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7' . "kr • a o .r i) luttoaKa , ' I 1/2 /If Z l' NtrAturß 9512 BRITISH CONCERTS, Under the immediate Patronage of HIS MAJESTY. THE SUBSCRIBERS to . the above CON CERTS are respectfully informed, that theirTICKETS are now ready for delivery at. the ROYAL HARMONIC . INSTITUTION, ARGYLL ROOMS ; and they are most particularly requested to take them out on or before FRI DAY, the 21st Instant. GEORGE NICKS, Secretary, 83, Portland-street. lII:(rIJARTERLY REVIEW, IS PUBLISHED. To-morrow will be published, in Bvo. price is. 6d. IIE..CRISIS OF SPAIN.-- Printed for John Murray, Albemdrle.sfieet. OUNT LAS GASES' JOURNAL. PARTS 111, and IV. will be publiehea' un C.ar next. t,ondnit..street, 1843. SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—A 1 7". 7 GENERAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS and FRIENDS to this Institution will be held at the CITY of LONDON TAVERN, TO-MORROW, the 19th inst., at Twelfe o'Clcick precisely, to receive the Report of the Com mittee, and to Elect - Six Members in the room of Six who are to go out. _ _ The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of CHESTER in the Chair. The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER will be held at the City of London Tavern, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th inst. at which the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melville has sig. nified his intention to preside. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen have already been pleased to signify their inten Stewards, via.:-- Right Hon. Earl Thtnley George Clarke, Eq. Right Hon. Lord Ellenbo- John Drinkald, Esq.. rough James Raiford, Esq. Hon. Captain Pellew, R.N. John Lamb,. En. Ron. Captain G. G. Walde- Captain Loch, H.C.S. grave, R.N. Captain Philip Ripley Mm. Sir P. Malcolm, K.C.B. Daniel Stephenson, Lag. Sir P. M. Ornmanney, M.P. 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Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron. Sir James Langham, Bart. %Vol, John Banker, Esq. M.P. Jeremiah Harman, Esq • E.. 1. BURROW, 0.1), Secretary. EYTON, STOCK-BROKER, 2, CORN. HILL and LOMBARD-STREET, takes the liberty of informing his Friends the Public, that the NEW LOT TERY, of only pOOO Tickets, will be draivit all in One Day, NEX t• TUESDAY. EYTON thinks it proper to remind the Public, that he thinks an early purchase necessary, as there are upwards of 3000 Tickets already disposed of, the. Schen) contains the usual proportion of Prizes, tiz. tio,ooo, .£16,000,, &c. &c. &c. which EYTON anticipates the sell:- ing of. All Business in the British and Foreign Funds transacted by E. E. and his assistants, with fidelity and dispatch, at his C.Mices, 2, Coruhill and Lomhard•street. The followingAvertisement is inserted by particular r3quest : GREAT ADVANTAGE to FAMILIES. U HF EAST INDIA COMPAN Y's TARES, allowed'on all TEAS bought at the ORFOLK and SUFFOLK TEA WAREHOUSE, No. 23, N LITTLE BELL ALLEY, up Tokenhonse.yard, at the back of the .Lank of En g land : where all TEAS are wan-ranted genuine, and,equal imkuality to the prices offered by any Tea Company in London, with an additional ounce allowed in every pound ; and, in every six pounds, half a pound is added. At thatiboveEstablishment superior tine flavoured Coffee is sold on the same terms, one ounce allowed extra in each pound, and half a pound In every six pounds ; which is an advantage not to be equalled at any other House in London.—To prevent impositions, the public will particularly observe, that this Establishment does not employ any small Agents to sell their Teas; they are only to be had at the NORFOLK and SUF. FOLK TEA WAREHOUSE., No. 23, LITTLE DELL ALLEY, where no common ordinary Teas are kept. 'Fine strong Souchong Tea; 6s. to 6s. Bd,; superior fine Ilrcakf4t Souchong, 7s•; best ditto, fis. to 10s. ; remarkably tine Green Tea, Hyson kind, Bs. to Bs.. real Ilyson, very fine, 10s. ; best Ilyson, Ws.; Gunpowder Tea, I3s. ; flue Coffee, 3 5. • very fine 3s. 4d. ; best Turkey Coffee, 4s. .Finch and Co.'s Superfine Durhiun Mustard, preferred by most of the Nobility and Gentry, at only 20d. per pound, in Lead for the Country. , FOR MONEY ONLY. tl• Orders from all par tsof the World, by letter , post paid, orzby C oac h men , w i t h remittances. will be strictly attended to. 'Raw and. Loaf Sugar kept for the public accounriotlation. 