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PARIS PAPERS. LITF,RMtY NOTICE. THE lONIAN ; or Woman in the Nineteenth Century.— By SAL - LAN RENOU ; Author of " Village Conversations ; or, the Vicar's Fire-side, Temple of Truth," &c. THE lONIAN is evidently written by a Lady of extensive reading, discernment, and great in tellectual powers. The only fault we can per ceive seems to be that of entertaining too high an opinion of human nature ; but, as she has mo deatly said in her Preface, Whoever thinks a perfect piece to see, " Thinks what ne'ex was, nor is, and ne'er shall he."—POPE. laidora, the heroine, is the daughter of a dis gieced Nobleman, who, having headed a confe deracy against the Emperor, has been denounced its a. traitor, and is pursued by the emissaries of the State for the purpose of being brought to public execution. During the time that De Monde for; is in exile, dancer, and concealment, Isidora I;a7Os from the lonian Islands to Vienna, to so licit pardon for her father, through the interest of the Count De Valenein, whom she does not personally know, but to whom an old monk has ecomrnended her to apply. On her way thither sb;. receives intelligence of the Prince ..klphonso being at a masqued ball in the neighbourhood, aad instantly repairs to the place of amusement, tietettnining to entreat the Prince to supplicate the Emperor for the pardon of her beloved pa relit. Au affecting scene ensues. The pardon, however, is not obtained, though the united ef ts of the Prince and Valencia are employed to procure it ; the Count is taken, brought in chains to v ienna, and led out to public execution. " Is it the Count De Mondefort they art leading to execution ?" enquired Eustine, " Alt, how I pity him. " Yes, it is the Count ; but hush,'' whispered the old man," remember, you are near the Emperor's Guards." " - May I not pity the unfortunate ?" enquired Eustine, " Confine your pity to your own bosom, child, if you are wise;" replied the old man. At that moment the pri soner, who had walked with a calm, dignified step to the scaffold, ascended the platform ; he held a handkerchief to his face, and his head vas invariably bent towards the ground. The executioner with his hatchet stood behind him ; the Guards were arranged., and every thing was prepared for instant execution. The prisoner knelt down and appeared to be en gaged in devout prayer; the executioner ad vanced ; the prisoner, by a motion of his hand, supplicated for another moment's reprieve ; the aignal for execution was given ; the cap which the prisoner wore was untied ; clusters of auburn ringlets escaped from their hondea,e, and half concealed the face of a beautiful young frond, ' of Isidora ! for it was the daughter of De Mon defort, who had endured confinement, and as cended the scaffold for her father I A wormer of surprise and a dmiration buzzed through the crowd ; the executioner retreated, and the Cap tain of the Guards stood confounded. Isidore, offer a moment's quiet, and a silent -ejacula tion to Heaven for assistance, addressed the as sembly—The speech which follows is pathetic, but too long to be inserted here—" A general -silence prevailed ; the • bosoms of the multitude were filled with pity and admiration, but pardon was not in their power ; the awful silence was in terrupted by Eustine, who, -unable to repress his emotions, exclaimed., " Pardon to the heroic daughter of De Mondefort !" The shout was ec!aoed by the multitude, who exclaimad,as with oae " Pardon ! pardon ! we desire pardon for the daughter of 'De Mondefort !" In the mean time the Magistrates, apprised of the inci dent by which the victim, denounced by the States, had escaped the hands of justice, ap proached. " In the name of the Emperor I de crea justice," said the Magistrate, " and justice requires the death of those who are accessary to the escape of a prisoner—daughter of DeMonde fort, stand forth, and say didst thou connive at the escape of the rebel De Mondefort -?" " I assiated my father to escape," replied Isidore, undaunted by the austerity of the interrogator. " By what means ?" enquired the Judge, " procured access to him in his prison ; prevailed an him with tears and entreaties to array himself in my garments, and to elude the .vigilance of his guards ; I remained in his place, and am ready to die for my father, for De Mondefort." " Thy death is decreed by t he laws," said * the Magi s trate," executioner do your duty.