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DOMESDAY BOOK. The Royal. Commissioners o( Public Records, in their exceedingly interesting " Dissertations,' , prefacing Domesday Book, mention, in speaking of the Origin and object of that extraordinary work, that " Ingulphus affirms this survey to tave been made in imitation of the policy of Al fred, who, at the time he divided the kingdom iuto comities, &C., had en Inquisition taken and ;. - digested into a register, which was culled, from . the , place in which it was reposited, the Roll of lruiSdiester." The Royal Commissioners here .upez,i remark, that " the formation of such a stir vey, however, in the time of Alfred, may be fairly doubted, as we have only a solitary au. thority for its existence, and the most diligent in veStigation has not been able to recover among the, Records either of the Saxon or of later times, the slightest indication that such a survey was ever known. 'lied it existed in the century mediately preceding the Norman Conquest, it would have prevented the necessity of giving these, minute descriptions, of. land, so common among the later of the Saxon Charters. The se,.. Iteration of counties, also, is known to have been a division, long anterior to the time of Alfred." — Co. L. 168, a. '2, Inst. 7F. And yet, observe the Commissioners, in a note to their dissertations, Carte, in, the General His tory- of England, vol. 1, p. 314, "appears to have the,same notion of Alfred's Dom. hoc. Edward the elder, says he (the son and immediate suc cessor of Alfred), in his preface to , his laws, en joins all his Reeves and Ministers,' who had any 'charge in the State, to judge equitably, accord in; to the directions of that book, to which they were to adhere strictly in all eases. In the page immediately following, there is a sentence less in telligible. Carte laments ' that the Dom. hook of Alfred, so much respected in Westminster the time of Edward IV. bath - been since lostP " Sir Martin Wright supposes that.as the general homage and fealty. to William I. was done about the time that Domesday Book was finished, and not before the survey was taken, in order to dis cover the quantity of every man's fee, and to fix his homage; because anciently the name and quantity of the fee, &c. was specified in the homage. And this probably, he adds, is the reason why almost all the historians of those times join the account of this survey and of the homage done about that time together, in such a manner that we must needs think they took them 'to have immediate relation one to the other. On the other hand, remark the Records' Commis, s.ioners, Lord Coke, the J-idges of Ireland, in the case of tenures, Mr. Seidel', Nathaniel Bacon, and others, were of opinion that tenures were not brought into England by the Con queror, hut that they were common among time Saxons ; and the internist evidence of Domesday 4tsulf hears no reference, whatever to any sheet. sermons surrender of former tenures, and re grant of the same as' feudal.' • As to the mode of executing William I.'S sur vey, certain Commissioners, called the King's justiciorips, wore appointed. Those for the mid. littid comities at least, if not fur all the districts, were—Remigius, Bishop of Lincoln ; Welter 'C iffard, Earl of Buckitigharn ; Henry de hearers, mid Adam the brother of ludo Dapifer, who probably associated to them some principal per two in each This we learn from the fol. lowing curious document in the Register of St. Mary, Worcester, usually called lieming's Char. talariv, Preserved among the Cottonian Manu scripts in the British Museum. Tib. A. XIII.— " ludicuiauo Liherialis de Ossaldeslatoes Hun. -tired pat a gat) nuireacestre sacramonto iuris imrandi firmata eat, Willchno senoire regnante." Hearne', in his edition of lieming's Chartulary, printed in 1723, p. 291, gives the List of Jurors 'for the Hundred of aswaideslaw, in Worcester shire. The leaf of the original which should contain this, is gone, and was probably in 1731, •L the time the Manuscript itself suffered sec inaterial injury in the tiro of the Cotton Library. The ‘vriter of the Saxon Chronicle, with sonic degree of asperity, informs us, that not a hyde, or yurdhind i not an ox, cow, or hog, did the cen ko4 omit. It should seem, honever, (continue the Commissioners), that the Jurors in numerous instances, framed returns of a more extensive na ture than was absolutely required by the King's Precept; and it is, perhaps, on this account that we have different kinds of descriptions ht rvnt counties, In