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PARIS PAPERS. ' (Press the, Moniteur . of Sunday, Aut.24.) ftrxo TIM ITN,OFFICTAL PART.) letter from Madrid of the 16th hist.'contatus ttib `follpwing details :-=-;;; . , told you that the Dulte del "Infantrido, President • of.thell4voncy, and M. Saes, the Minister for Foreign Af e ' fairsovere to set out tram Port St. Mary. It seems that this - resolution 'has been changed. These two statesmen had not quitted Madrid. " All the good news that T mentioned to you yesterday have .been confirmed. I likewise inform you that General Bourck has attacked Corunna, and that the'bombs have get 'fire to the town in three places. ,Bayorma, the last port and strong place in Gs lliciaUtten the frontiers of-Portugal, has been taken by General Morlllo. " One of oar brigs has captureda vessel, on beard of . which • were 39 French Refugees, win, were flying: from Corunnas They have been landed and.placed in the prison of Tuy, where they await their sentence. ‘,` We expect here' in the most , profound tranquillity, and with the greatest hopes, the events at Cadiz. The Duke of aangouleme must arrive' at Port St. Mary this,very day. "Ammunition of all kinds, purchased at Lisbon, by the care 9f the son of General Bourmont and of M. Lesseps (our Con - atilt, have been received by General Beurdesoulle. The following Ordinance has just been published here.",- [This is the Ordinance in Five Articles, prohibiting the Spa nish Authorities from arresting any :person without the per , missioirof the french Commanders.] [EXTRACT OF. A PRIVATE 'LETTER.] BADELONA, stun. - 18.—The ATiso PEtincelle, detained on the lath inst. a Sardinian cutter laden with provisions, which was near the Mole of Barcelona. , " This cutter has just arrived here with ten boats, which have s also been taken by our cruisers, and were likewise endeavouring to introduce provisions into Barcelona." . ° Prong the Coustitutionnel. ) (EXTRACT Or A - PRIVATE LETTER.) " BucwartEsr, JuLY'24.-=Notwithstanding nearly a 'year has elapsed since the nomination of native Hospodars, the fate Odle unfortunate principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia still remains - the same, and the future presents a prospect still more dreadful than the.past. Naturehas done every thing for the happiness. of this cnontry by itsterritori4wealth, but its situation in the Political division of the States , which adjoin it neutraliies this fortunate situation. During the last fifty years . it has been often occupied anti ravaged by the Russians, and by the Austrians, and very. often by I'aswan Oglou and other : Turkish insurgents. 4 °•lts.present situation may .be. summed up in a very few , words. In spite of the intentions which the two Powers, the. Porte and Russia, solemnly manifest for its happiness, the country continues to be militarily governed; there exists no se curity either for persons or property, and every one is constantly oil the ; gal vice. The Turkish troops, swho under the com - trend of Gamuts Oglon, accompanied the -new ' Prince, Still' occupy the'country. ' it as even stated they will be soon rein forced bra new corps d'armee. In consequence of the arrest of some Of the principal Boydrds, the Austrian Agency had promised that its Court would employ all its influence to put an end to all arbitrary acts on the 'part of the Ottoman -Cent wiandant-; but it is precisely since his interference that the' arrests and tbeixiles have become more frequent. "'Of 1111 . 1 he evils whith ntenaca 'the two Principalities of Wallachia and 'Moldavia, the greatest is the evil .which, with out being imminent, still appears inevitable, and of which this country will necessarily become the Theatre.. The pacific de. :clarations unceasingly.repeate4do not tranquillise the sensible people of the country. It is recollected here, when the insur rection. of the Servians broke out in 1802,- that Russia, who, according to. the general opinion, was the instigatrix of it, limited herself at first to Representations and Notes. which she, fora long time,. addressed to the Divan—but after four years of negociations—amid when every one believed her. to be . least disposed for war, heenrmies unexpectedly penetrated into the two principalities, which for-six years they transformed. into a camp. After this melancholy experience, can we' now believe that we shall be more fortunate? At any rate, the con duct of Russia with regard to the Greeks, is precisely the saute as that which site adopted towards the Servians. Be sides, when the pacific Mins M. all disposed as he was to make every possible sacrifice forpeace, was forced into war, can we hope to avoid it under Mahmond ii. whose character is quite opposite to that of the former ?" ,lii,ENWA. A utt..ll.—The Archduchess Maria Louisa, of Farina, quitted this capital the day before yesterday', to pro ceed to join` her august father In Upper Auetia. The Arch.. (Nelms then returns to Italy. [PRIVATE conntsrownEscr.] "'Partniaxaar, AUG. 16.