'All Teas from this Establishment are warranted mire, and wrapped in China Tea Paper, with the Proprietor's t dd 'est—A.. A 1010144; 23, Little Bell-alley, op Token li4e-Yard, at thr back of t he Bank of England. OBSERVE, :•;o. 23. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, Fra. 15.--The Ministers assembled yesterday, in Council, at the residence of the Count de Villele. The General Officers who have received noti ficaticins from the Minister of War, that they are attached to one of the four first corps of the Army of Spain, are to wait upon his Royal Highness the Duke d'AngoulAme, on Sunday, the 16th inst. at noon, to receive their instructions (lettre de service), and the orders of his Royal High-, ness. A conference was held yesterday at the De partment of Foreign Affairs, between the -Vis count de. Chateaubriand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Baron Vincent, Ambassador of Austria, the Count Pozzo di Barge, Ambassador of Russia, and the Count de Lagarde, nister of France, at Madrid. Sir Charles Stewart, the. English Ambassador, received yesterday morning nn extraordinary courier from London. This evening his Excel !envy expedited one to Madrid. To-morrow the remainder of the Duke d'An goWnie's plate and china will leave Paris for Bayonne. The baggage of the Marquess de Lauriston, Major-General of the Army of Spate, will leave, Paris for Bayonne on Wednesday next (19th instant.) 1 t is announced that the departure of the Mar quess de Lauriston will take place in a few days. It it affirmed that the Brest squadron, under the command of Admiral Hamelin, has re ceived orders to put to sea. The Admiral is not to open his instructions until he has reached a certain- distance; he would have sailed on receiv ing his larders but for contrary winds. Rear-Admiral Desrotours was expected at Brest. He will hoist his flag on board the Ceti taure ship of the line, and proceed into the Me diterranean with a division of the ships which are fitting out. Seamen are expected to com plete their crews. • The Swiss regiment will march for the Pyre noes forth with. The 15th and 35th regiments of the line, 3,000 strong, will pass through Sauveterre from the 24th to the 28th inst. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.— Stvrixo or FEB. I 5: The Sitting opened at a quarter to two o'clock. One of the Secretaries read the proves-verbal of the last Sitting, which was adopted. _ _ M. the President read a.letter from his Excellency the Mi nister of the Interior, to which was annexed a duplicate of the Royal Ordinance, nominating Clues= of the Chamber of De. puties M. Gamier Dufuugerais, one of the three candidates presented by the Chamber. (The othei candidates were MM. Lemarchand de Gomicourt, and Ladreyt . de la Charriere.) M. Roux (Deputy of the Department Bouches-du-Rhone) by letter excused his absence on the ground of the perilous_ pregnancy of his wife.—(Bursts of laughter.) M. BERTAY (Deputy of the Cortes du Nord) excused hitn. self on the ground of ill health. Noted in the proces-verbal. M. LEsroncr DESBIARIIES, in the name of the Committee of. Petitions, made a report upon several petitions, none of which were of the least public interest. The Etoile of Saturday evening gives a long detail of the evacuation of Urgel by Romagosa. Et appears that the garrison was reduced to the utmost extremity of famine, having consumed even the skins of animals. On the 2d of February a Council was held, each Officer gave his opinion, and it was resolved that on the following morning, at two.o'clock (Feb. 3), a sortie Mould be made. Accordingly at that hour the garrison commenced the evacuation in good order. The division com manded by Romagosa brought up the rear. The sentinels of Mina gave the alarm, the enemy's troops advanced, and opened a 'tremendous tiro of musketry upon the Royalists, who courageously sustained the shock. The rear division had some killed and many wounded. They returned the enemy's fire, and repulsed their columns, which pressed upon them, although they were much im peded in their operations by the women, children, and Wounded. BORDEAUX, FEU. 11.