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RLLIMENTAItY INTELLIGENCE. NOTICES OF MOTIONS THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Co;wietlrkopy of Memorial Icovicenu Wgtisiiiisence of the Attorney-General from this Isle of Mann ; also, Copy of Pa. tont of his Appointment. 2. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer--Sugst Duties. (In the Corn. mimes of Ways and Means.) 3. Mr. Herries--Civil Contingencies ; Commissariat ; Army El. traordinaries ; and Miscellaneous Services. (In the Com mittee of Supply.) ORDERS OF THE DAY. I.—Game Laws Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 2.--Qualification of Jurors Bill—.second Reading. 3.—Four per Cents. Bill—Further Cui.suleration of Report. 4.-0001 Art Amendment Bill—Committee. fs—Judges in Walee—Second Reading. ti—Weights and Measures Bill—Committee. 7.—Supply—Report. &—Usury Laws Repeal Ilill—Conunittes. 9.—Ways and Means—Third Resolution Febmaryi (Fo. reign Spirits and Sweet's: Further Consideration of Report. 19.-IYairs and Means--Second Resolution ltith FAiruary 1 (Tax on Pensions, tee.) ; Further Consideration of Repot:. 11.—Supply--Committee. 12.-3lstine Mutiny Bill--Committee. 13.—Ways and Means—Committee. 14.-- , touth.American Postage Hill—Third Reeding. 13.—Insolvent Debtors Bill--Second Reading. PRIVATE BlLLS—Sepowp REAntwos. I. West Drayton ladesure & Rageley and Ahern Road. Y. Wender) Lofts loclusure. 7. Haw Bridge Road. 3. Glossop Road. tt. Wedmore Highways. 4. Whitchumh Road. 9. Plymouth Improvement. L. Stokeochurch Road. 111. Hereford tias. PUBLIC COMMITTEES. 1. Praitantiary at 1.. 1 2. Artisans and Machinery, at I. PRICES OF BRITISH IF Bank Stock 3 per Cent Reduced. 3 pow Cent. Cups. iM& 90 31 per Conn. 4 per Cent. New 4 per Cent. 108 6 8 Long Annuities, Imperial 3 per Cents. Bank for Amount 244 I:ons. for Act. 9l 4 1 India Stock PRICF.B OF FOREION S' Austrian Scrip. 12j 321 1 / 31 pr. Ditto for Ac. 13 21 31 31 pr. Ditto paid in full islj j Chilisn Bonds, 82 11 2 Ditto for Arc. 82 11 21 2 Colombian Bonds, OW 11173 Do. for Acct. WI 81 7181 Danish Bonds, 100 Ditto Marks Banco. Mexican Scrip,7l 87i j 17 6 1 r• Do. tor Ac. a 8 71 11 Neapolitan Bonds, Ditto tor Account Portuguese Bonds P 3 Ditto Saip, 61 1 1 pm. Prussian Bond 's, WO 221 Ditto for Account Ditto Bonds (IM) 271 1 1 I_L , ritioh airems. ITOCKS ON iATUR DA Y. India Bonds. India for Account, South Sea Stock. South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities )•:a. hills, LOOM. 17 59pr. Dizto, riool. 47 50 pr. Dit.o. Small, .17 34 pr. Indorsed ditto Lottery Tickets, 211. Ila. I'OCKS ON SATURDAY. Russian Rds. 05i j I I Russian for Acct. 94111 Russian inscription Exchange per ruble 111 d. I Into Metallic stock (Baring) Ditto (Sillitu's) Spanish Cons. Int l7i 181 Ditto for Account Ditto 170 ti 235 Ms. Do. 3per Cts. (1823) Ditto for Acct. Anglo Mes. Mines Cooed Ditto 3 pm. FrCreil Rentes, 184 f. 10t.. 000 f. Do. strip, 16 1 pipm• Ditto for Acct. 1.1 g 15 pm Do. Ex. 25f. 50c. 45c. lireck Scrip. 21 } 4 Pm NNW' THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Thh i v ega t TivA a riV'Zri l iZinr rf"Rwi Fenton, Mr. Intliani Sir John Falstaff. Mrs. Foe& Miss Stephens; Mrs. Pane, MedarneV st est n ris. After which, the s.k-Drama of TER Cl.s. Mims( Whdlear; with a, elo:Drana. Tomieerow, The THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. • "fhtll Evening. MoND V. March S. will he perrurhaidi HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK. Harrdet. Mr. C. Reliable: First Grave-Dlocer, Mr. Fawcett: Ghost. Mr. et:tenon. Gkrtrude. Mrs. Faueit the ; Ma ri oph ettaclia. o t ip Hammenley. After which. MIDAS. ToMarrdw, Native land; with The Wier and hie Mm. XING'S THEATRE. OPERA CONCERT ROOM, HAYMARKET. Mow beautifully arranged u a Theatre. with Boxes. Pit,, and Gallery.) Mr. D. F. WALKER respectfully announces his ASTRONOMIC AL LECTURES on the NEW EIDOURANION. or 1.%R0E TR ANS PARENT ORRERY. In addition to Its usual splendor. he proems mueh new and Interesting matter In the de ~,,,, nitration of visi.w, Problems. which hitherto hare not been 'lntroduced publicly. To eminence un WEDNESDAY nest. March 11, and to continue each' Wednesday in Lent. Boxes, 4..) upper ditto. $4.; Plt, is.l nil- INT. U. Doors tv open at Seven; Lecture to begin at half-put, and to end at Ten. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. Seguin. at the Opera Soz.othee. In the Quadrant. THEATRE ROYAL, PNOLISK OPERA HOUSE. the Wedneedaye and Frklaye In Lent. LSCTURZ on ASTRONOMY YERS and and the FA poicsommui at the RAhe RTH. TM Smond Lonna* to he delivered by Mr. lerOey on Wednesday neat. Te bc.tln at Seven; and cone:ode at Ten. Ticket+ of Atllllll.lloll tor Fa:tithed to be had on moderate terms at Box-Ace. The BatTIBI PnEsa commenced publiahing cn Saturday morning at Ilalf-past Six o'clock. LONDON. MONDAY, tlmicx 8, 1844. The French papers of Friday ?cached us last night. The most interesting portion of thesejournals is that evhich contains extracts from Madrid papers and letters: from the tone of the Spanish Government - Go-x/le, we arc led to believe that some enterprize is meditated against the rising independence of Mexico, ankthe other South Ame rican Colonies. l'rivatc letters state, that. his Catholic Majesty has declined an offer made by England to medi ate between Spain and the Colonies, and that Russia has engaged to render some assistance to Ferdinand in his attempt to reconquer his American possessions ; amongst other reports, one is, that a negotiation ie on foot, - with the Court of Petersbnrgh, for the purchase by Spain of , 1 several ships of war, which arc to be directed against Mexico. The Spanish Government are said to look with' great confidence to any attempt against that fie' province, from the powerful Royalist and Church party, which is reported still to exist there, and from the circum stance of a Spenielt force continuing to maintain itself on tie southern coast. A private letter from Medrid states that Pie present occupation of Spain by French