—Tho 'accounts from Catalonia, which confirm the defection of General Manso, state at the same time that that General only brought over with hint 43 mitn ; that he was at Veridrell, when oft i the 6th he sent his submission to the 51firshal ; that on the 7th be wished to take with him the whole of his division ; that's. violent tumult took place in consequence in his camp, and that be was obliged im mediately to deport, measures having . been adopted to arrest him, and he having also learnt that 51 dans was about to march upon Vendrell with a strong body of his division. On the 12th the Marshal was at St. Andre, before Barce lona, at the quarters of General Peccadetic ; he visited the dif. fsrent quarters of the troops of investment; be was expected immediately at Villa Franca. The activity of 'time Marshal is extraordinary, he is continually either on horseback, or labour ing in the Cabinet." Paws, Also. 24.—The Journal des Debit's does not wish to hear transactions or capitulations any longer spoken of, but AM magnanimous, it permits at least until to-morrow, that. Spain shall be free; it is not hostile to her, prospering under the shade of institutions equally distant from despotism and anarchy, it carries its generosity sofa as to promise an amnesty tonhe men who, now retired to Cadiz, as in 1812, recollect per. hips with bitterness the punishments that were the recompence of the ittlehty Which they so religiously maintained towards their captive King, 'Unfortunately for the promisors of amnesty, the acts of the , Regency - of Madrid are not unknown at Cadiz. The corn phonts, 014114 of the Portuguese *army and of the citizens. of Lisbon, are echoed in the Isle of Leon ; and the amnesties of Naples and Piedmont are km posted up in the.tribune of the harangues in the Chamber of the Cortes. At the montent when .it was least expected, the King of Prussia has commenced the Constitution of his Kingdom; this Constitution, however, lac such that it will not be set aside in the present woes. It pleases the Journal des Debuts which Is not astonishing, for every thing pleases it; but it has lemma the Drap eali mine itself, and therefore it may pleas e the Holy Alli ance , the Coinntittee of Inquiry Mayetice, and hral. de aletternish and P0z. , ,, di Borgo. :The Diorio rlf Ilenia, of the hilt inst , states that the health 'of the holy Father continued to improve. Front the Courier Francais.) (pin VATE CO it a ESPOND EN CO irnaws ['OUT, Auo. 18.—The speculators on our exchange interested in seeing the public funds- rise, say that they have learnt with certainty, that on the 20th of this month, St. Louis's day, official communications of the greatest importance will he made at Paris, by the French Government, to the public. On t h at d a y, it. is said, peace 'between France and Spain will be solemnly proelainierL We bear front Cassel that the author of the anonymous let. ter, of %Odell so much has been said, and which .has produced so many ' prnclainations, and so much exertion on the p a rt o f the 'Police was not yet discovered. Several passages of th e letter have been r.q and circulated, and several per sons whose hand-writing appeared to resemble time original have beersarrested ; among' others s a sulpoffieer named Eicher berg; but hitt innocence, as well as that of tic persons accused at the same time, has since been acknowitiiged, and they are to be immediately set at liberty. Nobody dares to speak of this let. tar in Cassel, for the least word is sufficient to attract the atten. Oise orthe police, and cause the speaker to, he arrested. Several perilous who have reed the letter lay, that to judge .. from the style, it must have been written by somebody who has received a good education: he writes with purity and elegance. The advice he gives to the Electorls only to treat his wife (a sister of the King of Prussia) better ; to recal the hereditary- Prince from Alarbourg, where, according to this aather, he - is ex iled, not to shew himself always in public with the Countess Reichenbach ; and finally, to call the ancient States-General of Hesse together, and form with them a Constitution which will confim the rigl& - of the people, and protect them from arbitrary p ower . The letter was sent to Neundorf, under cover to M. Muller, Private Secretary to the Elector, begging him to place the in dosed, without delay, in the hands of the Elector. Perhaps it would'have been prudent wholly to suppress such a corres pondence. Anonymous correspondents are rarely dangerous, and their writings only . acquire importance by the publicity other people fbrce them into. The Minister, however, was ob. liged to cede to the will of the Prince, and a Proclamation, in the most unusual form, was published andsalarmed the people. The police profited immediately by the circumstance to multi ply its agents and improve its system of espionage. Nothing was heard of but intrigues and plots. The Elector has formed anew corps of gendarmerie. Numerous guards and detach ments of troops of the line were placed round the Castle of Wilhelmshohe,'which he inhabits at present. When he conies to Cassel, which takes place only seldom, his carriage is always surrounded by gendarmes. The Countess of Reichenbach also neverleaves Wilhelmshohe without an escort of gendarmerie. PERVIGNAN, AUG. ,16.