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PARIS PAPERS. (Frarn'the Etabk.) `RECAPITULATION OF THE EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. On the 2. 1 a of April, before entering Spain, the "lake of Angouleme addressed a Proclamation to the Spaniards, and expressed himself thus: — Mere follows an extract from the Proclamation, in which the Duke stated that he came to deliver the King, to restore the aim and the throne, to rescue the Priests from proscription, ant that came neither to impose laws on the Spaniar ds, net to occlapy the gauntry.] • Next day, the Sd, in an order of the day ad dressed by the Prince to his soldiers, it is stated It is not the spirit of conquest which induces us totake up arms. Amore generous motive animates sir. We are going to replace a King en his throne, to reconcile his people to him, and to re-establish hit a country, which is a prey to anarchy that order. which is necessary to the happiness and the safety of both states." His Royal highness dos oti the address by recommending the most exact ilistipline, which has every where been religious. Iy:observed. Such was the commencement of a war destined to place in so conspicuous a point -of view French generosity and glory. On the 6th of April the army was put in mo tion, The Bidassoa was passed on the 7th, and !kis, Royal Highness was received at Iron with cries of " Live the King !"—" Live the Duke of Angouleme l"—cries which were the presage of the sentiments with which the - French were welcomed throughout all Spain, and the pledge of the success which on all ppinti has accom panied our arms. O.n the 17th the white flag waved at Vittoria; on the 22d at Burgot; on the 25th at Saragossa. 'cn the 24th' of May the Prince Generalissimo .waS received as ,a deliverer in the capital of :Spain. , • A new proclamation repeated there the ,motives and the promises stated in that of the 2d of April. In anticipation of hostilities, the King of Spain, the. prisoner of the Cortes, was removed with the itoyal Family to Seville. The revolution not being terminated at Mad rid, Ifia army of the centre continued its march. On the 12th of June the Cortes considering ltWoiselves no longer safe in Seville, decreed the .departure of the King, in spite of his refusal, declared his• dethronement until his arrival in `Cadiz, and exercised the most odious violence towards him. • Cadiz, at the southern extremity of Spain, .•putmti, impregnable, could not be so regarded by our soldiers. The Prince Generalissimo was ° 'there and directed them. Seville received our • troops with acclarnatiou. 'arstnada fell on the 25th of July. Cadiz was '.lovested , by land and sea. ,Meanwhile other: armies were besieging the .wittall number of places which still held out, or •Otarsuingthe enemy wherever resistance might be Catalonia, Arragon, the kingdoms of Valencia, of Leon, and ()Wilhelm, have been the theatre of same of the most brilliant feats , of arms. corunna i at' the western. extremity of Spain, on the coast '.dif the octiktA, Surrendered on the 21st of August. Severai Spaniih Chiefs successively made their autmlission. Cadiz still remained, and to it' all eyes were turned. The fort of the Trocadero, which protected Gediz on the land side, was carried on the 31st of August, amidst cries of " Long live the King 1" and by prodigies of valour. Santi.Petri, one of the bulwarks of the Isle of ) I,con, was taken on the 20th of September by the Fleet. Three days previously, Painpeluna, .the capital of Navarre, fell ; and on the 27th St. : ; :s4lbastiatt and Figueras yielded to the courage 404 the-arriour of our troops. The Ist of October crowned these high deeds. The King of Spain, at liberty, repaired with the Royal Family to the head-quarters of the Duke of Angouleme, and on the 3 d Cadiz sur rendered. fla3s were glorious events precipitated. Thus in leas than six months all Spain had submitted, and its King was delivered. OCT. 2.-111 s Royal Highness the Unice of Angoulemeorrived here yesterday, and is"tes tease to-day for Seville. PARIS ' , OCT. 18,—We have for some days past . 