so►ne counties, when the Ex. chequer Domesday WAS excerpted from the Rolls, the irrelevant matter ‘V:18 bIEACIC out ; while in others it was probably retained. Ti►e words also of the rolls were, for the most part given it full, Or but partially contracted ; while in thu transcribed lurvey an abundance uC miuuto con. .tructions were usod as if with the intention of tompreoing tho whole into the form most convw. Went for t h purpose of a Court of Law. That there was no oppression, however, in the valna tion, even when owners of land refusod to make their own return,' is evident front mono than one entry. .very.. large portion of the forged Saxon Cheaters, which at this day exist, are to be ro (erred (obberve the•"• Dissertations") to the period of the DooresdaY'survey. - They were fabricated by. the. Monks, in the anxiety to make the titles 40.thvir property good who; the Norman Cern. inissioners came among them. Some of them had eve) forged seals, in appendage of Norman origin, , . jol t -winced Icy Edward the Confessor. The seals Troth or Edward the Confessor and William, are frequently noticed in the survey.' Once we Wive it cotillion or the i sesa of Odo, Bishop of Linioax, the Flarl of Kent ; unquestionably the earliest specimen in England of a Baronial seal. An 4rograving of it will be found in the first volume of OP 66 A rcheologii7 of the Society of Antiquaries. Ode is reitresentod_on- one- fide, iv an Earl, in armour, can horsebick. Iftbourll of ,these wonunfifisioners themare excellent engravings of the royal seals of Ed warcl ) . William ) &c. ) insides their signatures) Mr. OWEN and the CHURCH . ofSCOMAND. LETTER FIRST. TO THE EDITOR or THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE. Sra,—The time is nt length arriietl when the old and the new system of society must be brought into fair and open comparison and competition, The advocates of the new syetem intended. that the beneficial effects of its practice should mike way for an impartial invest!. gation of its principles ; and that the evident advantages of the former, and the truth of the latter, should induce the world, gradually and quietly, to relinqui s h the errors and miseries of old society. Some of the Scottish Clergy, however, have felt so much alarmed at the success of this mode of proceeding, that they have gone out of their usual course to attack both the principles and practice of the New System, before they were acquainted with either. And they have induced the General Assembly of Scotland to sanction their measures, and to take part with them in this novel and important contest. The Church of Scotland has thus thrown down the gauntlet; and wishing, for the happiness of my fellow creatures, to bring this matter to a speedy decision, I willingly take it up. But not in the spirit of the Old World. I take it up, that we may enter into a friendly competition, to discover what is true and beneficial for our common natpre. Let us, then, at once dismiss all inftilax considerations. Let 411 persovaiities cease. Let us not even contend for victory, but let our sole object be to discover that which will impart the greatest benefit to our species. It is in this spirit and with this object that I now take up the gauntlet, which the. Church of Scotland, in its official capacity, bra thrown down ; fbrahey compel inc thus to enter the lists, or to relinquish a cause on which, as it appears to me, the fu ture improvement and happiness of the world depend. The public, or the aggregate of the human mind, and not any class, sect, or party, must now become the judge between us, and decide whether the principles of the old or those of the proposed New. System of Society„be in accordance with existing facts ; and whether the practice Whijii has necessarily proceed. ed from the old principles, or that which will as necessarily emanate from the new, be calculated to produce the greatest amount of virtue anti happiness among mankind. My conviction is, that all the notions on which Society has hitherto been formed are erroneous; that, as soon as they can be examined without early imbibed prepossessions, they will be discovered to be unsupported by one established fact; and that the practice which necessarily follows from a belief in such notions, cannot fail to overwhelm the world with the poverty, vice and misery with which the human race until this day have been afflicted. It is also a vivid impression on my mind, • which of myself I have no is - leans of obliterating, that the principles on which the New System of Society