranquillity of France since war commenced is much dwelt upon, and one passage would almost seem to let out the real secret of the war : it is that is the noble occupations of war and developed national activity we always forget the discords which spread by the evil-minded threatened to destroy the national prosperity." The same reason would, how ever, have justified Spain in being the aggressor,•or in fact ant other nation ; and for this matter France might has welljaave attacked Great Britain,Austria, Prussia, the Netherlands, or Russia. To those who have seen that all the engagements in Spain have teen little more than affairs of outposts, the following description of the campaign must be amusing: 44 France, since the march of its army, has, as was foreseen, returned to a state of tranquillity, in which ahigh spirited people is flattered at seeing its victo rious standards wave in the territory of a foreign and heroic Nation. The people, which thought itself humbled, finds itself again raised to the rank of in dependent Nations, who are able to perform great deeds by their own exertions. It sees the name of its future King enrolled in the list of Generals, who will defend his own kingdom from attack—it sees a brave Nation retire before its armies, and the majority cf . that Nation come to meet them with wreaths of victory." Raving satisfied himself that the war was necessary, to save France from revolution, the writer labours to prove that it ss as equally called for on account of the Peninsula. In doing this, however, he goes some what too far. " If," says he, " the fireof Revolution is to be quenched, it cannot be suffered to glimkier under light ashes, which the slightest breath may • carry away. _ _ " There have been persons who have found some thing great in the Revolution in the Peninsula, be cause it had not degenerated into the horrors which distinguished that of France. But must we wait for the very worst before we find anything to disap- • prove? Were not the civil wars in Spain and Por tugal sufficient to make us detest the revolutions which produced and supported them ? A people can not be called happy unless every individual citizen, by his own fireside, can look without apprehension to the ensuing day. Did such a state of things exist in the Peninsula before the French army entered it ? Was not the Blood of - the citizens shed by each other's hands? Was not the majority subject to the oppres sion of a party which despised all principles? Has not 'the French army been received as a delivering angel? " The advocates of the re-action beyond the Pyrennees 'generally have the word ' Inquisition' in their mouths, the re-establishment of which, after the res toration, they pretend to have been the true cause •of the Revolution ; but.this is a great error. It is an acknowledged fact, that after the expulsicu3 of the Tiench,tlie re-establishment of that tribunal, which *hey .had abolished, was .considered by .the whole Spanish nation as one of - the main.pillars of the Spa nish Monarchy. Would not alhousand 'voices have .ni!en raised against it on the King's return, had•not 4e prialciples imbibed by 'the Spaniards from their •nfancy made • them look on it as necessary? —Would not the Clergy, who were always consi timed as a branch of the Inquisition, and who, doubt- 14s, contributed to its re-establishment, have been the subject of incessant persecution, if the nation had theught otherwise? No person, unless actually weak in mind, will consider this as a defence of the Inqui sition, and its frequent cruelties. The light of reason too strong, in our times, to call..thitlgsgood which it cannot a p provr." The writer seems to feel that he has gone too far, by way of qualifying his apology for that gentle castigator, the Holy Office, says 6 the efforts of the Christtan Sovereigns aretoo evident to make us lose a word to sheer• that they cannot be inclined to pro tect:th e Spanish Inquisition in particular, as it formerly exercised its functions." The principle assumed by France, that Spain could only receive her institutions from Ferdinand, is in this demi official article openly contended for; and if the 131 itish nation can once be led to believe the doctrine, it may relieve itself of no small expense, and all the complicated machinery of Lords, Commons, Cabinet Councils, &c. at once. The old maxim, that g , two heads are better than one," is completely exploded by this Northern Legis lator. " Are there not," says he, " thousands of dif-' ficulties when all the inhabitants of a single town are to make resolutions relative to the whole society, and to essential changes in the Constitution? Must not these difficulties be far greater in a large Empire ?" The article next takes a review of the conduct of the Btitish Government, which we shall give without comment, reserving our remarks. until