'the Spanish Journals, in which is to be found the letter of Don Antonio Salinas, on which the Li. beral Journals are much occupied as we have not found in them a single fact, and only decla. median, we have Waited in order to learn the en. tire truth. The Restearador, in which this dis patch appeared, repflatod what It said the day before,. which was, " that there was a revolt .amongst the troops of Ballasteros." .To-day we learn that the King has assigned the torn of. Granada to Ballasteros, to await there his orders. The disbanding of his troops lbalebeen ordered, and this measure experiences The King•beg confirmed General Morillo irc thecammand which the Regency has conlide'd to flier. Tha. ReOlauraifor of the 13th, which .we Telved this day,'only contains the decrees of the 4togency subsequent to the 26th of May, 1823. [Pram th 4 Quotidiessel MADRith Ocr. 12.—The rumours which have been in ciitillation in this capital respectitig Generals Ballasteros and 140111 e, have been greatly exaggerated. The repugnatili which the King manifested to receive Ballasteros had at first given than A show of pmbability : and it was certainly nstural that Ids Majesty should have preserved a painful remerutorauce of the violence which that General displayed tower& him to compel him to proclaim the Constitution of the COrttP. H, ,:light also recollect that the vacillations of Morino, or the day 'of the 7th of July, may possibly have delayed the ttiompli of the true Royalist cause, and occasioned many calamities. But it is hoped that the subsequent conduct of those two Military 'Chiefs, will palliate the wrongs with which they may be re proisched.—Rallitateros had been advised, it is said, by the Free if Oenerel Officers, to delay the stag t/hi& he adopted to. wised* the Ring. The impatience which he felt to manifeet his repentance, counteracted the favourable impressions to which his Majesty would have been acoessible, if the interview - had riot been rather unexpected and forced. It is to be apprehend. tad that the intelligence received trot Cordova may diminish in ; the King's mirid the disposition which he would otherwise have telt to acknowledge the servlest, however late, which hare been rendered to him. COBBETT and the TOLL COLLECTORS• BOW.STlMET.—Yelittilitty Sit RICHARD BIRNIE and G. R. MxNstrum., Esq. were occupied during the Principal part of the day in the further hearing of the informations exhibited against the Toll Collectors of the Kensington Trust, by Mr. Cobbett, AS to the amount of the tell to be taken In respect of vehicles of certain denominations. As the present proceeding involves a question of great im portance to the Lessees of the Tolls in the Metropolis and its environs, the office was crowded to an excess by persons inte rested in the decision, and all the avenues leading to the office were thronged to such a degree, that the officers experiened considerable difficulty in preserving the means of egress and ingress. Mr. Cobbett was attended by Mr. Faithful, of Little Win chester-street, as his Solicitor ; and he had also in his train a numerous assemblage of carters and other persons to substan. tiate the charges set forth in the informations. Mr. Levy, the principal Lessee of the Kensington Trust, was also in attendance; and likewise the lion. Charles Evan Law, who appeared as the Counsel on behalf of the Lessees. Mr. Bury attended as Mr. Levy's Solicitor. The first case was one in which the sum of fourpence half. penny had been demanded and taken for a one-horse cart, pass. mg through the Kensington, gate, and for which, as the in formation alleged, the sunk of threepence only should have been taken. • In 'some remark on the evidence, Mr. Cobbett accused MT. Bury of having told Sir Richard Birnie a falsehood, in order to get the hearing postponed, by asserting that timely notice had not been given of the proceeding's against his clients, when he, Mr. Cobbett, could prove that Mr. Bury knew of the affair two days previous to the one which he alleged was the first time he heard of the informs, ions being laid. A recriminatory conversation. ensued between these two gentlemen, which Sir IltcHAvem ElitwiE eventually puts stop to, by observing, that on a former hearing expressions and in sinuations had been made use of by both parties, which were highly improper in a Court of Justice, and forsuffirring which he took some blame to himself. I must now request (he continued), and to that effect I addressed myself particularly to 1 Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Levy, that a recurrence of such proceed. ings does not again take place, for I am sure that a rancorous colloquy will not assist either party. Mr. Cobbett.