—The 7th Infantry Regi ment, consisting of eight companies and 195 nten, of whom 35 are officers, who left Rennes on the 26th of January, will arrive here on the 13th Inst. ; they will halt the 14th and setoff on the 15th for Bayonne, which,they will reach on the 24th 2d regiment of light infantry, which left Paris on the 29th and 30th ult. and ed bat talion of the same corps, 217 strong, will arrive here on the 19th inst. The Ist battalion► and the Staff, in all 552 strong, will arrive on the ‘2oth. These two battalions will also rest one day, and resume their route for Bayonne on-the e2d inst. where they will arrive on the 2d and 3d of March. The Ist and 2d battalions, and the Staff of the 22d regiment of the line, 918 strong, which left Soissons on the 2d of February, will arrive here. on the 28th inst., and resume their route on the following day.—The 3d battalion of the same regiment, 571 strong, whichleft Paris on the 3d inst. will arrive hoe on the 25th, stay the 26th, and resume its route for Bayonne on the 27th.— The Ist and id battalion of the 30th regiment of the line, 886 strong, which left Paris on the 6th inst. will arrive here on the Ist of March, stay one day, and proceed onward on the 3d of March. The 3d battalion of the Staff of the same regi ment, 222-strong, which left Paris on the 7th of February, will arrive here on the sth of March, and proceed onward on,the 6th ditto. NEWS FROM SPAIN. IVROM TUE QUOTIDIUXNE.] The last advices received, concur in saying that the inhabitants of the capital are decided not to suffer the King to be removed, whatever events may result from the present state'of the Peninsula. The Spaniards, whose opinions are favourable / to the revolutionary srtem, Phew themselves in this respect in accordance with the Royalists. They know that Ferdinand is a pre,. - • • • . • 1 1 : 4 • Art-,, •• 00.0 "19 S I , N TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1823. cious hostage, of WhiCh they can avail themselves in case the chances of war should overthrow the Coi tes ; and tit Royalists, with a devotion of which they have already given so many proofs, have taken all necessary measures to save this new victim from the fury of the descamisados.— Letters from Madrid, however, make mention of arrangements' made by the Revolutionists to carry off the King, but this regicidal design, which proves the little confidence of the Cortes in the Constitutional troops, cannot be carried into execution, seeing the opposition which the inhabitants of Madrid appear determhied to make to the prnject. (Extract of a Private Letter.)- 54 Four Con. stitutional Generals have been beaten succes sively by Bessieres, viz.—:Velasco, the Empeci nado, O'Daly and L'Abisbal: Notwithstanding the pretended energies of :the the Spanish.,Govern ment, and the enthusiasm of the militia, all the forces which have hitherto beeltafirosed Bes sieres have not prevented this General froin ad mirably executing the plan which he proposed to bimself. A fterbeating successively the Consti ttltionalists at Medina•Cen, llrihuega, Guada laxara, and . A lcala, Bessieres rapidly posted him self on the ruate of Cuenca. We now know that this intrepid Royalist has suddenly quitted this position, and after crossing the Tagus, proceeded to take up another at Aranjuez, of which he made himself master.—Thus there does not even remain to the Cortes the hope of carrying off the Royal Family in order to convey them to Andalusia. Bessieres has before him the Tagus, the - passage of Which is defended by his whole army, which he has marshalled to the right and left of Aranjuez, and in his rear is La Mancha, the inhabitants of which have-strongly declared themselves hostile to the revolutionary system. The authorities of Madrid were plunged into consternation when they learned the defeat of Abisbal'; hut when they knew that Bessieres had removed his forces from Madrid, they caused it to be every wherean flounced that this Royalist Chief had been beaten. Bessieres is pot izuurant of the 'ferment which prevails at Valencia l ever since a number of youths refused to enrol, themselves. The most seditious exclamations, that is to say, the most hostile to the Constitfltion, pre daily heard in that town, and we have the certitude that Bessieres, thanks *to the strong position he now occupies, will see his army every day increase, to enable htm to strike a final blow et our Government, whose ,existence cannot be of. long duration.