tomorrow : we may however observe, that the writer does not . seem very well acquainted either with the liberal views of our Ministers, or the manner in which they were di rected towards preserving peace. The following are the writer's observations : Lord Liverpool has blamed Ferdinand for not having fulfilled the promises respecting the organi zation of the State, which was made in 1814. But we apprehend that his Lordship did not weigh the difficulty of introducing into a country like Spain new and extensive changes, after it had just been making every sacrifice for its old institutions. , 6 The mention of Lord Liverpool leads us to the apparently important point of the difference in the opinion of this Minister and his colleagues, and that of the other Ministers at Verona, respecting the af fairs of the Peninsula. " The main point is—does such a difference of opinion respecting the cause of the war really exist ? We think not. Even the Papers laid before Parliament sheiv that England must be as hostile to revolutionary movements in Europe as other nations ; and they prove that the British Mi nisters considered the political char sin the Penin sula as opposed to the existing Eu ropean - system. %Old they else have earnestly advised modifica tions in the Constitution of Madrid ? But the Con gress of Verona never asked anything more than mo difications, and an assimilation of the Spanish Consti tution with those of other States. " But all representations made to the Spanish Go vernment were fruitless. The King, who at the be ginning of the Revolution had decidedly expressed himself against it, became, from the day that he was deprived of the Council chosen by himself,.a passive instrument of the party in power, a prisoner, without any influence in the Government. His present Mi nisters, and the Cortes, rejected with pride, and even with contempt, every proposal for conciliation. " The Sovereigns who had already shewn in the cases of Naples and Piedmont, their firm adherence to the system they had adopted for the welfare of the nations, could not hesitate in the case of Spain, es pecially as civil war had already broken out in that kingdoth. France was here the most interested, as Austria had been in the affairs of Naples, and the duty of interference was so evident, that the Allied Sovereigns not only approved the interference of Fiance in the affairs of Spain, but even invited the King of France to employ it. "The only difference with the English Cabinet was about the mode of interference. It merely ob jected to the entrance of French troops into Spain ; this was all. Had it had a positive interest to pre ' vent this at med interference, it would, in the consci ousness of its own power and influence, have used other lanpage. England did not fear anything. from the war ; but for its possible consequences, it apprehended that the new policy which disin terestedly seeks the repose of Europe, might dege nerate into the old policy, where interest predomina ted. It feared nothing else; this was the sole ground . on which England refused its assent to the war, for on the principles which led to the war it agreed with the other Powers. -44 ' Whether the moderation and wisdom of the Al lied Sovereigns gave any reasons for such apprehen sions, time w ill shew, unless it is shewn already, as we affirm to be the case. From the war between France and Spain no other war will arise. As We have been told that the English nation, full of enthusiasm for the Spanish Liberals, is ready to take up arms for them. In this, as in other points, we have not been told the truth. With what ardour has the : Parliament approved the centrality resolved on by Ministers. " How decidedly was the motion to repehl the Fo reign Enlistment Bill rejected ; a motion that was -considered 'favourable to the Spaniards. We must leave it to the Public to judge of the correctness of our observations; but we think the calm observer, who remembers what his country and himself have suffered, and appreciates the peace they now enjoy, will acknowledge.that.the .resoltlions taken at Vero na intended the real-happiness or t him and his fellow. citizens. 