-1 am sure you will do me the justice to say that I did not begin it first. Mr. Levy called me an Atheist, and I called him a Jew dog. Mr. Levy.-1 deny that I said any thing to you before you meddled with me you attacked me as you have many other persons, without the least provocation ' and have frequently in the public highway called, me a Jevedog; it was then that I retaliated, and called you an Atheist, which you profess, and every one knows you to be. You thought you had got a man unable to cope with you, but you will find otherwise. After some other remarks of a eimilar nature, one of the witnesses was called, who deposed to paying the tolecomplained ; and then Mr. LaW, in a speech of extraordinary . length, contended, on the part of the Lessees, that they were Justified in taking the extra three halfpente on the carts In question; by proving this, he hoped to remove a very illiberal aspersion which had been cast upon the Lessees without the least founds. tion, imputing to them that they were daily extorting money from the public, which they had no right to do. Ile, however, hoped that lie should be able to prove, to the satisfaction of every person present, that. they were clearly and undoubtedly entitled to the toll they claimed, and that it was under that idea that they persisted ih claiming it. The amount of the toll had been settled to be taken 'by the trustees who were empowered by the Act of Parliament to nominate the amount of tolls to be taken on their respective trusts. The Act 4 Geo. IV. c. 95, also sanctioned the 'taking of the increased toll on carriages or carts with wheel: of atertain description; the carts in question came under the description given by the Act, and the toll was therefore legally taken. It would be a matter of excessive in justice to the lessees who had purchased the' tolls for an enor. 'moos sum, if the scale of toll% which the trustees had guaran teed and authorised them to receive, were on any pretence whatsoever to be decreased or lessened, a, the lessees had made the purchase under the idea of receiving tolls on a certain scale, which, when reduced, would , become of less value than the money the lessees had paid for them. Mt. COI:111E7T said, it would occupy him but a small pinion of:time to expose the fallacy of the Learned Gentleman's ate rement, and to chew in what situation the lessees really stood in respect to the poor men from whom the excessive toll had been exacted. The Act 3 Geo. IV. c..12(1. seae7, 0,0, 'and 10, enacted, that tarriages, &e. having wheels of a certain denomi. • nation should be chargeable with, an increase of toll s via. one fourth more than the usual toll, but the 10th see. made an ex. caption in fetotir of any carriage foe the conveyance of passen. gets, or light ponds, or articles. Much inconvenience, how. ever, arose by the" disputes between the toll-collectors and the drivers of carts, in discriminating what property came tinder the denomination of light goods or articles ; and to obviate this, the Act 4 George IV. c. 95. was made. The 19th clause pro vided for the taking of an increased toll, to be nominated by the trustees, on carriages not having their wheel* of a certain breadth, hut exempted from the payment of such toll any car. riage drawn by uric hem only, or two oxen. The carts in question were drawn by one horse only, and the increase of three halfpence in the amount of the toll was therefore ille teally taken. The lessees must have been aware of that, and they should have reflected, that although the addition to their profits was very considerable, the sources from whence it was derived were not easily replenished, as it came from the pocket of a hard working market gardener, whose subsistence de pended on the small profits arising front the sale of his g reds, urd to whom the payment of I#d each time any of his arts went to market become a matter of some consideration, as it made an ine'eette in his expences of about 3 0 s. per week. He (Mr. Cobbett) had only heard of this practice about six weeks ego, but he had beets informed thatsit had been continued for a much longer period, by such manifest injustice to the poorer classes, who were made to pay, while the Gentleman's chariot or chaise remained exempt, although if one was chargeable the other was equally so. He was induced to