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. , -would, bow much more relief would be gained bYthe remission of 5 millions ? If, however, the Right Hon. Gentleman was determined to draw the line by which remission ws , to be guided, ler him draw it upon solve prineiplea and not call upon the Renee to stultify itself, by passing this Bill, which bound it to keep up' this sinking fund, by adding to the debt, in case of any deficient future revenue. The preeent Chancellor of the a achequer had fairly confessed, that this mode of keeping up a sinking fund was a delusion. This was very true.; but the 4tittnion was due by which the late Chancellor of the Excite quer had so long kept up the mummery of the sinking fund.— Thai Right lion. Gentleman used to run up the price of the public securities just before he purchased them, thus inverting the rule by which purchasers in :genera l endeavoured to obtain the commodity in question as cheaply as they could. He (Mr." H.) though . it was' better to tie the Government down to a real actual surphis„ and with this view, he moved.as an Amendment to the Resolution, that the words " five millions annually" be etrtickout ; and then words substituted : " The actual Sur-. plus Revenue, not exceeding five millions, such actual surplus to be ascertained by the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury," Colonel DAVIES - could not see hoiv the surplus of five mil. lions was made out, even after, the explanation .given by' the Chaneellor•of the Exchequer. Though his opinion was fa vourable to the support of 'a Sinking Fund, Sc) far as it meant the paying off in peace what we borrowed in war, he disapprov ed of the present Bill, the only part of which he approved of being that which declared that the-11111 might be altered or re pealed during the present Session. Ile thought thatt although taxes might be nominally diminished, they had virtually been increased aim the war l • for the cori s umption•of wine and other exeistatble articles had considerably diminished since that period. Sir HENRY PARNELL, alluding to the suggestion he had thrown out on a former evening relative to the Sinking Fund, observed that his principal object was, •to remove the facility by which Government were enabled at present to apply the Sinking Fund tti purposes not originally deigned for its. applieation. He trusted that this object might even now be partially gained by an alteration of the present Bill. The Hon. Baronet, as was Understood, concluded by declaring that he should vote for the Amendment. Mr. MABERLY laid, that notwithstanding the ingenious answer given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to hisitight Hon. Friend (Mr. Tierney), it was evident to hint (Mr. Al.) that we borrowed to make up the Sinking Fund. He did Pot see with whit consistency the Chancellor of the Exchequer could oppose the Amendment of his Hon. Friend. And, at all events, he Voted the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not press the Bill until the motion for - the repeal of Taxes, which now stood mom the notice-book, had been disposed of . Sir FRANCIS BLAKE said, the new Sinking Fund -which' had been oftbred the House' by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer had been grafted on its .parent and posse.ssed. many of its disadvantages. There were but three millions of the alleged five millions in existence. .The other two millions were contingent only. Whitt would be staid of a married man who hail three children, and said, " I will have two children more."—(Laughter.)-a•Would it not be said " he was counting his chickens before they were hatched r —(Luud laughter.)— Yet this. was the case with .the Chancellor of the Exchequer with regard to the Sinking Fund. He (Si; F'.) should vote'for • the Amendment. • The House then divided, when there appeared— • For the original Resolution' 112 For Mi. Hume's Amendment - - 38 Majority . —44 . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Said, that as the object of the Bill had undergone such ample discussion he trusted there would be no objection to the third reading of the Bill to-morrow. After a few words from Mr. MAIIERLY, the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchoper was agreed to, and the third read ing of the Bill wax fixed forto-morrow. • ASSESSED - TAXES REDUCTION BILL The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the 'third reading of the Asseseed Taxes .Reduction Bill. •. • Mr. MAIIERLY said, he should not oppose the third read ing of the Rill ; but this was because he should have ample op portunities hereafter to take the sense of the House upon his motion for the total repeal of the Taxes which were only par • daily repealed by the present Bill. The Bill was then read a third time. Mr. Alderman WOOD begged to call the attention of the' Chancellor of the Exchequer to the hardship which pressed upon many persons who kept shops, and were assessed in respect of the occasional employment of servants, -although these servants were not engaged in the sale of goods. Tile 'point respecting the legality ,of these assessinenta was referred • to the Judges ; but as the assessment, if sustained, would be very oppressive, he trusted the Right Bon. Gentleman would ,not sheet to the bringing up of a clause declaratory of the law on this subiect. Indeed, it the assessments were allowed,' many hundred -persons would be thrown out of the employ of,these shopkeepers ; particularly many soldiers of the ,Guards. He moved therefore, for leave to bring up a clause to this effitt. After a few words from Mr. Cu nw Ela, the import of which we did not distinctly understand, Mr. HUME spoke shortly in favour of the total repeal of the Window Duty affecting small schools. The school rooms et present, especially dune kept by old women, were so small . that they affected the health of the children. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that If he fell in with every suggestion, he should not be able to retain '-the principle of the Bill. Schools in general were, he thought, well ventilated ; and the smaller schools, kept by old women, .were in general exempt from the Assessed Taxation. With regard to the proposal. of the Honourable Alderman, his ob. • ,ieetion was not to the principle of the clause, but to the House iuterfiaring with n :legal question now in the hands of the Judgee. He had. no Imitation in assuring the Honourable Alderman, that no case or the. description he had mentioned should be Incised, unless It already appeared that.an Invasion of the law was intended, The Bill wax then passed. The Icing's Property MI was read a second time, and com mitted for toanorrow. . •The Marriage Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, • and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next. 'NATION'AL DEBT. The dropped Orders of the preceding day being ordered to %Ise raad, Mr. HUME, in pursuanee - to the notice which stood on the Paper of that day, moved for a series of Returns, stating the •rose revenue, exclusive Loans from 11110 t011i23, epecify mg the years, and also spewing the expenditure of those years ; also a Return, chewing the amount of the Funded and. Un funded Debt of Cheat Britain and Ireland during the same period, with an account of the charge of teener/anent': also a • Ireturn of the expence incurred .in creating the Three and a • Half per Cent..Stocke-Ordered. • SEAMAN'S APPRENTICE BILL. The House having resolved itself into a Committee on this Mr. i'IIISKISSON stated, that the object or this Bill wan to 'remedy the inconvenience arising front the unequal distribution 'of apprentices is the merchant service, as the law at present stood. It appeared that in some parts of that service there were too many, and in others none ; and whether the law posed a burthen or an advantage, it was equally incumbent to equalize its operation.' In time of war, he knew it was an ad velibtp, to merchantmen to ,have apprentices; in 'peace it *as the reverse. Aecording to the present regulations, ships in the West India Trade were obliged tree take an apprentice to every hundred, tons. Ilia preposition VOA, that all 'meld, dn mtged in whetaoever trade, should be obliged, according to -site, to take apprentices, diminishing the number itt those who • atpresent were, e xclusively bound to do so, and adding toahoeu 'who were'exempt. Those Above CO tons and under 200, he pro, posed slinuld take one apprentice, and so en in proportion. He also proposed to give greater protection to apprentices against impress. At present, the law protected them from 17 ; years , of age for three years I be proposed to extend this to four ears. These were the principal alterations of this Bill, which ie was happy say lie had the sanction of the Admiralty in making. The country would by it obtain a greater number of Liftmen, end there would be greater protection afibrded to our merchants and a wide field of employment opened to a . ! great number of boys. ,Ile had ,omitted to state, that the Bill provided a remedy for the evils springing front a practice. which -prevailedaoo much, of men engaging on outward-bound voy. ages, and receiving w4ges in advance for two or three months ; and at the , end.of the voyage deserting to other empleyment.— ahis Bill provided a remedy, by which the expence of obtain int( fresh hands might be detiayed. BMIINAL wax eatiatied with what the Bill intended to do, but wished the Bight Lion. Gentleinah would devise some plan by which the captain of a merchant ship might be able to administer some correction to his crew in case of insubordi. nation. Them was a code of commercial laws in America, by which not only was this power given to the captain, but the .crew was also 'protected against tyrannous conduct or ill treat ment. If the Right lion. Gentleman could digest such a plan, he would confer a real benefit on the country.. Mr. T. WILSON expressed his approbation of the Bill. Mr. II UM E did not approve of this Bill, which went to ex. tend an admitted evil beyond the sphere in which it was atpre. • sent confined. It wits because so many apprentices an those of -•-any other chose of labourers. Ile hoped he would attend to the qecominendation of his Hon. Friend (Mr. 13ernal), relative to .the American code of laws. The vessels of this country were ,better equipped than any others 'without any such interference. He hoped the Right lion. Gentlemen would not