6, Russia will always look back witb peide on this pesiodof her,history, and on ber,great Monarch, who disintereAedly employs his vast posver in securing the peace and tranquillity of the whole world." Madrid Gazettes to the 6th inst. have been re ceived. In the official part of the Journal of the sth, the proclamations of MenuAci are inserted, accom panied by a note which is likely to have the effect of making that General adhere more firmly to the Con stitutional cause, which we believe he never intended Ito desert. In this note it is observed, " That as soon as necessity and physical and moral weakne-s obliges them (the Constitutionalists) to yield, they do it with haughtiness and want of faith, adhering to their er roneous principles, which are so contrary to our an cient laws, front their desire to govern under the pre text of modifications. That this would be leaving the serious revolutionary disease at the root is too well known not to be viewed with contempt, horror, and indignation, by all honest Spaniards who wish for the happiness of she nation and the King." The Leeward Island Mail arrived this morning, from St. Thomas's, after a passage of only 30 days. FROM THE IRIS OF VENEZUELA. CARACCAS, MAY s. " Dnoor.t..o-The Legislature of this year would open its proceedings on the 3d of last April, and it is said, by a very respectable inhabitant of that capital, that one of its first determinations will be the nego tiation of the debt contracted by M. ZEA, as no one doubted the claims of the Loan Contractors." It appears to us, that such an act has never been doubted, and that the delay that has occurred in this transaction, ought only to be attributed to the want of official advices, occasioned by the unfortunate in terception of the communications of that Minister, which rendered those measures necessary that have been interpreted in -a sinister manner by the per sonal enemies of M. ZEA i and of the Government of Colombia, thus filling those who are interested in the Loan with apprehension. 1 HE .41131 Y. The 54th (or Cumberland) Regiment of Foot, - which to - rived on board the Coldstream Rust Indianian, from India, disem barked at Gravesend un the Bth, and marched to Chatham on the 9th inst. The 55d (or Shropshire) Regiment of Infantry, which also came home from India in the Coldstream, disembarked at Gravesend, and arrived on Wednesday last at Chatham. The Head-quarters and two Squadrons of the 14th (or the Duchess of York's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons, are at present stationed at Kensington. One troop of Horse Artillery has received orders to march to Hounslow, for the purpose of being attached to the Cavalry intended to be reviewed on the 15th inst. The Roth Regiment will march from Gosport to Portsmouth, to do duty. General Sir DAVID BAIAD, Bart. G.C.B. their Co lonel, will inspect them next week. The 17th Regiment will march from Haslar Barracks for Gosport. . _ The S3d Regiment are to occupy Winchester Barracks: they are at present at Chatham : their depot is at Portsmouth. Thursday, two troops of the 2d Dragoon Guards passed through Berwick-upon-Tweed for Piershill Barracks. The depot of the 34th Regiment, under Major BA !MON, were to march this day to join the Regiment, at Woolwich. THE ARMY IN IRELAND. The detachments of the 39th, 42d, and 57th, quartered in Dub lin comity and the .county of Tipperary, are replaced by the 29th, from Dublin garrison. A party of the 9th Lancers, under Major DALY, have arrived at Clogheen to do duty. The 79th Regiment have arrived at Naas, and the 15th at Waterford. The Magistrates and inhabitants of the vicinity of Cullen, county Tipperary, have addressed Lieutenant lilacs' and his party of the 79th Highlanders, for their exemplary conduct while stationed there. Thursday, the first division of the I sth Foot, under Lieute nant-Colonel DAVIDSON, arrived in Waterford, from Naas. The second division is to arrive this week. They replace the Ist Royals, the last division of which marched for Cloomel on Friday. Monday se'nnight, a division .of the 78th Regiment left Wex ford, for Kilkenny, and the remainder followed the next day. They were relieved by the grenadier company of the same Re giment, which marched in on Monday.—Dublin Journal, Julyl I. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR•OPIPICE, JULY 11, 1823. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—William Donaldson Davies, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Raird, promoted in the 48th Foot. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—To be Captains—Captain William Cartwight, from half-pay of the t6th Foot, vice Thornhill Warrington, who ixchanges, receiving the Ail ferencebetween a full-pay Troop and a full-pay Company ; Captain Henry Dundas Campbell, .from half-pay 63 Foot, vice yurell Johnson, who exchanges, receiving the difference. To be e Cornet—Cornt Charles S a i nt l o Maier, from half-pay of _ _ the 21st Light Dragoons, vice A. Charles Itr Mord°, who ex changes, receiving the difference. To be Paymaster—Paymaster John Gibson Whitaker, from ball-pay of the 21st light Dragoons, vice James Somerville Darby, who exchanges. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign St. John Dept, from the 61st Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, vice Berko- ley, who exchanges. 28th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Ogilvie Dal- gleish to be Captain, by purchase, 'ice Arbuthnot, promoted; Ensign J. A. Messiter to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dalgleish ; William Jarues John Irving, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice hlessiter. 