call upon two of the Toll Col. lectore at Kensington, and remonstrated with them on their illegal practices, when at one gate the Toll Collector d. —d him ,• end at the other he was told togo about his business, and mind his own concerns. Several respectable tradesmen real. dent at Kensington wore present, of whom the increased toil had been demanded, but on their making some objection the usual toll had been received, and they were allowed to pass ; he himself had frequently been demanded to pay the fourpence halfpenny, but he objected; and on telling them that if they took the money he should take their names, they let him pass. Mr. lee.w said they thought the carriage contained light goods.---(;1 continued laugh followed this observation.) Mr. Colin eer le after two or three other remarks, set down, ' and said he had finished all he wished to say. Same Gentlemen then asked if a conviction on each of the informations was intended. Mr. COUBETT.—Certainly, there is a al. penalty on each. Mr. Law.—l think a farthing would be quite sufficient. Mr. ConaLTT.—To pay a lawyer, but it won't do for me. Mr. LEv y.—lf the decision of the Magistrates should be against me, I shall appeal to the Sessions. Mr. Con BET T—l shell be happy to meet you there; but I with to know how I am to recover the expences I have already incurred ; anti also the witnesses who have been in attendance for a week past, one of them having remained in town on pur. pose to give evidence. Mr. MirtaitUe.r.—lebink the expences ought to be paid, and come understanding for that purpose should take place • between the parties Mr. LEVY—I am very willing to do whatever the Magis trates direct, as to' paying the expences, se I feel assured they will do justice to all parties. Sir Bic:Hann Btu rrrE then rose up and said, I have made reference to various sections of Acts of Parliament this day, but I do riot find one that calk upon mirror a decision instanter. I shall therefore defer giving it until to-morrow, and will, in L the mean time, as the case is of considerable importance, con sult with my brother Magistrates, , and on our seriatim delibe. ration decide accordingly.—The case was accordingly attourned until this day. • A Bucks YEOMAN MINUS OF AN EAlt.-A yeo. man belonging to the Sd regiment of Bucks Yeomanry Wil4 last week deprived of the greater part of one of his ears in the following brutal manner :—A quarrel had previously taken place bet ween the Yeoman and one of his neighbours, with whom he accidentally met at the sign of the Swan, in Newport Pagnel ; and • thinking the difference between them bud subsided, conde. scended, by the request of the man, to hold down his head, to hear, as the Yeoman supposed, something which the man had to impart by a whisper, when he seized .the Yeoman's ear be tweet' his teeth, and actually bit off more than one half. The mutter was investigated before the Magistrates, but has since, we understand, been compromised by the parties. (Bucks Chronicle.) TREMENDOUS STORM. A letter dated Riga, 17th ult. gives the official Précis, as submitted to the Authorities, of thq tremendous storm that visited that City on the 10th of the same month. It recites, substantially, that at noon, on the day mentioned, there arose suddenly a hurricaneous storm. The wind blew with an impetuosity impossible to be described. The crash of windows, chimnies, tiles, &c. in spired terror in the stoutest hearts ; and the havock committed among the gardens, trees, and hedges is serious in the extreme. A consider able part of the bridge was torn asunder and driven upwards with the stream. A ballast-boat moored near the bridge was sunk, as were also two small vessels from Milieu laden with salt. A large flat-bottomed boat filled with merchan dize was greatly damaged,and the goods injured by the admission of water. Two wooden ware houses for provisions in the suburb of St. Peters burgh were wholly laid prostrate, and all the hay-ricks in the Spilme in like manner levelled with the ground. A large float of timber, on which were six men, was upset; the men, how- ever, luckily escaped. A. lady sitting in her garden bad her face seriously injured by a piece of a broken mast that struck her with great violence. A human body was thrown up on the other side of the'Dwina in a sad mangled state, without either head or hands. Amongst the marine casualties three English merchant ships are reported to have been wrecked, and several dead bodies were picked up on the river. On the ramparts several large willows, whose roots were thicker than a MAWS arm, were completely deracinated ; and oaks too, of majestic growth, were also prostrated by the dreadful force of the storm. In the• ad joining woods' the number of trees blown down is estimated at some hundreds. In a word, so tre mendous a tempest is not within the recollection of any person living. PO YA,IS EMIGRANTS. EDINIIUP.OII, OCT. 18.