—We heard yesterday that Sala- Raull and Redon, Constitutional Alcades of Barcelona; Wil liam tie 3lazon, Editor of the Indic:tent. Catalan; Comellas, Editor of the O)mM/wit:mot ; and Roth, Commandant of the Battalion of young 31ilitia, had been arrested at Barcelona by order of the Junta of Inspection ; to-day, we understand, that these individuals took refuge at Badalona, where they were ar rested, and then conducted to Mataro. The conduct of these persons has occasioned much surprise, particularly as we are ignorant what can have led them to desert the party they had einbraced so warmly, and in which they were distinguished for their exaltation. The Constitu tionalists of Barcelona were divided into Carbonari and Com. muneroa, and Sala-Raull, Redon, Mason, and the others, were at the head of the Carbonari, which excited some discord, but it-was not supposed that this difference of opinion could lead to so open a schism under present circumstances. The precipitate flight of these Carbonari is therefore attributed to some other motive, which the next news from Barcelona will undoubtedly explain to us. Mina's secretary, who, it was thought, was a prisoner in this town, arrived only to-day, escorted by gendarmes, and VMS im mediately conducted to the Prefecture, and had a long confer ence of an hour and a half with the Prefect, and was then led back to prison. 'Much mystery is preserved with regard to this person, and it was attempted toyonceal his present jour ney from t he public. Worn the Journal des Delntts.] PETr.itsnonon, MAY 18.—According to a late Imperial Ordonniince, students who desire to travel abroad at the ex pence of Government, ought not only to possess peculiar talents, and to have made great progress in the sciences, but must also produce certificates of exemplary conduct and good morals. Pants, Atm. 2-I—The unfortunate Cure of Blanes, M. F. Frigola, carried away from his home and from his parishioners inlB2l, and since led from the prison at Gerona, to the prison at Figueras, and thence transferred to the dungeons at Barcelona, has been tried by a Council of War, and condemned to death after twenty months torments. The worthy Ecclesiastic was strangled in the square at Barcelona on the sth of this month at eleven o'clock in the morning. Shut up in the Chapel on the evening before; he said mass ; and pardoning his executioners, employed his lust moments in praying. for them. The Spanish Loan contracted for by the Regency at Madrid, on July 18th last, with the house of Guebhard, at Paris, has given another occasion for Royalist opinions to !thew themselves in all their force. The list of suhscribera to this luau, already three parts filled, consists almost wholly of the names of per sons favouring the'3lonarchical cause. The success of this loan in France will establish another bond between the two coun tries already governed by the same dynasty, and which are now united, by the misfortunes of one and the generosity of the other, inure closely than ever under - the standard of le giniacy. SPAIN. ROYAL DECREE FOR THE FORFEITURE OF THE SPANISH ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL GRANDEES. . CADIZ, JUVY lik . The Kiri°. has been pleased to issue, through the Minister'of Grace and Justice, the following decree, under the date of the 13th of July : " The address which, to the scandal of Eu rope, has been published . as having - been made by various Spanish Grandees of both sexes, to the ' Chief of the enemy's army,•imperiously demands ' my attention, because, if not the work of fraud and imposture, it is certainly a signal monument of disloyalty and baseness. The singular style in which it is conceived, the manifest falsehoods on whiCh it-is founded, and, above all, the cha racter of some of the -individuals by whom it is signed, afford grounds for regarding it, to be a forgery. It is,indeed,scarcely possible to conceive that there-Should be included among these indi- i victuals one of the very men who adopted and signed the constitution in 11312.. How is it pos sible to imagine that there should also be asso dated with them, the malt, who, manifesting the most decided adherence to the system established by the constitution, was honoured and favoured, through the confidence of the nation and of my self, by the highest dignities and offices in the State ? Such a total disregard of faith and honour, such shameful inconsistency, and such black ingratitude, would reflect discredit on the lowest dregs of the community i how much more, then, must it disgrace noblemen of Castile ? It is equally incredible and absurd, that persons bearing that exalted rank, and proclaiming their inviolable loyalty, should, meanly bend the knee before the enemy's Generalissimo, congratulate