hurry this Bill through the House. Mr. HUSKISSON assured the honourable Gentleman that it was not his intention to burry the Bill. It had received the concurrence, he believed; of all the shipping interest, and al; though it was an interference,,„it was one which had long marked the policy of our naval legislation; Mr. RICA.RDO thought that the question was, not whether the employers sanctioned this system, but whether the seamen did. By crowding any employment- with bands, wages be came lowered, and thus, what was the interest of one party, was not that of the other. • :After a fUrther conversation between Mr. Bernal, Mr. Pla iner, and Mr. Huskisson, the House resumed, and the Report' was ordered to be received to morrow. r: • - • ELECTIONS. Mr. TWISS, pursuant to notice, on'the list of the preced ing day, moved for leave' to bring in a' ill ,to•enact the ap pointment of assessors at elections. . Lord AI4THOitP hoped the Hop: Member would acquaint thetas with the nature and object or this Bill. Mr. TWISS though it would not he convenient in that state of the House to pinto detail, which he thought would come better 'after the Bill was printed. Neither had he thought it altogether necessary, as a similar Bill had been before the House in the latter part of last Session. A division was called for, and the „,Gallery cleared. The question, however, was carried withontilividing, leave being given. LONDON BR I DOE. Illr..Aldertrian WOOD brought in a Bill tar rebuilding Lon don Bridge, which was read a first time. The other Orders were then disposed of, and the House adjourned. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. . A Courtof Common CotHlCil was ,yesterday 1 held in the Chamber at Guildhall, when the minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. Mr: OLDHast wished to eel: the Gentlemen of the Corn intuee, whether the Bill tor rebuilding of London Bridge had been presented to the House of Commons. Mr. Tiro Kits (as we understood) answered in the affirmative, Mr. Deputy GREENAwsr gave notice that he should very shortly present amemorial to the Court, praying . , them to pre sent A petition to Parliament for an alteration in the present Act, with the view of extending the poWers of the Commis sioners of Sewers. Mr. Dandiest,, in presenting a petition from the Port of Lon don Society, expatiated largely upon the utility of that esti mable institution; 'he particularly alluded to the floating chapel, which was of the greatest possible advantage to , the religious instruction of seamen and 'others. The petition was then read. It defined the objects of the Society, the means adopted for carrying those objects into exe cution, and the expellees attendant thereupon. It acknowledged Its obligations to the City Officers for the facility given by them to the plans of the Society, and finally, after stating that its funds were inadequate to the ends proposed to be attained, it prayed the pecuniary assistance of the City of London hi Com mon Council assembled. In support of the petition, the Treasurer of the Institution having . spoken at some length from the bar, Mr. FA VELL :thought that, when their worldly concerns had been so liberally ,attended to by this Court, it could not hesitate for moment in contributing to the fonds of an Institution, of so paramount a nature as the Port of London Society, for the Religious and Moral Instruction of' Seamen. • Mr. OLDHAM then moved that the petition be referred to the Committee of General Purposes, to examine into the allegations contained therein, and to report thereon to this Court at a future sitting. This motion having been duly seconded, was carried unani mously. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS FOR LONDON BRFDGE. Mr. FAvELL, in presenting a Petition front Dlr. J. B. Be. nerds, observed, that, after it bud been read, he should move that the Petitioner be allodtaLto state circumstances in support of the allegations in his memorial. The Petition stated, that in the advertisement published by the Committee, that body had'• expressed its determination to open only those letters which accompanied anti corresponded with the motto of the three best architectural designs 3 the de sign of the Petitioner was returned to him, but he had strong ground for believing that it had been broken open and resealed ; he therefore prayed to state at the bar of the Court, the grounds upon which his suspicions were founded. Mr. PATTEN thought the Court would • not encourage a Petitioner so to outrage all decency, as to publicly charge 4 most respectable body of men with conduct of so ungentle manly and dishonourable a nature; he therefore moved that the Petition be laid upon the table. Alderman linoww having proposed, and Mr. :Furl , se conded the motion, " That this Petition do lie upon the table " Mr. Fay ELL proposed as an amendment, " that the ltd it lien. the Lord Mayor be requested , to ask the Petitioner w te ther he had any thiqg to submit to the Court in support of the allegations contained in his Petition." The sense of , the Court being then taken, the aniendment was carried by a decided majority. The petitioner was then called up in the usual way, and stated that the grounds of his