—A number of these unfortunate individuals have found their way back to this coun try, having obtained„-through the humanity of the Belize mer chants, a passage home In a fleet which left that settlement on the Ist of August last. Three individuals, two young men and a woman, are now in the Royal Infirmary here, from whom has been obtained the following list of persons who, to their knowledge, had died previous to their departure, viz.:-- John Maxwell, died at Balize—his son, a boy, at Poyais. Daniel Ross, a gardener, from Edinburgh, and his wife, died at Balize. Jam Ps Brown, gardener, from ditto. His wife coming home. William Miller, jeweller, drowned accidentally at Poyais. John Waugh, from Edinburgh, died at Balize. John.flocherty, an Irishman, do. John Murray, carter, from Slateford. MalcolmMacdougall and his wife, (tom Canongate, Edin burgh. James MacArthur and wife, from Port Glasgow—left two children. Thomas Burgess, boat-builder, from Slateford—his wifo and six children coming home. . John Dunning, from Edinburgh, and a woman whom he took out. Charles Laing, baker, frogs Edinburgh. Donald 114kDonald, printer, from Edinburgb..daughtet come home. - _ Crow, from Edinburgh. Mrs. newly, from Durnfries.-left husbnnd and four children. Peter Mill, blacksmith, and wife, from Dundee. Alexander Pears" cabinet-maker, from Fife, died at POyals. John Ross, ftom Ross-shire, at do. John Healy, shoemaker, from Edinburgh at do. David Be g, from Mueielburgh, died at Balite. Mr. Hand mice, from Edinburgh, a cabin-passenger in the kinnersley Castle, died at do. John M'Cra, blacksmith, from Edinburgh. Andrew Drysdale, baker, from London. - Alexander Fotheringham, sailor, from Edinburgh. James Ill'Uregor, from L ondon.' is. boy, son of Robert Mitchell, weaver, from Edinburgh. Alexander Dickson, plumber, from Edinburgh. James APAndrew, front Leith. John Duncan, from Edinburgh. Daniel Dalgleish, gentleman's servant, from Edinburgh. William Horn, baker, from Edinburgh'. A child of Mrs. Brown's. Duncan VAlister—died on the Mosquito shore. Mrs. Thomson—diction her passage home. William Law, cabinet maker, from Edinburgh, and George Davis, labourer , ditto, drowned by the natives. These two, along with Hugh Fraser, cabinet-maker, hired a large canoe to take them to Balite, and set out along with eight Mosquito men, who had engaged to carry them ; but on the way they were thrown overboard by the natives, and the two former drowned. Fraser saved himself by swimming, and having got to Belize, identified five of the Indians, whom he found wearing his own and his comrade's clothes. They Were in custody, waiting trial, when the vessels sailed on the Ist of August. The 3 parsons in the Infirmary here are, James 111‘Donald, a young man belonging to this city, and James and Agnes Paterson, lately residing at Rosemount, in this neighbourhood. ._..(Edinburgh Courant.) DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. (Farther Particidort.l WHITEII A V EN.—A most, rodatieholy accident happened last Monday evening in the William Pitt (Colliery), near Whitehaven, occasioned by an explosion of fire-damp; in consequence of which thirty-two persons were unfortunately killed, viz. fourtetri men, sixteen boys, and two girls. Seven teen Loma were also killed. It is impossible to ascertain the particulars of this terrible catastrophe. That the explosion was occasioned by an accumulation of fire-damp, is almost all that is certainly known. The sufferers were employed in division of the workings where the !inks are to be taken out : around these the ventilation was excellent, and regularly kept up, and there was not even an appearance of fire-demp, except in the fractured parts of the workings in those places where the pillars had been xemoved, arid into which there was no ne cessity for any of the workmen to enter. Every precaution