is founded, are in strict accordance with all known facts; and that the practices.which must neces sarily succeed a fair and open development of these principles, will produce throughout the world a degree of good temper, in telligence, abundance, virtue and happiness, of which those who have been trained i n the old prejudices and habits, have, with in themselves, or depending upon their own will, no means of forming any just estimate. New knowledge on these subjects must be presented to them before their principles or their prac tices can be changed. Such are the impressions which great reading, much study, and an extensive experience among men of all classes and con ditions have made on my mind. The new system is, in fact, the result of a science ; a know ledge of which, by a little attention, all men may be made easily to acquire. A science means the laws of nature respecting a particular *abject, and that which we are now to explain may be called, " the science of human happiness." All will admit that this science has not yet been discovered. And it must remain hidden from the world, until the forma tion of the human character shall he understood, and the errors of the last 6000 years shall be made manifest. Happiness cannot be enjoyed by a few. All must he happy betbre one human being can be perfectly so. I doubt indeed whether any being can be happy, while he is conscious that an other exists in misery. I now propose, first, 'to develop(' the principles on which the new system, or the sci e n ce of human . happiness is founded. Secondly, to prove that it is vain and hopeless to expect intelli gence or happiness from any of the known Systems of the world. Thirdly, to demonstrate that the new system is the only one .by which the great objects of human life can by at, tainted ; and, fourthly, to state what means have been adopted to induce society to examine the proposed arrangements, and to explain what is intended to he dune, to enable all classes of pertions, and all nation., to understand in what manner the change may be effected without loss, disadvantage, or iuconve 'ance to a single individual. The science has been derived from au attentive examination of the laws of nature and it is founded solely on those laws. The first of which is ta-e • That human nature, like each distinct species of animal na ture, is :slava composed of the same general propensities, fa culties, and qualities ; but that these differ, in degree and coin binntion, in every individual of the human race. 2tl, That each human being comes into the world a passive compound, and, in some respects, unlike every other individual of his species. 3, That of himself, he knor not how or why he came into the world, or tiny thing of the Power which gave him existence. 4th, That human beings have no controul whatever in treat. ing the ditilerence which constitutes individual character of birth. lith, That without any choice of their own, they come into the world, either in Europe, Asia, Africa, or America; and in some particular country and district of that country, within these divisions. 6th, That the circumstances existing in the class, sect, die. tract and country in which the human being is born and lives, essentially contribute to give him his language, manners, habits, dispositions, ideas, sentiments, religion, feelings, and I conduct. 7th, That the impressions necessarily made by these circum stances on the original compound of propensities, faculties, and qualities, given to each individual at birth, do, in fact, and without a single exception, form the whole character of every human being through every moment of his existence. 11th, That the will of every lituran being is itself solely formed by the combined influence of all those Oth, That even the will of man, although thus formed, has no controul over his beliefor opinions. He must think an d he. Hove, in the first place, according to the impre s si ons w hi c h C X . ternal eircutnstances have made on his individual nature ; and afterwards, he must continue so to think and believe, or, his thoughts and belief must change, in obedience to subsequent, impressions, or according to the reflections which he shall be .enabled to make, by comparing together the previous impres aiont which external circumstances bad made on his mental faculties. lUth Thst. the affections and feelings do not depend upon the will of man, but are necessarily produced by the imprerstons made by external objects on the particular constitution of each individual: and conduct is thecombined result of feelings and opinions. 