—Great commotions and confusion Prevail at Madrid ; the most inftiriate of the Memberi of the Government constantly employ ell possible means to ..excite enthusiasm ; but all is ineffectual." SPAIN. Previous to the arrival of the Aladrid Papers yesterday, we had extracted from a French Journal an imperfect account of the Debates of the Cortes, on the propositions made by the Spa. nish Government for the purpose of increasing and accelera t ing themilitary and naval preparations of Spain, in coniequenceof the hostile nature of the King of France's Speech to the Chambers. Our limits Yesterday preclud e d us f rom g i v i ng these Debates from the Spanish Papers themselves : they tend to shew in so clear a light the state of the public mind of Spain on the meditated aggression of France, that we consider it to be our duty to communicate them in full from the original sources. After the project of the Decree (See Nesterday's Sum), presented by the Special Committee, to whom the propositions of the Government rela tive to the King of Fitisror's Speech had been referred, was read, the following disossion took place : Senor (oars tto was the , first who addressed the Cortes. 11e - wished to state his reasons for not agreeing with the report of the committee in its recommendation of a levy of 29,973 men . He never would °muse granting a force nece,isry for maintain. ing the liberty and independence of the nation, especially under circumstances such as the present ; but It appeared to him that the object of the Government would be sufficiently attained if measures 'necessary for carrying promptly into effect the levies already granted by the'Cortes were adopted. According to the data in the memorial , of the Secretary of IVar, the standing artny at the end of the year 1821 consisted of 51,000 men. Th e COrtes in the preceding ordinary session decreed a levy of 7,0 . 00, which added to the 51,000, made the force of the army for a peace establishment 58,000. In the present session there has been granted a levy (3129,000; which added to the fOrnicr, makes 97,000, and this ought to be the present force of the army. The force of the active militia should in its present, state be 58,000 men ; and as its service is made equivalent to that of the army, there is consequently a force on foot of 1-18,000 men. Deducting 20,000 men to allow for incidental deficiencies, there will still remain 121.000 men—a force . widelt exceeds by 4,000 the total granted by the Cortes in the years 1820 and 1821 for a war establishment. lle concluded by urging the Cates to adopt measures for speedily raising the men already granted. The SZCILETARY Of STATE: fur the 110301 DE:PART AIENT• —The Deputy who has just spoken rests his argument of 11,12,090 men being sufficient, on that being the force voted at the end of 1821 ; but he does not consider,.- that besides the deductions occasioned by the warfare against the factious, the force of the army then decreed was supposed to have to sustain only a foreign war. At present, however, we are nut only threatened with an attack from abroad, but have to attend to the bandittti in the interior. It may therefore be said that we have to carry on war both externally and internally, This renders it necessary that the poposed force should be granted, rrorn the state of some of the provinces of the Periintala, the levies already decreed have not been completed. 'ad, was some kficiency in the ordinary levy of 7,808 men, owing to the situation of the Biscayan provinces, Catalonia, Navarre, and part of Arrnion. Similar difficulties have occurred in raising the 211,00 men last toted, so that as yet only 22,700 of thji, levy have as yet been obtained. With respect to the active militia, the levy for it is going on with ail possible expedition. Senor VALDES (Don Cayetano).—Senor Romero seems not to,have tv,:n understood what the Committee proposes. The Spanish Nation, like every other, wishes to diminish in time of peace the force which it is necessary to maintain in war. The question now simply is, whether the time for placing our army on the full war establishment be arrived or not? In my opinion it indisputably is. There is no means of, securing the independ ence of the nation in extraordinary cases, except by resorting to extraordinary measures ; and in the present case, Our inde pendence, is not igly menaced, but our very existence as a na tion. Thu Government asks for 30,000 additional men ; then I say, grant them, b:cause, who else beside the Govern ment possesses