troops leaves the Government a disposable force, part of which is now marching towards the coast. From all that we can learn, we certainly think some attempt will be made by Spain to t recover possession of the American provinces ; but unless '!IC Allied Powers should aid this attempt, the freedom of the Colonies will not he endangered ; and should the mem hers of the Holy Alliance extend their kind offices to the American Continent, another and a very obvious question I will undoubtedly arise, in the consideration of which this country and the United States will be deeply interested. Amoagat other reasons for urging the Allies to assist the Spanish Government in its crusade against the provinces, toe Madrid Go :,ite tells them that their trade with South America will be totally ruined, unless Ferdinand recovers possession of h:e Colonies. ii2veral decrees have lately been published at Madrid ; one imposing new taxes, and an ether forbidding the importation of gain, meat, or pulse, into the Peninsula. In one of his recent decrees, the King expresses his ietention to re-establish in his finances " the '• hass and the methods of the ancient revenues of the • monarchy, 'rel . . as they have been sanctioned and no " toralised by the lapse of time." In France the elections almost exclusively occupy the attention of the public. 1 FTJM the ilomitemr of March Li AlAnnf n, Fro. 24. The Gazette of Madrid contains two extremely remarkable articles, relative to the Spanish Colonies ; they are the complement of what that official Journal has Wilier published on the subject. The idol of indeperdence has only blind orators. Time will show the powers the injury they will do themselves. it they hinder the King tit' Spain from tieing also King of the But let revolutimisis first answer these questions:—" Where le the provinue--which is the district of America, that fully enjoys its t edeyendence ? `There are the :NM millions of piastre. whit+ in circulation in those countries, before they fell under the greedy and ambitious individuals? Why ere their ref mines no longer worked ? .literals refuse to listen to us. they will at least not re. 'tve one of their own party—the llolinisftY of Finance of o Ooreniment. Nbw what do we retain his report to' 1. That negligence and corruption kive pervaded to of the administration. 2. Thnt complaints gee all aides, of the military. or of their rid. ws and chil :Live neither pay nor pet.sion. 3. t' . e provinces were is circu C. yoke ot • .te •01•1 and .ityo If to: I.tbc rise behave the Mexican . the All the brAnwhi he•-.": (rhos ill 'ten, whw re:A 4. • I Horne Department. Flint, as has been stated, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be punished, which we hare all heard. His petition was sapported by wry Hon. Friend, the Aleniber for Striped, bvt Lord Sidtiontli, after adverting to all the fares, de clared he saw no grounds fur interference on Me part of the Crown. Alter my Lord thimouth's retirement, my Right lion. Friend sue. ceerleid to his high ststion, and so fir was Mt/ Non. Friend (Mr. Chetwynd) from being prejudiced against Flint, that be (Again re newed his application, presented another petition, and the prayer of that petition was attended with success in consrytirnce cf the colony activity of the Member joe Staford. I ask, then, hi there any ground for imputing undue preju d ice on the part of my lion. Friend, either to the petitioner, or to any port of his family ? (Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) `{'hat right ha the petitioner to make so groundless charge ?" 'refuse to pay the taxes, alleging that the revolution has ruined 'as acting in the spirit of an arbitrary anal 'overstrained them ;and that they cannot place any confidence in the Govern. I lauthotity, when, behold, he was in truth a miracle of mild malt, which constantly succeed each other, and which have all de- , cured th.m. !nest, and a model fur all visiting Magistrates !! In the The clergy, faithful to their Ring tut their God, boldly raise their ! to the peephe not . meantime the positive facts remain unrefuted and irrefue voice, and with the gospel in their Mods try !bend their knees before the idol. Pacts, besides, speak loud! able —that Mr. (*eel! ees FLINT, the petitioner, who, enough. The following are indisputably authentic and of recent let it be all along remeinbert (1, had committed no offence !date:— i Deputies from the provinces arrived in November at M e xico, te which warranted the finding him guilty, or passing upon form a constituent Congress. Their first resolution was to disap- him any sentence at all—who was not even connected with prove of the declaration of war against Spain and all Its tom. , quences. The province of St. Louis de Potosi has declared that It ! the r altry act of I r, p 1.4 in which the whole prosecution would receive in its portsof Tampico, Solo la Marina, Is c. all Sr.. origivattd, was imprisoned as a felon—habited as a felon— nish vessels that may present themselves, on paying the entrance I duties. fed as a felon—made with them to work the tread-wheel— The Congress likewise disapproved the hostilities against St. who Ito labour at the fulling-mill, and to suffer every specks of John de I llao, by the Republican Authorities of Vera Cruz, shall be responsible for the injury sustained by that city. The degradation which could mortify his mind, or blast his confiscation of the property of European Spaniards is declared own character a . t he only saved himself from being put to a:a! void. It is added that General Nevem is marching to Mexico to sup- } the disgraceful task of breaking stones in the prison yard, port the new (' progress . !or of returning again to the tread-wheel, by the prison The Governor of Vera Cruz has salted for ortillery at Camped), I to increase his means of attacking St. Jean de ['llea. This artillery 1 surgeon's pronouncing him molt to do either. Neither is has been positively refused. It was declared to him at the Pattie it, nor can it