11th, That each human being is formed with a desire for' happiness;, end that he retains that desire through life. 12th, 'That no human being can he truly happy while h• is conscious that another exists in misery. In these laws of human thttiire there Is no exception. Every human being that has yet been born has been equally sub. jetted to them; and every one that shall come into existence will be equally governed by them. Experience now proves that man, like all living existences, aim never be virtuous or happy while h e shall b e cons t ra i ne d to think and act in opposition to his nature, or while he shall be taught to think that he can devise better laws than those of nature. Hitherto mew have been taught to think and act in opposi tion to their nature, and thus, and thus only, have sin and misery been introduced into the world. When the preceding laws of nature, telativa to the human race, shell be understood . , universally acknowledged, and taught to the rising generation, man will necessarily become virtuous and happy. ile will thee know, that as hedid not make himself, physi cally, mentally or morally, nor create the difference between him and soy of his fellows, it will be irrational to think of him self more highly than any other human being : pride and va nity will therefore net exist. tie will know that no two human beings are born alike ; that all eonie into the world passive Compounds, a nd d er i ve their character from the l oca l circumstances In which they live, acting upon the peculiar, original compound o f eac h indi vidual ; will therefore never be surprised or displeased be cause others differ from him in colour, language, disp os i t i ons , habits, ideas, sentiments, re li g i on , feelings, or conduct. The true causeof these differences will he always present to his un derstanding ; and it will appear to him to be irrational to be angry, in any degree, with any individual, even with him who I shall have been made the most to differ from him in all these respects. lie will know that the will of man has not power to form or alter his opinions; consequently the variety of notions enter.. tamed by the human race will not excite his surprise. lie will feel it to be irrational to attribute merit or demerit to WM dual's, or to nations, for entertaining some notions in preference to others; and - still more irrational to be angry or displeased in any decree with them for expressing any notion, however ere tOtitiOlit . which they have been taught to believe true. Knowing also that the affections are the result of the iMpres alone-produced by external objects, acting irresistably on each individual, he will be ennaciona that it is irrationel to be angry, or in any degree to be displeased with those who dislike or even hate him, unless both had been trained in error. For, when the laws respecting human nature, which have been explained, .shall be so well known as to produce their natural effects In practice, all human being►s will be so trained from infancy that no individual of the species will have the power to feel towards them either hatred or dislike. On the contrary, when these laws of our common nature shall he generally acted upon, each human being shall he so well and naturally formed - arid trained physically, morally, and mentally, that he will produce in others, although in dif ferent degrees, feelings of love and affection only. And, in this manner, anger and displeasure, hatred, revenge, jealousy, and every inferior and hostile feeling, will terminate for ever, and love and charity ,for the human race become uni versal. In my next I will demonstrate that all the known systems of the world are inefficient to produce these great results; and that the new system alone can ever obtain them. New Lanark, 15th Oct. 1823. ROBERT OWEN, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'S BENCII, OCT. 22. This day the London Sittings at Nisi Prism were resumed before the LORD CIIIEF JuSTICE and Common Juries. THE LEVANT COMPANY V. MAT.TASS. This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages on two bonds, in the penalty of 1,0001. each, by whi c h t h e defendant became surety to that extent to the Levant Company for Mr. Wilkin son, their late Treasurer. It appeared that Mr. Wilkinson was in June, 1819, appoint. ed treasurer of the Levant Company, at Smyrna, for two years, and that in June ' 1820, his appo intment was renewe d f or a similar period. On the Ist of hlarch, 1020, Mr. Maltass en. tered into a bond in the penalty of 1,000/., conditioned for Mr. Wilkinson's duly paying over all sums of money received by him on account of the Company'dtwing the first two years, and on his re-appointment, executed another nbligati,:n to the same effect for the time then ensuing. Mr. Wilkinson died in arrear to the Company 1,4521. Ils. 10d., and of this th e y soug h t to recover 1,001. on the first bond, and the residue on the rest. No Counsel appeared for the defendant, and the Jury, under the direction of the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE, assessed the da mages at 1,4521. 