suspicions were - -fist, the diffe rence between the seals upon the letter, and upon the box which contained the model ; and secondly, the opinion of the person who sealed the letter that it hid been violated. . Alderman Wool) asked the petitioner whether he was pre pared with any evidence in support of his suspicions P had he the letter with him, or was the person who sealed it now in at. tendanee ? , . . The Petitioner answered in the negative. He had not ex. peeled to be called upon for such evidence this day. A Member asked whether the seal of the letter was different from that from which the original impression wits taken, or whether he suspected a forgery to have been committed. The Petitioner supposed that an impression had been taken front the original seal; by the means of composition, from which duplicate the letter had been re-sealed. The Petitioner having been then ordered towitildraw.. 0 • Mr. Ducal; moved that'the petition he referred to the Corn niittee M' City Lands. Alderman Bnowsr was happy to see the Gentlemen' con nected with the publicpressin attendance, tut it ought to be known that the suspicions of the Petitioner rested on no better foundation than the supposition of a third person that the im pression of. he seal differed somewhat front its original appear. anee—( No, no.)—The worthy Alderman did not rise to oppose the motion--he would second it with all his heart, a. 4 he thought charges of• the description of those alleged by the Petitioner, against so highly respectable and honourable a body of Gentle men as the London Bridge Committee, should be sifted to the bottom. The motion was then put and carried unanithously. , TITHES IN' THE CITY. : , The LORD MAYOR' laid beibre the Court the Resolutions of the General Public 11leeting lately , held at the Mansion House upon,the subject of 'Piths to London, and the operation of the Act of the 37th of ' Henry VIII. which were read, and ordered to be printed, and a copy sent to each Member, together with* pamphlet recently published on the subject of Tithes. The Roscommon Grand jury have resolved that the salaries of all Officers paid by the County, such as Treasurer, Gaol Inspector, Chuplain,.&c., shall be'reduced 25 percent., in consequence of the depression of the times. Other Grand Juries, it is thought, will follow this example. An elegant piece of Silver Plate, value 40 guineas, has been presented to Capt. Jottiorrow of the To ward Castle Steam Packet, with the following inscription : " Presented to Capt. Johnston by the gentlemen of Itothsay and others on the west coast, its a mark of their esteem anti approba tion of his conduct whilst commanding in succession the follow. ing Steam Packets :—Dumbarton, : Rothsay, Inverary, and Toward Castles." Captain Johnston is dservedly . a great fa vourite with, the public, on account of his persevering activity, punctuality, obliging manners, and the excellent ord er an d strict discipline which he maintains on board his vessel.— The Dumbarton Castle, while under hie command, was the first Steam Boat that began to ply regularly between Glasgow and Itothsay ; and about eight years ago was also the first that entered Loehfine. his is memorable front the fol lowing curious occurrence. , About that time some wags !Tread a report that the press-gang were coming to Lochfine in a steam-boat, . and when the Dumbarton Castle made her appearance there, every boat in the Loch ran ashore, and the hands took to the hills. We understand that the Rothsay Mail is to he carried in future by the Itothsay, love racy, and Toward Castle Steam Packets. By this means the maill from Itothsay will arrive at Glasgow twenty-four hours, and from that to Rothsay six hours earlier then for merly. But this is not the only advantage of the change.— In stormy weather Bute has frequently been without a mail for several successive days, the Ferry Boat being unable to cross. One instance of this has just occurred ; no mail arrived at or left Bute from Sunday the 2d till Thursday the 6th inst. ' whilst the Steam-veasels were plying d a il y . The advanta g e of thit arrangement is therefore so obvious, that we have no doubt of-its being shortly extended to Invemry and other places on Lochfine, as well as to all other parts of the Ilighlands shni. . lady situated.—( Glargere Courier, March 11.) FOR EIGN INTELLIGENCE. SPAIN. Ktnitin, MAncn Majesty yesterday accepted the resignation of the seven Secretaries of State, who have been replaced by Senors Don Alvaro Florez Estrada, for Foreign Affairs ; bon Antonio Dias del. Moral, for the Govern ment of the Ultra-marine provi n ces Don Joseph Itomai, for the" Marine ; Don Joseph •Maria Torrijosi , for IVar ; Don Joseph Zorraquin, ror Grace and Justice; and Don Lorenio Calvo de ilusas, fOr Finance. The seven , ex-Ministers - who, after deserving the praise of all true lovers of liberty during their continuance at the head of public affairs, returned to their posts on the night of the 19th, in order to prevent evils of greater consequence, and thereby made one of the greatest sacrifices on the altar of their country, will carry with them, in their retirement to the rank of simple individuals, the benedictions of all honest men, and