sufficient data to determine what number must be necessary to place the army * on,,a proper footing ? We ought not to heaitato, had the Government wilted for 50,000, since the political existence of the Spanish Nation is at stake. In such a case I, should say, not only complete the army to the war establishment, but raise it to double its number, it neces sary. If by this means an. army of 200,000 men *raid be raised, I should be glad to see the levy in operation. The dif ficulties which might be experienced by the towns are not to be made an obstacle on an occasion of this kind. All particular interests must yield to the general interest, and the general in. terest is the preservation of the existence of the country. The SECRETARY of Wait observed, that according to the basis upon which Senor Romero calculated, the army would now amount to 200,000 men, but he had not taken into consi deration the diminution which must have occurred. The Go verntnent, upon a consideration of the whole subject, found that 30,000 men were necessary to place the army on the full war establishment. Senor GoemaLEZ ALONZO said, " I oppose the report, for a reason precisely'the contrary of that stated by Senor Romero ; for, in my opinion,. the proposed s too small. The two. fold kind of war which we have tMstain requires a greater force titian would be 'sufficient in an ordinary case of hcstiliti,s. According to what the Secretaries of State have said, the pro. portions to be furnished by some of the provinces for former levies have not been Completed. It may be presumed that this may be the, case with the present ; I therefore think that the number should be 40,01)0. Article 7 of the law project which hail been presented to as directs, that certain funds shall be Applied to the clothing and arming of the levies in each Prue vines but this rnatter will require great attention, because such is the state of these funds, that they cannot answer' all the de mands upon thent, one of which is the arming of the local mili tia. I wish that some other measures had been adopted fur this pewee, and among the rest that the manufactories of a rms an d warlike implements, which unfortunately arc on points near the threatened 'frontier, May by be withdrawn to snore secure places. I therefore wish that the Contraittee would make some modifications in the report." The SERETAity of Wan observed, that with respect to the manufactories to which the . last speaker had alluded, the Go vernment had already adopt the necessary precautions, by re moving into. the interior all the public establishments of that kind ; and with regnrd to titivate manufactoriete the Govern meat had, through the medium of the local eultortities, advised the proprietors to adopt the same course. The SEettETARY for the HOME DoeanTatoerr remarked, that the provincial deputations were, according to the proposed decree, not only permitted to use the funds arising from the zeal property and local imposts of towns, but any other funds which might be disposable. Senor A Ito tiELLE9.—I think the objections or rather the doubts, of Senor Romero must now be pretty well removed by what has fallen from other speakers. smut' (eon:take Alonso has well supported the project, though he thinks the number of men too *mall; but the worthy deputy dues not seem to be aware, that in cases such as the pyesciir, it is diffi cult to fix the limit for contributioes of this kind. At pee. sent, 30,000 men are asked ; anti' whatever maybe the result of the contest, which I am confident will be total to those who provoke it, it is probable that further grante, both of, money and men, will be necessery. Spoor Gonzalez 4lonsu is also of 'opinion, that the resources placed at the dispreed of the pro. vmcial deputations will not be suificielit t.s , clothe anti equip the leviee. It is true that the collection oi' 'twee funds has ex perienced difficulties in ordinary times, but extraordinary cir cumstances give birth also to an extriuntlieiery force ; and what is more, in the present case the provincial deputations are authorized or avail themeelves of (neer funds beeitlei those particularly . natheil in the project. When that part' of the measure which relates to the pecuniary resources, and which was aonounced yesterday by the Govettorent, Shall be pre canted, it will be seen .how toe andcipatiOns are to Le covered, and Senor IitnIZA,LrZ A eeterkeee expectations will in that re spect, perhope, be completely tottiefiete H Senor.Rutz ter. 1.4 t VEDA.