him on his ominous success, and encourage him to oppress, degrade, and destroy their nation. But, notwithstanding all this, the fact is notorious, the document has been printed hi a semi-official paper, and copied into others, yet, no one 'has come forward to contradict it. In its publication and its effect, this address is a stain to Spanish loyalty, an insult to the laws and the Govern ment, a calumny to the maim", and an odious and criminal co-operation with the enemy. Those men are doubtless deceiving the world and them selves who represent the constitutional sys,: , it.to be the effect of the violence of a party, wh ~.,, :ep both the nation and the monarch in a state of bondage ; they are deceiving the world and them-. selves, since being honoured and distiuguished by that constitutional s yst em , e ith er i n th e i r own persons or those of their children or relatives, they assail those very laws which foster and protect them, as well as the rest of ,the citizens. Finally, they deceive the world and themselves, who, imputing to the Spanish nation odious vil lainy and stupidity, consent to this scandalous violation of the rights of tuitions, and aid it by their insolent connivance. Since, by this mani festation of their sentiments, they would destroy, as far as lies in their power, the laws and the Government which they have sworn to obey ; since they applaud and authorize, as far as they can, the desolation and horror of the foreign in. vasion and civil war under which Spain now groans ; and since, to deliver up.their unfortunate country to a foreign yoke, they mil, their co operation, their lives, and their property .to an enemy who would rob her of . her freedom, and , independence, the authors of this address, of whatever rank they may be, are comprehended in the decree issued by the. Cortes on my pro poiltion on the 2a instant. In consequence I have declared and resolved as follows : "Art. 1. Those men are unworthy the name of Spaniards,. are traitors to their 'country and their King, and shall be held and treated as such, who voluntarily signed the address to the; Duke d'Angouleme, Commander-in-Chief of the enemy's army, under the date of illtulrid, May 18, and which has been published as having been presented by the Grandees of Spain, and subscribed by Count de Villariezo, Count de la Puebla del Maestre, the Duke de Castroterreno, Count de Cervellon, the Marquis de Villafmnca, Count del Moiitijo i , the Marquis del Alhaida, Count de Punonrostro, the. Duke de Leria and Berwick, the Marquis de Fuenie el Sol, Viscount de Gaud, the Marquis de Ariza, the Duke de Sadavi, the Duke de Villaher mosa, the Marquis de Cerralbo, the Duke de San Fernando, the Duke de Metlinacell, the ex-Duke of Montemar, Count de Miranda, the Marquis de Mondeja r , th e M arqu i s d e Mira fibres; the Countess de Mora, the Countess de Cifuentes, the Countess-Duchess de Henavente, the Duchessde Montellano, the Countess de la Alcudia, the Countess de. Salvatierra, the Marquis de Mos, Count de Colomera, the Duke de Tamanes, and the Marquis de Valparaiso. " 2. It being understood that the s aid address was signed voluntarily, all the thirty-one individuals who seem to have subscribed it, and who have nut hitherto denied so doing, since they have given no proof of not having actually signed it, or taken part in it, or that they were included in any of the ex ceptions of Art. 21 of the penal code, shall be brought-to trial, when apprehended. " 3. I hereby declare that the thirty-one individuals above mentioned do not form the whole of the Grandees of Spain, nor even the majority of that class ; neither do they possess, or ever have possessed, any title or character to represent it. Consequently the above-mentioned address is, and ought to be considered merely as the private act of those by whom it was performed ; and the character of the Grandees of Spain, who have at all times been distinguished for loyalty and pa triotism, must not suffer for the degradation and perjury of a few individuals. " 4. The 31 persons who signed the said address are hence forward deprived of all their titles, honours, decorations, ranks, employments, 'offices, emoluments, pensions, incomes, prero gutives,-and distinctions depending on the supreme civil power of Spain ; and with respect to those that do not so depend, they shall not be permitted 'to exercise any throughout the king dom, nor shall the said individuals be acknowledged to hold any rank or privilege in Spain. 