on the part of the overmen was regularly taken. The colliers were strictly enjoined to use the Davy safety lamp ; but alas ! familiarity with 'danger commonly engenders a contempt t'or it ; ard it now appears that some individual had disregarded the injunctions which were repeatedly issued for the general benefit. The unfortunate sufferers had nearly completed their day's work, and in less than half an hour would have lel: the pit. Id what manner, or by whose means, the damp was ignited, must for ever remain a Secret ! not a single in dividual of those who were employed in that putt of the workings is left to tell the mournful tidings. It is already observed that a number of howl are killed, and it may here be added that some of their drivers escaped in a manner almost miraculous. In recording the above me lancholy event, it may not be irrelative to mention a re markable coincidence of names and circumstances which oc curred some years since in the County of Durham. On the Liam Pit, a coal mine' at Felling Colliery, by which 92 per s o n s 26th May, 11312,a t remen dous explosion took place in the Wil. out of 124 lost their lives, and 32 were saved; being the exact number of those who have perished in the IrVilliern Pit at Whitehaven.—(Carlide Journal.) NIIWCASTLE•U P O N .TYPIE..—EDWARD JOHN JACK lON, Eq. was imanimously elected Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Tuesday last, vice E. JonssoN, Esq. resigned. The bells rang merrily on the occasion. On Wednesday, the day following, the Michaelmas Sessions were held. The dinner given on the occasion, at the Mansion.house, by WILLIAM WRIGHT, Esq. (the new Mayor) is the theme o f ge bation,--th e r e was .o .n elegant and well filled neral appro. table, with every thing in season, and excellent wines. The company sat together enjoying the social board till a late hour. Our Express from Paris yesterday enabled us to anticipate the intelligence since received in usual course, and there are no arrivals from France by Express to-day. In our preceding columns, however, we have given some further extracts from the Paris Papers.— The subjoined letter from Xeres de la Frontera is interesting, and confirms much of the reasoning which we have submitted to our Readers on the present posture of Spanish affairs XXI= DE a;. FIIOWTERA, OCT. 4.—As I had nothing particular to arrange which demanded my immediate re. turn to Cadiz, I decided upon accompanying his Majesty on his journey towards Madrid, and observe the feeling expressed by the people of the interior, respecting the recent political change. Of that manifested by the inhabitants of Port Saint Mary's, my letter of the 2d inst. will have acquainted you. " Our journey here was one of triumph ; all the Smiles, Faithful, and French, seemed to vie with each other in expres. sions of loyalty and attachment to the Royal Family. Our retinue was composed of the heads of Departments, the pri soners who had been under arrest at the Caracas, or arsenal, for' factious" conduct and opinions, as well as those con cerned in the assassinations of Cadiz on the 12th March, 11120. —Pantisco, the old factious guerilla leader ; Guerra, the noted robber, now a Colonel of the Faithful; the Prior of the Convents of La Victoria, - La Merced, St. Juan Dios, and many of the Holy Brethren ; about UM of the Royal Spanish Guard, under Cordova (who much distinguished himself in the affair of Cadiz above-mentioned), a detachment of the Royal Cara bineers, under Espinosa, who commanded them on the 7th July, and is now promoted to the rank of Major-General, a considerable French force, Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, commanded by Count Bourbon Bouvet, and all the rabble of the place. " On our approach to Xeres, a deputation from the Corpo. ration, with the Corregidor at their head, followed by a host of priests, nobility, and the lowest of the low, met his Majesty, and in a short address congratulated him on his great achievements; as we ascended the hill, the bells ning, flags were displayed ; and on entering the city, the same frantic maddened joy was evinced by the mob, as on our landing at Port St. Mary's. The procession passed the ancient and magnificent dwelling of the Duke of San Lorenzo ; this Nobleman had been Ambassador at Paris under thu Consti tutional Government, had been firm in the cause of liberty, and I