—I am far from being reluctant to vote the resources and forces proposed by the Committee. I only with to be informed why the measures already resolved on by the Corals have not been, fully carried into effect. lam .convinced that the Magnanimous and geeeroes Spanish nation will with pleasure make all the sacritieee which may be neces sary for the preservation of independence alai liberty. I Wish to know why the easure which the Cortes eu readily placed ,at the ilieposel of 'the Government , have not produced the result which was expected from them The SEcittlyAltY of Wan e --When the Government asked the former grant froth the Corm, it woe for the purpose of crualiiug the factious bands that infested the sth, oth, and 7th military districts. The hope of accomplietiing this has not been altogether illueory, since, fortunately, they have been diminished in the ,7th district by the jtitliciuue operations of General Aline ; and also in the stti. and Oth ; and in the 4th, where souse exist, though not in numbers sufficiert to render it necessary to declare that district in a state of war. Now, however, that a foreign Power threatens is .with war, the Onvernment, jealous of the rights of the nation, asks of the Cortex new resources and edditional fort es, and l'arn confident that this call will be readily answered. It was unamimously declared, that the subject was mufti ' ciently dieentsed, and that there was ground to vote on the whole of the report. The articles were then put separately. Articles let and .2a mere read and adopted. 'the :ill article was submitted to dieetieeieti. Senor lie.CAßns.—By the former ordinances for reinforcing the army, it WM declared that this, decrees for the reinforce ments shall be held to have been published on the day on which they should hate been fixed in the capital' of the provinces : hilt the present Cortes has departed from this practice, and for the ordinary reinforcentent decreed in the last Session, a certain day has been determined on. The Deputies who have taken part in this business will not fail to observe the importance of fixing ti day, which, may be mentioned in tlie same article; in which it neiy be moreover stated, that the secede the levy now to be otdereil shall be understood to be to th e day of the signing of the present decree, or . maybe thought convenient. 'There is another' ticie to which I would call the attention of t h e , e article intimates. that this levy is to be made according' to tie seine rules which were followed in the forma extraordinary levy, with the modificutions expressed in artielea 4 mai 6. lam of opinion that there should be tome Gather moditicatiohs, re tapectintr which propose to make :in addition, which is sup. ported by an expreestotethat has fallen from the Secretary tin the Home Depeitment. He mentioned a tact which must be obvious to us ail—namely, thht the exceptions were the great obstacles to the speedy accomplishment of the levy. Perhaps there is more reason for maintaining all the other exceptions, than that granted to the sons of infirm fathers and widowed mothers, because, tin one of those who justly deserve exemp tion, there are 91 who unjustly declare ttletwelvai such, in ar tier to be exempted, though they are in no *ay serviceable to their parents. For this reason, I ant anxious that the members 'of the Committee should admit an addition to the articl e , w i t h. bolding the privilege of exemption from the individuals to 1 whom have alluded. Sew Caxeia.—The two objections that have been weed by the preceding speaker relate, first to the fixing If a Jay PRICE SEVENPVICE. for the drawing of the levy; and next; tiithe exemption elf the sons of infirm fathers and widowed mothers. For my ?set, : though I am not very well informed on these matters, I eon fe,ss that there appears to me no inconvenience in admitting the first amendment. With regard to ihe 'second, I shall observe, that the wish of the Committee was surely to e facilitate as much a possible the levy which is about to be decreed, and which is Most urgent. That amendMent would then be inadmissible, because at would nut only 'be nee cessary to inquire into its expediency, hut also to dtecuss it, which would ()erasion delay , and embarrasiment in