***- At that moment a shout of " a mandate from the Emperor ? make way ! arrest the eixecutiou was heard, and the next instant Valencia, breath less with haste, and exlmusted with fatigue, ar rived, bearing an order from the Emperor which he delivered to the Magistrate, and fell, over powered with strong emotion and the viol or aenceent of hi s e xertions, at Isid ore ' s feet. Isid b over him with affectionate anxiety, " My friend, I thank you !" whispered she, but Valencia was insensible even to her voice, as a total depriva tions of sensation had succeeded his efforts, and anxiety to arrive in time to prevent the execution of Isidora. " The Emperor decrees that the daughter of De Mondefo rt shall be remanded to prison until his further pleasure is known," said the Magistrate, " Bear her hence." 'cite guards approached, " one moment," cried she, " grant one moment to succour my friend !" Her en treaties were fruitless, they forced her away,and she was compelled to leave Valencia senseless and alone amidst the crowd." More we might extract, perhaps more interest-• ing than what we have already selected, but in a work abounding wi th evident proofs of genius and morality, we fi nd it difficult to c huse. Ihe author of this work is no common-place writer: a fund of dramatic talent is conspicuously dis played ; the plot is ingenious, original, and well conducted ; the language elevated, and impas sioned ; whilst the moral tendency is so obvious that we need not comment on it. It was said by Lady Mary W. Montague that a young lady who had read two novels could easily write a third ; we feel no hesitation in saying that Miss Renou is nut one of this description : here arc talents, beuevolence, and intellectual power strikingly and energetically displayed ; and though it is hut the third time of seeing this lady's name in print, -we mry, to judge from her present and former productiona, expect to see it, ere long, enrolled am ongst those females who have been n guished in the literature of their country. [From the illoniteurl PARIS, DEC. 30.—The official part contains five Royal Ordinances. The first orders that the Minister of Finance shall cause to be present ed to the Court of Accounts every year, before the Ist July, a general view of the operations comprehended in the several accounts rendered by the Receiver-General of the Finances.--The second, on the representation of the Minister of I Finance ; that in consequence of the close of the I t accounts in arrear, one Paymaster will suffice to discharge the public disbursements of the interior !of the treasury, and that the functions of di- i `rectors of the expences may be given to the first \clerks of the finance department, and as such a reduction will cause a considerable saving, with out any injury to the public service, orders that the place of director of the expenditure, and the two places of principal paymasters shall be sup , , pressed from the Ist of Jon. 1824, and that the dis- bursements payable in the interior of the treasury I be discharged by one officer, who shall have the title of Paymaster of the Central Expences of the Treasury. The third appoints M.-Delafontaine to the last-named office. The fourth fixes the number of officers called Inspectors-General of the Indirect Taxes at four, and that of the Officers-Ad►ninistrators of the same branch at six. The fifth names M. Duret first clerk of the Finance Department to the office of Adminis trators of the Indirect Taxes, in the room of M. Dutreinblay, deceased. (SON -OFFICIAL PART.) MADRID, Dec. 18.—The Government being obliged to give its whole attention to the affairs of the Peninsula, seems to relax in its prepara tions against the Independents of the Colonies. Some persons pretend that answers from Fo reign Cabinets are expected before our opera tions beyond the ocean are concerted.—There is a report that the Loans of the Cortes will be re cognised, with some modifications. This nego cia lion is deemed indispensable to maintain our credit. ( From the Courier Frangaix.) P A Ris, DEc. 30.—Exclusive parties can esta blish, even in their very bosom, s hades of differ ence which can only be appreciated or discovered by the initiated. There was yesterday an ex. ample in the Drapeau Blanc. It said, " A Royalist Candidate lately exP"s" hims elf thus to one of his friends —' At present lam all for Angouleine.' ' This beginning, replied his friend, make us hope that you will one day be a Royalist.'” How is it that there i s to great a dif ference between a man who is all for Angouleme and a Royalist ? How can there be so treat a difference between these two sentiment s ? "We must leave the Drapeau Blanc to explain this. The news given by the Indicateur d, Bor deaux that D. Victor Saez had re-entered the Ministry, seemed to obtain credit yesterday