1,15. 10d. LUPTON V. LZVY. This action was brought by Mr. Lupton, a wholesale jewel. ler in St. James's-place, Camberwell, against Mr. Levy, a re tail jeweller in Piccadilly, to recover the price of jewellery de livered to him on a sp ec i a l un d er t a ki ng to pay for the same, unless certain security was given. The case on behalf of the plaintiff was, that the goods were delivered to the defendant on these terms : coloured goods to be at all events sold ; polished goods to be returned if unsold, at the end of nix months, and six months' credit to be given, provided a bond for the p a y men t or re t urn was execute d by a Mr. Lazarus; but that if the bond was not executed by Mr. Lazarus, the goods were to he paid for in ready money ; and that no bond having been executed, the price was at once pay able. The case for the defendant was, that if Mr. Lazarus did not give security, he was to have liberty to return the goods, and that he accordingly discharged himself from liability by an offer to return them. The LO RD Cum? JIiIIICr. left the case to the Jury on this question, upon which they found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, lilt. MOSI V. R111.1..Y. 71113 was an action of Slander brought by the plaintiff, who is a surgeon and apothecary at Windsor, against the defendant, who is also a surgeon a nd a p o th ecar y residing at the same place. The plainti ff 's case was c onducted by t h e C ommon S erjeant and Mr. Campbell, and the defendant's by Mr. Scarlett and Mr. F. Pollock. 'rho Common SZUJEANT, haying stated the case for the calltd- : . Mr. Thomas Haines, a surgeon, who deposed, that he was a surgeon at Windsor, but is now practising in London ; he knew the plaintiff when he (plaintiff,) wait An assistant to the defendant, whom he quitted in March 1822. In June 1822 he WAS the bearer of a letter from the plaintiff to the defendant, de. mantling an explanation or a disavowal of some calumni. ons words alleged to have , spoken by the defendant to a Mrs. Blake, respecting Mr. Moss's character. Th e d e f en d ant, on opening the letter, said " Mr. Moss has robbed and cheated me in every possible manner; he had _patients of a morning, before I was up, known to me; he Hits not make the prop er entries in the book ; and his condteat was otherwise so bad as to oblige me to dismiss him from my service." Croseeexamined-1 believe the letter was in these words 't l am informed that you have hratutesi sue *ith the epith e t o f thief, and I am compelled to demand the satisfaction due to is Gen tleman." The defendant asked me whether that letter was In. tended as a challenge to fight, and I answered, he might pat what construction he pleased upen it. Ile then tore the letter, and said he never called Mr. :Hess a thief. I wawa candidate for the situation of Surgeon to the Windsor Dispensary, and the defendant, on being asked by Mrs. Blake to vote for me, said he would not, because I was the friend of Mr. Moss. When I called upon the defendant he produced his daybook, and said, Mr. Moss neglected to enter the names of some patients hi that book, although when the defendant first employed him there was a strict injunction that he should enter in that book the name of every patient who tuiftht call. I know that Mr. Moss Subse fluently posted Mr. 0 It ;is a coward, and Mr. M. told me that he horsewhipped him. Hie Lonessrtte suggested to theparties to withdraw aJuror. Mr. SCARLET T . aggreed to adopt his Lordship's suggestion; but as the Common Sergeant declined it, the trial proceeded. Mrs. Ursula Blake deposed, that in June 11122 the defendant told her, that whilst Mr. Moss was his assistant he robbed and cheated him ; that he attended patients of his own before he (Olt.) was up of a seeming, and that he had endeavoured to deprive him (0 1 11.) of his good name. l'homas Dash, the landlord of the Star and Garter Inn at Windsor, employed the plaintiff previously to June 1822; after that time he left