be denied, that he was refused, by Mr. Cu T time that the province had nothing to do with the 10;41ilarti Government of 31exico; and besides that it would not break off its WYND himself, permission to purchase food, or other relations with Spain. comforts essential to his health, but was restricted impera- The United States have lost eight vessels in consequence of the Ire of Vera Cruz at the fort. Not being able to anchor in the tively to the gaol allowance—that the physician to his usual place, they were exposed teen the fury of the hurricanes from ! family was denied access to him—that when he drew up a the North, which are so terrible in those seas, and were dashed to pieces or the rocks of Alvarado. A large English ship, with a narrative of his treatment, that he might appeal (as he had nee Cargo, had the same fate in the river of Guaxacoala. a constitutional right to do) to those in authority for re- The merchants of the United States have Suffi-ml soother loss in a vessel with a very rich cargo, which was contiNceted by the Go. dress, his memorial was, in his absence, stolen from him, vernment of St. Louis dc Potosi, for attempting to defraud the carried to Mr. Clietwend, and all pens, ink, and paper, re- 1 1 Customs. F rance h as a l so su ff ere d great i n j j y y i n i ts li nen tra de. In bored from him, that he might have no means left of again 1 It sold at the rate of nine to twelve piastres the piece of eight ells attempting to make his situation and his sufferings known ! in broad Bretagne linens, and eight piastres at lerst for the narrow. But French merchants have just been obliged to sell a cargo of Gracious Heaven ! is all this to be defended in Parliament ? 6.800 pieces, at four piastres $ piece, low beyond all precedent, but and are we to be told, when a British subject seeks to bring which is the deplorable resolt of the almost entire disamiearance of the current coin, since the,word independence has caused all coffers his case, by petition, beim the House of Commons,—are to be shut. we to be told be the Boitetron-GE NERA I . that "if this This example, and many others which we could mention, should opes the eyes of the Governments of Europe, and convince them petition were received, nu 41(agistrate for the future would that if Spain abandoned its possessions in America, their subjects undrrtake the duties of that arduous office?" What ! is it would find no trade to carry on except with the Indians, who would • sell their fetiches, and articles made of feathers, to adorn their cabi- then the doctrine of Parliament, delivered to us, in his nets of curiosities. place, by one of the law-officers of the Crown, that no in- The more the reconquest (hi recangitioti of the provinces be longing to spiel) is delayed, the more difficult will it be to restore dividual wi:l hereafter take office unless he can be permit them to the flourishing state in which they were when the revolts. fed, with impunity, to abuse it ? Is it to be publicly Mon infected them with its poisoned breath. It is further to be observed that it is much more easy for the proclaimed that the Country Gentlemen are so degraded in master of the house to restore order, than fur strangers, who lose, sentiment, and so debased in principle, that they in seeking the causes of the evil, the time which the master might have employed in remedying it. will not mulct take that line of ser•:ice which the Con- The Constitutional Congress of Mexico (strange enough) had stitution of their country points out to them, unless not vet been recognised or installed by the Government in the mid dle of November, and no preparations, on that head, were observed. they can make it availal.le, when they please, to pur- These two enemies watch twit other. poses of party feeling or of private resentment? What Scent ministers, in contempt of these precluded masters, them selves grant penuission to open the eons to the Spanish trade : confidence can the people have in their represents such are those of Tepei and St. Bias, in the province of I iirslabixara. fives, if this is to be the language of those at the helm ? This is sufEcient to enable us to judge of the anarchy whirls reigns in the mmended republic, and of the conse q uences which most An Well might naval officers refuse to enlist themselves in have followed the arrival of Gen. Ne„-rette. the service of their country, without stipulating that each A company of forty Europeans, who hail left Mexico to embark, were attacked on hlount Rio Frio by a band of robbers, which len• shall be permitted to flog the crew at his pleasure ; or, if he the city almost at the same time, and several were killed on both will, to sink the ship. We stated the other day, that there Adm. These sanguinary scenes arc not rare: this is the state to which rite inhabitant s uf a country are reduced, where good order, were two leading points in tile Attorney-Generate speech united with opulence, formerly reigned, in praise of Mr. Co z TWYN n, on which we were deeirods to Fitz:Yell k U s 111 ARCH s.—Flve per Cent. CaDllors. Inlf. Ink. Loan of 1823, lid. Bank Stock, I,Boof. Neapolitan rectify his statement. The one was, the alleg e d f o rb ear - Five per Cents. eq. Renee* d'Espag. 