on 'Chang: We learn from I\larseilles, of the dat e o f Dec 23, what follows : " A Commissary of Police has given all the Spaniards an crder to set out for Alencon in three days; the great er pe rt of them are already on their way. As soon as any others arriY the same order is made known to them, and they also se t ott' This measure is not applied only to military men and refu. geei, but to every Spaniard who lands here, let him come from when he may." The sixth article of the capitulation concluded between the French Generals and the Spaniards, for the surrender of Carthagena, is as follow s : " MI the military men and others, who, in consequenc e of the present circumstances desire to leave Spain for a period, will receive passports to repair to those places they may choose. The time prescribed for delivering such passports will empire on January 31st. If some of these persons desire to proceed to France, the means of going there shall be pro. Tided them they will find there an asylum and safety. The military shall moreover receive a pay proportionate to their cm- ployments." General Torrijos and Sancho, who from the moment of their arrival in this town, solicited the execution of the convention agreed to at Carthagena from his Majesty, addressed the Pre fect, begging him to suspend the order for their removal till the French Government had answered their demands ; or at least in consequence of the state of destitution in which the Spanish officers found themselves, they requested to ba pro vided with the means for so long a journey in the winter season However much this Magistrate might feel for the deplorable situation of these unfortunate men, lie could only grant them a pauper's passport with 30 centimes for every myrianzeter to the most necessitous. The refugee officers, among whom are seve ral superior officers, some of whom are accompanied by their wives and children, are thus reduced to travel with this slight supply, which is in fact so small that it will not suffice for their most urgent wants. The youth of Marselles at the risk of being exposed to calumny, willing to do what they could to relieve the misery of these unfortunate people, have made a collection which they distributed among those who were to go away, and they supplied those who had been despoiled. They all brought with generous emulation, linen, clothes, shoes, &c. to protect these poor people from the inclemeneles of the weather. If they have been unable to put an end to their misfortunes, they 'have at least alleviated them, and have given additional proofs of that humane and hospitable character, which has always distinguished the French. It is said that the Spanish Generals have written to the Duke of Angouleme, asking for the strict execution of the capitulation, which Count Molitor approved of by virtue of au- I t::ority from his Royal Highness. The Spaniards. full of confi dence in the good faith of the Prince, hope that he will support their claims, and order them to receive the succour promised by the 6th Article of the Convention. It cannot he doubted that the claims of the Refugees will be granted, when the hospitable treatment of the people of the Faith is remem bered. At their arrival in our town they received every pos sible attention. They were lodged at the Hotel of the Mal ' tese Cross, decently clothed, their expences defrayed, and the me ans given them to travel to the frontiers to join the Army of the Faith. They were then unfortunate as the Constitu tional Refugees are now. This resemlalance in their fate ought to assure to the latter the same a s is which the former r eceived. Romero Alpuente has just arrived here. SPAIN. The following advices have been received by way of I,:ayonne: m Armin, DEC. 17.—Our situation does not improve, though we are now in the third month of the deliverance of the King. People's minds are very anxious and impatient about the result of the mission of M. Pozzi di Borgo, and of the note of several other foreign Ambassadors in this Capital. The general am nesty so long expected is still a disputed point,—a majority of the Council of Castile oppose it, and the fanatics do their ut most to excite discontent in the minds of the people both here and in the provinces, with respect to this conciliatory measure, which to the moderate seems indispensable. Addresses and remonstrances to the King succeed each other ; several are written in such violent language, and hold up to the Sovereign the prospect of so many evils and disasters if lie pardons and unites round his throne so many thousands of misled subjects, that his Majesty, naturally inclined to