the pub lication of the decree, and cause a loss of valuable time, for war already exists within the interior of the nation— I state this.; for those miserable, sedneed ,men t —theee, hands of robbers, assassins, and malefactors of every kind which lately appeared, have declared themselves the vane guard of the foreign army which threatens to invade us. Those men of the Faith are the advanced posts of the army which brings with it all the protection of the God of Saint Louis. And has not that army a troop of rater. - derers and robbers for its vanguard 1-e(Lotid I do not allow that civil war exists among ourselves : as little do I admit the truth of t`ie divisions which are spolten of. There are no divisions among Spaniards at the present moment : we are all united in the resolution to defend the country. None ef us wish for any institution but the Constitution to which we • have sworn-.-that Constitution which Ferdinand VII. has freely rJeognized and spontaneously sworn to maintain. His Majesty has already declared that he is a Constitutional King, , and that he will always be the first to walk in the path of the Constitution. On the 6th of.luly, he gave a proof of this to the Council of State, when he said that he flattered himself with being a Constitutionalist capable of withstanding every proof. But let us draw aside the veil, for it is full time : these parties of factious are, I repeat it, only the vanguard of that invading army which boasts of marching under the protectien of the Clod of Saint Louis. The time is therefore arrived for all Spaniards to declare themselves, 'as In the year 1808, in order that we may secure our frcedcm .ard triumph as - we then did.—(llepeated plaudits.)—Let us reply to the proud potentates who threaten us with an army under the protection of the God of St. Louis, that we shall invoke the God of' St. Nareisstis of Gerona,--that if they appeal to the God of St. Louis, we shall rely upon Him who protected the Spaniards at Roncesvalles,—that if they seek the aid of the Gad of St. Louis, we shall rely upon Him who protected us in the battle of St. Quintin— and finally, that it the dearly beloved son of the Khig of France be the conimandet of the troops advancing against us, we shall show him the Casa de los Lujanes, where he will find the tower in which a French King (Francis I.) was imprisoned. In fine, let us declare, that it is not against the French nation,_ but against its Cabin et , se d uce d b y a fanatical talon, that the Spaniards, who are resolved not to be slaves, invoke the God of Justice, through.whom they will obtain tf'4 victory. Senor BECE It RA stated, that the only object he had in pro.. posing amendments was to render the decree effectual within as short a time as possible. Senor GA LIAN 0.--4 oppose the article' . on the same' ground as the Deputy who has already objected to it. The reply of a worthy member of the committee, who has appealed to the beet passions which warm the breasts of Spaniards at such a mo ment as this,. has not satisfactorily removed the objections to which the article is liable. It is true that an amendment, by way of addition Inaile to an'article of the project, may delay its publication ; but what is above all things necessary is, that the article should be clear and intelligible. I am very far from thinking it proper that the practice which has hitherto been adopted should be followed in making this levy. In my opi nion, it should be said 130,000 men are nemesery ; they shall be taken from the unmarried men of such an age, without any ex.. ception ; the families thereby rendered destitute shall be provided' fur by the country, that being left to the patriotism of the provir dal deputations. This is what the war with which we are three. tened requires, not our intestine divisions, to which I will not give the name el war, becouse 1 am persuaded that those divisions will vanish the moment the Spaniards see an invading enemy in their country Under these circumstances, every Spaniard who is able to lift a weapon o ug ht t o fly to defend the country, with the exception of certain persons whose functions it must be more useful for them to exercise than to take arms in their hands. It beingadmitted, then, that in the present stat e o f the nunnery every Spaniard ought to be a soldier, we have to inquire into the measure best calculated to carry