of All true lovers of the liberty of their country; for the great services which they have rendered. • We are assured that the new Ministers will not enter upon the functions till the former have given an account to the Cortes of the state of their respective departments. The following Letter has been received from the Commander of the first military district " Excellent Senor,--The movements- announced in my dis-1 patekOf yesterday have this day been carried into effect, and the factious, closely pursued, have "sustained great losses in deserters and prisoners. They make now no use of their arms, and their feet are pretty well crippled. - The party which styles, knits division, consists only of 900 or 104;9 men, and is com manded by the leader Roy, having lost Its perfidious chieftains Bessieres and Ulinan ; the former is at the head of 40 horse, and the latter has perhaps by this time been overtaken by the vic torious column of Brigadier Torres. Colonel Pablo, with 1,200 troops belonging to the sth district, is on the front or flank of the factious band; and Colonel Arena, who is advancing from the 4th district, may also have it in his power to attack the enemy. l ' The soldiers wham I have the honoar to command pray to Heaven, that, in consequence of the above-mentioned troops having been sent to cut off the retreat, the factious may halt for some time, in order that they may cease to exist. " The spirit which animates this part of the country is emi nently constitutional, and the active militia of the district have apprehended many of the factious who•hiad separated from the band. " l beg of your Excellency to represent to his Majesty, that the ardour and constancy of the gallant troops under my com mand exceed all praise . , and that the factious whom we pursue have now lost all moral force, and show themselves heartless trakon, who have forgotten that valour ought ever to be the companion of men who have the happiness to be born on the fa voured soil of Spain. " El Conde del Head-quarters at Munilla, Feb. 25. • " To hl Excellency the Secretary of State for War." ORDINARY CORTET, SATURDAY; MARCII 1. OPENING OF THE SESSION..--,KING'S SPEECH. A letter was read from the Secretary of State. for Grace and Justice, which informed the Cortes that the state of his !kitties ty's health did not permit him to be present at the opening of the Cortes, but the Secretaries of State were in attendance to communicate to the President the speeeh which his Ma.. jesty would have had the satisfaction to deliver, had not indis position prevented him. The Secretary of State for the Horne • Department then handed the speech to the President, who -read it to the Cortes. It is as follows " SENORES DE TIES--.The eitraordinary circumstances 4n which this Session of ihe Legislature is opened, presents a vast field to the, patriotism of the Representatives of the Spatrishl people, and will render it memorable in the annuls of the nation. " Spain, at this moment the object of the attention of al nations, is about to resolve the gregit problem which occupies Monarchs and people. In it. solution are involved the hopes, the fears, and the interests of mankind—the caprices of am bition' and pride. " The Continental Powers of the Holy Alliance have nelW raised a cry against the political institutions of this nation, whose independence and liberty have been conquered with its blood. Spain, in reply to the 'insidious intimation of those Potentates, has solemnly manifested to the world that her fundamental laws can only be dictated by herself. " This clear and Inminous principle is incapable of being attacked, except by sophisms supported by arms; and those who, in the 19th ceptury, appeal to this last reason, ghee the most decisive proof of the injustice of their cause. " The Most Christian King has said, that 100,000 French men are to come to settle the domestic affairs of Spain, and to amend the errors of our institutions. When before were soldiers commissioned to reform laws ? In what code is it written that military invasions may be the precursors of national felicity to any people ? " It would he unworthy of reason to refitte such antisocial errors, and It would not be decorous in the Constitutional King of the Spains to' apologist for the just national cause before those who; in order to subdue every feeling of shame, cover themselves with the mantle of the most detestable hypocrisy. " I trust that the energy, the ,firmness, and the constancy, of the Cortes will form the best reply to the speech of the Most Christian King. I hope that, steady In their principles, and resolved to walk in the path of their duty, they will always be the Cortes of the 9th and 11th of January, and ever be found in all respects worthy of the nation which has intrusted to them its destinies. I hope that reason andijusdee will not show less courage than the genius of oppression and slavery. The nation which capitulates with enemies whose bad faith is so notorious, is already subdued. To receive the law which is to beimposed by ftirce of arms, is the worst of ignominy. . " If war be already an unavoidable evil, the nation is mag nanimous, and will again hasten to combat for independence and civil