listen to the Serviles, will very likely follow their advice, in spite of all the objections and efforts of the Foreign Ministers, and the counsel of some wise Spaniards, who feel that reconciliation is necessary. Mean time the prisons are full—the trials of the unhappy persons confined in them are prosecuted without any relaxation of severity ; and though the war has been ter minated these two months, twelve thousand prisoners of war endure in the depots in France a very different fate from that which was promised them, before the King left Cadiz to join the French Prince. The property of the absent is confiscated,— especially if they have gone without passports; so that many, fearing to be reduced to poverty in a foreign land, have returned horns; but no sooner have they joined their families, than they are arrested and imprisoned, insulted, or basely assassinated ; so that no person who is marked as a Liberal dare be out of his house after dark. The Council of Castile, by fulfilling the real object of its institution, might put an end to this state of things under any other Prince ; but it can do nothing under a Sovereign like the present King. Since the restoration, and on account of the scarcity of money, the Bureaux of the Trea sury have been almost always shut. The day before yesterday, there arrived four waggons loaded with money, from Andalu sia, for the Royal Treasury. A great show was u►ade with the convoy, which was well guarded, and brought about three millions of reels, a sum which is not sufficient to pay an eighth part of the debts which the Royal Household and the new Mi nisters have contracted since their return to Madrid. The re mittances of M. Carnesse are very insignificant hitherto. It is believed he will not make any more if the King persists in not recognising. the Loans. The Asia and the remains of the Spanish navy are to sail between the 11th and 15th from Lima. The Authorities of Ferdinand had not yet been able to enter Barcelona on the 16th of this month. The minds of the people in that province are still in an unsettled state. Two French re. giments which were to return to France have been retained there ; the armed bands are not yet w holly dispersed. PORTUGAL. LISBO N , DEC. 12.—The Gazelles .of yester day and to-day contain a long e xtract from the Padre Amara, No. 36 , printed in London, on the fantastic empire of Brazil, the establishment of which is entirely ascribed to the Free_ masons in support of this assertion a very long document is inserted, which was printed in June this year at Rio Janeiro, under the title of " A Defence of Citizen Domingos AlYez Moniz Barreto against an imaginary crime, for which he was unjustly sentenced by the Judge, Francisco de Franca 31i- rands." In this kind of defence he has particularly in view a letter in No. 112 of the Diario of Rio, signed by a Friend of Order. The following is the passage in whim the Mason Mon i z Uar reto, defending himself for being such, b ecause (by the fault of blind or wicked Ministers) the order was not only tolerate d, but approved there, removes all doubt that the separation of Brazil, begun and instigated:by the Masons of the Cortes, Iv" prepared and accomplished by the Masons of the Brazils :--- " 1 cannot (says the author) fear to appear criminal in any accusation, even were it for being a mason, since, not being able to deny that I was a member of that society, its existence was so notorious, that nobody was ignorant that it did exist in this capital, not only tolerated but approved ; still less was it a secret, that the same body had among its members all the Mi nisters and Councillor of State of his Imperial Majesty, except one, and that it was pr esided over, and guided, by the judg_ ment, patriotism, and probity of its President, the Most Ex cellent Senhor Jose Bonifacio de Andrada c Silva, in whose presence all matters were discussed tending to the prosperity of Brazil, its independence, and the Proclamation of the august Emperor; and that the whole was effected by the assiduous la bours of that Society, constantly directed by its illustrious Grand Master, and with great expence to the general treasury ; not only for the lustre of the glorious day of the 12th of Octo ber, including five triumphal arches, but also for the emissaries who were sent to all the provinces, both on the coast and in the interior, that on the same day Senhor Don Pedro I. might be there proclaimed Emperor of Brazil—a commission which the Philanthropic Assembly also confided to General Labatat, as on e of its members, when he was on the point of embarking for the provinces of Bahia,presenting