8. The titles, decorations, offices, pensions, personal dis tinctions, or honours, which those individuals may have ob tained from me, or my august predecessors ure also hencefor ward extinct, as though they nover existed.. - They will like wise be suppressed to their heirs during the lives of the above mentioned persons; but, at their deaths, they shall descend to whomsoever they may belong, in conformity with the laws, on condition that the successor or successors do not deserve to for feit them for their own offences: With respect to the Ex-Duke of Montemar, the order contained in toy decree of the 11th inst. will he observed. " 6. -The property of every kind whatever, belonging to the 31 persons . above-mentioned, shall be immediately sequestrat. ed, and after satisfying the lawful claims that may be made upon it, shall . he appropriated-to "the national Treasury during the lifc4intaof tha individuals, and at theirdeath shall de.; scend to whomsoever -it may belong according to law; but in the meanwhile, their wives, children, and brothers, if they re side in Spain, and continue faithful to the Constitution, shall receive such provisions .as 1 may think proper to assign to them. . " 7. I howeVer declare, that if any of the 31 individuals abave-mentioned, excepting the Ex-Duke de Montemar, should prove themselves free of the charge specified in article 2, that the succeeding articles 4,5, and G. will immediately be come null tvith respect to them, and their good name will be in no way prejudiced by this my Royal Decree. " I charge you to See this Decree executed, and to order it to be printed, published , an d circulated." BAYONNE, A tja. 18,--,We have received th e ACCOUNTS FROM BAYONNE. following communications :--- Madrid, Ave. 14.-According to all the accounts and inf or _ maim that we leCeivi: from the provinces, the Govern ment of Spain semis to be nearly :a an en 1. The following is an ex. tract frond letter Written be an'Ofliccr in the Army of Mu,. stems, who is well known for his attachment to the Constitu tional cause :--, 1 ."'../fizdttjar, r. - ehi. , t. fl.--The s ubmiSsion of Ballaateros Must doubtless surprise ail the friends of liberty ; but without enter big Into the detail all 'the causes which have led to. it, t w ill content myself wish t)!; , rvvis,r, that the General was not pos_ sesscd of the necessar y (onditicstions to conduct his army, i n the difficult circumstances in which it was placed ; he was not able to direct the Military tultninistration, to combat, or to Ni s , the spirits of his troopit which were discouraged by a retreat of 180 leagues, without any resources but atbitrary requisitions, which would, in the end, haveraised" tiro inhabitants against us; the Cortes, il•om_ whom he received only reprimands, but no succour, became sensible whew it was too late, Of :the inabi- . lity of Ilallasteres; the French have profited by - the , disorder; and by our dissention, some of the principal officers on the staff, beginning with the Central, - were gained, so that in less than a week we saw en aft - ay of nearly 20 ; 000 Men disperse, and, in fine, vanish ; whereas. if it had been properly commanded, we might have acquired the greatest glory. I now expect nothing but disorder and def e ction among the rest of our troops; who cannot make any reaistar!!e to the enemy. .1 shalt, therefore, take the first opportunity to return to you, and to repose after . my fatigues." The following is an extract from a let ter d a t e d C orunna , th e 4th inst., written by a Gentleman belonging to one of the first counne:cial houses m ihibaa, who serves in the militia " I still exist, though by miracle, after the fatigue and the privation that we have endured Since we left Bilboa. It is no torious that the column of militia of the three proVinces, espe. chilly those of Bilboa,fiave defended the entr a n ce of th e A s tu. rias for two months; without any other aid than 3 or 400 soldiers of the line of Catnpillo, continually fiOting with the corps of General Huber. We arrived here in time to take part in the defence of this town : all my calculations have been false ; and, except four or five thousand old soldiers, and about two thou sand militia, we had no means to oppose an enemy so protected by . sea and land ; for our unhappy chiefs, after having compro mised us, and taken us from our homes, have basely betrayed us. I sec no means whatever of protracting the resistance of this place, unless' we would sacrifice ourselves : those among us, therefore, who are the most conprowised, arefreightiug a vessel for England, whence I will write to Bilboa. We do not know what is passing out of the town, but what must we think when Quiroga, abandoning his soldiers, embarks. Since we left Bil boa, we have had 11 militiamen killed, 30 wounded, and 5 mis sing or prisoners." The following letter was written by a person attached to the Regency of 2latirid, dated the 14th. We translate it-word for word : • "31 A n Am,—The affair of LOS Nigros is settled ; our triumph is no lobger doubtful, any more than their complete defection in all parts of the Peninsula. Prone the events in Ga/lacia and Andalutia, we may expect the speedy deliverance of our Master ; which will be followed by The surrender of the fortresses which are still in the hands of the Revolutionists. I send eneloied a pasuportfor your son ; senti , it by express to Cartitagena, ,and persuade him to take advantage, as soon as possible, of the, assistance of your friends to return to you, and abjure the party of the rebel s ." • - These three letters show the critical situation of the Consti tutionalists • nothing is - wanting to complete it, but the sub mission of Consti tutionalists; in Catalonia, which is constantly spoken of; when the' principal leaders betray their eause, the soL diets are discouraged, the militia are filled with indignation and despair; but these war.' all that the French had to combat in Spain, because the mass of the population are tran quil spectators of the struggle except the small ultra-Royalist faction which has formed itself at Sara , rosSit and some other towns. le people in general have been deaf to the appeals both of the Constitutionalists and their adversaries : the peace able and respectable class desire to see an end of the present troubles at any rate; and what proves this ix, as soon as the news of a speedy accommodation was published at Madrid and other places, there were public rejoicings. The Constitution alists, in forming their projects of resistance, reckoned upon assistances and improbabilities which have not been realised ; they flattered themsAves that in the end they should have the support of the English • they believed there would be some internal dit torbances in 'France ; they could not persuade them "lves that the French army would light against the li berty of t l ►2 . peoples but the French soldiers, well dim ciPlllxl, well commanded, better paid, and above all, re: warded as they never were before, with titles and orders, for every step they have advanced against the enemy, could not deceive the' hopes of their Monarch, who may flatter himself with ltaving one hundred thonfand brave men to oppose the enemies yids throne. The Decree of the Duke d'Angoulerne, ordering the release of Persons arbitrarily imprisoned, has produced in general a salutary eneet ; 600 persons c onfined in the prisons of Madrid have been restored to liberty ,• about 50 are to be brought to trial, but th ese too have solicited the clemency of the Prince. The mediation . of England is now generally spoken of; th e Constitutional Party appear to wish it.--Addresses continue to be sent to the Regency, d es i r ing the re-establishment of the an cleat system i n ' its fullest extent, and pamphlets are published, which, referring to those blame the Prince for ob.: jecting to institutions,which the present state of Spain detranda, and Prevent all kinds of disasters, if a Constitution, liberal tvcat in appearance, is to be maintteined. LITERARY NOTICE. LETTERS BY SIDNEY. Our Readers will recollect that a series of letters, with the signature of SIDNEY, appeared in this Paper. They were obviously the produc tion of good sense, learning, general know ledge, And a firm, but not bigotted, zeal, for the Consti tUtion in Church and State. The particular ob. ject of the Author was to point out the gross errors,. the ensnaring allurements, and the dange rous tendency of the Roman Catholic Religion. The arguments of the Writer are solid and ir refragable. lie illustrated his reasoning by facts of irresistible authority, drawn from the history, as well as the principles, of POPERY, in all ages,, and which principles its advocates declare to be unchanged and unchangeable. We are glad to find that the loyal and patriotic Author has col lected the Letters with which he at first favoured Tun SUN, and has published them, together with such further illustrations and annotations as he deemed necessary for the complete elucidation of a subject of so much importance to the religion, the morals, and the peace and security of the Bri .tish Empire.. We have copied the following ar ticle from The Antidote, a weekly paper publish ed in Dublin, instituted and patronized by Sir HARCOURT LEES, Bart., one of the most able, zealous, learned, and indefatigable champions for the support of our pure and happy Establishment in Church and State : " At a time like the present, when the Roman Catholics are using every effort to carry their object, it is the bounden duty of every Protestant to exercise a most vigilant attention to this most vital subject ; and, to the utmost of his abilities, to coun teract those &Oro, for the subversion of our glorious Consti tution in Church and State, as settled at the Revolution in 16811." Such is the manner in which the Author of " Letters by Sidney" addresses the Public—we coincide most fully with him in opinion ; never were the Papists more active in their endeavours to extend their doctrines, and strengthen the pillars of their anti-Christian and exterminating Church, than in the present days ; • and never, though some are actively alive to their real situation, did the mass of the Protestant. population sleep in more unsuspicious se curity. It is " the bounded duty" of every Protestant to bestir the lagging energies of his too credulous brother, and rouse front a state of fatal apathy the victim of credulity : would that we had many such publications as that "before us ! It is now some years since, under the signature of " Sidney," our Author, through