241. Royal .Paniab limns anee and humanity exercised by him towards Mr. C it ARLE s 1321, Cni. Exchange on London — one month, XaL Mk.; three months, 2.Sf. Stk. FLINT ; that, we think, we have pretty well disposed of. IV* have, moreover, much yet behind, that would excite the strongest feelings of public indignation, were we to giveit publicity; but would willingly abstain from doing this, at least for the present. We come now to the other point to which we adverted. Although it was the petition of Mr. CHARLES FLINT that was before the House, the Attorney-General,—as was very natural to so adroit an ad voeate,z--was desirous of removing some unfavourable im pressioes which had gone forth against Mr. CHETWTND, on the affair of Mr. A. Fit NT, a respectable attorney of Uttoxe ter (elder brother of the petitioner), who was indicted for an assault, in a case in which he *as actually the person assaulted. The case was this—be had been called, in the course of his professional dui*, to procure the arrest of one George Emery, when the wife rose in her wrath to attack bim, to the utmost of her means, he being on horseback, and Mr. Flint, in defending himself from the danger—for his horse being very spirited, and unused to have his rider thus encountered, was becoming unmanageable—it seems his whip came in contact with her hand ; and this ASSAULT was the subject of the indictment ! ! The reader will form a shrewd • guess as to how the affair really stood, and which party had most reason to complain (lan assault, from the following extract, which we take from the evidence of Me prosecutrix herself, at the trial. After stating that the defendant (Mr. A. Flint) was on a large prancing horse, she proceeds thus in her examina tion:— " I went to him (her husband) to entreat him logo quietly, and whilst speaking to him defendant came up to me on horseback, and gave me a push, and like to have pushed me down. I was urthe tiunily way tar advanced. I hod liked to have been down. To save myself from falling. J laid hold ?f msg. I believe I put my hand and cairp,ht hold of him somewhere on the shoulder. lie up with the thick end of hit whip, which he turned in his hand, and he hit me on the hand; I thought he had broke my fingers; I turned round as if to go away ;lee followed me about; I picked sip a small stick to keep the horse front me; I dropped the stick and he kept coming on sue. I then got forwards and tried to get a pitcluork ; could not get sip the pitchfork. Mr. Max asked me what I was ping to do with the fork I and I told him I would let hint, Ain't LINT, kiww what he struck and rode it, to me for." It is of great importance that the public should be in full possession of the case, as it exemplifies the conduct of local Magistrates, as connected with the extraordinary sen tence passed upon Mr. A. FLINT. The sentence, our readers will remember, was, " That Mr. A. FLINT be confined in the common gaol of the county of Strafford fir Lord Granville, Ambassador from England to the Court tint • of the Netherlands, arrived at Brussels on the Ist inst. the space el SIX CALENDAR SIONTIIS, should pay a of Letters from Constantinople state that Lord Strangford ONE 111: N Dan) pou NOS to the King, and be farther ins- had given great offence to the majority of the Turkish Ali prisoned until Mat fine be paid !!I Is it possible that Mr. nistry, by the positive tone in which he demanded, onOe FELL could have received a literal transcript of Me charge, I tch of January, the immediate evacuation of Wallachia and the minutes of Me evidence, and have brought his and Moldavia, but that he is in favour with the Sultan and the Grand Vizier, wbo are both disposed to a pacific mind conscientiously to the conclusion, that this sentence policy. was right and lenient? We will now compare the cvi- His Danish Majesty has issued a decree relative to the deuce above quoted of the prosecutrix herself, an interestedl rs land -tax, calculated to afford essential immediate relief to the latulholde, and ultimately to raise the value of the witness, with the disinterested evidence of Mr. DEAN. paper currency. This tax may, in future, be paid in pa- We will transcribe his evidence, that those who read may per, at its nominal value, or in grain. The paper is now dgr:— ' • at a discount of 20 per cent, and consequently this provi " Richard Dean lives at Pipe Grange near Lichfield, on hi s own non effects a reduction, pro taato, in the amount of the estate—was at Wood End Farm die beginning of February host— tax. I went to meet Mr. Flint to point out some straw and clover which Ire are happy to find that a subscription is going on for Walker had sold, as agent to Mr. Flint, so me. Rock, my wa g . Mr. FI i w n e t ca, e. L i n 31; Flint ant a d qivawrter o i f n an the "o r u is r l b eia7 the relief of the distressed colonists at the Cape; and we 31rs. Emery came in--she began to use a great deal of ill language h do 3 ib y t net that % tli i e appeal to the public on behalf these 1111- -Y I ..11 be most liberally answered. to Mr. Flint. dir. Flint rode about, appuently to keep out of her I e understand that Major O rmsby Gore, of Porking way. After he was walking his horse so seem! time* up and down, ton, Salop, intends to offer himself as a candidate for the she picked up a stick; it appeared to nit to be a brier sue:, good count lengths ; I am positive she struck him. Ile list not pushed or struck D"bhn Pa er Eal lies, or anything of the kind ; she rapped at hint as hard asshe could; • y P of Leikim, vacant by the death of Luke White, • fit had been me I should have tulleover her I am sure; it was n Monday last, James Farquhar, Esq. of Duke-street, ioniolent Mr. Flint's horse reared up on emil. Mr. Flint's whip Westminster, was elected to serve in Parliament for the dropped upon Mrs. Emery—he appeared to be strikin g the mare on Borough of Portarlingtou, in the room of David Ricardo, the neck. There was a pitch-fork of mine near—she laid hold of E it; I said •• Oh, for shame, bits. Emery;" bile said, "it is all T. deceased. i re understand . that a requisition is cow in course of through you." A man took the fork'out other hand, I don't know memature, and will shortly be presented to the Mayor of his name. I had bought a rick of clover, and firm of stow. has of the latter small, fir 441. I paid it about the middle of February Winchester,- for the purpose of calling an early Meeting, into the Lichfield hank; I am sorry I was there that morning. to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Par- Dlr. Flint never struck her with the bun end of his whip; 1 was liament for the abolition of time House and Irintlow Tax.