off employing him ; but lie did not do In in consequence of what the defendant had said ; his reason fur not employing him to attend his wife in her lying-in was, his wife felt souse delicuee in being attended by a young un. married man. Mr. Sc ARLETT submitted, as there was no special damage proved, the words were not actionable. His Lonneirrr eaid, his own opinion was, that the defendant did not use the words " robbing and cheating" in the general acceptation of the words, but he thought it was a question for a Jury to decide—did the defendant by using these words in. tend generally to injure the plaintiff in his profession ? Mr. SCAR LICTT addressed the Jury for the defendant. He contended that the defendant was . not actuated by malice in what he said, as he only said it in coneequence of having been called upon by a friend of Mr, Moss for an explanation of some words alleged to have been used by•bim. liis LORDSUIP, in summing up, told thaJury that if they should be of opinion the defendant meant that the plaintiff had private patients of whom he received money, their verdict must be . for the plaintiff; but if they should be of opinion that the defendant only meant that the plaintiff attended private patients gratuitously, their verdict must be tier the defendant. The Jury having consulted together fora few minutes, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Dinners, One Farthing—Costs, One Farthing. , Yesterday morning a most ludicrous scene pre. rented itself in Cheapside. A porter, literally dripping from head to foot,, and nearly blinded with some filth which flowed down his face, was seen hanging. after a fashionably dressed gentle. man, whom ho kept continually abusing. A crowd soon gathered at the sight of the man's woful plight, and seemed bursting for au explanation; but keeping a respectful distance, in complim e nt to their olfactory nerves : when near the Poultry, the man, stepping forward, insisted the gentle. ma►► should go no farther, and they both went into a shop, and a constable was Sent for.--it then came out that the porter bills passing across Pa ternoster-ro 4,wit ha basket on his head ,contain lug 300eggs,and called out to the gentleman not to run against hint, but who, not beetling, Came pl ump snepeonidithe whole with here and there cargo, which, d e . a bad one, left the poor fellOw in the pickle de. 'he On the- gentleman giving his addr ess , 'lle was allowed tOpuisue•his way ; and the por_ ter, whose name is Keys, was accompanied home by the jests and waggeries of the mob. Last week a dog or the Newfoundland species, belonging to It person in the High-street, GIIIII. g") whelped the extraordinary number of 17 whelps, ail aliYe. too * {l. - - . * * 44. MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. F.NG LAND. Monday, 0ct.27, Lownow. Nos. 4, 46, 71, 91, 101, . 305, 321, 407, 450. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 320, 490, 546, 578, 707. Tuesday, - 28, LoNnow. No. 349. COUNTRY. Nos. 38, 67, 68, 145, 427, 5:17, 668. Wednesday, - 20, LONDON. Lodge of Benevolence. COUNTRY. Nos. 112, 549. Thursday, 30, Loximx. Nos. 37, 39, 327. Gen Com. Fem. Scli. at 12 COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 176, 453. - II COUNTRY. Nos. 53, 236. Saturday, Nov. 1, LoNnoti. No. 173. COUNTRY. • RELAND. Monday, Oct. 27, Cont. No. 27. Friday, 0 . SPANISH LOANS OF 1821 AND 1822. T HE DIVIDEND payable in London on the Ist November next, on the Spanish Five per Cent. Con solidated Annuities, now in circulation, of the LOA NS of 1821 and 1822, negociated by Messrs. Ardoin, Hubbard, and Ca., and Countersigned by them and Messrs. J. Laffitte and Co., of Paris, will be PAID at the house of A. F. Haldimand and Sons, No. 24, Cateaton-strect, on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Two. It will be necessary to leave the Dividend Warrants, with lists thereof, in numerical order, distinguishing tha different classes, for examination, at least Two Days previous to the application for payment. PANISII CERTIFICATES of RENTES, K Y delivered to the Holders of protested Bills and Orders in favour of British Claims, on Messrs. Bernales and Nephews._._ The Dividend payable in London on the let November next, on the above Spanish Five per Cent: Consolidated Annuities, now in circulation, and countersigned by James Campbell and Co., will be PAIL) at their house, No. 2, Bank-street, on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Two. It will be necessary to leave the Dividend Warrants, with lists thereof, in t umerical order, distinguishing the different classes, for examination, at least Two Days previous to the application for payment.