the Sun Newspaper, first addressed the Public, and called their attention to this vital subject ; a native of Ireland, he saw the body of his countrymen enthralled in the mists of delusion and ignorance, and the dupes of a number of crafty anti designing men, whb, goaded by ambition, sought to over turn our Protestant Constitution, and re-establish thodontinion of Popery he has with infinite labour, persevering research, and soundness of jUdgment, drawn together such a body of facts and illustrations, as must carry conviction to the minds of every candid unprejudiced reader. popery has always sought to unite temporal with spiritual jurisdiction, and in this unfortunate country its power has ex tended, and in innumerable instances shewn itself stronger than the laws; a power which, .as our author distinctly points Out, cannot exist without the knowledge, nay the sanction of the Priests ; a power which is in direct hostility to the allegiance, which, as subjects, we all owe.to our Sovereign. As illustra tive of these points he marks rite conduct of Priest who refused to drag forward to public justice the murderer of tha'Unfortunate Brunton : and makes the following pointed observations • " But this reciprocation of confidence, so strenuously sup ported between this .Priest and this " infatuated multitude," and so pertinaciously adhered to by him, in violation and de fiance of the laws of this country, seems to me to imply more than meets the eye, and more than the Priest wishes to be known ; however, time may " bring 'to light the hidden things of darkness." I have heard of misprison of treason ; which, according to my interpretation, meals a conceulthent, involv ing the person concealing the treason against the State in guilt to a certain degree : nor, ignorant of the laws as I pro fess myself to be, can 1 see any reason why there should not be the same as to murder:. in which case, the Rev. Sylvester O'Sullivan is, in my opinion, guilty,of misprison of treason, or felony." . • And again, alluding to the influence of the Tries: over the minds 01 the people, as manifested at some late elections, be puts the following question " But I -ask, why have . the Romish Bishops and Priests been, in a manner, pitesive ; the former, too, so very ver. hose in •professions of attachment to his Majesty's person and Government, and in promises inculcating upon the minds of those committeu to their care, implicit obedience to the laws of the country ? Why was not the greater ex -communication resorted. to, which can be called into action for private motives, or to promote the interest of their church, when remonstrance and warning failed, to prevent the unfortunate and infatuated individuals' front rising in re bellion against their Sovereign ; from committing every species of crime against their unprotected neighbours ; and from bringing ruin upon themselvi and families ? Their Reverences cannot plead ignOrance, that, • a bloody Insurrection was on. the eve of breaking out,' six or seven months before publicly mentioned by Mr. 'Connell;O for, as auricular confession had been appointed to be observed as a sacrament, after the church became Popish, I presume no penitent would venture to con. teal any thing from his ghostly father. Was sot that lauxt, therefore, hound by his duty as a subject, by his duty as a citizen, and by his duty as a christian minister, to reveal to Government a deep laid plot against the public peace, which would have saved the effusion of much blood, and many of his communion from the punishment due to their crimes ?" " Away, then, with these high sounding complim en t s ,. which cannot deceive any m a n in Ireland of common discern.- ment, though they may mislead a few in England ; and which serve only .as encouragement, where no encouragement is want ed, attway.be seen by Doctor Cappinger's late address to his Priestita composition replete with priestly arrog ace, under the mask olhumility, and with a Jesuitical sophistry, softening down the crimes of Rebellion, murder, rape, robbery, and the destruction of property, to the gentle term of confmion.' " The remarks of" Sidney" upon the Prophecies of Pastorini are extended and judicious; he testifies that cheap editions of this infamous work, mentioned by the Bishops and Priests, have not only been itidastrinusly circulated, but that in Cork and other towns its has been hired out at one penny per week to such as could not afford to p urenase i t . In introducing this subject, he adds— ' But -if blind superstitious zeal and hatred of Protes tants be nut the prevailing sentiments among the Roman Catholics of Ireland of the present day, as they were at the -. periods of history alluded to, why has Pastorini's pretended history of the Christian Church been raked from the dust, and republished, as the seventh edition, consisting of several thousand copies, sanctioned too by some, if not the whole conclave of Romish Bishops ? Why, also, is a cheap edition now issuing from the press, in numbers, at sevenpence each