a valuable sword,upon whic h he promised, and sworn before the Masonic Assembly, to fulfil it, and, his well-known valour and skill in war, to ex pel. the Lusitanian Vandals, and to unite that province with this capital." The Gazette then quotes a very long s.)eech, made by a Ca puchin, Francisco de Sampai o, one of the Members of the Lodge " The Grand Orient," i n w hich he justifies himself . before the Sovereign Masonic Assembly, for having inserted an article, contrary to the opinions and doctrines which It wishes to see universally prevail. In the spich , the same ideas are produced. "If in this oration , " says G azette, "we see an august Prince implicated in this detestabAc scFt, vfe are certaln that it was a profound policy which led hiM into ft, to fathom the secrets of that society of darkness; ane, .th . at the , same Jose Bonifacio, the Grand Master of the Brazlhan Masons, as a faithful subject, gave him the clue of Ari:qine, by which he might one day find his way into that labyrinth, and finally de stroy that den of Cacus (a law against Freema:onry has al ready been published there,) as soon as circJmstances should ermit ; nothing else can be expecte d from the religion, the energy, and the firmness of the Prince, destined by Heaven to be one day the heir of the Throne of his august and virtu ous father." DEC. 19.—The Gazette contains a Decree ordering the far mers of the duties on totacco and soap (which are mortgaged for the payment of the principal and interest of the loan of one million and a half sterling contracted with the house of B. Goldschmidt and Co. in London) to pay the amount into the Bank of Lisbon, declaring it to be at the disposal of the Pre sident of the Royal Treasury for the time being, to be em ployed in the manner directed in the general bond, signed by his Majesty, dated October 9, this year, &c. Another Decree orders, that the duties on tobacco, &c. being mortgaged (as above), his Majesty desiring to gave vouchers (titulus) confirming said mortgages, declares that the certificates of the said duties, approved and signed by Jose Lopez di Oli viera, Assistant of - the Clerk of th e Royal 'Preasury, authorized to this effect by the Conde de Povoa, Minister of Finance, and President of the said Treasury, shall serve as vouchers of the mortgage of the said duties. The C ount de Povo is ordered to send this Decree to London, to be added to the bond of the 9th of October, and also to have authentic copies made, to be de livered to those whom it may concern for p ie s ma understand . ing and execution of its contents. PRICE 0 THIS HXY AT' Bank Stoek . 230 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 3:4 per Cent 99 i a 4 per Cent. S Old lOl k New shut 5 per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds sis. South *.r.a Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 49 50 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. fir Op. PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. 2, AT ONE O'CLOCK. French f Five per Cents. 921. 1. Scrip, 4 pm. ( Six per Cents. 00. Russian -: Five per Cents. (31ctallic) 00. (Ditto New 88i. Five per Cent. Bonds, 78i. Scrip, 5 prem. i Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 26. k. Ditto 1823, 171. Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds, 91. 1 Ditto New, 891. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 71. Chili 71. Colombian Six per Cent: Bonds, 591. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Portuguese 1.7.2 Poyais 5 00. ( New, 41. IBank Shares £22 103.—.C23. Seven per Cent. 000. American 1 Six per Cent. 00-000. Five per Cent. 00-000. Three per Cent. 712. -............ Neapolitan Austrian PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, Dec. 30. Bank Stock 252 Grand Canal Loan, 6 p.a. 571 Gov. I)eb. 3i per cent 961 I Ditto 4 per cent.... Stock, 31 per ct 951 DittoStock 8 Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Royal Canal Stock Gov. I)eb. 5 per cent. - --Stock, 4 per cent. New Treagury Bills, 5 per cent. Do. 6 per cent. City Debentures, 5 per ct. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 per cent. Exchange on London, Dec. 29, 81. WWI _ . ....ATLONDO Morning, 54 minutes after 3. BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 7 minutes after 4 THE SUN. SOLEIII QUIS DICERE FAISUM AUDEAT 2 LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1824. In our preceding columns we have given ex sacts from the French Papers received since our ,ast. 