believe is still resident in London ; thousands of imprecations burst from the mob as we passed ; The Cars hinters remembered that before this Palace they had been com pelled by Freyre, in 11120, to acknowledge the Constitution ; a murmur which threatened destruct - ion to the building circulated among the crowd, but General Bevas billited there, and his guard restored tranquillity ; at length, after much delay, we arrived at thy Plaza or spare called Arena!, and latterly de la Conitilution ; a band of music welcomed our approach, tapestry adorned the balconies, and continued vivps to El Rcy absoluto, la Inquisition, tic. &c. rent the air. The inferior orders paraded the streets, dressed in their best, and adorned with white favours and pink ribands, on which were painted numerous mottoes, such as " Iritm cl Rey ! Viva la Religion ! Viva la Ley ! Viva la Inquisizion !" on others " Viva la 1Y 1 Viva el Rey I Muera la Nacion Moen: la Condit:scion ! Viva el Despatismo .%fueran los Libcrales &c. &c. strongly demonstrative of the lowest state of dejadation into which mankind can sink. " Turning with disgust fr In this scene of absolutism and superstitious frenzy, I was surprised to ohs rve the almost total absence of genteel and respectable people, particularly females. I, however, feared to inquire, lest I might excite suspicion, and restrained my curiosity until I reached the Plaza de Artar oxcart, where our friends, and indeed I may say the friends of Englishmen in general, received me most kindly; and a young Spaniard present gave me all the information I wished upon the state of the public opinion, which I will give you in his own words :- 6 Xeres (he said) is a place of about thirty thou sand inhabitants, many of them rich merchants and agricul turalists; under the Constitution it was improving rapidly, from the reduction of tithes and taxes; many of our prin cipal, and really the whole of the middling class of people are compromised. The Clergy and the mob are most in veterate persecutors;. we are under their rule, and worse than we should be in Barbary ; persecution and vengeance have reached their utmost. One of my companions rejoined his family a few days since, thinking himself safe under the Proclamation by which emigrants were invited to return, but was obliged to fly instantly to avoid being arrested, and all his property has been confiscated. Every thing here is ex plained according to the Evangelists ! ! Other Patriots, with out any othei crime than that of being so, have been impri soned, and are in the public gaol, not as we confined the Pam tious, but as the Moors kept their slaves in bondage. These Holy Brethren, who wept when they heard any one of the confederates of Zaldivar was condemned more as thieves than as conspirators, laugh now, and rejoice that their fathers, eons, and wives of the prisoners are abandoned to the greatest mi sery, and at the same time never cease talking of religion.' This tragic picture was confirmed to me by all the respectable inhabitants, whose houses I frequented; each had to deplore the loss of some near relation or dear friend, 'When this scene of woe will terminate I will not pretend to predict, but the num ber of Constitutionalists increases under persecution ; even the children appear to participate in the feeling. The Royalists may confiscate, hang, burn, and banish ; but let the French troops leave the country, and a most Lloody counter-revoluticn will ensue, from which no Priest will escape. I shall write , again from Seville. " P. 9.—1 had almost neglected to mention the fine English. feeling, and independent principle shewn by our countryman M—s—g, at Port St. Mary's. He refltsed to wait upon the King, or Angouleme, with his brother representatives; they sent him two Officers of the Faith to be billetted on him ; he would not admit them, saying, he was employed under a Go• verntnent which had acknowledged the Constitution, and would not recognize any other, without instructions from England." CITY, Twelve o'Clock.