4.7 th Ditto—Captain nail) Williams Ramsay to be Major, by purchase, vice Stanhope, promoted; Lieutenant Johr. Thomas !tear to be Captain, by,purehase, vice Ramsay ; Ensign Ar thur glair, from the 68th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Keays. 48th Ditto—To be Lie‘tenants, by purchase—Cornet William Patrick Baird, from the 2d •Dragoon Guards, vice Bloom field, who retires; Ensign James William Bouverie, from the 86th Foot, vice Close, who retires. 61st Ditto—Ensign and Lieutenant George Charles Gransley Fitzharding Bet keley, from the Coldstream Foot Guards to be Ensign, vice Dept, who exchanges. 67th Ditto—Lieutenant Charles Moore Harrison to he Captain, by purcbase,.vice Algeo, promoted; Ensign Charles Tinling, Atom the 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pqrchase, vice autism. Ceylon Regiment—Captain James Taree, from half-pay of the 3d Ceylon Regiment, to be Captain, vice Henry Cooper, who exchanges.' og Ditto—Captain Henry 'Viscount Barnard, from the 2d Life Guards, to be Major, by purchase, vice Spawforth, who retires. Cape Corps (Infantry)—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George O'Malley, from half-pay 60th Font, to be Major, vice Brooke, aeldointed Permanent Assistant-Quartermaster-General. 3tßoyalYetersn Battallou—Captain Robert ?daubs, from half pay of the 62d Foot, to lee Captain, vice George Young, who returns to his former situation OD the Retired List. 0111 ATTACH Captain Charles George J. Arbuthnot, from the 28th Foot, to be Majot of Infantry, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Francis rower, who retires. 2 STAVIN Colonel William Marley, Permanent Assistaut-quertermpster- General, to be Deputy Quartertra►ter-Geneerraal- - w the King's Troops eersipg in the I+st viee.Stanhope, who retires; Brevet Lieutenant-Come! eita liierz — James Riddell to be Per. manent Assistant-Quart er- enkral and Lieutenant-Co. lone!. vice Marbly ; Brevet Ueutesant-ColonelWilliamWarre, from haltpay of the23d Ligist„Dragggits, to be Permanent Assistant-Quartermaster-General and' Major, vice Riddell; Major Horatio George Broke, from the Cape Corps, to be Permanent Assistant-Quartermaster-General and Major, vice Sir Charles Broke Vere, who retires upon half-pay 60th Poo;, nosrnrst. envy, Staff-Surgeon John Clarke, M.D. to be Physician to the Forces, vie* O'Leary, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon John Wyer, front half-pay 81st Foot, to be Assistant-Surge - cut to the Forces. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY I I, 1 sn. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Robert Bull to be Major, vice Francis Power, retired; Captain James Stoke Bastard, from the half-pay, to he Cap tain, vice Bull ; First Lieutenant 'Thomas &awn)) , to be Se cond Captain; First Lieutenant John Dalaell, from half-pan to be First Lieutenant, vice Sharpin, retired on half-pay. Commissions in the Renfrewahire Yeomanry Cavalry, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Renfrew. William Napier, lisq. to be Captain, vice Viscount Keiburne, promoted; James B. Kirk, M. D. to be Scrgeon. NATAL lATELLIGENCE, The shipping list, or list of arrivals, vessels spoken to, sailings, &c. at Liverpool, was longer on Monday last than on any single day for many years past. The Spanish Soldier, Ilitowsr, for New York, struck on the Elbow Sandbank, off Flushing, the etb instant, and was hauling into Flushing nearly under water. The Orbit, BAXTER, from New Orleans to Liverpool, tan on shore 30th May on Hradburg Reef, and bilged; the crew, 48 bales of cottcn, sails , &c. saved. Fm aouvnJ , our 12,—Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's ship CLINKER, is 28 days from St. Thontas's, with and his Majesty's ship Laarce, from Portsmouth for the Rist Indies. Also arrived, the Margaret, and Market Maid, from Loodoo. Ptratouvit, .Ter.r 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Persever ance, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Heart of Oak, Joon, from Memel; and Charles, BARCHAN, from Antwerp. PORTSZIOUTII, JULY 13.-. Wind S.W.— Sailed his Majesty's ship Tomtit, ft.r Chatham. Diuit, Jinx 12.