—L on d on , O ct . 6, 1823. PRICE 0 Tll fti DAY AT Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. 82 83 3 per Cent. C0ne......., —Ail s 31 per Cent shut 4 per Cent. r Old lOOl 1 New...... 103ij 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank LongAn.2o 15-16 the 21 Imp. 3 per Coots. F STOCKS o:4k: Wur,ocis India Stock India Bonds South Sea Stock . Ohl Annuities Ex. Bills Ditto Small 13ank for Act. India for Con. Acct.... Cons. for Acc. ....... 72s 38 40 MICR or FORLIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, OCT AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Five per Cents. 00. 1 Scrip, 2. (Six per Cents. 00. Russian 1 ' Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. ( Ditto New 01 Five per Cent. Bonds, 774. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 23i. Ditto 1023, 20. Prussian . 1 Five per Cent. Bonds, HO. 1 Than New, 88i. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Chili 07. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 651. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Portuguese Scrip, 4 dis. Poyais 10. French Neapolitan A It s trian .Amaricars 1 1 11 WA TER n torning, 50 minutt 'Bank Shares £OO On. Seven per Cent. 000. Six per etnt. 00 —OOO. The per Cent. 00-000. .Three per Cont. 00 00. LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. es after 4. j Evening, 16 minutes after 5. THE SUN. SOLRM QUIS InCERE P4I,SUM AUDII47 LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1323. We have no further intelligence from Franco or Spain ; but we subjoin the following additional extracts from papers previously received, as being calculated to place in a still stronger light than heretofore, the existence of a large mass of combustible materials throughout Spain, and which may be considered as every moment on the point of bursting into a blaze. Although it is now upwards of three weeks since the Cortes decreed the dissolution of the Constitutional Go. vernment, and delivered up FIZEIDINAND and Cadiz to the French, yet we have no accounts of the submission of Mira or of any of his Lieuten ants or their troops, nnr of the surrender of Bar. celona, or any other strong place, except Ceuta and Tariffa, which were given up immediately after the downfal of the Constitution, and before their garrisons were apprized of the frantic pro. ceedings and atrocious decrees of the King subset. qitently to his arrival at Port St. Mary. So far as atTairs have yet proceeded, the cause of freedom, except that its adherents are now sub_ jected to the penalties of treason and rebellion, would seem to have been streugthened rather than tveakened by the events subsequent upon the great calamity at Cadiz. Moatuo's troops, as well as those of li.tr.s.Arrcaor, have been filled with indignation at the lime's tyrannical conduct and at his assumption of ar. bitrary power. Moarrzo himself, as well as BALLArrcaos, must feel that he would bold both his life and his property by thq 41)4'04. carious tenure under the uncontrolled ascend , . ancy of FERDINAND. He is even said to have refused to give any account of a rich galleon intended for the Constitutional' Government-, but seized by, him at Corunna, which it had entered in ignorance that it was occupied by the Royalists and the French.• This fact, if authentic, augur* a disposition on the part of Moust.Lo to change sides once more. The conduct of B.II.I•ASTEROS is already more thari equivocal. Alms. still commands in Catalonia ; and the Esteuctx.sno and numerous other chiefs are still at the head of their corps of partisans. That great multitude of the best educated and most respectable men in Slain, whom FERDINAND has in his madness proscribed, together with the, dispersed soldiers of RIEGO, and the Madrid and other disbanded corps of militia, would of course flock to the standards of the patriots, as affording them the only chance of escape from the vengeance and ruin hurled upon their heads by the KING. Even the fanatics of Madrid are said to have been filled with consternation by the Decree which banishes from the Capital so many thousands of those very persons who by their expenditure chiefly contributed to the support of the population !