'rue Bayonne news, as well as that con tained i n our Private Correspondence from Bit bao, fully confirms all the material features of the p r i vate i n telligence recently given in THE SUN, relative to the frightful state of Spain, and to the s it ua tion of impoverishment and perplexity in which the Government is plunged at Madrid. It s eems now to be thought that FERDINAND will make the remonstrances and the earnes soli c it a tions of the Servile: a pretext for brat fying his own personal and vindictive feelings, and that the long-expected and promised am nesty will bo altogether withheld. Be this as it may, there is now little doubt that even if a pro clamation of grace should eventually make its appearance, it will he clogged with so many ex ceptions and distinctions as in reality to consign every individual to exile or the gibbet who is personally or politically obnoxious to the King and to the fanatics by whom he is supported. The Council of State, we have been told, is em- barrassed by capitulations which eould only pre sent obstructions to the career of proscription ; and it is not difficult, therefore, to anticipate the kind of mercy of which the unfortunate vic tims of Spanish patriotism are doomed to be tha objects. The most important political intern- Bence contained in these Papers, is the Madrid article which we have extracted from the Moni teur, and which seems to us to be intended to prepare the European public for the abandon- ment, by France and Spain, of their almost hope less projects against South America, and also, notwithstanding the obstinacy with which the claims of the holders of Spanish Bonds have hitherto been rejected, for the eventual acknow ledgment of the debts contracted by the Con stitutional Government. The article to which we allude says, that the Spanish Ministry" seems to relax in its preparations against the Independents of the Colonies," not only because it is " obliged to give its whole attention to the affairs of the Pe ninsula," but because " some persons pretend that some answers fromForeignCabinets are expected be fore our operations beyond the ocean are concerted!' And again :—" There is a report that the loaf 5 of the Cortes will be recognized, with some mo difications. Their recognition is deemed indispen sable to the maintenance of our credit." These brief sentences are no less satisfactory thou they are concise ; and they afford a gratifying gleam of returning moderation and good sense in the Councils of Paris and Madrid. The hopes which they are calculated to excite, are in some measure strengthened by the contents of private letters received this morning from Paris, which assert that the French Ministry feel conscious of their strength,—that the influence of Russia in the Cabinet and in the Court is rapidly de clining,—that on the other hand, the Ambassador of England appears to be in the ascendancy,—and that it is believed that France is now sincerely desirous of co-operating with Great Britain for the preservation of the future tranquillity of Europe. Most happy shall we be if these auspi- cious promises at the commencement of the pre. sent year are speedily confirmed by further and more decisive indications of a pacific character. It has become so much the fashion of late, amongst the Ultras of the Continent, to attri bute every adverse political event to the agency of Freemasonry, that even the present un pleasant state of affairs in the Island of Jamaica has been traced to the mysterious and dangerous machinations of the Craft! The Etoile gravely informs its Readers that " a plot has been disco vered in Jamaica, Al hich was framed by some Free Masons w ho had entered into a correspond ence with the Colombian Admiral PA nILLA ! The head of the Masonic Lodge (the Etoile adds) was a Negro Barber, named PINNER() :" CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this morning at 8782 for the Account, and soon after they rose to 87, which was owing to an Express from Paris, bringing the French Jtentes at 92f. 85c. Ido not hear of any news of import ance from the above Capital. FoRICIGN MARKET.-Spanish Bonds opened at 25, and went up to i-26, at which price they remain steady, owing to many persons still believing that the Old Spanish Loan will be re cognised. The chief business doing is in the New Austrian Loan and Russian Bonds, which. retain their prices. In all other Foreign Securi ties there is very little doing. WEST INDIES.