—Wind W,S.W,—Came down from the River, the Melantho, FULCRA, for the South S e as ; B r id ges , • NEWTON, for ditto • Blacker, MURRAY, for J a mai ca; S w if tsuret Canny, for Rio janeiro • Thomas, GA RIMER, f u r St. J o h n ' s , New Brunswi c k ; Model:a, At LEN, for St. Thomas's. Arrived last night and to-day, the 81r Edward Paget, Gas RI, (Sam 'Ben gal ; Duke of Bedford, Cononsentou, from Bombay • York,. TA 1.114 T, from Madra a ; Joseph, PATRICK, from Sierra Leone; Mary, Uptown, from the Cape or Good Hope; Dedalus, in.rroN, from Mirandchl ; Ldward, DEW, from St. Vincent's; British Tar, CLARK, from Quebec. The whole have pro ' eeeded for the River, with several others, particulars unknown. JULY 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived last night and to-day and sailed for the River, tha Commercial Packet and New Har mony, from Teneriffe ; Christopher, KNICRT, from hilramichi ; Dorothy, FORSTER, front ; Sir George Osborn, from the South Seas ; Shannon, l's:a RT, from Quebec ; and Katherine, lima, from Madras; the latter remaining. Came down front tht River, the Admiralty Yacht, for Portsmouth, to join the Royal Squadron ; also Betsey, C.sr..air.t., for Naples; Oscar, jostesoo, for Dernarara ; and remain, with the rest of the out ward-bound. LIVIMPOOL, JULY I!.—Cartairi MALCOLM, of the Wirc.rtree, which arrived here yesterday from Buenos Ayres, spoke, on the 26th ult. in lat. 35. 50. long. 38. the ship Rawlins, from Vera Cruz for Trieste, baying on board the deposed Emperor of Mimeo and suite. The Republic of blesico have, it is said, agreed to allow 'rhinos 25,000 dollars per aim. dining lite. His MAJESTY, or. Saturday, had a select pa.ty tq dinner at Carlton Palace, and appeared in excellent health. He was remarkably checrful and gay, and it was nearly twelveu'clock before the company took their departure. • The cards issued by Royal comr mand for the Fete this day are equally numerous as, those issued for last Thurday's patty. To•tnortuwr his MAJESTY gives a Grand Ball to the younger branches of the Nobility, which is to commence at half-past eight o'clock in the evening. Saturday the Marquis of Hasmo had an au:- dience of the Kt xo, on his return to England. Yesterday the Dukes of YORK and CumayaLAND visited his MAJEiTY. Yesterday the LORD CDANCELLOR had an audience of the KING. The marziagebetween I.4ady ELIZABETH CONYND GANt and Lord RURFORD being off by mutual cod sent, rumour has assigned to this Lady a princely partner, the vicissitudes of whose fortune have en, gaged so much of the public attention,. WALLACE,r. who has recently returned non) America, is engaged for a limited number of nights by the spirited Manager of the English Opera-House. He commences this evening in two of his most far vouritp parts. VAUXHALL.—These Ga;:clens presented a most iti teresting scene on Saturday evening, when a Grand Juvenile Fete took place, which was attended by se veral thousand,of the children of the families of rar.ic and fashion, in and about the metropolis. The gates were opened at six o'clock, and from that until past eight, the roads leading to the. Gardens were crowded with carriages, many.of them those of Noblemen, ai; filled with beautifully dressed boys and girls of every age. In addition to the usual decorations, the Gar.- dens were embellished with a brilliant row of crimson and green lamps, stretching across the top, so ar ranged as to form the words " Welcome mom young friends." Amongst the numerous amusements, the ballet (Cinderella, whose history is so familiar to the nursery), seemed to afford the most exquisite delight to the young spectators. The fire-works were ex ceedingly brilliant, and the fcaloning words, burst ing suddenly upon the view in fiery characters, at tracted loud applause:, s',Children dear, " Come every year." It was difficult to walk round the Gardens without experiencing sensations of the most pleasing nature, at beholding the various groups of lovely children; some accompanied by their tutors or governesses, and some by their delighted parents, all of whom seemed quite captivated by the gaiety of the scene around them. Notwithstanding the threatening state of the weather, there were that, including the young and the old, between nine and 10,00) in the Gardens. CORN XXCHAHGE, MARK-LANE, JULY 14. The very large arrivals of last week, added to a tolerable sup ply of Corn to this morning's Market, occasions a considerahlt chew of samples; and the late weather being considered favour able to the crops, .causes much dulness to prevail in sales to-day. Wheat sells so very slowly that even the primed' pareelsclo not reach last Monday s prices by 2s. a quarter, and other quallties are nearly unsaleable at present. Barley ends very few buyers at last quotations. Beans and Peas are rather cheaper. Oats are so pleptiful tbst sales cannot be effected without subtratting to a reduction of fall 15. per quarter. The top price of Flout is at length settled at 555. per sack. GENERAL AVERAGE•PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, (wattat GOVERSS isavonl A vio.), For the Week ended July 5, 1843, made up from the Worn, of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in isak land and Wales. Wheat .60s Id I Oats .155 14 -B eaus 52, B ar l e y 315 lid Rye Ms 7d Peas 563 49 - PRIOR OF SUGA Ti le A verage Price .pf Brawn or Muscovado Sitgar,eole puted from the Returns made In ,the Wetk titcling !kb July, ; 1,823, Z3s- per cwt. exclusive c er Importation Duties.