—lf the French wore not present, the King's Government could not stand a single week ! We hope, however, that, under the perilous circumstances in which they are placed, the Constitutionalists and the wavering Royalists will not hazard the prolongation of the struggle, unless they are well assured that they possess the means of excit ing a general insurrection in their favour, or at least of maintaining their ground throughout the winter. The' elements of a reaction which now so extensively abound in every province, might be utterly destroyed by a rash and pre mature struggle. The French and their coal,- derides of the Faith will soon be at drawn daggers if there is no common enemy to compel them to continue their present unnatural coalition. Then will he the moment for the Constitutionalists to strike with effect, and with all hut the certainty of obtaining a glorious triumph and permanent Success. (From the Conslitutionnel.) JAZN, OCT, 5.. Three days ago we observed symptoms of revolution in this town. An anonymous communication inforrped me that eadea vonrs were making to promote desertion and give us trouble The same night, notwithstanding the strong guard placed over the prisoners taken from Meg°, 112 men and one officer were missing. What renders this more remarkable is, that them were troops at all the gates, and that neither these troops nor the patrols, nor the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages, saw any thing of the fugitives. This nukes me suspect that there is a hidden hand at work, which we shall discover by tho investigation about to be instituted. On the morning of the following day, one of Ilallasteros's officers presented himself with passports. Yesterday Ilallasteros's manuscripts appeartid here. They were brought from Torre de Jimeno. They have convulsed the town and neighbourhood in the most serious manner. I believe that these manuscripts are forgeries. We live here with our arms in our hands, for we are insulted and menaced. (Signed) JUAN SANCHEZ CISNERPS, Genetat. :Madrid Realsurador.) Letters from Bayonne, of the 14th, ronta'n reflections on the severe Decree published by FERDINAND, under which it is said, that at least a tenth part of the population is banished from Madrid, and that tenth the flower of the popula tion! The following is an extract : - - " Morillo has not only seized on the galleon which tante from Manila, but refuses to give any account of it. The town of eabra ha's again declared for the Constitutional system. The impulse has been given by Ballasteros, who is with a respect. able force in the neighbouring mountains. The cry in all thee country is, " The Constitution or Es..ntit !" and they wear Alio green ribband. Jaen is not tranquil. The desertion is (*mi. derable, and the prisoners of Riego's corps escape as it by miracle from their prison. Ballastcros, it seems, circulates, ao an Order of the Day, copies of the Royal Decrees, both that cf the 30th September, and those since published. 'The'off►eet of Madrid can scarcely deliver the number of passports." tlTT,Twelseo'Clock.—Consols opened at 83N, with scarce any fluctuation during the morning. Although a general report prevailed' that an Ex press 'had arrived with the French Rentes at 90f. 85c., and Spanish 271, 1 , have been unable to ascertain that the report is well founded.-- There is a general expectation that when Pea.' DYNAN') arrives in his Capital, the new Cortes will be installed, and that his arbitrary Decrees will be revolted. There is also a rumour of an alliance between France, Spain, Portugal, and Itussigs by which the above Powers would secure to them selves the commerce of the Alediterrauean, FOREIGN MAItItET. Scared any business doing, except in Spanish Bonds, and thlt to no great extent. All other Foreign Securities re main stationary. In our front page w e have inserted the ink' resting report of the Committee of the Bosse or . Commons on the Peniti , ntiary at Milbank. Vi r rtruson, Ocr: 22.—The weather being ine this morning, hilt MAJIXTY, with his ordinary at tendants, took hip usual airing in the Park" — fiord G fANLYON, who has been on a visit to the king , for so me t i me, took leave of his MAIMY yesterday. Itfis confidently reported that the liilarqses i i de C 4 s i x-Inu 3o , well known from his fang are a noted residence in the United States, k to be the new Arni3nssatior of his CAT/161.1C MAJUSTV to the Court of St. J a mes's.-4-(liforning Chronkle.) We ar e request to contradict what was staled in our Papur of yesterday respecting T. ,V V • BEaumoNT, Es q . M . P . for Northumberlan d.— That Gentlemint being perfectly welk has no occasion to visit Naples for his health. He is goin g t o I taly with his family, and intends re turning to Eno * land in the autumn. —(mor ping rivij i