— there all the time." Simi!ar mucilage are about to be held throughout the It were superfluous to offer any continent. The whole cou ntry. proceeding speaks for itself. Having illustrated this case A Court Martial has been sitting two days on board his by the brief introductory statement, we now come to the MiQesty . e ship Queen Charlotte (whereof Admiral Sir , dames Hawkins Whitshed, K.C.B. is President), for the part taken by Mr. Chetwynd, in procuring, as the Attor - trial of Captain Percy Grace, of his Majesty's ship Cyrene, racy-General affirms he did, the discharge of Mr. A. Flint on charges of taking goods out of a prize slave vessel, on from prison, and the remission of the 1001. penalty, which the coast of Africa, and of starting the marines :old sea he had thus imposed. men of the sloop of war under his command, contrary to " The House utmost be already aware," lays the Learned Advo. the orders of the service. The prosecution ended this day, cate, that I have some knowledge of the traneactionsnow brought I, and Captain Grace will enter upon his defence on Monday iItIOVC their notice, particularly as to those pens of silent which are The 95th Regitnent, Col. Gue.avus Brown just raised), morning next.—Porleminith Paper of Saturday. ( more intimately connected with the conduct of my llonourahlel and Learned Friend, who is now the subject of sectouition. In the ~ first place, I have Ono to state, it Was t,y the desire qf y Hon. at. t _umberland Fort, wait ordered to embark this morn end Learned Friend that the petition in farm:. of Mr. Abraham mg tne Moditerraticau.—Hareyshire Telegraph of Su. 1 ] FINt antrArteurded (a Lord Sidmvuth, the then Secretary for the turday. 41 By a letter from Bayonne of the 2Sth ult. received yes terday, we learn that Ferdinand has dismissed fourteen members of the Castilian Council, and that the French Ambassador was suppoied to have been mainly instru mental to this change. These members are said to owe their sudden disgrace to the fact of having prepared and advocated the long-talked of Decree of Amnesty ; and so far from this Decree making its appearance, the Spanish D.spot has recently entered one hundred and fifty per-' sons, known for their liberal principles, to leave the capital. Private letters say that Ferdinand is displeased with his Ministry, which, on several accounts, is likely ere long to be dissolved. The provinces, in the mean time, arc loud] agitated ; a body of persecuted Liberals have appeared in Old Castile ; and Constitutional Proclamations continue ' 1 to be openly circulated in Callicia. Indeed, the state of 1 things is such, that it is considered advisable to strengthen the French force in the Peninsula, and a speedy augmenta tion is spoken of. That infuriated Monk, the Trappist, so well known for his fiery zeal during the late campaign, has been arrest:A at Madrid, and conveyed to his convent. This pious ecclesiastic was loud in his opposition to the King's command that lie should return to a monastic life, and it was at length found necessary to order a body of troci:n to convey him front the capital, and give him into, the care of his Superior. Merino, another ecclesiastic, who was rccently commanded by the King to return to his clerical duties, still keeps the field with a body of troops, alleging as a reason for his conduct, that the King is no in . possession of his absolute rights, but, on the contraryt ndcr the thraldom of the French. BAYONNE, FEB. 29. By the accounts front Ilad7itl of the 22d, it appears that Merino refuses to oh..y the King's orders, because, as he pretends, his Ma. jest, is in the power of the French, and does not enjoy the plenitude of his authority. Nothing was known of the French column that mooched towards Segovia, or of that whi-h left Burgos about the same thee to proceed to Owns. It is aflftmed that a party of per secuted Liberals has appeared in Old Castile. The Trappist had already received orders to quit Madrid, when he presented himself to his Majesty, and asked as the reunnl of his services that he would grant him the superintendence of the Police of Cuenca, with the military command of that place. The King referred him to the Minister of War. The Minister told him he could not agree to his desire ;- and that it was the King's pleasure that he should return to his Convent. Then the Trappist flew into a pas sion with the Minister, who called him a Liberal, and a Freema son. fibs Excellency had hint turned out of the room, and having immediately given an account to the King of what had passed, his Majesty ordered a Colonel to accompany the Trappist, with btl cavalry, and to deliver him into the hands of his Superior: thus ends the political end military career of this warlike monk. The ea~~rppaa of Beasieres is disbanded, and that (hooted, in his farewell address,praises the good discipline they have always observed, and exhorts them toreinnin faithful to their oath, and shed the last drop of their blood ire defence of the best of Sovereigns. _The King hasjust removed feu men inembem of the Council of Castile, of whom only two retire with their salaries. Eleven other councillors arealready named. The disgrace of the 14 members conies from their having planned or drawn up the Decree of Amnesty, which has not been published. The French Ambassador is supposed to have a great share in this change of the Council. One hundred and fifty persons, known foe their liberal opinions, or for having commanded corps of militia, have received orders from the general police immediately to leave Madrid. All remoasteances have been in vain; they were breed to obey. Is is said they are gas* to Old Castile. Ilia Majesty haw . just re.cdablished theta: introduied ittl7titi, and abolished is 17st, by which houses, mills, and machines, arc to pay .1 per cent., and landed property 6 per cent.; the kingdom of Navarre, and the pri vileged provirees, only are excepted. The estates and revenues of the clergy, excepting peartunonial estates, are not exempt. Another decree imposes on the merchants an annual tax of ten millions of reals. In another decree the King, considering that salt tish ts