liberty. The path of glory is already known to Spain, and all the sacrifices which this contest may require will be easy to her. Constancy and pataiotism present a thousand resources, which, in the hand s of Spaniards, always produce the happiest results. " For my part, I once more offer s to the National Congress I the co-operation of all toy efforts to realise hopes which the friends of liberal institutions place in Spain, by carrying into execution all the measures within the compass of my authority to repel force by force. The seasonable removal of my person and the Cartes to a point less subject to the influence of mili tary operations, will paralyse the enemy's plans, and prevent any suspension in the impulse of the Government, the action of which ought to be felt in every point of the Monarchy. " The army, whose services in the just cause are so great, is completing and organizing, in pursuance of the last .decrees of the Cortes. The victories which it obtained against the fac tious, are the precursors of others of a more important nature over the foreittn 'enemy. , " The provinces in general exhibit a very good spirit. The evils which they have suffered from :hose who sty themselves defenders of religion, have dissipated the illusions of the ibmo rant, and convinced all men that the constitution is the only right path. " The changes which have taken place in our foreign rela tions have not depressed the spirit of the nation. The timid, who can never sec the resources of the country, and the malevo lent who would take advantage of its weakness, never can alter the sentiments of a nation punctilious of honour, and which never was arAistollied to mike any, compromise with in- justice. " The different branches of the public administration afford in general a very favourable prospect. The Cones will with their` usual zeal continue the important labours which havebeen . commenced, and the national prosperity, to which these labours, lead, will consolidate the constitutional system, which valour and energy now defend. " Palace, March 1. (Signed) " FERDINAND." A Committee was appointed to draw up an answer to the above speech, of which Arguelles, Valdes (Don Cayetano), Salvato, Prado, and Isturiz, are members. The President adjourned the sitting, amidst the acclamations of the spectators in the galleries. tr.RoAL.TIIE JOURNAL DES DEBATS.I The Polineal journal of Toulouse contains the following news s-- let ‘ t ‘ er l l w my preceding valley of U ti l l ' a C t E SO F lL B. oC 2 C e llTi i ed n lives with about 1500 men. It is now announced that a de svtalitte7llitos O y r ou l , taehment of his troops marched on the 22d instant upon La Pouple de Bagua, and took possession of that town. It is added, that the Commandant de Belvar, informed of this move ment, sent, during the night of the 24th lost., a detachment of two hundred men, under the orders of Mourcomels, Coln. mandant of a Guerilla band, to drive the Royalists from this po. sition. • lie accordingly arrived on the spot at break of day, but was vigorously repulsed, and ,pursued as far as the bridge of Rabenti, where a detachment of the division of Paul 3liralles was posted. The Constitutionalists thus finding themselves between two fires, detached 'themselves and dispersed : the Royalists, however, continued the pursuit during two hours; killed several, and took some prisoners. In the night of the 26th, a Royalist reconnoitring party advanced as far as Sana , bastia, about half a league from Alp, in, Spanish C,erdagne. Several inhabitants of the latter village thought it prudent to remove. Royalist troopshave, it is said, recently shewn them selves in the environs of Tsiltendre, above Delver. A part of the regiment of Zamora, in garrison at Puycerda, yesterday re ceived, various articles of equipment." PiItPIGNAN, MARCH I.—Every thing here indicates an immediate invasion—the arrival, of troops, artillery, ammuni tion, and provisions of all kinds; the deliberations of the Re gency, the arming and clothing of the soldiers of the Faith; the arrival of Baron d'Eroles, the terror of liberal Catalonia. Baron d'Eroles, who arrived here yesterday, has visited M. the Prefect. It is decreed that the troops of the Faith who are iu this department shall be organised in five battalions., to be denominated the Spanish Division ' • they will be imme diately armed, clothed, and, exercised. Two hundred and fitly tufts of clothing have been already ordered for the officers; great movements are observed since the arrival of the Baron. On, the 27th, a company of horse artillery and a train of field plecei left this town, the former destined to Tbuir, the latter to Terrats and bloupie. To-day there have arrived from the in terior twenty-one train-waggons, five eight pounders (quite new), and two six-inch bombs, th ei whole for campaign service. Also, one hundred and fifty-two horses, ninety soldiers of the sth division of the train ifroin Auxonne), and a company of the sth regiment of artillery (from Narbonne), which escorted the convoy this company is cantonal at Cabestany. 