this'principle into execution. What then is that measure P—the setting aside all the exemptions that hare hitherto been allowed in ordinary levies. Consistently with those views, 1 would propose to the Cortes to declare, that so many men are to be raised to plate the army on the war footing ; that they are to be drawn by let ; and that all exemptions are disallowed. I t i s proper t h at meat a resolution :tat this should be adopted. All Spaniard, are bound to be soldiers, and those who may not be drawn ought to be ready to form a reserve; for when danger imminent the whole people may be ca ll e d u p on i n mass to defend the country. Senor INFANTE (one of the Committee) had been of opi nion that th.re ought to be no other exception than that or the Physical impossibility of serving; but the other Alcilibera of the Committee had thought it right to continue the usual ex. erriptions. The Llovernment had required that the army should be placed on the • war establishment—that it should consist of 124,679 men; for that purpose 30,000 men are wanted. O this basis the Committee drew up the project of the decree in the manner ,which had already been approved by the Cortes, and which in. their' opinion appeared the most effectual for com pleting the levy. After some further discussion, the article was approved ; it being .understood that the Committee would present an o th er article to modify the exemptions. The remaining articles were, after some observations, alsto agreed to. FROM SATURDAY'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 22, .1. Burgle, Mark-lane, carpenter—March 8, N. Ketcher, Bradwell near the Sea, EsSex, shopkeeper—March 'B, J. Ripley, Wapping Iligh-street, Limehouse, mathemati cal instrument.maker—March 11, B. Jarvis, Norwich, car penter—March lil, B. H. Wilson Liverpool, spirit-merchant —March 8, U. Lockwood, Huddersfield, woollen-draper— March 11, W.llandford, Tavistock, linen-draper—March tt, T. .1. Lancaster, Cateaton-street, merchant—March 8, A. Del. %Idle, I ork.etreet, Covent-garden, wine and brandy merehant —March 16, 11. Reynolds, Cheltenham, saddler—March 14, James Ilawkslcy, Birmingham, merchant—March 11, Was. Brooks, Paddington, corn-dealer—March 11, Augustin Wm., Jones New Brentford, corn and coal.merchant—Thos. Scho-, field, 'Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, maltster—Slarch 11, Sl. Tate, Chalford, Olouceverihire l clothier—March 11, W. Keen, Aldergate.street, cork-manufacturer. CERTIFICATBS, Mancti 8. P. H. Lea, Oranada.place Rent.road, grocer—J. Dale, Manchester, warehousernan2J. Hollis, 'Manchester, iron and copper dealer—W. Raw, Paditow, mercer—R. O. Speddtng, jun. Richman: worth, coal.merchant—J. Clunk, Camberwell, haker—J. Oland, Bristol, potter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Grundy, J. Grundy, T. Grundy, S. Grundy, and R. Grundy, Bury, Manchester, and Easley, Lancashire, cotton - spinners —D. Grundy, J. Grundy, Bury Lancsahire„ and It. Grundy, Manchester, woollen-manufacturers--11. Pars and Hustler, Newmarket, milliners and dress-makers,W, Aston and J. Lucas., Sun -street, musical-instrument makers— B. and T. Hughes, Ilackney.rotal, auctioneers—W.Fossey and Matthew 'forum, ICentist-town, brewers—John Brock, senior, and John Brock, junior, Houndsditch, potato. dealers.—E. Pickles and G. Bailey, Bradford, Vorkstdre, worsted.manufacturers—W. Blinkhorn and E. .rind, of Sat. degrove, Somersetshire, silk-throwsters-0. Campton and D. E. Church, Bishopsgate-street, surveyors and auctioneers— C. Adams, W. Bell, serf. C. M. Adams, W. Bell, jun. and B. Campbell, as far as regards Wm. Bell, sen.—R. JitrUe6 J. Burroughs,-Rosemary-lane WA Mary-le-honne-lane, bakers —J. Littlewood and T. Lewis Oxford.street, M. Allen, T. Welch, and J. Allen, Great Tower.street, wins snd spirit-merchants-E. Harrison, J. Gibson, and J. Ewbok Barnard-Castle, Durham and E. Vliathorne, of SOMee4 place, Somer's Town, line.spinner*--M. Bt&t0t1 and S. Grove, Lynington Southtunptan, school-keepers—J. Th 44,, ley and R. Booth. 'Manchester, robin-spinners-4k, min s old I. Hadley, l et Rand, Somer's Town, wine and spirit-trier nionittacturers—T. and J. Marsh, Newc ast l e - stree t. chants—T. DAW watch-makers—W. Abbott and J. Abbott, st. 'Mot*, liuMingaglilliiilo, AtietiOrkftla and upholster*-1 Barnes 'and E. Johnson, Norwia, trick-makers. and J. I.;vans, Vine.strett. Lambeth, h‘le.