--Letters by a Jamaica Mail to the 10th November were received yesterday, and this morning we have the papers to the fith. Their contents are important, but we can only give a brief summary of them in this day's publication. The Assembly had met and proceeded to their important labours with temper and firmness. We have no accounts of their proceedings beyond the preliminary busi ness. In the meantime, the spirit roused throughout the Island is of a very determined character, and from communi cations transmitted from other islands, theirs is of an equally decided nature. Nothing else was to be expected from the rash and inconsiderate condemnation, for such we must call it, of a whole population, without examination or opportu nity of defence. " The unmeasured abuse which has been heaped upon them, both in and out of Parliament, could not fail to call forth such a spirit as it has done in our Colonies, and we do tuve that what has taken place, and the victorious manner in which the foul charges of their slanderers are repelled, will induce the Legislature of this coun try to pause, and leave the further melioration of the slaves in our Colonies to time anti the united exertions of the British Executive and Colonial Authorities. Any other interference must produce convulsions, anarchy and ruin. It is men like the late Lord Melville, who must, in this crisis, direct the Councils of Great Britain, and frown into silence that inter. meddling spirit, and those ignorant theories, and inte , ....tecl speculations, which would strip Britain of her fairest and most valuable possessions.--(Glasgow Courier, Dec. 30.) Extract of a Letter from Bilboa, dated 18th December, 1823 : " 13;lboa is unbearable : tranquillity was about to be restored, whets the insults against the Ex milicianos recommenced. One of them, when defenceless, was most wantonly attacked, and saved himself by chance. Another, returning from the country, was assaulted, and only escaped after wounding the intended assassin.— Last Sunday (the 14th) there were two sad catas trophes : the origin of the dispute is unknown ; but all agree that an Ex-miliciano was so grossly insulted by a Royalist, that he stabbed him to the heart. lie was immediately made prisoner and carried to the French Guard. The lower orders of the people, with the most ferocious shouts, detnanded his life. The unhappy wretch was infatnonsly delivered up by the French to the people, who hurried him to the public square (La Plaza), and absolutely butchered him. The poor young man thus atrociously murdered was, previous to the insult, of most exemplary con duct, and distinguished himself by his steady courage during the late siege of Corunna. On thel.sth the Officers belonging to the" Partida" of Barrutia (a famous robber, and therefore a par tizan of the King), and some of the Royalist Guard, sallied forth, and for a mere frolic began to give blows with their sabres and bludgeons to all the defenceless Liberals who fell in their way. Can such scenes be borne with patience? The Municipality have just issued a Bando, which say That the Royalists can no longer bear the haughtiness of the Ex-Revolutionists, who are therefore ordered to be in their houses at night-fall, under a penalty of 20 ducats.' To give you another proof of the dreadful state of anarchy reigning at present in Spain :—The King's late Decree, changing the Ministry, was burned itA the Plaza by a Royalist Attorney ; and yet tbi•.3 daring act has as vet remained unpunished."• Another Letter, dated Dec. 112.—" Our political situation could not be worse. The amnesty decree, so anxiously ex pected and promised, has not yet appeared, and on this subject we do not know what to think. In the mean while, the emi gration of merchants and other respectable persons, is very great, so that we may safely assert that the social dissolution of our country is going on apace. If no remedy is put to all this and if those useful members of society already absent, and going away, are not brought c ar.l{ to their homes, I do not know what will become of t,;. This country cannot be go verned without laws, and as long as the enmities of political parties are kept up with so much acrimony, we shall never be quiet. If confidence is not restored by means of just and equitable measures, God only knows what will become of us. The elements composing the public of in this country, will no longer be restrained from the moment it is seen to be the intention of the Government to refuse us the amnesty, which would chew that they are determined to trample upon the soundest and most enlightened portion of this country." There is an absurd revort that Chief Justice ABBOTT and Sir ROBERT GIFFORD are to he created Peers only for their natural lives, but without remainder to their issue. We are of opinion that, if this ridiculous rumour were well founded, the Learned Gentlemen would disdain such a limited honour, which would only rank them ssith Lord Mayors.