4 Colonel, attached to the War Department, is in this town; he arrived three days ago. General Grimarest lest this town on the 27th, for Toulouae. To day a train-waggon has arrived from Paris with two mil. lion francs, in gold, for the Receiver-General of this depart ment. A considerable suns, in reserve, will also be paid in by seven departments, several hundred thousand francs of which have already been received. We (rEelio du Midi) have received from . the frontier of the Western Pyrenees the following details of an affair which took place at Lamuge on the 25th of Feb. last : " The Constitutional troops, which left Figueras on the 24th, under the command of General Lloberas (and to whom were pined a Pyrenean Guerilla baud und er t h e ord ers o f P u l p ali, and the troop of Juoguera, under the orders of Roca), attacked, on the 25thinstant, a corps of the Army Odle Faith, amounting to about nine hundred men, who were posted, at Larauga. After a conflict, which lasted several hours,- the Royalists were obliged to yield to superio r numbers, A nd to fall I buck "Upon the extreme frontier, where they took up new Isoaie tions, and protected the entrance into France of from five to 6,000 inhabitants, whom the fury of their enemies had reduced to the sad necessity of abandoning the soil of their country. The retreat of the inhabitants having been made good, the troops of the Faith repealed the. line. Some fighting took place: in the evening the Constitutionalists retired, and the Royalists retook possession of the village of Laintiga. One of the Royalist soldiers, who was made a prisoner in the Chapel of St. Julian, was shot by the Constitutionalists." The Captain of is French merchantman reports, that he wu detained during ten days in sight of the coast of Catalonia by a Spanish felucca 4 and that it was only by the sacrifice of money that he was suffered to proceed to his destined port. lie is hastily discharging his cargo in order to set sail, as he has re. ceived advice that the order to capture French ships is about to be issued. DUring the time that this Captain was detained off the, coast, lie remarked that the fortresses were being put in a state of de fence, and other preparations for war were making. The in habitants of Catalonia in general anxiously await the moment of deliverance from the dreadful state of anarchy in which they live,end;finally, most of those who have been induced to coun tenance the revolutionary . system, are alarmed at their positives, and sire preparing to quit the kingdom in search of that safety which they no longer enjoy at home. If reports • from the frontier may be relied upon, General d'Abisbal is called to the superior command of Catalonia, in the room of the heroic Mina, who will be transferred to that of Navarre. , PARIS PAPERS. [PROM THE country. I'itAili2ais OF TUESDAY.]: PARIS, 11 1 1 rt►tctt 1 t.--Yebtertlay the public funds experienced a decline of two per cent., the cause of which is attributed to the belief now entertained that hostilities, will shortly commence. A new document was shewn on 'Change, which leaves no longer the slightest doubt of the imme diate declaration of war ; we allude to lettres de marque, which a public character °tiered, to au thorise the capture of Spanish ships, at the rate of 10,000 f. each. The Journal qf Toulouse states, that it is strongly in contemplation to throw a bridge over the l3idassoa, and to occupy Iron with troops of the Faith, in order to protect the works ; in this case all communication between Madrid and France would cease. • There has arrived to-night (10th) news from . Madrid of the 3d. At that epoch new Ministers had been named by the King, but had [dot yet been installed. There was much agitation in the public mind. Private letters which have been received mention facts whicb are too impor tant for us not to wait the arrival of Madrid Papers to confirm them. Marshal Oudinot set off yesterday morning for the army of Spain. Several General Officers also left Paris yesterday for the same destination.— Those who remain, and who are appointed to commands in the army, will lave to-morreir for their respective posts. [FROM THE JOURNAL DEBATS.I Yesterday morning the King received hi rid rate audience Marshal Moncey, Duke de Come rate who took leave of his Majesty previ°llsll to his departure, this day, for the army. , At two o'clock yesterday the King transactea business with M. de Villele, Pre sident of the at C m o a u d n r t id ß , u r l e ga tte r i i v , Council of Ministers. The Ministers assembled yesterday at the re sidence of Al. de Vill6le. from St. Petersburgh. His Excellency hoe. diately afterwards went to the residence of Count Pozzo di Borgo, Ambassador of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, at the French Court. ed A letter from Stutgard, dated the i ns instant, stti:lll:;ll:l,:frarilruel s g of itass 4 states, 4 ‘ The Queen of Wurtemburg Was' nester' day, the 6th inst. delivered of a Prince. Two troops of Chasseurs of the Cote' wilt leave Tours on the 22d instant, to join the stroY of Spain. states, that M. the Baron Barbot, A letter from Toulouse; dated the sth instan t ' General, will command the 10th territorialitil' vision ; and M. the Viscount Parnpha° %,„ 2 : croix, the 6th division of the 2d Corps d'f'r rn— r , aifh gam: czh eh s ed e i. niicaclearoconterhsstairni