to accommodate purchasers of the lowest and poorest class ? Why was such a time as the present chosen, to disseminate this ea. venomed composition, fraught with bigotry, virulence, calum- - nies, and falSehoods, if not to keep alive that hatred and that intolerant spirit,. and to rouse Into action all the sternly, malig nant passions of the mind ?" Were we at liberty to indulge our inclinations, our extrays from this interesting publication would be much more extend ed ; we must, however, refrain; recommending the work itself to Our readers, as one of authority and research, and which cannot fail in producing a conviction of the impohcy, and danger to our constitution in Church and State, of any further concessions, or extension of principles to the Papists. The e principles of the Rotnish Church are unchanged and unchange able, temper code; ." STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock -- India Bonds 61s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 3O 2+3,pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. - Cons. for Acc. B2:t PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, Aua. 27, - . AT ONE O'CLOCK. French Five per Cents. 93. iSerip, 'g pr. imix per Cents. 00. Russian ' Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 86A. Five per Cent. Bonds, 761. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. 1 Five per Cent. Bonds, 11320, 00. Ditto . 1821, 37g. Ditto 1822, 00. 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The submission of MANSO is confirmed ; but be had only been able to take with him a few ad herents, and his troops remained faithful to the Constitution.—From the Cadiz Papers of the 16th July, we have extracted a Decree issued by the KING on the 13th, declaring the Spanish Grandees who had given in their adhesion to the Duke of ANGOULEME, traitors to their country, ordering them to be brought to trial, and depriving them of their titles, rank, employments, and income.—With the cha racteristic moderation, humanity, and justice, however, for which the calumniated Government of the Spanish R evo l u ti on h as a l ways been thesedis a t r . e n or e rt a et s hc u ie r fe:1) mostf criminalitnind g is u p is en be s c a l ab , ni t de h e sde c av o e : gr s ie e t r q yo u tuo e s :e ak e ti s , kind, osdtraitors f ae their innocent families and descendants. The property of the proscribed Grandees is to be held in• trust, and is to be restored, together with their titles and rank, to their legal heirs ; and even during the life of each of the culprits, provision is to be made for the suitable support of their wives and children, and other nearest relatives, if they shall continue to reside in Spain. In this magnanimous procedure, Justice is so dispassionately measured out to the offenders alone, and in the careful discrimination between the innocent and the guilty there is so much of impartiality,of forbearance, and even of delicacy, that it affords the strongest possible evidence of the soundness of the principles of the Spanish laws, of the wisdom with which they have been framed, and of the beneficent spirit in which they are administered: STocii-ExcHANo E, Twelve o'clock.--Consols opened at 821, with little doing, at which they are steady. The chief business done has been preparatory for settling day, which is to-morrow. There is no intelligence from Paris. FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish Bonds opened at 37H, with little doing. PRIVATE LETTER FROM STOCKEIOLAI, DATE() A 17(). 13 it was understood that the Diet would hr,•ak up in the course of this month. It bad been agreed on to increase the Revenue of the King and Prince considerably, and 2,000/. had been granted yearly to the wife of Prince Oscan as pin money. The Queen lives in a very retired manner, a.nd holds no Court. The King and family have removed to the country Palace of Drottinghalm. The English are treated with parti cular respict in this country. Mr. RAE WlLso)r, the Author of the Travels through Egypt, the Holy Land, &c. &c., has had an audience of the King, and was introduced by Sir ENJAIIIN BLOOMFIELD, our Minister. On this occasion his Majesty' shook handl with the Gentlemen,' and appears by all accounts to shew tbe greatest urbanity and condescension towards the English. His Excellency in particular uniformly meets with a very marked - attention, and in going► to Court the guards turn out in the streets and give him a public salute. Last night Mr. Run., the King's messenger, left town with dispatches for Paris. The Earl and Countess of LIVERPOOL have left Oxford, and proceeded to Fonthill Abbey. The Duke of WELLINOTON arrived at Ghent on Saturday evenintr last. Before entering the town the Noble Duke visited the works of the new citadel without the Courtray gate. PRICE 0 THIS DAY AT 226 83! 821 961 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red , 3 per Cent. Coos , 31 Per Cent. ( Old l9 Ol 4 per Cent. 1 New 1011 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. s.l6ths Imp. 3 per Cents.