---Consols opened at 83i, at which price they remain steady up to this hour, with no business of importance. We do not , hear as yet of any Expresses from Paris, which sel dom . strive, on Tuesdays., We are informed by private accounts from the above capital that the French Ministry are much displeased with the late Decree of. the King of SPAIN, as a great num ber of their capitalists, as well as ours, will be involved by the disavowal of the Spanish Loan. The Government of Spain, we understand, are very eager to contract for a New Spanish Loan ; but the old contractors, as well as the monied in terest of this country and of France, are deter- mined not to have any dealings with them, until the King of SPAIN ratifies the old one, giving as guarantee for its bona fide payment, the security of Russia, Austria, and France.—There is not a single report in the City this morning. Foattax MARKET.—Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 24, 241, 25, '23f, and 24L — Little is doing, except in the above Stock. Several unpopular, and indeed injudicious cases of conviction and punishment under the New Vagrant Act, having recently occurred, a clamour has been raised generally against the exercise of Magisterial authority, and against the propriety of investing Magistrates with discretion ary powers in the administration of the law. Public writers of all parties seem to have united, with scarcely a single exception, in contributing to create a popular ferment upon this subject . But although some cases, even of aggravated hardship and apparent injustice to individuali, may have undoubtedly occurred in the execu tion of a particular law, we should carefully guard against the denger of being hurried by our feelings into the sweeping condem nation of the whole principle and practice of a legislative institution, instead of calmly endeavouring to form an estimate of the causes which have led to its abuse in particular instances, and of the probabilities for and against its future recurrence or prevention. It is not a little singular to find that some of those who are now exclaiming against the summary powers entrusted to INlagistrates, are the very per sons from whom the loudest complaints have proceeded against the dilatory and expel]. rive proce e dings of Courts of Law ! It shoul d be r e c o ll ec t e d t h at i t i s impossible to con bin s ' celerity i n th e di spatc h o f com pl a ints, and ecu oomw in the expense of obtaining justice, wit h the deliberation of judicial examinations, with the nice discrimination and argumentative subtlety necessary for the attainment of legal WEST INDIA DOCKS. DELIVERIES for the 'WEEI • for the Week ending the; 4and STOCK ON HAND, 18th of October, 1023. Delivered. Articles. Home Stock on Con- Export*. Hand. sqmption. non. 1 Muds - - 2,919 - 43,403 Sugar Tierces - . 282 1 3,397 {Puncheons . 223 457 31,328 RUM Hhds - . 7 30 1,380 { Hhds and Tierces 161 689 13,478 Coffee Barrels and Bags 93 1,964 27,077 {Bales and Bags 03 . 769 1 Cotton Pockets and Serons - - 26 (Butts and Pipes 23 1 1,802 Wine J (Hhds Ilhds and i Casks 21 2 1,019 (Casks - - - - 119 Pimento .7, (Bags - - 22 46 2,830 f Casks - - 11 . 390 Ginger 1 Bags - .. . 37 . - . 541 {Casks - - 13 - 732 Cocoa Bags - - 4 - 433 Logwood Tons - - 441 3& 3,6191 Fustic Tons . - 42 - 1,731 Chests; of Sugar 8,580 Casks of Molasses 1,488 PRICE 0] THIS DAY AT flank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. 820 3 per Cent. Cons. B3j 36 per Cent. sut 4 per Cent . O N l e d w oo lo l 5 per Cents..c797 Hankhong Ann.2o 15-16ths 21 Imp. 3 per Cents. STOCKS NE O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 71a. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills • 40 39 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India fOr Con. Acct. Cons. for Acc. PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS Is LONDON, OCT. 2l AT ONE O'CLOCK. French f Five per Cents. 904. 1 Scrip, 00. ( Six per Cents. 00. Russian 4 Fire per Cents. (Metallic) 00. ( Ditto New 844. Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 244. Ditto 1823, 21. Prussian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 884. 1 Ditto New, 88i. Danish Fire per Cent. Bonds, 00. Chili 894. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 37. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Portuguese Scrip, is dis. Poyals 10 Bank Shares .£OO Os. • Seven per Cent. 000. American Six per Cent. 00-000. Five per Cent. 00 —OOO. Three per Cent. 00 00. Neapolitan Austrian H JO If WATER ♦T LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 25 minutes alter•, 3. 1 Emil' nr, 43 minutes Aar 3. THE SUN. SOLEM (MIS DiCEREFALSIUM AUDRAT .? LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1823.