an ankle proceeding from the maritime industry of foreigners ; that the sonsuiliption of it prejidioes the industry and riches of his subjects; that without burdening it with duties it may be made more advantageous to the State than it has hitherto been ; the King has resolved that the rude in shall he confided to a beard, which shall have more:eines in all the poets (rein which merchants and dealers may supply themselves, and carry on their trade in this article as they I see hitherto done. Two other Decrees relate to tobacco and and salt, the trade in which continues to Ise a monopoly of the t 'mwn. On the 26d there s as a report of the dissolution of the Ministry, winch does not Kean to be very firmly established in power. There are various nmorts about I lallicia, whore proclanienons enatinue to be hissed, notwithstanding all the efforts of the ministerial party. Two squadrons of the I.lth and 14th regiments of dungeon passed to-day through this city, to rejoin their regiments in Span. It is still reported that our force will be augmented. Most certainly, if this statement were true, this zealous activity of Mr. Chetwynd, his restless, and, at Icrigth, suc cessful exertions on behalf of Mr. A. Flint, would have been so jar honourable to him. But we will state THE FACT, and if after that it turns out that there is error a syllable ar truth in the whole of the Attorney-Gene ral's statement, then let his "Honourable and Learned Friend" have the benefit of it. The result of this indictment, and the incredible and unprecedented se verity of the sentence pronounced upon him, excited a strong feeling of indignation in the county and neigh bourhood. The subject was taken up warmly, and Mr. Chetwynd, in order to allay the manifest displea sure which the proceeding had created, intimated his rea diness to support any application for Mr. Flint's discharge, ; who was then in prism pursuant to his sentence. A me- morial was drawn up, but it was objected to that it did not state that Mr. Chetwynd had acted with impartiality! on the judgment he had pronounced. A second memorial was prepared, and , signed by eight gentlemen on the Com mission of the Peace, and by all the Gentlemen and most respectable pc .sons of the town and neighbourhood, but who I declined attesting his imp ar ti a lity, an d thi s a d m i ss i on was therefore again omitted. From the high respectability of; the signatures, Mr. Chetwynd could not decently decline I to forward it. He kept it, however, b 3 him from the 30th November to the 27th of December following, before he presented it, during which interval repeated attempts were made to obtain a third to be drawn up with the de sired attestation. But the efforts for that purpose were of no avail. It was then reluctantly forwarded, but aecom panied with a letter well enough calculated to defeat its i purpose, of which letter the following is a copy:— Brockton Lodge, Dec. 1821. My Lord—l beg leave to submit to your Lordship the inclosed memorial in favour of Mr. A. 'lint, attorney at kw, who eras con. victed of an assault, at the last Cieneral Quarter Sessions, holden for this county, and sen t e n ce d to s i x mont h s imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 1001., which I am induced to do more In deference to the very resp..ctabk manorial,and in merciful consideration of the defendant and his family, than from any dirratiffact;on al Me verdict or the :enter:fr. The Court was perplexed with contrary evidence, and the cam was certainly attended with considerable doubt and perplexity, and as the Jury, which appeared both respectable and intelligent, be. lieved the witnesses for the prosecution, we. the Court, consisting of four magistrates, ander as impression that those of the defendant had committed perjury, passed the sentence, which, V that mere not the fact, was unnecessarily revere, as to the assault charged, which was not of a serious or aggravated nature. Though I cannot state to yourLotdship that this impression is entirely removed from my mind, yet as the case was certainly not without considerable dif ficulty, and as the defendant has already suffered nearly three months imprisonment, and as the full execution of the sentence, as the memorialists observe, is likely to be so ruinous to the defendant, I beg to assure your Lordship it will give me great pleasure that the royal mercy should be extended to the prisoner, if, wider the circumstances of the case, your Lordship shall think it may be done ' with propriety. The result of this application will be collected from the following letter, witten by Mr. Chetwynd to Mr. Flint, an nouncing it:— Brockton Lodge, Jan. 7, 1822. Sir—l last night received Lord Sidmauth's reply to say appli. cation in your behalf, which is in the following words—After ae knowledgmg my letter of thenth ult. :—" Having attentively coo sidered the statement of Mr. Flint, I cannot find in it any circum stances sufficient to justify me in recommending Mr. Flint to the King at present, as a fit object of free portion." It is very painful to me to communicate this intelligence to you, but in my opinion the memorial, however respectably signed, mwsot at all likely to obtain your object. My letter to his Lord ship was in effect, and indeed, almost verbatim, as altered by Messrs. W. and H., snt:. you are perfectly welcome to see it. If an interview with mt would be at all satisfactory to you, I will call on you on Saturday mottling, or earlier, if I am alas to stir out. Any further application must, lam convinced, come from the magistrates who were present at your trial, and with whom I shall most cordially join in endeavouring to procure you a free lassdon, if upon a further deliberation, we should be dissatisfied with the verdict, or think you have already fully expiated your offence. 