differentru i rt l oi i o nI y elh .p)eo divisions it ti toh b o a u ft h t i : a c t o se c o tp army. The persons appointed have orders to b* r The Duke de Reggio, previouslY parture for the Spanish Army, resigeed the the mand of the National Guard of Paris I nt° op t hands of Major-General the Duke de Cleor Tonnere. Lientenant: to his 'N . l ,, arFh, mintstry [FROM THE et/will:art/ 0 A r Acco • Mang to letters from Madrid of the l ' e t° .. _confusion was Ministry airs, the great question Of droll cang e ~,u 8 which have reached the Office for For ill different Alinisters shall have preseptea to the spectiveCortes a statement of the situation of theirtre; g of ue a nti r y up s t o u m re e. will not be determined after ILL departments. It is remembered 01',4e. last change just at the moment of the sessiontart I le Liberal Journals continue to reet,tari. article c from the Pilate, on the pretended K ce produced in public affairs 11 the shat t are entertained in certain ports l'i 11° s , e . have caused the ships that were reed,' t° g o to sea to be disarmed. It is known w hat dq r _ i of confidence these alarms on the dispositfoctial of_ England deserve, especially wh en the It . 1" (1 1 Journals themselves were yesterday oblige that o cu red d p o e tphuetryw VroifththoEsnegiwnihdo' fiatulloutthltptrivcalfire: contradict their former assertions ' It ,butftheit r w e , i;i o e r b ts i:ro a v n e d s still o f t s h t o r s o e u g % e v r h °three pbeaadt ftaii crn , e ii ; iii ft il3 they t cannot be ignorant that two ships b . el ° , f ro o Havre so de Grace for America, without h e ' !her, So serious toned There Order , r, e appeared yesterday an , d: , ed • o ‘ , T e i r : o o th aicer u‘atyltof the National Guard &lc woo? e re , v on, wh ' An" 10, 1823.—A sub..officer of the 11 . xt ord o was on service 1 ght oisfeththealnefftorsitdhee Ir'ail'esjoufstthealbrie:lo°3:l the at the Ch a mber of Dertitielhoot ° having refused Chamber. to execute the orders ° t e liith oltric tett , e a sil . 0 he itiel• &charge ought to be exar?.stioe Ivo " i n let' , :notice: Mum fiCer .• charged. pro noun ce on the disobedience 0 , .-- to---ndy, a Council of Dieichich the i Is s o, jelive P f t vt4lbe 'ilag e ° t h e crime. _ c appointed Council, which vo ,„/,., who commanded the pos . n h oe 0 1 00" " Major.l3 . ti r- ArON' DREADFUL FIRE AT CA ,. - a,wltohamn:an: on Ae rttd, t . sh tmil e enwlbeietts.allohtbroo,wauellTeel:lita,ot,tiei.llooo:llthafil'ir.vtcedle:t(lito:,.oopiol,lf'ciegtnilliootp:"lllll4"---lhtc:pa)ikell.nl; ityltic:'t'sir‘tliehan'TtV,troe'eir:ll,rl)rCeElo:cotrrnettil:aroprlC:ittinnrairofdlitettitt:aredin:illefrotothe°6‘ seldom h 110 0' lionsar ~ O d tine Thlo, o,oii ..„) . 10, Company's f }l 4 . vtuern t h h edu e lot l lsdr s as t of S'ovember, and li P rca The fire of the Company entirely ed‘ :e l n i l f t : ( 1 ° : along rake the The mated are destroyed. The reconstruction Of the btilaillgltore it a r un ofticiall at 13,7" ed is i te fire thlwfilll f wi e frommo : al ee sr' seT n e u h n e :nr t factories i enpe i t. eea l til : es : nb e began hil factory, vba Pko-eeusle'fitgnut*int Company's moret a h e tnnTla e i lnateae nankeens, . t e aawr sustained Is u e b ne(t :: )I'ltst;t puttingbe se.th propertyibe sedyln Chinesea roe o e d,. ltr3:t.PWarSilelllirpd:naPh'lluno°:Usvtglinbawe exerted li. ' atig°n , et oneacitl 1: 0 1111 11 11 tc T I r tthleu°cl s e fbi n ic 11111P1 j 11is 3d) louses, 6 4') gein'tf°legs:: t snni rs l :1 -e a°111:11tv , t e li4a.°Tnerel rs e ci . s:gll°°:. P4°ll ll '. I 1.41..1 I I. fi t I'l . /1 leC°: dent lft , bti Ch 1114 the principal articles f tail ist n b es d 1 , er b : an, e ,,,li e f ia.A r fik e cuhielt:::, : itan r aem th n s d t: e 4 w ee ;: w h er : at th thl e l f ye'i ex e sr w e ep a r o ;°use of i.l.6 ° Ulliblatj'le I°3frlti , brpi. : i n: gag good b od een saved. n ,present states that the condshr.- del a Os) , havit.bnegirloesntgathgeetinvieloultet. 0 has OKI P:t17104,101: I e Pt* " „ dreadful"SEcoxn BAIL , CHINA Myra, ,_, c i t y ( „hi e o l t 4 A wimyeaa n edu i t t ap t l f e Ltotfire y thelou than t t t hh ° l,, lk io s 3 at t n . f : t i ip Csnitaineycnbhiai:lianitsiali be d :li Ce d oi I n hnt e e r t *" .10 1 1: : (4 ; 10 e 1 1 1 11 : : °:5 : 0 titua. whole . of the Companylit Factortes%rvnerolt meta, • That of not say that the loss of sroP tti ri r motsffitim i ls.ial l , n ost o dreen t tidatesolEtennrußyeeoeflnAtfiit‘ei•uileeocausesofilinrstleosr4btit.,:oloornain:llgtejah'.istVeCtsr...its.3tnn,s.,o:l4..l%-::;:;°0'0.;::::::::hce5010:°10111:;:si-:,,:iltel I 0 11. • at . half-past nine o'clock, _ a t l e city / / to ;(1 spread I t he morning of the :it began nn its fury along the westward of the bre" 6,000 P of , the East India Company_ and Bur?ran tiolls0;10 destroyed the re -building will cost la 01 I ° ° 600 o' lll° ComPa goo l a ss of t r iote foreign trade rs t 1'00144 Ogle very great, At • . 1 t lkilDre tivThei n eon s um n gu t an:uraraberuntirbt,,o°t(a).tt:i'del6stYheirrnalownt- shTibpa.e take f ig ' ;~; asut" tv id t ai si thirty years to restore the place. an ' T i e ) nw• _te, a s the Honk merchants and issuve wge t 1.1! lUderabit, ciPal articles- WbuTtilit.enz' nankeens, #pd ; 5W '