1 ant, Sir, your very obedient Servant, GEORGE CIIETWVND. It will be unnecessary to go lino* more minute detail; it is sufficient to add, that after many efforts had been made by Mr. Chetwynd, to induce Mr. Flint to recognise his im partiality on some further application, for which purpose he visited him personally in the prison on the 25th and 46th January, and Mr. Flint having expressed his determination to undergo the remainder of his imprisonment rather than assent, /tuff Me term (f which had expired, Mr. Chetwynd at length procured his discharge from Mr. Peel, who, in the interval, had riceeeded Lord Sidinouth in the Home Department. This was the zealous activity of "his Honour able and Learned Friend," on which the Attorney-General was so lavish of his panegyric. We have been carried un avoidably to a length which presses upon more space than we can well spare. But we consider this case u one of such iniquitous oppression, considered in connection with that of the brother, Mr. Charles Flint, of which we know of no parallel in the annals of modern magistracy, that it cannot be too deeply sifted, or placed too prominently un der the eye of the public. We return, in performance of our promise, to the Par liamentary -defence of Mr. Currie YN D, and we entreat the Attorney-General to receive our rtnewed assurance of high eonrithrulion. li'e have already disposed of the accuracy of his averment, that Mr. Charles Flint suffered onlyfive hours' hard labour (Whitener, end that except a little inter ' val of occupation at the spinning w'aeei," for the remainder of his imprisonment he did nothing—he was idle!" A statement extremely well contrived for the purpose, no doubt, that of impressing the llouse and public with an opinion that his " Ilanorrable and Learned Friend," the 3letnber for Raiford, had besn unjustly complained:mai:lst , FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Earl of Liverpool entertained the Duke of York and a M tge pan, at dinner on Saturday at Fife House. The Right Honourable Robert Peel entertained the Foreign Ambassadors and a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday, at his house in Stanhope-at art, May-Fair. Yesterday the 'ti g h t Honourable Secretary had another large pixy. Earl Bathurst had a grand dinner -party yesterday at his hcuse in Stanhope -street. Mr. and Mrs. Egerton gave a grand dinner on Friday to a dis, tinguished party of friends, at their house in St. James's.square, among a horn were general Grosvenor, Mr. Mrs. and the Misses Bootle Wilbraham, Colonel and Miss Arden, Mr. A. Gray, X L CartwriAt, he. The Dowager 3larchioress of Salisbery had a dinner -party yes, mislay at her house in Arlington-street. The Earl and Countess of Derby entert.ined the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown and a large part - of friends yesterday, at their seat, the Oaks, Kent. Emily, 31archioneas of Londonderry, will give a rout this errs, tog, at her house in St. James's-equare. Countess Cowpcv will give a rout this evening, at her Louse in George-street, Hanover-aquare. Count Lieven will give a grand entertainment this day to the Duke of York and a distinguished party, at Ashburnham House. Lady Ellenborough will give a rout on Wednesday ai bridge House. Mrs. Tighe will give a rout on Wednesday, at her house in James's-place. The Dowager Alarchioness of Hertford will give hr fiisr rout OD Thursday. at her house in Manche4tcr—,tintre. The Earl of Harrowby will have a icntr,d dinner tarty on T'ttt-s. day, at his house, in Grosvenor-squatc. Emily Marchioness of Loodor,derry will have two ilinntr parnes, on Thursday and Friday next. Lord King will have two grand dinner parties on Sa:urOay and Sunday next. I The Marquis of Lansdown will b are a gran d di nner party this , day at ',rundown House, Berkeley-square. The Marchioness of Lansdown gave a rout on Friday evening, at • Lansdown Horne. Berkeley-square, which was attended by about one hundred distinguished fashionabks ; among whom were—the Duke and Duchess of Somerset, the Countess of Sandwich, Coun tess St. Antonio, the Counters. of Sefton and the Ladies Moly neux. the Countess of Jersey, Lord Auckland, Lord Sandon, Lord and Lady Hereford, Marquis St. Marian. Lady Arson, Mita Fox, Miss Vernon, Sir H. and Lady D avy , Earl Dart.ley, Lord CV. ton, I.ord Wm. Thyn ne , Lady A. 31. Eliot, Lady Catherit.e Eliot, Lord and Lady Cawdor, Earl Clare, Sir C. Grevale, Sir G. Robinson, Lady C. Lindsey, the Vice Chancellor, Lord Henry Thynne, Mr. S. Canning, the .hisses Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. Gri, ' Mrs. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Nichol'., Mr. Luttrell, Slim Cepa, Miss Mellish, Sir Robert and Lady Maciarlano, the Countess of listrawbv and the Ladies Ryder, 3fr. AbercrombMr. and Mrs. Frankland Lewis, Mrs. B ar i ng . Mr. and Mrs. Wellesley, Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield. Mr. and fns. St. John 31ildmay, Ace. &e. The Earl of Gosford is expected in town this day, from his seat is Ireland. Lord King left town yesterday, for his scat, Oekham, Surrey, for few days. Lady Arundel has arrived at her house, is Dover.atreet, from Brighton. If. G. Bennet, Esq. M. P. left town u-t. Saturday, for Worling. N. Calvert, Esq. M. P. and the Honc.trahle Mrs. Calvert. a. rived at their house in Oration -street. from liursdon Roue. Herts. George Markham, Esq. arrived yestert!ay at the Dritia'a Hotel, Jennyn.street, from his seat, In Kent. Mr. and Mrs. Erskine have left the London Hotel, Albemarle. street, for their scat in Kent. Mr. and Mrs. Lang and family arrive,' yesterday at the St. Pe. tersburgh Hotel, Dover.street, from Cheltenham. Arrivals at Fenton's &Hotel, St. Jamea's.arreet : Sir Charles Monck, Bart. from his seat in Yorkshire; H. T: Hincheliffe, from ditto; 11. Wyvill Esq. M. P., from ditto. Departures :—na W. Parker, Itart. for his seat in Suffolk; Hyde Parker, Esq. for his seat in Berks ; and the Honourable .3/rs. Tulleinache and fa mily, for their seat in Herts. Departures from the Pulteney Hotel, Albernarle-street : Sir T. Hesksah, Bart. for his seat, Rufford lan, Lancashire; ar.d Cap. Lain and Mrs. Roden, for Southampton. Arrivals at Long's Hotel. Bind-street :—Captain Dunlop. rrom the Continent ; Hall. Esq. front Oxford ; and James Jefraies Esq. from Spain. D.partnres :—Captain Lyon, R. N. for Ports mouth ; J. Norton. Esq. foe Paris ; Wm. Scott, f.sq. for Norfolk ; and Mr. and Mrs. Tolfrey, for their seat in Northamptoniaire. KING'S _THE.4TRE. The opera of II Fanatic() ter in Musics was repeated to an equally brilliant assesiblige as on the former evenings of its representation. It would seem as though the appear. ance of Madame Catalani at this theatre had attracted the fashionable world to town at an earlier period of the rear than usual, and that it had been determined on, in the glittering circles of society, as it were to antedate "the season. On no former occasion, certainly, at this time of the year, dill we notice the box-renters in such fre quent attendance as at present, and Madame Catalani mar fairly take to herself a little " excusable pride" that rue is the cause of it. The arias which she have with most effect were the same as formed the subject of our former notice. We cannot, however, too frequently repeat our applause of the wonderfkil display of vocal and scientific power, the rapid and complicated involution of tones, and t h e fine gorgeous flow of action with which she exe cutes the lesson—" Do se nie fa sot /a," prescribed by the enraged musician. Every variety of intonation was here displayed; her voice at one time "rose like a stream of rich perfume upon the air," and subsided with delight:Wl gradual descent to the lowest " musical murmurings ' of a gently-flowing rill. In the air—"Seguijaxii," an opportunity for the expression of pathetic sentiment is afforded, of which she availed hersel:*: it is an air which requires the combination of sweetness, compass, and extent of voice; and we maysay that the hues of the rainbow do not more beautifully harmonise, than were those three qualities blended and united in her delivery of this favourite song. Madame Caradori Allen sang a very beautiful air, with an impressive tenderness an d sedulously cultivated taste that gave great delight, and that make her every way worthy to sing along with Madame Catalani. The interest of the night almost closed with the opera ; for, as the visitants to this theatre nearly consist of the same persons night after night, they may fairly be excused for yawning, as they did on Saturday night, over a ballet and iiivertisensent, which they have been condemned to witness since the commence ment of the season. A great portion of the audience ere principally attracted by the ballet ; and although one must always admire the dancing of fond Vessels, yet one would admire it more if, by the occasional change of the ballet, au opportunity was afforded for the variety of its display. Mrs. Siddons, the greatest trvie aetress of her day, is at this time so alarmingly indisposed, that her medical friends have but little hopes of recovery. The new comedy at Covent-garden is from the pen al a writer of more than ordinary celebrity, and is the first In stance in recent times of a distingeishivl poet turning, his talents into the channel of cootie writing. Ire have read the manuscript, and it strikes us es one of the most able compositions which have been lately brought upon the stage. Jones, Kemble, and Farren, have been very happily suited in their parts, and the highest success may be anti cipated from the double advantage of a comedy well written and well acted. Among the collection of prints so:il at Phillips's last week, an etching of the Ifendred G,ellers, by Rembrandt, produced the enormous sum of St guineas The series of Sketches or Tales just published under the title of "Sayings and Doia,, , s," have ertatel a great sens ation in the fashionable world, from the novelty of their plan and the smartness of their execution. The author says in his Preface-- " I have tOr many years watched the world, and have set down all that I have seen ; and out of this collection of materials I have thrown together a few historic iilustrations of quaint sayings, thy truth and sagacity of which the characters introduced by me have unconsciously exemplified in their livea and conduct. la short, I have thought it • curious matter of speculation to compare the " Dot xils" of the moderns with the " SA Y I Kos" of the ancients: and therefore submit to the pub:ic my first porno's of " arise ;a:a" llustrated by " wodera batartres." DEATH OF Tlia MARQUIS OF TITCHFIELD. We lament to hare to annonnce the thatch of that respectable yourg Nobleman, the Marquis of Titchtield. He has fur some time been alarmingly indisposed at his residence in St Jsmea'a. square, and on Friday night at ten o'eock, the fatal intelligence WAS forwarded to the House of Commons, to Mr. Canning. The Marquis of Tithfield was the son of the Duke of Portland; and it may be remembered that the Duke of Portland and Alt. ('ann:ng married two sisters, the Marquis thus being, by =Mtge, the nephew of Mr. Canning. When the intelligence was brom,ht, Canning wes in the House. Air. C. Ellice. Mr. Canning's private Secretary, imparted the information to Mr. Iluskisson, and Mr. , Huskisson took Mr. Canning out of the House previously to ims parting the afflicting news. When Air. Conning learnt the fatal fact, he was greatly affected. lie hastily quittcd the lobby, and with very irregular steps to Mr. Ellice's carriage, which ra7 e bt ed called in the temporary shame: of Mr. ('innings. The Marquis of Titchfield was the independent member foe King's Lynn. He took his seat on the lower "Opposition" benches. His occasional ar•sclies, though delivered with son:e difftirtice. ' dikplayed considerable talent, and that rare quality, goad acme. He sternly adhered to his principles ; and when Mr. Canning gaimtl his present distinguished power, the Marquess promptly wrote to his constituents, assuring them, " that thoutzh his uncle had come in.° power, he should not change his brine plea." Ifc had an excellert wheels:3a, and was much eiteemcd by all who knew him. .~ i 1